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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
Does Baby
hrive?

If your baby is delicate
and sickly and its food does
not nourish it, put fifteen
or twenty drops of SCOTS
Emulsion in its bottle three
or four times a day and you
will see a marked change.
We have had abundant
proof that they will thrive
on this emulsion when other
food fails to nourish them.
1t is the same with larger
children that are delicate.
SCOTS Emulsion seems to be
the element lacking in their
food. Do not fail to try it if
your children do not thrive.
It is as useful for them in
summer as in winter.
Ask jour doctoy if this is not true.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
A Collector of Book Plates,

An interesting collection Of book
plates is owned by Mr.. Howard Sill,
head craftsman at the Office Of firm OF
architects in this city. The collection
consists of some 2,500 specimens
American, English, French and Span
ISL, modern and antique-belongiug to
the various periods known as Jacobean,
Chippendale, Wreath and Ribbon, etc.
Mr.. Sill has collected many examples Of
the work of Dorkins, Johnson, the MAY
ericks, father and son, famous colonial
book plate engrayers; also some speci-
mems Of the rare and valuable work Of
Nathaniel Hurd, a New England en-
graver, born in 1920, a duplicate Of one
Of whose book plates owned by MIR. Sill
brought $50 i'll New York short time
ago. MIR. Sill has also one of the six
book plates engraved by Paul Revere,
which is OF great value and inter
est. Among the coiolial PLACES AIS those
of William Byrd OF MISSIONER, Bushrod
Washington, John Randolph, William
Smith, president of William and Mary
college; Charles Carroll, Thomas Hey
ward and Samuel Chase, signe-s u the
Declaration Of Independence There are
also many examples of modern book
plate making. the work Of French, Hop
son, Spenceley and other we'll known
modern engravers. Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
TALL. BUILDINGS.
The skyscraper Considered as Device
For Saving Labor.

For Saving Labor.
In the tall building it is emphatically
"a condition, not a theory, " that con-
fronts us. The many storied office build
ing is a necessary product of certain
economic factors which have operated IN
spite of the architects, and more intense
" in the United States than elsewhere.
This is what has made it SO peculiarly
an American product. Of these econom-
ic factors the cost of land, SO common
" alleged as the controlling one, has
really been the least important. Land
in parts of Paris and London is as cost
" as in New York and Chicago. but the
Is story Office building has never come
into vogue there, while, on the other
hand, buildings of 10 or II stories are
not uncommon in American cities of the
second and third rank, where land is
relatively cheap. The causa causans OF
the skyscraping monstrosity is to be
sought in the drive and hurry of Annex
lean business life, and in the accom-
panying American propensity to save
time and labor. The skysoraper is a
huge labor saving and time saving &C.
vice.
Each building is almost complete
city, often comprising within its walls
banks and insurance offices, postottce
and telegraph Office, business exchanges,
restaurants, clubrooms and shops. Inc
business man can provide himself WIFE
clothes, shoes, cigars, stationery aac
baths; receive and dispatch his mail ano
his kilograms; speculate on change,
consult his lawyer and his architect II
their offices and transact his own bust
ness-all without leaving the building
| In which his office is located. The ex
press elevator which shoots him up t
the sixteenth story or drops him will
breathless speed to the basement Is
| product Of this same American hast
and economy, and without the elevate
the tall office building would be an i'm
possibility. It is the triumphant sue
cess of the skyscraper as time savini
invention which has made 1t so con
spicuous and insistent an element In GU
American architecture. - Engineerin
Magazine.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
How a Chameleon Changes Color.

The chameleon is little lizard who
possesses the wonderful power Of chang
ing his color to suit his own conven-
fence. Florida produces several species
of these lizards in abundance. This is
the process by which the little lizard
effects his changes:
Certain colors through the medium OF
the optic nerve produce a contraction Or
expansion of the pigment CT color cells
The result is a protective tint or one
which resembles that upon which the
animal is resting. The eye receives the
stimulus CT impression, which passes
from the optic nerve to the sympathetic
nerve, SO reaching the various series OF
the lizards little color cells under the
skin.
The pigment cells are distributed all
over the body with more or less regular
ity, and upon their contraction and ex'
pansion depends the prevailing color Of
the animal.
The scientist discovered this by blind
folding lizard and found that when il
could not see the color of the surround
ing foliage it ceased to change its OWL
color.-St Louis Republic
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
WHY COPS ARE CORPULENT,
An Old Member of the Force Explains
the Inevitable Paunch.

