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A Poor MAN.--The editor of the JERSEY
vile Journal, in an address to the citizens
of the Great West, remarks that the man
who is too poor to take a paper is too poor
to take wife, own 9 house, or a single acre
OF land, and should quit the farm and hire
himself out as team driver, or to some man
who, having intelligence and sense, can d.
rect him and make his labor profitable. As
an illustration, he who is too poor to take
paper has horse or COW taken sick: be is
at loss to know what to do; sharp neigh
Dor comes along and offers him a receipt
for five or ten dollers, warranted to cure: he
purchases and cures the animal and thinks
the receipt cheap, but does not realize that
the man from whom he purchased it got it
out of his paper, and probably has hundreds
OF others which, with other valuable matter,
only cost him four or five dollars,
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To You've MrN.--The only way capital
can increase is by saving. If you spend as
much as you get, you will never be richer
than you are. 1t is not what man gets,
but what he saves that constitutes his wealth.
Go, learn the first two rules of arithmetic !;
learn addition and subtraction. Add to
your present capital any omount you please:
subtract the sum which you add, and tell us
if the last amount will not be the same as
the first. Every man should. in every year
of his life, make some addition to his capt.
tai. You say you get but little; and then
next year you will get more, for you will
have the profit upon the sum you save.
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!. BEEcHER ON WHINING PRAYERs.-"
once" says Henry Ward Beecher, chad a
good Christian man, that used to trouble me
great deal. He used"- here Mr..
Beecher impersonated him to the life, she
used to drag his words in the most tediously
slow process that you can imagine. One
evening he commenced as usual I'll
hope -my--young- friends ill
not-like-me-put-of-th their consider
alton -of-the eternity and just then 1
interrupted him by saying, Mr.. -, if
you go on that way much longer. eternity
will be here and half through before you
finish I"
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ROUND THE WoRLD.-The fares, in gold
rates, for a journey round the world, visit
ing the most important cities, it is asserted,
Will amount to 81, 554, made UP of the fol-
lowing items: New York to San Francis
co, $l0O; San Francisco to Shanghai,
$500; Shanghae to Hankow and back,
sloO; shang hae to Hong Kong, SIS =
Shanghae to Canton aud Macao and return,
$50; Hong Kong to Calcutta, by way of
Ceylon, $3.50; Calcutta to Delhi, Second
class s24; Delhi to Allahabad, $40 AL
lahabad to Bombay, $25: Bombay to suez,
$500; Suez to Marseilles to London, $40
London to New York, $3.50. A liberal es-
innate, however, Of the fares will bring the
charges up as high as 81, 800 to $4,000, and
the cost fliving amounts to the charges of
first class hotel on shore.
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what one Eats in a Lifetime.

It may surprise the reader to know that
in life of sixty-fye years duration, with a
moderate allowance of mutton, for instance,
a flock of $50 sheep would be required, and
that altogether for dinner alone, adding to
his muttoma reasonable amount of potatoes,
and water or other liquid, daily for thirty
years Of this period. over three hundred
tons of solids and liquids will have been
consumed by him. A calculation has been
made of what modern epieure, a bon-vivant
can consume in alifetime. 1t is as follows:
Take seventy years as the life of an epicure
beyond which age,many of that class of men
arrive, being still in the enjoyment of a
good digestion (for example Talleyrand,
Cambaers, Lord Lefton and others } we
will suppose him to be contemplating by re-
trohectlon the whole amount of his life's
consumption of food and drink, laid out be-
fore him at one view. ..,., ,s
Here IS probably what we would see: 10
oxen, 200 sheep, 100 calves, 200 lambs, so
pigs, 1900 fowls, 800 turkeys, $50: geese,
400 ducks, $50 pigeons, 1870 cartridges
and quails, 600 woodcocks, 400 snipe and
other small game, besides 500 hares and
rablts, 40 deer, 120 guinea fowls, 10 pea
cocks and 260 wild fowls In fish, 100 tur-
bots, 40 salmon, 220 cod, 260 trout. 400
mackerel, 400 founders, 200 cells, 40 had
dock, 40C herrings and 10000 smells; also
20 turtles, 10000 oysters, $500 Holsters
and crabs, 300,000 prawns, shrimps, sar-
dimes and anchovies In fruits, $50 pounds
grapes, so pineapples, 1000 peaches, 400
apricots $40 melons, and some hundred thou
sand plums, green-gages, apples, pears and
millions Of cherries, Strawberries, currents,
walnuts, chestnuts. figs, almonds, etc. In
vegetation of other kind, 22,375 pounds
weight; about 1884 pounds of butter; 6S4
pounds of cheese 21,100 eggs; bread,
$4,000 lbs; of saltand pepper, | 900 lbs
of sugar, 1900. In liquids he would have
irnbibed 14,670 gallons, which might to a
man accustomed to the use Of strong drink
be subiivided into forty-nine hogsheads Of
wine, 1894 gallons of beer, 5S4 gallons Of
spirits, 1894 gallons of coffee, cocoa and
tea, 1864 gallons of milk, and 2,736 gal
Ions Of water. The quantity of food con
sumed by one man in the course of life.
time, as estimated above, astounding as il
appears, is based on an authentic scale of the
ocular average of meals of the day of an
epicures of sixty years ago. .t
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Poetry.
NATURES WORSHIP.
From THE 'TENT ON TIE BEACH"

