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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15
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SAMUEL G. BASKIN,

"
SAMUEL @. BASKIN.
ACCOUNTANT AND BOOK-KEEPER,
Solicits encouragement in a new mode Of BUSH
ness, promising prompt attention, and entire sat
isfaction.
Will open or start new sets of books for Mer-
chants, or other parties, will render Merchants
and other accounts, examine and reconcile Pass
Books Of Banks, furnishing vouchers when de-
sired.
Desires TO keep one or two sets of Books, and
will negotiate Loans at fair rates.
My Office is with James Ker, Insurance Agent,
above First National Bank. augl2-tf
A1OTICE.-It is now nearly twelve months
IN since our notice, calling upon all per-
sons indebted by note or otherwise to g. 7. An
trim, 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-
sons knowing themselves indebted to the estate
to make prompt payment. We will, in 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 I.
H. Antrim, Waynesboro'
sp- T. H. ANTRIM,
sAai 5Ha 80 WIN. CALDWELL,
febl7-tf sea-Js tHf Executors.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

1pRin, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable
loss of memory, accompa-
Inied with painful sensa-
1tioR of having left un-
done something which
ought to have been done.
In f$au c0nnnlainiuO ne
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

WI H. GORMAN.
w. r2 #7 MAIN STREET,
NEXT TO MARBLE YARD,
DEALER IN
GROCERIES, PRODUCE, WOODEN WARE,
QUEENSWARE &c.
Has just received large supply Of goods in
his line, which he will sell cheap for cash. ~
dec9.tf 3 @
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

NNE DOOR EAST
NJNE DOOR EAST
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
A LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK OF
DRY GOODS AND
DRESS GOODS
in endless variety, made of either wool, cotton,
fax or silk-the newest and most desirable styles
in any market.
Great show in white goods-Peques, Vic,
Lawns, and other dress goods for ladies and
misses.
Mems and boys wear-fne and coarse.
Trimmings and small goods-Gloves, Hosiery,
Handkerchief, Corsets, Parasols, Ladiet' CT
shoes. srl,r t8lr
My stock is large and attractive.
Staples in splendid variety of brands and
grades. buy no trash staple goods.
value of Of first class goods, both in imported and
American fabrics.
may5-2m F. NJ. YOUNG.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

and ague drOpey, bOlIBI pun IN Tue DRcKI &C.
Prepared only by
J. Il. ZEILIN & CO,
Druggists, Macon, Ca
Price ST. by mail, $l.25.
For sale by fs.
TROUT, SrR1BLMG l. BERKELEY,
jan27.ly Druggists, Stanton, Va.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15
Business Cards.
SIMMONS

ness, bowels in general costive, sometimes alte
mating with lax The head is troubled wit
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

bladder, camp E kidneys kidney,
fever, nervousness, chills,
diseases of the skin, inn
purity of the blood, mel
ancholy, or depression of
Spirits, heartburn, cole,
or pains in the bowels,
pain in the head, fever
oein in tho hock ko
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

A USEFUL HINT TO M1LKERs.-A lady
correspondent recommends the application
of strong decoction of tannin, as speedy
and effectual cure for soreness in the teats
and udder Of a COW. It may be obtained at
the drug stores, and few cents worth is
sufficient. In places where the prepared
drug cannot be readily obtained, strong
tea made of oak or hemlock bark, and ap.
piled twice day for few days in success.
sion will be found to answer the purpose
nearly as we'll.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

NOTICE.-Made at the Institution for the
IN Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.
Hair Mattresses,
Moss and Shuck Mattresses,
Coir Mats, all sizes,
Corn Brooms,
Old Mattresses renovated,
Old Chairs filled with new cane seats,
Books bound in plain binding.
Articles to be repaired will be called for at pri-
vate residences, and returned when finished.
All orders for work should be made through
the Steward, or Foreman of the Shop, to the
Principal.
febll-ly-vindicator copy.-Spsc.
NOTICE. The subscriber having associated
IN with him in his business, from the 18th
Of Sept. last, WIN. F. SUMMERSON the business
will be conducted hereafter under the style Of
A. HI. Taylor & Co.
They are now receiving a large stock Of
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS,
GRO CERES, &C.,
making their stock very complete, which they
determined to sell at the lowest possible rates
to cash buyers or on short time to punctual GUS
toners. All kinds of Lumber and marketable
produce taken in exchange for goods. %
octl4-tf A. H. TAYLOR & co.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

