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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17
THE COLoRED BROTHER.
He's at Chicago now in force,

He's at Chicago now in force,
If not, it would be funny;
And this is what the brother says,
In tones as sweet as honey
use in de interests Of peace.
wants to make no friction;
But, genelmen, I'd hab you know
Use open to conviction.
"Dar's Mr.. Arthur, who's so good
1t almost sets me crazy;
Oars Gineral Logan, who's trump,
And Mr.. BIaine's daisy;
To say which one loves de best
Would give me great affection
But, genelmen. make no mistake
I'se open to conviction"
Boston Post
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17

A policeman leaned over the area railing,
and addressing Bridget, who was at that
moment engaged in shifting an ash-barrel,
observed: Bridget, my darlint, the loight
av yer Dyes makes the dawn same loike
darkness" "Thims the very wurruds that
yer sapayrior, the sargint, spoke to me. I
ssuppoz it's part of the discipline of the
fource.''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17
ID hAAEHs AND
CONSUMERS OF PAINTS!
ga Read the following for Yourself.

Il
We have nov IN stock the largest and best
stock of PAINTS ever brought to this section,
manufactured by Lucas Co., the oldest paint
house in Philadelphia.
These Paints are guaranteed to give ent1re
satisfaction, and can be furnished IN any tint
or shade desired at prices to suit the times. A
saving of 25 per cent. can be made by their use,
and they are always ready for immediate use,
presenting smooth, elastic, durable and CLOS
sy surface. 1t does not crack or become loos-
ened from the material upon which it is used
Read the following guarantee
PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 30th, 1882,
MessrS. Berkeley & Co., Saunton. Vo.:-
DEAR SIRS:-We have not as yet found it
necessary to issue printed guarantee for our
Liquid Paints, regarding our position and rep
utation with the trade as sufficient assurance
that we would not place on the mark ct an in
ferior article, particularly under our brand
We however will cheerfully follow the expedi-
ent which has been resorted to by manufactur-
ers to in troduce their goods by stating that we
will RERUND THE MONEY OR REPAINr
any work with English lead and boiled oil we
believe is orthodoxy on which our paint has
been used, that you feel well satisfied has
proved itself inferior. If further guarantees
are required you may give them on our an
thority. but we do not think you will ever hear
of one authentic case of trouble arising throuob
the use of our paints.
Yours truly,
JNO. LUCAS IL co.
These paints may be obtained by Wholesale
and retail from
CARTER BERKELEY e. CO..
junel9 'S3 Staunton, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17
PREMIUM 10 SUBSCRIBERS.
IS NOW THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE.

Remember that every new subscriber to
the SPECTATOR who pays for a year in adj
vance, and every old subscriber who pays
up arrearages and a year in advance, will
be furnished free of cost with copy of Dr..
Kendall's valuable "Treatise on the Horse
and his Diseases" book that every man
who owns a horse should possess. Many
have availed themselves of the opportunity
to obtain it, and others should do so before
our supply Of them shass be exhausted.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17

n nR "A for the working class. Send IO
Hill HHcents for postage, and we will
NU BHmail you free q royal, valuable
EHuHEHHHbox of sample goods that will put
&B9BMuU you in the way of max ing more
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ever thought possible at any business. Capital
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work all the time or in spare time only. The
work is universally adapted to both sexes.
young and old. You can easily earn from sd
cents to S. every evening. That all who want
work may test the business, we make this un-
paralleled offer; to all who are not satisfied we
Will send 81 to pay for the trouble of writing us
Full particulars, directions, etc., sent Free
Fortunes will be made by those who give their
whole time to the work. Great success abso-
lutely sure. Don't delay. Start now. Address
STINsoN & Co., Portland, Maine. decd 'SS-IvS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17
Declined to Sell His Fame.
Under this caption, the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Sam says:

