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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18
Abandoning Some Old MOODS.

Very many of the practices of farmers
descend from one generation to another,
and are continued as a sort of necessity.
1t has generally been considered almost
matter of necessity that cabbages, toma-
toes, and some other vegetables should be
transplanted in order to secure the best
results. The idea is being eradicated from
the mind by results coming from differ
ent course. Joseph Harris, the veteran
farmer, grows cabbages where the seed
was planted; that is, he planted the seed
in rows and then thinned out as the
plants were needed, to set in other places,
leaving sufficient to grow in the rows, and
as result, those left in the rows headed
full as well as those that were transplant
ed. Thus by planting the seed where it is
intended that it should grow, the annoy
ance and trouble of transplanting is
avoided, which sometimes becomes neces-
sary when the weather is dry and the
operation becomes difficult. Some of the
| earliest . Ia, Y and best ceisr
Mr.. Harris last year was without
planting. Expert cultiyators say tha.
their earliest and best tomatoes come
flom self-sown plants from seed of fruit
that has rotted upon the ground. At the
New York Agricultural Experimental
Station experiments have been made in
growing tomatoes without transplanting.
These plants that were grown entirely in
the open grounds matured fruit In twenty
five days earlier time than those that were
cared for in hot-bed for two or three
months time
We have Invariably succeeded better
with plants growing where planted than
with any that were transplanted, but our
chief trouble has been in obtaining the
fruit Sufficiently early. Our experience
has been that the plants standing where
planted we're much more vigorous and
t;nded to so heavy foliage that its ten
dency to ripen seemed to be delayed. but
Notwithstanding this condition, we prefer
this course, and may yet discover some
point OF practice that will hasten matnri-
ty. 1t is probable that transplanting will
be thing of the past and that much
labor will thus be saved.-G ermontoaon
Telegraph.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18
Men Do Not Buy Clothes AS They Used To

A tailor who makes clothes for fashion
men. too, for that matter-says that a
| marked change has come over the meth
DDS of some of his customers during the
past year or two. 1t used to be the proper
thing for rich men to make contracts
| with their tailors for years supply of
clothes at so much per year. They got a
new suit and wore it as long as it looked
fresh; then they would take it back and
obtain new one in its stead, and so they
were able to 60 through the year in a we'll
dressed way. 1t was an English custom,
that the gentlemen imported, and it was
considered quite the necessary way for
several years, till suddenly somebody be-
gan to suspect that it was not quite as
economical as some other plan might be.
The same thing dawned on lots of other
people soon after, and that ended the Gus
tom. A rich mans tailor-made wardrobe
on this plan used to cost anywhere from
81 900 to $4,000 per year, in exceptional
cases, of course, mounting much higher.
1t was a bonanza for the tailor, whose hot
fiat irons seldom failed to make creased
suit returned by one customer look bright
and fresh enough for another.
Now rich men are paying for their
clothes as they buy them, at SO much per
suit The old style, which did not amount
to much more than renting of the clothes,
and which went under on the score Of
economy, makes way for new scheme
which. if the tailors are to be believed, Is
a good deal more expensive.
The average swell in New York society
[I quote from fashionable tailor for au-
thorityl is spending now from $500 to
So 1000 year on his tailor if he is cutting
any figure at ALL Mel do not know much
abort the cost of clothes and expenses Of
manufacture, ESQ this clothes maker says.
Show man coat that costs $40 and an
other that costs $40 and he will seldom
hesitate to pay the $50 difference to get the
higher-priced garment.
A physician who is known up town as
the attendant upon some wellknown
families was presented, some time ago by
an English manufacturer, with piece of
cloth for pair of trousers. He took the
cloth to his tailor and ordered it to be
made up. When the pantaloons were sent
him bill came with them for $50. He
dropped IN to pay the bill, and with smile
that seemed based on the well grounded
belief that the tailor had blundered, he
pointed out the figures and suggested that
somebody had made a mistake. The tailor
looked the bill over and said he guessed
not; the bill was all right. Trousers of that
sort were worth $50.
.But furnished the CLOTH" persisted
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18
HEALTH AEST0RER.
DIR. ID. FAFsRNEY & SON,
HAGERSTOWN. MD.
NURE FOR PILES-Piles are frequently precedt

