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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-05

The great truth about the Democrat
ic party, and the great fact that makes
it worthy of the support Of the people,
is that it will not allow itself to be
misled by its temporary leaders. The
leaders may go into leadership with
the honest purpose of carrying out the
wishes of the people; if they succeed,
they receive the applause of the PEG
pie, but if they fail, from whatever
cause, they are removed and supplant-
ed. Rule by the people is the mean
ing of the word Democracy, and any
man who undertakes to override the
people receives his first rebuke from
the Democratic party. Out of all the
political agitation since the war, above
the history that records the rise and
fall of individuals, the record of the
Democratic party in favor of home
rule and popular government rises like
a monument.
No individual can change or stay
the purposes of the party; and, there
fore, the efforts of opponents to defeat
the Democracy by abuse of particular
men should be rejected and cast aside
by intelligent voters. = Lu1achbur9
NeaCS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-05

'HRUSTEE'S SALE.-By virtue of deed of
l. trust executed by Simeon Long and
wife on the 18th day of May, 1888 and recorded
in the Clerks Office of Augusta county, Virgin
ia to secure Mrs. Elizabeth Kyle, the payment
OF one note for 1900, dated May 1St, 1888, and
payable three years after date with interest
from date, and default having been made in
the payment of said note and being required
SO to do by the holder of the same, / will, on
Wednesday, September 26th, 1894
at II a. M, offer for sale at public auction up-
on tne premises that valuable farm upon
which the said Long now resides being the
same bought by him from G.. w. Reeves CON
tanning about 1870 acres. The farm is well i'm
proved, with good brick residence, large
barn, ana all necessary out buildings. 1t lies
near the road between Bridgewater and Mt.
Scion in Augusta county, Virginia, and is a
very desirable property
TERMS:-CaSh sufficient to nav cost Of ex
ecuting this trust and the debt above men
tloped, balance upon such terms as may be
agreed upon on day OF sale.
j. w. +. ALLEMONG,
aug @>-its Trustee.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-05

One man was killed and eight were
injured in fight among stock yards
employees in Chicago last week. A man
was accused of being a non union man
and of having taken the place of
striker. This was the signal for a gem
eral fight with the above result
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-05

HEERMANS AGAINST HOGE.-Charles
A. Heermans who was defeated for the
Republican nomination for Congress
in the sixth district by J. Hampton
Hoge, has published an address to the
Republicans of that district in which
he says that Hoge was not nominated
properly. and that he will not support
him. In this. address, he says : - --',,---
"The right to be candidate for Of
fee belongs to every American citizen.
But for pure, unadulterated gall and
monumental cheek, the candidacy of
John H. Hoge before the Republican
people of this district at this time is
without parallel. He must consider
us the dumb. driven cattle he has so
often pictured us in the past, if he
thinks he can use us as tool of re
venge to assassinate Grover Cleveland
for doing an act which the entire press
of the country, without regard to par
ty. gave its hearty approval.
81 will say to the Republicans of the
entire country, that the party in this
district did not nominate Mr.. Hoge,
and that ON the 18th of November he
will be left in the hands of the Democ-
racy to be dealt with
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-05
CIeveland's Letter to Mr.. Catehlngs.

We publish on the fourth page the
letter of President Cleveland to Hon.
Thos. c. Catchings of Mississippi, in
reference to the Senate Tariff Bill
which he allowed to become law with
out his signature. The Washington
Neacs explains the motives governing
the President in SO doing and gives the
status of the question at that time as
| follows
"There was but one way out of the
| dilemma which presented itself when
| the tariff bill WAS sent to the White
| House for executive consideration, and
Pres. Cleveland chose that way without
hesitation. He could not have signed
it without self qualification, nor could
| he have vetoed it without stultifying
his party. He has, therefore, simply
permitted it to become a law without
his signature, under protest, as tenn
porary measure wrought out under adj
verse and unfortunate legislative con
ditions for which neither the executive
nor the popular branch of Congress can
| be held responsible. This course was
manifestly the part of wisdom, what
ever the hypercritical may say. Legis
of compromise rather than of the rigid
| application of well defined principles.
and the tariff bill fully exemplifes this
principle, though the compromise in
| this instance was of a very suspicious
character. As to the action of the Sen
ate the people of the country will judge.
| The president and the House have
clearly placed the issue before the cOun-
| try, the former by his letters to Mr..
Wilson and Mr.. Catchings, and the lat
ter by the passage of the "popgun"
bills. This is not the first time Mr..
| Cleveland has appealed to the people
over the heads of the time servers and
compromisers with principle. He may
we'll await the result with complacency
in view of his past"
A circular issued from the Agrcul-
tural Department last week, says
Equal parts of wheat and corn should
prove better for fattening animals than
either of these grains alone. For grow
ling animals corn is plainly not SO suit
able as wheat or oats. When wheat and
corn are the same price per bushel, it
is preferable to feed wheat and sell
F, corn. The best form in which to feed
wheat is to roll or grind it into coarse
meal. 1t may then be fed alone or
mixed with corn or ground oats. 1t
should, when possible, be mixed with
some other grains, and care should be
taken to prevent any one animal get
ting more than the quantity intended
for it. Wheat screenings are in general
as valuable as food for animals as the
plump, sound wheat
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-05

