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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
One of the Jobs Of Chemists

Chemists sometimes have queer expe-
riences. The following facts were told
by a professor in one of our western
universities: "For about ten years I
have made speciality Of examining and
reporting upon cases Of real or suspected
poisoning. As a number of my cases
have been connected with murder trials
I have had considerable notice in the
daily papers. This reputation for max
ing analyses for poisons has brought me
q queer class of patrons.
EVERY year have one or more old
men come to me with samples Of food tc
be examined for poison These men,
without exception. have married young
wives. and when the husband is taken
sick and does not recover as quickly as
he thinks he should he begins to suspect
that his young wife wants to get rid o.
him and is poisoning him gradually
through the medium Of his food. o.
course he does not want his wife t.
know of his suspicious, SO he quietly
gets sample of the food he suspects
aud at some unusual hour for work
generally 6iti6I carly al thO AAOAAAh6 "
| very late in the evening, he comes t.
me and tells me very secretly that b.
wishes to have an examination for poison
made.
Nov the odd part is that though
have made number of such analyses
have never found poison present in an.
case Then the husband is very nue.
afraid that his wife will find out he sns
pected her, and he gets out OF my labo
ratory in the quickest and quietest man
ner possible. So every year I expect t
see some elderly man coming apprehen
sively up my office stairs with wei
concealed sample of food about him
be examined for poison. Every year b
comes, ever year I make my analyst
and fira no poison, and every year tn
old gentleman gets information that b
considers cheap at the price. '-Ohicag
, JOurnal
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
Are You
I hin?

Look about you! See for
yourself! Who suffer most
from sleep1essEss, nervousness,
nervous dyspepsia, neuralgia,
despondency, general weak
nesss Who are on the edge
Of nervous prostration all the
time? Those who are thin,
Opium, choral, bromides,
headache powders, only make
matters worse. Iron and Bit
tiers are only stimu1ants. To
be cured, and cured for good,
you need a fat-making food.
You want new blood, rich
blood; and a strong nerve
tonic.
SCOTS EMULSION Of
Cod-iver Oh with Hypophos-
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tissues, makes rich blood, and
strengthens the nerves.
Book about 1t free for the asking.
For sale By al druggists At Soc. and
/ 500.
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4 I" - st III
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09

IL my little dog goneT'' che -'ce1Io anu
mouth organ struck in, the girls chose
the best walters, the floor filled up,
feet shuffled, boards creaked, and the
bali was opened.
Accomplished speakers have recorded
the difficulty experienced in learning to
think upon their feet, but jerks, facing
an audience for the first time and saw
ing away desperately at the first bars
and repeat of slow waltz, had no such
trouble. He told me afterward that his
thoughts chunk themselves and came
a-running," and that he was conscious
Of three distinct trains Of thought rum
ming on parallel tracks. The first con-
cerned Mr.. Smith, the delinquent mu-
stefan; the second subject was what
very pretty girl when she laughs, !" and
the third, accented to waltz time, ran:
"Oh. I never can play them that second
strain. I know I'll break down If /
try
To anticipate difficulty is to insure it.
After repeating the first strain some 40
times jerks made desperate effort to
strike the second movement, failed and
COLLAPSED. The cello and mouth organ
hammered along uncertainty for time
and ceased. The stranded WALKERS dot
ted the floor like boats becalmed on q
miniature lake.
The walters had been SO engrossed in
their own efforts, and the rest OF us IN
looking on, that the quality OF the mu-
sic had apparently received little atten-
ton. When the player broke down,
there was only general movement Of
impatience at the interruption, and
looked to see the persistent jerks start
ND again on the same eight measures.
But he had entirely recovered his sell
possession. Laying the fiddle aside, hi
advanced to meet the girl at whose re-
quest he had made the effort.
Il "Don't you think" he asked, "tha'
I have proved that cannot play?"
"Well, it does come pretty close to
demonstration, (" she answered, "but
thank you very much for helping us out
MI. Smith has come and will rellev
YOU
Il So Nh. Smith took the fiddle AM
jerks took the girls hand for the hrs
dance, and perhaps for others. and tn
evening was success.
Many hours afterward, as we rod
, sleepily homeward in the gray light 9
, morning, jerks said to me, "What
, very pretty girl when she laughs.
"What did she say about your play
. | ing?'' asked
! "Said I must play at the next lea
: year dance-1900 is not leap yea
YOU know-would give me eight yea
n to practice. !"
q "Did you promise?"
ST promised not to; told her ! ia
= something better to work for now"
81 Rhine jerks is rather taciturn fe
q low, and am not in his confidenc
a but know that he goes pretty often
), Richmond's Hill, and he has traded h
fiddle for COW. I have also notice
, him studying book entitled Cor
q Portable Cottages For $500. "-G.
Durham in San Francisco Argonaut.
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IA oRlsETTg.

