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ackeam. "~ "'"' " |bs'l c dream <-' boyhood's Joyful days, Vhen tramping e'er the meadows wild and free, Kith, not a f*re or furrow on our brow To chan_ a heart beat in the last degree. We scaled the hillside as in younger days And drank from hidden spring a quenching glass That sparkled bright with sunlight's cheerful rays When o'er this pathway we were wont to pass. We listened to the bleating of the lambs While skipping round their mothers in their glee, And watched the gopher while he sought his hole As boßsie chewed her end beneath the tree. The rustling leaves played sweetest, dreamy tunes, As did they in the lovely Junes gone by. The crickets chirped in marshy meadows wide, While nighttime gleamed with phosphores cent fly. We dreamed the clouds were feathery beds of ease, On which to lay our weary bodies down, As ln the fancy of our childhood days. We'd ride the swiftest cloud and wear a crown. The water in the brook, so calm and clear, As o'er the pebbles lulling whispers spake, That told the secrets of its mountain path While on its quiet journey to the lake. Now lay we down on green nnd mos.\> benk And watched the sportive .minnows at their < play. I While ruutx'ng crcmbs wo scattered for a feast— A enre return to ccr"- >»nv. other day. Whiifi di'eaming thus the spell was sure to break, Too soon was marred this rapturous, youth ful bliss By ringing bells that tolled the hour of seven, Aud with their tones we gave good night a kiss. —Minneapolis Tribune. WITHOUT A HEART. There is really very little in this story. Indeed, it would never have been written but for the woman's dearest friend, who, dying alone and nncared for, with a heart full of bitterness to ward the whole world, begged that a pile of yellow letters be opened and read after her death. "She would havo had me burn them,'' she said in a trem bling voice, "but that I will not grant her. All else I granted her. Neverthe less there was only one other woman whom she wronged more deeply. Let us both be avenged in the reading of these." She whom her friend at so lato an hour co severely condemned was the wonder of her day and generation. Women have sometimes been heard to say that they have no hearts, but they do not mean it ■ This woman did. "Friendship, humanity, religion," she Baid over and over again, as girls have said before, "these I care for, these I understand, for these I will make sacri fices, but not your idle talk of love, which wrecks men's lives and nil* women's hearts vith unrest 1 for one render thrnksgiving that I have no heart. " Then those who were older said to her, as eiders Lave said before: "Wait iwnile. You a. young yet. Wo shall see your heart yield some day." "N. " she answered, "you shall not see it yield, because it will not; and the >i! i . _ yield is because I hove jo uwi.i. j.-'-.. -•--, m<-» merciful fo nn ian to t'j sisters, put v little hard J'li.-ce of ice in its place which keeps iiio cold to the most passionate pleading which was ever uttered in the name of love." People predicted that she would be come a soured old maid and regiet her lot. She did not She grew more beau tiful and brilliant and scornful every day. Lovers came, and she mocked them one and all; she mocked them to the end, and to the end they came. She kept their likenesses, though not for love, for often to her confidential friends she would allude to them with the intensest bitterness as the men she hated most in the world. And when they inquired with surprise, knowing that the reject ed suitors had most cause to hate her, "But wherein have they offended?" sho would only laugh in reply, and her laugh had a hard, cold ring in it like tbe tinkle of some icebound waterfall, fihe did incalculable harm. There was a sweet, shy girl to whom she was an oracle, who took timid counsel with her when a man came and told her that he worshiped h-:r and wished to have her for his wife. This girl the woman with out a heart earnestly advised not to marry. ■ "But I love him, too," said the girL "Would you persuade me that my affec tion at least will not last? There is eomething ia loving, even if there is no answer to the cry of one's heart." At this the tinkling laugh of the wo man without a heart sounded clearer than ever. "Then, dear child, "she said aiore gravely, "let me tell you positive ly, it will not last It will not last, ber *'i<use it is only a dream—the madness ol a day or an hour born of youth and beauty and fleeting with them. Look tuonnd you and see women by the thou sands, dragged down into the mire, crowned with a crown of thorns, cruci fied on their'- own affections, because fchey had hearts and believed in love. Then look at me—free, tranquil and fcappy—and choose." So convincingly did she speak that the young girl, to whom her words were a very gospel of authority, believed her and would not listen to her lover. 