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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
Use of Common Salt.

A little salt thrown on the flame will
clear it for broiling meat. Marble
washstands that have become discol-
ored may be secured first with wet salt,
and if that does not remove the stain,
with salt and lemon mixed.
Salt mixed with vinegar is excellent
for cleaning copper utensils.
To remove from rust, wet the spots
with salt and lemon juice and hold the
material over the steam of teakettle,
then put out in the sun.
Salt and lemon mixed will often re-
move ink stains that are fresh.
To set colors in cotton materials,
soak before washing in strong salt wat
er.
A pinch of salt added to cream will
make it whip more quickly.
Cake batters and candy are both i'm
proved by adding pinch Of salt.
To beat the white of an egg quickly,
add little salt. In making mayon
nalse the salt should go in last.
Grease on top of a hot stove lid car
be quickly rubbed of by putting salt
on the scrubbing brush.
In securing boards, strong salt water
or wet salt is great cleaner.-NeW
York Times.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

And IL body chance to detest it, too,
then it is neither fruit nor vegeta-
BILE, and what are you going to do about
it? It may be, of course, that ono
should apply the second meaning, 'sto
live," and seizing the chance for cpl
gram declare that vegetable is q thing
one eats to live, and fruit is a thing
one lives to eat. However, this f1ne
phrase comes to grief when body,
against the doctor'e orders, devours
cabbage at luncheon, and shifts con-
temptuousIy at the sliced pineapple Of
fered for dessert. Evidently there is no
hard-and-fast line of decision. Evi-
IDENTIFY this is one of those things which,
along with Christian charity and high
art, must be felt rather than under
stood. What is a squash, and what is
a pumpkin, and where do the tomatoes
come in? Certainly they were once
love apples, and eaten out Of hand by
our ancestors, who debated somewhat
if they were poisonous, but were un-
distributed in the conviction that they
were fruit.
1t appears that no vegetables grows
on tree, and that is some consolation.
Beyond that the family will be obliged
to dispute at leisure, and eggplant must
be fruit to Jane, and strawberries q
vegetable to Jack, while cranberrles
are both or neither, to the end of the
chapter.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
What Is Fruit!
I'M the Pittsburg Sun.

From the Pittsburg Sun.
= What is a fruit and what is vegeta-
BILE? Whole families are wrought up
ON the subject, AMI in matters of fami-
ly dispute the dictionary is a rotten
reed to lean upon. Invariably the mat
ter begins with cucumbers and canta-
Ioupes. There will be found in every
family at all Rooseveltan in its proper
tions some one to argue that if one is a
vegetable so must the other be, and il
the other is fruit so must be the one.
sNot at all; not at ALL" insists the
rest OF the family, reused by SO obvious
and easy an attempt to shine as an
original. 'Not at all. A cantaloupe is
sweet; hence it's fruit"
sIf you think so, just taste this one,"
says the would-be original. Sand how
about lemons? And those horrid little
green apples Martha puts in pies. Are
they vegetables ?"
obviously, the sweet and sour theory
don't do, so the family naturally turns
to time and place. ga fruit is a des-
sert," they say, with a hope that the
argument may stop there. IA fruit is
dessert, except when you eat it for
breakfast"
(which is why we have caAtaloupes
before dinner in hot weather." insists
the incorrigible.
ga fruit is not cooked" says the fam
lily. cat least, doesn't have to be-"
.How about ounces ?"
'sOh, don't be SO silly" says the fam
Ivy. "You eat vegetables with meat. y
81 take it that bananas, baked with
chicken, are not case in point? Nor
apple sauce, nor turkey stuffed with
chestnuts ?''
| At this point sombody gets down the
dictionary. The dictionary proves it.
self as cautious as Y ankee from Maine.
"Fruit," it says, ''comes from tructus,
from fruor. to enjoy" Ii is clear that
fruit is something to be enjoyed. De
finite enough for personal application,
perhaps, but hardly for argument and
repartee. vegetable appears to
spring from a Latin word of lively
significance-s'vegetable," or "vego,
to arouse, to live. Now, certainly there
is nothing rousing about cauliflower
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
WAYS OF THE ARABS.
DODGING THE EVIL EYE AND TESTS OF
FILIAL PIETY.

