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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
OLD SUITOR OUTwITTED.
Instead of a Bride He Gets Drubb1n1
from which He Has Not Yet
Recovered.

Recently an elderly oil merchant,
who has for many years lived in Smyrna,
fell in love with beautiful young girl
of the same city and asked her to marry
him. She refused at first, but finally
said that she would become his wife if
before the ceremony was performed he
would present her with the handsome
house which he owned in the center OF
the city. He promised to do so, and
straightway the necessary deed was
drawn up, signed and handed to the
covetous damsel, the understanding be-
ing that the marriage was to take place
on the following morning.
That night the young lady slept in
the newly-acquired house, and at the
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
Llpscomb Items.

Mr.. G. Il. Flory, who has been suf-
fering with humps is about we'll again.
Mrs. Ines 1. Perry of Luray, is WIS.,
itlng her sister, Mrs. Goode.
Miss Lydia Heatwole, who was severe
IL burned by the explosion of coal
stove, is improving and out of all dan
ger. it is hoped.
Mrs. r. A. Vanlear, who has been
sick for several days, is no better we
are sorry to say.
Mr.. B. F. Coyner, who underwent a
very critical operation at St.. Luke's
hospital, Richmond four weeks ago
expects to get home this week.
Mrs. Lyleof Tennessee. is visiting
her brother, j. B. Hunter.
The young people of this communit,
meet Saturday night at Mr.. j. B
Hunters, and organized Finch Club
they elected Miss Effie j. Bateman
president, and Willie Coyner, vice
president. They expect to meet every
ten DAYS, next meeting Tuesday night
Feb, 10th, at Mr.. Dave Browns.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12

Mr.. J. W. LovegrOve, a clothing mer-
chant, of WaynesborO. has decided to
move to Charlottesville and will with
his family make that their home. 10
this end he has just contracted with
Lambert Bros. of Waynesboro to build
for him large two story frame dwell
ing in Charlottesville, which he hopes
to occupy by July next. The residence
is to be on University avenue, and will
be a four gable eleven room house with
a handsome forty one foot veranda.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12

hour appointed for the ceremony the
elderly sutton presented himself at the
door in his new wedding garments. In
stead. however, of receiving him as
sweetheart should, the young lady no
sooner set eyes on him than she rushed
to the door and gave him, with the aid OF
a stalwart youth, with whom she ap-
peared to be on very friendly terms, a
drubbing, which was so severe that he
was hardly able to crawl away from the
spot.
After he had disappeared the faithless
sweetheart and her companion barri-
caded themselves in the house, and
though since then the disappointed oil
merchant has formally demanded that
his property be returned no attention
has been paid to him.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
n Matter
OfHea/fh

There is a quality in Royal
Baking Powder which makes
the food more digestible and
wholesome. This peculiarly
of Royal has been noted by
physicians, and they accord
ingly endorse and recon-
mend it.
NEW
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12

stroying 17,450 buildings, killing 200
persons, and rendering 50, 500 homeless.
The loss was about $3.50 600, 900 1t
was the most destructive fire ever
known. The Baltimore fire though
not destroying so many buildings or
covering SO much territory will, it is
feared, almost approximate the Chica.
20 fire in the amount of loss.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12

r A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. 1t
II spares no class or nationally. The
cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat
and the pauper, the masses and the
classes are alike subject to Ia grippe.
None are exempt-al are liable.
Have you the grip? Or, rather, has
the grip got you? Grip is well named.
The original French term, la grippe,
has been shortened by the busy Ameri-
can to read "grip." Without intending
to do SO new word has been coined
that exactly describes the case. AS if
some hideous giant with awful GRIP had
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
AF0RmER AUGUSTA MAN DEAD.
Was q Native Of Waynesboro, Where He
Was Born In 1915.

