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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
DETERIORATION OF COAL.
Claim Made That Fuel Kept in Free
Air Loses Much of Its Steam
ing Power.

The question of storing coal for fleets
has assumed such importance that the
experiments made in England to over
come the deterioration due to continual
stowage possess definite interest,
says the New York Herald. 1t is
claimed that coal kept in free air quick
ly loses between 10 and 20 per cent. of
its steaming power, while coal deposited
under water in prepared basins suffers
but little loss. In the experiments un-
dertaken at the suggestion of the ad-
miralty coal that had been submerged
from three to ten years at the Alexandra
docks, Newport, and other specimens
that had drifted from wrecks into the
River Usk were submitted to compar-
ative test with the best fresh mined
Monmouthshire coal The result was
that the Usk coal stood first and the
Alexandra dock second, both by sur
prising margin of superiority.
Our experience in the Philippines,
where the conditions are especially Sc
we're, does not show the asserted deteri-
oration of 10 per cent in u months, but
there is such a sensible loss in efficiency
that the new idea seems worth a careful
examination. Submerged storage is
cheap, and the coal, easily recovered
when needed, can be dried so speedily
by exposure to the sun that the danger
of spontaneous combustion in the
bunkers is obviated. Coal is prime es-
sential of war power, and we must
rather extend than diminish our efforts
to store it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
NEEDED SCIENTIFIC REFORM.
Men Trained to Precision in Observa-
tiOn and Utterance Should
Learn PunctuaIity

With the latest opening of the season
of medical, electrical and other scien-
tific conferences, familiar character
lstic of such meetings is brought into
fresh prominence, says the New York
Tribune. The members are rarely
called to order until ten or fifteen min
utes after the appointed time, Not in
frequently the delay is greater Similar
tardiness may be observed in formally
opening the proceedings of charitable
and social organization, and such laxity
is not without its drawbacks Comment
is confined here, however, to the group
of gatherings first named, because a
lack of punctuality among scientific
people is, after fashion, inconsistent
with that eXactness of thought and
statement which the world expects
from them and on which they OCCASION
ally pride themselves. Men who are
trained to precision in observation and
utterance might reasonably be expect
ed to be exceptionally scrupulous in
keeping engagements. Any shortcom-
ings in this respect become even more
conspicuous when a comparison is
made with the prOmptness with which
bank directors meetings and church
services begin, to say nothing of the
aters and symphony concerts.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
CAME OVER FROM EUROPE.
That Familiar Little Plant, the DandeIi0n,
Is Not a Native.

+. Perhaps none of our plants is more
common or more familiar than the
dandelion, and certainly none is more
wonderful. First of all, 1t is not ma
tive, but was introduced from Europe,
whence have come many of our worst
weeds, fitted by centuries of struggle
| in cultivated field to overcome the na-
f! tive plan 9 of Il continent where culti-
| walton had previously been unknown,
and where ne tives had had no oppor-
tunity of adapting themselves to the
conditions of civilized agriculture.
One of the dandelion's strongest
points is the ability to obtain nourish
ment under strong competition and in
rvf ble situations. A deep, strong,
perennial taproot draws all available
nourisnment and moisture from sur
face and SUB soil, stores nourishment
during the winter, and enables the
plant to start far and away ahead of
most of its competitors. The dande-
lion blossom is one of the very first to
appear in the fields. This same tap.
root is exceedingly bitter, which very
likely protects it from destruction by
moles and other animals. AT least, [
do not remember having seen a root
that had been disturbed by animals of
any kind.
But only small portion of it's food
comes from the soil. Air and SUM-
shine are just as necessary. for the air
is food and the sunshine is digestion
for our vegetable neigh b ors. Note the
shape Of the leaves; narrow at base and
widening to the outer end, they form
q dense rosette that not only gets for
the dandelion all the air and sunshine
coming its way. but smothers all by
the most sturdy competitors. Here
lies the secret of the dandellon's pres
ence in lawns and walks and open
waste places. In lawns the grass is
kept low, so that it cannot overtOp and
snade the dandelion, while it's own
leaves lie so low and close that they
are little hurt by the mower and can
smother the grass underneath.-A. J.
Grout, Ph. D., in Harper's Magazine.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
A QUEER TRADE.
The Hot Pepper Seller of MexicO-His
Hat as Costly as Rest of
His Wardrobe

The "hot-pepper' seller of Mexico is
a merchant who derives his livelihood
from the fact that the Mexican must
have his peppers, whatever else he may
deny himself, says Everybody's Maga-
zine. They are brought to his door by
the countryman or he may go to the
market-place and find them spread out
for sale on mating. The market-man
while dressed inexpensively as far as
his bodily garb is concerned, wears in
nearly every instance an elaborate
head-coyering. Some of these Mexicans
own hats that cost as much as the rest
Of their wardrobe. The pride of the
white man in his Panama is not 10 be
compared to that of the Mexican in his
sombrero. 1t is racial characteristic
which finds its counterpart in the apron
OF the Portuguese onion-seller. Her &C.
cupation may be lowly, but her apron
might be that of a woman of higher
degree; plush edged with fur is not IN
common.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
THE WINTER RESORTS SOUTH
Reached by Southern Railway.

