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AND VINDICATOR.
Issued every Thursday morning by
R. S. TURK, Editor and Proprietor,
East Main Street Staunton. Va.
GEO. 0. GREEN, Associate Editor.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24.
THE SENATORIAL CAMPAI6N.
As the campaign for the United
States Senatorship progresses, the drift
Of events is so conspicuously in favor
of Senator Martin, and against his
adversary, that Governor Tyler's
warmest friends cannot gainsay it.
County after county, as the elections
are held and the nominations made
goes for Martin; and at this writing
the ratio of nominees already chosen
or indicated for the Legislature's nine
for Martin to one for Tyler.
The reasons for this are not far to
seek. On the one hand, in spito of
the clamor of certain politicians and
place-hunters who are "out" and want
to get "in," Mr. Martin has made a
safe, conservative and influential Sen
ator in the opinion of the general rank
and file of the party in Virginia. He
has served his constituency to good
purpose in tbe work he has done for
them, as in tbe case of the Baptist
College bill, the tobacco tax bill, the
paper bag item in the Tariff bill, the
bill for the compensation of mechanics
in the Norfolk Navy yard, and many
others. No constituent, whether
friend or foe, who has had need of bis
assistance in Washington, has failed
to get it, if the object was meritorious
and proper. To the men of public
affairs in Virginia who are familiar
with such matters, Mr. Martin is
known as possessing large influence
with his colleagues in the Senate,
where he is regarded by the Democrat
ic members as one of the most efficient,
wise, energetic and able Senators
upon its floor.
In the campaign now pending Mr.
Martin has borne himself with a dig
nity of character and a self restraint,
under the aggravating assaults of his
enemies, that have won for him the
admiration and support of many who
had theretofore shown themselves in
different or hostile. The personal at
tacks that have been made upon him,
the insinuations without proof against
his "methods" and "practices," the
charges that he is a railroad lobbyist
and corporation attorney, have all
been met with a cool, conservative
reply, whose temper was as admirable
as its logic and facts were unanswer
able. No shaft aimed at him by his
adversaries has found a joint in his
armor. He has emerged from the
mud-flinging untouched. The resolu
tions of bis county men. passed unani
mously, attest the esteem in which he
is held by the people among whom he
has spent his life; while the earnest
efforts in his behalf of his friends
throughout the State show the regard
of those who know him for his true
worth.
Although possessing a splendid farm
in Albemarle county, four miles from
Scottsville, on which be resides, and
from whose skilful cultivation to
which he gives his personal attention,
he derives a large part of his income,
he does not pose as a "professional
farmer" for the sake of catching votes.
As the people of Virginia learn more
each day about Mr. Martin, they ad
mire him the more; aud so his cause
grows daily. On the other hand, and
in no unkind spirit it may be safely
said of his adversary, Governor Tyler,
that the campaign now ou has not
served to enhance his reputation. If
Keoplc of Virginia were not satis
with his administration of the
of give r-.or, there had been no
popular explosion of their dissatisfac
tion. His inconsistency in declaring
that he would place no local men on
the boards of the public institutions in
tbe State,and in proceeding to violate
that declaration within a short time
prior to the announcement of his can
didacy, was perhaps known to few
outside of the localities affected. Tbe
oppressed tax payers of the State, the
poor,the widows and the orphans, had
scarcely stopped to reflect.that it was
the Governor's well-considered signa
ture that made the "Land Grabbers
Act" a law. Few people beyond the
white citizen soldiery of Virginia, who
were possibly liable as privates to have
to take orders from negro officers, re
membered for any length of time that
Governor Tyler appointed negro offi
cers to command the negro volunteers
from Virginia, when there were num
bers of white applicants for the posi
tions. Few people beyond the white
volunteers, perhaps, gave more than a
passing thought to the fact that no
other Southern Democratic executive
had done this; or thought long, after
reading it in the daily papers, of the
Outrages committed by these negro sol
diers when mustered out and returning
home in company with their black
officers. All these things and many
others might well have gone down
into "the limbo of oblivion" if the
Governor had not invited attention to
them by doing what no other governor
in Virginia was ever known to do be
fore, viz: become a candidate for Sen
ator before serving his term as gover
nor. And then tbe shouting and tbe
tumult wherewith he began his can
vass. The Richmand press teemed
with his interviews. The people were
With him, he said. He had ri-eu up to
gave them. His champions would be
heard from every hustings; his cause
would be proclaimed from every court i
house g-eeu. The attorney-general
would take the stump for him; so 1
would Congressman Jones, and Hon. I
R. Walton Moore, and Hon. Wm. A. i
Anderson, and many other honorables. I
The attorney-general declined with i
thanks, and none of the others spake c
save Jones. And the Martin people I
aorrowed that Jones spake so seldom, t
Then came the Wingfield letter; and c
the Governor jumped into the '
Imminent breach with a telegram i
from "Jjear JNed," and vouching i
Quesenberry, both of them his friends
and kinsmen. Wingfield replied—and
"Dear Ned" and Quesenberry left the s
Governor in a pitiable plight. So that. *
now he announces that be will speak (
no more, neither will hereply to Wins- 1.
