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Just Hear That Child Scream |"

said Mrs. Smith to her sister, Mrs. Davis.
as the sound of child's shrieks came
across the garden from a ueighbor's house,
What kind of woman have you for a
neIghbor? Does she abuse her children?
mo, indeed" replied Mrs. Davis .'She
is one of the most tender mothers in
existence. But you see, she believes in
the old. fashioned styles of doctoring.
When child needs physic, she fills a
spoon with some nauseous dose, lays the
little victim fiat on her lap, holds his nose
till he is forced to open his mouth for
breath, when down goes the dreadful
mess. Then come the yells.'' mo won
DER said Mrs. Smith, why doesn' she
nss DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets? They are effective without being,
harsh, and are as easy to take as sugar
plums. always give them to my chill.
dren." And SO do L. said Mrs. Davis.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-06
A Marked record in a Church.

The Baltimore Sun in noticing the first
sermon at st. Paul's church there, last
Sunday, of Rev. DIR. John S. Martin, The
newly appointed pastor, gives sketch of
his long ministerial life. 1t says DIR.
Martin is best known as the Secretary of
Episcopal Church South, position which
he has held for IS years, being elected to
the Office in 1858, which was 10 years be-
fore the Baltimore Conference joined the
Southern Church. He was also the secre-
tary of the last General Conference. which
met at Richmond, Va, and held the same
Office at the Centennial Conference of
1884. He is a native Of Virginia, and his
first charge was at Lexington, in that
State. In 1880 he was appointed to Charles
Street M. E. Church. Baltimore, the con-
gregation of which afterwards built and
removed to Mt. Vernon Place Church:
During the war he was engaged in work
in Virginia, without holding any parLicu-
lar station. From 1866 to 1876 he had
charge Of Washington district, and in the
latter year he was appointed to Baltimore
district. He was assigned to Rockingham
district in 1874, and after remaining there
one year was placed in charge of stanton
station. where he stayed four years. From
1879 to 1888 he was stationed in Rocking
ham district again, and was transferred to
Winchester station in 1888. His last
charge was Winchester district, to which
he was appointed in 1886.
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A Handsome Recognition.

Not long since, Chief of Police J. n.
service which resulted in the recovery of
an article which had been lost eight years.
The particulars of the affair were of rather
a delicate nature and would doubtless he
perused by our readers with avidity if we
could get them out of the sealed lips of
the Captain. But as we have been unable
to get word out of him, the curiosity of
our readers must remain unsatisied. One
thing, however, we have captured in con-
nection with it, On Saturday morning last
at the Adams Express office was little
jewelry box from Southern city addressed
to Capt. Waters. 1t came from the party
who had been benefited by the work allud-
ed to. On opening it Capt. Waters found
beautiful gold police badge. 1t consisted
of a disk of gold surrounded by an
octagon, the whole pending by gold links
from gold bar. On the bar was "Chief
of Police" on the gold octagon encircling
was 81. II. W.. March, 1885," and raised
on the center of the disk was another small
or disk bearing the Virginia coat of arms
beautifully engraved. The workmanship
is all of the finest character. and the badge
must have cost from $50 to $50. 1t was
accompanied by letter from which this
is an extract:
s'Our recent visit to your city only con-
firms our thorough appreciation of you as an
officer and true Virginia gentleman. The
many courtesies extended to us warrant our
presenting you with this little token of our
further appreciation and friendship, and as a
reward of merit. Our only regret is that all
other cities are not possessed of just such
officials, not only ready to execute an official
trust, but ready to extend the hand of mercy
and charity
Of course the Chief is very proud of such
appreciation of his work. but for all that
he can't be gotten to relieve the public
mind about what it was all done for.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-06
PEOPLE DEMAND PROTECTION.
PATENT MEDICINES.

