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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-01

young. She called the big birds her
chickens. She went on occasion to a
quiet cove and tossed into the water
pOising in their flight and diving arily
for the food. In the winter Cathar
ines pets left. From the first day of
March her face was pressed against
the outside pane of the light watching
for their return. At times on foggy
nights a few bewildered birds would
dash themselves to their death against
the glass, lured by the light. In the
morning Frank Gray would gather up
the dead birds at the foot of the light
tower and carry them away lest Cath
arine, knowing of the tragedies, should
yrieve. When the seasons nest making
began, or rather when the choosing Of
nesting sites began, for the sea birds
home Is at times only the bare rock,
Catharine could tell her friends Of an
other year from the strangers among
the flock by their fearlcssness Of her
presence. The child Of nature noted
the differences Of plumage in the birds.
and told their age thereby. Her knOwl-
edge was that best Of all nature knOwl-
edge born Of observation and not Of
books.
One day Catharine Gray felt weary.
She did not go as usual to look from
the cliffs or from the beach at the
swarms of soaring gulls. Into her
fnfhnr',
In au hour signal was swung. 1t
was answered from another island
nearer the heavy coast line. In TWEEN
ty-fOur hours time doctor was al
Badge Island. He was too late.
The sun was touching the lenses of
the lamp with a brighter beam than
those they nightly reflected to guide
the mariner when Catharine asked
her father to lift her up that she might
look through the little mason cham.
bered window at her Chickens" The
child saw them in their light flying
battalions lowering and sweeping
above the tossing waves. She smiled
and then the light Of her eyes failed.
1t was a white haired, bent man who
two years ago was still keeping Badge
Island light. His was the lonelicst
vigil on the whole Atlantic coast, but
the island in its desolation was not as
lonely as the Keepers heart. Cathar.
ines chickens" still tiocked to the isl.
and. and in increasing hundreds. The
mercantile marts of the country were
demanding the plumage of the gulls
and the terms that it might be used to
deck the hats of women. From the
Isaac and Smith islands of Virginia
to the fOrbidding cliffs of the Provinces
the plume hunters had followed their
prey. killing ruthlcssly and leaving the
fedgling young to die of starvation
No creature is so quick as bird to dis.
cover when ii mas Il haven of rest
All the gulls and the terms from all
parts of the Maine coast gathered at
Badge Island. There the plume hunt.
ers had come, but they had been driven
away by the sight of Il Stern.fa ced man
patrolling the shore with rifle ON
his shoulder.
Many attempts the men barriers
made during the season of 1899 to
carry on their work of destruction
Each one Of the thousands Of birds
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-01
On u Snow bound Train.

Mr. ThalDerg, the noted Danish ac-
tor, who is now in London, tells Il cap.
ital story of Il blizzard in the United
States, when he was travelling through
the understanding, dreary plains of
Nebraska. He was awakened one
night in the sleeping car by cold flakes
Of snow drifting through the double
windows, and the train was mt a stand.
still. a terrific blizzard was blowing
from the north, and in the morning
the passengers realized the fact that
they We're snowbound. One desolate
frame house could be seen in the dis.
lance. There was no dining car Oh the
train. Everybody felt very hungry.
At midday an idea occurred to one of
the famished actors. There were Il
number of beautiful prize chickens in
the front car of the train. The fam
ished actor pressed three of his COM
rades and q quiet but determined little
American into the service; fully armed,
they disappeared together, and If the
rightful owner of the prize chickens
could have seen what happened next,
it would have made him very sad-or
savage!
When the unfortunate chickens We're
killed and plucked another difficulty
arose. How Were they to be cooked?
The four actors and the small Amer.
lean again volunteered their services.
With arms linked together, every man
grasplng a bird in each hand, they left
the train and fought their way through
the deep drifts of snow toward the
one desolate dwelling. Here they Dor
rOwed Il great zinc pan; the actors cast
in the prey, and the little American
stirred up the fire in the stove and
became chief chef. When the zinc
pan, with its kissing chicken stew,
was carried back to the train, the five
adventures We're greeted with cheers
by their fellow passengers. A hungry
commercial traveler-the stouteSt man
in the car-seized the pan and at.
tempted to get his share, even before
the ladies had been served. Then the
little American coolly drew a revolver
out of his hip pocket and held it over
the chicken stew. "Sir, after u.s." was
all he said, and the commercial tray
eler had to be content at last with a
couple of MISUNDERSTANDING Clrou.
icle.
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New Machine Gun for England.

