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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25

WEDDING GOWN.
cleaning, dyeing and similar regeneration
to which the wedding dress of poor
woman too often has to submit.
The style varies according to the figure
and the taste as far as the bodice is con-
cerned, but for the skirt-that is always
long and usually plain. There is a great
liking for a princess back, and this effect
Is always graceful The closing Of the
gown il concealed under the trimming of
the corsage, the skirt fastening at the side,
never down the middle of the front, as that
gives the look of a wrapper.
The length of the train depends upon
the figure of the wearer and the sort of
goods employed. One and one-half yards is
almost the extreme length, nothing but
the utmost pomp and circumstance, like
that of royalty, justifying greater extent
of superfuous material
The train is kept in shape more by the
quality of the goods and the lining than
by stiff interlining. Nevertheless an inter
lining Of very light haircloth may be en-
ployed, extending through the entire train
and for 10 or 10 inches up the skirt itself.
The inside Of the train should have a frill
s or 10 inches wide quite full and cut
crossways Of the silk.
Mousseline de sole, plain, plated or
embroidered, is frequently employed as a
trimming for wedding gowns. The skirt
is generally plain, unless it is adorned
with fine lace, which is not cut, but is
draped here and there with bows or clus-
tiers of orange blossoms.
The wedding gown illustrated is of satin
duchesse. The skirt has long, round
train, and is trimmed around the foot
with three narrow ruches of white silk
gauze. Ribbons Of white satin, terminal
ing under bows and punches of orange
flowers, are carried diagonally across the
left side. The bodice is full in front,
trimmed with gauze ruches and traversed
by two ribbons. The belt is of white satin,
the draped sleeves of satin duchess, the
sleeve frills and collar of gauze.
JUDO CHOLLET.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
DUSTY BY ACTUAL COUNT.
A Scientist Has Numbered the Dust Par
ticles In the Very Purest Air.

A Scientist Has Numbered the Dust Par
ticles In the Very Purest Air.
It has always been believed that there
could be no dust in the air of midocean,
or upon mountain peaks thousands of
feet above the sea level where the
SHOWS are eternal. But science has re-
Gently demonstrated that such is not the
case. It has even gone farther than
finding dust in these places. It has
counted, with the utmost accuracy, the
number of particles in a cubic cent?
meter.
Dust measurements were made from
air over the open ocean and in noun
tain regions at attitudes from 6, 900 feet
to more than IS, 900 feet. On the Bles-
horn, in Switzerland, which forms part
Of the Alpine chain, containing the
Rothhorn and Weisshorn, rising about
1000 feet above the Zermatt valley on
the east, and some 5000 feet from that
Of Ziani on the west, the observations
showed that at an elevation of $500
feet there were $50 dust particles in a
cubic centimeter, which measures lit
tie over one third Of an inch. At 8, 400
feet elevation only 513 dust particles
were found, and at 1900 feet above
the sea the number diminished to 1877
per cubic centimeter.
Over the Indian ocean the average
number of dust particles in cubic CEN
timeter was less than 500 for seven out
Of nine days, and on five days was less
than 400. During a thick fog in the At
lantic the air was found to contain 3.120
dust particles per cubic centi1neter,
while in the clear region just beyond
the fog there were only $50 dust parti-
Giles in the same space.
Probably even few men Of science
would be able to tell how these parti-
cles could be counted, but wonderful
little instrument has been devised which
makes the task an easy one. The dust
counter which Mr.. Fridlander employs
contains chamber into which air can
be introduced saturated with water va
por. Then it is slightly and quickly cool
ed. Owing to the fall Of temperature,
condensation Of vapor takes place on the
dust nuclei, which then fall on to mi
crometer plate at the bottom of the
chamber, where they are rendered east
~ visible for counting by the water lay
er which coats them. New York Jour-
nal.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
CO,ll6ln't BE Done.

During rehearsal at q country thea
ter some years ago the stage manager.
in looking over what would be required
for the play, discovered that he would
need six cigars each night for part
played by himself, which fact he com
municated to the property man.
"What!" cried the economical prop
erty man. "Six might? Why, that vii.
be 3 shillings weekp'
''Eh?" gasped the stage manager.
Mortified at the prospect Of having to
smoke the inferior weed. "You-don't
mean to say you are going to give me
penny ones?'
"Well," stammered the property
man, upon my word, sir. can't get
them any cheaper. London Answers.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
one morning, at Versailles, in Janu-

One morning, at Versailles, i'll Ja1,u-
airy, 1871, the letters from home were
being looked through while Moltke was
present. In one Of them was a long
poem in his honor, full Of all imagina-
BILE eulogies, such phrases as ''the sage
orderer of battles, - 1.-THE great silent
man." etc., constantly occurring. He
sat quiet while this great composition
was being read out, and when it was
over he smiled calmly to himself and
remarked to us, "Well, you know, if
we had not conquered, the poem would
have begun with the words, Thou old
looi h-Forpm,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
A Valuable Prescripsion.

