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Col. Joe. Button was in Staunton on
Monday last looking over the political
situation. Whether he saw just what
pleased him we do not know, but be
smiled as il he did.
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FOR ROAD COMMISSIONER.

To the Voters of Beverly Manor District:
Having been nominated by the Demo
cratic primary for Ommissioner of Roads
wish to call the attention of my friends
in the district that on account of my en-
gagement with R. W. Burke building a
pike, will not be able to see them in per-
son. have had IL years experience as
overseer and if elected will use every
means in my power to improve the public
roads in the district. 1t is not the Office
that want so much as better roads. be-
lieve that roads, like farm crops, ought to
be worked when they most need it.
oct 2-5t G. T. HARRIS.
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Announcement.
FOR COUNTY CLERK

To my fellow-citizens and voters of Au-
gusta county:
At the solicitation of many friends
respectfully announce myself a candidate
for the office of County Clerk at the ensu-
ing election and earnestly solicit your
votes and support. Having served several
years as Deputy Clerk under the supervis-
ion Of the late lamented William A. Bur-
nett, feel myself thoroughly competent
to conduct the business pertaining to said
Office to the satisfaction of the public.
Should it be your pleasure to intrust me
with this responsible position, promise a
faithful, honest and prompt discharge of
the duties. Yours very respectfully.
oct 16-tde T. A. PAGE,
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Workmen in the Montana copper
mines have been thrown out of employ
ment until now that State is losing
one million month in wages.
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If the Democrats had a candidate
they could win in the next campaign
unless grating and lawlessness,
together with the crashing of trusts,
and loss Of employment to laborers
and a thousand other Ills, have no eff.
feet on the people, and are preferred
to good times and honest government.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-30

Mr.. Bryan will hardly be blamed
with the present conditions.
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Highland Mention.

The grafters ought to be good people
when we see how much they prey.
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Fruit Farm of 2IO Acres,

with bearing orchard of 500 trees: Dwell
ing and stable; lot of saw timber. $50
acres strictly fruit land we'll elevated,
deep dark rich soil, 9 miles from Alton,
on good road. Will exchange for city
property or sell on long time. Rare
chace for big orchard.
100 acres on side of Blue Ridge. with
young orchard; two dwellings. Fine soil
for fruit. 40 acres now ready to plant.
Good tenant on place Price $15 per acre.
w. s. ROBES,
oct % ct Alton, Va.
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Johnnie Morgan who mas heretofore
played the orgau-has played the Devil
this time.
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MONDAY, AUGUST. 3rd, 1908,

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Attention, Farmers

WANTED-A good tenant farmer to
take charge of and run large 1000 acre
farm situated On the low fertile lands of
James River, above Richmond. Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroad runs through the
place. The farm is especially adapted to
cattle raising, having about $50 acres in
elegant sod, and ITO acres in rich meadow
lands. The farm has on it splendid
dwelling and all necessary outbuildings,
and several good roOmy tenant houses.
Prefer practical farmer who has some
means with which to crop and raise cattle
IN partnership with the owner of the place.
Very best terms Will be offered to the right
party. Address,
MRS. W. E. HARRIS,
oct l6 3t* SabOt, Va.
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acknowledgements men and women
" solicitors to represent reliable firm
in the Valley. Salable line. Salary 81
per day guaranteed. For particulars, ad-
dress W. Y. ABRAHAM, care General
Delivery, Staunton, Va, this week, after
wards, Richmond. Va. oct 80 1t
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We do general banking business and
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DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know Of the wonderful
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Wanted-AuthOr's Man.
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with The Bradford Press, As
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF Angus
~ Ia COUNTY Notice is hereby
given that the taxes for the year 1903 are
now ready for collection. will meet the
tax payers of the county, in person or bv
proxy, at the following places on the DAYS
mentioned prepared to receive all
CapltatiOl, Land and Property Taxes. for
State, county, district and school purposes.
All taxes due from Beverly Manor dis
trict, will be received at my Office in the
Court House. [ will be at
Deerfield, Oct. 2sth Spottswood, Nov 10th
Craigsville, " 29th Greenville, " 18th
Churchville,' 3lst Mt Sidney, 18th
Parnassus, Nov, 5th New Hope, 8. 1874
Mt. Scion, {. 9Th Stuart's Draft, 18th
Spring Hill, 7th Fishersvilie, 18th
Newport, :. 9th Waynesboro. 1919
Middlebrook, Nov. 7th.
W Please note carefully the DAYS the
books of each district will be out and do
not come to pay on those days. All per-
sons failing to pay by Decembe 1st will
be CHARGED FIVE PER CENT ADDITIONAL
My Office will be open every day SUNDAYS
excepted) for the collection of taxes until
Dec. 1st. No taxes will be collected from
any district while the books are out of the
Office, The books of no district will be
out of the Office more than four days. Bv
referring to the above dates it will easilv
be seen what days the books of any district
will be away from the Office.
]. N. MCFARLAND,
oct 3o-2t County Treasurer.
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@CLEANLINF SIS
Is NEXT TO GOODNESS.

