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Staunton spectator,
RICHARD MATJ-ZY,
Editor and ;n_»o_>E-e-or«
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
DR H. M. PATT ERSON-ofTers his pro
fessional services to the citizens of Staun
ton. Office No. 113, Main St., opposite the
Opera House. _ovl2-6m»
M__o_ F. WHIT*. ______ A. O. GORDON.
T * Staunton, Va.
Courts.— Augusta and adjoining counties,
Federal Court at Harrisonburg, Court of Ap.
peals of Virginia, at Staunton. fe-21-tf
vJ 8. B_-E_.T_KR, __,_.___
]_.. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
*-'• STAUNTON, VA
Office ln Stout Building. Court-house Alley
WM. A. HUDSON. WM. FATRIO-.
HUDSON * PATRICK,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
BTAUNTON, VA.,
Will practice in the Courts of Augusta and
adjoining counties. Special attention paidto
collections. _____*£
J. B. TU-1-HB, H. ST. GEO. TUCKER,
Lexington, Va. Staunton, Va.
TUCK-B * TUCKER,
ATTORN E YS-AT-LA W,
Staunton, Va.,
Will prat-Ice _a the Co arts of Augusta and the
adjoining counties. Also ln the Court ofAp-
Seals of Virginia, and will attend regularly the
Ircult Courts of Rockbridge. ■ aniß-tr
H. __ MATHEWS. A-EK. -. MATHEWS.
M*"™ f-S-tSSSSr-LAW. _,
mwm Lew-_bue_. West Va.,
practice regularly in ths Courts of Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, W.
Va. the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of W. Va.
as-Particular attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere ln their State.
may 17—ly
rHO HAS I>. HANSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNTON. VA.
z.ffers his professional services ln the County
and Circuit Courts of Augusta, and ln the Hus
tings Court and the Court of Appeals held In
Staunton. Will also prosecute claims else
where through legal correspondents ln this and
«.ther States. may_o-ly.
PRESTON A BAT-08,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery, STAUNTON, VA.,
iractices in all the Courts of Augusta and ad
oining counties.
Office—The same formerly occupied by his
ather, Col. Geo. Baylor, deed. on Augusta St.,
opposite the Court-house. no 21
\irnf. M. -_eA-.-zz.STER,
W ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Warm springs, Va.
Courts—Alleghany, Bath and Highland, Va.,
nd Pocahontas, West Virginia.
a_-Special attention given to collection oi
.laims and proceeds promptly accounted for.
dec 23—tf _
DR. JAMES JOHNSTON,
DENTIST,
-LAIN STREET, STAUNTON, VA.
Office:-Over Turner A Harman's Grocery
tore. dec 21—tf
T. C. ELDER. VS. J. NELSON.
ELDER A NEJ.SOIV, __
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
and Seal Estate Agents,
may 6 Staunton. Va.
TAILOBISW.
J_L. HUTCHEBOK,
. MERCHANT TAILOR,
109 E. Main St., Staunton, Va.
I desire to call the attention of my friends
nd the public to the fact that I have Just re
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FOR SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR,
am prepared to furnish Gentlemen's suits, ol
c very best materials, made up in the latest
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VALLEY HABBLE WOBkS,
STAUNTON, VA.
the People of Augusta and the Valley coun
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Keep your money at Home is to prosper,
Send it away is to become impoverished.
. Everything 1b at very
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Having refitted my stables and added a num
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.m prepared to accommodate the summer
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tt reasonable prices.
m*T Hunting, Fishing and Pleasure Parties
generally will be supplied with any kind ol
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I jrespeot.ully Invite my former customers
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Staunton
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TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
I a a
/-IHESAPEAKB «_ OHIO KAIIWAT.
The ONLY LINE running
A SOLID TRAIN
WITH
Pullman -leeplsg Cars sail Day Coaches -_•*■
Washington, Richmond, Charlottesville,
Waynesboro, Staunton and Clifton Forge,
TO LOUISVILLE and CINCINNATI,
WITHOUT CHANGE.
Connecting direct for till points ln the WEST,
NORTHWEST, and SOUTHWEST.
Seta-aisle ln Elect October l_l.li, 1884.
NoTT,
-WESTWARD. No. 3. Dally. No. 5.
Daily. Ex. Sun. Daily.
Lye Norfolk 2 50pm 740 am
Lye Old Point CTt _._> p m 815 a m
Lye Newport News 3 50pm 845 a m ..............
Arr Richmond 615 p m 1135 a m
Lye Richmond 625pm 935 am ..
Arr Gordonsvllle... 903 p m 12 45 p m
Arr Charlottesville 848 pm 140pm
Lye Washington ... 510pm 010 am.........
Arr Charlottesville 950pm|140pm
Lye Charlottesville 10 00pm 145pm
Arr Waynesboro'... 1111 p m 318pm .........
Arr Staunton 1137 p m 357 p m ..............
Arr Clifton Forge.. 145 am 640 pm
Lye Cilfton Forge.. 155 am 700pm 800 am
LveAlleghany 300 am 825pm 916 am
Lye Alderson _.. _ (IHpm 10 S4 a m
ArrHlnton 505 am 1100 p m 1135 a m
Arr Kanawha Falls 730 am 280 am 235pm
ArrCannelton 809 am 305 am 322pm
Arr Charleston.... 900 am 425 am 425pm
Lye Huntington.... 940 am 620 am 620 p m
Arr Ashland (-0*1) 1019 am 7 02am _.
