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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05

asked II ne rancied any particular dish,
replied that he would like bit of ele-
plants foot. Under certain circum-
stances this dish is dainty and nour-
ishing one, but the price Of elephant be-
ing prohibitive, this elderly nimrod
was forced to content himself with beef
steak instead.
A clergyman with broken leg had a
great longing to put on pair Of stills,
pastime which he had never yet tried,
while man whose leg had been ampu-
tated, although admitting the impracti-
cability of the wish, declared that a
passion fer skating had SO seized upon
him since the loss of his limb that he
regretted being operated upon chiefly
on that account. Philadelphia Times.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
Hope When You Are Hard Up.

The hopeful phase is when we seek
work for the first time. Possibly we are
entire strangers to the great city and its
ways. We have entered its gates with
out introduction, with little experience
of life, less money, and yet with the
grand idea of stepping into some lucra-
tive appointment that may be had al
most for the asking. If Of an adventure
loving and enterprising spirit, we are
prepared to enjoy this new experience.
The untried city has fascination for
us. Its streets, its buildings, the faces
of it's inhabitants-all touch our fancy.
We set off full of hope. We are SO sure
that fate has something bright i'll store.
We go from agent to agent, from cdi-
tor to editor, from publisher to publish
er, from one place Of business to anoth-
er. Agents are naturally pleased to
pocket their fees as they smilingly as
sure us they will do their best to find
US work. Editors receive us with tired
air and point to q pile Of unread manu-
scripts. Poor editors! Publishers do us
the honor of assuming that we have a
book for inspection. Business employ
ers scan us with a commercial eye. "No
business capacity" is their inward COM
ment. We read it in their faces. Good
Words
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
AN OPPRESSIVE RESPONSIBILITY.

Eympathies- of the Blaine Household
Brought Respite to Condemned Man.
General Harrison's paper on "This
Country of Ours in Ladies' Home
Journal treats of ''The Pardoning Pow
er and impeachment. " Of the former
he cites an incident in showing the cp-
pressive responsibilities it places upon
the shoulders Of president. He says:
"a reprieve is temporary suspen-
sion of the execution Of a sentence.
This power is often used for the pur-
pose Of giving the president time to ex-
anime an application for a pardon OF
to enable the condemned to furnish fur
Their evidence in support of such an ap-
plication. In the summer of 1889 an
application for pardon in behalf Of q
man condemned to death for murder
was presented to Inc, and after a care
full examination the application was
denied. On the day before the day fixed
for the execution I arrived at Bar Har-
Dor on visit to Mr.. Blaine, and found
that just before my arrivara telegram
had come asking for a reprieve The
message had been telephoned to Mr..
Blaine's house and received by Mrs.
Blaine. Her sympathies and those Of the
whole household We're at once enlisted
for the poor fellow, and though the glib
bet was over twelve hundred miles away
the shadow of it was over the house,
and was the hangman. A telegram to
the United States marshal granting q
short reprieve was sent, and the day OF
the execution was again my uncomfort.
able secret. 1t is not a pleasant thing to
have the power of life and death.
''No graver Or more oppressive re-
sponsibility can be laid upon q public
officer. The power to pardon includes
the power to commute sentence-that
is, to reduce it. When the sentence is
death, the president may commute it to
imprisonment for life or for any fixed
term, and when the sentence is impris-
onment for life Or for fixed term Of
years he may reduce the term of inn
prisonment, and if q fine is imposed he
=,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
MANlCURlNG AT HOME.
One Branch of q Business That Is Coz
stantly Increasing.

One Branch of q Business That Is Con-
stantly Increasing.
Of the greatly increased and still in
creasing number of persons who have
their hands attended to by professional
manicures, a considerable number now
have the work done at home. Among
the customers at the large manicuring
establishments there are almost as many
men as women. Those whose hands are
cared for at home are nearly all women
and regular customers. Operators are
sent to them at any desired hour from
the manicuring establishments, and
there are now visiting manicures who
devote themselves entirely to home
work. The visiting manicure ACQUIRES
the art in manicuring establishment.
An apt pupil can learn the work in two
or three months. Then she sets about
building up route of customers Wom-
en- usually have their hands cared for
once week. They are not likely all to
want the work done at the same time,
and the visiting manicure endeavors to
lay out route that can be covered
without loss of time and which will
keep her constantly employed.
More and more parents now have the
hands Of their children, 10th boys and
girls, cared fer by manicure, Begin
ming when the child is or years old.
In the case of children, the work is as
often done to cure them Of the habit of
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
A Breezy Irishman.

