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LOYAL DIRECTORY,

Masonic-Staunton Lodge No. ID. Howard
Way, Master; A. A. Eskridge, Sec'y. Meet at then
lodge in Masonic Building the second and last FIJI
day nights in each month.
Union Royal Arch Chapter-W, H. H. Lynn, Hlgf
Priest A. A. Eskridge Secretary. Meets IN Masonic
Hall the third Friday nightin each month.
Stevenson COMMUNICATIVE. A. Burke CON
mander; A. A. Eskridge, Recorder. Meets
Masonic Hall the first Friday in each month.
Knights of Honor.-J. E. Rollins, Past Dictator
T. j. Crowder, Dictator; W. A. Burnett heporte
Meets lst and 3rd Monday nights in their Hall II
the Cochran Building.
Ryoal Arcanum.-Regent, Joseph E. Rollins; Sec
retary Jos B. Woodwa d Meets on the "a and
4th Tuesday in each month at 7:30 P. NJ. in theil
hall in the Cochran Building, on Augusta Street.
Odd Fellows.-Staunton Lodge No. 4a-Johl
Wehn, Noble Grand; Chas Burchell, R. Secretay
]. N. Argenbrght F. Secretary. Meets ever!
Thursday night in Odd Fellows Hall.
Central Encampment No. A-J. W. Ailor
Chief Patriarch james W Blackburn, Scribe. Meet
second and fourth Tuesday In each month in Ode
Fellows Hail.
Saunton Lodge No. 1877 Iron Band o. K. s. B.-A
Hart, President: Moritz Witt. Secretary. Meets II
Sundays at 10 IN.
B. Rule, Worthy Patriarch g. T. Htzhimer, Re
cording Scribe. Meets every Friday night at Tenn
perance Hall.
Fire Observation-Disclosures Fire Company
Michael Cox. Captain Thos. J. Crowder, Secretary
Meets fourth Tuesday in every month at Firemen's
Hall
Stanton Hook and Ladder Company.-B. F.
Terry Captain; Charles Hudson, Secretary. Meets
on first Tuesday in each month at their headquar
tiers in the city school building.
Newtown Friendship Hose Company r. A. Ham
ilton, Captain; Oliver Smith Sc .retary. Meets on
the I'd Monday IN every month.
J. B. Scherer, Jr, Chief Engineer of Fire
Department
Military.-West Augusta Guard-Wm. L. Bum.
gardner, Captain; Lewis M. Bumgardner, Secretary
Meets in their armory in the City Hall every
Monday night Regular meetings first Monday in
each month
Staunton Artillery-A H. Fultz, Captain; N M
Warner. Secretary. Meets at their armory in the
City Hall every Tuesday night. Regular meet
ngs second Tuesday in each month.
Stonewall Brigade Band.-Prof. A. J. Turner, Con
ductor and President; John NJ. Carroll Secretary
Meets Tuesday and Thursday nights every week in
the City Hall.
Religious-Y0ung Mems Christian Association
7. G. Morton, President; A. F. Robertson Secretary
Meets at their rooms in City Hall for all devotional
exercises every Sunday evening at 4 P. NJ. Direc
tory meetings at the call of the President. Library
open every evening from S to P. M.
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THE BRAKEMAN'S STORY.


