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Iron Tonic For Orange Trees.

q. W. Prescott of Highland, who took
the medal for the best box of packed OF
anges at the late California State Citrus
fair, has been experimenting with iron
filings in his young orchard. Being
master mechanic Of the Santa Fe system
in southern California at San Bernardo
no, he knew more about iron filings than
he did about guano Or any other fer
tilizer, and knowing that a certain
amount of iron in the soil was essential
to a healthy growth of the tree and the
production Of fruit he put five pounds
of this material around each tree, and as
result he has a highly colored orange,
where before he had pale eolored fruit,
The cost is insignificant A thousand
trees on ten acres will require 5000
pounds of filings, which costs 81 per ton
$40 for the ten acre orchard. Of course
this application of iron is not intended
to supersede all other fertilizers, but
simply to supplement them in order to
give good color to the fruit and enable
the grower to put an attractive orange
on the market, and incidentally den to assist
him occasionally in winning gold
medal. The railroad shops at San Ber-
harding can furnish one ton per day Of
this material, and other shops can ALSO
assist in supplying the demand. Pro
Queer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
: Their Trilby Club.

They were a party Of gushing young
girls.
"Oh, say" began the one IN blue rib
bons, :.1'ye a splendid idea Let's or
ganize q Trilby club. y
sQh, yes,a ehimed In the others,
stthat would be delightful How shall
we manager
"Why," said the first speaker, "we'll
all wear Trilby hats, and Trilby shoes,
and Trilby gowns, and we'll sing 1rilby
songs and jabber French phrases along
with our English, the way Trilby did,
and'-
The prim girl at the edge of the group
listened eagerly at first, but as the plan
pnfolded an expression Of disgust and
horror crept over her face She could
now contain herself no longer and inter
rppted with
ishrsss just like Trilbyl Indeed I
won't, and I'm astonished that any Of
you should propose such thing. Is it
possible that you are all ambitious to
become become living i Rietaresa'-Bqtttaio Elk
press.
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SEVEN HANDED EUcHRE.

Definite Points Given That Will Enable
One to Play the Game.
e For pleasure, pure and simple, seven
handed euchre clubs may be cited as
models. The game is played with full
pack of cards, and the joker is used.
Seven cards are dealt to each player,
giving first three and then four and
leaving four on the table. This quartet
is dubbed ''the widow"
The player on the left Of the dealer
makes the first bid Of 2, 8, 4, 5, 6 or 7
tricks, naming the suit, the highest bid
getting it. The bidding is done in turn.
The person who secures the bid then
selects three other players-partners-
thus pitting four against three. If the
bidder wins, he and his partners each
count the amount bid. If he fails, he is
euchred, and the three opponents count
each the amount bid. While one can
play quiet, steady game, taking no
risks, and holding high cards Or the
joker play for euchre, the spirit of ex:
IRENE feminine politeness engendered
by this fad Of the hour requires that a
person holding the joker should bid the
limit, seven, thereby always introduce
ing an element Of chance i'll the contest
and giving each one more show.
Prizes are played for. A certain num-
Der of points gained can be the limit or
a given period Of time as agreed upon.
The one holding the highest number Of
points at the decisive moment wins.
Philadelphia Press
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
THE sIcKRooM NURSE.
Her Duties, Her Authority and Her Pow
ers For Evil or Good.

Her Duties, Her Authority and Her Pow
ers For Evil or Good.
No person has greater power for evil
or for good than has the nurse in the
sickroom. Her actual authority is seq
ond to that of the physician, but her op-
portunities for exercising it are almost
unlimited. If a physician in a country
town wishes to secure trained nurse,
he should telegraph or write to the
nurses directory, to some hospital or
physician whom he knows, in the near
est adjacent city, stating for what sort
of case he will require nurse, what
he will pay and when he will require
her. Such a message should secure for
him almost Immediately whatever serv-
ice he requires.
The traits of character which make
the ideal nurse are patience, obedience,
tact and good sense and temper. The
nurses costume should consist Of cam
brio or seersucker gown, with white
cap, cuffs and apron. Wooden gowns
should never be permitted in sickroom.
Her authority is absolute after the ply
sician's. She must obey his instructions
to the letter, even if they are against
her Judgment She has no discretion in
the matter.
But the patient and the patient S fam
lily must obey her. She must never be
allowed to disobey the physicians Or
ders, and the first symptom of any such
> behavior should be reported Immediate
ly to the physician. All his instructions
with reference to treatment, diet and
care should be followed faithfully. The
fact that her patient is man should
make no difference in her behavior in
the sickroom. He is patient, not a
man, and she a nurse, not woman.
Whenever q nurse disobegs a physician 4
orders or behaves in any manner which
renders her dismissal advisable, the
family or the patient should request the
doctor to discharge her at once and to
supply her substitute A word from him
is sufficient to insure her departure. =
Ladies' Home Journal
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
TWO ENTERTAINMENTS.

