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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-11-07
ffiE OLD WOOD GATHERER.

see her daily toiling past my door
On slow, uncertain feet,
Her bowed head silvered with the frosts three
score
Rough wintry years have scattered since OF
Life's budding spring was sweet
Her quiet face is patient and serene.
Times plowshare has cut deep
Across those hollow cheeks, whereon is seen
No trace of crimson roses that had been
Before she learned to weep.
The kerchief knotted underneath her chin
Its once bright tints grown gray
The wooden shoe and quaint short gown worn
thin,
Proclaim the German home she grew within,
A home far, far away.
There, where some lordly castle lifts on high
His blood cemented towers,
Where at his knee the red rooted houses lie,
Her shouts of laughter sounded merrily
In childhood s. heeting hours
There, where the purple clusters fill the air
With autumn scents Of wine,
And murmurous bees, like priests, intone their
prayer,
And breezes scatter incense everywhere
Along the storied Rhine
Inere WIN ner Q1SUa1 at ner Sue WTOuSut
Her simple wedding gown
And dreamed girls vague, lovely dreams,
nor sought
To know what chance or change the far years
brought,
What SorrowS or renown.
The fair haired maid dreams at her work no
more.
Instead, on weary feet,
A bent old woman, wheeling past my door
The wood she gathers for her winters store,
Goes wandering through the street.
o woman's heart that beats within that
breast,
Forgive the glance too bold!
Forgive the scanty help and passing jest
At poverty that robs thine age of rest,
Gods blessing to the oldl
The way was long and hard, but nears its end.
Tomorrow thou mayst wear
The peaceful majesty that death can lend,
And, strong and young, mayst find at last 4
friend
Thy silent grief to share. Curtis May.
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Downed the Duke.

When the Duke of Marlborough visit
ed America, he stopped at one of New
York's swell hotels. On entering the
dining room one evening he was seated
at a table opposite one occupied by half
a dozen Harvard students. Calling the
waiter, the duke asked for menu card
and exclaimed on looking it over: SIS
that all? Vile-simply vilel Wine list,
waiter" After scanning the wine list
he made the same remark in louder
tones, attracting the attention of the
students, one of whom Immediately
called, Waiter, MENU" and on glanc-
ing at the card remarked: rs that all
Vile-simply vilep' Another called for
the wine list, looked it over, and with
disgust in every word, mimicked: ''Is
that all? Vile-simply vilel" The duke
turned angrily in his chair, and ad-
dressing the students in naughty tones
said, care you aware, gentlemen, that
you are mocking the Duke of Marlbor-
ough?" The six Harvard students look
ed at each other in undisguised disap-
pointment, exclaiming in chorus: SIS
that all? Vile-simply vileP' while
the room rang with laughter.
Francisco Argonaut.
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The TailOr's Apology.

A tailor living in Swinemunde strasse,
after receiving "sound cudgeling, :"
has had likewise to apologize in the
Agony" column of a Berlin newspa-
per. The advertisement is as follows:
II herewith declare that the journey
man blacksmith, Herr Karl x, is q
very honorable man-most honorable
and l take this opportunity of with
drawing the most defamatory charges I
made against him. Herr Karl K. has
already given me good thrashing for
the said slanderous words. But Herr
Schiedsmann (the interceder) informs
me that Herr Karl x will not do so
again If I state in a public newspaper
that he is an honorable man and put a
thaler in the poor box. London News.
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lie looked up ouesr1onlng1y.

