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itaunton Spectator "Eciitor a**a& TERMS, $2.CJOA YEAR. XW Hemittances should he made hy check raft, postal order, or registered letter. PROl'li!-'(OXIL. C*\ARTEK HHAXTON, J ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, No. 23 S, Augusta St. Special attention given to collections. CS. W. ISAKNES, a • ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, Noltl West Main Street, sept 21 -tf Staunton, Va. WH. LANDES. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, STAUNTON, VA. No. 2, Court House Square, aug 9-tf HUGH G. EICHELBEKGEK, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, Staunton, Va. I"WPrompt attention to collections. ALEX. F. KOKEKTSON, ATTOKNEY-AT-LA W, STAUNTON. VA. Offlce No. I Lawyer?-" Uow. in rear of Court house. DR. D. A. BUCHER DENTIST. Offlce in Crowle Building, Koom 25. 3rd floor Offlce hours from i) v, M. to C P. M. may 27 11. S. Turk. Henry W. Holt. TURK & HOLT, ATTOKNE YS-AT- LA W, No. 8 Lawyers' Uow. Staunton. Va. Law Offices ALEXANDEH & TAYLOIi, Lawyers, No 6 Lawyers' How,, oct 17-tf T M. QUAKLES. ') . ATTORNEP-AT-LAW. STAUNTON, VA. feb 17, '86-tf Wm. A. Pratt, Hugh Holmes Kerb. PHATT & E.ERR, A TTOKNE VS-AT-LAW, No. 17 rourt. Place, - - Staunton, Va. NOTARY PUBLIC. TOS. A. GLASGOW, rj ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. RoomS, No. 23 S. Augusta Street. Skinner Building. STAUNTON, VA. aug 10-tf DR. H. M. i-AirEKSON, STAUNTON, VA. Offers hi professional services to the citi zens of Staunton. Offlce No. 121 East Mtain Street. JH. CHOSIER, . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Offlce on Courthouse square, STAUNTON, VA. Prompt attention given to all legal by mess sntrusted to him, in State or Federal Courts. Will devote entn-e time to his profession, luue I-tf D E. R. NELSON, attorney-at-law amd commissioner in Chancery. OFFICE NO. 10 LAWYERS' HOW, Jan 4-tf STAUNTON, VA. * C. BRAXTON ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR. OFFICE.—Cuo-viE Building opposite Y. M. C. A. Special attention given to corporation and 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, aud shall, from Ithis time, give my undivided time and exclu sive attention to the law; and to such persons as my entrust me with their litigation, 1 prom ise my best efforts and such ability as 1 may possess. Lan 18-tf GKATiSFCL-CO-tfrOUTISG. EPPS'S COCOA BREAKFAST-SUPPER. "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a cireful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr, Kpps has provided for our breakfast and sup per a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the Judicious use of such articles or diet that a con stitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to dis ease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are float ing around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." — Ciril Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk, -"old only in nalf-po'ind tins by Grocers, label led thus": J AMISS EPPS & CO.. Ltd., Hom.eopliatic Chemists, London, England. dec 12 4ts miss siii .vt.t.y He ii pleasing pastime, but we take more pleasu in Looking Forward To the time when the Retail Grocers Ot the City and surrounding country will have become convinced that the best place to buy TEA, COFFEES, SYRUPS, MOLASSES TOBACCOS,CiCARS, HIGH GRADE FLOURS and in fart ?verythuitf In the staple and fan cy Grocery -me is at Bowling, SpMCfl's oi.p american hotel bliii.oino, at c. &0 Depot. What is Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcotie 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. Archer, 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 seems a work .. For Bevetal Tearg t have recommended cf supererogation to endorse it. Few are the your . Castoria) , and ajafl always continue to mtellisent families who do not keep Castoria do so as it has invariably produced buneficia" . within easy reach." results" Carlos Hartyn, D. D., Edwin F. Pardee, M. D., New York City. 125 th Street and 7th Aye., New York City. The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, Xew York City StWiiiiif! §111 tyititifoi. VOL. 72. DYSPEPSIA Is that misery experienced when audflehly made aware that you possess a diabolical arrangement r !:;d stomach. Xo two dyspep tics have the same predominant ; symptoms, but whatever form ilyspepaja takes The underlying cause is in the LIVEIi, i.!;'i one thing is certain no one v. ill remain a dyspeptic who will 'lo*s*» **" ** v iH correct -T* d"*J.'fc V RaA Acidity of tho Expel foul gases, bbbVsßsiJSbi AHay Irritation, Digestion 1 it\ • W an(l at tne same 7 £JB •&• tlm9 ■■ ■ * the Liver working and all bodily ailments a'ill disappear. more than three yes-..-s I suffered with ii its worst form. I tried several Lit Ihey : Horded no rdief. At last I tried Layer which cured me in a ii time. It is a good medicine. I would not .- without it."—James A. Roane, Philad'a, Pa. ■fee that jfou get the Genuine, v.itli red on front of wrapper. I KEPARED ONLY BY 3. li. ZSOAAU £r CO., Philadelphia Fa. nov 2S-lvr Hours for Arrival and Closing ofMails at Staun ton Postolce. ARRIVE. I.V C. AND O. RAILROAD. 5 a. 111. from north, south, east and west. 9.57 a. m. from west. 2.40 p. in. from Richmond and intermediate points. 7.05 p. ni. from north, east and south. HY B. AND O. 1.22 a. in. from Lexington ana intermediate points. 1.50 p. m. from the north. 9.1 ai p. in. from the north. Harper's Ferry and intermediate points. STAR ROUTES. 7 a. in. from Plunkettsville, daily except Sun day. 10 a. m. from Mt. Meridian, daily except Sun day. sp. ni. from Middlebrook. daily except Sun day. 5.30 p. m. from Monterey, daily except Sunday. 10.30 a. m. from Sacf,ersvi!le. CLOSE. FOR B. AND O. 5.30 a. m. tor Lexington, ti.SO a. m. Harper's Ferry and points north. 