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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-10-05
Stephen Aliens Pocket-Piece,

Among the victims of the Henry Clay disas-
ter, was Stephen Allen, ESQ.,. an aged man of
the purest character, formerly Mayor of New
York, beloved and esteemed by all who knew
him. In his pocket-book was found a printed
slip, apparently cut from newspaper, of which
the following is a copy:
Keep good company or none. Never be
idle. If your hands cannot be usefuliy en-
ployed attend to the cultivation of your mind.
Always speak the truth. Make few promises
Live up to your engagements. Keep your own
secrets, if you have any. When you speak to
a person, look him in the face. Good company
and good conversation are the very snewS Of
virtue. Good character is above all things else.
Your character cannot be essentially injured ex-
cept by your own acts. If any one speaks evil
Of you. let your life be so no one will believe
him. Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors =
Ever live (misfortunes excepted) within your
income When you retire TO bed, think over
what you have been doing during the day
Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper
Small! and steady gains give competency with
tranquility of mind. Never play at any game
of chance. Avoid temptation, through fear
you may not withstand it. Earn money before
you spend it. Never run into debt unless you
see way to get out again. Never borrow if
you can possibly avoid it. Do not marry until
you are able to support wife. Never speak
evil of any one. Be just before you are gener-
Gus. Keep yourself innocent, if you would be
happy Save when you arc young. to spend
when you are old. Read over the above max
inns at least once week.
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The Measureless Love.

can measure parental love-how broad, how
long. and how strong and deep it is it is deep
sea which mothers can only tathom. But the
love displayed on yonder hill and bloody cross,
where God S own Son is perishing for us, nor
man nor angel has line to measure The cir
cumterence of the earth, the altitude of the sun,
the distance of the planets, these have been
determined; but the height, detpth, breadth
and length of the love of God passeth know
ledge. Such is the Father against whom all Of
US have sinned thousand times Walk the
shore where the ocean sleeps in the summer
calm, or lashed into fury by the winter temp
est, is laundering on her sands, and when you
have numbered the drops of the waves, the
sand on her sounding beach, you have number
ed Gods mercies and your sins. Well, there
fore, may we go to him with the contrition of
the prodgal in our hearts, and his confession
on our lips Father, | have sinned against
Heaven and in Thy sight" The Spirit Of God
helping US to go to God, be assured that the
father, who seeing his son after off, ran to
meet him, fell on his neck and kissnd him was
bat an image of Him, who, not sparing His
own Son, but giving him up to death that we
might live, invites and now awaits your coming.
DIR. Guthrie.
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Narrowing Narrative.
Suferings of q GordoasUi7le Husband.

! We make the following extracts from the
Diary of a husband Of the period. It was
picked up near the Depot by Capt. Sully Its
authenticity is beyond question. OF course we
omit proper names. It is sad, sad story.
March 2, lS69.-Frances H. beat me with
a broOmstick, causing me to have lame
| shoulder which gives me great pain. She
would not give me any money to get llnimeDt
with. She also threw goblet in my face :;
breaking one tooth. She blamed me for the
smashing OF the goblet, saying if | had kept
my mouth shut it would not have happened" :"
April, 4, 1867. Ell. Struck me with
croWbar, because [ said it was her business to
wash the dishes Yet, how long, oh Lord =
My shoulder is just getting WE'LL"
This entry is very badly written:
April 8, 1869. Frances beat me with
broomstick, and threatened to break up my
business"
April Is. 1S69-Frances became excited
to-day while was mnding the baby, and threw
at me IN rapid succession Josephus, volume
of Rollins History, the Decline and the Fall of
the Roman Empire, three-pound iron weight,
and a broken bottle. The Decline and Fall
struck me on the side. 1t weighs ten pounds.
Whenever | can get an opportunity, shall ap-
ply for divorce.
May Is, 1869. Frances had me arrested
to-day for abuse of her. denied it, but the
Justice did not believe me, and / was fined
$40 for beating my wife, and was held in bonds
OF $500 to keep the peace. What a mockery
/, justice u
June "a, lS69.-Frances to-day threw some
slop on me, and then beat me with roller be-
cause | went up stairs to change my clothes,
and soied the floor. | must escape
July l4,-About day this morning Frances
washed me- all over with dis h-rao dippo1
dishwater and set me in the back porch to dry
till long after sun up. The neighbors saw and
pitied me, but was afraid to interfere When
tried to hide in the house, they jobbed me
back with hayonet that I picked up at
Slaughlers Mountain. OIL my God, my God,
wish MIR James Southall would come to my
rescue In his valuable paper"
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The PSU0t ActJO7a Brace.
yEyHE PIVOT-ACTEON BRACE, Oh
CHEST EXPANDER,

