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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
A Strong Potato.

Charles w. Simmons, who lives on
a farm near Pleasant Home, brought
in from his farm curiosity. 1t con-
sisted of late rose potato grown in
the root of a tree. The potato vine
seems to have crept into the root, and
the new potato then started down in
the depths. 1t flourished in its strange
surroundings and developed into u
large and well formed potato. Tho
room in the root was too small for its
expansion, aud 70 the spud exerted
not less than ton pressure on the
root until the side was split open.
The root is about three inches in diam.
eter, and six inches in length. About
an inch OF the spud protrudes from
one end. 1t is quite a curiosity, and
all who have seen it say they never
saw anything like it before. Portland
Oregonian.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
WISE WORDS.

Cheerful giving always makes the
giver rich.
Unless the heart first gives, what the
hand bestows is not q gift.
Don't try to be an assistant book
keeper to the recording angel.
When praise is going up, showers OF
Blessing are sure to be coming down.
When we have o keen eye for the
faults of others, we are apt to be blind
to our own.
A right state of heart cannot be
maintained. without keeping a close
watch on the tongue.
Nearly everybody has more trouble
erasing the cost mark on Il present
than he has selecting it.
Every woman has an idea that it
ought to be pleasure for u man to
work for money for her to spend.
Time is infinitely long, and each day
is q vessel in which great deal may
he poured if we actually fill it up.
The best fatterer is the man or wo.
man who conceals defects without re-.
sorting to positive and palpable false
hood.
There is nothing which marks more
decidedly the character of men and of
Nations than the manner in which
they treat women.
Leisure will always be found by per.
sons who know how to employ their
time; those who want time are the
people who do nothing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
How Chewing Gum is Made.

"Four million pounds OF gum chi.
Gle, the product of the Mexican sapota
tree, entered the United States during
1885," says the Contectioners' Journal.
"This entire product, valued at nearly
SI,50O,OO became the basis of chew
ing gum. A walk through leading
chewing gum factory is interesting.
Here over 100000, 900 pieces Of
gum are annually produced and
shipped to every portion of the world.
Three hundred employees are engaged
in the manufacture of the gum, the
first step OF which is the importation
of the raw chicle, which is gathered by
the poems in Mexico and exported in
bales, containing about 150 pounds
each. The gum is taken from the
bales and chopped into small pieces.
These are freed Of tree bark and chips
by steaming and picking; then ground
in mills making 340O revolutions II
minute. The ground gum is subjected
to a continuous heat OF 14O degrees F.
in drying rooms. From here the gum
is sent to the 'white.aproned cook,
VIII deuS Vic putCoVo VI ouSoA e'AN Ouo
freshest of cream, granulated pepsin,
powdered guru or kola, or other de-
sired ingredient to it, and cooks it in
a steam -jacketed cauldron, where it is
turned and mixed by an ingenious
double acting heater, or rotating pad
die, until it has assumed the consis.
tency of bread dough. Now the
dough boys take hold of it and
knead it in fine powered sugar, passing
it to the 'rollers,' where it is rolled
between steel rollers until it is of the
proper thickness, when it is whisked
away to the markers The markers
are steol.knived roller, which leave
their impress on the long sheets OF
appetizing gum before it goes to the
Seasoning room, after which it is
broken on the lines left by the mark
ers. Now the gum finds Its way to the
wrapping ROOM The nimble fingers
of $50 dainty maidens are here at
play. Under their deft touch waxed
paper, tinfoil and pretty wrappers
envelop the gum quick as wink, and
in another moment the packers have
the gum to place in jars or boxes,
wherein it is shipped for sale to the
general public"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30

THE HARBOR LIGHTS OF HON E.
set my siiullop on youths shining SCI
That smiled up ut the sun.
"nurrah!" cried. "From home rover
free,
I'll breast lifc's waves alone"
And storm aud night seemed faint and far
away
And old wives hints OF wreck.
Like fairy tales, the while the sunshine lay
Like gold upon the deck.
But when upon the canvas OF the cloud,
Ink black in onward rush
And hoarsely mounting OF the thunder loud,
Tho Jagged igh.ning's brush
Lmnei me my folly with each vivid stroke,
Then, In tho driving foam
And singing spindrift rs the tempest
broke,
"Homc' Home!" cried. "My home."
Aud through the inky curtain of the gale
There comes II thread of light,
And DER tho Sitting OF the useless sail
Home voices cheer tho night.
For, see Across the outer bar that lies
Smothered in creamy foam
There shines the welcome OF u woman's eyes,
The harbor lights OF home!
j. l.. Heaton, in the Quilting Bee.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
She Rode On a Bull.