'Thereupon he grieved inconsolately for a space of time, then married some one else, both of whom were very bitter to the woman who had loved him. This woman afterward became the dearest friend of her with whom this story deals and lived with her until death Smote one of them. But the woman without a heart lived to see them grow old and sad and Stricken with care and other burdens Who bad prophesied sorrow for her, and ehe pitied them nnfeigpedly for the hearts they carried in their bosoms, and when they said, " What, has no man ever found yours for you yet?" she laugiicd „ult_itly and saidf "#o, and fie never will. I will give a munificent reward to him who finds the man who Ban find my heart." And age made no perceptible inroads upon her, fe* beauty and wealth and health and happiness Were hers to the end, and even glory, for she had talent, which wins worship and friendship and success and not the bitter sweet gift of genius. But though everything which life could offer was swept to her on the tide of the succeed- Ing years, the hour came when she must part with them and with life and wit. the body in which, so she asserted, she bad for so many years carried a piece of Ice in place of a heart She lay very still, with eyes that did not see, en the bed where they had laid her, while her woman friend and a distant who had been called in to nu» "-er knelt by her and held her hands tightly. "How peacefully she seems to look on death 1" whispered the kinswoman. "She was a good woman," answered the friend brokenly. But the sick woman opened her eyes, and they seemed to look eagerly over the heads of the watchers. "What do you see?'' they asked her, thinking it delirium. "Nothing but shadows," she sighed. "I thought—l hoped"— A_d her voice sank until it was inaudible. When the doctor came, she gazed at dm piercingly, then closed her eyes and murmured, "I thought you might be— was looking for him." IB "She means the death angel, "said Bthe. watchers. She spoke only once more before the HaeatA? very reality entered and Hi jgeiti upon her lips that H.- ■■■, ,i k i.. .in ;re Then .-.'■ gazed m,\ tgb the eloQds which seemed to Bb». - A \i\ fa_ iiiar pVieots ia _jt Stan nton Spectator Stipplement - * * - _ y room, pointed to the portraits ol ncr re jected lovers and weakly whispered: "Burn them. I hate them still. Dear God, who knowest why, thou dost not despise me—thou who madest me so?" Then her mind wandered, and she _ur mured, "A munificent reward"— And her lips, which still smiled scorn at i life and death as they had smiled at love, gr p v;' suddenly cold. Wbc'j she | wr.3 buried, the world came, seme to ( weep, all to marvel und exclaim that ! here, at 1 ast, %,.; one woman who-' I could live and die independent of love i —v, hioh is to say independent of nature. This would have bee", ail were it not for :'-e old yellowed letters which have been mentioned. They were not so old and yeUowed when the kinswoman found them the day before she departed for her own home, hidden in an obscure corner of a forgotten piece of furniture, and started as she recognized the dead woman's handwriting and signature. "To my dear love"— What was this? No name on the superscription, bnt in the letter the fondest terms of endear ment, the most passionate expressions of love and trust and womanly cling ing. She read the other letters, all writ ten in the same vein, as from a woman who gloried iv showing her whole heart to her lover, to whose name and identity there was given, however, no clue. The kinswoman brought them to the writer's friend. ' 'Here," she said, "look and see the living proof that your woman who said she had no heart was human after all. There are more of these letters than I can count. They are of all dates, re mote as well as recent—cne was writ ten the week before she died—and they are all addressed to some man, some lover, of whom no one ever guessed." "There was no such man," positiv ly asserted the woman friend. "I knf all her secrets; I saw every cne whe j • she saw; I was aware cf every'etter she wrote or received; I was as insepa- i rable as her shadow, and there was no I i lover to whom she ever listened." ' Nevertheless, when she was alone with the letters, she read them, know ing that there was no