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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
SIMPLICITY IN THE HOME.
Nnthinu TaWGry or Useless In The Japan.
ese Housewives Dwelling.

The principle of simplicity in house
furnishing, which so many profess in
these days and few practice. is applied
with great literalness by the Japanese.
They have very little furniture ia their
houses, and much of that little, like
cushions, hnger warmers and tobacco
stoves 8 only brought in when requir-
e.. The only furniture which remains
u, rmAi atty in a room is screen or
two, table foot or two hieh-not
FIR sitting at, but to support SON g
.luable vase, and at New Year time
the three-tlered sac red rice flour cakes,
known as mochi. The beds are rolled
up when not 10 use. and though the
owner may have many handsome vases,
le does not, like an American house
wife, try to display them all ut once.
Que or two are brought out at time,
the rest being kept 10 fire proof de-
posltory made of cement.
The japanese house is as simple as
its furnishings. 1t lie all one floor. aid
i, so light and perishable in it's mater
i Ills and construction and that even
when secured for the night it would iH
many cases scarcely bear the weight CT
a drunken man leaning against it
The windows are Of paper stretched
across wooden treilisware, and papel
iscreens, sliding in grooves, serve al
partitions. The better class Of houses
are little more substantial, and hav
gliss in the windows, but in the lan'
OF 1.artEquakes house that can fal
about the ears of the occupants witt
ous doing them any serious injury
p rhaps the most desirable.
These houses have no heating al
rangements, except little hand stoves
aud the Japanese are seldom warm i
winter beyond the tips of their finger
But they do not seem to mind cold, an
are SO fond of air that among the poo
or classes the whole front of the hou
. Is usually taken down in the daytim
and replaced, if it is sunny, by curtain
of dark blue or chocolate colored co
!. ton.
Outside their houses the Japanes
! are as elaborate as they are simp
D within. Sometimes man with BAG
yard only twelve feet square will CO
Z vert it into diminutive garden. wi
4 a lake aud mountain, river, bridg
and arbors, and if he has two. or thr
acres, or even one, he will certainly
80. If he can do nothing more, eve
japanese who can afford it will have
row of earthenware jars, cOntainiI
1 dwarfed ,blossoming fruit trees or t
tiny frs in which the people of t
flowery kingdom SO delight, aud Whit
are made to grow smaller every year.
New York Tribune.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Dress Goods.

Black Dress Goods from 10 to 25c
Fine all wool Black 6aods-S- z 9
Venic:ent Cloth, Cashmeret, all stitot
ly wool, at As ard sos vi.
Fine grade IIenriettae, Broad Cloth
Serges, go inches vi lie, at 70; and VI
per yd. Also all col ors.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
' Experimental

Cannibal Chef-This young man we
have just captured says be was the
atrical supe In his own country, your
highness.
Cannibal Chief-Well, let's see what
sort of soup he'll make in this coun-
try.-YOnkers Statesman.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Boys and Mems 0vercoats
All Wool

Mon p heavy weight ovsrcoats ulster
styles gray ksrsey at IS so.
BLACK beaver, s. rs.
Finer grace at $500.
Finer coats from IS to $500.
Boys overcoats from 81 90 to "a 90.
Mems odd pants from &l.00 to s. 90.
Corduroy pants guaranteed quality,
$500 and D. so. Boy knee pants, IS
to 81 cts.
WHAT TALKS LIKE PRICES.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Mems and Boys Clothing
Department.

We had the good fortune to secure
some Big Bargains In this line.
One lot of so ODD suits worth from
&e to $40, which we are going to sell 1T
from So so to So. The s1its are all
fine grade cassimers. No shoddy.
Fine grade Black Clay Woreted
Suits, So to 80, extra good values.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Ladies' Shoes

$50 pair Of Ladies' fine shoes 65 cts,
worth 81 Is.
$50 pair of Ladies 6ne shoes at 81,
worth $50.
800 pair Of Ladies' fine shoes. $l.15,
worth ATS.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Sour GRAPES.

II believe" said the girl with the
new engagement ring, THAT men and
women should marry their opposites."
THAT being the case" rejoined the
maid with a streak of envy in her make.
up. II suppose your tiance is every
thing that's nice. chicago News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Descriptive.

