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The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

A HUGE eagle swooped down recently upon the yard of Thomas Richardson. colored man living in the suburbs of Huntington, Pa, and tried to carry away the latter's infant child. It fixed it's talons in the child's clothing and was rising slowly, when the garments tore and the little one fell to the ground, a distance of 10 feet, escaping injury. The bird returned and seized a dog and flew away with it.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01
A Small Tornado In Oklahoma

PERRY, Ok, Oct. 29.-A tornado struck Tonkawa, a small town north of here. The Reed store building was leveled and the dry goods scattered around generally. Other places were badly damaged. Dan Lawhead's store north west of Tonkawa was blown down and his goods scattered for miles, Several dwellings were torn to pieces, but no lives were lost.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

IN a recent report to the department of state United States Consul Cor mann, at Matamoras, Mex, says an is springing up. Large exportations of dressed hides, mules, horses, etc. have been adtled to the usual exports heretofore made and the prospects for n large spring business is most cheer ing. Until recently all live stock ceased to be exported, the tariff or horses and mules being $50 each, iron two to three times the selling value O the animals in Mexico. This amounted to total prohibition and not a liv animal of any kind was exported.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01
Their Only Chance,

Don't you think" asked the enthu- siastic young minister, that the time is near at hand when wars will be no more?'
 Goodness, no!' exclaimed old Mrs. Jason. Wars about the only chance the men folks has to show that they air really any use. '-Indianapolis Journal.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

THE success which has attended the employment of the serum of the blood of animals inoculated with the poison of diphtheria bacillus in the cure of that dread disease has been so great that it is being generally adopted in France and Germany. Public subscrip- tions have been opened, so as to place the saving fluid, which is necessarily expensive, within the reach of the poor nS well as the rich.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

WHEN Cornelius Vanderbilt opens his new house at Fifty-eighth street and Fifth avenue, New York, with q ball soon to be given to introduce his daughter to society, Anton Seidl will sit down to a S15,OOO piano, which has been put in place in one of the magnifi- cent parlors. This piano is said to be the finest instrument ever made. An eminent artist was engaged to decorate it. The paintings are on the panels along the sides and on the cover
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

JOHN NOBLE ant Arthur Barnes were to leave Toledo, O., on the 24th to wheel around the world, going from that city to San Francisco, thence to South America, Australia, Asia and Europe, embarking for America at Cork, Ireland. They were to take nothing with them except their wheels and the clothes they wear, and they expected to complete the trip by May 1 next
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

THE new post office museum which was formally opened at Washington on the 22d will be an object of interest to all who visit the national capital. The postal curiosities in the government display at the worlds fair were alone equal in importance to many more pre- tentious exhibits, but the Washington collection is said to contain, in addi. tion to these, many valuable objects which were not seen at Chicago at all
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

IN Australian territory numbers of people were reported on the rush for the gold fields of Coolgardie, in west ern Australia. Some of the finds made there were said to be phenomenal, and in one instance four cuts of rock yield ed 555 ounces of gold.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

THE busts of four more vice presi' dents will soon be placed in the niches around the senate gallery at Washing. ton. These include those of Vice Pres. idents Stevenson, Aaron Burr, George M. Dallas and Elbridge Gerry. The Stevenson bust has been highly praised by those who have inspected it. Wher these busts shall have been placed the list will be complete except in the eases of Daniel Thompkins, Martin Van Buren, John c. Calhoun, Richard M, Johnson, John Tyler, Willard Fill more, w. R. King, John c. Breckin' ridge, Andrew Johnson and Schuyler ColfaX,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01
Entombed Miners An sound.

MoNTAN, Mich, Oct. 29.-The work of rescuing the eleven imprisoned min. CTS at the Pewabic was accomplished between 6 and o'clock this morning and they were hoisted to the surface as sound as dollar and without a mark. There is great rejoicing in the community.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

SCoTT SEwARDs, living 6 miles south east of Lacon, H., raised thirty acres of corn, which averaged los bushels to the acre. One ear weighed 2A pounds and had 1, ,l56 grains of corn on it.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

A GERMAN professor urges the en- couragement of the habit of making stamp collections on the ground that it develops the color sense, teaches children to observe minute differences, and makes them familiar with the names of various countries, thus stimu- lating their interest in geography.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

