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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
Indian Instruments.

The only instruments known to
these tribes were the drum, the rattle,
and kind OF fageolet.
The drum and rattle were used in
accompanying the voice, to accentuate
the rhythm and to assist in interpret
ing the emotive impulse of the song.
Shaking the rattle and beating the
drum with clear, sharp strokes served
not only to mark the time, but to Sc
cure the coordination and unity Of
movement OF the numerous voices in
the choral, or to enforce precision of
motion in the dauce. The tromolo of
the drum OF rattle was to express the
awe and trepidation felt when ap-
preaching the supernatural, or when
invoking the aid OF the occult powers.
The hageolet was rather rude in.
strument, having o range limited to
eight or ten notes in tho treble clef.
Owing to the lack of mechanical ac-
curacy in its manufacture, this range
varied with every instrument, as did
also the quality and value of the tone
relations. There seems to have been
only one requirement of the maker
namely, that when the flagelet was
blown with oil the six holes stopped
there should be strong vibrations in
the tone produced. This instrument
was used exclusively for solos by the
young men OF the tribe, and, in spite
of the inaccuracies of pitch arising
from it's imperfect construction, some
of the melodies composed for it are
not without hints of beauty.-Jo1rnal
of American Folk Lore.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
Passing of Spanish Rule.

Spain held sway in the Americas
for 14S, ,2O3 actual days before agreeing
to finally abandon all that Columbus
gave her. That means 405 years,
nine months and seventeen days, al
lowing for the difference between the
old and new style of reckoning.
The Spanish flag was first raised on
this continent by Columbus on San
Salvador-now British territory-on
Friday morning, October IL, 1892.
1t disappeared from Guiana, which
finally went into the hands of the
English, Dutch and French, 1913.
Brazil and Uruguay went to Portu-,
gal, who claimed them under treaty
1884.
Jamaica taken by Great Britain,
1865.
The Bahamas taken by Great Brit.
ain, 1850.
Hayti went to France and was
called st. Dominique, 1895.
Chilli became independent, 1917.
Florida ceded to the United States,
1919.
Mexico became independent, 1921.
Colombia, New Grenada, Peru,
Paraguay, Ecuador and Bolivia, under
the leadership of Simon Bolivar,
threw off the Spanish yoke, 1924.
Argentina attained independence,
1912.
Venezuela attained independence,
1845.
Spain agreed with the United
States to relinquish all claim of SOW
ereignty over the last OF her posses
sions on the Western Continent
August 9, 1S98.-New York Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
Sheen without Wool,

The principal kind of meat con-
sumed by the people of Arabia, both
native and foreign, is the mutton of
the Somali, or blackhead sheep, and
no matter by whom eaten all pro-
nounce it the best mutton ever tasted.
The sheep, rs its name indicates, is
from the Somali country on the Afri.
can coast. These sheep have no wool,
but short fine hair, similar to that Of
the dog. The most peculiar thing
about them is that they have large
lump of pure fat growing right at the
root of the tail, and this fat varies in
size and weight according to the con.
dition of the sheep. A medium-sized
lump of this fat weighs about four
pounds. Such sheep which weighs
from thirty-Gve to forty pounds, is
sold at from four to five rupees
(eighty-five cents to $1.05). The
skin when sun.dried is exported, and
large quantities Of them 60 every year
to the New York market, where they
are known as 'mocha SKINS" but like
the "mocha coffee" of merce, this
is merely term and nothing else. In
1897 these skins were imported into
New York to the value OF S62s, 226.-
Detroit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
Puzzled Over Our Slang.

"What gives me most trouble, +"
said a foreign military attache, "is
trying to translate your American
language into English first, and then
into my own language, so as to give
my government correct understand
ing of the spirit and character of
your soldiers. I find the phrase get
there, for example, difficult. When
I saw your infantry going forward
against the opposing troops in the
forts and intrenchments, 1 said to the
officer with me that the infantry
should not attempt such movement
without artillery. You're right, he
told me, 'but the boys will get there.
cat night. when we were all so
hungry, L ventured to inquire if a
further movement were contemplated
till your army was provisioned. Then
the officers, who were gentlemanly,
oil laughed aud said the army would
think about rations when they got
there The second day we met many
of your wounded men coming back as
we were going forward. When the
Colonel asked them about the fighting
30 many times 1 heard them say: We
got there And afterward also l
heard those words very often. But it
is SO difficult for me to explain so my
own people will understand it, what
nature OF tactics is get there. ~
Boston Transcript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10

