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Good Walking Horses.

A good horse should go well in all his
PAGES. He should walk, trot and gallop
in handsome style, and as saddle horse,
the first place-that of walking-is the
most important, for in warm weather,
equestrians riding for pleasure, or on
business, do not care to go faster, excep-
ting now and then for change, and to
prevent being too long time on the
way. A perfectly good walker can go
five miles In an hour with ease to him
self and his rider, and, generally speak
ing, when q horse walks off at this rate
gracefully and safely. without making
any trips, he will be found to move well
in his trot, and gallop well too. There
is wonderful difference in horses
Some move SO springy and change their
PAGES SO easily, that it is like sitting in
rough in their trot that it shakes a man
so as to injure the watch he carries, and
in gallOping, some will do that pace so
harshly that it is really unpleasant rid
ing. For man who travels good deal
on horseback, and who likes to take
everything as easy as possible, the walk
and the canter are the most suitable
PAGES. for of all riding, the slow gallop
the safest, next to the walk.
In England, where riding on horse
back is so universal, the horses are train.
ed to the walk, trot, canter and gallop.
Old farmers. it is true, will be seen to
amble along to market, and again on
their way home, but it's questionable.
In the Southern States the amble (or
movement faster and somewhat differ
ent) is called racking and pacing. and il
is surprising how quickly and very
easily to the rider the mile-stones are
passed when seated on good PAGER OF
racker. Doubtless every colt should
have great attention paid to his first
pace-the walk-for it is the foundation
of all others, and denotes usefulness
In fact, when good horseman mounts
an animal he wishes to try, and finds
the walk free and good, he is at once
impressed favorably, and little remiss
ness in the other PAGES will be pardoned
if it is a young horse, hoping and ex.
pecting improvement will occur because
of the good walking.
! 1t is extraordinary that walking wei
is not appreciated in the United States
| but rather it is much overlooked, and in
some measure, repudiated, As an in
stance: At the Orange county agricul
tural show gentleman offered q pre-
MUM of 500 to be given to the bes
walkers, and although it was duly ad
vertised there were no horses brought
to walk for the money. Setting asid,
saddle horses, how very important it j.
that farm horses should walk well. Ii
short, it is the most essential pace or
every farm County Gentleman.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-13

REMEDY FOR FLY IN WHEAT.-Edi-
tors Dispatch 81 hear there is. much
Fly" in the wheat that was sowed early
this fall. To correct this evil offer the
following remedy, which I and others
have successfully tested for good many
seasons: Sow of air-slaked, or water
slaked, lime one to two bushels per acre
broadcast over the wheat in the early
morning on the dew, or over night on q
clear evening, when there is reason. to
expect dew or frost. AS it dissolves ii
will form a leg, which will follow the
leaf towards the root, and destroy the
egg or chrysalis of the fly near that
point.
The sower must always SOW With the
wind, else the lime will be blown back
into his face and eyes and on his clothes.
And he must grease his hands, face and
nostrils with lard, which renders con-
tact with the lime innocuOus. 1.-two OF
moresow they should sow en- echezon,
at such distance that the rear shall cast
no lime on the front.
A very good, but not indispensable,
plan is to use tea-scoops -diminutive
sugar-scoops-that will hold a, double
handful. It enables one better to take
up and measure the quantity to be app
piled. idsa.7 10 -9s asls alou taslla
This is an application so simple and
cheap as to discredit it with the many
who are often looking to eltold 'ssome
great thing I can only say that I
know it to be effectual as a remedy, and
that in no case it do any harm. r=,, .
AS we make now in all of cismontane
Virginia not more than. if as muchl as,
one-tenth of the wheat we made, before
the war, it would seem that we ought to
take pains to get all we can from what
we sow. "a n, -5sIl
Respectfully, 5olgL ..'
" g q FRANK G. RUFFIN.
November 5. 1877.
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ION SPECTATOR AND GENERAL aADYERTIsER.-

