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The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-14
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Jevelry Protection.


 SThe general public is not aware oi .no carefully worked out system by WHICH the large jewelry houses continue " protect their splendid wares long ai'e. these have been sold and passed ou' of their hands," said detec.i'o' discussing daring modern burgiaries' Most large establishments dealing ~ precious metals and gems have ca,e fully organized and very efficient ue tective system, which makes It easy for a patron to recover stolen goous without charge and with little or no delay in the institution of the searen, In the safes of these large jewel nouses are minute descriptions oFevery pee. of valuable jewelry which goes ous from the establishment Each picee is numbered too. When the gePs a.e missed the patron telephones the snvp in which the articles were purchaseu. At once a special detective, thorousna acquainted with the business in nanu and armed with detailed descrip.'ua of the jeweiry. is hurried to the soeto .o of action. This is without expense V the client"-Chicago Inter ocean
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A Woman Governor.

Queens have ruled many nations, but Pennsylvania is the only one of the United States that ever had a woman for governor. A passage unearthed from Armor's Governors of Pennsyl- vania." page f26, says:
 "On the 30th of July, 171S William Penn died, at the age of seventy-four. By his will his wife, Hannah, was made his sole executrix and assumed the management of colonial affairs, ex- ecuing this difficult task with rare tact and business capacity. She be- came,' says Watson. in effect our gov ernor, ruling us by her deputies or lieutenant governors during all the term of her children's minority"
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POOR OLD JEFF

The entire trust speech of Sen ator Jeff Davis of Arkansas has been printed in the congression- al Record of May 2. It is doubt ful if the fearful and wonderful document is to be found in full in any other publication, since newspapers are careful to avoid a waste of space.
 \o adt'1tsS in recent years has b"en moro pitiable than this Ha- wis trust speech. It is a mass of laundering phrase, a mess ol words. a experimentation of Offen- fensive utterance. From end tC end the speech is weak in con- struction, maudlin in sentiment guiltless of logical reasoning. Ii is doub1m' fl T speech as bad as this ol" ne ever sounded forth in the halls of Congress sand this is ~n., ,lnr q good deal
 Ttrr was nope that Senato' Davis wouId absorb some of the dignity and the wisdom of tht Senate. Tillman did. Peffer did very uldH " liD HdS tNci iidb : place in that august body ha' been helped into some of it's bet ter graces Not so with Davis He is rough, but not a diamond He will be a long time in taking the polish that is necessary tC ordinary senatorial bushes deal ings.
 With Davis in the Senate, tht fame of Arkansas is not helped If Jeff will consent to keep quiet for two or three years, reservine his strength and undoubted men tai and physical vigor for a req occasion, there is a chance. bare chance that something will come of him, but as the matter now stands the state of Arkansas has at least one very poor press agent at the national capitol Exchange.
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OeceitfuI.

Men are queer animals" said the pessimist "They are all more or less deceitful."
 "Oh. l don't believe thatw replied the optimist 'I think there are plenty Of people who strive to be honest I know do. and don't give myself credit for being any better than the majority of men,"
 Then why do you ask me how my health is every time we meet and stand around and look bored if I tell your'
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Dubbs and gnashed his teeth. That was the last he saw of her.
 About the time Birmingham got on uniform and wished Genevieve could see him he received a note from her "Oh. how can forgive myself for making such mistake when I decided between you and Elihu? didn't know then that loved him and that my Keeling for you was friendship. have 1t least healed the wound I gave him We are engaged
 ANNIE STONE SYKES.
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Holdinq His Job.

T think the man who works at that place across the street is the most faithful and conscientious workman ever saw. He never takes a holiday and always labors away till it's too dark to see any longer"
 Faithful workman! Great Scottl He's the proprietor of the shopw- Chicago Tribune.
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Permanent.

Bride of Some Months-My tempers you say are trying.
 He-At times.
 T would not have you worn out with them. If you cared to be releas- ed from"-
 "oh, no; not at all; not a minute. l don't feel so even when I am cross I'm no ninety day volunteer. enlist. ed for the war."-Life.
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The Preside DipIomat.

q don't want to be nagging at you" Mrs. Marryat began, "but it's the little things that bother me most'-
 "Ah!' interrupted her husband sweet iy. q suppose you're going to tell me you haven't decent pair of shoes."- Philadelphia Press.
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Not Disappointed.

"A young friend of mine," remarked q humorist "got married last month. He said to me the other day:
 When l married Mamie thought sne was an angel But he added, T soon found out my mistake
 "Disappointedr asked.
 Disappointed? Nitr he cried. T round she was good cook.'"
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Homemade.

We are told to cast our bread upon the waters" said young wife.
 But don't you do it." replied her husband. "A vessel might run against 1t and get wre~AsL"-Simplicissimus
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Doubly Excitinq.

