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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05
sEANY BEAUTIFUL STYLES OF
New Goods

arc. row ont or. The FIRST time, and we know we
caIa show you quite line of all the best styles
OF Dress Goods etc. etc.
in connection with this large stock of Dress
Goods, Bleached aud Brown Cottons Prints,
Shasls, at fforo So 90 to S75 co. Cloaks at
rom $500 to $loo; fall lines of Mems CASH
meres and Cloths: Flannels, Shoes, Hosiery,
Gloves, Trimmings, and Notions generally. We
also have the largest stocks of Queensware ever
before offered in Stanton.
Now Ladies don't think it is too far to come
down 10 see us, for promise you that you
shall be paid for every step you take, that is if
Won buv from ui Oct %
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05

CINNAMON CAKEs.-One cup of sugar,
one of molasses, one OF butter, one table
spoon of ginger, one of cinnamon, one of
saleratus, dissolved in half cup Of water.
-four enough to roll: to be rolled very thin.
and cut into round cakes.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05
LATEST NOVELTIES

Of ,he season on our counters.
We have made Al pacas and all black goods a
specially. and Cali offer GREAT inducements in
this class of goods.
1t is unnece ssary to mama the endless styles
and fabrics now in market. Suffice it to say
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

HOME MADE RUGs.-There is in eYery
household great quantity of worsted and
flannel pieces that are of small account.
and can be OF no service for garments, but
! it saved can be rendered beautiful and use
full in the manufacture of hearth rugs, OF
mats to lay before bureaus, sofas, or organs.
Take piece of hemp sacking, and dlaw
some pretty design in the centre-a boquet
OF flowers, a wreath, or some animal, mark
border with a chain Or heraldry pattern;
sew the canvas into. a frame like Quilting
frames. but smaller, so as not to occupy
too much room have hook made like a
crochet hook or needle: one can be manu-
featured easily by taking parasol brace
and fling the end into proper form; cut
the strips of cloth into strips of half an
inch in width-if thin fabric make it
wider. Pass the hook through the canvas
with the right hand, have the cloth under
meath the frame in the left hand, insert a
loop on the hoop, and draw it to the upper
side about three-fourths of an inch; leave
about two threads space and close in an
other loop. Regard the selec tion of colors,
so as to shade them nicely, and keep the
form of your pattern. 1t is very quiet,
easy and fascinating work. Work the fig
ure first, and then draw in the filling up,
OF groundwork of some dark color-black,
brown, or drab. After it is completed,
shear the whole surface evenly but not too
close, and you have a fine, substantial,
and durable rug, that will last life time,
and do more service, and be prettier than
an imported article that would cost any
where from ten to thirty dollars; and best
Of all, lis homemade.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05
WArcHEs' CLOCKS AND 'hwHIRY
a a, COME,
GSuccessor to Gone and Haager,l

GSuccessor to Cone and HaHger,l
OLD STAND, MAIN ST., STANTON, VA
have on hand a large Stock of the above
Goods: and am constantly receiving sdoitions
thereto. Also. fine Sterling Silver Ware, the
celebrated Rogers Plated Ware, Knives, Forks,
Spoons, Casters, Ice Pitchers, &c. l am agent
for the
DIAMOND sPECTACLES & EYE GLASSES,
in are Gold, Steel, Shell and Rubber Frames.
Recommended ~ Opticians.
All kinds of Rspafring neatly done oy Myself
and warranted. \, A. CONE.
my 29.ly
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05

which will now sell at astonishing low prices
Having very little expense in conducting my
business, can therefore undersell every body.
| will give you list of few of the leading
ARTICLES
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05
DRY GOODS

ever offered for sale in the city. The greatest
possible care has been taken in selecting the en-
tire stock; in fact, not one piece of goods has
been bought without first being certain we had
found the
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05
DIRECT FROM INDIA FOR OUR TRADE.

This is big for Stanton and some were made
EXPRESSLY FOR US.
All Dress Goods are beautiful this season, and
we think our stock is unsurpassed. You will
find all the
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05

TAKING CARE OF BooTs-One who has
experience is convinced that coat of gum
copal varnish applied to the soles of boots
and shoes, and repeated as it dries, until
the pores are filled and the surface shines
like polished mahogany, will make the
soles waterproof, and also cause them. to
last three times as long as ordinary soles.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05
DECLINED FROM 10 toI5 PER
GENE.

