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Keen Your Resolutions.

The thousands who made commend
able resolves on the first day OF the
wear realize already how much easier
it is to frame and adopt a good resolu-
ton than it is to keep it. A certain
undesirable portion of eternity, in
which such men as Col. Bob Ingersoll
have no faith, is said to be paved with
good resolutions, and it doubtless is.
So the pathway of every man who goes
through life making a failure of it,
wasting golden opportunities and lg-
noring ennobling possibilities, is strewn
with broken resolutions.
Each failure weakens the power OF
that innate monitor that approves
what is good and condemns what is
bad. The will which should dominate
the faculties and lead all our powers in
to lines of cOmmendable effort, grad
ually loses it's control and the less
worthy impulses gain sway. 1t is the
men who have thus failed that snap
the golden cord of life and curse Prov
idence for the tangled ends. Their
sole hope lies in the restoration OF their
better selves and implicit submission
to the rational rules which should gov
ern the course of existence. New ears
Day has long been the one on which
men have resolved to turn over new
leaf. 1t is a day that naturally stands
out as a milestone in life. 1t is van
tage point from which to review the
past and look the future squarely In
the face. Those habits which have led
to failure or a retrOgrade existence
should be reformed. The man whose
extravaganza has embarrassed his IL
nancial success should adopt the lesson
of economy. The man who has neg
lected business for pleasure should grid
UP his loins and move forward to his
proper place in the rapid race OF life.
The drunkard, a sad disappointment
to himself and his friends, should
bravely put the tempter behind hlm
and not ouly abandon his besettlng SIN
but do works meet for repentance.
The debauchee should live more close
ly to the laws of health and decency.
The young man who is wasting his
time should devote himself to mental,
moral, physical and financial improve
ment. Aside from adherence to pure
and honest convictions nothing can do
more to make life pleasant and sue
cessful than good books and good as
sociations. Stick to your New Years
resolutions. Time past is irrevocable
and your one hope lies in the proper
improvement of opportunities as they
present themselves. Have the courage
of your convictions and stick to your
resolutions.-Det Free Press.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
SKEDADDLE.

The term here given is one which
was supposed to have been coined dur
ing the late war 1t is claimed, how
ever, that it is an old word revived,
perhaps of Swedish origin. Be this as
it may, there is certainly no word in
the English language that more forci-
bly expresses the action of certain
pathogenic microbes which may have
found their way into the blood, after
the administration of Swift's Specific.
Finding this sanguineous medium too
warm, so to speak, for their comfort,
they skedaddle through the pores OF
the skin, leaving the system intact
Not only does s. s. s. cause the elimi-
nation of the said microbes and the
poison produced thereby, but it assists
in rebuilding the waste places of the
system resulting from the devitalizine
and disintegrating effects of the micro
organisms aforesaid.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
| free.
| CyvIEuT SPECIFIC co Atlanta Ga
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A CORRECT COPY OF A LOVELY POEM.

