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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-13
FARM End PRESIDE.

CHEAPEST TINE TO MAKE PORK.-R.
F. asks if full diet of grass in summer
and full diet of grain in the winter is
not the cheapest plan for making pork.
This, be thinks, would cost very little Ii
summer and the chief expense would
come in winter. The chief mistake IN this
idea which is very prevalent is, that it
gives a period of comparatively slow
growth at the very time when the growth
should be the most rapid. Grass is very
important food for pigs and should always
be given them jn season; but to let the
pig live wholly upon grass is to put it back
to the old slow-growing condition of ma
ture in the most favorable season for
rapid growth. The skillful feeder should
make the best use of his opportunities,
and when temperature is mild it takes
80 much less food to generate animal heat,
and the extra food will produce so much
more gain than in cold weather that
every consideration of economy requires
that some concentrated food should be
given in addition to the grass. The only
really profitable pig feeding requires judi
cious fall feeding from birth till time of
slaughter. One hundred pounds of grain
fed in summer on grass, will produce as
much gain as two hundred pounds fed in
winter. ALL this difference is made up in
temperature. Pigs do not require heavy
feeding in summer to produce larger
gain than they can make IL cold weather.
A half ration OF grain is quite sufficient
in summer, and this small grain ration
will pay twice the profit according to
quantity of that fed in winter.
The Cooks TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND
--Solids--Wheat flour, one
pound is one quart.
Indian meal, one pound two ounces is
one quart.
Butter, when soft, one pound is one
quart.
Loaf sugar, broken, one pound is enc
quart.
ounce is one quart.
Best brown sugar, one pound two
ounces is one quart.
Eggs. ten eggs are one pound.
Flour, four pecks are one bushel.
Liquids-Sixteen large tablespoonful
are one-half pint.
Eight large tablespoonfuls are one gill.
Four large tablespooDfuls are one-half
gill.
Two gills are one-half pint.
Two pints are one quart.
-Four quarts are one gallon.
A common sized tumbler holds one.half
pint.
A teacup holds one gill.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-13
4oetrg,
A Baseball Ballad

J Smith Is dead. That fine young man
We ne'er shall see him more.
He was member of our cluo
Since 1854.
His private virtues were immense,
His manner free and bluff,
He wore paper collar, and
Was never known to muff
He rarely took drink more strong
Than lemonade or pop;
He hated drunkards. and was a
Magnificent short-stop.
His nose was Roman, and his eyes
Continually were peeled;
He made splendid umpire, and
beautiful left-feld.
His hair was red, ard shingled close;
Much sunburned was his face,
He never showed with more effect
Than on the second base.
Being man, he had his faults,
AS likewise have we all;
He felt preference for the New
York regulation ball
Though not matrimonial man,
He dearly loved match,
And, like his sisters. had but few
Superiors on the catch.
He had noble mind, as exc
very supple wrist;
And when he pitched he gave the ball
His own peculiar twist.
OF politics and church affairs
He held restricted views:
His feet were usually encased
In canvas, hob-nailed shoes.
But he is gone With ms and outs
Forever he is done;
He broke his heart and hurt his spleen
In making homerun.
His body we have planted now,
His soul is 10 the sky;
The angels reached from Heaven down
Aud took him on the fly.
Burlington Hdaoksye.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-13
DEALERS AND
CONSUMERS OF PAINTS.

CONSUMERS OF PAINTS.
Read the Following for Yourself
We have now In stock the largest and best stock
of Paints ever brought to this section, manufac
tured by Lucas & Co. the Oldest paint house in
Philadelphia
These Paints are guaranteed to give entire salts
faction, and can be furnished in any tint or shade
desired at prices to suit the times. saving OF rs
per cent. can be made by their use and they are
always ready Tor immediate use, presenting
smooth, elastic, durable and glossy surface. 1t does
not crack or become loosened from the materia
upon which it is used. Read the following guaran
ee,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
March co. 1882.
Messrs. Berkeley & Co., Staunton, "a
DEAR SIRS:-We have not as vet found it neces
sary to issue printed guarantee for our Liquid
aints, regarding our position and reputation with
he trade sufficient assurance that we would not
place on the market inferior article. particularly
under our brand. We however will cheerfuy fol
low the expedient which has been resorted to by
manufacturers to introduce their goods bv stating
at we will REFUND THE MONEY OR RE-
PAINT any work with English lead and boiled OF
we believe is orthodoxy on which our paint has been
used, that you feel well satisfied has proved itsel
inferior If further guarantees are required you
may give them authority, but we do not
think you will ever hear of one authentic case OF
trouble arising thro' the use of our paints.
Yours truly,
JNO. LUCAS & co.
These paints may be obtained by wholesale and
retail from
BERKELEY g. WALTERS.
iune2 Staunton.Va
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-13
THE STANTON
Steam Laundry