do not-in short, if I am killed"-shs
gave little shudder; he saw that she
did, and repeated-"if I am killed, l
shall leave orders that my most treas
ured possessions shall be sent to YOU"
"Do you mean this mare?"
II mean the mare. 1t will make me
as happy as it would seem l am meant
to be, to know that if die you will
have her, aud will ride her, and be
kind to her. For you are fond Of her,
too"
Miss Leeds knit her b-ows and con-
sidered. "And if should not?" she
said.
"She shall not go TO any one else.
I will have Dartmoor shoot her on
the day that he hears my death con.
tirmed."
Miss Leeds switched at the skirt of
her habit. ''Is there no one else who
is fond of her, also?"
"No," he answered.
"But that other girl you told me
off"
There flashed back upon Laucas-
ter's memory how Dorothy had been
wont to stand with her arms around
the arched black neck, and her cheek
against the warm. soft nose; how the
mare had followed her tamely around
the garrison, as she would follow no
other but himself. Then Miss Leeds
turned the sun of herquestioning eyes
upon him. They were serious now,
and their gentle light scattered the
mists of memories. She only valued
the horse for the masters sake, and
the master is no longer anything to
her. "Will You do as I ask?"
A little, ironical smile, the smile of
an essy-goiug cynicism curled her
fps. "Unto the victor belong the
spoils. Yes, if anything happens to
you, will take the horse. But you
Smust not be rash. believe prefer
your safety to it,"
Two months afterward, Miss Leeds,
bending forward to stroke the glossy
neck OF the black mare that had be-
longed to Lieutenant Lancaster,
turned and glanced up into the face of
the man who was riding beside her.
"Who was the girl you bowed to
near the gates? The one with the big,
sad eyes?"
cit was Dorothy Terrence, he told
her. Lancaster used once to be en-
gagged to her."
"No wonder, then, that she looked
at me reproachfully." She tried to
laugh, but the laughter broke and she
grew white as she set the mare into
gallop. 'There may, you know"
she called to him, mockingly, above
the clatter of the hoofs-"there may
lurk the adder of remorse, among the
victOr's spoils. "--Argonaut.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
USE FOR oLD.TlME MONITORS.
They Will he Assigned ~ station Ships
In Cuban and Porto Kican POrts.

The old monitors of the Civil War
period, having proved their efficiency
in the present war, during which they
have been manned by the naval re-
serves Of the several States, will be
continued in service as station ships in
the various ports on the Cuban and
Porto Rican coasts. 1t is understood
that they will be assigned for duty,
probably in the fall or rs soon MS the
details Of command and muster of men
from the regular force of the navy can
be arranged. These vessels will be
turned over to the Navy Department
as rapidly as the naval reserves are
mustered out. Two which have been
carrying naval militia from New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania are laid up at
the League Island Navy Yard, Phila.
delphis, and tho others are in various
harbors on the Atlantic coast. These
vessels are of two classes, the first, Of
210O tons, consisting of the Ajax, Can
onicus, Mahopac, Manhattan and
Wyandotte, and the second, of 1875
tons, comprising the Comanche, Cats.
kill, Jason, Lehigh, Montauk, Nahant
and Nantucket. The Comanche is on
the Pacific coast and will not be in.
cluded in the detail for service in the
West Indies.
Every Zone of the monitors was
overhauled prior to tho breaking out
of the Spanish war and put into effec-
tive condition, as much as $25, 900 be.
ing expended on some OF them for new
boilers and machinery. Although the
guns in the turrets are Of the old.
fashioned smooth pattern, the
vessels are provided with modern
rapid.fire and six.inch batteries on
their decks and are really powerful
and destructive machines, capable of
doing good service. They can easily
get in and out of such harbors as
Havana, Santiago, Cienfuegos, Matan-
zas, Cardenas, and Sagua la Grande
in Cuba, aud Ponce and San Juan in
Porto Rico, where 1T is proposed to
send them. They can be employed
for the maintenance of order and pro-
lection of life and property in these
ports as effectively as such vessels as
the New York, leaving the latter free
for wider and more general service.
The monitors are seaworthy, and, for
the purposes intended, as satisfactory
as vessels Of greater variety and range
of action.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
GENERAL GRANTS DILEMMA.
How Hobson Had the Advantage in tho
Matter of n kiss.