An Old MemOer OF Inc fOTCo LApAf$iAo
the Inevitable Paunch.
"It's a standing joke with lots Of
folks" said a retired policeman the
other day, "that almost as soon as a
new man is put on the force and goes
out on patrol duty he gets fat. You
never yet saw a picture of policeman
but that he had paunch on him wor-
thy of an old country German
"But it isn't corpulence that forces
policemen to buy bigger wasted trousers
and coats as they grow older. It's de-
formity; that's right = deformity.
When a man is on his feet anywhere
from - to 20 hours out Of the "a. he
just settles down on himself. He puts
all his weight on his hips.
"This throws out his abdomen and
draws his shoulders back, making him
look hollow backed. 1t seems to rest
him. His feet and ankles, which get
sore, rheumatic and all out Of shape on
account of his constant walking, are re-
lieved when he rests his hips. just try
it and see how easy and restful the
habit Ia. But you'll get an amazing
front IL short time.
"a policeman's feet always become
large. / wore a No. shoe when ]
went On the force so years ago. Now
| I have to wear No. 10, and the width
| well, guess they don't letter them
up to my width. And it's all on account
! of the walking.
eyes, all men who have patrolled fol
two OF three years are fat and at the
same time not fat New York Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
POWHATAN PIPES.
nade From Peculiar Kind of Virginia
Clay and Made Sweet by Fire.

,1ade From Peculiar Kind of Virginia
Clay and Made Sweet by Fire.
The old coasting captain was gazing
upon a crudely shaped red clay pipe
which he smoked at the end of long,
MANY iointed reed stem, while he filled
the ears of the observant Jerseyman
with it's praises.
eff you want the sweetest pipe In
the world" he said, "you must get one
of these. They are the original Pow
hatan pipes, made in Powhatan county,
Va, out Of peculiar blue clay which
is found there in little nodules and i'm
ished in peculiar way.
sThe genuine Powhatan pipe can
never be found north of Baltimore, and
it is easier to get one in Norfolk than
in Baltimore. If you begin smoking
one, you will discard your meerschaums
and brier woods and smoke nothing
else. When it gets strong, you merely
| put it into the fire and burn it sweet
| again. The imitation Powhatan pipes
would crack to pieces if you try to burn
them sweet, but the genuine can be
thrust in safety right into the bright
Goals, although, Of course. it is better
to let them heat more gradually"
Under the stimulus Of this praise the
| obseryant Jerseyman sent to friend II
Norfolk for half a dozen of the pipes
| After time he received them. with
bill for rs cents for the pipes and So to-
| the trouble Of finding them.
''If you had not told me that the pipe
sold two for a quarter" his frient
wrote, st should never have got tn
right kind for you. I went to almos
every tobacconist in Norfolk hunting
for them. Each one showed me a pip
which looked about the same as these
but was only 10 cents. Finally, on
day, after 1 had about given up tn
| search, I happened to mention it to
lougshoreman. There Is only one sho
| in Norfolk. he said. where You can &c
the genuine Powhatan pipe. That Is
little place down along the river front.
He gave me the address, and there
found them
i The observant Jerseyman has smoke
the Powhatan pipe many times. sine
then, and he still believes the old CAP
tain's praise was warranted On tn
caution label which came about eac
pipe it is said that the peculiar quail
ties of the genuine pipes are due to til
fact that they are finished by hand pc
ishing instead of glazing, thus leay
ing to the clay all of its natural poros
ty and absorbent qualities. Yor
Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
WRESTLING WELLS.
Natural Barometers Which Foretel1 Storms
Tn Wisconsin,.

