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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-08-26
Hotels, DC.
VIRGINIA HOTEL.
JOHN Id. CROWLE, Proprietor.
G.. W. KENNEDY, CHIEF CLERK.


This favorite Hotel has just been repaired and
lifted up under the new management and will
be kept in first class style.
Its Table will be supplied with everything that
the markets afford its Rooms are we'll furnished
and well ventilated; the servants are polite and
attentive, and everything will be done to secure
the greatest comfort of its guests
The BAR is supplied with the finest Wines
and Liquors, and attached thereto is a BILL
LARD SALOON, furnished with the most i'm
proved tables.
The Proprietor will devote his time and atten-
ton to making this first class House in eyerv
respect, and solicits share of the public pat
ronage.
@~OMNIBUSSES will be in attendance on
the arrival of all the trains to convey
to and from the Hotel. free Of charge
JOHN d. CROWLE,
nov l9 tt Proprietor
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-08-26

HENkY Il. CEASE.
III Wholesale and Reata Dealer in CON-
&C., Main Street, Staunton, Virginia.
Special attention given to supplying WEDDING
and SOCIAL PARTIES,
Candies of all descriptions manufactured and
solo, wholesale and Retail, as cheap as can be
purchased in the Valley or the State.
N. B.-My accounts are all made off, and per-
sons knowing themselves indebted are earnestly
requested to come forward and settle iune1a
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THOMAS w. KNOX.
942 Pages Octave. 100 Fine Engravings.

Relates Incidents and Accidents beyond the
Light Of Day; Startling Adventures in all parts
of the World; Mines and Mode of Working
them; Endorsements of Society; Gambling
The Dark Ways of Wickedness; Prisons and
their Secrets; Down in the Depths Of the Sea );
Strange Stories of the Detection of Crime. The
book treats of experience with Brigands; Nights
in Opium Dens and Gambling Hells Life in
Prison; Stories of Exiles; Adventures among
Indians; Journeys through Sewers and Cata-
combs Accidents in Mines; Pirates and Pira-
cy; Tortures of the Inquisition wonderful
Burglaries; underworld of the great cities, etc.
We want agents for this work on which we
give exclusive territory. Agents can make 500
a week in selling this book. Send for circulars
and special terms to agents.
j. IL. BURR & HYDE.
Hartford, Conn.,, or Chicago, Ill.,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-08-26
EREAT ATTRACTION, For FAM
W lilies s. ALL PERSONS WANTING
FURNITURE,


J. A. q Y. NJ. BagKLE'S,
MAIN STREET, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA
We have now on hand and are manufacturing
every day, and receiving from the Eastern cities.
the most attractive and desirable Furniture ever
offered in this market. There is nothing in the
Furniture line we cannot furnish good and rs
cheap rs can be purchased in the Valley, OF the
as Parlor and Chamber Sets of Walnut Ma
hogany, Oak, and painted work; also Bureaus,
Bedsteads, Washstands, Tables, Chairs, Msttras-
ses, &c
N. B.-We have always on hand Metallic Ca
ses and Caskets. Undertaking promptly attend
ed to. J. 4, y !. NJ. RIDKLB:
decl0
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DUMPS.-A large supply of Cucumber
Wood Pumps on hand, and for sale as
cheap as any house in the town.
WOODS & GILKESON.
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NEW CASH STORE!
ALI New Goods

IN ALI New Goods!
Bought at the late low and cash rates, and sold
for cash only. No goods sold on credit, for all
are marked at cash prices. Ladies' dress goods
of every style and grade. Mems and Boys wear
in great variety.
In Curtains, White Goods, Laces, Linens, Ho-
siery, Gloves, Trimmings and Small Goods
enough in grade and prices to please all.
Those who wish to use their money at its full
value Can do so at my store. Orders solicited
and carefully filed at cash rates, for l will not
sell on credit. K. M. YOUNG.
a TTENHEIMERS G. and g. s. Colsets-
" the best made.
W. FL. WELLER.
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LIUeTsE.
Livery.
Ao~@ BUR- EsS Iowa


