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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28

MISS CLEVELAND Does NOT DENY IT.
The Cincinnati Enquirer" of Saturday
has Buffalo dispatch saying that the fol-
lowing letter had beene received in that
city from Miss Cleveland:
Dear Mss Walkinson-I amin receipt
of your favor, and am rather surprised at
the tone of your letter. I certainly would
not interfere with the matrimonial choice
of my brother. am very..warm friend
of Miss Van Vechten, and, although am
not so intimate with.I Miss Folsom,
esteem both as true types of American
womanhood. I am panied to read the
gossip of the newspapers about the mar
riage, although am not prepared to say
that one will take place. 1t will greatly
please me to be relieved from the duties of
hostess of the Presidents house. which I
have felt were imposed upon me, and
which have greatly interfered with my lit
erary pleasures and pursuits. Sincerely
yours. ROSE CLEVELAND.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28
Society in the Older Civilizatlo ms.

In this country of peace and plenty, of
liberty and equality before the law, the
privations aDd misery of the UNEMPLOYED
laboring classes are less severe than in the
older civilizations of Europe; for IN Ger
many and France for example, many mil.
lions Of the inhabitants, including women
and children, labor constantly and severe
ly, and yet live in squalid poverty, scarce
ly able to secure food, shelter, and cloth
ing enough to keep soul and body to-
gether, by reason of their meagre earn.
ings. In proof of this let us refer to the
tables of the statistician, who tells US that
in Prussia, In 1882, the number of families
exempt from taxation because their an
nual incomes we're less than $125, was up
ward of 100000, and increasing.
In France. out of 100000 Of land pro-
prietors, no less than 100000 of them
are on the pauper roll, exempt from per-
sonal taxation. Both in France and Ger
many the number of small land proprie-
tors is so great that the land has to be
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28
He Wouldn't be Hard on the Yanks.
HOW UNCLE JONATHAN PEALE RECEIv.
ED THE NEWS OF LEES SURRENDER.

t- ass ss "a
z Speaking of .::Mr. Davis's receptions in
the South, Hon, John e. Harris, of Vir-
ginia, tells story which shows how en-
thusiasm may triumph over adverse facts.
/ Old Jonathan Peale,. lived on his farm.
about six miles from Harrisonburg, Va,
during he!war. and rode into town twice
a week on his old white horse to hear the
news and comment on it after his fashion,
which was abominably through his nose.
He was one of those thorough Southerners
in whose head there never was room for a
doubt. He had such steadfast confidence
that tie South would whip the North,
and was doing SO daily, that nobody ever
ventured to hint the contrary to him.-
He would stride into the office of the
weekly newspaper on his semi-weekly Wis
its, threw himself down in chair, and
inquire:
"Well, editor, what's the news? ''
"Oh, Gen. Lee has bad another battle
with the enemy" the accommodating edi.
tor would reply, land driven them off in
confusion.''
81 knew he would do it. I knew he
would scatter EN-" the old man would
respond. with much nasal en- thusiasm
and trot back home to tell the family how
the war was going.
But at length there came time when
such pleasing 6ctions would no longer do.
1t came to be the second week of April,
1Se5-the week of Appomattox. When
Uncle Jonathan came in with his usual
inquiry, he found quite an earnest group
of men in the newspaper Office.
1.-THE news is very bad, Mr.. Peale, very
bad, ''.the editor acknowledged, with con-
siderable hesitation. for.h couldn't see
how he was ever going to get the old man
down to the level of facts without some
thing breaking.
"What's wrong2" inquired Mr.. Peale.
"Well," said the editor, desperately
''everything is wrong. Gen. Lee has sur.
| rendered.
"It's ID Ab'lishun lie!" snorted
Uncle Jonathan, his nostrils fairly ring.
! ing with confidence.
"No, Uncle, I'm afraid it's too true
Here we have Gen. Lees address to bis
troops, advising them to go home. jim
Dalton got here this morning with his
horse and gun, and says our infantry boys
will be along about Tomorrow
| The old man looked piteously from one
to another, as though beseechlng them to
contradict the overwhelming tidings.-
Nobody spoke. Then he took up Gen.
Lees addressl and read it caref ully
through twice. He laid it down with a
mighty sigh, and taking up his hat to 60
he said;
swell, mebbe Zen ri. Lee knows best.
Mebbe it's; best..to give 'em another try.
1t doesn't do fer Christians to be hard
and unforgivin. But if the derned Yam.
KEGS don't behave, We'll just have to turn
in and wallop 'em again.
And so philosophically::.. accepting the
results..of thelewar, Uncle Jonathan
trotted off home in infinite content at
having participated in Gen. Lees gener-
Osity.-W Wash. cor. N. Y. Sun.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28
Mrs. Dickey's Ruse.


