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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
A Fierce Night Alarm

Is the hoarse, startling cough of child
suddenly attacked by Group. Often it
aroused Lewis Chamberlin of Man.
chester, o., Or. R. No. p for their
four children were greatly subject to
Group. sometimes in severe attacks, -
ne wrote, 1--WE were afraid they would
die, but since we proved what a Ger
tain remedy DR.. Kings New Discov
cry is, We have no fear. We rely on it
Tor Group and for coughs, colds or any
throat or lung trouble" So do thous-
ands OF others. So may you. Asth-
ma, Hay Fever, La Grippe, Whoop-
ing Cough, Hemorrhages fly before it.
oOc and s1.OO. Trial bottle free. Sold
by b. +. Hughes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
DIES IN TENNESSEE
Mrs. Tidball Was Former Matron
of State Institution Here

Mrs. Tidball Was Former Matron
of state Institution Here
Mr.. J. X Taylor received a tele-
gram Monday morning announcing
the death of Mrs. Susan w. Tidball
which occurred in Sewanee Tenn.
Mrs. Tidbsll was for some years the
matron at the Virginia School for the
Deaf and the Blind and during her
residence here made many devoted
friends. She also had number of
relatives in the city. Last November
. year ago her daughter Mrs. Barton
died leaving two young daughters
and Mrs. Tidball resigned her posi-
ton to 60 and take care Of her grand
children DR.. Barton, their father
being q professor in the Univ srsity of
SeWanee. She had not been we'll this
winter but the news of her death is q
severe shock to her friends here.
The remains will be taken to VIM
chester and the funeral will be held
there tomorrow.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
SACRIFICED LEGS TO LOVE
Refused Wedding Man Stays Absd
For Forty Years

4 Boston, March 20. - Because Il
father prevented his marriage to the
woman of his choice. Joseph Plum
mer, Of Milton, N. H. has remained
40 years In bed. He 10 now II years
old.
The girl he loved il dead. but the
old mAn has not bsen told; in fact,
he refused to speak Of her from the
very Cay when he said to his father !:
"f You will not let me have her,
then will 60 to bed" He went to
bed. The father. thinking that this
perversity Of youth would pass in q
few days, carried him his meals.
But he did not gey up He continued
in bed day after day, week after
week, year after year.
Now he IL to weak from his loue
inactivity that he has lost the uss Of
his legs entirely.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
To RemODe Lime

When the inside of a kettle is COW
cred with thick coating of lime to
remove it the kettle should be filled
with vinegar diluted with one-fifth as
much water. If the vinegar be weak
add no water.
Cover the kettle and bring to boil
and by twenty minutes constant boil
ing the lime should be disintegrated
enough to allow of scraping off in
large flakes. Give the kettle a
thorough rinsing and before using put
a clean clam shell in the bottom OF
the kettle, as they will collect the
lime formation inSsead of the sides OF
the kettle.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
PRlsoNED IN BOXES.
Woman And Man Will be Subjecte5
to Novel Experiments.


