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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27

BOSTON, Mass, March 26-Outside OF
Boston the following New England houses
have been obliged to "lay-down.' Bridge
port. Conn, creditors object to the appoint
mpnt OF Attorney John q. Chamberlain of
that city as receiver for the Ives h Bakeslie
company, toy manufacturers. who were
forced to the wall Il short time ago Most Of
the local banks are creditors, and favor EN-.
Sperry, president Of the local board oftrade.
Tine New York creditors favor Mr.. Chamber
lain. John Tennyson of Bridgeport, Conn,
has been made receiver for the Wells Il
French company, manufacturers OF harness
there Herbert s. Sanborn, druggist Mt 522
Main street. Laconia, N. H.. has n vOlun-
tury assignment in insolvency. He has liza
bilities Of about 10000. Assets nominal, con-
ssting mainly Of stock and fixtures in the
store. which ara mortgased. :. II. Clemson,
confectioner. Springfield, Mass, has as
signed. Assets. $4,000; liabilities $4,000. 80.
David H. Pierce. boots and shoes Fitchburg,
Mass, has assigned The Nelson Penney
company. stoves and tiuware, Portland Me-,
has assigned =. Sanford W. Hollis OF Hol-
brook, Mass, has filed II petition in insol-
vency His liabilities amount to Sl7, 1877. his
assets consist OF u house and a shoe factory
ut Holbrook Robert j. Yeo, builder at
Milton. Mass. filed schedule in insolvency.
Liabilities, S3l 534 assets nominal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
TWO VILLAINS HANGED,
Conditional Respite Granted but
With lrlWl

NEWPORT, KY, March 26-Scott jack
son and Alonzo Walling have been hanged
here for the murder of Pearl Bryan. Wal
ling protested his innocence to the last.
Jackson, who had protested his innocence, at
the last said that he and not Walling was
guilty but refused to say more. Governor
Bra Hey was in communication by telephone
with the sheriff and said that If Jackson
made a confession generating Walking that
the latter was to be respited pending inves-
tiyatiOn. Jackson made no such confession
and both were allowed to hang. The muir
der was one of tho most brutal and heart
less on record. Jackson was young
medical student and Walling was his chum.
Jackson had seduced Pearl Bryan. a pretty
young girl and daughter Of a respectable
and well-to-do farmer, and she was with
child by him. He hired u hack with negro
driver. and in company with the girl and with
Waling on the box. drove to the suburbs.
He had procured cocoaine and intended to
give it to the girl. paral zing the muscles of
her throat to prevent cutlery while he muir
dered her. The drug took but partial effect,
but the poor girl was half lifted. half car
ried from the carriage, and shortly after the
negro driver, who had been threatened with
death il he divulged the proceedings to
which he had been a witness. heard the
heartrending shrek of one in mortal agony.
He was SO terrified that he abandoned his
team and ran all the way to town. Suisse
quently the girls body was found, but the
head has never been and probably never
will be found. 1t was by means Of the cloth
ing that the heart broken mother identified
the body. The murder was easily traced
to the two men.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
CLIPPINGS.

Pierre Lott has appealed, through
the French press, for funds to equip {
number Of hospital ships upon the
coast of Iceland, to which fishermen
may DO taken for treatment when i'll.
A fat mems club has been estab-
lished in Paris under the name of
lies Cent Kilos," no man weighing
less than 200 pounds being accepted.
On state occasions the club will parade
in body.
A young English girl, at reception
given to IL number of literary lious,
remarked to one Of them, after n sur
vey OF the collection: "How very odd
that the better they write the uglier
they are!"
Apoplexy hns increased in England
in very remarkable degree since
1850. In the 16 years ending with
1866 there were 457 deaths of apo
plexy per 1000, 900 inhabitants. Las,
year the ratio was 577 per 1000, 900.
The closest contest in any of the
states at the recent election is believed
| to have been that for the state treas
urership in South Dakota, where the
Republican candidate won by ma
jority of two votes in a total of more
than 80, 600.
In the manufacture of knives the
division of lnbor has been carried to
such an extent that one knife is hand
led by seventy different artisans from
the moment the blade is forged until
tho instrument is finished and ready
for the market.
Bank of England notes are made
from new white linen cuttings never
from anything that has been worn.
So carefully is the paper prepared
that even the number of dips into the
pulp made by each workman is regis
tered on dial by machinery.
Mathematical calculations show that
an iron ship weighs twenty-seven per
cent less than wooden one, and will
carry 116 tons of cargo for every 100
hundred tons carried by wooden
ship Of the same dimensions, and both
loaded to the same draught of water.
The shoe and leather trade of Balti.
more has an invested capital of near
ly 81, 900, 900, and the amount OF the
Wholesale and manufacturing trade
of the city in this limo is estimated ut
SIG, 900, 900 annually, the retail and
customs trade adding 81, OOO, 900 more.
One historical authority states that
the earliest discovery OF iron within
the present limits of the country was
in the mountain range of western
North Carolina, and the first effort to
manufacture it into merchanta BILE form
was made in the state of Virginia in
1919. The foundry was destroyed by
the Indians in 1922.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
Not Sound in His Doctrine.

