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North Park union., 1900-04-20

On Aug. 9.our regiment moved into the
trenches for twenty-four hours duty.
My squad upon outpost duty sheltered
at the same house with squad of Fill
pinos. We posted sentinels in one di-
rection, the Fllipinos another.
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK
North Park union., 1900-04-20

- WAR NEWS.
The war situation this tOeeb re-
mains UNCHANGED. The strrts
sling Beers are probably concen-
tratins to try and withstand the
combined forces of Roberts. We
look dn,aously for some civilized
form of Intervention in this cruel
1var; but ne lo0k so far in uain.
North Park union., 1900-04-20
DESERT LAND. FINsi PROOF.
Notice For Publication.
United States Land Office,

United States Land Office,
Denver, Colo, April I6, 1900.
Notice IS hereby given that Elizabeth j. Ed
wards of Higho. Colorado, has filed notice OF
intention 70 make proof on her desort-land claim
No, l22, for tho NJ; NEia Sec. q, TO N, R 50
bofore Harvey F, Sturdevant, United State
Com missioner District OF Colorado, Mt Walden,
Colorado; on Monday, the md day of July. 1900.
Sho onapos the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation OF said
land:
Edward H. wnttenbcre Of Higho, Colorado,
John T. Shippcy
Charles A. Brands
Nancy Brands
c. D. FORD, Rcgi. or.
FP APRIL 90-L p MAY %
North Park union., 1900-04-20

Walden, Sunday, April %. Sun
day School 9 o'clock p. m. Epwofth
League z O'Clock p. m. Sermon by
Pastor to follow,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05
The Holidays at Mofe Creek.

Moffett's Creek. Jan. he hand
some and commodious resi- dsslce of DIR.
and Mrs. James George was the scene
OF an enjoyable party on Z irsday ev-
en1ng. Notwithstanding sac wind
snow quite large crowd participated
in the pleasures of the evening. Misses
Beth and Mary George enter lained the
large crowd in old Virginia style and
hospitality, sparing 10 pains in their
efforts to give all pleasant lime. Re-
freshments were served and enjoyed
by all the guests, who were enthusias
TIC IN the praise of the pltality of
their host and hostess. Among those
present We're: Misses Lena Brown,
steele Buchanan, Edna Wade, Anna
belle Lyle, Grace Wilson, Mamie Hunt,
Eleanor Irvine, Cora Beard, Annie
Beard, Cara Smiley. Annie Turk, Liz
zle Wright, Mamie Wright, Ada Nc
Cutchan, Antha McCutchan, Annie
Sites, johnnie Berry, Cornelia Mish,
Anna Gilkeson, Eva Hamilton and
Lucy Turk; Messrs. Walter Beard,
Berry Beard, VIM. Beard, Herbert
Brown, Chas. Whipple, David Whipple,
Willie Wade, VIM. Revely, Robert
Buchanan, Campbell Wilson, Grier
Smiley, Argyle Smiley, Rud Wright,
Elhart Paxton, VIM. McCutchan,
Houston Hughart, Chas. Berry, Mere
dyth Hogshead. Ralston Berry. Harry
Mish, Page Kesee, DR.. Herman Wei
land, DR.. Vernon Dunlap, Clay Nc
Clure, John OFT, John Mcclure, ard
MI. and Mrs. J. Frank Clemmer. and
Mr.. and Mrs. John FL. Bowman.
Miss Annie Sites, of TT. Defiance, is
visiting her friend, Miss Ada McCutch-
an.
Miss Rebs Berry is the guest of her
friend, Miss Beth George.
Howard Craig, of Indiana, is visiting
his father, }. R. Craig.
Miss Annie Turk entertained her
young friends Tuesday evening to tea.
Miss Eettie Brubeck spent the holt
days with friends in Lexington and
vicinity.
Misses Mamie and Lizzie Wright
gave their young friends party on
Saturday night.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05
BridgeWater Paragraphs.

