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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

A great deal has been said and writ
ten about the practical value of q good
education. The average parent gives
his child its advantages chiefly for
worldly advancement or social distinc
ton. There is another and higher
view of the question which presents it.
self more rarely, aud this is the great
delight which growing knowledge con-
fers upon its possessor. If parent or
teacher has instiled into the child a
love of good books, he has given him
the most valuable Inheritance. If he
has excited his interest by even
glimpses into the great kingdom of art
and letters, he has conferred upon him
an incalculable benefit. The opportu-
nifty of pursuing deeply such investi-
cations may be forever denied the man
or woman, but the early refining IN
Huence will remain forever.
Where the opportunity for extensive
culture can be granted, it is little short
of crime to deny it, since every intel
lectual accumulation is a key to some
new domain of delight.-NorJolk Land
mark.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

The London Spectator outlines the
progam which it thinks the European
powers should pursue in dealing with
the Eastern war. Briefly expressed, the
Spectators idea is that if Japan wins
in Korea the powers must forbid Japan
to march into China, and if China
wins they should prevent China from
overrunning Japan. AS the case
stands, it believes nothing can be done
by the powers at present but ito form
a temporary ring round the combat
ants and agree that the flames shall
not be allowed to spread outside Korea.
Of course, it would be more logical to
stop the war altogether. but in politics
you must do what you can and not
what you would"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22
SLUNIBER SONG.
FROM THE GERMAN.

Sleep, baby, sleep,
Thy Father is watching his sheep,
Mother is shaking the deamland tree,
Down falls little dream on thee
Sleep, baby, sleep,
Sleep, baby. sleep,
The sky is covered with sheep;
Over their fields so fair and bright,
Sheep and shepherdess roam all night
Sleep, baby, sleep.
Sleep, baby, sleep,
The big stars are the sheep,
The little ones are the lambs, guess,
And the gentle moon is the shepherdess-
Sleep, baby, sleeD.
Sleep, baby, sleep,
Jesu is watching His sheep;
He is the Lamb of God Most High,
Who for our sakes came down to die
Sleep, baby, sleep.
Sleep, baby, sleep,
Thou art one of His sheep;
Angels shall watch about thy bed,
And strew sweet dreams about thy head
Sleep, baby, sleep.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

MISREPRESENTATION, Ky, August
15.-Mrs. Martin Nolan living near this
city was walking along the pike, near
her home yesterday, when a negro,
named Marshall Boston, halted her
and demanded money. She had none
and then he repeatedly outraged and
left her almost lifeless. The Degro was
caught, fully identified by Mrs. Nolan,
and then taken to Jail. Last night a
mob took him out and at 1915 this
morning hanged him to the beam of
New Bridge across the Kentucky river
and riddled his body with bullets. 1t
required over an hour to break Jail
but everything was done in system
attic manner. Boston was recently re-
leased from the penitentiary, having
served ten years for rape.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22
A Balloon Explosion.


Zone of my balloons gave me scare
once" remarked Mr.. Carl E. Myers
the aeronaut, ''but it wasn't because l
was in it. It was in June of 1891, when
I was conducting some rainmaking ex-
periments in Washington. I sent up a
balloon 10 feet in diameter, filled one
third with oxygen and two-thirds with
hydrogen gas, and at height of l, 500
feet I exploded it by an electric wire.
1t was the most extraordinary sight that
I have ever seen, that explosion. As for
the sound-well, that was what fright
ened me. 1 wasn't prepared for it. At
the instant of explosion the balloon be-
came 100 feet in diameter and of a dull
red color. 1t wasn't as if it had ex-
banded to that size 1t looked as if the
original balloon had simply disappeared
and another ten times as big had stimuli
taneously taken its place. A fraction of
a second later the thing vanished, and
the air was filled with minute particles.
''Then came an explosion that was
simply terrifying Never have l heard
anything to approach it. 1t seemed to
shake my heart within me. My head
rang for hours afterward. The wire was
thrown back to US crumpled up like so
much Irvine. For long distance
around all the little fishes i'll the brooks
were killed by the conclusion. Directly
below the balloon was the bowling alley
of the Casino rink, and after the explo-
sion that alley looked as if an aerial
giant had stepped ON it, Itcollapsed as
a card house collapses under a careless
touch On the following day I received
polite notes from the assistant secretary
of agriculture and the chief clerk of the
Smithsonian institute. The secretary
protested mildly The chief clerk set
forth that his cattle on a neighboring
farm had been seriously disturbed by
the explosion, and would I please go
away somewhere when I wanted to do
it again. moved to Texas, where cat
tie are cheap
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22
1t isia Wise Father that Knows his own
Offspring

