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OBSER VAIIONS OF 4 RETIRED
VETERAN.

Very few seasons as Society calls
them, pass over my frosted head, that am
not given new proof that in everything
the world is becoming more and more
given to masquerading. So much, indeed,
that it is very hard for me to tell what is
going on, by the name they give it. Such
situation is not without Its mortihca-
tions, and such humiliations as ignorance
always entails. 1t was only the other day
that our eldest girl was set all aglow by
an invitation to a hay ride.' was at sea,
but liked my compass by the assurance of
Mrs. Boyzy (who is quite woman of
fashion as far as her girls are concerned)
that it was the thing, and that nothing
but the incest people went on hay rides"
1t has always been a great misfortune
with me that don't know the incest peo-
pie WheD see them. 1t is true, l know a
good many nice people; but they are very
different from the incest people who are
authorities ana exemplars in the proprie-
ties OF life Now Bats. BoyZy knows the
incest people in moment. She can tell them
by their clothes, by their parents, by their
church, CT by their social set; but it is not
so with NE. Indeed, find that l, myself
am one Of the incest people without knowing
it, a social miracle wrought by my marriage
to Mrs. Is. To my wife it is easy to dis
discover them, even through the most
skilful Of dis, uses. 1t YVES only the other
evening, when the loud voice, and loud
dress, and sill louder slang of young Pet
tenglll who visits Cur house, had induced
me to confide to her the opinion that he
was the c0arses5 young underlined [ lad
seen under our roof, that she astonished
me with the information that it was a mis-.
take, that his family were the incest peo.
pie. and that it was only his way. 1t is
not 80 much to the visible incest reople
that l object, as to the INVISIBLE ones that
my wife Is ever holding in terroreae over
ne. am given to understand that an un-
seen and select body of the incest people is
ever hovering over my humble roof, to
whom all Tsaaes of etiquette give great
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-11-12
WHY THE REPUBLICANS So
CEEDED IN The 10TH
DISTRICT

The Republicans of the 10th Distr CT
have elected Mr.. Yost by 1885 majority
Or rather the Democrats have elected hill
by staying at home on election day. Tht
falling off in the Republican vote, as com
pared with that brought out when Nj
Yost ran against Mr. Tucker, is as fol
lows:
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happy crowd around the altar. To-day
they would miss her, for it is she who lies
beneath the flowers. What is this: 81 am
the resurrection and the life!" All she
has at last stepped out into world that
is rose-colored. and that is thick with
plying angelsI
q Qoonz,,A.
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Total Republican loss.

Against which there is a gain of Is in
Highland. which leaves clear falling of
Of 661, in the seven counties named, which
received.
The Democratic vote was less than that
cast in 1884 by the following figures:
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sTAuNToN, VA. November 9Th, 1856. .

