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Arizona republican., 1899-10-24

WANTED-Several persons for dis
trict office managers in this state to
represent me in their own and sur
rounding counties. Willing to pay
yearly $500. payable weekly. De-
sirable employment with unusual OPP
portunities. References exchanged.
IncIose self-addressed stamped en-
velope, S. A. Park, 500 Caxton Build
ing, Chicago.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
SOUTH JERSEYS BURIED cEDARs.
Thousands of Giant Trees Centuries Old
Lying in the SwImps.

Thousands of Giant Trees Centuries Old
Lying in the SwImps.
To the north and east of Dennis.
vile, N. j., are great swamps of pine,
cedar, gum and oak trees. Beneath
these, buried deep in the black, muc!iy
soil OF the swamps, are other great
trees centuries old. AZ one time this
part of New Jersey was covered with
vast forest of cedar trees, and the
red cedar has been the only variety
found in the buried forests. From
the soundness of these trees, it is de-
clared by men of science that they
were alive when they fell to the
ground and that probably Il terrible
storm swept across Southern New
Jersey and leveled thousands of acres
of forest.
Evidences of the immense size of
these fallen celars are found. Only
a few days ago red cedar was UNI
earthed in Cedar Swamp Creek that
measured six feet in diameter. 1t
was only the heart or centre growth.
With the bark and middle growth
attached the tree may have measured
from ten to twelve feet in diameter.
Trees even larger have been brought
to the surface in the Dennisvile
swamps. Among these monsters of
the forest were some that would equal
the giant redwood trees OF California.
Recently an Indian canoe in a perfect
state of preservation was unearthed
from the mire of Cedar Swamp Creek.
1t measured six feet across and was
nearly sixteen feet long. 1t had
evidently been followed out of one of
these buried cedars.
The buried trees lie under from
twelve to thirty feet Of soft black soil.
Men of science have not been the only
ones interested in them. Tho natives
have for years turned the trees into
money, and the business OF selling
split shingles made from the heart of
the red cedar has been lucrative
one. Thousands of shingles are made
annually. Shingles made from the
trees found in Cape May County's
buried forests never rot. They have
been used extensively hereabouts, and
there are houses known to be more
than a century old whose shingle
roofs, still sound and intact, came
from beneath the swamps. An old
Quaker meeting house at Seaville was
built entirely of red cedar dug up in
the Cedar Swamp Creek some years
before the Revolutionary War. The
building is as sound as it ever was
New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
she said quietly, "and your heart is

she said quietly, "and your heart is
in nowise concerned"
He flushed hotly, but she raised her
hand to check his rejoinder. "Your
heart has nothing to do with this
affair."" she repeated, "and I'm sure
mine has not! Please do not think
nor speak OF it again! I could not
marry you, now, under any clrcum.
stances that could be imagiued!"
"You did not Judge your heart cor
rectly, then, in times gone by?' he
asked satirically.
"No," she said, with quick blush,
81 was entirely mistaken! / might
never have discovered my mistake,
Edgar, if you yourself had not showed
it to me. We can be friends, now,
but nothing more
And later in the evening, when
Edgar had gone back to town, con
trary to his previous intention, she
told his brother of their interview.
"And Edgar is really nothing to you
now" Norman Gray asked, looking
searchingly into her face.
Nothing whatever" she said de-
cidedly.
"Have you never thought that you
may have been wrong in withstandin9
him?"
"Never! I went into that danger
with my eyes wide open. Ifyou think
that l did not appreciate the risk, YOU
are mistaken. I am not abnormally
vain of my personal appearance, but
1 can assure you l did not covet face
disfgured by the smallpox! Norman,
Ihope you don't suppose that l opposed
Edgar ont Of bravado, or for the mere
sake OF opposition
81 never suppose so for moment"
he said smiling into her troubled
eyes.
"I'm glad of that! And oh, I'm
glad that I found out in time that L
never really cared for Edgar as girl
should care for the man she is going
to marry! We would never have been
happy
SIS there any one else who could
make you happy-whom you would
like to make happy" he said. bending
over her chair.
"What very unfair question:" she
said with soft laugh, and her head
dropped so low that only the rosy
cheek was visible.
"My Jane, my Jane! my pretty
Jane, oh, never. look so shy" he
quoted, and raising the blushing face,
dropped kiss right on the sweet trem-
ulous lips.
ooh, my darling, my darling, how
I trembled for you when your pretty
face was in danger! love it, Jane,
for its flower-like beauty; but far be-
You'd all words can say, do / love the
soul that animates 1.-THE true and
noble soul that looks out at me now
through those sweet brown eyes!'
And, shy as she was, she threw one
arm around his neck and held him
prisoner while she gave him back his
kiss.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
S.a, OO0,O3o for IL Wntchmaker's Idea.

