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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-16

r OST or ILLEGALLY ABSTRACTED
IL from the office of the Valley Mutual Life
Association, THE MAILING BOOKS, con-
tanning the names and addresses of most of the
policr-hoIders of the Association. These books
are convenient for reference, and in mailing
the Journal of the Company.
reward of TEN DOLLARS will he paid
for their return to this Office.
VALLEY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
decl6 Ii
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-16

Ianetta Il. McCOmb's Admir- VS. Ham,
~ 1IfOn, Trustee, and Others.-I shall
proceed at my office, in Staunton, on Tuesday,
January H. 1885, to take the accounts required
by decl zee of the circuit court for Augusta coun-
ty. entered in this cause November 81 1885,
~ Persons asserting claims against the estate
Of Mrs. Janetta B. McComb are notified to pre-
sent said claims to me, on or before the day
herein appointed. JOS. A. WADDELL,
decl6 At Commissioner
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-16

AsMountain Grove correspondent of the
HIGHLAND Recorder says that rs. r. Erwin,
Ir.. killed alarge bear on Slate Camp Ridge,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

DARK BAKK!!-WANTED- 900 cords
ID of Chestnut Oak Bark. 900 cords Black
Oak Bark. P. B. SUBLETT & SON,
decl6-6m Stanton. Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-16

1867 PrizeG, amounting $685.. 500
Application for rates to clubs shou pe made
only to the office of the Company IN lete.,f Or
leans. ~
For further information write clearly, CIV
ing full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Orders, or New York Exchange In ordi-
nary letter. Currency by Express TALL sums of
IS and upwards at our expense) addressed
M. A. DAUPHEN,
New Orleans, La.
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Commissioners.

We the undersigned Banks and Bankers sCiH
pay all Prizes draOn in The louisiana Stale
Lotteries tohch may be presented at counters.
]. HI. OGLESBY. Pres. Louisiana Natl Bank
>. H. KENNEDY, Pres. state NATL Bank
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Natl Bank
Incorporated in 1865 for Is years by the Legis-
lasure for Educational and Charitablepurposes
with capital of 81. 0e0 0O0-to which q reserve
fund OF over $3.50, 900 has since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote Its fran
chise was made part of the present State Con-
stitution adopted December End, A. D., 1879.
The only Lottery ever Voted on and endorsed BY
the people Of any State.
1t never scales or postpones.
Its Grand Single Number Drawing
take place Monthly, and the ExtraOr-
binary Drawings regularly every three
mOnths instead of Semf-AnnualIy as
heretofore, beginning March, 1856.
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
WIN A FORTUNE. FIRST GRAND
Drawing, CLASS A, IN TIE ACADEMY
OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY,
January IL. Iss6-Issth Monthly Draw
ing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100000 Tickets ut Five Dollars Each.
Fractions. i'm Ftfths in proportion.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-16
Mr.. Pollard presented the following !:

Resolced, That the Committee on Fl
nance be instructed to report ajoint resolu
tion ordering the publication of the names
of all parties who now sue, or shall here
after sue, to enforce the payment of their
in part together with the names of the
thus sought to be paid into the treasury.
A number of bills in both Houses were
introduced and referred.
FRIDAY, DEC. 11TH.
SENATE. Senator Met ormick introduced
a bill to day to prevent frauds upon the
commonwealth. The preamble sets out
that the only proof of the genuineness of a
coupon is the production of the bond itself,
because the bond has the signature of the
states officers in their own hand writing
under the seal Of the state, while the sig
nature to the coupon is a Autograph, and
therefore mere copy. The bill therefore
provides that the treasurer shall not receive
the coupon if detached from the bond to
which it belongs, but that the coupon
shall be presented to the treasurer attached
to the bond, and he shall detach it and
make memorandum of the bond to which
the coupon belongs. Then the bill proceeds
under the section of the Riddleberger act.
A bill Introduced by Senator Williams, if
it become d law, will prevent coupon-deal-
ers having offices in Richmond from selling
coupons outside Of the city unless they pay
a license tax in every county in which they
sell. A license of 1000 is required in each
city or county in which they offer to sell
coupons,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-16
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

