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like G1imshaw himself; the crimson
cap, mere speck in the landscape, wa
seen to fly through the air, and descend
ing keep on, working upslowly towards
the chestnut mare that was securing to
wards the winning post, where the
breathless crowd watched their coming
Another solid earth and plank fence was
reached, and letting their animals out
the mare and the horse, now nearly neck
to neck, true to their blood and lineage
with heaving f1anks and convulsive
breathing, both with a mastery effort
jumped it at the same moment and sped
onward to the goal. The last grand rush
was to take place. Not knowing, OF
looking, or needing what happened be-
hind, the two tore over the course, the
Gray and Green, and the Purple and
Crimson sitting even cheek by jowl,
while the gallant horse and brave little
mare thundered forward to the last leap.
The turning flags were passed, the jump
taken, and the two struggled desperate
ly for the victory. From the crowds on
the course q great hoarse roar came
louder and louder, and the shouts rang,
changing every second-'The horse
wins ~ "Purple and Crimson ahead !"
mo, Green and Gray J" 1.-THE horse is
up with herv' 1.-THE mare beats !" "a
cracker on the mare !" "Hurrah Green
wins; Crimson is beat J"
Was he?
AS the shout rose he surged ahead the
land seemed to fly like yellow sheet
before them, and at the killing pace they
rode to the winning post, every fibre
strained, every nerve was at the utmost
tension. One moment and the mare
nearly closed the gap. A roar like the
roar of the sea broke from the thronged
concourse, as the crowd hung breathless
on the even race. Thousands of cheers
arose, and thousands of eyes watched
the closing contest, as superb sight as
the country ever saw, while the two run
together with every sinew strained to
tensiOn-the horse and mare, Crimson
and Gray. Louder and wilder the Shrek
ing uproar rose-"The chestnut beats !"
"The brown beats ~ "Green and Gray's
ahead; Daniels caught him!' "The
mare is winning the mare is winning !"
"Not yet; not yeti" 1.-The mare wins !"
"No, no; no MOI" i
Sent along at pace that Epson Flat
never eclipsed, sweeping hundred
yards or so towards the judges stand,
like flash of flame they ran side by
side. their foam flung on each others
withers, their breath hot in each others
nostrils, while the earth flew beneath
their stride. The final effort came. A
blind ditch was in front-the last! With
one superhuman crowning effort the
horse swept by the mare q full length,
jumped the ditch, and galloped up the
straight "run in'i-Purple and Crimson
had won the silver punch bowl, and the
brown horse swept to the judges stand.
The air was rent with deafening cheers
that seemed to reel like drunken shouts
from the multitude, and when the rider
pulls up with the full sun shining on the
Crimson and Purple, winner of the plate,
there was not one who did not know
that he had won it by the hardest, most
dashing ride ever performed In the coun-
try.
ENGLAND HAD Won!
Time of q miles, Al minutes.
Worsely and Green were stunned, but
no bones broken. CHAssEUR.
For the SPECTATOR.
Eoir
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A professor was explaining, in;
young ladies' school in France, the
theory according to which the body is
entirely renewed every seven years.
"Thus, Mademoiselle F." said he, ad-
dressing pretty blonde with wide
awake face, '.in seven years you will no
longer be Mademoiselle F." II hope
so," replied the unsophisticated young
lady, casting down her eyes.
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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS,

Reader, have you caught cold? Are yon un-
able to raise the phlegm2 Have you an irrita-
ton in the throat? A sense of oppression on
the lungs. with short breath? Do you have a
fit OF coughing on lying down? A sharp pain
now and then in the region Of the heart, shoul-
once dose of TUFTS Expectorant; you will soon
be able to raise the phlegm. In an hour repeat
the Expec:orant, place ahot iron to the feet take
two of TUFTS Pills. You will soon fall into a
pleasant sleep and wake up in the morning.
cough gone, lungs working freely; easy breath
ing, and the bowels moving in natural manner.
To prevent return of these symptoms use the
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T1YREE's COMPOUND SYRUP OR
WORM SEED.
A Perfect yermifuge, Representing the


