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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-17
To Cure a Cold in One Day

To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative BromO Qunine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure, Twenty-Five cents.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-17

~porsistent Saving is the Road to wealth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
Value OF the Egg in Sickness.

The value of egg albumen in food in
certain diseased conditions is pointed
out by DR.. @. Z. Boynton, says the
Pacific Medical Journal. When fever
is present the appetite is nil, he says;
what one wants is an aseptic article of
diet; the white of an egg, raw, serves
both as food and medicine. One way
to give it is to drain off the albumen
from an opening about half an inch i'll
diameter at the small end of the egg,
the yolk remaining inside the shell;
add little salt to this and direct the
patient to swallow it. >...f
In typhoid fever the mode of feed
ing materially helps lis in carrying out
an antiseptic plan of treatment. Fur
thermore, the albumen, to q certain
extent, may antidote the toxines of
the disease. Patients may at first re-
bel at the idea of eating raw egg;
but the quickness with which it goes
down without the yolk proves it to be
less disagreeable than they suppose,
and they are then ready to take sec
ond dose.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30

Mexico, talking with two friends in
the reading room Of an uptown hotel.
He speaks excellent English, and as
he said this he held up to view the
battered silver ball which he carries
always strung by gold wire to his
watch guard.
"It weighs just an ounce, the Senor
Don continued. cit was given me by
my grandfather, who told me the story
of it when he put it into my hands on
his dying bed. He was clear of mind,
and could not doubt word of his
story, strange as it may sound to you.
1T was more than fifty years ago, my
grandfather said, that a monster wolf
appeared at my ranch on the San
Ysidro and destroyed many sheep and
calves and colts. My herders chased
the creature with lassos and fired at it
to no purpose; it was so fierce that il
would not retreat before one man. Ny
major domo sent word of these things
to me, and I went to the ranch. Three
different times I fred at that wolf,
feeling sure every time that I must
have hit the creature, but it trotted
away with no sign of hurt. When
after my third trial I found the fiat
tened bullet at the place where the
wolf had been when 1 fred, gave up
trying to kill the beast with powder
and lead, and I rode 100 miles to con-
suit with a man who was learned in
such matters. He heard my story.
"'Make bullet from the first silver
you tind,' he said. Scratch upon it q
Christian cross, and try the wolf with
that. If your aim be true, the bullet
will not fall fiat like the other.
''rhe rest of the story will tell in
my own words. My grandfather made
the wise man present and started
back for the ranch. Crossing the
channel of the San Ysidro, at that
season of the year nearly dry, his
horse stumbled, and where its hoof
had disturbed the sand and pebbles
there lay exposed nugget of pure
silver, such as often is found in the
bed of this stream, washed down from
the mountains. Dismounting, my
grandfather picked up the nugget, and
after his arrival at the ranch hammered
it into the bullet you see. The next
night he watched for the wolf, which
came with the rising moon, and he
killed the creature with this silver
bullet. His hocks and herds were
troubled no more by any wolf, and he
kept the bullet until the last day of
his life.
Keep it, my dear grandson, ;
were his last words to me concerning
| the bullet. 1T has been lucky for
me, and it may succor you in some
bad time
"For six years carried the silver
bullet in my pocket before the chance
came to demonstrate that it was a
lucky piece for me. The house at my
hacienda, like Mexican houses in gem
eral, is of one story, so that oil its
rooms are on the ground floor. NY
sleeping room opened upon long,
narrow hallway, with door opening
upon the courtyard. I had occasion
one morning to 60 to the further end
OF this hallway to get some business
papers that kept there on q shelf. A
snake must have crawled into the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
Horse That Wears Specs.

Among the wonders. of Surrey, Eng
land, which is suburb of London
town, is q horse that wears spectac!es.
He wears them for a purpose, too, for
his eyesight is so dim that he can't see
a yard in front of his nose unless he
has on his "specs." Queer sight, a
horse with nose glasses! But Toby
that's what they christened him
takes his affection and his spectacles
as a very matter of fact thing. and
goes about his daily duties calmly.
He has suffered from myopia for two
years. Veterinary surgeons recon-
mended some kind Of glasses. Toby
got them and wears them. He owns
the unique distinction of being the
only four-footed animal in the world
equipped with spectacles.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
a Peculiar Pecan.