SHE FINDS THAT SHE HAS ONE RELATIVE
QUITE WORTHY TO BE HER HEIR.
DR.. Thomas c. Stellwagen, a Philadel-
phia dentist, who lives in Media, near
that city, is generous man, and for
tunate man, as the following story, told
in the Philadelphia "Press," shows:
Among the Doctors relatives was Mrs.
Dickey, the widow of the late DIR. Dickey
of Atlanta, Ca, where she resided. She
, was eccentric and shrewd. About six year
ago, after having been lost to the memory
of her Northern relatives, she wrote to
many of her nearest kin In Philadelphia,
Media and Baltimore the same words
that she was very old now; that she was
very destitute, too. and would so much
like to pay them visit. One Of those let
tiers reached DR.. Stellwagen, and no one
of her relatives knew that another had re-
celved her plea for help.
To some of the letters no answer came.
One or two replied CURLY, and one, a lady,
wrote: IDEALLY. it would not be conye-
nient to have you visit me, for at the time
you name I expect to have house full of
company"
Among the first letters she received,
however, was one from DR.. Stellwagen
and enclosed was a check for $50. He
wrote her that he hoped his small contri-
button would help her, and that he would
be pleased to have her as an inmate of his
pretty Northern home on the outskirts of
Media. A month or two after that, another
demand for help reached the Doctor, and
his second check for $50 won't South with a
renewal of the invitation for his old aunt
to visit him. Up to three months ago he
heard nothing from her, and then he re-
ceived a letter saying: "Come, I am very
SICK" DR.. Stellwagen obeyed the sum-
dumfounded to find that Mrs. Dicky was
living elegantly, and that she was wealthy
She told him that she would not live long;
that she wanted to 60 home with him,
and, it is said, decided everything over to
him and made him present of all her
household furniture, silverware, and
jewels. 1t took two cars to carry the lat
ter, and it is said that he left behind him
in the Southern city rows of handsome
buildings.
Two days after reaching the Doctors
home in Media Mrs. Dickey died, and
then it was found that in addition to the
deed which gave her nephew everything,
she had left will, made before she wrote
those letters testing the affection of her
relations; which divided her property
among several of them. On that ground
it is claimed that the disappointed people
will contest the case in court.
With his fortune the Doctor inherited
an addition to his family, a dark haired
Soutern girl, an adopted child of the late
Mrs. Dickey, we'll educated and attractive
Strange enough the old lady left her PEN
niless, but obtained promise from her
heir on her deathbed that he would always
provide for her-let her live with him as
one of his family-for she said, 'Thomas, I
love her dearly" The young lady is II years
old, and has made host of friends for
herself in Media. 1t is said that the story
OF her own life is romance in itself.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28
Pack the Lungs With Air.

Deep breathing and holding of the
breath is an item of Importance. Persons
OF weak vitality find an uninterrupted
succession of deep and rapid respiration
so distressing that they are discouraged
from persevering, in the exercise. Let.
such persons take into the lungs as much
air as they can and hold 1t as long..as they
can, and they will find grateful sense of
relief in the whole abdominal region.
Practice will increase ability to hold the
breath and the capacity of the lungs.
After time the art may be learned of
packing the lungs. This is done by taking
and holding the long breath and then
forcing more air down the trach@ by
swallows of air. The Operation may be
described by that of fshs mouth in the
water. To those who hsssYe never learned
it will be surprising to what extent the
lungs may be packed. Caution at first
is needful, but later practice will warrant
large use of the treatment. The whole
thoracic and abdominal cavities will re-
ceive immediate benefit, and continuance
and temperance in eating, good air and
right exercise, will bring welcome i'm
provement.-Herald of Health.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28
Miss Folsom's School-Day Lover.

