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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-16

DIR. Pierce's "FavOrite Prescription
is a most powerful restorative tonic,
and combines the most valuable ner-
vine properties; especially adapted TO
the wants Of debilitated ladies suiier-
ing from weak back, inward fever,
congestion, inflammation, or uleera-
ton, or from nervousness or neueNsie
pains, BY druggists.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-16

st. Petersburg, July l4.-The long
continued drought IN the southern
provinces of Russia has completely
ruined the crops in that section.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-16

Madrid, July l5.-There were 1853
new cases of cholera reported in
! Spain Yesterday and 1853 deaths.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-16
Embroideries !!
EmbroiderieS

Hamburg Edgngs nice qualities 8 l-2c
Hamburg Elging good width Be.
Hamburg Edgng
Hamburg Edgng,
than the price are selling them
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-16

Every first-class dealer sells Opera
Pun Cigarettes.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-16
Horsfull &
Cameron,
WHOLESALE

HARDWARE and CUTLERY,
hH ~ Am & BARB FENCE WIRE
n, Austin 8 Fourth Sis,, Waco, lex.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-16

London, July 10. - Earthquake
shocks with great force occurred mid
night at Smyrna, and Chcsmc is Ash
Minor.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04
Digging p0tatOes-R0tting.

The unusual amount of moisture the
present season, in many parts of the
country, has caused much rotting. The
question arises, shall we dig early or allow
the tubers to remain in the soil till late in
the autumn? Here again judgment and
discretion must be used. If the soil is
heavy and wet, and the weather continuous
ly warm, the rotting will be increased by
leaving the potatoes in the ground, and it
would be better to Gig them at once. They
may then be placed in oblong heaps, not
more than two or three feet wide, on a
well drained spot of ground, and covered
just thick enough with straw to exclude
the light and prevent them from becoming
strong. Or, they may be spread on the
floor of barn or out house, and left till
freezing weather approaches before taking
them to the cellar. The mud or earth
which adheres to them will become
dry, and will crumble off il hand
ling in the removal. They will dry
better if, instead of being placed directly on
the barn floor, few rails or pieces of
scantling are placed on the floor, and across
these at right angles are laid narrow boards
with spaces between, SO as to allow free
ventilation of air from the space between
the potatoes and the floor. Those which
have been placed in the heaps in the field,
as just described, may be left there till the
approach of freezing weather, and then
carried to the cellar. Or, they may at any
convenient time be taken to the barn or
clubhouse and left there till time to store
them for winter. This would require one
additional transfer, and give better chance
to knock off all the adhering dirt, and thus
lesson the chances for the increase of the
rot.
IT, however, the soil is of lighter charac-
ter and will not adhere to the tubers, and
the ground has already become cool, there
will be no harm in allowing them to remain
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04
-sTAUNToN SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERT

FATTENIa SHEEP IN WINTER.-Com-
paratively few farmers succeed in fattening
sheep in winter. A neighbor told me yes
terday that last fall he bought one hundred
and fifty sheep, fed them straw, hay, corn
stalks, and grain, all winter, sold them for
forty-five dollars more than he paid for
them. 81 got lot of good manure" he
said, ssand that and the forty-five dollars is
all have to show for the feed and labor. 1t
does not pay
If you can buy sheep in the fall for three
cents pound, and sell them in the spring
for six cents pound, it will pay. 1t will
pay still better to but them for four cents,
and sell them for eight cents per pound
We can sometimes do even better than this.
One thing is certain: it does not pay to try
to fatten poor sheep in winter. Ii sheep
are not in good growing condition in the
fall, get rid Of them.
Ifyou are going to buy sheep to fatten,
select the very best that can be found
You do not want old sheep, and you do not
want lambs. If the sheep are long wool,
or Southdown grades, select those that are
yearlings, or two year-olds; ifmerino grades,
then year-old wethers are best Buy
more than you wanty if need be, and select
out the best to keep over winter, and sell
the poor ones now for what you can get
Careful selection is the main point.
With good sheep, liberal and regular
feeding, dry, comfortable quarters, fresh
water every day, and salt once week, fat
tening sheep in winter is decidedly profit
able to the farmer and beneficial to the
farm. In other words, it will provide both
money and manure.-JosEPH HARRIS in
American Agriculturist for November.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04
rHRoUeH The DARK RIVER.

