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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

An Oregon woman IS the owner of a
entire tlock OF poultry A philadcl
phia daily declares this hen To be the
only one in the United States that
ever fought AMI killed hawk
The hen was tending to her brood
in the usual way. when chicken
hawk made its descent. The hen did
not sQuawk and run, but with a
fierce and we'll directed blow buried
her bill under the hawks left wing.
1t may have been chance blow
but it did its work The hawk seemed
surprised and da2ed. 1t rose fccbly,
flew aimlessly against a clotheslinc
and dropped dead.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

The smallest, simplest and best pro
tected postotfice in the world is in
the Straits of Magellan, and has beer
there for many years. 1t consists OF
a small painted keg or cask, and is
chained to the rocks of the extreme
caps in a manner so that it floats free
opposite TERRA del Fuego. Each pass
ing ship sends boat to take letters
out and put others in. This curious
postotfice is unprovided with a post
master, and is. therefore. under the
protection of all the navies of the
world. Never in the history of this
unique office" have its privileges beer
abused.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

witallbeforehand. the inialliblc
detective, pattcd the passing hobo
senially on the shoulder.
I'm looking for street car con
ductor that made away with more
nickels than his deposit with the com
pany would cover" he said.
The other. as was proper to the
plot, palcI perccptibly. "H-how did
you know me-" he ialterCd.
Oh that's easy" answered the inf.
Diet. "Anybody who ever saw a genu-
inc hobo would nail you in moment
as an impostOr. The genuine article
while he never washes. occasionally
scrapes a little Of the CRIME from his
hands in climbing over fence. Oh
yes
But the poor conductor saw the
point too late, and soon he was in
service more tyrannOuS than that
of the railroad company.-Buffalo EN-
press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
A Warm Suggestion.

"If you want to know what heat
is" finally said the High Climber,
you must be ut the top of a chimney
where the furnaces are going ut full
clip below. | was pointing up the
sides of one high chimney in Massa.
chusetts one hot summer day. l was
up about one hundred feet. l had
done one, two, three sides. now
pulled myself up to shift my hook
around to the fourth. My bo'sun's
chair swung down from this hook,
you understand.
1t was hot enough anywhere On
the top, but around the cap on the
fourth side where the wind was blow.
ing out smoke and heat it was awful
l dropped my hook down and walked
around to the cooler side to rest Il bit
Around the cap l had space OF
about Il foot's width to walk on. In
Il moment l went back and put my
hand on the hook to slide down the
rope to my chair. Gee! | thought the
hair would come out ny head. My
shoes frizzled. The hot iron of the
hook blistered my hands. l could
stay nowhere near it.
Again and again went back to
that hook. Each time l was driven
to the other side. There in the sun
and the furnace heat pouring up,
blowing this way, the hook got hotter
and hotter. There was no other way
of getting down even. was caught
there.
FINALLY, in desperation, took off
my undershrt and grabbed the hook
with it. Blistered and burned, l half
fell into my chair and managed to let
myself down. - From the Auto.
biography of a High Climber in
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

