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A Singular Suicide.

A singular suicide recently occurred in
Springfield, ILL.,, the rash act having been
prompted by an extraordinary display of f.
deity on the part of young widower. -
Some six years since young man named
Doty married handsome and accomplished
young lady, with whom he lived in perfect
happiness and conteutment until her sudden
death, which occurred within year after
their marriage, and the idolized wife, upon
her death bed, exacted promise from her
husband that he should never marry again
After the death of his wife Mr.. Doty
went to Chicago. where it seems he after
ward became enamored of young lady,
AID to whom, in due course OF time, he en- :.
gagged himself to be married The promise
that had been made to the dying wife SEEM
ed to haunt him at all times, and had so eff !.
fected his happiness that, some time ago,
when be was visiting his friends, he said to
them that he dared not carry pistol with
him, as the temptation was strong to him to
take his own life. Having occasion to visit
the scene of bis former happiness, recently,
Doty repaired to the room formerly occupied
by himself and wife and there communicated
his rash intentions to gentleman whom he
had requested to accompany him He said
that he had promised his wife on her death
bed that be would never marry, and that
rather than break it he had determined to
die by his own hand. The gentleman tried
to dissuade him from his purpose and star
ted for assistance, but had passed but few
feet from the room, when the sharp report
of pistol announced that the fatal act had
been done, and upon returning to the room
it was found that he had discharged the con-
tents of the pistol into his head. Doty for.
merly resided in Troy, N Y, and during
the late war he served in Massachusetts.
regiment, and for bravery and mertorious
conduct in the field he was promoted from
the ranks to adjutant of his regiment.
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"TnE greatest Herdsman in the world''
is the tile claimed for Samuel W. Allen, of
Texas, who own 225 5000 cattle. He has
one ranch eighty miles long and forty wide,
between Nevada and Colorado rivers, the
largest on the con tinent, which pastures
100, 900. Two others accommodate re-
spectively 70 900 and $4,000. These cal
tie all subsist on native grasses of a part Of
Texas. His herds require the attention OF
at least four hundred herders and branders
and the use OF 5000 horses. He brands
10000 calves every year to keep up the
supply. The value of his stock, exclusive
of his land, exceeds five millions and halt
He is the chief meat purveyor for New Or
leans and the neighboring counties on the
Gulf coast, tjs't- 1T
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An AHectionate Rat.

The Whitehall On. Y. Chimes relates
the following story of affection in a rat:
There is in Whitehall village family
who has little daughter p years DID, who
has formed singular attachment for a rat.
Every day this little one goes into the wood
shed adjoining the house, where large,
venerable looking rat makes its appearance,
when the innocent-looking child proceeds
to feed it from her chubby hand The pa
rents have caught their little one feeding its
protege several times of late, yet on the ap-
proach of any other than the little girl, the
rat scampers off to its hole. Several efforts
have been made by the child's parents to
despatch the singular companion of their
darling, for it was feared that the child
might get bitten by it. Last Sunday the
rat showed its affection and guardian care Of
the little ones comfort, as the following will
show: The child's mother put it to sleep
in its cradle in the kitchen, going to aneth
er room in the house, leaving the sleeping
shild alone. She was gone some time. On
her return she cast her eye at the child
when she was SURPRISED to observe the rat
standing perched upon the top OF the cradle
/ moving its tail over the little sleeper
The mother, wishing to see what the
"varmint was up to, stood and watched its
movements. peeping through the door,
which was only partly opened. Shc OBJ
served number Of flies above the child's
face, when two lit on the little one, where
at the kind rat whisked them off with its
rail- Wishing to make sure, the lady quiz
city called her husband, and the two stood
watching the proceedings for at least ten
minutes. Every time that a fly dared to
alight ON the little ones face that old rats
friendly tail would brush it away, like the
guardian angel lowering over about US, who
we believe is constantly brushing away dan
gers that threaten us poor mortals. It was
thought safe by the ehlld's parents to leave
the child in charge of its singular nurse,
aud for one hour the little one slept When
it awoke its mother went to take it up, and
the rat jumped from the cradle and sped
away through the half-opened door to the
woodshed Since that time the child has
been put to sleep in the kitchen to ascertain
if the experiment would be repeated Each
time, when left alone, with the shed door
partially Open the old rat would enter and
take up its position over the top Of the era
die, watching the little sleeper and brushing
away the flies who dared to trouble its pre-
cioas charge,
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A WouLD-BE MoNARcHs ABODE. The
Count of Chamboard, with an income of
920, 600, is content to inhabit the ground
floor of Frohsdori Castle, his residence
His reception room is plain. The furniture
represents the style of the latter part Of the
last century, the proprietor having an ex-
treme dislike of what he calls ''gewgaws. !"
The prospect from the windows is splendid,
embracing range of hills thickIy wooded
with 6r-trees. His closet contains large
variety Of heavy walkingsticks, their owner
being lame, and an equally varied assert.
ment of sporting implements, the Count hav.
ing inherited from his grandfather, Charles
X, who was the crack shot Of his time, a
decided taste for sporting. His favorite
seat is an easy chair, made entirely from gi-
gantic stag-horns and upholstered with stag
skins. His father, the Duke of Berri, was
very corpulent, and the Count inherits the
paternal obesity. His stature is less than
five feet nine inches, and his age is fifty
three. !. He speaks a good deal of Versailles,
and thinks that the bed Of Louis XIV is
there ready for them to sleep in. His wife
three years his senior, is more cautious and
bolder than her husband, and is regarded as
his superior in intelligence and force of char
acter.
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,Non SINGER CRAZY FROM LOVE.

