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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
STANDARD TIME.
rhe -Four Sections Into Which the Coun-
try Is Divided.

rhe Four SECTIONS Into Which the Coun-
try Is Divided.
Primarily, for the convenience of the
railroads, standard of time was estab-
lished by mutual agreement in 1888. by
which trains are run aud local time reg
ulated According to this system. the
United States, extending from 65 to l25
degrees west longitude. is divided into
four time sections, each of Is degrees Of
longitude, exactly equivalent to one
hour. The first (eastern) section in
cludes all territory between the Atlantic
coast and an irregular line drawn from
Detroit to Charleston, the latter be-
ing it's most southern point. The Sec
ond (central) section includes all the
territory between the last named line
and an irregular line from Bismarck to
the mouth Of the Rio Grande.
The third (mountain) section includes
all territory between the last named
line and nearly the western borders Of
Idaho, Utah and Arizona. The fourth
(Pacifc) section covers the rest Of the
country to the Pacific coast. Standard
time is uniform inside each of these sec
tions, and the time Of each section diff
fers from that next to it by exactly one
hour. Thus at 10 noon in New York
city eastern time) the time at Chicago
central time) is II a. NJ; at Denver
(mountain time), 10 a. M, and at San
Francisco Pacific time), 8 O'Clock a. m.
Standard time is 16 minutes slower
at Boston than true local time, 4 min
utes slower at New York, 8 minutes
faster at Washington, 10 minutes faster
at Charleston, 20 minutes slower at De-
troit, 10 minutes faster at Kansas City,
10 minutes slower at Chicago, minute
faster at ST. Louis, % minutes faster at
Salt Lake City aud 10 minutes faster at
San Francisco Atlanta Constitution
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
KNOWN BY HIS SCARS.
That Is the Way Uncle Sam Keeps Ira
,s Eia EnIisted Man.

That Is the Way Uncle Sam Keeps Track
OF His Enlisted Men.
While good many people know in
a general way Of the Bertillon system
for the Identification of criminals, COM
paratively few know Of the simple
method which Uncle Sam has been
using for number of years past to keep
track of the men who eat his rations
and. wear his uniform in the regular
army. The system employed by the war
department might be termed the "nat-
ural method" and is at once simple and
ingenious 1t does away with all ap-
paratus except a vertical measuring
rod and pair Of scales. 1t is known as
"the scar system" and has been found
wonderfully effective.
There is an unwritten theory in the
army that every man who enlists will
at some time or other desert This is
not entirely true, but the assertions are
numerous enough to make it worth
while to keep track of the offenders. In
war the penalty for desertion is death,
but in peace it is long term Of impris-
cnment, and the subject is liable to pun
ishment 70 matter how long term has
elapsed since his offense was committed.
Strange as it may seem, the men who
desert most readily are the ones who
straightway go back and enlist again,
though usually in some remote section
Of the country.
The recruiting card, /" tit is called,
is big enough to contain two 6 inch
outlines Of mans form. front and rear
view, with good sized border for mar
ginal notes When the recruit is strip
ped for his physical examination, he is
gone over from head to foot, and every
appreciable scar or permanent skin
blemish is recorded. Its location is &C.
curately noted by dot on the card, and
its description is written on the mar
gin. The hands and face usually have
the greatest number of scars, but those
on the body are apt to be the more
pronounced and characteristic, as it is
usually more severe wound that pene-
trates the clothing and leaves its record
on the flesh beneath. Moles are also
noted, their color and dimensions, and
other birthmarks or blemishes that
would not ordinarily disappear with
time.
The question may arise as to what if
man have no scars, moles or birth
marks. That would be enough to identi-
fy him, for in all the thousands of men
who have been catalogued by the de-
martin emf there has never been one who
bore less than three clearly defined
scars, while seven or eight is the more
usual number, and there are some cases
where the number runs up to 30 or 30.
Further, SO infinite are the chances OF
combination that there have never been
two individuals whose height, weight
and the number and location of their
scars came anywhere near coinciding. =
Washington Star.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
THE HILLS.


