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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Tho Marquis OF Salisbury has been In
Official life about forty-four years.
William Il. Howell. Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury, was messenger boz In the
department fifteen years ago.
Tho Duke of Westminster has more chill
dren than any other member OF the British
pecragA. He has been twice married.
Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith has been
chosen President Of the Board OF Educa-
ton OF Atlanta. Ga, by the unanimous vote
of its members.
George Washington Stevens, who made
reputation as u correspondent IN the
Greco-Turkish War, Is not quite twenty.
eight wears old. He Is q graduate ofBaliol
College, Oxford.
ANDY Montgo n ,ry, Of Atlanta, Ca, the
"Blaci Beechcr," who was slave for sew
enty-iye wears, will soon start on tour
Of Tho East to secure subscriptions with
which to complete the old folks nome now
Gninr built by the colored Baptists.
The memory OF the late Major Lewis Gin:
tsr Of Richmo mond, Va, Is to be perpetuated
Inv The endowment OF Mechanics lnsti-
,vte and school Of Technology in that city.
H. 1;d mueh for the town, and this project
win continue good work in his name.
According to tho Westminster Gazette.
,,,n reason no biography has ever been
,.r;, on Of Mr.. Delanc. tho late editor OF
,hs f'nndon Times, is that the proprietors
osthe Times have always forbidden 1t. Re-
Gently fresh appeal was maae 10 them,
but. it Is said. without success
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
MY FOE.

Not from my foes without, but those with
prayto be protected hour by hour;
For that aggressive self that leads to sin.
And lures to pleasure with seductive
power.
Stands ever by the portal OF desire,
And mocks my spirit when it would aspire.
From that most subtle foe, disguised as
friend,
need be ever on my guard, for when
I cease for one brief moment to defend
The castle OF my SOUL he seeks me then
In some unlooked-fOr way, with mien so
Ana vdade' 5Sif' so sweet, the wn,le ne sets MS
snare.
With honeyed words and sophistries, and
lies,
He argues ON the pleasures OF the sense;
And pictures Duty In hideous Suise.
And laughs at IIabor's paltry recOmpense;
"Let dullards toll, >" he cries, thine Is the
"To gather all lites blossoms of delight!''
Again in mask of teacher he appears,
And cries, "Why seek to lift another's
Each soul that Journeys down the vale OF
Must carry his own burden DER the road;
Accept thine own, but let all Others co.
Despite his mask, know him as my foe.
My base foe, elf,which, envious OF the goal
1t cannot reach, since formed Of dying
clay,
Would hinder and oppose my striving soul
That longs and labors for the better way:
And with this foe my spirit must contend,
BY prayer and vigil even to the end
Ella Wheeler W,icOX.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
An lIupleasant Ride.

A certain prominent young man of
st. Augustine. Fla, had occasion to
take a short trip into the country. He
procured saddle horse and, by mis-
take. was given pony that is used by
the boys on their evening lamp-light-
ing rounds. On the way ont of tine
city this pony stopped Mt every lamp
post he passed, and would only move
forward after his rider had struck a
match. When the lamp posts gave out
he stopped at every tree, and, though
the journey was rather slow, the young
man finished it with the expenditure
of about two dozen boxes of matches
which he was obliged to purchase -
Baltimore Sun,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,
An electric brake is announced.

