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AnecdOte of ROthschild

A story is told, highly creditable to the
great banker, Baron James Rothschild. The
son of celebrated actress of the Comedia
Franchise, NJ. Paul x, inherited from
his mother tolerably round sum-seven or
eight hundred thousand francs. x had
many friends, and made more, and there
was no lack of advice as to how ''to turn his
money to account. They proposed to put
him at the head of great enterprise, and
Paul yielded to the temptation. 1t is so nice
to be called Monsieur the Director; my
dear Director"
There are enough more who would have
done the same in his place, for every man
has his ambition.
But unfortunately the affair was, notwith-
standing the talent engaged in it, very bad
ly managed, and nearly the whole fortune
of the young director was swallowed up
Baron James Rothschild was not ignor-
ant of this event. He pitied Paul, and one
day meeting him on Change, drew him
aside, and said, kindly:
Paul, my little friend, tell me how it is
that so young man can be so sad"
'sad! yes. indeed, sir, and not without
cause"
''Well, come and see me tomorrow at my
bureau Perhaps we shall find cure"
Paul did not fail to be there And Ba-
ron James Rothschild, presenting him to
the chef de diuision of his immense banking
establishment, gave orders that until furth-
er orders NJ. x should occupy certain
desirable position which embraced great adj
yantages. In less than two years Paul, who
has brains enough, had regained his fortune,
fact of which the Baron was not ignorant
and, meeting him one day in the bureau, he
said brusquely, but good-naturedly
''Clear out with you and make room for
others: you've no business here any longer
And now as you are ons horseback again.
mind and keep your seat"
Paul kept his word, and since his return
to fortune he has remained deaf to all the in
ducements of every one to engage in this or
that enterprise, One day he was overheard
saying, lately. in a group, abiding to the
last words addressed to him by the illustrious
| banker:
"Well, I think that the first professor of
equitation in the world is Baron James
Rothschild.'
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bingham. She stood before him, more queen
ly than in the days of old, haughtily ques-

lingham. She stood before him, more queen
ly than in the days of old, haughtily ques-
tioning with fixed blue eyes.
pardon me, Miss Evelyn, for this intru-
sion,'' he said, coming forward 'but you
shun me so persistently in other places, that
I had no alternative You have given me
no chance to say what have been longing
to say ever since found you That [ love
you, Constance-thatI want you to be my
wife p tT
She stood in pale amaze, looking at him.
She had loved him---she did love him dearer
than life. She clasped her hands over her
futtering heart, not able to speak 81
"You are the noblest and bravest woman
I ever met" he went on. II thought so
long ago, and loved you; but never knew
it so fully, and never loved you so dearly as
since your generous remuneration of fortune.
III waited for time, Constance, it was not
that my love ever faltered, but [ wish to see
il you could brave adversely. You have, he
roically; and now, loving you, think bet
ter than man ever-loved woman, I ask you,
Constance Evelyn to be my wife"
He held out his arms. With great sob
she was caught and held to his true heart,
happy at last. VS.
There was an hours delicious quiet in the
widows parlor. Then Mr. Chillingham,
holding both her hands, and looking at her
earnestly, said, ''But have revelation to
make, and pardon to crave, my queenly
Constance. l have deceived your"
Deceived me~ she cried, turning pale.
eyes, my dear, and many others My
name is not Chillingham !'' <39 lr.
She sat looking at him--whte and turn
ing cold. a u
II am George Chillingham Thorne--your
guardians nephew, long since supposed to
be dead in California, and I am the heartless
scamp who has robbed you of your fortune.
She gave little grasping cry. Mr.. e
G. Thorne, laughing in her face, went on
II did it with malice aforethought. [ wan
ted to try you as they try gold in the cruel.
BILE. You have come out a thousand folt
brighter, and am rewarded. Can you for.
give me 2" 4
I suppose she did, for she married him and
went back into society, more regal and up
lifted than ever. And as marriage is the
ultimatum of womanly hopes and the acme
of earthly bliss, I presume I may leave her
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Shall We Meet Again?-A Beautiful Ex-
tract.