'T WO weeks ago OLD Joe Scout
COW punchers brought in the
news of the slaughter of Il
half dozen calves and several
hal1-grown steers on his ranch in East.
ern Arizona. Bear tracks showed the
character of the marauders, and the
Old rancher, with Abe and Harvey, his
sons, both locally famous us crack
shots and expert ropers, set out in
pursuit, says the San Francisco Bul.
letin.
With a pack of hounds they were
soon on the trail, and late in the after.
noon came upon an immense female
silver-tip, with two cubs nearly half
grown. The three had beaten off the
dogs and stood at bay in II narrow ar
royo. The first three shots brought
down the cubs, and the dogs soon
finished them. while the old bear, with
Il bullet in her shoulder, rushed upon
the party.
The impetuousness of the onslaught
of a cornered and maddened Arizona
silver-tp has its equal only in the at
tack of the larger grizzly of the North.
Somewhat smaller than the grizzly, the
silver-tip is proportionately lighter and
much shiftier on its feet, and II
wounded and furious female handles
herself like Il mountain lion.
Harvey, the younger boy, was near
est to her, and she bowlcd over him
like n tnnIin IiInn,r Ia,
entire side Of his coat and shirt. AS
she turned OH Abe the old man closed
in with his GiX-shooter
In an instant she had Abe down, and
only his activity saved his life. Duck
ing his head under her jaw, he escaped
crushing in the massive moars, and
she tore piece from his sleeves. Old
scott was emptying his revolver into
her breast, and she rolled over with
three holes in her heart.
Later in the day the dogs jumped five
small black bears, freeing them after
but short chase, the quarry being
fat and awkward from high life in the
Juniper and oak scrub. -Four of them
fell an easy prey to the hunters, and
the fifth one, a half-grown female, was
cornered by the dogs and then roped
and tied to Il sapling. such fight, how
ever, did she show, that it became nee
essary finally to shoot her.
The following day a large, male sill
ver-tip was killed after Il hard fight. in
which he crushed two of Scott's best
hounds. His mate took refuge in a
cave. A green wood fire smoked her
out, and she came with a rush, falling
hfty yards away, with four holes
through her body. Nine more black
bears made up the final bag, in what
is perhaps thc largest number of bears
ever killed in SO short time by three
men. Scott sold his skins for $500,
and believes that the bear business, UNI
der present conditions, is much more
profitable than cattle hertling in n
bear region. He put an extra force
Of COW punchers with his herd and
by frequent trips into the timber, to-
Sether with poisoned carcasses and
traps, lie hopes to save his young
beeves and make Il record catch of
bears.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

The postolice in India not only col
lects and delivers letters, parcels and
other articles. but acts TO a certain rN'
tent AS u banker TO the general public
sells QuinIne ana salt pays military
pensions and collects the revenue a.
cruing to the government from land
and other sources, But to the fertile
brain OF one OF the oldest officers IN
the department. is due the latest
developemcnt in the work OF the post.
office, The Punjaub postoflice has
come forward as an elementary teach.
er II not only collects letters AMI
delivers them, but teaches boys in ele.
mentary schools how 10 write them
and address the covers Pearson ;
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
SEA CHARTS OF STICKS.
Marvellous Navigating Feats of Marsha
Island Natives.

Marvellous Navigating Feats of Marshall
| Island Natives.
The German protectorate of the Mar
| shall Islands, which lie just east of the
Carolines. in the equatorial Pacific
contain the most daring sailors known
They are constantly performing feats
in navigation that European sailors
feared TO venture on long after they
had the compass. which instrument
by the way, the Marshall Islanders
reject us useless.
The archipelago lies in two widely
separated groups, the Radack and the
Rnllck chains, and in each chain the
Islands lie, for the most part, at eX-
tensive intervals. Yet the native pilots
conduct voyages all over their own
archipelago and to the CnrOlines in
one direction and the Gilberts in an
other For this voyage they rely upon
charts OF their own construction, the
knowledge having been handed down
from remote antiquity. These charts
are generally about Il yard square and
are constructed of slender sticks tied
together. At some intersections of
the sticks are fastened small shells,
which stand for the different islands.
The pilot posts himself in the bow Of
the vessel with his chart before him
He begins by establishing the partic-
uar shell corresponding to the island
from which he is just sailing. He sets
the course as indicated by one of the
sticks radiating from that shell in the
proper direction. Thereafter he watches
The course of the sea with very slight
use of the heavenly bodies for the de-
termination of direction.
They make no secret of their art.
They are often at great pains to teach
it to white men. and wonder that no
ore has yet been found capable of
graSping it. Their explanation is that
each stick On the chart shows the
course Of Il stream In the sea, and that
by following the streams they can
find their way to their destination
They claim to see these streams with
their intersections just as shown by
the sticks. Whatever may be the eX
PLANTATION, it is certain that they navi-
gate hundreds Of miles of empty ocean
with neither compass nor chrOnOmeter,
nor other Instruments save chart of
sticks. If by any accident they go
aStray they make no attempt to con-
time the voyage, but run at once down
to leewald until they make familiar
landfall.--San Francisco Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
Tricks of JOCKEYS.

