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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-03-16
NO INTERFERENCE.
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NJ lNIENFEkENCE.
-. 1t shall be unlawful for any elector to
carry the official ballot furnished him by the
Judge of election further than the voting
booth, and should he, after inspecting said
ballot, conclude not to vote, he must imme-
diately return said ballot to the judges of
election. Except as hereinafter provided, no
person shall advise, COUNSEL OF assist any
elector by writing, word, OF gesture as to how
he shall vote or mark his ballot after the
same has been delivered to him by the judges
of election. Any person violating the pro-
visions of this section shall he deemed guilty.
of misdemeanor, and upon conviction there
of sha IL he fined not less than $500 nor more
than 81 900 and confined in Jail six months.
To carry any official ballot beyond the voting
booth OF away from said booth, except to the
judges of election, OF to vote any ballot ex-
cept such as shall be received by the elector
from the judge of election. SHALL be misde-
meanor punishable by fine of 500; and it
shall be the duty of the judges of election to
cause by verbal order or warrant the instant
arrest of any person making such attempt,
and lie shall be required to vote or surren-
der said ballot, and he may be confined in
Jail, by the order of said judges of election un
til he obeys said Requirements. not exceeding
ten days.
IS. No elector shall be allowed by the
judges of election to remain in said voting
booth provided in this act more than two and
oEe l3alf minutes to the obstruction Of other
ELECTORS desiring to gqte. Said judges of cleo
ton Shall cause any eiector atteapting to oc-
cppy said voting booth for a Longer time, to
retire and surrender his ballot, and he shall
nqi again be allowed to receive an official
ballot unlsss II the discretion of tile judges
Ct election, another eRgertffnaH|ty 70 yqte Will
not delay or hinder ether ELECTORS:
H. Should any ballot be unintentionally OF
: accidentally defaced, or in any way rendered
unfit for voting by such elector. the elector
Shall qeiiEsr said defaced ballot to the judges
3f'electioh and receive another, upon taking
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-03-16

Saturday, the nth day Of April, 1871,
to sell ct public auction, for CASH, that very
desirable dwelling and lot situated west OF and
near the city Of Staunton and near the Fair
Grounds, and which is well known as "Steep
HILL" being the property now occupied by
Nathaniel HILBERT, and formerly occupied by
Col John j.. Peyton. The lot contains ~ acres,
ana the dwelling and improvements thereon are
very commOdous and desirable.
JAMES BUMGAItDNEF JR.,
Trustee.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-03-16
Staunton vindicator
FRIDAY MORNING. MAR. is. 1894.
LOCAL
NEW LAWS CT LOCAL INTEREST.
TILE AUGUSTA HOG LAW HOSPITAL
TREATMENT-TIIE DRUGGISTS Law
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS-THE HUSBAND
AND WIFE LAW.

We give below some Of the new laws,
and changes in old laws, adopted by the
legislature which has just adjourned, and
which are of local interest.
THE AUGUSTA HOG LAW.
The bill prohibiting the running at large,
on the public roads and unencloscd lands
in Augusta county, of hogs, sheep and
goats, was 50 amended when it got to the
Senate, as to give the Supervisors OF N ortl
River and Pastures township the authori-
ty to say whether it shall apply to those
townships or not. The Senate also struck
out the s. fine which was mandatory on
conviction, and inserted in lieu of it, that
magistrate may (instead of "shall'') I'M
pose u fine of from 81 to IS. In that
amended form the bill received the sigma
ture of the Governor and became II law
and goes into effect OIL Sunday, April LIST.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-03-16
HOW YOU MUST VOTE.

