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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

A DUEL IN A CHURCH-HoW THE MIN
IsTER's DAUGHTER ASSISTED HER LOVER
TO SLAY His RIvAL.-A Hot Springs
(Ark.) special of the 18th says: A desper-
ate shooting affray between two members
broke UP the services at a church of a set
tlement six miles east of here yesterday.
Two young men named Lem Dishowan and
Peter Lewis, attended church with the
ayowed purpose of taking home the minis
ter's young daughter, and when Lewis
moved from his owninto the minister s fam
lily pew while the sermon was in progress,
Dishowan drew his revolver and opened fire
upon him. Lewis returned the fire, and
the congregation made rapid exit by way
of doors and windows. Neither was hurt,
and, both being disarmed, they agreed to
60 into the woods and fight it out with
fists. Before they started, the girl, who
was the cause Of the fight, desired to speak
privately with Lewis for a moment, which
was granted. While the congregation were
awaiting the result of the fist-fght, pis-
tol-shot was heard from the direction of the
scene of conflict. The congregation hur-
ried to the spot and found Dishowan lying
on the ground dying from shot through
the lungs. He said that he was getting
the better of Lewis, when the latter drew a
Derringer quickly from his bootleg and
shot him. The girl had placed the weapon
there during her brief conference with
Lewis Just before the fight. Lewis may be
lynched.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

A MEXICAN PYRAMID.-Fresh proofs
are reported to have been discovered of the
existence OF an ancient civilization in Mex
leo. In Sonora, about sixty miles south
east of the town of Madeline, some explor-
ers have found in the heart of a virgin for
est pyramid, which is 1850 feet around
the base and 750 feet high-that is to say,
nearly double the size of the great pyramid
of Cheops. From the base to the summit
there is roadway on which vehicles can
travel round the vast erection in spiral.
The outside walls are built of granite
blocks carefully tooled and bedded. A lit
tie further off is a hillock, with hundreds
of caverns or chambers cut in it, from five
to fifteen feet wide and ten to fifteen feet
long. They have no windows, and are en-.
tered by the roof. The walls are covered
with hieroglyphics and curious pictures with
the. feet and hands of men. Stone utensils
have also been found there. Who the
builders of these ancient monuments are is
still unsettled, bat according to Ell Liberal,
they probably belong to Mayos, who for
merly inhabited Sonora, and were differ
ent race from the Indians, having blue
eyes, white skin, and blonde hair.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01
All in the Line of Nature.

There is nothing in the line of magic OF
mystery about that wonderful and popular
medicine, Parker's Tonic. tits simply the
best and most scientific combination posi-
BILE of the essential principles of those veg
etable curatives which act powerfully and
directly on the stomach, liver, kidneys anG
blood. But there neither is, nor will be-
any successful imitation of it. It is all the
time curing those who had despaired ot
ever getting well. For yourself, your wife
and children.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

A King once said of a Prince struck down,
Taller he seems in DEATH"
And this speech holds truth, for now as then
'Tis after death that we measure men.
And as mists Of the past are rolled away,
Our heroes. who died in their tattered gray.
Grow taller and greater in all their parts
Till they All our minds as they fill our hearts.
And for those who lament them there's this
relief
That Glory sits by the side of Grief
Yes, they grow taller as the years pass by
die.
A Nation respects them. The East and West,
The far. off slope of the Golden Coast.
The stricken South and the North agree
That the heroes who died for you and me-
Each valiant man, in his own degree,
Whether he fel, on the shore or sea,
Did deeds OF which
This land, though rich
In histories, may boast.
And the Sage's Book and the Poets Lay
Are full of the deeds of the Men in Gray.
No lion cleft from the rock is ours.
Such as Lucerne displays,
Our only wealth is in tears and flowers,
And words of reverend praise.
And the Roses brought to this Silent Yard
And Red and White. Behold!
They tell how wars for kingly crown,
In the blood of England's best writ down,
Left Britain a story whose moral old
Is fit to be craven in text Of gold;
The moral is, that when battles cease
The ramparts smile in the blooms of peace.
And flowers to-day were hither brought
From the gallant men who against us fought /;
York and Lancaster !-Gray and Blue!
Each to itself and the other true!
And say
Our Men in Gray
Have left to the South and North tale
Which none Of the glories of Earth can pale.
w.
Norfolk has names in the sleeping host
Which fill us with mournful pride
Taylor and Newton we well may boast,
McPhail, and Wake, and Selden, too.
Brave as the bravest as truest true.
And Grandy struck down ere his May became
June.
battle-f1ag folded away too soon.
And Williams. than whom not a man stood
higher,
Mid the host of heroes baptized in fire.
And Mallory, whose sires aforetime died
When Freedom and Danger stood side by side.
Mcintosh. too, with his boarders slain,
Saunders and Jackson, the unripe grain.
And Tallaferro. stately as knight of old.
blade of steel with4a sheath of gold.
And Wright, who fell on the Crater's red sod,
Gave his life to the Cause. his soul to God.
These are random shots at the field of Fame.
But each rings out on a noble name.
Yes, names like bayonet points, when massed,
Blaze out as we gaze on the splendid past.
".
The past is now like an Arctic Sea
Where the living currents have ceased to run.
But over that past the fame of Lee.
Shines out as the Midnight Sum-"
And that glorious orb, in its march sublime,
Shall pild our graves till the end of tfmei
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

