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H GREAT STEAMSHIPS GUIDED BY
hiacry Operated by the Blagic Power.
adder Gnlacd by tho Electric Current.
1 Sicnals Verify Themselves—The Plant
tho St. Paul,
ho real mysteries and the most ru
sting parts of a great cceau steani
iof tho present day are to be found
wo parts cf the ship which visitors
seldom ablo to get at.
Here is tho nerve center of the
ship," said the officer as ho stepped np
ou the bridge, "and here day and night
stands au c furor 0:1 watch, during every
minute tli.tt she is under way, posted
on tbewestber side and able with a
touch and a glance to guide her, to
move her backward or forward, and to
know without asking whether each of
his orders is being obeyed promptly by
the men and mechanism toiling down
in the hold.
"Here," he continued, moving to
near tho center of the bridge, "is the
•trie arrangement by which we
smit our orders to the engine room.''
device upon which he laid his hand
was of brass and was shaped like a
drum, supported on its side oh a brass
standard. In place of the drumheads
'were plates of glass, and behind these
were lettered dials, on which were
marked the orders of the engineer. Han
dles came up through slots in the top of
the drum, and these moved, indicating
points around the face of the dials.
"One of these dials carries orders for
the movements of the port engine," said
the officer, "and one for the starboard
engine. Move the handles forward of
the center and the orders are for going
ahead; move them the other way and
they relate to the movements of the en
gines when reversed.''
' 'But suppose the wires are broken or
the electric current does not work—what
then?" the reporter asked.
■You sec the second set of indicators
he dials?" he replied. "When the
engineer gets an order, he sets a similar
•'. in tho engine room to the-maik in
ited, and that second indicator in
dial goes around and stops at the
Bignal. Thus we know at a glance that
he has not only got tho order, but that
he has got it correctly.
• "We have, however anoilicr indicator
here," aid he touched a button which
ilighted up a translucent dial just under
the coping of the bridge bulwark,
!' 'which tells us at every moment just
■what the engines arc doing. "
This dial was perhaps a foot long and
harrow, with indicator point resting at
.the time at a zero mark at its center.!
|0;i either side wore graduated scales j
fleer said, "represent the revclulir.as !
per minute which iho screw is mating,
; and when the point- goes over one way
: the screw is working ahead, end when
it goes ever the oiherwayit is going'
jaback. Tin re is the ether indicat, r fnr
the other t;orow. All the signal appa
ratus i 3 ia duplicate also." ,
Turning then, ho pointed to an elec
;tric button ia the front cf the pilot
house. "That blows tho whistle," he
Then he pointed aft to where the
whistle stands iv front ef the. forward
funnel and indicated two electro mag
nets, which, whe-n the current goes
[through their wires, draw open the
'whistle valve and let the steam into its
'hoarse throat.
Within the pilot boa* he then
jshoweel another electric contrivance
which, in connection with a clock move
ment, sounds the whistle automatically j
'for ten seconds in every minute during
'fogs.
Beside that was a set of nine electric
(switches. "Th.20," he said, "are for
j the ship's lights. These are for the mast
head lights, awl tho others for the port
land starboard bow lights. There are
[three separate setscf wires to each light
'and two lamps in each. If a lamp goes
out, this little bell rirtga and another
damp is switched into circuit at once. "
Except for the can fully shaded" elec
jtric lights iv the pilothouse, this was
all of that sort cf apparatus there, but
jthe steering wheel and its manner of
.operation wero as interesting iv another
way.
Here, with hardly an effort, one man
can control the great rudder of the ship
With tho certainty and ease with which
,he might that of tho smallest sailboat.
It is a simple thing. The wheel merely
13 a pump, which iv turn injects a
of glycerin through small brass
> a cylinder aft, where the rud
d comes up and the plunger in
inder opens and closes a steam
stands a ventilator, which connects with :
[those quarters. Others, like it, but big
ger, along tho ship's upper deck connect
K'° and supply air to all parts of the
except the boiler rooms. These
their own plain shafts. In each of
tho ventilating shafts is an electric mo-1
tor driving a fan. Instead of trustingl
for the entry of air to the wind blowing
into the old fashioned wide open mouths
of the ventilators these new ones force
the air do v. 11 just as it may be wanted
by the eke: locally driven fans. Beneath
tha fans ag,:iu are coils of steam pipe,
and in ccid weather the air is warmec
by theso before it enters the saloons,
staterooms and other living parts of the
ship.
