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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13

Although very busy man, DIR. R.
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time in which to write a great book of
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wiser, in Plain English, or Medicine
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medical library, complete in one vol
ume. 1t contains 1908 large pages, and
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
teeth MAKE MANY ILLS.
The Evils Which Follow Imperfect Mas
tication May Be Avoided.


st would take too long to enumerate
the many ills which may spring from
imperfect teeth" said DR.. Derby "Of
course one who has good teeth knows
their value, but not enough people know
what to do to keep them always in prop
er condition. Neither can you tell one
just what is necessary at all times. The
removal of all foreign substances from
any contact with the dentine is of course
the primary necessity in considering the
preservation of the teeth.
Zone of the first reasons why one
should have perfect teeth is the inf1u-
ence they exert over the digestion. To
secure proper assimilation the process Of
mastication should be thorough. Moth
ing less will accomplish the results in
tended. If this process is incomplete,
all the attendant evils Of indigestion are
likely to follow. Thus the question of
health is interposed as a primary one.
Freedom from aches and pains and ap-
pearance take secondary places.
"Of the many forms Of neuralgia
which cause such excruciating suffering
a great many owe their existence entire
ly to the presense of faulty teeth. They
can be remedied only by the proper
treatment of the diseased roots. When
this is done, number Of nervous disor-
ders respond readily to the ordinary
medical treatment Toothache, pure and
simple, must be considered as an attend
ant of improperly cared for teeth. 1t is
an old saying that the man who finds
an absolute remedy for and preventive
of toothache will make big fortune.
"Of course the primary instruction
to one who is suffering from bad teeth is
to see dentist. The exposed surface of
the teeth, the enamel, must be kept per-
feet and whole. Any breaks in it must
be Immediately repaired and any wear
ing away or decaying of the structure
must be built up if one expects to Sc
cure all the perfect results for which
the teeth were designed by nature. Con-
slant brushing and cleaning and any
good nonacid wash will do much to
keep the teeth in good repair.
"Of course you know the story of the
man who, when his teeth were admired,
gave the following reasons for their per-
feet conditions: 1 always brush them,
night and morning and after eating,
and leave them in glass of salt water
while I am asleep San Francisco
Examiner,
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ETIQUETTE In Science.

IN aeletter to Nature Professor Ram
say, the well known chemist, raises an
interest question Of etiquette for men Of
science. He points out that when a dis
covery in science is published other ir-
vestigators make ''rush'' to the sub-
ject and thus in manner forestaIl fur
Their discoveries by the original inyestii.
gator. Professor Ramsay seems to think
that such auxiliarics should rec g1,:ze
the first claim of the le .,lcr a.iti Virtual
1y ask his perm ssioii. oe o1o ny g.tcr-
take their researches. in csase lie may i'll
tend to mako (, IN 81 y,stiea3icu,
and the protest. saj!lil tl.at ..g.s IS
Ct tla.- nd !; &C ~ ri
ri Csc vrers.1 eep III; SEQ, 4
himself until he LIS lu....~,. .:ts..
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
OFFICE BUILDING JANITORS.
They Get Lonely and Uncomfortable, Tire
Of the Towering Edifices

