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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-29
Sale Of Glass Sand Tracts.

Last week, Maj. J. w. Newton sold to
the Buena Vista Glass Manufacturing Co.
81 acres of pine land near Greenville, con-
tanning glass sand, for $4,000, and MI. Jno.
w. Burkholder sold to the same company
a similar tract of ITO acres in the same vi
entity for $1,000. This company has al
ready made a good quality Of glass at its
Buena Vista works out Of sand from these
tracts
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Real Estate Transfers.

james Huffman to Samuel jackson, one
lot on w. Main street, $500.
w. i. Bruce to r. e. Andrews, lot 'front.'
ing 37s feet on Fayette ST., 800,
Same to same, lot corner johnson and
Fayette streets, $500.
John L. Harris to John f. II. Crosby, Il
lot in Arlington addition, $3.50.
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BreVltles.

Rain has been falling almost without in
Permission since last Saturday.
A report has reached the city of the death
of Chas. Paragoy, a tailor, formerly OF
Staunton, by the explosion OF his gun on
Tuesday last. He was residing in the fam
lily of Mr.. Samuel Wilson of Rockbridge.
w. B. Davenport is erecting a 500 house
on w. Main street.
Staunton's favorite opera company, Ma
RE Greenwood S, has been playing for two
weeks to crowded houses in Charlotte, N
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MARRIED.

w ATSON-SMITH.-At sNimrod Hall" Bath
Co., Va, May 10Th, by Rev Alfred Watson,
groom, Edward Alexander Watson, late of
England, to Miss Annie Byrd Smith, daughter
of the late DR.. Henry f. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs.
Watson left u tour through the North and
Canada.
ZIRK LE-BRYAN.- the NJ. f. Church South,
May 9th. by the Rev j. T. Williams, Thomas
Shelton ZirlIle to Miss Laura \. Bryan daugh
ter of Jno. w. Bryan.
SMITH-M A IlTIN.-In Albemarle Co, Va, May
2lst, by Rev. G.. L. Petrie, ID. D., Aylett w.
Smith, OF Augusta county, to Miss Mag. o..
Martin Of Abemarle.
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Died.

Rockingham, Co, Va, May 10th,
Kobt Gibbons, ST., aged II years.
ANDi;EWS.-In Staunton, May 26th, Robert st.
p Andrews, infant son of Robert Il. and the
late Emma A. Andrews, aged 10 months.
DEN NING-On Saturday, May 9th, at her home
in Ronceverte, Cireenbrier county, after q short
illness, Mrs. Eliza A. nennng, wife of A. +.
Deuming, proprietor of the Dennng Hotel, aged
So years.
HILI.-At Wytheville, Va, May 10Th, Rev. Geo.
HILL (col.) of the East Tennessee Conference of
the NJ F.. Church. He Wasa son of Edward Hill
(col.) OF Augusta county, at whose home he was
buried May Dist.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-29
Time Changed.

The P. M. train from Lexington on
the Valley Railroad will hereafter arrive
here at 12:43 2. M, seventeen minutes
earlier, and the l 40 z. M. train from
Baltimore will hereafter arrive at 1856,
four minutes earlier.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-29
A costly Visit.

7. Mckinney, from the new town OF Shen-
dun. visited Staunton, Sunday, and after
driving around the town fired off a pistol.
TIE was taken before the Mayor and his
fine and costs for firing and having the PTS
col in his possession, amounted to about
$50.
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GENTLEMEN s LIST.

