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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-08-10
VIRGINIA VETERANS.
Grand Camp To Meet At Staunton Octo'
ber 10.

Gen Stith Boiling, grand commander
of the Grand Camp of Confederate Ve-
terans of Virginia, issued Friday gen.
eral order No 4 to the commanders OF
the camps composing the Grand Camp,
Veterans, Department OF
Virginia. The circular says In part
that the thirteenth annual meeting OF
the Grand Camp. Confederate Veterans,
Department of Virginia, will be held
in Staunton, Va, commencing on
Wednesday. October 10, 1900. Each
commander will give notice to bis
camp, so that the delegates and alter
mates, in the ratio of one delegate for
every twenty five members or fraction
thereof exceeding fourteen, can be
elected. The grand commander will,
as usual, appoint one sponsor and one
maid of honor from each Congressional
district and one of each for the State
at large.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-08-10
The Sweep In North Carolina.

In the election in North Carolina
last Thursday. the Democrats carried
the State for their ticket and carried
the amendment, ON which tremen-
dous fight was made, by over $4,000
majority. The vote cast for Aycock
was the largest even givena Democrat
in that State. They also elected four
fifth of the members Of the Legisla-
ture. This body when it meets next
January will elect successor to Ma
rion Butler, the POpulist United
States Senator.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-08-10
THE OLD e0URD.

They sing of bucket that hangs in the we'll,
and l love the old moss covered thing,
For oft have drank from its cool dripping
-brim, and rejOiced in the life it would
bring;
And they tell of draught that is sweetest
of all, which is quaffed from the fair
est hand,
And in this l delight, for to beauty and
grace. give all the love 1 command.
Yet to me there was never a mixture so
so sweet. as a drink from the crooked
necked gourd.
Which lay on the shelf at the vine covered
spring where the milk and the butter
was storsd
Except it may be that I'd happen to come
when the butter lay fresh In the bowl.
And I'd dip from the churn of the cool
foaming milk which yielded the rich
yellow rOol.
now, the pump stands secure in its
stead.
The gourd is rejected, the farm is despised'
and peace and contentment is dead;
Oh, would that the customs and virtues Of
yore had fingered to bless us today.
But like the old bucket and sweet favored
gourd they're gone where remember
ances stray.
I'd fain sing song to the old golden days,
how I'd hail with delight their return,
How I'd relish drink from the vine COW
cred spring. or = draught from the
tapering churn.
How I'd welcome the love and the friend
ships of youth, so pure, so unselfish.
so true,
The thoughts of which now brings Joy to
my life like the freshness that comes
with the dew.
H. JORDAN.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-08-10
Personals from Buena Vista.

Mr.. Jos. Barkman, of StauntOn,
spent Sunday here.
MIR. Harry Egolf has gone to Allan
tic City.
Miss V irginia Black, of Stuart's
Draft, who had been spending some
weeks with Miss Julia Bailie, returned
home on Monday.
Mrs. Joseph Barkman. of StauntOn,
is the guest of Mrs. &. T. ID. Collins
Advocate.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-08-10
PRINTING PRESS FOR SALE.

The printing press on which The
has been heretofore print
ed IS for sale. We have put in new
press which is faster, hence the reason
for selling. This press is In good order
and will print the issue of any ordinary
country paper with ease. Its speed is
about 700 per hour. No press made
does better work. Easy terms OF pay
ment will be given. Address.
STAUNTON SPECTATOR,
StauntOn, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-08-10