me eiant hills repose, mighty host,
Blind servitors of fate, for good or Ill.
Unthinking, helpless, favored slaves at most.
Imnassiye workers of the Masters will
Though free from labor of the hand or heart,
From mans dissension, greed and grief or
Joy,
Yet toiiins subjects, with allotted part,
Like silent vehicle or childhood's toy.
ALI liberty is bondage of degree.
Apparent happiness may nourish pain.
Our freedom oft is but the turning key
In door that sorrow bids us close again.
The quiet mountains feed the springs OF life,
That well or dry at heavenly command,
And food or famine, loss or gain, is rife.
The hills contribute with subjective hand.
There lies in barren peak the timbered height,
A wealth beyond the optimistic dream,
But mortals grope until the way is light,
Till fortune smiles and earth reflects the
beam.
Success and failure have unknown array.
The sun may scorch and clouds the rainbow
show.
All hills are actors in a fateful play,
The mute, majestic serfs Of veal or woe.
jean More in Atlanta Constitution.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
TIC Women Of Guiana.

I he Wit. Of the cody in Guiana is a
woman " 40 Is very much to be. envied
Every gold CT silver piece her husband
receives fer his services is beaten into
LelsCEasi t;s1rj.st5 TO be worn by his bet
tgr hai n ;Ea. condition it constitutes
tie cas-. ,.e.si:is. Of the family 1t is per
fectly safe. az j; is asmrch as any man s
lift. is " c.sh te,tt;.cll the trinkets SO long
as lie y c;i:ai: wears them These same
wcn :. gir ;:!ss; i.5fed for their beauty.
Tht,l leatulss are strsiight and perfect,
theil e-ses beautiful i'll color and their
fo,ms perfect models Of symmetry and
grace Dressed i'll soft, filmy materials,
rich III color and eastern figures, they
present sts:t'f.ely oriental and fantastic
appe;.s Ice
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
She Won Her Bet.

The efficiency CT the employees Of the
Jacksonville postoffice was put to Sc
we're test recently, when the distribut-
ing clerk came across photograph with
postage stamp attached aud the only
direction on it as follows, says the Flor
ida Times Union:
Deliver to -, Jacksonville,
Fla.
Several of the employees were shown
the picture, which was taken with a
small camera, and which did not show
the face of the person photographed
very distinctly. One Of the carriers
named Walter a. Coleman, the general
travelling agent Of the F. G. and F. rail
way, was the person. Several of the
clerks and carriers did not think that it
was intended for Mr. Coleman, while
others sided with the Bay street carrier
Finally wager of 81 was made, and
the carrier started out to deliver it.
When he reached Mr. Coleman s
Office, that gentleman at once claimed
the photograph as one of himself A
week ago or more, while walking along
Bay street, he met young lady with a
kodak, who took snap shot at him in
front of the Gardner building. She said
that if the picture was a good one she
would send it to him. 1t also appears
that the young lady won wager made
with her father Gu the delivery of the
photograph to Mr. Coleman with only
the directions above
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
Valuable to Women.

Especially valuable to women is Browns
Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache
disappears, strength takes the place Of weak
ness, and the glow of health comes to the
pallid cheek when this wonderful remedy Is
taken. For sickly children or overworked
msn it has no equal. No home should b.
ahprlt RrorqIss Ion e. NJ ~
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
The Modern Term.

Willie-Papa, is the congregation the
people who sit in church?
1T used TO be, my son, but now it's
an audience Brooklyn Life.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
Everybody SAYS So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most Won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
aud positively ON kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure leadache, fever, habitual constipation
anS1 hijionsan;s pls;se buy ana trZ e bsx
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
He Was a Rird.

Aid charging furlously up)-Gen-
eral, the enemy has captured our left
wing. What shall we do?
The Commander-Fly with the other.
-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
K l @ N D Y k E
GOLD

ssThe Greatest Gold District on Earth.''
Shares $I.OO. Agents Wanted.
Why not share in the millions that are being
taken out of Alaska? We offer golden OPP
portunity. We shall send an expedition with
large stock OF merchandise and fully equip
ped with mining appliances. This merchan-
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to the enormous sums to be made from eco
nomic mining. We confidently expect to re-
turn 500 for every 81 invested. Holders of $50
shares entitled to accompany expedition with
all expenses paid Prospectus free. A limit
ed number of shares now on sale, 81.
ALASKA COLE MINING,
TRADING & TRANSPORTATION CO.,
No. 220 Broadway. New York City.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

