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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06
in we'll feiened establishment.

in well feigned establishment.
II don't see why you should be surpris-
ed. Essie is gentle, loving, orderly, model
mother and perfect home angel-God
bless her !"
Herbert, is that true p
"Certainly it is true"
II cannot believe it - was the slow re-
Spouse.
"Cannot believe it Why?"
| 'Because"-and Lima dwelt impressive
ly upon every word-"during the nine
years of your married life, though visiting
here frequently, I have never heard you
speak one word of encouragement or praise
to Essie. never saw one look of appro-
baton or appreciation Of any effort she
made for your comfort upon your face.
Continual fault finding, constant blame,
have changed her from a happy girl to a
pale, careworn woman. Even her last ill
ness was but the unspoken despair of a
heart crushed under a load Of daily cen
sure and constant striving for the appro-
baton never given. And you tell me now
she has never failed in her duty to you.
There is a grave error somewhere, Her
| bert"
The sadly earnest tone, the face of
thoughtful gravity, sent every word home
| to the young mans heart. He spoke no
word Of self-defense, as Lima slowly left
the room. In the profound silence that
followed, conscience reviewed the past and
he knew that his sister had spoken only
| the truth.
"God help me,'' he whispered, ito con-
quer this fault. Essie shall hear no more
fault finding, and if I see her dropping, l
will send her to mother, aud have Lima
here to keep house.
! Never had wife and mother warmer vel
come than greeted Essie. The children
were unchecked in their loudest demonstra-
tons Of delight. But Lima had to rush in
to the hall to hide her merry eyes when
Herbert, kissing Essie, said:
"We must let mother have Lima NOW,
dear. She has been very kind and worked
hard for my comfort /; but there is no
home fairy like my Essie.''
der quick, giau look Ill his WlIe'S SOU
eyes told Herbert one step had been taken
in the right direction. AS the days glided
by, and Essie found appreciation meeting
every effort to add to home comfort, a
word of praise for every little triumph of
cookery or needlework, her pale face grew
bright with happiness, and Herbert found
his own heart hghtened by the cheerful
voice, the sunny smile, the bright eyes of
the Essie he had wooed years before.
And Lima, making visit six months
later, told her mother on her return:
''Herbert learned his lesson by heart,
mother. He appreciates Essie now at her
value, and lets her know it,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06
Poetry.
THE DUMB CHILD.

She is my only girl.
I asked for her as some most precious thing:
For all unfinished was Loves jeweled ring,
Till set with this soft pearl.
The shades that followed time could not see;
How pure, how perfect, seemed the gift to me!
Oh! many soft old tune
I used to sing unto that deadened ear,
And suffered not the slightest footstep near,
Lest she might wake too soon;
And hushed her brothers laughter while she lay
All! needless care! might have let them play.
Twas long ere I believed
That this one daughter might not speak to me;
Waited and waited-God knows how patiently
How willingly deceived!
Vain Love was long the untirng nurse of Faith,
And tended Hope until 1t starved to DEATH
Oh! if she could but hear
For short hour, till her tongue might teach
To call me Mother, in the broken speech
That thrills the mothers earl
Alas! those sealed lips never may be stirred
To the deep music Of that holy word!
My heart it serely tries,
To see her kneel with such a reverent air
Beside her brothers at their evening prayer;
Or lift those earnest eyes
To watch our lips, as though the words she knew,
Then move her own, as she were speaking too
I've watched her looking up
To the bright wonder of sunset sky,
With such depth of meaning in her eye
That 1 could almost hope
The struggling soul would burst its binding cords,
And the long pent-up thoughts flow forth in words.
The song of bird and bee,
The chorus of the breezes, streams, and groves,
All the grand music to which Nature moves,
Are wasted melody
T her; the world of sound tuneless void:
While even silence has its charm destroyed.
Her face is very fair;
Her blue eyes beautiful of finest mould
Her soft white brow, DER which in waves of gold
Ripples her shining ha il.
Alas this lovely temple closed must be.
For He who made it keeps the master-key.
Wills He the mind within
Should from earth's Babel clamor be kept Free
Fen that His still small voice and step might be
Heard at its inner shrine,
Thr o. that deep hush of soul, with clearer thrill
Why do grieve +? O. murmuring heart be still !!
She seems to have sense
Of quiet gladness in her noiseless play;
She hath pleasant smile gentle way,
Whose voiceless eloquence
Touches all hearts-tho ugh had once the fear
That even her father would not care for her.
Not OF all gifts bereft
Even now. How could I say she did not speak
What real language lights her eye and cheek,
Grateful to Him who left
Unto her soul yet open avenues
For joy to enter, and for love to use
And God i'll love doth give
To her defect beauty of its own;
And we a deeper tenderness have known
Thro' that for which we grieve.
Yet shall the seal be melted from her ear
Yea. and my voice shall fill it-but not here.
When that new sense is given,
What rapture will its first experience be,
That never woke to meaner melody
Than the rich songs of heaven;
To HEAR the full-toned anthem swelling round,
While angels teach the ecstacies of Sound
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06
JUST RECEIVED

