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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Debate at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium

Tonight, there will be a public debate
at the Y. M. G. A. Auditorium. on, IRE
solved; that the right of suffrage should be
extended to women; Atlirmative-C. r.
Caldwell and j. A. Alexander, of the Y.
NJ. G. A. Literary Association, Negative
Prof. Winglield and Cadet E. j. Gibson of
Kable's Military Academy.
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Serious Loss.

On Tuesday last MI. L. A. Long, the
travelling representative of the S. S. White
Dental Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia,
had the misfortune to lose his pocket book
containing nearly $500, somewhere near the
Virginia Hotel OIL C. & 0. depot. 1t was
his first visit to Staunton, as the successor
of Mr.. Selby, the former representative,
who is now located in Atlanta.
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These, with the list amounting to 1905,

These, with the list amounting to $685.,
SIS, which we have already given, give
1926, 225 worth of buildings erected within
the corporate limits of Staunton between
May 1, 1890, and May 1, 1891, OIL now in
course of erection.
The work done by Messrs. Clarke q
Gooding is chiefly the brick work for other
contractors. The extent of their brick
works is little known by those who have
not visited them. They occupy 81 acres
and employ 49 hands. Their sheds for
bricks, engine and machine house aggre-
gate 355X172 feet Of roofing, while the en-
CINE house is 60x40 feet. The works have
a capacity Of $4,000 brick day, and ope-
rate two kilns each having capacity of
230,O 600 brick. There are coops to store
$4,000 brick, and the material has been
brought to the ground to construct add.
tional coops of 10000 capacity. The firm
has just closed contracts for over S., 900 Of
work.
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Prefa ce to the Rev. Sam Jones Meetings

Preparatory to the services of Rev. Sam
P. Jones, prayer meetings are being held
by the congregation of the NJ E. Church,
South, in their church every Sunday morn
ing, and by the w. G. 7. U. in the same
church every Thursday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock,
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A Large Job.

Van Pelt Il Co., printers of this city,
have just completed an order for the Staun-
ton Development Co., which is perhaps the
largest ever done in Staunton. The order
required $500 pounds Of paper, and lis
pounds of ink and was 100000 run,
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Lecture by the State Alliance Lecturer,

MI. Robert Snavely the State Lecturer
Of the Farmers Alliance of Virginia, will
be here on Thursday, June 18th, and deliv-
Ell Il lecture to the Alliance members and
the people generally i'll the courthouse.
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RreYItlas.

Robinson's circus at it's day performance
here had 4,200 persons in the tent. The
Street Car line on that day hauled over
5000 passengers.
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d UIIDlNG-iersons contemplating buying q
ID lot aud building a house, would do we'll 10
enquire at the Staunton I'm provement Co
Office, 2H West Main street, and get its plan OF
building houses on the inStalment plan
apr 2l-tf REEVE Els GAIT, Manager.
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The New Towns.
Basic CITY.

The Advance of last Thursday furnishes
the following items:
Diuidend.-The Basic City Building and
Improvement Co., Of which MI. Isaac
Witt of Staunton, is President. has de-
clared a dividend of 4 per cent. for six
months, payable on OIL before July 18th.
Personaz.-Mr. A. II. Roller of Mt. Me-
ridian, was in town Saturday. Heexpects
to build a handsome residence in Basic
City before the summer ends.
Reuivaz.-Rev. DR.. Dinwiddie will hold
services every night next week in the hard
ware factory.
Shendun.
The News has the following notes:
Persondl.-Senator w. E. Chandler of
New Hampshire, and his son. a young ell
sign in the Navy, spent two days at Shen-
dun last week. Maj. Hotchkiss pointed
out to him the battle field of Port Repub-
lie, and the Senator was deeply interested
IN the Majors description of Jackson S
campaign. MI. Chandler, who is Il good
rider, bought a riding horse here to be sent
W w ttOllllISUOHs liz AplCDDCu Wi IttNOl-
able opinions of Shendun and Weyer's
Cave.
Contractor Garrett of Staunton, has with
him here silver spike to drive as the last
spike in the extension of the Shendun street
railway he is building to the cave.
MI. John Richie of Staunton, is now the
night clerk at Wright7s Hotel.
Omnibus line.-An omnibus now leaves
Shendun for Weyers Cave Station on the
B. & 0. at 6:15 A. M. and 1870 P. NJ, dali
ly, and can be ordered by phone fromStaun-
ton at other times.
Clifton Forge.
The Review and Valley Virginian furn-
ish the following items:
Personal.-Mr. Jos. n. Woodward is
preparing to open first class restaurant
in the new bank building.
E. w. Mosely has been appointed G. &
0. telegraph operator at Iron Gate.
B. G. Moseley, e. II. Hyde, Jas. Quin-
Ian, r. w. Butler, Clarence May and Jes-
see Wells, firemen, have been examined and
promoted to locomotive engineers on the
G. & o.
Thos J. Hyde has been nominated for
Mayor.
MI. J. Med. McCue of Staunton, was
here Tuesday advertising the Staunton
Development Company's sale, which will
take place on the I'd and Sd Of June.
Mrs. Blackford, wife of DE-. Blackford,
Superintendent of the Western Lunatic
Asylum at Staunton, arrived i'll town Mon
day evening, and is the guest Of Mrs. Cap
| tain Lewis Hartman.
| MI. S. Brown Allen is about erecting a
81, 500 residence adjoining that Of Capt.
Lewis Hartman.
Mrs. Susie Woodward had charge Of the
music and the training Of the children fol
the entertainment given by the Helping
Hand" society Of the Presbyterian church
Miscezlaneous.-Clif Forge now has
about SIS voters.
The post office will be removed to the
Valley Virginian building.
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More Building.