They Get Lonely and Uncomfortable, Tired
Of the Towering Edifices.
''The life Of janitor of one of the
big down town Office buildings isn't all
it's cracked up to be-" remarked one of
them late the other afternoon with an
expression of WEAKNESS On his face as he
looked down at lower Broadway filed
with men homeward bound ''People
th1nkwe live high up in pleasant rooms,
with fine view and the purest of air,
Hover gardens On the roofs and the
breezes we get up there from the bay on
warm summer nights. It all sounds
well, but the job Of janitor isn'ta pleas
ant one.
Pure air? Well, may be an excep-
ton, but don't think I am. don't
get 1t ID my rooms, for the most of them
open On the ventilating shaft, and have
10 keep tho windows shut the most of
the time. You see, even On the top floor
all the best rooms can be rented easily,
and the Janitor has to take the worst of
the lot. Most of us have too much care
and worry, too, to train up flower gar
dens, for when night comes we drop in
to our beds to be ready the next morning
early.
but the worst Of it is that we never
can get rid of the building. I get to
hate mine. Working in it all dav, liy
ing IN it at night, get sick Cd it-fair
~ sick. If I so Off Saturday afternoon
or OF Sunday, I've always got that
building on my nina and ALWAYS the
thought that must get back to it that
night.
I'VE get to envy The raen that have
homes to go tc, for by the tir,e So'clock
comes 1t G cts Acrely down here. The
most OF the'men who hare been work
ing III the bailding are now amusing
themselves miles away. Sometimes, on
the rare occasions, 1 get up town O.
nights. l feel coming bsuek down to that
gloomy heap that I'LL re- sign tomorrow.
kent is free, yes, but you get SO
much less wages, SO th ere's not even
money III the job Tossaow you how
some OF us feel, there are several iani-
tors who have their bones in other
parts OF the city and actually pay rent
when they could get free rooms. merely
to get Some reli eff from tia, monotony Of
our lonely building. NE W York Her.
aid
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
A Drama In tho Old Testament,

There is one short story in the second
book of Kings which is wholly dramat.
ic in essence, and the narrative form is
SO subordinate in feeling to the dramat.
ic spirit that even casual reader, if at
all critical, must be impressed by this.
Indeed SO essentially dramatic is the
story that in closely considering it we
may say it falls naturally into the neces.
sary acts and scenes lightly and deli.
cately held together by thread of mar.
rative which almost serves the purpose
Of the chorus, although there is abso-
lutely no comment-another dramatic
feature-and the subject is left to speak
directly to the readers mind.
The story is the well known one Of
Naaman the Syrian and his recovery
from leprosy, and in simplicity, direct
ness, movement and dramatic fire the
story cannot be surpassed. It is told,
too, with such impartiality that we
seem to be looking upon life itself, and
such is its rare art that there is abso-
lutte freedom from any feeling of the
personality of the author And, though
so brief, the narrative holds a great
deal-frst, the revelation Of the po-
litical, social and religious conditions Of
the times, and then within these, which
are always the necessary groundwork
and frame, there is seen that separate
and yet at the same time interdepend-
ent play Of character which is SO es-
sential to the drama. Then, too, the
narrative falls inevitably into the usual
five acts, and these carry out strictly
the Aristotelian analysis of dramatic
tragedy-the beginning, increase, eli
max, declension, consequence Or fall
and all takes place in such way that
that publication Of the mind by calling
forth the feelings Of pity and terror, the
artistic and ethical aim of tragedy, is
fully accomplished.
III this short story, more than any
where else, the genius Of the Hebrew
approaches to that of the Greek, and
the passage is easy between them
Lippincott's.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
"PERIoD" ROOMS.
Being q Dissertation Oh the Prevalent Form
of Torture by Furniture.

