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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
Views of Ambition.

There is more than one way of look
ing upon ambition, as upon other
things. According to one view it is n
wholesome stimulus to Jealous work;
according to the other it is baneful
cause of dissatisfaction and unrest. 1t
may in fact be either. Ambition is al
ways seconded by other qualities and
modified by them. Contradictory as
it may seem to be, man may be con
tented yet ambitious, and such a man
does his work faithfully in the position
in which he finds himself while prepar
ing to advance to higher place. Where,
however, ambition is linked to a vicious
nature and possesses the soul of dis
satisfied man of mean abilities it is
capable of working much mischief. He
is discontinued, neglects the work of
to- day while scheming to advance him
self to higher place, becomes envious
of others and frequently engages in un-
worthy schemes to advance himself to
places he is untitled to fill. In his
case at least ambition is Daneful. Even
Wesley, whose famous speech denounc
ing ambition is familiar to every one,
had but a moment before making it in
structed Crom well to seek the service
of the king and obtain advancement
l.
ed almostin breath, though apparent
ly contradictory, are entirely natural
and exhibit merely two views of ambi-
ton. He expected Cromwell to advance
by his own merits, his zeal and general
worthiness, and advised him not to
neglect the king, whose good offices
would be of advantage to him. A mo-
ment later, thinking of his own fall and
of all the scheming and plotting by
which he had reached almost the sum-
NIT of his ambition, he turns and says
Cromwell, 1 charge thee fling away am
bition;
By that sin fell the angels. How can nan,
then,
rhe image of his Maker, hope to win by it ~
But see what follows: Wesley is now
to show Cromwell way out of his
wreck to rise ina sure and safe one,
though thy master missed it," and this
is the way:
Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that
hate thee;
Corruption wins not more than honesty,
Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace
TO silence envious tongues. Be just and fear
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's
Thy Gods and truths; then if thou fail'st, o
Cromwell,
Thou fail'St blessed martyr"
He holds out to Cromwell the hope
of advancement through merit, but
warns him against unworthy ambition
or ambition unworthily pursued, and
nothing more wise than this has been
written on the subject. Men and wo-
men ought to be ambitious, hopeful of
| rising, of bettering their condition, but
they should not allow ambition to con
troll them or to interfere with the zeal
obs performances of present dutipS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
PETER of Kansas and TIllman offs. c.

The Louisville Courier journal gives
the following pen pictures of these
unique characters, which it presents in
striking contrast, as follows
"Those journals which are never tired
of contrasting Northern and Southern
craftsmanship will now have an oppor
tunity of planting PETER and Tillman
side by side and viewing their Sena
torial actions with critics eye. There
is one trouble about sizing up these
cranks. Tillman is the swapping turtle
that takes up one idea at time and
never lets go till it thunders; PETER is
the visionary dog that never misses an
opportunity of dropping the bone to
snap at the shadow Tillman's mind
il built on the plan of the narrow gauge
railway. with only one engine for roll
ing stock, and on which atrain travels
in one direction till the end OF the jour
ney is reached: Peffrr's is a switching
yard in which the cars are hurri edly
moving hither and thither, the whistles
shrieking the flags flying and the Ian
terms waving with collisions constantly
occurring and the engines never getting
out of a limited range, hut travelling
like all possessed inside their limits
nlf. ell CT uctu II ItilieT vi SClt'llcS
for harnoniZing the universe than a
yellow dog is Of fieas, while Captain
Tillman is a cross grained bull pup
eternally Laying for a fight and will
ing to be chewed up. The captain can
play to perfection the part of the little
ball that tried to butt a railroad train
off the bridge; the Hon. PETER is like
the pioneer marksman who stripped a
tree of squirrels by simply fetching his
rifle a swipe around the compass as he
pulled the trigger. Tillman has enough
constancy for good cause, and PETER
is so prodigiously fecund of opinions
that he can stick to one theory only so
long as he must spend time in catching
his breath to utter another. Should
the Senator from South Carolina and
the Senator from Kansas meet on the
field of battle, it would require no
prophet to define the result, but the
trouble is they may not fight each 9TH
err"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
BITTER-S SWEET.
once, that had lived in quiet,

A couple once, that had lived in quiet,
Quarreled and split about their diet.
He said: "'Tis lamb" "'Tis muttonr' She
cried,
"And good mutton, too, and naught beside
And finally, as things grew worse,
They appealed to law and got a divorce.
When seven long years had passed away
They CHANGED, in good humor, to meet one day.
And then they agreed the Ratchet to bury,
Again to love and again to marry.
They were married then that very night,
With hopes of happiness full and bright.
"That was mutton. you know, my dearest
dear.'' Juliet-Romeo.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

