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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
HandeI's Plagiarisms.

AS plagiarist Handel claims special
attention. Other mems musical ideas
crowded upon his receptive mind as
lavishly as did his own, and he seems to
have turned them very largely to ac
count. A later age, with q more scruti-
pizing eye and analytical craze than his
own, has discovered that Handel has
justly entitled himself to the reputation
of being q musical pirate, rs bold and
barefaced as was ever abroad. He did
not merely borrow ideas - he lifted
whole movements en- bloc.
One charge will suffice, although
Erba, Stradella, Colonna and others have
all been laid undor contribution. When
i'll 1743 a grateful nation returned
thanks for the battle of Dettingen, Han
del provided ''Te Deum," presumably
of his own composition. 1t has been dis
covered, however, that the composition
is mainly the music of a ''Te Deum" by
Uric, who was a chapel master i'll
Venice in the seventeenth century.
No less than nine movements in the
"DettingenT TeDeum'' and six in Saul"
are ''cribs" of an amazing and au-
dacious nature for Urio's work What
induced Handel to thus appropriate and
palm off as his own other mems work
no one has discovered It is great blot
on an otherwise honorable artistic Ca
reer and is the less excusable because
it must have been even less trouble for
him to write an original movement than
to copy one. one.-Blackwood' Magazine.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
CHURCH DIRECTORY,
aug l0-1y

First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick St
between New and Market streets, services
III a. m. and p. m. Pastor, Rev. A. NJ. Fraser
Second Presbyterian church corner Freder
lex and Lewis streets. Services at IL a. m
and s. Pastor. Rev. VIM. Cumming
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, worship at Y.
NJ. c. A. Hall. Services at IL a. M. and p M
Rector, Rev. r. C. Jett.
Trinity Episcopal church, Main street. be-
tween Lewis and Church streets. Services at
II a. M, and 8 p. m. Rector, Rev. W. O. Hull
lilleD
United Brethren church, Lewis street, be
tween Main and johnson streets Services at
II a. m and p. m. Pastor, Rev. j. d Dom
ovan.
Methodist church. Lewis street, between
Main and Frederick streets. Services at IL
m. and p. IN. Pastor, Rev. J. II. Boyd, D. D
Christ Evangelical Lutheran church Lew
is street between Main and Frederick streets
Services al IL a. III. and p. III. Pastor Rev.
FL. F. Shealy.
baptist church, corner siain and Washing
ton streets. Services at il a. m. and D. III
Pastor, Rev. ". J L. Cox.
st. Francis Roman Catholic North Augusts
street, Mass at and 1890 a. m. vespers and
benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament at
p. M Pastor. Rev. Father McYerry.
Young Mems Christian Association. corner
Main and Water streets. Services at d, m.
Sunda
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
The Hooked LIN brella.

The umbrella with hook to the han
die is very convenient to carry. 1t is
easy to grasp Or to slip on the arm, but
it can prove an awkward companion if
carried the wrong way, and it very
often is, as was illustrated by a lady on
Canal street a day or two ago. She was
walking quickly along, not once tempt
ed by the daintily arranged bargains
spread out in the windows She was
evidently in hurry. Her crooked han
die umbrella was under her arm. She
passed through group of gentlemen,
when suddenly she found herself
wheeled around with great force, and
to her astonishment discovered she had
hooked a handsome young man, the
hook being fastened to the front Of his
vest. Don't carry hooked umbrella
under your arm.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
How Poe Sold ssThe Bells"

Henry Sartain, son Of tho famous en-
graver, tells this story Of how in 1851
Poe's poem Of ''The Bells was first
published in Sartain' Magazine:
''Poe came into the office one day,
and handing father a stanza in manu-
script asked him what he thought of it.
Father looked it over and said he
thought it pretty good. rs it worth S5?'
asked Poe. Father said he thought it
was and paid him the money. The poem
was the first stanza Of The Bells A
week or so later Poe again sauntered
into the Office, with the remark, We'll,
John, see you haven printed my poem
yet. Father replied that he had not be-
cause of lack of space. We'll, I've got
another stanza here. Will you let me
have five on it?' The man looked so
utterly wretched that father paid him
the money and took the stanza. Still
another installment of two additional
stanzas followed within a month, and
then it was that the poem was first
printed. '-Philadelphia Record.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
She Put Him to the Test.