(yURE FOR PILES.-Pies are frequently precedt
~ ed by a sense of weight in the back, loins
and lower part of the abdomen, causing the patti
ent to suppose he has affection of the kidneys
or Deighboring organs At times, symptoms of in
digestion present. fatulency, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. A moisture like perspiration, pro-
ducing a very disagreeable itching after getting
warm, is a common attendant. Blind, Bleeding
and Itching Piles yield at once to the application
Of DR.. Bosanko's Pile Remedy. which acts directly
upon the parts affected, absorbing the Tumors.
allaying the intense itching, and etfeeting per.
manent cure. Price so cents, Address the Dr.
Bosapko Medicine Co., Piqua, o. Sold by W. M
Allen g. Bro. mar 10
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from this cause alone. Then there is an
equal volume of business in the Dead Let
ter Bureau, where all uncalled-for. mis-
directed, or unintelligible letters are sent Z
The other two departments that receive
enormous mails are the Interior and the
Treasury. The mail for the Pension
Bureau of the Interior alone often mounts
into the thousands. Paper World,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18

FURNITURE to suit all buyers
Baby Carriages all prices. Elegant
Rosewood, Walnut, Metallic and
Cloth Collins and Baskets. Fin
est hearse in the State Of Virginia.
Bodies embalmed. Everything always
ready and in tony style.
S. M. WILKES.
apr 80
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18

some by valves that would not shut when
once opened, Others by striking against
trees and chimneys and being thrown
from the car, and several by drowning
Richmond Dispatch.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18

To REDEEM world sunk in dishones-
ty has not been given thee; solely over
one man therein thou hast quite abso-
Lutte uncomfortable power; him redeem,
him make honest; it will be something, it
will be something, it will be much, and
thy life and labor not in vain.-I Thomas
Carlyle.
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the doctor.

the doctor.
sob, the cloth. That is matter OF
small consequence. said the tailor. 1--WE
never charge for the cloth. Our fit and
our reputation are what make pantaloons
cost in this establishment. "-Neso York
Times.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18

A NOBLE life, crowned with he
death, rises above, and outlives the prl
and pomp and glory of the highest en-
pire on EARTH Garfield.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18

SUCCESS does not consist in never maxi
ing plumbers, but in never making the
same one the second time Anon.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18

IF you would be pungent. be brief; for
it is with words as with sunbeams, the
more they are condensed the deeper they
burn.-Southey.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18

IF YOU would have faithful servant
and one you like-se serve yourself Fraak-
lin,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18
T livery! LIVERY!

T livery! LIVERYI
Having purchased the excellent Livery of S. T.
Thornburg shall continue to offer to the citizens
and single teams. Fine rolling stock Of all kinds
and splendid riding horses
MIR. GEO H PLATT. so well and favorably known
to the public in connection with the business will
continue with me-
Very respectfully,
In thanking the public for the liberal patronage
extended me ask continuance Of their fayors
my successor, feeling assured that he fully de-
eryes them. Respectfully,
jan29 s. L. IHORNBURG
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18
HINDERCORN g

The safest sures quickest and best for Corns,
Bunons, Warts Moes, Callouses, &C. flinders their fur
ther growth Stops all pain. Givesnotrouble Makes the
feet comfortable. Hindercorns cures when everything
else fails Sold by Druggists at 15c HIscox Co., D. Y
mar 19tf
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Steel Rails.

HOW THEY ARE MADE BY THE BESSIE
I NER PROCESS.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18

Egyptian. Oriental, Spanish, Valenciennes, GUN
pure, Torchon, &C.. At very low prices large as
sortmsnr to select from.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-30
An Immense Gaming Table.

Italy is in fact ono immense gaming
table, at which the ~croupiers are cabinet
ministers and the victims the people they
govern.
Seek to disguise the matter how well
and skillfully you may, you cannot con-
vince the studious spectator OF contempt
rary life in Italy that these official lot
teries are not every bit as bad as, and
very probably ten thousand times more
immoral in their effects than, all the pi-
rouette doings at Monaco. Here is a gov
eminent that offers 1907 600, 900 francs a
year as prizes for popular passion and
ayfdity, and makes more than half q mil
lard over the annual enterprise,
In all the chief towns and cities OF the
kingdom there is always to be found a
GOOD plethoric supply of these govern
ment gambling hers. Tickets are dis
tributed from every Monday till Friday,
and the drawing takes place on the after
noon of each Saturday. The c~hief-!and,
for many, the almost irresistiblc-temr-
tation IN these lotteries isthat any snm
OF money rs a bet viii be accepted on q
ticket. The workinguian deposits his
soldo, or cent; and if fortune favors him
his cent may bring him back a golden
louis. The well-to-do merchant lays out
a t~wenty-franc piece, and his gains, II
any, become, Of course, proportionatcly
0reater-Milan Cor. San Francisco
Chroniele
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-30
Rrirbtensd Futpre Of silk Culture.