AO~M BUikkEsS AO~@
1917. Livery stables, 1879.
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
In entering upon the new year, the subscriber
has had his new stables arranged for the accom-
mediation of his growing custom, and calls the
particular attention of his friends and the public
20 his unusual facilities for carrying his Liv-
cry on an enlarged scale.
His stables are entirely new, the floors adapted
to the comfort OF horses, and his sheds fitted up
for the protection of vehicles from the weather
He wishes to remind the public that his conn-
plete outdt of new
Buggies, PhetOns. Carriages,
Hacks, de-,
in neatness and ease of moving are not to be
equaled by any Livery in the Valley.
He can accommodate persons with superior RI
ding and driving horses-either gentle or fast
Horses fed and boarded on liberal terms.
The famous hCstlar, Tom BETHEL, is in gen.
eral charge of the stables.
@ss- Office near the bridge-neao building.
ja9-tf ED. BURKE.
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GTOCK SCALES.-The undersigned has
y just erected on his yard on the new Middle
brook road, Fairbanks Scale upon which he
will weigh all sorts of Stock. He invites the at
tention Of shippers and others to the facility thus
afforded. Ell. L. POWELL.
sep17-f
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.EEV EsFABEISHHaENT.
Drugs &c Medicines.

ID III. TROUT, F. Il. Stribling. Jr.,
L. and FRANK B. BERKELEY having
formed partnership, will conduct the drug bus
mess at the old stand of p. II. Trout under the
style of
who will carry ON the business in all its branches
with renewed energy and with increased facili-
ties. They offer inducements to all who may
need Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils Coal Oil
and Lamps, Fancy Articles &c.
Special attention given to compromising Ply
sicans' Prescriptions, which department is under
the control of T. B. BERKELEY.
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WHICH Is U1IIV6rsaIIy TtCOgnIZeu DY JIG SIZE lA4
well to be the only comfortable Spring Bed in
e Te sin De sEd IN to
being extensively manufactured, and guaranteed
to fit any Bedstead or Cot They are warranted
for five years with proper usage and cost only
the small sum of Sc for a double bed
Undertak hing .-PGplar, Walnut Rosewood and
Metallic Cases, always on hand and will be fur
nished promptly. S. NJ. WILKES,
ap16-tf Staunton Va.
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NEW STORE and CHEAP GOODS.
~ The subscriber, on the 9Th of September,
1871, having associated with him in business,
Owen Morris GOOde.
the business will be conducted under the style
of 0. G. NORRIS s. CO., at and consnso-
spee rs door hao On
and two doors above the Office of the Spectator
O. @. NORRIS.
We are now receiving large stock ofnew STA
pie and fancy dry goods, also boots, shoes, hats,
queensware, and a general assortment of grocer
les, all Of which we are determined to sell upon
the most reasonable terms. We respectfully So
Hcit a call and we will sell the goods.
0. c. MORRIS & co.
P. S.-My establishment on Water street near
the Market House is still kept open with Gro
ceries, choice selection of liquors, tobacco salt,
leather, &c. A call from old customers and
others respectfully solicited.
se12-tf O. G. MORRIS.
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NEW FIKM.-We the undersigned have
IN started q Foundry in the Northern end of
the city and are prepared to make all kinds of
small grey iron castings, and every description
of brass casting. We have on hand forty-two
different styles of iron railing for fences, also
several different styles of chairs, settees and
school desks.
We are prepared to furnish Bronzed Crescents
for Mansard Roofs. Particular attention given
to repairing stoves. Call and examine our Rev
oiution Cast Iron Clothes Line-something new,
cheap and durable-every housekeeper ought to
have one. Call at our shop next door to Capt.
Schoppert. or leave your order with j. w. Ut
ley, corner of Augusta and Frederick streets.
Specialty-Light Grey Iron Castings.
Terms-Cash LONG & co.
Stanton August N-1y
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Insurance.
LEE INSURANCE. G. o"fANx
OF VIRG INA.
CAPITAL. $1,000 $3.50, 100000.
HOME OFFICE Petersburg Va. Local Boards
in the cities of Virginia and West Virginia,
nd in oh n n

A. W. McALWAINE. PRESIDENT,
y AT d 49,, 49,, Eice- Presidents,
SAMUEL B. PAUL, Manager and Secretary,
Judge j. T. JAY SMpt. of agencies,
GEO. C.. JACKSON, Gent Agent Valley of Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-08-26
yTAUNTON FEM ALE SEMINARY.

This school, with full and competent corps
of teachers, will open its next session on
Wednesday, the 3rd of September.
Board and accomm odations will be OF the best
kind Extravaganza IN dress prohibited. Terms
lower than in other schools of the same grade
For catalogue, with full particulars, address
Rev. j. l. MILLER, Principal,
iu1v1-2m Staunton, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-08-26
A LEG BY THE WAR !

