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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
ARRIDEGROOM KILLED.
Struck by a Train in Sight OF the brioe an
They Were Starting on Tour.

strnck Inv a Train in Sight of the Br1oe as
They Were Starting on a Tour.
ELIZABETH, Nj, April S.-Danie!
McGinlay, thirty-two years old, OF
Elizabethport, N. j.. who was married
this morning in Elizabeth, was almost
Instantly killed less than half an hour
later at the passenger station OF the
Pennsvlvania Railroad while prepar-
mo to start on a wedding trip by an
east bound passenger train. His bride,
who was Miss Kate Galligan, OF Eliza
beth. was at his side and barely es-
6aped.
stairs to the elevation on which the
trains run, McGinlaY having opened
the gate himself, they started across
to the east bound tracks to board their
train. Several passengers cried to
them that train was approaching
Mc(9inlay looked around and told his
wife to 60 on, while he turned back ia
close the gate. She, approaching the
danger. seized his coat, but the train
was already upon him. The woman
sprang to the platform and fell un
conscious Just in time to save herself.
The engine threw McGinlay u dis
lance of forty feet against lamp posi-,
from which he dropped to roof be
low. He lived for three minutes after
he was carried to the station The
Young wife, after recovering conscious
nees, became fy-ter'cai, and we ~ c''
to her home in the bridal coach IN
which they had come to the station
ten minutes before.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

Mr.. Harrison's candidacy can no
longer be regarded as of the dark horse
variety. His friends are now engaged
in the pleasing task of making Indiana
solid for him. ard a genuine Harrison
boom is about to be sprung upon the
hitherto unsuspecting public. Mr..
Harrison's friends have at no time
considered him out of the race, having
placed the same construction upon his
letter of some weeks since as is now
placed upon Secretary Carlisle's latest
contribution to political literature.
They have all along regarded him as
one of the strong possibilities. but
their plans did not contemplate bring
ing his name prominently into the con-
test until several ballots at st. Louis
had indicated the hopelessness of the
prospects of the other aspirants. But
the phenomenal growth of the McKin-
lev boom warned them that If the ex-
president is to be considered as a can
didate at all, no time must be lost in
bringing him out. lest the gathering
force of the Mckinley movement
should develop into stampede result
ing in choice on first ballot. Hence
their present activity.-Indec Appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
KATHLEEN MAvoURNEEN.
ay PROF. Erred. WIN. NICHOLS CROUCH.


kathleen, Mavourneen! The gray dawn IS
The horn OF the hunter is heard on the hill;
The lark from her light wing the bright dew Is
Kathleen, Mavourneen! What slumbering
still
oh! hast thou forgotten how soon we must
severn ,,rst
# NAV he for years, and it may be forever.
oh! why art thou silent, thou VOICE u nS
On! why art thou SILENT Kathleen MaVoui
neen?
kathleen. Mavourneen! Awake from lily
slumberS. A., ,,,,,s ooldau
The blue mountains glow in the suns goloen
An! where is the spell that once hung on my
Arise In thy beauty, thou star of my nlgnt'
Mayourneen. Mavourneen my sad tears ar
To think that from Erin and thee l mus
II NAV be for years, and it may be forever' -,
on WHY art thou silent, thou voice Oh H.
heart? .,, Mavour
Oh! why art thou SILENT ha1hieen' 'A"
neen?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
The Toast to the Editor.