field. The inference is that tbe Gover- ]
nor gives it up, seeing tbe hand writing c
on the wall. The governor ought to
give it up. The constitution of his j
State, that he has sworn to support, t
says that the chief executive of this j
Commonwealth shall be vested in a j
governor who shall be elected for a ]
term of four years, and that he shall I
"be ineligible to the same office for tbe J
term next succeeding that for which (
he was elected, and to any other office ]
during his term of service." Gover- j
nor Tyler is violating the spirit of the ■
constitution, if not the letter thereof,
in his candidacy for the United States ,
Senate. That instrument was intend- i
ed to prevent the Executive from us
ing his power and patronage to re
elect himself or to obtain other office
in Virginia while Governor. And be
cause of the constitution, if for no
other reason, Governor Tyler ought
to be defeated, as he will be.
WE HAVE OUR RIGHTS.
We take it for granted that The
Spectator has as much right to sup
port one man for office as another.
We have as much right to support Mr.
Martin as the Richmond Times has to
support Mr. Tyler. This no man will
deny. We learn now for the first time
that The Spectator is the servant of
monopolies, and trusts, and corpora
tions. It is for fighting these that
some people have taken a deep and
lasting aversion to The Spectator,
and if its course has been consistent
in one thing it has been in this. Our
opposition to Mr. Tyler may be called
by any name, it may be impugned to
any motive, but we regard him as the
demagogue of the season, a chronic
office seeker, and a [email man.
Had he not accepted office
from the very party he is now
denouncing, and had he as governor
done anything for the farmer he pro
fesses to love so well, we might see
some reason to put him into another
office, but we have searched his record
in vain, we have begged our farmer
friends who profess to love him be
cause he lives in a town and owns a
farm in the country, to give us statis
tics showing wherein he has done any
thing to advance their interests, and
they have been as dumb as oysters.
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MARTIN'S "METHODS."
Gov. Tyler has seen fit to inveigh
bitterly, from the beginning of his
canvass for the Senatorship, against
what he is pleased to call the "meth
ods" of his adversary. He has done
this at length, in his Wytheville
speech and elsewhere; yet without un
dertaking to say what those "meth
ods" were. His charges are yague and
indefinite, and are ad eaptandum.
Gov. Tyler was Lieutenant-Gover
nor of Virginia in 1893 when Martin
was elected U. S. Senator, and presided
over the State Senate at the time of
that election. Gov. Tyler appointed in
part the legislative committee which
declared absolutely untrue all such
charges against Martin as are now in
sinuated in the Governor's interviews
and speeches. The Governor himself
kept silent during this time. If he
had known anything against Martin,
and hiß methods then, why did he not
make it known to the public? Why
did he keep this fearful secret in bis
breast until his announcement of his
own candidacy as Mr. Martin's antag
onist ? Did Gov. Tyler condone Mr.
Martin's "methods"from 1893 to 1889?
Or is it that the Governor is conduct
ing a* losing campaign, that makes it
necessary for him to raise this clamor
about "methods V"
Why didn't Gov. Tyler talk about
"methods" sooner ?
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THE LAND GRABBER S ACT.
The last Legislature ot Virginia en
acted a law, now popularly known as
"The Land Grabber's Act." Under its
provisions, the lauds of persons who
were delinquent in the payment of '
taxes, and which in consequence
had been purchased by the
State, became liable to be I
taken for these taxes by any per- j
son who applied for them. The appli- ,
cant was not required to advance the j
taxes. Any irresponsible person could '•
make application. No means of pro- j
tecting himself in court was given by ,
the act to the land-owner. No pro- ■
vision was made for the sale of only
enough of the land to satisfy the taxes, J
but the whole tract must go. The .
owner who wished to save his land :
from the "land-shark" was required i
to pay a fine of five dollars, not to the ,
Common wealth,butto the land-grabber j
who applied for the land. Thousands i
of dollars have been wrung from the '
pockets of the citizens of Virginia by !
this Land Grabber's Act to go into the
pockets of tbe "grabbers." Ithasre- i
ceatly been declared unconstitutional '
by oneofthe circuit judges of Virginia.
