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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22
vIruinia News.

Delegate NJ 8. Newberne, of the Vir-
ginia Legislature, is ill with smallpox
in Richmond.
Rev. Thomas j. Mackay, of Newport
News, was fired upon while preparing
to go to bed. Five bullets crashed
through the front window, but none
took effect.
Westover, the estate of the late Ma
jor A. II. Drewry, has been sold. Mrs.
Clarisse H. Hanblett, formerly of Mary
land, but now living in California, was
the purchaser.
On Tuesday last the Legislature re-
elected Senator T. S. Martin to succeed
himself in the United States Senate.
Mr.. Martin received the votes of every
Democrat present.
The body of w. w. Cole, who has
been missing from his home in Man
chester for several days, was found in
the Manchester canal, the water in
which was drawn off to make the
search.
Rufus A. Dillon, well-known young
business man, dropped dead late Sat-
urday afternoon in grocery store at
Lynchburg, from heart failure. He
was employed as bookkeeper for Han
cock Brothers, and highly esteemed.
The Morgan Line of steamships, it
| is stated, has awarded to the Newport
News Ship Building Company the con-
tracts for four more large steamships
for its service between New York and
New Orleans. The cost of the vessels
will aggregate $2,4OO,OOO.
A sensation was caused in Danville,
when it leaked out that Jas. H. -Slaugh-
ter, one of the best known young men
OF that city, had raised notes Endorsed
| by his employers, E. G. AGREE g. Broth
er. to amounts aggregating IS, 100 The
| original notes amounted to scarcely
more than 5000. Slaughter's action is
generally attributed to bucket shop
transactions. A warrant was issued
for his arrest Monday afternoon but he
had disappeared.
| Representatives of the Baltimore
and Ohio and of the Southern Railroad
appeared before Railroad Commission.
er Hill last Friday regarding conEec
tion of the two lines at Strasburg
There has been complaint that the
Baltimore and Ohio has not hereto.
fore made reasonably close connection
with the Southern at that point. After
a discussion of the subject it was de
cided that the Baltimore and Ohio
should hereafter make acceptable con.
nection at that point.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22
THE LATEST CRIME.

The Currency crime about to be fas
tened on this nation marks an epoch
in our history which though not so
easily detected will cause more human
suffering than all of our wars. 1t
comes. we are told, 10 conform to the
expression of the people at the polls at
the last presidential election. This
may be true. The people did knuckle
to the money power then, and Whey
will have to knuckle to it again now,
they usually have to. and the money
power has become SO arrogant that it
blandly asks, "What are you going to
do about ?" Nobody denies that the
Currency Bill was framed in Wall
street. Nobody denies that it had
among its trainers no representative OF
the people, such persons they say are
unfit for such work, hence are not call
ed in. Nobody denies that every OBJ
legation of the government will now De
paid in gold, and nobody denies that the
money power, especially the National
banks, own all of those obligations.
There is necessity they say for curren-
cy reform. We all admit this. Taking
| up then the demand for currency re-
form the reformers being in power,
will reform it after their own plans.
and being all members of the Wall
Street wing, or controlled By it, ref
formation to them means more money
in their pockets, and more money in
their pockets, means more money out
of some body elses pockets, and as the
government gets all of it's money out
of the tax payers pockets, if they can
loot the government then they loot
the people. But they do not intend to
and Will not stop at the loot furnished
by the government, that is only drop
in the bucket. They are making prep
arations to rob the nation as long
suffering and patient people were
never robbed before. They are of
course plotting silver out of existence.
Gold will then be the only money. AS
a make shift these blessed national
banks will issue lot of their script,
they, not the government will make
substitute for money and put it upon
the country. This rag stuff will be
based on government bonds owned by
the banks. The governments of course
then gives the note its value and not
the bank. but there is big thing in
this privilege to this government pet,
the bank; it has thousand chances
over any less favored corporation or
individual to rob. and it never has been
known to fail to avail itself of the OPP
portunity. Small national banks are
to be created. and they will all belong
to one syndicate, they are the serfs OF
Wall street. When Mr.. J. Pierrepont
Morgan, the money king of this coun-
try, orders a thing done these little
banks will do it as meekly and as hum
bly, as ever slave moved at the COM
udAu VI LIE udsOel. Lie WuOIe ocuoIAo
is one of robbery. and we have scarcely
words to express our opinion of it. 1t
will continue until the people are too
poor to resist it. and then when they
try to throw il off as they did in 1896
their poverty will compel them to &C
cept the brides Offered, and We suppose
they will again rivet on their manacles.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22
From iEis Ori0Ie City,

