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«5J- Remittances should be made by check,
Iraft, Postal order, or Registered letter.tl
cuuruu km railway.
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(Fast Flying Virginian.)
VESTIBULE LIMITED,
Solid, with Dining Car, between New York,
Washington and Cincinnati.
VESTIBULE SLEEPER BETWEEN
WASHING ION and LOUISVILLE,
-iSD^
OLD POIST and CINCINNATI
Schedule In Effect March 2d, 1890.
• No. 3. No. 1.
WESTWARD, iV.F. V. Clncln
: Vestib'le Express
j Daily Dally.
Lv~New York i SCO p vo' 12 15 n'gt
Lv Philadelphia . :7 40 pm 720 am
Lv Baltimore •1010 p m 945 a m
Lv Washington., .ill 25 p m 11 24 a m
Ar Charlottesville. •305 a m 315 p m
Ly Norfolk ■—I jB4O pm 7io a m
Lv Old Point 4 00pm 740 a m
Lv Newport News,: 440 p m 815 a m
Ar Richmond • 055 p m 10 50 a m
Lv'Richmond, .Vi". ii 645 p"m 1100 am
Ar Charlottesville.: 315 a m 335 p m
Ar Waynesboro' J\4 16 a m 432 p m
ArStaunton :444am 500pm
Ar Clifton Forge ..17 00 am 715pm
Ar Covington • 741pm
Ar Ronoeverte :8 35 am 900pm
Ar Hinton, :' 950am18 25 p m
Ar Charleston :12 45pm 148 am
Ar Huntington.... i 310 p m 3 30am
Ar Maysviile «. 420 p m 5 33am
ArCincinnati i 6 20pm 730 am
Ar Indianapolis ...;1055p m 1000 am
ArOhlcago ! 730 am 5 00pm
Ar St Louis j 705 a m 6 00pm
Ar Lexington „..: 6 20p m |
Ar Louisville i 9M)pmll 35 a m:
Ar Nashville, ; 050 am 500pm|
Ar Memphis • 240p ra 515 am
Ar New Orleans...': 700 am 12 40 n'n|
Note.— Tne arrival a*. Louisville and South
for train No. 1 Is via Cincinnati (Newport).
Trains from Lynchburg Lexington. Va.,
Danville, Va, etc. connect at 'Hilton Forge.
I ! N0.2. j
• No. 4 : Wash., :
EASTWARD :F. F. V.i&Old Pt:
; Vestb'leiExpress j
Lv Louisville : 245p ml j
LveCincmnati -..j 6 30pm: 7 50 am:
Lye Huntington...: 12 25am: 2 50 pm:
\r Charleston ■ 148 am; 128pm:
Ar Hinton, ■ 448 am: 555 pm:
Ar Ronceverte, : 559 ami 930 pm;
Ar Covington • :10 52 pm:
Ar Clifton Forge...; 7 33 a m:llsspmi
ArStaunton j 9 36am; 135 am;
Ar Waynesboro Ju:10 04 am: id? am:
Ar Charlottesville; 11 55 am: 300 am:
Ar Washington. ...: 2 35p m; 7 03amj
Ar Baltimore ! 350pm; 820 am:
Ar Philadelphia . j 6 15 p m:10 47 a m:
Ar New York ; 920 pm! 120 pm;
Lv Cnarlo'ttesvifieill 05 a m: 350 am:
Ar Gordonsville... : 12 05 n'n: 457 am:
Lv Richmond : 300 pm! 9IDa mi
Lv New port News; 600 p m: 11 05 am:
LvOld Point Com; 6 35 p m:H4Oa mi
Lv Norfolk ; 7 00pm;l2 05 n'n!
Arr Lexington, v"a: 4 is p ni; j
Ar Lynchburg,.. . ;Hssam: :
Ar Danville : 820 pm: „■
Ar Greensboro !10 37 p m; :
Nos. 3 and 4, daily, F.F.V. Limited, run sol
id between New York and Cincinnati with
Vestibule Sleeper between Washington and
Louisville and Old Point and Hiuton.
Nos.l and 2 have Pullman Sleepers between
Cincinnati and Washington. Solid train be
tween Cincinnati and Old Point daily.
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.
Richmond Division.—No. 7, daily except
Sunday, leave Richmond 503 p. m. No. 8 ex
oept Sunday, leave Bothwell 6 25 p m. Arrive
Richmond; 725 p m.
Huntington Division.—No. 13, leaves Clif
ton Forge daily 830 a m, arrive at Hunting
ton 700 p m„ arrive Clifton Forge 5 30 p m. No
15, daily except Sunday, leave East Sewell at
800 a m., arrive at Huntington 11 00 am. No.
16. daily, except Sunday, leave Huntington at
3 00 p m, arrive East Sewell 8 05 p ni.
Cincinnati Division.—No. 17 daily except
Sunday, leave Russeli (Ironton) Gam, arrive
Cincinnati 11 30 a m. No. 18 daily except Sun
day, leave Cincinnati 2 00 p m., arrive at Rus
sell 730 p m. No. 19, daily except Sunday,
leave Maysviile 4 40 a m, arrive ai, Cincinnati
820 a m No. 20 daily except Sunday, leaye
Cincinnati 5 05 p m, arrlvo at Maysviile 7 30 p.
m.
Through tickets and baggage checked to any
destination. Apply to any C. <t O. Ticket Agt
for full Information and tickets.
GEO. W. BTEVENS, H. W. FULLER,
Gen. Supt. Gen'l Pass'r Agent.
SHENANDOAH TAI.I.ETBAII,ROAO
A F. Tyler, Receiver.
Time Table in eflect Feb. 9th, IS9O.
SOUTHWARD. Daily. I except
. — T™, ' Sunday
Standard Time, Express. Express.
75th Meridian. No. 3. No. 1. Loo. aco.
leave. No. 5.
Hagerstown 7.25 a.m. ILIS p. m.
Antletam 7.59 " 11.43 "
Shepherdstown.. 8.05 " 11.48 "
Shen. Junction... 8.18 " 12.00 ng't
Charlestown 8.30 " 12.11 a.m.
Rlverton 9.43 " 111 "
Luray 10.55 " 2.15 "
Milnes 11.40 " 3.00 "
Elkton „... 11.52 •■ 3.12 •'
Grottoes 12 27 p.m. ... "
ff»j niiHboro June 1.15 " 4.15 "
Buena Vista, 2.52 " 5.39 "
Loch Lair I 251 " 541 "
Natural Bridge... 3.25 " 6.05 "
Buchanan 4.H0 " 6.37 "
Roanoke 5.00 " 7.40 "
Bristol _.. 11.20 p.m. 12 40uoou
Chattanooga 6.50 a.m. 7.40 p.m.
