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HUSBANDS AND WIvES.-No doubt
many woman has gone into her room
and had "good cry" because her hus-
band had called her by her baptismal
name, and not by that absurd nickname
invented in the days of their folly; or
because, pressed for time, he hurried
out of the house without going through
the established formula of leave-taking.
The lover has merged into husband;
security has taken the place of wooing;
and the woman does not take kindly to
the transformation. Sometimes she
plays dangerous game, and tries what
flirting with another man will do. If
her scheme does not answer, and her
husband is not made jealous, she is re-
volted, and holds herself that hardly
used being, neglected wife. Then she
will perhaps sulk, and no longer greet
her husband with cheering smile after
the labors of the day. He notes the
change of conduct, and feeling that he
is not to blame, hesitates to take the
initiative of smoothing matters. Moth
ing is in reality more annoying than
bands and wives show each other in
society. That familiarity of touch, tn ose
half-concealed caresses, those absurd
names, that prodigalitJ of endearing
epithets, that devoted attention which
they faunt in the face of the public as
a kind of challenge to the world to come
and admire their happiness, is always
noticed and laughed at. Yet to some
women this parade of love is the very
essence.of married happiness. They be-
lieve themselves admired and envied,
when they are ridiculed and scoffed at
and they think their husbands are mod
els for other men to copy, when they
are taken as examples to avoid. Men
who have any real manliness, however,
de not give in to this kind of thing;
though there are some as gushing as
women themselves, who like this sleepy
efusiveness of love, and carry it into
quite an old age, fondling the ancient
grandmother with gray hairs as lavish
ly as they had fondled the youthful
bride, and seeing no want of harmony
in calling an old dame of sixty and up
wards by the pet names by which they
had called her when she was a slip of
girl of eighteen. The continuance of
love from youth to old age is very cheer
ing, but even "John Anderson, my Jo,"
would lose it's pathos if Mrs. Anderson
had ignored the difference between the
raven locks and snowy brow of the ven-
erable John.-NeW York Sunday Mer-
clErn
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The devil is certainly unclaimed, and>
not content with destroying the peace
and happiness of his legitimate Subjects I
has invaded the strongholds of those
who renounce him and all his works.
and set up recruiting offices in the midst
of his most formidable enemies; and
that he is receiving heavy reinforce
ments may readily be imagined when
it is known that in one week apreacher
has been arrested on the Texas border
and brought back to Kansas for robbingi
everybody he had business relationsi
with, one was put in Jail in Missouri for
the murder of his wife, one indicted in
Philadelphia for attempting to outrage
child, and one who had committed
forgery was detected in Dayton, while
Sunday school teacher in Brooklyn
was arrested for abortion. He does not
confine his operations to any particular
sect or denomination, but makes his
raids promiscuously, and in the Dayton
case even attacked the mother church.
Alexandria Gazette.
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DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
VEGETINE

Strikes at the root of disease by purifying the
blood, restoring the liver and kidneys to healthy
action, invigorating the nervous system.
Vegetine
Is not vile, nauseous compound, which simply
purees the bowels, but safe, pleasant remedy
which is sure to purify the blood, and thereby
restore the health.
Vegetine
Is now prescribed in cases of Scrofula and other
diseases of the blood, by many of the best ply
sicians, owing to its great success in curing all
diseases of this nature.
Vegetine
Does not deceive invalids into false hopes by
purging and creating fictitious appetite, but
assists nature in clearing and purifying the
whole system, leading the patient gradually to
perfect health.
V Vegetine
Was looked upon as an experiment for some
time by some of our best physicians, but those
most incredulous in regard to its merit are now
its most ardent friends and supporters.
Vegetine
Says Boston physician, "has no equal as a
blood purifier. Hearing Of its many wonderful
cures, after all other remedies had failed 1 WIS.,
tied the laboratory and convinced myself of its
genuine merit 1t is prepared from barks, roots
and herbs, each of which is highly effective, and
they are compounded in such a manner as to
produce astonishing results"
Vegetine
Is acknowledged and recommended by physi-
clans and apothecaries to be the best purifier
and cleanser of the blood yet discovered, and
thousands speak in its praise who have been
restored to health.
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aaAss
20 EFT r. Y.
FLORENCE vANE.

