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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-05-18

TO WILLIAM NJ. RUEBUSH.-Take
notice that on Monday, the 23rd day
of July, 1890 that being the first day of the
July term 1900; of the County Court of Au-
gusta county. will apply to said court for
an order for the release of the vendors
lien retained on the face of deed made by
Virginia Crickenberger and others your
self being one( to the undersigned. Archie
NJ Ruebush, which deed bears date on the
LIST day of May, 1889, and is recorded in the
clerks Office of said court in Deed Book
No Ill, page 24i, which deed conveys an
undivided six seventies of tract of land
containing 129 acres and poles situated
in Augusta county. Virginia, adjoining the
lands of Grove. Tutwiler and Others Said
vendors lien being reserved to secure the
payment OF the four bonds of the under
/! signed for the deferred instalments of his
purchase money for said tract of land,
each for the principal sum of 81, o37 q,
bearing date on the LIST day of May. 1889,
and payable respectively one. two. three
ard four years from date, with interest
from date
| SAID bonds having been fully paid and
satisfied, and the undersigned being emit
tied to have the lien securing said bonds
marked satisfied on the records.
| This application will be made under the
provisions of section 2498 Of the Code OF
Virginia, and the acts amendatory thereof.
| ARCHIE NJ. RUEBUSH,
| By Counsel.
III. L. & R. Bumgardner, counsel.
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-05-18

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illness of his father, whose death &C.
Cured few days later.
| Mr.. A. A. Coffman, of Brid9ewater.
and Miss Beula Shipplett. OF Mt.
Crawford, will be married. in the Metho-
dist church, at the latter place on May
20.
Mrs. l.. L. Scherer, of Marion, is in
the city. having been called here by
the illness of her mother, Mrs. X. 3.
Hamilton, who had an operation per-
formed last week. Mrs. Hamilton has
improved very much.
Mr.. Wilberforce Veitch, son OF the late
Rev. Eldridge Veitch, long noted min
lister of the NJ. e. Church, South,
whose home is in Chicago, has been on
a visit to friends and relatives in
lStaunton this week.
Miss Jennie Anderson, who was re-
ported last week as having appended.
tbs, was taken to the Kings Daugh-
tiers Hospital on Sunday where she
was operated on by DIS. j. B. Catlett,
M. j. Payne and J. 8. De Jarnett
She is now getting along nicely.
Mrs. H. st. Geo. Tucker was Qperat
ed on Wednesday at her home in Lex
ington for Appendicitis. DIR. Stuart
Mcclure performing the operation
Her friends have grave fears for bel
as her condition was such that sht
could not be taken to the hospital
Rev. Drs. J. M. Wells and Geo. w
Finley. and Mr.. E. NICK. McCue ani
Judge Geo. Grattan. left Tuesday fol
Atlanta, Ga, to attend the meeting o.
the General Assembly of the Presby
terian church, which met there thil
week.
Among the Staunton and Augusts
people who were in Richmond thi'
week attending the carnival were tn
following: Misses Belle Mason. Eliza
beth Jones, Lucy Bowles, Carrie Foster
Salie Pace. Saliie Kinney. Margare
Brooke, Amelia Kinney, Mrs. Jos. y
Woodward and daughter, Mr.. ant
Mrs. H. D. Murray, Finley Pilson
Charley Paul, and John and Charlie
Brooks
Evening star., 1900-04-27

