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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-04-17

DOBERT LAWSON & CO.,
IL MANUFACTURERS OF
SADDLES, HARNESS, COLLARS,
TRUNKS, g.,
AND DEALERS IN
SADDLERY HARpW ARE AND MATERIALS,
NO. 277 W. ALTLNORE STREET,
BALTIMORE, Md.
| Constantly on hand a Large Assortmentof
| Saddles :-McClellap, Morgan, Spanish, Ten
nessee, Decatur, Shaftoe, Texas, California, Eng.
lish, Somerset, Side, Boys.
Harness :-~-Buggy, Carriage, Coact, Elk
press Stage, Sulkey, Trotting, Wagon and 9th.
| er kinds.
Saddlery :---Collars, Fly Nets, Covers,
Robes.
| TrMnks:-~-Saratoga, French, Sole Leath-
er, Iron Frame, Iron Bound, Packing Dress,
| Bonnet, Valises Sacs, Satchels Carpet Bags, &c.
| M~ W e pledge ourselves to duplicateany reg.
| ular Bill of the above goods made in any of the
| Northern or Eastern Cities.
ROBERT LAWSON & o.,
277 Vest Baltimore Street,
aprl6'6ey BALTIMORE.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO TIM Up n
Having leased and removed to the large Ware
house
NO. 23e ". BALTIMORE ST.,
NEAR CHAHLEs,
formerly occupied by Weldon & Johnson we
are now prepared with Increased facilities, to
conduct the
GENERAL AUCTION
AND CGMMISSION BUSINESS.
Our regular sales Of Furniture &c. will take
place EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY
MORNING. at 10 clock, on First Floor, and sale
of Dry Goods, Notions and Miscellaneous Stocks
will be held on Second Floor EVERY MONDAY
MORNING, at 10 O. clock. Goods sold in lots to
suit the trade.
Sales of Real Estate, Stocks at Stores and Pri-
vate Dwellings taken at any time, upon moder-
ate terms.
Consignments solicited and cash advances
made when required.
BROKER s LEWIS Auctioneers,
No. 239 W. Bait. St., near Charles
72jun23y Baltimore.
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TO HOUSEKEEPERS
AND ALL LOVERS OF
GOOD THINGS.

GOODSAT
BALTIMORE PRICES.
{XTe have fitted up our store and just received
w one of the choicest selected stocks
west of the Blue Ridge, and UNSURPASSED by an,
like estab ishment in the Ea tern cities, Dough
from first hands, to which we invite the atten-
ton of the public.
We have AWAY on hand Il full line of prime
groceries consisting of BROWN SUGARS, of
several grades,
CLARIFIED,
COFFEE,
CUT LOAF,
PULvERIZED
AND GRADUATED.
LAGUAYRA,
MoCCo,
GOVT JAVA,
E. PEABERRY
COFFEEs.
The above in grain or roasted and ground.
TEAS, a full line, the largest in this section,
consisting of Gunpowder, Imperial, Young
Tyson. Oolong, English Breakfast japan
of qualities and at prices def ing competition
Broma, Coca, Oh ocoiate, Rachahout and
other delicious beverages
CANNED GOODS, embracing every variety
of fruit and vegetables, put up expressly for
family use. Fresh and Spiced Salmon and uys
ers HOLSTERS, Potted Ham. Chicken, Turkey,
Beef and Tongue, and American and English
Pickles of every kind.
CONFECTIONERIES AND PRESERVED
GOODS in great variety, Cheese, Crackers APP.
ple-hutter, Mackerel, Herring and Cod Fish,
Moasses and Syrups, Family Bacon, Lard and
Butter, Vinegar, &C., &c.
SPICES, II general and complete line whole
and ground guaranteed fresh and pure
Vermacelli, Macaroni, Starch, Flavoring Ex
tracts, Salad Oils, Sauces. prepared Horserad sh,
Essences, Backing, Shoe and Stove Polish,
Laundry Blue, Washing and Toilet Soaps, and
Housekeepers Sundries generally.
Brooms Whisps, Baskets, Buckets, Tubs,
Pals. Bowls, Trays, Washboards, Dippers, and
Busting and Shoes Brushes, and thousand and
one other other articles.
TOBACCO, Chewing and Smoking of Super.
ior grades, and the finest brands of Imported
and Domestic Cigars.
This establishment, differing, as it does, from
every other in this city, offers peculiar advant-
ages to all buyers, and we earnestly ask the
patronage of our eople.
TURNER & HARTMAN.
feb27-lyr Main ST., Stanton, Va.
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assurances,
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VA.
Capital S3S3,OOO,


LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VA.
Capital s3s3.OOO,
Home Office, Petersburg Va. Local Board
IN the cities at Virginia and West
Virginia, and in Wash
ington D. G..
A. ". MoILWAINE, = PRESIDENT.
3. 4 B. Trs sAs1 Vice Presidents.
SAMUEL B. PAUL, Manager and Secretary
JUICE J. I. LAY, Sup'dent of Agency,
GEO. G. JACKSON, Gen'l Agent Valley Va
StauntOn Stockholders Board
VIM. FRAZIER PRESIDENT
Edward Mcmahon, P Byron lioye,
John W. Abby, john W. Todd,
Orlando Smith, Hugh W. Shelley,
NJ. p. FunkhOuser Isaac Witt
Thos. D. Ransom
The chief aim of this company is to c,,,nb,,
safety and economy in favor of its policy mol t
Its management is in the hands of Il rela lie al.
responsible Directory, pledged to preserve
capital secure and intact.
Its expenses have from the beginning l,,t
paid from its earnings, with surplus annual
added to its reserves. And all reserves iron
premiums are sent back for investment i'll IT,.
Department from which it is derived
Its reduced premium rates challenge I'LL com
parison. Its policies are non-forfeitable at,er
two annual payments.
Its losses nave been, and are intended to be
paid without litigation or delay.
The history OF the first years of it's existence is
guaranty for the future.
Dividend to its policy holders of fifteen pei
cent. has already been declared, after reservine
surplus for contingencies, success unpreceden
ted in the business of Life Insurance.
The reserve fund of So, 10000 accumulated
from premiums in the Stanton department il
now offered for investmen9 upon safe security q
the legal rate of Gig ht per cent.
Applicants for loans will find the agent, G
G. Jackson, at his Office, corner of Augusta and
New Court house streets, adjoining law Office
of D. S. Young, Stauuton Va. jy Aft
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TIME SOUTHERN MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COM

TINE SOUTHERN MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
ACCUMULATED CAPITAL, $472, 1923.
CHARTERED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
ufiee-No. IL Tenth Street, ShaHers New
Building, between Main and Bank Streets,
RICHMOND, VA.
Va Issues Annual, Term, and Participating
Policies. Farm Property Specially.
DR.. H. G. DAVIDSON, President.
JORDAN Fl. MARTIN, Vce-President.
J. E. NElS WANGER, Secretary.
STATEMENT OF IT'S BUSINESS:
To January lst, 1873.
Number of Policies issued, 7,s
Amount of Deposit Notes deposited with
Amount of Cash Premiu ms and fees re-
ceived, 269,0 .2S
Amount paid fer Losses Expenses, SAL
aries, Commissions, sc. 226, SO
Losses, adjusted not due, II, 055. SO
H. Il. PECK, Solicitor, Staunton, Va.
Us. WALLACE, Solicitor, Waynesboro.
JNo. G. SLOWER, Soliitor, Fishersville.
Agents wanted in every City, Town ana
County.
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baltimore ADVERTISEMENTS.

Baltimore Advertisements.
RIB BoNs.
MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS.
1873.
WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, &c.
Armstrong. Cater 81 Co.,
IMPORTERS MANUFACTURERS AND JoBBERs
BONNET, TRIMMING,
NECK AND SASH RIBBONS,
VELVET RIBBONS, NECK TIES,
BONNET SILKS,
SATINS, VELVETS AND GRAPES,
FLOWERS, FEATHERS, ORNAMENTS,
FRAMES, &c.
STRAW BONNETs
AND LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S HATS,
TRIMMED B Unframed,
And in Connecting Warerooms
WHITE GOODS, LINENS,
EMBROLD ERLES,
LAoEs, NETS, COLLARS, sETTs HANDKEacHIEFs, VEIL
ING, HEAD NETS, &C., &C.
NOS. 237 AND 239 BALTIMORE STREET.
BALTIMORE, MD.
These goods are manufactured by us or bought
for Cash directly from the European and Ameri-
can Man ufacturers, embracing all the latest nov
elites, unequaled in variety and cheapness in
any market.
Orders filed with care, promptness and dis,
patch. mar2S-to amt $lO.*
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
Meat Extracts Physiologically Consid-
cred,