The Southern Railway announces
the sale of round trip Winter Excursi-
On tickets to all the principal resorts
OF the South. beginning October Is
1903.
The winter resorts of North and
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
are especially inviting to those in
search of bealth or pleasure. In these
States are such noted resorts as Pine.
hurst. N. c.. Camden, Aiken, Sum-
merville, s. g., Charleston, s. c., Aug
usta, Savannah, Brunswick, Jekyl Is
land and Thomasville, Ga, Jackson.
vile, s.. Augustine, Ormond, Day
tona, Palm Beach, Rockledge, Miami
and Tampa, Fla; also the resorts of
Porto Rico and Cuba, best reached via
Southern Railway.
Tickets on sale up to and including
April 80, 1904, limited to return until
May 81, 1904.
Southern Railway affords elegant
train service, with the latest Pullman
Drawing Room Sleeping Cars, Operat-
ed through between principal cities and
resorts, legant Dining Car service.
and everyt hing for the comfort and
pleasure Of the traveller.
ASK nea rest Ticket Agent for furth-
er inform alton and descriptive literat
ure. Oct. 80 2m.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
ZACHARY TAYLOR'S TOMB.
Resting Place of a Great General and
President Is Neg1ected-Few
Visit the Spot.
81. Taylor. Died 1850"

81. Taylor. Died 1850"
That is the inscription on the tomb of
Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of
the United States, according to the
Cleveland Press.
A correspondent who recently visited
the tomb of "Old Rough and Ready"
says for over half century it has lacked
the care Of kindly hand and is fast fall
ing into decay.
Apparently nobody cares
The tomb lies five miles from Louis
vile, and is off the road. Ivy riots over
the weather-beaten blocks of granite.
The fastenings on the door are red with
rust. So far as is known no key has
turned the locks for SO years. Visitors
are rare. It is doubtful if half dozen
tourists visit the tomb in a twelve
month
And this neglected spot is the last
resting place of the hero of the Black
Hawk and Florida wars Here is the
dust of that great soldier who with 1000
American riflemen drove in retreat 90
900 Mexicans under Santa Anna at
Buena Vista. Here are the remains of
the American Cortez and president OF
the United States.
He who conquered the swamps and
everglades of Florida and made Mexico
surrender is forgotten by his country
men. Not one in 10000 knows the place
of his sepulcher.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
About the Limit.

Stranger-Do those big racing au-
tomobiles come down this pike at a
great speed?
Farmer-Speed Why, one of them
struck a chicken the other day, and
the force of wind picked him eileen.
Then the friction heat came in, and
when be came out he was the prettiest
fried chicken you ever saw.-Chicago
News,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
Not A Sick Day Since.

II was taken severely sick with kid.
ney trouble. [ tried all sorts of medi
cines, none of which relieved me. One
day saw an ad. of your Electric Bit
ters and determined to try that. AT
ter taking a few doses feel relieved,
and soon thereafter was entirely cured,
and have not seen sick day since.
Neighbors of niue have been cured of
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Liver and
Kidney.troubles and General Debility u
This is what B. F. Bass. of Fremont,
N. c., writes. Only soc, at B. F.
Hughes, Druggist.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
Disastrous Wrecks

Carelessness is responsible for many
railway wreck and the same causes
are making human wrecks of sufferers
from Throat and Lung trouble. But
since the advent of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, even the worst Cases can be
cured. aud hopeless resignation is no
longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Cyagg of
Dorchester. Mass, IS one of many
whose life was saved by DIR. Kings
New Discovery, This great RENE dy is
guaranteed for all phIoag and Lung
diseases by 4. (. Hughes. Druggist.
Price SOC, and FL 20. Trial bottles free.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
Why The Club Failed,

No. remarked Mrs. Spiteful, '.our
eighborhood club didn't last very
long"
Yet l understand that you all had a
very nice time while it did," said Mrs.
Newcomer.
"Oh, Yes,'' replied Mrs. Spiteful,
''but one of the rnles was that when
the session was over all the guests
must leave at once. That didn't give
any of them a chance to talk about the
others after they were gone, so every
body lost interest. - Cincinnati
Times. Star.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
A Runaway Bicycle.