We douot whether, upon an average, goods
have ever BEEN as low down as now, and we
promise all who may buy from US the same ad-
vantages WE have had in prices. Some of our
goods have been imported
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05
Bottom Figures.

Another advantage we claim is, nearly every
thing was bought after the first of October, at
which time goods generally
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05
SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES and ATTACH
MENTS constantly on hand - for
all LIST Glass Machines
New Goods. New Goods.
BOOTS and SHOES,

Having just returned from the Northern cities
with fine aed large selected stock of cit made
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05

Cup CAKE-Five cups Of sifted flour.
two and half cups of white sugar. six
eggs, one cupof butter, one of sour cream,
one teaspoon Of Soda, nutmeg. If sweet
milk is used instead Of sour cream, put in
two teaspoons of cream of tartar
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05
ELSOM & PIPER

Are now receiving, Cat Jas. A. Pipers Store
Room. near the Virginia Hotel, one of the larg-
est, best selected and most elegant stocks of
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05

prone to. .saI' a..
The locomotive pulled up at the depot
with an ear-splitting screech, and, gather
ing up his traps, Seabright, Jr., hurried
from the car.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05

CHANGERS remember you can buy cheap
from j. W. NEWTON'S
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-05

Best Callcoes .................".."8 Il l0c
Yard-Wide Cotton only
Cotton Yarn...."- 40
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-21
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Lead Pipes and Water Supply.

The question whether water is poisoned
by flowing through lead pipes was lately
discussed in the French Academy of Sci
ences, with results that are calculated to
quiet the apprehensions of those who get
their water supply through such pipes.
M. Dumas stated that in his chemical
lectures he had long been accustomed to
employ very simple experiment for the
purpose of showing that water corrodes
lead only under special conditions. He
takes distilled water, rain water, spring
water, river water, ETC., and drops into
each pieces of lead. 1t is found that
only the distilled water acts on the lead,
the salts of lime in the rest of the speci-
mems preventing the reaction. M. Bel
grand read to the Academy a memoir
giving the results of his investigations
into the subject. The ancient Romans
employed lead water pipes on large
scale, but yet no Latin medical writer
says anything of lead poisoning produced
by the water. According to M. Bel
grand, one-sixth of grain of calcareous
salts to the quart prevents the dissolu-
ton of the lead. He exhibited to the
Academy pieces of lead pipes which had
been in service from the time of Louis
XIV, without showing any signs of cor
rosion, and analysis of water that has
passed through a long line of lead pipes
showed the complete absence of lead. 4
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-21
A Paper Canoe Voyage.

Mr.. N. H. Bishop, who started from
this city several weeks ago for the Gulf
of Mexico in paper canoe, has written
letter to friend in this city announc-
ing his safe arrival at Newbern, N. @.
He padded from Norfolk, through the
Cypress Swamp canal, to Currituck
Sound, and thence to Pamlico Sound,
keeping along the shore of the narrow
strip of land, which separates those
bodies of water from the Atlantic, and
running considerable risk in crossing the
stormy current which sets in through
Hatteral Inlet. The voyager was picked
up in Pamlico Sound by yacht belong
ing to Judge West, of Newbern, who,
with party of gentlemen, had been
cruising for several days on the lookout
for him, and who offered him the hospi-
talities of their town. Mr.. Bishops plan
after leaving Newbern was to row down
Bogue, Stump, and Massenboro Sounds,
in about ten days, and reach Cape Fear
river by interior water passages all the
way, except the last seven miles. The
rice planters on the Wacacomaco and
Pedee rivers have invited him to visit
their plantations. Mr.. Bishop writes
that not a man whom he meets will trust
himself in his boat. Every sailor, boat
man, and Oysterman says he would not
cross creek in such u shell.--Phila-
deIphid Inquirer
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-21
g JOsho ON Hash.

