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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08
CROCK OF AGES"

"Rock of Ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee!''
Sang the lady, soft and low,
And the melancholy flow
OF her voice so sweet and clear,
Rose upon the evening air
With that sweet and solemn prayer:
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee!'
Yet she sang, as oft she had,
When her Jhoughtless heart was glad;
Sang because she felt alone
Sang because her soul had grown
Weary with the tedious day
Sang to while the hours away:
crock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee!"
Where the trembling starlight falls
On her mansions stately walls:
On the chill and echoing street
Where the lights and shadows meet
There the lady's voice was heard,
AS the breath of Night was stirred
With that music, floating free:
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me-"
Wandering. homeless, through the night,
Praying for the morning light
Pale and haggard, wan and weak,
With the death-hue on her cheek.
Went woman-one whose life,
Had boen wrecked in sin and strife;
One of whom, in one far land
Wrote the Master on the sand
And her soul, by Sorrow wrung,
Heard the lady as she sung:
Rock Of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.'
On the marble steps she knelt,
And her soul that instant felt
Mercy's healing touch as there,
Quivering, moved her lips in prayer.
And the God she had forgot
Smiled upon her lonely lot
Heard her as she murmured oft,
With an accent sweet and soft:
.Rock of Ages. cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee."
Little knew the lady fair,
As she sang so sweetly there,
That her voice had reached soul
Which had lived in sins control!
Little knew, when she was done,
That lost and erring one
Heard her as she breathed that strain
And returned to God again.
FRANK L. STANTON.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

A man who sometimes votes the
Democratic ticket for office only, and
not principle, and who would join the
opposition to defeat Certain Democrats
if nominated because they were not
favored with slice OF Federal pie by
them, is not the kind of a Democrat
the Democratic party wants and needs.
Buchanan Banner.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08
EyerVhOdv knows that muoh no.

Everybody knows that much, per-
haps most, of the so-called Mocha cof-
fee sold in the United States is no such
thing, but only a few persons know
how some of the counterfeit Mocha is
made. The berries growing on the
highest limbs of the coffee trees in Bra,
zil are often shriveled in the semblancf
of the true Mocha, and these are car e.
fully set aside, shipped to some port
famous for Mocha coffee, and SEM
thence to the western world as the true
thing.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

Pope Leo XIII stys: Property is
the foundation of human society. an
accumulation of which enables ma to
rise from the darkness of savage and
barbarous degradation Aside from
religion itself, there is nothing the
church guards with greater care or de-
tends with more constant ea' nastness.'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

If the Populists, Prohibitionists and
Republicans should combine in the
Congressional elections of Virginia,
there Will be something to inspire the
unterrified democracy to it's best eff
forts. They can all be beaten at one
swoop; for they naturally and inevita-
bly, then assume the aspect and actual
character of the old and well known
adversary in the State-the Republi.
can party.-No2tolk Landmark.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

FATAL EARTHoU AXE SgoCKs.-Bez-
grade, July 81. Earthouake shocks
have been felt IN Macedonia. OLD Sprvia
and Eastern bulgaria.
Many Houses at Varna, Bulgaria,
have been damaged and number of
people have been killed as IL result of
the shocks
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

Yes father" said the young grad
ute, freshly returned from college, II
am a trained athlete now and mean to
take part in a number of contests IN
the East. I'm strong enough to lift
almost anything" "Well, then" said
the old man, grimly, Il guess you kin
just stay at home and help me lift the
mortgage off the farm "-Chicago Rec
ord
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

Robert Louis Stevenson's estate in
Samoa includes 400 acres of land and is
at an elevation ranging from
600 to 500 feet. Among the products
of his plantation are bread fruit, pine
apples, bananas, cocoa, india rubber,
sugar cane, ginger, kava, taro, grena
dillas, oranges, citrons, cocoanuts, va
nilla, coffee and cinnamon
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08
Choosing a Husband.