Dorothy always begins a novel in the middle"
 Whats that for?"
 "Why, then she has two problems to be excited overflow the story will end and how it will begin."
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
Wed After MidnIqht.

There was quite romantic MARI
age 1T the First Baptist parsonage in
Charlottesville at 2 O'Clock Christmas
morning, the contracting parties be-
ing Mr.. Leonard W. Bunch, of Abe
merle, and Miss Myrtle Chandler, Of
that city.
Miss Chan dler was a saleswOman in
q down town store, and last Christmas
received prize for the large amount of
sales credited to her account. Having
set her mind to the achievement of
this distinction again this season, she
was unwilling to fOrego the satisfac-
tiOn by giving up business before a
very late hour chris tmas Eve, even
though her marriage was set for that
evening. The groom therefore engag-
ed the services of DR.. John B. Turpin
to receive them at the parsonage at II
O'Clock Tuesday night In the mean
while several friends, who accidentally
heard of the unexpected matrimonial
event. dropped in SO as to afford a
surprise when the young couple should
arrive. The joke came very near be-
ing turned on them, however, as two
hours elapsed before the bridal party
came in. And the W small hours oil
Christmas morn had come before tn,
marriage was consummated.
The brides parents live in Augusts
county, where she was born. She ani
her young husband will spend the hol
iday here before returning to max,
their home in that city.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
OUR ROTTEN MAIL SERVICE

II the G. & o. Ry. is to carry mails
from the North into this community,
the Government ought to see that it
does SO in some decent sort of way or
quit the job entirely. The present SER
vice which delivers letter mail and
Northern papers here through the
week at practically p. M. SO late that
they cannot be distributed until the
next day, is such violation of every
right this community has to decent
mail service that patience has ceased
to be a virtue. No community doing
the business this one does We venture
anywhere in the United States is thus
treated. The government can and
should force better facilities. 1t Is
practically impossible to do business
under the circumstances. The idea OF
q letter being mailed in Charlottesville
at 6 O'Clock in the morning not being
delivered bY the carriers in StauntOn
until 8 or o'clock the next morning
and this being caused by our present
railroad schedule is almost beyond be-
lief. But it Is so.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
"EOUCATION IN The SOUTH"

The aShlDgGOn TOSt I'D It's issue VI
Dec 23d, prints an editorial on "Edu-
cation in the South Ii is funny how
the Southern States can get no credit
for what they do, except it all
come through the National Republican
party. The Post tells sad tale of
conditions down here prior to and at
the close of the war. 1t says in part:
To any one who traversed the South
ern country just after the close OF the
civil war anything like prosperity
seemed to have disappeared forever. 1t
is well known that even before the
war broke out conditions were well
nigh hopeless. Slavery, from an eco
nomic point of view, was failure and
a curse, and the fertility OF the soil
was we'll nigh exhausted. Then came
the devastation and destruction of
war, and before the smltten people
could look about them the blight of
reconstruction followed. Naturally,
under such circumstances, recupera-
ton was slow, but with the return OF
confidence brought about by Mck1n-
ley 3 election the whole country TOOK
help feeling the impulse.
Any one knowing anything really
about the South and NOT writing pure
ly from imagination, ought to know
that the election of Mckinley and that
rot about a wonderful restoration Of
confidence, had no more TO do with
education in the South than it had to
do with the stripes on r ccoOns tall,
The schools of the South have pros
pered, but McKinley's election nor the
restoration of confidence turned the
trick. It is wonderful with the inter-
nal revenue taxes heaped on Southern
products, the protective tariff rObbing
her in every conceivable way, with the
same bitter hatred existing toward her
in many parts of the North, that has
existed since Massachusetts, sold her
last slaves, and then grew virtuous,
that she las prospered But she has
in spite of it all, but for God g sake
| when she does prosper keep Mckinley
! and prosperity land restored confidence
out Of it, for to hear of that suggests
Mark Hama, and the name Of Marx
Hanna reminds us Of corruption cam
paign Doodle. and the mention Of Cam
paigu corruption Doodle reminds us
that the moral tone of some of ouI
people and of our press aud our insti
tutions was lowered thereb J, and das
tardly and dirty idea forced i'll on US ir
that campaign that money is every
thing, integrity nothing.
We hope the Post will not mix th'
education of the South up again witt
Mckinney and confidence, and Mari
Hanna, aud his corruption fund, espec
tally since hunks of that went into I'd
pockets of some of cur leading wOul'
be educational journals and still be
smirches them, for they can neve
wash it off.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
A State Revival.

