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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-18

ADIES' CETY MADE SHOES.-A
Il large assortment, just opened at
no15, D. A. KAYSER'S.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-18

FoRTITUDE.-The greatest man is he who
chooses the right with invincibIe resolution
who resIsts the sorest temptations from within
and without; who bears the heaviest burdens
cneerfully, who is the calmest in storms, and
whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is
the most unfaltering.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-18

I am determined to sell at the lowest CASH
RATES. My motto is qmack sales and saaaH
profits All goods sold are warranted in every
respect as represented.
Satisfaction will be rendered to one and all
do not fail to call and see me-
1 make a speciality of fFLOUR-BUYING and
SELLING all brands and grades-a choice stock
of -four always on hand for family use. All
-four sold warranted as represented.
I tender my thanks to all my friends and pa
irons who have stood by lne sos continually and
well for the past five years. I tell them now
that ] am sta rted again and will deal with them
as fairly and as literally as ever. Come one
come all, and give me a trial again.
zna- Be sure to remember the place for the
cheapest groceries--new brick building on Au-
=. sta street, next door to the Valley Vlrglnlan
office, and imme eSdliately opposite Splitter q Hun
ter and Fl. A. Glenn s. Co.
fg.t. .,.te tea.5 se.5 .aslt !,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-18

n. b. am not on the corner OF Main and
Augusta streets as formerly, but in the rear part
of the new building, in the store room recently
occupied by Messrs. P. B. s. P. A. Sublett.
x. ,nau20 + (. .+1.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-18

The Savannah, Ga, Republican now urges
that the Southern Democrats should not at
present talk about political matters. It coun-
sells a course Of mastery inactivity II and
asks why quarrel with the Northern De
mocracy about abstract theories and party plat
forms? The latter may not suit the South but
Delhocratic administration will, and that is
what we are after.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

ately. Once was enough for that night;
we did not dare try it again. The com.
mandant the next morning called upon
some of the widest of the syearline
class, and told them he suspected they
were at the bottom of it, and that il
he found out who it was that was en-
gagged in it, the seyerest punishment
would be the result; but they all hon
estly and stoutly denied it.
g 1t was very natural that the COM
mandant should have thought the
'yearling class had perpetrated the
joke, for generally they are the most
reckless class; but in this case it was
the dignified (2) second class, and he
never once dreamed that they were
guilty of such a boyish freak.
"Some few nights after this, G.,
with his usual audacity, treated the
residents of the post to another dose of
church call at midnight, and cleared
out in time to save himself This was
too much.
"The commandant the next morning
published an order that if he should
find out who it was that blew that noz-
zle into the sally-port, he would turn
him over to the civil authorities in Cold
Spring, and have him tried for house
breaking. We all concluded that the
last )air had broken the camels back,
and that a repetition would certainly
result in capture and disgrace; so one
night, In the I'VE small hours two or
three of us suspended the offending
nozzle by string to the academic
staircase, where next morning it was
found slowly vibrating in the wind,
with a board covered with white cloth
nailed above it, and the aggravating
words 'Ki-yi yilll' printed on it in
large black letters.
"All attempts to find out the perpe-
traitors proved unavailing, and we have
often had good laugh over this scrape.
.SRFvTUO -
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

The LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.
London Lancet recently stated that
Miss Garrett, who by 47, 900 votes was
elected member of the Metropolitan
School Board, would forfeit her posi-
ton by contracting matrimony. This
statement, however, it appears, is incor-
rect, as the only disqualification i'm
posed by the education act are crime,
bankruptcy, and composition with
creditors. The law of the relations of
husband and wife, it is nevertheless
contended, operates as a disqualified
ton, but in answer to this position, it
is stated, that during the discussions
in Parliame1s on this subject the cleo
ton Of the wives of clergymen to the
school boards was an event contem-
plated by the advocates of the law.
Another reason given tO-wit that Miss
Garrett when she IS married viii change
her name, but, on the other hand, It is
argued, that members of Parliament
have often changed theirnames without
vacating their seats. The report that
Miss Garrett on becoming married
would be obliged to vacate her seat OBJ
tanned extensive currency and belief,
and this fact is cited as curious illus
tration of the aspect in which matri-
mony is regarded by the English
people
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17
The Grare of Daniel Boone.