Il want to ask you-is it the medi-
cine or hearing the neighbors. talk
about religion and the unconverted that
makes me think such strange things:
Do you believe God is angry with me?
never meant to do wrong, and yet can
it be true, Thomas?'
"No, =" he answered, sit is not true.
They know nothing of him. 1t is the
anodyne that gives you such disturbed
thoughts, dear.
''It may be-and 1 am not afraid to
die.
She was silent SO long that Thomas
thought she had gone to sleep, when
she again turned her face toward him,
asking earnestly:
"What do you believe of God?"
He bowed his head involuntarily. Old
phrases crowded into his mind, but he
sought for the living word
II believe in God, he said at length,
"God, the Father and Saviour of man"
and he paused, for no other words
came, and these filled the silence of the
room as with prayer. He had an awed
feeling as if some one had been called
and was there invisible, but felt like
the unseen life within him.
"Our Father, as she said it the
baby moved, and she put her hand.
wasted and feeble, ON the little bare,
rosy foot, with it's curled up toes. The
little foot felt soft and warm, and she
smiled with pleasure. He was beauti-
full child, full of vitality and aglow with
health.
"Yes," she continued softly, "sinoe
the baby was born I have thought of
him so. What a needless, foolish girl
was till God gave me this little childp
'There, dear, you need not fear to be
in his hands any more than the baby
fears to be upon your breast -
81 think l can go to sleep now" and
she did sleep, with lovely smile upon
her lips, of awakening life.
So Thomas and Phyllis were convert
ed-for after all what do the long theo-
logic phrases, conversion, regeneration,
justification, mean but love? And love
grows not only through miracle and
spiritual anguish, but the common
things of daily experience, in which
God forever seeks and finds US, teach
ing us to love him in loving each other.
Springfield Mass. Republican.
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'tDo you believe i'll this talk about
discovering mans character from his
handwriting?"
81 do, replied Mr.. Hasbin Swift.
with sigh.
Ever know of its being tried?"
''Yes. And with fatal efficacy. The
experiment is most successful when the
handwriting is read aloud in court -
Washington Star.
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"For several years I have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results"
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Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhna, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di.
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
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ABOUT CORN SMUT.
In Moderate Quantities 1t Is Not q,
Active Poison.

In Moderate Quantities 1t Is Not az
Active Poison.
To settle the question as to lsiletE r
corn smut is as poisonous as supposed,
Prof. Henry made an experiment soma
in the experiment were each fed five
pounds Of bran morning and night,
what meadow hay they wished to eat,
and peck of ear corn chopped into
small pieces. In addition to this ration
some corn smut was fed, mixed with
the bran, and half morning and night,
beginning with six ounces and increas-
ing the quantity to sixtyfour ounces
in thirteen days, in case of one COW,
and to thirty-two ounces in eleven
days in case of the other. One of these
animals refused to eat all the bran and
smut mixture, leaving about two-th thirds
of it, and after awhile she grew so in
different that she would scarcely taste
1t, and was turned out with the rest of
the herd as smut-proof The other
COW ate the entire ration, and seemed
to be thriving finely, when suddenly a
change came, and she refused the
usual food and in a few days died Her
symptoms during sickness were: Loss
of use of limbs head thrown forward
SO as to bring the nose on a
line with the back; hard breathing and
groaning; spasmodic contraction of
the body; horns and legs cold; the lat
ter stretched out stiffly, and hoofs rat
tling when shivering. 1t seems that
impaction found in the third stomach
was the consequence rather than a
cause and would not, of itself, have
produced death SO suddenly. Prof.
Gamgee, under the direction of the de-
partment of agriculture, found that
smut, if eaten when wet, produced no
i'll effects, when fed dry caused the an
imal to lose flesh. 1t is quite evident,
says Prof Henry, that smut is not an ac-
tive poison in moderate quantities, and
ttseems that the principal danger from
this cause lies in turning the cattle
into stock fields where they gorge
themselves with dry corn fodder and
smut. Prof. Gamgee recommends
some purgative for animals sick from
this cause, as epson salts. or a pound
of inseed oil for grown animal, and
to induce the animal to drink water as
soon as possible. The writer has no.
ticed very frequently that upon first
turning cattle into the stock field,
II they are driven TO the watering
place at least three times day no
trouble ever arises from eating from
smut.-Prairie Farmer.
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better hold the nails. The stepping
board should be located about one foot
from the ground or floor, that the
hens may easily jump up to it. This
row of nests may be changed
from the inside to the outside of a
building, or placed where most con-
venient. Where nests are located
singly and some distance apart the
laying hen will occupy the nest with
another-especially if both are in the
habit of dropping their eggs in that
identical nest. By this system of
grouping, when they reach the step
ping board or walk, and find one nest
occupied, they pass on to another,
without molesting the occupant. All.
other point in favor of portable nests
is that they are readily taken down,
and every part can be thoroughly
cleaned or whitewashed, which is not
practicable where the nests are nailed
in position as a part of the building.
Those who have tried this plan of
grouping nests find it extremely con-
venient and practical.-Orange Judd
Farmer
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THE FARMING WORLD.
MOVABLE HENS NESTS.
Those Who Have Tried Them Pronounce
Them a Great Success.

