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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-06-27
June Goth If Waynesboro' Va.
COMMISSIONER SALE of valuable

EDUBAaC SALE will sell, at public
4 sale, on Saturday, the Oath day Of June,
1871, at Churchville, the following property, to
wit:
horse, 1 two-horse wagon and harness, car
riage, farming implements, and some household
and kitchen furniture.
All persons knowing themselves indebted will
come forward and settle up, by the day of sale
and those holding claims against the estate will
present them, properly authenticated, for settle
ment. Terms made known on day of sale.
J. A. WILSON, admir-
may3O- ids of VIM. FL. Bell, decd.
@y~The above sale is postponed till Saturday,
the 18th day of August
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-06-27

e You can save 25 per cent. by buying. your
chewing tobacco from Armentrout & Co. They
are selling q No l article for 20 cents per plug
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-06-27

~ SECOND ARRIVAL of new goods at s.
Mandelbaum & Brothers, Augusta street, oppo-
site Spectator ofice.-They have received their
second supply of Spring and Summer Clothing
for men and boys, which they are selling at re-
markably low prices. Having increased their
facilities they sell much cheaper than ever
Their stock may be regarded as one of the largest
and best selected ever brought to this city
they manufacture their own clothing, which,
for beauty of style and workmanship, cannot be
exceled They have large stock of Gents
Furnishing Goods, in fact everything that gem
tleman needs. In addition to this large stock of
clothing they have introduced something new
in the way of fine selection of imported cloths
and cassimeres which they make to order in the
latest style and at cheap prices. They assure the
public that all that is necessary is to give them
call and satisfaction will be guaranteed.
Remember the place if you want bargains
MANDELBAUM & Bro
Augusta street, opposite the Spectator Office
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-06-27

gs5~ CONCERNING MoNEY-Holg to sare 1T
Q. j.. WELLER has q store full and is constantly
receiving, Ladies' Misses and Children's City
made Shoes. He guarantees every pair to give
satisfaction. Those in want of a fashionable
shoe and good fit, would do well by giving
him q call. he keeps fine stock of Boots and
Shoes, Hats and Trunks of every style and sells
his goods cheap. His store is opposite Woods
& Gilkeson. on Main street. AIS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-06-27
AESERABLE TRACT OF LAME AT

- Private Sale.-The subscriber offers for
sale, privately portion of the Tract of Land,
Fishersvile and Waynesboro' Depots on the
G. g. 0. r. r.. being about q miles to either
place. and on the Staunton and James River
Turnpike. viii sell any number of acres from
twenty-five to one hundred. On the Tract of
fered, there is a good Spring, with a stream of
water passing through the centre, and fine body
of timber. The land is of first rate quality, and
in high state of cultivation, convenient to
schools, churches, &c. Any parties wishing to
purchase will be met at the Depot and shown
CAN'T III CT1rrTE
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-06-27

TT WANTED-a respectable white woman to
cook. Apply at Spectator Office
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-06-27
VETERINARY SURGERY

al 0TGGE.-Paper maturing the 4th of July,
IN must be provided for the 3rd as the
Banks will be closed on the 4th
III. HARVEY EFFINGER
w. G. ESKRIDGE, Cashiers.
june27-4ts.
xETALL PAPEEsS-many beautiful pat
w terns-at HUNTER 81 cos
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
Australian Salt Lakes.

