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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-01-05
VNTAG0N.MAMEMG
wv AND BLACKSMl

VNTAAqSNn M IA ANGN.
wv AND BLACKSMITHING
The undersigned. formerly Of Cburchville, has
opened q Wagon-making and Blacksmithing
establishment, on
NEW COURT HOUSE ST, %sTAUNTON, VA
next door to the Carriage Factory of Capt.
Waters, where he is prepared to execute all work
in his line, out of good material, in the best
manner and at low f. ures.
Va REPAIRING promptly done and all
work warranted
Ma also manufacture FASIG'S PATENT
LIFTING JACK, the grea ties thing out and in
dispensable to farmers generally. Gail and see
it.
fsbl4 JAS. NJ. LTCKL!TER.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-01-05

wYnEsaaBNTA EANEs& FOR @AEE
" OR FOR RENTING undersign-
ed has for sale hundreds Of valuable
FARMS, COUNTRY SEATS, MILLS,
TIMBERED and MINERAL LANDS.
MINERAL SPRINGS, sc. &c on the
most reasonable terms. To those wishing
to buy, COM and see for yourselves, and
to those having properties to sell, if you
can give clear titles and dc not hold youl
lands too high, we want to act for you.
We have been in the business ten years,
and never sold a bad title. Send stamp
or the Land Advertiser" Piedmont
Land Agency
G~ordonsville, Va.
P. S. MIR. w. EH. I'll. LYNN, of
1Staunton, Va. will give all the informa-
ton, either in person or by letter, to par
ties desiring to sell or buy VALLEY
LANDS through my Agency.
DAVID D. M. DIGGES.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-01-05

ESURKE'S LIVERY STABLES.-My Stable
- are supplied with the
FIN EST CARRIAGES
PHATONS AND BUGGIES,
FAST Ggases safe KH % R 8 go.
For Saddle or Harness, and every thing pertain
ing to q
FIRST GLASS LIVERY.
Families or parties furnished vehicles OR horsss
on short notice and liberal terms.
MP MOTTO rs TO PLEASE.
Give me 8 call, at the VIRGINIA HOTEL
OFFICE, or at my New Office. on New Street,
1ear Grubert's Building, Immediately North of
New Street Bridge.
va Special attention paid 10 the SALE Of
STOCK.
isn12-tf Il BURKE.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-01-05

fffC o0H eHo ~ 10y = oofu1f! fo77i
proceed TO take, state aud settle an account of
the partnership of Eyler, Cooper & Co so as
to she " the assets and liabilities OF said firm and
thu Indebtedness IF the firm to the partners re-
spectively, and the Indebtedness Of the partners
to each other. and an account of any other mats
tiers deemed pertinent by Com'r. or required by
any of the parties to be specially stated, at
viii b time and place you are required 10 at>
;eua. j. W. GREEN SMITH,
Shelley &Bu mgardner Pa. Com'r.
6arCc At
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-01-12
II We Here Boys 40ai,.

Let me tell yOu, my young friend
some of the things | would do if [ were
a boy again some Of the too often neg
lected acts l would strive to accomplish
if it were in my power TO begin all over
anew.
III were a boy again, l would have a
blank hook in which I could accord, be-
fore going to bed, every days events
just as they happened to me personally,
If began by writing only two lines a
day in my dairy, l would start my little
book, and faithfully put down what hap
pened to interest me.
On its pages l would note down the
hibits of birds and animals as l saw
them, and if the horse fell i'll, down
should go his malady in my book, and
what cured him should go there too. If
the cat or dog showed any peculiar
traits, they should all be chronicled in
my diary, and nothing worth recording
should escape me.
There are hundreds OF things l would
correct in my life if I were a boy again,
and among them Is this special one: I
would be more careful of my teeth. See
ing since l have grown up, how much
suffering is induced by the bad habits of
constantly eating candies and other
sweet nuisances, I would shut my mouth
to all allurements of that sort. Very
hot and very cold substances / would
studiously avoid.
Toothache in our country is one of the
national crimes. Halt the people we
meet have swelled faces. The dentist
thrives here as he does in no other land
on the planet, and it Is because we spoil
our teeth at the age of five to six years.
A child eight years old, asked me not
long ago if l could recommend him 10 a
dentist "who didn'thurt :" pitied him,
but was not acquainted with such an
artist. They all hurt, and they can not
help it, poor, hard-working gentlemen,
charging, as they do, like Chester
1 would have no dealings with tobacco,
in any form, if were a boy again. My
friend Pipes tells me he Is such a martyr
10 cigar-boxes that his life is a burden.
The habit of smoking has become such II
tyIant over him that be carries a tobacco
bowsprit at his damp, discolorel lips
every hour of the day, and he begs NE
TO warn all the boys Of my acquaintance
and say to theIa emphatically, Don't
learn to smoke :" He tells me, sadly,
that his head is sometimes in such a diz-
zy whirl, and his brain so foul from long
habits of smoking he can not break of,
that he is compelled to forego much that
Is pleasant in existence, and live a to-
bacco-tortured life from year TO year
Poor Pipes he is a sad warning to young
fellows who are just learning to use the
dirty, unmannerly weed.-Joseph T.
FIelds.
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RULES or rl1LE E1IoUErrE.

