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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-07-08

VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS AND SEA SHORE: Sc
ages. OF Especial interest to seekers of delight.
al Summer Homes among the Mountains and
n the Coast.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-07-08
Liquors, Wines, cite.

baltimore livestock Market July
Beef Cattle.-Prices of Beef Cattle this week
ranged IA follows:
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-07-08

Total increase in l5 months. ........... 4,54lO
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-07-08

might nave U6eu kIlleu long ASO 1u6y say
'Jone ought to be drummed OUT" but. bless
| you, Jones has the drum and will drum them
| out, He wants as his epitaph-"Rere lies an
honest man who dared to do right
| He said the officers of the church-steweYds
descons. elders, veEtrymen-who voted for
| whisk ey will go to hell II they don't repent
| He would have his srmi burned off before he
would do so. If these are safe, then the saloon
| keepers are safe. How they can dc SO is as pro-
found mystery TO him as the book of Reyelas
| ton. Though fallen and low, he was never
| ow enough to speak for whisky. Some favor
high license-he would as lief have a high-li-
censed mad deg. as hieh.licensed saloon.keep
| er. He here inquired the price OF license here
and commented on it. What is the record Of
| the laity on this question? What is your rec
ord as q husband? The meanest man ever
made is the man who is unfaithful to his mar
riage vows. If a page of his record could be
| torn out and posted up where itscould be read.
| he would leave the communicable dirty,
NANCY flea bitten hound of hell. What is your
| record as a fatber-what as a son? In the North
| we frequently see notices Of suits for damages
| in cases In which the sanctify of homes had
| been violated. but he thanked God that South
| of Mason and Dixon's lire 81 different policy
| had prevailed and he hoped it would SO con-
| tinue, and that was 10 shoot down like q dog
the guilty rascal.
| What is your record a mechanic, as mer-
| chant, as a farmer? On one occasion when
preaching on this subject when he reached this
part, Sam Small who was reporting, dropped
his pencil and buried his face IN his hands,
He was made miserable, as he thought OF his
| record; he got.drunk. and he prayed for four
hours for God to have mercy upon him. and
| then he received the "peace that .passeth un-
derstanding." He then issued dodgers an
| nouncing that he would preach. He had faith
inisam Small and believed he would come out
all right in the end
Your record is there to stay-what Is the
| record of the saloon>keeper.
Jones said Of himself. that his father and
older brother were in the army of Lee, his
mother was dead, aid he. at 81 years Of age.
went to the bar with good prospects of success
In his profession. He became Incorporate
and saw the light aiding from the eye and the |
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-07-08

Best....... rs = 5 90
Generally rated first quality...... 4 Is as 90
Medium or good fair quality -..... 3 90 @4OO
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
, 1891-08-08

This word " electrocution, which is creep
ing into newspaper use, is utterly without
excuse for being, except that it is pressed into
service on the score Of necessity. 1t gives a
name, though a bad name, 10 something which
is otherwise nameless. In the first place, it is
a neologism most barbarously formed. Tie
first half of it, electro is rational but the
last half, "%cution," is pure gibberish, and has
no more point or meaning than the famous
nonsense word shark" The word "exccu-
ton, which suggested it, is formed from two
Latin words, "ex' and "sequi,' through the
Latin word "exsecutio." So that instead Of
I,eleotroeution" the compound should be
"electrosecution." the ~cacophony Of which
rules it out Of the possibilities. But even
"electrosecution' would not adequately ex-
press the fact of killing by an electric current.
The Latin verb "sequi' means "to follow"
and with the prefix Eek" comes to mean TO
"follow out, :" or carry out, an implied decree.
But in the name Of common-sense, what car it
mean with the prefix electro? Nothing,
absolutely nothing, except possibly "the fol
lowing Of electricity" which is sheer nonsense.
We sincerely hope that some clever phloioSist
will soon come forward With a 'implc and
euphcnlc word for this new process f punish
ment, and tn we SHAH b. pared the
ldlocy OF either electrocution' or "clcctrose-
cution.-N. !. Daily Tribune.
, 1891-08-08

