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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-15

LONG BRANCH June l4-President Grant
and family oc,upy their old cottage at the
seaside The PresIdeut has had rev cot
tNEe built, aud leas' d it out on Tuesday.
ds will 20 to Washington to attend the
'sbinei meeting, aud ~iii proceed, on The
50h to Boston, 10 aueud the meeting al
'eAbody Institute. He will visit the Boston
jubilee the following day, and return i'm
uediA;ely afterwards to the cottage By tn,
sea-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-15

CoNCoRD, n. a.. Jupe l4-Tar 2-pahlt-
can caucus last night nou iasted BaIGbridee
Wsdleigh for UuIIed Sga,et Senator Wad-
eigh is q la~yer OF high stsudug, snd bas
been eight years ueaber of the legisla-
ture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-15
LIVER aEGULATOR.

t1any of the above symptoms att
at other times very few OF them;
orally the organ most involved,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-15
LOCAL NOTICES

From the mountains of Colorado, from
the warm sunny South, from the hills Of
New England, comes the assurance of the
excellence and lOng-keeping qualities Of DR..
Priee's Cream Baking Powder.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

The PRECISE DATE OF CHR1sT's Cruel
FIx1oN.-A distinguished German scholar,
Herr Kelk, in recently published work,
considers that he has settled the true date
Of the crucifxion. He shows that there
was total eclipse of the moon concomitant
with the earthquake when Julius Caesar was
assasinated on the 18th Of March, B. G. "A
He has also calculated the Jewish calendar
to A. D. "a, and the results of his re-
searches confirm the facts recorded by the
the Evangelists, of the wonderful physical
events that accompanied the Crucifxion.
His astronomical calculations also show that
on the 10th of April, A. D. 81, there was
a total eclipse of the sun, accompanied, in
all probability, by the earthquake spoken of
in Matthew. This mode Of reckoning is
verified by another calculation, made by
calculating backward from the great total
eclipse of 1918 which also gives April 9Th
as the date of the new moon A. D. 81. As
the vernal equinox Of the year fell on March
VI, and the Jews ate their Easter lamb and
celebrated their Feast and Passover on fol-
lowing new moon, it is clear April 9Th was
identified with Gisan 18th of the Jewish cal.
endar, which more over was on Friday, the
day OF preparation for the Sabbath, and this
agrees with the Hebrew Talmud. so that as
tronomy, archaeology. traditional and Bible
history seem to unite in fixing the date of
the crucifxion at April 5ih, A. D 31.-Ex.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

The GIRL OF THE PERIOD AT THE PIANO
The Poet Of the Breakfast Table gives
this vivid description Of the manner in which
girl Of the period makes ready to play and
plays her grand piano: cit was young
woman with as many white muslin founces
round her as the planet Saturn has rings,
that did it. She gave the music-stool a
twirl Or two, and fufed down on to it like
whirl Of soap suds in band-basin. Then
she pushed up her cuffs as if she was going
to fight for the champions belt. Then she
worked her wrists and hands to timber 'em,
l suppose, and spread out her fingers till
they looked as though they would pretty
much cover the keyboard, from the growl.
ing end to the little squeaky one Then
those two hands Of hers made jump at the
keys as if they we're . couple Of tigers COM
ing down on flock Of black and white
sheep, and the piano gave great howl as
If its tail had been trod on. Dead stop-so
still you could hear your hair growing. =
Then another jump, and another how, as if
the piano had two tails and you trod on both
of 'em at once, and clatter and scramble
and string Of jumps. up and down. back
and forward, enc hand over the other, Ike
a stampede Of rats and mice more than any
thing call music"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