Memphis 6.30 p.m. 6.35 a.m.
Mobile, 2.05 A.M. 3.10 a.m.
Atlanta. 112.80 P. M. 5.2b A M
Monigoiuery I 703p, m. 300 a. m.
STew Orleans I 7.00 A, V. 12.4Unoin.
No. 3 carries Pallnaaa Palace Sleeping Cai
througti from New York and Philadelphia via
Harrinburg to Chattanooga and Memphis,with
out change.
Has connection at Hagerstown with fast mail
iroaa Baltimore.
Also mates close connection at Waynes
boro junction with C. A O. Railway west
bound trains
No. I has through connection from Philadel
phia via Harrisburi and C. V. Railroad, also
carries Pullman BuffetSleepingCar from Phil
adelphia, via Harrisburg, to New Orleans,
without change.
CONNECTIONS.
At Hagerstown, Md., with tho Western Mary
land Railroad to and from Baltimore, Freder
ick, Emmlttsburg, Gettysburg, Penniar,
Waynesboro, Pa., and points on the Western
Vlaryla.ud Railroad and branches.
With the Cumberland Valley Railroad toand
from Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg,
Chambersburg.Mercersburg, Martinsburg, and
points on the Cumberland Valley Rallroadand
oranches.
Also to and from Pittsburg and the Westand
Northwest, and Boston, New York, Philadel
phia, aud the North and East.
At Shenandoah Junction, V. Va., with Main
Line of Baltimore &Ohio Railroad to andfrom
the West.
Waynesboro J miction with C. A O Ry. East
and West-bound trains.
At Loch Laird, with Lexington Branch ol
Richmond A Alleghany Railroad.
At Buchanan with Main Line of Richmond
A Alleghany Railroad.
At ftoanoke, with Nor/olk & Western Rail
road.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
Atßoyce. for Millwood and Winchester. Va.
AtTroutville for Fincastle.
NORTHWARD. DAILY. except
—— — Sunday
Standard Time, Express. Express.
75th Meridian. No. 4. I No. 2.
Lsave ttoanoke. 7.n5p. a. 600 a.m.
Buchanan 8.00 •' 6.59 "
Natural Bridge... 8.82 " 7.30 '■
Lieu Laird 8.58 " 7.56 "
Buena Visa 9.00 " 7.58 "
ITayni'slioro June. 10 31 " 9.40 "
Grottoes, „ 11.01 " 10.11 "
Eiktoa 11.37 " 10.52 "
Milnes „ 11.55 " 11.10 "
uray 12.37 P.M. 11.53 "
Rlverton 1.48 " 12.56 p.m.
Berryvllle 2.Z9 '* 1.*7 "
Daarlestown 2.58 " 2."4 "'
Jaen.Junction... 3.10 " 2.15 "
Shepherdstown.. 3.23 " 2.23 "
Antietam _.. 3.31 •' 2.35 •'
Hagerstown 4.05 " 3.10 "
A.r. Washington
B. A O. R. R. 7.10 A.M. 3.05 P. M.
A.r. Baltimore,
B. A O. R. R. 5.20 '■ 5.20 p. M.
\r. Baltimore,
W. M. R.R. 11.10 " j 6.30 P.M.
i.e. Hagerstown, 4.15 a.m.: 4.09 p. m.
\r. Harrisburg, 640 a.m.: 7.00 p.m.
C. V. R. R.
A.r.Philadelphia 10.20 A.M. ' 10.55 P. M.
P. R. R. i
A.r.New York.■■ 1.20 p.m.! 3.50 A. M.
No. 4 carries Pullman Buffet Sleeping Oar
hrough from MempuW to New York via Ha
erstowo and Harrisburg.
No. 2 makes through connection vlaShenau
iloah Junction and B. * O. R. R. for Washing
ton and Baltimore, and at Hagerstown with
Western Maryland Railroad Tor Baltimore,
and Cumberland Valley Railroad for Harris
hNrg and Philadelphia. Also carries Pullman
Paiace Bullet Sleeping Car from New Orleans
to Philadelphia via Hagerstown and Harrls
bufig without change.
O. HOWARD ROVER,
Gen. Passenger Agent.
) VVID W. FLTCKWIR,
Snnerintendant. Roanoke, Va.
M. FUTTERER.
Pass. Agent. Hagerstown, Md.
otatttiton 11111 Spectator.
VOL. 67.
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For the creeping moss half covers the Btone.
"She died"—bend down, you can read tho date
"Id seventeen hundred and eighty-eight."
That was a hundred years ago,
And who "Somebody" was what do we know.
Somebody once had a place in life.
Played her pari in tbe peac* and strife,
Had her share In Its hopes an 3 lears.
And'tasted love with its pmlies and tears,
But she careth little, methinks, to day,
If the long-past hours were oi gold or gray.
Somebody died—we know not how ;
It matters little to somebody now.
If near ones bent o'er her dying bed,
Or alone and friendless her spirit fled.
Somebody's sleep is calm and still
In the little kirfcyard below the hill.
The sun has sljown and the winds have wailed
The above h a .r glowed and pal~d.
And the dewdrops glittered li'*e angel's tears
Night and morn for a hundred year.*,
And she heeds not question,or praise or blame
But God remembers Somebody's name.
— .— s> s
THE COKING OF MAT.
Only bird-songs to enrapture—songs from the
elm and the pine-
Only a nest in a field of dark green,
A few eggs, and a secret is mine; .
Only a bending of daisies—nods from the
buttercups wise-
To tell of wee homes, the twitter of blrdß,
And that May, the bird's month, hither flies.
Only a tangle of sunshine,a flash of bright but
terfly wings;
Only a cloud in a sky of deep blue,
Edged with silver and tiny gold rings;
Only a wreath of May roses.a spray from the
apple-tree bough,
A shower of pink and white petals,
And we know that sweet May cometh now.
—Ladies' Home Journal.
A LUCKY MARK.
Oce day over thirty years ago, as our
ship, the Three Partners, was lying in the
harbor at Rangoon, waiting to discharge
cargo, a native boat in which were three
people met with an accident while drawing
near us, and the occupants were thrown in
to the water. 1 was at the mement on the
ship's bowsprit, and without taking a sec
ond thought I dropped into the water and
seized an old man who had gone down for
the second time and was almost done for.
A rope was thrown me from the ship, and
after a good deal of trouble the old chap
was lifted over the rail and brought back
to life. Tbe two other meu were swept
away and drowned. But for the fact that
the Captain of tbe ship was my brother, the
mate would probably have broken my head
as I regained the deck. A madder man I
never saw.