An. clemence, when saw thee last
Trip down the Rue de Seine.
And farming, when thy form had passed.
said. eve meet again,
dreamed not In that idle glance
Thy latest image came
And only left to memory g trance
shadow and name.
The few strange words my lips had taugn'
Thy timid voice to speak,
Their Rentler signs, which orten pfougn'
Fresh roses to thy cheek,
The trailing Of thy long, loose hair,
Bent Ger my couch of pain,
Al all returned, more sweet, more ralr.
Oh, had we met again
rwallxed where saint and virgin keep
The vigil lights Of heaven.
knew that thou hadst woes TO weep
And sins to be forgiven.
watched where Genevieve was iaao'
knelt by Mary's shrine.
Beside me low, soft voices prayed
Alas, but where was thinner
And when the morning sun was BRIGHT
Whem NH md calm
- ;iSl 81 3b$ausIad t!9t tight
s. = Fese - n otzal]
Ipaafa6 tn50 d oosT Aun's q men
mi 81 &HlhI u 81. Etienne
The Pantheon's shadow lay.
In vain. in yaini We meet no more
Nor dream what fates befau,
And long upon the strangers shore
NV voice on thee may call,
When years have clothed the line IN moss
That tells thy name and days,
And withered, on thy simple cross,
The wreaths Of Pere-la- Cha1se!
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
Mysterious Defects In Engines


Mysterious Defects In Engines.
Defects often develop in steam en-
gincs and ether machines that are very
mysterious in their origin and call Tor
great ingenuity in detecting the cause.
Unless man in charge of an engine
develops habits of close observation ne
is likely to be easily beaten when any
thing unusual takes place.
We read lately of a tendency to run
away Of IA Corliss engine, which was a
great mystery for time. The engine
would speed up for few moments
without any apparent cause and drop
back to its normal speed without any
thing being done The engine was taken
| sna1t and examined carefully, and par
ticular attention was devoted to the
governor, but nothing wrong could be
found. One day, while the engineer
was looking at the engine, it suddenly
| speeded up about 80 revolutions above
| the normal, and before the steam coulo
be shut off it dropped back to the regu-
lar speed The engine was stopped, thu
governor again taken apart, the valve
| uech ais,n examined and a minute In
spsctioil made over the whole machine
I'D rothirg csald be found the matter
saa.r CT the people about were be
| ii, ,liag to think this cratic engine wal
| acting OUTSIDE Of natural laws and thai
), real mystery surrounded the tendency
T. I'm away Iy accident the engineer
ornSn 4 fine ecvfr.,or belt and was sur
r.::;a.i TO find that tie pulley turned OF
t.seh:.fs. lLa pullsy was OF the com
| ron k;,.d made in two pieces and bolt
! e. toee.Atr. Icing held to the shaft b.
the i. .tioa Of the parts. The bolts hal
worked .pos- AID permitted the pulle.
to turn Oh tie shaft at short Intervals
When bearing about this mystery
the surprise we experienced was tina
the engiul. i ,lii not thoroughly examln
that pulley after he had locked at til
oycin,r = Loo omotive Engineering.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
sTAUNToN SPECTATOR AND vINDIcAI Or