/. Do not keep others waiting for
you either at the beginning or close of
the meal.
?. Do not sip soup from the tip but
from the side Of the room.
8. BE careful not to drop or spin any
thing on the table-cloth
4. Keep your plate clean do not heap
all sorts of food on at once.
5. In passing your plate TO be reheaPed'
retain the knife and FORK.
6. When asked for dish do not shove
but hand. it.
7. While drinking do not look around
S. Instruct the servant to hand the
cup at the left side, 50 that it may be re-
ceived by the right hand.
9. Do not drink your tea or coffee
without'frst removing the teaspoon from
the cup to the saucer.
10. Use the knife for cutting only
never put it to the lips of the mouth.
IL. Break your bread into small pieces
and rest them on your plate while spread
ing.
ID. Do not eat too fast; besides giving
one the appearance of greed it is not
healthy.
10. Ifyou find anything unpleasAntHln
YOUR food put it aside as quietly as posi-,
BILE. without drawing the attention OF
others TO it.
IA. Do not open the lips or make any
unnecessary noise in chewing.
IS. Do not touch the head.
1S. Do not rest the elbows on the Ia
Bile. .;~. "a
II. Be thoughtful Of and attentive 70
the wants of those about you 80.
IS. Converse on pleasant suDDee's "''0
those sitting near you.
10. Do not say anything not in'sn''~
for all present to hear. ,,A
90. Leave your pate with 'ne r4 s,..
and fork laying parallel, the nano'''
pointing 10 the right. -. 9TH
" Never leave the table before or. .,a
ara without asking the lady Or srn.'s ,1''s.
man who presides 70 excuse you "'''
inqton Chronicle.
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THOSE CH4RMTNG MORNING WRAP
PERS.

Morning wrappers are exceedingly
handsome this season. They are made
princesse shape, with double-breasted
and diagonal fronts, while the backs are
plain over the tournures, and thence
hang pleats to give fullness. Almost
every handsome design for polonaiges ap.
pear in wrappers, as they are merely
polonaises made slightly looser and
heightened. g There is a fancy
for trimming wool wrappers. with white,
as for instance, pale blue cashmere wrap
pers have an edging Of white English
embroidered muslin, and others of cream.
colered, basket-woven wool have white
Smyrna (linen) lace for trimming, and
many bows of chestnut brown ribbon. A
wrapper of cardinal red wrought with
India needle work. A useful wrapper of
dark invisible green merino has Titan
braid of the same shade, and another of
iron gray has gray braid piped with car
dinal; there are also pale blue and buff
wrappers piped with cardinal silk. Light
French gray cashmere is piped with pale
blue. Long looped bows of ribbon are
placed down the front of single breasted
wrappers. These bows are usually of
two colors, one loop and end of the color
of the garment, and another loop and
end to match the trimmings. Square
bows are set on the wrists and pockets
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-01-12
Hoe To Punish a CAaa.