There is a pecan tree on the planta'
ton of the Widow James, five miles
from Waycross, that is peculiar freak.
1t was twice struck by lightning last
year, but is still bearing some of the
finest pecans. The last time the tree
was struck bolt of lightning ran
down the corner of a smoke house
near by and smashed up various things
inside Of the building, leaving an old
setting hen undisturbed in one COR
ner, says the Louisville (Ky.) Post.
1t then struck the clothes wire and
followed il across the yard to the cor
ner of the i5wl house, where it came
near killing the. entire lot. The
clothes line was melted from end to
end. The tree, not to be outdone,
took on now life aud is bearing some
very fine pecans this year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
Escaped a Dreadful Death.

William H. Hill, of Ossawatomie,
Kan, had an adventure in the Grand
Canyon of the Yellowstone which de-
serves to take high rank in the annals
of narrow escapes. He had descended
the canyon to Red Rock, below Point
Lookout. He was still 1900 feet above
the bottom of the great chasm. Below
him an almost precipitous slope ran
down hundreds of feet to the top of an
absolutely perpendicular wall Of great
height.
Mr.. Hill lost his footing and plunged
downward along the steep slope. He
knew what was below him. The speed
with which he approached destruction
was rapidly accelerating and grow
ing avalanche was accompanying him.
With a desperate effort he flung him
self upon his back and dug his heels
and elbows into the earth. 1t seemed
to him that he slid for miles, but he
was not going as fast rs at the begin
ming Stones that he had started
raced on ahead of him; he dug his
heels and his elbows in harder. And
at last he stopped with something that
felt like solid rock under his feet.
For some moments he lay perfectly
still, not daring to move. Then slowly
he raised his head
He was on the brink of the precipice,
600 feet high. The little ledge under
his feet was actually projecting over
the edge.
A rescue party, almost an hour
later, found him sitting there. He
was practically unhurt - Chicago
News,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30

The recent convention OF the American
Humane association held Mt Nashville re-
elected John G.. Shortall OF Chicago presi-
dent of the society. He Il well known in
his work in the interest OF kindness to
animals, having given himself wholly up to
the cause OF the humane work since he
retired from active b,lsin 80 in 1871. He was
native OF New York. where ha was with
the New York Tribune under Greeley. In
1854 ho left New York and went to Chicago.
Tn 1869 the Illinois Humane society was
formed and for eighteen years he was at the
head OF the society. He was one Of those
who accomplished the extending OF the work
of the society to include the care OF children.
Mr.. Shortalli is an honorary member OF many
Of the humane societis, OF the country.
Being man OF IN .ans he has an advantage
of wealth in pushing the work OF the
Humane association.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
THE SILVER BULLET.
ooooo0ooCoo0oooooooo

HIS silver ballet
three times has
saved my life, and
it had q history
when it came into
mypossession. Do
YOU wonder that I
wear it as a tails
man?" said Senor
Don Faustino Or
tepa. of SinalOa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
LOVE I BEAR.

Daytime or nighttime,
Duty or leisure,
Weary with labor
Or heartsick with care,
Sleeping or waking,
In sadness or pleasure,
My lifo is possessed
OF this love that bear.
No blessing so joyous,
No sorrow so saddening,
No memory so fond,
And no hope is so dear,
No cups so embittered.
No comforts so glad,lening,
As those that I know
In this love that | bear.
Intermingled with all
That touches my being,
The fabric OF life
Has been woven so fair
BY the shuttle of thought,
That forever is flying,
Propelled by this merciless
Love that | bear.
Summers have budded
And blossomed and faded,
The fruit of rich autumns
Been garnered with care,
The treacherous ice
OF winters invaded,
And bright Easter springtimes
Since love that bear,
Strange! Strange the power
That with hunger possesses
A soul with such longing
That life is q prayer
For love of it's own,
That none other expresses,
yelling up from heart
With such love as bear.
SO on through the time
or allotted probation,
No hope of q blessing,
SO precious to share,
Can ever be found,
Except in relation
To One that I love
!lth ouCh loNC I'D L DCdts
God in Thy goodness
Teach me the meaning
or all that environs
And kindly declare
The way 1 can live
In patience, not weaning
My heart from this terrible
Love that I bear.
Dear days" OF the past,
l remember with gladness
When loves golden halo
Shone bright everywhere.
Oh! why should q heart
Have to suffer such sadness
As days that turn love
Into doubt and despair.
Angels Of mercy,
Bring messages cleaning
With nope, that the future
Will kindly prepare
An earthly inheritance,
Bright with tho beaming
OF love, in return
For the love that bear.
j. II. Macl
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
Saved Twenty-Nine Lives.