Old Fashioned Worm Tea,
FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF WORMS.
~ Vegetable in its Composition; Pleasant to
the Taste. and effectual in it, purpose.
Chlldhood is most generally accompanied
with the annoyance of Worms, but few chill
adults are very frequently affected in the same
way. Worms not only a cause of dis
ease in themselves, but by their irr tation. ag-
gravate other diseases; owing to their move
ments in the bowels, they most generally occa-
sion PAIN and UNEASINESS of q very dis
tressing character. The appetite variable.
sometimes natural, again deficient or excessive
tongue furred and with a disagreeable taste,
NERVOUS AFFECTIONS and general de-
ranged health are also expert enced. FRET
FTf,NESS WAKEFULNESS with sudden
startings out of sleep as from fright; spasmOdic
movements Of the eyeids. CONCLUSIONS In
children are often ascrlbed to these parasites
and febrile condition of the system. Obstinate
General enlaciation can be attributed to their
presence in the bOdy-symptoms with which
almost every mother is familiar. To remove
thase onnovances fOpnd in almost every fami-
" THE WORM SYRUP is PREPARED. 1t
is n pleasant and certain remedy. Its perfe t.
Iy safe and children will not refuse to take 1t.
being free from the NAUSEA and DISGUST OF
the ordinary Vermifuge IN use.
After taking the syrup as dlrected, young
children shouid take dose of Magnesia or Cas-
tor Oil. MANY persons think that If a discharge
of the worms does not immediate y follow the
use of the Syrup. that it has failed to destroy
them. This is a mistake-they are dlssOlved
in the mucus. and thus gotten rid Of
A WI w 4. TYREE, Druggist
marI6-tf Staunton, Va.
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DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Use YER'S
CONSUMPTION
CURE.

This is the finest preparation that has ever
been put before the public. 1t never fails to
give satisfaction in Consumption or coughs, or
bronchial Affections of any kind.
CHECK THAT COUGH
Usually three or four doses checks the worst
cough.
the Lungs and breaks the Tuburcles, thus keep
ing up the irritation.
THE CONSUMPTION CURE.
Being Healing, Nourishing, Paleating. Stimu-
lating and Soothing, Relief and speedy cure
must follow. Give it Trial, all who suffer.
LIVER.
There are some Coughs that arise from the
Liver or Stomach; if SO, and you have symp-
toms of the Liver, use Thayer's Liver POWDERS
regret the investment. Price, Is and 50 cents
and 81 per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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4IaBss
PO e II R Y.
THE BACHELOR'S SOLILOOUY.


We copy the following lines, entitled 1.-THE
Bachelors Soliloquv." from faded manuscript
written by the late Mr.. James Hogshead of this
county bearing his name and dated February
End, 1928 After reading the lines in succession,
read them alternately-the LIST and 3rd, and the
End and 4th-when it will be found that the
meaning is reversed.
How happy man may pass his life,
When free from matrimonial chains,
When he is governed by the wife.
He's sure to suffer for his pains.
What tongue is able to declare
The failings which in woman dwell,
The worth that falls to woman's share
Can scarce be called perceptible.
In all the female race appears
Hypocracy, deceit, and pride,
Truth. darling of heart sincere,
In woman cannot s'er reside.
They are always studying to employ
Their time in vanity and pirate,
Their leisure hours and social toy
To spend is what II women hate
Destruction take the men, say,
Who make of women their delight,
Those who contempt to women pay
Keep prudence ever in their sight.
For the SPECTATOR.
SHRINE.
BY WILLIAM TENNYsoN HEAToN, AUTHOR OF
SONGS OF THE SHENANDOAH.
''Overhead
Hung lush screen of dro7 ping weeds. and
Thick, as to curtain up some wood-nymphs
home,"
-ENDYMIoN.
This realm is sacred to the bright dead past,
Its shades contain treasures of thought,
And memries of hours that could not last
From my burdened mind all sweetly
wrought
Along the marsh meadows and sloping shore,
Where twilight shadows come and go
A e the same old scenes as in days of yore,
And the stream ripples soft and low.
Here in the summer time long, long ago,
When the light fecked the cool green leaves,
I've wreathed your bright hair in blossoms of
snow,
And watched the blithe reapers binding the
sheaves.
But the shrine is deserted, though down by the
shore
Th6 waters sing On Oer the sands,
While a voice comes up from the lost never
more,
Like chime from distant lands:-
Thy thoughts Of the past are sweet know,
Dearer than all life's dreams,
Then turn thine eyes to the dim long ago
Where The halo of romance beams.
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An ounce of Keep-yOur-mouth-shut is
better than pound of explanation after
YOU have said it.
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Had terrible NIGHT SWEATS.