At the request of Excelsior Council,
No. 2, Sons of Jonadab, we publish the
following letter addressed to Prof. A. J.
Turner, G. w. G. of the Grand Council
of Virginia:
7 OAKLAND, VA, Oct. 25th, 1877.
Dear Bro. Turner Your cOmmuni-
cation to Stonewall Council was receiv-
ed and highly appreciated.
! hope you will pardon the delay In
acknowledging the favor. 1t was occa-
stoned by my many duties, and of course
the requisite time.
With this apology, I will hasten to
state that our Council is in very flour
lshlng condition in every respect. Our
financial affairs are closely watched,
and our members take pleasure in keep
ing square" on the books. Our mem
bers are nearly all Christians, and our
meetings under the head of "The Good
OF the Order" partake of the nature of
a class and prayer. meeting, thus build
ing up our members spiritually as well
as IN the temperance cause.
We have reason to rejoice over our
success during the year.
Some of the men who were far gone
in drunkenness year ago are to-day
reformed, and their reformation has
brought peace and plenty to their fami-
lies, and instead of the oath and mean
lngless jest are heard the morning and
evening prayers as the father gathers
around him his children and commends
himself and them to the Father of MeI-
cies. And the wives and little children
OF these men do not fail to pray for the
success of the temperance cause and for
those who are engaged in it.
Brother Turner, we are engaged in a
great and glorious work, and when we
consider the joy, the happiness, the re-
formation of one man brings to his dis
tressed family, it Is worth the labor we
bestow, and our feelings are akin to
those that stir the bosom of angels when
sent on errands of mercy to suffering
humanity. But when we consider that
we are pledged for life, and that our
usefulness in this direction is limited
only by death, we can look forward to
many triumphs in the temperance cause
Ito many homes where now all is gloom
and sorrow, we may be enabled to bring
light and happiness and receive;the ben
edlction of those made happy by our la
Dor OF love. Let us be encouraged to work
still more earnestly than ever before,
for in due timewe shall reap the reward
Of our labor.
The brethren are looking forward to
the meeting of the Grand Council in
January with high hopes.
hope we may all be spared to
meet together and exchange words OF
encouragement. Our last meeting was
the best we have ever had, and I hope
we may all have meetings as harmoni-
GUS.
shall write circular letter to the
members and endeavor to stir them up
to full sense of their duty.
Fearing have already trespassed toe
long on your valuable time, will close
wishing you abundant success in all
your undertakings. 5f-..
Very truly yours in u, G. & P,
J. D. BUCHER.
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DRUGS AND MEDICINES.

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Going Counting.

One of thesehief compensations of a
woman's AlNa in the fact that
she does ne0 I've t64go a courting."-
IL must be 4fessed that in these days
the mQdag1e docs her share OF the
' y. b4@ dos have to dress
up in stiHafar and pair Of boots a
lannon's of her inamorata's fam
ahden aunt, and perhaps
half a dozS6 brothers andEsisters, and
Enquire, in trembling voice.
us Miss Arabella at home?'
whenever man goes counting, ev
erybody seems to know all about it. His
demeanor tells the observant spectator
the business he is intent upon. He
might just as well placard himself, "I'm
going counting" Everybody is cogni.
zant of it, and looks knowingly, and
asks him if the northern lights were
bright last night about one o'clock ?'i
and show the market is for kerosene oil
up at Luddy Browns" and score OF
other questions equally out of place.
We know young man who is keen
! ly and we trust successfully, engaged in
going accounting; and our warmest
sympathies have been extended toward
him. When Sunday afternoon arrives
! it is plain to see that something is about
to happen. He is fidgety and non com.
municative and cannot sit in one place
half a minute at time. He is continu.
ally interviewing his watch and com.
pairing it with the old eight-day coffin.
shaped clock in the cornor. He looks
| in the glass frequently and draws his
forehead locks first back and then for
ward, and combs them up and pats then
down, and is unsatisfied with the effec
throughout.
/ The smell of bay rum and bergamot i.
painfully apparent. When he shake!
4 out his handkerchief musk is percepti
/ BILE. His boots shine like mirrors, anC
there is faint smell of cardamon seeds
in his breath when he yawns. Ht
smooths his budding little mustach,
with affectionate pats, and feels his in
visible side whiskers continually tt
make sure they are still there, fac
which is not established to outside oh
! servers by the sense of sight. He trie
on all his stock of neckties without find
has spasms of brushing his coat, tina
! commence with violence and last unit
one grows nervous for fear the broad
cloth will not be able to stand the fric
ton. XXX
3 He declines soup that day at dinner
l.He SAYS it is because he is not hungry
1 but we know it is because there are on
e ions in it, and onions, as every on
! knows, do not sweeten ones breath tt
I any great extent.
: ifspoken to suddenly. he starts ant
a bushes and looks as guilty. as If caugh
+ stealing something, and directly on
e does not speak to him, he goes back t
q the delightful occupation of staring a
nothing, and waiting for the hour ham
|, to creep around to seven.
0 At seven he sets forth, clean and It'd.
o from top to toe, looking precisely as
;. he had just stepped out of ban dbox.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-13

