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Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

MAGGIE WILSON, of Cincinnati, who died there 8 short time since, left 8 clause in her will which read as follows :: "It is my will that the two china dogs now in my room be separately put in a box with glass fronts, both alike, and one placed on my dear husbands grave, at Spring Grove, and the other on my grave, and all to be paid for out of the money leave"
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
Laurence OIiphant Dead.

Laurence Oliphant. the ell.known writer, died at Twickenham (England, the residence of Sir Grant Duff. The cause of death was cul. COT of the lungs. During his illness of five months he suffered great agony, but his end was painless and peaceful.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
THE Kansas Legislature V

THE Kansas Legislature wants to make it misdemeanor for sleeping
 car porter to receive perquisites from passengers. Why not make it penal offense for Pullman to hire porters for $2O month and tell 'em to get the other $1OO out of the travelling public !?
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
R.dcuI Cure Tor EpIIcptic Fits.

To the Editor-Plcase inform your readers that have positive remedy for the above named disease which l warrant to cure the worst cases. So strong is my faith in it's yir: tues that will send fl ee sample bottle and me his P O. and Express address. Respy,
 H. G. ROOT. M. c. 1s3 Pearl St.. New York.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

AN ostrich escaped from one of the California ostrich farms, swan river, and gave the horsemen run of twenty seven miles before he was captured.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

BRITISH shipping is now enjoying season of marked prosperity. The de- mand for vessels is so great that there is no idle tonnage in any important branch of trade, while in some direc- tions there is scarcity
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

A PENNSYLVANIA oil expert says there is more oil under the soil of California than in all of Pennsylvania.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
WHILE the schooner Wm. D. Mary,

WHILE the schooner Wm. D. Marvel was drifting toward the shore in the late storm near Delaware Breakwater, hav- ing lost her anchors, the captain took his galley stove, filled it with coal and scrap, tied cable to it, flung it over board, and by chance secured firm anchorage and saved the vessel.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

AN immense reservoir is in course of construction in Egypt for the purpose of storing water for irrigation when the annual overflow of the Nile fails.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A Choice Selection of Inter-
 esting Items.

AN octopus weighing 250 pounds and sixteen feet in length was caught lately near Port Townsend, w. T. ~
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

BELvA LOCKWOOD got two votes in Kentucky, and she is so elated over the fact the she has decided to run again four years hence.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

A NEW BEDFORD, Mass, citizen, who lost $1O bill several months ago, has just received it from the finder, with 8 note saying: "I needed it very badly at the time and returned it as soon as l could"
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

THERE are efforts in progress for a revision of the divorce laws, and for the framing of law that will be national Many noted New York people have signed a memorial to Congress to that effect
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

Prosperity Is not the only state and course of things among mankind. Only very few p os- per until they have purcha ed prosperity by very severe and long-contnued effort and euf- ferinC.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

The golden beams of truth and the silken chords of love, twisted together, will draw men on with sweet violence whether they will or not.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

MRS. MARGARET E. PARKER of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, has gone into the work of importing servants for California families. She recently arrived in San Francisco from England with thirty-three English wo- men, from twenty-five to forty years of age, for whom she had no difficulty in getting good places. She has already brought 100 young women to this coun- try and found employn- ent for them.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp sons Eye-Water- Druggists sell 25c. per bottle
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

For SPECIAL Rates for advertisiny ill this paper apply to the publisher of the raper. U l.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
MARKET PRICES.
Highest Produce Quotations in New
 York--C:tttIe M arlSct.

