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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
HICKS Prediction FOR FEBRUARY.
Many Storms and Much Cold Weather
Will Prevail.

By the LIST, storm areas will begin to
form over the western parts of the
country, marked depressions of the
barometer will be moving eastward,
and wide areas of rain and snow and
aleet will pass eastwardly across the
country during the 1st to 4th. Ordi-
narily cold wave and blizzard would
appear before the 4th, but the Moon
does not pass the celestial equator un-
til the 4th, hence the storms of this
period may not reach blizzardous pro
portions until after that date. The
Mercury disturbance continues up to
about the 10th, hence cloudy, murky,
sleety weather will continue in all
probability into the reactionary period
central on the 9Th, 7th and 9Th. If
heavy snow and sleet storms do not ap.
pear during the first four days of the
month, such storms will almost GER
tainly develop about the 9Th to the 9th.
But the chances for marked winter
storms on and near the first day of the
month are many. Upon the whole,
much threatening weather, with Sc
we're winter storms are almost GER
taipties during the first eight to ten
days of February. or until the Mercury
iufuence subsidies. This will prove
one of the most general and destruc
tive sleet periods of the winter, and at
least one severe cold wave may be
counted on. Two are quite probable,
one not far from the LIST. another on
and about the 7th and oth.
The third storm period is central on
the 18th and reacues from the 10th to
the 16th. Failing barometer and gen.
eral storms Of rain and snow will re-
turn about the 14th, 18th and 10Th.
This period will eliminate about the
time of the new moon on the 10th,
bringing storms of a tropical nature
southwark, with change to blizzardous
features in the west and north. This
period is also prolonged by the new
moon on the 10Th almost up to the re
dictionary storms about the 18th and
10Th. II rising barometer and cold
wave follow Immediately after the new
moon on the 10th, a sudden revulsion
to storm condition will reappear about
the 18th to Goth. These storms will
also be followed by high barometer
end cold wave about the 10th to the
22nd.
The last regular storm period for
February is central on the 24th, its
disturbing influence reaching from the
END to the 9th. The first stages of
This period will bring change to much
warmer In western parts-winds will
change to southerly and easterly, the
barometer will fall, the hygrometer
will show increasing humidity and
more storms of rain, turning to snow
on the north side, will pass eastward
ly over the country from the Gath to
9th.
AS the month goes out generally fair
and colder weather will prevail. In
the western extremes, reaction to
warmer will have set in, and the ba-
rometer will be falling preparatory for
the reactionary storms due the first
three days of March.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

In discussing the Panama Canal
treaty in the Senate few days ago,
Mr. Platt of Connecticut, said: 1.-The
nited States is the trustee of the
commercial nations of the world, and
tie agent of civilization in the effort
Il secure an isthmian canal" When
| pgland constructed the Suez canal
heard no such claim made for her,
and this claim asserted now by Mr..
Tlatt was never mentioned, we think,
I it'll it became necessary to defend
Ar. Roosevelt. If this Is the real 20
g ton of the United States, it is strange
l. was never before mentioned In all
ae canal discussions that have been
ping on for the last 90 OF 20 years. If
the American people Can be bamboo
ed into thinking they bold such high
ace there is no telling how far we can
81. We can be alrkinds of agents and
trustees, we can certainly get into the
Russo Japanese war on such pretext.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
A NEW MODE OF GETTING TOGETHER

The Courier ournal. that wise and
patriotic Palmer and Buckner or Nc
Kinley journal, which finding itself i'll
Company where 1t was not wanted, has
come back to the Democratic party
whining for party unity" and beg
giEg for some candidate with whom
to win" With it's customary party
astuteness, which is about as keen
usually as the butt end of pole axe,
aud with that party loyalty which ebs
and flows with its bank account, it has
endeavored to bring about party
unity amongst Democrats, and insure
Democratic success by a vicious and
uncalled for denunciation of MIR.
Bryan. We know of 10 way to bring
about Democratic success SO surely,
as for such people as Mr.. Watterson,
who has never had good word to say
for Mr.. Bryan, 10 faunt the obnoxious
isms OF the Courler Journal III the face
OF the six million loyal Democrats who
ElOOu ny OnS parry WhSA NIL w dGlcT
son was marching with the negroes Of
his own State to bring about its over
throw. Tue Courler-JUurnal did not
have the perception to see the depth
of the PIT 1t was falling into in 1885,
any wise head could have seen it,
most persons three grains removed
know what party desertlon means,
and whilst MI. Watterson may not
know it-men seldom see themselves
as othels see them-still his course
then puts him out of touch with the
masses. He bedamned Bryan all
through the campaign of 1896, and to
do SO now is only to return to his wal
lowing in the mire. The advice these
stray sheep should take is to withhold
their comments until they are wanted,
because to denounce Bryan Is simply
a mode adopted by his enemies TO de-
nounce The people who have stood by
the Democratic party.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
Pocahontas 60. wv. va)Items.

