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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

PRESBYTERIAN STATIsTICs.-The South
ern General Assembly, which has just held
it's session in Baltimore, Is twenty-sever
years old. 1t has 10 Synods, SO Presby'
teries, l116 preachers, 1886 churches, 69S1
ruling elders, $50, 1893 communicates, and
has contributed for all purposes during the
past five years Sc, 755, 5O3. 1t has 157 can
didates for the ministry needing aid. The
receipts from all sources for the year amount
to $9S, 05O.53. This is So, 967.6S more thar
the receipts of any previous year. Of the
whole amount which came to the treasury
during the year there was received from
churches and individuals, $52, 3O5.69; from
missionary societies, $32, s32.71; from Sun
day-schools, IS, 14T.3S; from legacies, 81
75455. The number of churches that con
tributed during the year was 1905, being "a
more than contributed the year before.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

NORTHERN CAPITAL IN VIRGINIA.
Several recent land sales in Virginia indi
cate the movement of Northern capital in
that direction. G. H. Johaniug, of Mont
gomery county, Pennsylvania, has pur
chased the 'Chatsworth" estate, 537 acres
on the James river, below Richmond, fol
$55, 1000. The sale includes one hundred
head of stock. Frank B. Williams, O
Cleveland, Ohio, has purchased the "Grant
land'' estate, in Henrico county, 600 acres
for $50, 600, the purchase also embracing g
portion of the stock on the farm. Glenn
Walker has sold 400 acres of his farm, neal
Lynchburg, for $4,000, to Northern
gentleman, who will use it as a stock farm
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

THE DAUGHTER's RooM.-Every girl like.
to think that her bedroom is her own, where
she reigns supreme, and with a right that
is undisputed. This is natural and 9
noble feeling, and the mother should en-
courage it. Encourage her to adorn and
beautify this room in every way her fertile
Imagination may devise. Let IL be hers
where she can retire for study or deeper
tlought; and especially let her know that
1t is hers to keep in perfect order and neat
ness. Here is an opportunity to foster ele
ments of character that are essential in the
woman, to exercise individual ideas anc
tastes, and cultivate an interest in the
domestic domain. Care and management
of the other rooms of the house belong more
to the head of the family.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

A YOUNG MAN KILLED IN A JEST. A
dispatch from New Martinsville, Wetzel
country, West Va, says: ELMER Friend, a
handsome young man of %, in company
with three young women, started on Satur-
While Friend was bailing out the skiff,
Miss Ingolds, one Of the young women, in
sport picked up small pebble, weighing,
perhaps, an ounce, and tossed it toward
him, intending to have it fall in the water
and splash on Friend. The stone struck
Friend on the back of the head and he fell
forward dead. There was no mark OF
bruise made. Miss Ingolds is almost crazed
with grief"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13
For the SPECTATOR.
FOUR.LEAvED CLOVER.

FOUR.LEAvED CLOVER.
Two little boys sat in the grass,
Intently bending over,
One to the other said, 81 guess
Well hunt for four-leaved clover"
A pair of bonny twins they were.
Four years of age-not older,
Who needed not that was near.
Oblivious of beholder.
All boys.me thought. you bring to min
That legendary rover,
Who, wishing what you seek to find,
The whole earth wandered over.
But failing in his lifelong quest,
AS covetous as miser,
He sought again his home, to rest,
An old man now and wiser.
Albeit near the close of life,
In walking his yard over,
(The simple cotter and his wife),
He found four-leaved clover.
And so we bigger boys to-day,
Though oft reminded of it,
Some dream or fancied good essay
With just as little profit.
How often, too. we find at last,
That, by a patient waiting,
We do what none can hasten fast
By labor unabating!
Then hunt my boys, in childish play,
For that rare leafy treasure,
Twill entertain you for day,
And so increase your pleasure.
Montgomery City, Mo. r. M. FUTILE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