to Novel Experiments.
Human energy in all its phases is &c
be measured by an intricate machine
known as a respiration calorimeter.
which is being constructed by the
Department of Agriculture AS soon
as the machine is completed several
of the departments physiological
chemists will conduct a series OF in
teresting experiments.
These experiments, which entail the
combining of men and women in an in
geniOusly cOntrived box or casiret,
for days or weeks at time, will regis
ter to a degree not only the human
pulse beat, respiration and tempera-
ture, but the forms of energy that are
active within the body, whether The
subject be awake or asleep. The
amount of energy furnished the hui
man system by a pound of beefsteak
an omelet or vegetable soup, can be
determined exactly by the machine.
Similar experiments are being car
ried on in the Carnegie Nutrition Lab
oratory in RoXbury, Mass, and when
Secretary of State Root visited Boston
about two weeks ago, it is reported
he spent several hours at the labora-
tory watching the experiments. Slice
his return to Washington Mr.. Root
has discussed the experiments with
his friends. and pronounced the ma
chine an invaluable invention.
Should the machine prove a success,
it is asserted, it will be possible 20
give in figures the amount of energy
required to perform any kind of work,
the amount and quality of food nee
essary to sustain the subjects strength
during its performance, the capacity
of a person for mental and physical
labor, the limitation in figures of
persons heart, lung and kidney action,
and other numerical details which
hitherto have been inestimable. 1t may
be possible now to treat accurately
and inteliigently any disease or condi-
ton of the body.
DR.. C. F. Yangworthy is supervising
the construction of the machine, which
is to be completed about February /,
when the experiments will be given 1t
is understood that the department will
construct several cabinets Inside
these cabinets the subjects may carry
on their daily work, while the energy
used in the operation is recorded. The
interior of the chambers will be lead
walled. An opening at the front will
serve as door, and smaller open
ing at the side for passing food and
drink. The chamber is to be furnished
with atable, chair and a bed.
The pulse rate will be recorded by
an ingenious apparatus, which will be
adjusted about the chest and connect
ed with an observation table outside,
where needle, working over smoked
paper, will record each heart beat. A
similar continuance will show each
breath taken.
1t is declared that the successful
manipulation of these energy ma
chimes will be the means of solving
another of the world old problems,
that of reducing the cost of human
,nutrition to the minimum degree
Washington Cor. New York Herald.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
Don't Garry Tales or
Gossip in the Office
Woman Who Talks of
Other is Feared and
DiSliked.

IN the office, in the home, in every
walk of life, there is one sort OF
l person whom we all vote detest-
able. and that is the talebearer.
II We are possessed of good dis
position we can put up with the
grouchy, the egotist, the know-it-all,
the shrew; but the man or woman
given to tale-bearing is despised and
generally feared,
ALI Of US have known this sort of
girl No incident was SO Insignificant,
no word so meaningless, that she
could not twist it into something to
give warped impression.
All tale-bearers, however, are not
Of the same sort. There is the ma
ucious one, who is probably the most
abominable; the thoughtless girl. the
chronic talker, and the one eager to
create sensation, but all manage to
attain the same end-that being the
spreading before the world of Incl
dents in lives of others which had
! better been left in secrecy.
Such girl in the office will at first
be rather popular for I am afraid
most Of us are inclined to gossip, and
her tales have the spice of scandal.
But after while her associates be-
gin to see that they themselves are
being taken as objects for the tales,
and then begins the unpopularity OF
the tell-tale.
q RI
have ones innermost thought, or
trifing action repeated without ones
| knowledge? There may be no harm
done in the telling, but who can tell
what there might have been? 1t is not
SO much the tale; 1t is the habit, the
| principle Of the thing that is OBJ
poxious.
Girls are quick to single out the
one in their midst who is addicted to
repeating. They will listen to her
tales, but when subject or friend
Is being discussed, how quickly does
the conversation stop when the tale
bearer joins the group.
Probably the worst sort is she who
makes it point to recount every dis
agreeable criticism, the nasty pin
prickfng sayings Of one friend to an
other.
Remember a tale loses nothing in
the telling, and what may have been
innocent criticism is distorted into
something which will cause the OBJ
ject pain.
The acquaintance of this type gen.
orally sticks closer than a leech and
do what We may we cannot stop the
tales which she pours into our ears.
1t is perhaps natural that once we be-
gin to listen, notwithstanding the un-
pleasantness we hear, we are tempted
to listen to more, and yet little
more.
But whether thoughtless or ma
licious, the habit of repeating tales
which had better remain untold is
equally detestable, and as rule in
the end the tale-bearer is the one
most harmed
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
SHOT DOWN BY CONSTABLE
Wesley Fields Filled With Lead
When He Attacked Officer