At O'clock the house and senate in Joint
session went into the election of Judges.
| The following were elected: Prince George
and Surry, Timothy Rives; Princess Anne,
J. NJ Keeling; Prince William, William E.
Lipscomb; Roanoke, Wingfeld Griffin;
Rockbridge, William P. Houston; Shenan-
doah, E. D. Newman: Wythe, G. J. Hol-
brook.
After eecting judges the following other
officers were elected: Auditor, Morton
Marye; Second Auditor, f. e. Rufin Sec
rotary of the commonwealth, 81. W. Flour
uoy; Register of the land office, J. A. Wing
field; Superintendent of Public Printing,
A. r. Micou; Superintendent of the Pen
itentiary, w. W. Moses.
HoUsE.-Mr. Starke, of Richmond, in
troduced bill in the house to-day to in
corporate the Virginia Mechanics Institute,
and for other purposes. The bill provides
that the institute shall have authority to
establish in the city of Richmond halls for
the exhibition of machinery and mechanical
handiwork to organize system of indus
trial schools, in which shall be taught arith-
metic, algebra, geometry, mechanical, ar
chitectural and free-hand drawing, and
such other branches of study as are usually
taught in schools of technology to hold ex-
hibitions of American skill and industry in
dependently or in conjunction with the de-
partment of agriculture, or some other as
ISOLATION, as the institute may deem pro-
per. The amount requested to be appro-
priated is not named, but whatever it will
be the city of Richmond shall contribute
the sum of $50, 600 for the same object.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-16
A.SERv1AN Observation-Disclosures, Dec

A..SERvIAN VICTORY.-BELGRADE, Dec,
ia telegram from the front states that
a long and bloody engagement took place
yesterday between tho Sarvians and Bull
garians. The town of Veiki-Izoor was
wrested from the possession of two battal-
ions belonging to the Prot division of the
Bulgarian army, who attacked the Servians.
Upon finding themselves outnumbered, the
Bulgarians made signs that they wished to
surrender. The Servians, who were mostly
elderly men, belonging to the second re-
serve, shouted in reply: ''You have al
ready deluded our children (meaning the
youths Of the first reserve) in that fashion,
but you will not deceive u.s." Thereupon
they charged the Bulgarians with the bay
onet scattering them in every direction.
The Bulgarians left many dead and wound
ed on the field. The Servians claim il
liant victory. Much enthusiasm is mani
tested in Belgrade over the success of the
Servians.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 13.-Russia has
made overtures to Prince Alexander, offer
ing to assent to the personal union of Bull
garia and Roumelia on the condition that
the policy of Bulgaria be subordinated to
Russia's policy Russian agents are active
ly intriguing at Belgrade to dethrone Milan
III 1oNol VI SCOlSCVlCSs
FEARFUL FALL AND FATAL RESULT
Last Thursday Mrs. Daniel Beaver fell from
the garnet window of her residence on the
Hawksbill, a distance of 81 feet, inflicting
injuries of such serious nature that she
died the next day about noon. Her physi-
clan, DR.. Long, was Immediately summon
ed, who. upon examination, found that one
of her hip bones had been broken, two
bones about the shoulder fractured, wrist
dislocated, and serious internal injuries in
f1icted. How she came to fall is not stated,
as she gave no ineligible account of it be-
fore her death. Mr.. B. was in the 54th
year of her age and had been for number
Of years member of the Old School Bap-
list Church. She was buried on Sunday,
her pastor Ed. P. W. Yates, preaching her
fnneral.-PoQe Courier, Dec. 10th.
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SATURDAY, DEC. 18TH

SENATE Under the joint order the two
Houses proceeded to the election of addi-
tional Judges when the following were
elected
City of Manchester, John H. Ingram;
Bland and Giles, A. r. Hefain; Buchanan
and Dickenson, W. A. Ayers; Campbell, R.
Il. Ward; Fluvanna, A. 3, King; Grsyson,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-16

Make ?. 0. Money Orders payi
Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATION
decl6-4t New
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