Under this caption, the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Sam says:
''Gen. Lee, at the close of the war, re-
ceived innumerable offers to engage in COM
mercial enterprises. Insurance companies,
railroads, and many largo corporations at
the South were anxious to pay him any
salary he might demand, solely for the use
Of his name, without any labor on his part,
or the mourning of any responsibility what
ever. A committee of Englishmen, with
the Duke of Sutherland and Mr.. Beresford
Hope at the head, offered him in fee splen-
did estate in one of the midland counties of
England, coupled with a guarantee of an
income of e5, 900 year as long as he lived.
He gratefully declined all of these offers,
and accepted the Presidency of Washing
ton and Lee University at a salary of So, 900
a year. Here he earned his living as the
hardest worker in a hard working faculty
in training the youth of the country up to
the very hour of the paralytic stroke which
Immediately preceded his death.
Gen. Lee left three SONS. They, too,
received many offers of similar kind; and
likewise declined them. Two of these sons
are now prosperous planters in Virginia.
The third succeeded his father in the Pres
idency of Washington and Lee University,
and has filed the position with credit for
the last thirteen years.
''The true American spirit shines in Gen.
Lees example, the spirit which prompted
Washington and his Generals when they
retired from the public service enriched
only with the recollection of their great
achievements and scorning to make mer-
chaudise of their fame''
True, to the letter. And how beautifully
it shines in contrast with the subsequent
course of the man to whom Lee sur
rendered his sword on the plains of
Appomattox. Twice President of the
United States-the recipient of princely
gifts from his fellow-citizens- honored
guest of foreign nations, in his tour of the
world at national expense retired armv
officer, so far as the United States Senate
is concerned, with an annual pension of
over $40, O00-and prospective candidate
for third term Presidential honors, barter
ing it all in his eagerness to make meney as
Wall Street broker, he to-day lmps on
cruiches-an object of pity, to use no
harsher term. Who would not rather be
Lee in his honored grave, than Grant, grow
cling amid the slum of bankrupt gamblers
and stockholders. -Loudoan Mirror.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17
The Candidates.
JAMES G. BLAINE AND JOHN A. LOGAN.

James G. Blaine, of Maine, the Republican
candidate for President, was born in Wash
ington county, Pa, January 81, 1880. He
graduated from Washington College in
1647, taught school for several years, and
in 1858 went to Kennebec, Me-, where he
became the editor of the Kennebec Jour-
nal. AS an eloquent and powerful speaker
he had already gained prominence when,
in 1858, he was chosen q member of the
Maine legislature. He went as a Repre-
sentative to Congress, first, in 1862; was
made Speaker of the House in 1869, and
did not lay down the gavel until 1875,
when the Democratic majority elected Sam
uel J. Randall his successor. The ensuing
year. he received the highest number of
votes on the opening ballot for President
in the National Republican Convention at
Cincinnati, which finally nominated Mr..
Hayes. Appointed the successor of the
dead Senator Morrill,, of Maine, in 1879,
Mr.. Blaine was again popular Presiden-
tial candidate in 1880, receiving 2S2 votes
on the first ballot. Mr.. Blaine, on the
election of General Garfield, was made
Secretary of St.te, which position he re-
signed on the death of the President, eight
months later.
John A. Logan, the candidate for Vice.
President, was born on a farm in southern
Illinois about fifty eight years ago. He re-
ceived common school education and was
elected county clerk when he was scarcely
out of his teens. He enlisted as a private
in the war with Mexico, and left the army
a quartermaster. He then studied and
practiced law, but his aptitude for politics
reasserting itself, he became q member Of
the Illinois legislature in 1852, and again
in 1856, having served one term as prose-
cutting attorney in the meantime. He was
Presidential elector in 1856, and then
went to Congress, serving continuously I'M
til the outbreak Of the civil war. Entering
the army as colonel, he attained the rank
of major-general. In 1865 he was appoint
ed minister to Mexico, but declined. He
was elected to the Fortieth and Forty-frst
Congresses, and in 1871 was chosen to sue
coed Hon. Richard Yates in the United
States Senate. After serving one term he
returned to his law practice, but was again
sent to the Senate in 1879.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17

CAN YOU TAKE HINT.-We have found
the following in a Western exchange, and
| give it as q gentle hint to some OF our
| friends who are somewhat behind with
| their accounts with this Office, and we do
not think there is one 50 hard-hearted as
| to read it without corresponding at once:
"We once knew a country editor who, by
great self-denial. strict economy, close ap-
plication to business, and the hardest kind
of work, amassed large fortune in the
short space of forty-three years and eleven
months. True, his fortune was not SO
large as Vanderbilt's or Jay Gould's, or
any of those great Dakota millionaires of
whom we may some day hear, but after
compromising all of his Indebtedness at
the lowest possible figures, and collecting
all that could be collected from his delin-
quent subscribers, he found himself in IN
disturbed possession Of sixteen dollars
and eighty-seven cents. OF course we
are not ambitious enough to even hope
for such unprecedented success, but if
the good people who are in arrears for
their subscription to the Times would
arouse from thoir lethargy and jingle few
ducats into our depicted portmonle, we
could turn our back on the little end OF the
horn before we are showed clean through,
and before tomorrow night We could pur-
chase two yards of clean crash toweling,
with soap to match, and pay the devil
nickel or two on bis last years wages.
Think of these things, dear readers"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17
The Crust of Tartar

The early fisherman beats the early bird
in getting the worm,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17

Lord Lytton's daughter, who is only
fourteen years of age, has.already distin-
guished herself by writing blood-curdling
ghost story.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17
1EM oRGANs-GEM PIANOS.