A TENOR SINGER CRAZY FROM LOVE-
Reports reach here from Europe that Theo-
dore Formes, brother Of Carl Formes, and
once we'll known here as tenor singer, was
sent, on the 4th instant, to lunatic asylum
near Bonn, in Germany. He had become
smitten with Miss Reynolds, daughter Of
an Indiana banker, sojonrning in that city,
but was discouraged by the mother of that
lady. He finally wrote Mrs. Reynolds
letter, threatening to kill both herself and
daughter. This frightened the ladies. and
they departed Formes in vain attempted
to find them, and bis excitement rendered
him insane.-Neao York Correspondence
philadelphia Record.
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PETTIcoAr ON THE RosTRUM. At the
recent session of the Woman's Rights Com
Aention," composed of strong minded wo
men, Southern woman, Mrs Maria Jour
dan Westmoreland, Of Atlanta, Ca, author
Of ''Heart Hungry and Clifford Troupe"
made her appearance on the platform. OF
her appearance the Herald says:
"Mrs. Maria Jourdan Westmoreland
came the platform, and looking like one of
Ttian's high born DANES, said in sweet
and low but very distinct voice, that there
was great necessity for close union be-
tween the women of the North and the
South. She hoped that lecturers would be
sent through The South in order to awaken
the ladies Of that section to immediate ac-
ton, Mrs Westmoreland further stated
that she would gladly give any lecturers
letters of introduction to the first people of
the South in order to further the common
object. She said she knew them we'll
enough to know that if the papers Of this
Congress had been read in the South it
would so rouse them that they would not be
quiet until they had the ballot
In assuming the breeches, we are sure
Mrs. Westmoreland speaks only for herself,
for We think she greatly mistakes the senti-
mept of the Southern women if she suppo-
ses that they are ''heart hungry" as herself
for the ballot, and that they are ready to
rush into revolution to secure it in order
that thoy may exhibit their proves in a
rcuffle at the polls on election day with their
dusky fellow citizens, Mrs Dinah johnson
and Mrs. Phillis Brown.
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DEATH OF HEENAN THE PRIZE FIGHTER

