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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-03-11

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to the library and lie on the sofa.
During those days of convalescence
and all the restful luxury of semi-in-
validism Lady Lexley had been his con-
slant companion, and sudden thrill
set his pulses tingling as he dwelt on
the heaven Of those afternoons-for she
was generally busily employed morn
ings until lunch-they two sitting alone
in the freight, while all around them
the dusk darkened and deepened
But now those days were gone, drop
ped into eternity never to return, for
only that morning he had received Or
ders to return to barracks, as the regi-
ment had to leave Bally- Mahon in the
course Of the next few days to proceed
on term Of foreign service. After to-
day he might see her once again, would
bid her a conventional goodby, perhaps
with few courteous words of thanks,
while all the time his heart would be
riyen and rent by the anguish of parting
that to him wUlld be like the parting Of
body and soul, but that to her would
mean nothing She was kind, but 30
cold!
"You will be glad to get out Of this
prison again, Captain Gordon" her
low, even voice broke in on his medita-
tions, the heavy, down dropped lids,
with their long lashes, casting shadow
on her fair cheek, her white fingers
moving swiftly amid her silks and
wools. "You must be frightfully bored,
shut up SO long?'
Prison, do you call it," he returned
rather unsteadily. TT has been more
like a paradise can never forget your
kindness, Lady Lexley.''
''Eaye I been kind?" she asked, rails
ing her white lids and letting her calm,
gray eyes rest Gu his face. Surely, I
have doae no more than aay woman
would have cone in my placer
And net more than yen would have
done for tho yeriest stranger, - he, added
rather bitterly. AT the same time,
should not like you to think mo I'M
grateful, especially as must leave Ash
leen tomorrow. The regiment is under
orders for foreign service. We sail i'm
mediately, and after tomorrow it is I'M
likely shall see you again, except to
say goodby."
His voice was harsh and strained, and
his eyes fell gicomi1y ca tic aso. No
answer. Ard as the silence grew pro-
lonSed he turned ard leo,,=zcd at her.
She VS. e-...- calm, the tranquility Of
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
Amber aud Its Production.

An enormous amount of amber comes
from Prussia, where it is mined by
what is practically monopoly. Thb
company controlling the greater part
of the output pay TO the government
over $4,000 year for the privilege
of control. 1t is said that over $4,000
600 has already been paid by this firm
in royalties to the government. The
beach in East India, after heavy north
west winds, is often thickly strewn
with amber, which comes up in the
sea-weed that is often piled up to- the
height of three or four feet along the
shore. After storm men, women and
children swarm over the beach, gath
ering amber and finding most profit
able employment thereby. From a
hundred to hundred and fifty tons of
raw amber are worked up every year in
one city. The greater part of it is
melted TO make varnish and lac. Beads
are made of many of the best pieces.
and these are i'm demand all over the
world
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

AS corns are one of the universal
pests of suffering humanity, any rem
edy that promises relief is looked upon
with approval The world is full OF
so-called corn cures and corn eradi-
Gators, but nine-tenths OF them are
worthless and some OF them positively
injurious. The following is given by
the Scientific American, which fact
commends it to all persons who know
the standing of that valuable paper:
"Salicylic acid, 80 grm.; Cannabis In
dica INDIAN hemp), 5 grim; Castor
oil, " dram; Collodion, " o." The
result is a clear, light-green solution.
There should be no difficulty in its
preparation. To prevent it from evap-
Grating keep the solution in a stop
pered bottle Be sure and use the In
dian hemp, and not the Am srican ar
ticle; the latter is not easily soluble.
Mix. Apply morning and evening for
four days. Then soak the feet in warm
water.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
shows no signs Of breaking until It

shows no signs of breaking until It
reaches it's limit, when it parts with a
report like forty FOUNDER. In many
instances the block is shattered into
fragments. The machine has a
strength of 100000 pounds, and will
pull an iron column apart as small
boy pulls molasses candy, or will crush
an enormous iron pillar endwise with
out apparent effort. In testing wooden
beams by old methods, small pieces OF
the wood were bent or broken and the
strength of the entire beam calculated
from the resisting power of these small
sections. 1t has been found by eXper-
imenting on the entire beam that this
test is not at all satisfactory, and that
in many cases beams tested by the old
process had been subjected to strain
that ran far past the danger point.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
Sailing Fruits.

