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Staunton Spectator AND VINDICATOR. Issued every Friday morning by R. S. TURK, Editor and Proprietor, East Main Street Staunton. Va. GEO. 0. GREEN, Associate Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: For One Year $1.00. \T- 1 flTronpp For Six Months... r,o. i luMidilliu In order to avoid delays, on account of personal absence, letters and all communi cations for The Sfectatok should not be addressed to any individual connected v. iih the office, but simply to The Spectatok. Telephone in office connects with all city and county lines. Entered at the Postofflce at Staunton, Va., as second class mail matter. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10. This paper has the largest cir culation of any Newspaper pub lished in the Valley of Virginia. The subscription list is open to inspection. EDWARD ECHOLS FOR GOVERNOR. The Spectator is in a position to announce authoritatively that his friends, whose name iB legion in tbe State, will present to the next Demo cratic Gubernatorial Convention Hon. Edward Echols for the nomination for the office of Governor. They will offer his name in the confidence tha*, there is no man in Virginia who embodies a larger measure of devotion to Demo cratic principles, riper experience in public life, or higher personal charac ter and capacity than does Mr. Echols. He has been a life long and consistent Democrat, giving at all times and under all circumstances of his meanß and his best energies, to the welfare of his party. lie possesses a pleasing personality, which has stood him in good stead in making and keeping many friends; and although decided in opinion and courageous in action iv all public and political matters, be has the faculty of seldom creating antago nisms. He is the trusted personal and political friend of leaders of all shades of opinion in the party, and in that respect he combines perhaps more elements of political strength than does any other man in Virginia. If nominated, he wonld be the candidate of no division or faction in tbe party but of the whole party; and he would receive tbe cordial and loyal support of the party as a whole. Mr. Echols is the leading citizen of a great county that is and has been for thirty years a stronghold of Democra cy, and to which the honor of the Gov ernorship has never hitherto come. He is greatly beloved by the people of all classes and conditions among whom he has grown up and spent his life. He has been called to the discharge of many public offices, whose duties he has faithfully and efficiently perform ed. He has never been defeated for any position to which he has ever aspired, or for which his friends have presented him. He has had large ad ministrative and legislative public experience, and he is in the line of promotion. He may be said, without exaggeration, to fulfill the measure of the Jeffersonian requirements of fidel ity, capacity and honesty. His per sanal aud political record is without blemish: and we confidently predict his nomination and election as the next Governor of Virginia. THE CHICKENS ARE ROOSTING AT HOME. England is the advance agent of the gold standard and we await with im patient interest her approaching finan cial moves in struggling with it, and the Boers. It is as certain as fogs in London, that if this Boer war continues long, England will need vastly more money than She has or even We, have for her is gold. Her gold will soon be used up, as was ours in the late civil war, and she may be compelled as we were, to issue script. Common cense as well as experience ought to have dictated to us, that while we had a war on hand we should not adopt a gold standard. Oar re cent experience with Greenbacks showed that in times of war a nation must have money and lots of it, if not what the banker calls money then some makeshift, ahinpiasters or rag England must resort to some ruse to raise the sinews of war. It would be as disgraceful to acknowledge that a gold standard is only fit for peace as to admit that the Boers cannot be con quered. Too many great men have been employed by bankers to write on the beauties of that standard, and England has too long worshipped at that shrine to have the image broken ruthlessly. Our little Philippine war makes our own life hard, fighting there and struggling with our money con spirators at home. But old England has a larger undertaking on hand and she must soon make rag money or do some other thing iuconsistentwith her present financial conditions, it she ex pects to "carry the war into Afrlca' : much louger. A wholesome, lesson