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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19
Cheekl Cheek!

It may be said without exaggeration
that never in the history of Senatorial
debate has there been an exposure of
s'cheek" so adamantine and naked
Malone setting himself up as the
champion of the colored people of Vir-
ginia-the advocate of free ballot and
y fair count-the sworn enemy to all un.
constitutional and unworthy methods
of interference with the freedom and
fairness of elections! Ye book agents
and dead-beats and hungry tramps,
hide your diminished heads, pull down
your vests, and hand over your commits
sions and your wares to the ''adminis
change has co@s fss'e o7er tHs spirYt 81
his dreams since 1889, when, as has been
TirginiGn he discharged all the cOlOred
men employed in the yards of the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Rail
road, of which he was the president.
who had cast their votes for Republican
State officers. The Vsrgiai0n adds
I'VE have made this charge time and
again, and his organs have failed to no.
tice it. Isn't it known also that he was
in favor of the new charter for Peters,
burg, and, as is alleged, that his name
was upon the petition to the Legislature
that passed 1.-THE object of that char
ter being to virtually take the munich
pal election out of the hands of the ne
gro Republican majority in that city !!
And is it not well known that the said
new charter, after passing through both
houses of Assembly, was vetoed by q
Bourbon Governor, on the ground that
it was anti Republican, and not in har-
mony with the Constitution of Virgin-
ia It has been charged, too, that this
same Senator had to do with tissue
ballots in Petersburg than anybody else
We have never heard that they were
used any where else in Virginia except
in the immediate locality of the Sena
tors residence, where he was always q
prominent factor In politics, and gener-
al manager of the affairs of his party ;"
If these things be true, land they are
not contradicted,) can any colored man
account for the newborn zeal of this
fierce champion of their civil and DO.
litical rights? Are they so stupidity
blind that they cannot see the object of
the little Generals change of base, and
so blindly stupid as to put the slightest
confidence in his pretensions of liberal
ism and professions of regard for the
rights of colored citizens?
0, the cheekiness of cheek 0, the
confiding credulity of the average Vir-
ginia daIkey !-Charl0ttesviUe Ghroni
Gle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19
"Free Vote and Honest Count"

Mr.. Malone, Gen. Malone, Senator
Malone, sits in the Republican camI
on two camp st00ls-one is free cOunl
Eand honest ballot, and the other is the
breaking up of the solid South by hi
enormous effOrts-meantime the dry
rot has destroyed the timber Of both ol
his stools, though the Republicans re-
fuse to see it.
Break up the Solid South! Break II
up by treachery to his party Honest
vote and free ballot, or free ballot and
honest vote. Heavens and earth! Ma
hone was chief patron, if not the inven-
tor of the tissue ballot. II Northern
men In the Senate or elsewhere believe
his professions of love for honest and
free, &C., we can conceive how Malone
smiles to himself, thinking how he fools
them. In every contest in Petersburg
and the congressional district Of which
1t was the capital, Malone was ac-
knowledged chief among what are p0-
litically termed "manipuIators.
In the contest wherein his aid or lieu
tenant, William e. Hinton, was made
Senator after an election between him
self and Robt. Boiling. Esq., 1t was noto-
riOus and known of all men that Who'll
~ artificial majority wins given to him
by Malone, the negroes being most re-
Inorselessly cheated, and cheated on the
largest scale. Again, when Mr.. Hinton
was run for Congress by Malone in the
district now represented by DIR. Jorgen-
sen, it Is known of all men that every
method was used to prevent the negro
vote from being counted at the polls,
and as all men believe at the suggestion,
and certainly with the full approval, of
this Malone, who now wants FREE
VOTE AND AN HONEST COUNT.
The Petersburg charter, also, which
was vetoed by Gov. Kemper, and for
which veto Gov. Kemper was burned
in ef1gy by Mahone's adherents in Pc.
tersburg, is pleasant little document,
which we commend to the Sente of the
United States. That instrument was
intended to throttle the negro vote of
Petersburg, and was drawn under Ma
homes advice, as all men believe.
FREE VOTE AND HONEST COUNT
HEAVENS AND EARTH!
This same Malone has 30 long been
able to hoodwink ignorant negroes that
he now laughs in his seat on the floor of
the United States Senate in the belief
that he can hoodwink men like Conk-
ling and Sherman.
1t may be that one Boss can hoodwink
another. because all Bosses are inher-
emily weak, and in the long run fail
ures, but Mr.. Malone cannot hoodwink
in this manner or any other manner
that great and honest people who form
outside of Senate chombers and halls of
legislation, the Republican party.
FREE VOTE AND HONEST COUNT l.
HEAVENS AND EARTH!-Ihe State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19
IL.
POET r Y
WEAVING THE WEB.

