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PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to get 500 and Perhaps Make

We secure patents aud to induce people. to
Keep track OF their bright ideas we offer a
prize or one hundred dollars to be paid on the
nrst of every month to the person who sub
n'its to us the most meriuuriousi nventi III tlu-
RING tlo preceding month " e will also adj
vertise the invention free of charge in the
National Recorder. weekly newspaper pub.
,lsned Ia Washington. d. G., which has an ex-
tensVe circulation throughout the United
states and is devoted to the interests of inven-
tors.
NOT so HARD AS III SEEMS
The idea of being able to invent something
strikes most people as being very difficult:
this deu5ton 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
everybody. at some time or another. cOnceives
an idea which il patented, would probably be
worth to him fortune. UnfOrUunately such
idens 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
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 be paid at the end of
each month, whether the application has been
acted upon by the Patent Once or not. Every
vention through us, and whether he secures
the prize or not the inventor will havea valu-
THE PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY. -
JOHN WEDDERBURN. Gen1 Manager.
6lo st. N. W. " ashington D, C.
P. S--The responsibility OF this company
may be judged from the fact that its stock rs
held by about seventeen hundred of the lead
Ing newspapers Of the United States.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

The SOUTHERN NEaRo.-An intelli-
gent Northern observer. who has been
visiting the South, and publishing his
experiences In the New York Sun, in
his latest letter to that paper says:
THE negroes are good agricultural
laborers. and question whether there
are any better anywhere. They like
the soil, though they are not overload
OF work. II their pay be increased. so
that weeks wages would exceed
their actual necessities, they are apt
to work only as many days as are re-
quisite to bring them in the means OF
subsistence. The rest OF the time they
prefer to spend in fishing, in hunting
coons, and in riding on the railroads;
and perhaps they are philosophers.
At any rate. they seem to be fhe hap
piest part of the Southern population.
They take more pride in a Southern
abode Of plain wood than in Mr.. Van
derbilt's noble Gothic palace. with it's
Incompatible surroundings. They pre-
fer the Southern man. and a Southern
lady awakens in them an admiration
which, try as best they cain, they are
unable to give and feel to a Northern
woman The Sontherners complain of
these simple people as having declined
IN respectful manners, but they do not
know the luxury of genuine regard
they enjoy from them. The negro has
vices, in some respects. peculiar to
him He does not like to work. but he
has also virtues which engage for him
the not surprising sympathy Of the
Southern people, to whom he looks for
projection, and whom he regards with
admiration as the best and highest ex
amples of the white race He com
plains. everybody complains, of his sit
uation; but he is happy, and his hap
piness in its contagiousness makes the
South the most interesting and enjoy
able part of this troubled and worka-
day Union.n
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

The ignorant and deluded negroes
who were buncoed into leaving the
Gulf States and colonizing in Mexico,
having been robbed OF all the little
money they had, and being in danger
of starving, are now struggling back.
afoot, to their old homes. as miserable
q lot as their natural spirits will allow
them to be. Next to his native land,
the best and happiest home the negro
has is in the South. among the people
familiar with his characteristic frail-
ties and delinquencies, and therefore
willing TO make allowance for them,
If the negroes in the South were let
alone by white politicians, who inspire
them with false hope of social equali-
ty. they would be the most contented
and satisfied people in the world. The
effect of unrestricted suffrage, even up
on white men, is injurious: upon the
negroes, it is necessarily worse. Allen.
Gazette,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
That Tired FEELING

only requires some simple supportive
like glass of milk, cup of tea or cot
fee, or dose of Sarsaparilla to relieve
it; but when you have real disease
lurking in your system, you need DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
For every disease caused by torpid
liver or impure blood, Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint" the most stubborn
Skin, Scalp, or Scrofulous affections
even Consumption, or Lung-scrofula,
in it's earlier stages-Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is the only
remedy SO sure and effective that can
be guaranteed If it doesn't benefit or
cure, you have your money back. Can
anything else be lust as good" for you
to buy?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
Concerning Fertilizers.

