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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
Ep1taphs.

Here lies a man who seemed to think
His trouble he could drown to drink.
He succeeded.
Sleeping here quite free from strife
Is the man who contradicted his wife.
She's married again.
Dear friends, here lie the bones of one
Who always carried loaded gun
The other fellow pulled his tirst
A hypnotist below doth lie;
He looked tiger in the eye.
No inquest.
Beneath this willow lies Paddy Shea;
He yelled sHurrah for the A. P. A"
No flowers.
This slab in memory of maid Irene,
A stove and can of gasoline.
That's all. tx.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
MASH FEED FOR CHICKENS
The Number Feeding Wet Mash Ap.
pears to Be Increasing, a. Re.
suits Given Are Better.

Most poultrymen feed mash-some
wet, some dry. The number feeding
the latter appears to be increasing.
Its advocates claim equal or greater
results, healthier and more vigorous
stock, and better results at Matching
time, and there certainly IL q saving
of labor. There Is no questioning the
fact that making and carrying wet
mash for any considerable number OF
hens is hard work and takes time.
What do the hens say about dry
mash? We have tried 1t in small
way, and 1 have been surprised to
see how readily hens that had been
accustomed to wet mash took to it,
says a writer in Good Literature. We
have fitted out five pens with home
made dry-feed hoppers, and are trying
it on the hens this winter. A cut of
one Of these hoppers is shown here
with. It is made from q soap box 20
inches long, 8 inches deep and IL
inches wide, inside measure. The
throat at the bottom IL two inches, and
the tray part is two inches deep. The
cover is made sloping to discourage
any ease-loving hen from taking an
after-mash siesta thereon. Leather
hinges are used on some Of ours. This
hopper might be made with the box
on end, making a shorter tray and
less exposed surface, II preferred.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
Fate Was Against Him.

From the ArgOnaut.
When Mr.. Jenkins went to his bed
room at half-past one, it was with the
determination of going to sleep, and
with another determination that he
would not be interviewed by Mrs. Jen-
kins. So, as soon as he had entered the
door, and deposited his lamp upon the
dressing-table, he commenced his
speech: 81 locked the front door. put
the chain on. l pulled the key out a
little bit. The dog is inside. put the
kitten out. 1 emptied the drippan of
the refrigerator. The cook took the
silver to bed with her. / put cane
under the knob of the back hall door.
| put the fastenings over the bathroom
windows. The parlor fire has coal on.
1 put the cakeboX back in the closet.
| did not drink all the milk. 1t is not
going to rain. Nobody gave me any
message for you. mailed your letter
as soon as L got downtown. Your
mother did not call at the office. No
body died that we are interested in.
Did not hear of a marriage or engage
ment. | was very busy at the office
making out bills. / have hung my
clothes over chair-backs. l want new
egg for breakfast. l think that is all,
and l viii now put out the light" Mr..
Jenkins felt that he had hedged against
all inquiry, and a triumphant smile
was upon his face as he took hold of the
gas-check, and sighted line for the
bed, when he was earthquaked by the
query from Mrs Jenkins: "Why didn't
you take off your hat ?'
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
Saved From The Grave.

81 had about given up hope, after
nearly four years of suffering from a
severe lung trouble" writes Mrs. NJ. L..
Dix, of Clarksville, Tenn. soften the
pain in my chest would be almost un-
bearable and L could do no work, but
DIR. Kings New Discovery has made
me feel like new person. Its the best
medicine made for the throat and
lungs" Obstinate coughs, stubborn
colds, hay fever, la grippe, asthma,
Group, bronchitis and hemorrhages,
hoarseness and whooping cough, yield
quickly to this wonderful medicine.
Try it. SOC and $1.0O. Trial bottles
free. Guaranteed by B. F. Hughes.
$4,000, 600 worth of American mer-
chandise was carried by rail across the
isthmuses of Panama and Tehauntepec
in the fiscal year 1909, and in the cal
endar year the total will probably
reach $75, 900, 600 in value.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
Otto the Orator.