An interest ting description Of the salt
lakes of Australia is given by writer
in the Sydney Empire, who, speaking of
the salt lakes and mineral springs of
the Paroo, says: "These wells are
real curiosity. Mounds of earth rise
about ten or fifteen feet over the sur
face, no doubt thrown up by the force
of the water; they form kind of oasis
in the wilderness, and have saved the
lives of many weary wanderer. These
mounds can be seen for miles. The
water is very clear and soft. 1t is i'm
pregnated with magnesia, soda, and
alum. 1t is very palatable to drink,
and / think very wholesome. The
water does not flow after touching the
surface but, as soon as it overfows the
fort-like basin, sinks into the earth.
The alum and soda crack under your
feet, as you walk around these wells,
like frozen snow. Sand-storms occa-
sionally set in with great violence,
sweeping along and drifting like snow
but in this it diff srs-that nothing is
proof against it's penetrating propensity.
1t enters your eyes, your nose; your
mouth, your ears; even your very skin
seems gritty from IL, ana everything Is
covered with it. 1t enters all culinary
matters, so that while it lasts you are
continually eating, drinking, and wear
ing sand. AS an instance, the first
evening 1 entered the Paroo, one of the
and.storms set in, and, after viewing
one Of those beautiful clear lakes, in
which we thought we could quench our
thirst, having had nothing to drink
since the morning, what was our sur
prise, might almost say despair, to find
that the water was salt as brine The
driving sand beat with such fury that
we could not see each other on the road.
Our party numbered five, and | took
the bride and saddle off my horse and
let him go to shift for himself / lay
down, putting the saddle between my
self and the storm for shelter. The
at last came, and found a.
about five miles distant my party, horse
and waterD '
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
Women Taking Part i'm Peace Con-
greSS.

A noticeable feature of the Peace
Congress at Lausanne, Switzerland, was
the participation of women in its pro-
ceedings. Among the female delegates
were Madame Paule Minck and Ma
their visit a female apostolate, the mis-
sion of which is to preach communal
doctrines and equal rights. 1t is re-
cruited chiefly from the French ladies
taking refuge in Switzerland from the
police of M. Dufaure. The founders of
this propaganda are club oratresses,
who made a mark at the public meet
ings of the Folies Bergeres in the EN-
peror's time, and at political meetings
at La Chapelle and Pipcus during the
siege. Andre Leo was then an editor
of the Steele. She was afterward the
editor of the Sociale, and in that capaci-
ty gave every morning to a credulous
public bulletin of Communal victories
never gained. Her baptismal name is
not Andre, nor her surname Leo. They
are the names of her two sons-still
children of tender ago-which she
adopts as a nom de plume, and not un-
frequently a nom de guerre. 1t was this
oratress who first started the project
of forming corps of Amazons of the
Seine.
Madame Minck is described as
driedup yellow-looking little woman-a
very vixen in petticoats. Concerning
the Commune, she said that 10000 men
were shut up by the Versailles troops in
Paris. At this astonishing statement, a
citizen near the platform in the Con-
gress said "Ah' in a low tone of voice.
Madame Minck was down upon the un
fortunate man in an instant. "The
citizen interrupted me-" "No, 1 did
pot, really" said the unhappy man,
trying hard to look as if it wasn't him.
"Oh, yes, you did though. | ann ready
to answer what you said" "If you
please, M. le President" exclaimed the
wretched man, driven to desperation,
| said, 'Ah. How can the orator an
swer that?" The audience roared with
laughter, and Madame Minck had de-
cidedly the worst of it. She waxed
angry at this, and warned the audience
of the wrath to come, if socialists were
laughed at, instead of being listened to.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
English and American Railways.

Rev. Thomas X. Beecher, in one of
his letters from England, says:
The railways here are not better than
our own. Either the English roads
have deteriorated, or else our own have
appreciated. I assume that the fastest
train on the direct line between Liver
pool and London may be taken as a
fair sample, and compared with similar
trains on the Erie Railway at home
with which [ am most familiar. From
Liverpool to London, two hundred and
ten miles, through frst-class fare is
thirty-five shillings-say nine dollars.
On the Erie, from New York to Elmira,
in drawing groom coach, is eight dollars
for two hundred and seventy miles, a
"local rate. We ride in by far the
more elegant coaches at home, and at
perceptibly cheaper rates than here.
We ride as fast, too, on the Erie as
here; about thirty-fve miles in either
case.
In smoothness there is no compari-
son. Motion on the Erie is like rolling
on oil; but here we rattle in our seats
like tin pals in wbeelbarrow. Here
there are four wheels under coach (;
on the Erie twelve! Here one wheel
failing necessitates disaster; there we
we can spin off from one to six, and, If
judiciously selected, the coach is still
mobile and not a wreck. Here it is
difficult to talk, and impossible to
write there 1 do both quite intelli-
gibly.
l am proudly surprised, after an alb
seDce of eighteen years, to find an
English railway no longer superior to
our own in any particular that affects a
trayeler-no, not even in the matter of
dust and ashes.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17

