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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
RevolutioHize War Methods

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AirshipsMay RevolutioHize War Methods
The fact that M. Santos ID umont re-
Gently sailed his airship over Paris,
under perfect control. both with and
against the wind, does not augur that
the problem of aerial navigation has
been solved, for it was OH an extreme
ly mild day. In any kind of a strong
wind or gale the big cigar-shaped bal
loon would be helpless.
However, the fact that Dumont was
able to steer his machine to any given
point at will, on still day, suggests
the awful possibilities of such ma
chine in time of war. Suppose it car
ried charge of dynamite or other high
explosive, and lowered over the enemy s
country in the dark of night, seeing
but unseen. A few shells dropped in
to the heart of city, or into the midst
of a fort would work CONSERVATION to
the enemy, for nothing is so hard to
combat as an unseen foe. Even if it
was observed in day time, it would be
practically out of danger at height
of two or three miles, Moreover, a
projectile can be delivered with more
accuracy by a verticle drop than in any
other manner. If ''fock" of airships
similar to Dumont's was lowering over
fleet of battleships and dropped a few
high explosives on their decks, it would
soon have the entire squadron out of
business, and at the same time be free
from retaliatory attack from the ves-
sells or forts.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
UNCLE SANS GREAT SECRET.
The Paper on Which Out Money Notes are
Printed is JeaIousIy Guarded from Pulp
to Press.

If there is any secret which Uncle
Sam jealously guards it is the process
OF manufacturing the fibre paper up
on which money notes are printed. He
pays a Massachusetts firm forty-three
cents a pound for 1t, and this firm does
its work under the surveillance of a
Government agent. The paper is man
utactured of the finest rags, cleaned,
boiled and mashed into pulp. AS it is
rolled into thin sheets silk threads are
introduced into it by secret process.
These are the Distinguishing marks
making imitation of the paper we'll
nigh impossible. The sheets of paper,
already counted twice and placed in
uniform packages at the paper mill, are
-staEed in a Treasury vault and issued
to the Bureau of Engraving and Print
Ing as wanted. Before leaving the
Treasury they are counted three times
more, and the receiving official at the
bureau must receipt for them. Then
the bundles are unwrapped and the
sheets are counted twenty-elght times
by a corps of women. This is to in.
sure that each printer gets the record
ed number-more, no less. If one
sheet of this precious pager be lost the
entire force of men and women having
access to the room where the misplace
ment has occurred are kept in, like so
many school children, to find it. Each
sheet is issued from the vault for the
printing of definite amount of money
upon it. If the lost sheet were intend
ed to ultimately represent four thou
sand dollars worth of notes the group
of employees to whom the responsible |
ity of it's displacement has been traced |
must make good that amount if they
cannot locate it within a reasonable |
time. The most expensive loss which |
has thus occurred was of a blank sheet |
issued for the printing of eighty dol. |
lars upon it's face.-John Elfreth Wat |
kins, Jr., in the January Ladies' Home !
Journal.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17

manded his surrender, telling him
be did not an attack would be mad
Immediately. Brown replied: "Al
right. l have been in tight places be
fore. am ready to fight"
This ended the parley. Stuar
stepped back. Brown closed ant
barred the door. Directly twelv
marines, under the command of Lieu
tenant Green, advanced at double
quick. They battered the doors with
axes and sledge hammers. but the doorl
were heavy and refused to yield.
While they were battering Brown was
shooting, and one of the marines was
struck in the mouth. Finding they
must use other means, the marines
| withdrew for moment, another
took the place of the wounded man, a
strong ladder was procured and with
it the attack was renewed. Directly
one of the doors was broken off and
forced open. and instantly, with Lieu
tenant Green at the head, the marines
with fixed bayonets, sprung into the
house and in quick time brought
Brown and his men out and liberated
the prisoners. In the attack one of
the marines (an Irishman by the name
of Quinn, I think, was killed.
1t was said that Brown, after Lieu
tenant Stuart left him, told the prison
ers to take the best care of themselves
they could. Whether he told them
this or not, they did protect themselves
by getting behind and under the en-
gines and came out unharmed.
The marine was killed by Brown
himself under the following circum-
stances, as heard at the time: Lieu
tenant Green was armed with dress
sword only and the marines had no
loads in their muskets. When they
entered Brown was on his knees, or at
least in a low crouching position.
Quinn kicked him and told him to get
and was in the act of shooting again,
when Lieutenant Green with his sword
cut him across the forehead and face,
and be was bayonetted, seized and
rushed out of the building with blood
down his face.
Browns son and another, whose
name do not now recall, both wound
ed, were brought out and laid on the
grass, where they died in short time.
All the prisoners were taken to Charles
town. Cook, one of the party who
was afterwards captured and
with his comrades. They
we're all tried, convicted and hung.
Brown always insisted that he had
only twenty-five men, including him
'elf, but the citizens of the town be-
ieved he had more.-Richmond Times.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
Rather Handy with an Excuse.

