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II am of no use. I"

why do | live?' has been asked by thou
sands OF Christians. Il am poor, without in.
tuence, friendless and deserted; my name un.
known; am useless In the world and the church
OF God; why do l liye?''
little tiower-humble, not beautiful, but
fragrant-bl -bloomed on one of the prairies of the
great West. 1t was almost alone; wild grass
and tangled briers surrounded it. No eye saw
it; none smelled its sweet fragrance it bloom
ed and died alone Far of, civilization had
erected habitations, and surrounded them with
comforts, and trees, and flowers. Among the
flowers was one like to the prairie flower. The
winds had waited its tiny seed far from the pa
rent stock, and 1t was now spreading its fra
GRANGE, and hundreds were inhaling its sweet
odOr
A young woman lived in an humble cot. Her
simple wardrobe and her Bible were her all on
earth. The world, with riches and joys, were
around her, but knew her not. The hectic flush
and wasting strength gave sad evidence of her
speedy departure to another world. She died:
but her record Cf Gods love, of the truths of
the Christian religion, of its sustaining power
IN death, OF the hope it gives of a glorious i'm
mortality, were seeds which have been waited
to many lands, and hundreds have been con-
verted to God through the instrumenality of
the Dairyman's Daughter.
Another, old, and confined to her bed for
years, lad hold OF the promises OF God In pray
er; work of grace commenced, and many were
born to God many became ministers of the
gospel; others active workers In the vineyard
of Christ and their numbers are increasing
with every generation.
Another sent to a neighbor tract, which
was the means OF turning many from their sins;
another established prayer meeting, with
glorious results another, with a warm heart,
told of Gods love, and the zeal spread from
heart to heart aud neighborhood to neghbor-
hood until hundreds rejoiced In God
The history of the Church is full of instances
and evidences that God can and will use all his
people for his glory. The field is so broad all
can work, whatever be their condition, however
humble their circumstances. Sow what seed
you can (; if you have but handful Or a grain,
SOW it; if you have bushel, or thousand
bushels, SOW ALL You may never see the har-
vest or gather the sheaves, but surely you may
and will rejoice with the reaper when the grain
is brought home.
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Incident.

The history of King Alcohol is history o.
shame and corruption, of cruelty and crimes.
He has taken the glow of health from the
cheek, and placed there the reddish hue of the
wire cup.
He has taken the lustre from the eye, and
made it dim and blood shot.
He has taken beauty and comeliness from
the face, and left it i'll shaped and bloated.
He has taken strength from the limbs and
made them weak and tottering.
He has taken frmness and elasticity from the
sten and made it faltering and treacherous.
He has taken vigor from the arm and left
fabbiness and weakness.
He has taken vitality from the blood and ELL
ed 1t with poison and the seeds Of disease and
death
& He has transformed this body, fearfully and
wonderfully made, Gods master piece of me-
chanism, into vile loathsome, sinking mass
of humanity
He has entered the brain, the temple of
thought, dethroned reason, and made it reel
with folly
He has taken the beam of intelligence from
out of the eye, and left in exchange the stupid
stare ofi liocv and dulln' s., /:
He has taken the impress of ennobled man.
hood from the face and left the mark of sensu-
ality and brutiShness.
He has bribed the tongue to utter madness
and dwelling.
He has taken cunning from the hands and
turned them from deeds of usefulness to become
instruments of brutality and murder.
He has broken the ties of friendship and
planted the seeds of enmity.
He has made the kind. indulgent father
brute, tyrant, and murderer
He has transformed the kind and affection
ate mother into very fiend Of british incarna-
tion
He has made obedient sons and daughters the
breakers of hearts and the destroyers of homes.
He has taken the luxuries from off the table,
and compelled men to cry on account of famine
and to beg for bread
He has stolen mems palaces and given them
novels In exchange.
He has robbed men Of valuable acres and
given them not decent burial place in death.
He has filled our streets and highways with
violence aud lawlessness.
He has complicated our laws and crowded
our courts.
He has filed to overhowing houses of correc-
tion and peniteniaries
He has peopled with his multitudes our pool
houses
He has Strengthened us for room in our in
sane asylums
He has taken away faith, hope and charity,
yea, all that is lovely and of good report, and
given despair, in6delity, enmity, and all the e.
motions and deeds Of wickedness.
He has banished Christ from the heart and
created hell within it.
He has wrecked and enfeebled the bodies,
shattered and destroyed the minds, and imper.
illed and damned the souls of our fellow-men.
These are counts of our indictment. Let the
world Judge the truth
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Prayer is the omnipotence of God on the
earth. God often gilds the darkest season with
hidden ray, and prayer makes it manifest.
By prayer our minds are put in prepared
state to be equal to impromptu duties. Prayer
makes us cheerful; tor it keeps us looking to
God, and this constant dependence upon Him
saves US from fretting with ourselves.
God takes care of all we commit to Him,
though we forget when and where we asked
those favors at his hand In watching unto
prayer, we give thanks for answers Prayer is
talking with God, in such confidence and sim.
plicity, we would not dare to approach any
created being-.tor loe kno,o all IS safe ,cith Him,
and He never mocks our weakness.
Praying and believin should be inseparable,
for the same Holy Spirit inspires both
Answers to prayers exceed the electric fash
Land and sea are obedient to the power of pray
er. If the church only lived up to it's power in
prayer, through the cleansing blood of Jesus,
we would daily see miracles of grace Prayer
is never lost, the answer descends somewhere,
or is put up in the vials to be poured out in the
right time.
If our children or friends refuse the food we
design for them, some one else receives the
surplus of our desires If we had known the
cases, we would most heartily have blest them
with our requests 1t is wonderful God bow
ing down his ear in that retired, humble closet,
noting every sigh and breathing desire, even
amid the brokenness of sobs and tears; and
then lifting up His glory to put in motion over
flowing answers to these petitions and requests
While the petitioner softly and thoroughly with
drew beneath deeper JUNCTION ofthe Holy One,
and entered again the scenes of common life,
musing upon the condescension of the High and
Lofty One. who inhabiteth eternity Guide to
| HoJi,oec
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The Flood in Switzerland.