"Papsln whispered Violet, as he rose
with his hand on the door.
i tfWeH, my dear?"
+ 'i"Don't tell Aunt Becky that-that-"
"That you were the ghost? just as you
please"
And he went, chuckling to inquire after
his sisters health. There is no evidence
that he ever did betray Violet's secret, but
two things may be regarded as settled facts
in the records of -Almwick Place-one is
that Aunt Rebecca strenuously denies the
existence of ghosts, and abhors the very
sight of her niece's white mantle with cher
ry trimmings; the other is that she is par.
ticularly careful never to pass through the
solemn old haunted hall alone after sunset.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01
One of the Brightest Charms

! OF fair face is fine set of teeth. The
aides being fully alive to this fact patron
u. 3 SOZODONT in preference to any other
den thrice, since they know by experience
that it preserves like no other the pristine
white. ness and cleanliness Of the teeth, ana
makes a naturally sweet breath additionally
fracrant. 1t is one of the privileges OF the
hea,,,: sea: to look lovely and that proportion
% Of Il wh;ch uses SOZODONT has learned
that the art contributes in no small de,
ras -rs to-, to the nd in view. AL druggists sell
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01
RATES OF ADVERTIsING.
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
BY A. M. y.

Beautiful faces are those that wear
IL matters little If dark or fair
Whole-souled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that show
Like crystal panes where heart-flres GLOW
Beautiful thoughts that burn below
Beautiful lips are those whose words,
Leap from the heart like songs of birds,
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that is earnest, and brave, and true,
Moment by moment the long day through.
Beautiful feet are those that go
On kindly ministries to and fro,
Down lowlIest ways, If God wills it SO.
Beautiful shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens of homely care
With patient grace and daily prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless
Silent rivers of ha ppiness,
Whose hidden fountains few may guess.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

The OBVIOUS REsULT.-Since the repeal
of the Connecticut prohibitory liquor law,
while the population of the State has in
creased is per cent, commitments fol-
crime have increased 81 per cent, and fol
Drunkenness 112 par cent.-Er.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

NANCE IN Doe.-Mange is common
disease in dogs. 1t is much like the itch in
mankind, and is contagious. 1t consists Of
a parasitic insect or plant which lives and
grows in the skin and produces violent irri-
tation and itching. There are two kinds,
but both similar in effect. The remedy il
to wash the dog in warm water; then apply
to the skin the following ointment, well rub
bed in, viz: One pint of sweet oil, quartet
of pint of kerosene oil, and one teaspoon
full of creosote. This is rubbed in with 8
brush, and a cloth is tied around the anima
all over the body except the head Tht
washing and amounting should be renewed
every daY
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

HuNT's Liver and Kidney REMEDY is
no sshit or miss compound or old woman's $
mixture. It is prepared by celebrated
pharmacist, with full knowledge OF the
powers and virtues Of each ingredient in
the class of diseases which it cures. 1t is
purely vegetable and can not harm the
youndest child or the most faehle invalid.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

s.The dynamite of civilization" is what
Ex-Governor Long, of Massachusetts,, calls
whiskey.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

