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PftOPESSIU.N'VL UIBECTOBY._i_t>_ r. "w^-T"_*7a_ A* c* OOBDON '
AaiOBsNE.S-AT-LAW,Staunton, Va.
Courts.-Augusta and adjoining counties.Federal Court Si Harrisonburg, .Court ot Ap.
peals of Virginia, at Staunton. fe__t--i
"-'? Staunton, VaOffice In Stout Building, Court-house Alley
CA. KICHAIIIISOX,. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Staunton, Va.Special attention given to the collection of
claims, and prompt returns made.Coohtb?Augusta and Rockingham.Office-No. 2 Law Building. Oct.
WM. A. HUDSON. rPVM. PATRICK.
HUUSOIH _. PATRICK,ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Staunton. Va.,Will practice In the Courts of Augusta and
adjoiningcounties. Special attention paid tocollections. feb-2-tf
I. a. TooK___. H. ST. GEO. TUCKKB,Lexington, ?-'»,. Staunton, Va.
TUCKER __ XPOKER, fATTORNB -
S-AT-LAW,Staunton, Va.,
Will print.. -.'.. -.__ .... irts of Augusta and the-djolninti"<-__.... .iiso In the Court of Ap-peals of Vi.giEia,and will attend regularly theJircuit Courts of Roclabridge. au22-tf
H. «.. MiTHIWa. ALEX. F. -tATHKWS.M_IU!W< ,* MATHEWS,
, : TOR «EYS-AT-LA W,Uffisßuuij Wkst Va.,
practice- r_t_u_-_iy In thi Court- of tireenbrier,Monroes, Po<-ahontas and Nicholas counties, W.Va., the Court of Appeals, aud the federalCourt* toi th- Ui_ti'ict o! W. Va.
«_s iartlculMi attention paid to I oUecMeinlud to special ca_e. anywhere in their rfiatttuay n?lj
f._f4»__A_i l». i.-.S«>-.,J. ATTORNEY-A'i'-i-AW.
STAUNTON, VA.-___>_ his pr_-___io___l bei vices in the Couutymd circuit Courts of Augusta, and in the tins-.i_ig~ Court and tut Court of Appeals held In___Uii._u. Will aiuu Pa-___M__B clainxb else-B'Uere through legal correspondents in this and.ther States. may .o?ly.
PIIEMT4-X .1 _AI'I_IK,ATTORNEY-AT-LAVV,
_md s-oh'citor in Chancery, Staunton, Va.,->ra.tices Iv all the Courts of Augusta and ad-orning ..unties.UF-'iujc?'fue same lormerly O-cupled oy his
lather, Col. Oeo. Bay lor, dec'd. on Augusta St.,-pposite the Court-house. no 21
\ir M - n- Hi-AtiilSl-EB.W ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,Wash Spkings, Va.
Courts?Alleghany, Bath and llighland, Va.,nd Pocahontas, West Virginia.«_r"Sp_ciai attention given to oollection of-hums and proceeds promptly accounted for.dec 23?tf
DR. J_-_-____JO-UnTeggp,DENTIST,
Main stebkt, Staunton, Va.\u25a0Jfficb:?Over Turner A Harman's Urocerytore. dee 21?tfV. U. -_C._!KK. sY_t. I. NII_ION.
l7i-.-»-_R ay NE-iSU*..l__ ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,and Beat Estate Agents,
may 5 Staunton, Va.
T_-_J_o_.l_._t.« » »
J A-. HUTCHESOft,. MEUSJIIANT TAILOR,
109 E. Main St., .tanoton, _*__,
I desire to call the attention of my friendsand the putilie to the fact that I have Just re-".ived _, most beautilul line of?
__»__fc______Mß GOODSFOB FALL AND WINTER WEAR.
1 am prepared to furnish Gentlemen's suits, ol.he very he.l materials, made up in the latesttyles aud iv the most wuramaullke manner,
nt low prices, anel satislacLlon guarauLeed. iIsoa.epa lull ltu_ oi (ieuis' _ _____ft_A___m
4-ois.el.-*. £_*- Give rut* a call be.'ure makiugyour purchases. Respectlu.iy.
ooU.-tl J. A. HUTCHESON. jI> ft. -iKAVES,
Fasliioiialile Tailor,No. 103 £. Alain St., Up Stairs, opposite
the Staunton Opera House.is prepared togive the same satisfaction ln all
work as ln former times.?.pecim AUenillon Paid to Cu-ting.
Work done outside of shop. Cutting and re-hiring done In best manner and on short no-ice. *__r TERMS CASH. -_» au_7-tl
"V| fc-RCUANT TAILORINO
MEADQUARTERS,JML. __*?. BlelS-VMA-R.-*-.,
No. 10 New St..STAUNTON. VA.
My Merchant Tailoring Establishment hat-usl been htted up with a new and-liue assort-ment of
Suaal-1ft.1.. 4-lolllN, iasiKimeres., Ac,FOR FALL ANU WINTER,
of the latest style, aud nest manufacture._a-r ferfeei dts guaranteed and orders prompt-
ly executed.Cii 1 aud examine s_o_ds aud prices. Jy_-U
_U.f---._E rui..J....-tr.i.i.Ei _______\u25a0__\u25a0 ...._.__..,V ..TAUNTON, VA.
the People e.f Augusta and the Valley couni.-- .
i-__ep your ,iii>ne_ -el Home is to prosper,-ulllawajis to beome Impoverished.
Everything is at ver;.-r low prices, aud __\u25a0_____!\u25a0ty ing Monuments, Ideas'A Irt Hint Font Stones, as low
..' _ /\u25a0, J j for cash as any local orJ .Ml; t'?J J / traveling agent, or any
Jl/ul J I I Marble dealer iv the Uni-?3i___ Hcifc___y .5 ted States. Don't believe'*'__-**\u25a0 __>-*? \u25a0 --t ~ w anything to the contrary ,t -.- rT'-^***, Va_i'_t_t till yon come and see."j._-.--___ ... --__-___-. j Q JTA RQTJIB-
P, A.?l also call attention to my Catalogue3" Designs of the Wonderful White BronurMiinnsia_nt.si.tid H.nrl Stones. an_7-tf
M-VSKV STABLES.. __- _ ,?
aBMJiEB tiiß,i_ii_iii:.\r.
THE BEST LIVERY IN THE STATE.
AMERICAN HOTEL,
_________________ Ijlvery sitables.8. I. I'HOKnIB.KU, Frotirletor.Havingrefitted my stables aud added a num-ber of tine norses and vehicles to my stock, Iam prepared to accommodate the summertravel In the most elegantand handsome styleat reasonable prices.
