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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-27
MiddIebrOok Items.

Mrs. Jacob SWartZel who has been
ill SO long died last Thursday evening.
She is survived by her husband and
one son, Kenneth. The interment
took place at st. Johns church Satur-
day morning at II O'Clock. The ser
vices were conducted by Rev. R. A.
Jones.
Rev. G. A. Freed has returned from
South Carolina.
Miss Marie Lou Rosen returned from
Glasgow Saturday where she has been
visiting her aunt. Mrs. Chs. Bear.
Miss Maggie Dunn who has been
visiting Miss Mae Arehart, returned tC
her home in Clifton Forge Tuesday.
Charlie Wallace, of Pa, is spending
a while with his cousin, Meredith
Hogshead, near here.
Mrs. Runkle and daughter, Mist
Lettie, spent Wednesday with Mrs
George Bosserman.
Mrs. Esca Helms has returned from
Dayton where she visited her mother
Harper Manley is spending SOM
time with relatives near Parnassus.
Mr.. Edward Arehart, of StauntOn
spent Sunday at home.
Mr.. Marshall Helms, of WaynesbOrO
spent few days with his grandmother
Mrs. 8. NJ. Gale last week.
| Miss Annie Rusmiselle, of Waynes
boro, was in town visiting friends las
week
Some party or parties in this vicini
ty are killing the young partridge
and sending them to market. Tn
writer picked one up in the public road
one of a bunch being taken to market
/ Rev. r. A. Helms, wife and llttl
daughter, went to Dayton last weel
to visit Mrs. Helms sister.
| Miss Minnie Giles. of Raphine, Wis
tied Mrs. e. N. Dunlap last week.
Il Miss Louise Splitter came up fron
Bridgewater Monday to visit friend
land relatives.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-09-18

A glass of whiskey compressed
into a tablet is the invention Of a
New York yankee, and the lone
drinker at the bar may disap-
pear. He will carry his bar
around with him In a light and
portable form more convenient
than King Edwards collaps1ble
sideboard. In the railroad car,
at the races, on the steamer, any
where, you need not be astonish-
ed by your elbow neigKbor ask
ing you to have tablet with him
and unless you have reason to
fear knockout drops, there will
be nothing except your temper
ance principles to stand between
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-09-18

served to increase the value OF
their products and to enlarge their
purchasing power.
That they were provided with
ready money is proved in many
ways, and in no way more salts
factorily than in the reports OF
collections which have been made
from time to time. But it IS dem
strated in the report of the pas
senger traffic of the st. Paul lines
in manner that will perhaps
prove more conclusive to the aver
age man. The earnings from
this source were 1855 per cent
greater than in the previous year.
This cannot be accounted for
by the increased immigration 1n-
to the Northwest. It can only be
accounted for on the theory that
the people of that section were
able to indulge in the pleasure OF
travel last year to a greater eA-
tent than in the previous year.
People do not travel for pleasure
as a rule, unless they are provided
with comfortable surplus.
It may be true that Sast years
prosperity was more apparent
than real, since it drew largely
upon the reserve. It may also be
true that another year of drought
would have exhausted this re-
serve completely. But this is
mere speculation, and hardly wor-
thy of consideration, in view of
the fact that this years harvest
will restore the reserve and allow
a very handsome margin.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-09-18

you and spirituous indulgence
wherever you may be. Two
travellers with small paper sack
between them will likely become
as enlivened as if they from time
to time drew out a mahog any
colored bottle and up-ended it to
the immeasurable disappropria-
ton of most of the other passen-
gers. That apprehension and
distrust which bestirs itself
in the minds of the upright
either temporarily from the alb
sence of opportunity or habitual-
ly from the absence cf appetite
will be quite disarmed by a
harmless little tablet. It will be
only when there is an unmistak-
able fortissimo in the voices of
the two gentlemen who have
thus been unostentatiously tab
letting, aud superfuity of ges-
| ture that we shall realize what
has been going on; or when one
of them may start for the water
cooler and finds difficulty in keep
ing out of the laps of the aisle
passengers. But if persons will
drink on the railroad trains, it
can be nearly as shocking to be-
hold them waving paper bag
full of tablets around their heads
as long black bottle; and the
desirabillty of picking up ones
grip-sack and overcoat and going
into another car may not seem SC
pressing.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-09-18
The Marvellous Northwest.