The grave of the pioneer Daniel
Boone, says a writer from Frankfort,
KY, is marked by a monument rather
imposing in size, but the chief impress
iveness is from design rather than size.
1t is a square block or blocks of marble
without profuse ornamentation. There
are four scenes from the grand pioneers
life, one on each of the four sides. On
the south side he is represented as be-
ing engaged In a death struggle with
Indians He has his foot upon the
breast of one already slain, and Is
making a thrust at another who has
iis tomahawk raised to strike. The
relic vandals have broken off q part of
the arm of one of the Indians, and the
left hand of Boone. On the west side
Boone is represented as being ina dense
forest with his rifle by his side, and 4
slain buck at his feet. This picture is
perfect, except that the same unfeeling
brute has broken off Boone's nose and
taken it away. On the north side the
picture is so defaced by rehc-hunters
that it is hard to tell what it was the
intention of the designer of the picture
to represent. On the other side Boone's
wifo, Rebecca, sits at the door OF her
log cabin milking COW. One OF the
cows horns and part of the milk bucket
have been broken off by wicked sinners
after relics.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17
Congressional Summary.

Sawyer, of Wisconsin, has introduced
into the House q bill granting land fo1
a railroad from Berlin, Wis, to Bay
field, Wis, with a branch.
The House has passed joint resolu.
ton, by vote of 179 yeas to q nays,
giving, on behalf of Congress and the
people, to the Fenian prisoners Just ar.
rived in New York, a cordial welcome tc
the capital and the country.
The Senate bill appropriating $780,
900 for the prosecution of the work on
the st. Mary's River, in Michigan has
been concurred in by the House.
The House has passed the bill pro-
viding that assistant marshals for the
ninth census, where the pay did not
amount to five dollars per day, be al,
lowed increased pay to that amount.
The Senate and House have appoint
ed committee of conference to settle
the despute between the two houses as
to the power of the Senate under the
Constitution to originate the bill re-
pealing the income tax.
The House has passed bill to extend
the bounty land system to soldiers and
sailors of the late war, and their widows
and orphans. 1t provides that all hon.
orably discharged soldiers and sailors
who served In the late rebellion ninety
days, their widows and orphan child
ren can acquire homesteads on the pub
lie lands of the United States, OF, II
discharged on account of wounds re-
ceived, or incurred in the line
of duty, their term of enlist
ment shall be deducted from the time
heretofore required to perfect title.
In case OF the death of any person who
would be entitled toa homestead under
the provisions Of the first section of the
act, his widow, unmarried, or, In case
of her death, or marriage, the minor
orphan children, shall be entitled to all
the benefits enumerated in the act,
Provided, that if such person died
during the term of enlistment, the
whole term of enlistment shall be de-
Quoted from the time heretofore re-
quired to perfect the title. Every
private soldier and seaman, marine
and officer who served ninety days and
is now inscribed on the pension rolls
is entitled to the benefits of the act.
The Senate has adopted, and the
House concurred in, joint resolution
commencing the suffering of the bel
igerent nations of Europe to the char
tiles of the American people.
Joshua Hill has been admitted to
the Senate as Senator from Georgia.
The House has passed the Senate bill
of April last prescribing the oath OF
Office to be taken by persons who par
ticipated in the late rebellion, but who
are disqualified from holding Office by
the fourteenth amendment. The bill
provides that such persons shall take
the oath prescribed in the act of the
I1th of July, 1868, prescribing the oath
of office to be taken by persons from
whom legal disabilities shall have beer
removed.
The House has recommitted the bill
extending the time for constructing the
railroad from st. Croix River or Lake
to the west end of Lake Superior and
Bayfield,, to the Committee on Publ,
Lands. This is said to be equivalenf
to rejection. The vote stood, yeas
102; nays, 81 There seems to be {
general feeling in the House against
any more subsidies to railroads.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17
Commencing Life Under Extraordinary
Circumstances,
From the Cincinnati chronicle.

