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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-30
ENTIRE STOCK being closed out for Cash,
IL at NJ. P. FUNKHUUSER'S,
Real Estate Sales.

GALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE BY
- virtue of decree rende. ed in the Circuit
Court of Augusta ountv in ehe chance cause OF
- Me- hesney VS.. Jac"b Evey u as, the un ier-
signed VIII sell at public auction in front of the
Court House, in Staunton, on
Mondoy. the Path Of December. 1883.
County Court day., that very valuable farm con-
tanning l7J Acres his prope tyis
improved, has on it mortahle siNM -
resi- and all other out build aIl
of cultivation The soil is ma. ural- ~ 24A.5
ly productive. There is a part OF it well tinDered
The whole farm Is well watered.
This property is now occupied by David Potter
and 1e is situated in Augusta County, about "
miles from Old Providence Church and l 4 miles
This properly is sold for a division. and an excel
lent opportunity IS offered for good investment
TERMS: Enough ca>h in and TO pay cusis of sui
and expenses OF sale and the residue upon credit
OF one two and three years in equal instalments
The purchaser giving bonds therefor, with apDro,
ed personal security, ing I'M from the Gay
OF sale. and The title retained ultimate security
Parties wishing information in reference to this
property can address me- or see me in person, at
my Law Office
p A. BAYLOR.
noV23-4t Commissioner
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-30
WelU advertisements.

" M. G. A-Naxt Sunday. being the first Sun.
L.. day, is Ladies Day. al the Young Mems
Christian Association. Leader. VIM. Ne.son
Lesson John 4th Chapter. ALI you men, Ladies'
and gentlemen are invited. Meeting lasts one hour
from O clock To I've
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-30

BUSINESS HOUSE, AND RESIDENCE ON
- MAIN STREET FIR SALE-rhe sub
scriber offers for sale, privately the store and resi-
deiioe owned by her on Main Street, now occupied
by Charles Wheat. 1t has seven rooms, besides the
store room, and has also entrance on Court
House Alley: Wafer and gas all through the no se
FOR particulars apply 70 CAPT J. G. MARQUIS
Staunton, Va
novl64G MRS KATEM KELLEY
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-30

The Richmond Wing is still harping on
the ''preconcerted" character of the Dan
Vile riot, and cunjures up the most absurd
circumstantial evidence, to support the
theory. 1t thinks the issuing of extras
by Democratic papers on that occasion as
a p5int on its side. For instance it says:
so far as the loss of life was concerned.
recent fire in Lynchburg had caused the
death of .fue white men. This frightful
calamity had been heralded by no Extra"
edition of the Alexandria Gazette, Bedford
Star, or Staunton VINDICAToR, or any
othsf paper, even in the city of Lynch
burg. How was it that these
journals had representative at Danville
to telegraph the news? Did they have
all other places here negro was liable
| to tread on white mans cornp If so.
when were these agents employed, what
are their names. how many words were
they authorized to send and what rates
did the great Gould system agree to
| charge? Who filed the messages in the
telegraph Office at Danvllle 7 at what
hour were they filed? These are merely
few Of the questions that present them
selves to Newspaper men who know some
thing OF the business arrangements of
JU0ku0lioA &ud UClCk 0pI OLlC0Ss
We can relieve our cotemporary's mind
on some of these suspicious, being able to
ansWAk fully as to one paper named. The
VINDtCATOR is in the habit of issuing
extrM in all cases where the news is i'm
portdnt enough to justify it. 1t did 80 at
the assassination of Garfield by ''Stal-
wart." but was not charged with having
any foreknowledge of the event. In the
case Of the Danville riot the rumor came
from one telegraph operator to arother,
and the VINDICAToR had to send two or
three messages to different citizens of
Danville before it could get the news. The
o. IS. Collector Of Internal Revenue here,
also heard the rumor and telegraphed for
particulars, but we have hardly thought
it worth while to charge this law-abidiug
citizen with any murderous foreknowledge
of the effects of Siinms's speech. The
Great Gould SYSTEM" called the Wes-
tern Union, charged the VINDICAToR the
full rates under it's tariff. The message
was fled at O'Clock Sunday morning, and
the name of the sender is that Of private
citizen, who did us the favor to send what
he could hear. The deaths at Lynchburg
were the result of accident the deaths at
Danville we're the result of incendiary
eS1tical methods. and were highly inte-
resting to every citizen Of Virginia, seeing
that none of US could tell, if this was a
legitimate result Of Mahoneism, what
would come next. Three white men shot,
and three black men killed was, at least TO
Virginia, novel and startling accompi-
niament of a political campaign, and was
news to every man who had witnessed the
peaceful politics of Virginia before Ma
homes incendiaries commenced their an
nual rounds of the hpstings.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-30