"Down below," said the officer final
ly, "there are many more uses to which
electricity is put on the ship, and then
there are Lex engines—but that is a re
gion where I am as unacquainted as you
are. It takes long enough for one to ge
acquainted with the parts of such a big
ship that one has,to know about. I have
been aboard the St. Paul ever since she
has been running, and there arc lots of
things about her which I ought to know
that I don't know yet, such as where to
I find anything in a hurry in her store
rooms. She is a great ship, I can tel
you."—Ne*,v York Sun.
An Indication of Character.
"And shall I speak to your father?'
asked the young man.
"Never mind about papa," said the
young woman. "I'll fix him. "
For tho first time he noticed tho
width and squareness of her inferior
maxillary. —Indianapolis Journal.
New Castle's Tin Mills.
It does not seem to be generally
known that New Castle, Pa., has the
largest tin plate mill in the world. Yet
that is the fact. It has 22 mills. The
nearest one (o it is in Swansea, Wales
which has 18 mills.—Philadelphia
The points of a crossbill's mandibles
do not meet, but cross each other. This
peculiarity is of great service to the bird
in forcing open the pine bars, on the
•eeds ot which it feed*
STAUNTON, VA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10,1896.
The regulation of the postoffice de
partment forbid postmasters to furnish
to inquirers the addresses cf persons
who have removed from the residences
or places of business formerly occupied
by them, the reason for this rale, as
given in the official instructions, being
as follows:
"The agents of the postoffice depart
ment are furnished with the names and
addresses upon letters and other articles
of mail matter for the sole purpose of
enabling them to make delivery thereof
to the persons intended. Such names
and addresses are to be regarded as con
fidential, and this confidence must be
respected."
Among those t j whom this regulation
furnishes a protection against undesir
able intrusion ;.re some whs Lave fol
lowed tho Arabian custom of silently
stealing away after due folding of tents,
but have omitted to settle with their
grocers, butchers and milkmen. The
anxious creditors, on seeking from the
letter carrier or at the postoihee for aid
in finding the delinquents, are confronted
with this rale and retire from the
search baffled. An ingenious man, how
ever, whose business is that cf a collect
or of such debts, has hit upon a method
of smoking out these modest and retir
ing nomads, and has practiced it with
success. His plan is to send each of
them a circular bearing a heading which
gives the impression that he is in the
express business, and informing the re
cipient that he has a package for him
which he is unable to deliver for lack of
knowledge of his present address, to
which it will be promptly dispatched
on receipt of the necessary information.
This circular is directed to the former
address of the man who is "wanted,"
and is then redirected and forwarded
by the postman to that which has been
confided to the postoffice. Inspired by
wild hopes as to the possible value of
the package, the debtor takes the wily
author of the circular also into his con
fidence, sends him his new address and
awaits the arrival cf the mysterious
bundle, only to find tcolatc that men
betray. He receives a call from his cred
itor's representative, with demand for
an immediate settlement or threat of a
lawsuit. Thus does the cunning pursuer
of the oft flitting debtor bring to naught
the august mandate of the government.
—New York Tribune.
RAILROAD YARD TERRORS.
Even Trainmen Cannot Cross the Tracks
at Night Without s*er.r.
"It's hard for the ordinary traveler to
realize the terrcrs of the average rail
road yard," said a:i old and experienced
trainman at one of the big Jersey City
terminals to a reporter. "The commuter
who scans the yards daily &3 he is
smoothly riding through them naturally
enough fails to appreciate tho mass of
detail in the dutir i of the men who are
employed to switch him safely into the
station. Of course the routine work we
do, fraught with iv-.-ponsibility and dan
ger as it is, becomes mechanical enough
to us in time, but there is one thing that
I have never been able to do with cool
ness in all tho years I have been em
ployed here, and that is to cross this net
work of tracks at night. The experience
of Thomas Bonk; r, the freight clerk at
the Lehigh Valley station in Oonimuni
paw, is proof that I am net the only
hardened railroader afflicted in that
way. Bouker was run down by an en
gine because he got bewildered in the
maze of tracks. I don't blame him.
Why, it's enough to give a man heart
disease to attempt to cross such an ag
gregation of rails, with a lot of head
lights moving all around him and
seores'of bells and whistles ringing in
his ears.
