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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
HIS HIGH PRICED EYE.
How q Clever BunkO Game Was Play
nm a Som of Sunnv Italv.

How Clever Bunko Game Was Played
on a Son of Sunny Italy.
A we'll planned scheme was worked
on a down town italian confectioner
the other night whereby he lost $50.
About p. IL. man who had one good
eye and one glass eye came wandering
along the street and stopped at this
Italians fruit stand He stopped over
to look at some of the fruit, when un-
expectedly his glass eye fell from its
socket down among the bananas and
oranges.
The pretending purchaser at once be-
gan a diligent search for the missing
glass eye. With both hands he clawed
into the fruit, scattering it in all di-
rections The Italian came forward and
told the stranger to stop. The one eyed
man explained that his glass eye had
dropped down there and that he wanted
to get it.
The Italian became enraged and told
the stranger to come around in the even
ing and he could get the other eye. The
man explained he was stranger and
would not be here in the evening, but
if he (the Italian) found the eye he
should bring it to his hotel, where s1oo
would be paid to him.
An hour later another man came
along, pretended to make purchase,
and while lingering around in the fruit
suddenly espied the wonderful glass eye.
The man from Italy made a grab for it,
but was too late, as his would be GUS
toner already had it. Both claimed the
eye, and quarrel ensued. The Italian
patched matters up by giving the stran-
ger $50 for the eye, thinking he would
get 500 upon returning it and he
would have $50 clear.
He went to the hotel with the eye to
get the 500 that he was told awaited
him there. He found that no such man
had been there and no 500 was left
there for him. He then saw how he was
worked and notified the police.-Pitts-
burg Commercial Gazette.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
Father Ryan.

No American poet has given clearer
proof of the possession of poetic genius
Of rare order than Father Ryan. Ger
tainly no poet has achieved more en-
during fame and secured a warmer place
in the hearts of the people of the south
than the "poet priest. He is distinc-
lively known as the poet Of the "lost
cause'-as the bard whose harp sings
SO sweetly and so pathetically the re-
QUEEN of brave and proud people
over the grave wherein their hopes and
aspirations have been buried by the
mysterious dispensation Of an almighty
and all wise Providence. This fact puts
Father Ryan in unique place, separat-
ed from any other American poet Of his
time. AS to the high intrinsic literary
value Of the majority Of his poems. Of
the genuineness of his poetic faculty
and the excellence of his gift of song
there can be no manner of doubt. AL
kahest.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
IN STELLAR DEEPS.

In stellar deeps the midnight silence broods;
Worn with the day, the earth low lying sleeps,
While thought invades the eternal solitudes,
The stellar deeps.
Fleets, from port beyond the explorers ken,
Majestic move, great argosies of light,
Up from the neither voids unknown Of men.
And cross the night.
A pathway sown with thistle down of stars,
A pathway white, as if thereon had trod
One whose winged feet shed luster In their
flight,
Mounting to God,
Bridges the waste from rolling sphere to
Ne sphere,
Spans the blue seas of silence shore to shore,
An arch of triumph o'er the primal dark
Forever more
/ Itremble as child that finds door
And with swift, curious hand throws open
wide
Into vast, unpeopled corridor,
Where shadows glide.
Immensityl Thy surges unconfned
Buffet the sense with strong, benumbing
shocks,
Hurting the little wreckage of the mind
Upon the rocksI
0thought, returnI The engulfng pillows toss
Thy tiny cockleshell, their helpless preyi
o reason, haiti Thy chart and compass vain
To find the wayl
One envoy more. wait upon the strand.
And while my soul her awesome vigil keeps
Faith finds safe anchorage, in sight of land,
In stellar deeps.
Emma Herrick Weed in Youths Companion.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28

When the commissioners were treating
for the surrener of Santiago, General
Toral, the Spanish commander, asked
that when the soldiers of his army
should be sent back to Spain they be al
lowed to take their aims with them and
addressing General Wheeler, one of the
American commissioners, said: on are
an old soldier and have known the bitter
ness of being compelled to yield to a su-
perior force. Show soldiers generosity,
and permit me to carry my honor with
me when l return. Except under such
circumstances 1 infinitely prefer to in
habit grave in yonder trenches But
to the regret of all right thinking Amer
leans, his request was not granted
Alex. Gazette.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
A Handsome Gown.

