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GREAT SPEECHES HEARD BY FEW.
Some Of Them Delivered to Very Small
Number Of Auditors.

6On0 OF V0e0 O611Vex9O 90 u very SuA1A
Number Of Auditors.
It is curious fact that many Of the
gre t spee les which gave Immortality
to the orators who made them were de-
hseled in comparatively small rooms
md 20 small :.-die s. When Webster
made his great argument il the Dart
mouth college case. aside +, = tho ar
An' ne officia n c-7rge Of st,e ..vm,
.h. ere not %. PERSONS present, ..nlS
yet many believe that he spoke to lis
tening senators and other high officials.
When we read of Patrick Henry's
wonderful display Of eloquence, we see
.nc- minds eye spaci us room and
an il nense CROWD Ct peopls listening
TO MS burning words with air st
ri sathless attention. E-t, in trr u
many Of these spe :; :. which Qaickened
or cha. geo tie Mach Of events were
delivered in small rC.m and to few
hearers-never more than $50. "COuld
it have been here, in this oaken chapel
Of SO pews, " wrote Hosmer, the gifted
author Of sSprondro, . "that Patrick
Henry delivered the greatest and best
known of all his speeches?. Was it here
that he uttered those words of doom SO
unexpected, and then SO unwelcome,
I'VE must fght?' Even here. But the
words we're spoken in tone and man-'
ner worthy the men to whom they were
addressed, and who were SO impressed
with them that for several moments
they were almost awestricken. 1t was
only when the voice of Richard Henry
Lee, that other matchless Virginia ora
tor, who rose to second the words 81
Henry, rang through the room that they
were called back to themselves. .
Stewards speech in defense of Will
liam Freeman was undoubtedly the
greatest and most brilliant effort Of his
professional life. It did for him more,
perhaps, than the conduct OF any case
has given any other in the state Of New
York in perpetuating his name. And yet
the audience that listened to him was
less than 1870 in number. A friend ex-
pressed some surprise that an argument
of SO much power, learning and e]o-
uuence should have attracted SO few
listeners. s'My dear sir, " said Seward,
"my audience was in no sense limited
The civilized world was my audience
Posterity will hear it, and generations
unborn will praise or censure it from
the different standpoints in which they
will view it ! did not make it for a
part of the madding crowds ignoble
strife. -
Horace Greeley said, Stewards
speech in defense of William Freeman
is one of the masterpieces in the history
of oratory, reason, logic and humanity. y
American Lawyer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19
The Waning Honeymoon.

p He-Why, we've got cricket in the
house. Isn't it cheerful?
She-Yes And SO intelligent Hear
him talking about the furniture. How
distinctly he says, Cheap. cheapP'
However, as she had been that day on
a visit to her sister, whose husband
was getting $18 week, while her own
dear new hubby got but $14, perhaps
her discomfort was excusable.
apolis Journal
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19
An Indication,

If a chicken is served with dumplings,
that settles it. It is at least year old.
No chicken can lay claim to having
died young if it is served on the table
with dumplings Youth in chicken is
sufficient garnishment, as it is with q
girl.-Atchison Globe.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19

A caveat is notice given to the pat
ent office under the caveator's claim
that he believes himself entitled to the
credit of an invention for which pat
emit has not yet been applied for
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19

LISBON, Aug. 5.-Newspapers here
declare that Great Britain has recog-
nized Brazil as the owner of the Isle of
Trinidad. off the coast of Brazil, which
Great Britain recently took possession
of az a landing station for telegraph
cable. The seizure of the island called
forth energetic protests from Brazil,
which. according to some papers here,
have resulted in England withdrawing
her pretension to sovereignty of the is
land.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19
NASAL
cAT.AR RH
LOCAL DISEASE

LUCAL DIS u AS 1
and is the result o
colds and sudden
climatic changes.
1t can be cured by 6
pleasant reInedywhicf
is applied directly into
the nOStrilS. ~
For Your Protection
we positively state
that this remedy does
not contain mercury
or any other injurious
drug.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19

A man intimately acquainted with
the nature of things has seldom occasion
70 be astonis:ied. --hcnry Home.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19
When They Began to Write.

