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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
NEUDORF CONVENT PRISON..
Where Austrian Female Murderers Leave
the World and Start Life Afresh.

| Where Austrian Female Murderers Leave
the World and Start Life Afresh.
The women in the Neutlorf Convent
prison were all SO kindly il their ways,
SO peaceful and good humored, they
differed SO completely from our precon-
ceived ideas of criminals, that we were
puzzled to imagine what could have
| brought them into prison. We had never
doubt but that their offenses were Of
the most trivial nature, and we said So
| The superior gave US one of her odd,
humorous smiles.
Did you notice that woman in the
| CORRIDOR" she asked. "She is Mario
Schneider "
That insignificant looking little wom-
an, who had stood aside with a gentle
deprecatiye smile to allow US to pass,
Marie Schneider! Why, in any other
place one would have set her down at
once as the Woodworking wife Of a
struggling curate, SO thoroughly re-
spectacle did she look And she is Marie
Schneider, a European celebrity with
more murders on her conscience than
she has fingers Gu her hands!
"And you let her stay here?'
'tWe have nowhere else to put her."
the inspector, who had joined Us, re-
piled, "and we don't hang women in
Austria -
Nor is she, as we soon found, the on
y notoriety in TIE place One Of the
prisoners is a delicate looking girl, with
large brown eyes and golden hair-a
tyne Of beauty almost peculiar to Aus
Il trans sai32s She has d low, cooins voice and
singularIy gweett,- innocent expression.
"What Oh earth can tIlat girl have
done to be sent heTe?" I whispered,
"Done?" the inspector replied grin
ly. ''Set & house on fire in the hope of
killing man with his wife and five
children"
The girl must have had extraordi-
narily sharp ears, for, although we
were standing at so1ne distance away,
she heard what he said, and she gave
him a glance such as I hope never to
see again in my life. It was absolutely
diabolic; had there been a knife within
reach the man would have died on the
been looking up into my face with a
smile an angel might have enyied
Several CT tho prisoners are in the con-
vent for killing their own children;
some for killing or trying to kill their
husbands others for stealing or embez-
zling; others again for no more serious
crime than begging. There are all de-
grees of guilt there, in fact, and all
ages, from girls Of Is to women Of near
ly so. And they all live together on
terms of perfect equality, for there are
30 distinctions Of rank there-no one is
better Or worse than her neighbor.
When the convent door closes behind
them, they have done, for the time be-
ing, not only with the outside world,
but with their own past. They start life
afresh, as it were.-Cornhill Magazine.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
A Slight Miss understanding.

Huang Tsu-L Lien, who was returned
American student, was killed before the
surrender of Wei Hal Wei. He was first
lieutenant of the Peiyang cruiser Isl
Yuen, having succeeded the late Shen
Shou Chang, another returned Ameri-
can student, who was killed while com
manding the Isl Yuen in the first naval
action of the late war at the mouth Of
the Yashan river, Korea, July 25, 1894,
owing to the cowardice of his subse-
quently decapitated captain, Fong Peh-
KEN. During the fighting at Wei-Hai-
Wei Lieutenant Huang TsuLien was
badly wounded and was therefore adj
vised to leave his ship and go to Che
fu for treatment. This he resolutely
refused to do, declaring that CHS duty
to the emperor demanded his remaining
at his post" After having had his
wounds hastily dressed, the late lieu
tenant went Oh with his duties on
board, although he had to be supported
by all attendant in doing so. Shortly
afterward d shot struck his thigh, but
he still refused to retire, remaining
with his guns. A few minutes after
ward a shell from the enelny's batteries
almost annihilated the gallant officer.
-BlackWOOd s Magazine.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
Afraid of Brooklyn Bridge.

There is a man in Brooklyn who, al.
though ms has crossed the East river to
New York several times week during
the last 20 years, has never yet crossed
the Brooklyn bridge.
fts Fode home in Brooklyn street
Car the other night with a party of peo-
pie who had been at New OK thea,
tek and had crossed the bridge to go
home while he crossed by way of Fulton
ferry.
"Why did you take the ferry ia place
ct tbs bridge?" he was asked.
Because the ferry is safer.''
"What!''
Why" he said, 81 wouldn't cross
that spidary thing for $4,000. +"
The others looked and saw that be
was serious. They decided that lie was
toe short to discuss matters with him
New York Journal.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
ODD BILLIARD FACTS.
Making a Table In pay-Tile Balls Sea
soned In Incuhators.