December S1, 1888. BUrTER.-State Dairy, new, extra. ...S 28 State Dairy, fair to prime. ........ p State Creamery, fancy. .............. 34 Imitation Creamery, fancy. ......... 27 Western Creamery, per lb. .:...... 33 Western Creamery, fair to choice... B BEANS AND PEAs.--Beans, Mar, choice. 235 Beans, medium, choice e............ 1 .95 Beans, Red Kidney, choice, ........ 2.25 Peas, Green, 1.35 State Factory, fancy, colored, new. 1lH State Factory, full cream, prime.... Il DRIED FRu1Ts.-Apples, evaporated.. Raspberries, evaporated, per b.. 22 EeasnEsstern Unerss, taHo frashlaid Rs h. per doz. A Western, fresh-gathered .....:::.. 2sA FRu1Ts.-Apples, spitzenburg per bbl.. 2.25 App11es' Apples TnS' TaY PP;ana per 6b. ne; bb 2SS Cranberries, Cape Cod, per box. 225 Orange, F a., Russet, per box.... 1.75 Oranges, Mandarins per box. ........ 500 HAY AND SrRAw.-Hay, No. l. per 100. 1.0o Hay, Clover mixed. ed................. 70 Hay, Salt. oo Long Rye Straw, SO Oat StraW. .................... OO Wheat Straw ...................... 50 FURs ANDSKINs. Black Bear .. 25O0 Cubs aud Yearl ngs. ................ 15.00 Otter .-................ 11OO Beaver, large. ge.....-.............. $50 Beaver small to medium. .......... $50 Red FOX. l.9J Gray FOX. ....................... !lO Race )on, each h..................... LOO Skunk, black. ..................." 1.15 Skunk striped. d.....,.............. 40 OpOs um ............... 4o Muskrat 90 POULTRY, ETc.-Live Western Geese. 1.50 Turkeys, per lb.. b................... 9l Western Ducks, per pair. ........ 75 Fowls, State, N. J., and Pa., per lb.. 9H Dressed Turkeys, N J., choice, per lb 13 Chickens, New Jersey per lb...... 13 Chickens, Phila., Spring, per b.. 16 Rabbits, undrawn, per pair.. 35 Rabbits, per pair. ......-......... 80 VEGETABLES L. I. per Dbl 1.S0 Potatoes, Stata, Burbank. .......... J.37 Sweet Potatoes, New Jersey, per Dbl. 2.75 Onions, State, yellow, per bbl. ...... l.75 Onions, Orange Co.,, red, per bbl... 1o0 Onions, Connecticut, White per bbl $50 Cabbage, Long Island, per 100.... 300 CaulifOWer per bbl 25U
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

man may wear epaulets and be only a drummer in the band.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

WHATEVER is is right." This cannot be said of the left hand.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

Sioux scout, named Mahpeahw akosta, ha. just died Of lockjaw, ''e->ae age of nearly 100 years
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
The Excitement Not Over.

The Excitement Not over.
 The rush on the druggists still continues and daily scores of people call for bottle of kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Kemp's Balsam, the stan. dard family remedy,is sold on guarantee and never fails to give entire satisfaction. Price bOc and S1 Trial size free,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17
[For the SPECTATOR.
THE DOOMED RIDER

The morning hours did come and go.
In the valley of the Conemaugh,
In quiet on that fatal day,
With nothing ominous to say,
1.-THE vale is doomed; a wave is nigh
And thousands here must quickly die"
'Tis four o'clock and not a boom
Or sign of the impending doom.
But list o wall See - others say,
"An aparitlon on bay"
And every eye is turned to see.
Astonished at the mystery
Flee for your lives" the courser cries,
And on, and on, he swiftly flies
Down to the town. along the streets,
And o'er, and FER the wall repeats.
Then adding, as the dread refrain,
1.-THE dam is broken" loud and plain.
Onward, like racer to goal.
While back the words of warning roll.
He presses to the railroad bridge.
Hoping in time to reach the ridge,
But here the wild waves round him fold,
And o'er the horse and rider rolled.
None knew the fated, whence he came.
Or what his calling age or name;
They only knew he came and went
With cry of woe as phrophet sent,
And sped like arrow to the mark
Till flying lake quenched vital spark.
Brave man Disinterested ac'
A hero! Savior both in fac
Worthy to have in gold his name,
Worthy of an undying fame!
And what he did will live VS. know.
AS long SIS there's Conemaugh.
Most recked him silly wight,
And not nom ent thought Of flight,
Yet some, indeed, the warning took,
Their homes and fortunes forsook.
And safely reached The higher ground,
AS rolling death swept them around.
For now waterwall, as h1ga
AS Hoogly raises to the sky,
(Full forty feet). with deaf'niHg roar.
And sweeping downward all before,
Rushed onward, as with speed OF thought.
And Johnstown in its maelstfom caught.
All! what a spectacle ensued
Wrecks were in Wild confusion strewed.
And parents. children. drifting home.
Were mingled in the dashing foam.
Above the crash of waters rise
And soon where town and city stood
There's nothing but raging flood;
Gone are the mart, and men, and means.
And desoation rules the scenes;
Thus DER the warned and warner, too,
Death gains another Waterloo.
The knightly horseman lauGfd here,
Was but another Paul Re We're;
One warned of red. coat British dire.
Advancing like a wall of fire;
The other of foaming deep,
Down.rus hing with resistlesa sweep.
A hundred years or something more,
Since Paul Re We're his message bore,
But now the cycle fully run.
And fitting service to be done,
Behold his proud successor risa
To do the deed that never dies!
Mould him in bronze on rsciug steed,
As worthy of your highest need,
And put on scroll the warning spoken.
"Flee for your lives. the dam is broken"
And when you think Of Paul Re We're.
The Johnstown Rider, too. revere.
R. II. TUTTLE.
Athens Tam Tulv | ,S0
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17
He was snOld Man, but Lively One.