.Governor J. Hoge Tyler approved t
{he Land Grabbers Act. He sigued it. ]
It could not baye become a law without
.his signature. j
The hot-headed Democrats of Rich- *
mond have taken an unwise step iv :
demanding the removal of John Shep- |
paid, the colored janitor of the chan
eery court. Sneppard is a Democrat I
and the humble position he holds is J
nothing more than he deserves. Then, .
too, he is an old time negro and those t
of us who have grown up with them «
know that they are deserving of some }
recognition for their faithfulness to t
our homes and loved ones in the civil
war. To relieve Judge Lamb of any i
embarrassment the janitor resigned, '
but it is to be hoped that the judge y l
will decline to accept bis resignation, i
Governor J. Hoge Tyler may weJi t
exclaim, "Save me from my friends."
"Dear Ned," to whom he applied so c
hurriedly, when Wingfield published «
his interview, does not seem to have tl
remembered things as the Governor "
wished him to remember; and now,
unkindest cut of all, the Governor's
jther kinsman and friend, Dr. Quesen- :
berry, says that the Governor is mis- T
:aken in claiming that Martin's friends , "
lid not stand by Quesenberry in 1893. E
'How sharper than a serpent's tooth .>,
t is to have a thankless kinsman !" ti
STAUNTON SPECTATOR AND VINDICATOR.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.
(Continued from First Page.)
lince they were nominated, and then
lot long enough to learn from them
heir views on the senatorial race.
Jaddall, lam sure, will not exprees
iiniseif to his most intimate friends.
He is this kind of a man. He is very
;onservative and cautious, and withal,
\ splendid man. Sumpter will be
governed as to how he can aid Phle
zar, I suppose, as this county is very
strongly in favor of his being put on
the Supreme Bench. In fact, I think
the delegates around here will first
look after his interests, except, per
haps, Mr. Caddall. He is said to be
for Buchanan. Very little is ever
beard in regard to the senatorial
fight. I think all the candidates in
this section will have a close call, and
how Sumpter can be elected in this
county I hardly see. It is strongly
Republican, and they are uniting on
bis opponent. Sumpter though Is a
popular man, and we are hoping to
pull him through. Theic is a great
deal of dissatisfaction and apathy
wherever I have been.
I have been speaking and doing the
best I could, but my throat is troub
ling me again, and I am afraid I will
not be able to speak again for some
days, perhaps not during the canvass,
though I am promised In many places.
I haven't heard a great deal in this
section about Col. O'Ferrall's refusal
to resign, but heard it commented on
in Augusta and Rockbridge. Mail is
waiting, and I most close. Believe
me truly your friend,
J. Hoge Tyler.
East Radford, Oct. 27, 1893.
Hon. J. R. Wingfield, Charlottesville.
My Dear Sir:—l answered your iirst
letter found here on my return from a
ten day. absence from Belle Hampton
yesterday. I hasten to answer yours
of yesterday just received. I believe I
failed to answer as to Dr. Q, in my let
ter yesterday. I have not been able to
learn anything from the doctor except
to hear from some of his friends that
he is having a hard fight, and I am
afraid chances are against him. -
I will gladly see Hugh Preston and
get him to write to Alfred Preston. I
heard the brother in law of Caddall
annonnce himself as positively oppos
ed to Gen. Lee, but nobody will ever
be able to find out who Caddall favors
until he vote a. My opinion is that
Caddall will not be for Lee. Believe
me, truly your friend,
J. Hoge Tyler.
The Governor says: "From the night
of that interview (in July, 1893,) to
this hour I have never felt anything
but indignation that men would at
tempt to control political offices by the
means which he (Wingfield) revealed
to me on that occasion," and yet in
the latter part of October in that year,
after his gubernatorial canvass had
been over for two or three months, he
wrote me the above letters, in which
he gives me all the information he had
been able to secure which would be of
service in Martin's canvass for the
Senate. His was a most virtnons in
dignation truly, and was manifested in
a most consistent manner.
Note in these letters Che Governor's
report on his home county (Montgom
ery), although in his interview he
claims Pulaski as his home county.
Note he said "I will gladly see Hugh
Preston aud get him to write to Alfred
Preston."
Hugh Preston was the general man
ager of Gov. Tyler's canvass in 1893.
Alfred Preston I understand was chair
man of the Democratic committee of
Botetourt county and most probably
had influence with Mr. Brugh, dele
gate from Botetourt, and who voted
for Martin for Senator in 1893.
I reaffirm every statement made in
my interview of August 7th. I fully
believe Gov. Tyler gave effective ad
to Martin. The entente cordiale was
perfect between the Governor and me,
and held good until Martin was nom
inated. J. Richard Wingfield.