In this number we give considerable
space to matters concerning fertilizers.
We are sorry that it seems necessary to
do this for the necessity for using com
mercial fertilizers can only arise from
a system of agriculture that exhausts
the soil to an undue degree. Under q
proper system the use OF commercial
fertilizers in very large portion of
oar country would never be a necessi-
ty, as has been proven in many in
stances. 1t is too late now to cry over
the great waste of plant food that has
been allowed to go on so long that We
must resort to commercial fertilizers to
supply the deficiency. The thing for
US TO do now is to undertake the task
of renewing our soils at as small cost
as possible, and to do this we must
know something of the principles that
underlie our business, and something
Of the laws that govern the growth Of
plants of the kind that we are interest
ed In. The man who buys fertilizers
at random. or on the representations
OF an agent, is almost certain to throw
away more or less money in paying for
elements that he does not need. If he
knows what is lacking in his soils, or
what is needed by the crop he is to
o1O''s hO SeAAf Ouy lilo lOItlllLcI luUclll-
gently, and not pay money for elements
thtt will lie inert in the soil, or be
washed away and wasted entirely. A
crop of potatoes does not need potash.
phosphoric acid and nitrogen in the
same proportions that crop of corn
does, and unless the buyer knows
something of the needs of these crops
he will waste money. We believe that
the poorest and most run down lands
in this country can be reclaimed and
made fruitful by an intelligent system
of husbandry, without the use of com
mercial fertilizers at all, but it will not
pay to take the time to do this. If
the soil has been exhausted, the best,
because the most profitable way, is to
grow crops with the help of CONNER
cial fertilizers, and then gradually re-
build the soil until the necessity for
them disappears. Those of our read
ers who live in comparatively new sec
tions of the country will do well to
take warning from those who are com
PEELED to pay out money for fertilizers
and be careful of the stores of plant
food which they have on hand, and
available in their soils. If they do this
and continue to follow this practice.
they will have no need to go off their
own lands for food for the crops of the
future.-SprinQtfeld (O.) Farm Nea0s
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

WHAT A NEWSPAPER Is.-It is a IL
brary. 1t is an encyclopedia, a poem,
history, dictionary. time table, a
romance, guide, political resume, a
ground plan of the civilized world, a
low-priced multum in parvo. 1t is a
sermon, song, circus; an obituary,
shipwreck. a symphony in cold lead;
medley of life and death. and grand
aggregation of a mans glory and his
shame. 1t is, in short birds eye
view of all the magnanimity and
meanness, the joys and sorrows, births
and deaths, the pride and poverty of
the world-all for few cents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

Note these figures. Throughout
Mr.. Cleveland's term the decrease was
ninety to one hundred and ten millions
per year-for the four years total
Of $500, 412. 693-almost exactly one hun
dred millions per year. In the first
year of Mr.. Harrison's administration,
when he had the benefit of Mr.. Cleve
lands surplus, the reduction was
eighty five millions. In the second
wear it dropped to thirty nine millions.
In the third year it was only ten mil
lions. In the fourth year it was less
than three millions. For the four years
the total reduction is $116,970, 275-an
average of $34 ,240 600 a year-little
more than onethird of Mr.. Cloveland's
record.r
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

Mr.. James A. Gentry of Crozet, has
500 AIbelnarle pippin trees in bearing
and / 1000 more growing well. He ha.
one pippin tree about forty years old
celIent fruit during the last apple sea
son-fall before last. His father, MI
James c. Gentry. has 600 trees Of thi,
renowned fruit. which yielded him
81, 400 for the last crop. Tho first-named
gentleman has most peculiar apple
tree. 1t is bloomless, and the fruit j,
coreless and practically seedlees. All
Of which we learn from correspond.
EMIT Charlottesville Progress.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
A Visit TO North Carolina.

CocHRANToN, PA.-'Some years ago
| had occasion to visit North Carolina,
and while there had one of my bilious
attacks. Hearing for the first time, of
Simmons Liver Regulator, tried it,
Nothing before had SO effectually re-
lieved me. I could in no way benefit
others more than by putting such a
remedy in their hands. IN. N. Shep
ard.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
A BRIDAL MELODY.
J. t. FIELDS.

