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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Juries Summoned


Petit juror for the circuit court OF
Augusta county whose attendance is
required on Tuesday the 28th day
of February. 1911 ut 10 O'Clock a.
M:
Homer f. CARRIER, H. &. Baylor,
J. Cyrus McCue, Eugene W. Brana.
man, E. A Bell, W. f. Baxter, B.
F. Cox. S. d. Cline, H. H. Lyle.
Win. F. Coiner, Harry F. Leonard.
VIM. D. Layman, E. P. Harvey, E.
L. Baylor, Frank A. Bear, E. A.
Dudley, Chas. P. Bell, I. J. Maupin,
Chas. Brooks, Jno. A. Rowan, F. G.
V. Brown.
Grand jurors for the circuit souri,
of Augusta county whose attendance
is required on Tuesday, 28th day Of
Fa.suarv 1911 at 10 o'clock a. m;
I j Frank Clam mer. Sam 7el f. Pilson,
/ A F. Sibert, E. E. Patterson, Jno. A.
Kennedy. Stewart Boiling, E. a.
dudley, r. M. H. Cash, Edward F.
Carpenter, E. L. Eakle, A. P. Ander.
son, E. NJ. Dudley.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
For a Loaf, All Right.

As the tramp looked at Mrs. God
ard he felt thrill of hope. Here
was surely an easy and benevolently
inclined person. Gould you gimme
a dime to buy loaf o. bread?" he
whined.
Mrs. Godard's guileless soul look
ed out at him through her near
sighted eyes, and she fingered her
purchase hopefully.
II have only quarter here" said
she, "and I'm really too tired to walk
home"
Sure, l can change it for you, %
said the tramp, cheerfully, as he
took out a dime and a nickel; and
not until Mrs. GODDARD was halfway
home on the car did it occur to hel
that there was anything unusual in
the transaction.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Why.


Hubert Henry Davis, the play
wright, who has spent much time in
London, tells of an amusing inter-
view between the owner of a publ
cation In the British Capital,
whereof George Bernard Shaw had
been the dramatic critic, and Max
Beerbohm, on the occasion of the
latter's assumption of the duties
laid down by G.. B. s.
\ The owner advised Max of the sal
airy that had been paid George Ber-
nard, observing at the same time:
Being comparatively inexperi-
enced, YOU, Mr.. Beerbohn, cannot,
of course, expect SO much"
'Oh yes, I shall!" hastily inter-
posed Max. Indeed, I shall expect
more! Shaw knows the drama so
thoroughly that it is an easy matter
for him to write of 1t, whereas I,
knowing nothing whatever about 1t,
shall find it dreadfully hard work.!
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Season opens with Accident

Charlottesville, Va, Feb. is. -
The first accident to the baseball!
season at che University of Virginia
took place late yesterday afternoon,
when Guy Herbert, promising
young player was struck in the face
by batted ball. His jaw bnne was
broken in two places, aud he will De
out of the game for some time. The
bill which struck youpg Herbert was
batted BY Spratt, Jaw student.
Lambeth field was crowded with 70
players at the time of the accident.
Spratt/ with several others, was
tstc1ng to the outfielders. Herbert
was tossing ball to a fel low player
aud did not see the ball coming. One
or two men yelled, but Herbert heard
their warning too late.
Herbert resides in Marshall, Fau-
quier county. Va. and this is his
first year at the University. He
attended school last ut Bingham
School. Ashevills, N. @.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
MlLEY L. H0UFF DEAD
Popular Travelling Salesman Sue.
cumbs to Bronchitis

Miley L. Houff died at his home
about three miles from Staunton on
the Spring Hill road Monday morn
ing at 10:15 O'Clock, flowing an
attack of bronchitis He was a son
Of E. L. Houf, Jr., one of the best
known residents of Augusta county,
and brother of Lewis Hoaff, q
member of the local tailoring firm
of Fifer and Houff. For many years
Mr.. Houff was associated with the
firm of B. W, Crum as q travelling
salesman, in which position he made
nu nervous friends. Besides his
parents and two brother he leaves his
wife who was a Miss Philips and
four small children. The funeral
will be held from Lebanon church
this afternoon at O'Clock.
Thsspall bearers will be as follows :
Richard SutIer, Ken Smith, John
Splitter, John Houff, Dave Link.
Ode Willburger, B. W. Crum and
J. A. Crum.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Steel from the Ore.

