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kEThe opponents Of PExDLEroN are1
now trying to~eskep him by saving thst,,
heis weakening, That's real smart ~
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scheap money 90 though the chief end
of man mas dear uaoney--especially I'd
make Il dear aftsr debta are msde,pss d
These four lines tell the whole story.
TIE creditor ciass had siiver emonetized
20 give them an unjust advsntage over
the debtor, class. They aght against re,
monetizatioa TO retain that unjust sdvan-
tsge. Not satisfied with the interest on
their investments, they seek to double
that interest by compelling the debtor to
pay In more costly money, Ii u bsa.,
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THE FLOODS FLOODS /

THE FLOODS
lathe Potomac cand sam ss Rivers.
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The state oi virsinia Almost Sub.
merged,
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RICHMOND Va Nov. % Tie freshei
has caused much damage here, but little
loss OF life. James River is higher than
It was In October, 1870, which was The
most remarkable freshet up to that year
About ten squares of this city, including
many business blocks, are istibmerged.
Two Of the largest tobacco warehouses
are under water, but the tobacco had all
been removed in tiEe.
BALTIMORE. Nov. 25.-The heavy
storm of wind and rain which has Epre-
vailed here for the past three days has
proved not only destructive to property
In this city and Immediate vicinity, but
dispatches from all along the'iine Of the
Baltimore and Ohio and other railroads
leading .out Of this city show great dam.
ACE 10 The railroafl tracks and telegram
wires. much Of which It wiIl.take weeks
70 repair. Dispatches from all along
the fine OF lbe Baltimore and Ohio Rail-.
rosd report bridges carried awayaahd
tetnbaukmIenis washed over the tracks.
CHAnBrasBuRag PExs, Nov. 25.G
There was 1 destructive food 1t this
place last night. The Csnococheaque
Cork has riseng iifleen feet above tie or.
dinary level. and doing damage 10 the
extent of CSC, 600 during The night -
This afternoon i've spans Of TIE Cum.
berland Valley Railroad bridge over the
Potomac River, near y Williamsport,
! Maryland, were swept away. Sig leav-
ny laden coal ears were on the orldge at
the time, and vent down Whit Loss.
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dispatch says: s.The Dan River has ris.
en- to- nearly the highest ever before
known here, aud tie damage IN and
anopt 1ne cisy y more o. tnan one llss lundred
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VEG E TIN E
WILL GRE RHEUMATISM
4 Nh. ALBBRf cRooKEH. the hsll.knoS
drusSist and spothscary, Of Sprln6yals, Ne
always advises every one trotbled with
Rheumatism to try vEGETINB
Read His Statement

Read His statement
SpRrNavALE, Me-. Oct, l2, 1876.
Mr.. Fl. STEvRNs-
! Dsar Sir:-Fifteen years hgo last fS1l was
htksn sick with rheumst stism. vas pnsbls %.
move until the next April. From that time
until three years ago this fall suffered every
thing with rheumatism. Sometimes there
would be weeks at time that codld not step
one step; these attacks were quite often suf.
fered everything that man could. Over three
years ago last spring commenced taking vEa-
ETINE and followed 1t up until had taken
'ssseu bcttless hsyss had no fheumstism ttnUss
that time. always advise every one that is
'troubled with rhsumstism torrf vEaETfNs.
and not suffer for years as I have done. This
statement il gratuitous a. far a. Mr.. Stevens.
is Concerned. Yours. etc..
p y n ALBERT CROOKER,x
Firm sof A. Croker a, Co .. Druggists and
ApothecarieS.: = n VI G
Middletown transcript., 1877-05-19