O---~------~-
We have just been placed in posses
sion of the facts of a case little out o.
the run, which we hasten to give ou1
readers. Conductor Drury, of the Pa
cifc express train on the Panhandle
Railroad, which left Columbus at s
O'Clock on Friday evening last, when
between Stenbenville and Dennison,
was notified that lady passenger de
sired to speak with him. Upon arriving
at her side he found her evidently in
some trouble and embarrassment. To
his affirmative response to the query
whether he was married man, the lady
stated that she was on her way from
Cincinnati to meet her husband in New
York, and that crisis was impend,
ing, involving the appearance of an ad,
ditional passenger. This startled the
conductor, of course; but, with heart
as big as an elephant, he set to work te
make the lady comfortable All the
passengers were hastily shufied into
another car, and such female assistance
as could be procured on the train was
brought into requlsition. In a brie1
time the little stranger fine, bounc-
ing girl is the phrase-put in an ap-
pearance, and the conductor congTatu.
lated himself on his happy escape from
dilemma With a heart overfowine
with sympathy, he arranged an i'm,
promptu wardrobe for the very young
lady from his own underclothing. Il
was not exactly in tho style of those
"infant outfits advertised in the New
York papers, yet it served good pur.
pose. .---s
But here the history of the unusual
case does not end. The train left
Steubenville on time, and was soor
laundering through and around the
hills of West Virginia, when the con,
ductor received another shock. This
time it was ga fine bouncing boy.
Where would all this end? The per
spiration started upon the conductors
brow. Two already-one q Buckeye,
and the other Pan -Handlerl The
remainder of Drury,s linen of course
went to start the little fellow on his
journey through the world, and
arrangements were about being
made with some of the passen
gers for a further supply, wheI
the pleasant announcement reached
him that "the mother felt very well
considering" The engineer was theI
"rung" to put on steam, and in due
course of time the train reached
Pittsba1g, and the lady and the two
unticketed passengers were tenderly
conveyed to comfortable quarters a
the Union Depot Hotel, when tele
gram was forwarded to her husband, il
New York. The latter history we ar,
unable to tell, but it may be imagined
that the husband was lifted out of hi
boots at the announcement, and hur
ried to the side of his greatly increased
family.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

gone better. He required touch OF
two with the whip once, but, on the
whole, he trotted along most respect
ably, and was as nice looking plump
cob as parson need wish to drive.
Our boy was absent on my return,
and I had to take the new horse out
myself, my wife coming to see him by
lantern light, patt1ng him, and express
ing her admiration loudly.
Farmer Tomson, being an early man,
was over next morning by the time we
had done breakfast; and I proudly led
him out to the stable, unfastened the
halter, and brought ON the purchase
smilingly, while the old man walked
round it, and round it again; looked at
its head, its tail; ran his hand all over
it; stopped down by its legs one by
one, and then looked at me.
"We1," 1 said, "what ought ] to
have given for it ~
"Pound legin he exclaimed.
Peohl-nonseDseln - I said. "What
is he worth l'''- 57ae
s'Pound leg, i tell you, mani Why,
drat it, parson, you've bought your
own old hoss againln
"What !" exclaimed, laughing.
"Absurd ]" exclaimed Mrs. Tozer,
who just then joined us. "Why,
Prince had four white legs, and he'd
follow me about like dog. And so
viii you some day, then-a poor fel-
low, thenl"
To my utter surprise, the horse
walked up to her and put his nose IL
her hand, as 1 had seen Prince do
scores of times.
1 thought / knew a little about
horses, but 1 did not. The hollows
over poor Princes eyes, that had been
blown out, followed out again; his
docked tail grew, and the dye wore off
his four stockings; while the dodge to
him, so as to give limp in
the near fore-foot, was shown to me by
the old farmer; and / learned how
that, where two legs were lame, they
formed pair, and the lameness was
not noticed.
But, after all, 1 did not lose thirty
one pounds five; for upon choking
down my disgust, and asking Farmer
Tomson's advice, he said "Turn him
out in the paddock: the lameness may
go off; but don't think of trying law
Bear the first loss, and dom throw
good money after bad. I'll never say
nowt about it.
Neither did till now; and in proof
of my journey not being all loss, the
lameness did go of, and we drove old
Prince till he died suddenly, five years
after the Turning of the Screw.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17
GRIZZLY.
BIZ BRIT HARTE