NEARLY A QUARTER OF MILLION DOL
LARS OF HOUSE BUILDING DONE INSIDE
TILE CORPORATE LIMITS OF STAUNTON
IN THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS,
In our list of buildings erected in Staun-
ton during the year ending May LIST, 1891 !,
we necessarily omitted some which were
not found by QUIZ representative. Among
them were the following:
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Annual Meeting
OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE EAST AU-
GUsTA MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
Cn1JpANy

OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE EAST AU-
GUSTA MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
The twenty first annual meeting of the
stockholders of the East Augusta Mutual
Fire Insurance Company took place at the
Court House at P. NJ. last Saturday, with
Hon. A. B. Lightner in the chair.
PRESIDENTS REPORT.
President John J. Larew submitted the
following report for the year:
10 the Stockholders Of the East augusta Mutual
Fire Insurance Company:
Gentlemen:-As we have been permitted to
meet again in annual session, allow me to
A. NJ. F. Insurance Co.:
LOSSES OF THE YEAR LIGHT.
Our company during the year has enjoyed
about its usual success financially, and our
losses have been light in comparison with
former years. For the fiscal year we had five
fires, amounting to 81 ,62S. The first was the
loss of William Wholey's barn, $500; second,
Mrs. Catharine Dalhouses smoke house and
damage to dwelling, 1854; third, L. M.
Koogler's tannery building, S6G6.66; fourth,
G. D. Clemmer damage to dwelling, $500
and fifth, Cyrus j. Barger's tenant house,
500. A levy of cents per share of stock was
made during the year to cover the five above
mentioned losses, this will leave a balance
on hand of S3O9.40, as shown by our Treasur-
er's report herewith submitted.
BUSINESS STATEMENT.
The nes liabilities of the Com
pany ,06S, 800 90
The gross amount of insured prop
erty. ,602, 400 on
Number of shares of stock ...........-...21, 1866
Number of stockholders.
Gross amount of property insured
during the year. S10o, 745
as follows:
Presidents Salary 500 90
Secretarys Salary. ........ 125 90
Paid Board for services at Board
meetings. Observation-Disclosures. 63 90
Total expenses. $2SS 90
DEATH ROLL OF THE YEAR.
Stockholders who have died during the year
are as follows-J. d. CARRIER, Mrs. M. V.
Hanger d. S. Hogsett, John J. Harper, Silas
c. Echard. Charles w. Harnesberger, Mrs
Nancy Kemer, John Swisher, William L.
Bumgardner, Franklin Barger, Mrs. Mary e.
Norman, ?. II. Wheeler, Jacob Warwick
William C. McKemy, Mrs. W. S. Hiser and
Mathew Pilson.
Respectfully Submitted.
JOHN j. LAREW, President.
TREAsURER's REPORT.
The Treasurer's report was submitted
1t shows balance in favor of the company
of $3O9.4O.
ALL THE OLD OFFICERS AND BOARD
REFLECTED.
The election Of officers was announced by
the chair as the next business in order.
after which all the officers and all of the
members of the Board Of Directors were
reelected. The officers for the ensuing veal
as follows-John J. Larew, President; A
Henry Towberman, Secretary; John Tow
herman, Treasurer, and the Board of Di
rectors as folloWs-Daniel Miller, X. b.
Koiner, S. A. East, Jacob Bowman, T. M
Smiley, D. f. Hoover, E. d. Kendig, r
N. Page and John A. Stuart.
There being no other business the meet
ing adjourned.
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w. f. SUMMERSON.
Double residence on Market St......."$ SIS, 800
s residences on Sears Hill ............. 5000
Residence on Green acknowledgements. /, 800
2 houses on Stuart st. $50
Other buildings under contract. 49,. 1900
CLARKE & COOLING.
Residence for VIM. Wholey on New
street. SEQ. 500. 81 800
Residence for G.. G. Child on e. Bev-
erley street,. ...... ......... 5000
Residence for J. N. Anderson on w.
Beverley street ........ ............... 1000
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d USINESS OPPORTUNITY For Sale, a
d grocery store, entire stock and fixtures
CLIFTON FORGE, VA, will be sold cheap and on
reasonable terms to the right party. Oblect in
selling, a change of business, Address
BOX So,
may lott Clifton Forge Va.
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NJ OH CEN. Steele hereby gives notice that
~ he will apply for license to keep ordi-
nary at Steele's Tavern Va, at the next term of
the county court, commencing Monday, May
18th. 1871. may 15-2t
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ETT!-9H:FEf-sTr. aTI1TH6V
...IIL.Hl5llI,,a SUNDAY
AT THREE OF THE STA UNION
CHURCHES.

