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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
DANGEROUS Stuff to TrifIe With.

Says druggists assistant: "It is
doubtful whether any preparation will
remove superfuous hair from the face
or neck. This can be done without
difficulty by electrolcsis, but this is
somewhat tedious and painful and few,
ladies particularly, care to undergo the
operation. There are, however, many
preparations which will burn off all
hair and very much restrict its growth.
''Barium sulphate is used in nearly all
these preparations and seems to have
unlimited destructive powers. 1t is
best mixed with a very small quantity
of oxide of zinc, and mixture of these
two articles, such as can be obtained at
any drug store, is at least as safe de-
pilatory as any."-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
PlOWED UNDER.

It grieves me much, the homes that have
spoiled,
OF nest and burrow,
AS in my barley field today toiled
Flowing the furrow.
Armies of ants that grain by grain have laid
Their snug cmbankment
Were overwhelmed by my unhappy raid
Fort and encampment.
The silver ropes a cunning gynnast spun
Met such disaster
That n wise fly who watched the spider run
BuzZcd out with laughter.
Beneath a roof where dandelion stars
The rafters gildcd,
Secured by no distrustful bolts nor bars,
Some birds had builded.
peeped within, despite sentry bold
OF doughty metal,
Whose stinging impudence knew of old
His name Nettle!
1t was not his rude protest made me spare
My sparrow tenants;
l vanquished him, but left still fluttering there
The flower pennants.
And oh! grieve that l who hate to roam
From my own burrow
Have turned blind little moles out Of their
homo
Beneath my furrowl
May Riley Smith in Wide Awake.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
Earning Pin Money.

With class of tenants who pay their
rent weekly it is customary before let
ting them house to ask them to pro-
duce the rent book they have had from
their previous landlord, in order to as
certain whether they are in the habit of
paying their rent regularly or other
wise. Should the prospective tenant be
backward in his payments, it is not I'M
usual for him to borrow and present as
his own the rent book of a friend who is
more prompt in paying his rent. This
is trick that is played almost every
day.
remember one old lady who realized
a tidy little sum by hiring out her rent
book. AS she paid her landlord pune
tually every week, her book was Of
course invaluable to the defaulting ten
ant in search of house. l should think
that this book was presented at our
Office some scores of times before the
fraud was detected. What led to the
discovery was the frequent recurrence
in our defaulters list of the same name
London Tit-BitS,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24

An Ok Yoke Punish ent.

There is an old farmer out i'll Jersey
who has as great IL detestation of iiirt-
ing as was ever cherished by the mikado
himself. 1t was great shock to him
one evening at church when he caught
his fourteen year-old daughter eXchang-
ing glances and smiles with Il neighbor's S
son a couple of years older. The old
gentleman mused over the problem all
the way home, and finally hit upon an
expedient which he only awaited the op-
portunity to put into practice.
This was not long in coming. AS he
turned II corner of the road the next
day he caught Il glimpse of the young
couple on the road ahead of him, walk
ing along, hand in hand, and even as he
paused, speechless, he saw them ex-
change a kiss. That settled it.
With few strides he had overtaken
the culprits and was marching them off
to his barn, which stood III a prominent
position close by the high road. A
shout brought out the hired man, and in
a twinkling the old granger had slipped
an OK bow over lis victims heads. Then
he seated them on the doorstep and kept
them there for one mortal hour, calling
the attention of all passers by to my
two calves I'm breakin ill.,"
At the end of the time he released the
prisoners, who made all haste to put as
much distance between each other as
possible.
And now they don't even speak when
they pass by.-New York Recorder.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24

There are women, and those, too, who
do not aspire to public offices, who know
as much about the silver question and
other subjects of national interest as
men. The affairs of the country inter-
est them deeply. If | wanted a ques-
ton in political economy explained
know of women within a stones throw
who could satisfactorily instruct me.
Just men with brains are willing to ad-
NIT that the old argument of woman's
inability to understand national affairs
had never grain of truth in it. That
they did not understand was once more
or less correct, but that they could not
was always a mistake.-Eleanor Kirk
in Chicago Citizen.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24

a few years ago q young man living
not over Il thousand miles from Hart
ford fell head over heels in love with IL
young lady whom he had been intro
duced to at the home of friend. He
wrote her several notes and received no
answer, and finally becoming desperate
wrote that she would find his cold corpse
on her front porch if she did not send
him lone little line" She wrote and the
answer she received was this:
DEAR Miss -; l ate the stamp that was
on your envelope because it had touched your
lips.
Her answer:
DEAR SIR: The stamp you ate was put on
the envelope by my negro coachman.
Hartford Post.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
STRANGE WAYS OF THE OSTRICH.

