_k %/ a coranl, t'i ee of three jl J editors in a contest re cently held, the Spec tator was declared by them to be the best weekly news paper published In Virginia. If 9,896 Farmers and planters told you that their yields per acre of cotton, corn, tobacco, wheat, fruits, peanuts, rice, sugar cane and truck crops were greatly increased and even doubled ' By Using Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers and which they thought the best and biggest crop pro ducers on earth—wouldn't you feel that you should, in justice to yourself, try these fertilizers and get the same increased yields on your own farm? We have many thousands of un-asked-for letters from farmers blessing the day they bought Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers. Many of these letters are in our 1910 Farmers 'Year Book, which can be had free of your dealer,or by mailing us the coupo? SALES OFFICES: Richmond, Va. Atlanta. Ga. Mail at this Coupon Norfolk, Va. Sarannab, Ga. VI.GINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL 1 '/".' _ . _______________■_______ Please send me a copr oi yom lgio Winslon-Salem. N. C. mW T________B i.uiir:, Yd Book nee oi s c. FFertlllzci_W Baltimore, Md. ___^^ — "^—^*^^H »— coiumbua.c.. KyinfinlaCaronnaj Town.... Montgomery. Ala. » Q hClllfCUl A fV\ au.c *gm, '*/* It a Boy or Girl?" A bafa'. '•■ sickness is looked upon as a matter of course; most infant F|i... trout.!,--! t.;;ti I._ pie.i-nted ii you administer W%- & -J_- Or. FAHRNEY'S TEETHING SYRUP _!'■ '* buoi*!ies ami strctiKtlicns the baby's system. Can be given to babies *j?'trf^T^ I *'"^"^ t;,l <* 'l.iv ol J. Prevents Cholera Infantum, makes Teething simple and y _fi. easy, relieves bowel complaints. *5 cents at druggists. Trial bottle free *■*" Si*' . *** ' I }'»v mention tliis paper. **•»** > Made only by 1 _tlc: Muskrats, 87c. Don't delay as prices are subject to change. AMOS KLOTZ, 2028. Lewis St., Staunton, Va. PHON X (>.' M. SPECTATOR JOBOFFICE^ Persons desiring Job Printing of the best qulity can ob tain it by writing or calling _at OUR OFFICE. BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, ENVELOPES, POSTERS, SALE BILLS and Circulars furnish ed promptly. Best WOrk at the Lowest Prices IPSMSTORIA p&K --_ For Infants and Children. P CASTIB The Kiarl You Have Hfl I - ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. : m Htefl 1 A\ .elablePrepai-aiionforAs- 1 -r-> n _f IP | sirailalingtlieFootfanilßegiila UearS tJie /./ \_ P _l$ togUteSiomaclisandßowelsof J(V Til* pi Bgggililgi Signature /Ap m§. Promotes Dig. slion.Cheer._j r»f #f\At_l fg o _ ness and Rest.Contains neither ux # l\ IK K-g Opium .Morphine nor Mineral £LVI Ll X... Not Narcotic. Iyt _T IM &dpeafOUlkSM.'£UmmA IV I Itgln li Jlx.Seima * \ KU _. I_% BHIBj AniseSttd* ( f% 1 l\ * 111 BSrt MCiS*Si&i* [ \\ JL/1 __fll__ WtrmSrrd- \ *■ * II ffifStgVl Clarified Suwr-■ t _P_P I Ia A ||S 0 / AVf W, USB lllfi Aperfecl Remedy for Consßpa- I I. I' __■&«*■ lion,SourSlom'acii.Diai-rliaei I IA/ p ft HbbS \Vorras,Convulsions.Fevcrish \W tflf |\/P_ ijjF * ncssandLossOFSLEEP., V/ IUI WlUl ■X Facsimile Signature/ TL_-*« Vaava 11 &s__ | Thirty Years | _____§3pAOTfIDIA I 111 Exact Copy of Wrapper. - the centaur eo«MMr. «m» yo»« errr. wHfit Spectators AND VINDICATOR. P || ' " * . G* * . VOL. 89. STAUNTON, VA., FRIDAY, APRIL 1 1910. J* NO. 13 IN OLD VIRGINIA. lil.lß LAWS OF CAVAI.IKKS.MI'CH KOBE I .STKK'T THAN THOSE OF PURITAN*. The blue laws of lhe Puritans were not in it with the blue laws of old Vir ginia, though it has always been sup posed that the cavaliers of the South land eared more for high living and frivolity llian for good Ijehavior and order. In 1(>(!2 the follow ing laws were enacted in this state: Kvery person who refuses to have hisehild baptised by a lawful minister (Church of England) shall be assessed jiounds of tobacco, half to the parish, half lo the informer. To steal or unlawfully kill any hog that is not his own the offender shall pay to the owner 1,000 pounds of to bacco and as imieli to the informer, and in case of inability to pay shall serve as a 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 a min ister according to the laws of England. The minister who doth marry contrary to this act shall be lined 10,000 pounds of tobacco. If a married woman shall slander a person the woman shall be punished by ducking and if the damages shall be adjudged more than 500 pounds of tobacco her husband shall pay, or the woman receive a ducking for every 500 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 aud preaching, upon the penalty of be ing fined BO pounds of tobacco. Any person inhabiting this country and entertaining a Quaker in or near his house shall, for every time of such entertainment, be fined 5,000 pounds of tobacco, half lo the county, half to the informer. Every master of a vessel that shall bring any Quakers to reside here after July 1 of this year shall be fined 5,000 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 a public and convenient place, a pillory, a pair of stocks, a whipping post and a duck ing stool. Otherwise the court shall be fined 5,000 pounds of tobacco. The Demon Ot 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 purifer 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 50c. Per fect satisfaction guaranteed by P.. F. Hughes. Fate Was Against Him. From the Argonaut. When Mr. Jenkins went to his bed room al half-past one, it was with the determination of going lo 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: "I locked the front door. I put the chain on. 1 pulled the key out a little bit. The dog is inside. 