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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-10-04

soon sutfounoeu oy u lQrHe moo, but as
TOughis company was well entrencled in the
house they did not attempt an assault, and
they soon afterward dispersed.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The whole Cause of this strike was due to
the man Hart1ban who was killed, and the
contractors. To show that the matter looks
as If such was the case, the following facts are
added to The TINES extra. When the train
arrived al the end of the track, and Capt
Toughis men were in line. Len. 7. Smi,h,
president ofthe road, walked out to the mass
ofstrikers and said: ANY man that has
got his time check, can now get his money. ~
Upon this, Hartman rode up and said, We
don't want q cent Of Len Smiths money, we
want our money from Jim Shire and he
also counselled the men not to take a cen +,
from Len Smith. After he was shot,
TWELVE Hu NDRED DoLLARs
was found on his person, as several men can
testify TO. He also had a check, but We did
not learn for what amount. Other men will
also testify that Hartman offered them
SEVENTY CENTS
on the dollar for their time cheeks. So it il
plain to be seen that there must have been .
COLLISION to secure the mems time checks at
one-third their valr
To show that Harman was q desperate man
he in one instance, that was under our per-
soual observation, rode on to an old man who
was working on the track, and told him IL he
did not quit work that he would cut his throat
from ear TO ear, and as soon as the posse had
driven the mounted strikers from the field
most Of the men who had been compelled 10
Quit work went to their labors again, only ask.
ing that they be protected from their assaiI.
ants
Mr.. Smith had train of cars placed at the
disposal Of the men who had time checks
and they were taken to CircleviIle, where
they obtained their money, and afterward
many Of them returned 10 work.
To Capt. W. s. Tough, 'the bravest OF the
heave," the boys who were with him are uu.
dr. many obligations He watched over ITEM
hike fAsher. and Ne VIII say 70 the credit OF
his company, that they never were eal ed up.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-10-04

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08

think he was old Mr.. Charles Booklet
carried the mails from Winchester. a,
first on horse back and then by stage
When they were received by the old
Revolutionary soldier and officer, thu
late Lawrence Tremper, who received
his commission from Washington az
postmaster, and who gave his last vote
for President, If the chronicler is not in
error, in that exciting and ever memor-
able contest, of Gen. Harrison VS.. Mar
tin Van Buren,. He voted for Harrison
because 1t is in the memory of the wri.
ter, and he may one day indulge in
some "reminiscences of that campaign,
that In the famous Whig Rally that
came on In the county, after the Big
convention in Richmond, where Web
ster, on the 9th of October, under the
bright sun and inspiring influences of
the occasion, delivered his speech, only
second to that against Hayns on the
f1o0r of the Senate, and to the immense
sea OF faces turned towards him as he
stood on the front porch of the capitol.
| repeat it was at this Rally at Staunton,
when the Mt. Sidney Tippecanoe club
tine banner club) called in body and
PAID their respects to the venerable
Iremper. The "Phenix" did not have
the benefit of railroads and telepraphs,
and hardly of stage coaches, at that
day, and it is presumable that it took
we'll nigh a week to get Information
from Richmond. You will concur with
the writer that you have no cause to be
ashamed OF your Progenitor, and excuse
me for repeating the desire that you will
spare no pains to pry carefully into the
nj fvyras I<S III
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08
Proverbs for Subscribers.

"A wise son maketh glad father"
and prompt paying subscriber causeth
an editor to laugh.
Folly is a joy that is destitute of wis
dem," but delinquent subscriber
causeth suffering in the house of news
paper maker.
"All the ways of man are clear in
bis own eyes," except the way the de-
inquent subscriber hath in net paving
for his newspaper. Better is little
with righteousness" than a thousand
subscribers who fail to pay what they
owe.
Aust weight and balance are the
Lords" but that which is due upon
your newspaper belongs to to the pub
Usher thereof.
Better is dry morsel and quietness
Herewith" than long list of subscribe
ers who cheat the printer.
Better Is the poor man that walketh
IN integrity" and payeth his subscrip-
ton, than the rich man who continually
telleth thy "devil'' to call again.
Judgments are prepared for scorn-
ers, stripes for the backs Of feols,n and
everlasting punishment for him who
payeth not for his newspaper.
Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick, !" is proverb sadly realized by the
publisher who sendeth out bills.
"A righteous man hateth living"
hence an editor wakes wroth against
the subscriber who promises to call and
settle on the morrow, yet calleth not to
settle.
1T biteth like serpent and stingetn
like an adder" when the adder 1ets
through adding up the amounts due
from his subs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08


