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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
Womep's Desire for the Ballot.

A desire for the ballot, which dis
tinguishes what is probably quite
small minority of our feminine popu-
lation, is motived by one or other OF
three considerations, writes the Kew.
Charles H. Parkhurst, ID. D.. in the
June LADIES' Home Journal. The bal
lot is claimed by some because OF the
mistaken notion that suffrage is right
inherent in personality. Other women
are suffragists not because they care
anything for the ballot in itself con-
sidered, but because possessed of those
masculine prepossessions that make
them restless at seeing men do any
thing that they are not themselves al
lowed to do. Many of this class prob
ably are not so anxious to vote as they
are anxious to know that they can vot
| if they want to. 1t would be interest
| ing to know how many of such women
would be converted from their views
| if it should seriously be proposed to
pass bill requiring women to vote
Human nature is a peculiar thing, and
| il certainly will not be ungallant to
| say that all the popularity is not
monopolized by the male sex. Prob
ably the particular stripe OF sutfraglsts
l am commenting on just now would
find the virulence of their distemper
measurably relieved by having the
coveted privilege accorded to them for
a time. 1t would work something as
in the case of jealous child who is
cured of it's jealousy by being allowed
to hold in it's own hand little while
the exclusive plaything of the mate it
is jealous of. There are, however, IN
the third place considerable number
of women that are considering with a
great deal of honesty and womanly
seriousness the question whether the
ballot, if put into woman's hands,
would not be a means of correcting
certain evil conditions in society that
could be less easily reached in any
other way.
1t is very easy to have pronounced
opinion upon the effect which such an
extension of the ballot would produce,
although the data do not seem as yet
to be sufficiently at command to give
to such pronounced opinions any par
ticular value. Our uneasy sisters would
be making a substantial contribution
to the cause they have SO closely at
heart if they, for instance, would can
vass two of the wards in this city, say
the Tenth and the Twenty-second, and
by the means put themselves in con-
dition to inform the public distinctly
and authoritatiYely just what effect
would be produced at our next election
by having the privilege of suffrage ac-
corded to the women of those two most
important districts.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
Two f.appy, rothcr One Not.

They were just two days married and
happy as Zig sunfower.
Anybody coJlld tell these people hadi t
been long married They had walked
| down the big aisle i'll IKE Kimball House
dining room i'll Il fashion that suggested
the big aisle they had recently journey
ed down i'll some PARKWAY church to the
altar, where the fragrant blossoms Of
the orange tree had shed its perfume and
the man at the organ had played soft
and low "Oh, Promise Me-
She held fast to his arm as they walk
ed in under the escort of the head waiter
and everybody turned i'll their chairs to
watch the procession go by.
When they sat down, nothing seemed
to do her but take hold Of his hand.
This wasn't bit funny to the fellow
who sat next by at the same table. He
afterward said it made him weary.
Then she began playing with her hus-
bands hand, taking it and using it as q
pencil and drawing lines on the soft
linen tablecloth. This was worse, and
the man near by was eXcusable for frown
ing perceptibly.
All the while they were talking in q
most frivolous manner, the climax of
the conversation being reached when the
bride said:
''You old darling, give me both oose
hands,
And then the man near by arose de-
liberately, turned around three or four
: times as i'll dilemma and finally made
for the door. Atlanta Constitution.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
HEART ECHOES.

o, fain would we recall youthhood's happy
When passions were tickle, provision scarce
known,
When sorrow evoked but a nimbus Of tears,
With care in subsection and hope ON the throne.
Those happy days and dreams are past forever
gone, - -. =.
Those holy bonds are burst, forever rent in
twain;
Desolation re!gns supreme with hope almost
unknown;
sense remain.
Now, earthly joys are short, delusive, fieetlnS.,
Ties that bind are fragile-mereSt ropes OF
sand,
Save trust in Jesus, and hope OF future greeting
The loved and lost in Saints pre-empted land
New, past content, and hope, and empty pleas
nre
Seem but defaulted grief, and pain and sorrow
To-day's love and joy, and bliss beyond all
measure
Changed to sadness, yea, anguish!on the NOR
row.
Blessed Jesus, Saviour, Friend, and Prince OF
Peace,
To Thy arms we come, we hasten, yea. we fly,
The one safe refuge, the sin-sick souls sur
cease,
Not on earth alone, but when we come to die
o! blessed mem'ries, now but anguish! yet
just.
That mortals i've and love, suffer, and trust
The Prince, the Potentate, the God from Cali
lee.
DIR. JOHN E. LoCKRIDGE.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind 1895.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
A Wonder In Minute Writing.

