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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-04-20

1t is an unusual and interesting
circumstance that four churches Of
Richmond representing three denom:-
natious should be pastorles5 at one
time, and all of these churches import
ant ones, too. They are Venable-
Street Baptist, Grove venue B pitt
Seveath Street Christian, ald ST. An
drews Episcopal.
, 1899-12-27
EDITORIAL AFTERTHOUGHTS.

General Wood had no backing for the
position of governor of Cuba, but he
presented a magnificent front.
More than likely the death of Gen
eral Lawton will seriously interfere
with the capture of General Aguinaldo
alive.
John L. Sullivan wanted to fight
Spain single handed. And now Sena-
tor Mason Is anxious to do the same
thing with Great Britain.
1t is a psychological and physical
miracle how any one man can contain
as much feel-bad as Senator Teller ad-
mits having in his possession.
There are to be no federal office
holders in the republican national con-
vention next year-that is, until after
it shall have completed its work.
Hereafter, when a meeting shall be
held to locate an important convention
Chicago will see to 1t that she is rep
resented by a lightning calculator.
The threatened financial panic in
New York financial circles did not dis
turb the western farmer, serene in the
possession of a healthy bank account,
corn to burn, snow on the wheat field
and plenty of water for the stock.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
, 1899-12-27
DENVER


London has 10000 professional beg
sars outside of her pulpir5.
Hon. Jeremiah Simpson saw that
Roberts is no worse than
many congressman, and Jerry has been
there and knows whereof he speaks.
1t is reported that ex-Speaker Tom
Reed is writing a book on Rows In
Congress" A sort of scrap book, as 1t
We're.
1t is said that the correct pronuncia-
ton of Gatacre is "Gay-taker," but it
is very probable that he does not take
a very gay view of the situation of
his army Just at present.
A Cb;cago oon,ressu,, 10 Gotta .o
have prepared a speech of 25, 900 words
which he will recite from the hoor
unless he can be bribed or coaxed to
deliver it through the c~alloused, unfeel-
ing columns of the Congressional Rec
ord.
A Denver wee one when asked what
she would do II Santa Claus failed to
bring her anything reflected a moment
and replied: Il would tell God OIL
him!"
The doorkeener of tho court room
at the Molineux trial had instructions
to admit no women, but inferring that
the orders did not apply to half-and-
half creatures allowed Dr.. Mary Walk
er to pass in without question.
AT Knoxville Tenn an ax-con press-
, 1899-12-27

From Joseph Jefferson's "Reminls-
%cences": MY approaching appearance
was the important dramatic event OF
my life. l had been five years from
America and was on my way home,
and l felt satisfied that If this new
version OF Rip Van Wrinkle succeeded
in London. my way was quite clear
when | returned to the United States.
On Sunday evening, being alone in my
lodgings, l got out for my W admira-
ton my new wig and beard, the pride
Of my heart, and which l was to use
In the last act. / could not resist try
ing them on for the twentieth time, l
think. So l got in front of the glass
and adjusted them to my perfect sat
isfaction. / soon became enthused, and
began acting and posing in front OF
the mirror. In about twenty min
utes there came a knock at the door.
Who's there?' said |. It's me, II you
please said the gentle but agitated
voice of the chambermaid. May l come
in?' Certainly not l replied, for l
had no desire to be seen in my pres
emit makeup. is there anything wrong
In the room, sir?' said she. Nothing
at all. Go away l replied. Well, sir
she continued. there's a policeman at
the door, and he says as 'ow there's
n crazy old man in your room a%-fiingin'
OF his arms about and a-goin' on haw-
full and there's a crowd of people across
the street a-blockin' up the way" l
turned toward the window, and to my
horror l found that | had forgotten to
put down the curtain, and, as it seemed
to me, the entire population Of Lon
don was taking in my first night. 1
had been unconsciously acting, with
the lights full up, to an astonished au-
dience who had not paid for their ad-
mission. AS l tore off my wig and
beard a shout went up. Quickly pull
Ing down the curtain, l threw myself
on a chair, overcome with mortilca-
ton at the occurrence. In a few min
utes the comical side of the picture
presented itself, and l must have
laughed for an hour. l had been SUI
fering from al attack of nervous dys-
pepsia consequent upon the excitement
OF the past week, and l firmly believe
that this continuous fit Of laughter
cured me-"
, 1899-12-27
CENTRAL

