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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
Rev. Jonathan Bells Confession.

OLDsBURY, ENGLAND, April 2S.-The
wife of the Rev. Jonathan Bell, pastor
of the Blackheath Circuit of the PRINT
tive Methodist Church, told reporter
to- day that her husband had confessed
to her that he was responsible for the
condition of Miss Emily Hall, a young
woman member of his church, who died
recently in a lying in hospital in De-
troit, Mich. The girl was twentyfour
years old, and was a candidate for the
local preachers place in Blackheath.
She had been employed in Mr.. Bells
family during the confinement of Mrs.
Bell. Mrs. Bell says her husband learn
ed of the Detroit institution through
advertisements. and sent the young
woman there. Mrs. Bell forgave her
husband, and agreed that he should go
into hiding, being in fear of arrest. He
has disappeared. No steps have been
taken to prosecute him. The church
has allowed his family to occupy the
parsonage for time, and will provide
for the children.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
The Doctor Was a Joker.

The other morning as belated men,
Der of the Owl Club was steering home
he passed the house of a well-known
physician, says the Louisville Medical
NeaOs.
The vestibule of this residence was
open and on it's side was an acoustic
tube, underneath which was the in
scription whistle for Dr. POTTS."
Not wishing to be disobliging about
so small matter. the Owl stumbled
up the steps and, steadying himself
against the wall, blew into the pipe
with all the strength of his lungs
The physician, who was awakened
by the resultant shrill whistle near his
head, arose, and, after wondering at
the singular odor of whiskey in the
room. CROPPED his way to the tube and
shouted: 'sWell?"
"Glad to know you're WE'LL" was the
reply; "but being doctor. 1 s'pose
you can keep well at cost price, can't
your"
What do you want2" said the man
of pills. not caring to joke in the airy
nothing of his nightgown.
WELL" said the Owl, after few
minutes meditation. "Oh, by the way,
are you young Potts or old Potts?''
II am DR.. Potts. There is no young
Potts"
Not dead, ! hope 2"
There never was any. | have no
son.
"Then you are young Potts and old
Potts, too Dear, dear, how singular. u
What do you want?n snapped the
doctor.
You know old Mrs. Pevine, who
lives in the NEXT block -
Yes. Is she sick? What's the
natter"
"Dn you know her nephew, too-Bill
Briggs?"
Yes. Well?"
well, he went up to Bridgeport
shooting this morning, and"
"And he had an accident? Hold up
minute. I'll be right down."
No, he's all right; but he got sixty
two ducks-eighteen of 'em mallards.
| thought you might like to hear OF
| it.n
II say" came down from the exas-
perated M. D., that's a jolly good
joke, my friend. Won't you take
something's"
What :" said the surprised humor.
list. pausing for breath.
why, take something Take this. -
And before the Disguised funny man
could withdraw his mouth, hastily
compounded mixture of ink, ipecac
and assafetida squirted from the pipe
and deluged him from head to foot
about pint monopolizing his shirt
front and collar.
And while he danced frantically
around sponging himself off with his
handkerchief, and swearing like a
pirate in the last act, he could hear an
angel voice from above sweetly muir
muir:
Have some more? No? Well, good
night. Come again soon, you funny
dog, you. By by"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
How I Won My Wife.
A PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES.

A PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES.
From Home and Country New York; for May
1 had been trying to work, but on
each successive day, strove to put a
new expression into the face | was
painting. Now beatifed, now despair
ing; now radiantly happy, now des
pairingly sad. One morning. l threw
down my brushes and stood before
the canvas hopelessly.
"Well?" asked Agatha inquiringly.
81 cannot paint your l answered,
dejectedly.
"Why not?'
tAh, if l only knew 1t seems as
though some unseen hand held my
brush, and tried to make the picture
reflect my thoughts, my hopes, my
doubts. And not you. l am uncOn-
sciously trying to tell the face before
me something. Sometimes l sing to it
joyously. and the face smiles. Some
times l cry out despairingly, and ere l
know it, l have put lines of sorrow in
the picture. All, I had better give it
up"
"And what are you striving to tell
my portrait, or rather me?" she asked,
leaning forward.
"God knows !" l answered.
'Shall tell you what it is p she ask
ed.
mo! A thousand times, No! Aga
tha," cried, pressing my hands to my
temples. ''You must not say it. l i'm
plore you not to-"
"Yes, but l will !" she answered,
springing to her feet. Are you blind
your own? You love me: love me with
oil int of nh
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to get S 90 and Perhaps Make
a Enrtuna


