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Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-24
Some Strange Beliefs.


The Chinese hill tribes believe that
man has only three souls, and these are
satisfactorily disposed Of. Oneappropri-
ately and conveniently remains in the
grave, another takes up his position at
the ancestral board, and the third
roams about unrestrained in the spirit
world, and not necessarily upon earth.
Many of the hill women are fond, as
in India, of giving their dead child u
dog, or (by dint of prayers and suppli-
cations) the departed spirit of an old
and experienced person as a guide,
that the wanderer may not miss its
way on the path to the spirit world.
For this reason it was that the Mon
golians sent slaves to accompany their
dead princes. The Chinese, however.
have more humane idea. They be-
lieve that since it is likely that the
dead man will be unable to find his
way safely to the world of spirits, and
may as probably as not stray from the
right path, the kings of the under
world would furnish him with little
devil to act the part of guide and ser.
want to the newly-disembodied spirit
on its journey. The Poles used to
have notion of similar kind, though
they, like the Chinese, did not display
it in such an unpleasant way for sur.
vivors. 1t was their custom to lay
bears claws in the grave to serve the
dead man as hooks, with the help of
which he might climb the great glass
mountain. According to the common
notion among the Karens the dead re-
new as "plu-pho' in the world of Plu,
under the sovereignty of the great
King Cootay or Theedo, the occupa-
tions which they had followed while
as yet mortals upon earth-a curious
hint at the caste system of the Hin.
docs, which has no place with the Ka
renns while they arc alive CornhiA
Magazine.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-24
Diseases From Bad Teeth.

1t appears not to be generally under
stood even among the cultivated
people, although the fact has been
dwelt upon with emphasis by the best
medical authorities, that the presence
of carious, crowded, or asymmetrica
teeth in the human mouth is the pro
genitor of a long train of nervous dis
eases, comprising not only facial
neuralgia and its concomitant troubles,
but diseases of the ear, inhammatory as
well as functional, eventuating often
in partial loss of hearing, defects of
vision, naso-pharyngeal catarrh, and
other torincnting maladies. One of
our acuteSt and most successful spec
ialistS in the treatment of nervous dis
eases has become so fully convinced by
long experience of the part played by
defective teeth in the development, not
of neuralgia only, but even of the
more obscure neuroses, that he always
insists, as condition precedent to the
acceptance of the case, that thorough
examination of the cavity of the mouth
shall be undertaken by competent
dentist, for, he says, not only may a
single diseased tooth result in persist
ent nervous disturbance, but disease
of the brain, decay or perversion of the
mental faculties, even epilepsy and
tetanic spasms often have their start
ing-point in dental ilrltarions; and he
has observed cases in which, while lay
ing the foundation for a long train OF
nervous troubles, the irritated organ
itself gave no sign, either by local pain
or vague discomfort, of the agency it
was constantly exerting to produce
serious disturbance at some distant
point. In common with the most
aural surgeons, distinguished special
ist, of this city, has long since adopted
the practice of examining the teeth of
every patient brought to him for treat
ment of ear trouble, particularly of
partial deafness and general irritation
of the organ; and, speaking the other
day of the large number of pupils from
the public schools who attended the
public aural clinics at the hospital with
which he is connected, sit is rare" he
saio, Ito find a single patient in whose
case dental irritation is not to be con.
sidered among the prominent causative
factors. "-~Noao York Times.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-24
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
A felicity that costs pain gives dou-

A felicity that costs pain gives dou-
BILE content.
Money is well spent in purchasing
tranquility of mind.
There is no deeper law OF nature
than that of change.
Incidence is the rust of the mind and
the inlet Of every vice.
A passionate woman's love is always
overshadowed by her fear.
Wrong none by doing injuries, or
omitting the benefits that are your
duty.
Time should never be squandered.
Every man should have a noble. worthy
aim in life.
There will always be something that
we shall wish to have finished, and be,
nevertheless, unwilling to begin.
A good man will be doing good
wheresoever he is. His trade is a
compound of charity and justice.
Foolishness places itself in the fore
most rank to be observed; intelligence
stands in the hindmost to observe.
There is always hope in a man that
actually and earnestly works. In idle
ness alone is there perpetual despair.
If you wish to appear agreeable in
society, you must consent to be taught
many things which you know al.
ready,
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-24
Somebody's Darling.