eyes, darling - he said in tones Of
deep tenderness, II would do anything
to show my love for you.
''Ah," sighed the gentle maiden,
''that's what all men say when they
are striving to win woman's heart. y
''Put me to the proof, he said in
wild, passionate tones, ''put me to the
proof. Test me and see if 1 fail Set me
any test within the bounds of possibili-
ty, and it shall be performed. -
"Ah," she murmured, eff 1 could
only believe you!''
''Put me to the test. Say to me, DO
this OF that, and it shall be DONE
"Yes," she murmured slowly, there
is one thing I should like you to do,
'Oh, tell me, and let me do it! Now
you shall behold the height, the depth,
the length, the breadth, the circumfer-
ence of my love for you, - he cried ex-
ultantly. The maiden dropped her
lashes, smile dimpled the corners of
her mouth as she gently murmured,
''Marry some other girl. London Tit
Ritc
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
A PIagiariStic Boy.

One Of the boys of a Capitol hill fam
lily had been instructed by his teacher
to write an essay. A rather abstruse
subject was given him, and he had been
referred to the dictionary His elder
brother, who was also giving sugges-
tions, had promised if the composition
was good he would write it on the type
writer. The little fellow went to the
dictionary and found the word he was
looking for and under it quotation
that just suited the subject. He consid-
cred life a little too short, though, to
copy the quotation. so he hunted up his
mothers shears and in way that argues
a great deal in favor Of his future jour
nalistic ability clipped through the big,
handsome dictionary and clipped wher-
ever word or phrase suited his fancy.
His brother, who rewrote the compo-
sition, discovered the plagiarism and
informed the father, and the boy now
takes his meals from the shelf Wash
ington Post.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
Whv Olives Are Cheap.

''Do you know what makes picked
olives SO chesp?'' the furnisher of de-
lectables said the other day. "You
wouldn't expect a California olive
grower to get rich when his olives are
sold at little more than the cost of the
brine. will tell you secret-the trick
in the olive trade. Down in the Genesee
valley there are great fruit farms. There
is one grower who has 80 acres of plum
trees, 1000 Of them now bearing.
Each one yields three or four bushels of
green plums. The plums are olive
shaped. They are picked when green,
sold to buyer who puts them in fancy
labeled bottles or in kegs, and they are
sold for olives. They so much resemble
the genuine that no one but an epicure
can detect that they are not. Tricks in
all trades, aren't there?' - Buffalo
News
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
Origin of the Menhaden Industry.

Mr.. Robert F. Walsh, i'll The Popu-
lar Science Monthly, thus recalls the
origin of the present menhaden indus
try: "It was in 1850 when an old lady,
Mrs. John Bartlett of Bluehill, Me-,
boiling some fish for her chickens, OBJ
served thin scum of oil upon the sur
face of the water. Some of this she bot
tied, and when on visit to Boston soon
after carried samples to leading Oil
merchant, who encouraged her to bring
more. The following year the Bartlett
family. industriously applied their gill
nets and sent to market 13 barrels OF
oil, for which they were paid at the
rate of 81 per barrel. In the following
year this family made 100 barrels.
Then, the value of menhaden oil hav-
ing become recognized, many oil presses
of a more or less imperfect construc-
tion-were established along the coast,
and the industry developed SO rapidly
that within 30 years the yield OF men
haden oil exceeded that of the whale
from the American fisheries. -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
Long Farms In Maine.

Maine probably has many oddly shap-
ed farms, but we doubt if one can be
found more peculiar in form than that
in the east part of Dexter, formerly
owned by the pioneer blacksmith Eli
jah W. Sprague. This was eight rods
wide and half mile long, with the
highway cutting it at right angles into
unequal portions. The inconvenience of
SO narrow a farm, with pasturage and
woodland at one end, is obvious to any
one, but in this form it has continued
from the days of the forefathers to the
present time, in use as farm all the
time. A farm only 20 rods wide and
about half mile long was in use a
great many years near Pennington Falls
and may be so used yet for all the writ
er knows, but the Dexter farm beats it
by nearly two-thirds for narrowness
and general oddity. Farms of this shape
are numerous in Canada. a.-Lewiston
JorlYno1
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
ANIMAL SENTRlES.
They Are Posted by the Flock or Herd to
Guard Against Surprise.

