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f taunton Spectator AND VINDICATOR. Issued every Friday morning by 11. S- TURK. Editor and Proprietor, A. 8. Morton, Business Manager. TEEMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : B M^hs::r" sl s Sc} In Advance In order to avoid delays, on account ot personal absence, letters and all commu nication for the BPKCTATOK should not be addressed to any individual connected Telephone in office connects with all City >and County Lines. ——=■ «red at the Fostoffice at Staunton, Va., as second class mail matter. Friday, March 16,1906. I THE DEMENT PLANT. Cbere is fear and trembling on the ■t of some of our citizens that a ce >nt plant may be established near Lunton. Possibly there is something our atmosphere which causes nerv sness as so many cases of it hare surred of late. Some of our very it citizens are afraid we will have a it class city, others that a local op n election may be ordered; others .t our street railway may forfeit its irter; others that Judge Crump y resign; others that Wm. R. Hearst y be the next Democratic candidate the presidency; others that Wm.J. ran may be; others that Col. Joe tton will not accept; others that we about to have too many hotels; ers that the new C. & O. depot is small: others that the new county lding may empty business houses where; others that the Panama al and our new water supply will be upleted the same year; others that horse show week will be rainy; ers that the chemical engine may irely displace our hose wagons; ers that locks may be put on our doors: others that the chemical ks may breed microbes, and others ourse that the cement plant may j se unknown troubles, and result in leard of trials, tribulations and gers. bis cement plant is the latest sen on, and with that wisdom which ays characterizes our city council, <.u«y have sent a committee of their body out to look over cement plants, and otherwise "seek light." This has caused some composure, but not ab solute rest. Already the imaginary dust has caused coughing, and made breathing harder. One of the greatest Pections to a cement plant is the il. This objection, we are told, comes largely from those into whose strongboxes "the dust" will not go. This is usually the case. We have found that when "the dust" reaches the right spot it is generally welcome, and "the dust from cement is no ex ception. Personally we know nothing of the annoyances arising from the manufacture of cement. We have heard as objections to tbe .location of a plant here that it destroys all veg tation, herbage, and so forth, for a great way around, laying the country bare, causing devastation and waste; then the blasting is something horri ble, it Bhakes the very ground, tum bles down buildings and makes one ftel as if he were near Mount Pelee or some other volcanic region; that sul phur odors are emitted, and dust and smoke spread abroad until tbe sky is overhung aud darkness rather than light pieyails. Eveu Pittsburg, we are told, is as a diamond beside a cobble stone when compared with a cement town. This is all very bad. Then we are told that wheat and corn will not grow in that vicinity. The wheat turns to grains of sand,and the corn to rocks such as aie found in caves; that chickens cannot be raised because the eggs turn to stone, that dairies cannot be conducted because the dust gets into the milk and it be comes a hardened mass, tbat the hair of tbe cows becomes filled with the dust and when rain falls on them they be come petrified. This is probable as to the milk theory. Water and cement do form stone. The dairyman might, however, lessen the danger by reducing tbe amount of water in the milk, and as for the egg raiser it would be a re lief some times to have a stone egg in stead of the one furnished. What then are we to do to avert the dire calamity which is about to befall us? Must our small pox hospital ground be turned into such base uses? We learn that this plant is to be placed right on our small pox hospital grounds. We are a quiet people. We are unused to industrial activity, the hum of ma chinery, the smoke of factories. When we go about we are not jostled by grea sy workmen in overalls, with their dinner pails, and noisy girls in crowds as they go to and from their work. Now we meet our friends when we walk or drive, or go outiu our