"Every time that I am compelled to
make such a trip—and I tnlydo so
nowadays when I am compelled to—l
get the lay of the land well in my mind
and note which ermines are moving and
which are not, but it is of no use. By
the time I'm iv the middle of the yard
my head is in a whirl, the headlights
are dancing all around me, and I skip
and dodge around frantically until I get
safely on the either side. Usually most
of the looomotivea are standing still in
the train shed, but it's hard to believe
it when you are in front of them. Some
commuters who work in Jersey City
have a trick of walking into the station
from the yard to save the trouble of go
ing around by the regular way, but
when I can I always warn them of the
danger of doing so."—New York Sun.
A Variable Preference.
"What is your favorite color?" the
young woman inquired.
"Under what circumstances?" Col
onel Carter rejoined.
"Why—l should think one's favorite
color would be the same at all times.''
"Decidedly not, miss. De-cidedly
not. Now, if I happen to be admiring a
sunset, my favorite color is red an yel
low an something of that sort. But if
it should happen that I am engaged in
a, friendly game with a select circle of
puffect gentlemen, in which pokah chips
appear, I have a very strong prejudice
in favor of blue."—Washington Star.
In 1858 my father came on a visit to
Antwerp with my mother and my young
est sister, Clara. Wherever my father
took up his abode, even temporarily, a
grand piano in the natural course of
events would gravitate toward him and
a select circle of art lovers would soon
be grouped arouud it Among (he friends
in the Antwerp circle were Van Lerius,
Tadema, Baron Leys, Huysmans and
Bource. My sister at that time was a
bright and happy creature, not long out
of her teens, full of hopes, alas! never
to be realized, and of talents never to be
matured. The large dark eyes—they
seemed the gift of her godmother, the
famous Malibran—reflected the artist I
soul, and a grand soprano voice spoke
its powerful language, Dv Maurier and
she were soon on a brother and sisterly
footing, and they ever remained so.—
Cheap Reputation Easily Gained.
you are now about to enter the great
world this little bit of advice may be of
great use to you: Whenever you make
a 10 cent purchase, slam a dollar down
carelessly on the counter in payment.
In this way you may acquire a reputa
tion for being a whole soulcd fellow to
whom money is as naught at a mighty
small expense. "—Cincinnati Enquirer.
So many great illustrious spirits have
conversed with wee, have in her school
been taught, as aro enough to consecrate
distress and make ambition even wisn
the frown beyond the smile cf fortune.
—Thomson. S.
A farm lcbcrcr in India is *«*??"*
ShßW<jeircs 10 cents a day for labor
i fVoili (I'ITVII Tllltil ilft"^-
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
Silence of Desolation Brooding Over Re-
Clons Once Thickly Peopled.
lii the beginning of the thirteenth
century the annual revenue of the By
zantine empire amounted to £180,000,
--000. Yet at that time not only was the
eastern empire greatly impoverished by
the ravages of the crusades, but the
chief part of Asia Minor, with its flour
ishing cities, had been wrested from her
by the arsns of Islam. Today the revenue
of the Ottoman empire is less than £18,
--000,000. The silence of desolation now
broods over vast regions which were
once thickly peopled, well cultivated,
abounding in flourishing cities and re
joicing in an advanced civilization. Ter
ritories which formerly supported the
capitals of ancient kingdoms—Perga
mos, Sardis, Cyzicus, Prusium, Troy,
Nicomedia and many more—have been
reduced under Islam to cheerless soli
tudes, broken at intervals by Kurds or
wandering Turcomans.
According to Übicini, who spent 20
years in the civil administration of the
porte, and wrote in defense of Turkey
40 years ago, the annual produce of corn
in Asia Minor was then estimated at
25,000,000 Turkish kiles, which, he
thinks, might be easily increased tenfold
"if the great productiveness of the soil
were turned to account. The same re
mark," he adds, "applies to all other
productions which serve for local con
sumption or for exportation." But in
stead of increasing during the last 40
years there has been an accelerated de
crease. The decay of every kind of man
ufacture has kept pace with the decline
of agriculture. Diarbekir and Broussa,
once so famous for their velvets, satins
and silk stuffs, have been ruined. So
have Aleppo and Bagdad. Turkey
abounds also in mineral wealth. It pos
sesses copper mines which yield 30 per
cent of ore, while the best British mines
yield only about 10 per cent. And there
is coal in abundance within easy access.
—Quarterly Review.
ODD WAYS OF MAKING MONEY.