The following is from the Buchanan
BANNER. on the reply made to the toast
of 1.-THE Editor" at the meeting of the
New York State democratic editors,
held in New York:
Fellow toilers in the journalistic
vineyard-The life of an editor is not
one of unalloyed happiness. 1t has It's
lights and shadows, it's ups and downs,
with it's downs in hopeless majority.
The present occasion is an oasis in the
desert of Sahara.
Occasionally you hear of rich coun-
try editor. An editor who started out
forty years ago without cent. is now
worth 100000. His fortune is all ow-
ing to his energy, industry and frugal
ity. and the fact that rich uncle died
and left him $99995 Of course there
is a mint of money in journalism.
There must be, as so little has ever
been gotten out Of it, In Burmah
editors receive elephants in payment
for subscription. In this country the
paper is about all the elephant the
editor cares to keep in stock. l read
the other day that a man had gone
twenty eight days without eating
The name of the paper he was editor
of was not stated.
We are all democratic editors here
to night, but looking at it one way it
does not make much difference wheth-
er Congress is democratic or republl.
can. In either event the editor gets
the usual amount of public documents
with which to light the fire in the sane
tum stove.
Yes, editors have much to bother
them, but Mr.. Talmage is wrong when
he says all editors are miserable. Some
are dead Occasionally there Is good
deal OF competition IN our business L
have no,ised several instances where a
newspaper in a small town had hard
time making living; another is start
ed to help it starve to death.
1t has been charged that there are
great many old jokes in the newspa-
pers, but that can't be helped. News.
paper men are good and die young and
the newcomers in the business don't
know what has been published. :.
am pleased to notice that with all
our trials and tribulations you still I'M
hold the time honored traditions of
the profession. Every woman that
commits suicide has lovely beauty
every social gathering is the most
recherche affair." every lady is still
beautiful and Accomplished and
every paper we hate is our esteemed
contemporary
While we may not be rich, most OF
US have valuable assets. am offering
right now to exchange six spring poems
Tor bottle of cough syrup.
! Gentlemen. in conclusion, | drink to
the freedom of the country press,
which is due to its unshackled condl
| ton.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

A Settlers Convention is to be held
at Pine Bluff, N. c.. May 5. under the
auspices of the Southern Interstate
Immigration Association. The con
vention will be composed entirely of
men who have gone from the North
and West and made their homes in the
South, its object being to enable lead
ing men from other sections now living
in the South to express through a pub
lie convention their opinion of the
South and its attractions to the imni-
grant and investor. Over 100 newspa-
per men from the North will be pres
en5, and what is said and done in the
convention will be widely advertised
throughout that section. The Cover
nors of the various States will prob
ably appoint delegates, and every
commercial body in the South is en-
titled to and requested to send full
representation.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
Kruger's Ways.

Many tales are told of the delightful
simplicity CT President Kruger Of the
Transvaal republic. After an interview
with him, an English missionary asked
DIR. Leyds, the secretary of state, if the
president really knew no English. eff
you are praising him or speaking vel!
Of the Transvaal, he knows no English, !"
said the doctor, "but if you are speak
ing i'll of him OF saying anything
against the Transvaal, he knows every
word you say" He once consented to
open Hebrew synagogue i'll Johannes
burg and closed an address with these
words: "And SO I consecrate this build
ing to the worship of the triune God. y
This almost created split in the con-
gregation, many thinking the temple
had been desecrated.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
The Crafty Councilman.

The councilman was busy with his
pen. Slowly and painfully he construct
ed single word When it was finished,
he held it alcft ard spelled it over with
profound satisfaction The wcrd was
"suspicion. - The councilman arose from
his chair, carefully placed the paper on
tie seat ard sat upon it. Then he smiled
an unctue Us ard crafty smile.
'.Now," he softly chuckled, "who
will dare deny that I an above suspl-
ciol.?'
After vE:cl be plac:dly resumed the
plcas.::g task Ct laying rcpss for re-
ofci.s.cn. Cleveland Plain Dealer
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

It may be briefly expla.ned, without
going into The details Of very technl-
cal subject, that ord .nary light is re-
garded as due to vibrations which are
at right angles to the direction IN which
the ray travels, but that, in the mathe-
NAUTICAL theories Of light, other vibra-
lions, in the direction of the ray, are
indicated, though wholly unknown IN
experience hitherto. If the new rays
prove, in fact, to be of this character,
SO as to realize indeed the long sought
longitudinal vibration, the discovery IS
of the first Importance in science and
will hardly find its equal in interest
since the discovery Of the law OF gray1-
tation, for it reveals new mode OF ac-
ton of force, governing wide range OF
phenomena and effects which until
now have lain entirely outside the
bounds of our cognizance. -Professor A.
W. Wright in Forum.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