Darkaway-Did you make love to
any girls at the shore?
Cleverton-Ye s. One from Boston
and one from " ew Orleans.
''How was it ?"
did you ever have chills and fever?'
Smart Set.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Millinery Department.

The mot MAGNIFICENT display OF
millinery. Our hats are only trimmed
BY expert trimmers and are sold from
ono third to one half less than regular
millinery concerns. We make spe-
cialty of sample lots of hats, flowers.
&C., which are sold by us at wholts Als
cost prices. We have trimmed hats
rom 81. 90 to $500.
A big bargain in a velve. trimmed
hat at g 90. cannot be duplicated for
less than % 90.
Ribbons, Velvets, feathers and Plumes
In endless varieties and prices.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Clothing Continued.

ROYS CLOTHING we have suits
at ali prices and grades from $3.50 a
snit to Sc a suit. We will surprise you
as to prices and quality in this line.
SMALL BOY SUITS from 3 to 10
year from 90 to dollars.
A lot Of fine worsted suit Navy blue,
81 25,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Furniture Department.

We control the line OF one Of the
largest furniture factories In the Ste to.
This concern only mako high class
goods and are from 20 per cent. to Is
psr cent. cheaper than combination
prices.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Our Dry Goods Department
Is Filled to Overlooking with
Bargains.

All Best Prints, &c.
Heavy weight Unhleached Cotton
l yard wide, SC.
Bleached Muslins, yard wide. &c.
Heavy weight Canton Flannel to
1O:.
Dress Outings, 5 to &c.
Flannelette at Sc, the 10c kind.
High grade Flannelette for Waists
10c. All colors-Pink, Light Blue,
Nile Green, Roya! Blue. Etc
SheetiDg Cotton at from to loc yd.
Heavy weight Cotronade l23s.
Heavy weight Kersey Pants foods
at zoe yd.
Wool Pants Goods 20 to soc I'd.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16

E~Chairs, Rockers, Spring
Beds, Mattresses, and every
thing In the Furnitur. Line at
Bargain Prices.
%We sell Furniture on
weekly or monthly payments.
%Ccok Stoves worth $50,
at $lo.50, $.2.5C aid $500.
%Queen Heaters at $3.50
to $500.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16

Shoes!
We make a Specially Of
DrummerS Sample lots
of Shoes

These are shoes that are made
up specially for drummers to
to sell by on the road. They
are made of selected stock and
are much better made than or
binary goods. AS we get a dis
count on account OF having
been handled. we can sell them
at wholesale cost, or exactly
what we pay for regular goods.
We have now on hand 150 pair Of
NJ. MS i.e shoes at o0c, worth 81 rs.
$50 psir If Mems flIe shoes at 81,
worth $3.50
SOC p-,r Of Mems fine shoes at $1.25,
worth 81 Is.
200 oa'r of Mems fioe shoes at 81 SO,
WORT. 81
175 ..aic of Mems fine shoes at $3.50,
worth g Is
SEQ pair OF Mems heavy working
III e. At 81, worth 81 IS
100 pair Of Mems heavy boots at
$lt0, worth 81.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16

Hello Central" Hello. "Please
give me No. 61-Victor Remedies line.
Baby has collie. Victor Infants Re-
lief cures it.''
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Southern Railway.

HEDULE BETWEEN WASHINGTON, DANVILLE
AND INTERMEDIATE STATIONS.
Effective Oct 8, 1903
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15

qualities with thrown in her work
will gradually make her utterly
Indifferent right
keenly and Is OF an
to be in It, am writing
to-day for all women arei this state of,mnd
when
used in this sense?
makes what is and thought
change
atmosphere that can
all
fully realize It,
yourself that viii others
only the highest and best in
around
In doing viii bend
your touch ,,
often must 10
realize this power Of thought
heart life circumference in other words from
within -,
The that fact the
cleared harmony established
direct thoughts but DO not STOP
right You must know
Doubling diubs the atmosphere
Of all its attractive force to bring
to
Keen this thought accepting the guidance of the
think through 1eeH ana
feeling and thinking.
outside model 1t Is the creative
changes in the things about u.s.
declared
avenues 3Eoa : the end.-New York Journal
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
News of the Day.

