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NoTICE-The congregation of the Episcopal
church are respectfully requested to meet at the
church this evening, Tuesday, at o'clock, to
consider matters of interest A MEMBER.
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rs To THE AFFIcTED.-ScratcH no more =
Bengons Salalem Broth is warranted to effect a
cure of all those annoying diseases, such as Itch,
Tetterworm, Ringworm, Poison Oak, Blotches,
Pimples, and all eruptions of the Skin, no mat
ter how malignant, or of how long standing.
lo h1r oil nrnicfn q
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-05-30

Va A. M. SIMPSON, SO long and favorably
known to this community in the shoe business,
is with G. l.. WELLER, and will be pleased to
have a call from his friends ap25
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EGAL NOTICE. have hand all the
I a necessary Bankrupt Forms and am prepa-
red to make out the necessary papers for any one
ACT. will also attend to making out and for
warding the applications of Soldiers of the War
of 1872 or of their Widows for the Pension
granted by q late Act of Congress.
ALEX. III. FULTZ,
mar14-tf Attorney at Law.
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LegGJ Notices.

VIRGINIA, to wit AT Rules held in the
Y Clerks office of Augusta county court,
May 10Th, 1871
Mary b. Gardiner ....... Plaintiff
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-05-30

To MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MEN.-We
have commenced the publication of the annual
catalogue of the Officers, Premiums, &C., of the
Augusta County Fair, which will hold its fourth
annual exhibition, in this place, the 18th,
18th and 10Th days of October next. This cata-
logue will have wide circulation among the very
best citizens of the country, and consequently,
will be most excellent advertising medium
In order to afford our merchants and business
men an opportunity of communicating with the
public, through its pages, we will insert adver-
4: Al, Fo1
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-05-30

~ BARGAINs.-Great decline in the prices
of dress goods, dry goods, shoes, hats &c. Cali
early if you wish to secure bargain
Calico from to 123 cents;
Black, 10c to Zoe;
Brown Cotton, 10c to 163;
Grena9ine, - to SOC;
Black Alpaccas, 80 to 75c,
Also fine assortment of gentlemens hats, all
styles and colors. from soc to 81, and any other
article you may wish, can be found very cheap
at j. w. NEwToN's variety store. m30-4t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-05-30

4 Commissioners NOtIce.--To Samuel
" Driver, Henry RippetUo, aud VIM. d. Rip
petoe and all creditors of said Henry and VIM
d: Rippetoe holding liens upon their lands
Take notice, That in pursuance of decree
rendered at the April term, 1871, of the County
Court of Augusta, in cause in chancery there
in depending, in which Samuel Driver is plain
tiff, and Henry Rippetoe and VIM D. Rippetoe
are defendants, L shall, as Commissioner of said
Court, proceed as directed by said decree, on
Thursday, the LIST day of june 1871, at my Office
in the town of Staunton, to ascertain and state
1st, The character and dgnities of all liens
binding the rea! estate of the defendants, Henry
and VIM. d. Rippetoe.
End, The fee simple and annual rental value
of all the real estate owned by said defendants
subject to said liens.
3rd, Such matters as may be deemed pertinent
by myself, or required by any of the parties to
be stated.
And at such time and place all lien creditors
of said Henry and VIM. d: Rippetoe are
quired to file evidence of their claims
Given under my hand as commissioner of said
Court this 3rd day of May 1871.
G. M. HARRISON,
may9-4t Commissioners
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COMMISSIONER OFFICE,
Covington, Va, May 10th, 1871
VIRGINIA Sin the Circuit Court of AL
leghany county, March term, 1871
Shriver Swope, ct al,
AGAINST
James Burk,
also In Chancery.
James Z. Robinson,
AGAINST
James Burk,
1T is adjudged, ordered
and decreed that these causes be referred to mas
ter commissioner, Andrew Damron, with in
structions to make full statement of all liens
and their priorities, on all the estate both real
liens and other liens, both prior and subsequent
to the trust deed in the bills mentioned, the val
ue of the personal property, and the annual and
fee simple value of the real estate, with any 9TH
er matter specially stated, deemed pertinent by
himself or required to be stated by any of the
parties. And said Commissioner is authorized
to proceed after advertising the time and place
of stating said accounts once a week for four
successive weeks in the Staunton Spectator,
newspaper published in the town of Staunton,
and also in the Virginia Gazette, newspaper
published in the town of Lexington, and also by
posting notices at the front door of the Court
house. and at two other public places in Allie
ghany county. A copy-teste
JOHN r. PHARR Clerk
GS- The parties interested are notified that
have fixed upon Saturday, June Oath, 1871 at 10
O'Clock, A. NJ, as the time, and the Law Office
of Robert l.. Parrish, Covington, Virginia, as
the place at which to execute the duties REQUIRED
OF me in the foregoing decree, at which time and
place they must attend.
ANDREW DAMRON,
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NTOTTCE.-Ofice Treasurer of Augusta
County, Staunton, May l, 1871
The Licenses for the present year are now due
and their immediate payment is required. Per-
sons doing business without my receipt are liza
bic to indictment. SAM Il PAUL
Treasurer of Augusta county.
Office in old Central Bank Building"
may94t&
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without margins. We intend printing it in good
style on good paper, and we hope to receive
liberal patronage from the merchants and bust
ness men of Staunton.
Mg> All the business houses of Staunton
ought to be represented in this catalogue, as it
will be read and referred to by thousands of bus,
ines men.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-05-30