Those Who Have Tried Them Pronounce
Them Great Success.
Where but fifteen or twenty hens
are kept, and no regularly construct
ed henhouse is at hand, a series of
nests, so made from light material that
they can be readily moved about as
desired will be found valuable ac-
QUESTION. The manner of constructing
these nests is shown in the illustra-
tion, from a sketch by l.. D. Shook.
Five or six, or even as many as eight
nests may be thus grouped. The nest
space +, is one foot wide at the bottom;
the front board is six inches wide; the
open space between this and the roof
board, a, is eight inches wide, tho
roof board being about fifteen inches
in width. An alighting or stepping
board, Y, is six inches wide, leaving an
inch space between that and the front
of the nests, for refuse to pass
through. The hangers, S S, may be o,
any strong material, and hung upon
spikes, driven at the proper places and
in a slanting direction. The bottom,
front, back and cover may be made
from well-seasoned half-inch stuff, the
divisions being from inch material, te
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Farmers are perpetually grumbling
at the annoyance of sorrel, and have,
after many experiments, found lime
and potash their best assistants in ex-
terminating this weed. In some way
the idea has become prevalent that the
alkaline properties of these two sub
stances have something to do with de-
stroying the sorrel. This is true only
because they stimulate other and
stronger plants. Glover sown over a
sorrel field and literally fed with lime
and potash will soon make such Wig
orous growth that the sorrel will stand
no chance f life, being actually crowd
ed out of existence.-N. Y. Ledger.
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Get out the dirt floor, and go down
deep, using it for manure. Fill in
with clean, fresh earth, and trample it
down well, being careful to have the
level of the floor above that of the out
side ground, in order to avoid damp.
ness. Kill the lice by burning sulphur,
and by the free use of coal oil. Spade
up the yards, and use plenty of air.
slaked lime over them. Lice will re-
main in the poultry-house all winter if
they are not entirely destroyed.
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''Swiggles' books are very well spoken
of, are they not?" asked the timid-look-
ing man.
''Yes, SIR" replied the bookseller.
"Some of the critics praise them
highly"
"And suppose there will be pretty
active demand for them in time?"
so, yes" said the dealer. After
Swiggles is dead everybody will be
wanting to read them"
The timid-looking man went softly
away. He was Swiggles.-Chicago
Tribune.
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A Regular Vidocu.

81 understand" said the detective,
''that you had clew to the where
inal."
"Ycs," replied the brother officer; "a
slight one."
What was it?"
"a man came to me and said that he
was Crockles, and wanted to give him
self up because he was tired of eluding
Justice"
'What did you do?"
Nothing. He couldn't prove his
identity. "-Washington Star.
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Don't Won See z

That vapor creeping up from the marshy
lowlands. 1t is ladened with the seeds of
chilfs and fever. Do you think you can
breathe these without danger? Not much.
Protect yourself with Hostetters Stomach
Bitters and you will be safe. Or if you find
dyspepsia, rheumatism, inactivity Of the kid
neys or liver, or constipation coming on
apace, use this thorough and benefcent safe
guard.
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Applying Coal-Tar.

II coal-tar is to be used on old paper.
or applied as paint, it may be done
by thinning it down with gasoline,
which evaporates rapidly and leaves
the surface hard, but be careful to
have no fire near. nor even match in
your pocket, as an explosion may
result; all danger viii be oser attez
the sar Is dry
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n GIden TiTlea

People overlooked the Importance Of per-
rnanentlv beneficial esTects a..i r., salts
fled with transient action, bUL I,'.r that it
is generally known that Syfup G: rs viii
permanently cure habituai cen. tspation,
welI-informed people will not buy other lax
atives, which act for a time, but finally in
iure the ystem.
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To What Base Uses,

Mrs. Booklore- You have a great
treasure in this old volume of Shake
speare, Mrs. Thrifty.
Mrs. Thrifty - Oh, my, yes! Mr..
Thrifty prizes it no end and find Il
invaluable for pressing my laces.-
Judge.
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SolicitOuS,

DR.. Proble-Now that my patients
have nearly all gone away, l think l
shall get off myself.
Miss Summit hope, doctor, that
you are not going to join them,-N, Y.
World
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Human Nature Triumnhs.

Historian-Why have the Quakers so
nearly disappeared?
Observer-The girls married out
siders who would buy them pretty bon
nets, and the boys married girls who
wore pretty bonnets.-N. Y. Weekly.
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The rook is the only bird that re.
pairs his nest in the fall. The same
birds use the same nests year after
year, and just before migrating they
touch up their nests and put them in
order for the winter.
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JH1LaoN says the girl whoseat,orer tells her
he loves every hair in her head will be fooled
if she thinks he won't kick like a bay steer
if he should happen to find any OF them in
the biscuit after they are married Buffalo
Courier.
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Lulu, aged two and one-half years, had
been out playing and came in with dirty
face. Her mamma said: ''What dirty
little pig. Come, dear, and have your face
washed" But Lulu objected stoutly, say
ing: pigs don't have their faces washed"
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An Insinuatinn.

