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a Turfnlan's Tale.

A New Jerseyman told me good
story the other day Oh one Of our fore
most turfmen, man whose name is
perhaps printed oftener than that Of
any other connected with racing jig
America. A good many years ago this
turfman, who was not then deep in the
racing business, arrived i'll Jersey City
with trainload of mustangs from the
plains Of Texas. He knew nothing of
the laws Of the state nor Of the ordi-
nances of the city, He knew dat he
wanted to sell his mustangs and thought
the best Yay to do it was to sell them
at auction. Being somewhat gifted in
speech, he determined that hs wppld be
his own auetioneer. The sale started out
we'll. Fair prices were realized. Sud
denly it was interrupted by POLICEMEN,
who demanded a view of our friends
license.
'tLieease?' he said amazed. "What
license? I haven't any license of any
kind
swell, you can't sell horses in this
city without license. You'll have to
come along. No monkey business with
Hs."
Ut course he went along, but he was
lucky enough to find at court friend Ia
lawyer, who went bail for him in the
sum OF $50. Then the lawyer said:
"a license costs $3.50. You are under
bonds. Go ahead and finish your sale,
collect your money and skip out. Give
me $50 to settle the forfeited bond, and
you are 5000 ahead Of the game.''
1t was done accordingly. The turf
man and his friend met in the st. James
hotel lately and laughed over the joke.
New York Press.
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Unjust Aspersion on the Boy.

"Talk about intellects!" said Webb.
"That new Office hoy of mine has a head
that would fill grandfather hat. -
"What's the matter now:" asked
Rluffkins cautiously. "You were say
ing only last night that that boy was SO
careless you were afraid he might come
to business some morning without his
breakfast.
81 know it. That's just what I said.
But mean to ask that boys forgive
ness. 1t was only this morning that l
learned how unjust I had been. gave
tthe youngster several letters to mail
He was gone some time, so when he
came back 1said, I'm afraid yon didn t
post those letters very promptly and
that your carelessness has made me miss
the mail.
"'Oh, no. sir, he replied. I'm sure
didn't wastss any time In fact, took
care that the first letter I ppt in tbs bog
was the one marked Immediate I ~
Boston Budget.
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Pigeon Roosts Fifty Years Ago.

Pigeon Roost, Scott county, Ind, re-
ceived it's name from its being the night
" rendezvous Of the passenger or wild
pigeon. These pigeons usually selected
Some heavily wooded Of elevated llocali.
ty for their roosting, bordering on their
feeding grounds. which might be seyerr
al hundred miles in extent. The pigeons
usually commenced to arrive before sun
set and continued in increasing num-
hers nntil after midnight. At daybreak
fine birds would begin tq leave the rooost,
hpd on swift wing depart for their fee f{a:
lpg grounds, miles away, returning at
pight, as stated. 1t may safely be said
that these birds ranged the forests of
Indiana from the Wabash to tie Ohio,
apd extending far into Kentucky. So
large were their roosts that they became
localities Of great interest. None was
more famous than the one in Finley
township, Scott county, Ind. hence the
name Of the settlement early established
there-the Pigeon Roost. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
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Cutting It Short.

a BARRIERS shop is sometimes trying
place for men who dislike to hear other
people gossip. The barber, especially if
he has little shop and is alone, must
talk to his customers Here is scene
in country barber's shop, a full beard
ed and rather sour looking gentleman
being in the chair,
"Hair cut, +" says the customer.
"All right, sir. How'll you have it
cut?''
"Short. -
alin2i' s7
Very short. -
nj wouldn't if I was you, sir. :"
"Why not?"
II don't think very short hair would
suit You at all we'll, SIR"
s;nh, yes, II would. it would suit me
exactly. "
"H'm-what makes you think SO.
STRIP
because I shouldn't have to come
here for long time
"Oh!" The barber cuts away in 81
llen q, and very short; -Lo9Aldpn Tit Bits.
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MAY RE SINGING FISHES.
A Phenomenon of the Sea Which Is Ir1-
teresting and Mysterious.


