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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25
Medicine that is Medicine,

81 have suffered good deal with
malaria and stomach complaints, but
L have now found a remedy that keeps
me well, and that remedy is Electric
Bitters; medicine that is medicine
for stomach and liver troubles, and for
run down conditions" says w. C.
Kiestler, of Halliday, Ark. Electric
Bitters purify and enrich the blood,
tone up the nerves, and impart vigor
and energy to the weak. Your money
will be refunded if it fails to help you.
SOC at B. F. Hughes drug store
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25
His Wish.

"How long has this restaurant been
open?" asked the would-be diner.
'Two years." said the proprietor.
81 am sorry I did not know it," said
the guest. 81 should be better off if 1
had come here then"
'.Yes?" smiled the proprietor, very
much pleased. "How is that?"
~ should probably have been serv-
ed by this time if 1 had," said the
guest, and the entente cordiale vanish
Weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25

An acre is 6, 272, $40 square inches. An
inch of water ON an acre is therefore
6,727, $40 cubic inches That amount,
at 227 cubic inches to the gallon, equals
$4,000 gallons, or 22O, pounds, or 100
tons. An inch of rain is, in other
words, rain falling at the rate of 100
tons to the acre.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25

Six gates weighing 10000 pounds
each will be used at the Roosevelt dam
IN connection with the Salt River pro-
ject being erected by the United States
Reclamation Service. The gates Will
bear total maximum pressure of SO,-
900 pounds.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ssssa sss Of &1zzzzx
Quite So.

"Why are these jokesmiths always
making cracks about the young man
lodging the oyster parlors? A man
can gorge his girl with oysters for a
dollar, and dollar isn't mnch.u
"Well, it looks big to press humor-
ist. ."-Pittsburg Post.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Items That Will Interest MANY of
Our Readers.

Last week all the coal stocks were
strong, bituminous and anthracite, but
the former in the greater degree. Ches-
apeake & Ohio was the star performer,
but the B. & 0. also did we'll
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25
Lost Found.

Edyth-I lost my head when Jack
proposed last night.
Gracyce-Indeed!
Edyth-But / found it on his should
er minute later.-Chicago News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25
SCOTS
EMULSION

Half a teaspoonful three or
four times a day in its bottle
will have the desired effect. II
seems to have a magical effect
upon babies and children. A
fifty-cent bottle will prove the
truth of our statements.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25

Positive announcement is that the
Pennsylvania Ry. will place an order
for 10000 tons of steel rails within a
few days, is believed to indicate that a
general buying movement ON the part
of the railroads will soon be started. At
present, hSwever, the market is rather
quiet in both pig iron and finished pro-
ducts. Rumors of advances in prices
OF steel products are without founda-
ton. Blast furnace production during
November was at the rate of 50, 744
tons daily. Heavy buying of track
fastenings by the railroads continues,
orders for about 10000 kegs of spikes
and bolts having been placed during
the week. The American Car & Foun-
dry Co. has received an order from the
Hartman lines for 1871 freight cars,
which is in addition to orders for 5000
cars placed with various interests some
time ago. The Canadian Northern has
ordered $50 box cars.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25

Chesapeake & Ohio was during the
greater part of the previous week the
leader of the stock market, but lacked
the most essential qualifications for
that position. The stock has never at
tanned the popularity necessary for
successful leadership, and is in the
mind of the average trader so little re-
moved from the 'cat-and-dog' class that
no degree of activity ON its part would
inspire respect. There was a rumor to
account for its strength, but those who
passed it along were more than ordi-
narlly cautious that its authorship
should not be fastened upon them, for.
instead of making an assertion with or
without the Introductory Il am told,'
they managed to circulate, apparently
asking question ON point which in
terested them. what is there in this
story p they began, and proceeded in
q discourse that was half interrogative,
half assertive, to show how advantage
Gus to Big Four would be the control
of G. & 0. A statement of much
more definite and interesting kind was,
however, made at the end of the day.
After the close, it was said in conser-
vative banking circles that deal had
been consummated whereby Pennsyl-
vania would again assume control of
Chesapeake & Ohio, making it's su-
premacy in the affairs of the road more
secure and complete than before. Con-
ferences between G. & o. and Pennsyl-
vania interests were held during the
day, and it was said that an important
announcement would probably be
made, following meeting of C. & o.
directors. 1t has always been believed
in Wall street that the sale of the
PennsylVania's holdings of c. & 0. to
a banking syndicate couple of years
ago was not fiat SALE Should the |
road now find permanent resting
place in the Pennsylvania system, par
tial justification would be Furnished for |
the current rumors of pending extern
sive changes in the railroad map of the |
United States.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25