counterfeiting ber friend's handwriting, and as she reae ! ■ her v" ider grew, for sho read a vom i (i- >. heart—v. arm, tender, glowing i ;>. rcrl out for lew nakc on these pages ! as willingly as the soldier sheds his life i blood for his country. And never did . heretic recant his erxoxb at the stake nn re absolutely than she denied her : own denials and scorned the scorn i •which she had professed for love. "They i believe me when I say I. have no heart," she wrote, "but I do not care, you . know—you only, and that is enough, i for no one will ever see these lines. If I : cot-Id not write to you I would sicken '■ and die of hope defense, or my i cart wonjd grow heavy in _t and break for lack of anything on which *o spend its • gold. Dearest, I am saving 1 1 for you— lam spending it Ci you r ]y—you of ' all the world who know my secret. > Though, is not my desire that of all 1 women's hearts? "I hate those men, whose likenesses I ' keep to remind me how different you ' are. You guess why? It is because they i are not ycu. Of each I hoped he might ' be you, and when I found he was not I • could not forgive him. I did not wrong them; they wronged and defrauded me.'' The reader gave a cry and gazed fix -1 edly at the letter, which bore no name. "There was no name," she whispered. 1 ' 'There was no lover. Oh, lonely, lonely woman, to cheat your heart with shad -1 ows, as you have cheated mine 1 Had you 1 known, as I have known, the face, the voice, the touch of a flesh and blood 1 lover, you could not have staid the im perious cravings of your soul with this ' poor pretense—with letters written to, ' but never read by, the unfulfilled ideal of your unacknowledged dreams!" The letter written last, before her death, was briefer, less hopeful in its 1 tone, and showed the traces of bodily 1 weakness; but between the lines the loving, longing heart of her who wrote ' it throbbed with almost painful eager. ■ ness. "Alas, dear love," it finished, "I ' sometimes become weary of writing let ' ters and wish you would—come—in- The last page was blurred. i Fresh tears blurred it still more—the > tears of tbe woman who at her bidding '■ bad given up all that would have made ■ two lives worth living, and who bowed her head upon the letter aud echoed her words: ! "Dear God, thou dost not despise us —thou who hast made women sol Is - Dot our desire that of all women's hearts?"— Philadelphia Times. Quantity Versus Quality. uid Jones —Yes, my boy, there's wine for you, eh? I bought £10 worth of it the other day. Brown—What a lot you must have got!— Punch. ■pqggagHmaa^^—?— m. Weak Lungs Hot weather won't cure weak lungs. You may feel better be cause out of doors more, but the trouble is still there. Don't stop taking your Scott's Emulsion ■_sa_M«lH_isa_—sss_____s because the weather happens to be warm. If you have & weak throat, a slight hacking cough, or some trouble with the bronchial tubes, summer is the best time to get rid of it, If you are losing flesh there is all the more need of attention, Weakness about the chest and thinness should never go to gether. One greatly increases the danger of the other. Heal the throat, cure the. cough, and strengthen the whole system now. Keep taking Scott's j Emulsion ali summer. fet wit by all . «f «uu •» >«c tad |m^ LABOR AND SILVER. <_ es*!«n : What is the main element In rising the compensation of labor? Answer/: Profitable demand. In the ab sence oj this theio is no legal method by U-Ve-h wages can be advanced, or by which an ad vane in wages can be maintained. y _What be.iing has the silver question I < .p labor ? A.«-The silver question goes to the very heart of the present business situation. The panic prices of 1893, in Wall street, were higher in many instances than the Wali street quotations for leading stocks on Friday, Aug. 7, 1896. "The existing gold standard," which is indorsed in the St. Louis platform as the best possible until England helps us to let go, is responsible for the steady fall in prices which has marked the past twenty years. Hence the advocates of silver assume that free coinage must be restored to that metal, at the old legal ratio, in order that this fall in prices may be checked. Q.—Does tbe St. Louis platform admit that bimetallism is desirable? A.—lt does, but claims that the United States, with its 70,000,000 of intelligent peo ple, is not strong enough single-handed to lift the price of silver to a parity with gold at 16 to ], Q.—What is the position of the Democratic and Populist parties on this phase of (he question? A. -Tlievcontend iv the!'