Of Torture by Furniture.
One of the compensations Of the i'm
pecunious is to watch the keen dlscom-
fort the rich experience in their efforts
to spend their fortunes. Great is the JOY,
therefore, of the poor woman as she
watches her sister, wife Of one Cresus,
convert her house into museum OF
''rooms of periods.
It would be saddening if it were not
infinitely comic to hear of the trials OF
one multimillionaire who is always
keenly uncomfortable i'll his Greek
drawing room because he can never lind
q book there. The Greeks, you see, did
not have monthly magazines lying ON
their parlor tables. Accordingly the
good gentleman's wife, architect and
furnisher have impressed upon him the
necessity of not spelling the perfect
Athenian atmosphere Of the apartment
by the introduction of una henlan fea-
lures such as literature. l., its zeal for
complete harmony the pow rful trium-
virate has not yet issued 81 order for
bidding the master OF the house to enter
his drawing room en- y hen clad In
the Greek chla1nys, bt.. LAT is because
even architects, furnishers and wives do
not dare to be wholly consistent. Mean
time the multimillionaire escapes from
his Gothic library and thinks how in
appropriate it is to read Dickens under
a medieval arched ceiling and by the
light from a cathedral glass window.
Only multimillionaires, fortunately,
have the wealth necessary to make
themselves completely uncomfortable
by Greek and Gothic rooms. But the
ordinary, plain millionaire has enough
money to be made fairly miserable by
Louis Quinze or Louis Seize drawing
rooms, old Dutch reproductions in the
line of dining rooms and bare colonial
Railways. Comparatively small riches
will go long way toward making a
family miserable once the room" fever
has entered into the veins of the fam
ily's presiding genius. Good American
women Of mixed ancestry and heavy
weight have felt exceeding discomfort
in apartments furnished in spindle leg
ged, gilt chairs belonging to the period
Of q French king CT unhallowed mem
CRY. What does it profit a woman to
furnish her room with the most perfect
consistency if she herself must always
be an inharmonious note in it? Why
should the lover Of good roast.beef and
large, inviting armchairs have to wan
der hopelessly about room set with the
straight. harp backed chairs Of colonial
days, when repose was frowned upon |
and roast beef was none too plenty?
After all enc must live more CT less |
at home even if one has money in |
abundance And why should home be a |
succession Ct rooms furnished after mod |
els set by other lands and other times? |
Who really enjoys living in a house
that is merely large object lesson in
Roman, Moorish, japanese and Egyptian
architecture and furniture? 4 house
holder ought to be more than q curator |
of a museum. York Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
sTAUNToN SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISER
Making the Mosaic Tessern.

The opacity of the material used in
the mosaics Of Rome, Ravenna and Ven
ice is due to minute particles of oxide
of tin held in suspension by the glass,
and the texture Of the glass is dull and
granular. The material now being used
at st. Paul's owes it's opacity to pow
dered feldspar, an essential ingredient Of
granite, and itself natural but very
infusible glass. The texture of this ma
terial is smooth and vitreous, and it is
consequently less retentive of dirt and
more easily cleaned than the glass con-
tanning the oxide Of tin. The various
colors are obtained by mixing metallic
oxides with the ordinary ingredients of
glass, to which the powdered feldspar
has been added. The oxide of cobalt
produces purple blue color, and the
oxide Of copper, according to its state of
oxidation and the proportion in which
it is used, gives a blue, a green or
red. Black is obtained by the oxide of
manganese, green by the oxide of chro-
MUM, pink by the oxide of gold and
yellow by the oxide of uranium. By
combining TIE oxides a practically un.
h,asssS -..', nay readily be obtained.
- :ixtc-:--ls,, in the state of powder,
are shovelcd into crucibles standing
round the CRATE of a furnace, and when
fusion is complete the viscous glass
can be coiled upon the heated end of an
iron rod and removed for use very
much in the way that thick treacle may
be gathered round the bowl of a spoon
and removed from the jar to the plate.
A mass Of molten glass thus collected
is allowed to fall upon flat iron table,
and is pressed into slab about six
inches square and half an inch thick. The
slabs are removed to an oven, where
they are allowed to cool slowly, and
when cool are broken by a hammer on
chopped by miniature guillotine into
small cubes or "tessere. "Tesser@"
is perhaps the more appropriate term,
as it does not suggest that geometrical
accuracy Of form which is implied by
cubes.-Contemporary Review.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
HER INNOCENT QUERY.
The Inuuisitive Neighbor ut Last Gets In
Her Work as Usual.

