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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-12-28
DEATHS DURING THE WEEK.
MR. MARTIN ASHER HALDEMAN.

Mr.. MARI A. Hsldeman died 2
his home near Union Church on SAT
nrday morning, thu 22d inst, after q
four mouths illness of tuberculoslf
a. ed 63 years. n was born and rear.
ed in the county near Bowlings Mil,
and for many years WAS engaged fel
in teaching. Several years ago he
gave up teaching and devoted his time
to farming, and not long ago purchas-
ed the old Sherman property near
Union church. He WINS brave Con-
| federate soldier and served in tie
Stonewall Brigade. He is survived by
his wife, who was before marriage
Miss Theodosia Fishburne. and the
following chiIdren-MessrS. Homer of
California, Craig A. of Washington,
ID. g., Mrs. O. G.. Daniels of North
Carolina, and Miss Mia and Master
Roy at home. He is also survived by
one brother, Mr.. Jacob Haldeman,
and one sister, Mrs NJ. Z. Hoy. The
funeral took place at Union church on
Monday, conducted by his pastor Rev.
J. M. Plowden.
MRS ]. W. McCAMBRIDGE.
Mrs. Mary McCambridge. wife of
Mr.. James w. McCambridge, died at
one o'clock Christmas morning at the
Kings Daughters hospital leaving her
husband and two daughters, Louise
and an infant. The funeral took place
from the residence on Sherwood ave-
nue. at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
the interment in ThornrOse.
Mrs. McCambridge was the only
daughter of Mr.. VIM. Anderson Of this
city, and was born near Brownsburg
In Rockbridge county, and was nearly
SO years of age. She was member Of
the First Presbyterian church of this
city. lovely wife and mother. and
friend, kind to the poor and |
to the distressed. Her neighbors and
friends will greatly miss her, and her
husband who Is blind, is bereft of bis |
loving and faithful compa-
MON.
Mrs. McCambridge is also survived |
by her father and by two brothers, Mr..
W. B. Anderson, of Richmond, who
arrived Tuesday, and Mr.. J. q. An
lerson of Fairmont, w. Va.
MRS. HETTIE ERWIN.
Mrl. Hettie Erwin, widow of Mr..
Milton Erwin. 81 years of age. died at
Ter home in Churchvilla on Christmas
lay The funeral took place from Loeb
Willow Presbyterian church there at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon and the in.
;erment was at Messy Greek near Mrs.
Erwin g old home where her husbands
.emains rest. Mrs. Erwin was Miss
Bear, an aunt of Mr.. Frank r. Bear of
ibis city. She leaves three daughters.
Mrs. VIM. Erwin, of Texas. Mrs. VIM.
Houston of Rockbridge, and Miss Kate
Erwin, who lived with her mother.
Mrs. Erwin was a faithful member OF
Loeb Willow church, and woman
highly esteemed.
MIR s B. PUGH
Mr.. Samuel b. Pugh died Christmas
afternoon at the residence of Mrs. +.
(. Alexander, aged about 80 years.
Mr.. Pugh had no relatives here, hav-
ng come here in the employ of the
Jhesa peake & Ohio railway and work.
ID faithfully for that Company as an
engineer for many years. He was a
Mason of high standing, and that Or
Ter, including the Templars and the
Blue Lodge, attended the funeral In a
body and laid the remains to rest with
the Masonic ceremony. The funeral
was held at o C lock Yesterday after
noon from the Baptist church, con
1ucted by the pastor, Rev. DIR. o. F.
Gregory.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-12-28

Mr.. Samuel Gompers makes the
charge that the petitions signed by
labor organizations urging the passage
OF the shil subsidy bill. that were
poured in upon Congress jlst before
the holidays, were obtained through
fraud
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-12-28

Escaped the Terrors of
\ Many Winters BY
- Using Pe-ru-na.