autos, dressed like ourselves for an outing. Nurses in white aprons with baby carriages crowd the sidewalks and chatter and laugh in their good na tured way. The clerks iv the stores stand at their front doors to bow and give a passing greeting to their cus tomers and friends, and do a little mashing. Our young men saunter leisurely up and down the streets in ■mart clothes, puffing cigarettes, "kill, ing" the girls, or by our female schools looking up at windows and indulging in handkerchief flirtations. Our girls in their purple or other becoming suits •weep up and down tbe sidewalks and by the store clerks, with scornful air, neither afraid of dust from near by in dustrial plants, nor of being jostled by workmen or work women. Our homes are as pure and clean as tbe mothers can make them, or the daughters will leave them after having entertained their company. Some ordor of cigars or cigarettes, some ashes from botb.an occasional stump of a cigarette on the hearth for mamma to sweep up, of course, but nothing equal to the awful dust from a cement plant. Then must we risk being turned to stone t If j "dust we are, ana nnto dnst we shall bye, no cement for us, save and except to cement our love for our ciean little mountain city ot the class. Let's have no stony griefs. UetVctjutiuue " c are, or last wetK, in lue [Ynidst of another war in the Philippines. The cable tells that some A'oroH, jGOO iv uutnber, were on the top of a mountain near tlie crater of a volcano on the island of jolo. The mountain was nearly S,UOO feet high, there was nothing that they rould have destroy ed in that locality. They were 2,000 or more leet above auy kind of civuzi lit their own. Tuey might have ed there for the next two thou are ami harmed not a hair of d of any while Americau citi it they refused to pay taxes, ositiou was su high aud inae i that iv order for the U. 8. sent to destroy them to get to hey were they had to take can by block aud tackle, and as for liere such mouutaiu climbing uderful feats of human endur ance have seldom beeu accomplished by any people. They at last succeeded by great bravery and penereranm in reaching the position to which those half caked savages had withdrawn themselves, aud tueu succeeded in killing all of them, 600 iv number. Not one was takeu prisoner, and none are reported as wounded In this battle 18 of our soldieis wue killed and 52 wouuded. As the Moio-ihtid nothing, no rich capture ol stoles is reported. The spears, knives, arrows and bludgeons with which the Moros were armed were not a match for tbe Mauser rifles carried by our soldiers, nor did their rawhide and bamboo shields turn I lets very well, so that they all he battle after receiving from en bullets through their bodies. )ught that about one third were aud quite a number children , so that the real fighting lorce Joros was uot over throe hun died It took our soldiers two d*ys to kill them all as some were able to hide behind boulders. In the crevices of the rocks and about the mouth of the era ter, a few babies may have been over looked. It Is confidently believed that our (-oldiers got the lust one, and after they were satlsfi3d of this they came back down the mountain with their owu killed aud wounded, leaving the Moro dead to bury thuir dead. We are all proud of the valor of our soldiers, who again carried our flig to victory. The President sent congratulations to Gen. Wood on the "brilliant feat of arms." A bill to require tbe railways in Staunton, and possibly other portions of the State, to install telephones was "railroaded" through the General As sembly near its close, so we hear. We have not seen the bill, but if it be what we hear it is, it is remarkable. We will bsglad for the railways to have phones, they are very couveni&nt, and are also useful, but just on what prio ciple of law they are to be installed, any more than bath tubs, hot coffee, pianolas, Morris chairs, electr.c fans, or many other conveniences and com forts, we are at a loss to know. We wonder whether the kind of phone is prescribed. Whether It shall be the Bell, the Mutual, the County, or what kind? We also wonder whether tbe "lojg distance" is mentioned iv the bill ? and whether it will be such a phone as will do away with the noise of the electric light plant when Harri eonburg wants to talk after 6 o'clock 't There