may be taught right here, taught in a way unloosed for, and taught by the champion and sworn friend of a single standard, and that lesson is that when engagrd in war despise no kind of money, whether gold, silver or any oiher. It takes money to acquire diamond fields, whether by purchase or conquest, and in paying the price of tht property, whether in blood or money, have all of both available. When the Scotch Highlanders or the Queens Guards have all been shot away, fallback on the common herd, conscript, call out the militia. So ■When all the gold is expended try a little silver. It may be humiliating, but, as will be done with tbe militia use it, nauseating as it will bo it may- I THE WAR IN AFRICA, and is at war, at war with a republic, the defeat of which small honor to her, but which efeated by, in any protracted )f engagemeuts.will dim English The war was iiltimed and use will always have iv it tbe rintr >cry, and nothing can divorce from it theideaof plutidemud aggres sion. These -juiet Dutch people were pursuing their avoeatioDti molesting no one and leadi"g frugal and houei-t lives. Cecil Rhodes, a Bcut-mer and fortunw kunter, saw the rich posses sions they owned, and plotted for them. He has drawn England into h war on thin account which must tnr nish her fame, no matter bow soon she conquers, or how rapid and brillimit I her yet to be achieved victories. No j sensible,unbiased person can look com placently on this struggle nor can he put aside a secret feeling of sympathy for the Boers in their heroic struggle for freedom. The excuse made by England for this war is that the Kru ger government would not allow Eng lishmen to become naturalized citizens under seven years of residence, but the Boers knew this was a scheme to steal their country and answered by saying, "You Englishmen do not wish in good faith to become citizens of our little republic, you do not intend in good faith to expatriate yourselves Ba vast empire like Great Britain ich a country as ours. You have as on us. But why indeed d an Englishman become a citizen r country on a short residence if one of us went to England, he would be obliged to live there twelve years, and then could aspire to no higher office than the House of Com mons." The argument was unanswer able. England with her wonted ar rogance, replied in substance: "Eng land gives no reasons for what she demands. What she does is right aud her reason for so doing shall not be questioned; submit to our demands or take the consequences." With just such right on her side, has she begun this bloody and unholy strife, and while the lookers on must see that the Boers must succumb in time to the inevitable, still such knowledge neither lesseus ones sympathy for the oppress ed, nor augments ones admiration for the oppressor. But this war has caus ed an examination of England's histo ry as a warlike nation. It must be remembered that England has never fought any great uauon or country single handed. Her modern wars have been with her colonists or among her own people, or if on the continent, joined with allied armies of other na tions. She has never hud such a war as the franco-Prussian war where sin gle handed and alone she faced the armies of her peer in warlike strength, hence her standing as a military nation has never been accurately tested. In true Roosevelt style, however, has she blown herhorn especiallywben fighting in company with allies. In the Penin sular wars, at Waterloo, aud at Sebas topol, England never retreated after the victory. It is history that Soult in Spain waß Wellington's equal, and even at Waterloo, which victory no English historian fails to asxribe al most exclusively to Wellington and ■ the armies of all Eurupe were him,that general was known to ried for "night or Blucher." It efore doubtful just what esti mate must be put on England's mili tary arm, all admitting that her navy Bn and possibly vow is master of is. Our estimate of Euglisb er had greatly heightened ol i snobbish as her cockney's usually are, as limitless as is the wis dom of the average subject of tbe Queen, as exclusive as 'vie Lad" ac las himself to be, still notwith ng his haughtiness and his able and supreme contempt for !a and Americans we "rawther" :, him, or them, and but for this ip in his old track might in ive become an Anglo-maniac. :e must pause for a time at nd see how be behaves himself in this Transvaal war, aud whether, when he conquers, as we suppose he will, he will shoot bis prisoners as CROCODILE TEARS. When we saw a few da} s ago a letter from Staunton giving an account of the prosperity