Chicago Inter Ocean, The an
nual report of the directors
of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railroad, submit
ted to the last meeting OF the
stockholders, and covering the
operation of the system for the
fiscal year ended June 80, illus
trates, among other things, how
little even the most intelligent
and careful of observers realize
the extent and grandeur of the
resources Of the great Northwest.
The year was one in which the
Northwestern farmers met WITT
tremendous lossess, as a result OF
general and disastrous drought.
Before the season was far ad-
vanced it was predicted in the
money centers of the country that
the railroads penetrating the ter
ritory would suffer immensely
from the failure of the crops.
Figures we're not wanting to
prove that the traffic would de-
cline anywhere from so to IS per
cent. Yet as the weeks and
X
months passed by and the rail-
roads entering the corn and wheat
belts seemed to require the service
OF all their rolling stock the eff
forts to bear the stock market be-
came weaker and weaker until
they were finally abandoned.
The northwest had a reserve
that neither Wall street nor La
Z Sale street had counted on. If
the estimated loss by drought be
compared with the value of the
farm products hauled by the
Northwestern railroads during
and after the drought season, an
idea of this reserve may be OBJ
tanned. It is revealed, IN part at
least, by the fact that the COM
pany named was able 10 report
gross earning for theyearof $45,-
613.124. .S4. or S3.224. 112. 19 in ex-
cess of the previous year.
The tonnage was 87,732 tons
less than in the. preceding year
and agricultural products COM
prised only 24.so per cent Of the
total as against 27.87 per cent of
the total in the previous year,
but the number of tons of COM
modities, other than agricultural
products, carried during the year
was IA, ,954.331, an increase over
the previous year 1862, ,622 tons.
The people of the Northwest
I had less to offer in the way Of
products than they had the pre-
~.yious year, but the higher prices
obtained for what they had en-
abled them to spend more on
other commodities. In other
words, the drought, instead Of
injuring them, improved their
condition to, the extent that il
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-09-18

Hon. D..B. Henderson, present
speaker Of the house of represen-
tatives, has withdrawn as can
didate for congress from the third
Iowa district.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-09-18

The Watertown Public Opinion
presents decidedly metropolitan
appearance since putting in a
linotype machine.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-09-18

No. l9. Quarter section 11a miles
from Olivet, and miles from Memo,
100 acres under cultivation; good
spring. An excellent farm Is acre
pasture fenced, good grove. Price
$1,000 per acre.
No. 81. 800 acres of level land Ia
miles north OF Platte. 5000 per acre.
No. %. 4so acres of fine. level land
Al miles from Platte. $l8 per acre.
No. 2S l6O-acre we'll improved farm
in Norway township. Price s42 per
acre.
No. "a. $50 acre ranch 4 miles west
of Alexandria, county seat of Hanson
county. No buildings; fenced; living
water in abundance: small part bluffy
near creek; balance smooth. Can be
had at a bargain If taken soon.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-09-18

Via the North Western Line. Excur-
sior tickets will sold at one fare for
round trip for trains arriving at Chi
cago or Peoria on September 9. Is and
%, 1902, with favorable return limits.
Apply to agents Chicago & North
Western Rsy.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-09-18

Half Rate Home yisiters' fsxcursion Tick
cts to Points In Indiana and Ohio
and to Louisville. XIV
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-09-18
to sell.
Have Several Farms Near Scotland
at a Reasonable Price.

100 onehaf mile the Hutchinson
which would be good investment at $40
but if taken be had for $35.
adjoining Hurley all in cultivation
house, barn we'll Desirable property retired farmer
-2 southwest Parker
Land all around it worth from $50 $50
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