Natural Barometers Which F'oretel1 Storms
In Wisconsin.
A freak of nature which is attracting
considerable attention is series OF
blowing or "whistling'' wells located
in the northern part of the town Of Eu-
reka, in Polk county, Wis. There are
six of these hysterical wells, ranging in
depth from 1870 to 100 feet. The one
owned by James Collin exhibits most
remarkable features. This we'll is 100
feet deep and was dug is years ago.
The first 20 feet was hardpan and the
rest coarse gravel.
Before a rainstorm the wind blows
out of this wellwith great force, max
ing roaring sound that can be beard a
long distance. The wind is SC bet that
water placed On the cover CT the we'll
will boil. The wind blows out only be-
fore a storm, and the severity End cu-
ration of the storm are always in exact
proportion to the force Of this current
and its duration before the storm COM
mences 1t is therefore an accurate and
trustworthy barometer, Or vice versa,
with equal accuracy, but remains quiet
in settled weather.
In winter current Of air is drawn
in before change Of weather just as
| forcibly as it blows out i'll hot weather.
| This current will freeze the water l2c
| feet from the surface Of the earth as
| quickly as it would at the surface, and,
though many attempts have been made
to use a pump in the well, they have
all failed, and number Of pumps 0.
different makes have been destroyed by
the water freezing and bursting thC
cylinders and pipes.
| The other five wells, which resemble
this one in many respects, are all looat
ed within the radius Of about one mill
and vary in depth from 1870 to $50 feet
All sorts Of theories have been ad
vanoed concerning an underground pas
sage, but no outlet has ever been digcov
cred, and if there is one it must be
great distance away in order to foretel
the approach Of storms go long a tim
in advance. Record.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
THE MOHAMM EDANS.
The Queer Manner In Which They Mi
Up Religion and Murder.

The Queer Manner In Which They Mix
Up Religion and Murder.
The month of Ramadan, in which the
first part of the Koran is said to have
been revealed, is observed as a fast by
all Mohammedans. The fast extends
over the whole month of raging heat"
and involves extraordinary self denial
and self control. No food or drink OF
any kind may be taken from daybreak
until the appearance of the stars at
| nightfall.
The rigor with which Mohammedan
observes this fast and the great gulf be-
tween it's observance and obedience to
the moral code are both illustrated by a
story told III the life Of one Of the he
roes of India, Major John Nicholson.
While Nicholson in 1854 was deputy
commissioner in Bannu, native killed
| his brother and was arrested. He was
| brought before Nicholson on very hot
! evening, looking parched and exhausted,
for he had walked many miles, and it
| was the month of Ramadan.
"Why," exclaimed Nicholson, "is II
possible that you have walked in fast
ing on day like this?''
"Thank God" answered the Ban
nuchi, ssI am good faster"
"Why did you kill your brother?"
81 saw a fowl killed last night, ant
the sight of the blood put the devil in
to me-"
| "He had chopped up his brother
| stood long chase and been marched IL
here, but he was keeping the fast,
wrote the commissioner to a friend, tina
he might know what sort of blood
thirsty and bigoted people he. Nichol
son. had to govern.
Il One day wretched little child wa
brought before the commissioner. II
had been ordered by his relatives OF tn
Waziri tribe to poison food.
II Don't you know it is wrong to HI
people7" asked Nicholson.
!? 81 know it Is wrong to kill with
!, knife or sword" answered the child
! "Why?"
Il because the blood leaves marks,
answered the trained poisoner.
A Pathan chief, who fell by Nichol
: sons side in skirmish, left little sor
upon whom the English officer lavishe
care and attention. One day the 7-yea1
: old boy asked his protector to grant hll
. a special favor.
= "Tell me first what you want. ="
Il "Only your permission, sahib, to
! and kill my cousins, the children
your and my deadly enemy, my uncl
Faltri Khan -
"To kill your cousins?" exclaimed tt
Englishman, Mortified at the answer.
"a eyes, sahib, to kill all the boys viii
they are young. It is quite easy now.
"You little monsterl Would ye
Il murder your own cousins?"
VI eyes, sahib, for if I don't they WI
J. certainly murder me-"
N The little boy wished to follow 2
"a than usage and thought it very hal
!. that his guardian should prevent b
70 taking so simple a precaution.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
DID THE GIRLS PAINT?
How the Question Wa Decided and
Bet Paid.


