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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
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zone of my boyhood recollections, !"
said General Wade Hampton, .'refers
to Henry Clay. He was a frequent
visitor at my fathers house in South
Carolina. Both Clay and my father
were ardent whist players, and moth
ing was more to their minds than the
collection of a brace of gentlemen
equally addicted to whist, and then
the quartet would play for hours.
While the game of whist might serve
to imply game where silence reigned,
my father and Clay couldn't play
whist that way. They exulted audi
bly, over success, and did not hesitate
when they were playing as partners to
violently point out mistakes the other
had made, and attributed defeat to
the others ignorance and utter lack OF
natural intelligence. Indeed, on occa-
sions particularly trying they were
even known to apply hard names to
one another. This they did in no
slanderous spirit, but to brighten up
and sharpen the wits of the other to
the improvement of his play. AS they
were sitting down to a game as part
ners one evening Clay remarked:
I" Its a great outrage the way we
talk to each other, and my idea now,
at the outset, is for each of us to put
up $50 TO belong to the one who is first
called hard names by the other. If
you assail me the money is mine; if |
forget myself you take it,
MY father readily agreed. He felt
in a mild, agreeable mood. He was
confident he would never again be a
prey to the slightest impulse to speak
harshly to his dear friend Clay. And.
h 1.
Clay was the man who ragged and did
the loud talking. So my father cheer
fully placed the $40 bill on top of
Clay's. He thought it would be a good
lesson to the blue grass orator to lose
1T. As they proceeded with the game
CLAY made some excessively thick
headed and ill advised plays. He led
the wrong cards; he trumped the
wrong tricks; he did everything idiotic
in whist that he well could. My ia
theirs blood began to boil. AS he and
Clay lost game after game his wrath
ran higher and higher. Still he bit
his lip and suffered in silence. 1t went
on for hours, until Clay made some
play of browning imbecility which lost
him and my father the eleventh game.
Flesh and blood could stand no more.
My father sternly pushed the $40 over
to Clay.
why said Clay, opening his gray
eyes with a look of innocence and
amazement. why do you do that? You
haven't said word
mo retorted my father, but Pm
going to tell you, sir, that you are the
most abject idiot, the most boundless
imbecile that ever dealt a hand at
whist. Yes, sir; I repeat it, you are
the - fool l ever met in my life y
Chicago Times Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
BEFO' DE WAH.

When you tickleS up de banjo,
And de strings begin to sing,
An de music keeps rIppl1n
Like de brooks in airly Spring,
My feetS dey gifts movin'
An shuff1in' on de flo
Jes like | was boy agin,
In de days befO' de wah.
Is pes de Oh plantation
Neat de sunny Southern sky,
De cotton gin, de corn fiel'
Wild de ribber windin' by;
De greet house wild OF marster
Stan'in' smilin' in de doc.
An | wiSht was boy again
In de days befo' de wah.
An when you opens up yo' mouf
To sing de OF time songs,
Why-I has to hol' on to my heart
To keep it whar it b'lOngs.
All! de OF time nigger'S passed away
Like dat shadder from de flo
But you knowed him, MarSter Miller,
Like he was befo' de wah.
An when de good Lord calls me
To de happy promise lam,
| knows I'll hear yo' banjo
Above de Heavenly ban,
An I'll be content to res, Seh,
On OF Jordan'S peaceful Sho'
JUS to hear you sing dem OF songs
Likedey sung befo' de wah.
EDMUND DAY.
% Mr.. Polk Miller, Richmond, Va.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

A good man loves all men. He loves
to speak of the good of others. All
within the four seas are his brothers.
Love of man is chief of all virtues
The mean man sows, that himself or
his friends may reap; but the love of
the perfect man is universal.-(Biloxi
Banner.) That is good as far as it
goes; but good man will love a good
woman.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
"Yield Not to Misfortune

l was afflicted with catarrh last
autumn. During the month of Octo-
Der l could neither taste or smell and
could hear but little. Ely's Cream
Balm cured it.-Marcus Geo. Shautz,
Railway, n. J.
| suffered from catarrh of the worst
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seems to do even that. Many &C.
quaintances have used it with excel
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
The value Of Coins.