At the memorial ceremonies in Norfolk on
Wednesday, June 18th, Captain James Barron
Hope recited the following eloquent poem, the
latest of his works of genius -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01
Alcoholic Consumption.

| DR.. Richardson, f. r. s., of England
was the first to discover that while con
sumption, in the majority of cases, is due
to hereditary faint, or to impure air and
bad surroundings, in a certain proportion o1
cases it is due solely to the drinking Of al
coholc liquors.
He gathered his views from the careful
lstudy Of two thousand cases in hospita
of which he was the physician. His dis
eovery published by him in 1864 has beer
confirmed by other observers since.
The victims are in middle life, Of great
natural endurance, often models of organic
symmetry and power, and active in mind
and body. The very perfection of their
organization makes them feel wholly safe
in their indulgence. Though they can
drink hard, they are not, in the ordinary
sense, drunkards.
They look the picture of manly strength
and robust health. Says DR.. Richardson:
'sMore than half Of those whom ] have
seen stricken down with alcoholic phthisis
have said they had never had days i'll
ness in their lives, but when closely ques-
toned, it was found that none had recently
been quito well.''
The ailments, however, were such as the
alcohol had already induced, an additional
quantity of which had seemed to set them
right again.
The countenance of the alcoholic con-
sumptive differs as much from that Of the
ordinary consumptive, as it does from that
of the confirmed sot. His face to the last
seems full of health. Says our authority,
Il remember being actually taken back
on finding, in a man who seemed from his
face in perfect health, a complete destruc-
tion Of the lungs"
The disease is often developed after the
person has for some time, abandoned exces-
sive indulgence-a point having been
reached in which the excreting organs had
exhausted their power to eliminate the poi
son from the system, and, as CONSCIENCE,
the desire for the liquor had largely ceased.
The symptoms of the approaching con-
sumption are pains in the side; then real
pleurisy; after that, difficulty Of filling the
chest with air, the lungs having grown to
the side; and at length, hemorrhage Of the
lungs, the walls of the engorged blood
vessels giving way. The result is often
fatal.-Y Youths. Companion.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

| THE PEAcEFULNEss OF DEATH.-How
peaceful is the dwelling place of those who
inhabit the green hamlets and populous
cities of the dead! They need no antidote
for care; no armor against fate. No morn
ing sun shines in at the closed win
dows and awakens them, nor SHALL until
the last great day. At most struggling
sunbeam creeps in through the crumbling
wall of an old neglected tomb-a stranger
visitor, that stays not long. And there
all sleep, the holy ones with their arms
crossed upon their breast, or lying motion
less by their sides-not carved in marble by
the hand of man, but formed In dust by
the hand of God. No one comes to them
now, to hold them by the hand, and with
delicate fingers to smooth their hair. They
heed no more the Establishments of earthly
friendship. They need us not, however
much we need them. And yet they silently
await our coming.
Beautiful is that season of life when we
can say, in the language of Scripture
"Thou hast the dew Of thy youth" But
of these flowers death gathers many. He
places them upon his bosom, and he is trans
formed into something less terrific than
before. We learn to gaze and shudder not;
for he carries in his arms the sweet bios
SONS of our earthly hopes. We shall see
them all again, blooming in a happier land.
Yes, death brings US again to our friends.
They are waiting for us, and we shall not
long delay. They have gone before us,
and are like the angels in heaven. They
stand upon the borders of the grave to
welcome us with the countenance of affec-
tion which they wore on earth; yet more
lovely, more radiant, more spiritual! He
spake well who said that graves are the
footprints of angels. s.-Lonqfelloav.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01
f2aels
20 EFT RY