HOW YOU MUST VOTE.
II. Every elector qualified to vote at pre-
cinct shall. when he so demands, be furnished
with an official ballot by one of the judges of
election selected Tor that duty by majority of
the judges present. The said elector shall
then take the said official ballot and retire to
said voting booth. lie shall then draw line
with pen OF pencil through the names of the
candidates he does not wish to vote for, leav-
ing the name OF names of the candidate or
candidates he does wish to vote for unscratch-
ed. No name shall lie considered scratched
unless the pen or pencil mark shall extend
through three-fourths of the length of said
name; and no ballot save an official ballot
above provided for shall be counted for any
person. When, as to any office. more than
one name remains unscratched the ballot for
that particular Office shall be void; but the
ballot, as to any other office for which only
one name remains unscratched, shall be val
i'd He shall fold said ballot with the names
of the candidates on the inside and hand the
same to the judge of election, who shall place
the same in the ballot box without any in
spection, further than to assure himself that
said ballot is a genuine ballot, for which pur-
pose he may without looking at the printed
inside of said ballot, inspect the official seal
upon the back thereof; provided it shall be
lawful for any voter to erase any OF all names
tute therein in writing the name of any per-
son or persons for any Office for which he may
desire to vote,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-03-16

session. allowing no one to examine them;
nor shall such member comnittIicate to any
one any Information rs to the size, style or
contents of said ballots. He shall continue
in such exclusive possession until he delivers
said ballots to the Electoral Board as here
matter provided. Amy violation of the pro-
visions of this section for which no punish
ment has been otherwise provided, shall be
deemed misdemeanor, and punished by a
fine of 5000 and Imprisonment for one month
in Jail.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-03-16
FREE TREATMENT FOR THE

The legislature made an appropriation to
the Eye and Ear Infrmary at Richmond,
of which DR.. Jos. A. White il the Princi-
pal, on condition that afflicted persons
from the counties, OF other cities may go
there and receive board and treatment free
of expense. There were 60 patients from
the counties treated there free last year.
Their only expense is to pay their railroad
70 tO that ojtv
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
LITERARY NOTES.

Phe children of this country will soon
be indebted to Houghton. Miff1in & Co..
who are about to publish another of Joel
Chandler Harris's fascinating books.
The title of this one is Little MIR. Thin
blefinger and his Queer Country" The
book consists of series of adventures
of small boy and girl. with small
black nurse, in the magical land In
which Brer Rabbit and other OF Uncle
Remus's characters live. The book is
fully illustrated py Oliver Herford.
The great work of Professor Maspero,
entitled The Dawn of Civilization, which
is coming from the press of d. Appleton
Co.. contains nearly five hundred illus
trations. This volume is an attempt to
put together in lucid and Interesting
manner all that the monuments have re
vealed to us concerning the earliest civil
ization of Egyptian and Chaldaea. The
results of archaeological discovery, &C.
cumulated during the last thirty years
or so, are of such vast and comprehen-
sive character that no one but master
mind could marshal them in true his
rorical perspective. Professor Maspero
is perhaps the only man in Europe fitted
by his laborious researches and great
scholarship to undertake such task,
and the result OF his efforts will be
found herein The period dealt with
covers the history of Egypt from the
earliest date to the fourteenth dynasty,
and { that Of Chaldaea during Its first
empire. The book is brought up to the
present year and deals with the recent
discoveries at Koptos and Dahabur.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
,.na the Grain Feed.

The best authorities claim that prac-
tical feeding tests with corn, wheat,
rye, barley and oats are proof enough
that the best results cannot be had I'M
less they are run through the farm mill.
Many tests have been made of feeding
wheat soaked in water, as well as
whole, with the result of their passing
with poor digestion.
Many experimenters with ground feed
arrive at the same conclusion-viA
that the same number of pounds OF
grain fed in meal have uniformly made
more pounds of flesh and fat than When
fed whole. 1t is reasonable, says Pro-
fessor Armsby, that if the digestive or
gans are taxed to perform the work OF
the mill in crushing the hard grain and
releasing the nutrients from the woody
fiber there must be so much waste or
food tissue and waste of grain as well,
which is often seen undigested In the
excrement of the animal. There are va
rious forms of machinery on the mar
ket, designed tc vercome this waste by
chopping, s. and grinding
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
women in Public Activities.