From THE ''TENT ON TIE BEACH"
The harp Mt Natures advent strung
Has never ceased to play; h.is
The song the stars of morning sung,
Has never died away. Ha
And prayer is made, and praise is given,
By all things near and far;
The ocean looketh up to heaven,
And mirrors every star. 4c
Its waves are kneeling on the strand,
As kneels the human knee;
Their white locks bowling to the sand
The priesthood of the sea!
They pour their glittering treasures forth,
Their gifts of pearl they bring, 1858
And all the listening hills of earth as
Take up the song they sing.
The green earth sends her incense up
From many a mountain shrine;
From folded leaf and dewy cup,
She pours her sacred wine.
The mists above the morning riIIs,
Rise white as wings ofprayer;
The altar curtains of the hills
Aresuhset's purple air.
The winds with hymns ofpraise are loud,
Or low with sobs of pain,
The thnnder-organ of the cloud,
=. The dropping tears ofrain.
With dropping head and branches crossed,
The twilight forest grieves,
Or speaks with tongues of Pentecost
From all its sunlit leaves.
The blue sky is the temples arch.
Its transept earth and air, -
The music of its starry march
The chorus of u prayer.
So Nature keeps the reverent frame
With which her, years began;
And all her signs and voices shame
The prayerless heart of man.
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Knoxville Glenn Press and Herald, 7th.
.5,f Another Snake Shower.

A COUNTLESS NUMBER OF SNAKES RAINED DOWN.
Z Indian Grave Gap, Campbell county
Tenn, through which the Knoxville and
kentucky railroad is being built, was the
scene, on Sunday afternoon, of a natural,
phenomenon, the like Of which had never be-
fore been heard Of by the Oldest inhabitant of
that wild and picturesque portion Of the State
About four o'clock heavy snow storm
broke over that region and deluged the sur
rounding country. The storm lasted nearly
an hour. While at its height the gap was
suddenly filed with countless number Of
snakes, which were seen falling for nearly
ten minutes. The snakes were the common
ringed species and measured from five inches
to two feet in length The strangest part
of the story is that the serpents were all
found dead, and it was supposed that they
were killed by the fall. The news of this
freak of nature soon spread among the far
mers Of the region and created the most in
tense excitement among them. By evening
the vicinity of the Gap was crowded with
hundreds of people, drawn together to wit
ness so novel spectacle. Various surmises
were INDUCED in by the puzzled spectators,
but the general opinion was that the mystic
rlous shower was a premonition of some
dreadful scourge.
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READ THIS TO Your SwEErHEARr.-The
character of the young men of communities
depends much on that of the young women.
Ifthe latter are cultivated, intelligent, ac-
complished, the young men will feel the re-
quirement that they themselves should be up
right and geutlemanly and refined but if
their female friends are frivolous and silly,
the young men will be found to be dissipated
and worthless. But remember, always, that
a sister is the best guardian ola brothers
integrity. She is the surest incubator of a
faith in female purity. AS daughter, she
is the true light of home. The fathers pride
oftenest is centered in his sons, but affection
expended on his daughter. She should
therefore DO the sun and center of all
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A GIRL OF NERvE-One of the most in
genious modes of winning husband ever
practiced was that by which the wife of Frere-
Orban, the Belgian diplomatist who is en-
cheering his little country through the trou-
blesome railroad difficulties in France, won
him when her father objected seriously to
his proposals The lady was heiress to the
house Of Orban, in which there was unlim-
tied money. Her father regarded Frere as
an adventurer, as, indeed, he had at that
time only just passed his examination for
the bar. The young lady invited him to
come to the box at the opera where she and
her father were together, and, when he en-
tered she arose and kissed him, in full view
of the whole audience. After that they
never heard her father make any more OBJ
jections to their marriage, and he taking
their family name became Frere-Orban
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Gbe gtarnton Winoitaot
ADVERTISING RATES