Terminated with ugly cut on the leg
of J. B. Orner. Franklin Grove, Ill.
1t developed stubborn ulcer unyield-
ing to doctors and remedies for four
years. Then Bucklen's Arn1ca Slave
cured. It's just as good for Burns,
Scalds. Skin Eruptions and Piles. Csc,
at b. F. Hughes Drug Store.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
HAD STRAWBERRIES
FOR THANKSGIVING
Keystone State Fruit GroWer Has Farm
G. All AgIOw with the Red Berries.

Phiiade'phia, Pa.-Elwood Hun
ter, of Bristol, Pa is causing straw
berries to rIpen in November. Hi
farm is all agow with the fruit, red
ripe and tempting.
Not for nothing has Hunter forced
nature to yield 10 the fall what be for
merly has given up only in the sum.
mer. He values the stra WberrieS at
| tive cen berry, which is held not toe
high by buyers for large hotels and res
i taurants. All the strawberries that
Hunter can gather are bang sold at. his
own price, and the demand is in excess
of the supply. The strawberries are
superior to the Lnthouse variety, aBd
are equal to those produce d in New
foundlaLd, which are SO highly priced
way out of the country.
Tue way in which Hunter has accom-
pished the marvel of raising strawber
ries IN season for the Thanksgiving
dinner is not regarded by him as a
secret, with the exception of single
detail.
'Ten years ago." said Mr.. Hunter,
Il got the idea that strawberries could
be made to grow later than the usual
season. l began my experiment by
plucking up wild strawberry plant
and replanting it in my garden. l
continued the experiment along the
line of incubation. That is to say, l
touched two kinds of strawberry bios
SONS together, and after the fruit had
been borne 1 made use of the runners
of the plants. AS any agriculturist
knows, runners are long, weak
branches, which eud in a bud that de-
velops roots. When the branch decays
and the bud drops to the ground it
forms another plant.
Taking a plant to begin with, the
variety Of which is secret that in my
own interests 1 must decline to di-
vulge, began the experiment of in
oculating the blossoms of this with the
hardy, wild strawberry, hoping that
the result would be not only an edible
berry, but one that would ripen much
later than any 1 had raised before. 1
found that the strawberry produced
at the first experiment was late one
and the flavor unusually fine.
The next year l continued the eX
pertinent, getting a still later straw
berry and still retaining the fine flavor.
At the end of ten years had straw
berry that would grow and ripen up to
November, providing we had no severe
frost. This wonderful stra berry
plant will bear two distinct crops of
strawberries-one in the spring and the |
other in the fall. This season s crop
las surpassed my most sanguine ex-
pectations.
No name has yet been found for the |
lew variety of straw berry. A box of
he fruit has been sent to President |
Roosevelt and he has been asked to |
lame the berry. So far only an acre
md half of ground has been allotted
o the new berry. The patch has been
livided into three sections, in one of
which berries are raised to ripen in
August, in another ripen in Septem-
'er, and the third to ripen in October,
o that Hunter is sure of steady sup
ly of fruit right into November.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27

to resist or throw off other diseases.
Men and women who are sick are in
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and so obtain without charge the opinion
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"For the past two years 1 have been very
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When started was all rundown and had a
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Accept no substitute for vGolden Med
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
To Cure a Cold In One DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
is on each box. Csc.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
:RU7S

The walking sick, what
a crowd of them there are:
Persons who are thin and
weak but not sick enough
to go to bed.
"Chronic cases" that's
what the doctors call them,
which in common English
means-long sickness.
To stop the continued
loss of flesh they need
SCOTS Emulsion. For the
feeling of weakness they
need SCOTS Emulsion.
1t makes new flesh and
gives new life to the weak
system.
SCOTS Emulsion gets
thin and weak persons out
of the rut. 1t makes new,
rich blood, strengthens the
nerves and gives appetite
for ordinary food.
SCOTS Emulsion can be
taken as long as sickness
lasts and do good all the
time.
There's new strength
and flesh in every dose.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
Climate and EOucevitv

Strange to relate, more people live to
be centenarians in warm countries than
in cold ones.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27

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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-11-27
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-10
AFTER THOMAS DossETT.
Tennessee Sheriff Will Soon Come for
the Prisoner

