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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

SHE WANTED TO EMBRACE THEM.-The
Washington Correspondent of the Alexan-
dria Gazette, under date Of June 30th,
says =
ssSenator Beck, accompanied by beauti-
full young lady called upon Mr.. Aleck
Boteler, of West Virginia, pardon clerk in
the Department of Justice, a day or two
ago, to urge the pardon of the brother of the
young lady referred to, who had been con-
victed Of the infraction of one of the U. S.
statutes. Mr.. Boteler did all it was posi-
BILE for him to do in the matter, and gave a
printed form of recommendation for pardon
to the Senator to take to the ATTORNEY Gen'l
for his signature, if he would approve it.
The lady remained in Mr.. Boteler's room.
In short time the Senator returned and
handed the paper back to Mr.. Botcler. The
latter hesitated about opening it, lest the
lady might faint if the pardon was denied,
and might do the same if it was recommend
ed. But finally opening it, he saw the re-
commentator had been made. Just as he
expected, the lady swooned but, recovering
herself in moment, she rose, and, opening
her arms, advanced toward him. He backed
behind his desk, and pointing to Mr.. Beck,
said, s'him, him p but when she turned to
Mr.. Beck, he retreated toward the door, and
pointing to Mr.. Boteler, repeated the latter s
words, saying, s'him, him p The lady by
that time had regained her self-possession
entirely, and advancing toward neither,
expressed her thanks to BOTH"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

A highly respected colored preacher in
Norfolk, named Pollard, has written let
ter to the Democratic editor of the Land
mark of that city, in which he says:
81 am not politician, and in no sense a
leader of the colored people, but do be-
lieve that the colored people are beginning
to realize that their interest is your inter-
est, and that your interest is their interest.
All the people in the South have one COM
mon object in view, viz: good government
and development of natural resources.
We have been enemies long enough. 1t
is time now that we should be friends"
Now these are words of real truth and
soberness, not unworthy of Mr.. Pollard S
whitest brother, and if they expressed the
feelings of all other colored preachers, or
even any considerable number of them. the
condition Of the colored people would be
vastly improved. It is mainly due to the
influence of the colored preachers of the
South that at every election the vote of the
negroes is cast solidly against the white
people of that section.-Alec. Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

ONO NEGROES STAMPEDE.-One good
Democratic sign in Ohio is the pronounced
fact that the colored people of the State
will vote as a unit against Foraker the Re-
publican candidate for Governor, as they
did two years ago. This will almost GER
tainly insure his defeat and another Demo-
craotic victory in October. Representative
colored men in Washington, who have been
in correspondence with the leader of their
race in Ohio, find that there will be a gene
raj drifting away of the colored vote from
the Republicans, and Professor Richard T.
Greener, who is a prominent Republican
speaker and was particularly active in the
last campaign, writes to a colored lawyer
in Cleveland, that ''the negro is not re-
sponsible for Republican blunders, timidi-
ty, or consequent defeats, and when the
party goes on adding insult to treachery
and cowardice, it is high time for every
selfrespecting negro throughout the coun-
try to cry shalt. ''-Lynchburg Neacs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15
Take all in all.

Take all the Kidney and Liver
Medicine.
Take all the Blood purifiers.
Take all the Dyspepsia and Indigestion
cures,
Take all the Agase, Fever, and bilious
specifics.
Take all the Brain and Nerve force
rcUi0ers.
Take all the Great health restorers.
In short, take all the best qualities of all
these and the-best,
Qualities Of all the best medicines in
the world, and you will find that-Hop
-Bitters have the best curative qualities
and powers of all-concentratcd in them,
And that they will cure when any or
all. of these, singly or-combined. Fail!!!!
"A thorough trial will give positive
proof Of this.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15
THE CEMETERY ON THE HILL.
rEor the sPEcrAToR.I