The influence of women in matters of a
public character has been exerted with un-
usual force and effect during the past few
weeks, in various parts of the world. The
great metropolis of London has perhaps on
Iy once before in its history been SO stirred
up by moral contest as it was last month
by the fight between the London County
Council and the Empire Music Hall over
the question of relicensing of that, noto-
rjous institution. The lead against the
Empire" was taken by Mrs. Ormiston
Chant who boldly proved the scandalously
disreputalbe character of the place. The
County Council sustained her position by q
vote of seventy-five to thirty-two. The En-
pire is an enormously itch establishments,
which has been paying dividends of seventy
per cent, and which has been backed by
one or two of the greatest newspapers OF
London. The contest meant great deal,
because the Empire was considered as the
strongest representative of a class. The
victory over that fashionable but immoral
resort means a future policy not narrowly
puritanical, but wholesomely moral and de-
cent. The victory is primarily that of
woman. In the New York election contest
the women played an unprecedentedly ao-
tive part. Up in Scotland a contest of a
different character has been fought out.
For d long time the Scotch women have
been trying to get privileges of medical ed
ucatiol and training equal to those allowed
to men. A woman physician, namely, DR..
Jex Blake. began the campaign as far back
as 1869 when she and others matric ulated
as medical students at the University Of
Edinburgh but were afterward forbidden
to complete their studies and to take the
usual degrees 1t has been an uphill fight
for just twenty five years, and at last DR..
Jex Blake and her friends have won.
Women henceforth may study medicine in
tie Scotch universities and take degrees as
we'll as men. In the political sphere the
most noteworthy event has been the large
and interesting participation of women i'll
the Colorado election, both as voters and
candidates In New Zealand the women vot
but are excluded from the colonial legisla-
ture. 1t is believed that Colorado's position
as to the eligibility of women Tor office will
helm the New Zealand women to gain that
nojnt also In Nav South Wales the two
great opposing political leaders, Sir Henry
clared themselves in favor of woman suffre-
age, and the legislature has passed aIesolu-
ton supporting their view by very large
majority. This means of course that viii hin
a short space OF time the innovation will
have been brought into practical effect
From 1.-The Progress of the World December
lteview of Reviews.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15

At q chemical factory at Mulhouse, in
Alsace. an accident occurred which would
be too grewsomo to relate had it not some
scientific interest An explosion of nitro
benzene took place in building in which
a workman was known to have been. A
fire ensued, and when it had been got I'M
der it was found that three feet of boiling
liquid was on the floor of the building
When it had cooled, a search was made for
the man S remains, but no trace whatever
was found of them. 1t was then thought
he might, after all, have left the place be-
fore the explosion. 10 pat tho matter to
the test carNasses of animals were put !nfn
the liquid, and it Was found they d.sep-
peared in about two hours Twenfy-four
hours had elapsed between the explosion
snd the first search. London News.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15

and took part in the final charge which
closed the battle. They drove the enemy
three miles but ii was an empty victory.
While lying pTostrste in the woods in line
of battle, under fire, young Motley and
companion had small piece of raw beef
steak. They were so hungry that they
made little fire and cooked it on lin
plate. 1t was Just cooked when
BULLET STRUCK THE EDGE
of the plate and tipped the meat over in the
ashes. But it was eaten nevertheless.
So destitute were they that more than once
Mr.. Motley shared a mules corn ana
pare he'd it on his tin plate.
They couldn't cope with the enemy in
the narrow roads of the wilderness and ne
whole army fell back. On the 2oth' Oh
April they staI ted for Alexandria and the
first day made the famous forty-mile march
to Cane River crossing. There was no water
for the entire distance.
. Arrived there it was found that Gen. Bee,
with three brigades of Confederates oc-
cupied the only high ground on the opposite
bank of the river and commanded the fora
with his artillery. The Third Brigade, First
Division of the 18th corps. under command
of Gen. Francis Fessenden, of Portland
was ordered three miles up river. to ford 1t
there and take the enemy on the flank.
They had crossed the river and were
struggling up the bank when the following
incident took place. Corporal John
McCone, of Cape Elizabeth, had hen
thrown over his shoulder. He had not
wrung it's neck thoroughly and it
| squawked. He wrung it again
AND AGAIN IT SQUAWKED.
This aroused the corporal's superstitious
fears. He said to young Motley Sergeant,
I'm going to be killed. ''Oh, no you're
not" was the reply. Yes, am, ''said the
corporal, the old hen has squawked on me
three times and I'm going to be likled."
He therefore threw the hen away, but 1t
had hardly struck the bushes before Sergt.
Motley had seized it. The prospect of a
hen stew if he should live through the bat
tie would have overcome his superstitious
fears of that particular fowl, had he had
any, which he didn't.
They soon reached the rear of the Con-
federate's stronghold and charged up the
hill, which was about as steep and as high
as Monjoy, from Congress street up to the
Maine General Hospital. Three regiments
made the charge and the Both Maine was in
the center. Gen. Francis Fessenden
LOST HIS LEG IN THAT CHARGE.
it lasted only about Is minutes, the 3Uth
Maine lost 96 men in that time. but the
enemy was driven from the top of the hill
and the way made safe for the main army
to cross the river.
Just after this victory, Sergt Motley was
given his first Independent command"
as he said He took squad of men down
deep ravine to reconnoitre. There was
road in the bottom of it and upon that in
the distance they saw the enemy in full re-
treat. 1t was a sight never to be forgotten
after that glorious charge up the steep hill
side ia. victory.
In due time the army erached Alexandria
and the Red River campaign was over.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
COULD DRINK THREE QUARTS.
A Canadian Farm Hand With. Won
derfuI Stomach.