ter Meyer to abduct her father, and che mar
row escape from death of the rescued BABY:
/ observed that her countenance beamed
with an amused expression while related
the incident, and when concluded tne mar
ratiye her smile developed into nearly
laughter as she exclaimed. -,
ssWhy, I am that rescued BABY
erYes % she said, ~ am that rescued baby.
TWAS who was sleeping in that cradle in
the nursery when Sister Peggy snatched me
from Il and ran upstairs with me. She was
Sister Margaret, who married the PATRON
Van Rensselaer, If you ever visit my faith
er's house at Albany-and l hope you will
YOU may see the scar of the wound which
the Indians tomahawk inflicted on the STAIR
rail-"
81 have something curious to tell you
about the silver plate which was carried off
at that time," said Major Cochran. II
have been informed that Lieutenant Colonel
Barry st. Leger, whose headquarters were
at Montreal at that time, and who was car
rying on sort of guerrilla warfare, receiv-
ed an intimation from Governor Haldimand
that the seizure of General Schuyler was
very desirable. st. Leger proposed plan
which the Governor sanctioned. he sent
out scout on pretense of making observa-
tions, but with secret instructions to pene-
trate to Albany and attempt the abduction
of General Schuyler. A portion of the scout
was a band of Tories led by Walter Meyer,
and to him was instructed the task of seizing
the General. He attempted it with mot
ley gang, with the result which you have
related.
General Schuyler afterward wrote a
courteous letter to st. Leger, complaining
of the plumber of his house by troops under
his command and asking for return OF
the plate. st. Leger replied as courteously,
and assured General Schuyler that the cir
cumstance had mortified him and that the
moment he heard of it he did everything in
his power 'to rescue it from the hands of a
scoundrelly silversmith, what had escaped
the disfguration of his crucible, and which
is now in my possession The plate was
never returned. One of the articles rescued
from the crucible was soup tureen. And
here comes in the curious part of my story"
said Major Cochran. IT was at Washington
in 1641, on the occasion of the Inauguration
of President Harrison, and while in the
rotunda of the Capitol, viewing Trumbull's
picture of the surrender of Burgoyne, a
stranger at my elbow inquired:
"'Who is that fne-looklng man in the
group in citizens dress p
"'General Schuyler replied.
"'General Schuyler ! repeated the stran-
ger; why I ate soup not long ago at Bell
vile, in Canada, from d silver tureen that
was carried off from his house by some
Tories in the Revolution
''This was the first and only time any of
his family ever heard of the plundered arti-
Gle, excepting the alleged letter of st.
Leger."
l visited Mrs. Cochran twice during her
widowhood, the last time at the beginning
of August, 1857 She then seemed to be
in fairly good health, but the Angel of Death
was lowering near, and she departed from
earth before the close of that month. She
was the last living child of General Philip
Schuyler.
BENSON J. LOSING, LID.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

Buy at drug store one ounce of cam
phorated Oil, and five cents worth of chic
rate OF potash. Whenever any soreness ap.
pears in the throat, put the potash in half
a tumber of water, and with it gargle the
throat thoroughly, then rub the neck
thoroughly with the camphorated oil at
night before going to bed, and also place
around the throat small strip of wooden
flannal. This is simple, cheap and sure
remedy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

The advertising agent of Barnum's great
show says-and be ought to know-that the
weekly newspaper is the best advertising
medium in the world, "for it is read by ev-
cry member of the family through and
through, advertisements and all, and then
loaned to their neighbors, while the daily is
merely glanced over and cast aside.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

Mr.. DAVIS ASKS AFTER SHERIDAN
BEAUvoIR, MISS, June 3-Jeferson Davi.
yesterday celebrated the eightieth anniver
sa!y of his birth. His house was filed will
flowers sent by his neighbors. Mr. Davis
received in person those who called. HI
also received large number of letters q
congratulation from old army and political
friends. He is in better health than he
has been for some time, and takes an &C
tive interest in the current political events
He expresses kindly solitude for Gen
Sheridan. to whom, when Assistant Score
airy of War, he gave his first commission
8 lieutenant in the army
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13
NO NAMES NAMED
TO WHOM DOES THIS APPLY ?
Personal