FACTS FOR THE SINGLE "A French phi
losopher has lately brought to light some
curious social statistics compiled from the
records of eleven years in France, Belgium
and Holland, relative to the longevity of
married and single men, which furnish fresh
proofs of the danger Of living. 1t appears
that married men, between the ages Of
twenty-five and thirty years are far more
ap. to live than unmarried men, the ratio
Of deaths being, in their favor, as four to
ten and half in every thousand persons.
Here is powerful argument for early mar
riages if the law of self preservation be-
comes their advocate; but little further
development of the records shows that at
the same age widowers die at the rate of
twenty-five in every thousand, being tvice
ss perishable a. their unmarried brethren
Whom the age advances to between thirty
and thirty.6ve years the case is reversed.
Married men die at theyrate of eleven and
single men only FIVE in every thousand, the
latter nearly recovering the ground lost in
the previous semi-decade. Unfortunate
widowers, however, ara still at disadvan-
tage, dying at the rate Of nineteen 10 every
thousand. These figures open wide field
for drawing differences and moral lessons
Evidently dangers hedge about the life Of a
man. but the chief and most apparent warn.
ing conveyed by the facts Of the case Is the
necessity Of mans carefully preserving the
life Of wife, if he has one, since her loss
increases by about fourfold the imminence
of an end to his own career.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12
The True Gentleman.

Sir Walter Scott in one of his letter to his
son. offered very proper rebuke to phrase
which is in common use, when he told him
never to offer an apology for anything incon-
sistent With the character of a gentleman,
on the plea of being disguised with wine"
since it should rather be considered that be
was disguised when he was sober, if, when
he ceases to be so, he no longer acts part
but forgets himself, and falls into his natu.
ral character. Another phrase is like unto
it, namely, that such one 'tcan be gen.
tleman when he pleases" Tyrone Power
once animadverted with just severity upon
this common but very absurd remark, say
ing: 'He who can be gentleman when
he pleases, never pleases to be anything
else" Circumstances may and do every
day in life throw men of cultivated minds
and refined habits into society of their in.
feriors; but while with the tact and readi-
ness that is their especial prerogative. they
make themselves welcome among those with
whom they have few if any sympathies in
common, yet never do they derogate from
the innate standard which makes them gen.
tlemen So, on the other hand, the man of
vulgar tastes and coarse propensities may
simulate, if be be able, to outward habitudes
Of society, speaking with practised intona-
toe and bowling with well-studied grace;
yet he is no more gentleman in his thought
and feeling, than the tinselled actor who
struts the boards is the monarch his costume
would bespeak him. This being the gentle
man when he likes is the more performance
Of the character. It has all the orange.peel
and foot-lights about it and can never be
mistaken by one who knows the world And,
he might have added, that no person with
thin varnish Of gentleman ever deceives
himself. He knows he is sham, and the
fact is his ample punishment.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

MINOR MoRALs.-Punch gives some
"minor morals for married people" which
are worthy to be preserved and studied -
The ''last work' is the most dagerous of in
fernal machines. Husband and wife should
no more strive to got it than they would
struggle to get possession of bombshell.
Married people should study each others
weak points, as skaters look out for weak
parts Of the ice, in order to keep of them.
The wife is the sun of the social system. =
Unless she attracts, there is nothing to keep
heavy bodies-like husbands-from flying
off into space. The wife who would prop.
erly discharge her duties must never have a
soul "above her buttons"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

LIVE CATTLE WEIGHED BY MEASURE.
The only instrument necessary is measure
with feet and inches marked upon it. The
girth is the circumference of the animal just
behind the shoulder blades The length is
the distance from the shoulder-blades. The
superficial feet are obtained by multiplying
the girth and length. The following table
contains the rule to ascertain the weight of
the animal:
If less than foot in girth, multiply su-
per6cial feet by eight. If less than three
and more than one, multiply superficial feet
by eleven.
IF less than FIVE and more than three,
multiply superficial feet by sixteen.
If less than seven and more than FIVE,
multiply superficial feet BY twenty-five.
If less than nine and more than seven,
multiply superficial feet by thirty-three.
If less than eleven and more than nine,
multiply superficial feet by forty-two.
ExAMpLr.-Suppsss pig to measure in
girth two feet, and length one foot and nine
inches; there would he three and half
feet, which multiplied by eleven, gives tbir-
ty-eight and half pounds, as the weight of
the animal when dressed. In this way the
weight of the quarters can be substantially
ascertained during life.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12
FLEMING BATES

CHARM OF FLOWERS. Flowers seem in
tended for the solace of ordinary humanity
Children love them quiet, tender, content
ed, ordinary people love them as they grow;
luxurious and disorderly people rejoice in
them gathered. They are the cottager's
treasure and in the crowded town, mark,
as with little broken fragment ofraipbow,
the windows of the workers. in whose hearts
rest the covenant of peace. To the child
and the girl, to the peasant and manufactu-
ring operative, to the grisette and the nun,
the lover and monk, they are precious al
ways.-Ruskin.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12
Back Doors.
The Cincinnati Times has the annexe