"Why, you infernal, good-for-nothing
idiot!'' bo roared as he danced around me.
"Tbe idea of your jumping overboard
among the sharks and crocodiles to save the
life of a contemptible beathsn?"
At that time, sud I presume it is still tbe
case, the life of a common Siamese was of
no more value than that of a dog in the eyes
of white men. It was my first voyage to
those wateis, and I was also young and im
pulsive.
"See here, young man!" continued the
mate after he had exhausted his stock cf
curses; and as I walked to the port quarter
aud looked over into the muddy waters the
head of a crocodile was plain to be seen.
The native whom I had rescued was an
old man, at least GO. Ho bad a venerable,
dignified look, and was evidently a man of
much intelligence. Hecould speak English
fairly well, and, as soon as bo was able to
talk, he took me by the hand and said:
"The white people are born brave; I
would not bave done it, had I been a young
man, for one of you. I can do nothing to
reward you. I had wealth, but it went to
tbe bottom of the harbor when the boat was
wrecked."
"I told him that no reward was expect
ed, or would have been received, if tender
ed, and that I would got the Captain's per
mission to pull him to the shore. He look
ed at me for a couple of minutes, still hold
ing my hand, and finally asked if I had
India ink and needles. When I brought
tbem to bim be told me to bare my breast,
and he slowly and carefully pricked into my
flesb, right over the breast bane, a sign or
token, of wbich he following i 3 a copy:
* _____ ~ *
11 -/\-11
„ —— j,
The right and left hand figures may ba
capital "IV and the middle one an invert
ed capital "V." He was wonderously swift
with his work, aud wes evidently an adept.
When he bad completed his task he said:
"I offer you this a3 a reward. If ever
you need help in India show this sign." It
was four or five hours after tbe rescue that
he was pulled ashore, and no one aboard
tbe ship knew of the sign be had left be
hind. While I felt certain in my own mind
that it was connected with native Free
Masonry, and was given to mo in all earn
estness, to have shown it to the crew would
have beeu to make me a butt of ridicule.
The ink was pricked in so deeply that the
punctures were much longer in healing than
thoße in sailor work, and when the wounds
were healed tho sign stood out as bold and
plain as if put on with black paint.
In dne time the ship was unloaded, re
ceived her cargo, and sailed for Boston, at
which port sbe arrived safely. I bad the
misfortune to break my leg before we had
reached onr ship and consequently d'd not
make the next voyage. Instead, I made a
voyage to Liverpool and return, went back
to Liverpool and was paid off, went out to
Singapore before the mast, and then joined
an English government surveying party,
whicb was recharting the northeast coast of
Borneo and tbe islands adjacent. The
schooner was called tbe survey and she car
ried a crew of thirty-six men, and was »i ru
ed with two nine-pounders on a side, and a
long Tom rm a swivel. In those days tbe
China sea wts the paradise of pirates, and
the great raft of islands to the north of
Borneo offered them every security. Theso
islands aro strung along for a distance of
1,000 miles, separating the Pacific ocean
from the China tea, and from secure and
unknown harbor on the we3t side of the
islands every species of native craft had a
show to attack the commerce passing np
and down tho great waterway. The schoon
er was officered from the navy, aud raval
discipline prevailed aboard. She was fitted
i out to fight as well as to survey, and a bet
, tor crew could not have been selected
With few exoeptioos all were youog men,
full of physical strength and dare-devil spir
it, and the knowledge that tbe voyage was
a dangerous oue, had made them tho more
eager to go.
We had been out six weeks and I had
been making soundings and surveys along
tho west coast'of Long Island to the north
of Borneo, wheu we had our first trouble.
We had beeu surveying a bay about six
miles long and three in width, and deep
enough to float a man-of-war. While we
had failed to make out any inhabitants on
the shores, several small native craft had
visited us and engaged in fishing in our
neighborhood. While they seemed to be
poverty-stricken fellows, with nothing more
than a natural curiosity to know why we
were taking so much trouble for nothing,
our qnartermsster, who had spent years oa
tbe coast, put them down for spies sent out
by a near colony of pirates, acd he advised
- every man to keep a weather eye open.
We had been in the bay three days, anchor
ed in thirty feet of water, and within half
a mile of the beach, when it came on a dead
calm. Some of our men had seen natives
in the tops of trees ashore, and there was
no doubt they had climbed up with spy
glasses to look down upon our decks and
discover our strength. We had one more
day's work to accomplish, and, therefore,
j instead of getting out the boats and towing
STAUNTON, VA.„ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1890.
the schooner out of the bay, we got spring
on our cables, loaded the guns with grape
and eannister, and made everything ready
for the night attack, which the quartermas
ter scented from afar off. He was sure
that by midnight we would be beset by a
dozen native craft manned by desperate fel
lows intent on our capture.
A more unfavorable night for us could
not have been made. Not a breath of air
was moving, and the Bun had no sooner
gone down than a mist rose from tho still
waters of the bay, and by 9 o'clock we could
not see the length ofthe schooner. Although
half a mile from the shore, we heard all the
sounds of a tropical night, and alter 10 no
one was allowed to speak above a whisper.
There was nothing serious about the situa
tion to us young follows. All we had to do
wa3 to open on the pirates if attacked and
drive them off. The officers took a differ
ent view of it, however. There were no
more desperate men at that time than the
pirates of Borneo and adjacent Wanda, end
if they came down on us, they would come
Aye to one. After 11 o'clock everybody was
on deck and at his station. We lay broad
sides to the entrance of the bay, with the
schooner lazily riding to the ground swell,
and swinging her head this way and that
by turuß. This was thought to be an unfa
vorable position, as, if attacked from the
entrance, we could bring only the two port
cannon to bear. It proved, however, to be
our salvation.
It was a little'past midnight, and every
man on deck was listening for signs of the
enemy, when we were suddenly attacked
on all sides at once. We had scarcely got
the alarm when a full dozen native craft of
all soits burst through the fog and were up
on us It was a clever piece of work. All
had come into the bay from tbe sea, our
position had been exactly located, and tbe
fle9t had separated to take us on all sides,
and to attack at the same moment. Tbe
best white naval officer could not have laid
his j.! ins more perfectly. A merchant ves
sel would have been in the hands of the
pirates in five minutes, even if expecting
them. Discipline saved us. There was no
confusion. Every man knew his station
and sprang to it. We gave them a couple
of broadsides inside of half a minute, aDd it
was these whioh saved tbe schooner. The
guns were depressed and fired at just tbe
right moment, and tbe havoc created was
simply awful. The recoil of the guns gave
the schooner a sheer which up3et two or
three craft. The only attempts to board
were at the bow and stern. I waa on the
bow with others, and weeach had a musket
and cutlass. I blew the whole top of a na
tive's head off as he raised it above the rail
in front of me, and then used my cutiass.