VEyHE PIVOT-ACTEON BRACE, OR
CHEST EXPANDER,
Patented October 10. 1866, by B. j. Greedy.
Reissue, June g. 1869
A superior Suspeader for Skirts or Pamts-Am
uaeqm0tLed Brace for the Shoulders.
COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE.
l. As Suspeuder for Men and Boys, it is the
most comfortable and convenient Brace made
fastening to the pants at point directly under
each arm with a metallic button-hoe or loop
There is strain the pants when sitting
stopping, or in any other position. No other
Brace combines the Brace and Suspe1.der so
completely and conveniently as the PIvoT-AC-
TIoN BRACE.
z As a Skirt Supporter for Ladies and Misses,
If ii indispensable for health and comfort Ii
sunn.,rts the skirts from the shoulders, and thus
relieves the hips of an unpleasant and oppressive
burden. 50 prolific of WEAKNESS and disease Ev-
erv lady. young or old, should have pair.
HEALTH.
3. As a. Brace it keeps the shoulders drawn
back. expands the chest, prevents STOPPING the
shoulders. compression of the lungs, curvature
of the spine and consumption. To persons of
| sedentarv ha bits and to the young OF both sexes
attending school, it is invaluable as a health and
life preserver.
4. 1t combines the Brace and Suspender, at on.
ly about the price of common Suspender. No
other Brace can be had so cheap.
RETAIL PRICES.
Bows and Misses ,.. IS cents and $1OO.
Ladies and Gents s',..........$ 81. 90, I25 1.50.
FOR SALE BY
S. MANDELBAUM
Clotheir, and Gents Furnishing Goods Dealer,
under Virginia Hotel, Staunton, Va.
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Can Keen g. Hotel.

1t is not every man who can keep hotel-
In fact not one man in hundred is fit by ma
ture or education to fill SO laborious and respon
sibe position. The old style of taverns Q
the years agone a man might keep and no
hurt him much, providing there were nothin,
to 40 ont entertain two persons day, rais
garden stuff, take care of horse, keep ho
| fire In the bar-room in winter or a cool seat il
summer, with an occasional change of water il
the rnslng-tnb, pan, pail or sop-dish.
notei-Keepng Is science. 1t requires
brains and knowledge of human nature. A
man must know his business to keep hotel sue.
| cesstu,ly. Folks ain't now as they used to be.
They go quicker, travel faster, and don't stay
so long.
Two thousand miles to-day is no more than
twenty miles twenty years ago. Men act diff
terenty, think differently, feel differently, are
differently.
They are bolder quicker, more reckless, more
independent, and less caring for public opinion.
They give and require more attention now than
then.
/ There are travellers and stay-at-homes There
are men who want attention, expect to pay for
1t, are entitled to it. If they do not find it at
home, they do at a hotel, if it is we'll kept.
Aud the hotel
1t should be neat, clean, in order. The best
should always be given, and in abundance. =
Then people like to stop there, and are in less
mood to hasten away. The table should be
neatly set-viands clean, rooms in order with
conveniences handy
And the hotel-keeper
He should be a good-natured, social we'll
informed man Of dignity, yet able to give and
take joke. He should know of human na-
ture from contact Herewith. He should be
good hearted man, who can introduce himself
to guests aud make old people and timid ones
from the county somewhat unused to travel, to
city and hotel ways, feel perfectly at home.
There are those who never stopped at hotel
before-who do not understand just how to
act--who are timid about asking for what they
want or for information. The genuine land
lord will care for all such with extra attention.
And he should be able to give information
about roads, routes distances, best time to go
and come, cost of going, &c And he should
do this without grumbling- as if to do so was
a pleasure. And he should give more infor-
nation, never less than asked for.
And he should act as if those who we're his
guests were ladies and gentlemen, till he knows
to the contrary. Should greet them kindly, be
not lnquisitive, nor yet distant, cold, naughty,
and stuck up, as if all he wanted was the
money.
And he should be in the dining-room before
and at meal times. A word here and there-a
little inqulring Of this one and that one-a
looking to see that all are we'll served and the
poor waited on equal with the rich And then
he should feel and act as though his guests
were his friends, aud he interested in their hap
piness and comfort Such men know how to
keep hotel Who of our landlord readers can
fill the bill? We know many who cana few
who cannot.-Bnck Pomeroy.
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WNgOns.

