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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03
Business Cards.
A UCTION GOODS
FOR CASH!
Revolution in Prices |.
BUY RIGHT AND MONEY is ALREADY
SAVED

We buy our Goods 1T Auction Houses and
who has ever attended these auctions will notice
how prices hnctuate, and will mark the steady
downward tendency. sale after sale and day at
ter day, straight through the season, affording
to real judges of good capital chances 10 under
quote the regular market by at least 20 TO 35 per
cent, and to sell to the public. and to men to
retail, at less ih>n the case price ct the mill
An importer, hard up, will offer goods at cost
to raise money, but when nole is due to-mor-
row and money must be had he tllmbles mis-
goods into the auction rooms where cost or no
cost, they must 60 We buy them at nearly our
own price.
Money is tip-top thing, but brains is the
master. We buy our goods cHEAPa d our pro-
fits are already saved and made, giving us the
double advantage of selling at prices that must
crush the opposition, who will at once start the
cry that our goods are stolen, or that we are
about to fail, getting up a reputation for u.s.
without the expense of advertising-s0 by Jn-
dcious management may easily turn The
enemy's guns upon his retreatng line or put
him in harness upon double duty.
To-day wooden mill stops, tomorrow their
goods will be display ed in The auction room snd
sold for half its value. Next day Hosiery
house fails, their stock goes to the same place
and sold at an immense sacrifice. SO, day after
day, through a dozen auction houses, these
burstcd merchants and these mooDshine million
aires 90 crushing through at prices that would
bewilder both buyer and seller, only to prove
that in this advanced age of stubborn and un-
yielding fighting, it is your duty to make every
e6ge cut, and to take advantage cfevery chance
these giant engines afford
We do not pretend, nor do we wish to lead
the public to believe, that we keep full or reg
ular assortment of Goods. We buy everything at
auction, if we can get it below its value, without
regard to getting up an assortment-but what
we have got will be sold at astonishingly low
prices
Our present stock consists principally of Cen
tlemens' Undergarments, Clothing, Cassimeres,
Cloths, Cassinets, Hats and Caps, Notions, and
all kinds of Boots aud Shoes, Ladies Shawls
Il large assortment Of Furs principally Misses
nd Children.
Our auction sales will continuous heretofore,
Tuesday, Thursday aid Saturday, to commence
at o clock in the evening. except at the month
ly courts, when we will have our auction sales
in the day time, and commence at 10 O'Clock in
the morning.
Submitted to ,he cash trade by
Oct23 S. T. HILB co.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

If IT TOOK the German nation eighteen
ument to the father Of their country there
is some hope that in about seventeen hun
bred years our monument to George Wash
ington will be finished. Let us take cour-
aun
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

To understand the world is wiser than
to condemn it. To study the world is bet
ter than to shun it, To use the world is
nobler than to abuse it. To make the
world better, lovlier and happier, is the
noblest work of man or woman.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

To FEW MEN does a political life mean
more than shabby clinging to the skirts
of the ruling section, and an unseemly
squabble for the good things government is
bound to distribute us the price of prn :
cinla
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

DESERVING MEDIOCRITY is much more
respectable, and unspeakably more useful.
than talented inconsistency.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

l COULD never think we'll of Il mans in
tellectual or moral character if he was ha.
bitually unfaithful to his appointments
Enln,Ons.
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FAMILY GROCERIES.
LARGE AND SUPERIOR STOCK.
O'RORK & CO..