Miss Elizabeth Robson, of NOISY
Greek. is still on the sick list.
The Odd Fellows of Mt. Scion had an
oyster supper Tuesday night.
There were quite number Of dinner
parties on Messy Greek this week.
There was surprise party at Messy
Creek Parsonage on Tuesday night.
E. Y. Burton, student at the Uni
versity of Virginia, is spending the
holidays at his home at Parnassus.
DR.. and Mrs. J. r. Keezle, of Mt.
Scion, spent Christmas day at the home
of Mrs Keezle's father, Isaac Marshall.
Miss Neutie Ellis, from the Mary
Baldwin Seminary, is spending the
holidays with her uncle, Rev. L. H..
Paul.
George T. Robson, Jr., and Edgar
James, from Dunsmore' Business Col
lege, spent several days this week at
their homes on Messy Greek.
J. III. Whitmore, who is attending
Randolph-Macon Academy at Front
Royal, has been at his home near Par
nassus during the holidays.
Rev. and Mrs. J. j. Ringer, of Par
nassus, were guests of Mrs. Ringers
mother, Mrs. Mary Jones, a few days
last week.
Miss Bessie Ritchey, of Fort De-
fiance, and Julian Byrd, of the Uni
versity, are visiting Miss Sara Ruck-
man on the Glade.
Miss Eva and Richard Dudley. who
are attending school IN Stauntop, are
spending the week at their home on
the Glade.-The Herald.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05
virginia News.

Major P. G. Warwick died Satur-
day at his home in Chesterfield coun-
ty, aged IS years.
G. P. Hisey, aged 40 years, a drug
gist of Edinburg. died Saturday after
an illness of six weeks.
1t is stated officially that trains will
be running into Richmond over the
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina
road by February /.
Governor Tyler has issued a procla-
nation renewing the quarantine OF a
year ago relative to splenetic fever in
cattle.
Mrs. Jane G. Johnson, wife Of Gen.
Bradley T. Johnson, died at her home
near Amelia Court House. aged 81
wears. Death was due to heart disease
David Perkins, negro, nineteen
years old, is confined in the Manches-
ter Jail charged with attempted Grim
inal assault upon Mrs. Martha j. Col
quit, young widow of Richmond.
William Marshall's large flour mill
on the Shenandoah, near Elkton, was
burned Friday night. The loss is about
$4,000. No insurance on either mill
or contents.
S. ID. Gooch. of Louisa, filed his pc
tition in bankruptcy IN Richmond.
His liabilities are placed at S40,781. 50
and his assets at 500, 014.96. Mr.. Gooch
is an old and widely known railroad
contractor.
Mrs. M. L. Vaughan died on Sat
urday night at the residence of her
son, Gooch Vaughan,in Roanoke. from
pneumonia. Her body was taken to
Louisa for burial
Congressman G. A. Swanson, of the
Fifth district, is said to be candidate
for the governorship to succeed Gov
ernor Tyler. Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson,
it is believed will also be in the field,
and possibly Others.
Caskie Burton, well known young
man OF Lynchburg, was drowned Sat
urday while skating on the river. A
large crowd was Oh the ice when Bur-
ton broke through, and scores OF ex-
cited people watched his struggles for
about five minutes until he sank.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05
BID Fire in Richmond d.

What threatened to be a very disas-
trous fire broke out early Tuesday
morning in the big Main street build
ing used as general offices by the G. u
O. railway, and which covers the site
of tie old Spottswood Hotel, which
was burned with considerable loss OF
life, Christmas eve, 1870. The firemen
were terribly handicapped by frozen
plugs and the net work of wires in
front and around the building, but
managed to confine the flames to the
upper stories. The loss On the building
is about $4,000 fully insured. The
railroad company suffered great incon-
venience and loss in the destruction of
papers that cannot be duplicated, but
Is established in new quarters through.
mt the f,ifv.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05
90 NOT LEVY MORE TAXES.