81 nOn Worth of Silks VelvetS, and Pushes
Pl,OOO Black and colors, to be sold at re-
duccu prices.
noy3U-4w M FUNKHOUSER
NUr VELVETS AND PLUSHES-all colors-re-
" duced from 50 50 to s. 25 per yard. At
nOy30-4W NJ. p FUNKHUUSERS.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-30

{ ARnS.--Estheties, a designs) Something good.
~ Mailed IN receipt nf cents In st amps.
HEARNE 4 Co p. q B'x14 Y. nov3J iw
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-30
1.-TWO REASONS WitY.

FIRST.-I BOUGHT too heavily at the recent
closing sales in New York.
Sc oND -lntenuing to enlarge my store
room IN the early SPRING The entire stock will be
closed OUT at greatly reduced prices, for cash.
noy3O4w M. p Flu KHUUoER.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-30

BARGAINS in Ladies' and Gents Linen and
- Silk Handkerchefs. Muffies sc at
nov30.4w NJ P FuNKHOUSER'S.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-30

A LARGE7vARIETY Of Dress Buttons. at Job
"A Prices, at = M, p. FUNKHOUSERia,l
nOy30 4W
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-30

A LOT of Fine Bed Blankets to he closed out
IA cheap, at N. P. FUNKHOUSEk'S.
lOY30-4w i.A
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15
PROPORTIONS In HUMAN
FIGURES.

Clara Belle, the New York fash
ion correspondent, inquired of an
artist concerning the proportions of
human figures, and received the re-
ply:
ON well proportioned figures it
is usual to find the length of the
body from head to foot to be about
eight times the length of the face.
The length Of the hand bears a GER
tain proportion to the forearm, and
this to the arm from the elbow to
the shoulder. The foot is in length
shorter than the leg from the ankle
to the kneejoint, and this is shorter
than the leg from the knee to the
hip. An idea of the proportion
which the limbs bear to each other
may be inferred from the following
numbers, which appertain to a ig-
ure measuring FIVE feet ten inches
from head to foot; from ground to
ankle, two inches and seven.
eighths; from ankle to knee, eigh-
teen inches; from knee to hip, nine.
teen and two eighths; from hip to
collar-bone, sixteen and six-eighths;
from collar-hane to top of head,
thirteen and one-eighth; length of
foot, from heel to toe, ten and five
eighths; hand, fnger.end to wrist
joint, eight and three-eighths; wrist.
joint to elbowjoint, ten inches; ell
bow to shoulders, twelve inches" !"
Taking a long stick, or alpen-
stock, that some pedestrian had
abandoned in a corner of the yard,
the artist said: "If you wish to
test your own symmetry here's a
good method. Cut this stick ex-
actly your own length. Then mark
it off into twenty-four equal parts.
Number one should mark about the
anklejoint from the bottom of your
foot; number seven the knee, thir-
teen the hip, twenty the shoulder
and twenty:four the top of the head.
The length of your foot should be
somewhere between three and four
parts, from your middle fingers
end to wrist:joint three parts, to
elbow six and one-half, and TO
shoulder ten. The female head is
smaller than the male head"
Because it holds less?"
81 didn't say that. Only, to
measure the body by lengths of the
head is a method, though common,
by no means infallable. The body
is longer in the child than in the
adult figure, to which alone the fore
going measurements apply. The
growth is greater in the limbs dur.
ing youth until womanhood. There
can be no settled or fixed measure
ments employed to decide what
should be the widths or cireum-
ference of the chest compared with
the height of the figure or of the
limbs"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

