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The state herald., 1907-03-22
SCIATIC TORTURE
A Locomotive Engineer Tells How
He Was Cured by Or. Williams
Pink pills.

Pain that seems almost unbearable
is characteristic OF sciatic rheuma.
tism. In some cases the pain Is
knife.llke. sharp or shooting; in 9th.
ers 1t is dull and aching. sciatlca
is stubborn In resisting treatment and
the patient frequently suffers for
years. This was the case with Mr..
Herbert L. Spaulding. locomotive
engineer on the Cincinnati. New Or
leans a. Texas Pacific Railway. whose
home is at Longvlew. Texas.
While running an engine some
years ago" he says. Il fell on and
hurt my knee and spine and | have
always considered this 10 be the cause
OF my illness. The sclatica took hold
Of me from my heel TO the back OF
my head. The pain was the worst
ever suffered In my life and my leg
and back were twisted out of shape.
| was under physlclan's care for
several months and for six months
could not get out OF bed. | also went
10 Hot Springs but came back In n
worse condition than when | went.
1T was when ! was down In bed
iNal H'AlH VI Ah' 'ah' VI NI'
Allison, much older man than my
self who had been cured OF rciatica
by pr. Williams Pink pills. began
taking the pills and soon was able Ia
get out of bed. when | had taken
six boxes was able 20 work about
the house and yard kept right
on with the pills until ! was cured
and have never had any return Of
the trouble. have been running an
enslnc ever since"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent postpaid. on re-
eaipt OF price. 80 cents per box, six
boxes for $3.50. by the DIR. Williams
Medicine Co. schenectady. N. Y.
The state herald., 1907-03-22
FOOLED THE PREACHER.
A Doctors Brother Thought Postum
Was Coffee.

A wise doctor found out coffee was
huaung him. 70 ho quit drinking IL.
Ho was 10 busy with his practice.
however. that his wife had to writ.
how ho fooled his brother. n clergy.
man. one day at dinner She says.
Doctor found coffee was iniurlng
him and decided To give Postum a
trial. and We have uaod II now for
four years, with continued bonefit. In
fact. he n now FREQ from tho long
train OF ills that follow eofee drink.
ing.
TO show how successful We arc
In making Postum properly I will re-
late hn incident AZ u dinner We
gave. Doctor suggested We serve
Postum instead II ordinary eofrec.
Doctors brother Clergyman. sup.
posed II was old fashioned coffee and
remarked. aa he called for his see.
ond cup ~ You do preach against
coffee, sec You haven't forgotten how
TO make t."
This goes 10 show that weil.made-
fully boilnd-lostum has much the
flavor and richness If rood coffee nj.
though II has an individuality all its
own. A ten days trial will prove that
II has none uf the poisnnons effect Of
ordinary coffee. but VII correct the
troubles caused by coifoi. There's a
reason" Name furnished by Postum
Co, Lid. battle Greek. ttieh.
The state herald., 1907-03-22
THE ARTISTIC WALL.
One of Solid Color viii Always Give
Best Effect.

The dearest, daintiest, most artistic
wall is solid colored wall. 1t fur
nishes perfect background for all
kinds of pictures. II throws them out
in their correct proportions, and does
not detract from their artistic value.
The solid colored wall is also much
better as a background for furniture,
and harmonizes much more artistical-
ly with carpets and rugs than any
other method OF wall treatment. The
less breaking up of color on a wall
the more artistic 1t is.
The most successful form of the
solid colored wall is an alabastined
wall. There is as much difference be.
tween tiated walls, as there is be-
tween shoddy and all-wool gowns. The
shoddy gown holds Its color for few
days, while the allwool keeps its color
to the very last thread, so also in solid
colored walls, there are shoddy walls
and permanently colored walls which
retain their color down to the very
last particle. The ideal wall coating
never rubs of, never flakes nor chips
OF; and is always ready for fresh
coat If there is wallpaper on the
wall, soak it off with warm water.
then go over the plaster after YOU
have removed the paper with warm
water to remove every trace of paste.
Have the wall thoroughly clean for a
clean wall cannot be built on an un.
clean foundation. If there are any
particles of foreign matter adhering
to the wall scrape them of with
putty knife. Then II there are any
discolorations on the wall, size II with
a material made from cheap varnish,
thinned down with benzine and japan
added for a drier, then cover your
wall with your tinting material.
Be sure your man uses tinting ma.
terial mixed with cold water II he
comes to you and asks for warm wa.
ter, you can make up your mind that
there is glue in the material which he
proposes TO put on your wall. and you
can be certain that you are going TO
have shoddy wall. for glue means
shoddy. Glue means that It will hold
Its color long enough for the man TO
collect his bill and not much longer.
Insist on your tinting material being
mixed with clear. cold water. Be sure
that your wall is made from pure ma.
terials. then you will have a perma.
nent, artistic, sanitary wall. A wall
that will be thing of beauty and
Joy forever"
The state herald., 1907-03-22
HAS SPENT FORTUNES
MAN WHO SoUANDERED MIL.
LIONS A PAUPER.
McNally, "king" Of Green Goods
Swinders, Who Scattered Vast
Sums in New York, Penniless
Now, Sent to Workhouse.