- platforms, fnd 0 r jtiga ttiJ* presidential nominee, that tie o cuing ol the .uints to silver, with the cov einrcc t ria* behtrd the standard dollar, will r-sto>e •fcffs'auus °t 573 anil give the United Sta. .he fn" btneiii. of tbedouble standard, with its larger aud increasing supply ot ulti uiHtemoi. .?. Q —What .youid follow the free coinage of silver? »~ A.—Leadirg authorities on both sides of the Atlantic pi- iict higher prices, incieased pro duction, enlarged investments and higher ! fo- labor. Q.— Why should higher wages result? A.—Because the demand for labor would be increased at.". the products of labor would . be sole 7. at„ vnter.'profit. U;.<' 'the'eristii g j U'O'J * "A" the wareuout. . • ,edwiih| I unsold manufactures, a large number of ' _ tints are working half time and many other ! plants are net worked st. all. Hence labor !s plentiful in propo:;-". to the slack rlem.vd. Q.—uoes the McKinley programme promise any change for the better? A.—lt does not not. In the London Statist of July 4,1896, the following occurs by way of comment on tbe action at St. Louis: "All the world can n >w see lh t ion-owing is not a sufficient remedy, and that the disorder in the currency is as great as ever. Yet the Republican convention at St. Louis has just imposed upon Mr. McKinley—supposing him to be elected—tbe task of continuing the poli cy which has so glaringly failed in the hands of President I ieveland. Is it likely that Mr. McKinleywill.be -iore Successful? Presi dent Cleveland bor:..ved again and again, yet order was not restored in tbe currency and gold shipments wen* on. Therefore lEurope an investors will conclude that a repetition of the Cleveland policy by McKinley will not be more successful. A panic, of course, is bad under all circumstances, but a Danio followed by revived trade, restored confidence and renewed prosperity would be infinitely better than the uncertainty, anxiety and ap prehension of-the past three or four years con tinuing for ever so many years in tbe future, nobody knows when to end. That is fatal to all real business and all new enterprise." Q.—Why should "the existing gold stand ard" be fatal to all new enterprise? A.—While the value of money increases, as compared with lands, manufacturing plants, railroads and commodities, those whoown the money will keep it locked np. It will not be invested, and without such investment new enterprises requiring money are of course im practicable. Q. —How would higher prices for the pro ducts of the farm and mine affect labor which is not interested in farms or mines? A.—Higher prices for the products of the farm and mine mean an increased capacity to purchase for himself and family on the part of the farmer and miner. A greater purchas ing power means a profitable demand for things which the farmer and miner do not produce, and this profitable demand means better wages for labor. , Q.—ls this true of Mexico and Japan, both countries being now on a silver basis? A.—lt is. In Mexico wages have advanced 33 per cent in the past three years, while the advance in Japan is estimated by good author ities—the London Financial News among . them—at 60 to 70 per cent. Q.—Have wages in this country reached the single gold standard basis? A.—They have not. As prices go down ward wages must also descend. Otherwise employers could not afford to continue in their capacity as employers. They would I c compelled to red use the cost of production or suspend operations. (J.—Should labor be alarmed because free coinage of silver would cause higher prices? A.—Certainly not. Labor is more concern ed in obtaining high prices for what it pro duces than in securing what it c onsumes at low prices, for the reason that labor always produces more than it consumes. Those arti cles which are open to competition—i. c., which have not been cornered—have follow ed silver in its decline in value. Gold and other monopolized products have risen In value as the others have declined. Q.—Has silver held its value as compared with commodities ? A.