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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-03

HOLIDAY CARRIES TIE CITY AND COU N
TY WITH A RUSH-PUZZLED CONDITION
OF THE ADJUSTERS---INSrRU LOTIONS
AGAINST MALONE,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-03

FOR best liquors by the..Drink, Pint. Quart
or gallon, call at
TOM BURKE'S. may4 - -.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-03

FRUIT CANS-The Best Fruit on the Mar
ket. II NJ. RFS; Main STREE,
Dealer in Groceries and Produce
iunel8.3m
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-03

aug3-2t
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SIN. WILKES is selling elegant Oh ,irs at
ST. may4stf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-03

KlchmOndl va.
Price, Soc a bottle. Sold by druggists gen
orally. auglo-ly
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Notions, White Goods, Hosiery
8 Governor or 18th St., Richmond, Va.
dec22~ly
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-03

s~DISEASED GUNS
DECAYED TEETH
MEAD h BAKER s CARBOLIC MOUTH
WASH will positively heal spongy, bleeding,
and.ulcerated gums: arrest decay OF the teeth
and DESTROY the offensive odor caused by these
diseases. 1t is an excellent GARGLE fer ore
Throat, and leaves a refre shing and pleasant
taste in the mouth.
epared solely by
MEADE II BAKER, Pharmacists,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-03

H. NJ. McILHANY keeps on hand large stock
of Iron Nails and Horse Shoes. Low for cash
GEO. D. THAXTON, R. c. NICHOLAS,
Late Blair & Tnaxton. of Virginia.
TIE 1XTOS 81 NICEH eLAS
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-03

HuGu NJ. McILHANY is agent for this section Of
Virginia for Temples Celebrated Porcelain
Pumps
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-03
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,

Parrish 4 Hammond Pa. Il
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
A Rare FIND or Coins.


An extraordinary discoveryof an,
cient coins has just been madeon the
Montrane estate, a few miles
from Cupar in Scotland, the proper
,ty Of Mr.. Allan Gilmonr. In drain
ing a portion Of land the laborers
struck on what they supposed to be
a boulder, but subsequently it was
discovered to be a pot. A stone was
firmly wedged into its mouth and on
being removed it was found that the
vessel was filed with coins, the total
number of pieces being nine thOus.
ard. Most Of them have the appear
ance ofa well-worn sixpence, a few
are Of the size Of a form, though not
quite 50 thick, and a small number
are about the sizeof shilling They
Iss al silver and 50 fur as has been
ascertained,of Of the twelfth, thirteenth,
and fourteenth centuries. 1t is sup
posed they were used in the reigns of
Robert II, Robert III, and David II,
and have lain in the earth more than
three hundred years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
Gold Mining in GeOrria.

At the present time there are over
five hundred stamps at work within
a few miles of Danlonega, and one Of
these miles having a battery Of five
stamps only, yields from twenty to
twenty-five ounces of gold per week,
an average of six hundred dollars per
week, or one hundred and twenty
dollars per stamp. The mill is run
by a small engine, which pumps its
water from the mine, affording wat
er for washing also. The mill frame
stands Immediately over the shaft,
which is now about nine feet, and
the ore is said to grow richer as the
shaft descends. In this mine the
quartz yields from one dollar to six
dollars per ton, and the cost Of min
ing, crushing and amslgamating, is
only twenty-five to thirty cents per
ton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
The Juvenile Bathcr.

At noon yesterday a policeman
found u boy bathing in a slip near
the foot of Randolph street and he
called to the lad to come out and be
arrested like u man for breaking the
ordinance.
us it agin the ordinance for boy
to fall into the river?" inquired the
bather,
"No, sir; bat you are naked"
"Docs the law say that boy has
got to have his clothes on when he
falls in?"
"Thc ordinance prohibits bathing
here and now you come out"
as it bathing when a fcllcr cuts
his foot on q piece of tin, knocks his
head agin u beam, and swallows four
catfish and gob of mud?"
"I want you," called the officer.
"What for?" called the boy.
II command you to come out"
II can't como" sorrowfully answer
cd the bather. "Thc real truth is, l
Jumped in here to rescue a drowning
female, but her hair pulled off and
she's at the bottom. As l have no
witness, l dasn't go t. trial"
"I'll bring you out!" growlcd the
officer, as he made for boat; but the
boy disappeared and was seen no
more. While the officer was looking
under the wharf the halfof a goOd-siz-
ed sand pile slid down the back ofhis
neck and into his boots, and a musi-
cal, familiar voice was heard say
ing
"My shirts on hind side afore,
breechos turned around, and this
vest wrong end up, but Ifccl as clean
as a new stampfrom the post Office, and
lor! what an appetite I've got for pop
corn balls."-Er.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
Sound Sleep.