H. s. KELLER. G. W: FALL. A. D. MILLER.
" ELLEK, FALL & CO., would respect
II fully inform the citizens of Augusta and
surrounding counties, that they are now putting
up the celebrated SEAMLESS I'll! MBLE
SKEIN WAGONS. These wagons will wear
longer and run lighter than any wagons made
in this country. Our wagons are put up of the
best material and in workmanlike manner. We
have good experienced Blacksmiths and are pre-
pared to do all kinds of work in that line at short
notice. Those in want of wagons will do we'll to
consult us before they supply themselves. Shop
at Trinity Point Mills Address
KELLER, FALL & CO.,
ap6-6m* Churchville, Va
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-10-05
NUMBER XLvI.
To the Lonely.

There is a land where beauty cannot fade,
Nor sorrow dim the eye;
Where true love shall lnot droop nor be dismayed.
And none shall ever die!
Where is that land oh whore?
For l would hasten there
Say thou-I fain would go.
For am wearied with heavy woe!
The beautiful have left me all alone;
The true, the tender, from my path are gone
Oh guide me with thy hand
If thou dost know that land
For am burden'd with oppressive care,
And weak and fearful with despair
Where is it? tell me where.
Friend thou must trust in Him who trod before
The desolate paths of life;
Must bear in meekness as he meekly bore
Sorrow and pain and strifel
Think how the Son of God
These thorny path trod
Think how He long'd to CO.
I ct tarried out for thee the appointed work.
Think of His weariness in places dim.
When no man cOmforted or cared for Him.
Think of the blood like sweat
Wi1h which his brow was wet.
I Yet how He pray'd, unaided and alone,
In that great agony, ''Thy will be donen
Friend, do not thou despair,
Christ from His heaven of heavens will hear thy
prayer
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POetry
Memory's Chamber.

In the hearts remotest chamber,
Penciiled on its ruby walls,
Where the light of days departed,
With mournful glory falls,
There are many faithful pictures,
Upon which we love to gaze,
For they are the smiling faces
Of the friends of other days.
This secluded, secret chamber,
Echoes music to our ear
Echoes music that we often
Almost hold our breath to hear.
. Voices Of the loved departed,
Fill the weary heart with pain,
AS they echo sweetly, sadly,
Like some half forgotten strain.
In this lonely, silent chamber
There are treasures, rich and rare,
( Such as smiles, and tears and blessings,
And dying mothers prayer.
Words of kindness here are treasured,
Spoken in more thoughtful hours,
( For their influences cannot perish,
Lovely amaranthine flowers.
In lone, secluded corner,
Memory sighs DER buried years,
And her eyes are dim and heavy
With their weight of unwept tears;
Like bird that vainly wishes
To be free from prison bars,
So her trembling spirit longeth
For home among the stars.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-10-05

GLUE FOR READY UsE-To any quantity of
glue use common whi>key instead of water
Put both together in a bottle, cork it tight, and
set it away for three or four days when it will
be fit for use without the application of heat.
Glue thus prepared will keep for years, and is
at all times fit for use, except in very cold
weather, when it should be set in water before
using. To obviate the difficulty of the stopper
getting tight by the glue drying in the mouth of
the vessel, use tin vessel with the cover fit
ting tight on the outside to prevent the escape
of the spirits by evaporation. A strong solu-
ton of isnglass made in the same manner, is
very excellent cement
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! A. M. HENKEL, Staunton, Va.

