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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
PRIVATE TELEPHONES,
New York Millionaires' Call Numbers A
Net Public PrOnertv
stitution.

New York Millionaires' Call Numbers Are
Net Public Property.
There are some very aristoeratio teles
phone owners in the city, but study Of
the telephone directory supplied for the
use Of the general public does not reveal
this fact. This is done purposely. 1t is
no use getting mad if, when you ask
for Mr.. Cr9sus Vanderbilt's telephone
number the girl at the other end asks if
you don't know it. When you say that
you don't know it Or try to fool her and
say you did have it, but lost the memo
randum, she will answer back, ..We
cannot give you Mr.. Cresus Wander
bits house unless you know the num-
ber.''
The fact Of it is the girl would be
breaking strict rules of the company if
she gave this information. There are
good many millionaires and prominent
society families who have telephones in
their residences, but they are for private
use. Only the friends of the head of the
house and a few other persons know the
number. The mistress Of the mansion
leaves the number with her friends, and
in exchange receives their numbers. She
also leaves her number with the head of
the hospital where she happens to BIZ on
the managing committee,
This exclusive system is adopted in
order that outsiders cannot annoy Mr.
millionaire by ringing him up on the
telephone. The men who have tele.
phones put into their palaces do SO with
the proviso that their names and tele-
pl,oaa numbers shall not appear In the
directory. New York World.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
A Dwarf Takes Second Growth.

Sir Geoffrey Hudson, the celebrated
English dwarf of the seven teenth GEN.
fury, was doubtless the most widely
known human curiosity of his time. He
was born of parents of the normal size
at Rutlandshire in 1919. At birth he
weighed less than pound and half,
and was only s inches in length. He did
not begin to walk until after the end Of
his third year, his height at that time
being less than foot. At the end of his
seventh year he was taken into the fam
lily of the Duke Of Buckingham, having
between the ages Of 8 and years added
but four inches to his stature. With
Buckingham he lived until 80 years old,
at which time he was only Is inches IN
height when equipped i'll fashionable
high heeled shoes.
At the age of 80, however, a remark
able change came over the midget, and
for the next five years his growth was
as remarkable for its rapidity as it had
previously been for its backwardness.
At the age of so his height had been
scant y feet At 80 it was 5 feet and
9 inchesl How or why this remarkable
change was brought about was a ques=
ton too deep for the Society of Royal
Surgeons, who, time and again, discuss
ed the phenomenon without arriving at
any satisfactory conclusions Hudson
lived to be 63,which is three times the
average length of life among giants.
st. Louis Repnblic,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06

In the managers office in large whole
sale houses there nearly always hangs a
map of territory surrounding Chicago
which is stuck full Of pins with red,
blue. green OF yellow glass heads. At
first glancs there seems to be little
method ia the madness with which the
pins are placed, but to the merchant
they are eloquent and tell exactly the
sort of goods Or quantity sold in GER
tain territory. In laying out routes for
statesmen instructions are issued accord
ing to the tale told by the pins, and
when a certain section remains sparsely
settled with the pins plan of campaign
is laid out and the drummers are senp
IN to capture it. Circulars, posters, local
advertisements and every sort Of com.
mercial gun is turned on the territory
pntil it capitulates. So general is the
use OF these pins il wholesale houses
that firm makes a business of supply
ing them, with other office fixtures. -
Chicago Tribune.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
RELICS OF HANSE MERCHANTS.
A Museum Full of Curious Reminders of
the Old Baltic League.