If l should die tonight
| My friends would look upon my quiet face
Before they laid it in its resting place
And deem that death had left it almost fair;
And, laying snow-white flowers against my
hair,
Would smooth it down with fearful tender
ness,
And fold my hands with lingering caress,
Poor hands, so empty and so cold tonight.
If l should die tonight,
My friends would call to mind with loving
thought
Some kindly deed the icy hand had wrought
Some gentle words the frozen lips had said,
Errands on which the willing feet had sped;
The memory Of my selfshness and pride,
My hasty words would all be put aside,
And so l should be mourned and loved to-
night.
If should die tonight,
Even hearts estranged would turn once more
to me,
Recalling other days remorsefully;
The eyes that chill me with averted glance
Would look upon me as Of yore, perchance,
And soften, in the old familiar way,
For who could war with dumb, unconscious
clay?
So might rest, forgiven of all tonight.
Oh, friends! pray tonight,
Keep not your kisses for my dead, cold brow;
The way is lonely, let me feel them now;
Think gently of me; am travel worn
My faltering feet are pierced with many a
thorn,
Forgive, oh, hearts estranged, forgive, plead;
When dreamless rest is mine, shall not need
The tenderness for which 1 long tonight
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Trinity Episcopal church, Main street, be
tween Lewis and Church streets. Services at
II a. m. and 7.3O p. m. Rector, Rev. w. Q. HUI
linen.
United Brethren church. Lewis street, be-
tween Main and Johnson streets. Services at
II a. N. and 7.3O p. H. Pastor, Rev. J. d. Don
ovan.
Methodist church, Lewis street, between
Main and Fredericksstreets. Services at IL a.
m. and 7.30 p. m. Pastor, Rev. j. L. Williams
Christ Evangelical Lutheran church, LIE W
is street. between Main and Frederick streets.
Services at II a. M and 7.30 p. m. Pastor, Rev.
H. f. Shealy.
Baptist church, corner Main and Washing
ton streets. Services at II a. m. and 7.3O p. m.
Pastor, Rev. W. J. E. Cox.
Second Presbyterian church corner Freder-
lex and Lewis streets. Services at II a. M,
and 7.30, Pastor.
st. Francis Roman Catholic, North Augusta
street, Mass at and 1890 a. m. Vespers and
benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament at
p. m. Pastor, Rev. Father McVerry.
Young Mems Christian Association, corner
Main and Water streets. Services at p. m.
Sunday.
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DIRECTORY OF LODGES.
MASONIC LODGE.


Staunton Lodge No. 13, A. f. and A. NJ, meets
every second and last Friday night in each
month, in Masonic Temple, Main street. Jas.
NJ. Lickliter, W. NJ B. A. Eskridge, Sec'y.
UNION ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER.
No. ., meets third Friday in every month, in
Masonic Temple. on Main street. W. W. Nc
Guffin, High Priest; A. A. Eskridge, Sec'y.
ODD FELLOWS LODGE.
Staunton Lodge, No. As, l. o. o. F. meets ev-
cry Thursday night in Odd Fellows Hall, over
Wayt's drug store, on Main street. John c..
Fretwell, Noble Grand; C. A. Grafton, Sec'y.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR LODGE.
Staunton Lodge, No. 756, Knights of Honor,
meets every first and third Tuesday in each
month, in Pythian Hall, Main street. W. l..
Olivier, Dictator; W. A Burnett, Recorder
MOUNTAIN CITY LODGE.
No. 116, l. o. G. T., meets every Friday night
in their lodge room over Wayt's drug store, on
Main street. Jas. Blackburn Chief Templar
F. B. Kennedy, Sec'y.
DISTRICT LODGE.
No. p, 1. o. G. T., meets every three months.
J. W. Campbell ID. C. T.; Geo. H. Baker, Dis
trict Secretary.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Augusta Council, No. 49O, Royal Arcanum
meets every second and fourth Tuesday in the
month, at Pythian Hall, Main street. w. w
Robertson, Regent; Jos. b. Woodward, Sec
retary.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Charity Division, NJ A., Sons of Temperance
meets every Monday night at Odd Fellows
Hall. W. A. Rapp,. Worthy Patriarch; John
B. Cofelt, Secy.
UNIFORMED RANK, KNIGHTS OF
PTTHIAS.
j. E. B. Stuart Division, No. 10, meets seconC
and fourth Mondays each month at Pythial
Hall. Sir Knight Captain, f. B. Berkley; ST
Knight Recorder, S. II. kosenbaum.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Valley Lodge, No. Is, X. of p, meets ever
Monday night at Castle Hall, on West Mali
street, over DR.. Wayt's drug store. J. T. Long
Chancellor Commander; Albest Shultz, Keep
er of Records and Seal.
KNIGHT TEMPLARS
Staunton Commandery, No. s, Knights Tenn
plar, meets first Friday night in every month
in Masonic Temple, on Main street. W. Z
McChesney, Eminent Commander; a. A. Esk
ridge, Recorder.
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1t was Somebody Else.