Artificial Zee. Mr.. LeFevre declared
n recent paper. can now Be made
apnrer. cheaper and more lasting than
natural ice"
Tie number Of living specimens
known in the animal kingdom Is at
least 300. 600. OF which more than nine
tenths are invertebrates
The interesting fact has been DEM
onstrated BY Mr.. Arthur Searle that
the Milky Way is about two magnitudes
brighter than the mean brightness OF
the sky. and square degree Of the
Milky Way must give between i've
and six times as much light as an ave-
rage square degree Of the rest Of the
sky.
In the majority of mammals the
teeth are limited in number and definite
in their forms. The number ranges
from one in the narwnal to 22Oin the
dolphin. The average is thirty-two,
occurring in rumlnants, apes and man,
bat forty-four, as in the hog and mole,
is called the typical or normal number,
and this number is exceeded only in
the lower groups.
The time required to pass from an
egg to an image varies greatly. Thus
the bee consumes less than twenty days,
while the ci,ada requires seventeen
years
After much experimenting, DR.. Rich
ardson has found satisfactory means
Of causing painless death, and has in
troduced it into the Home for Lost
Dogs, in London. The animals to be
killed are placed in chamber charged
with mixture of carbonic oxide and
chloroform vapor, when they tranquil
~ fall asleep and wake no more
From surveys of the Gulf of Mexico
it appears that its area is sos, 600
square miles, and that the area of the
surface included within the 100-fathom
pine is $4,000 square miles-rather
more than one-third of the surface
having depth Of less than 100 faith
oms. The greatest record depth in the
Gulf is 2119 fathoms. the mean depth
being S58 fathoms.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

Laughter is the poor mans plaster,
Making every burden light;
Turning sadness into gladness.
Das1xest hour TO May dawn bright.
IT'S the deepest and the cheapest
Cure for Ills Of this description,
But for those that wOman's heir TO.
Use DR.. Pierces |" Favorite Prescription.
Cures all weaknesses and irregularities,
bearing down. sensations, "internal fever, ?
blOating, displacements, Inflammation, morn
ing sickness and tendency to cancerous dis
gisfs
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

Upwards Of 100 years before Christ
the Chinese were people ruled by q
dynasty of kings, Of whom, like the
Pharaohs of old, there IS no clear his
tory, and not until the .sChow" dynas-
ty, j. g. 1926, Is there any clear histo-
ry of the main Chinese states. The
Chinese take their history back to the
time Of Noah. This very ancient
empire has horne in its time many
names, for il was q custom when .
new dynasty assembled the throne to re-
name the empire. as Hai-qus, Cham-que,
Han-que, etc. according 70 the name
Of the ruling monarch. The true
name is said to be Chum-que "the cen
ter kingdom Of the world This term
was BY usage corrupted to Chin que
and from this word the Portuguese
gave Ii the name Of China. China
proper consists Of eighteen provinces.
containing 250.O0O.OO0 Of people.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

FOUND n SURE CURR. have been
troubled with catarrhal der.fness for seven or
bought medicine in 13 states but nothing
helped me until procured q bottle Of Ely's
Gream Balm. In foun days could hear As
we'll as ever. lam cured Of the Catarrh as
well. consider Elyss Cream Balm the best
medicine ever made.--GARRETT W1DnxoK.
Hastings N. Y.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable compound
is to be had at the nearest drug store for d
dollar II is not claimed that this remedy win
cure every disease under the sun, but that it
does all that 1t claims to do, thousands of
good women know and declare.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

