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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15
E. NJ. Cushing & Son, Auctioneers
Administrators Sale

The undersigned Cornella d Hanger and G.
W. w. Hanger. ADMINISTRATIVE and Admins
traitor respectively of H. H. Hanger, decd,
will on
Wednesday, january 2sth, 1896,
at the farm owned by the late Capt. n. H.
Hanger on Middle River, adjoining the farms
OF John Huffman, Moneymaker and others,
sell at public auction the following personal
property, viz
Seven head of horses; ten head of cattle,
which includes bull, milk cows, and beef
CATTLE sixteen hogs, including brood SOW and
Iattenlng hogs; sixteen head of sheep, ewes to
lamb In February one reaping machine, now
ers, plOws, harrows, wagons, drill, buggy
rake, cart, harness, cider mill, corn shelter,
grain cradles, log chains, hay, fodder, corn !:
also twenty eight acres of growing wheat
-, TEhMS:-Ten dollars and under cash, for
all sums over that amount negotiable notes
at six months satisfactorily endorsed will be
required.
CORNELIA d. HANGER,
Administrative.
G. W. W. HANGER,
Jan o-3tS Administrator.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15

TRUSTEES SALE OF HOUSE AND LOT
AS substituted trustees in deed of trust
executed by A. GOffney and l.. A Goffney, his
wife, on the End day of May. 1891, of record in
the Clerks office of the Court of Hastings for
the city OF Staunton. in d. B. 10. page 555, the
undersigned. at the request of the beneficiary,
will sell at public auction in front of the court
house in Staunton, Va, at IL O'Clock M ON
Saturday, January 25th, 1896,
that house and lot in the city OF Staunton, Va,
situated on the north side of Pump street,
fronting 262 feet on Pump street and so feet
deep. The house is large and comfortable
one and in good repair.
TERMS:- Cash in hand to pay the cost Of
executing the trust and the amount of the
bond secured, viz: $3S1.51, and the residue of
the purchase money in three equal annual in
stalmenus, payable in one, two and three
years from date of sale with interest, the pur-
chaser giving bonds secured by deed of trust
on the property.
M. N. BRADLEY,
w. L. LUSHBATGH,
W. b. MeCHESNEY,
dec 25-ots Trustees.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15

MARYLAND's NEW GOVERNOR
Hon. Floyd Lowndes, the newly elect
ed Governor of Maryland, was inau-
gurated with due pomp and ceremony
at Annapolis on the 9Th instant. Gov
ernor Lowndes is the first Republican
Governor of Maryland, and his cleo
ton and installation are hailed with
delight by his party followers.
He is a man of high personal char
acter, and it is to be hoped will give
his State an administration creditable
alike to those who elected him, and to
himself.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15
GRATEFUL-COMFOR
EPPS'S COCOA
BREAKFRST-sUPPER.

BREAKFBST-SUPPER
by thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern the operations of digestion
and nutrition, and by q careful application
of the fine properties of well selected Cocoa,
Mr.. Epps has provided for our breakfast and
supper delicately fiavoured beverage which
may save us many heavy Doctors bills. 1t is
by the judfciOuS of such articles OF diet that
constitution may be gradually built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to dis
ease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are float
ing around us ready to attack wherever there
is weak point. We may escape many fatal
shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with
pure blood and a properly nourished frame"
--CtUil Service Gazette. Made simply with boil
ing wa err or milk. Sold only in haif-pound
tins, by Grocers, labelled thus:
JAMES EPPS & CO., Ltd, Homeopathic
Chemists, London, England.
jan S-4ts
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15
February 3rd, 1896,

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE
~ Staunton, Va, Dec. 18th, 1895.
PrOpes' Creditors
VS..
PrOpes' Admir- ct ais.
All parties interested in the above-styred
cause now pending in the Circuit Court for the
county OF Augusta, TAKE NOTICE, that pursII-
ant TO an order of said court entered in said
StauntOn, Va, on
January 30th, 1896,
proceed to ascertain and report auv outsrand-
ing debts against the e. tate of Martin PrOpes
Decd. that have not already been reported in
this cause; also in the event that the real es
tate mentioned in this causeis sold, shall as
certain The cash value of the interest OF
MARIAN u. Kennedy, t1iee Propes) widow OF
DAVID Propes in the proceeds Of sale
HENRY W. HOLT,
Commissioner
E. Kenne ".
dec 25-4ts
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15