A dispatch from Lockport to the New
York ''Sun" says: After considerable
trouble your correspondent ferreted out
the Lockport gentleman who had the hon.
or of first winning Miss frankie Folsom's
regard during her school days at Medina,
and interviewed him briefly during an
omnibus ride to-day. When asked to re-
late something of Frankie's Medina life
with particular reference to himself, he
said: II suppose could give you mate
rial for a livery entertaining story if I
chose, but I fear that cold type might put
wrong construction on some things
might say, which would not have happen
for the world. Those were gay times,
those school days in Medina. met Miss
Folsom some time ago and we enjoyed a
good laugh reviewing old "reminiscences.
You know Frankie's relatives never did
like me very well, and the way they used
to hamper that poor girl with restrictions
called forth all the ingenuity both Of US
possessed to evade them. Some of the
schemes we used to work to meet one
another out from under the parental eye
are laughable as 1 look back on them now ,
though they seemed serious enough then,
but many of them resulted disastrously
because Frankie's entire lack of the first
principle of deceit. If she met me by ap-
parent accident at the home of some mu-
tual friend and it came to the ears of her
relative. she would demurely fell the strict
truth if questioned, and then I wouldn't
have chance to see her again in q
month. Do 1 think the match one of
mutual admiration? Well, L don't know,
I surmise that Frankie's relatives had as
much to do with it's making as any one.
They were always ambitious. That's one
reason didn't find favor in their eyes in
my youth. No, don't envy Grover now,
although he is to marry as beautiful, &C.
complished, lovable and noble-spirited a
lady as our nation can boast Of. Yes, l
am bachelor yet. but you might mention
that my early regard for the bride elect
has nothing to do with the case. 1 stop
here. So good-by. Don't print my
NAME" And he avoided further ques-
tioning by hurry1ng on board the train.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28
NIAGARA DESCRIBED BY A LADY
MEDINA, N. Y. May 7, 1885.

MEDINA, N. Y :, May 7, 1885.
Editor Stanton Vindicator.
Dear Sir:-As the year rolls round and
brings again the anniversary of the 2Sth
N. Y. Regiments visit to Virginia,
memory: carries me back over that de-
lightful trip through your beautiful Val
ley, and I see familiar scenes and faces,
and feel the warm welcome which was ex-
tended to US by our Southern friends. 1
remember too, that first met many of
these friends at the reunion North; and
while their recollection of their trip to our
colder cline. can not be as pleasant to
them as the memories of our visit to the
Sunny South are to us; still thought per.
haps the enclosed description might be a
pleasant reminder of their stay at Niagara
Falls. My literary work has been for
Northern Magazines, and as yet. have
never written for Southern journals; but
if you find my description suited for your
paper, should be pleased to have you &C
&c pt it as slight token of my apprecia-
ton of the warm hospitality which was
extended in person and through the press
by the people in your vicinity to the 285h
N. Y. Regiment and their accompanying
friends.
Yours Truly.
EMMA ERvANA BOWEN.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28
The Chicago Bomb Throwers.
TWENTY MEN. sELEcTED BY-LoT.To d.
il al4--~. = THE WORK ~