FLOkENCE HANE.
BY PHILIP PENDLEToN COOKE.
loved thee long and dearly,
Florence Vane;
My life's bright dream and early
Hath come again;
renew within my vision
My hearts dear pain
Its hopes and thy derision.
Florence Vane.
The ruin lone and hoary,
The ruin old.
Where thou didst heark my story
AT even told:
That spot-the hues elyslan
Ofsky and plain,
treasure in my vision,
Florence Vane.
Thou vast lovlier than the roses
In their prime;
Thy voice excelled the closes
Ofsweetest rhyme;
Thy heart was river
Without main;
Would had loved thee never
Florence Vane!
But fairest, coolest wonder!
Thy glorious clay
Lfeth the green sod under!
Alas! the day!
And it boots not to remember
Thy disdain,
To quicken loves pale ember,
Florence Vane.
The lilies of the valley
By young graves weep;
The pansies love to daily
Where maidens sleep:
May their bloom, in beauty vying,
Never wane.
Where thine earthly part is lying,
Florence Vane. .'-.-t--
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WAITING THE REVEILLE.
By ]. II. HEWITT.

Resting beneath the waving grass,
Out on the silent lea,
Many gallant boy we pass,
Waiting the reveille.
Where, murm'ring soft, the brook rolls on
Over the golden sand,
There's stationed many ghostly one
Who fought for his native land.
Under the shadow of the elm,
Deep in the miry clay,
With broken sword and cloven helm,
Grim sentinels are they!
High up the mountain slope they sleep,
Down in the rocky pass,
Where damp dews fall, where cold winds
sweep
Over the meadow grass.
On every hillock, every stone,
Their bloody records glow;
Their requiem-the wild winds moan,
Their pall-the drifted snow.
Waiting for the reveille-all still
The grim battalion sleeps,
The while our eagle, screaming shrill
His skyward vigil keeps,
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CHASTITY HISTORICAL REMINISCENT
CES.-There is curious decree of Louis
XIV, dated 1870, which ordained that
the body of a suicide should be tied to a
carts tail so that the head should be
jolted as it was dragged over a stony
road. 1t was then hanged, feet upper
most, and cast into a common ditch
The goods of a suicide were also seques-
trated by this law, as those of felon,
but curator was named who would
exculpate him on furnishing proofs
either that he was of unsound mind or
that his death had been really occasioned
by third persona plea which gave a
large margin to the defence. A strange
practice existed Of placing the suicides
body astride upon a wooden horse du-
ring the legal proceedings, and if they
were likely to be protracted by the ne
cessity of producing evidence from dis
tant places, the corpse was picked with
salt to prevent decomposition, and must
have looked a most gruesome object
The usages of the middle ages had been
still more abominable, for st. Augustine
and the Fathers of the Church had pro-
nounced suicide to be worse than muir
der. so that it was treated accordingly
and judicial horrors of unspeakable
atroci ty ensued.
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Aunt julia" said blooming girl of
II, what is necessary in order to write
a. good love letter?' WELL" replied
the aunt, 'you must begin without
knowing what you mean to say, and
finish without knowing what you have
written"
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About the best state to be in for the
transaction of business that we know of,
is the state of good humOr. 1t relieves
the mind and improves the health. =.
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To SELECT A GOOD BUTTER COw.-It
is said that the color of the inside of the
cows ear affords an infallible guide to
the selection of good butter cow. If
the skin on the inside Of the ear is of a
rich yellow or orange color and the Ii
ming of the ear is covered with all oily
secretion, the COW will be sure to give a
good quality of milk, rich in butter
Cows that produce high-colored butter
have large amount of the secretion,
the inside of the ear being of an orange
tint. On the other hand, light-color but
ter-makers present a scanty, thin and
pale yellow secretion, in some cases
found only at the bottom of the ear,
while the inside lining is of CORES
pondingly pale underlined color. Every
female of the bovine family has the pow
er of secreting certain amount of this
oily matter If the quantity be alb
normally large, secretion will take place
freely in the mammary glands, the ear
and the skin. AS the test is simple and
costs nothing, it cannot fail to prove q
useful auxiliary to the dairyman and
farmer in their selection of rich mixers.
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Awoman is very much like a kettle,
if you come to think of it. She sings
away so pleasantly-then she stops
and, when you least expect it, she boils
over.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-12

