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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-16
Cannot be EEcelled.

CHARLEsTowN, MASS, March 19, 1869.
Mr.. H. r. STEVENS: Dear Sir-This is to GER
in my family for several years, and think that,
for ScrOfula or Cankerous Humors, OF Rheum-
attic Affections, it cannot be excelled; and, as q
thing have ever used and I have used almost
everything. I can cheerfully recommend it to
any ono in need of such medicine.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. A. A. DINSMORE,
10 Russell Street.
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TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
DEAD THIS.

In addition to the above, I keep large stock
Of all grades of Smoking Tobaccos, from 5Oc
per pound to $500 per pound, and 10000 Cigars
Of my own manufacture, from SIS to $50 per
thousand.
Don't forget the place. When you come to
town give me CALL and you will see that can
supply you with anything pertaining to the To-
bacco trade at the very lowest prices
Respectfully,
mar28E CHAS E. HAINEN
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sPKEPAnED BY
II. z. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
Wh0t is Te0etiaae 2

It IS compound extracted from barks, foots
fectly harmless from any bad effect upon the sys
tenn. 1t is nourishing and strengthening, It acts
directly upon the blood. 1t qniets the nervous
system. 1t gives you good, sweet sleep at night
mothers, for it gives them strength, quiets theil
nerves and gives them Natures sweet sleep, az
has been proved by many an aged person. 1t is
for our children. 1t has relieved and cured
thousands. 1t is very pleasant to take every
child likes it. 1t relieves and cures all diseases
originating from impure blood. Try the VEGE-
TINE. Give it fair trial for your complaints
then you will say to your friend, neighbor and
acquaintance, "Try it !; it has cured me.''
VEGET1NE for the complaints for which It Is
recommended, is having larger sale throughout
the United States than any other one medicine.
why? Vegetine will Cure these Conn
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"Don't you think" she inquired
amiably, "that most men are possessed
with the devil?" He said he thought
they were, particularly after they were
married.
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A man in Western Missouri fired in
the dark at man who was stealing his
corn, and the next day the county sher-
iff was around with his arm in a sling.
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SPEECH OF EX-GOv. GILBERT c. WALK
ERA FULL DISCUSSION OF THE
MERITS OF THE PRESENT CANVASS
WHAT REPUDIATION MEANS-THE
DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN TO THE
STATE-A SPLENDID PLEA FOR HON.
ESTY.
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DR.. Turr:-Dear Sir: For ten years have been
amartyrto Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles Last
spring your pills were recommended to me; used
them (but with little taith). am now well man,
have good appetite digestion perfect regular Stools
piles gone and have gained forty pounds solid Aesh
They are worth their weight in gold
REV. r. L. SIMPSON, Louisville. Ky.
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TAILORINH.

TAILORING! TAILORING !-Tbe en-
i partnership. heretofore existing between
and the business will hereafter be cor1ducted
ny P. B. Graves.
BE has reduced his prices for cash, and win
do ali kinds of work pertaining to the Tailor.
Ing business, in the very best manner, and at
figures so low that no one will fhil to be satfs-
ded. He has removed his shop to Court
public generally to give him call.
nov 30 P. B. GRAVES,
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Gives Health, Strength and
appetite.
:. My daughter has received great benefit from
the use of the VEGETINE. Her declining health
friends. A few bottles Of the VEGETINE res
tored her health, strength and appetite.
N. H. TILDEN
Insurance and Real Estate Agent,
No. 49 Sears Building, Boston, Mase.
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DARE 4 SPRINKLE,