The Republicans in the Western
States, who are fighting the Populists
tooth and nail, charge that the latter
are responsible for the Coxey move
ment, and other lawless outbreaks.
While it may be true that Populist-
ism is the immediate ancestor of Coxey-
ism, and kindred movements, Repub.
licanism can boast the paternity OF
them all. Wide as they seem apart,
to the casual observer, both Populist-
ism and Coxeyisin are the immediate
and legitimate offspring of the prlncl-
pies of Republlcanism.
For more than thirty years the he
publican party has been preaching the
justice and righteousness of the federal
government handing over to favored
individuals and industries the taxing
power of the nation. Every man who
chose to start new industry, or pro
posed to continue the prosecution of
an old one, which could not be run at
a profit on it's own merit, would come
to Republican Congress provided he
had sufficient capital and Influence"
at his back and claim a bonus from
the public treasury, according to the
specious doctrine of protection TO
American industries and labor" is 1t
wonderful then, that the down-trodden
farmer, who had so Unsupported this
doctrine. should at last wake up to the
fact that, although almost all the in
dustries he saw around him had fat
tened on this protection to American
industries" he, while footing most of
the bills, had never received one cent
to protect his industry" despite the
fact that it needed help more than any
of them? There was but one step from
this awakening to a clamor for his
share of the spoils. AS the indirect
process, which had worked so admira
bly, for the mill owner and mine owner,
had failed miserably in the case OF the
farmer, he naturally took the direct
path to the treasury, and demanded
the issuance of a sufficient amount of
money to suit his purposes.
AS long as there is Republicanisn
there will be Populistism and Coxey-
isIns, for their principles and aims are
the same. The objects of the bounty
mark the only difference.-Charlottes
0ille Chronicle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22
Highest and Lowest States.

According to the recently announced
results of measurements and calcula
lions made by the United States geolog
ical survey, Delaware is the lowest state,
its elevation above sea level averagin.
only 60 feet. Colorado is the highest, av.
eraging 6, 800 feet above the sea, while
Wyoming is a close second. only Toe
feet lower than Colorado In minimum
elevation Florida and Louisiana disput,
for second place after Delaware, THEN
average elevation being, for each, LOG
feet. Taking the United States as a
whole, our country lies slightly abovs
the average elevation of the land of til
globe. Youths Companion
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard. Soft or Calloused Lumps and
Blemishes from 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. M.
Allen, Druggist, Staunton. Va.
Dec 6, SO, 1y.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22
Almost q Tragedy.

He loved her.
He had asked her to marry him.
She had remained silent.
He persuaded and pleaded for an an
swer.
She refused to reply.
Then he took his hat and started
away angrily.
Gone word, Mr.. de Smoot, she said
in tragic tones, ''before you go.''
He was awed and stopped.
"Wen, he responded sulkily, what
is it? Speak quick, for I am going away
forever
eyes, - she murmured, and her moth
er up stairs thought he wouldn't go
away forever.
Such is love in large ies.-Detrojt
Free Press
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

News has been received at Yokohoma
of battle which took place on the 18th
instant between Japanese and Chinese
fleets The Chinese were driven off.
Twenty-one warships were engaged in
it. The Vienna correspondent of the
London Daily Ne1os says: England,
France and Russia have agreed not to
tolerate an attack on Pekin. Their
respective squadrons have been in
structed to interfere if the Japanese
attack Taku
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22
There is Danger in Delay.

Since 1861 | have been a great suf-
ferer from catarrh. tried Ely's Cream
Balm and to all appearances am cured.
Terrible headaches from which | had
long suffered are gone.-W. J. Hitch
cock, Late Major U. 5. Vol, and A. A.
Gen, Buffalo, N. Y.
Ely's Cream Balm has completely
cured me of catarrh when everything
else failed. Many acquaintance have
used it with excellent results.-Alfred
W. Stevens, Caldwell. Ohio.
Price of Cream Balm is fifty cents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

Miss Madeline Pollard, plaintiff in
has determined to go on the stage, and
has entered into contract with New
York manager.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

T. F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster of
Promise City, Iowa, says: 81 bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheu-
matism and two doses of it did me
more good than all the medicine l ever
took" Sold by w. M. Allen, Druggist,
Staunton.
Nov 15-6mOs
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

A return of memory sometimes oc-
ours i'll drunkenness, as in the case of
the Irish porter who, having lost pack
age while drunk, got drunk again and
remembered where he had left it,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

The above space is reserTea Tor two
very funny jokes that we thought of the
other day, but unfortunately cannot re-
call at the present writing. Jewish
Messenger.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

The democratic primary election in
Jefferson county. W. Va, resulted in
the nomination of legislative candi-
dates pledged to vote against Senator
Camden in caucus.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

Itch on human, mango on horses,
dogs and all stock, cured in 30 minutes
by WooIford's Sanitary Lotion. This
never fails. Sold by w. M. Allen, Drug
gists, Staunton, Va.
Dec 6, 90, 1y.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