Lynehiurg. Va, March 20-While
resisting arrest Saturday night at
Warminster, 30 miles east of here,
in Nelson county, Wesley Fields, q
middle aged man with q large family,
was shot and MORALLY wounded by
Constable William hughes. At q
o'clock today Fields was still in the
station waiting room At Warminster
and the attending physician said he
could not survive long.
During the day Fields had Difficult.
ty with a neighbor named A. r
Moon, who swore ont warrant for
his arrest. In the meantime Fields
went to Scottsburg, and when he re-
TUNED at 1 O'Clock last night the
constaple approached ~ hs left the
train and attempted to arrest him.
Fields drew a knife and advanced.
Constable Hughes fired, the shot dis.
abling Fields right hand. ~ the
arm fell linn, he took the knife in
his left hand and renew ed the attack.
Hughes then fred three shots into
the mans abdomen and he fell In q
heap.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
Three COlOrS Woven
In Silk PetticOdt

Among the knockabout silk petit
coats none are more popular than
those of shot or changeable silk.
These give attractive color effects
even when the shades are dark enough
to be very serviceable.
Three colors enter into some of the
prettiest of these petticoats and the
taste for difficult and yet harmon
ious combin atoms which had been
such a notable feature in most of last
years modes is reflected in some of
the newer changeable effects.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
CONVERSATION IS I,
AN ART BUT IT
1 MAY Be ACQUIRED.
Keep in Touch With
Events, and Talk of Sub
iects Which Interest.
nm HEY say am clever. suppose

I'M HEY say am clever. suppose
|" because I was always at the
1 head in school, and l read a
great deal; but when it comes to
making conversation somehow or
other l seem to drop right out. Other
girls who are not a bit bright seem
to be able to hold their own, but I
must admit that cannot make con-
versation and as I work in an Office
where there are many other girls it
seems as though didn't wish to be
sociable.
Il suppose this is one reason why
{ am not popular with young men,
.or when l am introduced to one I
never seem to have anything to talk
about"
I am sure this little girl is not the
only one with just the same trouble,
and It isn't that they are shy or I'M
used to society. but just because they
never take the time to post them
selves on subjects Of current interest.
The writer Of this letter said she
was always at the head in school and
that she reads a great deal, but neith-
er of these will help in making Con-
versation If she does not know the
people who are interested in the
books she reads or the branches she
excels in.
The art of keeping up a flow Of
interesting small-talk is an art that
L. hut ole hok k1
quired.
II one can think of nothing inter-
esting to talk about the next thing
to be considered is what will most
interest the person you want to talk
to.
In fact, that is the point most to be
considered, for if We talk of that
which interests only ourselves we are
more than likely to become bore
some.
One does not have to be particular
ly clever to be able to talk smoothly
and fuently, but you must know how
to adapt yourself to your surround
ings, and right here would say that
half the art of talking well Is found
in being able to listen intelligently.
To listen intelligently sounds rather
silly, doesn't it? But it is really just
the reverse.
What is more exasperating when
one is talking than to find our listen
er looking first at one thing and then
another, turning in her chair and
now and then resting on us a vague
gaze which seems to tell US that her
thoughts are far away?
The girl who can keep her friends
interested in her conversation il al
ways most popular and this girl has
her place in the Office, as much as in
the drawing room, or the home.
As a rule current events are what
interest people. It isn't often that
we meet one with whom We can dis
cuss the merits of Dickens as COM
pared to Thackeray, the rise and fall
of different creeds, or the arguments
Of Fiske as compared to those OF
| Kant.
But everywhere We meet people
who are interested in the latest
theatrical production, the newest nov
ell, and topics Of interest which we
find by perusing the daily papers.
This, then, is what I should advise
my little correspondent. Keep in
touch with all that is new in the ordi-
nary interests of life as well as what
is considered deeper and Of greater
importance Keep up the reading
and interest in certain branches Of
work. but also keep posted On the
happenings Of the day.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
Rsassured the Judge,

a wife. Joining her husband in q
oeaveyance Of real estate. was asked
~ tAe Judge, who examined her In
ye1yate. according to the act Of thu
assembly, whether she acted without
oeaDulsdon on tho part Of her hos
bAnl. She stuck her arms alkimbo and
eeDaiod: He compel mel No. noa
twenty Ike him!"-ArEonaut.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

RIM down and killed on the Norfolk
and Western Railroad. He had a
sor in the employ of the railroad
here aud daughter, Miss Mary, q
saleswoman in q Roanoke store.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
The BaffIed MAGICIAN.

