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a Bridge Needed.

E0ltOr spectator:
There is, perhaps, no public
road in the county on which bridge is so much
needed, as across Christians Greek, at Mr..
Wamplers, on the road from Staunton to Port
Republic This is one of the most important
roads in Augusta county, and the ford across
the creek at Mr.. Wampler's is always deep
one, and is easily and very frequently made i'm
passable by high water and ice.. Several per
sons have come very near being drowned at this
place this winter Mr.. Samuel Hunters team,
of six horses, swan the creek at this point re-
Gently, with load of lumber on the wagon !;
and the escape of the team was almost mirac-
ulous, for the water ran nearly over the wagon.
Numerous times have persons been unable to
cross the creek this winter, at this place, on ac-
count of the high water and ice This is the
direct road to Weyer's Cave from Staunton,
and the main thoroughfare into the Northeast
portion of the county. An appropriation of
$500, 900 by the county court, with what can
be raised by private subscription, would build a
good and substantial bridge at this place.
There would have to be slight change in
the road oa Mr.. Wamplers side, and on his
land Let us have the bridge this Spring
Our people demand it. NORTH EAST.
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West Virginia Isems.

We welcome the Charleston Daily Courier,
a wide-awake West Va. Journal In 1896, the
Kanawha Court paid for Y wolf scalps there
were 176 tithables In CO., and the head tax was
$3.60......In 1898, George Anderson sold the
county one acre for present g. Il. for $780,.
Slides still worry the G. and O......Capt. r. Q.
Laidley, of Kanawha Rifemen, 22d Va. Reg. Of
Charleston, is dead. 1.-The Courier republish-
ed false statement from Washington Star, a.
bout our Valley people holding meetings to
join w. Va. Never, but if w. Va, will come
back and behave herself it will be all right.
Eight counties east of Alleghanies pay the
taxes of w. Va, and three of them are in the
Valey......The Kanawha was raging last week,
no damage. Charleston is 369 miles from
Richmond and mile posts have been put all
along G. & 0. r. R......Sam'l Kitchen knock
ed his wife in the head with an axe, in Char
lesion, on 10th, and was fined SIS for irregular
conduct" by the moderate Justice......Lead
has been discovered in Preston county......No
deer are allowed to be killed between January
1st and August 18th under penalty 500, in w.
Va..-..The peach crop is killed In Hardy coun-
ty..:.. .Maupin's Mineral Record has suspended
1.-THE Parkersburg Daily Times is again un-
der way. Please X......The Moorefeld Aduer-
t,ser wants South Branch brldgcd, and thinks
that place needs bank......The measles are
raging in Romney......Col. w. Ell. Harness, of
Hardy CO., killed recently large eagle, feet
from tip to tip. Opening of new mineral deposits,
of all kinds are chroniced in every paper in w.
Va, and the whole State seems to be looking
up.......The new ?. NJ. at Buckeye Grove,
Pocahontas CO., is N. G. Barlow......There are
rumors Of smal-p pox in counties adjacent to
Greenbrier.. The G. & o. takes ministers to
Bait. Conference, from w. Va. and Va. at half
rates.. McAdam road is to be made
from Lewisburg to Roncervert, G. & o. r. r.
IA big row occurred among, the negro labor
ers, at Kanawha Falls. last week. No lives lost.
1.-THE West Virginia papers say it's Legisla-
ture is worse than ours. Good Lord deliver
them L.. Measles prevail In Monroe CO. Mrs.
G. A. Boyd died suddenly, at Anderson, on 9th.
.........Summers county is to have new Court
House, and Monroe wants new Jail. "A line
of freight batteaux has been put on, between
Narrows and Hinton, on New River. 1t is
proposed to buy Salt Sulphur Springs for a
new Insane Asylum......We Virginia papers
jubilant over Rockbridge Citizen idea of giving
them the Valley. What folly !......Monroe has
made no provision this year for her paupers..
Benz 7. Deaver and Miss Sarah E. Green
| married, in Lewisburg, on 12th......Dr. Fauu-
tleroy Dangerfeld, native of Lewisburg, died
at Heelsburg, California in January.
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FOeAaaG7'jeS.