Jealous Wife-My dear Fred, at your
age you ought really to be quite asham.
ed of yourself! You are always run
ming after all the pretty ladies
Fred (quick at repartee)-My dear
My dear That ought to put you quite
at your ease. 1t only proves that they
are always trying to get away from
me,-Punch.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
Ge1fiiI1q
7 Thin

is all right, if you are too fat;
and all wrong, if too thin ALREADY {.
Fat, enough for your habit, i.
healthy; little more, or less, i
no great harm. Too fat, consulI
a doctor; too thin, persistently
thin, no matter what cause, take
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil.
There are many causes Of get
ting too thin; they all come
under these two heads: over
work and under-digestion.
Stop over-work, if you can;
but, whether you can or not,
take SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil, to balance yourself
with your work. You can't live
on it--true--but, by it, you
can. There's limit, however:
you'll pay for it.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil is the readiest cure for
escan't eat" unless it comes ol
your doing no work--you can't
long be well and strong, without
some sort Of activity.
The genuine has u a
! ] ]: / j ! ! J !: :
this picture on it, EAA
| take no other. NNN
If you have not &IA
tried it, send for e1lAGTA1N
free sample, it's a. ElH& p
greeable taste will 1E MN1n
surprise you. AN1U
! SCOTT & BOVINE %Ml Tx
Chemists, Ky AIN
400 Pearl Street, ~ M
New York. 1A
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
Worlds Great Diamond Vault.
A Scene From Kimberly, South Africa

Here, on both sides OF long tables,
sit fifty men with heaps of the washed
gravel before them. Who knows the
untold wealth that may lie in those
heaps of little wet stones Each man
has steel knife of peculiar shape,
and tin box, not unlike a child's
mite-box. with slit in the top. With
his knife he deftly spreads out the lit
tie stones on the table, with his quick
eye sees the precious gems, which he
picks out and drops into his mite-box.
The superintendent takes off the
covers of some of the boxes and let's
US look within. See, it is half full of
diamonds, the result of the mornings
work alone Here is man sorting
larger gravel, and his tin box contains
forty large diamonds! Another by his
side is searching in pile of medium
sized gravel, and he has more smaller
ones, while still another has heap of
minute brilliants, not much larger
than pin head, in his tin box. Again
the gravel is sorted oyer by convicts,
who cost the company only a shilling a
day; and still more diamonds, over
looked in the first sorting, are rescued
by them from the debris before it is
cast out on the ever accumulating
mountain of "Tailings.
Now, readers mine, set your guess |
ing wits to work. and tell me how many |
dollars worth of diamonds have :been |
sorted this morning by the dozen white
men and forty convicts behind the ia
BILE. Do you give it up? Then will |
tell you. No less than sixty thousand
dollars worth! And this is the aver
age find, year in and year out, from
natures inexhaustible vault at KIM
berly. Since these mines were dis
covered sixty-five millions of carats,
valued at four hundred and seventy
five millions of dollars, have been dug
out, and washed and sorted at these
mines. AS about five million carats
60 to ton, nearly fifteen tons weights
of pure diamonds have been exported,
and how many thousands of tons re-
main to be won no man is wise enough
to say for the bottom of the vault has
not been sounded, and the deeper the
diggings 60 the richer they are. as
though in natures great jewel the
best diamouds had settled to the bot
tom, like the plums in puddinr.-i
From Fellow Travellers" by DR.. F.
+. Clark.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
Those Same Cigars.