are many things such a bill might cover which in the hurry may Je been omitted, but we are anxious ut the bills for it if the first of its 1 on record, so far as we have he Senate of Virgiuia had 15 con Dinutional lawyers iv it. They Hoed up when the 2 cent rate bill was dis cussed and voted on. It is disparaging to have people gay that our great con stitutional lawyers are disappearing, it is also unjust. Here was a chance for them to come into the lime light, and whilst none of their efforts rose to the dignity of Daniel Webster or John C. Calhouu, still they were of that type which may be classed as suitable to a 2 cent rate bill. One would have been stuck had he paid 2 cents apiece for their arguments, but who could make Kcent argument on a 2 cent sub ? The thing would have been pre erous. So the arguments of our titutional lawyers were not al lowed to rise far above the occasion,and generally looked like 30 cents, just as many of their authors,will look the day after the next election. (per's Weekly is undertaking to candidate for the Democratic , a most thankless job. Nobody bought of that paper doing such g, no Democrat would like to iarper's ou a Democratic job any than he would like to risk a wolf sheep fold. Ho Democrat be lieves in the disinterestedness of this undertaking, and ail good Democrats will tell Harper's if it desires to know that no bolter of 1896 cau ever get the full Democratic vote. Dr. Woourow Wilson, of Princeton, is presented as the candidate, but such an eudoi-e --ment would down him at once. He should shake that journal if be has any Re said that 200.000 persons have in the last few years from a dis ease known as "sleepy•sickness" along a lake in Africa called Victoria I? ran z%. This disease is commended to the cit izensof SDringfleld, Ohio, as an im provement on their method from a humanitarian standpoint, as it seems to be capable of removing Africans nearly as fast as tfcey. Some have heard of the Barksdale pure election law. it i„ pathetic to know that as soon as the author of this law had purified elections in Virgiuia it became impossible for him to be again elected. This seems to be a case of one who has been hoisted on bis own petard. AFTER ITS KIND." — KVKN THK POLITICAL lIKRII — All created things according to the cbiiiar theory were once gaseous sub tauces. after that they assumed shape, ometimes beauty. Laßt week the office of Insurance Commissioner was withdrawn from he nebula in which it has floated since tbe beginning of time, aud by our Legislature was given concrete form. Some years previously to thiß latter event there existed on this planet, not as nebula, however, though to some extent gaseous, a certain Col. Joe Button, at:d the twain Lave bee* made oue flesh. This happy consummation had been anticipated by some, indeed there wete irreverent ones who so soon as our Legislature began haudliug the aforesaid nebulae, called it "The j Button hole Bill," just as if they knew that what has happened would happen. I There are always persons who can see through a brick wall or other opaque substances, for instancethe legislative or gubernatorial mind, and thus by their powers of penetration, or astro logical proclivities, deprive the public of pleasant surprises. It was even so in this case. Those of us, however, who believe in that dcctrine which says, "Whom he did foreknow, him he also did predestinate; and whom he did predestinate, him be also called; and whom he called, him he also justified; and whom he justified, him be also glorified;" have received no appreci able jolt. To us this is the coosumma tiou of a condition existing before tbe world was, exemplifying and estab lishing that "God moves in a mysteri I ous way his wonders to perform." Mr, John A. Upshur, the clerk of i the Corporations Commission, has been | dismissed. It was he who told what 'I. liner was doing, and that Judge Crump had that one share of stock. It lls not very encouraging in Virginia just now to tell on people in high places. We are Indebted to Mr. Theodore F. £ huey, official stenographer of the U. . Senate, tor public documents which ie much appreciated by us, and of reat value. WASHIN6TON LETTER. (Prom our Keuuiar correspondent.) Washington, I). 