WOMEN AND WINE.-Of the worst
foes that woman has ever encountered.
wine stands at the head. The appetite
| for strong drink in man has spoiled the
lives of more women, ruined more homes
for them, brought them more sorrow,
shame and hardship than any other
evil that lives. The country numbers
tens OF thousands, nay, hundreds of
thousands OF women who are to-day
widows, and sit in hopeless weeds, be-
cause their husbands have been slain bv
strong drink.
There are hundreds of thousands of
homes scattered all over the land. in
which women live life of torture, la.
boring through all the changes of suffer-
ing that lie between the extremes of fear,
and despair, because those whom they
love like wine better than they do the
women they have sworn to love. There
are women by thousands who dread to
hear at the door the step that once
thrilled them with pleasure, for that
step has learned to reel under the infiu-
ence OF seductive poison. There are
women groaning with pain, while we
write these words, from bruises and
brutalities inflicted by husbands made
mad by drink.
There can be no exaggeration in NV
statement made in regard to this mat
ter, because no human imagination can
create anything worse than the truth,
and No pen is capable of portraying the
truth. The sorrows and the horrors of
a wife with a drunken husband, or a
mother with drunken son, are as near
the realization Of hell as can be reached
in this world at least. The shame, the
Indignation, the sorrow, the sense of
disgrace for herself and her children, the
poverty land not unfrequently the beg
gary. the fear and the fact of violence,
the lingering, lifelong struggle and de-
spair OF countless women with drunken
husbands, are enough to make all wo-
men curse, and engage unitedly to op-
pose 1t everywhere as the worst enemy
of their sex:
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08

Emigration to Liberia under the aus
pices Of the American Colonization So
ciety has been uninterrupted for the last
fifty-six years; 8, 1877 have been colonized
since the war, and from the beginning
1925; exclusive of 5,722 recaptured
Africans, which the society aided to
settle in Liberia, making 2O,S47 persons
to whom the society has given homes on
that continent. The condition of Liberia
continues to improve, and the exports
of coffee, sugar and other products to
increase.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08
For the SPECTATOR
Death of Col. Clay.

MIR. EDITOR A friend who has re.
Gently been travelling in the Southern
counties in Va, and some of the borde,
counties in North Carolina, says, under
date of 10th inst, from Blacksbury. ~
arrived at the house of Col. J. H. CLAW,
I am sure he meant "Odin G. Claw
late Of Campbell county, Va.,) in Per.
son county, N. c., a second cousin OF
Henry Clay, aged SO, and the most
prominent man in the county. I spent
several days with him last fall. I
reached bis house at P. M. on the 1st
OF April, and at 8 o'clock that night he
was a corpse, stricken down unexpec-
tedly with neuralgia of the heart. He
leaves three beautiful daughters, one
son, and an aged widow to mourn his
loss" feel perfectly certain il must
be my old friend, from the fact that this
gentleman was at my house last winter.
and spoke of being at Col Clay's some
months previous. and described him so
perfectly, that I readily recalled the
original. He strongly resembled his
great and distinguished relative i, per-
son, and was high toned, chivalrous
man. He represented Campbell county
several sessions of the Legislature, and
no one commanded more respect from
his associates. ANXIOUS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08

THE RUSSIAN AND THE TURKISH
ARMIEs.-The nominal strength of the
Russian army, upon war footing, is l..
213, ,25O officers and men, sos, $40 being in
the regular army, 127, 1923 in the first re-
serve, and ZIG, 1854 in the second reserve.
This is exclusive of 129, 900 Cossacks in
military service. The military forces of
Turkey, exclusive of the "sedentary''
army, are estimated at 459,36O. OF
course, however, these figures give but
a slight idea of the forces which the two
nations can put in the field along the
Danube The navy of Russia comprises
1OS men-of-war, of which 20 are iron.
clads 1.477 officers, and 1917 seamen.
The Turkish navy has 20 iron-clad ships
and 70 other steamers. Philadelphio
7yo,7pc
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08
TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE.
NHARLES e. GREGORY,