SIX WEEKS INA WAGoN.-An emil
grant wagon drawn by three horses
attracted much attention at Main and
Ninth streets yesterday about dusk.
1t was a curious looking vehicle, fitted
upon inside like the interior of cabin.
In it John Vedder, his wife, three chill
dren and his brother travelled all the
way from Washtenaw county, Michi-
gan. They left their western home
six weeks ago to settle in Virginia.
having rented a farm of sixty two
acres on the Petersburg railroad, four
miles south of Manchester During
their long trip none of the party was
sick for a day.-RichmomJ State OF
Saturday.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
Relief In Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases reliev ed in six hours by the NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" This new remedy is great
surprise on account of it's exceeding
promptness in relieving pain In the
bladder, kidneys, back and every part
of the urinary passages IN male OF
female 1t relieves retention OF wafer
aud pain in passing it almost lmme,
diately. If you want quick relleI anu
[cure this ia your remedy.
Sold nv B. f. Hughes, Druggist. No.
6 South Augusta st., Staunton, We.
june 6-1yr.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
The BEAUTIES of Iceland.

Nothing can he more delightful han
a horseback trip through Iceland. Tho
traveller secs thousands Ct mountain Gov
cred With eternal snow, outrivaliEg tho
Alps in grandeur; great geysers and IN
Vulnerable hot wells; waterfalls, one OF
yh:ch-the Gullfoss-is second only to
Niagara i'll size and beauty; crystal
streams and dashing rivers; lava beds
CT fantastic figures, covered with moss
that glistens in the sun like hear frost,
and, as crowning glory, the atmcs-
phere is so brilliant that objects 80 miles
distant appear close at hand.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
The Quality Of Being Agreeable.

Itmight reasonably be supposed tnaI
good people would be agreeable ana
had people disagreeable, but this IS by
no means a fixed rule. There are
many notable exceptions, especially
among bad people, who are often oe
Iightful companions. They study 70
please that they may cover up tnelr
faults of character. There is no rea,
son, however. why good people snoulo
not follow their example IN TINS re-
spect. When they act naturally they
are agreeable, but some good men,
with warm sympathies and great kina
ness of heart, seem to think tnac ~ 10
necessary for their own protectloh W
put on a gruf, repelianS haunea.
There are others who at heart are
GOOD friends. vet make themselves dis
eoreeable to those they love by a PAD
he hit of positive contradiction All OF
ms have a great deal of self love. ana
we cannot regard as agreeable one
who continually differs with and con
tradicts us. especially if he does SO In
an offensive way. The agreeable man
Is always courteous and conslderate.
He keeps out of disputes and conten-
i tions. seeks to give utterance only to
pleasant things. and If driven to con
tradict. does so in an amiable manner.
He may or may not be as good ana
faithful at heart as the gruff disput-
ant. who is apt to be boastful OF his
frankness, but the quality that makes
him agreeable is his cultivated man.
ner. Some people go SO far as to de-
precate politeness as concession 10
hypocrisy, but it is really NANTES
tation of consideration for others.
}, 1t is. of course, cultivated by hypo
critics. and those who are excessively
polite may be suspected of insincerity
| but that is not good reason why sin
cere people should not use it to make
: themselves agreeable. The otherwise
, good man who lacks politeness or as
2 sures a gruff, repellent manner really
, sacrifices part of his gifts, for yer!
9 few people will discover his good quail
] ties under his repulsive manners
! Those who do may have patience Z
r bear with him, knowing that his hear
: ia right. but others will judge him b.
4 his manners, and, finding him disagree
able. will avoid intimacy with him. L
s is not enough, therefore, to be just o
9 kind hearted; one should also be agree
l able in manner, and it requires yer
t little effort to be so. The foundatlo
t of agreeable manners is thoughtfu
consideration of others or true polite
IS ness. This does not imply any neces
Q sary sacrifice of frankness and honesty
E It does not mean that one shall nc
contradict or dispute, but it does mea
y that when a contradiction is made net
). essary it shall be expressed courteous
d " and inoffensively. Every one shout
g. cultivate this kind of politeness, for, j
It so far as it helps to make one agree
l. able, it extends his opportunities fc
70 usefulness, and helps to give full pla
r, to his other good qualities.-BGlt. Su1
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
Mexico's Army and Navy.