"Tiding backwards" or "cross mo-
ton of all the jockeys tricks is the
most effective, and ut the same time
the most difficult of detection. 1t is
Il simple trick, consisting simply Of
throwing the motion of the body out
Of time with that of the horse, and by
the sway of his body helping to lift
him ut every bound. Another trick
practiceG by jockeys is called the "leg
lock- and when cautiously applied
has more to do with the result of the
race than the uninitiated may think.
In effect, it is one jockey holding an
other back. and this is done by the
leg lock- Two horses are leading
the field, one perhaps only neck
ahead of the other. AS they come
into the straight they are running
close together. The leading jockey
sees his chance and draws closer to
his opponent until the horses almost
touch. He let's the second gain on him
until the leg of his opponent touches
his leg from behind. This is just
what the little rascal wants. Let his
opponent win if he can. Every lunge
OF the second horse pushes the first
one ahead, firing itself and easing the
flight of the other, until the final
squirt, when the horse thus aided
easily comes in the Chicago
journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
TALKS WITH CANklBALS,


The Reasons They gave for the Practlcrs
of Anthrop"phngy.
The Woelffel expedition which re-
Gently trayersed region Of dense for
ests back Of the Ivory coast in West
Africa found there a large number OF
Cannlbals comprising several tribes.
They are only about l20 miles from
the coast and within a weeks journey
OF the French posts, Cannlbals nave
seldom been found in Africa so near
the sea. As rule they do not 1--we
within 800 miles OF the ocean and most
of them are still farther inland. There
are no cannibal tribes, for example,
On the lower part OF the Congo river,
though the middle and upper Congo
basins are the greatest hotbed OF can
nibalism in the word.
When the white men in the Woelnel
party asked these cannibals why they
INDUCED in the practice OF ealing hu-
man flesh they replied that men are
in the habit of washing their bodies
three times day, and their flesh,
therefore, is cleaner and sweeter than
that of cattle, which are never washed,
These natives have guns and powder,
which they procure from Liberia or the
Gold coast. As they have no bullets
they use large pebbles in their guns.
When Mr.. Stanley sent Capt. CO.
quilhat to occupy the station he had
established among the fierce Bangalla
Cann,uals of the middle Conga he
found the natives ever ready to defend
the practice of eating human flesh,
This is horrible" said Coquilhat one
day to a chief whom he saw at his
meal. ION the contrary. it is delicious
with salt was the reply. Another
time the Belgian soldier expressed his
adherence to a chief who was about
to sit down to a cannibal banquet. The
latter replied to his protests:
Nv hen You kill goat do not in
tcrfere. Ihis dead man here is my
property. | did not steal nor capture
him. but bought him with good
cloth and will eat him If please
One day Coquilhat pointed out the
difference between man and mere ami
mails, ana tried to convince the ma
tves that to eat man was to make
Il very bad use 0f him, and to degrade
their species. A bright fellow in the
crowd called out in answer:
"Al your talk only shows that hui
man flesh is the best sort of food while
ale flesh of mere animals is a vile sort
of nutrimcnt.'
The practice still widely prevails
over tropical Africa. in many islands
of the Pacific. in northern Australia
and among the natives of some South
American tribes. 1t is gradually be-
ing eXtrpated. however, in all regions
where the whites aare acquiring i'm
pDrtant influence. 1t is not found, for
example. in the neighborhood of any
of the white stations. In the Congo
basin, where it is now a crime, pun
ishable with death. AS fast as the in
tuence of the state is extended over
the country the eating of human flesh
is discontinued. Thus the great Ban
gala tribe, which gave Stanley his
hardest fight when he descended the
river. has entirely abandoned canni'
balism; many of the native employees
OF the state come from this tribe
New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15


