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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

Early Sunday morning frame tenement
house on the Test side OF South Marlzet street,
caught fire in the roof from a stove pipe. The
prompt presence of the Fire Companies saved
the building. Very little damage was done
The house belongs to Mr.. W. F. Summerson.
THE DISTRICT FAIR.-Next Tuesday, the
18th instant. is the day appointed for meet
ing in this city of representatives from several
contiguous counties, with the view of forming
a District Agricultural Association and Fair
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

Their large stock, and their well-known
taste merchants, entitle them to receive .
large custom from the transient, as well as
regular, buyers,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

In the treatment of rheumatism, govt, neu.
ralgia, tic douloureuX. kemi-crania, sciatica,
&C., Salvation Oil should be applied to the
parts Affected, and thoroughly rubbed in, SO as
to reach the seat of the disease Price % cents
a bottle,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

If you want to buy nice NEW MARKET
VESFEE or yACAAE EFT. go to-
D. A. hAYS ER 81 CO.'S.
They have a few left which can be bought at
BOTTOM PRICES. deceit
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

The business in boots and shoes crosses the
mind of many people whether willing or not to
entertain thoughts which concern ones priv
lege of going bare footed or dressing the under
standings in the fashions OF the day.
C. l.. WELLER
Invites an examination of his Christmas goods
in boots, shoes, slippers. hats. caps, umbrellas.
&c. He makes fine display, and wants to see
every person, whether buying for themselves,
or handsome presents for Others.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09
A FEW HINTS
FOR THE USE OF

Dose. ITO rsore the bosc-
els gently, 2 TO 4 Pills,
thoroughly, 4 to 6 Pills..
Experience triH decide tie
proper dose ia each case.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

/ Total vote cast for Governor, 2S9 OIL; for
observation-disclosures 284 0)3.
For Governor there were II scattering votes
and for Lieutenant-Go Governor SO
From Scott county the vote for Lieutenant
Governor was not received.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

China, glass, and silver, fancy goods and
household ornaments cutlery and furnishing
goods. OF all the stores none present more at
fractions than such are well and tastefully
stock ed in the lines named above. Two young
gentlemen, who are an acquisition to the mer-
camille interests of the city, having become
purchasers of the former business of G. B. Som
erville & Co., make as rich a display as could
be wished for when the most fastidious are out
buying the goods indicated above.
TREIBER & CoYNER
a few days since made known through the
their purpose OF conducting the es-
adjustment to which reference has been made
They appear again in a number of locals and
give the public full idea of what can be found
there. The 'rich and the poor alike can find
useful and tasteful articles for Christmas pres
ents. IT is only necessary to read their an
nouncements to be informed. Table cutlery at
this house is speciality. Then all manner OF
patterns and styles of lamps. toilet dinner
and tea-sets are without number. and from the
lowest to the higher prices. Ice-cream sets.
too, are there, capable of making that delight.
full luxury in few minutes. The city will
probably soon have q constant supply of ice at
lower rates than formerly, and every family,
however humble their means, can have this
enjoyable repast. The well-known salesman,
Mr. Herman Pforr, Is still on hand at this
house. He, as well as Mr.. ]. H. Phelps, who is
also there, expects to conduct a lively trade
this season.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

This powder never varies. A marvel of pu-
rity, strength and wholesomeness More eco
nomical than the ordinary kinds and cannot be
sold in competition with the multitude or low
test, short weight alum or phosphate powders.
Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co.,
LOG Wall ST., N. Y. nov1S SLY
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC LIQpoRs.

Burke & Bradley renew their announcement
for the sale of imported and domestic liquors,
wholesale and retail.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09
1885.
CHRIS TN A S I!
THE ADVANCE MOVEMENT sue
CESSFUL-THE MAIN LINE IN
ACTION THE RESERVES
ARE COMING.
wao ARE IN FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE.

THEY COME WITH ALL MANNER OF
GOODTRINGS, FROM WHEELBARROW-
OCAR-LOADS-ALLF FOR THE MER-
RY CHRISTMAS TIMEs-"NOTE
THE PHR ASEOLOGY AND
MARK THE APPLICATION" AS
THE BOOM IS ANNOUNCED-C COME
ONE, COME ALL-TWO MORE ISSUES
OF THE SPECTATOR IN WHICH
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

and in his "Old Plea" advertisement the rest
of the story can be found. Standard books in
sets, photograph and autograph albums. floral
illustrated hymns, toys. Christmas cards, pic
ture-frames. operaglasses, &C., fill up his we'll
arranged store.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09
LOEB BROTHERS.

