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Lan 18 tf May be a pleasing pastime, but we take more pleasu In Looking Forward To the time when the etail Grocers Of the City and surrounding country will have become convinced that the best place to bur T EA, .COFFEES, SYRUPS, MOLASSES, TOBACCOS,CICARS, HIGH GRADE FLOURS and In fact everything In the staple and fan cy Grocery line is at Bowling, Spotts &Co's old American Hotel Building, at C. &0 Depo r. What is 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 is so well adapted to children that Caatoria cures Colic, Constipation, I recommend It as superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, known to me." H. A. Archeb, M. D., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di -111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. *'Theuseof 'Castoria 1 is so universal and — Us merits so well known that it seems a work .. For years I have recommended of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the your . Castoria,' and shall always continue to intelligent families who do not keep Castoria do so as it has invariably produced beneficial within easy reach." results." Carlos Martyn, D. D., Edwin F. Pardkk, M. D., New York City. 125 th Street and 7th Aye., New York City. Im Centaur Coup ant, 77 Murray STRirarr, New York Crrr Staunton (Hiß Spectator* VOL. 71. The Old Friend And the best friend, that nevei fails you, is Simmons Liver Eegu lator, (the Red Z) —that's what you hear 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 dry or made into a tea. WEVERY PACKAGE-BI Ha. the Z Stamp In red on wrapper. J. H. ZBIUBi & CO., PWMelphia, Pis. June 28-lv. flours for Arrival and Closing of Malls at Slann tm Postoice. ARRIVE. BY C AND O. RAILROAD. 5 a. m. from north, south, east and west. 9.15 a. m. from west. 2.30 p. m. from Clifton Forge and intermediate points, 11.58 a.m. from Richmond and intermediate points. 6.45 p. m. from north, east and south. BY B. AND O. 7.04 a. m. from Lexington and intermediate points. 1.40 p. m. from the north. 6.45 p. m. from the north. Harper's Ferry and intermediate points. STAR ROUTES. 7 a. m. from Plunkettsvtlle, dally except Sun day. 10 a. m. from Mt. Meridian, dally except Sun day. 5 p. m. from Middlebrook, daily except Sun day. 5.30 p. m. from Monterey, daily except Sunday. CLOSE. FOR B. 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REMOVAL OF THE LADIES AND GENTLEMENS RESTAURANT! i The undersigned have removed their Ladies and Gentlemen's Restaurant to the Hurley Building on the corner of Main and Lewis Ptroets, where they hope their old patrons will ;all 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. Remember the place—Hurley Building, second story, ■ corner Main and Lewis Streets. MARGARET & LUCY CAUTKORN. feb 3rd ! Virginia Hotel STAUNTON, V. J. C. SCHEFFER. ■ Proprietor Reinrnislieu and Refitted TnrongW The Restaurant In connection with the hotel is always supplied with the best, the very best, the market affords Steamed Oyster and Chafing Dish Stews a Specialty First-Class Meal for 25Cts. Finest Cafe in the City. April 5, '93 CANOE SONGS. Strength of .the tree that gave the blade. Make my heart ritrong and unafraid. And, wind, come fill the sail, that I May see the friendly shores go by. As one may love a brother true, I love my boat, my light canoe. Where I can He at length and hear The song of robins, sweet aud clear. With now and then a winter blast Through towering tree top dashing past. These are the dreams that men will know When down the summerst reams they flow. We are content when winds propel. Or when my arms the way compel. Our only thought is this—to steer Of hidden rock and sand bar clear. Tlie sweetest hour to me is when 1 journey from the sight of men. Dipping the blades that, left and right. Are wings that give mo ready flight. It makes me glad to see the town Behind the hills and bluffs go down, Knowing that liquid pathways run To where thesweetest peace is won. —Outing. THE KITTLE CHAP. The Littlo Chap had been humored from tbe time ho was born, but he was such a fascinating Little Chap that no body could help humoring him. He was stubborn, he was headstrong, he was naughty, if you like, the Little Chap, but in his very naughtiness there was something really captivating, which won your heart, but played the mischief with your dignity. When he stood be fore you with his legs far apart, his hands in the pockets of his much patched trousers, and the magnitude of his defiance so out of proportion to that of his tiny body, you were altogether at a disadvantage, and I am not sure but that the Little Chap in the innocent slyness of his heart felt that you were at his mercy. A little patched cherub like him, with tousled blond hair and an enormous sense of his own impor tance, would have been no mean antag onist to Hercules himself, and so secure was he in the consciousness of his valor that he would not have been afraid to tackle Hercules. The Little Chap's father, Amund Myra, was a carpenter