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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-13

A CAREFUL GIRL.-We witnessed rath-
er a funny scene yesterday afternoon in the
vicinity of the Exposition Buildings. A
blooming country damsel, dressed in the
height Of fashion, came tripping along in
company with her beau, and while crossing
a street, turned suddenly around to look
at passing object, just as the tip of her
dainty shoe rested on the curbstone Of the
gutter. AS she threw the weight of her
body on the insufficient foothold, her toe
slipped, and plump into the dirt went her
little foot, q splash over. her stockings
and garments went the mud. Her gallant
beau speedily helped her on to the sidewalk,
where she presented pitiabe appearance,
and then endeavored to free herself from
her sudden acquisition of soil with his
handkerchief.
Its no use, Charley" sobbed the rural
beauty, 1T won't come clean; and--and-
my st-sto-stocking are ruined"
Never mind the stocking" consolingly
responded her swain; II can buy you a
new pair"
''Buy me new pair; where would put
them on ?'' said she.
''Why, we can 60 to hotel for that
matter, y replied Charley.
Never !" almost screamed the frighten-
ed girl, 'sI'd sooner jump into the river than
go to hotel with a man that l am not
married to-"
Charley seemed conscience stricken as
the enormity of his proposition flashed upon
his mind, and when we last saw the pair
they were in quest of a clean pair of hose
and d proper place to put them on.--Er.
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CREMATIoN.-The body of Lady Dixie,
who died five weeks ago in London, was
burned on the 10th instant at DRESDEN
The ceremony was performed in the fur
mace recently invented for burial purposes
by Herr Siemens, AMI the relatives of the
deceased lady permitting strangers to be
present, a large number of scientific men
attended the experiment. When the COM
pany had complied with Herr Siemen's re-
quest to offer up a mental prayer, the cof-
lin was placed in the chamber of the fur
mace; six minutes later the coffin burst;
five minutes more and the flesh began to
melt away; ten minutes more and the
skeleton was laid bare: another ten min
utes and the bones began to crumble.-
Seventy-five minutes after the introduce
tion of the coffin into the furnace all that
remained of Lady Dixie and and the cof-
fin were six pounds of dust, placed in an
urn. The brother-in-kw of the deceased
ed was present.
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A SoMNAMBULISTIC WALK.--A SOM
nambulistic sensation caused fiutter of
excitement in Tarrytown, n. Y, recent
ly:
About 4:20 in the morning, Mrs. Navans,
the wife of well-knnwn manufacturer,
owning a villa q mile and q half above the
town, awakening suddenly, found her liege
lord absent from her side AS, although
sixty years of age, he was known to be
given to walking in his sleep, she raised
an alarm, and, a search being m td3 by the
sons Of Mr.. Navans, the missing husband
was found up to his neck in water in a dis
used cistern, clinging to a crOss-bar for
support. He was very much exhausted,
and could not have held out much longer,
but revived on being rescuedand cared for.
To get into that precarious situation lie
had walked three hundred and ten feet on
a ledge of wood bit two inches wide, COW
ering the top Of the grape-arbor that ran
from the back Of the house to the barn.
Although he had safely accomplished this
feat, on reaching the end of the structure,
at which was the cistern, he had fallen off
and the covering Of the cistern being much
decayed, was received into the water. The
shock of the fall, combined with the cold
suddenly introduced, aWoke him.
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Poetry.
INDIAN SUMNER.

