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Beefsteak Electricity.

The six Christmas lectures for juvenile
listeners, at the Royal Institution, were de-
hvered by DR.. j. III. Gladstone, F. r. s. He
chose for his subject, "The Voltaic Battery. +"
One of the experiments revealed fact not
generally known. He said that in daily lie,
weak electrical currents are at work where
their presence is little suspected; for instance,
suppose person at table to have a silver fork
IN one hand and finger on the steel part Of
the knife held in the other; it follows that
when he plunges the knife and fork into
beefsteak, two dissi milar metals are thereby
placed in moist-conducting substance,
whereby voltaic circuit is formed, and an
electric current flows through the individual
between the knife and the fork. To prove that
this was really the case, he connected re-
hecting galvanometer with the knife and fork
by means of wires; he then proceeded to cut
q beefsteak, and the current thus generated
detected the needle of the galvanometer so
that the spot of light which it reflected was
seen travelling along the screen by all OBJ
servers.-Erchdnqe
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Marsder's Zarsaparilla for Indigestion.
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On tombstone in a Ramsey graveyard the
following very singular inscription appears !:
MARY Dawkins, who having been tapped for
the dropsy iorty-six times, reposes in Christ
September /, 1926. - oiiS''
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The celebrated Hot Springs of Arkansas.
within the reach of all-Marsden' Zarsapa.
rllla has the same alternative effect.
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Powder. eoH Aeas
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Buy your carriages, buggies and babv
wagons of L. T. Maddux, 35 Carondelet street.
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No tea drinker should fail to visit the Taa NJ
pot, Camp street, Az
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marvellous piece of mechanism, in the
way of clocks, is described in the French
Journals. 1t is an eight day instrument, with
dead.beat escapement maintaining power. It
chimes the quarters, plays sixteen tunes,
plays three tunes every twelve hours, or will
play at any time required. The hands 90
round as follows: one once a minute: one.
once an hour; one once a week; one, once
month; one, once year. 1t shows the
moons age; the rising and setting of the
sun; the time Of high and low water, half
ebb, and half-food, and, by beautiful con
trlyance, there is part which represents
the water, which rises and falls, lifting some
ships at high-water tide as if they were in
motion, and, as it recedes, leaves these little
s a1tomaton ships high and dry on the sands.
Inc clock shows the hour of the day, day of
the week, day of the month, month of the
year and in the day of the month there is
PROVISION made for the long and short months.
II SHOWS the signs of the Zodiac it strikes or
not emmes or not, as may be desired and it
mas the equation table, showing the difference
change. LAT
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what bakers say about Paragon yeast powders,
Bee advertisement on second page.
Best Cordova coffee, parched or ground. AZ
cents per pound, at the Tea Depot, 6 Camp street

DR.. Robert South, hundred and fifty
years ago, in his peculiarly sound and vigor-
GUS English, in Interpreting to an inquirer
the meaning Of the terms High and Low
Church, said that the High Church are those
"who think highly of the Church and lowly
OF themselves; the Low Church those who
think lowly of the Church and highly of
themselves" Another has since defined the
Broad Church" as those who think the
Church is broad enough for all religious par
ties, and their own views of religion are
chiefly OF moral nature, their doctrinal
views being so rounded and elastic that thew
can come into collision with no one.
:, In this connection it may be remarked that
the etymology of the word "church " is bnt
little known generally. 1t has been assumed
to be from the Greek Kuriou oikos (house of
Cod, but this has been deemed improbable.
as the word existed in all the Celtic dialects
long before the introduction of the Greek.
No doubt the word means "a circle" The
places OF worship among the German and
Celtic nations were always circular; witness
the cromlechs of Stonehenge, Avsbury. Sill
bury Hill, etc., similar remains in Brittany.
and the relic shrines of India. The Welsh is
cyeh; French, cirque; Scotch, kirk.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-05-21

