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AEEDECAL NOTzCE.-Doct

NNEDECAL NOTICE.-DoctorsC G. R.
iVE Harris and B. p. Reese having formed a
copartnership in the practice of Medicine. very
respectfully tender their professional services to
the public. go
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:
Office-Main street, doors East of DIR. Chap
mans, d. d. s..
ian11N6m DRs HARRIS s. REESE.
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Saddles. Harness. dc.

cADDLEs AND HARNEss.-If you
, want good work, go to GEO. +. ELICk'S
Where you will find the best assortment this side
of Baltimore which he will sell cheap for cash
Saddles and Harness of all kinds-old and new
Trunks, Whips, Bits &c ; Buck Gloves, (Win-
chester and Lewisburg make), and, in fact, ev-
erything in his line of business.
Thanking his friends for past patronage he
hopes to merit continuance of the same.
REPAIRING done on short notice.
Also good lot of old Mcclellan Saddles and
Halters for sale cheap. ~
Store on Main street, doors west OF Augusta,
next door to Woods s Gilkeson' hardware store
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TRAVERS PHILLIPS

@ TRAVERS PHEELHPS,
p. 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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1868, 'St Louis Mutua,'' policies in force 1st of
January, l0,056.
Losses by Death, Policies and Reversionary Ad-
Losses admitted and not yet due...... IS, 600. 90
Total Losses in 1868 438 46
Piedmont and Arlington had 1872 policies in
force lst January, 1858. Losses in 1863 $42, coo,
and for present year, (1669) losses of Piedmont
and Arlington is far asasder experience of general
average Of Companies above stated, all which
show this company has lost less than any other.
Agents wanted everywhere.
ian4-Iv 4.a
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EAIEES kER. LIFE AND FIRE INSU-
% RANCE AGENT.-OFFIcE over 1st Ma
tional Bank.-Buildings Merchandise, Furni-
ture, and Personal Property of all kinds, in town
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. t41 rnar22-2In
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EHIRE INSURANCE effected at the lowest
n rates and on the most liberal terms, with the
#5t SOUTHERN MUTUAL , s
~ Fire Insurance Company.
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ALLEMONG & BERKELEY, lBridgewater,
GENERAL AGENTS for the Valley and Piedmont.
GUY & COCHRAN, Agents. Staunton.
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HARNESS AND SADDLES.-The un-
IL dersigned, having opened first-class har-
ness shop is prepared to manufacture harness of
every description as low as it can be done. viii
also keep on hand good assortment of Carriage,
Buggy and Riding whips, Saddle Blankets and
Spurs, Curry Combs, Brushes, SC, and, in fact
everything usually kept in a frst-class shop. He
will give special attention to repairing.
Don't forget to call at Grubert's New Building,
Immediately south of the Va. Hotel
ap5-tf. JAMES MI. CARTER.
y ATEST NEWS! War Declared /!
IL ANNEXATION OF CUBA
General Grant, or any other man, who wants
SADDLES,
BRIDLES,
HARNESS.
new or secondhand
WHIPS, BITS, &C.,
must go TO I'd. Halls where ne viii ind the best
assortment of the kind this side of New York,
all Of which can be bought cheap for cash.
IN Wharf Opposite Smith s Elders s law Office
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Following Companies have no exhibit as to
number of losses, but show amounts lost:
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Directors :-Wm. B. Isaacs, D. j. Hart
sock, w: G Taylor, R. Il. Maury,- J. j. Hop
wards, G. 81, Perrow, W. c. Darlington, VIM
Fl. Palmer John G. Williams, George S. Palmer.
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JOHN F. BALTHIs, Capt. n. FOUNTAIN, r. N.
NELSON Rev. A. PoE BoUDE, JOHN Prison,
JOB G. MCVIIGH. CHAs. WITHRow, SOLICI-
TORS
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VOLUME XLVII.
gtaunton Spettatol'.
pUBLIsHEp EVERY TUESDAY MORNING By
Richard Mauzy % 90.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
For yr So in currency or equivalent IN specie.
For 6 mo- 1.50 Al t."
For 3 mo- So a
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03
Paris Romance.