NEW YORK, March 26 The Presbyterian
synod OF which Dr.John Watson. the famous
author and lecturer, better known as Ian
MacLaren, is member is to
summon him before it to stand
formal trial on charges Of heresy
growing out Of passages in some Of his works
that have been interpreted rs indicating II
departure in belief from the sirictness Of the
Presbyterian code. This news is Of almost
startling Importance from church stand
point. and the tens OF thousands of admirers
Ofthe famous author will await the develop
ment of the case with the keenest interest.
There is not much doubt that in his recent
volume, 1.-THE Mind and the Master" he
makes havoc with the doctrine of the atone
ment, as well as with other evangelical es-
sentials Of the Presbyterian faith. 1t is not
on this line alone that he is being pursued.
There is objection among some of the
subscribers to the Presbyterian faith to a
minister of their gospel engaging in the
sinful work OF writing novels, and he is to
DO asked for explanations on this score. 1t
is gratifying to hear that the author of ''The
Bonnie Brier Brush does not feel disposed
to vince under this sort Of criticism, and it
is good, too, to hear that his congregation
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
A Tough ArllOr Plate.

The navy department is securing a
constant improvement in the quality
of its armor plute, snys the Washing
ton Post. A test made ut Indian Head
the other day demonstrated that it
now possesses the best thin armor, at
least, in the whole world. A four-inch
plate representing some of the side
armor of the battle ship Kearsarge,
that was we'll up on the bows, was
fired at with n five-inch gun. Not
long ago shot was calculated rs able
completely to penetrate an armor
plate one and one-hnlf times as
thick as its calibre. In other words,
IL fve.inch shot would penetrate u
plate seven and one. half inches thick.
This four-inch plate, however, not
only kept the shot out, but it smashed
it up, and the only mark left on the
plate was n slight dishing in the CEN
tire not more than half an inch deep.
This passed the plate. Then another
shot was taken at it to ascertain the
power required to perforate the
plate. This was accomplished only by
giving the shot the high velocity of
1885 feet per second, and even then
the plate WAS not cracked.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
Do PEOPLE Eat Too Much!

The total amount of food needed
for repair for growth, and for heating.
physiology teaches us, is much less
than is generally imagined. and it i'm
presses us with the truth OF the great
surgeon Abernethy's snying, that''cne-
fourth of what we eat keeps us, and the
other three. fourths We keep at the
peril of our lives" In winter We burn
up the surplus food with limited
amount of extra exertion. In summer
we get rid Of it literally ut some extra
task to health and, of course, to life.
We cannot burn it. Our vital fur
naces nre banked, and We worry the
most important working organs with
the extra cxertiou of removing what
would better never have been taken
into the stomach. Popular Science.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
VITALITY OF A VANCEBORO
VETERAN,
SICK UNTO DEATH.


