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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

PIoTUREs.-Some idea may be formed Of the
enormous sums of money which are used in the
purchase OF pictures by the weathier classes in
England, from the fact that the collection of the
late Lord Northwick has produced no less than
sos, 1928 The sale, which extended over e!gh-
teen days, terminated on Wednesday, and was
attended by dealers from all parts of the world.
Some of the prices must appear fabulous to the
uninitiated. The owner of this collection spent
life in bringing it together, and now it will be
distributed far and wide. He had three excel
lent requisites for a picture collector-wealth,
taste and honor-qualities which are not always
combined in those who profess devotion to the
fine arts. Roguery has no wider field for devel.
opmeut than in picture dealing. AS 8 proof Of
his lordship's Judgment it may be mentioned that
some of the pictures which realized large sums
at this sale his lordship "bought for an old song'
picked them up in holes and corners during
| his Continental and other travels. But pictures
were not the only attraction of his lordship's
mansion. All the appointments of the house
were in keeping with his art-treasures, and the
sale of the wines, plate, furniture, linen, and
other things are to follow. Such articles are
herlooms in the most noble families, and death
| is rarely followed by the auctioneers hammer
His lordship allowed many of his finest works to
appear at the Manchester Exhibition, a couple
OF years back.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

The Leigh EnglsnG Chronicle states that
there were recently inferred in: Tydesley church
yard the remains Of very ingenious, useful, but
somewhat eccentric person, named Richard Hail
WE'LL who, for half century, practiced dentistry,
along with many other descriptions of business.
He willed, in due testsmentary form, that the
whole of the teeth extracted by him should be
buried with him. In Difference to his wishes,
his executors saw that done, and in the grave In
which be lies were deposited thirty thousand
human teeth of his own extraction in the period
rnentioned
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

/ AN ECCENTRIC CLRRGYMAN.-The hey. 10.
Thompson was preacher Of the Presbyterian
Church, who served as chaplain in our revolu-
tionsry army, and bad encountered many OF the
dangers incident to military life. He was in.
stinctivey brave, and indeed courted trials, dif-
| ficulties-slways Indifferent to consequence
He possessed immense bodily strength-a tall,
powerful, commanding frame, suited to the tolls
of war. His learning was of little account, and
bis talents in the pulpit very inferior. -
He was pastor at one time of q congregation
who worsbiped In the Cstoctin mountain, three
miles from Leesburg, Loudon Co., Va. But they
all gradually declined attending church, except
two men. At this time he attended Presby-
tery. and was called on to nsrrate the state OF
bis people as to their spiritual condition, when
be rose and said:
"Mr. Moderator: They have left me entirely
except two faithful followers; one Of whom is
so deaf that he cannot hear solitary word, and
the other is so lame that he cannot walk step
or otherwise should have nobody to hear me-"
Once he was preaching at night in Frederick
town, Maryland. Two distinguished lawyers
sitting near him frequently interrupted him In
rude manner. Thompson ordered them out OF the
church. A formal challenge was sent to him
next morning, by one of the aggrieved parties,
demanding satisfaction according to the rules OF
the duello.
"Sr," said he sternly, 'tell your principal
that if he persists in his enterprise, he will find
me an able. bodied divine, If not an able.heeded
one." @
That ended the controversy.-N. Y. Oh.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

A NOVELTY IN FAsHIoN.-Among the novel
ties recently. introduced in ladies' apparel, says
an exchange, is a new article Of suspenders::-
They bear resemblance to those worn by gentle
men, except that they are made Of delicate,
white elastic fabric, with frilled edge about one
inch wide, and are attached to the skirt BY but
tons in like manner. We doubt not this inven-
ton will be generally adopted with view to
relieve the waist of the unlimited burden which
such hsbiliments necessarily produce. Reason
and experience teach us that the old and absurd
method, while followed, impairs the health, i'm
pedes locomotiop. and tends to i'll health.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04
That ended the controversy.-N. z. Oh.

The recent military spectacle brought to Par
is all the most accomplished pickpockets of Eu-
rope, and every one has some story to tell OF the
tricks of ceverness that have been displayed
Amongst others is the substitution of a pair OF
ordinary spectaces for gold ones that adorned
the nose of one of the most wealthy of tile bank
ere, who did not become acquainted with the
robbery and the change that had occurred until
bic family remarked it on his return home. An
illustrious foreign duke, who has long resided
there and astonished the admiring world with
bis diamond waistcost buttons, is said to have
been shorn of some of his jewels; and several
ladies were divested of their sbawls Immediately
after the shower of rain under pretext of clear
ing away some of the wstery element that had
been imbibed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

POETRY Y
Wishing.