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
Covington, Va, May 10th, 1871.
SIN the Circuit Court of AL
leghany county, March term, 1871
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-05-30

NOTTCE.-Itis now nearly twelve months
~ since our notice, calling upon all persons
indebted by note or otherwise to g. Z. Antrim,
decd, urging them to settle up-but few have
regarded that notice.
1t is absolutely necessary that the estate should
be settled up. We again earnestly ask all per-
to make prompt payment. We will in a very
short time turn over for collection by law all
claims in our hands, not satisfactorily arranged
The bonds and books are in the hands Of T.
II. Antrim, Waynesboro.
T.. FL. ANTRIM,
VIM. CALDWELL
fa1l Executors
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Ward No. 1. Ward No. 2.
D. G. McGuffin, 200 PHI Trout, ... 1871
r. w. Burke, lilo. James Ker, ......161.
J. w Todd, ...165. JAS A. Moore, 1853.
For City Constable, George A. Bagby receiv-
ed 277 votes-l3O in Ward No. 1, and LAT in No.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15

THE OLD-FAsHIOSED MOTHERS
The old-fashioned mother lone in
all the world, the law Of whose life
was love; one who was the divinity
Of our infancy, and the sacred pres
ence in the shrine of our first earthly
idolstry +; and whose heart iS-ta be-
low the frosts that gather 50 thickly
on her brow; one TO whom we never
grow old, but In the plumed troop or
in the grave council, are children
still n who welcomes our coming,
and never forgets us, never. And
when, in some closet, some drawer,
some corner, she finds a garment u a
toy that once was ours, how does she
weep. as she thinks we may be suffer
ing OF sad. Does the battle Of life
drive the wanderer to the old home
stead at last2 her hand is upon his
shoulder; her dim and fading eyes
are kindled with something Of the
light of other days as she gazes upon
his worn and troubled face. "Be Of
stout heart, my son; no harm can
reach you here But sometimes that
arm chair is set back against the wall,
the corner is vacant, or occupied by
strangers, and they seek the dear old.
occupant In the graveyard. God
grant you never havei Pray God I
never may.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15
Reading and Thinking.

Bacon asserts that reading makes a
full man; but without digestion full
ness is dyspepsia, and creates sleepi-
ness and inert fat, incapable of action.
Hazlitt says you might as well ask the
paralytie to leap from his chair and
throw away his crutch, or without q
miracle to takeup his bedand walk, as
to expect the reader to throw down his
book and think for himself. He is q
borrower Of sense. He has no ideas
of his own, aud must live on those of
others. The habit of supplying our
ideas from foreign sources enfeebles
all internal strength of thought, as q
eourse Of dram-drinking destroys the
tone Of the stomach. The word Of
Gods prominently q book for direct
reading, and is never seen in its glory
If we persist in wearing the coloned
spectaclesof another mans comment.
Pure and cool are its streams il we
drink Immediately from the we'll
head but when the precious crystal
has long stood in earthen vessels, its
freshness is gone; the truth is there,
perhaps, but not the life. We should
LET texts lie on our hearts till they
melt into them ike snoE-hakes dis
solving Into the s9iL-SpEgeon.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15
FUNDING THE NITIOAL pEBT.