IN MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

The EGaminer makssSthe following un-
comfortable statements about business men
in New York, which may be true of the
same class of men in other places: s'The
habit of drinking frequently dnring the
day, and of the strongest liquors, has be-
come common among that great army of
well-dressed and well-behaved people who
live uptown and come down below Canal
street every day to their work-brokers,
merchants, clerks, editors, lawyers, report
ers, and so on. Two reasons impel them
to this course. The first is the supposed
need of a stimulant to sustain the tagging
energies under the hard brain-and- body
taxing labors of the day; the second, the
pernicious habit Of treating, which makes
it imperative upon every man who drinks
at all to drink with his friends whenever
they meet. Thousands of men are COM
PEELED to drink wine or brandy when they
do not want it, and would rather let it
alone, simply out Of foolish Difference to
this absurd custom of treating, or, as they
persuade themselves, on account of the
fatigue resulting from overwork. They
are not drunkards-perhaps never become
so, in the ordinary sense of the term; but
every day of their lives they drink enough,
not always to intoxicate, but certainly to
make serious inroads upon their bodily
and mental vigor, and to pave the way to
permanent ill-health, if not to a drunkard s
grave"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

WYNN. M. McALLISTER.
w ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WARN SPRINGS, VA.
Courts-Alleghany, Bath and Highland, Va.
nd Pocahontas, West Virginia.
A9-Special attention given to collection OF
dec 23-f
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

nR. JAMES JOHNSTON,
~ DE MIST,
MAIN STREET, STAUNToN, VA.
OFFICE :-.Over Turner & Harman's Grocery
tore. dec 2l-n
r. @. ELDER. VIM I. NELSON
DNLDER d NELSON,
Il ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
and Real Estate agents,
may STAUNToN, VA.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

II. M. MATHEWS ALEX. It. MATHEWS.
MATHEWS d. MATHEWS,
M ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
LEwIsBURa. WEST VA,
practice regularly in the Courts Of Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, w.
Va, the Court Of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of w. Va.
rParticular attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
may lily
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01

The past is now like an Arctic Sea
Where the living currents have ceased to run
But over that past the fame of Lee.
Shines out as the Midnight Sum-
And that glorious orb, In Its march sublime,
Shall gild our graves till the end of time!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.

]. r. TUCKER, H. ST. GEO. TUCKER,
Lexington Va Staunton, Va,
NyUCKER q TUCKER,
i ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
STAUNToN, VA,
Will prak i,s u tho &C lrts of Augusta and the
adjoinina, couA..ss. Also in the Court of Ap-
peals of Virginia, and will attend regularly the
Circuit Courts of Rockbridge. au2-u
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-06-07

Col. Nellis De Borden, who was shot
and killed near Plum Tree, North Car
olina, on Decoration Day, wasan uncle
Of De Borden Willmot of the law firm
of Willmot & Gage, whose Office is in
the Equitable Building. Mr.. Willmot
received a dispatch from Mrs De Bor-
den announcing that her husband
had been killed, but not stating the
causes that led to the killing.
Mr.. Wilmot said yesterday that
there was no truth in the report that
Col. De Borden had been killed in a
duel with Capt. Henry Lineback ol
Mitchell county. Col De Borden rep
resented the Mica Mining Company
Of which Wilmot and Gage are counsel
He leased from Carter and English
land containing valuable mica mines
that he had discovered in Mitchell
county While he was absent from
the mines, prospecting, on Decoration
Day, State Representative Henr,
Lineback, his brother Harrison, ant
others interested with them jumped
Col. De Borden's claim. In attempt
ing to take possession of his propert.
the Colonel was killed
Hc was 40 years Of age, and was |
native Of Kentucky. During the wa
he was on Gen. Rosecran's staff, an,
was wounded several times. lie wa
Il Democrat i'll politics.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-06-07
tempting 'Tilde.,.

ri Mr., Tilden could have heard the
cheers that greeted the mention of his
name in-Tammany Hall on Friday
evening it is not improbable that he
would at once allow his friends to de-
clare that he is in the field. Mr.. John
Kelly waved his white hat wildly, and
all the Sachems beloved themselves
hoarse, 1t was a great compliment tC
the Greystonc Sag Why will he moi
say that he is willing to sacrifice him
self. What is to be gained by this
painful silence? Every Democrat in
the country who is not for himself il
for the "old ticket" \ loud huzza
would sweep from Maine to Florida
and from Coney Island to the Colder
Gate, if word were sent out that Mr.
Tildon would consent.-New lorl
.Noraiag Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-06-07
Where Some Great Americans
Are Buried.