1t is the custom in Italy to ship
fruits in large casks filied with salt
and brine. The fruit is sliced or cut
in pieces and Immediately put into the
pickle. This fashion of shipping has
it's advantage over ordinary methods,
in that the fruit prepared need not be
SO fresh as that which is shipped whole
and wrapped in papers or packed in
boxes. Fruits of this sort are sub
jected to the most rigid scrutiny, as
one imperfect specimen may infect
the entire parcel. The sailed fruit
upon reaching it's destination is soaked
in fresh water until all traces of salt
have disappeared. While this method
may be tolerated in emergencies. the
flavor and quality are so much i'm
paired that shippers are looking for
some other way OF preserving their
product.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
ENapOrafiOn of Moisture.

Soil that is covered with vegetation
evaporates very much greater guam
tity of moisture than soil upon which
there is no vegetable growth. 1t APP
pears that the roots, stalks and BIOS
SONS of the plants are constantly draw
ing up moisture from the earth and
throwing it out. Experiments made by
Professor Nollney demonstrate that
bare ground gives out only the guam
tity of moisture received from the at
mosphere. but that wet soil covered
with plants, whether it be swamp lands
or irrigated, will, under favorable cir
cumstances, give out much greater
amount of water than that which cor
responds to the precipitation that oc-
ours during the same period.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

piston at one end and a groove at the
other, terminating in a pair OF clip
spring jaws. 1t is neatly gotten up,
easily manipulated. and only occupies
about the same space as pocket pen
ell. The method of using it is shown
in the accompanying cut. To put the
instrument into action and light the
lamp it is simply necessary to place in
the channeled groove an ordinary
match, insert the point through the
shutter hole, press the button at the
end and the lighting is effected, the
chemical compound at the end of the
match being ignited by friction in its
passage between the clip jaws. In
the cut the front of the lamp is open to
show the match lighting the wick. but
actually the front is closed during the
operation, or with high wind las
VIII be obvious to a practical cyclisn
the match would have but poor
chance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
The POrcupiDe's Quilts,

The current opinion that a porcu-
pine throws its quilts at an enemy is
not supported by facts, says the
Portland Oregonian: The spines of
the porcupine are very loosely attach
ed to the body and are very sharp
as sharp as a needle. At almost the
slightest touch they penetrate the nose
of dog or the clothing or flesh of a
person touching the porcupine, and
stick there. coming away from the ami
NAL without any pull being required
The facility in catching hold with one
end and letting go with the other has
sometimes caused people to think that
the spines had been thrown at them.
The outer end of the spines, for some
distance down. is covered with small
barbs. These barbs cause a spine once
imbedded in living animal to keep
working farther in with every move
ment of the muscles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
strengthening Machines.

In the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology there is a machine for test
ing strength. This is one of the best
of it's sort ever set up In this country.
and it is capable of giving the strength
OF almost any article from thread to
big blocks of granite. When the latter
are experimental upon. everybody
holds his breath The granite block
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
Machine Turns Him q

Machine Turns Him Over as He Sleeps.
The San Francisco Examiner tells
about a man who has invented an APP
paratus to turn him over in bed. The
man is Walter Hyde. He lives in Ala
media, Cal. Mr.. Hyde is quite old and
is troubled with an incomplete circula-
ton of the blood, causing sleeplessness
If he remains in one position long a
mild form of paralysis follows and ne
can not sleep at ALL Mr.. Hyde conclud
ed that If he had some mechanical
means to turn himself over hourly at
night he could go TO sleep and not be
under the necessity of awakening.
Being somewhat of a mechanical turn
of mind, Mr.. Hyde concluded to expert
ment. The result OF his tinkering and
thinking is the mechanical contriyance
which hourly turns him over without
awakening him from his slumbers, and
which he says works so charmingly
that his paralysis with accompanying
sleeplessness is a thing of the past
The frame on which the mattress rests
hangs from the bedsted by means of
pinions, one at the head and the other
at the foot. The frame is kept in posi-
ton by being secured at the sides to a
clock-like apparatus with cogs and le
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
HOUSEHOLD WORDS,
Lemne be.