On and after the 9Th Of March next,
the Secretary of the Treasury viii
have an opportunity Of testing the
power given him TO refund the nation
al debt at q lower rate Of interest
The progress Of the experiment will
be interesting to watch. The terms
Of the bill passed by Congress lastyear
and slightly amended the present ses-
sion are already known to our read
ers. Opinion in financial circles is
greatly divided as to the success which
will attend the operation. One inn
preston is that with hve-twenties
worth less than par in gold the whole
matter win flash in the pan. Other
more sanguine adherents of the meas
ure anticipate little or no difficulty
about the gradual conversion of the
old debt into the new. The great
drawback will, however, prove to be
the different rates of interest offered
by the various issues Of the new loan.
The public mind viii be confused by
the relative merits of five per cents.
four-and-a-han per cents and four per
cents. Were the business to be done
over again the proper way would be
to make a uniform bond at four per
cent. or even at three, sixty-fve per
cent. But the experiment is ready
for trial. and let il be made. We are
buying experience every day, and by
and by shall havetbe requisite amount
to get the financial question all
Strengthened Out.-N. T. Herald.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15

4 TOUGH STORY.-There is aplace
in Maine so rocky that when the ma
tives plant corn they look for creyices
in the rocks, and shoot the grains in
with a musket; they can't raise ducks
there no how, for the stones are 50
thick the ducks can't get their bills
between them to pick out the grass
hOppers, and the only way the sheep
can get at the sprigs Of grass is by
sharpening their noses on a grind
stone. But that amt a circumstance
to a place in Maryland-there the
land is so poor that il takes two kill
deers to cry "kildeer," and on a clear
day you can see the grasshoppers climb
up a mullen stalk, and look with tears
over a fifty aere field in vain search
for something to eat; and the humble
bees have to 60 down on their knees
to get at the grass (; all the mosquitoes
died OfstarvatiOn, and the turkey buzz
yards were obliged TO emigrate. But
there is a section in Virginia which
can beat them all-there the land is
so sterile that whenthe wind is north
west they have 10 tie the children to
keep them from being blown away
there 1t takes six frogs tOsraiss one
erOak, and when the dogs bark they
have to lean against the fence-the
horses are so thin that il takes twelve
70 them to make a shadow, aud when
they kill a beef they have 10 hold
him up to knock him down!
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15

From a late examination OF differ.
ent kinds Of milk, with reference to
their solid contents, Il has been
ascertained that asses milk is most
diluted. containing scarcely per cent.
Of solid matter. Next comes human
milk, with somewhat over II per
cent, while mares milk contains II
per cent The average is seen in the
milk of the goat and OF the COW. In
reference to the percentage of caseit,
and albumen, human milk is poorest
containing only 4 per cent. Of casein
cows milk nearly . per cent, with
more than one half per cent. of albu-
men. Again, goats milk, with near
ly per cent. Of casein and aibumen,
as far as known, has a larger amount
OF albumen than that Of any other
animal. The smallest quantity OF
butter is found in asses milk; that
of the goat containing the largest, or
nearly : per cent. Sheeps' milk ID
most nutritious, as il contains lit per
cent. Of protein matters and hydro
carbOns and while the milk Of the
COW contains only about 4 per cent,
Of milk sugar, that Of the mare has s
per cent, which renders it very prone
to alcoholic fermentation, and has
given rise To It's employment by the
Tartars in production Of an intOxiea,
ting liquor, known as quass.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15

Mar They Have I'm Kansas.