The Smith-DiXon Co., the BE. Bond
Paper Co., both of Baltimore, and ].
G. Hodges, of Washington, have filed
petition in the District of Columbia
Supreme Court, asking that the E.
Morrison Paper Co. be declared bank
rupt, and that receiver be appointed
to take charge of the company's affairs.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25

four cents to cover postage, and we will send
you Complete Handy Atlas Of the World
SCOTT s BOVINE, 400 Pearl St, New York
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25

Chill is now exporting nitrate at the
rate of over 100000 tons a year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25

The Virginian Ry. is nearing COM
pletion. Freight and passenger SER
vice between Princeton and Matoaka
was inaugurated last week, and very
soon trains will be running from Deep
water to Princeton, ON the western di-
vision. Work trains are now running
from Deepwater to the New River
bridge, and as soon as that structure is
completed regular train service from
Norfolk to Deepwater will be inaugu-
rated. There is few weeks work on
this bridge yet to be done. The bridge
will be one of the longest in the world,
and will have the distinction of having
the highest concrete piers. Three spans
on this bridge will be 1900 feet long.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25
Does the
BabyThrive

If not, something must be
wrong with its food. If the
mothers milk doesn't nourish
it, she needs Scott S Emulsion.
1t supplies the elements of fat
required for the baby. If baby
is not nourished by it's artificial
food, then it requires
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25

The first public sale of the stock of
the Virginian Ry. Fl. H. Rogers road,
running from the West Virginia coal
fields to the seaboard, was made last
week, 100 shares selling at % So. The
sale at auction brought out the fact
that a fair amount of the stock has
recently changed hands at private sale.
The general impression had prevailed
that all of the stock of the Virginian
Ry. was in the hands of Mr.. Rogers
and his immediate associates. 1t had
been practically forgotten that when
Rogers, about two years ago, arranged
a loan through the Central Trust Co.
with banking syndicate, there was
given to the participants in this loan a
bonus in the stock of the railway, the
name of which was later changed from
the Tidewater to the Virginian Ry. 1t
is part of this bonus stock which has
been changing hands recently, includ-
ing the 100 shares which were recently
sold at auction.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-25
SAN FRANCISCO UPTORN
Clubs And Social Circles Split Over
Graft.

EXTENDS BEYOND COURTROOM--DE
TECTIVES DOG DETECTIVES WHO ARE
DOGGING OTHER DETECTIvEs-AT-
TEMPT TO MOB HEARST PAPER.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-06-12

boat They predict that it's chief
value will be in war time, when 1t
may be employed for dropping explo-
sives upon an enemy or for recon-
noitering purposes. In this conneo-
ton may be added the fact that the
navy department has planned an ex-
tensive series of experiments with
dirigibles, the purpose being to dis
cover their availability for war usage
Those who advocate the employment
of these machines point out the fact
that flying machines sailing over &
fleet are immune from any attack
save that of small arm fire, and that
they could attain height so great as
to be out of range from these smaller
weapons. There is no type of larger
gun now carried on shipboard that is
capable of such extreme elevation. OF
course it would be easily possible to
construct gun mount that would per-
NIT of high angle, or even vertical
fire, but the question is asked how
would you be able to hit one of these
small targets sailing so high in air?
When firing at floating target any
error of sighting can be detected by
the splash of the she'll But how Is a
gun-pointer to tell where his shells
are going when he is firing upward
into the air?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-06-12

