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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-04-05
Railroad MATTERS.

The county court Of Pendleton. W. Va,
has submitted to the people OF the county
for vote on April Goth, a proposition for
$40, GOO county subscription to any ''relia-
bic and responsible company that builds
rail road through this county along up the
South Branch Valley, from and connecting
with some general line of railroad, passing
the county seat and extending as far South
as the county line between Pendleton and
II Highland countless The condition of the
bond issue is as follows: One-half when
the railroad shall be built and equipped.
"from some other operating railroad to
Franklin,' and the other half when it is
completed and equipped to the Highland
county line.
The $4,000 Of subscription to the rail
road to pass through Rockingham, has
been completed in that county. 1t is con-
ditioned upon the completion and opera
ton of a railroad between ElktOn and
Bridgewater by January list, 1897. Engi-
neers are at work to ascertain how the
line shall enter Harrisonburg. The sub
scription to the road has been taken as
follows
Uarrisonburg and vicinity ............... $4,000
Harrsonburg Land Il Imp. Co ........... $4,000
Subscribed in New Observation-Disclosures $4,000
Elkton ............. 80, 600
McGaheysville and Montevideo.. 1900
Keezletown ....................... 1850
Dayton and Bridgewater .................. 1000
Elkton additional guarantee) ............ 10000
Total ..... Sl29, 500
The remainder of the $3.50, 600 was raised
after another meeting at Harrisonburg
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LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
BALrIMoRECATTLEMAR KKr Mar. 2Sth.-Beef
Csttle-The market this week has been quite
active, closing out much earlier than last week.
and there were no more good butcher cattle and
tops than there were then and the sales were
made much nearer the top prices as recorded.
Prices of Beef Cattle this week ranged follows:
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-04-05


OF the cattle received 252 came from Virginia.
Mich Cows-There is fair trade reported for
cows at 81 aSa5, and a few extra at $40 per head.
BALTIMORE. April Though the receipts of
hogs number about 800 head more than last
week, yet the offerings at the yards do not ex-
coed those IF last week. 1t is considered ia ther
light supply, for which only a moderate demand
is reported. There is an i'm provement in values
ofabout 20 cents per 100 lbs. Western hogs are
sold at $5.4), and -bv hogs-those from Mary
lamp. Pennsylvania ami Virgina-at S5a$530 per
100 lbs gross roughs ss75asi per lOJ lbs gross.
Receipts 1888 head.
BALTIMORE. April l There is a fairly good
demand reported for god sheep and lambs.
Sheep sell at ga Iz4c, and a few extra at sc;
lambs 4a5I; Spring lambs 7a9c.
BALTIMORE, April l.-Trade in veal calves is
quite dull. Prices 4a5c.
RICHMOND. Apr. 1.-The following prices ruled
in the cattle market this week per hundred lbs
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-04-05

L. q. Elder and VIM. Patrick, of Staun-
ton, were in attendance ON Allegheny cir
cult court at C0yington last week.
Mrs. Ann R. Powell of Loudoun, mother
of Mrs. John Randolph Tucker, died in
Lexington, Monday. at the residence of
Mr.. Tucker.
Highland Recorder "Mr. Will Shumate
has Mr.. Warmers place on the Staunton
mail line. MI. Warner has gone to Hi
nois.''
City Attorney A. e. Gordon was at the
University of Virginia Friday, attending
meeting of the Board Of Visitors, of
which he is a member.
Mrs. Robt. NJ. Guy left on Monday for
Lynchburg to visit her niece. Miss Lucy
Wills.
Mrs. j. E. Cooke and little daughters, of
Waynesboro, have gone to Orange Court
House where they will spend the summer.
MI. F. W. Banner. formerly of Augusta
and now with Howard Swineford & Co., OF
Richmond, was in the city last week.
Richmond Dispatch ''Miss Estelle Asst
of Staunton, is visiting MI. ]. Oakley
Hudson of this CITY,"
Capt. Cush Dame, travelling passenger
agent of the G.. & o., was at the Virgins
Hotel yesterday morning.
Miss Maude Cooke left yesterday fo
Haw River, N. c., to visit Mrs. Charles
T. Holt.
DR.. Jones, Demonstration of Anatomy a
the University Of Virginia Medical School
was in the city Wednesday.
Miss Mary Guy has returned from
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Prof. w. W. Robertson, the efficient
Principal of the Institute, having sent in
his resignation last February, Rev. Henry
P. Hamill Of Charles Town, W. Va, was
designated by Bishop Cranberry on Satur-
day. to fill the position. He is an A. M. of
Randolph Macon College, and has the rep
utation of being a man of fine executive
ability.
Prof. Robertson, who is in the foremost
rank OF Virginia educators, will, we regret
to learn, leave the city. He has had sew
eral offers in Texas, but will accept one Of
several that have been made him in Vir-
ginia. His personal popularity, both as
the efficient Superintendent of our City
Schools for several years, and as Principal
of the w. F. Institute for the last two
years, has been very great. and his depar-
The herald., 1895-06-30