"Of beauty just enough to bear inspections;
Of candor, sense and wit, good collections;
Enough of love for one who needs protection.
Excellent resolve ladies, and let the
husband see that the wife, who has
linked her life with his. possesses sound
sense and good judgment If she suf-
fers from nervous debility, or uterine
troubles, as alas so many do, let her
manifest her good sense by using DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which
has never been known to fail in such
cases. 1t is the only remedy so sure in
results that it can be sold on triol See
guarantee wrapped around each bot
tie.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

The defeat of woman suffrage in the
New York constitutional convention
was largely due to the influence exert
ed by prominent ladies of the Empire
State who came ont in active opposi-
ton to the movement and published
protests and arguments against it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

Nine. Carnot, widow of the murder
ed French president, is not only given
to deeds of philanthropy, but she is
model housewife. There is no work in
her home which she is not as compe-
tent as any of her own servants to do.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

The longest continued cataleptic
sleep known to science was reported
from Germany in 1892, the patient hav-
ing remained absolutely unconscious
for four and half months.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

There will be rejoicing if the reports
shall be found correct that the Wellman
exploring party has not been lost. The
leader of the expedition--its organizer
and managers a capable and very
successful newspaper man. He went
about the work quietly, asked for no
subscriptions or gifts, and seemed to
have conceived plan that promised
at least prompt results in the way of
discovery, even if not the realization
of the dream of a thousand explorers
of the past. With hin were several
young gentlemen of scientific attain
ments, and hardly a mile of their far
northern journey will fail to bring in
struction and entertainment to all
reading men and women, if the party
shall return to tell its story IndeT-
appeal
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard. Soft or Calloused Lumps and
Blemishes f-c;n horses, Blood Spavins,
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring-Bone,
STILES, Sprains, all Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle Warranted the most wonder
full Cure ever known. Sold by w. NJ.
Allen, Druggist, Staunton. Va.
Dec s, 50, ".
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

Il F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster of
Promise City, Iowa, says: Il bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheu-
natism and two doses of it did me
more good than all the medicine 1 ever
took Sold by w. M. Allen, Druggist,
Stanton.
Nov Is 6mOs
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

When boy is not respectful TO the
aged it is an Indication that he is trav
cling the wrong direction. There are
many boys who belong to this class, we
are sorry to soy, at the present day.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

The latest man was Daniel Lam
bert of England A few days before
his death, in his fortieth year, he was
weighed, and turned the balance at
739 pounds.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08
The Hectic Finish.

When his thin cheek assumed deadly hue
And all the rose to one small spot withdrew;
They called it hectic; twas fiery flush
More fixed and deeper than the maiden blush.
That terrible sign of consumption
comes like warning isignal. Let no
one disregard it. If they do, then day
by day consumption will gain a finer
hold, until its victim lies numbered
with the dead. / or all diseases and
weaknesses of the lungs, bronchitis,
asthma, coughs and kindred ailments
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
is a sovereign remedy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

STORE FOR FARM.-The Waynes-
horo Sentinel says, Mr.. R. W. Crowd
store and stock of goods near the car
works to Mr. R. J. Woodward, OF
Stuart's Draft, for farm
The populist congressional conven-
ton, which was held at Hutchinson,
Kan, Wednesday. renominated Jerry
Simpsoa by acc. III ltion.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

The tallest people in the world are
Patagonians, whose average height is
six feet; the shortest are the iapland-
ers, averaging but five.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

What change comes over your
soul Gods magic has hidden smile
under your tears, hope under des-
pair. In reposeful faith you say, Thy
will be DONE" and standing at the
grave of father or of child, you lift
your eyes to the blue sky and cry,
For a time, goodby; we shall meet
again yonder."
The sad side of life has a rainbow,
and hope makes sorrow easier to bear.
". y Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

1t don't matter so much about find
ing out that the worlds round, if you
only are sure the people are square.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

Jack-''How is it you keep in such
good spirits all the timer"
Harry-"I think how miserable
should be if I had IL toothache"
Jack-'What do you do when you
have a tootIache?'
Harry-'"Think low happy | should
be if | hadn't
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

