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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

base OF supplies. Heat, dampness,
cold, hunger and sickness have not
stayed them. The sick have willingly
taken their chances on the roadside,
to await succor. Tho spirit OF the
army has been magnificent. Every
man seems to have been imbued with
the realization of grim task to be
speedily accomplished.
General Lawton himself is n soldier
of established reputation, man of
intrepid courage and keen sagacity on
the frontier, whose experience in the
Indian campaigns has fitted him ex
ceptionally for his present assign
ment. He is the embodiment of en-
ergy and determination. His men
have always had the greatest con-
6dencs in him, and their present
| demonstration indicates that he has
carried this prestige into Luzon
amidst the strange surroundings of q
tropical country.
The full story of this recently in.
augurated campaign ill pursuit of the
Tagal rebel hen finally told will
stand alongside some OF the finest
records of American arms. There
has been minimum of fighting.
There have been few opportunities
for personal heroism. The enemy
has almost always fed precipitately
before the American advance. Here
and there a man has fallen before
Tagal bullet, while many others have
succumbed to the unwholesome
emanations from the rain. soaked soil.
But those tattered, scratched, ema-
ciated, Drowned men are heroes all,
from commander down to the humblest
private, and they will never be for
gotten by people whose greatest vir-
tue is to be able to appreciate earnest
service under hardships.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

Guantanamo harbor echoed with the
clash of the great electric alarm gongs
on the American ships, as the crews
swiftly beat to quarters. There was
no time for anybody 10 wonder what
it could mean, but it was certain that
the Spanish ship or ships, whatever
or how many they might be, would
| find warm reception in the sunlit
unrippled waters OF Guantanamo Bay.
Then suddenly, as every nerve was
on tension, there came calmly round
ing Point dc Barloventa from behind
the coast hills, not thousand yards
from the nearest Of the American ves-
sells, tiny nondescript craft with the
red and yellow ensign OF the Boy
King proudly flying from her mast
head.
A great wave of laughter engulfed
the American fleet as the little sloop
kept on her way in the light breeze,
apparently all unconscious that she
was sailing into the muzzles of enough
hostile guns to destroy Cervera's
squadron.
$50 get him, Pratt" said Captain
McCalla of the Marblehead, the Com.
mandant of the station, turning to the
ensign at his elbow. In q moment
one of the Marblehead's launches was
cutting the water in the direction OF
the stranger. The sloop still kept on
while two thousand men watched her.
"She's going to rain the Oregon"
chuckled a jackie on the Texas.
The ensign on the Marblehead's
launch thought it was time to act.
This might be some new kind of an
Internal machine. Bang! went the
FOUNDER from the launch, and q
shot whizzed across the sloops bows.
Even then the Spanish flag stayed up,
but the sail came down OH the run
The sloop's occupants had rightly con
cluded that somebody desired them
to stop.
The clipper young ensign climbed
aboard his prize and found five of the
most dazed men that it had ever beer
his fortune to see. They were sc
stupetied that they even forgot their
Spanish loquacity. The American Of,
ticer could make nothing of them,
even when reinforced by two news
paper correspondents who, climbing
aboard, demanded the Spaniard's
names, pedigrees and intentions. II
few minutes the Cuban Colonel La
borde, McCalla's interpreter, came
along side, and at the sound Of theil
native tongue the Spaniards broke
out into torrent of speech. Slowly
the stony was developed,
"Come to the Marblehead, and yor
shall have news" said Laborde to thu
adventures. New York SUI.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
A Martyr of Science.

A correspondent of Lisbon, Portu.
gal, sends us some pathetic details of
the death of DR.. Camara Pestana, of
whose brilliant medical career we gave
brief notice last week. 1t seems that
DR.. Pestana actually caught the
plague through his anxiety to learn
all that lie could about it. He was
dissecting the body OF apatient who
had died from plague, and in order to
extract the virus more thoroughly for
analysis he put aside his instruments
and worked with his fingers. The
poison entered his system under the
finger nails and he was struck down
with the terrible disease which he was
investigating. He was at once moved
to an isolated ward set apart for
plague sufferers, and there he set
himself to study his own case and to
record, for the benefit of humanity,
his own symptoms and the course of
the disease. He refused to see his
brother for fear of infection, and in
every way, even in making arrange
ments for his own funeral; he took
every precaution to prevent the spread
of the plague. His mind and will
conquered his bodily sufferings until
the very end, and even as he died he
was still trying to Indicate to those
around him the lessons of his own
case. He left letter for the Queen
of Portugal, begging for her influence
in favor of his colleagues at the Lis
bon Psychological Institute. So died
the heroic doctor, who, rs our cores
pendent says, chad toiled for months
amid the horrors of the plagu ehospi-
tai and dissecting-room, and at last
gave his life willing sacrifice for the
benefit of the whole world. "-London
Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
lsruin Dropped In.