Arr Columbus 1105 p m 300p m — _.„_
Arr Winchester 230pm 1145 am
Arr Lexington 3 20 p m 12 45 p m _
Arr Louisville. 710pm 520pm
ArrCincinnati 605pm 535pm
==== " " No.«.
EASTWARD. No. 4. No. 2. Except
Daily. Daily. Sunday.
Lye Cincinnati 810pm _ 830 am
Lye Louisville 715 pm „. 700 a m
Lye Lexington 1040 p m ... 1145 a m
Lye Winchester 1135 p m 100 p m
Lye Columbus. 5 30 p m 12 00 n'n
Lye Ashland 3 26am 555pm
Arr Huntington 505 am 8 15 am 750pm
Arr Charleston 636 am 10 27am 10 00pm
ArrCannelton - 727 am 1139 am 1112pm
Arr Kanawha Falls 750 am 12 05pm 1143 pm
ArrHlnton 10 35am 310pm 300 am
Arr Ronceverte 1153 am 4 45pm 443 am
Arr Clifton Forge... 130pm 840 pm 640 am
Arr Staunton 3 57 p m 9 26 a m
Arr Waynesboro'... 422 p m 958 a m
Arr Charlottesville 520 p m 1105 a m
Arr Washington 9 50 p m
Arr New York 6 30am _.__„
Arr Gordonsvllle._ 6 20pm No. 2, 1200 n'n
Arr Richmond 915 p m Ex. Sun. S 2.5 p m
Lye Richmond 820 am 345pm
Arr Newport News 10 45am 630pm
Arr Old Point CTt 1110 a m 700 p m
Arr Norfolk. 1145 a m 730 p m
Standard Time.—East of Huntington, 75th
meridian, or Eastern time; West of Hunting
ton, 90th meridian, or Central time, which Is
one hour slower than Eastern time.
No. 1, daily, except Sunday, Richmond ts
Clifton Forge; leave Cllftou Forge daily, ex
cept Saturday, arrives Cincinnati and Louis
ville daily, except Sunday. Sleeping Cars from
Cilfton Forge to Huntington.
Nos. 2and 5, daily, between Huntington and
Clifton Forge. No. 2, dally, except Sunday,
from Kichmond to Newport News, Old Point,
and Norfolk.
Nob. 3 and 4, Solid Trains dally, with Pull
man Sleeping Cars, between Washington,
Richmond, and Louisville aud Cincinnati. Do
not stop for local business.
No. 6, daily, except Sunday, from Louisville,
Cincinnati, and Lexington, arrives Clifton
Forge dally, except Monday; leaves Cilfton
Forge for Old Point dally, except Sunday.—
Sleeping Cars Huntington to Clifton Forge.
CharlottestiizlzE Accommodation.—-No. 9.
(Mixed), leaves Richmond, except Sunday, 3:35
p. m.; arrive Charlottesville, 11:00 p. m.
No. 8, (Mixed), daily, except Sunday, leaves
Charlottesville, 3:00 a.m.. arrives Richmond
8:50 a. m.
No, 3, from Old Point Comfort, makes direct
connection at R„ F. 4 P. Junction for Wash
ington and New York, No omnibus transfer
required. On Sunday Train No. 3 leaves Old
Point 3:00 p. m., Newport News 3:30 p. m.
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage Checks, apply to
any office of C. &O. R'y; or Depot or Ticket
Office of connecting lines.
H. W. FULLER,
C. W. SMITH, Gen'l Pa_s'r Agent.
Gen'l Manager. <*ct22
DHEH_HDOAB VaIIET RAILROAD
Time Table la effect HOTEMBEB 23,1884.
SOUTHWARD. DAILY. DAILY
ex.Sun'y
Standard Time, Express. Express, accom.
75th Meridian. No. 3. No. 1. No. S.
LEAVE. A. M. P. M. P. M.
Hagerstown Le. 8.10 Le. 11.25 4.00
Antletam 8.13 4.39
Shepherdstown.. 8.50 4.47
Shen. Junction... 9.06 12.12 5.03
Charlestown 9.17 5.19
Riverton 10.26 6.45
Luray _ 11.55 2.26
Waynesboro June 2.05 4.17
Natural Bridge- 4.15
Roanoke 6.00 7.45
ARRIVE. P. M. A. M.
ARRIVE. A. M. P. M. S M
Bristol 12.29 1.20 S_S
Chattanooga 8.45 10.10 o. a
Memphis P. M. 9.10 p M 12.25 M "
Atlanta " 1.30 A M 4.20 J g
New Orleans AMIO 10 PM 7.30 5 _>
Jacksonville " 7.40 " 8.00 S 9
A. M, P. M. ? B
No. 3 bas'P ull man Sleeper New York to Chat
tanooga without change, via Harrisburg and
Roanoke.
No. 1 has Pullman Sleeper Philadelphia via.
Harrisburg, Roanoke and Chattanooga, to
Memphis withont change.
