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% tttunton % yectatot, Editor anca. IPro-prietox. TERMS, $2.00 A YEAR. f%y Remittances should be made by check, 'Iraft, postal order, or registered letter. PRUPI-'SSHINAI.. /lAKTEH BRAXTON. Vj ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW, No. 23 8, Augusta St. Special attention given to collections. CR, W. BARNES). ATT( IKNBY-AT- La W, N0.!4 West Main Street, sept 27-tf Staunton, Va. Y\7 -I. LANDES. VV . ATTOKNEY-AT-I.AW, STAUNTON, VA. No. 2, Court House Square. awe »-tf HUGHG. KICHBLBEROKK. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Staunton", Va. jap"Prompt attention to collections. \LEX. I". UOBERTSON, ATTORN E Y-AT- I,A W, STAUNTON, VA. Office No. 4 Lawyers' Kow, in rear of Court house. DR. I>. A. BUCHEK DENTIST. Office in Crowle Building, Room 25. 3rd floor Office hours from 9 A, M. to 6 P. M. may 27 R. S. Turk. Henry W. Holt. TUKK & IIOtT, ATTORN E YS-AT- LAW, No. 8 Lawyers' Row, Staunton, Va. J A. ALEXANDER. . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, No. 6, Court House Alley Staunton, Va. mar 12-tf JM. QDARLES. . 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Prompt attention given to all legal business entrusted to him, in State or Federal Courts. lune l-tf j T> E. R. NELSON, Attornev-at-Law and Commissioner"in Chancery. OFFICE No. 10 LAWYERS' KOW, -an 4-tf STAUNTON, VA. ,f 1 EORGE M. HARRISON, VT ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, STAUNTON, VA. Offers his professional services to the public generally. Will practice'a all the courts held in the city of Staunton and Augusta county; attend regularly th" Circuit Courts of Rock bridge and Alleghany counties and practice in the Court of Anneals at Staunton. dec j * C. BKAXTON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR OFFICE.—CrowIk Bcilding opposite Y. M. C. A. Special attention given to corporation aud real-estate law. Having closed up all outside business, which for a year or two interrupted my regular law practice, I am now enabled to, and shall, from ithis time, give my undivideel time and axclu sive attention to the law; and to such persons as my entrust me with their litigation, I prom ise my best efforts and such ability as 1 may possess. Jan IS-tf WM. A. FRAZEER. M. D. Practice limited to the EYE, EAR, NOSE & THROAT Formerly Consulting Oculist and Aurist to the St. Louis City Hospital, and Surgeon in charge of the Missouri Eye aud Ear Inflrmary, St. Louis. Office:—Over Augusta Nat'l Bank, Staun ton, Va. Hou rs. C A. M. till 1 P. M.: 3 P. M. till SP. M. march 9-lvr HENGH&DROMSOLD'S SAWMiLL»EN6.NES A wonderful improvement In Friction Feeds nnd Gift-Back. Back motion of Carriage three times as fust as any other in the market. Friction Clntcli Feed, causing all the feed {rearing to stand still while backing, tirv.it sa vine iv power nnd wear. Write for circulars and prices; furnished firm upon application. Also Spring Tooth Har rows, Hay ItaUcs. Cultivators, Corn Plant ers, Shellers, etc. Mention this paper. HENCH & DRGMGOLD, Manfrs., YORK. PA. Jan 8± 3mos Whatis Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing* Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by Millions of Mothers* Castoria is the Children's Panacea —the Mother's Friend. Castoria. Castoria. "Castoria isso well adapted to children that Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, I recommend it as superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, known to me." H. A. Arc-her, M. D., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di -111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. " The use of 'Castoria' is so universal and ~~ its merits so well known that it Bc-ms a work .. For geverai Tears I have recommended of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the your . castoria,' and shall always continuo to intelligent families who do not keep Castoria do so as it has invariably produced beneficial within easy reach." results." Carlos Minimi, D. D„ Edwin F. Pardee, M. D., New York City. 125 th Street and 7th Aye., New York (Sty. The Cehtadb Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City Stantittfti VOL. 71. ~^S*\ The Old Friend And the best friend, that never fails you, is Simmons Liver Regu lator, (the Red Z) —that's what you near at the mention of this excellent Liver medicine, and people should not be persuaded that anything else will do. It is the King of Liver Medi cines; is better than pills, and takes the place of Quinine and Calomel. It acts directly on the Liver, Kidneys and Bowels and gives new life to the whole sys tem. This is the medicine you want. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken i dry or made into a tea. •J-EVEKY PACKAGE'S* Hat the Z Stamp In red on -wrapper. J. H. ZKIiaN & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. I fuse2B lv. I I Hours for Arrival and Closing of Mails at Staun ton Postoffice. AEIIIVE. i BY C. AND O. RAILROAD. 1 r> ii. in. from north, south, east and west. 9.15 a. m. from west. 2.30 p. m. from Clifton Forge and intermediate points, ll..">e'. a. 111. from Kichmond and intermediate points. 6.45 p. m. from north, east and south. BY B. AND O. 7.01 a. m. from Lexington aud Intermediate points. 1.40 p. m. from the north. 6.45 p. m. from tlie north, Harper's Ferry and intermediate points. STAR ROUTES. 