—lt lias. The quotations on twenty-two standard products of the farm and range made in tbe Chiclgo market in 1874, compar ed with like quotations in the Chicago mar ket at the present time, show that a pound of pure silver will exchange for as much of these commodities now as it did in 1874. im mediately after silver was demonetized, and before the effect of the act of 1873 was appar ent in the silver quotation. The gold dollar —or a pound of pure gold—on the contrary, will purchase twice as much ol farm com modities now as in 1874. If, therefore, it be good argument to state that the silver in the silver dollar is worth but 50 cents in gold, as measured by commodities, then the gold in the gold dollar, measured by the same standard, is worth 200 cents'in silver. Labor, therefore, on a gold basis gets one gold dollar when it would get two silver dollars. Since all taxes, rents, interest and insurance are paid by la bor out of the surplus which it secures on its products over its consumption it follows that the diminished purchasing power of the dol lar which would follow the remonetization of silver would double the fund out of which labor pays all these things. Those who have labor to sell want dear labor and cheap mon ey. Those |who Jhave money to sell want cheap ;iabor and dear money. A 200-cent dollar means a 50-cent man. i ssfi ■ = Cure For Headache. As a remedy for all forms of Headache Electrio Bitten has proved to be the very best. 11 offeou a permanent cure and the most dreaded head aches yield to 'tt v, r e urge all who are afflicted to procure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitu, consti pation Electric Bitters cures by giving the need ed tonic to the bowels, anC few "*ses long resist 'he use of thi* medicine. Try it once. Fifty cants ami $1.00 at Hughes Drng Store. 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We test each eye separately—select proper lenses, adjust glasses to suit both eyes, and chart, very uoderate prices. mar S PROPERTY SALES. j COMMISSIONERS' BALE OF VALUABLE _AL ESTATE IN AUUUSTA COUN TY.—By virtue of a decree of the circuit court of Augusta county at the May term, 1888, in the chancery cause of Turper's creditors vs. Turner and als, Ihe undersigned commissioners will offer for sale at public auction in front of the court house in Staunton, on Monday, Sept. 28,1896,(c0unty covrt day) the following real estate, situate near Swoope's Depot, in Augusta county, vie: 1, A divided fqpr-slxtbs or atractoflß> acres, which was conveyed to Logan Turner, Trustee of Emma B. Turner, by deed of W. A. Hudson, commissioner,recorded in D. B. 99, p. 297. 2. A tract of tifty acres, Inherited by Mrs. Em ma B. Turner, under the .will of Mi's. Rebecoa Bell, dec'd., said last named tract Is situated near to, but not adjoining tbe other tract. TERMS—One-fourth cash, and the balance upon a credit of one. two and three years, tak ing from the purchaser his bonds witn approv ed personal security, waiving the homestead ex emption, and title retained as ultimate security. A. C. GOKDON, JAS. BUMGARDNER, Jr„ J. A. ALEXANDER, Commissioners. Clerk's office of the circuit court of Augusta county, to-wit: I.Jos. B. Woodward, clerk of the court afore said do certify that A. C. Gordon has executed the bond required by decree of sale in the chan cery cause of Logan Turner's, 4c, creds. vs. Lo gan Turner, 4c, now pending In said court. Given under my hand this 27th day of August, 1890. JOS, B. WOODWARD, aug 28 It Clerk. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE-—Pursuant to authority vested in me by a trust deed executed by Charles E. Fret, well, of date June SKith, 1894, and ot record in Hustings court clerk's office, ln Deed Book No. . page 20S, defanlt having been made in the payment of ihe bond secured by said trust deed, and I having been requested in writing.' by the owner of said bond to execute said trust, 1 will, on Saturday, the 10th day of Sept. 1896, at the court house in the city of Staunton, at 12 o'c'ock M , proceed to sell the real estate in said deed conve>?d, at public auction, to. ... .- est Ibiddei.forCiioH. The said real estate 1» kn v ~'n aj Lot .N0."2! on the North side of Peabody St.. in the city of -taiuifon, fronting *t feet on said ' " ...... „ _c" about <tl feet, together ; ti. se .hereon aituai..-*-■">•' all anpur-I jjnr>n-!es belonging. >4-i -t ALEX. H. VVLS7- Trustee. _.vuE .. VALUABLE RE ''. .i_TA.TM. pursuant to a decree or the clrcnlt court of Augusta Co., Va., in the cause of 8. A. Crozer vs. The Grottoes of the Shenandoah _ als., we will sell at public auction, on the premises, in front of the shendun Hotel site, Shendun, Va., on Thursday, the 24th, day of Sept. JS96, the following real estate known as the Grottoes of the Shenandoah, asfoiiows, to-wit: Int. A tract lying between Cave Hill and South River containing two acres more or less. 2d. A tract known as the Weyer's Cave tract containing 62 acres and the celebrated Weyer's Cave. lid. A tract known as tbe Cave of Fountains tract said ,ract containing 18 acres and tbe Cave of Fountains. Ith. A tract ccntaining 52 acres more or less which embraces the Hotel site. Upon