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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
Bucklen's Arnica SaIva.

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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25

FAST TIME.-All records of fast rail-
road travelling between Chicago and
the Mississippi river were broken Sun
day afternoon by the Rock Island Rail
road Company, which ran a speciaF
train from Rock Island to Chicago, a
distance of 181 miles in three hours and
thirty minutes, inclusive of stops, or in
three hours and forty one minutes if
stops are taken into consideration.
From Moline to Blue Island the train
made a run, including three stops, OF
1852. 8 miles, in 1873 minutes, and at one
time reached speed of seventy seven
and two thirds miles per hour. Taking
out stops, which we're for water, the
1852 8 miles were covered in 176 minutes,
the fastest speed on q long distance
trip ever attained west OF Chicago.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
NOTICES..
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
PILES! PILES! PILES!

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absorbs the tumOrs, allays the itching at once,
cots as poultice, gives instant relief DR..
Williams Indian Pile Ointment is prepared
only for Piles and Itching Of the private parts,
and nothing else. Every box is guaranteed.
sol by druggists, sent by mail, for SOC. and 81
per box. WILLIAMS MFG CO.,
mar 2D-1y Cleveland, Ohio.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25

Howard i HOUSE,
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of Interest and Amusement.
Heated throughout by Steam.
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r ARGE FARM FOR SALE.-A splendid
II farm in Augusta county, the richest
quarter of the Valley of Virginia, containing
dwelling, two new barns covered with slate
and painted, other new outbuildings, two Or
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ton with turnpike leading to station, in splen-
did state Of cultivation, fine spring, plenty of
TIMBER, in sight of churches, mills, stores, &C
years. time. Has on it now 13head horses, fifty
cattle, 40 hogs. 15Osheep, 10 mich cows, raised
1000 bushels of corn last year, other grain In
proportion. Write for full description to this
ONCE.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
Devotion.

That was a remarkable instance Of
devotion to which an Italian journahre-
ferred some time ago, wherein a hus-
band, on hearing that his wife looked
her best in mourning, committed sui
eide that she might have an opportunity
to wear it-London Queen
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
Portraits and ..Pictures.~

If one can give the portrait and make
picture at the same time, SO much the
better, but if the portrait be given with
frankness and sincerity, if the model be
rendered with knowledge and truth, the
result will be a picture-a work Of art
whether the painter SO designs it or
not. Holbein and Velasquez told the
exact truth about their sitters, and their
simpler portraits are today their better
pictures, Lawrence and his followers in
devoting themselves to stunning eff
fects not only compromised the likeness.
but made the picture bizarre by en-
phasis in the wrong place. The tale has
been more than twice told in the history
of art. A simple truth is always better
than an ornate falsehood. -Scribner'
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
BRIDAL FASHIONS.
Satin Of Different Shades of Whiteness Fer
Blond and Brunette.

Blond and Brunette.
The gown Of most fashionable brides Is
now of satin duchesse, snow white for
slender bends, milk white for fair, robust
women, cream or ivory white for brunettes
and those who fear to appear large. The silk
lining, which should extend throughout,
should be of good euality-in case of a
wealthy woman, because the effect is bet
ter; in case of moderately circumstanced
one, because the gown better endures
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25


Mixed train No. AL leave Staunton at so a.
M, arrived at Lexington 35 a. m.
On Sunday mixed trains leave at 10 is q. H.
arrived at HarrisOnburg 3 90 p. m.
*Daily, except Sunday. tSunday only
CONNECTIONS:
Train No. 40S connects at Harper's Ferry
with Fast Limited Express trains, leaving at
LAO p. NJ, arriving at Cincinnati at 7:45 a. M.
st. Louis 90 p. M, and connects at Weverton
with train arriving at HagerstOwn at oil D.
M, and at Washington Junction with train
arriving at Frederick at 55 p. m.
Train 416 connects with fast vestibuled trains
at Harper's Ferry at 9:44p.m. for Chicago at
l021 p. m. for Pittsburg, and 1853 a. m. for Gin
cinnati and st. Louis; Arrive at Pittsburg at
7:09 q. M; Chicago at 9:45 p. M, Cincinnati at
500 p. M, and st. Louis at $50 a. m.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars run through
to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and Pitts
burgh on all express trains.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks and fur
ther Information apply to B. s. o. agents or to
G. E. Dudrow, Travelling Passenger Agent
winchester, Va, or c. T. Hammond, Agent
StauntOn, Va.
CHAS. O. SCULL, W. GREENE
Gen. Pass. Agt. Gen. Man.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25

There is this immense benefit in ma
chinery, that it carries ON those opera
tions which debase the mind and injure
the faculties. A man by constantly per-
forming the same operations becomes
unfit for any other. = Sir Humphrey
Davy.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
DON'T STOP TOBACCO.
HOW TO CURE YOURSELF WHILE
USING 1T.