Our eastern friends have but vi
ideas of localities. This is made clear
by the following extract from the Phil
adelphia Record:
Westward the fight of business
takes its way. We beg our eastern
friends to remember say the Kansas
City Times, that Kansas City is no
longer a western city. 1t is a central
city. And this central city is on the
extreme western edge of the state of
Missouri! Pennsylvania, time out Of
mind, has accounted itself the Keystone
state, planted In the center of the arch
of the union. 1t Is a pleasant old leg
end that will have to be laid Aside in
the archives Of Independence hall. The
clustering and bouncing west is the
center of America. The time is ap-
preaching when the Mississippi valley
will lay claim for itself of being also
the center of Christendom."
Kansas City is the central city for
the country around it; central between
the Alleghenies and the Rockies; CEN
trail when the wind wants to blow or
the blizzard wants to tax up its
march, but az the central American
city. Oh, no! The center of the United
States east and west is Just outside the
Golden Gate, in the sea, 80 that San
Francisco even lacks a few miles OF
being the central city. We see the curl
OF the lip of our eastern contempora-
ries and hear them saying: I'VE are
talking about the center Of population
and wealth. and the material out OF
which to make wealth; not Of the ex
Gate" But wait until the gold mine
out Of Dawson city a little way, which
10 "a mile wide and goes $500 a ton
begins to yield. Wait until the China
men begin to buy wheaton -four to eat
and American clothes to wear Wait
until Siberia begins to order American
agricultural Implements, pianos and
other necessaries of life. There is nc
telling where the center Of population
may be after a little while and where
trade may build its chiefest capitals
However, In n respect, the Record is
right. The Mississippi is to be the ar
Choir Of this world, not only of the
United States, but of the world. There
great river which Is the Father of Wa,
tiers. There will be 100, 900, 900 of people
after awhile, and their wishes will b
, 1899-12-27

American oysters rank among the
best in the world, and the export list
Is growing all the time. England takes
about 5000 barrels a week all the year
round. Gone, says the New York Sun,
are the days of the old Saddle Rocks,
which no man could place entire in his
mouth, which for frying we're the Ely
SUM of the Philadelphia chef. In the
old days there were only three centers
Tor oysters-Baltimore, New York and
New Haven. The best oysters came
from Blue Point. Oak Haven, Buzzard's
Bay deep water), Lynn Haven (Ches-
apeake). Shrewsbury. Mill Pond, Rock
away, Maurice River Cove (mouth Of
Delaware), Great South and Lower
Bay. Experts in the business say that
the finest oysters obtainable are in the
first weeks of May, as then the fat,
luscious, Virginia oysters come north
to be planted. Virginia oysters are
placed in spawn in "spat beds" along
the deeper water shores Of bays and
estuaries. Each is capable Of produc-
ing 1000, 900 eggs.
, 1899-12-27

mo mans a hero to a burglar" said
a retired member of that profession.
I'm my time l have entered houses in
every town and city In England, and
l never met a man who had the cool
courage to come down stairs and at
tack me when he was woke up by his
wife. Times and again when the head
Of the house has been driven to the
head of the stairs by his wife he has
only come down a few steps, and then
crouched still for a few minutes. Then
he has returned to his bedroom, tell
ing his wife there is no one there.
This has been my experience with Of
fcers, businessmen and clergymen.
The scene was identical in all cases.
That's why laugh when l read how a
certain householder rushed downstairs.
but failed to catch the burglar"
, 1899-12-27
A City with Two Carriages.

There are only two carriages in town.
One belongs to the archbishop, and his
eminence is hauled about by three
horses, because his ecclesiastical pedi-
ments are afflicted with the govt. The
other carriage is the property Of the
government. and n of the perquisites
that pertain to the presidential power.
It is an ordinary landau, imported from
Paris in pieces, and put together by
local talent, and a native artist has
painted upon the panels of the doors
a brilliant reproduction Of the Goa Of
arms of the republic, about a foot
square, in the national colors-gIeen,
yellow and red. This is greatly ad-
mired by the p%opulace. who see the
carriage only occasionally-on state oc-
casions, when it is drawn by four black
horses. wearing harness heavily mount
ed with silver, and decorated with ros-
cites, ~tassels, and streamers of the ma
ttonal colors.-La Paz, Bolivia, CORE
s~pondence Chicago Record.
, 1899-12-27
Hall McAiiiAter.