New York-Almost helpless from
rheumatism, penniless. ragged, home.
less and friendless, Jimmy" McNally
staggered into the Tombs police court
the other morning and begged to be
sent to the almshouse. McNally. who
spent millions of dollars, asked only
that he might be sent some place
where he might spend his few re.
naming days.
"All in" he said. huskily. to Ser
geant Germann. Drugs, opiates, NOR.
phine and cocaine. dissipation in the
days of his prosperity and exposure
of late had combined to put him
down and out
There never appeared a man in
the Tenderloin who spent more money
steadily than Jimmy" McNally, who
literally threw it away on wine, wom-
en- and everything else except song.
Not for a week or month did he
scatter thousands, but for years.
One night Is years ago he told a
reporter he had taken in as his one
share of the profits for one week
s250,000. That was when his men
were receiving victims in West street,
In Chambers street, in Christopher
street. around Blcecker street and
further uptown. All this was done
under the eyes of the police and with.
out their objection.
In Ills hour of extremity he accepts
his fate with a gamblers philosophy.
McNally was still in his teens when
he appeared as a waiter in resort in
Sixth avenue, frequented by thieves,
known as the Plunge" 1t was here,
after a time. that he met Red" Leary,
Draper. Irving. and finally. Joe Little,
one Of the pioneers of the green goods
game.
McNally and friend got $4,000
from a visitor at the Plunge" one
night. and with that bought the re-
sort 1t has been said that a police
official lent him 100000.
He wrote the famous so Help Ne
God" circular letters, scattered them
broadcast through the country, and
began to gather in the harvest,
About that time he met Jennie Nun.
roe. or Nellie Marue, as she preferred
20 be called. and the man Is said To
have given the woman in ten years
s25O.QOO worth of jewels, besides
spending as much more on her. They
fitted up an opium den. When the
downfall came Nellie Maruc died pen
niless at Bellevue.
McNally fourished until 1891. lie
moved across the river. first to ilo-
boken and then TO Jersey City. An
thony Comstock and his men made a
raid upon the headquarters, which
was an entire house In which 20
clerks worked.
After living in Philadelphia Bridge.
port and South Norwalk. he won't
abroad for n year. lie came back and
was Induced TO go to Chicago, where
he was arrested. and in 1895 was sen.
fenced to three years Imprisonment
al Joliet. He served this. returned to
the world. and found that the men he
had trusted had appropriated his
money 10 their own use. Since then
he has lived from hand to mouth, get
ting little from the men he once be-
frlcnded.
Il was impossible TO send McNally
to the almshouse. but Magistrate
Whitman sent him to the workhouse
for three months. The man who had
spent fortunes thanked the magls'
trate with tears In his eyes for the
kindness.
The state herald., 1907-03-22
Stood the Test.

Allcocks Plasters have successfully
stood the test of sixty years use by
the public; their virtues have never
been equaled by the unscrupulous i'm.
itators who have sought to trade upon
their reputation by making plasters
with holes in them. and claiming them
to be lust as good as Allcock's."
Allcock's plasters stand to-day in
dorsed by not only the highest medical
authorities. but by millions of grateful
patients who have proved their eff.
cacy as a household remedy.
The state herald., 1907-03-22
oIrl Ia Ward Of Church.