We secure patents and to induce people to
keep track OF their bright ideas we offer
prize of one hundred dollars to be paid ON the
first of every month to the person who sub
n1tS to us the most meritOriOuSi INVENTION du-
ring the preceding month. We will also adj
vertise the invention free of charge in the
National Recorder. weekly newspaper, pub
lished in Washington, ID. c., which has an eX-
tensive circulation throughout the United
States and is devoted to the interests of inven-
tors.
NOT so HARD AS IT SEEMS,
The idea of being able to invent some thing
strikes most people as being very difficult;
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 a 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
upon, and 1t is these kind of inventions that
bring the greatest returns to the author
The prize we offer VIII he pa Il at the end OF
each month, whether the application has been
| acted upon by the Patent Once or not. Every
competitor must apply or patent on his in
vention through US, and whether he secures
the prize not, tile inventor viii have 4 valu-
able patent.
THE PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY,
JOHN WEDDERBURN, Genl Manager
6iS + st. n. W. Il ,ishins ton, D. G.,
P. S.-The responsibility of this company
may be judged from the fact that its stock is
held by about seventeen hundred of the lead
ing newspapers of the United States.
dee i9-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
Rules for SanShiny Girls.

When she was quite a little girl she
wrote them out one New Years Day
on a clear white slate, and hung it on
her dressing case where it could always
be seen, writes Ruth Ashmore in very
delightful description of "a Sunshiny
Girl" in the May Ladies Home Jour
nal. She had found them in an old
book. John Wesley had laid these
rules out for his life, and though she
felt she might never keep them all,
she tried to live up to them as far as
possible. And when she made that re-
solve half the battle was fought. Writ
ten out in rather shaky hand were
these rules: do all the good you can;
by all the means you can in all the
ways you can; in all the places you
can; at all the times you can; to all
the people you can; as long as ever
you can"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

VIRGINIA.-In the Clerks once of the Cir
Y cult Court of Augusta, in vacation. March
26th, 1895.
VIM. Patrick and A. c. Gordon, Trus-
tees in deed of trust from the Staun-
ton Grocery Company, ........-.. -. Plaintiffs.
B. F. Eakle, j. W. Splitter and j. H.
Powell, partners under the name and
style of the Staunton Grocery Com
pany, et ais, defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
The object of this suit is to administer the
deed of trust executed to the plaintiffs on the
10th day of November, 1894, by the Staunton
Grocery Company, under the orders and de-
creeS of the Court
And affidavit having been made and filed
Dynamite Co., P. G. Thompson & Co., Judson
Kerr q Bro, j. w. Puts, X. b. Davis, Dwin-
mel Wright Co., U. s. Baking Powder Co.,
Austin, Nichols & Co., Church & Co., Alex. Kerr
Bros. & Co., b. G. Williams & Co. U. S. Baking
Powder Co., Marvin Branch American Gro.
Gerry Co., J. J. Haines & Co., W. p. Harvey &
Co., Arbuckle Bros. Citizens, Rexmer & Co.,
Royal Baking Powder Co., Armour s Co.,
wilkins Co.. Standard Oil Company, Ameri-
can Tobacco Co., The N. X. Fairbank Co., ].
NJ Long, Fells Co., J. H. Larabee, Maryland
Fertilizer Manufacturing Co., Darby Manu-
featuring Co., Swift & Co.. H. L. Hobart. Fl. W.
Huntemuller, b. F. Haynes, Osborn & Lindsay
Chas Fl. Parrish & Co, Parrish Bros, Spreckles'
Sugar Refining Co, The Franklin Sugar Rein
ing Co., G. E. Hughes, w. K. Tyree, C. W. Lord
Il Co.. Lawrence Cordage Co., VIM. H. Addoms
& Co., Wolfe, Mcmillan & Co., Enterprise Coffee
Co., Jas. Pyle Sons and Aull Bros Paper
Company are non residents Of the State of
Virginia, 1t Is ordered that they appear here
within fifteen days after due publication here
of and do what is necessary to protect their
interests in this suit.
A copy-teste
los. b. WOODWARD CLERK
Patrick s. Gordon, p. q.
mar 2.-4ts
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
A Typical Commencement Gown.