Some years ago, however, Edward w.
Serren, Jr., Of New York, undertook to
solve the problem Of the automatic reel
ing Of silk. 1t was a difficult one, but 1t
appears that a satisfactory end has been
reached after the expenditure of several
years of labor and considerable sums OF
money. The outcome is a silk reel which
is now being put in operation in the
south Of France through the cooperation
Of some Of the leading banking houses OF
Lyons. This machinery makes so great
a sayingin labor as TO largely subordinate
this side of the question, and it is for this
reason that the silk raisers Of our country
hope by its aid to bring their efforts in
establishing silk culture to a successful
termination.
If the experiments contemplated are
brought to a successful issue, the increas-
ing Of the home market for cocoons may
then be looked into with greater hopes
for success. The market for the product
Of this establishment is already an active
one, as VIC imported during the last fiscal
year raw silk TO the value Of nearly S2O,-
900, 900.
Though the work mentioned will be the
most important Of the nature that the de-
partment viii carry out during the COM
ing year, the entomologist, Professor c. V.
Riley, who is charged with this branch OF
the departments labors, will continue the
work done in past years of distributing
silk worm eggs and sericultural informa
ton and literature. He has recently is
sued a new manual on silk culture, which
is now being gratuitously distributed.
This is a revision of the old pamphlet
published by the department., TO Which
much new material of a valuable nature
has been added. The Women's Silk Cul
ture association, Of Philadelphia, has re-
ceived congressional aid and will probably
purchase cocoons during the coming win
ter.-Minneapolis Tribune.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-30
pInrInn the Mandolin.

The mandolin is the reigning fashion
able caprice, having quite superseded the
banjo in the esteem of the ladies. That
it should have done so is by no means
strange, for il is really u charming little
instrument when ut all decently played,
is not very difficult 10 learn, and has Il
good deal more style and finish about 1t
than the banjo has. However the latter
NAV be adorned, with nickel plating,
mother-of-pearl, and all sorts of gaudy
ornamentatiOn, it has a plebian look
about it, and suggests the idea OF n field
hand in his Sunday suit. But the man
dolin, especially if n Of the good kind,
made of joined strips Of dark mahogany,
has an aristocratic polish and finish
about it and wears is in n jaunty fashion
peculiarly its own.
The only unpleasant feature about 1t to
the learner is the knife blade like sharp
ness Of its fine wire strings. There are
eight strings, in pairs, all Of steel wire.
Two pairs are wound with German sill
yer, and are not so cruel as the others,
but the unwound four, hardly thicker
than horse hairs, seem to cut to the
bone the finger ends that press them down
upon the frets. OF course that pain and
trouble ends when each finger OF the left
hand is tipped with a bony, callous spot,
and one must expect some such trouble
in forming a close acquaintance with any
stringed instrument. When nature has
provided that protection, the mandolin
player, if an expert, can produce some
very pleasing effects by producing the
tones by percussion on the strings over
the frets, instead of by stunning with a
bit Of tortoise shell held between the
thumb and torefnger of the right hand,
which is the ordinary way of playing.
The tone Of the mandolin very much
resembles that of the either, having the
same clear penetrating quality, but the
compass Of the instrument and its capa-
bilities are much below those OF the
zither.-New York Sun.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-30
LIVE STOCK.
eel