In this country there is no one ma
tional cemetery of pre-eminence.
Webster is buried in "an ancient
burying-ground," overlooking the sea,
near Marshfield, where he lived and
in like manner Clay's grave is near
his home at ashland" in the ceme-
terry at Lexington. Bayard Taylor
lies at Longwood, a little cemetery
within sight of his birthplace at Ken
net. Seward is buried at Auborn.
Franklin's. grave, and the tombstone
covering his and his wife's remains
may be seen from the sidewalk through
an iron fence panel in the wall of the
graveyard of Christ Church, in Phila-
delphia. John Dickinson, "the Penn
sylvania Farmer" has an almost un-
marked grave in the Friends burial
ground at Wilmington, Del; General
Wayne's remains, exhumed at Erie, in
the old fort and brought by his son
over the mountains in box seventy
five years ago, are in the old church
at Radnor. Alexander Hamilton lies
in the Trinity church-yard, New York
with monument above him. Joseph
Rodman brakes remains lie in a pri-
vate graveyard OF the Hunt family
on Long Island Sound, near New York
Joseph. Jefferson, the elder, lies buried
in the Harrisburg cemetery, with an
epitaph by Chief Justice Gibson
Francis Scott Key, who wrote the
"Star Spangled Banner" is buried in
Mount Oliver cemetery, at Frederick
Md. James Gates Percival is s'buried
at Hazel Green, Mich. The tomb o.
of Wilson, the ornithologist, is in the
church-yard of the old Wicaco Sweed'
Church at Philadelphia Philddei
phid american.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-06-07
COaldm't Remember.

A gentleman who was very jealous
on the subject of horses, but not accor-
ding to knowledge, bought mare at
auction and rode her home.
"Well, Cesar" said he, to his sable
coachman, "what do you think of her?
She cost me FIVE hundred dollars"
Dunno, master"
ayes, but what do you Think"
"Well, massa, it makes me tink of
what the preacher said Yesterday
something about his money is soon
parted / Idisremember The FIST part ~
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-06-07
An Attack ora NEaIaOme.

RICHMOND, June 1.-For several
days past vague whispers have been
heard in political circles here OF GER
tain sensational developments which
were to be made in connection with
Malone, GOV. Cameron, and other
leaders of the Malone faction. Exact
ly what these developements will be
leaked out tonight The Campaign
will tomorrow morning publish spe-
cial edition containing charges of u
grave nature against the Malone
leaders, and especially affecting Ma
hone and Gov. Cameron. About n
week ago the Planters and and Mer-
chants Bank of Petersburg, Mahone's
home, suspended. The Campaigns
article will give the history OF the
organization and transactions of this
bank, and charge that the concern
was fixed to give privileges to the
Mahonites, and allow them to borrow
the money deposited by the State
Treasurer in that bank by the order
of Gov. Cameron, who himself is
charged with getting 100000 out of
the bank son questionable collateral.
When Malone got into power one of
the first things he did was to change
the State repositories, Among the
banks deposited in was the Planters
and Merchants of Petersburg. This
bank, it is charged, was run by the
MahOneites, and the State funds were
used without security. When the
crash in New York came, the bank
went under. The story which will
appear in the Campaign tomorrow is
understood to be in the form of legal
paper prepared by leading lawyers of
the State, who were employed to state
the question so that it would be Il
perfect arraignment of Malone
, Cameron, and other leaders of the
Malone party.
Capt. Page McCarty, editor of the
Campaign, was asked tonight if the
, rumor about this matter was true
He replied in the affirmative and said
! the object of the publication was tC
, force Malone, Cameron, Wise ant
Riddlcbergcr into court where the
truth or 4alsity of the allegations
could be determined. In other words
! he wanted them to institute n libe
suit against the Campaign. He sale
this was not the first time the cam
gaign had made the attempt to bring
| Malone into court, but that thu
$ charges which would be published to
! morrow were the most positive tha
e had been made against Malone, Cam
e eron, Wise and Riddlcberger, ant
e would force the Malone leaders int
S the court.
Gov. Comeron is in the city, Riddle
| berger is in Washington, and Mahon
: and Wise are in Chicago.