A Museum Full of Curious Reminders of
the Old Baltic League.
But one of the most entertaining
places was the Hanseatic house, OF mu-
scum, which stands in the Finnegaard,
on the Tydskebrygge. 1t is the last re-
naming habitation occupied by that no.
torious ring of German traders who set
tied down in Bergen, Norway, in the
fourteenth century and monopolized it's
commerce for some 200 OF 500 years,
until its power was finally broken in
the eighteenth century. All the other
houses have been burned or otherwise
destroyed, and this was the only one
left standing.
We climbed up to a room in the Sec
ond story, about 8 by Is feet square,
and here were shown large number of
curious articles formerly used by these
old merchants. There were scales and
weights, the latter being Of two sorts
one for buying and one for selling
clocks, lanterns, eandlesticls, snuff
boxes, washing bowls, drinking cups
and tankards, machines for chopping
cabbage and slaves with bags for max
ing collections in church. We were also
shown lamps that were fed with cod
liver oil, not then used for medicinal
purposes; decorations made Of strips Of
dried Goldfish, and the arms of the league
half an eagle and half cod, the lat
ter surmopnted by crown which sug-
gested the origin Of the term "codfsh
aristocracy.'
Then, through dark, rickety stair=
way, we continued our climb to the
third story and were shown the mer-
chants business office and the apart
ments for the clerks and bedrooms for
all. These last were the most curious of
the whole suit, for the beds are con-
structed like the berths of ship and are
closed Oh one side with hinged OF slid
ing doors, while on the other shutters
open to a passage beyond to enable the
female domestics to make the beds
without entering the mems rooms The
Hanseatic community was supposed to
be strictly celibate in order to prevent
its members from intermarrying with
Norwegians, and thus allowing the ma
Eiyes to obtain q share of the monepo=
liked trade: Boston Transcript.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
- - -
MODERN BODY ARMOR,
Quite . Lot of 1t Exists and Is Worn In
Spite of the Time.

Quite Lot of 1t Exists and Is Worn In
Spite of the Time.
Tho experiments with bullet proof
coats and material which have been
conducted here and abroad have called
attention to the fact that mail protec .
ton did not entirely pass away with
the shelving of the shield and cuirass.
Many English officers still wear par
tial armor when serving on foreign sta
tions.
The commonest and most usual type
of these projections consists of fine but
beautifully tempered single chains, i'll
closed in soft leather, which run along
the shoulders, down the outer side of
the arms, and over certain parts of the
body. These can either be sewed into a
particular tunic, or they can be adjusted
separately and put Oh like harness.
Hundreds upon hundreds Of these sets
are Sold The most valuable of all
chains in connection with accouterments
are those which guard the head, and in
cases where the regulation cap or he'll
met is not sufficiently protected in this
way specially made chains are sewed
inside the same and covered by the lin
ing.
Only those who have been in actual
conflict know how valuable all the
chains mentioned are in minimizing the
effects of sword cuts. AS regards pro-
lection both from sword and bullet the
general belief nowadays seems to be in
thoroughly tanned leather, and great
quantities are made for officers, the IA
vorite pattern-said to be the invention
of the late Sir Richard Burton-being
that which forms not too prominent
ridge down the center of the chest.
Many stories are told by officers of bull
let's which have been averted in some de-
gree by these leather tunics, some of
which are lined with woven steel wire,
Of course none of these things are sup
posed to be an absolute protection, but
only a sort Of palliative.
"A London gunsmith, who sells a great
many chain body protectors, which fit
almost like an ordinary vest and are
very expensive, sells {, large number of
them to army men, and he not long ago
sent gross, as many as he could get
made Ill the time, to Japan, where they
were quickly sold. He has made for ill.,
d1vldual officers who have themselves
drawn the design variety of different
patterns of armor. Fine flexible chains
and leather have entered into nearly all
OF them. Boston Post.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
BALLADE or DREAMS TRANsPosEb.

Some may like to be shut in cage
Cooped in a corner a-tippling tea,
Some may in troublesome toll engage
But the luck of a rovers the thing for me
Over the mountain and over the sea
Now in the country and now in the town.
And when I'm wrinlxled and withered, maybe
Then II marry and settle down,
Some may pore over printed page
And never know bird nor beast nor tree
Watching the world from book or stage,
But the luck of rover's the thing for mel
SO, no for the Forest and no for the lea
And no for the river and prairie brown,
And no for gay, long jubilee!
Then I'll marry and settle down.
Why should wait till gray old age
Brings me the chance to be rich and free?
l have no money. 1t makes me rage,
But the luck of rover's the thing for mel
Though oft, with my lover upon my knee,
She has frolicsome eyes and fetching
gown!
I fear if my hearts to be held in fee,
Then I'll marry and settle down.
Prince, my sweetheart, will not agree,
But the luck of rover's the thing for me-
She says | must stay, and fear her frown;
Then I'll marry and settle down.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
Miss Vanderbilt's Reto~t