Id (Formerly of New Market: Va.,),
Res pectfuly offers his services to the public, IN
all the branches of the Medical Professlon-spe-
eial attention paid to Surgery.
May be found at his office at all hours, unless
professionally engaged.
night. int in the country as we'll as in the town.
Offlce-on Bruces corner, up stairs. Entrance
on Augusts street, 8 doors from corner.
L., .lQo oStn
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-10-05

ELDER OINTMENT Take the inside bark of
sweet elder; boil to strong Infusion strain
it, then add equal parts OF bees wax and NUT
ton ,aow; say to one half pint of the liquid,
piece of mutton tallow and bees wax, each
the size of a hen s egg; simmer until the water
is out. Ii softer ointment Is desired, use
fresh butter instead Of mutton tallow. Here
yon have recipe for an ointment which is In
valuable as a healing remedy for cuts, erysip
elias, chi blains, and sores OF all kinds, and es
pecially excellent for burns.
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sTAUNTON, VA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER s. 1869

6F The circulation of the ssSPEcTAToR"
is about as great as the combined circola-
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.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-10-05
Hotels.
VIRGINIA HOTEL.

F. SCHEFFER, ........ Proprietor.
Has been remodeed, repainted and furnished
now among the first class hotels of the country
fine Livery Stable, Bar and Billiard Room
are attached.
MB~ Omnibus free.
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MN. M. McALLISTER.
8V AffOrney at Law,

Warm Springs, Virginia. j..
Will practice in all the Courts of the counties OF
Augusta and Allegheny, and as partner with
the distinguished William 81. Terrill in Ba Bath
county. Prompt attention given to the me coiiec-
aggregate Attention given to business In any
county in the State if specially employed
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Tobacco.

C. r. COCHRAN j. E. GUY.
old FIRM REVIVED!
~ G. T. COCHRAN 81 CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
TOBACCO, SNUFF AND CIGARS,
at the old stand, on New street. would respect
generally that they are receiving and will keep
constantly on hand a well selected stock of
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. and Cigars
ranging from the choicest to the cheapest grades.
Also Snuff, Pipes, Stems, Matches, sc
Staunton, Oct. 9th, 1868.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-10-05

The Catholic citizens of Fall River, Mass,
have held a meeting and resolved that a hearse
and three hacks or carriages are sufficient for q
funeral An advance in hack rates for funer
ais was the immediate cause of the action.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
If One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less,
ror the first and so cents for each subsequent n
naked upon the manuscript it will be publish
ed until forbid and charged accordingly. ,,
Mg- Obituaries, Announcements OF Ca''d1dateS
for Office COnssu,,icatio''s calling up mR0 auond-
.ntious or Notices of Personal or PTSuate char
aete or intended or calculated to promote any
Priuate Enterprise or Interest aciU be chargedJor
as advertisements.
the advertising rates.
re- Address-''staunton Spectator" staunton,
Augusta County, Va.
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BALLARD HOTET.

BALLARD HOTEL, I
Richmond, VA, March 10.
FHvhis Elegant Establishment is ODeu
Il to the accommodation of the public. The
building is one of the
FINEST IN THE CITY
and for Style. Convenience and Beauty of Ar
rangement, is acknowledged to be superior.
ITS FURNITURE
is new and complete and for cleanliness, 1t is
proverbial.
The subscriber, after more than twenty years
experience in the business, thinks he risks moth
ing in saying that this Hotel shall, in every res
peet be
EQUAL TO ANY IN THE SOUTH,
and asks the patronage of his friends and the
public generally.
JOHN p BALLARD,
march 17-tf Proprietor.
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A large crowd assembled in St. Louis
Wednesday to witness the acts on q rope of
one-legged man. The rope was at an attitude
of between fifty and sixty feet
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PROFESSIONAL CARD.-In addition
to the courts of common pleas of Augusta
county, will hereafter attend the courts of Rock
bridge, Highland, Bath and Rockingham; My
office is on the east side of the Court House
SQUARE second of the brick row in approaching
from the court buildings, Staunton.
oct6-1yr JOHN b. w ATS,
ATTORNEY at Law.
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A Governor Only in Name.