What are they? AS general thing they are
by old and welread Physicians. Thousands of
nval1ds have been unexpectedly cured by their
use, aud they are the wonder and dread of PLY SIC
ians and Medical Colleges in the q. s.. so much
so. that Physicians graduating at Medical Colleges
are required 10 discountepance Proprietary Medi
cines, as through them the country doctor loses
his me st profitable practice. AS manufacturer
of Proprietary Medicines, DR.. G. G. Green of
Woodbury., N. j., advocates most cOrdaly-in
order to prevent the risk that the sick and afflicted
are liable to, almost daily by the use of Patent
Medicines put out by INEXPERIENCED persons for
aggrandzement only. and the employing OF mex
perienced and incompetent doctors by which al
must every village and town is cursed; and men
claiming to be doctors who had better be under
takers, experimenting with their patients and
robbing them of their money and health,-for the
goo of the afflicted that our government prot ect
its people by making laws to regulate the practice
ofmedicine by better experienced and more thoro.
ughly educated Physicians, and thereby keep up
the honor and credit of the profession, also form
laws for the recording Of recipes of Proprietary
Medicines under examination and decision of ex-
perienced Chemists and Physicians appointed for
that purpose by the Government, before they are
licensed for general use, He would most freely
place the recipe of "Boschee's German Syrup, ard
Green's August Flower under such laws, had he
JUDGE of the people and avoid the competition and
imitation of worthless medicines Copied from the
Cnacdgo MAI, august 3, 'S7. maI23 1t
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-06
ordinary thip Steers, Oxen and

Ordinary thin Steers oxen ana
Extreme range Of priceS............ GI5 D W
Most of the sales were frOm......... $40 40
Total receipts this week S5l. Total sales Isl.
OF the receipts 81 came from Virginia.
There was fair offering on the Hill to-day as
to number and in quality the Beeves were an I'M
provement on that of the offerings last week.
Trade was quite dull, the sales being very light,
and prices 1aa14c lower than on last Monday. We
quote at 81 75a$50O; most sales were made at s. 5a
81 IS per 100 lbs.
SHNEP AND LANES Trade in sheep is not active
this week, The supply, though moderate. is suff-
cient for the moderate demand ruling in all the
yards The quality is quite good as that OF last
weeks offerings. Prices for Sheep show de.
cline of fully &c per lib as compared with values
last week. We quote butchers Sheep at 4a5Hc
for sheared and 511a611c per lb gross for wooled.
Lambs at 914al0c per Id gross. Receipts this week
of Sheep and Lambs 1923 head,
SwINE.-There is a fair supply of Hogs on the
market this week. and though the number is 500
less than last week, the offering is amply sufficient
tor the very moderate demand generally prevail
ing. The quality is as good as it was last Monday
We quote Hogs at 611a754c, with most sales at TIA
75ac per lib net. Receipts this week 6,6O3 head.
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MAR KETS.
VINDIoAToR OFFICE, ]
STANTON. VA Anril 5th. {

S1NDICATOR OFFICE, I
STAUNTON. VA, April 5th.
There has been very little doing this week
on the Staunton markets. Farmers are busy
sowing oats and preparing for corn, and as
result very little produce of any kind is COM
ing to market. Some hay is still being hauled,
but the bulk of it has been shipped. There
is no quotable change in prices The demand
is for timothy only. Several good sized lots of
Rockingham hay have been recently sold and
delivered in Staunton, notably the crops of
Jno. Lincoln, ESQ.,, and Messrs. J. N. Berry
and J. P. Swank Mr. Geo. Hevener is deliver
ing very choice lot of timothy at Swoope's.
Corn and oats are not specially active, but
are firm at quotations. Wheat is entirely
neglected and seemingly without any friends.
Trade in seed potatoes and spring fertilizers
is reported unusually good this season.
Reports for the week which ended March
31st, to Bradstreets, indicate a depression
in many lines of trade owing to the bad
weather and strikes in various parts of the
country "The markets show that wheat corn
and oats are all higher the first named gain
ing one cent on the week. Reports from COR
respondents in 6S4 winter-wheat growing
counties in ten States show that about the
middle of March the acreage to grain of that
variety was about 81 per cent. under the area
of 1887; the condition was 14a per cent. under
an average, and the damage from frost and
other causes about St per cent.
Gree arrivals and offerings of raw sugar,
with weakness on speculative sales at London
checked the advances in New York, prices
+ going off fractionally. Recent free receipts of
sugar at New Orleans caused the trade there
to regard the Louisiana crop as having been
underestimate. Rio coffee has advanced
cent on reduced offerings; speculative trans
actions light. There is no improvement in
the iron trade. Steel rail orders have been
taken at $31, reduction of so cents per ton,
| and negotiations are reported for large lots at
| $50 SO.
''At the East, dry goods lack animation, and
! prices have lost their pronounced strength,
/, particularly in cotton goods, owing to the de-
cline in the staple. The jobbing movement
| is fair. Wool prices favor buyers at eastern
marhets, except Oh medium grades. Elne
| feeces quiet. Mills being well stocked, trading
| is light.
s'The total number of failures in the United
States since January /, is 1908 against 3, 1913
in 1887. The liabilities aggregate $34. 100000,
ainstag $29, 100000 last year, largely owing
to the failure of Western bank, speculative
| (cotton) failures and to several cases of COM
mercial dry -rot' at New York. The total
assets form 523 per cent. of the liabilities,
against SO per cent last year."
The circular of r.. g. Dunn & O., of New
York. for the same date, say the monetary
pressure, which almost invariably appears
dangers which were apprehended by expert
enced bankers seem to have vanished.
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Railroad Notes.