They Are Posted by the Flock or Herd to
Guard Against Surprise.
The too eager sportsman is often
balked of shot by the watchful senti-
mel posted to guard the flock or the herd
against surprise. Posting a sentry is
the most universal of the instincts which
use organization as means of defense.
Chamois, ibex and other mountain an
telopes always post a sentinel. Always
when herd of seals is sleeping on the
rocks there is a watcher. This instinct,
The Spectator informs US, survives even
in animal captivity.
when the prairie dogs at the zoo
occupied small paddock, they always
kept sentinel on duty, although he
seldom uttered his warning whistle.
having learned probably that the visit
ors would not come inside the railings.
The prairie dogs at the Jardin d'Accli-
matisation Of Paris observe the same
precaution. As is we'll known, wild
geese are particularly wary in this re-
spect. Mr.. st. John says that "they
seem to act in so organized and cautious
a manner when feeding or roosting as
to defy all danger When a flock Of
wild geese has fixed on field of newly
sown grain to feed in, before alighting
they make numerous circling flights,
and the least suspicious object prevents
them from pitching.
"Supposing that all is right and they
do alight, the whole flock for space
of minute or two remain motionless,
with erect head and neck, reconnoiter-
ing the country around They now ap-
pear to have made up their mind that
all is safe and are contented to leave
one sentry, who either stands on some
elevated part of the field or walks slowly
with the rest-never, however, ventur-
ing to pick up a single grain of corn,
his whole energies being employed in
watching. The most curious part has to
follow. When sentry thinks he has
performed fair share of the duty, he
gives the bird nearest him sharp peck.
Mr. ST. John declares that he has
seen the sentry occasionally pull out
bunch of feathers when the first hint
was not Immediately attended to and at
the same time utter querulous cry.
Wild swans are almost as cautious as
wild geese. The signal of danger differs
with the species of animals, but the
alarm note seems to be universally I'M
derstood by the sentinel's followers.
Wild geese and swans have peculiar
call, as of bugle; rabbits and sheep
stamp on the ground; wild ducks utter
a low and cautious quack; elephants
whistle; ibex and mountain sheep whis-
tle.-Rod and Gun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
HAVE YOU INDIGESTION?

Perhaps There Is Hint For You In This
Story of Some AiIing Chickens.
Troubled with indigestion, are you?''
Feel all puffed up, Ell? Well, it pity
that some one couldn't treat you the
way my brother-in- wife treated
her chickens. That was when they lived
out in Lewistown, Pa
"Going to tell us another story now,
I suppose, like those about catching
herring in the grass and hunting shad
with a dog and gun, amt you?"
Without paying any attention to this
sighting remark the Jerseyman went
on:
"My brother-in in laws wife had fine
crop of chickens that summer They
were all Matched that spring and were
growing we'll when one day the whole
flock got at bag of dry cornmeal and
filled their crops full of it. The first
thing my brother-in-law' wife knew
of this was when the meal began to
swell and turn sour, and the whole
troop Of chickens were waddling around
with crops twice their regular size and
every chicken looking like the bass
drummer in a German band. You see,
the chickens either had got at water
too soon or else didn't have gravel
enough in their crops to grind up the
meal, and it wouldn't digest and SEEM
ed likely to burst them.
''There was no one by to givsk help or
advice, and my brother-in-law's wife
wasn't going to lose that lot Of more
than 100 fine chickens if she could help
it, so she started right in to do the best
she could. The children caught the
chickens and brought them to her, and
with her buttonhole scissors she cut a
slit in each one of their crops. She
squeezed out the cornmeal, washed
their crops out and sewed them up
again. The chickens seemed grateful
They were kept quiet for couple of
days, fed lightly, and every one Of them
recovered. New York Sun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
BLIND cHILDREN's IDEAS.
The Queer Notions They Have and How
They Express Them.

