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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

A COOP NAME.-Before all things, and be-
yond all price, is good name. Eminent wis
dom has declared that it is rather to be chosen
than great riches"
1t stands for, and is the label of a mans
character. The name one bears, or the ac-
credited reputation, represents his manly worth,
his solidity, his virtues and honor.
No power can bring back the fragrance of a
good name once blasted. No tongue can de-
clare its value, no mind can conceive the vacuum
made by its loss. Without it poverty becomes
a hand maid, without it wealth is disgrace.
With it the humblest relations of life are
blessed and ennobled without it the highest
titles, the most honorable positions, and the
most favorable human relations are marks of
humiliation aud insignia of worthessness.
A good name is the blossom and fruit of
goodness. 1t is not mark pasted on the char
acter by some outside hand, but it is the proper
development of the inner man-the shining
light which pure and good soul puts in sight
from within.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

EEKE INSURANCE effected at the lowest
E rates and on the most liberal terms, with the
SOUTHERN MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company.
Authorized Captal... 49,. $3.50 10000
Accommodations, .......... l75 069. .03
CHARTERED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VA.
Office n. E. Corner Main and Ninth Sts.,
RICHMOND, VA.
This Company issues Participating Policies on
Farm and City Property, by which the insured
becomes member of the Company, sharing in
its profits. A sem-annual Dividend of three per
cent, payable to the Mutual Policy-holders of
this Company, declared July l, 1862 also, three
per cent. January l, 1870
j S. CALVERT, President
JORDAN H. MARTIN, Vice President.
II. S. PRICE, Secretary and Treasurer
DR.. H. G. DAVIDSON, General Agent
STATEMENT
OF THE BUSINESS OF THE
SOUTHERN MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPAN OF THE CITY OF
RICHMOND, VA,
January 1st, 1870.
Number of Policies issued. 2486
Amount OF Property insured All, ,996. 81
Amount cf Premium Notes deposit
ed with the Company ....... 135, 1861. .89
Amount of cash premiums and fees
received .... 10, l36. 36
Amount paid for Losses and Expenses 46. .3lO.66
Losses adjusted not due................. 2,025.00
Persons in town or country having property to
insure will find it to their interest to call on me
before insuring elsewhere, and learn the terms of
this Home Company
Office with Drs. Hanger 8 Fultz doors North
Of the Spectator office, Staunton, Va.
mars
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

The building was probably entered by false
keys, and the thieves failing to gain an entrance
to the vault, resorted to firing the building as
the surest means Of leaving no trace Of any eqe
having made the attempt In closet, under
the steps leading to the upper parts OF the
Bank building. were kept large quantity OF
the old papers belonging to the former Bank OF
Rockingham. To these uNers the fire was
communicated. The icing the usual
mode OF ingress and egress0 nr. Wellman and
his family, and being on fire, he found it neces-
sary to lower himself and family from the third
story by means of rope. In the descent, MIR.
JAS NJ. Weliman, unable to keep his hold on
account of the rope being very wet and slippery,
fell the greater part Of the distance and spraln-
ed his ankle and otherwise injured himself, be-
sides being knocked unconscious by the fall.
d. A. Wellman, who attempted to descend by
the same means, had hardly commenced the
descent when the rope broke precipitatlng him
to the ground ipjuring him quite seriously.
Mr. Wellman's family had descended without
injury.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

JAMES KER. LIFE AND FIRE INSU-
eE RANCE AGENT.-OFFICE over lst Ma
tional Bank.-Buldings, Merchandise, Furni-
or country, insured against loss or damage by
fire at the lowest rates, in companies of the high
est standing.
Write five year policies on detached buildings.
Life Insurance effected with the best compa-
MES. mar22-2m
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

GoD's OMNIsCIENoE. never forgets
anything. All His works from the creation of
the world to the tinting of the leaf, are finish
ed, perfect. Did you ever stand under a full
boughed, heavy-foliaged tree in summer time,
and pluck one of its myraid leaves and examine
its delicate tracery, its coloring, the very per-
fection of Its finished beauty, and then think of
the countless number Of such leaves, of the
mighty forests whose luxuriant growth covers
so much of the world, and reflect that among
them all there is not leaf unfinished, each
perfect in its form and color And did you ever
pick flower, either from cultivated garden or
by wayside walk, enjoy its odor and bless its
beauty, and stop to think how all the wide earth
blossoms with such-fragrant beauty, and no
flower of them all forgotten-the same careful
hand filling each glowing heart with prefume
and colorIng eacn leaf with care When we
think Of this omniscence, of this never-failing
care, we feel something of the attributes of that
PoWer-unseen, yet ever present; untouched,
yet ever felt,-who gives to the violet its color,
to the rose its fragrance, who tints with beauty
the planets in their courses, whose fiat rules the
countless worlds.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12
Insurance.