"For fifteen years | have noted the
effect of yout Vegetable Compound in
curing special diseases Of women.
~ know of nothing superior for
ovarian trouble, barrcnncss, and it
has prevented hundreds of dangerous
operations where physicians claimed
it was the only chance to get well.
liberation and inflammation of the
womb has been cured in two or three
weeks through its use, and as find it
purely an herbal remedy, | unhcsitat-
ingly give it my highest endorsement.
-Fraternally yours, DIR. p. NlEoQuA,
Lansing, Mich. 5000 forfeit if above tss-
Gnoniai is not genuine
If yOuare i'll do not hesitate to
get q bottle of Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound at
once, and write to Mrs. Pink
ham at Lynn, Mass. for special
advice: it is entirely free.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
A WeapOnless Hunter

Bob Brown. of Fox Hollow. \. y.
is woodsman who gets much game,
yet uses neither gun nor knife, nor any
other weapon except occasionally Il
club or a stone.
He has record Of choking bears to
death, and even Wild cat Is among
his trophies that he bagged in that
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
} Billy Smiths
; Bruthsrly Kindness.

~ lilly SMITH has Il Chicago
x newspaper position that Is
neither fish, flesh nor fowl.
He goes down to the office
early every morning, reads papers for
the city editor, answers the telephone
and does his best to stand of people
who, tightly clutching the morning
paper come mp The elevator to have
it out. There is no name for Billy's
job in the newspaper office, but,
named OF namclcSS, it is Il job that is
joyless.
Billy has brother who is an cleo
trical expert in New York City, where
he works for the biggest concern in
the land ana makes as many thou
sands Il year as Billy makes dollars II
week. The brother is sent by his
company I'LL over the United States
to see about Installing plants in diff
ferent cities and to pass on the fruit
fitness of the ground for electrical
operations. Biuy's brother passed
through the city tho other day and
calling OH Billy said he was on his
way to Omaha. where there was Il big
fight on between his and another com
pany for certain municipal rights. and
where the city government was di-
vided between the two parties to the
contest.
Il hope to win out" said the brother
In parting. but there's Il legal fight
on rs well, and the affair may take
some time before Il settlement is
reached
Four days later less than half an
desk Il stranger appeared and laid
this card before him:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
California,

Year round Excursions three times per week
without change from Washington, ID. c. to
Los Angeles and San Francisco. Personally
conducted. Berth $500
G. C. DANIELS, New England Passenger
Agent, 22S Washington ST.. Boston.
E.E. CuRRlER, New England Agent, ITO
Washington ST.. Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
PRINCESS YIR0QUA, M. D.
Endorses Lydia 4. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound After
Following Its Record For
Years.

"DE Mrs. PlNKIAM Health is
the greatest boon bestowed ON human
ity and therefore anything that can
restore lost health is a blessing. 1
consider Lydia Il. Pinl1ham's Veg.
etable Compound as II blessing to
State and Nation. 1t cures her moth
ers and daughters and makes them
we'll and strong.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

Noise is not usually passport to
popularity. But the Archbishop OF
Canterbury by his stentorian voice
won the affections many years ago of
IA Devonshire farmer. who was over.
heard to say. admringly, near the bot.
tom of church where the then Bishop
of Exeter was preaching: Il du love
the bcshup, COS he hOllers proper"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
beware of Ointments For Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely dcrange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
Eiinns, rs the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by +. j. Cheney h Co., Toledo, o.. contains
no mercury, and IL taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure to get the genuine. 1t is taken in
tcrnally and is made in Toledo Ohio, by +.
j. Cheney h Co. Testimonials free.
TI"Sold 10y Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
After three months the newly married
man can say my Wife without stammer
lnV.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
Sort of Sliding scale.