Hutton, lnd.-Mfa, Rachel l'alk. a
widow. who died here u, the asa NJ NJ
years. lsit a peculiar will, She decided
her property. consisting of a house AMI
lot. TO the Methodist church In nluniou
ON tho condition that tho church IA "a
taka care ~ her daughter Tor tho fc
maindsr of her life The daughter Is d
deaf mute about IS years old Mem
bers of the church assumed the obli
cation some time ago and will sell the
property. de,otlng tho proceeds to III,
support of the daughter who will b,
given good home,
The state herald., 1907-03-22
CLEARED HIMSELF OF BLAME.
Explanation OF Politician That Sure.
iy Was Convincing.

A recent incident in Australia is re-
lated as showing how watchful a poll.
tician must be In this censorious age.
Among other accounts Of dcadhead
nature on the books Of the Westralia
railway was one setting forth that
Miss Peacock had been franked over
the lines TO the value Of s35. and In
stantly there was wide demands about
It, People wanted TO know why Sir
Alexander Peacocks daughter was
given these privileges, Sir Alexander
himself former premier OF Victoria.
was very much hurt when he heard
OF the matter. and FASTENED TO assure
the westralian government firstly.
that II his daughter had appeared In
Westralia, IL was entirely without his
sanction: secondly. II she had made
claims upon the Wcstralla railways
she had done II without his authority:
thirdly. that never during his long po-
litical career had he asked his own
state, let alone any other. 10 extend
dead'heading privileges to n daughter
OF his: and. fourthly and finally. he
had no daughter. and never has had =
daughter.-Bos'on Transcript
The state herald., 1907-03-22
Bold Raid by Foxes.

A curious vulpine raid was witness
ed one recent Sunday on the Manor
farm. Corston, near Malmesbury. A
number of unsuspecting fowls were
feeding quietly in one OF the fields
when a band OF five foxes appeared.
Heading for the fowls. they each pick.
ed out one Of the unfortunate birds
and made on. carrying their prey
with them.-London Daily Mail
The state herald., 1907-03-22
Valuable Rubber Plant,

A German maid with a knowledge OF
English Just sufficient to get things
mixed was much interested in the
house plants OF her mistress. who pos
sessed, among others, n rubber plant.
One day while sweeping the room
she had occasion TO move this partie.
ular plant, when she remarked that
she had read in the paper that a rub
Der plant worth 100000 burned In
woonsockot and she thought Il mus,
have been beautiful plant To have
cost so much money
The state herald., 1907-03-22

Laundry work at home would bs
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness. It is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
fiance Starch, as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The state herald., 1907-03-22
Missionary LARGE District.

The Rev. w. Arthur Noble. of Ko-
rea. has one of the largest districts
in Methodlsm Recently he walked 800
miles. the churches in one section OF
his district being nea: enough for him
TO do this.
The state herald., 1907-03-22
Record Mountain Climbing.

The redoubtable enterprise Of
climbing Mont Blanc in midwinter has
recently been successfully carried out.
The climber is an artist-photographer
OF Chamounix-M. Max Willmann.
The climb took two days and nights.
With NJ. Willmann were two guides.
During all three days the weather was
arctic in point of cold. but otherwise
splendid
The state herald., 1907-03-22

Take Garfield Tea. the herb remedy that
has for it, object Good HEALTH IL puri.
lies the blood, cleanses the system, makes
people we'll. Guaranteed under the Pure
Food Law.
The state herald., 1907-03-22
ONLY ONE .pRoMo ouu>,NI-

That IS LAXATIVE BROMO Quinlne. similarly
named rened es sOmetimes deceive. The nrst and
original Cod Tablet Is WHITE PACKAGE with
black and red lettering. and bears the signature of
L. W GHONE. 25c.
The state herald., 1907-03-22

Character is that kind of statuary
which man cuts out with himself as
both tool and subject.-Sterne.
The state herald., 1907-03-22

And some people are so Industrious
that when they haven't anything to
do they proceed to do somebody.
The state herald., 1907-03-22

Mrs. window. Soothing syrup.
For children teethinF sofens the Rufas reduces In
nAmmAoa, Aiay pain, sind coii1. &C bottle.
The state herald., 1907-03-22

All philosophy lies In two words-
sustain" and abstain. ."-Epictetu
The state herald., 1907-03-22