In the Century there is an article by
the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, entitled
1.-THE Roll of Honor of the New York
Police" In speaking of promotions
for gallantry, Mr.. Roosevelt says:
Among the first promotions we made
were two which illustrated the attitude
Of the Board toward cases of this kind,
and which also incidentally illustrated
exactly what we mean by "taking the
force out of politics is, by ad-
ministering it OH principles of de-
cency, and appointing and promoting
men on their merits, without regard
to their political backing. The first
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
MR.. DANA A RECLUSE.
Editors Brother Rejects Advances
-MysteriOus Remittances.

nrOOuCT ASCJCCeD Auv0hSCe
Mysterious Remittances.
LUBEC, Me. Oct. 2S-The death Of Editor
Charles A. Dana Of the New York Sun re-
calls to the minds Of the people In this vi
cinity the fact that his brother David, man
OF many scholarly attainments, lives in
remote farmhouse near the lead mines here.
The house is situated in thickly wooded
portion OF Lubec ridge and is plainly visible
TO anyone driving up from the town.
Mr.. Dana came here with his family
few years ago and bought the prop
crty where he has since lived the life
OF a recluse, seeing no one and appar-
sntly satisfied to dwell far from the busy
world, surrounded by his wife and family
and well-stocked library. Just what his
income is, or from whence he receives the
remittance which comes regularly every
month, no one seems to know. The Dana
residence has always been a source OF much
mystery to the neighbors and many attempts
have been made to become better acquainted
with Mr.. Dana and his family. These over
lures have been courteously but firmly re-
jected. Occasionally Mr.. Dana takes trip
to town, and is pointed out to travellers, but
no one now thinks OF troubling In any way
the calm serenity Of his lonely life In his for
est home.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30

WINDSOR, Me-, Oct. 2S-Robert Murray.
well known and highly respected farmer Of
this town, has just been killed. He was re-
moving boulder in field. The stone had
been removed from its bed, and Mr.. Murray
had gotten into the hole when the rock rolled
back upon him, killing him instantly. He
was 65 years old.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
Three Yankees Made Happy.

- WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 2S-Among
the 40 latest appointments of fourth-class
postmasters are the following in New Eng
land: Maine, East Pittston. II. A. Clark
Massachusetts,, Alferton, W. II. Sylvester
New Hampshire, Conway, W. A. Sloane.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30

Cultivation implies something to cul-
tivate. We plant the seed in favor
able soil if we would reap a harvest.
We train the muscle that already has
some strength II we would make an
athlete. We foster an aptitude for using
tools if we would make a good mechan-
ic. In like manner. If we would culti-
vate the moral nature. we must seek
for the best instincts that are already
active, and nourish and develop them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30

The release OF Evangelina Cisneros from
the vile Havana prison Is generally regarded
with satisfaction by the people OF this
country on the s,rf resUMes u",t nHt
=. torrotten. Ho is newspaper man who
Ss. Ss ~, had some important assignments on his
naS nansr the New York Journal. He Is man
pSRHor,nu 10 seeming recklessness.. His bold
r. front In the matter Of the rescue % alone guar
his He sonscsn,ioss sats as
ayysoatherer ony would have done under the
'.~',Sstsnces. Decker has always con-
circumsssS,iv ~. .ssivnments with ability and has
ducteu n's Sn,,,ation and esteem OF his as
won .no .sa 90 married. and his young wife
socia,ss' .,.,aomed her husband back from
Prouuy yss,i mission. Decker IL q young
bis succc narve and intelligence. He Is OF
man ~ m.ruer and fair face.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30

y woman Is almost as proud or her
mourning clothes as she is Of her we'd
ding clothes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30

We must not Judge of mans merits
by his great qualities, but by the use
he makes Of them. -Rochefoucauld.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
A Brave Boy Captain.