7 a. m. from Plunkettsville, daily except Sun day. 10 a. m. from Mt. Meridian, daily except Sun day. sp. m. from Middlebrook, daily except Sun day. 5.30 p. m. from Monterey, daily except Sunday. CLOSE. FOR B. AND O. 6.30 a. m. for Lexington, Harper's Ferry and points north. • 11.25 a. m. for Harrisonburg, Woodstock and points north. 1.10 p. ni. for Lexington. 4.00 p. m. for Fort Defiance. 6.00 p. m. for Lexington and intermediate points. kok c. AND o. 8.45 a. m. nnd 2 p. m. for north, east, south. H.OU p. in. for east, north, south and west. 11.25 a. m. for Clifton Forge and intermediate points. 6.00 p. m. for the west. STAR ROUTES—DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. 5.30 a. m. for Monterey. I 6.00 a. m. for Middlebrook. 1.00 p. m. for Mt. Meridian. 6.15 p. m. for Plunkettsville. 12.30 p. in. for Mt. Solon, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. STAUNTON OFFICE Opens 7a. in., closes 7p. m. Money order and registry business opens at 8 a. m., closes 6 p. in W. T. McCUE. P. M. REMOVAL OF THE LADIES AND GENTLEMENS' RESTAURANT! o The undersigned have removed their Ladies and Gentlemen's Restaurant to the Hurley Building on the corner of Main and Lewis Streets, where they hope their old patrons will call upon them as heretofore as they will be better prepared to accommodate them. They will take regular boarders, to a number of whom they can furnish lodging or rent rooms as well as board at cheap rates. Kemember the place—Hurley Bullelir.g, second story, corner Main and Lewis Streets. MARGARET & LUCY CAUTIIOKN. feb 3rd Virginia Hotel STAUNTON, VA. ;J. C. SCHEFFER. - Proprietor Refurnished and Refitted Throughout. The Restaurant ! In connection with the hotel is always supplied with the best, the very best, the market affords j Steamed Oyster and Chafing'; Dish Stews a Specialty A First-Class Meal for2s Cts. j Finest Cafe in the City. April 5, '93 IPSWICH. In Ipswich nights are cool and fair. And the voice that comes from the yonder sea Sings to the quaint old mansions there Of "the time, the time that used to be." And the quaint old mansions rock and groan. And they seem to say in an undertone. With half a sigh and half a moan— "It was, but it never again will be." in Ipswich witches weave at night Their magic spells with impish glee. They shriek and laugh in their demon flight From the old Maine House to the frightened sea. And ghosts of old come ou« to weep Over the town that is fast asleep, And they sob and they wail us on they creep— "It was, but it never again will be." in Ipswich rise th Heart Break hill Over against the calling sea. And through the night so deep and chill Watcheth a maiden constantly; Watcheth alone, nor seemn to hear. Over the roar of &a waves a HOT. The pitiful cry of a farofr j ear— "It was, but it never again will be." In Ipswich once a witch I knew— An artless Saxon witch was she. By that flaxen hair and those eyes of blue. Sweet was the spell she cast on me. Alas! but the years have wrought me ill. And the heart that is old and battered and . chill fc'eeketh again on Heart Break hill What was, but never again can be. Dear Anna, I would not conjure down The ghost that cometh to solace me. I love to think of old Ipswich town. Where somewhat better than friends were we. For with every thought of the dear old place Cometh again the tender grace Of a Saxon witch's pretty face As it was and is and ever shall be. —Eugene Field in Chicago Record. HOW SHE ELOPED. The first time I ever saw Mollie she was hanging out the clothes on Monday morning. No. 47 was going along pretty lively through the outskirts of a little farming town that lay next to the one where our trip ended. I had often no ticed the farmhouse. This morning I saw a young girl come out of the green side , door with a basket of clothes. "Hard pull that for a young one," says I to myself and took another look at her. ' She had on some kind of a blue frock, with the sleeves rolled up, and her hair was brown, shining goldlike in the sun as she bent to the basket now on the ground and drew out a sheet and began to put it on the line. Well, p'raps you wouldn't believe it, sir, but I kept thinking about the girl all day, and when I made my return trip I stared with all my might at the clothes hanging there. But they just flapped back, kind of disdainful, and I didn't catch a glimpse of what I wanted to see. I was making then a round trip and a half a day, so I staid every other night in Chewboro, the town next that in which my girl in blue lived. Well, that being my Chewborn even ing, I walked six miles and back to pass the old gray farmhouse. I saw her, too, for as I was sitting on the stone wall opposite the house rest ing and speculating as to who she was she came to the window and looked out at the moon. All the next day I kept thinking how pretty she looked with her arms raised to hang the sheet, and how the light glistened on her hair, and how she had leaned forward to look up at the moon, and that night—that was my Boston night—l spent in rescuing her from the coils of a boa constrictor, only to find her the next minute in danger of being crushed by a freight car. The heroic acts I performed that night would make a volume. The next day, on my second trip, 1 thought I caught a glimpse of that blue gown flying around a corner. Says Ito myself: "This thing must stop, Sam, or you'll be