The value Of meat extracts, in a
physiological point of view, is pro-
nounced by DR.. Miller of Germany to
be much overrated, and he quotes in aid
Of his own resources those of Liebig,
klrchow and others. According to this
eminent authority, extracts of meat
should never be considered, directly or
indirectly, as food, for they neither
contain albumlnous constituents, nor do
they LII any way prevent the waste Of
the organic matter which forms the
body; containing none of the nitro
genous principles which arrest decay.
1t is proved that in small doses these
extracts promote digestion and increase
the circulation by the stimulating effect
OF the salts OF potash they contain but
in strong doses, especially if the system
be weakened by long abstinence, as in
the cases OF convalescents from severe
illness, they may produce very injuri-
Gus effects. In such cases the system
has lost large quantity of chloride of
sodium, and the potassa salts will, there
tore, instead of performing nutrition,
interfere with it by their direct action
upon the blood globules, whereby the
absorption ofoxygen is greatly decreas-
ed, and by the predominance of such
salts IN the serum of the blood, which
only dissolve carbonic acid, and do not
allow the normal quantity of that gas to
be eliminated, thus impeding access
OF oxygen, dim1shing the circulation
ana producing congestion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
A Telescope View of the Moon.

By means Of a good telescope very
distinct view may be obtained Of the
moon. With power Of 1000 we are,
as it we're, brought to within 239 miles
of its surface, and on very favorable
occasions power even higher, than
this has been applied. With the high
est power, however, yet employed, no
trace of any inhabitants has been dis
covered, though any large town must
have been seen, did such exist on the
visible side. Even, to the naked eye
the moon presents the appearance of
rugged and uneven surface, and tele-
scopic observation confirms this opin-
ion. We find that in many parts of it's
surface very high mountains exist, and
the elevation of many of these has been
measured by observing the shadows
cast by them when the sun shines OBJ
liquely. At the time of full moon these
shadows, that have hitherto been SO
conspicuous, disappear, as the sun then
shines vertically upon them. Very ac-
curate maps have now been drawn OF
the moons surface on large scale,
and the principal mountains have re.
celved names, usually those of celebrat-
ed astronomers. One peak, named New
ton, is found to have an elevation OF
nearly $4,000 feet, and several others
are very lofty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
An A gnd Lion.

The lion on the top of Northumber-
land House, Charing Cross, which has
for the last 100 years been SO familiar
an object In London, was safely lowered
on the afternoon of July 2 and carted
away. It will be placed in a prominent
position at Lyon House, the Duke of
Northumberland residence, at Isle
worth, on the Thames. The lion was
erected in 1749, when, as the inscrip-
ton below his post of lookout testifes.
that part Of Northumberland House was
begun by Algernon, Duke of Somerset,
and finished by his daughter, Countess
of Northumberland. AS the lion rested
on the pavement below it was ascer-
tanned that he was made of lead all but
his tail, which was hollow copper. The
tuft at the end was apparently of diff
ferent metal. The existence of three
coats of paint showed that he had been
painted three different times. One of
the coats of paint was blue, fully con-
frming the story recorded by Mr.. Will
iams, the Oldest official parsonage con-
nected with the ducal mansion, that. in
1922, the then clerk of the works paint
ed the lion blue, as blue lion forms
part OF the crest of the Duke of North
cumberland. The measurements of the
figure are as follows Length along
the curve of the back, II feet 6 inches
tail, feet 3 inches; round the name, 7
feet 3 inches; top of head to sole of
loot, feet inches the weight is
about Il tons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
Useful Recipes,

SUMNER MINCE PIEs.-Two cups of
sugar, one Of molasses, one of vinegar.
one OF butter, one of raisins, two eggs.
three Boston crackers, one cup of boil
ing water poured on the crackers, spices
to taste. This quantity makes two
large pies-and We think might give
one first class indigestion, but
"Young Housekeeper" says SITS nice. J"
BLACKBERRY PUDDING Make a crust
by Wetting two cups of wheat meal and
one cup OF fine corn meal, with boiled
rice enough to make paste that can
be rolled out one-third of an inch
thick. Then mix about one quart of
blackberries with one-half cup of wheat
meal, pour them into the rolled out
crust, draw the latter over them and
pinch together, then sew up in cloth
and steam one hour and half. Let it
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
MOSIem Cemeteries.