WEAVING TaE WEB.
''This morn will weave my web" she said,
As she stood by the loom in the rosy light,
And her young eyes. hopefully glad and clear
Followed afar the swallows flight.
AS soon as the days first tasks are done,
While yet am fresh and strong said she,
4 will hasten to weave the beautiful web
Whose pattern is known to none but me.
I will weave it fine. I will weave 1t fair.
And, ah! how the colors will glowp she said
so fadeless and strong weave my web,
That perhaps 1t will live after am dead.'
But the morning hours sped on apace;
The air grew sweet with the breath Of June
And young Love. hid by the waiting loom,
Tangled the threads as he hummed tune.
'Ah ! life is SO rich and full,' she cried,
And morn is SO short, though the days ar,
long!
This noon will weave my beautiful web
will weave it carefully fine, and strong
But the sun rode high in the cloudless sky;
The burden and heat of the day abe bore;
And hither and thither she came and went,
While the loom stood still as 1t stood before
'Ah! life is too busy at noon.' she said;
MY web must wait till the even-tide,
Till the common work Of the day is done,
And my heart grows calm in the silence
wider
So, one by one, the hours passed on
Till the creeping shadows had longer grown
Till the house was still, the breezes slept,
And her singing birds to their nests had
flown.
And now will weave my web, she said,
AS she turned to her loom ere set Of sun,
And laid her hands on the shining threads
To set them in order one by one,
But hand was tired and heart was weak,
4 am not az strong as I was.' sighed she,
But the pattern il blurred, and the colors rare.
Are not SO bright or fair to see!
Il must wait. think, till another morn;
I must go to my rest with my work undone.
It Is growing too dark to weave" she cried,
As lower and lower sank the sun,
She dropped the shuttle, the loom stood still;
The weaver slept in the twilight gray.
Dear heart! will she weave her beautiful web
In the golden light of longer day7
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

s. s. Cox, in his new lecture: Our
American colored man, Uncle Billy, In
discussing the Civil Rights bill. gave
his opinion of 1t in this way: 1--WE can
smoke whenebber we please, stop at de
hotels, spit on de carpets, and make de
white folks tend on de ole niger. And
when he was asked If he understood the
provisions of the bill, he exclaimed
'.Bless do Lor', am dare provisions In
it? Den Pm heart and soul In it."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19
Mahone's Claim Of $25, 900 Per Year for
Five Years.