getting into trouble some day. You'll be forgetting to slow up over that tres tle, and there'll bo big headlines in tho paper, 'Owing to the Carelessness of the Engineer a Score of Souls Hurled Into Eternity!' "No," says I, "this w*on't do. Either the girl's worth fretting about or she ain't, and best thing for you to do, Sam, is to find out which right off." So that evening at supper I opened kinder gently with the landlady. "Good farming country round here,' says I. You see, I hadn't been on that branch very long, so the remark seemed natural enough. "Dm," says Mrs. Grubb, hard at work on a piece of beefsteak to set a good ex ample to the boarders. "I notice some fine trees along by Chewboro," says I, mentioning the town where my blue girl lived. "Urn," from the landlady, again hard at work. "There's one especially handsome one in front of an old house beyond the tres tle on the right; ever notice it?" says I as carelessly as I could, but waiting quite breathless for her answer. "Deacon Stackpole's, yes." "Stackpole?" I repeated aloud. "I used to know some Stackpoles," which was true enough, only they were two young kids in the poorhouse down in Maine. "Stackpole, Stackpole I What's the deacon's family?" "Nothing but his wife and grand daughter." "Oh, yes," says I, quite careless. "Seems to me I've seen a little girl play ing round." "Little girl!" shouted Mrs. Grubb, forgetting her beefsteak in her eager ness. "She's 17 if she's a day, and a good tall girl for her age, and a great help to her grandmother, I can tell you." At which for some unknown reason I felt much pleased. "She's all fired pretty," added Jim Stokes, the engineer on 119, at which I felt an equally sudden desire to kick him. I put on my other suit and a new blue necktie—the girls used to say I looked pretty well in a blue necktie—and I started out for my six mile tramp. I hadn't made all these preparations for nothing, you may be sure. I pro posed to do something more than sit on the stone wall that evening. There was a light in the sitting room when I came in sight of the house, and I plucked up courage and knocked at the door. I don't mind telling you that while I i was waiting for somebody to come I felt | kind of weak abont the knees, and when I the door opened and there stood Mojlie j holding the lamp up high and looking out into the darkness, with her cheeks as I pretty as a peach, well, then I was clean gone. I managed to stammer out the speech I Td made about being out walking and being tired, and might I rest and have a drink of water? Goodness knows I need ed both, for I was that shaky I was fit to drop. Mollie told me to walk in and called her grandfather. I told him who I was —Sam Thorpe, engineer on 47, the best engine on the road, too, sir—and he made me welcome and treated me hearty. ".n-i. im oar rnxaf a&A. hff. "tail Ibis U* JSteJ tfl* STAUNTON, VA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, I8i;4. is lay granddaughter, Mollie." he addeu as she came in carrying a pitcher of cider and some glasses, and with a pretty blush on her cheeks. I sat do-.-n and had a real pleasant evening, and it wasn't the last I spent there either for in course of time when ever I spent the night in Chewboro. wli'ch was every other night, you re member. I *-oent the evening with Mol lie. Ono evening I got talking about names, and says I: "Your name's aqueer one—Stackpole I never mat with it before ex*ept when I was a bjy. Down iv Maine where I lived there were two bo.vs who had been left on the poorhouse steps one night, and who were brought up there. Tom and Bije their names were, I re member, and we boys usee! to call them 'haystacks" for fun." Mollie had given a little cry of sympa thy for the orphans, I supposed, but ceased abruptly as her grandfather glanced at her severely. He was a stern man and disliked all display of soft heartedness. The name isn't uncommon in some parts," said he, and that was all. Do you know, after that the old man would hardly speak to me and gave me to un derstand by his manner that I wasn't as welcome as I used to be. It made me mad. So at last I says to Mollie: "I tell yon, Mollie, I cr.n't stand this. I must see you as much us I have done, and I can't do it w*ith year grandfather acting as if he owed me money. Now, I don't want to do anything underhand, and I know your honest little heart wouldn't let you either, so the only thing for us to do is to get married right off, and Til go and ask your grandfather now." You see, we'd made it all up between us some time before, but we'd agreed to wait a year, because Mollie was so young. Mollie said "Yes," and off I went to in terview the old man. I didn't expect a very cordial reception, but I didn't ex pect anything nearly so warm as I got. I was consigned to a spot not fit to be mentioned before ladies the minute I made my proposition, and the old gen tleman used language that certainly didn't belong io a deacon. Then I got mad, and says Ii "Have you anything against my char acter, Deacon Stackpole," nays I, "or my prospects?" "No," says he; "I've looked them up pretty carefully when I guessed what you were hanging round here for." "Then what is your objection?" says I. But he wouldn't have anything to say to me but "No, no, no," and wouldn't listen to anything I said, so I off to find Mollie crying under an apple tree, for she'd heard