Men seldom think of the great event of
death until the shadow falls across their
own path, hiding forever from their eyes
the traces of the loved ones whose living
smiles were the sunlight of their existence.
Death is the great antagonist of life and the
cold thought of the tomb is the skeleton at
all feasts. We do not want to go through
the dark valley, although it's passage may
lead to Paradise; and with Charles Lamb,
we do not want to lie down in the muddy
grave, even with kings and princes for our
bed-fellows.
But the fiat Of nature is inexorable.-
There is no appeal Of relief from the great
law which dooms US to dust. We flourish
and we fade as the leaves of the forest, and
the flower that blooms and withers in day
has no Trailer hold upon life than the might
lest monarch that ever trod the earth with his
footsteps. Generations of men appear and
vanish as the grass, and the countless null
titude that throngs the world to-day, will
to morrow disappear as the footsteps on the
shore.
In the beautiful drama of Ion, the instinct
of Immortality, so eloquently uttered by the
death-devoted Greek, finds deep response
in every thoughtful soul When about to
yield his young existence as a sacrifice to
fate, his beloved Clemanthe asks if they
shall not meet again, to which he replied {:
81 asked that dreadful question of the hills
that look eternal of the clear streams that
flow forever Of the stars among whose fields
Of azure my raised spirit hath walked upon
thy living face !; feel that there is something
in the love that mantles through its beauty
that cannot wholly perish. We shall meet
again, Clemanthe."
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Poetry.
-NN~~0~~@N@-
no GOD.

s'No God! No God p The simplest flower
That on the wild is found,
Shrinks as 1T drinks its cup of dew,
And trem bles at the sound;
"No God !''-astonished echo cries g..
From out her cavern boar,
And every wandering bird that flies
Reproves the Atheists lore.
, The solemn forest lifts its head,
The Almighty to proclaim,
The brooklet on its crystal urn,
Doth leap to grave his name.
How sweils the deep and vengeful sea,
Along his billowy track,
The red Vesuyius opes his mouth .iI
To hurl the falsehood back.
The palm tree with its princely crest,
The cocoa's leafy shade, h. =
The bread-fruit bending to it's load, ID.
In yon fair island glade;
The winged seeds that borne by winds,
The rowing sparrrows feed,
The melon on the desert sands, g."
Confut tie the scorner's creed.
mo God!' with Indignation light
The feryent Sun is stirred,
And the pale Moon turns paler still
At such an impious word;
And from their burning thrones, the Stars
Look down with angry eye,
Thatsuch a worm of dust should mock
Eternal Majesty ed. 4H
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GEORGE D. PRENTICE The editor of the
Montgomery Daily IMaiz writes from Louis
vile the following:
Yesterday I had an interview with Mr..
Prentice He is not the man he was ten years
ago Indeed, his genius is gone and his
person is a mere wreck. His family is bro
ken up--wife- dead one son killed on the Con-
federate side, another settled on farm down
the river, and the old man, verging on three
score and ten, cooks his breakfast and din
ner in his little room on the third floor of the
Courier building, and lives only in CONVEX
sation about the past. This man once wiel-
ded an imperial power with his wit and mus
ic Now the world has whirled past him,
and he lies on the shere mere stranded
wreck"
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44 WANT OF RESPECT. ---"When stranger
treats me with want of respect" said philos-
ophic poor man, Il comfort myself with the
reflection that it is not myself he sights, but
my old and shabby coat and hat, which, to
say the truth, have no particular claim to
admiration. So, if my hat and coat choose
to fret about it, let them but it is nothing
to me-" s-'
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A Two-LEGGED GoAr.-There is a goat
belonging toa man named OConnor, living
near the canal basin, which, though born
with four legs, had the misfortune, when
very young, to lose two of them, and those
the hind two; but, strange to relate, the
mutilated animal, in short time after he
was bereft Of what would seem to be the
most important parts of his locomotive ap-
paratus, learned to do without them, and
now roams the hills and valleys near his
owners house upon his two fore legs, appar-
emily, with as much ease as it's companions
in the flock to which it belongs --Aleran-
d1aa Gazette.
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TRUE GREATNESS. Were angels, if they
look into the ways of men, to give in their
catalogue Of worthless, how different would
it be from that which any of our species
would draw up We are dazzled with the
splender of titles, the ostentation of learning,
the noise of victories /; they, on the contrary,
see the Philosopher in the cottage, who pos
sesses his soul in patience and thankfulness
under the pressure of what little minds call
poverty and distress. The evenings walk
of wise man is more illustrious in their
sight than the march of a general at the
head Of hundred thousand men. Only a
contemplation of Gods work, a generous
concern for the good Of mankind, and un-
feigned exercise Of humility, constitute men
great ard glorious.
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IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS.
WHOLESALE@RETAIL
CHINA, GLASS Il WHITE GRANITE WAKE