Is NEXT TO GOODNESS.
Have you seen George?
George wants to see you.
Geo. Burns, prince of caterers, has re-
sumed his old position in the Virginia
Hotel Restaurant and will be glad to see
his many friends, as well as the public
generally. Everything will be kept clean,
neat and up-to-date. Best meal in the city
for Csc. oysters in every style. La dies a
speciality. Call and see. Respectfully.
JULIUS e. SCHEFFER.
Manager for ]. Z Stafford.
W Clean and new lodging rooms con-
necIed, at Csc night. oct 80 3m
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viable was my lot to that of those who
had to spend the remainder Of their
lives on the island. AS | stood looking
out to sea the sun was setting behind
q aery-red cloud-bank. To ME it pic
tured the passionate longing of those
exiles whose eyes were straining ever
westward to the land of the sunset. to
the homestead, the land Of friends and
loved ones, so long ago left behind.
Some weeks later l shared the log
house of a petty official engaged on
the jetty, and so was able to wend my
way to the place Of my late detention
to watch the patches Of convicts arriv-
ing. One lot from Siberia had tramped
the two thousand and seventy-tive
miles from Nertchensk to Nikolaevsk,
with an occasional lift from steamer,
and the journey had occupied them
three months.
know what 1t Is to have had to
struggle for bare bench in fourth
class Russian railway carriage where
on to sit and try to sleep at night, and
this was my home for couple of
weeks through a frozen country. But
what was this TO the lot of those poor
ronvicts who, hungry and weary after
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or ornamented with seeds of the ging-
ko tree of various sizes, which have
actually grown to the fiber Of the vine.
a Korean gardener, familiar with the
adhesiveness Of the seed, took native
vine, noted for its toughness, and rude
ly made 1t into the form Of q chair,
holding it in place with branches of
small trees. The seeds, fresh from the
tree, were bound to the vine until they
had firmly fastened themselves to it.,
the vine being allowed to grow in the
meantime. After the seeds and boughs
had become attached, the vine was cut
from the roots, and this natural chair
exposed to the sunlight until the sap
had dried from the, fiber and all of the
material had hardened into a substance
rs solid as oak. 1t was then polished
until it's surface glistened like mahog-
any. Although but three feet four
inches in height and twenty-five inches
in width, the weight Of this curiosity
is over q hundred pounds. on account
of the hardness of the material Of
which 1t Is composed.
The armchair may we'll be regarded
as a striking example Of the garden
ing skill of the Far East.-Scientitic
American.
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suddenly the storm burst upon US. To
keep our guns dry and be ready for
IN attack was impossible, and con-
fess I was not sorry to be compelled
to take refuge in the hut Of convict.
which the bowling Of dogs announced
to be near by.
It is almost impossible for these
"brodyagas" passportless vagabonds)
to get away from the island. From
the prison they escape into the forests,
and there in summer they manage to
exist on bilberries. cranberries, mush-
rooms and roots. and add to the little
given them by comrades. whose SEN
tences have expired, by waylaying
passers,by. But when winter comes
on. with its seven feet Of snow and
temperature occasionally touching
forty degrees (Fahr.) below zero, with
no food to be obtained and rags for
clothing, they find their way back to
the prison. After giving themselves up
here they are fogged with the cruel
"plet," and received back again with
an additional sentence.
The photograph shows the instru-
ments Of the executioner-the "kobila." J."
or bench, on which the convict is
strapped; the birch-rods. which are
dipped in hot brine. and the heavy,
three-thonged 'plet." with loaded ends.
These are the instruments in use at
Rikovsk Prison.
Another photograph shows the pub
lie executioner at Alexandrovsk, Co.
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KAISER AT THE VATICAN.
Pope Grants the Emperor q Private II
terYiew Lasting Forty Minutes.