No. 9,-Daiiy-Local for Charlotte and inter
mediate Stations.
No. 35.-Daily United States Fast Mall
through Pullman Buffet Sleepers to Jackson
vile via Savannah; to Atlanta. add New VI
leans, connecting at Salisbury for AsnevIIe'
Knoxville Chattanooga and Nashville, Tenn.'
and at Charlotte for Augusta.
No. T.-Daily-Wa shington and Southwest
ern Vestibuled Limited; through Pullman
Sleepers to Asheville, Hot Springs and Nasn.
vile, via Salisbury and Chattanooga; 70
Tampa. via Savannah and Jacksonville to
Memphis, via Atlanta and Birmingham ano
to New Orleans. via Montgomery and mobile
Dining Car Greensboro to Montgomery. flrs'
Glass Day Coaches on all trains.
Trains from Staunton by Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway connect in Uniun Station at
Gharlottesyille with Southern Ry. trains.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
No. 5 South Augusta Street.
ag- PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED.

VIRGINIA lin the Clerks Office Of the Cir
' cult Court of Augusta county, the 2Sth
day of August, 1897.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

Train All connects with Southern R. r. at
Strasburg Junction at IL 50 D. M for Harrison-
burg and points on Valley Railroad.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

Train 40S connects with Southern r. X. at
Harrisonburg at 90 a. m. for Strasbnrg juno
ton and Harper's Ferry Division.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
THE LAND OF DREAMS.

VIII you come with me to the Land OF
Dreams,
TO that mystic land so far away:
Where the sunlight falls on the sparkling
streams
And rippilng waves with the lilies play?
Where the skies are fair and the flowers
are bright,
Where the joyous song of bird is sweet;
Where the azure sky and the opal light
otThning streams irf the, distance meet?
pain?
Has Tapr heart grown cold with hopes
deferred?
Would you bid Love smile on your path
again
And list TO the sweetest music heard?
Then come with me to the Land of Dreams,
To this Lotus land with its gardens fair
With its waving trees and its crystal
streams,
Where life has never a thought OF care.
Would you see the friends OF the long ago?
Wcald you walk the shores Of Fancy's
stream,
Where silvery waters in silence flow,
And years are only pleasant dream?
Then come with me TO this border land,
This country far thro' the gates of gold,
Where Love and Pleasure walk hand In
hand,
Where none grow weary and none grow
wv, @. Park. in Ladies' World.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

farm lands, plantations, fruit ranches,
vineyards and three palaces the like of
which are not TO be found outside the
imagined glories of the arabian
Nights" The senora's father, Senior
Goyenechea, began his journey toward
wealth with the development of a silver
mine at Copiapo, Chilli. He then turned
his attention to copper mining, and
when he died he left his fortune to his
son and daughter. a few years after.
ward the widow married Senor Cousino,
and it was his son who married Isa-
dora. When mother, brother and hus-
band died Sonora Cousino became the
sole heir of the combined wealth of all.
She paid strict attention to the busi-
ness of her estate and now her income
is about $S,000,000 a year. The town
of Lota, of which she owns every foot
OF ground, every house and other build
ing, works for her daily with its $4,000
of population. One of her sumptuous
palaces is at Lota. 1t is described as a
dream of beauty. In Santiago she has
a white marble palace that cost 50 ,0O0,-
600, and her house at Macul is a dupli-
cate of the Santiago affair, except for
its immense gardens, which require 200
gardeners to keep them in repair. Sc
nora Cousino has six children, three
young men and three young women, all
married. She is So years old, tall, dark
and still beautiful.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
lNDlSCREET LETTERS.
One That Brought Sorrow to Its
Writer.