We were sitting in front of Davidson's
grocery one summer afternoon, when some
one observed that ''Old Taylor" was CON-
ing. He was dried up, little old man,
who might have been anywhere from fifty
to one hundred years old, and he had
voice to remind you of broken glass rattling
in an old tin pan.
"Now, boys" said the village shoemak-
er, who was about forty-fve years old and
weighed IT'S pounds, "Ill show you some
fun. I'm going to scare old Taylor halt to
death.''
The old man drove up before any expla-
nation could be sought, and after hitching
his old plug he stood for minute to wipe
the dust off his ancient plug hat with his
elbow, The shoemaker took advantage of
this to advance and say:
"Uncle Taylor, ii is over twenty years
ago that l sold you pair of boots on tick.
They have Eever been paid for yet"
''They didn't fit, and they never will be
paid furl' replied the old man.
81 have waited and waited, continued
the cobbler, but my patience is finally ex-
hausted. You must now pay me or Ill take
it out of your hide"
"Goin to lick me, hey?" shouted Uncle
Taylor, as he drew back step.
"I'll have to-" answered the creditor.
"Then pitch right inp'
"Will you pay?"
'No STRIP
uncle Taylor l hate to break you in two,
but if you don't pay that old debt l'll-"
"Then come on!' squealed the old man,
and with that he swung and caught theshoe-
maker on the jaw and laid him out. He
followed it up by piling on, and he kicked,
bit, scratched and pounded so vigorously
that inside OF three minutes the cobbler
was shouting to US to take him off. He
was licked man. We hauled him into
the shade of sugar hogshead and famed
him with hat, and after about ten min
utes he family remarked:
"Boys, was / lickedp"
s'Right from the mark" we answered.
Sand by Old Taylor alone9
eyes,"
"Well that shows how man can be
mistaken, he sighed. For twenty years
have fondly figured that l could lick that
old cuss with my eyes shut and both hands
tied behind me, and now he does me up in
fight of my own picking and with all my
tackle clear. Please leave me alone for q
while, boys: My head swims and my body
aches, and I want to reason it out and see
some excuse for making fool OF myself"
-Neao York Sun,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17

have furnished them as no palace was ever
furnished. Pearls are nothing, emeralds are
nothing, cbrysophrasus is nothing; illumin-
ed panels of suRSise and SUNSET, nothing;
the aurora of the northern heavens, nothing
compared with the splendor with which l
have garnitured them. But you must be
clean before you can enter there, and so
have opened fountain where you may
wash all your sins away. Come nowl Put
your weary but cleansed feet on the upward
pathway. Do you not see amid the thick
foliage on the heavenly hill tops the old
family homestead" ''In my Fathers house
are many rooms"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17
Standard Time,
18th Meridian,

No. 3 has Pullman Buffet Sleeper New York
to Cleveland, Chattanooga and points South
without change, via Harrisburg, Hagerstown
and Roanoke; also has connection at Hagers.
town with fast mail from Baltimore. Also
makes close connection at Waynesboro juno
tion with G. q o. Railway west-bound trains.
No. 1:has through connection from Philadel-
phia via Harrisburg and g. V. Railroad, and
rom Baltimore via w. M. r. r.
No. 5 has connection from Baltimore and
Washington at Shenandoah Junction via B. &
CONNECTIONS.
At Hagerstown, Md, with the Western Mary
and Railroad to and from Baltimore, Freder-
-ck, Emmittsburg. Gettysburg, Penmar,
Waynesboro, Pa, ndpoints on the Western
Maryland Railroad and branches.
With the Cumberland Valley Railroad to and
rom Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg,
Chambersburg, Mercersburg, Martinsburg and
points on the Cumberland Valley Railroad an d
branches.
Also to and from Pittsburg and the West and
Northwest. and Boston, New York, Philadel-
ohia, and the North and East.
AT Shenandoah Junction, w. Va, with Main
Line of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to and from
the West.
Weynesboro Junction with G.. & Ry. East
and West bound trains.
At Loch Laird, with Lexington Branch Of
Richmond & Allegheny Railroad.
At Buchanan with Main Line of Richmond
& Allegheny Railroad.
At Roanoke with Norfolk & Western Rail.
-oad.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
AT Boyce. for Millwood and Winchester. Va
AtTroutvflle for Fincastle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17
How Intelligent Women Decide.