An electric brake Is announced.
That bacteria may live and grow in
melting ice has been shown by Foster.
Only one person in fifteen has per-
feet eyes, the larger portion of defec.
tiveness prevailing among fair-haired
people.
An even cubic foot of average soil
was weighed and analyzed at Cornell
University. 1t was found that the
soil in one acre one foot deep weighed
2OS2s tons.
In recent lecture Professor Berge-
mann, of Berlin, stated that i'll fifty
cases of perforating the skull for
epilepsy he knew of only one perm
anent cure.
The difference between the tallest
and shortest races in the world is on.
foot four and half inches, and the
average height is five feet five and II
half inches.
Wheat can be grown in the Alps at
an elevation of 5000 feet, in Brazil
at 5000, in the Caucasus at 5000, in
Abyssinia at 10000, and i'll Peru and
Bolivia at II 900.
The eyes of bees are made to see
great distances. When absent from
their hive they coup in the air till
they see their home, and they fly to-
ward it in straint line and with
great speed The shortest line be-
tween two places is sometimes called a
"bee- line."
Corrosive water is common source
of trouble in metal mines. Its effect
on iron, curiously enough, is greater
when it simply drips on the metal
than when the iron is immersed in it.
A twelve-pound iron rail has been cut
in two in few weeks by drops Of
water falling on it.
A German chemist, Joseph LANCER.
has succeeded, with infinite patience,
in analyzing the poison of a bees
sting. The amount secreted by each
bee is only tenth of milligramme,
and he required 10000 bees to get
enough to experiment with. He did
not discover any bacteria, and con-
cluded that the action Of the poison
was purely chemical.
The fish's belly is white and his
back green, because in swimming
about in the water the white belly Is
the color of the light shining through
the water, hence protects him from
his enemies below. His back being
green makes him on the other hand
appear from above as part OF the
green water, and is his safeguard
! from hawks and other enemiese
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
Way He Was Welcome.

''Here, Harry, is dime for you,"
said Mr.. Harper to the little brother
of the one he loves. "Have you ever
heard Miss Bessie say anything about
me when I wasn't here?"
ooh, lots of time" replied the sweet
child.
"And what does she say, Harry?"
''She says she's always glad to have
you come here when she's feelin' all
wore and tired"
"And," continued the delighted
young man, ''does she ever explain
why she likes to have me come at snch
times?'
"Yes. She says you're so easy she
can go to sleep and still keep you
guessin'. ."-Cleveland Leader.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
a Change of Heart.

He--."I think shall have to preach
q bicycle sermon tomorrow advising
all my parishioners to ride wheel"
She--"Why, Joseph, it was only
three weeks ago that you denounced
the wheel most thoroughly"
He-"Yes; but remember, my dear,
that was while was learning to ride. -
--Harper's Bazaar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13

A little more taffy while a man lives
and not 80 much epitaffy when he is
dead, Is the admonition Of Kansas
minister concerning an oft-discussed
theme. One Of Speaker Reeds happiest
hits was his definition was his defini-
tion Of statesman: "A politician-who
Is dead"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
A DEAL In
PETROLEUM.
Observation-Disclosures

HEN I must take
your refusal as final?
Very we'll. Here is
the docu IN e n t
signed by Wilfred
NJ e rr 10 ny ou T.
brother acknowl-
Lodging himself n
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
The Difference.

''What do You think will be the ef-
feet of that politicians latest utter
ance?"
"It depends on the individual, I"
replied Willie Washington. "Peo-
pie who like him will call it "a praise
worthy step, and those who don't will
refer to it as "a shrewd move. ~
Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
Parts OF Sueech.

"Were you knocked speechless when
You ran into that ice wagon?"
"No; but my wheel was knocked
spokeless. The Wheel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13

In Pennsylvania the other day poet
committed suicide because he was hun.
cry. II that were a valid excuse for
self-destruction American poetry Of the
present day would be practically wiped
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
Fired Back.

"You consider this garbage question
an important one, do you not?"
''My dear sir, it's the burning ques-
tion of the age. Chicago Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
A Genuine Delight.

''There is one thing which gratifies
IL woman more than all things else"
"And what is that?"
"Being told that other women are
jealous of her. Chicago Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
NIfsinated,

Mrs. Wilton-'I have not heard
from your daughter since she married
foreign count"
Mrs. Bilton-''She is very nm
happy"
Mrs. W.-s'Too bad; but such
matches usually are unfortunate.
Mrs. B.-''lndeed they are. You
see the poor girl knows so little of
foreign languages that she drops back
into English every time she gets mad,
and then her husband can't under
stand word she says. New York
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

A Taking Young FellOw-Easily Defined
The DiseOurteOus InterruptiOn-Fireti
Back-Parts Of Speech-A Genuine
Delight-His Sphere OF Activity, Etc.
He took her fancy when he came;
He took her hand, he took kiss;
He took no notice OF the shame
That glowed her happy cheek at this.
He took to coming afternoons:
He took an oath he'd ne'er deceive;
He took her fathers silver spoons,
And after that he took-his leave!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13

The new public library at Great Bar
rington, Mass, was admirably equip
ped with one exception-it had no b.
BILE. An eminent jurist discovered this
omission and sent volume of the
Scriptures to the librarian with
slightly sarcastic note. But didn't all
the trouble arise from the fact that
there was no demand for the precious
volume? Wasn't the fault the patrons
rather than the librarians?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
No Limitations.