UsUR1oUs INTEREsT.-On Thursday.
the Court of Appeals rendered an opin-
ion that the only part of usurious in
terest that could be applied to the
principal, was that in excess OF the
lawful interest, which is 6 pei cent.
The preceding Court of Appeals de-
cided that the whole of it could be SO
applied.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,


STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, &C
LUCAS COUNTY 90
FRANK. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
f. j. CHENEY & Co. doing business in
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use of
HALLS CATARRH CURE
FRANK j. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. ID. 1886
seal A. w. GLEASON.
l--) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials. free
FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Is it SheariDg Or Siaug htering the Lamb
r. B. Malone, son of the late Gen.
VIM. Malone, is after. the Lamb that
is now the bell wether of the Republi
can flock, with a sharp knife. From
the State Republican we copy the fol
lowing card from R. B. Mahone:-
A CARD
Several days ago. there appeared-in
the Washington Post, Col. Lambs re-
marks of acceptance upon his election
to fill the two vacancies caused by the
death of General Malone. He says:
1.-The positions have come to me I'M
sought"
In justice to the memory of Gen.
Malone and his many friends in the
State of Virginia, can not let these
remarks go unanswered nor allow Col.
Lamb to longer deceive those friends.
Col Lamb not only sought those po-
sitions.and came to the meeting of the
State Committee and personally work
ed to be elected to both places, but
when he found he could not be elected
to fill both places, formed a combina
ton with Brady. General Mahone's
bitterest enemy, and by Brady's in
huence and manGuvuring succeeded
in being elected.
Col. Lamb posed as Gen. Mahone's
greatest friend, deceived and imposed
upon Gen. Mahone's liends and joined
hands with Brady, Gen. Mahone's bit
terest enemy. As son of Gen. Ma
hone, ] repudiate any such false
friendship.
R. b. MALONE,
Washington, D. c.. Dec Is, 1895.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15

A fire in Norfolk early Sunday morn
ing destroyed the millinery establish
ment of Mrs. G.. v. Bassett and the
drug store of w. R. Martin.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
P ERS0N NAL PROPERTY.

AS Administrator of P. N. Pow II, l will sell
at public auction on the Zirkel farm, about
mile and half northwest of StauntOn on
Thursday, the 10th day of January, 1896,
the following very valuable personal prop
erty:-
FOUR wORK-HoRSES; FOUR COLTS, and 3
years old SIX MILK COWS Lot of YOUNG CAT
TIE AND CALVES; THREE BROOD SOwS AND PIGS
AND ABOUT EIGHTEEN sHOArS. ONE DEERING
BINDER nearly new; Two MOWERS; A DRILL:
HAY-RAKE, and all the FARMING UTENSILS and
HARNESS which have been used in running the
farm Also about "a tons OF baled hay lot OF
loose hay about 500 bushels of corn about
1900 bundles of fodder, two ricksOf straw, and
many other articles which cannot be enumer-
ated.
TERMS All sums under ten dollars cash.
All sums of ten dollars or over on q credit
of six months, the purchaser executing nego-
table note well endorsed. All property must
be settled for before it is removed. Sale be-
gins at ten O'Clock.
VIM. PATRICK,
jan lists Administrators
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15

THE SPECTATOR AT HALF THE FOR
MER PRICE. IT IS NOW ONLY ONE DOL
LAR, AND EVERY FAMILY SHOULD
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15
u,RUsTEE.s SALE OF A HOUSE AND LoI