Rabbit Bones as Scarfpins and Mlnlatnre
Real lave Oaks.
' In the backbone of a rabbit is a joint
bearing a remarkable resemblance to a
fox's head. Lightly painted brown, a
couple of beads for eyes, a cheap pin
aflixed, and lo! a real sporting scarf pin
Iduced at a nominal cost,
the time of calling in the French
which were freely passing in
md for pennies, many dollars were
by ingenious individuals convert
ing them into rings as souvenirs, this
being done by cutting out the center,
turning the rim inside out, leaving the
inscription inside. Many of these rings
are still to be seen among the poorer
folk, worn as wedding rings.
Acorn gathering may be the means of
putting a few shillings in the pockets of
the country folk by picking them r.p for
the farmers, but it did not seem the
quickest way to a fortune by one
thoughtful son cf toil.
So he planted a piece of his ground
with thousands cf acorns, and when
they were small plants he carefully re
moved daily such as he wanted, with
the mold round, and moss wrapped
each root and started his father to hawk
them in the nearest towns, and a re
markably good idea it turned out.
The request of the old man to "buy a
real British oak, mum," generally se
cured a purchaser, the ladies being
charmed with tho plant and the prospect
of watching its growth into a sturdy
tree.—Odds and Ends.
Moonshine Whisky.
Says a revenue agent: ' 'There is a
great popular misunderstanding about
moonshine whisky. It is nothing but
raw highwine—the crudest kind of
whisky—and most of it is made right
in the big cities. You take a barrel of
molasses, seme yeast and a still, such
as many people use fer distilling water,
or oven less than that, you can let tho
vapor pass through a glass pipe covered
with cold water, and you can make all
the moonshine you want. The foreign
ers in New York city make thousands
of gallons cf it for private use in this
way. All whisky is white as water
when first made. If kept in glass it re
mains white for years, as you see in the
case of Irish and Scotch whisky. Put
into wood it will in time darken, owing
to the rotting of the oils. Moonshine is
usually white because not kept long
enough to darken, or, if kept, being
usually stored in bottles cr jugs."—
New York Tribune.
Hailstorms In the Orange Free State.
The Orange Free State is very nearly
as large as England, and just as
large as the state of New York. It
lies from* 4,000 to 5,010 feet above the
sea and is mostly level, with some low
ranges of hills. The surface is bare of
wood, except in a few sheltered spots
along the streams, but is well covered
with herbage. The air is pure and brac
ing, much like that of Colorado or Wyo
ming. There are, happily, no blizzards,
but violent thunderstorms are not un
common, and the hailstones—l have
seen them bigger than pigeon's eggs—
which fall during such storms some
times kill the smaller animals and even
men.—Pressor James Bryce, M. P.,
"What's In a Name?** i
A sculptor of more humor than talent
recently induced a prominent New Yolk
woman to allow him to make a bust of
her. "When it was ncaring completion,
he remarked during cne of her sittings:
' 'I am afraid this is not going to look
very much like you, but never mind, we
■will call it 'Ruth' or 'St. Cecelia' and
send it somewhere to take a prize. "—
New York Journal. j
No Danger.
Jorkins—l am going to have my bank
bills disinfected before I handle them.
Mrs. Jerkins—Fer what reason?
Jorkins —To remove the danger of
contagion to my family.
Mrs. Jorkins —I never heard of your
family being exposed.—Detroit Free
A Hair cf the Hog.
"The hair of the deg will cure the j
bite" is a popular statement of the fun
damental prii*e'j*r3 cf homeopathy, siin
ilia similibusi carantur. Iv the middle
ages a ccJumcu superstition prevailed
that when a man was bitten by any ani
mal certain hairs fiv.ru the creature do
ingjhe mischief were necessary in the
incantations anel charms practiced in
order to work a cure.
The Successful Man.
"There is a type of the modern suo
' 'Married an heiress."—Chicago Post.
gcendental, becomes a kind cf cc.urc.ge,
as frost sufficiently intense, according to
A LESSON IN GERMAN.
the Teuton's Civilizing: Influence as Seen
Through English Spectacles.