FILIAL PIETY.
Very curious to the occidental mind
are some of the ways of Arabia and
other Mohammedan countries. A trav-
eler says: "One of the objects of the
most anxious solicitude for MOham-
medan parents is the shielding of their
children from the evil eye. Any per-
son expressing admiration for child
except by pious ejaculation or the invo-
cation of blessings upon the prophet
fills the heart of the parent with ap-
prehension. When children are to be
taken into the street their faces are Of
ten even smeared with mud or greasy
substances lest their comeliness should
attract attention, and in order that the
person of the child itself should escape
attention gaudy and glittering orna-
ments are hung about it and written
charms sewed into leather medallions
suspended from its neck.
"One of the best Of Arab characters
tics is that of filial piety. Sons and
daughters of deceased parents take up
on themselves all sorts of irksome tasks
accounted as expiatory of the minor
faults committed by the departed ones
during their lifetime and discharging
faithfully every payment or obligation
left unfulflled by dead parents, for has
not the prophet said that martyrdom
even will not atone for an unpaid debt?
"Eloquence is accounted the greatest
of all possible gifts. According to Arab
tradition, the most superlative degree
OF eloquence was attained by King
David such being the beauty of his die
ton, added to the poetry of his words,
that when he disclaimed the Psalms
even birds and wild beasts were spell
bound, while on some occasions as
many as 400 men died from the excess
of delight induced by his reading. p
Chicago News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
WERE YOU BORN
IN DECEMBER ?
IF YOU WE'RE WEAR TURQUOISE AND
LUCK LOVE Is YOURS.

LUCK LOVE IS YOURS.
While the turquoise, like the little
forget-me-not, with which it is always
associated, is lacking in gaudiness there
is about it certain charm which few
persons fail to find allurlng. Aside
form its modes beauty, the ancient
stories connected with the stone make
it most interesting. Dedicated to Venus,
the goddess of beauty, the turquoise
should be specially worn on Friday,
the day of Venus. 1t is, be it noted,
the birthstone of those who enter this
world in December.
Turquoise, like diamonds and emer-
aids, are said to be luck -bringers to ev-
cry one, but to those born IN December
they are jewels of success happiness and
fortune in love and friendship.
According to ancient writer's, they
are said ''to strife enmity, reconcile
lovers, cheer the mind and strengthen
the sight," but the most strange virtue
of the stone was the reputed protection
of its wearer from falling.
The old traveller, Bocce de Boo, cor
robarates this asserted pretectiveness
when he declares that in two accidents
his turquoise ring was fractured, while
he himself escaped injury.
There are two kinds of turquoise; the
Oriental and the Occidental. Very fine
stones come from the mines of Misha-
pur, in Persia, and are carried by Per-
sian and Tartar merchants to the great
Russian fair at acknowledgement.
1t is the stability, or in stability, of
the color of turquoises which is the
great factor in their value and it is al
most incalculablet Jewellers aver that
the stone is very susceptible to atmos-
pheric conditions, fair or cloudy wealth
er.
They are also said to be affected by
the human aura or atmosphere, becom-
ing dull green with certain wearers.
Ill-health has been known to make
them look faded, while with healthy
owner they regain their beautiful tint.
The mystic union of the two coIors Of
Venus is expressed in the turquoise,
the emerald green of the earth, the
azure blue of the sky, and wherever
green and blue burn together, as in the
turquoise blue and peacock green, there
is an added passion and mystery in the
beauty of color.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
The Bedrock Of Success

lies in a keen, clear brain, backed by
indomitable will and resistless energy.
Such power comes from the splendid
health that DR.. Kings New Life Pills
impart. They vitalize every organ and
build up brain and body. ]. A. Har-
mon of Lizemore, w. Va, writes:
.sThey are the best pills ever used. !"
25c at B. f. Hughes drug store.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
Mr.. Erlcsons old House.

Go see it, it's a beauty. 1t stands
out among all its neighbors, because
the coloring is so bright and clear.
Mr.. Ericsson painted with L. & M.
Paint and says it cost 1-3 less than ever
before. He bought only II gallons of
L. & M. Paint and gallons of Linseed
Oil to mix with it. This made q gal
Ions Of pure paint, and cost only S1.2O
per gallon. It's as handsome as the
finest in town. The L. & M. is sold
by:
Sold by G. HI. CohIon & Son, Stuarts
Draft; J. B. Roden, Waynesboro:
Augusta Milling & Mere. Company,
MOSsy Creek, Va,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
Money Comes in BuHches

to A. A. Chisholm, of Treadwell, N.
Y, now. His reason is well worth
reading: "For long time 1 suffered
from indigestion, torpid liver, consti-
patton, nervousness, and general debil-
ity," he writes. 81 couldn't sleep, had
no appetite, no ambition, grew weak
er every day in spite Of all medical
treatment. Then used Electric Bitters
twelve bottles of which restored all my
old-time health and vigor. Now can
attend to business every day. It's q
wonderful medicine" Infallible fol
stomach, liver, kidneys, blood and
nerves. SOC at B. F. Hughes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

Arkansas claims to have the largest
peach orchard in the world and 1000
men and 800 teams harvested the crop
last year. The orchard is in Sewer
county and has 100000 trees. 1t COW
ers $500 acres and 1900 trees are bear
ing. Five hundred freight cars were
used to haul the crop to market.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
Frightful Fate Averted.

