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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12
II EALERS AND
CONSUMERS Oh PAINTS
s9- Read che following for YourseI

We have Row IN stock the largest and best
stock of PAINTS ever brt ught 10 this section,
manuiactuI os-xy Lucas * Co., the oldest paint
hou.e in PhilaGelpbia.
These Paints are guaranteed to give entire
satisfaction, and can be furnished in any tint
or shade desired at prices to sult The times. A
saving OF 70 per cent. can be mace by their use,
an they are always ready for iInmedi9te USE
presenting a smooth, elastic, dura bic and CLOS
sy surface. 1t does hot crack or becou loos-
ened from the material upon which it is used.
Read the following guarantee
PHILADELPHIA, PA March Goth, 1882.
MessrS Berkeley d Co., NdunI0a. To.:-
DEAR SIRS:-We have not yet found 1t
necessary to issue printed guarantee for our
Liquid Paints. regarding our position and rep
utaIion with the trade as sufficient assurance
that we would not place on the mark an in
fertor article, particularly under our brand.
We however will cheerfully follow the expedi-
ent which has been resorted to by manufacture
ers to Introduce their goods ty stating that we
will REF UND THE MONEY OR kEPAINT
any work with English lead and boiled oil we
believe is orthodoxy on which our paint has
been used. that You feel well satisfied has
proved itself inferior. If further guarantees
are required you may give them on our au-
thority, but we dc not think you will ever hear
OF one authentic case of trouble arising TIN ough
the use of our paints.
Yours truly,
JNO. LUCAS & co.
These paints may be obtained by wholesale
CARTER BERKELEY & CO.,
Junel9 'S3 StauntoD. Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

To clean carpets: Dampen some Indian
meal, mix salt with it, aud sprinkle over
the carpet; sweep vigorously. Take a
small, sharp pointed stick to remove the
salt and meal from cracks and corners.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

The wedding services have been so ar
ranged that the bride responds to the usual
questions after the groom has responded
So we see even in The outset of married life
woman is bound to have the last word.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

When Jones heard it remarked that the
less man drank the cooler he was, he
wanted to know how much drink he
would have to go without in order to freeze
to death
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

''Do not marry a wdower," said the old
lady; "a ready-made family is like plate
Of cold potatoes" ''Oh, I'll soon warm
them over" replied the dansel; and she
did
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

Why is feather in lady's hat like
person spt akng from the deck of a ship?
a deck-Oration.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

A man who can thoroughly enjoy himself
at a fashionable reception after discovering
the bow of his white necktie is under his
left ear, is superior to the pomps and vani-
ties of this wicked world.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

..You say you were elected from the
premises in a summary manner?' asked
Deacon Gilpin of young man who was tell
ing of his interview with the young lady's
father. Summary should say So
They made it red hot for me-"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

Jeems, my lad, keep away from the gals
Ven you see one coming, dodge. Just such
a critter as that young 'un cleaning thed door
step ON t'other side of the street, fooled
your poor dad, Jemm. If it hadn't been
for her, you and yer dad might ha' been in
Californy huntin' dimmuns, my son.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

in tie brilliant flashes of silence" per-
perfated by the Democratic Senators in the
debate Or the Sherman '.bloody shirt res
olutions they struck the nail right on the
head. Now let Tbs mad-tiog press make all
the capital they can out of them Char
lottesrile C2.ronicle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

80 your husband is a contractor IN
what particular line is hep ''In the dc BIT
line" In tie debt line?" Yes, lie has
contracted about $l00 900 worth OF debts
during the last two years. Everybody says
he is very successful i'll his line of business. .
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

"~ by do you keep yourself SO Distant"
said fair one to cold lover. because
distance lends enchantment to the view"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