tThe following lines were written in 1854, by
Mrs. e. G. Sprague, now of Wyoming, r. L.,
and first appeared in the Waperiy Magazine.
They were suggested by seeing young drum
mer-boy lying dead in Lowell General Hospital
1t Portsmouth Grove, r. IL
Into q ward of the white-washed halls,
Where the dead and the dying lay
Wounded by bayonct, shells and balls,
Somebody's darling was borne one day.
Somebody's darling! so young and SO brave
Wearing yet on his pale, sweet face,
Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave,
The lingering light of his boyhood's grace.
Matted and damp are the curls of gold,
Kissing the snow of that fair young brow /;
Pale are the lips of delicate mold,-
Somebody's darling is dying now.
Back from the beautiful, blue-veined brow
Brush all the wandering waves ofgold;
Cross his hands on his bosom now,--
Somebody's darling is still and cold!
kiss him once--for somebody's sake;
Murmur prayer, soft and low;
One bright curl from its fair mates take,-
They were somebody's pride you know.
Somebody's hand hath rested there!
Was it a mothers, soft and white1
And have tho lips Of sister dear
Been baptized in those waves of lighti
God knows best! he was somebody's love;
Somebody's heart enshrined him there;
Somebody waited his name above,
Night and morn, on the wings ofprayer.
Somebody wept when he marched away,
Looking SO handsome, brave and grand
Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay;
Somebody clung to his parting hand.
Somebody's waiting and watching for him,
Yearning to hold him again to her hearth
And there he lies with his blue eyes dim,
And his smiling, childlile lips apart.
Tenderly bury the fair, young dead,
Pausing to drop in his grave tear;
Carve on the wooden slab at his head
"Somebody's darling slum,ers here"
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-24
VOL. II---NO. 36.
PecuIiarities Of Mexicans.

Among all classes there is too much
Of the idle crest and be thankful spirit.
Nature has been bountiful; the nee
essaries of life are easily secured; the
need of exertion is minimized; a few
beans or handful of corn, a little fat,
and some chillies will form the unvary-
ing diet for weeks. But all are in
veterate gamblers. Although some
times too lazy or improvident to provide
even comfortable food, they will sit for
hours over cards or dice, and in their
infatuation pawn everything on which
they can raise money. In selling
their chillies, their eggs, poultry, or
other produce, they seldom have any
fixed price; their demands are mainly
graduated by the apparent capacity or
generosity of the purchaser Contract
ing to supply milk, for example, to the
railroad construction gangs, after ar
ranging for a very ample remuneration,
and going on for one, perhaps two,
weeks, they will complain that their
cows are doing badly, get few extra
cents per gallon, and perhaps a week
later make similar stand for further
advance. The mercantile classes in
the towns, although they seldom have
much capital, are tolerably straitfor-
ward, endeavoring to meet their en-
gagements, and have wholesome
horror of protested bill. Every vii
lage celebrates, at least once year, it's
firsta, where dancing, an extra amount
of gambling, cock fighting and some
times bull-baiting are the entertain
ments, and where the liberal consump
ton of cheap intoxicants bring business
into the Court of Elcaldi or Justice of
Peace. The MeXicans are generally
more pusillanimous and superstitious
than the Indians. Secret societies
exercise good deal Of authority.
Both in Old and New Mexico the
Penitates count their numbers by
thousands, and enjoin among their
votaries fasting and humiliation, from
which, however, exemption is freely
accorded on payment of certain doles.
On occasions, self-fageliation and
stripes inflicted by brother devotees
are proceeded with until the infatuat-
ed victims are covered with blood.
For several hundred yards along
path thickly strewn with prickly
cactus, others go on hands and knees
to PROSTATE themselves before the
cross. Bearing a cross weighing
several hundred pounds, with arms
outstretched and secured, others toll
for miles, usually to some sacred chapel
or almost inaccessible mountain top.
When the poor enthusiast, fainting
under his burden, is about to drop, at
tendants place their shoulders under
the arms of the cross, and afford a
temporary support. These perform
ances shatter yearly the health of
weakly devotees, and kill some-
| London Times.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-24
Tte Minmg Prospect0r.