Itch on human. mango on horses,
dogs and all stock, cured in 30 minutes
by Woolfords Sanitary Lotion. This
never fails. Sold by w. NJ. Allen, Drug
gists, Staunton, Va.
Dec 6, SO, 1y.
EARTHQUAKE Los Anaeles, CAL,
July 30 This city was shaken by an
earthquake last night at Oil o'clock.
1t was a sharp shock, but did not do
much damage. At Acton there were
three distinct shocks. hut no special
damage is reported A peculiar feature
of the shock at that place. however,
was that Immediately after the vibra-
tions ceased IL large meteor, similar to
the one which attracted attention Fri
day night here, was seem TO fall to the
north. 1t appeared like an immense
ball of fire rapidly moving from the
south to the north.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

Mistress-"Wha hat would You do. Bird
get, if you could play the piano as wei
as 1 cam"
Bridget-"Sure, I'd go on learnin
until l could play it dacently."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

No. 6. (Vestibuled Limited) has Pullman
sleeper from Basic to Washington, New York
without change, via Shenandoah Junction
and b. l. o. Railroad.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08

Additional local trains leave Staunton as
follows: Except Sunday-2:40 p. M, arrives
Clifton Forge 4:55 p. m.
*7:3l p. IN. arrives Goshen $50 p. IN.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-24
Curve Pifrhir

There arc some people still loft who refuse to believe that a l,a~cl,au can travel out of the straight line between the pitchers box and the home plate on its way to the catcher. It has bCCn proved again and again that a bail can be ''cUrved'' Ey now well known cx- pertinent Two stakes are set up so that the pitcher. standing behind one, c.sn- not hit mark on the left side of the other in straight line, the ball passing tO the right of the first.
 Indeed n short while ago n noted cssl- leGe pitcher was offered $I, GOO l.v an old gentleman of his acquaintance. # h.. could prove to his satisfaction Il ssT :l baseball could t.e pitched in c, rye The pitcher at once set uptvO >tak, in his back yar,s and curved the T around them in fine style. But the ! gentleman insisted that the whole. thi, 5. was an optical dclusiOn anI k no m. a, convinced than ever.
 Every boy knows how hard il l. Ia bat an out curve or a drup and aft,r hs, has struck out 6 few times wants nc one to prove to him there is such q thing as curve pitching. There is little u-e trying to explain the theory of Uni. per fOrmance here. ss many scientific papers have written on it. which, after all. would not help q man 10 toss tennis ball. The final twist given tho hall .. it leaves the hand makes n spinning mo iOn, so that there is moro rS=sistance bv the air on one ride or tho other. and the ball is forced uu. of q straight line lrv unequal pressure on one of its sides Godey's Magazine
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-24
AMERICAN CITIES.

Providence is known as Roger VII Hams City. Philadelphia is the City of Brothersy Love, the Quaker City and Centennial City.
 DcadwOod. s. D., was so called from the immense quantity of burned timber in tho vicinity.
 Minneapolis saws over s6O, 900, GOO feet of lumber every year and turns out 2, ,0OO,- = GOO barrels of flour.
 St. Louis Is n leading shoe manufactpr- ing point, having 30 factories making Sf,- GOO, Oo0 worth n year.
 New Orleans is the largest cotton mar ket in the world except Liverpool and re- ceives over 2, 900, GOO bales every year.
 Baltimore is called the Monumental City from the great number of statues and monuments in its public squares and streets.
 Durham, N. C., is one of the greatest tobacco manufacturing points in the south. One firm there makes 300, 0O0 GOO cigarCttcs every year
 Brooklyn has eight miles of water front, where over $500, CU0. GOO of goods are stored every year. IL is tho fourth Amer ican city in manufactures, producing over SlSG. GOO. GOO a year.
 The public building ot Philadelphia, when finished. will have the highest tower on any building in tho world It will be 537 feet high. Tho building co~crs four acres and will be finished next year at a cost of SIG, GOO, GOO.
 Louisville has the largest tobacco ware- house in the world. It can store 1000 hOgshcads. It has also the greatest handle factory, where handles for axes, hammers and all sorts of tools erc made of the best hickory and arc shipped by millions to all parts of e.lo world.-St- Louis Globe Dcm-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-24
Burning Novels at the Stake.