Having thus girt him about with s
circle of fire, he stripped himself
for the massacre.
Oh! then it was vision both
glorious and dreadful to behold
the orator. His actions became as
impetuous as the actions of the oak
in hurricaae. His voice became a
trumpet, filed with wild Rlirlpools,
deafening the ear with crashes
of power, and yet intermingled
all the while with sweet under
song Of the softest cadence. His
forehead glowed like a heated fur
mace, his conntenance was haggard,
like that of maniac, and ever and
aLon he flung his long bony arms
on high, as if grasping after thun-
derbolts.
He drew picture of murder in
such appalling colors, that in CON-
parison hell itself might be con-
sidered beautiful; he painted the
slanderer so black that the sun
seemed dark at MONDAY, when
shining on such an accursed mon
ster. Then, fixing both portraits
on the shrinking Hopkins. he fast
ened them there forever. The agi-
tation of the audience nearly
amounted to madness. All at once
the speaker descended from the
perilous height. His voice walled
out for the murdered and living
the beautiful Mary, more beautiful
every moment, as her tears flowed
faster-till men wept and sobbed
like little children.
He closed by strange exhorta-
tion to the jury, and through them
to the bystanders; he advised the
panel, after they should bring in a
verdict for the plaintiff, not to offer
violence to the defendant, however
richly he might deserve it; in other
words, mot to lynch the villsin, but
to leave punishment with God p
This was the most artful trick of
all, and best calculated to insure
vengeance.
The jury returned a verdict of
fifty thousand dollars; and the night
afterward Hopkins was taken out
of his bed by lynchers, and beaten
almost to death. As the court ad.
journed, the stranger said: "John
Taylor will preach here this even
ing at early candle-light." He did
preach, and the house was crowded.
| have listened to Clay, Webster, and
Calhoun-to Dwight, Bascomb, and
Beecher-but never heard anything
in the form Of sublime words, even
remotely apprommasingto the eio-
quence Of John Taylor-massive as
a mountain, and wildly rushing as
cataract Of fire.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15
NEWBBRRY S. c. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1888

Now, my young man let me give
you piece of advice; mend your
ways; change your manner Of liv.
ing, and be O man for your
mothers sake
sAnd-am lat liberty? 2 asked
Fred, as the other turned to leave.
You are; go and do the right
thing hereafter. Butrecollect there's
one man who knows of your crimes,
and will not hesitate to use this in
cident against you if you ever
give him OCCASION
The next day, while Harold
Brewster was seated in his Office,
he was startled by the appearance
of Smith, the detective.
'Ah, Smith, l see by your face
that you have succeeded.
i have; there are your diamonds
said Smith, laying the two boxes.
upon the table.
I am 80 happy! Are they not
beauties p asked Mr.. Brewster,
lifting the. jewels from the white
box.
They are fair, responded Smith,
smiling.
Fair! What do you mean ?
They are worth twenty thousand
dollars. Compare them with these
said Brewster, taking the jewels
from the blue box.
Suppose you tell me which are
the originals, the genuine ones,'
said Smith. Mr.. Brewster looked
up quickly and asked:
What do you mean?'
Simply this. Mr., Brewster-the
real diamonds have not been stolen
at all.
'Eh ?-not stolen! I-bless my
soul! what-do you mean, man p
1T is the truth, Mr.. Brewster.
The boxes must have got changed,
or rather the contents. You gave
me the real diamonds, and l have
recovered the bogus ones
The listener was so thoroughly
astonished that he could not speak
at first. Finally he asked, How
did you learn Of it?'
Smith then told the astonished
merchant how he had stepped into
q ieWelry store and asked the pro-
prietor to examine the jewels and
tell him their value. He also told
Mr.. Brewster how he had found the
paste gems in a Bowery pawn
shop.
And did you not capture the
thief?' asked Brewster.
Don't press that part of the case,
Mr: Brewster please. guess he
has had lesson
After receiving remuneration for
his services the detective took his
departure.
Mr.. Brewster never questioned
his son because efhis changed man.
ner of living, but he imagined he
knew the reason Of Fred's change
for the better.-Neay York Neacs.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15
DIRECTIONS FOR PREsERy.
ING THE COMPLEXION.

