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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-26

VIRGINIA-In the Clerks Office Circuit Cont
OF Augusta County, Nov. IA, 1885
d. ". 1reen shilGh' Plat ntiff.
dohn NJ Cafroll, Defendant.
In AssUMPsIT ON AN ATTACHMENT
me object of this suit is to recover of the defen
dant the sum OF S55 8S, with interest from Noven-
ner 18TH 1885, till paid; and to attach any estate
debts, or effects, belonging or due to the defei-
dant (Who is non resident Of this State), found
within the City of StauDton Oh County of Augusta
sntcient to satisfy to the plaintiff the amount Of
his said debt with interest aud costs.
It appearing by affidavit filed that the defendant.
John M. Carroll, is nonresident of this State if
is ordered that he do appear here within one
month after due publication of this notice. and do
what is necessary to protect his interest.
Ies6e- j. N. RYAN, Clerk
HUDSON & PATRICK, p. q.
febl9-4t
COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT No.
~ TICE.-My Office days in Staunton wiz ~.
Wednesday and Saturday of each week, and Conf T
Days which Gays l will devote excusiyev to
school business. oy q"
aa-Offee in New County Building onnoa;ts.
Courthouse. Fl. SHEFFEY RJJTER
aeR4s ~ Co, Supt school,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-26

DARN AND MILL PROPERTY FOR sALEs
offer for sale my farm of $50
acres on Middle River, miles A <iNN y
North Of staunton, near Long @hItSALR
ns Of brkc Tssaenes tMoands
half stories high, and containing rooms Middle
River runs through the farm.
also offer for sale my mill property consisting
of mill and mlller's house both in good repair
TERMS givel on application.
Address, HENRY A. PALMER,
febl9-tf Long Glade, Va.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-26

daYo ever SAID anything IN Tn e6o pa
pers about the applause at public perform
ances here If have not, it has not been
because 1t has not often grieved me. You
may not think it, but applause is some
thing that has to be learned. How, when,
and how long to applaud are elements that
contribute to it's success or failure. AS to
how it should be done, there ought to be
but one way-hand- clappin9. 1t is soma-
times done by cries of approval, but this
is foreign way and our doing so is an af-
fectation. To stamp with the feet aud
bang with sticks is the toughest and
rudest mode in vogue, and oftenest finds
its true place at the variety shows, where
the entertainments are ''for gentlemen
only" L. sometimes, see it boisterouly
done in that style at our Opera House,
but 1t is not creditable to us nor does it
give strangers good opinion of our refine
ment. When to applaud,is something not
so easily settled. If we are listening to a
high class of music, it is much better to
applaud the skill of the singer or player.
than the mere beauty of the music. The
difference may illustrate this way. When
Emma Abbott, the other night. sang that
piece with flute obligato. and gave such
delicious cadenzas and trills, the audience
let it pass with the barest notice. But
after. when she saug The Last Rose Of
SUMNER" with little if any regard to
time, and with callsthenic rendering
that stopped little short of the absurd, the
audience fairly stormed her with applause.
The difference was that in the last they
were applauding an old, familiar, and
favorite song rather than the artists exc
cution; with the former they had let the
execution pass, and let work of high art go
without recognition. In the drama, the
applause should always be confined to
calling before the curtain. Interruptions
after exciting defamation, or on the dis.
covery of startling dramatic situations,
are sore annoyances to the majority of the
audience who desire time to enjoy them.
A curtain call avoids all this. How long
to applaud is another point we should al
ways watch, for exaggerated and prolong-
ed applause can easily be mistaken for,
and indeed is often used for "guying"
the actors. In short. am not sure that
the best rule to avoid mistakes is not to
applaud seldom; it will certainly lessen
their number at all events.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-26

There are about 3OU.UUO Individual tax
payers in the State, of which the lists in
the Auditors Office shows a delinquency
of Is per cent. This leaves the taxation
to fall upon 248,0 900 taxpayers, of whom
only about 4 per cent, are taxed twenty
five dollars and upwards. These figures.
if correct, show that So per cent. of the
tax-paying population OF Virginia IS poor.
and it is on them that the tax falls most
heavily; for the weight of tax is not pro
portional to its amount, but to the ability
of the taxpayer, aud he who pays out of
the money that buy S food and clothes for
his family, is the man who really suffers
from an increase of taxation.
It is true that the total tax is distribut-
ed as follows:
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THE PROPOSED LOAN FOR