One Performance ON the Stage, the Other
In the Audience.
I attended a recent performance given
by some amateur actors and actresses
very good they were, too-and while I
enjoyed the stage entertainment was
not unmindful of the one that was in
progress directly behind me.
It was furnished by an old lady and
two young ones-when I say "young
ones" I don't mean children-and it's
beginning antedated the overture in this
style:
''Can you read the programme, moth
er?''
"Why, yes; but it must be wrong.
Here's Annie's name down, and it says
she s a servant. thought you said she
was an actress .
"Only aservant in the play, mother. "
''But that seems kind of mean thing
to play. She doesn't have to do that,
goodness knows p
'She has to play whatever they give
her to play She's a beginner, you
know"
"Well, wouldn't begin that way"
"Annie" appeared presently.
She said, eyes, my lady," and emo,
your lordship," and 81 will tell her
ladyship that you are here" and few
more Summers of that sort very we'll,
thought
But when the French count with the
pointed beard chucks her under the chin
I could hear the old lady behind me get
ting into a fine rage.
tWell, the idea of our Annie letting
a man do thing like that''
''But, mother, that's in the play"
81 don t care if it is. I suppose he'll
kiss her later on !! The idea p
Well, he did kiss her shortly after and
got good slap in the face for his pains.
The old lady almost rose in her seat.
"Good, goodl" she cried in very
audible voice.
II thought Annie wouldn It stand any
thing Of that sort!"
She objected to the young girls little
love affairs with the footman, however,
and could hardly be kept in her chair
when the two plighted their troth.
81 don't call that play acting" she
said. "They were just like two serv-
ants, and I don't like it. -
When the curtain dropped, they all
went around to the stage door, and
somehow felt sorry for Annie, coming
from the stage full of hot enthusiasm,
only to receive-mentally at least-a
bucket of cold water. Polly Pry in
New York Recorder
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12

As THE ROMANS SAW IT.
A Classic Performance In the Old Thea
ter at Orange.