0., March 10 —The rate situation is such that one who could figure it out would be able to lake a competency at mind reading. • >'. ti parties are undeniably split over Tbe leaders on neither side want admit this, but the thing has gone r beyond party lines and with many embers beyond even tbe question of ipporting the President or of stand g together on a great national Issue, is every man playing bis own hand for tbe most part and in the confusion the ratroads ought to be able to insert | i.i v old sort of provision into the law iaud perhaps get it through with little [ scrutiny at the last moment. Of course I the f resident and his close friends are standing staunchy by the original Hepburn bill aud it is understood that they are entirely favorable to a provi sion for a conservatively worded oourt review clause. Debate will begin In earnest ou Monday at least a dozen Senators and representatives will surge forward with long speeches th»y would like to deliver and failing that would be willing to "extend their remarks iv the Record." Everybody will want to say something and there will be at least fourteen amendments offered, some of which will receive serious con sideration and others will be dealt with more cavalierly. The only thing certain is that the legislation, what Iver it turus out to be will not be near r so satisfactory as the President 'ould like to see. "Underneath the Starry Flag, Civilize "em with a Krag, And return us to our own beloved Homes." That was the song the soldiers used ) sing iv tbe Philippines, aud lien. ■ >/ood seams to have taken the advice to heart in dealing with the Moros to judge by the dispatch to tbe State De partment this week. Six hundred Moros, alleged to be a band of out laws are reported to have been wiped out to a inau with smaller but still con- Kerable lons on the American side, tether tbe annihilated band were merely cattle thieves or people with a deal or fancied grievance will never be definitely kuown for they are all tou dead to testify, and their friends, il they bare auy will paint them all as martyrs and their enemies as tbe exact opposite. Gen. Wood, who command ed at this slaughter of the natives, re ports that the whole of the island of Jolo is quiet. It very well might be latter that sort of a lesson. Possibly that way of dealing with the natives may be the most humane after all. I They have been used to a rule hereto fore in which any display of leniency was a sign of timidity, and possibly It may take some harsh lessons to teach them that tbe United States is not as a I whole that sort of a couutry. It is rither hard on the natives, but as long as we have tbe islands we will have to handle them or else they will very promptly handle us or at least such of us ss accept the generous offer of the government to go out there and get suot at for $13 per month. The government, if it wants to ad minister a course of training of this sort, is fortunate in having General J Wood there. He is a gentleman who (does not "shun the gentle lime light nor shirk the public way." He is a I gaud lighter, no one would deny that, I but rather too prone to hunt for trou ble around the corner instead of mere ly meeting it half-way. There will be a lot of talk in Congress about this last piece of "brutality." It probably was brutal and may or may not have beeu necessary. But it is safe to say that any Congressional talk will end in talk and in ten days the mere fact that tiUO Moros have been permanently "pacified," will have been forgotten in the hurry of more urgent and praotical measure before Congress. Application willTeTinade to Judge Bennett at the April term of the Cir cuit court of Pocahontas for a charier incorporating the town of Durbin. An election will be held ou the ques tion on the 28th instant. Durbin was unknown before the C. & O. By. reached that point about 4 Among tbe more important bills which have passed both branches of the general assembly at this session The Catou bill to create the office tf Insurance commissioner, to exercise a general supervision of operations and to see that all the insurance laws are rigidly compiled with. The Churchman bill tlxiug a mixi- I mum rate of two cents a mile on 501 and 1 000 mile ticketß on all railroads in the State. Tbe Booker resolutiou requesting the state corporation commission to fix a maximum flat rate cf two cents a mile for the transportation of passengers To restrict and limit tbe