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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
VIRGINIA-In the Clerks Office of the court
~ ,o of Hastings for the city of Staunton, Oct.

NIRGINIA-In the Clerks Office of the court
10, 1895. '''0 '''' ~ ''''un'on' wv
Augusta National Bank of Staunton, Plt'f
against
J. Alex. Bumgardner, admir- of W. L. Bum
gardner. decd, James Bumgardner, Jr.,
Pocahontas Bumgardner, " lille Bumgard-
ner, HAPPIER Bumgardner and India Bum
gardner. the las1 of whom is an infant; and
Z. M. Marquis in her own right and as exec
utriX of j. =. Marquis, decd, Deft's
The object of this Suit is to subject the house
and lot IN StauntOn, on the corner of Frederick
and Coalter streets, which belonged to the late
W. .. Bumgardner, to the payment of a bond for
5000. executed by the said W. L Bumgardner to
Henry l.. Hoover. Feb. 10. 1899, payable Two
years after date, with interest from date, paya-
PIE semi annually, subject to credit March 4,
1893, by 1856, which bond is secured by deed of
trust, and was assigned by said Hoover to Jos
A. Waddell, by him 10 Jas. Bumgardner, Jr..
and by him to the Augusta National Bank of
stanton: And it appearing by affidavit filed
that Willie and Happier Bumgardner are non
residents of this State, it is ordered that they
appear here within fifteen days after due publ j.
cation of this order and do what is necessary to
protect their interests. Teste,
NEWTON ARGENBRIGHT. Clerk.
Patrick & Gordon, p.q. oct Hat
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Barn Burned.

Monday at P. NJ, the barn of MI.
Saml q. Brown near Swoope's. with all Its
contents, including agricultural nipple
ments and $4O0 worth of baled hay was des-
troyed by fire.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
Millinery.

You have the prettiest and cheapest MILL
merry In the town, is the verdict of everyone.
Six dozen trimmed sailors at 25c, worth soc.
Just received lot of trimmed pattern hats at
81, worth S3-a bargain. Trimmed hats from
SOC to Sc. All the latest novelties in MILNE
ny trimmings. Ribbons, all kinds of prices,
600 rolls to select from. Hats trimmed to
order on short notice.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18

The above sale is postponed until MONDAY
OCTOBER 18th, County Court Day.)
AS. BUMGARDNEFs,J R.,
VIM E. CRAIG,
oct list Commissioners,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
MARKETS.

Wheat on Wednesday was quoted in Bal
tlmore at 63aa664; in Richmond at 6Sa72,
and in Chicago flor October delivery at
594. sass
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18

C0n s:ss B 3 si'ss L g. &c;
i OF May, 1925, we will, as Commissioners of the
Court appointed BY the said decree, procaeaiPn
e. i1gaG / g as,ss..l ~ L..
4 OF the court house in the City of Staunton, that
certain traDt otdaai dl0f (which Gi|1ns Shiffiett
or sfd fed IL Ysgusa COUNTY e. on
joining the 'ands Il wallace, " oaaWSad, Bashaw
| and others, on the following
TERMS, to- it:-SO much cash in hand as will
pay the costs of suit and sale, and the remainder
upon a credit of one. two and three years from
Inc GATE OF sale, with interest from the day of
sale, the purchaser giving bond with approved
personal security, and the title retained as uti-
mate security.
JAMES BUMGARDNER, JR,
WILLIAM E. CRAIG,
Commissioners.
I,Jos. B. Woodward. Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Augusta county, do certify that James Bum
gardner. j., has executed the bond required by
decree of sale in the cause of Richie, &C. against
Shifietts Admir-. Given under my hand this 18th
day OF Sept. ls95. JOS. B. WOODWARD,
sep l3-4t Clerk.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
Stationery and School Supplies.