Allen, Robert; Boyers John; Garner, d II; Car
ter, Tom; Cash, r NJ II; Churehman Or $;
Cook, DIR John Il, 2; Cutler. Jno III; Delaran,
Walter o; Duryea JOS Il; Evans ID b, jr, 2; Evans,
o ? & Son; Gaupier, t'has GUM. j L. HulSill, d
G; Henley, w \; Hooner, Barnie; Hoover, James
A; Jet, William; Johnson, Ned; Keyser, Jas;
Keller, A G; Kelley, L II; Lastrapes, H. Mall
com, II I; Mcdaniel, d ID; McHenry, John a;
McKemy, Willie NJ, .; McClanahan, Silas; Neal,
j, 3 Peake, Jno W; Rawell Jordan; Seay,
Thomas W; sherman, Guy; Short, II; smith,
l. f; Snyder, Oscar; Splitter, Dee Witt O; Strib-
ling, Willie; Stckey, VIM; Vnt, Beniah; Wal
ker, Benjamin; Wilson, Arthur; Wlcoxson, Fen.
EDWARD MCMAHON, p, M,
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List of Letters

Remaining in Staunton POsl-Oi1ce May y. 1871,
which if not called for i'll l5days, Will he forward
ed to the Dead Letter O1tlge, Washington.
LADIES' LIST.
Adams, Fannie Il; Barremm, Willie; Bouts,
Fannie H. Booth, Matte c. Briant, Mrs Mollie;
Brown, Sophee; Brousc, Jeanette; Brown, Matte;
Criswel, Mrs Elizabeth; Crewe, Mrs I.ouisee;
Diclerson, Mary; Garnett, Mrs Corneia; Gill
breth Dora Harris, Mrs Virginia; Huff, Bette;
Jackson, Megs; Jones, Sarah f; Hane, Lullie;
Marston, Mrs Isaac; Murray Mrs Margaret, ?;
Nel.ins, Mrs Lucinda; Pareton, Liza; Parker,
Jennie; RodciH, Cora; REEVES, Lucy; Resell,
Alice; Robinson, Onie; Sayls, Mrs Mary; Shorte,
Georgean col; Smith, Nora IL Smith, Annie;
Turner Lizzie; Warren, Malvena; White, Mrs
Wl.ln. Sallin.
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MISS N. R. TAYLOR,

STEN0GRAPHER AND TYPEWRITER,
IA EAST MAIN ST.
All work in the Stenograph apd Type-writing
line neatly and promptly executed at reasonable
rates. | will also teach type-writing. Orders
solicited. Guaranteeing satisfaction. am
Very truly,
may 22-3m MAMIE II. TAYLOR.
nISSOLUTION.-The partnership heretofore
~ existing between S. NJ. \ ost and j. Yost,
under the name and style of $. NJ. Tost q Son.
was dissolved by mutual consent on the LIST day
of May, 1891. Either member of the late firm is
authorized to receipt i'll settlement. Parties
having claims against the Old firm will present
them at once for settlement. Parties knowing
themselves indebted viii please call at the office
in rear of the Old TWgiaidh office and close their
accounts. All accounts outstanding on the LIST
day of July will be placed i'll the hands of an
officer for collection.
Respectfully,
may 22-3t S. NJ. 4OST IL son.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05

THE minis Of the world do not turn out
a more beautiful coin than our silver dollar
1t il triumph Of the coiner's art-artistic-
ally designed, skilfully nodded, and look
ing thing Of beauty and value forever
Looks, weight and size all indicate its sub.
stantial worth To receive one is to feel that
you are getting value received. To pay one
out is TO feel that you are giving the worth
of what you buy. There is something un-
mistakably honest and substantial about the
silver dollar. All that is necessary to restore
it TO favor as a circulating medium among
our own people is to familiarize them with it
Let everybody who wants to advance the
cause of silver, simply ask for silver instead
Of notes, and the thing will soon be brought
about.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05
NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY MARCH 1891