The late Hall McAllister some years
ago entertained a visiting scientist at
the Union club. before its amalgama-
ton with the Pacific. and during the
evening" particularly foggy one
made some whimsical remark convey
ing the idea that fog was an excellent
conductor Of sound. The scientist
took exception to this novel theory and
asked Mr.. McAllister on what 1t was
based. ION phenomena which we have
all observed" returned the ready jur-
list; "on an evening like this We hear
the foghorn quite distinctly, but when
there is no fog We cannot hear 1t at
all."-Evening Wisconsin.
, 1899-12-27
STAYIN' UP LATE.
A Little Home Incident of Quite Early
usionm

A Little Home Incident of Quite Early
Disiliusionment.
Every one who has ever beer a
child will recall that sense of injury
entailed by being sen to bed early
that conviction that you are being de-
prived of the most interesting part Of
the whole day. There is really no
knowing what the elders are up to
when once they get the youngsters
tucked up safe in bed, but 1t stands to
reason 1t must be very interesting, or
why would they be in such a hurry to
get the youngsters out of the way?
With some children this amounts to
more than mere feeling. 1t was a lit
tie girl Of the latter sort who begged
so hard to sit up just for once, that
her mother n evening, not long ago,
said that she might. How the little
girls ayes danced at the prospect Of all
the wonderful things she would see for
herself upon this, her first occasion of
sitting up!" How commiseratingly
she regarded the other children, who
were as usual packed off to bed at an
early hour! She seated herself in her
small chair, and eagerly awaited de-
velopments. But imagine her surprise
when her parents, as was their custom,
seated themselves at the library table,
and unsociab1y, but hygienically, turn
ing their backs to the light, began to
read. For some time the small girl
rocked away in her small chair in
silence. Then came a sleepy, p~laintive
voice: SIS this all you do?"
, 1899-12-27
OUR PREMIUMS.

The Republican is now offering a fine
Rand-McNally double map (the world
on one side and the United States on
the other) as a premium for each year
ly subscription to the Daily Repub-
lican which is paid in advance; and a
copy Of the Standard War Atlas for six
months subscription.
These valuable works may be seen
at our office; and. to those who do not
care to pay a year or six months in ad-
vance, we will sell the map for 81, or
the atlas for so cents.
, 1899-12-27
NOTICE TO STOCK OWNERS.
Office of the County Clerk,

Laramie, Albany County, Wyo.,
December 18th, 1899.
The Revised Statutes Of 1899, require
all stock brands to be re-recorded in
the year 1900, and every tenth year
thereafter. You are requested to re-
record your brands in the office of the
County Clerk as soon after January LIST
as may be convenient. Blank appli-
cations may be had at this Office. The
fee for r~e-recording is twenty-five
cents for each brand, which must &C,
company the application.
JAMES McGIBBON,
10St7w1 County Clerk.
, 1899-12-27
WHAT IS SHILOH.

A grand old remedy for Coughs,
Colds and Consumption; used through
the world for half a century. has cured
innumerable cases of %incipient con-
sumption and relieved many in advan-
ced stages II you are not sat!sied
with the results We will refund your
money. Price 3scts; 80 eta. and @1oo.
Nggieston, the druggist
, 1899-12-27

]. I. Bevry. Loganton, Pa, writes.
II am willing to take my oath that l
was cured of pneumonia entirely by the
use Of One Minute Cough Cure after
doctors failed. It also cured my chill
dren Of whooping cough" Quickly re-
lieves and cures coughs, colds, Group.
grippe and throat and lung troubles.
Children all like It. Mothers endorse
H. Cordiner| Druggist
, 1899-12-27

Size doesn't indicate quality. Be-
ware of counterfeit and worthless salve
offered for DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salye. DeWitt's is the only original
An infallible cure for piles and all
skin diseases.-A. H. Cordiner, Drug
gist.
, 1899-12-27
MANY A LOVER

Has turned with disgust from an 9TH
erwise lovable girl with an offensive
breath. Karl's Glover Root Tea puri-
hes the breath by It's action on the bow
els, ETC., as nothing else will. Sold for
years on absolute guarantee. Price 25
cts. and 80 cts. Frank H. E%ggleston.
, 1899-12-27

Lewis Dennis. Salem. Ind. says
"Kodol Dyspepsia Cure did me more
good than anything I ever took" II
digests what you eat and a not help
but cure dyspepsia and stomach trou-
bles.-A. H. Cordiner, Druggist.
, 1899-12-27