Elsewhere we publish aletter of Senat' Dr.
KoiDer giving sound reason for
not su pportlng the bill proposed by the
Supervisors of Augusta, enabling Auga s.
ia to borrow $4,000 to construct roads.
However favorably the proposition strikes
one at the first husband it does so appeal
to every one, being an exhibition Of public
spirit as rare as it would b9 beneficial if
carried Out-yet on reflection any one
must recognize the fact that the people of
Augusta cannot be taxed to pay loan
without their consent previously obtained
to contracting the debt. It is danger
Gus road we enter on when we assume to
know what is better for the people than
they know themselves. After all they are
the power that makes the money ard
which should direct its expendit ure. If
the legislature lasts Another month, as
seems PROBABLE, the bill of the Supervi-
sors can be amended SO as to submit the
question to the people. The sum of $780,
600 spent Oh the Augusta roads would in
crease the value of the farms ST 500 ,0G,O.
The contribution OF her share Of the $780,
900 by Stiunton waull be one of the be st
investments tbis city ever made. The go
statements We believe could be prove n
with mathematical exactness, and we also
believe that the time must speedily come
when the citizens of both county and city
will realize the truth of them.
The Republican members of the U. S.
Senate, acting with Senator Edmunds,
are the most petty and petulant Of Bour-
bons. Their method is childish, their
pretense hypocritical. and their assump-
tion of acting for the welfare of the GOV
eminent is an insult to the intelligence of
the people. Self-styled friends of civil
service, they are seeking to embarrass and
weaken the only sincere friend of civil
service that has been at the head of the
government for twenty-five years. They
are led in it, too, by the man who figured
year ago as the civil-service candidate vt
the mugwump wing of their party. There
is but one thing more they have to do to
convince the country of their utter inca
pacity to understand the progress of the
national thought, and that is to reopen
lively discussion over the civil war of
quarter Of century ago. The American
people are with Cleveland in this struggle,
and the Republican party will not only see
it, but be made to feel it at the baliot-box.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-26

JUST, RECEIVED. ANOTHER CAR LOAD OF
- the UNQUALIFIED -
, 1886-02-25


There Is another woman who ought to
be entreated to write n book. This is the
Baroness Burdett-C ontts. She has been
an acute observer of society for more than
half n century. nave heard her describe
some bygone celebrities in a manner that
would have made an interviewer's mouth
water. She has known everybody who
has left any mark in the world for two
generations, and could write such a book
of memoirs as lovers of gossip rarely see.
Unfortunately the baroness has no am
bition for literary distinction, and her
powers OF expression are unknown to the
public save in the form of the little
speeches which she sometimes makes with
great felicity at the meetings of charitable
societies. TO think OF what n fund of
original observation and anecdote is lost
because people who can write entertaining
books will not write them makes me dc
spair OF the human race.
There is one anecdote which II It could
be told by some distinguished parsonage,
would make people laugh for a month.
When the baroness went yachting one
summer she was accompanied by a large
number OF friends. Among these was a
very decorous person who holds some po-
sition in connection with the ecclesiastica
affairs of the diocese of Canterbury. The
weather got very rough, and this gentle
man was found n morning clinging to
the shrouds with one hand, while in the
other he waved a champagne bottle.
Surprised in this strange attitude, he
FASTENED to make an explanation to pre-
vent any misconception, and, above the
whistling of the wind and the laughter Of
the ~bystanders, his voice was heard plain
lively piping: "The baroness recommends
it.-Frederic Dalyis London Letter. l
, 1886-02-25

There is n tale told OF a sea captain,
who, in a distant corner Of the southern
seas, visited an undiscovered or mex
plored group OF beautiful islands. After
landing and trading with the gentle ma
tives he was astonished by the visit Of n
white man, evidently n person Of means
and consequence. who, after making him
self very agreeable, implored the captain
to give him a story-book, If he had such n
thing In his possession. The captain had,
and, deeply touched by the pigs and cocoa
nuts which the white exile had given him,
bestowed OF him n copy Of the Arabian
Nights Entertainments" Overcome by
the present, the exile burst into tears and
cried; "You have spared my life and given
me rank and wealth" On explanation,
he said: II should long ago ave been
eaten, but while they were fattening me l
learned enough Of their language to tell n
child the story Of Little Red Ridinghood.
"The child repeated it, and the whole
population were mad with joy. They had
never heard n story before. From that
day ! became n great and honored man.
When they hLd n national festival | sat
on top Of a hill, and thousands wept
(while some elderly relative was being
cooked for a feast) at the cruel death OF
the grandmother as caused by the wicked
wolf. l had with me n volume Of Fairy
Tales and | soon began to set n price on
my performances. Red Ridinghood' is
rather worn; | only get n hundred Cocoon
nuts for her now; but Cinderella is still
good for four pigs and n turtle, aud
Beauty and the Beast brings six or
seven. according TO the quality. But with
tho Arabian Nights | shall he able to 20
on accumulating pork to the end Of my
days."ZThe Argonaut.
, 1886-02-25