will be ready to Commence Business
MONDAY, January 26th, 1880
It's fitted up with the most recently ~ nanes
onnaratIls for washing either coarse or nhe cione
MD W W,IING proposes to do the washing OF Iaiae
lies and institutions at about he same cost as nl
done by hand and he guarantees 10 40 dill "oih 0A'
trusted to him in f1lSt-caSs manner.
MRS, WAMALING WILL HAVE ENIlHH
CHARGE OF ALL LADIES' WASHIN0.
All o,o+bes will he called for and delivered ana
snecal rates given to families and INSTITUTIONS
Rs- postal card authorizing us 10 Call anu si'o
rates will be promptly responded 10.
Very respectfully, ,.,,Nc
JAMS y. l. ">-'
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-13

n Av1NG JUST RETURNED FROM THE
NORTH with an immense Stock OF
Boots and Shoes, l can now offer
larger inducements than ever be-
fore To convince you of the AZ ofe,
will price you few OF the leauns
articles
GENTS DEPARTMENT.
Mems Kip Boots $3.50
s. 20 inch leg, 2.75
Medium Weight, ESQ
Calf Boots, 250
RroganS LIS
~ LADIES DEL ARTMENT.
Ladies Heavy Walking
Shoes 81 25
KIP Hand Pc. ged. $50
Fine Walking shoes. 1.50
Fine Button hoes, $50
Fine FoXed alters, LIS
A large Stock of Boys Boot and
Shoes; also, Misses and Ch1lorenS
Shoes of all descriptions Gents
and Ladies' Custom Made Boots
and Shoes.
as-IT WILL PAY YOU TO CALI. AT No. s.
AUGUSTA ST.. BEFORE BUY1NG. &a
No trouble to show Goods.
Respectfully, ,o
B. VEIN ERG,
Formerly of L. EiSenm. n & Co,
Bet Aug. Nat Bank and +. Hagert In store
Octl0 Stalhton va
WANTED-1O0O bushels IRISH POTATOES.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-13
The PecuIiarities Of bermuda.

The Commercial Gazette, of Cincinnati
of a recent issue, contained an interesting
article relating to the peculiar charac-
teristics of Bermuda, of which the
following is an extract:
In 10 other part of the world did
Nature show such supreme niggardliness.
She gave the Bermudas neither soil nor
water, neither animals nor birds, neither
fruit, vegetable nor flower. There is
nothing here but coral reefs, carbonate
of lime, digested and deposited by that
muciiaginous and shapeless creature
called the coral insect"
This island is as white as so much
chalk, and about as barren. Water
soaks into it like n sponge, and five
minutes after sharp shower one can go
out walking, and find neither mud nor
moisture anywhere. On some lowlands
this comminuted coral with the mixture
of elements it has taken up, is not as
hard rs elsewhere; and here il is oc-
casi0nally cultivated by the admixture
with the soil of large quantity of iertil-
izers from America. 1t can absorb
unlimited cargoes Of these stimulants
without having its life much stirred by
them.
There is no fresh water on the island
except what comes direct from the clouds.
The sky is the cistern of Bermuda. The
houses are all built If coral that is quar-
ried in beautiful white cubes from the
ground anywhere, seeming ft for the
sculptor's chisel; then every house is
rooted with slant Ioof of the same and
furnished with abundant tanks. In
these the rain is gathered, and the tanks
are so clean, the roofs so white, and the
air so free from dust that the water is
the purest in the world-cold and pei
lucid as if drawn from the choicest
| mountain spring.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-13
A Rip Van Wrinkle OF the Late War.