LOEB BROTHERS.
ular house at the corner of New and
is has word to say as events move
pets and general dry goods, Loeb
make wonderful exhibit in ex-
and variety of prices. And then
ion and how vast the quantity
ant goods and wearing apparel
persons of all ages, they Offer
to examine to find something
is. and behold everything in
opriate for children and up
to ! he venerable matron, "It
edged TACT that we keep every
Gay ask for, and plenty of it" is
motto. The store is a full one, and
bt to draw largely of the crowds who
l way.
nber of locals particular invitation
rom the long-established house of
D. A. KAYsER & Co.
and all in want OF. or proposing to
lonable and sessonabie goods. They
ked down dress goods to q lower fig
inter-, and can show beautiful sty les
rgains. These pretty silk handker-
ubtiesG become in many instances
presents. The old. as well as the
enjoy such gifts.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09
Vote for Governor and Lieut. Governor in
1885.

Governor. Lt.-Governor.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

Here they come from Middlebrook; Green
Se not heard from; Newport to come in. The
1s,hprders OF Riverheads District in the
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

And now comes display at a popular drug
and fancy goods S tore on Main street.
BERKELEY & WALTERS
at the head, but at the counters will be found
several young gentlemen, who always please
and never tail to sell. Under the head of BUS
i2e$s Notices" will be found short catalogue
he kinds OF fancy articles which are lavish
Aelayed on the counters and In the large
rs Of their pretty store.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09

VyIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Office OF the
Court of Hastings fer the City of StauH-
ton. November 18th, 1885,
The City Of Staunton Plaintiff.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-12-09
LIE BROTHERS

standard font ana Off, Subordinate and
measure by its rules, and not content with
that association he goes away back to crafty
his tastes and looms up with the "od style"
when he introduces his Christmas greetings
That font of type was favorite with the young
and accomplished Englishman. who, in the
fifteenth century, introduced into his own
country from Germany the art of printing by
movable types. AS he was the first by the ad-
vanced method to print books in the English
language, 1t is natural that book merchant
snould fall in with the views of one whose his
tory is so endeared to our civilization. But this
is all of
, 1885-03-12
THE coLoRgo FOLKS BALL.


Two Distinct Glasses Of CoIored Peopis In
the City OF New York.
r'F1ansur's" New York Letter.l
The series Of balls which nave bean given
during the rast week in the Madison Square
garden have been immensely amusing. both
In their novelty and the keen enjoyment OF
the people who participated in them. Tn
Plumbers association, Retail Grocers' nsso-
citation. tho Engineers, and last. but not
least, a big ball given by the proprietors and
editors OF journals for the benefit Of the col
ored people, served to make the week at tho
Madison Square garden one OF f~estivity and
JOY.
There were nearly 1900 negroes in the
garden by . o'clock, and they had sand
witches, lager beer, ice cream, kronk beer,
apple pie, cranberry tarts. red herrings, and
cigars in profusion. Negroes dance naturally.
it comes as easy to them as singing, and I
have seldom seen any moro graceful waltz
ing than that OF some of the handsomely
dressed mon and women from the uptown
colony Of negroes OF New York. There are
two distinct clnsses Of our colored popula-
ton. The common" negroes, rs they are
called, by which Is meant the hard workers,
unpretentious drossers, and poverty-stricken
members Of their race, live in the vicinity
Of Prince, Sullivan, Thompson, and Houston
streets, in n neighborhood which Is nearly
two miles below tho fashionable dwelling
house district The well-to-do, highly re-
spectacle, dandyfied, and protentious colored
people, however. nearly all belong to an up
town colony which is in the vicinity OF
Twenty-sixth street.
Sixth avenue Is the night promenade for
these negroes, and some OF them live In a
style which Is rather astonishing to people
out OF town. Many of the colored porters,
j~anitors and rcstaurnnt-keepers In lower
New York nave an income as high as 5000,
and they live In flats and apartments, with
their servants, and bring up their
children at tho public schools with all the
advantages Of public education There are
colore1 women In this district, and hun
dreds of them at that who are
thoroughly educated, dress quietly and
IN perfect taste, and talk quite as
well as many Of their white sisters.
! know what l am talking about in this
case, because l a an extensive tour once
among these people, in company With a de
~tcctlve. The residents OF this section are
the dandy niggers," as they are called,
slim, graceful and swinging young bucks,
who may be seen parading on Fifth avenue
Sunday afternoons. They are Wallets. wait
ers. buffers. clerks and light p%orters, and
every penny they earn goes on their backs.
They have no end Of clothes, and are given
70 appearing in the most startling contrasts.
Their affections are conferred particularly
in over-gaiters, which they wear In all col
ors, iron bright green to dark maroon. In
the matter Of attire they are uncommonly
gorgeous at their ball at Madison Square
garden And they danced till the carly
hours Of the morning with the utmost dc
light Hundreds Of them came to the ball
IN carriages, and quite a number OF them
were In dress suits.
, 1885-03-12