At the very moment that the press of
the fatherland was hurling imprecations
against Great Britain in the name of
humanity and civilization and holding
us up to universal infamy as a nation of
"brutal shopkeepers, devoid of culture
and noble ideals,'' at that very moment
one of the Kulturtrager sent out to civ
ilize Africa was being tried in Potsdam
fer bringing the German name into dis
repute there. Wehlan—this is the ad
ministrator's name—who is only one of
many, had been sent out as vice chan
cellor of Cameron, had occasionally rep
resented the governor, and during the
Bakoko rising had acted as chief of the
police force. Bis administration was
systematizeel cruelty of a kind which a
few instances will illustrate. Augustus
Bell, "a nigger, "was accused e.'f hav
ing stolen a watch. He denied the
charge, and Vice Chancellor Wehlan
condemned him to receive 60 strokes of
a hippopotamus hide whip to compel
him to confess. When this sentence was
executed, the man's bedy was a jelly.
Dr. Valentin said that' 'a raw hacked
beefsteak was nothing in comparison."
A cook who humanely gave a few cigars
to a man charged with larceny received
20 lashes of the same instrument of
torture.
The government interpreter, Eteeki,
stole some money and spirits, and to
punish him the German vice chancellor
and assessor, Wehlan, kicked him so
long and so cruelly that the engineer of
the German steamer Nachtigall had to
turn away unable any longer to look
upon the sight. Then Wehlan ordered
15 lashes to be administered to the
wounded man, and finally gave instruc
tions to have a rope tied round his
waist so that he could be plunged into
the water. One of three prisoners whom
he had in custody was helped by a cook
to escape. Wehlan ordered the cook
to be seized and killed with the two
prisoners—beaten to death, "no weap
ons to be used.'' They were kicked and
thumped until half dead, when their
necks were struck and their heads bat
tered in. The corpses were horribly dis
figured. During the Bakoko insurrec
tion villages were burned to the ground
and the throats of helpless old women
cut. Prisoners, when taken, which was
not always, were delivered up to the
soldiers to be scalped alive. "Acut was
made in the lower jaw with a knife,
the fellow seized by the teeth, and the
whole scalp drawn over the face and
head." Two German gospel mission
aries testified that these were the most
efficacious means of improving the nig
gers!— Fortnightly Review.
SAFETY OF RAILROAD TRAVEL.
Statistics Show That a Plan May Travel 181
Tears Before Being Killed.
In The Ladies' Home Journal John
Gilmer Speed writes entertainingly and
instructively en the construction and
operation of railroads under tho caption
"Running a Train at Night." He pref
atorily asserts that the most remark
able achievements of modern civilization
probably are those which affect travel
ing, making it at once quick, comfort
able and secure. We cross states and
continents at tho rate of 80 miles an
hour with greater security against acci
dent than our grandfathers enjoyed in
their stagecoaches, and we have, even
when on the cars, comforts unknown in
the palaces cf kings when our grandfa
thers' grandfathers were young.
During the year (from interstate com
merce commission's report for year end
ing July 1, 1894) one passenger was
killed for every 1,985,103 passengers
carried, and one was injured for every
183,822 carried. This surely is as safe
as living ordinary humdrum lives in
large-cities. The report further shows
that a man's chances against injury
were such that he would have to travel
4,406,659 miles before getting hurt and
go 47,588,966 miles before being killed.
At the rate of 80 miles an hour a man ,
could travel, if nature permitted, on
American railways for 181 years, with-!
out leaving the cars, before being killed,
or with the same amount of security -
against accident ho could go round the
earth 1,903 times before meeting his
death by accideut and 176 times before
getting hurt.
DU MAURIER AT ANTWERP.
Bis Early Art Studies Interrupted by the
Failure of His Eyesight.
Dv Maurier was soon installed in the
painting class and made a vigorous
start. I particularly recollect a lifesize,
full length painting of an old woman
and a boy, a pen and ink drawing of
which is in my father's album, that
showed talent enough and to spare, but
his artistic aspirations were soon to
meet with a serious check. His eye
sight began to give him trouble, and be
fore long put a stop to his studies in
atelier or academy. He was not to be
come a painter, as he had fondly hoped,
but, as we now know, was to work out
his destiny in another direction.
In those days we called all that cari
caturing, and caricature he certainly did,
mainly of me and himself. From the
first he imagined he saw a marked con
trast between us. His nose was supposed
to be turned up and mine down, where
as really neither his nor mine much de-!
viates from the ordinary run of noses. !
My lower lip certainly does project, but
his does not particularly recede. But
the imaginary contrast inspired him in
the earliest days of our acquaintance
and started him on the warpath of pen
and ink. He drew us in all conceivable
and in some inconceivable situations.