Mr.. T. o. Barbour, for twenty years con.
nected with the "Big Four" road, (the
Cincinnati. Indianapolis, St. Louis, and
Chicago), has been elected Secretary and
Treasurer of the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry
Co., with headquarters at Richmond. He
assumes the duties April 25th.
Mr.. VIM. M. Clements, General Man.
ager of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
was voted a handsome carriage at a
Catholic Church fair at church at Har.
per's Ferry. The voting realized 81 ,513 SO
Mrs. Alice e. Buchanan has entered
suit for $40, 900 in the Richmond Circuit
Court against the c. & .. Ry., for the
death OF her husband. brakeman, by an
accident, Nov. 9TH, 1887.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-06
Worthy of Your Attention.

Why is it that our city has been SO long
without general Directory of our citi-
zens? is question that has been freely
discussed during the past week, and one
which many have been unable to answer
Be that as it may, Staunton has at last
been offered an opportunity to pride her
self on such work by Messrs. E. F.
Turner & Co., who are now busily engage
ed in canvassing our city preparatory to
publishing first.elass city Directory
The work has so far met with great en-
couragement from our merchants and
citizens, as we learn that large list of
subscribers have been obtained by the
canvassers from house to house in taking
up the names, and by our merchants much
space has been engaged for their adver-
tisements. The fact that our city has
never had city Directory is sufficient to
convince our merchants that card placed
in the work will be read by most every
family in Stanton, and lasts for one year.
1t is hoped that all will give careful at
tention to the work in order to give
Staunton a reliable city Directory. The
Danville, Va. Register" of last Tues.
day in speaking of Mr.. Turner's recent
work there. says:
The third annual result of Mr. Turner's
labors have been placed before the public
during the past two weeks, and all will readi-
ly note many improvements on former direc-
tories, both in the arrangement and make up
of the work.
The directory contains very few, if any
errors, and the general information is COM
plete.
The book this year contains 977 more
names than last years directory, and this
number is net gain above all deaths and re-.
movals This goes to show that the "twin
cities" have not only held their own but are
on steady upward and onward movement.
Mr.. Turner has done his work we'll and
deserves all the praise his patrons are bestow-
ing upon him. He is thorough and reliable
compiler, painstaking publisher and well
fitted for the vocation he has chosen. The
"Register" wishes him success wherever he
goes,
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More fine Percherons for Augusta {.

A letter to the INDICATOR from De
Aalb, ILL.,. March 9th, says: "Mr. B. F.
Smith of Augusta, has purchased and is
on his way back to Virginia with "Pollux"
one of the best Percheron horses to be
found in the State, after inspecting hun
dreds. Judges pronounce him the best horse
of his age imported from France last year.
Mr.. Smith has also purchased imported
mares in foal to prize winners in Au-
gusta."
The Greenville correspondent of the
VINDICAToR writes US that "Mr. John P.
Smiley ,having sold his fine black Perche-
ron horse. went West to the stables of M.
w. Durham few days ago land purchased
a magnificent iron-gray Percheron, for
$4,000. He reached here with him on
Tuesday morning. The horse is years
old, weighs 1850 pounds, and is beauty.
Mr.. Smiley is doing great deal toward
improving the horses of this community
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-06
Road to the National Cemetery.