Penrose Fitzgerald, the member of
parliament for Cambridge, is a breezy,
popular rishman, of whom many good
stories are told. He is rather nearsight-
ed, and seldom remembers names. A
few days ago he met fellow member
of parliament, Viscount Kilcoursie, who
had Just become Earl of Cavan The
new earl spoke to Mr.. Fitzgerald in the
lobby and, observing puzzled look,
was good enough to say pleasantly: II
see you don't know who am. My name
is Cavan" "Of course, Of course, my
dear fellow" was the answer, ''but for
the moment, admit, I took you for
that ass KiIcOursie, -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
Inhaling Carbonic Acid.

Professor Ugolino Mosso Of Turin has
tested the breathing Of soldiers during
an expedition up Monte Rosa, and found
that the quantity Of carbonic acid ex-
hailed by man at a height of 30, 600
feet or SO differs very slightly from
what it is at the sea level or near it.
The professor has also subjected himself
to rarefed atmosphere in the Physio-
logical institution at Turin, and found
that when the pressure in the air was
still "a centimeters (about inches) of
mercury, he felt no Inconvenience, but
when it was reduced to 80 centimeters
(about inches) he felt a great want of
breath, and became unfit to make obser-
Yations. london Globe.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
TIPS IN ENGLAND.
Two Well Guarded Places Into Which
They Got New Yorker.


They Got New Yorker.
at is amazing" said a New Yorker,
ito see what a tip will do in England.
When l was younger and more adven-
turous than am now, being in London
went down to Woolwich with the hope
of seeing the inside of the arsenal. I
went with the full knowledge that re-
quest from the minister Of the United
States for pass to the arsenal for a
distinguished officer Of our own army
had been denied at the war Office, upon
the ground that, war being then in
progress, the arsenal was closed against
visitors. hung around one Of the gates
until the men came out at the noon
hour, and, finally falling in with man
that took for foreman, slipped Zip
into his hand and explained whas I was
after. He must have found me trust
worthy, for he explained that one Of his
squad was not going back after the noon
meal. and having procured me work
mans coat struggled me in through the
gate with the crowd. Once inside / was
safe enough, and by the aid of the man
l had corrupted saw nearly everything
worth seeing
cit was during the same visit to Eng
land that a friend of my fathers came
to take him into the house of commons
to hear debate. He had been unable
to obtain pass for me, but I hurried
down to the house Of parliament, found
a policeman, gave him handsome tip,
and told him wished to get into the
visitors gallery of the commons. I
hardly expected to succeed, but that
bobby disappeared and returned with a
pass bearing the signature of Joseph
Chamberlain, and in went. haven't
the slightest notion how the policeman
obtained it. Perhaps it was forgery,
but it helped to convince me that in
Great Britain. more things are wrought
by tips than by prayers. New YORK
Snn
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05

Z ''Proud heeu;y," said be, striking an
attitude he had learned by constant at
tendance sc the 10. 30, go, dranaa-
proud be.suiy, so nom here to the
river, where shall end ny sorrow by
jumping IL. %
'Iwolldll'1 so to the trouble of jump
ing in ard having to be searched for
with grabhoojIs, - said the girl who lad
refused HIM. ''Just take Il drink of the
water. That will Go. Chicago Jour
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
She Had Been There.

Mrs. Nouvo Reesh-She called me
barmaid, and flew at her and pulled
her hair.
Mrs. Toplofty-Oh, how terrible!
Still even that didn't Justify you in
fighting her.
Mrs. Nouvo Reesh-Yes, but if you
had ever been barmaid you would
understand how mad it made me-
Clips.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
Where He Was.