Practical Timer and Sheet
Iron Worker,
No. 20, augusta Street. Stauntan, Va.
wish to inform the public that am at all
work pertaining to my business, such as Roof
ing, Guttering and Repairing. also keep con-
stantly on hand good assortment of Home
made Tin-ware, which 1 will sell at prices
to suit the times.
A share of public patronage respectfully so
Hcited. sept5-ly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08

''What did the Puritans come to this
country for? asked Massachusetts,
teacher of the class in American history
ITO worship in their own way and rlake
other people do the same." was the re-
Iply.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08

The management of this Hotei has changed
hands and is now being put in thorough repair
being remOdeled and refurnished.
Situated near the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
road Depot and accessible to the business part
of the city, will make it desirable for transi-
ent visitors and especially for the Travelling
Commercial men.
It is well ventilated and delightfully."- cool in
summer, which will make it a pleasant resort
for those seeking comfort and health.
Ar Terms will be moderate and special rates
will be made for Commercial men.
Omnibusses to and from the Hotel free Ol
charge. aSr Livery Stables attached to the
Hotel. jan23-ly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
VEGETINE
WILL CURE
scRoFULA,

~ - - A1q
Scrofulous Humor.
VEGETINE will eradicate from the system ev-
cry faint OF Scrofula and Scrofulous Humor. 1t
has permanently cured thousands in Boston and
vicinity who had been long and painful sufferers.
Cancer, CanCer0us Hum0r.
Cancer and Cancerous Humor challenges the
most profound attention of the medical faculty,
many Of whom are prescribing VEGET1NE to
their patients
Canker.
VEGETINE has never failed to cure the most
infexible case of Canker.
Mercurial Diseases.
The vEGErINE meets with wonderful success
in the cure of this class of diseases.
Pain in the Bones.
In this complaint the vEGET1SE is the prsat
remedy, as it removes from the system the pro-
ducing cause.
Salt Rheum.
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, &c., will GER
tainly yield to the great Alternative effects Of
VEGETINE.
Erysipelas.
VEGETINE has never failed to cure the most
1nveterate case of Erysipelas.
Pimples and Hum0rs on the
Face.
Reason should teach us that blotchy, rough
or pimpled skin depends entirely upon an inter-
nal cause, and no outward application can ever
cure the defect. VEGETINE is the great blood
purifier.
Tumors, Ulcers or Old Sores
Are caused by an impure state of the blood.
Cleanse the blood thoroughly with VEGETINE,
and these complaints will disappear.
Catarrh.
For this complaint the only substantial benefit
can be obtained through the blood. VEGETINE
is the great blood purifier.
Constipation.
bilitate the bowels, but cleanses all the organs,
enabling each to perform the functions devolv-
ing upon them.
Piles.
VEGETINE has restored thousands to health
who have been long and painful sufferers.
Dyspepsia.
# yEGErINE is taken regularly. according to
directions, a certain and speedy cure will follow
its use.
Faintness at the Stomach.
VEGETINE is not stimulating bitters which
creates fictitious appetite, but gentle tonic,
which assists nature to restore the stomach to a
healthy action.
Female Weakness.
VEGETINE acts directly upon the causes Of
these complaints. 1t invigorates and strength
ems the whole system, acts upon the secretive
organs and alays Inflammation.
General Debility.
In this complaint the good effects of the vEGE-
TINE are realized Immediately after commencing
to take it; as debility denotes deficiency of the
blood, and VEGETINE acts directly upon the
blood.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08