RANGE AGENCY.
OPPos1rE THE Court Housa ON AUGUSTA ST.
GREAT EXCITEMENTI
| THE CRASH IN PRICES HAS AT LAST
COME,
AND RELIEF NOW AT HAND FOR THE
FARMERS.
I now desire to offer at very or eatly re-
duced prices for CASH full stock of GROCE-
RIRS: Consisting of
COFFEE. SUGAR, MasLAsss'Es. TEAS, &c.,
Also, TOBACCO and CIGARS.
am also prepared to furnish all kinds of
Farming Implements, Machines, &C., OF the
lowest possible Cash prices
LIME.-I have on hand and for sale, in any
quantities., FIRST-CLASS LIME, made at the
old Gibson Kiln, near Fishersville. Rates low.
l will ship produce 1T all times in the inter.
est of the Farmers.
SPECIAL ATTENTION.
l desire to make my business a success and
would ask that the Patrons and Farmers would
give me trial before trading elsewhere. NV
object is to make quick snles and short profits.
that my prices may be in keeping with the
times. Ny purpose is not competition; but to
establish bushes on solid basis in the in
terest OF the Patrons of Husbandry. Correspon.
denee solicited.
Patrons and Farmers call and see me.
Jan7-u W. M. DINKLE.
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

CALMNEss is the most abundant origin
of all that is keen and deep in the move
ments of the mind; it is the essence of
Judgment, the author of penetration, the
substitute of invention.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

PROSPERITY shines on different persons
much in the same way that the sun shines
on different objects. Some it hardens like
mud, while others it softens like wax.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

THE reputation of a man is not safe un-
til the man is dead and has no fur Their use
for it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

A hint is as good as kick, but there
are men who will never take one till they
get the other.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

PRUDENT MEN treat their friends of to-
day on the theory that they may be enc
mics to-morroW
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

AS soon as the novelty wears off, a
man never wakes baby up for the purpose
of making it laugh.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

COFFEE CAKE.-One and one-halt cups
cold, strong coffee, one and one-half cups
sugar. half cup Of molasses, nearly a cup
of butter, one cup of chopped raisins, one
of currants, one teaspoonful soda, one
wineglass brandy or wine, a little citron,
one nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon anu allspice.
Stir with flour as stiff as pound cake. This
should make two loaves-and bake slowly.
The fruit should be rolled in flour before
adding to the rest.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

FRUIT PUDDING a crust in the
proportion of four ounces Of suet to six of
flour. pinch of salt, and water to make a
stiff paste, roll it out thin before putting
into buttered basin, then add the fruit
mixed with sugar, except in the case of
apples, which are sometimes hardened by
boiling with sugar, put Oh lid of paste,
and boil the pudding an hour and half.
Care should be taken to roll the crust thin,
in order to get as much fruit as possible
into the pudding.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

FR1TTERs.-One quart of milk, one
pound of flour, and seven well beaten eggs
one teaspoonful of salt. Drop by the
spoonful into lard aud fry light brown,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