In addition to the above, 1 keep large stock
Of all grades of Smoking Tobaccos, from 5Oc
per pound to 200 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,
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Almost any boy of energy and deter
world if you give him a piece of chalk.
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WON'T GO TO FLORIDA"
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.

DR.. G. .. WALKER,
No. IO5. Main Street.
Under B. NJ. CZinedanst's Photograph
Gallery,
Keeps always on hand, good assortment OF
DRUGS, MEDICINES, BYESTUFFS, LAMPS
TOILET ARTICLES, &C.,
&y- At reasonable prices. -&Sa
&@ CRIPTIONS carefully
compounded, giving them personal and con-
sta nj attention ian2
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TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
DEAD THIS.

- CEAO kkfis.
For sale at the old Tobacco stand, Corner
Main and Augusta Streets, formerly occupied
by Armentrout, a large and carefully selected
Stock of
CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCOS,
At Old Prices.
Notwithstanding the increase of the prices Of
all Tobaocos in consequence Of the addition
al Revenue Tax, yet at this old stand you can
buy at the same low figures as heretofore.
Nineteen different kinds and styles open at
Retail.
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WHAT is NEEDED.

BOSTON, Feb 13, 1871.
Dear Sir-About one year since found myself
in feeble condition from general debility.
VEGETINE was strongly recommended to me
use. procured the article, and after using sew
eral bottles, was restored to health and discon-
tinued its use. I feel quite confident that there
is no medicine superior to it for those complaints
for which it is especially prepared, and would
cheerfully recommend it to those who feel that
they need something to restore them to perfect
health Respectfully y yours, I1 PErr1se111.
Firm of S. NJ Pettingill Co., 1ostate st., Boston
CINCINNATI, Nov. 26, 1872.
Dear Sir-The two bottles of VEGETINE fur
nished me by your agent, my wife has used with
great benefit.
For long time she has been troubled with
dizziness and costiveness; these troubles are
now entirely removed by the use of VEGETINE.
She was also troubled with Dyspepsia and
General Debility, and has been greatly benefited.
THOS. GILMORE, 225ia Walnut street
FEEL Myself A NEW MAN.
NATIcK, Mass, June /, 1872.
Dear Sir-Through the advice and earnest per-
suasion Of Rev: =: S: Best, of this place, have
which have suffered for years
have used only two bottles and already feel
myself a new man. Respectfully,
DR. d. W. CAklEk.
Report from a Practical Chemist and
Apothecary.
Boston, Jan. 1, 1874.
Dear Sir-This is to certify that 1 have sold at
retail 1915 dozen QS52 bottles) of your VEGE-
TINE since April II, 1870, and can truly say that
it has given the best satisfaction of any remedy
for the complaints for which it is recommended
that ever sold. Scarcely a day passes without
some OF my customers teStifying to its merits OH
INFANT of several cases of Scrofulous Tumors
being cured by VEGETINE alone in this vicin-
1ty. Very respectfully yours,
Al GILMAN, 46s Broadway.
To II. R. STEVENS, Esq.
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would call especial attention to their extensive
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Cloaks, Dresses, &C., made to order, promptly,
in a superior manner, and in the latest style. at
moderate rates. Orders solicited. Rules for
Self-meaSurement, and sample OF materials,
with estimate of cost sent upon application.
All orders amounting to so or over, Will be
sent free oI freight charges by Express, but par
ties whose orders are not accompanied by the
money, and having their Goods sent c. .. D.,
must pay for return of the money. feh27-ly
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81 NORTH LIBERTY STREET,
BALTIMORE, Md
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| THE THREE SOUTHERN HEROES-THE
QUALITIES OF THE GREAT CoNFEDER-
ATE COMMANDERS.
II. Esten Cooke in Philadelphia Times.l
The death of the famous cavalryman
produced deep and painful sensation,
in some degree akin to that produced by
the death of Jackson. The Southern
people indeed had become accustomed
to couple together the three great names,
Lee, Jackson, and Stuart, valuing each
for his peculiar qualities. No compare
son is intended to be made between these
three distinguished soldiers, but it is in
teresting to notice how sharply con-
trasted they were in character, and how
peculiarly each was fitted for the sphere
In which he moved and his special func-
tions. Lee, the head and front of the
struggle, was the born commander-in-
chief, fitted for the conception of great
campaigns, ever wide awake, a man of
august dignity by nature, calm, suave,