In the u S. Senate Saturday, the bill to
construct road from the city of Staun-
ton to the national cemetery in the coun-
ty of Augusta. in the State of Virginia,
was considered as in Committee of the
Whole.
The Committee on Military Affairs re-
ported the bill with an amendment, ain
line 1. before the word s'thousand,' to
strike out ''ten" and insert .'eleyen," so
as make the bill read:
Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $11, 900
be- and the same is hereby, appropriated, out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the purpose of constructing
macadamized road from the city of Staun-
ton, in the State of Virginia, to the national
cemetery in the county of Augusta, in said
State, to be expended under the direction of
the Secretary of War, or SO much of the
above named sum as may be necessary for
said purpose.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby
directed to advertise and let the contract for
the construction of said road to the lowest
bidder, taking bond, with good security, from
the contractor for the completion of said
road.
The amendment was agreed to.
The bill was reported to the Senate as
amended, and the amendment was con-
CURED in.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed for
third reading. read the third time, and
passed.
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The Easter German.
Reported tor the STAUNToN INDICATOR ]

Reported tor the STAUNToN VINDIcAToR]
The Easter German given by the Staun-
ton Club on the evening of the I'd inst, at
the Virginia Hotel, was gracefully led by
Capt. Thornton Terry, of the Staunton
Male Academy. We give list of those
present:
Miss Maggie Costen Of Eastville, Va,
blue and pink surah, decollete; diamonds.
Miss Annie Calhoon of Allegheny
Springs, Va, cream surah and lace, velvet
waist, decollete; natural flowers.
Miss Lucy Williams of Richmond. Va,
white lace and velvet, decollete; natural
flowers.
Miss Sallie Bayly, blue surah and lace,
decollete.
Miss Bette Fauntleroy, cream cashmere
and lace, decollete.
Miss Fannie Blackley, cream surah and
lace.
Miss Lillian Arthur, blue cashmere and
satin trimmings.
Miss Bette McCue, black silk and lace;
natural flowers.
Miss Aurelia McCue. black silk and lace,
decollete.
Miss Lucy Kinney, white albatross and
lace; pearls.
Miss Julia Nelson, cream cashmere;
diamonds.
Miss Maggie Bayly, black silk; flowers.
Miss Lucy Harper, white cashmere and
lace.
Miss Annie Bell, green satin and white
lace.
Miss Fannie McChesney, black lace and
purple velvet, decollete.
Mrs. Frank Alexander, black silk en-
traine; diamonds.
Mrs. Charles F. Nelson, black satin;
diamonds.
Messrs. Miller McCue, Jas. Ker, Jr.
Geo. c. Walters, Fitz Elder. Hugh Brax-
ton, E. j. Cushing, Lacy Gibson. Cha. s
Hoge, Chas. Walters, Hanson Tams, Ken
meth Mccoy. W. W. McGuffin, BALDWIN
Wayt, j. FL. Woodward, Lou F. Abby, Z.
M. Fry of Lynchburg, Chas. F. Nelson,
Manroe Alderman of Florida. J. NICK
McCue, w. Calf Kinney and Lieut.. Baker
Lee of S. M. A, were among the gentle
men present.
The chaperones of the occasion were
Mrs. W. H. Sale of Capon Springs, Mrs. J
u. CroWle, and Mrs. W. l.. Olivier.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-06
New Registration.

Under the law passed by the last legis-
lature for new registration in Stanton,
the Electoral Board, composed of Messrs.
j. A. Cochran, b. b. Eskridge and Jos.
B. Woodward, has ordered a new regis
tration to commence April 18th and last
ten Gays, (excluding Sundays), which
makes it close on and with sunset Friday,
April 9th, The registration is open from
sunrise to sunset daily; the street, and
number of the house the voter resides in
is to be entered with his name. Voters in
Staunton who are registered now will lose
their votes if they do not register anew
during the new registration.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-06
Trinity Eniscopal Church.

On Monday last at a congregational
meeting at Trinity church the following
gentlemen were elected Vestrymen for the
ensuing year 8
Atkinson, DR.. B. NJ; Berkeley, Capt.
Frank B.; Burnett, VIM. A.; Elder, Maj.
7. c.; Kinney. A. F.; McIlhany, H. M I;
Miller. NJ. Erskine; Ransom. Capt. T. D.;
Shelley. Judge H. W.; Skinner. COL JAS
H.; Trout, P. H.; Woodward, Jos. b.
The newly elected Vestry held their
first meeting, at the call of the rector, on
Tuesday night last in the chapel of the
church. 1t organized by the election of
P. H. Trout, Register; DR.. Is. M. Atkin-
son, Senior Warden; Capt. F. B. Berke-
ley, Junior Warden, and Col. Jas. H.
Skinner, Treasurer. Messrs. 2. H. Troat,
VIM. A. Burnett and H. M. McIIhany,
were appointed Finance Committee.
Judge H. W. Shelley was appointed lay
delegate to represent the parish in the
Council of the Diocese of Virginia, which
assemblies here May 18th. and Col. Skinner
was appointed alternate.
The following Chairmen of Committees
were appointed in the matter of prepara-
tion for the session Of the Council here,
with power to appoint their respective
committees: Mai. II. M. Bell, Chairman
Of General Committee; P. H. Trout, of
Finance Committee; Jos. B. Woodward,
of Committee on Transportation; II. M.
McIlhany, of Committee on Entertain
ment and Homes, and Col. J. II. Skinner.
of Committee on Reception.
A resolution was adopted continuing
the control of the improvement of the
church now in progress, in the hands of the
committee which is now exercising it.
The Easter Offering at Trinity church
last Sunday, amounted to 81 ,001 in money
the largest cash contribution ever made
in that congregation on one occasion.
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Give Them a Chance,