Mr.. Malone has put in a little claim
for back pay as railroad president at
$25, 900 q year, and does not offer the
slightest encouragement to any propos-
ton to scale 1t down and readjust 1t on
a footing more favorable to the share
holders in the embarrassed concern. In
his individual capacity as q railroad
president General Malone will not ''set
his face towards the morning''-no, not
to Oblige all the HOars in Massachusetts,.
-NeV York World.
Oh, no! when readjustment touches
his own pocket that is very different
thing. "TOwards the morning" does
not suit him then. Here is . claim for
$125, 900 for services not rendered. Maj.
Fink and Mr.. Perkins, receivers, have
had the exclusive control and manage
ment of the road, under the court, for
the last five years; have done the work
and have received the pay-and yet
here comes General Malone and puts in
a bill for the entire pay that he would
have been emitted to had every moment
of his time and every faculty Of his ma
ture been devoted to the business of the
road for the same five years. Was ever
anything more preposterous! Payment
of money due for supplies furnished the
company and labor done for it has been
refused by the court, and yet this model
"Readjuster" comes forward and claims
pay for service never rendered. The
honest debts of the State, that were con-
tracted for building railroads and other
purposes, for which the people arc now
reaping the benefit, he wants readjust-
ed, eliminated, scaled down; but hii
own fictitious claim he wants paid dol.
lar for dollar.
Now people of Virginia-Readjuster
of Virginia, there is q sample ofthe good
faith, the fairness, the eunselfishness, the
Roman virtue of the Grand Mogul ol
Readjustment. Dost thou like the pic
ture? Whatever is rightfully due fol
Attorneys fees and clerical work, or fol
expenses Iegitimately incurred by Gen.
Malone for the company, Of course
should be paid. But for services render
ed by Messrs. Fink and Perkins, anG
literally compensated for, there is NJ
reason on earth why second and great
er payment should be made to Genera
Malone. Instead of scaling down thai
would be scaling up. Instead of "elimi
Mating" it would be more than doub
ling. If the court was to do this unjus
thing, there would be but one opinion
as to the motive which influenced it,
Lyachburg Ne,cs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

AN INTERESTING ADVENTURE WITH
BEARs-Two CUBS CAPTURED AND
THE OLD ''SHE-BEAR" KILLED BY A
PLUCKY GRAYSON WOMAN.-Some days
since q farmers wife in Grayson coun-
ty (whose name we have not obtained)
was frying meat for dinner at her house
situated near q mountain range in q
rather wild and sequestefed place, her
husband in the meantime being engaged
at work some distance from the house.
The savory odor of the bacon was scent
ed by q couple of young bears that were
ranging on the premises and enticed
them to follow the direction from which
it came, They kept the scent until it
the meat was on the fry. The lady of
and her knowledge of bears led her
to think that these young ones had
strayed from ther maternal parent
which would soon follow their trail and
hunt them up. Her judgment was COR
rect. for it was but q few moments be-
fore the old she bear came in sight-an
enormous black bruin, of kind which,
as many of our readers know, will fight
to the death for their young. The wo-
man drew down from its rack the old,
true, tried, and trusty mountain rifle
that had perhaps served on similar mis-
sions to that to which 1t was about to be
called many times before, and, fastening
the door, she made loop-hole Of the
window and waited the approach of her
bearship within sufficient distance for q
shot. She waited not long and fired,
the ball taking effect but not proving
fatal. The report of the rifle drew her
laboring husband from his work who,
nfv1rp oh
eral hundred yards by the bear which
then gave up pursuit and returned in
quest Of her young. The plucky back
Woodman's wife had in the meantime
reloaded the rifle and with the kecond
shot the she bear keeled over, underside
topmost, yielded up the ghost" The
cubs, we are told, sold at Independence,
the county seat of Grayson, for $26, and
the skin Of the bear, which was enor-
mously large, brought the sum of IS at
the same place. Wythevize Enterprise.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19
About Love.
Mr.. Factandfancv has MOTIF