The Salvation Army held a "novel burning night" in Dunedin, New Zea- land, recently. In the center of the ring on Q bier were placed "yellow backs" of all kinds, ranging from "Bluecap, the Bushranger" to some of Besant's woi1s. Tho proceedings wero under the leadership of Captain Chapple and Lieutenant Mathers. The former declared that if persons gave their time, money and admiration to novels they were idolaters quite as much as the heather who worshiped his ugly ele- phant Works like Bunyan's ''Pilgrim's Progress" and Uncle Toms Cabin, '' written for a purpose, were excepted, but the average religious novel was de- nounced ill scathing terms and was de- clared to be to all intents and purposes 'yellow back" without the covers, with a dash of religion lacked on to gull professors of religion. After some singing and addresses some 800 books and periodicals were destroyed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-24
Tobacco Causes Loss of Memory.

Those annoying and unaccuuntable lapses of memory experienced when one is unable to recplleCt some we'll known worl or the name of some perfectly ia miliar friend are attributed by a French UhySiOlogist to the excessive use of to- sIcco. This gentleman has observed that aphaSia and amncSia arc ai rrs'~Cnt almost unknown among the Eentlcr sex. On the other hand. he has nearly inva- riably found these affiiCtiuns common in men who are habitually heavy smokers. while in cases where they arr only of rare occurrence he has frequently LnOvs the extraordinary lapse . have Iseu preceded by m extra desc of the fra grant weed IL is comforting. however. to la aSSurCd by the same authority that moderate use of pipv ar cigar l. in no way harmful to the lllIlnury.- Wz-sfssaSn-f.a- GHzrrfa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-24
THE vlGILANT.

Speaking of the queens cup, all that glistens Is not Gould 's-Boston Herald.
 George Gould didn't spend his time yacht racing in foreign waters when his father was alive.-Washington Times.
 There is lurking suspicion on this side of the ocean that the Prince of Wales is the owner of a pretty fair sort of yacht Pittsburg Dispatch.
 If 1t Is all the samo to ME Georoe Gould, tho American public would vel come his retirement from tho yachting business. Post.
 George Gould is not n success as a yachts man. He'd better stick to whatever his business was before ho went into tho yachting business abroad.-philadclph Press.
 If 1t had not becn for tho rivalry be- tween England and America in tho mat ter of yacht building, there never would have been such magnificent boats as the Vigilant and tho Britannia Standard Union.
 In view of recent events George Gould's assurances, mado some time ago, that he would not be restrained by any feeling of awc for royalty from defeating the Prince Of Wales yacht seem to have been moro or less unnecessary.-Boston Globe.
 Vigilant's victories in home waters were so decisive that her success abroad, with good handling, was believed to be merely a question of getting into tho races with Captain Hank Han aboard The difficult ty, by the way, may be that she has not yet been Haf handied--Savannah News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-24


 hon of the powers of Europe. Dr. Stoi- loff was born in PhiIippopolis and is about 43 years of age. He was educated at Robert college in Constantinople and at Heidelberg university.
 In 1879 he was member of tho con- stitutional convention at Tirnova, and was ono of the delegation chosen for the important mission of submitting to tho czar for his approval the choice of Prince Alexander of Battenbcrg to be prince of Bulgaria He was the prince's secretary when Alexander visited the courts of Germany, Austria and Con- stantinople and saw the enthusiastic re- ception accorded the prince when he en- tered Bulgaria
 In 1883 Dr. Stoiloff was sent to Rus sia as n diplomatic agent of the Bull garian government at St. Petersburg. When Q prominent Russian statesman asked him, "Whom and what do you represent-Bulgaria freed by us and the prince set upon his throne by the czar?" the words were such blow to Stoiloff' 8 national pride that he at once returned to Sofia During the war with Servia Stoiloff was an officer on the prince's staff and remained faithful to him, even in 1886, whom the prince left Bulgaria forever. The following year Stoilof vis- ited the courts of Europe, seeking on be- half of the sobranje acceptable candi- dates for the vacant throne. After long negotiation in Vienna he secured the acceptance of Prince Ferdinand of Co., burg
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-24
ROBERT E. LEES CHARGER.
of the Famous Animal Written
 by the General.