operations of mouey-lenders, aud prohibiting usury. (This 1s the "money shark" Increasing the number of circuit courts from twenty four to twenty-nine. Increasing tbe salaries of supreme court judges, coinmissiouer of agiicul ture, superintendent of public instruc tion and others. Tbe "Jim Crow" street car law, re quiring all companies to separate white aud negro passengers. Electing to the state board of educa tion men who are committed to the single book list for the public schools of the State. The anti-graft bill. To limit the liability of hotel-keepers for losses by guests, under certain con- Redistrlcting the State for congres sional elections. Doubling the appropriation for pub lie free schools. Increasing tbe pay of members of the general assembly to $500 each ses- Providing for an investigation of the Virginia Military Institute, tbe Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the Eastern State hospital. To provide for the improvement of public highways and the working of "jail birds" on them. Other conspicuous iucideuts of the session were: Tbe senate investigation of tbe Clowes-Foster trouble at the Eastern State hospital. The joint investigation of the Lanier matter in the corporation commission. Tbe protest of members of tbe bouse against the intrusion of "lobbyists"' on the floor of the house,and tbe order to clear the floor. Debate on ibe propositions to estab lish a closed season for crabllug aud oystering. Enormous number of petitions in fa vor of tbe Maun bill, aud the defeat of tbe amendments. Remarkable iv that no dog law legis lation has been suggested. The following bills failed of passage: The Richmond, Fredericksbuig and Potomac merger bills. Tbe amendments to the Maun liquor The bill relieving the doctors of the payment of a license tax. The Glenn traveling auditors bill. The general primary bill. The general dispensary bill. Tbe bill chaugiug the method of the appointment of the Board of Fisheries. Ti.e Puller bill removing the 810 000 liability upon cases where there is I death or serious injury. The Ould anti-cigarette bill. The social club bill. The Thomas uniform tax measure, and many years. Happy Highland. NO CONVICTS—NO JAIL BIRDS —CAT j TLB EAT, MEN REST, WOMEN WORK. The member of tbe House of Dele-1 gates from Highland, Hon. 8. W. Ster rett, is holding his head even higher than he generally carries it, on account of the report he has beard from the I Auditor that Highland fhows tbe smallest criminal expenses of any coun ty in the State. For last year tbe total criminal charges amounted to only $22 88. Mr. Sterrett says that in Sve years there has beeu only oue prisoner | kept in jail over night, and that was that ball might be secured. Nor has Highland had a convict in the peniten tiary during the last five years. Mr. Sterrett says, too, "that Highland is God's country. The men sleep and rest, while the cattle eat and grow fat, and the women only work, and do that In the house and kitchen " Everybody works but Father. ■ ■ ,—. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with local applications, astheycannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease. and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall'sCatarrhCure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription It is composed of the best tonics known combined with the best blood purifiers actiug directly on the mucous surfaces'. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such won derful results In curiug Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Famiiv Pills are the best. Southern-Grown Watermelon and Cantaloupe Seed if you want quality, sweet ness and the best melons that it is possible to grow. Northern or Western-grown seed doesn't begin to compare when you consider the quality of the fruit produced. Wood's Descriptive Catalogue tells all about the best kinds to plant. Mailed free. We are Headquarters for Cow Peas, Soja Beans, Sorghums, Millet Seed, Ensilage Corn, Alfalfa and all Southern Seeds. Write for prices and Descriptive Catalogue. T. W. WOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN. ■ RICHMOND, VA. Lofty Structure to Be Put Up at tba iamestowit Exposition Keiays I of Elevators i English Company has applied for icessiou to erect at. the Jamestown tsition a lower, wtiieh will surpass right the fam>H>9 Tour Eiffel