Mr.. Gusher-Wouldn't you like to wan
der down by the sea and drink in the
lovely scene?
Miss Vassar-Yes. but I'd rat her tarry
here over a small bottle, thanks, when it
comes to drinks.
The herald., 1895-06-30

head, from which Lion point takes its
name, stands out conspicuously and so
well defined as to give rise to the sug-
gestion that some earth born sculptor
must have had hand in its fashioning.
The coves and canyons of Fourt h-of-
July, Cherry valley, Hollands and John
sons. with the upland regions. are grad
ually disclosed to view with all the
glorious hues of green and red and brown
and blue which are so distinctive and
alluring on this island of mountains.
Once on the divide. nearly thousand
feet above the sea, the view in every
direction is wonderfully beautiful and
diversified. Looking across the 18th US
one can see the blue Pacific reaching out
apparently into infinite space. Over on
the main land, seventy-five miles and
more away. the spow-enshrouded peaks
OF Old Badly. Mount Lowe and San
JacinIo rise far to skyward, while the
low Lying coast line can be traced from
Ventura clear to San Diego.
Now comes gentle descent into mar
row canyon which opens gradually into
broad green valley surrounded by sloping:
verdure-covered knolls. Acres OF wild
flowers, comprising Mariposa lilies,
eschscholtzias, spring beauties, the Indian
paint brush wild hyacinth and hello
trope, panses and shooting stars and
many more delight the senses on every
side. Sometimes our route lies among
The herald., 1895-06-30

the one desirable attraction heretofore
lacking on the big playground Of South
ern California in full operation.
Ever since the Banning brothers Sc
cured possession of the island one OF
their pet projects has been the building
of driveway over the beautiful noun
famous region of Catalina. Something
over a year ago the first spadeful of dit
was thrown.
The route as surveyed covers distance
of nearly forty miles. 1t extends from
Avalon up and around the cliffs near
Sugar. Loaf. ascending ridge after ridge of
high mountains until the elevated plateau
known as the Hay Press is attained.
From here the road will lead down into
the rich grazing region OF Middle ranch,
passing within close range of Black Jack,
Orizaba and other well-known peaks and
on through the beautiful Cottonwood
canyon to Little harbor.
That portion OF the road now COM
pleted is not found in the vicinity of Av-
alon. but at the upper end of the island,
and extends from the isthmus to Little
| harbor, distance Of eight miles. A beau
tiful sail of an hour and half along the
island coast with its charming halfmo oon
bays and evergreen canyons, its gently
sloping hills and towering cliffs which
rise straight out OF the water-some OF
them for 1900 feet or more-is required
The herald., 1895-06-30

from the top of pole erected atjthis point
white flag is flung to the breeze. This
signal announces to the proprietor OF the
inn that a horde of hungry travellers
are about to bear down upon him and the
simple rite suddenly becomes vested with
a weighty personal significance.
In another moment we are plunRinR
down grade and after an exhilarstin0
drive around the numerous hair-pin
curves We draw rein IN front OF the Little
Harbor inn.
The inn is perched on an eminence sew
eral hunred feet above the sea and 10
favorite resort for those who prefer old
ocean in it's grandeur and more soul-stir-
ring mods. Rugged walls torn asunder
by storm-tossed seas. masses of giant
boulders and rocks Of every shape and
almost every hue abound on all sides
and Ger wierd and startling contrast to
the peaceful, nd-sheltered shores Of
Avalon.
curious shelving peninsula, studded
With deposits of glittering minerals and
crystals, juts out from the shore and
divides the harbor into two coves. one
of which is perpetually wind and tempest
tossed while tie other is as calm and
unruffled as lily-pad pool in New Eng
land.
Boating, fishing. bathing. hunting and
driving are the staple arcusements at Lii.
tleEHarobr and the day is not far distant
The herald., 1895-06-30