1t is wonderful how much may be
done to protect existence by the ha'
bitual restorative of sound sleep
Late hours under mental strain are,
Of course, incompatible with this
solacement. On this topic, DR.. Rich
ardson says it has been painful fol-
him to trace the beginnings of pull
monary consumption to late hours at
"uncarthly balls and evening par
ties" by which rest is broken, and
enroachments made on the constitu-
tion. "But," he adds, "if in middle
age the habit of taking deficient and
irregular sleep is still maintained,
every source of depression, every lat
cnt form Of disease, is quickcned and
intensified. The sloeplesS exhaus'
tion allies itself with all other pro.
cesses of exhaustion, or 1t kills i'm
perccptibly, by rapid introduction
premature old age, which leads direct
to premature dissolution" There,
at once is an explanation why many
people die earlier than they ought to-
They violate the primary principle
of taking q regular nights rest II
they sleep it is disturbed. They
dream all sorts Of nonsense. That is
to say they do not sleep soundly Or
for any useful purpose; for dreaming
is nothing more than wild, imagi'
native notions passing through tho
brain while half sleeping or doing.
In dreaming, thoro is no proper or
restorative rest. Chambers Journal
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06

A beautiful lady's smiles arc mag
nets to draw metal from the purse.
veryfew persons havesonse enough
to despisc the praise of a fool.
When the loved one is absent, ev.
cry beautiful thing seems her shad'
ow.
A child's heart responds to the
tones Of its mothers voice like aharT
to the wind.
Every base occupation makes one
sharp in its practice and dull in every
other.
Never court the favor of tho rich
by flattcring either their vanitics OF
their vices. ltJ
Iftho waves threaten to enguli
you, don't add BY. your tears to the
amount Of water.
individuality IS everywhere 10 DC
spared and respected as the root Of
everything good.
Promises made in time Of afflictior
require better memory than people
commonly possess.
Incidence is d stream which flows
slowly on, but yet undermincs the
foundation Of every virtue.
Whatever makes the past or the
future predominate over thcprcsent
oxalts us in the scale Of thinking be-
ings,
If the storm Of adversely whistles
around you, whistle as bravely your
self, perhaps tho two whistles may
mako melody.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
Look Ancr the Girls.

An alarming custom which seems
to be growing among our girls is the
practice of walking tho streets dur
ing the evening. We believe in
walking, and think young people re-
quire plenty of fresh airand exercises
but surely an hours brisk walking at
sunset will effect this object. Modest
girls should not be seen on the street,
unless necessity compels it, after
dark. We hope and believe that this
alarming custom in the majority Of
cases works no serious result; and
yet it requires a great deal Of faith in
human nature to believe even this,
and no great degree Of foresight To
predict the mischief that in very
many cases must come Of II. Girls
arc too often inclined to get up "lit'
tic firtations" with tho gentlemen
they meet. Sometimes it is no more
than m interchange Of glanccs, a
cough, q wave Of the handkerchief
but these little departures from maid
enly modesty lead to greater and moro
dangerous ventures; and we shudder
to think of tho abyss on which they
unwittingly stand. What kind of a
parent can they bO who lot their
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
ie OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