The value of gold coin is in it's
weight; the value of silver coin is the
government stamp on it. The value
of Simmons Liver Regulator is the re-
lief it gives from Bil1ousness and Sick
Headache. A 25 cent package of pow
der has permanently cured many a
one
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

The poultry and egg crop of the
United States is estimated to be worth
$250,000, 900 annually. Startling as
these figures may appear, it seems still
more remarkable that besides the
above we import between 60,0O0,0 900
and 100, 900, 000 dozen eggs each year.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
He Tiekled the Mule.

A boy apparently much agitated, says
the Philadelphia Press, rushed into a
house recently and said:
II don't want to alarm yer, but I've
got big news. The man sent me up
from the livery stable to tell YER
GOOD heavens What is the mat
ter?'
why, yer know yer little boy, Aleck,
what the man can't keep outer the
livery stable round the corner ~
Yes we'll ?''
81 told Aleck just now not to go inter
the stable among the horses, but he
wouldn't mind me-"
"Oh, dean What has happened? ~
He said he wanted to see what a
mule would do if he .tickIed his heels
with a straw"
"Oh heavens!' gasped the lady as she
chung to the mantelpiece for support.
well, marin, your boy. Aleck, got a
straw, snuck up behind sorrel mule,
tickled his heels, an"
The lady started for the door.
AN the blamed critter never lifted
a hoof,' said the boy.
Never as much as switched his tail.
It's mighty good thing for your boy
that he didn't, too, or he'd hev been
sent ter kingdom come" And he dodg-
ed out the side entrance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

AN ALIBI FOR DURANT.-A dispatch
from San Francisco says Theodore Du-
rants attorneys have discovered evil
dence which will enable them to es-
tablish an alibi for their client, so far
as tie Williams murder case is concern
ed. A Market street hair dresser states
that Minnie Williams was a regular
patron. She says Miss Williams enter
ed her shop at eight o'clock on the
night of her disappearance. She had
her hair dressed, leaving the shop at
S:25. 1t is estimated that by taking
the car Immediately she could not
have reached Emanuel church until
$50. Durant's counsel argued that
Durant could not, therefore, have es-
corted her into the church, outrage
and murdered her and then walked to
DR.. Vogel's, where he arrived at 9:15.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
Was a Sure Cupe,

Women are intolerant of their own
weakness, however trifiing OF grave
Men love women for the very faults
and foibles of the sex. The other even
ing an immense crowd got jammed in
a theatre lobby and some women grew
hysterical.
"Oh, l shall faint !" exclaimed a
stout blonde, looking piteously at her
escort.
Men on all sides glanced at her
sympathetically, and those nearest
made frantic effort to give the stout
blonde more room. Her escort looked
down into her face tenderly.
Il am going to faint % she cried,
and she got ready to fall gracefully
into his arms
well, faint" shouted a robust
lady at her elbow. For heavens
sake, faint and be done with it, for the
rest OF us want to get out p
Some people glanced at her indig-
nantly, and others Uttered; but the
stout blonde who was about to faint
braced up suddenly and concluded she
wouldn't. No sniff of salts could have
done the business quicker or more
satisfactorily.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

The village of st. Charles, ILL.,, was
visited by cyclone Saturday with
fatal results. The old stone postoffice
building, on the east side of Main
street occupied 10y Mrs. Church as a
millinery store, was blown down and
Mrs. Church and four other persons
were killed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

Sam Allerton, a wealthy Chicago
Republican who cannot spell, yet
knows thing or two, remarked at q
recent public gathering: 81 know in a
general way we are inclined to lay the
responsibility for present conditions
on the Democrats, charging it to their
tampering with the tariff, etc. But
we know in our secret hearts that il
Benjamin Harrison had been elected
he would have had to issue bonds to
get gold, just as this administration
has had to do" Samuel's statement
went uncontradicted for excellent
reasons.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

Dear me, said, Mr.. Meekins, it seems
so absurd for men to be constantly
talking about their wives having the
last word. l never object to my wife
having the last work.
You don't?
Not a bit. 1 always feel thankful
when she gets to 1t.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

One of the most eminent mechanical
engineers in England, Joseph Nasmyth,
favors the driving of machinery with
cotton ropes in place of leather bands.
AS result of many years experience
and close observation, he states that
for heavy main drives it is both more
economical and effective to use a
series of ropes working in separate
grooves.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
PRIZES ON PATENTS,
How to get S { 90 and Perhaps Make