' 'Moscheles and I," Be says en one page,
•we were artistically beautiful."
n again, "if we were of the fain
or soldiers or, by way of showing our
versatility, if we were horses." In that
page he seems to have focused the es
sence of our characteristics while ap
pearing only to delineate our human
and equine possibilities.—Felix Mesh- 1
eles in Century.
BOOMING GREAT AMERICA.
A Swiss Journal Celebrates the Nation's
Variegated Immensity.
One of the most amusing descriptions
of America is that which recently ap
peared in The Nachrichten, Basle,
Switzerland. It runs as follows:
"America is a country in comparison
to which Europe is a small peninsula.
The United States is an empire by
whose side the powers of Europe appear
■petty states. America is the land of
measured capacity and dimensions,
* land of dollars and electricity, the
land where the plains are wider, the
rivers greater, the waterfalls higher;
the bridges longer, the express trains
faster, the catastrophes more horrible,
than in all Europe; the country where
the buildings are taller, the rascals
more numerous, the poor poorer, the
millionaires richer, the thieves bolder,
the murderers less bothered and-educat
fgjieople more rare anywhere else.
! j.e is me iana m wmcn me teem 'are
more false, the corsets tighter, disease
more dangerous, corruption more com
i mon, insanity more systematic, the sum
mer hotter, the winter more chilly, fire
warmer and ice colder, time more costly,
than in sleepy old Europe. The land
where old men are younger and youths
»lder, the niggers blacker and the whites
yellower than elsewhere, tho land of
immeasurable natural resources and of
the most prodigious avarice. In short,
America is the land of the greatest con
trasts, the craziest presumption, the
most reckless hunt after the dollar. It
is the land cf everything colossal and
unapproachable—the last of coarse form
the American point of view."
Necessarily Slow.
An 8-year-old San Rafael boy was be
ing lectured on obedience.
"I told you that you could play with I
the Wilson boys till 5 o'clock," said his
mother. "Here it is 7 and you are just
home. Why didn't you come when 1
told you?"
"I did, mamma."
"Don't tell me a falsehood. Why
didn't you come home at 5 o'clock?" j
"I started home at 5." |
"Then you stopped to play on the
"No, mamma; sure, I didn't."
"Do you expect me to believe that i*
took you two hours to walk half a mile!
I think I shall have to punish you for
telling me falsehoods."
"Honestly, I started home at 5 o'clock
and came straight home."
The mother led the boy into the kitch
en and took down a whip. He turned
pale and tears welled up into his eyes.
"Now, sir, will you tell me the
truth?"
'' Ye-es, mamma; Charlie Wilson gave
me a mud turtle—and I was afraid—to
carry it—so I led it home."—San Fran-
Do Diamonds Breed?
One of the queerest of the old time
superstitions was tho one that is respon
sible for the notion that pearls and dia
monds "breed" like animals do. Rues
says: "As for what I know concerning
the reputed story that precious stones are
divided into sexes, male and female,
just as are plants and animals, and that
they breed like the latter do, I relate
the following, which came under my
own knowledge: A certain princess of
Luxembourg had two diamonds, the col
ors of which betokened that they were
male and female. The princess laughed
at the notion until one day she was
startled by finding a tiny speck of a dia
mond in her casket. She put the two
large diamonds and the little one away
together, and they had a whole family
in a reasonable course of time.'' A sim
ilar tale is also told by Boethius.—St.
Louis Republic.
A Fiain Truth.
Two frienele, who met for the first
time in seme years, were indulging in
reminiscences of early friends and ac
quaintances when one asked, "Where
does Mrs. Blank live now?" Before the
other could ropty her little daughter of
7 years looked up from her play and an
swered earnestly: "She does not live.
She boards!"— New York Journal
Limited Output.
"I tell yoTi, I am in the habit of say
"Dear mcl Is that all?"—ludianapo-
A Great Wheel Salesman.
Recently several drummers happened
to meet on a train en route to Indian
apolis, and they began, as usual, to tell
of their business. It happeneel that there
were somo bicycle salesmen among
them.
"I struck a great streak of luck last
week," said one of them. "I sold three
orders, and it amounted to 900 wheels."
Being the first man to boast of his
business, he was easily outdone by the
next, and the third saw the others and
went some better. He sold one firm
1,000 wheels, and two other orders
amounted to 800. . I
"You people are not in it," said a
small man, who had not taken part in
the conversation. "I sold one firm 9,000
wheels, and they are all to be given
away for advertising purposes."