The other night q Partisan was
going from his club to his house. Tt
was 3 o'clock in the morning. The
streets were deserted, the watchmen
had fallen asleep, and Gthe street.
sWeepers had not yet commenced
cleaning the asphalt pavement. of the
capital: de was walking along, his
hands in his pockets, a cigar between
his lips, humming and eOntented as
an honest man should be to whom
the queen of spades has not been too
cruel. At the corner Of the Rue Pei
laties, just as he was entering the
Rue de la VictOire, where he lived. a
pale, bearded man~Of terrible apueiif-
ance rose up before him and address
ed to him, in q low tone, the usual
question of French thieves. "whato
time is it?" And as the gentleman
perfectly dunlbfounded, started back
a step or two, the man sprang at his
throat, crying, 81 must have nOnevlD
The gentleman now disengaged him
self from the robbers grasp by an inn
petuOus movement, and made ready
to defend himself. when a cry Of sur
prise burst from his lips. "what is IL
you? he exclaimed. "You here %
replied the robber. The two men
had recognized each other. Itturned
out that the rObber was an old school,
fellOW Of the gentleman, who had O
been ruined by fast living. For three
years past the poor man had ardentlV
loved fallen woman who despised
him because he was unable TO Riye
her any money. When he did not
bring her any funds she drove him
from her with all that refined cruelty
of which woman is capable when She
does not love. And in his despair he b.
became rObber. His old friend took
him home and gave him good clothes
aud money, promised TO get a good
situation in the morning, and made
him swear that he would never 90
back to that woman. He promised
md swore everything, but ne did not
return to his friend in the morning,
md never applied for the situation
which was waiting for him.
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03
PHYSIOLOGY.

The King of Isreal must have taken
a deep look down into the mysteries
of those two beautiful and sublime
sciences-physiology and anatomy.
when he said of man He is Fearful
ly and wonderfully made"-wonder-
fully made! Look at the frame work
Of bone, so curiously and perfectly
constructed for IOcomotion where the
motive power is applied. Then the
beautiful rounded muscles giving
metry and cOniealness to the form,
and ella, ticity to motion. How pass
ing ali wonders the changes produced
by the circulatory system, from the
time food enters the mouth until it
is deposited by the minute capillaries
in every part of the body, to build up
broken down tissues. How admirable
structure the spinal column, for pro-
tecting the brain from jolts and jars
and injuries while the body is moving
about. ai1
More marvellous still, are the things
witnessed as the nervous system is ap-
preached. Those wOnderous convey
ances which carry the elements of
thought, and the cause of sensation
along with that mysterious nervous
fluid to the brain, there to elaborate
thought; there to keep the holy fires
of affection burning; there to erect
alters Of devotion to the eternal spirit
Then to send out the subtitle essence of
the mind after the "High and Holy
One who inhabiteth eternity" and
hold communion with the spiritual
eternal, there to learn lessons of i'm
mortal and eternal life. id
3 So reflect that there is a possibility
Of the wonderons organism Of the
human body getting out af repair, is
alarming. The fact that the laws
which govern their organism are
transgressed SO that man degenerates
physically, mentally, morally, is fear
ful. To study the human organism
and the laws which govern it, are wor-
thy the most profound intellect and
the highest aspiration after scientific
research. How to restore it to health
when it has been injured and impair
ed, Is worthy the most benevolent
heart. No wonder that all ages Of the
world and all nations andpeople, both
Civilized and savage, had their doctors
and medicine men, their physicians
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03
and metaphysieians who have studied
the laws Of health and the art Of heal