Her Work as Usual.
Before Ira LaMotte wore diamonds
and wrote manager after his name
incidents occurred that are more ANUS
ing in being related over cold bottles
than they were in transporting. One lit
tie story he tells himself that runs in
this way:
When Ira became Benedict, he was
less prosperous than hopeful. His visl-
BILE possessions consisted of trunk,
huge affair and useful, but solitary to
profound degree when considered as the
extent of his property. But Ira knew
thing or two, even though he had to re-
sort to strategy to accomplish his pur-
pose. He rented flat, a swell flat,
with all the accessories OF high price,
dom, and he and Mrs. LaMotte and
the trunk took possession. They did it
in an unostentatious way, and the neigh
bors were none the wiser. 1t was all
right of course from one way of looking
at it, but neighbors can hardly be ex-
pected to always look that one way; SO
the new tenants kept on being unosten-
tatious and exclusive. The trunk was
most useful. 1t did duty for chairs at
dinner time, for piano at singing time,
for divan at billing time, and for near
ly everything else. 1t was all bit IT.
regular of course, but the best was
made of it, and Ira and Mrs. LaMotte
were as free from care as from the trou-
bles Of wealth.
One morning, however, Mrs. LaMotte
went out. She only went to the corner,
but the wide awake wife of the landlord
the landlord lived in flat just below
Ira's-found the opportunity she had
impatiently been waiting for. She bided
her time until Mrs. LaMotte was on
the outer steps. Then, with bonnet and
cape, she started out. Of course the Ia
dies met, and of course they had to chat
a little.
Elbow do you like the flat, Mrs. La
Motte?" asked the wide awake other.
every much, thank you," icily re-
turned Mrs. LaMotte, for she knew she
was caught and considered all sorts Of
sharp things to say in reply.
"And, Mrs. LaMotte' came hest
tatingly, but it came-"when are you
going to move in?''
The simplicity Of it took her breath
away, and she could only retreat in dig
nified silence. Chicago Dispatch.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
The Sudan Ruler.

The present ruler Of the Sudan was
sometimes spoken of as the Mahdi. Mo-
manned Ahmed, the Mahdi. died in
June 1885, victim of his dissolute
mode of life. He nominated as the
Khalifat Ell Mahdi Tor Mahdi's success
sor) the Caliph Abdullah, the horrors
of whose rule have been so wildly por-
trayed by Slatin Pasha. The caliph is
Baggara Of dark chocolate colored COM
plexion, with a long and prominent
nose. He wears a short beard, cut ac-
cording to the Moslem custom. Owing
to his sensuous mode of life he is now
extremely stout. He is unable to read.
His palace at Obdurman is crowded
with slaves, eunuchs and young boys,
who wait upon him, and his wives num-
Der some hundreds. York Times
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
Reading the Newspaper.

"What a newspaper reading people we
are!' said Mr. Collin. ''It seems as
though everybody reads newspapers. In
an elevated car the other day l saw
little child less than year cid which
was reading q newspaper, CT which
seemed to be. The father had been read
ing the paper really, but the baby, sit
ting On it's fathers knee, had clutched
at it, and finally the father placed it in
the child's little hands, and it sat there,
holding the paper in front Of itself, and
looking at it soberly, and now and then
looking UP at its father, and all this so
pleased q gentleman with gray mus
tache, who sat opposite, that when he
got up to go out he chucked the baby
gently under the chin and smiled at it
as he passed. New York Sun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
Washjngtor's Taiiest Policeman.

Policeman John I. Kennedy is the
tallest man in the department. He
measures feet inches and weighs $50
pounds. He has peachblow complex
ion, and talks in q deep down Marine
band voice. He is not only remarkable
fer his dimensions, but for his police
record as well. He was born in West
moreland county, Va, Feb. 25, 1871.
He was appointed on the police force
July /, 1898. -Wasl,ington Times.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
A Deception Easily Practisad

is the offer of reward for "any case of
catarrh pot cured" by certain Genres,
or blood medicines" Nothing is eaid
regarding the number of bottles reo,Iir
cd, and therein lies the deception
The makers of Ely's Cream Balm. have
never resorted to such devices. Cream
Balm is an elegant preparation, agree
able to use. and immediate in its hene
fetal results. 1t cures catarrh. Yon
can rely upon the fact that it contains
no mercury nor other injurious drug,
so cts.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft OR Calloused Jumps and
Biemishes from horses, Blood Spavins,
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring Bone,
Stiles, .Sprains, all Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonder
ful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold
by B. f. Hughes, Druggist, No. 6 South
Augusta ST., Staunton, Va.
june 5-1yr.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
Sure Cure,