Considerable interest is being caus
ed in the military circles on the az
count of the invention of a new form
of machine gun. which is said to b.
capable of firing bullets at the same
rate as Maxim, but with a range ol
5000 yards. Such weapon. if it,
performances are really equal to what
is claimed for it, would revolutionizc
the whole science of artillery and, in
fact, render the ordinary field gun
nearly useless. The bullet is stated
fridge is a very long one.-LonLon
Mail
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Pigeons Interrupt Service.

The pigeons at st. Paurs Cathedral
are considered to be one OF the sights
Of London. In Paris the birds are ap-
parently not looked upon with much
favor, and would seem to be regarded
as a nuisance. The authorities of the
Church of st. Sulpice waited upon the
local police cOmmissary recently and
asked whether nothing could be done
to prevent the increase Of pigeons In
the church. He declared that the birds
were at first made welcome, but they
increased at such an alarming rate
that the place was infested with them.
During divine service they made such
a noise that they interrupted the pro-
ceedings, and there We're daily COM
plants concerning them. The police
commissary pointed out that he could
hardly sends his constables to arrest
the birds. The only course he advised
was to set traps, as it would not do to
have pigeon shooting match in the
sacred edifice.-Paris Messenger.
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Slilea Down IA Mine Shaft

While Mrs. Matthew Robson, of Sha
mokin, was pursuing four boys who
had thrown stones at her chickens, she
arrived ut the brink of an abandoned
opening of the Nelson mine shaft. The
ground caved in and she slid in the
abyss. After descending fifteen feet
she grabbed a projecting rock and
held fast She grew weak and was
about to unlOOsen her grasp, which
would have resulted in n 500foot fall
when a young man who had seen the
accident. crawled down the hole and
aided her to the surface. After lead
ing her home, he departed without re
vealing his identity. The bone ovei
her right eye was fractured, and hel
face lacerated.
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Hunting the Hunter.


The rhinoceros is q singularly OBJ
fuse, unwary brute, but when it per-
ceives the hunter AMI its blood is up,
1t Is high time for the hunter to be
taking decisive measures. An English
sportsman, +. V. Kirby, recounts an
experience in East Africa with one
Of these beasts, an adventure such as
a man seldom lives to tell of. Mr..
Kirby was hunting at dusk in rough
patch of ground, and although his first
shot killed bull rhinoceros, his second
only wounded the cow. and the huge
beast ran straight at him.
l held, says Mr.. Kirby, an empty
rifle which l could not reload, and
was standing right in the brutes way.
by the time her ugly horned snout
appeared at the edge of the grass |
was moving. 1t was rather dark. but
she probably smelled the smoke of my
rifle, for when, hoping to dodge her,
turned short to the left up the hollow,
and made for the nearest tree, about
hundred yards distant, she wheeled
with marvellous CELEBRITY, and with n
loud snort, gave chase.
l was bare-legged and in good trim,
ana after getting rid of my rifle, did
not loiter. But although l had twenty
yards the start of her. she ran two
feet to my one, and l felt that must
be caught. Already, in Imagination,
felt her horn assisting me in the
rear, sensation which, together with
the brute's vicious snorts close behind,
spurred me on to do my best.
Three strides beyond me l saw one
OF those gaping sand-cracks, so com
mon in this dry country; and l knew.
as | glanced over my shoulder and
measured the distance between my pur.
suer and myself, that safety lay be-
tween its crumbling sides.
What might he its depth I neither
knew nor cared. had seen these
cracks only three feet deep and others
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-01