Bet Paid.
Two well known society swells went
to the Imperial theater one afternoon
when EAST Lynne" was the bill. A
few evenings before there had been dis.
crlssed at their club the subject of WON
en- painting their faces. Several girl.
were mentioned who were suspected by
their admirers of wearing an artificial
carnation bloom. Others defended the
young damsels and said it was natural.
How to find out and win wager
that was laid then and there was the
subject Of the young mems visit to the
Imperial.
"East Lynne is play which ought
to make all women cry, they reasoned,
for it makes even mems threats grow
thick. They sent tickets for reserved
seats to the girls under discussion, beg
ging them to invite whomsoever they
pleased Of their acquaintance, as they,
the donors, would not be able to escort
them
The ruse was successful. In an upper
box sat the young men ready to win OF
lose the wager, and right below, in the
parquet, where they could see their
faces and every move of their hands,
were the young women. There were six
of them, two of whom shed copious
tears and hesitated not to wipe
them away with their handkerchiefs,
while the other four never WINGED.
Among those who did not cry were the
girls suspected of laying ON the red
pigment, and it was on just that evi.
dence that the bet hinged. That night
the wager was paid with supper al
the University club.-St. Louis Repub-
lie
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
A MILD HAMMERED PIRATE

An Ex-CIerk Who Joined the Fierce Sea
Rovers of the Spanish Main.
"The Buccaneers of Our Coast" is the
title of series of narrative sketches
that Frank r. Stockton is writing for
St. Nicholas. In speaking of John Es-
uuemeling, who joined the buccaneers
and became their historian, Mr.. Stock
ton says:
1t must have been a strange thing for
man accustomed to pens and ink, to
yardsticks and scales, to offer to enroll
himself in company OF bloody, big
bearded pirates, but man must eat,
and buccaneering was the only profess
sion open to our ex-clerk. For some rea-
son or other, certainly not on account OF
his bravery and daring, Esquemeling
was very we'll received by the pirates OF
Tortuga. Perhaps they liked him be-
cause he was mild hammered man and
so different from themselves
As for Esquemeling himself, he soon
| came to entertain the highest opinions
| Of his pirate companions. He looked
| upon the buccaneers who had distln-
guished themselves as great heroes, and
| It must have been extremely gratifying
| to those savage fellows to tell Esque-
melting all the wonderful things they
had done. Esquemeling might have
earned salary as listener.
It was not long before his intense ad'
| miration of the buccaneers and their per-
formances began to produce in him the
feeling that these great exploits should
not be lost to the world, and so he set
about writing their lives and adventures.
| He remained with the pirates for sew
eral years and during that time worked
very industriously getting together ma
terial for his history. When he returned
, to his own country in 1872, he there
completed book which he called "The
Buccaneers of America; or, The True
Account Of the Most Remarkable AS
saults Committed of Late Years Upor
the Coasts of the West Indies by the
Buccaneers, etc. By John Esquemellng
One Of the Buccaneers, Who Was Pres
> emit at Those Tragedies. :"
l From this title it is probable that II
, the capacity of reporter our literary pl
j rate accompanied his comrades on thei
various voyages and assaults. and al
! though he states he was present at man.
of "those tragedies he makes no refer
l ence to any deeds CT valor or cruelt.
performed by himself, which shows hin
, to have been wonderfully consclen
tious historian. There are persons, how
6 ever, who doubt his impartiality, be
cause, as he liked the French, he al
ways gave the pirates of that nationalit
the credit for most of tho bravery dis
8 played on their expeditions, and all
the magnaninity and courtesy, If Their
$ happened to be any, while the surliness
brutality and extraordinary wickednes
u were all ascribed to the English.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
100000 IN A FLASH.
A KIondike Telegraph Line Wrecked b
the Atlantic Cable.


