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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08
Dolls Brought Happiness to the Diving

Margaret Bottome in Heart to Heart
Talks" in January Ladies' Home Jour
nal relates this pathetic incident of her
ministratiOns to the sick: Just before
| left for Europe last summer a great
box came to me, filled with dolls, all
dressed, and the request came with it
that | should have them sent to chill
dren's hospital, There is hospital in
the city of New York for constructive
children, as we'll as for older people
with the same disease. and l gave the
dolls to a physician who is connected
with tnat hospital. He said afterward
he wished could have seen the chill
dreD trooping toward him, each carry.
ing doll. But the most touching thing
to me was what the nurse told the doe
tor, tn It after every child was furui-h-
ed with doll there were numbe r left,
and the poor women dying with con-
sumption, asked if each might have a
doll They all wanted them. and to
each the dolls were givon, and the nurse
said she. could not have dreamed of
thei4 being such a comfort to those
poor sick women.s There were inst
enough dolls for each to have one. An
who can tell the thoughts thov had OF
earlier days when they took a little wee
one close to their heart, as thev now
took those little dolIs.''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

Now 10, let's be honest with one an
other, as well as with our readers; the
first crop of corn that the Slack BOYS
made hauled and sold in McMinn coun-
ty fifty years ago. brought ten cents a
bushel. Now, if flour fifths of a
bushel of wheat brought dollar in the
coed old days of bi-metallism," how
many yards of domestic. how many
pounds of coffee, sugar or any manu-
featured goods did four-fifths of a
bnshel of wheat buy?-Bristol Courier.
That is a bulls eye shot. The free
silver advocates have favorite prac
tice of stating the marvellous prices at
which the staple products were sold
fifty years ago" or course, there are
very few people who are sufficiently
familiar with the situation fifty years
ago to successfully contradict these
assertions, but this refutation from the
Editor of the Courier is refreshing.-
Norfolk Landmark.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08
Expert Car Jumpers.


81 haven't much hair on my head"
taid superintendent Mansfield of the
Indianapolis and VinecnEes, "but what
little have was up III the air like por-
cupine quilts this afternoon. Several of
us were coming down the Union tracks
as No. 20, the fast train Oh the Indianap-
oils division. was pulling out.
"At Delaware street three txamps
were standing. By the time the train
reached that point it was going at
lively rate. Each of the tramps selected
a coach, and as the train rushed by
caught the iron rod that extends under
the side OF the Car and swung beneath
the train in front of the trucks. Like
acrobats. they turned over the rod and
rested their feet Oh the brake beams,
and as the train rolled OH settled down
for ride. A single mistake, slip of
the hand Or the failure to place their
feet Oil the brake beam, meant for them
horrible death. was SO frightened
at their recklessness that I fairly lost
my breath. Experienced railroad man
that am, would not have attempted
such feat for 81, 200, 900. %
That was common trick said
Frank Lewis, formerly with the Union
Pacific Railway company. 81 have had
good deal of experience with tramps,
and there are few of them but risk their
lives daily on the cars The old time
tramps used to walk over the country.
Up to date tramps ride I have taken
them out from beneath the pilot of the
engine. have hauled them from the
brake beams of passenger cars, and a
favorite hiding place for them is at the
top OF the vestibule. On top of the cars
is pleasant place during the summer,
but III winter they try to make them
selves as comfortable as possible. 1t is
seldom that you hear of tramp being
Killed by the cars unless in a wreck. To
become an expert car jumper is one of
the first requisites of tramp of the
first class. indianapolis News.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08
MOB'S AWFUL VENGEANCE.
A Faithless Woman Burned and Her Para.
mOur Shot.

A Falthiess Woman Burned and Her Para.
mOur Shot.
LEBANON, KY. December 3O.-A
mob inflicted horrible vengeance on q
faithless woman and her COMPANION
Saturday night when they burned
Mrs. 7. J. West alive and killed W. A
Dever, at Mrs. Vests house. on Cart.
wright's Creek, on the Springfield
Pike, three miles north of this city
The mob is said to have numbered
about seventy-five, and it was about 10
o'clock when they appeared at Mrs,
Vests house. Mrs. West, Deyer. and
his little daughter, were the only per.
sons in the.honse, and when the mob
called Dever to come out, Mrs. West
and the little girl responded, but Dever
remained inside Just as Mrs. West
reached the door several shots were
fired at her and she ran back in the
house. but the child remained on the
outside.
The mob then fired several shots in
the house. none.of which took effect.
and, after several attempts to get
Dever to come out, the mob fired the
building. The intense heat finally
forced Dever to run out, and, with
pistol in hand, he started to cornfield
q few steps from the house. where he
took shelter behind a corn shock and
was shot to death. Mrs. West persisted
IN the burning house, and this morn
ng the remains were found in the
chimney, where she had taken refuge.
Her legs and the upper portion of the
body were almost entirely burned off.
w. A. Dever is the man who shot
md killed T. J. West, husband of the
burned woman, at Beaver Green, on
Iartwright's Creek, December 7th. |
)ever had a preliminary hearing, and |
7as released on the ground of self |
efence. 1t is said Dever had been
,arned that he would be killed if he
i'd not leave. He is from Knoxville,
nd leaves a wife and several children.
IRIS. West also leaves a large family.
he coroner's jury has so far failed to
eturn verdict
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08
Ethics Of Labor.

