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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
TO BEGINNERS IN FICTION.
Good Advice For Those Who Attempt to
XNrit, RnNlyS.

Good Advice For Those Who Attempt to
Write Books.
Read up on United States history
you will get some useful information
anyway-and see what you can do with
that. Don t take your scene from France
or Italy, wI3re you have never been.
Home is nearer and just as good. If
you can light upon an idea which has
not been done to death, or situation
unhackneyed or unfamiliar, make the
most of it. New England has been SO
run upon that it affords material only
to a few experts. ThesAsddle states and
those between the Ohio and the Rock
les, locally speaking, are a poor literary
field, but the south and far west are not
worked out yet. Avoid dialect; as q
main reliance its day is done. Avoid
"hifalutin, spread eagle and riproar-
ing styles; they are of the yet remote!
past. Find out what your bent is, 1t You
have any, and what you have to say, il
anything; if not, seek other pursuits
Remember that poor story OF essay If
of less value than a peck Of inferior ap
pies, and that the author OF bad move
| is entitled to no more respect than
shoemaker or a farmer who does moi
understand his business. The pioneers
of our literature may have done what
| now seems poor work, but they knew
| no better then and had nothing better
they were pioneers, and as such entitled
| to place in history-but nobody is go
ing to write the history OF the multlfa
| rious literary efforts Of cur time tina
come to nothing.
Whatever you do take pains with it
| Try at least to write good English
| Learn to criticise and correct your work
Put your best into every sentence. l.
| you are too lazy and careless to do that
better go into trade or politics. 1t i
easier to become a congressman or mil
| lionaire than real author, and WI
have too many bad story tellers as 1t Is
.-Lippincott's Magazine.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
AN OLD GOVERNMENT DIE.
Used by a Lawyer as a Paperweight For
Years.

Used by Lawyer as a Paperweight For
Years.
In the course Of a lecture at. the APP
prentices' library A. E. Outerbridge,
Jr., related an interesting incident that that
serves to show how much me more careful
Uncle Sam is in-1t The destruction CT old
dies ftor coins than he used to be. Some
time ago. said Mr.. Outerbridge, 81
was visiting the Office of friend who is
a lawyer, when noticed upon his desk
little metal object, covered with three
or four coats Of red paint, which was
apparently in use as a paperweight. 1t
was a government die for silver dollar
of 1909, and for my friend to have it III
his possession was a penal offense. He
did not know what it was until l told
him, and he informed me that it had
been around the Office as paperwelght
as long as he could remember-40 years
at least gave him silver weight in
its place and informed the authorities
at Washington of the circumstance, also
forwarding my friends affidavit as to
what he knew about it.
cat that time, though all dies were
supposed to be destroyed when discard
ed, the system was rather lax, and they
sometimes found their way into the pos
session of junk dealers. Iagreed to turn
over the die upon condition that it
should not be destroyed, but kept in the
numismatic collection at the Philadel-
phia mint, and that I might borrow it
at future time to illustrate q lecture.
The conditions were agreed to, and 1
have brought the die with me tonight
to show to you. had to write very
formal letter to get it, stating the pur-
pose for which it was to be used, and it
must be returned tomorrow morning"
Philadelphia Record
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
TOSSED BY THE HURRICANE
Ihe Shcrn Colonel" and the Wrecked
GCNptain' Dine Together.

The Siicrn "ColoneI and the Wrecked
e'Captain" Dine Together.
Two men who had been chums in a
western town before financial hurri-
cane hit it met for the first time in
years in q Sixth avenue eating house
the other day. In the days Of their pros
perity one CT them was :. Political lever
and was ss.stIiigd colonel. He had been on
/ the governors staff. The other in some
way had acquired the title of captain.
Both had front seats in every event OF
the town in which they had lived. The
governors ornament is now q plain
bookkeeper in Bread street sEred h 11 oSzEha be-
man is dry goods clerk.
After greetings, explanations and a
rev mournful references to persisted de-
lights, they had combination meal, and
if you don't know what that is you have
never had any trouble, and any one who
casts shadow is worse than a heather.
When the meal was over, the two old
friends walked out and stood for a few
minutes under the splitter of an arc
light. Is they were parting the man
who used to ride the big bay horse in
the governors parade, and who had
commanded the populace of his town to
stand back, said il a low, mournerlike
tone:
"If you come to see me, don't call
mo colonel. Nobody knows me as colo
mel ICw. l am just an employee on a
salary"
The arc light spluttered again as the
little man replied iii a squeaky, hall
bedroom voice:
And if you CONG to see nc just call
iae, Say, you' That's what every body
calls me III Tie stone"
"Well, goct,s, captain.
so long, co.lnel. >
It was the first time they had heard
tie tides il years and zach walked
away with ii Lighter step and lighter
ht cit. New York Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
THEY DON'T LIKE PAPER.
savages at First Contact Regard the Fabric
With Suspicion.