NTEW FTRM.-We the undersigned have
started 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. Wehave 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
olution 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
Iev corner of Augusta and Frederick Streets
Specialty-Light Grey Iron Castings,
Terms-Cash. LONG q W.
Staunton, August 28-ly
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Mt. Sclon Briefs.
Mt. SoLoN, Feb. 18th.

Mt. SOLON, Feb. 18th.
Editor Spectator:
Here We have sparkling waters fresh and
plenty one of the best Merchant Mills in this,
one Of the wealthiest counties 10 the State,
two good dry-goods stores, mechanics, &C., and
population of two or three hundred inhabi-
rounded by rich and fertile lands. To-day was
Township Court, and the good people of the
village were shocked at drunkenness, profanity
and general disorder, which finally eliminated
in blows. People of large towns are protected
by municipal laws when disorder occurs, while
we here have no protection at all. Our author
tiles should withhold license to sell intoxicating
drinks, if they do not intend to protect the in
nocent from assaults. Our laws for the punish
ment of crime are, or soon will be, thing of
the past, and people will have to protect them
selves.
SPECTATOR
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-02-25
POETRY.
Songs Of the Mystic.
BY FATHER RYAN.

walked down the Valley of Silence,
Down the dim voiceless valley-alonel
And hear not the fall of footstep
Around me-save God and my own
And the hush Of my heart is as holy
AS a hovel where Angels have flown.
Long ago was I weary of voices
Where music my heart could not win;
Long ago was l weary of noises
That fretted my soul with their din;
Long ago was weary of places
Where met but Human, and SIM
walked thro' the world with the worldly
l craved what the world never gave;
And l said: I'm the world each IDEAL
That shines like star on life's wave,
Is toned on the shores of the Real,
And sleeps like a dream in the grave'
And still did I pine for the Perfect
And still found the False with the True
/ sought mid the Human for Heaven,
But caught mere glympse of its blue;
And l wept when the clouds of the Mortal
Yelled even that glympse from my view.
And I toiled on. and I tired of the Human
And moaned mid the mazes of men;
Till | knelt long ago at the altar
And heard voice call me; since then
walked down the Valley of Silence
That lies far beyond mortal ken.
Do you ask what found in the Valley?
IT'S my trysting place with the divine;
And I fell at the feet of the Holy,
And about me voice said "Be MineP'
And there arose from the depths of my spirit
An echo: my heart shall be thine"
Do you ask how I live in the Valley?
[ weep, and l dream, and l pray;
But my tears are as sweet as the dew-drops
That fall on the roses in May;
And my prayer, like perfume from censer,
Ascendeth to God, night and day.
In the hush of the Valley of Silence,
/ dream all the songs that I sing,
And the music floats down the dim Valley,
Till each finds word for wing,
That to men, like the doves of the Deluge,
The message of Peace they may bring.
But far on the deep there are billows
That never shall break on the beach,
And I have heard songs in the silence
That never shall float into speech;
And have had dreams in the Valley
Too lofty for language to reach,
And I have seen thoughts in the Valley
All, me how my spirit was stirred
And they wear holy wells on their faces
Their footsteps can scarcely be heard;
They pass through the Valley, like virgins,
Too pure for the touch of word.
Do you ask me the place of the Valley,
Ye heprts that are narrowed by care?
It lieth afar between the mountains,
And God and his Angels are there
And one is the dark mount of Sorrow,
And one the bright mountains of Prayer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-02-25
Boots, Shoes 07sG Hats.
xS000O Boots, shoes d Hats

@. L. WELLER has in Store his Fall and
Winter Stock, embracing something less than
drens', Mems and Boys BOOTS and SHOES.
The most of his goods are made especially for
his trade, and are such goods as he can recon-
mend, and will be sold at small advance on
cost. Oc ~ tt
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-02-25
R7ERTCAN HOTEL snra
n Livery Stables, REsa
~ STAuNroN Va &1MK n Hsss44S