Visitor-How are collections now?
Editor-Mighty poor; I've got a good
shotgun, but no money to buy shot.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

81 don't see the colonel these DAYS.
Where is he now?''
''Oh. he's a-ridin' an a -walkin' round
the country to see if any Office is a.
seekin' of him.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

When they say the" campaign is be-
ing conducted on a high plane" it
don't NECESSARILY follow that the candi-
dates are speaking from a ten-foot
platform.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

The cross is never found to be heavy
when we take it up to please Christ.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

Love to God is sure to express itself
in ways that no men understand.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

What democratic pledge is carried
out by voting against democratic can
didates or by DESERVING the democratic
party?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

Every grateful heart is full of music
that angels would like to sing.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

A sinner in the church weighs more
for the devil than dozen outside of it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

To willingly go in bad company
means that the devil has gained re-
cruit
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

The man who has an appetite for
glory will never get enough of it to
make him fat
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

When the devil tells you that it will
be safe to take certain road. go the
other way.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22
CatSleS In the Air.

Amid the myriad troubles that meet us day
by day.
Who would not from the conflict a moment
turn away,
And in far-off fairyland, where men no bur
den bear,
Forget awhile our tears and toll, in Castles in
the air.
Sc writes Jacob Cough and he goes
on to suggest that this sort of castle
building is proper relief for weary
folks. How many man is sick and
miserable who dreams of health and
happiness. In this matter he had bet
ter be doing than dreaming. What
shall he do, you ask. Why, take DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to
be sure 1t cures affections of throat
and lungs, incipient consumption, dis
ordered liver, sore throat. bronchitis,
asthma, catarrh, ulcers, scrofulous tu-
mors and swellings, bad blood. fever
and ague and dropsy. Pierce guaran
tees cure.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

LII cc DUble illcluS IICiil SCllOOl dl6 We
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But once we were sick as sick could be
Cured by the ''Favorite Prescription"
1t is certain Danacea
For all the ills of womanhood,
Try a bottle with good cheer;
We know that it will do you good.
DR.. r. V. Pierce: Dear Sir-My
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[ heard of your 'Favorite Prescription
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Mrs. M. J. Lloyd.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

None but the good can love the truth
that looks them in the face
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

NOTICE.-T,1e undersigned have associated
~ themselves together as partners in the
name and style of j. Il ]. L. Bumgardner, At
torneyS at Law.
We will practice in the courts of the city of
Staunton and the counties of Augusta, Rock
bridge, Rockingham, Highland and Bath. All
law business entrusted to our care will be
promptly and faithfully attended to.
JAMES BUMGARDNER, JR.,
julY-tf ]. LEWIS RuMGARDNER
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

God will not let go of your hand be
cause the world throws mud at you.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22
Pass. Pass. Mix.
SOUTHWARK. Alb 405 al

CONNECTIONS:
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with Fast Limited Express trains, leaving at
Los p- M, arriving at Columbus at 2-S5 a. M,
and Pittsburgh at 9:15 p. M, and Chicago at
ll:t5 4. m. next morning; with train leaving
at 5:,A p. M, arriving at Cincinnati at 7:45 a.
M, St. Louis at GEO p. H., and connects at
WevertOn with train arriving at Hagerstown
at 200 p. M, and at Washington Junction with
train arriving at Frederick at 1:55 D. M. Par
lor car on trains i0S and 405 between Staunton
and Baltimore.
Train IA connects with fast vestibuled trains
at Harper's Ferry at 93S p. m. for Chicago;
l0l7 p. m. for Pittsburg, and 1853 m. for Gin
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

There is great power for good in a
smile, whed God puts it on the face.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

The devil can cause us trouble, but
he can't keep us from taking it to God.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

A civil tongue is better protection
for the head than a steel helmet.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY.
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by W. M. Allen, Druggist, Staunton.
Nov. 15-6mos.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

PRISCILLA won't marry any man
whom l can't both love and respect.
Prunella-I used to say that, too;but
l found l couldn't love the men could
respect, and l couldn't respect the
men l could love.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-22

No. g. (vestibuled Limited has Pullman
sleeper from Basic to Washington, New York
without change, via Shenandoah Junction
and b. & o. Railroad.
The advocate., 1894-01-17
CHAPTER II.
MARSHALL ovERToN's STORY.

