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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-10
Garden Hints.

When getting the window boxes and
garden urns ready use good, fresh soil,
Nothing is gained and much may be
lost, by eeonomiZng in the matter of
earth
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28

A very curious bi literal cipher which
has been discovered by Mrs. Gallup
running through the first editions OF
Bacon's works, has excited wide inter-
est in the literary world. This cipher
consists of the use of two wrong-font
letters at intervals, combinations OF
these two letters in groups of five con-
stituting an alphabet. These repeti-
tiOns of wrong-fOnt letter cannot have
been matters of chance. Whether
placed there by Lord Bacon Or by the
printer, remains in doubt. If by the
printer, they relate a wonderful ro-
mance-the story of Queen Elizabeth's
marriage to the Earl of Leicester when
both were confined in the Tower prior
to the Queens s accession; the birth OF
two sons, of whom Lord Bacon was the
elder, the Earl of Essex the other.
Lord Bacon considered himself the heir
to the throne OF England. The BIZ
literal cipher further tells that Queen
Elizabeth condemned her own son, the
Earl of Essex, to death. The Cosmo-
politan for March contains an article
by Prof. Garrett p. Serviss fully re-
viewing this remarkable rOmance-lf
it is concluded to have been inserted by
the printer-or tragedy if inserted by
Lord Bacon.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
A Confederate's Boiled Rice.

Some one has written pamphlet en-
titled 1.-TWO Hundred Ways to prepare
Rice" but we don't intend to study
it. Once when we were wearing the
gray our camp mess saddied onto us
the job of cooking ration of rice, and
we set to it with the full belief that
what we didn't known about prepar-
ing rice couldn't be found in print. But
it is humiliating to confess that we
fell down, hard and fiat. We began
operations by filling the little pot near
ly full of rice, then added water and set
it on the fire. Maybe you think you
know what happened, but you don't
not all of it. When the water got to
boiling there was an eruption of rice.
1t flowed-Or 1ew-OYer the top and
curled over the sides, and spread itself
about on the ground. Each particular
grain doubled and quadrupled and
octupled itself in size, and every one
of those grains tried to get out first.
We had put in enough raw rice to fill
a wash pot, and unless our little ves-
sci had been built on the expansion
pattern there wasn't room enough for
oue-fOurth of it. 1t was swell affair.
that job was, and the outcom was a
lost dinner and cook retired from
business in disgrace. We didn't know
even one way 'to prepare RICE" and
didn't repeat the effort. Montgomery
Ala J Advertiser.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
Pointed Paragraphs.

Even a crook may cast straight
shadow.
A duck of man Is apt to make a
goose of a husband.
Too often when a man tries to pinch
others he hurts himself.
Weak men believe in luck; strong
men believe in cause and effect.
1t is but natural that man should
get hot when others ''roast'' him:
A little guying judiciously admins
tered often makes weak man strong.
No man has a moral right to disclose
cloven breath during the honeymoon.
Lawyers occasionally make mistakes,
but they seldom bring suit against one
another.
Give a man half a chance and be will
tell of grudge he has against some
other man.
Some people while on earth try to
live on the interest of their imaginary
treasures in heaven.
A man is supposed to be landed when
he owns real estate or when he invests
in a marriage license.
Though man may be entitled to
credit for bis ability to avoid work, he
is seldom able to obtain it at the corner
grocery.
Nothing jars man 80 much as the
discovery that be had married a wo-
man who delights is coming down to
his office and putting things in order.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
The Vice of Nagging

Clouds the happiness of the home,
but nagging woman often needs help.
She may be so nervous and rundown
in health that trifies annoy her. If she
is melancholy. excitable, troubled with
loss of appetite, headache, sleeplessness,
constipation or fainting and dizzy
spells, she needs Electric Bitters, the
most wonderful remedy for ailing wO
men. Thousands of sufferers from fe-
ache and weak kidneys have used it,
and become healthy and happy. Try
it. Only SOC. B. +. Hughes, guaran-
tee satisfaction.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
CHINESE TELEGRAPH OFFICE.
Trials of a Man Who Sent a Dispatch by
Native Line.