Republicans who talk as though they
regard the Democratic party as dead
organization may before many years
roll by awake to realization of the
fact that they have very lively corpse
to deal with.
Democratic principles cannot die,
and the recent rebuke of certain so
called Democratic leaders (which we
think is an unwise way to administer
rebuke by stayat home Democrats) is
no evidence of the popularity of Re-
publicanism. There is no well posted
Republican who is silly enough to sup
pose that Republican victory would
have been possible at the recent cleo
ton had the Democrats turned out in
full force
In the next contest will there be
many stay at-home Democrats If
not, Republican success is not at all
probable fredericksburg Star.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
SOUTHWARK.
CONNECTIONS:

Train No. 40S connects at Harper's Ferry
with Fast Limited Express trains, leaving at
Lilo p M, arriving at Columbus at 255 a. M,
and Pittsburgh at $40 p M, and Chicago at
ll:2O q. IN. next morning; with train leaving
at 5:04 p. M, arriving at Cincinnati at 7:45 a.
M. 81. Louis at 6:0O p. m, and connects at
Weverton with train arriving at Hagerstown
at zoo p. M, and at Washington Junction with
train arriving ct Frederick at l:50 p. m.
Train Al connects with fast vestibuled trains
at Harper's Ferry at 9:3S p. m. for Chicago;
lo:11 p: m. for Pittsburg and las a. m. for Gin
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$40 a. m; Chicago at 500 p. M, Cincinnati a
6:l0 p. M, and st. Louis at 7:12 a. in.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars run through
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For rates, tickets, baggage checks, apply to
any Office of the B. & o. II. R., or to G. E.
Dudrow, Travelling Passenger Agent, Win
chester Va, or c. T. Hammond, city ticket
agent, Staunton, Va.
CHAS. o. SCULL, r. B. CAMPBELL,
Gen. Pass. Agt. Ger Man.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
UnderselIlng Foreign Steel Makers.

That our protective tariff on iron
and steel is not needed is shown by the
declaration of The Bethlehem Iron
Company, Of Pennsylvania, that they
have been awarded the contract for
supplying armor for Russia's new bat
tle-ships. the amount to be supplied be.
ing over IL, 900 tons and worth "a, 000,-
900. The contract was awarded, it is
stated, in spite of the fact that the
Bethlehem Company had fourteen
competitors. comprising the manufac-
turers of armor in England, France,
Italy and Germany. The 'pauper
labor of these countries failed this
time it appears, to enable them to I'M
derbid the American producers. The
cheapness OF American armor when
competing abroad cannot fail to inter
est our Navy Department when it
makes its next contracts = Baltimore
Ne1os
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
K 0 Nj q N CE
TO gNvEMTO OR S.

If you have made an invention you want a
patent. And you Wanta good one. There are
various kinds OF patents. some of them are
not worth Keeping around the house. They
don't protect. 1t is as unsafe to trust to them
as to a lightning rod without ground con-
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1y to set v hen he dra';s up his own Speciflca-
lions or trusts the work to an irresponsible
attorney Ii is uOt the kind dealt i'll by the
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
The FLY in Amber

In one of the European Museums
may be seen piece of amber, in which
is deeply embedded a perfect fly. Now,
neither the amber nor the fly are
curiosities, but the curiosity consists
in how the fly got into the amber. An
equally wonderful curiosity may oc-
casionally be seen in country drug
stores, in the shape Of huge drastic
cathartic pills put up in cheap wood or
pasteboard boxes. The curiosity with
with these ''jokers, consists in know
ing who asks for them, when it is gen
orally known that DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets, sugar-coated, and put up in
glass bottles, always fresh and reliable,
but little larger than mustard seeds,
are an efficient catbartic, regulate the
liver, and cure sick headache, consti-
patton and dyspepsia.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS the
matter of the congressional contests,
the defeated candidates who intend to
contest will have to give those who
have the certificates of election notice
on or before December 90. The notice
must contain every ground on which a
contestant expects TO rely. Those hav-
ing the certificates of election will have
to give counter notice by the 25th of
January, and then the taking of test
mony must commence and be finished
in 80 days-the contestant has the first
40 days, the coutestee the next 40 days,
and then the contestant has 10 days to
finish. The testimony must be all tax
en- by April 30. 1t may be taken at sew
eral places at the same time.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
yield net 10 Misfortune.

l was afflicted with catarrh last
autumn. During the month of Octo
Der | could neither taste or smell and
could lear but little. Ely's Cream
Balm cured it.-Marcus Geo. Shautz,
Railway, n. J.
| suffered from catarrh Of the worst
kind ever since boy, aud | never
hoped for cure, but Ely's Cream Balm
seems to do even that. Many &C
quaintances have used it with excel
lent results-Oscar Ostrum. As Warren
Ave, Chicago, III. Cream Balm is
agreeable.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

1t is we'll known fact that great
men generally write extremely illegible
hands. 1t is said that John Randolph,
of Roanoke, once wrote a letter to a
party, who being unable to decipher
it, kept it until he saw Mr. Randolph
and asked him to read it for him. Mr..
Randolph looked it over and said he
could not make it out. Then how did
you expect me to read it ?" said the
other. why, you fool" was Mr. Ran
dolph's reply, II didn't write it to read
myself; | wrote it for you"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