II. M. Buck, matchmaker of
Thompsonville, Conn. has invented a
ro,ary cylinder which is designed to
incrca 90 the speed of steamships fifty
Per cent, and at the same time do
away entirely with the vibration of
vessels. His method is to utilize all
the expansion of steam for driving
power, thus avoiding the waste, which
in the cylinders now in use is com
puted at 93 per cent. 1t is this
waste which re urcs the enormous
coal consumption of mo lern steam
vessels and the appropriation of an
abnormally large space in the vessels
hull for coal bunkers.
Mr.. Buck has opened negotiations
with the British government. As n
result an engineer came over here from
England al ont one month ago and met
Mr.. Buck and saw his model. The
British agent tested it very thoroughly
aud approved it. He went back to
England about two weeks ago, taking
duplicate model with hin, having
first, acting in accordance with his in
structions, made the following con-
tract with the inventor:
1.-The board OF admiralty is to con-
struct cylinder and test it thoroughly
for six days. If at the end of this
time it be adiudicated successfully he
is to get 81, OOo, 600. If second test
of sixty days is likewise successful he
is to get an additional 50, 0O0, 900 and
final successful test of ninety days
duration is to bring an additional $l0,-
900, 600, or SIS, 600, 900 in ALL" 1t is
the purpose of the British government
to use the cylinder in their warships.
New Haven Comm Register.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

A very pleasant persoAa item that
ature, states that DR.. Doyle is the
most allround rep.e entative sports
man among modern writer's, though it
is to cricket that he devotes most of
his time. This is very true. Dr..
Doye's stock in trade is vigor. 1t is
the continuous current of fresh air
that runs through his work which
more than any othe: quality h $ made
it appeal to his readers everywhere, and
while he $ no mean adversary ut bill
lizards or with the gloves, it is in the open
that he come into his own most con
spicuously. The item goes on to say
that Mr.. Barrie is fair cricketer,
which we must all be glad to hear;
that Mr.. Lang COLTS and fishes, which
we have long suspected; that Mr.. Bret
Hartes one amusement is golting,
which has made us hopeful concerning
one we have lest; that Mr.. Swinburne
swims when not composing, which Is
pleasing in view of the poets occa-
sional need OF cooling; that Mr.. Black
more goes in for the growing of flow
ers and fruit and that Mr.. Hardys
recreations are chiefly confined to'ar-
borcultare, architecture and cycling"
What Mr.. Hall Game does in his off
hours we are not told, though We
should very much like to know. We
suspect, however, that when not actual
ly engaged in writing, in collecting
materials or in interviewing himself,
Mr.. Game gets his recreation from the
popular. but not wholly exciting, game
of solitaire. There j. a genial glow
about the game OF solitaire that sug.
Gests Mr.. Game in one of his most
cOmpanionable moods.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

Was it intensity of emotion thai
killed soldiers mother in Lansing,
Mich, in November? Private Robert
Thorburn of Company +, Thirty first
Michigan Volunteers, arrived at home
one day on a furlough, unannounccd,
thinking to give his mother happy
surprise. When he walked quietly up
to his home and rang the doorbell il
was answered by his mother. She had
not been expecting her son to come
home so soon. She was so overcome
with Joy and surprise at seeing him
that she sank to the floor without
speaking and in moment was dead.
During the Civil War Private Martin
Luther Crane returned home to Bur-
lington, Wis, after long service, weak,
worn and greatly emaciated. His one
longing was to get back to the old
home before he died. With great
effort he reached the gate at the front
yard, thinking to surprise his mother
by his return, and midway between
the gate and the front doorstep fell to
the ground and expired. A moment
later his mother opened the door and
saw him lying there as if in peaceful
sleep after long and weary marching.
New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