What word is there of five letters from
which, if you take away two, you leave
six? Sixty.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

ii. Charles, ArKausas, August 23, 1888.
B. j. KENDALL. Il 30 Gelts:-I take pleas
III in Informing y;u that Used nearly all of
the bItLie Uf Kendall SPAWN cure that you
s. me from ~ Louis, accOt ulng iUdlFeotlOnS,
and 10 fEy 50 isfactIuu taud I GIust say TO my
surprise) in about two weeks my mare was EN-
Iireiy well Of the laDleness Caused By bog
spawn of over one year s stan ing aud in tx rec
week s. time the swell ng was al gone and the
mare Is now entirety we'll and can JFot az glib
az ever. | consider The GttIe of RenG 4lFs
ipaviu Care worth TO me Sl50 90, as the animal
worth iesi as she was ON three legs and
cnuld sea rcety get around ON them, and now
she Ii the finest buggy animal i'll hese parts,
and with the remna nj of the bottle after curing
the mare, have nearly cured II very severe
tne tail of my big toe that has rtvan
me great great pain ior the last Two or three
years, have only applied keDdhlt's SPAWN
cure tour tunes and The corn low is fiear out
ny the roots anu without any pam. In short.
| think it, is .h.- best Imminent that is in use.
hav- kenHbii's treatise ON The Horse and his
Diseases, and would not takr any money for
ii III could not set another Hoping you great
success, 1 remain yours, respectfully,
r. G.. MARTIN.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

How does a sailor know there is man in
the moon? Because he has been to sea (see
When is a sailor not sailor? When he
is aboard
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

ssome Other folk would deceive you about
these goods, but have been in the bust
ness twenty years, and never told a lie, "
said the guieless draper. "And why do you
begin now p asked q gentle fair one in front
of the counter as she gathered her drapeIies
together and giided away.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

Husband-''My darling little wife, you
will be 50 pleased, have just insured my
life." Wife-"Yes OF course there it is
again-another proof of how utterly selfish
and inconsiderate men are Always think
ing Of yourselves. Naturally, it never oc-
Cured TO you to insure my life.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

What part of English grammar resem-
bles the duty upon spirituous liquors?
Syntax.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

Why may The popular felt-hats be called
wide awake? Because they never had a
nap.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

Why ought we to have dates at our
tinger-ends? Because they grow upon the
nalm
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

From the Spirit OF aae Times Set. 'S3.
KENDALL's SPAWN CURE.-TheS pawn Cure
manufactured by DR.. 3. j. Kendall Co, En0s-
bIrsh Fait, W.. is having grea success There
is abundant competition among specifics OF
this kind. but the ingi edlents vi This nave real
~ wonderful properties James A. Wilson,
civil engineer of Fremont, ohio. gives strong
iesti nohiat of a cure effected by il in the case
of ou-. of his horses The price Is 81 per bottle,
and II can De had al any dru= glst.
Price 81 per bottle, or h0LTes for So. A IL
druggists have it or get il for yon or it will
be semi to any ADDRESS n recti pi OF price by the
D. oprietors, Is. j. KENDALL q Co, Euosburgh
Falls VI.
sold by asa 7srugs:isss. octl6 SHY.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

Anderson, West Virginia. sept. Is 1883
Please allow me tn speak in The hignest terms
of Kendalis SPAWN cure for what ii has done
for my sun, in fact it cured him OF a bone
affection about toe Knee mat haflied The skill
OF two OF the best NJ. lbs. Ia our ciIy ~chenecta-
dy New YORK. ID. VAN VRANKEN,
Supt. OF s. & Y. D., Grs enbr'er, West Va.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-11
A st. Bernard's Long Swim.