A handsome gown made In Berlin is
thus described: "The skirt Of mouse
gray reception toilet was Of figured
MORE, decorated with an apronlike ar
rangement of openwork embroidery, the
rosettes and flowers being made very
plastic by means Of a thick underlin-
ing, which permits the delicate shade
of the satin lining to simmer through.
The waist was similarly arranged with
a traverse empiecement of small satin
bands, which fell over the jabot Of yell
low guipure lace. On the neck was a
garland Of wired points or tabs and
white silk gauze ruches. The waist dis
appeared beneath a belt Of gold and sill
yer braid finished with silver rosettes.
The leg O. mutton sleeves were in the
form of spiral above, the plaits mar.
rowing in the lower part
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
THE SPORTS OF LONG AGO.

They Were Substantially the Same as
Those of the Present Day.
The boys and girls of the present day
who become enthusiastic over some new
sport and boast that their particular
"club" has the very "newest thing
out'' would be surprised if they could
discover how closely many Of the old
time pastimes resemble our own.
The Eskimos of the frozen north, the
Tupinam bras 81 The Brazilian pampas,
the gamins of the Paris streets, the boys
and girls Of London, Of Boston and of
Philadelphia, have one kindred tie-the
love Of sport. There is nothing new un-
der the sun, said the wise man, and es-
pecially is there nothing new in youth
full games.
Arch@ologists have found dolls in
Egyptian pyramids and on prehistoric
tombs; the name Of a popular ball club
was found sorawled upon the outer
walls of Pompeiian houses, and one Of
the most exciting matches on record
was the one stubbornly fought between
the rivalSnines of Montezuma, king Of
Mexico, and Nezahual- pill, 'tzin of
Tezcuco.
The boys of ancient Greece and Rome
played at whip top, and quoits, and
baseball, and pitch penny, and blind
mans buff, and hide and seek, and
jackstones, and follow my leader, just
as do the boys Of today. The girls were
experts at seesaw, and swinging, and
dancing, and grace hoops, and dice
throwing, and ball play, and, in Sparta,
even at running, wrestling and leaping
Tobogganing is as old as ice and snow,
and when you play at cherry pits you
are only doing what Nero and Commo-
dus and young Themistocles did ages
ago in Rome and in Athens.
So, whatever the age or whatever the
cline, boys and girls Of the world have
always lived more for play than for
anything else, and however harsh or
hard their surroundings, however stern
or strict their fathers and their mothers,
they always found and always made
the most of the time for play.
Said critic recently on the subject
of recreation, "The sports of the day are
fast reducing themselves into SO many
sciences, overweighted with rules and
restrictions that often take the real play
element from them and make them as
unyielding as problem in algebra. ;"
There is no fun in making our sport a
matter of life and death. know grow
ing people who in these days Of prize
giving In all manner of games center
their whole desires not on the fun Of
the game, but on the prizes offered.
They really seem as much disappointed
if they do not carry off a trophy as if
they had met with some serious loss.
Let us take our fun with a jollity or not
at all. Interest is one thing and irrita-
bility is quite another.
We have only to watch the intense
excitement of some of the amateur play
ers in popular games to realize that the
critic was right about that algebra prob
Z lem. The complaint of "unfairness" on
one side and Of disagreeable triumph
on another seem to be the most notice
able features at the close Of the sports
Of today, and we cannot help wonder
ing if this was feature of the games OF
olden times or If in this respect the
young people Of the present really
have something new. "-Philadelphia
Times.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
Sheep Ticks.

Every one who has sheep knows the
tick, the worst pest of this animal, that
does serious harm to the young lambs
without suspicion of the cause to the
shepherd. This reddish brown creature
is wingless fly and very greedy blood
sucker. A dozen of them on lamb will
quickly suck the little one dry. 1t is to
be looked after at the time of shearing,
when these insects go for shelter to the
lambs. 1t is found mostly where the
animal cannot reach it-on its head,
buried in the skin, sucking the blood.
Its skin is tough, and it is not easily
crushed with less than blow of a ham,
mer. In small focks it is not much of a
job to go through, with pair Of
small scissors to cut the ticks in two,
but where the flock is over score it
will be necessary to dip the lambs
Exchange.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
THE COLONEL'S STORY.