and metaphysieians who have studied
the laws Of health and the art of heal
ing. taaa
Without doubt one Of the gifts
and duties of the early Christian
Church was to heal the sick" 1t is
something greatly to be desired, that
a more universal attention should be
given to physical culture. The phys
iologist, who is a friend to humanity,
is panied to see how men and women
daily disregard the laws of health and
Indulge in practices and habits which
prevent aperfect development of body,
and as o necessity, prevents a high
intellectual and moral development.
Rum drinking, with all its terrible
consequences, is not the only evil
practice which is running body and
spirit. iial aaila
Physiology and the laws of health
are not made enough the study in the
public schools. The consequences are,
children grow up ignorant of the
knowledge they most ought to learn.
1t is not expected they viii under
stand all the mysteries Of the sciences
Of physiology and hygene, or fathom
all their depths; yet they can under
stand the general laws Of the science
of physiology as well as they can
grammar or arithmetic.
The laws which govern the grand
and beautiful human organism should
ever be held in sacred regard and the
perfect development and purity of it,
be subject of extreme WatchfuIness.
Terrible are the consequences OF .viO-
lating the laws and conditions of
health.
The voice Of inspiration calls the
human body the "Temple OF God !"
and again the voice says, ''yhosoever
defileth the temple of God, him will
God destrOy.n 9th laal 5H aaf
JEANETTE HARDING.
London, Ne5.
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03
GOOD SAYINGS.


Our word righteousness means. go
ing straight, going the way we are
meant to 60.
Christ asks nothing good from you
he only asks the empty room in
which be may spread the good things
which he will bring with himself.
4 young man should maintain such
character that bis services are
sought after, and then he viii be able
to choose for himself his position In
life.
It Is not your virtues, your excel
l0ncies, nor aught good Of you that
Christ asks for, but simply the empty
room in which yeu are willing to en-
terrain him, The question Is simp-
ly and alone, Where is the guest
chamber 20
He who observes providence shall
never want q providence to observe,
and he who watches providence with
the view Of discovering occasions for
usefulness, will find himself sur,
rounded with golden opportunities
for rsoul-winning.-SpiEge0H. e
ST envy" says Sir Humphrey
Davy, 'nO quality Of the mind OF in
telleet in Others ; be it genius, wit, or
fancy. But II / could be allowed to
choose what would be most delight
ful and, I believe, most useful to me,
l should prefer a firm religious belief
to any other blessing"
A young man who desires 10 fulfil
his destiny must have in view some
elevated object in life, and he must
resolutely sacrifice everything fncon-
sistent with the attainment Of &C.
Let him do this, in humble conf
dence on God, and quietly bide his
time. Providence win take care Of
the rest Wdyland
You may be very orthodox indeed.
and exceedingly sound in doctrine,
but where Jesus comes into the house.
he will have the best parlOF, namely.
the heart. Not here IN the cold Qav-
ret of the brain, but there i'm the
warm parlOr of the heart, there muss
Jesus dwell.
We must never falIinto the deIusIoh
that the purposes of GiOd-segasids the
use of means. have heard thOught-
less or captiOus takers say, nIf God
works out his purposes, then there Is
no need for preaching, or any other
means" All, simpleton that thou
art, if we teach you that God works
out his purposes by means, how mad
must you be to charge us with think
ing lightly Of the means !-Spurgeon. o
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03
HOW THE GATES CAVE AJAR.

Twas whispered one morning in Heavei
How the little child angel May,
In the shade OF the great white portal,
Sat sOrrOwing night and day.
How she said to the stately warden
he of the key and bar
20 angel, sweet angel pray you,
Set the beautiful gates ajar, ~
Only little pray you,
Set the beautiful gates ajar."
SI can hear my mother weeping;
She is lonely; she cannot see 5sat
A glimmer of light in the darkness
Where the gates shut after me.
Oh turn the key, sweet angel,
The splendOr will shine so far!'
But the warden answered II dare not
Set the beautiful gates ajar."
Spoke low and answered: II dare not
Set the beautiful gates ajar.p -
Then up rose Mary the Blessed,
Sweet Mary the Mother of Christ:
Her hand on the hand Of the angel o
She laid and her touch sufhced.
Turned was the key in the portal,
Fell ringing the golden bar,
And 10! In the little child's fingers
Stood the beautiful gates ajarl tTsf,r
Ia the little ehild's fingers
Stood the beautiful gates ajar!
Sand this key for no further using,
To my blessed son shall be given"
Said Mary, Mother Of Jesus
Tenderest heart IN Heaven.
Now, never q sad-eyed mother
But may catch the glory atar! -r le
Since safe in the Lord Christ's bosom
Are the keys Of the gates ajar;
Close hid in the dear Christ's bosom
And the gates forever ajar!
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03
How Monkers are Canrht.