VALLEY FORCE, the famous winter headquarters of Washington during the revolution, will probably soon be- come state park. Only S3,OOO stand between the state of Pennsylvania and the owners of the land, and there is a spirit of compromise manifest on both sides
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

TIE wife of Harrison Smith, work ingman of Augusta, Ga, who had borne her husband eleven children, recently presented him with twins. The hus. band, said to be little superstitious about the number thirteen, immedi' ately killed himself.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

MEMBERS of the Salvation army greeted their commander-in-chief, Gen. Booth, at New York recently and he was presented with a handsomely framed testimonial. Many fashiona- ble people interested in the auxiliary league of the army were present.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

AFTER suffering for three weeks with hiccoughs, which no medical skill could stop or alleviate, Dr. Lucien Hubbard died at Dayton, O. He was "A years old and wealthy retired physician.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

AFTER January 1, there will be no three days of grace in New York after the expiration of note. The legisla- ture has abolished them.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01
CURRENT COMMENT.

A COTTON picking machine has been invented and tested which will prob- ably revolutionize cotton farming
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07
october Ally

NIAGARA HARNEssED AT LAsT.-The
first practical test of the great hydrau-
lie tunnel which has been under con-
struction in Niagara for the past three
years was made Thursday morning.
When the gates were raised at the en-
trance to the feeder leading from the
big hydraulic canal to the wheel pit of
the Niagara Falls Paper Company's
mills, the waters of the upper river
rushed through their new found chan
mel to the wheel house, where they
poured down the penstock of the pit,
huge iron structure, thirteen feet in
diameter, for distance of 155 feet, then
striking, in an upward direction, three
of the largest turbine wheels ever built,
and thence passing into the big tunnel
and flowing out under the city to the
river below the falls, nearly two miles
distant from the point of the fall.
This test slows what many thousands
have been waiting to sea practical
demonstration of the great scheme for
Harvesting the terrific power of the
Niagara, scheme which has already
cost nearly $4,000,000. The paper mill,
which is the first to get the benefit of
the power, is the largest of its kind in
the world. Its contract calls for $500
horse power, one half of which is being
used now, and the cost including the
lease of the land occupied by the mill
is SIS per horsepower per year, fol-
twenty-four hours day, the cheapest,
it is said, ever obtained.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07
Self-COlIected Brides.

1t is surprising fact that the bride
is almost always the one to bear the
trials and embarrassments of the we'd
ding ceremony with the most fortitude
and sangfroid, despite the fact that
she invariably is the focus for every
eye. A shy, odestlooking little
creature, robed in white, will stand
perfectly erect, looking the minister
calmly and squarely in the eye, with
out for an instant losing her self poise,
while the big, blunt. six footer of a
bridegroom by her side is pale and
nervous and trembling.
The bride very seldom makes any
mistake, either during the ceremony
or at the still more trying reception
afterwards; while the man is almost
sure to put both feet in it and then
founder about in despair until his bet
ter half comes to his rescue and gives
him the first chance to appreciate the
advantages of having some one to take
care of him.
During the ceremony the chances
for the groom to make mistakes are
not many The most common one is
for him to get names mixed up. At a
recent wedding at the most fashionable
church below Twenty third street the
groom calmly announced: Il, Annie.
take thee, Harold, to be my lawful
welded wife" The bridal party. who
were the only ones who heard it, were
convulsed, and even the stalwart young
minister could not repress a twinkle in
his eyes.
Another much ratified young man,
when asked if he took the young wo-
man to be his welded wife, stared
nonplused at the minister for fully ten
seconds, then asked, blankly: Beg
pardon, were you speaking to me p
Still another, when handed the ring,
instead of passing it along, began ner-
vously trying to put it on his own fin
ger, and was only aroused by sharp
little pinch.
But most of the small contretemps
incident to a wedding can be success
fully hidden from the knowledge of
the guests, and it is not until the
bridegroom is let loose at the wedding
reception that the bride really begins
to get fidgety for fear he will do some
thing dreadful" a fear which is often
realized. -ChicagO Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07