Advertisements for less than three mouths
will be inserted at the rate of One Dollar per
square of Eight Lines, or less for the first ard
so cents for each subsequent insertion. Unless
the number of insertions be marked upon the
manuscript will be published unit fol bid and
charged accordingly.
Obituaries, Announcements of Candidates for
Office, Communications calling uron, advoca-
ting or opposing candidates, and all Communi
cations or Notices Of personal or private char
acter, or intended or calculated to promote any
private enterprise orinterest, will be chargd for
as advertisements.
Ns- Special notices 20 cents per lire for ev
cry insertion.
rs liberal arrangement made with those
who advertise for Three, Six or Twelve months
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Professional Cards.
WIN. CHAPMAN, D. D. S.
- sTAUNTON, VIRGINIA,

ulTYYY0 Office, South Side Main Street at
his old stand.
Artificial Teeth mounted on Gold ,Silverand
Vulcanite.
Alloperationsp erformed n the mostScientifc
and sklful manner with trictregard to Perma-
nancy and warranted to compete withany work
done in the cities.
Thanking the people of Augusta and the sur
rounding Counties for their very liberalpatron-
age prior to, during and since the war, re-
pectfully solicitits continuation
The highest price paid for old gold and
silver plate
June If
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
S. & Corner of Court House Square,

REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
S. & Corner of Court House Square,
NTON, VIRGINIA..
Wearen selling, and have a constant
mand for Farming, Grazing Timber and M'nera
Lands of all descriptions Mills, &C., and we in
wife 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 central location, and thorough knowl-
edge ofthe country, and our extensive business
relations, for securing purchasers
We make no charge for advertising or show
ing proper ty, but when we find a purchaser for
it we charge commission Of five percent, to be
paid out the first payment made by the pur-
chaser. 80 +
Nov. %, 1867. 45sl4sa F
IT UMBER, LUMBER.
L. CO-PARTNERSHIP.
RH Bell and c. R. Mathews having this day
bought out the entire in terest of 7. B. Cauthorn
in the ssSteam Saw Mill" of Hughes & Cauthorn,
and having formed partnership with Mr.. G.. P.
Hughes, will continue the Lumber business at
their Lumber Yard on the Va. G.. 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 liberal 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
: : T. B. CAUTHoRN.
may15th 6s-tf.
ALEX. H. H. STUART, ORLANDO SMITH
R. D. LILLEY, THoS. G. ELDER
CTUART, LILLEY & CO.,
REAL ESTA TIE AGENTS,
STANTON, VA,
Offer their services for the sale Of Real Estate of
every description in all parts of Virginia, espec-
ally in the
VALLEY AND PIEDMONT DISTRICTS.
We wish only the control of such lands rs ow-
ners are really DESTROYS of selling atfair prices.
We make no charge for advertising or showing
lands unless a sale be effected. paw
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JAMES FAGAN, s -
MAIN STREET STANTON.
Keeps constantly on hand large stock of SUI
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, MEMS WATERPROOF Doors, SHOES,
CATERS, &c. 4t5I E'te4g T'ft4.g s}s.fff43
He guarantees to give satisfaction both as to
price and finish. Men $ fine calf bootsat$ $40 90.
Jan. 10, '68-tf.
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A GENERAL AUCTION.
r ~ AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS
The Undersigned, 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 Stanton, the pur-
pose of onducting
General AUCTION and Commission Business,
solicit consgnments 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,
Jana. 1867. &. M. GUSHING.
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Our faith is fed by what is plain in Scrip
ure. and tested by what is obscure.
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DR. G. R. HARRIS