The Gem Organ and Piano Company has
again opened it's headquarters for the Summer
in Staunton, on MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE CITY
HALL They are in charge of Mr.. EDWARD
PLOTTS, one OF the partners of the firm, who
is well known in Augusta from having cam
vassed the county for the company last Fall.
The company has sold over NINETY ORGANS
and PIANOS in THIS COUNTY, and refers to
those who have them, for their quality. Four
carloads have just arrived from Washington,
N J., for the new ware-rooms at this place and
al the branch office at exington where Mr..
Plotts himself will have charge. Those desir-
ing to look at or purchase an organ or piano,
can have them taken to their residence in any
part of the county for inspection.
The public are invited to call and inspect the
organs and pianos and hear the music.
A postal card will receive prompt attention
if addressed to- EDWARD PLOTTS,
Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Va,
or j. N. KERR,
StauntOn, Va.
4s- The Gem Organ Co. has no connection
with the Beattie Organ Co.
The following parties have purchased our
Organs and Pianos in Augusta county,
S G Shutterle, Stannton.
Bette A SillingS,
A d Tribbett,
James T Anderson, IS.
Rev l. w Carter,
Mrs Burks
] + Wiseman, Stuarts Draft,
George Rosen, Arbor Hill,
Mrs NJ Parker, Staunton,
John Williams
EFT Dull, staunton,
j II Cornell,
L w Lushbaugh,
James W Sheets,
c Miller,
David Lands, merchant,
G W Bateman,
William Riley,
j S Price. Middlebrook.
John x Fauber,
II M Spencer. staunton,
] NJ Mountjoy, Churchvile.
Samuel Whitmore. LOngdale,
Mr. Murray, (Piano), stanton,
Rebeoca Enigleman, Middlebrook,
Mrs Davenport, Staunton
Rev w Simpson
VIM Hulvey. Mt. Sidney.
VIM D Engiernan, (Piano), Arbor Eill.
John II stump Fishersville,
D + Hoover SwOope's,
e Davis, Fishersvilie,
David Sheets, Mt. Sidney,
L. I Savings, Staunton
Tobias Weller. Laurel Hill,
George A Sheets Staunton
Lucy Jones' Fishersville,
Perry Anderson, Staunton,
w F Johnston, Mt. Sidney.
A Shumate,
W G Coffman. New Hope
N ] Drumhelier, Koiner's store,
Frank FarrOw, Spring HILL
Charles Byers, Mt. Scion,
DR. Davis, Hermitage,
| Jacob Baker, Greenville,
Joseph Sanger, StauntOn,
John G Goch enour, New Hope,
George w Shumate. Staunton,
John Il Grover, Hermitage,
NJ PARK ms, ROlla,
John W Lands. Mt. Sidney,
James Kerr, New Hope,
Mrs Palmer, Swoope's,
w Sherman Pm Fort Defiance,
Il w Harler. Staunton,
s E Coleman,
Jacob Whitmore. Mt Sidney,
n NiShQ a
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17

COUNTY SCHOOL. SUPERINTEN-
~ DENI'S NOTICE.-My office DAYS in
Stauntou will be Wednesday and Saturday OF
each week, and Court Days-which days will
devote exclusively to School business
- Office with W. A. Reed.
III. SHEFFEY ROLLER,
3yl7-u Co. Supt. Schools.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17

.NOTICE Persons having BUSH
Store, IN my absence, will please call on Mr..
w. ID. Gambler, who may be found at all times
either In the shops, on the premises, or at his
residence. Undertaking promptly attended
necz6-tf Y. Nj. BICKLE
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-17

4 TERRIBLE ATTACHMENT BY A LEADING
REPUBLICAN JOURNAL OF BLAINE-HIs
ROTTEN RECORD GIVEN TO THE COUNTRY
hts TIT-GOTTEN GAINS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05