SAN Francisco was fired in iye places
by incendiaries one night last week.
LONG BRANCH was sold 200 years ago
for barrel of cider. .'....,
COLORADO housewives mourn over but
ter at 95 cents pound. . 81
NILSSON claims that her Paris and
Chicago losses foot up to Sl50,000.
MACON, Ga, is building one of the
largest cotton factories in the world.
MONTREAL will have a type-setting
tournament for the Canadian champion
ship. aa 54--ros trsN
The Chicago sufferer is stated to
have become a numerous nuisance
throughout the east. 1o..s A1
The London underground railway
cost four million dollars mile.
ELHU BURRITT is addressing English
audiences effectively on behalf of Chi
cago sufferers.
THE Ruth-Medlicott murder case,
which has caused so much excitement
in st. Louis and Garnet, Kansas, where
the trial took place, has concluded. The
jury returned verdict of murder in
the first degree against DIR. Medlicott.
A LETTER addressed /" TO Eny Promi-
nent Buisaniss Man Handelling Butch
ers Stock Quincy Ill.," and containing
the following marginal direction !; ''Post
master will pleas hand this to some fat
cattle man." was received at the post
Office in Quincy, Mass, lately. " y
AN ENvIous Chicago paper says that
Bret Harte is about to publish a new
poem, called "The Outlaw of Cholera
Gulch." 1t will relate how the outlaw,
a rude but benevolent man, poisoned
his benefactor, and carried off his two
daughters for wives; how he smote one
of those wives with stick until she
died, and then expend-
ed for whisky the money she had left
for a coffin how he disposed of the
other one to the Piegans for a pumpkin
colored horse; how he extinguished
that horses eyes with a hot poker be-
cause it got beaten in race and how
he was finally caught up by an angel
one Saturday afternoon and translated
to Heaven, where he received a crown
of glory - ........-
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
Where Rristles Come From.

The sources of the vast majority of
the bristles of commerce are the inter-
| minable forests of Nortter Russia.
Here, for thousands of miles in extent,
the land is covered with wood-pine
trees, larches, oaks, beeches, rowans,
and other cone, mast, acorn, and berry
bearing trees, the fruits of which form
a delicious diet for swine, which in
sort of half-wild state, and more or less
under the surveillance of swineherds,
swarm in prodigious numbers. 1t need
not be supposed that all these swarms
surrender their bristles to the bristle-
merchant. The pigs under culture for
the bristle-crop are mostly privileged
race that pasture near the great tallow
factories of Russia, where the animals
reared too far from the habitations of
men to be consumed for human food
are boiled down for the sake of their
fat. The swine are fed on the refuse of
the tallow-houseS at certain seasons,
and become in prime condition after
few months feeding. The bristle har-
vest is reaped, or rather is uprooted, in
the summer, by a process which re-
minds one of the quill plucking of Lin
OOIuohll . SCCSOg OuU WIllCu 10 really I1Ob
so cruel as it appears at first view.
When the animals are we'll fattened,
after months of unlimited feasting, and
their bristles are in the finest order,
they have to compensate their host for
their entertainment. They are then
driven in multitudes into a kind of
kraal, or fenced inclosure, where they
are crowded as thickly together as they
can stand, or perhaps rather more so.
Here, by dint of kicking, striving,
struggling, and scrambling together,
they are sure to get considerably heat
ed, in which feverish condition they are
seized by the pluckers, who have then
but little difficulty in pulling up the
bristles by the roots. This is no sooner
accomplished than piggy is allowed to
regain his liberty, and scampers off
again to his pasture. The spectacle is
not very delightful one, as may be
imagined, nor is the extemporaneous
concert improvised on the occasion very
agreeable to the ear. That the bristle
harvest is really reaped in this way any
one may satisfy himself by inspecting
consignment of undressed bristles be-
fore they have been passed through any
cleansing or purifying process. He will
see that the stiff hairs have been forci-
bly, dragged up by the roots, and he will
see further, in the case of Siberian bris-
ties, that together with the roots of the
stiff hair there has been torn away no
inconsiderable portion of the softer
wo i which by kind of provision of
nature underlies the bristles in the
severe North - y. =
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
A Bird i'm the Bush,