The cosmetiques and various
powders and washes applied to the
face, neck, and arms nowadays, IL
ought to be explained do not pro
dace the same injurious effects on.
the skin that they did twenty years
ago. This is due in part to the,
careful preparation of the same and
also to the healing properties ofthe
ungents, and fur rubbing off the
make up" at night. These oily
substances are great preservative
of the complexion, as actresses
know full well. All the young and
pretty ones practice smearing the
face and neck with some ungent
every night after the performance
is over and the make up" has been
rubbed off.
In this connection occurs the
advice of Mr.. Labouchere to ladies,
so often quoted-to wash the face
in very hot water if they wish a
beautiful complexion and no wrin-
kles. Now, with ali due respect to
Mr. Labonchere and other ad7o-
Gates OF the hot water system, il must
De said that while hot water is in
certain cases beneficial to the skin,
as rule it cannot berecommended
to either face or hands. The cor.
rec: temperature for such portions
Of the body as are exposed IS I'M
questionably the same as that Of
the body The surest road to a
smooth. soft skin is the avoidance
of either extreme of hot or cold
water and the brisk friction of q
dry towel after every bath.
To battle the face m hot water
just previous to a walk, drive or
sail is tc call down on tie face
thus treated a number of ills, such
as chapped skin, tan and the Ike.
Ladies who experience when tray
cling on the water annoyance from
tanned or chapped hands and face,
are recommended the plan of ap
plying q little gIycerlne and pow
der Immediately after bathing, to
the hands and face. a good way
is, while the skin is yet damp, to
rub over thoroughly, by means of
a moist towel, the glycerine, then
apply rice or other harmless toilet
powder.
After days exposure to wind
and weather it is best to syoid
bathing the face until next nom
lag II the skin naturally inclines-
to schap, apply glycerine diluted
with water, thoroughly rnbbing it
in. When the complexion is
liable to burn, a generous coating
of fine rice powder on tie face at
night will be found beneficial.
There is no better plan for pre-.
venting wrinkles and that drawn
appearance about the eyes and
mouth which naturally come with
age, than rubbing the face vigor-
ouely with a dry towel every time.
it is bathed and as much oftener
as many be convenient. Chicago
Herald.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

THINK OF THIs.-If mechanic
works ten hours a day and receives
one dollar and fifty cents for it, and
buys three drinks of 8hiskey per
day at ten cents per drink, he works
two solid hours every day for the
saloon keeper. In six days he has
worked one day and one;ffth of a
day for the saloon keeper. In a.
year of 313 working days he works
625 hours for the saloon keeper.
Counting ten hours day, he works
81 days and sixtenths of a day for
the saloon keeper. These 625
hours at Is cents per hour makes
S9S. This would buy four ordinary
paintings, for the wills, $40; SUBJ
seription to five first class weekly
newspapers SO; comfortable suit
of clothes, including boots, hat and
overcc::tt, al for $40; FIVE cords Of
wood at $3.50 per cord, or 100 bush
els of coal at 12I cents per bushel,
and he would have $12 and clear
head and sound body left.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15
ssIsettD storn.
THE BREWSTER DIAHONDS.

And yoq say the q diamonds AZ lf,r we're
very valuable 2
Worth twenty thousand dollars,
Mr. what may / call your name?'
asked Harold Brewster of the plain
ly-dressed man seated upon the op-
posite side of the table.
s0h-Smith,' responded the man.
Quite common name, that; but
I suppose it will suffice as well as
any, said Mr.. Brewster. I !" "
Precisely.
a shortinteryal of silence then
elapsed. 1t is quite evident that
the two are studying one another
Mr.. Brewster because the man is a
stranger, and the latter because if
is his calling.
Finally Mr.. Brewster broke the
silence by asking
You are a detective 2
Smith acknowledged this by sim.
ply, bowling.
.And do you think, Mr.. Smith,
that you can help me to recover the
Jewels p
81 can try
SO can any one try quickly in:
terrgpted Brewster.
Let me finish, please said Smith.
when I try I succeed. If you
wish my services give me some
points. Tell me who the diamonds
belonged to. Give me some ex.
plicit idea as to their form, number,
and the like. I cannot work in the
dark, and blindfolded, Mr.. Brew.
ster.'
That's fact. Well, in the first
place, the jewels are old family heir.
looms. They consist Of 9 necklace,
eardFops and a pair of bracelets.
All by the way, / can give you bet
ter idea by these said Mr.. Brewster,
taking from a drawer a box. He
took the cover off; and there, en-.
sconced among downy cotton was a
perfect mass of glittering simmer
ing jewels.
Smith uttered an ejaculation of
surprise as his eyes fell upon the
sparkling gems. 80
You seem surprised, Smith; well,
they are pretty fair counterfeits,'
said Brewster. as he laid the dia-
monds upon the table.
'Counterfeits, did you say?' asked
Smith, as he bent lower to examine
them.
Precisely; they are but paste
representations. They are the same
in size and number as the originals;
were made expressly for such an
occasion as this. Please. EXAMINE
them closely. Mr.. Smith, for by
these must we recover the origi-
nails
The detective took the pieces up
one by one and examined each
closely. He counted the stones;
noted the quaint. old-fashioned set
ting, which was intricate, delicate,
and a marvel of skilled handiwork.
and you say these are bogus p
Yes, sir. If the originals were
here you could then compare the
two sets.
who usually wore the real ones?'
My daughter, which was seldom; !;
for she is an INVALID and goes in
society but little. Poor Lucy! she
does not even know that the dia.
monds are missing
Does not know? What do you
mean, Mr. Brewster p
The two sets are kept in se-
cret drawer in my desk at home.
The originals in a plain white box;
these in blue box, as you see.'
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