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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25

Another Illusion Shattered,
The scholarly stoop comes Of sleeping
too much on large pillows. Galveston
News. /
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25
WEsTpOuND F.F.V.-No.3. No1D.i1,
Daily.

Additional local trains leave Staunton as
follows: Except Sunday-3:Ss p. NJ, arrive
Clifton Forge $50 p. m.
No. 7, leaves 747 p. m. for Goshen
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-11-25


gauze over taffeta silk is productive OF
much beauty, and new examples show
spots, small lines or dots in the over
lying fabric. Sleeves are often mere
pretences and may consist of success
sive frilIings that stand out in ballet
girls style and give the wearer a fairy
like look, since they resemble wings.
Necks cut low, either round or square
are charmingly trimmed by garlands
of flowers.
A new couture is neither high nor
low; shows soft coils at the back, with
two short curls pendant in the centre;
the face is framed in soft, short curls
and the sides and top in waves.
Moire, whether in ribbon or materi-
al, is stylish in millinery.
RoSALIND MAY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09

New York, Aug. S.-The volume of
business during the short session of the
stock exchange today was by no
means large; still at intervals the de-
preston was quite pronounced. At the
opening the market was adversely af-
fected by lower cables from London,
and the active list fell about l per
cent The decline induced extensive
purchases to cover short contracts, and
a sharp rally CT 14Q244 per cent fol-
lowed
Sugar led the advance, selling up
from Sc to 9SI
The Improvement in the general list
ranged from p to Pa per cent, and
SRaS well distributed Before the eX-
piration of the first hour, however. the
selling was renewed on a heavy scale:
The gains previously noted were not
only wiped out, but some OF the stand
ard stocks sustained severe losses. The
selling pressure was as pronounced af-
ter the publication of the bank state
ment. The statement showed a con-
traction IN loans and an enormous loss
in legal tend5hs. The reduction in the
surplus rese Re to below S140 coo, 600 en-
couraged the belief that rates for
money will rule higher in the imme-
date future. This, of course, will
operate against the bulls on stocks
In the last hour of business Sugar,
Manhattan, Chicago Gas, the Changers,
Louisville & Nashville and Western
Union We're particularly prominent Su-
gar broke 31s to $685. preferred, TO
szA; Manhattan, 324 to 7615; North
west, "a to S714; St Paul, 21s to 60A ;
Rock Island, "a to 4914 Chicago Gas,
212 TO 443s; Louisville d Nashville. ia
Z 1874, and Western Union. rs to 1875.
D The absence Of failures at the stock
exchange, considering the great
shrinl1age in values Of late, was the
subject of much discussion. Brokers
generally are in good shape and there
will be no trouble unless the banks
Should advance interest rates to very
much higher rates than those now
prevailing. In view of the efforts on
thu part of the local financial inst1su-
tiOns to protect the treasury gold re-
serve, it is safe to assume that the
stock brokers will be accorded all the
accommodations necessary to carry on
their business. In the final dealings a
few stocks recovered fractionally from
the low point of the morning but
speculation was feverish and unset
tied. Net changes show losses of 1908
per cent. Total sales were 136. 4S2
shares, including q, 600 Sugar, 1860 st.
Paul and 10000 Western Union.
Bonds We're active and, heavy. To-
tai sales were S636. 900.
In government bonds. $1,000 coupon
fours of 1907 sold at 1861 and s., 600 of
the same registered at 1051a
Money on call per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 60615 per
cent.
Sterling exchange duh, with actual
business in bankers bills at 4S71s94.SS
pfor sixty days, and at 4SS5k94.S9 for
demand.
Posted rates. 4SS1k@4S915.
Commercial bills, 4.S704S724.
Mexican dollars, 531505412.
Government bonds, steady; state
bonds, dull; railroad bonds. heavy.
Silver 1t the board was firm.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
THE PRISON WHERE CERyANTES
WROTE DON QUIXOTE.