An amusing story about Miss Ger
trpde Vanderbilt is told by one of Aes
school friends. IT happened several years
ago, when Miss Vanderbilt was in short
dresses, and the desirability of standing
we'll with prominent people had not yet
crossed the minds Of her schoolmates:
The dispute started over the monthly
report book. Miss Vanderbilt's marks
were higher than any Of the other chill
dren' + i'll the group.
II don't care,'' exclaimed one of
them, "the teachers favor you cause
you're rich, but my father says your
grandfather used to sell matches. Hhers
didn't heG''
And Miss Vanderbilt, who was pos
sessed of rare dignity, held up her curly
dead trifle higher and answered
quietly:
II really don't know. But if he did
I'm sure they were good matches. -
New York Herald.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
Proved It.

Fortune Teller-You may in time
make a good income, but you will never
be rich.
Young Man--Eh? Why nots
Fortune Teller-You are not saving.
You are wasteful
Young Man-My, my, I'm afraid
that is true! You have wonderful
gift! How did you know was waste
full?
Fortune Teller-You have just vast
ed shillings getting your fortune told.
London Tit Bits.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06

When cleaning house, it is convenient
to have stick with a deep notch in the
end with which to lift picture wires and
cords off their hooks. 1t saves much
climbing up and down.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
A Left Handed One.

"Do you understand French, JACKIE
asked an Allegheny young man of his
chum.
"a little.'
"Then perhaps you can help me.
Miss Northside told me last night that
l was non persona grata, and I would
like to know what sort of a compliment
she meant to bestow upon me. Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06

Police Judge - What! You here
again, Rankin? This must be the twen-
tleth time you've been up before me.
Rankin-Well, yer wortshipt, it's no
fault of mine that you don't get promo
tion.-Wonder.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
Golden Steel,

The latest discovery is golden steel:
The Sheffield manufacturers are paying
q good deal Of attention to all amalgam
of aluminium and bron2e, which is be-
ing put on the market under the name
Of "gold STEEL" and is very successful
for cutlery not requiring keen edge,
such as forks, dessert knives, fish eaters,
etc The new alloy possesses the dual
advantage of durability and beauty.
Cutlery made Of the material is already
selling freely.
1t is not the many oaths that make
the truth, but the plain single vow, that
Is vowed true. -Shakespeare.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06

There is no work Of genius which has
not been the delight of mankind, no
word Of genius to which the human
heart and soul have not, sooner or later,
responded. -Lowell .---,~s@. -
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
All That Was Necessary.

Wife-Why, George, where's the
beautiful we'll Of pure water?
George-Well, I don't know. The
agent said there was plenty Of water on
the lot, and all we'd need was good
double action pump. -Scribner's Maya
zine,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06
Good Advice.

Gas you refuse me, pray tell me the
sort of girl ought to propose to?''
"Well, one who is rich and philan-
thropist. Truth.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06

On the afternoon preceding the fate
ful day the three-Lady Riggeto, Mat-
thew Nader and Tom--proceeded 70
Doncasta- by aa afternoon mail. OF
course her iasiyship bore all the ex-
penses OF the expedition, She treated
her guests handsomely at the Y. hotel.
Chosen vessels as they We're, neither
Madder nor Tom was (stomachically}
an ascetic. They did justice tc the good
things set before them. Was there not
apostolic authority for this Indulgence?
Shortly afternoon on the morrow they
drove cut to the famous race course.
Lady Biggeto was looking pale, but de-
fermined and regengeful Tom was
looking pleased-almost exultant. In
Matthew Madder's countenance shone
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-06

Lady Biggeto was not presented at
the next drawing room, and Tom, hef
nephew, no longer sits under Matthew
Madder. He feels that be has now dis
charged to the full all OF his obligations
III that quarter. London Truth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-04
THOSE MUDDLED oRArofs

II enjoyed yonr lecture on tlle Mae. n
cial issue very much, sara , ND y AK
. the orator. .'but | would ne
you one question. .or. ~ge
Certainly said the ora'0s
ahead - arc yo5
on
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17

