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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-08-22

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It from Lexington, Va.-Ihis school is design
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-08-22

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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-08-22
FERTILIZERS (!

Had the farmers of Augusta county been told
twenty five years ago that five thousand tons of
fertilizers would be sowed within the borders OF
Augusta in 1883, they would have said that lis q
fiction'-yetiE is d fact-and among the most val
liable of the many brands used last year by the
people of this and adjoining counties, We're:
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-08-22

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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
GENERAL GRANTS HEALTH.
Denial of the Story CircuIated-The Gen
eral win Soon be Out Again.

Denial of the Story CircuIated-The Gem
eral viii Soon be Out Again.
New YORK, February ga deter
mined effort has lately been made by
certain journals to convince the public
that Gen. Grant is hopelessly i'll and
would never appear III public again. 1t
has been alleged that the general was
III continual pain, that he had no appe-
tlte, and could not sleep. y. S. Grant
Jr. says, in reference to the abOve-men-
toned reports: &C I am glad to say my
father is In anything but the hope
less state some people would have you
believe he is. His health is
steadily improving is, the bruised
limb 10 getting less and less painful Of
course he does not move about the house
very much, and when he does he has to
use his crutches. This sedentary life
has the effect of rendering sleep more
tickle and less easily to be Wooed, But
the general eats and sleeps fairly well.
Every day go up to his room and chat
with him over cigar. He still clings
TO the pernicious weed. He seems
always to be in good spirits. Cores
pondents OF newspapers are always try
ing to interview him, but the. general
will not see them. A certain western
journal that has a habit of report
ing interviews that never take place
sent representative the other day. My
father is looking out eagerly to see what
the enterprising journalist who got no
further than the doorstep will say. It
may be confidently expected that Gen.
Grant will be able to go out driving in q
months time. Before his accident
he never had known what it was
to be sick, but since it he
has had several little sicknesess.
Rheumatism troubled him somewhat,
but an attack of pleurisy which he suf-
fered short time ago was almost dan
gerous. Still, he is getting along we'll
now, and, though the political world
will certainly never see him again, I
think Gen. Grant will be visible to such
as care to see him in every day life very
soon
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
The Proper Caper in Lifting a Hat.

The proper caper Of the bower now
when he meets lady is to lift his hat
from his head, turn it forward until the
plane of the rim is vertical, and while
in this position bring it down so that
the front just escapes the wearer's nose;
then look into it while you count three;
quickly elevate it in the same position,
place it on the head, smile serenely, and
when one rod beyond the point of pass
age to look back and observe the effect
of the operation. The elbow should be
kept close to the side during the above
saiutation Half an hours practice will
make an apt learner quite proficient in
the new code.-SOciety Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
Intermarriages Of Diseases.