Making a Table In a Day-The Balls Sea-
soned In Incuhators.
A billiard table can be built in "A
hours if carte blanche is given to the
manufacturer, but he prefers to have
time to get the right effects from one
month to six. The wood needs to be sea-
soned for period of nearly seven years.
Rich, deep Spanish mahogany is used,
pollard oak, ebony and satin wood.
Tables are not always covered in
green. Blue is sometimes used and a
pure olive green. The late Prince Leo
pold was the first to make use of the
latter color, and olive green is known
today in the billiard world as Prince
Leopold's color.
The balls must be we'll seasoned be-
fore they are used for play. Manufac-
turers have incubators in which to store
them that they may undergo the drying
process. Some incubators will hold fully
5000 balls. When they are first made,
they are "green." Solid ivory is the
only satisfactory material Of which to
make them; 'arti1icial balls'' Chose
made of conposition) are much heavier
and do not wear well. English makers,
to give the red balls a perfect color,
steep them i'll decoction that is some
times described as the "guardsman $
BATH" This is extracted from the old
coats Of Tommy Atkins, and for bill
lizard balls it is the finest scarlet dye
known.-New York World.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10

followed Twas out Of the ordinary and
most improper. Miss Kitty fitted her ar
rows with immense deliberation. so that
I every one might see what she was do
| ing. She was perfect shot, and her 46
pound bow suited her to nicely.
She pinned the wooden legs of the
target with great care four successive
times. She pinned the wooden top of the
target once, and all the ladies looked at
each other.
Then she began some fancy shooting
at the white, which, if you hit it, counts
exactly one point. She put five arrows
into the white. 1t was wonderful arch
cry; but, seeing that her business was
to make "golds" and win the bracelet,
Barr-Saggott turned a delicate green
like young water grass.
Next, she shot over the target twice,
then wide to the left twice-always
with the same deliberation-while a
chilly hush fell over the company, and
Mrs. Beighton took out her handker-
chief. Then Kitty shot at the ground in
front OF the target and split several ar
rows.
Then she made red-or seven points
just to show what she could do if she
liked, and she finished up her amazing
performance with some more fancy
shooting at the target supports Here is
her score as it was pricked off: Miss
Beighton-Gold, 1 red, 1; blue, O;
black, o.; white, 5; total hits, 7; total
score, 81.
Barr-Saggott looked as if the last few
arrowheads had been driven into his legs
instead 81 Tie 6, .,ss,.ttl1se deep still
ness was broken by a little snubby,
notified, half grown girl saying in
shrill voice of triumph, "Then I've
womb
Mrs. Beighton did her best to bear
up, but she wept in the presence of tho
people. No training could help her
through such disappointment. Kitty
unstrung her bow with vicious jerk
and went back to her place, while Barr
Saggott was trying to pretend that he
enjoyed swapping the bracelet on the
snubby girls raw, red wrist. 1t was an
awkward scene-most awkward. Every
one tried to depart i'll body and leave
Kitty to the mercy of her mamma.
But Cubbon took her away instead,
and-the rest isn't worth printing
Rudyard Kipling.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
TOILET SUGGESTIONS.
To Avoid Wrinkles Use Lukewarm Water.
Massage Treatment.

1t is said that everything which has an
emollient effect on the skin induces wrin-
kles. Hot baths in particular should be
avoided, as they dilate the skin greatly
and cause thereby fine lines. Lukewarm
water is the proper thing for the complex
ion, according to the latest advices, and if
wrinkles are already formed they should
be smoothed away by persistent massage
treatment This treatment is given with
the thumb, without the aid of any sort of
ointment, and the movement is crosswise
Great patience and perseverance are the
sole price of this treatment, which is stat
ed to be peculiarly efficacious, but as pa
tience and perseverance are even less COM
mon than money, doubtless many women
would prefer to gain the result by an out
lay of money. If massage could only be
bought by the bottle, it would be more ex-
tensively employed.
Camphor is not very often mentioned in
toilet recipes, and yet it is peculiarly heal
ing and bleaching in its effect on the skin
The best spirits of camphor are made
at homo by buying the gum camphor,
crumbling it and placing it in q large bot
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
The Young Ladies of the Ballet.