by trade and lived in one of the loneliest mountain valleys of Norway. His wife, Kari, had presented him with fivo daughters be fore it occurred to her to present him with a son, and his joy at the last ar rival had only been equaled by his dis gust at tho five previous ones. The Lit tle Chap took instant possession of his father's heart, which had been kept pur posely vacant for his reception. When the nurse brought him on the evening of his arrival upon a pillow and placed him across Amund's knees, the carpen ter freely forgave his wife her five past delinquencies in consideration of the Little Chap, for this was not the usual infantile vegetable that simply fed and slept. It was a quaint and sturdy little personality, that took in the world, his father included,' with a slow, wondering gaze, and seemed to do a vast deal of profound and solemn thinking. Amund could not rid himself of the impression that his son viewed him rather critical ly, as if he wore debating with himself whether, on the whole, he liked his ap pearance and found him a fairly saisfac tpry parent. He was very much afraid that he did not come up to the Little ! Chap's standard. He was absurdly anx ious to make as favorable an impression as possible. There was something pecul iary wise and venerable in the Little Chap's aspect as ho lay there upon the pillow. '' What tremendous secrets that i Little Chap must know,'' mused his fa ther, "if he only chose to divulge them —secrets of the sun, and the moon, and the great unknown from whence he came!" And thus it happened that from the hour of his arrival tho Little Chap came to be regarded as a person of tremendous consequence. It was impressed upon him from the timo he lay in the cradle that he was a boy, and that a boy was a superior kind of creature, who had noth ing except certain accidental points of anatomy in common with girls, which latter species had been wisely created by the Lord to wait upon him. He was not very big before Amund, who could not bear to be separated from him, got into the habit of taking him along when he went out into the valley to do a job. There the Little Chap would sit proudly perched upon his father's shoul der, bundled up in scarfs and with a fur Cap that was much too big for him pulled down over his ears. He was not a talk ative child, but there was a slow and old fashioned kind of gravity about him which made everything he said infinite ly droll. He took himself very serious ly and allowed no trifling with his dig nity. He took much satisfaction in the thought that he was helping his father, and Amund rather encouraged the idea, giving him a hammer with which he pounded nails into a piece of board and occasionally mashed his fingers. And all day long, while the carpenter worked, whether indoors or out of doors, the Little Chap bustled about him, sat in the shavings whittling sticki; or chipped tho edge of the plane by running it into the heads of the nail, which he drove in wherever a conven ient place presented itself. But whatever mischief he got into, whatever tools he ruined, Amund re garded it only as a fair price which he paid for his company. And never once did he scold the Little Chap, but grave-' ly explained to him why he must not. do such things, as if he had been a grownup man. And the Little Chap would listen gravely, with a quivering under lip, and when the kindly homily was at an end ho would lie very still, with his head buried in the shavings, feeling terribly humiliated at the thought of his delinquency. The next day, when Amund started out, carrying his tools in a bag on his back, the Little , Chap would meet him at the door, and with a dubious and anxiously expectant look would ask: "May I help you today, dad?" "Yes, Little Chap, you shall help me today,'' Amund would answer heartily, ! as he lifted him up on his shoulder. "How could dad get along without his Little Chap?" Many a time, too, when his comrades whistled for him under tho window, and he was sorely tempted to accept the invitation to join in their games, the thought would occur to him that his dad needed his help, and gravely he would go to the door, and with a droll sense of responsibility explain that he § d to help his dad. Thus winters passed and summers un til the Little Chap was 8 years old. He tyrannized over his sisters, as usual, and accepted their worship as nothing but his due. Ho was a sore trial to his mother on account of his stubbornness and because ho was "so hard on his clothes.'' But to his father he was a stanch and loyal friend—l could almost, STAUNTON, VA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE G, 1804. Bay an older friend, for he began early to feel a land of responsibility for Amund and a droll kind of protector ship. He made him go back and put on his coat when he started out in his shirt sleeves in chilly weather. Ho would send him back to shave of a Sunday morning when he proposed to go to church with a two days' beard, and he would take his dad's part at the tablo