which prevails in the city of Staunton, our sympathetic heart bled for the poor old Staunton Spectator; for we knew how its edi tor must suffer in contemplating the prospsrity of his neighbors. It is in deed a sad thing for Bryanites to be forced to see aud to recognize the fact that prosperity has come to our land. —Spirit of the Valley. Our friend of the Spirit must uot believe too implicitly what he sees in letters from Staunton on the subject of prosperity. We know it hurts the average Republican as bad to have bis boasted prosperity doubted, as it does the English to be trounced by the Boers. Letters from Staunton iv the Richmond Times are one thing, 05 cent wheat and 35 cent corn are an other. We had not half a crop of com this year, hardly half a crop of wheat, the lightest crop of hay had in years, and the most abundant crop of taxes a benificent Republican government could provide. How then could we have much prosperity around here t There are a few things beside princes in whicb one would do well not to put his trust. The letter to which we sup pose the Spirit refers was written by a Republican office holder to a gold bug paper, and under such conditions rea sonable latitude must be given for the play of imagination. The Baltimore Sun laconically re marks in speaking of revenue stamps being on everything and everywhere, that "tbe people may some day wake up aud inquire what return are we getting for these taxes." From a paper which supported the party which has brought about this condition, this is a Brutus like stab. personal standpoint. It is now believ ed by many that Otis is doing the same thing in the Philippines, and that the ;onduct of the war will eventually be iome as odious as was tbe Spanish iuiiduct ol it in Cuba, STAUNTON SPECTATOR AND VINDICATOR. A MONUMENT FOR ROBERT E. LEE. As this is the date of Gen. Lie's birth and a day we celebrate, the fol lowing beautiful tribute to his memory will, we think, find a warm response in the hearts of all true lovers of exalted .character and worth, which we clip from the Washington Post: "It is not conceivable that any man, North, South, East, or West, through out the tremendous length and breadth of the United Status, would frown up on or even fail to sympathize with a movement to celebrate the memory ot Robert E. Lee. There was a mttn who contained within himself every ele ment of aiiobleheroism. Pure minded, geuerous, chiv.tlric, brave, and gentle, he was yet the man of strenuous ac tion, the soldier, the commander, aud the war god If he ever harbored a mean thought or committed a mean act his most industrious critic has fail ed to mention it. If be was ever oth er than the gentleman, the Christian, and tbe ideal soldier, the closest stu dents of bis record do not know it to this day. If he bad a fault it was that of self-abnegation. If he had a weak ness it was that of mercy and compas sion. His life makes a stainless and a splendid page in history. He showed the world that a puissant soldier could be pitiful and kind as any angel. He showed the world that a very lord of battle could be innocent and stainless in his private life. If in modern times there has been developed the prototype of Tennyson's Sir Galahad, we find it in the character and c<reer of Lee. He met Grant's magnificent strategy and imperious attack with a genius and a fortitude which provoked tbe admira tion of all Christendom. He met Grant's splendid magnanimity at Ap pomattox with an eager heroism and patient resignation beyond all words. He should have a monument if nobili ty of character and splendor of courage and magnificence of devotion are enti tled to recognition by brave men. It should be tbe pride of every one to aid in so high a cause." On our fourth page is a short article entitled "'Consistency is a Jewel," in which it is shown that President Mo- Kinley in 1888, then a Congressman, took Secretary Fairchild sharply to task for distributing among the banks 859,000,000. Now his own Secretary- Gage distributes among them more than $305,000,000. If this policy was wrong then,it is wrong now,andcannot be supported on any principle of good government. It is an outrage on the people, and has no excuse in morals or financial ethics. Those who think this country is tired hearing the word 'Silver," will with out living long find it even more tired of hearing the word "gold." liportant Railway Extension. ecial from Elaios, W. Va.,saye: jomas B. Davis, one of the in ators of the Coal aud Iron Rail >mpauy, the outcome of the eon ion of the West Virginia Cen tiiway aud tbe Davis Coal and 'onipany, says