101A The undersigned respectfully calls
1911. the attention Of his friends to the
fact that upon his own hook he proposes to carry
ON a general AUCTION BUSINESS, at the old
stand, corner of Augusta streetand Spring Lane.
Re will attend the sale of property of all kinds,
ether auctioneer. E. NJ. GUSHING:
ianE.tf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

PROJECTION AGAINST Morris. Flour of
hops, one drachm Scotch snuff, two
ounces ; gum camphor, one ounce black
pepper, one ounce cedar sawdust, four
ounces. Mix thoroughly, and strew, or
put in papers, among the goods.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

To PRESERVE CLOTHES PINs.-Clothes
pins boiled few moments and quickly
dried, once or twice month, become more
flexible and durable. Clothes lines will
last longer and keep in better order for
wash-day service, if occasionally treated in
the same way.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

To REMOVE GREASE FROM FLooas. APP
ply paste of wood ashes, keep it on sever,
al days and then wash off
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-15

AND SIGN RNTN ,ss as sus
and Sign Painting business and is now prepared
to execute any work, lin town and country, en-
trusted to him in the best manner and on such
terms as will be entirely satisfactory.
Orders for work (until further notice. left al
the store of Owen G. Morris, Esq, will be
promptly attended to. rro,,n.o,
apr28-tf G. r. ThOMPSON.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
Boxing a Critics Ears.

The system which prevails in French
journalism of signing critiques has its
disadvantages. When writer is in
formed that I" a iall and powerful young
woman" in an obvious state of excite
ment, insists upon seeing him, he may
be pardoned some vague apprehension
as to his personal safety. 1t appears
that M. Jouvin, of the Figaro, has not
spoken of Mdlle. Hisson, Of the French
opera, as favorably as that young lady
and her friends might desire and the
consequence has been that Mdlle.
Hisson waited upon M. Jouvin and
called him a scoundrel. That was not
much as some advance must be made
for the feelings of an insnlted actress.
Forthwith, however, she said, Z" / do not
know what prevents me from boxing
your ears Obviously the critic him.
self was bound to offer some reason for
that self-abnegation to which she had
condemned herself " You are quite
right, mademoiselle, to restrain your
self" he remarked. Whereupon Ma,
demoiselle rushed upon him, and after
scuffie, requested him to consider his
ears as boxed. Whether NJ. Jouvin' s
ears were actually boxed does not appear;
but, as his assilant was lady, the case
is much the same The chief considera-
ton is that gentleman who abandoned
the anonymous in their critiques should
take into account the fighting weight
of the ladies of whom they speak. Tall
and powerful young women, when they
can no longer restrain themselves, may
hold powerful argument at their fin
gers end and. besides, their tongue is
far moro likely to prove deadly than
their pretty little hands. Mdlle. Hisson
observed to her critic that if she had
given him money he would have written
a favorable critique. Surely this was
unfair. Before such an accusation, the
most confident man must be dumb. NJ
Jouvin merely asked the tall and
powerful young woman to restrain her
self; and it is to be hoped that she
obeyed his advice so far that is ears were
only boxed metaphorically.- London
DaiLy Nea0S.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
Discovering Petroleum Wells by Flee.
tricity.