when the mother would scold him or make unpleasant remarks implying dis respect. "Mother always thinks that every body can do things better than my dad," ho -would observe in his slow drawl, whoa his dad had been unlucky enough to i.vouse his wife's displeasure, and straightway dad would feel a little horny paw u:ide-r the table grasping for his own. That was his way of consol ing his dad. , He believed fully that his dad was the wisest, the cleverest and the best of | men, aud however unworthy ho might j feel himself, what comfort, what hap- ' piness it was to this poor overworked carpenter to havo one creature on earth who reposed this touchingly unquestion- , ing trust in him! What "my dad" j said that was law, and what "my dad" ■ did was always admirable, and though ; dad was conscious of many a failing he \ would not for the life of him have the Little Chap suspect them. He strove | manfully to live up to the Little Chap's idea of him. i People said he spoiled the boy, and the mother particularly, who was a trifle jealous of their intimacy, declared that it was time the Little Chap was sent to school and learned something besides whittling and cutting his fingers. This seemed so perfectly rational that, out of consideration for the Little Chap, Amund was at last persuaded to send him to school. It was of no use that the boy wept and declared that ho wanted to be with his dad. How was his dad to get on wirhout his help? What would become of dad if he did not look out for him? This idea that he was helping dad became so rooted in his mind that he harped upon it early and late and ' grieved himself thin and pale for fear that his dad might come to harm with out him. Somehow life was no more the same to Amund after his loss of the Little | Chap's companionship. There was no joy any more in his work, and it seemed, too, that his luck had deserted him. Once he ran a file, the handle of which broke, into his hand, and another time he nearly split his kneepan with an adz. Then he was laid up for three weeks. Provisions ran very low in the ! house. Kari, his wife, began to talk j about applying for help to the guardians | of the poor. It was then the plan ma tured in Amund's mind to cross the ocean and begin life over again in the | new world, where a man of his skill certainly coald accomplish something i more than to keep out of the poorhonse. I Accordingly, though it nearly broke j his heart to part from the Littlo Chap, j he crossed tho Atlantic, promising to ! send for tho family as soon as ho had i founded a hen ie for them in the great ! west. Ho begged hai-d to be allowed to j take the Littlo Chap with him, but '. Kari would not listen to that, because ' to her the Little Chap was a kind of a : pawn, a guarantee that her husband : meant to keep his word and send for j her and the undesirable girls as soon as | his circumstances warranted. Hor con- [ science was not quite easy in regard to ! her treatment of him, and she could af- j ford to take no chances. Amund arrived in Chicago at a time when skilled carpenters were scarce and wages high. Thero was a great deal of building going on, and he had no diffi culty in obtaining work. He was a mas ter in his trado, thoroughly honorable, frugal and industrious. It is not to be ! denied, however, that life is a dreary affair to one who toils and toils from morning till night, and whose starved heart cries out every hour and minnte of the day for one who is far away. Where is the Little Chap now? What is the Little Chap doing now? How does he look? Does he care so much for his dad as he did, and is he eager as ever to help his dad? These were Amund's constant reflec tions whenever a little respite from la bor afforded him a chance to think. Sit ting with his dinner pail, leaning against his workbench, he would shut his eyes and fancy he saw tho Little Chap standing before him, with his grimy little fists in his patched trousers, and his tousled yellow head a little on one side as he looked up into his dad's face and said, "How would you ever get on without me, dad?" Or he would lose himself in the thought of the oft re peated scene at the dinner table, when the little chap stood up for his dad man fully, and tlie little hand, with its sweetly comforting touch, stole into his under the table. And then the tears woold gather in his eyes and roll slowly down his cheek.', leaving a grimy track j like that of <a rain drop on a dusty win- | dow pane. "My Little Chap, my dear Littlo j Chap," he would murmur as he arose ! and returned to his toil, ' 'when shall I j ever see you again?" It was this burning heart hunger for ' his boy which made him turn every penny many times before he could per enado himself to spend it. He grew posi tively stingy, denying himself the neces sary food and Hoi hes, always trying to do with a little less, in tho hope of has tening the day when ho should be able to send for the Little Chap. He worked surreptitiously after time in order to earn some extra pi unies, and he got the reputation amoi.