In South China one of the welrdeSt
objects that can meet the eye is the
one row of rotten telegraph poles that
runs from Canton north, through
paddy fields, across swamps, over
mountains, on which are two wires.
Their disharmony with their surround
ings, great as it is, is small compared
with the disharmony of the scientific
west with the crude arrangements of
the interior of telegraph Office in one
of the inland cities. The place is
generally found, after much seeking,
in poor and little-frequented street,
probably found there on the ground
of economy. In the interior of the Of
flee the most conspicuous thing is the
opium divan, where the clerks and the
long robed gentry crafty their desire
for sleep. This encumbrance more
than half fills the room.
The office can boast of several clocks
to insure that at least one
of them shall be going-which keep
different hours. Gambling books
were in evidence all around, and 1t was
evident that not only smoking, but
gambling, was a pastime. Three or
four clerks strutted about after the
most approved Chinese fashion. OF
whom one once knew little English,
which appeared to be pretty rusty be
yond use. However, when he had got
hold of his English and then found
what was the price of telegram and
got the money out of me. he wanted
to commence conversation in English
before he sent the message. This
tendency l cut off rather short. BY
this time every inch of space was filled
up by those who wanted to see the
foreign devil, and so the clerk had to
swear at these with all the energy that
be possessed. Indeed, here was the
only thing that called forth any energy.
By the time all this was concluded
quite quarter Of an hour had passed.
Yet the clerks were in no way conscious
Of any incongruities, and were surprls-
ed at any impatience or marked irrlta- |
5ion manifested on my part. But all
this. funny as it may seem, pales be-
,ore the experience OF the next few
lays, when a telegram, because the
person to whom it happened to be ad |
dressed was out of town. was sent on a |
;wo days journey ION spec," to Ger
nan mission house, rejected and sent
pack again. On its hOmeward journey |
t was stolen by robbers, who thought |
t was a bank note.-North China Her.
lid.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
Would Smash the Club.

Ii members of the HAY Fever As
ISOLATION" would use DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, the club
would 60 to pieces, for it always cures
this malady,-and Asthma, the kind
that battles the dOctors-it wholly
drives from the system. Thousands of
once hopeless sufferers from COnsump-
ton, Pneumonia, Bronchitis owe their
lives and health to it. 1t cOnquers
Grip, saves little ones from Group and
Whooping Cough and is positively
guaranteed for all Throat and Lung
troubles. SOC, 81 90. Trial bottles
free at b. F. Hughes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
TRIPLE COMEDY 0F.ERR0Rs.
Three Frank D. Shoemakers to Mlx.up
at the Same Hotel.

Chicago, ILL.,, March 17.-Frank D.
Shoemaker, of Philadelphia, accompa
MED by Frank d. Shoemaker, of St.
Louis, and Frank D. Shoemaker. Of
Butte, Mon, this evening went to din
ner and then wentsto the theatre as a
peaceful solution of situation which
threatened to create riot at the Au-
ditorium.
The trouble began when the Butte
man received a delicately perfumed
notelintendeG for the Philadelphia man.
Later on the st. Louis man read iG and
when 1t finally reached the Philadelp
hia it bore two penciled marks, "open-
ed by mistake.'' An hour later the
Philadelphia received bill of IS for
cab fare. This should have gone to
the Butte man and there was excite
ment until it was explained. Mean
while, the Fhiladelphian's laundry had
gone to the room of the Butte man,
whose shirts found their way to the
room of the Philadelphian. The st.
Louis man received the baggage of all
three Shoemakers.
The climax came this evening, when,
despairing of getting their own letters
or laundry, three men dashed down to
the clerks desk and demanded their
bills. The Philadelphia man had been
at the hotel and received a bill for $38.
He Immediately set up roar, to which
was added the strenuous voice of the
cattleman from Montana, who found,
by reference to his bill, that he was
paying just twice what he had been
told was the price of his room.
The st. Louis man had been at the
hotel nineteen days and was handed
bill for 81. The clerk finally intro
duced the three ShOemakers, and
out the bills.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
The Crystal Spr 'nas Of Florida

Nearly all the streams of Florida
originate in large springs of remark
ably clear water. Some of these
springs form lakes of considerable
dimensions, while others flow of
directly in bold streams. The water is
so clear that the most minute objects,
even on the bottom. are readily dis
tinguished, and large streams of crys-
tai water can be seen gushing up
through the white colored limestone
beds beneath. At points remote from
these inlets the bottom is covered with
the long green moss that grows only IN
pure spring water; beautiful fish of
many varieties are also plainly visible.
The outlets of the springs are general
ly deep, narrow and rapid streams
OF so much Importance to Florida are
these river producing springs that the
United States Geological Survey, in
its investigation of the country g water
resources, has made series of measure
ments of their discharge. One OF the
characteristic springs, which was
measured by,hydrographer B. M. Hall,
of the Geological Survey. is Silver
Spring, near Ocala in Marion County.
1t is the head OF Oclawaha River and is
also the head of navigation, as steam
boats come up the river into the spring
and have regular landing wharf
there. The river flowing out OF this
spring was found to be 60 feet wide.
1t had mean depth of II feet, mean
velocity of one foot and quarter per
second and discharge of S22 cubic feet
per second. The spring basin inabout
35 feet deep and the temperature, late
in December, was 72 degrees F. Though
the water has slight limestone taste,
it appears to have no other mineral
and is excellent for drink
NO
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
THE INFERIOR BULL.
Why Men Intending to Go Into the
Stock or Dairy Business Should
Leave Him Alone,