Friends, fellow citizens and toiiers,
lend me yonr ears while we puncture
this latest fallacy called "Fletcherism, "
Fletcher says, ''chew each bite -
times" I am now talking to working
men who earn their wage by the sweat
of their brow. Men, let us say you eat
the equivalent of four slices of bread at
each meal. Each slice of bread should
contain 10 bites. Four times 10 bites
is 40 bites. Each bite chewed 81 times
equals 1890 bites. Allowing a half
minute for each 80 bites, it will require
64S minutes of more than 10 hours to
consume one meal, and more than 3O
hours for three meals. Gentlemen, l
ask you in all sincerity, where are you
going to get the time to earn the money
for that bread? What
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
The Modern Visiting Card,

when visiting cards were first used, we
are quite certain of the fact that they
are not of very ancient date. Appar-
entity they were adopted in English So
ciety before they Were generally used
on the continent. 1t was probably
about 100 that they came into fashion
in Great Britain, and it was as late as
ITO when they were introduced in
Paris. 1t appears that the first visit
ing cards were regular playing cards,
the backs of which were used for the
address. Examiner.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01

These dry-feed hoppers made of
chased from poultry supply houses.
They may be a little more artistic.
but no better for practical purposes.
Another style of hopper for feeding
wet mash consists Of two triangular
end pieces 20 inches high, to which
are fastened one by two inch strips,
and to these are nailed the upright
strips, about two inches wide, sharp
at the upper ends. On one side these
are nailed fast, but on the other the
lower longitudinal strip Is rounded at
the ends, these ends being fitted into
an auger hole in the triangular piece,
thus making sort Of gate which is
opened to put the feed into the trough.
A wire hook at the middle fastens
this to the other side when closed.
The trough is about five inches high,
V-shaped, and rests in V-shaped cleats
at each end, SO that it may be re-
moved readily for cleaning. We have
two of these feed troughs which have
been in use several years. The trough
In one of them Is made of wood, in
the other of galvanized iron. The lat
ter is now rusted through in several
places, while the wooden one is good
for several years more of use. These
feed racks or troughs may be made
of any desired length.
We have, also, couple of the same
style racks, about 1S inches square,
designed for water. They were very
satisfactory while they lasted, but
the galvanized iron pans rusted out in
couple of years. Ono Of these was
built with a space under the pan 30
that some hot bricks might be put
under in cold weather to keep the
water from freezing. These devices
may be purchased from some poultry
supply houses, though l think the
sides are made of round rods instead
of Stats.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
No Fear from the Chickens.

1t does not require very large plot
for early vegetables and small garden
truck and no fear of the chickens
should be felt. The large fields of
corn and potatoes can in most cases
be planted at some distance
from the poultry house, and in any
event the fowls will harm them little
after they get good start. But by
no means would we be without a
place in which we could confine the
hens when desired at seed and har-
vest time and of course breeding hens
must be fenced. In this manner the
parks do not require to be so large
as when confined constantly, and
fowls can be given their freedom q
greater part Of the season. On this
plan larger egg yield will be secured
hence the greater profit.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
HALLEY'S COMET WON'T
CUT so MUCH ICE
FAME OF UNIVERSE WANDERER FADES
AS ITS BRILLIANCY INCREASES.