Memphis, Feb, II, 1871.
Dr. TUTT: Sir-I have been suffering for nearly two
years with a severe cough. When l commenced Ia
king YOUR Expectorant was reduced to one hundred
and sixteen pounds in weight. / had tried almost
everythIng had terrible night sweats. Ihaye taken
half dozen bottles The night sweets have left Has
the cough has disappeared, and Ihave gained fifteen
pounds in flesh, recommend it to all my friends.
With great respect, OLIVER RICE
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From Forest and Stream.]
A Virginia Steeple Chase.

THE WARRENTON RIDING CLUB.-THE
GREAT RACE OF MAY 19TH.-THE
REST STEEPLE CHASE EVER RUN IN
AMERICA.
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- ever J. ysfs FRANCIS HAYWOOD. M. D.
ANEWsPAPER PUB. WRITES,

SOfice, Evening News, Augusta, Ga.
DR. TUTT: Dear Sir-My little son, was attacked
with pneumonia last winter, which left him with
violent cough, that lasted till within month since,
for the cure OF yhich indebted toyour valuable
Expectorant had tried most every thing recon-
pectorant, one bottle of which removed the cough
entirely. With many thanks, am yours truly,
JOHN M. WEIGIE.
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H. M MATHEWS ALEX. f. MATHEWS.
MATHEWS q MATHEWss,r dIMrES s,r1Aw

IEWISBUR0. WEST VA,
practice regularly in thu Courts OF Greenbrier,
Monroe Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, w.
Va, the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of W. Va.
RgParticular attention paid to COLLECTIONS
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
may l7-lY
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-03-30

X GORGE M. HARRISON,
T ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNTON, VA,
will practice in all the Courts holden in Au-
gusta county, and in the Circuit Courts of the
adjoining counties.
HS-Strict attention given to the collection Of
Claims.
OFFICE-No. 10 Lawyers Row. Courthouse
AlIey oc 31-tf
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DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Dr.1UTT'S
Expectordnt! I!

IN 25CTS. AND 81 BOTTLES.
Its properties are Demulcent, Nutri-
tive Balsamic, Soothing and Healing.
Combining all these qualities, it is the
most effective LUNG BALSAM ever
offered to sufferers from pulmonary
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DR.. ). r. HAYWOOD,
of New York, voluntarily indorses it.
READ WHAT He SAYS:-
DR.. TUT: New Yo X Sept, -, 1877.
Dear Sir-During this year ". ed ne hundred
cases of lung d seases In the Liver W -rds of the
city the cases we're OF very severe type. 1t was
there my atten. ion called to Tut Expectorant,
and confess my sur prise at its wonderful power.
During prlctlce OF twenty years. have never
known medicine to act as promptly, and with such
happy effects It instantly subdued the most violent
fits of coughing, and invariably cured the disease in
few days 1cheertuly indorse it as the best lung
medicine ever used.
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FOr u
A SHRINE.

BY WILLIAM TENNYSON HEATON, AUTHOR OF
SONGS OF THE SHENANDOAH.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-03-30

"Overhead
Hung lush screen of dro, ping weeds. and
spread
Thick, as to curtain up some wood-ny mph's
home,"
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A COrpse's Freak.