RECoLLECTIONs OF Mr.. HoLLAR.--
Last week Mr.. Erasmus McCord. a sedatf.
and esteemed citizen of the vicinity OF
Stribling Springs, mistaking a warm d;,v
for Spring, put on his linen duster and
started on round of fashionable visiting.
He is violinist, and took his fiddle with
him. He is thankful man, and while
crossing a field on this bright Spring day.
he played a few notes of praise on his in
strument, while the wings of his buster
fioated in the breeze. A negro blowing
exclaimed ''Dar he now and bolted over
the fence, and a smaller negro shot through
gap in the rails and streak ed it down the
road. Mr.. McCord's unconscious coat
tails still f1oated in the musical air. He
mounted fence on his way, and rested
On the top bar to fix fiddle string. A
negro a little way off said, s'Dat's de ALI j..
gel Gabriel and scurried away. MI.
McCord looked after him, and thought
how improbable negro labor is. They
will never work long at any one place. AS
he approached a neighbours the whole field
gang broke, and as he got to the ward a
little negro from within the bars of q
chicken coop besought the Angel Gabriel
not to take him. The good old man
laughed as much as any one when na
found out what was the matter. but he
won't wear his linen buster again until
the Ascensionist excitement is over.
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FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 81, 1875.

THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAIL-
RoAD.-A meeting of the stockholders of
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company
was held at Winchester On Friday last.
A protest from one of the proxies of JEFF
ferson county, the other two proxies not
joining in it, was read against allowing
the Central Improvement Company to
vote 81 100000 of stock was, in view Of
Judge Turner's recent decision the other
way, laid on the table by the other stock
holders, the Central Improvement Com
pany not voting on the question. The
following gentleman were then elected
directors: William Mcclellan, President,
Logan Osburn, Charles Aglionby, Wm. II.
Travers, VIM. D. Smith, A. R. Boteler.
U. L. Boyce. M. B. Buck, Henry B.
Harnsberger, William Mines, Jr., Mann
Splitter, John Kelley.
This solution Of the complications of the
Company was the subject Of general con-
graduation among the stockholders pres
emit, and it is thought that all distractions
in the way of a speedy negotiation of the
first mortgage bonds have by this action
been removed. Soon after the adjourn
ment of the Stockholders meeting Of the
Directors was held and committee was
appointed to enter into all the requisite
arrangements to secure the necessary
funds for the resumption Of work along
the line and the prosecution with the ut
most vigor, Of the construction Of the
road.
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BOGUS LOTTERIES IN THE VALLEY
ARREST OF THE ALLEGED PROPRIETORs.
"A good deal Of excitement has been
caused in Woodstock by the arrest OF VIM.
Orlando Hall and n. W. Lumpkin, who
came to that neighborhood few months
since and took board in the country near
town. They are charged with sending out
bogus lottery circular swindIes through
the mails, and receiving money in re-
turn, representing themselves as President
aud Vice President of the Shenandoah
Valley Lottery" The postage ON the cir
culars amounted to about 81 week. They
we're arrested by the q. S. Marshal, and
claim that they can establish their inno-
cence. The Woodstock papers publish a
sample of their circulars seized by the u-
thorities. The following is a copy of two
them:
WOODSTOCK, VA, April 25th, 1875.
Dear Sir:
Your ticket in the Shenan-
doah Valley Lottery Association has
drawn a fine hunting case gold watch. val
ued at S 90. Send us two dollars and fifty
cents to pay Express and Commission and
we will send the watch on at once. Send
the money by registered letter OF postoffice
order. All books Of the Association will
be closed on the first of June; all prizes
not.claimed by that time will be forfeited
to the Association, therefore you must
claim your prize before that time
Address all money and letters to
ORLANDO HALL, President.
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SAVED BY THE MooN.-Those who have
faith in such things may derive some COM
fort from the following in the Louisville
KY, journal"
Is the fruit killed? was the main ques:-
ton on the street yesterday. Some SAID J, II
was, while others contended that it WASH =.
An old farmer says that about the year
1880, in the month of May, it rained one
day, and turned cold, the rain freezing as
it fell. The streets, ponds, and all vegeta-
tion were covered with ice. The fruit was
far advanced, and notwithstanding all
this, there was plenty Of fruit that season.
This gentleman adds that Capt. Denny
used to say that if the Ohio river was to
freeze over in the light of the moon, 1t
would not kill the fruit. About four years
ago, on the 18th of April, the peach trees
were covered with ice. and yet there was
an abundant crop that year. Last year,
the 18th Of April, there was heavy fail OF
snow and it was the coolest day OF the
winter, and with all that we had plenty of
fruit. Judging from these precedents,
and the fact that the unreasonable wealth.
er of yesterday and the day before, came in
the light of the moon, we do not have any
grave apprehensions about the fact. APP
pies are not sufficiently advanced to be in
danger.
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THE MISSION AT ST. FRANCIS CHURCH
The Redemptorist Fathers, Rev. Messrs
Rathke and keith, commenced their mis-
sion at st. Francis church Oh Sunday
and the church has been full to REPETITION
every night since, These priests are young
men about So years of age, and one of
them, Father Rathke, an unusually hand
some man. They wear black gowns, and
a scarf around the body, in the folds of
which is inserted metal crucifx. They
are both able preachers, and their sermons
are characterized by a plainness of speech
to the congregation rarely met in the pull
pit. Besides these nightly meetings there
are meetings at 5 and 81 O'Clock every
morning, and also special meetings for the
married and unmarried of each sex, and
for children. During these missions the
whole ground of mans duty to God and
to his fellow man and to the Church is
gone over with a vigorous and searching
examination aud admonition.
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WOODSTOCK, VA, May 1st, 1875.