presented Notwithstanding, and would be sent
to Bradford, 'the home Of English spiritual
ism, . for signature. Unon this the meeting
broke up. the mediums melted away into thin
air, the mesmerists made magnetic passes
through the doorway Of the Atheneum Hall.
and the aStrologers went out to contemplate
the stars in Tottenham-court.goad
All this does not seem 10 promise very we'll
for the formation Of 8 strong Union and.
unless these various classes Of w0Auer-workers
can manage to agree among themselves as to
which of them are imposters and which the
genuine article, it you'd be almost better for
them to Sever in their defences." as the
lawyers say. Nothing but scandal aud the
GERS of the unbelieving can possibly result
from the spectacle of a free fight between the
professors Of the different forms of occult lore.
The "black at" and the noble art are too
distinct things, and it is with tle la ter, and
not with the former, in spite of its adjective,
that we have been accustomed to associate dis
celebrations Of the human eve. 4 conflict
among the disputants at the recent meeting,
each using the powers or the Instruments Of
his particular craft, would be interest ~ in its
way, but also decidedly unelifying. Masme-
rists and hypnotists operating on each other,
mediums floating through the air AMI baIabour,
ing astrologers with shalowy bmi08, while
the a8trologers retaliated by oasting horoscopes,
would form a deplorabLo and dIstressia scene,
and would probably lead to intervention on
the part of the police aal the llaictioa Of a
series of forty-shiilint fines by the nearest
sitting magistrate. 1t would b. wiser for the
various parties to agree to diff, to hold no
more meetings at the A-hsleum IlI} or else
where, and to present their petitions s~9veroIly
to Parliament for the repeal Of the statutes f
which they complain. Daily Telegraph.
, 1891-08-08
EXECUTIONS BY ELECTRICITY.

New YORK, July l5-F1edan Bc3wa. Of
Sing Sing penitentiary, filed his certificates Of
death in the case of muaI8.ers Ss0.Im Sniler.
Wood and Jugjro, with County Clerk Gregor
to-day. The certificates arr mere announce.
ments that the sentence of the law has been
executed. Attached to them are the delth
warrants and the signatures Of Witnesses to the
execution. Attached to the certificate in
Jugiro's case was a statement sigled bv DIS.
Mcdonald and Ward, who alton tea the anton.
sizes. TIL full text follows:-"Tn uadersig9-
ed having served as physicians at the ex9su,
ton by electricity this morning, of James a.
Slocum, Harris A. Smjier, JOS. Wood and She
nick Jugiro, at the prison under your charge.
hereby submit, at your re Iuest, tlo f1.lov re.
port Of their observations: First.-Au Of the
condemned men walked into the execution room
unrestrained, with firm less alj w45l5l5 ASS
lance, seated themselves in tutl in tas e~le:tri,
chair, without the slightest pt),ssa or resIs,
lance, and gently slbmi5tol 10 the alilsmsa5
of the retaining straps AMI electro les, SscDll.
-ln each case unooas2 oHslass was pr0lto3I
instantly by the closure Of tla ~a..oli; 1t was
complete and without Interruption until the
hearts action had entirely &c ISL an dsata
had certainly occurred. In eaal e,sg l3ltl
was manifestly painless. n e)nDuul;9 with
the statute, an autopsy was mn lie in each case
as soon as practicable by D.. hat Vlrgyjsel,
of New York, in our presence a1d uller our
supervision, with the results Of r9yolilg tho
sano gross changes in the blo)l AMI tissue
previously observed in cases Of lel5h by the
action of strong ]electricll currents. 5~peoinaas.
especially of the blood AMI Of ta5 nervous
system, were taken to Vllgo.s9l's Office. for
the purpose Of careful mioroseop exam a@atioa,
and the results will b. f,rwlrlsl to y)a as
soon as such examinations are c)nola5sl Ia
conclusion, allow us to congratulate yon on tho
completeness IN th9 details Of you.pein1u
arrangement, m tho unit>rn 5p)l otl.c AL
decoram which p|rovl:lel }l..lt ia. tr,.n.
or1etl, an on tha resulting Ienpls.l-t1l 81
tao rapidity an ptinla55let5 oS Jas ms.h1lof
inficting the death penalty TIE expsri9n39
of to-day has proved to our satisfaction that
this method is superior to any other devised"
Victoria CoLonist, july 10Th.
, 1891-08-08