supply OF baggage. 1t was naturally ex-
pected that the newcomer was intending
to make ,protracted stay on the island,
and no inconsderable degree OF surprise
was created when the stranger. with all
bis belongings intact. embarked for the
mainland the very next morning.
Catalina, he declared. just before he
stepped aboard the steamer. was delus-
ION and a snare because there was mo
place TO drive.
Should the disappointed pleasure seeker
-.visit tho island this vaar he would find
The herald., 1895-06-30

fields of yellow blooming caoti and then
we are rolling along through miniature
forests of pin oak, TALON and manzanita.
Hundreds of mountain quail and doves,
red foxes, lizards and the ubiquitous
ground squirrels as well as thousands of
sheep and occasional bands of mountain
goats add their quota of interest to the
drive.
At the top of another ascent. far down
the undulating hills below US. first
glimpse of Little Haibor is attained-its
emerald waters sparkling in the sunlight
and the foaming surf dashing high upon
the snow-white beach.
There is halt OF few moments and
The herald., 1895-06-30

to reach the starting point.
AS we glide into the beautiful harbor
at the Isthmus the launch gives forth
shrill whistles as signal for the driver of
the coach and four Cor six, as the case
may be) to get his trap lin readiness, and
almost before the passengers are landed
on the beach the coach is waiting. A
word to the leaders, accompanied by a
swish OF the whip. and we are bowling
along over well made road through
acres OF clover and malva and alflerilla,
and soon begin the three-mile ascent to
the summit.
Every bend of the road on the upward
climb reveals fine beauties. The lions
The herald., 1895-06-30

when this picturesque portion OF Cata-
lima will rival Avalon itself.
After a hearty luncheon prepared hy
Manager Fellows of the inn the return to
Avalon is made over the same route, and
its attendant charms viewed from new
points of vantage combine to make the
entire trip ono of the most unique and
beautiful of the many mountain drives
for which California is famous.
The herald., 1895-06-30

Morley-What are you drawing your
field-glass on those pretty bathing girls for
when they are so close to us2
Mixtoon-Im trying to find their bnah-
in1 auits-
The herald., 1895-06-30
STAGING ON
SANTA CATALINA
From Avalon Round the
Cliffs Past Sugar
Loaf
FORTY MILES OF SCENERY
That Is Unsurpassed in Its Way and
Which Cannot Fail to Interest
Every Newcomer
FORTY MILES OF SCENERY

BY Dewitt c. Lockwood
On a certain afternoon less than ten
months ago:a weary and worn traveller
arrived OH Catalina with an enormous
The herald., 1895-06-30

Macy-Do you see that Boston blue
stokcing down there.
Stacy-Blue stockingsP From that
bathing costume should call her a black
The herald., 1895-06-30

Little Jack-Pa, what does "nlultum in
parvo" mean?
Pa-Much in little.
JacK--Give me an illustration.
Pa--Those women in bathing costumes
vOnder
The herald., 1895-06-30

Mlton-Is the count very we'll known
here?
stars Don't thinls so. I see that he is
e >viNo ut one of the hast hotels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15

The Star prints this afternoon an inter-
estlng compilation of the protests of the
property-owners who feel that their inter-
ests have not been conserved in the plans
for street extension embodied in the first
section of the general map recently pre-
pared under the direction of the Commits
sioners of the District. The protests that
have been filed with the Superior Highway
Commission cover wide range of terri
tory and great divergence Ct opinion.
Some of the protestants argue strenu-
ously against general extension of the
City's system of streets, while others urge
with ingenious pleas and logical deductions
that such extensions are the only proper
ones. 1t is evident from the variety of the
protests, as well their number, that the
map is not wholly satisfactory, and that
the Superior Commission will have none too
easy task when it gets down to the work
of reconciling the many individual views
with the imperative need of doing some
thing to transform the plan of the semi
suburban territory lying north of the city
into a more convenient system of streets
and avenues The misfortune is that these
extensions should not have been made
years ago, before SO many speculative
Investments were made in the northern ter
ritory and before the tide of home-builders
was turned in that direction. Such prob
lens as that presented today are inevitable
in every community where the authorities
do not or cannot take time by the fore,ock
and by wise measures provide for the al
most illimitable future by adopting and rig
idly adhering to comprehensive system of
streets and avenues that is logical, con-
sistent and convenient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15
A Plafnt.