Two Australian inventors have
found a new process for the continu-
Gus treatment of iron ore, which is
to be exploited throughout the
world. 1t is a process for directly
converting the ore into malleable
iron or steel, and is said to effect
a saving of rs per cent. After the
ore is concentrated it is passed
through a revolving cylinder and
brought into contact with the deoxi-
dizing gas; thence it falls into a bot
tie of molten iron and is converted
into steel or malleable iron, the
whole process being automatic.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
New Typewrirind Device

LONDON, Feb. 16.-Ths latest de-
velopnent in connection with the
typewriter is machine to print
syllablss of two and three letters BY
a single pressure of the key "a time
saving device that will meet with
great favor in all business houses.
This invention calls for no special
skill on the part of the operator.
There is the ordinarp' standard key
poard, but the keys caa be extended
to sixty or more. The TWO letter
syllables include the following: Be
an, CHI, de, ed. as. in, no. st, IN and
among the three letter svllables are
all, and, who, are, end. hassS he, our.
for, many, not, hav, CON, com, ing
ACC, dis. psr. pro.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
The Limitations of Royalty.

The late King Oscar of Sweden
was the least conventional of mon
archs, but he had to courtesy to GUS
tom, nevertheless.
The King and Monsieur BONNER,
the botanist, met as strangers, the
New York Suns foreign correspond
emit says, while out in search of flow
ers near Stockholm. They were soon
the best of friends, and BONNER
suggested lunch at his inn.
Come home with me instead -
said the other.
When the way led to the palace
gates BONNER hesitated.
"I'm sorry" said his companion,
'sbut l happen to be the king of this
country, and this is the only place
where can entertain my friends"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
''Only Us Chickens"

The same thing that prompts one
to say yes in answer to the query,
Are you asleep?" may have infiu-
enced the negro in the following
story from Life:
1t was a dark night, and the own
er of the chicken-coop, gun in hand,
was investigating certain suspicious
noises he had heard.
who's in there?" he called at
the open window
Erastus. inside. replied softly and
reassuringly, "Ain't nobody heah
'cep'in ds dickens
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
CUTS DOWN DEATHS
Meningitis Serum Reduces Mortal
ity to Less 1-han a Third

New York, Feb. l5.-The expert
nepts which the Rockefeller Iusti-
snte for Medical Research has bsep
making with anti-meningitis serum
have been so successful that the
management Of the institute has
iesued statement to the effect that
the curative efficiency of the serum
might now be regarded as scientifi.
cally established aud that the serum
might now take its place with vac
cine and diphthcria antitoxin Us az
approved agency for t 10 protection Of
public health.
According to the report sent in,
the serum has cut down the NOR
tality from cerebro-spinal meningitis
to less than ONE thi1d of what il
was before the serum came to te
known and used.
The serum according to genera
Manager Jerome D. Greer Of the in
stitute, should be used In the early
stages of the disease. It II injected
into the lumbar section OF the spinal
cord.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Microscopic Writing.

A remarkable machine made by
lately deceased member of the
Royal Microscopical Society for writ
ing with a diamond seems to have
been broken up by its inventor. A
specimen of its work is the Lords
prayer of 227 letters, written in the
$4,000 Of square inch, which is
at the rate Of 53,880,000 letters or
Is complete Bibles, to a single
square inch. To decipher the writ
ing it is necessary to use LIP
inch objective, which Is the high
power lens physicians employ TO.
studying the most miunte bacteria.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Bill of Rights.

The Declaration of Right-1688-
89-next to Magma Charta, the
greatest landmark in the constitu-
tional history of England, introduced
no new principle into the British
Constitution. Lord Macaulay says
Of this famous document that though
It made nothing law which was not
law before, it contained the germ
Of every good law that had been
passed during more than a century
and half, of every good law which
might thereafter be found necessary
to promote the public veal. The
Bill of Rights was the reafirmation
OF Magma Charta with more empha-
sis.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
FLOATING sLUM OF CANTON.
Where the Poor of a Great Chinese
City Live.

Where the Poor of Great Chinese
City Live.
Stand beside the imperial custom
house at Canton China, and let the
eye range down the river toward
Hong Kong. AS far as the sight
can reach lie boats, boats and again
boats. These are no ordinary craft,
mere vessels of transport plying
hither and thither, but the countless
homes of myriad Chinese, in which
millions have been born, have lived
and died. They are the dwellings Of
the very poor, who live in them
practically free from rent, taxes and
the other burdens of the ordinary
citizen.
The Tankia (Which means boat
dwellers), as the denizens of these
floating houses are called, form a
sort of caste apart from the rest of
the Cantonese. The shore jewellers
regard them as belonging to lower
social order, and indeed they have
many customs peculiar to them
oO1VCS WulCu tuCM DIS d S0pd-
rate community. How the swarm
ing masses of them contrive to sup
port existence is mystery, but their
chief mode of employment is in car
rying merchandise and passengers
from place to place. In some cases
the daughters of the family go
ashore to work in factories; but the
years earnings of Chinese factory
girl would scarce suffice to buy
single hat for her western sister.
OF course as against this low rate
Of pay the standard of living is cor
respondingly different.
The houses which make up these
vast floating slums are of all sizes.
Some are but fifteen feet long. From
these cramped dimensions, however,
they range up to length of fifty or
sixty feet. A boat large enough to
accommodate a family of moderate
size can be obtained for $40, and
since the anchorage is free it is OBJ
vions that the Tankia effect many
savings impossible to the shore
dweller.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
In PHILADELPHIA.