Worked in Cumberland Twenty Years Ago
His Extraordinary Feats i'll Eating and
Drinking-A Queer Physical Make Up.
bout 90 years ago there was employed
on a farm in the neighb boring town OF
Cum berlanG Ca madam by the name
of John -. He was about 90 years old
at that time. He was of peculiar physical
development. Although only five feet
six inches in height he was so stoutly
built that he weighed about $50 pounds
His shoulders, arms and neck were like
the pictures of giants, and were almost
misshapen with knots and knobs of
muscle. His lower limbs. however,
were small and ill-developed and gave
him peculiar appearance as we'll as
clumsiness of movement. He always
wore belt tight about his hips and the
appearance was as if this belt had
stopped the circulation and thus
dwarfed his leg.
But it was his extraordinary eating
and drinking propensities that especially
distinguished this young man. He was
and pile two cords of wood in day.
which is quite a feat. On his return
from work he would be ravenously hun
CRY, and man who lived in the same
house says that he has seen him eat at
supper ten hot biscuit, meat and potatoes
in proportion, and then wind up with
eleven doughnuts, devoured in success
ion. He was apparently hungry all the
time. When starting for work in the
woods he would cut off two or three
pounds from side of beef that hung in
the barn and roast it over a fire while
at work chopping. In this way he ate
up, between meals. so to speak, the
whole side of beef.
At one time while CARRYING corn up
stairs, he was seen to take an apple
every time be went up and eat it while
coming down. He thus ate 40 apples in
succession.
He had also an extraordinary thirst for
water and has been seen to drink two
quarts in succession, on many occasions.
Once during haying in the summer he
drank without stopping twelve dipper-
fuls of water, which amounted to over
three quarts. He explained his banker
ing for water by saying that when he
was young he was i'll, and the doctor
told him to drink all the water that he
could. He did so and it seemed to re-
store him to health. Ever since be had
hankered for and been able to drink
large quantities of water.
He was possessed at the time our in
formant knew him, not only of great
strength, but of perfect health, despite
his excuses in eating and drinking His
stomach was not only of extraordinary
capacity but seemed to he as strong as
that of any Wild nimal.
During the four or five
years that he worked on this farm he
was ill but once, and then had ii short
attack OF the measles. One night, while
feverish, he drank six quarts of water.
They left six quarts in a pail by his bed
side. and before morning he had drained
the last drop.
He was OF rather unusual intelligence
for Canadian wood chopper, and en-
joyed reading. Although he was very
Industrious and could and would accom-
plish more work than most farm hands,
vet his enormous appetite more than
counterbalanced what advantage there
was to his employer on that account.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15