A disease, like the individual in
whom it is located, has q genealogy. Tt
has an ancestry of morbid conditions"
all cOmmingled, and transmitted from
sufferer to sufferer, until, "by inherited
dispositions, accommodating and combin-
ing In definite proportions" altering for
good or evil, according to the soil on
which it grows, new one is produced.
This, in a few words, stripped of it's
technicalities and deprived, unfortu-
nately, also of the wealth of illustra-
ton with which it is accompanied, is
Sir James Paget's ingenious theory.
Its attractions are undeniable its plaus-
Utility great, and, though the author, in
addressing professional audience,
forbore deducing a moral, the lessons
which it irresistibly suggests are too
patent to escape notice That children
inherit the courage, cowardice, prodi-
gality, frugality, face, figure, complex
ion, tone of voice and talents of the
parents IS, of course, a truism. It is
equally certain that diseased parents
bequeath their frailties to their off
spring. ScrOfula, cancer, consump-
ton, epilepsy, rheumatism, gout, in
sanity, cretinism and albinism are among
the most familiar of the diseases or de-
fects which run IN families" A cray
ing for alcohol is recognized "mor-
bus" handed down from father to son,
while hstlessness, sloth and impractical
bility are as readily transmitted as
capacity for work and clear brain from
one generation to another. A prudent
person hesitates to marry a consump-
tive or member of family in which in
sanity has appeared, this acknowledging
the soundness Of the data mentioned.
Consequently is believed, and Justly
so, to intensity the risks of transmission,
though only because there is chance
of near relatives, such as cousins, being
tainted with the same family trouble
Yet little care is taken to avoid dam
gerous "intermarriages of disease"
to use the phrase which DR.. Benjamin
Richardson has so happily coined. If
both parents have tendency to the
same malady, the children can hardly
escape. But if cancer and consump-
ton wed, there is scarcely hope of
the offspring escaping early death or
lifelong misery from cancer, lupus,
consumption, tuberculosis of the brain,
epilepsy, diabetes from nervous injury,
or some variation or combination of all
these. The intermarriage of rheuma-
tism and consumption is productive of
hydrocephalus and diseases of the bony
framework of the body, such as hip
Joint disease, so common among weakly
children The State does not-as in
more heroic age exercise control
over marriage. It is, therefore, all the
more imperative on those who are
swayed from some regard for posterity
not to neglect in marriage every con-
sideration save those of affection, wealth,
position or social fitness, when their
own future sorrow, and that of another
generation, are involved IN their neglect
of the laws of nature. Stand
ard.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
Durable COIOrS.

One of the necessary qualifications of
the painter is the knowledge of the
colors that will stand the sun and the
weather.
The manufactured chemical colors
are generally not very durable, and are,
there fore, not very suitable for outside
work. The chrome yellows, chrome
green's and Prussian blues are fugitive,
whether used alone or mixed. A COM
bination of two colors of durable ma
ture is often subj ect to change of tone
Of the more durable colors for external
use. the ochers, Indian and Venetian
reds, burnt and raw umbers, and burnt
and raw siennas may be mentioned.
Zinc white, though of less body than
white lead, is more delicate and durable,
and one American writer says: "Zinc
white should always be used in place of
white lead at the seaside where it is
especially durable. The action of the
salt air Injuries the lead" The most
durable blacks are the lampblack and
vegetable black; the most durable yell
lows are yellow ocher and Naples yell
low, both of which have a good body.
Chrome yellow is fugitive, and, like
other lead salts, it becomes dark in bad
air. OF the reds, those to be depended
on are the Venetian red, India red,
light red, and madden lake; carmine
lake, vermillion and chrome red are best
avoided on the exterior. The only blue
that will stand is ultramarine, though
it is expensive.
Prussian blue, cobalt, Antwerp blue
and indigo will fade, either singly or In
combination The umbers and siennas,
burnt and raw, burnt ochers, and Van
dyke brown are permanent eolors.
Raw umber is very durable in both
water and oil, and does not injure other
pigments when mixed with them The
same may be said of yellow ocher, a
Manufactured clay, which does not
lose its color when mixed with lime,
and hence it is well adapted for dis
temper painting.
Mixed green's are not so durable as
those direct from copper, arsenic, etc.,
which are, however, injurious to health.
Emerald green, made of verdigris and a
solution of arsenious acids, and Scheele's
green and Vienna green, arseniates of
of copper, are very poisonous Build
ma NelUS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13