savages at First Contact Regard the Fabric
With Suspicion.
When savage people first come in con-
tact with the whites, none of the won
ders that they see is regarded with more
suspicion than large sheets of paper.
The native is apt to regard paper as
sort of cloth, and the fact that 1T tears
easily and is worthless for most OF the
purposes to which cloth is put convinces
him that it is fraud.
One or two Kongo travellers told OF
the disgust with which the natives at
first regarded paper. The Kongo tribes.
by the way, are on the lookout for
sharpers, and it is exceedingly hard
work for anybody to sell them bad
quality of cutlery or cloth. Savages
soon find, however, that paper is not in
tended to serve the purposes of cloth.
Then they cease to look upon it as
fraud, but they do not think it ranks
high among white mans manufactures,
and they have little use for it.
Some time ago we'll known explorer
was travelling in the interior Of Queens
land, Australia, where he met many
natives who had never seen white man
before.
One day q crowd Of natives was in
the white man S camp carefully inspect
ing the explorer and his baggage when
a newspaper happened to drop out OF
his pocket.
The natives unfolded and spread it
out Oh the ground. They decided that it
must be al article Of wearing apparel,
and one Of them tried it On. He wrap
! ped it round his shoulders like shawl
! and sat down Oh the ground, arranging
his covering this way and that and
watching the faces of the crowd to see
what they thought OF his elegant gar
ment, covered as it was with many
| thousands Of curious marks.
Presently, however, an accident hap
pened. While the savage was rearr -!1S
ing his shawl and trying to bring the
| corners together in front of him the gar
ment began to tear at the nape of his
neck. A howl from the crowd called at.
tention to the disaster. The blanket, Oh
| whatever it was, was evidently made Of
| the poorest sort of material.
The savage took his covering off, ex
amined the mischief he had wrought
made the tear little longer and ther
with his finger poked hole through
! the paper.
/ That settled the fact that the article
was worthless. The newspaper sudden
ly lost all Interest for the natives, WHIT
turned their attention to less destructi
BILE objects. --Pearson's Weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03

The editorial columns of the N orthamp-
ton, Mass, Daily Gazette givethe partic-
ulars of the remarkable cure by Dr..
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve rene
dy, of Hon. Chas. s. Crouch, Northamp-
tons ablest and best known statesman
and Representative in the Massachusetts
Legislature.
Editor J. G. Gere, of this leading news
paper, personally investigated the facts of
this wonderful cure, and his widely-read
editorial states the details of the cure ex-
actly as they occurred, giving Hon. MI.
Crouch's own words.
Following is the editorial in full:
Learning that great cure had been eff
fected in the case of Representatives has.
s. Crouch, of Northampton. Mass, by
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy, reporter took occasion to call
on Mr.. Crouch and talk with him about
it, ard among the thousands of testimO-
malls given to this world-renowned medi-
cine, none will be more widely read or give
i. greater weight than this one coming from
% naottsss man as Representative Crouch.
Hon. Mr.. Crouch sa1o: ''ssaa@=----
Last spring I did rot feelin my usual
health; felt as tired in the morning as
when / retired; had no energy nor ambi-
ton to go about days work; 10 appetite
with which to regain strength and energy
In this condition 1 worked along from
week to week, thinking that after while
matters would right themselves and !
would feel like myself again. But to the
contrary, grew worse,
"Knowine tbs; lJr. Greene's Nervura
was nc-d4ent medicine, but medicine
! nn1l prescription discovered by
his private practice, resolv-
The first bottle helped me SO
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
THE LAST.