CONNECTIONS.
At Hagerstown, Md., with the Western Mary
land Railroad to and from Baltimore, Freder
ick, Emmlttsburg. Gettysburg, Penmar, Way
nesboro, Pa., and points on the Western Mary
laud Railroad and branches.
With the Cumberland Valley Railroad to and
from Harrisburg, Carlisle, Bhlppensburg,
Chambersburg, Mercersburg, Martlnsburg, and
Eolnts on the Cumberland Valley Raliroadand
ranches.
Also to and from Pittsburg and the West and
Northwest, and Boston, New York, Philadel
phia, and the North and East.
At Shenandoah Junction, W. Va., with Main
Line of Baltimore A Ohio Railroad to and from
Washington.
At Riverton, Va.. with Manages- Branch ef
Virginia Midland Railway.
At Waynesboro Junction, Va., with Chesa
peake A Ohio Railway to and from Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs and Richmond.
At llzoch Laird, with Lexington Bracnh of
Richmond A Alleghany Railroad.
At Natural Bridge, with Main Line of Rich
mond A Alleghany Railroad.
At Roanoke, with Norfolk * Western Rail
roa
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Boyce. for Millwood and Winchester. Va.
NORTHWARD. DAILY. DAILY
ex. Sun'y
Standard Time, Express. Express, accom.
75th Meridioo. No. 4. No. 2. No. 6.
LEAVE. P. M. P. ,M. A. M.
Roanoke. Le. 1.00 Le.; 11.50
Natural Bridge.. P M '".20 a m 1.16
Loch Laird 2.51 1.48
Waynesboro June. 4.20 3.13
Luray „.. 6.40 5.20
Riverton 8.10 6.28 7.00
Berryville _.... 8.55 i 7.10 8.46
Charlestown 9.22 7.34 9.56
Shen.Junction... 9.35 - 7.46 10.45
Shepherdstown.. 9.50 800 11.15
Antletam 10.00 8.10 11.30
Hagerstown 10.30 8.40 12.40
ARRIVE. P. M. A. M. P. M.
Ar. Baltimore,
W. M. R. R. AM 11.50
Ar. Philadelphia
via. Bait. p m 2.25
Ar. New York,
via. Bait. p m 5.30
Le.;Hagerstown pM 10.40 am 9.15
Ar. Harrisburg.
C. V. R.R. am 1.00 AM 11.40
Ar. Philadelphia
P. R.R. AM 4.25 pm 3.15
Ar. New York... am 7.00 pm 6.30
**_L,Pnllman Sleeper, dally, on Express No. 4
from Chattanooga to New York (without
change) via Harrisburg.
No. 2 has Pullman Sleeper Memphis to Phil
adelphia without change, via. Harrisburg and
Pennsylvania railroad.
150 pounds of baggage checked free to each
whole ticket. 1,000 mile tickets twenty-five
dollars; 500 mile tiokets, fifteen dollars.
JOSEPH H. SANDS, A. POPE
Gen'l Supt.. Gen. Pass. Agent.
Roanoke. Va. Roanoke, Va.
ALLEN HULL, Pass. Agent, Roanoke.
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PILLS
__. TORPID BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
_ and MALARIA.
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STAUNTON, VA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1885.
y
POET R Y.
THE LIGHT THAT IS FELT.
; JOHN O. WHITTIEIt.
A tender child of summers three.
Seeking her little bed at night.
Pausing on the dark stair timidly;
•■Oh, mother! Take my hand," said she.
"And then the dark will be all light."
We older children grope o.r way
From dark behind to dark before;
And only when our hands we lay,
Dear Lord, lnThlne, the night is day
And there is.darkness neverrrore.
Reach downward to the sunless days
Wherein our guides are blind as ws,
And faith is small and hope delays;
Take Thou tbe hand of prayer we raise,
And let us feel the light of Thee.
c SS —c
IN SCHOOL DATS.
Still sits the school-house by the road,
A ragged beggar sunning;
Around lt still the sumachs grow
And blackberry vines are running.
Within, the master's desk is seen,
Deep scarred by raps official;
The warping floor, tbe battered seats,
The Jack-knife's carved Initial;
The charcoal frescoes on its walls;
Its door's worn sill, betraying
The feet that creeping slow to school,
Went storming out to playing.
Long years ago a winter's sun
Shone over it at setting ;
Lit np its western window panes,
And low eaves' icy fretting.
It touched the tangled golden curls
And brown eyes, full of grieving,
- Of one wbo still her steps delayed
When all the school were leaving.
For near her stood the little boy
Her childish favor singled;
His cap pulled low upon a face
Where pride and shame were mingled.
Pushing with restless feet the snow
To right and left, he lingered;
As restlessly her tiny hands
The blue checked apron fingered
He saw her lire her eyes; he felt
The soft hands light caressing.
And heard the tremble of her voice,
As if a fault confessing.
"I'm sorry that I spelt the word;
I hate to go above you,
Because"—the brown eyes lower fell,—
"Because, you see, I love you!"
Still memory to a gray-haired man
That sweet child-face Is showing;
- Dear gh 1! the grasses on her grave
Have forty years been growing.