the extension of est Virginia Central will be I from Elkins, and not from isville, the present terminus, as ierally supposed. One of two located from Elkiiis will br. tak ne is a short distance north and :er a short distance south of y. Contracts will be let at once mcl work—tbe road will have innels—and in the spring the iction of the roadbed and track gin. Tbe line will be 43 miles id the estimated cost is $800,000. wiil be several bridges, includ -3 each 250 feet long. The cx i will meet the Chesapeake and t the forks of the Greenbrier river. Charles H. Latrobe, of Balti more, is the engineer in charge. The extension will provide a short outlet to tide for West Virginia Central coal, and will be a feeder for the new pulp mills building at Covington, as it will That Throbbing Headache. Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by B. F. Hugbes'Druggist. Virginia News. John H. Rutherford, of Winchester, on whose farm the battle of Winches ter was fought, died at his home last Monday. Thfo. F. Taylor, for many years deputy clerk of Henrico county, was arrested at his home Tuesday night on a warrant charging him with the em bezzlement of nearly SI,OOO of public money. A. C. Gilligan, who ou the 27th of last month bhot aud killed C. B. Turner, a prominent citizen of Isle of Wight jounty, and has been at large ever since, surrended himself to the sheriff af Surry county ou Monday. He claims he killed Turner iv self defense. Miss Bertie, aged "'2 years, daughter jf Isaac CoffmaD, living four miles west of Woodstock, dropped dead on Sunday. Miss Coffman was visiting a aeighbor and bad started to return louie, and fell dead iv the yard of her aeighbor. The principal business block in Windsor, a small town in Isle of Wight jouuty, 11 miles from Suffolk, was iwepf. away by fire. Twelve buildings were burned, including three stores, :wo wood-working shops, two saloons, imrber shop, doctor's office, two black imith shops, a warehouse and a dwell-! ug. Cuba's population is now 1,200,000, or 400,000 less than the Spanish census of 1867 showed. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props.,Toledo,O. *the undersigned .have known E..1. y for the last 15 years, and believe srfectly honorable in all business transactions andfinanciallyable to carry out any obligations made by their linu. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding,Kinnan & Marvin,Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Half's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon tbe blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testi monials free. Party at Deerfield. Deerfield, Jan. 16.—One of the most pleasant of the social events ef the sea son was a party given on January 12th by Miss Ida C. Summers in honor of her nephew, Ernest C. Shiplett's twenty first birthday. The evening was spent in playing games, inters persed with music, dancing aud de lightful refreshments. The invited guests were Misses Maysie Taylor, Bessie Burk, Mary Beck, Mattie T. Montgomery, Carrie Calhoun, Nannie Blain, Alice Feller, Lucy Irviu, Bes sie Kincaid, Mary and Lelia Ramsey, and Lola aud Nettie McCutchan, of Goshen, Va. Messrs. Charles aud WilJ Ramsey, Nelson Claytou. Charles and Frances Dunlap, George and John Cal houn, J. VV.Glendye, Nath Montgom ery, Charles aud Mont Irvin, llirry Beck and Brown Clayton. Also Mrs. Maggie B. Clayton, Mrs. Lucy Dun lap, Mr. and Mrs. John Bell Clayton and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dunlap. Preferred Death to Prison. I Louis August, who ou Saturday last was found guilty of murder at Hamp ton and sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary, was found dead in his cell Monday morning. He hanged himself by using a towel as a rope, which was secured to the bars of his cell door. He was la>t seen alive Sun day night at 11 o'clock, and must have committed tbe deed shortly thereafter, as the body was cold when discovered. The news that the man killed himself was a great surprise, in view of Tbe f_ct that his neck bad been saved at the trial. When August heard the verdict of the juiy he seemed satisfied and showed little emotion. Evidently he preferred death to IS years in the penitentiary. Quite recently he had murdered two negro women. It is thought h6 was crazy. The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist. Ine Discoverer of Swamp-Root at Work In His laboratory. There is a disease prevailing in this country most dangerous because so decep tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by it—heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the result of kidney disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to ad vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Then the richness of the blood—the albumen —leaks out and the* sufferer has Bright's Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the new dis covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It has cured thousands cf apparently hopeless cases, after all other efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent and doilar sizes. A sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling about Swamp- Root and its wonderful cures. Address Dr. Kilmer &. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. and mention this paper. E. M. Cusbine & Co , Auctioneers Commissioners' Sale —OF— Valuable Mineral Lands! Itue of a decree of the circuit court sta county entered on the 12th day 1899, in the chancery cause of Seltzer against the Blue Ridge sse andiron Mining Company and he undersigned will, as Commis aerein appointed, proceed to sell auction, in front of the court Augusta county, in the city of >, on TDAT, FEBRUARY 26, 1900, wing valuable tracts or parcels of lands. Each of said tracts will be ratelv, unless a.sale of all of tbem limp or aggregate bring a price 11 pay all the deats of said com itated in the report of Master Com •J. M. Kinney file! in the above :ause on May the 13th, 1599, to ith the cost of suit,the unpaid tax the said pieces or parcels of land. t of said tracts or parcels Oi land g 281 acres, and is known as "The k" tract, it being the same tract by Juette Vines and wife to Lightner, by deed dated February and recorded iv County Clerk's B. 119, page 490, and subsequent ed by Mabel I. Lightner and bus he Blue Ridge Manganese and r.g Company, by deed dated Jan i 18!)7, and recorded in the County erk's office D. B. 136, page 159. and tract or parcel of land con acres, and is known as the "Hi aot," and is the same tract, or par d conveyed to the Blue Ridge ie aud Iron Mining Company by )f Daniel Hiserman by deed dated ■ 14th, 1596, and duly recorded in y Courts Clerk's office in D. B. 52. Ast mentioned tract there has d, and is upon the ground sever .d tons of valuable minerals. 1 minerals will be sold along with .st mentioned •'Hiserman tract." d tractor parcel of land contains acres, and is known as the tract" and is the same piece or and conveyed to the Blue Ridge sand Iron Mining CompaDy by and Wm. H. Shields, executors L. Shields, deceased, by deed iber 18th,,1897, and duly recorded inty Court Clerk's office in U. B 08. J all of the aforesaid pieces or real estate are said to be valua leral lands, but have only been developed, and each of then od show, from the small devei iretofore made. OF SALE :—la the event that pieces or parcels of real estate. ith the Manganese mined and und on the "Hiserman tract" gether, the purchaser shall pay sh in hand to pay the cost of ile, including the preminm on i of the Receiver, and bonded jner in this cause, together with vhich were due, at the time of tion of the aforesaid Chancery which have since become doe of the aforesaid parcels or pieces ]d the residue on four equal an llments, to be evidenced by the M purchaser, bearing date on sale with interest from said date, ood personal security thereon B respectively, one, two, three ears frou, date, and the title re- Itimate security, ent the said pieces or parcels of id be sold separately, eaoh pur be required to make a pro rata tent ot the cost of suit, sale, premium on bonds as aforesaid ther purchaser or purchaseis of ly of the other tracts sold on nd for the balance on his pur ite bonds for said balance or de-1 ne..ts. dated as of the date of interest from said date with j nal security, thereon, tailing ivejy, on*', two, three and four date, aud the title retained for curitv IKNERK. HACKMAN, 0 B COCHRAN. .VIES BCMUAKDNE.H, Jr , Commissioners c of the Circuit Court of A ugusty to-wit: Woodward, Clerk of the Court certify that Turner K. Hackrr.an ' 1 the bond required by decree ( t tale in the chancery cause of Chas. Seltzer fee. va. Blue ttldfre Manganese and Iron Mm- ' ng Company, <tc, now pending In said i Given under my hand this 17th day of OVER IN POCAHONTAS. Happenings of Last Week in That Thriv ing County. H. Nathan was badly hurt while hauling hay. A little son of Beauregard McClung fell on the ice and broke his thi<-h. Miss Aggie Gay has returned from an extended v'sit to Missouri. Burke C. Hill, a prominent citizen of th° Levels District, is dead. He had been at one time a deputy sheriff. Tbe mill of Isaac McNeel, at Mill Point, was seen to be on fire, and by timely Hssistance