ID STAUNToN, VA.
With over rs years experience in the various
branches, a Practitioner, OF Medical science
Special attention given to diseases peculiar to
females. Patients from distance can be accom-
modated with board at first-cass Boarding Hou
SEES.
Patients waited on in the country when de-
sired.
Office, hours between and 10 O'Clock, A. NJ,
and 2and O'Clock. P. NJ.
Office on Main Street, 2 doors East from Dr..
Chapman's, Surgeon Dentist, and nearly oppo-
site Taylor & Powell's.
Apr. 3-tf.
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u B. GRAVES,
FASHIONABLE TAIL OR,
Hahn Street, Stanton, Va. four doors East
of Crwford's old stand,
where heis prepared to executeworki in the mos.
fashionable manner and at the shortest notice. a.
a reduced price for the CASH. Cutting andren-
ovating done in the best manner ffa.t
Aug.9, '67-3m.
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Business Cards.

lWOULDINGS,
BRACKETS,
manufactured to order, aud, in fact, everything
appertaining to the completion of house.
In addition to this we would call your atten-
ton to our LUMBER YARD-Lumber furnished
in the rough OR worked as may be desired.
FENCING PLANK IN ABUNDANCE.
Orders promptly filed and shipments attended
to. Parties from the country will find a market
here for Lumber, Shingles, &C., for which the
cash will be paid.
Mg> TERMs-CAsH ON DELIVERY. So
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VARNIsHED FURNITURE. NAV be
finished OF so as to look equal to the best
French polished wood. in the following man
ner: Take two ounces of tripoli, powdered !:
put 1t in an earthen pot, with just enough
water to cover it; then take piecc of white
flannel, lay it over piece Of cork or rubber,
and proceed to polish the varnish, always
wetting it with the tripoli and water. 1t
will be known, when the process is finished,
by wiping part of the wood with q sponge
and observing whether there is fair, even
gloss. When this ia the case, take bit of
mutton suet and fine flour, and clean the
work The above process is suitable to 9th
er vanished surfaces,
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CO-PARTNERSHIP. The undersigned has
I formed co-partnership with Mr.. R. NJ. Ayres
and the business which has heretofore been con-
Quoted by him, will, in the future, be carried on
under the firm and style of Waller Ayres.
Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore
bestowed upon him, he respectfully solicits a
continuance of the same to the new firm, and
pledges their best efforts to merit it.
L. B. WALLER.
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

How TO MAKE AN OMELET some
fresh eggs, not omelet eggs. All eggs that
will not by any possibility, do to boil, are
put away in restaurants to make omelets
with. Break them into a china bowl if
they are fresh the white will be as clear as a
maiden's eyes, and the yolk as round as the
pupil of it, Add teaspoonful Of milk for
every egg, and whip the whole as thorough
ly as you would for sponge cake The ONE
let pan has previously been put on the fire
and made SO hot that butter will melt, almost
brown it, but not quite. When in this
condition you will turn the whipped eggs
and milk into the pan and put it directly
over the fire. Get thin bladed knife and
run it carefully under the bottom of the
egg. so as to let that which is not cooked
get below. If the fire is right the whole
mass will puff and swell and cook in a min
ute; if is not carefully attended to it will
burn on the bottom, and burned egg is most
offensive in smell and taste. 1t is not neces-
sary to wait until the whole mass is solid for
its own heat will cook it after it has left the
pan; but begin at one side and carefully
roll the edge over aud over until it is rolled
up, and then let it stand for moment to
brown, and turn it out on hot plate and
serve it. Or, what is better, eat it yourself
Immediately.
You must not put a grain of salt in it
while 1t is cooking, or all your hopes and
your omelet will fattcn down together If
1t is properly made it will be like summer
sunset, rich with crimson and yellow hucs,
and the SAVIOR will gladden. the heart.
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IRON SAFES FOR SALE CHEAP A number
/ ofMessenger Safes, belonging to the Virgin
ia Express Company for sale cheap, on time.
These safes would be useful to farmers, and
others, secure receptacles for valuable articles,
paper &c.
Call and see them at the Virginia Express Of
fee, near the Depot.
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CURE FOB STYEs-Put teaspoonful of
soda 9,a in small bag, pour on it just enough
boiling water to moisten it, then put it on the
stye pretty warm. Keepit on all night, and
In the morning the stye will most likely be
gone; if not, second application is sure to
remove 1t. 1t is also stated that the white
of an egg, applied to the eyelid with a festh-
er just before retiring, soon effects cure.
Styes arise from impurity of the blood, and
no permanent cure can be effected by mere
external application. The blood should be
kept in healthy condition by the frequent
use of some mild purgative-say dose of
rhubarb and magnesla.
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Business Cards.