wing, but the faster the speed the less
will be the supporting surface nee
essary, and wings for high speeds will
naturally be very small Not only will
less support be needed, but the size
must be reduced to reduce the fric-
tion of the air."
Fearful Only of cspsize.
Although one of the brothers had an
ugly fall only a few days ago, they
both maintain that the only danger
to be apprehended from an aeroplane
Is the danger of a capsize. A break
down, or a sudden stopping of the en-
gine, they say-and they certainly
should know-does not entail disas-
ter, as on the first thought it might
appear. Their explanation is that
while the aeroplane is supported in
the air through its own motion
through it, yet gravity furnishes all
the energy that is needed to get
safely to the ground. When the
power Is shut off it merely scales
through the air to it's landing. Theo
retically, it is safer at a mile above
the earth than at 200 feet, because it
has wider choice of places in which
to land; you can choose your land
ing from $50 square miles from a
mile above the surface if descending
one in sixteen. "As matter of fact"
they said, 1--WE always shut off the
power when we start to alight, and
come down by the force of gravity.
We reach the ground at so slight an
angle and so lightly that it is impos.
sible for the operator to tell by his
own sensation within several yards
of where the ground was first actu.
ally touched.
I'VE feel that it is absolutely essen.
tial for us to keep our method of con.
troll a secret. We could patent many
points in the machine, and it is possi.
BILE that we could make a success Of
the invention commercially. We have
been approached by many promoters
on the matter. But we believe that
our best market is to sell the ma
chine to some government for use in
war. To do this it is necessary for
us to keep it's construction an abso.
lutte secret"
To the same writer the brothers
made the interesting statement that
they did not expect the aeroplane ever
to displace the railroad or the steam
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-06-12

1--WE had worked out a new method
of practice with gliding machines" :"
they explained. "Lillienthal and cha
mute had obtained their experience in
flying with the operators launching
himself from hill and gliding down
on to lower land. This involved car
rying back their apparatus, after a
short flight, to the top of the hill
again. Because of the difficulties Of
this awkward method, although Lii
lienthal had made over 1000 flights,
we calculated that in all his five years
of experiment he could not have been
actually practicing flying more than
five hours-far too short for the ordi-
nary man to learn to ride a bicycle.
1t was our plan to follow the example
of soaring birds, and find a place
where we could be supported by
strong rising winds.
"A bird is really an aeroplane. The
portions of its wings near the body
are used as planes of support, while
the more flexible parts outside, when
tapped, act as propellers. Some of the
SOdlihS ulluS are uOI huCu llOIe IHdu
animated sailing machines. A buzzard
can be safely kept in an open pen 80
feet across and ten feet high. He
cannot fly out of it. In fact, we know
from observation made by ourselves
that he cannot fly for any distance up
a grade of one to six.
"Yet these birds sailing through the
air are among the commonest sights
through great section of the country.
Every one who has been outdoors has
seen a buzzard or hawk soaring;
every one who has been at sea has
seen the gulls sailing after a steam
ship for hundreds of miles with scarce
ly movement of the wings. All of
these birds are doing the same thing
they are balancing on rising cur
rents of air. The buzzards and hawks
find the currents blowing upward off
the land the gulls that follow the
steamers from New York to Florida
are merely sliding down hill a thou
sand miles on rising currents in the
wake of the steamer in the atmos-
phere, and on the hot air rising from
her smokestacks."
Think Great Speed Possible.
The brothers believe that the event
ual speed of the aeroplane will be
easily 60 miles an hour, and may be
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-06-12
TORTURED SIX MONTHS
BY Terrible Itching Eczema-Baby's
Suffering Was Terrible - Soon
Entirely Cured by cuticura.