The Kansas City Bulletin says that
the citizens OF Kansas have taken up
the matter Of clearing the country Of
the numerous gangs OF horse thieves
infesting the border towns and coun-
ties. The first haul was made a few
miles southwest of Westport. on Tues
day night. Two notorious outlaws,
whose presence has been forbidden
in this city by the enforcement Of the
vagrant law, were caught near Shaw
neetOwn, and in a few minutes were
dangling in the air, with the signif-
cant legend pinned upon their breasts;
"Horse thieves" Their names are
given as Kennedy and Morton. The
former has been boarded by the city
for same time as a vagrant. They
belonged to a regular organized gang
infesting this vicinity, and whose
headquarters is said to be at Shwnee
and Wyandotte. They steal horses
here, sell them at LeaYenworth and
Atchison, and bring stolen property
from those counties down here. A
few such cases as this will have a good
etiectupOn the border. It soon makes
peace
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15
The CHRONICLE.
TREATMENT OF SCARLET FEVER,

Mr.. Lennox, in q late cOmmunica-
ton upon the very prevalent epidem-
&c OF scallet fever through England
and Wales, calls attention to certain
common sense views in regard to its
treatment, which commend them
selves to all thoughtful persons. He
remarks that although we may not
always be able to control the appear
ance of the disease, yet when il has
been developed, its further progress is
or should be entirely under our con
troll, since it is a contagious disease,
and, IS such, capable Of being sRtagO-
nized. In this case, as in many other
diseases, the poison is evidently prOpa-
gated in the form Of germs, whatever
be their character, which, thrown in
to the air and falling upon or enter
ing the body, give rise to renewed
cases. In scarlet fever these germs
appear to retain their vitality for an
unusual length Of time, n case be-
ing mentioned where a piece of fan
mel, worn around the neck Of a
let fever patient, was picked up and
used two years after, and developed
q fresh case Of the disease. In q GER
tain instance Of an outbreak Of scarlet
fever over a wide neighbOrhOod it twas
ascertained that in every instance this
took place in families that had been
supplied with milk by the same milk
man. On inquiry il was found that
persons connected with the farm from
which milk was supplied had been
infected with scarlet fever. The pre-
cautions TO be taken, according to Mr..
| Lennox, after the disease has made
its appearance, are, in the first place,
to isolate the patient at whatever trou-
bic or expense, preventing the ap-
preach Of any one excepting the
nurse and physician. With this, dis
infectants must be used with the ut
most freedom, whether they be car
bolic acid, permanganates Of soda and
potash, chloride Of zinc, chloride Of
aluminium, ch~lorinated lime Of soda,
sulphate of iron, &c. These should
be employed inand around the patient.
All his discharges and exeTetions
/ should be Immediately ~disinfected,
Rndall bed clothing and linen worn
by the patient treated with the same
[care. Nurses in attendance and ply
sicians touching the patient in any
way, should also wash their hands in
q d~isinfecting solution before leaving
the room. Wooden clathingt that can
not be washed should be exposed to a
heat of at least 2I2 degrees, this tenn
perature having the property Of des-
| troying the poisonous germs, Even
after the patient has apparently re-
| covered, the precautions should be
maintained until the peeling of Of
the cutiele, or the scales, has been en-
tirely accomplished, as in many cases
the disease has been traced to the par
tieles Of this character.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15

ADULTERATED sIRUP.-It has been
stated that sugar drips," produced
by the destructive action of strong
acid upon starch, is extensively sold
and used as golden strip" Adrug.
gist in New Orleans proposes as q.
test a few grains of fannie acid dis
solved in a wine-glass of rain water
in which has been dissolved a tea
spoonful of this strip, or a cup Of tea,
containing fannie, in which a spoon
full Of strip has been dissolved. In
either case the liquid will become
black and ink-like. The American
Chemist answers that the test with
tannic acid in tea is totally fallacious,
IS 1t is simply a test Cor iron which
would do no harm, but in many cases,
as a tonic, might be absolutely bene-
fetal. With this test the pure golden
strip might be rejected and the starch
a~dulteration selected instead.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15

A new form Of oiI-seed has lately
been exciting the attention. of experts.
These are supposed to have come from
Mozambique, although shipped from
Lisbon, and are said to be seeds. de-
rived from the TeydiriG peddtd, a
tall, climbing, cucurbitaceOus plant,
a native Of the coast opposite Zanzi-
bar. These seeds look somewhat like
almonds, and are fiat, nearly circular,
and about one and a half inches
across. The kernel is about the color
and hardness Of the Brazil nut, and
contains a large quantity Of oil, said
to be equal in many respects to olive
oil in excellence. The fruit is very
large, and is stated TO eontain asmany
as go seeds. TOO
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15
WOODWoRTTs
NILSSON BOUQUET.
II A ASTHMA CURE

