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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-07-30
UNO CONSUMPTIVES !

The advertiser, having
been permanently cured of that dread disease,
Consumption, by a simple remedy is anxious to
make known to his fellow-sufferers the means OF
cure. To all who desire it, he will send copy
of the prescription used, free of charge), with
the directions for preparing and using the same,
which they will find SURE CURE FOR CoNsUMP-
TON. ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, &c. Parties wish
ing the prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
1914 Penn Street, Williamsburg, N. 7.
molly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-07-30

House Painting and Gr f.;anda and the
mic Generally that am carrying on business
RaD mysge and am prepared to do al work i'm in
t tTf House Painting and Granting Line IN the
most satisfactory and workman-hke manner, on
the most reasonable terms:
Very Respectfully,
april 16 1y q. N. Y 1nG1.
-uWOTHY SEED.-On hand and for sale
20 Bushels of Pri" e Timothy Seed;
n ~ " O ~, JNO. B. HOGE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-07-30

Baltimore Cutie M0rEet.
verv hest beeyes. $zOO@7.75
Fair quality of beeves ....s. 00@5.62
Common to good stock cattle...... O.OO@OOO
Ordinary thin steers, oxen cows 4O0@4.50
old cows and scalawags, ....... 100000
HoGs-$5. 75a$6.25 per 100 lbs. net.
SHEEP-good fat-58-63 cts per 10. gross.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-07-30

Hon, Erastus Wells has
kindly referred your letter to the National Elk.
Committee.
I take pleasure in forwarding to you newspa-
per copies of the Report Of Committee. In a
few days the Report of the Committee, the pro-
ceedings Of the Convention, and a large amount
of valuable matter will be printed in pamphlet
form. will forward you a copy.
The narrow gauge movement will do more In
developing your region than anything hereto
fore proposed. There is now hope that your
rich mineral and coal deposits will find mar
ket, which, under the old system of broad gau-
ges, was hopeless. Col. Borst is doing great
work for you, and his foresight and holiness in
taking hold of the n. G. movement and apply
ing the system to your development deserves
your hearty support.
/ shall be glad to hear further from you at any
time. and will be glad to furnish you or your
friends any information.
Tr11Irr
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-07-30
ACCHE RI'S
ESTA u II a w,

Is now opened 10 5ne puD call upon him in such
style as will give entire satisfaction,
'n n sent to private families or parties
Whenever desired, and furnished at the Kestau-
wnene e oII honrs june % If
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-07-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL EXCURSION.

Pursuant to advertisement, the Southern
Methodist Sunday School-C. w. Hunter, Su-
perintendent-made an excursion to the White
Sulphur Springs on last Wednesday, the oath
instant The train, consisting Of six passenger
coaches. and baggage car, under the con-
ductorship of Capt. Moody and the committee
of arrangements, left Staunton at o'clock A.
NJ, and arrived at the White Sulphur at 11.45
A. NJ The school was represented to the num-
Der of about two hundred, and the seats of the
entire train which were not occupied by them
were taken up by parents and friends of the
school, and pleasure seekers who availed them
selves of the opportunity of securing a cheap trip
to the White Sulphur. There were upwards of 400
persons on the train when it arrived at its dest-
nation. A number Of persons from remote Sec
lions of the county, and some from adjoining
counties, were among the passengers
On arriving at the Springs, the entire party
marched from the depot into the beautiful
grounds where they soon settled themselves in
squads beneath the green boughs of the majestic
oaks, and refreshed themselves with "food for
the body" After dinner the children and
grown persons whiled away the time in sight
seeing,' and in recreating around :about the
grounds BY o'clock the entire party were
again aboard the train, with the head of the
''iron horse turned eastward and ats. 20 the train
started for Staunton, arriving here at 11.45 p.
nj.
The day was an unusually pleasant one, and
the crowd seemed to enjoy themselves very
much-no accident or mishap having occurred
to mar the happiness of the party. The occasion
is one which will long be remembered by the
school, both as a source of pleasure and profit
There are about 900 visitors at the Springs, and
the number is rapidly increasing every day
The season at the White this year bids fair to
be the most brilliant one it has ever enjoyed.i
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
TH2 sULTAN's PORTRAIT.