theory was. He believed that the Toronto
women are beautiful, and retain their beauty.
because they are nearly all total abstain
ers. He thinks that even d moderate use
Of alcoholic drinks is detrimental to beauty
IN women. Having made q study Of the
subject, he declares that female beauty varies,
according to the amount Of stjmu.ants CON
sumed, and that a large proportion OF beautl-
tIfuI women Is scarcely ever observed IN cities
and towns where there is an habItual con
sumption, on the part of the fair Sex. OF
intoxicating fluids. Especially IS this the
case, he says, in cities which ale the cen-
tres OF the brewing or d~istiliins industry.
There the human form divine is apt to lose
a great deal OF its charm, AMI t. degenerate
into d more or less Inexpensive and unlt,llc-
i've object
As Canadian women arc generally t-tal
abstainers, they ought t. t., according to
this English observer, as a rule, good lo5a4u-.
at any rate very few, indeed. OF them have
injured their looks by Indulgence III sIong
drink of any kind, excepting tea.
Whether indulgence in alcoholic stimp-
lants has or has not an injurious influence
on Canadian women, we are clad to say we
are not able to give all opinion because SO
few of them drink, but anyone who has oD-
served at all closely must admit that modar-
ate drinking is detrimental to the good looks
of some Canadian young men. The young man
who begins to drink even what is considered
moderately, soon loses the freshness, the
brightness and the refinement of youth. The
youthfulness of the lad who habitually uses
strong drink, soon departs from him. He
loses his buoyancy and gets coarser The
process Of deterioration is not so gradual as
some imagine. Many see the change and
deplore it, but have no idea Of its ca.ae
Every man of experience, whether he IS a
drinker or a total abstainer, must allow tha5
habitual use Of alcoholic drinks is not only
a foe to intellectual energy but q destroyer
of physical beauty. The young fellow WHO
desires to keep his brain sound and to retain
his youthfulness and his good looks, VIII not
acquire drinking habits. The English visitor
may be right in attributing the beauty of the
Toronto women to their total abstinence
habits or he may be wrong but he would
certainly be right if he attributed the coarse.
or faded, or prematureIy a4od appearance
of many Of the young men whom he meets
IN Canadian and United States cities, to their
having contracted the habit Of drinking
alcoholic stunulants every day. The ma4
who wants to keep a sound mind in a hond-
some body viii give strong drink Of all kinds
q wide berth.-I6id.
, 1891-08-08
AN ENGLISHMAN'5 THEORY

An l~telll8ent AMI, p4-449s. impression,
able Ea8Ilsnman, wlo recently visited To-
ronto, was mach struck VITA the num3sr Of
handsome women and lovely girls that he
saw in the streets, He hal a theory to ac-
count for the great beauty Of the Toronto
matrons and maddens 1t will not be easv
Tor the ordinary reader 10 guess what that
, 1891-08-08
TRINIDAD.
From the Louisiana PIn,fef.l

From the Louisiana Plnrfef.p
We ale indebted to a gentleman recently
from the West Indies, for the following inter
esting description of his native island:
East of Venezuela. between lto d and leo
80 Of north latitude and go 59| by $50 Of
'west longitude from Grecnwi. h. lies tie fer
tile little .sl4nd 81 Trinidad. LII. aIcs # tIy
, 1891-08-08

dN~-ASN. ~ b4lc ii q NE-N 2tESl GlllttN q L S0lI,
and incidentally Of We -tat.0u.
The mln body Of ..so island is somewhat
rectangular in shape, bat two points project
from It's northwestern and southwestern extre-
mites, IN the direction Of the main land of
South America, w1ieA they come within a few
miles Of touching, almost converting the island
INTO peninsula. Between these points is the
Grle Of. ria.
This @alf forms a magnificent hal Dor. capa-
lie II containing all the fa"ts Of he world,
bat unfortunately it is somewhat shallow near
tue Trinidad coast? A> before stated. the geo
loelcai structure Of the island is very diversi-
fed. The hills in thanorthern part are chiefly
composed Of rocks. hut the reminder of the
island possesses a variety Of soil, which. toge-
ther with the warmth and humidity Of the
climate. produces a l|uxuriant vegetation.
rs in other tropical countries, winter and
s~I2mer ave replaced by wet and div seasons.
IAedry season, roughly speak NJ, extends from
about th-tattll. of January to about he mid.
die q May. The rainfall, throughout the
entire year, averages about sixty or seventy
inches, and owing to the >~ioleucc Of its fall.
for it never rains butt pours. il Trinidad, the
rivers carry vast quantities ofmatfer to the sea.
Ihe thermometer usually ranges from 40 deg.
ut daybycal 70 IS deg. in the middle Of the
dav, but in the hotter months ii sometimes
rises into the n~jloyies.
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'-'',". Guy ao'o' Iog'ooo "'c VolSl oea
S.l4 :. ~ = 1''Ie' ''7 I0!''''Il9 9'o'
~, a.-S u.I-t- ".Fi'eo o~PPIo q lllo
800 y N0o'"' -'o'000 . .!Ce'
$50" F'"',''',S' 800 ~ -, "l' o'''
~, TO- P5>."I@7 o'g'5CIIaIaole I''oS' towns
E'.l'-yS; co. """o l'o'ooo acres are Salu 70
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revenue 'Ae c'"'Io'ta'Ie sum o. @'''o'o'
ne sam. C'9"''oIs q sen. ecu "ncn
r'',''. ii.a-.." 2 very Pro"'c'l|e country
D''"c '"8 L't1S NA'e" are eSSe""al 70 INC
"'3At'Ileat ana prosperity o. d country, eA'
'ey'HI'I GlAIoui'| a"' expensive 20 construct
a'' '".'"sA'' l" q proper way l"U9 ~ n1En
L''tN "ie ~...+[""J very naIIo"' "0Noi" .
i''J PAINS, an" nor hiIeS ana mics Un8naoeu
py a single Tree; Onuer tne oIa2lh% influence
OF q west Indian sun thiS becomes a very
aPPrrci&n'e gfa|oacN' Ghlofioh2tei5 q sun
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17
Personal AND PECULIAR.