The genus prospector, man OF
medium hight, rather lightly but
irmly-knit frame, age anywhere be-
tween twenty-five and thirty-fve, a
line face, gentle but firm, bronzed with
exposure to manya fierce storm, stamp
ed with the unmistakable expression
impressed on the features of those who,
day after day, stand face to face with
danger and death, face that girl in
that rowdy will turn from with fea
and hatred. His first movement be-
trays the frontiersman. A rapid pierre
ing glance around the park, neither
human foe nor edible game being in
sight, his next glance is to the sky
Apparently satisfied with the inspec-
ton, his first care is to tend to his jack
or "burro," to use the mountain phrase;
then having liberated the burro with a
drag on the end of his rope which will
effectually prevent his straying from
that park, he turns to his fire, blows it
into blaze, puts on his coffee pot to
boil, and then to his toilet Three
inches of comb, two square incl es o
looking glass, coarse towel. piece of
yellow soap, a tooth brush, and the
toilet table is furnished. Now follow
him to the dressing-room; dozen steps
down the creek takes him to where a
little dam has formed crystal pool
Down on the mosS-covered rocks goes
the broad white hat, the collar of the
blue flannel shirt is rolled back disclos-
ing the neck and chest of an athlete.
Oh how cold, how refreshing, how in
vigorating the water is, fresh from the
snow above The toilet is finished,
breakfast is the next consideration.
The coffee having boiled is placed on
one side to settle; the bacon fried, the
batter for pile of "slap-jacks' beaten
up, he fries one Of the abominations'
throwing it into the air and catching
it on the reversed side with the precis-
ion of an old timer, ard now he plunges
into the tent and emerges with lhe
"chuck box," or in English, mess
chest" into the innermost recesses OF
which he dives, and from the conglom.
Grafton of cartridges, buckskin thongs
steel traps, needles and thread, sailort
palm, mineral specimens, three or foul
letters, book very torn and dirty, g
pair of Mexican spurs, odds and ends
Of string, ETC., etc, produces small
canvass sack of salt, ditto of sugar, q
half gallon can of syrup, and breakfast
is ready and the table is set. To dis
| patch the meal takes but little while.
Short as the time is, however, it is not
wasted, for observe the upturned face,
the eager searching glance, peak after
peak is scanned, formation, color noted
until apparently satisfied with the in
| spection. The meal is finished, plate
and cup washed and put away; the
morning pipe is Lit and smoked while he
goes through his pockets to see if his
outfit is complete, matches, compass
knife, magnifying glass, all safe
Catching up the burro and picketine
him on fresh grass finishes the morn
ing chores and we are ready for the
days work.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-24
GLASS EYES.
How These Delicate Optical Decisions
Arc Made.

How These Delicate Optical Delusi0ns
Are Made.
Artificial eyes are not of recent in
vention, for the early Egyptians used
many crude specimens, the erblephari
and the hypoblepharia. The former
was formed of circle of iron which
passing roundthe head had at one of
its extremities thin sheet of metal
covered with very fine skin, on which
was painted an eye with eye-lid and
lashes, thus forming kind of painted
bandage which concealed the cavity of
the lost eye. The latter exhibited
somewhat of likeness to the method
now adopted, but was made of
metallic shell something like walnut
shell on which was painted the iris,
the pupil and the white of the eye, and
was placedin the orbital cavity and kept
In place by the eyelids as is now done.
The great objection to this was the
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-24