~ FASHIONABLE TAILORS.
New st., next door to Mrs. Scherer's Millinery
Store, and doors from LOeb's Corner,
Staunton, Virginia.
An work in our line executed with neatness
INC nnd dispatch. Special attention paid to cut
Ung repairing aid cleansing aug ST.
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DRESTON A BAYLOR
l. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
And Solicitor In Chaneery, SrAUNToN, VA,
practices in all the Courts of Augusta and ad-
Joining counties. y
0FFICB-The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col. Geo. Baylor, decd, on Augusta st.,
opposite the Court house. noN
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ASH1AONABLE TAILOR,
s"op In Bruce Building, next door to Glenn's
Store Ts
AUGUSTA ST., STAUNror. VA
~ All work done cheap for cash. decla-ly
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WIN. n. McALLISTER,
+" ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 9
WARN SPRINGS, VA.
C0urts-Aueghany Bath and Highland, Va,
nd Pocahontas, West Virginia.
6-Special attention given to collection OF
claims and proceeds promptly accounted for.
dec 2Eu
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DR. JAMES yOHNsTON,

~ N 1ST,
MAIN STREET, STANTON, VA.
OFFICE: lover Turner & Harman's Grocery
Store. dec N-n
7. G. ELDER. WIN. ]. NELSON.
NLDER Il NELSON.
~ ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
and Real Estdte Agents,
mays STAuNToN, Va,
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imparting health and strength to the system. Sol
everywhere. Office, IS Murray Street, New York
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-11

How COFFEE CANE TO BE UsED.-It
is somewhat singular to trace the manner
in which arose the Use of the common
beverage of coffee, without which few
persons in any half or wholly civilized
country in the world now make break.
fast. At the time Columbus discovered
America it had never been known or
used. 1t only grew in Arabia or Upper
Utopis.
The discovery uf its u-e Ak a beverage
is ascrbed I" the superior of Il monastery
in Arabia, who, d''sirous ot preventing
the monks from sleeping at their noctur,.
nal services, made them drink the infu.
sion of coffee, on the reports of shepherds,
who observed that their focks were more
lively after browsing OH the fruit of that
plant. Its reputation spread throug the
adjacent countries, and in about two
hundred years it had reached Paris. A
single plant, brought there in TIA, be-
..lne the parent stock of all the French
coffee plantations in the West Indies, and
the French and Spanish all over South
America and the West Indies. The e1-
tent of the consumption now can hardly
be realized. The United States alone
annually consumes it at cost, on its
landing, of from Sl5,000,0 900 to $l6,0OO,'
600,
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All Sorts of Paragraphs.

- Congressman Lamar, whose health
some months ago was very precarious,
now considers himself one of the strong:
est and healthiest men in Washington. +.
- Euening Telegram: "a Newark
woman, who certainly has no aPprecia-
ton of the powers and possibilities other
sex, has tried to mutilate her tongue.
The case is very rare one"
- Some men are like cats. You may
stroke the fur the right way for years and
hear nothing but purring; but scciden.
tally tread on the tail, and all memory of
former kindness is obliterated.
"Cut your hair pretty short, didn't
be2" said A. to B. why, l only told
him to cut off the ends" said B. "Well,
he cut of the wrong end, then," was the
answer. This sad event has cast gloom
over the entire community.
- A kind Providence has wisely or
dained that the wife should go to bed
first this bitter, cold weather. Man was
made to sit alone by the fire for half An
hour and mediate upon matters too
weighty for her consideration.
- An editor offered to make his
devil" Christmas present of his print
ing office; hut the boy declined it. with
the remark that he had rather work Tor
two dollar. week than to run in debt
nine hundred dollars y year.
- A lady who had married IN inret'
crate smoker was asked if she had no.
prejudice sgainst tobacco, to which she
r.nlietI that she had Undergone the
smoking process so long that her preju-
dice had been perfectly ''cured."
"A village doctor went to visit pM-,.
tient in neigbburing hamlet, and to"k
with him his gun, that lie might wing
any game he encountered in crossing tue
fields. A peasant meeting him on the.
way, asked whittier he WAS going? TO
see patient" was the answer. What
then" said the peasant, do you really
fear to miss him in the ordinary way,
that you take your gun with you ??
ga widow" having requested the
editor of the Austin (Texas) Gazette to
say something about widows, the poor
fellow thus recklessly obeys: A young
widow is perhaps the most Interesting
thing in nsture-or in art. She repre-.
sents experience without its wrinkles and
pray hairs. She has matronly beauty
and maidenly freedom combined. She is
grief with laughing eye-sorrow in a
house of Festivals silver moon in
sable cloud. Like all good things, she
can only be created at great sacrifice
The black swan-this mourning phmnix
a-rises only ont Of the funeral urn that
holds the ashes of q husbands . heart.
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Pay for Your Paper.