Wishing.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.
OF all amusements of the mind,
From logic down to fishing,
There isn't one that you can find
So very cheap as "wishing"
very choice diversion too,
If we but rightly use it,
And not as we are apt to do,
Pervert it and abuse it.
Iwish-a common wish indeed
NV purse was something fatter,
That might cheer the child of need,
And not my pride to fatter;
That might make oppression reel,
As only gold can make it;
And break the tyrant's rod of steel,
As only gold can break it.
wish-that sympathy and love,
And every human passion
That has its origin above,
Would come and keep IN fashion;
That Scorn, and Jealousy, and Hate,
And every base emotion,
Were buried fifty fathoms deep
Beneath the waves Of ocean
wish-that friends were always true,
And motives always pure;
wish the good were not so few,
wish the bad were fewer;
wish that parsons ne'er forgot
To heed their pious teaching;
wish that practising was not
So different from preaching!
wish-that modest worth might be
Appraised with truth and candor;
wish that innocence were free
From treachery and slander;
wish that men their vows would mind,
That women were not rovers;
Iwish that wives were always kind,
And husbands always lovers.
Iwisb-in fne-thst joy and mirth,
And every good Ideal,
May come. erewhile, throughout the earth,
To be the glorious keal
Till God shall every creature bless
With his supremest blessing,
And hope be lost In happiness,
And wishing in possessing!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

From PUNoH-A Trihe to Fill up Gap 10
the Conversational is the Sun supported
Why, by its beams, of course. =,
Historical-A young Prince OF the illustrlous
House of Monaco was asked why he had mar
ried a rich old woman. "Aa toi," was the gay
young Princes reply, "let me ask you what poor
man in hurry to get an enormous bank note
cashed. troubles himself to look at the date OF
|it2"
Important to Ladies-Under the head OF
"Deaths." the ages of the deceased are generally
stated by our contemporaries The "Births, OF
course, speak for themselves, but the MARI
ages" are wholly silent on that particular, tne
mention which would, in reference to them,
be generally read with much more interest than
any that is excited by the revelations OF the oot-
uary.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

WHAr NRxr2-The Louisville Courier des
scrlbes Knitting Machine, which has made its
appearance in that city. 1t tsays:
ut did up nearly whole stocking right before
our eyes. And such knitting we never saw
before. 1t was far ahead of the stitches of the
prettest lady in the country, with the old.fasb :
toned needles, knitting away and singing sweet
| little song. 1t seemed to make stockings about
as fast as half hundred ladies 10 their best knit
ting mood and talking humor.
"The machine ITSELF in the shape of a.lady's
work stand, is very pretty. ltis constructed for
use and durability, with great neatness and sim
plicity. 1t does its work to perfection, and does
/ it with great rapidty. 1t occupies no more
space than small work stand, and can be ope-
rated by child. All that is necessary to make
it knit is to turn crank, and the knitting. il
then done fast or slow, according to the reyolu-
tions of the wheel-though it would be difficult
to turn it slow enough not to knit as fast as hal
dozen of our grandmammas, at a regular tea
drinking and knitting party.
"The little machine knits hosiery OF all sort
and sizes, of cotton, wool, or silk yarn. 1t als'
knits tippets undersleeves, wrists, mits. and, in
deed, almost everything that ought to be knit
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

TERRIBLY SARCASTIC. the Social
st, Barbes and Charras are among the addition
al French exiles who have declined the privileges
of the late amnesty. Victor Schoelcher, well
known French author, now in England, whose
latest work, q Life of Handel" has been recent
ly published by Mason Brothers, of New York,
has also declined to return to France, and has
written rather severe letter, in which ne calls
the Emperor "Mr. Bonaparte."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

THE DrFKRENcE.-T Though Blondin and De
Lave, the two rope. walkers, have not yet bro.
ken their necks, an Irishman and an American
have, both being spectators of their teats. One
fell from rock at Niagara Falls, and the other
tumbled into the Genesee. This is the differ.
ence between carefulness and carelessness.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

Gen. Jackson's old horse is dead at last at the
age of forty.one years. For several years he has
been unsble to masticate, and was fed with bran,
&c. The defunct carcase of this famous old
horse was inferred with all due solemnities, ''in
the presence of q large concourse OF bis OLD
fr;anda
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

"VAr1oAN."--Many who see this word, may
not understand its import. 1t is q pile of build
ings covering space of 1900 feet in lenth and
1000 in BREADTH on one of the seven bills OF
Rome. The site was once the garden OF the bar
bsrous Nero. Early in the sixth century the
Bishop of Rome erected there an humble dwell
ing. This has been added to by one Pope after
another until it is now one Of the most spacious
and magnificent palaces, stocked with paintings,
statues, books and antiquities of the rarest kind.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