To RESTORE AND STIFFEN VEILs.-
Wash the veil in tepid water or soap suds,
then rinse in strong blueing; will restore
it completely and stiffen like new.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

To WASH FLANNELS without their
shrinking, prepare two suds with hard
soap, as hot as the hands can bear. Make
one blue so the flannel will have new
look. Wash, rinse, hang up one piece at
time, never allow them to fade, and when
nearly dry, press them-as sprinkling
shrinks them. In washing blankets, or
large shawls, add piece of borax in each
suds; it whitens and softens them, and
takes out the factory grease which is often
left in them.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

CLEANING AN OvEN.-To clean an oven
follow these direction: After the fire is
out, and the oven is slightly warm, take a
basin Of water as hot as you can bear it,
and in which an ounce of soda has been
dissolved, and with a clean flannal,
thoroughly wash it cut. Thus you will re-
move the burnt fat that gives to dishes an
unpleasant taste. Do this twice week. 1t
is not only essential to see that an oven is
well heated, but that it is also kept quite
clean. Nothing would taste of the oven
were the oven cleaned as it ought to be.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

To TAKE RUST from steel, cover the
steel with sweet oil, well rubbed in. In
forty-eight hours, rub it with finely pow
dered unslacked lime until the rust dis
appears.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

HATS. HATS, HATS, HATS, HATS.-GO
IL to q. l.. WELLER'S and make your pur.
on"oo 'uero. Frlce very Tow. may5
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

GENUIN E ERAsIvE SoAP.-Tw pounds
of good CASTLE soap and half pound of
pearl-ash, dissolved in half pint of hot
water. Cut the soap in thin slices, boil it
with the pearl-ash until it is thick enough
to mould in cakes; camphor, half an ounce;
hartshorn, half an ounce; color with half
an ounce Of pulverized charcoal. This will
remove grease and stains from clothing.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

In MAKING WHITEWAsH for a smoked
ceiling, for the first coat mix to every two
quarts of whitewash one cup of fine, sifted
ashes. This will prevent the smoke from
striking through. After this another coat
may be put on in the customary manner.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

BREAKFAST CAKE.-One pint of sweet
milk; two tablespoonsful Of butter; one
heaping teaspoonful of baking powder;
worked thoroughly through -four enough
to make batter not very stiff. Bake in
gem pans in a quick oven.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

DoUGHNUTs.-Tw eggs, two cups su-
gar, one and half cups water, one table
spoonful butter, nutmeg, two teaspoon
fuls cream tartar and one of soda: half
cup of yeast makes them better Make
the dough up and let the doughnuts stand
on the board fifteen minutes before frying.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

To REMOVE A Sly ON THE EYE.-Put
a teaspoonful of soda in small bag, pour
on just enough boiling water to moisten it,
then put it on the eye pretty warm. and
keep it on all night; in the morning the
sty will most likely be gone, if not, Sc
cond application is sure to remove it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

Potato SoUP.-Boil eight potatoes and
one good-sized onion until tender ;strain
through a sieve: add one quart of milk.
salt and pepper to taste, and nearly one tea
cup of butter; put all in saucep an and
let it come to boil. Serve hot.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

T AIDES, IF YOU WISH PAIR OF SHOES
IL to lit nicely, combined with durability,
style, finish and cheapness, buy from
mayo CRAS. L. WELLER.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

To CURE TONGUES, take four quarts
salt, two of molasses, six ounces saltpetre,
three gallons water. Boil and skim the
ingredients, and when cold pour oyer the
tongues.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

She is my only girl
I asked for her as some most precious thing:
For all unfinished was Loves jeweled ring,
Till set with this soft pearl.
The shades that followed time could not see;
How pure, how perfect, seemed the gift to me!
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

APPLE PUDDING.-Eight apples graf
ed; the same quantity of stale bread; three
eggs; one and a half pints Of milk sugar
and favoring to taste. Bake ane hour in
in slow oven. To be eaten with cream.
Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-11-04
OMISSIONS ~ ! EtrrHtieas oo>eFts..