1t is said that the roar of lion can
be heard farther than the sound made
by any other living creature. Next to
that comes the note Of a women who
has found mouse in her bureau.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

The lrkutsk river in Siberia is 22oO
miles in length and drains coo.
miles of territory. NET
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

The fellow who says he has loved ant
lost may simply be thinking oil the pres
ents she failed to return.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

Amateur photography is Il fad with tho
Shah of Persia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
used 10y Mother Gray, II nurse i'll ChiIdrrn'-
Home, New York, break up Colds in "A hours
cure Fevcrishness, Headache, stomach
Troubles, TeethinG Disorders and nrstro\
Worms. At all druggists 25c. Samp" muile,!
Free. Address Allen :. OlmStcd. LIE Roy, y. y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

The oid-fashioncd woman continues t,
fill splendid place in liie
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

FlTSpermanently cured. No fits ornervous
ness after first days use of Or. Kline's Grea
Nerveiestorer. S2trial bottle andtreatise FREE
DR.. h. II. KLINE. Ltd, 93lArcn st. PhiAa. Pa
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15
Best For the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to n
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain. produce
easy natural movements, cost You iust 10
cents to start getting your health hacE. CAS-.
CARErs Candy Cathartic, the genuine. rut m
in metal boxes, every tablet has &. [. T..
stamped on it, Beware of limitations.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

In the United States the number of
miles of railway in proportion to the
number of nha bitants is nearly double
that Of any European country.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

Thirty minutes is all the time required ia
dyo with PUTNAM FADELESs DYES. Sold 10y
all druggists.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

In the last fifty years France has con
verted 100000 acres OF waste land int,
forest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

Some people feather their nests with
borrowed piumes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

Mrs. Winslow' sSoothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces iufamma-
tion, allays pain cures wind cole. 25c a bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

Private golf links over two miles in g..
tent have been laid ont fot the klig IL
Windsor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-15

There are 100 Indians in Arizona
owning farms.
, 1902-12-11
Venezuelan Navy Seized.

Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 1.-THE
combined British and German fleets,
now threatening Venezuela to enforce
payment of claims have seized and
towed outside of the harbor of La
eral Crespo, Totumo, Ossum 1T Mar
garita and a British cruiser has cap,
tured the N%enezulan gunboat Bolivar
off the island of Trinidad.
President Castro. partly in retalia.
ton and partly to protect foreigners in
Caracas from the feared fury of the
populace, has arrested 200 English.
men and Germans living here and is
guarding all other at their homes.
, 1902-12-11
MIR. Dunlap a Director.

The Santa Fe New Mexican of re-
cent date had the following about d.
C. Dunlap, who was the resident engi,
neer here during the building of the
cut off on the Union Pacsiic between
this city and Cheyenne. 1t will be
seen that Mr.. Dunlap has also been
elected one of the five directors of the
new line:
The New Mexico Northern Railroad
Company, which will build a railroad
from Bland to connect with the Santa
Fe Railroad near Thornton, was in
Corpyrated yesterday afternoon with a
capital stock of 81 900, 900. The incor-
rorators OF D. Fat .o~son. l.. McKin-
ME Of Chicago, D. C. Dunlap, Ralph r.
McKinnie of Albuquerque, A. L. Allen
and Davis S. Cook of Chicago. The
first four named with G.. Leonard Nc
kinnie of Chicago. constitute the
board of directors, Albuquerque is
designated as the headquarters al
though offices will be maintained in
Chicago
The same persons incorporated the
Alamo Reduction Company with a
capital stock of $500. 900. with the same
directors and same offices.
, 1902-12-11
EXAMINATIONS TO BE
HELD AT CHEYENNE

The civil service commission an
nounces that the following examina-
tons will be held at Salt Lake City,
Ogden. Boise City and Cheyenne. on
January 8, 1903. for the position of
dairy inspector. department of agrichl,
ture, at a salary of 81 800 to 81 $500: on
January 6. 1903. for the position of as
sistant chemist supervising architects
office, treasury department, at a sal
airy of 81 200, and on the same date ex-
animation for seamstress. Indian SER
vice. at the Southern Ute school. Colo
RADIO; the Silez school, Oregon, and the
Pryor creek school. in Montana, at a
salary of $500 per annum. Persons
who desire to compete should at once
apply to the civil service commission,
Washington, D. c.