AN OLD PASTOR CONES ACROSS THE SEA
SCENES AT DIR. MFARLAND'S RETURN
FROM FLORIDA TO HIS CONGREG ALTON |
THE DEDICATION OF THE UNITED
BRETHREN RCI-INSTALLATIONO OF
NEW PASTOR AT THE FOLD STONE
CHURCH.
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The True WAY

To rid the human body of the poison
of disease, is to eliminate it through
the pores OF the skin. S. S. S. does
this, but it forces out also the germs
which make the poison, and builds up
the general health at the same time.
Do not take any limitations or substi-
tutes, for S. S. S., for you will be dis
appointed, There is only one Swiit's
Specific, snd there is nothing like it.
Mrs. Il, j. Rowell, No, II, Quincy
Street, Medford, Mass, says that her
mother has been cured of Scrofula by
the use Of S, S. s., after having had
much other treatment and being re-
duced to quite a low condition of
health, as it was thought she could
not live,
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
The average age that women marry
at is 81 men, 90.
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Told by a Georgla Editor.

He walked in and put down dollar,
a silver dollar, that clanked like a car
riage wheel in the stiffness of the sane
tum. Said he;
"There, take it and credit my sub
scription, quick"
whats the matter" we said.
"Well, said he, last week l was
fishing out on Spring creek; a thunder
storm came up, and it rained and thun-
dered, and Lightning flashed all around
me. I crawled into a hollow log to es-
cape it, The rain made the log swell
up until I was fastened in and nearly
squeezed to death. l began to think
Of all my sins and to repent. Sud
denly l remembered that my subscrip.
ton was not settled up, and I felt SC
small about it that I was able to back
right out Of the log at onceW-Bain
bridge (Ga.) Globe.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

The pallium is white wooden band
about two inches wide and long enough
to be worn around the shoulders and
be crossed in front. 1t is made at
Rome from the wool of two lambs
which the sisterhood of Santa Agnese
offer every year on the occasion of the
feast of their patron saint, while the
Agnus Del is sung at mass. The pal
lium has crosses worked upon the white
wool in black, and ornaments are at
tached to the ends
1t is sent by the pope to every newly
appointed archbishop, and the origin
of its use for this purpose dates back
to very early time in the history of
the church. 1t is mentioned in an &C.
clesiastical document of the time of
Pope st. Mark, who died in the year
1856, and an Eighth century mosaic rep
resents Pope st. Leo in the act of re-
ceiving a pallium. Milwaukee Wiscon-
Gin
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An Artfnl Dndrer.