of s, which for seventeen yeats has ed as one of the wonders of Ihe d. lis lofty structure, though it will ituated uearly 20 nnlee from the :oast, may be seeu by captains of :oast steamers plying the Atlantic, thousands or more incandesced s will be attached to the towerand mmoth searchlight placed at its will itquire no less than six relays jvators to reach the top. These aus "lifts" as they are called in and, will terminate at platforms ories, wh re it will be necessary muge cars. The cable required ach series of elevators will be not ;hao 250 feet long, or equal to the th required for a fair sized sky jer. le company planning toil gigantic rprise have also under contempla tion a scueme of amusemeuts to be located on the several d fforent floors, and they propose making the tower a veritable exposition itself. Keep The History Straight. Richmond, Va.. Mar. 7. 1906. Editor Sfectator: The bull that fell in the cave on Dog wood Hill did not belong to Mr. Brew, but to the late John Beard & (Jo., aud be was not killed. He slipped, elided Sfell about seventy feet with no r casualty than a slight skin teh on top of the hip The late :. Lusbbaugh, Chns. Lycbam and myself got him out with a wind lasc, one horn was pulled off, otherwise he was not materially damaged. If Brew lost a bull In same bole I never beard Colonist Rates. Via Southern Railway to Arizona, Ir Mexico, California and Mexico points iv other far western States ' in effect, and up to aud lucludiug il 6, 1906; via Memphis or Vicks g and Shreveport or via New Or leans, the latter beiDg the route of the Kit Route Tourist sleeper, operated eekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and iys, from Washington to San Cisco, Cal., without chauge. For further information call ou near est Southern ity. coupon ticket agent. L. S Brown, Gen. Agt., mar 3-6: Washington, D. O. Drs. Guilford and V eager have open ed their uew hospital at Marlinton.W. Va , and already are receiving numer ous patients. Miss Nora Wilson of Hland county is head nurse. The tal is up to date in every detail. UIANTED—Lead or Talc deposits. " Dpvennv, Bld'g, 3 16 It* Pi tsburg, P*. For sale AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES. Choice Red Clover Seed, Choice Sapling Clover Seed, Choice Timothy Seed, Choice Kentucky Bine Grass Seed. Choice Redtop Seed, Choice Altalfa Seed, Choice Orchard Grass Seed." Detrick's Animal Bone Trucker, Champion Corn Grower, Coon Brand Guano, Special Oat Fertilizer, Choice Recleaned Western White Seed Oats, Black and Wbippoorwill Cow Peas. Jas. H. Blackley, GreenviHe Avenue, Staunton, Va. mar 16 tit UIRGINIA—In the Circuit Court of Au- I • gusta county, the 7th day of laarch. A. H. Baylor, Plaintiff, vs W. Arthur Willson, Sheriff of Au gusta county, and as such admin istrator of William 1). Rippetoe, deed, et als., Defendants. In Chancery. The object of this suit is to enforce or rescind an agreement of date August 28th, 1891, between complainant and William D. Rippetoe and F. G. Fricke. and to sub ject any assets of the estates of said Rip petoe and said Frioke, in the hands of their administrators, or in the State of Virginia, or elsewhere, to the payment of such amount as may be found due to com plainant under said agreement. And to have all necessary accounting tre-afor. And it appearing by affidavit file 1 that the defendants, Henry wilier iuppetoe, William Carroll Rippetoe, Ida L. Rippe toe Short, Robert Oiiu Rippetoe. Charles E. V.Rippetoe, Gertiucle Rippetoe Gor- I don, Mary Rippetoe, and Kate Rippetoe Curtis, children and heirs at law of Wil liam D. Rippetoe. deed., and Scott Short, husband of said Ida, and Gordon, husband of said Gertrude, whose full name is unknown; and Curtis, hus band of said Kate, whose full name is un known; Laird S. Lang, the home'executor of F. G. Fricke, deed., and the brothers and sisters of the wife of said F. G Fricke, deed , who are also the devisees and leg atees of said decedent, and whose names are unknown, are non residents of the State ot Virginia, and that the full names of said Gordon, husband of said Gertrude, and of said Curtis, hus band of said Kate, and the names of said brothers ana sisters or the wife of F. G. Fricke, deed , are unknown. It is there fore oidered that they do severally appear here within fifteen days after due publi cation of this