States 4, 5, 6, and SC.
Pencil tablets and sc. The largest and
best tablets ever sold for this money
Slate pencils &c dozen.
Lead pencils SC a dozen.
Pencil boxes sc.
Copy books &c.
Note paper quires 24c.
Envelopes 2and packages. best sc.
Good quality ink sc a bottle.
Legal cap paper, best quality, SC qnire.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
LIVE STOCK MAE

LIVE STOCK MARKETS..
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. Oct. TO- Beef,
Cattle-There has been free Offering, the bulk
OF Them being of the medium and lower grades,
good tops being conspicuously lacking. The
market has not been active at any time. Values
have been about nc off for the tops and better
grades and nc in some instances on the others.
Prices OF Beef Cattle this week ranged as follows
81 90 4S0
GENERALLY rated first quality.... 400 q 4.25
Medium or good fair quality........ 3C0 q $50
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
Cows......... .................... l so q $50
OF the cattle received 1898 came from Virginia
Mich Cows-There is full offering and trade
is dull and values lower. We quote common
cows at $2OaS25, fair to good S.UaSS5 and a few
extra at $40 per head.
RICHMOND, Opt. A.-The following prices ruled
In the cattle market this week per hundred lbs
all gross except where marked net:
400 q 81 %
Common to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 200 q $50
200 3.25
Lamhs..:,.: .::....,.,.iu-..u,..-... AGO . 400
HG6s (ReG). a.21 5-75
Receipts-Cattle 800, Sheep and Lambs $50
Hogs $50.
BALTIMORE, Oct. l.-There is full supply Of
hogs and only moderate demand reported. tpe
number being nearly 800 in excess of that last
reported. Values are l5o per 100 lbs lower than
they were last week. GOOD to prime Western
s49caS5, others 5oa$475 per 100 lbs gross; roughs
S3a$S75, and light pigs 81 per lbs gross
Sheep and LRmbs-Trade IS dull for both sheen
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
DRY Goods Department.

All latest prints at sc yard. Just receiv
ed a lot OF print remnants in bundles ut ST.
about 40 yards in bundle.
Heavy weight Canton Flannel at and &C.
the best at 10c.'
All wool Red Flannel at II and 20c Med.
icated at 25c worth So.
Good quality Sheeting at sc. Remnants OF
all kinds cotton goods at bargain prices.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18

sfs:tiJ = s:.i.l. 8 4
MA FIR he LII.

MORAN-REED-At the Hoover House. DC
10th, 10y Rev. w. J. E. Cox, James w. Mora
to Miss Pearl C. Reed of Pond Gap.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
Clothing Department.

No use to pay So so for cheviot suits. Save
81 80 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 are serv-
ing the people. Note prices:
Wool mixed suits at IS. 50, must be seen to
be appreciated.
A good serviceable suit at $5.
Neat cashmere suits at S..
Fine quality cashmere suits in neat patterns
and colors, at 81. 50, worth $40
Gents overcoatS, all sly les and prices, at a
saving of at least % per cent.
Roys and youths clothing at unheard OF
prices.
and now carry stock equal to that found
anywhere.
Fine clay worsted suits at 80 and $40.
Suits at $40, worth $3.50.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18

STANTON PRICE CURRENT.
WHOLESALE PRICE OF SrAUNToN MARKET
OotO hor1
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fsI51a laa.-7I113 a ~
=. : = HARMS RS s.:
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big ]. !: RACK ET | <: STORE! !.
xaoj Io3n4o ilzisnaiiw
NO. 6 EAST MAIN SIRE + .' ."sa s ssIs :,
The Largest and Most Complete Store in the
Valley of Virginia.
The place you buy almost everything at prices
cannot be duplicated elsewhere The extraordinary having
shows that the people Stamon and vicinity appreciate enterprise
giving them store equal to any in the large cities
7,13O Feet Of Floor Space,
Divided Up in 25 Different Departments

Gents fine calf boots s225 and $3.50.
Heavy kip boots, $2.65.
Full stock, So and 81 80.
Childrens and boys shoes, all kinds and
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Dress Goods.