the building was saved. Saw mills are fast comirg into the county. E. F. MeLaushlin haR just bought one aud will begin sawing at OIICP. About 13,000,000 feet of logs will be floated down Knapp's (Jreekand about 10,000,000 feet from the upper Green brier this spring. The turnpike from Huntersville to Marlinton his been let to contract to H. L. Kramer.of Highland county, at about $2,800. Ella Kelly, daughter of Cletus Kel ly, committed suicide by taking strich nine. She ran away with a young man to marry him, but before they were married her father, who had followed her, overtook them and foieed her to go back home. News has reached the county of the death of Mrs. Kate V. McNee), which occurred at her home at Cdessa, Mis souri, c i the 9th inst. Deceased was the widow of the late Andrew Mc- Neel, sou of Col. Paul MeNeel, deed., of this county. Marlinton is steadying herself for tbe first train. Over at Camden ou Gauley wheu the first train arrived persons are said to have run over each other getting out, of ihe way so tbe conduc tor could torn the train around. At Davis, W. Va., some persons crawled undrr a house and bad to Ue punched out with a pole. These facts, so says the Times, are )a:d before the public by its reporter to avoid accidents. NEW ADVERTISEMKNST. I BMIiER WANIKB-In Oafc, Walnut, ,I* Ash, Cherry and Poplar, sawed into boards one, one and a half and two inches tbicifjei inches and up wide; 10 feet and up lon<;. Will handle 500.000 feet iv red and black; oaK. (iood prices paid lor all. for further imormation address or call on H. L, -EICtfJSLHBKGEK, dan 12-lits Staunton, Va. WANTED.— Mineral, timber and farm ing lands to recommend to our cus tomers. Those having indications of min erals of any kind will please communicate with us. Mcli HANT & HIELEARY, Ileal Esta'e and Insurance Agents, Staun ton, Va. Jan 12 4t UJANTED immediately tor an equipped ™ farm good tenaDt to wo:k on shares. References indispensible. Two modern country homes for sale or cash rent. Close toC.&O. Ky. W. S. RODES, : jan 12-4t Afton, Va. COU KENT.—Brick house, containing 9 ■ rooms and necessaiv outbuildings. Xo. 5 Taim street. Apply to P. H. HUGHES, Manager Postal Tel. Co., jan 12 tf Savannah, Ga. Tbone 371. 14 S. New St. CITY LAUNDRY. We want your work. Hundreds are satisfied, only G kicks in 18 months, 1 of a kick per month. Hand work, using the best soap, Pearline and elbow grease, a method which preserv es linen the longest. Wash collected and delivered if desired. Gloss or do mestic fiinish given. Goods thoroughly sterilized with intensely hot, dry air. nov 3-tf C. L Wilson, Prop. Ekhshi to WlaS Via Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. The Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. will sell excursion tickets to Washington aud re turn on February 15th, March 15th, April 12th and May 10th, at 55.75 round trip, tickets good goiug on trains 2 and 4 those dates, returning on any trains with in 10 days. For further information ad dress, JAS. KER, Jr., Pass, Agt., C. &O. Ry. jan 12-Ct Staunton, Va. « Men's Wear! 5 4@ Sfr We have often told you about our Ties, Hats, Shoes, Shirts and Under wear—you know what val ues w<> give in these. Now our collars are sold at just such prices. BARKER'S 4 ply all linen collars have no equal at 2 for 25 cents. yk Men's / / * v Furnishers. *■/ Alfred Painter, et als. All persons interested in the above Btyled chancery cause will Take Notice, that in pursuance of a decree of the circuit •port of Augusta county entered in said cause on Nov. 17. 1899, I shall at my office in Staunton, Va., on Saturday, February 10th, 1900, proceed to take, state and settle the follow ing accounts: Ist. The estate, real and persona], of which Henry Fainter died seized 2nd. Tbe debts and liens binding said estate, including unpaid taxes in the order 3rd. Whether thereat estate of Henry Painter's ostate is msceptible of partition in kind among his heirs-at law. 4th. Who are the heirs at-law of said Henry Painter who are entitled tosaid real estate, or its proceeds in case it should b» necessary to sell the same. Ith. flow the proceeds of the personal estate in the hands of the administrator shall be distributed. 