The Hens of the Flock Lay in the Same
Nest and the Male IIatches the Eggs.
The ostrich has many strange ways,
and | was particularly interested in
studying them. They go in flocks of
three or four females and one male
about their nesting time, and for sew
eral weeks before locating their nests
the hens drop their eggs all about the
pampas. These are called haucho pro-
nounced "watcho'o eggs, and are much
more delicate in flavor than tho eggs
taken from the nests. They have
thinner shell and when fresh laid are
of beautiful golden color. We cooked
them by roasting them before the fire
We would first break hole in the small
end of the egg large enough to insert
teaspoon.
The egg would be set up among some
hot ashes, a pinch of salt and pepper put
into it, and the contents kept stirred
with stick, SO that all would be done
alike. The favor is excellent, and one
egg would satisfy very hungry man.
AS soon as the ostriches decide upon
suitable place for nest the male bird
scratches away the grass and slightly
hollows the ground for space of about
two feet in diameter All the hens of
the flock lay in the same nest until there
are from twenty-five to thirty-five eggs
laid. The male bird then takes posses
sion and sits on the eggs until they are
hatched. As soon as the brood can
leave the nest the old fellow leads them
- e.
and everything is lovely until he espies
another male bird with brood.
AS soon as the old birds see each other
they make a peculiar booming sound
and every little ostrich disappears in the
grass. The old ones then approach each
other and engage in most deadly con-
fict. They fight until one or the other
is killed or runs away. The remaining
one will then utter another peculiar
sound and both broods will spring up
from their hiding places and follow the
victor, who struts off as proud as pea
cock. l have seen old male ostriches
with three broods, each of different
size, two of which they had captured.
They become very tame in captivity,
but are a perfect nuisance about place,
as you cannot keep them out of tho
buildings and they will gobble up any
thing they can swallow. One of them
cleaned out workbasket one day, swal-
lowing spools of cotton, emery bag and
thimble, ending his repast by eating up
a bowl of marrow we had on the table
to use in lieu of butter. They will stalk
around the grounds in the most sedate
manner, then suddenly commence dane
ing in the most comical way, tumbling
all over themselves and running around
like mad. They will stop this foolish
ness as suddenly as they commenced it
and walk off as demurely as if they We're
going to funeral.-Forest and Stream.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
An Alarming Discovery.

Little Visitor-You said Mrs Slim
diets dog had five dear little puppies,
but don't see but one. Where are the
others?
Little Hostess (who boards)-Tm sure
1 don't know. They was all here yes
terday. Dear me! We had potpie for
dinner.-Good News.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
Painting for Fame,

1t is Portland's proud boast to have
the greatest variety of lavender panta-
looms ON its legs to be seen in Maine.-
Bangor Commercial
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
The Wise Maiden.

She was a pretty commuter, going in
ind out every day, until the conductor
fell violently in love with her, and one
months Communication ticket was doing
service for Il year of travel.
My, myr' exclaimed a fastidious
friend of hers, why do you permit that
conductor to be so attentive to you?'
She blushed little.
''Are you at all serious!" was the next
question.
"Oh, no." she said with smile; sit is
only passing fancy"
And once more the conductor forgot
to punch her rticket.-Detroit Free Press.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
THE MAN WITHOUT A STOMACH