PREVENTION OF HYDROPHOBIA.-
The head of wholesale drug house in
Philadelphia writes to the Ledger ofthat
city calling attention to the use of the
root known as eleeampaae as a preven-
tive of hvdrophobia The active medi-
cal principle in this root, it would appear
from the cases cited, neutralizes the
virus or poison which produces hydro
phobia after person has been bittep.--
The writer mentions the case of his
nephew, then small boy. who was bad
ly bitten many years ago. The remedy
was administered and the patient is now
hale, hearty man. Again, two men
were bitten by dog which few DAYS
after died of hydrophobia. Both men
called on physician who prescribed the
eIecainpane root. One of the men re
marked. "that is. an old woman's RENE
dy," and put himself under the care oi
another physician, who cauterized the
wound and gave him medicine that
sa!ivated him. On the ninth day he was
seized with spasm and died in agony
The other man took the eIecampane and
never suffered in tine slightest degree
The writer speaks ofa number Of other
cases showing the value of the root as a
preventive. Whether it would avail af-
ter the manifestation of the disease the
writer cannot say. A correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times cites several
similar Instances. The prescription Is
as follows: To one and half ounces of
good, sound elecampane root, bruised in
"a mortar, add one pint of new milk, boil
to half pint, strain off, and when cold,
take at a dose, in the morning, fasting.
No food should be taken for from three
to five hours afterwards. Repeat the
dose on the third morning, allowing one
morning to intervene, and again on the
fifth morning. The above quantity is
for an adult; for children given In pro-
pertionate doses, say to one of twelve
years half the quantity. 1t is we'll of
course to know that so simple remedy
is available. At the same time it is
deemed proper to express the strong be-
lief that in a great many of the instances
in which hydrophobic symptoms are ex-
hibited the symptoms mot the dlsease)
are induced by excited Imagination and
apprehension.
A SAFE BET.-When you see young
man sitting in parlor, with the ugliest
six-year old boy that ever frightened
himself in the mirror clambering over
his knees, jerking his white tie out Of
knot. mussing his white vest, kicking
his shins, feeling in all his pockets for
nickels, bombarding him from time to
time with various bits of light furniture
and 6Douterie, calling him names at the
top of his fiendish lungs, and yelling
incessantly for him to come out in the
yard and play, while the unresistin9
victim smiles all the time like the cover
of a comic almanac, you NAV safely bet
although there isn't the sign of q girl
apparent within a radius of10, 600 miles
you can bet your bottom dollar tina,
bowling boy has sister who is primp-
ing in room not twenty feet away, and
that the young man doesn't come there
just for the fun of playing with bel
brother.-BurlingteD Ha,Okeye.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08
Staut,io,l Spectator.
RATES OF ADvrgruue.

ADVERTISEMENT will be inserted at IN. rs..
ofS 90 per square of eight lines or less. enr ~
first insertion, and so cents for each subseousnt
insertion.
~ liberal discount will be made IN .dvsr.
tisements published for 8. g. or U months.
~ SPECIAL NOTICES win be inserted NJ don.
BILE the advertising rates. 10 - - ,->
~ Obituaries, Announcements OF CandAdsAes
for Office, and all communications of a pernonaS
or private character. will be charged for a. ad-
vertisements
Address 'staunton Spectator" Etssstou. VI.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08

Some genius proposes to introduce pts-
per Shirts But shirt made out of q
story paper would have too many tales.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08

In addition to the abuve, I keep large stock
of all grades of Smoking Tobaccos, from SOC.
per pound to 50. 90 per pound, and 10000 Cigars
of my own manufacture, from sl8 to $50 per
thousand.
Don't forget the place. When you come to
supply you with nything pertaining to the To-
bacco trade at the very lowest prices.
Respectfully,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08

Columbus was the first man to estab-
llsh an iron foundry in America. He
cast an anchor there.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.

DEAD THIS.
For sale at the old Tobacco stand, Corner
Main and Augusta Streets, formerly occupied
by Armentrout, a large and carefully selected
Stock of
CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCOS,
At Old Prices.
Notwithstanding the increase of the prices o
all Tobaccos in consequence of the addition
al Revenue Tax, yet at this old stand you can
buy at the same low figures as heretofore.
Nineteen different kinds and styles open at
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08
General Debility.

In this complaint the good effects of the vEGE-
TINE are realized Immediately after commencing
to take it, as debility denotes deficiency of the
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08

VEGErINE is not stimulating bitters which
creates fictitious appetite, but q gentle tonic
which assists nature to restore the stomach to {
healthy action.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08
RAILROADS.

4 OHIO RAILROAD
u On and after Monday, April 23rd, 1877, Pas
senper Trains will run as follows:
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08
Female Weakness.