The material used for this particular
gown was white muslin, embroidered,
at far intervals, with tiny pin-head
dot, and on the smooth background a
cluster of forget-me-nots. The skirt
was made with the usual flare, and
finished with three narrow ruffles that
had for their heading half inch wide
band formed entirely of tiny blue
forget-me nots. The bodice was a
simple draped one, its high collar being
covered by a stock of pale blue ribbon
with bunch of forget on each
side of the front in rosette fashion,
The full pulled sleeves shaped in at
the wrist, and had as their edge finish
a band of forget-me nots like that on
the skirt The waist ribbon was a
five lnch-wide forget me not blue satin,
finished with rosettes of the forget-me.
nots.-May LADIES' Home Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
Restlessness in the Domain of Sex.

In America, as in England, and in
the other colonies of England-all of
which seem to be attacked at once by
a sort of disease which might he scien-
| tifically labelled gyn8mania--the rest
lessness of the age has extended to the
| domain of sex. Some women are long
ing to break through the established
+! limitations of womanhood, while they
show an inclination to disparage what
have hitherto been considered at once
the natural duties and glories of VIC
man. They are now seeking to grasp
political power. which in their hands
would be divorced from responsibility,
since the burden and duty of uphold
ing and safeguarding the State must
ever remain where Nature has put
! them-in the man. AS yet, only two
far Western States have adopted wo-
man suffrage in its full political form.
1t has suffered some defeats in other
quarters, and was rejected by the Con-
stitutional Convention of New York.
On that occasion the opposition to it
included a large and distinguished
body of women, who thought that
they foresaw the ultimate conse
quences to their sex of an attempt to
remove the landmarks of nature But
this is an age of feeble and precipitate
abdication, when the holders of au-
thority, instead of considering how it
may be better used, surrender it upon
the first challenge. There is no saying
what the bosses of party may do as
soon as they see, or fancy that they
see, the shadow of coming female
vote, though the consequence might be
the swapping of their organizations.
The press also may fear, by opposing
the demand of the suffragists. to risk
the loss of female patronage. When
the full tide of female emotion shall be
added to the political vortex, when wo-
men shall have become political, when
the female demagogue with her plat
form shall be fully developed, the final
trial of popular government will be
near.-From ''our situation viewed
from without" by Prof. Goldman
Smith, IN North american Re0ieaO for
May.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
Trust Those Who Have Tried"

Catarrh caused hoarseness and diff
Guilty in speaking. l also to a great
extent lost hearing. By the use of
Ely's Cream Balm dropping of mucus
has ceased, voice and hearing have
greatly improved.-J. W. Davidson,
Att lat Law, Monmouth, Ill.
| used Elys Cream Balm for catarrh
and have received great benefit. l be-
lieve it a safe and certain cure. Very
pleasant to take.-Wm. Frazer, Roches-
ter, N. Y.
Price of Cream Balm is fifty cents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

! A. 6 ur:r 4.
mn for 49,. .rrast 81 NJ Hatan
England's case against Nicaragua
was recently outlined by an English
writer as foilows:-"The origin OF our
present claims against Nicaragua is
quite simple, and, happily, need not
involve any examination OF the some
what complicated and difficult dlpio-
matte questions which have sometimes
arisen out of our former relations with
the Mosquito Reservation. In the late
war between Nicaragua and Honduras
| the Reservation was occupied by MIC
araguan troops. The inhabitants, Who
had long enjoyed measure OF selfsgovs
eminent, which was regulated under
the treaty of Managua, concluded be-
tween Great Britain and Nicaragua in
1870, resented the presence OF the MIC
araguan forces, and finally offered some
kind of armed resistance to their pro
ceedings. This was easily suppressed
by the Nicaraguans, who expelled
Prince Clarence, the Mosquito Chief,
in the summer of 1894, and took over
the administration OF the country.
1.-The Nicaraguan minister made up
his mind that the opposition offered to
the troops had not been the spontane-
GUS act of the people of the Reservation.
He persuaded himself that it was the
work of foreigners, and among those
foreigners he fancied was Mr.. Hatch,
the British Vice Consul. What ev;-
dence Senior MadriZ may have had in
support of this theory is unknown.
Either he had none, or it was not OF
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