Oppression starveth in thine eyes,
Upon thy back hangs ragged misery;
The world Is not thy friend. nor the worlds
law."-Shakespeare.
1T was just after the close of the
war. The big review at Washington
was over, had been mustered out,
and, while waiting for some final red
tape proceedings, l went to New York,
with my soldier clothes still on, to see
the sights for a few days before start
ing home to my wife and my little boy
who were living with my father-in-laW
in Wisconsin. l had not seen them
since my enlistment three years before,
when, as the train of box cars loaded
with good men pulled out and left home
behind, my wife held the little boy in
her armS-he was then but two years
old-while l bade then good bye. /
got to New York in the evening, and
was saunteringnear Fulton Ferry when
came upon a group of excited people,
mostly working people. Making my way
wayinto the group, i discovered the occa-
sion of the excitement. A poorly clad but
good faced woman was trying to shield
a little girl who was clinging to her and
at whose arm an Irish policeman was
tugging violently in an effort to pull
her away from her protector. Suddenly,
letting 60 the girl, the villain dealt the
woman's arms q savage blow with his
club which made her cry out with
agony; and glancing, the club cut a
The advocate., 1894-01-17

"D0n't think me Sucn 3 rOOI ana IN
CRATE" said he, las to offer my hand,
heart and rheumatism to mere bud
like you. Besides, | am sure you do
not wish me to commit bigamy. You
must excuse me, my dear" said ne
with mock gravity. II have no desire
to go to prison, though you pine to call
me husband. l know what state
prison is. spent the best twenty-five
years of my life as convict. You
must really excuse me from commit
ting bigamy."
Despite his gay tone, a panied look
came into his face as he said this. Kate
asked in astOniShment:
"YOU a convict? You in prison ?
And twenty-five years? How dread
fulp'
"It is true, however. Do you not
shrink from the ex-cOnyict? l left
Sing Sing prison behind me in 1887
only three years agO-and began to re-
acquire the lost art of buying my own
Victuals and clothes. Are you not
afraid of the old Jail bird ?"
"No," said Kate, for am sure you
were not there because you were
wicked. Some of the best of men have
been in prison or have died on the scat
fold. | am sure you were innocent.
They put you there because they didn't
know you"
"Ah, my gOOd-hearted Kate, the
world would be better if judges and
juries were as just as you, and thought
some of the culprit'S nature and not
alone of his crime. In criminal courts,
the man counts for nothing. Only the
charge gets attention"
And you are married? You have
wife?" asked Kate. "Yet you spoke
so oddly awhile ago."
Ibid |? What did | say that was so
odd?" asked he.
"YOu said something abOutnOt know
ing that single person still lived that
you loved. Something like that"
"Now, my Kate, be honest. Did not
| say this. Il do not know that a
single being still lives that / lO0e as 1
do yOug Come, now, was not that
what l said? Is your memory so bad,
my little One?"
Kate blushed and laughed roguishly,
and answered by asking:
"What makes you say you don't
know your wife still liVes?"
mot my wife, only, but my boy as
well. / have no knowledge whether
they be living or dead"
"How Dreadful exclaimed Kate.
GLOW sad your life must be-"
"Shall tell you about it all, Kate?"
"Please do. am so anxious to know
about it, and how you came to be shut
up so awful long in that horrid prison..
Please tell me about it"
For the time, the old mans intended
proposal was forgotten. He was living
over again the dread past, while his
young listener was alert with sympa-
thetic curiosity. He was something of
a humOrist, and mingled drOllery with
pathOs till the sudden transitions left
Kate's feelings in doubt at times
whether to make her laugh or cry. In
his characteristic way the old man told
the story of his life.
A r,rDr,r,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-07-28

THE Republican press has for
some time been referring to the
recent business depression as
democratic tines" We have had
no Democratic times yet. The
Democratic times are coming
now since German called down the
President. When the curse of Nc
Kinleyism is blotted out, Demo-
cratic times will be found through
out the land. The industrial stag
nation which the country is now
going through is the tail end of
"Republican times" and the fruits
of thirty years of Republican legis-
latiop.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-07-28


IN March, 1893, Cleveland got a
bankrupt treasury from Harrison
and the Republican party, instead
of the $l00,900,000 treasury surplus
Harrison received from Cleveland
four years before. Even the sink
ing fund payments on the account
of the national debt, to which the
faith of the government was plcdg-
ed, had been suspended by Harri-
son. 1t was a case of Republican
extravaganza and stealing pure
and simple. The sugar schedule
of the Mckinley tariff, dictated by
the sugar trust, and agreed to be-
tween midnight and daylight, in
the interest of congressional specu-
lation-of whom Senator Quay
boasts he was one--stripped the
country of $75,OO0,00O of revenue
and sugar bounties, and this hap
pens to be the sum Of the treasury
deficiency at the close of the fiscal
year, this week. Cleveland fell
heir to a treasury bankrupted by
Republican extravaganza and steal
ing, and to the Mckinley revenue
system that created a deficiency of
$50, 900, 900 between revenues and
expenditures. That is the history
of the whole business briefly told.
-Pittsburg Post.