Miss CreSwell, the postmistress of Glib
raltar, is an official who has very import
ant part to play in the regular business of
the colony. She is the superintendent of
the government telegraph office and for
the last five years has had sole control of
the Post Office, with large staff under
her, and branches at Tangier, Magzagan
and other towns of Morocco. Miss Cres-
well gets $1,000 year and occupies the
unique position of being female civil
servant.
Miss Rachel Gertrude Sherman of New
York and Or. Paul Thorndyke of Boston
are to be married early in January. The
pride prospective is well known, as the
daughter Of the lamented General William
4. sherman. The ceremony will be per-
formed by the Rev. Mr.. Sherman, brother
u tne pride elect and a Catholic priest, as
sisleu Dy the Rev. Mr.. Van Rensselaer,.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17
Thursday, the 18th Day Of November

present, to be a day Of joyful thanksgiving to
God for the bounties of His providence, for the
peace in which we are permitted to enjoy them,
and for the preservation of those institutions of
civil and religious liberty which He gave our
fathers the wisdom to devise and establish, and
us the courage to preserve. Among the appro-
pirate observances OF the day are rest from toll,
worship in the public congregation, the renewal
Of family ties about our American firesides, and
thoughtful helpfulness toward those who suffer
lack of the body or OF the spirit.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this thirteenth
day of November, in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and of the
independence fthe United States the one
hundred and sixteenth.
BENJAMIN HARRISON,
By the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17

secret The charlatan produces wonder
iui cures for time. but In the end his
WORK tends to injury and disaster" The
medical profession has always looked with
suspicion on Keeley's alleged specific, a
suspicion which was deepened of course bv
his refusal to furnish It's formula so that II
could be generally tested, and so perhans
DR.. Shrady's conclusions are not entirely
free from the faint of prejudice. Rpt Tho
Mines case certainly puts Kelley on the
defensive, and makes it incumbent nm hin,
to snow why his specific. If specific II be
failed In this the most conspicuous of his
casas Va HIS
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17
Why the inventor is Generally Poor.

lInomaS A. EdlS0n.
"The people suppose have made money
out Of my inventions. The truth is have
never made one cent out of my inventions.
All l have made has been out of manufac-
turing. My inventions have not Ibeen pro-
tected by the Patent Office. The compan-
les with which am connected Ihave spent
millions In trying to defend them. l have
spent about 100000 myself and / believe l
would be 100000 better off If had never
taken out patent. What have madehas
been because have understood the inven-
tions better and have been able to manipu-
late the manufacturing of them better than
the pirates. could not have made any,
thing had L not had large capital back of
me, and the ordinary inventor has no pro
lection whatever. His certificate of pa
tent is merely a certificate to the poor
mouse and hundreds of inventors are ruined.
They spend all they have In getting out
their Inventions and they die poor. Let
me tell you how it works. The inventor
mas good thing. He takes out a patent,
thinks he is safe and organizes his plant
to manufacture IL. He has to have special
machinery, and he makes special expert
ments, and like as not it costs him 5000, 900
before he Is ready to begin to manufacture.
1hO pidto oooo uo las u BOOu tHluS. ne
decides to compete with him, organizes
company with no responsibility whatever,
brides his men and starts In opposition. He
can In most cases now put up for $4,000
what has cost the inventor 5000, 900, and he
feels that in a few years he can make
enough to retire, having gotten the cream
OF the Invention. He begins to manufac-
ture. The inventor prosecutes him, but
the courts take three years before they
will hear his case. If they decide against
him he carries it to the Supreme Court.
which is three years behind hand, and it
is from six to twelve years before he can
get final decision. BY this time the pirate
has made fortune, and the original in
ventor is In most cases bankrupt. If the
case is decided in his favor the pirate is
found to be.irresponsible, and there is no
chance for the inventor. What the court
should do Is to prevent the pirate from
manufacturing until he can prove that he
mas right to manufacture. The original
inventor, the man who has the papeis, the
man who has spent his money, should be
given the benefit of the doubt. When this
IS done our inventors will have some pro-
Iection. Then Invention will increase in the
United States The country will jumpa
generation In decade and everything will
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17