Ia A LEG BY THE WAR!
If the people of Staunton and Augusta will
thus keep me employed, I will faithfully exc
cute it. l was conscripted on the 10Th of Janu-
airy, 1868; and lost a leg at the battle of Chan
cellorsvlle, on May 3rd, 1868. But I am still
able to follow my business, and am willing to
work, if | can get it to do.
mar25 GEORGE ALEXANDER.
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Schools Dc Colleges.
UNIVERSITY OF vIRGHNIA-Lav


UNIVERSITY OF VIRGENIA-Law
u Departmental B. Minor, L. L.
D., Prof Com. and Sat Law; :. o. Southall,
L. L. D., Prof. Equity and Law Merchant In
ternatl Law, ETC. Session begins Oct l. 1873,
and continues mine months. Instruction by text
books and lectures combined, illustrated by
Moot Court exercises For Catalogues, apply
P. o. University of Va.) to VIM WERTENBA-
KER, Sec'y Fac'y. augl9-4ts
OAK FOREST sCHOOL.-The third
" session of this school will commence on
the 18th of September and close the middle of
June following Terms as heretofore. For fur
ther particulars, address
JNO. G. SLOWER, Principal,
au12-3t Fishersville, Augusta county, Va.
y PISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL
Ia OF VIRGINIA,
NEAR ALEXANDRIA.
The 3Oth Annual Session Of this School for
BOYS begins September cath, 1873. Full
corps of Assistants. Terms, $3.50 per year. No
extras Catalogues, with particulars, sent on
application to the Principal ~
L. M. BLACKFORD, MA,
july29-2m Alexandria Virginia
= Young LADIES,
At VILE, Va
Mrs. Gen'l ARMISTEAD L. LONG,
will open select School for young Ladies, in
charlottesville. Va.,--the first Session beginning
teachers, and will promise at the same time the
comforts of home and the advantages of a first
class School. Charlottesville is situated in one
of the most beautiful and healthy parts of the
country, and is easily accessible by railroad.
For further particulars, address until lst Sep
TENDER, MRS. A. L. LONG,
Care of Gen'l A. L. Long,
Big Island. Bedford county, Va.
REFEREtCES:
Mrs. Long is kindly permitted to refer per-
sons who may wish to know the probable char
acter of her School, to Gen'l G. w. G. Lee,
Gen'l j. A. Early, Col. Preston Johnston, Gen'l
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-08-26

NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!!
We arereceving large lot of SUGAR, which
we consider GREAT BARGAINS.
We will give our customers the benefit of those
LOW PRICES, for the@ensuing two weeks af-
ter that will charge the advance which has taken
place.
We call the attention of merchants especially
to these goods.
july29 BAKER BROS
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Furniture.
EURNITURE! FURNITURE!

Purchasers CT Furniture can save from
20 to 80 per cent. by buying from
S III. WILKES,
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- q I1'OItAI ~ ttIIO I1II UON
Wilkes Patent Bed Spring!

whose rooms are crowded with every description
of hnrna n lfa Of I1rnd and i'm ed
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-08-26
Also. q superior toned


ofone of the best makers, on reasonable terms for
sale; also, splendid assortment of American and
Foreign Vocal and Instrumental sheet music.
Any piece desired, not on hand, will be ordered
with the utmost dispatch iuly29-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-08-26

JAMES F. NETHERLAND, Gent Ticket Agent.
mayo
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Many here realize princely incomes and
live accordingly; very many accumulate
wealth and live in the most comfortable circum-
stances; great many make good livings and
have all the necessalies of life, and there are
many, Emany thousands who earn only their
bread, and vast number who do not have
even enough of this. There are innumerable
hosts of poor women whose eyes are weak and
weary and whose bodies are sore and faint
with that never ending
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-08-26

''Then let the stricken deer go weep,
The heart ungalled play,
For some must weep while others sleep,
Thus wsgs the world away"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
Delightfully."- Romantic.