Harriet Martineau, who was very
deaf, always shifted her ear-trumpet
when anyone asked her a question
she did not wish TO answer. The late
Cyrus w. Field apparently did not hear
question that it would be indiscreet
to answer. He had another good habit.
Letters that if seen would cause others
pain or might be misunderstood he de-
stroyed as soon as he had read them.
The following true story proves the
wisdom of Mr.. Fields practice:
a distinguished educator had, with
considerable difficulty, persuaded a
millionaire to found college. The
educator was to have been it's president,
out unfortunately he neglected Aaron
Burr's advice: Talk as much as you
please, but don't write word"
The founder, an uneducated man,
was full of crotchets which. if eX-
pressed in the deed establishing the col
legc, would have greatly interfered
with its educational work. The edu-
Gator, irritated by the labor it required
10 eliminate these whims from the
founders mind, enc day wrote n COM
planning letter to n clerical friend, in
which he narrated his trials, and ended
by saying of the rich man: . is an
ass"
The clergyman, n careless, absent
minded man, put the letter into his
hat, and called at the office of n law
firm to transact business with one of
the partners
While in the private office he left his
hat outside, and one of the lawyers,
seeing the letter, and knowing the
handwriting of the address, read it..
OF course he was not & gentleman, and
was without moral principle; and his
subsequent conduct showed him mis-
chief-maker.
He rctailed the contents Of the let
ter to a nephew of the founder, who
was bitterly opposed to his uncle's
proposed disposition of his property
lie reported it to the uncle.
The college was founded; but the
educator was never it's president. He
died II heartbroken man, through the
careleSsness of his clerical friend and
the mcanness of n legal Paul Pry.-
Youths Companion.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

proved such a scourge to the British in
North and South Carolina, and il is in
honor of this ancestor he was named.
Rev. Charles Warren Lee, the repub-
lican candidate, is a retired minister of
the Methodist church, having seen 25
years of active service as n minister,
and having won deserved popularity on
account of his high Christian character.
He comes of Virginia stock, and is a de-
scendant of the historic Lee family of
the Old Dominion.
Rev. j. II. Browder, the populist NOM
inee, is minister of the Christian
church, and, like Rev. Mr.. Lee, is well
known among the religious people of
the district. He was nominated on an
out-and-out populist platform, and has
inscribed mo Compromise" on the ban
ner that he has unfurled in the district.
He goes full length with Thomas Wat
son, though until the presidential NOM
nations were made last year he was a
republican. After the st. Louis conven-
tion he became n convert TO free silver,
and made speeches throughout the
state for BRYAN
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
and more rarely vet travellers passed

and more rarely yet travellers passed
that way, going To or coming from Tom
town, but these latter generally chose
TO 60 round by the newer and better
road that turned off down the canyon
few miles below, so that Dorothy had
discovered that on weekdays she might
safely count on never meeting anybody
here.
But it happened on this August after
noon that Harvey Neil had started for
Tomtown, hoping to consummate some
sort of bargain by which his slippery
colleague Brigham might be left to his
duty in the forthcoming trial. He had
turned aside at Windy Gulch to consult
the doctor about his horse, finding that
the animal had gone lame; and he was
chagrined TO discover, when he had
gone few miles, that in common hui
manity be must turn back, the trouble
being so aggravated by the bad road,
which in many places was but n stretch
of bleaching powders washed bare by
spring-time floods; whence it happened
that Dorothy's solitude on this occa-
sion came TO be invaded by the one
person who most occupied her thoughts.
She had almost forgotten her indigna-
tion on her fathers account in the subtle
pleasure growing out of the idea that
McCready was the one person respon-
sible for all the trouble. This view of
the case exactly harmonized with her
preconceived opinion. She had instinct
lively disliked the superintendent of the
mine from the outset, and now she
could take to herself credit for her
penetration. Her father had been mis-
led, deceived, mainly that McCready
might profit by il, might find means to
crafty private malice against the
owner of the Mascot mine. She was
now impulsively persuaded that Har-
vey Neil had been really wronged, and
I'll because her father had been system
atically led to false conclusions by this
arch-plotter, who had no care for any
sacrifice of honor in attaining his own
evil ends. If but the proofs might be
forthcoming TO prove the wrong, to an-
duce her father to withdraw and make
restitution while yet there was time
TO vindicate his real moral blameless-
ness
Harvey Neil had dismounted to spare
the horse, and for n mile or more had
been plodding along, leading the ami
NAL, when, just at a turn in the road
as he came down into the little cotton
wood grove, he stopped short in sur
prise at sight of Miss Meredith seated
by the roadside.
The hills had here crowded down on
either side of the narrow creek, great
rock masses joining hands as though
it had been purposed to hold back the
hurrying water, which, but in madder
Joy as it seemed. went leaping over
the low barriers in n series of foam
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