PLENTY OF MONEY.-Several facts
go to prove that the business depres-
sion which set in about the middle OF
last year, whatever be its cause. is not
due to the want of money in this coun-
try. The volume of our currency to
day is greater by many millions of dol
lars than it was twelve months ago.
The New York bank statement shows
that the New York banks have on
hand as surplus the unprecedented
sum of $102, 100000.
The prompt aDd eager response to
Mr.. Carlisle's call for bids for his new
loan show that there is plenty of idle
money in the country seeking a safe
investment at a very low rate of inter
est.
Yes, there is money enough in the
country. The stagnation in business is
due rather to want of confidence than
to any lack of circulating medium.
These facts encourage the hope that
the business depression is only temper
airy, and that activity will return in al
branches of trade as soon as Congress:
takes definite action on financial ques
lions and the element of uncertainty il
removed from the Lynch
burg AdUdnce.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07

There seems to be a very great dis.
proportion between the preliminary
matter of a prize fight and the actual
thing itself. Some arrangement will
have to be made by which the enter
tainment can be kept up a little long
er; otherwise, the great sporting world
will lose interest. This thing of being
worked up to fever heat for about two
weeks over a contest, and then of hav-
ing but a nine minutes engagement, is
getting to be ridiculous. The people
will never be satisfied unless there is
some genuine, oldfashioned smuggling
some broken necks, black eyes, torn
ears, dislocated shoulders, sprained
backs, or something of that kind. A
good game of modern football is better
at this rate, than a prize fight. Some
thing must be done to please the peo-
| ple.-NogJolk Landmark.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07
Thrashed a Man Twice His Size

The other day a small, harmless-look-
ing man entered New York street car,
and accidentally trod on the toes of a
big six-footer. He apologized, but the
six footer wasn't satisfied. He talked
for some time, and finally invited the
little man to leave the car and settle
the matter on the sidewalk. Greatly
to his astonishment,t the latter accepted.
Those who witnessed the contest say
that it didn't last long, but that the
big fellow had to be carried home in an
ambulance, while his diminutive an
tagonist walked away with cheerful
smile And so it is with DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They're not half as
big as most of their rivals, but they do
their work quietly and thoroughly
For sick headache, biliousness, con
stipation, dyspepsia, ETC., there is
nothing like them. They are the only
Liver Pills absolutely sold on trial
Your money back, if they don't give
satisfaction.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07

A practical and successful farmer of
Page, who was recently in the Shen-
aDdoah Valley, says that he saw and
learned much about the changed meth
DDS in the operation of many of the
largest farms in that great and fertile
region. He says that many of them
had practically quit raising wheat, and
had their farms set in grass and devot-
ed their efforts to raising cattle, in
which they found, even at the very
low prices they have been bringing, a
much better and surer profit than they
have been getting on wheat ana corn.
They buy cattle in West Virginia
about three years old, feed them about
four months, and then sell. BY this
method they are able to sell two lots
each year and have no stock on their
farms during the hot summer months
when cattle are so destructive OF grass.
They buy corn in western markets,
finding it cheaper than to raise it. So
well satisfied with the plan is the gem
tleman who gives the Courier this in
formation that he intends adopting it
on a limited scale himself, and he al
vises his brother farmers to consider
the matter for themselves = Page
Courier.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07

Mr.. Carlisle has explained to the
house judiciary committee that the
gold reserve is not, in his opinion, con
stituted by law special fund, and that
he will draw upon it to meet the cur
rent expenses of the treasury. The re
serve has now reached the lowest in its
history. That another bond issue will
be necessary is hardly to be doubted.
as the secretary anticipates deficit of
$80,000,000 next June. We have fallen
upon hard times, to be sure, and the
path of tariff reform seems to be block
ed with obstacles at every turn
L1deG-Appcal.
1t is true that tariff reform is blocked
with difficulties, and it was with that
view that the Republican party spent
the money that Cleveland had left in
the treasury at the end of his first ad
ministration. They spent the money
that they might create the necessity
for high tariff, for the benefit of those
who furnish the campaign funds for
the Republican party.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07

TWELVE THOUSAND KILLED BY
EARTHQUAKE.-Tw thousand per.
sons have been killed by the complete
humiliation by earthquake of the
town of Kuchun, Persia, according to
advices just received from China. The
bodies of 10000 victims of the awful
disaster have already been recovered.
Fifty thousand cattle were destroyed
at the same time. The once important
and beautiful city of 10000 people is
now only a scene of death, desolation
and terror. The above report confirms
the earlier intimation of the destruc-
ton of Kuchun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07
For the SPECTATOR
THE BLUE-BACKED SPELLER.