He lives to learn in life's hard school.
How few who pas. above him
Lament their triumph and his loss,
Like ber—because they love him.
John G. Whittibr.
MY BIRTHDAY.
A LOYJC STORY THAT IS A LITTLE OUT OF
THE USUAL CUiSSKL.
"We, Mother Raynor, Jack and I, were
Bitting in onr little sitting-room, our best
room, but not parlor, for mother wouU
never call the little box of a room bj so
dignified a title, and for the hundredth
time they were telling me what they knew
of my life."
"You see, Birdie," said mother, as I had
always called her, "it was a stormy night,
and Jack had been detained at the store —
he was cash-boy at Cotton & Cos. then—
but just as he was running up the steps,
about 7 o'clock, he met a woman hurrying
down them. She brushed by without
speaking, and he, when he reached the
door, almost stumbled over a basket, where
yon lay all smuggled up in warm flannels.
Ah, but you were a nice baby, my dear."
"Pity my mother hadn't thought so!" I
sarcastically observed.
"Undoubtedly yon would have fared bet
ter than in our humble home," said Jack,
grimly.
"Why, Jack; you don't think I meant
that, do you dear?" I hastily asked. "It
made me feel badly to think that my own
flesh and blood would abandon me to the
trust of strangers—that's all."
"That was seventeen years ago to-mor
row night," meditated mother, unheeding
our conversation.
"Yes," chimed I, anxious to clear the
cloud from Jack's forehead; "and you
have always' called it my birthday, and
have always made the day so pleasant for
me, too. Let me see!" I rattled on; "yeu
thought I must be about a year old, and so
lam eighteen to-morrow. Have you
male my birth-cake yet, mother?"
"Yes, indeed. And that reminds me
that I must go out and see to the frosting
of it, too, to-night. No, you stay right
here. Watch her Jack, for she is not to
see the cake until to-morrow."
I retreated before her laughing command,
and seeing how sour Jack still looked, I
determined to do my very best to make
him behave like his own old self again.
Perching myself on the arm of his chair, I
leaned over, trying to catch his eye.
"Cross, dear?" I asked very sweetly.
"No," he replied, in a tone that said,
"yes, decidedly so; let me alone." But I
was not to be rebuffed.
Slipping my arms around his neck, I
drew his face around towards mine.
"You're sorry that you did not send me
to the Foundling Home, aren't yon? It's
enough to make any one cross, to think
how he has been troubled for seventeen
years, just because he was soft-hearted
over a miserable little baby, whose own
people didn't care about keeping it! Are
you sorry, Jack?"
"Are you, Bird?"
He suddenly straightened up, with a look in
his dark eyes I had never noticed there be
fore.
"What have I to be sorry for?" I asked.
"Wasn't I thrown into the hands of the
dearest, kindest mother and brother a girl
ever had?"
"Yes, dear—that is, we have always
meant kindness; but st 11, I am not your
brother, Bird."
"I know it, but I love you just as well,"
but some way, under the steady look of
Jack's beautiful eyes, I could not go on
with my usual protestations of affection, as
I had always been in the habit of doing,
and I drew my anna away from about his
neck.
"But I don't want you to, Bird," he
■aid, slowly, and then he went on, eager
ly: "My darling, I want you to love me
just as well aa Ido you, dear. I want you
for my own very own, for my wife, Bird."
Clasping me close in his strong arms, he
told me how happy I could make him by
saying that I loved him.
And so strongly did he argue his case,
that somehow I was won over to his way of,
thinking, and before the great birthday
cake wag frosted, Jack and I were engag
ed.
"I've accepted Jack as a birthday gift,"
I whispered to mother as I ran oat.
A radiant look of surprised joy fairly il
luminated her dear old face, as she com
prehended the meaning of my remark.
"It haa been the wish of my life," she
whispered, kissing me softly, "Be ready
for other birthday gifts, to-morrow," she
called after me.
"Oh, happy birthday." I whispered,
when to-morrow dawned, and I, awaken
ing, remembered my promise to Jack.
"What better gift could I have asked than
the gift of dear Jack's love?"
Several little tokens were at my break
fast plate, some very expensive too, for
since Jack's pictures had began to sell so
well, and orders pouring in faster than he
could execute them, he had begun te be
.uits extravagant.
He had ■gratified an oft' expressed wish
of mine, by having a little cameo ear-ring
found in the basket in whtch they first
found me, set in a ring, for one of my
birthday presents. It was an equisite,
clearly cat cameo, and it had a decidedly
unique setting; so I had always indulged
in the hope that some time, perhaps, I
might learn through it who my parents
were.
It had evidently dropped into the basket
by mistake, for there was nothing else
about me to identify me. There was none
of the proverbial strawberry marks or
moles so often found on lost children in
stories, so I had only the cameo to connect
me with the unknown past.
So I slipped it on my finger, aud when
Jack told me to keep it for an engagement
ring, until he could procure another, it be
came doubly dear to me.
By and by, as soon as breakfast was fin
ished, much to my surprise and disap
pointment, my lover went up to his studio,
and remained invisible for two hours.