A respectfully dressed individual had
broken into an apartment and was
busy clearing out the wardrobe when
the occupier, Mr., Dedieu, entered the
the room. With the greatest magma
BILE GOODNESS the stranger turned round
and said II have been waiting for
you; am ordered to arrest you, and
we shall take these clothes with US"
So saying he packed an overcoat,
two pairs of trousers, three summer
jackets and several other articles to-
gether in a bundle, and said, Now,
come along; I'll carry the bundle, and
you can walk on few PAGES in front
of me, so that the people in the street
may not perceive that you are my pris
oner."
Mr.. Dedeu was so greatly alarmed
at his sudden arrest that he implicitly
obeyed the strangers directions. But
when, after proceeding some distance
down the street he turned round to set
what had become Of his guardian, the
latter had disappeared with the bundle
Lynn Republican.
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How the Treasury Is Guarded.

The treasury watch is composed Of
seventy veteran soldiers, who are cut
into three squads, dividing every TWEEN
ty-four hours into three equal watches
of eight hours each. The men wear no
uniforms, and would not impress the
casual visitor to the treasury during the
hours when the public is admitted.
The guards go unarmed during the day,
but at night carry a large 42-caliber six
chambered revolver which is too large
to be concealed in q pocket and must
be carried in the hands all the time.
Every one who passes the treasury at
night may see pacing to and fro in the
lofty area between the granite pillars
and the wall Of the building solitary
figures.
A person cannot approach within a
hundred feet of the building without
seeing a guard. Such q Waterman,
silent and martial in bearing, guards
each Of the four entrances to the treas
ury. The guards who traverse the cor
ridors at stated intervals touch electric
buttons to announce their presence in
certain parts of the building. All this
system Of interior watchfulness was the
work Of Secretary Folger, who during
his term in Office lived in constant dread
of an attack on the treasury,-Indian-
apolis Journal,
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mo Tault of tho Onerntor.


A Kansas operators error brought
out a posse of determined men in
search of a supposed desperate some
time ago, A young farmer was called
away from home for a few days. His
wife went to visit her brothers in a
town near by during his absence, The
third day her husband sent her a mes
sage saying, big ball; meet me at
Wichita tonight"
There was to be a dance and he
wanted his wife to attend. When she
got the dispatch it said, big Bill got
me at Wichita tonight"
She interpreted this to mean that
her husband had either been captured
or shot, or both by a man named
'Big Bill" Her brothers agreed with
her, and the whole family and a mum,
Der of neighbors, all heavily armed,
took the first train for Wichita to res
cue the husband and hang big Bill. !"
The husband was waiting calmly al
the station for his wife. The vigilance
committee demanded "Big Bill" and
were not at all satisfied with the hus
band for standing there free and unin
jured. New York Herald.
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The Horseshoe Superstition.

The custom of mailing q horseshoe
over the door of a house or other build
ing as a protection against evil spirits
and as an assurance Of good luck is
widely spread over the United States
and England. 1t also tlourishes among
the Teutonic and Scandinavian races,
and has been recognized as far east as
Hindoostan. The horseshoe unites
within itself three lucky elements-it
is crescent shaped, it has been, or is to
be, in contact with a horse, and is made
of iron.
Popular superstition has for ages
endowed iron with protecting powers.
The Romans are known to have driven
nails into the doors and the walls "
their houses as an antidote or as a r.
ventive Of the plague, The Arab who
is overtaken by a simeon in the desert
seeks to propitiate the Jinns by shrek
ing "Ironl Ironn
Since time out Of memory the Scan
dinavians have sought to exercise the
river spirit, Neckaw, by sticking an
open knife in the bottom of the boat,
or driving a nail in the mast or oar. In
the mythology of England the horse
shoe has always been considered a
luck bringer. st. Louis Republic
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A Broadening Profession.

So you're an actor}' said the man
in the counting room to a seedy appli-
cant for pecuniary assistance.
Eyes, sir Pm an actor"
Nice business. I'd like to be an
actor myself continued the man, with
interest.
Eyes Most people think that way
until they try it."
Besides the excitement Of applause,
the travelling you must do broadens
the mind So"
81 don't object to that said the
actor softly. What | object to is the
way it broadens the feet" and he
looked down at his poor, weary, worn
shoes and sighed deeply Detroit Free
Press.
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TO ELEVATE THE MONKEYS.