A DEAD MAN RISES UP, STIFF AND RIG
I'D, AND THE PEOPLE LEAVE THE
ROOM.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-10

MCDONALD's disclosures are not ell
titled to credence except SO far as they
are sustained by proofs. He lisa convict
ed felOn and has no character to sustain
his word. 1t is not, it is true, very
obvious why he should want now to
falsely accuse Grant and the others
whom he duplicates. But neither is it
apparent why he should have delayed SC
long to tell his story if he had Il true one
to tell. The circumstances already
known have shown that those immediate
ly about Grant profited by the immunity
they secured for the whisky ring, but it
has never been distinctly shown that
Grant knew of their connection with the
fraud. The fact that his contiden.
tial friend Babcock was in the ring
as is universally believed-and that
Grant never Withdrew his countenlnce
from him after he had good reason to
know of his guilt, has thrown dark
cloud upon Grant and caused many pee.
pie to believe him equally guilty. This
impression, however, will hardly bt
Strengthened 10y McDonald's unsuppot-
ed declaration of Grants completely.
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ly no disposition to lynch them, owing to
uncertainty as to whether they are the
real Benders. The old man was asked
where he was going, and he said, "To
Jacksonville.
"Isn't it possible you may 60 to Kan
sas?
"No, sir, won't 60. l am not the
man they want. am not Bender"
A dispatch from Cherry Vale says there
is little confidence there in the belief that
these are the original Benders. 1t is even
positively asserted there that the Bendera
were overtaken and quietly killed and
buried by vigilantes and that they vii
never bc found.
A dispatch from OswcgO, Kan., dated
yesterday. says: "The old couple sup
posed to be Bender and wife, arrived hero
from Nebraska this morning and were cx-
posed in the court house for some hours.
Many persons went to see them, and 4
dozen who knew the real Benders pro-
nounce these people impOsters. The
sheriff thinks they will be discharged to-
morrow"
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STATE ITEMS.

The last words of E. L. Davenport, the
actor, "Our Father Who Art in Heaven
are to be inscribed ON 4 monument over
his grave.
A man arrested in Fall River, Mass, i'll
company with thirtccn-y year old girl, An
nic Pring, and charged with her abduction
is Stephen NJ. Barbour, of Philadelphia.
Frank Linsinbiglcr, u Montgomery
county boy, who escaped from the Media
school, for Predetermined children about
three weeks ago, has not been heard from
since.
At the residence of James Watson, al
Chadd's Ford, isa hen that has assumed
charge of six young shepherd pups. AT
night she does her best to lutltllc the pups
together and cover them with her wings.
The Democrats of Union county nOmi.
mated the following ticket For Congress,
A. H. Dill State Senator. ). =. Wolvcr.
vcrton Assembly, Charles Aurand As.
sociatc Judge, Valentine Ritter.
Washington l.. Bladcn. esq, died at his
residence, in Philadelphia, OH Saturday
last, after i protractcd illness. He was in
the titty-fiith year of his age. Deceased
WIS Il prominent member of the Masonic
fraternity. and y lawyer, having been ad
mittcd to the bar in 1853.
The amalgamatcd association of iron and
steel workers OF the United States, in scs.
sion at the opera house, Pittsburgh, elect
ed the following officers President, John
Jarrett, of Sharon, Pa. secretary, VIM.
Martin, of Pittsburgh treasurer, James
Penny, Of Pittsburgh trustees, William
Wcihc, Samuel 5. W:litncight. of Pitts
burgl. and {. ID. Thompson, ofWhceling,
w. Va.
James y. Wills, who was painting the
spouting ut the Globe hotel, Altoona, sixty
feet from the ground, had jumped twice
across the opening between the roofs OF
the two wings of the building, beneath
which was 4 court. Not needing the
warning of Il fclluw-workman on the third
attempt to jump over his feet slipped and
he fell into the court below, his head
strikin. the pavement. His skull was
fractured and he died after few convul
sivc gasps lie was u married man ant
was about thirty-four years old. His
brother met III almost similar death by /;
fall from One of the Philadelphia Ccntcn
nial buildings in 1876 while painting.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-10