Now that cattle values are on a
higher level and the usefulness of
live stock as a conserver of farm
fertility is coming to be realized
there will be more farmers starting
in stock than for many years past,
and right here let a warning be
sounded on the purchase of a cheap
bull, for it will be the new stock
sections that breeders will natural
ly expect to find market for
their low-priced animals, and when
they have one that lacks merit to
command a good price in stock
country they will send him where
there is demand for seventy-fve or
hundred-dollar bulls instead of MAX
ing him into beef, says the Farmers
Guide. Of course, such procedure in
the long run Is against the best in
terests of the breeder, but too many
are looking only to present profit.
1t may be argued that man with
only a few cows cannot afford to
make a heavy investment in a bull
to grade up with. 1t is fact he
cannot, and the only way out is for
a company of farmers to get to-
gether and purchase high-class
bull of the desired breed. In this
way in few years each man would
have a herd of beef cattle that
would be of much greater value and
bring in far greater profits than he
could have had by purchasing and
using a cheap bull. And if this Gus
tom should become universal there
would be much more rapid i'm
provement in our cattle than would
come by means of individuals get
ting number of inferior bulls In
stead of one good one.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
How Helen Keller Writes.

Not one person in ten thousand OF
those who will read Helen Keller s own
story of her life, when it begins in an
early issue of The Ladies' Home Jour-
nal, will have the least conception of
the amount of hard work required to
write the story. First of all Miss kel-
ler puts down her ideas sin Braille, !"
as the blind express it; that is to say,
in the system of points raised on
paper by means of stylus and slate
devised to aid the blind; these points
being read afterward by passing the
sensitive fingers over them. When all
of this Braille work has been cOmplet-
ed Miss Keller goes to her typewriter
and uses these notes as a guide to the
rewriting of the story.
AS soon as page of matter is type
written it is, SO to speak. lost to Miss
Keller, who has to depend upon her
faithful teacher, Miss Sullivan, to re-
peat it to her by spelling out each SEN
tence by meaus of the hands. 1t is a
tedious task, especially as some of the
pages have to be read again and again,
with changes here and there, before
Miss Keller is satisfied. Then. when
the proofs are sent to her, all this slow
process of spelling word after word has
to be gone through once more, so that
each word that Helen Keller writes
goes through her fingers at least five
times. 1t will be satisfaction to ev-
erybody to know that the publishers
of The Journal have recognized in a
substantial manner the extraordinary
ability and patience which Miss Keller
has shown in her work.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
MANAGING THE CALVES.
Who Are Not Familiar with the
Hand-Raising Process

To one who has had experience in
raising calves by hand, the matter
seems simple enough, but to the in
experienced a little information may
not be out of place, as mistakes are
liable to be made that lead to seri-
Gus results. 1t is really better for
the calf if it is allowed to remain
three days, or even week, with its
mother, as it gets a better start
that way, although this may cause a
little more trouble in teaching it to
drink. At first, new milk must be
given, and fed direct from the COW,
if possible; if not, warm the milk
before feeding, as it must never be
given cold. Be gentle in handling
the calf, it can be managed much
easier. Hold it's head down to the
milk, place hand in milk and insert
the finger in calf's mouth until it
gets taste of the milk, and in
day or two will learn to drink with
out assistance. Feed all the milk
that can be spared, and make the
change from new milk to skinned
milk gradually. A spoonful of oil
meal added to the milk is beneficial,
and if any symptoms of scours oc-
cur, a spoonful of flour, or an egg
mixed in the milk, may be given. In
feeding SKINNED milk it is well to
add pinch of soda frequently, to
prevent Indigestion. Dry meal or
bran may be fed. In a few weeks
give the calf good clean hay, or
even straw, but corn fodder is bet
ter when one has it. Oats and corn
either ground or whole may be fed
night and morning. At about four
months of age water may be substi-
tuted for milk. If it refuses to
drink water when it is offered, leave
the water in the pen or yard, and
when it becomes thirsty the calf will
drink.-Ella L. Layson, in Epitomist.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28

AND
CHxz ~

Does your horse ''feel his
oats? What a difference be-
tween the granted and the
grass-fed horse! The first
strong and full of ginger, tbs
second habby, weak and tired
out before he begins. The
feeding makes the difference.
Children are not alike either.
One is rosy, bright-eyed, full
Of life and laughter, another is
pale, weak and dull. The feed
ing again is responsible.
Sickly children need special
feeding. They don't "feeltheir
OATS. SCOTS Emulsion adds
just the right richness to their
diet. tits like grain to the
horse. The child gets new
appetite and strong digestion.
SCOTS Emulsion is more
than food. 1t is a strong
medicine. 1t rouses up dull
children, puts new flesh on thin
ones and red blood into pale
ones. 1t makes children grow.
SCOTS Emulsion makes ordi-
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
Either One or the Other.