by local applications rs they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
intamed condition Of the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have II rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness Is the result and unless the intam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine eases out Of ten
are causedby ratarrh. which is nothing but un
intiamed condition of the mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot DO cured by Halls Catarrh Cure CIR
culars sent free. FL. CnENEy& Co. Toledo, U.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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twenty feet, some a foot across and
others twelve. This one happened to
be about seven feet deep and three
feet wide. and when l say that the
rhinoceros was now barely two lengths
behind, the agility displayed in tum-
bling over the edge of this haven of
refuge can be imagined
The next moment was half smoth-
cred in sand and gravel, and the same
instant n great bulk passed over me.
But | was safe, for on poking my head
over the edge, saw my late pursuer
disappearing under the gloom of the
trees. She had chased me just sixty
yards, and l had found the distance
just sixty yards too far to be pleasant.
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brought by Dr. Lindsay John
son, +. X. c. S., to the close Of it
earlier stages.
1t is some years ago now since tilt
doctor, bordering certain appearances
called the "funduS oculi' at thu
back Of the human eye, began to won
der whether monkeys possessed TIT
peculiar spot in The centre Of the Wis
ion, known as the "macula lutea," o.
yellow spOt-the part Of the eye il
man which is used for reading.
He betook himself to Jamrach's col
lection of animals, and other menag
cries, and found with establishment
that all the monkeys did possess tina
spot, as in man, but that it varie(
with each genus. Following up thi
clue he discovered that every famil!
of the mammalian order possessed {
distinct appearance of it's own in The
eye, by which anyone seeing the bacl
of the eye with an Ophthalmoscope ant
a light would be able not only to rec
ogniZe the family, but the genus Of
the animal.
He then proceeded Systematically t.
examine all the animals to be seen il
the Geological Gardens Of London
Antwerp, Amsterdam, Hamburg ant
elsewhere; and as Il result Of his 81
gantic labor he found many new an,
striking facts.
His method of investigating, how
ever, has not yet been recorded, an(
this to the general public will be the
most interesting portion Of the stor!
Of his work. TO examine the eyes
Of the animals it was necessary fol
DR.. johnson to darken the cage, tC
sit beside the animal with a lamp be
hind its head, and to look through the
OphthalmOscOpe at distance of hall
an inch from the animals eye for q
period of not less than two hours al
a time. The total time spent Ovel
each animal would vary from eight
to sixteen hours. He examined the
drawings of about $50, some fifty OF
which have so far been published by
the Royal Society.
In the case of the larger animals II
their movements. Thus, the elephants
We're chained down. Sacks some eight
feet long were made for slipping over
the bears, which We're then confined
in them with ropes. The closed ends
of the sacks We're next slit with Il
knife, and as Bruin protruded his
head he was promptly muzZled and
lifted on to the table for the eye-tcst
Ing.
In the cases Of lions, leopards, tigers,
and large cats, muzzlt could not be
used, as they frightened the animals
nearly to death, and the doctor had
therefore to resort to private menag.
cries, where the beasts were less wild
Here he found it advisable to cut of
the whiskers Of the brutes, as the
touching of the whiskers during the
examination made them snap.
The resOurcefulness of the doctor anC
his assistants had to be endless. Some
Of the birds We're induced to thrust
their bills into large corks, and the
fishes had TO be treated very gingerly
to avoid their suffocation. The boa
constructors and pythons were thrown
into sacks to circumvent their squeez
Ing prOpensites, and their heads Were
held out of the sacks by keepers; while
with wolves, beavers, offers, seals and
sea lions, nets We're thrown over them
and they were twisted in the meshes
Daily News.
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Air Empties Letter Box.

Berlin may be behind the times in
manners, but its postal arrangements
approach perfection. BY means of a
compressed air system the street pillar
boxes are now cleared directly from
the head Office. At intervals the letters
are whisked through pneumatic tubes
to the sorting tables at the Central
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-01

My grandmother, she said was
married when she was Is and my
mother when she was H."
''Do you think" he asked. edging a
little nearer to the door, that this;
sort of thing can be hereditary?"-
Chicago Record Herald.
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. FF the northern coast of
Maine lies Badge Island On
J 1t is Il little Government light