1t is cardinal article of faith with
all the Mohammedans that the corpse
and the grave are sacred, and the result
is that, neither being disturbed, their
cemeteries stretch over vast tracts.
often altogether disproportioned to the
cities or towns from which they are
nourished. Constantinople is sur
rounded by immense graveyards, sug-
costing TO the mind of stranger that
the principal business of STEAMBOAT, as
indeed Of all civilization, has been for
ages entirely Of a mortuary character.
They present a strange and extremely
gloomy appearance, their white marble
columns, surmounted by turbans, SHIN
merlng like ghosts through and above
the groves of expresses that always
mark the last repose of the Moslem
sleepers. The shape Of the carved trlr-
bans indicates the condition of the
dead. The pillars marking the graves
OF women are turbanless, those over
the unmarried having sculptured rose
at the top. The rose monuments almost
invariably denote young girls, since
cel1bacy is thought discreditable in
Mussulmanic countries, and the highest
province Of the opposite sex to be the
bearing and rearing Of children. The
inscriptions are in letters of gold, and
abound in such hyperbole of commend
alton that an Notwithstanding person
might naturally suppose some of the
epltaphs OF his own race had been
translated into the Iuranian tongue.
Few carved euiogies are bestowed upon
women, and the unwedded are treated
with the silence of charity, because, to
the OttOmanic mind, their loftiest func-
lions have been unfulflled. Sepul-
chres of particular families of wealth
and distinction are rallied in and en-
vironed with the omnipresent cypress,
and the tombs of eminent dignitaries
are lighted with lamps kept constantly
burning, a certain sanctity having been
associated with fire by numerous schools
of theology before and since the days of
the Roman vestals.
Not single stone is removed under
any circumstances from a Mohammedan
grave, for such removal is considered
the deepest sacrilege, and no amount
OF piastres could purchase a rood of a
Mohammedan burial-place. The ORR
ent is not yet sufficiently enlightened
to see the advantage which we SO clearly
perceive of turning old graveyards into
building sites, and using the dust of
our forefathers as basis for profitable
speculatlon.-H M0q0zjne.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
GuanO Deposits in Peru,

A parliamentary paper has been is
sued in London in continuation of the
reports furnished to the Admiralty re-
garding the guano deposits in Peru.
The present report relates to the north
ern deposits, and are wholly irrespect-
i've of the recent discoveries in the
sout hern province of Tarrapaca. On
the Islands of Lobos de TERRA and.
Lobos de Afuera, neither of which has
yet been worked, the quantities are es-
timated respectively at 600,O 900 tons and
100000. At Macabi and Guanape,
whence alone shipments are now being
made, the remaining totals are estimated
respectively at215, 900 tons and 200, 900.
These latter islands are expected to be
cleared in about a year or eighteen
months, after which operations will be
commenced on Lobos de TERRA. The
aggregate OF the guano embraced in the
present survey is about ], 515, 900 tons.
The estimated quantity in the southern
deposits previously reported upon by
the same authority Commander Cook
son, OF the PetreD, was Z, 400, 900 tons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26

as many as the hen can entirely cover
during incubation. Those birds that
rear more than one brood during the
year, being no more liable to accidents
than single brooded birds, rear the
most young, consequently this variety
would predominant. Now when the
jungle fowl was brought into domesti
cation, in addition to it's wild habits of
laying fifteen eggs and then sitting, it
is made to increase the number of eggs
beyond fifteen, by taking advantage of
it's natural power of provision for acct
dents by removing the eggs as fast as
laid, leaving enough in the nest to pre-
vent it's abandonment. The hen nat
urally is forced to lay few additional
eggs to supply the apparent deficiency
IN the number usual when incubation
is commenced. Under domestication,
the robbery of hens nests is carried on
regularly and constantly, and the pro-
duction of eggs is stimulated at great
rate. This is assisted by the abund-
ant supply of food at all seasons.
Food is plenty with wild fowls
only during the breeding sea-
son, but man, by supplying plenty dur
ing winter, makes spring and summer
extend through the whole year. This
induces habit of continuous laying
that becomes hereditary. This work of
breeding strains of fowls to be great
layers by gathering their eggs daily
was not performed with any conscious
purpose. The keepers took the eggs
because they were wanted, and carried
on this practice without knowing or
caring that the habits of the birds
would become permanently changed
thereby. This habit is perpetuated
unconsciously by most people who
keep fowls for use. The "gude-wife, %
when setting hen always selects the
eggs from hens that are good layers.
cold Brownie is such q good layer. [
like the breed" So old Brownies eggs
are saved for setting. The keeper, by
thus unconsciously selecting the eggs
for setting, goes on improving his
stock III this quality from year to year.
All these causes have been in opera
ton for thousands of years, for the
change from thirty or fifty eggs per
annum to five times that amount was
not accomplished in a single one hun
dred years.
The writer thinks that the reason
Why geese and ducks do not lay so con-
tlnuously or SO abundantly as hens, is
because they were migratory fowls, and
their breeding season is more limited
than that of the jungle fowl, which is a
constant resident. In the northern
regions where they rested the season
is short, and what was done, was done
quickly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
Total IeDrayity.