FAME OF UNIVERSE WANDERER FADES
AS ITS BRILLIANCY INCREASES.
BY the time Halley's comet arrives
it will have lost the last shred of its
reputation.
Astronomers have already declared
that it will not consume the earth.
Sir David Gill, late astronomer royal
at the Cape, went so far in lecture at
the Horticultural hall recently as to
deny that it can exercise any political
influence or even affect the weather.
"People always seem to have thought
that something was sure to happen
every time a comet became visible, :"
he said, ''as if something did not hap
en- every day. How can comet a
hundred millions of miles away cause
flood in Paris, say, and dry weather
in Egypt, on the same day?
"Halley's comet appeared in 1885,
and it is to appear again in May. Ac-
cording to the superstitiOus, it must be
a political comet, because the repres-
entation of the two main parties in the
house of commons is practically the
same now as it was in 1885.
1885 there was dissolution, and
this year also there is to be dlssolu-
tion," he declared, amid laughter.
:'There were 3S5 liberals an 1885, and
there 393 in 1910, while the number OF
the opposition is exactly the same now
as then, 273.
"When the comet appeared in 1866, "
he continued, the pope of that day, it
is alleged, denounced the comet, the
Turks and the devil in one bull. But
it has been shown that the excom-
munication applied to the Turks and
the devil only, and not to the comet.
sComet's tails turn always away
from the sun. The worst of it is that
nobody knows exactly what they are.
"Some people think they consist of
very minute matter thrown off by the
action of the sun, and others think the
tails are electrical affairs, because they
cannot believe the tails could travel so
far"
He added that the comet would give
its most gorgeous display on May q.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
The Demon OF The Air

is the germ of La Grippe, that, breathed
in, brings suffering to thousands. Its
after effects are weakness, nervousness,
lack of appetite, energy and ambition,
with disordered liver and kidneys. The
greatest need then is Electric Bitters,
the splendid tonic, blood purifier and
regulator of stomach, liver and kidneys.
Thousands have proved that they won
derfully strengthen the nerves, build
up the system and restore health and
good spirits after an attack of grip. If
suffering, try them. Only soc. Per-
feet satisfaction guaranteed by h. F.
Hughes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
IN OLD VIRGINIA.

BLUE LAWS OF CAVALIERS MUCH MORE
| STRICT THAN THOSE OF PURITANS.
The blue laws of the Puritans were
not in it with the blue laws of old Vir-
gina, though ii has always been sup
posed that the cavaliers Of the South
land cared more for high living and
frivolity than for good behavior and
order. In 1862 the following laws were
enacted in this Slate:
Every person who refuses to have
his child baptized by a lawful minister
(Church of England) shall be assessed
1000 pounds of tobacco, half to the
parish, half TO the informer.
To steal or unlawfully kill any hog
that is not his own the offender shall
pay to the owner 1000 pounds of to-
bacco and as much to the informer
and in case of inability to pay shall
serve as slave two years, one TO the
owner, one to the informer.
No marriages shall be reputed valid
in law but such as is made by MN
lister according to the laws of England.
The minister who doth marry contrary
to this act shall be fined 10000 pounds
of tobacco
If married woman shall slander a
person the woman shall be punished
by ducl<ing and if the damages shall
be adjudged more than 500 pounds of
tobacco her husband shall pay, or the
woman receive ducking for every
800 pounds SO adjudged against her
husband if he refuse to pay the tobac-
co.
Enacted that the Lords Day be kept
holy and no journeys or work done
thereon, and all persons inhabiting in
this country shall resort every Sunday
to church and abide there quietly and
orderly during the common prayers
and preaching, upon the penalty of be-
ing fined 50 pounds of tobacco.
Any person inhabiting this country
and entertaining Quaker in or near
his house shall, for every time of such
entertainment, be fined 5000 pounds of
tobacco, half to the county, half to the
informer.
Every master of vessel that shall
bring any Quakers to reside here after
July of this year shall be fined 5000
pounds of tobacco, to be levied by dis
tress and sale of his goods, and he then
shall be made to carry him, her or
them out of the country again.
The court IN every county shall set
up near the Court House, IN public
and convenient place, pillory, pair
of stocks, a whipping post and duck
ing stool. Otherwise the court shall
be fined 5000 pounds Of tobacco.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
RAILROAD TALK.
MR.. STEVENS PRESIDENT OF HOOKING
VALLEY.