The Titusville Herald contends that
electricity can be usefully employed in
the discovery Of petroleum wells. 1t
says:
The possibility of passing electric
currents through the earth has long
been an admitted fact, and is daily
demonstrated in the use of the electric
telegraph. If two metallic plates, such
as zinc and copper, are sunk in the
ground several thousand feet apart, and
the plates are connected toge,ncr with
wire running over the surface of the
earth, and one Of the plates is acted on
by known strength of acid, an cleo
trical action will be set up of greater or
less intensity, depending partly upon
the media through which the returning
current will have to pass, and also upon
the distance apart at which the plates
are stationed. The most feeble current
is readily detected nv delicate gal
vanometer. If there be il large body OF
some non-conducting substance in the
earth between the two plates, the gal
vanometer will determine the extent of
this obstruction by its feeble Auctuation.
This being known fact, its application
to ascertaining the exact location OF
large bodies Of petroleum, which is a
very poor conductor Of electricity, at
once becomes apparent.
But how may it be practically ap-
Piled? 1t is proposed to sink a zinc
plate in the bottom of some particular
well, and copper plates in the wells Of
surrounding localities, at distances as
nearly equal from the zinc plate as pos
sible. The galvanometer will be acted
on to a greater or less degree by the
greater or less bulk of oil lying between
the zinc and copper, which will be a
very clear indication of the direction in
which it is situated. BY this means the
most prolific territory can be readily
pointed ont. BY repeating the expert
ment in different localities, and. in fact,
by making an electrical survey Of the
whole region, with very delicate and
accurate apparatus, there is every prob
ability that new and very valuable oil
producing territories can be discovered
and accurately mapped out. The nov.
city and boldness Of this proposition is
at once startling as it is captivating and
almost convincing, at least in theory
We must, however, leave the subject tc
the consideration of oil-operators and
practical electricians, who are better
able to decide upon its merits.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

A pamphlet issued from the Office OF
The Insurance Spectator gives an interest
ing statement of the effect of the Chi
cago fire on American and foreign in
surance companies. Of the $40 Ameri-
can companies doing a fire insurance
business in the United States, 249 expe'
rienced losses more or less severe
while of the six English companies, but
one escaped loss at Chicago. The
American companies show an aggregate
loss of $S2,S2l, l22, and the English
companies of S5,Sl3,000; so that the
total insurance covered by this great
confiagration may be summed up in
round numbers at $90,00O000. The
aggregate insurance capital of Ameri-
can companies amounted to $74,930,-
2l6; while the total assets of all the
companies, both English and American,
amount to $l45,S70,52l.
Deducting the losses at Chicago, the
companies have about $60,00O,0O0 left /;
the impairment being not far from
$25 100000 on the total capital. OF the
254 companies affected by the disaster,
fifty-seven have suspended, and twenty
eight Of the remainder have already
taken measures toward the filling up of
respective deficiencies. Illinois has suf-
fered the most severely, no less than
fourteen of her twenty companies hay
ing already stopped. Connecticut loses
seven of her eleven companies. Rhode
Island five out of nine.
One of the most remarkable effects of
the disaster is the increase in the num-
Der of insurers. Those who have regu-
larly insured have largely increased
their lines, and property generally was
never so well protected in this regard as
now, Rates of premium have general
ly advanced, and the increased income
of most of the companies will aid the
process very greatly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
The Oldest Locomotive Engineer in
the United States.

The Bethlehem Pa Times says that
the oldest locomotive engineer in the
United States is Barney Butt. who now
runs an engine on the Lebanon branch
of the Reading Railroad. Barney was
born in Conyngham, Luzer-ie county,
Penn, about the year 1885 or 1886. In
lS47 he was running an engine from
Parryville to Weatherly, the planes be-
ing then in operation. The cars were
drawn up the planes by stationary en-
CINE. A good story is told of Farney'
readiness in case of an emergency. One
day his engine would not steam well
and he was likely to be overtaken by a
passenger train before he could reach
the turnout. Seeing good-sized pork
er beside the track, he jumped from the
en- line-the train was moving very
slowly-seized the pig. cut his throat
and stuffed him into the furnace. The
fat of the pig was better than kind
ling wood, and in very short time
Barney had steam up and was out o
danger.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
The Recent Storm Mt the East.