Lemme be.
D that collar buttoni
Did anybody see my hat?
Now | lay me down to sleep.
No. you can't have any more cake
Oh. mamma, Willie's pinching me.
Say. John, amt you boys up yet?
Who the deuce carried of that
paper?
Oh, papa, make Dick quit calling me
names.
Yes, dear, $40 will do. but SIS would
be better.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
We PrObOsciA Monkey.

The proboscis monkeys are so named
because Of their nose, which surpasses
in length that of all mankind. This is
a popularity which distinguishes them
from all other known monkeys. They
are also recognized by their hair, which
is more developed beneath the chin
and around the neck than on the other
parts of the body. These animals meas
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
Theory About Duioine

1t is claimed that the tree from the
bark of which Quinine is obtained fur
nishes no quinine except in malarial re-
gions. If the tree is planted in a ma
larial district ii VIII produce quinine;
il Il is planted in non malarial dis
trict it will not produce quinine. 1t is.
therefore, inferred that quinine is a
mafarial poison, drawn from the soil
and stored up in the bark of this tree.
The devil has an iron collar on
every man who thinks more OF the
,loon than he does OF his hons.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
The spartan Virtue. Fortituds,

Is severely taxed by dyspepsia. But good
digestion will wait on appetite, and health
on BOTH" when Hostester's Stomach Bit
tiers is resorted to by the victim OF dyspep-
STA. Heartburn, hatulence, biliousness will
cease tormenting the gastric region and
liver if this genial family corrective meets
with the fair trial that sterling remedy
deserves, Use it regularly, not spasmod-
ically--now and then. 1t conquers malarial,
kidney, nervous and rheumatic ailments.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
SCIENTIFIC CORNER.
CURRENT NOTES OF INVEN-
TON AND DISCOVERY.
Novel Device for Lighting Bicycle
Lamps Machine Turns Him Over i'm
Notes.

NOVELTY for the
use of cyclists that
will save them
much trouble and
irritation Is a
match gun for
lighting cycle
lamps, which has
recently been
brought out. 1t
consists of a tube
having a spring
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
New Diseases.

There are number of ills incident
to the use of new appliances. and these
have already become so clearly recog-
niZed that they are matter of course
in medical practice. Indeed, the vic
tins have given names 10 them which
have been adopted in scientific phrase
ology. Bicycle back is a familiar i'll.
and comes of the doubling-up position
about which so much has been written
and said 1t is akin TO the disease
known as miners back, which comes
upon men who work in mines and are
in stopped position for many hours
at time. Telephone ear is not UNI
common complaint. 1t is not an or
ganic disease. but purely nervous
condition, and arises from nervous
strain. Almost without exception the
trouble ceases with the discontinuance
of the use of the telephone. Telegraph
er's and typewriters cramp has many
victims. This difficulty is not easily
gotten over, as in many instances the
muscles become almost or altogether
useless, and the patient is unable to
control them. 1t is durable only after
course OF scientific treatment. One
of the latest complaints is the trolley
foot. The continuous use of the foot
on the bell causes soreness, infamma-
ton and nervous troubles, and very
many men have left the employ of the
trolley roads in consequence of this diff
ficulty. So it is seen that the higher
grades of mechanics bring evils with
them, and that the law of compensa-
ton obtains here as well as in almost
everything else in the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

what a stylish dress!'
Yes. it cost me $50 / had 10 n lde 70
wear ut the last charity card party"
What does it cost to go to one OF the
PARTIES"
twenty-five cents"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

ure nearly four feet when standing up
right. They are most ferocious, and
but little susceptible of training. They
inhabit the island of Borneo, and are
found in numerous troops among the
woods in the neighborhood of streams.
1t is rare to see them on the ground,
nearly the whole of their lives being
passed in trees.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

vers to tilt the mattress frame. the mo-
ton of the rocking being governed by
the clock and spring apparatus. The
fitting OF the frame is so nicely, gradu-
ated that the sleeper is unconscious of
the change, but continues undisturhed
in his nights sleep as the mechanism
attached to the frame automatically
changes his position during the hour
to the right or the left side, as the case
may be.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

Old age seizes upon an ill-spent youth
like fire upok rotten house.-South.
The man who controls himself may hope
to reform other men.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

EVER off Goodwin
Sands, or the Skier
ries, or Cape Hat
teras, was a ship in
worse predicament
than, in the Medi-
[ ezra n can hurri-
cane, was the grain
ship on which two
hundred and sew
eLty-six passengers
were driven on the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

There are now seven antitrust bills be-
fore the legislature in Massachusetts, ons
in the senate and six in the house.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02
ia I'm AGES SERMON.
A SHATTERED FAITH LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.

