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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-01

A CHASTITY picture is the sDeath of Moses, "in
which angels bear the dead hero in their arms
to the Messiah. This is by Cabanel, and
another picture which attracts great deal of
attention is Charlotte Corday in prison, in
which the pale face of the enthusiastic girl
looks with a sad, determined face at you from
behind the bars. ''The Lost Dogs" by Van
Thoren, is another picture which has been
widely copied. 1t represents two dogs in the
snow hugging themselves close together,
while the snow falls and the winds blows, and
the cold surroundings are dcxolation personi-
fed. This is a favorite subject for copyists,
and nearly every other house in Washington
has these lost dogs hanging over its mantel
piece.
Some of the finest of the pictures are small
ones, and there is many pretty little gem in
every out Of the way corner. Some of the
landscapes are very fine, and one of the larg-
est landscapes is that of Bierstadt, being a
view of Mount Corcoran in the Sierra Ne
vadas. Another fine painting is a view Of
the waves rolling in upon the New Jersey
coast, and in another painting Niagara Falls,
with its rainbow and the glisten of the
water, is plainly seen. You see the mist
rising, and you can almost hear the roar of
the waters as they dash over the falls
Another fine painting represents an old
sailor, with bronzed face, pulling his boat
over the waves. His little 4-year-old
daughter, whose fresh young face looks out
of cap, sits beside him, and she has her
hands beside his on the handle of the oar
The old fisherman smiles as he looks down
upon her, and the little girls face is full Of
earnestness She thinks she is helping her
father pull the boat, and the picture is en-
titled ''The Helping Hand" 1t is an expen-
sive picture, and 1t cost considerably more
than a congressman's yearly salary. There
is picture of cow here, about three feet
long and two feet wide, that cost 81 900, and
there are many expensive paintings
The greatest of American and French
artists are here represented, and new pictures
are being bought every year. The visitors
to the Corcoran gallery are numbered by the
tens of thousands annually, and the students
who take advantage of its opportunities for
art study are hundreds. 1t will do more
good as the years go on, and it will help us
toward the becoming of an art producing
and art loving nation.-Washingto Letter
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-01
april2O 1Yl

SUQCEsS OF THE
PERFECT FIRE EXTINGUIsHERI
ITS USE AT THE HALE RGT+su
The following statement from the vgvpTj ators of
the Hale House. Staunt0n, will shos@ 10 nuhlic
the great Importance of having on hand ono of tho
PERFECT FIRE EXTINGUISHERs' how ora for
sale by us at $l2 dozens can he 81 hv ladies
and children, aLNs AR ONCE ey ,inouish Aamas
f. ALEXANDER & CO., agents,
STAUNToN, VA.
MssSrS. +. Alexander IL TO-.
GENTLEMEN:-0n me 29th of January last, Gin
uets idllng rom he ste burnt through the floor
and Dur Wban iss fhe e spread under the floor
amu Mien aisco Gered had made considerable head
way =, LII a asi III the under open space.
~ oua en- JrtS to Immediately suppress If, water
S 90 shio" where it had burnt through the floor
w Nc 1oud not get at the fire under It, Having
=, oSuF I'd THE Perfect Fire Extinguisher," we
thra application OF 1t according to directions. 1t
an ~ ltS contents into the Smothered receSSeS.
a. d Immediately all the fire eStinguished. But
Jr that a damaging fire would have occurred.
Very Respectfully,
| was present when the fire referred to by Messrs
| F1tZ u Woodward was first discovered, and order
ed an alarm to be given for the Fire Company but
upon applying 1.-The Perfect Fire ExtinguiSher t"
In which 1 aided, the fire became at once under
| control. l am satisfied there would have been a
| serious ire had we not promptly used the "Ex-
llneuSner GEO. l.. PEYTON.
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-01
Trade in Second Hand Pool,

Any one who wanted to see the trado r.,
second hand books reduced to it's lowest
terms could have done so last fall on tbe
lower part of Sixth avenue. An old man had
dingy basement and stand upon the side
walk filled with second hand paper covered
literature The popular cheap libraries were
all represented. A fifty cent book could be
bought for ten cents, and twenty or TWENTY
five cent book for five cents. All were more
or less dilapidated but the reading matter
was there The old man has moved now. but
doubtless there are other similar stalls in this
city. One would hardly expect romance
among paper covers, but yet the old man had
good story to tell
1t was of a young fellow who came fire.
quently in the morning to sell book for five
cents. He used to evince great sorrow at
parting with them. Later the dealer found
out that the young man had been trying to
collect library of good works in cheap
bindings. 1t had been quite an ambition
with him, but he had lost his position and
had taken another at such low wages that he
was frequently without any money at all at
the end OF the week. In such cases he would
be obliged to sell book for his fare down
town, for he was slightly lame and not
strong enough to walk. The dealer in paper
covers told the story in way that showed
his realization of the simple pathos in it.
New York Evening Sun
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-01
A Specimen Letter.