A friend in Baltimore writes THE
SPECTATOR as follows:
THE old ring" Ralsin. Morrison 4
Co., sold the city Democrats to the
Renagades, who had always voted
with the Republicans, against that
ring, for purity in politics." and the
offices are to be divided between the
Ring and Renagades to the disgust of
all respectable people. Denny voted as
his crowd always votes, and it is now
very doubtful if Smith voted for Bryan
as he stated he did. Happy Christ
mas and may all admire THE SPECTA
TOR like. Yours truly. Ed.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con
ditiOn of the mucous lining OF the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closed deafness is the result, and I'M
less the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to it's normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in.
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by ca,
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free
F. j. CHENEY s. CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22
Will Meet in philadelphia June 18TH.

How much are we offered for thu
Republican National Convention p
said the Republican national commit
tee.
lone hundred thousand dollars,
replied Philadelphia.
''Going, going, gone.''
So the convention will be held in thu
City of Brotherly Love on the 10Th OF
next June, the time and place having
been fixed at the meeting of the com
mittee in Washington city Friday
The vote by which the decision was
reached was very close, the ballots be.
ing as follows:
First ballot
Philadelphia, IL
Chicago, &c
st. Louis,
New Y ork.
Second ballot
Philadelphia, %
Chicago, "a
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22


The SPECTATOR has been advised
to ''get in the push, "''join the move
ment, take the moss off its back u
keep up with the procession and
do many other things which are in
terpreted to mean, leave the Democrat
ic party. We are always thankful for
advice, especially when it comes as
this does from those who were once
Democrats, but who like the sheep, of
Little 30 Peep, got lost in 1896 and
now do not recognize the Democratic
barn when they see it. But one thing
il nothing more would prevent this.
1t is the trouble every Southern man
experiences when he becomes smeared
with Republicanism of feeling obliged
to eternally apologize for it, and ex-
plain how it happened. We have too
much to do to waste breath in that
way, besides we don't intend to belong
to, or vote with party Of which we
sre ashsmed.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
/, trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not TO habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swanp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty E.k
cent and one dollar egE;isS,k Ill ;E r.
sizes. You may have I'm
sample bottle by mail SSesssss ssl 1872
free, also pamphlet tell Home of swsurproot
ing all about it, including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilraer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

Amos w. Butler, OF Indiana, says
that there are fewer men in the peni-
tentiaries now than heretofore and his
reasons for the decrease is credited to
good times. II Mr.. Butter would take
second thought he would find that the
miscarriage of justice has about as
much to do with the declinein convicts
as that he gives.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

1t IS known that the results of the
Kentucky election were largely infiu-
enced by the Louisville and Nashville
Railway. This company may feel
some exultation, but the railroad
which so far forgets Itself as to enter
politics takes more chances than rope
walker over Niagara.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENT.


We want your work. Hundreds are
satisfied, only 6 kicks IN IS months,
of kick per month. Hand work
using the best soap, Pearline and
elbow grease, a method which preserv.
es linen the longest. Wash collected
and delivered if desired. Gloss Or do
nestle finish given. Goods thoroughly
sterilized with intensely hot, dry air.
nov 3-tf {. L. WILSON, Prop.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

Our Congressman who are attempt
ing to show Republican inconsistency
with regard to bimetallism are wasting
their breath. Republicans are like
the Kansan, who, when caught in a
direct and palpable lie, smiles in ones
face and asks, if you think him in the
business world for his health.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
thatit is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. 1.-THE child urin-
atec toO otto, &c IT,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

Hon. w. J. Bryan, it is said, has been
offered one of the finest homes in the
city of Austin, Texas, if he will accept
it as gift and move to that State as
Observation-Disclosures Free Lance.
Texas people always did recognize
and appreciate good thing and here
Is evidence of it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

The Currency bill will pass, and if
the farmers and plain people do not
afterwards rise up and forever sink
from sight the party that thus plum
ders them, then they deserve to be
slaves.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

Our Republican friends who are so
sorry because the Populists and not
the Democrats got the Senator from
Nebraska, need not shed more tears.
They should weep for their Pal
mer and Buckner friends who have
gotten nothing.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22
General News.

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. in Jan interview
at Havana Sunday, said he did not ex-
pect to leave Cuba until he is retired
from the army,
President Mckinley is undertaking
to reconcile the Republican factions
in Maryland with q view of party uni
5y in that State in the national cleo
ton next year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

Some sections appear to be much
troubled over the Introduction of pro-
ducts from our newly acquired terri
tory free. If tariff ideas continue to
prevail we may look for States and
counties to begin protecting them
selves against other States and coun-
ties. Monopoly is the disease of the
public mind today and is spreading.
We ought to vaccinnate against it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

The smooth bore gun, and the
smooth Boer handling it,are bringing
English vanity down to hard wood
finish
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22
A Frightful BIunder.