A visitor from Manchester had been
invited to address the Sunday school.
81 am reminded, children - he said,
"of the career of a boy who was once
no larger than some of the little fellows
I see before me. He played truant when
he was sent to school, went fishing every
Sunday, ran away from home when he
was 10 years old, learned to drink,
smoke tobacco and play cards. He went
into bad company, frequentcd stables
and low taprooms, finally became d
pickpocket, then a forger, and one day,
in a fit Of drunkenness, he committed a
cowardly murder. Children" he con-
tinued impressively, "where do you
think that boy is now?"
''He stands before usp' cried the chill
dren, as with enc voice.-Sketch.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
AN IMPRESSION.
A wind swept sky,

A wind swept sky,
The waste of moorland stretching to the west
The sea, low moaning in strange unrest
A sea CULTS cry.
Washed by the tide,
The rocks lie sullen in the waning light;
The foam breaks in long strips of hungry white
Dissatisfied.
Above, around,
Thunderous calm Of drought that kills anc
Silence, in travail, waiting birth Of tears
No conscious sound.
Only the stir
OF some small insect life within the land;
The tapping of the waves upon the sand,
A corncrake's whir.
Upon the hill
The gorse seems thirsting for the rain; afar,
Low poised ON the horizon line, one star
Shines, lonely still.
May Bateman in Temple Bar.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
*Daily, except Sunday. tSunday only.
CONNECTIONS:

Train No. 40S connects at Harper's Ferry
with Fast Limited Express trains, leaving at
lib p. M, arriving at Columbus at go a. m.
and Pittsburgh ct S:45 p. M, and Chicago at
Hoo q. m. next morning; with train leaving
at 5:l9 p. M, arriving at Cincinnati at T:45 a
M, st. louis at 500 p. M, and connects at
Weverton with train arriving at Hagerstown
at 2:l3 p. M. and at Washington Junction with
train arriving at Frederick at 2:20 p. m.
Train 4l6 connects with fast vestihuled trains
st Harper's Ferry at $3.50 p. m. for Chicago;
i02l p. m. for Pittsburg, and 1:45 a. m. for Gin
cinnati and st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at
6:55 a. M; Chicago at 500 p. no., Cincinnati at
$50 p. M, and st. Louis at liz a.
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. & o. agents or to
G. Il. Dudrow. Travelling Passenger Agent,
Winchester, Va, or G. T. Hammond, Agent
Staunton, We.
CHAS. o. SCULL, w. M. GREENE
Gen. Pass. Agt. Gen. Man.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
Anoth er .Rothschild Colony.

Baron Ed MOI I'd de Eothschild has es.
tablished aEot 1er colony in Palestine.
The new colony, which is situated in
Galilee, u OF far from Damascus, con-
sists of d village Of 5000 acres, with
numerous springs and the sources of
the river Jordar- This settlement,
which WIFE De coli Glized by 80 farm la
borers OF tried experience, w III be inter-
esting as an experiment in home rule.
In the other settlements an tdministra-
tor and stall OF officials manage the
affairs of the scolonists, but tt le new col.
ony will regulate its own aft airs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
A Chestnut.

Much bewildered Lady Landholder
(who has been struggling for quite an
hour with a land tax form, to elderly
stand on-my dignity landlady) = Can
you tell me, Mrs. Neall, how many
perches go to a rood?
Mrs. N. with severity)-No, I can
not; but can tell you it'ssnot original.
for I've heard it before somewhere. -
Sydney Bulletin.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
MAKING A MINE.
In Some Instances 1t Costs NotIing--In
Others the Cost Is Millions.

In Some Instances 1t Costs Nothing-Ir
Others the Cost Is Millions.
There are no hard and fast rules in
regard to making mine from the time
it passes into the prospector's hands IN
til it becomes a dividend payer Many
mines are such, is the miners say,
''from the grass roots,' and turn out
large quantities of ore from the begin
ming
J. B. Haggin, the millionaire mine
owner, took So, 600, 600 from the Custer
mine, in Lemhi county, Ida, before
it became necessary to use candle
(giant powder). This mine was known
as the Mineral mountain. A man came
along one day. and after Looking at it
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
AN ABLE PRACTICAL JOKE.
It Created Considerable Excitement In a
University City.