Mr.. Factandfancy has nOticed:,
That the boy who Is most afraid of
the girls Is the first to be corraled In
matrimony. Tasfl
That the little boys prefer boys to
girls.
/ That they soon change, never to 70
back to their early love.
That the little girls love the girls best.
4 That they don't get over their prefer
ence az soon as the boys do-some OF
them never.
That women love the men because
they love everything they have to take
care of.
That men love women because thew
can't help it.
| That the wife loves her husband 30
well that she has no thoughts for other
men. -.isu.
That the husband 80 loves his wife
| that he loves all women for her sake,
That girls who have given over all
hopes OF matrimony. or who never had
any, love to firt with married men.
That the married man ia apt to think
himself all killing among the fair sex
simply because he has found one wo.
man fool enough to marry him.
That homely husbands are the best.
They never forget the compliment paid
them by their wives in accepting them.
That homely wives are the truest.
They know how to make the most of
what they have. Lightning seldom
strikes In the same place, and q homely
woman feels similar law governs
question popping.
That the man who marries late In
life does well.
That the man who marries young
does better.
That the man who never marries is
to be pitied. -
That the woman who married does
well.
That the woman who does not marry
does better, nine times out of ten.
That the young man that prattles
about the daisies would turn red as .
beet and tremble like an aspen If one Of
them should but look at him out of the
corner of her eye.
That the fellow who makes the most
conquests has the least time to brag.
That the man who thinks the girls
are all in love with him is happy after
his way.
That the man who loves all the girls
is happy after the true way.
That the man who loves his wife may
still love other women.
That the least he says about his love
he Matrimonial career.
That old people think young lovers
act like fools.
That these same old people would like
to be young lovers again, even If they
had to act like fools too.
That 1t is mistake to say q person
falls In love. Love Is long step up
ward toward heaven. 1t is heaven.
That as weare commanded to love our
neighbor as ourselves, we should see to
1t that our neighbor IL q charming
young woman.
That 1t is time to stop for fear our
readers might become love sick.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

Food Tor the Brain and Nerves that will
invigorate the body without intoxica-
ting is what we need in these days of
rush and worry. Parker's Ginger Tonic
restores the vital energies, soOthes the
nerves and brings good health quicker
than anything you can use.-ITibMne.
See other column.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

A poor excuse is better than none.-
We hear of q man who justif1es his
meanness towards his wife by asserting
that he and she are one, and therefore
by refusing to furnish her with money
he practices the heroic virtue Of self.
denial.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

The spirit of liberty is not merely. as
muItitudes imagine, jealousy of our
own particular rights of others. and an
unwillingness that any man, whether
high or low, should be wronged and
trampled under foot.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

An injury unanswered in time grows
weary of itself and dies away in an in
voluntary remorse. In bad dispositions,
capable of no restraint but fear, it has 8
different effect-the silent digestion OF
one wrong provokes q second.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

The wise ones say that nothing is so
hard to bear as prosperity but most
men would like to engage In some hard
work OF that description, just to have a
practical illustration of the adage.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19
TEE LITTLE ROBE OF wHrrr.

o. q
In rosewood cradle baby lay;
Its mother was stitching, stitching away
On little robe Of white. 81, .s
One foot on the rocker she hoped to keep
Her frolicsome baby fast asleep.
To finish her work that night. Isa@
In rosewood comm the baby lay;
Its mother had wept the night away
Watching Its dying breath. t.e.
With it pressed to her bosom she prayed to
keep
Her darling baby from going to sleep
In the cold, cold arms OF death.
In the savior's arms the baby lay,
From the rosewood coffin far away,
In the realms Of love and light.
The angels garment had folded about
Its little form, which will never wear out.
A seamless robe Of white.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

"Are sisters Sally and Nancy reaour.
ces, pa ?" mo, my boy; why do you
ask that question? ?S '.fecause I heard
Udcle Joe say that II you would only
husband your resources y0u would get
along great deal betteE than you d0,H
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

The last, best fruit, which comes late
to perfection, even In the kindiiest soui
IL tenderness toward the hard forbear.
ance toward the unforbearing, warmth
of heart toward the misanthropic.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

Lucy Stone on the inaugural: "Elo.
auent for the rights ofthree million COL
ored men. Dumb for the rights Of
twenty millions Of women. God for
give him. .eA
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

Edison will not be satisfied until he
has discovered . better remedy fog
Coughs and Colds than DR.. Bulls Cough
syrup. We say he viii never succeed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

People are always ready to assist
|those who need no assistance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

Promises made in affliction require {
better memory than many possess.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

Good manners are made up Of petty
sacrifices = Emerson.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

Pride and poverty usually reside In
the same house,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19
CAUTION.