The Arbogast hotel at Marlinton has
reopened under new management,
Messrs. Rob & Judy are now the pro-
prletors.
R. w. Lightner of Bath. recently
unloaded at Marlinton some very fine
sheep.
Miss Bessie l.. Milford and Mr.. j.
W. H. Poage were quietly married at
"Inframento Cottage in Marlinton
on the goth, Rev. VIM. T. Price Off
ciating.
The U. 8. Lumber Co. is erecting II
cottages for its employees at its Mar
linton tannery, and has promised IS
more during the summer.
Jacob Mclaughlin of Indiana, who
was IN Pocahontas at the burial of his
mother, has returned home.
The g. & o. Ry. has reduced fares
on the Greenbrier division.
Mr.. l. B. Hanna of Greenbaek, is re-
ported to have met with anugly acct
dent by falling on an axe.
Mr.. F. R. Hill of the Marlinton bar,
has announced his candidacy for the
office of Prosecuting attorney.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
MR.. BRYAN DIsTURBs THEM.

Much seeming CONSERVATION is man |
Tested because Mr. William ]. Bryan
at dollar dinner" given him at
Lincoln, Neb,, on his return home
from Europe. said that be would In
sist on a reafirmation of the Kansas
City platform and upon man as can
didate who had never bolted the party.
Need any real surprise be had over
such a proposition? Mr.. Bryan has
always been honestly in favor Of the
principles Of the Kansas City plat
form. Does anybody of average COM
mon sense suppose be will now aban-
don them Are there very many SEN
sible persons who believe that because
they may not endorse the Kansas City
platform Mr.. Bryan must therefore
recant all he has said and done touch
ing that platform =? Mr.. Bryan may
not succeed in ENGRAVING any part of
that platform in the platform of 1904,
but he would be unworthy of respect
If he should now turn his back on those
principles 1t is useless to attempt to
deny that there are millions OF people
beside Mr.. Bryan who believe heartily
in much that the Kansas City platform
contains, and will never abandon that
belief simply because portion of the
Democratic party which ran off to
Mckinley or Palmer and Buckner do
not like it.
Again, Mr.. Bryan is stormed at be-
cause of that other expression in bis
speech which proclaimed that our
candidate in 1904 must be man who
had stood by the party in 1896 and
1900 Is there anything strange in
that, unless it be to the stray sheep
of the house of Isreal Those who
strayed from the fold in 1896 may not
like this, but the six millions who went
not astray have no fault to find IN
such declaration. The trouble lust
now comes from the fact that the
deserters now form the army, or think
they do, at least they want to be the
only leaders, and of course things must
go their way or there will be trouble
again. If Bryan cannot get what he
wants at st. Louis they say be will
bolt, he will walk out of the conven
ton. This, of course, is all in their
mind. But suppose he did, is it sc
very great crime? We suppose not,
else our good friends beaded by their
adored and adorable Grover Cleveland
would never have committed it. Can
any one err who commits no greater
political crime than Grover has com
mitted ? We suppose not. Ali be has
done is right or they would not have
followed, and if he bolted, why may
not Mr.. Bryan bolt2 We do not SAL
Mr.. Bryan would ever bolt, we do no
believe he will on a platform, nor de
we think be ever would on a candidate
save one, and that is on the man wht
bolted him-the Hon. Grover Cleve
land. He would, in our opinion. b
lost to manhood if in such case b
did not return the gift in kind.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

Harper's Weekly commenting Oh
the briggs Case in New Y DIRK, where
an ex.Congressman was found guilty
of taking bride, calls attention to
the fact that the jury very singularly
recommended mercy after fuding the
accused guilty, and the court was
equally lenient, giving as a reason
that it did not believe Mr.. briggs had
ever read the statute he had violated
But, remarks the Weekly, he has Ger
talnly read the ten commandments
which say thou shalt not steal. With all
due Difference to that able journal we
think the presumption too strong
against the accused, it should give
him the benefit of the doubt.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
Bugs by the BusheI.