Do not imagine that the appearance {
of sadness iddicatss sanctity; it may
mean hypocrisy. To conceal ones own
griefs for the sake of cheering others be.
tokens self-denying sympathy which
is the highest kind Of Christianity. Let
US present the sacrifice of praise in
whatever company we may be.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-13

A tramp arrived here few days ago
from the West gives his experience in
in dead heading it over the Union Pa
ci6c from Cheyenne to Green river on
the Ialrett and Palmer train, by climb
ing tha roof of a coach. He says that
from Cheyenne to Sherman he rather
enjoyed the ride, but that between Sher-
man and Green river his experience
was never to be forgotten. The rapid
movement of the train and the rocking
of the coach forced him to wind his
arms and legs around stove-pipe and
hang on for dear life. His hat flew off
early in the ordeal, and after the train
left this city he was discovered by the
engineer. who began throwing heavy
shower.of cinders but so rapid was the
movement of the train that the heaviest
ones merely cut through his clothes like
bullets. while the lighter sparks passed
above him. His coat-tails tapped so
hard that he realized that he must part
with them, but he dared not loosen a
hand to tuck them under him, and they
were soon torn off to blow away. Al
though he managed to keep his face be-
hind the pipe nearly all the time, he
was frequently struck in the face by fly
ing cinders, SO that when he reached
Green River his face and neck were bad
ly cut and scratched. So great was the
poor tramp's fear Of being thrown off
and killed that this, added to the terri
BILE strain of hanging to the pipe by
main strength for SO long distance,
and the Intense suffering from the
wounds inflicted by the cinders, caused
his hair to turn gray, and when he
climbed down at Green River he look ed
like man who had seen fifty instead of
twenty-five summers Cheyenne Lead
Pr 80 -H WIZ -
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November 5, 1877.

To PREVENT STOVES FROM SMOKING.
There is very simple way of avoid
ing the disagreeable smoke and gas
which always pours into the rooms
when a fire is lit in stove, heater or
fire place on damp day. Put in the
coal and wood as usual, but before light
ing them, ignite handful of paper or
shavings placed on the top Of the coal
This produces current Of hot air in the
chimney. which draws up the smoke
and gas at once. Not one person out of
every fifty ever thinks Of this easy ex-
pedient.-ScientitSc xAn1eg.icu,a.r =, - ~
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-13

THE EARTHQUAKE districts of
Northern New York and the States of
Vermont, New Hampshire. Massachu-
sets and Connecticut and through the
st. Lawrence Valley were severely
shaken by an earthquake on Saturday
morning. Accounts from various points
along the line of disturbance agree as to
its occurrence about two O'Clock, but the
places affected seem to have experienced
the shock in lesser degree in proper
ton to their distance to the southwark
of a line generally parallel to the st.
Lawrence River. OF course it is diff
ficult to define the line of great distur-
bance, on account of the absence Of ac-
curate data and the tendency of observ-
ers to eXaggerate their experiences ; but
enough is known to indicate that the
earthquake wave passed from west to
east over considerable area of territory
with extraordinary rapidity. Terres-
trial disturbances of this character are
happily rare in these Northern ATTITUDES.
They are more frequent in countries
where volcanic mountain systems repre-
sent the points of outlet for the subter-
ranean pressures that cause what are
known as earthquakes. We are satisfied
that investigation will prove that all
cal SuOChS iOllOW lilies Gull UCCG-
ing points on tho earth's surface mark
ed by volcanoes. And further, that the
severity of the shocks increases in pro-
portion as the surface indications such
as volcanoes represent give evidence of
high or low degree Of permanent dis.
turbance. We can easily imagine the
existence of great subterranean assures
connecting volcanic centres, and that
the axes of these are the lines of distur-
bance. Now, tracing a line through the
st. Lawrence Valley, its prolongation
at either end would lead to volcanic
region. Southwesterly 1t would termi-
nate at the northern end of the Mexican
volcanic range. Northeasterlyi it would
terminate at Mount Hecla in Iceland, a
noted volcano. 1t will be remembered
that when the news of the arrival of
earthquake waves on the west coast of
this continent was announced recently
we stated that the course of the disturb
ance was from Japan through the Sand
witch Islands to the South American
coast. Later reports from these regions
have verified our surmise. There is no
doubt that this latest shaking of the
earth is due to causes similar to those
that produced the great disturbance that
traversed the Pacific Ocean and ruined
several South American cities.-N. Y.
Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-13