"He might have spent my birthday with
me, anyway," I pouted, as I plodded up
stairs feeling "blue enough. 1 knocked
at the door of his studio. "Not just now,
dear, I'm busy," came in Jack's voice
from beyond the door. Angry and indig
nant, for he had allowed me to spend my
mornings there for two months past, I
silently went to my own room.
And I was angrier still when, not ten
minutes later, his door opened to admit
Miles Griffith, a fellow from the Artists'
Club.
And then I was ready to cry with vexa
tion. They had always petted and spoil
ed me, mother and Jack, and let me have
my own way, so that I could not bear even
this little neglect gracefully.
And, besides, we were just engaged,
and Jack, it seemed to me, was not acting
just as he ought, under the circumstances.
At last I determined to be mean enough
to listen and hear, if I could, what they
ware talking about so earnestly in the
studio.
Me, I found at once, for Jack bad just
spoken my name as I guiltily put my ear
to the keyhole. (A disgraceful thing to
do, I admit, but as I meant to give a faith
ful account of my birthday, and I really
did listen at the key-hole, I record it.)
"I have made a great mistake," said Jack,
sighing heavily.
I could't distinguish Mr. Griffith's reply,
but I, hushing my breath, heard Jack say
again:
"It has always been my mother's wish.
I did it more to please her, I suppose. She
loves Bird dearly, and—"
With a dry sob I fell forward on the rug.
I could not have moved then, had they
opened the door, and seen me there.
"He has found out this early that he'
has made a mistake, has he?" I thought
bitterly, when my brain stopped whirling
so I could think. "It was only to please
his mother that he asked me to become his
wife! And to think he should reveal his
disappointment to that horrible old Grif
fith first! Oh, it was too humiliating!"
I resolved to release him at once, but
again I listened, having a dim hope, 1 sup
pose, that perhaps my ears had deceived
me.
"If it suits my mother—" began Jack.
"That's net the thfhg," interrupted Grif
fith. "You never would be suited. She
lacks expression, and —"
"Yes, know —naturalness—l know the
faults —for I am better acquainted witb
Birdie than you are, Griffith."
"To be sure," assented Griffith. "Mouth
too large; eyes very vacant. I've noticed.
I advise you to give it up.''
"I'll take your advice," said Jack, em
phatically—and then I rushed to my room.
So, through "Griffith's advice" which
Jack seemed so ready to take, my brief lit
tle romance was to be shattered. Well, I
would never stay and see my heart break
too; for I felt sure I never could lire through
thi. .rouble, so dear had Jack in the role of
lover, become to me in a few short hours.
And so, some way—now it all seems like
a vague dream to me—l found myself wan
dering aimlessly down a strange street, not
knowing or caring where my footsteps tend
ed. Some workmen obstructed the side
walk, and I was obliged to cross the street.
11 .member of stepping down and ad
vancing a few steps, of hearing hoarse shouts
of warning, feeling a sudden shock, and
then all was blank.
* » * * * * *
When I returned to consciousness I was
in a strange room—everything was strange
to me.
"Where am I ?" I asked, although I could
see no one. "What has happened ?"
"You are with friends," said a low voice
near me, and turning my eyes, they fell on
a sweet-faced lady, not yet old, although her
hair was nearly white, sitting near me.
"How came I • here ?" I demanded in a
weak, startled voice.
After a brief consulation with a woman,
evidently the nurse, the lady decided to ex
plain the situation.
"You are weak, but I trust to your good
sense to remain calm while I tell you why
you are here. About a month ago you were
crossing the street, and my husband and I
accidently ran against and severely injured
you. There was nothing to identify you,
and so we brought you home."
"And this was a month ago, has no one
been here ? Did you advertise ?"
"No," replied the lady. "It was report
ed in the police news, I believe, as my hus
band had to pay a large fine for hia careless
ness; but I never thought of advertising for
, your friends. I supposed they would go to
Spectator.
the station, and then be directed here, if yon
had any in the city."
"I have none," I said bitterly, "I was
only a foundling, living upon charity all my
life."
I was reckless. I did not think how un
necessary it was to speak of my own history
to a stranger.
A whole month I had lain there, and no
one had called.
And my pale, thin hands showed how
near to death's door I had been. As I lay
looking at my wasted fingers, I noticed
that my ring was gone.
Hastily I inquired where it was.- My new
found acquaintance blushed, and then said:
"Will you allow my husband to talk with
yoa a few moments ? He has font cameo.''
In a few moments a tall, handsome gen
tleman accompanied her into the room.
> Years ago," he began, after apologizing
for being the cause of my illness, and con
gratulating me upon my recovery, "I had a
pai. of careeos carved in this-city.-' They
were unlike anything ever seen heie. I had
them-set in a pair of earrings for my wife.
One night our house was robbed by a trust
ed servant; tbe cameos were taken along
with other valuables."
"Was anything else taken?" I asked,
sitting upright, and forgetting for a moment
my weak state.
"Yes, our only child," he replied broken
ly. "Now, will you tell me how you came
by this cameo, for it is the same 1 I to-day
took it to the person who carved it for me
so long ago, and he recognized it at once,
although it has been reset."
"Was it seventeen years ago that yonr
child was stolen ?" I asked eagerly.
"Yes. What do you know ?" he ques
tioned hoarsely.