How Hobson Had the Advantage in tho
Matter of u Kiss.
The kiss which Lieutenant Hobson
heroically received from st. Louis
lady at Long Beach recalls an Incl
dent in which the late General U. s.
Grant figured, without, however,
sharing the blushing honor. just af.
ter the close Of the Civil War, Gem
eral Grant, with his family, went to
the Union Hotel Mt Saratoga Springs.
Major William w. Leland, the pro-
prietor Of the hotel, had been chief
commissary on the Generals staff.
He gave q banquet to General Grant
and his wife. Many officers who were
from the army Of the Tennessee were
present, as we'll as several prominent
citizens.
During the dinner the guests were
somewhat startled to see Saratoga
belle advance, with a gracious Gre.
clan bend, and ask permission of the
General to kiss him. There was only
one there who received the General.
salute. To that high person be now
deferred. Turning, lie saiG, with
Mrs. Grants permission"
Mrs. Grant had, as every one OBJ
served, a dropping lid. She was oh.
liged, therefore, to throw back her
head to get a good look at the auda.
cioun supplicant, who now Lad not
only the eyes of all the distinguished
company on her, but those of the
other guests of the hotel as well.
After an embarrassing pause, in
which Mrs. Grant had time to con-
side the offensive charge on her de.
fsnseless spouse and fortify herself
against the fair enemy, she came to
his relief anil declined to capitulate.
Nothing daunted, however, and to
prove to those present that the Amer.
ican girl has nerve as we'll as mettle,
the fair heroine seized the General s
hand, and said:
"Well, as you will not kiss me, !
will shake your hand" and retired
with all the honors of war-van.
quished, but not subdued. - New
York Mail and Express.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
New Form of Swind1c,

Washington. Sept. &c. h. Valentine
formerly sergeant-at-arms of the SER
ate, has written a letter to Secretary
Algcr. stating that sometime ago the
relatives of a soldier belonging to the
$ cnnd Nebraska regiment received a
letter saying that the soldier was iii and
III want at Chickamauga, and asking
that money be sent to him. The money
Was sent. but no reply was received. A
second instalment was sent by regis
tered letter. to which the soldier replied.
saying he did not understand why the
money was sent and had received none
previously. He said that he was well
and had not been i'll. and had not re-
qucsted any money. 1t is thought some
sNindler wrote the first letter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
A Long Speech.

The longest speech on record was
made by Mr.. lie Cosmos in the Legis-
lature of British Columbia when a
measure was pending to contiscate the
lands of settlers. He was in hope
less minority and the enemy expected
to rush the bill through at the end OF
the session. It was ten in the morn
ing; at noon the next day, ifno action
were taken, the act of confiscation
would fail. De Cosmos arose, spoke
for twenty-six hours continuously,
and then, with baked lips, bloodshot
eyes aud almost dead with fatigue, lie
won the victory that nearly cost him
his life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
Destitution A mOng Miners.

Washington. Sept. 1.-Consul McCook
reports to the state department from
Dawson City under date of Aug. 4 that
ceeding by % percent those Of last year,.
and lodging is hardly to be had at any
price. Outsiders, he says. cannot real
ize the conditions: destitution and suf
fering are imminent for many unfOrtu
nate prospectors. who are unable to
get away. No one, he continues. should
go to the gold fields without at least $1,000
and supplies for two years. The out
put of gold has been exaggerated five
fold
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
Races ON the Charles.

Boston. Sept. 6.-The Labor day re-
gatta of the y. f. A. r. association yes
ierday afternoon proved the best of pre-
vious events for which the city of Bos-
ton has provided the prizes. The senior
eight cared race was the first on the
program and by a, quarten of, a length
the Atlantic club of Springfield took vic
tory from the Millstreams.
Another good race was in the senior
singles. participated in by c. H. Lewis Of
Worcester. Amos Kubic Of Springfield
and Everett L. Pope Of Boston. Lewis
won by several lengths.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
Soldiers on skates.