Robin, under my window. just as the morning is
breaking. --
Singing an autumn song ere you fit to the sum-
mer land,
Clear-voiced, swe st-throated songster me from
my slumber awaking,
You. at least, are bird in the bush worth two
in the hand. k
Listening thus to your carol could almost set me
a-slnglng.
All !, if my heart were so light. and my life so
free of carel
Could but join thee in rowing. southwark our
swift flight winging,
To lands where blossoms the orange. and jas
mine scents the air!
can but envy thy freedom. truly as am a
sinner.
You neither SOW nor reap. and yet by the Father
But II must toll late and early. if would be
sure of my dinner: .--
Am |, then. better than you because I must
work for my bread?
Your songs are never rejected, you chatter not
over their payment,
Hopping about as you please. through the long,
bright, summer day.
You take no thought for the morrow, no care for
shelter and raiment,
For ere the chill winds of the winter you has
ten unhurdened away.
With no relentless conductor, who pants for your
life or your ticket,
No implacable landlord to put in his dreadful
bill,
You'll travel by private conveyance, will stop in
some frst-class thicket,
And dropping down in some corn-feld, break
fast and dine at your will.
Well then, go if you must, for the leaves of the
maple are burning.
Seek for pleasure and health, but do not tarry
too long;
With the first buds of the spring time, back to
my window returning.
Waken me carly some morning from dreaming,
again with your song.
-Snr;buer'o 1fontbL,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
Edible Insects.

1t is probable that famine and star
vation, caused by the terrible ravages of
armies of locusts, first caused the insect
invaders themselves to be eaten. AS
they were found to be nutritious and
not unpalatable, they came in this way
to be considered a staple article of diet.
The earliest Asiatic and African history
informs us of their use as food, and
they are thus occasionally mentioned
in Grecian annals. The Arabs and Af-
ricans now consume them in the great
est quantities. They are gathered from
the trees where they alight, or brought
down when flying low by making a
dense smoke. They are then roasted
with salt in an underground oven,
bruised, and put away for use. For the
table they are pulverized and made into
a pudding, or, divested of their heads,
wings, and legs, are boiled in water or
in oil. They resemble in consistence
and flavor the yolks of hard boiled eggs,
and various English travellers agree that
they are very good eating.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
Double AntidOte for Love.

The White Pine NewS, On the 18th
ult., says: Yesterday morning young
man named John G. T, living near
Treasure City, in fit of dependency
threw himself headforemost into
thirty-foot shaft. At noon two men
happened along and discovered coat
and hat on the edge Of the shaft. On
looking into the shaft they discovered
the sore-headed young man trying. to
come to the surface, and scratching
gravel like the mischief. They pro-
cured rope and hauled him up.
Strange to say the only injuries he re-
ceived were a sprained ankle and lew
scratches on the side of the head. Ihe
Young mans reason for the rash act was
the receipt OF letter from Harrisburg,
Pa, announcing the marriage OF his
first love to another feller. He forth
with flew to a saloon and commenced
throwing in the gin-slings. For two
days he practiced before the bar trying
to forget his frst-love. Yesterday morn
ing he awoke and found himself in his
own cabin, with nothing to cheer up his
spirits-not even cocktail in sight,
and--he did as above stated.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17

The chaplain of the Kansas state
prison is Mrs Lydia Sexton, an old lady
of 20.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
FIour Without MiIIstones.

AT recent meeting of the British
Association for the Advancement of
Science, paper descriptive of new
mill for grinding wheat without mill
stones was read. According to the de-
scription this mill reduces the wheat by
percussion, while it is unsupported and
falling freely, or being projected through
the air. The wheat, in passing through
the machine, is struck by series OF
bars moving at an immense speed IN
opposite directions it is thus lnstanta-
neously reduced to state ready Tor
boiling, no injurious heat being caused,
and the -four produced is of much SUI
perior quality to that obtained by ordi-
nary grinding, while the cost of its pro-
duction is considerably less. One of
these machines, in its perfected state, is
in full operation in Edinburgh, and
realizes all the advantages claimed for
it. These advantages are, the very light
and rarely needed repairs it requires
compared with millstones the fewer
men required and consequent saving in
wages; the exemption from loss by
scorching the small ground and space
occupied and the much less driving
power needed.
THE following epitaph is from a ceme-
terry in Cape May county, New Jersey:
MARY JANE.
Aged IL yrs. mos.
She was not smart, she was not fair.
But hearts with grief for her are swellin'
al empty stands her little chair
n watermeIln.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
MARY JANE.