A notable parsonage among those to
be met along the avenue aDdin the hotel
lObbies of Washington during the past
few days has been an ex-seldier, the
circumstances of whose career since the
war have vested him with peculiar in
terest. Early in 1862 he. then a young
man, enlisted at his home in southern
Indiana, and was assigned to regiment
that was actively engaged during he
whole war The young soldier made
himself useful, was always in the thick
est of the fray, and was promoted to be
an officer.
In one or the last battles fought be-
fore the final surrender, while leading a
charge, the young captain was struck in
the head by ball, and fell. His sold
iers, with whom he was great favorite,
carried him to the rear, where he had
every attention. Then he was conveyed
to Washington and placed in one Of the
hospitals, aud, afte:' a long period of
suffering, his wound healed, but his rea-
son had fed. He was officially declared
insane; and placed in an asylum near
Washington, where he remained twenty
years in this condition.
a few months ago his reason returned
and to-day he is as sane man as lives.
He says the past is blank. He can
scarcely comprehend that he is not the
same young man that he was twenty
wears ago. He has found some of his
comrades here, and these have treated
hin with great kindness. He can de-
scribe scenes and incidents of the war
with as much clearness as if they had
taken place but a few months ago.
Among the friends he has recently made
is ex-SeCretary of War Lincoln who be-
came interested in his case, and has
application for pension made special
by the commissioner of pensions, who
also took an interest in the matter, and
ard within few days he viii, receive
$4,000 of back pension money, with
which he intends going into business.
Boston Herald.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-13
Mans Natural Language.

A few wears ago a society Of eminent
men in Paris discussed the question,
"What language would child naturally
speak if never taught?" The devout
Catholics were of opinion that the
Hebrew language would be spoken In
these circumstances.
One scientist was of opinion that some
form of the Chinese language would be
the natural tongue. Twenty different
results were predicted.
At last it was decided to test the matter,
and committee was appointed to carry
out the experiment.
Two infants were procured and put IN
the charge of deaf and dumb woman,
who lived in the Alps and made a living
by rearing chickens and tending sheep.
The woman was given stIict inJunctlons
to allow no one to speak to these child
rem. and. as her cottage was some miles
distant from any neighbor, the clrcum-
stances surrounding the experiment were
very favorable.
Years rolled on, and many of the men,
bers Of the society had lost sight OF this
interesting experiment. =,
Some members of the commltte dledi
and there was great danger ofthe results
of this wonderful test being lost to the
world. -,
Fortunately two of the members Of
the committee kept faithful watch on
the case, and when the children were SIX
wears old brought them with their nurse
into a meeting of the "savants.' Every
member was on the tiptoe of expectation
as to the result. Not one word could
either of the children utter; their only
form of language was only good imita'
ton of the Growing of a cock, or the cack'
ling of hen, or the bleating of a sheep
The predictions of science were totally
upset by the practical experiment.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-13
Didn,t Turn Pale.

The court and jury as well as the
general public, enjoy a scene when
lawyer, in an attempt to badger or brow
beat witness comes off second best in
the encounter. A correspondent recalls
an incident of this sort. which happened
a few years ago, in court room. The
plaintiff, who was lady, was called upon
to testify. She got On very veil, and
made favorable impression on the jury
under the guidance of her counsel, until
the opposing counsel subjected her to a
cross exanination. This SO confused
her that she became faint and fell 10 the
floor in a swoon In cross examining
the next witness the counsel asked.
"Did you see the plaintiff int short
time ago?'
"Yes, sir"
"Peeple tlrn pale when they faint,
don't they?"
mo, not always"
"Did you ever hear of a case Of fainting
where the party did not turn pale?"
eyes, sir"
"When"
"About year ago"
"Where was it?"
ain this city"
"Who was It?"
"'Twas a negro, sir"
Peal after peal of laughter shook the
court room. in which the venerable
Judge Joined. The defendants counsel
lost his case, not TO say his temper.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-13
The Correct Way 10 Die i'm Persia.

