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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
ARE THE CHILDREN SAFE?

"Thank God that my darling IS restins
Safe in the bosom of God;
Praise him for little hands folded
Under the churchyard sod.
I'm glad that on the white forehead
I've printed the last long kiss.
Do you ask why am glad and thankful,
And can praise God so for TINS!
Last night as / sat in my window,
Looking out on the moonlit street,
NV neighbor's once beautiful boy
Went by with unsteady feet;
And remembered how had envled
His mother that Sorrowful time
When God sent his white winged angel,
And, leaving her boy, took mine.
But now she sits in her lonely nome
In tears broken hearted and old,
While the stainless feet OF my daring
Are walking the streets of gold,
Thank God for taking my child so soon,
Lest he might have gone astray,
For none are safe while the doors or SIN
Stand wide as they do today.
pity the children of years TO come
And mothers who little know
What lies for them in the future,
OF tears and bitterest woe;
For as long as men are licensed 10 sell
The hOrrid, accnrSed thing.
If we cry not aloud against IL.
The curse on ourselves we shall bring;
You may be the next one to Snffer,
Though little you think it now,
The stamp of sin may be printed next
ON your boys pure, white brow.
Draw him ever so carefully, lovingly,
Tenderly close to your heart.
Remember the day is soon coming
When mother and son must part,
When he must go out in the busy world
Alone, man among men;
Shall we fling wide the doors of temptatlo
To lure our boys into them?
We all have voice in the matter,
And you and I'll have to stand
In the last great day of Judgment
At the bar OF Gods right hand,
To give account whether for or against
This evil we raise our voice,
How for God or for sin, for gold or souls.
We made everlasting choice"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
Thnnder.Storms and Pnre ALE.

The New York Tribune says: '"Thun-
der storms were discussed at the recent
meeting of the British Association, es
pecially with relation to their effect up
on the purity of the atmosphere. There
is an old superstition that such storms
'clear the air. This one speaker square
ly controverted. If thunder-sto are
associated with publications of the air,
he said, it is ASIAN effect rather than as
cause. He cited actual observations
of thunder storms which did not clear
the air, but left it dusty and impure.
lis theory was that electricity is large
ly generated by, or at any rate accom-
panied by, the presence of dust in the
clouds, the dust having been drawn
thither from The lower strata of air,
and that the storm is apt to release the
dust from the clouds and return it TO
the air. Ii then the dust be again
drawn to the clouds the air is cleared,
but another storm occurs with more
defilement of the air. This process is
continued until the dust is either
swept away by wind or borne down to
the earth by floods of rain. Then
there is an end, for the time, of thun-
der and lightning.
This is a mere theory, and at the
ed that in twelve years twenty five
theories of thunder storms have been
advanced, five of them in one year.
Nevertheless, this theory exactly TALES
with numerous experiences here
Thunder storms do not clear the air.
They generally leave it more close
and 'muggy' than before. and they Of
ten leave it, despite the drenching
downpour of rain, filed with dust and
other impurities. Perhaps the quality
of the electricity generated should also
be taken into the reckoning. 1t has
been shown that a spray of fresh water
charges the air with negative electric
ity while a salt spray communicates
a positive charge. That, it is argued,
is why a sea breeze, electrified by the
spray of breaking waves, is so bracing
and tonic, and why even the raw east
wind is invigorating to many WHO find
in land breezes only depression and
semi suffication. The theory is an in
teresting one. at any rate, and may at
least serve as the twenty sixth in thir
teen years"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
Otey's Confederate PeESlon Bill.
dec 1921 Tyr
dec 49,