"
It is astonishing the number of sue
cessful writer's who were well on in
years before they even thought Of adopt
ing literature as profession. Thomas
Hardy was 81 before he began to turn
his attention to story telling. George
Eliot was 40 before she wrote line of
fiction, having no faith in her powers
as story teller. Barry Cornwall was
So before he thought of writing verse.
Jules Verne was 35 before he wrote his
first story. Rider Haggard started at
So; Mr.. Barrie and Conan Doyle at ~ !;
Grant Allen at 80, and Sir Walter Be-
SAINT and Mr.. G. Manville Fem at 80.
George Meredith was nearly 33 when
he began to write stories in his own pc
culiar style. New York World.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19
Intrusive.

''This is such Il quiet neighborhood.
Don't you ever sit cut Gil ycur front
steps?''
"No. There 10 an amateur photcg.
rapher across the street. Chicago
Record.
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Ben Wade on Davis.

When Ben Wade of Ohio was the
presiding officer of the senate, he used
occasionally to call some senator to take
the chair and relieve himself by walk
ing up and down in the lobby which
runs back of the senate chamber Once
while thus walking he was overtaken
by a certain carpetbag senator from one
of the southern states, who occupied the
identical chair that Jefferson Davis had
used while a member of the senate
Walking along by the side Of Wade, he
rubbed his back YEARLY and said
"Wade, these senate chairs are the most
uncomfortable things ever saw. My
back is positively blistered from sitting
in mine" Wade looked at him for a
moment, and, as he turned away, NUT
tered, "Davis left enough brains in the
seat of that chair to blister the backs of
two or three such men as you are. -
San Francisco Argonaut
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19
The Rulers of England.

Kings have governed England for
696 years, qneens for 1870 and protectors
for II years. The average reign of the
kings has been 231s years, of the queens
30 years, the average reign Of all the
sovereigns being between 23 and "a
years. The average reign of the kings
Of the Angevin dynasty-301s years-is
greater than that Of any other reigning
family, although the average reign Of
the house Of Brunswick very nearly ap-
proaches it. The average of the Yorkist
kings years-is the least of all.
-Four sovereigns Of England have been
of the Norman dynasty, and reigned SO
years; eight were Angevins OF Plantag-
enets and reigned 245 years; three were
of the house Of Lancaster and reigned
SO years; three Of that Of York and
reigned "a years; five were Tudors and
reigned 80 years, and there have been
six sovereigns Of the house Of Bruins
wick, which has existed now for 1871
years.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19
IT Will Cure.

Aparticle is applied directly into the nostrils
and is agreeable. Price so cents at Druggists
or by mail.
ELY BRQTHERs, 81 Warren Street, New York.
ian S-lyF
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19
Tho Appellate Courts.

Appellate courts can know nothing of
tho real trial as it did occur, yet they
are not deferred from granting new
trials and practically cooperating with
INSCRIPTIONS attorneys for the escape Of
men guilty Of the most wicked murders.
Appellate courts too frequently seem to
think that superior knowledge of the
law is shown not by affirming the &C
ton Of the trial court but by standing
in antagonism to it and by criticising
its action.
1t is like the case of the bold, open
critic, who frequently gets credit for su-
perior knowledge by the audacity of
his criticism, when, in fact, he knows
nothing of the subject. Appellate courts
are very often made up of men wanting
in knowledge Of the most elementary
principles Of the criminal Law, for they
have never either studied or practiced
it. With this want of knowledge of the
very law they are seeking to administer,
they try the case not on its merits, to
determine the guilt or innocence of the
man, but they try it by some technical
rule which has really no relation to the
guilt Or innocence Of the accused
North American Review.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19

BALTIMORE, Aug. 5.-Moses X.
Frank. formerly in the clothing and
furnishing business at Broadway and
Thames streets, committed suicide this
morning by hanging himself to a beam
in the cellar of his residence, at 1924
Callow avenue. He used a wash line.
which his children were in the habit of
using for swing. No cause known
for the act.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19

BEDFORD CRY. VA, Aug. 5.-R. 8.
Thomas, of this place. aged seventy
Mr. Thomas was deaf and the engineer
rounding a sharp curve. did not see
him until too late to stop the train.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19

Additional local trains leave Staunton ss
follows: Except Sunday-2& p. m, arrivt
a. M. leave 1920 a. m, and arrive at Gordo-s-
vile LBS p. m. -
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-29
tPIf0ME OF TIE news
---M The MORNING Times.