The Queer Notions They Have and How
They Express Them.
DR.. Anagnos told me some amusing
stories about the quaint old way that
blind children usually have of express
ing themselves. This is due to the fact
that blind children are thrown almost
altogether for ompanionship with
grown people and so unconsciously they
imbibe the same manner of speech.
A short time ago a little child was
entered at the institution by its aunt,
who was a schoolteacher. When she left
the child, she said, ''Now, I shall ex-
pect you to get the matron to write a
letter for you to me before very long,"
A short time passed, and the matron
said to the little girl. ''Isn't it about
time that we wrote that letter to your
auntie?" The little mite said, "Now,
that is what should style coincidence,
for I was just about to remark upon the
necessity of forming my ideas at once. "
At this same institution was much
interested in watching the little ones
write. They placed the paper upon a
board of raised lines, and guided by
them wrote an even, well formed hand.
picked up composition just finished,
and it was SO dainty and fanciful that
I give it to you:
THE PREACHER.
Do you know who the preacher is,
and do you know where he lives? He
lives i'll green, shady place, and the
birds and the flowers make his congre-
cation.
The children passing by often gather
punches of these preachers, for there
are a great many, and take them home
to put in vase to ornament their man.
tells This preacher is called Jack in the
pulpit
Jack, finding life very dismal, soon
dies.
When the cold winds of winter come,
Jack is asleep under loving mother
earth's warm blanket.
But when Jack hears the ripping
brooks and the singing birds he knows
that it is spring again, and he must do
his part to make mother earth beauti-
ful.-BoSton Advertiser.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15

Everybody knows that much OF the
30 called Mocha coffee sold in the United
States is no such thing, but only a
few persons know how some of the coun-
terfeit Mocha is made. The berries
growing on the highest limbs of the
coffee tree in Brazil are often shriveled
in the semblance of the true Mocha, and
these are carefully set aside, shipped
to some port famous for Mocha coffee
and sent thence to the western world as
the true thing.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
Hours for Arrival and Closing Of Mails at Stall
ton POStOfhCe.
ARRIVE.

BY C. AND o. RAILROAD.
a. M. from north south, east and west.
9.l5 a. H. from west.
230 D. M from Clifton Forge and intermediate
points,
Il.55 a. N. from Richmond and intermediate
points.
6.45 p. III. from north, east and south.
B. ANDo
7.O4 a. m. from Lexington and Intermediate
Lao D. NJ fl ON the north.
6.l5 p. from the north, Harper's Ferry ann
Intermediates points.
STAR ROUTES.
: a. m. from Plunkettsviile- daily except sun
l1 IL NJ from Mt Meridian, daily except Sun
) D. III from Middle:,rook daily except sun
$50 p M from Monterey, daily except Sunday.
CLOSE.
FOR Il. AND o.
$50 a. IN. for Lexington, Harper's Ferry and
points north
1l25 a. m for Harrisonburg Woodstock and
points north.
]. 10 p. IN. for Lexington.
400 p. m. for Fort Defiance
500 p. m. for Lexington and intermediate
points.
FOR C. AND 0.
s.45 a. IN. snd p. IN. for north. east, south.
500 y. IN. for east north. south and west
l.25 "a. M for Clifton Forge and intermediate
points.
Il on p. m for tho west.
STAR KoUrEs-DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
$50 a. m. for Monterey.
600 a. m. for Middlebrook
LOO p. IN. for Mt Meridian.
6.15 p. m. for PlunkettsvilIe.
l2.30 p. m. for Mt Solon, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
sTAUNTON OFFICE
Opens a. H., closes p. m. Money order
and registry business opens at a. M. closes
D. m w. II. McCUE. P. NJ.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
--<--- -- - -,--
HOW WIRE Is MADE.
Its Manufacture Very Interesting and
Unique Mechanical Process.