In the absence of her husband, q
woman in Starracca, Penn, whose
daughter was i'll, on Monday rode. for
want OF horse, two year.old bull to
the house of physician. There and
back was distance of ten miles. On
the return trip she started five minutes
ahead OF the physician and arrived at
her home half an hour ahead of him.
He drove a good roadster, attached
to a gig.
When wit hin a mile of her house the
bull saw man with red shirt, and,
with a roar, he dashed along, The
driver was compelled to lash his horse
numerically to escape disaster.
The woman said the bull was rather
too thin to ride without saddle, and,
as she expressed it, "putty bad gettin'
on agin after the wind strikes one
awhile" So far as known, no other
woman in Pennsylvania ever rode
bull at high speed over rough
country pike.-New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
The Horse in History,

As late as the ninth century Euro.
pean horses were shod only in the
winter time.
The first horses IN New England
were introduced in Massachusetts in
1929 or 1880.
The horse in the art OF the Roman
Catacombs is an emblem of the swift
ness of life.
Queen Elizabeth had the reputation
of being the most accomplished eques.
trienne of her time,
1t is said by competent persons that
over 100000 horses are every year
killed for food in Paris.
The first King of England to estab-
lish royal stable for breeding pur-
poses was Henry VIII.
Students of the equine race de clare
that the mule has all the faults of both
his ancestral lines.
1t is q tradition among the He brews
that Solomon had 10000 chario!
horses and 200 cavalry.
The Arabian horses have, from the
earliest times, been noted for their
tleetness and endurance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
Question of Luck.

81 hate to hear people say there's
no such thing as luck" remarked the
melancholy Mr.. Doolittle.
. 81 don't see why" his wife re.
joined.
''Because it isn't true" he returned
with asperlty. "a man can go on
trying and trying and never get along.
And some other person will go ahead
and tumble into good things without
making any effort whatever.
''Hiram, no great man has succeeded
without hard work. :"
''That's the kind of talk you always
hear. But nine times out of ten it is
all owing to the opportunity that pre-
sented itself. Fortune just seems to
lie in wait to kidnap some men. Look
at Sir Isaac Newton. His name is
handed down from generation to
generation. And why? Simply be.
cause he was sitting under tree and
an apple happened to drop on him.
You can't pretend that man is in a
position to claim superior merit
simply because, through no action or
preference Of his own, he gets hit III
the head with an apple, can you?"
"No, Hiram"
"Then don't tell me about there not
being any such thing as luck"
"It seems to me that you've chosen
poor example in support of your
argument. The case Of isaac Newton
goes to show that tho difference Is in
the people. If it had been some men
that I know of instead of Newton, the
first thing they would have done after
the apple fell would have been to go
into the house and moan for the arnica
bottle; then they would have spent
two OF three hours of precious time
talking about their bad luck. Chi.
cago Times. Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

She-"You seem to forget yourself,
SIR" He--"How could do otherwise
in your presence?" ?"-Judy.
81 know now," remarked the young
man who was sued for breach of
promise, "why they call it "'court-
ingT "-Tit-Bits.
Editor-"Your story is fiat. "
Author-"Yes?' Editor-'I wish to
compliment you. Most stories we get
are rolled up. PUCK.
Clark (excitedly) -"I tell you sir,
this town isn't big enough to hold us
both /" Fuller (calmly)-"Why don't
you start II suburb ?"-Puck.
Shell think l might love you
more if You were not so extravagant. "
He-'It's my extravagant nature that
makes me love you so. Life.
She boasts pretty, gold-irimmed purse,
The envy OF tho host.
But shopping lends from bad to worse,
1t is an empty boast.
Washington Star.
"Uncle Simon, what is n phenom
enon?" "a phenomenon is a man
who gets so rich that he won't accept
a pass on railroad. ."-Chicago Re-
cord.
NATURALIZATION sleeves were
bound to go up in the end" Wag.
leigh--"Sure. That is why they were
named balloon sleeves. boston
Traveller.
Arthur-"I would marry that
girl but for one thing" Chester
"Afraid to pop the question:" Ar
thur-"No. Afraid to question the
pop. p."-Brooklyn Life.
"I'll wager that woman submarine
diver doesn't stay under the water
more than ten minutes at n time, "
"Why?" "Nobody down there to talk
to. "-Chicago Record.
Mrs. Newlywed lin tears) "You
used to cay that you would be glad to
die for me-" MIR. Newlywed-"Woll,
I would now." Mrs. Newlywed--
"Well, you may now."-Judge.
Reporter-"rhre men fell on live
trolley wires to-day" City Editor
"Run 'em in the current events col
umn." Chorus of groans from the
for ce. .-Cincinnati Commercial Tri
bune.
"Why do people take so much in
terest in what they call Darkest
Africa anyhow 81 presume they
have kind of idea it would be gooG
thing to go there and grope with the
country ."-Chlcago Tribune.
Jagson-"I tried to pay the new
woman compliment last night IN my
speech. but it didn't seem to be appre
ciated." Bagson-"What did yor
say?" Jasson-"I said that the new
woman would leave large footprints OIL
the sands OF time. "-Tit-Bi
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
An Incident of the War.