Woman was made from the rib or
man. and she makes no bones about 1t.
DO they have the block system on
this railroad?" yes, every time
train is wrecked 1t blocks the line"
Experience teaches us how to make
other kinds of mistakes.
The state herald., 1907-03-22

Defiance s,arch-Neyer sticks TO The
lron-no blotcbes-no bllHtefa. makes
ironing easy and doss not inJufa tho
rooda.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-08-09
CONFISCATION,

Ticket sales at the c. & o. passenger
station at ROnceverte for June last
year amounted to 81, 316 and for June
1907 to 81, STA gain over last year OF
$3.50, and the two cent fare law is in
effect this year whereas three cents per
mile was collected last year.-Green
brier Independent.
The above evidence of confiscation
is cited in order to prepare that COM
munity which is bemoaning the fate
of the railroads, and especially the
Richmond Times-Dispatch and a few
corporation small fry journals for the
worst. West Virginia adopted two
cent rate which went into effect on the
lst OF June last, and as strange as it
may seem the railways in that State
are complying with the law, and strange
to say to say are being over whelmed
with bankruptcy and confiscation of a
negative character. At the little sta
ton of Ronceverte under the 2 cent
passenger rate. an increase in revenue
of $3.50 in June was realiz ed over June
of year ago under 8 cent rate. Let
the subsidized press send flowers, for
this indeed is sad funeral.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-08-09
RAILROAD LOGIC.

The c. & o. and the N. & W. have
been lighting the cent rate in Virgin
ia. Their lines run through both the
States OF Virginia and West Virginia.
In West Virginia the Legislature passed
2-cent rate which went into effect on
the LIST of June last, and over there
they are obeying the law. Just where
railroad can justify itself in crying
''COnfiscation" in Virginia under 2
cent rate and abiding by the same law
in West Virginia, and increasing it's
revenues over last year, is one of those
deep and ponderous questions which
railways so often serve up to the pub
lie. If cent rates are confiscatory in
Virginia, and somebody has sworn
they are, why are they not so in West
Virginia?
We do not pause for reply. There
are no doubt many railroad lawyers,
railroad officials and some squib writ
ers on leading or misleading newspa.
pers, who can tell us just why this is.
but being unfortunately possessed of
a mind which cannot comprehend logic
of the kind which proves that we see a
handsaw when indeed We are looking
at hog pen, We leave the logic and
logician to the tender mercies of the
Christian Scientists, railroad scien-
fists, feeble minded. and natural born
d. d fools.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-08-09
Friday. August 9. 1907.
A TWU CENT RATE.

We learn that Virginia ls to have a
cent rate. That call of the Legisla-
ture In special session, which Gov.
Swanson threatened, must have brought
the coon down without shooting.
Bullying and bravado are good things
in their way. q. s. Courts are also
convenient, but these are poor wea-
pons against an aroused public opln-
ion. There has never been a monarch
so great that be could break all laws,
especially those of decency and just
dealing. Nero tried 1t, Caesar tried
it, Alexander tried it, Napoleon tried
it, the Gar is trying it, and the Rail
road King is trying it. All heretofore
have failed, and it is morally certain
that the present monarch, our railway
monarch, will fail as signally as any
which have gone before. News comes
that the railroads will kindly and gen
erously install the cent rate. and test
it's efficiency pending the litigation
incident to its installation. or that the
railways may feel constrained, IN JUS
tice to their stockholders, after whose
interests we know they work so stead
lastly, to institute hereafter.
In the mean time they will possibly
not make any effort to earn dividends
at the cent rate. This branch of the
business is wholly with them. In the
mean time also new Legislature will
be elected. La this they may take a
hand. Should they see cause to do so,
and it would be entirely in line with
their conduct for years past, they
might not feel SO much alarm as to
what that body to be elected would do,
as they would as to what the present
one might do. All these things 60 iHto
the equation, and it is safe TO say the
railroads have not forgotten their an
Gent devices. or their former modes of
action,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-08-09
Of Course They Will.