All, not the first love dearest, but the lastl
(So2 Who can tell?)
The tides of youth, dear heart, run fast, run
fast.
The buds upon the young tree shoot and
swell
Reckless of frosts. WE'LL Well!
Why should we dwell on follies that are past?
For now, behold, the green and callow shoots
Of early spring
Are dry and withered to the very roots.
They were loves first faint perfumed offe-
ing
Taking swift wing,
Leaving a fragrant memory, but no fruits.
Let us not speak of them with smiling scorn.
They have made way
For the rich bloom and fruitage later born,
And born of spirit rather than of clay,
Making our day
Glad with the freshness of perpetual morn.
Eternal2 Dear, let us believe it so,
And in our bliss
Let dull analysis and doubling CO.
Unquestioning, while in rapturous kiss
Like this-my sweet-and this
The fullness of celestial joy we know!
Annie L. MuzZey-in New York Sun
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
A Mexican Custom on Good Friday.


Mrs Sara Y. Stevenson contributes to
The Century an article On ''Maximil-
ian's Empire" one Of series devoted
to the French intervention in Mexico.
In describing the scenes that followed
the siege of Puebla Mrs. Stevenson says:
1t was a Mexican custom on Good
Friday to burn Judas in efigy on the
Plaza Mayor. Judas was a manikin
made in the shape of the person who
happened to be most unpopular at the
time. 1t was quite admissible to burn
Judas under different shapes, and some
times these summary autos-da-fe were
multiplied to suit the occasion and the
temper of the people. At the same time
rattles were sold on the streets and uni
versally bought alike by children and
adults, by rich and poor, to grind the
bones of Judas, and the Objectionable
noise-second in hideousness only to
that of our own sending off of frecrack-
ers On the Fourth Of July-was reli-
giously kept up all day. In the year of
our Lord 1868 Judas was burned in
Mexico on the Plaza Mayor under the
shapes of General Forey, Napoleon III,
and last, but not least, M. Dubois de
Saligny, who especially was roasted
with will amid the wild excavations
of the populace.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
Seed Potatoes
Grass Seed!

We are now offering for sale at low
figures michigan Rose" and ''SnOW
Flake" seed potatoes of the very best &C.
lection. We have tried this kind of stock
and find it makes the largest yield lei
good quality OF any potatoes we have
ever used. Buy before the price goes
higher. Good seed is scarce and prices
will be high. The above varieties are not
sold as an extra early sort, but recon-.
mended chiefly for productiyeness, com,
bined with best quality. For extra early
we have i ts5s Triumph, 10 days earlier
than Early Rose.
Glover. Timothy, Orchard Grass, KEN
lucky Blue Grass, and Sapling Glover
seed at low prices. We make speciality
of SapliDg Clover since we find from sew
eral years experience that it is THE
GLOVER for uplands, giving at least
one-third better yield either in pasture.
hay or to plow under.
Harness, Saddles, Leather, Leather and
Rubber Betting, Plasterers Hair, Lathes
and Shingles, always in stock.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
BETRAYED BY FLAPJACKs.
A Waiter Who Can Tell Mans Occt
patton By the Way He Eats.