of the crop. Hundreds of thousands of
tons Of fax straw are annually thrown away
in the great flax growing region, the center
of which is Chicago.
Yet every year we buy from Belgium,
England, Ireland, Scotland, France, and
Canada over 100000 worth of raw fax,
Sl,5OO,OOO of linen bags, 100000 burlaps,
and S15,OOO,00O of fax manufactured into
other forms. Here is 81, 100000 going out
of the country every year, or about 80 cents
per head for every man, woman and child
In the country for something that we pro-
duco in abundance, but have not the thrift
or the enterprise TO utilize. The fact is q
scandal on our economic system. 1t alone
will account for much of the failure of our
farmers to make more money than they do
IL is true that the fax straw thrown away
is not regarded as fit for the finer linens, but
this may be mistake Experiments in this
country and Europe show that we are only
at the beginning Of the possibilities of flax
fiber. But if we can do no more than make
this wasted straw supply the 100000 or
100000 Of the coarser linen fabrics that
we now buy abroad every year, we shall &c
complish very much.
To put that much additional money into
the pockets of our farmers will be great
deal better even than giving them double
that increase Of foreign market for their
present products. I" A penny saved is more
than two pence earned" says the old pro-
verb, and it is true in this instance.
One rule that is true of most manufactur-
ing business is usually true of farming. This
is, that the main staple of production serves
only TO maintain the business, while the
profits come from the judicious use of what
are called by-products. For example, the
great soda industry of England depends
upon the collection and sale of the hydro
chloric acid, which was formerly allowed
to escape into the air and destroy the vege-
tatiOn in the neighborhOOd. When Parlia-
ment compelled the soda factories TO prevent
the escape of the poisonous fumes, there was
great Outcry that was striking deathbiow
at an industry that was second in i'm
portance only TO the iron and cotton manu-
features. Yet to-day, if the soda manufao-
turers had no sale for their hydrOchloric acid
they would make no profits The shoe man
ufaeturers Of New England would make
little, if any, money were it not the fact
that other manufactures have developed,
which make profitable use of every scrap
of leather and other waste
This is the business lesson that our farmers
must learn and act upon, just as the French
farmers have. They can maintain their farms
by raising great staples, but their pxOlts
must come through the careful utilization
Of every product of their ground and their
labor. This is the road to wealth and the
only one. We pay out every year more than
S200,OOO,O0O for the products Of foreign
farms which should be kept at home and
put into the pockets Of our own tillers Of
the soil.
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FOR SO DAYS ONLY.
Fac-Simile of the Thirteenth
Amendment.

We have come into possession Of a war
relic Of priceless yalue-a fac-simile OF the
Thirteen b Amendment 10 the Constitution
ofthe Uniied States, which abolished slavery
and made ibis a free country indeed.
The fac-simile contains the autograph
signatures Of Abraham Lincoln, President OF
the United States; Hannibal Hamlin Vice
President; Schuyler COlax, Speaker Of the
House Of Representatives, and OF Sc Senators
and lis Representatives-most Of them then
or since among the most prominent men in
the Nation. 1t is priceless collection OF
autographs.
We have had the fac-similes carefully
engraved, 50 rs 70 exactly reproduce all
these autographs, and had il printed on
heavy tinted paper. II makes a splendid
ornament ior the house or the Post.
Price, securely packed IN pasteboard
tube and postage paid, 25 centa Or,
We viii send il, for 30 days only, FREE
10 anyone y no viii send a. 81 for q new
subscriber u THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE fol
one year.
Anyone who reneWE bis subscription be
fore April ] can have the benefit Of this
offer by requesting the picture when he
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AGENTS WANTED
. COmfsde In Every Township
and Post
T0SELL THE CANE0NEER

The Canaoncer" IL undoubtedly The best
selling YEARBOOK now before The people Ia
is unique in its way, being he well-told
actual experiences OF private soldier in
much Of tle very hardest lgLting in the
war
Every veteran, especially Of The Army Of
the Potomac, wants d copy OF the book, and
ALSO every man and woman whose father
served in il.at army. II viii 10 like hot
cakes among hem.
We want a good live comtade IN every
Post and every Township IN tie country 10
take hOld - he book and push ii. Good
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Send ION a Township, and specify two or
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TEST 1T AT HOME.