-- his fellow workmen of being a Bean, penurious skinflint, who hoarded hig wages with a view to becoming a bots some day and lording it over them. He was accordingly excess ively unpopular and only succeeded in escaping in jury by keeping scrupulously out of every one;-, way and ignoring in sults which made his blood boiL At the end of one year Amund had | saved $550 from his wages, but having , no confidence in the banks he carried '• the entire amount in gold eagles in a leather belt about his waist. The con- | sciousness of carrying so much money made him, however, very uneasy and disturbed his sleep. Four or five times every night he started up in terror, hav ing dreamed that his money was stolen. It then occurred to him that, the only safe way to dispose of it would be to in- \ vest it in a cottage and lot on the West Side, where land was yet cheap. Laud could not run away, and a house not [ even the most dating thief could steal. | Distrusting every one in this bewilder ingly strange land, he was in no haste to solicit advice. But one day au advertisement in a Scandinavian paper caught his eyes and set him think ing. It read as follows: THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND. The Fenston Real Estate Investment com pany sell choice city lots, improved and unim proved, on the Installment plan. West Side property a specialty. Am mid out this on t read it at least 20 times a day and carried it In his pocket for weeks before he summoned courage to call at the address designat ed. But his hoard kept increasing week by week, and his anxiety grew apace. Why should he not call upon the Fen ston Real Estate Investment company? It was the poor man's friend, the adver tisement said, "and might offer him some good advice as to iSS best way of ac quiring a hoiae in th£ shortest possible time, for he was growing eagerer every day for the sight of the Little Chap. Finally, one day in the early spring, he called upon the Feuston Real Estate Investment company. He had fancied from the advertisement something very complicated and magnificent and was somewhat disappointed at being con fronted with a sandy haired and very pimpled young man, who sat in his shirt sleeves in a scantily furnished back office, chewing a toothpick. "Is this—the—the—office of the Feu ston Real Estate Investment company?" queried Ammid respectfully. "Yes," the young man replied, tak ing his feet down from the table. "What can I do for you?" "I—l—should like to see the—the— president of the company, if—if—you would be so very kind as to call him," Amund remarked apologetically. ' 'I regret to say the president Is out of town at present,'' said the plausible youth, "but won't you sit down, please? I think perhaps I can givo you all tho information you require, and I need not say I shall be very happy if I can be of service to you." There was something so insinuating in the young fellow's manner that Amund, though he had resolved to be very cautious, soon found himself talk ing freely. The next day the young man—Farley was his name—dropped in upon him, by pure chance, it seemed, while he was having his noon rest, and they became better acquainted. The following Sun day they met again, and Farley took Amund about iv a buggy and showed him all the property he had for sale on the West Side. He invited him to lunch with him in his little cottage on West Indiana street, where he was living, and the upshot of many interviews and con versations was that he offered this cot tage, with lot, to Amund for $2,000, possession to be granted when $1, 200 had been paid, and a mortgage to be given for the remaining amount. It seemed all so perfectly fair and square that Amund, after having got the price down to $1,800 fend the furniture thrown in, had no hesitation in closing the bar gain. He paid over to Farley the f 800 which he had then accumulated and received an acknowledgment of the amount from him, with promise of deed on payment of $400 more. Then he picked out the room which was to belong to the Little Chap (the girls might take what was left), and all day long during his work he hummed to himself or broke into snatches of nn melodions song at the thought of the Little Chap's pleasure in that room and the furniture which he would make with his own hands for the Littlo Chap's comfort. He worked with a will , now and would scarcely grant himself j time for 6leep, for every blow with his hammer and every whiz of his saw brought the Little Chap nearer. Then another year passed. Month by month Amund handed over his savings to Farley, who pocketed them in a cooL ; businesslike manner, and at last, when ; the $1,200 had been paid, he kept his ; word and gave a deed of the property ! to tho carpenter. Joyously then Amund wrote to his wife, telling her to make no delay in coming, for he had now a home of his own in which to receive her and the children. And it was all furnished, and there was a separate room for the Little Chap—God bless him!