How Jim Adkins Went to War; Got Buried
and Was Resurrected.
"Talking about war times" said the
Did colonel, "did any of you ever hear
the story Of Jim Adkins?"
emo"
"Well, I'm surprised. Everybody in
the settlement knew it. Jim was no
count sort of fellow, and the old man
was anxious to get rid of him, so when
the war broke out and they were look
ing around for men the old man gave
him away"
"Gave him away?"
eyes. Jim was in the hayloft, and
they were about to leave without him
when the old man winked and pointed
to the barn.
''That was enough, and they got him
and marched him to the front.
"The old man was sorry after Jim
was gone and his conscience hurt him
bad. But he hoped for the best, until
one day he got a message that told him
Jim had been killed and buried on the
battlefield.
sThen he packed his grip and started
right off to bring Jim's body home, il
possible, for the grief stricken mother
would have nothing else and made life
miserable for him with her reproaches
''He went to Virginia, and was there
informed that it would be impossible te
remove the body. So he stood over the
spot where it was buried and wept fol
three days. Then he went sadly home.
"And, 10 and behold, the first mar
he met as he neared his gate was jim
safe, sound and right side up with
care!
''It was some time before the ole
man could say word, but when h'
found it was really Jim-ln flesh ant
blood-that they had got Jim mixed III
with some other Adkins, and he hadn'
been killed at all, the old man wa
hot! He slowly divested himself OF hi
coat, then rolled up his sleeves ant
made for him! 1t was the Hveliest scral
you ever saw-the old man on top, ant
the two of 'em wallowing in the dust
eft took the old lady and the thre
girls and two stout darkies to pull tn
old man off.
"He never did explain why he did it
and Jim didn't ask any questions, bu
the next morning he told his mothe
that while his furlough wasn't out still
he knew his country needed him an
he couldn stand to stay at home unde
those circumstances, SO he left hi
blessing for the old man and took tn
first train for the front. Atlanta Con
stitution.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
Distressing Stomach Disease

Permanently cured by the mastery power
of South American Nervine Tonic. In
valids need suffer no longer because this
great remedy can cure them all. 1t is
cure for the whole world of stomach
weakness and INDIGESTION. The cure be-
gins with the first dose. The relief it
brings is marvellous and surprising. 1t
makes no failure; never disappoints. No
matter how long you have suffered, your
cure is certain under the use of this
graat health-giving force. Pleasant and
always safe. Sold by B. F. Hughes,
Druggist, 6 S. Augusta st. Staunton, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
Relatively to population no European
country can vie with New England In
respect of manufactures.
A Cause For Grief.

A Chinese of 40 years old, whose
mother still fogged him daily, shed
tears one day in the company of friends.
"Why do you weep?" asked one. ALAS,
things are not as they used to be!' he
lamented. ''The poor woman's arm
grows feehler every day. "-Household
Words.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
ease relieved in six hours by New Great
South American Kidney Cure" 1t is
great surprise on account of its exceed
ing promptness in relieving pain in blad-
der. kidney and back, in male OF female.
Relieves retention of water almost i'm
mediately. If you want quick relief and
cure this is the remedy. Sold by B. F.
Huges, Druggist, & s. Augusta ST.
StauntOn. Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
The Hot Springs of Arkansas-The Noun
tain-Locked Miracle of the Ozarks.


tain-Locked Miracle of the Ozarks.
The hot waters, the mountain air,
equable climate and the pine forests
make Hot Springs the most wonderful
health and pleasure resort in the world,
summer or winter. 1t is owned, en-
dorsed and controlled by the o. s..
Government and has accommodations
for all classes. The Arlington and
Park hotels and to others and 200
boarding houses are open all summer.
Having an altitude of 1000 feet it is
a cool, safe and nearly refuge during
the heated term in the south.
For information concerning Hot
Springs address &. F. Cooley. Manager
Business Mems League, Hot Springs,
Ark.
For reduced excursion tickets and
particulars of the trip see local agent
or address w. A. Turk ,Gen'l Pass. Agt.
Southern Ry., Washington, ID. G.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
Long Eared.