The food which swept over part of Switzer-
land during the latter part Of September was
one of extraordinary violence and the damage
far exceeds that caused by any previous mum
datlon even those of 1877 and 1884. Bridges,
banks and roads have been destroyed, several
villages have been entirely ruined and one was
so completely covered by land slide, the re
suit of the heavy rains, that the church steeple
is all that is now visible. In some places the
water was SO high that families were obliged to
leave the roofs of their houses where they had
taken temporary refuge and save themselves on
RATS and in boats. Mr. Hte, the Swiss Con
sui General at Washington, has made an ap
peal, for assistance, to the friends of Switzer-
land, from which we make the following ex
tract
A calamity has befaen the Cantons of Tes
sin, |alais, GrIsons, St Gall and Uri which
in its immenslty stands unequalled in the an
nails of Switzerland. On the 9th of Septem
Der rain commenced to tall in torrents along the
northern and southern slopes of the Alps, anC
continued to descend with but little intermis
sion, for eight days During all this time q
powerful south wind ragged turiously amidst the
masses of snow and ice which had lain undis
turbed for centuries in their inaccessible Alpine
strongholds
Every mountain rivulet swelled into a rush
ing stream, every stream into torrent, carry
ing appalling destruction in its course. The
rivers of Tessin, the Rhone, the Reuss, the
Rhine and the Inn, in their relentless power
obiterated many of the choicest beauties Of ma
ture, Impoverished thousands of families ant
hurried hundreds to watery grave.
Heart rending and vain was the struggle O.
human hands against the overpowering force o.
the watery element On it came, in the deac
of night, terrible in its might, scattering des
truction far and wide, and piling up in the
meadows the mountain Debris Of ages Rock,
weighing hundreds of tons were torn from thei
resting places, and in their course joined the
revelry of destruction. Whole forests, vine
yards, and meadows stacked with grain, have
disappeared, and in many places, not vestige
Of roads, bridges and fences is left; houses
mills and factories are torn from their founda
tions, and even cemeteries and charna houses
have been invaded and their contents scattered
along the course of the devastation. Thousand
of cattle lie choked in mud, and thousands OF
our fellow beings are reduced to abject poverty
Along the Rhine, village upon village lies
half buried in mud and debris, and every ar
tice of bedding and wearing apparel has either
been swept away or rendered useless in houses
where comfort, and even plenty, reigned while
their vcrdant meadows, productive orchards and
beautiful gardens are one mass OF grayish
mud.
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BOOKS.
OOKS AND TONER Y (.