Cuban day musQnlto. and that the
lever thus impaired win Nsry il du-
ration and intensity ID proportion 70
the number Of punctures and the GUAM
tity Of poison retained BY The insects
sting Results already obtained lead
him 70 think that form Of the dis
ease may be given by one or two mus
quito bites which viii be free from
danger, and viii render the subject 81
the operation secure against severe
attack Of yellow fever.
The study of finger nails, the shape
and color Of which are said TO indicate
certain traits of character. Ii i new oc-
cupation. Long and slender finger
nails denote imagination. love of art
and laziness; if long and fiat. they are
the sign of prudence. good sense and
grave mental faculties; il wide and
short. OF anger and rudeness, contro-
versy and obstinacy, healthy color
signifies viltue, health, happiness.
courage and liberality; dry and brittle
nails are signs of anger. cruelty and
quarrelsomeness eliminating even in
murder: curved in the shape of claws.
hypocrisy and wickedness; soft,
feebleness Of body and mind; and
lastly. we are told that short nails,
gnawed down to the flesh, signify siIli-
ness and dissipation.
Possibly the greatest literary prize
ever offered is that which viii fall due
on December 1st. 1925, in st. Peters
burg The great friend and adviser
of the Emperor Alexander /. of
Russia Aranjeyeff by name. founder
Of the military colonies at Novgorod,
deposited in 1883, in the Imperial
Bank q sum of $4,000 roubles in gold.
This deposit is to remsin in the bank,
at four per cent. interest, uutil 1925;
and on December LIST of that year
the centenary Of Alexander rs death
the entire sum will be paid to the
writer of the BEST history of the reign
of that emperor. The prize is to be
decided by the St. Petersburg academy
of Sciences, one quarter to be devoted
to the expenses of publishing the
fortunate work. At this rate the
value Of this grand prize Oh the day in
question will be no less than 1,918,960
roubles--say sl.GO0000. How many
Lives Of Alexander /. will be sent in?
Nearly century ago Juan Oxio first
called attention to the wealth hidden
in the mud in the California gulf.
Great beds Of pearl oysters lay among
their loathsome surroundings. In
1876 two schooners, each Of about 200
tons. one from Australia, and the other
from England, went to those waters,
literally supplied with diving appar-
atus, helmets, rubber salts, hose and
life-lines and thirteen boats and boats
crews to operate them. With the aid
of these appliances they Melted in six
months $4,000. This woke up La
Paz people, and they bought up the
diving apparatus from the schooners.
The yield OF the fisheries during the
past two years. with the imperfect ser
vice offered by four schooners and thirty
boats. has been from 100000 to $780,
600 in pearls. and about 900 tons Of
shell, worth about 1922. SOC, making a
gross yield Of $4,000 per annum
more than the entire capital.
S.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

EunMH AWD nxgx c0s- syH Il oiE from ss1snl8a
1xerz. ca The staehoxe ~ CAsWtIL HaNart n
Co. n. y. Absolutely ruk6 and sNoel Patients
Who bare ones taken IS prefer i 10 ali others
Rhysicinnn declare is superior - NIL other oils
CHAPFED HANDS. face, prmples and rough
skin cured - using Juniper Tar Soap made b.
CanWel. Hazard q Co. New YORK.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

An English doctor who has trav-
eled,in this country. says Americans
could live to be 100 wears old If they
would take care Of themselves.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

Delicate diseases affecting male or female,
however induced speedily and permanently
cured illustrated book three letter stamps
Consultation free. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, n. x.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

Hostallsrss Storn-
sch bitt8fp Is the ar
ticle for you. Il GtiYnu-
lnt@e the failing oneT-
etes. inNigorak8s the
body and cheers the
mlnd. ktenables tbs
aystexn to throw of
The d eb flitating
efkecto Of a 3
9ttg q Q. gives re-
neWed vig0r to tho
organs Of digestion.
aroueeB the liver
when inactive. 70.
news the faded ap-
petite, and enoouf
ages heaIbheul re- pose.
Its ingredients ar9
safe. AID It's crsdon-
tails. which Constss
In che hearty en-.
dorsenleut Of pars 1ns
Of every class Of 50.
ciety, are most con.
vincing. For sale b,
all Druggists and
Dealers generally.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

To most meu experience is like the stern
lights of q ship. which illumes only the track
it has passed.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

No man ever offended bis own conscience,
but FIRST OF last il was revenged on him for
doing IL
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

Don't complain OF the baker until you
have tasted his bread.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

4 London correspondent writes that
never since the close Of the civil war
2 America have there been so many
1apecunious Americans in London as
y" The recent tumble in securities.
ne consequent distrust Of new mining
'sa'Ores md their promoters. and
a'a'y losses In betting have all con-
0outed 70 work havoc in the colony.
~ ne American who is able to pass
~s week without a hopeless loan to
~npatriot is fortunate. One young
"a named Gould, Of respectable
s wen after bringing most Of his
'snOs g grief, has sailed for the
- a'aasVaal As volunteer ii the
'nuanaland expedition.
y > resident Of Jersey il would
- 1--WE !. difficult task to induce the be-
aas the musqulto i . blessing in
49, s'.s p. Carlos Flnlay, the Cuban
.can believes that he has demon
-. - shas inOcnlasion with yellow
10y b made ~ che sting e tie
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22
1Hnlan Drendfnl e;onah,

It is by the daily lives of Christians that
Christ is either honored or dishonored.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

Ask for Rough On Coughs. for Coughs,
Colda Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Trcches,
&c. Liquid, DC
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22
rnrIrs OF THE DAY.