The young ladies who have acquired
from long practice the faculty Of stand
ing about unconsciously and impervious
ly in drafts with bare legs, arms and
shoulders do not charm the gentlemen
of today as they fascinated their fathers.
The foyer lives upon its ancient fame,
and is still curious to look at, but it has
fallen from the high place which once
belonged to it in the life of Paris.
When I first saw it, the gathering was
in its full glory. Almost miserable as
was the room, with its dirty, sloping
floor corresponding with the incline of
the stage), its low ceiling, and its air of
general discomfort, the scenes that went
Oh in it, the words that were spoken in
it, and the people that frequented it,
were absolutely apart; nothing like
them was to be found elsewhere. The
mixture of brilliancy, of elegance, of
dance, of sparkling talk Con the side of
the men), Of lovemaking and of laugh
ter was prodigious. Neither natural
nor experimental chemistry has ever
produced a more intimate compound of
fantastic elements. It was social and
moral synthesis in its intensest form.
At that time the habitues Of the foyer
were convinced that they could not live
without it; it had become necessary to
their lives The present generation man
ages to subsist away from it.-Black-
wood s Magazine.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
IMPURE FOODS.
Some Of the ss sis7 ..sings " Eat IT hat
~ Are Adu1terated.

Some Ct the i hssEs,T :inss " I5st IT That
~ Are Adulterated.
A recent report Of the dairy food COM
missioner of Pennsylvania names so
many food products which are adulter-
ated as to raise a query as to what is
not adulterated. Among the many I'M
pure things sold are allspice, which of
ten is mainly composed of ground and
roasted cocoanut shells; baking powder !;
beef, wine and iron prepared as tonic );
butter, buckwheat flour, candy, catchup,
cider, cheese, cinnamon, cloves-the
latter made almost entirely from ground
cocoanut shells, the odor and taste Of
cloves being scarcely perceptible; coffee
consisting chiefly Of coffee screenings
or damaged coffee, but sold at high
price as a pure article; fresh Java"
made from wheat and barley hulls,
roasted with sugar and containing 40
coffee; Goldfish not Goldfish at all-mere-
ly cheap dried fish; cream of tartar
adulterated with -four; fa1seed adul-
terated with starch; fruit "butters, :"
such as apple butter, peach butter, etc. :,
very seldom pure, being adulterated
with starch waste and salicylic acid !;
the same is true Of grated pineapples !;
ginger adulterated with ash, rice bulls,
rice flour and cayenne pepper; lard !;
maple sirup, made from commercial
glucose Trimmed with about 20 per cent
OF water; mixed spices; orange juice,
lemon oil, lemon phosphate, molasses,
mustard, olive Gil, pepper, vinegar, va
nilla extract, all kinds of preserves, ex-
tract Of strawberries and tea.
70 add to the deception few apple
seeds are scattered through the so called
fruit jams, Or timothy Or other seeds
are added to the mixture to represent
raspberry, strawberry, etc. The produc-
ton of artificial colors is particularly
common in CONNECTIONS. Indigo, tuner
ic, annotto, logwood anil cochineal are
used in great quantities, and are proba-
bly, not harmful; arsenic, copper and
leads are very deleterious, but are not
now used as much as in former times,
before sanitary officials made such per-
sistent attacks on them. Milk and milk
products are often colored. Annotto is
very commonly used by dairymen to
give rich yellow color. In itself an
MOTTO is probably harmless, but it pro-
duces deceptive results. Now York
Post
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
Abraham Lincoln's Peach.

A young lady sends to the Chicago
Tribune a little anecdote Of Abraham
Lincoln. She says that a good many
years ago. when her father was small
boy, her grandfather brought Abraham
Lincoln home one night to supper. He
was then poor young man practicing
law in Woodford county, Ills.
1t was a cold, stormy night, and
grandma hurried around getting supper.
To have something nice, she opened a
jar of preserved peaches Lincoln spent
long time over his peach and finally
left it Oh the plate.
Grandma noticed this, and as soon as
he and grandpa had gone into another
room she went to look at the dish. Then
she saw that instead Of q peach she had
given the visitor the little muslin sack
which contained the peach kernels and
the spice. She fastened into the other
room and began an apology, but Mr..
Lincoln said:
f'That was all right, Mrs. Perry. My
mother used the same thing, and it was
so good that wanted to get all the
juice out of it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
RatiOcinatiOn.

