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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16
THE AMERICAN STATURE,

The Loss of an Inch In Height Might
Bring Serious Consequences.
In paper read by Major Henry 8.
Kilbourne, surgeon United States army,
before the Association of Military Sur
geons of the United States, he advocated
the theory that the physical power of a
race or people-and consequently their
capacity for works measured by their
average stature. For every inch of
height between five and six feet the ex-
treme breathing capacity is increased
eight cubic inches. the vital capacity
being at its maximum at So years. A
table of measurements of 1870, 621 native
white Americans accepted for the mill
tary service of the United States, shows
that the number of men below So inches
in height is but little greater than that
of the class above 70 inches. The most
numerous class is included between 81
and 50 inches, and this standard class
would have greater chest girth than
the average. The mean height of 1875
United States naval cadets above the
age Of % years was $3.50 inches. As
these men are drawn from all parts and
classes of the United States they repre-
sent very nearly the typical physical
development of the American people of
25 years of age.
Major Kilbourne concludes that the
commingling strains Of Celtic, Danish,
Norwegian and German blood among
our people have thus far worked no de.
terioration Of physical quality. "Not so
with the swarthy, low browed and
stunted people now swarming to our
shores. Absorbed into the body of the
people, these multitudes must irretriev-
ably evolve an inferiority of type To
realize the result of such a contingency
let it be considered that the loss of an
inch in stature might bring in its train
the loss of national ascendeney. Let US
take care, then, that the state shall
suffer no injury. boston Transcript
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16
Down of ,I,ish I.itt1e,s Store

The war with Spain is really on.
It's fought morn, noon n night.
N folks is happy who wuz born
A-spoilin for fight.
The eagle screams n flaps his wings,
N great n small guns roar,
N all the air is thick with smoke
Down at 'Lish Little's store.
The Spanish fleet is blown sky high
A dozer. times day.
Old Weyler's walloped n the dons
Are doomed n made to pay
In blood n money both, thrice DER.
Thrice DER in gold n gore
For our good ship, the martyred Maine,
Down at 'Lish Titles store.
There's millions voted for defense,
N billions for the chance
To wipe the earth with little Spain
N make Alfonso dance
For Uncle Sam, IL day n night
The deadly broadsides pour
From bearded n unbearded lips
Down at 'Lish Little's store.
The war is fought N ended, too,
Right there before they quit.
No man goes home to leave the fight
Unfinished-not a bit.
Fact is, there amt no kind O. use
In congress votin more
o. money OF O. men while Spain
Is licked at 'Lish's store.
Boston Globs.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16
Tho Zeal Truth,
Some people deceive themselves vii

Some people deceive themselves with
the notion that if they have been denied
s;:IGe advantage which another has Lad
TIC oily dieniijed course for them in
lie is 10 r!oieule that advantage
at is a strange thing 10 NE to els
cover, said Mr X to Mr. g., that l
have wanted c College educa ton all L. y
life, and never have known it Until
lately.
:" What brought it to your knowledge
at i,'at:'' asked hir. T.. smiling
II perceived tli5 there was CERTAIN
bitterness i'll the light way in which l
always said, Wen, hs fer ne, I'm
heartily glad that didn't goio eel
lege. Youth Companion
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16
Death Gsip on a satchel.

James Whitoomb Riley, the great
Hoosier poet, never burdens himself
with much baggage while he is travel
ing. He once explained his views on
baggage by saying: IT am continually
haunted by the fear that my trunk will
be lost, so go about the country with
a grip. l keep tenacious hold on it all
day long and never feel quite safe about
it at night. In case there is ever fear
full railway accident, and among the
debris is valise with an arm attached
to it firmly, they may bury it without
further Identification as the fragments
Of the Hoosier poet.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16
Making a Distinction,

Miss Cayenne had caused her partner
great deal Of annoyance by forgetting
what her long suit was and remaining
oblivious to trump signals. He mopped
the perspiration from his brow and ven
tured the observation, II was under the
impression that you said you were &C.
customed to playing whist. eyes, "
she answered sweetly, 81 play it. !
don't work at it as some people do. -
Washington Star
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16
Quick Fingers.