the fol lowing TERMS—Cash in hand sufficient to pay costs of suit and expensesof sale, and the residue on a credit of one and two years evidenced by tbe bonds of the purchaser with approved personal security, the title to be retained as ultimate se curity. But tbe purchaser may at any time an ticipate the maturity ot said purchase money bonds. , The famous Grottoes of the Shenandoah, em bracing the Cave of Fountains and Weyei's Cave aiesituated near the line of tbe Valley Branch of the Baltimore <S Ohio Railroad about seventeen miles from Staunton, Va. They are well known to 'onris: > and pleasure-seekers; aud tbis«skte offers a great opportunity for t->e aaqalsltion and opening of an attractive sum mer resort me beautiful and salubrlus region. A. C. GORDON, GEO. E. SIPK, T. C. ELDFK. COinraissJoners. Clerk's Office of the C'rcult Court o* Augusta county, to-wit; I I.Jos B. Woodward, Clerk of the couic afor-i' said do certify that A. C. Gordon has executed I the bond requiied by decree of salt in the chan- 11 eery cause of S. A. Crozer vs. the Crottoes it the Shenandoah, Ac, now pending in s-'.d court, i Given under my hand this 18lh day of August, i 1896. JOS. B. WOODWARD. t aug2l-tde Clerk. i — . ; i [E. M. Cashing A Son. Auctioneers J COMMISSIONERS' SALE OF THE AST ' LAND—In pursuance ota decree or the ' circuit court of Augusta county rendered on the * Hth day of May, 189 D, in tbe cause of Asts guar- j dian vs. Asts infants, Ac., the undersigned com missioners will proceed, in front of the conn , house in Staunton, on Saturday, the sth day of September, 1896, | at 4 o'clock P. M. t i to sell at public auction, that valuable tract of a ■ and containing about WO acres, here- fjJfrZMp, c tofore sold in said cause lo Keeves jg M Catl, and constituting Dart of the *||9qS* property of the Staunton Improve- Q_3._ F ment Company. The land lies imme- l( diately North of the city of Staunton in Augusta connty, and is a very desirable prop erty. It will be offered in the following manner: The lots, listed in the report of the Master Com missioner ln said cause as ha-ing been sold by the Staunton Improvement Company on the 12th day of August, 1891. will be first offered, all streets and alleys, as laid ont and opened by said , Company, to remain open; should there be a de- ' ticiency in the purchase money or these lots to t pay the debt and costs for which the land Is lla- - ble, tbe lots listed in said report as Bold by said " ompany on the 11th day of August, 18sil, will be £ next ottered, said streets and alleys to remain open as aforesaid; should there still be ailetlci ency, the lots listed ln said report as sold by tbe Company on the 27th day of N ivember, 1891. F will be next ottered, said streets and alleys to re man open as aforesaid; and should there still be a deficiency, the lots listed In said report as - ote drawn, on the ilfith day ot Novembei, 18TU, I will be next offered, said streets and alleys to | remain open as aforesaid. Should there still be a deficiency in paying said debt and costs the tract as a whole of what is known as the Hobertson lot with Its appurtenant street and alley) will be next ottered, all streets and al leys other than the Robertson, to be closed, and the property will be sold as a whole or ln parcels, as It brings the best price. ( TERMS OF SALE—Cash In hand to pay the costs of the rule ag .inst Reeves Catt and bis Bu ret es, and the costs of the amended and supple mental bills, and the costs of sale, together with , any taxes unpaid on said tract or any part J thereof, and as to tho residue on credits of one, * two and three years, in equal installments, the , purchaser to execute bonds with approved per- *■ sonal security for the deferred payments, and the title to be retained as ultimate security. RICHARD P. BELL, 8 FITZHUGH ELDER, s JAi. BUMGARDNER, Commissioners. Clerk' Office of the.Circuit Court of Augusta i county, to-wlt: I.Jos. B. Woodward, clerk of the court afore said do certify that Kichard P.Bell hasexecutel tbe bond required by decree ol sale ln t-.e chan cery cause of Asts Guardian vs. A stet als, now pending in said court. Given under my hand this 4th day of August, 189 C. JOS. B. WOODWARD, aug 7-tde Clerk. IMPORTANT TO FABMERS! HEADQUARTERS FOR Fertilizers ani Seeds! My stock this full is larre and Includes every thing desired in the Fertiliser line and suited to our BOils and the growth of wheat and gram, i sell no goods except from the most reliable man ufacturers under their own brands. Some of the leading items to fertilizer* are costing less this season than for