2.Vi a. m. for Harrisonburg, Woodstock and points north. 1.10 p. ni. for Lexington and intermediate points. ; 6.00 p. m. for Lexington and intermediate points. kor c. and o. 8.1.l a. m. and 2,15 p. m. for north, east, south. 0.00 p. m. for east, north, south and west, i 2.16 p.m. for Clifton Forge and intermediate points. ' 0.15 p. ni. for the west. STAR ROUTES—DAILY* EXCEPT SUNDAY. 5.30 a. m. for Monterey. 6.00 a. m. for Middlebrook, 1.00 p. m. for Mt. Meridian. 6.15 p. m. for Plunkettsville. ; 12.30 p. m. for Mt. Solon daily, STAUNTON OFFICE Opens 7a. m., closes 7 p. m. Money order and registry business opens at 8 a. m., closes 6 I p. m W. T. McCITE. P. M. i REMOVAL OF THE LADIES AND BETJTLEMENS* RESTAURANT! - —° The undersigned have removed their Ladies ; and Gentlemen's Kestauraut to the lurley Building on the corner of Main and Lewis Streets, where they hope their old patrons will i call upon them as heretofore as they will be better prepared to accommodate them. They I will take regular boarders, to a number of whom they can furnish lodging or rent rooms ■as well as board at cheap rates. Hemember i the place—Hurley Building, second story, corner Main and Lewis Streets. MABGAHET A LUCY CAUTHORN. feb 3rd Buy the -Braddock*' Pure Rye. It is the best and costs no more than inferior goods. JAS. CLARK & CO.,' JNO. McQUAIDE, Manager. i SOS. SO AND 23 SOUTH NEW Si 1.1 £ T, STAUNTON, VA., Distillers and Sole I'roprietors and Liquor l Dealers. Read what eminent Physicians say:— Staunton, Va., July Wtn, 1894. Capt. Jiio. McQuaide, Staunton, Va: Dear nt;—ln reply to yours of this date I ; wish to say that I have prescribed your-Brad dock Pure Rye Whiskey," and lind it a pure, reliable whiskey, and an article that is well , i borne by delicate stomachs. I I will taki pleasure in recommending it to ■ i those of my patients who need whiskey as a medicine. Yours truly, H. H. Hknkkl, Staunton, Va., April 14th, 18W. ! Capt. Jno. McQuaide, Manager, Staunton, Va: Deak Sir :—I have tested the "Bye Whiskey' ! manufactured by James Clark & Co., and find It an excellent article, when necessary for medicinal pin noses would highly recommend it. Respectfully. It. P. REESE, M. D. Staunton, Va., March 28th, 1894. Capt. Inc. McQuaide: He vr Sir :—Please accept my thanks for the i sample of Braddock Whiskey which I have I , thoroughly tested as to its medicinal prop ' ertles in niv practice, and find it theraputical- I ! lv meets in every way tho demands of the pro ! f'ession where a stimulant is required. Very sincerely. J. H. CATLETT, sept 12-tf City Physician. THE FIRST STAR OF THE YEAR. In a field of amethyst, Hanging 1 like a globe of mist, Comes the first star of tho yoar. Streaming banners, crimson red, Flo.it above the sun's low head, Resting from his day's career. Lite a bursting ball of snow, Lik* a white ro.se ope.s to blow, BaOWS the low'ring star her face. Bright ooanpaatoas one by one Gather round hor pearly throne, Each resplendent in its place. Like the dawning of the truth As love wakens in the youth, Flashes now the New Year's star. Queen and brightest of her race. Shedding all her lustrous grace Down to as from realms afart Down to at from realms of light, Ever glowing, beaming, bright— Golden star and dazzling sun. Clouds may oft obscure their rays, But th< y *.■ nmot quench their blasts. Constant in their course they run. Wisdom fraught, they teachings gf v% How we day by day should live, Nobly -'Inning in our sphere. Greater light and clouds may mar. Shine on steadfast like the star, Like the first star of the year. —Chicago Record. IN THE GOLDFIELDS. * W* were all sad that New Yoar's eve in the Australian goldfieltls in tho year : 1853. The clay before we numbered 20 Americans and Englishmen, who had i come in search of wealth, and now threo of our number had just been laid away i forever on thehillside, buried in one deep grave, their lives crushed out by a fall of earth. That night, whilo the 17 of us who were left sat around the campfire, young Ross said: "Boys'' (we were all friends and never yet had used among ourselves tho ordi nary digger appellation of mate), "this is a sad. ending of our first Australian Now Year's day. Maybe it will cheer us up some if I tell you of one which in Canada two years ago turned out more happily." There was a general cry of "Do, Fred, do," and the boy began: "Some of you know that my homo is in a backwoods township, about 80 miles northwest of Toronto and not far from Georgian bay. My father, who was formerly a captain in a regiment of British cavalry, sold his commission in 1642 and emigrated to Canada, where ho bought a 000 acre, partially cleared, farm, wishing to give his five boys and four girls a better chance in life than a family in moderate circumstances can have iv the old country. I was only 8 years of ago then, and my baby sister not half as many months. "My mother" (I wish I could convey an idea of how tenderly Fred spoke that word whenever occurring in his story), "though a tiny little thing, who wears a No. 2 boot and a b}:i glove, is as bravo as au Indian princess, and she and my father are just like lovers yet. So we were a very happy family aud got on splendidly. "Every year a big patch of bush was cleared up, and when I left homo there were more than 400 acres of the farm under some sort of cultivation. Father and my three elder brothers sometimes worked as hard as the hired men, and they all liked it, but Hugh and I, the two youngest boys, were, we thought, awfully abused by being sent to school, and afterward to Upper Canada college at Toronto. Wo made up for it all, though, in tho summor and Christmas holidays, as there was any quantity of fishing and hunting everywhere around our home. "About six miles from