Almy, the slayer of Christie Warden
pleaded guilty yesterday to murder in the
first degree. He can hope, however, for
no consideration for relieving the State of
the trouble and expense of proving his
guilt. There were no extenuating circum-
stances In the case; on the contrary his
crime was one of the most cruel and DELHI
crate murders on record; and the New
Hampshire law prescribes but one penalty,
and that Is death.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17

We suppose II the Hon. Roger @. Mills
were Republican and prominent candi-
date for the Speakership of a House the
majority of which was composed of Repub-
licans bis recent effort to ignore the silver
question would be looked upon by our
Mugwump contemporaries simply as a sub.
terfuge to get the votes of the members OF
his party opposed to free silver. But be
Ing Democrat 1t is hailed as signifyine
his conversion to sound money.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17
BY THE PRESIDENT.
A PROCLAIM a ton.

It's very glad incident of the marvellous
prosperlty which has crowned the year now
drawing to close that its helpful and reassur-
ing touch has been felt by all our people. 1t
has been as wide as our country, and so special
that every home has felt its comforting infu-
ence. tits too great to be the work Of mans
power and too particular to be the device of his
mind. To God, the beneicent and the all-wise,
who makes the labors OF men to be fruitful, re-
deems their losses by His grace, and the meas
ure of whose giving is as much beyond the
thoughts of man as it is beyond his deserts, the
praise and gratitude of the people of this fay
ored nation are justly due.
Now, therefore, l, Benjamin Harrison, Presi-
dent of the United States of America. do hereby
appont
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17

The Cincinnati ComDercial-G Gazette d g.
clares itself as Internationally opposed
to the seating of Senator Brlce on the
ground that Brice is not a resident of Ohio
and was not when elected. 1t wants Mr..
Sherman also to express himself as sun.
conditionally opposed" and to move in the
matter. Indeed there is room for suspi-
cion that the Commercial Gazette's per.
Torrance In this case is inspired more by
desire to embarrass Mr.. Sherman than to
unseat Mr.. Brice. The Commercial. Ga.
zette is for Foraker.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER IL.

We do not read anonymous letters and com.
munIcations. The name and address of the
writer are in all cases indispensable, not neces
sarily for publication but as guarantee of
good faith.
We cannot undertake to retain or preserve
communications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17
STATE OF MAINE.
BY THE GOVERNOR
A PROCLAIM alton

From very early times 1t has been the pleas
ing custom of New England people to follow
the Harvest-home with day of acknowledge,
ment to God for the bounties of His providence
Today this custom has become national in its
observance.
During the,year now drawing to a close VIZ
nave been specially blessed with abundant har
vests. Peace and prosperity prevail within oul
State, and throughout the nation. 1t is emf
nently fitting that we should return grateful
thanks to the Benefcent Father from whom al
blessing flow. therefore, with the advice Of
the Executive Council, designate and set apart
Thursday, the 26th day Of Nov, inst.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-17
THANKSGIVING ann PRAISE

Upon that day let us refrain from secular pvr
suits and by our firesides and In places of pah
lie worship return thanks to God for His tende,
mercies
Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta
this fourteen tn day of November, in The
year OF our Lord one thousand, eight hun
dred and ninety-one, and of the Independ-
ence Of the United States of America. the
one hundred and sixteenth.
EDWIN G. BURLEIGH.
By the Governor.
NICHOLAS FEssENDEN,
Secretary of State