NV stables are constantly supplied with ele-
ga at horses carriages, buggies, hacks, &c, which
able terms Also good and reliable drivers sup
plied if desired. 1 can furnish livery, equal if
not superior, to that of any other stable in the
State. Give me a trial and will guarantee sat
sfaction. JOdN OIOoLk.
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LGVery.
1872. Livery stables, 1871

STAUNTUN, VlKGIN Ia. .
Tn entering upon the new year, the subscriber
has b .ad his new stables arranged for the accom-
mod, .tion of his growing custom, and calls the
parti cular attention of his friends and the public
% his unusual facilities for carrying on 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 COM
plete outfit of new
Buggies. PhsetOns, Carriages,
Hacks, &C.,
in eatness and ease of moving, are not to be
equ.aled 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 hGstler, Tom BETHEL, is in gen.
er:al charge of the stables:
Ms- Office near the bridge-'ssao building.
joo+f Ed BURKE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-02-25

st. Louis wants new charter.
Chicago objects to the dog tax.
Georgia is very sickly just NOW.
Cora Pearl is coming to America
Daisies already spangle the Paris parks.
Chicago boasts nearly 5000 bar-rOoms.
A lawyer is like beggar; each lisa solicitor.
Virginia preachers we're paid in tobacco in
1749.
At White Pine, New, mahogany is used for
fuel.
An ''epiapic" is destroying southern honey
bees.
Postal cards have just been introduced into
France.
The alligators in the bsyous of Florida are
thawing out.
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Baltimore Advertisements.

Leading Manufacturers IN this Country.
Office & New WarerOOms,
No. 9 N Liberty Street, BALTIMORE, Md.
The stief Pianos contain all the latest
Improvements to be found in first class Piano,
with additional improvements of his own inven-
ton not to be found in other Instruments The
rot be excelled by any manufactured.
A large assortment of Second hand Pianos al
,Ns.ys on hand, from $75 to $780,
Parlor and Church Organs, some 70 different
STYLES on hand from $50 and upwards.
Send for illustrated Catalogue, containing the
names of over 1900 Southerners, 600 of whom
are Virginians,) two hundred North Carolinians,
one hundred and fifty East Tennesseeans, and
others throughout the South), who have bought
the Stietf Piano since the close of the war.
JOEL ETTINGER,
iuIv 9 If Staunton Va.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-02-25

GTOCK SCALES.-The undersigned has
~ 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 81, L. POWELL.
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Professional Directory
M. HENkEL. MI. d.,

"a Physician auO surgeon,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA,
Respectfully tenders his professional SERVICES &c
the public and may be consulted at his ONCE al
all hours.
0fice-Corner of Main and Augusta streets-
o.tna,.oo N Anansta street. fe4-1y
PEEsE r S. HAMILTON.
EEHTCAE CO-PARTNERSHIP
NH Drs. REESE & HAMILTON
have associated themselves with view to the
erclusive treatment of Diseases OF women ana
Children, and respectfully tender their services
to the public. 1anl4-u
OTICE.-I am still in possession of all the
~ forms prescribed by the Judges OF the Sa
cv and will still give immediate attention to all
such cases: The Homestead exemption is good
in bankruptcy from 9th July, 1862 against Judg.
ment liens, notes and open accounts, and DEGREES
to enforce the payment of all such debts. -,
My Office is in the second story OF my 6ulla. a.
ing diagonaly east across Court-ia@ne @ ne from court
buildings j. b. WAIio'
au13 AtCy
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-02-25

NFFTNGER, CRAIG, & CO., Real
Estate Agents. StauntOn. Wat
tention given to the purchase and sale Of lands
n the Valley Of Virginia. Parties desiring to to
do DO well to place them in our hands, as we have
superior advantages in disposing of them;
Refer by permission to M; Harvey Ethnger,
ESQ.,, and Messrs. Echols, Bell q Catlett Staun-
Special attention paid to renting property in
the CITY of Staunton. mar ~
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-02-25