II you miss any news In the evening
edition look in the list below What
you're looking for probably appeared
In the morning edition, and as The
Times never repeats you'n have to
take both editions In order TO get all
the news AS soon AS 1t happens
GLEEsoN AND CARSON NAMED
Elected by Popular Vote as Delegates
from the District
ACTING AS AN ATTORNEY
commissioner Truesdell Stands by the
POTOMAC Light Company.
VENEZUELA is ALARMED
STATED that German Warships Are Pro-
ceeding There.
FIRE CAUGHT HER DRESS
Thronie Fletcher Was Horribly Burned by
Gasoline.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OPERATIONS Become Active In Matanzas
Province.
SHIP AND GUNS ARE LOST
Cuban filibusters Wrecked In Long Island
Sound.
SENATE AND LABOR MEN AFTER THE
swEATSHOPS-
Fed. a'ion Insists that an Inquiry Be
Made.
LAST HONORS FOR RJNYON-
Funeral Services Over the Dead Ambas-
sador at Berlin.
REMOVED LOADOF GOLD
Liner st. Paul Sticks Fast in the Sand.
NAMED VICE PRESIDENTS
National Board of Trade Re-elects It's
Veteran Chief.
MCMILLAN WILL FIGHT
Local Midh!.weight Champion Matched
Against Mccoy.
PoLITICo-SoCIAL FEAST
senator Murphy Dimes Richard Croker
and Many Colleagues.
DINED THE PREsIDENT AND WIFE
Elegant Dinner Given in Their Honor by
the Attorney General.
WOMEN AS LEGISLATORS
Mrs. Annie L. Diggs Address at the Suf-
frase Convention.
MERELY AN ENGLISH TRICK
Exclusion of Settled Districts Leaves
Nothing Else.
BANDED FOR SINGLE TAX
Club of One Hundred Well-known Cit.
zens Organized.
DONE BY THE DoMINICANs-
Nat Mckay's Bridge on the Island Seized
by the Government.
DISTRICT WATER sUPPLY-
Bill Submitted for Acquisition OF Greater
Facilities.
ART CRITICS IN DEMAND
Senate Library Committee Wants Com
mission Appointed.
CULP TRIES THE ALIBI LINE
His Defense Against the Charge of Kick
ing Young Dougherty.
HOLDING ON BYsKY HOOKS
- How POstoffice Workmen Describe Their 4
Feats In Hid-air.
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Cheers for Clara Barton. o
pa. Ave. aud 9TH St-"saks' Corner

Miss Clara Barton of the Red Cross has
set out ON her errand OF mercy 10 Armenia,
bearing the prayers of America and Europe,
but IacHg the prohibition OF Turkey 1t
would be pleasure TO know that she will
have material as well as spiritual back.
ing III the accomplishment of her mission
The sultan is even more refractory and
obdurate to prayer than is Col. Ingersoll-
Cincinnati Times-Star
Miss Clara Barton has sailed for Tur-
key; 1t remains To he seen what she Will
accomplish, but N the prayers and coed
wishes OF every man, woman and child in
this country will assist her in her mission
she will surely succeed IN her coed work.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The sultan still declines to allow the
Red Cross to enter into Armenia. Per-
haps we would better apply to the car;
he seems to be master in that part of the
world just now.-Ncw York Journal.
When Clara Barton boards the sultan
in his lair he will discover that il takes
a very firman to deal with an American
woman when She means business.
cago Tribune.
He may be a barem- scaren sultan, but
he can't scare Clara MISUNDERSTANDING
Sentinel
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Three Eeaele Screams.

To he a Roman citizen, no maitr OF what
race, was 4 great boon. II n,ea mt protec-
ton to a citizens right throughout the
then known world. So 1t ought 10 be with
a citizen OF the American republic.-West-
ern Rural.
jameson is simply filibuster, and that
the Beers would be justified i'll putting
him to death, the British are making him
a hero, and his name is greeted with loud
cheers whenever it rs pronounced in a
meeting or observation-disclosures Consti-
tuition.
. Having found herself without friends
among the great European powers, Eng
land appears to lie willing 10 buy a few.
That. at all events. is what her assent
to the despoiling OF Siam 10y France sug-
gests, and she is also rraciousiy ready
TO settle with France their respective
possessions on the Niger. II is true in
sacrificing Siam TO France Great Britain
also secures the assent of the latter to
her own recent INSCRIPTIONS in that neigh
borhood. The two have. in fact, plum
dered the region and divided it between
them. Friendship and trade THIS 20 hand
in hand among the European powers, and
often succeed finely where the possess
sions OF some weak and distant country
are the assets to he divided by the anil
cable bargain.-New York Sun.
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Don't Kill the Bill.