"What's that! SoJd 9,000 wheels to
be given away! What wheel do you
sell?" chimed in the other threo in
chorus.
"The 9,000 wheels I sold were con
tained in 1,000 Waterbury watches
which a clothing store is going to give
away," said the small man, handing
each of the three men nine wheels for
their own use and accepting their offer
to get off at the next stop and ' 'have
something."—lndianapolis Journal.
One Object of Life Insurance.
The subject of the conversation had
taken several routes, and finally the
topic of insurance was reached by the
guests, the hostess and host at the din
ner table.
"Papa has his life insured," spoke
up the little girl, the pet of the house
hold.
"Is that so?" asked cne of the visit
ors, shewing interest in the evidenco of
precocity. Everybody present looked at
the child, and the father and mother
"What has he done that for?" \
"So mamma can buy a new husband
when he's dead. "—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
Hcce&ty.
Let honesty be as the breath of thy
soul and never forget to have a penny
when all thy expenses are enumerated
and paid; then shall thou reach the
point of happiness, and independence
shall be thy shield and buckler, thy hel
met and crown; then shall thy soul walk
upright, nor ntcop to tho silken wretch
because he hath riches, nor pocket an
abuse because the hand which offers it
P-s a ring set with diamonds.—
Filial Affection,
amma —Now you cannot say, John,
baby does not love you. What do
think she has pleaded with me to
ask you for?
Papa—What, dear?
Mamma —Well, she wants a lock of
your hair.
Baby—Yes, papa, do let me have it.
Rk j g horse has lest its tail.—
A Iriiaulj Comment.
•s —I cannot understand why all
m to take so much to Cora
Phyllis—lt's simply a case of Mary's
- little lamb.
Gladys—How do you mean?
Phyllis—Well, when the children ask
ed, "What makes the lamb love Mary
so?" they were told, "Why, Mary loves
the lamb, you know." That's the prin
ciple on which the men. like Cora.—
! NW\Ywk_Jotaati»-
I Staunton %edd!or.
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NO. 19.
iikii* f l *
the race. A man
with a weight on his
health can't expect
to compete in life
and business with
those who are not
handicapped. A
man who spends
two-thirds of his
time in business, and
lone-third of hfs time
■/being sjck, cannot
be expected to ae*
complish more than
two-thirds as much
at the man wW at
tends to business all
the time. If his
brain is heavy, and
his blood sluggish,
because of constipa
tion, he will not suc
ceed in doing any
thing very well.
Constipation is the
cause of nine-tenths of all
sickness. It isn't considered
sickness by most people, but
it is just the same. It is
serious sickness, because it
causes almost all of the ill
health of mankind. Symp
toms of it are sallowness,
listlessness, poor appetite,
bad taste in the mouth, diz
| ""ziness, biliousness, and las.
•itude. Constipation can be cured easily
and certainly by the use of Dr. Pierces
Pleasant Pellets. They are perfectly sim
pie—perfectly safe. They are not at all
violent in their action, and yet they are
more certain than many medicines which
are so strong that they put the system
all out of order. The great advantage of
the "Pleasant Pellets" is that they cure
permanently. You don't have to keep on
taking them. You don't acquire a "pellet
habit." Take them regularly for awhile,
and you are cured permanently. After
that, take them only when you find your
self suffering from indigestion. There are
many medicines offered for the same pur
pose on which druggists make a bigger
profit. For this reason, some druggists
would rather sell the other things. If your
own health is of more importance to you
than the druggist's prosperity, ycu will in
sist on having what you ask for.
I CHURCH DIRECTORY.
.; First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick St
between New and Market streets, services
II a. m. and Bp. in. Pastor, Rev. A. M. Fraser
Second Presbyterian church corner Freder
ick and Lewis streets. Services at 11 a. m
and 8. Pastor, Rev. Wm. Cuniming.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, worship on
West Frederick St. Services at 11 a. m., and 8
p. m„ Hector, Rev. R. C. Jett.
Trinity Episcopal church, Main street, be
tween Lewis and Church streets. Services at
11 a. m., and Bp. m. Rector, Rev. W. Q. Hul
llhen
United Brethren chur*>j, Lewis street, be
tween Main and Johnson streets. Services at
11 a. m and Bp. m. Pastor, Rev. J. D Don
ovan.