VEGETINE acts directly upon the causes Of
these complaints. 1t invigorates and strength
ems the whole system, acts upon the secretive
organs and allays Inflammation
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-05-08
Faintness at the Stomach.

If VEGErINE is taken regularly, according t.
directions, certain and speedy cure will follow
its use.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-04-20

nal, Family Story Paper, Chimney
Corner, Wauerly Magazine (the most
injurious of all,-let parents carefully
read the advertisements it prints) Boys
of the World, Boys and Girls, Mon
roe's Girls and Boys, Boys Of New
York, Weekly Story Teller, and others
too numerous to mention. In these the
readers Imagination is fed with tales Of
extraordinary adventure, daring exploits
and sickening sentiment. The authors
and editors of such works, to whom
God has given talent and the devil APP
plication, spread among the young peo-
pie of the country moral poison which
brings boys to state prisons and the
gallows, and girls to brothels. 1t is
not the fault of the young that they read
impure tales and books, but that of
parents, who fail to provide proper
amusements at home, and who allow
there periodicals to enter in their
homes.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-04-20
The Grange.
PEKIN, Cowlitz Co.,
ADril 6 1877

April Q, 1870.
The Grange is an organization es-
pecially adapted to the social needs
of farmers. 1t brings them and their
wives and children into closer rela-
tionship, and enables them to know
more of each other, more of their mu-
tual hopes, plans and prospects. And
herein are the women invaluable to
our order. Their services in the
grange could not well be dispensed
with. To divest the order of its wo-
man feature would be to detract great
ly from its usefulness and the enjoy
ment of its meetings. Here as else
where, woman spresence is indispen-
sible in the inculcation of good NOR
ais and religious principles. Hap
PLY the grange affords an opportu-
nifty for woman's partial relief from
that secluslon of home and the kitch-
en-, which is so often destructive of
higher ambitions and brighter hopes.
Human beings alone were created for
social intercourse, and they who
fail to improve their opportunities in
this regard do a great injustice to
themselves and to their children. So
ciety enables the laborious tiller of
the soil to mingle with those engaged
IN the same occupation, and views are
exchanged to the benefit of every in
curing individual of that society.
How much better is a social home
than one continually darkened with
moody silence or grievious wrangling.
The grange may be made the nursery
of the social home, and all should say
God-speed the institution that is CAL
culated generally to exercise so health
full an influence, and especially to as
sist in the liberation of the minds of
women. The grange is not known
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-04-20
Suicide.

The Oregonian Of yesterday morn
ing brings us the sad news of the sui
eide of DR.. Ralph Wilcox, in Port
land, Wednesday morning. Deceased
was Clerk of the u. S. Courts at
Portland, and man generally es-
teemed. The suicidal act was con-
summated by shooting himself in the
head with derringer. In his pocket
was found a slip of paper, on which
was written the following:
'Whiskey, the demon, has mastered me, as
sit will Others imbecile in mind and physically
"broken down from its effects. False to my
family false to my friends. WILCOX"
He was in the 59th year of his age,
and leaves wife and children to
mourn over his sad fate. He had oc-
cupied several important positions in
Oregon, where he had lived since
1915. He had been Clerk of Judge
Deady's Court since 1868.
Mr.. Scott, Editor of the Oregonian,
in his editorial comment upon the
affair, makes use of the following Ian
guage, which is so true and has in it
SO much of the spirit of genuine Chris
tan charity that we cannot refrain
from quoting it. Here it is:
when a strong nature struggles with a
weakness that besets it, few of us can realize
how dreadful the conflict is. Nothing so
shakes our state of mind as these enemies
within the gate. Who is man that he should
Judge his brother? While such an event gives
us lesson of warning let it also give us les
son of charity, and teach us generous sympa-
thy for human frailty which often and again
is found in great and noble natures. No one
among us would have judged him who is gone
with more severity than that with which he
has judged himself; and in this he was thor.
oughly true to the integrity of his nature
Falsehood found no Judgement with him. He
left no enemy, and none except such as were
intimate with him can realize how great a void
is made by his death. Who can tell what ter
rible experience such man must pass through
before he brings himself to the act of raising
his hand against himself