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White Goods.

White Plaid India Linens, worth l5c,
our price &c.
White Stripe India Linens, worth 1899,
our price 1O1c.
White Stripe and Plaid India Linen,
(showy patterns), worth l5c, our
price 9ac.
Lace Stripe India Linen, worth 12aac,
our price Sc.
Irish Lawns, 81 in. wide, in neat Pol
ka Dots and small figures, suitable
for shirt waists and dresses, goods
that are worth 1890, our price 12ac.
Plain white India Linen worth &c, our
price Gle.
Pin. Stripe Mulls, white ground and
neat, narrow stripes of Blue, Black,
Red, &C., worth 15c, our price 9zc.
White Spreads, large size, worth $l.25,
our price SIZE.
White Spreads, extra heavy, worth
$3.50, our price $1.15.
Silk Mulls, so in. wide, in Pink,
Light Blue, Red, Black, Nile,
Cream and White, worth Csc, our
price 40c.
Heavy Corded and Figured "P. K" !,
worth Is and 30c, our price 1ec.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
THE LATE CONVENTION.

Of course every Democrat, no matter
which side he is on, wlllhave at least one say
about the compromise adopted at Richmond.
But having had one let that be the end. No
Democrat in Virginia will deny that the
men who formulated the settlement were
men of honor, as good Democrats, and as
sincere Cleveland OF nti-Cleveland as the
case may be, as any man in either wing OF
the party. l'zlat being conceded, good
sense would dictate that we stop wrang-
ling. Advocate your man as much as you
like between now and the meeting of the
Chicago convention, but let the other fel-
lows man alone. So We will have peace.
And we shall need peace in November. 1t
would be worse than midsummer madness
to see Democrats who only have scant and
few thousands of majority to count on in
their State, trying to dissipate the certain
ty of those few by internecine strife. AS
far as events to date show, Grover Cleveland
will have the Chicago nomination at his
refusal. A man with even a reasonable
showing of that, ought certainly to receive
cautious criticism from his Democratic
opponents. Crow is repulsive dish, and a
Democrat ought not to deliberately throw
himself in the way of having to eat it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27

At the coming commencement OF Wash
ington & Lee University, Bishop George u.
Peterkin will preach the baccalaureate ser
mon. Hon. James Hay will deliver an ad-
dress before the alumni. Hon. A. II. Col
quit, United States Senator from Georgia,
will address the Young Mems Christian
Association. Prof. Edward l.. Joynes,
formerly professor of modern languages at
Washington and Lee University, now
of the South Carolina College, will address
the literary societies.
In the commencement exercises at ROa-
noke College are baccalaureate sermon,
Sunday morning, June 10Th, by Rev. David
Fl. Greer, d. D., Of New Y ork city; annual
address before the Y. M. G.. Association,
by Rev. VIM. II. Dunbar, A. NJ, of Leba-
non, Pa. address before the alumni, by
Rev. Luther L. Smith, A. NJ, iclass of ~,
of Strasburg, Va; and the annual Grafton
before the Literary Societies by the brilliant
young orator, Hon. VIM. J. Bryan, mem
Der OF congress from Nebraska. Class-day
exercises Will he held Monday afternoon,
and the contest for gold medal in oratory
in the evening. The trustees meet Monday
morning and the alumni Tuesday. after
noon.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27

When the VINDICAToR suggested ex-
Speaker Marshall Hanger for President of
the Democratic Convention, it hardly real
ize the task it had for him to do. OF this,
however, it was certain, if any man in
Virginia could reduce 1900 excited Demo-
Gratis to order Maj. Hanger could. His
superiority is recognized all over Virginia.
The Petersburg Index-Appeal in an edito-
rial urging smaller conventions hereafter.
says of the one just held:
''The last convention was presided over by
the ablest parliamentarian in the State, but
he Was wholly unequal to its control. 1t
is probably the only convention that ever 'got
away from Marshall Hanger, and it is quite
safe to say that no man living could have con-
trolled it. Give US conventions hereafter, not
mass-meetings, nor mobs.'i
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
POLITICAL NOTES.