From the Text: And Some Are Broken
Pieces from the ship - Acts, Chap.
Ter XLVII, Verse a. - Saving the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

WHEN bilious or costIve, eat Cascaret
candy catharic, cure guaranteed, loo, 25c,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

Rhinestein-Life is failure Bergen
baum--If one could only live a hundred
lives,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
Druggists refund the monev il IL fails to cure 25e
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-10

The recent apprehension arrangements
and conviction of the iMffso brothers
n Sew Mexico has peculiarly emphasized
,.. ..f...l.f .l,,i,i.tr.tio, or t,i...r. ,n
'""' ''ii'''i' "'''''7 '''0
of CHIEF Justice Thomas Smith, or WIZ
cria.
t.4.. e,,t., vi., Governor Thornton
VINO Us also 'iiN''''"i' mas '''' '''. ID
mental in the arresiins of Grim. ID
marked dcerce i'm New NoXico. and it is
...,..-,..... indeed IN his friends ir IT,.
state I'D '''i" ''"' o- l"'''
Affiliations, the citizens commend A-7
course. and honor him in bis intrepid che
.......,.,...., ,e ,,. lam, and ,ef,rts .,y.,,.,
81 "l7i,' S'""'"i" Oh ''''"' ''''''''''''''
During recent session or the court az
snr.recr. ColfN county. the citizens m
.t,. ,..t..- ....,,tf.a aud .fo,,.1
RESOLUTIONS OF inc Hloa' 'o''fi''"1l''"i
character
Tln following is t9l,cn from the no .0iu-
......... ,........ ANIL ... ,...
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-10

The German Ambassador. the italian
Ambassador. and the Minister from the
Netherlands TO the United States. acting
under instructions from their govern
ments, have fled protests AGAINST the
proposed tariff legislation with tho Sc
crctary Of state. and these protests have
been forwarded by Secretary Sherman 70
the Senate Committee ON Finance. These
protests. while couchcd i'm diplomatic
language. plainly call attention TO the
effect which the proposed hin would have
ON the countries concerned I'm the event
of its passage.
such is the effect Of the Dinslcy liu
This country had just begun TO reap the
benefits of am open market when the
Republicans stepped in with their protec-
tive tariff which aroused the resentment
o. foreign nations. with which we were
doing business. Not only has our own
country boon stirred up. and not only
have our own business mon been put into
70 state OF uncertainty as to how 20
conduct their business. and what TO cx-
poet, but we are TO have commercial war
with foreign countries Tho people were
promised peace and rest from agitation.
Instead Of that the Republicans give us
war That is wha Dlnelcyism IS doing
for MS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-10

The UnitcG States grand jury q: Chat
tanooea has returned q true AM Of in-
dic,ment against six cast iron pipe COM
pauios for alleged violation OF the ANTI
trust law. Two OF these companies are 1T
Louisville. three art al Admission. A,a..
and ono is at South Pntshure Tenn.
They are Southern enterprises ana thy
are giving employment 10 workingmon.
They arc engaged i'm legitimate enter
prise. and set they are TO be indicted.
as though they were criminals guilty of
violence or robbery. The great railroads
of the country have already been cmbar-
rassod ly This sort of persecution, and
now it is cstcndrg TO manufacturing in-
dusuies Sucn are the immediate effects
OF the so-cal,cI antitrust law. which was
conceived i'm folly and enacted m hum-
busecry. And the end is not yet These
prosecutions viii continue SO long as the
law IS ON the statute book How con We
reasonably hope for return Of prosper
ity. SD long as enterprises are thus ate
tackled ly the Jaw of The iaudo The
one good feature of these prosecutions
of business mon who ar. both industrious
and horost viii DE the accelerated rc0eu
Of the law.
General Grant uttered q great truth
WHOM be- saiI "the best way % secure the
repeal of a bad law is TO enforce it?A
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-10
SOCIAL AND PATRIOTIC
IyENTS or ESPECIAL INIERANi 10
RICHMOND WOMLN.
Donation Day at the Old Dominion Hos
pttal-Loan Exhibition by the Daugh-
tiers OF the American Revolution