shilling in pound. She was a most
eccentric woman. She paid, twenty years
ago, to Mr.. Sharman, of Caledonian
road, EGO for her funeral expenses.
Owing to the rumor that the deceased
In her will had ordered that her remains
should be carried to the grave by four
men wearing white smOCks, and that
twenty four young women should follow
wearing violet or purple dresses, Paisley
shaWls. hats with white feathers in them
and white aprons; that some money was
to be spent in drink for costermongers
at certain public houses she named, and
there was to be band of music in atten-
dance, some thousands of persons con.
gregated in BemertOn Street, where she
lived, along the CaledoDian road, and
along the route to Finchley Cemetery.
The concourse OF people blocked the
street for time, and in some cases per-
sons paid for windows to see the pro-
cession. The coffin, which was of hand
some polished oaB, bore the inscription,
Mary Robinson, aged II, died Jan. ],
1884" 1t was reported that the corpse
was shrouded in white satin, and that
round the head was q white wreath.
The funeral car was covered with expen-
sive wreaths and crosses. There were
in the procession, besides the relatives
and friends of the deceased, q great rum
Der Of pony-carts, donkey barrows, and
cabs, all being overfilled with coster-
mOngers. The deceased, it is said, left
a sum Of G10 to be spent in drinks, and
10 shillings for pipes aud tobacco after
the funeral.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
THE TEXAS STOCK PROBLEM.
A Bill to Restrict the RICH of Large Cor
pOrations Killed-A Big Sale.

A Bill to Restrict the Rlgh of Large Cor
porations IzilIed-A Big Sale.
AUSTIN, Texas, February Tn the
legislature the bill restricting the right
of corporations TO acquire more than
GAO acres of land was lost. The bill
providing for the lease OF 365 sections
of school lands belonging to morgan
lied counties at cents per acre for a
term of seven years passed both houses.
It is believed the new law regulating the
inclosing of land and grazing of stock
will not end the fence trouble
Tt is also asserted that it
will result in driving the stock
men now located in northwestern and
western Texas from the state, especially
men of small means, as under the COM
petitive system of leasing lands in I'M
limited quantities wealthy syndicates
and corporations will Outbid them, and
thus drive the poor men from the state.
Tt is Objectionable, also, because it is a
hard law in operation in one-third of
the state against the protest of nine
tenths of the population. The legisla-
ture adjourned sine die.
A Dallas dispatch says the consolida-
ton of the Millican and the Continental
Cattle Companies into one organization
has been completed, making a new cor
poration the heaviest of its kind in the
world. The property interests exceed
$5, 900, 900.
The sale in England by George B.
Loving, representing the Texas Invest
ment company, of the ranch property of
Millican & Millsap, J. J. Hittson, @. M.
Mann, G. K. Elkins, w. B. Brown
and o. J. Wren, leading cattle
men of Parker, Palo Pinto, Mitchell
and Hood counties, is reported
It is undoubtedly the heaviest single
transaction in live stock property ever
made, the sale price being $4,000, 600.
The property is situated on the double
mountain fork of the Brazos. The pur-
chasers are Scotch syndicate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
An Eccentric Funeral.
(From the st. James Gazette. ]

An old woman named Mary Robinson,
who is said to have been known through
out London as " the queen of the coeter-
mongers. was buried yesterday in
Finchley cemetry. She at one time
used to have stall in Somerstown. ard
of late years has been vender of cats
meat. 1t is stated that she amassed a
fortune of 100000. It was her custom
to lend costermongers money on Fri
days and Saturdays to go to market
with, they paying her for the loan a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
anus as insecticides.

Lit is new to US, says the Boston
Journal of Chemistry, that ants are
great destroyers of canker worms, and
probably other worms or insects of the
smaller varieties. We watched with
great interest the work of large colony
of black ants which attacked the canker
worm on an elm tree in our grounds,
and were delighted with the nature and
results of their labors. The professions
of the ants were moving on the trunk
of the tree, one going up empty, the
other coming down, each ant bringing
with him canker worm, which he held
fast in his mandibles, grasping the
worm firmly in the center of the body.
Although the prey was of nearly the
size of the destroyer the plucky little
ant would run down the tree in a lively
way, deposit its booty In its nest in the
ground and instantly return for further
slaughter. There were at one time as
many as forty coming down the tree,
each bringing along his victim, and
doing the work with apparent ease.
Extending our observations, we noticed
that the ants ran up the trunk and out
in the limbs, and from thence on to the
leaves of the trees, where the filthy
worm was at work, and, seizing him
with strong grip at about the center
of tho body, turned about with the
squirming worm and retraced their
steps. The worm was dead by the
time the ant reached the ground. IF
this work of the ants is common they
must prove valuable friends to farmers
aud fruit raisers, and should be pre-
tected in every way possible.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
A Japanese Temple.
Toxic Tor Tnndon News