Roland Belfort, who has been inter,
ested in some of our articles on wire.
less telegraphy, writes:
"Having worked most of the Allan
tic and Fnste II cables, / can testify to
the case with which an operator rec
ogn zes his distant colleagues by their
touch.
GOTTEN / have heard the exclama-
ton, There's that COMPOUNDED y
come on ! Immediately Y transmitted
his first signal.
">ome operators signalling is so
weak and hldowy that the work of de-
ciphering the signals is quite doubled.
"lt is also easy to tell whether an
op rator has been in convivial society
previous to taking duty. BY the sig
mailing cablist can tell whether his
correspondent is tired, angry, de-
pressed, merry or moody. "-London
Mail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
4 Pneumatic Artificial Limb.

An English inventor has devised n
very ingenious artificial leg and foot
intended for use in cases of Rmputa-
tion below the knee joint. 1T is
mainly composed of Il hollow rubber
rhumbe. which is inflated in exactly
The same way ~ is IL bicycle tire. The
contains within it rubherfaced joint
which permits of movements like
those which take place at the ankle.
A pair of rubber pm 'umatic pads sur
round the end OF the amputnted limb,
So that no undue pressure is exc ted
on the tissue. Scientific American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

cit is not the easiest thing in the
world to be admitted to the bar in
Cuba" says the Boston Traveller.
1.-The indispensable requisite is IL
diploma from the University Of Ha-
vana, which is high class law uni
verslty. There are two ways of OBJ
tanning this. The applicant must
either take the five.year course or else
he must undergo an examination by
the university the same rs given to
graduates. This diploma, under the
old law, costs $500 in gold, aud besides
this the lawyer must pay $40 year
for the right to practice. The fee of
$500 has recently been abo lished by
order of General Brooke"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
A SO1icitOtis Inutiiry.

Perhaps the worst recorded attempt
al an escape from conversational diff
ficulty was made by London East
End curate, who specially cultivated
the friendship of the artisans. One
day carpenter arrived in his room,
and, producing photograph, said,
"I've brought you my boys likeness,
as you said you'd like to have it,"
Citrate (rapturously)-"How awfully
good of You to remember! What a
capital likenessl How is he?" Car.
penter-"Why, sir, don't you remem-
Der? He's deadv" Curate-"Oh. yes,
of course, 7 know that. I mean how's
the man who took the photograph"
Tit Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
Low Rates West,

The Chesapeake an Ohio Ry. announces
the following excursions from New York
to Western points
New York to st. Louis and return, $4,000,
account meeting Grand Lodge Benevolent
and Protective Order Elks, June 70 to %.
New York to Richmond. Va. and return
ut one fare account the Baptist Young
Peoples Union meeting, July ID to IL.
New York to Indianapolis and return,
S17.OO, account Epworh League National
Convention. July 20 to 2B
New York to Los Angeles. Cal. and re-
turn ut one fare plus $500, account meet
ing National Educational Association,
July II TO "A. send for particulars rs to
dates on which tickets will he Sold return
limits and advertising matter.
t. l.. Truitt, Gcnl. East. Pass. Agt.. Ches-
and Ohio Ey., 1852 Broadway, New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purties from the body. Begin today to
Danish pimples. boils. botches. blackhends,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets- beauty for ten cents. All drug
gsts, satisfac ion guaranteed, Toe, 25c, SOC.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
,DOl, and liis lSoils,

A mother was trying to explain to
her five year-old daughter the efficacy
of prayer. She chose the trials of
Job as I'M illustrations. After point
ing out how the prophet had got rid
of his many Affections by prayer, she
asked the child:
"Now, what did Job do when he
had boils -
The youngster replied, promptly:
"Guess lie scwatched. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