A German disinfecting device, just
introduced in this country. promises
to rid the Virginia penitentiary of in
sects which have made life even more
miserable than the convicts would
otherwise find it, and which every dis
infectant heretofore tried has failed to
exterminate.
DR.. Darlington brought back from
New York the other day one of these
machines, and it was given q trial at
the penitentiary two days ago, with
astonishing results.
The machine" consists of burner,
over which a patent, slow burning
"cake" is placed. The principal lngredi-
ent of the cake is formaldehyde, and
when the burner is lighted and the cake
begins to burn, vapor terrific in odor
aud deadly in results to all animal life
begins to rise
DR.. Darlington placed his trial ma
chine in a room commonly occupied
by thirty-four men. Tue room is 3Ox2l
fest, with pitch of nine feet. After
the prisoners were removed the burner
was lighted and the door closed. At
the end OF three hours the door was
opened, the atmosphere cleared and a
scene of utter desolation crested those
who entered Not living thing re
| 70 To- EfoiocG on6
the place was literally covered with
dead insects. -
"One of the convicts gathered up
fully peck of dead reaches and chinch-
es," said DR.. Darlington last night.
''aDd equally as good results were got
| ten in another smaller room, where a
convict gathered up heaping capful
of the little pests.
II have made calculation" added
| DIR. Darlington. after a moment, land
| l es Innate that there are twenty two
bushels of chinches and reaches in the
whole building We have ordered three
more machines to be sent at once, and
when they arrive we will enter upon
slaughter on an even more extensive
scale. T"
I'm what proportion were the dead
Insects mixed ?" asked the curious re
porter.
Numerically or In weight ?" queried
the doctor.
both -
"Well. If you we're to count them, "
said the doctor, II have no doubt the
chinches would be found greatly in
the majority, but the reaches have the
little fellows skinned to death when
you put 'em on the scales. News
Leader
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
THE LADIES favor painting

THE LADIES favor painting
their churches, and therefore we urge
every Minister to remember we give a
liberal quantity of the Loogman &
Martinez Paint toward the painting.
Wears and covers like gold.
Don't pay 81. so gallon for Linseed
Oil (worth so cents) which you do when
you buy other paints in can with
paint label on it.
8& 6 make IA, therefore when you
want fourteen gallons OF paint, buy
only eight of L g. NJ, and mix six gal
Ions pure Linseed Oil with it. and
thus get paint at less than $1.20 per
gallon.
Many houses are we'll painted with
four gallons of L. & NJ. and three gal
Ions of Linseed Oh mixed Herewith.
These Celebrated Paints are sold by
B. F. Hughes, Stanton. Foster Bros,
Mt. Meridian, e. H. Cohron. Stuart's
Draft, J. B. Roden, Waynesboro. N
1. Kagey, Cave Station, Augusta Mill
ing & Mercantile Co. Mossv Greek.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
MlddIebrook Mention.

Miss Mabel Mish is on visit to
friends in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Geo. Rusmiselle has been very
much Complaining, but is somewhat
better now.
Mrs. Arthur Cornell and little son
of Staunton, spent several days with
her mother. Mrs. Samuel doode.
Mr.. David Wood has returned to bis
home near Warm Springs, after visit
ing the family of Mr. Gwin near here.
Mr.. Edward Fox has returned home
after spending several weeks with D..
M. Smith and family.
Mrs. Osborne of Mt. Jackson. Va, is
on visit to her daughter, Mrs. g. F.
Rosen of this place.
Mr.. Dick Sensabaugh, the veteran
coon hunter. and fox driver of Shem'
ariah neighborhood caught, one night
last week, the largest coon ever seen
in this country. He was so much
larger than the average coon that be
attached general attention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Helms and baby
of Staunton, spent several days with
relatives.
The l. D o F oyster supper was q
great success Music Was furnished
| BY the Mlddlebrook String band, and
WAS enjoyed very muth by every ont
present.
Master Huy Rosen is somewhat com
planning at this writing
| Mrs. Riggs and son of near Hilo, Wis
tied Mrs. John Manley here last week
| Mrs. John Clemmer of near here. en-
| tertained the Ladies Aid Society o
Mt. Tabor Lutheran church at dinner
on Thursday.
Miss Mae Arehart has returned t.
her home in Stanton, after spending
a few days with her brother, Mr.. Nea
4 Arehart.
The Middl ebrook string band ha
lately been organized. They rende
fine music. ID NJ Smith is leader.
Miss Mamie Larue happened with 6
very bad accident on Monday evening
she was driving the pony to the stable
when she was caught between th'
stable and the pony, and had her arn
broken Just above the wrist. Or. q
N. Dunlap rendered the necessary
medical attention. She is doing al
we'll as could be expected.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
Tenth District Republicans.