Oftune.
We secure patents and to induce people to
prize of one hundred dollars to be paid ON the
first of every month to the person who sub
nlts to us the most meritOriouSi INVENTION du-
ring the preceding month. We will also ad-
vertiSe the invention free of charge in the
National Recorder. q weekly newspaper pub
tenSive circulation throughout the United
States ana is devoted to tn interests of inven-
tors
Nor so HARD AS IT SEEMS.
The idea of being able to invent something
strikes most people as being very difficult
this delusion the Company wishes to dispel 1t
is the simple things and small inventions that
make the greatest amount of money and the
complex ones are seldom profitable. Almost
everybody, at some time or another, cOnceiveS
an idea, which, if patented, would probably be
worth to him fortune. Unfortunately such
ideas are usually dismissed without thought.
The simple inventions like the car window
which could be easily slid up and down with
out breaking the passengers back, the sauce
pan the collar button, the nut lock, the bottle
stopper, the snow shovel, are things that al
most everyone sees some way of Improving
bring the greatest returns to the author.
The prize we offer will be paid at the end of
each month, whether the application has been
acted upon by the Patent Office or not. Every
competitor must apply Tor patent on his in
vention through US, and whether he secures
the prize or not, the inventor will have valu-
able patent.
THE PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY,
/ JOHN WEDDERBURN. Gen'l Manager,
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

In the opinion of Chauncey M I e.
pew, the diner out, the neatest COM
pliment he ever received was given
him at the Montauk Club dinner. one
night recently. Concerning it he says:
81 had talked for fifty minutes. Thar
is pretty long for an after dinner
speech, and, looking at my watch.
said to those seated around the table !:
L am talking you to DEATH Quick as
flash from one of the seats came BIZ elk
the reply: That's the death we want
to die well" said Mr.. Depew, sit
was the neatest and prettiest compli
ment | ever received 1t rather broke
me up, but it added thirty minutes to
the speech. From last accounts they
were all alive"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

An old woman who plays a hand
organ on Denver's streets has been
found to be worth over 100000, and to
earn as high as $25 day. Last year
she hired crying child to hold in her
lap for So week
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
W. d. HOWeIls on the New Woman.

The New Woman who comes smok-
ing, comes talking, and she talks to
all lengths and breadths in fiction
But if this is true, has she come talk
ing in any greater number than be-
fore? There were always women who
liked the excitement of thin ice. in
their choice of topics, especially if the
water was not very deep underneath.
and this sort are still sliding about in
conversation, Perhaps there is really
a greater frankness in the matters
spoken of in mixed companies than
there was generation ago; but within
the same period women have greatly
abridged the freedom of their innocent
relations with men in our own coun-
try. The chaperon has come, and has
come to stay, in all her superfiuity, as
| it would have been accounted by
mothers of daughters when they were
only daughters themselves. In this
respect the American woman of 1895
is vastly less new than the woman of
1S45, for what was really novelty
among young people, and of our own
invention, has been exchanged, in
good society at least, for remnant of
the old conditions which Europe has
been slowly outgrowing, and which we
glance to England. 1t was one of the
few social growths Indigenous to our
soil, it was graceful and sweet and
pretty, and it was rooted in. our purer
| life; but for the last quarter of a cen
fury we have been rapidly recoloniz-
ing ourselves, and in nothing more
than in our wish to eXtinguish the
charming liberty that once existed
among VOTlOp DpOnla hnrp
l suppose there is sort of newness
in women's wish to know rather more
of all sorts of things than they used;
they have a great many contrivances
for the improvement of their minds;
they take up different varieties of
work, sociological and economical;
they interest themselves in the condi-
ton of the poor; they have opinions
favorable to the unhappy; they wish
to take large views, and to act helpful
ly and generously; and | should be
very glad to believe that men were
equally renewing themselves in the
same ways. But we do not hear much
OF the New Man, and we are left to be
lieve that he has not only not arrived,
but has not started. No one really
knows whether he has arrived or not,
however, except the New Woman, and
she is still SO uncertain herself, in life,
that we have no means of authenticat-
ing him from her knowledge. In fic-
ton, such fiction as l began with in
this rambling inquiry, he is not pleas
ant companion. He is rude to the
new girl, brutally rude, and he is not
very kind to the old girl. He says and
does things that only the lady novelist
has hitherto conceived of mems doings,
and his behavior in fiction makes us
willing to get on without him in life
for long time yet. What is certain is
that if the New Man ever does come,
the New Woman will be too good for
him, just as the old woman is too good
for the old man now, and always has
been.-Harper's Weekly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