AS there are number of limitations offered
to the public we would caution the communi-
ty to buy no Powders or Prepared SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR unless in white wrappers,
and has the red letter and Mortar in the front,
and is made by ]. H. ZEILIN a CO.
I'VE have tested its virtues, personally. and
know that for Dyspepsia, BiliOusness, and
Throbbipg Headache 1t is the best medi-
cine the world ever saw. We have tried forty
other remedies before Simmons Liver Regula-
tor, but none of them gave us more than tenn
porary relief; but the Regulator not only re-
lieved, but cured us.'-ED. TELEGRAPH AND
MESSENGER, Macon, Ga.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19
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Is
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1t will cure all Diseases caused by De.
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THE SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaints are q
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Back, Sides or Joints. often mistaken for Rheu-
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Bowels alternately costive and lax; Headach 9 !;
Loss of Memory. with a painful sensation OF
having failed to do something which ought to
have been done; Debility, Low Spirits. a
thick yellow appearance of the Skin and ey,s.
a dry Cough often mistaken for Consumption.
Sometimes many of the symptoms attend Ia 9
disease, at others very few; but the LIVER, ns
largest organ in the body, is generally the ST.
of the disease, and If not Regulated in tin e.,
great suffering. wretchedness and DEATH w4I,
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19
N. K TROUT. ". Z. CRAIG.
TTlROUT d CRAIG,

STAUNTON, VA.
We have entered into Partnership as
Lawyers, occupying the old Offices OF the Senior
member. The Junior member will aid in con-
ducting the old business.
A@ Particular attention given to collections.
tel5-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

h. n. MATHEWS ALEX. b. MATHEWS.
Wx ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
LEWISBURG WEST VA,
practice regularly in ths Courts of Greenbrier,
Monroe, POcahontas and Nicholas counties, w.
Va, the Court Of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District Of w. Va.
ASParticular attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-19

WIN. Chaplain, d. ID. s.,
W STAUNTON, Va,
Has resumed the practice of Dentistry at his
former Office. No. lis East Main Street, where
ne will be pleased to rzee his friends, Offering
them an experience of twenty five years sue
cessful practice may&-tf
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-01
A Nssntstcr Commences.

A correspondent of the New YorH Coinmer.
cinl Bulletin writes as follows to that journal
Secretary Wiudon, albeit somewhat new to
of government departments to lead along the
right path, unsophlstlcated merchants, manu-
factnrers and farmers, who, lett To ihoir own
resources, are imagined by him togrope 10 the
dark. lie would establish n new bureau In
Washington, under the title of the depart
ment Of ,orimerce and Industry,' and en-
trust to its If stering care" the Inter sta OF
producer manufacturers and tr-d rs. The
outline ofhis plan was faint, b tn met with
"cneeis' from the members oil 'he cdhinaer
of commerce assembled ut their blnqGet on
Tuesday evening, 1t Is perhaps ,llO Satle
10 sugg. ST that these gentlemen cheered little
too soon. There Fare very grave objoc-
lions to the multiplication of departments
very strong reasons why industry and CON-
,nerce should te left 10 work out their own
aims independent of official control, and gov.
erned ouly by The laws Of trade AID the iorce
of conn tition, for half the evils under whlon
industry sufferers are due to res rictiye legisa-
ton, to imp diments to freedom uf sale ana TO
posed bureau We're to be 50 constituted a. to
hid In h, eaking the chains by which commerce
Is now bound, we thoud welcome Its inf0r
nation. II IL were II iely to give us free shlp3
and to remove the anomalies OF our tarjn, we
should hail IL as u deliverer; but there Is no
prima facie reason to believe anything of the
sort, and uuttl there ~ some light thrown upon
the scope and functions of such det ORTIZ ent, II
is too soon to support Its estab ishment. a
secretary OF commerce and Industry, with al.
visory powers, might be Il gain to the cabinet
might, and probably would, do far more harm
tnun unpi.