When the question has to be met as to
what is the best course to adopt to secure
sure, safe and agreeable remedy for those
organic diseases and weaknesses which eff
feet the female sex, there is but one wise
decision, viz course of self-treatment
with DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t
is an unfailing specific for periodical pains,
displacement, internal Inflammation, and
functional disorders that render the lives of
so many women miserable and joyless.
They who try it, praise it. Of druggiSts.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17

AGES OF WRITING WoMEN.-These are
the ages of some well-known writing wo-
meu: Sarah Orne Jewett will be forty next
September, Mrs. Humphrey Ward is thirty
eight, Lucy Larcom is sixty-three. Harriet
Prescott Spofford is lfty-four, Edith M.
Thomas is thirty five, Marion Harland MRS.
Terhune) is fifty y-nine, Amelie Rives Chan
ler will be twenty.six next August, Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett is thirty. nine,
Celia Thaxter is fifty-three, Mrs. Croly
(Jeunie June) is fifty seven. Miss Braddon
is flfty-two, Blanche Willis Howard is for
ty-two, Rose Terry Cooke is sixty-two,
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward will be forty
five In August, Miss Louise Imogen Quincy
il twenty-seven, Constance Fenimore Wool
son is forty one; nobody ever found out ex-
acty the age of Miss Woolsey (Susan Cool
idge), but it is believed that she was born
in 1845, which would make her age forty
four; Mrs. Margaretta Wade Deland, au-
thor Of John Ward, Preacher, is thirty-one;
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge is fifty-one, and
Mary Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamilton) is at
least eight years old, though the records
are not quite sure upon This delicate point.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17

"Are your berries good?" asked lady
of street-hawker standing at the door.
"Not very good, I'm afraid, ma'am,"
said the hawAer, frankly.
"I'll take six boxes" said the lady, in
extreme surprise. Probably the berries
aren't worth the quarter you ask for them,
but it's worth quarter any time to hear a
hawker tell the truth. ."-Somerville Jour
nal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17

A. M. Doyle, of Columbus, Ga, says
From my own experience, I.know Sellers
Liver Pills to be thesbest in use." They
cure malaria, etc.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17
The hand that spanks the children,
Is the hand that rules the world.

The teacher has pleasures in his work as
every one who works we'll has. 1t is a
great pleasure to watch the young mind
unfolding and developing under your
training; to watch the progress of your
pupils in the battle of life; to see them
distinguish themselves, and to think that
you contributed to that success. You do
not find all parents with characters as
have sketched above; the majority, think,
are ready to join you heart and soul in
your efforts to improve the little ones
placed in your care. Not every one, by
long Odds will look in his mirror, and as
he sees the reflection of himself, "Wonder
how one small head can carry all he
knows" He realizes that the teacher who
has devoted his life to the profession of
teaching, knows as much about it as he
does, and will probably do his duty with
out his advice andassistance. Such patrons
are the bright spots in the teachers life,
the oases in the desert of life, the men and
women that we teachers love with our
whole hearts, and will devote our best
energies to the welfare of their loved ones.
"SMIKE."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17

No. 5. Leaves Richmond, daily, 800 M; ar
rives Clifton Forge, 5 Is p m.
No. IL. Portsmouth Accommodation daily
except Sunday.) Leaves South Portsmouth 8 0O
a M, Maysvllle 90 M; arrives Cincinnati
10 80 m.
Through tickets and baggage checked to any
destination. Apply to any Q. q O. Ticket A ct
for full Information and tickets.
J. T. HARAHAN, II. W. FULLER
Gen. Manager. Gen'l Pass'r Agent
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17
SAVE YOUR EYES