Nothing stirs the stiffness, save leaf that Slowly
ruStleS down;
Dim through sunny mists the ueeS upiiit the
branches bare and brown:
Winds are hushed and skies are soft and gray ard
grassy slopes are sere
Calm and sweet and still! ah, sure this is the twilight
of the year.
There is in these October days, the message that is
sent
Peace undying Rest, and sweet and measureess
Content,
LIES wild few er over-Sleeps soft mood enchant-
ing, such as fills
Golden dreams of gods immortal, sits enthroned upon
these hills. =
Offered in DAYS golden chaliee, deep and dreamy
peace is mine.
AIS forgotten lying here and watching tides OF day
. divine
Slowly sweep along the hills and vaguely thrilling TO
their sway
All that Love hath lost, or Wrong hath won. 0 calm
and Royal Day.
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OLD POTATOEs.-An Eastern exchange
gives this advice: "Potatoes, to be good.
should never be exposed to the light, but
be kept in as dark place as possible.
After they begin to sprout in the spring,
they should be taken up from the bins0r
heaps and kept in boxes OF barrels. If you
have few barrels saved out for family
use, instead Of picking them over and
spreading them every few weeks, put them
into enough barrels so that you can easily
turn them from one tC another. Have one
extra barrel, and once every week turn
them all out from one barrel to another.
This keeps them moving SO often that the
sprouts cannot grow enough to do much
harm. The sprouts which como out from
the potato use up the nourishment it CON
contains and leave it soft, Watery and i'll
sipid. BY treating them as propoSedaboye,
they may be kept in condition for the table
several weeks longer than by sprouting
them, and at the same time save a deal
Of work.
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The LATEST SWINDLING DODGE.-A
few days since two genteelly-dressod men
rented the place of business No. Post
! office avenue, and fitted it up in neat but
cheap style, with shelving, SC, on which
were stored an abundance of paper boxes,
such asare used to pack PERU merry, cotton,
ribbons. &c. The next move was to issue
business cards us follows: GA. st. Glare
r. Crawford-St. Glare & Co., Manufac-
turers' Agents and Jobbers of Notions,
POst-otfice avenue. under German Bank
Building, Baltimore, Md" The store
looked neat, and was kept well scented
with strong perfumery. On londay an
advertisement appeared Offering for sale
cheap an establishment of the kind above
described. Applicants were referred to the
alleged books of the concern, showing that
a.prosperous business had been transacted.
One purchaser agreed to take the concern
for $3.50, and in order to bind the bargain
until next morning paid ''St. Glare Il Co..
Later in the day Alexander R. Lenke,
German, appeared, and was so we'll pleased
with the appearance of the place that he
paid $500 for it and took possession, the
members of the firm of ''St. Glare & Co."
leaving Immediately. The new purchaser
was furnished with what purported to be
an inventory of the stocl, and congratu-
lated himself on his bargain, but soon after
found that he had been sWindIed, the &C
tual stock consisting of one box of highly
scented soap, worth probably ore dollar,
and a couple of dollars worth of empty
boxes, the latter having been all filled with
a block of pine wood, fitted exactly to the
the box, so as to give it weight and solid
ity. Mr.. Lemke found himself the possess
SOL of a small but expensive lot of kind
ling wood. The matter has been given
into the hands of independent detectives
Smith. .Pierson & West, who are on the
lookout for the notion dealers, but with
little hope of success, as they evidently left
the city as soon as possible after their last
transaction. -Bdltinsore Sun, 3OM.
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0be sta,snttom 1limbieato t.
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
aOVERTISING RATES.

| A HOMEMADE HORSE POWER.-The
Vermont Farmer gives the description ola
horse power for churnin9, made by Con-
wall dairyman out of Il worn out moving
machine. TIE churn used is crank churn.
Directions for use are as follows;
Take off one driving Wheel and in a
place near the place of chlrning, fixed upon
firm timbers the moving machine, with it's
remaining driving-Wheel uppermost. Upon
this driving wheel lever about ten feet
long is fastened with bolts; and to this
lever the horse is attached, and as, eWalks
in a circle around the machine, propels its
gearing. The pole of the moving machine,
fastened by bolts to the same wheel that
formerly gave the vibration motion to the
cutterbar, now extends horizontally along
the ground and on its end outside the cir
Gle oisthe horses walk is placed a wheel
upon which the rope belt turns, connecting
with similar pulley on the end of the San
born churn. Hitch the horse to the lever,
and the machine churns. Let us review
this matter, because the matter is impor-
tant, and see what changes are to be made
First, one drive-Wheel off; second, tipped
up ON edge and braced so as to be firm;
third, lever bolted to the driYe-Wheel;
fourth, a horizontal revolving bar, having
on its end a pulley-wheel; fifth a pulley.
wheel on the churn; sixth, a rope-belt from
one pulley to another; seventh, all will see
that the horizontal revolving bar over which
the horse steps must be fastened near it's
end to keep it in placea post or bed.pece
firmly fixed can be adjusted eighth, fasten
your chuyn ninth, watch your churn and
take off your horse as soon as the butter be
gins to c0hl9
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To CURE A STIFLED HORSE IN TWO
HOURS TIME.-J. B. Goddard, of Norwich,
Conn, writes to the American Agricultu-
rist, as follows;
Take one gallon of urine and put therein
a small handful of junk tobacco, boil down
to one quart then add two ounces of oil
OF spike, one ounce Of oil of amber, two
spoonf Il Of spirits of turpentine, and two
spoonful of honey. Put it into a jug. and
cork it tight for use.
Process Of Application,-Rub the stife
bone hard with themixture fifteen or TWEEN
ty minutes; then dry it in thoroughly with
red hot fire-shoyel, then ride the horse
forth and back hundred rods. Repeat
the above two or three times, and the cure
will be effected.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-13