The fellows just swarmed up the chains,
aud they had ropes, with hooks attached,
which they threw over the rails and came
climbing up. In spite of the way we laid
about us, they kept gaining on us, and I
had just split a fellow's head open when a
hook, thrown from below, caught in my
clothing, and I was jerked to the rail, and
over it in three snaps of your finger. I fell
upon the heads of several natives and rolled
off into the sea; but almost as soon as I
struck tho water a rough hand pulled me
ou ihe raft or catamaran, aDd in thirty sec
onds my hands acd feet wetetiedanda
pirate took chargo of me.
Although dazed aad confused by my sud
den change of position, I knew all that was
going ou. I hadn't been on tbe raft two
minutes wheu she was backed away from
the schooner, and as she moved a dose of
cannister from one of the gUDS killed five
er six natives, who stood over and just be
hind me. Again, after we were concealed
by the fog, another discbarge tore off a
corner of tbe raft and killed men.
I could hear the shouts and cheers of my
shipmates, and I knew we were one of the
last parties to withdraw from the attack.
The Bchooner had come out of it very hand
somely, having, as I soon learned, inflicted
terrible damage on the pirates.
After getting away from the vessel we
were joined by boats and rafts carrying near
ly a hundred mcD, aud a good third of these
were wounded. All made for the entrance
ofthe bay, and it wasooly when out of can
non shot that the fury of the pirates over
tbeir bloody repulse broke loose. My pres
ence seemed to ba forgotten for the time,
and it was lucky for me that such was the
case. There were several fights among the
6urvivors on our raft, and it appeared that
all those in authority had been killed.
In about an hour after getting out of the
bay, aud all the tiino progressing slowly to
the north under piddle, we ran into the
mouth of a creek and landed in a village,
the inhabitants of which were awako and
alert. My feet ware untied and I was rough
ly jerked to a standing position, aud when
it became known that a prisoner had been
taken the excitement increased to fever
heat. But for a very old man, who was
probably a superannuated chief, I should
have been cut to shreds at the first rusb.
Everybody save thi3 old man seemed to
have an instant desire to kill me, and why
he should try to prevent was a mystery to
me. However, by voice and arm ho kept
them off until they cooled down and then
made thorn a speech. After that I was con
ducted to a but aud guards were placed at,
the opening.
Next morning it was made plain to me
why my life had been spared the night be
fore. An hour after daylight a stout-crotch
ed limb was driven into the ground a few
yards in front of my hut. Then a long,
stout pole was laid in the crotch. It worked
exactly like an old-fashioned well-sweep,
but instead of a bucket tbey were to use
my body. Fnel was gathered and a fire
kindled,, aud I figured it out that the men
at the other end of the sweep or lever were
to hold me suspended over the flame, taking
due oare that my sufferings were to be
drawn out as long as possible. When I
came to see villagers by daylight I had no
hope whatover of my life being spared.
They were not only the most viliainous lot
a white man ever saw collejted together,
but many of those who returned from the
attack were grievously wounded and bant
on vengeance.
It was about two hours after daybreak
that I was pulled out ofthe hut and rough
ly jerked along toward the fire. Every man
womau and child ia the village wa3 in the
circle auimid me, aud the benign old rani
ofthe night before now licked bin chops
like a hungry tiger, and approached to give
directions. My hauls were uutied and two
natives helped me oif with my clcthea. As
my shirt came off the old man, who stood
in front of me, filing up his hands and ex
claimed : "Onna! Oana !" at the same
time pointiug to tbe mark on my breast.
His exclamation was taken up by others
and five or sis; of the oldest men came for
ward to inspect the mark. A minute later
they sigued to me to resume my clothing,
and I was no soone dressed than I was ta
ken to the old man's hut and a hearty
breakfast was given me. He not only
smiled at me sweet us molasses, but patt;d
me on the back several times. After I had
eaten I was taken out on the open ground,
acd every person iv the village filed pist
and touched one of my hands. Theu every
wounded man came and touched my shirt
over the mark, and I was asked by signs
to remain in the village and become a head
man. I replied in the negative, adding that
] desired to return to the schooner. There
' was a kindly attempt to induce me to re
main, and when it was seen I would not, I
was conducted through the woods by an
easy path to the bay, got a farewell all
around and was paddled off to the schoon
'erby a single nattvo in a canoe. Ido not
i know to this day tbe significance of those
i queer marks in India iuk, but suspect they
relate to some Indian superstition. The awe
and servility of the pirates could not have
been greater bad I been a native king.—
Hew York Sua.
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■ in the morning, hurried or difficult breath
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i quickened pulse, chilliness in the evening
i or sweats at night.all or any of these things
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lp^.sjjj>*^/I I i _ . fcjC-; -si :':,
, FARMERS AND WAGE-EARNERS.
r .
' How n High Protective Tarlfl is Eating
Up the Farmers.
i ** *
SPEECH
OF
HON. DANIEL W. VOORHEES,
or Indiana.
In Ihe Senate of the United States,
Wednesday, March 19, 1890.
The resolu' ion submitted by Mr. Voor
hees 0:3 the 17th of March was read.as fol
fows :—
Whereas tbe deep and widespread depression
and decay of the agricultural interests of
the American people, tbe enormous and
appalling amount ot mertgsge Indebted
ness ou agricultural lands, the total
failure of home markets to inrnisli remu
nerative prices for farm products, the
palpable scarcity and insufficiency of money
In circulation In the hands of the people with
which to transact tne business of the country
and effect exchanges of property and labor at
fair rates, are circumstances of the most over
whelming importance to the safety and the
well-being 01'lhe Government: Therefore,
Be il resolved. That It Is the highest duty of
Congress In the present crisis to lay aside all
discussion and consideration of mere party is
sues and to give prompt and immediate atten
tion to the preparation and adoption of such
measures as are required for the relief of the
farmers and other overtaxed and underpaid
laborers of the United States.
[Following is the second part and con
tinuation of Senator Voorhees's speech,
the publication of which was commenced
in the Spectator of the 23rd of April :]
Experience is teaching a harsh and
severe lesson to the American farmer, and
the time will come, at no distant day,
when he will look upon the proposition to
tax him, his wife, and his children for the
protection and benefit of other people
besides himself and his own as he would
00k upon a law of Coogress establishing
the army worm, the weevil, and the midge
in his wheat, legalizing locusts, lice, grass
hoppers, and intccting his cattle with mur
rain and his hogs with cholera. It is not
possible that the fraudulent and monstrous
policy of taxing the farmer into poverty in
order to make another class of people
nabobs and millionaires can much longer
delude and mislead any one fit to manage
his own affairs and have the care of a
family.