some years, and in addition to this factor In tho farmer's interests I will sell at a very Bmall profit to regular time bnyers who nas promptly when due. and from these low prices will give a liberal discount TO ALL BUYERS who, to save money, will make a spec ial effort and pay spotca-h. 1 have bought not only a general assortment, as heretofore, of the best goods to be had in the fertilizer line, but believing the plan adopted by me for this season will be appreciated by mv i friends and will add to my trade.l bave.by baying a targe stock, been able to get low prices, and the . farmers who kindly call ou me before buying elsewhere will find that they will do themselves l good service by so doing. ___ I believe my experience in selecting fertilizer* —a specialty with roe for years—and mv know | ledge of the wants of farmers n this aectton are worth something to my customers, as well as to f myself, apo in making selections their inter ests as well as rily own are carefully considered I Mystock.asheretorore, will consist of the beat goods made, in hue mechanical condition, and i will be full early and late, and farmers can get ( anything they wantat any time In season As profits will be short, 1 must, make the cost I or handling Just as small as possible, and will , therefore not be able to sell through agents, or to send out any one to eonvass, and all such nn- | necessary expense will he saved by farmers who bay directly of me. ~, . mar Don't forget that regular time buyers will get their goods at alow cash price, with interest added for time,and that SPOT 0 ASH will entitle , every buyer to a liberal discount. Jas. H. Blackley, 1 Greenville Avenue, \ aqg 28-flt Staunton, Va. | J # PEYTON BROWN, Attorney & Counselor at Law, 17 Court Tlace, . Jar, S-lyr ' Staunton, Y». ; EDUCATIONAL j The Staunton Preparatory School] For Young Men and Boys. STAUNTON, VA. This school will open TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Bth, 1896, and close the First Tuesday in June, 1897. The object of the school will be to thoroughly prepare boys for college or business. Tbe chief design of the Principal will be the formation of character; and to make the school all that can be desired by parents or guardian* having sons or wards to ed ucate. A limited number of board ing pupils desired. TEuMB—To meet tbe great stringency in money matters and the cheapness of all kinds of produce, the following low terms are given: For board, tuition in English and Latin, for entire session, $175; Foi tuition,sso. Modern lan guages extra. Payments must be made at the beginning of each half session. The first half session begins September Bih, IMMS; the second. Januaij 25th, 18OT. For full information apply to C. E. YOUN6, Principal, aug 28 Staunton, Va. StoltOH BOSH COLLEGE No. 8 N. CENTRAL AVENUE, Re-opens Sept. 2d, 1896. . Reduced rates and easy terms. Jul 31 -2m B. F. HUMPHTEYS, Prin, MARY BALDWIN SEMIKABT FOR YOUNG LADIES, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. Tit-- v.eglns Sept.'2d, 189b Located ln Shenan £'-%'•.'* ilk. >f Virginia. Unsurpassed climate ao. nrpoi. .laments. Board, etc., with mil» _.;„ cour-e, $2. "<usic. Languages, Ele culiou. Art, I'ook; *-e«|..- », and Physical Cul "r». , :„ ifc Pupils euiii ..uy time. Write for i_ c. |ul 17-8t Washington 3-' : e fl »in.versity, Lexington, Virginia. Academic; Law; Engineering. Opens Sept 10. For catalogue address Jul 17-2ra (i. W. C. LEE, President. AElTlfflJTAfiTTcilly Located in the Shenandoah Yailey, near Staunton, Va. English, Classi cal and Business Courses, with Mili tary Training. For Descriptive Cata logue apply to CHAS. S. ROLLER, Prin., Jul 31-7t Fort Defiance, Va. LAW SCHOOL, WASHINGTON A LEE UNIVERSITY, Lexington, Vibginia. Opens Sept. hi. Kor catalogue address JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER, ml i7-2m Dean. THF DUNSMORE BUSINESS COLLEGE! Staunton, Va. The 25ih session of tbie e"ilo?£ will begin Tuesday Sept. Ist, !896, lniurtoew home al No. 21!