From the chapter on menageries.
in Olive LOgan's readable volume.
before the FOOtlights and Behind
the Scenes" we make the following
extract:
Monkeys are such cunning erea-
lures, one would suppose them much
more difficult to catch than other
wild animals. Pitfalls will take q
lion, the famished monarch Of the
desert will, after few days, starva-
ton, dart into cage containing food,
and thus be secured. But how are
monkeys caught? The ape family
resembles man. Their vices are hu-
man. They love liquor and fall. In
DarfOur and Sahaar the natives make
feFmented beer, of which the fnOn-
keys are passiOnately fond. Aware
of this, the natives 20 to the parts Of
the forests frequented by the mon
keys, and set on the ground in Gala
bashes full Of the enticing LIQUOR. AS
soon as a monkey sees and tastes il.
he utters loud cries Of joy, that soon
ATTRACTS his comrades. Then an Orgie
begins and in a short time the beasts
show ell degrees Of intoxieation.
AHen tne negroes appear. The drink
ers are too far gone to distrust them
for larger species than their own
genus. The negroes take some up,
and these Immediately begin to weep
and eOveT them with kisses. When
a negro takes one by the hand to lead
him off, the nearest monkey will
cling to the one who thus finds a sup
port, and endeavor to 90 oFalso. An
other will grasp at him, and so on,
until the negro leads 8 staggering line
of ten or a dozen tipsy monkeys.
When finally brought to the village
they are securely Gagged, and gradual
ly sober down but for two or three
days q gradually diminishing supply
of liquor is given them, so as to re-
conciie them by degrees to their
stage of captivity.
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03
. [CoMNrUNIOATED.] -
THE LAW OF IMPRESSION

AS the mirror receives the image of
the object placed before it, so the mind
receives the image Of the objects and
things which pass before it; and as
the more polished and bright the mir
ror, the more perfect the reflection.
So the more cultured and pure the
mind, the more beautiful the images
received in it. Every mind is pic
ture gallery. How these pictures diff
fer in different minds. Some are dark
and frightfuI and hideOus, and we
turn from them as from horrid sights.
Others facinate with their loveliness.
The presence of one with a mind fill
ef with pure, noble and generous
thoughts; with sweet expression of
words, is like the fragrance of fOw-
ers, the glory of sunshine and the
music of waters.
Some persons have but enc picture
one idea on the desolate walls of their
minds; and like prisoner in his cell,
they dare not go.out after rich and
precious things, jewels and gems, and
diamonds of thought to adorp their
minds. They listen to the voices of
the fearful ones who cry beware or
you will be lost in unknown and
dangerous seas, forgetting that the
mind out in search of truth and right
and life, is drawn toward God, and in
God is safety .fr .~lua1 .a.. .
Others, again, launch out into the
deep and wide ocean of thoughts, and
roam over the vastfields of ideas, and
come back freighted with flowers,
fruit and gems of immortal IoVeliness,
to adorn their minds. How very care
full should every one be about the
character of the impressions as pic
lures which he allows to be stamped
upon his mind, for it is this which is
to determine his destiny for happiness;
for misery; his influence for good or
evil, because it is his thoughts and
impression which cause him to act |
and man is to be 'judged by the deeds
done in the body" s.'o3
The mind has power to reject as
well as to receive impressions. This
makes the difference in the good and |
the bad man. The one fills his mind /
with low, grovelling and sinful inn
preston. The other is filled with the
good, the true and the beautiful. The
Bible speaks of some men who have
not God in all their thoughts. Look |
all through these minds and not
much of the spiritual nature is there
all earthly material. But God is inn
aged in the good mans soul.
''''- JENNETTE HARDING.
London, Ne6.
.H .s.. Eltr.. /
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03