46?* Hunting, Fishing and Pleasure Partiesgenerally will be supplied with any kind ofvehicle desired, at low prices.I .respectfully invite my former customers
«-nd the publicgenerally to give me a call.Satisfaction guaranteed.mavlS-tf S. T. THORI-BTTRG.
ARTHUR JERRAM,Successor to
ROBERT HILL, Jr.,
Manufacturer and Bottler of
GINGER ALE,IJemon. -Sods*.,
AND
SARBAPARILLA.Bottled Beer Sf Porter
ALWAYS IN STOCK.NEW STREET.
0ct.2..'«.. lv Staunton, Va.
OIL SASSAFRAS,PIHHYEOYAL, ETC.,
Bought for Net Cash, on receipt and approval,wltuout chargeof Commission Brokerageetc, by
DODPK & OLCOTX,86 *88 .1 1.1.1,. .11 SI., NEW YORK.
wu.-S 6m
1MJwMiS/mf SttteA Monroe Sts..Chicago. JmWill .etui prein.i.l tnunv _.tle'r__.
» BAND CAT ALOOUE, if c^JgMfor Irtsl. »H. !-;__.'__., .10 hii_r.-,-jil(r_.iJflflof inttrum-trU Suits, Caps H_lu,V '"'jMMMm|9Hol\in-pon_. -Ct-*-'il*t_, C»p-(.ainpfc, JmMMMm
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¥»0 ET R*V.
ALONE.
Imiss you, my darling, my darling.The embers burn low on the hearth ;
And stilled Is the air orthe househo'd.And hushed is the voice of Its mirth.
The rain plashes fast on the terrace,The wind past the lattices moan ;The midnight chimes out from the minster,And 1 am alone.I want you, my dirling, my darling,I am tired with care and with fret;
I would nestle In silence beside you.And all but yonr presence forget.
In the hush of the happiness givenTo those who, throu.h trusting, have grownTo the fullness of love ln contentment.Bat I am alone.I call you, my dajling. my darling.
My voice echoss back on my heart;I stretch my arms to yon in longing.
And Io! they fall empty apart.I whisper the sweet words you taught me.The words that we only have known,Til tbe btonk of the dumb air is bitter.For I am alone.1 need you, my darling, my darling.
With its yearning my very heart aches;The load that divides us weighs harder?I shrink from the jar that it makes.
Old sors-ows rise up lo beset me,Old doubts make my spirit their own ;Oh, come thro' the darkness and save me,Feir 1 am alone.
?All the Year Round.
I (I.DIB TO BEST. >
BY LTTCY J.ARCOM.
Still Imust climb lt I would rest;The bird soars upward to its nesi;The young leaf on the tree-top highCradles itself within the sky.
The streams, that seem te, hasten down.Return in cloud*, the hills to crown;The Dlant arises from tier root.To roclt aloft her flower and fruit.I cannot ln the valley stay;The treat hot lzons stretch away:The very .lid's that wall me roundArc ladders nnto higher ground.To work?to rest?for each a time;I toll, but Imust also climb.What soul was ever quiteat easeShut In by earthly boundaries?I r-.m not glad till I haveknownLlf. that can lilt me from my own;A loftier level must be wou,A mightierstrength to lean upon.And heaven draws near as I ascend;The breeze Invites, the stars befriend.All things are beckoning to the Best;I climb to Thee, my God, f..r rest!TUTT'S
PILLStorpid bowels,
Disordered liver,and MALARIA.
From these sources arise three-fourths olthe diseases of the Lun.an race. Thesesymptoms Indicate their e___tence: __«_.» ofAppetite, i-OV-el, costive, _!_.]_ ]I__il..?_u_, fullness alter eating;, averslcn toc_ee-_loi- of body or mind, Eructationof food, Irritability of temper, Lonspirits, A feeling of having neglectedsome duty. H-zziiacss, Fluttering at theHeart, _>ots before tlie eyes, highly col-ored Urine, CONSTIPATION, and de-mand theuse ofa remedy that acts directlyon theLiver. AsaLivui'medicine TUTT'SPILLS haveno equal. Their action on thoKidneys nnd Skin is also prompt; removingall impurities through tneso three " scav-engers of the system,rt proelucing appe-tite, sound digestion, regular stools, a clearskin and avigorous body. TUTT'SPit LScause no nausea or griping nor interferowith daily work and arc a perfectANTIDOTE TO MALARIA
HE FEEI.S LIKE A SEW MAS."I have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
tion,two years, and have tried ten different-....as of pi.-., and TUTT'S are tne lii-stthat tar. oone me ar.y gc___ _
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cleaned me out nicely. Mv appe-lte »_splendid,food digests readily, ami I nowhav6 natural passages. I feel itkn a newmap. \u25a0 V.. D. EDWARDS, Palmyra, 0._ol_esre_yw_ere,2sc. Office,4l MurraySt.,N.T.
TUTTS HAII DYEGray Haih ok Whiskers changed in.
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which is always safe and rc-lial.le. It soothes andquiets the Child, Relieves PAiNand Inflammationand gives Sweet, Natural Sleet to llabfs amiRest to Mothers. All Druggists and Mbdi__nb .Dealers Sell it.
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By Universal Accord,Ayep.'s Catiiaktic I'ii.i.s are the bestof _11 purgatives for family use. Theyare the product of loiig, laborious, andsuccessful chemical investigation, andtheir extensive use, by physicians intheir practice, and Ivy nil civilized na-tions, proves them tbe best and mosteffectual purgative Pill that medicalscience can devise. Being purely veg-etable no harm can arise from theiruse, and being sugar-coated, they arepleasant to take. Ia intrinsic valueand curative powers no other Pillscan be compared with thorn; and everyperson, knowing their virtues, wiilemploy them, when needed. Theykeep the system in perfect order, anilmaintain in healthy action the wholemachinery of life. Mild, starching andeffectual, they are especially adaptedto the needs of the digestive apparatus,derangements of which they preventand cure, if timely taken. They arethe best and safest physic to employfor children and weakened constitu-tions, where a mild but effectualcathartic is required.
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?Tver thought posMble at any hur-ine. s. ChpHhlnot raqulred. We will .tun you. You c_n
work all the time or in spare time only. Tl..work is uiiiversai'v adaple. I to both sexe*,voun. and o'd.. You ran easily earn from 511_n!s In .sev.iy evening 1 lint, all who want
?viirk may te-st, the bu-lness, we mult- this un-aralleleii offer; toall who are nut mistled w-ewi'l send *1 to pay 'or Ihe I rouble ni writingusKuli iiarticu'u-K, dire-tons, etc, sen Iree ?
-'ortuoes will IIP made by those whnglvp their_-hol'- lime lo the w-rk. l-rest-UC-ess stl'so-'utelvsure. Don't ds-lav. MtHrtnoi- _,t,t._fro
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AN .ESTHETIC EXPERIMENT.BY SUSAN ARCHER WEISS.