Your ticket No. es42 in the
Shenandoah Valley Lottery Association
has drawn a fine hunting case silver watch
valued at sos. By sending us $l.S5 we
will forward the watch to you at once.
This amount is required to pay for the pack
ing and express. All the books Of the as
ISOLATION will be closed on the first day OF
June. All prizes not claimed by them will
be forfeited to the Association, therefore,
if you want the watch you must claim it
at once, or before the first of June.
Address all money and letters to
ORLANDO HALL, Treasurer.
The following is letter from Ogle-
thorpe, Ga, to a lawyer in Woodstock:
Sir: | have to-day received letter Or
lando Hall, Treasurer of the Shenandoah
Valley Lottery Association, informing me
that my ticket 1914 had drawn a watch.
and requesting me to forward ST. IS to him
to pay for packing and express charges. /
never heard of any such association and Of
course never purchased ticket in it. [ be
lieve it to be Il swindle, and am anxious
not only to expose it, but would like to
have the parties conducting it prosecuted
Several letters from this Orlando Fl all have
been received in our town. [ think [ can
made up purse to prosecute the rascal.
Can yon give me any information on the
subject? BY replying instanter you, will
oblige
\ ours &C., GEO. FISH. JR.
Both of the accused gave bail to appear
to answer an Indictment at the next term
of the e. S. District court
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-05-21

The death of General Breckenridge
leaves hut four gentlemen living who have
been elected to the second highest office in
the United States. They are Hannibal
Hamlin, Andrew johnson, Schuyler Col
fax and Henry Wilson.
Beecher has gotten an Injunction out
against W. W. Cole, the circus man. to
prevent his exhibition of wax figures of
himself and wife.
The Baltimore & Ohio r. R., on Tues
day, paid $424 ,229 to the State Of MARYLAND
for passenger tax.
A young man at Abingdon, Va, has
just eloped with the mother of eight chill
dren and she old enough to be his mother.
Mr.. Towards revivals in Lynchhurg re-
suited in 2S5 converts, of which only 81
joined the Presbyterian church.
The Quinnemont furnace on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad pays LA of the
revenue of that railroad.
Vice President Wilson and Jefferson
Davis ate ice cream together in a Memphis
saloon, last week.
The Methodist Conference at Calais.
Me-, Sunday ordained six Cinnamon as
deaconS.
Thomas Biddle, U. S, Minister to Ecua-
dor, died at Guayaquil on the 18th instant.
The Methodist Church at Lynchburg is
to be enlarged 20 feet in the rear.
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A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR BANK