6th. Tbe transactions of Hulst Glenn, j Adm'r. of Henry Painter, deed. 7th. Any other matters deemed perti If. E. R. NRI.SO.V. Commissioner in Cham-fry- Sure Cure for \7hcn the children get their feet wet and take cold give them a hot foot bath, a bowl of hot drink, a dose cf Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and put them to bed. The chances are they will be all right in the morning. Con tinue the Cherry Pectoral a few days, until all cough has dis appeared. Old coughs ere also cured; we mean the coughs of bron chitis, weak throats and irritable lungs. Even the hard coughs of consumption are always made easy and frequently cured jby the continued use of i ftp*'* Cherry pectoral Every doctor knows that wild cherry bark is the best remedy known to medical science for soothing and healing inflamed throats and lungs. Put ana of Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plasters over your lungs The Beat Medical Advice Free I We now have gome of the moat emi nent physicians in the United States. Unusual opportunities and long experi ence eminently fit them for giving ypu medical advice. Write freely an the particulars in your case. Address, Dr. .1. C. AVER, Lowell, .Mass. Commissioner's Sale > ', OF VALtAIiLS ' Real Estate antl Mineral Lacfls : In Aiipsta County, Virginia. , By virtue ot the authority vested in us as . special commissioners of sale of the circuit court of Augusta county, by decree of saiQ court entered on May 18th, 1899, in the I chancery cause of J. P. &J. P. Smiley, as signees, vs. The Virginia Mining & invest [ ment Co , et als., vow pending in said , court, we will offer for sale at public auc tion, in front of the court house in the city of Staunton on Monday, November 27th, 1899, » at 12 o'clock m., that valuable real estate . situated in Kiverheads District, in said Augusta county, Virginia, near the line of the N. & VV. R. R., owned by tbe dete n dant, Virginia Miuing& Investment Co., being the same that was conveyed to said company by Mary \V. Newton, et als., by , deed of date May 30th, IS9I, the same being of record in the clerk's office of Augusta county court, in D. B 115, page 166 et seq. ! Said real estate contains about 1,900 acres, . and has on it what is known as the "New ton Mine Bank, which is rich with deposits i of iron, manganese and other mineral ores. Also a right of way 33 feet wide through the Samuel C. Morrison lands. ' These lands are noted for their rich mine ral deposits, and afford a rare opportunity for those who desire to invest in mineral lands. TER-iiS OF SALE:—Cash in hand on day of sale sufficient to cover the costs of the above named suit and of this sale, and the residue ot the purchase money in four equal annual instalments, to be evidenced by the bonds of the purchaser, bearing even date with tbe day of sale, with inter est from date, and falling due respectively in one, two, three and four years from date with good personal security thereon, and the title retained as ultimate security. Further information may be had in re lation to the above by communicating with any of the undersigned special commis sioners, at Staunton, Virginia. F. B KENNEDY, TURNER K. HACKMAN, THOMAS O. HANSON, JOHN J!. COCHRAN, Special Commissioners. Clerk's Office of tbe Circuit Court of Au gusta County, to-wit : I, Jos. B. Woodward, Clerk of the Court aforesaid do certify that F. B. Kennedy has executed the bond required by decree of sale in the chancery cansa of J. P. & J. F. Smiley, assignees, vs. Va. Mining & In vestment Co ,et a!s., now pending in said ciurt. Given under my hand this 18th day of October, 1899. JOS. B. WOODWARD, oct 20-5t Clerk. POSTPONEMENT. The above sale is postponed until { Monday, lanuary 22nd, 1900, at the same hour and place. F. B. KENNEDY, TUKNER K. HACKMAN, f THOMAS D. RANSON, ' JOHN B. COCHRAN, ■ Special Commissioners, i , decl-tds v J. V. Coleman's Devisees, etc. All persons interested in the above styled chancery cause will Take Notice, that in pursuance of a decree of the circuit court of Augusta county. entered in said cause Dec. 4, 1899, I shall at my office in Staunton, Va , on Thursday, February 15, 1900, proceed to take, state and settle the fol lowing accounts: Ist. A further account of the transac tions of T. R. H. Speck, adm'r. c. t a. of J. V. Coleman, deed, showing how he has disbursed the fund in his hands. 2nd. Whether Claim No. 34, stated by Commissioner Quarles in his first report in this cause as a specific purchase money lien on the White Oak Spring tract has been paid or provided for out of the sale of ime of the parcels of the original White Oak Spring tract other than the parcel sold in this cause. 