A statement appears in the Richmond
State of Tuesday afternoon, to the effect
that sixty-four Democratic members OF the
legislature have endorsed Mr.. Thomas S.
Martin Of Albemarle, for the appointment
to John S. Barbour s unexpired term. OF
these, forty-nine gave him as their first
choice and fifteen as their second choice.
Dr. Richard A. Wise of Williamsburg
announces that he will be candidate fol
the Republican nomination for Congress
from that district this SUI inner.
The proposed Nay convention of Dem
ocrats in New York has sensibly concluded
not to send dele gates to Chicago. but to
send largely signed protest against Gov.
HIPS receiving the nomination there, as
John Kelly did against Tilden and Cleve-
land.
Mr.. W. r. Alexander of Winchester, de-
nounces as false any report that he has en-
tered into ''combine'' with General Ros-
ser of the 18th District.
Ex-Congressman W. E. Gaines has an
nounced hi mself as Republican candidate
for the nomination for Congress from the
Petersburg district.
A bill to exclude political influence from
the 81 900 fourth class postoffices in the
country, has been agreed upon at the meet
ing of the House Committee on Civil Ser
vice Reform. The bill provides for the d.
vision of the country into postal districts,
and that where vacancies occur open COM
petition shall recommend the best man to
tle Postmaster General who, after receiv-
ing the applications and examining the
facts, shall make the appointment.
At the special election last week Capt
Camm Patterson was chosen for the seat
in the legislature from Buckingham and
Cumberland. made vacant by the resigna-
tion of Judge s. F. Coleman.
The Democratic State Convention of
New Jersey Wednesday instructed it's del
egation to Chicago to vote for Mr.. Cleve-
land as long as he is before the convention,
The followers of Mr.. Henry Watterson,
who opposed instructions for Mr.. Cleve-
land. controlled the Kentucky State Con-
yention at Louisville.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
Donestics.

Lonsdale Cambria 9ac.
Fruit Of the Loom, bleached, SIC.
Androscoggin, &c.
Wamsutta, l0ac.
Utica 1914, bleached, 25c.
Unbleached Sheeting 1914 wide, 19c.
Best heavy shirtings, Sc.
Dress Ginghams. worth 10c, now 77c.
Check Cottons, worth SC, now &c.
Good yd wide bleached cotton &c.
Good brown cotton Sc.
Best heavy brown cotton, &c.
Plaid Outing Cloth, sold at Sc, now Gle.
Plaid and Stripe Outing Cloth, sold at
10c, now 7ac.
Plaid and Stripe Outing Cloth, sold at
l2a and 15c, now lie.
Simpsons Calico, &c.
Best Navy Blue Calico, &c.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
Silks.

China silks-Pink, Blue, Red, Cream
and White, worth TIC, our price
SOC.
"a in. Black Faille Silk, worth $3.50,
our price CSC.
81 in. Florentine Silk, sold at s5c, our
price 6Oc.
Figured China Silks in beautiful pat
terms, sold at $1.25, our price Csc.
Beautiful line Of Fancy Trimming
Silks, short lengths, and some very
high priced goods-we now offer at
half price.
Black and White China Silks from
25c up. g
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
Dress Goods.
In this Department we are showing
the greatest values ever offered:

In this Department we are showing
the greatest values ever offered:
SO Dress Patterns, all in fine, new, this
seasons goods, - Tans, Grays,
Browns, &C., sold at $l.25, our
price Csc.
20 fine Dress Patterns, sold at SIS,
our price $40.
IL fine Combination Suits, sold at 500,
our price $3.50.
50 in. Ladies cloth, Tan and Gray,
worth $3.50 our price CSC.
80 in. Lambsdown, incest goods worn,
comes in Tans and Modes, silk warp,
worth $3.50, our price $1.15.
SO IN. Cashmere, all-wool filling, sold
every where at 25c, our price Zoe.
40 in. all-wool Serge, all colors, 45c.
80 in. Bedford Cords, worth 30c, our
price zoe.
SO in. Whip Cords. worth Soc, our
price zoe.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
Table Linens, Towels &NaDkils

Large size Damask Towels, worth 35c,
now 25c.
Large size Huck Towels, worth l65c,
now 12ac.
Large size Crepe Towels, worth Csc,
now 100.
Large size Damask Towels, worth 22ac,
now 15c.
Solid Red Damask, worth 81, now
75c.
60 in. White Damask, worth 81, now
8Oc.
Large White Napkins, worth $1.75
now $1.25.
Large White Napkins, worth $1.25,
now 95c.
Fringed Doilies at Is per cent. less
than regular price.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
Jackets and Wraps.