.TTPHAMs DEPILAToRY POWDER
u Removes superiuous hair in JUe miHusea,
without injury 10 the skin. S6ntby mail
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15

Some interesting experiments have
recently been made upon the eOmpar-
alive feeundity Of ducks aud hens so
as to determine from which Of the
two the larger number Of eggs can be
obtained in the same time. For this
purpose three hens and three ducks
were selected, all Matched in Februa-
~, and nourished with suitable food.
In the following autumn the ducks
laid 225 eggs, while the hens laid
none. In the next February the lay
ing season began again with the ducks
and hens. and continued uninterrupt-
edly till August. They showed no in
clinatiOn to set, but became very thin,
although they afterward fattened up
somewhat. The total number ofeggs
laid by the hens amounted to 257, or
Sc eggs each and 1872, or I31 cash for
the ducks. Although the eggs Of the
ducks yer rather smaller than those
Of the hens, yet they proved TO be de-
cidedly superior in nutritiVe material,
so that the superiority in productive
ness appears to be decidedly with the
ducks.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15
Surgeons SAVINGS.

Nobody is more like an honest
nan than a thorough rogue"
Don't believe the man that talks
the most for mewing eats are seldom
good mousers."
by no means put your self in
another persons power. If you put
your thumb between two grind stones
they are very apt to bite"
Don't go to law unless you have
nothing to lose; lawyers houses are
built on FOOLS heads.n
Put no dependence on labels Of q
bag, and, count money after your
own kind"
"In any business never wade into
the water where you cannot see the
bottom"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15
What have you to expect at a hotel
Inn attention.

What have you to expeetat a hotel?
Inn attention.
Eighteen churches in this country
were destroyed by fire during the
year ending October 80.
Eighty-nine Congregations church
IS have been formed during the past
year in the United States.
1t is said that the Bishops in the
Episcopal and in the Methodist
Churches, are the hardest worked
menin Dur country.
A elarionet, cornet and flute have
been introduced into the choir Of the
Congregational Church at Waupun,
Wisconsin.
The Churchman devOtes near two
columns in explaining the propriety
of bowling the head while repeating
or singing the Gloria Patri.
A baptist lady at the North gives
SIS, 500 for the establishment ola school
for colOred preachers and teachers at
Columbis, South Carolina.
Looking at the aurora bOrealis' is
the excuse heads Of families and
young men give now at breakfast for
being out late the previous evening.
MY dear friend" said a gentle
man to q bankrupt the other day,
ppm sorry to hearOf your misfortune.
Your family has my wamest sympa-
thies." "Oh, don't trouble yourself
about my family. I looked out for
them, you bet! Just save your SYM
paties for the families Of my credit
| ors.U
A poor fellow begins to go down
hill, and as usual in such cases, he
keeps on till he reaches the bottom
Then bogus Christians begin to say,
Goods hand is very heavy on so and
So" when, in fact, God has had no
hand upon him at all. 1t Is only the
feet of certain hnrd-hearted ~raseals,
who ought to have been his friends,
that have been kicking him from step
! to step downward
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15

Boston AND NEW ENGLAND PASSENGER
with their Baggage, are transferred free o
charge IN New York.
The best Ventilated and most Luxurious
Steering Coaches GrN THE WORLD 90 &C
ed new Perry nom their Jersey City Depol
to the foot OF sd ST. New York, thus ena-
bling passengers to reach the upper portion
ofthe city without b expense and annoy
ance Of a street car or omnibus transfer.
ErThe scenery along the entire route Of
the Erie Railway Is OF h most picturesque
and beautiful character. Admirers OF Ma
lures beauties, IN q daylight journey over
this Line. viii dudtn ttseyer changing land.
1capes ubiectElof continual admiration and
interest.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-02-15

The following old legal sdU is as
good as new, and is agOOd illustration
of the beginning and end Of many of
the hottest legal controversies:
An upper mill and lower mill
Fell out about the water;
To war they Went-that Is 10 law,
ResolYed,to give no quarter.
A lawyer was by each engaged
And stOutly they commended.
When cash grew low, the wan they
waged
They judged were better ended.
The heavy costs remaining still
Were settled without bother;
One lawyer took the lower mill
The upper mill the other.