Delaware is not densely populated
state, but were Texas as thiekly peoplea
her population would be about 20, 600 ooo-
Were Texas as numerously peopled as
Massachusetts, her population would ex-
coed by 10, 900, 600 the total population OF
the United States, according to the census
of 1890. More impressive still, If Texas
were as densely peopled as Rhode Island,
her population would be more than 80, ooo,-
il OO. philadelphia Ledger.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
Portland National Bank.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Portland National Bank of Portland,
vaarand the transaction of any other bust
ness es that that may legally be presented. will be
held at their banking house on Tuesday, the
ST h day of January, 1890, at III O'Clock A.
CHARLES G. ALLEN. Cashier.
Portlaud Dec. 7, 1894. decSdtd
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.

Thu animal meetiug of the stockholders OF
the Merchants National Bank of Portland.
Maine, for the election of seven directors
for the ensuing year and the transaction Of
presented, will be held at their banking
house on tuesday the Sth day Of January
1895, at 10 o'clock a. m. G. o. BANCkOFf
Cashier dee'dto
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15

How the Merrimac Slid off the Coral Reef
The Long March Through the Woods
for Shreveport-The Fightiag In the
Wilderness-The Bullet and Beefsteak
The Superstitious Corporal and the
Hen-The Glorious Chargt Under Gen.
Francis EeSsenden
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
CauaI NatiomaI Eank.

The Annual Meeting of the stockholders
of the Canal National Bank of Portland for
the election of seven Directors, and for
the transaction of any other business that
nav legally come before them, will be held
AT ibeiT banking house on Tuesday. the
eighth day of January. 1896, at II O'Clock a H.
GEORGE c. PETERS. Cashier.
December 8, 1894. decSeodtd
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
DO YOU

contemplate buying a Dressing
Gown. Smoking Jacket or Bath
Wrap this Christmas! If so you
Will find i'm our stock a choice
line to select from. Sizes 81 to
Al.
We are showing some particularly fine things
in Mems Bath Wraps this season. Be sure and
see our lines of Garments before making your
selection
If you want TO make some young man happy,
buy one of our close rolling Silk Umbrellas or a
Cane, one of our Congo Prince of Wales Crooks
is the correct thing. Fine Gloves, Silk Muffiers,
fine Neckwear in great variety, Mackntoshes'
Fancy Night Shirts. Silk Handkerchief, Dress
Coat Shields, new designs in Mems Sleeve
Buttons and Scarf Pins, sc.
These few of the many articles that you
can select from our stock suitable for Christ
mas presents for men.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
ANNUAL meetings..
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
the election of directors for the ensuing
year. and the transaction of any other bust
ness that may legally be presented, will be
8th day of January, 1895. al 10 O'Clock a. IN.
j. f. WENGREN, Cashier.
decSdtd Portland. Me-, Dec 18th. 1894.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
A REMARKABLE CASE.

Portland, Dec. =. 1894.
Mr.. Edilor-Seeing in your paper a cure
performed by DR.. Chase CT land
street, and thinking it might be interesting
to some one in like condition as myself. |
thought would send you statement in re-
gard to my own case. several years ago L
was taken with a severe of nervous
prostration, suffering only as those that
nave such troubles can tell. severe pains iu
the head, neck, back. fiatuleLce and ex-
1 lived in this condition. rarely ever being
able to go out OF doris. was influenced by
some friends who had been benefited by DR..
Chase to try him. took no medicine. but
under his treatment gradually improved, SO
that at the end of three months could get
out little every day. continued to i'm
prove until was practically we'll. and have
been so ever since. ] thought this might
influence some one to try him and get
assistance as l did. Please publish this.
Yours respectfully.
MRS. CHARLES PLUMMER,
81 Gyreen street, City. decl0dtf
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
JOHN D. MURRAY.
HORSES! HORSES /!

Have received thirty-fve head of those fine
young and sound horses weighing from 1000 to
1900 pounds In this lot are ten nicely matched
pairs weighing from 1900 to 5000 pounds.
These horses are we'll broken and adapted to
all purposes, and are A in all respects. Do
OF fail to see them.