Additional accounts show that the
effect of the storm in New York and
New Jersey on Tuesday night, and by
the high tide on Wednesday, were quite
severe. A large portion of the Harlem
flats was washed away. In New Jersey.
the Morris canal overlooked, submerg-
ing Easements, carrying off lumber,
boats. yachts, ETC., and damaging over
$4,000 worth of property. The lecture
room OF the Methodist Church at Bergen
Heights was blown down, and the
church building considerably damaged.
In Newark, over $4,000 worth of prop
erty was destroyed by wind and water.
Several unfinished houses were demol-
ished, and cellar easements were flood
ed. At Elizabeth, brick factory and
five buildings were blown down. The
damage to the shipping was considera.
BILE, and it is expected that further
losses will be reported. An unfinished
church in Plainfeld was also destroyed
A Presbyterian church at Freehold
n. j., was partially demolished by the
gale. In Boston, some basement cellars
in the vicinity OF the wharf were flood
ed. Gales in New Hampshire were also
very violent. At Long Branch, n. j..
the roof and part of the piazza of the
United States Hotel were carried away
the bluff was washed away, and mucl
damage done to the beach.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
Household Recipes.

To Keep AppleS for Winter USe.-Put
them in casks or bins, in layers well
covered with dry sand, each layer being
covered. This preserves them from air,
from moisture, and from frost it pre-
vents their perishing by their own per-
spiration, their moisture being absorbed
by the sand; at the same time it pre-
serves the flavor of the apples, and
prevents their willing Pippins have
been kept in this manner sound and
fresh till midsummer and how much
longer they would have kept is not
known. Any kind Of sand will an
swer but it must be perfectly dry. If
apples are immersed in grain of any
kind, they will keep good all the year
round, and the grain will not in any
way be the worse for it. This does not
need any preparation or expense, as the
apples may be put into corn. bin, OF
into tub, and the corn intended fol-
food for horses or poultry may as wei
be stored in this way as any other.
Ertracting Grease from Clothiaq.-Mrs
V. a. T., says in the Rural New Yorker
The yolk of an egg is the best thing
know Of for extracting grease from
clothing of any kind, and for cleanin,
fine woolens rub it well on the greas
spots as you would soap, and then wasl
it out in soft water use no soap. 1t
also excellent for cleaning the head
rub il in we'll with piece of fame
and wash out well with two waters.
Crullers.-Half pint of flour; one an
half pint of sugar two pints of milk
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
Current Items.

BOWLING GREEN, KY, has 80 lawyers
and only one house of worship. 1t is
claimed that one thing is the reason of
the other thing.
WESTON is going to settle down in
Iowa, and gentle newspaper in that
region hopes it will be six feet beneath
the soil.
CocHITUATE Lake is eight feet below
its proper level, and Boston is excited,
not yet having learned the art of drink
ing eels.
The business portion of Cacheville,
Yolo county, California, was destroyed
by fire, Sunday, resulting from the ex
plosion of kerosene lamp.
THE fish trade of New England
amounts to $40,000,000 year, and OF
Boston to about $4,000, 900 year.
A CONNECTICUT Enoch Arden returned
home took in the situation at a glance,
tearfully borrowed a dollar from his
successor, and departed.
WATER in Dubuque, Iowa, was OBJ
tanned by tunneling half mile under
the bluffs and tapping a subterrannear
stream, at an elevation of so feet above
the level of distribution, which gives
sufficient pressure to force water to the
tops of the highest buildings.
CHIcKAsAw county, Iowa, has sensa
ton. A lady of that region, named
Ives, went on visit to Minnesota, anC
while there procured ready made
| divorca with which she astOnished he
husband on her return. She also claim
ed a six year old girl, but the fonc
father objected, and Judge Bragg, o
Waterloo, has just decided against tn
mother in the latter matter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
Fashions FOibleS.