STAUNToN, VA, November 9Th, 1856 2
NOTICE is hereby given that the co-parSaeI-
IN ship heretofore existing between the 0ndel
signed. under the firm name of JAMES a. BILOXI
LEY & SON. is this day. November 6th, 1856
dissolved by mutual consent and agreemen James
II. Blackley having purchased the entire interest
of VIM. M. Blackley in all things Belonging and
pertaining to the late firm
All deLts due by the SAID firm will De paid By
James Fl. Blackley- and al Claims due to the SAID
firm must be paid to the said James Blackley.
Parties having claims agalnst,or who are indebted
to the late firm, will please come forward and settl
pro nptly, whether The debts are due by notes o.
accounts and notice that it is important to do so
James H. 6lackiey will continue business at the
old stand.
JAS. H. BLACKLEY,
nov l2-4t w. M BLACKLEY.
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lid 50 cents Tor mOnthS-inYarla-
P3ueance.
transient advertisements 10 cents per line each
Insertion; monthly cents per line per month.
Contracts for longer terms made at the counter.
Local circulation in Augusta Rockbridge, Rock
ngham, Allegheny, Highland and Bath counties.
Gives general and local news: stories and mis-
iellany; reliable commercial repo.--.
81. G. TINsLEY,
A 8. MORTON.
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Speaking Of ''Virglnius." 1 was glad to
see large number Of Staunton debu tants
among the Roman citiaens and soldiers
who backed up Appius Claudins. My
friends Publius Dentatus Pettingill,
Seryatorius Plugfelder and CaiGs Lucius
Thompson, and other friends of nine
made admirable Lictors and soldiers.
believe that it would be good idea in our
schools where Latin is taught, Or Roman
History studied, to have such large and
Imposing bodies of Roman troops as these
for ohiact Lessons. With the exception
.tbat Lucius Thompson's spear
slipped aYd came near cemonsning a
whole Roman century with the centurion
at their had, tia campaign passed 0tf
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successfully, a fact that was heartily rec
ognized by Vincinus Sentinus. Fortunius
Horatius and OF her eminent Roman citi-
zens 10 the gallery. by encouraging cries of
go it Bill" and other vocal incentives
to Roman fortitude and valor.
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her own hand in her day dreams; how Of
ten heard che words with which it is be-
slowed; how often looked up with happy
tears to him that is now her own! How
often has she not walked out of the door of
her castle in Spain and driven to this very
church. and walked down this very aisle
with orange blossoms in her hair How
often has she not heard this very march,
and cljnging tU the arm of her husband
walked up the narrow aisle to the church
door and stepped out of it into world
the color of roses, under sky thick with
the glistening wings CT angels! And TO-
day, in the cold organ loft, she can only
SIT aud catch glimpse, through the gates.
of this Paradise, the streets of which she
has Olsen walked in her dreams. Does she
plays, think you? 1 sometimes think she
does. And when it is all over, and the
church is emptied, and she closes the key
board, and stops to brush a speck of dust
from it with her handkerchief, she looks
to me the loneliest woman in the world.
The bride has been bewildered with hap
piness, the trademarks have chartered
chorus of joy, the spectators have been
full of glee, but this woman in the organ
loft has had none of it. AS continue to
weave her story she seems to me to be the
woman who has been set apart from all the
rest. l 60 with her through her lonely
life and then come back t0 the church
with her. There are flowers in plenty, but
no orange blossoms. There are tears too,
but not happy ones, Some one else is in
the organ lott, and there are many who
listen to the Sad ssrains. There are wait
ers toe. but not in evening claw.hapmers.
Before, they did not miss her from the
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THE 5OTH CONGRESS.

MEMBERS
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-10
An Expressing Charge.

La the course of his charge to the jury
on murder case, an Idaho judge said;
I'm making your decision, gentlemen,
please bear in mind that the deceased
was reaching for his hip pocket when
the prisoner blazed away at him. The
territorial statutes, you understand,
gentlemen, allow one man. when lie sees
another make this motion. 10 produce
his gun and begin the bombardment.
To be sure, it has been proved that the
deceased was reaching for his handker-
chief, but that makes no difference; the
law does not recognize any such move
ments. The very fact that he was car I
rying pocket handkerchief while he
was in Idaho shows that he was an UNI
fit member of our territorial society.
Please carefully weigh all of these i'm
portant facts before bringing III your
verdict"
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'Port Crayon" (Col. David II.
Strother) used to be we'll known to
the readers of Harpers,' as an able
wielder of both pencil and pen. But
the best thing he ever got off was
probably unattended and never APP
peared in print, SO far as we know.
During the early part of the war
he was out in the mountains of west
ern Virginia in the command of
some union general who was station
ed there at the time. One day the
commanding officer learned that
confederate commander was in the
neighborhood with number Of men,
and would, in all probability, at
tempt to destroy the railroad, so he
sent Strother with detachment Of
troops to reconnoitre, with orders
that 1t the rebels should be cutting
the railroad he must drive them of.
Strother marched gaily away,
found the Johnny rebs,' but In
stead of attacking them he rushed
rapidly back to camp. When he
drew up at the generals tent, seem
ingly in q hurry, that officer rushed
out.
"Well,' he asked, "did you find
them 2"
eyes SIR
"What were they doing 2"
Tearing up the railroad.
"What the devil we're you doing
while they were tearing up the rail
road p
II was tearing down the turn
pike
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Her step fell on the old oak floor
As uoiseless as the snow showers drift
ing;
And from Der sweet aud serious ewes
They seldom saw the dark lids Firing.
"Bring aid Bring aid ~ the father cries;
Bring aid /" each vassai's voice is cry
ing;
The fair-haired beauty Of the isles,
Her pulse is fsint--her life is flying y
He called in vain; her dim eyes turned
Aud met bis own with parting sorrow,
For well she knew. that fading girl,
Tha, be must weep aud mourn the NOR
row.
Her faint breath ceased; the father bent
And gazed upon his haired daughter.
What thought he on The widow son,
And the stormy night by Mona's water.
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Ia Was All Right.
From the Chicago Mail.