In an article on this subject, the Bal
timore Sun says that. in an excellent
article in the Metaphysical Magazine,
Alexander Wilder quotes quaint pre-
cept of Zoroaster as follows
He who cultivates the earth with
diligence accumulates by his work
more precious store of moral excellence
than he would be able to acquire by
uttering ten thousand prayers while
idle"
| The Sun says, ''the reason why is
plain enough. He has learned the
habit of directing his energies to a USE
full purpose While accommodating for
himself he has provided for others.
He has been taught to expect as his re-
ward only that to which his labor en-
titles him. He has set an example of
sturdy self reliance, of q cheerful de
pendence upon his own resources, and
demonstrated that happiness and la
Dor, SO far from being inconsistent. are
in fact closely linked together. Man
was put upon this earth to work. Not
only must he toll for his mere bodily
needs, but in that grander and nobler
undertaking which concerns his future
existence he is told that he must work
out his own SALVATION" In no respect
is he to be a drone or dependent, al
though it is barely possible that the
Four Hundred might decline to be saw
ed il their salvation is dependent upon
their own work, because labor is con
trary to their creed.
'sWhat shall we do to be saved from
work?' Surely this gospel of idleness
can never prevail. The men whom we
honor most are the men who work, !
and the men who accomplish most, the /
true leaders in all departments of hui |
man thought and human endeavor, |
are the workers. And their work is |
not means to an end. but is the end
itself. Idleness to the earnest man is
Incidence is death. Activi-
ty is life, and it matters not in what
station in life ones activity is exer ed,
he is happier if employed, and be
ought also to be more unselfish. Anti
pathy to labor and surrender to indOl
ence is pure and unadulterated selfish
ness. Incidence leads to crime, and
to work is at the bottom I
of many evils. THE devil always find
some work for idle hands to do" This
is simple old truth that most OF us
learned in childhood. but it is the very
essence of wisdom. The devil will not
make much Roadway with busy Deo
pie, however, and if our work is the
End in life, if we are faithful in it's per-
torrance, accepting it not grudgingly
and in bitterness of SPIRIT but heartl
", realizing that to live is to DO, we
'hall in very truth realize how DEPEND
int our happiness is upon our laDor,
ind our cry will be-, What shall we
10 to be saved from idienessi
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08
Relief In Six Hours. ,

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of the urinary passages in male or
female. It relieves retention of water
and pain in passing it almost imme-
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cure this is your remedy.
Sold by B. F. Hughes, Druggist. No.
6 South Augusta St., Staunton, Va.
june 5.1yr.
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REMOVAL OF THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

CHILDREN OF THE SULTAN OF
TURKEY.-The Sultan of Turkey has
seven children, three of them being
daughters, bearing the names of
Maine, Fekie and Naile. He is now
fifty three years old; his youngest
daughter is eleven and his youngest
son ten. The crown will not be in
herited by the eldest son, who is
twenty five years old, but by his
brother, Mehemmed- Reshad Effendi-
the law of succession being that the
Oldest living male descendant of
Gilman, the founder of the Empire.
shall reign. He must be born in the
harem, but it does not matter whether
ne is the son of free woman or of a
slave.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

English SPAWN Liniment removes
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

The New York Mail says: ''If half the
reformers of the country were muzzled
the people would be the gamers. The
cniel weakness OF reforms is the egotism
ana buliheadedness of many of our
reformers and agitators. There is a
CLASS OF people who think that thew
ali the wisdom of the world
and that everybody else is a fool.n
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

As if catarrh is not bad enough by
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W. Isl, ffsam Balm
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

The Chattanooga Times recalls the
fact that there were thirty four naval
co1nbats between this country and Eng
land In lSls. and that twenty-seven Or
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

a pretty woman is the prettiest
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More than one thousand persons in
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

The more bachelor thinks of matri-
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08
Family Medicine of the Age.

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

Melody is the soul of music. while
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4 :: :. 81 iIarIsIx=E|sstsrnRR
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

The honeymoon has waned when
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

You will not learn anything 4 you
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A pair OF soft brown eyes in a mans
heart makes him blind all over.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-01-08

Faith in men and things is one of
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she can do. 'A0
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
GREEN BRANCHES.
(By Fiona McIeOd.)

(By Fiona McIeod)
Green branches. green branches. you beckon.
! follow
Sweet is the place you guard there in the rowan
hollow.
There he lies in the darkness under the frail white
flowers.
Needless at last in the silence. OF these sweet mid
summer hours.
But sweeter. it may he the moss wherein he is
sleeping now.
And sweeter the fragrant flowers that may crown
his mOOnwhite brow:
And sweeter the shady place deep In an Eden hollow
Wherein ne dreams ! am with him-and dreaming,
whispers. Follow"
Green wind from the green-gold branches what is
the song you bring?
What are all songs for me. now who more care
sing? , ,. -
Deep In the heart OF summer, sweet II lie 10 me
But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a
lonely nil.
Green is that hill and lonely, set far in shadowy
White IL the hunters quarry. a lost loved human
O. hunting heart shall you find IT. with arrow OF
Led Ger green hill lonely by the shadowy hound
OF Death?
Green branches. green branches, you sing OF sor-
row olden. ~, -
But now 1t Is midsummer weather. earh-youhs'
Hero I stand and I wait. here In the rowan-tree
hollow ,,.. .r.,,o-. ON raj
low. Follow"