4 COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
" StauntOn, Va. July 81, 1870.
Pearre Bros Il Co.
VS..
w. A. Burke. ct ais.
All persons interested in the above Styl-
ed chancery cause will Take Notice, that in
pursuance of deeree of the Court of dust-
ings for the city of Staunton, entered in
said cause on May 14th, 1900, | shall at
my Office in Staunton, Va on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER l, 1900,
proceed to take. state and settle the fol-
lowing accOunrs:
1st OF the validity of the alleged as
signments of certain liens asserted by j. L.
Beury and Hugh B Spr0ul.
End. OF the matters set out in the peti-
tion of ]. L. Beury.
&. f. R. NELSON,
aug Sat Com'r. in Chancery.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-08-10
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Office equipped with CataphOrlc outfit (for
administration Of cocain by electricity for
painless operation on the teeth.
Crown and Bridge work speciality.
All work guaranteed. Office hours a.
m. to p. m, 2 p. m. to 5 pm.
Mutual Phone 407.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-08-10

r ARGE FARM FOK SALE.-A splendid
IL farm in Augusta county, the richest
quarter of theValley of Virginia containing
about $50 Acres has ON it good neweightroom
dwelling, two new barns covered with slate
and painted, other new Outbuildjngs, two Or
chards three miles from nearest railwaysta.
tiOn withturnpike leading to station. .insplen-
did state of cultivation. fine spring plenty OF
timber.in sight of churches, mills, stores. etc.
price S37.50 per acre, on one. two and three
years time Has on it now 13 head horses, SO
3attle, 40 hogs, $50 sheep, 10 milch cows, raised
2OlO bushels of corn last year, other crops In
proportion. Write for rfulldescription to this
office.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

rent, got some printing and caps,
put two American District Offices
on the bum, and still have money
in the can" The boys are rapidly
extending their business in spite OF
the efforts of the powerful Company
opposing them. Their business is
already on a stable basis.
When three poor messenger boys,
thrown out of work by the absorp-
tion of the company employing
them. are able to turn the circum.
stances to their own profit and
quickly to win a fight for business
with such rival, no one need waste
time in seeking an answer to the
question, "What shall we do with
our boys?" Turn them loose and
they will work out their own f,it-
ure.-Denver Post.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

There is a tendency upon the part
of many to look with delight upon
any calamity that may befall an ed
itor for some article he may pub.
lish. They seem to think it fun il
he gets his face beat up or is shot
at, and say, ut served him right;
he had no business to publish such
an article" And at the same time
they stand back and pat him on the
back until the crisis comes. This
is very unfortunate. It has much
to do with supressing a free press,
and when free press ceases to ex-
list, free speech will also vanish;
both 20 hand In hand. People
should stand by the press and de-
fend it when waging war against
the evils that exist, and when one
feels that his has been libeled he
should resort to the courts rather
than brute force to clear his charac.
ter Of any disgrace.
The silver star., 1900-01-26
The American Boy.

No American need fear to leave
the future of his country in the
hands of the boy of today. Never
in any land has such boy been
produced as he who is to be found
In every hamlet of the United
States. There Is no curbing his
restless spirit. His enterprise is
without bounds. Opposition to
him is only a reason for laughter,
while his inventive genius Is find
ing some method of circumvention.
For ready fesourcefulness the Amer.
ican boy is today without peer in
the world. He has ideas Of his own
before he Is weancd and is a recog-
nized hustler for what lie wants
even before that interesting epoch
of his existence ends. A story that
comes from San Francisco illustrates
the business instincts Of up-growing
rulers of America. The Western
Union Telegraph company has or
ganized a messenger trust there.
Three messenger boys-who were
not In the trust Of course-under-
took the formation Of rival coii.
ccrn. Their joint capital was So. Z
second hand bicycle and a wonder
fully developed ability to hustle.
Let the president tell the rest ofthe
story: 1--WE started In debt. II
one week we paid up the hack room
The silver star., 1900-01-26
oapss N ohIslssns.