Inc Cnurcn OF England Zenana Missionary
society, though but three years old, has twenty
eight stations and sixty Zenana missionaries
Besides these there are tWenty-nine assistant
missionaries eighty-three Bible. women, and l59
native assistants-a band in all of 331 workers
A statement is made for the Arundel
Square Congregational church of London. to
the effect that Of the ISL members who joined
the church as the result of Mr.. Moodys mission
eleven years ago, 140 are to-day known to be in
good standing.
- In the Province of Cariskrona, Sweden,
nearly hundred have been added to the Baptist
churches by baptism during the year, and five
new churches have been formed. One of these
churches. organized last May with 81 members.
now numbers more than 100.
- The Central Mexican Mission Of the South
ern Methodist church has begun the issue of
monthly paper in English, called The Mexican
Messenger, which is intended to give the
churches and societies and Sunday schools in
the United States Information fresh from the
field.
- There have been a number of revivals in the
Gefe-Faun Baptist Association of Sweden the
present year, and 625 new members have been
added to the association, with eight new
churches and five places of worship. The in
creasing emigration of those having some means
greatly cripples the Swedish churches.
- Inc protracted meetings on baltimore cir
cult NJ. E. church, which commenced in Sep
| tember last, resulted in 100 penitents asking
| prayers, nearly all of whom were converted
The most extensive meeting was at Wards
chapel, where forty-fOur joined the church. The
revival at Whatcoot chapel, Baltimore (Rev Dr.
| A. E. Gibson), resulted in eighty-five accessions
to the church.
= Mr.. James H. Frey, well known drug
gist of Baltimore, who died recently, leaves so
shares of National bank stock, after his wife's
death, to the missionary society of the N. E.
remainder OF his property to the society, and di-
reefs that $1,000 be devoted to establishing
seventeen scholarships in the Theological semi
| nary at Bareilly, India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05
The SOuGa.l.
From the London News.


A good many people are at present puzzled
over the "Soudan," of which they hear SO much.
They are not quite sure if 1t would betray an
objectionable amount of ignorance for them to
confess to general kind Of unacquaintedness
with what this Soudan is and how far it extends.
need not be ashamed to confess their ionor.
anee-any kind OF satisfactory information to
tell them that Sondan is the name given by the
Egyptians 10 all their dependent empire stretch
ing from the third cataract for an indefinite
distance towards the lakes, and from the Red
sea to the western border OF Darfur? This
empire comprises much of Nubia, all SEMINAR,
all Kordofan and all Darfur. 1t is said TO be-
about 1000 miles square, or as large as India.
This vast extent of million of square miles is
saa to oe inhabited by about 100000 people
most of them Mussulmans and many of these of
exceptional ferocity, fanaticism and daring.
Eventually; it seems likely, the English will
have to tackle with this wild, ferocious crowd,
If at any rate itinyade Egypt, which is far from
unlikely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05

IT HAS COME to light that fire was probably
caused by a $500 insurance policy rubbing
against 500 house. Os,oeyo Times.
"YEs," the Nebraska farmer said. s'barbed
wire fence is expensive but the hired man
it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05

SOME FACTS CONTRADICTORY.
In further confirmation OF the theory IT is
noticeable that in several of the late displays
The light has very closely reserbled auroral
s're2mers, both as to color and radiation the
stars shining through II with the same peculiar
OriIhancy observable in auroral displays Still
El%fe. there were seen Wavy motions of the
!i-At % peculiar 70 cur northern lights when
near NE zenith On Friday evening" the 18th
q last month. the exceeding bIilliancy of the
A-h1 OF Ne1us through this strange medium
vas noticed % large number of observers
ii THIS medium was composed NANNY OF smoke
oI atomic matter this brilllancy would not
obtain -'
without going further into the merits OF this
.ae"fy Leu he sum up with the proposltiOn: that
>"f 'EfFeine solar disturbances OF the past wear
80 .iid . corresponding effect upon the earth.
- ..'t ia atmospheric displays "a well as its
s.-.'t.1 e3ihuotioas, are attributable to such
'',.-'''l T. J. BEoog!SGs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05

Ny correspondent however omits to mention
three more benefits conferred on man by the
mole. One is that it establishes most elabo-
rate system of subsoil drainage. How admir-
able 4 scheme it is never realized until | had
seen 1eald's diagrams.
The second benefit is that Of ventating the
soil. 1t must be remembered that the roots of
trees and plants need air, and all cultivators
know how necessary it is to loosen the earth
round plant should it be cakcd
The third use is that in it's search after prey it
is perpetually bringing fresh and fertile earth
from below, pulverzing it, and throwing it on
the surface where it acts as an invaluable top
dressing.
1t is only in accordance with human nature
that agrcutursts pay to have the grub and
wire worm killed. and to have the fields drained.
TO have the soil loosened and to put tOp-dress-
ing on the surface. and then pay men to kill the
moles. who do all this work for nothng-7he
hec. j. &. Wood. IN Longnlan's Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05
I 1ST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE
IL WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5. 1874.