There is a prospect of tribulation, of
weeping and wailing, among the saints out
in Utah. Nineteen Mormons have been in
dicted for polygamy by Che grand jury of
Judge McKean's court, and the job is only
fairly commenced. The Salt Lake IN eWs''
is alarmed at this sudden coming down of
the law upon the peculiar Institution"
and rushes into figures into figures to show
what a tremendously expensive and griev-
Gus piece Of business it is liable to prove.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-13

Mr.. Jonathan W. Nixon, a citizen of
Upperville, Va, formerly Of Loudoun
county, was paralyzed at o'clock ON the
morning of the Sd inst, and died at 8
O'Clock the same morning. Deceased was
in the 9th year Of his age, and highly
esteemed.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-13

TRAVELLING ON THE FARM.-Did any of
your readers ever think of the amount of
travel it takes to raise crop Of corn? /
never saw an Illustration in print, and [
thought 1 would give you one. I have q
twenty-acre field, forty by eighty rods To
break this up womld take 1865 miles. Har-
rowing it, about forty miles. Furring out,
ninty miles. Planting, forty-five miles, if
with planter; and if dropped and then
covered, ninety miles. And for each plow-
ing of two burrows in row, ninty miles,
OF five plowings, $50 miles. Thus you see,
it takes about 800 OF 900 miles travel to
raise twenty acres of corn, not counting
going to and returning to the field. Be
sides there is replanting, thinning, rolling,
&c.-La0ianG Farmer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-13

KEEP FEW BEEs.-Every farmer
should at least keep one or two colonies of
bees SO as to have honey occasionally on
the table, and there is no good reason why
most farmers should not keep enough to
have honey Il common article of diet Mil
lions of pounds Of honey go to waste every
year, just for wallt Of bees to gather it.
1t is estimated that one acre of good buck
wheat will yield twenty-five pounds of
honey per day. When Eastwood is in bios
som the yield is immense. Wherever white
clover abounds, there is sure crop of
honey. Nothing but ignorance can account
for the great scarcity of Bookkeeping farm
ers. Nowadays the women are beginning
to take this matter in hand. The good wife
who posts herself on the subject need have
no great trouble in obtaining honey enough
to place upon the table whenever company
comes and some for everyday use besides.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-13

Sims Reeves, the English tenor, who has
just signed contracts to come to America
next season for series Of concerts, is to
receive $4,000 for one hundred nights, OF
81 $50 per NIGHT.
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CLOCKS AND JEWELRl
"a. r. GO III =.
TSuccessor to Gone and Hunger