Little John Reed, the three,year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Reed,
awoke on recent Sunday evening to
find himself in the embrace of big
brown bear. Mr.. and Mrs. Reed live
in a lonely part of Montgomery
County, about four miles from Willow
Grove, Penn. Several months ago
their house caught fire and large
hole was burned in the roof. Mr.,
Reed neglected to have it repaired,
and that is how this story came about.
Sunday evening two mendicant
1 TT Linz pBBsssssf t1B rnn was tired out
with his days work and felt very saw
age. His masters goaded him with a
long stick until in desperation lie
broke away from them and ;'galloped
into Reeds yard. A large apple tree
with branches extending over the
house afforded him convenient
means of escape from his pursuers,
and up he went. Crawling out on
one of the limbs he dropped on the
roof and then trotted around the
charred opening, growing in satisfac-
ton all the time over his new-found
freedom.
Suddenly the weakened, embers
gave way with crash and Bruin fell
head-over-hcels into the garrett below.
He turned dozen involuntary somer-
saults down the stair way and smashed
in the door at the bottom. When he
recovered himself he saw little John
sleeping peacefully in his cot. The
child seemed to add to the beasts an
ger. With snarl the great lumber
ing animal started forward. 1t is q
fortunate thing for John THAT Bruin
was wearing strong leather muzzle,
else lie might have made short work
of the child. As it was he gathered
the little fellow to his shaggy breast
and roared loudly because he could
not bite him.
John awoke. He saw the piercing
little black eyes and the shining white
teeth. and he grew purple in the face
from the pressure of the big, brown
paws. The child would have
screamed if he could, but the breath
was gone out of him. While Bruin
was still endeavoring to bite the boy
his masters and Mr.. Reed ran into
the room.
"Here youa Pedro, comea awaya,"
shouted one of the Italians. The
other fell to belaboring the animal
with his stick. The frightened
father tugged away at the chain in
his nose.
Frenzied by anger and pain, Bruin
dropped the child and turned on the
men. One of the Italians drew re-
volver and shot the bear in the left
side. The wound did not kill the
animal, but it subdued him COM
pletely, and he allowed himself to be
led away into captivity again, licking
his chops in evident enjoyment of the
brief space in which he forgot the dis
grace of being performing tame
bear and transformed himself into q
wild animal.
Mrs. Reed Rugged her son to her
breast-not IS hard as the bear did,
it is true but still hard enough to
make him vince. As for John, he
cried himself to sleep again, and
never once gave n thought to the won
derful tale he will have to tell to his
children and grandchildren.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
Boer Spy Shot by the British

atGunner Alfred Beadnall writes from
Orange River how General Gatacre
shot Boer spy:
"The most painful thing / have seen
was in the case of Dutch spy who
was caught trying to poison our
horses. He was tried and sentenced
to be shot. The poor fellow was made
to march and dig his own grave.
When he had finished it he stood over
it. Then twelve soldiers marched
out and had to pick up rifle out of q
group OF twelve. There were six
loaded and six unloaded, so none
knew who shot him.
1.-THE poor chap never said word.
1t was all over in a few minutes. -
London Correspondence New York
World
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
pipSiitliritrtj,l,.