Thousands are TryiaS IT.
In order TO prove tho greaA merit OF
Ely's Cream Balm, the most eAective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, We have pre-
pared . generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it Of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BROS, SO Warren St, N. Y. City
Isufered from catarrh of the worst kind
ever since a boz, and l never hoped for
cure, but Ely's Cream Balm sesms to do
even that. Many acquaintance havs used
it with excellent, results. -Oscar Ostrum,
As Warren Ave, Chicago, Ill.
Ely's Cream Balm il the ackno~ edged
cure for catarrh and contains NO c~ocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. ProA.
70 osnta Al druggists OF By maal
, 1899-12-27

F. B. Thirkield, Health Inspector of
Chicago, says. 'Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
cannot be recommended too highly. 1t
cured me of eve dyspepsia" 1t d.
gests what o eat and cures indiges-
ton, heartburn and all forms of dys-
pepsia.-A. H. Cordiner, Druggist.
, 1899-12-27

The queen Of Portugal, having begun
the study Of medicine ~ q hobby ;
has taken her degree Of II. D., and is
now the chief physician Of her con-
sort, herself and her children.
, 1899-12-27
ICK HEADACHES.

The curse of overworked womankind,
are quickly and surely cured by Karl's
Glover Root Tea, the great blood puri-
fer and tissue builder. Money refund
ed if not satisfactory. Price Is cts,
and 80 cents. Frank H.Eggleston.
, 1899-12-27
What You Want to Know
When You Want to Know It
EXPLANATION OF MARGINAL INDEX.

The ingenuity of the device deserves special explanation, for tits patent system on-
reference. he induces of each nap appearup upon each map border. The information
a nutshell These wonderful plates compiled ~ experts. and absolutely up to date ares
cmmtaprof the worlds physical appearance it exists at this moment Them maps are
merely pictorial charts; they are also Biographies and gnehesc combined. The ruled border
the four sides of every nap isl divided into quidssnts spaces, designated uponth sides by let
tiers, at the top and bottom by numerals. If lines we're potedf from these marginal points, TALL
all the principal divisions, Cities and towns inscribed uponth special map, wheet they are
classified alphabetically and according to their commercial impotancea and prominence as centes Of
, 1899-12-27

Group is the terror of Thousands Of
young mothers because It's outbreak Is
so a%gonizing and frequently fatal
Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure
acts like magic in cases Of Group. 1t
has never been known to fail. The
worst cases relieved Immediately, Price
25 cents, so cents and 81. Frank n.
druggist
, 1899-12-27
%JEFFERSON'S DEBUT.
HOW HE FIRST PLAYED RIP
VAN WINkLE."

1t Was In His Little Room In "A London
Lodging House and 1t Almost Caused
His Arrest rs q Lunatic-He Tells
the Story. v
, 1899-12-27

Old papers IN any quantity. onl' ~
or 100 at The Republican o1bea
, 1899-12-27

Old papers at The Republican ofscs.
Is cents per hundred.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-16
THE SAMOAN |MBROGUO
CHIEF JUSTICE CHARGED WITH
INTRIGUE.
The German Officials of the Islands
Tell Their Side of the Story-Ami-
cable Settlement Expected

BERLIN, February 1.-The German
government claims to have received
advices from Samoa which dispose the
ministers to in no wise acquiesce i'm
the view that the German representa-
tives are entirely to blame for the re-
cent troubles. \ high foreign officer
said:
Our representations from Samoa
this week narrate in detail the events
preceding the bursting of the storm
in consequence of the royal election.
We begin to see more clerly into mat
ters. There has been for some time
past serious friction between Chief
Justice Chambers and DR.. Joannes
Ratfel (the German president of the
municipality of Apia), and Herr Rose
(the German Consul at Apia), arising
from mutual determinations as to the
conduct of official business and per-
sonal differences. Mr. Chambers APP
pears to have been engaged i'm promot-
ing agitation in favor of the Maletoa
party. If this is confirmed we shall
ask for an explanation, as such con
duet is a direct contravention of the
Berlin treay, which expressly pro-
vides that the Supreme Judges shall
not NEEDLE with national elections.
such occasions. II seems, however,
that Mr.. Chambers joined in the in
trigues of the English missionaries,
who feared that Protestant interests
would suffer by the ascension of the
Roman Catholic, Mataafa. The Ger
man Government does not go to the
length of claiming that Mr.. Chambers
did so act, but if the reports are con
firmed, we shall ask for an eXplana-
ton. Possibly, on the American side,
facts may be adduced tending to show
that our representatives also exceeded
their proper powers. If complaints
are made they will be impartially and
amicably settled. No formal requests
or complaints have yet been made by
either government, and there is evil
IDENTIFY desire on both sides to settle
the whole difficulty in friendly way!
Respecting the latest incident,Ui ii
seems undeniable that a German crea-
ted a disturbance, smashing windows.
etc, but we fail to see~kow Mr.. Cham
bers deemed it his duty to place the
offended under his jurisdiction instead
of leaving him to consular jurisdic-
ton. as the Samoa acts prescribed.
This action on the part of Mr.. Cham
bers will also need explanation. The
incident, however, is trifling. Our re-
ports indicate that, generally speak
ing, order now reigns at Samoa"
The correspondent of the Associat-
ed Press spoke to the United States
ambassador, Andrew ID. White, on the
subject, and he said the above state
ment tailed with his own informa-
ton. Mr.. White added that he had
not received fresh instructions from
Washington, and he had no doubt that
the troubles would be amicably i'd
justed by the three powers interested.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-16
IS A TRANSPORT At LAST
CENTENNIAL FINALLY GETS A
GOVERNMENT CHARTER.
Arrives This Morning En- Route to
Manila With Quartermaster and
Commssary Stores.