The chief glory of Argamasilla is the
Casa de Medrano, a solid stone house,
standing probably in the same condi-
ton, but for the decay of age, as when
Cervantes was kept a prisoner in it's
cellar. There is little doubt that this
is the very place where the design of
the book, which was "engendered in
a prison (see prologue to the first part
of Don Quixote) was first moulded.
Some % feet by s, and feet high, with
a mere hole for a window. this un-
healthy cell is so dark that when the
original door, still partly standing,
with its iron clamps and nails, is
closed, it precludes the possibility of
Cervantes having been able to write in
it. But to say this would be to the
Argamassiilans a personal insult
From "On the Trail of Don QuiXote,"
by August F. Jaccaci, illustrated by
Verge, in the August (F'iction Numbep
of Scribner's.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
NOT A DRuNKARD,s PARADISE.

Renowned though Switzerland be for the
freedom and democracy of its institutions.
there is no country in the world that is SO
drastic and severe in the treatment of in
ebriates. The laws vary in detail in the
twenty-five cantons, but in their essential
principles they are very similar and pro-
vide for the punishment Of not only those
persons who indulge in strong drink to eX-
cess. but also of the people who supply
the liquor in question. Drunkards are Wis
tied with penalties amounting to a maxi
mum of years Imprisonment at hard Ia
bor and three years Introduction from
exercising the franchise and from the pur-
chase of any alcoholic liquor, while the
dealers and innkeepers who permit their
customers to become intoxicated or who
furnish liquor to ''interdicted' persons are
likewise sentenced to the payment or
heavy fines, Imprisonment and the forfeit
ure of license Altogether, Switzerland
ca. scarcely be considered d. drunkard's
paradise
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09

San Francisco, Aug. s.-The official clos
Now Ynrk Ga.,ernI NInrket.


New York, Aug. S.-Flour-Dull,
steady. unchanged; rye flour, quiet;
steady at 2.4O@2,75.
Rye-Steady; western. 3715 f. o. b.
Barley-Quiet; 40 pounds, 80; bar
ley malt, steady, 4S@53.
Wheat-Dull, firm; No. f. o. b.,
$685. ungraded red, 5S@67; No. north
eTn, 65A; options opened firm, 1s@A
advance on reports Of damage by
rains, better stock market and local
covering; declined 14@9s on foreign
selling, rallied e with the west, fell
y on realizing, closed steady and I'M
changed with a slow trade. Septe7n-
Der and December only traded in; Au-
gust, 60; September, 629z; October. 631h;
November, 6412; December, Ga.
Corn-Qutet, easier, closing firm;
No. ., 302s; elevator, BIS afoat; OPP
tons were dull and steady at Is de-
cline on easier cables, lower west and
realizing; August and October most
active; August, S11s; September, 312s;
October, 315s.
Oats-Dui, steady; options dull,
steady: August. %; September and
October, %; spot prices, No. 2. 23A;
No. 2 white, 26@261a; No. 2 Chicago,
294 No. 5, 2215; No. 3 white, %;
mixed western, 23025: white western,
26@31; white state, 26Q31.
Wooi-Steady, dull; Pacific coast,
3@61k. domestic fleece, 1922; pulled,
1908; Texas, 7@12.
Coffee-0uieE, unchanged. to three
points down; September, 975; October,
9.3069S5; November. 9.15; December,
s.9509O5; March. 9.05; May, 900; spot
Rio. dull. easy; No. Z, 111a.
Sugar-Raw, qutet, firm; fail. re-
fining. 315; centrifugal, 81 bid; REIN
ed. quiet, unchanged.
Pig iron, copper, lead and tin I'M
changed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
Chicngo Markets.

Chicago, Aug. S.-The intensity of the
heat was detrimental to business of
all kinds today and the effect was no.
where more pronounced than in wheat.
The session being but half the ordi-
nary length was also a drawback, SO
that the moderate transactions bore no
marks of significance or Importance
The New York stock market was in
better shape this morning, and shat
fact was fruitful of more Improvement
in wheat Liverpool cables were quiet
and steady at unchanged prices. Elk
port clearances from both coasts for
the week amounted to 2,747, 900 bushels,
against 2,64S, 600 for the previous one
Receipts were $50, cars in Chicago and
274 in the northwest. Local inspections
from stores amounted to 55,326 bushels.
Paris and Berlin cables were higher
and Antwerp unchanged. Atlantic sea-
board clearances amounted to 200, 400
bushels. September wheat opened from
565s to 565s @5634, sold between 563s and
571s, closing at 81 bid, Is higher than
yesterday. Estimated receipts for
Monday 1S5 cars.
Corn derived benefit from the better
feeling prevailing in wheat and in the
New York stock market. 1t was like
wise sensible of heavy output from
store, S59,64S bushels. Whilst the tone