May exist as a museum freak, but most of US
recognize the stomach as necessary to life and
comfort. Most of us experience little trouble
from this source occasionally, wrong action
OF the stomach causing dyspepsia, etc, and
often the trouble extends, involving the liver
and bowels, whence we ind biliousnesS and
constipation We find also that the bowels
clogged with effete matter, from which comes
impure blood, boilS blOtcheS, pimp les, scrof
ua, ScrofulOuS SwellngS and cancerOuS COM
plants. The Burdock Blood Bi tiers taken at
the beginning or at any later stage, arrests
the trouble, restores the di Sordered organ to
activity, thereby removing every vestige of
disease. B. B. B. is an absolutely pure extract
Of roots and herbs which can not injure even
the most elicate constitution, and as a cure
for Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Constipation, Bad
Blood, etc, succeeds in so cases out of 100.
Sold in Staunton by w. NJ. ALLEN.
aug 3-lmo-Sept %, 81
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24

Investigations Of raindrops lead to the
conclusion that some of the large drops
must be more or less hollow, as they fail
when striking to wet the whole surface
incl0sed within the drop.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
Stauntoll Spfftotor.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Advertisements are inserted at the rate OF
2& cents per line Tor the first, and ia cents
for each subsequent insertion.
Local Notices are inserted at the rate OF 20
cents per line for the first, and 10 cents for
each subsequent insertion.
Business Notices are inserted at the rate OF
10 cents for the first and cents for each sub
Sequent insertion.
liberal discount will be made on all orders
for 3, g. or Il months.
Obituaries, Announcements of Candidates
for office, and all communications of a person
al or private character, will be charged for as
advertisements.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
REMOVAL, OF THE LADIES AND GENT LEMEN'S s
RESTAURANT!

The undersigned have removed their Ladies
and Gentlemen's Restaurant to the Hurley
Building on the corner of Main and Lewis
Streets where they hope their old patrons VIII
call upon them as heretofore, as they Will be
better prepared to accommodate them. Ihey
will take regular DoarderS, to a number or
whom they can furnish lodging or rent rooms
as well as board at cheap rates. Remember
the place-Hurley Building. second story,
corner Main and Lewis Streets.
MARGARET s. LUCY CAUTHORN.
feb 3rd
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
DoddS' CatarYh Cure
LOCAL AND INTERNAL TREATMENT

In order to cure catarrh it is NECESSARY to al
lay the Inflammation of the irritated mem
branes with soothing application, cleanse
, Cnc neau oI Ihe plugging mucous secfeGlons,
the head and nasal catarrh DOdd S local treat
ment does this without the aid of snuff DOUGH
eS or fumes. If the disease has extended
downwardS, affecting the bronchial tubes or
lungs, digestion and blood, the internal treat
ment both removes from the system the scat
tered poison, and by its buildingup proper
ties assists nature in restoring the impaired
parts Send for our book treating catarrh.
Foster Milburn & Co. proprietors, Buffalo, NY
Sold in Staunton by
sept %, 81 ly W. NJ. ALLEN.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24

nor RENT.-House containing eight rooms,
L st lble large lot extending from Vine to
Co liter streets known as the Mrs. Fanny Har-
man property. This is cool summer resi-
sion given after Eth July. Call on or address
iulY altf ]. G. DUNSMORE City.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

Valley Lodge, No. Is, X. of p, meets every
Monday night at Castle Hall, on West Main
street, over DR.. Wayt's drug store. j. T. Long,
Chancellor Commander; Albest Shultz, Keep
er of Records and Seal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
KNIGHT TEMPLARS.

StauntOn Commandery, No. s, knights Tenn
plar, meets first Friday night i'll every month,
in Masonic Temple, on Main street. w. B.
McChesney, Eminent Commander; a. A. Esk-
ridge, Recorder.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
PYTIIIAS.

j. E. B. Stuart Division, No. TO- meets second
and fourth Mondays each month at Pythian
Hail. Sir Knight Captain +. Is. Berkley; Sir
Knight Recorder, S. II. Rosenbaum.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24

Augusta Council, No. 49, Royal Arcanum,
meets every second and fourth Tuesday in the
month, at Pythian Hall, Main street. W. W.
Robertson, Regent; Jos. B. Woodward, Sec
rptarV
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-08-24
ONEIDA TRIBE, NO. @.Lo.R.N.,

Meets in their wigwam, over Wayt's drug
store, every Wednesday at 18th run 30th breath,
setting of the sun. John T. Long, sachem; C.
Harry Haines, chief of records. All visiting
brothers welcome.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-26
Not Much of an Affair.

