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It acts directly on the Liver, Kidneys and Bowels ant? gives new life to the whole sys tern. This is the medicine you want. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea. *3-EVERY PACKAGE-*f» Has. tlie Z Stamp In red on wrapper, J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Phil-delpliia, Pa. Juneat-lv. flours for Arrival and Closing of Malls at Staun ton Postoice. AKKIVE. BY C AND O. RAILIoDAD. B a. m. from north, south, east and west. 9.15 a. ni. from west. 3.30 p. m. from Clifton Forge and intermediate points, 11..V.a. m. from llichmond and intermediate points?. (1.45 p. m. from north, east and south. UY B. AND O. IM a. m. from Lexington and intermediate points. 1.40 p. m. from tlie north. 6.45 p. m. from the 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. 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Tlie undersigned have removed their Ladies '. and Gentlemen's Restaurant to tlie Huriey liuilding on tlie 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 furnisli lodging or i ent rooms as well as board at cheap rates. Kemember tlie place—Hurley Iluildiug, second story,-; corner Main and Lewis Streets. * MAHGARET & LUCY CAUTIIOKN. feb 3rd i Virginia Hotel STAUNTON, V. J, C. SCHEFFER, - Proprietor Mnrnisheil and Refitted Throughout The Restaurant In connection with the hotel is always supplied with the best, the very best, the market anords Steamed Oyster and Chafing Dish Stews a Specialty First-Class Meal for 25Cts. Finest Cafe in the City. April 5, '93 ON CALAIS SANDS. On Calai.s fcandn the gray began, Then nay wed above the gray. The morn with many a scarlet van Leaped, and the world was glad, with May! The little wave.--* the bay Broke white upon the bhelving strands. t The sea mews flitted white as they On Calais sand.-! On Calais stutda must man with man Wash honor clean in blood today; On spaces wet from water wan How white the flashing rapiers play. Parry, riposte and lunge! The fray Shifts for awhile, then mournful stands The victor; life ebbs fast away On Calais sands! On Calais sands a little space Of silence, then the plash and spray. The sound o§ eager waves that ran To kiss the perfumed locks astray, To touch these lips that ne'er said "Nay," To dally with the helpless hands Till the deep sea in silence lay On Calais sands! Between the lilac and the may She waits her love from alien lands. Her love is colder than the clay On Calais sands! —Andrew Lang. HALF PAST FOUR. A June afternoon in the year 1G45 tho great hall of Fane place was occupied by two persons. The windows were care fully shuttered, and only a small crack was left open to admit light. The door was closed. On the table were spread viands, and a gentleman in the dress of a Cavalier was hastily partaking of re freshments. His companion, a young woman of prepossessing appearance, ministered deftly to his wants, laying her finger on her lips when he attempt ed to speak. "Hush!" she said softly. "Eat, Mas ter Quivil, while thou canst. Who knows what may happen next? My brother Toby watches, and he may bring us news of pursuit at any moment. Eat." He ate and drank, therefore, at her command. But when he had satisfied his hunger Master Quivil rose and stood before her with longing words trembling on his lips. He was young—not more, certainly, than five and twenty—and handsome, with a winning smile and bright eyes. Sho was perhaps three years his junior and as beautiful as a morn in May. There were indeed some that sighed that there was no court where Mistress Anne Fane might have displayed her charms and won the heart of some great noble by her beauty and her grace. But there was no court now, and the king was in sorrow, and Mis tress Anne's mechlin lace was sold, and her mother's jewels pawned, and she herself had donned a sad colored robe, and her countenance was careworn. Nevertheless the fugitive from Naseby thought she was the most exquisite sight he had ever seen, and his eyes dwelt tenderly upon her face. "How can I thank thee enough?" he began. ''I came here friendless, and thou hast succored me. I found thee alone— thy father dead, thy elder brother far away, nobody to defend thee but a lad of 15 and a dotard servant. And yet thou hast received me, fed me, enter tained me" "Hush!" she interrupted. "Thou tightest in a good cause, and I would die for such. I did it for the king." "For the king only?" he said. "I did it for the king," she repeated, blushing. "But do not tarry, Master Quivil. I pray thee go, for I cannot con ceal thee here. Even our lumber rooms are bare, and not a mouse could shelter there in safety," "I will, I will!" he cried. "But first, 0 Mistress Anne, should I not wait till sundown? I cannot fly iv open day. 