teresting and Mysterious.
Here is an account Of phenomenon
of the Pascagoula river in Mississippi,
to which, although it is not generally
known, the attention Of naturalists has
Ieen called on account of its mystery.
At times very remarkable sounds are
heard at the mouth of this river. The
local fishermen say that it is the spirits
singing under the water" 1t is MUIR
muring sound, which rises gradually
and then falls to lower tone. The
music ceases when the waters are dis
turbed, and when they are quiet it be-
gins again.
Several explanations have been offered
as to the origin and cause of the mystic
most satisfactory theory is that the
sounds are produced by q species of fish
in some unknown way. Professor G.
Brown Goode. who is an authority on
fishes and fish life, thinks that the drum
fish may cause the sounds in question.
Instances Of peculiar sounds being
heard at sea and ascribed to fishes are
not uncommon, as the following exam
pies will show:
In 1924, when Lieutenant White Of
the American navy was at the mouth of
river III Cambodia, he and his crew
were surprised by unusual sounds He
described the noises as a mixture of the
bass of an organ, the ringing Of bells,
the cultural cries of large frog and the
tones Of an immense harp. The natives
said that the sounds were produced by
school of certain kind Of fish.
Dr.. Buist, 1847, reported that party
of people in boat Gil the waters near
Bombay heard strange sounds, which
the natives held to be caused by fish.
The we'll known English traveller, Sir J.
Emerson Tennent, heard similar sounds
from the lake of Batticaloa in Ceylon,
and here again the natives claimed that
fishes made the sounds. Several CORE
spondents of newspapers have reported
having heard sounds which were pro-
duced by fishes. One writer in the Lon
don Field, 1867, AYERS that i'll the har-
Dor at Greytown, Nicaragua, he was
haunted at night by these mysterious
sounds. Another in the same paper tells
of musical sounds which he heard in the
Tavoy river. Other instances Of more
recent date might be mentioned.
From all the accounts given we may
draw some interesting conclusions.
Thus it seems that the sounds are al
most always heard on shipboard, though
Charles Kingsley once heard them at
Trinidad from the shore; that they are
usually heard in tropical regions that
they are more often heard at night than
at any other time; that they are COM
monty heard at the mouth of rivers, as
at the mouth Of the Pascagoula, and
that they have been reported from far
distant places in America, Europe and
Asia.-Our Animal Friends.
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CONTRASTS OF SEWING WOMEN.

CONTRASTS OF SEWING WOMEN.
Advantages of tho Factory Girl In the
Country Over Her Sister In the City.
You may see in any one of perhaps
hundred shops in this city colorless. sad
eyed, dinghy clad women bending over
sewing machines amid squalid sur
roundings, with no outlook save through
a window opening upon sordid street.
You may see in at least score of coun-
try villages so miles from any great
city crowd Of neatly clad, happy look
ing girls and women busted with like
tasks, but amid clean and pleasant sur
roundings, with glimpses Of a smiling
landscape through every window.
The New York women, released from
their toll, hasten home to gloomy tene-
anent lodgings and unwholesome fare.
The village girls troop from the factory
to modest but clean and pleasant homes,
where food is fresh and abundant. The
New York sewing machine woman is
an insignificant unit in a great COM
munity. She feels daily the pressure of
her fellows that are ready to take her
place and her earnings. She hears from
embittered men and women talk Of the
rights Of labor and the greed of wealth.
She knows that her earnings would not
keep some of her rich sisters in cut flow
ers. Whenever she stirs out of her own
dingy quarter, it is to see at every step
evidence of the luxury in which some
live and Of the contrast between her
lot and theirs.
The village factory girl has hardly
heard that there is labor problem. Her
5000 or $3.50 year, earned at the sewing
machine, clothes her well, procures for
her small luxuries and helps to keep the
family above want She makes little
pleasure trips hither and yon when work
is slack and looks forward with conf
dence to marriage and a home of her
own, clean, sweet and comfortable. She
never sees among her fellow townsfolk
one who has any essential comfort that
she lacks, and nine women out Of ten
in the village have less to spend on
dress than she has. She never sees a
hungry or ragged person, unless it be
an occasional tramp, and she hardly
grasps the meaning of what she now
and then hears about the lives of the
poor in great cities.
The New York slave to the sewing
machine lives half an hour from the
heart of the western world and may, if
she will, on any night see Broadway
and its tlarongs by electric light, The
village factory girl believes that she
would be happy to give up all her com
forts for the others privilege of seeing
at will the splendors of the great city.
The New York sewing woman would
not, if she could, change places with
the village factory girl.--New York
Sun
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EapaFIes,

Sometimes a eanary's coat gets pale,
stckly yellow. Give him half an ounce
of ground red pepper such as is used on
your table. and let the bird eat it as he
likes. II a week he'll turn beautiful
orange color. Bird lice are troublesome
ct times. a pinch Of powdered ssa :.iif ~
PIT under the wings will drive away the
pests. Gravel in the cage every day and
a dish of tepid water for bath every
other day are indispensable to the sing
sr's health and happiness. Boston Ad-
s~o~k;oo~,
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Dress Goods.

s6-inch Pla;ds, the prettiest goods for the
mSneY ever sold, at 15c.
Good quality Black Satteens at and 121lc.
Wool mixed dress goods in plain and fancy
patterns at 18c.
All wool Flannels and Tricos at 23c.
A bargain in S6-inch grey tlannels at gao.
SS-inch all wool Serge in black and blue at
$50, really worth 400.
All wool black and white Serge in neat
patterns at 35c yard, worth SOC. The big
gest bargain ever sold.
Fine quality silk plush Henrietta. 45-inch,
goods at 75c.
Dress trimmings at about one-half what
you pay elsewhere.
All wool Claaking, 6o-inch goods, at SOC,
worth ITO,
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Left.