Aladdin was boasting of his lamp.
"But it won't keep an even temper
allure in an incubatoc." cried a sour
suburbanite.
Sadly he owned there were limits
to magic.-New York Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
Hoeey Productson in sps,n.

There are 1880. 900 beohives. pro-
Auc1ng 10000 tons Of honey, in
Spain, which il the second greatest
producer Of honey In the world. Ger
many. With 100000 beehivss, pro
luees -. 900 tons.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who thought he couldn't
keep house without bootjack and a
box OF vegetable liver pills7
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
Virginia Happenings

Richmond. -Murphys' Hotel may
have it saloon license revoked as q
result of having sold liquor to q
minor. Robert Jones, of Petersburg.
was in the act of taking drink in
the barroom of the hotel when his
father entered and saw him. War
rants were at once sworn out by the
parent and when the case came co
trial before Justice John Crutchfield
the bartender who sold the dirk was
fined $50. Young Jones was fined
$40 for disappearing his age. Both
took appeals.
Petersburg - Pearl Dallham, q
patient at the Central State hospital
here, committed suicide on Friday
night by strangling herself with q
stocking. The girls dead body was
found when q nurse went to her room
to call her for breakfast.
Roanoke Morgan Mullins, q JUS
tice of the peace OF Dickson county,
has been arrested by the Wise county
authorities for the murder of Arch
W. Howell, whose tody was found
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
Veil Borders.

Wells in plain and chenille dotted
mesh a.e fashioned with a medium
depth border of chiffon and satin rib
bon.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
A LEGAL View,

~ LSUdI wow.
e 0dble Gays that no man car
serve two matters"
"YaD. That's probably the Arst lGs
against bigamy ever put down.
CLEVELAND Lander.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

in lonely gulcn in the upper part
of Dickinson county about the middle
of February. It is alleged that Null.
ms was infatuated with Howell's wife
and that this led to the killing.
There are said to be other serious
charges against Mullins which will
later be brought out. He is now in
the county Jail at Clintwood.
Norfolk - Heartbroken over the
death of her five-dsy sold baby. Mrs.
Stonewall j. Hopkins, of 212 Clay
avenue, has only sympathy and kind
words fer tine nurse who by mista.e
administered carbolic acid to the
little one for sweet oil Saturday
morning. Mrs. Hopkins is still suffer-
ing from the shock of the baby's
death, but is being kept guieG today.
at the home of Mrs. Hopkins it was
said that the nurse made a mistake
in giving the baby carbolic.-acid and
that she was i'll as 9 result. DR..
Knight, the city coroner, viewed the
little body and decided that no in
quest was necessary as the death was
due to an accident.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

Mr.. and Ms. John Francisco and
Miss Genevieve Francisco Of Millboro
are guests Of Mrs.. J. N. Ryan.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

Natives of a number Of South Pa
cific islands make fish hooks Of moth
q Of pearl, so bright that no bait or
other lure is necessary.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

The most expensive publication,
with the least income In Nsw York
City is the City Record, which costs
$1,175,000 q year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

Nobuddy knows as much about tn
cost of livin' as a young lawyer. A
loafer must feel funny when holi-
day comes along.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

Mountains of pure marble have
been discovered in German South
Africa, the like Of which are un-
known in the world.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

A woman is enthusiastic over being
married; not over the man she is to
marry.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

Roanoke-William Adkins, q farm
81 living at Blue Ridge Springs. was
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
Rjpenino Bananas.

It is a familiar fact that bananas
are imported green, but it came as a
new thing to a visitor to the banana
district in Colombia to find that ban
anas are not permitted to ripen on
the plant even down there. They are
cut and set to hang somewhere until
they wither ripe, as the phrase is.
Bananas do not have to be yellow
to be ripe. That is only the color of
the skin when it has dried up. To the
person who is accustomed to eating
bananas only when they are yellow
it seems odd to peel them when they
are green and find that they are per-
fectly ripe within and fit to eat.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

Miss Helen Hall of Warren Ohio
who was the guest of Mrs. Fitzhugh
Elder has gone TO Washing ton for q
few days.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Alex.F. Robertson. A. Stuart Robertson
ROBERTSON & ROBERTSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Staunton, Va.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-09-10
GREATEST PIECE OF HIGHWAY WORK EVER PULLED OFF RE-
 CORDED THERE.
3sO MILES IN AN HOUR
Political Committees tfsed FHcefi9es F Diet Road Built ieross
 tho State.