Senator Russell A. Alger, Of Detroit,
who is at present serving in the United
States Senate by appointment Of Gov.
ernor Bliss was last night nominated
by the Joint Republican caucus of the
Legislature to flll out the unexpired
term of former Senator Mcmillan.
General Alger's election on January
30th is assured.
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science appointed a
committee to prepare a suitable me-
mortal to Major Walter Reed.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
Death of DR.. Ramsay,

salisbury,N. c., Specialize. Sames
Graham Ramsay, Of this city, one Of
the last surviving members of che
Confederate Congress. died In the
s0th year of his age at the home Of
his son, Postmaster James H. Ramsay,
at PAS o'clock Sunday morning. On
til six months ago, when he began to
decline towards his death. DR.. Ram
say enjoyed sinsularly green old
age. the natural and proper reward OF
= clean and temperate life.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15

get the answer before the "ther " s
pencil .,,..
doesn't make men hsht'
i develops them , -.
that won't Ike but the
needs their business
what you know club yourself what don't know is meat
a. other fellow ,
would do you no good
plenty the
but q n in the building
the ground moor Hs
safe to take the the roof garden
be bosom friends the office ana sworn
A OF business a
O'Clock every night until after the shutters
aret morning
man can't pick his sons mother ana
neednt De
1 plays the races
different ways in which young man can
the end Of them JUST It'll ha
anything just because the
other fellows back all his life He's he
IT, day before the market
breaES
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
CHAPTER VI.
THE FOOTBALL OF FORTUNE.

The man addressed is apparently
Pkaken By surprise. He no longer sees
before him the diminutive form OF
the peppery little mosquito who has
been barking his shins, but man al
most his equal in point of size-a man
\who holds his arms in manner thaf
Auggests the practiced boxer.
kTbere is no quarrel between these
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
Create Your
Own Atmosphere
BY Margaret. Stowe.

HERE many women earning their living in this world
who feel that circumstances faten fact ererythng-are
against them.
They discouraged and aresometmes tempted to
give up struggle because Of this supposed strength mat
lies in opposition to their own. '-t
I know personally woman who occupies relative
position She tells that she has always had earnest
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
II II
alks to Spinsters.
BY President Jordan,
Of Leland Stanford, Jr., University.
By Lillian Bell.

ODERN progress has done with the only day IN the year
which brought knew to door, and has given
the afternoon where get only women Ana
yet there people who still aloud for progress
loneliness Of whatever sort not confined to the un
world have often known happy people 10
being lonely but their loneliness from not
knowing what happiness when lay within their
grasp happily married who complains about Deing
husbands business absorbing much time
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15

we'll proclaim her sfness many PLAIN
afempr
at home huggng sma
The only cure for lone
where women lose half the desh OF
plants
don't pick sweet peas every aay
ibe will give small happiness
sweeten own fe Here
spnster for 1t Is SO much
please and bring hap
for suitable anu
thoughtful
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
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Modern Business Philosophy.
From, 1T Letters of SeIf-Made Merchant to

ITH most men duty something unpleasant WHICH ue
other fellow ought to do
remember reading that some fellows use language
to conceal thought but experience that sooo
many more use instead Of thought
Won can trust womans taste everything except men;
and is mighty lucky slips there we'd pretty ngh
all bachelors.
Repartee makes lively reading, but business dull
horio md think uuick
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15

If they have no fiirtations IN China,
what uull holidays they must have!
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
The Reading Dairyn,n,

/ have seen one dalryman with a
beautiful home, large and well-venti-
lated stables, all the product of herd
of mllch cows, and another farmer
with the same old house he built ten
years before, dilapidated stables, gates
broken, fences down, all the product
Of another herd of cows, equal in num-
Der to the first. Why this difference
with same conditions? asks Il. A.
Mcdonald, Washington Dairy and
Food Commissioner.
If you go into the home of the first
class Of men you will find agricultural
papers; you will find n reader; n man
who has n thinker and is using 1t. lie
may not be graduate of any agricul-
tural college, but he is self-educated
man, who received large part of his
education from the agricultural
papers. How much more advanced he
would have been II he had learned
the rudiments at the agricultural col.
lege. But the greater honor is due to
self-education than to a college-edu.
Gated man. Still, IL progress was to
depend on self-education we would re.
semble the ant.
l am a firm believer that the duty
Of every State is to place a premium
on agricultural pursuits. The most Inn
portant branch Of agriculture is dairy
ing. The growth Of cereals depends
on dairying to return its elements tC
the soil Of which the soil has beer
robbed by their growth. Dalrying en-
riches the soil, while growth Of cereals
impoverishes it. Therefore. no branch
Of agriculture should be fostered and
encouraged as much as the dairyine
industry.-Tennesse Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
SPECIAL TRAINS ARE COMMON
Rich Men Think Nothing Nowadays Of
Chartering One.