Description of the Famous Animal Written
 by the General.
 Few people in this broad land do not know that the late General Robert F. Lees warhorse Traveller gained almost as much fame as did the celebrated Con- federate commander himself After the war an artist wrote to General Lee ask ing for q description of Traveller, which General Lee wrote for him. This is what the general wrote about his favor fte horse: ''f was an artist like you, l would draw true picture of Traveller, representing his fine proportions. mus cular figure, deep chest. short back. strong launches, fiat legs, small head, broad forehead, delicate cars, quick eyes, small feet and black mane and tail. Such a picture would inspire a poet, whose genius could then depict his worth and describe his endurance of toll, hunger. thirst, heat and cold, the dan gers and sufferings through which he has passed He could dilatc upon his sagacity and affection and his invari- able response to any wish of his rider. He might even imagine his thoughts through the long night marches and days of battle through which he has passed. But I am no artist and can therefore only say he was Confederate gray.
 'I purchased him in the autumn of 1861 in the mountains of Virginia, and he has been my patient follower ever since-to Georgia, the CarOlinas and back to Virginia He carried me through the seven days battle, around Rich mond, the second Manassas, at Sharps- burg, Fredricksburg. the last day at ChancellOrsvillc. to Pennsylvania, at Gettysburg and back to the Rappahan- mock From the commencement of the campaign, in 1864, at Orange, till its close around Pittsburg, the saddle was scarcely of his back as he passed through the fire of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbo~ and across the James river He was almost in daily requisition in the winter of lS6i-5 on the long line of defenses from the Chickahominy. north of Richmond, to Hatcher's run. south of the Appomattux. In the campaign of 1865 he bore me from Petersburg to the final day at Appomattox Courthouse. Sou know the comfort he is to me in my present retirement He is well sup piled with equipments Two sets have been sent to him from England, and one from the Indies of Baltimore, and one from the city of Richmond, but think his favurite is the American saddle from St. Louis.
 ''Of all his companions in tOil, Rich mond, Brown, ROan, Ajax and Quiet Lucy Long, he is the only one that re tained his vigor to the last. The first two expired under their onerous bur dens, and the last two failed You can, l am sure, from what have said, paint his portrait. ''
 This ends the description, signed with the name of tho famous General Robert E. Lee, Lexington, Va. the summer be- fore he died.-St Louis Republic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-24
HORSE TALK.

Philadelphia has q noted collector of hOrs"ShGcs.
 0,nnibuses with pneumatic tires are be ing tested in Glasgow.
 The training, of n tlIoroughbrc,l racer is not q matter If UnvaTying portions of hay or corn or water
 Miss FuiiEr, daughter of F. r. Fuller, owner of Mctirclur Wilkes, pilots that horse on the track daily
 Two hundred scrub horses were killed by owners in California city lately on account of the scarcity of feed
 From the earliest days, when horses wcrc imported, women in New England rode on billions behind the men.
 British coach and carriage builders i'm port from America their choicest spokcs, hubs and ribs for wheel manufacture.
 President Castlcman of the National Saddle Horse Breeders association will not show his horses in tho saddle this year.
 Zebras. which were plentiful 50 years ago, are now very scarce. 4 specimen would now realize q large sum, perhaps as much as &, 800.
 The donkeys of Spain and Calabria which are exported to kentucky will bring S1, 900, while the Irish or Italian donkey can be bought for trifle
 One of the most difficult jobs Q taxider- mist has is a horse. Horses are so smooth skinned that every muscle shows, and there is no long hair to hide the seams
 George w. Sabre of Providence has a lit tie black shetland mare. Lynn, which has presented him with Q colt that shortly after its birth weighed 24 pounds
 Lord Rosebery, in reply to tho Antignn- bling league protest against horse racing. says, II possess few race horses and 1 am glad when one of these happens to be a good one.''
 TUelve Million Artificial Breezes
 Canton exports 12, 900, 900 fans every year.