IN speaking of his good health and
L extreme old age, Mr.. Brock says:
"After man has lived in the world
as long as 1 have, he ought to have
found out great many things by ex-
perience. 1 think have done so.
zone of the things I have found
out to my entire satisfaction Is the
proper thing for ailments that
are due directly to the effects of
the climate. For III years have
wifhsfo0d the changeabIe climate
of the United STATES.
II have always been Q very healthy
man, but, of course, subject to the af-
fections which are due to sudden
changes in the climate and tempera-
ture. During my long life have known
| great many remedies for coughs, colds
and diarrhoea.
GAS for DR.. Harfman's remedy,
Peruna, 1 have found 1t to be the
best, If not the only, reliable REM
edy for these affections. 1t has
been my standby for many years,
and 4 attribute my good health
and extreme old age to this remedy.
at exactly meets all my require
ments. 1t protects me from the evil eff
fects Of sudden changes; 1t keeps in
good appetite; 1t gives me strength; it
keeps my blood in good circulation. I
have come to rely upon it almost en-
tirely for the many little things for
which need medicine.
"When epidemics of la grippe first
began to make their appearance in this
country 1 was q sufferer from this
disease.
'H had several long sieges with
the grip. At first did not know
that Peruna was q remedy for
this disease. When Iheard that
Ia grippe was epidemic cafarrh, /
tried Peruna for Ia grippe and
found 1t to be Just the thing"
In later letter, Mr.. Brock writes:
81 am we'll and feeling as well as +
have for years. The only thing that
bothers me is my sight. If could see
better l could walk all 'Sver the farm,
and 1t would do me good I would not
be without Peruna"
Yours truly,
dD11 @eM
When old age comes, it brings with
it catarrhal diseases. Systemic catarrh
is almost universal in old people. This
explains why Peruna has become 90
indispensable to maay old people.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-12-28
Notice to the Blind Of VIruIuIa.


Mrs Zieeler. philanthrOpic WON
an of New York, will soon publish a
Monthly Magazine in both the New
York and the Braille point type which
will be cent free to all blind persons of
Virginia who will send their addresses
to
WIN. A. BOWLES, Supt,
School for the Deaf and the Blind,
Staunton, Va.
All newspapers of the state would do
q great service to the blind by circulat-
ing the aoOve notice
There are also In the Virginia State
Library several hundred carefully Sc
lected New York Point Type bOOl 6
which can be borrowed by any blind
person Of Virginia and pass through
the mails free of postage.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-12-28
Mp~J MeM,

When old age comes, it brings with
it catarrhal diseases. Systemic catarrh
is almost universal in old people. This
explains why Peruna has become "a
indispensable to may old people.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-12-28
Commissioners Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of decree entered in the chan
Gerry cause of Geo. +. Smiths administra-
tor vs.. Zetta Smith, ct ais. by the Circuit
Court of Augusta county on the 18th day
of November, 1906. the undersigned, who
we're appointed special commissioners for
the purpose. will offer for sale at public
auction, in front of the county court house
in Staunton, Virginia, on
Saturday. January II. 1907. at II NJ.
the following valuable real estate, situated
in Augusta county, Virginia:
First-That valuable farm of which Geo.
F. Smith died seized and possessed. situs-
ted in Pastures District, Augusta county,
Virginia, containing 164 acres, and rs
square polls.
Second-A tract of land containing 55
acres, rood and SO poles, of which Geo.
F. Smith died seized and possessed, situa-
ted on the Calf Pasture River, in Augusta
Third-A tract of land containing IL
acres and "a poles, of which Geo. F. Smith,
died seized and possessed, situated on the
Calf Pasture River, in August county
Virginia.
Fourth-A tract of 4ls acres, roods and
"a poles of mountain land, situated on the
Little Calf Pasture River in Augusta coun-
ty, Virginia, of which said tract Geo. F.
Smith died seized and possessed.
Said several tracts of land will be Offer
ed separately, upon the following
TERMS-One-fourth of the purchase
money cash in hand on the day of sale,
/ and the balance in three equal instalments
payable in one, two and three years from
date of sale, with interest from date, evil
denced by the bonds of the purchaser,
waving the homestead exemption, with
good personal security, the title to the
land to be retained as ultimate secuaity.
JAS. BUMGARDNER, JR.,
JOS, A, GLASGOW.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-12-28

Special Commissioners.
l hereby certify that the bond required
of the Commissioners by decree of Novem-
Der 18th, 1906 in the cause of G. F. Smiths
admir-. VS., Smith. ct ais, has been duly
executed by Jos. A Glasgow. one of said
commissioners
Given under my hand this 18th day of
Dec. 1906.
Tes:e, JOS. B. WOODWARD.
12145t Dep. Clerk.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-12-28

hospital who took him at once to the
building where he received treatment
from DR.. Parkins. He was uncon
scious for several hours, but rallied
towards night, and is now out of
danger.
Clifton Forge Review: Mr.. J. b.
Wood, who for number of years has
served the q. & o. railway as agent at
Goshen, has accepted similar posi-
ton WITH the same company at Way
uesboro. Mr.. Wood will also look az
ter the business of the q SO. in Basic
City, a prosperous town adjoining
WaynesbOrO. His friends will be glad
to learn of his promotion, but at the
same time regret that be is to leave
GUshen, where be Is so we'll and favor
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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05
TO TALK ACROSS THE SEA