Hammerstein' new opera house
Is the civic pride.
There are 181 doctors signs in six
blocks Of Chestnut street.
A row of black men washing a
row of white marble doorsteps gives
q fine effect in chiaroscuro.
There are not nearly SO many sky
scrapers as in Buffalo; except in a
Few buildings the elevators run only
when you ring for them.
The sidewalks are brick as New
York's were a hundred years ago.
There are still some open sewers in
he middle of the streets. On wash
days they run full and visibly soapy.
The Schuylkill water is always
muddy. Part of the city now has
altering system. The rest buys
spring water.
There are almost no 1arger-beer
saloons. There are no French and
Italian restaurants. There are only
a few hotels.
The many lighthouses in Fair
mount Park along the Schuylkill are
built solidly of stone.
Most of the dwellings are of red
brick and nearly all small. DR..
Weir Mitchell in his new novel calls
Philadelphia "The Red City," A
Fair house in fair quarter rents for
$25 a month.
Negro children attend all the pub
tic schools and the white people send
theirs to private schools when they
ian raise the money.
A New Yorker can find more
things different in Philadelphia than
in Chicago OF. Denver.
The men average taller than in
New York; there is less immigration
Of the small races.
Family and descent are taken
seriously. Money will not buy So
cial position-not at once.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
FLOWERS IN SEALED BOXES.
A Scheme of tho Florists Which Pre-
vents in Leakage in Delivery.


vents in Leakage in Delivery.
Florists have hit on a new wrinkle
in delivering flowers. After the
flowers have been packed in boxes
aud the boxes are tied up in fancy
style with ribbon, the ends of the
ribbon are sealed to the box with
wax and the florists private mark
stamped thereon.
This is not to add style to the
package, but serves strictly useful
purpose. 1t was not an uncommon
occurrence for flowers to leak on the
way.
Two tozen American Beauties
would shrink to one dozen. Some
times the chance Of detection was
slight, as the recipient would not
know how many flowers were sent
in the case of gift, and in the case
of large order few persons wo I'D
take the trouble to count them, and
half dozen might well slip away
unnoticed.
So the florists seal the packages
now and temptation is removed
from the path of those who deliver
them.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Heard in Some Households.

Absolutely no consideration for
me.
You are driving me to desperation.
Your treatment is beyond endur-
ance.
A weaker woman would be driven
into a mad-house.
l am surely losing my mind.
l never had moments peace.
You are making my life a hell on
earth.
You are driving me to an early
grave.
l am simply worn to the bone.
y. Never get one kind word.
Oh, why did l leave home?
I can never open my mouth.
Oh. if the grave would only open
and take me in.
l am all unstrung.
/ am on the verge of nervous pros
tration.-F. ]. W., in Life.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Fixity of Purpose.

The man who succeeds above his
fellows is the one who, early in life,
clearly discerns his object, and to-
ward that object habitua11y directs
his powers. Even genius itself is but
fine observation strengthened by FIX
ity of purpose. Every man who OBJ
serves vigilantly and resolves stead
lastly grows unconsciously into gent
us.-Bulwer-Lytto
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
H. l. Lang,
Optometrist
Masonic Temple
Staunton. Virginia
Didn't Kill a Passenger

Chicago. Feb. IA. The Hartman
railway lines carried 10 per cent. of
the estimated 1910 passenger traffic Of
the United States, or more than forty
nine thousand people. without fatal
accident to any of the number. This
result ia ascribed to the installation
OF safety devices and is believed to
have no parallel in the railroad world.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
A Pair Of
Good Eyes


may grow constantly strong
er in hard and continuous
work and retain their vigor
as long AS any other organ
of the body. But when one
disccrns a hint of dimness, a
tired feeling, an ache in the
eye balls or repeated head
aches, then glasses may be
Of great service in arresting
the failures that if neglected
may cause deep anxiety and
inconvenience.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Sufficiently MARRIED.