Pope Grants the Emperor q Private In
teryiew Lasting Forty Minutes.
Rome, Italy.-Kaiser Wilhelm was
entertained at q state luncheon at the
German Embassy. After the luncheon
the Kaiser was driven to the Vatican
in q magnificent four-horse landau, es.
cOrted by detachment of carbineers.
. Surrounded by his entire court the
Pope received the Kaiser in the throne
room, and then granted him a private
interview which lasted forty minutes.
This interview over, the Kaiser pre-.
sented his sons, Crown Prince Freder.
lex William and Prince Eitel, who have
just returned from 4 tour Of Egypt and
Palestine, where both We're i'll with
measles. The Pope expressed great
pleasure at meeting the young princes.
and when the audience was terminated
he presented to the Kaiser and his
sons three very costly mosaics made in
the Vatican factory.
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TRAIN KILLS EXCURS|ON|STS
Men, Women and Children Mown
Down by a Flyer.
The VICTIMS ARE TOLEDO POLES

Large Party Waiting For q Train at
Detroit Struck by q Grand Trunk Ex-
press-Bodies strewn Along the Tracks
For Two BIocks-warninga Not Heard
scores Killed and Injured.
Detroit, Mich.-Late, and laundering
In from the West at high speed, the
famous Grand Trunk Pan-American
flyer plowed through a crowd Of
thousand excursionlsts at the crossing
of DeQuinder and Garfield streets.
From seven to ten persons were killed
outright and forty more injured, some
Of whom will die.
The accident was terrible, its re-
suits horrlfying. The swift train tore
through the crowd like a fash, and
without warning, crushing persons in
mere masses, or hurting men, women
and children to one side or the other,
as q snow piow would cut it's way
through drift Some of the victims
were thrown. thirty feet by the i'm
pact and scores not on the track were
knocked down by the flying bodies.
In an instant the merry party of eX-
curslonlsts were transformed from a
laughing, chatting group into riven,
horror-stricken, hurtling, shrieking
mass, while the crossing ran with blood
from the many victims.
The excursion was given by the
Polish Lancers, society connected
with Toledo Catholic Church. There
were fifteen cars filed with men, wom-
en- and children. Their train, which
was on the Lake Shore Road, was
scheduled to leave the Garfield avenue
station at 7.30 o'clock, but was late.
Finally it hove in sight and the tired
people, anxious to get seats. rushed
down the tracks to intercept it.
A freight train was On the west track,
while their train was on the east track.
The gateman, who had been warned
by the electric bell Of the approaching
train, says that he yelled at the crowd
to get out Of the way, but they paid no
attention to him.
1t is alleged, however. that the fare
wells between the Detroiters and their
guests were so noisy that the voice
Of the old man at the gate was
drowned.
So in the shadow of the approaching
excursion, which was slowly coming
up and the freight train on the oppo-
site side, the crowd stood on the mid
die track.
Then the Grand Trunk passenger
train, due at the station within few
minutes after it left Garfield avenue,
came along.
Witnesses insist they did not hear
any bell on the Grand Trunk engine
or any whistle. All they know Is that
the. train bore down into the crowd
and the slaughter followed.
Patrolman Shultz sent in general
call for doctors and ambulances. Along
the tracks for two blocks the mangled
bodies of the dead were found. The
victims all came from Toledo.
John Synda, wealthy Polish brewer
Of this city, who was present, insists
that the crowd was not warned in the
least Of the approach Of the Grand
Trunk train.
1T was simply dreadful" said he.
"There never was a happier crowd of
people. All of q sudden that train
rushed down almost in the centre Of
the crowd. The crying could be heard
for blocks"
The railroad officials and crews say
that the gates were down and the po-
lice verify this statement,
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Newsy Gleapiugs,

Austria lost nearly $4,000 persons by
emigration last year.
The London Times prints daily dis.
patches by Marconigraph.
The German Government operates
1920 central telephone exchanges.
Sheepnen of the Sweetwater country
in Wyoming have opened war on the
cattlemen.
The Texas Legislature has passed a
law providing for the determination OF
prairie dogs.
Spanish will be studied at American
Army posts where there are qualified
instructors and the men desire It.
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which New Mexico Is the geographical
centre and which draws its traditions
from old Spain.
Among the peculiar customs, Of that
territory is the practice of planting
crosses on spots. where murders have
been committed. Not infrequently, as
one rides across some lonely plain bare
Of vegetation save for the ubiquitous
sagebush and greasewood. or through
some wild pass in the hills made wilder
still by the desoate ruins Of an aban-
doned adobe hut or two amid the cac-
tus. Such crosses are met with rising
out Of small piles of stones. They are
constructed Of wood, without inscrip-
ton of any sort. and often being taken
to the church by the relatives and
friends of the murdered man and
blessed by the priest, are set up upon
the scene Of the murder, there to re-
main a continuing memorial of the un.
holy deed and a mute appeal to all
pious passers-by to contribute prayer
for the unshriven soul that has gone
beyOnd
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HARVARD ATHLETE LONG MISSING
Wealthy View Yorker Disappeared In Feb.
rr Feared That He is Dead.