36-inch Plaids the prettiest goods for the
money ever sold. at 15c.
Good quality Black Satteens at and 1910.
Wool mixed dress goods in plain and fancy
patterns at l8c.
All wool Flannels and Tricos at &c.
A bargain in 36-inch grey flannels at 25c.
38-inch all wool Serge in black and blue at
$50, really worth 40c.
All wool black and white Serge in neat
patterns at Soc 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 Gloaking, 60-inch goods, at SOC,
worth 75c.
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 with
braid at $780,
Beaver cloth in black and colors, satin
finish at 50. 50 worth 1915. Finer quality in
different styles and cOlors at IS.
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
50 so, which does not begin to pay for the
goods they are made Of.
Shoe Department.
Notwithstanding the advance in shoes, we
are able to sell as cheap as ever.
Ladies' heavy shoes at 80 and CSC per pair
MedIam weight 81 and ST. 10, all leather.
Dongola Kid $1.25.
Finer shoes 81. 80, $l.75 and 50.
Gents fine shoes in samples at 81 80, worth
80; " worth $3.50.
The RaCl
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Carpet, MATING and Oil Cloth.

Carpet, Mating and Oil Cloth.
Table oil cloth at 15c per yard, worth csc.
Floor oil cloth. good quality, at CSC
The best at % and SOC a yard
Remnants OF fine brussels and velvet mo-
quette carpet for rugs at 80 and 75c yard.
Hemp carpet at 1871 and 16c yard.
Ingram, neat patterns, at %, 80 and $50 a
yard.
Brussels, bright patterns, SOC yard,
A big bargain in velvet at 85c yd, worth 81.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
Stoves. Stoves.

We have just bought lot of stoves from
busted foundry. for cash, and will sell them
for what it cost to make them. II you need
F, a stove now is your chance.
Cooking stoves, No at S.; No. Z at Sc
and Sc so; No 8 at 81. 80; No. large at So. 30.
Fitting consisting OF So pieces, $l.5O to 81
extra.
satisfaction.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

will be injured by a return to BIZ
metallism because it will scale
down debts. But the creditor is
entitled only to the normal con-
ditions of things, and no man
can claim that conditions are nor
NAL which have been produced
by gold recommendation which
the country knew nothing of UNI
til it was, by stealth, thrustupon
us twenty years ago.
Can gold and silver indeed be
kept together by legislative &C
ton =? Is the double standard a
practical thing ? The double
standard is not, as some persons
seem to think, two standards.
The whole body of metallic cur
rency together measures the
value of of other kinds of prop
erty. The average tiuctuation of
the value of two things is likely
to be smaller than that of the
value of one thing. Under the
double standard a man has the
option to pay in either gold or
silver. If silver shall go up he
will pay in gold. The demand
being taken off of silver and fall
ing upon gold, silver will come
down, gold will go up and there
will be a continuous tendency
toward an equilibrium.
The best and final answer to
the assertion that the double
standard will not work is that it
has worked. 1t was in success
full operation when the demone-
tization act of 1873 was passed.
1t was introduced into our sys-
tenn by Alexander Hamilton with
the cordial approval of Thomas
Jefferson. 1t was overturned
apparently at the instigation of
our British creditors.
Which nation has the largest
stock of gold ? Is it Germany,
Great Britain or the United
States, the gold monometallic
nations? No; it is France, which
holds fast to bimetallism.
Thus France, the country
which has the most silver, has
also the most gold. What has
been the effect upon the Arneri-
can stock of gold of repeal of the
silver purchase law, which was
said to drive out gold 4? We
made net loss of gold in the
first nine months of 1894, after
the repeal of the law, just seven
times greater than that made in
the first nine months of 1893,
when the silver purchase law
In operation. Under a system
of bimetallism gold will flow into
the country because nobody will
care to hoard it or corner it if
there shall be silver enough to
do all the work that gold will do.
The question Of the best and
safest means for obtaining the
restoration Of bimetallism is one
of great difficulty. The condi-
lions are wholly new. There
are no presidents.
This is question which you
can help answer and I trust that
you will be impelled to send to
this nation some message that
the great commonwealth that has
always been in the very front as
the champion of American pro-
lection as against British free
trade will still hold the place in
the contest between British gold
recommendation and that bimetal-
ism which was introduced to
our political system by the great
men who set up the pillars of
the great American republic.
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