It Created Considerable Excitement In
University City.
The Cambridge (England) Independ-
ent Press ,retells the story of the hoax
perpetrated upon the civic and unlver-
sity authorities at Cambridge Oh tho
occasion of the visit of the late shah OF
Persia to that country. 1t was on Satur-
day, June 20, 1878, at 1 o'clock In the
forenoon, that telegram was found
lying on the hallkeeper's table in the
Guildhall. It was directed to the wor-
shipful the mayor of Cambridge, was
signed by Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton
and read as follows:
Ellis imperial majesty the shah OF
Persia desires to visit your university
town today en- route for London by spe-
cial, arriving at Cambridge station
about 10 O'Clock. Be prepared with
escort and reception as far as time al
low"
Instantly everybody began tumbling
over his fellow. The town clerk was
sent for, and messages were dispatched
to the vice chancellor, the members OF
the corporation, the volunteer officers
and the cook of st. Peters college kitch-
en-. The vice chancellor hurried On his
robes, the aldermen and councillors did
ditto, the volunteers donned their uni
forms, and the cook began to boil and
fry.
Nor were the general public behind
hand Flags were hung out and crowds
gathered in the street. DR.. Cookson, the
vice chancellor (irreverently known i'll
those days as Dismal Jimmy''), made
his way to the station as fast as his dig
nifty would permit. The mayor, Mr.. I.
H. Naylor, and the corporation followed
suit. A guard Of honor and carriages
were in waiting, and soon everybody
was there except the shah. Then the
news flew round that the railway Off
Gals knew nothing about the special
train, and after brief delay it was ap-
parent that the whole thing was hoax.
The perpetrators of the hoax were never
discovered, though two persons were
afterward freely mentioned in connec-
ton with it. In the year of grace 1878
the era Of practical jokes was past, but
had the authors Of the shah's visit been
alive in the days Of Theodore Hook
they might have lived i'll literature.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
Artist GouId's First Success.

Mr.. T. G. GoGld's first successes as a
caricaturist were in Barnstaple. He
sketched the local jailer, and that i'm
portant functionary went to the mayor
'He's been caricatoorin me, has young
Frank Gould. He drawed picture O.
me as IA Christmas pig wi an grange
in my mouth. I beant a-goin to stand
it, Mr.. Mayor. - ''Take no notice, ="
said his worship. "Ah, but he's been
a-caricatoo,in O. you, too. Mr.. Mayor. F"
The mayor thereupon intimated that he
must warn the young artist. Pearson s
Weekly,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05

The Moslem women attach such i'm
portance to covering the face that when
taken by surprise without a veil wom-
an will often catch up her skirt and veil
her face with it, leaving the lower
limbs bare to the knees.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
Normandy Cider and Champagne.

As fact, the finest cider is not made
by the British grower, but in Norman
dy. They have i'll that province brought
cider making to perfection. The total
produce every year there amounts to
hundreds of millions of gallons, and it
is made with the utmost care. To be-
gin, they choose the site of the orchard
with Judgment and see that the soil is
of the type which apples love, and they
are equally thoughtful in selecting the
varieties Of the apple most fit for cider.
Indeed, for the very finest cider their
solicitude is so great that none but the
second or third years fruit Of the trees
is used, and when the process Of fer
mentation is reached nothing is left to
chance. Chemists Of great experience
watch the changes in the liquor, and
the skill with which the process is regu-
lated is based on the knowledge gather
ed from long practice. The result is
that some Normandy cider is equal in
delicacy and flavor to fine champagne,
and many cheap champagnes are simply
sophisticated cider
This deception is very general. The
great bulk of the cider made in Nor
mandy goes to the champagne districts
and is used to make cheap champagne
and to form the body of other wines too.
Port, it seems, can be made and often
is made of cider, the color being impart-
ed by logwood or red beet juice and
the flavor by the addition, in very nice
proportions, Of the root Of the rhatany.
This, it is said, is an imitation SO excel
lent that the flavor would deceive a good
judge Of port. 1t is quito certain that
all the cider made i'll Normandy does
not, by very large proportion, go on
the market as cider, and that it is sold
in the guise Of cheap wines, both white
and red. Certainly than the. champagne
cider Of Normandy there is nothing
more delicate and effervescent, unless it
be the same product Of California
when at its best.-Chambers' Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
Auncy Kruger.

Mrs. Kruger, the wife Of President
Kruger of the Transvaal, who is an ex-
tremely homely woman, does nearly ali
her own Homework, cooking meals,
making her own bed, and always takes
a hand in the family avashing. When
her husband has estate guests to din
ner the good lady will trust the task OF
waiting on the table to no one, and.
dlonning white apron, she performs
the office Of butler Her husband has a
private fortune of $25, 100000, but it IS
"Aunty" Kruger's boast that they live
on their "coffcc money! perquisite
of So, 900 year allowed them by the
government.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
WORKING 1T BACKWARD.