A Card from Dr. Magruder.
Dr. Magruder has made the follow
ing statement in addition to the one
in Mr. Wingfield's second article.
The doctor says: As my name has been
mentioned in connection with the
Tyler-Wingfield interview in Lynch
burg in 1893, from a sense of justice to
those gentlemen as well as to myself, I
feel it incumbent on me to make some
explanations which may throw light
on the controversy and correct wrong
and unjust impressions.
Both of these gentlemen are my
warm personal friends whom I yalue
equally and greatly, and I do not in
tend to allow any injustice to either
one, if I can prevent it.
My telegram—"Yes; almost exactly;
use name if desired"—was carelessly
and unfortunately worded, as it was
written hurriedly and not intended for
publication. I meant to say, "Yes,
with modification"; but the proper
word did not occur to me at the time.
I did not know that this telegram
would be published, but the Governor
evidently misunderstood my intention
when I gave him permission to use my
name. What I did mean was, that my
name might be used as a reference in
order to help establish the main point
that he wished to make as to his past
Jack of sctive affiliation with Mr. Mar
tin's cause and the general tone of the
interview with Mr. Wingfield I did
not mean to endorse the personal allu
sions to Mr. Wingfield, whish might
put that gentleman in any unfavorable
light. (Hence my modified statement
to Mr. Wingfield.)
In reviewing this matter after the
lapse of six years, I am forGed to the
following conclusions formed from my
own observation and recollection:
1. Governor Tyler is right in claim
ing that he declined to give or wished
to give active aid to Mr. Martin's cause
and t hat he was opposed to becoming
and would not become to much extent
identified with it.
2. Mr. Wingfield is right ju claiming
that Governor Tyler said enough dur
ing the course of the interview to
create the impression that he would do
something in the interest of Mr. Mar
tin. Tbe Governor has already admit
ted tbis.
3. My own impression wag that
whatever aid was promised and intend
ed by Governor Tyler was more in de
ferebce to Mr. Wingfield's wishes and
out of friendship for the latter than
from any friendly inclination to Mr.
Martin.
The importance of this aid depends
upon the point from which one views
it.
Governor Tyler, from Mr. Wingfield's
Standpoint, underestimated its import
ance wbjle Mr. Wingfield, from Gov
ernor Tyler's standpoint, overestimat
ed it.
The result of this interview but illus
trates to my mind the truth of the
fact that two men of the highest in
tegrity, honesty, and conscientious de
votion to principle, can take two en
tirely different views, form two differ
ent opinions, and get two different iin
pressioas, on the game subject, all due
to the fact that they view the matter
from different standpoints.
The Dispatch of Tuesday misquoted
ne in my "statement" to Mr. vV'ing
ield—l did "congratulate Gov. Tyler
>n bis prudence in not committing
limseif to a liglit for Mr. Martin," as
did not think it to his interest to
ake either side in the senatorial con
est.
And HOW, after all this fire and brim
tone— these assertions, denial* and,
seems tome that the ' i
vhole matter may be summed up injj
hese words, "ttons niusj'
nascitur."
E. M. Magruder. t
Dr. uuegenberry Heard From.
I regret to s-e au article from Gov. (
'yler, which intimates that my defeat j
a 1893 was due to my not being sup- t
orted by the friends of Senator Mar- i
in. The facts are that 1893 wa« sn
off year" in our State senatorial dis- (
riot, and J. did receive the most hear-.
ty aupport of the friends of Senator
Martin. Wm. D. Quesenberry.
Bowling Green, Aug. 14,1899.
—♦—♦— »
HE AND HIS KINSMEN.
J. Hoge stood on the burning deck
Whence all but him had fled;
For Quesenberry quit the wreck,
And likewise did "Dear Ned."
The correspondence between Mr. J.
R. Wingfield and Governor Tyler is
published in full in this issue of The
Spectator, relative to whether Mr.
Tyler had supported Mr. Martin or
Gen. Fit/. Lee. It must be admitted
that "Dear Ned" puts his relative, the
Governor, in a sorry light in several
places, and that the Governor's mem
ory was very inaccurate. Any one who
reads the testimony of "Dear Ned,"
the man whom Governor Tyler claims
was so "fortunately" present, must see
that Governor Tyler has a very bad
memory, and shows that not only Mr.
Wiogfield, but Dr. Magruder, regard
ed Tyler for Martin.
*—#—»—
Summer Heat.—This is the seasou
for bowel complaints. Green apples
and cucumbers produce them and Per
ry Davis' Pain Killer cures them. To
the troubled stomach it comes like a
balm, the wind is assuaged, and the
trouble ceases. Every druggist in the
land keeps Pain Killer, and no one
should be without it in his family.