'Tis little more than 4 by tho clock." She followed his gaze to the clock's face. "Mistress, I will depart at sundown. Until then my flight would command an easy capture. Harbor me for these few hours, sweet mistress, and I will be gone. Thouknowest not what these few hours are to me. But hast thou forgot ten our childish days? Hast thou forgot ten when we played together? I was but a lad and thou a little maid, and yet, mistress, I called thee sweetheart. Dost thou recall?" She did recall, and her pale cheek was flushed with a bright pink spot as ho spoke. But she did not reply. "I gave thee once a rose," he said. "Dost remember? 'Twas June, so long ago that it seems like a dream. We walked together iv tho rose garden. I mind mo we had escaped from Henry Dowdeswell and left him sulking. And 1 plucked a rose and said: 'Take it, Nan. Take it as a pledge from the uni formed boy that the gallant man shall t eturn to woo thee.' And thou tookest it, sweetheart, with a tear glistening in thy pretty eyes, and thou didst promise to dry its petals and fold them among thy raiment, and keep them till I came back to prove my galhmtry and to win thee. Alas, Nan, I have come back. But my gallantry is unproved, for the day is lost, and I have fled, and how can I hope that thou wilt smile upon me how?" He caught her hand and kissed it. "Ah, Master Quivil" "Wilt not call nic Jack, love? Dear heart, I come to thee scarred and luck less. I daro not offer thee my empty hand. But send me not away comfort less." "Dear Jack," she murmured, blush ing, ' 'thou hast ever been in my heart.'' He" caught her to him. • "And if happier days should come, Nan, sweet Nan, when my hands hold a triumphant sword, and when the king marches proudly to Loudon, and when the gay court gathers again, gayer and statelier than before, say, Nan, wilt thou tako my happy hand and suffer mo to lead thee to that bright court, which thou wilt brighten and adorn as a dia mond adorns the crown?" "Oh, Jack, thou speakest too kind ly." "Nay, mistress, I am thy humble servant. But wouldst thou thus glorify my poor life?" "Oh, Jack! Dear Jack!" But even as he pressed her to his breast something passing the window for a the ? oj» fay of light which streamed through the shutter that had been left ajar. The girl '-started violently and withdrew from her iover's embrace. "What was that?'' she whispered fear fully. "Nothing, my queen," he said reas suringly. "Nay, nay, Jack. Some one passed. " 'Twas old Diggon, mayhap, or thy brother Toby." "No, no," she said in terror. "Dig gon is in the field, and Toby watches the road. This is some one who has alight ed at tho postern gate, aud who comes STAUNTON, VA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1894. nam come here spying tno'ianu. .ana, Jack, if he should come again ho comes as thy enemy. Was he at Naseby?" "He was, Nan. I saw the prick eared rogne.'' "It may be he. Oh, Jack, Jack!" In another moment the sound was heard of a handle being tnrned, and then the heavy tread of one who crossed the outer vesl ibule and drew near to the door of the great hall. Anne clasped hei lover's arm. "My own love, thou must escape," she sobbed. "Through tho window? No, no! He will have placed a watch. In the gallery? Alas, no shelter there!" Sho looked around wildly. The foot steps drew yet nearer. Suddenly her eyes lighted on tho clock's face. "The clock!" she cried in a stifled voice. Thrown. ..pen the case and holding aside the pendulum, she motioned to Quivil to get within. He obeyed her in stantly and without a word. She closed the case upon him, and as she turned away the door of the apartment opened, i and a loud and stern voice demanded admittance. Before she had time either for wel come or denial the speaker entered. He was a tall and soldierly man, wanting yet several years of 30—a man whose countenance had acquired the sour ex pression cultivated by the Roundheads, but who was not naturally ill favored. He looked suspiciously round the room as he cituio in and finally doffed his beaver to the lady. "Good day, Mistress Anne," he said. "Good day, Master Dowdeswell," she returned. "I come upon business," he an nounced. ''I have a search warrant to ransack thy house. I seek the body of Master John Quivil. He is supposed to be in hiding here or hereabouts, and I" He paused, but she did not speak. "I came this way," he went on after a moment. "I thought, madam, it might be more agreeable that a friend should search thy house than a stran ger." " 'Twas kindly done, Master Dowdes well." "Nay, madam. Duty is rarely kind, and I have strictly fulfilled my duty and have cut off every avenue of escape from this house by entering myself through the postern gate while directing my men to follow the public path. I am not kind. But I havo been minded to make the search as little painful to thee as possible. Is the traitor John Quivil hidden here?'' he demanded. "There is. no traitor here," returned Anne quickly. Dowdeswell smiled grimly. "Mistress Anne, thou knowest what I mean," ho said. "Thine is a willful misapprehension. I ask again, Doth the traitor John Quivil lie here concealed?" "I conceal no traitors, Master Dowdes well." "But dost thou conceal the body of John Quivil?" For a moment sho could not answer, and Dowdeswell smiled again. "I per ceive that thou hast lately eaten," he said, then glancing at the clock: "Half past 4! 