A Ten THOUSAND DOLLAR BANK
THEFT IN LYNCHBURG.-A sensation
was occasioned in Lynchburg last Satur-
day by the discovery that on the Monday
previous Arthur Gait, a trusted young
clerk in the Lynchburg National Bank
had absconded with $4,000 of it's money.
Young Calf. it appears, had been sent on
Monday to the Adams Express office with
the package containing the money, which
was directed to the Treasury Department
in Washington, and took the package
there, but soon afterwards returned to the
office and informed Mr.. W. r. Twyman,
the agent of the company, that Mr.. Nor
veil, cashier of the Bank, had changed his
mind, and termined to make the remit
lance by check, and requested the return
of the package, which Mr.. Twyman did,
without suspecting that anything was
wrong. About 8 O'Clock the same night
Gait went to the house of Mr.. Norvell and
asked permission to be absent the next
day. as he wished to visit friends in the
country, near the city, for day, This
permission was accorded him, and avail
ing himself of it, he left the same night
on the $50 train for Baltimore. having
purchased ticket to that place, as has
since been ascertalned. Not returning by
Wednesday morning, Mr.. Norvell made
enquiries Of his fellow clerk, and was told
that he supposed Arthur had gone on a visit
to a youngaady in Baltimore to whom he
is said to have been paying his addresses.
discontinued absence, however, and the
fact that no advices had been received
from the Treasury department of the le-
ceipt of the money ur to Saturday morn
ing engendered the suspicion that some
thing might be wrong. and enquiry at the
Express Office resulted in developing the
facts above stated, and left no doubt that
Gait had absconded with the money en-
trusted to his charge for forwarding. Up
on further examination it was found that
the Express book Of the Bank in which
were recorded the Company's. receipts for
packages forwarded, was missing, and up.
on search for it, it was found in Galt's
trunk in the room occupied by him. His
bondsmen, who will have to bear the loss.
are g. M. Blackford, Lorenzo Norvell and
FL. M. Garland.
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CONTRACT TO BE LET.-To-morrow at
10 O'Clock, the contract for the erection of
the new building determined ON by the
Board of Directors of the Deaf, Dumb &
Blind Institute. The plans have been pre-
pared by Messrs. Allen & Dunlap and ap-
proved by the Board. The building is to
be of brick, Sc by 3s feet, with basement
of stone and three stories of brick. The
first story will be of 10 feet pitch, and will
contain the kitchen; the End story, ~ feet
pitch, will be a dining hall, and the Sd
story, with 10 feet pitch, will be occupied
as an infrmary. There are already about
Is persons bidding for the contract. The
building will be located in rear Of the main
edifce and between that and the laundry
It's erection will give the institute many
advantages it has not now, relieving it's
contracted space for sleeping apartments;
giving better accommodations for school
rooms, and making some changes very i'm
portant to the health of the occupants.
The new building will be finished about
the LIST of October.
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Mr.. r. D. Becky, prominent col
ored Radical of Virginia, writes to Hon.
Jno. F. Lewis, saying that in politics the
negroes are s'tired of being led as sheep to
the Slaughter and can't be longer held
together; and suggesting that the ''old
time whigs'' of Virginia call convention
and invite the colored voters to join them.
Mr.. Becky has evidently mistaken the
rapid determination Of the whites North
and South, for a movement including
every one. The truth of the matter is
that the white people of the country don It
recognize the recently emmancipated
black man as person yet fit to bear the
responsibilities of government. Under
his recent guidance he has shown con-
clusiyely that he is not, when in power, a
person to make State either pure or pros
porous. He must be content to wait and
learn, and in the next generation probably
he may have better show and be better
fitted to appreciate it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-05-21

CHURCH PERSONALS Rev. D. NJ Gil
bert, of Winchester, preached two ah,.,
sermons at the Lutheran Church snndax
last. AT night there were a large numher
OF his Old friends CT other congregation <
to hear him.
The Rev. DR.. J. M. Wilson, the pon-o7a ,
minister who has recently aided the pa,,
VI handy at the Augusta Chu.ch, has
expressed desire to remove to Virginia.
Dr. Wilson was lately pastor Of the Dol
phln Street Church, Baltimore. We have
numcer OF Important vacancies in Lex
lngton Presbytery, any one of which
would find it to their advantage to securs.
the services of such divine.
Rev. W.Q. Hullihen, of Trinity Church
left ON Tuesday morning to attend the
council at Richmond.
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IMPOsTER.-We understand from re-
liable source, that one Thomas brennan,
who claims to be a Campbellite preacher,
and who has been preaching for the past
few months in Roanoke, Craig and Alleg-
hany counties, is not what he claims to be.
Charges have been brought against him.
in the various sections in which he has
been preaching, of drunkenness, profanity
and swindling. He victimiZed a gentle
man near this place to the amount OF $50.
In Craig he was engaged to a number of
ladies and even went so far as to get the
consent of the parents Of each for mar
riage.-Roanoke Times.
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PropertY Sales.