Avoid substitutes, time is but one
Pain-Killer, Perry Davis'. Price 26c.
and 50c.
Jim Tucker, Luther Stroder, Charles
Johnston and Walter Johnston, all col
ored, were sentenced to terms in the
penitentiary last Saturday by Judge J.
O. Shepherd, of Buena Vista, the first
two for three and one-half years and
the latter two for three years. On Wed
nesday night they assaulted Policeman
Campbell, of that town, who tried to
quiet a negro row, and mashed his
face terribly. His recovery is doubt
cd. The prisoners were taken to Rich
mond on Monday, as there was strong
talk of lynching. —
■ —
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube gets in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closed deafness is the result, and un
less the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
NEW ADVERTISEMENST.
VIRGINIA— In the Clerk's office of the
Court of Hustings for the city of
Staunton, August 21, 1899.
Ella Johnson, Plaintiff,
vs.- In Chancery.
Jacob Johnson, Defendant.
The object of this suit is to obtain a di
vorce a mensa et thoro by the plaintiff troni
the defendant. And It appearing by affidavit
nied that the defendant, Jacob Johnson, is a
non-resident of this State, it is ordered that
he do appear here within fifteen days after
due publication of this notice and do what is
necessary to protect his interest.
Aft flfcc
NEWTON ARCENBRIGHT,
Jas. M. Morris, p. q. Clerk.
aug 21-it
B. M. Cushlng & Co., Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES' SALE OF A VALUABLK
A FARM ON LONG MEADOW RUN.IN
AUGUSTA COUNTY, 5 miles northeast.
from the city of Staunton.
By virtue of Aye deeds of trust executed by
John A Stover and wife to the undersigned
trustees, the tlrst dated December 6th, 1887,
of record in the clerk's'office of Augusta
county court in Deed Book No. 105, page 471,
tbe second aud third dated December SCth,
1895, recorded in same office, Deed Book 124,
paces 435 and 498. The fourth dated August
19th, 1890. recorded in same office, Deed Book
125, page 33l,and the sth dated February 26th,
1897, also of record In same office, Deed Book
126, page 325, default having been made in
the payment of the several bonds secured In
said deeds, and being requested by the ben
eflolary, William H. Bailey, so to do, we will
proceed to sell at public auction In front of
the court house, in the city of Staunton, to
the highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, SEITisMBEB 23, 1899,
at 12 o'clock 11., that valuable tract of land
with a comfortable dwelling, barn and other
outbuildidgs md improvements, lying on
Long Meadow Bun, in Augusta county, and
on the Staunton and Port Republic road, ad
joining Ooffman and others, and containing
about 2 3 acres, 3 roods and 8 poles, more or
less, and upon which the said John A. Stover
and family now reside. Upon
TERMS of caihin barjd saffioient to pay
the oo3ts of executing the said several trusts
I »nd the debts and interest therein seGnred
and pay over to said John A. Stover the bal
ance at any) or to bis order.
JAMES N. McFARLAND,
WILLIAM A. BURNETT,
ang 21-lt Trustees.
Commissioners' Sale
-OF
-4 ValuaWe Farm Situate in t&e County
of Anpsta.
Pursuant to a decree of trip Circuit Court
of Augusta county entered on tbe 2utb, day
Of December, 1898, in the chancery cause of
Newton's adnir., etc., pending therein, we,
us special commissioners of said court,
will on
Monday, tbe asth Day of September, 1804),
(county court day) at 1 o'clock p. m., in
front of the courthouse of the oounty of
Augusta in the city of Btaunton, sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, all
that certain tract or parcel of land together
with tbe improvements thereon situate in
the ponnty of Augusta near the town ot
Oreenvilla, adjoining the lands of W. B.
Smith, Christian Merritt and others, and
known as the Isaac Newton Farm, and
containing 103 acres, 1 rood and 3 poles.
This is tbe farm of which Isaac Newton
died seized, and is in every respect a most
desirable farm.
TKRMB OP gAf.E—Enough cash in hand
to pay tbe costs of suit ana sale and the
residue in three equal instalments payable
respectively at one, two and three years
from day of sale, the credit Instalment*
carrying Interest from the dsy of sale and
the purchaser or purchasers executing
bonds therefor payable at said respective
dates and the title to the property to be re
tained until the whole purchase money is
paid and the conveyance is directed by tbe
court. CEO. M. COCHKAN,
J. M. QUARLES,
Commissioners.
Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of Augusta
county, to-wlt:
I, Jc§. E- Wodward, Clerk of said Court,
do certify,' ftiki 3: M. Quarles lias exe
cuted the bond required byjecreeof sale In
the chancery causes of rs*ac"Ne*tou'S creq>
jtars vs. Isaec Newton's adrn'r., <&c".,'noV
pending In said court.
Given under my hand this 23d day of Au
gust, IBS?. JQS. b: WOODWARD,
&ug24trj4 Clerk.
VIRGINIA to wit:—ln the sirauifc court of
Augusts county, the Tid day of Au>
gust, 1890.
The Black Bosk Springs Improvement ;
Company, fiajntiif,
vs. ■ I
Peter Roller, K. T. Miller, T. Q WII- ;
son and 8 W. Winfrey, Defendants, j
In Chancery <
TheoJj;ectof this suit is to settle the
right ol the parties to the hou»e and lot
claimed under the contract with Winfrey
and WilfOD, to have said bouse and tbe
contract rescinded and to enjoin the use of ■
tlje ftbuse. I '
An 4 if appearing by apdayit filed that
duo diiigenae has t>een used by or on be- '
hall of tue i-Uintift -tfl ascertain the
county or corporation within wbtcfi sai.l
T. O Wilson and E. W. Winfrey reside
without avail it is therefore ordered tbat c
they do severally appear here within ><j
fifteen days after due publication hereof f
and do what is necessary to protect their >
interests in this suit.
Teste, n
JOS. B. WOODWARD, Clerk .
Patrick & Cordon, p. q. sug 24 It j
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"After All, Old Things Are Best,"
THEREFORE, VIRGINIANS, THE OLD RELIABLE
QbB John R9bins2R Srov
Which You Have Known, Respected and Enjoyed Through Three Generations Will Visit You On
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r||| |1 1 .y \ inBon show as their favorlte - YoVLr
I llfll llnU \P^" J '^^ grandfathers and grandmothers have
I Ml I Hlf 7 Y }■■- sounded its praises, and many of the
I if II I ill! I / \ grown up sons and daughters of famed
J.11UI MJIM.J W*m \ / mm<*&teM \ % Virginia early learned to lisp the name
}V W | *^~ - r I l Wl V-J of oId Jonn Robic8on witn tne i r baby
Will Dn fPhn M. « jull "\ ittki ! flS*a>-W H lips&nde™-since have proved, like
nlll JJU lllU H \ / '61 $ true Virginians, their loyalty to the
$\A A —i,Z \ / f/ '' show of their youth aud no other amuse.
F4 1 Ti M\ -f^^S^.\ &'" ; "---<A ■'■ ment organization ever will or ever has
In n linn -"I neld tne plaee in tbe hearts ° f tue whoi«
I J J I III II- *tig&' ' *' '• P 60 P le Uke tQe ° ld reliable JOHN
Til ll III ROBINSON SHOW and"
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Staunton, Thursday, August 24.
JOHN ROBINSON'S 10 IMS COMBINED. 10
In conjunction with the Grand Biblical Spectacle, SolonioD, his Temple and the Queen of Sheba. Without a
parallel, acknowledged by a universal public the one distinctly GREAT SHOW, the peerless exhibition of greater
America. Three Big Circuses, three big rings, three big menageries, one prodigious Aquarium, one complete avia-
ry, one grand Biblical spectacle, ten truly great shows, one gigantic museum. For 75 years, through three genera-
tions, this mighty and powerful amusement organization has exhibited in every state in our vast union, and the
name of JOHN ROBINSON is alone a guarantee that the performance under the vast canvasses by far excel! all others
in MERIT, ORIGINALITY, MAGNIFICENCE, VARIETY AND QUALITY.
More for the Money
Than any other three circuses furnish
their patrons. Larger, costlier and
more distinctly original. Tableaux
cages and dens than owned by any big
show in the world. Most costly cos
tumes, more scenery used iv the one
great feature of Solomon and the
Queen of Sheba than in the entire com
bined features of any other exhibition
in the country. Over $100,000 expand
ed on this production alone. 100 of the
most beautiful dancing girls in Amer
ica.
The Circus Features
•
This season, obtained from Europe and
America, will amaze and startle the
world. .Nothing like them ever before
presented in this country. The most
novel bareback riding acts ever wit
nessed. Prom nine to twelve of the
World's Greatest Champion Lady and
Gentlemen Equestrians ridingin three
lings at one time. Tbjs feature is new
and original with this show.
EDUCATIONAL.
Mary Baldwin Seminary,
Fqr Young Lacjies.
Terra begins September 6,1899. Located
in Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Unsur
passed olimate, beautiful grounds and mod
ern appointments. Students from 2+ States,
Terms moderate. Pupils enter any time.