For the SPECIATOR.l
ra1m and still the dead are sleeping.
Calm and still they slumbering lie,
Many sure are with the ransoned
In the haven of the blest.
Fathers. moth ers, sisters. brothers,
In one small space gently lie,
With their days of trial ended,
And their faces toward the sky.
Many fought for freedoms glory.
Many fought for glory's pride,
Many fought with demons fierceness.
Many fought until they died.
But, alas! the warriors sleeping
In the cold and silent earth,
While his friends afar are roaming,
Finding only, finding dearth.
Christians, sinners, by each other
Lie there sleepirg in the ground,
And the Lord who knoweth all things
Will not leave the saints unbound.
And the sinner who's now sleeping
Will be called in Judgments morn,
And by demons foul and wicked
Will to hell be swiftly borne.
Many friends have long been sleeping
In the hill we now behold,
While the earth SO dark around them
Does their fragile bodies fold.
But no doubt their sleep is pleasant
AS retiring in the night,
And as soon as Jesus calls them
Some will march to join the right.
Swiftly filling, filling, filling,
Is the graveyard on the hill.
And ere long we, too, shall slumber
With those forms SO cold, sostill.
But our warfare will be ended
When we cross deaths chilling tide,
And to march with hosts of angels
Will endear the sanctified.
So when our short days are numbered
And we counted as no more,
Let us, like them, gently slumber.
Dreaming of serener shores.
And then on fair angels pinions
We will pass this vile world by,
To the bright and heavenly mansions
In the realms beyond the sky.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

The temperance education law of Maine
went into operation June 4. All children
are required to be instructed as to the "ef-
fects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and
narcotics upon the human SYSTEM" and no
certificate is to be granted to any teacher
who has not passed satisfactory examina-
ton as to such effects.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

DEFINITIONS THAT DEFINE. - Water:
The thing that makes man drunk when
he doesn't put any in.
Hops: A plant which is supported by
poles, and in turn supports the polls-espe-
cially in New York.
Schooner: A vessel that takes you hall
seas over Toice.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

CRoss-ExAMINING WITNESS. -Counsel
Ito Witness:
Was your wife with you on the occasion
referred to?
Witness: No, sir.
Counsel: Are you sure? Remember, you
are on oath.
: Witness: I am quite sure.
Counsel: Was she present with any one
else?
Witness: No, sir.
Counsel: Did you tell her that night?
Witness: No, sir.
Counsel: Or at any subsequent time?
Witness: No, sir.
Counsel: You said nothing to her what
ever?
Witness: Not word.
Counsel (getting angry: Now state to
the court the reason or reasons why you
did not consult with your wife regarding
the important events which occurred on the
occasion mentioned.
Witness: Because I haven't got wife.
~ Y Su7
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

In keeping horse fat, there is as much
in the driver as in the feed. A horse well
curried and rubbed with wooden rag
afterwards is sure to make sleek-coated
horse. and when well groomed is, we may
say, half fed. A cross and nervous driver
will fill the horse with fear and dread, and
will rapidly run the horse down. Use
any animal kindly. Always be firm and
make it mind, but never get excited. A
cool-headed driver makes long-headed
herse.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

WHO WILL COME ?-The latest sentimen-
tai agony in songs is tender ballad be-
ginning
Who will come above me signing,
When the grass grows over me.
We can't say positively who, but if the
cemetery fence is in the usual repair, it will
probably be the COW.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15
Hardened Liver.

Five years ago broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism.
Since then have been unable to be about
at all My liver became hard like wood !;
my limbs were pulled up and filled with
water.
All the best physicians agreed that moth
ing could cure me. l resolved to try Hop
Bitters; l have used seven bottles; the
hardness has all gone from my liver, the
swelling from my limbs, and it has acorked
miracle in my case; other wise l would
have now been in my grave,
J. W. MoREY, Buffalo. Oct 1, 1881.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

Keep your eyes turned inward upon your
self, and beware Of judging others. In
judging others man labors to no purpose,
commonly errs, and easily sins; but in ex-
aiming and judging himself he is always
wisely and usefully employed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

"Those only who have been tho actual
sufferers faom the malady of confirmed in
ebriety are capable of understanding how
powerless such are to withstand tempta-
ton through any human power or combina-
ton of human powers''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