Mrs Herbert Claiborne, the Efficient
chairman Of the committee in charge Of
tile Loan Exhibition to DE given by the
Dauehtcrs Of the American Revolution
is exceedingly sansuine as % zee
.rlts as are au the members
of the committee. Certainly If they are
ro+ eYcoessful effort viii count for noth-
inc for if ever women worked untirinsH
tbesa have. The exhibition viii open Oh
Faster Monday. now only week distant.
AFR. Charles Whluock has most kin
placed the tw0 Franklin street houses "'
fhe committee s. dispose, nel oAe4 e'."''i7
inst when il was found impiaelliaDle ~
accent Colonel Cowaldn b, ms mousse "o.
heinr large enough. The committee 4'el
,iite ass indebted to him as iI Do n't D..
.,,,.I.hia. The exhibition Will include p'r-
t.- ofl silver. china. furniture. coats
~ arms miniatures. costumes peionslh7
80 l,,.-oore Ga.. and variety OF other
r.iics zach evening literary ana af'l1-
tio entertainment Will Doe given. there Wa
,.o or. afternoon reserved especially =
+b. cbldren's pleasure and altogether lAr
81, ,,u be "a succession Of deAsni,ui
offorts both 10 entertain and 10 procure
funds. which will Doe placed 10 me circuit
of the Virginia Historical Society.
on Monday afternoon there VIII Joe an m.
,,r.r of the pleasant series OF fortnish.
Teas ar the Womans Club. ana Tor Az
1oth Mrs. John Robertson is chairman LOT
"a talk about Martha Arnold.
Yesterday being donation day at inc
on Dominion Hospital, representaiiN Oh
,,e hoard of managers We're in Attendance
throughout the day to welcome visitors
or5 IN receive whatever gifts interest,"
,,,~br enerc-t. The rain was stead.ly
'g9inst tha ladies'. but Sc had not amy ei-
f.ct upon th- donations. which were nue.
',er,,ls ANA nf "a substantial. Kind, Include
inp articles for use in the kitchen. iHeh
r.Isir,- efe. Th. reception room 90 the
ieft of the main entrance mad brie''.
.'r-i.flar touch given DO for the ora's.ln
,r,s Georre Ben Johnston providing ta.
lowers A large pr OF Marguerite .'. d
.non the centre table and bouquet OF
these flowers In vases on the manteL on
the centre table. also stood a mite DON
soliciting. through card upon H. aims
on behalf OF the Confederate Memorial
Room. Lee Camp Auxiliary. Miss Can
aniss. head nurse. together with her as
slstaats, Was busy about the Tss4sAloA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-10
WHAT WOULD JETTEEsON BE?

our esteemed contemporary. the staun-
ton News. IS in doubt az 90 what would
bo tho politics OF Nj. Jefferson II hc
were alive to-day. Would he hc e silver
Democrat or "a gold Democrat! asks tho
News. We would not risk Sucss as TO
what particular party faction Mr.. JET
fcrson would DE affiliated with. but We
thini, VIC are safe in saying aha, ne would
be n Democrat without ndjccutcs'
There IS no such thing as gold Demo
crat or a silver Democrat, or high
tariff Democrat. or % low tariff Democrat
A man is a Democrat or he is not
Democrat. and that's AN there is about
TO- There can be no qualifications. lie
may find il -pcdient at dimes TO asso-
ciatc himself With this or that party
faction. but the principle docs not charge.
We believe that falr-minded men now
conccde that one may be "A Christian,
without reference 20 any peculiar denom-
nation with which he may be connected.
And so a man IS n Dcmociat or not. with
out regard TO his party faction afiiliaton.
Democracy is q living principle, and Mr..
Jefferson represented it in his creed as
well as I'm his acts. He told the whole
story when ne said Let as protect an
I'm life. liberty and property, and then
say 20 every American citizen, with the
gifts that God has given you your brain.
your Drawn. ana your energy, work ont
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