A Classic Performance In the Old Thea
ter at Orange.
OF scenery, in the ordinary sense Of
the word, there was none at all. What
we saw was the real thing In the OPEN
ing scene Of "Gdipus, the king, COM
ing forward through the royal portal
and across the raised platform in the
rear Of the stage, did literally center
from the palace and did 'descend the
palace steps" to the public place"
where Creon and the priests awaited
him. It was a direct reversal Of the or
binary effect in the ordinary theater,
where the play loses in realism because
a current of necessarily appreciated but
purposely rejected antagonistic fact un-
derruns the conventional illusion and
compels us to perceive that the palace
is but painted canvas, and even on the
largest stage only four Or five times as
high as the prince The palace at Or
ange, towering up as though it would
touch the very heavens and obviously
of veritable stone, was a most peremp-
tory reality.
The fortuitous accessory of the trees
growing close beside the stage added to
the outdoor effect still another very
vivid touch of realism, and this was
heightened by the swaying of the branch
es, and by the gracious motion of the
draperies, under the fitful pressure Of
the strong gusts of wind. Indeed the
mistral took a very telling part in the
performance. Players less perfect in
their art would have been disconnected
by it, but these Of the Coincide Franchise
were quick to perceive and to utilize its
artistic possibilities. In the very midst
Of the solemn denunciation Of Gdipus
by Tiresias, the long white beard Of the
blind prophet suddenly was blown up
ward so that his face was hidden and
his utterance choked by it, and the mo-
mentary pause, while he raised his hand
slowly, and calmly freed his face from
this chance covering, made dramatic
break in his discourse, and added to it a
naturalness which wildly intensified it's
solemn import In like manner the final
entry of Gdipus, coming from the pal
ace after binding himself, was made
thrillingly real For a moment, as he
came upon the stage, the horror which
he had wrought upon himself - his
CHASTITY eyesockets, his blood stained
face-was visible, and then a gust of
wind lifted his mantle and flung it about
his head so that all was concealed, and
an exquisite pity for him was aroused
while he struggled painfully to rid him
self of the incumbrance-byt the imposi-
ton of this petty annoyance upon his
mortal agony Of body and Of soul
ssThe Coincide Franchise at Orange. "
by Thomas A. Janvier, in Century.
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tiers to the chief of police. There must
be reasons why you refuse to be search
ed. If you are honest, you can have moth
ing to conceal. :"
A hollow laugh rang through the
room. Was it possible the bold intruder
dared to laugh at them? 1t was the
laugh of despair, and as such it smote
upon the heart of the host, who looked
troubled and perplexed. His enforced
guest saw the look, and it suggested
line of action to him.
"Send these men away" he said,
pointing to the group of alarmed guests
crowding in at the door. He was glad
the women had remained below stairs
and not come to gaze upon his dlscom-
future. He did not know that they were
locked up in fear and trembling in dis
tant parlor.
9We won't CO., chorused the group.
"He may want to murder you. -
"Idon t think he will, - said the host,
who was really soft hearted. "I'll trust
him, and you fellows can go to the la
dies. I'll call if need help"
They went, rather glad to be out of it,
and the two men, left together, eyed
each other, one waiting for the other to
speak They were exactly opposite in
appearance, one rosy and rubicund, tile
other thin and anxious-a meager trav-
esty on successful man.
''Irefused to let you search me-" said
the professor slowly, "because-oh, my
God, how can I acknowledge i'll am
a thief"
The other man started and moved to-
ward the door. Then he waited.
"Ihave stolen from you-here, let me
show you, and you will know why
could have died easier than to have these
people gloating over me- See here-and
here and here. +"
He took the valuables out, Of his pock-
ct one by one. They made strange ex-
hibit as he piled them up on the table
in front of him. They We're a roll of
dinner bread, a pate, a sweetbread roll
ed in leaf of lettuce, a chicken breast,
a bit of toasted bread and caviare
sandwich. He brought them out to the
last crumb, with the manner Of one who
lays his life on the altar of sacrifice.
'sGreat heavens, man, what does this
mean?'' asked the astonished host.
cit means, replied the other solemn
~, ''that my sick wife and my little
children are starving, and that pilfer-
ed from my share Of food at your table
to give them, for my rent is overdue,
and the money I earned is already
spent. !"
"But what did you eat yourself?"
"More than have eaten for many a
day. But now do with me what you
will
"Would you mind putting these things
back into your pocket?' inquired his
host vaguely. "Now come with me. -
He took him by the arm and led him
down stairs and into the presence of the
shaking guests. "I-I made bad mis-
take, my friends" he said. "This gen.
tleman has proved himself perfectly in
nocent of any attempt at crime, and I
must beg you to remain silent as to the
events Of this evening. He is under my
protection from this time, and you will
all agree with me that we are extremely
sorry that such mistake should have
occurred.
Of course they all agreed with the
sentiments of their host, whatever they
were, and Professor Smythe was allow
ed to take his leave amid profuse apollo
gies. M. L. Rayne in Detroit Free
Press.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
IRISH MUD CABINS.
How the Dingy Dwelling Places Are Cor
structed and Furnished.

How the Dingy Dwelling Places Are Con-
structed and Furnished.
The mud cabin in Ireland consists OF
two rooms and possibly small semide-
tached clubhouse which is used as store
room for perishable articles. There is
not chink in the walls or thatch save
narrow chimney, which seldom If ever
answers it's purpose. The doorway faces
the east and emits the smoke. What lit
tie light penetrates inside through the
tiny window discloses the deep choco
late stain from the eternal turf reek
which pervades the atmosphere of the
interior, and literally paints walls, roof
and furniture uniform color. The fur
niture is rough and also scanty, few
stools atoning for. the occasional COM
plete absence of chairs.
The mud floor is always more or less
wet from the patter Of the childrens
bare feet or from the animals which
have free access to the house At night
there is goodly company within the
walls of this spacious mansion. In the
inside room there are two or three box
beds Or berths, where the children sleep,
according to their age and sex. From
9 to 10 is not an uncommon number
in family. In the state berth in the
calliogh, or recess at the side of the
hearth, the father and mother repose I'M
screened from the live stock of the farm
and breathe the same atmosphere as some
eight quadrupeds besides the poultry.
Pigs, cattle, dogs, cats, and probably
horse Or donkey, have their bed space re-
spectively, and jealousy resent any en-
croachment by bedfellow.
Astonishing as it may appear, there
are hardly any disagreeable odors. The
overpowering smell Of the peat smoke
evidently acts as complete disinfectant,
and fortunately it is innoxious to the in
habitants Of the howell. Equally astonish-
ing is the fact that the whole commu-
nifty is in comparative harmony, and
even the babies rarely cry. There is
plenty Of occupation for all the family
who are able and willing to work, the
mother doing little else but nurse the
youngest infant -Cornhill Magazine.
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Conan Doyle on Cycling.