'"Oliver," said Mrs. Maxey, looking upfrom knitting a suu-ll . wer tidy, as her hus-band comf- l-tably sealed himself in liis arm-chair, and unfolded tbe evening paper.
"Well," responded Doctor Maxey, per-ceiving that she had something of impor-tance to communi.site.
""..-.esl'.d :1 visit from Mrs. _______ to-dayjf
"Nothing extraordinary?unfoitunate-ly," murmured he.
"She's a very clever and superior wom-an," letoi ted.his wife, quickly and some-what defiantly.-
-"In her own opinion?granted! Well,what new-fangled?l beg her pardon! ?clever and superior notion is she up tonow?"
"I 's about chil !ren," replied Mrs. Max-ey, solemnly?-'about children aud theiraesthetic cultivation."
"Bother! If she would allow her chil-dten and herself, too, a little more culinarycultivation, it would be greatly for thegoodof the family. She's the poo est house-keeper in town, from all accounts, and weall pity Lucas."?'rtell we've nolhing to dowith that," said
Mrs. Maxey, loftily.? "What I haveto say isthat I ;ig<ee with her, inconsidering the chil-dren of thepresent tiny as not sufficientlyeducated, so far as .esthetic principles areconcerned. Their intellectual and? ahem!?Sirs, Maxey looked as if endeavoring torecollect something?"moral erlucatiou aremade objects ? f exclusive attention, wuilethe appreciation of art and a love of thebeautiful, are wholly overlooked."
'Go on!" said the doctor, assuming anexpression of intense interes', aud puttinghis hand to bis ear.
'\u25a0Of course," said Mrs. Matey, descend-ing to a moiv common place tone, as sheisuioolheel out the petals of the sunflower?' of ceiursc, if we wish our childien to beieally elegant and refined, we most culti-vate refined tastes in them. As Mrs. Lu-cas says, 'Just as the tree is bent, thetrunk's inclined.' "
"If she said that," remarked the doctor,deliberately, -'she certainly said somethingoriginal, besides improving upon Pope. Ofcourse, she added something about teach-ing the young 'idea how to shoot.' "
"Dear me?no! Why she wonldn't forth" world think of trusting her boys witha gun or pistol. Neither would I I'msure you've heard me say so a thousandtimes," saiu lire. Maxey, reproachfully.
Her husband chuckled quietlyto himself,as he turned his paper.
"What I mean," resumed Mrs. Maxey,half indignantly, "is simply that children-hould be trained in a love for, and a \u25a0 pre*cation of, everything beautiful, especiallyinart. ?Now look at their toys, for instance.What can we expect except coarseness andlow tastes irom a boy, whose earliest, asso-ciations are with saws, spades, and wheel-barrows?"
"Nonsense! Those are the very thingsto teach him practical industry and useful-ness.''
"And the girls?" pursued liis wife."All that they have are dolis?painted andfrizzled dolls. Is there anything more cal-culated to inspire them with vanity, andfrivolity, and a love of finery, than the per-petual drcssing-up of these lurbiious littleimages?"
"Theremay be something in that," herhusband admitted, r. flectively, as histhoughts recurred to the last dress-maker'sbill.
"Now,*' pursued his wife triumphantly,'?what I propose is to give our childrenmore refined and artistic amusements.We can begin with scrap-books and paints?both oil _,lri water colors "
"What aie they for?""The set op-booksare for pasting pictures
in. They Can get plenty out of olel booksand magazines, and the choice of these willteach them to disciiminate between what isgood and indifferent. They can paiut thesewith the waler-cole rs. The eiil paints?cheap, common ones at first, yon know?the boys can use on various things, riicUas their Utile carts and other toys. I'vepromised Eddie to let him paiut the nurserycoal-skuttle, win n he has learned how tohandle the buns'). Little Tot arid Toddle,would like something pretty iv the nurse-ry, in place ofthe plain, black coal-hod."
"I don't fee how daubing old coal-scut-tles is to inspire a love of art or apprecia-tion for the beautiful," said Doctor Maxey,sarcastically.
"Oh. they'll improve! And then," saidMrs Max y, artfu'ly, "it's such a nice wayofkeepii g them quiet. Especially on rainydays.",
"That might be worth considering. Ifassth-tic culture will preserve them fromlueaking their necks down the balustrades,or crazing people with yelling about thehouse, as they diel all yesterday, then Iwe-n't object to any reason-blemeans ofac-complishing that result."
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STAUNTON, VA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1884. \u2666
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ing the things ? It's only three or fourd.llars."
*'I wouldgladly give fifty to secure quietin the house," he replied.
And so ihe matter was settled.Mrs. Maxey had not long to wait for a
ttiny day to test the success of her experi-ment. It came, and found her providedWith the materials which were to convertthe children, from noise aud vulgarity, torefined and aesthf tic aspirations.
But unfoitunately for her own enjoymentof this triumph, she was cilled upon to at-tend a special meeting of "The Associ itioufor the promotion of .Esthetic CultureAmong the Masses," and at which Mrs.Lucas -»as to read her own brilliant pro-duction on "The Indivisibly ofthe Onenessofthe Indestructibly Beautiful," and notfor the world would Mrs. Maxey have miss-ed, it, or the social three o'clock luncheonwhich was to follow, at the elegant resi-denceof one of the society members.
Before leaving she distributed the scrap-books ar.d paints.
"Now, children," she said impressively,"keep very quiet and amuse yourselveswith these. See who can choose the bestpictures, and do the prettiest painting "
"May we have all the pictures we canfind, mamma?" eagerly inquired Evange-line.
"All but those in the books. Don't touchany ofthe books. There are plenty of oldpapers and magazines in the attic, but Iwouldn't choose any common pictures; on-ly those that are really nice and pretty "
"And may I paint, tlie coal-scuttle, moth-er, demanded Eddie, flourishing his brushin what his admiring pareut considered avery artistic manner.
? 'Well, yes, if you will take pains. Andthen perhaps you will lie able to paint El-lie's doli's furniture; and by and by, pic-tures and portraits.?Who knows," she ad-ded, encouragingly, "but that you may oneday be an Mint, like that gentleman whosestudio we visited the other day."
Eddie, with visions of grea ness floatingbefore his mental view, strutted prouiilyaway in search of the coal-sciittlo whichwas to be ihe bumble beginning of his dis-tinguished career; a -el his mother, in ahopeful and satisfied frame of miud, tookher departure.
Dr. Maxey, inhis office on the basementfloor, congratulated himself on the cbi'drenbeing so quiet. He only beard them once,and theft it was little Elite's voice, at thehead of the stairs.
"I wants a scrap-book, too. I's doin' toast my papa to dive me one!"