Interview with Pittsburg Florlstl
just now the fashionable rage is for loose
flowers. roses, carnations, lilies OF the valley,
hyacinthA. These are scattered promiscu-
ously over the table at swell dinner parties,
and have a most pleasing effect The latest
development In roses Is the Bennett tea rose.
1t wa reared by an English horticulturist,
and Is the popular flower in tho east now.
This rose is Of a deep crimson hue. some
thing similar to this "Jack" rose. 1t is GER
tainly a beautiful flower, and they are
matched up eagerly in New York
at 81 per bud. A bouquet Of Ben
nett roses, you can well understand, rep
resents quite an Investment The Marshal
Mel rose Is still a prime favorite; IL sells for
% cents. The pearl, a pretty yellow rose,
brings 10 cents, and the Duke OF Connaught,
a fine dark red rose, commands 50 cents
Lilies are worth 80 cents, cnmellias Is cents
and carnations 3 cents.
have received word that two Of the lead
ing florists Of New York city have packages
OF rare seed locked up in the vaults Of the
Safe Deposit company there which are
worth four times their weight in gold. Tho
horticulturists are in quite a stew about 1t.
too. They wan to find out just what varie-
tics arc represented in that package. By
the way, corsage bouquets are running into
mammoth proportions just now. The ladies
want them about twice the size Of an ordin-
airy hand bouquet. and ask for all hues and
varieties.
, 1885-03-12
OVER 4 SEA

Trhe ArKosy.J
l am looking back through the days and
weeks
And "A waking spirit stirs and speaks,
The spirit or dead years gone before.
Speaks with a murmur Of mournful signs,
In n voice that carries the sound Of tears,
And, lighting the lamp of its passionate
1t opens the ahroud of the buried years.
The wind Is blowing up from the void,
The stars are shining down ON the sea,
But the wind Is bleak, and tho light Is cold,
And it's only OF pain they speak to me
For the wind once toyed with a silken tress
And the stars once shone on a sanity
And how can n faithful love grow lessi
Or n new love take the old loves placei
The sea Is swirling up to my feet,
Singing its monody, soft and low;
But the song OF the sea Is deadly sweet,
For I mind how IL slew me years ago.
We have been parted, | and she,
With many a hundred miles between,
And now she was coming across the sea,
lOh, the sky was blue and the waves were
greenD
Coming-and yet she never camel
Meotmg-and yet we INST no morel
She heard me not when / called her name,
Though the dead might have heard mo On
that shore.
Oh. love, though my eyes but dimly see.
There Is hope in my pathway where 1
tread,
That over the sea thou wilt sail to me,
In the day when the sea gives up her dead.
, 1885-03-12
Never WIN Quarrel Again.


l1mChEo hAofAaa AcatiofF
"Times must be getting pretty hard with
the lawyers" remarked a travelling man.
AT least that's what it looks like. My wife
and l live in a fiat in town. You know in
these flats everybody knows everybody else's
business My wife and l nave our little spats,
as / s'pose all married folks do. About three
months ago we had quite a little quarrel
and talked pretty loud at each other,
both bein' excited. While we were at il l
heard a slight noise at our door, turned and
looked, and there came a card sliding In
under the door, and on 1t was printed the
name and address Of a lawyer who lives in
tho building, and ON 1t he had penciled;
Divorces promptly attended to" He was
soliciting our trade, you soc, but hen never
get IL When we saw that my wife and /
made up and swore we would never quarrel
again. So oven q snealdng little lawyer Is
capable OF doing some good In this world,
Won see
, 1885-03-12