we're TO ltS close,
GENUINE TARIFF REFORMERS,
Il knew that you were tariff re-
formers without reservation; | knew
that the democrats of West Virginia
| were not protectionists for West Vir-
ginia and reformers and free traders
| for other States. But even if I had
| known otherwise l should not have
gone aside one step from what was to
me the clear pathway of duty to all
the people. You know, for you have
| followed with watchful interest the
varying history of our attempt at tariff
reform. You have followed with rising
hopes and hearty approval the action
of the House of Representatives in the
framing and passing of a measure
bearing the badges of democratic prip
ciples and fraught with promised bene-
| fits to all the people. You have fol-
lowed with waning hopes and angry
| disapprOval the tedious and tortuous
passage of that bill through the Senate,
and have seen that despite a nominal
democratic majority in that body the
great trusts and monopolies were still
able to write their taxes, as they had
| done under republican rule, in some of
| its most important schedules The
burden upon you is the same whether
they use a democratic or republican
hand as their amanuepsis. But the
wrong to you is infinitely the greater
| when those who bear the commission
of your own party thus prove fraithless
to its highest duties.
Il need not recite to you the success
sive steps, the material and banefuI
alterations through which the House
bill quietly passed into law yesterday
morning without the signature and APP
prevail of the President, who was
elected upon the issue of tariff reform.
and who anticipated as TIE signal
triumph and historic achievement of
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-05
A TRIBUTE TO CLEVELAND.

I'm that work they were at all times
cheered and encouraged by their 81 eat
leader, who for eight years, in defeat
and victory, had led in the movement
for tariff reform. While he scrupu-
lousy abstained from interference
with the work of those entrusted with
the reform legislation, he was insistent,
in season and out of season, in urging
that the pledges ON which we had
come into power should be fulfilled in
the letter and in the spirit, and that
the blessings of reduced and just tax
alton should be fully and honestly
secured to the American people.
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08
ment he had cancelled many short

ment he had cancelled many short
comings.
Poor Dick!'' said Molly to herself,
STOPPING to pick up one OF the az.
helves. "Poor Dick! It's such pity
his mother hadn't taught him that mo
man liveth or dieth unto HIMSELF then
this lesson wouldn't have been needed.
Maybe, though, this strain of selfish
ness is something he takes from some
old ancestor, and such traits are slow
in coming to the surface sometimes.
But, there! I've no time to climb
genealogical trees This is much more
like cutting one down. AS Parson
Tremalow would say: It's foreor-
dained. That's it. guess, and not
so difficult to understand, either. Dick
has certainly been free AGENT there
was nothing to keep him from cutting
the wood. I've been patient, too, till
he really makes capital of my pa.
tience, and expects me to manage
somehow I've cut the wood myself,
and even gone out into the woods
gathering sticks, like the poor
widow in the Bible. I've tried
giving HIM cold dinners, and he
only sulks and goes of hunting.
Yes, it must be done" Molly
picked up the other ax-helves, and
ran downstairs and out to the wood
pile. No Dick in sight and time to be-
gin getting dinner. Far off in the
woods she could hear the sound of his
gun. One ax-helve after another was
laid across the sawhorse and deftly
sawed into lengths suitable for the
stove, for experience had been an ex-
acting teacher.
When Dick and Abner, the hired
man, came into dinner they found it
all ready, smoking hot, upon the ta-
BILE.
"Well," said Dick, ,"I'm tired; such
race as had after that rabbit, and
lost him, after alll' He ate quickly,
and said, as he pushed back his chair:
You can harness, Abner; I've got
other things to see to-" A moment
after Molly heard him climbing the
back stairs and creaking across the at
tic floor. He came down in q hurry,
tlinging open the door: ''Where's them
ax-helves? Strange I can't lind any.
thing where leave it! I'm going to
take 'em to town this afternoon. Where
are they?''
Molly went to the stove, and, lifting
the cover, said calmly: Here are their
ashes"
Dick looked at her for one moment
in dazed, uncomprehending way;
then, as the truth flashed upon him,
his face grew white with wrath. He
turned and strobe out of the house,
slamming the door behind him till the
very windows ratified. If he had been
club man. or of stratum lower than
his own, he would have vented his an.
ger IN oaths. But Dick Doolittle, nur-
tured by Christian parents, reverencing
at least the letter of the law, only
slammed the doo:.
just at day break, the next morning.
Molly was awakened by the ringing
blows of an ak. When Dick came IA
to breakfast. Abner came with hira.
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08
BENEATH THE cH,MnEYs TALL.