The doctor put on his overcoat, and wen'cut on his usual daily round ofprofessionalvisits, thinking that there might be some-thing in sestheiic culture after all, if itcould thus keep these usually irrepressiblechildren from noise and mischief.
It was past five when he returned home,meeting his wife who had just taken leaveof Mrs. Lucas.
She assured him that she had had a mostdelightful lime, except for a dull and con-fused feeling in In r head, which had pre-vented her fully enjoying her friend's bril-liant reading
The doctor didn't wonder at the symp-toms.
All the children, nicely dressed, camerunning to meet their pareul-; and Mrs.Max.y remarked, exultantly, to her busband how unusually blight and happy theylooked.
She had scarcely time to lemove her bon-net, when they eagerly crowded aroundher.
"Oh, mamma." crier] Evangeline, "we'vebeen so good all day, and Inve doneso muchpr-tly wo- kJ Louise aud I have most filledeinr-sserap-b iok. Just, look! Dal yod eversee anything so peifectlv lovely?"
'Very pretty, indeed!'' said their moth-er, daintily turning the damp and stickyleaves.
For the spectator.
Search Among Old Records."Antiquary," who has been searching
among the dingy records of the past, fur-nishes the following for publication in thecolumns of the Spfctator:
COURT-HOUSE LOT IN 1749."The Justices of Augusta county in May.
1749, had 25 acres laid off as follows: Be-ginning at a stake on the creek side at them-ruth of a gutt fronting the Court-house,aud runneth thence _.. s°, W. (includingsaid Couit-h'iusej 64 poles to a forked w.oak on a gravelly hill, th. N. s°, E. G3poles to a stake on the E. side of a draft,th, S. s°, E. 64 poles to a stake on the So.side of a hill, th. S. 85°, W. 63 poles to yeBeginning."MEETING- OF NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS IN
STAUNTON IN 1754.When, in August, 1754, Gov. Dinwiddie
was moving heaven aud earth to thwartand bafßj the Fiench. and prevent themsetting a foot-hold at Fort Duquesne, "Col.--.res Innes, at the time Commander-in-iu.Chiei," &c, was on the march to WillsCreek (Cumberland, Md.,) with a mixedforce of North Carolinians, Virginians, &c,he addresssed him in August at tbat place,and said: "1 have wrote home pariicul_.il>in regaid to the command, lut I presumethere will now be no dispute, as you com-mand in chief. All the forces from Carolinacontinued mutinous during their march.Capt. Bryan's mutinied at Augusta Court-house, and'would march no further until afriend of mine advanced forty pounds,which is charged to your couuty, and youshould call on theCaptain for it. All theirmutinies is occasioned fur want of properofficeis, and I think you should have madetin example of some of the ring-leaders,"e&c.FIRST PUBLIC EXECUTION IN STAUNTON
IN 176,1Jhe unjust hanging of Bullett, as many
Believe it to have been, was not the firstpublic execution in Staunton. This one nodoubt was, and beyond question, where be-heading &c., followed. Mr. Lockart wasthe Sheriff, as we believe:
'.November 9 .h, 1763, third year of ourSovereign Lord, George tlie Third, King otGreat Britain, France, and Ireland. King,Defender of the Faith, of his Majesty'sCjinmission, under the seal of the Colouyand Dominion of Virginia, bearing date22d of October last past, directed to JohnChiswell, efcc: Tom, guilty of the murder.i' John Harris, is to he banged by the neckuntil he be dead. Execution to be done onSaturday, the 19th inst.; thai his head besevered from his body, and affixed on apole, on the top of the hill, near ihe roadthat leads from this Court-house to EdwardTars's," Lockhar., &_.
Now, Mr. Editor, who, of the fiveoldest persons within the corporation, whowill readily be recalled, can lorate the hill,the road, or where "Edward Tars" lived?Of cijurse, after an interval of one hun-dred and twenty-one years, tradition mustdo its parfect woik.
SMALL-FOX INOCULATION IN 1777.At, tho March Court nf 1777, Sampson
Mai hews and others petitioned the C.urtmid obtained permission "to introduce in-oculation of small-pox in the town of Stiaun-iou aud within three mil s of the same."ROAD FROM JENNIrCG'S OAF TO TTGART'S
RIVER."At a Court held January 19, 178... Felix
Gilbert, Abram Smith, Alex. Robertson,J.ilm Hays, G oige Mathews, and SampsonMathews, Justices, an order was made di-rsetitrg Thomas Kincaid, Abram Ilemp-.ton_t_l), and Jacob Riffle to view a roadfrom Jennings Gap to Tygart's River."
How deeply interesting now, Mr. Editor,would a minute report be of all that befellthem in tLe expedition ninety-nine yearsago. Antiquary.
'\u25a0First," said Louise, "we pasted in allthe prettiest pictures we could fiud in themagazines. We didn't use the commonones; and then we seaiched all over thehouse for the ti/icomraon. Let me showthe m to you, mama."
?'Look, mother, what I've done!" inter-rupted Eddie. proudly, as he thumped downa coal-hod painted all over in yellow-and-red stripes, eros ed with bands of purple.
"Ain't that bully, though ?""Hemarkably so." said his father; "and
will be very pleasing and instructive to Totaud Toddle." he added, with a sly glanceat his wife.
"And I've painted Ellie's doll's bureau,and tha nursery wasu-stand, aud the chinavases ia mamma's room," announced Ed-die.
"And he's painted great-grandpa's por-trait, papi;he's made his cheelcs red, andhis brown coat gteen!" said Louise.
"What!" cried D ictor Mixey, who valu-ed nothing beyond hi. old family portraits.
"Flow dared you touch that picture, sit?- '"Mamma said I'd be able to paint por-
trait* after awhile," said the boy. deprecat-ing; "aud when I found I could paint things,I thought I'd try. Didn't you, mother?"
But Mrs Maxey was staring with wide-open eyes at t'.e scrap-book before her.?There were all her lo.ely aud costly Easterand birthday cards, which had lately a-dm-ned the fancy-easels in the drawing-roomaud still worse, there were the much prizeelcontents of her photograph album, nowhopelessly glued to the leavi s of that abom-inable scrap-book. Anil there was oneexqui.iie painting ou white silk?violetsand lilies-o''-tbe-valioy?which instantlycaught her eye.
"We cut it out of your fan. mamma. Itwas all broke to pieces, you know, aud nouse to you now."
That fan had last month cost Mrs.Maxey ten dollars. The rive had comeout, aud she had carefully laid it aside.tobe re laired.
"Papa," cried little EUie, pushing herway through the group, and, with an air ofmuch importance, mouutiug to her fa her'sknee, "sen what a nice scrap-hook I'_made!"
lt was a "Family Record," bound in redmorocco, which generally reposed in adrawer of Doctor Maxey's private office-desk.