IT am overworked." said Cupid, with q
weary little sigh;
II never get chance to rest, so swift the
moments fly;
The summer girls are here so thick with
gallant youths to WOO them;
1t keeps me busy every single hour attend
ing to them.
I'm overworked; and yet some thought
less carping people will complain
That engagements oft are broken; that
they fail to stand the strain;
When any honest critic of my present task
will say
That I've only time to do it in a super
fetal way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15

likely that there would be decrease Of the
harmony should those who are the imme-
date representatives of capital Join in
commemoration with those whose brain
and muscle make the capital effective.
About the only rational objection that
could be offered to Labor Day is its ten
dency toward segregation: its drawing OF a
dividing line between two classes that
should as nearly as possible be one. The
possible distinction would be practically
eliminated If the wage-earner and he from
whom the wages are Immediately derived
would associate themselves for the purpose
OF emphasizing the dignity Of physical
toll The present tendency of the younger
generation-just about to enter into real
Hfe-is in the direction of employment
where the work is largely if not entirely
mental, and the result Of this tendency Is
seen In the disastrous overcrowding Of
what are termed the professions and the
influx Of alien skill in the trades. Let the
doctrine which sets forth the honorable
nature Of all honest toll be spread abroad
throughout the land and there will come in
response to the preaching of that gospel
a silent but none the less potent revolution,
as the result of which the average young
American will no longer deem it degra-
odtion 10 Apply nlmSel1 TO industrial pur-
suits that today are unfortunately Stunned
by an American-born multitude of tender
years and soft hands. Let the promoters
and supporters of Labor Day look ahead
and plan ahead so that they may preserve
the high average of Industrial intelligence
with which the toilers of this and other
American communities are properly cred
tied. The hope of the republic and of Or
ganized labor are practically one, for they
are both to be found in those who will
soon be the men and women of the country.
Let friendly capital aid in the good work
by encouraging sensible celebration of
Labor Day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15

Preparations are now being made by local
organized labor to celebrate Labor Day.
The plans are more elaborate than they
were a year ago. and the probabilities are
that the celebration will, in every respect,
be superior to that which took place in
1894. Hitherto the duty and pleasure of
raking Labor Day a distinctive occasion
have been almost entirely monopolized by
the wage-earners, but there does not seem
to be any reason why there should not be
active interest taken in this matter by
those who directly give employment to the
men and women who will make appearance
In the parade or participate In the after
proceedings. AS general thing the rela-
lions between the employer and the en-
ployed In the District of Columbia are ex-
septionally harmonious, and it LIS not at all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15
A Douglass Monument Suggestion

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Theodore Tilton, who is still alive, and
still writing poetry, has issued a volume of
sonnets to the memory of Frederick Doug
lass. One of them closes with these lines:
My country, bark 10 me:
Let us. in yonder Capitol of ours
Mould him statue of enduring brass,
Out Of the broken chains Of slaves set free.
The chains were probably of iron and
steel, but poets are not obliged to be literal
Douglass will surely have a monument,
and good place for it is the statuary hall
in the Capitol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15
The lexington railway asked the court