From year to year the farmer has been
assured, and in certain quarters be is now
again being reminded, that protection is
extended to tho products of his labor
against tbe competition of similar products
imported from abroad for sale in our
markets. The protectionist who advances
this argument is either himself a fool, or au
audacious knave who assumes that the
farmets to whom it is addressed are fo Is.
Do the home marke's of the Uuitad States
invite the great stsple3 of agriculture fiom
foreign lacdt? Does the price of wheat, of
corn, of cotton, of pork, and of beef in our
markets excite the cupidity of the grain
growers and stock raisers of Europe,
Canada, Mexico, or South America? What
need is there of a tariff duty to keep the
products of foreign farms away from our
shores, when in point of fact prices in
American markets for agricultural pro
ductions pay the American farmer but little
more than neighborhood transportation,
and nothing at all for his labor ?
The farmers of the United States sell
abroad and feed the world. Every pre
tense of protection for their home markets
is a fraud; every duty laid oa such articles
as wheat, corn, cattle, horses, eg*s, poul
try, and other like productions of farm-life
and farm-labor is a cheat and a sham, and
is so intended. Under cover of a deception
:ind pretended protection, which affords no
protection at all for anything he has to sell, '
tbe farmer has been for years, md is now, '
compelled to pay taxes on ti.e necessaries \
of life after the following average rates : I
On woolen good?, an average of 70 per '
cent.; knit cotton goods, 39 per cent.; cot- I
ton clothing, 35 per cent.; cotton bagging,
44 percent.; cotton ties, 35 per cent.; tin j
plate for roofing, milk pails, and kitchen
utensils, 40 per cent.; earthen and stone-
ware, 58 per cent.; cbaine. 44 per cent ; ,
window-glass, 73 per cent., and sugar, 70
per cent.
To convince the farmer that lie is pro
tected and benefited by such an abomina
ble system as this, would eeem to a rational
mind utterly impossible, and yet in some
instances it bas been done. I recall one
instance at this time, and I will venture to
describe it to Senators as I have once be
fore done to a popular assemblage. During
tbe campaigu of 1888, in one of our beauti
ful Indiana towns, and in a very fertile
belt of country, 1 witnessed a Republican
precession. It had in it many industrial
exhibits, claiming to show the powar and
the glory of a tariff laid for prelection. As
I scanned along the line of moving vehicles
I caught sight of one tbat riveted my gaze
and gave me much food for reflection on
tbep iwer to mislead acd deceive which was
abroad in the land. It waa a wagon
driven by a farmer and loaded *vith the
productions of his field. There were speci
mens of corn, wheat, rye, hay, and oats; of
potatoes, pumpkins, watermelons, and
cantaloupes; of cabbages, bsaos, onions,
pie plant, and tomatoes; of apples, peaches,
pears, grapes, and cultivated blackberries,
ajd ou each side of the wagon, in big
staring letters, I read the following:—
"These are the fruits of protection." My
first thought was tbat such a man would
certainly baconio the victim of a bunkc
steeier or a confidence swindler before he
got out of town, bat in a moment I re
flected tbat he bad beeu listening to the
eloquent advocates of the monopolists, and
bad been persuaded that tariff protection
had done more for him than the sun, the
de??*, the rains, and a rich and beautiful
soil, wii.h all bis own labor thrown in.
The stupendous extent of this nnfortu
nate man's delusion can only be estimated
when you turn away from a political parade
aud look at h in while at wo>k on his farm.
You tbere behold ths poor, blind dupe
aresik'ng up .is groands, preparing them
1 for crops, and then planting and drilling
his corn, wheat, oats, and ,ye with plows,
1 harrows, planters, and drills on whioh he
i has paid out of his own pocket from 75 to
1 100 p~r ceut, nearly double their real
value, as a tariff tax laid for the protection
■ and enrichment of the manufacturer of such
implements iv this country. You behold
! this enslaved and deluded victim of tho
money-power cutting his small grain and
1 his hay with a reaper and a mower for
which he bas paid twice what they would
' cost him but for a protective tariff.
He uses a double-priced hoe in his cab
bage patch and a double-priced pitchfork
' at his hay-.tiow and whea*. stack, in order
to enable tho manufacturers of hoos and
I pitchforks to avoid foreign competition aud
1 thus ~,at rich. Ho then puts a set of har
ness ou his noises, taxed from the bridle
bits to the breech-band 2,. and on every
' buckle, link, and chain, bitches them to a
; wagon taxed S5 per cent., at least, on
s every bolt, spike, and tue, that holds it
I together, and then, with a suit of clothes
t on his back taxed at about the same rate,
> and with his wife by bis side, also covered
• with laiment at two-fold protected prices,
• he starts to town shouting for the Kepubli
-1 can the sideboards of his wagon pro
l claiming that the productions of his farni
■ are the fruits of protection.
t The fruits of protecMon! They were
' p'antea, nurtured, and gathered in spite of
' protection, and at a double expense be-
J ca.use of such a curse in the statute-books
J of the Govornmeut. It is a notorious and
- self-evident truth that the tariff, as it now
stands, increases the farmer's expense ac
count from 35 to over 100 per cent, on every
implement of husbandry with which be
toils from one year's eid to another.
' The Mills bill attempted to place all
5 fiber?, such as hemp, jute, flax goods, and
8 manilla, used in the manufacture of twice
• on the free-list. That just and moderate
a bill was defeated by the monopolists; and
r now, with a tariff of $20 a ton aod 40 per
» cent, ad valorem on twine, and also a
twine trait, creating a close moncpo'*- in
its manufacture, thousands of farmers dnr
■ ing last summer's harvest were not able to
pay the increased price of twine-binders.—
c They bave been fcrced back to tho ma
chinery of their naked hands, and with
bloody fingers and thumbs they have re
flected upon tbe price of binding twine, en
hanced to 18 cents a pouud by tariff and by
trust. It ia true thar party prejudices are
stubborn and hard to remove, but surely it
is not too much to suppose that between
these same sore fingers and thumb 3 a Re
publican ticket will not be found this year.
The very house in whicb the firmer lives
is a monument to unnecessary, unjust, vi
cious, wicked, and criminal taxation. His
■ barn is the same. There is not an inch of
. lumber, or a single nail, or a pane cf glass
in eithor of them which has not cost the
farmer an average tax of more than 50 per
' cent., paid, not to the Government, but as
I a naked subsidy to the manufacturers of
- lumber, iron, and glass. His table, spread
1 with dishes aad with his daily food, ia an
\ altar to taxation, on wtiieh he
' three times a day to the unholy god of
\ Mammon now controlling the councils of
. tho nation and devouring the enforced of
. ferings of unpaid labor. His bed is not a
' place of untroubled rest; it is lined aod
c stitched and quilted with dishonest taxes,
1 which he is compelled to pay before he can
' draw his blanket over his weary frame and
sink down to sleep.