As specimen of the letters that are re-
eeived by the Bnffalo Business Mems associa-
ton, the following will suffice:
Mr. Secetary of Buffalo Business Mems Associa-
ton of Buffalo, notice your advertisement in re-
CARDS to putting in Waiter power in nigeria River
and anne patient Right man l thought would
drop you few lines now if you want Butment
have plain drawing Out. how to put But
ment in the river and have plan how to put the
wheel in also. think this will be susces am
willing to go and put it in if you say SO will
come and see you as soon as l here from you
hoping to here from you soon l remain yours
trulley j P. am hot man.
His ardor has doubtless cooled ere this.
Only two or three out of the entire number
of correspondents have submitted detailed
plans, the remainder contenting themselves
with the elaboration OF. theories and the pres
entation Of a bewildering array of technical
engineering terms and mathematical for
mu1se, which are incomprehensible without
drawings Letter.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-01
Advice for Young Writers.

Learn how to write. Don't follow any set
style. Follow your own style. Use simple
words and short sentences. Hit straight
from the shoulder! Learn to write briefly
and concisely. You can be picturesque in
short sentences as well as in long ones.
Write on topics Of the day. Look into the
human heart deeply and write for men and
women of the day. Taboo quotations, as
rule Never use French, German or italian
words or phrases. Use Anglo-Saxon always
For the first year destroy all you write Tear
up your manuscripts or put them aside for a
month or two, and then revise them care
fully. Knock out the adjectives Don't use
superf1uous words. Be sure of your facts,
and when you have told all your facts stop
writing. The editorial, or review, OF essay
your facts.-Foster Coates in Sunshine
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-01
HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT.

nifficuIt to Get Good Theories Put INFO
Practice-Teacl the Children.
ssEvery writer on education, from Plato to
Herbert Spencer, has advocated physical &C
tiyity as a means of attaining that full orbed
and harmonious development of all parts OF
the human economy so essential to robust,
vigorous healthn Theorists, then, are agreed
upon this as the ultimate aim of every kind
of physical exercise" But we all know how
difficult it is to get the best theories put into
practice They may commend themselves as
the very BEST but they fall far short of their
good to men till they can be made working
theories In this respect the harmonious
development theory, whether mental or
physical, forms no exception to other the
cries. But once get hold of some motive by
which to induce even a few individuals toput
a theory into practice, and half the battle is
won. If it is really a good theory, its own
practical example proves the fact. wisdom
is justified of her children"
Here is always the difficulty-to get hold
of the motives which will influence men and
women in such way that they may finally be
possessed by the Glove of symmetry in form"
which has such ''a deep moral significance"
You may preach the doctrine to children,
and your words will be like the idle wind.
Even our young men and our maldens Will
prefer snug fitting garments and handsome
raiment covering a bad form to the proper
lions of Apollo OF the beauty of the Venus of
Milo not clothed in the fashions of the day
Many men and women staggering along un-
der burdens of i'll health, self imposed by
neglect of the simplest natural laws, will
give your beautiful theory small thought
They will pursue their phantoms of wealth
and ambition, while they hug the delusion
that they suffer by Gods will in this ''vale of
tears" They do suffer, and deservedly, but
only because they do not use their own wills
to conform their conduct to his good will as
revealed in the constitution of their own be-
ing. 1t is useless to set forth to such people
the truths of health, the glad tidings of de-
iverance from many of their ailments by
the natural remedies of air, exercise and
food. The doctrines of health have always
been preached, and men have not needed
Let us begin, then, with children and edu-
cate them to these high truths. But with
children we have to use authority or play
upon motives. If we use authority merely
the idea of harmonious development will be-
come distasteful to them. They will break
away from authority and break with the
theory at the first opportunity of liberty.
Put them at what we elders call play, and
they often accomplish of their own free will
what we with difficulty get out Of them by
force Now 1 say that, by their various ath-
letic organizations, young men are doing
this very thing for themselves that children
do in play. They establish in the colleges
system of training for their various sports
which affects not only the members of the
higher institutions of learning, but which
reaches almost every young man in the land.
Professor E. L. Richards in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-01
Il HANDSOME PRIZES 4
Spring Greeting To Our Customers

dan intown
OF
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-02-02
A Story by a Kansas Woman.