The Rockbridge county News takes
the position Of the State on Mr. Otey's
bill to set aside the interest on $27, 900,
900 as a pension fdnd for Confederate
soldiers. TheNewa says
I'VE had rather the proposal had
not come FROM Northern soldier. II
will be received only TO be spurned
The Southern soldier can afford tc
bear with dignity whatever burdens
he may now have, without such aD
peais. He will not be long here. and
his own people can and will care for
him i in need. His glorious record
did not end With his deeds in the ca II
paigns of war. valiant and heroic
though they were, bnt victories, which
future generations of mankind will re
gard as no less to be remembered, he
has since won in the peaceful walks of
life, when taxed TO make luxurious
an exutant aid selfish foe and hav
ing his home iInpefi!ed by the attempt
by this same foe for sordid political
ends to place over him as ruler a ser
vile and alien rice Patiently. unmur
muringly and successfully he has done
his duty among the difficulties about
him and borne he burdens placed up
On him. He has brought comfort and
prosperity to the homes of his people
and preserved their ancient and hon
orable civilization. The New South
that the world admires to day is what
the ''old COnfed - returning from bat
tie broken in l.ealth and fortune but
not in spirit, has by his industry. in
tellIgenee, courage, and patriotism,
built M as g. ricn heritage for his chill
tfren and ehildrens children"
This is well said While these same
Confederate soldiers have paid millions
TO the pension fund which goes to
their late foes they are not asking pen
sions from the United States Govern
lient. CoHgressman 0tey should not
resent his bill Richmond State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
HISTORY OF THE DRUM.
First Introduced into Europe by the Cru.
saGers.

introduced into Europe by tEse Cru
saders.
Drums are probably an Eastern idea
introduced by the Crusaders into Eu
rope, says an exchange. They are fire.
quently mentioned in the accounts oil
the first crusade. When Edward III,
of England, and his Queen made theil
triumphal entry into Calais in 1347
'tambours'' or drums were the instru-
ments which were played in theiI
honor. Another of these was called a
'nacaire" or kettle drum, taken, to
gether with its name, from the Arabs
The poet, Chaucer, also mentioned
this instrument in his description OF
the tournament in the "Knight's
Tale:n
pipes, trompes, naces and clariones.
That in the bataille blowen bloody sounes.'
The King generally kept troupe OF
these bandsmen or MINISTRIES in his EN-
ploy, says a writer in Footlights, and
we read that Edward on one occasion
gave sum of go shillings to Roger
the trumpeter, Janino, the nakerer
and others, for their performances
Another minstrel was called the
"chereretter," or player on the bag
pipe. King Henry V had a band
which discoursed sweet music during
his expedition to Harfieur, each mem.
Der being recompensed for his services
with the sum of 12d. per diem.
When the citizens of London were
mustered in the thirty first year of the
reign of Henry VIII, we hear that "be
fore every tandard was appointed one
dromslade at the least" Each compa.
ny OF 100 men at this time possessed a
couple of drummers. Kettle drums as
used by cavalry, appear to have been
a comparative novelty in 1885, when
Sir James Turner wrote There is an
other martial instrument" he tells us,
used with cavalry, which they call
the kettle drum There be two OF
them, which hang before the drum
mer's saddle, on both of which be
beats''
The dignitary known as drum ma ioT
was not generally recognized in the
English army till the close of the reign
of Charles l. Corporal punishment, up
TO the time of William III, was exc
cuted by the provost marshal and his
deputies, but afterward the drummer
was intrusted with the task.
Among the records OF the Cold
stream Guards is an order that 1.-THE
drum major be answerabie that no
cat has more than nine tails.'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
i Relic Of King Lear.

| The following appears IN the Lon
/ don Fro: 1t may be interesting to Old
| Shakspearean factors, as we'll as the
/ lovers of Shakespeare, TO learn that
/ there exists at the present time in the
/ town Of Leicester a ruin Of a temple
dedicated to Janus. This ruin is
known as the Jewry Wall. and is in
danger of being swept away to make
way for the new railway station of the
NJ. s " L. Company, in connection
with their trunk line to London.
The owners of an adjoining factory
have included this remarkable ruin in
the sale of their property. although
the vicar and church wardens of st.
| Nicholas, VINO claim the ruin as theirs,
| have protested. From accounts in my
possession, it appears that King Lear
founded the town or city Of Leicester
SS4 ears before the brit: of our
Savior, and that he built therein a
temple dedicated to Janus and placed
therein Flamen Ia Pagan priest).
1t further appears that King Lear was
| buried in this temple by his daughter
Cordelia; also that another King OF
the Britons named Archigalls was
buried there.
AS an action in the matter is pend
ing L am sure the vicar and churc b
wardeus would be glad of any rs
sisiance. Their object is not only to
prove their rightful ownership, but
also to preserve this Important and
interesting relic intact. Leicester has
in the past lost too many historical
relics, SO that we ought to draw the
line somewhere. Not far away stood
the inn where Richard III slept on his
way to Bosworth; also the Bow Bridge
over which the King and his army
pas ed. The theatre where Grimaldi
performed has disappeared. but the
room wherein Shakespeare read bis
plays remains intact in the shape of
the old Town Hall. Gospel Hall, too,
where Handel spent some time, and
where he wrote or prepared his great
work, The Messiah" remains intact.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
THE MCCORMICK OBSERVATORY
The Power of the Great Teleseope-Pro
fessor Stone.