They have got boy at Central that
beats the Boston child murderer, Pom
eroy, i'll the matter of total depravitv.
all to bits. Central is famous for it's
depraved Juveniles; everybody will re-
member the pack of little girls, the
eldest not over nine, that Quilted a
house on Pine street, in that town. last
summer. They broke everything they
could lay their hands on, and what
they could not lay their hands on they
detiled, creating loss of hundreds of
dollars. The hero of this article, how
ever, who rejoices in the appellation of
Larry Marony, is not quite such van
DIAL; ne is given to stealing the loose
cash IN tllls, for which he has been in
jail more than once, but not to wan
tony destroy property. His chief
fame for deprayity, however, rests in
an attempt he made, either as a Joke or
through malice, to blow up his pater-
nal progenitor. The pet of the fam
lily, in the shape of goat, having come
to its end in close proximity to the
house, the same became quite unhab-
liable from the odor exhaled from the
body. About the time it had become
all but unsupportable, Larry received
a sound whipping from his father,
owing to his having stuck pins into his
little sister while asleep, and he, fertile
in Invention, thought Of plan to get
rid OF the goat and the cold man" at
one and the same time. Accordingly,
he stuck q giant powder cartridge, with
a fuse attachment, into the carcass of
the goat and invited his father to aid
IN the removal of the putrefying mass
to where it's exhalations would not be
SO obnoxious. Mr.. Marony seized it
by the horns, and Larry, on pretext of
assisting, succeeded in touching off the
fuse. He made off Immediately, and
the cartridge exploded with a loud re-
port, blowing the carcass into thou
sand pieces, and leaving only the horns
and portion of the head in the aston
ished hands of Mr.. Marony. The es-
cape Of the latter was very narrow
one, but Larry was SO prolific with ex-
plantations that he has condoned this
Invention of a new Internal machine
for his destruction on the part of his
hopeful boy.-Rochy Mountain NeaVs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
A Harvest Scene in New Mexico.

La Mesllla Correspondence of the St. Louis Repub-
lican.
The operation of garneringthe grain,
as practiced by the Papago and Sono-
ran agriculturists of the Santa Cruz
Valley, Arizona, would excite the risi-
Dies OF Missouri or Illinois Granger.
Imagine great wheat field of 100
acres or more, ripe for the harvest. A
half hundred ragged Papago and
0onoran harvesters were seen moving
with the utmost deliberation to the
held, mostly well armed with sickles,
but some with large knives. They
reach the verge of the waving grain
Held. They slowly look away across
It: Then they pause to deliberate.
Ihere is babble of tongues,-Papago
and sort Of pigeon Spanish incom-
prehens1ble to civilized eaas. They
thus debate awhile, and then they sur
Vey the field again after while they
conclude to begin. They are in no
hurry, and each uses the utmost DELHI
Grafton. One, and then another, and
another, slowly bends over, gathers q
handful of stalks with the left hand
and saws them off with the sickle or
the knife which they hold in the right
hand; then they straigten up, gaze
across the field, and then another stoop
and another handful Of wheat heads
has been harvested, and SO the work
goes on hour after hour, slow but sure.
Alter awhile supplementary force en-
tiers the field. Mild-mannered old
horses come dragging after them a
cow-skin. This is Santa Cruz farm
wagon. The little branches of wheat
are gathered up and piled upon the
pelt, and the lazy Papago. or Mexican
youth, ride the old horses about the
field until the COW skin is loaded.
Then these strange vehicles of trans
portatlon are drawn to some designa-
ted centre and the wheat is heaped 1p.
The next operation is the threading
out. A large round yard is cleared
away. The surface is wet and beaten
down, then allowed to dry. On this
yard the wheat to be trodden out is
spread, and half dozen old horses.
sometimes oxen, are bought into the
ring and set to marching round and
round. After sometime the straw is
removed, more wheat is put on, and
the circular march of the beasts recon-
menced. Once a day the wheat and
dirt is swept up and removed from the
yard. The winnowing process is
equally primitive. A scaffold is erect
ed; a man mounts upon it, an antelope
skin filed with mixture of chaff.
wheat, and earth is passed up to him,
and he pours the mixture down from
his perch on a raw hide placed to
receive the wheat. The chaff and dust
is blown away by the breeze. This is a
true description Of the modus operandi
of gathering and securing the grain
crop in the Santa Cruz Valley. The
little, nude, yellow-legged children
have glorious times in the straw-piles,
and the older people, men and women,
youths and. maidens, of the Pueblos of
Santa Cruz Valley celebrate their
"harvest home when the work is over,
with zest that your Changers may
emulate, but can never equal. 1t is
the old way. Two thousand years ago
it was practised among the agricultur-
lists of Asia and Europe.