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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12
City ~ Offices.

The best and most popular restaurant in Staun-
ton for ent.-Baptist Dennis havi determined
to quit business account of his health, the place
he now occupies is for rent. Possession given LIST
of May, perhaps sooner.
febI23 81 FO. HEYDENRICH.
Cleanse the blood with Ayers sa,saparilla, al d
realize what poor health you have had,
feb 12-1t
An old and intimate friend of mine is Parker's
Haif Balsam have used 1t five years, and could
not do without it, 1t has stopped my hair from
falling restored its natural black color and wholly
cleansed IL from dandruff:-MisS Pearl Aneson st.
Louis, Mo. feb slime
Ayers Pills cure headache, Send ct stamp
to DR. j Aver & Co., Lowell Mass for set of
their attractive album cards, feb Il 1t
PRETTY WoMEN-Ladies who would retain fresh
ness and vvacity. don't fail to try wells Health
Renewer.
ROUGH ON PAIN''-Cures cholera collie, cramp
diarrhGa, aches. pains. sprains headache, neu
ralgia, rheumatism Zoe Rough on Pain Plasters
l5c.
Use Dixie Condition Powders for Horses. Cattle
Sheep. Hogs and Fowls. and save them.
MARRIOTT
rough On itch. "-"Rougb on Itch'' cures hu
mors eruptions, ringworm, letter. salt rheum,
frosted feet. chillblains
Call at the Augusta Shaving and Hair Cutting
Saloon, and get a frst-class Hair Cut and Dry
Shampoo for Christmas Under the Bank, corner
Main and Augusta Sts Staunton
declS GEO. C. ESPENSHIED Prom
ROUGH ON PILES Cures piles or hemorrhoids
ltchlng. protrudng, bleeding, internal or other
Internal au1 external remedy in ea;a packa.
Sure cure, SOC. Druggists.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12
NJ "a H2RIED.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9th 1885,
near Kaphine, by Rev W. II lddon, Mr. Jno.
Geoshort and Miss Maggie Helnick-all of Au-
eusta county.
KEISER-WYNANT AT the home of Mr.. j. D.
Cullen near kealton Fauquer county, Va. on
lup Mr. Juniu, N Keiser Of Augusta county,
and Miss Adj Fl. Wynant of Rockingham.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office at Staunton, Au-
gusta county, Va, Feb. 18th, 1886.
LADIES LIST.
Brown Alice j. fferson. Elizabeth
Bushong, kaue Jones, Evner
Black, Fannie Morris, Mrs Ellen
Sowing. Eudosla Magill Sarah
Campbell, Maggie Wartime, Maggie
Curry. Maria & Payne Laura
Dickerson Mrs Julia Raggliny Lucy-2
Femming Mrs Manuel Smith, Mrs Grace
Jones, Mfs Sallie Smith, Joel
GENTLEMEN
Anderson, W G Mcdonald Riley
Alder r NJ Mills Johnny
Bar D wv Ott Jebn
Blackwell. VIM Rawson VT
Jones, Shannon, G
LipScomo WIN smiley. Thos NJ
Mills, VIM L Wade, A
The above letters, if not called for within
thirty days. will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office Parties calling for them will please
say they We're advertised.
W. A. BURKE. P. NJ
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DIED.

THOM.-1n January at Fredericksburg Miss
Catherine TIL m, daughter of the late Reuben T.
Thom of that city.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

TIMES ARE HARD-THE PEt.FLE MUST EcoNoMIzE!i!
Parties using Anthracite Goal will save money
by buying Crushed Coke Has all the properties
of Anthracite Coal Can be used in furnaces, self
feauing stoves and CRATES. Only costs $3.50 per
ton. Give it a trial Leave your orders at No.
e. Main street, Pages Old stand.
w. G. lSINNEY, Agent,
Janis 1t Tor Connelsvi.le Coke.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

Cleanse the blood with Ayers sa,saparilla, al
realize what poor health you have had,
feb 12-1t
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

Save your valuable animal by using Dixie Cond
tiOI Pow 4ers. mar20-f
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