Brockie-Dere goes a kid wot laid
somethink by fur a rainy day, all wot's
der result? He has went an swiped my
gal. Wit all me polished manners
amt in it wit der lad volts got der UNI
breller. New York World
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Capes and CIoaks from Auction.

We are selling the biggest bargains in Capes
and Cloaks we ever sold. 1t will pay you to
investigate. A nice Cape triMMed wi.a
braid at $1.a0.
Beaver el1th in black and oo1ors, satin
anish at ~. go worth 1915. Finer quality in
different sly les and colOrs at 49,
The finest ones consisting of silk plush fur
and astrachan at unheard of prices.
Coats all styles and prices
A lot OF extra long coats from auction at
So so. which does not begin to pay for the
goods they are made OF.
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C!Qthing Department.

No use to pay $s 80 for cheviot suits. Save
$a.5O by buying ours at SIS.
With the approval of the people we have
Established new and very much lower prices
for clothing. Buyers like it, and we ay5 ssrv.
ing the people. Note prices
be appreciated. w
a COCA servioeable suit at IS.
Neat cashmere suits at Sc.
Fine quality cashmere suits in neat patterns
and colors, at 81. 90 worth SIG
Gents Overcoats, al. STYLES and prices. at
saving of at least as per cent.
prices. " ~ - >'''''es''' "
We have enlarged our elashing department
any where
Fine clay worsted suits at SO and $40,
Suits at $40, worth So. 30.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-11-08
Stationery and School Supplies.
Stoves. Stoves.

We have just bought lot of stoves from a
busted foundry. Tor cash, and will sell them
for what it cost to make them. If you need
a stove now is your chance
Cooking stoves, No. at S.; No. at Sc
and S6 80; No. 8 at $3.50; No. large at 49, so.
Fitting, consisting of So pieces, Sl.5O to 81
extra.
The above stoves are all guaranteed to give
satisfaction
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-11-08
Millinery.

You have the prettest and cheapest MILL
merry In the town, is the verdict of everyone
Six dozen trimmed sailors at 25c, worth 5Oc
just received lot of trimmed pattern hats at
~, worth $3-a bargain. Trimmed hats from
SOC to S.. All the latest novelties in MILNE
~ trimmings. Ribbons, all kinds of prices,
600 rolls to select from. Hats trimmed to
order on short notice.
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A COWBOY RACE.

A pattering rush like the rattle of hail
When the storm kings wild coursers are out
On the trail,
A long roll Of hoofs-and the earth is DRUM
The centaurs:: See! Over the prairie they colnel
A rollicking gathering, battering beat,
A rhythmical thunder of galloping feet,
a swift swiritng dustcloud-a mad hurricane
Of swarthy grim faces and tossing black name.
Hurrah! In the face of the steeds of the sun
The gauntlet is flung and the race is begunl
j G. Davis.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-11-08
Dry Goods Department.

All latest prints at DC yard. just receiv-
ed lot OF print remnants in bundles at 81,
about 40 yards in bundle.
Heavy weight Canton Flannel at and SC,
the best at 10c.
All wool Red Flannel at II and zoe. Med
icated at 25c worth So.
Good quality Sheeting at &c. Remnants of
all kinds cotton goods at bargain prices.
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CAN 1 OBTAIN a PATENTs For a
nIuNN 4 ca. Wso have had nearly fifty s VS. *
experience " the patent business CoInSSSica
Ss,anation concerning Patents and SsW to o o,-
saln them sent tree. Also q ca4alexAe al mecnan,s
Patents taken through Naha i Co. recefve.
special notice ll the Scieahffic me rica n. and,
mus are brought w;defy before the public with
out cost to the Inventor This splendid paper.
issued weekly. cleRaltly illustrated has By far SO
wYsld 50 year. Sample copies SEM fsee,, -
Building Edition: monthly. $250 a yean Ssnafa.
tiful plates. IN colors, and phsisefaphs Of new
hclses; with plans. euabling builders to show the
AuNN 4 CO. NEW YORK; 36l BR0ADWkA
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Full stock, Stand 81 so.
Childrens and boys shoes, all kinds and
prices.
Stationery and School Supplies.
States 4, 5, 6, and SC.
Pencil tablets and &c. The largest and
best tablets ever sold for this money.
Slate pencils Sc a dozen.
Lead pencils SC dozen.
Pencil boxes sc.
Copy books sc.
Note paper 3 quires 24c.
Envelopes and packages. best SC.
Good quality ink SC a bottle.
Legal cap paper, best quality, SC auire.
Carpet, Mating and Oil Cloth.
Table oil cloth at 15c per yard, worth 25c.
Floor oil cloth. good quality, at CSC.
The best at % and SOC yard
Remnants OF fine brussels and velvet mo-
quette carpet for rugs at 80 and 75c ward.
Hemp carpet at 1917 and Ice yard.
Ingram, neat patterns, at %, 80 and $50 a
yard.
Brussels, bright patterns, SOC yard,
A big bargain in velvet at SIC yd, worth 81.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-11-08
shoe Department.