The Power of the Great Telescope-Pro-
fessor Stone.
The Chicago Evening Post has an
article, with the cut of Professor
Ormond Stone, which says:
Astronomers throughout the country
have shown great interest in the
observation of Faye's and Swift's
comets made by Ormond Stone, pro
lessor of astronomy at the University
of Virginia, in the Leander Mccormick
observatory the last few weeks. The
famous Faye's comet has been OBJ
served only three times in Europe and
America, save at Charlottesville,
where it is etill visible in the McCor-
mick telescope. The following person
al letter from Charlottesville received
by one of Professor Stones friends in
this city, indicates the status of the
present observations:
Faye's and Swift's comets are visible
in the great refractor of the Leander
Mccormick Observatory. The former
has been observed only twice else
where, so far as can be learned-once
at Nice. in France, and once at the
national observatory in Washington.
At the latter it was seen on two ad
ditional nights, but was too faint to be
observed. 1t has bsen observed here
every clear night since it was first
announced.
Swif6's comet, though the larger OF
the Two, is growing fainter rapidly,
and is nearly at the limit of visibility,
but is changing in brightness very
slowly. These observations seem to
indicate that the Mccormick telescope
is probably at least equal in space
penetrating power to any except the
telescope on Mount Hamilton in Cali
fornia and at Poulkova in Russia. The
Yerkes telescope will, of course, be
still more powerful.
Professor Stone is Well-hnOwn to
mathmetlcians and astronomers all
over the United States. He is one OF
the foremost scientists in the east and
enjoys a reputation in his work second
to none Professor Stone was born in
Pekin, ILL.,, in 1S47. His family moved
to Chicago in 1858 and he secured his
early education in this city at the old
Chicago high school and Dearborn
observatory. He taught school at
Racine College, and in 1875 was called
to the dictatorship of the Cincinnati
observatory. Seven years later he was
invited to take charge of the new
Leander Mccormick observatory OF
the University of Virginia. His work
at the latter institution has given him
national fame. He is editor of the
Annals of Mathematics, a binonthly
journal, the object of which is to en-
courage mathematical research.
Professor Stone is brother of Mel
vile E. Stone, general manager of the
Associated Press. He is member OF
numerous learned societies and one OF
the most influential educators in the
east.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
"Yield Not to Misfortune"

l was afflicted with catarrh last
autumn. During the month of Octo-
Der | could neither taste'or smell and
could hear but little Ely's Cream
Balm cured it.-Marcus Geo. Shautz,
Railway, N. J.
l suffered from catarrh Of the worst
kind ever since q boy, and | never
hoped for cure, but Ely's Cream Balm
seems to do even that. Many ac-
quaintances have used it with excel
lent resnlts.-Oscar Ostrum, 45 Warren
Ave, Chicago, III. Cream Balm is
agreeable.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18

The secret of speedy cure in sick
ness lies in selecting the proper remedy
and this is difficult to dc unless enc is
sure what the ailment is. But one
thing is sure, had the liver been
actively at work sickness could not
have come. 1t is then always safe to
take Simmons Liver Regulator which
keeps the liver we'll regulated and all
poison expelled from the system.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard Soft or Calloused Lumps and
Blemishes from horses, Blood Spayins,
Curbs, Spiints, Sweeney, Ring Bone,
Stiles, Sprains, all Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc Save $50 by use of one
bottle Warranted the most wonder
full Bemish Cure ever known. Sold
by B L. Hughes, Druggist, No South
Augusta st Staunton, Va.
June J-IyF
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18

CURRANT CAKEs.-Half a cupful
of butter. cupful of sugar, an egg,
tablespoonfuls of milk, half cupful
currents. small teaspoonfuls baking
powder and -four to make q very stiff
batter Heap in small mounds Oh
buttered paper and bake 10 minutes.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18

How TO CLEAN STRAW MATING
Straw mattinss can be cleansed from
dust by wiping with a cloth wrung out
of salt water. If white, this prevents
their turning yellow, and if colored,
their fading. The water should be
cold, will, small handful of salt dis
solved in a painful.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
REMOVAL OF TIE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN S
RESTAURANT!