Life is hard, even at the best, for
those who try to do their duty Then
why should we not seek to make it
easier by learning to do, in the very
best manner, those things which we
have to do every day? There have
been many cooks who have made bis
cults daily for forty years. without
suspecting that the sodden result of
their labors was due to the chemical
effect of dissolving the alkal imme-
diately in the acid-putting the soda
in the buttermik, instead of sitting it
in the -four. Dyspepsia has been pro
pagated, happy homes broken up, and
insane asylums filled, inst because
some woman thought her way" good
enough.-NOrfOlk landmark.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

Itch on human, mango on horses,
dogs and all stock, cured in 80 minutes
by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This
never fails. Sold by w. M. Allen, Drug
gists. Staunton, Va.
Dec 6, SO, 1y.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

If man can write better book.
preach IL better sermon. or make bet
ter mouse trap than his neghbor,
though he build his house ia the woods,
the world will make beaten path to
his door, Emerson
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

The great secret of success in life is
to be ready when the opportunity
comes.-B
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

is it possible for the gum-chewing
habit and virtue or greatness to be
combined in the same person, man or
woman?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

Harsh counsels have no effect they
are like hammers which are always re-
pulsed by the anvil.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

The man that looks at everything
through money never sees far.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

1t is the struggle and not the attain
ment that measures character.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

There are sermons in stone and
good in everything" but it is some
times hard for people to feel that way
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

Be Silent where re aSon is not regard
ed and the truth is distasteful.-T.
Fuller.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

We erect the idol Self and not
only wish Others to worship it, but we
worship it ourselves.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or CaIloused Lumps and
Blemishes f-c.1 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.
Dee 6, 95, 1y.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

Some women go to church to study
the texts, and some to study textures.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

There is no better excess in the world
than e .e, Of gratitude.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

T. F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster of
Promise City, Iowa, says: II bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheu-
matism and two doses of it did me
more good than all the medicine | ever
took" Sold by w. NJ. Allen, Druggist,
Staunton.
Nov Is 6mOs
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

BAD WRITING.-We find the follow
ing characteristic anedote in an ex-
change -
1t is told of Horace Greeley that he
once wrote note to a brother editor
in New York whose writing was equal
ly illegible with his own The recipi
ent of the note, not being able to read
it, sent it back by the same messenger
to Mr.. Greeley for elucidation.
Surprising it to be an answer to his
own note, Mr.. Greeley looked over it..
but likewise was unable to read it and
said to the boy go take it back
What does the blamed fool mean ?''--
Yes, SIR said the boy, that is just
what he says
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
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The Bridge to Paradise.

Al STRAIT is the name of an imaginary
bridge between the earth and the
Mohammedan Paradise 1t is not so
wide as spiders thread, and those
laden with sin fall over into the abyss
below. Just so narrow is the bridge
between health and illness, and many
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that they do not know what TO do to
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26

John KnoX's only lineal descendant
is member of the congregation of the
Holy Cross at Notre Dame. Brother
Phillip" was a Methodist preacher in
his early manhood, but for thirty years
past he has been teacher in various
Roman Catholic schools. He has in
his possession a snuffbox which be-
longed to his great ancestor.
"Our readers will find Simmons Liver
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We advertise it, and use it, and we
commend it as safe and excellent
medicine. We became acquainted
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
THE TRUE and TRIED ARE THE SAFEST.

ILL lIlUu HND luluD lllu I'LL unl LIN .
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Additional local trains leave Staunton as
follows: Except Sunday-l54 p. m, arrives
Clifton Forge Ais p. m.
*7:31 D. IN. arrives Goshen, $50 p. N.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-10
A rALK WITH nnLL


The American Railway Union and en-.
ployes of the Great Northern railway held
joint meeting last evening and elected
W. j. Hiely as their representative to .
conference OF Great Northern employees 10
be held in So Paul. This conference is
called for the purpose of adjusting certain
matters in connection With the arbitration
under which the recent strike on that road
Was declared off. IL having been claimed
THAI President Hill was not fully carving
out the agreement with the arbitratins
board. Mr.. Hihly will carry credentials
signed by not only the officers of the rail-
wsv union, but also by the principal en-
pioyes OF the Coast and Cascade divisions.
In an interview with . posr-IxrEllf-
ssscKa reporter Organizer w. p. c.
Adams. Of the American Railway Union.
stated that he did not anticipate another
strike on the Great Northern. The men
believed that misleading reports IS TO ths
state o! affairs on the Coast division had
been seat to President Hill. and that, act
ing on these reports. be had refused to in
esuae the Coast In fae terms made by ths
board Of arbitration, but Adams was of
the opinion that when IL Is made clear
that the employees On the Coast will de-
ms16 the enforcement of the agreement
fresiaent Hall viii gracefully accedss