DEATH OF HEENAN THE PRIZE FIGHTER.
John G. Heenan, prize fighter of great
renown, died on Saturday, near Rawins on
the Union Pacific Railroad, while on his
way to San Francsoo. When twenty years
of age he fought with John Morrissey and
was whipped, at least his antagonist ca rried
off the purse. His friends Immediately pro-
claimed him the ohampi Of the U. S. He
crossed the ocean aud received mauling
from Tom Sayers, but his American back
ers forthwith bought hiu belt and dubbed
him the champion OF the world. Some years
afterwards he went to Europe again, and
suffered another severe beating from an
Irishman. He came home great hero, and
since then has played the part of a retired
sporting gentleman who lived on the repu-
tation acquired in his defeats. He was mar
ried to the late Adah Issacs Menken, an
actress who played ''Mazeppa" in Europe
and America, and found time to write a
volume of sacred hymns Of considerable
merit in the intervals between her engage.
ments While 10 Paris. she was greatly
petted by Dumas, the elder Heenan was
one of the most perfect specimens of pbysic
al manhood that ever entered the prize ring
and his pluck was never uestioned. The
severe training to which he subjected him
self, while itdeveloped his muscles and gave
him amazing strength, no doubt shortened
his life He could not have been more
than thirty-ive years of age at the time of
his death.
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HIDDEN VESSEL OF WRATH 1t is said

HIDDEN VESSEL OF WRATH 1T is said,
with how much truth we know not, that
there is can or glass jar of nitro glycer-
inc, or some. other explosive compound,
buried in the southwest corner Of the CAPT
tol square, near the old Arsenal, which has
been there for many years. having been Sc
GREETED there prior to the surrender and the
place Of its concealment having been 10 t.
No one darcs to dig for it, as tho blow OF
pick might send the enterprising digger to
roost on the Presbyterian church steepe.-
And SO it will sleep until happy chance OF
some dreadful accident shall reveal its rest
ing place Raleigh (N. CO. Nea0s.
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Poetry.
THE OLD SURPRISE.

IL
Now what has entered my marked woods,
And touched their green with sudden change
What is this last of Natures moods,
That makes the roadside look so strange
Who blanched my thistles blushing face,
And gave the winds her silver hair i?
Set golden rod within her place,
And scattered aSterS everywhere?
Who splashed with red the sumac hedge
The sassafras with purple strain;
Gave ivy leaves a ruby edge,
And painted all their stems again =?
Lo f. the change reaches high and wide,
Hath tanned the sky to softer blue
Hath crept along the river side,
And trOd the valley through and through
Discolored every hazel copse,
And stricken all the pasture lands;
Flung wells across the mountain tops,
And bound their feet with yellow bands.
Is, then, September come so soon?
Full time doth summer meier abide p?
When yet it seems but summers noon.
We're floating down the autumn tide
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VOL. %.
Business Cards.

~ Entrance on the left ~
AFTER CROSSING LEWIS CREEK BRIDGE
Having recently leased the above Stables, late
ly occupied by Ed. Burke, and having supplied
them with every adjunct to a 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
well broken; our Buggies, Carriages &C., new
and of the latest style, and our drivers Sc
lected with special reference to the comfort and
safety of our patrons.
Pleasure parties accommodated at all hours
with single or double buggies, riding. horses, for
ladies and gentlemen, Carriages, Spring wagons
Sc. Parties wishing to visit Weyer's Cave
would do well to give US call.
Horses fed by the day, month or year, at usual
rates.
Special attention given to the saleof stock.
We still occupy the extensive stabling at the
old National Stable ground, where our friends
(if they find it more convenient to call can be
accommodated as heretofore.
Hoping, by strict attentionto our own bust
ness to merit continuance Of the favor shown
us in other places, we respectfully solicit share
of the public patronage. decs-tf.
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A Horse SOLD AT AvoIRDUPoIs.- Quite
novel sale Of horse-6esh took place yes.
terday at the stable Of Pohlman & Co.,
northwest corner Of Fifth and Carr streets,
where the trotter Robert r Lee was of,
fered at public auction, and knocked down
to John McCaw at II IL cents per pound.
The horse weighed l ,010 pounds SO his
price was $176.75. The purchaser gave
the animal to Mr.. Charles Seifert as we'd
ding present.-St Louas Times.
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Rev. STuRAT Robinson sVINDlcATIcN -
DR.. Stuart Robinson, Of Louisville, Ky.
has recovered $25 900 damages against the
Chicago POST for publishing that he ad-
vocated the propagation of yellow fever
through the North during the late war by
means of infected clothing. The Judgment,
however, contained the stipulation that he
remit the entire amount, less 1864, the re-
ceipt Of which in open court was therein
also acknowledged
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Business Cards.
Business Cards.
OFFICES OF FURNITURE
et GREATLY REDUCED.
Persons wanting Furniture would do we'll to
call on
y. II. s. Y. III. RICKLE