The tall Lord Stradbroke served under
Wellington in Spain and afterward
fought at Quatre Bras, but was some
how disabled from being at Waterloo.
He was, moreover, almost the only Tory
landlord whose abilities I ever heard
Charles Austin praise. When he was
staying with my father tho conversation
turned on the extraordinary passage in
which Victor Hugo attributes Napo-
Icons fall to the divine jealousy Ill
genait Dieu), and in which, so far as he
assigns to human or rather to British
agency, any share in the giants over
throw, he would have US believe that
the credit was due to the British army
alone, and not to Napoleon's rival.
II heard the duke say" remarked
Lord Stradbroke, "that If he had had
his old peninsular army at Waterloo it
would have been an affair of four hours.
These were his words" This is remark
able as being the utterance Of one who
was never given to Boosting. Fortnight.
ly Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-26
Farms for Epilcptics.

Epilepsy is so large cause of en-
forced idleness among the working peo-
pie in England that colony has been
established in a country place within an
hours ride of London, where they can
perform lucrative labor suited to their
condition. The plan is initiated from
one successfully carried out in West
phila, Germany. On piece Of land of
some hundred acres there will be built
cottages to hold from ten to twenty in
mates. The sexes will be separated,
and also the children from the adults.
Market gardening, spade and barrow
labor, cow keeping, dairy work and
poultry farming will be the first indus
tries; then gardening and fruit culture
and later ON will follow bootmaking,
carpentering, bookbinding, printing and
other industries; and for the women
laundry work, sewing, cooking and pari-
GUS domestic services--Boston Tran
scriDt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-26

AT time when so much attention Is
given to physical education, it is of
interest to remember that Benjamin
Franklin told John Adams that he
made it u point of religion to exercise.
When sixty-six years old. Franklin
wrote to his son as follows:
Exercise to prevent diseases, since
the cure of them by physic is so pre-
carious.
"The quantum of each kind of exer.
else is to be judged by the degree of
warmth it produces in the body rather
than by time or distance.
"There is more exercise in one miles
riding on horseback than five in a coach,
and more in one miles walking on foot
than in five on horseback; more in
walking one mile up and down stairs
than in four on level floor.
"This last may be had when one is
pinched for time, as containing n great
quantity of exercise in handful of
minutes.
"The dumbbell is another exercise of
the latter compendious kind; by the use
of it | have in forty swings quickened
my pulse from sixty to 100 beats in a
minute, counted by second watch,
and suppose the warmth generally
increases with quickness of pulse."--
Youths Companion,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-26
Sensible Words About Eating.

Perhaps popular medical literature Is
partly to blame for the growing habit of
overnursing organs which are quite able
to stand ordinary work. Health articles
are written by doctors, and these, seeing
people only when they are i'll, forget
that the papers they write for-the
"family journals"-are read by men
and women, especially women, who are
perfectly well. avoid pastry" writes
the doctor, thinking of the confirmed
dyspeptic who left his consulting room
half an hour ago, and thereupon n hun
dred folks who were never whit the
worse for their tarts avoid pastry con-
scientiously and take to unending sago
puddings, whose monotony their weary
palate loathes. II we were to renounce
all that we see or hear condemned as
overstraining or misusing our digestive
apparatus, we should probably take moth.
ing but pepsin, with perhaps little
milk to exercise 1t on.
There are times when after IL too rigid
dieting the most mature of us longs for
the green apples and raspberry tarts of
youth, and such a longing is an honest
rebellion of the digestion against reg.
linen which keeps it weak for lack of
proper exercise. To give fair and
reasonable consideration to the food we
eat is matter of common sense, but to
make ourselves mentally the parallels of
the monks of Mount Athos and concen
trate our attention on all that we should
avoid, is to lay ourselves open to the
chance Of indigestion as much as if we
indulged every day in the banquets of n
Lucullus. London Hospital
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-26
The Prizes OF Literary Work,

When not long ago a statement was
made in The Author that there were
fifty men and women in Great Britain
and the states who were making G1 ,OOO
year and upward by writing novels,
the statement was received with derisive
laughter. Fifty novelists making G1 ,OOO
year9 Impossible! Preposterous! The
statement, however, was made by one
who knew what he was saying. It is a
true statement; it represents the real
prizes Of the profession.
There are in London alone, it is said,
$4,000 people who in some branch OF
other exercise the literary profession.
Fifty of them by writing novels make
over e1 900 year. The number of men
who actually live by the production OF
original work, apart from Journalism in
any Of its branches, is comparatively
small. There are half dozen drama.
fists; about a hundred novelists; few
successful writers Of educational books,
which are indeed mine Of wealth ii
one can succeed, and few publishers
hacks. \The greatest prizes are those OF
the dramatists. = Walter Besant in Fo.
rum.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-26
A Life Search.