AT CHINA HALL.
The subscribers are now receiving the largest
stock of WARE ever seen in Staunton, and they
are now prepared to make the following PROPOSE
ton to merchants, viz
We can and will sell the best White Granite
Ware at precisely Baltimore prices, with freight
adde .
We will only name the prices of some leading
articles.
The best White Granite Handle Teas at 80 cts
per set the identical goods you have to pay s.
Cents for at regular jobbing houses in Baltimore
Breakfast, Tea, and Dining Plates at from one
dollar twenty-five, to one dollar seventy-fve cts.
per dozen. This is the best Granite Ware made.
Covered Dishes, Ewers, Basins, Dishes Pitch
ers, Tureens, Sauce Boats, Pickles, Buffers &c.
We are willing to take the invoice of any Job
bling house, and duplicate the bill at 10 per cent.
advance, which we think is about the expenses
incurred in shipping to Staunton.
of Ware at 40 per cent, lower than before the
War, taking the price of gold as basis
We have made arrangements to receive large
additions to our stock every week, and are de-
termined to supply any demand made upon us
and at wonderfully low prices. Our motto is
tQuick Sales and Short Profits"
PIPER, DRAKE Il co.
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During Payson's stiffness, a friend COM
ing into his room, remarked Familiarity,
"Will, am sorry to see you lying here on
your back" ''Do you not know what God
puts US on our backs for?" said Dr. P, smi-
ling. "No'' was the answer. SIN order
that we may look upward"
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LIVERY STABLE,


STANTON VA.
The proprietor takes this occasion to call the
attention of his friends, and the public generally
TO his complete outfit of
NEW BUGGIES, HACKS &C,
which, in neatness and ease of running, are not
equalled by any Livery in the Valley.
His stud of riding, Buggy and Hack horseshas
been considerably increased and he is now pre-
pared to accommodate persons with Superio
riding and driving horses, both gentle and fast;
He will furnish single feed or board horses by
the day, week or month on liberal terms.
Parties can rely ON their horses being we'll cared
for, as that experienced and famous hostler, TOM
BETHEL, is in general charge of the stable.
rs Persons desiring Hacks, Buggies or Horse
would do we'll to call on the proprietor, who can
always be found at the stable which is convenient
to both Hotels and directly between the Railroad
and Virginia House.
Thosehaving horses for sale will find good
accommodations at Burke's Stable.
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OH YES! OH YES!! [ have
" this day taken out
AUCTIONEER'S LICENSE.
Those wanting goods, or in fact, anything
SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
in Town or Country, will do we'll to give me a
call.
Office under Va. Hotel, next door to Mandle-
baum's Clothing Store.
Auction every Saturday in front of Court
House.
+ Mm~I will sell on most reasonable terms.
Dec. l3th-tf HENRY o. CEASE.
A M. SIMPSON,
A. Having taken the old
office of DIR. Donaghe, on Main Street, opposite
DR.. Chapman S office, is prepared to Manufac-
ture
LADIES', MISSES
AND CHILDREN'S SHOES
of all styles and of the best quality.
Having fitted up q neat room for the accom-
mediation of his lady friends he will be pleased
to have them call and leave their measures for
any work they may need, promising to give sat
sfaction, as usual, in each and every instance.
Feb. 81, '68-tf
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Fashionable life is apt to be cold, stilted
and false. People don't travel on that train
who believe in having a good time and feel
ing natural and nice. Fashion and fools
too often associate
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PKEJUD1cEs. --"My son." said an old
man, "beware ofprejudices. They are like
rats, and mems minds are live traps; preju-
dices get in easily, but it is doubtful if they
ever Get out. :"
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Observe the three grand properties time
place, and person.
Say little-but say that little we'll
Never disgrace yourself in order to do
honor to any one living.
Whatever you undertake persevere in but
consider we'll before you DO undertake a
thing. ...
Be always punctal to your engagements.
Be industrious and frugal and you will
be rich.
Let nothing throw you off your guard.
Be cautious and reserved with people you do
not know.
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
s. E Corner Of Court House Square,
ST. III NTQN VIRGIN