ourplaco lives Colonel Warwick, a half pay officer, whoso family is of exactly tho same size as ours, and ever since coming to Can ada we had dined and spent the evening with them on Christmas day, and they with us on New Year's day, and wo al ways had great fun. "Two years ago today, Jan. 1, 1851, the Warwieks—father, mother and nine children, big and little—came to us as usual, but when wo sat down to dinner our total number was only 21, instead of 22. The place at my mother's right hand was vacant, and she herself, though doing the honors gracefully, wore a troubled anxiety, which she could not wholly conceal, and which was more or less reflected by each face in our own family." "Had one of your brothers or sisters died, then, Fred?" asked one of the men. "No—that is, we hoped not. Tho trouble was that 18 months before, in July, 1841), my eldest brother, Donald, longing for adventure and excited by wonderful reports from newly discover ed goldfields, had left home, bound for California, and not a word from or of him had yet reached us beyond the mere information that ho was to leave New York for Colon on tho 16th day of tho mouth as passenger on a sailing ship, thennmeof which he did not give. From Colon—now Aspinwall— he in tended to cross the deadly isthmus to Panama, and thence take ship on the Pacific for San Francisco. "On the New Year's day of 1850 his absence had thrown but a slight cloud on onr jollity, as in those days there was no Panama railway, and six or even nine mouths might well pass away without letters from him. But now an other whole year had gone by, and even my bravely hopeful father had begun to feel alarmed, for it was not like true hearted Donald to neglect his own peo ple, and yet, if still alive, how was his long silence to be accounted for? We feared that, like so many hundreds of other gold L-.ekers, he migl't have per ished in fever stricken Panama, as he would, we thought, have certainly writ ten if ho had safely reached San Fran cisco. "The grizzled old soldier, Colonel Warwick, tried hard to cheer us by his own reminiscences of mysterious lost and happily refound comrades in India and elsewhere and by truthfully re minding us of the many vicissitudes to which letter ■ from California were then exposed. 'Why,' he said, 'the boy has probably written a half dozen times, but either iv crossing the isthmus, passing round Cape Horu or coming by way of that wonderful overland pony express the letters may every one havo been lost. I've known far stranger things than that, in the way of missing mail matter, to occur among our fellows, even in easily reached and densely pop ulated India.' "For a year before leaving home Donald had owned a magnificent New foundland dog, Prince by name. The Black Prince we youngsters called him not only ou account of his color, but also because his chivalrous and daring character greatly resembled, in our es timation, that of the famous personage in English history for whom we had named him. Indeed Prince had or.oe saved his master's life when the latter Was one day, in an outlying field, sud deuly attacked by a furious, half wild bush bull. Hence Donald was so grer.t ly attached to the creature that he had, notwithstanding the added exnense. tak STAUNTON, VA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26,1894. en him along on his tedious journey, much to onr regret, as we sorely missed the grand eld fellow in all our outdoor Bports. "So, ou this New Year's day, all of ! us, even down to 9-year-old Margery, ; thought constantly of the faraway pair. | But tlie rites of hospitality could not be l neglected, and by and by, stimulated j by the purnnqod gayety of our visitors, i all of us young lolks joined, just in the 1 gloaming, in a romping game of 'hide ! and seek.' "At ordinary times our big ten room : logl-ouso was lighted by homemado tal low candles, but on festive occasiourt my mother used sperm ones. Nnmbern of theso were now burning, in addition j to the great open fires, making all with !in doors ;:!together too light for the proper enjoyment of oar game; so. by ' unanimous consent, we agr:ed that Iho I 'hiders* should have the privilege of (lie fast, darkening wood shed, stable and j nearest barn. "The play went merrily on for half j an hour, or so, each successive 'seeker' generally routing out the most cunning ly concealed 'hiders' in no time. But then little Agnea Warwick so artfully hid herself that the 'seeker' of tho mo ! ment, utterly failing to discov r her, I was finally obliged to call upon the ' , whole crowd for assistance. " High and low, up and down, through ! ! stable lofts, between wood piles, behind I I straw stacks, inside the big fanning j I mill, over grain bins and under the bam, I we hunted without success. Then, gath ered in a cluster on the thrashing floor, we were about to give up and let tbe little mischief find herself, when, through tho open door, into which the pale moonlight streamed, a dark body rushed, shot past us and sprang over in to a nearly empty haymow, whence in stantly came a' great rustling and a se ries of inarticulate cries—from the now discovered Agnes—which sounded to us like those of fear and pain. " 'A bear! A bear!' screamed the elder Miss Warwick. 