Nose Schaumburg-I never loses q
customer.
Customer-No, I suppose not; when
you sell a man a suit of clothes he al
ways comes back to you to have it
stitched together again.-Alex Sweet
in Texa Siftings.
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Teacher-You have named all domes-
tic animals save one. 1t has bristly
hair, likes dirt, and is fond of mud.
Well, Tom?
Tom (shamefacedly) - That's me-
Persons.
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A Great Shock.

Caller-Is Prof. Missem, the weather
prophet, at hone?
Servant-Yes; but he can't see any.
one. He is suffering from shock.
Caller-My! my! Have some of his
predictions come true?-N. Y. Weekly.
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Mrs. PANCAKE (suspiciously)-"Wh are
you hanging around my back window so
long," Tramp those apple pies
are as purity as pictures, an I'd like to be
the frame o. one o. them. ."-Harper's
Bazar.
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UNCLE JOHN lin the country)-"Just look
at that meadow, with its carpet of green
grass! Isn't it beautifulE' Flossie (from
the city)-''Yes, Uncle John; but it isn't
natural. There isn't single keep off the
grass sign on it."
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Mr.. TRoTTER-''I told you that Cholly's at
tentions to Emily Brown would never
amount to anything" Mrs. Trotter-''Well,
you were wrong again; they frightened Dick
Faster into proposing at last, and Emily has
accepted him. .'-Harper'S BaZ2r
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at the Blowouts Rccept;on.

Renshaw (waiting patiently to be
helped)-An things come to him who
waits.
Sherman-So | observe, but the
deuce Of it is to get anything from the
Kaiter.-Brooklyn Life.
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"Why can't there be a fight without the
shedding of blood?" asks an opponent of
war. If he will ask any prominent pugilist
he will find out exactly how the thing can
be done.-N Y. Tribune
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II TELL you Pm in big luck" 'Im glad
to hear it" Eyes. The insurance ex-
aminer passed me o. K. two months ago,
and now the doctor tells me I've got an in
durable disease. ."-Kate Fields Washing
ton
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c


A Coop TINE CoMIN8.-Farmer Brown
(efter fourteen hours at haying)-''Never
mind, Tommy; hayiu' don't last forever.
Just remember that winter'S comm soon
an nothin' to do but saw wQod, an tend
the cattle an go to school an study lights"
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"DoCToR, "said Mrs Weeds, ''Ican't get it
out of my head thatpossibly my poor dear
husband was buried alive" ''NOnsense! y
snorted DR.. Peduncle. Didn't attend him
myself in his last illness? ?'-Life.
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VIsToR-"I suppose you have great deal
of poetry sent III. to you for publications."
Editor-"No, not very much poetry as a
rule; some of it is verse, and some of it ia
worse. ."-Somerville Journal
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A MAN who used to keep cigar store re-
Gently went into the butter business. He
staggered his first customer by asking if he
would have it medium, mild or strong"-
Credit Lost
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"PARKER uses a great deal of cologne, ii
seems to me. Awful bad form p said Haw.
kins. ''It wsuld be in YOU" said Hicks, ''but
it's family pride with Parker. He comes
of old colognial ."-Harpers Bazar.
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She-The count was disappointed in
her inheritance?
Ue-Yes. He threatens to sue for di-
vorce on the ground that she made
false entries in her love lette1s.-Brools-
lyn Life.
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A LITTLE boy, on returning from Sunday
school said to his mother: ''This catechism
is too hard isn't there any kittycbisms for
Gttlo boysl''-Tit-Bits
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MIsTREss-'I think you handle those fine
china dishes we're carelessly." Domestic
''Don't worry, mum. They are so light that
they wouldn't hurt even if | dropped 'em on
my toes, mum. IN. Y. Weekly.
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Gus De SMITH-"By the way, Hostetter.
have you two fives for a ten?n Hostetser-
II have" Gus De Smith-''Then len3 ms
one of EN-. ."-Texa5 Siftings.
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CHATS good idea. Garry it out" said
the editor to the man who came in with a
better plan for running the paper.-Philar
delphia Record.
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"EF you wanter fattah er mans vanity
good" said Uncle Eben, "tell i'm ne AIM got
iva ashington Star.