Where spiders stretch their silv'ry webs to
compass bout their prey;
Wnere mice hold wanton reyelry all night till
!. rosy day:
Where trees and clouds ~ ever near; where
people seldom call,
There dwells a very funny world, beneath the
chimneys tall.
There tigers, bears and elephants abide for aye
In peace;
The lion filings his tawny length beside the
! lambs white fleece;
And woolly dogs there are that never bark or
T. bite at all,
And blue-eyed China pussy cats, beneath the
chimneys tall
saddle bow,
Who's won the brush in many q chase, no more
the field may know
Two legs are of, his tail ts gone, his nose
Clipped by fall
He's pastured in the meadow lots, beneath the
chimneys tall.
And horrid war has left its mark in this SO.
cluded place;
score of soldiers headless lie-a captain in
gold lace;
The deadly black-mouthed cannon piece that
sent the fatal ball
Il falling sadly to decay, beneath the chimneys
Fair waxen danes with faded cheeks and
gowns OF silver sheen
Dwell sadly now upon the days OF glory they
have seen;
And gentlemen who once were first at tourna.
ment and ball
Have all retired to private life, beneath the
chlmneys tall.
Old drums that never more will drum and
horns that will not blow
Flags that forever m ore are furled, steamships
that will not 60,
With trains of cars and blocks enough to build
Chinese wall,
Are gathered oil within the space beneath the
chimneys tall ~
Where spiders stretch their silvry webs to
compass bout their prey:
Where mice hold wanton revelry all night till
rosy day;
Where trees and clouds are ever near; where
people seldom coll,
There dwells very funny world, beneath the
chimneys tall.
Edith X. Stokely, in Banner Of Gold
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08
The v.rv Rest Of BIRDS.

The question of birds was under dis.
cussion at the table, and one boarder
stoutly maintained that canvas backs
were better than partridges or grouse.
the claims of which were upheld by an.
other.
Then there were others who chimed
in to defend rice birds, woodcoclx,
squad and various other varieties of
game. In fact, almost every rything that
wore feathers by one or the other of
the party was declared the most pal
atable.
"Well," said the first speaker, 'I'll
let the decision of the matter rest with
the chef"
To this proposition all agreed, and
Adolph, the cook, was called in and
asked to give his opinion on the rela-
tive merits of birds. The Frenchman
hesitated for moment and glanced at
the various disputants, realizing that
whatever opinion he gave would make
him one friend and half dozen en-:
emies
"Ah, gentleman" he said, at length,
"those are all very fine birds, very fine,
and some are better than others, but
neither is the best The best birds
gentlemen, are eagles
"Eagles!" cried all, in amazement.
eyes, eagles, " replied the chef; gold
eaglesr'-N. Y. Herald.
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08
NOT GOOD SWIMMERS.
Apes and Monkeys Are rs Helpless In tn
Wafer "A Man Ia.