Leo is St. Bernard dog. He stands
three feet high and weighs one hundred
and ninety-six pounds. He is black
years old. Commordore John w.
Thorn, OF the Harlem Yacht Club, who
owns him, brags that he is the finest
dog of his kind in New York When
Mr.. Thorp was getting ready to move
his family from the hotel at Oak Point,
where they had been spending the sum-
mer, back to his residence in East Six
teenth street, his son Frank took Leo
from Oak Point on the boat to his home
in Harlem. The dog had made this
trip several times by water but had
never gone by the road. Frank locked
Leo up in the house and returned to the
Point. The next morning when Mr..
Thorp visited his house Lee was gone.
He had torn away with his paws the
shutters on window of the basement,
but had found that iron bars prevented
him from getting out that way, and had
gone up stairs to the front parlor, where
he had ripped off a window-shutter and
jumped through the thick glass into
the front yard. distance of eighteen
feet.
Some boys on the Harlem River, at
One Hundred and Twenty-second
street. where the Oak Point boat lands,
told Mr.. Thorp that they had seen the
dog there early that morning. Later
the same morning Mr.. Nagle, who was
on his grounds at Oak Point. saw a
dog swimming in-shore. He watched
him and saw him come up dripping on
the beach and fall over on the sand.
He ran down to the water and found
the dog was Leo. The animal was
nearly dead from exhaustion, and had
to be carried to the boat-house. When
Mr.. Thorp arrived from Harlem he
found Leo so weak that he could hard
ly hold up his head.
Two young men who had been out
rowing said they had seen the dog
swimming out from the Bronx Kills
into the Sound. Leo was covered with
mud that he had got in climbing over
the marshes on the sunken meadows
opposite Port Morris. The distance
Leo swan is over three miles. He has
recovered his strength again, and is
now in the water most Of the time
~ Y. Sun.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-11
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Skeletons: "Two eggs. three
tablespoonfuls of sugar and one table
spoonful of butter. Flour to make very
stiff, roll very thin and cut in fancy
shapes. -Boston Budget.
Willow baskets which have become
soiled or discolored may be made very
ornamental again by bronzing or gild-
ing them. The powder may be pur-
chased at any drug store. 1t should be
mixed with little white varnish and
be applied with small and rather soft
brush.-M Y Post.
A cow $ cud is no part of its system;
it is part of its food, which is brought
up to the mouth FROM the paunch by
muscular action. the reverse of swal
lowing, and is then chewed over again.
The common expression closing the
cud'' is misleading. There is nothing
to be lost, excepting the activity Of the
stomach by which these portions of the
food are forced up to be remasticated.
In case of indigestion or other disease
the stomach does not act in this way,
and the COW stops chewing her cud un-
til restored to health. -Prairte Farmer.
Farmers generally have not watched
or studied the effects of change of feed
as a corrective of ailments in stock.
The condition of the system may be
more cffectually and safely controlled
by food than by condition powders or
any of the many patent nostrums.
Throw physic to the dogs but not to
the stock. We have laxative foods and
constipating foods. If the farmer who
feeds his horses and pigs every day,
himself, is at all observing, he will vary
the feed to suit the condition of the ami
NAL. and not wait until the animals
system is hopelessly deranged. Ohio
Farmer.
The question among some farmers
in regard to heaves in horses is whether
the trouble is completely durable. In
reply to an inquiry correspondent of
the Nebraska Farmer states that he has
known complete cures to be effected in
this manner. Take quart of new
milk and stir into it a teaspoonful of
aqua forts, which will curdle or thicken
the milk. Stir this into the oats which
are fed at noon for three days; then
stop three days, and repeat. Although
this remedy is simple, states the CORES
pondent, it has effected a cure in the
most difficult cases wherever tried
Indianapolis Journal.
Il must tell how | mended up my
buckets. Several of them around the
yard and barn were useless because the
piece holding the bail had come off from
one or both sides. cut from old boot
tops pieces of leather about two inches
wide and three long, punched hole in
them to admit the hook of the bail, and
tackled one firmly on each side of the
bucket. One old bucket that had lost both
side-pieces and handle, 1 made fit for
common use again by tacking piece of
hoop across the top and wrapping it
around with old cloth. 1t is not hand
some, but it does very well for carrying
corn, apples and such things. Toledo
Blade.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-11