1 heard her withdraw. I heard hel
groan longed to call her back Bui
| did not.
I was awakened from an uneasy
slumber by bearing my name loudly
called and my sister stood at my bed
side.
"Get up. Alfred Oh, don't wait a
minatel Get up, come with me Mo-
ther is dying
thought l was yet dreaming, but 1
got up mechanically and followed my
sister. On the bed, and as cold as
marble, lay my mother She was not
undressed She had thrown herself on
the bed to rest arising to go again to
me, she was seized with palpitation of
the heart, and borne senseless to her
room
| cannot tell you with what agony |
looked upon her; my remorse was ten
fold greater from the fact that she
would never know it.
l believed myself to be her murderer.
1 fell on ihe bed beside her. could
not weep My heart burned in my
bosom my brain was on fire. Ny
sister threw her arms around me and
wept in silence. Suddenly we saw
slight motion of my mothers hand
her eyes unclosed She had recovered
consciousness, but no speech. She look
ed at me and moved her lips-I could
not understand her words "Mother
I shrieked, "say only that
you forgive me?" She could not say
t with her Ii ps, but her hand pressed
nine She smiled upon me, and lifted
Ter thin white hands, she clasped my
,Wn within them, and cast her eyes up
ward. She moved her lips in prayer
md thus she died.
I remained still kneeling beside that
lear form till my gentle sister removed |
ne. The joy of life had gone forever
Boys who spurn a mothers control,
7ho are ashamed to own that they are
7rong. Who think it manly to resist
Ter authority, or yield to her influence,
eware! Lay not up for yourselves
litter memories for future years
Middletown transcript., 1877-05-19
Discrimination.

The first maxim of worldly wisdom,
constant dissimulation, may be good or
evil as it is interpreted; if it means
only constant concealment from 9TH
ers Of such of our sentiments, actions,
desires, and resolutions, as others have
not a right to know, it is not only law
ful, but commendable; because when
these are once divulged, oar enemies
may avail themselves of the knowledge
of them to our damage, danger, and
confusion. So that some things, which
ought to be communicated to some Of
our friends. that they may improve
them to our profit, or honor, or pleas
ure, should be concealed from our enc
mics and from indiscreet friends, lest
they should be turned to our loss, dis
grace, or modification. am under no
moral or other obligation to publish to
the world how much my expenses or
my income amount to yearly. These
are times when, and persons to whom,
l am not obliged to tell what are my
principles and opinions in politics or
religion There are persons whom in
my heart l despise; others abhor, yet
l am not obliged to inform the one Of
my contempt, nor the other of my de-
testation This kind of dissimulation,
which is no more than eoncealnent,
secrecy, and reservoir, in other
words, prudence and discretion-is
necessary branch of wisdom, and so far
from being immoral and unlawful, that
it is a duty and a virtue. Yet even
this must be understood with certain
limitations, for there are times when
the cause of religion, of government, of
liberty, the interest of the present age
and Of posterity, render it a necessary
duty for man to make known his
sentiments and intentions boldly and |
publicly so that it is difficult to estab-
ish any certain rule-to determine
what things man may, and what be
nay not lawfully conceal, and when.
But it is no doubt clear, and there are
many things which may be lawfully
concealed from many persons at certain
lines and on the other hand, there
re things which at certain times it be-
omes mean and selfish, bad and wick
d, to conceal from some persons.
Middletown transcript., 1877-05-19

|. CASH VS. CREDIT The credit sys-
tenn is the hane of society and the curse
of the laboring man Nothing is bet
ter calculated to keep a man under the
harrow than to allow himself to run an
account at the store or grocery. When
man runs into debt for farm, a
house aud lot, or for any kind of prop
erty that can be sold again for its full
value, he can not be properly called in
debt, because he has the property to
show for it. But when be has to pay
for goods worn out, or provisions eaten
up, then it is that there is a feeling Of
"gOneness" perfectly indescribable. As
rule, the person who gets things
charged gets poorer article than does
the cash customer and pays a higher
price No dealer can afford to sell as
low on credit as he can for cash Sup
pose a groceryman to have capital of
thousand dollars, and suppose it we're
possible for him to sell that amount of
cash each day, buying again the next
day, and SO on. 1t is easily seen that
he could do the same amount of busi
hess as could the man with capital of
thirty thousand, who has thirty days
time. Of course the first would well
afford to sell cheaper than the latter.
Then again there are the losses to be
made good by some one, and those who
do pay must pay the bill of the ''dead
beat" or else he ''gets swamped. =
Country Gentleman
Middletown transcript., 1877-05-19
A RARE INSTANCE or sp1r.npn1.

A RARE INSTANCE OF SELF-DENIAL
In the last German war, captain
was commanded to go foraging He SCI
out at the head of his company, going tc
that section which was assigned BIN
1t was secluded valley, where nothing
could be seen save woods He perceived
at the door of an humble cabin an old
hermit, with white beard.
my father" said the officer, "show
me a field where l can forage my
horses 2"
Directly" said the hermit
This good old man, placing himself
at their head, recrossed the valley
After a quarter of an hours march,
they found a beautiful field of barley.
This is what l want" said the
captain.
wait a moment" said his condue-
tor; "you shall be satisfied" +"
They continued to march, and arriv-
ed, about quarter of a mile further,
at another field of barley The troops
Immediately dismounted, reaped the
grain, placed it upon their groups, and
remounted. The cavalry officer then
said to his guide:
my father, you have made US go
too far unnecessarily; the first field was
better than this
"That is true, sir" replied the old
man, "but it was not mine"
Middletown transcript., 1877-05-19
The Beautiful.