The funeral of the late Mr.. 0ssian i.
Camp was held at the Congregational
church yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
Rev. G. Nj. Sanders conducting the ser
vices and preaching n short funeral ad.
dress, The pail bearers were j. s. Tay-
Tor, John Underwood, A. G. Snyder,
John Slaughter, 2. Il. Powelson and
Wilson Woods. The choir for the coca
sion consisted of Miss Louise Kingsley,
Mn. Charles Mastcn, Mrs Rees VIII
liams, W. A. Whitcomb and p. H..
Waterman Mrs. George L. Holt pre-
sided at the organ. The casket contain
ing the remains of the deceased was
ALMOST covered with floral tributes, in
GLIDING two very beautiful wreaths.
MAN should come to his rest in the
fullness of years" was the passage of
scripture from which Mr.. Sanders made a
few appropriate and eloquent remarks,
which contained a brief biographical
sketch Of the deceased. The exerises at
the church closed with the singing by the
choir Of Awaiting, Only Waiting" A
large procession followed the remains TO
tie city cemetery, where they We're laid
to their final rest.
, 1886-02-25


At the harbor there was one last strug-
gle; the customs officers went through my
knapsack to see that nothing was being
carried away that should not be carried
away, and then / hired a s~kif-caiques
they are called in Turkey-and started for
the steamer, which lay Mt anchor in the
Golden Horn, 100 yards or so from the
shore. One would suppose that after pro-
viding all these official documents and
undergoing such an array of formalities,
there would be no further trouble in leay-
ing their blessed land. The heather Turk,
however, for tricks that are dark and
ways that are vain can "see" the heather
Chinee and go him 100 better. Scarcely
was the calque fairly afioat han / was
signalled by n small boat in the middle of
the stream, which in a few moments
pulled up alongside, while a v%illainous-
looking fellow, as black MS q c~oal-miner,
climbed over into my boat n signed to
me to unstrap my baggage.
He was another customs officer Il pos
sessed OF n wonderful amount of impu-
dence and boorishness. Before touching my
sack he said: "Blacksheesh.p l refused to
give anything, whereupon he began n
search ms IL expecting to find stolen dia-
monds Everything was dumped out on
the bottom OF the calque. He took out my
letters, unfolded them and o the en-
velopes. Every few seconds he would say
"BlhcksheeshT again, and ON my con-
tinued refusal he would renew the exami-
nation with still greater vlgor. OF course
it wa all a mere attempt TO extort money.
He even went into my packets, and re
quired me TO show him my watch and
pocket notebook. When at length he
had exhausted even his u for
annoying he climbed pack into his
boat fairly shaking with rage, while |
looked him in the face and laughed. He
had worked over the baggage half an hour
and still extorted no Backsheesh. The
thought made him furious. English
man. he muttered, mo give Backsheesh.
Englishman fooll7-Cor. New York World.
, 1886-02-25

The overcoat Of a fashionable Circassian
contains on the breast n row of cartridge
pockets, and at his side he carries n sword
or hanger. These gentlemen wear their
trousers stuffed in very high-topped boots,
and present quite n fierce and f%orbidding
air rs they saunter through the streets,
occasionally toying with the gun or sword
Mt their side. | saw several OF them in
Odessa, and as I gazed upon them from q
respectful distance they brought up
thoughts Of the festive cowboy in the far
west. The far west and far east agree in
this respect II in no other-both can show
some rather wild and weird looking speci-
mems Of humanity. OF course l would not
assert that Russian ladies partake in this
popularity OF character, but certainly If
some things which OCCUR in Odessa may
be taken as a criterion, they, too, have a
little Of the western chic about them.
1t is not at all unusual to see the incest
dressed ladies' spring IN or off a street car
while In motion, and the sight Of a lady
smoking excites in Russia no more re-
mark than does a mans drinking n glass
of beer in Germany.-Odessa Cor. N. Y.
World .
, 1886-02-25