81 would have been cripple for
life, from terrible cut on my knee
cap," writes Frank Disberry, OF Kelli-
her, Mimi, "without Bucklen's Arni-
ca Saive, which soon cured me-" In
falliable for wounds, cuts and bruises,
it soon cures burns, scalds, old sores,
boils, skin eruptions. Worlds best for
piles. 25c at B. F. Hughes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

Almost three-fourths of the worlds
productions of diamonds is bought by
the people of the United States. The
declared value of these gems, covered
by invoices presented at the American
consulate general at Antwerp daring
the year 1907 amounted to 1920, SIS
for cut diamonds and S1,O53,057 for
rough stones.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

In sawmill ON position of the bat
tlefeld at Spottsylvania Courthouse,
Va, few days ago the saw came in
contact with solid cannon shot, which
had been fired into large pine tree,
evidently on the day of the battle, May
II, 1854. The saw was shattered into
atoms and the mill wrecked.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

The Virginia Iron & Coal Co., it is
reported, will build a short railroad
line to connect three coal mines with
the Norfolk & Western Railway, the
route being along Little Toms Creek.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

The New York S and 10 cent store
has just received a new shipment o
faces and embroideries, ladies' collars
pillow tops, towels and table linens.
DAVIS & HOLT,
Is N. Augusta Street.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

The Big Sandy & Cumberland Rail-
road is completing an extension of Is
miles along Knox Creek to point
within sixmiles of Grundy, Va, the
line will run from Hurley.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

The first plant for the manufacture
of liquid gas as commercial commo-
dity was established in Augsburg, Ba-
varia, in 1904, under process invented
bv Herr Blau.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Items That Will Interest Many Of
Our Readers.

A movement is reported under way
to build an electric line from Beckley,
w. Va, via Wickham, Eccles, Lester,
Glen White and otter points to Wind
ing Gulf.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
Coke, Gas, Tar.

The manufacture of coke by processes
that will permit the saving of the valu-
able by-products, gas, tar and ammo
mia, and thus reduce to some extent the
enormous wastefulness of the beehive
ovens, is discussed by E. w. Parker in
an advance chapter of 'tMineral Re-
sources of the United States, Calendar
Year 1908, just issued by the United
States Geological Survey. During the
last Is years considerable progress has
been made in the manufacture of coke
in retort ovens, with the recovery of
the by-products, but the future develop
ment of this branch of the industry de-
pends largely on the ability of the op-
orators to dispose of the by-products at
remunerative prices. They come di-
rectly into competition with the pro-
ducts of gas-house retorts, and the situ-
alton thus created has developed de-
mand for information in respect to
the total quantities prodnced and the
values.
The quantity of coke produced at gas
works and by-product coke ovens in
1908 was 6,253, 125 short tons, a marked
decrease from the figures of 1907 $685.
IA tons,) the business depression caus-
ing heavy falling off in the demand.
The value dropped from $50, 332,644 to
$21, 507, ,045, a reduction of nearly $4,000,
900. Gas showed slight increase IN
value, the quantity sold being 53,561,-
81, 900 cubic feet, valued at So, ,227, ,9O1,
in 1908, as compared with 81, 819, ,6S5, 900
cubic feet, valued at $36, 462, 3O4, in 1907.
Tar and ammonia decreased slightly,
the figures being 101, ,26l, 1920 gallons of
tar, valued at 81, 537, 118, in 1908, against
103, SIT, 760 gallons, valued at Sc, 1851, ,527,
in 1907; 80, SIS, 1856 pounds of ammonia,
valued at $2,065, 169, in 1908, against
47,50O,85S pounds, valued at $2,6O1, ,057,
and 44,O93, ,437 pounds of ammonium
sulphate, valued at 81, 1922, 1897, in 1908,
against 4s, 1872. 237 pounds, valued at ST.,
525, ,472, in 1907. The coal carbcnized
in this production amounted to 6, ,252, ,a7s
short tons, against II, 49O, ,661 short tons
in 1907. The increasing popularity OF
| gas for cooking and heating purpose is
shown by the fact that the proportion
of the total production used for these
purposes in 1908 was double that OF
1907.
Mr. Parker's report, which is issued
in pamphlet form, may be had free oil
charge from the director United States
Geological Survey, Washington, DC.
There are 10 European museums O
safety and sanitation, located in Ber
lin, Munich, Paris, Vienna, Amster
dam, Milan, Stockholm, Zurich, Mos
COW, and Budapest. The Berlin muse
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

The Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. has let
contracts for 1900 hopper bottom gon-
dola cars of SO tons capacity each and
they are now being built by as follows:
Standard Steel Co. 1000; Pressed Steel
Car Co. 1000; American Car & Foun-
dry Co. 1000. In addition to this the
company has ordered from the Stand
ard Steel Car Co. four steel passenger
cars and four steel com bination baggage
and passenger cars.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

The newest telephone mouthpiece is
Of glass, which can be readily cleaned,
by boiling.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

! The population of Buenos Ayres on
March 81, was 1,19S, 1902, or 5S,825 more
than year previous.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

Mannington, w. Va.-The Fairmont
& Warrington Traction Co. has been
granted franchise in Warrington
and will connect with the Morgantown
& Dunkard Valley Electric Ry. which
has also been granted franchise and
and will build to Blacksville, w. Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

A correspondent of the Manufactur-
ers' Record of last week says: On the
very highest authority can state that
the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Go. is
about to make vast expenditures for
equipment, both rolling stock and
floating stock, and for Improvements
and betterments to its railroad. This
information comes to me from Edwin
Hawley and from President Stevens of
the Chesapeake & Ohio Co.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

The Southern Railway Co.'s 18th
annual report covers the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1909, and shows, as
compared with last year, large in
crease in net earnings, although there
was small decrease in gross, the gain
in net having been effected by reduc-
ing expenses.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

Send i0c. name Of paper and this 3D. Tor our
beautiful Savings Bank and Childs Sketch Book
Each bank contains . Good Luck Penny.
SCOTT 6 BOVINE. 400 Pearl ST.. New York
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

The Huntington, w. Va, plant of
the American Car and Foundry Co.
has been awarded the contract for 500
new cars by the Norfolk & Western
Ry. This means the plant will be
operating on full time for some time.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

There are 10 European museums of
safety and sanitation, located in Ber-
lin, Munich, Paris, Vienna, Amster-
dam, Milan, Stockholm, Zurich, Mos
COW, and Budapest. The Berlin muse
UNI of safety covers "a, 600 square feet Of
floor space, where are exhibited devices
for the protection for the dangerous
parts of machinery of processes in all
trades and occupations.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

The Norfolk & Western Ry., accord
ing to dispatch from New York, has
sold S2,SOO,O00 of equipment trust GER
titicates, the proceeds Of which will be
used for coal and other freight cars.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29

A. B. Stanard of New York, was the
lowest bidder for the new postoffice
building at Fredericksburg, Va. His
bid being $49,60O.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-27

deposit their stocks with receiving thsrefos
a Reorganization Certificate OF deposit
Certificates deposit Debsnturs Stock Issued 6y
the Company depositary Of the afors
Committee Deaenture stock. when ex-
changeabIe Debenture stock, will be accepted
BY Reorganization Managers lieu of such Debsntars
stock.
Certificates u deposit Preferred stock A. and %
Preferred Stock B. Common Stock respectively.
issued by the Guaranty Trust Company q New York
depositar aforesaid New York Committee FOR Pre-
ferred Stock - Preferred stock and Common stock
when exchangeab-e respectively. viii 30
accepted BY the Reorganization Managers lieu of
several stocks.
All holders OF stock OF Railway Company are in
vted apply for copies OF the Plan and Agreement ot
Reorganization. depositors Hereunder viii be bound
thereby irrespective this notice Tbs
Plan and Agreement forth IN detail features
which it is fmpraccabie coHdense into this notice.
but which are @ Importance
We believe that prompt contamination of the Plan
Will inue of the stockaoilers o; al
classes and viii place the properly a sound basis
Further information connected reorganization
Will be furnished stockholders on application
Office. J. p MORGAN & CO.
% Wall Street. New York
June l. 1909
New-York tribune., 1909-06-27