Notwithstanding the advance in shoes, we
are able to sell as cheap as ever.
Ladies' heavy shoes at 80 and 95c per pair
Medlam weight 81 and a, all leather.
Dongola Kid $685.
Finer shoes 81. 80. $1.z5 and 50.
Gents fine shoes in samples at $1.5O, worth
50; 81 worth 81, 80.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-11-08

It Is About 100 Years Old and at One
Time It Numbered About Fifty Persons.
The Story of the Pittsleys and Their
Physical Peculiarities.
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HARNSBERGER'S
BIG RACKET STORE!
NO. 8 EAST MAIN STREET,
The Largest and Most Complete Store in the
Valley of Virginia.
The place where almost everything prices which
cannot be duplicated elsewhere The extraordinary hava
shows that the people Saunton and vicinity appreciate enterprise
giving them store equal to any in the large Cities
7,13O Feet Of Floor Space,
Divided Up in Is Different Departments

Gents fine calf boots 81 % and So. 80.
Heavy kip boots, s.. IS.
Full stock, Stand 81 so.
Children's and boy IS shoes, all kinds and
prices,
The evening times., 1895-08-30
Fine FOOTWEAR

By that we mean high
grade leathers-ri1 a d e on
foot-form lasts. Well made
and finished. and which are
both stylish in appearance,
and comfortable to t h e
wearer. That's the only
kind you'll find HERE, and
the prices are even less than
you pay for inferior ones
elsewhere.
Mems. S2.4o to So.
Boys. lao to So.
All styles and widths of toe.
Fall Derbys are ready. See
them when you feel like it.
Well sell you as good Hat as
money can buy for dollar or two
less than the exclusive hatterS'
prices. All standard shapes and
newest cOlors.
The evening times., 1895-08-30

It's a PLEASURE to lose
little money at this season of the
year-getting ready for fall
SO just help yourself to anything
that looks like Summer" at just
ONE-HALF of the marked
price. There isn't much-you'd
better hurry.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
An III.Fated Ironclad.

The shortest life of a man-of-war on
record is probably that of the ionciadr
Massena, which was launched at Saint
Nazaire on July 20. Immediately after
sliding off her docks the vessel became
unmanageable, and swell of the water
turned 1t in such way that the stcrn
ran aground upon a rock in the harbor
1t has been found impossible To float the
hull Of the unfinished vessel so far Power
full wrecking steamers have been telegraph
ed for from Havre. and another attempt
win be made at the next high tide. It's
The evening times., 1895-08-30
Big Boats at Boston.

Boston, Aug. 30.-Four ships of the North
Atlantic squadron arrived in the harbor
the following order: The New York, the
fhagship, off Long wharf; the Minneapolis.
between the North and South ferries; the
Raleigh, off the navy yard, and the Mont
gomery, off tho New York and New Eng
land docks. Al 8 o'clock the customary 81
lutes were exchanged between the war
ships and the navy yard. :
The evening times., 1895-08-30
TO VISIT HARPER's FERRY.

Jefferson Council, o. Z. A. NJ, VIII
BE Guests of Their brethren.
Jefferson Council, No. 100, o. U. A NJ.
of Harper's Ferry, Va entertain the
members of the Junior Order of this city
at the Ferry tomorrow The visitors will
be met at Harper's Ferry by delegations
from the home council and escorted to their
hall
II is expected there will be large delega-
tions from Hagerstown and Cumberland,
Nd; Winchester, Va, ard other portions
of the latter State. The day will be devoted
TO patriot speeches and singing of patri-
odc-hymns and songs. for which an elab
crate programme has been prepared.
The Washington contingent is expected
TO number fully 500 members with others
friendly TO the objects OF the order.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
Nihilism Rampant in Russia.