AS anticipated payment by the con-
sumner of the fine of $29, 240 900 assess
ed against the Standard Oil Company
by Judge Lands is now being planned.
ed, according to the information re-
ceived at Cleveland by Secretary D E.
Chamberlin of the National Petrole-
UNI Association, an organization of the
independent oil refineries of the Unit
ed States. Mr.. Chamberlin AYERS that
within 80 days the Standard Oh Co.
will put into effect an average increase
of 10 per cent. OH all grades of petrole
um. This, he says, will be swelled to
approximately rs per cont. within the
year. This statement was made fol-
lowing the conference with President
W. R. Wall of the Independents AS.
ISOLATION, and Mr.. Cham erin believes
that the fine will bs paid in this man.
ner by the consumers within the year
without a decrease in dividends, AS the
Standard Oil Go. at the present time
controls So per cent. of the annual
output of 10000 barrels in the
United States
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-08-09
The Police Force.


Several OF Staunton's policem need
a shaking down so badly that they are
fairly aching for it. Calmly surveying
the force, we note good chief and sew
eral good officers, while the other sew
eral are worse than imbecile. They
take no interest in their work and
lounge lazily and listlessly up and
down the streets the veritable living
pictures of tiIne-mauling humanity,
with as little Idea of theif-catehing, as
snail has of speed. The taxpayers
of Staunton feel that they are entitled
to the best police force possible and
that the chief of police should be given
the right sort of men, even if salaries
have to be raised to get them. An Of
ficer who takes no interest in his wor
and who has not pride enough about
him to care whether he gets discharged
or not is worse than no officer at all.
Appropos of this Staunton officer is
GUY 1uOupA ohouho tdO SAoy soy Al q
that he did not care damn whether
he was dismissed or not. He could
easily get another job paying him as
much money as 1.-The force" The
! higher authorities should take this
matter up at once and sift it to the
bottom. Ii an officer made any such
statement he should be dismissed sum
mariIy, for be is worse than useless as
a guardian of the peace Or anything
else. The Leader is not writing this
article with the intention of hurting
anyone 8 feelings, but it feels that 1t is
!! duty it owes the people of Staunton
to call attention to the state of affairs
existing in one of the most important
! branches of the city government and
to persuade the police committee to
take some vigorous action for the bet.
torment of the police force. More
policemen. better policemen. and bet.
ter pay will materially aid this depart
ment.-Daily L adler of Aug, 1st.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-08-09
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded diseasethat sciencehas been able
to cure in all its stages, and that is Ca
tarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken IN
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroyingthe foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing it's work. The
propr1etors have SO muchfaith in it's Gu
rative powers, that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address T. j. CHENEY & Co,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-08-09
Dea tn Of a Sweet Little Child,

At Charleston, W. Va, Sunday
July 18th, little Henry Jackson, son Of
MIR. and Mrs. G. n. Percy, uuietl,
passed away after lingering illness
from the effects of whooping cough
aged II months and days. Funeral
services at the family residence the
following afternoon at p. M. Inter-
ment in Spring Hill cemetery. AL.
ways sweet and lovable child, devot.
ed to papa and mama and little sister.
he had entwined himself closer around
their hearts than they were aware I'M
til the angel of death came for him.
He was mild, too mild and gentle
For lfe's rough and boistrous hours.
Far too sweet, and pure, and holy,
For this sinful world of ours,
So the gentle, loving Jesus,
Sent by twilight from above
And from earth's dark and gloomy prison
Carried home our angel love.
thus he left US, and we sorrow,
Sorrow as the hours 60 by;
Ever trusting to the morrow,
That will dawn to bid us die
For the earth holds not one treasure
Not one soul that e'er could love,
.lke the gentle trusting spirit
VI our lost, our angel love.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-08-09
AFTER A CANDIDATE.

The Daily News of this city want,
the Democratic party to nominate G
man for president who can make The
Republican party sit up and take no
tice. This, it says, Mr.. Bryan cannot
DO. 1t nominated man entirely agree
able to this same newspaper the last
time, and If there was any notice
taken of him by the Republican party
We have not heard of it. Another suct
nomination and it is doubtful whether
you could notice the Democratic party
or whether there would be one worthy
of notice,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-08-09
NOT RAILROAD PROPERTY.

The State of Georgia passed a Law
prohibiting the manufacture and sal,
Of liquor in that State. This confis
Gated absolutely the property of many
large distilleries and breweries, proba.
bly, running into millions of dollars
So far as heard from no U. 8. Judge
has had the nerve to declare the law
void because 1t is confiscatory.