CNCdlhS DSSoll Dllo Ddbblc VI Out
Standards from the silver
standpoint before a goodly au
dience of Senators aud Repre-
sentatives in the Senate chamb
err. Wherever enough space
could be found extra chairs had
been placed, and crowded hall
greeted Lieutenant Governor
Lyon, when, as the presiding
officer, he introduced the speak
er of the evening. Nearly all of
of the leading Senators were
present, while from the House
were Speaker Walton and about
half hundred of the more
pominent members. A large
chart, with figures and quota
tions, aided the lecturer in en-
phasizing his remarks. He said
among other things;
The most startling phenomen-
on of our times is the persistent
decline of the prices of commod-
tiles. This fall has been in op-
GRAFTON for 20 years, and it has
resulted in shrinkage of values
and a consequent determination
of wealth, which cannot be con
templated by judicious men with
out alarm.
1t is not claimed that the de-
cline has been absolutely uninter-
rupted. The usual influences
have put prices up and down,
but over and above these influ-
ences some one great influence,
operating generally and all over
the world, has compelled the
ultimate decline of values.
1t is of the first Importance to
ascertain what is the cause of
this astonishing shrinkage of
values. There is but one key to
the riddle. 1t is found in the
fact that gold is constantly adj
vancing. No other completely
satisfactory explanation of the
problem can be supplied. 1t is
common mistake that the value
OF gold never changes, and be-
cause people hold fast to this
error they fail to comprehend
this question. Gold, like every
other commodity, is influenced
by the relation of supply to de-
mand. Just now an artifcially
large demand is produced by
the decentralization of silver. The
fall of general prices began in
1873, when silver was formeral-
ly deprived of the money func
ton. Prices had been rising
through a long period prior to
1873. AS soon as silver was de-
monetized they started upon q
downward course, which they
have ever since followed. This
must necessarily have ensued
upon the rejection of silver. For
thousands of years the two met
ais have been employed togeth-
er. In 1873 one was thrown
aside and the whole stress of the
demand for metallic money had
been diminished one-half. For
bid the use of beef and mutton
will. become dearer. Prohibit
WOODEN clothing and cotton win
advance in price. When silver
wasS denied it's place among
money metals, gold began to go
up. This is an indisputable fact,
The rise of>gold might have been
foreseen and it was predicted.
You have often heard the pres
ent standard silver dollar allud-
ed to as "50-cent dollar" and a
- lightweight dollar You NAV
be surprised to learn that it con-
tains just the same quantity of
silver that American standard
dollar has always contained-no
more, no less. The gold in a
gold dollar has been twice chang
ed; the silver in the silver dollar
never. 1t is said that gold dol
lar melted down will be worth
its weight in coin, while the sill
yer dollar melted down will be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

16 to 1. No compromise. No
conference, is the way to talk
for silver and liberty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

Il
Of silver will Guy just as much
cotton, wool, wheat, petroleum
and other things as it ever would
II holds precisely the same rela
tion to the products of human
toll as it ever held. 1t will no
buy so much of one thing-it viii
not buy SO much gold. Why
Because gold has gone up. Here
is proof of the fact that the
change has been not in silver
but in gold. We have no 50-cenI
silver dollar, but we have a golC
dollar worth about S1.35. De
monetize gold and silver will &C
up just as gold has done. The
fault lies not with the metal, but
with the acts of legislation, which
discriminate against one metal
in favor of the other.
1t is said also that there is
overproduction of silver. The
mint report for 1898 shows tha'
the worlds stock of silver is but
80 odd millions larger than tn
worlds stock of gold. Three
quarters of the people of the
earth use silver alone. Those
who use gold also use silver.
Thus, the demand for silver ex-
ceeds the demand for gold, and
yet the supply is little greater.
The overproduction of silver is
not a fadt but a delusion.
The gold dollar thus set up as
the standard dollar is continual
ly alluded to as "honest" money;
the implication being that the
silver dollar is dishonest money.
But is it honest money that
grows more valuable day by day ?
Is it honest money that records
a debt of 10 bushels of wheat
and compels payment of 90
bushels? Is it honest money
that makes our national debt far
larger, in terms of wheat or
cotton, than it was originally,
after more than half the debt, in
terms of dollars, has been pail -?
The only honest money is stable
money. AS Right Hon. A. J.
Balfour puts it: Money should
be a fair and permanent record
obligation over long periods of
time" The money which does
not change in value, in it's rela-
ton to the commodities, and that
alone, is honest money. Melt
down ten silver dollars, and the
raw bullion will buy as much
wheat or cotton as it ever would.
The relative values have not
changed. Is not silver indeed
really honest money ?
The claim is also made for
gold that it is the chest" money.
Clearly, however, the best money
is that which will give the most
varied and effective service. It
would be great loss to the
world to have gold no longer
used as money; but the world
could do without it. But finally
withdraw silver, and the COM
MERGE of mankind would suffer
paralysis. Not only is silver the
sole money of three-fourths of
the human race, but it is impera-
tlvely required by the gold
nations for the per-
Torrance of small transactions,
which make all the wholesale
business and without which
trade would shrivel up
and disappear. 1t is not true,
rs often asserted, that 95 per
cent. of exchanges are made by
checks through clearing houses.
IN fifteen states there are no
houses. 1t may be
doubted if more than 10 per cent
If the American people keep
oank accounts, and of those who
10 every one must draw small
money daily for his retail pur-
chases.
Dollars and subdivisions of
dollars are absolutely necessary
20 the smaller commerce. But.
t it were true that checks are
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