The new Plant Line ia Grande Duchcssc"
will arrive in Boston Tuesday, June Sand in
vitations have te.n issued for IL public recep-
ton on board at north side of Lewis Wharf
noon she will take II short run down the har-
Dor. giving the newspaper people. aud II few
other interested PARTIES. an opportunity to
see her in motion. On saturday, June III. she
makes her first trip tn Halifax, and July LIST
her trips will be extended to cover Halifax,
Hawkcsbury and CharlOttetOwn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

One of our richer young bachelors,
Sho has pnsse n COOL many years in
Bohemia, recently, gave to IL bird
dealer in New York city al order
for $50 young canuries, with which
he expects to regale a small 60,
terie of friends at fashionable din
ner in large hotel. The birds
will cost him 60 cents Il piece, and n
dozen will make good mouthGul.
Live cana les will sing during the
feast. New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

The life insurance in force in the
United States is more than four times
that in force in Great Britain, more
than ten times that in force in Ger
many, and more than twenty tines
that in force in France.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
A Dcurtl, of Kings,

When French king was charged at
some country village IL louis dor for
All egg, he asked what dearth of eggs
there was that could warrant such
price. Eggs, your majesty, are plen-
tiful enough was the reply; sit is
kings that are scarce with us. -
Household Words.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
Sent Messages 1000 Feet without W

Sent Messages 1000 Feet without Wire.
Professor Jerome J. Greene brought
his series of tests with the Marconi
wireless telegraphy in Chicago to an
end the other day by successfully send
ing Morse signals and parts of the SEN
tence, "Can you hear, over 1000 feet
through the air from tho seventeen
story Monadnock building to the Tri-
bune building. The messages not
only ran the gauntlet Of half dozen
skyscrapers, but traverscd n network
of electric wires stretched across
Dearborn street and over the tops of
nearby buildings. This is the most
severe test to which the Marconi sys-
tenn has yet been put here, in which
it has worked successfully.-New
York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
An UnScru Doc

He-I am really surprised at DR..
White. After being ORR family doctor
for years and treating me for all sorts
of things, and to think of all the
money I've paid him.
She-What has he done?
He - He wouldn't pass me for the
life insurance company.-Tit Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
Shifting tho Agony.

"The man of refined and expensive
tastes suffers great deal"
"Not always. Sometimes he sue
ceeds in making the tradesmen he
knows suffer in his stead. Chicago
Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

At the Royal academy this year
more than $4,000 pictures were sub
mitted and less than 1000 hung. Here
after members will be allowed to offer
only six pictures instead of eight as
heretofore, and others may offer only
three
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

Tho volunteer fire department of
Reading, Penn, II city Of about 49,,
600 population, consists of twelve
companies. The My paid men are
the chief, who receives $50 Fer month.
an | his two assistants, who are paid
$50 per year each. The separate COM
ranies pay their drivers $l1 Ter week
each.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
A Fervent Wish.

81 have discovered another clew,"
sail the detective.
"What godsend it would be-" re.
turned the man who had employed
him, "ii clews were criminals. Chi.
cago Post,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
From had to Worse.

Courtney Smith is writing Scotch
dialect novel"
"Whnt does he know about dialect?"
"Why, he plays golf. Chicago
Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
The Most Popular Name,

News is the most popular newspaper
name. Next in order como journal,
Herald, Times, Press, Record, Tri-
bune, Sun. About one.fourth of all
American newspapers carry one or the
other of these titles.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
Had No Statistics.

George" murmured the young
wife, ''am I as dear to you now rs I
was before we married?"
II can't exactly tell" replied tho
husband, absent mindedly. 81 didn't
keep any account of my expenses
then. "-Philadelphia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

81 told her the fortune teller said I
would marry soon."
GLOW did she take that?"
''She said she would say good
word for me to any girl I might pick
out. "-Chicago Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
DO Your Feet Ache and Burn?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Tease,
powder for the feet. 1t makes Tight or
New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun
IONS Swollen, Hot. CalIous. Aching and
Sweating Feet. Sold by all Druggists,
Grocers and Shoe Stores, zee. Sample sent
FREE. Address Allen $. Olmsted, Leroy,
NJ V
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
An Emergency Well Handled.