1 But in discussing the effects of a high
protective tariff on the farmer, and on his
str-ggles for a prosperous home, there re
. mains for consideration another page of
startling statistics and agricultural disas
ters. In high-sounding phrase, and with
the swelling note of a bugle proclaiming
victory in advance, the advooates, the ora
tors, and the essayists of protection are
constantly boasting of the growth and de
velopment of the country, and citing its
wealth as an evidence tbat their policy is
sound and just. But is it true that there
has been a healthy development of the true
interests of the American peopie, and an
honest, beneficial accumulation of wealth
in this country under our present policy,
and more especially by virtue of the present
system of tariff taxation?
The prosperity of huge corporations, the
accumulation of vast fortunes in the hands
of a few, thy swollen bank accounts of
trusts, syndicates, and protected manufao
turers, are no more evidences of a people's
wholesome growth and greatness than were
the riches of Dives when he refused a crumb
of bread to "jazirus, nor than the ill gotten
possessions , tbe Scribes and Fharises who
devoured wi«. vs' houses and made long
prayers in tho ,ys of our blessed Sayiou r
on earth. Tho only genuine strength, prog
ress, and glory of a nationlmust aiise from
the increasing value of its agricultural
lands, and in the yearly incomes and sub
stantial gains of its laboring people,thereby
as a consequence securiog their contentment
and their happiness.
Sir, our present system of protective tar
iff taxes was enacted twenty-eight years
ago, and I deny that the farmers ofthe Uni
tad States have been prosperous under its
operation; I deny tbat they have fair profits
on their labor; I deny that they have had
reasonable yearly incomes, or, on an aver
age, any income at all, after barely secur
ing tbe necessaries of lifs. Oa the contrary, '
I assert that while farmers have been com
pelled to continue the payments of war
taxes in a time of peace, there bas been not
only no increase in the value of their lands
during the last quarter of a century, but an
absolute loss of not less than 33 per cent.
Reliable statistics warrant ma in saying '
that the improved firm lands of the United
States, if put to sale to-day under the most
favorable circumstances now possible, would ,
not upon a general average realize more j
than two-thirds their ralue of twenty-five ,
years ago. Take the lands of the State of 1
Ohio as an illustration of this startling fact.
Ohio is one of the most favored States by j
nature in the American Union, and yet ]
three years ago Gov. Foraker, in an official
address, comparing the value of real estate f
in 1887 with what it was in 1880 in that (
great Commonwealth, sa"d:
There has been a heavydecllne. Farm prop- ,
erty 13 from 25 to 50 per cent, cheaper than It
then was.
But the rich aod productive lands of Ohio
have been not only rapidly diminishing in
value, but their owners have also bean forc
ed to mortgage them to a most alarming c
exteot. It is estimated fro n official statis
tics that the mortgaged indebtedness of the c
farmers of Ohio reaches the enormous sum '
of $300,000,000.
In HUuois, that empire of natural re
sources and vast cultivation, the showing as
to ber farming lands and farming iuterests
is still darker aud more disastrous. A recent
number of the Bankers' Magazine, com
menting on tho report of Mr. John S Lord,
chief of the Illinois bureau of statistics,
points out the fact that the private debts
secured by mnitgages of record in that
State exceed $402,000,000.
It is also shown that of this mortgage in
debtedness $181,000,000 is outside of Cook
County, the farm indebtedness, exclusive
of mortgages on chattels anr. town lots, be
ing $142,000,000, with an annual interest of
$4,919,000. Taking the entire average of
the State. 23 per cent, of its whole face is
undei mortgage. The Bankers' Magazine
characterizes these figures as stupendous
and alarming,arid yet there are other States
with even worse records of debt and finan
cial distress ttan Illinois or Ohio. Accord
iog to the last report of the Labor Bureau
of Michigan, over 47 per cent, of all the
farm lands within her borders are under
mortgage. Daring tho last Congress tha
able and accomplished Repregentativo of
the Harper's Ferry district of West Virgin
ia made the following striking aud uncon
tradicted statement on the floor of the
House:
I do not wish to make any statement that Is
not sustained by the facts, and so I have ob
tained the last report of the labor bureau of
the State of Miciiigan, which covers aa Inves
tigation iQto tho mortgagesjon Michigan farms
and which presents some striking flfures. I
stand here to day and say that I have not tbe
slightest doubt that the Michigan farmer is as
Industrious, as hard-working, as intelligent as
the farmer in any other section of the country,
and yet this official volume shows that 47 per
cent, of the assessed valuation of the farms i s
mortgaged. Compare the conultlon of the un
protected Michigan farmer witb ths condition
of the protected owner of the copper mines in
Michigan, the latter piling up dividend upon
dividend, ruillion upon million, out. of the pri
vilege granted h'.m by Congress to tax the peo
ple of this countty.whlle the farmer Is working
early and delving late and piling up mortgage
after mortgage upon his .estate. The farmers
have neither the time nor the money to come
here and besiege Congress about these matters.
They are chained to their plow, to their daily
labor. They cannot come here to look
their own interests; but the owners of the cup
per mines and the other industries that are
protected and subsidied are here at all times
in your lobbies, urging measures for their own
benetU
Iv Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas,
lowa, Nebraska, and indeed throughout
the Whole Northwest, from 20 to 50 per
cent, of the improved farms are coveted by
mortgags lisna at such ratss of interest as
farmers can never pay out of the proceeds
of their crops, much loss also tbe principal.
They are thus brought face to face with the
loss of their homes, witb ruin, and hun
dreds of thousands of them are standing in
that attitude this day and hour. If, how
ever, it is retorted, as we constantly hoar,
that tbe deplorable condition of Western
and Noitu western farmers is local, excep
tiooal, peculiar to themselves, growing out
of their lack of thrift and skill, a*nd not due
to tho general policy ofthe Government, it
wili only be necessary to turn our inquiries
in another direction in order to find that
the decay of values in lands and in
farm productions has been even greater and
more ruinous id the older Eastern States
than in the West.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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The First Symptoms of Death.
Tired feeling, dulljheadache,pains in va
rious parts of the body, sinking at the pit
of the stomach, loss of appetite, feverish
ness, pimples or sores, are all positive evi
dences of poisoned blood. No matter how
it became poisoned it must be purified to
avoid death. Dr. Aoker's English Biood
| Elixir has never failed to remove scrofulous
lor syphilitic poisons. Sold under positive
guarantee by P.T. Allen, Druggist, Staun
| ton : Va
Authors of Noted Hymns.