'Tis marvelous strange that thou shouldst dine or sup at such an hour." "The times are strange, Master Dowdeswell, and wo do strange things in strange times." "Aye, mistress, even to the harbor ing of traitors. "Who, I desire thee tell me, who hath broken bread in this place? But nay. Answer mo not. Cover not thy malignancy with falsehood. Thou hast a traitor here, and I will drag him forth.'' Then, striding to the door, he shout ed to his underlings, who had just reached the front entrance of the house. Bidding them search tho mansion and the outhouses, he seated himself at the table, laying a pair of pistols upon it. Anne still stood in front of the great clock, whose hands pointed to 4:30. "Wilt thou not be seated, mistress?" asked Dowdeswell presently in a gen tler tone. "I do not sit with the king's ene mies, '* she replied. "Ah, mistress, reproach me not," he protested. "Time was when Henry Dowdeswell could win a smile from fair Mistress Anne Fane.'' "That, sir, was when Master Henry Dowdeswell's heartbeat true." "It hath beat ever true, Mistress Anne, and never truer than now. Didst suppose that Henry Dowdenswell's heart could beat for any but Mistress Anne Fane?" "Master Dowdeswell!" "Listen, Mistress Anne. Dost forget all the days of youth—all tho games that we twain played together; all our intercourse, sweet and bitter by turns; all tho jealousies and rivalries between thy humble' servant and Jack Quivil? I never liked the lad. But I forbore to cuff one upon whom my mistress smiled. Thou didst not often smile upon me, Mistress Anne. Yet there were times when thou call'dst me Henry, aud when thy hand would clasp mine as wo crossed the rotten bridge returning from chnrch, and when thy thanks came prettily if I brought thee a honeycomb or a dish of yellow plums." "Aye, I bear in mind thy goodness of yore. But Master Dowdeswell was then a loyal subject of the king." "Charles Stuart, lady, was then a loyal king.'' "Tut, tut, sir! His majesty can do no wrong." "Mistress, we will not argue that. Speak not we of the king. Speak we only of ourselves. Mistress Anne, once thou wert little Nan to me." "Hush, Master Dowdeswell! I can not hear thee.'' "Because I serve not tho king, mad am?" "Aye, and because" "Not because thou lovest another? Say not that!" "I must say it, Master Dowdeswell." He looked at her gravely. "Mistress, is it all forgot?" ho said chidingly. "I twined many a rosy gar land for thee in the days of my careless ness and my profligacy, and thou frowu'dst not always then. Wilt not smile now, when, in my new habit of grace, I, an elect soul, ask thy favor?" "But I cannot love twain." "And thou lovest—whom?" "Master Dowdeswell, what ;s that to thee?" Then there was silence for a space, and presently the trampling of men's feet sounded in the vestibule Dowdes well rose and went to the door. "We have searched, captain, but we have discovered none," said a harsh! voice. "Only in the stable a wornout nag reposeth, and there be blood upon his flanks and a slight wound, and rue thinks he hath been in tho battle, and in tho holster was this kerchief embroid ered with the letters J. Q. " "Good," returned Dowdeswell. "Await me without." Then be shut the door and came back to his former oosltioti. fronting Anne. and with tne clock that still pointed to half past 4 behind her. "Mistress Anne Fane," he began sen tentiously, "I like thee well, and I would fain make thee my wife and gradually draw thee to higher delights and school thy mind to right thinking. To my soitow, thou dislikest me, and I withdraw. But ere I quit thee I con jure thee to tell me—as thou fearest God and as thou lovest virtue and de sirest the rewards of heaven—dost thou conceal here in some secret chamber or in some hidden vault the person of the rebel whom I seek?" "No," said Anne. "As thou dreadest the fires of hell, mistress, I conjure thee to speak the truth." "I do speak the truth, sir." "Without quibbling, mistress, I bid thee inform me if one lie hid hero in some secret chamber whom I