A large stock of English,
Latin, Greek, and French
School Books good assortment
Miscellaneous Books,
Blank Books, Pass Books,
Pass Books, Diaries, Cap,
Drawing and Tissue Paper,
Bristol Boards, Slates
Slate Washers, Slate Pencils,
Lead Pencils, Pocket Knives
Perforated Paper, Portfolios,
Music Portfolios,
Bank Checks and Negotiable Notes,
Check Books, Scrap Books Wrapping Paper,
Paper Bags, Steel Pens Penh9lders, stationers'
Rubber Gum Bands, Paper Fasteners, Black,
Blue, Purple and Red Ink, Ink Stands. Black
Sand, Sand Boxes, Rulers, Paint Boxes, Paint
Brushes. Court Plaster, Tooth PICKS, Indelihle
INK, colored and white Chalk Crayons, Linen
and Paper Twine. Photograph Albums, Bibles
and Testaments, PRAYER Books, Hymn Books,
Sunday School Books, Sunday School Cards
and Tickets, and Small Cloth Lined Tags All
at LOWEST PRICES.
sep15-tf kOBI. COWAN.
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% For the Spectator.
The Comparison.
BY CHIPS.

The locks on Helen's snow-white brow -
Are braided up by Fashions fingers,
They never to the zephyrs bow,
Or catch the ray that near them fingers.
But Minnie, thine the ebon tress
That loves to kiss the wand ring breezes
1t flows in graceful loveiness
AS bright, as free as nature pleases.
Oh, thy locks love to braid them,
Beauty smiled when erst she made them.
When Helen. vain of every charm,
Looks on the the plane Of Reasons mirror
She back recoils with just alarm,s
For then she sees her every error.
But thou, fair Minnie, when thine eye
Upon the wise reflector gazes,
It scorns the beam of vanity,
And cares not how its pupi1fblaZes.
Oh thine eye when beaming pleasure,
Seems star in depths of azure.
When Helen sings, the numbers flow,
As soft as wind-harp's strings in motion;
But ah they're cold-and melt like snow
When dropping on the waveless ocean.
Sweet Minnie, times the song that floats
Far softer than the breath Of even
A song more fraught with magic notes
Was never known to steal from heaven.
Oh, thy sweet and melting numbers
Lull the souls storm to gentle slumbers.
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NUMBER X.
Words of Cheer.
BY WN. JOHNSON.

There Is always a something to cheer us
70 matter how weary the pain;
Though dismal and dark be the night-watch
The morning will dawn soon again
There's a joy for each saddening sorrow
A smile for each glittering tear,
Our hopes may be scattered like ashes
Yet Ph9nix-like rise from the bier.
Each cloud has lining of silver,
Tho we may not see its light;
The sun has not ceased its shining
Tho hidden awhile from our sight.
Our way through the world may be cherries,
Our feet may be bleeding and torn
I ct Sharp tho the wild blast) He tempers
The wind to the lamb that is shorn.
Then cheer up, ye mortals, be hopeful,
Despair not, tho rough be the road.
Gods grace is sufficient to aid YOU
No matter how heavy the load
Be faithful, and active, and earnest,
In idleness never sit down;
The heavier the dark cross You carry
The brighter will sparkle your crown.
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For the Spectator,
Lees Surrender.
BY j. w. r.

The day was sweetly dawning,
And song-birds filled the air,
The bright sun seemed to mock the woe
That fate had pictured there.
For O. 'er that field so CORY,
Our flag trailed in the dust
And LEE, with head bent lowly.
Surrendered up his trust.
Tears from brave men were falling,
Such tears as warriors weep,
And in stern hearts was yelling
A sorrow, pure and deep.
Yet midst that scene of anguish
Twas saddest yet TO see
The heroes bid last farewell
To their loved General, LEE.
Tho music sweet was sounding
To Heavens celestial dome,
'Twould not dispel our sorrow
Although we breathed Of home.
And though by minions conquered,
And crushed we are by might,
There still is O er us watching.
One who II protect the right.
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sTAUNToN VA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1868.
Melancholy Case.

ly committed suicide at the Maltby House in
this city He was native of Virginia, and
had been held in high esteem as an upright and
honest man. He left upon his table several
letters, one of which was addressed to an init
mate friend. and in it he recounted the causes
which had impelled him to take his life. We
publish it that it may serve as lesson and a
warning to the living But his friends desire
that whatever he might have to offer that sa-
vored of excuse for his acts should 60 before
the world. The opprobrium which may have
attached to the name of one who erred so Grim
inally may be lessened by the knowledge that
in his last frenzied hour he bewailed his sin in
agonies Of penitence and shame. Ga
zette
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-10