lis, come a leetle closter, chile,
An, hor dis trenholm han:
Use sho' de ribbah's raisin' now,
feels de slippin' SAN.
Desc pe' oil laigs am shaky, chile,
Dey didn't usater be;
An honey. pint de way ahead,
Fo' desc OIL eyes can't see.
Ise wadin' in de ribbah, now;
De watah's pow'tul chill;
1 feel it creepin' up an up,
An freezin' fit ter kill.
Oars rocks an snags. an jump ons, cnlle
Dat makes desc OF feet So;
But, honey, dar is blessed rest,
Acrost on t'other sho'
lis come leetle closter, chile,
An hoP de oil ham tight;
Hit helps me fo' to wade de stream,
Hit p'ints me tow'd de light.
Say, honey, lookee dar dis 1ist onct,
Acrost on t'other sho';
Oar STAINS de good Lawd waitin' me;
hain't afeard no mo-.
Oar, chile, lego; Ise all right now;
Oars no mo- rocks nor sam.
Nor no weak laigs, nor POI blin' eyes;
De Lawd has holt my ham.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

till winter is near at hand. But they
may, with equal propriety, be dug soon,
er, provided they are placed in dry ana
cool place.
The advantage in having the tubers thor
oughly freed from all adhering earth as
soon as possible is not always sufficiently
understood, which is shown by the expert
ments which have been made by placing
them on Slated platforms and drenchlng
them with water, which has nearly always
checked at once the progress of the rottlng'
| -Countru Gentleman.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04
For the Confederate Soldiers.

GENEROUS GIFT-GEN. FITZHUGH LEE
AND THE DISABLED CONFEDERATE SOL
DIERs-THE NOBLE GENEROSITY OF Mr.
WILLIAM H. APPLETON, OF NEW YORK.
The following correspondence explains
itself:
WYTHEvILLE, VA, October 70, 1885.
Mr.. ". Fl. appleton
My Dear Sir:-In the midst of an import
ant and exciting political campaign, my
established at Richmond, Va, for the
southern soldiers who were either manned
during the late war or who have become IN
consequence broken in health and fortune,
and unable longer to support themselves
| Forty two old veterans are now at the
''Home," but the buildings there are not
sufficient to accommodate the numbers ap-
plying to be admitted.
In this emergency philanthropic gentle
men have generously come to the assistance
of the managers of the ssHome," and now
three cottages are in process of erection TO
be used as additional quarters, one by Mr..
w. W. Corcoran, Of Washington, u. g,
1 always foremost in good works, and the
other two by Messrs. Mark Downey ana
Lewis Ginter, of Richmond, Va.
| More room is still required, and my apol-
ogy for calling your attention to the mat
ter is because of your well-kncwn sympathy
and support in all charitable undertakings,
and which have been SO conspicuously
proved recently by your splendid aid and
sympathy, resulting in the establishment
| at Macon, Ca, of the Home for the Or
phans of Confederate soldiers.
If, therefore, you can help US in the eff
forts we are making to provide for the de-
clining years of our soldiers and sailors at
Richmond, you may rest assured, my dear
SIT, not only of the personal gratitude of
those who may enjoy your gratuity, but
that another link has been added to the
chain that will bind forever your memory
in the hearts of the South. | have the
honor to enclose a description and picture
of the Home" at Richmond. My duties
as candidate for Governor keep me SO con,
stantly moving that any acknowledgment
of the receipt of this communication had
best be sent to the care of my brother, Capt
Henry Lee, No. ia west Grace street
| Richmond, Va, and who will Immediately
forward it to me.
With great respect, I am your obedient
servant, FITZHUGH LEE,
President "Home."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

THE EDITOR IN THE ToILs.-Women are
Just too lovely in nawly Numbered .s :" Ii
dresses When fresh from the close COM
munion with toilet-soap and crystal water
she has the ripe peach fragrance OF Para
disc. When fellow passes to the wind
ward of lovely woman who is filling the
air with sweetness and purity as she grace
fully trips along, he delicately shifts the
air as if he had got a snatch of heavenly
perfume. God bless the women-if there
were none on earth baldheaded men would
be scarce. Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