Idealiiy is a strong guardian of vir-
tue; they who have tasted its genuine
pleasures. can never rest satisfied with
those of mere sense. But it is possible
to cultivate the taste to such a degree
as to induce fastidious refinement,
when it becomes the inlet of more pain
than pleasure. Nor is the worst over
refinement the loss of selfish grati6ea-
tion: it is apt to interfere with benevo-
lence, to avoid the sight of inelegant
distress, to shrink from the contact of
vulgar worth, and to lead US to despise
those whose feeling of taste is less deli
cate and correct than our own. If the
beautiful aud the useful be ineompati-
BILE, the beautiful must give way-as
the means of the existence and comfort
of the masses must be provided before
the elegancies which can only ccnduce
to the pleasure of the few. SelGshness,
though refined, is still but sel6shness,
and refinement ought never to interfere
with the means of doing good in the
world as it at present exists. 1t is not
desirable to appeal early to this feeling,
or perhaps even directly to cultivate it.
If the other faculties are well developed
and properly cultivated, this will attain
sufficient strength of itself. The beau
tiful is the clothing of the infinite; and
in the contemplation of the beautiful,
and the love of perfection-not in
churches-we seek our highest and
most intimate communion with God,
and draw nearer and nearer to him.
The fine arts-painting, sculpture, mu-
sic, as well as poetry-ought all to
minister to ideality. The proper use
of painting, for instance. ought to be to
represent everything that is beautiful in
the present, and to recall all that is
worthy Of remembrance in the past. To
give body to those spiritual pictures Of
ideal beauty and perfection which ideal
ity forms-to give faithful representa-
tion of the great and good that have
departed, and to put wildly before us
those actions and scenes, those pages
from universal history which have
tendency to refine, to exalt, and to en-
large the sOul-this is what painting
ought to aim at. To paint, however
perfectly, horses being shod, deer being
hunted, the agony of poor animals in
traps, bread and cheese. and Holsters,
and foaming ale, is but an abuse and a
perversion of one of the highest gifts
and attainments, which more civilized
age will repudiate. A pig-sty, how.
aver perfectly painted, still but recalls
he idea of pig-sty and if it excites
my feeling, it is one of regret that such
wonderful art should be so misapplied.
Middletown transcript., 1877-05-19

We know not what we are, any more
than what we shall be 1t is high,
solemn. almost awful thought for every
individual man, that his earthly inAu-
ence, which has had a commencement,
will never through all ages, were be the
very rneanest of US, have an end What
is done, is done, has already blended
itself with the boundless, everything,
ever working. universe. and will also
work there for good or evil, openly or
secretly, throughout ali time Koltaire.
Middletown transcript., 1877-05-19
Select Aoetrp.
MANS MORTALITY.

Our years look behind us like tales that ar
told,
Our days like to shadows keep passing u
by,
We take short step to our pillow of mould
And rise on life's stage, like to vapors, and
die:
As frail as the grass of the meadow is man,
His youth like the blossom ofsummer comes
That smiles to The sunbeam till autumn turns
wan,
And the wind passes DER it and bids it be
gone.
Thus one generation keeps passing away,
And new generations their places attain,
And the friends of our bosom, that leave us
to-day,
Shall ne'er fill the circle of friendship again /;
In future transactions done under the sun,
No portion is left them to act as before;
They go-and their lives, as if never begun,
In the sleep of the grave shall be heard of
no more.
Their exit they make to that awful Unknown,
And vain we conjecture where now they
sojourn;
The worlds ways and wealth are no longer
their own,
To their houses and lands they shall never
return.
All nature, though sown with mortality's
seed,
Some parts will spark of long-Iiving re-
tain,
As branches, the tree that's hewn down, will
succeed
But man is too mortal TO flourish again.
Life's lamp in uncertainty burneth away,
A weak, waning vapor of doubtfullest light,
With cares ever ready TO darkea its ray,
Till death, the extinguisher, hides it in
night;
Our friends and our kindred, we see them de-
part,
scant peace of our souls daily tearing
away;
The dearest of pledges placed nearest the
heart,
Their memory is all we preserve from decay.
Love, sweetest of joy, is most bitter to trust,
Fate's errand before US is constantly set,
A time is in waiting to turn into dust
The fairest of faces that love ever met,
Death makes no distinction, he slays, as in
right,
The wise and the foolish, the king and his
slave,
and beauty, that magic Of empty delight:
All fall at his footstool of terrors-the
grave
Middletown transcript., 1877-05-19
Aunlorous.
Truth 8 aIlghty.