IL. II. s. n. .M. BzCAAE
before purchasing elsewhere, as we are deter
mined to sell our goods as cheap, if not little
cheaper, than can be bought in the city. we
are now receiving a large lot of NEW and
STYLISH Flu RNITURE, purchased in the East
ern cities for cash, and will sell for cash for less
than any other house in Stanton. Give US a
call
We keep always on hand large supply OF
Cane and Wood seat Chairs, Bureaus, Bedsteads,
Washstands, Tables Lounges, Mattresses, and
Parlor and Chamber sets in Walnut, Mahogany
and OAK, manufactured in our shop of dry ma
terial and by the best of workmen. Give us q
CALL Guarantee work to suit and prices to fit.
Fisk's metallic cases and caskets always on
hand. Undertaking promptly attended to.
Vs. Main ST., Staunton, one door above Luz
theran Church. INC decl
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54e stan,,ton 1h.nisator.
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
ADVERTISING RATES

COOKING APPLES great English
physician, Sydenham, allowed no other all
ment to his patients in the febrile stages Of
quinsy, erysipelas and smallpox than could
be found in boiled apples. There are a
great many ways Of using apples for food,
and doubtless some novel ways yet to be
discovered. The French, who excel in Gu
linary matters, are said to have three hun
bred and sixty FIVE ways OF cooking an egg.
Why should not a similar enterprise be
shown in regard to the apple /? An estima.
BILE lady of our acquaintance makes some
very palatable dishes and deserts 10 this
way. Apples of uniform size are selected,
and simply wiped and eored. This last OPP
GRAFTON is quickly performed by punching
them through themiddle with an apple corer
thus removing the stem, seeds and tougher
parts. and making an opening for the intro
duction of sugar in the cooking operation
which follows. After dipping the apples in
water, they are placed in any deep pan or
baking dish, and sprinkle with sugar. about
teaspoonful to each apple. and a tescupful
of water turned on around them. They are
then baked with slow. steady ERE till soft,
v hen they should be removed from the ba.
king pans for cooling and the table. When
served with cream this is dish st for
queen. Every part of the apple can be
eaten, the sugar having neutralized the
acidities in the fruit and cooking making
tender the skim 1t is capital substitute
for strawberry There is another way of
treating sweet apples. Stew them in por-
celain kettle, with just enough molssses and
water to prevent their burning. till cook
ed through, and then transfer them to tho
oven, with all the liquid resduum, to dry
and brown. This gives baked apple, half
jellied, delicious favor and moisture. that
any one can love. Sweet pickles, ly some
some considered superior to old-fashioned
apple-sauce, are made by partly baking
sweet apples and then saturating them in
pickle of vinegar, sugar and spices. This
S easier to make than apple sauce, which
must be smothered in boiled cider. -Prac-
zeal Farmer.
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DELMoNIco PuDDING.-3 tablespoons of
maizena,, quart of milk, 5 eggs. Use the
yolks of the eggs with 6 tablespoons of SUI
gar, and add a teaspoon Of lemon or any
flavor preferred. First, mix the maizena,
with little cold milk. and stir it into the
quart OF milk just before it bois Then
add tho yolks and sugar, stirring it until it
begins to grow thick Turn it into The
pudding-dish, and set it in slow oven to
harden. Beat the whites of the eggs to a
stiff froth, add 3 tablespoons of sugar, flavor
it, and when the pudding is baked, cover it
with the white of the eggs, and let it harden
a few minutes in the oven. To be eaten
cold.
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FRESH GRAPES AT ALL SEASONS. The
Stockton California; Republican VS.
"We once knew a gentleman who supplied
his table with fresh grapes from one season
to another. His plan was to gather, when
quite ripe, the largest and finest punches Of
grapes and pack them in sawduss, using,
instead of boxes, common nail kegs, which
he purchased for trAe at hardware
store. After packing the desir number
Of kegs he buried the lot in trench, dug in
high ground beneath shed, where the wa.
ter could neither fall nor soak in. Before
using the sawdust he carefully dried it in
the sun or in an oven until it was entirely
free from moisture. We never witnessed
the packing process, but we know he always
had the grapes, and in this way he told us
he preserved Them. After being buried for
months the grapes were as sweet and finely
favored as fjust gathered from the vines.
The process is cheap, and may be easily
tested. Ii it will preserve the grapes, q
new, profitable business might be built up.
Bunches of fresh grapes in the spring would
be a novelty, and being that, would COM
mand high price. We hope some Of our
grape growers will try the experiment..
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BURYlNG PoTAroEs. this is the sea-
son for harvesting late potatoes, as it is fire.
quently an object to be able to keep them
safely till Spring, and as many have not
cellar room for large quantities, it becomes
matter of interest to know if they can he
safely kept by being buried and how it bad
best be done. If perfectly dry ground, so
situated as to be well surface-drained, can
be had. prefer burying to keeping in the
cellar. They are not in the way, there is
no possible danger Of freezing, and they can
be left longer without becoming covered
with unsightly sprouts. My method is to
select the driest piece of ground to be had,
and dig hole large enough to contain the
whole quantity beneath the level of the sur
face. then cover tightly with boards,
using no straw, and with the dirt thrown
out raise mound over them, beiug partic-
ular to make it compact and smooth where
it joins or rests upon the solid earth. Thus
slowed away they may be left until a later
period in the Spring, when they will come
out plum, smooth and clear.
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A mare, carried away from Stirling, Ky.
during the war, nearly ten years ago, lately
returned to her own home "by Asrsslf and
Of her ow y accord"
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BUG Poison. Strong alum water is a
sure death to bugs of any description
Take two pounds of pulverized alum, dis
solve In three quarts of boiling water, al.
lowing it to remain over the FIRE until thor
oughly dissolved. Apply while hot with
brush, or, what is better, use syringe to
force the liquid in the cracks of the walls
and beadstead Scatter also the powdered
alum freely IN all these places, and you will
soon be rid of these insect nuisanoes which
fill one with disgust
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OLD ORcHARDs.-The present is good
time to 60 through your orchards; sorape
off the moss and lichens, cut away the dead
and broken limbs, and apply mixture Of
soit-soap, sulphur and carbolic acid. A
gallon of soap, pound of powdered sui
phur, and few drops OF carbolic acid will
make mixture, sufficient for large num-
Der of trees, which will clean them thor.
oughly, destroying all insects and their
eggs, as well as parasitic vegetable growshs.
Apply the mixture, with an ordinary white.
wash brush, to the trunk and all the larger
limbs
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j. M BYCKERS,

