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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-27

There is SO much talk about the ''color
line" that people are apt to overlook the
fact that the colored people are about as
quick to draw it as anybody else, and per-
haps little quicker. There is an instance
in point. Our neighboring State of West
Virginia has a class among its population
that very often takes the law into its own
hands. At rough guess at least half
dozen white men have been executed by
lynch law in that State in as many Years
No meetings of white OF colored men were
held to denounce these murders, for they
were murders. But not long since two col
ored men were lynched-one for shooting an
officer of the law, and another for rape.
Thereupon the colored citizens of Coal Val
ley, W. Va, held meeting and passed
resolutions denouncing the acts, and intima-
ting 'retaliatory efforts which would result
IN great destruction to life and property, y
and other like foolish talk. That is about
as good an Illustration of the Grace cues
tion'' in this quarter of the South as can be
given.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-27
ONLY FIVE WEEKS.

There are only five weeks left the Demo
cratic party fol- enrolling it's voters.
Only five weeks left for forming working
clubs.
If any Democrat is deceiving himself by
the belief that the opposition to Malone in
his own party will make this an easy cam
paign for the Democracy, he had better
begin to uEdeceive himself.
The Malone voters will be out as sure as
the sun rises. If the Democratic voters are
not out, too, Malone will carry the day.
Let every Democrat give some active
work to the cause. Talk and reliance on
splits amount to worse than nothing.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-27

Gen. Mahone7s cause seems to be sur
rounded with bad luck. Last SATURDAY. the
New York Daily Graphic, pictorial paper,
came out with two whole pages devoted to
a portrait and biography of the General, and
picture ridiculing the position of the
white Democrats towards the colored Re
publicans. On another page were two col
umns of editorial advocating the General S
election, and abusing the Virginians. On
the following Tuesday the Graphic issued
its last number and announced it's suspen-
sion. Its financial difficulties were great
and election doodle couldn't be supplied it
in sufficient amount to keep it going.
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AN ADVANCE IN OFFICIAL
CIVIL TZATTON.

The new war steamer Baltimore has
proved to be the fastest war ship in the
world of her size, making twenty 1.-TWO miles
an hour. She was projected, planned and
built under Cleyelands administration
when w. G. Whitney was Secretary of the
Navy. After her trial the other day, B. f.
Tracy, Harrison's Secretary Of the Navy,
sent the following telegram
'W. q. Whitney, late Secretary of the Navy,
LenoX, Mass -
Accept my HEARTBEAT congratulations upon
the magnificent performance of the cruiser
Baltimore.
B. F. TRACY"
To this eX-Secretary Whitney replied in
the following telegram
LENox, MASS, Sept. &c. 1889.
To the Secretary Of the Macy, WaA5ngton:-
Many thanks for your kind dispatch. l
have felt certain the result would be satisfac-
tory, as [ do also that you will continue to
raise the standard, and in time register much
higher results than these,
W. G. WHITNEY.
There is no way to account for this unu-
sual Interchange of generous courtesies be-
tween two political opponents, save to put
it on the ground that they are-gentlemen.
Ii there were more Whitneys and Tracys
in public life, American politics would be
much more tolerable to decent men.
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EDUCATIONAL.


TNSTRUM MENTAL MUSIC.-MIsS INDIA
i HAPPIER desires number of pupils in In
strumental Music. Miss Happier is an Instructress
of experience. and has been awarded Medals by
the Virginia Female Institute Her terms are
$4,000 per session of 40 weeks. Those wishing to
enter may apply at once.
STAUNTON, VA.
Miss India Happier having enjoyed the advan-
tage of Professor Hamer IS instruction in music a
recommendation from her teacher would need no
endorsement wherever Professor Hamer is
known. 1t gives me pleasure, however, to bear
testimony to Miss Happer's faithfulness, dill
gence, and success a student. She has also the
additional advantage of some experience in
teaching music on the piano.
M. J. BALDWIN,,
Principal of Augusta Female Seminary,
Staunton, Va.
STAUNToN, VA, January 81, 1885,
1t give me much pleasure to testify that know
Miss l. Happier to be very good performer ON
the Pianoforte and that through the extensive
musical experience she has had, she will be COM
petent TO give very thorough instruction in the
art of music. F. w. HAMER,
Teacher of Music at the Augusta
sep6 Pm Female Seminary
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-27