l was 0OTH w IoiCs
The Bloomington, ILL.,, Bulletin OF
Jan. 29th, has the followi ng account OF
the death OF a former Augusta man:
On Monday night at his home in
Dry Grove township, passed away IAN
other of the fast disappearing pioneer
landmarks of human progress in the
Prairie State. His demise was due to
the infirmities of advanced age, he
being almost nonagenarlan, and his
departure from earthly life was as quiet
and peaceful as tho close of an autumn
evening.
Samuel G. Deal was born in Waynes-
boro, Augusta county, Virginia,
Oct. %, 1915, making him 8Syears and
three months of age at the time of his
death. He was married October Fl,
1887, to Pricilla Brown. the daughter
of the Rev. John Brown, Of Rocking
ham county, Virginia. Bis devoted
spouse died juno 5, 1876 To this union
was born nine children, as follows:
John B. Deal, Jefferson, Green coun-
-ty, Iowa; Samuel A. Deal, Danvers,
ILL.,; Mrs. Elizabeth E.. Elkins, Dry
Grove, H.; Newton. who died in child
hood Mrs. Mary G. Rigein, Petersburg,
ILL.,; Jane, who died in infancy; Mrs. 8.
Addie Wright, Twin Grove; Miss EN-.
ma P. Deal, Twin Grove; Mrs. Virgin
ia E. 81. Staubus, Dry Grove:
Mrs. Jane A. Mcclure, of Gibson. bis
only sister, surviving, was at bis bod
side.
He moved to this state in the fall OF
1S49, settling in Dry Grove township
81 miles west of Bloomington within
II miles of his present home. Here hs
lived for fifty.two years. following stock
raisi ng and flaming. in which he was
very successful. He had accumulated
one thousand acres of land, which be
had.
Being man of business, hs conclud-
cd that he could divide his property to
suit himself, between bis children bet
ter than the court, so the frst of last
March he called his children to bis
home and disposed of his entire estate
with the execution only of Compel
once for himself during the remainder
Of his lifetime, aud he wanted any re.
,idue to be shared equally at his death.
BE was m active worker in church,
being elected . ruling elder in the Cum
berland Presbyterian church fifty-four
years ago, which Office he faithfully
allied up to the time of his death. He
was q man above the average both in |
and manhood. He was So
,ially q companionable man making |
md holding lifetime friends of all his
acduaintances.
Mr.. Deal was an ardent democrat in |
,is political faith and took great inter-
,st. in politics. He was the choice of
MS party for county assessor, an office
IF the old regime, years ago. He was
elected to tho oficc Of road commits
,ioner, supervisor, and other positions
Of public trust, which he filed with
honor to himself, satisfaction to his
The funeral will be held at West
Twin Grove Thursday morning at IL
and the interment will be at the same
place.
Mr.. Deal was widely related in this
and Rockingham, where a num-
Der OF relatives now reside.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
Live Stock Markets.

bHICIuOT6 Il OU o.
Cattle-Receipts for the week 1858 head'
against 2944 head last week.
AZ car loads on sale, and market steady
at about last week prices.
Ouote-Steers, export, A.85a5. 10; butch
s4o sS. S so hs 81 sss - 70aS'0 COWS
Hogs-Fair supply and market SLOW,
other points, 81. 0ea5.2 5; roughs, s4.Ooa4 70
Sheep and Lambs-Fair supply, market
steady. Quote-Sheep, $2.0oa4.7 rs; Lambs
IS. 00a6 So.
Calves-Fair supply: market steady
Onote common to best 81. 00a7. 90.
Fresh Cows-Fair supply: market stea
dy. Quote-common to BEST sloaoo PEI
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
Bank for Needy workmen.

A city bank, for the benefit of needy
workmen, is to be established in Chris
tiana, Norway. They will loan sums
up to about SIS, at an annual interest Of
from three and half to four per cent.
It is intended to check the rapacity Of
pawnbrokers, whose rates of interest are
sometimes as high as rs per cent.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
CAUGHT BY THE GRIP. Z
RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA.
Congressman Geo. H. Whites Case.
Noted SclIIntress Cured