"I know that I am,your child, then."
After I had told the story so often repeat
ed to me by brother Raynor, they were per
fectly satisfied that I belonged to them, and
their joy beggared description.
The story was that my father had given
his wife a necklace of diamonds, and seeing
how pleased baby was with it, she had shak
en the stones before its eyes, and at last in
a spirit of fun, clasped it about the child's
neck. But she did not understand the fast
ening, and as her husband was away from
home, and she could not get the short chain
over the child's head, she was obliged to let
the nurse put the infant to sleep with the
glittering ornament about its neck. But
the temptation proved too great for the
nurse's cupidity, so she had taken the baby
quietly out to a neighboring jeweler, and
had the necklace unfastened.
The theory we, my new-found parents
and I, formed was, that becoming frightened
at her own exploits, and not daring to try
to replace the baby—l never can realize
that that baby was myself—lest she be dis
covered, she concluded to abandon it en
tirely.
"Now, where do these people live who
have cared so kindly for you? I must see
them," said my mother.
Reluctantly I gave the address. Jack
came straight to me, after my mother told
her errand, and he looked so old and worn
and haggard, that for a moment I was lost
in pity for him.
Then I remembered the indelicate remarks
he had made to Miles Griffith, and in trying
to be frigidly cool, I Only succeeded in weak
ly crying.
"O, Jack! Jaok!" I sobbed, unable to be
anything but my own impetuous self, "why
did you teach me to love you, only to tire
of me so soon?"
"Tire! How? What do you mean,
dear?" he asked, taking my hands anxious
ly, as if he feared I was not quite rational.
And then, as I grew calmer, I had to con
fess how I had descended to the contempti
ble business of eves-dropping, and what I
had heard.
"It was my birthday, Jack. Don't you
remember, you had Griffith up in the studio?
And you told him you had made a great
mistake, engaging yourself to me, and—and
he advised you to give it up, and you said
you'd follow his advice."
For three minutes Jack stared at me, and
then he, with difficulty suppressing an in
clination to laugh, said:
"My darling, how could you believe it?—•
Now, listen. As you know, my forte is
landscapes. Well, I thought I'd make one
more trial at portraits; so, lately, while I
have been entertaining you and mother so
politely in the studio, I was slyly taking
'sittings.' You know your birthday, or the
day we celebrate as yours, and mother's fall
on the same day; so, as she often expressed
a wish to have your portrait painted, and
thinking that you would like hers, I paint
ed your counterfeits as best I could, and
then, before I showed them,; I sent for Grif
fith, the fairest critic in the club. He told
me candidly that as a portrait painter I was
a dead failure, and advised me never to al
low the public to see my attempts. The
criticisms you heard were of your picture—
not you. Are you satisfied."
"Perfectly," I answered, feeling as if I
could now get strong and well at once.
"But my poor birthday was all spoiled," I
sighed.
"To-day is your birthday, my dear," in
terrupted my new mother, brightly, enter
ing the room with Mother Raynor, "and if
the other was spoiled, ask what you will,
and you may have it."
"I'll take Jack," I said gaily. And so I
did, "for better or for worse," a year from
my eighteenth birthday.
■ a — ,
How Cleveland Did Blame a Fa
vor.—[Washington Letter to Springfield
Republican.]— Cleveland's manly action is
said to have saved Mr. Blame, after the
Indianapolis libel suit came to an end, from
an embarrassing attack. Tbe Democratic
managers had lithographed in Indianapolis
tbe letters concerning the Blame family,
which had been gathered by the Sentinel
people in anticipation of the libel suit trial.
These lithographed letters they proposed
to publish in immense quantities for distri
bution to annoy and humiliate Mr. Blame.
They were of such a character that such a
procedure would have greatly harassed the
losing candidate. The matter came to
Cleveland's knowledge and he promptly
put a stop to it, declaring that any one in
any way responsible for it need never ask
any favors from him. This attitude ended
the plan, for those concerned in it were
Democrats "with hopes in the future."
.« ♦ •
Mrs. Julia H. Brundage, Bridgeport,
Conn., said: "My mother has for over
thirty years been afflicted with kidney, liv
er, and heart diseases. She walked out
this summer for the first time in years. We
feel that we owe much to God's mercy and
i Hunt's [Kidney and Liver] Remedy.
NO. 25.
The Exhibit of the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union at the
New Orleans Exposition.
The National Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union's exhibit is immediately op
posite Mrs. Howe's office, and in close jux
taposition to the Louisiana woman's ex
hibit.
The centre of the space is occupied by a
pavilion of pale blue and adorned with
grains of all sorts from every State in the
Union—South Carolina rice; oats from
Florida; wheat from Washington Territory;
rye from lowa, and so on, all through the
various products. Tbe moss about the
pillars is from Louisiana, and the cotton
from Mississippi. The pavilion is to have
a fountain in the centre, and the spaces are
hung with lace curtains, presented by a
gentleman in St. Louis. A table stands to
one side, where the registrar book is, and
holds a lovely pale blue silk banner, moun
ted upon* gilded stand, and exquisitely
painted wfi- a landscape view of richly
wooded hills. Beyond which flies a snowy
dove, beneath the legend: "How beautiful
upon the mountains are the feet of him
that beareth good tidings of Him that pub
lisheth peace." It is sent by Miss Housch,
the buperintendent of the press department
of the Union. Forming cornices for the
curtains are Japanese fans with little flow
er designs hand-painted upon them, and
over one is a pink plaque, prettily painted
with ferns.