Spring Jackets, Tans and Greys, sold;
at $3.50, now $3.50.
Spring Jackets, sold at SIS, now 1926.
Spring Jackets, sold at So, now 1926.
Spring Jackets, sold at 1915, now
$3.50.
Shawl Wraps, newest things out, sold
at S., now 1915.
Cashmere shawls and all Coats at re-
duced prices.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
AAtA.ts Needed SsFighdagg Chance Come On!

If you are buying goods in the old way you
are standing very much in your own light fnan-
cially, and losing money on every purchase you
make. The only way to buy goods in these lat
ter days is for the cash, and always buy from
people who pay cash, and then you are sure that
the cash reaches its value both ways At
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
Special.

40 doz. Ladies Gauze Vests at Gle
each.
Ladies Gauze Vests, worth Csc, now
15c.
Ladies Gauze Vests, worth 35c, INV
Csc.
Is doz. Ladies Fast Black Hose, guar
anteed, Csc pair.
Ladies Black Silk Mitts, Csc pair.
Ladies Black Silk Mitts, good, 35c pair.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
HALF AND HALF,
THE STORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONTENTION TOLD.

The correct statement Of the Chicago dele
gates elected at the Democratic State conven-
ton at Richmond last Thursday, is as follows:
CLecelG7ld GntS-C Cleveland.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

SUMMER LAW LECTURES (nine week.
ly) begin 7th July, 1892 and end 7th september
design TO 81 her Studies at this Or other
Law School: End, to those who propose to read
privately; and Sd. to practitioners who have not
had the advantage Of systematic instruction.
For circular apply Up. o. University of Va, Char
lottesville, Va) to JOHN B. MINOR, Prof Com.
& Stat Law. may N-lm
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
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The water, finest yet discovered for dyspepsia.
and kidney and liver troubles and for the gener-
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For rates and particulars apply at once:
FRANK B. YATES,
NAV N-lm Proprietor.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27
Mr.. PHIL. KNAPP, the Optician.

Will be in his Office in Staunton on We'd
nesday, June list, and remain until Saturday
evening, June 18th. Persons who wish to secure
glasses accurately suited to their eyes should call
to see him. Examination free. Once at Dr.
Burkholder's Dental Rooms. may cost
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-27


Senator Gordon expressed his views in the
following manner:
at about o'clock last night, gentlemen
wearied and worn out and tired and exhaust
ed with the conscientious duties of the day,
there gathered in my room little party of
seven men, who, realizing the demoralized
condition of this convention, determined with
every sacrifice of their personal ambition and
personal aims and desires, to bring about that
harmony which is SO absolutely necessary for
success in this State.
beg you not to applaud any of the names
I am about to call, gentlemen, as we have had
enough of that here tonight There were
John W. Daniel, Governor Lee. Mr. Goode,
Colonel O'Ferrall, Taylor Ellyson, Thomas
Martini David Pierce and myself Now it
might be possible with good deal of labor,
bnt it is hardly possible impromptu, to pick
out a body Of men who are better Democrats
than those l have just named. 1 am unable
to think of any at this time who are
further beyond reproach in the Democratic
party in this State than those gentlemen who
desire to do the right thing at every sacrifice
of their personal aims and ambitions.
DROPPED IN THEIR TRACKS,
We talked over the matter until we almost,
might say. dropped in our tracks. After
becoming exhausted at that sitting and stand
ing, we met again early this morning and
talked over what we had not disposed of be-
FORE We realized as we'll as any of you could
make us realize that we had no power to bind
this convention. but we thought we might
reasonably count upon your belief in our dis
and such records as we had in
the past would entitle us to that small
amount of faith, and the result of that meet
ing and our discussion of the subject was that
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-04-15
OUR .)IMS.