Cologne. Aug. 30.-The Cologne Gazette
publishes, dispatch from its correspond
ent in st. Petersburg asserting that nihil-
ism is now more active throughout Russia
than at any time since the death Of the
Gar Alexander ii. Tie nihilists have grad
uaily grown bolder since the accession of
the new Car 10 the throne. Recently the
police have quietly made number Of a.
rests, and more are expected.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
SUICIDE KITTELL BURIED.
Private Services Were Held at the
UudertakS IS N.,tabiis hmenr.

The funeral of W. w. Kitteil, the War
in Pittsburg on the 26th instant, took
place this morning at 10 O'Clock from
the undertaking establishment of ]. Spind-
Ter & Co., No. 1899 Seventh street north
west.
Only the immediate relatives and few
of the most intimate friends of the de-
ceased were present.
Rev Calvin Chase, of Grace Church, con-
Quoted the services. The remains were
encased IN a black cloth-covcred casket,
on which rested a silver plate, containing
the following inscriptions: Nv. w. Kit
tell. Born October ii, 1870; died August
26, 1895" The interment was at Rock
Creek Cemetery.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
Belgian Fishermen Are Fighters.

Lowestoft, England, Aug. 3O.-The Bel
gian trawler Lelust, which was fishing
in the channel within the three-mile limit,
was boarded by the English coast guard
to-day. The Belgians resisted with knives,
axes, pump-handles and other weapons,
but were finally overpo wered by the
guard and driven to the hold of their YES
sci. The fight was severe one, and sew
eral were wounded on both sides. :.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
A JAP" ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
W hile Studying Art He Becomes
sick and Tries "Hari-Karl."

w nile studying ATT he becomes
sick and Tries "Hari-Kari."
Philadelphia, Aug. 3O.-J. Kanako,
young japanese art student, while suffer
ing from despondency brought ON by home
sickness, yesterday attempted to commit
suicide by cutting his throat and partially
dsemboweling himself at his preceptors
residence. 1926 Lippincott street.
K. Monewando. with whom the would
be suicide lived, discovered young Kanako
in the act OF committing "Hari-Kari." and
in a moment disarmed his pupil. 1t was
found, however, that Kanako had already
cut his throat twice and slashed himself in
the stomach once and he was Immediately
removed to the Samaritan Hospital. There
1t was found that the wounds were not
dangerous.
Kanako has been complaining for some
time past OF loneliness. and two or three
times asserted that if he could not soon
raise funds to pay bis passage home to the
Mikado he would commit suicide.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
JOHNSTON'S,
729 7th St. n. ".
Bought His own Furniture.

Bought His Own Furniture.
An amusing story is told of a gentleman
2ving In London. As the anecdote goes, it
seems he had a passion for the purchase of
secondhand furniture at auctions, and that
IN making good bargains he had filled his
house with antiquated and almost useless
articles. On one occasion his wife took the
responsibility, without consulting her hus-
band, 10 have a portion of the least useful
Of the pieces removed to an auction store
10 be sold. Great was her dismay when, on
the evening Of the day OF the sale, the ma
3ority of the articles came back to the house
The husband had stumbled into the auction
room, and not knowing his own fusnituyA
had purchased II at a better bargain than
~ first-Harper's Round Table.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
PUT TIES on THE TRACK.
But Slow Freight Train Spoiled the
villains Work.

Fostoria, Ohio, Aug. 3O.-A villainous
attempt was made to wreck a Nickel
Plate passenger train at McComb, few
miles west of here, yesterday by piling
ties on the track. Had not the passeDge
train been late frightful wreck would
doubtless have occurred.
A freight train ran into the obstruction,
but, luckily, was going slowly, and no one
was hurt. Detectives arrested James
Ricketts, for alleged completely.
At first he denied everything, but finally
admitted knowing all about the wreck,
but maintained he did not have hand in
It, He was taken to McComb for trial.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
HELEN GOULD "INCoG."
Registered In Leadvilie as Helen An
META Jackson.

Leadville, Col, Aug. 30.-Miss Helen
Gould is touring the State in company with
the Misses Warner, daughters, of Vice
President Warner, of the Missouri Pacific
road.
She is travelling "incog.," and is regis
tered at the Hotel Vendome as Miss Helen
Annetta Jackson.
She was recognized By a number of per-
sons who met her when she visited Lead
vile two years ago. Miss Gould and party
returned to Denver to-day.