0s THE fourth Of March Speaker Car.
Isle laid down the symbols of the authori-
ty which during two sessions he has exer-
cised in the house Of representatives.
Elected after a sharp struggle among
the Democratic members of the house, by
those who sought preferment for him as a
man of extreme ideas concerning free
trade and the tariff, ii is proper to say
that he has discharged his duties with
moderation, wisdom and integrity, to the
advantage Of the public aud to the salts
faction of just men of every party 1t
may perhaps be alleged that he has in
some measure been lacking in that resist
less energy in pushing forward public
business. which has characterized some of
bis predecessor; but certainly no one has
ever exceeded him in fairness, in courtesy
or in fidelity to the obligations Of that ex-
allied station Without yielding anything
Of the Just claims ofhis party, he has con-
eiliated the respect and confidence OF his
political opponents Of every name; and
the unanimous resolution Of thanks passed
at the close Of the session, was I sincere
expression Of the respect and esteem felt
for him on all sides Of the house.
Who win be speaker of tho next house.
will in due time be determined by the
caucus Of the Democsatice majority; but
, 1885-03-12

A@
How did Gordon happen 70 20 10 KhAr-
touml The first proposal to that effect ap-
peared in tho Pail Mall Gazette, and it has
been supposed that the idea originated with
that paper; but the New York Evening Post
says IL has good grounds for believing that
il originated in an entirely different manner
that Gordon telegraphed the editor of the
Gazette suggesting himself AS the man to
solve the Egyptian problem and asking
whether the editor would support hin An
affirmative answer was sent, the editor "rep
resentei' the paper in an interview at South
ampton, and the two or three articles which
were supposed TO be expressing the demand
or the people were written by Mr.. Stead In
Gordon's own study, and sub mitted to him
In manuscript before being sent to London.
TIE Post says; ave wonder whether Gordon
sought divine. guidance on that occasion by
his usual method of tossing a h%alfpenny. II
so, his fatalism betrayed him at the crisis OF
his life -
, 1885-03-12
THE CLIMATE OF MANITOBA.

A woman's Experience Near Winnipeg
what Jack Frost Does at Home.
lwlnnepeg Cor. Philadelphia Press.l
And this brings mo to speak about my ex-
perience OF the climate of Manitoba The
variations Of temperature are very great 1
have seen the Thermometer stand at 1875 10
grees inside a tent in summer, and at So de-
grees below zero, or 10 degrees below freez-
ing point, outside the house in winter. Such
Arctic cold would DO uncomfortable II the air
were not so wonderfully dry and clear-and
often very still-that 1t does not seem half
as cold as It really is. Then the changes Of
weather are not generally very sudden; the
heat and cold arc very regular, and in mid
seasons the thermometer does not fiuctuate
much.
Perhaps a few homely details may best
serve to illustrate what winter in Manitoba
means. The snow outside our house is from
six 10 ten feet deep from November 10 April.
Moccasins, made by Indians Of moose-skin,
are used instead of shoes 10 cover the feet.
which aro first cased in several pairs Of
stockings
We were forced 20 melt snow for all the
water we used last winter. The cold Is so
intense that when melted snow water Is
poured from the boiler into a pail, and
taken at once across TO the stable, the Ice on
IL frequently has 10 be broken with a
stick before the cattle can drink. IL
is rather a common sight to see peo-
Pile partly frozen. The part affected turns as
white as as marble, and loses all feeling. IN
less you see yourself in a glass, or are told
Of IL, you are not conscious Of being frozen
In this plight 1t Is best not TO go near a fire,
as sudden thawing Is very painful. People
generally try friction, rubbing themselves
with snow or batter atf1 with naraf1na oil
Occasionally, when one Is frozen, and far
from help, the part frozen, IL an extremity,
will snap Off. Last year a man living about
thirty miles from US was told that his ear
was frozon; he put up his hand to feel, and
the ear dropped of in his hand. Limbs some
I lines ave to be amputated from severe
frost-bites My kittens ears froze and broke
off last winter. and a neighbor's pony lost
Its ears In the same way.
| was surprised when / first found the
mustard freeze in my mustard pot, which
stood a foot from the kitchen stovepipe and
two feet above the stove, where there wasa
blazing fire all day and every day through
the winter. Yet the mustard : ,zo between
every ln-al Bread frozo flsfa for half an
hour IA. r. room without a hire.
Such stories must sound almost Incredible
except to those who like myself nave wit
messed the facts, though, Of course, only in
the mlst severe weather.
Winter Is, Of course, not equally sever
throughout Part Of my description applies
only TO It's colder half. But to a woman the
most trying part OF a winter In Manitoba is
not It's severity-for you live in a warm
house-but It's length. Snow lay on the
ground last season for six months and a half,
and tho great lakes were frozen for the same
, 1885-03-12
ABOUT PEOPLE