Cambridge, Mass.-It was learned
that William Scollay Whitwell, a
wealthy New York youth in the senior
class at Harvard and a member of last
years football eleven, has been missing
from Cambridge since February q.
At the time of Whitwelrs disappear.
ance his father, DR.. Whitwell. was i'll
in their home in New York City, and
the common belief was that the young
man had hastened to the inyalid's bed
side. AS he left no word and as moth
ing was heard from him as time went
on fears were entertained that he had
committed suicide or had been the vic.
tim Of foul play.
His father died soon after his disap.
pearance, and it is said that death was
hastened by grief over the youths dis.
appearance. The fact that Whitwell
took neither money nor clothes with
him and that he was always Of more
or less despondent nature leads to the
belief that he committed suicide.
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News of the Toilers.

Union printers at Huntington, Ind,
will ask for an increase in wages In
June.
Bakers at Albany, N. Y, have inau-
gurated a movement to abolish night
work.
Blast furnacemen in Lancashire,
England, have been given notice of a
reduction of three and one-fourth per
cent.
The textile strike at Charlotte, N. c.,
Is said to be the first strike that has
ever occurred in the North Carolina
mills.
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ecutioner, so that, should he be ordered
the "plet," the leads should be brought
down on the undersde of the board
and not on his bare body. Corporal
punishment for wc>-en has been done
away with by law in Russia, but
in February of last year two women
were fogged with birch-rods dipped
in brine, and afterwards put in chains
for refusing to obey their villainous
overseers.-World Wide Magazine.
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WELCOMED BY TROUGH RIDERS"
Roosevelt Assists at o Picturesque Chris
tening at Santa Fe, n. M.

tentng at Santa Fe, y. d.
Albuquerque, N.M.-President Roose.
velt was made welcome by the ancient
cities Of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, re.
ceived greetings from hundreds Of his
old Rough Riders, assisted at the chris.
tening Of a baby boy named in his
honor, and had a splendid time from
start to finish of the day.
The christening of Theodore Roose-
welt Armejo, son of Sergeant George
Armejo, Of the Rough Riders, was one
of the prettiest affairs Of the day. The
ceremony took place in the ancient
cathedral in Santa Fe. The President
stood at the baby's head and the moth
er ut his feet, while the venerable
priest read the long service and applied
the sacred ointment and holy water.
Governor Otero, of the Territory;
Mayor Parks, of the city. and Secre-
tary Loeb held candles in a semi-circle
about the chief actors during the func.
tiOn,
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pens to be in a fit of ill-humor when
they go before him to prefer some sim
pie request. My own interpreter, him
self a man of rank, told me that in
common with all the rest Of the coll
victs and political exiles he paid tribute
money in the shape Of food to the ex-
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a long days march, failed in the wild
scramble to obtain one Of the miser-
able plank resting-places allotted them,
and had to lie on the filthy floor. Even
there q stronger neighbor often crushed
them, for the most brutal tongue, the
hardest fist. got the best place. and
the timid and weak went to the wall
or the floor. Such Is the description
we have heard in the past. Is it true
to-day? In the main-no; but In my
experience-yes!
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TWO NEGROES LYNcHED.
Hanged to q Railroad Bridge For the
Murder of Merchant.

Vicksburg, Miss.-Ben Bryant, aged
twenty-one, and William Morris, aged
thirty, two negroes who murdered
William H. Legg, a merchant and
planter, at his store at Adams Landing,
sixteen miles north Of here. were ar
rested and confessed the murder. They
were taken from three deputy sheriffs
and hanged to the iron bridge near the
scene of the murder, just twenty-four
hours after the assassination.
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linsky by name. The "palatch," or
eXecutioner, is chosen from among the
convicts themselves. Prisoners who
are refractory in prison are birched,
but sometimes this punishment is given
for no other reason than that the chief
Of the prison, Of whom 1t would be
difficult to say anything too bad. hap