"Dodsworth, your wife seems to be
q woman of commanding presence. e."
Commanding presence! BY Jove,
sir, my wife can command when she's
absent"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
Cleaned Out.

Perry Patettic-"Please, mister,
could you help the victim of n wash
out?"
Mister-"Of washout?"
eyes, mister. L amt had nothin'
but wotter to drink for two long weeks. "
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13

A new species of white birds, with
long, slender legs has been discovered
by guAners In New Jersey. Can they
be albino mosQultoes7 .
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
His Sphere of Activity.

First Citizen-"I never was so busy
as am now"
Second Citizen-''What are you do
ing?'
First Citizen-''Im looking for q
job. Brooklyn Life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
The Discourteous Interruption.

tsyUh.t - . ,--..s- s--s->-s.Scntng, par!
"Well, it is an awakening before &
o'clock in the morning"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
Easily Defined.

"What is counting danger, Uncle
Simon?"
"Any kind of courting."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
A Wonderful Man.

"What patient man that Hanford
is?"
''Is lie patient? L never noticed
it."
Eyes; he inflated his tires with q
hand pump this morning without
swearing that he would throw the
thing away and kick his wheel to
pieces rather than ever to try to do it
again. ."--Cleveland Leader.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
Looking before Leaping.

Lady---'I wish you would call at
the office of Mr.. Oldrich, 900 Fashion
avenue, contrive to have some con-
versation with the venerable gentle
man, and so far as you are able, ex-
anime into his physical condition.
I desire to know how long he is likely
to live"
Physician--."C ."Certainly Are you
his wife,"
Lady--"No, but L have chance to
b.. New York Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
Tied IN.

"There's the wood pile, significant
ly suggested the housewife when
Meandering Mike applied for re-
past.
"Madame, he replied, "dis here is
one O. de mos melancholy coinci-
dents dat ever happened. I'm de
President of de 'Sociation of Wander
ing Woodchoppers, an it amt been
morn two minutes since L declared n
general strike"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-13
A Lesson.