The lexington railway asked the court
to restrain the Commissioners, and the
court refused. yet the Commissioners are,
u appears, restrained as completely as If
the court had decided against them If
the mere asking for an Injunction can
through successive appeals be rendered
equivalent for months to the granting of
an Injunction, though the courts in sue
cession deny the Injunction, 1t will be in
order for the Commissioners to take ad-
Vantage Of the hint. Why cannot rhe
Commissioners apply for an injunction to
prevent the company from Illegally using
overhead wires to run its cars In the city
Of Washington BY securing a temporary
Restraining order, and by successive ap-
peals, II unfavorable decisions should be
rendered in the lower courts the Com
inissioners could prevent the company for
months from violating the law against the
Use OF overhead wires. just as the Com
nissioners are now in effect prevented
from removing the illegal trolley obstruc-
tons from the streets. Pending the de-
cision Of the question Of the enforcement
or non-enforcement Of a clear, unmistak-
able law, supported by public sentiment, It
Is juster and more equitable that the law
should be obeyed than that It should be
disobeyed. Since the law forbids the use
OF overhead wires 1t Is more equitable that.
pending the result of an assault upon the
law, the company should be compelled to
use horses, than that the law should be
suspended and violated every day. The
company can, it is said maintain its poles
and wires until final tribunal declares
that the Commissioners may not be pre-
vented from removing them. Very well.
Let the poles and wires remain, but let
the company be compelled to cease making
illegal use Of them in the interval Use
of them can be renewed, if the final tri-
bunal SO decides. The poles and wires as
existing entities are not to be destroyed
except at the command of the final tri-
bunal; the law against the use Of overhead
wires is a living force. to be obeyed and
enforced until destroyed by the same tri-
bunal. Let the poles and wires be protected
until the last hope of utilizing them is de-
MED. Let the law against their use be
obeyed in the public interest until this law
is finally overthrow. Cannot the Com
missioners, If they are united and earnest
in the matter, render tit for tat, restraining
order for restraining order, and appeal Tor
appeal, to the end that fragrant and daily
violations of an existing law may cease?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15
She Wanted to Help,

She was in the country for the summer,
and was interested in everything she saw.
Excuse my ignorance, won't your she
exclaimed, as she went over to where
Farmer Corntossel was working, ''but do
SO love to pick fruit. These plants are very
pretty. but I can't see what grows on
them"
NO" was the reply. cit Is purity hard to
see."
But what do you pick off themT'
"'Tater bugs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15

Some of the wide-awake hustlers who
are watchful as to the future of East
Washington have been agitating in favor
OF reclamation of the marshes which now
render residence along the Eastern Branch
Of the Potomac not only undesirable but to
some extent unhealthy. At the outset The
Star, as the organ of all Washington. Joined
forces with the agitators. for the cause
was one III which all good citizens should
be interested. Work on the Potomac fats
has advanced to such a stage now that the
public attention may well be directed
toward the great stretch of weed-topped
mud on the city's eastern edge-a vast area
Eeither useful nor ornamental. Unless
popular opinion is considerably mistaken.
the reclamation of the Eastern Branch
marshes need not be a very expensive job,
SO argument favorable to delay must neces-
sarily be confined to desirability or other
wise and on that phase Of the subject
there is testimony enough to convince even
the nc st unsympathetic congressional COM
mittee. We are a very practical people.
but when it comes to recovering and max
ing use of partially OVERLOOKED lands We
are not in it with the Dutch After steal
ing back from the ocean a great area of
farming lands. the people of Holland are
now about to start out on a work of
reclamation to recover 10000 square miles,
which hecessitates the construction of a
colossal sea wall from North Holland to
Friesland; a wall which is to be 216 feet
wide at the base, II feet above sea level,
and wide enough near the inner side of the
wall-top to accommodate wagon road and
a steam railroad. Compared with that en-
terprise the reclamation Of the Eastern
Branch marshes is an infinitesimal under
taking, and there ought to be no trouble in
getting the work started at the opening of
the next fiscal year. 1t Is matter which
concerns the whole city, so there should be
no lack of cooperative effort In the pre-
iiminary task Of convincing Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15
A Financial Suggestion.

n 1nHucIHI SugyeBtIOn.
TITS easy" said the populist financier.
"to make silver the money metal"
But" said the man who works for q
living. you can't make fifty cents worth
of silver equal to dollar. can your
mo. All you've got to do Is to put q
dollars worth of silver in the coin.''
That's so. It's going to take a good
deal of metal to do 1t, If the value Of silver
keeps going down. But If the govern
mert'n put the coin In chunk, instead of
making it fiat; and fit it up with an axle
and wheels. SOS we could hitch a horse to
it and haul 1t to market reckon 1t might
be made to answer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15

One of the best evidences of Theodore
Roosevelt's effectiveness as a reformer Is
the manner in which the ridicule which
first assailed him is degenerating into help
less abuse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15

In connection with the Presidents affec-
ton for his fishing-pole it is to be observed
that 1t does not present anything like the
temptation which leads to embarrassment
that his penholder does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15

Mr.. Reed steadfastly refuses to get out
his campaign bicycle while there is so much
energy displayed in distributing political
tackS' over the boulevard.