She was big woman and her hair
was frowzled.
HAS my husband been here?n she
inquired of the barkeeper.
Don't know him, num- responded
the man in the white apron.
''Hes little fellow about knee-high
to a hoptoad, got scrubbin'- brush
whiskers and baby blue eyes," she ex-
claimed.
The barkeeper thought for a brief
space.
'There was little chap in here
about an hour ago. he said.
did he drink anything?"
mo, mum. A gentleman asked him
to, but he declined"
ugh, "she grunted. He amt been
here. Keep your eye out for him, will
your and she passed out.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

The family of Mr.. George Munday,
living near Waterford, has been great
ly afflicted by the grip. All the fami-
ly-father, mother, son and daughter
except the youngest daughter, Miss
Florence-have been down with the
epidemic unable to help themselves:
The youngest daughter for several
days, as we have been informed, did the
cooking, all the nursing of the sick, and
fed and attended to six horses, fed and
milked six cows, fed lot of hogs, car
ried the corn from the barn to a field
from quarter to half mile distant
and fed the corn, fodder and straw to
thirty head of cattle. They must be
proud of their noble daughter.-Lees
burg WaShingtOnian.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
Don't Trust a Bull.

There is a latent devil in bull, and
no man knows when it is going to wake
up.
William Chalmers was a valued cor
respondent of The Breeders Gazette.
He lived in Oregon and was an expert
enced stockman. He was bitterly OPP
posed to dishorning cattle, especially
bulls, contending that it impaired their
vigor. He believed that bull by kind
treatment could be trained like horse,
and he practiced that system with his
own animals. And not long since Mr..
Chalmers was gored to death in one OF
his own pasture fields by bull that he
had petted and treated kindly from a
calf.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
HnW to he Agreeable.

The true art of being agreeable is to
appear we'll pleased with all the COM
pany, and rather to seem well enter
tanned with them than to bring enter
tainment to them. A man following
out this line of conduct may never OBJ
tain reputation for being particular
ly brilliant, but he is certain to become
popular.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
Dodds' Catarrh Cure
LOCAL AND INTERNAL TREATMENT.

In order to cure catarrh it is NECESSARY to al
lay the Inflammation of the irritated mem
branes with q soothing application, cleanse
the head of the plugging mucous secretions,
the head and nasal catarrh Dodd's local treat
ment does this without the aid of snuff, DOUGH
es fumes If the disease has extended
downwards, affecting the bronchial tubes or
lungs, digestion and blood, the internal treat
ment both removes from the system the scat
tered poison, and by its building-up proper
ties assists nature in restoring the impaired
parts. Send for our book treating on catarrh.
Foster, Milburn & Co. prOprietorS, Buffalo, NY
Sold in Staunton by
sept %, 81 ly w. M. ALLEN.
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True Economy.

No matter how many hundred doses
of any other medicine are offered for q
dollar, DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
covery is the cheapest blood-purifiel
sold, through druggists, because it's
guaranteed, and your money is re,
turned if it doesn't benefit or cure.
With its use you only pay for the
good you get.
Can YOU ask more?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
Sweeter than Honey in the Honeycomb.
"What in life is half so sweet,
As the hour when lovers meet.


Nothing is sweeter to the youthful
and robust in health, but, alas too
many Court in poetry, and live in
prose- after marriage. This is especi-
ally true of the wives whose changed
relations bring ON weaknesses and de-
rangements peculiar to married women,
SO that their lives become ''prosy." 10
all such, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is great boon. 1t cures
weak backs, headaches, neuralgia and
bearing down" pains, displacements
and Irregularities of the female organs.
1t is likewise a restorative and invig-
Grating tonic, Strengthening the nerves,
and imparting new life to the tired and
debilitated, bringing back the "roses
to the cheek and the ''rainbows to
the eyes, Sold by all druggists, under
0uarantee from its makers of salts
faction in every case, or price (S1.0O)
refunded.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Boggs-You warranted this horse not
to be afraid of the cars, but the first
time l tried it on he strung the buggy
through four counties.
Horse Dealer-It couldn't have been
the cars; are you sure he didn't see the
locomotive?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Teacher-"We cut grass now with a
moving machine; before that men
used the scythe what went before
that?"
Dick Observation-Disclosures used
his teeth. ."-Brooklyn Life.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