Mrs. Celeste Coven writes from N9 n.
avenue, Aurora, ILL.,:
"Only those who have suffered with
Ia grippe and been cured can appreciates
how grateful feel that such splendid
medicine as Peruna has been placed d
the door Of every suffering person.
Mrs. G. Coveu.
Noted Sculptures Cured of Grip.
Mrs. M. G. Cooper, of the Royal Acad-
envy of Arts, of London, England, now
residing In Washington, d. c., IL one Of
the greatest living sculptors and painters
Of the world. She says:
"I take pleasure in recommending Pc
runa for catarrh and Ia grippe. have
suffered for months, and after the use of
one bottle of Peruna I am entirely well"
Mrs. M. C. Cooper.
D. L. Wallace, charter member Of
the International Barber's Union, writes
from Is Western avenue, Minneapolis,
Mimi: sgi.
'SFollowing severe attack of Ia grippe
seemed to be affected badly all over.
Gone of my customers who was greatly
helped by Peruna advised me to try It,
and I procured a bottle the same day.
Now my head is clear, my nerves are
steady, enjoy food and rest well. Pc
runa has been worth dollar dose to
NED. L. Wallace. A,
Lieutenant Clarice Hunt, Of the Salt
Lake City Barracks Of the Salvation
Army, writes from Ogden, Utah:
1.-TWO months ago was suffering with
so severe cold that could hardly speak.
"Our captain advised me to try Pc
runa and procured q bottle for me, and
truly it worked wonders. Within two
weeks I was entirely ll.'-Clarics
Hunt. go
Congressman Whites Letter.
Tarboro, NJ C.
Genhemen:-I aln more than salts.
fled with Peruna and find ii to be an
excellent remedy for the grip and ca.
farrh. have used 1t In my family
and they all Join me I'm recommending
1t as an excellent remedy. GeorYo
II. White, Member of Congress.
Mrs. T. w. Collins, Treasurer INDIE
pendent Order of Good Templars, Of
Everett, Wash, writes: -- -
"After having severe attack Of In
grippe continued in a feeble condition
even after the doctors called me cured.
My blood seemed poisoned. PerunA
cured me."-Mrs. T. W. Collins.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruns,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving .
full statement Of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
Spanish Sailors Want Pay.

The press of Spain is unanimous in
the opinion that the government of that
country is lacking in the sense of JUS
tice by delaying the payment of the
sailors who fought in the Spanish-Amer-
lean war. Five years have elapsed, and
their pay is still due.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
Improvement i'm Boilers.

SO vast has been the improvement in
engine boilers and fireboxes that the
power derived from pound Of coal to-
day is nearly three times as great as 1t
was so years ago.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12

There is small pox Of a very virulent
type at Nuttallburg in W. Va. All
who have yet been attacked by 1t nave
died.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
Solid Train Of Hay.

A solid train of sixteen cars, loaded
with hay, left here Wednesday over the
Southern Railway for Jacksonville,
Fla. The hay was shipped by the r.
T, sublett Hay Company, of this place,
to:a Southern customer.
Just before the train left here 1t was
photographed by order of the Southern
officials, who stated that 1t was the
or.t solid train of hay that had ever
been shipped from the Valley.-Harri-
sonburg News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12

clutched us In It's fatal clasp. Men,
women, children, whole towns and cities
are caught in the baneful grip of ter
rible monster.
Pe-ru-na for Grip.
Mrs. Theophile Schmitt, wife of the
Ex-Secretary Of the German Consulate,
writes the following letter from 3417
Wabash avenue, Chicago, ILL.,:
at suffered this winter with severe
attack Of la grippe. After using three
bottles of Peruna I found the grip had
disappeared. Mrs. T. Schmitt.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12
City N arkete.
Country Produce.

stanton. Va. Feb. II, 1904.
loorrscredBy J. A. Fauver d Co., and the
White Star Mills.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-12