-7~7---[--~-T
JOHN EcHoLs H.M.BEL1
R.H.cATLETT, JED HoTCHKISs
FCHOLS, BELL, CATLETT & CO..
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A NJ. HENKEL, NJ. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
AND
S. Ill. HENKEK, ID. ID. S....
DENTIST,

formerly of New Market, va.)
Respectfully announce that they have located
in Stanton Va, and offer their services to the
public in all the branches of their professions.
Calls promptly attended to at all hours unless
professionally engaged
Office on corner of Augusta and Main Streets.
Entrances doors North of Bickle's corner.
Il
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TsO CONSUMERS OF MILK.-on and after
/ May LIST wetWill deliver pure and fresh milk
morning and euensng at the residences Of our Gus
toners, at the summer price.
Particular attention given to furnishing milk,
for infants by keeping the milk of certain COW
seperate for that purpose.
ALL OUR MILK is WARRANTED PURE
WE STUDY TO PLEASE.
SEYMOUR & BROWN,
apr3o-tf Proprietors Sunny Side Dairy.
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TNTNE WHISKEY.-I have just returned to
Il Staunton with large supply of Fine Whis-
key, manufactured by Reagan & Koogler, of
Rockingham, which I am prepared to sell to the
trade on fair terms.
will also keep on hand good supply at my
old stand on New Street. having secured the ser
vices of my brother, Mr. 7. P. Reagan, to attend
to the delivery ofall I may sell.
Come and sample and l am sure you will buy.
H. L. REAGAN,
may-l4-3m for Reagan & Koogler.
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10 PRESERVE DOMESTIC WINES. Wines
after having been heated to the temperature
OF l4o degrees r., will neither turn, become
diseased, nor deposit sediment This is the
discovery of M. Pasteur, of France, and its
value has been confirmed by Major Andor
son, the present proprietor of the celebrated
Aongworth wine house Of Cincinnati. The
process is also said to be beneficial in resto-
ring wines which are degenerated
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NTEW FIRM
IN NEW STORE
NEW GOODS
GUY & DRAKE have just opened an entirely
new stock Of Goods at ''White's old corner, " in
the house recently occupied as queenswarestore
by Piper, Drake h Co.
Their stock consists of Ladies Dress Goods of
all styles Lace Points and Shawls, Black Iron
Barege-two yards wide for dresses and Shawls;
NOTIONS AND WHITE GOODS.
Linen Diaper and Towels, Bleached and
Brown Cottons, Bed Ticking, White
and Red FIannels
MEN AND BOYS WEAR.
We wish to call special attention to our Black
Alpacas.
We will be glad to see our friends or "any
other man.
R. NJ. GUY,
apr23-2m D. w. DRAKE.
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NEW STOREl NEW GOODS!!
IN We have just received the largest and
best ass orted stock of China, Glass, Queensware,
and House Furnishing Goods ever offered in this
market. We deal exclusively in Goods in our
line, give our undivided attention to the bust
ness, and consequently can sell at the lowest
rates. The public are invited to call and exam
inc our stock.
WALLER & AYRES.
Meredith's Old Stand, Main Street.
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