DEAR MoTHERs.-Your children will give 20
maly thanks if you do not let them suffer with
pains, colics and diarrh9as.. even when babes
but relieve them with Dir. Fahrney's Teething
RIP AS ficilitates diflic: lit Ieething. For
sale at Drug Stores. june5-ly
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

smooth complexion can be had by every lady
who will use Parker's Tonic. or promptly regu-
lating he liver and kidneys and purifying the
blood there is nothing like it, I'D this is the rea
son why it Sc quickly removes pi mples and gives
rosy bloom to the checks, feb slime
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

MoTHERs-If you are falling, broken. worn out
and nervous use wells Health Remover" 81
Druggists
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T livery! IIVERY!.
25th dou of Fbruaru ne;

at my office. to state the several accounts required
by decree entered Insaid cause on the 10th day of
June, 1888, at which time and place YOU are rea.i T.
ed to appear without further notice,
JNO. Nj, KINNEY.
laL29 1t Commissioner.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

Insure with the Preferred Mutual Accident AS
ISOLATION. The best and most economical man
ed Mutual Accident Association In h., wo Id
INSURES PREFEkRFD RISKS ONLY, and is
thereby enabled to give lower rates and greater
nefts han other reliable Accident Com
pany or ASS ,tiation.
VIM j. PERRY, Agent,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

Ayers Pills cure headache. Send ct stamp
to DR. j. Aver & Co., Lowell Mass for set of
their attractive album cards, feb Il 1t
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

Got ESPENSHIEDS if you want a Nice Shave
Hair Ut or Dry shampoo. Everything done uI
in First-Class Style at his place. decls
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

PRETTY WOMEN-Ladics who would retain fresh
ness and vivacity don't fail to try Wells Health
Remover"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

LIFE PaEsERvER If you are losing your grip
on life, try ''Wells Health Remover" Goes direct
to weak spots.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

rough On itch. "-"Rougb on Itch" cures hu
mors, eruptions, ringworm, letter. salt rheum,
frosted feet. chilbains
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

ROUGH ON PILES. Cures piles or hemorrhoids
itching. protruding. bleeding, internal or other
Internal aut external remsty in ea;a packa.
Sure cure, 50c Druggists.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

ROUGH ON PAIN'-Cures cholera collie, cramp
darrh9a, aches. palms. sprains, headache, neu
ragia, rheumatism Zoe. Rough on Pain Plasters
15c.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

4 letter was received rom Fl. W. Fuller,
Esq. the General PASSENGER Agent Of the
G. u .. railroad, in response to the ap-
plication by the committee of the Chamber
for such modification Of local passenger
rates to this town, as might create a lar
ger passenger traffic and aid our trade -
MIR. Fuller expressed a hearty willingness
to aid Staunton. but said it could not be
done without a general reduction, as
every station would soon apply for the
same rates. Such general reelection was
not in the power Of the company. Il
already issued pass books at the low rate
of two cents per mile, and a lower rats
would not be feasible.
CHARTERING THE INSTITUTION.
A resolution was adopted in favor Of
Commerce and Il committee Was appoint
ed to attend to il.
THE sECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The Secretary, Col. j. T.. Shields, read
his annual report, which was brief and
clear. The Chamber orga niZed year ago
with 40 MT mbers. and now numbers IS
There have been two removals fr1m the
city, one withdrawal, and one death, to 1T
of A. G.. Woods. 1t has paid all its ex-
penses and has on hand in cash and avail,
able resources $i24 40.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Messrs. j. A. Cochran, Adulph Loeb,
and Chas. l.. Weller. the Committee CT
the Board of Directors, to examine tie
Secretary's Office, reported: Having ex-
amined the books AID accounts of j u.
Shields, Secretary anc Treasurer of This
Association, We take great pleasure in
stating that We have found the books
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

Call at the Augusta Shaving and Hair Cutting
Saloon and get a 1rst-cass Hair Cut and Dry
Shampoo for Christmas Under the Bank, corner
Main and Augusta SITS. Staunton
declS GEO c. ESPENSHIED Prom
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

trough ON CATARRH "-CoTrectS offensive odors
at once Complete cure of worst chronic cases,
also unequaled as gargie for dfptheria, sore
thro Ut. foul breath soc.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

