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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-11-12

NIRGlNIA-In the Clerks Office Circuit
~, 800, Court of Augusta County, September

NIRGINIA-In the Clerks Office Circuit
29th $780, 9op
I; ~ N. Speck, Sheriff of Augusta county
ana as snch Administrator with the will an
nexed OF John Swisher. decd Plaintiff,
VS..
ElzabeLh Swisher. William f. Swisher and
others. Defendants
Tx CHANCERY.
me object of this suit is to obtain q settle-
ment OF the estate of John SwIsher decd and
nave sale of the real estate for distribution
among the devisees and distributes
1t appearing by affidavit uled that William
roster and Sarah ". his wife (Dee Swisher)
Henry keiser and Emma L., his wife, (nee
sWisher), Charles &. Swisher. Benjamin F.
Swisher. Nettie J. F. Swisher, Elizabeth c.
Keiser. Andrew ]. Keiser, her husband: Nancy
n. +. Swisher and - Swisher, her husband:
Janetta D. Smith and - Smith, her bus band:
John S. Keiser, James w. Keiser. Leanah j
Keiser. Laura L. Rarnhart and - Barnhart, her
husband. stuart I. Keiser. QnfanD Emmett w
Keiser. Qnfant) George A. Keiser, Gntant)
Hannah j. Keiser. Qnfan). are non residents
OF this Common wealth. it is ordered that they
do appear here within fifteen days after due
publication of this notice and do what Is ne
cessary to protect their interests In this suit
Teste,
H. St. G.. Tucker, pq. in RYAN
oct l5-ft Clerk.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-11-12
THE sADDEsT MONTH.
DUNCAN E. FOX.


The ad November days are here
When winds complain and sigh,
And naked branches moan and drip
With tear drops from the sky.
love to wander through the wood
Where all is sere and bare,
And hear the crows discordant chant,
Or watch the startled hare.
The aisles are carpeted with leaves
Wherein softly tread,
And all about me is one vast
Cathedral of the dead.
Those trees that were a living green
When Simmer kissed them first,
NOW toss their manned and blackened arms
Like wraiths of souls accurst.
The very air that teemed with scent
In Misunderstanding May,
Now watts DER this mausoleum
The incense of decay.
And yet love these gloomy days,
When saddened nature grieves,
How like unto the lot of man,
The dying of the leaves.
When smitten with the hand of Death,
We. too. shall pass away,
30 like them may we bloom again
Upon Summer day.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-11-12

SA$S ASA% y ~ n ~
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN effectually, dispels colds, hea1-
aches and fevers and cures habituai
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
10 all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 50c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. ANY reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALLFORNiA FIG syrup co.
SIN FRiAciGcG. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, RY. NEW YORK, nv
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-11-12

Female Weakness Positive Care Free
To THE EDITOR:
Please inform your readers that have pos
tive remedy for fhe thousand and one ills
which arise from deranged female organs, /.
shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy
FREE to any lady If they will send their ex-
press and P. o. address. Yours respectfully,
DR.. ]. B MARCHIsl, 1873 Genesee ST.. Utica
N Y. oct 29-4w
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Dominic MLauren.