From a letter received by United States
Marshal Carr from Salt Lake a day or
two since, it is learned that Fred Hapt,
alias Fred Welcome, who has been four
times convicted of murder in the first de-
gree at Park City, Utah, and each time
sentenced to death. has obtained a short
stay of proceedings and will again il
possible, have his case taken to the SUI
preme court of the United States, where
1t has been three times before, as the
readers of The LEADER will remember.
Fred Welcome was originally arrested
here in Cheyenne by T. JEFF Carr, who
has in every trial thus far been one of the
witnesses against him.
, 1886-02-25

~The Times doesn't care for any sensa-
tionhl correspondence" said n noted En-
glish editor, In the course OF an interview,
and has an inveterate aversion to all no
torious men. Now. Archibald Forbes,
for instance, has been dying 20 obtain n
position as Times correspondent for some
time and IL will not give II to him. He is
too notorious. II want simply the plain
facts, nothing else. II spends "A great
deal of money in foreign correspondence.
Take, for instance, the Berlin correspond
ent OF The Times. 1t gives him e6o0, be
sides the sinecures OF his office He lives
in flrst-rate style, keeps two horses, etc.
In addition, he has a reserve for bribing
German officials. But, strange TO say, for
over eleven years he hasn't expended a
penny Of it. What's the reason Sim
ply that Bismarck's influence is so great
that the subordinate officials dare not dis
close any of the secrets. It's different,
however, with the Vienna and Paris cor
respondents. They bride right and left
N send home flaming letters.
"The Pail Mall Gazette is, perhaps. now
the most notorious Of any English jour
nal. Smith and Son & Greenwood were
formerly the proprietors. At the end Of
1879, however, Greenwood quarreled with
the Smiths and started The st. James's
Gazette, of which he is at present editor
and chief proprietor. Smith married his
daughter TO a former secretary OF an Irish
lord lieutenant, Thompson, and as Thomp-
son wanted TO run for parliament his
father-in-law gave him The Pail Mall Ga
zette. He accordingly started out and
ran II OF entirely new lines, making IL ms
American as possible
"What is the general rate Of journalistic
payi"
well, take The Pail Mall Gazette,
with which am best acquainted. Green
wood, the editor. gets as editor fi.50O n
a year. II he writes any editorials he
gets pay at the usual editorial rates.
guineas a column"
How are outside contributors pads
AT the rate OF 9 guineas a column. Be
sides the editorial column there is n col
umn OF what are termed occasional notes.
For each Of these, II accepted, the contrib
utor gets half n guinea. The journalist
who has the biggest salary in London Is
n friend Of mine named Trail, who works
for The Daily News. He makes about
R2,OOO a year. San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1886-02-25

W. n. Hunt can always be relied upon,
not only to carry in stock the best OF
everything, hut to secure the agency ior
such article as have well known merit, and
are popular with the people, thereby sus-
tanning the reputation of being always
euterprising, aud ever reliable Having
secured the agency Tor the celebrated DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
will sell il on a positive guarantee. Ii
will surely cure any and every affection Of
throat, lungs and chest, and To show you
IA confidence, we invite you 10 call and
get a trial bottle free.
, 1886-02-25

The depression OF trade is felt very
acutely in Paris, and rs the difficulty Of
procuring work among the lower classes
becomes greater, there is a notable in
crease OF crime that is causing general
alarm. Especially is this the case in tho
way OF robbery with personal violence,
and, although the police force has been
augmented, there is not n night during
which daring ~highwaymen do not attack
persons even in the most frequented
streets. Burglaries are also on the in
crease, and various are the devices put in
practice by the rich classes to hold their
property in safety.-San Francisco Chro-
niciq ,
, 1886-02-25

Partisan diners-out have determined to
introduce and carry out n reform. So
many courses make the dinner last too
long Even the professional diners-out
become tired and weary before 1t is half
over. 1t has been decided. therefore, by
the leaders of fashion to restrict the bill Of
fare to four courses, but there viii be
special effort made to have these courses
the extremd Of perfection in the culinary
art Four courses is n limited menu; but
those who know how in New York,
rarely have more than six courses for the
most elegant OF dinners.-Detroit Free
Press
, 1886-02-25
BARTER.