they cannot originate or adaDt themselves
to conditions
During its first five years the morphine
habit Is often practically unnoticed tn
patient may be a little odd in some re-
SpectS-more bright or dull at one tim.
than at another, or perhaps now sensitive
and again Indifferent. His ordinary or,D-
patton may be carried on without noticeable
changes. His habits will deteriorate and
he may explain them as due to some nhysi-
cal condition
Later however more marked changes M
pear The business man becomes unreliabls
and changeable. and the society woman de-
Veiops a taste for slander and exhibits ur-
usual emotional changes. and finally rPtircs
from society. The workman becomes unfit
and uncertain. and is discharged or mavha
detected in some dishonest transaction Th.
failure of the higher brain takes away the
former consciousness of duty and respect
for law and order Impulses to steal be-
come very prominent in some cases I'M
noralities of all kinds and senseless in
trigues follow. Childish lying and foolish
concealment, with egotistical boaStings are
often common
Sometimes these faults are associated
with much acuteness. and the writings Of
scme authors have been marked by de-
liriouS imaginationS and egotistical conc4n-
tions which for their strangeness and nov
city have been considered original. Curl
, ously enough, these productions are not
| uniform and vary widely. They are rarely
on the same key or of the same quality, and
have decidedly insane tinge.
Many morphine takers, having good consti-
tutions, are able to use the drug for many
years and partially to conceal the habit
They are likely. however to become IN
valids, or to seek seclusion, and the erratio
character of their brain work and reason
irg suggests the disturbances going on.
Others become greatly broken down. or i'm
beetles, criminals. tramps or paupers and
eventually die of some ntercurrent disease
1t is a fact not well known that consii-
cradle proportion of the crimes and busi-
| ness failures which disturb the world are
the result of the secret use of morphine.
Scandals in society, intrigues divorces stu
pid, unreasoning acts among persons Of
previously average sense, are often due to
| this same cause. Trampsm. pauperisln,
prostitution and many other evils are very
often associated with the use of morphine
and eXcesses in other drugs. In most cases
| the use of narcotic drugs has preceded
| these conditions. In some cases the use of
| liquor leads to Indulgence in drugs. The
| narcotisn which comes from beer and spir-
/ its very often finds an increased pleasure
| and relief in morphine, and hence turns to
| it.
Morhpinism is the most fatal and destruc-
\ tive of modern nerve diseases, and when
once contracted is with great difficulty
escaped from.
Evening star., 1900-04-27

however. quite equal to the occasion, and
said: No, depute the rural dean to put his
nose to the spout and l will receive his re-
port, and, If needed, pronounce an &C.
clesiastical censure.''
A Yorkshire clergyman. We are told had
to pay dearly for his good nature in taking
an incumbents place at short notice and
preaching borrowed sermon.
"A shy, nervous clergyman near Bradford
was about 10 help friend by reading the
prayers when a message came to say that
neighboring incumbent was taken i'll and
to ask for help. The rector could not go. so
the friend had to be sent, but having 10
sermon with him. he borrowed one from
the rector, who wrote clear, good hand.
He selected one well written, of which the
subject was The Value of Time and meant
TO read II over on the way, but eventually
did not like to do so. as he sat beside a
servant who drove him over. So it hap
pened that he had to read 1t for the first
time in the pulpit. He got on very well
TIL he came 20 a sentence saying that, as
the parish possessed no church clock, 1t was
his intention to present one. He was too
nervous to omit the sentence, and l was
assured at Bradford did actually present
the promised clock, which cost f10.''
Here are other Yorkshire stories in which
the comic is mixed with the pathetic:
"A Yorkshire clergyman the other day.
visiting poor man who had just lost mis-
little boy. endeavored to console him. The
poor man burst into tears, and in the midst
| of his sobs exclaimed: If 'twarna ag'tn
t'law A should ha' liked to have t'little beg
gar stoofed.'
"A clergyman visiting a dying man OBJ
served him putting his hand out of the bed
and eating something from time to time. so
| he said he was glad to see he could eat 4
little, when the man. with a funny look
said: They're my funeral biscuits. The
missis went to the town and bought them.
and she's out today and I'm eating them
Evening star., 1900-04-27
MORPHINE HABITS HORRORS,
There Is an Alarming Increase in the
Number of Victims,


From the Boston Herald
That the. morphine habit is increasing
among the people of this country there is
no doubt. Physicians druggists and the
this. In one city 90 per cent of all the
morphine used is purchased by persons who
use it without a physicians order.
The habit is usually acquired through the
victim having first taken the drug to allay
pain or discomfort.
The fascination of the change from pain,
distress and insomnia to quietness COM
fort and sleep is very intense, and over
comes all reason and judgment. After a
short time of repeated use of morphine the
reason is obscured. First the higher ethical
brain succumbs, and all sense of right and
wrong slowly disappears.
The failure of veracity is the first symp-
tom. This goes on to extreme lengths. AS
ISOLATED with it is egotism, which grows
with the degeneration of the victim. Often
this is the most prominent symptom. Sc
cretiveness and cunning also increase to an
astonishing degree.
Some of the most dangerous among for
gers and confidence men are morphine
takers. Fortunately, the period Of great
mental acuteness along these lines is of
short duration. The unstable brain state
does not permit any continuous line of acts
to be performed with equal cunning and
Judgment. While the secretiveness lasts
together with the low cunning and selfish
ness it is found after a time that the rea.
soning faculties become benumbed, 30 tha,
Evening star., 1900-04-27
INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE
THE OPER ALTON OF "DOCkING" AND
WHAT 1T MEANS TO THE HORSE.
People of Fashion Held Responsible
for Many Cruelties to
Animals.