From Official Reports is made the toltoaoing Loss
mont and Aglineton
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

Following Companies have no exhibit as to
number of losses, but show amounts lost:
1868, St. Louis Mutual policies in force 1st of
January, I0,056.
Losses by Death, Policies and Reversonary Ad-
uIClonS p4o0, ooo. 40
Losses admitted and not yet due....... s., 6O0 90
Total Losses in 1868 SOIL 438 46
Piedmont and Arlington had 8, 122 policies in
force lst January, 1868. Losses in 1863, $42, 600,
and fer present year, (1S69) losses of Piedmont
and Arlington is far ander experience of general
average Of Companies above stated all which
show this company has lost less than any other.
Agents wanted everywhere
jan4-1y
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Professional Directory.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

EHERE INSURANCE effected at the lowest
E rates and on the most liberal terms, with the
SOUTHERN MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

A CARD.-JAMES 81. CALLISON,
"a PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
N Notary Public and Licensed Auctioneer,
will continue to attend to all calls on moderate
terms Address Middlebrook, Va.
noy2-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

ED1CAE NUTICE.--Doctors .. n
iVS Harris and B. P. Reese having formed a
copartnership in the practice of Medicine, very
respectfully tender their professional services to
Eighteen years experience qualities the junior
partner for the general practice of medicine and
will enable the senior partner to devote especial
attention to the diseases of females and children
Calls in the country promptly attended TO-
Of6ce-Main street, doors East of Dr. Chap
mans, D. d. s.
Ali letters strictly on professional business,
should be addressed to
jan11-6m DRs. HARRlS q KEESE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

T M HANGER NJ D. j. H. FULTZ, II. d.
4 , ed a co-partnership in the practice Of medi-
cine offer their professional services to the citi-
zens of Staunton and vicinity: When not pro-
fessionally engaged they will be found at their
Office on Augusta street. two doors North of the
Spectator Office nOv2-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-12

1t is organized on the basis of the old Mutual
Life of New York, and its successful expert
ence.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1870-05-13
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1870-05-13

Josh Billings says: ''Menny people
spend their time in tryins to find the hole
whar sin got into the world. 1.-two men
break through the ice into mill pond,
they had better hunt for some good hole
to get out, rather than git into long ar
gument about the hole they fsllip."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1870-05-13

Sunday School teacher asked little
scholar what he would do if on the way
Sunday School the devil should whisper
in his ear, and try to get him to go on to
some bad place. The BOY drew himself
up to his full height, and said, II should
say to bin shoe fly, don't bOdder me-"
This brought down the heuse,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1870-05-13
Marietta Male Academy.
EDWIN P. CATER. A. NJ, PRINCIPAL.

EDWIN P. CATER. A. NJ, PRINCIPAL
THNHE first Session began February 18th 1870.
and will embrace three consecutive Terms OF
Tuition PEER Term s1O4 sl4 s174, according to
class No charge for incideatals.
All pupils will be required to wear the uniform OF
Average cost of suit complete, aohen made By a
Tailor, So.
PRINCIPAL. or Mr. w F. Groves, oil. A. 7. Rood or
Mr.. A. S. Edmonston.
Nv order Of. the Board of Trustees.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Chairman.
A. W. YORK, Secretary.
April 9Th. 1870.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-01-27

CURE FOR LooKJAw.-A correspondent
of the Scientific american recommends tur-
pentine as a cure for lockjaw. He says
" Let any one who has an attack of lock-
jaw take a small quantity of turpentine,
warm it, and put on the wound, no mat
ter where the wound is or of what nature
It is, and relief will follow in less than
one minute Nothing better can be APP
piled to a severe cut or bruise than cold
turpentine; it will give certain relief
almost instantly. Turpentine is also a
sovereign remedy for Group. Saturate a
piece of flannel with it and place the
flannel on the throat and chest, and in
very severe cases three to five drops on a
lump of sugar may be taken inwardly.
livery family should have bottle on
and" The remedy is simple and can
easily tested. In all serious cases an
pplication should be made under medi-
II advice.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-01-27
Loves Sacrifice.
BY FANNIE FROST.