The Norwegian corps Of skaters, a
force peculiar to the army of that
country, is a body Of soldiers armed
with rifles, that can be maneuvred
upon ice OF over the snowtields OF
the mountains with q rapidity equal
to that Of the best-trained cavalry.
The skates used are admirably adapted
for travelling over rough or broken ice
or frozen snow, being six inches broad
and between nine and ten inches
long. In ascending steep slopes the
men take zigzag course, tacking up
the mountain side as ship does
against Q head wind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
MODERN cRANoMo1HERs.


cried for
speta anda
broad cnticng lapsf'
ones weret n
whenev
o
not,I fear,t modern child might grandma less,
For and
grandma oden time" wouldn't be
But after all, beneath won't forget,
And tur o
all the grandmas there.
A.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
On Einel Tower Lines.

Pittsburg. Sept. New Brighton. q
few miles below this city. Is the first
place where a memorial Of the late war
has been placed. The memorial Is of
steel and 100 feet high. 1t stands in the
park in the center of the town, and Is
built on the lines of the Eiffel tower at
Paris. On the pinnacle is a 30 foot steel
flagstaff Around the four sides OF the
bas- are placed tablets. upon which is
engraved the name of each man in Co.
B. Tenth regiment, Pennsylvania vol
unteers. who went to Manila. The me-
mortal was erected by public subscrip-
ton after the battle of Malate. Every
inhabitant Of New Brighton helped
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
The great seouoia trees of the Yose

The great sequoia trees Of the Yose-
mite Valley, Cal. are exceeded in size
by the mammoth gum trees OF Aus
tralia, which are believed to be the
largest in the world. What is be-
lieved to lie the loftiest tree growing
is the eucalyptus regum. One OF these
trees in the Cape Otway range meas
ured, when felled, AIS feet in length.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10
what the Children Might Do.

Smith, the Good Father-When l
say anything in the presence of my
children. 1 am very careful to have it
accurate.
Jones, the Wretched Bachelor
Yes, I suppose they'd call you down
il 1t wasn't. Detroit Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-10

going down the
line, watched the
girl who was com :
ing toward her.
There were three
men with the girl,
and only Lancas-
ter was with Miss
Terrence. How
ever, as he was
all the world to
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-07

in the jewelry for my sister. That's how
1 got it; and that's how lots of the boys
come by theirs. What you latin at man ?
Ehv'
Didn't you see that mule wag its ears?"
"Oh! huhp'
Then the man continued: at was dam
g'rous work in them fights. Sho it was.
Some of the boys says they wasn't scared.
1 don't say so. When them shells come
buzzin', it was mighty hard 1 seen
one go right down between two of our
lines, maxim a bad noise I thought it
was goin' to bust, but it didn't If ii had,
it would ha' killed us dead. Sho' it would
1t looked dang rous-mighty dang rous- as
it went by"
A private in a volunteer regiment told a
friend that the first time under fire was
"a nasty experience''-that he felt as
though he was up against a new job
that he didn't like, but knew he'd have TO
stick it out or lose his bread and butter.
when our regiment was in reserve,
once" he continued, 81 saw q reporter
Logging it back from the front He was
going it for all there was in him, and look
ed as though he had through ticket for
the rear. We found the reserve line as
bad place as the firing line, most always,
so 1 wasn't feeling very comfortable.
The war correspondents life amt
what it's cracked up to be- said he to me
as he passed.
81 looked after him, and then listened
to the firing and heard the bullets whiz-
zing.
old man. said to myself, looking af-
ter the reporter again, 'if l wasn't an en-
listed man, Pd-run-vou--a race"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-07
FARMERS AND THEIR CROPS.

Eatonton Messenger; The rains have
been extremely heavy this week, and cot
ton is badly damaged. The boil worm has
appeared.
Lumpkln Independent: The farmers are
greatly discouraged. Their cotton crops are
cut off by the continued wet weather, and
what remains is rotting in the fields.
Sparta Ishmaelite: The cotton crop, al
ready seriously damaged by the incessant
rains, was stil further injured by the
storm. Ii must have been general through
out the state, and the collective damage
must be very great.
Louisville News and Herald: The exces-
sive wet weather is proving a great injury
to the growing crops in Gwinnett county,
especially to cotton, which Is rotting in
the bofl. From present indications the
crop viii be at least one-third off from
what 1t was last year, and the season will
be two or three weeks later.
Blakely Observer: The farmers in this
section are very much depressed over the
crop outlook. The heavy rains have done
much damage. 1t is feared that a great
deal of corn win be spoiled before II can
be gathered, and cotton picking has been
greatly retarded by The wet weather. All
this, together with the low prices, is
enough to discourage the farmers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-07
THINGS OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