81 51sAs sEf7nftfshStON
: FlI,sr PRgsuyTESiAN-Ser on the %
anil 4th Sahbatlis OF each month, morning
an,l evening. Rev. DR.. Lame, Pastor. Sab
bath school every Sunday morning ut "
clock. B. Gilmore, Superintendent.
pnlNr PLEASANT PRESBYTERIAN CIrRcII.
w. h. Hill, Pastor. Preaching lst and
III Sabbaths, morning and night. Bible
Class at the Parsonage OH Wednesday cv-
ening. sabbath School, Sunday morning
M. II. Hale, Superintendent. !.
PRuTEsTAST Eris,nPAL CnClcu- icv. i.
IL. I.scv, Rector. Services as follows: Al
Christ Church, Point Pleasant, every sun.
lay murning ut lOl O'clock, except the 2ti
Sunday in cach month, and every Sunday
evening, at 10 o'clock, except the 81 Sun
dav in each month. Sunday School ut |!
o'clock. r. StriblinE, supt. Nestry meet
ing on the evening of the ID Monday in cv-
cry muntlI. Services ut Bruce's Chapel on
the ii sunday at 10! A. NJ. Mason City
on the ii Sunday ut q +. VI. West Col
umhia the ;Id Sunday at 6l +. NJ.
VI. l.. CurEcll-Scrvices on the LIST and
81 Sabbatls OF carlr month, at l0l \. NJ,
anil Il L. VI, during Summer. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening. +. a.
Trippctt, Pastor. Sabbath schoolevcry Sun
day uiurning ut o'clock, ID. 5. Snyder,
Superintendent.
VI. L. Cnu&cu, S0rTII-Scrviccs on the
4th Sabbath Of each month. Rev. -
Robinson Pastor. Sabbath School every
Sabbath morning ut . o'clock. Robert ).
Bickel, Superintendent,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
Wonders OF Art.

whats this, mister?" said a cur
ious countryman, who was wander
ing through Washington street
jewelers. store, as he spoke he rang a
statue Of Mercury with his horny
knuckles.
aThat," said the attendant; sis
Mercury" and he PASSED on to wait
upon customer,
The ruralist gazed for moment
with open mouth at the bronze re-
presentation of the messenger Of the
gods, and then beckoned to a com.
panion at the other end Of the store,
to whom he said:
"Jim, what do you suppose thatcre
figger isl"
81 dunno" responded Jim, in turn
giving it a resounding rap, "bronze,
hain't it?"
NO. said the other, "taint its
quicksilver"
"wha-at! the stuff they put in
thermometers? Wa.al, ! am burned.
What'll they do ncxt?"
And after an other long look the
couple moved on impressed with the
wonders of art.-Boston Bulletin.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06

tlaughtersthus expose then Ives to
the greatest ofall dangers2 PARENTS
are boand to watch over u child
rem, Perhaps the mother q ks that
the girls will be girls;that h7 had
her Aiftations in her day nd no
harm oft, and girls will b time
enough tosober down when they are
married and Of her hands 3 they
will, poor things; butwhat e1anceot
a happy married life ha girl
brought up; or.aliowedsto G up in
this way, not only with no pmestic
training, but with no sem pf wo-
manly dignity and respons Illly2+
Once in awhile there come dread
full reckoning to one Of % silly
mothers, the discovery Of awful
shame that casts perpetun sIRqoN
on the househol1 THE pe1
baps, is turned adrift upon the world
to suffer alone the inevitable penal
ty of the fault that was more her par
ents than her own. We have not ex-
aggerated the magnitude of thisevil;
we are sure that we do not oxagger-
.HI
ate its danger. Mothers, take care
of your daughters. n
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
That Big Frog.