EDGAR POSTER DAVIS.
In narrow street and lonely OF little Scot
tish town,
Dwelt preacher Of the gospel, in cottage
Old and brown.
Long this fsithful under,shepherd bad bi.
flock with mama fed:
Long the tender lambs protected and in fertile
pastures led
And. like all hi, race before him. dealt severe
and telling blows.
Not on Satan, Kingdom only, but on all sec
tartan foc..
But tonight hi, work Is ended, and the Dom
inie at last
Lie. upon hi, DYING pillow, feel, the fe-tide
ebbing fast;
While beside hi couch a grsudchild seeks with
loving hand 10 ,oothc
All the old mans diving anguish, al the dark
'ning path 70 smooth.
suddenly upon the maiden turns the hosry
saint hi. eyes.
From " bose depth, & light mysterious CLEANS
IKE star from polar skies.
Daughter, | have warred warfsrc lsng snd
,ireIess and severe.
In my preaching aud my PRAYING 'gain-i a
iihpr churches here.
"A my day I've >toutly >triven for the doc
trine- suld and sweet,
Fierce anathcmas I've uttered 'gainst the foe
out-owrc the street
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| however, the match was resumed, and
then his real suffer ng began. Tom had
never endured such torture Loud ap-
plause frequently broke upon his ears
shouts of "Well hit,", We'll bowled =
"WeIl caught" and sometimes, more
maddening even than these sounds there
was deep hush Of suspense in the noisy
crowd. or n distinctly audible sigh of
relief, which told his practiced ears that
some exciting crisis of the game had conc
| or gone. :
| He vainly peered over the half drawn
| blind to catch glimpse of the players; he
! could. however see nothing but a forest
| of black hats and variegated sunshades
| Binns returned notion dared not quit
| his hiding place, and despair once more
possessed his soul. Suppose I'm here
! for the afternoon. Holy Moses how sp-
| pallingly hot it is" Heat Is apt to relax
| the propIiety even Of a Cnsate's language
Wish | dared to take some more Of my
! clothes of :" And then his eve fell on the
/ champagne bottle, which was reariv hall
! full. well. can have another drink AZ
J all events" And again his troubles seem
! Ell less He stretched himself ont a. well
a. he could. for he was a big man ami The
space was small. aud hy degrees he finish.
| Ell the bottle "lf only had 8 weed. he
refeCted haven't smoked for months, 1t
/ seems years.
And growing bold even % recklessnesS
he hunted in the pockets Of the other
mems overcoat- TIL he found cigar case
When he had lit cigar he felt compars-
lively at ease, IL was very hot, he
thought, but peaceful feeling stole over
him, the hum nt the crowd grew fainter
atd fainter; the shouts Of applause more
umbrellas on the drag. within six inches
of Ms head, ceased Ia annoy him. He pull
ed at hls cigar less cnergetically; soon il
fell from hj~ lip~, aud The Rcv Thomas
Baxter III pt As pcacrful,y a> q child.
He Was awakened hy araugh shake and
>hol; HI hl- ear of iii, wake up,' Re-
tuning tn mi-cou>C!au~uc~s hr iudi-
tiutt.y heard exclamation, M "Sham--
ful'" disgusting ho would have
thought i''" AMI than q familiar rolrr
Said In somewhat Gqi,rrin- accents
"Leay, him To- me, papa | must see him
alone" Tnm puil,d bt' self Together with
a jrrk. uFcued hi~ hcafI eyt> ard found
himself confronted hy Mss Alice Heath
cote who Stood with hu>h,d che, X and
indignant expression At the door of the
drag
Are you awakc. >.r:' shc inquired with
claho-at, >lc.nue~>
Awake, yes, Why not dearf" Stain.
mercd Mr- Baxter
II hcn What L. the meaning of this:
Yon leave me hom> aga aui -ay you don't
feel well. and h,rr | dud You sound asleep
when the play T. "vrr for The day, ana ar
have been sending all avrr III. ground fnr
ynu Aud in ynur -hirt sleeves too
..Coul ctar.uu>' | beg your pardon
F,.f.-at Md FIu. inc scarlet ,i,, ,.,
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Pure Air From Above.


Prometheus, according to the story OF
the Greek mythology stole fire from heav-
en- and brought it down to earth 1t APP
pears that the performance of somewhat
analogous service is gravely contemplated
by the promoters of the Watkin tower,
not fire, but pure air, being the useful COM
modify which it is intended to convey from
the lofty height to the lower level tor the
benefit Of mankind. The tower is to be
not less than l,20O feet-consderably
higher than it's prototype in Paris.
At this atmospheric point, air, even in
London, is declared to be absolutely pure,
aud it is proposed that by means of ma
chnery specially devised for the purpose a
supply of fresh air shall he drawn to the
street level ard then distributed to houses
and public buildings, as water and gas are
now. The PROJECT, to the non scientific
mind at least, may look rather shadowy.
albeit the object aimed at is SO excellent
and worthy that it is to be hoped that il
may not be destined to remain in nebula'
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The Classified Boy.