Wifc-That p:estidigitateur did
some wonderful tricks.
Husband-Ah, and what was one OF
them?
Wife-He asked if any one had
$40, and had, and he said he would
change it to so. And he did, and
here is the $40 to prove it. - Boston
j Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

By local applications, a. they cannot reach
me way to cure deafness. and tat Is hN CON
stitWtiuuHl remedies. Deafness !, caused by
n inilar'd ,und t,un of the mucous linin| of
the tusttchiAn Tuhr. ~ hrn this tube gets
intiau,d YOU havra rumhl'n; and or I'M
perfect hv lrinS, and when IL Is On rely closed
Deafness Is thr result, and Unl rss lhr inilam-
nation can be taken out end tai, tube re-
stored to lis normal condition, hearing will be-
DESTROYED forever. Nine c.scS Uutot ten arc
caused BY cnllvrn.w which Is nuth.n; hut an in
ilam.d cnnd don of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one Hundred Dollars for amy
ease of Deafness (causrd by catarrD that
cannot he cured by llall's CGtlirh Cure. send
for circulars. free.
+. i. tH"NEY ~ CO., Toledo, o.
sold by Druggists ,i'.
Halls Family Pills are the bet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
New Jerseys Loss by Death.

New Jersey has suffered much dur.
ing the past ten years from the death
OF prominent and distinguished public
men, the list including Vice-President
Hobart, former Governors Bedle,
Green and Albeit, Senator McPher-
son, Congressman Halsey and Phelps
aad Judges Beasley, Runyon and
Cattell,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
Tattered Heroes in LuzOn.

The splendid manner in which the
American soldiers in Luzon are doing
their work should excite the heartiest
admiration on the part of the folks at
home. The reports Of the hardships
suffered by General Lawton's men in
their chase of Aguinaldo show that
the most forbidding difficulties have
not deferred the troops from their ad-
vance. They have plunged into an
unknown country, flooded by the ex-
traordinary rains. through dense
ungles. far beyond their wagons and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
otter and Eelin Deadly Fight.

An interesting spectacle was seen
the other day on the banks of the
river Soar, England. A young otter
and huge eel were found in deadly
struggle. The otter evidently had
caught the eel, viii h Lad retallated
by winding itself tightly around the
formers neck. The fight las,cl sew
eral minutes, the otter eventually
freeing itself and making off with part
of the eel, which it had bitten i'll two.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

Nlet.mer Why don't you get maj
lied?
Eache' or--Tm afraid | couldn't sup
port wife in the way size would like!
Oletimer lei that stop you
1t would he Just the same if you were
worth ten mill ii u,k.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarcts, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all I'm
Danish PIN ples, Dose oay bes'n ,sGday to
and that sickly bilious complexion By L. np
Caschrets- beauty for ten cents. All drnso
gists, satisfac ion guaranteed, lOc, 25c, SOC.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
nstic, full of life, n3r,es nd vigOr. TAKE No To-
Bac the wonder woi',.a ;.;nat makes weak men
strong. All druggist tx. or 81. Cure guar
antced Booklet and sample free. Add rcss
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New YORK.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

"Do you think Hamlet was lnsane?'
Certainly not" answered Mr..
Stormington Barnes. "But if lie had
known what was going to happen to
him on the modern stage. l should ex-
pect but wherefore indulge in idle
speculation"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
Cause AM, Effect.

ct am no speaker, said the author,
at the political meeting, 81 write
books"
EYES," groaned n man in the au-
dience, "and we read EN- ATTAIN
tn Constitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

Uobbins' Eicctric,thc best soapin the word.
reduced from 10 cents to scent. bar, size and
quality same rs for 81 years, now price of com
mon brown soap, and .i-"rn, hooks free for
wrappers. Order of your grocer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

N spite Of the
pretty, d n r k
eyed senoritas,
the garrison at
Baracoa had be-
come yery much
depressed. For
over four months
the five hundred
of them had been
holding the place
for thc Boy King.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

This is not an ordinary almanac.
but handsome book. copiously
illustrated, and sold for S cents
on ali ncws-stands. I've simply
allow you the two cents you
spend in postage for sending.)
Crcat men have written for
the Year Book. In it is summed
up the progress Of the 10Th CEN
fury. In each important line Of
work and thought the greatest
living specialist has recounted
the events and advances Of the
past century and has prophesied
what we may expect Of the next.
Among the most noted Of
our contributors are
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, on
Agriculture; Senator Chauncey M.
Depew, on Politics; Russell Sage, on
Finance; Thomas Edison. on Elec-
tricity; DR.. Madison Peters, on Re-
ligion; General Merritt, on Land War
fare; Admiral Hichborn, on Naval
Warfare; Gal" Smith, on Sports, etc;
making complete review of the whole
field of human endeavor and progress.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
Art for Arf's Sake

Miss Rosebud-Muud Osborne vows
she never means to marry.
Miss Pepperton-I presume, then,
that oil that work she does on her
comp lexion is art for arts sake.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