Men in the ministry are brought into
contact with cranks of all sorts. Their
name is legion, and the subject of re-
ligion, which appeals strongly to the
imagination and gives full scope to
speculation, has special fascination for
them. II preachers would write out
their experiences with this class of per
sons there would be no scarcity of spicy
reading. 1t was harmless kind of
crank that Bishop Thomas Bowman, of
this city, ran against one time at a camp
meeting. On that occasion he preached
from the following text: LAS Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the son of man be lifted
up" The most attentive listener in the
congregation was tall, lank individual.
with wild, deep set eyes and long hair.
At the conclusion of the sermon he
made n bee line for the bishop, and the
latter, divining the character of the
man, tried to get away from him, but
failed.
"Well, now, my brother" said the
bishop with just little pique in his
voice, for he was very tired and the
weather was hot, "what is it you wishy''
Bishop" he replied, with intense ear
nestness, II have been student of the
Bible all my life, and there is one ques-
tion that has troubled me for a long
time. Perhaps you can throw some
light on it. 1t is this: What was the
color of the snakes that We're sent to
afflict the children of Israel?"-St. Louis
lobe-Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-26
iF I WE'RE FAIR.

II | were fairl
II had little hands and slender feet;
II to my cheeks the color rich and sweet
Came at a word and faded at frown;
II had clinging curls Of FURNISHED brown;
III had dreamy eyes aglow with smiles,
And graceful limbs, and pretty girlish wilcs-
II were fair, Love would not turn aside.
Life's path, so narrow. would be broad and
wide,
IL were fairl
II were fart
Perhaps like other maidcns might hold
A true hearts store of tried and tested gold.
Love waits on Beauty, though sweet Love
alone,
II seems to me, for naught might well atone.
But Bcauty's charm is strong, and Love obeys
The mystic witchery of her shy ways.
II were fair my years would seem so few;
Life would unfold sweet pictures 10 my view.
IL l were fair!
II | were fair!
Perhaps the baby, with scream of Joy,
To clasp my neck would throw away its toy,
And hide its dimplcs in my shining hair.
Bewildcr'd by the maze of glory thcre
But now-Oh, shadow Of n young girls face;
Uncolor'd lips that PAINS cold finger tracel
You will not blame the child whose wee hands
close,
Not on the blighted bud, but OH the rose
So rich and fair
II | were fart
Oh, Just little fair, with some soft touch
About my face to glory IL much!
II no one shunn'd my presence or my kiss,
My heart would almost break beneath its
bliss.
'Tis said each pilgrim shall attain his goal,
And perfect light shall food each blinded soul
When days flush mergcs into sunsets bars,
And night is here. And then beyond the stars
| shall be fart
Edith Rutter in London Spectator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-26
The Lady Trapped.

"Yes," said the society lady at swell
affair the other evening, 1--WE crossed
the Atlantic ocean eleven times"
The smart young man adjusted his
eyeglass and said, "Ah! Born in Amer
lea, suppose%
''No, indeed! Why do You ask?"
Because if you We're born in this
country and had crossed the ocean eleven
times you'd be on the other side now,
dontcherknowr'
The lady figured moment on the tips
of her pretty fingers, blushed violently
and ied.-London Tit-Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-26
The Indians Regard for Snakes.

The North American Indians will not
kill snake in their path. They hold it
in reverence, and although they select
great numbers of them to use in their
snake dances they never kill them, but
when the ceremony is finished take
them out on the plains and release them
Some Zuni Indians from New Mexico
with whom l became acquainted re-
fused to repeat their folk lore out Of
doors for fear the rattlesnakes would
hear them.-St. Nicholas.