Use Dixie Condition Powders for Horses. Cattle
Sheep. Hogs and Fowls. and save them.
MARRIOTT
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

DISCUSSION OF FLOUR INsPECTION-RE
OLUTION AGAIN8T ITS ABOLITION
ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE EN-
SUING YEAR.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

WATER BUGS, REACHES Trough on Rats
clear, them out. also Beetles, Ants
may 22-tf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12

HEART PAINS. -Palpitation Dropsical swellings
dizziness, indigestion sleepessness cured
by Wells Health Remover"
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"KoUGH ON RATS "-Clears out rats, mice, roach
es, flies, ants, bed-bugs
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Endorsed BY, Slate.

Ithas recently come to light that the
state of New York, in 1905, paid to
john M Crous $1,000 for a remedy
against hydrophobia which he considered
infallibie. The measure was advocated
by De Witt Clinton and Chancellor
Kent. This remedy consisted of one
n OF the jawbone of q dog, burned
and pulverized; tho false tongue of a
newly foaled colt, dried aud pu!verized,
and "a scruple of yerdigreas," raised on
che surface Of old copper by laying it in
moist earth. The warrant Of the comp
troller on which the money was paid,
and the receipt OF Crous, and on file
with other state Papers at Albany
Sc:sncs.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
A Desperate Fight with a Snake.

Jake Beiman, an employe on COINS
ranch, went up into the hills to get some
cattle when he encountered a snake.
The reptile was close to a large rock
when he found him, and the och wa,
fankcd by a log. Beiman noticed a
large hole at an angle of the rocs and
log, for which the snake made on being
surprised. Selling a large rock he cast
1t aY the snake, grazing its body. On
receiving the blow it turned like light
ming and sprang at its antagonist. Bel.
man stumbled over some bushes, and the
snake coiled about him in an instant.
A piece of wood was close to the mans
ha3d, and reaching for it he struck the
snake several sharp blows on the head.
TIE latter turned and run his head into
the hole, dragging Beiman close to it.
The man braced his feet against the
shake, but could not extricatc himself.
rs the snake had twisted half his BODY
3round his left leg, and, as he afterward
faid, "Was just squeezing the life out of
.it.", Beiman was nearly an hour in this
predicament, until he finally thought
of his knife, and getting it out of his
pocket, jabbed it into tho snakes body.
After q few cuts the snake became en-
ragged, and began to wriggle its head out
OF the hole. Beiman saw that his time
was short. and made a lively attack on
the snakes neck, severing it. The
instant it was severed the neck rose con-
vulsively in the air and a spout of blood
came full in the frightened mans face.
AT this point he tainted away, and he
thinks he must have remained in that
condition over IN hour. When he came
to the snake was still coiled around his
leg, but, dead. He brought It home, and
it is now on exhibition at the ranch. 1t
measures ten feet eight inches without
the head.-C Carson (MeD.) appeal.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
A Smart Rat.
rdt.

About q week ago writes q Bradford,
Qowa) correspondent of the St. Louis
Globe Democrat, a farmer living near here
named John Mick, while feeding his
horses late one evening, heard a rat
squealing as though his life depended up
on it. Upon investigation Mr.. Mick
found great grizzly fellow, apparently
the ancestor Of the whole tribe, busily
engaged in rolling al egg from tho nest
to tho edge of the manger. Anxious to
see what he was going to do, Mr.. Mick
remained quiet and watched the pro-
ceeding. What happened can be best
told In Mr.. Mick's own language: "The
old fellow kept a-squallin' and a-rolling
the egg at the same time, till finally he
got it to the edge of the manager; then all
to onct he took. that egg between hi.
forepaws and held it chock up under his
chin and doubled himself up like a ball
and whopped himself clean over egg and
all, and fcl. kerslap on his back on tho
floor three feet below. There he sot up
SIGH a squallin' t..".I thought sure tho
old cuss had disclocated a jint in his
back, and was jest a goin' to end the old
chaps misery when 10 and behold two
other rats appeared on the scene of &C.
ton; and I'll be blamed if them two
rats didn't each take hold of q hind leg
of that old cuss, him a-holdin' on to the
egg all the time, and holding it chock
up under his chin, and drag him about
thirty feet across the barn to their hole.
Then the old rascal let go of that egg
and started it into the hole ahead of
him and pushed it out of sight in inst
about a second. I always knowed rats
was purity smart, but them three puts it
over anything I ever Seed"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Grating the Pear on the Apple.