You want to get da aees. l sup
pose," said the lawyer to whom Mrs.
Donovan's husband escorted her on
the day after she and Mrs. Leahy had
INDUCED in a little difference of
opinion.
"Damages!" echoed Mrs. Dono-
van, shrilly. Haven't l got dam
ages enough already, man? What
I'm after is satisfaction
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Wife Got Tip Top Advice

"My wife wanted me to take our
boy to the doctor to cure an ugly boil, I"
writes DR.. Frankel, of Stroud, Okla
II said put Bucklen's Arnica Salye on
it. She did SO, and it cured the boil in
short time" Quickest healer of
burns, scalds, cuts, corns, bruises,
sprains, swellings. Best pile cure on
earth. Try it. Only Csc at B. f..
Hughes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Tortured for is Years

by cure-defying stomach trouble
that baffied doctors, and resisted all
remedies he tried, John w. Modders,
of Moddersville, Mich, seemed DOOM
ed. He had to sell his farm ana give
up work. His neighbors said, she
can't live much longer. "Whatever /
ate distressed me-" he wrote, "till I
tried lectric Bitters, which worked
such wonders for me that I can now
eat things / could not take for years.
It's surely grand remedy for stomach
trouble" Just as good for the liver
and kidneys. Every bottle guaran-
teed. Only SOC at B. T. Hughes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Bankers Tie Up 2o.Story Plan

Richmond, Va, Feb. l5.-Jonn L.
Williams and Sons. bankers, who
have refused to AGATE quarters in the
Chamber of Commerce building in
order that the building may be torn
Town and a 20 story sKyscraper erected
sre still holding TO their former posi-
sion. Eje5tmeuG prOoeedii gs have
been mentione@.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Their Favorite Topics.

'My friends all call me down."
complained the artist who has just
made a beautiful portrait of we'll
known actress, whenever l begin to
talk about my work. They won't
let me brag a minute. They either
snub me or get up and go away"
''They are partly right remark
ed the poet sadly. eff they let us
talk about our work all we wanted
to there'd be no other subject OF
conversation"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
TOplady.

Augustus Montague Toplady was
born in Farnham, England, Novem-
Der 4, 1740. Educated at Trinity
College, Dublin, English clergyman
and author, but hardly known now
save as the author of the immortal
hymn referred to. Died in London
August IL, 1878.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Underwent Operation

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis P. Hawkins of
Stanton are in the city with Mi.
Hawkins son. Master George Rhine
hart, who was operated on last week
for appendicitis at the University
Eos oitai. charlottesville Progress
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Brought into Commerce.

EHOu6ffV HHtO tVfHuICESCs =
The fruit Of the CARTE tree is now
being handled in fair commercial
quantities for the production Of a
cheap type Of vegetable grease, USE
full for the manufacture of soap and
candles.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Or. RIG. Reese Honored

Dr.. R. g. Reese, son of DR.. and
Mrs. B. P Reese Of Staunton. and
snrgeo. at the Ne AYork Eye and Ear
Infirmary. has just been appointed
consulting ophthalmologist at Belle
rue HosDitsl New York city.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Criticism of Nature.

cit has always seemed to me that
Nature is at fault" observes the
Philosopher of Folly, when she
gives a man a mouth capable of bit
ing off more than he can chew"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
WILL MOVE EPILEPTICS
Hundred or More to be Transferred
to Colony in Amherst

w NVAVAy 49, HAAAAASASS
On Or abo1t March l, 100 or more
epl1sptic patient Of the various state
asylums for the insane will be Trans
ferred to ths newly established colony
near LynchbuIg. On April 10 the
General Hospital Board will meet at
thu colony to formally accept it,
after which it will be part OF the
general hospital system for the in
sane. These epileptics will be taken
from all the hospitals in the state and
after they are removed to the colony
there will still remain 200 more
patients similarity afflicted in thu
insane asylnms.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Seaweed as a Water Filter

Seaweed as Water Filter.
Seaweed may be planted in the
Schuylkill river in Pennsylvania as.
an experiment to attempt to filter
the water which is used for drinking
purposes in Philadelphia, af b ,.a.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Volcano Not Extinct,

Mount Cameron, on the west coast
of Africa long regarded as an ex-
tinct volcano, was found by party
Of German explorers recently to be
still alive and in danger of eruption.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17

Miss Grace Andrews has gone to
NorGhford, W. Va. to accept posi-.
tlon as stenographer at the First
National bank there.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17

Mr.. Louis Hawkins is ia this hospi
tai, at thu University of Virginia
having had to have another opera.
tion perfor med on his head
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
MANY ATTENDING REVIVAL
Noted Richmond Evangelist Will
Conduct Services Tonight

Conduct Services Tonight
Largo crowds are attending the re-
eival services which are being held
at the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. The revival opened on Sum
day night, and will be continued for
two weeks. services to be held night.
ly. Rev. George H. Wiley, noted
evangelis5 Of Richmond, will arrive
in Stapnton today. and will con-
duct the services tonight. He is one
of the most zselous religious workers
in the south, and is q speaker Of
great ability.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17

Mrs. Frank Lee Of Prince, W. Va,
is visiting at the home OF her brother
Mayor II. II. Wayt
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