Down from the North COMBS Ullerl
Down with the north wind, he,
T. ,ldy aud clear OF color,
storms on the speeding skee,
Tloeki x the fowl before him.
Plunge through his drifts the deer.
Sturdy and hale adore him;
Only the weakiinSs fear.
Uoarfr st and rime his brenthing,
Ice-azure glints his eyes;
Snow-mists a-swirl and seethinS
Show where his pathway lies.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

VITALITY low, drbiiitatc,i or exhausted cured
by DR. kln"'s lnvigulaiing Tonic. FREE 81
Iiinl bot tic for weeks treatment. DR.: Kline.
Id, !t5l Arch St, l'hilad, lphia. Founded 1871.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

One thousand yards of brussels carpet
for your parior now takes 200 hours to
weave. |. formerly took 1850 hours. .,t .
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

The University of Lcipsic, Germany, has
decided to eXpend s200,O 600 on new agri-
cultural institute. Mel
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
O9EATH OF WINTER.

Steel on the fee foe ringing,
Rending the tasseled bongh,
wrecking with shout and singing
Cod, yea, and Boy art thou!
Tame is tho spow-bent rafter!
Thine is the hooded byre!
Thine are the dance and laughter!
Thine is the roaring FIRE!
Bow till your branches splinter,
Forests! He rules again.
Welcome the Breath OF Winter!
Maker OF stalwurt men.
Arthur Guitermnu, in the Criterio
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

Washington flremcn are provided with
portable telephones. which may be connected
with any fire alarm box.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

On the morning of Friday, June II,
1898, there were lying at anchor in
tho calm waters Of the outer Guatana
mo Bay the ULlted States battleship
first class) Oregon; the Uuited States
battleship Second class) Texas; the
United States cruiser Marblehead
the United States cruiser (converted)
st. Paul; the United States guuboats
Dolphin and Suwanee; the United
States armed golfers Sterling and
Scinde, and the United States dyna-
mite cruiser Vesuvius. The Texas,
Suwanee, Marblehead and Dolphin
had been having little early morn
ing recreation in knocking to pieces
the Notifications at Hicacal Point and
Hospital Cay, and the jackies were
taking the ease following duty we'll
done. High up on Fisherman's Point
the Stars and Stripes foated lazily
over the force of marines occupying
Camp McCalla, the first scene of
American warfare on Cuban soil. The
lurking Spanish bushwhackers had
been pretty we'll driven out OF the
underbrush, and all was calm.
The signal, boy on the bridge of the
Marblehead suddenly turned to the
officer of the deck and said:
Camp McCalla calling us, sir"
Acknowledged" said the officer,
indifferently. Messages were passing
back and forth from the camp on the
hill to the commander on the Marble
head all day.
The figure of the signal.man at the
camp stood out sharply s;lhouetted
against the morning sky. The white
flag fluttered violently.
The Marblehead's signal-boy gasped.
"What do they say?" said the off
GER, sharply turning. He had not
watched the signal.
"Sp-Spauish ship approaching,
sir!" he stammsred.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
The Worst of 1t.

Nodd-There are times when man
has to lie to his wife.
Todd-And that isn't the worst of
it.
Nodd-What is?
Todd-There are times when he has
to tell the truth. Brooklyn Life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
A WOman's Fight With a Buck.

A despatch from Mount Union,
Penn, says that Mrs. Ezra Shoupe,
who lives near Saltillo, few days
ago had an encounter with big buck,
which she first wounded with rifle
ball and then killed with a knife,
after being attacked several times by
the Infatuated animal. Mrs. Shoupe
was alone at her home, and, on look
ing out of her kitchen window, saw
the buck feeding in a grain:feld near
the house. She took her husbands
rifle and shot the buck in the right
foreshoulder. The animal at once
rushed upon the woman and knocked
!, uuwn before Ga, non,l ~-,ch n
place OF safety: On .regaining ner
feet she graspea 9. largo knife from
her pocket and fought for her life.
The buck was Handicapped by his
broken foreleg, and at intervals stun
bled and fell. During one of these
falls Mrs. Shoupe, who had by this
time received several painful thrusts
from the bucks antlers, succeeded in
cutting the animals throat. The buck
had FIVE pronged antlers and weighed
143 pounds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06
Begged Them Not to Amputate the Flag