Tho Vienna Press publishes . por-
trait Of the Sultan, which can neither
be considered fiattsring to him nor 70
assuring to the friends of the Sublime
Porte. He Is represented as dull,
l;centious, silent and ~dyspeptic. He
n.ssss his time regularly and monos-
onou,ly. In tho morning he visits
his mother, with whom be discusses
affairs of the nation for an hour or
two. Till evening, he sits at the win
dow of his palace. looking vacantly at
the Bosphorus, twisting q chaplet Of
pearls In his hands, and half supplied
from the effects Of his eheooaqas. he
finishes up his day In the harem. he
has no decided taste for any occupa-
tion, and whatever caprices be indulges
In are merely transltory. His favorits
pastimes arc cock-fighting and feeding
pigeons and fowls, which swarm In the
rooms Of the palace. The only occu'
patton this amlable and interesting
prince adopts which requires 4 slight
amount of intelligence 10 playing the
piano. He Is In addition fond Of pic
lures, but only Of those which repre-
sent the triumphs Of Turks over Chris
tians.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
Arrested on q Dispatch.

A dispatch was received BY the
police, night before last, says tho Sac
rsmento Union Of yesterday, from
Chief Crowley Of San Francisco, ask
ing the arrest Of one Chas. Spencer,
who was charged with havirg COM
United grand larceny, at that place
and then leaving for the East. The
officers watched the trains that night
unsuccessfully. but Oh the arrival OF
the w. =. X. K. freight about . A.. N.
yesterday. officers Harvey and Shellars
found and arrested their man, who
gave his name as Albert Stone. He
had In his possession $500 In money
and an emigrant ticket for the East,
for which he had paid, $56. Finding
himself "in the tolls" he presently
told the story Of his guilt to Chief
Karcher. It seems that no had been
employed as night clerk In the Inter-
national Hotel ut the Bay, aud there
made the acquaintance Of a young
woman who filled the position OF
chambermaid. They became interested
In each other Immediately, he In her
moro especially, when he ascertained
that she had $500, which she had saved
up. 1t was finally agreed that they
should marry, but Spencer q few days
ago. and before the wedding, suggested
that she had better let him have the
money to start q cigar stand, or to
enter into ZONE similar business. She
did so, and that was the last she saw
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
How to Test Diamonds.

The following Is q condensed &C
count of the most simple method OF
testing diamonds, taken from the re-
ports OF the Smithsonian Institute:
Chemical tests, In general being very
difficult Of application, and involving
a loss Of substance, there Is an optical
test Of q very delicate character which
traces ut once the line Of demarkation
between the diamond and all other
colorless gems. This test Is that OF
double ~refraction. In looking through
transparent stone at a detached OBJ
iect, such as the point Of . needle, or
ANAL hole pierced In . card, the OBJ
;ect IA seen double, as IL there were
two needle points or two holes. This
phenomenon Is called double refrac-
tion. and Is exhibited BY all white or
colorless gems except the diamond.
AS some dexterity Is required 10 read
ily exhibit this curious property. tho
object to be looked at aud the tone
should be fixed at the proper distance
anart on a support BY = little modeling
wax, 20 as to be more conseilel.Iy
seer BY those Interested In :he expert
ment. This test, properly q Q
on0hIv carried out, Is inialliole. The
SoSble refraction, whenever produced,
tho stone. The test Is q very
eonvenient one, and can Be exercised
without complicated apparatus OF ui'
setting the stone.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
Steel Boilers In EnuIand.

1t Is said that Mr.. Webb, Of the
Crewe Works, England, Is adopting
steel exclusively for the construction
OF boiler shells, the riyets being also
Of steel. and he stated that he hopes
ultimately to be able tn employ the
same material for fre.boxes aud tubes,
to the exclusion Of copper and brass.
The boiler plates used are all made OH
the works, and a sample Is cut from
every plate and tested. The plates
are required to have a breaking
strength Of 81 tons per square inch,
with an elongation Of % per cent, and
6-S Inch hole punched In the sample
strip, about two and one-halt inches In
diameter without the plate cracking.
The present practice at Grove affords
ample evidence that, by proper care.
It Is possible to produce a material
which, for boiler purposes, is vastly
superior to the best wrought iron at
tainable. d.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
STOCK GAMBLING RUsE.