The dexterity Of modern virtuoso's
fingers made deep impression on an
old farmer who was among the audience
at "piano recital" Clapping both
hands suddenly down upon his knees,
he was heard to exclaim, "I'd give $500
to have that man pick peas for rep'-
Troy Times.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16
What They Prefer.

Huntingdon often hear Of self
made men, but never of self made
women.
Larkin-Women prefer to be tailor
made.-Detroit Free Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16

In Germany, to prevent poison being
obtained f1r evil purposes. none is al
lowed to be sold without written or
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16

In England there are 70, 600 girls en-
gagged in public houses and drinking
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16
A London tPawner,n


In London exists an institution called
the pawner. She is usually a middle
aged widow and flourishes in those dis.
NAL localities where every other house
Is let out in furnished apartments.
Many OF the people living in these re.
glons are poverty stricken women who
have seen better days and dread to en-
ter pawnshop. The pawner calls once
or twice week upon her clients, and
when she departs her satchel bulges
with sundry articles which she is COM
missioned to pledge. She is paid com
mission on the sum raised, and hence it
is to her interest to haggle with the
pawnshop keeper. AS rule, she gets
penny for every 2 shillings obtained.
The business is paying one. One
pawner boasts list of 200 customers,
people who employ her to pawn articles
OF wearing apparel on a certain day
and redeem it OH Saturday. So busy is
she that her two daughters assist her.
All but four states in the Union have
tramp laws. England sends the tramp
to the workhouse. France makes him
do convict labor. Germany and Belgium
put him on penal farms. But in all
countries and in all states the tramp
goes marching on.-Boston Globe.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-16

n Train Y. !. anQ Train connects with Southern
X. K. at StrasbGrg Junction at IL so and T45 n
m for Harrisonburg and points on Valley nv.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

Clover hay is the best for the milk
cows and the ewes with lambs.
Plan this winter to reduce the mum
Der Of waste places on the farm.
Manure can often be hauled out
when there is snow on the ground.
One of the best places TO apply wood
ashes is ON the patch intended for po-
tatoes.
Especially fatteniug foods should be
excluded from that supplied to the
growing colts.
Generally the more compact in form
the farm produce is sold the better
the profit.
1t is the amount Of fat that cream
ing and churning will get out thai de-
termires the value of milk.
There il no surer destruction to a
herd, however good, than that of
breeding 70 an interior sire.
Keep well up with the manure haul
ing: il Will save much time in the
spring when work is pressing.
There is nothing like good supply
OF milk TO make the work Of the lamb
ing season light and pleasant.
Rye starts earliest and grows faster
than the grasses on the farm and is
we'll adapted for early pasturage.
High feeding. drying up premature
~ or milking irreguIarly. weeds out.
clogs and contracts the milk of COWS.
Il is not always the question of inn
mediate returns which should govern
US but the question OF permanent gain.
--EArmers' Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
sIOO Reward 800

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its ages and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
constitutional disease requires a
constitutional remedy. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally acting direct
" on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease and giving
the patient strength by building uE
the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer 800 for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials Address
+. j. CHENEY & co, Toledo, o.
BSg' Sold by druggists. 75c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
Squirrel. in Corn Crtb..

Wherever squirrels are prevalent.
care should be taken to prevent them
fro getting at the seed corn. 1t is not
a good plan to hang the seed corn
in the crib, as the open Slated
sides 70 allow ventilation the squirrel
can easily enter, and his agility makes
Il impossible to keep seed cora from
him, no matter how carefully it IS
braided and hung where neither rats
nor mice can get ct il. The squirrel
does not care for the bulk Of corn in
the crib. He IS very dainty in his foo9.
and is sure TO take that which is hung
up and carefully dried for seed The
provoking part Of is that he destroys
far more conn than he eats. lie cares
only for the chit or germ. leaving all
the rest as only III for hog feed
American Cultivator.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