A rough-looking MANI Yes, perhaps I
am. We amt all of us responsible for our
outside husk, no more than hOrse-chest-
nut or a hazel nut is. The kind of life
lead can be lived in white kid gloves and
dress coats. I wasn't brought up with
many advantages, and I'm only a brake
man on the Rensselaer, and Saratoga line.
Old Jones was telling you about me, was
he, sir? He'd better hold his tongue
There's more profitable subjects Of con-
versation than am. But old Jones means
we'll enough, and if he told you to ask me
how that stripe of white hair came on my
black name, l ain It the man to go back on
him. Oh, you needn't beg my pardon,
sir! 1 don't mind talking about it now
thong the time was when couldn't speak
of it without big lump coming in my
throat.
We hadn't been married long, Polly and
me, when it happened, Polly was trim.
bright-eyed slip of girl as ever you'd
wish to see. She was one of the Waitress
ses in the Albany lunch room; and the
first time ever set eyes upon her [ made
up my mind to make that girl my wife -
So when they raised my wages. | took
heart and asked her if she would have
them with me, with wedding ring thrown
into the bargain.
s.Do you really mean it, Jake2" said she'
looking me full in the face, with those
dark blue eyes of hers, that are like the
skies at night.
II do really mean 1t, Polly" said |.
'Then," said she, putting both her
hands in mine, 'I'l trust yon. I've nc
living relation to advise me, SO I can only
take counsel with my own heart"
So we were married. rented q little
Qne=story house, under the hill on the
height, that overlooked the Hudson a
cozy place with good sized wood-pile at
the reAr, for winter meant winter in those
parts, and the snow used to he drifted up
even with our door-yard fence many and
many cold gray morning, And every
thing went smooth until Polly began to
object to my mates at the White Black
bird, snd the Saturday evenings I spent
with the boys, after my train was safely
run on to the side track at the junction.
.'why, Polly. girl,'' said I, '.Where's the
harm? A man can't live by himself. LIKE
an oyster in its shell, and a social glass
never yet harmed any one.''
"No.'' said Polly. ''hot social glass
; Jake, but the nabit. And ii you would
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poetrp.
Two Scenes from an Unpublished Drama

.wo Scenes from an Unpublished Drama
1t was In a garden shady,
Where the mo ,nbeams softly lay,
That lover and his lady
Net, sad farewell to say.
There were signs and s0bs in plenty,
Locks of hair and flowers I ween,
Tin types too the youth was twenty,
And the maiden seventeen
And his eyes were moist and shiny,
As he tried his love to tell,
While she too, turned on the b:iny
Most successfully and we'll
Then they vowed in terms caloric,
Nothing should their true love sever,
And were really Pinaforic
In their frequent use of Never"
Well, they met When many seasons
Neatly had the past inferred.
Doubtless both had had good reasons
Why the meeting was deferred.
In widows cap beguiing,
She was (so very strange is life)!
While he came np pleased and smiling,
With his pretty second wife.
Bows were made and hands were shaken,
Then old times were gaily quoted,
Chirped he: "If + m not mistaken,
Wasn't ohce quite devoted?"
''Was it yoo,2" She gave another
Smile-"I don't remember well,
1t was you or else your brother,
Which, really couldn tell.''
-Scribner for February
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-03-04

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baby, bless its dear little heart, wasn't
harmed at all. II lay snug and warm on
its m others breast All the while. But if
l hadn't happened to be close by them at
that instant thenight express would have
ground them into powder! t79
And the white stripe came into my hair
upon the night of that fearful snow storm.
That's howl happened, 9s:r.
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men is made to praise Him. But to gauge
and measure this Unreasonable Thing,
and what is called account for 1t, and re-
duce it to dead logic-formula, attempt
not! AS an actually existing Son of Time,
look, with unspeakable manifold interest,
oftenest in silence. at what Time did
bring; Herewith edify, instruct, nourish
thyself, or were it but to amuse and graft
fly myself, as it is given thee"
DELTA.
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About Zero.