ann the errors ai uaf treaties nra atf dlY.a-
macy which hAte stripped naF hllaM 8ti.
1eHa ~ nrelEH birth Hr4 kfuareA rtee ft-
rruaslng tne Atlantis. III tte shltid III Amtr-
.HaA citizenship. mnd have exposed uuf
hrcthrrn af tht faeiAe sIHpr ta tha aear-
sians ni wer uat sprung from thF aamt
great Tnrcut stoEk Mn8 ~it aet Huw bt Lave
denied citizenship thrHuet a8turaHsatiun. a#
being nfithfH accustomed ta thr Traditions aF
4 progressive civilization ur exercised ia iI-
erit under egual aua W. denanet lEe
polsay whlth lhns aisesFls tte Hberft-E.ttna
German, And talerstFs tht revival uf thf
caoise trade iH MuurrHah women imported
toF immoral purpose. and ManzoIIan men
hiFea NJ perform serVilt labor caHtFaftt. aad
apmana sHeh modification af the lrrais
uth tas Ch.hase Empire, NJ taeh isgiala-
tan III taau.k, within constitutional
hm.tallars A. stall prevent tie hnthef lm-
pfriatiaH 9f immigration ~ the huhsHlisn
rnae. Reform 4 haeesaaFs, Ard ean i. ~ ~
EHecied but M making ID the controlling Isl
Hue 81 the elections. an8 lifting a above tia
f@H tHlse issnts with which the affre.hal3inw
ciHss ana thp paFtg il poser aeek n snahef
ia IhN t#laa issue with whleh lheg would
FHAladle aeetarian strife ii rsspeel ii the ls.h.
llc sehosis whlth the establishment aaA sap.
port belong exclusively a. tha scytagl sgsias
Ana whtshathe beFnaeratlt party haa eheF-
lshea from thair taaHaHgaaH and j fsauived
g. uaAniAla usthaat rFetQdiee III preference
taF aHy eiaHa eHel ~ eFeaA. mfA i.hua8 essa.
tFshatlaHs fruia the treasaa IL maY. ~
hAlAf lasaea b. which theT aeel Il lisht aaem
- dying enhefs ~ sectional haze befwsen
twe hsaaaFraA peaFie. nnee eatrannea bus nv
reunited Il ene iaAitst&a RarNhas am8
fssfa9foa se.ilss
Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-11-04

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Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-11-04

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-11-04

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Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-11-04


We reps ctiulls solicit coma
Cotton. Sugar N lasses. A.
produce. a. wtll A. ormm Y
Ties and "a kiuT-Tf goods u
We are lso Trepafsslto ssil
Hides, etc ard when heceNarA
duce is shipped. shipper "A
dros on us, through bllls 81 hsdII
receipts Cor A. much A. so Der
90 hoEshchd u sugar. when sue
bered, the balance a. be psld -
sold Highest market prices y
tnr a.I produce sald hrnmptW
attention eiteu % en- Aassne.m
their rare
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-18
Place for Every Man.
New York Led er.

1t is too common for men to de-
preciate what is done in a way
different from their own-that
which they choose, or that which
they approve. Somebody dress
es after his own fashion. 1t is
odious.' Somebody writes in q
style most unlike their ideal. 1T
is intolerable.' A neighbours
house is on a different model from
theirs. did you ever see the
like?' Somebody breaches differ
emit from their favorite minister.
'How can anybody listen to him?'
Somebody worships after another
fashion than theirs. 1T seems to
them unendurable.' And so they
would have all men on their iden-
tical pattern-which, to say the
least, would make a dull uniforms
ty.
Think, friends, were all like
you, where would you find admir-
ers? What is horrible to you is
charming to somebody else.
Smithkins is not a great poet, but
you should see him read his YER
ses to his wife and the joy of the
dear little soul! That RESIDENCE
of Lawyer Jones is an eye-sore,
but see him show it to his friends,
and note the calm satisfaction
with which he ~says-quite need
lessly-'I got no plan. / was my
own architect Miss Wilhelmi-
mas music Is not classical, nor
finished but it is a fund of great
joy to her good old aunt, who used
to think a piano a bit of Para
disc.
You think Alderman D--a
very COLI monplace sort of a man.
Dld you eXpeCI TO ana him a pc
ct 2 Have You not read the verse
that records such a career as his
"That he was born, it cannot be denied !;
He ate, drank, slept, talked politics, and
died ~
He was not meant for a hero
but for an alderman, So, dear
friends,let each man do his utmost
in his own way, and let the COM
munity get the benefit of the
charming variety. What does
not suit you, suits somebody. A
man may be very useful, though
without brilliant genius.
"Small service is true service while it
lasts
OF friends, however humble, scorn not ons:
The daisy, by the shadow that il casts,
Prote cts the lingering dewdrop from the
sum-
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-18
SUNDAY THOUGHTS.