Methods of Monopolists.Monopolists complain of labor organizing
against capital, but if there is anythingwrong in such organization the monopolistsdo not set a good example, for they are al-waysorganizing against labor and againstthe people. There are many manufactur-ers and merchants who are as liberal, au4as honest, and.as just as the moral law re-quires; they are conducting business tomake money, but at the same time they aremindful of their employes, and if the busi-ness is profitable they show their appreci-ation of faithful service by paying liberalwages But, on the other hand, many ofthe largest industries in tbe .couutry areowned aud controlled by "soullesscorpora-tions" that grind their employes, and co -
rupt Legislatures, and Lax the public, allfor tbe benefit of the individuals who com-pose the corporations or syndicates. Takethe Western Union Telegraph Company asan example. It makes a great clamor whents overworked employes strike. Aad themillionaires who control tbat gigantic cor-poration say secretly, "Well, you will paydearly for tha strike. We may have tomake concessions now, but we have it inonr power to grind a id grind after thestrike is all over, and grind we will. Andnot only will we make you suffer, but wewill tax the public for sympathizing withyou in your communistic demandsfor morewages and a reduction in the hours of Ser-vice. Strikes cost us hundreds of thou-sands, but the loss is only temporary, forwe will more than catch up by makingsomebody pay, aud instead of pocketing ashortage at the end of the year, we will bemillions ahead. You emp oyes may be or-ganized for a strike, but the Western Uuionis better orgsnized still, and while yourstrikes only ci-me at long intervals, we arestriking all tbe time." Such is the spiritofbullying corporations like the WesternUnion. And while that company is per-haps the worst monopoly in the country,there aro many others almost as bad.
Some of the railroads furnish striking ex-amples; the Standard Oil Company isanother example; ami the iron manufac-turers of Pennsylvania, and Ohio furnishstill other examples. Speaking of dangerons iron monopolies, the Age of Iron, pub- ,lished at St. Louis, made a statement the -other day to the effect that a movementwas on foot to oreaoiz . the entire pig-ironindustry of ihe United States into one solidpool, for the purpose of regulating the sup-ply aud profits of this important product. IIt is proposed, according io the statement,to divide the country into six pig-iron dis-tricts; and when the Excculive Committeethinks that stocks are getting too heavy itwill order the furnaces of this or that dis-trict to "shut down;"' but the district which Iis ordered io stop will draw dividends from :the pool the same as if the furnaces were in 'operation. The movement originated, it lis said, with the monopolists ofthe Lehighregion. There has been a denial of tue :statement, but it is more than likely that 'such a movement exists. The S mth, withits splendid advantages for making pig-iron,can take care of itself. Pennsylvania andother northern furnace men would no Idoubt like to drag the South into .uch amonopoly, if/ur no other object than to '?make it ""solid" against tariffreform. They 'would hope, by a sort r-f pig iron Freema-sonry, to so embarrass and fiighten Con-gress with its grim in-igaia as to stop alltalk of revenue reform. In sliotf, theirplan would be, with a solid iron fionr, tobulldoze our National Legislatureand grow ;richer aud richer at the expense of thegreat mass of the people. The South, weare certain, will keep clear ofall such dan-gerous alliances.
But the movement among the pig-ironpiotectionists shows, what we started outto prove, that the monopolists set the work-ingman v bad example. If it is wrong foroue to organize a threatening strike, it iswrong for the other, and tho organizationof capital against the people is nothingmore nnr less than a defiant strike.
We will never have an> thinglike a wholesome economy until we have just, intelli-gent, and effectivelegislation against mon-opolies. Let the people ponder this matteraud act wisel3' and houestly.? Rich. State.
For the SPECTATOR.Long Ago.
Mr Editor:? Fot- fear Hon. A. H. ELStuart may not see the reference made 11him as being able to give the history ofthose citizens of Staunton present at Mr.Abram Smith's first marriage, October Ist,1807, permit me to give you some factstouching some of tlrem. M s Mary Hum*phreys was the widow of Dr. Hum-phreys, in h ;s day a prominent physician,who lived on the hill not far from Mr.Stuart's present, resideuce.or perhaps nearerto the \Y. A. Hrrrris's school. She was adaughter of the Rev. John Brown, the lirstPastor of New Providence, and gr nd-daughter of John Preston. After her bus-hand's death, her oldest son, the late DavidC Humphreys, of Midway, Woodfordcounty, Ky., at the time 17 year, old, re-moved about 1816 to Kentucky. . He toldthe writer t_?.t he had the first Stroda ?/ suitof Casinet, furnished by Joseph and Silas11. Sini i h, whose clerk lie had been for sometime at the Burw.lt corner; tbat he bad fiftycts. lelton reaching Lexiugton. His widow,a, Miss Scott, of Lexington, died a month ortwo since, and Mary?Mrs. Day, of NewJersey?is the sole survivor of a family oftwo sons and two daughters. Mr. Alexan-der, owner uf the famotn stock farm, '? Wo-burn," married Lucy, the othet daught.r.and some years since M'ss Fullerton, ofChillicotbe. 0. He is the sole survivor ofhis family, and the writer may give yourreaders some interesting f.tc s in regard tothis Alexander family, who, they will besurpii-ed to kuow, resided atone time nearDeerfieltl, anel the father, William Alexinder, removed to Kentucky with Mrs. Hum-phre.is. In March, 1840, in the interviewwith David C. Humphreys, he said to thewiiter, "he could remember every man,woman, aud child, horse, cow, and dog,when bis mother 1-fr. Staunton, in its cor-porate limits." Night alter night, for aWeek, eve bun cd midnight oil, and, in il-lustration of my inteiest in him. called oneevening to sp j nd the night, at the dtsire ofan ol 1 friend of his in Augusta, who, onlen.v;ng his door in February on horsebackfor Kentucky, said to me: "If you findyourself in fifty miles of David C. Hum-phreys, my esteemed friend, call aud sachim on my account."
I did so, intending to go to Cincinnatithe next morning. I did not get, away in aweek, and then oulv on the condition that Iwould meet him mid his wife and sister inLouisville the next week, and accompanythem ou Ihe steamer Peytona to New Or-leans I did so The sister was the step-mo- her of Mrs. President Lincoln. Mrs.Catharine Mathews was the widow of Samp-son Mithews, and Elizabeth Rrfd was hisdivor_.il «ife. who again took her uiiiidenname. Will Mr. Stuart give us a more fullhistory of each? Dr. Jacob D. Williamson,as he afterwards became, as I suppose hehad not at this date studied medicne, thewriter k'-ew iutimattly. He owned thefine estate in the end of R-ickino-ham, justsou hwest of New Market Having nochildren, he had a nephew, youug Lemon,raised near to Martinsburg. to take hisname and heir his fine - state. lie did so; heedncited him at Lexington; 1 forget if atGoleg,ot the Institute. The young man,at the close of his course, married the oldestdaughter of the late Mat hew Whi .. Shesurvived her husband. Dr. WilliemsonM-veral times represented Rockingham inthe Legislature. O l.