account a rebel.'' ' 'There is no secret chamber, Master Dowdeswell.'' "Mistress Anne, is John Quivil here?" "Master Dowdeswell, thou hast sought throughout the house, and thou hast not found him, and I tell thee there is no secret chamber here." "Then to whom appertaineth the wearied nag in tho outer stable?" "How can I say? Our stable door hath no key, and he who will may place his beast there." "Mistress, fear the Lord and speak the truth! To whom appertaineth the kerchief embroidered J. Q?" "Master Dowdeswell, thou hurriest to conclusions. May no man own the initials J. Q. save one?" "Parley not with me, madam. I love thee, Mistress Anne, but my conscience condemns me even whilo I bandy words with thee. Tell me, lest I drag thee to the seat of justice, where hidest thou John Quivil?" She was almost at her wits' end. Bnt sho held firm. "How knowest thon that Master Quivil was at the ill fated field of Naseby?" she asked. "How know I? Because I saw him, madam—saw him in the rear company of the man Charles Stuart, whom thou callest king. I saw him, and I know that he fled in this direction. Madam, tho evidence of his presence here is cir cumstantial. Here are his wearied steed and his kerchief. Yield him up." "Were it in my power, Master Dowdes well, never would I yield him up! The king's loyal servants are my true friends, and I deliver no faithful friend to a foe.'' "Because thou lovest him, mistress?" "Not so. Because I love the king. " Dowdeswell gave a short laugh. "'Tis a woman's wile," he said. "The traitor is here, madam. Thou hast as good as admitted his presence. I must away with thee to the seat of judgment.'' But he did not order her to prepare herself to depart. He stood looking at her with blazing eyes. "Vain and trifling woman!" he burst forth at length. "Thinkest thou to dis semble with me? Thinkest thou to de ceive the Lord's elect? Know that I see thy wicked endeavor; that I perceive thy bold purpose, and that I despise thy shallow deceit. The man John Quivil is here. Madam, he is here, and I for bid thee to conceal him longer. Ac quaint me where he is!" "Master Dowdeswell, bnt now that thou lovedst me,'' said Anne. "If thou hast ever loved me, ask no more, but depart in peace." "I said I loved thee!" he cried im petuously. "Yes, and Ido love thee I Even as Jacob loved Rachel, love I thee! Even as the hart desireth the water brooks, even so I desire thee! My sole desire in life is to content thee, and if needful I would shed my blood for thee. Dear Nan, wilt not return my love and come into my arms, confessing thy great fault of today and telling me where John Quivil lies hid?" "No, Master Dowdeswell," said Anne, with dignity. "Take me away and immure me in the vilest dungeons, but for my love's sake I will reveal naught." "But wilt not love me, Nan?" "No." He was deeply mortified. The per spiration stood upon his brow, and his heart was hot within him. He looked at her again. Then, with an unpre meditated gesture, he raised his eyes to the clock face above her head. Some thing in its aspect struck him strangely. '"Half past 4!" heexclaimod. "Half past 4! Is it always half past 4 here, mistress?'' "Tho clock hath stopped," faltered she. "Strange that it should stop even as I entered the chamber," said he. "Let mo set it going for thee." "Nay," she said quickly. "Why set it going for naught, since thon art go ing to take me to jail! Let the clock be." "That would be indeed an unkind measure," said he. "Even if thou be taken hence, should not the members of thy household know the time?'' "I havo no servants," said she. "None, madam? Beware. Dost thou dwell alone—absolutely solitary?" "My brother Toby is here," she ad mitted, "but ho never looks at the clock, and our old servant is half blind and cannot read the time." "Nevertheless I will sot the clock," said Dowdeswell. And, putting her aside, he flung the clock case wide. "By St. George!" he exclaimed. Quivil stepped forth, his plumed hat in hand. "Good day, Master Dowdeswell," he said complacently. "We are ill met." "I arrest thee, traitor," said Dowdes well. "Sergeant Fairchild" He was about to raiso his voice to call upon liis subordinates to enter aud seize Quivil, but quick as thought Anne circumvented him. Snatching one of his pistols from the table, she darted up the flight of steps into the gallery, and leaning over the railing she cried to Dowdeswell to stay his movements. "Hold!'' she cried imperatively. "Sco here, Master Dowdeswell! I have thy pistol. It is loaded. I hold it to my heart. Baise thy voice but one syllable —touch Madter Quivil by but ono finger —and I fire—l fire, hark ye, and I am dead! And thou lovest me, Master Dowdeswell; thou lovest me! Nay, stand where, thou