submarine cable 5000 miles in length
equipped at frequent Intervals with
electro magnets was practical impos.
sibility.
Seventeen years ago the French gov.
crnment tried some expensive expert
ments in the establishment of a sub
marine telephone between Marseilles
and Algiers. but it proved a complete
failure.
DR.. D'Unger believes he has solved
the difficulty by means of dual cur
rent. The 1900 miles Of cable is d.
vided into distances of 800 miles. sep
.arated by induction coils. The first
current flows through electric cover
ings surrounding iron cones, mag
netizing the cones. The second cur
rent impelled by the human voice
passes through these cones, which are
automatically transformed into electro
magnets The result Is a succession
of complete 300-mile currents by which
the sound waves may be carried unim-
paired in force any distance.
Experiments have been carried out
| by Dr. DUnger with model of his
apparatus, sending the current through
specially cOnSlTucteu Dun iepieoS-il
ing a resistance of $4,000 miles. These
experiments have proved complete
success. he asserts.
For over so years DR.. D'Unger has
| devoted his life to the investigation OF
electrical Phenomena. He has Prac-
ticed medicine in Chicago for IS years.
retiring from his profession some
years ago. He Is native of Maryland.
where he was born in 1925. being now
81 years old. but in appearance and
, energy he is really 20 years younger.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05

newed his suit vigorously and had I'M
questionably found favor in the come
ly widows eyes. 1t was in those
halcyon days that Poe told Mrs. Shell
ton she was his Lenore of The Ra'
VEN" Every one believed at the time
that they were engaged, and Mrs.
Shelton herself declared after the
poets death that there had been IAN
understanding" between them.
| found that William L. MontaGue's
directory of Richmond for 1852 gave
Mrs. Shelton as living on the IS. S.
Grace, between Twenty-fourth and
Twenty-ffth" streets. Buffers direc-
tory for 1855 gives her as then living
at Twenty-seventh and Grace streets.
Evidently between these dates she had
moved. l was unable, however, to To-
cate the house positively because res.
licences were not numbered at that
period.
In the midst of my investigations,
however. received a letter from Mrs.
]. II. Leftwich, of Milford, Va, daugh'
ter of Mrs. Shelton, which swept away
all doubt and located for me the exact
house. Mrs. Leftwich remembers the
residence well, for she was married
in It. She adds that she does not
think Poe ever saw the house further
up GRACE street to which her mother
later moved.
Sadler's restaurant. in which Poe's
life in Richmond really ended, stands
on Main street. diagonally across from
the Old Market.
Poe spent Sunday evening, Septem-
Der 80. at the residence of Miss Susan
Archer Talley. now Mrs. Weiss. That
night he slept at Duncan Lodge, home
of the MacKenzies, and the next
morning went into the city. That
evening he saw Mrs. Shelton, little
dreaming that it was for the last time,
and returning, dropped into the office
of Dr. John F. Carter to read the pa
pers. Presently he picked up DR.. Car
ter's cane. leaving his own. and went
across to Sadler's restaurant.
The closing chapter is known to all.
He was found insensible on the streets
| of Baltimore a few days later and died
/ Sunday, October Z, to sleep many
years in an unmarked grave. DIR. Car
[ ter, who is still living, tells me that
| some time after the poets death his
cane was returned to him
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05
SUBMARINE TELEPHONE INVENT.
ED BY A cHlcAGoAN.
Scientific Puzzle Said to Have Been
Solved at Last-Long Expert
mentins and investigation
Finally Successful.

Chicago-In another year the peo-
pie of Chicago will he able to carry on
conversation with the citizens of Lon
don or Paris should the sanguine ex-
pectations of Dr. Robert D'Unger, in
ventor OF a submarine telephone cable,
be realized. The invention for which
DR.. DUnger has secured a patent if
successful promises to create an era
in scientific advance equal to the dis
coyery of wireless telegraphy and of
equal benefit to humanity. A company
has been incorporated in New Jersey
and in North Dakota with a capital of
S30,000,000 to carry out the project I'M
der the title of the Electric Loop Gable
company and steps will be taken at
once to raise the necessary capital to
commence the laying of the cable from
New York to London.
For IS years electrical scientists of
the world have devoted their attention
to the solving of the problem of SUBJ
marine telephony, but one insurmount-
able obstacle always baffled them.
The undulating waves of the human
voice are only capable of impelling suf-
ficient electrical force to carry them a
few hundred miles. To project them
farther the only device hitherto known
was the electro magnet. and to lay a
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05