The greatest piece of road build ing the world ever witnessed vas pulled off in Iowa a short Hime ago when, a line of road 3s0 miles n length and stretching entirely across the state Of Iowa was put in the most perfect condition Of any road wesi of the Mississippi river Weeks and months were spent in preparation for the work. but not pick nor shovel was used until the designated second was ticked off Then. as if by magic. ten thousand workmen swarmed out into the roadway and when they ceas- cd work sixty minutes later Iowa bad one Of the finest long distance roads in the entire West
 Not the least interesting thing in connection with the tremendous piece of work is the fact that not a man Of the entire ten thousand engaged on the work received cent of wages. Good will and patriotism alone is re sponsible for the splendid showing. Last winter the roads became SD fearfully bad that traffic was prae- ucally killed and farmers were com pefied to simply remain in their hofnes Finally the matter became Vohticai question and both parties sos Defmnd the movement. Governor Carroll called a good roads" meet
 - ~ pss Mcines earay hst March
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-09-10
e4RD FROM K. |. POOLE.
, T6e Painters ef Pine Buff

TO The Painters pt Pine Bluff
 Jm sor fudge Could in this race booaHso I 5noW ne is competent to fill this office am for him because he has always shown his preference for white painter in giving his work.
 Col Sam TaYlor had iob of pa boring sae sis house in September. laof Nvself eith others figured on this york ffe gave if to a negro paint er T his city who can and does live on ! dollar a day Can you support eopr family and live decently con- poting with negroeso At this time together 3tth all my men carried Union card and I nave always been a union man and am working union men at his lime
 Signed1 K. A. POOLE lAdVt3 Painter
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-09-10
The Entire CHy Gala Dress Brilliantly
 ONE Azzl 2A4LRo

ae.i 3af.a 4aeilfg .els sa9alTad
 af -T5r" eoad saseaeap rom #77ae 8f#sf4 5a fae NissoHri ror I1a.eaaor oa inc Ms miles
 eaigfH 5f8 s8at 10 Hast Wails eaad as near per- z1ase tnst common Ha senso os he good ron2
 Instead If tees 70 handle 7s RaH#6a- can and Dom00S8@1e ufffass u sach county fnraea aa 7ea would pass were apaeaiaa= The chairman Of rbe ea#a5aee # aeb party were asked se5 ae game and work for the faa8 geae 6odv agreed to do 50 and soaa e5lrq vas created between Republicans nd Democrats. each Q soc aareg Wonld nave tho most earlemen '7n the iob" when the tine arrived
 Saturday vas seleetea 4s he day and from % o'clock 70 tazaa o'clock tbe bour of work f.VsrF sarnor along the way was personally soon by fho committees and practicable ev- cry man agreed to give thc ano aonr that was asked for Farmers Nora asked 10 bring their plos scrapes and road jraes and an orgaaiz0tion eanal 10 those employed in profession al railroad building was worked our In the weeks proceeding ho york ar tbe bridges and enl4erts along tho road were repaired and DIT first class order that DO delay mighf come 10 the road builders when onoa inc latter started working Tse result Of the organization was shown shortly before goo o'clock in fhe morning farmers began getting ant in sbe road Hundreds Of thousands Of blows picks shovcls. zcrapers. road drags. grading machines and other implem- ents were brought along Every far mer brought his team with him. Sup erinfendent sand oYerseers mad been appointed in readiness when promptly at 300 o'clock. tho order vas issued to fall to-" And ten thousand de termined men fell to- For an hour they continued. working with might and main. Al l0:00 o'clock tho job was finished and the farmers went