art! Stir but an inch, and I die. See, the pistol is at my bosom! Listen! Make up thy mind to depart in peace and leave Jack Quivil unharm ed while I count 10. For if when I come to 10 thou be still hero I fire, and I die —thy little Nan, whom thou lovest, dies!" She began to count, leaning over the balustrade, with the pistol pressed against her breast and her finger on the trigger and her eyes fixed upon the two men. They dared not stir. The deter mination in her eyes held them spell bound. Spectator, ■'Ohe,*- , lßß , Wgan. "Stop, ISTan, stop!" entreated Quivil. "Let me go with him! I care naught. Stop, dear love, stop counting aud take that pistol from thy breast" , "Two," she proceeded slowly. "Three" | "Mistress Anne, I cannot do the thing I would. But, oh! for the love of God, take that deadly instrument from thy breast," implored Dowdeswell. i "Four," she went on. "Five— six"— "Nan, thou art killing me. I care not a jot for imprisonment or death." "Seven" "Nan, my little Nan, think that man who loves owes duty too. Have mercy on me and come down.'' "Eight" "Nan, sweet soul, forbear!" "Nan, in God's name, cease!" "Nine - " "Forlove'ssake!" cried Quivil,point ing his pistol at his own breast. ' 'For conscience!'' exclaimed Dowdes well, seizing his other pistol which still lay upon the table and thrusting against his head. Simultaneously the two men fired. "Ten!" It was a mechanical cry. Anne drop ped the pistol from her hand and rushed down the steps, and as she reached the bottom DowdeswelFa troopers hurried into the room. But the Cavalier and the Roundhead who had loved Mistress Anne so well lay dead, and above them stood the. silent clock pointing to 4:3o.—Ar- j gosy. A FLYING COMEDY. Tale of an Uncontrollable Wheel, a Fright ened Rider and Two Good Samaritans. It all happened on a South Side ave nue. The shades of night were getting in their work, and the peace of a righteous community was filtering through tho atmosphere. Brown and Jones were en joying their last cigars and conversing on stocks. There is nothing frivolous or flighty about Brown or Jones. Suddenly there came a swish of feminine skirts, a skurry of a bicycle, and through the darkened air a shrill wail faltered, "Oh, won't you please help me?"' Then a bicycle at full tilt sped across the street crossing, sad Brown and Jones stared at each other aghast. "O-o-oh!" half cried the voice of the disappearing rider. "What in thunder does she want help about?" gasped Jones. "She wasn't tipping over!" cried Brown. "Her wheel was all right!" "No one was pursuing" "Help!" floated brick to the crossing. With one wild gush of alarm two cigars were flung to destruction, aud two repu table citizens went sprinting down Lake avenue. Never since their college days have Jones and Brown made a running record like the one credited to that night's performance, with a movable goal for an object. One block, 2 blocks, 2)4, and the fleeing wheel with its sob bing rider came into view. With an extraordinary spurt, Brown and Jones caught up, grabbed tlie han dle bars and stopped the wild progress of the modern Flying Dutchman. "What" — began Jones. "How"— gasped Brown, who was stout and un pleasantly conscious of something ridic ulous in the whole proceeding. "Oh!" quivered the feminine rider, who was not young and not fair. "Oh, how can I ever th-thank you! Oh, my goodness, what a scare! I can ride, you know—just learned—but I can't turn around, and I can't mount, aud I can't stop my wheel, and I was getting farther away from home every minute, and, oh, dear, what would I have done if" Jones coughed. In her excitement tho distressed lady was reposing against his shirt front. It was a fresh shirt front, aud her act disturbed him. "Shall we get you started for home?" queried Brown, who always had pres ence of mind. "Oh, if you would!" said the dis tressed lady, and then the two reputable citizens put her on her wheel, turned it around, pushed her half a block and saw her disappear iu»the darkness, leav ing a trail of inarticulate gasps, thanks, protests and exclamations in her wake. Stillness fell over Lake avenue. Brown and Jones stuffed their handker chiefs into their collars and looked at each other meditatively. Suddenly Brown went into convulsions. He grabbed Jones' arm. "How," ho stuttered, "how, I say, is that fool woman going to stop when she does get home?'' Then they sat down on the curbstone to recover and incidentally to calculate whether the woman who hadn't learned how to make the wheels stop going round would eventually reach the north pole or be drowned iv Lake Superior. "And ytt," Brown says scornfully, when he tells the adventure, "yet some misguided mortals claim that women have sense enough to vote and decide the fate of tho nation! Humph!"