Give me the gold from of thy hair, !
The rose upon thy cheek that lies, s
Thy singing voice that everywhere
Makes laughter in the trembling air.
The young joy OF thine eyes. (
What wilt thou give to me oh say,
Thou gray old man with restless wings.
For loves enhancing morn of May,
Fol dawn and freshness of the day 4
And life that leaps and singss !
Loi 1 will make thy footstep slow
Across the flowers that bend and wave,
And for thy gold will give the snow
And silence for thy laughter low, 4.
Darkness, a grass-grown grave.
Julia X. Wetherfll.
, 1886-02-25

Bees found in n tree belong to the owner
of the tree, and another person acquires
no ownership in them because OF marking
the tree. Game found in mares belong to
the owner Of the land, and not to tho
the trespasser who may have set the
snares. A swarm OF bees, leaving their
hive aud settling upon the land of an.
other, are the property OF the original
owner so long M he can keep them In
sight. and thus establish their Identity
Chicago Times.
, 1886-02-25

Father he said, as he looked up from
the paper to the old man pairing apples
"here Is an interesting item"
"What is it, Benz
Cotton is the lowest it has been for
thirty years."
"Land say us, Is that soi II you look
over them ten bushels of 'taters tonight
and finish Smelling hat corn and splitting
them rails tomorrow, you might go TO
town and get me enough cotton TO mako
a new back to this vest. A prudent man
will take advantage of such n crisis as
this. wall Street News.
, 1886-02-25

A durable and weighty-looking door is
now made of paper. While 1t costs about
the same as wood, it Is much better, be.
cause there is no shrinking, swelling,
cracking or warping. 1t Is composed OF
two thick paper boards stamped and
nodded into panels and glued together
with glne and potash and then rolled
through heavy rollers. IL is first coated
with a water proof coating and then with
a nre-proof coating, and is painted and
vanished and hung in the ordinary way.
Inland Printer.
, 1886-02-25

Cunning, deeeitful, trcacherous and sly
are the attacks of malaria. Ii turks ia
stagnant ponds or works its way up
through imperfect plumbing from un.
wholesome drains. Many miserable vic.
Tins ofmalaria sit down in their arief,
thin ling nothing can be lone for them.
Brown Iron Bittcrs can restore them
DIR. j. L. Myers, Fairfield, la SAYS,
Browns Iron Bitters Is the best prcpar.
alton of iron | have known in my thirty
years Of practice ?
, 1886-02-25

A plant has been found in the state OF
M%ichoacan which is apt to create n furor
in pharmacy. DIR. Crescencio Garcia, OF
Morella, hRs named il P~azonychia Pati-
noSa, after the great Mexican physician.
He thinks It viii be n rival TO quinine. 1t
contains tannin. m%ucilage. some sacchar-
ine matter. n bitter ingredient, nitrate OF
potash and lime.-Medicnl Journal.
, 1886-02-25

Our consul at Breslau, Germany, has
made some interesting statements In his
report 10 the department OF state relative
to the condition Of German farm labor,
tho persunl Of which might prove proilta-
BILE to many OF our young %tillers OF the
soil who are discontented with their lot.
The laborer usually lives the year round
upon the estate where he Is employed.
He can indulge In few luxuries, receiving,
rs he does. but $40 to $3.50 In cash for his
years services. Besides this he is allowed
twenty-four bushels Of rye. three bushels
peas and ~ bushels of wheat, with free
lodging and fuel; and IL is customary to
grant his family the use Of 100 square rods
Of land for raising vegetables. His wife is
compelled TO work in the field, receiving
from twelve TO fourteen cents n day in
summer and ten to twelve cents in winter.
The laborer gets but little meat. tea,
n tobacco, though occasionally INDUCES
in a pipe Of manufactured leaf. lie is
encouraged to work in harvest time by
being treated to "schnnpps.n II has been
estimated hat n family consisting OF hus.
band and wife with ive childten can live
on Sl.O9k a week. When we consider in
connection with this the enforced military
service there can be no wonder at the
great influx Of Teutons into our country,
where the condition OF the agricultural
classes, though not all that may be de
sired, is far superior TO any they could
hope TO attain at home.-Boston Bud.etg
, 1886-02-25

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