''As we grow older our tastes change, u
remarked the Observant person. Il
when I was a boy couldn't
bear the taste of cabbage"
"And now ?" asked his friend.
"And now," continued the observant
one, 81 can smoke..my wife's Christ
mas cigars and never turn an eyelash.
Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
The Peruna Almanac

The druggists have already been sup
piled with Peruna almanacs. There
is sure to be great demand for these
almanacs on account of the articles on
astrology which they contain. The
subject of astrology is very attractive
one to most people. The articles on
astrology in the Peruna almanac have
been furnished by very competent
astrologist, and the mental character
istics of each sign is given, constitut
ing almost complete horoscope. A
list of lucky and unlucky days for each
month are given. There will be rush
for these books. Ask your druggist
for one early before they are all gone.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
CA8To7IA.
Bears the HIhs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature si &<zAZz<zM
Her Grief.

She-Harry, you said something last
night that made me feel so bad.
He-What was it, dearest
She-YOu said that was one Of the
sweetest girls in all the world.
He-And aren't you, darling?
She-You said zone of the sweetest"
Oh, Harry, to think that I should live
to know that l have to share your love
with another.-Tit-Bits.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
CAsTo7IA.
Bears the ~ The Kind You Have Always Bought
''':;:''' s'':; !: &c GM:;72z:;z:;1; &;
Unnecessary.

He-Of course, dear, 1 Il. be back from
the club in time for the opera, but in
case it should turn out to be impossi-
BILE, 1 II send you note by a messenger.
She That's not necessary; it just
dropped out OF your overcoat pocket
Brooklyn Life.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17

The difference between first class
and second -class coaches on most Eu-
ropean railways is in the color of the
cushions of the seats-first- class usual
ly being red and second-class gray.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
g MA~r
This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative BrOmO=Quinine Tablets
the remedy that cures a cold in one day
QuaIif ed.
the remedy t

'Are you married or unmarried %
asked the theatrical manager of an ap-
plicant for engagement.
"Unmarried, replied she. 1--WE
been unmarried four times "-Detroit
Free Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17

According to the compilation of last
reports the membership of fraternal
orders in the United States and Canada
is 5. .722, ,015.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17

Many of the large business houses of
the city of Mexico still use tallow dips
for illuminating purposes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17
At a 5 o'clock.

Hostess-Please don It leave off. Miss
Jessop.
Miss J.--But shant bore you? 1t
is possible to have too much of good
thing, you know.
Hostess Yes. but that dos sn'5 ap.
ply to your playing Punch.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-01-17

How Are Your Afdneysy
Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills Sam.
Pile free. Add Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N. 2.
, 1902-06-25
.~ard~ RESPONDED the ma IA,

--I"arc-" responded the major.
40. ii neysT secured to me. You
.now. my dear, ns never accepts social
invitations"
well. | think he will" replied tie
lady. You know he is a sort of pub
lie character now, that he is about to
enter the government service. Any.
way, | would like him invited"
"All right. dear" replied her hus-
band. but. believe me. he will not be
here"
And so it happened that a special in
vitatiOn was sent the engineer. and
greatly to the surprise of the host.
Stephen Massard appeared at the
function.
He and She met as though they had
been warm friends for a lifetime. To
both it seemed that they had known
the other from the beginning OF time.
When he extended his hand and she
placed her " in it, there swept
through his being-at the contact of
her flesh and his-a thrill. at once so
stimulating and satisfying thai he
felt that the end of the world had
come.
But it had not.
1t was but the beginning OF the
, 1902-06-25