The Cincinnati Times has the annexed
A man staggered into our sanctum this
morning who bore the appearance of having
been badly used His hat was gone, bis
clothes soilcd, and his face dirty. b!oated
and disfgured with wounds. Dropping
promiscuously into chair, he hoarsely
mulmured
''Back doors"
"What is the matter vito you, old fel.
low p We inquired
Back doors, tell ye chic } sba's wha $
er ma'er."
Explain yourself"
"Read Mayors or'er closing frou' door
s'loons Sund'y. didn't ye p
eyes"
"So'm 1! Took gran tour vestiga ion
yes day Z see 4 laws 'beyed."
"Well, what was the result p
'This is err suit. Ha ha (hic) he {!
drunk'rn billed owl"
Eyes, anybody can see that; but did you
ind the front door closed p
80 yes, the from doors were closed. but
lordy! how many back doors I found open.
Didn't know how there was s many back
doors in Cino'nati. They mus have sent
away and got some back doors somewhere
S'loon closed in front but they were $ open
be (bic) hind as tanning mill. I tried
'em all. Some had one back door, others
had two r three ezra ones cut in 'speci4lly'
and one s'loon in 'er Wes' En-: had (hic)
hole back end taken out to 'commodate the
crowd. ought to be on the board of health"
he continued after pause, ''know more
bout condition Of 'er alleys and back yards
than any man in the city. There's one
thing bout it, if this thing of closing from
doors Sunday keep on, they'll have to
widen'er alleys. Alleys wasn't half big
enough yes'day to COM date the crowd
WAS the rush for drinks as bad as
that p
"Wss! S'loon full alper time, and alley
full of thirsty men waitin their time to get
in. Had to take turns, same's barber shop
Suu'y mornin'"
didn't any saloons have their front doors
open?"
"A few. but they didn't have any cus'-
mers to mention. Fact is: folks rather
like sneakin' through alleys and into back
doors for a drink. Hain't been drunk
'fores' dogs age m'self I can walk bodily
by s'loon with 'er from door wide open,
but shut it and hint about back entrance,
and I'll find it, sure. It's human nature,
sure's ye live"
"Ths new regulations appears to have
affected you rather disastrously."
"You're mighty rightly right. I am sef,
ferin' from too many back doors. The alb
sence Of from blinds has 'fected my (hic)
eon'tution. Slider myself martyr to er
may'rs ID cid procermation, 'bolishin'
from door, and want mons'rate 'gainst it
through 'er press. "Nuther Sund'y with
them cusaed back doors an your Uncle's
gone. Alleys is too many for me- Back
doors is my RUM and with this he de-
parted.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12
Poetry.
The Old Homestead.


Alb here it is, that dear old place,
Unchanged through all these years
How like some sweet, familiar face,
Ny childhood's home appears
The grand old trees beside the door
Still spread their branches wide,
The river wanders as of yore,
With swsetly murmuring tide
The distant hills look green and gray,
The flowers are blooming wild,
And everything looks glad to-day,
Az when was q child
Regardless how the years have flown,
halt wondering stand,
catch no fond, endearing tone,
clasp no friendly hand;
think my mothers smile 10 meet;
list my father call.
pause to hear my brothers feet
Come bounding through the hall;
But silence all around me reigns,
A chill creeps through my heart
No trace of those love remains,
And tears unbidd en- start.
What though the sunbeams fall as fair,
What though the budding flowers,
Still shed their fragrance on the air,
Within life's golden hours?
The loving ones that clustered here
These walls may not restore;
Voices that filled nv youthful ear
Will greet my soul no more.
And yet quit the dear old place
With slow and lingering tread,
A. when we kiss clay-cold face,
And leave it with the dead.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

The LESSON OF L1FE-A worthy Scotch
couple, when asked how their son had bro.
ken down SO early in life, gave the follow.
ing explanation ''When we began life to.
gether we worked hard and lived upon DOR.
ridge and such like, gradually adding to our
comforts as our means improved. until we
were able to dine off bit Of roast meat, and
sematimes BOLT chickie. (chicken y but
Jack our son, he worked backward, and be-,
gan with the chickie first"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