Rector-Duggan, attention AS you re
an old Balaklava soldier I am inclined
to make allowances, but this is the
third time have seen you under the in
huence of drink. How is this?
Sexton-Well, you see, sir, when I go
down town, one fellow says, "Duggan,
will you have a drink?'' and another
says the same, and get drunk without
knowing it.
Rector-But, Duggan, when I go
down town, no one asks me to take a.
drink
Sexton-Yes, but you're not nearly
such popular man, you see.-Punch
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
The Armenian Church.

The great patron saint OF the Arme.
MAN Christians is st. Gregory, surnam.
ed the 'Illumirator, who baptized
King Tividates in 500 A. D. His most
illustrious successors were SITS. Nerses,
Sahak and Mesrop, the last named of
whom invented the Armenian alphabet
and translated the Bible into Armenian.
After the general council Of Chalcedon
in the year 451 the Armenian church
adopted the monophysite heresy, which
holds that Christ has only one nature.
1t returned to the communion Of tho
Catholic church in G26 But at the be-
ginning of the eighth century it fell in
to heresy again. 1t became orthodox i'll
1889, but soon reverted to heresy and
has ever since been regarded as schis-
matte by the Catholic church. It is note
worthy, however, that the house of
bishops Of the last Episcopal general con-
yention referred to "the ancient and
faithful church of Armenia. - New
York Tribune.
How mankind defers from day to
day the best it can do and the most
beautiful things it can enjoy, without
thinking that every day may b6 the last
one and that lost time is lost eternity!
MAX kIpller,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10

medium shades will be employed for cloaks
for small children. These cloaks are made
very simply and lined and trimmed with
plain color.
Soft wooien brocades, with slight adj
mixture Of silk, make very pretty day
gowns, as do figured woods with narrow
velvet stripes. Libeline cloths and parti-
colored cheviots are also fashionable, while
WOODEN materials woven with large horse
cloth checks, the underside Of Il plain
tint, dull blue goods like military cloth,
serges and metons will all be utilized by
the leading modistes.
An illustration is given of a dinner
gown of satin duchess and liberty satin
in turquoise blue, The plain godet skirt
is Of satin duchess. The bodice is of ac-
Gordon plated liberty satin and has
round decolletage edged with q putting.
Bands of ribbon pass over the shoulders
and are retained in place by punches of
forgetmenots. The short, very full sleeves
of satin duchess have an accordion plated
epaulet Of liberty satin fastened with q
pearl buckle. JUDO GHoIIET.
That riacket.
The artificial ensemble sung of in the
following rhyme, clipped from a Lon
don exchange, is not applicable to many
women nowadays, but the catastrophe
Of the closing lines is by no means rare;
The lady was fair az II summer flower
And pure Christmas rose.
Her dress was white, and her stays were tight,
And she'd brown tan shoes on her toes.
Ihe ensemble, wcen, was fit for queen,
While she walked with a gqeenly air.
The daintiest sight, by day OF night,
Was that lady, passing fair.
The bloom on her cheek to make took a week.
Her eyes We're of heavens blue.
But, alas FOR hea placket, she'd forgotten to
tack it,
And her pet5coat would stick through.
|
The good things Which belong to pros
perity may be wished, but the coed
things which belong to adversely are to
be admired. --Seneca
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
WINTER FABRICS.
Mohair of Various Colors-Crepon and
Smooth Cloth.

Among the winter novelties in fabrics
are MORE silk poplin and a magnificent
new crepon of alternate dark and light
stripes, the dark stripe being embroidered
with gold beads. Mohair and alpaca are
shown in all dark shades and many light
ones, both plain and with a printed figure
in q contrasting color. The figured mo-
hair is especially liked by French dress
makers just now, as the tint Of the figure
may be repeated in the trimmings with
excellent effect. Dark blue with scarlet
patte1 l, golden brown with dark blue,
white with black, black with emerald
green and bottle green with golden brown
are some Of the combinations. Crepons
continue to be worn, while lightweight
cloths with smooth finish are also seen.
Silk and wool mixtures in two colors are
still liked for the street, and wooden suit
ings in blue and green plaids make smart
walking gowns.
Satins and yelvets, shot and plain, will
be largely employed for trimming by tai
loring establishments. Nearly all the new
jackets have revers Or q collar of velvet.
Soft, printed French nannels in dark or
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
Excitement.