,a. ara nropL.v. Ara 8. r1alr,... l., ~.
water as Man "a. ->-, - - !.
& have had no onportunitv az test;no
the, swimming powers Of the anthro.
poids, and have not been able SO far to
ret any direct evidence on the point:
but there is a strong presum ption that
the more bulky ones, such as the orang
and gorilla, which adopt q semi-erect
attitude IN walking, are as helpless in
the water as man is. Some Of the Cyno.
cephali are expert swimmers, and Mr..
c. Bartlett informs me that chacma
baboon at the geological gardens would
dive into ti.s seal pond and pick up OBJ
jects from the bottom. These balloons,
however, dwell far away from the for-
ssts, and have lived q non-arboreal life
long enough to have acquired typi-
cally quadrupedal mode Of progression.
|s a chacma, when climbing, advances
both hands together end follows them
up with both feet, so that the animal
practically gallops upward. a mans
Rait when mounting q ladder is much
more that Of true arboreal animal
than baboon's. Some of the slim
South American monkeys, such as the
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08
.ss1H MISSOURI RIVER GOING.

Reports of Engineers Showing That This
Great Stream Is Sinking Out Of Sight.
The recent survey of the Missouri
river under the direction of the United
States geographical engineering de-
partment resulted in q discovery that
the stream is undergoing a peculiar
Transformation. During the survey
measurements were made of the vol
ume of water passing between the
banks at various points from Great
Falls, Mont, to Sioux City. It was
found that the volume at Great Falls
measured 4,796 cubic feet per second
while at Fort Benton, twenty-five miles
further down the river, the volume was
but 1881 cubic feet, q decrease Of 455
cubic feet. Owing to the large number
Of tributaries emptying into the river
between Fort Benton and Sioux City a
gradual increase was noted, until at
the latter point, where the final meas
urement was taken, flow Of 14,776
cubic feet per second was reached. In
the opinion of some of the engineers
engaged in the survey the decrease in
the volume between Great Falls and
Fort Benton explains the presence of
that great subterranean body of water
known as the South Dakota artesian
basin. The discrepancy can only be
accounted for by the presence of an
outlet in the bed of the river some
where between the points mentioned
Directly below the upper catact on
the south bank Of the river, about half
way between the towns. is large
pool, in which, II frequent visitors to
the place can be believed, are to be
found eyeless fish Of the species said to
inhabit subterranean water courses.
In all probability the outlet if one ex.
lists, is located at this point the al
legged presence of these fish tending to
corroborate the theory. From here, If
this surmise is correct. it would appear
that an underground channel running
in southeasterly direction carries the
water into . basin underlying large
area Of South Dakota, thus forming a
huge subterranean lake, which has re-
Gently been tapped by the numerous
artesian wells. Another queer Jdiscov-
cry IS noted in connection with the
survey just completed. 1ns1 1878 observa-
tions were taken ii 8 similar manner,
and, unless errors in calculation have
been made. since that year there has
beensa decrease Of fu1l 30 per cent: in
the volume Of water ia the river. II
no error has been made Ind the ratio
Of decrease continues, before fifty years
have passed the once majestic Missouri
will have dwindled into an insignifi-
90 1t rivulet Sioux City Journal
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08

ONE AX-HELyE AFTER ANOTHER WAS
LAID ACROSS THE sAWHORsE
Dick was saying: swell, We'll use that
crosscutsaw and make quick work with
the old logs. They, say confession's
good for the soul, and nights well
confess that I've been letting Molly
lift the heaviest end"
y He stopped and caught up Jessie,
lifting her high above him, and then
dropping her gently into her chair at
the table. Molly turned and looked at
Dick, and as long as he lived he remem-
bered that look, with thrill and heart
warmth that words alone could never
give.-Woman's Journal
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08

slo Bus. Lbs. Oats from One Bus Seed.
This remarkable, almost unheard-of,
yield was reported to the John A. Sal
Eer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, by Frank
Winter, OF Montana, who planted one
bushel of Great Northern Oats, care
fully titled and irrigated Same, and be-
lieves that in 1894 he can grow from one
bushel of Great Northern Oats three
hundred bushels. It's wonderful oat.
20 sorts field corn, yielding 80 to 1so
bushels per acre. [K]
IF YoU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T
with Sc postage to the above firm you
will receive sample package Of above
oats and their farm seed catalogue. [K]
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08
An Appeal for Assistance.

The man who is charitable to himself will
listen to the mute appeal for assistance made
by his stomach, or his liver, in the shape of
divers dyspeptic qualms and uneasy sensa-
tions in the regions of the gland that secretes
his bile. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, my
what you require Hasten to use if you are
troubled with heartburn, wind in the stom-
ach, or note that your skin or the whites of
your eyes are taking sallow hue.
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08
A Big Place.