~ Entronee on the left 80
AFTER CROSSING LEWIS CREEK Bird aE
Having recently leased the above Stables, late
ly occupied by Ed. Burke, and having supplied
them with every adjunct to complete livery,
we are now prepared to furnish our friends, and
the public generally, with anything they may
need In that line.
Our horses are young, fresh, fast and
we'll broken our Buggies, Carriages &C., new
and of the latest style and our drivers Sc
lected with special reference to the comfort and
sefety Of our patrons.
Pleasure parties accommodated at all hours
with single or double buggies, riding horses, for
ladies and gentlemen, Carriages, Spring wagons
&c. Parties wishing to visit Meyers Cave
would do we'll to give Us q call.
Horses fed by tho day, month or year, at usual
rates.
Special attention given to the sale Of stock.
We still occupy the extensive stabling 1t the
old National Stable ground, where our friends
Iii they find it more convenient to call can be
accommodated a. heretofore.
Hoping, by strict attention to our own bust
ness, to merit . continuance Of th> favor shown
us in other places, we respectfully solicit share
of the public patronage. decS-tf.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12
Here lies the body Of
1u.uno A ,,Dunoo~,


late Of this county, who was born
on the 18th day of February, 1879. and died
the 18th day of August, 1923.
Aged As years, 6 months and 7 days.
He was worthy and estimable man,
a kind neighbor, faithful friend
and good Citizen.
In other relations of life he might have been
equally praiseworthy, but he dieda Bachelor.
having never experienced the comfort of a
husband or father. This situation he found
so oomfortless. that in his last
will, be directed this
stone to be placed over his remains,
with an inscription warning all young men
from initiating an example of
CELIBAoY,
which had yielded to himself no
other eventual fruits but Disappointment
and Remorse.
Inscribed at his request by his friends,
HIRAM L. OpIs
and
. FLEMING BATES
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

GARDENING FOR LADIES Make your
beds early in the morning instead of lying
thereon seao buttons on your husbands
shirts; do not rake up any grievances pro.
teot the young and tender branches of your
family; plant smile Of good temper in
your face, and carefully root ont all angry
feelings; cultivate all womanly graces, and
expect good crop Of happiness.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12
NEW LIQUOR STORE.
N LARGE AND SUPERB OR
STOCK or
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS.
JAMES J. FOSTER,
AUGUSTA STREET,

AM Ed % TVS G1NS
AUGUSTA STREET,
STAUNTON VA,
respectfully informe the citizens Of Stanton and
surrounding country, that no has leased for a
term of years the large Store House recently &C.
cupied by Peck Il Cushing, and directly opposite
the Court House, whore he has opened very
large and superior stock Of the following
GENUINE LIQUORS:
Pure Mountain Whisksys, all grades.
Fine old Apple Brandy.
Genuine Imported French Brandy.
Imported Bum and Gin.
Pure Sherry and Aedeila Wines.
Champagne, Claret &c.
Scotch Ale and London Porter, together with
every article usually kept in q first class Liquor
House.
A superior assortment of Tobacco and Segars
always on hand.
The attention of the trade is respectfully in
vited to the above stock of Superior Liquors.
which will be sold at such prices as to give
entire satisfaction to all
Having had large experience in the Liquor
trade, and possessing superior advantages in the
manufacture ofpure Augusta County Whiskeys,
be is enabled to offer the best goods at prices u.s.
ually paid for inferior articles.
JAMES ]. FOSTER.
Augusta St., opposite Court House.
Stanton Va,
P.S. Orders from the Country will receive
prompt attention, and goods guaranteed.
april2l-u
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

Hafz, the Persian poet, says: "Ever y
man has in bis heart chaplet of eggs,
each OF which contains love in order to
make these eggs hatch. it needs only the
glance of woman
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12
Warning to Bachelors.