The sick man lies in extremis on thin
mattress upon the floor, covered by
quilted silken coverlet. Twenty or
thirty persons are in the room where he
is dying. The smoke.of many bubble
bubbles cloud the air; whispered conver-
sation is general. The doctors have
declared their patients condition hope
less, and. as last resort, certain charms
suggested by a weird-looking dervish
have been tried. But the crab broth,
prepared from the tiny crustaceans that
inhabit the streamlets round Shiraz, the
patient has been unable to swallow and
the dervish points out to the relatives of
the dying man that his panacea has only
not proved infallible because it was tried
too late. A veiled woman, the wife of
the dying man, sits weeping at the side
of her husbands pillow. She frequently
holds to his face moistened piece of
mud torn from the wall this wetted
mud is supposed to have very reviving
influence, and is used by Persians as we
use smelling salt.)
Tea is handed around in small cups
the crowd in the room becomes greater; /;
every window is shut, and as the outside
temperature is ninety degrees, some idea
of the heat within can be formed. The
crowd is not here from mere curiosity.
A man is sick; then where should his
friends be, they say, ifnot by his bed
side? The samoyers Russian tea urDs)
steam and bubble; the room is filled
with clouds of tobacco smoke and steam
from the urns. And now, just as two
hundred years ago was done IN England,
a fowl is killed and placed warm and
bleeding on the patients feet. All is of
no avail, however. The man has breath
ed his last.
The wife yields her place by the bed
side. Moistened cottonwood is placed
| in the mouth of the dead, in the orifces
| of the nostrlls, and the ears. A moollah
begins to read aloud the prescribed por-
ton of the Koran, commencing 20 man,
I swear by the instructive Koran that
thou art one of the messengers of God
sent to show the right way" &c. This
portion of the Mussulman's sacred book
was called by Mohammed himself "the
heart of tie Karon." And now al
present witness aloud that the dead mar
was a good and pious Mehammedan
The limbs are composed, and a cup o
water is placed at the head OF the corpse
No sooner is this done than a moollaf
ascepds to the flat roof of the house anC
begins TO read in shrill monotone
lcertain verses from the holy book. Thi
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-13
Postage Stamp Manufacture.

Postage stamps are printed on hy-
draulic presses, in great sheets, on a
Gne quail y of paper II is not especially
difficult task to print them, but the
various steps required to make them
ready for use are quite complicated and
interesting. They are 'gummed' as
they emerge from the hydraulic press,
with paste made rom clear starch, or
rather its dextrine, which is acted upon
chemically and then boiled. forming a
clear, smooth, slightly sweet mixture.
Each sheet of stamps is taken separately,
pllced upon a fla. board and its edges
covered with a light metal frame Then
paste is smeared on with large white
wash brush and the sheet islaid between
two wire racks and placed on pile with
others to dry. Great care is taken in
the manufacture of this paste, which is
perfectly harmless. After the cumming,
another pressing'in the hydraulic press
follows. The sheets are then cut in
half, each portion containing 100 stamps,
this being done w girls with ordinary
hand snears. Next FLOWS the pe-'ora-
ton, which is performed BY mach'ucrr.
The perforat:ons are first road ia = per
pendiculsr line, and afterwards in
horizontal line, Anothcr pressing FOL
Iows-this time to get rid ofthp raised
edges on the back of the stamp made
by the dies-and this ends the manu-
facture. A separate department is de-
voted to the packing and sending OFT the
stamps to different postofices-
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-13
OUR SERMON.
"YINeER PRINTS UPON THE wINDov v
PANEs"