'A bear is killing the child!' These brutes are quite plenti fnl in our neighborhood. " 'Pshaw!' exclaimed my brother Hugh, 'bears don't come out in winter.' " 'No, nor they don't have long tails either, I guess,' wisely observed little Margery. "Recovering from our momentary as tonishment, we yonng men and boys were in tho act of rushing tc the rescue when out of the manholo of tho mow crept littlo Agnes, laughing half hys terically and encircling with one arm the neck of a big black dog! " 'Why, it's Prince! Donald's Black Prince!" all of us simultaneously shout ed, fur now we plainly saw tho peculiar, heart shaped breast spot which was the only speck of white on tho glossy coat of onr long lost friend. "It really seemed as if iho wise old fellow had stealthily watched our play until lie found what tho trouble was, and then, with deliberate purpose to surprise us, had dashed p:.st without greeting, and guided by his unerring nose had speedily torn tho hay off tho form of his well remember'd playfel low, for pretty Agnes Warwick used to spend fully as much time at our homo as at her own. "Now, having so well succeeded in creating a sensation, Prince- threw off all disguise, and after hilariously ■jump ing upon each of us in turn gamboled, barked and frisked around in an ecstasy of delight, while we all started in a wild race to the house. "Evidently some ono—perhaps with news of Donald—had arrived, for a strange sleigh stood before tho open door, and as wo nearod the house wo could hear my father's voieo ringing out in tones which did not sound like those of grief. " 'There's word from Donald! Come on!' yelled my brother Archie as he sprang to the leading place. '-'The other 18 of us followed pell mell, almost tumbling over each other in our eagerness, and burst like a cy clone into the big parlor. Then tho old [ roof shook with our half frantic cheers, for there, in the center of the room, I stood Donald himself! He was brown !as an Indian aud bearded like—well, j like any gold digger, but was the same old Donald still, while, clasped to his breast, with her arms abont his neck, lay my dear littlo mother, softly crying in speechless joy." Here poor Fred almost broke down, and not a homesick man of us all could trust himself to speak. Preset .ly, how i.ver, the young fellow—he waa c-:Iy 10 —went on: "Boys—l—tell you—this—was—al most—too—much for me. I'll neve forget that time if I should live a thou sand years. It s.aemed like getting my brother back from the grave itself. Some of us cried like babies, and even tho stern old colonel himself had to pretend that tho open door blew the lire Bmoka into his eyes. "At last we quieted down a little, and after the two hungry travelers— Black Prince and his master —had eat en a good dinner, Donald told ns his story. It would take me all night tore peat it iv full. Besides I can't tell it as he did, so I'll just give you the mar row of it. "On landing ot Colon he and all the other passemjera had to pay $46 each lof mule hire, with a pair of big Mexi can spurs thrown in for every rider, in order to get across the isthmus. More than one-half of the crowd already had symptoms of the fever when they got to tho city of Panama, and 2G poor fel lows died there while waiting a week for a Pacific ocean ship. "Donald was stricken down almost at once aud lay for three mouths be tween life and death in the house of Fa ther Laporte, a kind French-Canadian priest, who took good care of him and his effects, and when he was able to dictate wrote for him to my father, though ueither that letter nor three others written from different places by Donald himself were ever received —a quite common occurrence during the first two years of the California excite ment. "Daring tho whole of his master's illness Priuco stuck close to him, though, as Father Laporte afterward related, nothing but the dog's own fierco courage and fidelity had prevented him being stolen by covetous thieves. "At last Donald gotstrong enough to sail for San Francisco, where he arrived after a five weeks' voyage and iv robust health. Here he wrote a long home let ter, and, accompanied by Prince, went oft' at once to San Juan diggings. Ha j had good luck from the very first, and i in eight months cleared above all ex penses nearly §11,000. Then, being no longer able to bear up tinder that awful homesickness which all of us are begin ning to know so well, he pulled up stakes and started for home. "He told us that often, while on the diggings and in the city, too, he had been offered 50 ounces of gold for Prince, but that 50 times 50 could not have ■ bousrht him, very fortunately for Don- j aid himseir, ior on nis joui'irey irom tne mints to San Francisco he was waylaid ono night by two Mexican tramps ami saved from robbery and death only through the dog's watchfulness and courage. "It seems the vagabonds had conceal ed themselves in a clump "of chaparral by the roadsido and were in the act of stealing out upon their intended vic tim when sharp eyed Prince sprang for ward aud bore one of them to the ground before ho could use his murderous knife, then held him by the throat until Don aid had bound him, while his villainous comrade, seeing the game was up, dis appeared iv the bush. "Without further serious adventure my brother had returned homo by way of Oallao, thence to Panama, then acroa tho isthmus again, and so by au Atlan tic steamship to New York, where ho sold his gold, all except a few specimen nuggets, for $17.10 per ounce, that be ing then the highest price for California gold. _> "While he was telling his story the noble old dog listened intent!}*, and, I do believe, understood every word, as at tliti most striking passages he thump ed tho floor with his great tail in token of approval. " "You had a jolly time, then, after all, eh, Fred?" raid one of our fellows. "Jolly! Well, I should say so. Our New Year's day, which began with anx ious doubts and went along with forced gayety, ended in a regular jubilee." Feeling too greatly shocked by the tragic death of our comrades to remain longer on the Leaden, four of us—Jack Drquhart, Fred Ross, Joe Wells and I —started next day for Eagle Hawk gully, Bendigo, whence, after three weeks of profitable work, we went across country to Jim Crow creek. , I may add that Ross, Wells and I, after many stirring adventures, got back to America all right, and that Jack Ur quhart married a pretty English girl and remained in Australia.