The regular army CT Mexico comprises
$4,000 men CT all arms, including a po-
lice of about 1000 men and gendarm-
cry CT $50. The navy consists OF two
small unarmored vessels and three gun
boats The annual expenditure on &C.
count of the army and navy is from $l2,-
500, 900 to SIS, 900, 900.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

Colonel Robert G Ingersoll spoke
before three thousand persons in the
Militant Church in he COLUMBIA
Theatre, Chicago, in response to an III
vitation by the pastor. the Rev. john
RuSk.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
ATerrific storm in Texas.

AB1LENE, TEX, April IA terrific
storm, velocity of wind being sixty
miles an hour, accompanied by an inch
Of rainfall, swept over this section last
night. In this place four residences
and half a dozen workshops were de-
moIished and number of residences
moved from their foundations and 9th
erwise damaged and many buildings
unroofed, telegraph, telephone and
electric light poles were blown down
and telegraph communication cut on
until late this evening. Mrs. Mckln-
new was seriously and Mrs. johnson
painfully injured, their residences be-
ing destroyed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

On the great occasion of Gen. J. B.
Gordon's Grafton in Lynchburg, May 1,
for him from the depot. The military
companies of the city. the Confederate
officers. the ban and prominent peo-
pie Of the city will be in the procession.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison are going to
spend the summer in a log hut in the
Adirondacks. Rare old Benny! While
the other politicians are tuning ana
perspiring over the canvass and elec
tioi,. he will Ait on the porch with his
corncob pipe and watc'' the -ih-r'.
also tn. hen, while he SLIPS thu forest
,no>,,iro aud lives Oh wild STA berries
aud country cream aud basSs III the
smiles OF love and beauty. Rare ola
Benny! says the Minneapolis journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
consumption

"A AND ITS CURE
- To THE EDITOR Il have an absolute
remedy for Consumption. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured. So proof-poSitive am |
of its power that consider it my duty to
send tvo bottles free to those of your readers
who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me their
txnress and postoffice address. Sincerely,
A. sLOCUM, M. c., 1873 Pearl ST., New York.
~ Tho Editorial and Business Management Of
this Paper Guarantee this generous Proposition.
Jan K-lyT
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

GEORGIA COLONIES. has a
thriving colony of ex-Union soldiers.
mostly Western meh, who have pur-
chased large tracks of land in the En-
pire State of the South, and will con
duct farming operations and later on
industrial enterprises on an extensive
scale. This colony, it is stated. is
restricted to white men, and negroes
are excluded absolutely This is a
new feature of life in the South, as
heretofore the great plantations of
that section have been dependent
almost altogether upon negro labor.
while in every Southern state the
negro has been able to acquire small
holdings of land, and frequently his
property adjoins the farm of the white
planter There is not a State below
Mason and Dixon's Line in which the
native white element would object to
the industrious, self respecting negro
as a farmer or farm laborer, while
there are negro mechanics and white
mechanics who do not clash. The ex-
Union soldiers who have settled in
Georgia have started a practical bust
ness enterprise, and are probably con-
WINGED that success can be most surely
achieved by their own efforts. The
exclusion is evidently regarded by the
negroes as boycott" of their race,
and Southern papers state that negro
colony has been established in Georgia
on the line of the Abbeville and Way
cross Railroad, to which no white
men are admitted. 1t is rather anus
| ing that the color line in business and
perhaps also in another sense should
be drawn, if the statement to that
effect be true. by ex-Union soldiers,
although they may consider that they
have ample justification for their
course Sun.
A Commercial Gable despatch from
/ No.;aa -caus that Kino Hnmhprt en-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

In special cable despatch from Ha-
vana it is stated that famine is the
present pressing danger in the situa-
ton.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
The HAY CROP AND The