REFERENCES.
VIC. Darlington, President Piedmont & Ar
lington Life In. Co., Richmond Hon. Thos. T.
Fitzpatrick, State Senate. Nelson Hon. Thos.
S. Watson, House Representatives, Louisa; Col.
John H. Guy, Attorney at Law Richmond )
Judge E. H Lane, Louisa G.. H. :; Jas. L. Cor
don, Commonwealth S Attorney, Louisa G. q. ;
Clerk and Treasurer of Louisa Co. ; Judges Ro-
bertson aud Watson, Charlottesville; Messrs-
Powell & Blackley, Staunton; GarrettG G. Gooch
Esq, Milboro, G. 0. R. R.; Capts. Fitz,
Netherland, Roberts, JOS E. Mallory, and other
conductors on the G. & 0 R. R.
may 30-6m
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MILK Cows.-As pasturage grows short.
see that these receive good mess Of BRAN
and meal, and little hay at night. The,
cost will be more than repaid.
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NTONUMENTAL COOK sTovE.-B. F.
wi Points, opposite the First Natio INA
~ ~ can furnish the CELEBRATED MONU
MENTAL COOK STOVE at factory prices
with freight added.
SAINT 1T
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P1cKLHs-A very warm aaa dry place in.
summer and winter 10 best for pickles and
preserves-dampnssa will spoil them.