See this curiously shaped instrument?'
said a dealer in horse goods to a Star re-
porter. We'll, 1t is called docking knife,
though it is very much unlike a knife in
shape"
The dealer held up an instrument with
strong wooden handles, about sixteen inch
es in length. and working on the leverage
principle, not unlike a large pruning knife.
In the lower handle a concaved space
about the size of coffee cup cut in a cross
section, into which projected, when the in
strument was closed. convex steel blade
with very sharp edge
With the handles extended. the blade
leaves the hollowed-out space in the lower
handle This fits under the tail of the
horse snugly. The blade, which is raised
several inches above the top of the animal 8
tail, is then brought down sharp on the up
per surface of the tail at some point be-
tween the rertebra bones. and with a quick,
hard pressure of the extended handles of
the knife the Joints of the verterbra are
Topped off as the limb of a tree between
the sharp edges of the gardeners pruning
knife.
A Painful Operation.
The operation is, of course, extremely
| painful. especially as most horses are dock
| ed when they have attained full growth. the
| tail being simply the elongation of the ami
| mafs backbone. To the bleeding stump Is
| applied the end of a red-hot iron to cauter-
| fZe the wound, or, as horsemen say. ito STOP
/ the flow of blood" The excruciating suf-
| fering Of the animal during and following
| the amputation, and the infiction of addi.
| tional pain by the application of the red-hot
| iron to the raw surfaces Of the lacerated
| bone. can best be imagined
| Il have followed with considerable inter
| est the discussion in The Star with refer
| ence to docking and the use of high checl
| reins and curb bits said the dealer "ant
| while sell these goods. l agree in the maif
| with the sentiments of the members of The
Humane Society.
| DEGREES of Fashion.
| Dealers In horse goods and horsemen d,
| not maintain these practices, however. 1
is done by the people themselves. 1t is 'th
STYLE and as long as 1t is such the hors
must be the unhappy victim of mans cruel
ty, because the fashion is implacable.
| society all over the land would agree as
unit that from certain date it would b
| fashionable to drive carriage horses with
| out docked tails, high check reins and mur
derous curb bits, then the millennium i
the horse world will have come. But sc
| ciety will do nothing of the kind
| "Docked tails, curb bits, high heads an
| stir check reins, curved necks by reaso
of these curb bits. and clanking chains
have been in vogue for SO long, and tn
| people used to having such a com
| bination as the acme OF horse fashion an
| the onlookers from the sidewalk have er
Wed these eQoipages for 80 long, that tn
Evening star., 1900-04-27
Swiss Pudding.

Take the weight of two eggs in butter.
sugar, flour and ground rice. Beat tho
butter with a wooden spoon until it is
soft. then add the sugar, and when this
is thoroughly mixed the eggs, well beaten,
and sift in the flour and ground rice pre-
viously mixed together) and pour in suffi-
cient milk to make the mixture of a cream
like consistency. Butter a pie dish, stir
half teaspoonful of baking powder into
the pudding, place it in the dish and bake
it in quick oven until 1t is evenly brown
ed When the pudding has cooled little.
turn 1t carefully out of the dish and direct
ly It is quite cold cover the top with lemon
curd and scatter it thickiy with desiccated
cocoanut
Evening star., 1900-04-27