Will often cause horrible Burn, Scald
Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve
the best in the world, will kill the pair
and promptly heal it, Cures Old Sores
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns
all Skins Eruptions. Best Pill cure OF
earth Only 25 cts, box. Cure guarantee
ed Sold by B. F. Hughes Druggist.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

Fifteen cents tax on fertilizers will
raise the price of that commodity to
our farmers not less than from fifty
cents to one dollar per ton.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

We are not intending to pose as
prophet, but if the gold standard az
now proposed be adhered to long II
will produce revolution.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

The Christmas edition of the New
port News Press contained 80 pages of
live reading and advertising matter. 1t
was the equal if not the superior of a
single edition of any Virginia news
paper ever issued. The good results
from this issue of the Press to the city
in which it is published will no doubt
be great. Congratulations.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22
APARTMENT QUESTION.

Editor SPECTATOR:-Will you ex.
plain why our Council pays $50 per
month for the store room in the Odd
Fellows building for our military com
pany to parade in when the city owns
Columbian Hall? The fact is Column
bian hall is scarcely ever used, and is a
dead expense. The drilling would not
injure it, but as only a little over one
third of the space in the market-house
is used the company could drill on the
concrete floor and not interfere with
any one. Why then is S240 of the tax
payers money thus yearly wasted ? Is
it to help that order out on a bad in
vestment, that the Council throws away
this money? TAXPAYER.
The above question is pertinent but
difficult. 1t, however, goes beyond the
depths of our knowledge or wisdom
and we give it up. We 1uail before
questions which touch upon the ways
of our city council. The profundity
of their wisdom, their financial abili-
ty. the reason which actuates their ev.
cry act, the purity of their motives,
their careful guardianship of the pub
lie treasury, their effort to reduce
taxation, their painstaking. energetic
patriotic, and philanthropic attempts
to do good, and husband the public
funds, though often wierd, awkward,
and seemingly dangerous are so well
known aud thoroughly appreciated,
that any departure therefrom must be
for the best and sagest reason. Not
being able to answer our friends ques-
tion, we gladly pass it to any student
of this occult science hereabouts, who
possesses the key.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
couragcs and lessons ambition: beauty uicor
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

Don't let anyone deceive you by
telling you that National bank is g
safer depository than a State bank.
The safety of either depends on the
honesty of its management. That is
all. The Globe National Bank, of
Boston, came very near going under
last week Notwithstanding the preva-
lence Of prosperity in the land, and the
Broadway National of that city did
fail on Saturday last. No State bank
We have heard from was in trouble.
The millions of dollars lost to the peo-
pie by failure of National banks since
they began business Is beyond con-
ception.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

THE SPECTATOR has heard of some
silent criticism of its course with ref
erence to the speech of General Fitz
Lee delivered in this city on his recent
visit. Our critics say that as General
Lee is an army officer be is deprived
of giving expression to topics political.
If such be true we would like to know
how it is that officers the in army are
not called down by those in authority
when they advocate expansion and
everyother policy of the present admin
istration. If a soldier can endorse and
praise MI. Mckinley and his schemes
without molestation he should be given
the right to condemn.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby,
who was Admiral Dewey's flag lieu
tenant during the battle of Manila
bay, died at O'Clock Sunday afternoon
of typhoid fever at Garfield Hospital,
in Washington. Lieutenant Brumby
was born in Marietta, Ca, on Novem-
Der 20J 1886. His father was a distin-
guished officer in the Confederate
army.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

This paper has the largest cir.''
\ culation of any Newspaper pub
Iished in the Valley of Virginia.
The subscription list is open to
inspection.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-12-22

Sod by Druggists, Toe.
Halle Family Pills are the best.
The Meeker herald., 1899-10-28
RELIGIOUS CAT BAcKsLDEs.
The sensitIvc Animal Refuses to At
tend Prayers After Murder of
S II Her O6sprinH.