He-I understand you have been at
tending an ambulance class. Can you
tell me what is the best thing to do for
broken heart?
She-Oh, yes. Bind up the broken
portion with a gold band, battle with
orange blossom water and apply plenty
of raw rice. Guaranteed to be well in a
month London Tit-Bits.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
Relief III Six HOuPs.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relic ed in six hours by the NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" THIS new rem sdy is q great
surprise on account OF its exceeding
promptness in rel ing pain in the
bladder, kidneys, back and every part
OF the urinary passages in male or
female. 1t relieves retention of water
and pain in passing it almost imme-
diate!y. If you want quick relief and
cure tbs is your rs1Dedy.
Sold by B. f. Hughes. Druggist. No.
South Augusta ST., Staunton, Va.
June 5-1,r
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
CURIOUS MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
Among Dwarfs of Andaman Island Cor
tracing Parties Climb a Tree.

Among Dwarfs of Andaman Island Con-
tracing Parties Climb a Tree.
Some of the customs peculiar to
courtship and marriage among the race
of dwarfs who inhabit the Andaman is
land are, according to M. de Quatre-
FACES, who recently published book
called "The Pygmies'' about these
people, very peculiar. Not the least re-
markable of them is the procedure of
courtship. The young man who has
made his choice addresses himself to the
parents, who never refuse, but send the
girl into the forest, where, before day,
she conceals herself The young man
must find her.
If he does not succeed, he must re-
nounce all claim to her. The wedding
ceremony of these people is equally
curious. M. Quatrefages thus describes
it: ''The two parties climb two flexible
trees growing near each other, which
an old man then makes to bend toward
each other. When the head of the man
touches the head of the girl, they are
legally married.
Turning from Asia to Europe, we
find very curious custom prevailing
in Roumania. Among the peasantry Of
this country, when a girl attains a mar
riageable age her trousseau, which has
in the meanwhile been carefully woven,
spun and embroidered by her mother
and herself. is placed in painted
wooden box
When young man thinks Of asking
to be allowed to pay his attentions to
the girl he is at liberty first to open the
box, which is always placed in a con-
venient position, and examine the trous-
seau. If he is satisfedwith the quantity
and quality Of the dowry, he makes
formal application for the girls hand,
but if not he is quite at liberty to retire.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-13
ATOMS OF ELECTRICITY.
Calculation That Seems Iacomprehersible
to the Average Intelligence.


to the Average Intelligence.
Have you any idea what IAN atom Of
electricity would lock, feel, taste or
smell like? In short, have you a mind
that is capable of imagining what such
an infnitesilnal division Of the incom-
prehensible fluid" would be? We think
not The writer has spent his life "delv-
ing in the realms of the wonderful, y
yet he is free to confess that he has no
mere Of an idea what an atom Of elcc-
trioi.y would lie than he has of what is
to be understood by the words ''soul"
and "etc1nity" But there are those
who have been spending hours, days and
weeks exploring and Investigating in the
bottomlcss ocean Cf electrical mysteries,
and who have arrived at some startling
conclusions That such thing as ian
atom Ct electricity" exists has been be-
lievcd in by number of eminent cleo
trici@ps and philosophers, among them
the honored Helmholtz and our own
Thomas A. Edison.
Working On the theories advanced by
the former, Professor Rioharz, a we'll
known European investigator, has maze
some experiments in that line that have
startled even the electricians-men who
come il daily contact with things of the
most wonderful nature According to q
recent determination CT Professor Rich
a1z, the smallest possible quantity of
eloctricity-that which may properly be
termed can atom lis such that 430
multiplied by 1,000, 900 three times
that is to say, by the cube Of 1000, 900
will give the number Of atoms in a
coulclnb Of electricity. -St. Louis Re-
public