RADIO. That same evening, in far-off,
lovely Denver, Della and Cousin
Mamie were comparing notes about
their husbands. Della had been very
cautious and Mamie was enthusiastic
about the doctor. "If he was my hus-
band 1 would 1irt with him and make
him fall desperately in love with me,
she declared.
"Flirt with himp' exclaimed Della.
"Certainly, it would be all right, and
so interesting! Now, John is so good
natured and always the same, | some
times wish he would be little bit
cross, just for change
"What a sadly funny world this is, I"
thought Della when she was alone,
mo one is really conteuted and
happy" Then she became very home
sick; not only did she miss the doctor,
but she also missed herself, she had
always been so prudent, SO submissive,
and now she had done such a wild,
wicked thingl Had she not promised
"for better and for worse ?"
One morning there came tremen-
dous ring at the door. Della knew
that ring, she heard it all over her and
turned pale. "Bound to get in," said
Mamie, as she hurried to the door. "Is
Mrs. Brinsley IMP" asked big voice.
Mrs. Brinsley was in. She came
forward smiling, rosy-cheeked, collect
ed and transformed, She held out her
hand; she was glad to see the doctor;
she presented him to Cousin Mamie.
They sat down. "Where are you
stopping?" asked Della "At the
Windsor" And she became as deeply
interested in the Windsor as if the
doctor had come expressly for the pur-
pose of ending his days there. But DR..
Brinsley was not altogether defense
less. 81 came to see if you would take
a ride with me. The carriage is at
the door. Come just as you are"
ooh" said Della. And she went.
The mountains were perfectly mag
nifcent," as Della remarked, but the
doctor made quick work of them.
GLOW soon will you be ready to
come home?" he asked quietly.
~ don't know. I intended to stay
all summer. / think--I think
But she could not tell him what she
thought. She was glad he had come;
she wanted to go back with him; she
loved him, now. But did he love her :
If he would only be a little more
gentle, more lover-like. The doctor
was not very gentle; his manner was
clear cut and decided, buff she
would only have looked at him!
'How soon will you come home ." he
repeated. Il want you to come
home"
Then, slowly, she lifted up her eyes
to his. Was this the way he used to
look at Becky? Not quite; no one
should ever see that look again in the
doctors eyes. But Della did not
know that, and it seemed very good to
her to be looked at in this way. 81
will go whenever you like" she
answered at last.
Then the doctor did say something
gentle and lover-like.
They were married already. Let us
hope 'they were happy ever after
wards"
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-24
The Country Doctor.

DR.. Brinsley belongs to the noble
army of martyrs and heroes known as
"country doctors" He was the sort
of man you could love if you loved
him; otherwise you would probably
dislike him, for he was very peculiar;
everybody said SO. Now there are
several ways of being peculiar, and the
doctors ways were not always pleasant
ways unless you loved him. His
wife had loved him, and to her he had
seemed the most perfect of men. He
suited her and She suited him, and
they had been very happy. 1t must
not be supposed that her love had
been of the cooling Kind. Perhaps the
doctor would not have enjoyed that.
Darling Becky rejoiced in making
bright, spicy, impudent remarks to her
husband Remarks which made his
big brown eyes sparkle with delight;
then he would meet her half way, and
they would fight the most interesting
little duels, followed by the most affec-
tionate reconciliations. But it was
now three long years since poor Becky
had been resting in her quiet grave
and the doctors friends had decided
that he needed some one to keep house
for him.
After much persuasion he had )een
particularly introduced to Miss Della
Swan. "What name!" thought the
doctor, but as he looked at her he saw
that she was fair, gentle, healthy and
twenty-six. "a good, sensible age.
must be neat and orderly" was his
verdict. In moment Of enthusiastic
selfshness he had proposed to her, and
in moment of enthusiastic devotion
she had accepted him.
They were married. She lived in
his house, she poured out his tea and
coffee, she entertained his friends, and
everybody said: "Oh, how much nicer
she was than that other womanw She
was very popular with everybody, but
she was not at all popular with the
doctor.
TO him "that other woman" was
still all the world and the brightness
thereof. So homeless did he feel in
the presence of this much nicer woman
that his visits to Becky's grave were
the only happy hours of his new life.
After awhile he became more accus-
toned to Della, and then he began to
give her free and frequent lectures on
Becky. "She" used to say so and so,
she used to do this and that, and as
she had been right then, she must be
right now and forever, and in every
thing.
Della had married "from sense of
duty" and deserved to be punished,
but it seemed to her that her punish
ment was greater than she deserved.
She would not have wished that her
husband should forget the wife of his
youth, but she had expected that he
would have some regard for tho
woman whom he had invited to pre-
side over his household, and she had
hoped to make him comfortable; to "do
her duty by him. as she expressed it.
Part Of that duty she had performed
in the most admirable manner; never
had the doctors house been so clean;
never had his shirt bosoms shone with
such luster; but the heart which beat
behind them she had been unable to
conquer.
Was 1t her faultP Had she not tried
to be kind, to be patient, to be meek
yss, but II was the trying that had
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-23
HOME COMFORT.
After a Rainy Ride a Country
Physician Tells What He
Thinks of Some People.