Mr.. A. FL. Snyder late of the Woodstock
Virginioa has purchased an interest in the
Rockingham Register. He is thorough
newspaper man and his work since he has
been on the Register shows it. Unless we
very much mistake the signs, he has a bril-
liant career before him in journalism,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-27

Col. Slemp, thenominee for Governor
of the Malone faction, is not unused to de-
feat and November will not 60 hard with
him. He has already been twice beaten for
the State Senate in his district.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-27

That excellent paper the Rockbridee
county Neacs has enlarged it's size and
added a power press to it's machinery. Mr..
M. w. Paxton is giving the people a first
class county paper both in it's editorial
and news department.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-27

Published every Friday. Price So per year; 81
for six months, and so cents for months-invari-
ably in advance
Transient advertisements 10 cents per line each
insertion. Contracts for longer terms made at
the counter.
Local circulation in Augusta. Rockbridge, Rocking
ham, Allegheny, Highland and Bath Counties.
Gives general and local news; stories and mis-
cellany; reliable commercial reports.
H. C. TINsLEY,
A. S. MORTON,
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NSTRAYED-A Mouse Coiored Jersey Cow,
II from brick-yard on Saturday evening
last. Is of medium size, rather low in order and
both horns turn in. Information that leads to
her recovery will be suitably rewarded
PLUNKETTs & CLARKE
sep27 Its Staunton, Va.
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d OOAIS FOR RENT-Furnshed or unfurnish-
IL ed, suitable for sleeping apartments, or
for family Rent reasonable. Apply to
MRS. B. BOLEN,
sep l3-3t Cor. Johnston and Augusta SITS
wy ANTED TO BORROW $780, secured by
w first mortgage on valuable real estate,
near city limits worth $500, and house on land
will be insured as additional guarantee for
benefit of the lender. Prefer to pay interest
quarterly in advance. Apply at
sep 20-tf VlNDICATOR OFFICE.
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j. >. FASSETT, Secretary,
w. w. DUDLEY. Treasurer,

M. S. Quay, Chairman.
The fund will be as large as the Republi-
can subscribers can be induced to make it,
and what is left over this fall will, with
new subscriptions, be disbursed at suisse
quent elections. 1t appears that with these
facts before them, Virginia Democrats
should be willing to give substantial aid to
their party to save their State from the
Malone faction. AS we have said before,
the party authorities need money and it
should be given them. 1t would be- strange
sight to see Republicans in the North sub
scribing funds to carry Virginia, and Vir-
ginia Democrats not contributing dollar
to save their own State
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This certifies that John Doe has paid the
sum of $40, and agrees to contribute like
amount annually as a registered contributor
to the reserve fund of the Republican Nation
al Committee. Future payments to be made
to the treasurer of the said committee on Sep
tember 1St of each Near
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VIM. NIAHONE.


Gen. Malone was again on the war path
with money, and had moi. the Democracy bad
money enough to set the party machinery
to work to bring out the full Democratic
vote, it would have shared the fate of 1881
1t was understood and agreed when Gen.
Malone accepted the nomination for Gov
ernor, that he should not only have all the
Federal Administration aid, but also all
the financial aid that his friend Quay, Chair
man of the National Republican Commit
tee, could raise. Mr.. Quay is arranging to
raise fund for use in Virginia, Ohio, and
the elections in the four new States. 1t is
a campaign subscription certificate. The
subscriber contributes $40 and in return
receives bond fair resemblancetoa bank
note, bearing a serial number, date, and the
following legend:
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A MARTYRED oFF1cEHoLDER.