A Scottish lady, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Clep
hane, wrote that very justly popular hymn,
the Nine'y and Nine."
'•Come, Th'ju Fount of Every Blessing,"
was written by Robert RobtDSon, and was
the earliest of his maty lyrics.
Z' Bishop Heiber will doubtless be longest
remembered by virtun of his having written
"From Greenland's Icy Mountains."
The author of "Just as I Am, Without
One Plea," was Miss Charlotte Elliot, a
daughter of one Charles Elliot, of Claphsm,
Eogland.
Pfccobe Cary, Alice Carys tenderly loved
sister,has left an imperishable name behind
her because she wrote: "One sweetly sol
emn thought comes to me o'er and o'er.
Timothy D wight, one of tbe early presi
dents of Yilo college, was the author of "I
Love Thy Kingdom, Lord," a hymn great
ly endeared to the church everywhere.
What hymn, or, indeed, what service has
Charles Wesley written or rendered which
will endear his memory to so many people
everywhere as the hymn, ' 'Jesus, Lover of
My Soul!"
'JCome, Te Sinners, Poor and Needy,"
whioh is always a great favorite during sea
sons of religions awakening, was composed
by Jaseph Hart, a native of London, in
whioh city he was born in ITI2.
'•Coronation," or what is otherwise
known as "All Hall the Power of Jesus'
Name," was written by the Rev. EI ward
Perronet He was reared in the Church of
England, in which connection his father
was a prominent clergyman.
Walter Shirley, an English knight, as
also a preacher, died in 1796. He was one
of the celebrated Perm converts, and labor
ed with great success both in England and
Ireland. He composed that grand hymn,
"Sweet the Moments Rich in Blessing."
"San of My Soul, Thou Saviour Dear,"
was composed by John Keble, the eminent
English divine, and while he is remembered
as the author of many choice volumes the
one effort of his by which bis name will live i
longest is this beautiful hymn. Keble died
in i 827.
Little did Joseph P. Webster and his
friend Bennett realize when they wrote
"Sweet By and By"that their names would
go down to history as the joint composers
of a song which has found an abiding place
in all Christian hearts, aa it will always
find such a place till time's latest hoar.
The hymn which of ail others has made
the Rev. Ray Palmer's name a household
word in thousands upon thousands of Chris
tian homes iv alt lands is "Olivet," begin
ning with the words, "My faith looks up to
thee." No more popular hymn has been
written ia any age than this one, which is
chr.racterzad by great grace and power.
One of the most popular hymns among all
religious bodies is tbe one called "Beth
any," or "Nearer, My God, to Thee."
Sarah Fuller Flower wrote it. She was the
second daughter ef Benjamin Flower, of
England, and was married in 1834 to a civil
engineer by the name of Adams. She died
in 1849, at tbe a;a of 44, and lies buried
near Harlow, in Essex.— New York Star.
Logic Will Not Do.
Argument, Dr. Talmaqe Says, Will
Not Save the World.
"Now if this world is ever brought to
Gcd it will not be by argument,but by test
imony," said the Ray. Dr. Talmage in his
sermon Sunday morning. His text was,
"We are witnesses." He said:
"Cover the whole earth up with apologies
for Christianity and learned treatises on re
ligion and tbey would not convert one soul.
"Put a real keen unbeliever in controver
sy with a genuine Christian man, and I
sbould not wonder if, in the argument, the
unbeliever was victorious. Onr weapon iv
this contest is faith, not logic; faith, not
metaphysics; faith, Dot profundity; faith,
not scholastio exploration."
Dr. Talm3<re said that conversion was
not an imaginary thing. They are witness
es and know better.
"There are hundreds of people here to
day," he continued, "who were no more
what they once were than a dove is like a
vulture. Now, if I should ask all in this
assemblage who had felt the converting
power of the grace of God to arise, they
would not be ashamed, they would spring
to their feat."
"Testimony: I give it myself. I join
you in this testimony. For eighteen years
I wandered on the road toward daikness
and toward death,
"I floundered around in the darkoess.bat
f.ft.-r a wbile there came the dawn ot peace
in my soul, and though I bave lived an nn
worthy life, I have felt the peace which
passeth all understanding. I am a wit
ness, and you are a witness. We are wit
nesses "
Finn- Babies at a Birth.
THE CHILDREN ARE IIEALTHY AND PROMISH
TO LITE.
Scottdale, April 20.—The quartette of
girl babies born to the wife of Michael
Newton, of this place, February 12, were
baptized to-day at St. John's Roman Cath
olic Chmch. Only a few persons were
present, most of them friends of tbe
Newton family. The ceremoDy was per
formed by Rev. Father Limbing, pastor of
the church. The littte ones were christen
ed Agues, Aloysia, Ada and Agatha. The
children are all healthy-looking and it is
with difficulty one can be distinguished
from the others.
The parents are natives of Ireland and
are iv poor oircumstarices, Newton work
ing at miuiug and getting only four day 3'
work each weak. The pictures of the ba
bies have been taken and one sent to Queen
Victoria, also oue to President Harrison.
They have been copyrighted and will be
put on sale for the benefit of the family.
Mr. Newton, a few days ago received the
deeds of six town lots from a land company
in Colorado, who have named the streets
of their town after the children and their
pareuts. The Newton domicile is besieged
daily by people who are anxious to see the
infants.
Look After the Little Ones.
S. S. S. is. the remedy for childreu be
cause.it it a simple vegetable compound,
prepared from the roots gathered from the
forests, aud coutains no minerals at all nor
any poison of any kind. It cures by elimi
nating the impurities of the blood, thus as
sisting nature.
If there is or has been any consumption
in your family, you should give your chil
dren S. S. S. It will gently stimulate the
aotiorrof the lungs, and enable nature to
properly develop tbe child. If there is scrof
ula, you should not fail to give 8. S. S. It
is the only remedy which has ever cured
this disease. For boils, pimples, blotohes,
etc., on children S. S. S. is superior to all
other medicines. It acts gently, it force-"
out tbe impurities and builds up the child
i from the first dose.
23f" Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseas
es mailed free. Swift Specific Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
S) Sk .
Tbe Lover's Choice.
Sightseers on the railway lines
AH differ greatly in their taste-
One lor the verdant meadow ptnep,
Another for the desert wastes;
Some think the giant mountains fair
And come the vales in verdure drest.
But every newly wedded pair
Will say they like the tunnel best.
—Chicago Herald.
. SB.—»
"Was your watchman well rpoommend
ed?"