SHE PULLED IN HERsELF.-"Will you
pull the bell ?' she asked of the man across
the aisle as the car reached the corner.
ono, madam, he answered with a bow,
''but l will be most happy to pull the strap
which rings the bell.'
"Ah! but never mind! the strap is con-
nected with two bells, and you might stop
the wrong end of the CARP
And the look that she turned upon him
was full of triumph veneered with cayenne
pepper.-Erchange
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUAT1oN.-
Mr.. Hubbard had petition to present to
the House of Commons last night from the
Young. Mems Christian Association, pray.
ing for better protection for girls and
young women. He might have done this
in several ways. He could have put the
petition into the bag silently, Or he could
have stated it in words given above. But
he need not have risen solemnly, and said,
without any punctuation: "Mr. Speaker, I
beg to present petition for the better pro-
lection Of girls and young women from
Association. Echo.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

REFLECTED BY Hfs WIFE's HELP.-
Lord Randolph Churchill probably owes
his reelection to Parliament from Wood
stock to the industry and fine electioneer-
ing tact of his wife. She visited every one
of the 1 1884 voters on the registry list, and
being an American, and New Yorker to
boot, she so managed the canvass that her
husband, despite the bitter opposition got
ten up by some Birmingham managers,
easily came in at the head of the poll.
When the contest opened, the Duke Of
Marlboro, who is a radical in politics, was
unfriendly to his brothers candidacy, and
Lady Churchill had to find quarters at a
hotel. But before election day came
around she had changed all that and was
installed, with her friends, in Blenheim
Palace, aud yesterday used the Dukes
carriages to bring voters to the polls. 1t is
regarded as curious combination Of Cir
cumstances that an American woman Of
untitled origin should engage with such
success in canvassing an English constitu-
ency in behalf of secretary of state for
India, making dukes palace her political
headquarters. Sun, June 18th.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15
Poverty and Suffering.

II was dragged down with debt. poverty
and suffering for years, caused by sick
family and large bills for doctoring.
l was completely discouraged, until one
year ago, by the advice of my pastor, |
commenced taking Hop Bitters, and in one
month we were all well, and none Of US
have seen sick day since, and I want to
say to all poor men, you can keep your FAM
lilies well year with Hop Bitters for less
than one doctors visit will cost. I know
it.' "A WoRKINGMAN.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

''Total abstinence is the only personal Sc
curity and the one effective example. 1t is
the only possible course for some, the only
safe course for many, and the only wise
course for every one.'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

The people of Virginia remember we'll
how the material interests of the Common
wealth were threatened prior to Mahone's
defeat in 1883. An English farmer who
had settled among us advised his friends
across the water who contemplated emf
grating not to buy land in this State so long
as Mahoneism prevailed. Had the renegade
triumphed in 1888, many of our farmers
said it was their intention to sell their
lands and leave Virginia. Life under the
misrule of the spoils gang had become
simply intolerable, and Industrial progress
would have ceased had the Democratic par
ty failed to overthrow Virginia's enemy.
Since November, 1888, contentment has
been the rule, and the outlook for our ma
terial interests has constantly frightened.
Rich. State
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

'Uncle Johnn' said Annabel," "you
must congratulate me. I am graduated. :"
"H'mp' grunted Uncle John; $50 is our
old thermometer out in the barn, but what
is it good for?"-Boston transcript.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

A wise and good man will turn exam
pies of all sorts to his own advantage. The
good he will make his patterns and strive
to equal or excel them. The bad he will by
all means avoid.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

Smile not on the legend as vain, that once
in holy hands worthless stone, becomes a
heap of silver. Let thy alchemist be con-
tentment, and stone Or ore shall be equal to
thee
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

TIE stomach absorbs food and seeks to be
rid of alcohol. Food is therefore digested;
alcohol is thrown into the circulation undi-
gested. Food warns the blood; alcohol
reduces temperature. Food nourishes; al
cohol does not. Food makes blood; alcohol
weakeni it. Food feeds the blood cells; al
cohol destroys them. Food excites health;
alcohol disease. Water is the friend Of
health; alcohol the enemy of water.-Nat'l
Tribune.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