The great, powerful and funda
mental principles of the Democratic
party can never die. These basic
ideas have carried the party safely
through defeat as we'll as prosperity
They will survive the wreck of empires
and the career of generations They
will live when those who now oppose
them have gone down into the tongue
less silence of Observation-Disclosures
burg Star,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

I'VE direct the attention of our
readers to the advertisement of Sim.
mons Liver Regulator on another page.
We have used the medicine in our
family, and are prepared to say, from
experience, that for torpid liver or a
disordered stomach it is good remedy.
When travelling we usually carry
some in our valise. From the "Chris-
tian Visitor S'mithfield, N. G.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Staunton Va, March 26, 1895.
S. S. Martin
VS..
Geo. w. Fauber, ct ais.
All parties interested in the above entitled
cause now pending in Chancery in the Circuit
Court of Augusta County, TAKE NOTICE, that
I, pursuant to the decree entered in said
cause on the 2Sth day of November. 1894, shall at
my Office in the City of StauntOn, Va, on
Saturday, the 9th day of April. 1895,
proceed to ascertain and report
1st. How that portion of the fund yet undiS-
tributed in this cause, shall be disbursed.
End. A statement of the transactions of j.
Fred. Effinger, General Receiver, with the
fund which came to him under decree of date
May 31st, 1898.
Bird. Any other matter deemed pertinent by
the Commissioner or required to be stated by
any party in interest.
]. M. QUARLES,
Comm'r in Chan'y of the Cir. Court of Augusta
county,.
Turk Holt, p. q.
march 27-4tS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
The Vagaries OF Child-Life.
BY EMIL MEYNE.


From Home and Country New York; for May
There have been child heroes in great
number.
The Hollander who, when he discov-
cred tiny leak in the dixie, which he
knew would quickly increase and IN
undate the town, thrust his finger into
the aperture and stayed there from
carly evening until long after dawn be-
fore help finally came, shows us what
boys can do.
Then, do you not remember the Ger
man peasant boy who asked his father
what he should do if wolf came while
his parents were away?
''Thrust your arm down his throat
and choke him to DEATH" replied the
father, in jest.
One night the boy was left alone in
the hut and wolf did come. The gaunt
creature was about to spring upon the
sleeping baby, when the boy sprang be-
tween them. With the fierce growl
the wolf threw itself at the boy, with
open jaws, and he-withOut thought
of fear-thrust his hand into the gap
ing mouth and held it there until the
brute fell back breathless and dead.
And the drummer-bOy of France.
He was scarcely twelve years old:
The Royalists had won the day and on
little elevation, surrounded by the
dead bodies of his comrades, the val
liant lad stood alone facing score OF
rifles.
Cry 'Vive lie roll or die !" command
ed the soldiers
'Vive la RepubliQue !" cried the boy,
waving his drumsticks proudly and
fell, pierced by dozen bullets.
And that incident of Ratisbon. How
stirringly Browning has given it to us
in verse 1t was the simple account
Of poung ensign-not more than
boy in years-who rode up to Napoleon,
and springing lightly from the saddle,
reported the capture of the town.
you're wounded, boy cried Bona
parte, seeing that the lad kept his lips
pressed tightly, while vainly trying to
keep the blood back.
Nay" said the boy. his pride touch,
ed to the quick. I'm killed, sire p
And with happy smile still lingering
on his lips, the young hero fell dead at
his Emperor's feet.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

Clara-I met Mr.. Tutter on the train
the other day, just before we got to
long tunnel
Maude--Yes, so he told me.
Clara-Oh, did he? What did the
dear boy say about it?
Maude-He said he would rather kiss
you in tunnel than anywhere else.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
The Minister, the Friend of the People.