Oklahoma City. o. T.. Sept. s.-SheriAf
Mike OBrien yesterday received te1e-
gram from the Tennessee authorities
staring that sheriff would reach Okla
homa City shortly 10 secure Thomas Dos
sett. now in Jail here awaiting removal
on the charge of numbering his brother
in-law at La Toilette, Tenn, several
yeay- ago.
Dossett. who has been living in Okla
homa for some time under the assumed
name of Clark. was arrested on Satur-
day evening by Deputy Sheriff Cokel at
Jones City, where he was employed in a
distiilery
Dossett admitted the killing TO the off,
GERS. but protests II was done in self-de-
Tense.
4 man from the same neighb0rhood in
Tennessee where Dossett lived recently
came here and recognized him. Return
ing to Tennessee. he told the authorities
where they could find Dossett and his
arrest in the sequence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-10
HORSES SCARCE
Kansas Is Drawing on Colo
RADIO for Work Animals.
WEST is VERY SHORT
Roadsters Are Giving Way to
Heavier Ones.

Houlton, Kan. Sept. 9-There is short
age of horses in Kansas and number Of
the farmers in the western part of the
state have been drawing on Colorado for
a supply. William r Fisher, the well
just returned from Colorado and brought
with him a carload of heavy horses, fit
for work on the Kansas farms. He stop
ped to feed and water the animals at
Norton on the Rock Island and while he
was there the farmers in the immediate
neighborhood came in and purchased If
teen of them.
i never saw the demand for horses
so great" said Mr.. Fisher. The farmers
in the western part OF the state need
horses more than those farther east, be-
cause the crops were a great deal larger
than was expected in the western counties
and more teams are needed TO care for
the increased crops. l could have sold all
Of the horses l brought from Colorado 10
the farmers about Norton if l had stayed
and waited for them to come in. There
is no greater demand for horses in Colo
RADIO than usual and that is about the
only place in the country that horses
can be bought for anything near what
they are worth
There is a great demand for heavy
horses. The farmers have given up the
idea of raising roadsters and doing the
farm work with them. The horses are be-
inning to look like those we see in the
older states. The Kansas farmers stop
ped breeding horses in the hard times a
few years ago, and as a result the old
crop of good horses has gone and the new
crop is hardly large enough to work.
Horses are bringing a better price in the
state now than they ever have"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-10
article there is that subtle sentiment Of
lnar,rnineS- that knows no bitterness

article there is that subtle sentiment Of
happiness that knows no bitterness.
The Message to Garcia, written on
the spur of moment, made Ebert Hub
bard famous the world over. The initial
essay was first printed in March. 1899.
Since then it has been translated into
nine different languages and has been re-
printed fifteen million times. 1t has at
tanned, it is believed, a wider circula-
ton than any other piece of writing has
ever before reached in the same length
OF time.
This fall Mr.. Hubbard is giving series
of lectures at the Manhattan theater,
New York city. He has also been called
to give a series of lectures in Boston,
Mass. this season.
In the early part of 1894 Mr. Hubbard
will come to us and tell US about the
subject nearest his heart and what every
one who knows him likes best to hear
him talk about-"The Work Of the Roy
crofters.
AS already announced a lecture will be
given on the subject of Christian Science
next Sunday afternoon, September Is, at
three O'clock, in the auditorium
Judge Septimus j. Hanna, an eminent
member of the Christian Science Board
of Lectureship of the First Church of
Christ. Scientists in Boston, is the speak
er on this occasion. For many years the
Judge has been a living witness of the
healing power of God, through Christian
Science. After his healing he gave up
his chosen profession-the law that Re
might give his time, labor and energy
toward the advancement of this new idea
of Christianity; which is new only as dis
covery is new. The scripture says, there
is no new thing under the sun"
Judge Hanna has had an exceptional
opportunity of learning the life and
works of the discoverer and founder of
Christian Science, the Rev. Mary Baker
G.. Eddy. as he was editor of the Chris
tan Science Journal for ten years; and
also for the same length of time he was
First Reader of the First Church OF
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, the mother
church of this denomination. In this
position he was necessarily brought close
Iy in contact with Mrs. Eddy. Thus he
comes qualified to speak of her as well
as of her teaching-of the founder of that
which is founded. A person and their
ideals cannot be separated.
The members and friends Of First
Church of Christ Scientist, of Wichita,
desire that all shall become better &C
ouainted with this teaching which is en-
listing the zeal and love of many; and
helping TO leaven the world with the
spirit and power of true and primitive
Christianity
Judge Hanna is both Intellectually an
spiritually prepared TO enIighten and up
lift his hearers. The lecture is free and
all are invited.