A Scheme for Producing an Aristocracy
OF Intellect Among sImians.
A man of large means, who resides in
Washington, has declared his intention,
privately, to devote 100000 to very
original purpose, The idea is that no
satisfactory opportunity has ever been
afforded for the development of the in.
tellect of the brute Intelligence, like
bodily qualities is susceptible of inn
provement through breeding, as every
one knows who has thought about the
evolution of the dog from the wolf by
artificial selection This rich man pro-
poses that monkeys or apes shall be
taken as subjects for experiment, simply
because man understands those animals
better than he does Others.
Let fifty of them, half males and
half females, be placed in q paddock
suitably provided with separate quar-
tiers for the sexes. Then have them
breed pair by pair, as shall be directed
by those who superintend, Some of
them will develop certain abilities more
conspicuously than Others. For exam
pie, certain individuals will exhibit a
superior understanding of the com
mands addressed to them or will show
q greater dexterity in the handling of
objects Those which appear stupid
Rre to be expelled from the colony,
their places being filled by fresh re-
cruits. When a male and a female are
found who exhibit the same sort of
aptitude in any direction they are to be
mated. This process, carried on for
generations would necessarily result in
the development of superior characters
until finally, after the lapse Of twenty
five years perhaps, there would almost
certainly be apes or monkeys far higher
in the scale of reason than any known
up to the present time.
These putative cousins of the human
race have already exhibited q mental
and even mechanical capacity sufficient
to give ground for great hopes of pos
sible development in point of intellect
Chimpanzees have been taught to bring
things to the table, and the big Langur
baboon of India is commonly used in
that country today as a servant for
working the punkah fans, with which
flies are kept away from dinner tables
Explorer Stanley has given an account
of apes which carry torches at night
This is believed by scientists to be an
absurdity, because all the anthropoid
and simian tribes are too afraid of fire
to render such a thing possible. 1t is a
fact well known that gorillas, while
they will gather about deserted camp
fire for the sake of warmth, will never
think of keeping the embers alight by
adding fuel Nevertheless, every book
on natural history relates many an in
stance illustrative of these creatures
thinking powers, and there is no ques-
ton that it could be greatly improved
by the process of judicious breeding.
Even pig can be taught to count uI
to ten.-Washington Evening Star.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22
On Short Nntlce.

A painter in this city, who used to
devote himself largely to moonlights,
received an order for one from a firm OF
local dealers. They said, you can let
US have it in the morning can't you~
"In themorning" gasped the painter.
"Why, it's afternoon already"
True, but you can paint it tonight,
you know"
Il can't paint by gaslight"
"Well, excuse me, but / thought you
had got those moonlights by this time
SO you could do them with your eyes
shut. n--Brooklyn Eagle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22
Photographs were first reduced in
England in 1902
Remove the Cause.

1t il no doubt the correct thing TO
treat the symptoms OF disease, but
this is not effective unless the cause OF
the complaint is removed. For in
stance, a fever may be treated with
ouinine etc, but unless the cause is
removed the fever will surely return.
Again, the sores and eruptions of
Scrofula may be healed by mercury
and potash treatment, but unless the
cause Ct these symptoms is cleansed
from the system, they will return or
attack some of the delicate internal
organs Swift's Specific strikes at the
cause OF the trouble, and forces out the
germs Of disease, and the poison
through the pores OF the skin, and at
the same time builds mp the general
health of the sufferer. Swft's Specific
is a purely vegetable remedy, and is
harmless to the most delicate, yet it
never fails to eliminate the poison
from The human body, We will mail
valuable book to all who will send
for it.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, Atlanta, Ga.
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ONE AND ONE.
Tho last red rllmmor Of tho sun

Tho last red gllmmer Of the sun
Shines through the open door,
And lies in struggling bars upon
The well worn school house floor.
Before tho grave young masters chair
A weeping maiden stands,
As with q nervous, puzzled air
The oiphered page he scans.
ITS no use" she said, ITO try;
cannot get it right
"See here" the master said, and held
The figures to her sight;
"This problem that has kept you here
Had long ago been done .
Had you not said in adding, dear,
That one and one mako one"
"But isn't that she stopped confused;
Her blue eyes sought the floor,
A look was on the masters face
She had not seen before.
mot quite, my DEAR he gently said,
"That is, in sums like this;
But yet, think, there are times when
TWould not be far amiss."
And then, but, pshawl why undertake
To tell just what was said?
Full often has the tale been told
Since Eve and Adam we'd.
The logic that the master used
To make the matter plain
Was used by man since earth began,
And seldom used in vain.
The swaying trees a tale of love
Seemed whispering to the brook,
AS man and maid, adown the glade
Their homeward journey took.
Now, hand in hand, they pass life'I
school,
Their knottiest problem done;
They've solved it by tho good old rule
OF zone and one make one.n
Yankee Blade.