Hash haz been abuzed and praized
more than emmy other ov the legitimate
nourishments, and guess it IL able to
stand it az we'll az emmy Ov them.
The Duke ov Wellington used to call
HASH, What's lett over from the fite
yesterday"
The Baron Rothschild sed ov it: CLASH
has no pedigree"
Tully, in one ov his orashuns, speaks
thus Hash haz done more hard work
to advance human natur than emmy other
assorted nOurishment."
Socrates, the philosopher, told ov hash !:
"That it was an end without a means"
Mark Twain calls it Mystery"
Nasty, the konfederate preacher, in
forms us that Hash IL like faith, the
substance ov things hoped for, and the
evidence of things not SEEM"
Thomas Mast, the irrepressible carl
katurist, in pikture prepared for the late
Vienna exposishun, represented hash az
hydra-headed monster, in which pork,
rooster, sheep, kodfish. lam and menny
other things stuk out in battle array.
Thomas Benton, forty years ago, in
one ov hiz CRATE hard mummy speeches
declared that it was a circulating me-
dunn"
George Washington, the father ov his
country, and the hero Ov the little
Ratchet, in one ov his festive moments
spoke ov hash, az "the landlady's best
holt" Hash liz great fertilizer, and
hope will for centuries to come retain its
holt upon the afeckshuns and gratitude
ov the people. Hash stands proudly al
the head Oy all MKT phood.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-21
Emerson, Putnam, Booth and Ch0ate.

In the lecture on "Rufus Choate,"
recently delivered by Mr.. j. Il. Fields,
he said: Twenty-Five years ago the
young men of my time had four admira-
tons so distinctly emphasized in our
judgment and affection that those of us
who still survive retain and always will
retain these preferences. Our acorshp-
for less pronounced feeling would not
express our regard-was all centered on
Mr.. Emerson in the lecture room, Dr.
Putnam, of Roxbury, in the pulpit, the
elder Booth on the stage, and Rufus
Choate ut the bar. To hear any one of
these four men we would at any time
forego our meals, pinch our pockets, and
give up every other enjoyment. Mr..
Emerson never spoke without some of us
were in the best places, and Booth never
acted without some of us were i'm the
cheapest ones. We used to travel, Sunday
after Sunday, to the old Roxbury meet
ing house, no matter how bleak the wea-
ther, and drink in every word of manly
counsel that fell to us from the earnest,
eloquent lips of DIR. Putnam and when
ever Mr.. Choate was about to address a
jury we had courthouse agent in our
service whose duty il was to inform us at
what hour we could hear the great advo-
cate. In our youthful estimation there
was never before such quartette OF abil-
ity centered in one spot on this planet,
and to this hour | do not think we were
Mt all out of the way."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-21
Anecdotes of George iii.

Charles Knight, the originator of the
Penny Magazine, was the son OF book
seller in Windsor, near the royal palace,
to whose shop the King frequently came
to look over the new publications. One
summer morning, before the SHOP was
fairly opened, the voice of the King was
heard under the windows, calling
"Knight! Knight! KnightW His ia
ther came down as soon as possible, and
found the King deeply absorbed in read
ing a work which had come down in q
parcel from London the evening before.
What was his horror and CONSERVATION
to discover that the King had taken up
Thomas Paine's "Rights Of Man." in
which the author defended the French
revolution, and attacked the institution
of monarchy. The King continued to
be as friendly and frequent visitor as
before. Mr.. Knight also reports that the
King was as much amused as any one at
the caricatures of the day in which he
was broadly burlesqued, and that he was
quite capable of being amused at Peter
Pindar's poems of the Apple Dump
lings and Farmer George" He was i'll
deed, in private life, as good natured and
amiable agentleman as ever misgOverned
kingdom, or spoiled family. Mr..
Knight tellsan amusing story in point.
One evening, after having joined the
family in the drawing-roOm, the King
went back to the library where he had
been writing, and found the wax candles
still burning. 1t was curious rule of
the palace, as of great houses generally
in that day, that a wax candle should
never be lighted second time, and the
unconsumed portions were usually the
perquisites of some servant or officer of
the household. These particular wax
candles blazing away in the Kings Ii
brary were the perquisites of the Kings
page, named Clarke, whom the King
met on his return to the drawing-room.
"Clarke, Clarke" said the King, in his
rapid manner, you should mind your
perquisites. l blew out the candles" 1t
cost the English people at that time ten
thousand pounds year to provide
Windsor Castle with wax candles.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-21
How q Dog Had His Picture Taken.