Our Legislators are again at work.
Their first Ii to become law was
one of increased taxation, but this we
hope will be the last Of that characte
They should recall that the people Of
Virginia are already taxed more heavi-
ly than many states of the union, and
that taxation drives away investors.
1t has been said that they are looking
for new subjects Of taxation. In
modern days thisseems to be all legisla-
lures do. But we hope ours will I'M
derstand that every new subject OF
taxation tends only to pile more money
In the treasury to be wasted on unde-
serving schemes. So soon as it becomes
known that fund is there, some
sohemer figures on the quickest mode
OF robbing the State of it, There new
or ought to be In the treasury dollar
over and above sum sufficient to
meet the necessary expenditures of a
most economically administered gov
eminent. Now let it be understood
that We have no objection to taxes,
when levied on just subjects Of taxa
ton which have not before been taxed.
but when new subject is discovered
which the discoverer boasts will yield
vast revenue, we are willing that it be
taxed provided the farmer and iaborer,
who have been and are now bearing the
burden OF taxation, be relieved OF their
present taxation in proportion as the
new subjects put money in the treas
ury. But we are absolutely and for
ever opposed to taxation which puts
more money i'll the treasury, to be
stolen or spent uselessly, thereby CIV
ing US more costly government to
maintain. The day may come when
what would seem to be such raiser of
revenue might fail, then the State
would be obliged to fall back on the
farmer again to raise money to meet
these useless expenditures, and taxes
would have to be increased. We trust
our Legislature will put no more
money in the treasury by any kind of
taxation.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05
News from Across the Line.

Raphine, Va Jan. IAN entertain
ment was held in the NJ. E Church.
South, by the Epworth League for the
benefit of that church few days ago.
The ladies of the League provided an
excellent supper for the occasion. The
program was a complete one and well
carried out by the young people. Dur
ing the evening beautiful poem en-
titled 1.-The Christian Graces" was re-
cited by Miss Grace Parker. The
musical part of the program was a
prominent feature, and consisted of
some very fine selections. Miss Kate
Warner, of Lexington, presided at the
organ Everything passed off pleas
antly and was enjoyed by all present,
and it is to be hoped that the parties
who participated in this entertainment
may have many such occasions of en-
joyment in the future.
Miss Kate Warner, of Lexington,
who has been the guest of Mrs. J. D..
Parker during the holidays. has re-
turned home, much to the regret Of
her many friends.
Misses Mary, Nellie and Julia Lack
ey, of Timber Ridge, who have been
spending the holidays with their
grandparents here, have returned
home.
Stratton Pierson, of Newport News,
is visiting friends here.
FL. T. Parker, of the firm of Wills,
Parker & Co., of Clifton Forge, is Wis
iting his parents at this place.
Miss N eta Berry, of Lexington, who
has been spending the holidays with
her parents, has returned to resume
her duties
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05

The Washington Post on the End
inst, printed a most violent attack on
Louisiana's election laws, advocating
that her senators be disqualified from
sitting by reason thereof, and asking
if any member of the present Congress
would be bold enough to grapple with
the question. On the day following it
printed warning to the Republican
party against stirring up sectionalism.
The lightning changes of the Post so
as to always round up as an admins
tration paper. have been notorious and
singularly consistent, but its changes
on the question of stirring up strife
over the negro have been more rapid
and bewildering.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05
MARYLAND and De,avare have both

Maryland and Delaware have both
returned to the Democratic fold. Ken.
lucky would have done so had not
Republican money and Republican
tissue ballots, with troops ordered to
the polls by a Republican Governor
to overcome voters beeu so much in
evidence. But with all this she is
now safely Democratic. West lrginia
has grown inexpressably tired of Re
publican rule and will be found safely
over in the Democratic column at the
next election. If taxes are not light
ened, the Philippine war ended, panlcs
made less frequent, trusts not checked.
and national banks not curbed in their
desire to engineer through Congress
odious and selfish legislation, William
J. Bryan instead OF riding an ostrich
as those who hate him so much say he
has been, will be found on the back OF
the G. O. P. elephant next fall.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05


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 a 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
SwaEip=Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists. in fifty EN-
cent and one dollar s-sssas ff:;sa
sizes. You may lave Elsi 9{ss As Es:3El
sample bottle by mail esEss ~ 9 asEsEEsg
free. also pamphlet tell Homo of svomn.Root
ing all about it. including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilrner
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05
THE GOOD ROADS QUESTION.
Should the County Roads be Taken out
of Politics and Put in the Hands Of
the Board of Supervisors Under
Charne of a Superintendent