the rights Of settlers in the ella and
Salt River valleys. These projects
should be- laid aside until. through
demonstrated success in smaller On
terpriscs, the country may be prepared
for larger ventures.
The great object OF the Arizona
sCh"m" arises from conditions similar
TO those existing in many other parts
of tn" arid region and particularly on
the eastern slope of Colorado. 1t is
especially true of tn" Salt River valley
among Arizona localities where irriga,
ton IS praCtic"d. that already there are
irrigation systems partly perfected
which ar" capable of utilizing all the
water that might be stored under III"
provisions of the new law, These sys.
tens are defective. boCaus" "an has
not been provided for tn" utilization of
all he water needed by the settlers
under tn" bitches in question. II they
are not int"rfcr"d with, the settlers
will ultimately put this water to good
use. and thus supply their land with
moistur" throughout the irrigGt!ng
season. But if tn" geological survey
insists upon impOunding this water for
the purpose of an attempted reclaim
ton of entirely new land belonging to
tn" government. the farmers who now
suffer occasionally from a shortage will
be condemned to suffer in like manner
for all time to come.
The federal government should keep
It's hands off all such enterprises. To
illustrate this point still further, We
need hut turn to tn" case Of tn" High
Line ditch neal Denver. The farmers
living under that ditch have this year
had practically no watcr at all. There
is reason to believe. however. that this
system can be perfected so as to sup
however. the federal government
should insist upon storing the little re-
naming water of the Platte for the
purpose of retaining land lying above
the High Line ditch. It is evident that
the farmers under that ditch would in
that event be shut ont forever from I'll
hope of getting the water they need in
seasons of exceptional drought.
There is nothing to be gained by at
tempting to reclaim new and at the
expense of that which has already been
partly Observation-Disclosures Republican.
, 1902-06-25
WHAT DO YOU N o l?

Here are some questions about
your life. If you are a wonder you
may possibly answer one or two of
the queries offhand. Otherwise not.
What are the exact words on a 2.
II stamp. and in which direction is
the face on it turned@
In which direction is the face turn
ed on a cent? On a quarter? On a
dime?
How many toes has a cat on each
forefoot? On each hind foot?
Which way does the crescent moor
turn? To the right or left?
What color are your employers
eyes? The eyes of the maj at the
next desk?
Write down, offhand, the figures on
the face of your watch. The odds
are that you will make at least two
mistakes in doing this.
Your watch has some words writ
ten or printed on its face. You have
seen these words a thousand times.
Write them out correctly. Few AN
do this. Also, what is the number on
the case of your watch?
. How high lin inches) is a silk
hat?
How many teeth have you?
What are the words On a police
mans shield?
How many buttons has the vest or
shirt waist you are wearing?
How many stairs are there in the
first flight at your house?
How many steps lead from the
street to the front door of your house
or fiat?
What is the name. signed in fac
smile, on any 81, 81. IS or $40 bill
you ever saw? You've read dozens Of
those names. Can you remember one?
, 1902-06-25
A New Departure.

The Chicago. Milwaukee AMI St
Paul railway has recently put in ser,
vice on it's Pioneer Limited trains the
largest and ~handsomest dining car c,'
er built. It is 50 feet in length from
tip to tip, and it's body is six inches
wider and higher than the usual dining
car. 1t seats SO people comfortably in
movable chairs and has a kitchen
large enough to permit the working OF
six cooks which with six walters and
conductor make up the crew. The
cars heretofore in service did
not provide sufficient space to proper.
|y are for the large number of pat
rons of the Pioneer, so that 1t became
necessary to have a larger car.
, 1902-06-25
PRACTICAL IRRIGATION PROJECT

There should be no undue haste in
deciding upon the project for irriga-
ton work to be undertaken under the
provisions of the new irrigation law.
The subject should be carefully consid-
cred, and il the members of the geo
logical survey are wise they will recog-
nize that a child crawls before it ven
lures to walk.
There are many enterprises of rela-
lively small proportions and involving
the expenditure Of comparatively little
money to which the survey could far
better give attention at the outset than
to certain gigantic ventures of doubt
full value and involving both the expen-
diture Of vast sums OF money and the
lapse of much time. Should the latter
be undertaken first. the country would
have to wait years to see the first
fruits of the new irrigation policy. and
in the meanwhile public sentiment in
the east might begin to question the
wisdom of any national appropriations
for the construction of irrigation
works.
There are three gigantic projects to
which considerable attention has al
ready been given. One involves the
construction Of reservoirs in the ella
drainage basin of Arizona: another is
the proposed diversion of water from
the st. Mary's river in Montana to be
conducted something like $50 miles to
lands lying in the lower valley of the
Milk river, and the third embraces ex-
tensive work near the border line of
Nevada and California for the purpose
of carrying water from the latter state
to arid lands lying in the former.
OF these the only one that has any |
real merit is the acknowledgements
scheme. The Montana project is in
many respects chimerical. and besides
it might involve the United States in
diplomatic complications with Canada
through the diversion of water that is
used in the Dominion for irrigation
purposes. The Arizona scheme falls
little short Of being a crime against
, 1902-06-25
The Grand Passion
BY d PAUL.