OF the many stirring incidents re.
called at the reunion OF the Society OF
the Army of the Tennessee, none is
more remarkable than one in which
General Granville NJ. Dodge, Presid, nj
Of the society, plays the leading part.
The story is thus narrated by Captain
NJ. j. McGrath, of Chicago:
"In 1853 the lett wing of the Six
teenth Army Corps, under the COM
mand of General Dodge, was eucampetl
behind entl enchments outside of At.
lanta. l was ip the Fifty.second ILL.
nois, which formed part of the left
wing, and in the Second Division. Gen.
eral j. NJ. Corse, who is dead, com.
manded the division. We made loop.
holes in the earthworks through which
the men inserted their guns when
shooting. The Confederates kept up
n hot fire, and we had to exercise the
utmost caution. 1t was especially dan
serous to get behind loophole, as the
moment the enemy recognized any
dark object shutting off the light they
would make target of it.
'Such was the state OF things when
General Dodge came to the front one
day and walked up close to the earth
works. We particularly warned him
of the risk he was running, but he did
not seem TO mind it. He took out his
field glasses and began to reconnoiter
the Confederate batteries. He had
hardly put the glasses to his eyes,
however, when what we feared came to
pass. A bullet crashed through the
loophole, striking the General appar-
emily full in the forehead. He threw
up his hands and fell backward. the
blood streaming oil over him. He was
tenderly lifted up and carried to the
ambulance, and no one doubted but
that he had received his death wound.
This. however. was not the case. as the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30

Englishmcn are argry over mes
sage given by Ii Hung Chang to the
Westminster Gazette ns the result OF
the experience Of few miles In an
American special train in the most lux.
urous of private cars. The Niceroy
says 1.-The Marquis of Tweeddale and
the Duke of Devonshire and the direc-
tors of the Barrow-in-Furncss railroad
told him while in England that the En-.
glish railroads We're faster and more
comfortable and safer than the Ameri-
can railroads. and the American trains
were full of accidents and many more
people killed by them. The Niceroy un'
derstands that this is all kinds of lies. v
The London Chronicles comment on
this statement is: Whether the Ameri.
can car or the British carriage is more
comfortable is Il matter of opinion, but
that the British railroads arcvery much
safer. that our percentage of accidents
is very much less. and that. on the
whole, our fast trains are faster than
American ones, are facts"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
orr. the berwick lIonse, ,UrLAND VT