She stood like an angel just wandered from
Heaven,
A pilgrim benighted away from the skies.
And little we deemed that to morta1s were
given,
Such visions Of beauty as came from her
eyes.
faces,
The friends Of her childhood, who stood by
her side;
But she shone DER them all, like queen OF
the Graces,
When blushing she whispered the vows Of q
bride.
We sang an old song, as with garlands we
crowned her,
And each left a kiss on her delicate brow,
And we prayed that blessing might ever
surrounded her,
And the future Of life be unclouded as now.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
srUART's ADDRESS TO THE MEN OF
JACKSON.
THE MORNING BEFORE CHANcELLoRsvILLE, NJ
3rd. A. D. 1853.

THE MORNING BEFORE CHARACTERISTICS, MA
3rd, A. D. 1853.
Men, who followed Ston9wall Jackson.
Come and follow me!
Draw your swords! The day Is dawning,
For our victory
See! the lines of Northern breastworks
Mark each frowning gun
Fear them not. for you will conquer,
Though they're three to one!
On and think of your great captain
As you deal each stroke!
Come! While JacksOn'S life is passing,
Finish Jackson's work
Though the mighty chief be fallen,
Shall the day be won!
For the soul of Stonewall jackson,
Still will lead you on
Men, who fought with Stonewan Jackson,
Now his teaching prove!
Strike for home for God for freedom
Strike for all you love!
Make the field that cost US Jackson
Glorious, and sublime.
Make this day name immortal
In the Book OF Time!
Men, who have SO often conquered,
Come and follow me.
Forward and Remember jackson.
On To Victory!
HENRY H. HARRISON.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

CONNIE CTIONS.
Train No. 408 connects at Harper's Ferrs
with Fast Limited Express trains, leaving at
I;0s p. n1 arriving at Columbus at 2S5 a. ia
AMI Pittsburgh at s:i5 p. M, and Chicago an
ll.p0 g. M next morning; with train leaving,
at 5s0t 2. M, arriving at Cincinnati at M =
M. s.. Louis at SEC p. M, and connecss at
WeYerton with train arriving at Hagersfown
at z:05 p III. and at Washington Juncfsota with
train arriving at Frederick at l:50 p. IN.
Train 4l4 connects with fast vestibuIed trains
at Harper's Ferry at a:ss p. m. for Chicago;
lol5 p: W. for Pittsburg. and l:46 a. m for Gin
cinnati and st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at
s:2 O. M; Chicago at 500 p. m, Cincinnati at
$50 p. m, and st. Louis Attic a. IN.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars run through
to Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago and Pitts
burgh on all express trains
For rates, tickets, baggage checks. apply ~
any once of the b. & o. X. r., or to q II
DudroW, Travelling Passenger Agent win
chester, Va. or c. T. Hammond, city ticket
agent, Staunton, Va.
CHAS. o. SCULL, RIB. CAMPBELL.
Gen. fass. Agt Ger. Man.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
There is Danger in I,slay. I"

Since 1861 haye been a great suf
ferer from catarrh. tried Ely's Cream
Balm and to all appearances am cured.
Terrible headaches from which had
long suffered are gone-W. J. Hitch
cock, Late Major o. 8. Vol, and A. A.
Gen., Buffalo, N. Y.
Ely's Cream Balm has completely
cured me Of catarrh when everything
else failed. Many acquaintances have
used 1t with excellent results Alfred
w. Stevens, Caldwell, Ohio.
Price of Cream Balm is Atty cents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

CELEBRATRD HER NINETY THIRD
Birthday Mrs. NJ. j Bolton, vino
lives near town celebrated her 93rd
birthday on Tuesday. Mrs Bolton
regularly reads her New Testament
and Psaims and knits pair of socks
every month, and this without aid of
spectacles. 1t is remarkable that at
her age, she can see and hear with so
little difficulty WauneSboro Sentinel
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
VIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Once of the Cir
cult Court Of Augusta, in vacation. March
18th. l&6.

VIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Once of the Cir
18th, 1885.
VIM. Patrick and A. c. Gordon Trus-
tees In deed Oftrust from the Staun-
TON grocery Company,.-......... ~. PLAINTIFFS.
B. F. Eakle, J. W. Splitter and ]. H.
Powell, partners under the name and
style OF the StauntOn Grocery Com
pany. ct ais, Defendants.
IN cHANcERY.
The object of this suit Is to administer the
deed Of trust executed t. the plaintiffs on the
10th day OF Novemb-r, 1894, by the Staunton
Grocery Company, under the orders and de-
crees Of the Court
And afiidavit having been made and filed
that u F. Eakle. b. r. EaAle, Sr-. Atlantic
Dynamite Co., p C. Thompson & Co.. Jusison
Kerr 4 Bro, J: W. Puts, X. b. Davis. Dwin-
Austin, Nichols & Co.. Church 4 Co Alex. Kerr
Bros. 4 Co. b. c. Williams Co.. e. 5. Baking
Powder Co.. Marvin Branch. American Gro
Gerry Co.. J. J. Haines & Co, W. P. Harvey x
Royal Baking powder CO.. Armour 4 Co..
wilkins 4 Co Standard Oh Company, Ameri-
can Tobacco Co.. The n. x. Fairbank Co., J.
n. Long. Fellssx Cos .. H. Larahee. Maryland
Fertilizer Manufacturing Co.. Darby Manu-
factur1n- Co., swift 4 Co.. II. T. Hobart. H. W.
HuDtemuller. B. T. Haynes, Osborn i Lindsay.
Chas. b. Parrish Il Co, Parrish Bros, SpreckIes'
Sugar Refining Co. The Franklin Sugar Rein
ing Co., G. E. Hughes W r. Tyree. e W Lord
& Co.. Lawrence Cordage Co.. VIM. H. Addoms
8 Co., Wolfe. Mcmillan Co., Enterprise Coffee
Co, Jas. Pyle Sons and Aull Bros Paper
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.
JOS. B. WOODWARD. CLERK.
Patrick q Gordon, p. q.
mar 2s-4ts
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

When the cricket wishes to s'sing.
he bends the front part of his body
downward a little, raises his wings
without unfolding them, and rubs two
odd little files quickly against each
other. The sound which he makes in
this way is greatly increased by two
plates, which act like the parchment
of drum, causing the sound to be-
come louder and to spread further.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

Why cannot Democrats stop per
sonal wrangling, ignore selfish inspira-
tions and come together in an earnest
determination to remove every barrier
that stands in the way Of glorious
victory In 1882
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

The fact that the human family can
not agree on but few subjects is a good
reason why men should treat each
other with brotherly courtesy and con-
sideration and not wrangle about con-
scientious differences.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

It is stated that the appellants in
the income tax suit will make an APP
plication before the United States Su-
preme Court for a rehearing in the
case.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
REMOVAL OF fAE LADIES AND GENrLEMENS
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 win
call upon them as heretofore as they will be
better prepared to accommodate them. They
VIII take regular boarders, to q number Of
as well as board at cheap rates. Remember
the place-Hurley Building, second story
corner Main and Lewis Streets
MARGARET LUCY CAUTRORN.s
feb 3rd =
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

The trend of the Republican Leaders
has been for years to abridge the rights
OF the people. In this fact is Ger tered
the danger of placing the reins of gov
ernment in Republican hands.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
BIG WOOD AND COAL YARD

At the Trestle Bridge, foot OF Green street.
MY son. j Padget. will lie found in charge
OF the yard and is authorized to receipt bills
the same as IN, sell. keep che best New hiver
Red Ash Coai and Wood and deliver pf0uapfIx
for cash Orders left with vi a. ffnrke ff7}5 Y
building. and J. " Parrish. "a north Augusta
street v " have prompt attention
nov 2e-smos \. B. rADGRTT.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

A great country like the United
States needs foreign markets for it,
products. Any policy, therefore, thai
bars us from the markets of the world
is destructive to the expansion of oul
industries and harmfu! to labor which
is dependent upon our industries for .
living.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

In five years there has been an in
crease of nearly 100 per cent. in spin
dies, looms, and cards in Southern cot
ton mills.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

The hope of Democracy is in the
masses. They should not allow few
men to render Democratic principles
Intellectual in consummatiDg results
for the general welfare,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
S PECIFICs S..
Wa n r G u.