The following Sales of Property are advertised in
this paper fuller particulars being found in the adj
vertisements:
On Monday May 25th 176 acres of land owned by the
late Geo. Palmer. near Arbor Hill. 1t has comfort
able buildings, fine spring. good meadow, and ex-
cellent fruit. Sale by A. A. McPheeters, Ex'r E.
NJ Gushing. Auctioneer.
On Tuesday, June 9TH, will be sold the old homestead
of Christian Staubus, decd, about mile from Mt.
Scion, containing 100 acres on which are comfort
able buildings. Also tract near it. containing 70
acres. Augusta Staubus. living on the premises,
will show the property.
On Thursday, July LIST 1875 Maj. Jed Hotchkss, trus
tee, will sell that valuable farm on the Northern
border OF the city, known SELMA the property
OF VIM. Easton, residence Of the late Col. H. l..
Opie-to be sold in three parcels. VIII sell pri-
vately before that day.
On Saturday, May 3D. the residue of Spring Farm,
Immediately adjoining the city of Staunton, con-
tanning $50 acres. That part adjoining the cor
poration has been laid out in building lots beauti-
fully located streets SO feet wide. Sale to take
place in front Of the Court House. Messrs. G.. M.
Cochran, Jr., and Meade F. White will give infor-
nation previous to day of sale.
On Monday, May 24th in front of the Court House. a
small house and lot near Staunton, adjoining the
Travers Phillips.
On Thursday June 3rd will be sold the American
Hotel property one Of the most valuable situations
in Staunton. 1t is situated the G. & o. depot,
and there are large number of building lots to
be sold with il.
On Monday, May oath, by Geo. NJ Cochran Jr., Thos.
G. Elder and Thos. d. Ransom, Commissioners the
real estate of the Buffalo Gap Iron and Steel Co.,
including ,450 acres of mineral land farm of 600
acres, two valuable Iron furnaces, Saw and Grist
Mills and Brick Dwellings. There is nice village
at the place. The Works are on the Chesapeake 6
Ohio R...R., 10 miles west of Staunton.
On May 24th37s acres OF land lying between Church
vile and Jennings Gap. Sale in front Of the Court
House by Th8s G. Elder and N. x. Trout, Commits
SionerS.
On Saturday, July 18th, house and lot in Waynes-
aoro, now occupied by John A. Lutz. Sale by r.
NJ Ellis, trustee A
For sale 1873 acres OF land near Rockbrdge Baths,
neighborhOOd desirable, and will be sold extremely
low. Apply to VIM. Dold, Lexington, Va, or W
On Monday, June 18th, two tracts OF land near Way
nesboro, by S. Travers Phillips, Comm'r.
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STRANGE VIsIToRs.-On Wednesday,
18th ult., great flock of strange birds
numbering. it was supposed, about 300,
of Mr.. Andrew D. Crozier, OIL Puts Creek
in this county. The birds were about the
size and shape Of crows, and all of a pure
and brilliant white color They formed a
solid circle at very low elevation, leaving
a circular vacant space in the centre, the
figure closely resembling wagon wheel.
After thus lowering for a considerable
space of time the flock rose en- naasse into
the upper air until nearly invisible, and
then shot away in a northerly direction.
The occurrence is regarded by the super
Repister.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-05-21

GENERAL TAYLoR's GRAvE.-Vice-
President Wilson last week visited the
neglected grave Of General Zachary Tay-
lor, on the old Taylor farm, about five
miles from Louisville. The family bury
ing-ground was reserved when the farm
was sold some time ago, but the vault is
crumbling away and the marble slab on
the General 8 tomb is only kept in place by
a fence rail propped against it. The
grounds are overgrown with tangled
weeds. The Vice-President was visibly
affected by the desolation, but frightened
on learning a suitable monument would
probably shortly be placed over General
Taylor's remains.