Nam Street, (LtXf 10 D a h"JoeI '''OIo'J
STA UNION, VA.
Respectfully inform their friends and the
public, that they have Oh hand and offer for
sale, large and superior stock of
MA MILY GRCCERIE S.
embracing a full line of the finest Teas, Coiiees,
SUGARS, Spices, Canned Goods, Of all kinds,
ENGLISH and American Pickles. Cheese, Sugar
Cured Hams Baltimore and Country Cured
Bacon, La.., &C., Tobacco, Cigars and Snnti,
together with all other articles usually found in
a first class FAMILY GROCERY HOUSE,
Those in want of GOOD and CHEAP groceries, are
requested to call and examine their stock, and
they pledge themselves that no effort VIII oe
wanting On their part, to give entire satisfaction
III both nice and quality.
ga. The highest price paid for country pro-
duce. v hohh q w.
Sept 25-ly
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DON'T Do IT.-Dont linger where your
love lies dreaming. Wake up and get
breakfast.
Don't ask your preacher to preach with
out notes. How else could he Fay his pro-
vision bill.
Don't put on airs in your new suit. Re
member that your tailor is suffering.
Don't stand still and point the way to
heaven. Spiritual guide boards save but
few sinners.
Don't be too sensational. A dead heart
properly cooked will make a savory meal.
Don't fret. The world will move on as
usual after you are gone.
Don't write such long obituaries. Save
some of your kind words for the living.
Don't depend wholly on Spalding's pre-
! pared glue. 1t will not mend broken
promise.
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AN old German proverb tells us that
war leaves a country three armies--an
army OF cripples, all army of mourners.
and an army of thieves.
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REMEMBRANCE is the only Paradise
out of which we can not be driven away.
Indeed our first parents were not to be de-
prived of it.-Richer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

lNcREDULITY robs of many pleasures,
and gives us nothing in return. -LoaeeH.
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POVERTY is the test of civility and the
tombstone OF friendship.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

A SECRET in the mouth is like wild
bird put in a cage, whose door no sooner
opens but is ut.--Ben. Jonson.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

GREAsE.-To remove grease from silk
or wooden goods. Place piece of brown
paper over the spot, upon this a hot iron;
then brush over with soft sponge, sat-
urated with alcohol and ammonia, in equal
quantities.
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9be Stamatom 1inbieator.
ADVERTISINL RATES

Advertisements inserted at the rate ofone
Dollarper square of eight lines Of BREWER for
the first, ana so cents for each subsequent in
serton.
A liberal deduction for advertisements Tor
three. six, or twelve months
@s- Transient ad vertisemen is payable iNVA-
RlABLY IN ADVANCE quarterly, stmi-an-
nua and yearly advertisements payable per
quarter.
Obituaries, announcements of candidates for
Office, communicationscaling upon, advocating
oropposing candidates and all communication
or notices of personal or private character, or
intendedor calculated to promoteany private en-
terprise or interest, will be charged fLras adVer
tisements
rs Special notices 20 cents per line for eve
ry nsert Ion.
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Poetry.
0~0~O~ -
NAMELESS.

There is name so sweet, so dear,
That could never write it here,
Where careless eyes, perchance might see
The name a loved one gave to me;
A little name, one simple word.
Soft as the twitter of bird,
Br0bding above her tiny nest;
But, oh! it is the dearest, best;
And softly I'll that name repeat,
Until my heart shall cease to beat!
There is a little, plaintive song,
My heart repeats the whole day long;
I heard it once at days decline.
Low breath'd by lips close pressedto mine.
| would not that q careless ear
Should catch the song love to hear;
SO my hearts throbbings come and go
AS to myself breathe it lOw
Soul-music holy, glad and deep,
Within my heart ofhearts Keep.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

If thou art a master. be sometimes blind
if servant, sometimes deaf.
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lyTEAM ENGINES AND OTHER
MACHINERY FOR SALE.

In addition to a full line of NEW ENGINES.
SAW MILLS and other MACHINERY or ypaur
own improved r, lid, which we keep Constantly
on hand or build t 0 order, we have now fcr sale
the following secondhand MACHINERY, all
in perfect order, which will sell at very low
figures, viz
2 double HOSTING ENGINES, 80 horse. ~ DIV
err, with drums and other hosting gear c, IN
plete
3 4-horse STATIONARY ENGINES, good as
new
l FLUE-9O[LER 26 feet long, AZ inches dial ne-
Ter with fues IA inches diameter, IRON ri ,Et
and other fittings complete.
l50-horse power ST ATIONARY ENGINE
2 TUBULAR BOILERS, SO horse POKER eacl
2 horse power STATIONARY ENGINES;
l s-horse PORTABLE ENGINE, rs good as
1ew, of our own make;
| 16-horse STATION AIRY ENGINE with me "
vertical boiler,
Several STEAM PUMPS and PAN BLOWER :
of various sizes;
ENGINES for threshng, grinding and gin
ming mounted on wheels or not as may be pare
ferred by the purchaser.
~ RE.'AIR WORK SOLICITED. .lAsG
VIM. E. TANNER l. CO..
Metropolitan Works,
feb5-ly Richmond Va.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