style has become a recognized part Of So
ciety's get-up The horse doesn't enter into
the matter 1 venture the prophecy that
docked horses will be III style at the end
of the century.
IF one state has n law against docking
the adjoining state probably has not. Horses
may be operated upon in the latter and
shipped into the former. The only way oc-
curing to me by which a positive stop
might be put to the practice. since the peo-
pie themselves refuse to take the initiative,
would be to make 1t misdemeanor to
have a docked horse in ones possession
This arcadian epoch, however, Will never be
rea ached.
severe Bits.
1T Is common to find horses whose
tongues are grooved with deep cut, hard
and callous by years of constant pressure
of the curb bit. A horses tongue is soft
and smooth; it is not rough as cows. and
it is very sensitive. The torture of high
check rein and double curb bit, with the
| re!ns in the lower ring. must be very great.
This is the reason why horse Champs the
bit and tosseS his head up and down from
side to side. BY these motions. which ap-
pear so Stylish he obtains momentary re-
lief from the pressure OF the bit, curb chain.
check rein and head harness gear pressing
upon his flesh and irritating his nerves.
"On the under side Of these large curb
] bits for carriage horses will be found a
series of ridges or convoluttons cast in the
| upon the horses tongue by the pressure of
| the reins. hurt 1t, A smooth curb bit is
| bad enough. but the ridged one hurts just
| that much more. They are called severe
| bits, and are supposed to keep the horse in
| restraint. They will be found In ninety mine
| out OF 100 sets of harness used by fashion
| able people.
THE most severe bit used is the Spanish
| curb. 1t has in the center raised part
like an inverted U. Attached to this is
| often seen a little wheel which gives forth
a clicking sound as the horse rolls it on his
| tongue which he does all the time when he
| is at rest with bride on. and this motion
| of the animals head and the clicking sound
| Is a delight to the Spaniard or the Mexi.
| can, but it is hard on the horse when the
| slightest pressure is Iexerted. A horses
jaw can be broken by one Of these Spanish
| bits.
The check rein could be prohibited by
| law If legislatures would pass such a meas
ure. law affecting curb bits would mee
with stronger opposition as 1t would bt
| urged that these bits were necessary fol
| the proper and safe control Of horses"
Evening star., 1900-04-27
An Interrupted Feast.
From the Philadelphia Record.


There dwell in one Of the handsome resi-
dences of Tioga an elderly lady and her
daughter The mother recently went out of
the city for a few days stay. On the day
she left the daughter Informed the colored
cook early in the morning that she would
visit friend and would not return until 8
o'clock at night. But the friend was not
at home. and the daughter came to the city
to shop, and returned home at o clock, in
stead of three hours later. She founu ten
colored couples in the parlor and the table
| in the dining room was set for twenty per-
sons, with the silver pieces and best china
| in evidence. In the kitchen the cook was
| busy preparing a feast. When her eyes fell
upon her young mistress the servant ex-
| claimed, in horror: Good gracious. you
| done come home soon! Why, Use in
| wited NAH friends to dinnah; deed, didn't
| expect YOU The young woman said she
| was sure of that. Result: Colored friends
| left the house hungry; cook. too; girl in
vited neighbors in and all enjoyed the feast
new cook next day.
Evening star., 1900-04-27
W hat She Saya.

Bertha fwhO prides herself upon her red
and-whiteness) Did she say anything
about my complexionT'
Matiida-"Oh, dear, no; she wouldn't be
SO rude as that. Boston Transcript
The Rook Agent-'I would like to show
you this beautiful work 1t tells about the
habits Of savage animals"
The Severe Lady at the Door-"1 don't
need It 1 have been married four times" "
indianapolis Press.
Mrs Greene - Sometimes. don't you
know, l begin to think that Thomas mar
ried me for my money"
Mrs Gray-'Oh, Well, you know there is
always reason for every marriage. ."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Evening star., 1900-04-27
COURT REPROVES A JUROR
OFFENDER IN DANGER OF BEING
PUNISHED FOR CONTEMPT.
Judge Cole Issues Rule RequiriuS <
Answer 10 Charge and Excludes
Him From Service.