our angry voices I didn't see her the next evening but one, for I found at my boarding house a long letter from her: "Sam, dear, grandfather is very de termined, and you'd better not come over this week. "It's all about those two little boys you knew in Maine in the poorhouse. You see, I had an Uncle Tom, who was grandfather's oldest son. He turned out to be very wild and a great trial to grandfather, and he nearly broke grand father's heart. After awhile he married an actress, and they went away and nev er were heard of for years. "Grandfather is an awfully proud man, and he was mortified to death at the way Uncle Tom had acted. He had been expelled from the church, and that was a great blow, and finally, when he brought home his wife, that was the fin ishing touch. "She was black haired, and she red dened her cheeks, and she was rather handsome, but loud talking and not like grandmother. "Grandmother tried to bear with her, but one day she was impudent, and Un cle Tom stood up for her against his mother, and grandfather got angry and turned them both out of doors. "In three or four years a letter came to grandmother from Uncle Tom, writ ten from Maine, saying that his wife had died, and that he was very ill himself and didn't expect to live long, and that he had two little boys whom he had called Tom and Abijah, after himself and grandfather, and that they'd have to go to the poorhouse if something wasn't done for them soon, aud would grandmother tell grandfather how mat ters stood and how Uncle Tom repented of what he had done. "Grandmother actually didn't dare to tell grandfather, though her heart ached for her boy, so she copied it all down aud sent it to him anonymously. He was as angry as he could be and cursed Uncle Tom's wife for bringing the name of Stackpole to the poorhouse, and Uncle Tom for being not only bad, but weak spirited. " 'I disowned him when I sent him from the house,' he said, 'and his chil dren and he may die in the poorhouse be fore I'll raise a finger to help them.' "In about a week she saw in the news paper the account of the m.m found dead, and his name, Thomas Stackpole, was found in his pocket. "Grandmother plucked up courage and pleaded to have the children brought home, but grandfather wouldn't listen to her and forbade any cne mentioning the subject again. "He seems to grow worse as time goes on, so when you spoke of your knowing two boys named Stackpole in the poor house he began to hate you, and he hated you ever since. That's the only reason he has for not letting us marry. "I exclaimed when you told me their names, because I knew* I had somewhere two cousins, Tom and Bije, but I didn't know then all the story as I have told it to you. "Sam, dear, grandfather is going to send me to boarding school right away, so I can't see you." Then came some tender words from the dear little girl's loving heart, and I decided that something must be done and that at once. The next day that I was in town I re ceived a note from Mollie telling me the particulars. She was to go to a boarding school 100 miles away the next day on the 5 o'clock train, and her grandfather was to go with her. I had been thinking all night over a plan, and I resolved to put it into execu tion, for as to Mollies going away so far from me it was utterly out of the question. First, I wrote a long letter to Mollie, describing the whole plan and giving her minute directions as to her part in it. This I dispatched by a messenger whom I could trust, with directions to give it to Mollie herself. Then I traveled all over town to get leave of absence for the next day. I was going to take the next day off anyway, but I thought I'd rather get it honestly if I could. I got permission for Joe McDonald to run his engine on my train, and that | suited me. I needed a locomotive in car rying out my plan, and of course I knew my own best. The rest of the night I a-sksii us icsu; -ißiiesaary carpenter work. A long day the next was. l oDtameo. a marriago license, and with that in my pocket I felt that I could defy a dozen cross grained grandfathers. Early in the afternoon I got up stce.m in 47, and it seemed as if the minutes were hours until 5 o'clock. I'd had to tell tho scheme to my fireman. I'd got leave for him too. I was getting pretty nervous when we started out a little before 5 o'clock. Wo ran slowly up the road, and theD got on to a side track that extender 1 alongside the main road about 10 milei and luckily was just then free from cars. At last we rreard the rumble of the ex press in the distance. Then I pulled the throttle, and we began to make a good speed, so that our gait just equaled thai of the express, aud we ran sielo by side, first, second, third car. Tiiat was the one I had told Mollie tv be in, and on the farther side, so that hei grandfather should not see my engine. We fell back a little and ran even with the rear platform of the car. Would she have the courage to do it? Such a slight little thing as she was, and it would need such pluck. Could she escape the old man's vigi lance? Yes, there she was on the platform! Quick now; there was the result of my night's carpenter work, a ■ 'auk long enough to reach from the c my lo comotive to the platform i -, pro vided with a rail, so tha, rilous walk might be made as safe jsible. It was fitted in place, and sue stepped upon it bravely, though her cheeks were deathly pale. j How anxiously I watched every step, keeping one hand on the throttle lest either engine increase or slacken its speed and the plank be shaken or bent, from the straight line! Half way across! A little faltering as she glanced down at the flying gravel. "Courage, my darling!