REST TINE TO MANURE TREEs.--Mr.
Meeban SAYS a top dressing of good manure
MT nnder the trees soon after midsummer,
when the second growth, which is always
made soon after this season, is about be-
ginning. produces marked good results.
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There is heart so warm and true,
And eyes of pure and tender hue:
know full well need not fear r.
What fate may bring, if they are near.
Oh! fond, true faith. on which rest,
And own myself SO richly blest.
Oh! faithful friend, for whom yearn,
And count the hours till thy return;
The name, the song, the heart l own,
I keep for thee, and thee alone!
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MIXED PICKLEs.--Those who p ossess
vegetable garden do we'll toward the close
of the season to keep an onani,ns gotherum
pickle jar containing strong vinegar, in
which to throw small tomatoes, tiny ear5
of corn, caulihour sprigs, radish pods,
small onions, strawberry tomatoes, mas
tursiums, and small cucumbers. When the
jar is full, pour off the vinegar, spice it
with pepper corns or green peppers, cloves,
allspice, salt and ginger. Add tumeric or
mustard-seed to yellow it. Boil it from ten
to fifteen minutes, aud turn it over the
pickles.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

PARLOR. CHAPEL & CHURCH
& e GO o g. G a N S.
THE above company employ 2 Steam En-
4 gines of 100 horse power each in their
Factory, which covers 10000 square metres OF
ground, In which they turn out monthly 1000
perfect Orgens.
The beauty of these organs is4hat every Stop
produces exactly the tones of the instrument
whose name it bears.
For purity of tone and power they are une-
qualled, and every Organ warranted.
Sample Organ at Prof Richards Residence.
For prices and terms apply to
E. RICHARD,
Prof. ofiMusic
Va. Female Institute.
febls-ly.I Stanton. Va.
DURKE'S LIVERY STABLES.--My Stable
ID are supplied with The
FINEST CARRIAGES,
PHETONS AND BUGGIES,
E.AST and SHE NOR SE,S,
For Saddle or Harness, and every thing pertain
ing to a
FIRST GLASS LIVERY.
Families or parties furnished vehicles or horse
on short notice and liberal terms.
MY MOTTO rs TO PLEASE.
Give me a call, at the. VIRGINIA HOTKl
OFFICE, or at my New Office, on New Street
near Grubert's Building, Immediately North 0
New Street Bridge.
Va Special attention paid to the SALE, Q
STOCK. -
| janl2.N NmlS BURKE-
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STRIKE THE KNOT -''Strike the knot I"
said gentleman to his son, VINO, tired
and weary, was leaning ON his axe over u
log which he had In vain tried to cleave
Then looking at the log, the gentleman
saw how the boy had hacked and clipped
all around the knot without hitting it..
Taking the axe he struck Il few sharp
blows on the knot, and spli5 the log with
out any difficulty. Smiling, he handed the
axe to the son, saying:
'Always strike the knot -
This was good advice. 1t is good for
you, children, us it was for the boy to
whom it was given. 1t is a capital maxim
to follow when you are in trouble. Have
you a hard sum to do at school? Are you
leaving home to live for the first time?
Strike the knot Look your trouble in
the eye, us the bold lion hunter looks in
the face OF a lion. Never shrink from a
painful duty, but step right up to it and
do it. Yes, strike the knot Strike the
knot. boys and girls, and you will always
conquer your difficulties.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

PRESSED BEEF.-Stutf round or part
of one with a dressing of bread-crumbs,
seasoned with pepper, salt and onion-spice
if liked. Flour cleth well, roll the beef
in it very tight, fasten the cloth securely,
boil steadily for five hours for eight pounds;
put it in press and eat cold. This may be
baked under-done, and broiled in the
chatting dish, using some OF the gravy and
butter and little water for sauce.
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out from her life, and thick darkness was