A little child of two or three or four
years old will often have willful fits Just
when we are the busiest we must make
two rules about this. First, let what
will 90 TO the wall, must take few
moments with my child alone when l
punish him and second, I shall, God help
ing me, never punish him in anger; better
let him 90 unpunished. Now see how
this works. You have settled in the sit
ting-room, and left the three boys to play
together Your dishes are washed, and
YOU are in the midst of bread mixing,
when you hear a scuffle, screams, and
Willie runs out. Mamma, Robbie hit
me ~ Willie catched cold and spitted
at me - q" / only sneezed, mamma. and
you said Robbie mustn't hit me-" Your
hands are in the dough, safe from dealing
sudden punishment, even if you felt
vexed, which one can hardly be, as the
little rogue, watching your face, steals
in but because Robbie has happened to
make you smile at his description of a
sneeze, you must not forget he has dis
obeyed. He is told to sit alone while
Willie rolls little dough to bake for
himself, but, at hint from you, he
promises it to Robbie. That young man,
however, pouts and mutters some little
rebellious words to himself " Robbie,
if you strike Willie or throw anything at
him, to- day, shall whip you, and put
you to bed-remember" The day wears
on, and you have forgotten the threatened
punishment; every moment is busy,
when, just as you are about to prepare
some dainty for tea, Willie comes again
=" Robbie is throwing sticks, mamma. F."
You are provoked. Why can not your
children play an hour or two in peace ?
Why does Willie tell tales? Take a
moment to yourself; then give up the
nice dish for tea, and take Robbie up
stairs, alene. The little fellow is pretty
sober, and ready to cry, if he thinks it a
wise move. Robbie, sit on mammals
lap-so. What did mamma tell you she
would do, if you threw sticks ?" Whip
me-" Anything else? What did
say you must do" "Go to bed" Yes,
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q" Because she was paid to do so. Be
cause she was hired by me through the
agency of a private inquiry office to act
as she did act. Madame, by profession,
is not thief but a thief-catcher. You
had grown so self-conceited of late. mas
ter Ned, you had got such a mighty tall
opinion of yourself and your abilities,
that thought it would do you no harm
to take You down peg or two. l hope
| have succeeded in convincing You
that there are people in the world quite
as clever, or may be cleverer, than GER
tain young gentleman of one-and-twenty.
If you profit by the lesson my money will
have been we'll spent"
An hour or two later l said, " But
wasn't it rather a risky thing to do with
a ring worth five hundred pounds ?'
My father winked at me with the So
lemnity of a judge. My dear Ned,
what do you take your old dad for? The
diamonds were nothing but paste"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-01-12
HAMPTON TO HAYES.
Wade Hampton Puts Himself Right Bp-
fore the Two Candidates
for the Presidency.

Judge I. J. Mackey, of South Carroll
ma, is bearer of letter from Gen. Wade
Hampton to Gov. Hayes. The letter is
as follows:
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, COLUMBIA.
December %, 1S76.-My Dear Sir: /
have the honor to enclose a copy of nv
inaugural as the duly elected governor
of South Carolina. In view Of the
current events and the official sane
ton given TO the gross misrepresen-
tation of the acts and purposes of
the majority of the good people of this
commonwealth, | deem ii proper to de-
clare that profound peace prevails
throughout this state; that the course
of judicial proceedings IS INSTRUCTED by
no combination of citizens thereof, and
that the laws for the protection of its
inhabitants in all their rights of person,
property and citizenship are being en-
forced in our courts. While the people
of this state are not wanting either in
the spirit or means to maintain their
rights of citizenship against the usurped
power which now defes thG supreme
judicial authority of the state, they have
such faith in the justice OF their cause
that they propose 10 leave its vindication
to the proper legal tribunals, appealing
at the same time to the
PATRIOTISM AND PUBLIC SENTIMENT
of the whole country. The infammstery
utterances of a portion of the public
press render it perhaps not inOpportune
tor me to state that, although the people
in South Carolina view with grave con
Germ the present critical conjuncture in
the affairs OF our country which threatens
to subject to an extreme test the repub-
Iican system of government itself, 1t is
their firm and deliberate purpose to con-
denim any solution of the existing polit
ical problems that envolve the exhibition
of armed force or that made through any
other channel than the prescribed form of
the constitution or the peaceful agencies
of law. Trusting that solu-
ton may be had which, while
maintaining the peace of the coun-
try, shall 90 no violence to the con-
stitutional safeguards of popular rights
and will tend still more firmly to unite
| the people of all the states in an earnest
effort to preserve the peace, TO sustain
| the laws and the constitution, am very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
WADE HAMPTON,
Governor of South Carolina.
His excellency, r. B. Hayes, Governor
of Ohio.
p. S.--As the settlement of the vexed
political questions which now agitate the
public mind must ultimately depend on
Yourself or upon your distinguished d
/ competitor for the presidency, | have
addressed letter similar to this to his
excellency, Governor Tilden. Yours.
WADE HAMPTON.
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One Phase of English Law.