If twenty.seven inches of snow give three
inches of water, how much milk will cow give
when fed on ruts baga turnipsa Multiply the
flakes of snow by the hairs Of the cows tail;
then divide the product by turnip; add a
pound of chalk and the sum will be the answer"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

A loving husband recently telegrsphed to his
wife as follows:
"What have You for dinner, and how is the
baby9" The answer came back, "Pork, has the
measles."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

PpAorIoE MAKES PERFEor.-'Oh, jacob said
a master to his apprentice boy, it is wonderful
to see what quantity you can eat Yes, mas
ter replied the boy; have been practicing
since was child
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

NL LASS PRESERVING CANS PERFECT
VI AT LAST have just received and will keep
on hand during the season. being sole agent for the
manufacturer new style of GLASS PRESERVING
CANS, just patented. with glass tops to screw on,
which we think combines all the merits, without the
disadvantages of the best Cans heretofore in use and
must take the place of all others They operate upon
the same principle as Sprats screwtop tin Can, the
only objection to which has been the material OF
which it is made, and which is entirely obyiated in
the new Can. An examination will be sufficient TO
show its merits and all interested Invited to call
and see them GEO. L. PRICE.
Staunton, May II, 1S5O.-Yin. Copy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

A pleasant and cheerful wife is q rainbow set
in the sky, when her husbands mind is tossed
with storms and tempests; but dissatisfied and
fretful wife is like thunder cloud charged with
electric fluid.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

Strike while the iron is hot is an excellent
motto; but still more striking one for man is
this Make the iron hot By striking it,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

A married lady being asked to waltz, gave
the following answer: mo, thank You, sir-I
have just as much hugging at home as can at
tend tO.O
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

Mrs. Partington asks very Indignantly II the
bills before Congress are not counterfeit why
should there be such difficulty in passing them2
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

An old maid suggests that when men break
their hearts, it is all the same as when lobster
breaks one of his clsws-another sprouts imme.
diately and grows in its place.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

A writer in ALI the Year Round describes gout
thus: Put your toe in a vice; turn the screw
till you can bear it no longer-thats rheuma-
tism. Give the screw one more turn-that's
gout."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

The man who is proud of his money has rare.
ly anything better to be proud of. se-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

Quoth Tom, though fair her features be,
1t is her figure pleases me;'
what may her figure be 2 cried; =
sOne hundred thousand = he replied.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

A corset-maker out of work thus vented her
complaint: Shame that should be without
bfead-I have stayed the stomachs Of thousands.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

A rather pert miss wttily remarked that it
was nothing strange to see stormy mother have
a squGlly child. y
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

A poet SAYS, 10, she was fair, but sorrow
came and left his traces there" What became
of the balance of the harness, he don't state.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

Nothing in the world is stronger than man
except his own passions.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

There is man at Windsor so habitually sleepy
that bis curiosity cannot be awakened.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

The man who was torn by conflicting emo.
tions is now sewed up with stitch in his side.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04
Progress of Bank Note Forgery.

We have, without exception, the best bank
note engraving in the world, and we have ale
more counterfeit bank notes than any othe
country with paper currency. The ingenuit
of our engravers Is taxed and tasked to produc
bank notes which the counterfeiter cannot lml'
tate, and yet forgeries are exceedingly flush
For example, as we learn from Peterson's Ooun
terfeit Detector of yesterday, as many as fifty
eight new counterfeits have been put into circu
lation within the last fortnight. There is not {
single imitation of bank in this State or thii
city in this tremendous list
The Bank of England notes, which are now
very rarely initiated, are distinguished in theii
execution by the utmost simplicity of design and
work. Had the bank directors belonged to the
Society of Friends, by whom vain adornment ID
repudiated, they could scarcely have agreed upon
a more simple and plain bank note. Yet, with
all this simplicity and plainness, forgery of il
is seldom made, and, when made, is readily de-
tected. The protection lies in the simplicity
Instead of being covered with many and besuti.
full decorations and drawings, Including gems OF
landscape by barley, or portraits Of individuals,
or "reminiscences of Grecian mythology, the note
of the Bank of England is little more than q
promise to pay, duly dated and numbered, with
SiSudtuTo VI casucis VI Ouo VI uio oooio'onto, VI
the right side, and the signature Of an entering
clerk on the left.
The chief popularity is different ink EN-.
ployed on the mechanical numbering of each
note, and mathematical exactness and harmony
on the whole engraving. There are few secret
marks-fve in sll-consisting Of dots placed
with apparent carelessness on various parts Of
the note, which bank clerks and other initiated
persons can Immediately ascertain. (We shall
be happy to point them ou. to the possessor of o
Bank Of England note who will present Us with
the same in payment for the lesson.) Above all,
the paper, with its peculiar water mark, is diff
cult to be made. To initiate it would be as fe-
lonious as to forge the handwritings on the note
itself. This paper is made by process known
only to few confidential persons In the bank,
and even were the mystery laid open, would re.
quire such costly plan of intricate machinery
that persons possessed of the pecuniary means to
establish it for this purpose would be 80 far a.
bove the usual inducements to crime that they
would scarcely be induced to run the risk. This
paper possesses such remarkable toughness that
if Bank of England note be twisted, with
weight of two hundred and twenty-four pounds
suspended to it, the twist will sustain 1t without
yielding or breaking.
1t appears utterly improbable that counterfeit
ing cannot be prevented here, as it is in London
and Paris. Suppose that some bank should try
the experiment of issuing notes, the very per-
fection of cunning art employed to produce the
most beautiful simplicity of desigo and execu-
ton. Philadelphia Press, Sep. 16.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