'FoR SALE "A Detroiter WHO
advertised horse for sale last
week noted down the objections
of all who called to look at the
animal, and some Of them are here
given:
.Ioo large
'Too small"
"Too old"
"Not old enough"
''Too lively"
"Rather too sleepy"
''Object to the white hind feet.
"Would take hor if she had more
white feet"
''Don'l like her color"
"Color is just right, but she is
too fat,
:'Weighs too much
Don't weigh enough"
"Has a bad eye"
eyes all right, but ears too
small"
"Yes, handsome ears, but the
nose spoils her"
'sLegs all stocked up"
Legs all right, but feet bad"
If Shakespeare had said that no
man knew what he wanted in Q
horse there would be none to dis
pute it. Press
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

CzIcEES FEED They were called
the bellies of the boarding house
because they were lean and ugiy
and i'll nasured, and yet hopeful Of
escaping the painful isolation of
old maidenhood. They sat on
opposite sides of the table and
affected ciyility toward each other
which they did not feel.
Goodness gracious!" observed
the elder of the two, one evening
at dinner, as dish of corn was
passed to her, 81 can't eat such
stuff as that. It's only fit for
chickens.
well, then,' amiably added The
other, you've got good reason
not to touch it, for you know you're
no chicken. BrookJys Eagle.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

He COULDN'T BEAT THE TINE
She laid her head upon his shoul
der as he held her close to his
bosom. Her eyes beamed love,
ETC., into MS,
DO you love me, Alphonso?"
eyes, sweetest"
Then why delay naming the
day?"
Il will not delay, love. It will
be some prett, day in the next
spring-time when the flowers are
budding fourth in beauty and de,
lightfal fragrance"
"Oh, pshaw! Why, Will Jones
said he'd marry me next week.
But if you can beat that time,
dearest, I'm yours, for I love you
so much
Alphonso took his hat and retired
from the race.-Kentuckg State
Journal.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

"My case is just here" said a
citizen to a lawyer. "The plain
tiff will swear that I hit him. ]
will swear that / did not. Nov,
what can you lawyers make out Of
that if We go to trialY' "a hun
dred dollars easy" was the reply.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

Yes said the father, i like to
have my daughter to haye q beau
on the score of economy. If she
didn't, some one Of the family
would occupy the parlor and burn
the gas
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

A New York man has invented
an car-trumpet which is concealed
in the .head.of a cane, SO that SEN
sitive deaf man can hold it to his
ear without attracting attention.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

The difference between bakery
and 8 printing Office lies in the fact
that in the former the pie is formed,
while in the latter occasionally the
form is pied.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

Simpson says that vixen be asked
the girl who is now his wife to mar.
ry him she said, I don't mind,' and
she never has minded.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

Just so long as woman retains
her maiden name, her maiden aim
is to change it.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15
Specific Remedies for
{ Woman's Woes. &
8aADF5ErDs FENAIg aEarrAToa

Isa result Of skilifuI and scientific combination
q that special class OF medicines known to act spe
1eaily on the womb and uterine organs; and
therefore special remedy for all diseases
Hes ses suppressed S6e painful 1menstfuatsoM
e and Partial RE9JaPsus, Ef&ndy 6iaA
MatlsHgcd. In these cases Il affords immediate
Seltet, and permanently restores the men,
stxunl function, and thus protects woman
41om long traln Of disastrous consequences As
ao ru1aihng remedy 20 be used during that critical
peri d known az N Change OF Lhe,1 this in
valuable preparation has no rival
PRICE.-Smalls size, 75c.; Large size, $l.5o.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-15

The only difference between one
gard and two is q fence.