Mulllt lies DitSt lSltu', vi
J 1t is little Government light
until short time ago kept
by Frank Gray, Il widower with one
child, little girl of eight. Those who
have read the delightful tale of Cap
tain January" may get some knowledge
Of the life that this father and daugh-
ter led on the rocky little slet. The
child was her fathers soul and heart
The mother had died when Catharine.
the little one, was five years old.
Frank Gray was 10th to give up his
sea girt life. The circumstances of
the case forbade the taking to the ISL
and of II woman to care for Cathnrine.
The father would not part with her
bleak spot they lived for many months
Of the year together neither see! &
any other human being.
The child's playfellows in the sum
mertime We're the birds of the air. he
island was the home of thousands of
sea birds, the great gulls and the grp &C.
full terms The birds built their nest
all over the island. 1t was Catharines
delight to watch the great gatherings
If these feathered sea clans. The birds
grew to know her and to look upon
her simply as one Of the natural OBJ
jects of their island home. She picked
her steps as she made her way over
the rocks or through the few grassy
stretches. lest by mishap she tread
upon one Of the precious eggs or downy
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-01
Mere Opinion,

A man never really begins to live
until he Is dead in love.
This would be better world if pes
simism were treated as one of the con-
tagious diseases.
A little luck and FOOLS ignorance
have made many fine reputation for
bravery.
God seldom looks into the house
where there are no little finger marks
on the walls.
The shrines Of the people are the
birthplaces of the great poets. Not one
of them is palace.
Being gentleman is the most diff
cult thing in the world.-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
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Two lead pencils side by side in his
vest probably saved William Smith
from death or injury by breaking the
force of a pistol bullet. The revolver
is said to have been of % calibre
One shot was fire from a distance of
about Is feet. The bullet struck Smith
over the left breast and Just below the
heart. 1t bored through coat and vest
and spent it's force in SCATTERING the
two lead pencils. Smith staggered
but it was found that he had only Il
slight brllise ON his left side. The bul.
let dropped into Smiths vest pocket,
where it was found by Patrolman
Ramsay. 1t was not battered.-Wil-
mingtun (Del) Every Evening.
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WHERE WILL IT FALL?
That Depends on Circum stances, Yet Ii 1,
Always Dangerous.


Shoot an arrow up into the air-as
straight AS You can. You cannot tell where
it will fall Now the human blood con-
tiins more or less poisonous elements.
Nature tries to get rd Of them before they
work mischief, but III most cases she fails
to do it. We may rLll them falling arrows,
but unlike your wooden arrow, they always
strike on the weakest spot, or spots in the
system. If they hit the muscles and joints
We call the result rheumU.t ism or govt ;
if they hit the liver We call ii liver
complaint or hiliouNnc's if they hit the
kidney we call it Stone in the kidney, or
perhaps Bright's disease; if they hit the
nerves We call 1t nervous prostitution, epil-
epsy or any of fifty other names; If they
hit the bronchial tubes we call is bronchii
It's ; if they hit the lungs we call it pneu-
monia, or may be, bye-and-byS, consunp-
ton. SO of all the tender places; and We
ull have them whether We know it or not.
1t follows that the various so-called diseases
are not separate things but effects in differ
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ent forms of one cause.-the poisons in the
blood; and these can be expelled only
through the regular channels of tho body,
acting regularly and hralthily, But when
they are weak and torpid what is to be
done? Resort AT once to the Use of Calrura-
solvent, the Htr mtdicjHe discovered hy
Or, David Kennedy, Of Kennedy Row,
Kingston, n. y. 1t rouses the bowels,
kidneys and skin Ia throw of the death
dealing rottennesS that fills the blood, and
thus cures diseases already III progress and
prevents tho inception of others. This
medicine is actually something new under
the sun and has curative powers worthy of
the man whose name il bears. Since itS
introduction to the public, short time
ago, Calcura-Solyent (Stonr-liSsolNer) has
won the confidence of physicians are
never i'll haste to endorse any new prepnra-
ton. Its success proves that mankind has
not yet exhausted natures store of wonders
and blessings. The nineteenth century
made II remarkable record for advances in
medicine, but the twentieth promises to
surpass it if the discovery OF Calcura-Sol-
vent be fact to judge by.
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81 despise Il man who always has
remedy for cold or toothache.
said the person who tries to be candid.
"Why?"
"He invariably wants to interrupt
you when You are talking about youI
troubles. Washington Star.
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California;,