A man writes: II want your paper,
but am not willing to pay in advance for
it. If you are afraid to trust me for a
year, am afraid to trust you. How do
I know that you will send me the paper
for year 2" Such conundrums mark
the conservatism of at least one careful
man. There is no reason why he should
trust US with Two dollars perhaps it is
best that he should not. There is no
reason why druggist should ask pay
for the medicine he sells. before it ope-
rates, or that railroad company should
ask pay for ticket before the ride is
finished, or that carpenter should ask
pay for building house till it is worn
out and the owner moved away.
It coats many thousands of dollars to
buy o good printing Office, and make
ready for printing newspaper. Paper,
ink, labor, and all these little accessories
to II paper cost the money III advance.
We have not the means necessary to
furnish ten thousand persons each with
newspaper for year, then to employ
score Of men to collect bills all over
the country, unless we charge at least
ten dollars y year for the paper. 1t is
better for ten thousand men to pay each
two dollars 3 year in advance, than for
us to have ten thousand dollars scattered
all over the country, two-thirds OF which
we cannot collect. A man can easily
forget to pay what he owes for the paper.
He can move away and never be found,
no matter how much that publisher may
be in need Of the dollar or two the sub
scriber may owe. 1t is not easy for a
newspaper to disappear. The editor who
has the earnings and reputation of
lifetime invested in business, and who
has built up newspaper to large cir
culation, is not spt TO cheat man out
Of two dollars, more OF less, for an unex-
pired newspaper subscription.
Another thing. We should never take
a paper edited by man we could not
trust with the price of the paper. If
you have no more confidence in US and
our business honesty than to be afraid to
trust us, keep your money. We cannot
afford to give credit to everybody, and it
would be unfair to discriminate. For
number of years we have been printing
newspaper, and never yet have failed
to send the paper each week To the per-
sons who have paid for it. 1t is not
likely that we shall commence being dis
honest now. We cannot, without ma
king q great change in our manner OF.
conducting business, give dribbling
credit MI over the country. We are not
afraid to trust our correspondent with q
couple of dollars. but prefer to have him
road his own papar than one he has not
paid for. He buys pound Of tea, aud
partakes thereof day after day till it is
used up. He purchases pair of boots,
and for year has the Wearing of them.
He pays the minister FIVE dollars for
performing, the marriage ceremony that
unites him TO his wife, but, according to
his own rule, he should not pay the mar.
riage fec till his wife expires, so he could
have the use of both wife and money.
Will the man sell US q barrel of pork
and wait for his pay till the last piece is
cooked and easen7 If 80, we can tell
him where he can find just such custo-
mers for all the pork he can raise.-Er-
.chGn0c
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The 1MMoRTAL1rY OF THE SOUL
In hislectnre or "Does Death End All p
in Boston, recently, Rev. Joseph Cook
used thfstiiiustration of the immortality
of the soul +: As, therefore, from the
structure of the eye we may infer the
existence of wholly external agent,
light; or from that of the ear, the exis
tence of a wholly external agent, sound !;
sn from the absolute inrrtuess uf the
cerehra! structure il itself. We mlst ai-
tribute ill., activities 10 An agent ~ exIer.
nal To ii a. sound Is To the ear or ligh,
to the eye. That agent is invisible to
the external vision, and intangible to the
external touch. 1t is positively known
to consciousness, or the internal vision
and touch. That agent is the soul. As
the dissolution of the eye does not de.
stroy the light, the external agent which
acts upon it, and as the dissolution Of the
ear does not destroy the pulsation of the
air, the external agent which acts upon
it, 80 the dissolution of the brain does
not destroy the soul, the external agent
which sets it in motion.
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Terrible Railroad Disaster.
CLEVELAND: @, Dec. 80.