STANDARD TIME.--East OF Huntington, 18TH
meridian, or Eastern time; West of Hunting
ton, Goth meridian, or Central time, which is
one hour slower than Eastern time.
No l. daily, except Sunday, leaves Clifton
Forge daily, except Saturday, arrives Cincin-
natl and Luuisville daily, except Sunday.
Sleeping Cars from Clifton Forge to Hunting
Nos. 2and S, daily, between Huntington and
Clifton Forge No 2, daily. except sunday,
from Richmond to Newport News, Old Point,
and Norfolk.
Nos. and 4, Solid Trains daily, with Pull
man Sleeping Cars, between Washington,
Richmond and Louisville and Cincinnati. Do
d OF stop for local business
No. 6, daily, except Sunday, from Cincinnati
and Lexington. arrives Clifton Forge daily, ex,
cept Monday; leaves Clifton Forge for Old
Point daily, except Sunday. Sleeping Cars
Huntington to Clifton Forge.
r. F. P. JUNCTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8.
leaves Richmond, except Sunday, 400 p. N :;
arrive R., F. & P Junction. $40 p.m
No 8. daily. except Sunday, leaves R., F. P.
Junction 1885 a. M; arrives Richmond S:45 ia. m.
Charlottesville passengers must take the
trains at V. M. Junction.
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage Checks, apply to
any office of G. & o. R'y; or Depot or Ticket
Office of connecting lines.
H. w. FULLER,
G. W. SMITH, 6enI Pass'r Agent.
Gen'l Manager. Octl4
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04
THE DIscoNsoLATE MERCHANT

A merchant alone in desolate store
Sang "Williow, tit-willow, tit-willow r.
I said to him, "Why are you pacing the
floor, ,,
Singing Willow, Willow, tit-willow' p
"Alas y he replied as he smothered his
cries,
81 thought it was nonsense to advertise,
An now I've no custom at all but the flies.
Oh, willow. tit-willow, tit-willow !''-
Ne,o York World.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04
HoLBRooK HALL, RIvERDALE,

HoLBRooK HALL, RIvERDALE,
NEW YORK CITY, October Is, 1885. :
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, President of the
"Home'':
My Dear Sir,-I have your esteemed
favor of the 18th in relation to the Home
established at Richmond "for the southern
soldiers who are MANNED or so broken in
health as to be no longer able to support
themselves" The charity commends itself
to me, as am pleased to note it has also to
Gen. Grant, Mr.. Corcoran, the soldiers o
the G. A. R., and to other charitable
persons and societies both North and South.
The "Home" is to be congratulated on
having for it's president one who has its in
terest so much at heart as to turn aside
from the excitement and turmoil of po-
litical canva s, as you have done, to look
after the welfare Of those dependent upon
charity for their daily bread. The honored
name you bear is a sufficient guarantee, If
there were no other, of the worthiness of
the charity, and l am glad to have the OPP
poltunity to contribute to it my mite. l
therefore enclose my check for one thous-
sand dollars, which, I observe, is the cost
of each of the cottages.
Thanking you for the kind expressions
contained In your letter, ana WIFI Sentl-
ments of the highest esteem.
Believe me, most sincerely and truly,
WILLIAM Fl. APPLETON.
The"AppletonHome" for female orphkns
of Confederate soldiers, at Macon, Ga, was
established by Mr.. William H. Appleton at
a cost of $25, 900, certain gentlemen of the
| city of Macon having donated seven acres
of ground as site for the building. Every
holiday Mr.. Appleton sends present to
each of the orphans.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

"What's the prisoners name?" sharply
asked the petulant judge.
''Smith, your Honor, replied the prison
er.
clock him up for thirty days." was the
stern decree of the judge. We've got too
many Smiths running around now"
"Well, your Honor, but 1 wasn't doing
anything"
"Wasn't doing anything Well, why
wasn't you doing something? Make the
sentence three months, We've got too
many idlers already
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

"W hat is this man charged with ?" asked
the judge. "With whiskey, your honor"
replied the sententious policeman.-Boston
Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

Il was never exactly buried alive" said
an old clerk, recounting his experience,
shut 1 once worked week in store that
did not advertise When 1 came out my
head was almost as white as you now see it.
Solitary confinement did to- Boston Bea-
pO47
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

THE ball is the paradise of youth and
love. When we have turned forty we re-
gard it as WEAKNESS and delusion, and
denounce it, perhaps, as fit only for fools.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