Be not ashamed to confess that
YOU have been in the wrong 1t
is but owning, what you need not
be ashamed of, that you now have
more sense than you had before to
see your error, and more humility
to acknowledge it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
Nothing in This World

Is so cheap as q newspaper, whether Ut be
measured BY the cost Of its production or BY ITS
value to the consumer. We are talking about
an American, metropolitan, daily paper Of the
first class like THE CHICAGO RECORD Rss
cheap and so good you can't afford IN this day
of progress to be without it. There are other
papers possibly as good, but none better, and
none Just like it, 1t prints all the real news Of
the world-th the neWs you care tor-every day,
and prints it in the shortest possible space You
can read THE CHICAGO RECORD and do days
work too 1t is an Independent paper and glOes
all political neys free from the talnt Of party
bias In a word-its a complete condensed,
clean, honest family newspaper, and has the
largest morning circulation in Chicago or The
west-125. 900 to 40, 900 a day.
Prof. J. T. Hatfield Of the Northwestern
University says: 1.-THE CHICAGO RECORD
comes as near being the ideal daily Jour-
nal as we are for some time likely to find
ON these mortal Shores.
Sold by newsdealers everywhere and SUD-
seriptions received by all postmasters. Address
THE CHICAGO RECORD, ISL Madison-st. {,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
4><<<<>>>E

Lowest Prices in the City.
Goods Warranted as
Represented.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
The Sunny Side Of Life.


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anu re"
o''.' Il" aug P1'" !" ''o ''s 10
'u'''s'u' "SUi7S "~.n'nS m0''
o4'7h '"1N no'' you VIII Hu0 'HN' 'neI
are PV0Pie WHO nave i1''eN "'''s Via"
ONCE.
heH HNh7IS'" 'O'aIy was 0u'
hlhS DIT I9i"'S' h'9S AI'o'''
went % Nun - H' '''o' WIN '"'
n'eiiSh' On Ms strong sweet iaSS anu
AP'79''' NY ''' '"' 'o'' -
Ills m0S' 'a'ueu P''on "u' ne
aus" 0i'N '''s1
Ne'si "i'I"' i'ouISa' Se7 what O'a"
''i"' n'"' in7 ,eSS'" was never i''
S'''9"' Gil" III '"0 'A'''N ''0''' '""'
move .'"n' INC nave 'ea."'" y
,'oN ~. ''DnS 'sA' 1H"
'ien''
on0 u V",.~V '.a' "'P''.'
- ho' oHiy q uo'iSn'i"' quantity -
meet win IL o'n''' Du' Po''"'e
ru'y 'n'u'n''"' Vi" us' o.
raul 'he most Prae'lcai OF writers on
life and its difficulties, BRACKETS it
with faith and love as the chiefest of
Christian virtues. 1t is not mere ac-
cident of disposition whether we per
s~istertlv look on the ar and gloomy
l-:1. 49,
'n' '''' "'S'' D'' I"
habit OF MN which we a cultivate
or allow to die through want OF use.
.Begin with small thiDps. and the
boh;. viII oro,r -, :, -.otor
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

Some funny things are found in
the newspapers now a-days. Here
are feT Of The most common He
was shot in the bay window" ''She
whipped him on hIs return" "Her
many friends rejoIced to sec her
back" "He kissed her upon appear
ance." "She tainted upon his dep
arturo" He was injured IN the
fracas." "He chung to her weep
ing" He was shot in the suburbs. -
Is it any wonder our language stag
gers foreigners?-Ex.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

While il may not be generally
known that ex Sheriff Serenson has
been under bonds to appear before
the grand jury, for some time such
was the case. On Tuesday, his
bondsmen, among whom was his
brother, s. o. Serenson, and HE
half-brother, Ole Helgeson, gave
him up to Sheriff Rathbun, not
caring to be on the bond longer.
The ex-sheriff IS still in custody not
having been able to secure new
suTities. ~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