HISTORY OF THE MAN WHO HAS GIVEN
HIS NAME TO MEASURING
| TEMPERATURE.
/ s'Zero' on the common thermometer
like the fanc,ful names of the constella
tions, is curious instance of the way
wise mems errors are made immortal BY
becoming popular. It may be worth while
to say that the word itself (zerol comes t
us through the Spanish from the Arabic
and means empty; hence, nothing. In ex
pressions like $50 degrees Fahr.," the alb
breviation Fair. stands for Fahrenheit, q
Prussian merchant, of Danfzic. on the
Baltic Sea. His full name was Gabriel
Daniel Fahrenheit. From boy he was a
close observer of nature, and when only
nineteen years old, in the remarkably cold
winter of LOO, he experimental by putting
snow and salt together and noticed that it
produced degree Of cold equal to the
coolest day of the year, and that day was
the coolest day that the Oldest inhabitants
could remember. Gabriel was the more
struck with the coincidence Of his little
scientific discovery and hastily concluded
that he had found the lowest degree Of
temperature known to the world, either
natural or artificial. He called the degree
zero, and constructed thermometer, or
rude weather glass. with scale gradua-
ting up from zero to boiling point. which
he numbered 212, and the freezing point 80
because he thought, mercury contracted
the 32d of it's volume on being cooled down
from the temperature of freezing water to
zero. and expanded 18Oth on being heated
from the freezing to the boiling point.
Time showed that this arrangement. in.
stead of being truly scientific, was as arbi-
trary as the division of the bible Is into YER
ses and chapters, and that these two points
no more represented the real extent of
temperature than from dan to Beershe-
ba,' expressed the exact extremes OF Pal
estine. But Fahrenheit's thermometer had
been widely adopted with its inconvenient
scale, and none thought of any better un-
til his name became an authority, for Fab
renheit finally abandoned trade and gave
himself w to science.
The three countries which use Fahren-
heit are England, Holland and America,
Russia and Germany use Raumer's ther-
mometer, in which to boiling point is
counted eighty degrees above the freezing,
France uses the centigrade thermometer.
so called because it marks the boiling point
one hundred degrees from freezing point.
On many accounts the centigrade system
is the best, and the triumph Of convenience
will be attained when zero is made the
freezing point, and when the boiling point
is put one hundred or enc thousand de-
e rees from it, and all the subdivisions are
fixed decimaily- If Fahrenheit had done
this at FIRST, or even if he had made it one
of his many improvements after the public
had adopted his error, the lack of opportu-
nifty, which was his, would have secureu
to his invention the patronage of the
world
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A. 7. Stewards Pecuiarities.

was talking yesterday with a gentle
man who had been an intimate friend of
A. T. Stewart, the greatest merchant,
perhaps, that this country ever knew, and
he threw new light on his history. Con-
trary to general belief, Stewart started
with a comfortable fortune, and did not
work his way from the ground up.
He came to this country as a young man,
sent on a pleasure trip by his father. He
was close observer and leisurely Travelled,
and went home thoroughly posted as to
this country. Having to return to this
country very soon, he recalled the fact
that there was fine margin of profit be-
tween the price of laces in the Old Coun-
try and this. He therefore, invested $685.
900, his patrimony, in laces and brought
them over on his second trip. This specu-
lation turned out so we'll that be had an
other lot sent over, and opened a shop
from which he might dispose Of them.
This was the beginning of his mercantile
business.
Stewart was a man of confirmed super
stitions. He would never eat at table at
which thirteen people were seated, and on
one occasion when guest who had de-
cllned coming to his usual Sunday dining
and afterward came when his place had
been filled, he declined to receive him as he
made the number thirteen. He finally de-
termined to overcome this superstition,
and dined at a table at which thirteen were
seated. He died few weeks afterward,
but I very much doubt if that was what
killed him. He never wanted to have his
photograph taken, saying: People who
buy goods from me think I am a noble
looking man with flowing whiakers and a
gray beard. They'd lose faith in my pres
tige if they became familiar with my in
significant face.''
He was shopkeeper all his life, and the
shopkeepinsInstinct never laft him. He
once dropped into Tihany's and saw a
friend examining some pearls that he was
thinking of buying for his wife. Stewart
caught hold of him and hurried him out
before he had time to cloaa the trade
Once down staira he got him into his coupe
and insistsd on hla going to- his store with
him. He hurried him upstaira to the lace
department took out an especial pattern
and said: Nov, that's what you want to
buy for your wifei'' and he sold it to him.
At this very time Stewart was worth
millions aud would have given the friend
he had cajoied into buying, twenty times
the price Of the lace, but the selling in
stinct was stronger ip aim than anything
else. ! learned fron my informant that
stewards body has never been recovered.
Judge Hilton could have had it at almost
any time, provided he would have paid tine
required ransom. He refused to do this,
however, on the ground that if be. did 50
the business of sgaye, roRbipg, having
proved profitable would, have become pop.
ular among thieyes.-N. 2. letter.
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EFeoria National Democratic