With death walking the deck by
his side, short handed, officers dead
or disabled with fever, through seven
weeks of disaster, danger and fear, n
boy of sixteen years of age performed
an act requiring rare force of will and
character in the south seas recently
His name was William Shotton, and he
is the son OF an English sailor.
The Trafalgar, his ship, a tour
masted bark of 100 tons. sailed from
Batavia on October 80, 1896, with a
cargo of petroleum for Melbourne,
Australia. Fever broke out among
the crew even before the ship left port,
and Captain Edgar was invalided.
The command devolved upon the next
in authority, Mr.. Roberts. But scarce
ly had the ship weighed anchor when
he, too, was stricken, together with
several other able bodied members of
the crew. The ship carpenter next
succumbed to the fever, and ON the
same day Officer Roberts leaped over
board in delirium. The entire charge
of the ship thereupon devolved upon
Shotton. Luckily for all concerned
he was born OF race of sailors and
had received some instructions in
navigation.
For a time the wind was moderate,
but the fever still pursued its deadly
course, and on December the cook
died, the sixth victim of the disease.
Port Fairy, Australia, was the first
place sighted on the mainland, but
this was by no means the end of the
boy captains troubles. A few days
later fearful storm broke out, and
Shotton was of the opinion that moth
ing could be done but run before it,
since to attempt to Withstand it would
almost certainly mean destruction in
the weakened state of the crew. All
of the crew who were half fit for duty
were ordered on deck and the neces-
sary steps were taken to put the ship
in order to carry out the decision.
Day and night the young captain was
on the bridge, giving his orders amid
the awful tempest with GOODNESS aud
calmness which would have moved
many a gray-haired skipper to envy.
Finally the wind moderated and the
vessel was able to resume it's journey
to the Victoria coast,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
NO. b. WOODSTOCK VT" SATURDAY. OCTOBER 30,

case was that of an old fellow, a veter-
an of the Civil War; who was at tho
time roundsman. happened to
notice one day that he had saved II
woman from drowning, and had him
summoned so that I might look into
the matter. The old fellow brought
mp his record before me, and showed
not little nervousness and agitation;
for it appeared that he had grown
gray in the service, had performed feat
after feat of heroism, but had no
political backing of any account. He
was Grand Army man, but not one
of the political" type; and so had not
received any attention from the for
mer Police Boards; and now, at last,
he thought there was a chance for him.
He had been twenty-five years on
the force, and during that time had
saved some twenty-five persons from
death by drowning, varying the per-
formance once or twice by saving per-
sons from burning buildings. Twice
Congress had passed laws especially
to, empower the then Secretary of the
Treasury, John Sherman, to give him
medal for distinguished Salluutry in
saving life. The Lif.-Saving Society
had also given him its medal, and so
had the Police Department. On ex-
amining into his record carefully, we
found that it was wholly free from
complaints of any infraction of duty,
aud that he was sober and trustworthy.
We felt that he was entitled to his
promotion, and he got it. We did not
know his politics. nor did we care
about them. 1t is very unlikely that
the woman whom he last saved, rs he
swan ont towards her, felt any special
interest as to whether he had voted for
Cleveland or Harrison nor did we. He
had risked his life freely again and
again in the performance of his duty:
lie had conducted himself so as to be
a credit to the department, and a credit
to the city; and we felt that he was ell
titled to his reward.
1t Is worth while mentioning that he
kept on saving life after he was promo
ted to a sergeantcy. On October u,
1896, he again saved man from
NioW lp NuS uu iicDouy
else was in the neighborhood, and the
slip from which he jumped in abso-
lutte darkness, and he was about ten
minutes in the water, which was very
cold. The captain of the precinct, in
the case, said: "The.sergeant
was off the bulkhead and into the water
after his man quicker than it takes to
say Jack Robinson" There was no
way in which the board could reward
him for this, except by telling him he
was an honor to the department; for
he had been given all the medals, and
bars to the medals, that he could be
given. Il was the twenty-ninth per-
son whose life he had saved during his
twenty three years service in the de-
and he was tifty-tive years
old when he saved him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
E. P. TEWKSBURY.
House, Carriage, Sign and Ornamental
p AIN II e r..