A recent writer on the subject of wave
lengths of light, in describing the ap-
paratus used for tak;"g measurements
of such lengths, mentions the ''Nobert
test plates. - These plates are made of
glass and have the scale thereon so finely
graduated that there are often as many
as $50, 200 lines to the inch. Such in
finitesimal magnitudes are totally be-
yond our powers of conception, yet much
more wonderful things in that line have
been accomplished. An artist of the
name of Webb, a regular manufacturer
Of these ''Nobert test plates$' once tried
his hand in microscopic writing on glass
The specimen turned out, which is
now in the Army Medical museum at
Washington, is the whole of the Lord s
Prayer on piece of glass which is only
1894 of an inch one way and LAO
of an inch the other In the Lord s
Prayer there are 227 letters, and, as
shown above, they were put on a
piece of glass having an area of but
1-129, SOB of an inch. Had an entire
inch of space been used at the same rate,
the engraver would have put no less than
30, 431 ,458 letters upon it. The entire
Bible, Old and New Testaments, could
have been written on that inch of space
eight times over.-St. Louis Republic.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
Anticipated Delights.

Imagination furnishes mankind with
enjoyments less real, perhaps, but as
keen as any that come to us through
the senses. For this reason one some
times enjoys the anticipatiOns of pleas
ure more than the pleasure itself; nay,
Imagination may make the reality dis
appointing. To guard against this the
Imagination should be held in check
by reason. The pleasures of anticipa
ton will not then be SO real as though
Imagination had been allowed to run
riot, but, on the other hand, they will
be continued in the pleasures of realiz
alton instead of being made a source
of disappointment. Those who enjoy
keenly suffer keenly; the happiest peo-
pie are those who keep such control
over themselves as to maintain near
ly equable temperament. From the
moral standpoint it is desirable that
such an attitude should be preserved,
for those who enjoy greatly or suffer
greatly are under grave temptations
to gain happiness or escape misery at
any cost. An unduly keen enjoyment
of the pleasures of life nourishes selfish
ness, with all it's attendant evils. The
man who surfeits himself with the
qualification of his desires, whatever
they may be, is like one who drinks to
excess. He saps his moral nature and
becomes such slave to appetite as to
make any sacrifice for it's qualification,
ultimately reaching that condition
whore further enjoyment is impossi-
BILE. On the other hand, the man who
puts restraints upon himself sacrifices
pleasure for duty. permits his imagin-
alton no liberty to play him tricks, but
vlla
with the cold light of reason, is fitted
for long continued enjoyments, keeps
his appetite under control and finds no
difficulty in resisting temptation be-
cause he has accustomed himself to
sacrifices. Imagination is like an ex-
ira sense, subjecting US to sensations
of both pleasure and pain. When un-
controlled by reason it may rob us of
real joys by picturing them so as to
make them disappointing in reality,
or it may bring to us fancied misery,
as in melancholia, by equally extrava-
CANT and false picturing of the woes to
which we may be subjected. 1t would
be unwise, however, to repress the i'm
agination altogether. That would be
like stopping the ears to shut out dis
cords, thus depriving ourselves at the
same time of the charms of music. The
Imagination should be nationally EN-
ployed and cultivated, so that it may
be able to present to us truthful, not
distorted pictures, whether pleasurable
or painful. Then it becomes a good
servant and does not rob us of real
pleasures by contrasting with them in
fancy more highly colored visions
Nor will it then mislead us morally by
arousing in US such strong love of
selfish pleasures as to make US unmind-
fll of the obligations of duty.-Balti-
more Sun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
The Preservation of Foods.

The great advance in the preservation
Of foods is perhaps most clearly shown
in a recent article in French magazine
The article discusses the preserving Of
provisions from the military standpoint
1t states that 10000 rations of yegeta-
bles can be stored in cubic space of 40
inches each way; that millions of "a
tons of solid soups and preserved meats
are continually stored in Paris, while
the quantity of -four and biscuit is fabu-
lous. Milk during the last siege of Paris
was worth its weight in gold. Now the
method of "pasteurizing" milk and
putting it in Theoretically sealed cans is
found to preserve milk indefinitely and
insures against suffering those classes of
the community that suffer most from
scarcity of milk-the feeble, aged and
infants.
Compressed fodder and the silo system
are the safeguards used by the govern
ment to protect animals in case of siege,
while an enormous cold storage ware
house at La Vilette insures fresh meats
for long period. The application of
science to the food problem has reduced
the perplexities of families living on
small incomes, but it may force COM
plete change in military maneuvers,
starvation Of the besieged being made
almost impossible. Outlook
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
QUEEN VICTORIA ASA CHILD.
Described by Prof. Crouch, Composer o.
of kathleen Mavourneen."