II ssssuetpnna. Pa. II household
made up of an old man, his housekeep-
er and heir old cat. Family prayers
are the rule each evening in the house
hold, and the cat fell into the habit of
regular and punctual attendance. No
other of the cares that proverbially
crowd cats life was ever allowed to
interfere with this religious cat. AT
the signal for prayers She would even
leave mouse half caught or give a
doomed bird longer lease Of life and
decorousy compose herself in the lap
of the l5usekeeper with an air of atten-
ton to The service that was highly edi-
fying. vt the first "amen" she went
briskly about her business.
But in an evil hour there came kit
ten thai was deemed supcrfuous, and
sentence Of death was pronounced upon
it. The head of the household under
took thu execution of the sentence, and,
unknown 10 him, the cat was Il wit
ness of the scene. From that day the
cat refused to attend the evening seiv-
ice, and cannot now be induced to listen
to the prayers of one who has shocked
her sensibilities and murdered her or.
spring. She faithfully performs all
other duties as before, aud socinbly
purrs for the family ON all secular oc-
casions, but rigidly draws the line on
family prayers.
The Meeker herald., 1899-10-28
siusT BE REDEEMED.
Satse Valuable Information About
Thester Seats Not Gensr-
b. sNA# ally Kn0wn.

The fact that ticket bought for n
theater and ndt used on the date
stanped On it is always good for an nd
mittance is not generally known, and
probably theater managers would take
very littIc iroublsto spread knowledge
OF the fact: but il is nevertheless true,
says the New York Sun. "a nan who
buys reserved seat for u theater."
said th,atcr treasurer who handles
more ticIe,s every season than any
other in New York, may not|uae 1t
on the evening for which he bought it.
Good for i,s date only may be
stamped OIL the pasteboard. That
would seem to mean that the ticket
could be used at no other time. Prob
ably most of the public accepts that
as proving the impossibility of max
Ing use Of the ticket, and therefore few
make nny attempt to get the worth
of their money when they were pre-
vented by any cause from using the
ticket OF the date marked on it. But
1t could be presented at any time and
would be good for an admission. ANY
thenter manager would have to recog-
nize the holders right to enter the
theater, although that would, OF
course, carry with it no right TO the
seat. 1t is that right which is limited
by the printed date. For all other
purposes he ticket il qdite as good as
il used on the date it bears"
The Meeker herald., 1899-10-28
WARTS AND THE DOCTORS.
Excuse Their Incompetence by De-
clartnk the Nuisanecs Will
Disappear.

The doctors excuse their incompe-
tence Iy declaring that these nuisances
disq ppear as child grows older, says
the Pail Mall Magazine. 1 profess to
believe them. No one in the household
the historic case Of Crom-
we'll, fortunately. His warts did not
vanish; you see them ms plain as ms
nose on the mask taken after death
preserved at Warwick castle.
And there is Cicero; not that he him
self had warts to speak of. though /
have seen that statement in school
book recently. 1t was an ancestor of
his who won distinction that way, as
tonishing the Roman public with an
cxcrcscence on the tip of his nose, of
trefoil shape. Wherefore they called
him Cicero, vetch, and the nickname
clung to the family.
1t was rather comforting than other
wise to learn that the heroes and sagcs
of old were afflicted with warts. Even
the "godlike Greeks" had them, as
Lucian tells us in passing, and their
mothers applied to old women for
charms. The doctors were as helpless
then as now, Of course, with more ex-
cusc.
The Meeker herald., 1899-10-28
Axial Basins Cattle Wealth.

Axial Basins covers small area, but
when it comes to cattle shipments it is
the banner district in the county. So
far this season $500 head of cattle have
been marketed from Axial and 1t is
estimated that 1000 more will be shipped
this fan. s. Z. ..s...,. ...,,.....-,.-zs@ -.ss@
The proceeds of the sales Of cattle
from Axial basin this season will ap-
proximate $4,000 which speaks we'll
for the enterprise Of the stockmen of
that section of the county.
Among those who recently madeship-
ments are: Hulett Il Terrence, 700 !;
Frank Shaver, i5O; X Diamond, 300 :;
Joe Collom. 100; James Bros. 100; Nor
gan Bros, 10; Thomas lies, 300; A. l..
Durham. 800; Wilson Bros, l75; Riley
Hamilton. IL; Thos. Wise, 81; Thos.
Hamilton, 8; George Pitchford, 26;
Bob Jordan, 23; z. B. Maudlin, so;
Houston, IS.
The Meeker herald., 1899-10-28
Interviewed Pearl Hart.

Jim Rector returned this morning
from business trip in the southwest.
While at Tuscon he visited the county
Jail and therein saw Pearl Hart, the
female stage robber. Jim says she is a
passably goodlooking girl, with brown
hair and blue eyes. She taboos female
attire and wears blue overalls. 1t is a
strange coincidence that the same day
Jim left Tuscon the press dispatches in
formed the world that Pearl had escaped
from the jail.-Denver Stockman.
And Jim is married man, too.