1 put the kitten out. I emptied the dnppan of the refrigerator. The cook took the silver to bed with her. I put a cane under the knob of the back hall door. 1 put the fastenings over the bathroom windows. The parlor fire has coal on. 1 put the cakebox back in the closet. 1 did not drink all the milk. It is not going to rain. Nobody gave me any message for you. 1 mailed your letter as soon as 1 got down-town. Your mother did not call at the office. No body died thai we are interested in. Did not hear of a marriage or engage ment. 1 was very busy at the office making out bills. I have hung my clothes over chair-backs. 1 want a new egg for breakfast. I think that is all, and I will 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 a line for the bed, when he was earthquaked by the query from Mrs. Jenkins: "YY'hy didn't you take off your hat?" Saved From The Crave. "I had about given up hope, after nearly four years of suffering from a severe lung trouble," writes Mrs. M. L. Dix, of Clarksville, Term. "Often the pain in my chest would be almost un bearable and I could do no work, but Dr. King's New Discovery has made me feel like a new person. Its the best medicine made for the throat and lungs." Obstinate coughs, stubborn colds, hay fever, la grippe, asthma, croup, bronchitis and hemorrhages, hoarseness and whooping cough, yield quickly to this wonderful medicine. Try it. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. Guaranteed by B. F. Hughes. $60,000,000 worth of American mer chandise was carried by rail across the islhiauses of Panama and Tehauntepec in the fiscal year 1909, and in the cal endar year the total will probably reach $75,000,000 in value. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of QviS/ffIeUCAUK HALLE*'S COMET WON'T CUT SO MUCH ICE FiKI OF UNIVERSE WAXDKBEH 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 a 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 a comet a hundred millions of miles away cause a flood in Paris, say, and dry weather in Egypt, on the same day? "Halley's comet appeared in 1835, and it is to appear again in May. Ac carding 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 18P>5. "18.>5 there was a dissolution, and this year also there is lo be a dissolu tion," he declared, amid laughter. : 'There were 386 liberals an is;ss, and there ;>9:i in 1910, while the number of the opposition is exactly the same now "YY'hen the comet appeared in 1006," 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. "Comet'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 21. ~-~ The Call of the Blood for purification, finds voice in pimples, boils, sallow complexion, a jaundiced look, moth patches and blotches on the skin—all signs of liver trouble. But Dr. King's New Life Pills make rich red blood; give clear skin, resy cheeks, fine complexion, health. Try them. 25c at B. F. Hughes. Epitaphs. 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 YY'ho always carried a loaded gun The other fellow pulled his tir^t. A hypnotist below doth lie: He looked a tiger in the eye. No inquest. Beneath this willow lies Paddy Shea: He yelled "Hurrah for the A. P. A." No flowers. This slab in memory of maid Irene, A stove and a can of gasoline. That's all. — Kx. Otto the Orator. Friends, fellow citizens and toilers, lend me your ears while we puncture this latest fallacy called "Fletcherism," Fletcher says, "chew each bite .!2 times." lam 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 :>2 times equals 1,280 bites. Allowing a half minute for each :12 bites, it will require 648 minutes of more than 10 hours to consume one meal, and more than 90 hours for three meals. Gentlemen, I ask you in all sincerity, where are you going to get the time to cam the money for that bread ? YY'hat! DEEDS, NOT*WORDS, Staunton People Have Abso lute Proof of Deeds at Home. It is not words, but deeds that|prove true merit. The deeds of Doan's Kidney Pills, for Staunton kidney sufferers, have made their local reputation. Proof lies in the testimony of Staun ton people who have been cured to stay cured. William L. Rohr, 1041 Front street, Staunton, Va., says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills, and the results were sat isfactory. Kidney complaint was with me for a long time and I suffered from severe pains in my back and sides. Stooping or lifting caused sharp twings to dart through me and I had to have assistance in getting out of bed. The kidney secretions were very irregular in passage, and I had but little control over them. 1 tried sev eral advertised remedies, but received no relief until I procured Doan's Kid ney Pills at Thomas Hogshead's drug store. 