Conan Doyle, who is an enthusiast on
cycling, says in Demorest's Magazina.
"When the spirits are low, when the
day appears dark, when work becomes
faanatonops, when hopes seem hardly
worth having, just nouns bicycle and
go for a good spin down the road, with
ont thought of anything but the ride
you are taking 7 have myself ridden
the bicycle most during my practice a.s
q physician and during my work in let
tiers. In the morning or the Afternoon.
before Or after work, as the mood DER
takes me, mount the wheel and am off
for q spin Of q few miles ID Or down
the road from my country place. can
only speak words of praise for the BIZ
CYCLE
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
WHEN SHE GOES BY.

When she goes by with head erect.
A springtide blossom fair and sweet,
I wonder if she can't suspect
How heads are turned along the street.
Or how try to catch her eye
And win a smile when she goes by.
*
When she goes by with wind tossed curl1
And cheeks where winter roses blow,
She quite eclipses all the girls a
It's been my happiness to know.
Oh, how those fairy feet do fly,
No lettering. when she goes by.
When she goes by, gay, debonair,
With graceful swaying figure, though
To follow her I do not dare,
My heart is taken into tow,
And can only long and sigh
And rail at fate when she goes by.
Detroit Free Press
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
a LAUGH IN CHURCH.

She sat on the sliding cushion, IL
The dear wee woman of four;
Her feet in their shiny slippers y
Hung dangling over the floor =
She meant to be good, she had promised.
And SO with her big brown eyes
She stared at the meeting house windows
And counted the crawling flies.
She looked far up at the preacher,
But she thought of the honey bees
Droning away in the blossoms
That whitened the cherry trees.
She thought Of the broken basket
Where, curled in dusky heap,
Three sleek, round puppies with fringy earg
Lay Struggled and fast asleep.
Such soft, warm bodies to cuddle,
Such queer little hearts to beat,
Such swift, round tongues to kiss,
Such sprawling, cushiony feet!
She could feel i'll her clasping fingers
The touch of the satiny skin
And a cold, wet nose exploring
The dimples under i-er chin.
Then a sudden ripple of laughter
Ran over the parted lips,
So quick that she could not catch it
With her rosy finger tips.
The people whispered, stBless the childi"
AS each one walked from nap
But the dear wee woman hid her face
For shame in her mothers lap.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
Extra Professional.

Traveller Gin Il railway carriage to fell
low passenger)-Sir, what do you mean?
This is the third time you have put out
my match.
Fellow Passenger-Force of habit.
I'm member Of volunteer fire bri-
gade. Texas Siftings.
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Prepared pared


Housekeeping at Samoa.
Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson says that
housekeeping in Samoa was not SO idyl.-
Tic as it might seem. Her supplies pame
from New Zealand or Australia once 2
month, so that if she wanted bottle Of
bluing or a bag Of -four, for instance,
she had to send half across the Pacific to
get it. The native diet was ali we'll
enough fof q few weeks, but as it con-
sisted almost solely Of fruit and fish it
began to pail on European palates
Housekeeping in this South Sea paradise
{of romances( had had ether drawbacks, par
fieplarlY in the matter Of expense,
which was fully six Or seven times as
great, Mrs. Stevenson says, as living on
: corresponding scale in San Francisco
As for society, there's more of it to the
square inch in Samoa than in any other
place I know" says Mrs. Stevenson, but
it appears to be largely of the living
picture kind.
In 450 there were drought and fana-
inc al over south Europe. In Italy par
pnts ate their children. It was computed
that SOC. 900 people persisted
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
She Knew Him.

siHe will turn the tables on you it you
are not careful, +" said one woman to an
other, who was berating her husband.
"Turn nothingP' she exclaimed.
"He's so lazy he wouldn' t turn table
If it was on rollers. Detroit Free
Press.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12

Mrs. Style want a hat, but it must
be in the latest style.
Shopman-Kindly take chair, mad
am, aud wait few minutes. The FASH
ion is just changing. London Tit Bits
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12

Leech lake, in Minnesota, takes its
name from translation Of the Indian
gahsuhgusgwah chemakang. s'the place
St laechee !"
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Forwarded.