*' I cried. People were beginning to crowd to the . windows, and out upon the platform rushed the brakeman and a half dozen ' passengers and among them Grandfa ther Stackpole. No one dared to speak for fear that Mollie would lose her balance. The brakeman steadied that end of the bridge, and the deacon wrung his hands in misery. ! Almost over. Two steps more, and then I pulled her in and smothered her with kisses, while the ireman slackened our speed and played engineer for awhile. ' The plank, Mollies dangerous bridge, fell to the ground as the express pulUd ahead, and we noticed that the feat had been accomplished just in time, for I looked out and saw only a three-quarter mile stretch of the side track before us. I We reversed the engine—dear old 47 that had won me a wife—and within an hour I was the husband of the sweetest little woman that man ever loved—nr j Mollie here. "What became of grandfather?" He soon forgave Mollie and has always j been kind to us, but his heart is still darkened to Tom's sons, whom Mollie insisted on hunting up in Maine. We found them both prosperous farm eta, who had no need of grandfather's ' help, and this fact seemed to confirm his determination to have nothing to do with them. Grandmother has visited them, and j she is the same kind hearted old lady,! dovotedly fond of Mollie and attached ! to our two boys, Sam and Abijah.— Hartford Times. What Some Wives Have to Bear. A stout, pleasant faced woman got in to a Harrow train at Baker Street sta- | tion, followed by a man with gray hait Bad close cropped mustache and a dys- : peptic expression. They sat on the sunny side of the car riage. The man relapsed into a gloomy , silence. The woman looked around the j carriage and tried to be cheerful. "Cold, I isn't it?" she observed. "What?" growled the man. "Rather cold." "Where?" "Here." "Well, I suppose you can stand it." The woman took the man's sourness as if she was used to it. After abit she said, "What pretty flowers!" "What?" growled the man. "I said what pretty flowers." "Where?" "At the house we passed." "Well, what of it?" Five minutes later she said, "Isn't thai a nice baby?" "What?" "Isn't that a nice baby?" "Where?" "There," pointing to a beautiful little boy on the opposite side of the carriage. "Looks like a fool." It was Sunday. A peal of bells could ■ be heard while the train stopped at a station. "That's nice music," said thevioman. "What?" "That's nice music." "Which?" "Why, those chimes." "Sound like a lot of cowbells." Do you wonder that wives sometimes do not love, honor aud obey?— London Woman. Mr. Urooks' Trunk. Among the many fine traits of Phillips Brooks' character were those of kindness, a consideration for all ami a lack of self ishness as to his own comfort or conven ience. An illustration of this is given by a gentleman who was once a fellow traveler of Mr. Brooks on a journey tc Bar Harbor. They went by boat, changing at Rock land in the early morning for the Mount Desert steamer, which leaves as soon as possible after the arrival of the Boston boat. Mr. Brooks' baggage consisted of a small traveling bag and a steamei trunk. On landing at Rockland he look ed about for an expressman to transfei the trunk to the next wharf, only a shori distance. The only man there who seemed at all inclined to earn a quarter was lame and had a sort of wheelbarrow, in which h« assured Mr. Brooks he could easily man age the small trunk. Mr. Brooks looked at the poor cripple for a moment, and then handing him tht bag said: "All right. You just run along with this bag, and I'll manage the trunk.' Aud taking the steamer trunk by a grasp on the strap he walked toward the Bai Harbor boat, followed by the lame man, who was glad to earn his money so easi ly, but was not aware that the gentle man carrying the trunk was Phillips Brooks.—Youth's Companion. Saved His Money. A notable example of Scotch thrift is recorded of a Mr. McCatarack, who w:.4 driving a fast horse in a trap with a friend. Tbe horse bolted, and the friend exclaimed: "IW give £10 to be out of this!" "Hold your tongue, man," replied Mac. "Yell be out for nothing in less than a minute!" a prediction which proved true. —Glasgow Exchange. SpiilisioVo A CONVICT'S CLEVER RUSE. l:;neirance Tl.i-.ju--1i iVl.ich ile Missed Half UN I. ifo, but Gamed Liberty. When th.