Toxic Cor. London News.
By slow degrees we reached the tenn
ole step and stood under the shadow of
its overhanging roof. Before the tenn
pie is a red wooden structure of two
stories, designed as an entrance gate.
A number of large sandals were hung up
before images of the two heavenly
kings. These are placed there by per-
sons who desire to become good walk
ers, and hereby avoid the necessity of
ordinary training. Close by was a
small alter erected to Ji.zo, the helper
of those whe are in trouble-a large
class in Yedo as elsewhere. Three
prayer. wheels, attached to as many
posts, where in momentary use, men and
women patiently awaiting for their turn.
Some of the Japanese have the COM
Portable doctrine that any sin which
may beset them is due to actions &C
complished in former state of exist
ence. Wishing to be quit of this sin
they come and turn the wheel, praying
to the little bronze monstrosity squatted
above the wheels, and even as the wheel
revolves this evil influence may speedily
run it's course to the end. A heap of small
pebbles were disposed about the image.
/ thought this was the work of rival
sect, who had been stoning Ji-zo. But
our learned guide informed as that these
had been brought here by the loving
hands of childless mothers, yearning for
the well-being of little ones they had
lost. It seems that in the other world
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
SpirituaIigtS,

Trustworthy sources show that the
Spiritualists of the world number not
less than 100000. Their magazines
and other journals number about fifty,
while their literature includes more than
five hundred books, many of them of
profound learning and faultless compo-
sition. All this has been brought
about within the time intervening be-
tween March 81, 1913, the date of the
first tiny raps at Hydesdale, N. Y, and
now.-Worthiq1g tom Mi2a1a.) AdUafce.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
AhOut CITY C1uhS.

A very remarkable development of
club life is taking place in all the large
cities of the world. In London there
are over 100000 registered members of
clubs, and new ones are constantly be-
ing founded. They are also growing
rapidly In New York city. In all our
great cehters of population there is a
wealthy and half-idle class who patron
ize clubs. These are not, perhaps, an
unmixed evil. They promote good
fellowship, and cultivate sense of
gentlemanly honor, which adds to the
morale of men In society. While they
give facilities for forming drinking hab-
its, it is also true that they discourage
excessive indulgence In spirituous
drinks. A notorious drunkard cannot
long retain his membership in a re-
spectacle club. But they tend, I'M
doubtedly, to wean men from their
families, and to train young men in
habits which unfit them for domestic
life. The clubs which have public or
political function are those which are
the most prosperous. The Union League
Club, of New York, for instance, re-
Gently held it's twentieth anniversary.
It was formed to cultivate q patriotic
feeling while the civil war was raging.
1t is very prosperous institution, yet
it allows no card-playing, or any game
of chance. Another New York club,
the Lotos, makes a speciality of enter
tanning distinguished foreigners. The
leading London clubs are also political,
and represent the Liberal, Conservative
and Reform parties. There are some
clubs in New York which ought to be
broken up by the police, as their chief
function seems to be to afford facilities
for gambling DenOresfS MonthIy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13

there is bag who haunts the river So
dzu-kawa, and whenever a little child
appears in sight robs it of it's clothes
and sets it to the task of piling up
stones on the river bank. These peb-
bIes are the mothers offerings to light
en- the child's task. Presently Git must
be some time in the dead of the night
the good Ji-zo will move his inadequate
little legs beneath his great paunch, get
some expression into the inanity of his
smooth brazen face, and HE him off
with the load of pebbles to cheer the
little children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
The Right Sort.