MR.. STEVENS PRESIDENT OF HOOKING
VALLEY.
| As stated few day ago, and, in q
sense, carrying out the agreement
reached some time ago, Mr.. George w.
Stevens, president of the G. & 0. Ry.,
has been elected president of the Hook
ing Valley system, recently acquired
by the c. Il o. Frank Trumbull of
| New York, director of the G. & o.,
was elected chairman of the Hooking
Valley board. He is close business
friend and ally of Edwin Hawley. The
rectors of the Hooking Valley were
named as follows: Edwin Hawley,
Frank Trumbull, Geo. w. Stevens, A.
G. Rearick and James Mackie. Stock
holders of the c.. Il q. are called to
meet at the principal offices of the COM
pany in Richmond on April % to pass
on the proposed increase in capital
stock from $66, ,0O0,0 600 to 500, ,O00, 900,
and for corresponding issue of per
ceat. bonds, out of which the purchase
of the new Western connections is to
be financed.
CHESAPEAKE-WESTER RUMOR.
The Chesapeake Western Railway
Co. is having survey made from the
eastern terminus of the road at Elkton
through Madison, Greene and Orange
counties. 1t is said that the line will
be run to Tidewater Virginia. Should
this be done it would connect two of
the richest sections in this State, as
the western terminus is now on the
border of the great coal belt of Virginia
and West Va. Elkton will be near the
centre of the system. 1t is also report
ed that the road has been bought by
the Pennsylvania Ry. Co.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
Worse than Bullets.

Bullets have often caused less suffer
ing to soldiers than the eczema. l.. w.
Hartman, Burlington, Me-, got it in
the army, and suffered with it forty
years. s'But Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured me when all else failed" he
writes. Greatest healer of sores, ulcers,
boils, burns, cuts, wounds, bruises and
piles. 25c at B. F. Hughes drug store.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
Fence Out the Chickens.

A great many farmers and others do
not keep fowls because they claim
they destroy so much garden truck
and grain. That it is far better for
hens to run at large most of the time
is generally conceded, and Of course
no one can have a garden with hens
in it. The matter can be easily ar.
ranged by having the garden fenced
in and the hens fenced out. contrary
to the usual method. fence four feet
high will answer and the fence can
be removable and of temporary char.
acter
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
The Call of the Blood

for publication, finds voice in pimples,
boils, sallow complexion, jaundiced
look, moth patches and blotches on the
skin-all signs of liver trouble. But
DR.. Kings New Life Pills make rich
red blood; give clear skin, rosy cheeks,
fine complexion, health. Try them.
25c at B. F. Hughes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
"Reverse EnoljshIn

Dinah, crying bitterly, was coming
down the street with her feet hand.
aged.
why, what on earth's the matter ?"
she was asked. How did you hnrt
YOUR feet, Dinah?"
Dat good TO nothin' niger (snif.
fe) done hit me on de haid wit a
club while l was standin' on de hard
stone pavement"-Evsrybodys Nasa.
sine. a~,,s
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01
Laces and Embroider1es

The New York and 10 cent store
has just received new shipment o
aces 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, 1910-04-01
Make Shabby Floor Look New.

Get can of the l.. &M. Floor Paint.
Paint the floor in the morning. 1t dries
hard over night With a bright var
nish finish. Saves wear-looks bright
and cheerful. Get it from Culton &
Peale, Waynesboro; c. H.. Cohron &
Son, Stuart's Draft.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-01

The South has $1,000 square miles of
coal land. Great Britain, Germany,
France and Austria combined have
II, 600 square miles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-06
What a Really Nice Girl Is