The story of Esther the Gentle"
which is being printed in the Sunday
Capital, written by Mrs. J. X. Hudson.
viii. be published in book form February
LIST. 1t is well written. interesting story
of more than ordinary power having the
great Mormon iniqu ty as basis. 1t is a
Kansas book. written by a Kansas won.
an and published by a Kansas publishing
house Geo. w. Crane & Coz It's print.
ed in plain type. on heavy laid paper.
with handsome cloth binding The price
is 81 90 per volume. sent postage paid,
to any address. Orders may be sent to
Geo. W. Crane & Co., or to Publisher
Daily Capital, Topeka, Kans For sale
also ut all bookstores. 46-3t
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-02-02
NOTICE-FINAL PROOF

Persons desiring to have their Final
Proofs heard before me should see that
their notices of intention to make proof
read: Before the Probate Judge of Thorn
as county. at Colby. Kan.
NJ. l.. LACEY.
*32 Probate Judge.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-02-02
THE SIXTH DISTRICT.

Beloit Kans., Jan. 3-The Republi-
can committee cf the Sixth Ccngression-
nj district met here to-day with a fun
representation. The convention TO nomi-
mate Congressional electors is 10 be held
at Ru: sell. May .. The convention to
elect delegates 10 Chicago will b. held al
Oberlin. May IS. twenty-five Of the
twenty-four committeeman present are
for Blaine
Capt. J. b McGonisal represented
Thomas County AT the meeting. and SUBJ
mittcd proposition To have one Of the
conventions at Colby. but before his
arrival the two places had been selected.
j. =. Meredith. an attorney of Russell
Springs. visited Colby on legal business
on Wednesday last.
New and elegant line of spring samples
of suits made to order just received at
Shimp's.
Married. at the residence of the brides
parents. at Ash Grove. Franklin Co. Neb..
Jan. 22i. 1883. Mr.. Edward Mcdaniel. of
Colby. Thomas county, kans. to Miss
Eiiie Derrow.
Observation-Disclosures F. Beach and 10
seph Beach had 4 preliminary cxamin-
alton before Justice Simon Miller. at
Hastings on Tuesday last. on the charge
OF bUrylarizing the store Of J. K. Morley
on the night Of Jan. IS County Attorney
llicoXon appeared OH behalf of the
State. and NJ. A. Duff Esq, on the part
Of the defenialts. Thc accused were
held by Justice Miller. in bonds to an
'wcr to the DiStric5 Court on the charge.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-02-02
CAT SUPPLEMENT.
THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1888.
Business is picking up again.

place for all kinds of building IN iteriai
4 board of trade has been organized at
Russell Springs. Dr. A. NJ Crawford is
president
There seems to be move towards
calling n county seat election in Raw
Inns County.
l.. ID. Wentworth. who lives five
miles south from Mystic favored Colby
and the CAT Office with visit on
Saturday list
Mcssrs. Thompson and HARDWOOD took
in the city Of Colby this week, and re
port that town as being on the wing.
and soaring way up. among the littl
stars playing around the moon.-Sher- |
man County News.
The funny man of the Logan County
Times. after striving earnestly. gets off
the following: In Colby, calves have
new way of coming up-misSing /
We were not aware that any Loganites .
had turned up that way in Colby before.
As will be seen by oar Taonls .
county news this week the L. r. has
cut loose and will build a line from
Salina west through the tier of counties
north Of this direct TO Hugo. Colorado.
HoXe, Colby. Eustis and Burlington
Will get lift from this line At Colby
last week Sl2 900 in cash was paid by
the [. p. representatives for suitable
grounds ut that place for depot site
and other intcrests.-Logan County
Times. l.
1t has been generally conceded that
Colby will make Il railroad town. Colby ,
is over 20 miles east of U.S. and every
road, with single exception. that touch
es Colby will reach Burlington. The
Salina & Denver will commence work
west of Colby in few days, and this
road is surveyed to Burlington: the Rock
Island is making rapid strides to get
ahead of the Salina Il Denver. which
road is also surveyed to Burlington; the !
LeavenwOrth Il Denver Short Line men
are at Colby. and Burlington is on that
route in, fact, every road that touches
Colby bound westward will not miss Bar
ling;on. Burlington has just as bright /
prospects for railroads as Colby, and we II
predict will make such city for eastern il
Colorado as Colby is for western Kansas. t
Burlington has the advantage over
Colby of the possible extension of the t
B. & NJ. r. r. to Pueblo. Burlington Il
is well located as to distances for divi. il
ions for one or more of these roads "
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-02-02