~ The circulation of the ssSpEcTAToR"
is about as great as the combined circula-
tion of both the other papers published in
this place, and has as many subscribers In
this county alone as are contained in the
whole list of either of the other papers.
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Ohm ECHOLS H. N BELL, r. H. CATLETT,
JED HoTCHKIss.
ECHOLS, BELL, CATLETT q CO.,
ia Real Estate Agents.
S. E. Corner Of Court House Square,

s. E. Corner of Court House Square,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
We are now selling and have constant de-
mand for Farming, Grazing, Timber and Miner
al Lands of all descriptions, MiHs, &c, and we
invite parties having such property for sale, eS-
pecially in the county of Augusta and the Val
ley of Virginia, to put the same in our hands, be-
lieving that we possess superior advantages from
our central location, and thorough knowledge of
the county, and our extensive business relations
for securing purchasers.
We make no charge for advertising or showing
property, but when we find a purchaser for it we
sharge a commission of five per cent to be paid
out Of the first payment made by the purchaser
November 18th. 1867
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Chesapeake eG OHIO R0jJroad.
"a E;::..:s;
OFFICE OF CHESAPEAKE AN
OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. Rio


OFFICE OF CHESAPEAKE AND
~ OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, Rich
mond, September 18th, 1868. AT a meeting of
the Board of Directors of the G. & 0. r. r. Co.,
RESOLVED, That for the Augusta Agricultural
Fair, and all other Agricultural Fairs, held with
in the States of Virginia and West Virginia. the
following charges be made
Life Members will be carried free going and
returning. Annual Members will be returned
free, certificate of membership from the
proper Officer of the society," also stating that the
person paid full fare going to the exhibition.
Animals and other things for exhibition, will
pay full freight going to the exhibition but if re-
turned by the same owner, to the point from
which it originally started, will be returned free
Oct 20 3t-Vin., Vir. & Lex. Gaz. copytNov5
NNINTER SCHEDULE.-On and after
w the First of October, 1868, the passenger
trains will run as follows:
Mail train between Richmond and Staunton
daily Except Sunday and between Staunton and
Covington tri-weekly, viz: Leave Richmond at
7.15 a. M, and arrive at Staunton at 3.28 p. NJ
Leave Staunton at g. 80 a. m. and arrive at Rich
mond 5.25 p. m.
:, On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday leave
at 81 a. m. Leave Staunton at SO p. m. and
arrive at Covington at 1856 D. m.
Accommodation Train between Richmond and
Charlottesville on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
SATURDAYS Leave Charlottesville at a. M and
arrive at Richmond at 80 a. m. Leave Rich
mond at $50 p. M, and arrive at Charlottesville
at 9 p M. Us
The Mail Train connects at Gordonsville and
Charlottesville with trains on Orange, Alexan
dria, and Manassas railroads for Alexandria,
Washington, Philadelphia New York, Lynch
burg, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis, New
Orleans, Montgomery, Mobile. &c. At Staun-
ton, with stages for Harrisonburg, Winchester,
&c. At Goshen, with stages for Lexington, N at
usal Bridge, SC. At Millboro, with stages for
Bath Alum, Warm, Hot, and Healing Springs.
At Covington, with stages for White Sulphur
Springs, Lewsburg Charleston, &c.
: JAMES F. NETHERLAND,
oct6 84a General Ticket Agent.
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Church Difficulty Settled.