Copyright, 1892. Icy Daily Story Pub. Coz
He was the most serious. the gravest,
the most retiring of men. Despite his
marvellous success and the fact hat
his name was on everybody's lips. hat
he was courtcd and deferred to. in.
vited and sought after. he declined to
be lionized and remained the pains.
taking student. the serious, single
hearted. backward gentleman he had
eve been. OF women he knew moth.
ing. and had ever been Indifferent. No
pretty face had disturbed the serenity
Of his thought and no tempting form
had eve come between him and his
single-hcarted struggle with the great
understood not at all the why or
wherefore that other men spent valua-
bic time in %cultivating the form of
~womankind. He was not a woman
hater and criticised not. He simply
did not understand. He was no as
celtic and lived we'll. even luXuriously,
and drank deep of the joys of litera.
ture and philosophy.
But that was all before he met Her.
She was an idol of society, as dainty
rs a Japanese museme, b~ewildering
in her rich beauty, her startling vi
vacity. her soft and sensuous figure,
her blushing black eyes. her coloring
and dimpling and grace and charm.
AS was natural and right and proper.
she had married a dashing army Of
ficer. Respondent in gold lace and
shoulder straps. a handsome fellow
with a record for brilliancy and sue.
cess both on the battlefield and in the
drawing room. Everybody said it was
a perfect match, Il of course what
Everybody" says is true. and the pair
cut a wide swath in society and were
the happiest and most envied of peo-
pie. Still. with all the incense poured
out to her. beauty and position, and
with all the charm and brilliancy of
her handsome husband, her heart had
been really awakened. She en-
joyed life keenly and made the most of
it. But there were depths which re-
manned untouched.
This was before she met Him.
They came tOgether-He and She,
Stephen Massard and Helen Fremont
Putnam. and then the courses of both
their lives changed. The meeting was
the sheerest accident-one of the
capers of Fate. He almost never went
in society. but found it necessary to at.
tend the Minister'S reception. He had
just been rendered the position of
chief engineer for the great Paragua
canal-the greatest engineering feat
Of the c~entury-and it seemed neces.
sary to observe the official amenities.
The moment their eyes met both
, 1902-06-25

Still. still with Thrr. men purple morn
Ing br-akcIh.
when tho bird waketh and tn sati
avs flee:
~l'sir"r than morning. Iov"li"r than day
light.
nnwns thu sweet consciousness j am
with thee
Alon" viii thee. amid the mystic shad
ows,
tn" solemn hush Of natur, newly born
AI"u" with thee in breathlrss ad,,iti"n
Ia thu calm dew and freshness Of the
Eiuir
As In tn dawuiuE DER the wavcless
ncrnu.
TIL Image Of the morning star, doth
rest.
So tn this stiffness thou beholdest only
Thine Imag" IL the waters of my breast
sun. stlll with thee. as to each newborn
morning
A fresh and solemn spleudor still is
given.
So doth tn" blessed consciousness. awak.
ing.
Er,arhr. ZACH day. ncarness unto thee
and heaven.
When sinks the soul. suadued by toll to
sIufih"r.
Its closing eye looks UP to the" in
IrIN'r-
Sweet the rrIns" beneath thy wings DER
shading,
Iiut sw""t'r still. to wake and find thee
there.
So shall 1t hc at last. in that bright morn
ing
when the soul wnkcth. and life's shad-
owS flee:
oh. in that hour. faircr than DAYLIGHT
dnwning.
Shall rise the glorious thought am
with thee
Harriet BCcchcr STOVE.
, 1902-06-25

The Cheyenne Tribune announces
that Mr.. Ralph Waldo Moore of Chey-
emit is a new Richmond for congress,
sional honors. But The Republican be,
lieves the Tribune must be joshing.
Mr.. Moore has a reputation to earn.
Surely he cannot begin at the top of
the ladder and work down. Why would
1t not be good politics for him to ac,
cept some minor position, such as
Judge of the district court Or United
States attorney? He is aiming toe
high and may possibly miss the ball
entirely.