- present olilest inhabitants .f Sing Si-.;g were boys, there were no walls around (lie prison, as there are now. The convict's only satisfaction in winter was the chance it gave him for ma'duga dash upon the ice for liberty. Ia those far back days the winters were uniformly rigorous, commencing early :u November and continuing until late i.i . [arch. Dvcry season it used to be a fimiliar Bight to see the guards out on the ic*\ soma distance from the shore, patrolling regularly prescribed beats and haviug Gentry boxc.i, in which they took rrf-.v-e iv stormy or exceedingly cold weather. Boinetlmeß convict messengers we-.H out t:> the guard* to bring them their lunch or au ord< r from the warden. It was on one of these visitations of a con vict to n guard that the frozen bosom of the Hudson presented an animated scene. The guard, like most of those who had ice beats, was provided with skates, that, should occasion arise, he could chase in an effectual maimer and have an advan tage over a fleeing convict having only his Bhoes to depend upon. The guard in question was circling about, cut ling pigeon wings, rings, figure eights and all tho fancy figures, when he suddenly stopped in front of the convict messenger who had come out to him, a young, athletic fellow, and in quired if he could cut those figures on the ice. The convict said he never had a pair of skates on in his life. Nothing would tempt him to risk his head with those : slippery blades on his feet. He said he I had been brought up in the south, where they do not have any skating. When he came to New York, he was too old to at tempt to learn anything requiring so much skill. He thought it was neces sary to grow up with it as a sort of sec ond nature. The guard told him he had "missed half his life" in not learning to skate and offered to give him a little preliminary lesson, "just for the fun of the thing," to relieve the dreary monotony of guard duty. The convict expostulated and said it was no use; he would have to be carried back to the prison hospital on a stretc.i er with a broken head or broken bones if he tried any such performance. While this conversation was taking place, the guard had taken off his skates, and as he unbuckled the last strap he told the convict to strap them on his own feet, and h - would hold him and ' give him a lesson in the graceful art. The convict obeyed and soon had both skates on his feet. Then came the fun for the guard. He would let go of the. convict every few minutes and let him tumble and scramble back as best he; could to his feet. They both laughed merrily over the sorry attempts of the novice. This had gone on for 10 minutes, when, like a flash, the convict dashed off over the smooth surface of the ice, no' longer a novice, but complete master i f the art. He had been "pulling the wool" over the guard's eyes and pretenelingnot to know how to skate only to get a chance to get tlie skates on his feet in order to reach the inviting woodland on the opposite side of t he river. Away he sped, like a shot from a rifl '. The river was frozen solid to Rockland county, opposite. The guard was dnm founded. He gazed in blank amazement for a period long enough to make any thought of pursuit hopeless. He fired his carbine, but that only had the effect of warning the other guards of the situa tion. They, having skates on, gave chase, but it was of no nse. The convict had everything to gain and sped away like the wind. Before ulj systematic pursuit was instituted, his figure was quite a distant speck upon the horizon. He; effected his escape. It was for a long time spoken of as one of the cleverest and most daring escapes in ihe history of the prison.—New York Times. A Horse's Sense of Locality. About the year 1856 a little colt was born on a farm in Aroostook county, iv the state of Maine —a colt that was soon sold away from the place, to come short ly after into the possession of a physi cian in the town of Houlton, who at the opening of the civil war went "to the front," taking with him for cavalry serv ice the colt, that had now reached ma turity. Through all the vicissitudes of a five years' campaign this horse fol lowed the fortunes of his master, being wrecked on the Red river expedition and suffering various disasters, to return at the close of the war tc the state of Maine, across which he carried his master horse back until the town of Hpultou was again reached. On the journey through Aroostook county the road traversed lay past the farm where some 10 yeirs before this horse had been born. Neither his life between the shafts of a doctor's gig nor five years of war campaigning had caused him to lose his bearings, and when he reached the lane that led up to the old farmhouse he turned up to the house as confidently as though he had been driven away from it but a half hour before.—Lewiston Journal. In Two Junips. At Ashland, Wis., there are many Swedes employed in the various ice houses of that region. They live and eat in Ashland, and a little ferryboat takes them some distance across the bay to their work. One morning two of these men from Sweden were sitting eating their breakfast when suddenly tiie whis tle of their boat blew, and their time had come. They rushed with all their pow ers down toward the wharf. Peter Pe terson got aboard, bnt Ole Olson reached the bank when the boat was about £0 feet away. Peter was filled with the ut most concern, and leaning over the rail ing in all seriousness he called out: "Yump, Ole, yump! I tank you make it in two yumps."—Ram's Horn. The Ku 1.1 Size of Extinguisher. Cholly—-i.j bwaiu is on fire! Miss Caustique—Quick! Somebody bring an atomizer! —Chicago Record. Appointed Hern Tipstaff. Judge E'.viug of Uniuntown. Pa., has made a novel appointment. He has made Mrs. Sarah Elkins a tipst-iff of the court, to have charge of the ladies' waiting room and look after the female witnesses and prisoners and take care of their rooms. Since the universal vogue of the gum med envelopes sealing wax is in much less frequent use in England and the United States than formerly, but it is Still very popular in France. An Easier Fian. Little Daughter—This book says that in Norway a girl has to make a whole lo) of linen before she can get married. Mother—Yes, it is the custom there. Little Daughter—l'm glad I'm an American. Here we only have to learn to tyj)ewrite.7-Good News. HUNTING IN CHINA. SOME OF THE PLEASURES AND DRAW BACKS OF THE SPORT. Dogs Afflicted In Many Wnjs—But Withal There Is Considerable ii.