Following horrifying picture is from
a letter in the London Times: Dongola
Is in ruins; not Il house in it remains
whole; every building has been gutted;
where once were busy streets the
palms now rise above the wrecked hab-
itations. and every thoroughfarc is
chokpu with Il dense underground Of
1horny bushes and TALL rank grass. The
great baZar, with its covered arcades.
one of the chief marS of Africa, Is now
II heap of rubblc. or the public build
ings and the handsome, well-furnished
mansions of the principal merchants
the red brick walls, with gracefully
arched doors and windows, alone re-
main standing, while within them one
can still see traces of cOlumned c0rri-
dors and delicate Eastern Ornamcnta-
tion. Where once extended riverside
quays. swampy ground now slopes to
the Nile. The broad avenue where the
market used to be held has disappear
ed; the pleasant gardens Of fruit trees
and flowers have been destroyed. For
twelve years Dongola has been unn-
habitcd; for the Baggara declared it
to be--as the city Of the unbelicvng
Turks-an accursed place, in which no
man should he permitted to dwell.
Those who knew the Dongola of old
find ii difficult now to find their way
through the wrecked streets, and can
scarcely recognize the house in which
they formerly lived. 1t is Il scene Of
wanton distinctions; the proverb says
that "wherc the foot of the Turk has
trod. the grass does not grow" So it
IS with the Baggara. He disdains to do
any work: by profession he is Il robber
and destruction is his pastime; he en-
slaves where he does not kill, and in
the place of what lie destroys he ere
a,es nothing. Civilization Is abhor
rent to him: after plundering and de-
stroying the city he left the bodies of
the masSacred and mutilated inhabit
ants to rot in the streets. and went out
into the desert content to live the life
of Il savage in one of the squalid how
els of which Dervish deym, or perma-
nent camp, Is composed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30

The town Of 1rilby, Fla, was named
for the heroine of Du Maurier's novel
before this became a fad. hut it is only
within the last few weeks that the town
has been laid ont and its streets and
squares named for characters in the
book. The lake near by-Lake Little
Rillee-has been renamed Lake Du
Maurier. At the suggestion Of friend
of the manager of the railroad which
runs through the town letter appris.
ing Mr.. Du Maurier OF the name given
TO the town and bearing the Trilby
postmark on the envelope was sent to
the novelist last spring, and called
forth from him charming note of ap.
probation on behalf of himself as god.
father and Of his heroine as godmother,
for IAN honor that does not usually fail
- the likes of Trilby O'Ferrall."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
Swaying Of the Skyscrapers.

A regularity of enormously high
buildings is attracting interest in New
York since tho Building Inspectors
have learned that many of them
swervei fully foot from the upright
during the recent hurricane, though
this, by experts, is cited as a proof OF
their strength.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
Hamlet at Dartmouth.

HANOVER. n. H., Jan. 20-Under the
management of the Dartmouth Lecture
Association, the second in the series OF
winter entertainments for the Dartmouth
students has been given in Bissell hail. Mr..
Henry l.. Southwick OF the Emerson school
of oratory, Boston. Mass, gave "Hamlet. the
Man OF WILL
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
Stantla rtl tn Re Raised.

CONCORD, N. H.. Jan. 29-Notice has
been given in the House OF bill to regulate
the licensing and registration of physicians
and surgeons. The usual restrictive clauses
as to time OF practice, examinations, etc,
are included in the bill.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30

SALEM. Mass, Jan. 29-The new State
Normal School has just been formally dedi-
Gated in the presence of "A large audience,
among whom. were many distinguished state.
city and school officials. The building cost
S25O, 900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
Stramshiu InnrnYemenIS.

Within the last fifty years the rate
of speed of ocean steamers has trebled
and the usual horsepower increased
from 700 to 10000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30

II q star came down to earth, it
wouldn't be there day until some.
body wonld say it was only tallow
candle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
IN PERIL.
1T was night,

L was night. l
was in my bed
room ut the Pera
Hotel, listening to
the silence, if you
will allow me to
make a bull. 1t
was but half-past
ten, and the Turk.
ish city never
very wide awake
had now gone
calmly fast to
sleep; all lights
we're put out, and
no sound was to be
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
Dragged by Frightened Horses.

DTuSScu ny CrlSutehcu nOrscS.
Presence of mind and cool nerve are
what H. Fersten, cowboy. possesses
to Il marked degree. 10 these he owes
his life, which seems to have hung on
slender thread one day last week.
He left Billings early one cold morn.
ing, riding horse and leading three
bronchos. He crossed the river to go
to the Crow reservation, where there
is no settlement, when his horse
slipped and fell. This caused the led
horses to jerk back, throwing him
from the saddle and entangling his
legs in the rope The frightened
horses then ran, dragging Fersten,
who realized at once his awful danger
and lay on his back, says Butte spe.
cial to the Philadelphia Times:
1t was necessary to act quick. So
with rare presence of mind and con.
summate coolncss he reached for his
knife, opened it with his teeth, but in
slashing at the rope had it knocked
from his hand. He then reached
around to his hip and drew his re.
volver. Suffering severely from con.
tact with the hard, frozen ground, he
managed to fire, but did not hit the
nearest horse fatally. Then he fired
again, this time bringing down the
horse, to which he clung in such
manner as to relieve him from further
bruises and the STRAIN of the rope
which had already broken small
bone in his leg. The horses soon
stopped, when he was able to extri-
cate himself from the danger of his
situation. He Immediately mounted
horse and returned to Billings for
medical aid. This instance deserves to
be put down as one in which rare pres.
ence of mind and nerve we're dis
played, under the most trying of cir
cumstances. But the hardy cowboy
only smiled and seemed to regard it
more OF a joke tfau anything else. He
blamed himself for being caught off
his guard and in such position as to
be dragged by wild horses.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30
WHAT TIME Is ITs