Begged Them Not to Amputate the Flag.
Augustus Rice, of Cleveland, aged
thirty.tive years, of stalwart form, a
sailor and steepleclimber, while en-
route from Green Bay, Wis, to Balti-
more to board ship, was run over by
train at Sandpatch and his foot
crushed. Rice is tattooed from head
to foot. On the leg just above the
crushed foot is beautiful tattoo rep
resenting the Stars and Stripes. He
begged the doctors piteously not to
mutilate the Stars and Stripes saying,
"Please save the old flag, I love it,"
just as he was overcome by the anms-
thetic. The doctors were able to make
amputation just below the emblem,
and when Rice recovered conscious.
ness he shouted with Joy to know that
the flag was saved.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

How Arc Jour Kidncyss
TX ilob.., Srarasus Pills cure III kidney Ills. Sam.
pie Tree Auu 5teTiiii. 49, ni'- ~ FhCaEO NJ Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

VXT HILE thousands looked
W. on, expecting at any mo.
v Y ment to see it end in a
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-06

uyy,, @,n snte of the early late
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-07
A Charmed I.Ife.

The scenery along the Kentucky
River above and below Harrodsburg
has been justly compared to the high
lands of the Hudson. Towering cliffs,
hundreds Of feet in height, impress
the hchOldcr. In Historical Sketches
of Kentucky" an incident is told of
the highest Of these
Jotham Strout was h0cing corn I'm
the bottom just opposite the ferry.
when his attention was attracted by
n rattling noise above his head. Look.
Ing up, he was staggered at seeing a
man tumbling down the fearful prccl-
picc. now touching and grasping at
a twiC, now at Il root. without being
able TO check himself. Finally. with
a crashing of limbs, he landed i'm the
top of buckeye tree, about fifty feet
above the general level of the bottom.
Mr.. Strout ran TO the place with all
haste, drCading To find n dead man,
and not doubling he would be terribly
injured. If alive; for the distance the
man had fallen was one hundred and
seventy feet. and from the last point
where he had touched the rock to the
top of the tree where he lodged was
forty.five feet.
Fancy Mr.. Strouts surprise, then,
to find the man standing erect at the
foot Of the tree, feeling Of his arms
and body.
Are you hurt?" cried Mr.. Strout.
That's what I'm trying TO find out.
my friend" was the answer It's my
impression that l am alive, but rather
sore"
Not bone was broken. and despite
n few bruises the man seemed to be
rs sound rs before the terrible fall
That fellow bore n charmed life"
was Mr.. Strout's remark whenever he
told the story.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-07
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

General Paul Gustaye Cluseret, a
noted French adyenturer. died IN Paris.
Ira ID. sankey sailed from New YORK
City for an evange4istic campaign in
England and Ireland.
Frederick Wilhelm Tie'gsche. the
German philosopher. d-nd al Weimar.
after eleven years Of hopeless insanity.
Congressman Charles II. Boutelle,
OF Maine. ls rapidly recovering his
health AZ a sanitarium at Waverly.
Mass.
DR.. Washington GLADDEN., preacher.
writer and lecturer. refuses 10 accep.
pay for his services as an Alderman
Of Columbus. Ohio.
Mr. BalfOur recently made a speech
az the opening OF a charity bazaar at
Dundee. and devoted the whole Of his
remarks 10 the praise Of golf.
Sir George White. OF Ladysmith
fame. now Governor and Commander
in-Chief Of Gibraltar. will be promoted
10 the rank Of general in October next.
In receiving some Americans the
other day King Oscar OF Sweden and
Norway said: II welcome you as Amer
leans, aid. therefore, fellow mon
afchs.''
President Eliot. Of Harvard. may
pay visit 10 Havana in the early fall.
He has become deeply interested in
the question OF Cuban education,
through the visit OF the Cuban teachers
to Harvard
Second Assistant Secretary OF State
Adee was born a deaf mute, but
learned the use Of the organ of speech
by artificial methods and mastered the
art Of lip reading. Later in life his
sense Of hearing was partially re-
stored.
Lord Roberts never learned the art
Of debating his own dispatches, and
always has 10 write them out with
his own hand. His writing is, more.
over. so very bad that it can be read
only by his aid, to whose lot il conse.
quently falls TO translate the orders
into characters more readily decipher
able