TRUSTEES SALE OF A HOUSE AND LOT
L THE CITY OF STAUNTON. VA-By
virtue of a deed of trust executed to Geo. S
Lightner by j. w. Splitter and wife on the 24th
day of APRIL 1888 of record in the Clerks office
Of the Court eff Hastings for the said city of
Stauuton, Va, in Deed Book No. ii, at page
$751; to secure to b. F. Eakle, ST., the payment
O bond for the sum of S., 5U0t0 bearing even
date with said deed and payable two years af-
ter the date thereof, with interest from date
and being requested, in writing by the said B.
T. Eakle, ST., so to do. the undersigned substi-
tuted trustee will offer for sale, at public auc-
ton, on
Friday, the l4th day of February, 1896,
at II M, in front Of the courthouse in the said
ciGy of Staunton Va, that, certain house and
lot on North Augusta street, on the west side
thereof, i'll the said city of Staunton, .adjoin-
ing the lots of w. Tams and the estate of
N. X. Trout, deceased.
TERMS OF SALE :-Cash.
The above property will be sold subject to
lien in favor of the Young Mems Building and
Loan Company" amounting to $S67.50 as Of the
day Of sale, and the purchaser thereof may
have the option of either paying the above
amount due said 60. cash on day of sale, or to
continue to carry it with said Company on
said property by paying the sum of $l3.75 per
month.
w. III. LANDES,
Jan 15-4tS Substituted trustee.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15
THE CHINA DECORATOR,

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Every Lady Should see it.
Send Doc. stamps for sample copy. Mention
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Price, yearly, $500, mailed; per copy, SOC.
Orders and subscriptions received at this
Office.
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81 UNIVERSITY PLACE, NEW YORK CITY.
dec 15-6ts
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NAWYER WANTED.-I wish to employ a
y man competent to take charge and run
| portable Saw Mill None but:a capable, sober,
" 'o'' man a. E. HiU6DDLEsTUN,
ian 15-2ts White Sulphur Springs, w. Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15
How War with England Would Affect the
S0ufh

Chauncey M. Depew, in an interview,
says war at this time would wipe
out the South" This language is prob
ably too strong, but that war with
England, the best market for the prod
ucts of the South, would be disastrous
to the South, no reasonable man car
doubt, and this would be the case' even
if no lives were lost and no cities de-
sstroyed, for there could be no sales to
foreign countries of the wheat, cotton,
aad other products of the South.
To plunge this country into a war
with England on account of the dis
pute between her and Venezuela about
the boundary between British Gu
lana and Venezula would be "a blum
der worse than crime"
In the interview referred to, Chaun
cey M. Depew said:
"If war is declared at the present time
with the country in precisely the state
Il is the securities will go down $780,
OOO. 900 at once. We will all be starving
to death. The farmer out on the
prairie will burn his grain for fuel, and
the man who mines will eat his coal
for food. 1t is cruel, preposterous, out
landish, worse than heathenism to talk
of plunging this beautiful peaceful
country into war.
do you know, young man, that this
country has just got over war. There
has been one in this generation. Mil.
lions remember it. We are feeling it
yet. In history it is still war times
here. The south-brave. courteous
beautiful south-is struggling under il
grievously. 1t is full of grit and brains
It's exposition shows that. But if you
bring on war now you wipe out the
south. The few who have money
would come north where they could
carry on business and sell to people
who have money, and the others would
die of despair-noble, heartbreaking
despair! Our country can no more af
ford to plunge the south into another
disaster than father with weak son
could place all his family in Arctic lati
| tudes. The smile is a faithful one.
"Put it down solidly for me that I'm
against the war. Yes; heart and sou
against it, though if the bugle is blown
you'll see Chauncey M. d. on the marct
wherever his leader may point thu
way. But ] can't talk of war for oul
lovely country again. 1t kills me-"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15

DWELLING BURNED.-About 8 o.
clock Saturday afternoon, January
9Th, the dwelling of Mr.. J. S. Mackey
on Timber Ridge, Rockbridge county,
was destroyed by fire. Most OF the
furniture in the lower part OF the
house was saved. 1t was comfort
able old log and frame building, and
the loss was something under $l,ooo
No insurance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15

LIFE Lost BY FIRE-Mr. Thomas
NJ. McNutt, formerly of Lexington,
Virginia, and the Oldest son of Captain
john Rice McNutt, lost his life in a
hotel fire in New York State. During
q trip over the Northern Central rail-
road he stopped for the night, on
December 3rd, at a hotel in one OF the
wayside towns. During the night a
fire broke out in the building. He
was rescued alive, but was SO badly
burned that be died on January Bird.
The deceased was aged thirty five
years and went west when very young.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15

Senator Vest, of Missouri. on last
Tuesday, attacked with much vigor
and considerable feeling the Supreme
Court. for it's decision on the direct
tax bill, and especially was he severe
on the Justice who changed his opin-
ion between the first and second de-
eisi1as of the case.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15

J E935 d TIE 'fjs Z } GET TtIL 81, G.
I A98 Az QsJ- \ sS< pQI LAR a yEA2'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-15

Additional local trains leave Staunton as
follows: Except Sunday-3:47 p. M, arrives
Clifton Forge 5:55 p. m.
*7:45 p. m. stops at Staunton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16
Costly Perfumes.