Ashland Waterworks Co. 1st Mtge. 5s
Athens Terminal Company 1st Mtge. 5s
Auburn Gas Company 1st Mtge. Sinking
Fund IS
Bronx Gas & Electric Co. 1st Mtge. 5s
Central Market Street Railway Co. 1st S. F. 5s
Citizens Gas & Electric Co. of Council Bluffs
1st Mtge. 5s
City of Dallas, Texas
City of Galveston, Texas
City of jamestown, n D.
City of Pullman, Washington
City of Rome, Ga, Renewal or Refunding
Mtge. 412s
City of Sedalia, No, 412s
City Water Co. of Marysvile 1st Mtge. 5s
Clinchfeld Coal Co. 5s
1st S. T. 5s
Edison Electric Light & Power Co. of Erie,
Pa, 1st 6s
Equitable Illuminating Gas Light Co. of Phila.
1st Mtge. 5s
Erie County Electric Co. 1st Mtge. As
Florida Publishing Company 1st Mtge. 6s
Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville r. r. Co.
Gen. Rfdg Is
Fonda, Johnstown Gloversville R. r. Co.
1st Cons. Rfdg. AIS
Globe Street Railway Co. Debenture 5s
Greenwich Tramway Co. 1st 5s
Herkimer County Light & Power Co. 1st 5s
Hackensack Water Co. 1st IS
indianapolis Water Co. Genl. Mtge. AIS & IS
Jonesville, S. c., School Dist 515s
Kansas City & Westport Belt Railway Co.
lst 5s
Kansas City Southern Ry Co. So Collateral
Gold Notes
Kootenai County, Idaho, Funding Bonds go
Lincoln Traction Co. New Gold 5s
Lincoln Traction Co. Gold 5s
Lockport Light, Heat & Power Co. 1st Mtge
Rfdg. 5s
Macon, Dublin & Savannah f. R. Co. 1st 5s
Mahoning Shenango Ry. & Lit Co. 1st Cons
Ref 5s
Massillon Electric & Gas Co. 1st Sinking
Fund 5s
Metropolitan Water Co 1St IS
Minnesota Waterworks Co. 1st Con. AIS
National Conduit & Gable Co. 1st 5s
New London Steamboat Co. 1st IS
New-York tribune., 1909-06-27

New Orleans City Lake 1st 5s
New Orleans City Railroad Co. Gen 5s
New Orleans Railway & Light Co. Gen. AIS
New York & WestChester Lighting Co. Gen.
Northport Waterworks Co. 1st AIS
Norwich Gas & Electric Co. 1st 5S
Paducah City Railway Co. Cons 5s
Peace River Phosphate Mining CO. 1st Cons IS
Pixies Peak Hydro Electric Co. 1st S. F. 5s
Pine Bluff Corporation The, Gold 5s
Plattsburgh Traction Co. 1st 6s
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Co. Inc
so Yr SO Gold
Richmond Light Heat & Power Co. 1st
Reid 5s
St Lawrence Adirondack Railway 1st 5s
ST. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co. So Col
lateral Gold Notes
Sharon & New Castle Railway Co. 1st Lien
S. T 5s
Somerset County n J., Building As
Spartanburg Railway, Gas & Electric Co.
1St 5s
spartanburg Railway, Gas & Electric Co.
I'd 5s
Spring Valley Coal Co. 1st IS
Springfield Railway & Light Co. 1st Lien
Ref IS
Tacoma Gas & Electric Co. 1st 5s
Tanana Valley Railroad Co. 80 Yr. Coll.
Tr Gold Notes
Terminal Warehouse Co. End Mtge. 5S
Underground Electric Railways Co. of London,
Limited, 412s Bonds of 1888
Utica Belt Line Street Railway Co. End
Mtge. 5s
United Gas & Elec. Co. of New Jersey 1st
Mtge. 5s
Utica, Clinton & Binghamton R. R. Co. Gen 5s
Virginia Portland Cement Co. 1st 5s
Worcester & Connecticut Eastern Ry. Co. 1st
AIS
Western n Y & Pennsylvania Ry. Co. 1st 5s
Yakima County, Washington, S. D. No.
Youngstown-S Sharon Railway & Light Co. 1st
S. F. 5s
DUE JULY 2ND.
City of Oregon, Mo.
DUE JULY 18th.
Wladikawkas Railway Co. (Russla) is
DUE JULY 18TH
Fayette-Kanawha Mining Co. 1st 6s
Branchville, S. D. No. 18, Orangeburg Co., S. O.