ing waterfalls, churned to whiteness
and shimmering like liquid opal in
the caressing sunshine. Here the road
had been blasted out of the solid rock
at one side, and the debris so formed
Eeaped up into a low wall along the
waters edge; and here it was the girl
was sitting, so lost in thought as to
he utterly deaf to the advancing steps
above the swishing and rushing of the
stream.
Neil had thought the day of the
storm that Miss Meredith must look
her best in her riding habit, but to-
day, in the simple cotton gown she wore,
she seemed to him even more daintily
lovely. Ten times more charming than
her fathers grabbed, and he's COM
posed of harshness," he quoted, under
his breath, lettering all he might in
the pace that must presently bring him
beside her. Curious as he was 20 know
how she would greet him, he yet would
gladly linger TO enjoy the pretty pic
ture she made, all unconscious of any
observer.
But she seemed to feel his glance by
instinct, looking up with startled air
which changed to a flashing smile of
welcome as she recognized him, blush
and smile so surprising to Harvey Neil
that as he stopped short in the road
he had hardly presence of mind to lift
his hat. By no stretch of the imagina-
ton could he have counted upon such
greeting as this after her stern ar
raignment the other day.
II beg pardon, Miss Meredith. /
hope l didn't frighten you," he pres
emily found tongue TO say, with doubt
full, deprecating smile.
"Oh, not at all; only-onc never meets
anybody here, you know" There could
be no mistaking the friendliness of her
manner; and Neil's face grew brighter.
~ am an exception TO prove the rule.
you see," he said. II hope you don't
mind"
"No; am glad to meet you," she hesi-
family returned, to his further amaze
n,ent. 81 want to apologize"
ITO apologize-you! 1 cannot pos.
sibly imagine why, Miss Meredith;
though if it makes you the least bit glad
10 see me, of course / am thankful for
the notion, whatever il is. But 10 is l
who should apologize. It has been on
my mind ever since / met you, how
mean il was of me TO mislead you SO.
to enjoy your kindness under false pre-
lenses. l told you the other day that
was not sorry, that never should be;
but all the while I think knew that I
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
CHAPTER VII.

a little way beyond the hotel at the
west, Windy Gulch appeared to come to
an abrupt end, its one street dividing
into a couple of no less dusty though
somewhat narrower roads, of which the
one at the right climbed away over the
hills to meet the Old Silver trail and
other remote by-ways, while the other
turned down among the shadows of
the cottonwoods by tSe creek, keeping
to its wavering company for mile
or more before it was forced to higher
levels on it's way to the mining camp
cf Tomtown. This little cottonwood
grove where the road started was the
one touch of sylvan beauty of which
Windy Gulch might boast. There was
n great, unpainted wooden structure,
housing an abandoned process for treat
ing ores, just at the left of the turn
ing point, followed by two or three
cabins likewise deserted; but beyond
this the trees had been left TO grow
old unmolested. y little way along
there was an old Spanish arastra fallen
10 ruins across the creek, while the
yawning mouths of shallow tunnels
here and there told of somebody's fail
uresI but paying leads had never been
discovered in this quarter, and in these
days Windy Gulch for the most part
passed 70 by unheeding. Sometimes
lovers came TO loiter along its shaded,
grass-grown road on Sunday afternoons;
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
IIIa HnnDX IIen.

"How," he asked, would you like to
be shipwrecked upon some desert is
land, with no human being but me to
give you companionship?"
"Well," she replied, "a good deal
would depend upon the size of the
island. If it were as large as this room,
for instance, and you could find seat
on the end farthest from me, I'm afraid
it would be very lonesome"
After he had taken the easychair and
got her nicely settled, with her head
against his heaving breast, he muir
INJURED:
"Ah, sweetest, isn't il nice to love MS
we do?"
Eyes" she answered, "but Tn so sor-
ry you didn't think of that island be-
ore."-Cleveland Leader.