Ashes.By our Asrricultnral Edlr.?r.
Save all the ashes from thefireplaces, andput them on the smokehouse or cellar floor,where they will kf .p dry till wanted foruse. Then at the time of planting comhave a hand to go along before the planterswith a bucket of a-hes, and drop a full sin-gle handful immediately under each hill.?-As the ashes are put down, let the bandknock over it a little dirt with the foot, andthen set the foot upon the spot for the cornto be planted. In tbis way the planterswill know .just where the ashes are deposit-ed, and will not fail to get the seed in theright place. A handful of good hard woodashes, such as are usually made in everycountry fire-place in winter, will make agood strong stalk of corn to grow on quitepoor land, and each stalk will yield an earof solid grain that without the ashes wouldlie but sorry stuff. There is no better fer-tilizer than ashes wood, and beingin a concentrated form a very little of is re-quired to make good com. There is prob-ably no bett r use to make of it than to putit all under the corn. Two or three bushelsis enough for an acre ofcorn, a handful tothe hill, and as the ashes cost nothiug itthus becomes the cheapest and best fertili-zer for coin that can be employed. Wehave during the white, saved up quite a lotof ashes, which we intend to use in theabove way. having been led to this way offertilizing corn by the advice aud practiceof an old darkey, who always makes plentyof good sound corn. It is important tokeep the ashes dry till used.? PetersburgIndex-Appeal.
The noT Water Cure.?Hot waterseems destined to come into universal useas a curative agent for many of the ills towhich our frail structures are heir and sub-ject, particularly for iiifUtnmation of themucous membranes. The medical journalshave extended dissertations upon its use,and eminent physicians give their satisfac-tory experiences with the results obtainedfrom it. Aggravated cases of dsspepsiaareknown to have been relieved, and tl-e na-ture of the remedy is so simple and themeans of the cure so easily obtained tint ifthere be any virtue iv it, of which there isno doubt, surely it should be tried. Sever-al physicians in Wjtheville prescribe it incertain cases and we know persons whohave taken it with the happiestresults.?The old Thomp-onian aphorism that "heatis life and cold is death*' may be realized inthe hot water cur . The treatment usuallyprescribed is to take a tumbler full as huta« it, can ha swallowed an hour before eachmeal. Those who have never taken such adraught might suppose it to be nauseating,hut -ha effect is just the opposite; it. issoothing and grateful to the stomach. Thisassertion is made upon the practical expe-rience of the writer.? Wytheville Enterprise.
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Pff-M Pudding.?"One pound raisinsstoned and cut in halves, one pound cur-rants picked, washed, and dried, one-halfpound citron cut in thin shreds, one poundbeef suet chopped line, one pound gratedbread, eight eggs, one pound sugar, oneglass brandy, one glass wine, one pint milk,two grated nutmegs, one teaspoonful ofcinnamon and mace mixed in one teaspoonful salt; beat the sugar, suet and yolks ofeggs very light, then add half the milk andthe bread crumbs, then the spice and liquorand the rest of the milk, then the fruit wellsprinkled with flour; stir very hard andlong; last of all the whites of the eggs beat-en to a stiff froth; boil six hours in a mouldor a cloth well floured.
» \u25a0Glazed Ham.?Boil a ham, remove theskin and set away utitil cold. Rub all overwith a well-beaten ege. Mix together twocups e,f rolled trackers, a tablespoonful ofmelted butter and milk enough to make at_i<eV rta-rt-. thiotrlr 0....^,-iWIT,
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To-day he had. as was sometimes the case,left the desk open, aud it was eviuent thathis little daughter, in her yearning for the{esthetic, had discovered it.
'Look, papa! what nice pictures!"The doctor's eyes opened as wide as his
wife'shatl done.Ellie had industriously pasted va'ious
pages full of variou.-ly colored postage-stamps; though the chief and most valua-b c ornaments of the book were two or threesmall and delicately-executed plateson diu-gy, greenish-tinted paper.
"By Georgel" cxc aimed thedoctor, whowas not usually given to such strong ex-pressions. "By George! she's been at mymoney drawer, and cut up the live-dollarbank-notes! '
And then there was a tableau; after whichDoctor Maxey reproached his wife for be-ing the cause ofall the mischief, while sheasserted that she had acied with his fullconsent aud approbation
"So \u25a0_______ for te .thelics and se .thetic cul-ture!" he said, pointing to the rep-eseuia-tion of his venerable ancestor, in ted cheeksand a green dress. "H<w much willitcostto have l hat remedied ?"
"It at least shows au incipient talent inout- boy," she teplied, deprecatingly.
"Fifteen dollars gone!" he continued,holding up ihe mutilated gri enbacks.
"You ___\u25a0 reds em them; and, besides, yonwere willing to give fiity dollars for a day'squiet, aud you've had it."
And then she glanced at the photographs,glissteuing with mucilage, and at the rem-nant of her fan, ami her philosophy failedher. Tears started to her eyes.
"Perhaps," she said, mnekly?"perhapsthey are too young vow, and we had betterwait awhile."
"No doubt of it!" he answered, emphat-ically.?Saturday Night.
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A New Jersey girl is charged with send-ing a young man a letter eoutaining a leap-year proposal of marriage. She is right.Those who have rights and dare not main-tain them don't deserve to have 'em.? Chi-
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. , _\u25a0 asThe conqueror is regarded with awe, the
wise man commando our esteem; but it istho rionevob'nt man who "Vino 'si-s. ~«-.,_.
Bpmi&tm..NO. 23.
TbeLittle Folks.A LITTLE PLAIN TALK IN BEHALF OF THE
RISING GENERATION.