A special sent out from Kansas City,
recently saye:
"Kansas for Christi is to be the
slogan in an evaBgelistic campaign
that is to be pushed sim III aneously in
every county of Kansas this year.
Hundreds OF preachers of various de
nominations together with numerous
evangelists, are to hold revivals.
An entire year will be spent in the
move ment, and AL effort is to be made
to demonstrate to the whole country
what may be accomplished in concert
ed religious work carried forward on
strictly business lines The great
revival is to be under the direct leader
ship of Rev. William Edward Bieder
wolf, who planned it.
The undertaking will be subject to
the general supervision of board of
two preachers and two laymen from
each denomination. This body which
has already been organized. with 10
denominations represented, has select.
cd Edward E Taylor, of Philadelphia,
as secretary.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03

out entirely, Ill so far as the carrier
service IN Staunton is concerned and
we would not feel its loss. If anybt dy
with any power, or any disposition to
right such an outrage on community
will take the matter up at Washington
certainly something can be done. AS
it is we are simply at the mercy of a
railroad which has never shown any
love for the section in which we live,
and was never known to do anything
for it except under pressure. We hope
our representatives in Congress have
not forgotten our existence and Will
test the question of Uncle Sam s abil
ity to right such a wrong.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
Pleasantly Entertained.

Monday evening Chief of Police K
M. Lipscomb entertained the members
Of the force at supper given at
o'clock at his home on Frederick. All
Of the officers we're present as follows:
Messrs E. G.. Robertson, w. l.. Pal
mer, M. H Sutton. E F. Criddle, j.
II. LuptOn, Jr., j. P. Floyd. Peyton
Hutchlns. and Capt. w. NJ. Simpson.
Aside from wishing to entertain the
force and to show his appreciation fer
their CO operation and support, the
chief also desires to promote social
and kindly spirit among the officers.
He gave them sumptuous spread
Of turkey, ham. pOssum and other
substantial edibles with refreshmen
of ice cream and cake
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
WHO'S YOUR MAN2

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Staunton Dispatch, speaking of the
nomination of VIM. J. Bryan which
1t opposes, of course. says in part:
"Why not east about for some demo
GRAFT whom the Bryan people and the
anti Bryan people Can support with
enthusiasm, come man who has not
been party to any of the democratic
dissensiOns, but VINO is representative
stands today? There are such men,
not one but many. The democratic
party may succeed with one such, IL
cannot possibly succeed with any
other"
In vain have we asked those contem.
poraries which have prOfessed Democ
racy, but which have opposed Mr..
Bryan, where is such man? Where
is there one whom 1.-THE Bryan people
and the anti-Bryan people can sup
portp" We have asked and asked in
vain. In 1904 they were given free
hand to name such, they named Judge
Parker of New York. He was the
result of their wisdom, the product
of the deliberations of the safe and
sane" element of the Democratic par
ty which undertook with So much
gusto to save the nation. and in the
language of Senator Daniel announc
ed that sit had grown tired of defeat
and now intended to nominate some
body it could elect How do those
who compose the anti Bryan element y
in the Democratic party have the face
to again try to dictate whom the reg
ulars shall support? 1t seems to us
that that branch of the party considers
itself The Party, and those who have
never bolted are expected to arrange
things to suit them. For our part we
have swallowed all the Parkers we are
going to swallow. We would rather
be beaten with VIM. j. Bryan as the
candidate than any other living man.
We may be beaten with him, We are
bound to be beaten without him. We
know In Virginia the Ring is against
Bryan. But they have always been
so. In addition we suppose the same
conditions which prevailed in 1896 will
be repeated. But if we are going
down to defeat we intend going with
fiy1ng colors and not following the
lead of some spurious Democrat put
up to please spurious Democrats.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
WANTED-MORE FLUNKEYISM.

There is some criticism of Congress
because 1t has not created a few more
toplofty titles for tinsel wearers, and
strutters with sword and buckler in
our navy, in the shape VICE, instead
of plain rear admirals. The principal
reason SO far given as to why this
should be done is that when our fleet
arrives some where, or no where, pos
sibly little chap commanding one or
two vessels of some other nation not
half SO mighty as ours, will outrank
our fleet commander, the great Bob
Evans-the little fellow being under
the organization of the navy of the
little fellow g country a VICE Admiral,
when our own Bob Evans is only a
poor, measely, weasened, shrivelled
REAR Admiral. Some how we never
could quite keep up with foreigners
In f1unkeylsm, much of which is shown
in titles ne Dukes. Counts, Lords.
Barons, and the like. The same idea
which suggests the unsavory sounding
word, vice, before the title of admiral
Ia word no doubt which would be be-
fitting to some of them) so that the
naval pigmies of other nations may
not outshine the pigmies of our navy,
ought to suggest that our ambassadors
and other functiOnaries to foreign
courts and countries be ornamented
with some handles to their names, Or
high sounding titles of Office, because
as sure as fate they will be despised if
they are not SO honOred. The same
turnkey idea abroad which suggests
the word Vice, for Bob Evans title at
homes so that Bob may be as big in the
fiunkey's eyes as the other fellow,
when he hobs up at Rio de Janeiro or
some other port. where officers are es-
timated only by the high sound of
their title, the quantity of chicken
feathers in their headgeaIs, and the
tinsel on their garments, will hold
them in the same scorn and contempt
that the funkeYs in this country re-
gard them, ON account of the word
VICE not preceding official titles by act
Of Congress. If we have the men we
can we'll dispense with the titles. At
present Bob Evans has as much title
as be deserves.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
Dun's Weekly Trade Review.