The English language is now spoken
by 100000 people. Though our
language contains, according to Max
Muller, 60, 600 distinct words, the chast q
and modest Milton used but s 000 of
them in his works, and even Shake
spear did not draw upon over $4,000.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

Miss Julia Woods, of Kansas City,
Mo, who was engaged to marry a
prominent young man of that city,
went to New York last week to pur
chase her trousseau, met Arthur Girls
son and married him.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

Jefferson Kurtz, sheriff of Volusia
county, Fla, who was recently shot
and killed by a negro murderer, was
native of Winchester, Virginia.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

Single ladies are informed that next
year will be the last leap year OF the
century, as 1900 is not a leap year.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
REMOVAL OF The LADIES And GENTL BMENS
RESTAURANT!

The undersigned have removed their Ladies
and Gentlemen's Restaurant to the hurley
Building on the corner of Main and Lewis
call upon them as heretofore as they will be
better prepared to accommodate them. They
will take regular bOarders, to a number of
whom they can furnish lodging or rent rooms
as well as board at cheap rates. Remember
the place-HuTley Building, second story
corner Main and Lewis Streets.
MARGARET LUCY CAUTHORN.
feb 3rd
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

Sound Democracy and the sham ar
ticle do not affiliate with any degree of
harmony. The difference between the
two is easily detected.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

Strikers of the Illinois Steel Com
pany, in Chicago, had a conflict with
the police, and many were hurt.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
BIG WOOD And COAL YARD

AT the Trestle Bridge, foot of Green street.
My son. J. W Padget, will be found in charge
of the yard and is authorized to receipt bills
the same as myself. | keep the best New River
Red Ash Coal and Wood and deliver promptly
for cash. Orders left with w A. Burke, Crowle
building, and J. W. Parrish, 423 north Augusta
street. " i'll have prompt attention.
nov 2S-6mos r. B. PADGETT.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

The coming man and the Coming
woman are liable to meet at any time.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

No. 6. (Vestibuled Limited) has Pullman
sleeper from Basic to Washington. New YORK
without change, via Shenandoah Luuctiou
and B. & o. Railroad.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15

Business failures are not always an
indication of dull times. They fire.
ouently are attributable to ba habits
and unbusinesslike management.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
The South at the Close of the war.

The war left the South in indescrib-
able desolation. Great numbers OF
COnfederates came home to find their
farms sold for unpaid taxes, perhaps
mortgaged to exslaves. The best
Southern land, after the war, was
worth but trifie of its old value
Even city real estate was 81 drug
Many their ruin rendered insane; in
multltudeS more il broke down all
energy. The braYer spirits-men to
whom till now all toll had been strange
set to work as clerks, depot masters,
and agents of various business enter
prises. High born ladies, widowed by
Northern bullets, became teachers or
governesses. In the comparatively
few cases where families retained their
estates, their effort to keep up appear
ances was pathetic. One by one
domestics were dismissed; dinner par
ties grew rare; stately coaches lost
their paint and became rickety; car
riage and saddle horses were worn out
at the plough and replaced by mules.
At last the master learned to open his
own gates, the mistress to do her own
cooking.
Upon the whites, in many communi-
ties, kind of moral and social sta gna-
ton settled down, an unhealthy, hope
less acquiescence in the worst that
might come Politics they long re
garded with adherence, as the accurs-
ed thing that had brought on the war.
Whites, as we'll as negroes, drank reck-
lessly. Few of any class cared much
for education. In 1874 Alabama had
$50, 900 citizens who could neither read
nor write, of whom more than 100 600
were white.-From ~ History of the
Last Quarter Century in the United
States" by E. BENZ ANDREWS, in the
May Scribner.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
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