A great deal has been written about
learning to say no. If you would teach a
man to say no, just ask him ''if he would
like to pay that little bill to-day.-Stockton
Maverick.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

'sIn Siam the cats have their tails bang
ed" In this country the aim is to bang
their heads, but the bootjack sometimes
flies wide of the mark.-Norristown Her.
Gld
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

PLAIN English and pure from the we'll
undefled of the best writers and speakers
let that be the vehicle in which your
opinions are conveyed, and the palmer and
purer the better.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

Longfellow said: "The Sabbath is the
golden clasp which binds together the
volume of the week." and the Pretzel says
Saturday is the day that we have to hustle
to buy the clasp.-NationdL Weekly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

''There is only one thing l regret about
my execution" observed the condemned
murderer "What is it 9'' 1.-The suspense
Puck.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

We are in practical age and we want a
practical religion, which means doing the
clean thing one to another, a religion that
makes man pay the last cent he owes
Riciralist Sam Jones.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

"Gravity," said one of our learned judges,
lis no more proof of wisdom than paper
collar ia of man IS having shirt on"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

No. has Pullman Sleeper New York to Sa-
vannah, Ga, without change, via Harrisburg
and Roanoke and Washington to New Orleans
without change via B. & o. railroad and Shen-
andoah Jur ctiCn.
CONNECTIONS.
at Hagerstown, Md, with the Western Mary
land Railroad to and from Baltimore, Freder-
Ick, Emmittsburg. Gettysburg. Pennar. Way
nesborO, Pa, and points on the Western Mary
ta.. ID Railroad and branches.
With the Cumberland Valley Railroad to and
from Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg
Chambersburg, Mercersburg, Martinsburg, and
branches.
Also to and from Pittsburg and the West and
Northwest. and Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, and the North and East.
At Shenandoah Junction, w. Va, with Main
Line of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to and from
Washington and the West.
At Waynesooro junction, Va, with Chesa.
peake Ohio Railway to and from Green briel
White sulphur Springs and Richmond.
o. makes close connection with C. & D. Il. r
East and West bound Trains NO. 8 makes close con.
n-ction West bound.
At Loeb Laird, with Lexington Bracnh OF
Richmond Il Allegheny Railroad.
At Buchanan with Main Line of Richmond
& Allegheny Railroad.
At Roanoke, with Norfolk & Western Rail-
road.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Boyce, for Wildwood and Winchester. Va.
At Troutville for Fincastle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

A woman may work from sun to sun, but
collectors work is always dun.-The
Rambler.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

81 go through my work." as the needle
said to idle boy. "But not till you art
hard pushed" as the boy said to the
needle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

If rich, it is easy enough to conceal oq1
wealth; but if poor, it is not quite so easy
to conceal our poverty. We shall find that
it is less difficult to hide thousand guineas
than one hole in our COAT Cotton.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

sAll want is justice" said the tramp.
''Three MONTHS said the justice. Phila-
delphia Call.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

Wear little jewelry. A man never looks
to less advantage than when he enters into
competition with a jewelers. show window.
The love of charms, and trinkets and rings
is survival of barbarism.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04
TMPORTANT NOTICE TO FARMERS.

By reading the following article YOU will be
convinced that REEVES Gait offers you the
cheapest high grade f ERTILIZE It
on this Market
1 re pectfu ly invite any one to call at my
and see for themselves how 1t is made and
what it is made or
If kept in dry place it can be kept any
length of time. and it will always be ready to
drill-being worked up very dry, 1t drills per-
fectly. The material is gathered up from my
own and other slaughter houses of the city,
and is purely a home enterprise.
Mr.. b. F. EAKLE has consented to manage
the business of selling. delivering, and mas ing
settlement OF the above named Fertilizer
Give him call at his Office in the store-room
Of Mr.. VIM Eakle. opposite the Courthouse,
Mr.. Fl. NJ. McIihany's old stand.
Respectfully, REEVES GAIT.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04
Home Items and Topics.
-"All your own fault
If you remain sick when you can