From the SSn Efanc18c0 Bulletin.
Tho marriage Of George Marshall and
Ellen Mayield, which occurred at the
Grand Hotel few days since, was an
event highly spised With romance. The
couple first met in tho troublesome times
of 1862, at = farm house on the road
between Hsrpers Ferry aud Leechburg,
whom Marshall, a. u Union soldier, at
taohed to q New Jersey regiment, res-
cued the lady from outrage at tho hands
Of two confederate soldiers. After the
battle Of Antietam they met again, when
Miss Maydeli, attended by other ladies,
was ministering to tho wounded mon on
the battlefield. lieutenant,
who was lying in barn, che recognized
her rescuer, and procured h,s removal to
h er fathers residence9 in Adams county
Pennsylvania, where she nursed him care
fully until his recovery. Marshall was
subsequently, ASST signed to distant depart
mont. In time his letters remaining un-
answered, he concluded bis fair friend had
considered her debt Of gratitude Cancelled
and abandoned him for some older love
He came 10 California at the termination
Of the war, and settled in business at San
Jose. A few days since his eye caught
the name of Miss Ellen Mayfeld 3 in
tho list Of overland passengers. Elated
with hope, he lost no time in proceeding
to Sacramento to meet the train that bore
tho object Of his affections and the pic.
ture Of his reveries through the long years
OF separation. The meeting was mutually
happy, and the marriage announcement
that f0llOwcd shortly After talla tha "a
mainder Of the story. The estrangement
had been caused BY tho intercepting of
the letters by q mcddlesomo person. sup
posed to be interested in the breaking up
Of tho match.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
Destruction OF Terrapin Tower ut Nj.
agara Fails,

An exchange says: During the
past so years millions of people from
every inhabitable part of the globe
have seen round, weather-beaten
tower built upon the nal4ow ledge Of
rocks upon the extreme brink of the
Horse Shoe Fall, and millions of peo-
pie have enjoyed from its summit the
magnificent view which it afforded Of
the tumultuous rapids above and the
mighty rush of waters below.
The tower, which was IS feet in
height and 12 feet in diameter at its
base, was built by Judge Porter in
1882. Millions of people will learn
with sincere regret that it has been
destroyed. The first attempt to blow
up the tower was made on Saturday
noon, but proved abortivc-the twenty.
five pounds Of powder buried in the
base of the structure only serving to
demolish a portion of the southwestern
side. The ruins were subsequently
mined and the work of demolition
completed on Monday. And thus disap-
perrs one of the oldest and most prom
inent of Niagara's points of interest. -
1t is to be replaced, however, by Few
and better tower.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
A Scene in Boston.

Recently young man, poorly but
neatly clad, applied for lodgings at a
police station, stating that he had just
arrived in the city, and was penniless
and broken. He was slowly dying
with consumption, and, alone in the
cold world, he sought only q place to
remain until he died. His cheeks were
sunken, and his hollow voice too plain
ly proved the truth of his story. "I
can do nothing but put you in q warm
cell, " said the kind-hearted lieutenant;
" nothing but that, and you icould
scarcely breathe there. I'll send you
to the City Hospital, you will be turned
away, for they receive no incurable
cases there. Haven't you relatives who
will take care of you "Not one, sir.
haven't relative in the world who
knows of my existence. I can't
stay long here, sir. It won't be only
little while that 1 shall cumber you
with my presence. Can't find son,e-
where some corner where can lie down
and WAITE For humanity's sake, sir,
don't tell me that dying man must 60
into the street." And here the poor
fellow broke down, and the tears which
ran down his checks and the sObs of
agony which convulsed his frame
showed the bitterness which he suf-
fercd. The Lieutenant sadly shook
his head, and after a small collection
had been made in his behalf, the poor
boy sought refuge elsewhere. His
future is unknown. The statement,
however, shows the necessity of the es-
tablishment Of some sort of an institu.
ton where the sick and homeless poor
can be sheltered. At present the
authorities can do nothing with appli-
cations like the above, except to tender
the clleerless shelter of a prison cell.
GLASS LINED Watar mines 0ra slln-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
Siberian Monks.

A peculiarly Siberian story is reported
from the Southern shores of Lake Baikal.
In that pleasing neighborhood, a spacious
Russian monastery was erected not long
ago, the Monks being destined TO devote
their leisure hours to tho conversion of
the Mongols thereabouts. This being &C.
counted y comparatively easy task by the
convicts and exiles in the province, good
many offered 70 take the vow, on condition
Of having their term of punishment re.
mitted. In consideration Of the religious
object, their prayer, it appears, was grant
ed. 10 cut long story short, the new
Monks were no sooner installed than they
began forging paper money, an enor-
NOUS quantity Of which they are said to
have manufactured under cover of the
cowl. At last the matter oozcd out. Prompt
action being necessary, and the venerable
inmates being all men of tried nerve, they
Immediately burned the convent and took
to their heels.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
A Family Eelld.