1 continued takir.g Doan's Kidney Pills until I was completely cured. I publicly recommended Doan's Kidney Pills six years ago, and to-day 1 am pleased to state that the cure has remained permanent." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cts Foster-MilburnCo., Buffalo,Ne\v York, sole agents foi the United Slates. Remember the name—Doan's—and I take no other. Laces and Embroidenes. The New York 5 and 10 cent store has just received a new shipment o aces and embroideries, ladies' collars pillow tops, towels and table linens. DAVIS & HOLT, 15 N. Augusta Street. RAILROAD TALK. MR. STKVEXS PRESIDENT i>F HOCKING VALLEY. As staled a few day ago, and, in a sense, carrying out the agreement reached some time ago, Mr. George VY r . Stevens, president of the C. & O. Ry., has been elected president of the Hock ing Valley system, recently acquired by the C. & O. Frank Trumbull of New York, a director of the C. & 0., was elected chairman of the Hocking Valley board. He is a close business friend and ally of Edwin Hawley. The d rectors of the Hocking Valley were named as follows: Edwin Hawley, Frank Trumbull, Geo. YY'. Stevens, A. C. Rearick and James Mackie. Stock holders of the C. Ar O. are called to meet althe principal offices of the com pany in Richmond on April 28 to pass on the proposed increase in capital stock, from $66,000,000 to $100,008,000, and for a corresponding issue of 4 per cent, bonds, out of which the purchase of the new YY'estern connections is to be financed. C'HESAI'KAKE-WESTERN RIMOR. The Chesapeake-YY'tstern Railway Co. is having a survey made from the eastern terminus of the road at Klkton through Ma lison, Greene and Orange counties. It 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 YY'est Va Elkton will be near the centre of the system. It is also report ed that the road has been bought by the Pennsylvania Ry. Co. Worse than Bullets. Bullets have often caused less suffer ing to soldiers than the eczema. L. W. Harriman, Burlington, Me., got it in the army, and suffered with it forty years. "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. The Modern Visiting Card, YY'hile it would be difficult to say just when visiting cards were first used, we are quite certain of the fact that they are not of very ancient date. Appar ently they were adopted in English so ciety before they were generally used on the continent. It was probably about 1700 that they came into fashion in Great Britain, and it was as late as 1770 when they were introduced in Paris. It appears that the first visit ing cards were regular playing cards, the backs of which were used for the address.—Chicago Examiner. Make a Shabby Floor Look New. Get a can of the L. &M. Floor Paint. Paint the floor in the morning. It dries hard over night. With a bright var nish finish. Saves wear—looks bright anil cheerful. Get it from Culton & I'eale, YY'aynesboro; C. H. Cohron & S3n, Stuart's Draft. The South has 62,000 square miles of coal land. Great Britain, Germany, Fiance and Austria combined have i 7,000 square miles. —. 1 . m • NURSING MOTHERS show the beneficial ef fects of Scott's Emulsion in a very short time. It not only builds her up, but enriches the mother's milk and properly nour ishes the child. Nearly all mothers who nurse their children shouH take this splendid food tonic, not only to keep up their own strength but to properly nourish their children. FOB SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS Send 10c., name of paper and th in ad. for our beautiful Savings Bank aud Child's Sketch-Book. Each bt.uk contains a Good Luck Penny. SCOTT & BOWNE. 409 Pearl St. New York FM. rup.Ki. . ATTORNKY-AT-LAW Second Floor, MasoMe Tample, un.n.l OhAM* UnimimN Va. Mustial Phone. btadhtow, va. lan6 i s S Beverley book Co., | INC. ; V New Year! A ISIG LINE OF 1 OFNGE SUPPLIES P.evcrley Carlwn Pajier at 2.") C the dozen is good value. HOW ABOUT A Majestic Loose Leaf Ledger? I Beverley Book Co., I ' 'Under ye town clock." V. J MASH FEED FOR CHICKENS The Number Feeding Wet Maah Ap pear* to Be Increasing, a* Re sults 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 hatching time, and there certainly is a sarins of labor. There is no questioning the fact that mazing 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 It in a small way, and I 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 a soap box 20 inches long, 8 inches deep and 15 inches wide, inside measure. The throat at the bottom is 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, If preferred. I Self-Feeding for Dry Mash. These dry-feed hoppers mads of wood or galvanized iron may be pur 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 a 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. He have, also, a couple of the same ! racks, about 18 Inches square, designed for water. They were