Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-03-21

A Timely Talk.

The depression of the past two years
makes it plain that this is the mos
prosperous country on the globe. Nc
other country would be able to stand
such shrinkage of values and move
along SO serenely in the midst of thu
general uncertainty regarding oul
financial and economic interests.
The fact is. in panicky times tn,
scare is always greatly exaggerated
The pessimists have the floor and fill
the air with their Gala nifty talk, whil
/ the majority of the people curtail ex
penses and buckle down to work. =
Despite the failures and suspensions O
the past year the main volume of bust
ness has gone right along with bat lit
tie disturbance. Nor has there been &
great falling off in the number of new
enterprises Especially is this true o.
the south. which has stood the financia
strain better than any other section.
We would not underestimate the dam
aging results of laundering legislation
and the delay of our law makers in
remedying the financial and economic
evils of the situation, but the fact eau
not be denied that the outlook is real
ly brighter than the pessimists are will
ing to admit We are neither bank
rupt nor ruined, and as The Age of
Steel happily puts it, there is corn in
Egypt in spite of the famine The
earth continues to yield bountiful har-
vests and an increasing population de-
mands more food and clothing and
more houses to live in. We have not
cut all our timber nor dug all our coal.
We have not built our last railroad nor
our last ship. 1t is true that business
has been depressed. but depression is
only temporary, and our people recover
from it quicker than any other nation
in the world. Every market is open to
us and our products are in demand
everywhere. We stand on the threshold
of our greatest opportunities, and
when our statesmen redeem the finan
cial and tariff pledges of the democratic
platform the United States will enjoy
the greatest industrial aud commercial
revival of the present century.
The signs of the times Indicate a
shifting of population and capital from
the north and west to this region. For
long time to come the most active
material development in this country
will be in the south. The north and
west have been over developed and
during the next generation the most
enterprising Inhabitants of those sec
tions will be moving southwark IN Or
der to establish their great industries
within sight of our fields, forests and
mines The increased transportation
facilities of this section have made it
more accessible and central than any
other portion of the country, so far as
our home and foreign markets are con-
cerned, and it is simply a matter of
business and economy for producers
and traders to utilize our favorable
conditions. The outlook grows bright
er every day.-Atlanta Constitution.
Itch ON human, mango on hOrves,
dogs and all stock, cured in 80 minutes
by Woolfords Sanitary Lotion. This
never fails. Sold by W. M. Allen, Drug
gists, Staunton, Va.
Dec 6, SO, 1y.
REMEMBER THIS AND BE GOVERN
ED ACCORDINGLY was q law
passed and approved February 18th,
1894, in this State, which says in its
first and most important provision:
''Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia, That any person who
Overrides, overdrives, OverlOads, tor
lures, ill treats or cruelty or unneces
sarily beats, mains, mutilates or kills
any animal, whether belonging to him
self or another, or deprives any ANNA
of necessary sustenance, food or drink
or causes any of the above things. or
| being the owner of such animal. per
mits such acts to be done by another
or who willfully sets on foot, instigates
engages in or in any way furthors any
act of cruelty to any animal; or who
| having in custody any manned, diseas
ed, disabled or infirm animal, leaves i
e. lie or be in a street, road or publ,
y ace, or who shall carry or cause to b.
carried in or upon any vehicle or YES
sci, or otherwise. any animal in a cruel
brutal or inhuman manner, or so as t.
produce torture or unnecessary suffer
ing, shall be deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and. upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not more than one hun
dred dollars, or confined in Jail for
period not exceeding twelve months
or both"
This is worth reading several time
and of being thoroughly digested b.
those who handle horses or other dc
nestle animals. for it will be enforced
The Society for the Prevention @
Cruelty to Animals is now armed il
| N1rSluld WIFI SuluCloub power W pIO
tect the dumb animals from cruel an
barbarous treatment Lana
mark
A rebuke to Mississippi from a north
ern republican newspaper because G
the failure of that State to provid
home for infirm and helpless Confed
crate soldiers is something of a move
ty. And yet the reproof is in thor
oughly good taste. and is all the NOR
singing and effective because it is just
The Albany Journal is the paper whic
makes the comment. 1t says that tn
Confederate soldiers from Mississippi
"were as patriotic and loyal, from thei
point of view, as the boys in blue VIII
went down from the north to subdu
the rebellion; and it is shabby treat
ment of those who volunteered thei
lives in her service for Mississippi t
neglect her loyal sons in their age an
infirmity" The Journals rebuk
might well have been put in the mout
of an confederate soldier.-Indea