A correspondent. Of the Augusta (Me. }
Journal writing from Dix Island, tells the
following story: "Out among the bound.
ing billows, but within sight Of this island,
is q small. lonely island. Upon this
island have lives from infancy two broth
ers, brought up together, apd sole posses.
sors Of the land. The brothers married
and had families; but anon, and for some
reasons unknown, some cause Of enmity
sPrang up, and for years and years Zone
Of tho brothers have since moved away
neither brother spoke to tho other, nor the
members Of one family to the members Of
the Others, neither crossed the others
threshold, nor borrowed nor lent. nor
carried tho eggs and butter, &C., Of the
ono to q market OF brought back little
necessaries Of lie, but lived on year after
seclusion.N
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
Lest Trades,
Eru0 App3eton's Journal.

Then, again, are gone the pin max
ers, who, though they have been in
their graves this quarter: Of . century,
still figure in lectures and essays to IL
lustrate the advantage of . division OF
labor. Instead of q pin taking q dozen
men or more to cut, grind, point, head,
polish, and what not, as it used to do,
pins are now made by neat little ma.
chimes at the rate of three hundred q
minute, of which machines . single
child attends to half dozen.
Nail-making 1t the forge is another
lost industry. Time was, and that in
this nineteenth century, when every
nail was made on the anvil. Nov, from
one hundred to one thousand nails per
minute are made by machines.
The mailer who works at the forge has
but bad chance in competing with
such antagonists and he would have no
chance at all were it not that his nails
are tenfold tougher than the former.
As it is, the poor men follow an almost
hopeless vocation, and are condemned
to live in continual hand-gTips with
poverty.
In the days of Presidents Madison
and Monroe, aud even later, straw
bonnet making was practiced in every
middle-class houses where there was
growing families, and straw-plaiting
formed the staple of domestic leisure
work. At my grand-fatLers around
the huge kitchen fire place, Cesar,
born slave, who sat on an oak bench
directly under the gaping chimney.
and we boys, who crowded upon the
settee, used to pass Winter evenings
splitting straws, while the lassies were
plating them. Then bonnets were
bonnets, covering the head, with = mar
gin of foot or two to spare, and pre-
senting q sort of q comical she'll
shaped recess, in which dimpling
smiles and witching curls nestled in
comfort. The work has vanished, and
never will appear, unless the whlrligig
of fashion should glide again into the
frosaken track.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
Another Translation.

Sixteen years ago the Rev. Hiram
Bingham and his wife landed on one of
the Kings Mills, or Gilbert group of
islands, in the Pacific Ocean, 1000
miles southwest of Honolulu. Here
were 10000 or 10000 natives, living in
the lowest state of leathenism, no
written language, cruel and savage, no
commodity for trade but cocoanut oil,
and their clothing the merest fig leaf
arrangements. Among such a people
this missionary took up his abode, and
through numberless hardships, often
in poor health, and facing most for
midable difficulties, he pressed forward
in the great work of giving the word
of God to this benighted people. And
at public meeting at Honolulu on the
11th OF April last, the finished trans
lation of the entire New Testament was
presented to the audience; the King
Of tho Sandwich Islands and other
notables being present, in cordial
sympathy with this great and good
work.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
= DarWtnisR II TX. kitchen.

DarWiais9. IL tie Kitchen.
Iwas takiH o1t my bonnet S. .-t-ss-.,--.e
One afternoon, 1t three,l -, -.--r
When hinseck jumPd upon it,
As proved to lie fec;
Then takes it to the crate, i
Between the bars to stick it.;
But 1 hadn't long to wait
Ere It changed into = cricket.
Says 1, =" "Surely my senses ..-S
IL -gettin' in = fog !" l--=....-
So to drownd Il I commences;
When 1t hslters to = hog.
Here my heart began to thump, ::-.
And no wonder felt funky
For the frog, with one big jump, c!a>
Lcapd hisself into monkey.
Then opened wide my eyes, =,
His features for to scan,
And observed, with great surprise, ..:
That that monkey was q mani
Bat he vanish'd from my sight,
And sunk upon the floor, =.
Jest as missus, with light,
Come inside the kitchen door.
Then, beginning to abuse me,
!. She says, 'tSarah, you've been drinkin'!'
says, "No, mum, you'll excuse me;
But I've merely been athinkin'
But, as sure as I'm cinder,
That party Wha. you sec
A.gettin' out the wintler,
Have developed from flea"