Cesar was Newfoundland dog of
great intelligence, owned by Mrs. Rich
ardson of Lowell. One morning she
took the dog, with some Of the children
of her family, to daguerrotype-rOom,
with the view of having picture taken
of the group.
For nearly an hour Mrs. r. tried to
place Caesar in a posture suitable for
the purpose of getting a likeness; but
when she thought he was all right, he
would slowly get up, shake his huge body,
and, of course, spoil the picture.
Annoyed at his conduct, Mrs. r.
opened the door, and, in stern voice,
said to Caesar, "Go home, sir! You have
displeased me very much; you shall not
stay with us any longer" Hcreupon
Caesar skunk away with a crestfallen look;
and Mrs. II. made no further attempt to
put him in the picture. But the next
day much to her surprise, Cesar came
home with q box tied round his neck.
What could it mean? He seemed to be
greatly pleased, and wagged his tail ex-
pressively, while waiting for the opening
of the box.
His mistress was still more surprised
when she found that it contained a fine
daguerreotype of Cesar himself.
Ather earliest convenience she called
on the daguerreotypist, to inquire how
he had succeeded in enticing the dog into
his room and keeping him quiet. He
said that on the morning following the
failure, he heard noise in the entry as
if some one was humping OH the door.
On opening 1.-THE found Caesar standing
there, with wistful and eager face. He
tried to drive him away; bat the dog in
sisted on entering; then walked to the
old place directly in front of the instru-
mcnt, aud sat quietly down, as much as
to say, "Now, sir, l am ready to make
amends for my undignified behavior of
yesterday"
As soon as he saw that the artist had
done with him, Caesar rose and stretched
himself, with the satisfaction of one who
had wiped out a disgrace by making re-
paration. He then waited for the da-
guerreotype, which was tied around his
neck, and he trotted home with it to his
mistress.-Nurseyy
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-21
Useful Information.


SCALD flannel before making, as it
shrinks in the first washing. This shrink
lug is usually caused by using too much
soap and washing them in too cold water.
Never use soda for fannels.
WHEN white marble is stained, apply
benzole to the stain and then carefully
rub it on with very clean, soft piece of
rag. Repeat until the stain disappears.
Soap and soda bo.h injure white marble.
IT is said that drops prepared as follows
will cure the worst case of toothache ever
known; One ounce of alcohol, two drains
Cayenne pepper, one ounce kerosene
oil let it stand twenty-four hours after
mixing.
A LADY in the Christian Monitor says
that when it is necessary to break bot
tie, the quickest way is to soak a string
in turpentine and tie it round the neck
of the bottle, then set fire to the string
and it will break in good shape.
To extract ink from cotton, silk and
wooden goods, saturate the spots with
spirits of turpentine, and let it remain
several hours; then rub it between the
hands. 1t will crumble away without
injuring either the color or texture of the
article.
WHEN perfectly dry, autumn leaves
can be worked up in great many pretty
devices. Wreaths may be made that can
only be told from paintings by the touch,
by FASTING them neatly upon white card
board with common mucilage or gum
Arabic. These pictures can be framed
in rustic work, and should always be
covered with glass to protect them from
injury. Mats can be made in the same
way, and wreaths to hang upon the
wall or to encircle picture frame, as
well as bouquets for the mantel or
bracket.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-21
A Long Island Snake Story.

Lewis and Sam D, a couple of resi-
dents of Long Island, who loved rum and
hated snakes, some years ago went down
to the salt marsh to NOW. They hung
their scythes and were about commenc-
ing work, when Lewis proposed to Sam
that they should take drink of the
quart furnished for the occasion. Sam
agreed, of course, and it was hot day
and they concluded to rest awhile under
the shade of tree, and then take another
drink in order to get readily on. The
bottle had been passed two or three times,
when Sam said TO Lewis:
"Let's drink the darned stuff up, and
we won't be hankering after it,"
1t was bargain, and betwixt the two
the balance was soon disposed Of A
pause ensued. Lewis rose to his feet,
threw his scythe over his shoulder, de-
claring:
"Pil be darned If I'll mew without
rum"
"Darned If / will either" says Sam,
and with that they trudged home with
out cutting a swath.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-21
Educated Oysters.