Miss Fannie Keefe of Poplar ave- nue is visiting friends in Newark, N. J.
 Miss Lillian Withey of Bank street is enjoying months vacation in New York.
 Mrs Conway of Charles street is enjoying visit with friends in New Haven.
 Miss Mary Shannahan of Lafayette street has returned from a vacation at Walnut Beach
 E. D. Beckley of North Riverside street has left for Hartford, where he has secured a position.
 MT and Mrs James Barnes of Washington avenue are spending ava cation at Meadows End.
 William Devine of Bank street is engaged in harvesting new mown hay with friends in Woodbury.
 Mrs William Brickel and family of Washington avenue are enjoying the cool sea breezes at Walnut Beach.
 -On Thursday evening of next week peach festival will be given on the lawn of Thomas B. Walker at his home on Highland avenue. -1uo DlOCK on Cnarl6S street knoWQ as Bouffard's block and owned by Charles Stage, changed hands yester- day. John Lavarti, who keeps saloon at GAP Bank street, is the purchaser and is said to have. paid $11 ,0O0 for it. which contains six tenements and two stores.
 -Dr De Liguori feels incensed at some of the statements published in the press concerning his appearance be- fore the board of public charities on Monday night in behalf of an unfor- tunate fellow countryman of his, who is suffering from paralysis. The mans name is Carlo. The press reports stated that pr De Liguori said that Carlo had $1,OO0 in the bank. This IS far from the truth. Neither Carlo nor his family have any money in the bank, but are in destitute circumstances. What the doctor said was that persons who have money in the bank have been aided by the city.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
TO LICENSE DRIVERS.
Commissioner Taylor's Move Is 0ne
 In the Right Direction. A

The commissioners of the board o1 public safety made move in the right direction last night when they ap- pointed committee to draft an ordi- nance which will require that drivers of hacks and automobiles shall be li- censed. Franklin A. Taylor, the author of the motion, spoke at length upon the proposed ordnance to q Democrat re- porter after the meeting. He said. Certainly the owners of automobiles should be licensed and the hack driv- CTS should be also. There are num= Der of automobiles in this city now and there will be more in a short time. There should be some ordnance for the control of them. Nobody can say that am knocking them, for I rny~ self will take out license. Tn Bridge port they are licensed Some of the chaueffeurs, who have been in this city, have been very reckless. Last Sunday night two automobiIists had a race right in front of the City hall here.
 eIn regard to hack drivers taking out license, one can see how well it works in New Haven at one of the big football games. No person can drive a hack except person licensed and the police have perfect control of the drivers. Tn this city hack drivers have had things all their own way. There was no ordnance in regard to them and the police have been power less for they did not know what powers if any, they had over the hack driy- CTS"
 Tn regard to speed of automobiles. 1t might be said that representative of q Bridgeport firm has been Ha- grant violator in running his machine at fast pace. One night last week his machine and horse had race on East Main street near the Sacred Heart church. The pace waG terrific and it is wonderful that no persons were run down. Some persons have the false idea that a part of East Main street is speedway.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
The tsalicfun strikeM.

VIENNA, Aug. 6.--The strike of Ga llcian peasants is at present spreading to districts which have hitherto not been affected, and there have been many conflicts between the peasants and the military A detachment of uhlans attacked 500 peasants at Poth- ering Many of the latter were wound ed, and the soldiers made 173 arrests. The prisoners were confined overnight, densely overcrowded, in stable and taken to jail the next day in a fainting condition, not having tasted food in twenty -four hours.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06

JOHN BROPHY, BERNARD COYLE THOMAS Fl. HAYES, THOMAS F. BUTLER, JAMES A. HINES, 'tN4. ]. RYAN,
 THOMAS GREELEY,
 ;. H. MURRAY, s,s "M. KEEFE, JOHN HURLEY. JOHN GREELEY, ssP. J. COOGAN, Gp r ayTrIT,s
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
miracuIou. Restofation of sight

DENVER, Aug. 6.Mrs. Sarah Ness Ter of this city, who has been blind for seven years and whose case was pro- nounced incurable by ocuHsts, claims to have recovered her eyesight in mi raculous manner. She says that while praying at revival meeting of the Holiness sect at the Pentecostal union a white light broke upon her eyes, and soon she was able to distinguish ob- jects. Her vision, she declares, is now nearly as good as it was before she be- came blind.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Several Bids for City Work Were
 Opened Last Evening.