-.c Game —De- scription of Hawking —Th,' Chinese Not Much Given to the Chas... Foreigners have found much sport in hunting in China. and uracil sorrow too. Tho:-:e who have brought fine dogs out with them complain that their dogs die of tbe mange from having to wade through dirty streams and pands. Some C.ic from what is called worms in the heart, while others become deaf from a grass seed that gets in their cars, or lame from a seed that works its way into the foot and up into the leg before it comes out. Last, not least, if care is not taken, the poor beast is nearly eaten up with ticks. As for the hunters, f hey complain bitterly of mosquitoes. There is another trouble in most parts of China, and that is in a land like this, where armies almost raise from the ground when one stamps his foot, it is dangerous to shoot, for no one knows just how many luckless Chinamen may be in range of the gun, though perhaps none at that time may be seen, but for all that fine bags of duck, geese, snipe, bustard (China's wild turkey), wood cock, quail and pheasants are killed. These sportsmen are not missionaries, but sailors and merchants. Some mis sionaries, when passing through these regions, leave their jolty carts and lay in a fine supply of duck and bustard for their families and thus make a pleasure of what perhaps would be a very hard and unpleasant journey. The Chinese can hardly be called hunt ers, although the emperors and wealthy men of leisure have always shown some taste for the chase. Three miles south of Peking there is a walled imperial hunt ing park, which is some 50 miles in cir cumference. It contains large meadows stocked with antelope, deer and rabbits. In the park there is one species of deer that is not known to exist in any other part of the globe. Chinese ancient his tory tells us of some famous hunters and fishermen. But the Chinese are by no means given to the chase as a rule, per haps because the people are too busy, and partly because the sale aud manu facture of firearms are restricted. During the winter season we can buy all the ducks, pheasants and rabbits we want. They are caught in traps, driven into a net, caught with dogs or shot with a gun. There is other game—the musk wolf and the fox. The first is sought for its fur and also for the fine hair in its tail, which is used in the Chinese writ ing brushes. The last named animal— the fox—is a sacred animal. It is be lieved to be able to perform many won derful things, among others to change its body into human form, to cure dis ease, and also to'do much evil. The shy old fox —there is no telling what he may do. The Chinese never write the name of the fox if they can help it, for they be lieve that it displeases his majesty very much. The animal is worshiped. I have seen intelligent men in Peking burn in cense and bow down to worship it. But for all that his sacredness does not al ways save his skin, aud after that has gone his divinity has depreciated in value. I have a large and beautiful fox skin overcoat I purchased from a China man for $10, which could not be bought for $40 at home. The wolves are sought for their skins too. They collect in such numbers around this city sometimes as to be dangerous to man and beast Hawking, like that of the middle ages, is practiced here by the men of leisure. Traveling through this country one of ten sees a man in tlie villages and towns with a savage looking hawk on his arm. These birds are trained for the chase and become perfectly manageable. They are kept is fine condition, and if a feather happens to fall out of the bird's tail dur ing the time he is most used it is re placed, for the Chinese believe that the flight of a bird or at least his move ment to right or left or rapid descent depends much on the tail. Let us im agine our party starting out for a day's sport mounted on horses, men dressed in long flowing garments, with dogs, whip in one hand and the hawk upon the left arm or shoulder. They do not leave some feudal castle with gates and walls and drawbridges, but some uninviting one story building. The dogs, which are well trained as well as the hawks, are tied so they cannot run about as they please and spoil the fun. Away they go across the fields, with no fences to bother. They ride where they please and as fast as they please. When a rabbit jumps up, the fun be gins. The dogs and hawk are let loose. Then, with whoop aud hurrah, belter skelter, away go horse, rider and rabbit, who outruns them all. But at this time the hawk makes a swoop down upon its prey, and with its talons gives the poor victim a blow that knocks it down. The rider and dogs are still in hot pursuit. The hawk rises in the air and then makes another swoop down upon the rabbit, much to the delight of the sportsman, and knocks the poor animal a-whirling. But the rabbit is soon up and at it again, but is soon foiled by the bird and caught by the dogs. The bird returns to its