From the Chicago Mail.
II had very funny thing to hap
pen to me last week, said one of the
leading surgeons OF the city in an
after dinner conversation yesterday.
An old coot came to my office, gave
me the particulars Of his case aud
wanted very difficult; but at the
same time short, surgical operation
performed He fully understood the
situation, and knew the application
Of cold steel might be fatal in the
end. However, he was ready to take
the chances. After the ceremony was
over the venerable gentleman gather
ed himself into his clothes andasked:
What's the cost of this ere Z
Nov, / was playing low down Gun
ming / knew be was we'll off aud
had the reputation of being very lib
eral down near Antralia, Myregular
fee would have been $50, but / had n
great head remarked casually that
/ would leave it to him, when be I'M
rolled long wallet and handed me
So, and a very greasy old bill it was.
There was nobody around to kick me,
and SO / kicked myself. But the next
morning the able agriculturist came
hopping up stairs as lively as two
year-old Hambletonian. He slapped
down a crisp 800 bill on my table
with the remark:
"'Hello, Doc! What I paid You
yesterday was for doin' it. This lit
tie balance is for KNOWN how'n
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1111ID, dark passionate Isabell
dH She was so reserved, so sensi-
n tive and shrinking, SO conscious
of her own outward deficiency, and so
fearful of its influence. When she
was little child she remembered to
have heard her parents say How very
plain ? and now that she had grown
to be woman, with all a woman's
pride, knowledge and love of admir-
alton strong within her, she could
not resist the desire to scan her face,
feature by feature, and then would
come up to her own lips the old re-
pulsive words, How very plain!'
Once when, with particularly bit
ter tone, she had given utterance to
the accustomed plant, bright hand
some face came beside her own in the
mirror, and saucy, musical voice
| said,-
Not so very plain, Bell, not with
that pair of eyes.
Now if there is one thing more
than another, which lady has dis
like to be caught at by lover, it is
in scanning their own beauty, or un
attractiveness, as the case may be-
Any other lover but Guy Melville
would have Immediately left her pres
ence when such an indignant blaze
flashed upon him from that pair Of
eyes, But not he There he stood,
tapping his boot with his little cane,
and looking SO comical and saucy.
Are you aware, sir, that this is my
private room?' exclaimed Isabel, as
soon as she could bring that provok-
ingly plain face of hers into anything
like composure.
Mr.. Melville was evidently aware
of the fact, but he made no move to
vacate it.
Bell you are handsome-to me-
There it was again She was hand
some to him, and he knew well enough
she was homely to every one elsel
i love you, Isabel; nobody else
will ever love you so we'll
An impatient gesture of the hand
was her only answer.
There is not being I love in the
wide world but you; not a thought OF
happiness but is of you and for you;
not pleasure | would not sacrifice
for your sake.
The saucy, comical look was all
gone now, and he continued
For whole year I have plead with
you for a word of hope. have borne
with your exactions, hoping that some
times you would be true, trusting
woman; that you would sometimes
give me hope of winning you for my
wife,
Have your was Bells sarcastic
reply.
and now,-'
We'll, sir, what now p
i am going to be married.
The blood receded from Bells face
to her heart, then galloped back again
before she ventured to speak.
L do not know as that is any affair
of mine, Mr.. Melville she finally
found words to say, and wishing him
'good-morning,' she walked leisurely
from the house, and was soon seer
entering the summer-house at the
end of the garden.
We'll, I--there-if overland home
ly, too, as she saysp he continued
walking up and down the room
Girls enough that I could marry if
liked, and yet must break my heart
) because this one viii not give m,
back the love l waste upon herp
Suddenly the old saucy smile lit NJ
his handsome face, and he left the
house of Isabel Gerry without 81
much as glancing at the summer
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A slap-sided, mud-covered granger
entered a Main street clock store
about dusk Saturday evening, and,
with bewildered look, asked
Mister, is this where a man kin git
a clockP
Yes, sir, said the clerk.
Wall, said the granger, what be
that ticker worth2' pointing to an
ornate and intricate piece OF time
recording mechanism on the shelf.
That, sir said the clerk, is won
derful time piece. 1t is worth 5000,
and will run three years without wind
ing
Great Scott gasped the granger,
three years without winding! Say,
mister, how long would the blamed
thing run if she was wound mp 2
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Some people are born to ill.luck.
An old woman who has pasted near
~ five thousand medical recipes IN
a book during the last forty years,
has never been i'll day in her life,
and she is growing discouraged.
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beneath them, whom Bell could not