''He has been dead two years, and to.
day 1 received bill against him, with
lhe request 70 Forward if.'s
= s:Why, what did you do with it?:'
"Put it in the fire.. Life
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-14

ma fe, de Convenience ' de iusticia, pa
ra taodificar Ia fey electoral { inclrlir es-
IA modification en- las retormas ofreci
das DuestrOs hermanos he TitTamar
Por I'm caprieho, por ma auomaH
que no tleno justifieaei6u; por efccto 4.
una yerdadera arbitrarieiad, Cuba \
Puerto Rico, provincias amhas espano
Ia, situadas en- la nli-Ina latituj igual
m ente tieies Il la madrc patria. apa
re zen consideradas como de condi.
cion dIstinta, cual Il fuesen coion.as su-
ietas distintas naciones sometida-
dintintas leyes. In Cuba cs electo,
to 10 eI que pag7 einoo pesos IL contri
buci0n; en- Puerto Rico, es4 ,ni>ao de-
recho esta valorado en- diez pesos. Ia
mann iuinsticia ha lIevado al rctrai-
m'ento, en el cuai 80 mantiene. & to3o
uo partido. sCaha iujusticia mas diagram
te3
Pues bien; precise acabar de una
vez, al on una como en- otra Antila,
con tamanas iniquidadee, hiias de la
suspicacia = lei rccelo, que mantienen
aquellas pr .incias nuestras en- eterna
minoridad; Y es preci>o acabar ahora,
porque no ST puede yoIyer todos los dIas
sobre esta question nj serla equitativo
acomcter una r forma lleyarla i cabo.
q sabiendas de Que no respondia III i
las neceIidades III las antiiIaS. ri / raz6n
njnguna ote equidad.
10 que ocurrira indudab!0mcutr. j
Fl G ,bierno liberal. NAL ousniado. 10
So decide Il inclujr an Il formula apcte-
cida la refor'na electoral, es qae los col,
servadores aprovecharan Ia primera
op"rtunidad que se le' pre~cnte pa
ra captarse eli Cuba Y Puerto Rice
Iaa -impatias que pafecen enpenados en-
enajenarTe los llberaIe4, hacienda por
de"reio % 4pe q actu'i q 'bi"Fno vacjla
en e>tanietpr por medic de una ley
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-14

mos Nisto dia noche entreg gada 4 l.
faeua de numerarlos, hacer papeie
tas z toto 10 necesario par, iDstalar e.
baz ,r. que de>d hace una seluana Sc haIla
eXpuesto al publico cn FL hiosko arab
Desde Ia prinera noche una gran
cotIcurrencia La inyadiIo la Allanbra
La soclcdaI de Ponce no podia mo>tra 7
- iuiIferente a ese IIamamiento.
Anoche era casi impossible penetrai
Ell el kiosko Gas to3as Las lamas \
caballeros do esta ciudad congregations
ALI, oirfdedor de las mesas "a que gra-
ciosa9 Y bellas senofitas eXpendian
papeletas
La banda miitar eiecut4ba preciozas
pleas, atrayendo al paseo una concu-
rrencla como pocas >,ce, la hemos visto
en- la plaza Principal
La noehe fue una verdadera fiesta qu-
termin6 del modo mas delicioso que 81.
puede imaeinar.
Despu@5 de cerrada la tombola Y a
inyitacion de nuestto amigo Don Asisclo
Subira y dc su distinguida esposa, tras-
ladaronse las iovenes foDtb0iistus 4 Ia
casa de aqu6llos, dondc Sc impro ris0
una Armada iaranita que dur6 hasta la
una de Ia mailana
! IA saIa ccnvirtioae en un jardin,
pequeno pero deiieioso, con claveles,
tullpanes y jazmines tan fragantes co
mo las seI1oritaS SHbira, Barnes, Lahon-
grais, sera, Mayoral, Candamo Open
heimer, otiriando de iardinera la due H.,
de Ia casa que con su ealantel ia ~u ala
hle trat", d todos atendia y aninaba.
La tonabola, pnes, no solo esta eier
ciendo uua obra de caridad, sino que
oortrihnye i sacarnos d,l rotrailnier to
social en- que yivimos