—Romance. NEW YEAR'S IN JAPAN. The Custom of Making Gifts Prevails. Holiday Street Scenes. On New Year's day the Japanese tradesmen send their customers small offerings, usually of something in their lino of business. A grocer will give per haps a pound of sugar or a little pack age of rice. Every present, large or small, costly or inexpensive, is accom panied by a little folded three cornered paper a few inches in size. Sometimes this is of crimson or gilt paper or some times blue or silver, according to the taste of the sender. Tho origin of this custom is very an cient and curious. In days of old a piece of dried fish was sent with each gift, but gradually people fell into a vicious habit of sending on the same piece of fish with the next present they sent away, as if they received so many offer ings they could not possibly eat all the fish that came. Finally matters got to such a pitch that a gentleman could frequently smell his present coming around the corner. So in order to do away with this abuse these little pieces of paper were substituted. Another custom that seems very strange in our eyes is that of sending presents of eatables, sweetmeats, mcchi or bean cake, etc. Such dainties are sent in priceless bowls of cloissone or satsuma set on a lacquer tray. Over all is thrown a silk and gold embroidered square of soft ribbed crape, and tho messenger carries it through the street held at arm's length. The recipient eats the contents, and without washing or cleaning tho bowl in any way returns it and tho cover with elaborate thanks. The" littlo shops, which look like dry goods boxes set upon end, are filled with gay toys, with dolls, kites and bits of tinsel and dyed feathers mado into tiny ornaments for the ebony hair of tbe brilliantly dressed, powdered and rouged little girls. Acrobats and street actors attract crowds of not only children, but their elders. Then there are Punch aud Judy shows, but Punch and Judy are replaced by fabulous cats, badgers and foxes, who play all sorts of tricks upon men and women. Conjurers and snake charmers reap a harvest, and the man who makes and plays bamboo flutes earns a small fortune. Every one from the little tots of 6 or 7 to grandams of 60 or TO plays bat tledoor and shuttlecock. And such gor geous battledoors as were never before seen! Great, awkward pieces of board, plain on ono side, the other elaborately decorated with a figure of a noted dan cer or geisha, tho hands and face paint ed on the wood, but the dress of silk or paper pasted on and standing an inch or more above tho board. Tho shuttlecock is a gilded seed stuck around with dyed feathers until it resembles a flower.— New York Advertiser. Good Resolutions For the New Year. Let us look over tho mistakes of tho bygone days and plau a new course of action for tho future. Where wo have been wrong let us now bo right, and where we have been right let us stick to that courso, going from good to bet ter, from better to best. A word about the resolutions that will be made today and broken tomorrow do not make them at all if you do not mean to keep them. The promise bears no weight that is so soon forgotten. Make tho covenant with your conscience and your Maker. Do not blazon your righteous sentiments abroad, but with sober sincerity of purpose watch out against the faults, making a gallant fight against the foes of evil. With such an incentive to inspiro you tho new year will gradually become to you a close friend, bringing joy and happiness in its path and breathing into your heart messages that will indeed make the wishes for a happy New Year materialize in every truth to your own superabundant satisfaction.—Philadel phia Times. Only One Day In the Year. Brother Christian, determine to make this the best year of your life—tho rich est, ripest, strongest, happiest. But you cannot grow in grace "by wholesale." Begin the year by putting the knife in to some bad habit or besetting sin. Be- ! gin by laying stiff hold on some neglect ed duty. Consecration nieans letting Jesus Christ own the whole of you. Holiness means serving Christ in littlo ! things, autl remember that in all the year you will see only one day, and that will be called "today." The ladder to heaven is climbed not by a leap, but round by round.—Theodore L. Cuyler. | 1 V/olf-in<;i>at of the Early Saxons. The Anglo-Saxons called New Year'a the Wolf-monat because the wolves werf | moro ravenous then than at other times, I and the Scandinavians also called it ] Aefter-Yule. In old illuminatea missals i and calendars January is depicted as-! an old mau, carrying a woodman's as ; and a bunch of fagots, shivering and j blowing nprjn hie fingers.—Exchange, j NEW YEAR'S CALLING. AuOltl KnickciVcrkerCustoni That Should Be l'erpetiiaiiMl. While tho New Year's customs of an 3:ent Braes ponfwuil for us a certain fas cination, we line' still more interesting the cclehn.riona of the present time. The one that is most characteristic, most truly iinerieau, is the old Knicker bocker custom of making calls upon New Year's day, and it is to be hoped that it will be long continued by those Who care to encourage and sustain ■R-hatcver is distinctly national and characteristic among us. It is true that this custom belongs to a time when making calls had not become a daily business, pursued for want of other oc cupaiiou by men and women of leisure. It i:; true that it belongs to a time when men were too busy to do much visitim; and gladly :cized this annual opportu nity of looking up old friends and es pecially the busy wives and mothers they had known as girls and recalling and recounting the scenes and events of