nxed. We were Visiting at the country
honse of one of her relatives that glori-
Gus month of August One day Went
mn to London, returning late i'll the
evening. In all the years that have
passed have never forgotten that even
ing. I can see now in memory the
moonlight falling on the trees, Its glare
for at the full Of the moon it Is
cold, hard glaro which falls on 'every-
thing, or SO it seems to me-on the
white gravel of the avenue leading to
the house. :. Even as the old butler
opened the door I saw there was some
thing the matter-a little crowd OF
panic stricken faces, and then some one
caught my arm and tried to pull me
away-tried, but failed, for l fought
and struggled to shake off the grasp. !!
knew at once something had happened
to Alice Temple.
He paused SO long that at last l asked
what came next. He started at the
sound of my voice.
~ forgot was telling you about it, :
he said. cit seemed as though were
going over it all by myself. l often DO,
though it happened SO long ago. What
was II? Oh, 'one of those boating acci-
dents, as people say when they lay
down daily paper. complaining OF the
scarcity Of news. Alice had been boat
ing. There was an upset; no one hurt
Of all the party except-well, they had
! just brought her in, and as l fougnt
myself free of my we'll meaning friend
it was on the white, still face and long,
| drenched hair of my dead love that my
ewes rested. have never forgotten that
| sight, never forgotten her in all the
| years of days and nights which have
gone bv since then. Strange l have never
talked of it? But, then, we never &c
talk of what we feel most deeply. Yet
tonight that poor girl dare say she
was rot very good girl, but heaven is
moro merciful than man and takes &C.
count of all the despair and misery
which 90 before self destruction-re-
minded me OF Alice, who was to have
been my wife, of the happiness want
led, yet was refused, and it has un.
manned me for bit. By and by Shall
feel better. Perhaps, who knows, II
some future existence our disappolnt
lments will all be made up to u.s. Al
any rate that is one of my pet beliefs. =
"You think that in some future yor
and Alice Temple will be together?'
asked rather skeptically
81 don't put things into form ant
shape. simply believe that l, and al
who have failed in this world. shall
have happiness. Now let us talk NJ
more of it, for here comes dinner. +"
AS dear old johnson bowed his heat
Ito say grace, for be reverently observed
the practices Taught him in his child
, hood, his voice trembled. and when III
, locked up again and raised the cover
! the little soup tureea for the preliml
5 nary duties of hospitality saw, and pre-
tended not to see, that there were tear
0 shining i'll his eyes.-Exchange.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
AMONG The MOUNTAINS.

Gray heavens, gray earth, gray sea, gray sky
Yet rifted with strange CLEANS OF gold;
Downward alls dark but up on high
Walk our white angels, dear OF old.
Strong faith In God and trust In man,
In patience we possess our souls.
Eastward gray ghosts may Hnger wan,
But westward back the shadow rolls
Life's broken urns with moss are ciao'
And grass springs greenest over graves.
The shipwrecked sailor reckons glad
Not what he lost, but what he saves.
Our sun has set, but in his ray
The hilltops shine like saints newborn.
His afterglow of night makes day,
And when we wake it will be morn.
by the Author Of "John HALIFAX Gensle'
man."
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09

*Daily, except Sunday.
Mixed trains Southbound leave Winchester
at rs a IN and As m. Arrive at Strasburg
junction at 6.l2 III and 1870 m.
Mixed trains Northbound leave Winchester
at 45 D nj and IL rs m. Arrive at Harper's
Ferry at $40 p nj and LIZ am.
CONNECTIONS.
Train No 4o2 connects at Harper's Ferry
with Fast Limited Express teams, leaving at
IL 80 a m and LIS p M, arriving at Chicago at
$50 q m and 1900 noon, and with trains leav-
ing at 5:l4 p m, arriving at Cincinnati at 7;45
a m, st Louis 6:JO M. and connects at
Weverton al ll:40, .rrive Harg9rstOwn ,2:40; at
Washington Junction with train arriving at
Frederick at l:55 m.
Train 416 connects with fast vestibuled train
! at Harper's Ferry at s:a4p.m. for Chico go at
1927 D. M. for Pittsburg and 12:55 nj for Gin
cinnati and st. Louis. Arrive at Pittshurg at
700 a. M; Chicago at 9:.5 D. H., Cincinnati 1t
| 500 d. M, and st. Louis at $50 a. IN.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars run through
| to Cincinnati, ST. Louis, Chicago and Pitts
| burg on all express trains.
/ For rates, tickets baggage checks and fur
ther information apply TO b. & o. agents or to
G E. Dudrow, travelling Passenger Agent
winchester, Va. or G, r. Hammond, Agent,
Staunton. Va.
w. d. GREEN. Gen. Man..
D. b MARTIN. Mgr. Pas. Trannc.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09

Destitute Englishmen abroad can de-
mand to be sent home. They apply to
their consul, who gives notice accord
,nely to captains of ships about to sail.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
Evervbody says So.

derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
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and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
euro headache, fever, habitual constipation
and hiiionsness,. Please buy and try box
Qf g. @. g to-day; 10, q, 70 cents, Sold and
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09

No one need suffer with neuralgia. This
disease is quickly and permanently cured
Nv Browns Iron Bitters. Every disease OF
he blood. nerves and stomach chronic or
otbeyw;se succumbs to Browns Iron Bit
ters. Known. and used for nearly quarter
Of 8 century, It stands to-day foremost among
our most valued remedies. For SAFE py
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
8SRR~ SOUTHERN
Railway.
Schedule in effect July 4, 1897.
For the South and Southwest.
NOS. No 81. No. 81.