3rd. Any other matters deemed perti nent, etc. R. E. R. NELSON, COMMISSIONEKSOFFIRE, Staunton, Va., Dec. 23,1899. Lickliter's adm'r., J, M., etc. vs. Lickliter, et als. All persons interested in the above styl ed chancery cause will Take Notice, that in pursuance of a decree of the circuit court of Aunusta county, entered in said cause at tbe November Term 1899, I shall at my office in Staunton, Va., on Saturday, February 3rd, 1900. proceed to take, state and settle the follow ing accounts. Ist. Of the estate, real and personal, of which J. M I.iokliter died seized, and es pecially of his rights, if any, in the poli cies of insurance mentioned in the bill in this cause. 2nd. The liens binding the real proper ty of said Lickiiter's estate in the order of their priority, including unpaid or delin quent taxes, if any. 3rd. Of the outstanding and unpaid in debtedness of said estate. 41 h. of the transactions of T. R. N. Spenk. adm'r. of J. M. Lickliter, deed, with tbe estate of his decedent. sth. Of the persons entitled to the pro ceeds of the three policies of insurance up on the life of said Lickliter, mentioned in the bill. 6th. Of any other matters deemed perti nent, etc. It. E R. NET3ON, Commisslonerln Chancery. Patrick & Gordon, [ -~ w — - r ~ -' * 2. —— . ■nr ci' n a nn\sit* MrW X » RllV S Ms k (tents It is our constant aim to fully meet every PROPER SbQUIBE ME NT. It is our policy to extend to our customers absolute FAIKNESS AND COURTESY. No house can be more prompt to acknowledge and correct errors when we know of them. We aim to win and merit jour CONFIDENCE. The FIT and general effect of our garments are PERFECT in every respect. Try a pair of our -CORDUROY PANTS- Every Pair Warranted. «TOur line of HATS, CAPS and GENTS' FURNISHINGS are up to the standard iv every detail. Lovegrove & Lewis, No. 9W. Main St. Masonic Temple, Phone 341. Staunton, Va. FOR EXCHANGE. Two fine estates, east of Blue Ridge, valued at $10,500 and $8,000. Good land, choice homes. MdLHANY & HILLEARY. 260 Acre Farm. 1 mile of station, in beautiful section, line roads, part of land in excellent condition, improved by frame dwell ing. Quick mle important. $2/0 per acre. Mcllhany & Hilleary. Desirable Country Home. One hundred and ten acres of good land, some timber, orchard, fine spring water, 6 room dwelling; small barn; 6i miles from Staunton. Can include entire farm equip ment. Immediate sale uecessary. Price *4,000. A Very Attractive Little Home, 1 mile from corporate limits, 3i acres of land, improved by a 9 room dwelling and stable. Fruits—apples, pears and grapes. Will exchange fur farm. Price $1,000. MdLHANY & HILLEARY. dec29tf 1 A CYCLONE ESS 000000000000000 OQi of trade has just passed through G&i of trade has just passed through Staunton and we were struck 'full force' by the thousands of Christmas shoppers who visited our place and helped 'wreck' us. While our stock is not as complete as usual owing to our extraordinary big holi day trade yet we a getting in shape as fast as possible with the newest and latest goods. Bear in mind this fact: We are always showing you the latest goods at popular prices. mm k GRUBERT, Jewelers and Qpticians. No 3 E. Main Street. I IKE INSURANCE POLICIES bought P" for cash, or loaned on. RANSON & RANSON. nov 17-tf Attorneys. «s ,_< t *||__H^S means a new friend here. The high standard of the goods sold, together with the little at which they are sold, is argument which strongly appeals to the shopper gen- SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK!—Clearing Sale of Ladies, ■ Misses and Ohilderns Jackets, Capes and ±urs at half price. DUCTION OF ALL Fine Trimmed Hats and Millinery Goods to actual manufacturers cost. SPECIAL SALE of table linens and towels, at prices that cannot be duplicated elsewhere. BARGAINS in all other lines. It will pay yon to call if you want to save money. PALAIS -•^1 REMOVAL SALE! Our Entire Stock to be Slaughtered Re gardless of Cost or Value. No Old Strck to be Taken to Our New Store. Now is Your Time for Bargains in New and Seasonable Goods. lira Stt Cuiif, A PAIR OF WINNERS. Student $3.00 ! Astoria $3.00! ' In All Kinds of Leather, Built for Wear and Weather. McH.HOLLIDAY, Up-to-Date Shoe House, Staunton. Va. Slipper Talk! "What is more sensible and practica ble for a Christmas present than a pair of SLIPPERS 'or a man or wo man V We have them for both, and iv up-to-date Styles and Low I'rice3. Of course we have Shoe* for Ladies, Misses, Children, Men, Boys and Youths. All desirable Christmas goods. CHAS. L. WELLER, Opposite Masonic Temple. /Kif J?*) Satisfaction Our Coal givessatisfaction because it is clean, free from slate and other impu rities and makes a hot, steady Are that can be re lied upon. It is a slow burning' coal too, and the price is as low as good coal can be bought for. The SMITH FUEL CO. Office 18 East Main St. Mutual Phones Nos, 182 an 163. Bell Phonf. No. 15. Palais Royal! ROYAL.! I*