order arid do what is neces essary to protect their interests in this JOS. B. WOODWARD. fhos. D. Ranson, Bumgardner & Bumgardner, W.W. T.AKNKK. j. I{., SMITH LARNER (& SMITH, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA, Contractors for all Kinds of STONE AND CEMENT WORK, For Sidewalks, Driveways, Laudries, Brewries, f'eilar Bottoms Coal Houses, Vaults, Stable and Carriage Hoa-c F'"<us,Sleps Curbing, Veneered Walls, Carriage Blccks, Etc' Teaming Of All Kinds Done At Short Notice. For Sale—Good building stone and crushed stone—Quarry on Mid dlebrook road. (STAIso owners of Augusta County and City of Staunton for Harmon S. Falmer Concrete Hulldiug Blocks and Machines. Factory near old Eound House Office—Mont gimery and Ayers\ !One dose of Ayer's Cherry g Pectoral at bedtime prevents 8 night coughs of children. g No croup. No bronchitis. As j Cherry 1 Pectoral doctor's medicine for all affections of the throat, bron- chial tubes, and lungs. Sold for over 60 years. " I h:tve used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in my family tor eight veurs. Tliereis nothing e<|iial to it for cniitrhs anu colds, especially for chil- dren."— Mrs. W. H. BRYKER. Shelby, Ala.. 25c. . SDC. ?] .(HI. 3. C. ATER <X>., I All UriiuTi.'U. ir\f ________i_£_S2__!__, * I: ' J "- --[Nig ht Coughs Keep the bow ils open with one of Ayer's PMIs at bedtime, just one. Local Note* of Interest. A quantity of TVhlt.e Pine Box luro t)»r «.ud yellow and hull iiine ie wanted by the Putnam Organ Works tbis city. See the prices tbey advise to pay elsewlier* iv this papt»r. You s-hould ccc Jaiues H. Biackiey about yon grans seed and fertilizer Mrs R L. Pannell has received her spring goods for ladies suits. Tbe Palais Boyal has much to say about its spring iineof ladies'suits and spring goods. WHEN You are in need of a Plain Gold Wedding Ring, don't forget that we carry the best as sorted stock in the city. Any inscription engraved free of charge. D. L. £>witzer, Jeweler. No. 3 E. Ham Strret. LUMBER WANTED! We will pay *15.00 per thousand for 1 inch White fine box Lumber, and *14 00 for Yellow Pine aud Bull Pine, delivered atour lactory. W. W PUTNAM. mar 9jtf .stauntun, Va. ! Dr. W. F. DEEHENS, SURCEON DENTIST OFFICES: Rooms I & 2 Crowle Building -J-VT PHONE 736. ■**— STAUNTON. VA. Mineral Springs and til* Trad si Mia?Sals 1 have for sale a tract of 17 acres of land near Augusta i-Drings This land lias on it a cool fountain of all healing Chaly beate water, a fine tonic, mroicinal is Its qualities and will restore any one to stood health. The property is situated in a beautiful grove, and it well watered. Specimen shipments of this water will be sent on applicition to any interested Darty. As a springs resort the property and site is most attractive. Price for the entire property is bit' Si,ooo—Easy terms. Kor further particulars or for free sample shipment of water, call on or address, J. F. McNeal, uiar 2 3t Augusta Springs, Va. Get acquainted with" i—SMITH'S— Ulf SMITH'S MAGAZINE < and yoj are strangers we will send > you the magazine three months S free that yau may get acquainted. | tjf SMITH'S is the biggest ius | hated magazine in the world — 170 s pages or read:..-' n after and p'c i tures, ths same size p,-;ge c.s the big ) standard magazines Lke Harper's ( ani Century. | SMITH'S is mace up of the > best of everything—best stories i that can be obtained, best ißustra l tions that clever artists can draw, [ and the best special articles, written lby writers who know theii subject . thoroughly and write a.: entertain i ingly as they are bstr .-.cli re. ■I SMITH'S a';o p.-!:.;- every month a score or mors prcl'.y portraits, in colon, v . iful women. Take ii !1 in a'i, there b no better msgazhe t'.an SMITH'S— in fact, none nearly as locd, no matter what the cost. <3 Write to-day. A postal will do. Address Dept. F, Smith's Magazine, 33 Seventh Avenue, New York City W h.-ii ii> A y Njnata ■■■|||_m| ( life,/-- Jj J rERY true:: farmer knows (or ought to know) that iA3H is indispensable for pro ducing good-paying truck crops. J. J ' along with ample amounts of phosphoric acid and nitrogen, is vital to successful truck growing. "Truck Farming," an interesting- book dealing with prac tical truck raising and valuable to every truck farmer, will be sent to farmers on request, free of any cost or obligation. Address, DESMAN HAI.I WOTES. New York—93 Nassau SUiic-t. cr *»'—•»- <j.i.