the Atlantic Cable.
Long ago-in 1868-4-there was no
cable between Europe and America.
Transatlantic news-even during the
exciting episodes of the civil war-was
always about a fortnight old. The at
tempt to make a cable connection had
ended disastreusly, and in this junction
of affairs was organized gigantic en-
terprise looking to the connection OF
the United States with Europe via Klon-
dixie and Boring sea. Most electricians
and Geographic experts had made up
their minds that 40 miles-which was
the distance across the strait-represent-
ed the longest a submarine cable could
be successfully worked.
A company was formed, and what
was known in those days as Russian
Extension stock went off at a premium
Of 60 per cent. In 1866 the line between
New Westminster and the Yukon river
was surveyed, found to be practicable
and traversed completely the present
Klondike region.
The line was expected to be finished
in 1867. Even the tariff for messages
was fixed at e5 (s25) per message. The
receipts were estimated to yield about
SO, 900, 900 per annum. The line was
actually constructed from New West
minister along the present route Of the
Canadian Pacific railway to Ashcroft,
where it was continued north toward
Boring sea to Fort Stager, 800 or 40C
miles beyond Quesnelle. This line Is al
| the present moment In operation in
portion Of the Caribou country.
Then, In the midst Of the whole bust
ness, after three years Of hard work,
came like thunderolap the news that
the Atlantic cable was success. Three
million dollars had been expended, YET
the next day Russian Extension stool
was not worth the printers ink on it,
surface. London Mail.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
Sweyed by a Play.

An impressive instance of play that
Influenced a human life comes from one
of the northern towns, where a very
striking play was being performed in
which the disastrous consequences fol-
lowing On the love of two men for tina
same woman We're realistically present.
ed. A young engineer who had conceiv-
ed violent affection for a girl who had
resented his attentions in view Of the
fact that she loved another man, who
CHANGED to be the engineers bosom
friend, witnessed this play one even
ing, and it made very deep impression
on him, as it seemed almost to have
been written to apply to his own I'M
happy situation. Act by act the tragic
story was unfolded, jealousy OF the dis
appointed lover ending in crime and
punishment, and when at length the
curtain fell the engineer had come to a
decision. He went home, packed up a
few necessaries and a week later set
out for Australia, where, by lucky
stroke a year later, he made mighty
fortune He attributed all his success
to the play in question, for had he never
seen it he would never have gone away
from England, and perhaps some awful
occurrence might have arisen from his
unrequited passion. London Standard.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
The Clever Artist.

Not infrequently the art student falls
in arrears for the rent of even his airy
perch on the "sixieme, and landlords
have scant sympathy for beings who can
oscar to the enpyrean, but can't pay
cash. One young man six months in ar
rears knew that his landlord was keep.
ing watchful eye on his trunk, which
stood opposite the door, feeling sure thai
while it was there the owner would moi
depart. Our artist painted portrait oil
his trunk on the wall opposite the dool
and in the night took himself and bis
belongings quietly away. Nor was he
missed for several days. Good work
sometimes serves very inartistic ends.
Catholic World.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
Whitehead Torpedoes.

A Whitehead torpedo carries 22e
pounds Of wet gun cotton and weighs
ready for service 1,160 pounds Its
maximum lenath is 16 feet 5 inches and
it's greatest diameter is 1T inches. At
speed of a5 Knots per hour it has a
range of about $50 yards. The torpedo
is driven by compressed air at a pressure
of $50 pounds per square inch. which
operates three stage engine.
The Mexican torch thistle growing
to height of so CT go feet, looks more
like candelabruln than a tree. Another
variety of the same species has long
gray bristles, which give it the appear
ance of the head of an old gray haired
man.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
1t Was Only the Old One.

A rough, awkward handed Lanca-
shire girl was broken in by q benevolent
lady, who tried to do a good turn for
every body, and in an evil moment she
was given to clean two very ancient
openwork silver salt cellars with those
rich and rare old royal blue glass re-
ceivers inside. One was over 100 years
old, the other bad been broken and re-
Gently patched, Of which fact the girl
was aware She broke the other old one,
and when she told her mistress she said
she was "glad as how it was only the
old nm -
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-08-04
A CATCH.
from the tragi-comedy of "The False 4
frnlnoer. ~

from the tragi-co1nedy of "The False ~
trologer."]
We know what is, but what will be
We know not. No one ever knew.
The gods themselves cannot foresee
IF gods there be) what men may do.
Prophecies are arrows shot in the dark
At an unseen mark.
If they miss it, VIC let them go;
If they hit 1t, as sometimes they VIII
When the night winds thither blow,
We magnify the skill u.
Of the hand that held the bow.
The only thing we know
Is that we live and die,
Not the inscrutable shy!
Poor puppets of crumbling clay,
The world goes round and round,
And we 60 with there today,
Tomorrow underground!
Richard Henry Stoddard in New York lnoe'
neudent