No manner Of smoking, dosing or
busting is likely to do any good
when once the cape disease has Sc
cured q hold on the chicks. The
disease generally attacks the chicks
when they are about three weeks
old. TO cure it Use double horse
hair, very course. twist It tightly.
and introduce Il In the chicks wind
pipe, give Il q sort Of twist and re-.
move It, bringing out the small red
worm which causes the trouble.
Often times there ore several Of
these little worms In the wind pipe.
which makes several introductions
Of the horse hair necessary In order
to remove oil Of them. think we
saved thirty or forty chicks 10 this
way last spring, and. although
large chicks are easily killed by the
practice II not very careful in doing
the work, the young ones may bc
treated without any dangcr.-Ltl-
liam Jenkins In Farmers Voice.
The silver star., 1900-01-26
-------------------------
rhs Wonderful cIimats Of COLOMBO.

being few remarkable facts as narrated to
q tendcrfoot seeker after health by q. WASH
iagton Jones Of Roaring river.)
speskin' OF our climate. stranger. In these
Colorado hills,
An tic habit It's acquirin' Of curin' human
ills,
on Its pulse
Sense away back In the sixties, an l,avc stud
led the results.
I have Allus hcsitated fur t0 tip iis vartues on
To tenderfo0tsi stranger, fur he's liable to
An to drop insinuations that I'm ruinin' my
hat,
Jest ~ II man could fable bout q sacred
thing like that!
Do you see that human giant talkin' bass an
with his chest
protrudin' from his body like 4 pouter pi-
geon's brcast:
When lie come to Colorado he wer' sure a
painful sight
Couldn't make decent shsdder Tess tho sun
war extra bright.
Didn't have . lung about him-he had used
'em up In cough.
An he spent the tinic In prayer waiiiu' fur his
takin' on;
Now hes got three lunss-thnt's honest--yo OF,
kin tell 1t BY his talk.
An another ore . sproutin' like summer
hollyhock.
Then thars Uncle Biiiy Rogers, lost log
above the knee
In cuxsed railroad nashup'd 70 Mem
phis, Tennessee;
Come y limpln' In ON crdtches wesrin' single
harrelled pants
Fur 10 give the healin' climate what he called
anshiiu' chance.
Hadn't bin month among us tiIi be noticed
that the stump
Every day war glttin' longer; nOw you1l no.
tice the OIL chump
Walkin' spfy as me or you, sir, though he
limps . little bit
Cause that legs trlnc shorter-isn't done q
growin' yit.
Thars another case IN mention. which war
when o. Doctor Strong
Come to dwell among our midst he brought
skeleton along.
An no chanced 20 one day notice nc,h grow.
In on tho homes.
An at nIsht The thing emitted haif.arttcyiated
means. F.s,-
Twill mot describe ihe proeess-tint 'sthe thing
astandIn' th ~
That pais.featurcd hand ONO fcllsv jest =
drinkin' At thu bar,
An the wort O. dased expression that hc wears
upon his phis
Gomez from mental oycrworkin' wond'rin'
wh0 the deuce he IL.
A. fur your aniiction, stranger. hAvin' cancer.
believe.
4 frss iunchin' st yer stomach. I'd he vic Cd
70 deceive
sich sore alIlicled mortal. but yer Aurs 10 1T
Grab dissssih' 'spparAsus from our air an
mountain dow,
which ths last 10 cactus whiskey, an thar
Ain't mono anywhAr'
Any hotter than thsy're narvin' at thlA spirit
nal bar.
An In full appreciation O. the kindness you
extend
! accept ysr Invitation. Here's yer fatur'
hnltA. my friend.
Jamea Barton Adams. In Denver Post.
The silver star., 1900-01-26
csssion Of State Land.

If the recent cession of lands by
the State Land Board is precedent
by which future action is to be gov
erned, it goes without saying that
a large majority Of the people will
be most emphatically opposed to it.
1t is to the small farmer that this
state must look for future agricul-
tural greatness. The big cattle or
sheep companies will add but little
to the material prosperity of the state
and are tax-dodging lot; but the
small farmer with his few head OF
cattle is a permanent fixture. He
locates with the sole purpose of es-
tablishing home, and of gaining
his livelyhood by tilling the soil.
He is not tax dodger, but more
often pays an excess tax that the
rich may dodge their proportion.
His interests should not be sacri-
feed for the few paltry dollars the
state may gain (seemingly) by leas.
ing the public range. The small
raneher must have a place tograze
his few head of stock in the summer
and if the range is left open for that
purpose, his taxes. which will in
crease yearly, will greatly over-bal-
ance the amount received by leasing
the public lands. It was never the
original intention of the law that
this should be done and it is only a
political pull Of a few unprincipled
scoundrels that has influenced the
State Land Board in its recent action,
and no law should ever be put upon
the statute books of the state or ma.
tion that will allow such practices.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