1t is not often, says an Exchange, that
the pear is grated upon the apple, and
perhaps it is questionable whether it is
advisable to attempt any thing of the
kind, except as O matter of curiosity.
The pear and the apple belonging to the
same family of fruits may be grated one
upon the other. We have recently OBJ
served ON apple tree, which was made a
sort of curiosity by the grating upon it
of some five or six different varieties of
apples, one to each branch, with
one branch devoted to the Elem
ish beauty pear. The pear
was growing and doing well and was
bearing fruit when we saw it, but the
pear portion was not especially promising,
being very email and having an appear.
ance that would indicate a poor qualit/
of fruit. Whenever there is a want of
stock for the propagation of the pear it
may answer to restore the apple. We
have never to our remembrance tested
any fruit grown on p%ear-apple trees, but
our impression is that it would be
nothing that would be especially dcsir-
able, and, aside from the curiosity of a
single specimen, fruit growers would
hardly feel like indulging in any uncer-
tain experimentation.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
The Half. Human Elephant.

The half human elephant has a brain OF
very large size, and its elevations and
depressions upon the surface increases the
extent OF the acting cells to an enormous
degree. Its intelligence is certainly
greater than is possessed by any other
quadruped, at least any of those living
In a state Of nature. It is probable that
some of the apes exceed it in this regard,
while the dog, among domestic. brutes,
is a rival in estimating animal intellect.
Its wonderful acuteness of the sense of
touch, developed in its trunk, and its
prolonged length of days-for it lives $50
to 200 years-udds greatly to its advan-
tagcs over other animals.
When once tanned the elephant becomes
tractable and submissive; he is affection
ate to his keeper, and does what he can
to please him. It is pretty certain, how
ever, that the keeper must use force with
his gigantic pet, otherwise respect is lost,
and there comes a time when the wild
nature will overcome the teachings of
40" """SSi. III IAulo uc UNDERSTANDS
signs, tones and even words, and acts
accordingly. One that is very tractable
for there arc all grades of intelligence
among them-ncver mistakes the words
of his master, receives his orders with
attention, and executes them with pru-
dence and q manifestation of consid cradle
Judgment. The sagacity he shows in
e%xtricating himself from positions of
danger, some of them such as are un-
known in his native country, and so can
not be the result of Hereditary memory"
or instinct is we'll known. His memory
OF insults and his long waiting to get
even with his enemies, are too we'll
known to call for more than a passing
mention. One instance of his memory
of the duties he had learned in captivity
when captured again after escaping for
four years into the jungles, is remarkable.
1t would be incredible were it not estab-
lished by numerous witnesses of the
highest character. So. Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