Send for catalogue.
Miss E. C. WEIMAR, Prin..
aug 21-4t Staunton, Va.
PANTOPS ACADEMY,
Near caARI.OTTKSVII.IJi:. VA.
For Boys and Young Men. Has unrival
led advantages in healthful climate, thor
ough teaching; kindly home inilnence, and
large gymna-ium. Send for Catalogue.
" JOHN R. SAMPSMN, A- M.,
aug . Principal.
BeiT Military Acaieiy,
IS HIBTOEIC SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.
Beautiful, mounta'nous, and healthful
country. Patronage from 15 States. Pre
pares for business, for tbe universities, and
for the Government academies.
References—Hon. James Keitb, Presi
dent Cou>t of Appeal.-; Senator John W.
Daniel; Hon. John F. Kixey; Hon. H D.
Clayton; Hon VV. L. Terry; Gen. Joe [
Wheeler, and others.
Forfull particulars, address,
COL R. A. McINTYRE,
SuperintHrin'ent,
J}etp.el Aca'tferny P. Q, Va.
aug lf.-lro ' ■
~Q|_D F<?RT SEMIKARV~
School lor Girls.
is pleasantly situated in gne of the most
beautiful and healthful sections of the
Valley of Virginia, and is within a faw
hundred yards Qf Fort Di-tiance depot
Full ciiFps of teacher* arid assistants.
Eigbth session opens SEPT 13, 1803 For
catalogue, <fee, address),
Mrs. N R HEARD,
jul 13 2m Fort Defuuce. va.
- DUNSMORE. -
The Dunsuiore fluKiuess College, Staun
ton, V»., will begin >ts -Stli session Sept. j
Ist, IB99,!iuid close July Ist. 1»00,
jafj B[JSlVllis§ CQLLEQE in the count-y ,
can boast of a better rectird rnaijp. in tlior- <
oughly preparing young men giid women
for business pursuits than tbe Dunsronre j
Business College, J
Send for catalogue, circulars and testl- (
menials.
J. G. DUN3MORE,
jal 20-2 m President.
HURSDAYT AUG, 24
I Virginia Female Institute,
Staunton, Virginia.
Mis? Maria PeniMoa Dpal, Principal,
Successor to Mrs. Cjen. J. E. 13. Stuart.
The 50th session begins SEPT H, 1899.
The same excellent and efficient faculty
will return, except that Miss Marsh, a grad
uate of the Ontario Art School, England,
will succeed Miss Stuart in tbe Art Depart
ment. A Primary School has been estab
lished, which will be in charge of Miss
Calvert Walke. Chorus singing and object
drawing will be given, free of charge, in
this department. For catalogue apply at
■itute or call at the bookstores.
A~eAwb.
liming charge of tjje Virginia Fe
ititute, I respectfully ask the sup
port of its former patrons and pupils, and
also of the general public. With practical
ly the same cultured and efficient faculty,
who have to materially contributed to the
making of the reputation ot the school in
the past years, it shall be my earnest en
deavor to maintain the same high standard
and to carry the work of the school evenly
(Miss) Maria Pendlston Duval,
Successor to Mrs. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. I
tiiia Polytechnic Institute, |
BLACKSPURC, VA.
nstructors. Thoroughly equipped
Shops; Laboratories and Infirmary. Farm
of -00 acres Steam heat and electric lights
in dormitories. Degree courses in-Agricul
ture, Horticulture, Civil, Mechanical and
Electripal Engineering, applied Chemistry
$nd General science. Shorter courses in
Practical Agriculture and Practical Me
chanics. Total cost of session of nine I
months, Including tuition apd other fees
uniform, board, washing,text books, med
ical attendance, etc., about (195. Cost lo
State Students, f lf>s Next sessioa begins
Sept. 21st, 1899. For catalogue apply to
J. M. McBRYDE, Ph. D., L. L. D. I
jun 20-3 m • President.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.!
Notice is hereby glveu that tbe First Hair
of the City Taxes tor the ybar'lS99"ara acrf
flue and renly for collection. ' •* I
4)1 persons falling tp pay bne half by Sep
tember lOtU, is 9,' \rill pe. charged flye per
cant penalty on the whole, and their tlc)£et3
turned over to the (Jo'lector ftjr }nimadlatß
collection.
ARISTA HOGE, Treasurer
August 13.1899. City of Stauntoh, Va.
BsftMtie /j The Kind Yon Have Always Bought
UIANTED —To Place 75 good twes on
™ the share for 1,2 or 3 years; in lots
of about 25 head each; a thoroughbred
Shropshire buck wjth each lot.