unique Mecnan1cai Process.
The rod is received by the wire draw
er in the form of coil, the rod being
of varying section and the coil of a
weight depending upon the purpose for
which it is intended One end of the
rod is pointed and somewhat reduced
by machinery. The coil is then given a
bath in mild acid to remove all oxida-
ton, afterward washed in limewater
to give drawing surface and is fnall-
dried in a proper oven. When ready for
drawing, the pointed rod is inserted in
one of the holes of a drawing plate. This
plate is generally of steel, but some fac
tories use cast iron. The drawing holes
are conical, and the rod is inserted from
the larger end. On the other side of the
plate the pointed end is seized by pow
er pinchers and pulled until enough has
been drawn through to allow Of its be-
ing passed around and fastened to a
drum or reel which is driven by power.
OF course the rod is reduced in area and
much elongated, and this without any
perceptible loss of metal. While passing
through the plate it is kept fabricated
with what is called wire drawers soap
or grease. After being drawn through
this first hole it is put through series
of smaller ones until it has been brought
down to the requisite size. But the COM
preston and disturbance of the structure
of the rod consequent upon these reduc-
tions have hardened it so much that at
certain stages it is necessary to stop the
process and soften the metal by anneal-
ing. After this it is again washed in
acid, etc., and the drawing is resumed.
Iron and the harder grades of steel re-
quire five or six annealings while being
reduced to the finer gauges of wire. But
the manufacture of soft steel and the
details of rolling it into rods have been
so perfected that soft steel rods can now
be drawn into fence wire without any
cleaning or annealing. After the final
drawing the wire is finished in various
ways, depending upon the purposes for
which it is intended
No matter of what metal the wire
may be composed, the same general sys-
tenn of drawing is used, varying more
or less according to the metal. Includ-
ing gold, silver, platinum, copper, ETC.,
the commercial sizes of wire run from
one-fourth inch to one-seven hundredth
inch in diameter. -Cassier's Magazine.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
---- .-~--
THE DREAMER.

When am sleeping in my bed,
The little people in my head
All sport and frolic, dance and play
As they never do by day.
They play at being king and queen
Or catching fairy folk unseen.
They act out giant, troll or gnome.
Or in far Afric's forests roam.
They go with Sindbad on his trips
Or take command of pirate ships
And capture ealleons of Spain.
Pearl freighted, on the Spanish main.
Yet each one still pretends he's me,
While am sound asleep, you see.
They play, run and shout and leap
And yet I'm lying fast asleep.
They have such jolly lots of fun
And see such sights. Yet never one
Will wake me up that may go
To share the joys that please them so.
And if wake and try to hear,
Or at the, r frolics try to peer,
Then all the sly things in a trice
Are quiet and demure as mice.
-Arlo Bates in st. Nicholas.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
Crimina1s Cbanee Their Faces.

Surgery's discovery Of a way to oblit-
crate facial blemishes has given the de-
tective forces a great deal Of difficulty
in locating well known criminals. By
these operations the whole character of
the facial expression is sometimes
changed by a few deft jabs of a lancet.
The wounds heal i'll very short time
and in most cases can never be noticed.
The criminal fraternity are not slow to
take hold Of this knowledge, and in con-
sequence the descriptions in the posses
sion of the detectives cannot always be
depended upon.-Philadelphia Call.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15
CREDIT WHERE 1T WAS NOT DUE.
A Professor Whose Medicine Was Most Eff
fective In the Bottle.

A Professor Whose Medicine Was Most Eff
fective In the Bottle.
There is a doctor connected with the
University of Buffalo who has habit
of saying, do you catch the idea?" to
the young men who are in his charge
when he has made or tried to make a
point in his lectures at the quiz classes.
Once he had an odd case among his
private patients, and he invited stu
dent to go with him to see it. The pa
tient was woman. Before entering the
room the doctor carefully explained the
disease to the student and told him that
he had sent the woman some medicine
the night before which he was confident
would help her. He explained the COM
position of the medicine, told what par
ticular combination of drugs would ben
eft this disease and then entered the
sickroom.
"How do you feel this morning, Mrs.
K % he asked.
"Oh, DOCTOR" replied the patient,
. ''you have no idea how much better I
feel"
There, young man," said the doc
tor, turning to the student "do you
catch the idea?"
Eyes, DOCTOR" continued the sick
woman. 81 do feel very much better. !"
''Took my medicine, I suppose?"
queried the doctor.
"Well, no, replied the patient.
"You see, my husband was detained
away from home last night, and I didn't
get it at ALL
''I don't think" broke in the stu
dent, "that exactly caught the idea. !"
And the doctor hadn't word to say.
Buffalo Express.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-15

There is man in Chicago who has
lived there for 40 years and has visited
New York SO times or more in that Pc
riod. He has never uttered single
word in praise of Chicago or in dispar-
agement Of New York. 1t is thought
that if he were not deaf and dumb he
might make few remarks. New York
Mail and Express.