grave, taking good and evil fortune with
the same imposing serenity; in person,
one of the most noble and graceful men
OF bis epoch, and the finest rider in the
Southern army in character, simple.
pure, patient, binding to himself both
the love and respect Of men. jackson
was the infantry leader, the Fright armn
to execute what Lee conceived; in per-
son not graceful, in manner silent, re-
served and often abrupt; cautious in
council, but rapid and terrible in execu-
ton, going to battle with muttered pray
ers on his lips, leaving all to Providence,
but striking with all the power of his
arm to do his own part, and in many
ways resembling the Iron sides of Crom-
well. Stuart, Oh the contrary, was the
cavalier, essentially belonging to the
class of men who followed the fortunes
of Charles l. ardent, impetuous, brim-
ming over with the wine of life and
youth, with the headlong courage of a
high-minded boy, fond of bright colors,
of ripping flags, of martial music, and
the clash of sabres-in all the warp and |
woof of his character an embodiment of
the best traits of the English cavaliers
not of their bad traits. Although his |
utter carelessness as to the impression |
he produced subjected him to many
calumnies, it is here placed on record, by
one who knew his private life thorough
ly and was with him day and night for
years, that he was in morals among the |
purest OF men-a faithful husband, ab-
solutely without vices of any description,
and if not demOnstrative in his religious
views, an earnest and exemplary Chris |
tian. His love for his wife was deem
and devoted, and on the death of his lit
tie daughter, Flora, he said to me, with |
tears i'll his eyes, IL shall never get over
it,"
q a.
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Before the next campaign people will
by common consent settle upon these
fac's: that the negro is citizen and has
the vote which was given him by our
fellow-citizens of the North expressly
'that he might protect himself :" that
he, as well as all white people, lives un-
der the local State laws provided for the
preservation of order and securing life
and property; these laws are as effectu-
al in the Southern States as they are in
the North and that the Federal Gov
ernment has no more right to interfere
in any State, North or South, in the
matter of enforcing these laws, or super
vising them, or with the executive Off
GERS that enforce them, than has any State
to interfere in the like manner with the
internal affairs of sister State; and
finally, that all the States should feel il
an assault upon the right of all for the
Federal Government to interfere in the
local affairs of one State; and the Fed
eral Government itself should know
from experience that any interference
on it's part in such case is not only un-
authorized, but is sure to increase the
confusion and trouble, the inefficiency
and disorder of local government, and,
of course, the public apprehension and
distress. Dispatch.
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WATERING HoRsEs.-A full drink oi
water, Immediately after being fed
should never be allowed to horses. When
water is drunk by them the bulk of il
goes directly to the large intestines, and
little of it is retained in the stomach.
In passing through the stomach, how
ever, the water carries considerable
quantities of the contents to where il
lodges in the intestines. If, then, the
food of the stomach is washed out before
it is digested, no nourishment is derived
from the food.
A small quantity of fluid swallowed
along with, or Immediately after, dry
food, beneficially softens it, and assists
in its division and digestion. An inor-
dinate supply of water, or of watery
fluid, Gu the other hand, proves injuri-
Gus. 1t dilutes unduly the digestive
secretiOns; it mechanically carries on
ward the imperfectly digested food, and
thus interferes with the proper functions
of the canal, and excites digestion and
diarrhoea. These untoward effects are
apt to occur where horses free.
ly aud too literally watered are shortly
put to tOlerably quick work. There is
no more infallible method of producing
collie, diarrhoea, and inflammation of the
bowels. The horse is not peculiar in this
effect; dogs, and even their masters,
similarly suffer from copious draughts
of water Immediately after eating much
solid food.-Er.
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WYNN. III. McALLISTER,
w ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WARM SPRINGS, VA.
Courts-Alleghany,B Bath and Highland, Va,
nd Pocahontas, West Virginia.
RESpecial attention given to collection Of
claims and proceeds promptly accounted for.
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Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. =

yEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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DRESTON 4 BAYLOR.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
And Solicitor in Gtdnee'y, STAUNToN, VAr
practices in all the Courts of Augusta and ad-
Joining counties.
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
iather Col. Geo. Baylor decd, on Augusta ST.,
opposite the Courthouse. nON
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Lee, Jackson,..and Stuart.

THE THREE SOUTHERN HEROES-THE
QUALITIES OF THE GREAT CONFEDER-
ATE COMMANDERS.
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TAR. JAMES JOHNSTON,
~ DEN TIST,
MAIN STREET, STAUNTON, VA.
OFFICE:- Over Turner & Harnan's Grocery
Store dec 2l-tf
r. c. ELDER VIM. ]. NELSON.
FE.DER IL NELSON.
n ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
and Real Estate Agents,
may5 STAUNToN, VA.
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TNkEONEAS ID. RANSOM.
L ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNroN, VA.
offers his professional services in the County
and Circuit Courts of Augusta, and in the Hus-
sings Court and the Court of Appeals held in
Staunton. VIII also prosecute claims else
where through legal correspondents in this and
other States. may 30-1y.
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We have just opened a well-seected stock Of
GROCERIES.
Oh Augusta St., bet. Main and Frederick,
STAUNTON, VA.
We intend to keep good Goods and sell them
low as possible. Call and see us.
m25-f GILLIAN 81 LEFTWICH.
NONFECEs0NE ERNEST gdDNEECT2esN-
~ EEeEES!i-A full line of
CONFECTEONERIES,
consisting of Oranges and Lemons, Plain and
Fancy Candies, Canned and Fresh Fruits,
Pickles, Mince Meat, Nuts, &c. All to be sold
in any quantity at the
LOWEST CASH RA TIES, BY
febl5 G. A. RICHARDSON.
IN lot of choice
Clipped Herring,
unusually nice, in Half and Quarter Barrels
Also a few WHITE FISH. For sale by
marl5 BAKER BROS.
TAKkE AND CRACKER DEPOV,-A
~ large assortment of Cakes and Crackers
~ or more varieties always on hand, fresh and
NICE and for sale at the lowest cash rates by
febl5 G. A. RICHARDSON.
lARANG NGEs ANHs LEgONS.-A fresh sup
" Ply always on hand, and sold at the low
febl5 c. A. RICHARDSON.
NOR CHOECE GROCERIES of all kinds
IL Tor the least money call on
febl5 G. A. RICHARDSON.
A LII G00DS delivered free of charge,
~ py c. A. RICHARDSON.
I
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AEEADE =. WHITE,
WI ATTORNEY. AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA,
via practice in the Courts of Augusta, Rock
ingham and Highland.
Refers, by permission, to the Law Faculty OF
the University of Virginia.
OFFICE on Courthouse Alley. feb ely.