"Susun, here's two.column article
on How to Make Gard en-
Gland it to me, Frederick. I'll sit
on the porch and read it to you while
you spade up the beds. Chicago
Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
A Superior Feeling.

"You seem to think you are another
Cicero said the ambitious orators
Gliding friend.
81 think nothing of the kind" was
the indignant reply. "Cicero was all
right enough in his time and place.
But he couldn't talk United States"
Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
TMayvyW otAe~'s
GrufIIudo

LETTER TO MRS. PISKuAN NO. 26,zSsl
"DEAE Mrs. PINKHAM--I have many,
many thanks to give you for what your
Vegetable Compound has done for me.
After first confinement | was sick for
nine years with prolapsus of the womb,
had pain in left side. in small of back,
n great deal of headache, palpitation
of heart and lcucorrhna. l felt so
weak and tired that | could not do my
work. became pregnant again and
took your Compound all through, and
now have a sweet baby girl. never
before had such an easy time during
labor, and l feel it was due to Lydia
f. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. l
am now able to do my work and feel
better than | have for years. cannot
thank you enough. " Mrs. ED. Ell.
LISGER, DEvINE, TEX.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

Halls Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
internally, and acts directly ON the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Write for t,s-
timOnials, free. Manufactured by
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
Two WAYS of LOOKING at II.

"That's fine solid baby of yours,
Middleton" said friend who was i'd
miring the first baby.
500 you think he's solid?" asked
Middleton, rather disconsolately; cit
seems to me as if lie were all holler."
Stray Stories.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
His Humble Confession.

"Is it true, darling, that you gave
the minister $50 for marrying us?"
Eyes, but keep it to yourself I
was never 50 swindled in my life. -
Detroit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Klne's Great
Nerve Rcst0rer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
Dir. X. II. KLINE, Ltd, 98l Arch St., Phila., Pa
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

The London Lancet pleads for the use Of
the telephone in place of speaking-tubes, on
sanitary grounds. NE23
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

5 you are fond of my
cooking, L d gar,
will you have q bis
cult? L know they
are good, for Imade
them after your
favorite re clip c, ="
and Jane Elverton
handed Ii er b o :
trothed a plate of the
hot, ilaky balls with
tho serene compos-
ure of one who knew
Of what she spoke.
Gs\Nvl,,, ,,rl,,n
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

"My horse has reasoning powers, I
tell you"
Gin what respect particularly?'
"Well, instead of shying at that
automobile cab he edged up to it and
kicked it. Chicago Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

nstic, full of life, nor. and vigor, take NO-Ts-
BAG, the wonder w0r!: al Int makes weak men
strong. All druggist, SOC. or 81. Cure guar
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New YORK.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
An Absurd Inquiry.

"How about the peo-
pie in the flat above-have they any
children?"
Agent-'Mercy, no! The general
secretary of the Mothers Mutual Ex-
perience Association lives there. -
Chicago News,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

Sixteen members Of the present
Senate have served rs Governors of
their respective States.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
EFF 90 ter school ter. dav de teach

IT I go ter SCHOOL ter'day dc teach-
III lick me fer not preparin' my
lesson; AMI stay homo me mudder'll
lick me fer not goin' ter school. Now,
either got ter go or stay home. But
if 7 go an dc teacher ticks me an
mudder finds it out, me mudder'll
lick me fer not dom my school work;
an if 7 stay home an me mudder
licks me de teacher'll lick mo ter-mor-
row fer bein' truant Wow! Guess
I'll go ter sleep!'-New York News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lOc. 25c. lfC. c. L. fai druggists refund money,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10
Wonderfully Strengthened.

81 have been taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, Blood
Purifier and Liver Pills and feel won
derfully strengthened. Before using
felt like fainting every little while.
thought l must surely die. But now,
thanks to your remedies, those feel
ings are nil gone."-MRs. EMILE
SCHNEIDER, l244 HELEN AVE, DETRoIT
MICH.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teeth NJ. softens the gums, reducing inilamma-
ton, alays pain. cures wind collie. &c. IL bottle