PJQ. W. GILKESQN.
augl7 3t Mint Spring, Va.
Dr. Frank M. Hanger, Specialist.
STAUNTON, VIRGINIAr
Office—Crowle Building, Booms 11&12.
Practice limited to
EYE, THROAT, NOSE AND EAR.
Office HpursgrtVipS
Commissioner's Sale
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
Pursuant to a decree of tbe Circuit Conrt
of Augusta county, entered on May 13,
1899, in the chancery cause of Wm. H. Ast
vs. Lucinda H. Monroe, etc., pending there
in, the undersigned special commissioner,
Saturday, September 2nd, 1899,
lat 12 o'clock noon, in front of tbe court
j house door, in the city of Staunton, sell at
| public auction to the highest bidder, all of
fliat certain lot or parcel, together
with alj ; the' improvements thereon;
jdloiDiiig' tile 1 lanrjs' of yaorge M.
Tis'dale.' Harper ' Harmap ' and E:
Hagernao, on which Lucinda 11. Son
roe now resides, and being tbe same prop
erty conveyed to Luanda H. Monroe by
Samuel M. Tisdale and wife by deed of re
cord in the county office of August county
in D. B. 122, page S2S, upon terms of cash
in hand orV day of'sale sufficient to pay
oasts of suit and sale, qnd tbe residue upon
a crelit of sis and twelve months, taking
the purchaser's bonds therefor with ap
proved personal security, and title retain
. ed as ultimate security, said bonds to bear
In'erest from day of sale at the rate of six
per crnt per annum.
HERBERT J. TATLOK,
•special Commissioner.
Clerk's Office of the Circuit Coort of August*
County, to-wlt:
I, J/o9: B- Wdoclward, Clerk of the Court
aforesaid do cerffi;? Herbert 5. Taylor
has executed the bojid required by decree of
sale in the Chancery capse or Wm. H. Ast y3.
Lucinda Mgnroe, Ac, now pending In said
Court.
Given under my hand this 2nd day of
August, 1809.
JOS. B. WOODWARD. Clerk.
j. »ugio-« .. ; . . I
The Menagerie-
Surpasses in Magnitude and complete
ness and largest known Zoological col
lection in tbe world. One of tbe spec
ial features of the big tripple menag
erie is the LARGEST SNAKE
A LIVE-25 Feet Long.
JUST
Received from Manila* Luzon Island,
PHILIPPINE WATER BUFFALOS
the only ones of the kind now on exhi
bition.
©"The Grand Street Parade and
Robinson's Horse Fair. An innova
tion in itself. A truly magnificent
pageant. A feature of the free street
aarade is the grand spectacle of forty
>f the smallest ponies eyer harnessed
md driven at one time. Don't fail to
tee them.
Two performances daily.
Thompson & Trimble.
SffOOPK, TA.
Breeders of Thoroughbred
Short Horn Cattle,
Shropshire Sheep.
.#.*'*■' ■ v' - ■ *s
and Berktliire Hogs. Also for sale aj;
bargain price's a lew yearling bucjtj
and a nu'inbe, of linp Jambs,
aug JT-t-t
Trustee's Sale.
In pursuance of a deed of trust executed
i to me by Lottie F. Scheffer, dated May 26,
1898, of record in the city clerk's office in
D.B. 14, page 417, and being thereto di
rected by the beneficiaries in this deed, I
will pioceed in front of the court house in
Staunton, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1899.
at 12 o'clock M., to sell at public auction
for CASH, two lots on South Augusta St.,
and the buildings thereon, one being the
same now occupied by Taylor & Collins at
a livery stable; and tbe other the bri£f
sforebou.se nftw occupied by'VV. I}. Brew
A Co. as I grocery. One lpt concaing }Q
feet fipnt and the other 23 feet front, rnp
ning back between parallel lines a distance
Of 172 feet. The above is the same pi oper
ty conveyed to Lottie F. Scheffer by Julius
C. Scheffer and J. D. Crowle and wife by
deed dated January 22, I8i»l, and reeordejj
in tbe city clerk's efiice in p, B. 8, page
280. r
TERMS OF SALE-Cagh in band suffi- .
eient to pay tbe costs of executing this
trust and a bond of 13,400, and interest J
thereon from May 26,1898 and any unpaid
taxes on s?id property. The balance, if
any, payable to Mrs. Lottie F. Scheffer or
to whom she may direct.
jul 13 5t R. N. PAGE, Trustee.
POSTPONED.
The aboye sale has" been pcgtponefi
until Thursday, September
14th. 1899, at same time and place
B. N. RAGE,
aug 17-4t Trustee.