nUSH PUSH is the Word for the
Times.-Go to w. o. THOMAS & Co.,
Powelrs Building, for your fine calf-skin boots
and shoes, farmers and mechanics heavy boots,
fine calf-skin sewed and pegged CATERS, all kinds
of ladies and children's shoes. Also a general
assortment of dry goods and groceries at great
ly reduced prices. Cigars, smoking and chew
ing speciality. You will find it to your inter-
est to give me call before purchasing else
where
@-All kinds of country produce taken in ex-
change for goods, including old scrap iron, cop
per, brass, lead, rags, &c. de17-3m
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mo ERS.-You will save
L money by buying goods in my line from
me. I keep none but the best and warrant sat
isfaction.
Coffee-green and toasted;
Tea that is tea;I
Sugars of all kinds;
y Molasses, Vinegar, a.
Flour-best grade;
e Ali kinds Crackers .
Cheese and Macaroni,
D Lard, Bacon, Rice, a
ID Candles, Soaps,
H Canned
= Tomatoes. aches, Corn,
q Matches, Brooms Walters, es
Looking Glasses, Baskets,
Buckets, and the largest
Stock of Queemsware
In the Valley.
dsSy Says and sells all kinds of Country Produce.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-02-25

q O0n LBS. COUNTRY-CURED
OsUUU HAMS, and full stock of Sides,
Shoulders and Breasts, for sale low.
j. W. TODD s. CO.,
Augusta Street, next to Post Office.
may IA If
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29
CLIMAX!C GILMAN!

Pages Climax Salye. Family
blessing for - cents.
1t heals without a scar. No
family should be without it.
We warrant ii tOcure Scr8fula
Sores, Salt Eheum. ChilhIains,
Sore Breasts or Nipples, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, and Srraius.
1t has been used over twenty
years, without one fai Ure.
1t has no parallel-L&virG per-
feetly eraGicated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. 1t is n compound of
Arnica, with many other Ex-
tracts and Balsams, and put up
in larger boxes for the same
price than any other Ointment.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29
--------' 49,
eHAPPED HANDS.

In healthy condition the skin is kept
supple by an oily secretion, which answers
the sane purpose as oiling leather. Dur
ing warm weather this secretion, in com
mon with all the other secretions Of the
skin, is more abundant thanin cold When
1t is insufficient the skin becomes dry and
harsh and on those parts of the body
where the skin is thick and subject to
motion as on the hands, it readily cracks
or assures. The amount of this secretion
IS SO much reduced in cold weather that
the frequent washing of the hands with
soap causes them to chap readily, and this
the more certainly If the soap is not wash
ed of. The alkali in soap is usually in ex.
cess, and this combines with the oily Sc
erection, and so deprives the skin of its nat
ural lubricator. To prevent the hands
from chapping, then, be careful to wash
ah soap from them thoroughly in clean
water. This will ordinarily suffice; but, if
not, it will be necessary to make good the
removed oil by using KENNEDY's SALT
RHEUM OINTMENT. sure cure for all
skin diseases Of whatever name sr nature.
PRICE 50 CENTS. Sold by druggists.
3-1dIy
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29

The undersigned
respectfuliycall a.
-ention of person
contemplating this
purchase Of watch
es to the superior
ity of the celebraI-
ed Nickle Move
ments. manufac-
tGred by Messrs.
B0kEL & COUR-
FOISIER, of Neu
chatel, Gents ana
Ladies' sizes, Key
aud Stem W inders
n uaFtP r-ni at a
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29
MOFFAT's LIFE Pulls
aud
PHOENIX BITTERS.

The most Successful Medicines
in the world.
Established in 1885, by one of
our Most Eminent Physicians,
and now used throughout North
and South America, with more
pleasing results than any other
Medicine in cases of diseased
Liver, Blood, or Skin, Indiges-
ton, COstiveness, Bilious Com
plants, Rheumatism, and Fever
and Ague.
Thousands of certificates are
in our possession, giving detailed
accounts OfperfectCU RESeifect-
ed by these invaluable Medicines.
They regulate the System, and
put all the functions of the body
in healthy condition.
cE- Sold by Druggists everywhere.
j. T. Rowland. Proprietor, s. Liberty
Street, New York.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29