Described by Prof. Crouch, Composer OF
of"kathieen Mavourneen."
Prof. +. Nichols Crouch, composer
of Kathleen Mavourneen," recalls
"reminiscences of the younger DAYS of
Queen Victoria. He was au attache of
the royal family, as a musician having
been member OF the royal household
band. Professor Crouch says he re
members Queen Victoria when she was
a little girl seven or eight years old.
THE room in which the rehearsals
of the band took place." he said, WAS
located so that persons from many
apartments in the palace could enter
it from all sides. Here Victoria and
her cousins romped and played and
she was as free as any child on the
streets of Baltimore. She looked like
a healthy country girl, pretty and In
nocent. Her mother was the most
queenly woman that ever walked.
The ladies of the household frequent
ly came into the rehearsal room with
the children and liste ned to the music.
Victoria was very fond of music. Mrs
Henderson, cousin of mine, who mar
ried George Henderson, page in the
royal family, was Victoria's teacher on
the piano. Victoria studied faithfully
and was q fine performer on the piano
when girl. She was affable and ex
tremely graceful.
II continued as 'cellist Ia the Queens
Band for some years, but the reform
bill, passed in the early thirties,
think, abolished the private house.
hold band of the royal family. l locat-
ed in Devonshire, but was summoned
to London to play the cello at the cor
onation of Queen Victoria. Sir George
| Smart, who conducted, was knighted
for his musical ability. The most
striking scene at the coronation was
the entrance at Westminster Abbey
of the Duchess of st. Adams. She had
formerly been an actress, had married
Coutts, the banker, and after his
death was welded to the Duke OF ST.
Adams. The press and people dis
cussed at great length whether she
should be admitted to the coronation.
She demanded her rights as a Duchess
She entered alone, and her magnifi-
cent stage effect and self possession as
she walked up an avenue of armies in
| file, was one Of the grandest sights of
the day. The Duke of st. Adams was
grand falconer of England and the
Duchess was one of the most ladyIike
persons ever born.
Il was summoned to London again
as singer at the marriage of Queen
| Victoria to Prince Albert
The Professor came TO America in
| 1949. He says lie IS eighty seven years
old His memory is stocked with Incl
dents of his early life in England and
his subsequent life in this country, in
Guiding his military service during the
late war. He is engaged in writing his
"reminiscences. and frequently writes
short poems. Professor Crouch has
composed a number of songs besides
the worldfamous air of kathleen
MavOurneen,"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
The Value of a Package.

The contents of 20. cent package
of Simmons Liver Regulator will cure
many a Sick Headache. It's the
woman's friend. ut cured me per.
manently of Sick Headache'-C. s.
Morris, Brownsville, W. Va. Take it
dry on the tongue, or make tea.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

The Southern Presbyterian Assem-
bly, selected Memphis as the next place
of meeting. DR.. John N. Craig was
re elected home mission secretary,
though majority of the board re-
ported in favor of Mr.. R. H. Fleming,
OF Virginia.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

The State administration in South
Carolina will take the registration case
to the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, of which Chief Justice Fuller
is member.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

Colonel Lawler, commander-in-c chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
says no Grand Army posts will partici-
pate in the dedication of the Con
federate monument at Chicago on
Decoration Day.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

"How is your wife ~
"Um Her head has been troubling
her a good deal this year"
NERVOUS headache?"
mot exactly. She keeps on wanting
a new hat every four weeks. london
Tit Bits.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
CONNECTIONS;

CONNECTIONS:
Train No. 40S connects at Harper's Ferry
with Fast Limited Express trains, leaving at
Los p. M, arriving at Columbus at 2:55 a. M
and PITTSBURGH at 5:4J p M, and Chicago at
ll:OO a. m. next morning; with train leaving
at 5:04 p. M, arriving at Cincinnati at 7:l5 a.
M, st. Louis at 500 p. M, and connects at
WeVerton with train arriving at Hagerstown
at Eos p. M, and at Washington Junction with
train arriving at Frederick at l:5O p. m.
Train Ala connects with fast vestibuled trains
at Harpers Ferry at 1888 p. III. for Chicago:
l0:l1 p. m. for PittSburg, and lac a. m for Gin
c1nnati and st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburv at
6:20 a. M; chicago at 900 p. m, Cincinnati at
$40 p, M, and St. Louis st 7:12 a. M
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars run through
to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and Pitts
burgh on all express trains.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks, apply to
any office OF the B. o. K. r., or to O. E.
DudroW. Travelling Passenger Agent, Win
chester, Va, or G. II. Hammond, city ticket
agent, Staunton, Va.
CHAS. o. SCULL, r. B. CAMPBELL
Gen FaSS. Agt. Gen. Man
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