First Boy (contemptuously)-Huh
Your ma takes in washing.
Second Boy-O' course. You didn't
s'pose she'd leave it hangin' out over
night unless your pa was in Jail, did
We?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

given; Manuel Garno, Rio Grande City,
Texas, Pablo Munoz, Cubita, Texas,
and was made colonel This colonel
was arrested and is now in jail.
GENERAL MABRY ON THE SCENE.
Jan. 19th.-Gen. Mabry, Adjutant
General of Texas, is at the Martinez
Hotel and the writer had a talk with
him. He has been sent here by the
Gov. of Texas, and will report the situa-
ton, and, if necessary, the Gov will
send more rangers and militia of the
State to the front. All seems quiet at
the present.
IJyTHER COyNER
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Bal Dean-The gas used in your
theatre must be unusually dry:
Futilites-What makes you think SO!
Bal Dean-I notice that it goes out
between the acts.
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Boggs-The trouble with women is
that they talk too much.
Foggs-I suppose you speak from ex-
perience?
Boggs-Yes; my wife talks like a
streak when she is hot, and when she
is cold her teeth chatter.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Stranger-"And so you believe in
Professor Chloride's cure for drunken
ness?' Red Nosed Enthusiast-"Be-
lieve in it! How can l help believing
in it? I've been cured six times. p
Life.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Cholly-I feel howwibly disgwaced.
Jack-What's the matter?
Cholly-Why, my man actwally IN
tends to mawwy girl that's been out
to service.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Harry-Belle is an all round girl ;
round face, round form, round purse
Jack-Yes; it runs in the family
Observe carefully and you'll notice
that her mother usually is round, too
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

DR.. Thirdly-Of course you can't ex-
pect your wife to be an angel
Enpec-No; but it is great comfort
to think that she will be by and by.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Have used DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil
for Group and colds, and declare it
positive cure. Contributed by VIM.
Kay, $40 Plymouth Ave-, Buffalo.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Stated by H. B. Cochran, druggist,
Lancaster, Pa. Have guaranteed over
300 bottles of BurdOck Blood Bitters
for dyspepsia, sour stomach, bilious
attacks, liver and kidney trouble.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Beggar-Give me dime, boss
Goodman-Whatd do you want it for
Beggar-I want to put it in one OF
those patent magic savings banks.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Scanlon-Why do you object to wo-
men voting?
Breezey-Because they already have
the power of vote.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
IN VANITY FAIR.

Through Vanity Fair, in days of old,
There passed a maiden with locks of gold,
And peddler opened his tempting pack,
Crying, ''Oh, my pretty lass what dye lack?
Here's many ware
Costly and rare,
Come, buy: oh, come, buy!
In Vanity Fair"
"Silks and satins are not for me;
Lace is for damsels of high degree;
The lads would laugh in our country town
If I came clad in broidered gown:
But yet there's ware,
Precious and rare,
l fain would buy me
In Vanity Fair
"Pray, sell me, sir, from your molly store
A heart that will love me for evermore,
That, whether the world shall praise or blame
Through sorrow or joy will be still the same.
IT is the only ware
For,which care,
Mid all the treasures
In Vanity Fair
much it grieves me, o lassie, DEAR
The peddler said; "but greatly fear
The hearts that loved in the old sweet way
Have been out of fashion this many day;
And gilded care
Is all the ware
You will get for your money
In Vanity Fair
Texas War Garza's Flag White-A
Couple of fSkirmishes-A Crank's Let
tar-A Vo Rov-CoSa of Cantaiu
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Permit only yonr best animals to be
bred. By that means you improve
your live stock year by year.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Illinois has 1885, ,2S9 horses, the mos
of any state in the Union. Missouri
has the most mules, 245, 102.
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Stauutoil Spectator.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Advertisements 7re inserted at the rate of
l2A cents pc. line, for the first, and 81 cents
Tor each subsequent Insertion.
Local NOtIces are inserted at the rate OF ~
cents per line for the first, and 10 cents Tor
each subsequent insertion.
Business Notices are inserted at the rate OF
Is cents for the first and cents for each sub
sequent Insertion.
A liberal discount will be made on all orders
for 3, 6, or IL months.
ObituarieS Announcements of Candidates
for office and all communications of person.
al or private character, will be charged for as
advertisements.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Let out that checkrein. You will
ruin your horses neck, making 1t stl1f'
bumped and scraggy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

The dead men who tell no tales are
nevertheless very prone to lie.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Eastingbarn-If we don't stop the
State killing people by electricity we
shall be ruined.
Tomson Hughson-Cllngstone, tne
lightning rod man, was in this morn
ing.
Eastingbarn( (brightening)-What did
he have to offer?
Tomson Hughson-He said he would
confess to a double murder and take
2, 900 volts for $35.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
DUlLDING.