Before the railroad days our oyster
growers used early in the fall to canvass
the villages on the Hudson river for Or
ders, to be filled just before the river
should be closed with ice. The meaning
of this is that these men committed them
selves to supply oysters in the shell, with
the guarantee that the bivalves thus sup
piled should not die before their time
came. The oysters were actually kept
alive during the greater part of the long
winter. The fat bivalves were handled
with some care, and were spread on the
cellar floor, the round or lower side down
so as not to allow the liquor to escape.
That such life required great change
of capacity or habit in the bivalves is
evident; and it needed training, yes,
an education, ere the oyster attained
such ability. And this was the way it
was done: Beginning early in the fall,
the cultivater of the oyster took up the
fat bivalves from their bed where he had
planted them, and laid them little higher
up on the shore, SO that for short time
each day they were exposed out OF the
water. After few days of this expo
sure byt the retreating tide they were laid a
little higher still on the shore line, which
gave them little longer exposure to the
air at each low tide. And this process
was continued, each remove resulting in
a longer exposure. And with what re-
suits? Two very curious ones-inure-
ment to exposure, and the incubation of
a provident habit of making prepare
tiOns for the same. What providence
in an oyster? Yes, when he is educated.
When accustomed to this treatment, ere
the tide retires the oyster takes good
full drink, and retains the same until
the tide returns. Once while waiting
for the stage at a country hostelry, we
overheard the following between two
rustic practitioners at the bar: "Come,
Swill, let's take drink % "Well, / don't
know. Amt dry myself. Hows'ever,
guess will take drink for fear might
get dry" With better philosophy on
their side, these educated oysters twice
in every twenty-four hours took their
precautionary drink. The French meth
cd of oyster-training is much more labO-
rious. The adult bivalves are carefully
spread out in the water, and periodical
lessons are given to each one individual
ly. Each oyster on the occasion receives
a tap, not with ferrule, but with small
iron instrument. This causes the bivalve
to close tightly. Finally, the last day
comes with its last premonitary tap. Its
education is thus finished, it takes pas
sage with its Undergraduates for Paris.
As a result Gifts education, it knows how
to keep its mouth shut when it enters
society PREF. Lockwood IN Popular
Science Monthly.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-21
Slips Of the Tongue

A lady said they had ga very good
tenant in their house. He was sure to
pay his month rently."
Said Sunday-school teacher, Esau
sold his birthright for pot of message"
instead of mess of pottage.
A mother in Israel said she was going
to make some shortberry straw-cake,"
instead of strawberry short-cake."
Old DIR. Smilax at the North End
gave notice that there would be "meet-
ing in Havener Anevue," instead of Han
over Avenue.
1t was only the other day that speak
er said there was no doubt certain per-
son "was as much the founder of town
as Romeo was of Rome"
Said an old lady, the other day, who was
frequently making mistakes, There! !
always get the horse before the cart.
well, then, aunty, drive on" said her
listener.
A little girl went into store for choc.
olate sticks, and asked If they had "any
chocolate stocks" seeing her mistake
she hastily exclaimed, No, not chocolate
stocks; / mean chickalate sticks"
An imprisoned orator, in a political
speech, meant to say "The Republicans
would come down on the Democracy like
an avalanche )" he got it, in his earnest
ness, "likea alavnace," which made the
audience laugh and not "enthuse."
1t was probably relative of his who
meant to say that in his boyhood it was
not infrequent on the farm to drink "a
barrel of rum in hay time" he got II
ga barrel of hay in rum time"
Of the same family was the little cir
who, wanting new polka-spot dress
asked the dry goods man if he had "any
of the new spolka-pot dress-patterns."
To finish-as death usually does. A
lady was telling of the death of a mar
in sitting posture. She got it that he
died "sitting in aposture."