very satisfactory while they lasted, but the galvanized iron pans rusted out in a couple of years. One of these was built with a space under the pan so that some hot bricks might be put (in cold weather to keep the from freezing. These devices >c purchased from some poultry r houses, though I think th* are made of round rods instead is. lo Fear from the Chickens. aes not require a very large plot rly vegetables and small garden and no fear of the chickens I be felt. The large fields of tnd potatoes can in most cases planted at some distance the poultry house, and in any the fowls will harm them little after they get a 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 a greater part of the season. On this I a larger egg yield will be secured c the greater profit. Fence Out the Chickens. great many farmers and others do keep fowls because they claim destroy so much garden truck grain. That it is far better for to run at large most of the time ;nerally 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, a fence four feet high will answer and the fence can be removable and of a temporary char acter. "Reverse English!" 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 hurt your feet, Dinah?" "Dat good fo" nothin' nigger (snif fle) done hit me on de haid wif a club while I was standin' on de hard stone pavement."—Everybody's Umgm. ■*—-. JyifVfmrtmMmmm Electric Bitters Succeed when everything else fails. In nervous prostration and female weaknesses they are the supreme remedy, as thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE it is the best medicine ever sold over a druggist's counter. Putnam's Music Store! We are now settled in our new YY'are-rooms, No. 11l Main Street, and invite you to see and examine the largest and finest stock of Pianos. Player Pianos, Organs, and Musical Merchandes YVe have ever shown. Old instruments taken in EXCHANGE at their full value. Oak, Black YY'alnut, Poplar, Chestnut, i'ine, Sycamore and Maple Lumber taken in exchange the same as cash on Pianos and Organs. If you are considering the puic'iase of an Instrument, let us know, and one of our Sai.ksmas will be pleased to call on you and explain to you our VERY EASY plan of purchase. W. W. PUTNAM & CO., No. 11l W. Main St.. Staunton. Va. A Great Opportunity! A farm of nearly 200 acres, which lies almost perfectly for gra/.ing and farming, in a good state of cultivation, and crops well, con venient to schools, railroad and church. There is an orchard of about 3,000 apple trees from nine lo twenty years of age, about 886 peach trees and a choice variety of small fruit, a vineyard of about 000 vines, good barn and a plain, four room house, a line spring and a stream of water, is offered herewith at a price and on terms seldom offered anywhere. If you are alive to something good, see me at once. A. LEE KNOWLES, Building. Real Estate and General Insurance. STAUNTON, VA. 1909=10. STAUNTON MILITARY ACADEMY. An Ideal Home School for Manly Boys. 365 Boys from 45 States last session. Largest Pri vate Academy in the South. Boys from 10 to 20 years old prepared for the Universities, Government Academies, or Business. 1,800 feet above sea-level; pure, dry, bracing mountain air of the famous proverbially healthful and beautiful Valley of the Shenan doah. Pure mineral spring waters. High moral* tone. Parental discipline. Military training develops obedience, health, manly carriage. Fine, shady lawns, expensively equipped gymnasium", swimming pool and athletic park. All manly sports encouraged. Daily drills and exercises in open aih. Boys from homes of cul ture and refinement only desired. Personal, individual instruction by our Tutorial Systkm. Standards and traditions high. Ac ademy 48 years old. New $100,000 barracks, full equipment, abso lutely fire proof. Charges K560. Handsome catalogue free.f Address CAPTAIN WH. H. KABLE, A. M., Principal, STAUNTON, VA. WILLIS' CASH LIQUOR HOUSE Pays. Express on One Gallon or more Whiskey from $2 to $6 per gallon. Phone 9. HARRISONBURG, VA. Respectfully, W. H. WILLIS. FERTILIZERS Farm Machinery ! I have a large stock of highest grade FERTILIZERS made especially for spring crops— manufactured by the best companies manufacturing Fertilizer. A full line of the best grades of Grass Seeds; also a complete line of FARM MACHINERY—Com Planters Double and Single Row Reid Cultivotor and Harrow complete, New Idea Manure Spreader' Bucher A Gibbe Double Action Cut-away harrow, Johnson Binders' Mowers and Rakes; Anderson Surries, Buggies, Runabouts, and several other lines which are the best that can be bougt for lhe money. Before making your purchase for your spring supplies see me, as I can save you money. All I ask of you is to look the line over and get prices and you will be convinced that they are the best for the money on the mar ket. Middlebrook Aye. and Johnson St. Yours truly, B. W. CRUM, STAUNTON. VA. OUR Readers .will And correct schedules of the Chesapeake [£ Ohio, Southern, and Chesapeake- YVestern Railways, publish ed regularly in the Spec tator.