-.al 4
A Colorado ranchman was paying his
first visit to New York, and the next
morning after his arrival his host took
him down to the battery on the ele-
waited and then proposed that they walk
along back up Broadway.
They kept walking along, showed and
hustled, and crowded, the westerner
talking when he could, and his friend
watching him closely for impressions.
After about a mile of it the westerner
became tired of it, but kept plodding
along. After about an hour he took
his friend by the arm and stopped him.
II say, Bill" he said, trying to find
the vanishing point of the streets per-
spective, with q weary look, II say, 10
it town all the way to the Rocky mouns
tains?"- Detroit Free Press.
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08
1eo Worlds Fair Photos for s1.

100 Worlds Fair Photos for 01.
These beautiful pictures are now ready for
delivery in ten complete parts -16 pictures
comprising each parEand the whole set can
be secured by the payment Of One Dollar,
sent to GEO. II. HEAFFoRD, General Passen-
ger Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway, Chicago, H., and the portfolios Of
pictures will be sent, free of expense, by
mail to subscribers.
Remittances should be made by draft,
money order, or registered letter.
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

-Fifty-six Of the one hundred medi.
cal missionaries in China are women.
1T is stated that not one Arab WON.
an in all Algeria is able to read.
In the Epworth league there are
nearly IL, 900 chapters, and $4,000 mem
bers have been added in q little more
than four and . half years
+ "A Korean has recently entered
Roanoke college, Virginia. There is
only one other Korean; student in
America, and he Is at the University Of
Pennsylvania.
The Presbyterian board Of home
mission reports that up to DecemberS1,
1893 the receipts were $125. .598 less than
for the corresponding period Of 1892
But this is not.all. In order to protect
the missionaries, 1926, 600 has been bor-
rowed, and as yet no portion Of it has
been paid.
lit is not true that the people Of our
time are tired Of hearing the Gospel.
Much ado now and then is made about
tho indifference of the masses to re-
ligion, and that they have no interest
in Christianity, but the fact remains
that wherever there is faithful preach
Ing Of the word there audiences gather.
It always holds: The common people
hear Him gladly dly.-Lutheran World.
AT the Parliament of Religions
Rev. Maulvi Madudd din, himself brought
mp as q disciple Of Mohammel stated
that as many as one hundred and sew
entsen moslems of eminence In North.
srn and Central India have become
Christians Seventeen Of these have
become Christian minister's s Mr.. Eu-
gene Stock, tho well-informed edito-
rial secretary Of the Church Missionary
society. says that half Of the native
preachers, in all the Punjab were once
disciples Of the Arabian prophet
-A monument in the shape Of q Gel
tic cross ffty-seven feet in height has
just been erected on an elevation of
three hundred feet above the ocean at
San Francisco, and is designed to COM
memorate the first preaching service
conducted in English on the Pacific
coast by Francis Fletcher, presbyter
Of the Church Of England. The service
was held three hundred and fourteen
years ago. The entire expense of this
monument overlooking the Golden
Cato and the city itself, has been met
by the late George w. ChildA of Phil
adelphia.
Nearly two-thirds Of the population
Of the world are ruled by Christian
governmentA Considerably more than
two-thirds Of the population of the
people of the earth, also, are under the
rule of six governments FIVE of which
are Christian. The emperor Of China
bears sway over 4o5, 600, 600, the largest
number of people under any one gov
ernment in the world; but after this
comes in order the queen of England,
ruling 1so, 600, 600, the czar of Russia,
ruling 115, ooo, 900, the French republic
with 10000. 600, the United States Of
America with 1000, 600, and the empe-
ror of Germany with 55, 900. 900; SO that
the Indirect influence of Christianity is
powerfully affecting the destinies of
by far the largest proportion Of the
people of the world IS.
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08

ALWAYS GETS THERE - Jack Potter
ssWell, there's one thing in this world that
nearly always gets its dues" Ned Freshent
Whats that?" Jack Potter-s'The club y
-BroOklvn Life {Es4
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08

/" BrotDu's Bronchial Trochcs - have an ex-
traordinary effect in all disorders Of the
throat. Sold only in boxes. Is cts.
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08

THERE is no need to worry over an aching
tooth. just drop into some dentists and it
will come out all right. Press.
Warren sheaf., 1894-03-08

IT is an indisputable fact that every man
who wears his watch in his vest pocket is
behind time.-Philadelphi Record.