II was remembered afterward thai
he had q sneakihg, low-down look
and The boys were sorry they didn'i
arresthim as the Nathan murderer
1 lie called At the Ninth avenue sta
Ition and asked If they had an aquar
Iiuu there, and if they didn't wanb {
Lakes. Clair frog toPut in il, ant
lhe added; ~
Gentlemen, it is a frog / caught
myself and he really ought to be or
exhibition. never saw one Of hi
size before
How large is it2nA inquired % ser
geant; instinrtiyely glancing a. tht
top Of the c0al stove. ss
fGeptlouen, ] hate togive yod The
figures, because I'm a stranger, re.
/ piled the man.
@There's some old whoppers up in
the lake." put in one of the reliei
squad "rve seen 'em as big as Q
stove cover, and even bigger"
"Well, some one oughtto have this
frog who can feed HIM we'll, ,"said the
stranger. "I ain't much on natural
science, and Pve seen about all there
is to see; but this frog-great heav.
ems! Some man ought to take him
round the country"
"How did you catch him?" asked
the Captain.
"Run him down with a tug and
threw fish net over him.
"And hess a monster, eh?" lu
"a monsterl Well, I don't want
to give you dimensions. Three re-
porters were at my house last night
to gethis length over all, breadth Of
beam, and carrying capacity, but !
wouldn't let them in. | don't care
for the glory Of the capture, but simp.
ly desire the advancement ofthe gem
eraly interests of the State"
"Tve heard sailors tell Of seeing
frogs up there as large as nail kegs,
but / thought they were lying" OBJ
served the sergeant.
"Nail kegs! Why, dye you sup.
pose / would como around here with
a frog you could put in nail keg?"
"Isuppose he'd go into a barrcl?'
tremblingly remarked the sergeant
Gentlemen, you may have sailed
across Lake St. Clair" coldly replied
the stranger, abut it's plain to me
that you never shoveda boat through
the marshes. Would Il fool away
time on a frog no larger than bar
rel? Would u tugboat chase such q
frog?"
~ shouldn't be a bit surprised il
this frog was as lage as a hogshead,'
said the Captain. "I've seen 'em up
there even larger than that"
"a hogshead! Gentlemen, l see
that you don't care for this frog; you
are willing that ] should ship it away
to some other town. Goodbye, gen
tlemen."
"Hold on!" cried the Captain, hold.
ing out his last cigar. ave believe
you Of course. Ifyou said this frog
was as large as a wagon-box, l should
believe you, for I've seen 'em up
there fully as large as that. Please
give us the dimensions of this frog"
The man lit his cigar, took pill
box from his vest pocket, and shak,
ing out a frog not over three days
transformed from a pollywog, he
quietly observed:
Gentlemen, get out your tape
lines" ee
When they roscd he vanished.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06

A traveller in a steamboat not par
ticularly celebrated for its celebrity,
inquired Of gentleman who stood
next him what the boat was called,
upon which the latter replied, II
think, Sir, it is called the Regulator,
for / observe all the other boats go by
IT,"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
TERMS OF COURT.

Crncrn Courr-First Monday in April,
and first Monday in October.
CouxTY Courr-Third Monday In Janu-
ary; Third Monday in March; Third Mon.
day in May; Third Monday in July; Third
Monday in November Third Monday in
December.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06

John Morrissoy, gambler and re-
form statesman complains thatJudge
Hilton has driven all of the rich Is.
raelites away from Saratoga. Mr..
Morrissey's cstabliShmontdroye away
all the poor Christians long ago.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
Recent Pompelnn Discoveries

That comparatively so little Of the
treasures of the Pompeiani is found
is explained by the fact that the in
habitants who had escaped and
thieves, broke into the houses, espec-
tally between the earthquake and
the eruption, and carried off all arti-
cles of value. Most Of the houses
have indications of these visits in
the modern mason work which closes
u hole. / am not aware that what
arc called the "water castles" have
been sufficiently noted, perhaps for
the reason that most have been care
lessly destroyed. One, however, has
lately been discovered, and propped
up and bound round with iron, They
were buildings for supplying the
neighboring houses with water. The
top was u large uasca to which water
was carried up by leaden pipes, a
great number of which still lie under
the level of the ground. BY pipes
the water was again distributed from
house TO house from the vasca. The
sarno, which supplied it, still runs
underneath Pompeii, and its impur-
ity is sevident from the deposits which
have been formed on the walls Of the
castle; its continued dropping has
covered them with u kind of stalact-
ito. Further examination shows
that these deposits correspond exact
ly with the stone with which great
part of Pompeii was built. The
stone was brought from Sarno, on the
river of the same name, which thus
supplied the inhabitants with build.
ing material and drinking water
The spot on which excavations are
actually carriedon is called the bath.
ing establishment, 1t is an immense
hall, and is still half full Of pumice.
stone; but in the very centre Of tho
mass, after many feet ofsoil had been
removed, there were found, last
month, four human skeletons, one Of
a woman, and by them were the fol-
lowing precious objects, which they
were evidently carrying of: In gold,
two necklaces, consisting of "a pieces,
representing ivy leaves, two earrings,
a chain with an emerald. In silver,
two casseroles, a largo looking-glass,
three vases, ladle, six large spoons,
16 smaller spoons, two forms for max.
ing pastry, like scallop shells; all are
we'll preserved and highly decorated.
They have boon sent to the museum
but arc not yet exhibited to the pub
lic,-Tae Athcneum.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
CITY DIRECTORY.