The laboring man who seems con-
tent to toll at present prices possibly
never hopes for other than a living
during the prime of life and has no
thought of the hour when no man
can work. Our various annexa-
tions and territory won by purchase
and conquest, as it requires both to
get the Philippines, will afford those
who utilize labor an opportunity to
employ any part or parcel of the
10000. 900 Chinese, japanese, Ma.
lays and Negros that the Mckinley
administration has now under the
flag. Imperialism enslaves labor
until the army becomes a welcome
refuge for food and raiment.-Du.
range Democrat.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

There is no way the government
can spend its money to better ad.
vantage than by building storage
reservoirs throughout the arid re.
gion Of the West, and a few million
dollars put TO use in this way to aid
irrigation will do more good than
all the money that has been or can
be spent in the Philippine Islands.
The arid country contained within
the boundary lines of the United
States offers better opportunities for
commercial expansion than the
Philippines can ever supply, when
properly provided with irrigation
facilities.
The silver star., 1900-01-26
Roadside Weeds.

Not many farmers bother them.
selves about the weeds that grow
alongside their farms on the roads,
and, as rule, not many road over
seers care whether weeds grow on
the roads or not; but these same
weeds produce seed and keep th'
farm well supplied with weeds ev
cry year, which costs the farnc
large sums 10 destroy. The wise
farmer will keep the weeds down al
his own expense if they grow OF
the road.-Delta Independent.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

An exchange asks: "Why are
young people compelled to take a
back seatf' However it may be
elsewhere, neighbor, out here in
Colorado, where moonlight sleigh
riding is in vogue, there is no com
pulsion about it. The chaperone is
in front while the young folks take
the unobserved back seats by choice.
San Miguel Examiner.
Down this way a chaperone is a
thing of the past-no back seats on
Dolores buggies.
The silver star., 1900-01-26
win Not 9. Used on tn. Southern.

Smoking cars on trains are here
after to be ventilated by an ingeni-
Gus device. Three two-bladed fans
are suspended from the top of the
ventilators and operated by a small
air moter in the roof of the car.
The motion of the car operates the
moter, and it in turn operates the
fans.-Ex.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

The country newspaper mans
real friends are those Why pay ev.
cry year. His best friends are those
who pay At the beginning Of each
subacfiption year; or, If that u In
convenIent, when the time Of re-
ceiving u half out; or, II any are
unlostunate and have not the mon.
ey then, before the year closes.
The city newspaper's friends are ell
real, for the publisher thereof will
sad no papefs unless he gets his
pay In Advance.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

Plans are already being laid by
the republicans for this falls cam
paigu, and they are looking up the
places they can spend money to the
.. most advantage. Aontezuma coun-
ty il mot . very promising field.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

After missing US for about six
months the Moab, Utah, Times
came to ~ this week, with small
pox quarantine notice. Grand
county has quarantined against
Emery county, which is infested
with small pox.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

With certain individuals going
after newspaper men in Denver with
agun and others with brass knuckles
In Cortex, life cannot well be termed
''one continuous round ofpleasureh
for the profession.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

The editor of the Grand Junction
News says he has had about all the
experience he wants raising sugar
beets. Being no millionaire he pre-
fers that some other fellow should
do the experimenting, also the pay
ing for the fun.-Montrose Enter
prise.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

-Four Cinnamon were arrested at
Silverton last week, for running an
opium den. Silverton is elevated
enough to be free from such wick
edness and vice.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

Ten carloads of mule shoes have
been shipped to the British in South
Africa. Another case Of English
blundering. Any one familiar with
the tactics Of q mule would have
ordered boxing gloves or left them
barefoot.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

David Harum" has been drama
tized and. will soon be put on the
boards. Ifthe play is as good as
the book it will be we'll worth see
ing.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