THE HAY CROP AND PRICEs.-The
american Agricultursst, in its issue
of Wednesday says, editorially:-
"Throughout season of generally
low prices, hay has held its own. Re
suits of our special investigation as 10
stocks of old, found on another page.
point to a general exhaustion. H1gh
prices bring out hay from every nook
and corner, however, and 1t Is py no
means foregone conclusion that any
further advance is assured"
The gricat1tasrist also says that its
advices indicate quite uniformly that
the reserves of hay are now small, and
that they .'aH point to shortage In
last seasons CROP"
There can-be no doubt that the hay
crop of 1895 throughout almost all sec
tions of the United States was snort:
In a recent interview the Secretary OF
Horticulture stated, what is not gener.
ally understood. that the rainfall OF
the United States has for several years
been deficient. The most acute, mem
orahle and persistent drought IN tnls
country was terribly felt from 1873 to
1895, and caused immense shortages ~
most of the crops. The Department OF
Agriculture cstl"dtCo tbe"o WV
of last years Anne rican hay crop alone
was SIT. SOC, 900 below that of the crop
of 1893. which was nearly thirty mil
lions Of dollars below the computed
value of our average crop ($60O, 900, O00)
Hay suffered quite as much by the
fearful droughts as wheat, corn and
oats, the total value of which las Off
cially estimated by the department
was, for 1894 and 1895, at least $791,
900, 900 less than for 1891 and 1892.
The country has been so deafeneo
| by partisan republican howlings as
cribing all its ills to the Wilson tarIf
that it needs some such Information al
the AgricultuTist now prints to remint
/ it of the true causes of the agriculture
depression But despite the calanit!
howlers there is now a prospect OF {
good hay crop this year.-N. Y. Her
GLG
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

Young women OF the Epworth
League, of the Methodist church, at
Suffern, N. j., gave an entertainment
where the privilege OF escorting the
girl who displayed the shapeliest foot
was auctioned.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

Three of the bodies of the nine men
drowned at Virginia Beach have been
recovered.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Jumps and
Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavlns,
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring Bone,
Stiles, Sprains. all Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use OF one
bottle. Warrante the most wonder
full Blemish Cure ever known. Sold
by B. F. Hughes, Druggist, No. 6 South
Augusta ST., Staunton, Va.
iune 51Yr.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

High military officials of this State
received the japanese envoy to R1s
sia, the Marquis Yamagata, at Niagara
Falls.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22
The Life Of an Editor.

By the aid of the paste cup, and our
darling friend (the scissors) we write
our autobiography for the benefit of
our subscribers and patrons.
Verify the lite of an editor is path
of thorns.
His bread is promises and his meat is
disappointment.
His creditors chase him by day and
the devil grinneth at him in his dreams
by mig hit.
He sendeth the paper to subscriber
on credit and the subscriber payeth
him never
Then he stoppeth the delinquent's
paper, and the delinquent singeth ira
la and borroweth it of neighbor.
One subscriber payeth his subscrip-
tion in wood, and behold it is rotten
and soggy and of short measure.
He whoopeth up the township politi-
clan and the politician gets elected and
knoweth him no more forever.
He puffeth the church fair gratis and
then attendeth it and payeth his quar-
ter and receiveth his two oysters.
He boometh his town and all things
therein, and yet receiveth no support,
and is a man without honor in his own
country.
Two young people marry and he
| giveth them great puff. and they go
to housekeeping and taketh not his
paper.
Yea, he is bound down with woe and
his days are full of grief and trouble
and vexation of spirit.
But sorrow endureth only for night
and joy cometh in the morning.
| He ploddeth along and endureth in
patience, and it is written that he will
receive his reward at the judgment"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

The Cuban resolutions advise the
President to tender the good offices OF
this government to Spain in effecting
the independence of part of her terri
tory in which some negroes and mulat-
toes and few white scalawags are in
revolt, and who are devastating plan
tations, looting and burning private
houses. numbering civilians and out
raging women. The adoption of such
resolutions by Congress is a gross and
gratuitous insult to a friendly nation,
and would not have been thought of If
it were a more powerful one than it is;
But such has been the recent course OF
this government, that if Spain shall re
sent it, there is a strong probability
that she will not be without European
support.-AleG. Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-22

BalIington Booth made statement
in which he scored his father for bis
treatment Of the American branch OF
the Salvation Army.