You say said Mr.. Brown to his son
school. How old a boy is he?"
"Oh, he's only young kid, papa"
"A young kid, About how old is a
young kid, now"
About six or seven"
What is boy after he is done being a
young kid?'"
"Oh, then he gets to be a kid "
what after that!"
We'll, he's kid until he gets to be
about thirteen, and then he's a young fel-
ler if he's pretty big"
None but good sized boys can be young
fellers,' eh?''
felers' until they're about nineteen, and
then they're men"
Indeed. But how d. you class them
at the other end of the lines Are they
always young kids after they are babies?'
"Oh, no. sir. First they're cubs. They
don't get to be young kids until they get
out of dresses"
But when" the father asked, growing
more and more curious, when Is boy
supposed to be 'ladT"
We don't have any lads nowadays, sir.
We read about 'em in books, but we don't
have any. I've always wondered about
how old lad was"
"But you have BOYS sureiy?"
"Oh, yes, sir They're all BOYS, Of
course, until they get to be men. Only
these are the different kinds of boys
Youths Companion.
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iH' h',!A'' i@' pom. '' 'H'S "erN
'l'' '"' i''''''"- \F'"""l'"h
rp -iNr th, opts probartr basis fpr the pu:-
H,.lou - ta, license resolution We WI! ,af
taA. Aii'r hi. u '.'h MI" i'ai ~ ft>ui-
,"','' w." I, '',' j.. ." 'u' >.'-'' ,"
'. .',.r ..', 4; ",', ,,
,hc r,.,,,,r.,.rt. .,,hn,ir,,l,,J
,,.,.'l ,t.un b, th. convention WA. resolution
r,f,rrti.- N hi.h Hcru-c Mr. Mcclellan dlI
uui o0, III, however, ami no one Ia III" cnuNcu-
ipn At," Il H. 'A'~l"n.r except T. author
aNA lt'hA3> ""' '' iN' H'"'''
From T. own Investigation The J""
ha- a~t Taln"d t'at thc above Il correct A.
far a. Il -.1~ NE mysterious resolution
M prepared nv Mr Mcclellan and wa>
actuallN written On tar same sheet of
paper a The lc>'l' mission resolution. but
Na- not read to The convention When
thy sheet wa- laid on the >ccrctaTy'- taulr
t!i- resolution, naturally enough, WAS
copied by tEy reporters and sent out a. a
part Of he pas. rm I, L4t having been
erased / hr >,rt, t.Gv. however, dld not
recpId i a. having prru adopted
T.c gi>t ut the ua't,ri> = that the re~u-
lutyon wu~">' >'.nr.ch.a Inc 'mm!ttec."
That : after tl.!N ami judu-tfiou>ly
having tnc.r y.Iu- tr thc advantage ofthc
absence nf tDr d,.,- .,> from the "cro->
roads and back !nt> .Aa tp capture the
convention, AT .cr successfully .h carrying out
these plan, aud - '1u- the convention
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N,,,u.. Iulv IA 1,pu
uwa. .t,.,oiy.d la~, winter an rl.iryI.
,a,ion of Bro. Drl,ku. II tE.c MacEna.
Tafug. that in th, coming Sumner the
Maine Press Association ,houlI make An
excursion iut, M. faud h,yopd railrusd.
maj r,niou of ih,. great Stat. of Main.
whirh ,tiil awaits the advent III the iron
bor-, So here We are. How ~nm. Of u,
oct hear prupo>. M relate ID Thu ha>ry
s.rawI
There WAS a choice of routes You
,nfsht % overland by raIl A. far a. ttrx.
,.ut. and ,ru>; tp hDrs. power for IN,
rest DIR yau might rakr the boat and en-
jny-proNI,lti yuu Ar,. pot stast, "A S,R
y.ygp, alone fh,.. coast nf ..many h;trb lr.
eli Maine" We chu-e. III land route We
wanted 10 see this great Eastern land
and make the acuuniutancr OF the good
r,.u!r who dwru HI NJ, W. wanted to
..r n b,frr, tuc. advent of the rail CHANGES
tb,. urt.nitiy. rupditiou of things. Il, il al.
was, does
IAeliltlc. girl who tude a hundred miles
III The ear, and then wa~ driven ten miles
in a buggy. said she came a little way in
the, rar- ana All thu rt.st or thc way In
carriage, 50 We camr little way by rail
and ihr rest Of the way hy buck kbOard IL
- Il
miles ON the Maine Central hur IL i a
rreat deal Ia drive hfty mile, On buck
hoard Rv th, latter InY,sV~ won take tie
cnnu,rv along with Wy Inv th, form
er v,u leave Il all h.hlpd
Franklin Road station is hnt few mll.,
havnud Ellsworth Upre ,hp rail end.
| a,I Nor, wa foupd Mr Erad c.mnh4I
With a,un.r.bupdsrc, of vehicles in nrpn.
| aration fdr M Marty of fftv ua.sengers
whcu a n,i.l.adiny d4snatch haJ lei him
! tn.xn.rt wauera MT a h.poarly dnz.
| en- and feIt very snsxl when IN, teams
Irar' WI. va Adams v,har. th.
4 ,uon.,a crowd ard ,xhara ,ba Governor
( ahnn, hn,n ,hare vers grea, rxnrc,a,ionss ,
/ Enbo an.ver.d ..xbar.sr W.. rara n.cked
! ~ ~ WA hncEhoard. and sant ~ whiI,