The following is literal copy of an in
scription on tombstone in graveyard at
''Texas," the residence of W. Hopkins,
ESQ.,, Lottsburg, Northumberland county,
Va;
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

Politeness is the just medium between
and rudeness.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

A head properly constituted can accom-.
modate itself to whatever pillows the vicissi.
tudes Of fortune may place unde it,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

As we ascend the social soals, we find as
much mud there as below, only it is hard
and gilded.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

The greatest men live unseen to view,
while thousands are not qualified to express
their influence,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

Consequently circular cistern, ten feet
in diameter and ten feet deep, will hold
5000 gallons ofwater into which you would
receive from the roof of 35x35 foot house,
with three foot fall Of rain annually, 600
barrels of water.
One inch of rain falling upon one acre Of
land weighs 100 tons.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

Be praised, not for your ancestors, but
FOR your virtues.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12
Business Cards.

u The Symptoms Of Liver
Complaint are uneasiness
~ and pain in tho side
cTAdNEnNC, Sometimes the pain 10 in
n0A"A1sAO4S0 1.-THE shoulder and is mista-
ken for rheumatism. The
S&A ga "a stomach il affected with
(loss Of appetite and sick
ness, bowels in general costiye, sometimes alter
netting with la1. The head 10 troubled with
zpain, and dull, heavy
sensation,: considerable
loss Of memory, accompa-
rTx1CD MED with painful sensa-
A1VLN ton Of having left un-
done something which
ought TO have been done.
weakness, debility, and low spirits. Sometimes
many of the above symptoms attend the disease,
and ct other times very few Of them but the
liver is generally the organ most involved. Cure
the Liver with
DIR. SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR.
"A prepa zation of roots and herbs, warranted
- be strictly vcgetasIe, and can do no injury TO
any one.
Il has been used by hundreds, and known for
the last 40 years as one of the mcst reliable, Ell
cacious and harmless preparations ever offered to
the suffering. II taken regularly and persistent
~. it is sure to cure dyspepsia, headache, jsun-
dice, costiveness, sick headache, chronic diar-
rhea, affections Of the bladder, camp dysentery,
uahections of the kidneys,
fever, nervousness. chills,
diseases of the skin, i'm
Rrc171 AroR purity of the blood, mel
az y In W. ancholy, or depression Of
spirits, heartburn, collie,
or pains in the bowels,
pain in the head, fever
and ague, dFopsy, boilI, pain in the back, &c.
Prepared only by
J. H. ZEILIN b CO,
Druggists, Macon, Ga.
Price 81; by mail, $l.25.
For sale by
Trout, SrRIBLNa + BfRKSLEY, :,
jan27-ly Druggists, Staunton, Va.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

He that will sell his reputation, will also
sell the public interest.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

TEMALE INFIRMARY.-Dr. B. P. REESE,
with long and successful experience Of
the treatment of
"DISRASES PECULIAR TO FEMALES"
has opened an INFIRMARY where Ladies will
be received for treatment. 1t is useless to men,
ton the advantages to be derived from being
under the constant supervision Of the Physician,
in many of these cases Experience has long
since taught, by the evidence Of the best physi-
clans as we'll as the Institutions of this charac-
ter in tho large cities, this is the only way Of
successful treatment.
Patients will be received as members of the
family, having every attention necessary for
their comfort and improvement. aug4-tf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

SAs1N's SNAps.-One cup molassss, three
fourths cup sugar, one tablespoon ginger,
ono teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon,
one teaspoon allspice, half cup of melted
butter, two teaspoons soda, just -four enough
to roll. Roll very thin.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

How TO Cook A HAM.-The late General
Winfield Scott, an acknowledged authority
in the culinary art, was of the opinion that
few cooks knew how to cook ham, because
they did not boil it until soft enough to be
eaten with spoon A great artist once told
the writer Fever to serve ham under one
year old; it was then to be soaked all night
in soft water, ard if possible, running water;
it was to be put on the FIRE in large pot of
cold water. and slowly boiled at least TWEEN
ty minutes for every pound it might weigh
and as for skinning ham, be held it to
be an outrage, sacrifice Of quality to mere
appearances, which no sensible man should
be guilty of. If your ham is served cold,
as always Gone in Europe, it should be souz-
sed insnow or ice water Immediately after
coming from the pot, because the sudden
cold prevent the flow and escape of the
juices.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-04-12

CHLORIDE OF L1ME.-Chlorids of lime in
cellar will drive away vermin and prevent
decomposition of other animal or vegetable
matter.