The undersigned inform their friends and
pub lie enerally that they have removed theiI
Ladies' and GentleBen's Restaurant from the
Hurley Building, where it has been for some
years, to the building next door West of the
SPECTATOR Office. and diagOnally opposite the
Opera-houSe, where they hope their former
patrons will call upon them as heretofore
They can accommodate transient customer:
at all hours, and will take regular boarders al
low rates, to a number of whom lodging car
be furnished. Remember the place, one dool
West Of SPECTATOR Office on East Main street
MARGARET & LUCY CA UTHORN.
GENT I1-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18

The Iader Appeai says, however
ridiculous IT. may appear FIR the Uni
ted States alone among civilized ma
tions 10 make legal tender NJ and 90
on roinin. enc metal intrinsirally
worth half rs much us its other money
metal, there is something that is not
weakness and is not dishonesty iii the
affection felt AMI expressed for the
coin of :iIstory and tradition. To urge
continued coinage ~ l6 10 | may be to
invite ruin. and to put a full dollars
worth of silver into p dollar coin may
be 10 create monster unfit for use.
We g. not DISPUTE ah.,'si iAtse things.
Let silver go. BuI lee US remember it
all the same, and let US respect ttose
who respect it"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
An Extraordinary Inscrintin,,.

A gossipcr in the London Spectator
says: ''While wandering around the
parish church Of st. Heller I came
across this extraordinary inscription:
Ito the glory of God and in the memory
Of George Frederick de Carteret, his cou
sin, who persisted By drowning, aud lies
inferred in the Cathedral church, Gal
way, Ireland, this window is given by
Edward Charles Malet do Cartoret,
Seigneur de st. Ouen, A. D.,
MCCCLXVII ;"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
FALL TER IN
}TATT?lI BUSINESS G0IiEHEE,
Cor. Main ST. and Central Ave-,
BEGINS SEPTEMBER 2, 1895.

Incorporated. Endorsed by Chamber of
Commerce Special Inducements to students
entering during september Best results in
least possible time. Unqualified success of its
graduates New catalogue now ready for
mailing. Let US seud it to you.
HUMPHREYS & 8TNEE,
Principals.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18

The Secretary of War estimates the
cost of the military establishment for
the next fiscal year at about a million
dollars less than the disbursements OF
last fiscal year. Nearly every item OF
really military expenditure is increas
ed in the estimates, and these increases
are slightly more than offset by a large
reduction in the estimates for civil and
commercial purposes, the river and
harbor works. The expenditures for
rivers and harbors in the last fiscal
year were nj reteen aud half millions,
for the nexss6scal year Secretary La
mont estimates less than twelve mil
lions, The pay and subsistence and
Quartermaster's supplies, the construc
ton OF barracks and shooting ranges,
horses and transportatiOns and cloth
ing and equipage, the medical depart
inent. the arsenals, posts and GENE
teries. artificial limbs and buildings
and grounds in Washington, are all
increased in the estimates over last
years expenditures. But the two
largest items of increase are nearly a
million dollars additional for soldiers
homes, and over five millions increase
for Qualifications. Last years expendi
ture for Notifications was good deal
less than two and half millions; the
appropriation for the current year is
less than two millions; the estimate for
next fiscal year is close to seven and q
half millions. On the subject of the
Chicago drainage canal in its relations
to the stage of water in the Great
Lakes. Secretary Lamont makes no rec
concentration; he merely reports the
conclusions of the Board of Engineer
officers made during the recess of Con
eress that the canal would affect the
depth of water, but it would be i'm
possible to say how much until very
careful and detailed and prolonged
series of observations bad been made.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18

Sermons on politics and other
secular affairs in some churches have
almost entirely taken the place of the
old fashioned Gospel discourses.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
speculations as to the Republican
Nomination.