Our Domestic Trade.

apolis. Milwaukee. Duluth and Chicago
from August l. 1905, to July 81, 1905.
aggregated 1.490.s3O bushels. divided
into 99,l16.130 received at Minneapo-
lis. 7.540.O67 at Milwaukee, 37,790,I53
at Duluth and 27.043,SS0 at Chicago.
Corresponding arrivals at these cities
in 1904-5 amounted to 146,303,900 BUSH
els and in 1904 to 149,913,602 bush
els. At the markets of Toledo, st.
Louis. Detroit and Kansas City winter
wheat receipts during the month of
July totaled IL ,56O,444 bushels, against
12.29O.013 in July. 1905. and 5,635.239
in 1904
East bound trunk line movements OF
grain from Chicago and Chicago juno
ton points during July amounted to 81
$4,000 bushels, against 4,7S7,000 in
July, 1905. and 4, 100000 in 1904. For
the first seven months in 1906 similar
shipments aggregated 74,466,00e BUSH
els, more than 100000 in excess OF
corresponding movements in 1905 and
over 100000 greater than those in
1904.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05
One of John Browns Pixies.
Relic of Raid on Harpers Ferry In
1859 Preserved in Washington.

Washinston.-Th Ossawatomie eel
ebration in memory of John Brown
recalls that there is in this city relic
perhaps the only one of the kind in
cxistence-of the raid on Harpers
Ferry in 1859. 1t is an original John
Brown pike picked up at Harpers Fer
ny soon after the raid.
The pike was photographed some
years ago while in the possession OF
|. c. Slater of Washington. 1t belongs
TO ]. C. Owner of New York, formerly
Of Washington.
The pike is well preserved. The
handle is made of seasoned hickory
wood and is about seven feet long,
which, with the steel arrow-shaped
head. makes the pike about seven and
one-half feet Icing.
Tradition has it that John Brown
had his pixies made in Connecticut,
and proposed TO arm the negro slaves
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05
NEW HEAD OF GERMAN NAVY.

Berlin.-Prince Henry of Prussia.
who has been made commandments
chief of all the German squadrons in
active service. is a sailor prince OF the
empire and the only surviving brother
II Kaiser Wilhelm. He was born
i.ugus. IA. 1862, in Potsdam. and while
but a mere boy learned the rough and
practical work of sailor. 1t is said
that through merit alone he has been
advanced to the various naval grades.
In disposition Prince Henry is pleas
ant and jovIal; he has a great dislike
of court etiquette and POSSESSES a pc
crliar charm of manner which Re Us.
playcl to advantage while ~ Chicago
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05

Richmond. Va.-Two houses stand
in this city to-day which are of intense
interest to every student of Poe. / To-
Gated both recently while making a
special study of Poes life in Rich
mond. One is no other than the home
of the Lost Lenore" of the Raven"
the other is Sadler's restaurant. in
which Poe spent his last evening in
Richmond and where possibly he took
the first drink which led to his death
few days later in Baltimore.
The lady who claimed that Poe told
her she was the "Lenore of the
Raven" was Miss Sarah Elmira Roys-
ter. afterward Mrs. Shelton. She was
Familiarity called "Poe's Lenore" to the
day of her death. She was Poe's first
sweetheart.
This and the sacred passion for
Mrs. Jane Stith Stanard, the Helen of
his beautiful lines, were the great
fires of Poes youth.
He met Miss Register in the spring
of 1925. when under a special tutor he
was preparing to enter the University
of Virginia in February of the next
year.
the last time, in the summer of 1919,
Mrs. Shelton was a widow. The at
tachment of earlier years was re-
newed. Mrs. Shelton herself has Civ
en- graphic account of this first meet
| ing.
Il was ready to go to church." she
says, when servant entered and
told me that a gentleman in the parlor
wished to see me. | went down and
was amazed at seeing Mr.. Poe.
knew him Immediately. He came up
| to me in the most enthusiastic man
I ner and said. oh. Elmira, is 1t you?
l then told him that l was go
/ ing to church. | never let anything in
| terfere with that, and that he must
call again. When he did call
again he renewed his addresses.
| laughed; he looked very serious and
! said he was in earnest and had been
| thinking about 1t for a long time
| When | found he was quite serious
became serious also. and told him that
| II he would not accept positive refusal
he must at least give me time to con
! slider He answered that love that
hesitated was not love for him.
The now famous poet had thus re
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05
SHOWS INCREASE FOR FIRST
SEVEN MONTHS OF YEAR.
Interesting Statistics Made Public by
the Department of Commerce and
Labor-Grain Receipts at
CHICAGO