Methodist church, Lewis street, between
Main and Frederick streets. Services at 11 a
m. and Bp. m. Pastor, Rev. J. H. Boyd, D. D
Christ.Evangelical Lutheran church, Lew
is street, between Main and Frederick streets
Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Pastor. Rev.
H. F. Shealy.
Baptist church, cornei Main and W shliig
ton streets. Services at 11 a. m. and g p. m
Pastor, Rev. M. L. Wood.
St. Francis Roman Catholic, North August!
j street, Mass at 7 and 10.30 a. m. Vespers and
benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament at
p. m. Pastor, Rev. Father McVerrv.
Young Men's Christian Association, corner
Main and Water streets. Services at 4 p. m.
Sunday.
DIRECTORY OF LODGES.
M/ SONIC LODGE.
Staunton Lodge No. 13, A. F. and A. M., meets
every second and last Friday night In eacl'
month. In Masonic Temple, Main street. Jar.
M. Llckllter, W. M; B. A. Eskridge, Secy.
UNIC V ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER.
No. 2, meet third Friday In every month. In
Masonic lemple, on Main street. W. W. Mo
Guffln, High Priest A. A. Eskridge, Secy.
ODD FELLOWS' LODGE.;
Staunton Lodge, No. 45,1. O. O. F. meets
cry Thursday night in Odd Fellows' Hall, ove
Wayt's drug store, on Main street. John V
Fretwell Noble Grand: C. A. Crafton, Sec'
KNIGHTS OF HONOB LODGE.
Staunton Lodge. No. 750, of Honor
meets every first tud third Tuesday In each
month, in Pythian HaU, Main street. W. L.
Olivier, Dictator; W. A. Burnett, Recorder.
MOUNTAIN CITY LODGE.
No. 116,1. O. G. T., meets every Friday night
In their lodge room over Wayt's drug store on
Main street. A. S. Woodhouse, Chief Templar
F. B. Kennedy, Secy.
DISTRICT LODGE.
No. 22,1.0vG. T., meets every three montht
G. C. Shipplett, D. C. T.; S. H. Bauserman
District Secretary
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Augusta Council, No. 490, Royal Arcanum
meets every second and fourth Tuesday in the
month, at Pythian Hall, Main street. W. W
Robertson, Regent; Jos. B. Woodward, Sec
retary.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE
Charity Division, M. A., Sons of Temperance
meets every Monday night at Odd Fellows
all. W. A. Rapp, Worthy Patriarch; John
B. Coftelt Secy.
UNIFORMED RANK, KNiGHTS OF
PYTHIAS.
E. B. Stuart Division, No. 10, meets second
and fourth Mondays each montn at Pythian
HaU. Sir Knight Captain, F. B. Berkley; 8
Knight Recorder, S. H. Rosenbaum.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Valley Lodge, No. 18, K. of P., meets every
Monday night at Castle Hall, on West Main
street, over Dr. Wayt's drug store. C. T. Ham
mond, Chancellor Commander; Albes
Keeper of Records and Seal.
KNIGHT TEMPLARS.
Staunton No. 8, Knights Tem
plar, meets first Friday night in every month
In Masonic Temple, on Main street. W. B.
McChesney, Eminent Commander* A. A. E k
rldge, Recorder.
ONEIDA TRIBE, NO. 88,1. 0. R. M.,
Meets In their wigwam, in Valz Building
every Wednesday at Bth fun 30th breath
setting of the sun. J. D. Anthony, sachep-
James W. Blackburn, chief of records. Jll
visiting brothers welcome.
AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR.
Valley Council No. 736 meets on the first and
third Mondays In each month. Commande-
A. 8. Woodhouse; secretary, Dr. J. M. Hange
■or. Isaac C. Morton, Jr.
CHOLIC HIBERNIAN BENIFICAI
s first Sunday in every month in tbeli
hall on the church lot. M. T. B presi
dent; J. J. Kilgalen, first vice-president; J. 1
Murphy, second vice-president; D.J. O'Connell
recording secretary.
"STONEWALL" BRIGADE BAND.
Band meets every Monday and Thursday
orchestra, every Wednesday, at 8 p.m., In City
Hall. Mr. J. M. Brereton, director
J. A. Armentrout, president, and C. Harry
Haines, secretary.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
| Monthly meetings. Fourth Tuesday In the
I month at7:3oo'clock. Room n city Hal bum
i laar Wpressit' Jdent; J.C.Fh e< ■