Successor to Gone and Hanger'I
OLD STAND, MAIN ST., sTAUNToN, VA
have on hand large Stock of the above
Goods and am constantly receiving sdoltlons
thereto. Also, fac Sterling SILVER ware tne
celebrated Rogers Plated Ware, Knives, Forks,
spoons, Casters, Ice Pitchers, &c, am agent
i1I sPEcTAOLEs & EYE GLASSES,
in fine Cold, Steel, Shell and Rubber Frames.
Recommended by Opticians
All kinds OF Repairing neatly done by myself,
and warranted. a n. CONE.
nv 29.ly
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| GROWTH OF THE HEBREWS. -lteN. III.
! Lillienthal, of Cincinnati, consecrated
new Jewish temple at Macon, Georgia a
few days ago, and remarked as follows OF
the prosperity of the Hebrews:
every small, indeed, was their beginning.
But look at them now Look at their num-
bers, more than Il quarter of million in
the United Stat s look at their costly
temples. which everywhere rank among
the grand ornaments of the cities; look at
the sublime divine worship, introduced
everywhere; so sublime that even the
stranger who visits them respectfully ex-
claims: This is none but house Of God,
and here, too, we fad the gates of Heaven
And what so granIly has been acco nplisl-
ed in the East, North and West is now
going to be consummated in the blessed,
beloved, and sunny Southwest, too. In
New Orleans stands q temple, a credit to
our brethren-an ornament to the Queen
City Of the Gulf. In Vicksbutg and Nat
chez [, myself, have eonsecrated amidst
the sincere interest of the Christian COM
munity, splendid little temples. In n ash
vile they have but lately laid the corner
stone of such an edifice in Memphis they
are maturing the plans for erectlng SPLEEN
did house Of worship and now | am stand
ing in your growing place of Macon, on
the soil of the gigantic and beautiful State
of Georgia, to consecrate this temple and
not only we Israelites, but our Christian
brethren and fellow citizens are rejoicing
with u.s.
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INDIAN CAKE.-Two cups Indian meal
from Northern yellow corn, if possible
one and half cups Of flour, one egg, salt
sufficient for seasoning. two Ia bespoonfuls
OF sugar, two cups Of milk, sweet or sour.
Ii the milk is sweet, add two teaspoonfuls
OF cream tartar and Of salaratus; if the
milk IS sour, one Of saleratus and no cream
tartar.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-13

Senator Morton wore out his last pair Of
pants to small advantage.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-13

STOVE WAsH-If the shove nolisb e
mixed with very strong soap suds, the lus-
ter appears Immediately and the dust of
the polish does not fly around as it usually
does.
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DECLINEas FROM 10 sOls5 PER-
9tEN'H'.

We doubt whether, upon an average, goods
have ever heeD as low down as now, and We
promise all who may buy from Us the same adj
vantages WE have had in ptices. Some Of our
goods we been imported
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TEA CAKE.-One cup Of sugar, one cup
Of flour, two eggs, two tablespoonfuls
melted batter, two tablespoonfuls sour
cream, little salaratus. Flavor with
lemon or nutmeg. Eat warm.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-13

Mrs. Abraham Lincoln has been con-
fined to her room for the past five months.
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LEMON JELLY CAKE.-One cup of SUI
gar; lump Of butter, size of butternut:
three eggs; three tablespoonfuls of sour
cream; one and one-half cups Of flour; one
teaspOonful of cream tartar; one-half tea
spoonful Of soda.
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"A GLUE which will resist the action of
water is made by boiling one pound Of glue
and two quarts Of skinned milk,
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DIRECT FROM INDIA FOR OUR TRADE.
This is big for Stanton J and some were made
EXPRESSLY FOR US.
All Dress Goods are beautifn this season, and
we b nk our stock is unsurpassed. You Will
find all the
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LATEST NOVELTIES

of the season Oh our counters.
We have made Alpac4s ani al black goods q
speciality and Can offer GREAT inducements in
this class OF goods.
II is unnpce ssary 10 mama the endless styles
and fabrics now IN market. Suffice it to say
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ELsOM & PIPER
Bottom Figures,

another adya" tage we claim is, nearly every
thing was bought after the first of October, at
which time goods generally
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Working Cattle-YOkes and Bows.