Special trains are becoming so fire.
quent that they attract little attention,
except they make record runs for long
distances or unless there is some trou-
BILE collecting payment for them" said
veteran railroad man. "Ten years
ago, wheL | was division superintend-
ent of one of the big trunk lines run
ming out of New York, special train
was an event that never failed to get
mention in the papers. Station mas
ters required ample notice to get
one in readiness, and there was a
great deal of fuss making arrange
ments all along the line. At any OF
the big railroad terminals in any city
now q man can get a special engine
and car to chase a flyer almost as
easily as he can check his trunk Only
few minutes notice is required, and
right Of way is obtained for 100 or zoe
miles along the line without notice
ably disturbing the schedule runs. A
man who has to keep an important
business engagement or a woman hur'
rying to a sick husband, pays 500 or
double that sum for a special with az
Little concern as paying a supper
check at a swell hotel. We live in
rapid and extravagant age, and grow
accustomed to such things"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
The Brain Working in DeIirium

Medical records in the various hos
pitals of New York City show that
though quite forgetful Of recent hap
penings, aged persons recall long-past
events in correct order, and even live
again amid scenes passed utterly out
of recollection before the disease of
senility appeared.
A woman Of seventy. .delirlous from
pleuro pneumonia, repeated poetry in
Hindustani. 1t developed later on that
up to the age of four she knew only
that language, but afterward had for
gotten even that she ever had spoke it.
Another peculiar case on record is that
of an illiterate maid servant who, while
in the delirium of fever, recited Greek
and Hebrew for hours, although when
in health she knew no word Of either
language, her rawlings being due to the
brain impressions left by the readings
heard many years before Of learned
rabbi whose servant she had been
New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
Is a New Process.

The production of nitric acid by
electro-chemical methods is a new pro-
cess that promises extensive changes
in our agriculture. The manufacture
of nitric acid from the nitrogen and
oxygen of the air in sufficient guam
titles for commercial use has been
the dream and hope Of scientists for
years. At Niagara experiments have
been conducted successfully In pro-
ducing commercial nitric acid by using
a high-tenslon current in an air cham.
ber by which yield of one pound
of nitric acid is obtained for every
seven horsepower hours.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
Modern Cnve-Dwcilers of Australia.

Mr.. Lydekker drew attention, in an
article published few years ago, to
the evidence in favor of an Asiatic
origin for the aborigines of Australia.
whose nearest relatives then appeared
to be the Veddas of Ceylon. In n letter
from Macassar the Messrs Sarasin,
who are travelling in Celebes, announce
the discovery in the mountains of that
island Of n primitive people-the Toala
presenting a remarkably physical re-
scmblance to the Neddas. Although
these people have now been consider.
ably influenced in the mode of life by
contact with the Burglnese Of the coast
districts, there is decisive evidence
that q short time ago they were cave
dwellers (ns indeed are some of their
number now). while within century
or so ago they were in the habit OF
using Clipped stone arrow-heads and
other weapons and implements. There
can be little doubt that the Toala were
the primitive inhabitants of Celebes,
and that they were driven to take ref.
uge in the mountains by the Malay in
vaders, with whom, however, they now
hold n certain amount of intercourse.
Assuming their affinity to the Neddas
to be true. and 1t is scarcely likely that
such a remarkable resemblance can be
merely accidental, we have much
stronger eTidence than before as to the
probable Asiatic origin of the Austria
llan aboriglnes. - Philadelphia Tele'
graph. 'r Fl s.ii',tN'>r
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
make surer Philadelphia RE-
cord.
For the Winter Dict.