Eczema appeared on my sons face.
We went to a doctor who treated him
for three months. Then he was so bad
that his face and head We're nothing
but one sore and his ears looked as il
they were going to fall off, so we tried
another doctor for four months, the
baby never getting any better. His
hand and legs had big sores on them
and the poor little fellow suffered so
terribly that he could not sleep. After
he had suffered six months we tried
a set of the Cuticura Remedies and
the first treatment let him sleep and
rest we'll; in one week the sores were
gone and in two months he had a clear
face. Now he is two years and has
never had eczema again. Mrs. Louis
Beck, p, F. D. 8, San Antonio. Tex,
Apr. Is, 1907"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-06-12

forced up to 100 miles. Our expert
ments have shown" they said, that
a fiier designed to carry an aggregate
Of 745 pounds at 20 miles an hour
would require only eight horsepower,
and at 80 miles an hour 12 horse.
power. At 60 miles "a horsepower
would be needed, and at 120 miles so
or rs horsepower. 1t is clear that
there Is certain point of speed be-
yond which the air resistance makes
it impossible to go. Just what that is
experiment will determine. Every
year gas engines are being made
lighter-a fact which will increase the
surplus carrying power of the machine
available for fuel and operator and
heavier construction, but at present
60 miles an hour can be counted on
for the flying machine. This, of
course, means speed through the
air.
'The aeroplane running so miles an
hour will have surplus lifting power
enough to carry fuel for long jour
neys. Our 1907 machine will carry
gasoline enough to fly 500 miles at a
rate Of some so miles an hour. We
can, and possibly soon will, make a
one-man machine carrying gasoline
enough to go 1000 miles at 40 miles
an hour. Moreover, any machine made
to move at speeds up to 60 miles an
hour can be operated economically at
a cost of not much over one cent a
mile for gasoline.
There is no question that a man
can make lighter and more efficient
wing than birds. A cloth surface,
for instance, can be produced Offer
ing less surface friction than feathers.
The reason for this fact is that a
birds wing is really compromise,
1t Is not made for flying only-it must
be folded up and got out of the way
when the bird is on its feet, and eff
cheney in flying must be sacrificed to
permit this. The wings of aeropIanes
will vary in size according to speed.
A slow machine will require large
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-06-12

gan experimenting along the same
line. He had essayed only few flights
when one of his wings broke and he
sustained injuries which caused his
death few days later.
On this side of the Atlantic, Prof.
S. P. Langley conducted some notable
experiments, fashioning in 1896
small, steam-driven aeroplane which
made a flight of three-quarters of q
mile. In the same year Chanute of
Chicago constructed a gliding ma
chine which attracted some attention.
Four years later the Wright brothers,
two young bicycle makers of Dayton,
began experimenting.
It was not long before their efforts
began to attract attention. But they
sedulously avoided notoriety, kept
their own counsel, and devoted them
selves to the task of solving the prob
lem of mechanical flight Mr.. Turner,
however, gained their confidence, and
thus describes them: 1.-TWO lean,
quiet men in a dingy, commonplace
little brick bicycle shop; pleasant, un-
assuming, most approachable, but
shy and silent under the oppression
of the greatest secret of the time. Or
Vile, of the more social and converse
tional temperament, did the greater
share of the talking-an amiable, kind
ly-faced man of 35. Wilbur-prema-
turely bald. about 40. with the watch
full eyes, marked facial lines. and dry,
brief speech of a naturally reticent
man"
Their New Method.
To quote his account of what the
brothers told him just prior to their
going abroad last year for the demon
stration of their machines before for
elgn war departments:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-06-12