Old Age and Inhrin!ty Driven Back.
From the Commercial, Bangor, Me.
Nj. A. W. Goodwin, OF Vanc,boro. Maine.
in the winter OF 1885. contracted rheuma-
tIsm, which. being complicated with liver
and kidney trouble, owing to his advanced
age, came near proving fatal. His reported
recovery recently lel to his being inter-
viewed by II reporter, us the circumstances
were uncommon.
Mr.. Goodwn's story Is given us he gave it,
only reduced to the narrative FORM The old
gentleman was found grading the grounds In
front OF onu OF his buildings, and spoke AS
follows:
"Durng last winter l was taken down
wi h rheumatism and liver and kidney tro u
be 80 that I could not straight ,n up or re-
tain my urine. could not even do my Ii hit
chores, much less work, AMI my advance
axe, "A, made me think that all earthly COM
fort had end. |. Doctors could not help me-,
80 had about given up. when happened to
sec in paper the case of II man Of about my
own age who hal boon cured by Pink Pills
OF u similar afllic,iOn to my own. l ut once
sat down and ordered five box OF the con-
pany by letter. not knowing hey were to be
hnu IN Town, anu ms soon rs they came began
to take them according to directions. The
first box relieved the pain in my back I'M
was able to straighteu ny; then had no diff
Guilty in retaining my urine, and befors ha |
finished four boxes 1 was rs we'll AZ ever
was, wear and tear, of course, excepted. My
rheumatism is gone, my LIVER is working
beautifully, and l can do a pretty good days
work for man who is four years over the
allotted age. l shall always, while l live.
keep DR.. Williams Pink Pills by me. as l
consider tina: owe my life to them"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, in u condensed form, all tho ele-
ments necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are an unfailng specific for su h dis
e''sos as locomotor ataxin, partial paralysis,
ST. Vitus' dance. sciatica, neuralgia. rheu-
matsm, nervous headache, the after effect OF
Ia grippe, palpiiation OF the heart. pale and
salow complex ons, all forms OF weakness
either in male or female. Pink Fills are sold
by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on re-
cept OF price. so cents Il box, or six boxes for
- so 0hey are never sold in bulk or by the
1907, by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Company. Schenectady, N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
TRAINS TELESCOPED.
Hit Head On-Three Men Injured
Engineer Knocked Seuseless.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. March 2G-The
Montreal express has been wrecked just
north OF the Chicopee Junction depot by
running into four freight ears standing on
the main track. The train had passed the
station at Chicopee Junction and WAS run
ming at the rate of about thirty miles an
hour, when, As it rounded the curve near
Whites crossing, it crashed into the
freight ears. The engine and the rear
freight car came together with such force
that they were completely telescoped, and
the engine penetrated several feet into the
second car. A flying timber from the wreck
struck Engineer Brennan in the head. He
was knocked bleeding and nearly senseless
to the floor of the cab. Fireman Hon.
man managed to dodge the flying TIM
bers, and escaped without injury. As
soon as possible he reversed the engine and
the train finally came to a stop near the Chi
copee street crossing about 600 yards north
Of the point where the collision occurred.
The injured are:
Engineer John Brennan of Windsor, VT,
severely cut and bruised about the head,
and probably internally injured.
DR.. j. Owen Of New York city,
severe internal injuries caused by violently
colliding with seat in the smoking car.
Postal Clerk W. II. SimOnds, bruised about
the head, but not seriously injured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
Study OF Mushrooms.

The study of mushrooms is engaging
the attention OF number OF people
who have organized themselves into n
body called the New York Mycologica
club. Mushrooms, toadstools and Va.
rious kinds of fungi will form the sub.
ject of study, which is SO fascinating
that already nearly forty members
have been enrolled. Mushrooms are
said to be an excellent and nutritious
food, and being very abundant they
are. of course, cheap They are said
to possess certain tonic qualities that
shonld make them valued article of
diet. New York Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
FORGER FOUND.
Skipped Seven Years AgO-LOndOn.
ers "TOuched."

LONDON, Eng. March 26-Henry J. Hig-
gins, former well-known broker OF Bos-
ton Mass, who lodged an indictment
for forgery by leaving the country
seven years ago, is one of the
American colony in London, according
to information received from the Scot
land Yard authorities. He was II member
of the firm of II. W. Tilton & Co.. then o.
Exchange place. The other members wer
Hubbard W. Tilton and John &. Hathaway
The copartnership was dissolved July II.
1899, Higgins and Hathaway getting out
and Mr.. Tilton continuing The indictment
charges him with forgery to the amount
of $4,000, but the grand total is said to be
about 10000. Mr.. Higgins seems to have OBJ
tanned quite standing abroad. for the re-
port conveys the Information that he is q
fellow Of the Imperial Institute. He had Il
great idea of making coal from peat moss,
and by his standing in the institute he was
able to obtain several advances in the inter-
est of this invention. Those he touched"
however dropped their money. He will
probably not De eXtradited.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
Killed by an Ant.