Parents and teachers ought to be mightypatient with children. Some have morecapacity and some more memory. Someare slow and some are quick. It is not thesmartest child that makes the smartest manor woman. It is a powerful strain on someof 'em tokeep up, and the d ull onesonghtn'tto be crowdeduntil they hate books anddread the lime of going to school. SomefilUs send their children to school to get ridof 'cm, but my opinion is the parent oughtto help tho teacher every night. It showsthe childrenhow much interest they feel intheir education. It is a sign of .a goodteacher when the children get ambitious tokeep up and get head marks, and bringtheir books home at night and want to goto school if it is raining a little. Wrap 'emup and let 'em go. There is nothing thatdemoralizesa school boy like staying athome every few days and getting behindthe class. We used to walk three miles toschool and neve: mi. eled it at all. It wasa frolic all the way there and all the wayback, and we did have the best dinners inthe world. Delmonico never had as goodthings as our mother used to fix up for us.It seems to me so now. A child's life isfull of romance and fun?the best sort offun. A child's dreams are splendid, butwe don't dream now, hardly ever. I usedto read Robinson Crusoe and dream it allove»r again. How I did long to be ship-wrecked on an island and raise monkeys andgoats and parrots. Slow children are gen-erally sure children, but they don't showofmuch. Daniel Webster wa_ almost alwaysfoot in his class, but when he learned anythinghe neverforgot it. Some boys are wildand restless and have no love for books, butthey oughtn't to be given up or hacked andabused continually. If they have good par-ents they will come to themselves afterawhile. They will sow their wild oats andgather the crop and get tired of that sort offarming. I was reading the other day a-bout Oliver Goldsmith, who I reckon wasthe worst vagabond in all England, and waskicked about and abused by everybody, andgot in jail, and sometimes slept in the corn-er ofthe fence and liked to have perishedto death, but he came to himself at last andmade one of England's best and greatestmen. The three worst boys that ever livedin li-une are now good men, splendid men;are honored and respected. They had goodparents. Give a dog a bad name and every-body wants to kink bim. Good men oughtto notice the bad boys specially and speakkindly to 'em and offer to help 'em audmake 'em feel that they are not Ishmael-ites. Some boys get so much abuse at homeand abroad that they are astonished when adecent man speaks to 'em. Some folksgive 'em no con-ideration, but w*nt to see'em go to jjiil or to tho calaboose, which isthe worst thing that can be done for a boy,for be nevergets over it and grows desperate.It is astonishing how long a little sin or ali'tie humiliation will follow a boy. Onetime aby stole a quarter ofa dollar fromanother buy at school, and that followedhim to his grave. He got to be a great manand was thirty years iv Congress and was aSenator, and one day, when he made a bic-ler speech against the corruption of the op-posite party aud denounced their stealing audplundering by wholesale, one of his oppo-nents replied by saying he would reuiiudthe gentleman that preachers of moralityshould come into the pulpit, with cleanhands?that Ben Franklin said, "Ha whatwould steal a pin, would steal a biggertliiu-c," and he asked no quarters from thegentleman on that score.
So, boys, remember and your handsclean. Folks will forgive mischief and aheap of other things, but they won't for-give meanuess. Bill Arp.
Staunton gpectriotBATtti OF tllV__.TlM.._.
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*_T A liberal -ilscount will be made on a__venue-Dents publish, d (or 8, 6. or 12 months,"«_r- Special Noticks will be Insert-, adoable theadvertising rates.«_r" Obituurle.. Announcements ol 'audi,dates for office, and nil coniuiunlcatli,_vot apersonal or prlval. character, will be charaed
for as advertisements.-tddr-as?__\u25a0_\u25a0___\u25a0 > p«.«tor." «___-__,T_,
_:.w to Succeed.I wish to offer a hiut to boys. But it will
do for othets. Diligence and earnestnesswill accomplish a great deal. I once*iad agro« n-up boy to work for me who did notfully understand f his. He boarded himself.He worked well, hut thought success de-pended on making the best bargain he couldwith his employer. On the last day of hisengagement he borrowed a vessel at thehouse to cairy a drink into the field wherehe worked alone. He came in precisely atthe hour for quitting work, but without thevessel. I asked him where it was. "Oh,he forgot it, left it in the field."' I askedhim to bring it in, but he said his time wasup for his day's work and declined. I in-tended to employ him again, but this turn-ed the scale. He never succeeded wel', al-though active and of fair abilities. Anoth-er person in my employ always took an in-terest in the work, and did not mind an ex-tra half hour if matters required it. He-*?;\u25a0*.\u25a0 _ for me yet, and I can afford to allowhim an extra hour on special occasion, andto do various things without charging him.
Another instance will do to repeat, al-though not immediately within my personalknowledge. An orphan boy sought employ-ment; he was repeatedly repulsed. He wasnearly discouraged; when the owner of alarge esteblishmeut at last concluded to takehim if he would dovarious menial "chores"with small pay. He engaged for a year.?He was first on hand every morning, andtried to make himself useful in everyway.At the end of the year, when he talked ofleaving, everyone pleaded for him to stay.He had helped the clerks and helped theowner?they "could not spare him." Hewas offered higher wages, and in two orthree years more commandeda good salary.In process of time he was admitted as apartner. He was not like some persons Inave seen who seemed to think that thegreat point was to get the best possiblewages and never to work a minute beyoudthe regular time, but rather, if possible, tofall within it. They never made out much.? Cor. Country Gentleman.
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by mrs. Emily thornton.
"Nay, speak not such rash word", mytaugh-ter,
Though erring thy husband may be;3ay not thou wilt never forgive him,'
For that would a wicked thingbe.'It take's two toquarrel,remember?Methir.ks both were somewhat toblame;Better be reconciled quickly.Lest this spark should be tanned to a flame.
" 'Thou wilt not forgive him!' My daughter,Forgiveness we all of us need.Suppose God's commands were s.ainst lt.For mercy how then cculd we plead »
How came those bard words flrsst about, loveWhen at nigbfall he homeward did come?'Wert thou cheerful or full of complainings-Glad to see him, or surly and glumT"Remember how fondly he sought thee
To be his companion and wife.He wanted thee for a home angel.
And not for a creature ofstrife.Since quarrels have sprung up between thee.Oil, chase them away from thy path.Be reconciled soon to thy husband;
Let the sun not go down on thy wrath."My child, when thou heareat bis footsteps,
Go kiss him, and lean on his breast. *
Ifthou wilt go half-way to meet him.He surely will meet tbee tbe rest.o-nigbt wouldst thou sleep sweet and calmly.Put anger away from thy path;
Forgive and be friends with thy husband.That the sun go not down on thy wrath !"
Why Popperman Looked Wild.?Mr.Jones: What makes ymt link so wild andhaggard this ninininr Mr, Popperman?
Mr. Popperman: Sleeplessness. I don'thave more than one-third of my nece-sarysleep. You see, my wife is very restless,and dining the night is comiiinally remem-bering sum. duty which should have heeuperlbimed before we 'retired. She tells meto get up and attend to these duties. Theresult is that I am tramping around nearlyall night. lam very weary. Here is auepitome of my sufferings:
10 p. m. ?Retire to rest.10:30. Get up to close the window. It is
too cold.10:45. Get up to shake the fire.11. Girt up to shut the closet door. My
wifecan't sleep when the closet door isopen.
11:20. Get up to put morecoal outhe fire.11:50. Get up to wind the clock.12. Getup to see if the door is locked.12:15. Get up to open, the window. It is
too hot.12:4-.. Get up and go all over the house
huntingfor burglars. My wife thinks shehears funny noises down stairs.