A tall easel bears New Jersy's shield of
deep maroon velvet; a deer's head at the
top, two horns of plenty at the bottom,
with the fruits falling out, and "New Jer
sey," and the monogram of the Union
upon it in gold letters.
Over the entrance hangs the shield of
Tennessee, which is carved, and bears upon
its red back-ground, under a spray of flow
ers, the motto, "We bend, but never
break."
New Jersey's banner hangs upon the
outside, of white satin embroidered with
strawberries and daisies, opposite to which
is the dark blue silk one of Maryland,
fringed with gold, and all the mottoes of
the Union upon it in gold letters.
On the other pillar hangs North Caro
lina's banner of deep crimson silk, bearing
a pine branch across the top and upon eith
er side of the Union motto a branch of cot
ton blossoms and bolls and a cluster of
wheat stalks.
Everywhere about the pillars hang the
shields and gonfalons of the States. It is
like "an aimy with banners."
Kansas sends one with a portrait of Gov.
St. John above.
Minnesota's banner is of white satin
fringed with bullion, and the motto of the
Union, "For God and Home and Native
Land," which exactly resembles the one
from Michigan, sent by the juvenile branch
of the organization.
A huge gold-fringed scarf of crimson
silk also has the same inscription in tall
golden letters and comes from Ohio; it is
across the front of the space below a flag
from Maryland with the State coat-of-arms.
Mrs. Nicholls, the superintendent of the
exhibit, contributes a bronze velvet banner,
upon which is painted in silver letters,
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness
thereof."
The shield from Arkansas is of oak,
with a white molded wreath which sur
rounds "W. C. T. U, Arkansas," the let
ters being formed of Arkansas diamonds.
Rhode Island's shield is made of bronze,
severed with shells and star-fish, bearing a
bronze scroll with the State's name upon it.
Maine's shield is of pine needles, sur
rounded with cones, and the motto, "Diri
go."
Virginia's shield is made of blue velvet,
with the coat-of-arms and motto of gilt on
white satin, surrounded by a wreath of
Virginia creeper. Her banner is of cardi
nal satin and velvet. In the center, a figure
holding a sheaf of wheat, above which is
painted in beautiful gold letters, "We shall
reap, if we faint not." Underneath is
worked in gold bullion, "W. C. T. U, Vir
ginia." The banner is finished with gold
fringe, and hung upon a handsome cross
piece of solid walnut.
Texas's shield i* of white, with a farm
scene painted upon it, with cotton branches
and a pair of horns.
Indiana's is white satin and red velvet,
with gilt lettering and a rural scene painted
upon it, while the national banner is a
great white and gold standard at the en
trance.
On either side of tho pavilion aie tall
easels, bearing imperial-size photographs
of Mrs. Hayes and Miss Frances Willard,
president of the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union. Here is a lovely
face, full of nobil-ty, gentleness, courage,
and intellect—the face of a woman who
could conceive a great reform and achieve
it.
Mrs. Hayes's photograph is taken from
the life-size portrait which was painted by
order of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union and presented to the
White House.
. —«.—,
The girl of sixteen, who will neither sew
nor do housework, has no business to be
decked out in finery and rambling about in
search of fun and frolic unless her parents
are rich, and in that event she needs the
watchful direction of a good mother none
the less. There is no objection to fun, but
it should be well chosen and w.ll timed.
No woman or girl who will not work has a
right to share the wages of a poor man's
toil. If she does work, if she makes the
clothes she wears and assists in the house
hold duties, the chances are she will have
enough self-sespect to behavo when play
time comes; but if she should still be a lit
tle "wild" the honest toil she has done will
confer upon her some degree of right to
have her own way, ill-judged though it
may be. The wild girl usually aspires to
prominence in some social circle or the oth
er, and ber manners and conduct are in
greater or less degree designed to attract
the following of men. She should remem
ber that followers are not always admirers,
and that the most sincere admiration a
man ever feels for a woman in a drawing
room is when he looks upon her and says
in his consciousness, "She is a perfect
lady."— Americarf Queen.
. —«.— .
The oldest known tree in the world, at
Mt. Etna, is hollow and large enough to ad
mit of the driving of two carriages abreast
through it.
—i . —«—• _
A young lady who was blamed for allow
ing her gloves to be discovered in a young
man's pocket stated that she had no hand
in it.
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Address—"Staeatoa Spectator," SUsatos. Ta.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
[Compiled for the Spectator.]
Aib and Sea as Eabth-Shakeks.—
The simultaneous occurrence of earth
quakes aud hurricanes in Spain and its
neighborhood has led Mr. R. A. Proctor to
make some interesting calculations. A
change of half an inch in the barometer
over an area of 100,000 square miles—about
equal to that of the British Isles with the
contained seas—would mean a variation of
some 4-2,600 million tons in the weight of
the air resting on that surface; one foot of
extra tide extending outward ten miles
would give an extra weight of 750 million
tons on a coast 100 miles long. Greater
variations of barometric pressure occur,
over much larger areas; and tides some
times reach several feet beyond their usual
limits, on much greater lengths of coast.