Be calm in arguing; for fierce
ness makes error a guilt and truth
Q discourtesy.
Confession of sin is a salutary
exercise, fit be the result of q
genuine repentance.
The gem cannot be polished
without friction, nor man pefect-
ed without adversely or afniction.
Of all the riches we hug, OF all
the pleasures we enjoy, we can car
ry no more out of this world than
out of q dream.
Christ is our life, think then of
Christ. He came to suffer, but
also to be glorified ; to be despised
but to be exalted also ; to die, but
also to rise again. If the labor
alarm thee, see its reward.
Have courage enough to review
yeur own conduct, to condemn 1t
where you detect faults, to amend
it to the best Of your ability; to
make good resolves for the future
guidance, and to keep them.
The everyday cares and duties
which men call drudgery are the
weights and counterpoises of the
clock of time, giving its regular
motion. and when they cease to
hang upon the wheels the pendu-
lum no longer swings, the hands
no longer move, the clock stands
still.
Our sight is the most perfect and
most delightful of all our senses.
1t fills the mind with the largest
variety of ideas, converses with
its objects at The greatest distance,
and continues the longest in action
without being tired or satiated
with its proper enjoyments.
The best thing to give your
enemy is forgiveness ; to your OPP
ponept, tolerance ; to a friend,
your heart TO your child, a good
example ; to a father, Difference ;
to your mother, conduct that will
make her proud Of you ; to your
self, respect; to all men, charity.
Cruelty to dumb animals is one
of the distinguishing vices of the
basest of the people. Wherever
it is found it is a certain mark of
ignorance and meanness ; an in
trinsic mark, which all the exter-
nal advantages of wealth, splendor
and nobility cannot deliberate.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-18
No Drinks for n Year.

The most astonishing bet on the
Presidential election is that of two
old Springfield topers, one a true
Bourbon democrat, and the other
a dyed-in-the-wool Republican,
that the loser shall go without his
drinks-be a perfect teetotaler, in
short, for the remainder of the
year, and that the other shall have
the privilege of tantalizing him to
any extent.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-18
A Fearful Death.

The Indian Standard says. "Af-
Ter very many years there was an ex-
EcutiOn at Lucknow on Tuesday, the
10th ult. A Moulvie of some little
Iepute paid the last penalty of the
lW. He was convicted of a most
brutal act of murder, albeit not COM
lifted by his own hands, but thro'
cans tho most revolving to human
y, and was sentenced to death He
ept a small school, and one Of the
boys who had been absent two or
hree days, on coming to school was
bcked up by him in a small room.
q this room a snake had been seen
bme days previously, but was not
lied. A little while afterthe boys
Lcarcerations he called out, "a
Rake! a snake!" and implored the
1oulyie to open the door. "Oh!" he
bid, "open the door and see for
Ourself-for Mahomed Russool's
IKE open the door," The Moulvie
build do nothing of the kind. At
st the poor boy was bitten in sever
places in the ankle, and he called
at, sob! now that | have been bit
bn, open the door, The Moulyie
as inexorable-he would hot open
ne door. About midday the father
the boy came to the school and
CURED for his son-and inquired
lay he had not come home for his
Fual meal. The Mou!vie said, ~
we confined him for his absence.n,
lVell," said the father, ''relesse
IN now" The door was then
Ened, and the corpse of a lad
live years old, the only child of
parents, was the sad and shock
sight which presented itself, with
snake coiled near his neck.H