TWENTY MEN SELECTED BY LOTTO Dc
/ = ~ = THE WORK,
William Weber. Ia lGerman machinist,
who organized .several. socialistic societies
in Cleveland. Ohio, and then went to Chi
cago, has. returned to Cleveland. it is
said, to raise money for the defence of the
Chicago Anarchists. He makes the fol-
lowing statement with regard to the
throwing of the bombs among the Chicago
police:
AFTER taes s1Sa1ies at h1eCoTmicR7s
works on Monday afternoon. special
meeting of our club was called to take ac-
ton. Spies, who is our president. called
the meeting to. order, and a committee
consisting of Parsons and two others, was
appointed to draw up manifesto. This
was the one headed Revenge Working
men to Arms The advisability oflusing
dynamite if the police interfered with any
other meetings was: discussed, land it was
decided that wentysbombs.s hoald be pre-
pared for the next night, Tuesday.
''Volunteers were called for, to throw
the bombs, but no one wishe to speak
up, fearing arrest should it become known
who had offered to act. 1T was then sug-
gested that five hundred ballots be dis
tributed, and that skull and crossbones
be inscribed upon twenty of them. The
person who drew the latter ballots were
expected to procure bombs and be on
hand. This was done, and the chief,
Spies, is the only man who knows who
were drawn. [ know that the twenty
men received their bombs. To arms!'
was the signal for the throwing. of the
bombs.
1.-THE meeting was almost through on
Tuesday night when the police ordered
the Anarchists to dispense, and it is pre-
sumed that the other nineteen men had
started for home, or were injured by the
discharge of the police revolvers, which
Immediately followed the throwing Of the
first bomb. If the police had appeared an
hour sooner there would have been terri
BILE havoc, and mighty few of the blue
coats would have escaped. The Anarch-
lists are not subdued yet. and you needn't
be surprised If another outbreak occurs"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28
HEALTH hEST12ER
PREPARED By
DIR. ID. FAIR NEY & SON.
HAGERSTOWN. MD.

TURE FOR PILES.-Piles are frequently preced
" ed by sense of weight in the back, loins
and lower part of the abdomen, causing the patti
ent to suppose he has affection of the kidneys
or neighboring organs. At times, symptoms OF In
digestion are present 1atuency, uneasiness OF the
stomach etc. A moisture like perspiration, pro
ducing very disagreeable itching, after getting
warm isa common attendant. Blind, Bleeding
and Itching Piles yield at once to the application
of DR.. Bosanko's Pile Remedy. which acts directly
upon the parts affected, absorbing the Tumors
allaying the intense itching, and etfecting per
manent cure. Price so cents, Address the Dr..
Bosanko Medicine Co., Piqua. o. Sold by w. M
Allen & Bro. mar ~
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28

DESTINY IN WARTs.-The fate of ma
tions and men often turn on the merest
trifes. 1t would be indeed curious if the
destiny of England and Egypt was to be
materially affected by the presence of two
warts on the cheeks of Khartoum ships
carpenter The occurrence of such contin-
gency seems. however, to be quite within
the bounds of possibility. In his address
to the Soudanese, Mohamed Ahmed 1.-THE
false prophet) wrote Has not God him.
self given me the signs of my mission-the
two warts ION the left cheek which are
spoken of in his book ?" This cogent rea-
soning would seem to have had it's effect
for the officers of the Kordofan army who
joined the standard eyhorted their COM
panions to follow their example, declaring
that the Mahdi lis always sniling, and
his countenance is beaming as the full
moon. On his right cheek is wart, I'D
other signs which are written in the book
of the laws" There u.s. it is true, grave
discrepancy as to the position Of the
warts; but it might nevertheless have
been better for the peace of the world if
Mohamed Ahmed had been born without
any warts at all. "
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28

CURE FOR CRoUP.-Boil pigs feet in
water without salt, and let it stand over
night. In the morning skim off the fat
(which will be formed in cake on top),
put in tin pan, boil until all water is
evaporated. Bottle and keep for use. Give
a teaspoonful every fifteen minutes on the
appearance of the first symptoms, and ap-
ply freely to the cheek and throat, rubbing
well. A celebrated physician says that
child cannot have cronp if pigs feet oil is
administered at the first symptoms.
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28
Newest Fashions in Mourning

The first mourning dress worn for
parent, brother or sister, or for child, is
of Henrietta cloth in winter or of nuns
yelling in the summer. 1t differs from the
widows dress in following out the designs
fashionable at the moment for colored
dresses, and in having the Grape arranged
as velvet or passementerie would be in
colored dress, A kilt skirt of very broad
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28

cultivated by hand. by the men, women
and children of a family together,
at a great disadvantage in competition
with the improved agricultural machinery
employed on large farms in their own and
other countries. Sons of them are, even
then, forced to give up their lands to the
parish. to entitle them TO ef.-Brook
lya Eagle.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-28