81 wish to gracious some people would learn
when they need doctor and whom they DON'T"
exclaimed Doctor E, he entered his house
IN a cosey little village IN the interior of the
State of New York, after a tedious night ride of
many miles. 81 have been down among the
mountains to see a man who, the messenger
said was very sick ana not likely to live till
morning. unless he had immediate help and
found him suffering from rather sharp attack
of collie, which his family might have relieved in
ten minutes, If they had grain of sense aud
two or three simple remedies in the house. But
no; they must remain ignorant as pigs and
when the least ache or pain takes them, send for
a doctor. whether they ever pay him or not"
"why, Doctor. what kind of simple remedies.
as you call them, do you expect people to keep
in the houseq" asked his wife, as she poured him
a cup of hot tea.
ain this case. answered tho Doctor, 'if they
had only put BENsON'S CAPCINE POROUS
PLASTER on the mans stomach, he would have
been all right in an hour, and saved me u dredry
ride"
In all ordinary complaints 1t cures at once
All diseases are eliminated from the system by
what may be roughly called expulsion or extrao-
ton, or by a union of the two processes. Ben
sons Plaster promotes both. IL lneites the tor
pid organs to act aud sends its healing. soothing
influence through the myriad pores OF the skin.
All other pasters oblige the patient to wait.
They give him hope ior tomorrow. Bensons
plaster gives him help to-day. Which is better,
do you thinkf Buy the CAPCINE and keep 1t in
the house. Price. % cents
seabury & johnson, Pharmaceutical Chemists
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-23
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

Two cases of smallpox were reported from
Seymour, yesterday.
St. Paurs workingmen's Club will give a free
entertainment this evening. at their hall in Iron
Block.
Walter 8. Frost and salome A. Waite. Henry
W. Harrington and Laura c. Lounsbury were
licensed to marry, yesterday.
The Standard Life Association, of Fort Wayne,
filed articles with the Auditor of State yester-
day, complying with the requirements of the
new insurance law.
Customs duty TO the amount of $172 was col
leeted, Yesterday, on stock received by the When
clothing store, aud 1929 on wine shipped to
Jacob Welsenberger
william III. Tucker and others yesterday filed
SUIT In the Federal Court against Harrison G..
Osborn and Others for infringement of patent
on furniture castors.
No criminal cases were tried in the Federal
Court yesterday, continuance having been
granted In all cases set for hearing upon the
petition of the defendants.
The proposed entertainment for the benefit of
Gne CnlIuren's AID Society, TO be gwen by Mrs.
EVA klrtiand, of New Albany, has been post
poned until a week frem next Monday.
Harrison & Hines, through Peter Router, con-
tractor, have taken out permit to erect brick
business block on Washington street. between
600
The distribution by the Secretary of State of
the printed scts OF the last General Assembly
began yesterday. The shipments to the different
counties Will also include copies of the last
nual reports of the State officers and the acts of
Congress.
The case against David Drees, of Terre Haute,
for failure to pay the special tax whisky, was
dismissed In the Federal Court Yesterday, COM
promise having been effected by the defendant
paying the tax due, the costs in the case and
800 besides.
John III. Floyd, of this State, who has been
promoted from lieutenant to captain in the regu.
lar army, with the rank of assistant quarter
master, yesterday filed his bond for 100000
with the Federal authorities. He will be sta
toned in Montana Territory.
The Worknghen's Building and Loan Associ-
atlon of Greehsburg, yesterday fled articles of
incorporation with the Secretary of State The
capital stock Is $500, 000 and the directors are
Thomas +. Brown, o. P. Schriver,g f. sMontfort.
Robert Naeget, q. W. Harvey, d. q. Elder john
g. Montgomery, L, f. WarTiner, Adam Steg-
maier. Joseph +. Wendenhall and Frank E..
Gavin.