answering his mail with a match.
Don't talk your Dakota land scheme
to hungry man. Never try to borrow
money of man who has just missed
the last car and has to walk home.
Don't try to sell tickets for the fair and
ice-cream festival to the man who is
respondent with some new kind OF
dyspepsia Don't read your petition to
him while he is being shaved. Don't
try to explain the nature of the secur-
ties you offer by talking to him through
transom Of the bathroom while he is
taking a tub. Don't describe your rec
concentrations, qualifications and in
dorsements tor the place while he il
running for the ferry and you arc vain
ly trying to keep near him. Don't
knock at his door after he has gone to
bed and tell him not to get up, You'll
just talk through the key-hole. Don't
approach mau at these times, and
''You didn't suppose anybody ever
did approach man on matters of busi-
ness under such circumstances"
Oh, foolish boy, you have much tc
learn; all these things are done by
various classes of fools every day.
Why, worse than that. There ara peo-
pie who write letters to a fellow when
they might know he would be in an i'll
humor by the time they reached him.
Iwish / knew who those letters were
from, anyhow. What, no, without
there! Ii that hair shirt is aired, bring
it here.-Burdette, IN Brooklyn Eaqle.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-11
Wanted Australia.

A man was standing on street cor.
ner in Bloomington, Dragging about his
broad acres. the other day, when q
stranger walked up to him and said:
Say, mister, what will you take fol
an undivided half-intcrest in Austria
lia?''
Australian
Eyes; and if your terms are reasona-
BILE. may be I'll take third of South
America and four shares in Africa
''South America! Africa! What dc
you mean, sir?"
II mean that I'm on trade, and il
you've got any bargains to offer, here
chap that'll take 'em every time.
Come, now. set your price. I'm on q
dicker, you bet"
"Well, SIR" said the boaster, draw
ing himself up pompously, Iguess
about forty acres is all you could buy.
III sell you forty for 50, 200"
Forty acres! Bah! 1 don't want
anything less than continent
''We,l, sir, l do not own continent. ~
''You don't? Why, | thought from
your talk you owned the world" The
boaster IS now asking every BODY he
meets if he was in> ulted. -Btoonington
Through Nal.
The steamship charges for taking
cattle from this country to England are
nnw 1926 per head.-M ?. Herald
Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-11
Tannery Refuse, and How to Use It

Tannery waste consists of tan-bark.
ashes from the furnaces, hair and lime
from the unhairing vats, and fieshinga
from the beam floor. The first is of little
use except when burned for the ashes
the ashes are valuable, but not as valu-
able as wood-ashes. The hair and lime
are useful as top-dressing upon grass
or to be harrowed-not plowed-in for
fall grain. The fleshings are the most
valuable, cons sting of paripgs of tbs
hides and bits of flesh that are scraped
off. This of great value for the quanti-
ty of nitrogen it contains, and its easy
decomposition. The latter can be made
most useful. by composing it with the
lime and hair and four times its bulk of
soil or pond mud, and some manure to
start a fermentation. The compost
soon decomposes, and is OF great value
for corn. cabbages, tobacco, or indeed
any crop whatever.-N J, Times
Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-11
The Mules Superior Intelligence.

During a chat with the foreman of the
street car stables, James E. Barry, the
subject turned to a discussion of the
characteristics of horses and mules. He
has been close student of both, and
the result of his experience is that the
mule is entitled to the higher rank in
sagacity.
M. Barry went on to say that the
superiority of the mule is shown in his
absolute refusal to put his foot in hole
in bridge or crossing. Horses seem
to endeavor to find hole, if there is
any lying around. and break their legs.
This mule will not do, nor can he be
forced to advance if he thinks there is
danger. 1.-The horse" said Mr.. Barry,
''has more courage, the mule more
sense"
1t has been an amusing study at one
of the stables to watch sly, mischiev-
Gus little mule that is rather too fond
Of liberty. 1t seems that the mules are
fastened to their stalls by chain, on
the end of which is crosspiece of iron,
which is slipped lcngthwise through a
hole in the stall, and when extended
crossways over the hole prevents the
chain being Withdrawn. This mule,
when standing in his manger, with his
teeth and tongue manages to ship the
crosspiece attached to the chain out of
the hole, and then cautiously backs out
the full length of the chain and surveys
the field. II there be stabieman in
sight he re-enters the stall and waits de-
murely until the coast is clear, when he
comes out quickly and makes dash
for liberty and the street. Sometimes
it requires all hands to catch him and
bring him back.
In the yard of one of the down town
stables there is a post to which four
mules are generally tied after being
curried. There was recently one mule
there that was fond of slipping its
chain-tag through the ring in the post,
and then, to allow its mates to share in
its liberty, he loosened the others. This
he did so often he had to be closely
watched.-N O. Times Democrat.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-11
Breakfasts.