GENERAL attention has been called to
the T'iJnaC'S deliberate omission from
all reports of the gOings on at Cllatauqua
Oh Sunlayof Schuyler Colfax's presence
and his speech. He was truly "a bigger
man. on that occasion than Garfield.
He came by earlier invitation, he was a
part of the pre-arranged programme and
he madea set speech. lie was for
years Republican speaker of the House
and vice president of these United
States by the grace and the election of
that same party. Whether by his promi-
nence on the occasion Or his former dis
tinction us 4 public man the Tribune
owed it to him, to itsclfand to its readers
to notice in its news reports ut least
that he was there. 1t neglected to do SO
presumably because Colfax is popularity
believed to have lied, under oath, about
his connection with the Credit MObilier
business, and the Tribune thought it
would hurt its candidate for president to
publish the fact that he and Colfax were
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The Central STATES.

1t requires the spirit of Mark Tapley
in Il Republican to make him Jolly under
the circumstances that hedge his party
around nowadays. The position of that
organization is that not onlyar its llankS
exposed TO Il CALLING and disastrous fire,
but its main line is altogether routed and
broken. Some years ago the Republican
leaders had only to sound the call to sad
die and the troops fell into line from one
end of the country to the other. They
had the great belt of middle states solid,
and with New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvani;,, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana Oh
their side they were irresistible. To-day
they are not absolutely certain of any one
of these states. The only two of them that
are needed 10y the Democracy to elect
Hancock, Indiana and New York, are
almost absolutely certain New Jersey
is more SO while for Pennsylvania, ILL
nois and Ohio there will be desperate
struggle. In no event will the Republic
cans likely get Il majority of the clector-
al or popular vote i'm these six states con-
stituting the central belt of the country
and representing its best settled institu-
tions, its most conservative pOpulatiOnand
its largest material interests. In 1876 their
popular vote was cast us follows: For
Hayes-OhiO, $50, ,6S9; Illinois, 276, $40 :;
Pennsylvania, SS4 ,14S; New York, 1885,
.07; Indiana, 21O,2 ,2l4; New Jersey, 1O3,-
52S. Total. 1,794,G57. The same states
cast the following votes for the Tilden
clectors-Oh 323, ,lS2 Illinois, 25S,-
$50; Pennsylvania, 6,2O4; New York,
52l $40 Indiana, 2l5,G:9; New Jersey,
1885. Total, 1,sOl .l92.
To hear the Republicans talk rcproacll-
fully of the solid South and boastfully of
the solid North one might think that the
Democrats were of OfnOsiSniiicamcc in those
states which the Republicans argue
should have the greater weight in direct
ing governmental affairs. The above
calculation shows how fallaciOus is that
boast, how undeserved that reproach.
Similar calculations for almost any part
of the country shows that the talk about
solidity" anywhere or sectionalism in
party politics is Il shallow pretencc. A
small percentage of change anywhere
produces great results in the aggregate
Year after year this percentage has been
in favor of the Democracy. There has
been no turn in the tide and that is ''why
We laugh
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VETERANS FOR HANCOCK



There was enthusiastic meeting Of the
York county veterans last evening to Or
ganizc a campaign club. Nearly three
hundred honorably discharged soldiers,
many of them officers of the late war, an
swercd the call and placed their names to the
pledge which declares support to Hancock
and English. Immediately after the as.
scmbling of the body the Eighth ward
veterans, numbering fifty men, marched
into tho court house with flying banners
inscribed " We fought with Hancock and
we'll vote for him." Hon. George
E. Sherwood, who was temporary
chairman, made a speech Let us finish
the work for which we entered the army
IN 1861, he said. "Let US restore that
union for which VIC fought, and re-estab-
lish that brotherhood for which many of
our fcllow-soldiers laid down their lives. :"
Hon. Levi Maish, wounded at Antietam,
was chosen president of the association,
and Captain Frank Geise, Lieutenant J.
M. Deitsch, George w. McElroy and F.
Buckingham were selected as vice preri-
dents. The resolutions pledge undivided
support to the national Democratic ticket.
The association is to be organized into q
regiment and uniformed. Colonel Maish,