WHAT TIME Is ITs
Time to do well.
Time to live better
To give up that grudgc,
To answer that letter,
To speak tho kind word
That may sweeten some sorrow:
To do now the good
You would leave till tomorrow.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30

Imitation is the first attempt Of The
child at education,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30

A woman never loves a man for what
he does tor her.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-30

General still survives. He has to-day
deep furrow along the top of his
head, showing the course of the bullet,
and his escape was literally hairs
breadth one
'lt was sixteen years later" con-
tinued Captain McGrath, "when l
next met General Dodge. I was in.
troduced to him by Mr.. Palmer, then
Postmaster of Chicago. He readily
recalled the circumstances have des.
cribed.
General said, we have always
wondered what your object WAS in
taking observations on that day.
"I will tell you,' replied General
Dodge, Il came to the front of the
line that day carrying in my pocket
an order from General Sherman to
assault the Confederate batteries. The
Fourth division was already on the
march and coming up to support you.
Nothing but that bullet interfered
with the plan. In few moments you
would all have been over the line.
General, l exclaimed, the enemy
could have brought hundred guns to
bear on us. We should have been
murdered.
II know it, answered the General,
'but we should have obeyed orders. ,"
The accuracy of Captain McGrath's
story was confirmed last night not
only by General Dodge himself, but
by Major H. I. Smith, of the Seventh
Iowa, which regiment was also in at
the time. Major Smith stated that he
caught the General as he fell, and that
himself and other officers have kept as
mementos portions of General Dodge's
scalp, torn off by the bullet. The fact
that the bullet first struck the cartridge
box used to form the loophole alone
saved the Generals life.
The significance of the story is that
but for the Confederate's wellalmed
shot the order to assault would have
been given, the division would prob.
ably have been slaughtered, and few
left to tell the tale.-St. Louis Re.
public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-06
FIGHT ON SANTA FE.
Tramps and TrainmenBattle-T Tramps
are in Jail

Kansas City, July 6.-The trainmen on a
Santa Fe train from the west which ar
rived in Kansas City this forenoon, had
an exciting experience with tramps near
Spearville, a small station east of Dodge
City last night.
AS the train pulled out of Dodge City
four men boarded the blind baggage, pre-
sumably to steal a ride to Spearville. One
of the brakemen ordered them off. They
refused to go. Two trainmen came to the
brakeman's assistance and fight fol-
lowed, in which the brakeman was badly
cut. After one of the tramps had cut the
air hose, the four jumped from the train
and tried to escape. Three of them were
caught by trainmen and passengers after
a long chase and the fourth was captured
by the sheriff a few hours later. They are
all in Jail at Dodge City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-06
M'KINLEY LOOKS TIRED.
He Tells Them at Home That His
Job is Not What it is Cracked
Up to Be

Canton, O.. July 6.-"My job is not
what it is cracked up to be-" remarked
President Mckinley, jokingiy, to his
cousin, c. c. Miller. of Canton. THAT
is to say he added, there is nothing
easy about it, as some of my friends
may think"
The presidents relatives and friends
here have noticed during his visit home
that he looks tired. He and his friend
Judge Day, assistant secretary of state.
took Fourth of July holiday for 4S
hours, and today will see them both at
work in Washington.
''I have had a splendid rest he said
"tand feel much refreshed"
He was surrounded by his own kin,
his fond old mother next to him, and
then his sisters, cousins and wife. Ask
ed if he intended to cruise along the
New England coast this summer, Pres
ident Mckinley replied:
Not that / know of now. In fact I
have made no plans for the summer