—where he could keep all his funny little traps, so that his sisters wouldn't annoy him. Much he wrote in this strain, for his heart was overbrimming with joy, and life seemed brighter and more beautiful to him than ever before. The only thing that troubled him a little was the fact that the family who lived in the house had not yet moved out. But Farley ex plained that their lease did not expire until April 1, and that in the meanwhile he would have to be patient. On April 2 they would be gone, and then he could take possession. I shall not attempt to describe the meeting between the Littlo Chap and his dad. It was just the 2d of April when the family arrived in Chicago and were put, like so much baggage, into an express wagon and driven to West Indiana street. Amund ran up tho front steps with the Little Chap in his arms to show off his cottage, and the wife and the five girls, all bundled up with scarfs until they looked like walk ing haystacks, scrambled out of the wagon as best they could. Farley had promised to be there with the keys, and formally put the new owner in posses sion. It annoyed Amund a good deal when his first and second ring at the doorbell remained unanswered, and still more annoyed was he when at the third a man who had not the least resem blance to Farley opened the door and asked him, in language more vigorous than polite, what he wanted. "I—l have bought this house," Am und said, with an air of righteous in dignation, "and I was told by Mr. Far ley that you were to move out on the Ist of April." The occupant of tho house smiled an extremely unpleasant smile and asked coldly, "Whom did you buy it of?" "Mr. Farley." "That is a great pity, for he never owned it." "But where is he? He promised me the keys last night." "He has gone west." "Gone west?" Ah icy terror clutched at the Norseman's heart, and he reeled ■backward as if he had been struck. "Good God!" he groaned, sinking down -upon the topmost step. "Good God!" The Little Chap, seeing his distress, wound his arms tightly about his neck and rubbed his cheek against his face. He sat thus for five or ten minutes, while the five blond bundled up girls stood on the sidewalk staring at him with innocent stupidity. Then the man of the house reappeared and ordered them in harsh language to move on. And when they only continued to start) in uncomprehending wonder two po licemen were sent for, and tho whole -family were huddled into a patrol wag on and driven to the nearest police sta iton. There Amund, under the stress of answering the required questions, was aroused .sufficiently from his dumb mis ery to send for a Norwegian lawyer, who presently made his appearance. He lis tened to the carpenter's story and then shook his head mournfully. "You have been swindled, my friend," he said. "You ought to have been more cautious." "But—but, lawyer," the poor fellow -went on. eazias into his face, with an ■uumished exnectancv, f 'he —he—sow me—tne noii.se—and here I've got tne papers. It's ill right, .surely. Ain't it, lawyer?" The lawyer looked at the paper which was handed him end then dropped it contemptuously on the floor. "A very clumsy forgery," he said. "But—but—ho couldn't surely sell me—what—what didn't belong to him, lawyer?" "Yes, he could, if anyone was fool enough to buy." "But, lawyer—l say, lawyer—do you mean to say now, that—that I have worked and slaved ni;-h on to three years, and often ■tapped and skimped myself, for tho Littlo Chap's sake—dc you mean to say that—that man is to have it, and not my Little Chap?". Beads of cold perspiration burst out upon his brow, and the pained wonder and BtHßtti il bewilderment in his faea were pitiful to behold. His slow wits could not yet grasp the situation, and he was obviously hoping against hopo that there was some terrible misun derstanding at the bottom of it all, and that sooner or later it would be cleared up. The lawyer had in all his practice never encountered so heartrending a case. He weighed his woi'ds well before he answered, "My dear friend, you have paid dourly for your first experi ence in the new world.' Anrand, taking slowly the bearings of this remark, stood before him with a vacant look of dawning terror; then tremblingly he raised his hands toward the ceiling and cried, with a frightful energy, "But, God, what are you doing up there in heaven when such things can happen upon the earth?" There was a hush as of death in the station room. In the presence of so monstrous a wrong every one stood helpless and a little awed; After the terrible explosion of despair Amund's head dropped upon his breast, his knees tottered, and he fell iv a heap upon the floor. The Little Chap, who had stood with his hands in his pockets, a puzzled frown upon his face during this strange scene, grew suddenly alarmed as his father fell. He strove bravely to disguise his distress, which he held to be unmanly, but his lips quivered, and his eyes were full of tears. "Dad," he said, stooping over tho prostrate form of his father, with a touching air of loving protectorship, "dad, I wouldn't take on so if I were you." He waited anxiously for a re sponse, and when none came he con tinued in a soothingly comforting tone: "Dad, deal' dad, don't yon worry. I'll help you, dad. Tho sweet old well remembered phrase penetrated through the stricken man's numb lethargy of despair. He raised himself suddenly on his knees, staled with a wakening wonder at tho child; then, closing him in his arms, ho burst into tears. "Yes, my Little Chap," he cried, "you will help me. And may God for give me for despairing as long as I have you!" And he aiose with tlie Little Chap in his arms, and the two began bravely the battle of life anew.