The bill drafted by the Knights of Labor
and providing for the appointment of ar
bitratiOn comm ssioners to settle diff
suIic~ between stree, railway companies
and their employees will be returned to Con
Ercss by the District Commissioners, to
whom it was referred, with an adverse
opinion from their attorney, Mr.. Sidney
I. Thomas. He says the bill is not lin
good form" nor is it comprehensive
enough for the sub get" II IL Were to be-
come IA law, he states, and the companies
should fail to appoint an arbitrator the
law would become imperative in that re-
spcct." Furthermore. Mr.. Thomas con
no right 10 apply for arbitration and pro-
vides for no decision binding upon the en-
ployes."
None OF these objections, ii would seem,
ought 10 be regarded as fatal to the bill,
for they lie against the form rather than
the principle involved, and if either Mr..
Thomas or the Commissioners We're at all
in sympathy with the purpose OF the
measure they would have pointed out in
what way the alleged defects might be
cured. 1t is not to he supposed that the
bill was sent TO the Commissioners for
any other purpose than to obtain their
views as TO its effect upon local condi-
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Cuba viii Be Recognized.

. The recommendation OF the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations that Congress
recognize Cuba's struggle for freedom aud
grant her patriot sons beIIigerent rights
viii awaken greater enthusiasm through
out The country than was aroused by the
Venezuelan message. 1t is an evidence of
friendship that will meet universal favor
because 1T involves no serious international
complications, and compared TO the benefits
to be derived from an application of the
Monroe doctrine in the Venezuelan dis.
pute, it is infinitely more valuable from
either commercial or a patriotic stand
point.
The impression prevails that President
Cleveland is opposed 10 Cuban recognition
and that he will not approve the Senate
resolution, should il be adopted by Con-
gresS. 1t is 10 be hoped that this report
is erroneous. Popular sentiment has been
clamoring for this measure for several
months, and the recent Cuban successes
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-29
Hooks in the Sky.

Iron workers on the new posloffice
building have invented graphically de-
scriptive phrase for the support and pro-
lection provided for them by Thorpe &
Bond, the contractors. .'Sky hooks are
their sole reliance. They have come TO
the conclusion that they must look up and
not down for the safe keeping of their lives
and limbs. The Treasury Department Of
ficials are unwinding u good deal OF red
tape, and writing a good many soft
phrased letter in the attempt 10 make
the contractors do something at some time,
but mean while the workmen must rely upon
their sky hooks and their ability TO i'm
itate cats.
The iron workers are in a bad preuica-
ment. They realize the peril they incur
in carrying on their work; they feel indig-
Aant al the callousness OF tie contractors
who value few thousand feet OF lumber
more highly than a human life; yet they
dare not make open complaint, FOR that
would result in immediate dischar rye and
none OF them can afford To lose his job.
This comb lion demonstrates anew the
necessity of an employers liability law.
II such one We're on the statute took
now, the contractors would lose no time
i'll taking such measures as would relieve
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A SUGGESTION For Virginia.