Notwithstanding the statements,
t~elegraphic and otherwise, which come
from San Francisco, to the effect thai
serious corner In the money market
Is imminent, and Is the cause OF the
present depression In mining stocks
some Of the leading papers Of that
city speak Of it as really a ruse Of the
stock and mine manipulators. The
Bulletin of yesterday says:
If any parties are plotting to have
money locked up aud credits withheld,
1t can only be q few desperate specula-
tors, whose aim Is to %depreciate min.
ing stocks below their intrinsic value,
buy them In during the panic and rea.
lie at a large advance when the In
evitable reaction occurs. There Is
enough competition In banking here
to prevent a formidable combination
for the Fictitious withdrawal Of money,
aud there u nothing In the actual state
Of local finances to warrant extraor.
binary precautions.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
M. Beecher,. STORY Of the war.

!" When the Sixth Massachusetts,
Regiment, n'said Mr.. Beecher, passed
through BALTIMORE during tho wal,
they wefe mobbed By the lnhabitants.
The soldiers were ordered to defend
themselves and fire upon their cow
ardly assailants.-A tall, lanky Yam:
kee stepped out Of the ranks and
looked around him. On the other side
Of tile street, back OF some piles OF
merchandise, at q safe distance, he saw
q respectable, we'll dressed gentleman
with a gold-headed cane, bounding on
the mob. The Yankee was a philoso-
pher. These poor people, he said to
himself, don't know any oetter.
They're driven on by those as do know
better, and that fellow oyer there Ia
one of 'em.s With that the Yankee
raised his. rifle, took aim and fired ;
and tho fine gentleman with the gold
headed caae went or like q pigeon on
a roost. Some time after l was IN
Baltimore lecturlpg. l was CHARTERED
with agrtce, kind, Methodist family.
We got to talking over scenes OF the
rebellion. Said my host: Our church
lost a very valuable member during
that unfortunate mobbing affair. He
was down. town looking on, when q
stray shot struck and killed him. l
didn't put that and that together just
then, but whenI began to think, / saw
just where the two stories fitted TO-
gether." ~ - .gf9 81,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
The SlanaI Service Reports.

The real value Of the Signal Service
Is to be put to the severest practical
test. Il Is arranged between the War
Department and the Postmaster Gen.
erai that the daily reports OF the signal
stations shall be each day sent by mail
to the nearest postot1ce, and postmast-
ers receiving them have orders to put
them up Immediately In frames where
all may readily see them. II storm
Is predicted from any quarter, If 1t Is
to DO mild or violent, OF OF. the char
acter of q hurricane, all Will be for
warned and may have time 10 prepare
to meet IL. Upon the accuracy Of these
signals the value OF the service rests.
Ii they prove correct In the main, the
whole world will soon be advertised
of 1t. II not the same. Should the
result ylndlcate the new weather SCI
ence, we may hope that all other civ
ilized nations will adopt the plan in
augurated by the United States, with
such gradual improvements rs genius
or common sense may ingraft upon 1t,
TO tho Unreasonable beneftiof COM
merce and agriculture. = Sacramento
Union.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
Quartz Crushing.

From tho New Northwest, November 1851
We were shown a few days since by
Giles S. Olin, a practical, skillful and
well-known mechanic of Deer Lodge,
an excellently prepared working
model for an improvement on tho
present system Of stamp crushing.
The Improvement consists In gradu-
ated crushing, heavy stamps with
slow drop crushing the rock to small
particles, which are then carried to
stamps Of less weight. This Is accom-
plished BY arranging the batteries In a
descending series, the medium being
in front OF and below the heavy, and
the lighter stamp being still In front
Of them, with the screens so gagged
and adjusted that as each brushes the
rock to a certain ~flneness 1t will DO
thrown through the screen into the
next battery below. These screens
will be proportional TO tho capacity OF
the batteries, which are designed to
have respectively 100, ITO and 800
drops per minute.
The power can be applied to each
battery separately, or to all three coll
lectivcly. by connecting belts and
graduated pulleys. The object aimed
ut Is to secure a thorough crushing OF
the ore without waste Of power. It is
known that after ores have been crush
ed to a certain tlneness In the ordinary
heavy battery, much power and pound
Ing Is thereafter wasted on the packed
particles. BY this method these partl-
cles are kept carried off to swifter
dropping, lighter stamps, better adapt
ed to the reduction, and then again to
lighter and swlfter stamps, where they
are reduced to n condition to 90 over
the plates.
It Is claimed BY the inventor as
adapted equally as we'll to wet or dry
crushing. Application for a patent
has been made through Mum Il Co.,
and will doubtless be granted on de-
poslt Of the model. We do not know
much about quartz crushing, or what
objections this method has to over
come, but Il commends itself to US as a
valuable improvement, and we trust
our deserving townsman will reap a
rich reward for his ingenuity and skill.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
STANLEY AS A LECTURER.