r G Dnu & Co. weekly review of
trade issued Saturday says:
Holiday trade was very heavy dur
ing the last few days before Christmas,
raising the total for the season above
expectations, although comparisons
with last years figures are unfavorable
at most points. Dry goods jobbers
stimulated trade by special clearance
sales.
The banks furnished currency more
readily for pay rolls, but little I'M
provement is recorded in mercantile
collections More wage earners are
unemployed than at any previous time
this year, yet many factories and mills
announce resumption early in 1908.
Textile production has been curtail-
ed etill further through concerted &C.
ton by the New England spinners, aud
diminished output together with alb
ssnce of any efforts to force sales has
sustained quotations. 1t is still the
fundamental factor that buyers in the
primary market are not in position to
operate beyond current needs on &C
count of difficulty in securing financial
accommodation, although advices from
the west testify to some improvement
In this respect.
Apathy continues in the export
division, conditions in China having
become less satisfactory. No increase
has occurred in the movement of new
lines of woolens, and many descrlp-
tiops are still held back. 1t is expect
ed that more interest will be shown
after January 1. There is still much
uncertainty as to the grades that will
attract attention, but sentiment favors
the cheaper heavyweight woolens.
The year draws to a close with
brighter prospects for spring bust ness
in footwear than have been seen for
several months.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
TO OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS-.

We would like to call the attention
of our two Senators and any one or all
of our ten Congressman to the mail
facilities accorded all that territory
along the c. & y. Railway from Char
lottesville west to COvington, and Of
course especially to Stanton. By the
present schedule over that railway
Richmond, Washington and Baltimore
mail reaches Staunton at 3 SO p. M,
provided the train is on time, which
does not happen always. Before this
mail is in the P. U. and distributed it
may be 6 clock. This season of the
year It would be unwise to attempt to
send it out by the carriers then. because
that is long after dark. The result is
that letter mailed IN Charlottesville
to Stanton any time during the bus
mess hours of day, is not delivered
in StauntOn until the next morning.
say between 8 and 9 O'Clock, and
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
, and New York papers are not deliver
ed through the mails in Staunton I'M
! til between and o'clock of the next
, day after they are printed, and the
same condition prevails throughout
the whole of the territory lying be
tween Charlottesville and COvington,
! and the community thus served must
embrace population Of from 25 to
80 900. We venture to say that moth
ing like this exists in any civilized
territory other than ours in the broad
limits of the United States. Such a
schedule as the G. s. y. maintains is
practically worthless. The train ar.
irving here at so p. m. could be cut
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
Eclipse of Sun Due Today.

An eclipse of the sun will occur to-
day according to a dispatch from
Washington, and will be partially visi-
BILE In the Southern States and on the
Western coast of America. The
eclipse will be total at Flint island in
the Pacific and will be observed by a
party from the Lick Observatory in
charge of w. w. Campbell who have
already been conveyed to the island
from Tahiti aboard the Uni ed States
ship Annapolis. In the United States
the eclipse will be visible just about
sunset and it's duration will be short
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
Rank F00IIshness.

"When attacked by a cough or cold,
or when your throat is sore, it is rank
foolishness to take any other medicine
than DR.. Kings New Discovery, says
G. .. Eldridge, of Empire, Ga. II have
used New Discovery seven years and I
know it is the best remedy on earth
for coughs and colds. Group, and all
throat and lung troubles. My children
are subject to Group, but New DiscOv-
cry quickly cures every attack
Known the world over as the King of
throat and lung remedies. Sold under
guarantee at b. F. Hughes drug
store. soc and 81. Trial bottle free.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-01-03
THE 3. & o. CUTS OFF A HEAD.

"Tom" Fitzgerald, for Al years con-
nected with the b. & o. Ry. and for
some years its General Manager, has
been squeezed out. He follows the
beaten path. He had grown bit too
old, and like the old horse be has been
turned out to die. The occurrence has
caused more feeling than anything that
has happened for a long time with that
corporation. We have never felt very
easy since the Terra Gotta wreck when
riding on that road. and just now we
would be slow to risk our necks on it,
at least until the feeling engendered by
the q ueezing out of old man Tom has
subsidized. Look out for trouble by
deraiIments and collisions.