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 80.
The unfortunate train is known as the
Pacific Express, 1t consisted of six
coaches, two drawing room cars, with the
usual express and baggage cars, and two
engines. The relief train hence was two
hours reaching the scene, though drawn
by two engines and the distance only
thirty miles. Daniel Mcclure, engineer
of the forward engine, relates that the
train vas running at slow rate, and just
as they had fairly crossed the high
bridge, which is not more than forty rods
distant from the depot, he felt violent
jar, and in an instant the coupling be-
tween the two engines hud broken, and
the whole train was precipitated with the
bridge into the river below. Mcclure
says that his engine was pulled back
nearly to the edge of tile broken span
before the coupling severed, and it re.
gained its forward motion barely in time
to save itself. The bridge over Ashtabu-
Ia River was an iron truss bridge, and
had been in use about eleven years.
The span is about one hundred feet
wide, and through the. space between
flows the river, about fosr or FIVE feet
deep, at this time thickly covered with
ice. Into this space were the eleven cars
and one engine and tender precipitated.
The fall of sixty feet, Of course breaking
the icy covering, shivered the cars as; if .
magazine Of nitro-glycerine had exploded
coaches altogether contained about 165
adults, besides number ofchildren. In
the drawing room car, which was bound
for Cleveland, were nine persons, all of
whom are supposed to have perished by
drowning or FIRE. In the two sleepers,
bound for Chicago, there were thirty-6ve
passengers. Most Of these in the forward
car are saved, with injuries more or less
severe. Within very few moments after
the crash the flames burst out simultane.
ously from nearly every car. The latest
statement gives sixty wounded and one
hundred killed.
There are 120 missing. The dead are
disfgured beyond recognition. All the
cars were burned TO cinders.
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sat with sueer upon his face, watching
the speaker, he took up charge after
charge and completely annihilsted it by
his own personal testimony and by the
testimony of Republican journals, whose
reports, made years ago, proved the utter
fatsity of Kasson's" statements. As he
proceeded the Democrats gathered about
him, and even the Republicans came
over to his side of the House. His
friends were lost in admiration and Won
der; his enemies were demoralized. The
sueer fed ftom Kasson's lip; his cheek
blanched, and finally he was forced to
retire to the cloak room to conceal bis
agitation. Mr.. Hewitt's voice, usually
weak aud querulous, became resonant
and full and filled the House completely.
There was NO argument; his facts were
at ready command; his rhetoric was per-
feet, his gestures vehement, but graceful.
Whom he had inished, the whole House
sat for moment silent. Then some
member upon the Democratic side start
ed to applaud, aud, in An instant the
whole House was in co,nmotiou. Round
after round Of applause was given. The
galleries Joined in and the Speaker was
powerless to call either House or galleries
to order. It was mastery effort, and
proved that Mr.. Hewitt, when fully
reused, was not excellsd either in elo-
quence or, in logic by any man upon
either side Of the House. That speech
accomplished two things. 1t made the
Democrats the yictors Of the night, and
it made Mr.. Hewitt a National reputa-
ton. It would have made him Governor
of New. York had he been eligible to the
Office. His forte, however, is not public
speaking. His strength lies in his politi-
cal foresight and in his ability as lite
rsry man. He will tell you that he
abhors work, but you will never find him
idle In his. study you. are almost certain
to meet one or more of the leading Dem
ocrats. = These@ast months heshaa:seemedi
to BE the centsgof q perpetual council.
Allfthe addresses which the Democratic
National Committee have issued have
been the work of his brain, and If his
counsels had been needed the latest adj
dress of the Democratic National Com
ciamento would have; been au elaborate
address which would have set forth a
definite aud positive line Of policy for the
Democrats Of the country to pursue.
When in council with his friends he sits
with his head bowed down and with
dropping eyelids, but whenever addressed
the eyelfds lift, intelligence flashes from
his eyes, and the ready tongue is sure to
drop q kernel of wisdom. AS private
man he is the embodiment of integrity
and honor. As public speaker he Is
great upon occasion. AS politician he
is wise and far-seeing.
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Ex-Governor Letcher, of Virginia,
who suffered dangerous stroke of paral.
ysis last spring, has almost recovered,
and has taken his seat in the Virginia
Legislature.
-" Maria, what's that strange noise
at the front gate7" Goats, sir" "Cats 2
Well when I was young. cats didn't
wear s.ove.pipe hats and smoke cigars !"
"Times have changed, sirT :,
Judge: Prisoner, I find you guilty
of intoxication in the public streets.
The punishment is ten dollars or tn
davs. Which will you take 7" Prison.
er:: II will take the ten dollars, yor1
huubro - =
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How woman can keep on talking
while she twists up her back hair and has
her mouth full of hair-pins is q mystery
not yet wed.
- The accumulation of wealth Is fol-
lowed by An increase Of care, and by an
appetite for more. He who seeks i9r
much will ever be in want Of much. It
il hsst with him to whom God has giyun
hat which is sufficient, thoug evey5
mperauity be withheld. =
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VEGEE'RIN,E
PUTi9es the Blood, Res1ov0tes
and I3aviOOrGtes the =.
JVhOEe Sustema.
1Ts MrDIcINAL PROPERTIES Al
Alternative. Tonic. Solvent and Diuretic..

ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE
Alternative, Tonic, Solvent and Diuretic..
yEGErISE is made exclusively from the
juices of carefully selected barks, roots an1 II3
herbs, and SO strongly concentrated, that II %
or seroiaIn, ,8crofulous Humor.- Tn.
mors, Cancer, Cancerous Humors
Kryuipelns, snIt Rheun,, SyPhiaitlc
Disrnses, Canker, Faintness NJ the me
sionsne, and all diseases that arise from ans nm;
Chronic Rhea mntism, Neuralgia,
Gou, and Spinal Complaints, can only
be cllectually cured through the blood. .., =
For Ulcers and Eruptive Discn:cs o. the
akin, Rn:,uie:; ,Tpassi Iss ana: lolsns Ri.s.
worm. VEaETINr has never failed to effect a
For Pnins in the Back, Kidney, Come
P'ain,s. DroPsy,, Femaie We5knesa, ,,1sn-a,
tion, and uterine diseases and General Dc.
biIity. VEGETINE acts directly upon the
causes Of these complaints. 1t t,invigorates and
strengthens the whole system. acts upon the &C.
cretve organs alays, inamation' ,amI1 e"re'n'eef-
For Cuaarrh, Dyspepsin, Habitat
Coseiv ness, PaIpitation Of tho Heart,
Headache, Piles, Norxousness AND
feet satisfaction as the vEoETINE.' 1t purifes
the blood, cleanses all Of the organs, and pos
sesses controlling power over the nervous sys'
TEN. }:
The remarkable cures effected by VEoETlNE
have induced many physicians ana apotnecaries
whom we know 10 prescribe and use 1t IL their!
In fact. VEaErINE is the. best remedy yet
discovered for the above diseases, and is the only
reliable BLOOD PURlF1ER yet placed
oe'oso 'A0 eAH'Ae' - =, III i-;i' =.
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Never let anybody drive you to dis
traction. You may not be able to get
back.
They had been engaged a long time,
and one evening were reading the paper
together. Look, love-" he exclaimed.
"only fifteen dollars for suit of clothes |"
"Is it wedding suit7" she asked, look
ing haively at her lover. "Oh. no !" be
replied. 1T. is business suit" "NGl,
] meant bosiness," she replied. =.
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NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

Harpep, Weekly should be in every family through
out the land as purer, more interesting higher
toned better:llustrated paper Is not published In
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