RUlLDING. Parsons concentrating buving
a lot and building house, would do Wen 70
enquire at the Staunton Improvement Co s
Ofice 207, West Main Street, and get its plan
Of building houses on the instalment plan.
apr 29-tf REEVES GAIT, Manager.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Do? I'll tell you what to do, my
friend, if you'll lend me your ear a
minute. Go down to the drug store
and buy DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy,
and take it according to directions
given, and you'll soon find that this
miserable headache is thing of the
past the hacking, hawking and spit
ting, so disagreeable to Others as well
as yourself, will come to an end, and in
a short time you will feel like new
man. A new man-think of that-and
all for fifty cents, which is the price OF
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, the un-
failing cure for this terrible disease.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
LUTHER CONNER.
o, this dull, depressing headache.

o, this dull, depressing headache.
That won't wear off;
This hawking and this splitting,
And this hacking cough.
I've lost my sense of smelling,
And tastes going, too.
know catarrh's what ails me,
But-what shall l do?
My hacking and my hawking
Keeps up a steady din;
I'm haunted by the fear that
Consumption may set in.
I feel supremely wretched;
No wonder Pm blue,
l know my health's failing,
Rut-What can / do?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

DOGER b. ATKINSON,
III ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
29 South Augusta Street,
sep 25-tf STAUNION, va.
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SUNS OF TEMPERANCE.
Charity Division, NJ. A., Sons of Temperance,
meets every Monday night at Odd Fellows
Hail. W. A. Rapp,. Worthy Patriarch; John
B. Coffelt, Sec'y.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Augusta Council, No. 490, Royal Arcanum
meets every second and fourth Tuesday in the
month, at Pythian Hall, Main street. w. W
Robertson, Regent; Jos. b. Woodward, Sec
retary.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
Inspect US!
Criticise US!
Know US +!
you dollars.
Our Merchant Tailoring
Department

Is stocked with the best productions of cloth
the European and American markets afford.
All suits measured to order are warranted to
fit, or no sale. We also make dress shirts to
order. If you want the best, this is your
chance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Texas War Garza's Flag White-A
Couple of Skirmishes-A Crank's Let
ter-A Va. BOy-Case of Captain
CrawfOrd-A Captured Captain
ten. Mabry to the Front.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
GENERAL GARZA

One of our newspapers here in South
west Texas says it is tired of simply
writing and printing simply Catarina
Cara, hereafter he shall write and
print General Cara. 1t is time, it says,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
ROYAL ARCANUM.

No. D. 1. o. G. T., meets every three months
J. W. Campbell, ID. c. T.; Geo. H. Baker, Dis
trict Secretary
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

Staunton Commandery, No s, Knights TEN
plar, meets first Friday night in every month
in Masonic Temple, on Main street. W. B
McChesney, Eminent Commander; A A. Esk
ridge. Recorder.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

that CARA had a title that the fuss and
furry and free advertisement has gone
far enough to give Cara a chance and
that hereafter he will ''whoOp-er-up"
General Cara.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

j. E. b. Stuart Division, No. 10, meets SECOND
and fourth Mondays each month at Pythial
Hall. Sir Knight Captain, F. B. Berkeley; ST
Knight Recorder, S. II. Kosenbaum.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03
A Heroic LOudOun Girl.

SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ca.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-03

KNIGHTS OF PIIHlAS.
Valley Lodge, No 49, X. of p, meets ever,
Monday night at Castle Hall, on West Mali
street, over DR.. Wayt's drug store. J. T. Long
Chancellor Commander; Albest Shultz, Keep
er of Records and Seal.