Opposition incites the ambitious man
to new efforts. Large birds rise against
the wind not with it. A fine ship
makes little progress il a dead calm. A
stiff breeze purifes the atmosphere,
supplying life-giving principles. Man
never shows his latent force until oppo-
sition faces his darling schemes. Hard
ship is the native soil of manhood and
self-reliance. He who cannot abide the
storm without finching, or fight for the
right against the legions in opposition,
is not made of the stuff that commands
success. Fair-weather men Chose who
prosper only in the sunshine and under
a cloudless sky must resign the leader
ship to those of sterner qualities, whom
opposition strengthens, and whom the
sight of the foe only nerves to brave
and noble deeds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
Wendell Phillips Dead.

Wendell Phillips. known the world over as
Massachusetts, " silver-tongued orator, ;" and
prominent abolltionist, died at Boston on the
evening of the I'd inst, after short illness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
Cetewavo Apain nead

Cetewayo, the famous Zulu chieftain, is again
dead, heart disease being assigned as the cause.
If true, the occurrence brings to a close line
of powerful, ambitious Zulu kings. Cetewayo
was a grandson of Chaka, the greatest con-
queror and military organizer Africa has seen
in modern times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
Killed at a Fire.

During fire which destroyed the furniture
factory of Crossman & Klaunter, at Allentown,
Pa, on the 9Th inst, an explosion took place
inside the building from some unknown cause,
throwing down the walls and killing five men
and seriously iniuring seven more. All were
freT1pT1
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
Outbreak in Algeria.

Advices from Algeria ON the 9th report that
a collision between bodies of Sahibs and Turcos,
native Algerian troops, took place at Batna, so
miles south of Constantine. Three men were
killed and many wounded. Order was at last
restored by the French troops of the garrison.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13

An explosion of gas at midnight of the 18th,
totally destroyed three-story building on
Hanover Street, Boston. The debris immedi-
ately took fire, and three unknown persons
were burned to death, and it is thought there
are others lost in the burned building.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
He Confessed.

Edward Tappan, arrested under suspicion of
being connected with the Townsend outrage at
Osten Bay, L. L, made "confession" on the
18th, in which he says he did not do it, but
that his brother John killed the Maybee fam
ily, last November.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
A CnriOns WILL

Josephine Gallmeyer, the celebrated Ger
man actress, died at Vienna on the Sd. In her
last will she directed that her body be dissect-
ed and then buried in pauper's grave, un
coffined and without flowers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
United Death

J. A. Starnold and Bridget Eagan, M1lwau-
kee lovers differed on points of religion, and
decided that they should not marry. On the
night of the 10th inst, after discussion be-
tween them, Starnold shot the girl and then
shot himself. Starnold was a telegraph
operator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13

A WIDOW of Houston county. Texas,
has instituted suit for $40, 900 damages
against the sheriff of the county for the
loss of her husband, who was recently
burned up in the jail, where he was con-
fined as prisoner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
Egypt.

All special dispatches agree that Tokar and
Sinkat are bopelessly lost. The fact that the
British gunboats have left Irinkitat creates
bad impression upon the minds of the Egyp
tians and encourages the rebels in their fanat-
icigm. The enemy surrounded and DESTROYED
Tewfk Bey and 400 followers between Sinkat
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
Another Roller.

The boiler in the shoe factory of E. Y. and
E. Wallace, at Rochester, N. Y, exploded on
eight more. The building was partially de-
molished, and neighboring structures shaken.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13

UNDER Mississippi law woman is la
BILE to indictment for assault if she strikes
her husband; but the man is not liable
for assaulting the woman if he uses a
switch no larger than his little finger IN
doing so. It is now proposed to SO
amend the statutes as to give the wife
the the same immunity that her husband
enioys.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-13
Bold RnhhRrV.

Three masked men entered the Office of the
county treasurer, at Springfield, Mass, on the
afternoon Of the 18th inst, bound and gagged
that official, who was alone in the office, and
went through the safe. They secured 5000 in
cash and several thousand dollars worth of
negotiable securities.