Remarkable Things Shown by the Kinet-'
oscope When Reversed.
"Impossibilities Made Possible by
Means of the Modern Inventions In the
Electrical Field furnished the theme OF
lecture given recently by Professor u.
Oueroult in the Paris Academy OF Sci
ences. During some of his experiments
he hit upon the idea to turn around
Photographic records and also the series
Of pictures seen through the kaleidoscope,
respectively the kinematograph. Having
photographed plant at regular inter-
walls and shown in the kaleidoscope the
growth, the development of the stem,
leaves, buds, flowers and fruit, the
same consequence of Photographic pic
lures reversed was presented to the eye
of the astonished academicians, who
wondered at the fruit turning into flow
ers, flowers into buds, buds drawing
back into themselves and disappearing.
the leaves closing, getting smaller and
disappearing, the stem getting shorter
and shorter, until the earth closes over it.
The most incredible things are devel-
oped before the eyes Of the spectator if
q most ordinary series Of such pictures
is reversed. A drinker takes up an empty
glass and replaces it full upon the table !;
a smoker sees the stump of cigar fly
ing at him from the floor, takes it to
his mouth and sees the smoke originate
in the room, draws it into his mouth
and into his cigar, which is gradually
heightened and finally replaced in the
pocket. A wrestler, who has probably
thrown away his garments, is recovered
with them by their, SO to speak, walk
ing up on him into their places, while
he himself performs motions of which
we can understand nothing because we
never saw these most ordinary motions
performed backward; man, for in
stance, seated at table before an empty
plate, works hard taking bite after bite
from his mouth, until the chicken is
whole again on the dish before him, and
the side dishes are also returned full to
their respective places In order to fully
enjoy an exhibition of the kaleidoscope,
such an exhibition should be completed
by arranging alongside Of each other the
same scenes in regular order in one ma
chine and reversed in another. 1t would
be advisable, however, to inform the
spectators previous to their looking at
such reversed series Of pictures, for
otherwise they might think themselves
the victim of a dream, hallucination,
or something worse.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
FANCIES OF lNVALlDS.
Queer Longings of People Who Mako Bust
ness For the ncctnys

ness FOr The Doctors.
About the manner of serving thei1
food patients sometimes have curious
fancles. In one case woman fatty re-
fused to take her Laef tea unless the
/ bread which accompanied it was cut in
the shape Of diamonds, while in another
it is always necessary to servo the food
III blue bowl. for out of nothing else
whatever will she take nourishment
A Soy who was attacked with scarlet
fever showed great dissemination tc
take his food, but finally agreed to swal-
low what was necessary provided he
was fed in the following way: The beet
tea, Or whatever was to be given him,
was put into silver teapot, the spout
was placed in his mouth, and in this
manner the food was poured down his
throat.
An elderly gentleman who spent much
OF his t4lnc limiting in Africa. Oh being
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
His Proper Sphere

Author-Mary, I've made a mistake
in my calling; I'm not an author, but a
born chemist.
Authors Wife-What makes you
think that, Horace?'
Author-Well, every book I write
becomes drug in the market. London
Answers.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
A Qualified Victory.

"What's the matter. Jack? You don t
behave like man who has just become
engaged to lovely girl-smoking all
day and pretending to read instead Of
finishing your picture for the academy"
ooh, what's the use? The fellow
cut out is Oh the hanging committee. !"
-Pearson's Weekly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05

The proportion Of women to men in
the United States is greatest in New
England, where the women are in ex-
cess. 1t is least i'll the far west, where
the number Of men exceeds that of the
women.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05
No Argument Against Tobsce

Old Drywater-My boy, lin all crea-
ton you won't find any anima | except
man who makes habit of ,smd king.
Young Puffs-Yes, sir. But neither
do know any other animal that cooks
his meals!-Pick Me Up.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-05

The average weight Of women's cloth
ing in winter is much greater than that
which adorns the opposite sex. Worth
once said that the weight Of a mans
winter clothes averaged IL pounds; Of
q woman's, Is.