11 "Oh, not directly. I used to see him in
i ' church, and as he stayed awake all through
.; Dr. Sonora's sermons, I concluded he was
the man. I wauled.— Chaffer.
NO. 37
pOiiKlt IS. ATKINSON,
At'orney-nt-l.aw,
29 South Augusta Street,
sep 25—tf STAUNTON, VA.
rTUMHA* C. KINNEY,
Atturiioy-ul-Lmr,
23 South Augusta Street, Staunton, Va.
Room No. 3, Up Stairs.
■Its-Collections wll receive prompt attention,
sep 25—tf
JH.
. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
febl7,'36-1/ * Staunton, Va.
W. E. tRAU, CHARLES CURET.
U. S. Dist. Att'y.
C-IH.IIU A i S.KSJV,
J Allurueyt al-L.an.
BURNS' BLOCK. AUGUSTA STREET,
2nd Floor, Street Entrance No. 10D.
aug 7—tf
01 EO. SI. sLIUHTNEK,
r ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Staunton Va.
References:—Qea, Joseph B. beth. Hon. J,
Frank Turner, A. A. Pascault, Esq., Easton,
Maryland
Omce—ln tho room now occupied by Hon.
Edward Echols, and adjoining the office ol
Craig A Paul. dec M *87
DBt. tl. .vi. ." '.'ii'KSOJi offer* hla pro.
lessiuu.il services to the citizens of Staun
ou. Office, No. 14 East Main Street. En*
ra nee one door east of Uladke's store.
JEADE F. WHITE. A. C. GORDON
Win ri: a uordon,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Staunton, Va.
Courts.—Augusta and adjoining oountlea,
"ederalCourt at Harrisonburg, Court of An,
of Virginia, at Staunton. fet>2l-tf
WILL.V3I FATBIC'K,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
St-ckton, Va.,
Will practice In the Courts of Augusta and
adjoining counties. Special attention paid to
collections. may* 'S9-i
rHOJSAS ». UA.VNUN,
ATTORNE Y-AT-LA W,
Staunton, VA.
'iters his professional services In tha County
.nd Circuit Courts of Augusta, and in the H "s
- and the Court of Appeals i.eld !n
itaunton. Will also proaeonve claim.: et»e
*7here through legal cor rr.-i r !«n- Ir thuact*
,ther States.- rony w»—ly-
PRESTON A BAYtsj.i,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery. STAUNTON, VA.,
ractices in all the Courts of and ad
oining counties.
Office—The saaia formerly occupied by his
ither, Col. Geo. Baylor, deo'd, on Augusta St.,
pposlte the Court-house no 31
\TTJH. M. JIcAI.I.ISTER,
ft ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Warm Springs, VA.
Courts—Alleghany, Bath and Highland, Vass
nd Pocahontas. West Virginia.
*i?-9pec.al attention given to collection of
"aims and proceeds promptly aooounted for.
lee 23—tf
GEORUE M. HAHRISOV,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
STAUNTON, Va.
Offers his professional services to the publio
generally. Will praotice in all the courts held
In the city of Staunton and Augusta county ;
attend regularly the Circuit Courts of Rock
bridge and Allegharr counties and practloe
In the Court of Appeal at Sts 7nuw.
dec 25— *
-*VTO riCE.—The undo-signed nave Ml
,13s ted themselves - - ;e*.her a. partner." ,v
the nam* and styis o.' J. A J.L. tnAalDMl,
Attoi neys-at- Law.
We will practice In the courts of the City of
Staunton and tie counties of Augusta, Rock
ingham, Rucltbridsje, Highland unit "-th. All
law business entinsicd '•> our rtir. will b*J
promptly and faithfully attended to.
JAMES BUMGARDNER. Jr.,
J. LEWIS BUMGARDNER.
JutylO-tf
THOS. C. r.LDI:':. FIT/. H t'liH KLDBB.
"VTEW REIL ESTATE AOESICT.
Thos. C. Elder and Fitzaugh El ter have en
tered into a partnership for conducting tha
nnslness of a REA.L ESTATE AGEXCY at 10S
*DOTH Apoosta St .(the law offices of Thos.O.
Elder) under the firm name of Taos. C. Eldbb
A Sus.
Real estate of all klnda.ln to*u and country,
bought and sold on a moderate commission.
~Faiminq lands will not be neglected.
The long experience of the senior member in
the real estate business and the promise of lb«
Junior to devota all his en-riles to the busi
ness, are the Inducements offered to the pub.
lie for a share of Its patronage.
THOM. C.ELDER.
FITZHUQH ELDER.
aprll 2
W.L. OLIVIER,
Bookseller, Miner,
AND DEALER IN
pawn maaamt-
Alain s3t., StajuJtoii.V
To Mt Friends ajtd PxnysW
call your attention v- .he lat
my stock of Books and Station*' ,nu ■■■. M
In the largest and Bios! c:..■•>•" -,-ieieot««
stock or wall pake AND »bcop.ations
Ever brought to this city. Th- lAtait fjprliuj
styles and at lower prices than «.vsr oefureOf
fered. My stock consists of Wilts, hrnboased.
Lustrenes, White Blanks, Ac, .ultaWe for
Halls, Parlorj, Dining Rooms, Chambers, IJ.
brarles. Ac, Also ceiling papers f«id decora
tion*; Match Borders up to IS wide.
Estimates made and compel jatJPaper Hang
er- to do nrst-cH" work at lowest
pr'.ee« / apr ZS
Statttttott | ytttaht.
BATES OF ADYEBTMIHCii
Advertisements are Inserted at th* rata*
of VZ'/i cents per line, for the flrst, and 6!4 eta
for each subsequent insertion.
Local Notices are inserted at the rata ot
20 cents per line for the first, and 10 cent! for
each subsequent Insertion.
Business Notices are inserted at tha rata
of 15 cants for the flrst and 8 centi foraaeb
subsequent insertion.
A liberal discount will be made on all or*
ders ior 3,6 or 12 months.
Obituaries, Announcements of Candldataa
for office, and all communications of a par*
sonal or private character, will be chart ad
for asadvertlsemenls.
Every
Enterprising Thresherman
knows that
the threshing machine
that will
work the most rapidly,
clean perfectly,
and save all the grain
will bring him
the best jobs and best prices,
and so he will
Write now to
at once investigate
our claim that
beats anything heretofore
made in
all these and other points.
The
wide-awake Farmer
will also get
our circulars and
satisfy himself
whether he can afford
to have his grain
wasted
by other threshers when he
can make money
by having his grain
threshed
with the New Vibrator.
Our pamphlet giving
full information about
Threshing Machinery
and
Traction Engines
sent on application.