WITH working cattle, one of the most
important requisites is that they be as
we'll housed and fed as you would horses.
1t is true they need not be blanketed,
neither need they be fed so much concen.
trated food as horses, but good care and
feeding pays as well with work oxen as
horses.
Another point for consideration is the
desirability of yokes as compared with
harness. While we concede the value of
harness for the wagon, the yoke has so
many advantages in other directions, as
in logging, plowing, etc, that we think it
will not be soon superseded.
The proper shape, length and construc-
tion, therefore, of the yoke is of impor-
tance. For medium-sized oxen, the whole
length of the yoke should be three
and one.half feet; the distance be.
tween the bow-holes inside should
be twenty inches; the distance be-
tween the outside and inside bow-holes
six and one-half inches. This would give
as the distance from outside to outside of
the bow-holes thirty-three inches, leaving
four and one half inches on each side Of
the yoke beyond. The bows, as to length,
must be prOportioned to the neck of the
oxen, being somewhat oval in form, the
swell about one-half of the way between
the bottom of the yoke and the bottom of
the bows, or where the ox's shoulders
come; the bows when formed to be not
less than one and half inches thick.
The staple and ring should be placed in
direct line with the holes for the bows
and equi-d distant between the inside holes,
unless one of the oxen is much the strong.
er, when IL must be varied so that the
weaker animal may have the longer end
of the yoke.
The proper form for yoke cannot be
described in words. The workman must
get good model TO work from. Yellow
birch, beech or maple make good heavy
yokes; for ordinary work, Eastwood (lin.
DEM is both easily worked and makes a
good light yoke. If thoroughly oiled
after being made, and this be repeated
occasionally, it will last indefinitely.
With Eastwood, six inches should be al
lowed from outside holes TO end of yoke.
When yoke is TO be made for particular
animals, good rule is TO stand them
squarely together and so that their bellies
are six inches apart. Then the distance
from outside TO outside of the necks
is the distance between the outside holes /;
the inside holes to be at such distance
inside as TO give free play TO the neck
without allowing II TO twist under the
yoke.
The bows are made by first working
out strips OF hickory or elm TO the proper
size, leaving strip of bark on the outer
edge; then steaming the wood thoroughly
In box made for the purpose, and then
bending, while hot round form cut for
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the purpose, in block of wood, say the
stump of a tree, and properly securing
them there until set. We should never
advise the farmer to make his own yokes
or bows where It is possible 10 buy them,
since they are far more perfectly made
than can be done with the tools usually
at hand to the farmer or village black.
smith. Both yokes and bows are now
easily procured at the agricultural stores in
our large towns and cities. There are many
places, however, where yokes and bows
cannot be procured, and in this case II is
well to know how to make them. This
can be done by any one handy with tools,
having pattern to work from.
1t will not be out of place in conclusion
to say that In training steers they must
be taught to submit quietly TO be yoked
and unyoked. II may take some time and
require some patience, and iudicious
feeding as reward, but the driver will
be well satisfied in the end, when either
steer will come at the word to be yoked
or harnessed. Another point is to make
them work equally we'll on either side,
and In this there is no trouble. A yoke
ofone-half or three-q e-quarters bred Devons,
that are well matched for activity, will do
fully as much work at blowing, dragging
and other like work as an ordinary team
of horses, and are worth fully as much
money; nay, more, for when unfit for
work they may be fattened for the butcher
and will bring fully three.quarters of
their original working value,-W Western
Rural
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The Big RhinOcerOs.

Mr. FRANK BUCKLAND, writing in Land
and Water in reference to the rhinoceros
lately killed by the fog, and which is
said to have weighed three tons, says:
"The skin was of great thickness, in
some places two or three inches, and as
hard as plate ofan iron-clad lnan-ofwar.
1t will require good deal of
tanning before it will be fit to
set up. This is the same rhinoceros
whose horn was some time since
amputated by Mr.. Bartlett. When
knocking about the cage in bad temper,
l am sorry TO say natural to her, she
managed to severely injure the base of
her horn against the bars, and it became
necessary TO cut off the loose portion, but
this operation had to be done with care,
and without irritating the animal. Mr..
Bartlett, therefore fed her with apples,
&c, and so induced her TO put her nose
through the bars. While he was feeding
her, for several consecutive days he rub.
bed the horn gently with a stick. Find
ing that this friction did not hurt her, the
animal allowed the rubbing to go on
without taking any notice. When at last
she became quite accustomed to the fric-
tiOn, MIR. Bartlett substituted a thin saw
for the blunt stick, and after two or three
sittings managed to pass the saw almost
entirely through the base of the horn.
Some few hours afterward she finished
the operation herself by knocking the
loose bit completely off; it weighed
eleven pounds"