linn has made more progress
IT, ,han 10 any other country in
J, l,.. .'s The cremation societies IN
-. sa,v Country now have more than
ip a. .asmbers, and there are beautiful
a. ~ oos,ly temples in all the principa
cites
ne rather odd that the man who
,ho FIRST bach of emigrants across
I. claims to California in 1849, and
IA there and got rich, never had
r.. The smallest mining interest.
=. name was Martin Murphy. He
Ian raising cattle and kept at 1t, and
- inst died at San Jose, 80 years old,
nd worth 100000.
The chief coffee-consuming country
1. ne United States, and the coffee
,,sde Is one Of the leading items OF
-, foreign commerce, the value of
our imports during the year past hav-
ing been s49,949.12s. This was an in
crease of nearly 100000 pounds in
he amount consumed as compared
with the previous year.
The Lincoln monument at Spring
aeld. H., was built by dishonest con-
tractor. who used blocks of pine, In
tead Of blocks of granite, wherever
he thought the difference would not be
noticed-until he had his money In
hand. 1t has now, at cost Of $780,
900, been rebuilt and is reported in
good condition. The remains of Mr..
Lincoln had to be moved FIVE times
while the repairs were going on.
The Hualapais, tribe of Indians in
northwestern Arizona, numbering
about eight hundred, have been left
for some years in a most destitute and
forlOrn condition. Attention was
called to their distress In a letter from
correspondent a year and q half ago.
General Crook in his last report recon-
mendS the provision of suitable
reservation, which would afford these
Indians an opportunity to work.
The excessive GOODNESS Of the
weather and heavy snow storms have
driven herds of wolves from the Car
pathian Mountains into the cultivated
districts where they have in some
cases spread terror among the people.
At HOmonna, in North Hungary, a
pack Of 100 wolves entered the village
while the inhabitants were at church,
and were not driven out till a squadron
Of Uhlans attacked them with car
bInes
The list of goods canned has been
enlarged by a company in st. Louis,
which has begun canning eggs. A
factory has been erected, and is now in
operation, where they will can 100000
dozen annually. The eggs are put
through some sort Of process by which
the yolks and whites are separated
from the shells. and the substance is
then dried and canned. One teaspoon
'ulis said to be equal to one egg, and
Ills warranted to keep fresh three years.
ltgives one an impressive idea Of
The business of railroad building in the
United States to be told that fewer
niles have been laid the past year than
u any year since 1879, the total being
00ly 1880 II is a poor year for rail-
'Oad Oui Ding. because only enough
'alls were put down to build q Decline
railway from New York to San Fran
esco or from London to the Persian
gun II it had been as good year for
railroad building as 1882, rails enough
would have been put down to reach
0aedhird Of the distance around the
world.
: London correspondent writes that
aeseE since the close Of the civil war
7 America have there been so many
Anpecunious Americans IN london -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

The Hope Of the Nntlons
Children, slow in development. puny, scrawny
AMI delicate. use Wells Health Remover
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

Tlsus - no aitearo 20 dangerous a. the
want q common sense.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

40 rather odd that the man who
-. erst bach of emigrants across
- !. nlains to California in 1849, and
Ia there and got rich, never had
- The smallest mining interest.
r =. name was Martin Murphy. He
IAN raising cattle and kept at 1t, and
- inst died at San Jose, 80 years old,
nd worth 100000.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

70 'iSs s s:Ss e. e. ss;s - G
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

NyO Gentlemen suffering from Nervous Debility Weak.
n ness, etc.: patent humbug. circular. with for.
mulla, free. Price, 81. CANNON CO., Box 1l6 Brook.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

The chief coffee-consuming country
the United states, and the coffee
,,ade is one Of the leading items OF
oor foreign commerce, the value Of
oar imports during the year past hav-
ma been $40, 949,1 This was an in
crease of nearly 100000 pounds in
me amount consumed as compared
with the previous year.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

mmnNNn@ MoEphlnc Habit Cured in 10
Co 30 DAYS. No pay Till rmred.
- wDbWu DR. J. STEPHENS. Lebanon, Ohio
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-22

,,.,iou has made more progress
.ie ,. han 10 any other country in
. i'a The cremation societies in
hO'Or ,,,ry now have more than
i ..'ao ' ..oubers. and there are beautiful
1911 J, ,,stly temples in all the principa
cites