—Bߣ bo. Eroau Street * « JL up-to-date Spring Goods. leled. Values not to be evualed fliiv where. Btrgxint of AC imu sual character are offered in just, each inerch-ndise as is cow Va/nmnn'r Rr i +*■£ j \{ C C *4 are now arriving daily. The greatest Shirt Waist stock in the city—carefully selected the choicest and most correct style". Stylish Spring Coats of Corset Cloth at prices amazingly low. PROPRIETOR, P. B.— Our bead trimmer. wiUi her able corps of competent assistants, have arrived, and are busy as bees preparing for the largest display of Spring Millinery ever seen before. FIFER BROS. PRACTICAL PLUMBERS SANITARY PLUMBERS ! A Splendid line of Porcehiiu Hutu Tuls, roeelain Wart] 8 tends. Bracket Lightp aid every kind of Piniubers suppll, a. ANY SIZE PIPE AND FITTING KEPT IN STOCK. We make a specialty of COUNTRY WOBK. and «re prepar ed to put in Wind Mills, Hydraulic runs, Tanks, etc. Write for estimates, or call to see us at No. 16 Whitmore Building, Painless Dentistry ! Jl : - - -D Inventors of theonly peifect fitting Suc tion Flati It is a secret process, known Best sets of teeth *8.00; Gold Crowns $5; «old fillings $1.00 up; Sliver fillings 50c; Platinum fillings 75c. "Painless Extraction " "Graduates of Dentistry." The Biltimore Dental Asso. Marquis bld'g, Cor. Main& Aug.Sts. LADIES' SPRING AND SUMMER SUITINGS. Another new line —guar anteed to please you. We also guarantee to tit you Fine robes for weddings aud partits especially look ed after Mrs. R. L. Pannell, 406 Ft Augusta St. r OR SAIvE. in Augusta county. 75 in good state of cultivation, bid in good farm tim ber, 45 iv wbeat, and 17 in meadow pasture. This place is t mile from depot, churches, postofflce, stores, and graded school, and good home market A continuous demand for hauling and ti-am work at good prices. QUALITY of land, a good sandy loam, while clay bottom. All fences in good repair, mostly new wire. Land is mostly level; ruachi nerv can be run on every acre. IMPROVEMENTS—A good H room dwell ing, new bank barn, aud ad necessa ry outbuildings [mostly new] It is watered by 2 never failing springs of freestone water: well at door. Price £ 3,000. Terms Reasonable. 164 ACRES adjoining the above place; about 40 of which is cleared and under culti v»tion. Some good saw timber, and a large number of extra tine tele phone poles, pile timber and Ry. ties Tt is well adapted to grazing and fruit; woods enclosed in wire tenee; water power and good indications of Mangant-se. IM PROVE MEN I'd—Good 5 room dwell ing and ham i he-tnnt wood sells for *2.10 per cord f. o. b. cars at de pot JPresent owner says the pur chase price can be made out of the timber land. A lberaarle pippins do well on this land. Prioe 53,000. 'lerms Reasonable. Owners havegood reasons for sell ing. For further particulars see or write Rives W. flenefee & Co., Real Estate Brokers. Room 5 First Floor. Echols Bld'g. Staunton, Va. J. -B eUBTBIB. WM WOLFF VIRGINIA HOTEL BAR POOL ROOM. The handsomest and best equipped establishment of its kind in the Valley. The best of; everything known to tbe trade. Brilliantly lighted pool room, with re-julatiou tables.' and every pos sible convenience tor our patrons. We extend a cordial invitation to our old friends aud patrons and the strangers , within our gates to visit our estab lishment. VIRGINIA HOTEL BAR 4 POOL ROOM Guntner &. Wolff, proo's. feb 2 :Sm South New Street. Upholstering as good as tbe best, and Your Old Furniture made good as new. Antique Furniture bought and sold. Always keep a line of the handsomest antique furniture, thoroughly repaired aud renewed. Much of it in old mahogany and cherry. If your furniture is broken or worn out, or vmi need anything in our line, rail and see if we oannot accommodate you. A. C. MABREY & CO., Next to Spectator Office, E. Main St. Phone 769, Staunton. Va. HARDY'S CARRIAGE FACTORY. .-•,.7 ±S? — In stock a large line of ptenpuro vehicles—Huggles. Carriages pi tons Traps,etc., and all up-to-date. W A very handsome double s>*.„"f ec i • urrv. m bird - s eye ma pie, and flnishni in maroon learer. v «Sr Stylish Traps, single or double seated, also the reversible trap—very 0* Up-to-date Runabouts finished in gray whip cord cloth. A Complete line—Be Sure You See Them. Factory East Main St Nt '