STANTON, VIRGINIA..
We are now selling, and have constant de
mand for Farming, Grazing Timber and MtneTa
Lands of all descriptions, Mills, &C., and we in
vite 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
believing that we possess superior advantages
from our centrallocation, and thorough knowl-
edge of the country, and our extensive business
relations, for securing purchasers ~ jdt
We make no charge for advertising or show
ing prope1ty but when we find purchaser for
it we charge commission of five percent, to be
paid out of the first payment made by the pur-
chaser.
Nov. %, 1861.
DAY UP? PAY UPll
Persons knowing themselves indebted to
me are respectfully but earnestly requested to call
and settle at once. l need every dollar that is
due me, and hope my friends Will respond prompt
ly. have to pay cash for labor and material and
l shall be compelled in the future to adopt the
cash plan. l desire to return my thanks to my
friends and the Public generally for their kind
patronage and I hope by strict attention to bust
ness and fair dealing to merit continuance of
the same.
W. A. BURKE.
3. Burkes Iron Works, Staunton, Va.
jan9-tf. Spectator copy.
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NEW MEAT STORE.
~ The undersigned respectfully informs the
citizens of Staunton and vicinity that they have
commenced the butchering business, and will offer
daily at their Store on the Wharf, next door to
Ed Halls Harness establishment, nice fresh beef,
mutton, veal and pork, neatly bu.chered and at
fair rates.
Being determined to slaughter nothing but
good stock and sell at short profits: they hope to
receive liberal share of patronage from the town
and country.
jan22-tf FlSHBURN co.
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may15th '68-tf.
TEMPLE OF FASHION.

HNEMPLE OF FASHION.
Mrs. K. NJ. Kelley has returned from Baltimore
with a large and elegant assortment of Millinery
and Fancy Goods, which consists of all the latest
novelties of the season, Real and Imitation Lace
Collars, Plain and Embroidered ditto, Linen and
Cambria Chemisetts, Ladies & Misses Kid Gloves,
American, French and German Corsetts Cloaks
of the very latest styles, Dress Trimmings, Black
and White Mourning Collars, to all of which she
invites the special attention of Ladies.
The latest novelty of the season is the Grand
Duchess Pannier and Cravat, Hair Braids and
Frizzes and new style Chignon, sold-atBaltimore
prices.
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MARK1Na-INK FROM L1EN.---A solution of
cyanuret potassium, applied with cancels
hair brush, will remove marking ink from
linen. Afterwards wash we'll with cold water
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{ uMBER, LUMBER.

II UMBER, LUMBER.
H. CO-PARTNERSHIP.
R. H. Bell and G. R. Mathews having this day
bought out the entire interest of 7. B. Cauthorn
in the ''Steam Saw MilP' of Hughes Cauthorn,
and having formed partnership with Mr.. G.P.
Hughes, will continue the Lumber business at
their Lumber Yard on the Va. q. R. R., near
Milboro' Depot.
Are prepared to furnish Lumber in any guam
tity, and at reasonable prices.
Letters on business or orders should be ad
dressed to HUGHES Il CO.,
Cady's Tunnel P. O.,
May 4th 1868. Bath Co., Va.
take this method of returning my thanks to
the public for their kind and liberala patronage
and bespeak continuance of the same towards
the above firm. Mr.. G. P. Hughes is hereby
authorized to settle up the business of the late
firm of Hughes & Cauthorn.
T. B. CAUTHORN.
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FLAX SEED SYRUP. This excellent rene
dy for cough is made thus: Boil one ounce
of flax seed in quart of water for half an
hour; strain and add to the liquor the juice
of two lemons and a half pound of rock can
dy. If the cough is accompanied by weak
ness and loss of appetite, add half an ounce
of powdered gum arabic. Set this to simmer
for half an hour. stirring it occasionally
Take wine glassful when the cough is
troublesome
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Wu1TEwAsII THAT WILL NOT RUE OFF,
Mix up half pailful of lime and water, take
half pint Of -four and make starch of it,
and pour it into the whitewash while hot
Stir it we'll, and make it ready for use. s
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CURE For BURN OR ScALD.---Irish pota-
toes grated and applied as a poultrice is a
quick and sure relief for burn or scald.
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~ money, and will still take greenbaeks
at par for accounts, notwithstanding gold is ad-
vancing steadily word to the wise is sufi-
Gent PIPER. DRAKE& co.
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ID B. GRAVES,
FASHIONABLE TAIL OR,
Main Street, Stanton, Va. four doors East
of Crwford's old stand,
where he is prepared to execute work in the mos!
fashionable manner and at the shortest notice, al
a reduced price for the CASH. Cutting andren-
ovating done in the best manner.
Aug.9, '67-3m. ." ... 81
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DERRY CAKEs-Mix one pound of butter
one pound of sifted sugar, one pound and
quarter of flour, with beaten egg, into a
paste: roll it into small cakes, which bake
on tin.
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~ REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
STANTON, VA,
Offer their services for the sale of Real Estate of
every description, in all parts OF Virginia, especi-
ally in the
VALLEY AND PIEDMONT DISTRICTS.
We wish only the control ofsuch lands rs ow-
ners are really DESTROYS offs selling atfair prices.
Wemake NO charge for advertising or showing
lands unless sale be effected.
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Business Cards.