Messrs. Bonfils and Tammen of
the Denver Post, are now out Of
danger from the wounds inflicted by
Attorney w. w. Anderson, their
would.be assassin.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

The State Editorial Association
held its annual meeting at Denver
on Tuesday last, and jumped onto
the paper trust all spraddled out,
The silver star., 1900-01-26

Nearly every dispatch from the
Transvaal looks like England had
met her match when she tackled
the Beers.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

Public libraries usually prove a
success in progressive communities;
that's the reason the one at Tellu-
ride is a success.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

The numerous jokes heretofore
shot at the Chicago river on &C.
count Of the smell and thickness Of
the water, will now cease, o. water
from Lake Michigan now flows up
the river, and the old time nausea
Of ChicaSo's citizens has vanished.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

Small Boy: "What does fortifi-
cation meanl"
Teacher: ut means large fort. !"
Boy: "Well then, does ratifica-
tion mean a large ratf"-Salida
Mail,
The silver star., 1900-01-26

In Kansas they are selling milk
by the pound, price I cent, and
whiskey-well, they sell whiskey
by the '.jcint."
The silver star., 1900-01-26

In late interview at Washing
ton. Bryan says he is opposed to i'm
perialism but in favor ofexpansion,
The silver star., 1900-01-26
EDITORIAL NOTES,
.AAkx1.nkA
AAAuAA

1t was warm enough in this city
last Monday, to thaw out flies.
The silver star., 1900-01-26

An exchange tells of a needle and
long thread having been found in
the gizzard Of a chicken. Must
have been operated on for appendi.
citis.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-06-27
TELEgRApHIC BREVITIES.

H. X. Dufield, board of trade
broker, was robbed by pickrpockets OF
$50 900, in Chicago yesterday. while
riding on q Cottage Grove avenue cable
car.
Wallace Il. Grant. for many years
one of the best known and most expert
telegraphers, in the country, died sud
denly at his home in Jersey City this
morning, aged AZ years.
Mrs. Mabel Jorgensen, Of Everett,
Md, was almost instantly killed today
In a runaway accident, in which she
WAS thrown from her carriage, striking
on her head, She was 25 pears old.
Charles Smith, lineman, fell from a
pole at Cambridge, Mass, last evening
and landed on boy five years old.
Smiths skull was fractured. The boys'
left leg and arm were broken and he
was badly bruised about the face and il
is thought received internal Injuries
Smith died during the night. TIE b,y
will probably recover.
A Central Illinois man named 4 ]. stokers
vrote TO q Niagara Falls. Ont, newspaper
asking for information regarding the Falls, as
he intended making sn attempt to 20 over
the cataract on Ju y A. He also asked which
way would bs the best. The editor said,
Head fret"
Five meu are entombed in the Bellson mine
ct Shsmokin, Pa, as the result of q cave.in.
They ire Robert Taylor, foreman, and four
Hungarian helpers. Rescuers are at work,
but it 10 believed the men were crushed to
death by falling coal
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-06-27
Foreign News.

London, June 27.-The Khedive Of
Egypt arrived in London this morning.
He was received by the Duke of York
and other notablss, aud was warmly
greeted.
Capetown, June "a sensation
has resulted from the revelation
that there has been widespread malfea-
sanoe in connection with the hand
ling OF the supplies for the sick and
wounded British soldiers.
Rome, June 27.-Pope Leo, because
OF his feebleness, remains entirely with
10 his cottage 10 the Vatican gardens.
The receptions for pilgrims have been
suspended.
London, June 27.-The war Office
announces that the war in Cape Colo.
ny, Forth OF the Orange River, is now
over.
London, June 27.-In the House OF
Commons this afternoon under Secre-
lary for Foreign Affair. Broderiok read
kilograms confirming the news of the
relief of TientsiD at noon on June %.
The relieving force consisted OF $50
Americans, $50 Englishmen, 500 Rus
SLAMS and 80 Italians. A late message
corroborating the story of Seymour's
critical position ten miles out of Ten
tsin, was also read.