The season is approaching when the
question of better roads will be deep
one and desire to state a few reasons
why our county roads should be taken
out of politics and put in the hands of
an efficient superintendent under the
control Of the Board of Supervisors.
Under the present system, men are
elected road commissioners and direc-
tors, not because they are fitted by edu
cation or natural ability for the office,
but because they have sufficient pull
to get themselves nominated by one of
the political parties and then poll their
party vote and their tenure of Office
lasts just so long as they please the
party managers, the result being fire.
quent changes of the entire staff from
commissioner down and the substitu
ton of new, green force, that gets
ideas worth something to the people
about the time they are retired, when,
new material has to be licked into
shape,
This system is wasteful of the road
fund and results in the expenditure of
about 20 per cent. on the roads, the re-
mainder going into salaries and expert
ence. and the county roads show as
much improvement in five years as
they ought to show in two years.
You have as many systems as you
have districts and that is just six,
while if there was one eff cient head
there would be uniformity with only
such variations as differences of soil
required.
A change would be economical, as
the work on the roads would be plan
ned by an engineer, and subject to
rigid inspection by an officer who had
no axe of his own to grind. and each
contractor would be required to do bis
ork thoroughly and honestly before
be got his pay. As it is a great many
warrants are issued now for badly done
work which frequently makes bad,
worse.
The labor of the Board of Supervisors
would not be increased much. They
have charge OF the roads now, but
with competent engineer as Superin
tendent their work would be lightened
in many directions, land under q purely
business system. managed by compet-
eDt bonded men, our roads would show
such an Improvement that all real es-
tate would increase in value.
Under the present system our roads
get a lick in the Spring and O. promise
i'll the Fall. no regard being paid to
their needs. Under the new system
they would get what they needed, when
and where they needed it, and the re-
suit would show the difference between
specialist and an "ali around good
for something" plan, while our money
would be expended upon that part of
the road that would row the best re-
turns.
trust the thoughtful people of the
county will think seriously on this
question, as no Improvement can be
made without All entire change in the
system and plan that will take the
management OF our roads out of po-
,Iitics and put them upon d purely bust
ness basis can noG but result II a great
Improvement with the same eXpendi-
ture OF money. r. S. j.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05
BEISHAZZAR'S FEAST.

1t was an awful break to let that
great Bengal tiger of Panic out of
his cage just as all the bonton and
gilGed youth had taken their seats to
see the G. o ?. elephant parade by
with bis tinseI trappirgs, and VIM.
Mckinley on his back waving the
''gold standard" banner, while Mar
Gus Aurelius led the beast and danced
to the music Of In God we trust, :"
with an eff ~ Of poor little Aguinaldo
tied to the elephants tail. Beautiful
sight, but who could have left the door
of the tigers cage open? that's the
question.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure.
T. j. CHENEY & Co.. Props, Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known FL
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions andtinanciallyable to carry
out any obligations made by their firm
w EST 50 TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN s. MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall s Catarrh Cureis taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Price Toe
per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testi-
monials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05

II money were more plentiful a
workman who now earns 300 per year
might earn $500. II so the gold bug
tells US that this workman would in
evitably fall into habits of luxury to-
tally inconsistent with his position in
society and dangerous to his health
and habits. Keep the workman down
by all means. Pass such laws as will
prohibit his getting only so much
money, just 80 the Prohibitionist
wants to DO about bis supply NJ liquor,
and al Wiil he well.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05
The ANTERIOR OF THE BANKS.