Now is the time to educate our
eastern friends.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

Straddling platforms will no
longer fool the people.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

Bonds and interest are the
whip and chains of slavery.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

Hard times is a rich harvest
for people who have money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

The old parties can't dodge
any longer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

The Democratic congress is
gone, but the mortgage is still
with us.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

We've got the goldbugs on the
run.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-10-18
NEWSY TRIPLES.


The population of New Zealand Is now
something more than 100000.
The war in the east has caused
great rise in the price of camphor.
seiI-propelling bicycle Is a Swedish
Invention. 1t is run by a little gasoline
motor.
Golly-gascoynes, commonly corrupt-
ed, gallyga skins. were a combination
breeches and hose
The muller was originally called the
mueller, because it went over the muz-
zle or mouth.
or all European countries Sicily has
most often been subjected to the vol.e
of foreign power.
The slashes or openings in an outer
garment to show the one beneath were
formerly called panes.
Bonnet was originally the name for
a mans head covering. The word ia
still used In Scotland.
From the thirteenth to the severn
teenth century blue coat in England
was the sign Of a servant
Wheel farthingales were the enor-
nous supports to petticoats worn In
the Gays or James and Charles I.
Inc baldrick, so often mentioned In
early dramas, was an ornamental belt
passed diagonally across the body.
ihe experts now reckon the acreage
or cotton crops this year at about 1914
per cent less than that of last year.
The castor oil plant and the tobacco
plant are both looked upon by the ami
maj world with almost unanimous dis
approval.
Japan has one Of the best engineering
schools In the world, and is beginning
10 manufacture creditable electrical
machinery.
The experience Of many professional
washers of clothes seems to have es-
tablished the fact that washed linen
pleaches best in frosty weather.
The old Putnam house in Rutland,
MASS, where Gen. Rufus Putnam lived,
is 10 be preserved as a historical land
mark OF the Father of the North
west ID
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-10-18

the actual present was more interest
ing than the future. Such time
came when Master Dick was sent to
college and came to pay his aunt a
farewell visit, and, since he had lost
his mother some years before, to be
properly fitted out by her womanly
hands. There were shirts to make
and ties to be bought, handkerchiefs
to hem and mark and thousand
buttons to see to. Estelle worked
diligently, and her dainty French
needlework was a perfect marvel. She
marked all his clothes and beauti-
fully.
"She sat in 'mada,nSs" room and
stitched and Betsy Baker looked at
her malevolently, when she brought
up the linen from the wash; for Miss
Ash praised the girls work, and had
spoken in the kitchen of her "beauti-
full black hair"
'Them French ant any good, Miss
Ash" Betsy had remarked, especial
ly when they're what / call charity
folks" But Miss Ash had resented
the remark, and now Betsy held her
peace.
And Dick whistled and banged
about the house. And the young and
old women were at work up stairs,
and there was no more tab chipping
or inquiries of soothsayers until a
morning when cab stopped at the
door, and big trunk was put on be-
hind, and Dick kissed his aunt and
was off. Then Miss Ash, folding her
hands together at her belt, heaved q
great sigh, and said aloud:
well, must go and see Madame
Smith to- morrow, and ask her how