Lew Cary and E. 5. Teal have &C
cepted positions in kaub & Smiths
Capt. J. W. Allen was shaking hand.
with friends in Colby on wednesday last
MeSsrS. Armstrong and McCormic.
two gentlemen from Russell Springs
visited Colby on Monday last.
George Smith. the junior member of
kaUb Il Smith is spending the week on
business at Kansas City and other points.
He is expected to return on Monday.
Judge Bndlong informs us that the
South Park company have surveyed and
plated the wcoie of the Lautcrbach
aim into town lots. The company have
gigantic and liberal scheme on hand
for the sale of this property See their
advertisement in another column.
Arthur Noulton and A G. Banning.
of Kaub & Smiths left Colby on
Wednesday. Mr.. MouIton goes to Dem
ing. New Mexico. ani Mr.. Blnniny to
Tombstone Arizona We wish the boys
we'll in their journey and hope to see
them back again in Colby in the not dis
tant future
c. c. Sigsins. one of Colbv's favorite
boys who has been spending some
months back in his old PENNSYLVANIA
home and at various eastern places is
back again looking hale and hearty. We
are glad to see him again with us. He
left tieorge Hyatt in his Missouri home
well. but kinder homesick for Colby.
Funeral services Were conducted by
Rev. s. r. Ferguson. on Monday, Jan.
'0th. over the remains of the infant
child of Oscar Williams. who lives about
i've miles south of Colby Tie little child
had been feeble for some time, and on
Jan. 2Sth, succumbed to the
Tread malady consumption. Age about
our months.
This is the fashion after which other
owns and counties are soliciting the |
tock Island. Says the Ludell Gazette: |
There is scarcely town in this county
hat is not asking for the Rock Island
nd that would not hail with delight a
ropositlon from that company to bond
9th town and township to secure said
Dad, creating thereby bonded indebt-
dness of not less han $4,000"
Samuel Iousse Esq. returned from
uSiness trip to OberIin on Monday eve b
ing last. Mr.. Yousse says that the lead
lg men of Oberlin acknowledge now /;
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-02-02
EMPTY BARRELS

Cheapest ever known. Gasoline bar
relS, - cts; coal oil and linsced oil bar
relS, 90 cents each ut the Palace Drug
Store
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-13
South Kentucky College,
HOPKINSVILLE, KY.
3sth Year Spring Term Begins
TUESDAY, JAN. %, '88.
AFuLl CORPS OF PROFESSORS AND
TEACHERS IN ALL DE.
PARTMENTs.

=. LASauAoEs-E English, Latin, Greek.
French and GerIuan.
2. soiENcK-Mental. Moral and Physical.
.. EkGiNKERINd-Applied Mathematics.
4. CoMMERoK-Commercia Law, CONNER
clal Arithmetic and Book Keeping.
8. NORMAL CoURsR-(Desgnod, especially,
for the instruction OF those who expect TO teach)
Theory and Practice OF Teaching, Normal
Methods, Graded Schools, School Government.
School Amusements, Teachers Institutes, etc.
8. PREPARATORY AND PRIMARY TRAINING--
Reading, Spelling, Writing, Geography, Arith-
metio, etc.
7. MUSIC and ART.
3. Two LITERARY SOCIETIES Essay Read
Ing, Defamation, Recitation and Debating
.. Daily Reading and Writing exercises for
pupils IN all Departments.
IN WORK the College challenges comparison
with any other frst-class college or school.
Monthly keporta sent to parents and guardians
Both sexes admitted TO the Study Hall and
1iecitation Rooms. Young ladies board with
the Presidentin college building. Young gem
tlemen In private families. Pupils entering
school on the LIST OF january, 1888, and remain
ing until the cloee OF the session in June, will
receive ono months tuition free. TERMS MOD
.ERATE. For further partculara catalogues.
Etc. address JAMES E. sCOBEY,
President.
Prof. M. L. LiPsCOnB, v. p,
A. DABNEY, Com'd't Cadets.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-13
CENTENNIAL NOTES.
A Few Hard Facts About Cincinnati's
,InbIlee.