COward-of heroic size,
In whose lazy muscles lies
Strength we fear and yet despise;
Sayage-whose relentless tusks
Are content with acorn husks;
Robber-whose exploits ne'er scared
Ger the bees or squirrels hoard;
Whiskered chin and feeble nose,
Claws Of steel on baby toes
Here, IN solitude and shade,
Shambling, shutting plantigrade,
Be thy courses undismayedi
Here, where Nature makes thy bed,
Let thy rude, half-human tread,
Point to hidden Indian Springs,
Lost in ferns and fragrant grasses,
lowered DER BY timid wings,
Where the wood-duck lightly passes,
Where the wild bee holds her sweets
Epicurezn retreats,
Fit for thee, and better than
Fearful spofls Of dangerous man.
In thy at-jowled deviltry
Friar Tuck shall live in thee;
Thou mayst levy 1.-THE and dole;
Thou shall spread the woodland cheer,
From the pilgrim taking toll;
Match thy cunning with his fear;
Eat and drink and have thy III,
Yet remain an outlaw still
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17
FOREIGN.

The Cuban insurgents were attacked
in their stronghold at Naiasa, between
Puerto Principe and Santa Cruz. Fifty
insurgents were killed, and many fami-
lies taken. Jesus Del Sol, the famous
chief of Cinco Villas, has surrendered
THos. WM RoBERTsoN, a distinguish
ed dramatist and author of Society,
Caste, and many other comedies, died
suddenly in London on the 4th, aged
~ years.
AMONG the candidates nominated to
the French Assembly by the Moderate
party are Thiers, Changarnier and
Emile Keller.
AT preliminary electoral meeting
which had been held in Paris, it was
decided in favor of the following can
didates for the National Assembly
Victor Hugo, Garibaldi, Quinet, Gam
beta, Soisot and Doran.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

THE Maine Farmer was established
in 1888. In commencing its 38th yea1
the editor appropriately contrasts then
and now. Then there were but six ag,
ricultural papers in the United States,
and but three or four Agricultural So
cieties. Then there was not thresh'
ing machine, mower, reaper, horse
rake, tedder, grain-drill, broadcast-sow
er in the country.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

AT one of his lectures, George Fran
els train shouted, ''Now, then, anybody
can ask me questions f" And crazy
Nancy got up and said, "Mr. Train, |
would like to know what makes pot
leg always burn in two in the middlel"
The great American traveller was nom
plussed. He was not familiar with the
rhenomenon
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

He were worse than a brute who
should chain little child in some mar
row and dark and fetid cell, and leave
it to grow there in solitude, Ignorance,
and want. And what is he who binds
the free spirit of a child to the whims
of his own world-worn heart, supplants
its freedom by the demands of society,
and makes it into a starved and artife-
ial MANI
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17
A scene not on the Bills.

While one of the closing scenes OF
the opera of "The Huguenots 7" was
enacting at the Boston Theatre the
other night and while the mournful
trio, in which Valentin, Raoul and
Marcel take part, was sung, a cat ap-
psared and ran across in front of the
stage. This so frightened lady in
one of the private boxes that she drop
ped her opera glass out upon the back
of one of the members of the orchestra,
who was in turn equally astonished and
confused, but happily not injured.
Thi unlocked for incident turned the
scene on the stage to anything except
what Meyerbeer intended, and the au-
dience laughed heartily, the wounded
and dying Marcel joining in the demon
stration. Poor Grimalkin disappeared
somewhere in the orchestra.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

TIE purest and sweetest Cod-Liver
Oil in the world is HAZARD & CAswELL's,
made on the sea shore, from fresh, Sc
lected livers, by CAswELL, HAZARD &
Co, New York. 1t is absolutely pure
and street. Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
clans have decided it superior to any Of
the other oils in market
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17
somewhere IN the orchestra

Two families in the State of Massa-
chusetts were affected by trichin@ dur
ing the past year, one at Lowell and
one at birmingham, In both instances
the disease was caused by eating pork
that was either raw or imperfectly
cooked. The State Board of Health,
having examined the matter, recon-
mend that pork, and especially lean
pork, be thoroughly cooked before it is
eaten. 7t q
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

The influx of the French into Switz-
erland still continues, and is likely to
cease only when there is an end of the
army.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