The S. S. Centennial which after
long waiting and somewhat acrimo e
NOUS controversy between her owners
and rival ship owners seeking charters
from the government is at last in the
United States service, and arrived this
morning, en- route to Manila.
She carries 1900 tons of quartermas-
ter and commissary stores, but only
one passenger
The Centennial, which was original
ly built for the trade between England
and the far east was bought at the
beginning of the war for the purpose
of chartering her to the government.
For some reason, though she was pass
ed on favorably by the government in
spectors, she did not get a charter. Her
owners charged this to the influence
of rival ship owners anxious to get
charters for their own vessels. After
the peace protocol was signed the Cen
tennial was chartered by the syndicate
which sent the City of Columbia here.
She made one round trip between Sc
attic and the Islands.
month ago she was chartered Ia
carry supplies to Manila. She sailed
from San Francisco on the night of
February 9Th. She left British Column
bia for San Francisco with enough coal
aboard to carry her to Manila. But al
San Francisco she was ordered to dis
charge part of it, to take on coal
here, the government having so much
here now that it wants to use UP some
of it.
The officers of the Centennial are
Captain George II. Pierce. First Officer
James Eagles, Second officer James
Griffin, Third officer w. w. Plumb
Chief Engineer r. S. Smith, Assist
| ants Gillespie, r. Benson and Charles
Holmgren, Purser Charles Simpson
Surgeon Hugh Ross.
1t will take several days to coal the
Centennial
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-16
We Know
BY Experience

Wise men use the experience of others
and make il their own.
Those who have taken Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla are the ones who are competent t.
speak of its merits.
Thousands Of these people say Hoods
Sarsaparilla has cured them.
The testimonials OF cures by HoOIS'h
constitute vast mass of testimony W hich
proves the power of this medicine to curo
great variety of diseases.
These cures often seem marvellous, va
they are perfectly natural and are easily
explained. They are the necessary result
of purifying and enriching the blood.
Pure blood is the foundation of health.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the One True Blood
Purifier and cures disease by purifying
and enriching the blood.
1t possesses peculiar curative power,
that is, it cures when other incidence
cannot cure, because it is peculiar in COM
bination, proportion and process.
That is all there is to be explained about
the cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
II you have faithfully tried Hoods Sar-
saparilla you know how it is yourself; IL
you have not tried it, why not do so today7
al have been troubled with scrofula ala
my life, and it affected my eyes so that /
was obliged to remain in dark room.
began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. Now
my eyes are so strong that the light never
troubles me, and my health is good -
MRS. CARRIE WEEKS, Lompoc, Cal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-16
CHEAP POSTAGE.

The increased use of the mails that
has been brought about by cheap pos
tage is strikingly illustrated by the
case of British colonies, which have
had penny postage since Christmas.
The mail from England to Canada has
increased so per cent and the East In
dies and West Indies both gain 80 per
cent
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-16
OREGON PICTuRES.

Fred Weed is among the kodak
fiends who have obtained snap shots
of the Oregon since she has been off
port His pictures are among the
clearest and best yet seen. Several of
them are at sunset and combine a
very fine effect.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-16
$3.50 CASH

and the balance to suit pur-
chaser, either in monthly in
stallments or otherwise.
Send your wife out to-day
to look at the Lots-all ready
to be built upon.
These Lots offer an oppor-
tunity for a home or for an
investment.
This Property is steadily
increasing in value. 1t can
not be otherwise.