The great reason why physicians do not cure Con
sumption is, they try to do TOO much; they give
medicine to stop the cough TO stop the chlls, to
stop night sweats hetc fever. and by so doing they
derange the holedcestIve powers, locking up the
seeredns, and eventually the patient sinks and dies
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29

DIR schenck in his treatment dues not try 10 stop
cough. night sweats, ehills or fever. Remove the
cause and they will all stop of therow accord Nc
one can be cured Of Consumption, Liver Complaint
Dyspepsia, CatArrh- Canker, liberated Throat, un.
less the liver and stomach are made healthy
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29

Sehenek's Mandrake Pills act upon the liver, re-
moving all distractions relax the ducts of the gall
bladder The bile starts freely and the liver is soon
relieved the stools viii show what the Pills can do
nothing bag ever been invented except ealumel IA
deadly poison which IL very dangerous to use unless
with great carel that will unlock the gall BLADDER
and start the secrctions of the liver ike Schenk :
Mandrake Pills
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29

They are all three 10 be taken at the same time.
They cleanse the stomach, relax the liver and put it
TO work; then the appetite becomes good: the food
digests and makes good blood the patient begins
to grow in esh; the diseased matter ripens In the
lungs and the patient outgrows the disease and gets
well. This is the only way TO cure Consumption.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29
TIE NEW REMEDY FOE RUPTURE.

most Important invention. Sold by the Elastic
Truss Co, No. 6Sj Broadway, Y. Y. City. Ii re-
tains Rupture absolutely in and comfort might
and day at all times. and under ali circumstances,
without any exception whatever in any case, and
should never be tasen OIL during the short time
requisite 10 effect permanent cure. Sent by mail
Circulars free. Any Druggist or Physician will or
der this Truss for you without charge.
A.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29

Mr.. KENNEDY. Dear Sir:-I sit down To men yar
few lines this evening, to inform You thai the
Fralrie weed you sent me last fall has done me
much good; truly have not words to sxnrs LUZ
gratitude to you Tor it. Ny health has not been a.
good for the last twenty years it has been since
commenced taking be Prairie Weed in November
one night since last December have been oblibed
to sit up one hour with phthisic since hayt bsen
taxing your medicine My health is sa imurored
sh1s winter that can work all the tim. a, li,ht
work 50 more than pay my board and thaf l.
what have not been able TO do for a long tims '
Your humble servant
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29
Sweet Norwegian Cod I.iver ri,

from the celebrated fisheries at Aalesund Norway
pronounced by physicians the most delicate EN-
cient Cod Liver OIL in the world.
IL IL easily taken, tolera ed by the weakest stom-
achs. digests readily, never becom rancid and IL
almost entirely free from the usual disagreeable
characteristics OF Cod Liver OIL.
For every use Of Cod Liver Oil Mr.. Wilson's dis
eovery Ia OF the greatest value.
Fer the safe internal administration OF Carbolic
Acid Mr.. Wilson's method Of combining 1t with Cod
Liver OH il ahanIntnlr rincnaaar..
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29
A CARD 10 THE LADIES.
DUPONCO'S
GOLDEN PERIODICAL PILLS,

II hEhE Is MOI A laAD1 LlNlNb. DHt what at
! some period OF her life will md DUPONCO'S
GOLDEN PILLS just the medicine she needs.
For NERVOUS DEBILITY. HEAD
ACHE, FALNTNESS, DC,
They fell. and may he depended upon In every
where the monthly flow has been INSTRUCTED
through cold or disease. They always give mmedi-
relief lady writes: Duponco's Golden Pills
relieved me in one day, without Inconvenience, like
magic
THE GENUINE are in WHITE Boxes, and upon
each box my private REVENUE STAMP and the words
White Letters without which NONE ABE GENUINE,
and the box is signed IS. d. HOWE
Full and explicit directions accompany each box
Price 81 90 per box. six boxes $500 Sold by one
Druggist in every town, village, city ard hamlet
throughout the world.
Sold by Smith Bonney and all wholesale and re-
tail druggists in Rock island.
LADIES by sending $l00 to any of the above, TO
the Post Office, can have the Pills sent eunfden-
tally by mail TO any part of the country, free Of
postage. 2-I3d.SwIy