Professor-From your experience in
life how would you anlayze amiability,
Miss Katharine?
Miss Katharine brisky)-Oh, amia-
ability, professor, is always sign of
great weakness or sign of great
strength Free Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
A PAIL TAIL HOLDER.
OF Immense Help to Beginners as
Well as to Women and Old and
Inflrm Persons.

A milking harness, as portrayed, is
of great help to the beginner, to an
old, infirm or weak person. 1t con-
sists of an iron band (a) made circular
80 the milk pail will fit into it. On op-
posite sides bands are riveted so the
circular band will turn freely. The
two bands are bent, as shown, one end
fastened to band a, the others bent to
the shape of the mixers leg. With
the bands resting on the legs, the pail
is set in circular band (a), and all the
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
Not Worth Savinq,

Mike (going down ladder-Hould
on, Pat. Don't yez come on the lad
der till Ol'm down. It's ould and
cracked.
Pat (getting on)- ARA. be aisy. 1t
would sarve tn boss right to have to
buy a new one New York Weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28

weight of the milk comes on the legs
above the knees.
The tail holder is shown at b. The
band is made of spring steel, so that
at b it comes together closely and Sc
cures the tail as in wise. The mar
rover band is then slipped in the SIM
liar small band of the band shown
above it, on the right of the upper fig
ure. The milker is shown on the left
side Of the cow. that the device may
be more clearly seen.-James Lathrop,
in Farm and Home.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
Can't Keep 1t Secret.

The splendid work of DIR. King 8
New Life Pills is daily coming to light.
No such grand remedy for Liver and
Bowel troubles was ever known before.
Thousands bless them for curing Con-
stipation, Sick Headache. BiliOusness,
Jaundice and Indigestion. Try them.
25c at B. F. Hughes. drug store.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
INGENUITY in a Flat.

Alyce-Wha lovely, cozy corner,
Mayme-such pretty couch!
Mayme-Isn't it ? It's made out OF
five trunks and hat. box, seven pillows,
two holsters, and an old piano cover
Detroit Free Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
No Cause for Fear.

Gussie-I say. hope you and L
won't quarrel when we are married,
like your father and mother do.
Sybll-Oh, dear, no! You'll be so
much more easy to manage than poor,
dear pa boston Globe.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
Couldn't Blame Her.

II see that on bis last American vOy-
age Marc0ni talked back 1900 miles. D
"Gleat prunes! I don blame any
girl for not marrying man who can
talk back like that. .''-Baltimor News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
They Work While You Sleep.

While your mind and body rest Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic repair your
digestion, your liver, your bowels,
put them in perfect order. Genuine
tablets stamped c. C. C. Never sold
in bulk. All druggists, 1oc.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
1Oc 25c &c c. c. fail. druggists refund money.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28

ces. In fact, the
typical American
beauty will be
found sitting at
the typewriter
rather than 1olling
in a carriage in the
park.
And yet this
pretty young girl
needs always to be
reminded that
"beauty :" Is only
skin deep" unless
it roots In health.
When the health
is undermined by
womanly diseases,
the 1uster soon
passes from the
eyes, the cheeks
grow thin, the
body loses its
p1umpness.
DIR. Pierce's Fa-
xyorito Draccv{~k;,,.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
Lockjaw From Cobwebs.

Cobwebs put on a cut lately gave a
woman lockjaw. Millions know that
the best thing to put on cut is Buck
lens Arnica Salve. the infallible healer
of Wounds, Ulcers, Sores. Skin Erup
tions, Burns, Scalds and Piles. 1t
cures or no pay. Only Csc at b. F..
Hughes, drug store.
CAsToRIA
Bear. the The Kind You Have Always Bought
''s's'''' e LW2zzZx
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28

nary food do Its
duty.
This picture represents
the Trade Mark of Scott's
Emulsion and is on the
wrapper of every bottle.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE,
400 Pearl ST.. New York
soc and ST.. all druggists.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28
Pretty

Is an adjective which seems to have be-
come monopolized by the young lady at
the typewriter. It is astonishing what
an array of beautiful women are found
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-28

cures diseases which weaken women
and which destroy their strength and
beauty. 1t establishes regularity, stops
weakening drains, heals inflammation
and liberation and cures female weak
ness.
cSeveral years ago suffered severely from
female weakness, prolapsus and mcnorrhagia,
and used DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with
ington, Iowa. oGlad have not needed 1t for
few years past but if should ever have any re-
turn of the old trouble would surely try Favor
lite Prescription I have recommended 1t to
number of my lady friends. / always tell them
to try bottle, and if they are not benefited by
It will pay for the medicine. In every case
they have spoken in praise of itn
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure sick
headache.
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How Are Your KIdneyss
Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills Sam.
pie free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or N. z.