Husband, when you see your wife's dan
der is rising, just keep your mouth shut
It'll nearly kill her, but it is the best thing
you can do. Ladies, be kind to your cook; put
yourself in her place. When the devil gets
into you and the cook both, you'll have it
let it get into you. The worst gossippers
in the city are not women, by any Means
They are men. Say amen, sisters Sam
Jones.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

A preacher who can deliver two strictly
original sermons every Sunday one in the
morning for saints, the other in the evening
for sinners, is wanted by San Francisco
society
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

BsY None genuine without bunch of
green Hops on the white label. Shun all
the vile, poisonous, stuff with ssHop', or
Chops" IN their name.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15
F'AR"EFs'
READ THE FOLLOWING:


STAUNToN, VA , May Goth, 1885.
am pleased TO be able to speak favorabiy of
fertilizer manufactured b. MI. Reeves Gait
of this city.
After a careful analysis found it to contain
about the average percentage of phosrhoric
acid and potash of the best high-grade tertili-
considerably higher. In this fertilizer, The
price falls several dollars below its com hercial
value This is point greatly in its favor.
This coHlm ercial value must be understood
to be app eciated. 1t is value of so much per
pound placed upon each constituent; take am
monia for instance: committee of chemists
of the various State Agricultural EXperime emit
Stations. which made these valuations, has
placed a value of twenty cents per pound upon
ammonia. Now let us take this fertilizer; it
contains upwards of three per cent. of ammo
MIA This would be over sixty pounds to the
ton, or a value for ammonia alone of more than
twelve dollars per ton. The sum of the value
of the other constituents found in The same
way gives the commercial value.
This fertilizer is in an excellent condition for
drilling, owing to its low percentage of mois-
ture. FRANK W. TRAPHAGEN, PHI. d.
analysts Of Blood, Bone, and Flesh Fertilizer.
Manufactured By Reeves Cst5t iStaluaton, Ia.
Available Phosphoric Acid. to ! per CD.
Insoub.e .........l to per ct.
Total ..'... 6 t. per ct.
Potash ........2 to per ct.
'-' ' FRANK w. TRAPHAGEN. Fl PM II b.
Staur ton Male Academy, Stanton, Va.
PICE PER Ton. ..........S25 W
Iwould respectfully invite the careful atten-
ton of farmers to the chemical analy sis and
the price uf the above named fertilizer. Also
to the IA that by purch asing from me you
support home industry. The money you pay
for my fertilizer will be expended largely in
our own community.
respectfully invite all consumers of fertIlI
ger to ctl at my, warehouse. No; 10 Middle
brook Street, and inspect the fertilizer in bulk.
iunel7-tf REEVES GAIT.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

-ClcerO.
Trough 0n Rats
Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants bed
bugs.
Heart Pains
Palpitaticn, Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness
Indigestion. Headache Sleeplessness cured by
wells Health Remover"
s'Kough ON Corns''
ASK for Wells Rough on Corns." 15c. Quick
complete cure. Hard or soft corns, warts, bum
ions.
sBuchu-Pa,ba''
Quick, complete cure. all Kidney, Bladder
and Urinary Diseases, Scalding. Irritation
Druggists.
Bed-Bugs, Flies.
Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice. go
pliers, chipmunks, cleared out by Rough on
Rats" 15c.
Thin People.
"Weis Health Renewer'' restores health and
vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Headache. Impotence,
Sexua. Debility. 81.
"Rough on Pain.
Cures choiera collie. cramps, diarrhoea aches
pains, sprains. headache. neuralgia. rheums-
tism zoe. Rough on Pain Piasters l5c.
Mothers.
If you are failing, broken. worn out and nerv-
Gus, use wells Health Renewer." ST.. Drug
gists.
Life Passover
If you are losing your grip on life, try wells
Health Remover" Goes direct to weak spots.
CROUCH on Piles.''
Cures Piles or Hemorrhoids, Itching, Pro
truding, Bleeding. Internal or other. Internal
and External Remedy in each package Sure
cure, SOC. Druggists.
Pretty Women.
Ladies who would retain freshness and vivac-
ity don't fail to try wells Health Remover"
Slough ON Ifcil''
Trough on Itch cures humors eruptions
ringworm, letter. salt rheum, frosted feet,
chilblains
s'ROugh on CatarrR.''
COrrects offensive odors at once. Com plete
cure of worst chronic cases, also unequaled as
gargle for Diptheria. Sore Throat, Foul Breath
soc.
The Hope of She Nation.
Children. slow in development puny, scrawny,
and delicate, use 'Wells' Health Reviewer"
Gatarrh of the BLADDER.
Singing, irritation, Inflammation, 'sall Kid
new and Urinary com plaints, cured by "Bucbu-
Paiba." 81.
ssWater-Bugs, Eoacies.''
"Rough on Rats" clears them ont. also Fee
ties. Ants. jy1-3t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