Only dealers in precious stones carry
more valuable stock in small space than
the dealers in essential oils and the per
fumes that go with such oils. One dealer
showed an acquaintance Il moderate sized
safe containing stock valued at 425, 600.
Altar of roses, musk, civet and ambergris
are among tie precious articles of such IL
dealers stock. Altar of roses wholesale
sells at about 32 shillings an ounce, civet
at 4S shillings an ounce, ambergris at ct
and musk at eS. The retail price of all
these is niue. greater, but they are usually
sold to the 80 called consumer in highly di-
luted form
Musk in the raw looks IA deal like axle
grease and smells worse. The popular
notion that tine musk of commerce is OBJ
tanned from the III uskrat is a mistake. a
somewhat similar perfume is obtained
from the muskrat, but most of the supply
comes from the musk deer, IA creature that
is carefully reared in India for the sake OF
the secretion. The secretion is shipped
in the crude state, and is used not only in
the manufacture of the liquid perfume
sold as musk but also in very small guam
titles to give strength and staying power
/ 10 many perfumes made from the essentia
oils of flowers. Pearson Weekly
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16

Meehan tells III his Monthly that the
old Wakefield varieties have yet no
compeer among early cabbages,
The New England cranberry crop has
been ravagcd by worms, and reports
place the yield at 70 to 80 per cent of
that of last year, which was "a light one.
The New England Homestead men
tions that the New York market de-
mands white shelled eggs and the Bos-
ton market the buff or brown shelled.
Philadelphia takes either kind.
Caterpillars' nests should be burned
of the trees. An easy way to do this is
to fasten wire & inches long to the
end of long pole; then run it into a
corncob soaked i'll kerosene and apply a
match. When the flame weakens, apply
more oil.
Right now is good time to SOW grass
seed for a permanent pasture. Farm
Journal recommends timothy quarts,
blue grass, redtOp and orchard grass
each 20 quarts as good mixture. A
little white clover may be added.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16
The Tailed Man of Mecca.

Colonel Du Correct, in a report to the
French Academy of Science, says: 50 :"
When | was at Mecca, being often at tie
house of an emir, l spoke to him of tine
supposed race of tailed men called CHI
lanes which are thought To live in the in
terror of Africa. l doubted the existence
of the race, but in order to convince me Of
my error the emir ordered before me one
of his slaves, who, he said was tailed
ghilane. An examination proved that
the slave, whose name was Bellal, had a
tail about 3 inches in length and almost as
flexible as that of monkey. st. Louis
Republic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16
Strong Colonies For wintering.

What would you do in order to obtain
a large number of late reared bees to
insure strong colonies i'll the fall for safe
wintering? This query was recently an
swered in The American Bee Journal.
DR.. C. c. Miller said, "Havc no old
queens;" w. c. Larrabec, "A late hon
ey flow is the BEST way" William Nc.
Evoy. Feed the colonies in the even
ings;'- G.. NJ. Doolittle, Il let the bees
take care of this matter to suit them
Selves" Dr.. J. p. II. Brown, Feed in
proper quantity and at regular time to
keep up brood rearing;" Charles Da-
dant e. Son, Leave the hive with
plenty of honey, and let the bees take
care of that part - J. a. Green, See
that the queen has room for laying in
the broodchamber and feed regularly !"
Professor A. J. Cook, Late stimulative
feeding in case there is no fall honey
crop would help, but doubt if it pays"
r. L. Taylor, IF the bees were getting
no nectar, / would feed each colony
regularly every day from pint to a
quart of thin granulated sugar sirup;"
Mrs. l.. Harrison, I'm "a locality where
there is fall flow of honey, do nothing;
where there is none, feed according to
locality; feed while yet there is pollen
to be gathered. "
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16
MIXING FERTILIZERS.
How Separate ingredients Nav BE Mixed
at Home Helpful suggestions.