Again we ask any man who suspects that
pensions are being disbursed with a too
lavish hand; that they go TO undeserving
men, and that much Of the money is diverted
10 the pockets Of attorneys and others to
satisfy himself by questioning the pensioners
whom he knows rs TO the facts The veter-
ans Of his acquaintance and who live in his
neghborhood are exactly the same as those
in every other community. They have seen
much the same kind Of service; they have
sacrificed and endured the same things; they
have been treated precisely the same way by
the Pension Bureau and their attorneys, and
what il true Of them is exactly true Of their
comrades elsewhere.
Let him spend an hour or two settling
this matter for himself by talking with the
first 10 OF 20 veterans he may meet on the
streets, at a public gathering, or Camp
fire. Let him ask them how long they
served, what they passed through, what
sacrifices they made TO enter the army, what
disabilities they incurred, how long they
were in getting pension, what proof they
had TO furnish, the searching investigation
they had to submit to, and the amount that
was finally allowed them, and the fee they
paid their attorneys for the work done for
them. Let him then ask himself what sort
Of pension would compensate him for all
this and candidly say whether or not the
Government has been oyer-generous in it's
treatment Of the men TO whom it owes
everything.
lie can trust these men TO tell him the
truth. Heprohably knows them to bereliable,
conscientious men. AT all events, and in
spite Of the jocular remarks of the veterans
themselves about swapping lies" and
"puiting down the rebellion single-handed,"
the great mass Of the soldier stories are
singularly accurate. The history Of the war
is quite well known, and daily becoming
better known through such agencies as THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Tie part that every
regiment took in il is matter Of common
information, and no man can successfully
claim in any gathering Of soldiers or in any
community 10 have done more than he
actually did do. The probability always is
that the more that is known Of the services
Of any organization and the men in it, the
higher will be the appreciation Of their gal
lantry, patriotism and self-sacrifce
We strongly urge every pubIic-spirited
especially ifhe belong to the generation
which has come up since the war--to make
this investigation for himself, and make il
as thorough and iar-reaching as possible.
We wish that he could personally acquaint
himself with the history Of every pcnsioner
on the rolls; he can at least know fairly
well number Of those Immediately around
him, and from those Judge Of the rest
We are sure that such an investigation
VIII make him an enthusiastic advocate Of
SIN more liberal pension legislation. lie
VIII not be long in arriving at the conclusion
that never in the world have men better
earned every dollar that is paid them than
those who sre on She pension roll Of the
United States.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05

JAY GOULD is quoted as saying that an
advance in rates Of one mill ton per mile
would increase the net earnings of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad over 100000 a year.
Very likely. But has Mr.. Gould considered
another view of the situation? By reduc-
ing the rates, say, ohe-half, the business Of the
road would be trebled or quadrupled, and yet
the same expensive plant now needed would
not have to be enlarged. The same road
bed, the same number Of seetion-hands TO
keep it mp the same bridges, stations, tele-
graph nnes, station agents, operators, Super
intendents, Mastermechanics, etc, would do
for four times as much business as the
road now does, and If it did four times
rs much business Mt half the rates,
it would make at least twice the
money. A few more locomotives, cars, con-
ductOrs and tEainmen might be required
but the expense Of these would be relatively
small. The experience OF European roads
has been that they have made much more
money with low rates than high ones, and
we respectfully suggest to Mr.. Gould that
he try the experiment once on the Missouri
Pacific.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05
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solicited fr.u every section in regard 20 Grand
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The National tribune., 1891-03-05

THE President expressed himself quite
freely 20 Commander-in-C Chief Veazey and
Col. K W. Blue, the Chairman Of the GAR.
National Pension Committee, on the wisdom
of clearing up the enormous mass of long
standing claims in the Pension Bureau, and
50 getting rid, in the shortest time, of the
great amount necessary to pay the accumu-
lated arrears. This once done, the pension
disbursements would steadily decrease
This is unquestionably the correct policy,
and should be pursued by the Pension Blu
reau with energy. If the old claims could
be disposed of it would at once reduce the
disbursements by $50, 600, 600 a year.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05

THE work of the Women's Council, which
has been in session in Washington, which
will receive the most popular sympathy and
encouragement is that on behalf Of the work
ingwomen. This is more truly a holy work
than sending missionaries to the heather.
Some of the reports of the condition of the
wage-earning women in New York and
other cities were truly heart-rending But,
bad as may be the cases at home, they pale
before the reports presented by the delegates
from England. In some of the hardest and
toughest work there, the wages are but two
cents On hour, and tens of thousands clamor
even for this beggarly stipend.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05