/ recollect Col. Craig. He has been to
my town. He was there complaining about
having been turned out of office by Cleve-
land. He told us that he had administered
his office honestly, and that every penny
had been accounted for, and yet they turn
ed him out! / said great Heavens is that
Il sufficient reason for keeping you in?
Why there are $50, 900 Democrats in Virgin
ia as honest as you are (Applause.) We
have put you out because you were holding
al office in the gift of the people of the
United States, and yet were using that
office against a portion of those people zap
plause.) From that speech of his in our
town, thought he would be willing to do
what he charges me with being willing to
do-hold an office from the opposite politi-
cal party if they would let him. (Great
applause.)
He says l have a son a Federal office
holder IN Washington. And so have, and
he is Democrat too, and l love my boy
better than | do myself. He is a civil
engineer, and applied for situation under
the government five Oh six years ago and
got it. He has been promoted by Coz.
Powell the Republican Chief of the Depart
ment once, and is promised another promo
ton. He is in the Scientific Department of
the government, which, thank God, has never
been polluted by politics. God protect the
government when politics shall walk with
dirty footballs in the halls of our schools
and colleges. When that time comes, edu-
cation is a failure. (Applause.) The Chief in
the second division where my son was, was
Col. Ker an ex-Confederate. The Chief of
the Department, Col. Powell is not inter
cred with by the government about poll
tic s. A son of Judge Irvine Of our district
is in it, and also d son Of John Goode, and
othe rs. 1t is no reflection on my sons
Dem ocracy OF on mine that my son is
where, he is, (Applause.)
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Mr.. Craig said here that l was opposed to
the free schools. Where in the name of
Heaven, in all the midnight meetings that
he has ATTENDED, did he get that idea from
(Applaus e. Why. l am in favor of educa-
ting every child. white and colored, in this
grand old Commonwealth. Education is
all 1 have got, then why on earth should l
want to deny it to Others Education is all
nv father LETT me. Education is all the
farm have; all the bank account | have.
How can anybody say that of me? Educate
every child in the State, and one result will
be that it will be taught not to come with
tales that are false and untrue am known to
some of you, and to some Of my Republican
friends here Only to-day one of them, MI.
II p Dickerson who WAS once Sheriff OF o
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-27
4 BIG day
For the People Of Augusta who are
Fighting Malone.

A SPLENDID AUDIENCE TO HEAR PHIL.
MIR. CRAIG-AND ALSO TO WIN. MALONE
AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE-GEN.
WIN. SHEEN OF ALLEGHANY ADDRESSES
THE MEETING IN OPPOSITION TO MA
HONE-AND so DOES MARYATT STEELE,
ESQ, OF AUGUSTA.
, 1889-07-31

encouragement OF Original Research
II the scholar is to have his true
place in u American life he must
have his true home. 1t is too soon for
us TO expect that in n world so new
as ours we can have those clustered
hooks which in other lands are at
once tho retreat of the student and his
reward. But surely the time has come
when we may ask ourselves whether
enough has not been spent in planting
institutions Of learning, and whether
now something may moi well be de-
voted to e%nriching them. 1t is easy
to see that in a land like ours, col
leges, both small and great, may each
have their place. But we have sufR-
GENTLY multiplied the outlines of in
stitutions Of learning, and may well
begin to think about filing them up.
The want of our American people to-
day is not new institutions, nor more
buildings, nor o free instruction.
OF all these things experience is every
day showing us there is enough and
mor than enough.
But we want space and place for
men, who, whether as fellows or lee
turers, shall, in connection with our
universities, be free to pursue original
investigation and to give themselves to
profoundstudy, untrammeled by the
petty cares, the irksome round, the
small anxieties, which are sooner or
later the death of aspirations and ia
tai obstacles to inspiration. 1t is with
processes of thought as it is with pro-
cesses Of nature, capitalization de-
mands, we are told, stiffness, equanam-
ity, repose. And SO the great truths
r~h,ah ora 10 hn fha 1AoI - F.-z-
that shall new-create our civilization
must have n chance first of all to re-
veal themselves. Some mount of Wis
ion there must be for the scholar, and
those whose are the material treasures
out Of which came those wonderful
endowments and foundations which
have lent to England's universities
some elements of their chiefest glory
must see that they have this mount
of vision. Bishop II. G. Potter in
Forum.
, 1889-07-31
aIehammedan sehoolshIns.