Not q few farmers purchase unmixed
ingredients aud mix these at home,
The convcnionces needed to do ones
own mixing arc as follows: \ tight barn
floor or earth floor that is hard, smooth,
.iy and under cover, platform scales,
shovel, iron hand rake or hoe and
sand screen In bulletin issued from
the New York station farmers are adj
vised when they do their own mixing
not to attempt to heat stones or rock
with sulphuric acid toil of vitrio) but
to purchase their superphosphate from
the manufacturer Other helpful sug-
gestions arc rs follows:
If one has purchased the different
materials i'll the right weights, such as
he wants to use for mixing, then no
weighing is necessary, as he has simply
to mix all the materials he has. If he
makes different mixtures, then the
different materials should be weighed
accurately. If the material is at all
lumpy, it should be sifted with a sand
screen, the Jumps separated and then
pulverized before being added to the
pile of fine material.
When the materials have been ehus
prepared, the most bulky material is
spread ont upon the floor in an oblong
pile that varies from g to 10 inches i'll
depth The top is laycled of and then
a layer of the next material is put on,
not quito so thick, and so ON until the
different constitU 'nts haY' been added
to the pile. care being taken to make
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16

Little respect is paid by Americans to
the birthplaccs of their illustrious dead,
and the old snutfmill near Narragansett
Pier, in which Gilbert stuart, in 1855,
first saw light is no exception to the rule
1t may safely be said that it would seldom,
If ever, he visited were it not Il convenient
objective point for drive from the fash
ionable summer resort Il few miles away
The route along the old Boston Neck road
affords one of the most delightful excur-
sions in Rhode Island. For awhile it holds
in view to the right picturesque estuary,
beyond which on n fine day one sees the
town Of Newport. After drive of nearly
five miles we cross mt right angles the
dusty highway that leads past Il little white
church down the brcakneck hill to the
jamestown ferry and continue a couple of
miles or so along u country road which we
leave to our left to follow bride path
through the woods, at the end of which,
hitherto hidden by II screen of tall saplings
and tangle of bracken, we come upon the
object of our pilgrimage.
Beyond the historical associations con
nected with it there is absolutely nothing
in it to interest the visitor The mill it.
self has long since fallen into decay. AS
to the house, the outside has undergone
very little change. and its weather stained
shingles arc pleasantly suggestive of the
century and d half which in 4 new country
like the United States is antiquity itself
But the threshold once crossed, one meets
only with disappointment. Not il relic Of
the painter or of his timel Tradition has
not even provided chair in which it
might Le supposed that the distinguished
artist had sat.-Art Amateur
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16

A publication from the agricultural
department at Washington contains OBJ
servatiOns on the diet OF the crow black
birds by field observers i'll different parts
Of the country.
In the course of tho nvestigations
there were examined the contents of
the stomachs of ,, 35S blackbirds from
the eastern and central portion of the
United States and from Florida. The
food was found to show 4S per cent of
animal, As per cent of vegetable and 4
per cent of mineral matter. The ami
nal food consisted chiefly of insects,
which formed 46 per cent Of the entire
food of the year Beetles, grasshoppers
and caterpllars We're chiefly eaten, al
though insects OF other orders as well
as ders and myriapOds were repre-
sen,cd.
The vegetable food was found to con-
sist chiefly of grain and fruit. Corn
was eaten to the greatest extent. Wheat
was also eaten to a small extent. Fruit
appeared to be an important dietary ele-
ment and consisted chiefly of wild va
rieties. A considerable quantity of nox-
ious weed seed was found i'll the stOm-
achs collected during the winter and
spring months, 1t is the belief that
though the crow backbirds may cause
considerable injury at times when they
collect in large hocks the damage is
more than balanced by their destruction
of injurious insects, and that they
should not be indiscriminately destroy
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16

OF IS kinds of potatoes on trial this
season on the grounds of Rural New
Yorker, Salzcr's Earliest proved to be
the earliest AT any rate, the vines were
the first to die-July /. The yield was
at the rate of AGA bushels to the acre,
mostly of unmarketable size. The potato
resembles Bliss Triumph, being round
and of a reddish color, like the early
Bermuda potatoes The flesh is white
and the quality very good The next
vines to die were those of Pride Of the
South. The vines were dead July s.
The yield was at the rate of l61 bushels
to the acre, Il large proportion too small
for market. 1t is round tuber, buff
skin, pink eyes.