NJ. very long ago. some one somewhere. dlscOur-
ag.l al hearing many contradictory reports
as - s..t constituted really nice girl compiled
some s.4.istics on the subject. He was very con
slea,a-s in his undertaking and gathered his in
formation from as many different sources he
could and he found very shortly that though II
extreme. difficult to discover what really nice
or could do without iInperiing her position
S1.t there practically no end TO the number Of
t1ng= she positively could not do.
For example no eally nice girl would go to the
lea'-- with man unChaperOned, lace wear
switch. 1t powder on her nose, wear tight shoes,
aes- --- eat dinner down town alone with man,
he engaged more than once be engaged to more than
one man 81, once. smoke cigarettes drink cocktail,
q" her au work darn her husband socks, not darn
per iu- and socks get q divorce live with q hus-
--n1 who was rnlind to her. mary before she
.tet-,'--.e. kiss man unless she was engaged 10
am KISS amy man al all even if She engaged to
Nm marry q second time while her first husband
vas a-t-- living. MARRY second time even if he was
4e-1 marry third time under any conditions what
HE first impulse Of the seeker after knowledge
-'n examining his statistics gaS one Of profound
-57I'3ir lie knew any number Of girls he had al
avs regarded as Ireeminently nice. but according
~ Ferto~y they were practically al barred Then
al y sudden he cheered W.. He not only cheered
u. ne became eElilarated. He had made dscoy-
~ de had uurayeled the mystery Of the eternal
-iIiille. There were millions Of nice girls " as
=, +-- - there we're men to SCI the standards And
r a--ilards we're al different, Which was part
-.-' major premise ot this article
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-06
The Epierammatic Variety

THE second type in this series IS the eplgranlatlC
type. The attitude toward life of this species
of the genus homo is thoroughly dramatic tie views
II as Kaleidoscope and at the same time as stage
on which he IS playing part He talks IN eplgram,
lives in epgram, makes love in epgran. Ills sen
fences splotches of color on the poster order;
trolley ride with him an adventure; dinner down
town as exciting as elOpemcnt; to be engaged to
him to live for the nOnCe in the enchanted country OF
true romance: be married to HIM would seem III
perspective the land OF hearts desire lie IS 4
finished lover a perfect chum. a kindly friend an
adequate husband Occasionally he develops INTO an
affinity but not often He reads the funny columns
of the newspapers; sometimes he writes them MN
self and it is no part of his scheme OF living to furnish
forth in his own person copy for the editor
The woman in search of an affinity sometimes she
Continued plgs ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-06
The Garden Variety of Man

THE first group in the list may be called the com
L mon or garden variety type OF man. The com
mon or garden variety may be tall or short or stout
or thin or Young old good looking or homeIy
In his early youth he looks very much alike, comes
twelve dozen and is hard to distinguish from hun
self EXCEPT by his necktie. He bushes eas y, does
n Al twenty think he knows all there IS to know IN
The [rord EXCEPT Of course about girls, and he has
usually had a good bringing up. He is great fun III a
t,-ostep or i walt and poor dinner companion
Because he has had nice mother and SISTERS he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-06

tireV trusted in this important matter. Skill comes
only with experience hence, second marriages are
usually a success; for a widow though she may not
know exactly what she does want realizes by proc
esS of elimination what she doeSn want And that
is no small thing to know.
The American man has pretty widespread repu-
tatOn for being the best and indulgent husband
in the world and he deserves his reputation
of it. The dominant note OF our American GV1llZa-
ton is Individualsm and the American man not
only recognizes himself as an individual, he also
recognizes his WifeS right to be considered; he
even makes demands upon her along that line, and
in consequence lets her have her own and nearly all
the rights she wants. And she is the consequent
envy of her European sisters.
Still he IS quite perfect. He Is not. IN general,
so sincere as the Englishman gallant the Italian,
or 50 home loving the German AS for his taking
his womenfolk SERIOUSLY there the Frenchman has
him beaten to a whisper. Just one thing does the
American man take with unalOVed seriousness,
toward iust thing does he display perfect gal
lantrv and sincerity, and for Just thing does he
pine with hOmesickneSs If he Is parted from II IN
Observation-Disclosures. And that is the reason out
side of all question of title that many American
girls marry foreigners They are seeking the golden
fleece of beng first, second to nothing, not even
sometimes they don't. But in any case they lose
their chance of being indiyiduastic. The European
doesn't look for that in his women.
Admitting then that American men differ ma
teria1lv from another. each being an individual
and more or less law unto himself, they may, neV
into four general groups. Not all members OF these
groups when taken III the raw, make acceptable
husbands: some Of them not even acceptable
friends which really is saving the same thing twice;
brIt with the exception OF the third group they may
all with proper care and under congenial conditions,
deyelo or be developed into that most satisfactory
representative Of his class the right sort Of American