Mrs. Helen M. Hoyt the widow Of
jesse Hoyt, the New York millionaire,
has announced her intention to go to jail
rather than become a witness in her daugh-
ter's contest of her husbands will The
contest is for a division of the $4,000. 900
which Mr.. Hoyt left behind him.
John Esten Cooke. the novelist, has
taken up his permanent residence at a fine
old Virginia country house in the beauti-
ful Shenandoah valley. His time is div
ided between hunting and other favorite
pursuits Of Virginia country gentlemen,
and literary work of various kinds-his-
tory, fiction and criticism.
, 1885-03-12

Lord Garmoyle can appreciate a good
story-when he tells IL himself. His ad-
venture with n cobra when in India shows
him TO be a nan of nerve. Il was awak-
ened one night by n severe pain in one of
my toes. Looking Town in the dim light
cast by the moon / was Mortified TO discover
that l was being bitten by a cobra, the most
poisonous Of reptiles. To stop TO kill the
snake would be to let the insidious poison do
its deadly work. l did not hesitate, how
ever, but, swiftly snatching my revolver
from beneath my pillow, with hasty aim ]
shot off the wounded toe, while another
empty chamber Instantly told Of a dead
cobra have only four toes on my left foot
now. you know
, 1885-03-12

80 ONAA&t -A'AaA
When Reverdy johnson, the famous Bal
timore lawyer, was in Glasgow, he was in
vite1 to the art dinner, and falling asleep
over the post-prandial speeches lonly too
naturaD. woke suddenly on hearing the
name OF johnson" in a list OF Scotch
painters which one Of the orators was enum-
Grating; at once plunged up under the i'm
preston that somebody was drinking his
health; and Immediately, and with over
flowing amiability, began returning thanks.
The spectacle was then presented TO the as
tonished company of tho American Eagle
being restrained by the coat-tails from
swooping at the moon, while the smaller
birds endeavored to explain to 1t how the
case stood.
This was ON a larger scale, but hardly
more amusing, than what happened in the
acme OF a Methodist minister nearer home.
He had as guests two fellow-preachers who
were deaf. On asking one OF them to lead
in prayer at family worship each supposed
be was the one invited, and so both kneeled
down and commenced. Both being deaf,
tho host had no little difficulty in stopping
one and explaining the precise state of the
case.
, 1885-03-12
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No risk is incurred az thirty days trial is
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, 1885-03-12
rsa-orowInr in the caus..u.-

Owing TO tho growing depression In the
wheat crop the Russian government has
decided to start the coming summer a tea
plantation on a large scale at Soukum, Kali,
in the Caucasus region, and to Import coolies
from China to work it. Experiments in a
small way have proved that tea can be
grown in the Caucasus, but so far it has cost
almost as much per pound as that grown BY
tho United States government in South
Carolina, which was a matter Of g.. 50 a
pound or Whereabouts. Russians are great
tea-drinkers. importing annually ~ 1000. 0O0
pounds, one-half Of which is brought over
land across Siberia and the remainder "a
Odessa aud Cronstadt by sea
, 1885-03-12

To all who are suffering from errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, &c, | will
send a receipt that will cure you, FREE
0PCHARGE. This great remedy was
discovered by a. missionary in South
America. Send self addressed envelope
TO Rev. Joseph I. Inman, Station d.,
New York.
, 1885-03-12

lDctrolt rfcc IrcH@l
Ho had hailel n pedestrian 10 ask for
money enough to get him a lunch, when the
gentleman exclaimed:
"Whatl l gave you money yesterday"
~Yes'r.n
And l saw you walk straight to a saloon
and spend iti'
$50 l did, SIR
And what kin Of a mar are your
zone 10 be depended on, sir. l ask for
money to buy a lunch AMI spend it in
whisky. never tell but the one story, and
l never vary from the programmed"