Tho greatest Mussulman educational
center in northern Africa is the uni
versity at Gareuin, in Morocco. The
students number about 700 and there
are forty professors. Work begins at
half past 2 and 8 in the morning, ac-
cording TO the season. The first in
struction consists of comments on the
Koran. AT sunrise the second batch
of professors-about a dozen or So
discourse on law and dogma. In the
afternoon grammar and rhetoric are
taught, and later, logic, astronomy,
arithmetic, geography, history, Mus
sulman literature and the science of
talismanic numbers or the determine
ton by calculation of the influence of
angels, spirits and stars on future
events.
The fore-determination of the con
queror and conquered in a coming
war or battle seems to be a special
branch. There is the greatest diff
Guilty in obtaining aprofessor intimate
with the principles of the science in
its entirety. There are no examina-
tons. Every professor is supposed to
know those among his hearers who are
worthy of diplomas. The diplomas
are very highly valued, and give the
holders great prestige in the Moslem
world.-London Globe.
, 1889-07-31

In spite of oppositions of all kinds
the Derby still holds its own, and is
yet regarded as the foremost acc of
the year. There are, it is true, other
contests of the "~Frankenstein Mon
ster" species, the winning of which
brings in more money to the fortu-
nate owner, and these are, therefore,
from a purely business point of view,
more important than the Derby, but
the latter continues to attract the at.
tcntion OF those who care but little
for racing in the abstract; it is the oc-
casion Of n great general holiday, and
remains what Lord Beaconsfield de-
scribed il, THE blue riband Of the
turf" Strangely indeed the latter day
Derbies contrast with earlier ones.
Within the memory of those who are
now scarcely more than middle uged,
quotations for the next years race
were forthcoming almost as soon as
the number of the winner of the cur
rent event vas hoisted; and the rae.
ing mans winter of discomfort was
enliyened by no little speculation. All
this is now changed, and the ante-post
betting is confined to n comparatively
small number of persons. i ondon
Sporting News.
, 1889-07-31
rurkIsh school Children.

Turkish boys and girls are of the
race which has given the alphabet and
the sciences of numbers, navigation
and astronomy TO the world; but they
study only one book now and learn
only M science. They study the Ko-
ran, from which they learn to read,
and the science of Mahomet's religion,
as soon as they can commit sentences
to memory, either by having it read
to them or by reading it to themselves.
They study aloud as hard as ever they
can, each beginning with n different
sentence, rocking TO and fro, ''weav-
ing trouble" meantime. If they falter
in their shrill repetitions the masters
duty is first to admonish, and, if this
is u~nheeded, to spare not the rod.
There is q lull when the ''muezzin's'
call is heard at noon from the mosque
minaret near by, and then the master
and pupils, with faces turned toward
Mecca, drop to their knees and say a
prayer.
When the priests call ceases and
the prayers are over, the voice of the
artful candy man is often OPPORTUNITY
heard near the school, for candy is
peddled about on trays there, and not
sold at shops as with us. The new
scholar is permitted to treat all
round' on the first day, and there are
no better sweets than Turkish de-
hghts"-pasty, creamy, crackly things
made up from rose leaves, violets and
peoples, nuts, dates, grapes and pome-
granates, delicately mixed with honey,
sugar, strip and spice. Pure cold
water after sweets is known by all
Turks, young and old, to be the most
delicious of luxuries, and this the
school children often enjoy, for the
waterman is cunning enough to fol-
low closely in the wake of the candy
vender, anxious to tighten his burden
and draw a profit, as well as spring
water, from the tanned skin of a pig,
which he carries strapped tt his Shout
ders like a bagpipe-the Turkish water
bucket.-Cor. Wide Awake.
, 1889-07-31
"AFTgR DINNER WALK A mlLE.ns
The Time When We Eat, However. Makes
Some Difference.