| ,ha ,.s, of ,he vehicles remained To catch
.ny s,raraIers IN mjyht ann.ar Nv q LATER
,rsin onr wav at trst lay thronoh the
| ianI, s,ra,a,;ng vil,aga az Ersntj;n which
/ fnr.o -n1,II nIac. hs. many churches
/ The SO. sands Iony arms nm into The land
4 Ma ard shins ,yera building IN ,he shore
H. 10 were nilas II granite hlocks
crt from numerous ouarries and hits of
t,r,,;n.- III arno,Y ,ha roct. IN. M.
! nI,. hare ., identIv make the most of their
! r,..anroas
en- 90 s,r,ct ina tho wildarpess a
r,,iar ~ ;,n,nans. honI,Iers scattered
,hick a. nlnm. in puddipg great blocks
| az pranii. of every Imaginable shane. and
! 20 Close ,opetber Thai one wondered how
room for road conld be fonnd between
| thcm. They lowered by the roadside. they
| ioomed in the DISTANCE they rose like
| castles on the hllsides. This must have
been the battle ground of the Titans. If
| they hurled these blocks at each other they
must all lie buried beneath them-a sort of
giants graveyard, where the missiles that
| Slew them serve as their monuments.
We had not gone far before it became
evident that we were to witness battle
of the elements. Night was coming down,
and the clouds gathered in thick and dark
array. We were now in Blacks woods.
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bundaut sunshine, and perhaps render even
| perpetual daylight far less obnoxious than
we might, AZ first sight, be disposed to re-
gard il. There are reasons for thinking
that the atmosphere of Venus is most
abundant. Its depth has been calculated
| TO exceed that of the earth by about one
third although Venus is slightly smaller
planet than ours. The existence Of watery
vapnr In this atmosphere has been clearly
established ny spectrosCopic examinations
OF the extent or even the existence of
oceans on Venus we know nothing by
direct observation but since the planet
possesses an atmosphere and clouds it is
not unreasonable 70 conclude that ii must
have oceans capable of supplying the need
ed vapor.
In regard to that half of the globe Of
Venus which, according to Schiapareli, is
always turned away from the sun. it is i'm
possible to say anything that is not of a
speculative character and yet the subject is
most attractive. We have something par
tintlv equiv alcnt upon the earth during the
long and antarctic nights and we know that
life can EXIST fnr time at least even uu.
der such conditions But il is hardly rca-
>ouahle to conclude. arguing from purely
ierrretria, analogie~, that the unillumiuei
side Of Venus can possess permanent in
hahlantS
Upon Mercury there must be two regions
on the ca and west borders OF the sun
ward hemisphere, where the sun rises and
sclS. This Is owing to the great eccen.
trjcjiy Of Mercury's orbit. which produces
a considerable lihratiou. or apparent rock.
inG back aud forth Of the planet with ref
rtrncr 70 the SUI. But. a we have seen,
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|
we had received
we shall always have confused idea ol
| tne Instance oetwceh FRANKLIN hoau sta
tioh ana CherrSheiu. Motreii came WIN
| story OF sixteen iniies, MAJOR howeii sait
II was eighteen, Bro. Drisko had toid Us
| i'"as '"ehty,"ne driVei saiu IL was twenty
| iour' ahu tne olher halntaiheu tha' IL "s'
t"eh'. yno" the way was io"e
enough through the overshauo"ihS trees
that hehsed us IN on elthtr side' but VIZ
! feln'cen N the stars ahu the hreh'es' ana
| h'chs JOKES anu the mayor pehhyIoSa
| hAihhs he'ped 10 hSh'eh the way
| Az iast we were OUT OF the "oods' ahu
the lguts Oh the u'staht tliiase were oe'
| i"'' u. as we thtef'u y 'u. i"s '''i"SiUH
| h'9h up on tne rlgh' was orii'aht'y ii"ih',
| hated. i's hospitaote owner hau expected
! /" 'htci 'a'h VIZ oo'c'h ""o .","'
! h"t. Az 'hf oilose' "h'sh we i"'i''l i's
:" ny eiec'ric'tS' we were nai't.i' n"t y!
| tht h'eh"ash'ah' o"t y the nosP,''''e w
: zen oher'hs entertainment, our com,
pshs i'it Shaiief 'nah eNrr "hen We iou"u
that al the 'herrShe house entertain,
,, h'Sh' nag peeh pro. i"e" LOT ~ y We .'a',
.,n"en w n"u'' '"'o"I.' " ~, t"' II ~ ~
the h'Sh' an" Nei' 'e'''H !" "' '"'t J"S'''
H. \" rs tN'eI''n' supi"' Sli'"" Y
NJ ia"N oi 'he mouse h''t"'eu , :" eIc,s
| mahe' auu w can sat % tHe '"o' tH''''
h"ust 'pat !. y 60" - y lheie
'u' ea'E tIe heNt "'oln NM We nee, u
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Age of father (if living.
AYE Of mother ar liying1.