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23

Ordinarily no man is rich enough to
escape that certain sense of citation
which comes from picking up nickel
on a sidewalk; but when a railway
postal clerk finds such a coin in
mail pouch where it has worked out
from insufficient wrappings, not only
does he miss this citation, but it may
provoke profanity.
For a nickel lost in a pouch of mail
in transit becomes a matter for ma
tional concern. 1t comes to view,
perhaps, just as a pouch of mail is
emptied upon a sorting table; and
when it has broken away from the
bunch of letters and cards and circu-
lars, rolled to an open space on the
table, and there settled down, heads
or tails, with a noisy spinning dance,
the clerk who first sees it is ''it.
A necromancer could have no more
idea than the man in the moon as to
what particular package it rolled out
of, and if he had and should tell the
postal clerk, the clerk wouldn't dare
try to restore the coin to the original
package. That would be too easy
altogether.
No, it is a lost nickel from the mo-
ment the clerk has to see it spin
ming there before his eyes; and ac-
cording to the tender governmental
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
The Old Log Cabin

Before me in it's beauty lies the prairie.
And the cloud above a swiftly passing
train,
The trees upon the distant hills are wav-
Yet memory recalls fairer valley,
And spot within it dearer far to me.
Where little old log cabin used to be.
When daylight dies behind the distant
And the mist has hid the valley from
my sight,
Then memory returns to scenes of child
And life's summer morning sheds its
The sunlight glimmers out upon the wa
Where. undisturbed. the minnows sport
The dreamy years but added to their
Where the little old log cabin used to
The world: to us. was bounded by the
That stretched away, we rocked but
The winter but foretold a brighter sea-
son
When roses gave their fragrance to the
In spring there came the childrens songs
and laughter.
The squirrel scampered up the nearest
And chartered to the wildly barking col
Where the little old log cabin used to
The bob-o-link, above the clover bios
SONS,
Sang Ger again his song of summer
joys;
And bob White" from his perch be-
side the meadow,
Kept watch upon the collie, and the
boys.
Along the crooked pathway to the river,
The tW iu blue-bird and the chick
Flew in and out among the ferns and
willows,
Where the little old log cabin used to be.
The timid deer looked in across the
wheat field,
The partridge hid her fedglings in the
brush,
The voice of Robin Redbreast, in the
chaSd.
thrush;
The crow and marten Quarre1ed DER the
clearing,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
Lost Coins in Mails

conscience the clerk has to get ready
for the Inauguration of about $1S.43
worth of fuss over it.
For himself he doesn't dare to go
to bed for a short nap until he has
got rid of his five cents worth of re-
sponsibility to the government for the
action of the fool person from whom
the nickel was parted. He digs up
his printed form for such occasions
printed and provided, and at once
fills out a long blank, describing the
coin, telling the circumstances of its
being found and whether it landed
heads or tails on the table, namin G
the pouch from which it was emp
tied, the number of the train carry
ing it, the date, and few other little
details any one of which in hot
weather would have cost a mug of
beer.
This report with the nickel, goes to
the headquarters of the postal divi-
sion in which the car was operated,
and from these bonded officials, by
the same general red tape route, the
small coin finds it's way to the seat OF
national government and to the fund
representing the great constituency
of the postoffice department, which
persists in sending money in envel-
opes through the unregistered mails
of the service--Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23

The inhabitants of California in
the days of Mexican rule had a unique
way of capturing the black bears that
infested the foothills near the coast
Bruin is naturally a vegetarian, but
when he can get piece of fresh meat
he devours it greedily. The Mexicans
knew this and prepared their trap
thus:
An oak tree was found with two
horizontal limbs, one above the other.
On the lower limb a piece of fresh
meat was nailed. From the limb
above a rope was suspended, at the
end of which a heavy rock was attach
ed. the rock hanging some inches
above and inside of the meat
At night Mr. Bear would come
prowling around and. smelling the
meat, he would quickly climb up the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
Tale of the Armada

visions supplied to the Spaniards had
not been paid for. Sir Lauchlane
demonstrated with the don for his
injustice and satisfaction was promis-
ed. On the strength of this the men
were sent back, but MacLean, not re-
lying entirely on the captains prom
Use, retained three of the soldiers as
hostages till the debt should be paid.
At the same time he sent one of his
own men, Donald Glas MacLean, on
board the Florencia to receive an ad-
justment of tie demands of his peO-
pie.
Donald Gias. when he went on board
the ship, was disarmed and made
prisoner, and no communication was
allowed between himself and his
friends. But Donald Glas conceived
a plan which, though it meant certain
death to himself, promised a speedy
and terrible retribution to his captors.
Finding that the cabin in which he
was confined was close to the maya
zine, he forced his way into it and,
laying a train from it to the outside,
he fired it The ship was blown to
pieces, killing the three or four hun
bred persons who were on board
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23