That is to say, your lungs. Also all your BREATH
ing machinery. Very wonderful machinery it is.
Not only the larger air-passages, but the thou
sands of little tubes and cavities leading from
them.
When these are clogged and choked with matter
which ought not to be there. your lungs cannot
half do their work. And what they do, they can
not do well.
Call it cold. cough, Group, pneumonia, catarrh,
consumption or any OF the family of throat and
nose and head and lung DISTINCTIONS all are bad
All ought to be got rid of. There is just one sure
way to get rid of them. That is to take BosCHEE'
GERMAN SYRUP. which any druggist will sell you
at rs cents bottle Even if everything else has
failed You,you: may DEF end upon this for certain
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goodness had found way to his heart. He came
to the bars and accepted the flowers and lit
erature. We spoke few words of kindness,
and in our hearts asked God to bless these
seeds sown in weakness.
In the adjoining cell was the young man,
just few moments before imprisoned for
drunkenness. He was imploring some one to
come and take him out. He was from an ad-
joining county. He would not accept the
flowers; said he did not want to see OR hear
anything to remind him of his mother She
had tried to save him and failed, and no one
else could while there were bar-rooms. He
said he had voted to get them out of his town,
and one of his brothers had never spoken to
him since. We quietly laid the bouquet with
the Gospel Temperance tracts on the floor,
and with sad hearts went to our homes.
The following Sabbath afternoon when the
cell containing the gray haired prisoner was
opened, what should meet our eyes but this
man standing, looking like he had been trans
with hair neatly combed and looking as if
eager to receive the Gospel. Since that time
he has always had that position when his cell
was opened for service, has accepted the reli-
gious papers, and copy of the Testament,
promising he would read it. He has also
promised, God helping him, to abstain from
the use of all intoxicating liquors. The
keeper told US he never had seen such a
change in any man; he did not know the
cause but the change was great. We can but
say, What hath God wrought.
Another special case is that of a young man,
a stranger in our city, whose sad experience
proves that our licensed bar-rooms are always
open to receive strangers until drunken and
asylum is open to receive them but our county
jail How long, how long. Lord, will this
Christian community perpetuate this evil
This young man made touching appeal to
our committee, stating he was stranger and
without money or friends here; with no place
to go when liberated and 1mploring US to
secure him employment until he could earn
sufficient means to go to his home. We
mentioned his case to several gentlemen, one
of whom went to see him, and invited him to
come to his house as soon as liberated.
The young man gladly accepted the invita-.
tiun, since which time he has been given en-
ployment by that Christian gentleman. May
he receive his reward from Him who said,
GAS ye have done it unto the least of these,
We have done it unto me-"
We find large number of the prisoners to
be colored boys. We would urged upon our
law makers the necessity of a reformatory in
stitution for these juvenile prisoners. If they
they are not trained for self-supporting citi-
zenship, other citizens will be taxed for their
support and the crimes committed by them.
A rising vote of thanks was rendered to
Deputy Sheriff Logan Turner. for courte.
sizes shown members of the Union visiting
the jail.
A dime collection was taken up to buy
literature for free distribution, after
which the doxology was sung and the
meeting closed.
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Travellers Protective Association.

The Virginia Division of the Travellers
Protective Association, which holds its
annual convention in Staunton. Wednes-
day. May I'd, promises to have large at
tendance. Its meeting here will do good
deal to- inform our merchants more fully
about the advantages offered by Virginia
cities for their trade. Post D. of Rich
mond, has elected sixteen delegates, and
ten more Richmond commercial travellers
will come by virtue of the offices they hold
in the Division.