Paris Pattern No. 2442, All Seams
Allowed.-A charming model for the
skirt of an entire costume, or as a
separate garment to wear with shirt
waists is here shown. 1t is fitted
smoothly over the hips, without plaits
or tucks, and falls in full folds around
the foot. Two bias bands, made of
narrow strips of the material are set
on about five inches apart as a trim
ming, and if the skirt is to be worn
for dressy wear wide insertion Of
all-over lace is set in between these
bands. Both insertion and bands may
be omitted il desired. The pattern is
in six sizes-22 to 80 inches, waist
measure. For 26 waist the skirt re-
quires nine yards of material 20
inches wide, 4a yards, SO inches wide,
four yards AZ inches wide, or 3$
yards 81 inches wide; one yard 20
inches wide, y yard SO or AZ inches
wide, or "a yard 54 inches wide, extra,
for bias bands and 31a yards of inser-
ton to trim. Width of lower edge
about four yards.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-06-12

N cent and intensely alb
~ sorbed westerners, the
~ Wright brothers of Day
n ton, o., appear to have
at last conquered the ele-
ments which have so long bafFled the
ingenuity of man, and aerial naviga-
ton, so long regarded as a fascinating
absurdity, now seems to be very much
of a practical reality, says a writer in
the New York Times.
Aside from the triumph of the long
and apparently easily controlled flight,
the most important item contained il
the news dispatches from Mantou, N.
c., where the brothers have been con-
-ducting their experiments, is the state
ment that the aeroplane not only car
ried both men, but carried them in q
sitting position. The earlier aeroplane
of these inventors carried but one
aviator, and 1t was necessary for him
to be prone upon his stomach
The significance of the statement lies
in the apparent fact that the inventors
have at last succeeded in overcoming
the real problem of mechanical flight
the problem of equilibrium. Aero
planes that would support their opera
tors have previously been tested En-
gines of sufficient lightness to propel
them through the air at a sufficient
speed and to carry their own weight
and that of the operators have also
been successfully tried. There have
been plenty of aeroplanes that would
fly in still air. The one needful, essen
tial, and undiscovered thing was an
airship that would not capsize when
.the wind was blowing.
Writing in a recent issue of Nc
Clure's Magazine, George Kibbe Turn
er quotes the Wright brothers as as
serting that no one who had not nav
igated the air can appreciate the real
difficulty of mechanical fight-that
the great problem-the problem of
equilibrium-never occurs to any one
who has not actually tried flying.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-06-12
Ambitious Minds Would Con-
troll Only Element That
Has Defed Man
Now 1T Is Thought That the Aero
plane Devised by Wright Brothers
May at Least Point the Way to
Success--- Could Laugh at Vessels
of War.

, solve the problem of equilibrium by
some automatic system of balancing.
We believe that the control should be
left to the operator. The sense of equi-
librium is very delicate and certain.
If you lie upon a bed three-quarters of
an inch out of true, you know it at
once. And this sense of equilibrium is
just as reliable a mile above the earth
as it is on it.
THE management Of our aeroplane
like that of the bicycle, Is based upon
the sense of equilibrium of the opera
tor. The mechanism for preserving
the balance of the machine consists of
lsvers operated by simple uniform
movements which readjust the flying
surfaces of the machine to the air.
The movement of these levers very
soon becomes automatic with the avi-
ator, as does the balancing Of a bicy-
Gle rider, and simpler to operate than
a bicycle. In fact, the aeroplane is
easier to learn. In all our experiments
with gliding and flying machines, we
have not even sprained a limb; we
have scarcely scratched our flesh"
Fatalities Among Inventors.
But If these two experimenters have
had immunity from mishap their pre-
decessors have not. Among the first
to undertake the task of demonstrate
ing that mechanical flying machine
is possible was Otto Lillienthal, a Ger
man mechanical engineer. He made
study of the flight of birds and event
ually concluded that very little was
known of the laws which govern the
flight of the feathered tribe. He be-
gan experimenting in 1891, using wings
constructed like those of soaring birds.
Equipped with these, he sailed down
hill sides into valleys. After a series
of more than 1000 flights one of his
wings gave way one day and in his
tuInble to earth he dislocated his spine
and died the following day.
That was in 1896. Three years later
an Englishman, Percy S. Pitcher, be-