'Im glad to observe one thing
said the officials close acquaintance.
"Your elevation to political honOrs
hasn't made you at all proud"
81 should say it hasn't. A man
doesn't know what real humility is I'M
til he has got all appointment and had
all his intimate friends tell him they
don't see how on earth he came to be
picked out for so important an Office. -
Washington Star.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-28
PROTECTION DEMOCRATS.
Why Four Members of the Minority
VIII Vote for the Tari6 Bill.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-It is general
ly understood that the four Democratic
members of the House who will vote next
Wednesday for the tariff bill are Messrs-
Meyer, Davey, Broussard of Louisiana and
Slayden. of the San Antonio district. Texas.
The other members of the Louisiana dele
gation-Messrs. Robertson, Ogden and
Baird-will vote against the bill. A mem
Der of the delegation said to-day there was
NJ significance in the even division of the
Louisiana members. No caucus had been
held and there was no question of policy
involved. The three who will vote for the
bill represent the districts interested large
~ in sugar and rice. Messrs. Meyer and
Davey represent those localities in and
about New Orleans, where the sugar ex-
changes and commercial organizations are
said to reflect the sentiment of the sugar
producers of the State. Mr.. Broussard's
district includes the rich Teche region. with
heavy sugar and rice products, also ex-
tensive salt. lumber and sulphur industries.
Representative Slayden. the Texas Dem
ocrat who will vote for the tariff bill. said
to-day as to his course: My position is
this: The policy of largely supporting the
government by indirect taxation, will not
be abandoned. While 1t is to be continued,
/ can see no good reason why the people
of my district should not share in the adj
vantage of its assessment i believe in a
revenue tariff levied without discrimination,
as suggested in the National Democratic
platform. The people of my district We're
greatly outraged by the free raw material
policy of the Cleveland administration
They regarded it as legislation in favor of
the manufacturers and against the pro-
Queer. Its blighting effect was felt
throughout the district. In 1884 the asses
sors in Texas collected taxes upon 1851, 900
sheep; in 1896 upon 2,140. SS9. Ii this ratio
of decrease is continued. We will appar-
emily soon be compelled to buy all our
wooden clothes abroad and, in the event of
war and blockade ports. our condition
might become really depiorable. The dis
trict convention, upon the platform of
which | made my race for Congress. de-
manded a tariff upon imported cattle, hides
and wool. i promised the people of the
district that If they elected me / would
vote for free silver and against free wool
and hides, and l shall cast both votes when
the opportunity presents ITSELF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-28
Little Rock Jockey Club.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March 27.-The
sixth annual spring meeting of the Little
Rock Jockey Club will open on Monday
and continue throughout the week. There
are about $50 horses in the stables ready TO
race, including some OF the best campaign
ers in the West. Among the prominent
stables represented are those Of w. 81 A.
McGuygan, j. f. Cushing. q. c. Bennett 81
Co., Schorr & Co., NJ. f. Dwyer, Harry
Slower, Paul Miles, c. u. Campbell & Co,
Will Larden, McClure & Jones and others.
The weather is delightful and the pros
poets are good for continued favorable
weather and Il week of good sport The
chief event of the meeting is the Arkansas
Derby. to be run on Monday. There will
be five starters in the derby-Whirlaway,
Boanerges, Arlington. Burlesque and
Macey-but it is generally conceded that
the race will be between McGuygan s
Boanerges and Charley Patterson's Bur
lesQue. Willie SimmS will ride the former
and Lonnie Clayton will have the mount
on Patterson's colt. Local talent faVors
Boanerges, and he will be the favorite in
the betting. Unless rain falls the track on
Monday will be too dusty to be fast. Col.
Marshall Apperson will be in the judges
stand and the starting will be done by MIR.
w y. Maxwell with MS latest patent ma
chine. There are three stakes, the Derby
on Monday, the Capital Hotel stakes Tor
two-year-olds on Wednesday and the Ten
nessee Brewing Companys stake Tor three
year-oldS and upward on Saturday. Inc
remainder of the programme consists Oh
selling and purse events.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-28
CRESCENT CITY r
Prize Worth $4,000 Won by the Bay
Colt Meadow Thorpe.

NEW ORLEANS, March 27.-The Cres-
cent City Jockey Clubs winter meeting
closed to-day, having run lis days. The
Crescent City derby, valued at $500. for
three-year-olds. at a mile and an eighth,
was down for decision and aroused greater
interest than any turf event since the days
of the Howard and Kenner stakes and
other Southern classics. Hugh McCarron's
bay colt p. Dunno, by Observation-Disclosures.
who has shown stake form in his races
this winter. was the local idol. and 1t was
the money Of the home plungers which sent
hin to the post favorite at . to- 5. His only
recognized rival was j. NJ. Schorr & Co.'S
bay colt Meadow Thorpe, by kantaka-
Baby, who had been prepared at Memphis,
and who was credited with several last
trials. In the parade past the stand z.
Dunno and Meadow Thorpe divided the APP
plauSe between them, but the McCarron
candidate showed soreness, which soon
alienated d considerable portion OF his sup
porters. AT the post Meadow Thorpe
seemed Sulky and fretful, and in the second
and final break he was almost the last TO
get in motion. Pocketed, messed about and
interfered with, his chances of winning
seemed to be gone, so when near the three
quarters T. Murphy found an opening and
forced him through, going around most Of
the bunch and swooping down the home
stretch he passed under the wire an easy
winner. Donna Rita, Tony Llcalsis'S nlly,
by st. Blaze-Active, ran an excellent race
and finished a strong second, while Cadil-
lac, a rank outsider, was third. L. dunno,
the local faVorite, finished fourth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-28