To obtain any Of these Letters the applicant ,I,1,St
cali FOR ADVERTISED LETTERS"
sent to the Dead Letter Ofice ~ ~ -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05
CITY AND DISTRICT.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05

'f-In foreign exhibition which nnerea f. ,ns g.,
j'-i "'---s''-i< O. the Massachusetts Ch1rif9I,Io
- .sLs-.'.i- IN Boston, last Scptclabcr
80 .i'.'- tS-N''!- y i.sllIGe financially.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05

1878. CUvEEs
BOUCHE, Fills & CO.
SSE3fEoS CABINET ets p pss and md ( i Pts s'N
DRY NEbZANAY, J OTIS and pts
These well known brands OF Champagne are guaran.
teed to be from the Vintage of 1885, which produced
the finest Champagres of The past Is Years.
For sale by
BARBOUR & HAMILTON
AND
TH0S. RUSSELL.
d17-3m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05

NsHE MOST USEFUL PRESENT
FOR YOUNG BOYS
nice overcoat Suit Of Clothes. ranging in price
from s25 TO S. Also. Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes
&c. livery cheap for the Holidays
J. W. sELDy
al le1a-1ei6 Pennsylvania avenuA
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-04-17
Capac Chips.

Cool weather. Roads improv-
ing. The donation held in the
town hall Wednesday evening for
the benefit of Rev. +. J. Doyle was
we'll attended and proved very
successful affair. Twenty two
children were converted to the
Lutheran christianity last Sunday
in the German Lutheran church. 80.
The new mail delivery obtained the
past week by Mr.. Praker p. NJ, is
something to be admired. Rev
Mr.. Ude has been attending con-
ference the past week in the southern
part of the state....., Mr.. Douglas
Scott and family are expected this
week from Alpena to occupy the
Hagle House this summer...... The
surveyors of the Detroit, Lexington
and Utica r. r. arrived here with
their first line. They intend running
two more when the best of the three
will be selected for the road. 500.
Jimmie Turnbull is SO laid up with
the rheumatism ~ to be unable TO
walk. The gathering of q
few of the senior lady friends at
Mrs. Jas. Turnbulrs last Thursday
resulted in the sewing of over Is
pounds of carpet rags.
CAPT DEETEE.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-04-17
LEGAL NOTICES.
Notice of Commissioners on Claims.

Notice Of Commissioners Oh Claims.
STATE OF MICHIGAN. COUNTY or
ST. CLAIR--SS--Probate Court fol
said County.
Estate Of Thomas Steadman, deceased
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed by the Judge of Probate oi
said County, Commissioners on claims
in the matter of said estate, ana six
months from the l7ih day of March,
\. ID. 1884, having been allowed by
said Judge of Probate to all persons
holding claims against SAID estate. in
which to present their claims to us for
examination and adjustment:
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, that we
will meet on Tuesday the 10th day of
June A. D. 1884, and on Wednesday.
the 18th day Of September \. u. 1884
at 10 o'clock a. M. OF each day, ut the
house OF Robert Kicks IN the township
of BrocKway in said County, to receive
and examine such claims.
Dated Brockway, Mar. -, 4 u. 81.
join ID. JONES,
Com'rs.
Rr-rI-S RruINcroN
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-04-17
snccIal annnnnc. m,nt.

A large proportion of the readers of
the EXPOsITOR are farmers, many of
whom desire great deal more of
farming literature than we are able Ia
give them in ON limited space. 10
accommodate all such we have mad.
an arrangement with the publishers OF
the American Farmer To club that pap
er with the EXrOsIToR at $1.25 yeai
for both papers, only slight advance
on the price of the EXPoSIToR al0.e
The American Farmer is a large ii
page paper, published at Fort Wayne.
lad. Every farmer in st Clair county
should avail himself of this magnill-
cent offer.