The cattle market this week was fair
and prices remained the same as
those Oflast week. The hog market was
also quiet, with prices the same rs those of
last week. MeSsrs. Hudson & Bayha
urnish the following quotations:
Cattle, 900 to !, 100 lbs stock 33a4
per h.. 800 to 900 lbs. 3la34c. per h.; 70
to 500 lbs. 23a3fc. per III.
Hogs-Markct active 33aic per lb.
Lambs-GOOd at 3la43c per Id.
Calves-3a5c per ID.
Sheep-2!to32c per ID.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, October o. Cattle Re-
ceipts 5000 head; shipments 1000 head;
market steady; good shippers firm; ship
ping steers 50 25a5 %; stockers and
feeders 81 90; cows, bulls and mixed
81 25a3 10; bulk 81 00a2 60; through
Texas cattle steady, COWS 81 0Ga2 80;
steers 81 71a3 %; Western rangers un-
changed.
HGgs-Rcceipts 10000 head; ship
mcnts IL, 900 head, market strong; 5a10c
higher; rough and mixed So 5Oa4 CO.;
packers and shippers SO 75a4 ~; light
So 50al 90; skips s. 25a3 40.
Sheep-Receipts j, loo; shipments 1000;
market steady; natives $2J0l3 s.; WeS-
tern s. 40a3 60; Texans 81 10a3 90; lambs
So 00a4 90.
East Liberty.
EAST IREgTY, October 29.-Cattle
Receipts, 200 head; shipments ia.
Market nothing doing all through consign-
ments.
Hogs-Receipts, $500 head; shipments
3, loo; market firm; PhiladeiphiaS S4.25a
4.35; Workers 81. OOa4. 10; common and
light So 75a4 90.
Sheep-Receipts, 200; shipments 400;
market very dull, nothing doing.
New York.
New YORK, October 29.-Beeves-Re-
ceipts 1880; prices fully maintained;
native steers s. SOa5 40; Texas and Col
orado do So 30a3 80; exports $50 beeves
and 500 quarters beet.
Shcep-Receipts 5000. Market dull
'Sr lambs at 81 75a6 90.
Hoggs%EseffP6fsS 3,E@S98; m Siftet"Gfnil dill and
yearly nominal at 81 3OI4 50 per 100 lbs.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, October %. -Hogs-Firm;
common and light So 30a4 10; packing
and butchers So S5a+ 20; receipts 1850;
shipments $40.
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ing West Point, to BRIO GEN. WILCOX.
Mexico, andSaw the last little end Of the wal
there.
He had after that ten years of military life,
partly in garriSons and partly among the In
dams. He was one of the military called out
in the Anthony Burns riot at Boston in 1854,
and he took part in the Billy Bowlegs
Florida war.
After that he resigned from the army and
intended to settle peaceably to the practice of
law in Detroit. But the civil war broke out
and he offered his services once more to the
government. His life wa one round Of fight
ing and hardship. He was imprisoned in the
south for thirteen months following the bat
tie of Bull Run, at which he was seriously
wounled and captured. He rose afterward
10 be a brigadier general of volunteers. He
distinguished himself till the close Of the war,
and was one Of the first to enter Petersburg.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-30

December 74fa75Ic, closing at Tie;
January 75sa75Ic, closing at 75sc; May
sl3as2se, closed at s1f. Corn-Cash No.
2 355; October 35fa35lc, closed at 35ac;
November 353a36ac, closing at 35s; Dec
ember 37ss374, closing at 37Sc; January
37sa375e, closed at 372c; May 42a42lc,
closed at 42s. 0Lts-No. 2, cash 252c;
October 25sa254c, closed at 25sc;
November 255a26c, closed at 26cs;
December 26sa27c, closed at 265c;
May 305a3Ic, closed at 305c. Rye-No. .
cash Soc. Barley-No. = do 53lc. limo
thy Seed-Prime 81 70a1 ~. Pork
Cash 50 90; November 50 00a9 %, closed
at 8 97i; December 50 O2ia9 10, closing
at 50 05; January 50 95a!0 OBJ, closing
at SO OBJ. Lard-Cash S. 80: November
So s0a5 s2t, closed at So 80; December
S. 92la5 IS, closed at S. 50; January
S. 92Ia5 912, closed at S. 95. Short
Ribs-S6 So. Shoulders S. 45a5 90; short
clear Sc 60a6 65. Whisky Steady ut 81 10,
Sugars = Unchanged. Butter = Showed
little improvement; good to extra cream
cry 16a19c; ordinary to fine dairy 14a20;
packing stock 7a10c. EgS-173a19c per
dozen.
Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. October 29.-Flour-
Steady with fair demand. Wheat-Dull
and lower; No. . rcd October S3laS3lc;
November s3ias34c; December S4saS5c;
January S6as6le. Corn-Weak, lower; No.
3 low mixed track 43c; No. 2 high mixed
and yellow 45I; futures neglected. Oats
Spot steady but quiet; Western No. B
white Bic; No. 2 white 35}a36c. Futures
dull; No. 2 white October 34!a35s; Novem-
Der 35a355c; December 35sa353c; Janu-
airy 36fa365c. Butter Fairly active;
Western dairy false. Eggs-Firm, ac-
tive; Western fresh 22!c.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. October 29.-Cotton-
Steady Flour-Weaker; family So 25a
8 40; fancy So 6Oa3 So. Wheat Weaker;
No. 2 red nc; receipts s, 900 bushels; ship
ments 1,500 bushels. Corn-Dull and
weaker; No. 2 mixed 374c. Oats-Active
and lower. No. 2mixed PIC. Rye-Firm;
No. 3 sac. Pork-Buiet at So G2t. Lard
Firm at S. 80. Bulk meats and bacon
Quiet and unchanged. Whisky-Steady
at 81 13. Butter, sugar and cheese-Quiet.
Toledo.
TOLEDO, O.. October 29.-Wheat-
Dull and weak; cash and November nc.
December 1889; May S5lc. COrn-Dull;
cash, 3Sc. Oats-Neglected. Clover
seed-Steady; cash 81 is; December
81 45!; January 81 90.
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are full and Strong