see
Who is it, mother p she whispered.
Mr.. Melville's wife, was the gentle
reply.
She came ont now from under the
shadow Of the balcony, and stood be-
tween Bell and the light. Was that
gay, beautiful girl Guys wife ? A
slight toss of the saucy little head
sent The golden curls qnivering
around her neck like 50 many sun
beams, and a merry laugh broke the
silence.
oh, you are Isabel, | suppose, she
exclaimed, upturning her happy face
to whore our heroine stood in perfect
amazement Guy says l must love
you very much, for he does
Mr. Melville is very kind, replied
Bell, very haughtily. 4 cannot bear
it-mother-Tc annot' exclaimed she,
and in another moment she had gain
ed the library where she gave vent to
passionate burst OF weeping.
'Bellr that voice, she would have
known it anywhere in the world for
its rich, musical tone, and that hand,
too, which rested on her forehead, it
could belong to no one but Guy; and
he---a married mani At another time
she would have tossed it from her
with just contempt and scorn; but
now she only exclaimed
% Guy, if you had only been pa
tient with me little longer; if you
had only made allowance for my pride,
this sorrow would never have come
upon me-
With almost woman's tenderness
he gathered her to his bosom, and
for the first time their lips met in a
kiss.
4 need not tell you, Bell, how !
have loved you,' Guy said, when her
grief had somewhat subsidized, Night
and day, at home or abroad, you were
the star of my life Others might
have thought you plain and cold, but
to me, in spite of your haughtiness,
you were everything desirable; and
until hope deserted me never dream
ed of the possibility of loving another.
Bell chung closer to his bosom, as
if trying to shut out that horrid pos
sibility, saying
But | loved you through 1t all
You were my dream, my idol
'Oh, dear-don't mind me in the
least exclaimed the merry voice oil
MIR. Melville's wife, who had entered
the roam unseen. Il hope you will
excuse me, and as three is poor com
pany, particularly when one of the
three happens to be ones wife I'll
be off.
Stay said Bell; this may seem
strange to you
'Oh, no, not in the least; Guy told
me how it would be 7 interrupted the
wife.
And you loved him, and you mar
ried him, when you knew his heart
was mine and l do love him ?
We'll, who the mischief cares /
do not
No wonder Bells eyes grew prom
inent to hear such speech from the
bride, just in the honeymoon, too.
The fact is, said the little wife,
I'm tired of acting. | am Mr.. Mel
ville's wife; but with all due respect
to your opinion, Guy isn't half as
pretty as my husband, his cousin
Bell gazed for moment from one
to the other, as if doubtful if it was
not all a dream, then tainted in the
arms of her lover.
There was a wedding among us
some months after, and if there are
any who don't suspect the parties in
terested, / leave them the Yankee
privilege of guessing By Lez Ford.
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Society's favorite fower-The dan
dylion.
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ISABEL,