Several Bids for City Work Were
 Opened Last Evening.
 The board of public works met yes terday afternoon, all the members
 being present except MT ,Blakeslee.
 Bids for storm water sewers in Dublin and West Main streets, Cot tage place and Sunnyside avenue were opened and read as follows: Patrick F. Sutton, $8,40G.9O; Pasquale Contal-
 di, $8,115.90; Henry Kellner, $S.026.70; Frank Pidgeon, $7,S26.60; Edward Mo
 Manus, $7,540.20. The contract was
 awarded to MT McManus, the lowest
 bidder This is $1,0O0 less than the
 lowest bid received for the same work two weeks ago, when all the proposals were rejected. The only difference in the specifications were that according to the first bids the bed was to be of Portland cement while in the second it has been changed TO Rosendaie. The different petitions for new work referred to the board by the aldcrnen l were placed on the list for iflvestiga- tion. A communication from the
 Scovill Manufacturing Co stating that permission to place q catchbasin and outlet on the company's property would willingly be granted when spec l ifications had been received, was re- ferred to the city engineer. The petition of J. H. Loughlin, ct al for premis- l sion to construct at their own expense
 sewer in Orange street was referred l to Mayor Kilduff and City Engineer | Cairns for a report. The following communication was received and ordered placed on file: ITO the Honorable Board of Commis- sioners of Public Works, City of Wa | terbury:
 sGentlemen: The undersigned peti tioners, residents and property owners respectfully petition your honorable | body for an increase in the wages of I the city laborers employed in the street and other departments from $1.5O a day to $1.75 per day of nine hours.
 Your petitioners feel that if the men employed perform their duties in sat l isfactory manner they are well worth l the increase asked for.
 Dated at Waterbury this 7th day of
 July, 1902. gt ArnrrHr
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
CHILLS AND FEVER

5Oc which our malaria cure costs or malaria itself? Which is cheaper? Fitzpatrick's s pharmacy, East Main and Wall streets.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06

SOLDIERS HOME FROM ALASKA. Seattle, Wash. Aug 6.-Companies I, A, B and E, Seventh infantry, com
 handed by Major Booth, have arrived from Alaska on the United States transport Warren.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06

2 1es As AO w As ,.,fs 4 F <.
 Superintendent O'Brien nf the hu- reau of water said that considerable work had been performed on the East Mountain reservoir during the past couple of years and requested the board to visit the place. It was voted that Commissioner Blakeslee and Su- perintendent O'Brien be appointed as committee to arrange for a visit to the East Mountain reservoir. 1t was voted to visit Little brook between Hawkins and Bronson streets at an early date, to be fixed by the mayor.
 Action on bids for the paving of North Main street from the Methodist church to Cooke street was deferred until Friday night. A communication from the engineer relative to the com pletion of sewers in certain streets was received and ordered transmitted to the aldermen. ete
 After the reading and approval of the monthly bills the payrolls were approved as follows: Water depart ment, $6O608; additional water supply, $266.50; engineering department, $656.- 79; street department, $2.557.30; sewer department, $2S2. A; roads in first dis trict and bridges, $444.68.
 The board adjourned until Friday night at o'clock.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06

The Colby Sherwood Go is selling s350 and $4.00 shoes for $250.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-24
According to Cocker.

Edward Cocker, who lived in the
reign of Charles H., is chiefly known
to the present generation by the saying
in common use According to Cocker"
means in accordance with arithmetical
rules.
/ saw the other day amid the treas
ures of private collector copy of the
first edition of Cookers immortal work
on arithmetic, published by t. Passen-
ger at the Three Bibles on London
bridge. Only two, or at least three,
perfect copies are known to the book
collector. One is in the British mu-
scum. This particular copy, its brown
morocco pitifully faded, bears on its
title page the inscription, Cookers
Arithmetick, Perused and Published by
John Hawkins by the Authors Correct
Copy" 1t contains what purports TO
be a portrait of ingenious Cocker"
Experts, however, shake their heads
over the authenticity of this work of
art. There are many engraved portraits
of the epoch, but there was only one
Cocker The British museum copy has
no portrait, and there is too much rea-
son to fear that this establishment was
added by some ingenious owner of an
earlier century. Cocker died in 1875.
This rare relic of the past bears date
1678.-Liverpool Post.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-24