> South Fayette SI, in a quiet ami retired portion oi the city. I'of. J. (j. Duiisti'ore, President of said college, and Key. las Willis, late principal of the istaim tou Female Seminary, have arranged and are oecop> ing the c le_ nt and commodious Semina ry buildings as a school and home for the stu dents of tbe Dunsmore business Colleee, No other Business College in the United States will have bettor facilities and accommodations, (giving tbe students a home in Ihe college) for educating young men and women for the practi cal and stern responsibilities of a business career, than will the Dunsmore Business College. Lowest rates and best terms of tuition and board, separate apartments for lady pupils. Separate study halls for Theory, Practice, Sten ography and Type- writing. Highest testimonial from leaning professional and business men, educators,ministers and graduates. Kor cata logue giving full particulars and testimonials, iddress J. G. DUNSMORE, F. I. A.. President, :>r Rev. JAS. WILLIS, A. M., Vice President. Jul 24-Sm Randolph - Macon ACADEMY, Front Royal, Va. Healthfully situated among the mountains; Dure air and water. Prepares Boys and Young I Men tor College or Business life. A selected corps if teachers. Thorough mental training. Pbysi-I ;»1 healthfulness. Moral and religloqa iuilu mce. Full equipment. Moderate .ernes. Bes uon begins sept. 17,1886 and continues for nine calender months. Send for fall particulars to KEY. B. W. BOND, Prin., Front Royal, Va. sag ;-8t Hay £ Grain Insurance, Written by j Jas. R. Taylor, Jr., & Co., ! 2d Floor Masonic Temple,) In Best Companies, at Lowest Bates. ! j\~J. BURKHOLDER, D. V. S. j (Doctor of Veterinary Science.) graduate of American Veterinary University, New York city. Office, operating yard and hospital for snrglcal ;ases, next door to Hartman's livery, N. Central ivenue. Mutual 'phone U. may l-3m ALEX. F. ROBERTSON, n ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. BTAUNTON, VA. ifflce No. 4 Lawyers' Kow.ln rear of court-h reb26-lv ! All that Glitters is not Golfl! and yarns about high class musical Instru ments sold at a sacrifice—away lielow cost —should he swallowed with a large grain fo salt, People do not handle musical..in struments to lose money, but to make it. Our method of making it is to deserve a good and large trade, and make a very small profit on each instrument or upon each piece of music that we sell. Fine finishing is sometimes resorted to. Be liable dealers handle reliable goods, that is the kind we sell. Our Parlor Organ for $45 Cash, or $55 on time, can't be beat if you look the world over. But ''There are others." We make Ten other Styles. Come and see them at nnurc p. I- • i MID-SUMMER Clearing Sale i ,We have too much Summer Clothing left and in order to dispose of them quickly we have reduced the piice on every garment in the house, as we do not believe in carrying goods over. There never was a sale where such bargains we" to be had for the taking, and when you think 01 the quality of the goods and fine workmanship not to speak of the Style and Fit, you must admit that we have surpassed ourselves and *" tanced all competitors. T_nd you m„~ wLaX the Weinberg Clothing; Uosipfcj.y tcF ■ y< ~| one will vouch for. Call and hee us it Hr*** j pay jo.. j Weinberg Cloftiu? " Ooe-Price Slii , Tailors & Sirs Fnsl .1 __! Opposite Court House, I Staunton, Va. I ___! f%\p> RESTORED MANHOOD «g .-f_T___B / Tlie great remedy for nervous prostration and all nervous diseases cf EMflh/. „_L _M__ thegeneratlveorgans of e'lbersex,snchasNervousProstration. Fall- aSf%_—_HKW l nß t,r Lost Manhood, In. .tency.Nightly Emissions, youthful Errors, V&MV3Hm>BF Mental Worry, excessive us., of Tobacco or Opium, which lead to Con- T^BaBBI— »y ~■BSK—H—•»' sumption and Insanity. With every »5 order we give a written guar- BETOIU3 AND AFIEB U3INCr. antee to cure or refund tbe money. Sold at »..*• per box, c boxes ter *5 00. Bit. MOTT'S C_EMIC._I.OO.. CleTeland.Ohla. For ß ,' e Hogshead, Hanger $ Co.. staunron iJ LEADERS JL j __P> I Both Sexes !Tl Our Mens Satin Calf Shoes at $2. fiv|l Latest Styles and Slapes. * ■Hfl Ys%\ OUR LA DIES' FINE KID Bill 1141 ton and lace shoes I IJSmV BIG VALui ONLY $1 K O. I McH. HOLLIDAY, I Up-To-Date Shoe House, Staunton, fl aug H VIRGINIA LIVE STOCK FAI SEPTEMBER 8, 9, 10, 11. Ahead of all Former Exhibitions. Attractions" unsurpassed, including splendid ANI Show and Balloon Ascensions, with Double Para* Splendid Racing. Send for Programme IMMENSE LINE OF SPECIAL PREMIUMS, VALUABI FARMERS. FINEST EVER OFFERED. Admission—Adults, 25c each day. Children, 15c each day. Children, two family, 25c each day. Write for Catalogue to HfhPK* *"g 7st Secretary, Stun. ■ »*~r~—_ T^—*— The only uSe, m ~W *PENNYROYALP!L!.S.f::I%| _l WkAS^J OT J t J t - * oa? ~'« PEHSTBOxAI. _U and take no otl mHHK|3~B«a4 toi #1.00 i. U.. 6 fcoies for °_i For B r e Hogshend, Hanger 4 tjg^jJ __________ ( A STRIKINO PIECE —OF PM LEGISLATION! The Schedule of Prices at J" Bowlig, Spotts & Co WHOLESALE GBOCEBB, STAUNTON, VA. Without dread of competition they still offei to their friends a stock composed of every article incident to that branch of Merchan disc. 1 mar M