Or, MR. MELvILLE'S WIFE.
-o-(: IoI go
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MONA'S WATERS.

Oh! Mona's waters are blue and bright
When The sun shines out like gay
young lover;
But Mona's waves are dark as night
When the face Of the heaven is clouded
over.
The wild wind drives the crested foam
Far up the steep and rocky mountain.
And booming echoes drown the voice,
The silvery voice, of Mona's fountain.
Wild, wild against the mountains side
The wrathful waves were up and beating,
When stern Glenvarloch's cheftain came;
With anxious brow and buried greeting
He babe the widowed mother send
while loud the tempest's voice was
raging)
Her fair young son across the flood
Where winds and waves their strife were
raging.
And still that fearful mother prayed,
'Oh yet delay, delay till morning,
For weak the hand that guides our bark,
Tho brave bis heart, all danger scorn-
ing"
Little did Glenvarloch heed:
"The safety of my fortress tower
Depends on tidings he must bring
From Fairlee bank, within the hour.
"See'st thou, across the sullen wave
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Z Terrific Gale.

A dispatch from Fort Wayne, Ind, states
that terrific gale from the south passed
over that city Yesterday afternoon, and at
2 O'Clock ragged in full! force. A number OF
buildings were unroofed. Shortly before >
o'clock fire broke out ia the outskirts Of
the city, and at the time the dispatch was
sent about p. n.) five frame dwellings
were in flames, with the gale spreading the
contlagration.
The storm struck Toledo about noou, and
from that time until ) O'Clock The velocity
of the wind was about forty five miles en-
hour. There was considerable damage
done in small way, blowing down chin
neys breakiGg in show windows, uurooiiug
buildings, blowing down telegraph and tel
ephOne lues, and ovcrturnlng trees An
unfinished Two story frame building was
RACED to the ground. There We're 10 cast
alties. Reports from Northwestern Ohio
bring tding5 Of similar damages.
a hard wind storm prevailed throughout
kentucky yesterday morning. but TO spec
ial damage is reported. The wind started
freight car from siding near Old Deposit,
Ky. IL ran onto main track aud was run
into by n southbound Louisville and Nash
vile freight lfaln, causing wreck. Two
unknown tramps stealing :. ride CD the
coWcatcher We're killed.
4 high wind, accompanied by !, driving
rain, prevailed IN Chicago early yes
terlay morning. The storm tore through
trees with the fury Of 1t hurricane. Two
buildings were picked up BY the wind and
pounded to pieces on the prairie AL the
streets in the western and southwestern por-
ton OF the city are Uttered with broken
trees and shivcred signboards.
A cyclone between lp=ilanli and Eikhar.
Ind, tore down all the wires in that neigh
borhood. and on the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railway the top Of car was
blown oil and carried against the wires with
such force Is TO break them ALL
A terrible gale prevailed yesterday al Buf-
falo, n. y. ~ midnight the wind was six-
ty.fve miles an hour. Twcnty-nine houses
were destroyed by floods in the lower part
of the city, and 100 persons are homeless
Mrs. Charles Lambert and daughter were
drowned, and others are reported missing
Many buildings are partly wrecked by wind.
The damage 70 shipping is great. All the
lumber yards on the island" are wrecked.