"You ought to have your ears boxed, !"
said Miss Sharpleigh to young fresh
man who had just stolen kiss.
"Well," he asked, "why don't you
do it?''
'I would" she replied, "if I had a
box large enough. Chicago News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
The Prophet Lost.

'Lochiel, Lochiel, beware of the day. y
The prophet put on a menacing look as
he spake the grim words.
"Out and upon thee," quoth Lochiel.
"Why should listen to the sorry raw
ings of dotard churl.?"
"But am a seer"
"And [ an overseer,' said Lochiel,
and he beat him forthwith four sad slaps
on the wrist.-Buffalo Enquirer.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
THE MOON AND |.

A golden moon that leans her gentle face
On the blue darkness Of the summer Rky-
We watched her steal aloft little space,
My love and I.
Parting the opal clouds, upward she rose
To wander lonely mid the stars on high.
We thought our world as bright as one Of those,
My love and /.
Dear love, the moonlight smote your ripping
hair
And made you smile you knew not how nor
why.
My heart beat strangely as we fingered the:e,
My love and l.
asked her, fooled by the bewildering light,
If she would try to love me by and by.
She rose and left me. stood in the night,
The moon and I.
"A. Matheson in Good Words.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28

With the exception Of birds, mems
legs are longer in proportion to their
body than those Of any other animal.
The human foot is broader and stronger
than the foot of any other animal, so
that man alone can stand upon one foot.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28
Special Seashore Excursions to Atlantic
City, Cape May and Sea Isle City, N.
j., and Niagara Falls.

City, Cape May and Sea Isle City, N.
j., and Niagara Falls.
The Southern Railway, in connection with
the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
Railroads, will sell tickets from Manassas
to Danvil1e, Va, inclusive, and Manassas
to Harrisonburg, Va, inclusive, to the
above summer resorts. through Washington
at greatly reduced rates; tickets on sale
Friday and Saturday, June "a and 25. and
each succeeding Friday and Saturday to
and including Sept. 1O 1898, to Atlantic
City, Cape May and Sea Isle City; to Mag
ara Falls over Pennsylvania Ry. Sept. 20;
over Baltimore & Ohio Ry. July IL and %,
August IL and %, Sept anG %. For fur
ther information call on or write to nearest
Southern Railway Agent. til sep3O
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28

rersons bitten by the tiger snake Of
Australia die almost instantly, there
being no known antidote for the bite q
this reptile. -
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28

The 'Life Of the flesh is the blood
thereof" Pure blood means healthy
functional activity, and this bears with
it the certainty Of quick restoration from
sickness or accident. DR.. J. II. Mclean s
Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier
gives pure, rich blood and vitalizes and
strengthens the whole body. Price 50c
and 81 bottle.
For sale by Hogshead, Hanger & Co.
In the royal finally it is always the queen
who first kisses the wife after her mar,
riage, not the newly made husband.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28

Biliousness, dyspepsia, loss of appetite,
disturbed sleep, nervousness, headache,
giddiness and drowsiness, wind and pain
or fullness of the stomach after meals, cold
chills and fushings of heat, shortness of
breath-these are the blank cheques of
physical bankruptcy. Take them to a
physician and he will fill them up with the
name of some more or less serious disease.
Every time that you carry one of them to
him you draw out some of your funds i'll
the Bank of Health Keep it up, and there
will soon be no funds in the treasury.
The man who suffers from these dis
orders and neglects them will soon be in
the relentless grasp of some fatal disease.
If he is naturally narrow chested and shall
low lunged, it will probably be consump-
ton; if his father or mother died of par
alysis or some nervous trouble, it will
probably be nervous exhaustion or prostra-
ton, or even insanity if there is a taint in
the family blood, it will be blood or skin
disease; if he lives in neWzor low,
swampy country, it will be malaria; if lie
lives life of exposure, it may be rheu-
matism. There is just one safe course for
a man to follow who finds himself out of
sorts and suffering from the symptoms
described. It is to resort to DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. This medicine
makes the appetite keen, corrects all dis
orders of the digestion, renders assimi1a-
tion perfect, invigorates the liver, purihes
and enriches the blood and builds firm,
healthy flesh and nerve tissue. 1t cures
almost all diseases that result from insult
fcient or improper nourishment of the
brain and nerves. Bronchial, throat, and
even lung affections, when not too far ad-
vanced, readily yield to it.
II took DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
De Witt Street, Buffalo, N. ", and it COM
p1etely cured me-"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-28