"I take it, then, Mr. Proctor concludes,
"that we may fairly consider that the ex
ternal action e.ertetj, on the .earth's crust,
as the tidal wave sweeps upon a shore
line, as winds heap up the seas there, and
as atmospheric pressure increases and di
minishes—especially during the progress of
great storms—must play a most important
part in producing subterranean disturban
ces. At every moment of time millions of
millions of tons of matter, in the form of
water and air, are being flung hither and
thither over the surface of the earth. Can
we wonder if, apart from interior causes of
disturbance, the crust shows signs of occa
sional fluctuation?"
Measurements of the red corpuscles of
the blood in fourteen different races of men,
have shown the average diameter to be
1-3224 of an inch, the maximum diameter
being 1-2777, and the mininum 1-4000.
Short-sightedness, according to a recent
paper by Mr. R. B. Carter, F. R. C. 8.,
has come into existence within historic
time, and into prevalence almost within
living memory, while it now affects at least
ten per cent, of England's population. It
is essentially a defect—bordering on dis
ease—of civilization.
Science Births.—Astronomy, the oldest
of the sciences, is said to have originated
at Babylon in observations made about
2234 B. C; it was much advanced in Chal
diea under Nabonassar; and it was known
to the Chinese about 1100 B. C, if not
many centuries before. Geology, the science
of the earth, is claimed to have been culti
vated in China long before the Christian
era, and it occupied the attention of Aris
totle, Theophrastus, Pliny, Avicenna, and
the Arabian writers. The Egyptians and
Chinese claim an early acquaintance with
chemistry, whose first facts were revealed
by the expeiments of the alchemists, but it
did not become a science nntil the seven
teenth century. Botany and Zoology were
founded by Aristotle, about 350 B. C.
Northern Limit or Corn-Growth. —
On the northeast shores of Asia corn can
not be cultivated at 50° north latitude, al
though ie the interior it matures as far
north as 62° On the eastern shores of
America the northern limit of its growth
is $50°, and on the western shores it
reaches about 57°, while in the intermediate
country it is known to go as far as OS 3 .
The fact that it thrives farther north in
the interior of continents than the shores
is thought by M. Buysman to be due not
aloue to the cooling influence of ice-accu
mulations on the coasts, but to depend
largely on the greater amount of sunlight
received in the dry regions far from the
oceans. In Norway corn grows in latitude
80°, the climate being not only warmed by
proximity to the Gulf Stream, but the
skies being very clear as well. Even in the
most northern regions, where the shade
temperature is very low, vegetation may
grow in sheltered spots exposed to the sun,
and luxuriant scurvy grass has been found
on Walden Island beyond 70° north lati
tude.
According to Sir James Tennant, leop
ards have, in Ceylon at least, a strange fan
cy for the flesh of small-pox victims, the
specific odor of the disease seeming to
strongly attract them.
Earthquakes at Different Seasons.
—The current notion that more earth
quakes occur in winter than in summer
receives some support from the following ta
ble, which shows the total number of shocks
recorded at the meteorologioal observa
tory of Tokio, Japan, for the respective
months of the ten years, ending December
10, 1884: January 53; February, 50; March,
73; April, 43; May, 51; June, 40; July, 36;
August, 27; September, 15; October, 47;
November, 51; December, 60. The aver
age per month for the ten years is 45; that
for the six winter months, October to
March, is 56; and for the six summer
months, 35.
From the records of observations made
at thirteen Prussian stations since 1873,
Prof. Muttrich has determined that forests
exercise a positive influence on the temper
ature of the air; that they lessen the daily
variations of temperature, and more in sum
mer than in winter; and that the tempering
effect of the leafy forest is in summer greater
than that of the pine forest, while in
winter the pine forest has more influence
than the disfoliaged forest.
A crocus (C. Speciosus) of a remarkable
rapidity of growth has been described to
the botanists of the Royal Horticultural
Society of London. When carefully
watched, its flower-stalks can almost be
seen to grow, as they have been known to
increase in length from four to six inches
in a single uight.
A bronze axe with the handle attached—
probably the first specimen known to have *
been discovered—has just been found in
Brittany by a French antiquary. The tool**
has a cutting edge on one end and a kind
of bammer-cap on the other.
It is estimated that Great Britain's coal
supply will be-exhausted in about 105
years if the present increase in the rate of
consumption continues.
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The Dirty Da_d.ii-.
Dandruff is di.ty u_d disagreeable in ev
ery way. lt soils the el 'thing continually,
and is accompanied by a hardly less annoy
ing sensation of itching. The scalp is dis
eased. There is nothing in the world so
thoroughly adapted to this trouble as Park
er's Hair Balsam. It cleanses and heals
the scalp, stops the falling hair and restores
its original softness, gloss and color. Is
not oily, highly perfumed, an elegant dress
ing. Very economical, as only a small oc
casional application keeps the hair in per
fect condition.
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A solid fact: The United States Gov
ernment has in its employ four hundred
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