/ out from her life, and thick darkness wa
round about her.
/ Andsso passed half Il year. One day thu
postman left - letter at the door. Th'
hand of the superscription was familiar
Mrs Walsh tore it open, and glanced hel
eyes over its contents. o, JOY 0, rapture
Her boy lived +! was we'll ! and was on his
way home to her!
When DR.. Walsh entered the room hs
found his wife fainting, with the letter
clutched in her nerveless grasp.
BY and by, when the first great surge
had passed. husband and wife sat down
and read the letter understandingly.
@'Thank God | found IL true friend, on
[ should say, II true friend found ME, .
wrote Philip, after he had told OF his safe
ty and of his wbereabo ITS. "But for the
coming of this friend [ should have died
ere this. He heard Of me by name, and
learned whence | c'me land when ha Knew
THAT | was from Trustworthy, and was the
son OF SilaS and Mary Walsh, he bent
all his energies to my release. He spent
thousands of dollars in enlisting and equip
ping men for the work, and with his own
hand he struck down my savage captor
and took me thenceforth under his care
and protection. God bless him And be
YOU ready both to bless him, for he is COM
ing home with me-"
Upon their Bonded knees that night the
rejoicing parents thanked God for all his
goodness, and called down blessings upon
the unknown preserver of their darling.
And in time, radiant and strong, theil
Philip came home to- them--came home {
bold and educated man, fitted for the bat
tie of life-came home knowing enough Of
lifes ssitudes, and. prepared to enjoy
it's blessings.
And with Philip came man of middle
age-a strong, frank faced handsome man
with gray eyes and curling hair.
"This," said the son, when he had beer
released from his mothers rapturous EN-,
brace, sis my preserver. edo you MOI
know him?"
The doctor looked, and shook his head
He did not know.
But the little woman observed more
keenly. Upon her the light broke over
poweringly
"Is it," she whispered, putting forth he
hands-'sis it--JAAIEs AMMEGToN?'
eyes, said the mana stranger nov
no more-''I am James Ammerton! An(
l thank God who has given me opportu
nifty thus to show how gratefully remem
Der all your kindness to me, my more thai
mother !"
And he held her hands, and pressed then
to his lips, and blessed her again ant
again, telling her, with streaming eyes
that sshe,sof all the world, had lifted hin
up and saved him.
That evening Mrs. Walsh. sitting by hel
husbands side, and holding one of hi:
hands, said to him: sas
"Once upon q time q pebble was kicked
about in the waste Of sand. A 1apldafy
saw it and picked it up, and when h had
brushed the dirt away from its surface, he
applied his chisel and broke through the
crust, and behold--a diamond, pure ant
bright"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

"Once upon a time a pebble was kicked
about in the waste Of sand. A 1apidafy
saw it and picked it up, and when h had
brushed the dirt away from its surface, he
applied his chisel and broke through the
crust, and behold-a diamond, pure and
brignt!o
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-21
London Bridge.

AS the boat shoots under the arches
ana up the river, the bridge comes into
view-the busiest place in all busy Lon
don. About eight thousand people on
foot aud nine hundred. vehicles pass
over it every hour in the day. the rum
BILE Of the traffic as it comes to us on the
boat is like the roll OF distant thunder.
can compare it to nothing else, trite as
the simiie is. In the background you
can see the Tower, in which offenders of
the Government were imprisoned in the
Darbarous times Of old and Billingsgate,
the largest fish market in the world. The
dealers and their customers are noto-
rious for the use of bad Language, and
the word "Billingsgate" is commonly
accepted in writing and conversation
as meaning abuse or profanity.
The bridge has been rebuilt several
times, and the present one cost ten mil
lions IN gold; SO you may imagine how
substantial it is. In the reign of Queen
Elizabeth there were stores on each side,
with arbors and gardens, and at the
south end there WAS a queer wooden
house, brought from Holland, which was
covered with carving and gliding. In the
MI ddle ages 1T WAS ,the seen OF affrays
of all kinds, and it was burned down
several times, three thousand persons
perishing in one fire alone. The heads
of rebels were stuck OH the gate-houses,
among others those of Jack Cade, AMI
of Garnet, who was concerned in the
gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses
of Parliament. The heads ot good Sir,
Thomas More, brave Wallace OF Scot
land, aud the pious Bishop OF Rochester
were also placed there, and until COM
paratiyely recent date such ghastly
trophies glanced down on the passers-by. :.
They We're fastened on iron spikes, and
In "a gale OF wind they sometimes rolled
| to the ground or into the water.
Three hundred and fifteen years ago
| the Lord Mayor Of London was Sir Will
lam HeWet. HeWet lived in a house on
| the bridge, and had an infant daughter
named Anne. The current of the Thames
was then very strong, as there was u tail
OF several teet underneath the arches.
One day nurse was playing with baby
Anne at window overlooking the river,
and in careless moment she let her lit
tie charge fall. A young apprentice
named Osborne plunged into the boiling
stream after her, and with great diff
Guilty saved her, thus earning the life
long gratitude of his master, the Lord
| Mayor. Anne grew to be a beautiful
| woman, and, as her father was very
wealthy, many noblemen, including
earls and baronets, sought her hand.
| But she loved Osborne the best, and to
all other suitors her father said: 'sNo;
| Osborne won her, and Osborne shall
| have her." so he did, and he afterward
became the first Duke of Leeds.-From
GA London Child's Holiday" st. Nicho-
las tor September.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-21
Cane Ann.