would not wed him, though worshiped
I could not look into her tender eyes;
And see their lovelit hOpefulness grow dim,
And strive her disappointment to disguise.
She long has loved him ind my sad heart.
too, s,.. i8sl
la A yearning, hopeless love for years hath
-..t. known, -. .ft.rq 10 arfsf ~
And oft I've thought he loved her deep and
Nor dreamed his heart was even then my
I3.l. own. @1t
I've schooled my bosom all thought to resign
Of him, save friendship, earnest, deep and
true ~ t
Nor unto hopes low whisperings incline,
Which sometimes seemed to say, ''he loves
f. but you" re-
But now I cannot, will not be his bride,
And see sister pale meath sorrows smart,
T 1 could not be happy at his side,
And know she bears bleeding, breaking
heart,
Yhaps she may forget him, when he's gone
That time will bear healing on his wings
aat happiness will once more shine upon
Her heart, and love again touch its mute
strings.
For me twill be happiness to know,
When gazing on her hollow, faded cheek,
No act of mine has deeper lined that brow,
Or caused one tear to flow from eyes SO
meek. .GH.Et @l9
And even now feel the JOY OF pain,
t-t The hush of woe within my aching heart
Hope-raidiant angel-whispers that again
This longing heart will know of love and
p rest. ,ff i. s-stEe- ffusF ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-01-27
What are we Men 20 do?

When female architects abound, II
Who skillfully design plan ~
When female builders can be found = 81
Whose work Will vie with that of man
When female shippers have command
OF female ships and female crew
When female warriors fill our land,
What is there left for man to do?
When women shall the gospel preach
When women clerks infest each store !;
When women diplomats shall reach
High seats within the White House
door;
When tiny hands receive the pence
On city cars, and stages too
What in the name of common sense,
Is left for outcast men to do a
"Why not exchange ?" says thoughtless
wight,
Hush senseless man-you only rant
We would, with pleasure, if we might,
But God has fixed itso we can't,
The babies must be born and nursed
BY female mothers-therefore, few
OF gentler mould can e'er be cursed
With what we dread-no work to do.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-01-27

A new explosive, of asserted great pow
+, is announced by English journals un
der the name of ammonia powder. Anal
ysis shows merely a substitution of nj
trate of ammonia for nitrate of potash in
ordinary gunpowder; the change adding
immensely to the explosive force The
salt being quite deliquescent, the old adj
age, keep your powder dry" would lose
its significance, should the powder come
into general use.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-01-27
Poetry.
Lady Doctors.

Oh | doctors grave of Saville Row,
You'll need your boosted knowledge
That girls are coming up, You know,
To pass the, Hall and College U
Oh NJ. R. CgS. or NJ. D.,
Your glory now sic transit, -
And there's howl Of agony
Re-echoes from the Lancet.
How strange to hear from woman's lips
-. The queer prescription Latin,
q To think diseases should eclipse
Her love of silks and satin
She'll have all mortal ailments pat,
D phtheria, agues quartan,
Prescribe in Mother hubbard hat,
And cross-eut frills Of tartan.
And when suitor's ardor burns,
She'll know, when bending Ger him.
The s'Sterno clidio-mastoid" turns
With good effect before him
il But fatal to lovers bliss
s Such anatomic lore is fa
hhen girls can pout to meet kiss
"Orbicularis oris."
? Al. mel a patients cheek would glow
Whene'er soft white finger i9
Upon his pulses ebb and flow Est aeg.,
In doubt should chance to linger.
And when the Doctor did depart,
That medical deceiver
f Would leave within the patients heart
Loves intermittent fever: ~
And when the fated hour has come
From which the saints defend us
r. And we're obliged to stay at home
48fs With "Haustus stat: sumendus," at
n There's one thing may console sage, 4
When the last journeys certain ~,
A fair hand leads US off the stage,
And drops the final curtain. 's
Oh, husbands, ye who love your wives,
And prize dom este blisses,
a source of sorrow all you lives
A Surge oE-wife like this is;
You hear the night-beil's clinging sound,
Il 1t tells some patient worse is, H
own you have decent ground re
For truly BritIsh-curses.
Oh, maidens there is work to do,
A duty still deviner sgs1
Than healing, must devolve on you, fe
Whose clay God fashioned finer.
However well you play your parts,
The surgeons skill revealing,
You'll learn IN soothing aching hearts $50.
A truer task of healing. Arqt
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
= I'D T,0ve's Sacrifice. lnf
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-10-13