T,,s,i,.- CnIe in Criminal Court No. = to-
dav tnok positive action as regards the
alleged conduct Of one of the Jurors who
has been serving in his court during the
present month. The juror In question Is
William Sewan. co,ored. rule was issued
directing him TO show cause Monday next
why he should not be punished for con-
tempt The clerk was further directed not
To draw sewan's name on any panel sworn
tn any cases during the remainder of the
present month.
The matter in which Sewall is involved
arises out Of the second trial Of Robert
PepdIeton, Frank Turner. Henry ware
Jsmss GRAY. Joseph Mack, Howard Berry
- Iemuel simrns. all colored, indicted
- ,,,nvicted Of criminal assault upon MISS
Dora I.ink!ns a young white woman Al Aieet e,
the first trial Justice Cole sehtsuceu eiA
The defendants to Imprisonment III iie TIe
M. Ire I-irstTia penitentiary at MoundsviIie
- ,birtv wears each, the limit OF Ihe law
aDd me other to the reform schoo! uuiiite at
nniuorfty Upon the ground that heWty Us Us
nI,-ored evidence had been discovered ~ new
trial was granted Inls was III
Wednesday and YESTERDAY. o., tho Jury
Yesterday By Assistant | nlIe1 Sea'Ss "a II
jrnev Semnes the latter declares Ser"A.t ,
r-aTkad several times on, what YOU
o. saving is all rot. ana hdue o'he
sIstements of that character .,,o. &.
After the Jury naQ 1tthtN ~ - :,
yerdJct the conduct of the juror was @ cHiiIe9
20 The attention Of the court VINO eApressevs 81
rsgret that he was not sooner informed y. W
=, TN iury retired at II O'Clock, ana not
bafrp ready 10 report at ; O'clock d recess
VS. taken until $ o'clock A report not De,
ing rea iy at that time. the jury was locked
up for the night.
The Courts Action.
When court opened this morning the
members Of tie jury filed in and announced
that an agreement was out Of the question
Justice Cole took occasion to remark that
his attention had been called TO the con
duct of one Of the Jurors. which was OF
such a nature that had the court known o.
II the case would have been taken from thu
fury. The mind OF this juror. said justice
Cole. was in such state, evidently. tina
he could not consider the testimony impair
tially II was due TO the other jurors, tn
court said 10 say that the juror he ha'
made reference to was William SewaN
The rule To SHOW cause was then directe
To be issued.
II was directed that the seven defendant
shall not again be tried AT the same time
PendIetOn. Ware. Gray and Berry will b
tried by one Jury and Mack. Simms an
Turner before another
Evening star., 1900-04-27

She-"YOu married me for spite"
He-"Well, If any one heard you talking
TO me nowadays he'd say l hadn't married
In vain. Syracuse Herald.
Evening star., 1900-04-27

DR.. L. r. Klemm Of the United States bs~
rean of education is delivering a course of
lectures to city teachers every Saturday
morning al o'clock at Howard University,
Evening star., 1900-04-27

The Root.-She-"Oh, no. They're not in
trade. They have a family tree, I'd have
you know"
He-"Yes. but 1t grew from a small man.
ufacturing plant back in the early 2Us"-
Philadelphia Press.
Evening star., 1900-04-27

under the auspices Of the department of
pedagogy. The subject for tomorrow is
lessons Learned From School Abroad"
The lectures are open to the public
Evening star., 1900-04-27
W hat He SayA

Tolman-'How is it you never married ?"
Billngs-"I don't know. l did come pret-
ty near 1t once. A lady fell on the sidewalk
and reached out and asked her to give me
her hand. l saw by the glitter in her eye
that she thohght It was a proposal. so
let her lie where she was and took to my
heels Boston Transcript.
Evening star., 1900-04-27

They say" said the Sweet Young Thing
that postponed wedding is unlucky"
who are 'they?'" asked the Sayag,
Bachelor. The women and the furnitur,
ers?"-Indianapoli Press
Evening star., 1900-04-27

FROM the indianapolis Journal.
Hundreds Of Elkhart shoppers have been
amused and considerably interested every
afternoon this week In an exhibition which
revealed a decided distinction in regard to
color by fussy hen, which, with her brood,
has been displayed In a druggists window
as an Easter egg dye advertisement.
The druggist dyed the twenty chicks, some
red. some brown. blue, violet, green and
yellow. The hen. big Plymouth Rock,
evinces remarkably violent dislike for the
little fellows who wear the red and brown
and tights them from her. She regards the
others with varying degrees Of favor and
is particularly fond of the violet-hued off
| spring. though it would be natural to sup
/ pose that the yellow ones. being nearer the
natural color. would meet with the mos,
pronounced favor. AS night comes on and
| the difference IN colors becomes less notice
| able, the hens antipathy gradually lessons
| and by the time the electric lights ars
| turned on she has all of the twenty snug
/ gled under her wings. Daylight, however
| brings on renewal of the manifestations
Evening star., 1900-04-27

Maurice Grau and many members of mis-
company sailed for London on the French
liner La Touraine Thursday.
Evening star., 1900-04-27

Several New South Wales lepers have been
treated by a leprosy serum method devised
by DR.. Juan de Dios Carrasquilia of Bo-
sota. ard said by him to have been sue
oessful In a hundred cases. The Australian
doctors, however, have been unable to de-
tect any Improvement, and the disease is
still making progress.
Evening star., 1900-04-27

Sa.08 sf lad'ss s;ss Nlsss airos Dsilsniqs aslPs
brilliantine; full width new back; $3.50 val