Farmers who mad diniulty in under
standing the cause OF low prices Of
meats in European markets will find
at least partial explanation in some
recent statements showing The latge
number 81 ocean-going vessels fitted
with rclrigera'iaG apparatu, plying
between the reyat stock growing areas
OF Australia and south America and
the European markets These state
ments show tha' hundred Of vessels
CARRYING fresh nrats, fruits. butter.
and articles OF tm- kind. now PLY reg
ulary between Europe and those parts
OF the world where he>e articles are
produced with cheap labor and cheap
land. and place them in competition in
European markets with the products
Of our own country. The Central and
South American line Of the ROYAL
Mail and Stcam-packct Company has
50 vessels fitted with retrigerating AZ
paratus, the Hamburg line 20. mcIud-
ing a tropical service; the Havro Fruit
Importing Combination, II; the Cop
enhagen Butter Exporting Company a
dozen. and numerous others unload
their cargoes OF fresh meats brought
from AL parts OF the world in re'tig-
Grating warehouses holding from five
to ten thousand tons each, aud thus
place upon European markets the
productions Of the great cattle ranges
and fruit markets Of South America.
and Australia. where cheap Land and
cheap labor obtain in diree, conpeti-
tion with the production Il the farm
ers Of the United States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
THE Trade OUTLOOK.
Confidence shown in Many Lines and
Activity Il the order.

New York Feb. 12.-R. G. Dun & Co.,

Activity Il the Order.
New York. Feb. pr. G. Dun &. Co.,
in their weekly review Of trade. say:
Business is pushing toward spring ac-
tivity rather early. Events which have
controlled are good buying Of iron by the
largest makers. the rise in cotton with
strength in goods, the great railway con-
Eolidation and the Cuban Instruction The
latter, with its possibilities, operates as
q brake on speculation, and FOOLS hness Of
local traders gave foreigners a much de-
sired opportunity to buy stocks, on bali
ance. about 1900 shares. January earnings,
sss,0174l7. already reported, are 1876 per
cent. better than last year. and s5 better
ihan In 1892. showing the best month in
six years. a least. and February returns
thus far are promising. The output OF
pig iron February ! was 229. s23 tons week
~, the largest in the history of the busi-
ness, but the reported buying Of 10000
tons of Bessemer iron by the Carnegie COM
pany. and 10000 by another Of the largest
steel concerns. nevertheless, means de-
cision by the ablest manufacturers that the
unprecedented output of pig will soon
prove too small for the growing demand
for finished products. The Illinois Steel
company has contracted for LOCO, 600 IONS
OF Bessemer ore, and producers of other
ranges count upon an advance in price.
Bessemer pig rose to si0.i5, and grey forge
10 50 a Pittsburgh. with finished products
generally stronger and in larger demand
than ever at this season. Rail contracts
already cover, il is said, more than last
years production-the railways buying
earlier than usual. Bar contracts for cars,
wagons, agricultural implements and other
manufactures are heavy at the west.
Structural contracts there are very nu-
merous, and at the east large, with $4,000
tons estimated for New York buildings
alone this year. while plate ana sheet con-
tracts for the season are unprecedented.
Wheat has been strong with spot adj
vancing cents and May pa cents, though
western receipts have been for two weeks
5.3eG7lS bushels. against 3,317,S95 last year,
but Atlantic exports have been 5.274, 53S
bushels. -four included. against 4.026, 5e6 in
two weeks last year, with Pacific exports
large. Corn exports are also surprisingly
well sustained, 7,16i lshels, against
1886 last year. .ne price has adj
Vanced a trifie. IL is yet too early for
prospects of a coming crop to influence
markets materially, and heavy operations
at Chicago. with reported sales of Zoo, 900
bushels for export on Thursday have de-
tered speculative selling.
Business shown by bank clearings is
again larger than ever before, 54.7 per cent.
larger than last year for the week, and for
the month TO date 44.3 per cent. larger than
last year, and 10 per cent. larger than in
1899
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
HIS NOSE Was HIS eye.
Strange Result of an Accident 20 .
sixteenth Century Man