To Mr. Mrs. and Miss -,
You Will not be unduly called upon, nor will
you be subp9naed to appear to give EvI-
DENCE for Messrs.. Funk q Wsgnalls, the
NEW YORK publishers, inasmuch as the &C.
ton on your pant must be voluntary, put
should you volunteer. you would receive lib
eral compensation for your TROUBLE. You
need not communicate with them. unless in
search of a good opportunity to secure desfr-
able and profitable business agency, or may
know some suitable INDIVIDUAL who is
and whom you would like to befriend. They
are now advertising as follows: I'm your To-.
cality and adjoining counties. and in every
State and Territory in the Union, we want re-
liable, energetic and ambitious men and wo-
men to help to supply the demand for our
publications. The fed is a rich one, and while
the trade, which is doing immensely, can not
begin to cover it, S25 to $50 per week may be
readily made by earnest work in a personal
canvass-an opportunity for profitable en-
ployment not to be missed. If you are FL
NANCIALLY PINCHED, or desire to increase
your income any way, or if you are prepared
to devote your whole time to the work SO as
to make the most money, now is your time.
Write to us at once Address, with some par
ticnlars, Agency Department,
FUNK e. WAGNALLS,
Is and 20 Astor Place. New York.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13
SALE.

u
By virtue of q decree Of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county, rendered on the 18th day of
December, 1887, in the cause OF Spttler's admir-
VS.. Spitler's widow and ais, we will on
Monday, June 18th, 1888,
proceed in front of the courthouse of Augusta
county, to offer tor sale at public auction
tract OF Sc acres of land lying on the waters OF
Middle River, in Augusta county, a short dis
lance above Spring Hill.
This land is part of the Jacob G. Splitter
tract of land and was assigned to Mrs. Mamie
E. KibIer in the partition of said tract OF land.
TERMS: Cash in hand sufficient to pay the
costs of sale and the rule awarded against the
former purchaser of said land, and the balance
upon credit of six, twelve and eighteen
months; the purchaser to execute bonds for
the deferred instruments with approved Sc
curity, bearing interest from date, and title
retained a ultimate security.
ROBT. CRAIG.
ALEX. II. FULTZ,
Commissioners.
1. J. N. Ryan, certify that the bond required
has been duly executed by RObt. Craig, one of
the Commissioners according to law.
in. RYAN,
may 23-tds Clerk. u
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

GLOW high is the thermometer? asked {
business man who stopped in front of GeritJ
Brothers drug store the other morning
"Jes' as high as twas yest'd'y," replied 8
gamn as he meandercd toward the water
barrel on the corner. "They hain't chang.
ed ths nail she hangs on since she was first
put up. '-Elmira Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

1t Requires a sterner virtue than good
nature to hold fast the truth that it is nobler
to be shabby and honest than to do things
handsomely in debt.-Julidnd Fl. EtOing.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

There's nothing half SO sweet in life
Next to the joys of home and wife,
AS fragrant breath and pearly teeth,
With hard and rosy gums beneath
And see these charms of which we sing
Have from sweet SOZODONT their sprr,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

VIM. D. Howells, the novelist, will spend
the summer near Boston, and he is now
ooking for house in the suburbs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

Not one word Of censure can Justly BIZ
uttered against SOZODONT. No ofhel
dentifrice makes the teeth SO white, anc
yet none is so entirely free from every OBJ
iectionable Ingredient.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13
FUNK & WAGNALLS,
Is and 20 Astor Place, New York.

This is exactly what they advertise.a and they
will do all they say. That you write to them
at once if you want money, and endeaver to
secure for yourselves an agency for this we'll
known house, is the advice of
may 16 A FRIEND.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

The wise man expects everything from
himself: the fool looks to others.-Jean
Paul Richter,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

TfFIYff ~ Rewarded are those who read this
kIIIkI and act; they will find hon orabie en-
eekSSH6 ployment that will not take them
from their homes and families The
profits are large and sure for every industrI-
GUS person, many have made and are now
making several hundred dollars month. It
is easy for any ooe TO make IS and upwards per
day, who is willing to work. Either sex y orng
or old; capital not needed; we start you. Ev-
erything new. No special ability required;
you, reader, can do it as well as any one.
Write to us at opce for fall particulars, which
we mail free. Address sTINsoN Co. Portland
Maine. dec Silly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

DUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
By virtue of deed of trust dated February
2Sth. 1884, and recorded in the Clerks Office Of
Augusta County Court, in ID. b. luz. page AZ,
executed to the undersigned by Philip Myers.
and being requested by the beneaciaries there
in, l will proceed, in front of the courthouse.
In Staunton, on
Tuesday. the 1911 day of June. 1888,
to sell the following real and personal proper
ty, to-wit:
ACRES, 2 FOODS. % POLES OF LAND.
with a comfortable Dwelling House thereon,
adjoining the land of Jos. A. HOuff, Mrs. Cath
arine Brown and others; also one Nichols,
Shepard e. Co. Separator-twenty-e eight inch
cylinder complete.
TERMS:-About 800 cash, and the residue on
such terms as may be agreed upon on day OF
sale. JACOB A. HANGER,
may 30-3t Trustee.
DARN FOR SALE.
We offer for sale the farm known as the
"MOORMAN FARM" lying five miles north
of Stanton near Verona depot and q mile
from the Valley pike, containing
a25 ACRES.
The land is of excellent quality and well wa
tered. There is a large BRICK DWELLING,
Stables and necessary outbuildings. 1t is in a
good state of cultivation, yielding abundantly
&C.
We will take pleasure in showing 1t to any
one desiring to purchase. Possession given in
time for fall crops.
JAS. McP. CRAWFORD,
GEO. B. CRAWFORD.
ANNIE W. CRAWFORD,
G. ED. CRAWFORD,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13
CATARR H
CATARRH

Is a disease of the mucous membrane, gener-
ally originating in the nasal passages and
maintaining it's stronghold in the head. From
this point it sends forth poisonous virus into
the stomach and through the digestive organs,
corrupting the blood and producing other
Troublesome and dangerous symptoms.
A particle is applied into each nostril and is
agreeable Price so cents at Drug gists; by mail
56 Warren ST. oct 5-87
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13

What Spalding's Glue has joined canno
be put asunder.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-13
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

CIeaUseS theNasal
Passages, AlIays
Pain and Tn1ama'
ton. Heals the
Sores. Restores
the Sense of Taste
and Smell.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-31
A Penny Wise, Pound Foolish King,

King Ludwig L., of Bavaria, whose
name is being recalled at the present
time IN various ways, was as much noted
for his lavish expenditure of money in
beautifying his capital as for his economy
in minor matters. 1t is said he wore
the same old coat to be shaved in for
forty years, and whenever it rained sent
a lackey for his old umbrella, saying il
was too bad to use the new one, for il
had cost seven gulden. The following
anecdote is quite characteristic of the
King: Among the many privileges en-.
joyed by all persons in the slightest way
connected with the court, during the
reign of his easy-going predecessor, King
Max, from the chief marshal down to the
oven-heater, was that of having theiI
soiled linen washed in the royal laundry.
Shortly after King Ludwig's accession,
as he was standing one morning looking
out of the palace window, his wonder
and curiosity were aroused by seeing
numerous wagons drive up, one after
the other, in front of the royal residence,
all laden with mysterious looking bun
dies, which disappeared within the
palace walls. Sending for his castellan,
the King inquired the meaning of this
strange procession. "May it please your
Majesty" replied the astonished castel-
Ian, sit was ever the custom of our late
King of blessed memory to allow few
needy and deserving persons to send
their washing to the royal Laundry" A
few personsw exclaimed Ludwig;
'nearly an hour have l been standing
at this window, and still there is no end
to the procession. This is an imposi-
ton, and it shall go on no longer" And
he gave strict orders to have the bundles
remain unopened, to keep them till Faster
Tuesday, when they were to be returned
unwashed, with strict in junction never
to be sent again. The result was adds
our chronicler, that half of Munich
had no clean shirt for Easter. .-Mw York
P1st
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-31
Postal ChirOgl Apply.