To die we'll one must first learn to live
well.-Contucius.
To live long it is necessary to live slowly.
.Cicero
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

"What is an epistleP' asked Sunday
school teacher of her class. "The wife of
an apostle, = replied the young hopeful.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

Quick, complete cure. all Kidney, Blade
and Urinary Diseases, Scalding, Irritation
Stone, Gravel, Catarrh of the Bladder s
Druggists.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

s'kOuSh Ola Rats
Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies. ants, bee
bugs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15

Palpitaticn, Dropsical swellings, Dizzines
Indigestion, Headache. Sleeplessness cured
wells Health Remover"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15
s'BUchU.Palba,

ASK for W+lis'"Roush on Corns." 15c. Quit
complete cure. Hard or soft corns, warts, bu
ions.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-07-15
"Roush on Ca4arrh.,,


COrrects offensive odOrs at once. Complet
cure of worst chronic cases, also unequaled a
gargle for Diptheria. Sore Throat, Foul Breath
Soc
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-08-07

which | had prided myself, commenc-
ed to lose her appetite, and to walk
listlessly around the yard. Soon sue
refused to eat for day or so, aud
then again her appetite would return.
In this way she struggled along for
two or three weeks, until one morning
/ found her dead under the roost.
Then trouble commenced for about
halt the birds was affected, and nearly
all OF these were dead by the end of a
week, though extra exertions in clear
ing, purifying and dislnfecting the
house saved me the remainder.
II had removed the alling bird at
once; and had taken extra pains with
the others, the loss would have been
trivial but l had to pay dearly for
that period of lax care and attention.
The combs are the first to show the
signs of sickness; for shey soon lose
their bright red color, eventually be-
coming pale ashen hue. AS began,
SO end by saying watch your fowls.
-. f. r tn Country Gentleman.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-08-07
How Corn shrinks In the CRIB.

On the 1st day of November, 1883,
Prof. Shelton. of the Kansas Agrlcul-
cultural College, placed 200 pounds OF
corn in box near the center of a 600
bushel crib. The corn was an early
variety, ripe fully seven weeks before
being husked, and drier than most
corn when stored. The Glib was soon
filed with other corn, IN which condi-
ton it remained until near spring
when portion of the crib corn was
removed, sufficient remaining at all
times, however, to cover the box. On
July 1, 1884, the box was opened and
its contents found to be in good condl.
ton, but weighing only 1872 pounds,
rather more than S per cent having
been lost by evaporation. Whether
this loss was in grain or cob, or both,
or how much in each, was not deter
mined; but by some recent expert
ments, the professor is inclined to be-
lieve the loss IS mostly from the cob.
If sold from the crib in the ear, far.
mers can see that by keeping corn a
long time they suffer quite reduction
in weight. from evaporation. The
must add to this, loss by rats, mice
and spelling when most exposed to
the elements. There must then be q
considerable advance in spring ovel
autumn prices, if money is to be made
| by keeping corn over winter.