During one Of his tours through the
south Sam Jones, the revivalist, saw a
colored man who had been to him for
spiritual advice sitting in a disconso-
late attitude in his melon patch. Ac-
costing him, the minister said:
''What is the matter today, Isaacw
''I'ze studyin' bout somein, Mr..
JONES'" was the answer. 81 want to
be converted and tell the good Lord
dat Tze sorry fer my SINS"
"Why don't you do so, then?"
''But eff / do that, the Lord, he say,
What yo' come here fer sayin' dat ter
me when you amt forgib Sam fer
stealin' dat watermillion?
"Why don't you forgive Sam?" said
Mr.. Jones.
"Sam amt repented, an he's comm
fer mo- tonight eff l don't watch out
I forgib him the one he done eat up"
said Isaac, "but l cain't forgib him
what he's gwine ter take. so I'm jest
Studvin'"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-24
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The proper way to treat furs chat is,
every kind but white furs) is to get a
pair of bamboo or hickory switches
about three-eighths of an inch thick
and beat the fur until all the loose hair
eaten by the moths is beaten out. Then
get some fine sawdust from your butch
er or grocer, saturate with gasoline
and rub the fur thoroughly with "gas-
olined" sawdust After you have rub
bed the garment well hang out to dry.
This will not take long, as gasoline
evaporates very quickly. When dry,
beat out the sawdust with hickory
switches or bamboo canes. In packing
away get large box and line with
tarred felt 0ar paper. Then line again
with newspaper or tissue paper to pre-
vent the furs from coming in contact
with tar paper. Finally, pack furs with
camphor or tar balls, and you can rest
assured it will keep the moths out.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-24
WHY WE EAT SOME FOODS.

1t Is Not Alone That We Like Them,
but Nature Demands Them.
Why do you take milk in your tea?
Most persons would answer because
they liked it that way, but the scien-
fists have found deeper reason, plac-i
ing the custom on purely scientific
grounds. These learned ones discourse
as follows: We use sugar in our tea to
prevent injury to the coatings of our
stomachs. Whenever tannic acid and
albumen meet, they fall desperately in
love with each other, get married with
out bans and live together ever after
ward as tannate of albumen, or leath-
er. Now, there is tannic acid in tea and
a lot of albumen in the coating of the
stomach. The tannic acid weds as
much of this as is allowed by the laws
of chemistry and so far Injuries the
stomach.
But milk also contains albumen.
When milk is added to tea, therefore,
the molecules of tannic acid select
their albumen partners from it, and as
a divorce is unknown to tannate of al
bumen the albumen of the stomach re-
mains single, and so the lining of the
stomach is uninjured.
Now, you may imagine that when
you mix salad dressing you put vim
egar in it because it tastes better made
that way, but you are wrong again.
1t is for a chemical reason, which is as
follows:
Raw vegetables are easily enough d.
gested by cows and horses, but with
difficulty by the human stomach, be-
cause they contain that herd, fbrous
substance cellulose. But acids dissolve
cellulose, and vinegar is an aciu. That
is why we take it with salad and cab
bage, and doubtless that is why it
tastes so well, for the palate is an ex-
cellent judge Of what is good for the
stomach. Oil is added for the very
good reason that it protects the lining
of the stomach from the action Of the
acid in the vinegar.
Why do we take butter on bread?
Partly because wheaton flour does not
contain enough fat and partly because
butter contains a trit1ing quantity of
substances called "extractives," which
in some unknown way stimulate the
appetite and aid digestion.
Why do we take pepper, mustard and
spices? Because they tickle the glands
of the stomach and make them work.
Consequently they produce an abun-
dant supply of digestive juices. They
also stir up the liver, and stirring up
of this organ is an important thing for
people who live sedentary lives.
Why do we put salt on our meat?
Why, there are two principal salts in
our body, and their supply has to be
kept up. They are sodium salts and
potassium salts. There is sufficient of
the latter in the food we eat, but not of
the former. We therefore have to add
the sodium salts in the form of common
salt, which is sodium chloride. Anoth-
er reason why we eat common salt Is
that certain amount of hydrochloric
acid is needed by the stomach for the
purposes of digestion and also to kill
off some of the microbes we swallow.
This acid is manufactured in the stom-
ach from hydrogen and the chlorine
of common salt We take more salt
with some meats than with others be-
cause some naturally contain less salt
than others. So by our condiments we
seek to even up things.-New York
Press.