A Waiter Who Can Tell a Mans Occu'
patton by the Way He Eats.
There is waiter in Dearborn street
restaurant who has discovered the sci
ence of reading mans occupation by
his manner of eating. He can look into
the calm eye of customer engaged IN
disarticulating cham and" and de-
termine with wonderful accuracy
whether the man is scissors grinder OF
O State street merchant.
Of course one must be close observer
to do all this, and it isn't everybody
that is afforded lunch counter for
field of study. Yet if the student will
avail himself Of opportunities while
seated at the mahogany board he will
find that when the business man is at
the table some habit acquired in the
daily pursuance of his profession will
be sure to show itself.
For an instance, the banker may come
in and order wheat cakes. If he does,
the waiter declares he will invariably
dip his fingers in the water and run
over the cakes to see if there is mis-
count.
The gambler will look around to SEQ
if any one is watching and then palm a
slice of bread. If he orders fapjacks, he
is sure to slip them one by one from the
bottom as he eats them. The clothing
salesman will hold his fapjacks up to
the light and feel the texture, while the
keen observer will notice that the jew
eler, upon ordering pie, will hold it to
his ear, shake it and then listen, after
which he will lift off the top crust with
the point of his knife and examine the
insides.
During an interview the other day
the waiter stated that he called his new
science "eatistry.'
81 have not mastered my science
yet, said he, land seldom day passes
| but that I learn some new point. Oh,
it's great study, and I think in time
it will take its place along with palm
| istry and phrenology and other kindred
sciences.
"Have you ever made q mistake il
judging a mans ocoupation?'
"Only once, and that could hardly be
called mistake, for made no decision
as to the mans business I confess
was stumped. The fellow came in ant
ordered his dinner. Of course gave
him a glass Of water. He looked at i
| with some surprise and said, I didn''
order that
"'It costs you nothing, says I, 'ant
you don't need to drink it unless you
want to.
"He thanked me, and what do yor
| think-he broke his bread into it ant
then ate it with a spoon. I didn't know
what to make Of it, and for the life O
me I couldn't determine what his bust
ness was. When he was leaving, 4 tap
ped him on the shoulder and asked hin
outright what he did for living.
| why says he, Pm milkman. >
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
DUTIES OF CHRISTIAN LIFE.
No t.rtuo IL Ones Daily Actions Unless
Il Il Established Ia the Soul,


No t-.rtuo IL Ones Daily Actions Unless
Z. Is Established Ia the Soul,
"Ihe otiigatiCns and duties Of the
Christian tifo are net all external"
writes Cardinal Gibbons, pointing out a
religious life to young men, in The La
dies Home Journal. ''They are mainly
material and must proceed from the
heart. There is no virtue in ones daily
actions unless it be first established in
the soul and is only an external express
sion Of the souls convictions or prolon
Cation Of heartfelt sentiments. Yet the
external practice of Christian virtues
and the performance of Christian duties
pertain to the integrity, if not to the es-
sential character, Of the Christian life.
The interior sentiments soon perish
without external expression, as life and
bodily powers become extinct without
due and proper exercise CT employment.
However, as the external duties are
not absolutely and under all circum-
stances essential, they vary both in
number and frequency according to en-
vironments and opportunities. A bust
less man cannot do all that a clergy
man is expected to do, man in trade
not what man in leisure can accom-
plish nor a man of the world all that is
possible and easy to one who keeps him
self from society. But all, no matter
where, no matter what their. engage
ments and secular pursuits, how little
Or how much time they can call their
own, can and are obliged to perform
daily acts Of prayer and religion and
accomplish many duties Of virtue and
charity. There is 10 condition CT life
which is Incompatible with the dictates
and principles and precepts CT the
Christian life -
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
A Greedy Little Fish.

The little fish known as miller s
thumb-the fresh water sculpin-is one
of the natural checks On the overpro-
duction of trout and salmon. 1t eats the
eggs and the young fish. 1t is found i'll
all trout waters as fast as examined. II
is very destructive. At an experiment
once made in. the aquarium Of the Unit
ed States fish commission, il Washing
ton, q miller's thumb about four and
one half inches long ate ut Il single meal,
and all within minnie OF tv9o, Il lit
tie trout, each from three Quarters OF III
inch to all inch i'll length. NEW York
Sup
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
10y Wanted.

Merchant Ito applicant for position,
Are you a good penman and good
speller?
Applicant (who has recently gradual,
ed from public schools with high hon.
ors)-No, sir. cannot spell we'll, nei'
ther can I write legibly, but i'll physiol,
ogy, astronomy, geology and zoology ]
am an expert.
Merchant (testily to clerk in next
room)-John, send in some one with a
practical education. -Minneapolis Trib-
une.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
Melting Metals.

A note concerning the peculiar phe-
nomenon noticed in the melting Of met
ais when under extended pressure has
recently been published by H. Bischot
of Wiesbaden. When metal is bedded
in a mortar of chemically pure alumni
ium oxide, thoroughly dried and then
subjected to the necessary heat, con-
siderable retardation in melting is no.
ticed. For instance, rod of silver,
which should melt at 1880 degrees f.,
when thus treated will not change its
form and melt together until 5,730 de
grees f. Palladium, which should melt
at 2, 730 degrees f., shows no sign OF
yielding at 1900 degrees F. It would
seem that these rods of metal, unable to
expand while in the powerful grip Of
the aluminium oxide, which contracts
on heating, simply cannot melt as they
would under normal conditions.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03