Though his name at once calls up recollec-
tons Of the south and the southern Coined
eracy, Gen. Pike was born in the north.
Rather oddly, he was born in Boston. He at
tended Harvard college a while, but did not
imbibe New England doctrines TO any great
extent, as the sequel shows. After leaving
Harvard he became a school teacher.
In 1881 he drifted to the southwest, full Of
the spirit of youthful adventure. He went
with an exploring expedition to the Brazos
and Red rivers, and remained in Santa Fe a
year. He finally settled down as a lawyer In
Little Rock, Ark.
But he did not stay settled. Wherever
there were stirring scenes of fight or adven-
ture they called to Albert Pixies restless soul,
and he obeyed the summons. He served as a
private in the Mexican war. When the civil
wal broke out he took up arms i~mpetuously
for the southern cause. His greatest service
was in pacifying the Indians along the
southwestern frontier, and keeping them
friendly to the Confederacy. His name Is best
known to the north in connection with the
battle of Pea Ridge. Gen. Pike had organ
lied an army of Cherokees, and with them
fought this battle. 1t was a severe light, and
u lOll& Oue. lluldlIo anu hS6AOSSS -
gods, took part in our great wal.
Gen. Pike has been lawyer, soldier, editor
and school teacher, and through all these &C.
equations, through all his life, he has been a
poet and literary man. Among his poems
his Hymns to the Gods" are best known. de
was a contributor to the old Knickerbocker
magazine. That was q time when some OF
the best literary talent that has ever been de-
veloped in America was active.
The brave old mans name comes up at
present in connection with the meeting in
Washington of the Southern Jurisdiction
Scottish Rite Masonry. This is the highest
degree, the thirty-third, attained by Masonry,
and Gen. Pike is the presiding officer OF the
body composing the members of this degree.
There can be no higher office in the organiza-
ton than this, and the handsome veteran has
held it since 1859. He has translated many
works throwing light on the ceremonials OF
Masonry. He lives in Washington.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-30
Hon. Nathaniel IL. r.. Dawson.

This is the gentleman who succeeds Mr..
Eaton as United States commissioner of
education. The bureau Of education is one
of the branches under control of the United
States department of the interior. 1t was
organized in 1867.
Mr.. Dawson was born i'll Charleston, S, C.,
but left it long before any earthquakes were
dreamed of. He is descended from two mayors
of Charleston and q governor of South Caro-
lima. So he may be said to be a politician
by Inheritance.
In 1912 his family removed to Dallas
county, Ala. He has lived there every since,
when he is at home.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-30
Eovel DesiCn in RfugA

A novel design in engagement ringsi i
70 divide the ring and bend the cut end:
apart, and hold them 50 BY q small GOLD
bar a Jewel Is then set on each end
aud the result Is that the jewels are rery
close together, bat stn2 not united. and
arr thus quite typical Of engagemenr-
ChleAzo Herald
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wheeling.

HheeinE.
The demand for flour is brisk and Is
keeping up even with the supply, while
manufacturers are not anxious TO sell at
prevailing figures. The market is
firm and wheat is s~tillcoming
III pretty lively and selling al Toe
per bushel, with a fair demand at those
figures. Prices in all instances remain the
same as at our last report. In the feed
market middlings and bran are quiet, oats
are fairly firm, corn has improved and
hay remains quiet. Prices are as follows:
FLOUR AND GRAIN-Choice family -four
in barrels 81 90; in sacks s. 81; middGngs
per ton So 90; bran per ton S12 90; wheat
No. l per bushel 75c.
FEED-Corn per bushel 4ca45c; oats ga
2Sc; baled hay per ton SIC GOALS 90; loose
hay is selling for about 50 Ooal1 90 per
ton.
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WOOL.
Wheeling.
TrpSnAy October DC

OCtOUcI 20.
The market is rather dull on account OF
the threatened strike of the Eastern textile
workers, and it viii probably remain in an
unsettled condition for some days. Not
outstanding this dullness however, there
has been no shading in prices, which re-
main the same as those of last week as fol
lows: Xxx washed 32a33!c; unwashed,
one-third off; medium, washed 32aS4ci
unwashed 23a25c.