The following are ages of several
prominent New York millionaires: VIM.
B. Astor is nearly 79; Alexander 7.
Stewart, 66: Cornelius Vanderbilt, 76;
Daniel Drew, Il; Peter Cooper, 70
Geo. Law, 70.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

A SUGGESTIVE notice is the following,
printed in North Carolina papers, and
headed q" To owners of Bloodhounds:"
''Any parties having pack of blood
hounds which they would be willing to
dispose of, either permanently or for
short time, are requested to correspond
with Sheriff Mcmillan, of Robeson
county, at Lumberton, stating the
terms upon which they can be either
purchased or hired for definite pc
Rod u
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17
BRET HARrE,s poENs.


Mr.. Harte, who is the editor of the Overland
Monthly, has colested into a volume "his fugitive
pieces" and this collection, which contains num-
Der OF pieces not known, is published by Field Os-
good Go. Among the verses is this report of
WHAT THE ENGINES SAID ON THE COMPLETION OF
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS"
What was it the engines said.
Pilots touching-head TO head
Facing the single track.
Haf world behind each back?
This is what the engines said,
Unreported and unread!
With predatory screech,
In horid western speech,
Said the engine from the West
J am from Sierra's crest;
And, if attitudes test,
Why, reckon, its confessed
That I've done my Level best"
Said the engine from the East:
They who work best talk the least
S,pose you whistle down your brakes;
Mhat you've done is no great shakes
Pretty fair-but let our meeting
Be different kind of greeting d
Iet these folks with champagne stuffiine
Not their engines do the pgging.
"Listenl Where Atlantic beats
Shores Of snow and summer heats:
Where the Indian Autum skies rs p
----P Pant the woods with wampum dyes
have chased the flying sun,
Seeing all he looked uron.
blessing al that he has blest,
Nursing in my iron breast rEFErg
All his viyifying heat,
All his clouds about my crest tfttff
And before my flying feet
Every shadow must retrest.D s--s-F
Said the Western engine, "Phewln
And long, low whistle blew.
- Come now, really that's the oldest
TAX for one so very modsest-' f-5
You brag Of your East You do?
Why, bring the East to Voleg = slE
Al the Orient, al Cathay,
Find through me the shortest way $50
And the sun you follow here
Rises In my hemisphere.
Really--H one must be rude
Length, my friend, amt longitude"
Said the Union, I" Don't reflect or
III run over some director.n
Said the Central I'm Pacific,
But, when riled, I'm quite terrific.
Yet to-day we viii not quarrel -1-i
Just to show these folks this moral
How two engineE-3n their vision I
Once have met without collision"
That is what the engines said,
Unreported and unread:
Spoken slightly through the nose,
With whistle At the close q.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17
Gen. Sherman on Weapons.

General Sherman, at recent meeting
of social scientific club, in Washing
ton, gave an interesting history of the
art of war and of military weapons.
He asserted that the small arms used
by the United States were superior to
those adopted by other nations, and
pointing out the defects of the chasse-
pot and needle gun, called attention to
the better design and finish of the
Remington rifle, to which he gave a
decided preference. While illustrating
from samples that the American
cartridge is superior to any yet
made, General Sherman said that
the perfection of the cartridge
opens a wide field of Investigation to
inventors. The Remington rifle, he
said, was almost perfect, but the car
fridge required was still defective. The
chassepot General Sherman regards as
superior to the needle-gun, but the de-
fects of the latter piece are obviated by
the German system of educating the
young men to the use OF arms. In
heavy ordnance, he said, Krupp, with
his 11-inch steel gun, had approached
nearer perfection than any other man
ufacturer, the only objection being the
cost, $4,000, while the American IL
inch gun can be procured for Sc, 500.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17

The beautiful hymn, 81 would not
live always, y was written forty-six years
ago by Rev. DIR. Muhlenberg, rector of
st. Luke's Hospital, New York. As
now used, the verses arc but half the
original number. They were written
without a thought of being used in
public worship, and whom first urged
upon the general convention of the
church, were rejected by committee,
one member Of which. oddly enough,
was the unknown author himself, who
voted against 1t, in consequence Of a
satiricaI criticism by brother member.