The most sensitive nerve in the
British Empire terminates in Afghan
fstan, and the ghost of the Gar al
ways dancing about the Khyber Pass,
through which caravans laden with
merchandise find their way across the
mountains between India and the
countries of Central Asia. Every
time there is a stir in a clump of
bushes, every time a board creaks in
the floor, every time a footstep is
heard under the window, the goose
flesh rises on John Bulls back and he
imagines that the great white bear
is smelling around the back door of
his empire in India. Peshawur is the
jumping-of place of the northwest the
limit of British authority, the termin-
us of the railway system of India and
the great gateway between that en-
pire and the outer world, through
which everything must pass. 1t is to
the interior of Asia what the Straits
or Gibraltar are to the Mediterranean
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23

sea, and the Dardanelles to the Black
and the Caspian seas. While there
are 300 paths over the mountains in
other directions, and it might be pos
sible to cross them with an army,
it has never been attempted and
would involve dangers, expense and
delays which no nation would under
take The Khyber Pass has been the
great and only route for ages, wneth-
er for war or commerce. The mas
tiers of Central Asia, whether Persians,
Greeks, Macedonians or Assyrians,
have held it. Alexander the Great
crossed it with his army Timour the
Tartar, whom we know better as Tam
erlane, came through upon his all
copquering expedition when he SUBJ
dued India and found the Mogul EN-
pire, and if the Russians ever enter
India by land they will come this
way.
The pass is reached by crossing a
stony plain ten miles from Peswahur,
and winds through gorges and crew.
ces in the mountains for thirty-three
miles at an altitude averaging 1000
feet above the sea. At one point the
mountains close in to about 500 ieet
apart and the rocks rise in sheer pre-
cipices on either side; in other places
the gorge widens to a mile or moue
and will average perhaps three-quart-
ers of a mile the entire distance 1t
is remarkable gateway, a natural
barrier between hereditary enemies
and easily defended from either SIDE
Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, is
$50 miles from the western entrance
to the def1le.
The British Notifications are at jam
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23

Three hundred and fifteen years ago
a vessel of the Spanish armada was
blown up in Tobermory bay, off the
coast of the Island of Null. Recently
numerous relics have been recovered
from it by divers. They include old
cannon, swords, pistols, plate and
coins. The vessel was the Florenc1a,
Florentine galleon which came from
the Levant, one of the Italian posses
sions of the king of Spain, and was
commanded by one Pereija. After the
defeat of the armada the Florencia
was forced by bad weather and lack
of provisions to put into Tobermory
bay. There Sir Lauchlane MacLean,
who, because of his feuds with his
neighbors, had been made "denounc-
ed rebel by King James of Scotland
formed an alliance with the Span
iards With the aid of a hundred sol
diers from the ship and of his own
war on neighboring clans for some
time.
At last he received message from
Capt Pereija requesting that the
Spanish soldiers be sent back at once,
as he was preparing for sea- At the
same time he heard that the pro-
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IMPORTANCE
:'2''Kf1YBE!;:!R!' PAS, Pass
0Qt1IzZ CO0QE1ACyZE1CO

at home and look after the cattle and
the scraggy gardens upon the gravel
ly hil1sides. The women are as hardy
and as enduring as the men, and are
taught to handle the rifle.
The British authorities are coufi
dent of the loyalty of the Afridis, and
believe that the present arrangements
would be absolutely safe in time of
war as it is in time of peace-that
they would permit no armed body,
whether Russians or Afghans, to
cross the pass without the consent of
both sides, as is provided by treaty
stipulation.
The arrangement is as effective as
it is novel, and the Afridis carry out
every detail conscientiously The pass
is open only two days in the week, ON
Tuesdays and Fridays. No one is per-
mitted to cross or even enter it from
either side except on those days. And
even then travellers, tourists and 9TH
ers actuated by curiosity are not al