Mr.. John Rigby, the inventor of the
Rigby rife and one of the famous shots
of the first Irish international rife team,
was recently fined f2 los. for firing one
OF his own guns without special permit.
He had made some change in his rife
which he wished to test by experiment,
and in doing so violated provision of
the Arms Licensing act, which prohibits
the discharge of firearms without a
special permit from the commissioner of
inland revenue. The case attracts
attention as illustrating the sever
ity of English rule over Ireland. 1t also
shows that the government is no respect
er of person, but fines the rich manufac-
turer equally with the lawless prowler
among the bogs.--Bostoa Transcript.
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The Antarctic Regions.

A lecture was delivered in the City
hall. Glasgow, on Thursday night by
Sir Wvville Thomson on the condition Of
3he antartic regions. Sir William Thom-
son presided. Sir Wyville Thomson said
he intended to direct attention to some
of the peculiarities in the physical condi-
tions OF the antartic regions, so as 10 put
him in a better position TO contrast them
with those of the arctic regions. On COM
ing near the area of the icebergs in the
southern hemisphere, the bottom of the
sea was found to consist OF clay mixed
with very fine particles of gravel, and in
many cases mixed with large pebbles
and sometimes with large masses of
stone. There was no doubt that all
those deposits were due to icebergs, the
matter falling TO the bottom as they
melted. The bergs they saw to the south
and breaking down and melting a little
further to the north were prismatic
blocks riven from the edge of the great
antartic ice sheet. The strati6cation of
the icebergs, he believed, was due to sue
cessive accumulations of snow upon a
nearly level surface. Taking the area
within the parallel 20 south, they had
not evidence that the 4,500 600 square
miles were continuous land the pre-
sumption would seem to be that the area
was greatly broken up, or at all events
was rendered less compact at the places
where the warm currents were diverted
to the southwark. Thecurious question
arose, would theysseversbe able to reach
the south pole He thought the an
swer must be unhesitatingly in the mega
tive. Ross's southermost point was up.
wards of 700, and Graham land ,20C
miles from the south pole. The remain
der appeared to be perpendicular Cliff
of ice 230 to $50 feet in height, without
shelter, kept in motion by the gales, and
great portion of it subject to high
winds and incessant falls of snow. They
had not learnt that the north pole, If not
actually inaccessible, was much more dit
ficult of access than was imagined, and
they could only anticipate disasters
hundred times multiplied should the
south pole become the goal of rivalry
among the nations.-iSc0tsmdn
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-01-12
THE TWO ANGELS.
nr JOHN G. WHITTIER.

God called the nearest angels who dwell with Him
above.
The tenderest one was Pity, the dearest was
Love
/" Arise" he said. my angels. vail of woe and
Steals through the gates of heaven and saddens all
within
:" My harps take up the mournful strain that from
lost world swels.
smoke of torment clouds the light and blishts
the asphodeis.
Ply downward to that under world, and on its
ct Love drop smiles like sunshine, and Pity tears
like rain"
Two faces bowed before the throne yelled in their
golden hair
Four white wings lessened swiftly down the dark
abyss OF air.
The way strange. the aight was long; at last
the angels came
Where swung the lost and .nether werld, red
wrapped In rayless fame.
There Pity, shuddering, wept; but Love- with faith
too strong for fear.
Took heart from Gods almishtiness and smiled
smile OF cheer.
And loI that tear of Pity quenched the fame where
on IL tell,
And. With the sunshine OF that smile, Hope entered
into hell.
~o unvailed faces full OF Joy looked upward the
our white wings folded al the feet OF Him who
sat thereon
nd deeper than the sound Of seas, more soft than /
falling fake.
Amidst the hush Of wing and song the Voice Eter-
nal spake,
Welcome, ny angels ye have broughta hoIier
JOY 10 heaven;
Aeneefortk its sweetest song shall be the song of
SIN scrgivenH'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-01-12