Periodically there appears the lament
that we do not more commonly have in
this country the "French breakfast"
which is popularly supposed to he roll
and cup OF coffee, or sugar and water.
upon or before arising first meal
of the day following at eleven or
twelve O clock. There is no doubt that
the ordinary heavy breakfast in this
country is physiological mistake.
especially in the summer time and for
those who do not labor out of doors,
and at all times for those who do not
relish or digest it. Man is the only
animal who eats when he is not hungry;
but if ne is hungry, hearty and ra-
tional breakfast is a good thing An
experienced physician once said that
there was grave waiting not far
ahead for children who are never hun
cry for breakfast" his idea being that
a good morning appetite is normal
symptom for growing and healthful
children, after an all nights fast. This
vigorous adults who have work to do,
and who 60 to bed at a seasonable hour
and do not load their stomachs with
food or drink before retiring. The ra-
tional rule would seem to be to eat in
the morning, if hungry. of seasonable
food that is most grateful and relishable
which does not ordinarily mean heat
producing meats or fats in the dogdays.
Lord Bacon's wise remark that "a
mans own observation, what he finds
good of and what he finds hurt of, is
the best physic 10 preserve health" +"
The first applies to breakfast as well as
to the general diet and regimen. There
is no reason why one should not take
French breakfast if it agrees with his
taste and conforms with his habit of
life. Vastly more people are i'll from
over-eating than from undertaking.
Boston Herald.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-11
Fall Feeding.

There lis nothing to indicate that
either cattle or hogs will command e&-
ceptionally high prices next winter.
The present indications are that the
corn crop will be abundant and prices
moderate, so that a fair profit may be
expected from feeding either class of
stock if reasonable care be used. AS
many farmers are situated the best re-
suits may be expected from compare
lively early feeding and sales. Either
beef or pork can be more cheaply made
in September or October than in De-
cember. Two things We count import
ant in this matter-to commence feed
ing as early as practicable, and to sell
as soon rs the animals cease making
their gains. Both cattle and hogs that
have been grass-fed during the summer
will surely make great gain for weeks
after the commencement of feeding new
corn; and in our own practice we do
not wait for the corn to mature. At
the first both cattle and hogs not only
eat but relish and are helped by the
green-corn stalks, as well as by the ears.
After about sixty days for the hogs and
ninety for the cattle, the Increase
Is comparatively small. If one
has crop of grain we'll Sc
cured there is little loss in hold
ing it, even if the price does not ad-
vance; but fat animal which is not
daily gaining in weight is source OF
loss, unless there be an advance in
price. In almost any large number of
cattle or hogs there will be found few
animals which do not thrive, and which
it will pay better to sell. at even low
price, than to feed longer; and cspe-
cially with hogs, some animals will be-
come fully ready for the market much
in advance OF others. A good average
steer. thirty to thirty-six months old,
fed thirty bushels of corn in ninety to
ole hundred days, should gain at least
two hundred pounds, and add one cent
per pound to: the value of the whole
carcass, aside from helping fatten hog
from the undigested corn in ais drop
pings and this ought to pay. While
this is very different system from that
pursued by the feeders who send the
very best cattle to our markets, vet this
fact does not make it certain that it
may not be the desirable plan of feed
ing for many farmers. We wish to
especially emphasize the fact, well
known as it is to most farmers, that
much better results can be obtained
from feeding during mild weather than
during the storms of winter, unless pro.
vision be made to give unusually good
shelter. CieUeLdpd Leader.