Honest. temperate, energetic men to solicit
orders for Fruit aud Ornamental Nursery
stock. Permanent employment and good
wages: also liberal Inducements to local agents
Varieties especially adapted to the South =
stock warranted true to name Satisfaction
guaranteed Write at once for terms and ter
ritOry. Address X. &. CHASE & CO.,
1880 south Penn Square, Philadelphia.
ian 9-smos
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

MCKINLEY is BEHIND THE TIMES
The Boston Post says: AT Hartford.
yesterday, Gov. Mckinley told the PEG,
pie that the tariff which bears his
name made the country rich and the
reformed tariff had made it poor. You
will not restore active business and
good wages, he said. by a policy
which transplants any part of an es
tablished business to Europe Gov.
Mckinley does not keep track of what
is going on under the new tariff. He
is behind the times. Instead of trans
planting our business to Europe Amer
lean industry for the first time is in
vading Europe with its products. With
free wool. our woolens, our carpets ale
underselling British manufactures in
their own market. With free hides
which Mckinley wanted to tax-Amer
lean shoes and leather are crowding
the home made articles in England.
We are getting the markets OF the
world for our own. And as for wages,
they are going up all around in INDUS
tries which just escaped extinction
through the influence of Mckinleyism.
Gov. Mckinley should read the news
and keep posted"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

) 1t is good plan for political parties
never to overestimate their own
strength or underestimate that of the
opposition.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

NlTY CONsTABLE's OFFICE.-f have
~ opened an ONCE at No 10 North New
Street, and am prepared to give attention to
any business placed In my hands. can be
found at my nice any hour. when not engaged
In outside work pertaining to the duties Of the
ONCE
JOHNA. NOON.
Constable Tor the City OF staunton va.
July 11-rf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24
Be Careful if You Have the Grip.

Grip is unusually prevalent, not only
in Charlottesville. but all over the
country. Reports from many of the
large cities show that mortality from
such diseases as pneumonia. bronchitis.
influenza and the like is greatly on the
increase, and is supposed to be due in
a large measure to the prevalence of
grip. just what grip is has not yet
been discovered. but 1t is something
that leaves the system in such con
dItion that other diseases can easily
take firm hold. There is more of it
in the country now. than there has
been since the winter of 1922 Ii
proper precautions are taken in time,
serious results may be avoided. These
precautions are to remain in the house
as soon as the grip takes hold of you
and stay there until you are well
taking carefully in the meantime the
medicines which may be prescribed by
a physician.-Ch Charlottesville Chronicle
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

Uncle Sam will not be wise il he does
mt keep 4 safe distanc from the pit
falls Of jingoisir.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-04-24

This has been truly said of many a
woman. Yet no face can long retain
its beauty unless health Is behind it,
Woman is subject to so many dlstres
sing complaints that health and beauty
are often prematurely impaired or lost.
Fortunate it is that she has at hand so
invaluable friend as DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. Multitudes OF
women throughout the land can per-
sonally testify, that it affords the only
positive cure for the dire legion of
female weaknesses" Suffer and fade
away no longer, when this remedy will
bring you sure relief. 1t is the great
restorer of health and therefore the
best possible restorer of beauty. All
druggists.
Creston, IoUa.
DIR. r. v. PIERCE: Si9-My wife
improved in health gradually from the
time she commenced taking "Fayorite
Prescription" until now. She has been
doing her own housework for the past
four months. When she began taking
it. she was scarcely able to be on her
feet, she suffered SO from uterine de
bility. | can heartily recommend it
for such cases.
II. H. SNYDER.