Year round Excursions three times per week
without change from WashinRt u, ID. G. to
Los Angeles and San Francisco. Personally
conducted. Berth $500.
G. G. DANIELS. New England Passenger
Agent, 22s Washington st, Boston.
Z. L. CURRIER, New England Agent, 40
Washington St., Boston.
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Nomatter what ais you, headache to a can
GER, you will never get well until your bowels
are put right CAscARErs help nature, cure
you without u gripe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up In metal
boxes, every tablet has C. c. C. stamped on
1t. Beware OF limitations.
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A * al Friend.

An entertaining friend is one VINO
will listen to you tell the same old
story for the ninety-ninth time.-Nrw
York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-01
Ca sicunl Vaseline
Put nm In CnllanSihle Tubes.

Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or my
other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate
skin The pain allaying and curative qua ities OF
this ari le are wonderful. 1t will stop the ohaahs
at once. and relieve he idache and sciatica.
werecomlnend It as the best and safest external
counter rrit ant known. also external remedy
for pains in the chest and mach all rheuma &c.
neuralgia and gouty 'mplaints.
trial will prove what we claim for it. and 1t VIII
be found to be invaluable In the household. Many
people say 1T is the best of all y ur preparations"
Price, Is cents, at all dru tssts, or other dealO
or by sending this mount to rs il ostags stamps
we will send you tube by mail
No article should be accep g by the public unlees
the same carries our Label. otherwise II d nos
genuine.
CHEESEBROUGH MANUFACTURING CO.,
II State Street, Now York City.
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That Nuinber!

How many women did you try to
marry before you got me?' she howlcd
in anger.
Twelve" he answered sadly, "and
| never thought to count them before
either. baltimore World.
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"vNoER THE sovcAs OF THE HOLLY TREE"
BY CLINTON scoLLARp.

Bitter the, frost upon the moorside,
With his arms about Fiorna
Under the boughs OF the holly tree!
"What is that | hear, beloved?
What is that dark shape | see?"
"Iou but dream, my Neil Mac Donald,
Under the boughs of the holly tree!"
"He dreams not, your Neil Mac Donald,
Sister, false as the falsest be-"
Hark the can.call OF Mac Gregor
Under the boughs of the holly tree!
Hark.-the can.call OF Mac Gregor!
Every man has weird to dree;
He has breed his, Neil Mac Donald,
Under the boughs OF the holly tree.
Golfers Weekly.
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Not Sure.
Mrs. Soldcash-ThiS paper says
that the Bangup National Bank is III
trouble.
Mr.. Solidcash me see. Am
director in that or not?-New Yorl
Sun.
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Beat For the BoWela.

Fact is The rock against which the waves
of theory break.
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The number Of public lamps lighted IN
Great Britain last year was 605, 1856. as
compared VIII ISL. 20G the year before.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-01

California has almost monopoly of
the cultivation of apricots in the United
States
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-01

PUTNAM's FADELEss DYE produces the fast
est and brightest colors Of any known dye
stuff. Sold by all druggists.
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"Whither away, o Neil Mac Donald,
Whittier away so fleet HE ye" .
II have tryst to keep, my mother,
Under the boughs OF the holly tree"
go We not, o Neil Mac Donald!
Go We not, prithee! prithee!"
i must keep the tryst, my mother,
Under the boughs OF the holly tree"
Over the burn bounds Neil Mac Donald.
Through the bracken plunges he;
He has won to the purple shadows
Under the boughs of the holly tree.
20 my love." cries Neil Mac Donald;
20 my love! my love- cries she
And their lips are met together
Under the boughs of the holly tree.
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Thirty to forty miles an hour is the rule
for rlilroad trains in Russia; in Siberia,
fifteen to twenty.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-01

The gauchos OF Argentina live entirely on
roast beef, scarcely ever tasting vegetables
or -four dishes