their youth. This annual brightening of the links of'old friendships is the special function of New Year's calls. The day is put to very bad use when it is employed in a mere effort to count up a long list of names of persons whom one may have seen yesterday or the day before and who have no steady purpose to prevent them from calling every day of their lives. Of course one does not want to miss one's intimates on such a day, but there is not the same object in setting apart a day for them, and that is the reason why some modern and fashionable peo ple who have "traveled" relinquish tho custom when they return home to a life based as far as possible on what they have heard and seen abroad. But this class are not all of American socie ty. There are many who represent the oldest and best families who cling to old habits, who do not spend half their lives abroad, but who are the strength and honor of the best enterprises and efforts at home. Then there are others, busy business and professional men and women, who form the largest part of our "best" so ciety, who perhaps do the most to for mulate its habits and perpetuate its cus toms, and to these the Ist of January, as a- day of freedom and devotion to the social idea, is a boon which they wel come apart from its significance and the desire to perpetuate "it as a custom. — Philadelphia Times. AT BAVARIA'S CAPITAL. New Year's Reception at the Court of Dresden—Greeting the Queen. On tho night of the com- the persons who are to be presented assemble in an amber hall lighted by wax candles in fcix immense crystal candelabras. La dies of honor stand here in a group near , the door, while aids-de-camp move about, the strangers that come in one by one being placed in a row that lines tho four sides of the room. Embassadors, ministers and ministers' wives take np their places along the line near the per- j sous who are under their charge. Suddenly three taps of the marshal's staff resound on the mosaic, hard wood floor, aud majesty enters. All bow deep ly. The queen gives her hand to the minister's wife next to her, then rtepa very close in lrout of tho first lady to bo presented. Her master of ceremonies mentions the lady's name. Majesty is nearsighted. The lady therefore makes her reverence without taking the conventional two steps backward. "Is sho living in Dresden?" tho queen in quires. The stranger answers, "Yes, your majesty," whereupon the queen moves her hands nervously, fingering her fan. Tho page, in crimson and sil ver, who carries the end of her out spread, long, peacock colored, velvet brocade train, stands motionless, like a statue. His face is powdered, and his curly peruke has been sprinkled with a white porcelainlike dust that glints in the light. During the pause and silence tho stranger observes it curiously, though her eyes are fixed on the queen and her mouth fixed in a grin, as if before a photographer's camera. At last tho next question comes, "Is she not American by birth?" "Yes, your majesty," comes the stereotyped, stupid little reply. Maj esty pauses again ono indecisive mo ment longer; then finally she nods and passes on to the next stranger. At once the next stranger makes her reverence of greeting while tho first is finishing with hers of farewell.—New York In dependent. closely and draw auguries thircfrom, for the winds of New Year's eve have port, nteius qualities. Hence: Ii Hew Year's eve night wind blow south, It bctokcnet'n v.-;:nnth and growth; If west, much milk and fish in tho se^; If north, much cold and sle.rms there will te; I If c:i..t, the trees will bear i:iu?h fruit; If northeast, flc-e it, man and brute. The custom of drawing water from the dead and living ford Usque- Cash richd is still followed in some parts of the highlands. This water when diunk acts as a charm against the spells of witchcraft, the evil eye, etc. The high landers, too, burn juniper branches and fill their houses with smoke to purify them and prevent harm entering them during the coming year.—Selected. Hansell Monday In Scotland. "Hansell Monday" is still a familial phrase iv Scotland, notably in Fife, where olrl New Year's day is still ob served (Jan. 12). To hansell is to bies? or endow or give—a sort of luck penny. To hansell a new article is to wear it on an auspicious occasion. Work is hurried over in tho morning, and then all take holiday. Rifle) shooting at a target or glass | ball shooting is an ever popular sport, the prizes being given either in money or beet Tho local butcher kills a fat bullock, aud tho shooters pay so much a shot iv hope of gaining a prize. Tho Christmas dinner of English folk is eaten by their Scotch compatriots on j this day. The master brows a howl of i punch or toddy and passes it round to j the servants, and all unite iv drinki] . and pledging good health and lit" yiness to each other. Iv the eve.': balls and raffles aro the popular -'..i-i..- , ments.— Philadelphia Public Ledger. Remember the Poor. Blessed is ho that considereth thf poor! The Lord wiil deliver him in ev ery time of trouble. Lord, who Khali abide in thy tabernaclo and who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walk eth uprightly, ami worketh righteous ness, and spcaketh the truth in his heart; he that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor eloeth evil to his neighbor, nor takoth up a reproach against a neighbor; in whoso eyes a vile person is contemned; who putteth not out his money to usury nor taketh a bribo against tho innocent—he that doeth these things shall not be moved t crever wdem.-Sw.t-e Commentary. j NEWYEAB'SLONCrAGO A DAY OF HEARTY GREETING TO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. Callers lUs-.il Wit* I'm-.- ApfaM rider and Doughnuts—Cuttinsr !