No. 9,-Daily-Local for Charlotte and inter-
mediate Stations.
No. 35-Daily United States Fast Mail
through Pullman Buffet Sleepers to Jackson
Vile Via Savannah; to Atlanta, and New Or
| leans, connecting at Salisbury for AsheVllIe'
Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville, Tenn,
and at Charlotte for Augusta.
| No ar-Daily-Washington and Southwest
ern Vestibuled Limited through Pullman
Sleepers to Asheville, Hot Springs and NASH
| Vile via SALISBURY and Chattanooga; TO
Tam,na via Savannah and Jacksonville to
Memphis, via Atlanta and Birmingham ana !lo
| to New Orleans via Montgomery and MOBILE.
| Dining Car Greensboro to Montgomery. rIrs'
Glass Day Coaches ON all trains.
/ Trains from Staunton by chesapeake ana
Ohio Railway connect in Unlun Statlon at
/ Charlottesville with southern by. Trains.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
Strawberry Profits.

A Kentucky trawberry grower re-
ports clear profit this season OF $729. 6o
On seven acres of ground.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09

Wanted Idea $ e; s. :s;ss
1s. -,,,- adeas. they may bring you wealth.
R3 cae t11 KIN WHDnERHURN Co, Patent Atfor-
;P IS ; g; & e sss's w vssl
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
SONNET.

Our yesterdays inthran our morrows stin
By chains no rust Of time can wear away,
That with their iron and persistent sway
Serve purposes undreamed Of to fulfill
And wake up echoes of the good and III
In mournful cadence or rhythm gay.
Outlines what fateful sequences are they
Which follow trifing acts of sudden Will
Small streams grow broader as they onward
wind
To reach at last the ever rolling sea-
Hark back through memory's labyrinth anc
we find
Small accidents-n accidents there be-
Had power our future years to free or bind
And be the factors Of our destinyI
Camilla Grassland in Chambers journal
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
No. 6 No. 4 No. y

,vestibuled Limited) has Pullman nan
NO. Q; e.o,e basic to Washington, New por i1
s yia Shenandoah Junction and b. q ~ N"i'
road. ..ra pristo1 and in
NO, q I1 te points, also Bluefeld' columbus
and Chicago. .,,o 70 Colum
bus. poanoke Rris-
III L% nj s points fSr in the South
tol. Chattano9goaa an for ali stations, Win,
Dys9n oenn eom az sieepers
W Ssortest and best route to the West south
and Southwest .n,ornot,op To
| write for rates, folders anu ihlornia.lo" "
W. D. Roanoke. Va.
" nr,yy. travelling Passenger Agent
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09

We give advice, but we cannot give
the wisdom to profit by it.-La Roche
foucauld.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09
A Question of crops.

A Question of Crops.
Farmer--If this weather keeps up,
it'll bring things right out of the ground,
won't it?
Widower-I hope not. I've got two
wives there already. New York Sunday
| Journal
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09

u M.CUSHING & SON, ,,,,
r.. GENERAL AUCTIONEERS.
ian 8-tf oTAoNroN' a.
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PROFESSIONAL.

l ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
No. % S. Augusta st.
Special attention given to collections.
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HARRisoNBuRG TO WASHINGTON.

tDaily except Sunday. *Daily.
r,,,,,ed,.+e connection in Union Depot al
washington for and from Baltimore, fhli-
adelphia and New York.
w.H. Green. General superintend nant
w. A. Turk, General Passenger a
j. M. Culp, Traffic Manager. ~
& Brown. Gen1 Agt Pass. Dept.
Washington. D. C.
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Nszsg i,IIikss&s!estsrn
NHs.g = Schedule in Eject

fully 1897
I.v: stanton, e. y o. l2:O7 am lo'@o am '-'
am, 2:3U pm.
Ar. Basic &C. s. o. 2:3l am, lu:49 am ii''f '-'
3:08 pm.
LEAVE BASIC. VA. DAILY
NORTH BOUND.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09