In what ship have the greatest number OF men
been wreckedl Oourtship. ~,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04
The Worlds Great Exhibition Prize
Medal AVA rled lA q. Never

For his Too Pioa0s, L0adon, October 10th, 1901.
~ MEYER respectfully informs his friends and the
J.. public generally that he has constantly on hand
PIANOS, equal TO those for Which he received the
Prize Medal IN London, in 1851 He has received du-
ring the last fifteen years more Medals than any other
maker from the Franklin Institute, aso First Prem-
ulps in Boston, New York and Baltimore. All orders
promptly attended to- and great care taken in the Sc
lection and packing the same.
Warerooms, No. I22 Arch Street, below Eighth,
south side, Philadelphia.
philadsIphia Julv 26. lS5g.--3moS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-10-04

TMPROVED INSTRUMENT FOR SUR
i YEYING AND CALCULATING AREAS.
This instrument is highly recommended by
a. T. Bedsoe Prof. Mathematics, University OF va.
Mai. Thos. II. Williamson, Prof. Engineering, va.
Military Institute.
Rev. Charles Phillips Prof Civil Engineering, Uni
versity of n. Q.
W. I. Walters, Prof Mathematics W. F. College,
N. Carolina.
H. Snyder, Prof Mathematics FL. S. College, Va.
B. Craven, President Trinity College, Nc.
P. @. Wills, Prof Math., R. M. College, Va.
l.. Turner, Prot Math, Richmond College, Va.
Jas. Curly Prof Nat. Phil and Asst, Georgetown Col
leg ID. @.
Edward A. F.istoe, Prof. Math., Columbian College,
ID. C.
7. R. Connell, Prof. Engineering, Georgia Military
Institute.
Prof A. D. Bache, Supt U. s. Coast Survey.
Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott, Col Philip st Geo. Cooke,
A l.. Nelson, Prof. Math Washington College,
j. L. Campbell Prof. Phys. Science, Wash. College,
L. L. Holladay, Prof. Nat Science, Hampden Sidney,
Chas. w. Hackley, Prof Astron'y COL College N I.
wm o. Peck, Prof Math. Col College, N. Y. City.
Richd H. Bull Prof of Civil Eng. University OF the
A. E. Church, Prof Math. U. s. NJ Academy, West
Point
Charles Davies, Prof Higher Math. Columbine Col
lege.
A W. Craven, Chief Eng Croton Aqueduct, N. Y.
James p. Kirkwood, Chief Eng. Water Works,
Brooklyn, n. Y,
and many other gentlemen of scientific atainments:
have lot of these Instruments on hand and for
sale. JAMES NJ. LlLLE1, Patentee.
Staunton, May 10, 1859.
Y IGERY AND SALE STABLE-HOR.
- SES AND MULES.-We have leased for term
OF years the commodious and convenient Stables at
tached to the National Hotel in Staunton, where we
intend keep constantly on hand for sale the finest
Mules and Horses which can be procured. j. 5. By
ers whose experience and qualifications as horse
dealer is we'll established, will select from the Ken
lucky and Virginia stables the best stock which can
be found. AS our busines is to be one OF years no
pans will be spared to obtain and keep the public
patronage.
We will also take horses livery. County Gus
tom solicited. Drivers invited TO stop with u.s.
We will keep the best quality offorage &c ana aten-
tive ostlers. j. .. BlEho u w.
Stannton 1Iuna 2S lS59.=Yin. COPY. --.-
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