*;•* StcrW Year's Cake— The Girls of Byeunc Days—Hare We Changed Por the Better? New Year's is nothing at all nowa days, and yon may sail over it is easily as over the equator and not see it in the least. But it was a day then that meant something, and it came iv at the head of the year in a way that you should understand it was there. Nor was it out way to do as they did iv the times of its decadence. Nobody knew anything about cards —those little infinitesimal nothings that make up for respect and honor and good fellowship. Oh, fie, but what shams there aro nowadays! But we took off onr greatcoats and hung up our hats, and we did not count up the doorbells we had rung as so much of a contribution to society. To be sure, there were not then so many of us in this land, and those that were did not all livo in the cities" but wo had breathing room and elbow room and wero ashamed neither of work nor of being known" to eat our bread by tbe sweat of our brows. Now, your little whiffet passes for a humorist because he can mimic country ways, and says, "Oh, fie, bnt the fellow parts his hair in the middle, and his shirt front is bigger than his brains!" "Come up to tbe fire," said my little mother. "Pull up your chair." And the circle widened out bigger till it took in half the room. There were the minister, and neighbor Hotchkiss, and old lady Denison, and tho twin old maids, and my uncle 3 George and Piatt, who sat in the corners of (ho fireplaco nearer the heat, and there were more besides, and every one was happy. "Will you pass the cider?" said my little mother, and then began the fun. That cider was made of Spitzen bergs, every drop of it. And you should have tasted that cider! It was pressed out iv no patent mill, with a million bushels of rubbish and dirt. It was pure juice of the apple. It did no one any harm, and it went around with a huge salver of doughnuts. O Lord, but what has become of the knack for doughnuts, and caraway cakes, and gingersnaps? One would think it could not have so evaporated. It was coming time to cut the huge loave3 of cake, and our little mother al ready had a knife in her Washington cake, and my tall aunt had a knife in her Lafayette cake. Then I could see that our father was uneasy, and he got up and took the poker and furtively watched the two women as he gently rolled over the front stick in the fire irons and had everything ready for a tremendous poking of the whole heap. But happily just then the parson warmed into a discussion of St. Paul's epistlo to Timothy. "Pish!" said my little mot-h --er, "but St. Paul will do well enough for Sundays, but he did not understand women." "You are right," said lpy aunt, "and for my part I hate old bach elors when they set up to teach married folk." Ynu conld see in a moment that all was over, aud my father quietly laid down the poker, and t ie two women drew together and whisper, and instead of rival cake'- we had tho two sorts put lovingly together on ono plate and a plate for every one of us. I never saw such big pieces of cako beforo or since. It was all to our advantage. Tho rivalry had become a rivalry of generosity. Girls in those days were big, rosy creatures, who could laugh and did not wear corsets. They milked the cows and harnessed tho horses and went to mill on horseback without a saddle. They could knit aud sew and could eat like other folks. They did not nibble confectionery and giggle, but were open to a clean kiss and knew how to give one. Our girls and our neighbors' girls were seven that day, and they soon had things all their own way. While the older women sat in easy chairs the girls flew about and cared for everybody. Ah, but what a creature a really beautiful girl is! Siie needs no art at all. Bless 'em, but is not nature enough? Yes, truly, thero are fools who trick them selves out till you cannot tell they are girls, only by their wriggling walk, and their giggling talk, and their heartless disregard of everything but themselves. Rights? Dear me, but our girls had their rights and gave us our rights. They ruled the houso with their honest be havior. Our plates were not allowed to be empty for one moment. Each girl had her own cake or tart or cooky as truly as tho aunt and littlo mother. So it was our New Year's day camo aud went, and wo slid softly into the arms of tho great new day 3 and great new things, and here we are. Bless me, but why can they not all rise up just for onca to see the changes that have taken place? Perhaps it is better as it is, for I am sure that they would miss about everything that made up the world for them. The huge factories have stolen away all that made our homes interesting, and for my part I think we have a long road to reach the future millennium. But in those days our homes were the universe to us, and wo did not care for huge buildings and great cities. We had George Washing ton aud Thomas Jefferson when New York was no bigger than a village, and I do not believe they would have been tho better or wiser had they lived in these days. No, indeed! And when they were all gone our lit tle mother sat very silent for awhile, and then she said, "Father, does not the world grow more beautiful each year?" And he took once more the poker, and he stirred the firo very gently as he said: "Mother, tho logs are burning away one by oue. We must keep the coals alive." "Yes, indeed," said my little mother. "Wo mnst keep the soul Warm."—E. p. p. in St. Louis Globe-' Democrat j TlHUUiilii star th< ::- Icar. There :.-■■■ tho-ftgkfr l(.f- OCtt B : '' 'Eg <* '?' anij 5 roan ling .. ... .. ■..