The..elect Governor of Virginia has been ap-
pointed acting Governor, by military authority.
But there Is this strange pecularity in his case,
which Is itself anomalous In elective govern
ments, viz: that he is not responsible to the
people who elected him, nor amenabie to the
Constitution under which he was elected. He
is the creature of military power-the mere
which he may be elected and deprived of all
his powers at any moment, by the man who
writes himself Military Commandant of Dis
trlct No. /. 1t is obvious, therefore, that
Gov; Walker has difficult course to steer. and,
In stunning Scylla, may be wrecked upon
Charybdls Too much therefore should not be
exacled OF him by the Conservative element
which, undoubtedly, secured his election. No
thing would be more gratifying to his political
opponents, enemies of Virginia, than to
nave him take such a course as would bring
down upon him the wrath of General CANDY,
which would inevitably result in his removal
from office: 1t would be scarcely less pleasing
to those who will be sharp censors of his official
conduct, to witness an open breach between the
Governor and the ma jority of those who were
his late supporters. They would exult over it,
and do all IN their power to make the unhappy
feud bitter and lrreconcilable. But we trust
that nothing Of the kind will be permitted. =
Gov. Walker has acted with marked wisdom
and propriety since his election, and to his great
prudence We owe, in some degree, the fact that
we are thus far we'll On the way to reconstruc-
ton, with the prospect of soon being relieved
OF all military interference in the affairs of our
State government.
In view, therefore, of the extreme decacy of
his position, and of the necessity that may be
imposed upon him of seeming to play fast and
loose little he should be regarded by his real
constituents with degree of Ienity which no
one ever before called to the chair of State has
had the right to claim - Lvpch Nrginian.
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Kingsley sayo: "If you wish to be misera-
bic, you must think about yourself; about what
you want, what you like, what respect people
ought to ray to you, what people think of youi
and then to you nothing will be pure. You will
spoil everything you touch; you will make SIN
and misery for yourself out of everything which
God sends you you will be as wretched as you
choose
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nENTiSTRY.--- e
I'D y. III. Henkel, ID. ID. s. u11E

Respectfully informs the public that he is now
located in Staunton, and is prepared to operate
on the natural teeth according to the latest styles
recognized ov the profession Artificial teeth
inserted on Gold, Silver, or Vulcanite Plates
All operations guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Ms- An@sthetics administered when desired.
Office on corner of Main and Augusta streets, up
stairs. Entrance on Augusta street.
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PENINSULA, Sept. 23rd, so.

FRENCH SToRY.--A little domestic story
comes from Paris Madame de BIS husband
was away on official duty in Algeria, when she,
to consummate liascn with youth of thirty,
proclaimed his death, mourned three weeks
and then married the lover. But suddenly NJ.
B returned, was kindly received by his
wife, and murdered on the staircase by hired
ruf6an How to dispose of the body. Hus-
He did so, toppled il over the bridge and found
himself dragged after Into the water and
drowned. Madame B had deftly sown the
sack to his coat He told no tales. and she
went travelling the next day with another friend
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DESTROY EVIL would not deprive life of
a single grace or single enjoyment, but would
couDtelact whatever is perncious In whatever
is elegant. If among my flowers there is 9
snake would not root up my flowers | Mould
kill the snake
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-10-05

Juarez appears to make himself entirely at
home in Mexico. The other day he shot two
Frenchmen and Belgian who had something
to do with conspiracy against him.
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Professional Directory.
TpAVERS PHILLIPS.

- ATTORNEY AT LAW,
!Staunton Virginia,
Will practice in all the Courts of Augusta and
Allegheny. and in the Circuit Courts OF ROCK
bridge and Nelson.
Special attention given to collecting.
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as- We are offering our goods at the lowest
CASH PRICES, and we are determined to
give satisfaction to all who may need anything
in our line of business.
We solicit the citizens and Farmers gener-
ally who have not tried us to do so. We thank
all our friends for their past liberal patronage,
and respectfully request continuance of the
same. Do not forget the place. Be sure to
call on 54s
RICHARDSON & WHEAT.
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A child in Hartford fell out Of third-story
window, and was picked up unhurt from the
pavement. The next mor0lng il fell from the
bed to the floor, and broke Its neck.
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"C-c-can that p-p-pup-parrot t-ter-talk p
asked suffering man OF German. Sup
pose he no can talk SO moche better as that
what you talk, 1 chop he dam head off," was
the reply.