Both III individuals and in masses
violent excitement is always followed
by remission and often by reaction. We
are all inclined to depreciate what we
have overpraised, and Oh the other hand
to show undue indulgence where we
have shown undue rigor.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
AUTUMN.

With shy brown eyes she comes again,
With hair sunny, silken skein,
As full of light as goldenrod;
Love IN her voice, love in her nod,
She treads SO softly no one knows
The time she comes, the time she goes,
The grass is brown, the leaves begin
Their gold and crimson dyes to win,
Each cricket sings as loud as ten
10 drown the noisy locust. when
You come, o maid! to bid us cry
10 summer sweet long goodby.
And when you go the leaves are gone;
The aster's farewell scent is flown;
Poor Cupid puts away his wings,
And close to coy corners clings;
The rude winds usher, with shout,
The winter in, the autumn out.
There's sadness in her shy brown eyes,
Though gay her gown with tawny dyes,
Loves in her voice-but telling most
OF one who's loved, but loved and lost:
She treads SO softly no one knows
The time she comes, the time she goes.
Boston Journa
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10
The Authors Malice.

First AUTHORITATIVE you heard that
our chUm, Smithers, has married?
Second Authorizes, lie wanted to
double his circle of readers !-Fliegende
Batter
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10

tie and filling the bottle with alcohol. The
alcohol will absorb q large quantity Of
gum, and the spirits of camphor thus OBJ
tanned are very strong. Diluted it is excel
lent for sunburn, relieving the soreness and
inflammation and often preventing the
skin from coming off. A few drops i'll tho
bath and in the water in which the hair is
washed help to keep the skin and scalp in
good condition. Camphor ice is one of the
best remedies for chapped and rough
hands, but ought never to be used for the
lips, as it has a bleaching effect.
An illustration is given of a bicycle cos
tune of tan cloth. The trousers are ex-
ceedingly full and are gathered into q band
below the knee. The short, tight fitting
jacket closes with two rows of largo pearl
buttons and has % wide collar and revers
of ottoman silk Of the same color as the
cloth. The ample sleeves have a stitched
cuff adorned with q large button. A man S
collar and tie are worn, sailor hat Of
brown straw and leggings.
JUDO CHOLLET
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10

"Oh, Miss Daisy, wish you'd come
with mel Tommy Parker wants me to
60 with him to the Round pond to sail
his boat, and it wouldn't look we'll to
60 with him unless had a chaperon.
ALLY Sloper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-23

the Virginians, but as the ADVERTISE
ment for bids on the work was ordered
published at the same meeting at
which the letter was read the COM
mittee never got around. The letter
the injunction in case the
board went ahead and let the contract
and the threat has been carried out
to the letter.
E. S. Smith of Virginia makes the
application for the injunction. The
grounds set forth are that the road as
proposed to be built does not conform
to the description given to the people
upon which they voted. 1t is claimed
that the commissioners instead of
building seventy miles of road as pro-
vided by the resolution of the board, if
it follows its present plans, will build
Sc miles. The road as described in
the proposition submitted to the peO-
pie was to run in a northerly direction
from Tower, and Smith claims that
as it is now proposed to build it in a
northeasterly direction the require
ments of the proposition as carried
are not being complied with.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-23
Two. Kinds of Boys.

Likely, me boy, week nights and
Sundays, gather with the kids at the
usual place; just as soon as you get
your supper, tumble over yourself to
get down town with the gang. Learn
to smoke cigarettes, chew tobacco,
Itell nasty stories, swear, and. all the
vices so quickly acquired among the
crowd, and 'twon't be long before you
are good for nothing 70. yourself or
else.
"When a merchant wants clerk or
anybody, a boy he can trust, you
won't be the one chosen. Oh, NO.
You are not the kind OF a boy that is
wanted these times. He's altogether
different from you. At night he is at
home, getting his school studies, or
reading some good books-history,
science and perhaps art. He is filling
his mind with helpful things instead
Of hurtful. He is learning to be a
gentleman instead of loafer. He is.
trying to make something OF himself