One of the papers was returned with the
startling information that the father was
1919 years old and the mother ll2. The
city fathers hastened down to see this
ancient pair and were much surprised to
hear that they died long ago. Then what
do you mean by this?" said the angry OFF,
cial, pointing to the ages. why, that's
straight enough. 1t says Age If living,
and that would a been their ages if living
now"
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An Admissible Construction.

The census-taking brings an old census
story to the mind of writer on the Bos-
ton Transcript, On the printed blanks
were these words:
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Readers of the july number ~ H'ry,t,
N1gasjDe will ind in the second n~taI0m,ut
Of Daudet'> Port Tarn,con" complete r,ih-
ization Of the anticipa,ions aroused by the
first chapters. The rare humor of which Vi.
Daudet i master adds au ind, huabIr l,>t 70
the story, whioh abounds in alternate droI
and tragic situations Twenty-four tIlu>trA-
tious by the eminent French artists. Ross,
Montenard, Myrbaeh, and Montegut accom-
pany the article. Among the other Illustrated
papers in the same number Of the Magazine
are Howard Pyle's quaint account OF "A fs-
nous thapbook Y ian" no 1Ouri>hed in the
early part Of last century; Texan Types and
Contrasts" 10y Lee {. Hardy, describing rtr-
tain phases Of life aud manners near the Mex
lean border, paper on Social Life IN bN-
ford" by Ethel NJ. Arnold, with portraits ot
some well-known celebrities at the University.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-07-31

Every story, article and poem in Iae in-
dies Home ,journdi for July has an oft door
flavor, and better magazine for summer read
ing has never been prepared for women. \
beautifully illustrated article, "A Day with Ida
Lewis" the Grace Darling Of America. is the
first authentic description ever published Of
the home life of the famous heroine W no lives
alone in Lime Rock Lighthouse, and has
saved so many lives. The LddieS' HDHe
.joarHdi is only One Dollar a year, and is
published at 433 435 Arch St, Philadelphia,
Pa.
For several years Vide ltcdkc has from
time to time given some beautiful stories of a
highly fanciiul nature from the pen of Miss
Mary 4. wilkins; one OF the best appears in
the August number, entitled The Princess
Rosetta and the Popcorn Man" with seven
illustrations by Garrett. Another charmingly
fancifu story In the same number is by Susan
Coolidge and is called Three Little Candles"
AS a contrast come The Hat OF the Postmas-
ter" another Nassau story by Mrs. Fremont,
"Cy Hops's Victory" the story of Canadian
Indian boy at school, by ii. G. Chipman, and
Miss McLeods Acadian tale "The Story OF
Bloody Creek
Vide As1dke is $40 year. d. Lothrop
Company, Publishers, Boston, Mass.
For midsummer reading, the August Ld-
dies Home Journal is like cooling breeze
all the stories SAVIOR of the sea and country, and
Julian Hawthorne, Maud Howe, Louise Chan
dler Moulton, Kate Upson Clark, Jenny June,
DR.. Talmage, all vie with each other in story,
poem and article The article on'Promiseuous
Bathing for girls is especially timely. Alto
gether. the August Journal makes the best
Of summer reading-pure and bright and as
entertaining as beneficial The number costs
only ten cents. The Journal Is published, at
one dollar per year, at 433-435 Arch street,
Philadelphia.
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Caring ,taS @urfe.

Sin Sdrins Iiebte cine @urte =
Dies lit uor Inuser 3eit paiIirt =
Die @urte Iiebte audi ben 9drins,
Oeuu beiee iuaren mariHirt.
0ies iuni9 ,drtIi6e @crbdltuiB
8arb ni9t selt6rt bur3 Sors' unS
Gjrum,
gis ibr ibpQii9 Slid Su it6reu,
Gin 9rduIi5 srauer 5eater fam.
Sid itiirSen6 auf ben armen Sdrius
9erbiB CT ibm ben lauren Ropf,
Die @urte weinte @iiigtbrdueu
Sou Erauer in ben iro Eopf.
SiuauS bnpu iprau9 fie gan; euersiidr
@r9riif uoI 8utb ben Wanoeritab,
Bon Sdriugsn unb lauren @urten
gtabm iis ben S9rpur ber Ga3e ab.
Der Sdpur wir6 bsute nod gebaIteu,
&snn Ssmano beut' oarnieoerIie9t,
@epIa9t pom Rater, pirb Der @raue
BON 9urt' uno Sdrina itets bsiest.