Ben Harris, an eighteen-year.ol d
boy, was hocing cotton near Pond
Springs, Ga. A laborer working near
him heard the boy give wild scream.
The young man then run q few feet,
sank to the ground writhing and
screaming. In ten minutes the boy
was dead. Examination showed that
Harris had been stung by a "bull ant. I"
The ant was found clinging to the
swollen, purple ankle of the unfortu-
nate lad aud was secured and pre-.
served by David Hall, q Chnttnnoognu,
who was in the vicinity. Mr.. Hall said
that the "bull ants" are Numerous in
the Pigeon mountains, the scene OF
the occurrence. They are about an
inch in length and have a singer
which is fully half inch long. One
other case is on record where the bite
of the insect proved fatal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
Taking Another Twist.

ATHENS, Greece, March 26-The powers
will take another twist and enforce coercive
measures against Greece. A collective note
has been addressed to the government de-
manding the recall OF the Greek troops
from the frontier and threatening that, In
the event of the refusal OF Greece to comply
with this demand the powers will blockade
the Greek ports near the frontier. The
Greek government is about to address
another protest to the powers against the
blockade of the island Of Crete and formal
population of all responsibility for any con-
sequence to which 1t may give rise.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
Victoria WOOdhull's Husband.

duIph Martin. a we'll known banker Of this
city is dead. Mr.. Martin was a member OF
the banking firm Of Martin Il Co.. at No. 8
Lombard street, a firm whose boast it is that
its counting room door has been locked and
unlocked by a Martin every day for 200
years. Mr.. Martin was very large land
owner, and his annual income was estimated
ut OIL, 100000. He was one OF the royal COM
mission on the Worlds fair and, with his
wife, visited the United States during the
exhibition. All this is interesting, but not half
as interesting as the fact that he was the
husband Of the notorious, and to most peo-
pie unsayory, Victoria C. Woodruff.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
Must Stay In Jail.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 26--The su-
preme court has denied the applica-
lion of Joseph A. lasiyi. under indictment
for the embezzlement of trust funds, and
formerly Turkish consul-Seneral at Boston.
to be admitted to bail. Iasigi's counsel made
the claim that Mr.. Iasigi. rs Il consul, was
especially exempted from trial in state
court according to the constitution of the
United States Assistant District Attorney
John d. Lindsay of New York. who APP
peared for the prosecution, called attentio on
to the fact that Mr.. Iasigi had been removed
from his Office rs consul. He said that as
Congress had repealed the law giving ex-
elusive jurisdiction to federal courts in these
eases, Iasigi was clearly amenable to the
state courts. The court upheld this view.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
Sugar and Salt Consumption.

The yearly consumption Of sugar in
tho United States l., about 100000
tons, or 4, 100000 900 pounds, which
is equivalent to about go pounds for
every man. woman and child in the
country. The quantity of salt con-
sumed is about l, 100000 tons, or
about 200, 900, 900 pounds less than the
weight of the suynr used.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27

ATHENS. Greece, March 26-Prime min
lister Delyannis says: "If the great powers
will not be convinced of the injustice and
impracticability of tho course they have de-
cided upon the situation will become worse
and probably may become uncomfortable;
nor is it possible to foresee the result. but it
will be unjust to throw upon Greece the re-
sponsibility for what may follow" The
gravity of this statement may be judged by
the fact that Delyannis is opposed to war.
and it is the first actual threat uttered by II
responsible head Of the Greek government.
LONDON. England. March 26-In long
and powerful letter to the Duke Of West
minister the Gran Old Man has protested
with all his passion and all his marvellous
command of language against the present
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
His Awful Break.

"Horatius!' snid the professor
wife, II don't believe you've heard IL
word that I've said, and here I've
been talking for half an hour !"
"Well, said the pondering pro-
fessor, "who would believe il? Yon
seem inst as fresh rs when You
started"
And it took him week to square
himself. -Chicugo Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
Puritana in the Spring.