Who, indeed, can well forget IL
With it's old, familiar look,
With its SIZE and form, and color,
Fen the blue-backed spelling-book?
1t immortalized Webster,
Christened with old Noah's name,
For, from his great depth of learning,
AS master piece, it came.
Backward go but forty Summers,
Forty Winters, if you please;
Every child, then, had the Speller;
Every school its-Spelling Bees.
Open wide the book in fancy!
See the words in columns rise
All. we are again in childhood
With some dew-drops in our eyes.
We can see the old-time teacher
As he points the gOoSe'S quill,
And hard by him is the ferule,
Dreaded agent of his will.
We can hear him say, "Spell baker,"
puzzle to the childish BRAIN,
Followed soon by shady" lady"
And the answers are so plain.
Now we see the old log school-house,
And the woodlands beaten path.
And the backleSS puncheon-bencheS,
And the teachers smile and wrath.
Still the grapevine swing is hanging,
And the Spring still runs away;
Towns BALI too, and "Ant'ny over,'
Seem but games of yesterday.
Once again with push and racket
Come the boys and girls to spell,
And we toe the line, or circle,
And the master tries us well.
Is a relic of the past,
But it's mem'ries, ever mellow,
Will, with us, forever last.
Read again it's maXims over;
Pass the woodcuts in review,
Genius. truly, had the artist,
Who those olden pictures drew.
In one picture is a mastiff,
Nobly fashioned for watch;
In another, trees and squirrels
With one sitting in crotch.
In another cut, a maiden
With milk-pail on her head
Trips along too vainly muSing
On the silk in which to wed.
Then that quaint and comic picture
OF the farmer and the boy,
Where the lad among the apples
Does the good man SO annoy.
Other spoilers now displace it
In these days of graded schools,
And professors now supplant him.
The old teacher with his rules.
But we never can forget it
With it's DID, familiar look,
With it's size, and form, and color,
Fen the blue-backed spelling-book.
r. NJ. FUTILE.
Longview, Texas.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07

Mrs. de Pink am amazed, sir, that
you should propose to my daughter
Why, she is just out of boarding school.
and you have not known her week
Young Man "a smart fello Virtue.
madam, but | have known you for
some time, and everybody says your
daughter takes after you.-New York
Weekly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07
An Imperative Duty,

What greater duty is possible than the
care of our health? Until recently it
has been impossible for persons living
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land, may consult the great medical
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07
A Good Reason for Living.
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Many think it is sin to be sick
being SO, one cannot bestow their af-
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WORKOUT teachers, 'shop-girls, dress
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07
CONNECTIONS:

Train No. 40S connects at Harper's Ferry
with Fast Limited Express trains, leaving at
i:la p. M, arriving at Columbus at 2.S5 a. M,
and Pittsburgh at 9:15 p. M, and Chicago at
u 500 a. M next morning; with train leaving
at Sol p M, arriving at Cincinnati at 7:45 a.
n, st. Louis at 6:25 p. NJ, and connects at
Weverton with train arriving at Hagerstown
1t 200 p M, and at Washington Junction with
train arriving at Frederick at 1:55 p. m.
Train All connects with fast vestibuled trains
at Harper'S Ferry at 10C6 p m. for Chicago;
l02l p. m. for PittSOurg, and 1874 q. m. for Gin
cinnati and st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at
i:26 a. m; Chicago at 1886 p. M, Cincinnati at
ll5 p. M, and st. Louis at 7:15 a. IN.
Trains Alb, and 40S have Pullman Buffet Par
Tor cars between Staunton and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars run through
to Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago and Pitts
burgh on all express trains.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks, apply to
any office of the b. s. D. X. R., or to c. E.
Dudrow, Travelling Passenger Agent, Win
chester, Va, or Q. L. Hammond, city ticket
agent, Staunton, Va.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07

Watts-I had supposed that exces-
slvely high heels we're out of fashion,
but saw woman ON the street today
with heels on her shoes fully two inches
high.
Potts-That's nothing l saw a wo-
man on the stage last night the heels
OF whose shoes were higher than her
d.-lndianapols Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07

According to the records of the war
department recently published there
were 121 600 deserters from the federal
army. They are popularity supposed
to b. drawing pensions now for extreme
exertion in making to the rear.-Inder-
appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-02-07

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