'YINeER PRINTS UPON THE WINDOW
PANEs"
Do you see that neat little house over
there?
It's general appearance doesn't denote
wealth or grandeur, but there is an air of
cosiness and comfort that gives the impress
sion of culture and good-taste.
Do you notice that window? Look close
and you will observe the marks of tiny fin
gers upon the panes.
They have been on there for year or
more, though more tidy housekeeper
never lived than the lady who dwells within.
Let me tell you how they came there, and
why they remain.
A little more than year ago there was
the sweetest, fairest little br,. of humanity
that ever saw the light in this world. That
house was her home.
She was the light and joy of the home
hold.
To the proud mother and father she was
dearer than all the world beside.
When the sun began to throw its rays
slantingly across the hOusetops, each day, a
sweet little face appeared at the window or
a fairy-like form fingered at the door.
Little Mabel was watching for papa.
Far down the street, her bright young eyes
would peer.
A block away she would discover papa,
eagerly pressing forward to the dear house
scene.
Out she would bound, andher pretty little
feet would beat in rythmic cadence to the
gladstone throbbing of her happy heart.
How her melodious voice would ring out
| i'm greeting, when beaming with joy she
rushed into her happy fathers arms.
Upon his lips would she press her pure,
loving kisses.
Into his ear she prattles the sweet little
baby stories of the day.
One evening the expectant father was dis
appointed. No dear little form came down
the street to meet him.
The doctors carriage was standing in
front of the door.
With dread of some impending evil he
rushed up the steps, and into the house,
there to see his little one lying still upon the
bed, and her weeping mother kneeling be-
side her.
In few words the kindly old doctor told
him she had fallen, and how little hope
there was of her ever returning to conscious
ness again.
With the agony of mute despair the father
sank down beside the little form.
The child's soft eyes opened, a smile
struggled to her lips. 1t was only feebll
| farewell throb of life.
| The shadow came back to the dear face
It never lifted again. In one short hour she
was dead.
That is why those tiny finger-marks re-
main on the window panes. That is the
story.
To that mother and father, they are dear
er than the canvased glories of the greatest
masters.
As the memory of little Mabel is woven
into the wool of their lives, never to be ef
faced. so to are those traces upon the win
dow panes, that speak so touchingly of hel
baby life.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-13
TERMS $500 PER YEAR

Court and Washington streets and Dock
square to the Quincy maret below
Faneuil hall. Mr.. Webster bought of
the butchers at tie south end of the
market wi at suited him. hut made no
payments, as he had accounts with them.
At last they reached a vegetable dealer.
of whoa Webster also made purchase
and was about to pass on as before. when
the faithful John accOsted him with the
remark: "Mr Webster, this nan is a
stranger to us; we never had dealings
with him before" True" said the
great lawyer, 'verv true aad put his
hand in his pocket for TIE money to pay
the amount. Finding none, he said to
his servant: John, thought you gave
me some money jus, now?" 80 l did,
sir" said John, "but you gave it to that
poor woman who came into the Office"
"Ah ~ said Webster. so did, but had
forgotten ali about it. We'll, John, you
must borrow some more money and
come down and pay these people. and
now we will go hcme.' Ben: Perley
PoOre in Boston Budget.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-13
TA1hUIAH MADISON PARISH SATURDAY. JUNE 49, 1885

announces to the neighbors that the man
is veritably dead; and at the same mo-
ment his relations shrek and wall,
"Woe, woe he is dead; ana has passed
away" These are the expressions of
real grief. But presently the profession
al mourners arrive and Tend the air with
their shrill screaming, which is like the
"keening" of the Irish.
The house is soon filled with friends
and neighbOrs, who add their cries to
the screams of the mOurners. The wo-
men of the family hasten to array them
selves in "bitter" Ii. e., sombre) garments
not in actual black, but in sad colors !;
neither they For the msn wash or dress
their hair until the funeral and the first
days af mourning are over. The male
relatives do not literally rend their gar
ments, but give them the right appear
ance by opening certain seams of their
coats and cloaks with a penknife and
instead of casting dust upon their heads
they dab mud in their hats.
And now come the "washers of the
dead" To each parish are attached a
family of these people, who get des-
pissed livelihood by performing the last
offices for the dead The corpse having
been washed at an adjoining stream, the
hands are placed across the chest, and
it is wrapped in the shroud of cotton
cloth that the deceased las probably
ha by him, as a sort of memento mori,
for years. Camphor (real vegetable
camphor) is placed beneath the shroud,
and the body is laid in rough ccffin
made of thin planks and brought rack
to the house. The coffin in Persia is of
thin and unsubstantial kind, and the
burial always takes place within twenty
four hours of decease st. James Ga
lette.