A bill has been introduced in the
Florida Legislature making it a pun
ishable offence for any school, public
or private, in the State to allow white
and colored pupils to be educated
together.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

Butler-I may be poor, but there
was a time when | rode in a carriage.
Cook-Yes, and your mother pushed
1t.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

The preacher should pray that every
time he opens the Old Book in the pull.
pit somebody will find it new,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

The religion that is noisy in church
is sometimes very quiet in places where
it is needed just as much.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

Some preachers are afraid to open
the Bible very wide for fear they will
have to die in the poorhouse.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to get 90 and Perhaps Make
a EorfHna

Fortune.
We secure patents and to induce people to
keep track of their bright ideas we offer a
prize of one hundred dollars to be paid on the
first OF every month to the person who sub
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ring the preceding month. We will also ad-
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Ndtt0nGt recorder. a weekly newspaper, pub
liShed in Washington, ID. c., which has an eX-
tenSive circulation throughout the United
tors
Nor so HARD AS IT SEEMS.
The idea of being able to invent some thing
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
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
upon, and 1t is these kind of inventions that
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 for patent on his in
vention through us, and whether he secures
able patent.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

No man weighs anything in the
church of Christ, unless he does it on
the scales they use in heaven.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

There is good deal of public pray
ing done that don't mean anything in
heaven or on earth.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

Every church has just as many con-
versions in it as the spiritual condition
of its membership will warrant.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
vlRGINAHOTEL RESTAURANT.

On First Floor-Entrance on New street
Nice newly furnished rooms private TO
ladies and gentlemen and connected with tn
Ladies' Entrance and Front Restaurant Din
ing Room. Nice oysters served in any style
desired. The best service-Low charges.
nov 2l-ly j. G. SCHEFFER, PrOp'r
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

No. 6. (Vestibuled LimiteD has Pullman
sleeper from Basic to Washington, New York
without change, via Shenandoah Junction
and B. g. o. Railroad.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

. No. for Roanoke, Radford, Bristol BInefeld
columbus and Chicago, Pullman sleeper fron
Roanoke to Columbus and HaGford to Chat
tanoOga.
No (Vestibuled Limitedl for Roanoke. Bris-
tol and beyond. Connects at Roanoke for all
stations, Wnston-Salem Division Connects
at Radford for Bluefeid, pocahuutas.
Pullman sleepers. to New Orleans and efar,,-
phis, Dining car attached
For tickets, time-eards ana all information
call on NJ. +: Bragg. T. p. A, agent, Norfolk
western Railroad.
W. r. HEYILL Gen. Pass ACT.
ROANOKE Va
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
S p &c &c s.
i1Il.. 1 H-r
Big WOOD AND COAL YARD

At the Trestle Bridge, foot of Green street.
Ny son, ]. w Padget, will he 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 let5 with W A. Burke, Crowle
building. and j. w. Parrish, 423 north Augr sta
street Will have prompt attention
nov 2S-6mos r. B. PADGETT.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05

Zone swallow doesn't make a spring,
said the boarder who misquotes.
ga swallow of beer might" said the
Cheerful Idiot.
And when the landlady guessed that
it might make a spring on account OF
the hops in it. the Cheerful Idiot got
huffy and left the table before the
prune pie was served. -Indianapols
Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-05
Fer Girls.
From Harper's Round Table.


The habit of thoroughness in house
keeping leads one to keep rooms in
good order and the table beautifully
appointed. | know girl who says that
she takes great pains with her room
whenever she thinks her aunt Mary is
coming to see her. because Aunt Marys
sharp eyes discover every speck OF dnst,
and observe any trifie that is in the
least out of order. Aunt Mary L. BIZ
of q critic, and her niece little afraid
of her comments
In other words. the aunt has made
a coward of the girl. | donot like the
idea of being in bondage to any body.
whether an aunt or stranger. II
would seem to me q far better way to
feel that one must answer to ones sell,
and that one would not feel satisfied
unless she could look herself in the gla. s
and say: There, everything is done in
the best possible manner, and you can
not find any fault with NE to day. Try
to, if you dare p
l wonder whether you are particular
to write notes of thanks very soon af
ter receiving gifts or acts of courtesy
The value Of note of thanks is great
ly increased by its being prompt, II
some friend leaves q bunch of v ole at
your door and you fail to acknowledge
it until the flowers have faded, your
thanks, when they do GONE, are tarIy.
When flowers are sent to those who are
i'll, they, of course, cannot repay the
courtesy by little note themselves, but
some one in the family should do 1t for
them. Your note of thanks should be
very genial, showing that you are real
ly pleased by the kind attention and
the happier because of it. Do not be
afraid to write warmly and cordially on
such occasions. If stiff and formal you
are unjust both to your friend and
yourself