GEN. BUTLER thinks that as every gen
Grafton I'D tlAscountFy has had q war, thene1t
one is not lar 81, and il may result in the
acquisition Of Canada. We differ from Gen.
Butler on the latter We shall never fipht
for Cauads. The country will come to us OF
its own accord when it is ripe for annexa,
tiou, aud ia would be unwiss for us TO be
premature I'd The matter
The National tribune., 1891-03-05

THE New Orleans Nel0 Delta repeats the
stale old lies about tWo-thirds of the reve-
nues of the Government being expended in
pensions, and that the military establish
ment of Germany only costs " a little more
than one-third the amount we viii pay the
current year to ex-soldiers, for absolutely no
services at all, and large portion of it goes
to coffee-cOOlers, .bountyjumpers and de-
serters." These lies have been so often
refuted that it seems waste of time and
space to deny them again. The soldier
hating papers do not care for any refutal,
they repeat the lies when they are abso-
lutely sure they are lies The Ee1O Delta
fiercely demands that not only shall there
be no additional legislation, but that some
which has been passed shall be repealed. In
this it is strictly in line with its allied SOL
dier-hating papers in other parts of the
country.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05

comrades who have already passed over the
dark river.
Another proposition is 20 turn the whole
list over TO the Pension Bureau to enable it
TO complete its directory of all living soldiers,
with their postOiliee addresses.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05

LET the Pension Bureau clear away the
vast accumulation OF cases which have been
pending all the way from one to 20 years,
and the pension outlay will be at once
diminished by about Sc, 100000 a year.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05

NEW YolK business men arc moving IN
the matirr Of erecting an equestrian statue
10 Gen. sherman. They have considerable
courage 70 10 this in face q the way New
Rorkes have acted with reference 60 the
Grant monument But il appears lhat this
movement is mainly among wealthy men
WHO were personal friends aud admirers Of
Gen. sherman, aud they can readily make
mp among Themselves the relatively small
amount SO OOO-which il il proposed 10
expcnd upon the statue. They will make
an effort to have the monument dedicated
on the anniversary Of the death OF Gen.
Sherman, which will be pretty rapid work.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05

LET some anti-rension bowler point out
o single instance where taxes are levied or
maintained 10 pay pensions. lie cannot do
A.
The National tribune., 1891-03-05

rsrruro ,aron rosr oraar .' srooaOos' H.rrt'
The National tribune., 1891-03-05
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH s, 1891
The sun., 1891-02-08

Tho following question was put to Thomas
A. Edison by John S. Wise in a recent lawsuit
in which Mr.. Edison was witness. The an
swer by MIR. Edison gives pretty clear denni-
tion OF the words "Rmpero and volt" which
arc much used about this time:
O." Explain what is meant BY tho number
OF volts In an electric currsnt2"
Al will have to use the analogy OF o wa
terfall to explain. Say We have current OF
water and turbine wheel. II IhRve tur-
blne wheel and allow a thousand gallons par
second to fall from height OF one foot on tho
turbine. get q certain rower. We will say one
horse power Now. the one foot Of fall will rep
resent one volt OF pressure In electricity. and
the thousand gallons will represent the am
or the a sTo E cal
gallons OF water or one ampere, falling one
foot or one volt or under one volt Of pressure,
and the water working the turbine gives one
h9rse power II now. we 60 thousand feet
let 1t fall on the turbine wheel. we will get the
same power as We had before, namely. one
horse power. We have got q thousand times
less current or less water. and We will have o
place Of one volt. and we will havs fail OF wa
ter . thousand feet as against ono foot. Now
the fall OF tho wAter or the height from which
Il. the 81 water 81 Isi
Will be soon that o thousand .gallons o minute
falling on man from Q height OF only one foot
would be no danger to the man, and that II We
sGSf sGSe %eua epu:s sS
is not the quantity Or current Of water that
pressure that produces tho effect"