MR. PHIL KNAPP,
The eminent Optician, (now at Harrisonburg)
WILL BE AT STAUNTON ABOUT THE 18th
OF JULY,
Offering those who are suffering with weak
and defective eyes his
Brazilian Pebble and Rock Crystal
SpectacIeS,
Superior to any other in use. Mr.. KNAPP
makes thorough examination of each eye
and adjusts glasses accurately and scientifical-
ly. determination of eyes free. Satiafaction
guaranteed
OFFICE AT DR.. CHAPMAN'S DENTAL
ROOMS, Oppo. Opera House.
Having suffered from weakness of the mus
cles of the eyes, had pair of glasses fitted by
Phil. Knapp, optician, that have proven en-:
tirely satisfactory and have greatly 6enentted
my eyes. J. Y. KING.
july l0-tf Staunton, va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17
Respectfully your

Evidently the proper thing for me to do
now, that I have prepared the way by q
few scattering remarks, is to turn to you
with large plate in my hand and bid you
partake freely of the advice am going to
give you. Don't come into the teachers
ranks unless you are born teacher-teach-
ers cannot be made, they can be improved
by training do assure you your
path will not be strewn with flowers, nor is
your lot as "Sweet as the honey of Hybla,"
nor is the profession as profitable as some
of Jay Gould's Wall Street transactions,
and the little salary you do get is not al
ways paid when due. Altogether, teach
ing is a ''hard road to travel" 1t is
mighty hard to get rich, and you have got
to live single or starve,-few, very few,
have made their fortunes and retired to
merchandising and matrimony. am un-
certain now that have served up this ad-
vice to the young folks that it is good ad-
vice, for love to teach and tits undoubtedly
one of the noblest of the professions, and
the one of all others by which the most
good can be accomplished. Ibe welfare of
our common country depends upon the
teacher, for the character of our future
men and women is being formed, and this
is done in the school-room. See that you
do it well. The teachers can take the lines
dedicated to the mothers to themselves l
think:
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17
For the SPECTATOR.
Teaching School.

If there is one thing that the average
Augusta county parent thinks that be can
do better than all of the rest of mankind
Jumped together, it is to run a public
school. He may not have gifts of prophecy,
he may not be one of the sweet singers, or
of those to whom the Lord gave ten talents,
or whose success as a farmer, or in busi-
ness, has demonstrated his capacity to give
advice, but to the teacher his thought ut
tered, or unexpressed, is, s1f there is one
thing that thoroughly understand, it is
how to run a public school," and then he
commences to persecute the teacher with
his advice. If by reason of superior agil-
ity and the hedges and byways you sue
ceed in lodging him, he will Immediately
commence to send you little notes. advising
you, that as far as his neighbors' children
aIe concerned that "To spare the rod is to
spoil the child" I have noticed that it is
always his neighbours child that is to be
made titten in this way, as he is apt to eX-
press it. He teaches his children to tell
him Of all the wrong doings of the other
children so that he may know how to ad-
wise the teacher the next time that unfortu-
uate falls into his hands, and by this kind
of proceeding succeeds in making of his
children towards, sneaks and tale-bearers.
1t is great consolation to the teacher tp
tnlnk LnaC JDo auVlCo CnaC Is gwen WIN
such q liberal hand does not entail a sac,i.
flee, neither does it impoverish the giver,---
The most liberal men with their advice ara
usually the men who give nothing else, no
matter how worthy or needy the object. If
there is anything of which the supply is in
exhaustible, it is advice. 1t sometimes in-
plies failure on your part, as the query,
"Why do you not push my son, Solomon.
along faster with his ciphering?" expecting
me to furnish the boy brains as well as 10
teach him, or suggests his own superiority,
something like this, "If l were you,
would not teach grammar in my SCHOOL,
never studied grammar and don't see no
use in it nohow. My son Solomon can't
plow any better or maui any more rails in
a day for knowing grammar; it is all nom
sense anyhow" Here is note written by
a patron to teacher on the subject jast
mentioned.
'Deer Mister t.-you toald my dauter
Sarer jane to git hurvies gramer lessons
yesterday don't want her to study
gramer or no such foolishnes her time ken
be better spent readin and wrisia and
siphering i aint goine to bye no more of
them paten copy books you set copy for
my gals is the proper way to learn writin
anyhow you let out school at O'Clock you
ought to teach from sun to sum-"
otohl
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17

CHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD
- 8. r. Tyler. Receiver.
Time Table in effect May 18th, 1889.