The Republican committee of the
10th district met at the Eakleton Hotel
Tuesday night and selected Buena
Vista as the place and March LIST, as
the time for holding the district con
veption, which will nominate two
delegates and two alternates In the
Chicago convention, and also elect
their district committeeman.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

1t is rumored that Secretary Hay
has been arranging to pay Colombia
$4,000, 600 OIL account of the cesession
of Panama. If we had nothing to do
with the plot, why are we to be fined
for the offense?
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

The bill passed by the st. Louis city
council forbldding brokers to deal in
excursion, Communication and mileage
tickets has been signed by the mayor.
Just what this bit of legislation cost
the railroads is question of interest.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

This time 1t is U. s. Senator Burton
of Kansas, who has been Indicted for
accepting bride. Kansas seldom
allows herself to be outdone, especially
by her neighbors. No sooner did
Nebraska forge Othe front than Kan
sas began to use whip and spur.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

MI. Hanna nas d new slogan. 1t is
1--WE hold The ace" He came very
near saying: I'VE hold the King"
but stol ped just short of that terrible
treatment and when it appears again
it may possibly be We hold royal
flush" unless the word royal is too
strong q squint at the real tendencies.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

The richest radium earth yet found
is said to be in Texas. AS radium is
SAID to sell for many million dollars a
pound, it may be this is what caused
Gen. Sheridan to say if he owned Tex
as and He'll, he would sell out Texas
and live in He'll.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

The evidence in the case of A. W.
Machen who has been robbiug the gov
eminent, may not be sufficient 10 con
viet him by the jury, but be has al
ready been convicted in public opin-
Jon. 1t seems that he has gotten half
sOf every payment made by the gov
eminent to the Loreuzes for postoffice
box fasteners. His income Oh a salary
OF $500 has been no less than $4,000
a wear
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

State Senator John n. Opie in offer
ing a bill to ameLd the charter of
Waynesboro placed therein a clause
allowing women to vote on questions
relating to the issuance Of bonds. If
limited to matrimonial bonds the bill
may get through.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

The papers announce that religion
is to be free in Panama under their
new constitution. Later on it is be-
lieved the people will find this an
nouncement a mistake.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

Mr.. Bryan says man who voted
for Palmer and Buckner cannot be
nominated at st. Louis by the Demo
Gratis. This blasts Col. Waterson's
hoces for this year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
HORSE STOLEN.

On the night of Dec. 80, last, I had a
black mare stolen, 9 years old, about 10
hands hands high. a small white spot on
back and few white hairs near root of
tail, carries tail little to left when moY-
ing upper winker rim of left eye partly
torn off PAGES and dog trOts some. l will
give liberal reward for any information
leading to her recovery.
B. F. COYNER,
jan Is st Waynesboro, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
Friday. January 20, 1904.

Prof. Lapgley's flying machine mas
not been an entire failure. LII maue
Uncle Sans money fly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble. because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kimer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and iseold on its merits EE
by all druggists in fifty -
cent and one-dolar siz- h
es. You may have e1-ssss E Ess: sssfEEE
sample bottle by mail Home Of swampRoot
free. also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Bingham
ton, N. T., on every bottle.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

sA W AAAAAAAASSs
The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fiji
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
Of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matlsm come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

Mr.. Ryan, who lives near Butter
milk spring, has six cases of diphtheria
10 bis family. DR.. g. L. Lewis is the
attending physician.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

The Crown Prince of Korea is in
Virginia, student at Roanoke Col
lege.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29
.Oyer-WOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-01-29

Entered at the Postoffice at Staunton, Va,
as second class mail matter.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-08
Good News From Minnesota.

tAketield, MINI, Jan. AIR VIII
liam E. Gentry of this place is one of
the best-knowD and most highly re-
snected men in Jackson County. For
As years he has suffered with Kidney
Trouble and now at n years of age he
has found complete cure and is well.
His cure is remarkable because of
the length Of time he had been suffer-
ing. Cases of 40 years standing might
be considered incurable, but the rem
edy that cured Mr. Gentry seems to
know no limit to its curative power.
Mr.. Gentry says:
II have suffered with misery in my
back tor about 45 years and had all
the. troublesome symptoms of Kidney
ond Urinary disease. | tried various
kinds of remedies. but all to no effect
until tried Dodd'5 Kidney Pills. Now
1 have no pain In my back, and feel
quite we'll in every way.
Il am II years of age, and fee!
better than l have for the last 40
years. | attribute it all to Dodds Kid
ney Pills"
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-08
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Northern New York Apples.

Twenty-Five thousand barrels OF ap-
pies await shipments at one station
alone on the New York Central rail
road which runs through the towns
of northern New York that produce
each year such bountiful crops OF fruit.
This years pro6uc, is record break
e., and in many orchards piles of ap-
pies still lie on the ground ungarnered,
the sudden and severe weather Of last
month having caught many apple
farmers unawares before they had har-
vested all their fruit. From the peach
orchard not far from Rochester 30
900. baskets OF peaches were gathered
which were sold for 30 cents basket
from the orchard, thus netting the
comfortable little sum of S1500O-
which for one seasons profit is not
baa.-Boston Transcript.