It has been shown that the strength
of the lion in the fore-limbs is only co.,
per cent of that of the tiger, and tn,
strength of his hind-limbs only 65. pc.
cent. Five men can easily hold down /,
lion, but nine men are required to con.
troll a tiger.
At Summer Hill, lightweight milcl
from Pittsburg, on the Pennsylvania Rail.
road, an iron bridge weighing $50 tone,
was moved thirty-two feet IN forty-eighf
minutes to permit the erection of q ston,
arch bridge. Il similar substitution viii
be made in the case of all the iror
bridges on this road, in order tha'
heavier engines can be used with safety.
Two German Psychologists have calcu.
lated the relative liability of injury ts
the eye, finding that, if all parts of tn,
body were equally exposed to injury,
wounds of the eye would bear to wound,
OF other parts the proportion of about
n in six hundred. As matter OF
fact, the actual proportion is more thar
twenty times as great, or thirty six in
one thousand.
In climates having a difference of 70
degrees in temperature between the hot
and cold seasons, a railway track 400
miles is 33s yards longer in summer
than in winter. OF course the length OF
road remains the same, but expansion
forces the length of metal closer to.
gether, making an aggregate closing up
of space between the rails of nearly q
yard in each mile.
According to the calculations made BY
. scientific writer lately, it requires &
prodigious amount of vegetable matte,
to form a layer of coal, the estimate being
that it would really take 1, 900, 900 year,
to form a coal bed 100 feet thick. The
United States has an area between sOO,.
600 and 400, 600 square miles of coal
fields, the quantity being sufficient tx
supply the whole world for a period OF
1900 to 1000 years. About 100, 600, OOt
tons of coal are mined from these field.
in one year, or enough to run n rims
around the earth at the equator five and
one-half feet wide and five and one-hali
feet thick.
"The light of the future" is to b.,
seen ut the house oftwo sisters in West.
minister, England. This new light i.
nothing but q gas-jet surrounded by 8
glass vessel containing water. The funny
part is to be told: The glass vessel
containing water surrounding the sas-iel
SO operates on the light that its bril-
liancy is magniied threefold. and the
practical consequence is that a room
may be lighted with one-half to one.
third of the gas that would be required
under ordinary conditions. If by sur.
rounding a fame with water we could
increase its luminosity, then we might
expect it to be about ten times as light
at theb bottom of the sea as it is at the
surface.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

General Grant was not SO busy Just
alter the rush to the crest of Mission
Ridge, and so he stood with his hat oil
while n portrait painter took his likeness
down in oil. j hn Autrobus was the
painter of this first portrait of General
Grant, and the original picture has been
presented to him by a friend into whose
hands it came by fortunate purchase.
The other day John Poulitt, who
w at Trout Run. near Wllliamsport,
was out on q deer lick, aud while sitting
on the stump of a tree %anxiously waiting
for q deer to come that way, q big
black bear suddenly put in an appear
ance within about 10 teet Of him. Al
though the surprise was q big one, the
hunter had nervc enough to let fly at
Bruin from both barrels of his gun, the
kicking of which made him turn a back
sumersanlt from the tree stump. Feel.
Ing confident that he had slain the ami
NAL he was soon upon his feet again,
when, to his establishment, the bear was
quite n distance away, ~scampering off at
a lively gait without showing any signs
of having been ever slightly wounded.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Changed HIS Mind.

Dobson (who has come hithcr to horse.
whip the editor, butis somewhat appalled,
at his size,-"Are you the editor that
wrote the article about ]. Thomas Dob
sons"
Editor-'Yes."
Dobson - "Well-er-hum Why.
here's q horse whip I found on your
pavement. I thought, perhaps, it be-
longeds TO you.-Judgs,
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
why WIN You Die.

LIVER SYRUP, for the cure of scrofulous faint
Rheumatism, White Swelling, Gout, Goitre,
Consumption, Bronchitis, Nervous Debility,
Malaria, and all diseases arising from an i'm.
pure condition Of the blood. Certificates can
be presented from many leading physicians,
ministers and heads Of families throughout
the land, endors. ng SCovILL's BLOOD AND
Liver YRUP. We are constantly in receipt of
certificates Of cures from the most reliable
sources, and we recommend it as the best
known remedy for the cure of the above dis.
easaa.
A uniform and natural esuIt is produced by
using BuckinRham's Dye for the " hiskers.
For a slight cold, a hacking cough, or lung
troubles, take Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Na- w>nI>,

Il not often recorded, but those who write TO
aaiiett q Co., Portland Maine, will learn Of a
Genuine one. You can earn from IS to S25 and
Upward q day. You can do the work and live
~ nome wherever you are located. Fun par
earned over $50 in aday. Capita not needed
Yen are started in business free. Both sexes.
An ages. Immense profits sure for those who
for particulars. "AA$e
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

more than all other Lung Remedies" I
what e. "; Fairman. druggist, Dayton, Ind.
for eight years, and It gives satisfaction in al
cases 25c., 5c. e. 81 per bottle, Druggists
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

Architect Edmond Legendre, 419 Suffer
street, San Francisco, CAL, states that having
suffered for q long time with a severe cough,
and failing to obtain any relief from doctors
and the numerous preparations he took, he
became alarmed. Tried Red Star Cough Cure.
and ono bottle entirely cured him