Bread and Butter.-Bread and but
ter are the only articles Of food of
which we never tire, from early child
hood to. extreme old age. A pound of
fine flour of Indian meal contains
three times as much meat as one pound
of the butchers roast beef; and if the
whole prOduet.O of the grain-bran and
all we're made into bread, fifteen per
cent. more nutriment would be added.
Unfortunately the bran, the cOarsest
part is thrown away; the very part
which gives soundness to the teeth
and strength to the brain. - .I....-.
Five hundred pounds Of -four give
the body thirty pounds Of bony ele-
ment, while the same quantity Of bran
gives more than one hundred and
twenty-five pounds. This bone is
lime, the indispensable element Of
health to whole human body, from
the want OF the natural supply Of
which multitudes of people go into a
decline. ...,'-,..r ..,o
But swallowing in the shape of
powders or ia syrups, to cure these de-
clines has little.0r no effect Tile ar
ticles contained in these sphosphates
must pass through Nature siabOratOry;
must be subject to her manipulatiOns,
in alembies specially prepared by Az
mighty power and skill, in order to
impart their peeulial- virtues to the
human frame; in palmer phrase, the
shortest, safest and most infatlible
method OF giving strength to the body
brain and bone, thereby arresting dis
ease, and building IN the constitution
is to eat and digest more bread out of
the grain, whether 0fwheat, corn, rye,
or oats. --HdlJs sJOErnaL Of health.
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03

What it costs the royal families ev.
cry year for private expenses and
keeping up the trappings Of royalty =
K1ussla, $500, ,O00; France, 81, ,OOO, 900 :.
turkey, So, 0G0, 900; Austria, s. ,0O0, ,00ls
Italy, S3.e4O, 600; Prussia, 81, 400, 900,
England =, $50 600; Bavaria, 81 go, =
0O0i Portugal, $685., 900; Holland. $500,
900, Norway and Sweden, S26O, 900;
Denmark, S24O, 600; Rome, 500. 600:
Wnrtemberg, S220, 600.
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03
The Value Of Kiss.

A year or two ago I dined in San
Francisco with the family of q pion-
eer, and talked with his daughter 4
young lady whose first experience in
San Francisco, vas an advent6re,
though she herself did not remmember
IT, as she was only two or three wears
old at the time. Her father said that
after landing from the ship. tbav
were walking up the street, q servant
leading the party, with the little girI
in her arTns. And presently a huge
miner, bearded, belted, and bristli6g
with deadly weapons, Just down
from long mining campaign in the
mountains-evidently barred the wav.
stopped the servant and stood gazing
with face all alive with Qualification
and astonishment. Then he said rev-
erently, Well, if it amt child ~
And then he snatched a little leatb-
er sack out Of his pocket, and said 10
the servant, There's hundred and
fifty dollars in dust there, and Iili
give it to you to let me kiss the ehildIi
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03

An urehin Of seven years went into
q barber shop in Racine, Wisconsin,
and ordered the barber to cut his hair
as close as shears could do it. He was
asked if his mother ordered it that
way. No. said he, "but school
commences next week, and we've got
q school ma'am that pulls hair"
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03

A friend Of ours was recently bless
cd by an addition to his household.
Next morning the happy man took.
his tour-year old boy into the room to.
see his little brother, who was quietly
enjoying his first morning nap with
his little mouth open. All were
watching the elder brother, desirOus
to catch the first observation. With,
eyes firmly fixed at the new conner.
and with a cOuntenance showing trou-
ble within, after a moments silence
he defiantly exclaimed; 'T should
like to know who has pulled out
baby's teeth?n
Nebraska advertiser., 1870-02-03

Victor Hugo, the great, speaks
touchingly of neglected children, and
thinks the endurance of man, the ag-
ony of woman, is nothing compared
with the suffering of one little hui
man soul; and nc more beautiful SEN
timent is found in the scriptures than
the words of our loving lOrd-"suffer
little children to come unto me and
forbid them not, for of such is the
Kingdom of Heaven" -l t-l ,su-