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The record-union., 1898-08-07
"RECORD=UNION"
HISTORY OF THE WAR.

bearing on the elimination of the may
/ as
o @ m march from Gpna % to Ponce % by easy & victories @ M
calde which
Porto Rico America The raised Major Webb
Of President and the people really seemed glad that the
interior 9''''s were 'S ''''SA ''' M
Monday
wng was that he had not been treated with the due his
% who @ ssaGa sas ss Gors
ten companies of the Sixteenth occupied the place without diff
Wednesday President Mckinley
went over the with and the visit Of the French
showed that he had m to act within certain which had been mi
On Thursday Government that the conditions
while provisions high the
to the Department,
rival General Ponce the general
evnng much themselves
It decided by the Thursday that
complied
duty This fever " was % arpp % m earia M ne thene @ Were we're % % nor
new @ cases of fever There was some violent criticism Of General
thought that knowledge the ky condition the
August 9TH showed that General M Effected peaceful anan@ t A @
was boodess capture o he lighthouse a
Generals
% @ sn the final the Philippine phases Of the the
yesterday morning generally given
been completed and that aeeeded
served as official
@ ahe STATE and the French
stated when her reply might be received
The record-union., 1898-08-07
EVENTS OF THE BALL FIELD.
FRESNOS TO PLAY THE GILT
EDGES TO-DAY.
Borchers to Twir1 for the Visitors
Red Seals VS.. Phoenix at
Oak Park.

The Fresno baseball team will line
up against the Gilt Edges at Snowflake
Park at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon 1t
IS to be hoped the promise of a warm
game will be kept, and that the base
ball patrons of Sacramento will be
treated to a good contest. 1t is to be
regretted that, up TO date, most Of rhe
games played here have been dreary
and lop-sided, very few of the visiting
teams having a right to play in the
same county with the locals.
The Fresno team has some good tim
Der in its ranks, and when here early
in the season played a half-dozen in
nings that We're very presentable. Dur
ing the last half of the game they
claimed TO have been given a raw deal
By the umpire, and virtually quit
George Borchers will be in the box
for the Fresnoites to-day, and ne has
hosts of friends here When with the
Pacific Northwest League Borchers was
the kingpin pitcher. Besides Borchers
the Fresno team has been bolstered up
by signing Russ Pace, Tom Parrott ard
Haynes, all of whom have had consid-
erable experience in minor leagues.
Little Mangerina, who is a pet with the
The record-union., 1898-08-07
TIME GETTING SHORT.
Only Seven More Days in Which to
Register.

Apparently there are about 1,OO0 men
here who do not care enough for their
right of suffrage to take the trouble to
register for the coming election. They
have but seven days more in which 10
do so.
The registration clerks are idle about
half the time, though men travel back
and forth daily past the Courthouse
too indifferent to step in and regis
ter County Clerk Hamilton has
afforded every possible facility for
voters to get their names on the
register. Those who cannot con-
veniently call during the day hours
can do so in the evening from
to 9 o'clock, but very few present them
selves during these hours.
Whenever a sick person is reported
he is called on at his home or in the
hospitals, and the railroad shops,
freight sheds, laundries. factories and
other places employing numbers of
men have been visited. Day after day
notices have been published urging
voters to come forward and register.
and the situation has resolved itself to
this-that if any one loses his vote this
fell because his name was not on the
Great Register he can blame no one but
himself.