->---r-(7-~'~~'~-~-@>-7~>--1
JOHN ECHoLs, H. NJ. BELL
R. H.CATLETT, JED HoTcHKIsS.
FCHOLS, BELL, CATLETT & CO.
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flames PAGAN,
81 BooT AND SHOE MANUFACTURER,
MAIN STREET STANTON.
perior Leather and Shoe Findings, purchased in
large quantities and at the lowest figures and is
therefore prepared to make up in the neatest
style and at low prices, for cash, LADIES BALMo-
RAILS and POLISH Doors, of best FRENCH KID and
BooT MoRocco, MEN S WATERPROOF Doors, SHOES,
CATERS, &c.
He guarantees to give satisfaction both as to
price and finish Men fine calf boots at $lo. 90.
Jan. 10, '6S-tf.
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A secret has been admirably defined as
anything made known to everybody in a
whisper" -.
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WIN. H. BRIGGS,
Nv GENERAL
rOMMISSIO MER CHI 4 N II.
No. 1906 Broad St., neat door to Va CemtTa1
Rail Road Depot
RICHMOND, VA.
viii rive his undivided personal attention to
,,s sale of all kinds of Country Produce and
20 sling orders for Merchandlze generally aa ana
hopes by PUNCTUALITY and STRICT att 81,
zion to business. to merit a continuance OF the
patronage 80 literally bestowed heretofore.
No charge for Storage or Insurance
RESPECTFULLY REFERS TO
Messrs. Baker Bros, Mcclure y Bumgardner'
A. NJ. Pierce & Co. and Powell u Blackiey,
Messrs. A. Blauth, W. F. Smith and B. F.
McClung & Bros, Greenville.
Messrs OFT, Spencer Co. and gibbs ho-
gan, Midway. n cntbr;e
and VIM. Guthrie, Fishersville.
T. H. Antrim, Waynesboro.
NAYS '68-
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Never give your opinion if it is likely to be
contradicted by that of any one present.
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CTIEFF'S PIANOS.
- AN ASSORTMENT OF THE
New and Improved Scale,
will be on hand for examination at Hunter &
NoHlin's Book Store about the 18th ofSeptenl-
Der. Call and see the BEST PIANO now made
JOEL ETTINGER, Sole Agent.
Aug 23-tf.
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OO-PARTNERSHIP.- undersigned hav
entered into Copartnership for
the purpose of conducting the GROCERY AND
PRODUCE BUSINESS at the old stand of Hoge
l. Mason and would be glad to see their friends
and the public generally.
P. HOGE,
aug14-tf CHAS. =. HOGE'
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BAKED MAcARoN1.-Fill small pie-dish
with macaroni, cover with cold water, and,
after it has soaked an hour, pour off the wa
ter. Then boil it in milk about half an hour
after which drain it. Procure some nice
cheese and CRATE it very fine Butter a ba-
king-dish, and sprinkle in a little cheese,
some small pieces of butter, a little white
pepper and salt. a layer of macaroni, and so
on, until the dish is full, putting the cheese
on last, with bits of butter Put it into a
pretty hot oven to brown about twenty min
utes
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A GENERAL AUCTION.
COMMISSION BUSINESS
The Undersigned, under the firm and style Of
PECK & CUSHING,
having taken the large and commodious store
room of Mrs B. Bolen, at the corner of Augusta
street and Spring Alley, in Staunton, for the pur-
pose of onducting a
General auction and Commission Business,
solicit consignments of all kinds of Goods and
Produce, to be sold either at auction or private
sale, at reasonable charges.
Sales of all kinds ofproperty attended eitherin
town or county H. H. PECK,
Jan f. 1867 E. M. GUSHING.