The best Of stock COZ st tntly on hand All
kinls OF pnperiny and iuting OF walls done
to order. Agent for Avsrill Chemical Paint
the best paint In use.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-30
o. T. MARSH,
House, CarriaGe and Sion Painting.

Particular attentich given to Paper Hang
ing ant. Tinting of walls anil ceilings. The
best stock always on hand for both outside
snG inside painting, and paints mixed to
or'ier. hop rear OF
kMeHiU BL0ck, WOOdstOch.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-03
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Madame du Bos d'Elbhecq, a member
of the French Society Of Literary Persons.
still writes stories at the age OF 3d.. she
lives In a convent at Anglers
Mr.. Kipling, 1t Is said, owes his strange
name to Lake Rudyard fine sheet OF
water in Staffordshire, near which MS
father and mother first met.
General John b. Gordon, who has been
much talked of for the governorship OF
Georgia, declares that he has permanently
retired from politics and would not accept
q nomination.
President W. L. Wilson OF the Washing
ton Lee university, has received check for
$1,000 from William G. Whitney, to be ap-
piled to the fund for the erection OF the
Tucker Memorial hall at the university.
Rose Bonheur, the celebrated animal
painter, is very fond Of monkeys, and has
several about her home and in her study.
They accompany her in her rural rambles
and answer readily to their respective
names.
John l.. Stoddard the popular lecturer
onfore ign lands. has retired from the plat
form on account of i'll health. All Of the
lectures he has delivered. together with
several new ones, will be published In q
series of ten volumes, containing 3400 IL
Illustrations.
Count Leo Tolstoi is a vigorous hater
of England. He says the English and the
zulus should be herded together as the
two most brutal nations Of the earth. His
chief regret, he declares. is that he can
not spare time to write book about the
English people.
Tartini the great violinist. composed
the Devils Sonata underline inspiration
of dream. He fancied the devil invited
him to a trial Of skill upon his own in
strument, and woke with the music of the
sonata ringing ~ his ears. He at once
traced it ON paper.
Professor Gushing has Just made an ex-
animation of the Pine Island Keys in Flor
ida and discovered the remains OF villages
and numerous relics OF ancient lake dwell
ers. whose racial affinities are still un-
| known. Judging from their steel and, cop
per implements or weapons, their pottery
| masks and modes Of sepulture, they appear
to be akin to the ancient Mexican people.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-03

been Epidemic In New Orleans about fifty
times. 1t II not generally known that
Philadelphia has suffered more from yel-
low fever than perhaps any other Amer
lean city. except New Orleans, and one or
two other places in the Southern country.
Prior to 1890 the Quaker City was repeat
edly visited by this disease. caoh time as
suming epidemic form and destroying its
Victims by hundreds. In the last century
there were eleven epidemics OF yellow fe-
yer in Philadelphia. those OF l7s3 and 1877
being especially severe. In the last men,
toned year two out OF every ive cases
died. an average exceeded only by Asiatic
cholera
Can you explain the origin Of the word
buncombe," as applied to anything said
for mere show? COT
"Buncombe" was first applied to
speeches made in congress for the mere
purpose OF being published and sent home
to crafty constituents and secure their
votes, and it's origin was the rcmark OF q
member from North Carolina, who, when
asked why he persisted In delivering a
long haangue when the members were
all leaving tho house to avoid 1t, replied:
"Never mind; I'm talking to Buncombe!'
that being the county in which he lived.
Can you give me correct phrascology
and author Of the following: 'Promptness
is the politeness of kings" Or 10 1t,
"Punctuality Is the courtesy of kings"
R.S.z.
The saying Is one Of Louis xIv's, and
the English forms YOU give are simply
TRANSACTIONS The second. howover. 10
more euphonious.
Is there a special flag for the presi-
dent of the United states? Tom X,
Yes. The flag was designed and first
used by President Arthur In 1883. 1t has
blue ground with the arms of the
United States in the center, and is now
hoisted at the mainmast whenever the
president is on board a government YES
sci.