Washington.-Dome trade move
ments in July and for the first seven
mon;h his of the current year. show, in
the aggregate. decided gains over cor
responding activities in either of the
two Immediately preceding years. ac-
cording to reports received by the de-
partment of commerce and labor
through its bureau of statistics.
Grain receipts at 15 interior primary
markets during July amounted to o.
444, 247 bushels, over S,OOO,O0o In ex-
cess of corresponding movements in
1905, and nearly 30,000,00O greater
than those for 1904 Wheat arrivals
show the heaviest gains when COM
pared with the 1905 movements. the
receipts having amounted to 3OOl6,-
ia bushels. against corresponding
movement in July, 1905. of 2O,926.Ss3
bushels.
During the first seven months OF the
present year arrivals of grain at Chi
cago aggregated 1874 .117.s76 bushels. at
Minneapolis. G1,145.310; at st. Louis,
43,74O,267; at Kansas City. 29,266. 500;
at Omaha. 22,5 500; at Peoria. ~
27S,6O0; at Milwaukee. 20,474,S7I; at
Duluth, 100000; at Louisville. 49,
110.059; at Cincinnati. 11.3O3,O91; at
Cleveland, 1O.647.3s at Toledo. I'LL
$50; at Detroit. 7.604.151; at Indianap-
oils, 5,7S7,S25, and at Little Rock. D.
10000, total of 401.1S7,91S bushels,
in contrast with 342 .496.515 received
during the corresponding months In
1905 and 322 ,S2s.473 in 1904. AS COM
pared with 1905 receipts of all the
markets specified. with the exception
Of Chicago and Toledo. shoy cd gains.
Rseeipts of spring wheat at Name
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05
Four Hour Day for Monkeys Now.

Kenosha, Visa monkeys union
may not be a possibility, but in the fu-
ture monkeys who come to Kenosha
with vagrant organ grinders will not
be allowed to work more than four
hours day. The other day two Ital-
ians were in the city and kept two
monkeys dancing on the streets until
they fell from exhaustion. The agent
of the humane society is now seeking
to arrest the Italians. but they have
left the city.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05
THE SACRIFICE OF GEN. BELL.

In sacrificing promotion to the rank ol
major general in order that friend may nave the
of staff of the army, has done an act uniaraeieu
in niagnanimity and generosity in American mill
tary records
Brig Gen. Jesse NJ. Lee. civil war veteran
the only left among the higher omcers oi
the army. is to be retired by law early next Jahu-
arv There was n vacancy among the major gem
erals when Lieut.. Gen. Corbn retired the other
day and Mai Gen. Macarthur was promoted to
succeed him.
Under the usual operation of the regulations
Gen. Bell would have been advanced to fill the
vacancy, thus giving him rank equal to that of
any other officer assigned to departmental duty at
Washington. a condition extremely desirable.
hut Bell stepped aside in favor of Gen Lee so
that the latter might retire with the higher rank.
record. but has always refused to allow infuent
hasten his promotion.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05
Monster California Vineyard.

Sunny Slope, Cal. enjoys the dis.
tinction OF being the largest vineyard
in the world. 1t is situated amidst
the most beautiful scenery of that IA
vored land. two miles from San Ga.
briel. OF total of 1909 acres. 1856
are devoted to grape vines. the re-
mainder being distributed among or.
ance, lemon and olive trees.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-05
BELL RINGING MAY BE SUPPRESSED.

Shall church bells continue to peal in the
national capital in the good old times, or shall
they be suppressed, is question which the dis
trict commissioners have decided to take up FOL
serious consideration, and all interested in II
pro and con have been requested submit their
views.
The Koran says that bells hang on the trees
of Paradise and set in motion by wind from
the throne of God often the blessed wish
for music
Many of the Christian churches of Washing
ton have dispensed with steepe bells and now
nervous citizens complaining that their
peace and comfort disturbed by those that
remain.
Commissioner MacFarland who is himself
prominent in church affairs, has taken the initia'
tive of bringing the issue for decision. He be-
, he notice regulations prohibiting noises,