e "How about the difficulty of illegible
handwritings2" asked Herald reporter
of the Superintendent of the Chicago
Post Office.
"Well, that is, generally speaking,
not as bad as might be expected, espe-
cially in cosmopolitan city like
Chicago, which can boast of all sorts of
national handwritings. Long practice
has skilled our eyesight and gift of dis
tinction so that we but rarely have
difficulty in deciphering any style of
writing. In my twenty years. experience
/ think remember only two ar three oc-
casions where l was unable to make the
writing out. Judged by nationalities
the Chinese are by all odds the worst
penmen-that is, of our style of writing.
You'd die laughing if you could see
sometimes the chirography some of those
almond eyed gentlemen indulge in.
"The Italians come next as illegible
writers, and then some of the Scandina-
vians and few of the Germans, who
affect German script and get off some
very bold figures with the pen. The
Americans are, that goes without saying,
the planest and most distinct writers.
But even among them there are a
good many who affect such peculiarities
of handwriting that puzzle us not lit
tie. Especially what's called the back
handed ones-it may look pretty
enough, but the characters all run into
each other and make the effect of blurr.
ing the whole. 1t takes study to de-
cipher this style of writing, and you Of
ten have to twist the letter and turn it
sideways and upside down to get any
sense of itu
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-31

Mr. st. John says that the change o.
color in fish is very remarkable, and
takes place with great rapidity. Some
of his experiments and observations will
be of interest. If you put living black
brook trout into white basin of water,
it will become, within half an hour, of a
light color. In the case of some fish the
change is perceptible in five minutes.
Keep the fish living in white jar for
some days. and it becomes absolutely
white; but put it into dark colored or
black vessel, and, although, on first be-
ing placed there, the white-colored fish
shows most conspicuously on the black
ground, in few minutes, it becomes as
dark colored as the bottom of the jar,
and consequently difficult to be seen.
No doubt this facility of adapting its
color to the bottom of the water in which
it lives, is of the greatest service to the
fish in protecting 1t from its numerous
enemies.
All anglers must have observed that in
every stream the trout are very much of
the same color as the gravel or sand on
which they live. Whether this change
of color is voluntary Or involuntary act
on the part of the fish, l leave it for the
scientific to determine. - Youths Com.
Ddni0n.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-31
GREAT ALARM,
Follow Jack Spreading ThrOug hout
Florida.

Nine new cases of yellow fever have been
reported at Jacksonville, Fla, among them
F. E. Bogue, a prominent furniture dealer.
There were two deaths, both at st. Lukes
William Craugh, fireman from
the central station, who was taken from the
street yesterday in an almost dying condi-
tion, and Edward w. Dixon, jeweler, who
came here from the north an invalid.
Two cases were discharged cured. There
have been an even hundred cases all told,
many light with marked yellow fever symp-
toms, and believed to be remittent or bilious
fever.
The infected district is gradually enlarg-
ing especially Forsyth, Adams and Monroe
streets, from Pine or Main east and in East
Jacksonville.
No cases have developed in the neighbor-
hood of the Grand Union hotel since it was
closed and disinfected.
1t looks now as If the ending Of the cpl
demic is a matter of intelligent and ener-
getic work, but one of no small magnitude.
The slow progress of the epidemic, COM
paratively, and its mildness greatly encour-
age the people. The fight against the enemy
is bravely kept up, and the people work to-
gether with will.
The sanitary force is still large, and is kept
busily at work all the time. Every portion
of the city is gone over frequently, and dis
infectants in large quantities are freely used
The people living in the blocks where the
local centres of infection are known to be
are moving into other sections of the city.
This will certainly prove serviceable in stop
ping the fever's progress.
A great commotion has been caused by a
report that the Savannah, Florida & West
ern railroad refused to take passengers from
this point, even on through tickets to north
ern points, where towns had invited refu-
gees from this city to go. On investigation
the report was found to be true
1t cannot be ascertained here as yet who is
responsible for this tyrannical rule. Not
only are through passengers prohibited, but
all persons intending to go to the quarantine
station at Bologne or Camp st. Mary's are
refused passage.
This will kindle blaze in Jacksonville as
soon as the people become fully cognizant Of
the matter.