—Hjalmar Hjorth Boyescu in Harper's Weekly. The Indisr.i Canoe. What a wonderful 'creation is the Indian canoe! Light as foam, blown like a feather by the slightest breeze, re sponsive as a cork to tho least ripple Yet this same fragile bark is adapted i< the wildest wsicrs. It leaps in safcb from crest to crest of the cataract o> buoyantly surmounts the billows of the stormy lake. It was well for us that it was so, for we were heading toward a broad sheet of water that was thickly dotted with white caps. We were soon far enough out to feel the full force of the gale that stung our f aces with wind and spray. To go against such a wind with a bark canoe would be an utter impossibility, but to run with it was great fun. Our safety depended upon' the skill of the steersman in keeping her before the wind. Certainly the day had commenced auspiciously. We were mak ing quick time. The complacent Irish man was taking to himself all the credit for this gale as though it were part of his business. I was forbidden to pad dle, but with Captain Mick's consent I tied the tails of my rubber coat to the handles of two paddles and inserted the blades iv the armholes. This extempore sail greatly added to the speed of onr flying craft. On we flew, outstripping the spray that leaped after us and fell short. This kind of sailing furnished sensations for which 110 analogy can be found in the whole range of navigation. Instead of plunging deeply and laboring heavily, as a wooden boat would, our buoyant vessel scarcely deigned to plunge at all, but seemed to skim like a sea gull on the very foam itself. So we crossed Lake Talon in a boat Which a man could carry, doing eight miles of angry waves without shipping a thimble ful of water. —Outing. It Was All Right. Fashionable New York restaurants would drive a Bowery proprietor to sui cide with their apparently lax and reck less business methods. It is the desire of well known resorts to save their pa trons from all annoyances and embar rassments. An absentminded man, shortly after he became engaged to be married, invited his fiancee, her married sister and i party to the theater and afterward to supper. He ordered an ex tremely good supper and was feeling rather proud of the result when it oc curred to him that he might have come away from his home without any money. A hurried examination showed that this was just what he had done. Now, no man likes to play tho fool before the woman who has recently promised to marry him, and this man immediately felt "panicky." He left the room in a "rattled" condition to make a clean breast of the affair to the cashier. When he reached the desk, the cashier said to him before he could give a word of ex planation: "Now, I know just what you are going to say. You have forgotten your pocketbook. Don't think about it for ii second. It is all right." The absentminded man wont back to his guests with a suddenly improved appe tite for supper.—New York Tribune. Married Life In India. An educated Hindoo gentleman, a graduate from ono of the universities, said to an English friend: "Your gov ernment did not know what it was do ing when it abolished the burning of wives on their husband's funeral pyre. The fact is, wo were obliged to intro duce that measure to prevent our wives from poisoning ns." This is a beautiful side light on the condition of things in India, and it is a sword that cuts both ways, for it not only reveals the cun ning of bad men for their own safety, but shows tho sort of husbands they must be whom wives would poison if the penalty were not to be burnt alive I —Boston Woman's Journal. TERROR TO BANDITS. INCIDENTS IN THE CAREER OF CAP TAIN JONATHAN FITZWATEfIS. He Murdered a Man In Penns3"lvania and Fled to Mexico, Where He Became a Stage Driver—Achieved Fame as a Slayer of Bandits. Captain John Ferris, the veteran stage driver, who hauled passengers and mail on tho overland route in the early fifties, was in another reminiscent mood tho other day and related some of tho interesting incidents connected with the life of Captain Jonathan Fitzwaters, who was a tvoted character in New Mexico and Arizona in the early days. After leaving the overland loute Cap tain Ferris drove the stage between San ta -Fe and Albuquerque and El Paso and was intimately associated with Captain Fitzwaters for several years. "Although