ANTWERP silk is yard and half
wide, and is the highest.priced silk in
the market.
Wool armours, woven in diamonds or
crinkled reps, are among the latest fall
novelties.
WEDDING CARDS are to be rose-tinted
and enclosed in huge square mono
grained envelopes.
The latest style of necktie is bow of
white lace, and over it barbe of black
thread lace.
GLOVES without stitching on the back
are more stylish than the deliberately
embroidered ones.
The very latest style of note paper is
of light brown color, to be written on
with green ink.
The ladies are going to wear their
hair in coronet of braid on the very
top Of the head next winter.
TAMBoUR WORK is now all the rage,
and is used for trimming sacks, dresses,
and lingerie of all kinds.
MANY persons will be glad to hear
that long ribbon sashes with bows and
loops are coming into fashion again,
and are very much worn with street
costumes.
HooPs and crinoline have almost en-
tirely gone out of fashion, the dresses
and overskirts being made and trimmed
in such manner as to render them
nearly superfluous.
VERY large sailors collars of linen
trimmed with wide lace and embroidery
reaching nearly 10 the shoulders, are
very stylish worn with a morning dress
with cuffs to match.
For ladies who admire large ear
rings, a new style is the head of a
stuffed humming. bird, with diamond
eyes, inclosed in wide hoop of bur
nished gold. They are very odd and
very snowy
CRIMSON cloaks, like those worn by
GYPSY fortune-tellers. are said to be a
probable fashion for ladies the coming
winter. few of them have already
made their appearance on Broadway.
DIAMONDS are considered by some to
be the best investment for money, as
they never depreciate in value, and, in
this way, husbands can settle large
sums of money on their wives, which
can be turned to account in day OF
need.
THE newest style of street costumes
are of black or colored silk poplins, EN-
broidered with silk floss, and trimmed
with lace. Some of these costumes
cost from three to four hundred dollars,
and are very heavy and rich looking.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

FIVE teaspoonfuls of baking powder !;
cinnamon, little nutmeg. Flour
enough to roll out but they are better
not very stiff. Boiled in hot lard.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

FATHER HYAcINTHE is travelling in Ger.
many, and making speeches, in order
to bring about friendlier feelings to.
ward France. He promises to travel
this winter for the same purpose in
France.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

copy. This engine, or one like it, we
think, is soon destined to be introduced
upon our prairie farms.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
Insurance Failures and Losses.

The following New York insurance
companies have ceased to do business,
and gone into liquidation. The gross
assets of each on Jan. |, 1871, is
given.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

THERE is pathetic Illustration of the
consistency of love, in one of our Western
States, in the shape of an aged couple
who have been engaged to be married
thirty years, and during that time have
never been out of Jail together long
enough to have the ceremony solem.
niZed
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

New cloths for wraps have a diagonal
twill, like serge, and are as soft as
cashmere.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

Reason ENoUGH.-The Milan (Tex.l
Tslegram says: We have been asked
why we stopped publishing the list OF
marriage licenses issued by the clerk
Because great stand.up-ln-the'mud
out there in the sand hills, said we pub
lished his daughter as married when
she wern't, and that he would hit us on
the head hard enough to knock our an
kles out of joint for it. Is that expla-
nation satisiactOryY|
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

A Mr.. SHELTON, of London, has re-
Gently invented street lamp, with
strips of looking-glass arranged IN It's
roof, somewhat after the manner OF
Venetian blind. He thus reflects into
the street rays of the light which would
otherwise have gone over the houses.
The results of experiments on this lamp,
it is said, show that the street receives
three times as much light as would fall
upon it from lamps of the ordinary
kind
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
A Joke on COnkling.

Resident" a New York correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Press, tells the
following anecdote of Senator Conk-
ling:
One day, down the avenue proceeded
the dignifed gentleman. Opposite the
Metropolitan he was met by the Hon.
William Kell ogg, of Louisiana, who adj
dressed him:
Halo! How goes it, Conklingy
Sir" said the blonde, drawing him.
self up to his full length, that is no
way to speak to a United States Sena-
tor. am Senator Conkling-Senator,
sir"
$50 am | Senator" answered kel.
logg," and it's no use putting on any OF
your frills with me. I'm known as Bill
Kellogg" and the Louisianian left him.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-02

OUR LUCK.-The gentleman who
drew the capital prize in the Placerville
lottery informs us that nearly all the
large prizes in that scheme were drawn
in this State. This is encouraging, and
there is no reason whyall of us should
not draw a valuable prize. Brooklyn,
Alameda county, Cal, will give away
$4,000 in gold coin on the 4th of De-
cember neXt-without fail. There are
2.l66 prizes-one chance in every -.
The prizes range from 50 up toSl0,O 900.
This is the most liberal schedule yet
offered the public OF this coast, and
the managers are thoroughly respon-
sible. kOppel IL Plat, clothiers, cor
ner of South Carson and Third streets,
are agents for the sale of tickets in
this city.