The universal custom of taking spring
remedy is founded on natural instinct
implanted in US for our own good.
The heat-producing foods Of winter
leave the system clogged. Confinement,
in warm rooms, with lack Of outdoor ex-
ercise, makes all the organs weak and
torpid. Those who neglect to use a
remedy or fail to get the right one are
inviting serious troubles. Most chronic
diseases start in the spring. The end Of
winter finds thousands with such symp.
toms as these: A general unftness for
work with either head or hands. A worn.
out. tired.out feeling that cannot be over.
come. There is sleeplessness, or restless
sleep. Numbness Of hands or feet. A
sense Of pressure in the head, with feel
ing of gloom or dependency. There may
be Au,tering or palpi,a,ion Of the heart.
Frequently pain in the heart or under
the left shoulder. There may be rushes
of blood to the head, or ,hrobbing in the
ears at times.
Kidney and liver troubles may-ks
looked for if your digestion hs>41ot bsM
perfectly There is fulness>of pain IL the
RICH. side, or pain upAef the risM Shout
der. Dis,as,e tsf food, x<drs)sea in
the morning. Completion is No,ched
or sallow Tongues coa,eEa1 mouth
foul. fhere is dull. slsss9 fleeing, with
diSmclina.ion to breathe deeply. II the
kdneys are in danger ,hsS<wD be pain,
weakness, or soreness>n smah of back,
aed ps<haps occasional shs,p pains. Urine
is SeanA high coloreA,and on standing
becoH'es\aloa4y,or deposits a red sedi.
ment. 1here are ap. to be frequent
headaches. Sores and skin erup,ions
frequently come.
All these various symptoms are common
to spring, and show that the vital organs
need renova,ing and promp. repair.
Bright's disease, jaundice, rheumatism.
and heart troubles start from such con.
ditions as these. No two persons will
have the same set Of symptoms, bu, any
of those enumerated are important The
organs must be strengthened and repaired.
Repair can only come through active
digestion. and Puritana is the remedy TO
rely on. 1t will vitalize the entire body
and give you spring Of buoyant. vigorous
health. Clear complexion, sharp appe.
tite, and the power TO do things. is the
sure reward Of taking Puritana.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
Fifty Years Welded.

BRISTOL. Mass. March 26-Captain and
Mrs. David y. Wilcox have just celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary here.
CaptainWilcoN is the veteran shipmaster who
guards the entrance to the Herreshoffs' con-
struction shops against the curious. Mrs.
Wilcox was born. married. and has always
lived in the house where tho golden ami
versary was celebrated. with the exception
of about Is years. during which time the
couple resided ut Fall River. Captain Will
cox was born in Tivsrton IS years ago, and
for many years was u seafaring man rising
from cabin boy to captain. For many years he
followed whaling. The story Of his seafar-
ing life would make Il good sized volume
and an interesting story.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
uShrOOmS. now ,"'s
We offer One Hundred Dol
fOO,nS is engaging any use q tNtNrrh that


We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cure
Halls ,aturrh cure,
+, CnrSEy \ co Toledo
We, the UNDERSIGNED, have known
cheney tor the lat IL year., ana believe
perfectly honorable IN AL business tran
lions and financially able to carry ont
oblig tion made 10y their firm
WEST \ TRIAN, " holesalc Druggists Tol
ONO,
W Aiding, kINNAN 4 MARVIN. Whole
Druggists, Toledo, Onto.
Halls Cntnrrh cure ist, ken internally
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
faces OF the system. Ties, im"nial- sent
Price. Iar. per bottle. sold by all Drugg
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
All the Improvement.

Real Estate Agent tout West)-This
is the house told you about.
Eastern Man anxious to grow up
with the country)-Rather u pretty
place. Contains all tho modern i'm
provements, does it?
Agent-Yes, stree. Which will you
look at tirst-the cyclone cave or the
earthquake celler?- New York Week.
L.,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-27
LEGAL FIGHT BREWING.
Property Holders Called Upon to
Pay Second Time.

ray StCOUtI II11lC.
HAMPTON, N. H., March 26-The late
Simon =. Towle held IL acres OF land here in
trust. He could lease it. but not legally sell
it, He sold the land in parcels and it is now
cover, d with buildings. including u church.
Il shoe shop AMI numerous business blocks
and private residences Now the heirs
claim that they have not received the money
that Towie had no right to sell, and that the
"squatters" must pay a second time or I'M
squat Tie property is valued at about
$50. OJO. and there will be u legal fight The
church has been built about 80 years and the
shoa shop about IL years. Towle was one
Of the wealthiest citizens here and made
his money in various ways. including. SO it
is said. the sale, from his residence, Of the
cup which both cheers and inebriates. No
one, however, thought he was crooked iD
money affairs.