— Chicago News. How Moody Made His Money. "Mr. Moody's money—where does it come from?" some people havo asked in connection with his mission work and his pushing of the Northfield schools. Fabulous sums have been made by successful authors through the publica tion of their works, but the individual profits of the greatest writer or novelist who ever achieved fame and fortune would be insignificant to what has been derived from a little 0 by 4 book called "Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs," by D. L. Moody, P. P. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey. Millions of hands have turned the pages of this little volume, and mil lions of voices have rendered praise from it. Publishing firms, both in Eng land and the United States, have made magnificent fortunes from the sale of the work, and the receipts grow larger every year. The enormous sum of $1,250,000 cash has been paid in royalties to the inter ests represented by Mr. Moody since the book was first published, 20 years ago.' The sale of hymns is said to havo reached the wonderful total of 20,000,- -000 volumes. The price of these books has ranged from 5 cents up to $1.25, but whatever may bo the selling price Mr. Moody has received the uniform royalty of 20 per cent. —Boston Record. Crusliea. His eyes met hers for an instant iv glance of intense and agonized appea' A moment later he staggered to his feet "Crushed!" he moaned. He was tei ribly pale. "Crushed!" with falterin. footsteps he moved away. "Crushed! All he could do was to tell the polic; man 011 tho corner that a girl in a whii cap and blue bloomers had run hi: down with a bicycle. No; he was vi. able to furnish a more detailed descri tion. She had disappeared very sud denly.—Detroit TT-ifowya THE STEEET CAR CON. HE MUST BE EXCEPTIONALLY GIFTED AND WELL TRAINED. When You Understand, You Will See That It Is Not "Dead Easy" to Be a Conductor. Patience, Politeness and Readiness Re quired In the Position. The common notion that the army of men employed by the street railway companies of this town average low in education, intelligence and skill is hard ly true. The man who holds his place for several years as a street car conduct or must be much above the broad aver age in all those things, aud what is true of conductors is true in greater or less degree of other classes of street rail way employees. It is not easy to pi ok from 1,000 men 50 who have the faculty of detail suffi ciently developed to make them good conductors. Ti»e permanent body of conductors is a picked corps of men that has been sifted out by a long proc ess. The labor unions have been able to enforce some of their demands as to pay, hours and some minor regulations, but they have not been able to prevent the discharge of conductors for seeming ly slight offenses—when the offense was not a pretext for reaching a man who had made himself too active as a member of the union. No conductor, therefore, can long re tain his place unless he have the mem ory and the will to observe a host of petty regulations. The man who cannot accept the discipline of such regulations must make some mistake and bring about his own dismissal. Only men who are prompt, sober, patient and po lite can hold places as conductors. A man of violent temper, of ill controlled nerves, of easily confused head, is sure to have a short career. It thus happens that one almost never sees a conductor drunk on duty; that the great mass of conductors keep their wits about them when tho cars are crowded; that conductors are rarely im polite to passengers. Men taken at ran dom even from the learned professions could hardly be expected to discharge the duties of a conductor with success. The men siiow the effects of their disci pline in a hundred ways, and it would not be difficult for an observant person to pitch upon newly appointed conductors. There is for the faithful conductor the prospect of more or less distant pro motion. The peculiar qualities of the men are quickly brought out by the stress of the trade, and when a conduct or has been thoroughly proved there is a chance for him when a vacancy occurs in the grade immediately above his own. Education and natural intelligence count much in the matter of promotion. Any man who will take the trouble to have a word with the conductor now and then will soon discover that con ductors, as a class, are above the aver age in education. Their speech is not elegant, but it is usually free from the blunders of the densely ignorant Men of more than average intelli gence and education are willing to be street car conductors, partly because the work is more agreeable than that of many manual laborers