New Hampshire elects her three rep
resentatives IN the spring of 1877. At
the election of congressman of 1879 the
democrats carried the first and third dis
tricts, bnt last month all three gave re-
publican maiorities, SIS, ,939 and SIS
respectively. Allowing all threeof them
to the republicans, the democrats will
have majority Of three, which isenough
to secure the organization of the house.
In the two Florida districts, and the
fourth and sixth Louisiana, the demo
cratic candidates received majofities but
were counted out by the returning boards.
In Colorado the republican candidate
claims that the election for both terms in
October was valid. In the fourth Cali
fornia one footing gives Pacheo (Rep.)
one majority; another elects Wigginton
(Dem. by one. There viii he a close
contest over the third Massachusetts,.
These we think the only districts where
changes VIII he made, as in other cases
as those Of Aletcalf (Hep.) in the third
Missouri, and Hertzell Dem in the
eighteenth Illinois, the onus on the CON
testants IS heavy The next house is
therefore safely democratic by "from
twelve to twenty majority" as the World
originally predicted.-Neio Yort World.
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ron THE YOUNG FOLKS.
The Iihttet.


Grandma told me all about it.
Told me, so couldn't doubt it.
How she danced-my grandma danced
Long ago.
How she held her pretty head,
How her dainty skirt she spread,
How she turned her little toes
Smiling little humau rose -
Long ago.
1Irandma's hair was bright and sunny
Dlmpled cheeks, toO-ah, how funny!
Really quite pretty girl,t
Long ago.
Bless her why, she wears a cap,
Grandma does and takes a nap
Every single day; and yet
Grandma danced the miuUet
Long ago.
Now she sits there, rocking. rocking
Always knitting Grandpa's stocking
every girl was taught 20 knit,
Long ago)
Yet her figure is so neat,
And her way 80 staid and sweet,
| can almost see her now
Bending TO her partners bow,
Long ago.
Granima says our modern jumping;
Hopping, rushing, whirling, humping,
Would have shocked the gentle folk
Long ago.
No-they moved with stately grace,
dfiiFdffESssilE Il 9iSGVss 9iofV%ard di'ihi lien
slowly cOurtseying back again,
Long ago.
Modern ways are quite alarming,
Grandma says; but boys were charming
Girls and boys, I mean OF course
Long ago.
Bravely, modest, grdndlv shy
What If all of us should try
Just TO Zee! like those who met
In the graceful mi1uet
Long ago?
With the lninuet in fashion,
Who could Il into pls>ion2
All would wear the calm they wore
Long ago
In time to come, il /, perchanCe,
Should tell my gTHndchild of our dance,
l should really Ike to say,
- We did it, dear, in some such way,
Long ago.
Mrs. NUTy Napes Dodge, s.. NiCtoiGs.
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Iris a curious fact, and forms a strange
commentary on human nature, that the
Moody meetings just closed Chicago,
during their progress, became a favorite
resort for pickpockets and sharpers, who
found in the absorbed throngs tair field
tor their operations Nearly thousand
Packetbooks were stolen, and some of
them were taken, not in the open meet
ings, but in the inquiry rooms. The caps,
canes, watches and umbrellas carried off
were innumerable. The fact that the
revival was infested by thieves and at
tended with losses should not perhaps
be considered as affecting in any way its
religious character. Ia crowds of every
kind there viii be some rascals. Every
good cause has thousands of scoundrels
In its armies.
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Governor OF south Carolina.
His excellency, r. B. Hayes, Governor

MENDAcIrY IN FRANCE-T. B. Al
drich in the Atlantic that he met afel
low country men in Paris who fell into a
singular error concerning that word so
constantly heard ''pourboire." He
thought it was TIE French for "poor
boy" and on being accosted one day by
a very old beggar woman, he was struck
by the inc0ngruity. ooh" he ex-
claimed, ''you are a poor boy toe, are
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The distance to- the Sun.

Light, which travels with amazing
velocity, required eight minutes to
reach the earth. Sound would require
fourteen years to travel from the sun TO
the earth, so that five saw an explosion
at its surface it would be fourteen years
before we could hear il. But II We
could place a rod of iron from
the earth to the sun and then strike It
with hammer on one end the sound would
reach the opposite end in about. eleven
months. But perhaps the most sing uiar
illustration of the suns distance was
drawn from the human economy. sen
sation took a certain time to tIavel TO
the nerve centres, and if we could mag
inc human infant with an arm Ioag
enough to reach the sun it wouiq laSe
one hundred and ffty years for tne ;, u
sation to reach him after burning i,ls
fingers; in other words. he "ouru De
dead several wears before the s, sensation
of burning could reach him: Inc suns
distance was so inconceivable thae IL y was
only by making such comparisons " at
we could form any idea OF 1t at AL
Professor Young's Lecture.