Stanley, the discoverer OF DR.. Liv-
ingstone, appears to be a decided fall
ure as q lecturer, at any rate he turns
out to be so as far as New York audi
ences are concerned. He may know
how to succeed In Africa, as an ex-
plorer. but not In New York as q lee
turer. On the 9Th instant he was an
nounced to give his third lecture In
Steinway Hall, but did not even put
In an appearance, there not being
enough persons coming to make 1t
worth while to open the hall. Mr.
Fred Rullman, the enterprising mana
ger who paid Stanley $4,000 for his
course Of three lectures, Is disguised
at such non-appreciativeness on the
part Of the public as we'll as the real
incapscity Of the young explorer him.
self.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20

COMPRESSED STEEL.-The extraor-
binary powers of resistance of the steel,
compressed by hydraulic pressure ot
which the new Whitworth gua is CON-
posed, has been proved by one of the
experiments made at the recent trial
Of the weapon. A cylinder represent
Ing the chamber ola ninc-pounder gun
was loaded with ole and a.half pounds
Of powder, and being screwed up at
the shotted end, was fired through a
touch.hole only one-tenth of an inch
In diameter. The cylinder did not
burst, but the whole charge Kissed
through the touch-hole, leaving the
chamber uninjured. This ALPHABETICALLY
compressed steel furnishes q metal OF
Of the greatest value. since, by using 1t,
guns car be constructed which will
combine a lightness and power hitherto
unattainable.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
Remarkable Spiritual Phenomena.

rrcm the St. Louis Democrat, December al
Mr.. Foster, tho famous spiritual test
medium, has been In the city several
days, holding his seances at bis rooms
Ia the Southern Hotel, and day after
day has been sought by all classes Of
persons, some In sincerity and good
faith to hold communication with de-
parted spirits, but a majority impelled
BY great curiosity to test the powers
which he claims to possess.
The method Of communication and
revelations Is well.known. MI. Foster
sits with his visitors at q table. They
write the names Of the dead, no matter
how many, OH small slips Of paper,
either before him OF away from tho
table, or out Of the room, fold the pa
per carefully, so that he cannot posi-
bly, have seen a single letter, and place
the strips on the table before him. He
takes them and holds them across bis
forehead, and pretends to. have CON-
m%unication with the spirits Of the per.
sons whose names have been handed
him. As they come, he announces
their names, and states their willing
ness to answer any questions that may
be asked them. The usual questions
relate to the cause and manner Of
the death OF the person, or Of the death
Of friends OF the deceased, and ordina-
rily involve details which are supposed
to be known to very few persons, and
which 1t Is scarcely possible Mr.. Foster
has ever heard anything about. The
answers are always wonderful and
sometimes startling.
The questions may DO framed as In
geniously as you please, and may be
made In regard to circumstances of the
most remote r most private character,
yet the replies will amaze ono for their
accuracy. Some of the spirits an.
nounce themselves In remarkable
ways; for instance, IN a case which
came directly to our knowledge, Mr..
Foster said the name Of the dead would
be written on the back Of his hand In
characters Of blood. He placed hi.
hand on the table, and In a moment Il
began to tremble. He then m~olstened
the fingers OF his other hand with bis
lips and passed them rapidly across
the hand on the table, when there ap.
peared the letters Of some Of the dead
In large style, and as If produced by
the scratching Of Il pin upon the flesh.
Questions requiring a simple answer
Of "yes" or mo ARE very promptly
returned, but others, involving an.
swers In detail, arc slow and embar-
raising to Mr.. Foster. These, lie says,
he can sometimes write out with great
facility.
Mr.. Foster does not pretend to ex-
plain the phenomena; talks freely
and frankly about It; Is courteous IN
manner, and In his business Is alto
gether one Of the most inexplicable
and astonishing men we have ever met.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20
HurssMPosz4E1osA AND "a.