about six thousand dollars a mile to build
such road, and as the State pays one
third of the expense and the respective
counties twO-thirds, fifty miles OF road
can be constructed annually.
One hundred thousand dollars could not
be expended by the Virginia legislature
for better purpose. Good roads attract
immigration and in more ways than one
add to the prosperity OF the country. They
effect ii tremendous saving to the farmers
in the matter OF wear and tear upon their
vehicles and teams, and afford them the
opportunity OF uninterrupted and easy
access to market towns and railroads. In
these particulars Virginia farmers lose
thousands Of dollars every year, and they
would find it TO their interest to urge upon
the general assembly the adoption OF a
road law similar to that in force in New
Jersey.
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lions. Putting it in shape would still
be the worS incumbent upon the commit
tee. so that the objection gainst the
form of the bill does not appear in
superable. In fact, all the weak points in
dicarcd by Mir. Thomas go TO create the
belief that the bill only needs careful
elaboration TO render it acceptable and
useful As for the unconstitutional OBJ
jections,' OF Which Mr.. Thomas speaks,
the! need not worry anybody.
As for the application of the principle
of arbitration To labor disputes, every
body viii agree that the result cannot be
other than satisfactory and beneficial.
public order, for the preservation of peace
and for the maintenance of friendly rela-
tons between employer and emplOye. II
prevents the destruction OF property and
the loss OF life which are such dlstrcs sing
cnncomitanls OF many strikes, especially
when the contest is prolonged and becomes
embittered by that very fact.
The bill in ques ton should not be
lightly thrown aside because ii has failed
10 find favor in the eyes OF the Commits
sioners and their attorney. 1t may be
possible, indeed, that the objections cited
are not so very grave, because, as Mr..
Thomas says, they are unconstitutional.
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demonstrate that 1t is fully warranted.
Cuba is our nearest seacoast neighbcr.
Her trade In past years has been very profit
able, and SO intimate has been our CONNER
cial relations that large Investments OF
American capital have been made in her
various enterprises. These holdings are
being ,jeopardiZed by the disrupted state
of affairs within her borders, and 1t is
necessary that n system of organized
warfare be substituted for the guerrilla
torch and sword now devastating the
island.
1t is confidently expected that Congress
will act ia vorably on the Senate resolution.
and in venturing this prediction The Times
takes pardonable pride in announcing that
ii WAS the first great daily in the country
to take up the Cuban cause. and the only
one in Washington to give ii cordial sup
port. What qualification this record is to
The Times the public can best determine.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-29

Among the material things Virginia needs
are good roads. Some counties OF the State,
notably Augusta, can boast of roads than
which there are none better anywhere.
but. as a rule, the Virginia county roads
are hills and valleys of dust in dry weather
and hills and valleys of mud when it rains
In some parts of the State when the weather
is extrelIsly bad the roads are SO impass-
able that the farmers cannot get to the
nearest market town to dispose of their
produce or purchase supplies.
These conditions might be rcmedied with
great benefit 10 the farmers individually
and to the State in general if Virginia We're
to follow the example of New Jersey in
providing a system of good county roads.
New Jersey sets aside one hundred thousand
dollars annually for the construction of
perma nent public roads, and all those built
SO far have been macadamized. 1t costs
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Its independence

rs dbsoiult.
The Tines has never been accused OF truck
ling 10 the Will Of special interests where
those interests were in conflict with the
welfare OF the people. This fact and this
alone has given il the confidence of its
readers, who represent the intellectual and
reasoning elements of the Washiugt on
public. Its circulation exceeds ia humber
by many thousands the circulation attained
by any other daily paper now or ever pub
lished m the District of Columbia. In max
ing this statement it is not necessary for
The Times 10 resort to evasive language.
THE CIRCULATION OF THE TIMES Is
LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY PAPER
MORNING OR EVENING, as is attcsted
by its weekly sworn statement.
CIRCULATION BRINGS RESULTS, aud
shrcwd advertisers have not been tardy in
awaiting themselves of The opportunity
given them. To such as have not yet tried
The Times as an advertising medium
reference need only he made to the thrifty
appearance ur its columns devoted TO the
business aBnuunccmcnts of Washington's
represeniaiiv" merchants To show what
Others think of ii.
An average al more than thirty-four
Thousand dan: subscribers is the best testi-
monial TO its merits as u newspaper.
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them Of any liability in case OF an acct
dent 10 one OF their men. A bill of this
nature is now in the hands OF the House
Committee on Labor, and the cummittee
would perform an act of common human
ity by reporting that measure promptly to
the House and urging its passage.
They do these things better in Europe.
No contractor would be permitted, in the
first place, to prosecute work without
the adoption OF all proper safeguards for
his employees. When the new Reichstag
building in Berlin was under const ruction
there was a mass of scaffolding inside
of and around the building, and up to the
very roof covering the workmen walked as
safely as though they had been on the
sidewalk. American workmcn should not
have less protection than their foreign
brothers. Their lives should be made as
safe as human foresight and ingenuity can
make them, ana in the particular instance
under consideration the government whose
building these contractors are in part
constructing should bring to bear all
the authority and force it can exer-
else to cause provision to he made against
the killing or Gripping OF any more work
men.