Developments have shown II de
plorable state Of affairs that have
existed for 4 long time III the
sherIf's Office and, unless Serenson
is IA fool. must have been known to
him. What poignant grief he must
have Suffered ayear ago when he
detailed hig pttifal story of persecu-
ton by TILE REPORTER AND FARM
Err. which had exposed his methods
and callad the attention OF the pub
lie to the gross frauds and irregu-
larities in his administration of the
sheriff Office. How such charges
mast have CALLED and wounded
such a sensitive organiza5ion, But
truth is mighty and will prevail and
the REPORTER will surely be not
only exonerated from all evil inten-
ton but receive the pIaudits of all
lovers OF justice and right.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
Several barrels of beer. wi

Several barrels of beer, which
have been in the custody Of the She
riff fer several weeks, and ordered
destroyed by JudgeGaffey, were
turned loose in the court house yard
to-day. We understand that some
OF the boys will thaw out the ice
and use it for medical purposes
Ipswich Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
Hay not Crops

La the case OF the Farmers Bank
of E~Gerado, n. ID. against John
Rice, wherein the point of law was
raised 10y way of demurrer, that prai-
RE hay ia not included in a lien on
''crops.' unless so distinctly ex-
pressed in mortgage. Judge Tenn
pleton has sustained the demurrer.
--Plankington Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

In England farm hands get about
ten dollars a month and board; on
the Continent not much more than
half as much. 1t must be slow get
ting on with such pay, and not many
millionaires are developed among this
class. Ia this country a considerable
proportion Of the lapd is now owned
by men who were once farm laborers.
Farmers Journal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

One of the most remarkable things
about the dead letter office records is
the number of people who sent money
by mail in badly addressed envelope .
The amount thus sent indicates that
there are enormous sums in transits
in the United States Mails during the
year. Last year $4,000 in loose
money was found in dead letters
which it was necessary to open, and
of this $685. 900 was restord to its
owners. More than a million dollars
in drafts, money orders, checks etc.
was fonnd In uudeliyered letters;
1907, 900 of this was restored. Postal
notes of the value of $1,000 were
found; and $4,000 worth of these
found their owners In time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

As soon as it was officially an
nounced hat Tennessee had gone
republican six inches of snow fell all
over the state. This won't suit col
ored voters, and it can be reliably
stated that Tennessee will 90 dem
ocratic next time by ar increased
majority.-Plankington Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

II some Of the interested parties
had put in a little time last year
investigating the sheriff instead of
inveIghlng against the REPORTER
they would have now been better
Satisfied.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

When the populist claims that
the Reput lican party is responsible
for the actions of State Treasurer
Taylor they are trying to make pc.
litical capital out of individual ras
cality. The Republican party does
not aphold any such actions and
deplores the conduct of said Taylor
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

Ii isnot unlikely that the financial
trouble into which the state has
fallen by reaso of the Taylor defal-
cation may prove of benefit. 1t may
perhaps compel aletting down OF
some of the expenditures in which
the people of the state have enlisted,
for public institutions of one kind
and another, which may be good
enough for boom purpose. but
which could be well enough dis
pensed with go far as any real
necessity or justification is concer-
ned.-Sioux Falls Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

About the s~illiest and nonsense
cal thing we have heard lately is
that this last arrest of III. G. Seren
son is a scheme OF the REPORTER
and it's attorney, j. IL. Mccoy, TO
help out their libel suit. The facts
are that Serenson's own brothers
have 40 confidence in him whatever
aud the arrest is merely through
their unwillingness TO stay on hIs
bond. The parties have probably
beeh listening to the vaporings OF
the arrested party and taken them
IN. The REPORTER does not need
to look after III. y. Serenson, there
are numerous parties who are look.
ing after HIM ana will probably
keep at it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

The wool market is in a transition
and waiting condition and prices are
very low. Foreign wool is Literally
offered at low figures and the pros
poets OF an advance are not favorable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

Puck: Once upon a time a Bicycle
accosted a Horse sect off the earth."
said the Bicycle; II am going to sup
plant you entirely" NAY, nay" it
reioined, gently; ''they can't make
canned corned beef out of you
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

Our Senator Kelley has gained
the reputation Of the boss introduce
er-Nbew, Seven bills in one day,
amt he just getting there.