The Treasury Department has re-
Gently been extending extraordinary
favors to the City National Bank Of
New York. Now it is reported that
Secretary Gage is to become the head
OF a colossal banking trust, of which
the National City Bank is to be the
nucleus.
If Mr.. Gage cherishes any such in
tention we trust be will abandon it.
There has been altogether too much
Interchange of benefits between Treas
ury officials and banks. The relations
between tie banks and the Govern
ment were cause of scandal as far
back as the time Of Hamilton. In the
days of the second United States Bank
the scandal became acute. When Sher-
man was Secretary Of the Treasury
the favois shown TO a pet bank in this
city gave it the nickname OF Fort
Sherman.
OF late years the tendency has been
growing to regard the Treasury De
partment as an anteroom to the inner
sanotuariss Of the banking business.
Mr.. Charles 8. Fairchild. Secretary
of the Treasury in Cieveland's first
Administration, became president Of
the New York Security and Trust Com
pany upon his retirement.
Mr.. Hugh s. Thompson, Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury under the
same Administration. was promoted
to the position OF comptroller of the
New York Life Insurance Comps ny.
Mr.. William L. Trenholm. Comptrol-
ler of the Currency under Cleveland
and Fairchild, stepped from that place
into that of president Of the American
Surety Company.
Mr.. A. b. Hepburn, Comptroller Of
the Currency under President Harri-
son, became president OF the Third
National Bank of this city.
Mr.. James H. EckeIs. Comptroller of
the Currency under Cleveland's sec
ond Administration, and totally desti-
tuts Of financial experience when Mr..
Cleveland discovered him, moved from
the Treasury Department into the
presidency Of the Commercial National
Bank of Chicago.
We do not say that service in the
Treasury is a disqualification for the
banking business, or that any man
who goes from one occupation to the
other il corrupt. If man who has
made q reputation for financial ability
in the Treasury finds an opening in a
bank after his term is over there is no
harm in his accepting it. Buthe needs
to be very sure that the banking offer
is really a simple recognition Of abili
ty, and not return for favors receiv.
ed. 1t is a rather disquieting coinci-
dence that in each OF the three Admin
istrations preceding the present one
the Comptroller Of the Currency be-
came the president of financial cor
por&tlon al soon as he left Office.
1t will do no harm for public officials
to remember that bribs payable at a
future date in the form OF a salary is
no less bride than one paid in spot
cash. Some time our laws will be
changed to meet the more refined forms
Of bribery that our perfected financial
methods develop. Meanwhile Treas
ury officials solicitOus for their rapu-
tations will carefully refrain from max
ing arrangements to take service with
banks OF other corporations until after
their retirement to private life.-New
York Journal.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05

A million dollars day is wrung
from the people by internal revenue
taxation and turned over to New 7 ork
national banks to speculate on. Three
hundred and sixty-five millions of dol
lars a year turned over to pet institu-
lions to lend to the very people who
have Just been robbed of 1t by taxa
ton, is nice plum, and yet we are
told that We are living under the best
government the world ever saw.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05

The first bill to become law was
tax bill. The Governor has just signed
it. We hope this may end this class
of legislation. BY referring to our
fourth page it will be seen that Gov.
Tyler has been shown that taxes are
now higher in Virginia than any
neighboring State. Now that the
United States government is sapping
the life out Of the people by its taxa
ton will not our legislature not give
us a rest.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05

Trusts have come to stay say the
learned man who talked at lthfca, New
York, few days ago, industrial
combinations are natural" This dis
covsry has just bsen made although
the world is admitted by all to be 5000
years old, and by many said to be CO
existent with eternity. Weawait with
interest the discovery of other bi-pro-
ducts of money rule and the gold
standard.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05

Seeing that Governor Johnston Of
Alabama, is after tho official shoes Of
Senator Morgan OF that State, and sx-
presses himself as confident Of success,
We beg leave to call his attention in
his Undertaking to the recent case of
Tyler vs.. Martin from Virginia, as
authority on the manner in which
governors beat United States Senators
out Of their seats.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05

Tho Republicans would no more
have put gold standard plank in their
platform at the last election than they
would have declared for Mckinley for
Emperor. Had they done so they
would have been beaten to a jelly.
Now thay are going to force majori-
ty to pass . gold bug robbary law and
then AJAX the people to approve what
they have done. This ID smart trick
and may succeed.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-05

a Mr.. Roberts who has charge
OF the mint In Philadelphia, has de-
nvered himself on the money question.
~ says that imitation causes panics,
WV much money causes too much
'pscllation, and too much speculation
.ausss financial trouble. OF course
.ne inverse of this proposition is that
= wy have no money we can have no
ngcs, and this is logical if nothing