Train AT connects with Southern r. r. at
Strasburg Jun ction at IL so p. m. for Harrison
burg and points OF Valley Railroad.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-10

The ladies' Of Barton Heights Methodist
church are preparing an entertainment
10 be given al the residence OF Mr.. John
T.. Harding. on the evening OK Friday
the 18th instant, that for genuine enjoy
ment. bids fair TO surpass anything that
has been held on the Heights for a long
time.
They propose TO start of with
chicken and waffle supper-the wafiles
such as only old Virginia cooks know how
to prepare, and tine chicken TO be served
i'm every style known 20 the culinary art.
Conee. OF course, accompanies these deli
CacIcs.
The entertainment will consist Of the
"House That Jack Built with all OF the
celebrated personuges connected with that
historic edihce from the "Priest all
shayen and shorn" 10 TIE RAT that ate
the malt that lay In the house that Jack
built"
Past experience teaches those who have
been there" that the fact that these
ladies' are managing the a1air is a guar
antee Of a good time TO an who may at
tend.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-10
Emperor Williams Birthday.

The Gesangyerein Virginia met in It's club
rooms Monday night. and. after dispos-
The Gosangverein Virginia met in its
club-rooms last night, and, after dispos-
ing of routine business. discussed the pro-
posed celebration of the Tooth anniversary
of Emperor william s birthday. IL was
decided that the Gesangvcrein Virginia
could not undertake the burden OF the
celebration as an organization, but a
committee Of seven was appointed to
can "A general meeting OF the German
American citizens resident In Richmond
10 discuss and arrange the details for the
celebration. The following gentlemen
wee appointed TO act on the committee.
Nessrs. h. G.. Miller. a. j. Mol, Carl
Ruehrmund. II. Wipperman. Ivan Muel-
Ter G. H. Phillips, and Dr. VI. ID. Hoge,
Jr.
The committee met after the Gesangye-
rein had adjourned and took steps to-
wards issuing the call for the meeting
which is 10 be held at Saenger Halle to-
morrow night. The proposed celebration
OF the hundredth anniversary Of Emperor
williams birthday. which is 10 take place
on Monday, March I'D. will probably con-
sst OF a "commers." during which an od-
dress will BE- delivered by prominent
German-Amcrican.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-10

In reply to a recent suggestion from the
State Department that our diplomatic
representatives abroad have not not as
fine houses as representatives, from other
nations, the Philadelphia manufactures
says that I'VE need educated, trained men
rather than fine buildings. and We need
them so badly that nobody should conceal
the issue by an appeal for mere walls.
windows. sofas, and an inert equipment.
Men are the need Of the hour-good men.
who. trained in administrative and inter-
national law. will devote their lives TO the
foreign service of the republic
At recent banquet in the city Of Hart
ford. DR. G. Stanley Hall, Of Massachu-
sets. made some very pertinent remarks
along the same line, in response TO the
toast, "Our Foreign Service" Or. Hall
has spent. six years Of his life In Europe.
and said that he confessed 10 much SYM
pathy with the foreign critical sentiment
toward our foreign service. There were
brilliant exceptions. of course. but he could
not say much for the class called ENJOYS
Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipoten-
tiary. In one case, ne said. our chief rep
resentatiyc in one Of the great countries.
whose language is taught in almost every
high school, could not speak it, and DR..
Hall had overheard him insulted in that
tongue by his attendants in his Office and
in his presence. lie found him ignorant Of
the common usage OF good society and
heard his official utteunces ridiculed for
sheer errors Of fact. our consular reports
from the best centres. he went on. are
documents of great value. but in others
they are compiled from ready sources by
incompetent men, and the very office has
an air Of neglect, and sometimes Of deser-
ton.
There is nothing new in what Or. Hall
uys. Everybody who has Investigated
the subject knows that our consular SER
vice. as a rule. is utterly unworthy of
this Government. Nor IS the reason hard
to find. Instead OF selecting for such POSI-
tons men competent and qualified for the
work, the consular service As a part of
the spells system. and men are put into
these positions as reward for political
service. There Is a strong sentiment
in this country in favor OF trained men
for these positions. and when that senti-
ment materialzes into law. the service
will be improved.