Peter Il Hastings was in salool
on Grand River avenue, and when h,
heard some of the other loafers telling
yarns he started off and said !:
''Well, you know. I was driving OF
Edmund street yesterday at a three.
minute gait All at once a front wheel
ran off the sulky, and I tell you my
hair stood right up on an end!"
''Had smash-up. of course" re-
marked one of the crowd.
s'No, | didn't. The wheel ran alorg
ahead of me for about fifty feet, but
then I put. the whip to the horse,
caught up, and the axle took its old
place again in the hub. 1t was the
most wonderful thing I ever saw"
The crowd thought he lied about it,
and free fight was the result of the
discussion that ensued. Peter was the
only one arrested. and he walked out
fully prepared to stick to his original
assertion.
Peter, why did you go and lie and
get up a row ?" inquired his Honor.
81 told nothing but the solemn
truth, answered the prisoner
"What kept that side Of the sulky in
the air when the wheel ran of 2"
1.-THE fast motion, | s'pose.
Peter, wont you own up that you
lied ?"
II can't do it," was the sad reply
ut doesn't seem at all probable that
one side of sulky would stay up in
that way" unused his Honor but yet
[ cant say. We will pass that over,
and send you up for raising row"
Eyes, sir, chased that wheel all of
fifty feet, said the prisoner.
"I'll give you sixty days for disturb
ing the peace"
"Tll have to 60 up, your Honor, but
hat sulky ran along just as if both
@hcels were 10 place, and I'll never ad-
nit that it didn't. If 1 had two hours
line | could prove my statement by
lozen witnesses" /"
"Well, can't wait l ought to have
! trotting horse and drive around in
ulky, and then I'd know more about
uch things. You must go up"
"I'll go, Judge, but if was on my |
lying bed I'd swear that chased that
Wheel fifty feet; that the axle went into
he hub; and that the cap screwed it.
elf back on 10 place. and that a new |
ct of washers got on the axletree some
low !'-Detroit Free Press.
Middletown transcript., 1877-05-19

GLAD He KNEW Hrs FArHER.-A
young man who had claim of $50 to
collect took it to lawyer. The latter
upon inquiring, no sooner heard that
his clients name was George Jones,
than he seized him by the hand, fer
vently shook it. exclaiming, MY dear
fellow, how fortunate you arel Why,
| know your father well F.; iu fact, be
was my FIRST client. I shall take par
ticular pains for you in this matter. =
A few days later the young man receiv-
ed note from the lawyer informing
him that the collection had been made.
He called upon him and was handed a
roll Of bills. As he was counting them
the lawyer reiterated bis remark about
the young mans good fortune in com
ing to him who knew his father. &c.
The young man, however, looked any
thing but happy, for he found but SIS
in the roll The lawyer, noticing this,
said, why, my dear fellow, what
seems to be troubling you p "0h,
nothing" the young man replied,
nothing l was only thinking how
lucky l am that you didn't know my
grandfather"
Middletown transcript., 1877-05-19

VINO WOULDN'T BE AN EDITOR ?--The
experience of an editor is certainly
varied. They must attend all public
gatherings in order to report them cor
rectly. and are frequently bored out by
stale speeches and long resolutions. =
They are given fine cigar to try, and
must smoke it nOtens volens They are
invited to test a brand of liquor, in or
der that, if people will drink, they can
tell them where they can get something
good. They must attend parties, balls,
theatres, school exhibitions, churches,
temperance lectures, horse races, mur-
der trials, write obituaries of persons
they never saw, &c, &c. Our expert
ences on Monday. however, capped the
climax. We dropped in to see Dr..
Harper, the manufacturer Of Harper's
Compound, the great panacea, and the
DR. asked US to try little A dose of
medicine is not very palatable thing,
yet our duty as an editor required US
to take it, and we are glad to state that
we are still alive Harrisonburq Old
Commonwealth