Captain Fitzwaterr, was one of the roughest and bravest hien on the frontier," said Captain Ferris, "he was brought up in refinement and had an education as good as a college pro-: fessor. He came of one of tho best fam ilies in the state of Pennsylvania, but after reaching manhood became reckless, and in the year 1840 he murdered a man. Ho left the States before the offi cers could capture him and made his way to old Mexico, where he fell in with a tough lot of men. He soon ac quired a reputation iv the City of Mex ico as a man of nerve. His bravery and fine bearing attracted the attention of government officials, and he was ap pointed to drive the stage between the City of Mexico and Vera Cruz. That route was at that time one of the most dangerous in all of Mexico. In fact, there were but very few safe sections in Mexico iv those days. Every mountain pass was infested with bandits, who did not hesitate to murder and rob every wayfarer that fell into their hands. "On the first trip which Captain Fitz waters made to Vera Cruz his st;ige was held up by a band of brigands. The out laws met with a warm reception from the captain, who succeeded after a des perate battle in driving them off, kill ing three of the bandits. Ou the suc ceeding trip another band of the ban ditti attacked the stage and were again unsuccessful iv committing a robbery. Captain Fitzwaters killed five members of the desperate gang, and as there had been some doubt expressed among the government officials as to the truth of his story of the killing of three bandits ou his former trip he decided to take along evidence of his bloody work, so that his story could not be disputed. He thereupon proceeded to cut tho ears off of each of tho bandits whom ho had killed, and he took the horrible trophies with Rim to Vera Cruz and thence back to the City of Mexico. "This daring deed mado the captain famous throughout that part of Mexico. He was tho lion of the hour, and the stage company who operated the lino for the government had built expressly for him au elegant stage and provided him with eight horses, which were driven to the stage four abreast. Tho fame of the captain was quick to reach the moun tains, and in a very short time the bands of brigands throughout that sec tion knew the name and quality of the man with whom they had to deal, and they mado their arrangements to get rid of him accordingly. "Soon after being provided with his new stage Captaiii Fitzwaters started on one of his long trips to Vera Cruz. The journey was without unusual inci dent until the mountains in the state of Puebla were reached, when he was am bushed by a party of brigands and shot off the coach. Tho outlaws thought they had completed their bloody work by shooting out the captain's right eye, breaking his left arm and shooting him again through the leg. They then rob bed the coach and left, supposing that their enemy was completely done for. In this the bandits were mistaken. Cap tain Fitzwaters had a faithful friond named Pedro Salazar, who was riding in the coach and was not injured. He picked up the apparently lifeless body of the captain and removed it to a place of safety. "The wounded man was given every care and attention, and, strange to say, he eventually recovered, although he was badly disfigured. He remained in Mexico until the close of the Mexican war. When General Scott landed at Vera Cruz, almost the first man he met was Captain Fitzwaters, who tendered the United States army his services as guide. He accompanied the army on its march into tho interior and gave Gen oral Scott much valuable information as to tho topography of the country and the class of people to be met at tho dif ferent points along tho lino of march. He remained with the general until the close of the war, and then, in recogni tion of his valuable services, he was pardoned or promised immunity from any punishment for the murder he had committed in Pennsylvania in case he returned to the United States. This was done upon the recommendation of Gen eral Scott. He was appointed by the j United States government to the posi- j tion of wagon and forage master at Al buquerque, N. M. He occupied that position a few years and became noted on the frontier for his bravery. He final ly took sick and died after a few days' illness. The government employees and the many friends of the captain at Al buquerque turned out in force and gave his body a decent burial, the grave be ing located on the slope about two miles from the town."