NOMINATION.
The IhdeG-AppedE is of the opinion
that Tom Reed will be the Republican
candidate for President if, as Speaker
of the House, he does not commit
some foolish act that will mar his
chances 1t says
In year from this time Virginia
will have cast her vote against Tom
Reed as a presidential candidate, and
venturous New Highlander as a coming
president or as a wreck on the political
waters.
Ali the indications point to Reed as
| the candidate The western aspirants
are quarreling. McKinley's friends
| invade Harrison's territory, and Har-
rison's managers disparage Mckinley
and McKinleyism, aud Allison's ap
pearance in the contest is treated by
all as something that comes around as
a matter of habit rather than with
serious purpose. The New York
strength held together III Levi Morton's
name is of course not intended to be
used in the interest of that too aged
gentleman, and when the compli
mentary vote has been cast for him
and the real voting begins, it is moi
| likely that any western man will be
favored. In New York, and the same
is true in Pennsylvania, the "boss" is
at the top of the republican circle, but
the boss is able to be q boss only be
cause the active business men of the
state are behind him; and the business
men of 10th these great states are al
much afraid of McKinleyism as they
are of western silver sentiment. The
east is thus necessarily for Reed, anC
his popularity in the west, because OF
his course as speaker four years ago
is said to be very great and growing
constantly. His weakness is in the
possibility of foolishness in the house
over which he is to preside this winter
| There may be adverse influences
among the mercenary crowd of south
ern delegates to the nominating con
vention, but these, we believe, will be
more than offset by the votes OF
northern delegates who have learned
what machine republicanism is in the
SOUTH"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
"Daily, except Sunday. tSunday only,
CONNECTIONS;

Train No. 4Os connects at Harper's Ferry
with Fast Limited Express trains. leaving at
i:l3 p, m, arriving at Columbus at $50 a. m.
and Pittsburgh at S:45 p. M, and CHICAGO nj
llOO q. Ia. next morning; with train leaving
at 5:l9 p M, arriving at Cincinnati at 7:45 a
m, st. Louis at 600 p. NJ, and connects at
Weyerton with train arriving at Hagerstown
at 3:l3 2. NJ, and at Washington junction with
train arriving at Frederick at 2:20 p. m.
Train 4l6 connects with fast veStibuIed trains
at Harper's Ferry at $3.50 p. m. for Chicago;
1921 p; m for Pittsburg, and l:46 q. M for Gin
cinnatl and st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at
6:53 a. M. Chicago at 500 p. m, Cincinnati at
5:3J p. m, and st. Louis at 7l2 a. in. =
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars run through
TO Cincinnati, st. Louis. Chicago and Pitts
burSh on all express trains.
For rates tickets, baggage checks and fur
5her information apply TO b. 81 o. agents or to
=. Il. Dudrow, Travelling Passenger Agent
winchester, Va, or c. 7 Hammond, Agent
stanton, Va.
CHAS. o. SCULL, RIB CAMPBELL
Gen. Pass. Agt. Ger. Man.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18

A true Democrat is always believer
in fair elections, because Democracy
mears q oovornlne;,: Of. for, an,, lv ,;e
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
!. :. s9rIoikaHasiala8a
-'-7----s774sz
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOV, 3, 1855.
LEAV BASIC, VA, DAILY.
NORTH BOUND.
NORTH BOUND.
SOUTH BOUND.

Nos for Roanoke, Radford. BRISTOL plre,,oId
Columbus end Chicago, Pullman sleeper non.
Roanoke TO Columbus. ~"
No (Vestibuled Limited) for Roanoke. Rris-
6oi Gn0 beyond. Connects at Roanoke for ali
stations WiGstOn-SaIem Division Connects
AZ Radford fcr Rlueheid, Poe8huntas
,PullIna: s.799ers 20 New Orleans and Mem
phis. Dining Car attached
FOR tickets, time-cards and all information
Western Railroad. -0-A
W. B. BEVILL, Gen. Pass Agt.
Roanoke. Va
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18
Relief In Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" This new remedy is a great
surprise on account of its exceeding
promptness in relieving pain in the
bladder, kidneys, back and every part
of the urinary passages in male OF
female. 1t relieves retention of water
and pain in passing it almost imme
diately. If you want quick relief and
cure this is your remedy.
Sold by B. F. Hughes, Druggist. No
6 South Augusta St., Staunton, Va.
june 5-1yr.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18

Additional local trains leave Staunton as
follows: Except Sunday 347 p. m, arrives
Clifton Forge 5:55 p. IN.
*7:45 p. II. arrives Goshen, Q D. m.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-18

Additional local trains leave Staunton as
follows: Except Sunday-2:40 p. M, arrives
Richmond 7:45 p. ~; *S43 a. M, arrives Char
lottesville 1920 a. m.