■ period d.".. dto or ie> the pur suit of pleasure, while tho coming in H a new year is the point of view f*-uii> which to regard the possibility , f ministering to tho pleasures cf . another twelvemonth. But to others tho Nov/ Year opens up another and a very different outlook— to thoso who realize the mistakes that belong to the past and who look anx iously toward the future and what it may bring. —Christian Work. The way to make a prosperous year is to mako it. Quit borrowing tronbla Quit conjuring up hard times. Remem ber that tho sun will shine, the raint will fall, health and strength are yours, and that your fortune is with yourseli and not with the stars.—Louisvillt 11taunton $ jwtatot, RATES OF ADVERTISING Advertisements are inserted at the rate of yx cents per line, for the first, and 6X cents lor each subsequent insertion. o * l N ?, tic es are inserted at the rate of 30 cents per line for the first, and 10 cents for each subsequent insertion. Hcpnri e t ? !?^? tl S c3arems <-'rted at the rate of se q t SeutfSL t ri?on rStandß CtUtS for eacll ** üb fof 3 U o, e S? I lSSths WlUbe madeon aU ord -" s fo?o'fflce r ßn , i^{i nouncements of Candidates sd o? tl£&3L*j£ communications of a person aavertUlme e ntsf raCter ' wUI B <*"*«f*°r « NO. Mi, LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT, ! Consumption comes. 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FREDERICK STREET, NEXT TO JESSER'S We keep constantly on hand <-he finest ,-ttock of goods in our line aver seen in the city of Staunton. All »,he latest styles and novelties. Calls attended day and night. FUNERAL OUTFITTED In every detail and under careful personal at tentlon BICKLE & HAMRICK aii* 4-tf N os. and W.Frederick St. CHURCH DIRECTORY.' First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick St between DM* and Market streets, services Da. m. aud Ip. m. Pastor, Rev. A. M. Fraser Second Presbyterian church corner Freder ick and Lewis streets. Services at 11 a. m and H. Pastor. Rev. Wm. Cumming. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, worship at T. M. C. A. Hall. Services at 11 a. m., and Bp. m. Rector. Rev. R. C. Jett. Trinity Episcopal church. Mam street, be tween Lewis and Church streets. Services at 11 a. m., and Bp. m. Rector, Rev. W. Q. Hul llhen United Brethren church, Lewis street, be tween Main and Johnson streets. Services at 11 a. m and 8 p. m. Pastor, Rev. J. D Don ovan. Methodist church, Lewis street, between Main and Frederick streets. Services at 11 m. anil Bp. m. Pastor, Hey. J. H. Boyd, D. D Christ Evangolieal Lutheran church. Lew is street, between Main and Frederick ' treetp Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Pastor Re-\. H. F. Shealy. Baptist church, cornei ..lain and Washing ton streets. *< rvii-i-s at II n. m. and s p. vi Pastor, Hey. W. .1 E. i ox. St. Wimuem Roman Catholic, North August! rtreet, Mass at T ami HUB a. m. Vespers ant ' benediction of Most lllpsscct Sacrament \l p. m. Pastor, Hey. Father McVerry. Young Men's Christian Association, corner Main anil Water streets. BanrtoM at 4 p. m. Sunda . DIRE i ORY OF LODC ES. MASONIC LODGE. Staunton Lodge No. 13, A. F. and A. M., meet! every second and last Friday night In eaci* month, in Masonic Temple, Main street. Jas M. Lickiiter.W. M; B. A. Eskridge, Secy. UNION ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER. No. 2, meets third Friday In every month, la Masonic Temple, on iVfain street. W. W. Mo Guffln, High Priest; A. A. Eskridge, Secy. ODD FELLOWS' LODGE. Staunton Lodge, No. 45,1. O. O. F. meets cv cry Thm-sday night In Odd Fellows' Hall, ovei Wayt's drug store, on Main street. John C Fretwell Noble Grand: C. A. Crafton, Sec' . KNIGHTS OF HONOU ODGE. Staunton No. 756, Kr.ghts of Honor meets every flrst us'l third Tuesday in each month, in Pythian Hall, Main street. W. L. Olivier. Dictator; W. A. Hurnett, Recorder. MOUNTAIN CITY 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, Chief Templar F. B. Kennedy. Secy. DISTRICT LODGE. No. 23,1.0. G. T., meets every three months G. C. Shipplett, D. C. T.; S. H. Bauserman District Secretary. KOYAL AKCANUM. 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 TEMFERANCF Charity Division, M. A., Sons of Temperance meets every Monday night at Odd Fellows all. W. A. Uapp, Worthy Patriarch; John B. Coffclt, Secy. UNIFOIIMcID HiVNK, KN.GHTS OF PYTHIAS. E. B. Stuart Division, No. 10, meets second and fourth Mondays each month at Pythian Hall. Sir Knight Captain, F. B. Berkley; S Knight Recorder, S. H. Rosenbaum. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Valley Lodge, No. 18, K. of P., meets Monday night at Castle Hall, on West street, over Br. Wayt's drug store. C. T. Ham mond, Chancellor Commander; Albest Keeper of Records and Seal. KNIGHT TEMPLAKB. Staunton Commandery, No. 8, Knights Tern plar, meets flrst Friday night in every moot] in Masuuic Temple, on Main street W, 11. McChesuey, Eminent Commander. A. A. Ess: ridge. Recorder. ONEIDA TKiBK, Si ->. iO. U. M., Meets In 'hen wigwam, in VeH r.v.ildiiig every Wedr.es.l.iv ->t *,rti ma -tutu breath setting of the sun. - - I'et-ersoß, -.arlien lame:- W. visiting ei-'-f IHKI . >iiii- ~ s n third M<iu<:. A. S. D'ooflim:, . Hi Hangi collector, Isaac t*. Morton, .ir. CATHOLIC HIBERNIAN BENIFICAL SOCIETY. J Meets first Sunday In every month In their hall on the church lot. M. T. Berg'n, presi dent; J. J. Kilgalen, first vice-president; J. J Murphy, second vice-president; D.J. O'Connell recording secretary. "■"■TONEWALL" t tvf t> • wt ■ ii* meets ssivf j orchestra, every Wednesriflv Ktop.m. h Hall. Mr. J. M. Brereton, director. J. A. Armentrout, president, and C. Harry Haines, secretary. CENTRAL PROHIBITION CLUB. Meet on Thursday nitrbt of each week, in the ub room, 119 East Main street. Jas .W. Bod -1 y, Actins President; Preston A. Ross, Secre a>-y CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Monthly meetings, Fourth Tuesday In the month at ',:M o'clock. Boom in Cltr Hail build tag Isaac Witz, president; J. C. Shields, seer