Several authors Of the sixteenth cen
fury mentioned the existence Of a man
who, having lost his eyesighi, couIo
see through his nose, says the Philadel-
Phia Record. The story, much doubted
at the time and pronounced fabulous
by physicians, is nevertheless true If
the researches of Z. Douliot prove cor
rect. II seems that the victim had lost
his right eye early in. life. and later
on while elm bling on a cherry tree fell
upon fence, the pickets horribly mutt
lating the left eye, the cheek and the
nose. The surgeon called in consid-
cred the eye entirely destroyed. sewed
up the wound and it healed in time,
forming a large scar where the eye
had been. A year later the man, then
considered stoneblind, lay in the grass.
when he surprised himself by discov-
ering that he could perceive through
the cavity of the nose the sky and the
color of the flowers on the meadow
around him. From that time on he
practiced for five or six years to see
with his nose, which TO him became
practically the organ of vision. He
gradually became more proficient in
seeing in this way and could see every
thing beneath him while he remained
quite insensible TO the light from above.
The condition of this man can be
explained scientifically. Although the
lens of the eye had been torn from its
socket by the fall, the optic membrane
and the nerves at the rear of the cavity
OF the eye had retained some of the
seeing power. When the eye had healed
together small hole in the bone over
the nose must have formed which acted
as a lens in the same way as pinhole
can be used to take photograp hic pic
ture. This also proves that the retina
of the eye acts like a camera obscura
where the objects from the outside be-
come visible when the rays of light
arrive there after passing through a
small opening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
LuxurIou. Imperial Travellers.

The height of luxurious travelling has
been reached by the car and czarina
The empress private car is upholstered
"a pale blue satin. The electric lamps
are all in the form of lilies. and it con
tains writing and tea tables made Of
mother Of pearl. The nursery is the
next apartment, and is as comfortable
and handsome as the same rooms in any
of the cars palaces. There are dining
rooms and drawing rooms and several
sleeping apartments. In fact, this train
is miniature palace. The wheels are
covered with India rubber tires.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

The situation on the Chinese coast
that has followed Germany's seizure
OF Kiao-Chau has continued to hold
the foremost place in the attention
of the world. Nobody knows what
will happen eventually, but it is not
likely that the great game of Chinese
partition is to begin at once. In due
time, however, the Chinese empire
bids fair to 90 to pieces. We have
been accustomed in times past to
think of the Chinese as several hun
dred millions Of perfectly homoge-
neous people. AS a matter of fact,
although they belong to the great
yellow division of the human race,
the diversities Of type in the differ
ent parts Of China are greater than
the diversities among white men
OF Europe, and there is less connec-
ton and by far less sympathy among
them than among the discordant
population elements that make up
the present-day conglomerate that
we know as the Austro-H Hungarian
empire. There is an immense range
Of dialects in China. and often hap
pens that the people Of one neighbor-
hood cannot talk with those WI live
in another four or five miles a, ".
There is no such thing in China as a
pervasive national feeling or an i'm
perial patriotism. The various provin-
cial governments are not under firm
control by the central government,
and such military and naval forces as
exist are provincial rather than i'm
perial. The Chinese of different
provinces and sections hate each
other worse than they hate the for
eigners OF other races. When the
moment arrives for a partition of
China upon plan that would not
injure European peace, the thing can
be carried out as easily as was the
German landing and conquest at
kiao-Chau From The Progress
Of the World, in American Monthly
Review of Reviews for February
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
MILD WINTER, SURE.
Hornets Nests Are Low, Nuts Are
Scarce, and Weeds Are short.