When Lawson TAFT, the English sur
geon, and his wife were driving through
the city of Montreal one hot summer
morning, Mrs. TAFT, observing large
blocks of ice standing opposite each
door, remarked, "See what novel plan
they have of keeping the air nice and
cool by exposing small icebergs opposite
each door -
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03

The city of Santa Fe, the capital of
New Mexico, was founded 800 years
ago by Juan de Onate, and there has
never been rata mouse OF a cat with
in its corporate limits The air is too
high and dry Ter rodents and feIines.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03

Champagne owes its quality tc the
soil, a mixture Of chalk, silica, light
clay and oxide Of iron, and to the great
care and delicate manipulation in man
ufacture.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03

After the conquests Of Mexico and
Peru emeralds were SO abundant that
one Spanish nobleman took home three
bushels OF them.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
z SR SOUTHERN
Railway.
Schedule in effect Jan. II, 1898.
For the South and Southwest.
No. Local for Charlotte and intel
mediate Stations.

No 9.-Daily- Local for Charlotte and inter-
mediate Stations.
No 35-Daily United States Fast Mail
through Pullman Buffet Sleepers to Jackson
vi!le via Savannah; to Atlanta, New Or
leans, connecting at Salisbury with sleeper
for Asheville. Knoxville. and Chattanooga,
and at Charlotte for Augusta.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURIST EXCUR-
sIoNs, through car on this train every We'd
nesday and Saturday. Washington to San
Francisco without change.
No. 37.-Daily-W ashngton and Southwest
ern Vestibuled Limited; through Pullman
Sleepers to Ashevi1e, Hot SPRINGS and Nash
vile, via Salisbury and Chettal. ooga; to
Tampa, via Savannah and Jacksonville to
Memphis, via Atlanta and Birmingham and
to New Orleans. via Montgomery and Mobile.
Dining Car Greensboro to Montgomery.
No. 31.-Daily except Sunday. New York
and Florida Limited leaves Charlottesville at
3 55 p m, with Pullmans latest Drawing room
Compartment Observation Library and din
ing cars for Jacksonville and st. Augustine
with connection for Aiken and Augusta.
Trains from Stanton by Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway connect in Uniun Station at
Charlottesville with Southern Ry. trains.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03
uSGSsT Ss Hanuer.

new and useful device which every family
will buy is sold only through local agents.
Simple and strong; can be put up anywhere;
securely holds rope or wire; instant adjust
meat and removal of line: no props needed.
ed everywhere. EXCLUSIVE territory. Attrac
tive terms. Premiums and profit sharing.
ANY one may become agent. sample pair, by
mall 25c. KELSO NOVELTY 20.
52S Locust St., Philadelphia.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-03

Mixed trains Southbound leave Winchester
at So a III and 45 a M Arrive at Strasburg
Junction at GIG III aid 10 IS m.
Mixed trains Northbound leave Winchester
at LAS m and IL SC p m. Arrive at Harper's
Ferry at 40 p III and 156 m.
CONN ECTIONS.
Train No. connects at Harpers Ferry
with Fast Limited Express trains leaving at
IL II q m and l;04 y m, arriving at Chicago at
$50 III and l2aO noon, ana with trains leav-
ing at 5lf p m, arriving at Cincinnati at 7;45
81 m. st LcIIiS 6:i p m and connects at
Weverton at l1:l0, rive Harg9rstown 1910; at
Washington junction with train arriving at
Frederick at 1:55 p m.
Train 4G connects with fast vestibuled train
at Harpcr's FcI}y at s:i4p.m. fer Chicago at
I0:2i p. M. for PittsbUTg and 2:55 III. Tor Gin
cinnati and st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at
700 q. n; Chicago st 9:45 p. M, Cincinnati at
500 p m, and st. Louis at csc a. m.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars run throu
to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and Pit
burg on all express trains.
For rates tickets, baggage checks and fl
Their information apply to b. s. D. agents or
c E. DudroW, Travelling Passenger Ager
Winchester, Va, or G, II. Hammond, Ager
Staunton Va.
W. N. GREEN, Gen. Man
D. B. MARTIN, Mgr. Pass. Traffic.