Mayur-D. W. PolSLEY.
Recorler-M. II. Hale. -.
Councilmen-C. Il. Waggener, John w
English, c. NJ. Cole, W. +. Nc:ile, Henr!
City sergcapt-J. F. lIulya,
ASsrssor-A. Hess.
Uyerscer Ponr-J. l., Charles.
Street superintendent" l- Gibbs,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06

Every Turkish soldiers ambition
is to grow a mustache as big as
gray squirrels tail. When that has
been accomplished he isa great SOL
dier.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06
The Royla Dc Allsy.

I q
Yesterday'a afternoon i Brush street
housewifea augged i bedstead to tho
backyard, eaped il up against the
fence, rolled up her sleeves, and went
back and brought out a teakettle Of
boiling. water Her sole object was
.toswash off tie dust and cobwebs
which seettles on .egety bedstead in
the.land, and she needn't hayeyl look,
ledall around, in sly and stealthy
Ilgsybefore proceeding 70 business,
There was a boy initheIAlley He
was hunting for phmder in a pils''of
rubbish, and hearing tho woman in.
the srd hel0okedi through thefence1
md begARlo chickle He knew that
her object was ID put the bedsleadini
tidy trim for the spmper campaign
but yct be nalicionsly eilled nut;
@Haye the water up.to the billing
pint if you want to knock 'eml"
The woman put the tc4kettle down
in a hurry and looked up at tho
windows on either side. No one was
visible, but presently the boy in the
alley remarked;
"Don't let the water git coldl9
She located him that timo but she
disdained to lesrhis remarks, Lift
ing up the kettle again she began
giving the cobwebs another soaking,
snow follow it up with keresone!"
hoarsely exclaimed the boy us she
paused for a moment.
Her face darkoned, and she looked
anxiously around, and nothing but
the consciousness that everybody has
to clean off their spring cobwebs pre-
vented her from feeling mad.
"Weallus use corrissiye sublimate
to kill emf called the boy from
knot-hole.
She went down to the fence and
asked who was there, and what was
wanted. sl s
~ don't want nuthin," he softly
replied, "only you can't never kill
'em with hot water!"
"Can't kill what" she sternly de-
manded.
"Bumble becsl" he chuckled.-
"Wc've had 'em up home ever since
| was born"
"Boy, I'm only cleaning the dust
of that bedstead," she said as she got
closer to the knot-hole
aYou kin callft dust II yeu want
EtoSbnt, i never saw dAS,
with a sharp stickl'
,".You are q mean, impudent boy,
and want you to go away from here
ut once" she exclaimed.
"This alley belongs to the city," he
replied, "and / can't go. You'd bet
ter hurry back there, or they'll come
to?"
She picked up a stick, laid it down
aftera moment, and going to the house
she brought out huge piece of APP
pie pie.
.'Boy, aren't you hungry" she ask
cd, as she reached the fence.
"You bet"
"And if 1 give you this will you
go away"
az will that; I'd whoop right out of
the neighborhoodi in two minutes, and
you kin tack a shingle over this knot
hole"
"well, now, here it is" she said as
she reached it over.
"And l won't tell no one what l
saw ma'am for we're all liable to find
'em, and says she really believes they
are a sign of good luck, Thankec,
and if was you I'd leave the bed
stead out doors tonight and Letter
freeze up. Fust-rate pie, and don't
let that water git coldl'-DetrOa Free
Press. isn
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06

Tho civil service rules are not so
strict as they have been reported to
be. II appears that an ofFicc.holdor
may make speeches ifho says some.
thing about money. Secretary shcr-
man has been making a financial
speech In Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06

No one would ever guess that Judge
Riddle ofthe Indiana Supreme Court,
owns 100 white rabbits, but 1t is so
reported. Tho little long.oarcd ami.
mails are amusing him during court
vacations and thu absence Of lawyers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-06

An Irish friend who never reads
tho papers, says that he hears that
the Turks are bombarding Kalafat
from Widin, ard he can't understand
II, for he thought they always bonn
bardod a city from "widout." "