We'll have mild winter unless my
signs fail me- says Henry Rife, the old
est farmer in Laltuk kenny township, n.
y, according to an exchange, who has
all his life been noted as a weather
prophet among the folks along the
North mountains, land l guess this
from the hornets, the nuts, and the
woods. l notice that the hornets have
built their nests low. They would be
high up out of reach, were we going to
have hard winter. ! can't explain
this, but my father and grandfather al
ways gagged by this. Then nuts of all
kinds are scarce. There are hardly any
chestnuts, shellbarks, or acorns. If a
hard winter was coming the Good Man
would have provided for the animals
that must starve this year if the snow
lies deep. A big crop Of nuts is always
followed by hard winter. and this also
works the other way. Then | notice
that the weeds have grown up short,
and their seeds hang near the ground.
Were hard winter coming the weeds
would have grown up tall, so that when
the snow would lie deep the birds could
hop along on the snow and get the seeds
from the top of the plants. If the weeds
are covered with snow for long time,
the birds can't get any feed. The Good
Man looks after the birds, too. and l
don't believe they will! starve this win
ter on account of the berries and seeds
being covered with snow. For these
three reasons l Thick wei have a mild
winter"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
a VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
The Secret OF n Miner I'm the hIon-
dixie Gold Fields.


dixie Gold Fields.
The Klondike is responsible for the
congestion OF a chemical compound
which promises to revolutionize mining
methods in every section where winter
puts a stop TO operations every year.
The nature of the chemical is a Sc
cret. which the inventor will divulge to
no one. The chemical is simple and
cheap, however, and can be ranufac-
tured upon the ground where the mine
is located. The discoverer will locate
several mines in the spring, and devel-
op them the following summer and
winter. No matter how cold the atmos-
phere, it Will not interfere with the
thawing properties of the wonderful
fluid
The value Of such a discovery is
readily apparent 1t practically con-
quers the inconvenience Of cold and ex-
IRENE temperatures, and does away
with the necessity Of thawinr the
ground BY the slow and tedious meth
cd Of building fires ard allowing them
70 thaw out the frozen earth. The in
Nentor estimates that the chemical will
melt the earth TO the depth of two
feet. Continual application of the fluid
Will allow the miners to keep continu-
ouSly at their labor.
Besides using the fluid for developing
whatever mines he locates, the in
Eentor will take up enough material TO
supply the other miners at reasonable
prices
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

A plan is undel way at Lacrosse to
establish a public waiting room for
farmers who come to town to trans
act business. The idea is to organize
a club Of merchants, who will take
charge OF and make the rooms a club
house for the country people, equipp-
ed with reading rooms. lunch count
ers, dressing rooms, and acccmmoda-
tions especially for the women and
children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

The conviction and life sentence Of
Luetgert, the wife-murderer Is about
right, The evidence against him was
too strong 70 permit acquittal. The
remote possibility that Mrs. Luetgert
may be still alive makes the sentence
OF life Imprisonment better than hang
ing for II the wife ever appears Luet-
ger aauld of course ut once be par
doned. But until the mystery OF her
disappearance is cleared up there is
no reasonable doubt Of Luergert's
guilt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

The Wisconsin division Of the Cen
tury Road Club Of America is prepared
to take up the task of securing the
Improvement of the public roads A
state bureau has been established at
Milwaukee and the state press is in
vited to assist ana cooperate with
the club in their plans for road inn
provemcnt. The next state legisla-
ture viii be asked for an appropria-
ton Of $500. 900.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
ELY BROS, SO Warren St, n. Y. City.
Excursion Rates to the MardI Gras and
winter Resorts

On account Of the Mardl Gras at
New Orleans and Mobile. the North
western line will, February II to 20,
inclusive, sell excursion tickets at
very low rates. limited for return pas
sage until March 10. Excursion tick
cts are also on sale daily at reduced
rates to the principal winter resorts in
the United States and Mexico. For
full information apply to ticket agents
Chicago 4 Northwestern R'y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
Brooklrn. n. Y. Dec 10 18a6

Messrs. Ely Bros have used
Ely's Cream Balm number OF years
and find it works like charm. 1t
has cured me of the most obstinate
case of cold in the head in less than
As hours from the time felt the cold
coming on. | would not be without
it. Respectfully yours, Fred'k Fries.
2S3 Hart st.
Cream Balm is kept by all druggists
Full size soc; trial size l0c We mail
it,
ELY BROS. SO Warren st, n. Y. City.