EEeoria National Democrat.
The most eminent physicians OF the day
highly recommend st. Jacobs Oil, as a
cure for rheumatism. Ut can be purchas-
ed at any drug house, aud the price is In.
significant, when you take into considera-
ton the wonderful cures it will produce.
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CHARITY.

IT you meet poo man who's wife am
lyin' dead in de house. doan' wipe yer
eyes an rattle yer chin an tell him
you'd jine de funeral proceshun if you
only had mule Walk right down in
ter yer west pocket fur half yer weeks
wages to help pay fur de coffin an odder
expenses. If you meet feller man
who am out of wood an meat an -four.
an has broken arm to excuse it, doan'
pucker yer mouth an tell him dat de
Lawd will provide. De Lawd doan'
furnish purvishuns fur dis market. In
stead of droppin' tear of sorrow on de
doahstep, step arOun' to de woodward
an de grOcer's an lay down de cash to
feed an warm de family for fortnight.
When | meet little gal who has lost
her doll-baby; or little boy who has
stubbed his toe, take EN- up in my
arms an wipe deir leetle noses an sot
'em down wild a handful of peanuts.
When | meet a Widder who am out of
wood, an old man who has been turned
out doahs, or workin' man who's home
am under de shadder of death, | doan'
lean on de fence an look to heaben fur
relief. If l'ze get dollar l han it out.
lend it or give it or make 'em take it,
an if heaben does anything furder dat's
extra. When you read dat it am easy
to speak kind words, jist reflect dat it
am also de cheapest way in de world to
help neighbour. Turnips am quoted
at forty cents bushel; kind words
have no value in de market Brother
Gardner.
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SWEET-MINDED WOMEN.

So great is the influence of a sweet
minded woman on those around her that
it is almost boundless. 1t is to her that
friends come in season of sorrow and
sickness for help and comfort-one
soothing touch of her kindly hand works
wonders in the feverish child; a few
words let fall from her lips in the ear of
a sorrowiGg sister does much to raise the
load of grief that is bowing its victim
down to the dust in anguish. The hus-
band comes home WORKOUT with the
pressure of business and feeling irritable
with the world in general; but when
he enters the cosy sitting-room and sees
the blaze of the bright fire, and meets
his wife's smiling face, succumbs in a
moment to the soothing influences which
act as the balm of Gilead to his wound
ed spirits that are wearied with battling
with the stern realities of life. The
rough school-boy flies in a rage from the
taunts of his companion to find solace in
his mothers smile, and the little one,
full of grief with its own large trouble,
finds haven of rest on its mothers
breast; and so one might 60 on with in
stance after instance of the influence
that sweet-minded woman has IN the
social life with which she is connected.
Beauty is an insignificant power when
compared with hers.
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and peacefully. with the warm blood
mantling her cheek. and the waves of
brown hair, damp and wet, pushed off
the peaceful brow?
With beating heart | bent forward
and, STOPPING. kissed her. Yes, she
was breathing; my darling was not
dead after all The dear eyes opened,
and a loving voice SAID
Frank u
clasped her tightly to my breast,
and felt as though she had been given
back to me from the dead then, hold
ing her warm, soft hand in mine, | sank
down upon my knees, and thanked
Heaven for preserving my darling. l
did not know how she was saved; it
was enough for me to know that she
was alive, to hear her voice again, and
to look into her eyes, which filled with
tears when | told her what | had felt
and suffered since we had parted.
When the first glad surprise was over,
| asked how she had been saved, and
the mystery was soon explained. Some
men working on the line had heard her
cry, and just as my fellow-traveler had
forced me back from the carriage win
dow they had fastened to the rescue.
A good many years have passed since
then but often sit and muse on that
terrible journey In the $3.50 express. and
afterwards turn with deep thankfulness
and look at Nellie, fair and beautiful as
ever, sitting with our children cluster
ing around her. AS hear her loving
voice, | am again led to confess that |
am happy, contented man, and that my
lines have fallen in pleasant places.
Just as had written these last lines,
and was closing my desk, Nellie came in
ana, laying her hand upon my shoul-
der, looked over the pages l had written,
with her bright eyes full of tears. and
said softly
"Yes. Frank, We are indeed happy.
Heaven has been very good to u.s.
Then We both turned simultaneously
and looked out into the garden and lis
tened to the merry voices of the children
at play under the lime-trees. Presently
Nellie spoke again.
"Oh, but, Frank. you have forgotten
to say anything more about John p
"Very we'll, dear; l can say Johns
accident was SO trihing that in a week.
hearing what had so nearly befallen US,
he came down to Sunnyside. And now
call in the children; the dew is falling"
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For the Monitor.
AN EVENING REVERE.