—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Pulverizing. Teacher—Pulverized sugar is so called because it is powdered. Do yon understand? Little Girl—Yes'm. Teacher—Now construct a sentence with the word "pulverize" in it Little Girl—You pulverize your face. —Good News. It is a curious fact that success b sometimes won by those who have no enthusiasm for the profession they fol low. Fanny Kemblo was by no means fond of acting and would gladly have left the stage earlier had not circum stances bound her there. A brilliant young violinist played one day for Mrs. Gladstone, and tho hitter said to her: "Is there anything you care more for than your Stradivarius?" The young lady colored a little. ' 'The violin is not an absorbing passion with me," she replied modestly. "Perhaps you have artistic talent?" the hostess suggested. "Indeed I havo not," was the honest response. "But, Mrs. Gladstone, I love to cook. I really believe I could make a chef ill had the opportunity to prac tice. 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Slops all pain. 15c at Urugxists, or UISCOX &. CO., S. Y. may 30 its X I * ' '{ Hh W curtd " tiifuui with ii> Jr-liSfl J k cutpcin.liooko'pai-- S i-iim»33SW B tirnlarssentFßEF., UsßUKi.—2-3iffiaßi!..'-T.V.-(K'LLEY,M.D. Atlanta, Ga. OfleaJsHKWatMiaiUh aug 10-ly CHURCH DIRECTORY. First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick St between New and Market streets, services 11 a. m. and f* p. m. Pastor, Hey. A. M. Fraser Second Presbyterian church corner Freder ick and Lewis streets. Services at 11 a. m and 8. Pastor. Key. Wm. Cummin-'. I. iiraam , Episcopal Chureli. worship at Y. M. C. A. Ha!!. Services at 11 a. ni., and Bp. m. Hector, Key. If. C. Jett. Trinity Episcopal church. Main street, be tween Lewis aud Church streets. Services at 11. a. m., and sp. m. Rector, Key. W. Q. Hul lihen United Brethren church, Lewis street, be tween Main and Johnson streets. Services at 11 a. m md 8 p. ni. Pastor, Key. J. D Don ovan. Methodist church, Lewis street, between • Main and Frederick streets. Services at 11 m. and Bp. m. Pastor, Key. J. H. Boyd, D. D Christ Evangelical Lutheran church. Lew- Is street, between Main and Frederick i treeti» Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Pastor. Rev. H. F. Shealy. Baptist church, cornei otaui and Washing ton streets. Services at 11 a. m. anu 8 p. m Pastor, Key. W. J E. Cox. St. Francis Roman Catholic, North August! street. Mass at 7 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 4 p. m. Sunda . DIRECTORY OF LODGES. MASONIC LODGE. Staunton bodge No. 13, A. F. and A. M., meets every second and last Friday night in each mouth. In Masonic Temple. Main street. Jas M. Lickliter.W. M: B. A. Eskridge,Sec'y. UNION ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER. No. 2, meets thu-d 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, I. O. O. F. meets cv cry Thursday night in Odd Fellows' Hall, ovei Wayt's drug store, on Main street. John C Fretwcll Noble Grand : C A. Crafton, Sec' . KNIGHTS OF HOBO* ODGE. Staunton Lodf c. No. 786, of Honor meets every hist third Tuesday in each month, in Pythian Hall, Main street. W. L. Olivier, Dictator; W. A. Burnett, Recorder. MOUNTAIN CITY LODGE. No, 116,1. O. G. T., meets every Friday night in their lodge room over Wayt's drag store ,on Main street. A. S. Woodhouse, Chief Templar F. B. Kennedy, Secy. DISTRICT LODGE. No. 22, I. O. G. T.. meets every three months G. C. Shipplett, D. C. T.; S. H. Bauserman District Secretary. KOYAL ARCANUM. Augusta Council, No. 4!K), Royal Arcanum meets every second and fourth Tuesday in the month, at Pythian Hall, Mata street. W. W. Robertson, Regent; Jos. B. Woodward, Sec retary- SONS OF TEMPERANCE Charity Division, M. A., Sons of Temperance meets every Monday night at Odd Fellows all. W. A. Rapp, Worthy Patriarch; John B. Coffelt, Secy. UNIFORMED RANK. KNiGHTS OF PYTHIAS. E. B, Stuart Division, No. 10, meets second and fourth Mondays each month at Pythian Hall. Sir Kniirht captain, F. 11. Berkley; Si Knight Recorder, S. H. Rosenbaum. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Valley Lodge. No. 18, K. of P., meets eve Monday night at Castle Hall, on West MalD street, over Ur. Wayt's drug store. ('. T. Ham mond, Chancellor Commander; Albest hult Keeper of Records and Seal. KNIGHT TEMPLARS. Staunton Commandery, No. 8, Knights Tem plar, meets first Friday night in every month in Masonic Temple, on Main street. W. B. MeChesney, Eminent Commander; A. A. Esk ridge, Recorder. ONEIDA TRIBE, NO. 88,1. O. R. M., Meets in their wigwam, over Wayt's dm-; store, every Wednesday at 7th ran ;joth breath setting of tlie sun. S. E. Lushbaugb, sacliem James W. Blackburn, chief of records. Al visiting brothers welcome. AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR. Valley Council No. 736 meets on the first anc 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 their hall on the church lot. M. T. Bergin, presi 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 orchestra, every Wednesday, at 8 p. m., in City Hall. Mr. J. M. Brereton, director, J. \. Armentrout, president, and C. Harry I Haines, secretary. CENTRAL PROHIBITION CLUB. Are on Thursday night of each week, In it Ii b room. Hit East Main street. Jas. W. Bod y. Act'Tur President; Preston A. Ross, Secre- I »"}' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Monthly meetings, Fourth Tuesday In ea- I month at T:3O o'clock. Room In City Hail build I ng. Isaac Witz, president jJ. 0. Shields, secre lary.