FURNITURE to suit all buyers
Baby Carriages all prices. Elegant
Rosewood, Walnut, Metallic and
Cloth Collins and Baskets. Fin
est hearse in the State Of Virginia.
Bodies embalmed. Everything always
ready and in tony style.
S. M. WILKES.
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-11-10

and Goo Kim's store, has been filed up
with earth. 70 the comfort of pedestriansi
but the footpaths along Hotel street 10
Richard street should be made according
to the official grade to be speedily esta3-
Iished. Meanwhile a few loads OF earth
or black sand might be spread before the
Y. NJ. c. Association lot, and 50 fill up
the depressions which form pools OF
stagnant water there after every heavy
rainfall. The sidewalk at this point IS
guttered out and in very bad condl-
ton. One would have thought from the
number Of idlers hanging around this in
stitution by day and night, that Tor their
own personaI comfort they would have
leyeled and improved the fOotpath by
which approach is had to the building
In the burned district some Of the prop
ertv owners and contractors have
adopted the official grade referred to in
another article; others have not done 50
because it had not been promulgated
under the law This is to be regretted,
because it will entail extra cost upon
property owners when they are com
PEELED to conform to the law. 1t would
be wiser on the part of property owners
to adopt the grade fixed by the Super
intendent OF Public Works for the entire
city, than to leave the fOOtpath in front
Of their premises out OF line and level
with that fronting adjacent properties.
Street cleaning has also made considera-
BILE progress, in response to the protest
against continued neglect by the ADvER-
User. There should be no slackenine
OF effort in this direction. The rainy
season has set in with every prospect o
its being a very moist one, and if the
streets are to be kept passable at all un
renting attention must be paid to then
by the contractor and Road Supervisor
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-11-10
SPECIAL BUSINESS NOTES.
Martinelli's cider is absolutely pure.

Martinelli's cider is absolutely pure.
Yuen Kee & Co. have removed to Hotel
street
MartineIlis cider is the best and purest
made
Read advertisement OF Martinelli's
cider.
Val Blatz Milwaukee lager beer Is the
finest in the market Bottled expressly
for this climate.
Undres,ed kid gloves ladies underwear
pink. white, cream and blue cashmere just
received by last steamer. at c. J. Fishel's.*
"DuTy's Malt Whisky is the very best
.timulant for iuvalids suffering from vast
ing diseases. 1t may be used by everyone
with fun confidence of beneficial results. -
The first grand opening Of millinery and
fancy goods Of the season takes place at
the Popular Millinery House, beginning
November 3, 1886. y. ;. Sachs, 1O4 Fort
street.
French pattern hats and bonnets viii be
exhibited at the grand opening Of the
Popular Millinery House, beginning
Wednesday, November 3, 1856. y. >.
Sachs, proprietor
DR.. J Lesley Smith, NJ. D., Fort Plain,
\. y. writes: Il have used your Duffy 5
Pure Malt Whisky, and am convinced OF
it, great purity, and its value as a stimu-
liant 10 be prescribed"
No book ever published contains so much
reliable and valuable information regard
ing the Hawaiian Islands in such small
compass as the HoNoLULU ALMANAC AMI
DIRECTORY. 1886. Prize 80 cents.
Messrs. Wing On Wo & Co., of Mauna
kea street, beg leave to notify the public
that they have just received a large guam
tity of XXX and other choice brands o
Manila cigars, of the best quality, for sal,
at moderate prices.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-11-10
A POINT FOR THE MARSHAL.

Our report OF the trial OF Mike Coffee
at the Police Court on a charge OF lar
ceny brings out point in reference to
licensed express drivers OF which the
Marshal should take note. Ii is OF
course nothing new, but it is a novelty
inasmuch as it was brought out in evil
dence in a criminal trial and has been
reported We do not wish to PREJUDICE
the case against Coffee, or to say that
the express driver who figures in it is
different from other men of his class,
but we do say it is the duty of the Mar
shall to see that license to drive an eX-
press for hire is not made a cloak for
pursuing a vile and infamous occupation.
Public morals and social decency re-
quires this at the hands of any one hold
ing the high and responsible office OF
Marshal OF the Kingdom.