p. B. Rollins, farmer of Olive Springs,
raised five-pound potatoes this year.
An English gold mining company is get
ting gold out of mine in the Carroll dig
gings 100 feet under the ground.
The reigning curiosity of Villa Rlca is a
dog with two legs that runs about town
wherever he wants to go. Both of the
legs are on one side.
A negro on E. c. Speer's place near
Americas, killed a monster rattlesnake
there few days ago. 1t measured six feet
and had eighteen rattles.
Two negro men died suddenly in FL
berton last week. One had been cutting
wood all the morning. and commenced
shouting in the afternoon, and shouted
until he died that night. His name vas
Burwell Wall.
The Cordele Sentinel tells of a curiosity
exhibited in that city. 1t is the pod of a
snake vine raised by ]. b. Vinton The
pod is about AZ feet long, and is exactly
in the shape of a snake, and looks and
feels like one. II is said to be the only
vine OF the kind in that section of the
country.
The editor of the Dahlonega Signal made
a commission of 5000 a few days ago for
managing the sale of a Georgia gold mine
The editor of the Georgia Cracker thinks
it is something out Of the ordinary for a
country editor to have that much money at
one time, and extends his congratulations
to his fortunate contemporary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-07
GEORCIA AND o
~ o FLORIDA.

I bed for some time. While in a friendly
! tussle with the night policeman at High
/ Springs. his leg was broken just above The
! ankle, The affair was purely an accident
| and no i'll feeling exists between the two
| have always been close friends.
I Judge j. D. Blackwell, a prominent men,
Der of the Palatka bar, died Saturday at
ternoon at the residence of j. n. Black
well, on the flights, after an illness of
two weeks He was 60 years of age. He
was a native of Virginia, but had been a
! resident of Paiatka for about five years
| The Palatka Veteran Association, of
which he was a member attended his fun
eral in body on Sunday afternoon.
The marriage of Mr.. T. Sam knight, Jr.,
of Charlotte Harbor, and Miss Mary "
! Taylor, VIII take place to-day al the home
Of Mrs. Witherington at Apopka. Miss
Taylor Is a member of prominent fam
ly, and Mr. Knight is a man of culture
and popularity. He IS a son of T. s.
Knight one of the wealthiest and most
benevolent men about Charlotte Harbor
Mr.. aud Mrs. Knight viii make their
home at Charlotte Harbor.
Deputy Sheriff Stephens arrested three
white men Saturday night at Tampa
charged with breaking and robbing a
freight car loaded with oats. The off,
Ger claims that he caught them dead to
rights. Another officer worked up the case
against the same three men, and was in
The act of going after them when thsy
were arrested. The car was on the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular yards in Tam
pa, and a large part of the contents had
been removed before the men were caught
They will be held to wait the Criminal
Court
e. 2, Porcher of Rockledge has just
completed a boat which is something OF
a novelty there. 1t promises to be useful
and convenient. He has put a counter
stern on his old catboat the centerbOard
has been removed. and a four-inch keel
and a large roomy cabin put on. The in
terror is finished in hard OIL and is very
handsome, A three-horse power engine
has been placed in her, and two spritsails
will help along when the wind is fair A
speed of seven miles an hour can be made
with the boat, and she will draw less than
two feet of water. The boat is roomy
enough for a cruising party.
The Dade County Agricultural and Hor-
icultural Society held an important meet
ing at Miami Saturday. A number of
Dade county's progressive truckers dis
cussed many questions of interest. Among
them was 1.-The best kind of commercial
fertilizers They also considered the
question of forming an association for the
distribution of The products. The matter
of acreage of tomatoes planted this year
above the acreage of last year, was also
discussed. Dade county will probably
send forward about 500 cars weekly dur
ing the shipping season. There Is a strong
feeling among the growers that to han
die this large crop successfully a combine
ton of growers must be made with, gen
eral agent to handle the entire output.