1:20. Get up to see if I didu't forget tolook the door after me.
1:*0. Get up to getmy wife some gin. Shecan't sleep.
2:30 Get up and whittle plugs for the rat-tling windows.
2:50. Get up and look at the thermometer.3:10. Get up aud see if I thiok it will rain
to-morrow.3:30. Get up and see if the fire is all right.4:20. Get up and see what time it is.5:40. Get up aud get my wifea little more
giu.0. Get up for breakfast.So it goes every night. It's enough to
wear a man's life out. All I want now tocomplete ray happiness in the nights is ared-headed baby with the colic. If I hadthat I would be contented?aye. perfectlycontented?to get upand get?for California.? From a Wicked Paper.
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Mr. Alex. S. Haller, W.thevi_._,e, Va.,says: "Brown's Iron Bitters is the onlyrsrepsiration ?.. tb. *\u25a0 -.Id' not affect royaeasd «__\u25a0* auxi m dii.y.
Manor, for the Irish Potato.Stable manurehas been much used by
Virginian farmers for the Irish potato, andmany, no doubt, regard it as the oneperfectand complete manure for this crop. It isexcellent for the purpose, beyond a doubt,as is also some otherforms ofdomestic ani-mal manure. But the farmer can hardlyafford to take this manure for tbe purpose,and we hotel that no animal manure is ex-actly suitable for the potato. Of course aplant must partake, to some extent, of thenature of tbe food it imbibes, and if thefood is filth the plant cannot entirely escapecontamination. This being the case, it iaworth while, in a sanitary point of view topay some attention te the nature of theplant foods ofthe crops upon which we our-selves feed.
Now, not only can the farmer find betteruses for lis animal manures than to employthem in the production of potatoes, but hecan get a cheaperone from his pine woods,and, with the aid of a little superphosphateto quicken action, an equally efftctive oneas to results. Well rotted pine litter, suchas may bo scraped up on any farm awayfrom the vicinity of the towns, ha* beenfound excelleut for the potato, used in con-junction with superphosphate. The latteralone will not act near as well as it docswhen the litter is also applied. The potatois a crop that seems absolutely to remandsome coarse material in the ridge, for thepotatoes to grow in. No doubt it is becauseit keeps tho lidge mellow, and gives thetubers room to grow. A very light sprinkleofthe phosphate, with pleuty of rich pinesttaw mould, will produce as good a crop ofpotatoes as a full applicationofstable man-ure.
The litter should be at least half rotted,and ihe entire trench madu for planting thesets should bo filled with it. The sets maybe dropped first, the litter put upon themand the superphosphate-applied on top the_______ Or tho plan may be reversed byputting tho superphosphatefirst, the litterupon tbat, and the potato above all. *
A piece of land planted thus to potatoesin Much or April, and the crop removed inJuly, would afford a most desirable prepar-ation for a turnip patch next fall. It wouldbe fine for winter cabbage or collards also,the latter a crop (much neglected) thatought to be planted largely for ewes, milchcow?, _:_., in winter.
We advocate this cheap manure for thepotato. Let the stable and stock pen ma-nures be spread over the vheat. clover, andoat patches iv early spring, or appliedto thecorn land, trucks, ifcc. It will pay betterthus. Rotten pine straw and any goodcommercial fertilizer in small quantity willdo for the potato, especially in the interior,where none is raised for market.
And it is now about time to begin plant-ing potatoes. We have thrown out thesehints for the benefit not on!y of those whomay have but a limited quantity of homemad..- manure, but of those also wno mayfind it important to make the most possibleofevery resource. The corn crop, the firstin importance on the southern farm, getsby far too little ofthe choice manuresof tbehomestead.? Petersburg Index-Appeal.
Boys.?Cain was the flrst boy, and all hiseducation depended upon his inexperiencedparents. There were no other boys iv therepublic to teach Cain how to lie, smoke,drink, fight, cheat, and steal. Thera wereno country relations upon whom little Caincould be inflicted for two or three weeks,when his wearied parents wanted a littlerest. I don't wonder that Cain turned outbad. I always said he would. We all haveour.own boys to look after, as your neighborhas a boy whom you can look after muchmore closely than his mother can, andmuch more to your own satisfaction than tothe boy's comfort. Your boy is like Ad-am's boy; he asks questions, and if there isany truth in the old theory of transmigra-tion of souls, when a boy dies he will j-assinto an interrogation point. The older hegrows the more questions he asks. Theoldest boy I ever knew was fifty-sevenyears old, and I went to school to him; andhe did ask tbe longest, hardest, crookc est,questions that no boy could answer. Andnow yonr boy, ceasing to ask questions, be-gins to answer them, until you standamazed at the breadth and depth of hisknowledge. He wants to be a missionary?or a pirate. So far as he expresses anypreference he woulel rather be a pirate,where there are more chances of makingmoney, and fewer for being devoured.?Robert J. Burdette.
Cocoanut Pudding.?Take three quar-ters of a pound of best butter, one pimud ofpulverized sugar, one pom d of giated co-coanuf, the white of one dozen eggs, audone wine-glass of brandy. Cream the but-ter and sugar together, then adtl and beatin the whites of i-ggs by elegrees, afterwhich add the brandy, aud lastly the gra-ted cocoanul; mix well together. Lineyour pie plates with putt paste, fill themwith the cocoanut mixture and bake in ahot oven. When dmio sieve fine sugar dustover the top, and set ye either hot or co.d.
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Thimgs to TniNK.? Every person hastwo educations?one which he receivesfrom others, and one more important whichhe gives himself.
It many times falls out that we deemourselves much deceived by other's becausewe first deceived ourselves. He who isfalse to present duty breaks a thread in theloom, aud will find the flaw when be mayhave forgotten its cause.
If you are going to do a good thing, doit now; i f you ai c going to do a mean thing,wait till to-morrow.
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Quail, on Toast.?Brown the bird s citherin salad oil or butter, mix a tablespoonfulof flout- among them and brown that, thencover them with boiling water, season themhighly witb salt, pepper, cloves and mace,and stew thera fifteen minutes; melt in atablespoonfnl ofbutter for every two smallbirds, aud serve on toast.
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Sadcb for the Pudding.?One cupbutter, one cup brown sugar, one wine-glassful wine, the yolk of an egg; beat thebutter and sugar to a cream; then beat theegg very light and stir it with the butterand futr-ar; put it on the fire to simmer, butnot to boil; when done, pour in the wineand serve not.
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Dr. M. E. Daughtry, Franklin, Va.,says: ''I am highlypleased with tha effect*of Pro-am'- ITCH "*?*?...» -IT". -»asti(> r(, }ft 0 lj*£?rap-i*.. .. *U wtMwi ?_\u25a0._. pit.{*r_,b._,