master's arms to wait until another rub bit, or hare, for they are more properly hares, is sighted, and then the rim be gins again. Sometimes the rabbit, or hare, seeing the odds are against him, prefers to fight rather than to rnn. —Cor. Louisville Courier-Journal. A Sure Sign. Tho business man suspected that one of his clerks was doing more gambling than was good for him, and he sent an old employee to investigate. HemademV report very soon. "Well," asked the employer, "wha< did you learn?" "That he bets some." "A great deal?" "Oh, no; only a little." "How do you know?" "Well, I asked him about a game ol poker he sat in the night before, and he said, 'Yes, I was there, and I won $25.'" "I should say that indicated he was 7ery deep in it," exclaimed the hoirified employer. "Quite the contrary," dissented tiie in vestigator. "If he had been at it frery long, he never would have said, 'I won $25,' but 'I win sja.V Tbaffl tiie only genuine sign of a veteran af the busi ness." —Detroit Free Press. Kept Pace With the Country. "When that man came to Chicago, •ir, he couldn't write his name. Ant now he's worth millions." "I suppose he has learned to write by this time." "Write! That man, sir, wields the finest cattle pen in Chicago!"— Chicago tribune. Itatmtott lyrrfttttt . RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements are-Inserted at the rate ot i iiX cents per Hne. te.r tiie itrst. aud 6K cents for each subsequent Insertion. 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Services at 11 a. m and 8. Pastor, Key. Win. Cumming. St. Francis Koman Catholic, North August! street. Mass at 1 and 10.30 a. m. Vespers and benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament at p. m. Pastor, Key. Father McVerry. Young Men's Christian Association, corner Main and Water streets. Services at i p. m. Sunda . DIRECTORY OF LODGES. MASONIC LODGE. Staunton Lodge No. la, A. F. and A. M., meets every' second and last Friday night in each month, in Masonic Temple, Main street. Jas M. Lickliter.W. M; B. A. Eskridge, Secy. UNION ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER. No. 2, meets third Friday in every month, in Masonic Temple, on Main street. W. W. Mc- Guffln, High Priest; A. A. Eskridge. Secy. ODD FELLOWS' LODGE. Staunton Lodge, No. 45,1. O. O. F. meets cv cry Tlu*rsday night in odd Fellows' Hall, ovel Wayt's drug store, on Main street. John C. Fretwell Noble (irand : C. A. Crafton, Sec' . KNIGHTS OF HONOB ODGE. Staunton No. 7'sß, Kr.ghts of Honor meets every first v .id third Tuesday to each month. In Pythian Hall, Main street. W. L. Olivier, Dictator; W. A. Burnett, Recorder. MOUNTAIN CJTY LODGE." No. 116,1. O. G. T., meets every Friday night In their lodge room over Wayt's drug store ,on Main street. A. S. Woodhouse, Cliief Templar F. B. Kennedy, Secy. DISTRICT LODGE. No. 22,1. O. G. T., meets every three months G. C. Shlpplett, D. C. T.; S. H. Bauserman District Secretary. ROYAL ARCANUM. Asigusta Council, No. 400, Royal Arcanum meets every second and fourth Tuesday in the month, at Pythian Hall, Main street. W. W. Robertson, Regent; Jos. B. Woodward, Sec retary. SONS OF TEMPERANCE Charity Division, M. A., Sor.=; of Temp trance meets every Monday night at Odd Fellows all. W. A. Rapi>, Worthy Patriarch; John B. Coffelt, Secy. UNIFORMED HANK, KN.GHTS OF PYTHIAS. E. B. Stuart Division, No. 10, meets second and fourth Mondays each month at Pythian Hall. Sir Knight Captuin, F. B. Berkley; Sir Knight Recorder, S. H. Rosenbaum. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Valley Lodge, No. 18, K. of P., meets eve Monday night at Castle Hall, on West Main street, over Dr. Wayt's drug store. C. T. Ham me.in I, Chancellor Commander; Albest Shultz Keeper of Records and Seal. KNIGHT TEMPLARS. Staunton Commandery, No. 8, Knights Tern ;>lar, meets first Friday night In every month in Masonic Temple, on Main street. W. B. McChesney, Eminent Commander; A. A. Esk ridge, Recorder. ONEIDA TRIBE, NO. 88,1. O. R. M., Meets in their wigwam, over Wayt's drug store, every Wednesday at 7th run 30th breath, setting of the sun. R. S. Ker, sachem; James W. Blackburn, chief of records. All vlsltin brothers welcome. AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOB. Valley Council No. 736 meets on the first an 6 third Mondays in each month. Commander. A. S. Woodhouse; secretary, Dr. J. M. Hanger collector, Isaac C. Morton, Jr. CATHOLIC HIBERNIAN BENIFICAL SOCIETY. | Meets first Sunday in every month in theii hall on the church lot. M. T. Bergln, presl dent; J. J. Kilgalen, first vice-president; J. J Murphy, second vice-president; D.J. O'Connell recording secretary. "STONEWALL" BRIGADE BAND. Band meets every Monday and Thursday eirehestra, every Wednesday, at 8 p. m., in City Hall. Professor Thomas Prosho, director I. 4.. Armentrout, president, and C. Harry Haines, secretary. PROSHO'S ORCHESTRA. Meets In the Stonewall Band room. City Hal building, at 8 o'clock every Wednesday night. Professor Thos. Prosho, director. CENTRAL PROHIBITION CLUB. :.',eo on Thursday night of each week, in its il b room, 119 East Main street. Jas. W. Bod- I y, Acting President; Preston A. Ross, Secre- I a*-y. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I Meets on the second Tuesday night of each I month, In the Council Chamber. Capt. Thos. I D. Ranson, President; Preston A. Boss, Secre I wry.