Through the summer the diet of the
hens has been somewhat restricted.
grain and especially corn having
proved almost too fattening and heat.
ing for the weather; but with the first
indications of the bleak days the
poultry should have their full winter
diet. This should he given for the
purpose Of increasing the general
health and strength of the hens and
then for eggs. Hens which do not
have splendid health and strength can.
not prove good layers OF eggs. The
two go together. You may feed hens
on stimulating foods so they will lay
few extra eggs. but in short time
they will give out and prove worthless.
The first thing should be TO aim for q
good, all-round diet that will make the
birds healthy and strong. Grain. corn,
scraps of meat. bread. and such table
leavings should be fed to them liber.
| ally. Do not forget the seeds, which
in the fall of the year can be collected
in considerable quantities. Hens like
the seeds Of flowers, vegetables and
weeds. They enjoy eating them out
of the pods, and the plants where
possible should be cut down and
thrown into the chicken yard. The
work Of collecting them will do the
hens good.
Grain and corn are essential now.
You cannot neglect these without en-,
dangering the health of the birds,
Whether spring chickens or laying
hens, they should have their daily
grain ration. Bran cooked or scalded
is an excellent food for them. and fed
hot or cool mornings 1t proves of great
benefit. Overlooking, of course, must
be avoided. Too much corn and grains
will make the hens fat and lazy, and
cause indigestion, which will ruin all
the good obtained. To avoid laziness
make the hens work part of the day
| for their food. Turn them loose in
some straw with the grain scattered
around in It, and then make them
scratch for it. There are many ways
to make the laying hens keep theit
health even when fed daily ON q full,
well-rounded diet.
Green bones carefully ground, and
oyster and clam shells pounded very
fine, are all good in their way, and they
do help TO increase the egg output; but
not unless the rest Of the diet is good
and wholesome. 1t is folly to think
that the ground bone will make more
eggs when the hens are barely getting
enough to eat to keep body and soul
together. There must be surplus of
food in the system, and then something
fed TO stimulate egg-laying may divert
n part of this surplus to the hens
proper function instead of letting II
all go TO fat Care must be taken that
the hens do not get fat; any such ten.
dency should be checked. for fat hens
do not law many eggs. Strong, active
hens, we'll fed and contented, do
Annie G. Webster, in American Guilt
I vator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
An Excellent Maxim.

A field that cannot be cultivated
with advantage should first OF all re-
ceive dressing of lime. or, what is
better. wood ashes. If necessary. COM
mercial fertilizers-those that will re-
store to the soil the elements most
needed-should be used, and the land
be gotten in condition for grass. \
worn-out field will not produce crop
Of grass. but with the aid Of fertilizers,
and a green manurial crop. It may be
gotten in condition for grass in two or
three seasons. Once in grass 1t will
be benefited by the crop itself, when
the field may then be brought into the
line Of rotation with the fields that
have been under regular cultivation.
In some cases lime alone will enable n
field TO gain in fertility, and 1t is the
cheapest method to pursue. The old
maxim, put your manure on the poor
est land" is an excellent one, but n
small field well titled and manured
will always give the best results.
though no part Of the farm should be
allowed TO lose fertility. F
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09

from the South, and 1t was necessity
that led to the exploiting Of the depos-
Its OF iron in Alabama and elsewhere
along the Appalachian Mountain
range; indeed. primitive blast furnace
was erected where the city of Birmlng.
ham now stands. Copper was had to a
limited extent from the Ducktown
Works in Tennessee, bps more largely
from the stills, as previously men,
toned, that had been used in the manu-
facture Of turpentine. Lead and zinc
were only to be had in limited quaint.
ties, and were obtained chiefly from
mines in Virginia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
AGRICULTURAL.
Setting In Fence Posts.

In the spring. while the ground Is
soft, is the proper time to put down the
fence posts, where you are going to
construct your new fence next summer.
Have the posts well sharpened and
they can easily be driven into the
ground with n heavy wooden maui
Where the ground is naturally hard
1t will make 1t considerable easier to
drive them down If n small hole Is
first made with a crowbar where the
post Is to stand. While driving down
posts the person doing It should stand
upon something, to make It easier. A
piece of board on top of an empty
barrel will do. prefer TO drive wagon
close up to post and stand in box
Lewis Olsen, in The Epitomist.