There Is one great evil which is
threatening the present and future
prosperity Of the country, and It Is
high time Il was checked. We refer
to the importation In large numbers Of
the Mongolian race. to supplant our
mechanics and laboring men In their
various occupations. We see 1t stated
by = New York paper that fny skilled
workmen In the forge and machine de-
partment Of the Beaver Falls Cutlery
Company, have been thrown out Of
employment to make way for China
men, who have been gradually educat-
cd In the establishment to take their
places At much less wages. There
Is certainly something about this busi-
ness which strikes Us very unpleasant
ly. II Cinnamon are allowed to come
to this country, and voluntarily offer
to do work at certain prices, there can
BE- no disputing the right Of people
to employ them, If they choose to do
50. But organized importation Of Ia
borers like the Chinese, to bring down
the living wages Of our people, we
most decidedly object to. The Chi
nese do not make citizens. They do
not make soldiers to defend our flag
and our hearthstones. Few Of them
have property In such a shape that Il
can DO made to contribute In taxation
to the general veal. How they work
for paltry wages, We on the Pacific
slope well understand.
What q commentary the importa'
ton Of these Cinnamon is on the con-
slant appeals for protection which are
made on Congress, In order that we
may be able to compete with the
"pauper'' labor Of Europe. Is 1t no,
surprising that We should have begun
the work Of importing the msanest
kind Of labor, to compete with the
skill and energy Of men who can vote
intelligently, pay taxes, support
schools, and fight for the country
when necessary, at the very time when
the Leading nation In Europe Is TAX
Ing measures to prevent It's intelligent
and able bodied men from emigrating
to other lands? that we should i'm.
port In squads large numbers Of these
Mongolians, who work for q mere pit
lance, aud arc thereby enabled to sup
plant men who have families to sup
port and educate, men who r citi.
zens? There Is no legislation to pre-
vent such importatious but public
sentiment should frowu It down. 1t
has a debasing tendency. II our man.
ufactories cannot be carried on with
out importing such operatives, and
driving out white men, then let them
20 under. Tho white man no longer
comes In competition with slave labor
shall he DO obliged to compete with
coolie labor? This Is q serious ques-
ton for the workingman as we'll as for
the people Of the nation generally.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20

A DECISION has recently been made
by the Supreme Judicial Court Of
Maine that an assignment Of wages
not yet due Is invalid, however good
the consideration Of the instrument
may be. and even although It had been
accepted BY the employer Of the as
slgner In writing. This decision Is o.
considerable Importance, inasmuch al
tradesmen have been In the habit o.
taking such assignments Of wages n
security for goods furnished.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20

Six hundred cords Of wood are con.
sumed each month ut the central shaft
Of the Hoosac Tunnel. About 600
feet remain to be opened between this
shaft and the east end. Two nineteen
inch pumps, capable of throwing 900
gallons Of water per minute, are also
being built for the shaft by James
Hunter & Co.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20

The Richmond Granite Company,
doing business on the river about four
miles from Richmond, have just made
ono Of the largest blasts on record,
having secured q solid piece Of stone,
OF excellent quality, sixty feet long,
ffty feet deep and forty-six feet wide,
measuring les, 900 cubic feet and
weighing 1850 tons, or 2aooo,ooO
pounds. rtsa
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20

A'SxlxrT nfcx.-A young Briton
lately lost a large sum by betting on
spiders.r He wagered that q spider
that he would produce would cross a
plate quicker than q spider to be pro-
duced BY . friend. Each spider to
have bis own plate. His spider, how
ever, on being started would not stir,
whilst itS rival ran with immense
speed. The bet was consequently
lost; aud the loser soon found out the
reason why ; his friend had a hot plate.
This was nearly as smart a trick as
that practlced on Mark Twain's jump
Ing frog Of C~alaveras.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-20

The Supreme Court Of Illinois has
decided that where property was In
sured against fire for five ycars, and
the first years premium was paid In
cash, and notes given for the remainder,
payable at intervals, aud the Insurance.
company becomes i~nsolvent, the con-
sideration for the note falls, and
nothing can be recovered thereon.