The suns last ray has faded away;
And silently as 1t few,
The shadows fell o'er hill and dell.
Shroudng the heavenly blue.
The winds low moan with funeral tone
Chanteth a low refrain.
AS the dying gleam of the days last beam
Falls heavily on my brain.
Then wander back DER memory's track
To the days forever fed;
And my heart grows light with the visions bright
That around my path are spread;
My childhood's glee from sorrow free,
Parents and brother nigh;
No phantom grim my life to. dim
Or wake the quivering sigh.
And then l think of two lowly mounds
. Oergrown with the daisies fair,
And with deadly pain throbs my heart again,
For Mother and Herby lie there;
raise my eyes to the clouded skies
And ray of light comes down.
For beyond the gloom of the darkened tomb
see the robe and the crown.
The robe Of white and the crown so bright,
Up in that heaven above,
Where they enter in, who are saved from sin,
And where all is joy and love.
Though my heart is crushed yet my grief is hushed
And wipe my tears away,
For my thoughts are rife with another life,
In that land of eternal day.
ADpIE H. BURNHAM
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No man attacks the reputation of
youth as women attack that of a girl.
The man who would come into his club
and whisper about damning stories of his
friends son, who should accuse him of
dishonorable dOings such as would ruin
the lads character as thoroughly as the
charge of immOdesty. flirting with mar
ried men and the like would ruin that
of a girl, would soon have the room to
himself. But women over the tea-table
gather up the crumbs of scandal with
relish aud appreciation, and even the
mothers of the girls are not ashamed to
believe and repeat stories against their
dear friends daughter which may have
no foundation in fact, and which, even
if true. they have no means of proving
and testing.
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Don't you often have trouble with
snoring passengers ?' asked a reporter
of sleeping car conductor.
Don't 2" repeated the conductor
with fervOr. ''Oh, no never by any
means. Why, there's one man, drum
mer for Chicago house, who crosses
with me regularly every week, who'd
drive deaf-corpse crazy. He's little
bit of man, and don't weigh much
more than hundred, but he can snore
for twenty. He lays himself out and
falls asleep the moment he gets the COW
ers over him. Then the fun begins.
I've known him to have the whole car
awake and yelling for me and the por-
ter, and he snoring away as calm and
peaceful as baby. The last trip he
made we had minister with US. big,
jolly man, who had the berth next to
him. He snored for half an hour at
stretch, and the poor preacher couldn't
get wink of sleep. But be didn't say
anything till the others had given up
yelling in despair. Then the drummer
rolled over on his side. and, giving a
kind of choking snort, like man hav-
ing his throat cut, stopped snoring. For
about half minute there was dead ST.
lence in the Car, and then we heard the
minister say: Thank God !! The scoun-
drel's dead"