The general appearance of the cape is
rocky In the extreme, While there are no
very lofty precipices on the coast, nor
any very striking features any where
visible, as on the coast OF other lands.
The effect is wild, but can hardly be said
to be cheering. The fields are strewed
with stones, as if it had rained rocks
there in some unknown day OF Divine
retribution In past ages.
kled, like limp handkerehief, with
hills, hi1locks, mmocks, and the angu.
lar shoulders OF untamable Lodges and
powders, with occasional phenomena
like Rates. Crack and Trap Rock Chasln;
while the woods are Of a similar aus tere
character, sombre pines and cedars ev-
ermore chanting a solemn and dirge-hke
music to the ocean winds, like an echo
OF the everlasting roar Of the surge on
the rocky shore.
Here and there, like a caprice OF ma
ture, are bits of idyllic beauty, quiet
little nook by brook-side, or pool re-
hecting the blue sky on its quiet bosom,
unconscious of the raging ocean close at
hand, like the pure soul OF a child still
ignorant of the stormy world, and re-
fecting the innocence Of heayen; then a
delicious avenue OF empowering willows
steals ON the view, and ills one with de-
light which is heightened by contrast
with the wild scenes just beyond.
At present the cape is overrun annu-
ally for three. or tour months by an army
from the cities. the era Of boarding
houses, shanties, and shoe ting boxes has
fairly set in. The trim yacht is seen ly-
ing in the coves alongside of some rusty
old pink or granite drogper; the weather
worn and quaint gamDrel-roofed farm
houses are turned for the nOnce into
villas.
They are garnshed with new porches,
lace curtains, and croquet grounds; and
cottages presenting a cross between an
Italian villa and Chipese joss-house
are perched on the hllltops and planted
among the buildings of the early set
Tiers, not always with perfect success as
regards effect. There is hardly anything
that will SO test the sense of propriety
aud artistic taste as the location and
construction OF a country seat, whether
simple or pretentious.
So many fail, SO few succeed, in the
attempt, it may be considered crucial
test of ones capacity in such matters.
The ideal country residence is yet to be
designed; but one thing in its construc-
ton, and the last thing usually thought
of, should be fitness. A building that
would look we'll by the Thames or in
Venice is not suited to Cape Ann.-S. q.
W. Benjamin, in Harpers Magazine Tor
September.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-21
Alarming Results Of Rad Drainage.

The statements below are from, Col. g I.
E. Waring, jr.s article in September At
lantic:
There are several diseases which are
not known to indicate more or less def
initely unfavorable sanitary arrange
ments, and as the knowledge Of hygiene
extends, other diseases are being added
to the list. Nervous toothache, neural
gia, scarlet tever, cholera, dysentery,
diphtheria, cerebro.spinal meningitis,
and consumption are among those which
are either generated by foul air or foul
water, or which are made worse be-
cause of unhealthy surroundings.
DIR. Derby says, "That an obscure in
ternal cause--which, In our ignorance OF
its nature, is called a proneness of dis
position to receive the poison--is neces-
sary for Its development does not affect
the truth of the fact that without filth
the disease is lot born. .. The i'm
provemeut of public health as expressed
by that unerring guide, the death-rate,
corresponds with all the means by
which air and water are kept tree from
pollution"
Typhoid fever is the most conspicuous
type of the class of zymotic diseases, all
of which are clearly pythogenic, and
none Of which can originate under CON-
ditions 1T for proper human lhabltation.