The Minister, the Friend Of the People.
AS the minister of Christ is pre- emf
nently the friend and father of the PEG
pie, he cannot be Indifferent to any of
the social, political and economic ques-
lions affecting the interests and happi
ness of the nation. The relations of
Church and State, the duties and pre-
negatives of the citizen, the evils of
political corruption and usurpation,
the publication of the ballot-box, the
relative privileges and obligations of
labor and capital, the ethics of trade
and commerce, the public dissertation
of the Lords day, popular amuse-
ments, temperance, the problem OF the
colored and Indian races, female suf-
frage, divorce, socialism, and anarchy
such are vital, and often burning,
questions, on which hinge the peace
and security of the Commonwealth.
Politics has moral as we'll as civil
aspect. The clergyman is social as
we'll as religious reformer, a patriot
as well as a preacher, and he knows
that the permanance of our civic lnstl-
buttons rests on the intelligence and
the virtue OF the people. He has at
heart the temporal as we'll as the
spiritual prosperity of those commit
ted to his care. They naturally look
up to him as to guide and teacher.
His education, experience, and sacred
character give weight to his words and
example. There is scarcely social or
economic movement of reform on foot;
no matter how extrayagant or ITO
plan, that has not some element of JUS
tice to recommend it to popular favor.
If the scheme is abandoned to the con-
troll of fanatics, demagogues, or ex-
tremists, it will deceive the masses and
involve them in greater misery. Such
living topics need discriminating
judges to separate the wheat from the
chaff. And who is more fitted to handle
these questions than Gods ambassa
dor, whose conservative spirit frowns
upon all Incorporate innovations, and
whose Christian sympathies prompt
him to advocate for his suffering
brethren every just measure for the
redress of grievances and the mitiga
ton of needless misery? The timely
interpostion of the minister of peace
might have helped to check many
disastrous popular inundation by
watching its course, and diverting it
into safe channel before it overspread
the country.-From 1.-The preacher and
his province" by his eminence, Car
nal GibbonS, in North american Re
0ieaO for May.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

tits well-known fact that the milk
maids in Switzerland who can sing get
better pay than those who cannot
sing. The reason is that a tuneful
maid who sings at her work, coaxes
one.fourth more milk from a COW than
a songless mixer can extract.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
CONN BOTTOMS:

Train No. 40a connects at Harper's Ferry
with Fast Limited Express trains, leaving az
lOs p m, arriving at Columbus at 2;55 a. M,
ana PITTSBURGH at o45 p m, and Chicago at
ll:OO a. m. next morning; with train leaving
at 5:04 p. M, arriving at Cincinnati at 7:4s q,
M, ST. Louis at 6:O0 p. M, and connects at
Weverton with train arriving at Hagerstown
at 2:O5 p. M, and at Washington Junction with
train arriving at Frederick at 1:50 p. m.
Train Ala connects with fast vestibuled trains
at Harpers Ferry at 93S p. m. for Chicago:
l0:l7 p: m. for Pittsburg, and LAC a. m. for Cin-
cinnati and st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at
$40 a. M; Chicago at 9:G0 p. M, Cincinnati at
6:lO p. M, and st. Louis at ZIP a. IN.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars run through
to Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago ana Pitts
burgh on all express trains.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks, apr.iN r,
any Office of the y a. X. r.. or t. g.
puf ov. Traveli's i'e-senger Agent ~
'hester a. M Q "a. hammond ctt, t-cs .-
gent, Staunton, Va
CHAS.'O. SCCLL, r. b. CAMPBELL
Gen. pass- Agu. Ger. MAJ
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

The Presidential bee is buzziDg
about the ears of many ambitious
men, singing the song of deceptive en-
couragement, just to tickle their
vanity.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

Bobby-Sister will be down in few
minutes, Mr.. Softly; she's up stairs re-
hearsing.
Mr.. Softly-(Who had come prepar-
ed-Wwhat is she rehearsing,B bobby?
Bobby don't know, just; but she's
standing in front of the mirror and
blushing and saying, oh Mr.. Softly =
er-this is so suddenl'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

Efforts are being made by the Lex
ington (Ky) Chamber of Commerce to
arrange joint debate Oh the currency
question between Secretary Carlisle
and Senator Blackburn.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08
REMOVAL OF The LADIES AND GENTLEM
RESTAURANT!

The undersigned have removed their Ladies
and Gentlemen's Restaurant to the Hurley
Building on the corner of Main and Lewis
Streets, where they hope their old patrons will
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-Hurley Building, second story,
corner Main and Lewis Streets.
MARGARET LUCY CAUTHORN.
feb Bird
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

Who Is going to catch the base ball
pennant is of deeper interest to some
than who will be the next President Of
the United States.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

Depriving the country of Mckinley ,
ism is blessing that will become moi @
and more apparent as the days pass by,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

Bachelor girl sounds better than old
maid, but it means the absence of a
man just the same.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-08

Every man should carry big lot of
life insurance; after his death it will
help his wife in marrying again.