PopUL, L,RITY.-Lord Brougham, IN one

PopUL,RITY.-Lord Brougham, IN one
of his speeches, said:
"Popuariry is far from being con-
temp,ihe; it is often an honorable ac-
ouisi,ion: when duly earned, always
test of good done or evil resisted. But
to be of a pure and genuine kind, it
must have Que stamp-the security OF
one safe aud certain die it must be the
popularity that follows good actions, and
not that which is run after, Nor can we
do a greater service to the people them
selves, or read a more wholesome lesson
to the race, above all, Of rising states
men. than to mark how much The mock
patriot, the mob-seeker, the parasite OF
the giddy multitude, falls into the very
worst faults which popular men are
wont the most loudly to condemn, and
most heartily to desp'se--the courtly
fawning upon those high in Office
If some of our aspirants for political
aotoriety would digest the above truth
we'll in their thought, we should at
least have more sincerity at work
amongst the government wheels. The
time. worn adage of "Every one for HIM
self, God for US all, and the devil take
the hindermost,' by these has been we'll
conned.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-10-13

a"A PAISLEY printer, afflicted with
the last infrmity of noble minds, ," for
sook his trade to share in the glorics of
Nelson. Soon after he was aaoat, he
was, one black, stormy night, ordered
alott. The poor fellow, instead of at
once throwing himself into the shrowds ,
looked up in wild dismay to the officer,
and exclaimed.
God, mau, it wad be tempting
o'Providence to gang up there ou sic a
night p
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-10-13

~ In the bull-fghting days a black
smith who was rearing bull pup in
duced his father to 60 on all fours and
initiate bull. The canine pupil pin
ned the old man by the nose. The son,
disregardiug the patcrnal roaring, ex-
claimed, "Hold him, Growler, boy,
hold him ! Bear it, feythcr, bear it,
tn be the making of the pup"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-10-13

A California paper tells terriable
story about man who lroze to death
near Oroville. When the body was
raised, .''it cracked like au icicle, broke In
two in the centre, and one Of the arms
snapped off at the shoulder joint" I'm
fortunately for the story, the mans
name was Adam Selle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-10-13

Painted candy recently caused the
death of a Jersey baby.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-10-13

Iowa has about 10000 more men
than women.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-10-13

pI- Ruskin, in one of his recent
lectures, Though England is deatened
with spinning-wheels, her people have
not clothes though she is black with
of fuel, they die of cold and
though she has sold her soul for gain,
they die of hunger"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-10-13
WHOLE NO. 1856
From the ITagerstown Twice-a-Wecl;l
Fasting Nine Hundred and Gixty
Hours.
STARVING TO DEATH UNDER A RELIGIOUS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TENAsTTY
OF LIFE.

Yesterday morning, at about 6 o'clock,
John French, son Of George French,
Esq, of this town, passed from this life,
after an illness Of more than two weeks
brought about in a most remarkable way.
The facts, as we have learned them
from intimate friends of the diseased,
are about as follows:
For two or three years past it has
been notice, cs.I,.ss..,aiua1sss = ,ailuai1sss young man held
n1d p1d".'S ess 80,
ure state, but 1t was .u, "u'"...
they were imbedded very deeply, much
less to such an extent as to derange his
mind.
On the contrary, being more than usu-
ally gifted with intelligence and acute
ness, credit was given him tor more
than the average amount of common,
re souable sense. He, however, be-
came fond of reading that class Of works
on theoretical reIigioa in the trancedent
al style, too mauy of which are to be
found in the libraries of pcnsous who
are not aware OF the tendency of these
high flown. but delusive djstu. hers of
the mind of the genuine seeker after
truth.
To such an extent did he become alb,
soybed in some of the mysticsms and
sophistrics of these quacks in theology,
tlat his brain gaveway, and reason, at
least upon religious subjects, took flight,
and whilst laboring under the mistort-
uue, he became Impressed with the idea
that he had some special religious task
to perform, which could only be &C
complishcd after he lad tasted for forty
days and nights, which feat he began
nearly nearly two months ago, and act.
ualy finished two weeks since. Every
effort made during that time to induce
him to cat utterly failed, and those who
were in contact with him at the time,
say that not a mouthful passed his li?*.
Strategy, after persuasion had exhaust
itself. was resorted to by his friends,
tempting fruit aud other things were
placed in his way, and in such a man.
ncr as to leave him under the impress
sion that their presence was unknown to
all but himself, yet he refrained from
partakins of them in every instance
OF course, during this time he became
very much reduced, looking more like
skeleton than a living human being.
Nature Of length could stand the strain
no longer, and a few days before the ex-
piration of the forty days he was COM
PEELED to take to his bed, and although
everything that could be done for
lin was done, he at last gave
way, aud his spirit sought that sphere
where the great mystery finds solution.
After the forty days he was fed with
great care, but his system had sunk too
deeply to recuperae. There are few
in this community who doubt that
French really did what he protested to
undertake, namely, with exception OF
of drinking freely of water and smoH'ng
considerably, to actually live forty days
and nights without tasting food.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-10-13

House DOCUMENT No. 267 contains
eight solid pages of names Of defaulters
to the government. Ten Of them have
taken S5,933,1l3 Not one of the
whole $40 has been prosecuted,