Few Hard Facts About Cincinnati's
Jubilee.
Premiums will be given.
There will be royal Forestry exhibit.
Glass fountains have been imported
from Europe.
Illuminated vnses will border the walls
of Horticultural Hail.
Mind you, the Cooking School" is
going to be a big thing,
The Kindergarten will be the place
where fond mothers will linger lovingly,
The plats in Horticultural Hall will be
laid out in the flat, or English garden
style.
Horticultural Hall will be one of the
most brilliant and attractive departments
OF the Centennial.
The cascade will be q sumner this
time. Something new. Allison's own
idea. Keep it dark.
Wall space, when adjacent to your
floor space, ten cents per square foot,
Other wall space fifteen cents per square
foot
Payment to the extent of 20 per cent.
of the amount payable must accompany
the application, and the balance for
warded on receipt of notice of allotment.
Remember, the buildings of the big
show are right in the heart of the city,
No expense for hack hire, or even street
cars, will be entailed by visit from
your stopping place. LG
Word comes from all over the country,
and especially in the states comprised in
the Ohio valley. A man from back
county in West Virginia writes that they
are preparing already for grand excur-
sion TO the Centennial.
Handsome vases of flowers and plants
Illuminated over the tops with electric
Jets in colors will have the double effect
Of both lighting and illuminating the
vases. Something which has never been
attempted in this country before.
The third floor of Music Hall will be
set apart for pupils work, apparatus,
school furniture, etc.; the north end of
horticultural Hall, on the second floor,
for the Industrial Schools and Schools of
the Mechanic Arts, and ground floor
room in one of the Elm street towers of
the Washington Park buildings for the
Kindergarten department.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-13
CINCINNATI CENTENNIAL NOTES,

Floor space, ten cents per square foot.
Our educators are hustling for great
exhibit.
Entry fees 50. If you enter for pre-
miums, too, So more.
1t has been proposed to have National
Guard day at the Centennial.
Ben. Butterworth will be the orator at
the opening of the Centennial, July 4.
The Centennial Is the greatest and most
thoroughly advertised Exposition ever
known.
The Centennial privileges will be worth
looking after They will be gobbled up
mighty quick.
There are five thousand more names
on file of people asking for copy Of tho
Centennial March than there were copies
printed.
There have been eighty thousand of
those beautiful, Illuminated Ccnten-
nial hangers printed. There is not
Cincinnatan who has not cast an admir-
ing eye upon that superb bit of handi-
work as he passed by some show window.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-13
FASHIONS FOR THE FAIR.
THE FESTIVE SPRING BONNET AND
GOOD CLOTHES TO MATCH.

A Glddy Girls Letter to Her Country
Cousins ON u Theme Ever Dear TO
FeminInity-The Latest From Paris.
A stunning Hat.
/ saw some new ideas in bonnets the
other day. To the frivolous mind they
were truly elevating, although less i'm
pressive than Lenten service or the
glory of cathedral windows bathed in the
rays of the vesper sun. These particular
bonncts were swathed in white tissue
paper, encased in white band-boxes and
piled from floor TO ceiling around the
walls of the room. 1t was only the ''open
sesame" of the press that secured an en-
trance TO where this milliner's treasures
are, for 1t is still too early TO exhibit these
charming creations TO the vulgar gaze Of
the public. Therefore, dear reader, con-
slider yourself especially favored
"But the bonnetsi" hear you ask,
impatiently.
They are adorable. Fancy pale ccru
capote in fine straw trimmed merely in
the loops Of pale ecru and paler green
picot ribbon. But the ribbon is
knotted with a skill and grace that is
simply inimitable. Caught in the knot,
as II by accident, were three white flowers
in the pale green stems and golden cen
ters. that looked as If mere breath of
April Wind would blow them away.
Could anything be more ideally spring
like and shyly suggestive OF the time
when the young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of lover That bonnet
would settle IL.
And now let me give you pointer.
The most piquant and stylish hats and
bonnets arc trimmed only in the huge
knots Of ribbon-the ribbon sometimes
almost conoealing the frame. What you
want to do, dear girls, IN the hours OF
your Lenten devotions, is TO select a hat
or bonnet of becoming shape. That 1t
should be becoming is an important
matter. Then buy three or four yards OF
picot ribbon from two or three inches
wide and of superfine quality. Choose
any colors that suit you, only they must
be soft in tone and of contrasting tints.
Then knot the ribbon into series OF
loops and bows very tightly tied at the
center, and VOLTA tout.