The Leesburg correspondent of the Alexan-
dria Gazette says On Monday the case of
Salem Church, near Hillsboro, which has been
in controversy for some weeks was decided by
Judge Thomas A week ago the Rev. Mr..
Hicks, of the Baltimore Conference, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the United
States, was ruled to show cause why the church
building should not be given up to the control
of the nj. E. Church South in accordance with
the EXPRESSED wish-signified by their signing
a petition to the Circuit Court-ot ia men,
bers, the whole number [ believe 1875. On
Sunday before last in obedience to the order of
the military authorities, the trustees went to
the church and opened it for Mr., Hicks, and
then retired. He came and had not one soli
tary auditor, or, as it is said, he phrased it,
neither friend nor foe
The notice that the decision would be made
last Sunday afHarmony Church was responded
to by forty-eight out OF the eighty two mem
bers voting for union with the Southern Meth
odist church. Some of those not voting were
under twenty one years of age, and by the rules
of the church were not entitled to votes. and
the vote cast was unanimous The orders were
made giving the control to the NJ. E. Church
South. in accordance with the statute of 1866.
which was deolaratory of the law as decided by
the Court of Appeals in the NJ. f. Church
eases. Mr.. Dawney repre- eatlng the NJ. +.
Church in the United States intimated the in
tention of appealing. Let us have Peace.
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CHEERFULNEss AND MoRosENEss. If we
are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles
with us; the air seems more balmy, the sky
more clear, the ground has brighter green,
the trees have richer foliage, the flowers a
fragrant smell, the birds sing more sweetly, and
The sun, moon and stars all appear more beauti-
full. We take our food with relish, and what
ever it may be, it pleases US. We feel better
for it-stronger and livelier, and fit for exertion
Now what happens to Us if we are ill-tempered
and discontenIed? Why there is not anything
which can please US. We quarrel with our
food with our dress, with our amusements,
with our companions, and with ourselves No
thing comes right for us; the weather is either
too hot or too cold, too dry or too damp. Neither
sun nor moon, nor stars have any beauty the
fields are barren, the flowers are lustleless, and
the birds silent. We move about like some evil
spirit, neither loving nor beloved by anything.
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1t was sweet observation of Luther, "tbat,
for the most part, when God sent him upon any
special service for the good of the Church. he
was brought low by some fit of sickness Or
other Surely, as The lower the ebb, the high
er the tide so the lower any descend in humili-
ty, the higher they shall ascend in honor or
glory. he lower this foundation of humility
IS laid the higher shall the roof of honor be
cvoriai1
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Professional Directory.

-xOEEsSIONALC CARD.-In addition
70 the courts of common pleas of Augusta
canntV NV viii hereafter attend the courts of Rock
bridge, Highland, Bath and Rockingham my my
Office is on the east side of the Court-hS1!use S!l
square. second of the brick row IN approachiiis
from the court buildings, Staunton;, rro
oct6-lyr JUN -. w - Io,v /"
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A BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT.-The sea is the
largest Of all cemeteries, and its slumberers
sleep without monun ents All other grave
yards, in all other lands, show some distinction
between the great and small. the rich and poor !;
bnt in the ocean cemetery the king and the
clown the prince and the peasant are all alike
undstinguished The same wave rolls over
all-the same requiem by the Ministries of the
ocean IS sung to their honor. Over the remains
the sane storm BEATS and the same sun shines,
and there, unmarked. the weak and powerful,
the plumed and unhonored, will sleep on until
awakened by the same trumpet.
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TRUTH Some one has beautifully said:
'Truth is immortal; the sword cannot pierce
it, fire cannot consume it, prisons cannot in
carcerate it, famine cannot starve it. "
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The fish in Lake MatyxRnnk Maine,
are said to be superior TO those of either Lake
Weeleyyoksebacook Or Moosetoekmegantne-
Those of Lake Chaubungogungamaug, were
very fne but they all got choked to death In
trying to tell where they lived
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-10

Mary, my love, do you remember the text
this nlorniug?" No papa, | never can re-
membe. the text, I've such bad memory"
Mary" said her mother, did you notice
Susan Brown? "Oh, yes, what fright She
had her last years bonnet done up pea green
silk, a black lace mantilla, brown CATERS, an
imitation Honiton collar, lava bracelet, her
old ear drops, and such fan! On, myl"
Mother-'W my dear, your memory is i'm.
proving"
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4 G. POINTS, 30 9alf
-gssa Grocer and Dealer 3aCoe
% IN FLOUR, GRAIN, SEEDS.
~ BACON, LARD, &c.
Main Street. opposite 1st National Bank,
STAUNTON, VA.
Pure Cider Vinegar
in store and for sale by
"A. G. POINTS.
DRIED FRUITS. of all kinds wanted
for which the highest cash price will be paid by
1a A. G. POINTS.
DRIME LOT OF SOLE LEATHER
For sale by
s A. G. POINTS.
TIMOTHY SEED wanted BY
A. G. POINTS.
Marshall's Prime
Liverpool Salt,
in store and for sale by
A. G. POINTS.
A prime lot of
Green and Black Tea,
IN store and for sale by
A. G. POINTS.
All qualities
Sugars,
Coffee,
Syrups
and MOIaSses,
for sale by A. G. POINTS.
Grain of all kinds Wanted by
A. G. POINTS,
Main street. opposite 1st National Bank.
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[ am no more surprised that some revealed
truths should amaze my understanding, than
that the blazing sun should dazzle my eyes,
Heruey.