We always spoke Of them as
"Our Jims." They were two of
the best men In camp, and "best'
meant good deal in those days.
When the Orange Gulch men came
over to jump our claim it was our
two Jlms who rallied us to drive
them off, leaving six dead men to
be buried in the evening. When
the toughs and roughs of Old Mans
Hill laid claim to our diggings and
appeared two to one to drive us
off, it was our Jims again who led
the van and enabled us to win the
victory.
Jim who? Jim what? | do not
know. No one but themselves
knew. Now and then some miner
gave his full name, but we had no
use for it. We were Jim aud Bill
and Pete to each other, and that
alone.
Our Jims were not quarrelsome
men. Big men and brave men
never are. They tented together
anl were "pards," and how it came
about that they fell out none of us
ever learned. One morning, when
they had been terminates for many
months, one Jim packed up and
left camp. He had nothing to
say nothing beyond the statement
that "Me and jim is out" The
Jim who renamed made no state
ment whatever. Among ourselves
we said there had been a hot word
dropped and picked up just when
both men were out OF sorts. Ii
was hard work, that hunting for
gold. We worked like slaves and
lived far worse, and terminates
quarrelled very often.
la day or two we saw that the
jim who remained was troubled In
his mind. He had been too proud
to bold out his hand and ask the
other Jim to stay, but now it was
hurting him. He grew sullen and
morose, and now and then he
paused in his work and look ID up
the trail with n longing look in his
eyes-a longing to see the other
Jim returning to camp. Five or
six days had passed when China
man came into camp with note
for jim. 1t WAS written with a
blackened stick ON a piece OF brown
paper and read;
JM-It's a case Of smallpox, and
won't ask YOU To come. It's just 20 say
Pm sorry We fell out and bid you good
bye.
JIM
1t took three or four of us half
an hour to make out the badly
written and misspelled message,
and when we had finished Our Jim
walked away to his tent and began
to pack up. The snow. clouds were
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-04-15

banking up in the west, and it wal
plain that a bad storm was at hand
The other Jim was twenty eigh
miles away, sick and alone in 1
rude cabin at the abandoned dig
gings of Crazy Woman's Creek
The trail led over the mountain
and through valleys thick With
scrub and rough with boulders,
and the Chinaman was completely
broken down when he reached us.
"You won't start with that storm
coming oa?' we said to jim as he
came out of his tent with pack
on his back.
Jim wants me good bye" he
replied, and in five minutes he WAS
out of sight.
An hour later we were all driven
to shelter, and for three days and
nights there was never break IN
the storm. There wasn't tent on
the diggings IN sight when the
fourth morning came every one
showed out of sight. If wa hadn't
been snow ed under we should have
been frozen to death by the cut
ting winds. Jim couldn't have
made those twenty eight miles in
less than day with no snow
under his feet We knew that he
must have perished IN that storm
before midnight.
1t was long three weeks be-
fore the snow went of, and then
two of us went up the trail. All
day long we looked for the dead
body of the Jim who had started
out before the storm, but we did
not discover it. An hour before
dark we came to the abandoned
digglngs, and caught sight OF the
single shanty left standing. We
should find the other jim in
there dead. Step by step we ad
vanced, ,dreading to look in, and yet
feeling that we must. The door
was fast, but the fierce guests had
torn loose Some of the light boards
at a corner, and we had view of
the interior. Lying on blanket
on the earth, with another partly
covering them, and lying face to
face with an arm over each other,
we're two dead men Our Jims.
The one who had sent the China
man might have been raving in
delirium when the other reached
him through that awful storm. but
he heard his voice and knew it.
The one who fought his way over
that snowbound trail, stumbling,
falling, praying-buoyed up by
the hope that he would not be too
late, could do nothing after his
journey was ended-nothing but
lie down and die by his partner.
M. QUAD.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-04-15

The story of any Pardner' or of
Damon and Pythias ia not over
drawn, if the scene be laid in the
Rocky Mountains. But it is out
of place in the crowded cities or
communities where the eternal
clash and strife for dollars eats
away the better part of character,
as the poison acid eats away iron.
1t is out of place, too, in any
portion of the world where danger
has given away to scheming. Men
who have hidden behind rocks
from a murderous foe, who have
put pine tree trunks rs shield
between themselves and the arrows
of an enemy, who have slept under
the same blanket and marched
together against the same line OF
fire and death or belchiDg canon,
are the only men who can feel the
sentiment as Bret Harte portrayed
it. "Comrade" is word which
has meaning TO such men. You
can find it illustrated in every
mining camp IN the west. Davids
and Johnathans are not all dead.
But the day is coming when they
will live in history only. 1t Is the
price which human nature must
pay to civilization.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-04-15


A rather pretty little story comes
from London about the New Viola
Mining company, an English cor
poration. owning the Viola mine in
Idaho. This WAS a concern that
paid two dividends. one of q and
a second of IL per cent. Then it
ceased to pay. and the company
has been playing hide and seek for
more ore ever since. One Mr..
Nichols, one of the promoters of
the company, and its manager
when it paid dividends, after about
a year and half of trial, gave up
the job. Upon the recommenda-
ton of Mr.. G.. S. Thomas, OF this
city, Mr.. Kennon was appointed
manager, and he failed to make it
pay. But now the story is that
some one in Idaho has reported to
the company in London that good
ore has been found and concealed,
for the purpose of keeping the
mine from paying. One OF the
directors has been sent out to
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-04-15
A HISTORIC BELL.