of about the same pay, partly because an efficient and faithful man is sure of his place, and partly because there is some hope of promotion. The permanance of the place is perhaps its chief attraction. Street railways never shut down even in the dullest times. The force is reduced at certain sea sons of the year, and a small percentage of the cars are taken off, but the major ity of tho conductors are needed the year round, and when dismissals take place the inefficient and inexperienced men are the ones to go. The companies like to keep track of promising mon, for there always comes a time when the force must be increased, and the companies prefer men they know. The situation of drivers, hostlers and the like is not so fortunate as that of conductors, because these classes of workmen are on the average less intelli gent and educated than the conductors. Then, too, these times, when motive power is changing, are hard for men who know horses only. The driver who can not develop into a gripman or trolley man is in a ticklish position. As to tho men above the grade of con ductors, they are of many sorts, but most of them are undergoing the discipline of hard work under the watchful eyes of their superiors. Pay is not high, but places are reasonably secure. Tbe man who has risen from the grade of con ductor to an executive post must have acquired an unusual faculty of detail, promptitude, alertness and decision. In all these matters the street railway com panies are schools where the practical lessons of life are taught by daily itera tion. Tho result is that each company has a trained army of men, whence the idle, incompetent and negligent have been weeded out, in order that the company's j work may be done with precision and dispatch. No two companies require e*s>-' actly the same sort of men for those places that bring them in contact with the public, and the character of con ductors especially is noticeably differen tiated on various lines.—New York Sun. uermanys mi-h-l Laws, In no country is the government more strict than in Germany. If a foreigner wishes to remain in a town for some days, he must take his passport to the police and receive in exchange for it, together with a sixpenny piece, a per mit card, which entitles him to remain there for six months. The passport i» pigeonholed. If, however, you desire to change your lodging, both you and your landlord must give notice to the police. This system recommends itself not a lit tle, for it prevents pauper immigration. No German is allowed to leave the country unless he can show he has done the military service required of him. I! a man is on the point of starting, he must delay his departure until he gets a passport showing that he is a free man. A most severe press censorship is cxci cised, and there is no free press like v know it. Any derogatory remark rel.it ing to the sovereign is visited witli heavy punishment, and frequently r editor is at a total loss to know why '.' paper has been seized. Foreign pubis* tions are always scrutinized before i are allowed to bo circulated, and it ; . is any criticism reflecting on the ! of the kingdom the paper is confit t —Pittsburg Dispatch. Very Cautious. Incensed Wife—lt is impossible t<? live with him, the way he goes on. Why, the other night he came home and smashed my piano. What do you thinl* of that? Polite Lawyer—You will have to ex. cuse me, madam, but it is impossible for me to give an opinion. Yoa must re-, member that I have never heard yot| rifts.—Boston Transcript. jj ftonnton $ yectoton RATES OF ADVERTISING^ Advertisements ai-e inserted at the rate ol 12 !i cents per line, for the first, and 6H cent* for each sub equ?nt Insertion. Local Notict s are inserted at the rate of cents per line for the first, and 10 cents for eacii subsequent insertion. Business Notices are inserted at the rata of 1.-) cents for the first and 8 cents for each sub sequent Insertion A liberal discount will be made on all orrtert for 3.6, or 12 months. 1 Obituaries, Announcements of Candidate! for offlce, and all communications of a person al or private character, will be charged for •■ advertisements. NO. 44. i CAST OUT, the disorders, diseases, and weaknesses pecn . War to women—by tho prompt action ofDr. Pierces Favorite Prescription. It's a pow erful, invigorating tonic, end a strengthen ing nervine, lt brings relief for sleepleas -1 ness, backache and bearing-down sensutiong. eMrs. Cora CrMMrNOa of A*o. 74 B. Yates SU, Ithaca, A*,rewrites: "I took your Dr. Pieree'a lavorlte Prescription when I was run down and through the warm weather. It worked like a char in on ot system and I am a food deal heavier In flesh now. It is the best medi cine in the world for 'female