-'All your own fault
Ii you remain sick when you can
Get hop bitters that never-Fail.
The weakest woman, smallest child,
and sickest invalid can use hop bitters
with safety and great good.
Old men tottering around from Rheu-
matism. kidney trouble or any weakness
will be made almost new by using hop bit
tiers.
w My wife and daughter were made
healthy by the use of hop bitters and rec
ommend them to my people.-Methodist
Clergyman.
Ask any good doctor if hop
Bitters are not the best family medicine
On earth !
-Malarial fever, Ague and Biliousness,
will leave every neighborhood as soon as
hop bitters arrive.
MY mother drove the paralysis and
neuralgia all out of her system with hop
bitters. Ed. Oswego Sun.
GB Keep the kidneys healthy with hop
bitters and you need not fear sickness.
The vigor of youth for the aged and
infirm in hop bitters
(-"At the change of life nothing equals
( Hop Bitters to allay all troubles Incl
dent thereto"
1.-THE best periodical for ladies to take
monthly, and from which they will receive
the greatest benefit is hop bitters."
Thousands dis annually from some
form of kidney disease that might have
been prevented by timely use of hop bit
tiers.
Indigestion, weak stomach, irregulari-
ties of the bowels, cannot exist when hop
bitters are used.
A timely = y use of hop
Bitters will keep a whole family
In robust health a year at little cost
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04
Il QUESTION ABOUT
BT0zvm'S Iron
Bz1zeY.s
ANS WERED
ANS WERED.

The question has probably been asked thousands
of times, How can Browns Iron Bitters cure every
thingY" Well it doesn't But it does cure any disease
for which reputable physician would prescribe IRON
Physicians recognize Iron as the best restorative
agent known to the profession. and inquiry of any
leading chemical firm will substantate the assertion
that there more preparations of iron than of
elusvely that iron is acknowledged to be the most
important factor in successful medical practice. 1t is
however remarkable fact. that prior to the discov
cry Of BROWNS IRON BITTERS no perfect
H satisfactory iron combination had ever been found
BROWNS IRON BITTERStaSSssss s ass i ssass
headache or produce constipation other iron
medicines do. BROWNS IRON BITTERS
cures Indigestion, Biliousness, Weakness,
Dyspepsia. Malaria, Chills and Fevers,
Tired Feeling, General ID ebility, Pain in the
Side, Back or Limbs, Headache and Neural.
g;a-for all these ailments Iron is prescribed daily
BROWNS IRON BITTERS mo. nsy suss does do :
minute Lila all other thorough medicines it acts
slowly When taken by men the first symptom Of
benefit is renewed energy The muscles then become
frmer the digestion improves the bowels active
In ,comen the effect is usually more rapid and marked
The eyes begin at once to brighten the skin clears
up; healthy color comes to the cheeks; nervousness
disappears; functional derangements become reeu
lar, and if a nursing mother. abundant sustenance
is supplied for the child Remember Browns Iron
Btters is the ONLY iron medicine that is not in
furious. Physicians and Druggists recommendI
The Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed red lines
on wrapper TAKE NO OTHER.
novl2 Silly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04
SOLUBLE SUPER-PHOSPHAT
g ANNOTATED
PURE SOUTH CAROLINA BONE,
PURE DISSOLVED ANIMAL &"
AMMONIATED DISSOLVED ..

We sell lso FL OATS OF SOUTH CARROLL
Ma PURE RAW BONE and MISSOURI
BONE MEAL, SULPHATE SODA, KANT,
SULPHATE OF AMMONIA. OIL VITRIOL-
such chem Gals as farmers need in com posting,
and all first class goods.
We wish the practical and substantial farmers
to continue the use OF ourgoods and will max g
terms reasonable to those who want them on
time. Those who wish to buy for cash viii get
their moneys tOorth of us.
We have Fertilizer houses at Raphine man.
aged by Messrs. Hutchinson u Stuart, and at
Weyers Cave station, B. & o. R. r., by Mr.. w.
F. Whitmore. and are also prepared to deliver
goods at all Stations on the shenandoah Val
ley, Valley, and G. & o. Railroads. We offer
special inducements to clubs in carload lots,
augl2 BAKER BROS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-04

Having determined to sell Fertilizer this
season, took great pains to examine into the
merits of Fertilizers generally, and according
to my Judgment the Fertilizer now manufac-
tn ed by MIR. Reeves Gait is the best for the
money now offered on this market, and it is
with pleasure and confidence that | offer
BLOOD. BONE, and FLESH FkRTILIZER
to my friends and the public; then it is a home
enterprise-if there is any profit in 1t the
money will be spent in our midst.
augl9-tf b. F. EAKLE.