A famous old bell with n history
is that which now does duty in
calling the school children Of
School No. | at Paterson, n. j.
The bell was said to have been
several hundred years old when
il was stolen from a convent III a
Canton of Switzerland by Ma
poleon l., during the progress of
the war which he had carried into
that country. The convent was
destroyed by the conqueror, and
the bell, which was the pride of
the people. was retained by Ma
poleon as trophy of bis triumphs.
The custom of the times was to
exact from the peasants coutribu-
tions which they could Ill afford
for religious institutions; and the
bell was cast of silver, alloyed with
copper, which the simple minded
poor people had thus contributed.
Napoleon RETAINED the bell as a
priced curiosity and souvenier,
carried it with him TO France.
When, on his downfall, he was
banished to St Helens, be pre-
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-04-15

sented it to his brother, Joseph
Bonaparte, who, likewise banishod,
brought the old relic to America.
1t was hung in the belfry OF his
home at Bordentown, N. j., and
Tor years served as a dinner bell to
,aIl the workers on the farm to
,heir meals. When Joseph was
recalled from exile the bell was
lost sight Of, and lay forgotten
among some old rubbish in one OF
the lsubterranean passages that
honeycombed the place, until it
was brought to light by a party Of
curiosity seekers. When it be-
came known that the historic bell
had been unearthed, people came
to the SO called catacombs 80 see it.
subsequently the bell was sold to
the Camden and Amboy Railroad
Company, which had just complet-
ed ITS line. The bell was placed
In the station at Bordentown to
announce the arrival and de-
parture of trains. This service it
did for years, but, through some
channel or other, 1T fell into the
hands of the Paterson and Hudson
River Railway Company, a road
then operated by horses. The old
bell was hung in the Jersey City
station at the foot of Bergen Hill,
where 1t answered the same pur-
pose that it did at Bordentown.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-04-15
People like to be humbugged,

People like to be humbugged, is
remark made by P. T. Barnum
some thirty years ago, in his book
"Humbug." 1t WAS true then and
is true now, and we don't know as
one can be blamed much for giving
them what they want, if he don't
lie in so doing. One genius in
Denver has struck on to the pro-
ject. He has what Is called "The
Holy Moses Book Co." 1t is an
appropriate name which has no
relationship to mining company
bearing the same title. 1t pur-
ports to be dealer in rare and
suppressed literature. 1t sends
out circular headed "Bocaccio
and Balzsc Outdone." 1t says the
book is rich and racy, more appro-
pirate for the business office than
library; it Is deeply pnilosophic,
impassioned, fascinating, describes
the most philosophic designs of
pleasure, and Is altogether the
greatest book ever written. Price,
SI.50-sent only by express. In
return for 81 so The Holy No 'es
Book Co. sends a ble.-Denver
Mining Industry.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-04-15

As the SHOWS melt Creede peters,
although the prophets Of that
ridiculous camp have been bowling
all along "just whit until the snow
is off the ground so that the pros.
pectors can go ont in the hills and
we'll show you another Leadville." ;"
The fact is that the salvation of
Creede has been the presence and
thickness of the snow and when ii
disappears it will appear that there
is no mineral belt there to support
a great camp, and big lot of pen
niless suckers will discover that
they have been victimized by the
most successful advertising dodge
and confidence game of modern
times. The grand LeadviIle boom
of '79 and 80 whose very memories
to this day thrill one who was
there, in it, and of it, will not be
repeated in Colorado, and when
the invincible mining spirit and
energy of that state moves south
ward into New Mexico, another
Leadville will be built based upon
a mineral belt as rich and perhaps
as extensive as that which made
the great Carbonate camp famous
throughout the world. We firmly
believe that energy and capitallwill
yet show that Sierra county, New
Mexico, is the richest nest of gold
aud silver ores IN the west, and
moreover this energy and capital
are coming, and the forces are in
motion now that will make those
hills and gulches around Hillsbor-
ough TEEN with population of
fortune seekers that will look very
much like the state of affairs in
and around Leadville when that
camp amazed the world. - Joe
Dixon in Albuquerque Democrat.