some Dluerence-
"After dinner sit awhile, after sup
per walk a mile" That was suitable
advice for the good old times when
dinner was taken at noon" 1.-The wise
man changes his mind" We moderns
have changed ours and our habits, too.
The couplet may be changed to suit
the new circumstances. after lunch
con sit awhile, after dinner walk a
mile" This advice is by no means
universally followed. 1t may be
doubted whether it is universally
given or believed in. One thing. how
ever, says The Hospital, is certain:
the mile, and much more, ought to be
walked some time during the twenty
four hours. Nay, it must be walked if
health is TO be maintained. Indoor air
cannot be breathed all day long with
out serious injury. nor a a sufficient
measure OF physical exercise be dis
pensed with.
Nature is stronger han all the doc
tors and drugs in the world, and she
will not let a man be well who per-
sistently disobeys her. She has made
u limbs for movement and our lungs
for pure air. If we do not use the
limbs sufficiently and breathe enough
of perfectly pure air, she insists upon
storing up quantities of poisonous
waste in the system, and makes the
arms and legs as limp as a Jelly fish.
Men of business and professional men
seem to have no time for walking and
taking the air except in'the evening.
But how car n man walk after a
heavy dinner1 Most true; and there
fore a man should not eat a heavy
dinner habitually. Whether he walks
or not the heavy dinner will do him
nothing but harm, and all the more
harm if he does not walk. Most men
eat n good meat lunch. Many take
both meat and pudding; in fact, to
all intents and purposes they dine.
They do not then need a heavy meal in
the evening. After a substantial lunch
at /, a moderate dinner'at 6 or z is
all that is required. If such a meal be
taken, followed about 8 o'clock by a
cup of hot coffee, the man who has
not been overworked during the day
should feel perfectly fresh for n walk
ut $3.50. If he then goes out and walks
until $3.50, he will soon begin to find
his walk a great pleasure, and the adj
vantage to his health will be marked,
indeed. Does he fear the night airl
That is nonsense. Night air is as good
as any other air, except that it is a lit
tie colder. He car provide against
that by wrapping up a little more.
For getting rid of the cares of the
day, for producing a pleasant sense of
relaxation, for purifying the blood,
for raising the spirits, for encouraging
sound and refreshing sleep, there Is
nothing better than an evening walk
after a moderate dinner. To those who
have not practiced the habit, the first
few walks may prove fatiguing and dis
appointing; but let them give it a fair
trial. Perseverance will amply Justify
what some may consider rather novel
advice. London Globe.
, 1889-07-31

Cats twenty To twenty-five feet
long" repeated an old lady wearing
gold trimmed spectacles, in a doubling
tone of voice, as she sat i'll Il Second
Avenue car one day last week, and
glanced at u table in the sporting col
umes Of the mornings Tribune. 0Cats
twenty-five to thirty feet long" and
sho turned i~ncredulously to her com.
p%anion, another elderly lady. Cats
thirty to thirty-tve feet long. Now,
they needn't tell me that there arr any
such Oh, l guess it means some
kind OF boat, or something about their
pesky yacht racing" And the vision
of a feline ten yards long curled up
on a hearth rug and crowding the rest
of the furniture out of the room grad
ually faded from her mind. New
York Tribune.
, 1889-07-31

Is there anything new under the
sun1 Now it has been discovered that
the idea of the drop a nickle in the
slot boxes" is older than Christianity.
In the Egyptian temples devices of
this kind were used for automatically
dispensing the purifying water. 4
coin of five drachmm dropped into IA
slit in n vase set n simple piece of me
chanism like a we'll sweep in motion,
a valve was opened for an instant and
a portion of the liquid was allowed to
escape. The apparatus is described in
the "Spiritalia" of Heron of Alexan.
dria, who lived 200. years before the
Christian era, and is illustrated in the
Sixteenth century Latin manuscript
TRANSACTIONS of his work, in which, by
the way, is also delineated the Egyp-
tian fire engine of the authors day,
with its double force pump valves,
lever arms, goose neck, and probably,
too, air chamber but this is a mooted
point-which form the essential fea-
ture of the machines of the Nine
teenth century. Fire and Water.
, 1889-07-31

Boone has recorded in his own
quaint ~phraseology an incident of his
life during this summer which shows
how eagerly such n little band of
frontiersmen read n book and how
real its characters became TO their
mind. He was encamped with five
other men on Red river, and they had
with them for their amusement the
History of Samuel G%ulliver's travels,
wherein he gave an account of his
young master, Glumderlick. careing
(sic) him or n market day for n show
to a town called Lulbegrud." In the
party who, amid such strange sur
roundings, read and listened to Dean
Swift's writings was a young mar
named Alexander Nicely. One night
he came into camp with two Indian
scalps taken from a Shawnees' village
he had found on a creek running into
the river, and he announced to the
circle of grim wilderness veterans
that "he had been hal day TO Lube
grud and had killed two Brobding-
nags in their capital" To this day
the creek by which the two lucl less
Shawnees' lost their lives is known as
Lulbegrud creek.-'The Winning of
the West"-Roosevelt