troubles," for I took almost all kind* of Patent Medicines. and doctors' prescrip tions without benefit. Mr,CO,i A C DMM .sc, There f day ommend it to some of my lady friends." PIERCE CURE OR MONEY RETURN-ED. ap:il I*. t yr PARKERS Sffipg HAIR BALSAM EPSs4V Cleanses .nil be*ut ; fies the hair. Promotes a loxuriaut Srr'.wth. sjafsH Never FaiU to Bestoro Gray | l ,P air to its Youthful Color. I^ViV'.i*^. — scalp diseases Si hair 1a..11.4. I'se Parker's Ginsrer Tonic. Weak Lin.,'.. Debility, Indigestion, Paiu, Take in time. *0 eta. HINDERCOR.NS. The only sure cure for Cms. Stops all pain. lie. at Druggists, or UltSt'OX & CO., N. V. may 30 4ts WP S*-*fu ±3 if 2 is* andOpirm Haoltß b-h g%" ff SU, W curud ;■ - home with- a i outpain.l'ooknfpar. H l 3 l 3>»."'B»\S*s* f. tic'iiar-tontntEEs mm%*3SmmnrSmWmß.iS.\fOOLUlYJtlX SI Jststa, «;_, Grßoa HHX Via jliaUSt. aus 10-ly CHURCH DIRECTORY. First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick St between N';w and Market streets, services II a. m. and Bp. m. Pastor, Itev. A. M. Fraser Second Presbyterian church corner Freder ick and Lewis streets. Services at 11 a. m and 8. Pastor. Rev. Wm. Cummlng. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, worship at Y. M. C. A. Hall. Services at II a. m., and Bp. m. licctor, Key. It. C. Jetc. "trinity Ep!«<*opal church. .Main street, be tween U wis an,l Church str -ts. Services at 11 a. m., and Bp. m. Hector, Itev. W. Q. Hul ilhen United Brethren church, Lewis street, be tween Main and Johnson streets. Services at 11 a.' m md Bp. m. Pastor, Hey. J. D Don ovan. Methodist church, Lewis street, between Main and Frederick streets. Services at 11 m. antj Bp. m. Pastor, Rev. J. H. Boyd, D. D Christ Evangelical Lutheran church. Lew- Is between Main and Frederick rOsMtP Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Pastor Rev H. F. Shealy. Baptist church, cornel Main and Washing ton streets. Services at 11 a. ni. and 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 ot Most Blessed Sacrament at p. m. Pastor, Rev. Father McVerry. - Yonng Men's Christian Association, corner Main and Water streets. Services at 4 p. m. Sunda . DIRECTORY OF LODGES. MASONIC LODGE. Staunton Lodge No. 13, A. F. and A. M., meets every second and last Friday night In each month, in Masonic Temple, Main street. Jag M. Lickliter.W. M; B. A. Eskridge, Secy. UNION HOVAL AKCH 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 Thwsday night In Odd Fellows' Hall, ovei Wayt's drug store, on Main street. John O Fretwell Noble Grand: C. A. Crafton, Sen' . KNIGHTS OF HONOI* ODGE. Staunton Lodge.. \o. 7.16, of Honor meets every nrst u_;a third Tuesday In each month, In Pythian Hall, Mam 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 o\ er Wayt's drug store ,on Main street. A. S. Woodhouse, Chief Templar F. B. Kennedy, Secy. DISTRICT LODGE. No. 22,1. O. G. T„ meets every three months G. C. Shipplett, D. C. T.; S. H. Bauserman District Secretary. ROYAL ARCANUM. Augusta Council, No. 490, 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 TEMPEKAItCF Charity Division, M. A., S. us of Temperance meets every Monday night, at Odd Fellows all. W. A. t.api, ,Vortt-y Patriarch; Joha B. Coffelt, Secy. UMI .I'D RANK, X .CHTS OF PTTHIAs". E. B. Stuart rivisiou. No. 10, meets second and f'-nrt! Mondavi each montl at Pythian Hall ■atgbt' aptain, F. B. Belklev; SI lvuight iiecordbi, S. H. Kosenbaum. KNIOHTS OF PYTHIAS. \ alley Ludtre, No. is, K. of V fleets eve uouday nicht a f ''astlo Hull, ..n .vest Main street, over Or. \> a; t'n drug sf**rt. CX. Ham mond, L'ha.icelioi' Ooin.-uander; A ,ost K.eep"rcf Kee-*!"us and Seal. KJNIGHT TEM'LATXS. St!., at'-in Cnuinv'nderj, No. x, K...ghts Tem -I'lai, meets fli st Friday night in every month in Masonic Temple, on Mam st-eet. 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 drug store, every Wednesday at 7th run 30th breath setting of the sun. S. E. Lushbaugh, sachem James W. Blackburn, chief of records. Al visiting brothers welcome. AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR. Valley Council No. 736 meets on the first and third Mondays in each month. Commander. A. S. Woodhouse; secretary. Dr. J. M. Hanger collector, Isaac C. Morton, Jr. CATHOLIC HIBERNIAN BENIFICAL* SOCIETY. | Meets arst 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. A. Armentrout, president, and C. Harry Haines, secretary. CENTRAL PROHIBITION CLUB. Mcc on Thursday night of each week, in lt t t. room, 119 East Main street. Jas. W. Bod y, Act'ns President; Freston A. Ross, Secre a*"y CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Monthly meetings, Fourth Tuesday In ea month at 7-30 o'clock. Room in City Hall bulla ng. Isaac Witz, president; J.C. Shields, se«re art*