in I'll ~, cSai and lime were found side by side
NJ Soutn constituted her advantage.
being D o,ni asserted that iron ore was
T Tsnis mined In Tennessee by convict labor
sae store system prevailed also in Tennes-
A soUTHERNER's THREAT.
McMiiiin denied that the scrip sys-
'ie'alled also in Tennessee. All the
Pio.ecuoh pennsylvania could pile up, he
saro' would not save the Pennsylvania in
uusury. 1t was the South, he said. which
was uriving Pennsylvania out of the mar
G- we nave only just begun said he.
we propose TO make il hot for you. not
only IN iron. but in cotton manufactur. and
We won't ask government aid either"
democratic a~pplause)
MT. Dalzell declared that the South d,d
not compete with Pennsylvania. Only
coIge or foundry iron was produced in the
~ ING only Bessemer iron was used in
mr.. Johnson CRepa. Ind.) and Mr.. Dingley
1Sa ean attention 10 the slow progress which
os pelne made With the bill. Only nine
bbo5rss We're covered yesterday and four
- me Dill only two pages up TO this time
Today. The House. Mr.. Dingley said. was
"Ssting IT'S time in irrelevant discussion.
MT: Dockery in reply, said it could not
De expected that the opposition would nor
assall TINS ball in every feature. He sug-
sesteu mat the time be extended so that
the bill could be adequately considered.
The little debate served to expedite
matters somewhat and the clerk proceeded
Win the reading of the bill. A
anIelument 10 place a duty of 3 cents per
pound on chlorate OF soda was agreed 10.
MIR: Newlands (Silverite. New after de-
hverlng some remarks in favor of increases
on several articles warned the "allied
FORCES or silver, as he termed them, that
tney must allow the widest divergence of
views on the tariff and other questions il
lhey We're TO live in harmony. once we
can organize the friends of silver said
III SeNen-IentnS Of the nQOnla of tho
United States will be with US"
Lentz Dem, o. got into a political dis
cussiOn which aroused considerable partisan
Tancor- In the course of his remarks Mr..
Lentz denounced MIR. Cleveland as the
agent and political bedfellow of the Re-
publcans. and when tainted with the fact
he said be glOried in the fact that he had
graduated from the class of gold fools
into that of silver cranks." He argued
That every high tariff agitation was an in
vitation TO the hordes of Europe TO come
here and he produced some figures to show
that immigration had been largely in
creased after the enactment OF the McKin-
ley law and decreased after the enactment
of the Wilson law.
Mr.. Mahany, speaking of Mr.. Lentz's
avowal that he had once been a gold fool"
and was now a silver crank created a
laugh by asking what could be expected
from such miscegenation. He also caused
a laugh at Mr.. LentZ's expense by charging
that he had stood shoulder TO shoulder with
Mr.. Cleveland until the moment of his
nomination for Congress.
AT 4:15 p. m-, after completing six pages
of the bill, the House adjourned until Mon
day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-28
Mr.. Bryan's Mistake.
New York Evening Post.

New 1OTk Evening IOSb-
Mr.. Bryan's advent as a lecturer In these
parts has not been such a success as to
encourage the view that he is still a power
in the land. This is a very large city. and
there is a very large element in its popula-
ton which might be suspected OF looking
upon Mr.. Bryan as a hero, or as a popular
Moses. If there be such an element here,
and it be animated by this view, its conduct
during the last few days has been
very curious. 1t has refused to
flock TO see . or hear Mr.. Bry-
an. Doubtless the belief. which is very
strong in this country, that a defeated can
didat should know when he is defeated
and accept his fate in a cheerful spirit.
has had something TO do with this. Then,
too, by going around the country as an
agitator, Mr.. Bryan calls attention to the
fact that he is a man without profession
or occupation by which he is able TO earn
a livelihood. He is ready to act as cor
respondent for a newspaper, or deliver a
lecture-do anything, in fact, except settle
down to some regular calling. Notoriety
can be gained by this method of life, but
the character of the American people
must change before they can be induced TO
look upon it as an acceptable method OF
approach to the presidency.