hBtU II YfS. 0 ulOS.
She was not smart, she was not fair.
But hearts with grief for her are swellint
al empty stands her little chair
She died of eatin' watermelin.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17

THE Dutch Gap Canal, once national
jest, is now navigated by steamers, saw
ing a distance of seven miles every
trip.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
DoDcEVvlLE HOTEL ,

MAIN STREET, DODGEyILLE, WIS.
Va This is large new and commodous house,
opened ON the 4th of July, 1868 1t is fitted in good
style, and supplied with every modern convenience
Good stabling and Lookup Carriage Houses and
accommodation for Travellers and Boarders, Having
lately purchased good hack. he is prepared to carry
persons to any part of the county. He has always
stock. Pure Wines and Liquors of the best quality.
Terms reasonable.
RICHARD ROGERS. Proprietor.
RE- The proprietor has 100 acres of good timber
land fer sale
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-11-17
GENIUS IN THE SIERRAS.

ribner's 8 Monthly.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-03

Canada is aspiring to have live
princess within her borders if she can not
be provided with genuine prince. The
Marquis of Lorne is suggested as-the next
Governor General of the provinces, and
it is hoped in England that this assign
ment will have two good results. First,
the settlement of the Princess Louise in
situation almost royal; and second, the re-
Cancellation Of all the English colonies on
the north of the United States to the
establishment Of confederation. Upper
and Lower Canada Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick would make quite respect
able territory over which to establish the
marquis and his royal wife, and in case
the republican excitement in England
should make it uncomfortable for Prince
Albert on his mothers throne, then he
might fly to the faithful dominions of his
sister for protection. One of the English
kings seriously considered if he might not
preserve his regal rights in the American
colonies when Cromwell was pushing his
way to the protectorate. Then why may
not the son of Victoria uphold his royal
authority from the same'quarter at later
day?
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-03

If the Morning Star, which is the organ
of government for Rome which the Ro-
mans do not desire, is not more guarded
in its appreciation of the Democratic adj
dress, about the authorship of which
there is some dispute, we shall be forced
to conclude that it is as ignorant Of Ameri-
can as it is of Italian sentiment. The
people of the United States are not again
prepared. to revolutionize the country by
force of arms against the Republican
party while they have the handler remedy
that offers itself every two years of chang
ing their representatives and modifying
their laws to suit themselves. If the
ballot was not such an inestimable bles-
sing in the hands of the American people
we might then be thrown back on the
bullet and the brigand as the Italians
were. AS it is, we can change our rulers
and our laws without consulting our
priests or our neighbors, and the govern
ment has no fear of such men as Garibaldi
or Mazzini, because it allows the people
to think and act without being inspired
by sentiments which they are afraid to
avow, or by patriots who are prescribed.
Under the impulse of the Morning Star
this might not be altogether the case.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-03
ADMISSION TO THE LOUISIANA BAR,

The information on which the state
ment of yesterday morning in reference
to the rejection of applicants for adnis-
sion to the bar of Louisiana was founded
proves to be incorrect. The only ques-
ton decided by the Supreme Court and
announced by the Chief Justice was that
the District of Columbia was not State,
and therefore the statute requiring the
admission Of members of the bar from
other States without examination did not
apply to this case. Furthermore, the
didates. They did not apply to be eJ-
dmined, and, therefore, were not refused.
We are informed that the court is al
ways ready to examine candidates for ad-
mission to the bar, and we may say for
the consolation of such persons that dur
ing the last winter not more than two
thirds of those examined were rejected.
Wesrepeat what was stated the other
day in these columns, that the statutes
prOVlOe IOr uue duLnlSSlOn OF 1Our claSSeS
of persons to the bar of Louisiana, and
none others. /
First Candidates examined in open
court and found qualified.
Second Graduates of the Law school
Of the University of Louisiana.
Third Graduates of the law depart
ment of Straight University.
Fourth-Attorneys of the highest courts
of other States.