IT Is THEIR WAY-WHAT MRS
WALTER WHITMAN DISCOVERED IN
OPENING A I ETTER ADDRESSED TO HER
HUsBAND.-Mrs. Whitman is like all
the rest of them. She loves Whitman
as wife should, and she knows that he
doesn't pass ali hour Of the twenty four
where he would be ashamed to take her.
Still, when the carrier came along the
other day and slipped letter under the
door, she seized il, fell into chair and
exclaimed:
"What! letter for Walter I"
Yes, it was a letter for her husband
a plain brown envelope, and the super.
scription was in sol;g business hand.
"a plot ~ she whispered; "disguised
hand-plain epvelope-came to the
house by mistake!"
She held the letter up to the light
turned itover and over, and then began
to plan what she would do in case it
turned out to be from woman.
!'Mey be from widow" she unused.
cor from sentimental young lady who
wants to separate us. If it is--if any
living woman shall dare to attempt to
take him away from me, I'll never rest
till poison her! Oh, walter! did I
ever suspect you of this! Have married
q william, and can I ever live through
this ordeal ?"
She leaned back and wept as if death
had invaded the house. Finally, imbued
with something of the energy of despera-
ton. she tore open the letter, pressed
her left hand to her taFobbIng heart,
walter Whitman, to Gray Il Bay,
butchers, debtor for three hams, $9,2O''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-13

A RECEIPT FOR MAKING THE CON-
PLEXION SOFT AND FINE.-Make a
linen bag large enough to hold quart
of bran, put it in vessel and pour two
quarts of boiling water on it, let it stand
all day, and at night on going to bed
take the bag out and vast the face with
the bran water; In the morning wash it
off entirely with distilled rain water
In very short time it will make. a
course skin feel like velvet.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-13

A CoLORED MAN DRowNED.@Adam
Mallory, colored miner, in the employ
Of Messrs. Beury & Williams at Hawks
Nest, was crossing the iron bridge at
that point, at about 5 o'clock on last
Tuesday morning, when he slipped and
fell distance of over fifty feet into the
river, and was drowned. . At the latest
accounts, his body had not been recov-
eIed Mountain Herald. a foltsf go
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-13

A countryman stepped up to the box
office at McVicker's Theatre few days
since and asked for two tickets in the
front row, "jest as near the mattynay
as We kin, Mister, for want to see the
hull thing. Chscdgo Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-13

Grant captured Richmond, and now
Richmond has captured Hayes. The
Whirligig of time brings about a Won
derful evenness.- Wheeling Register.
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THE LARGEST SNAKEI AMERICA

THE LARGEST SNAKE IN AMERICA
The Shreveport, Louisiana, Times says:
We were yesterday informed by Mr..
Smith, living on Quapaw bayou, that
while he and his son William, aged a.
bout thirteen years, were out in the
woods on Monday afternoon last, driv-
ing up their cattle, their attention was
attracted by the bleating Of a calf some
distance from them. Thinking proba-
bly, that the poor animal had begged,
they started to itsassistance. They had
gone short distance down. the bayou
when they discovered a yearling about
two years old, in the coils of a huge
snake. After discharging about dozen
yol1eys each, Mr.. Smith and his son sue
-caeded in dispatching one Of the largest
snakes ever seen in Louisiana, and,
probably, North America Itmeasured
81 feet in length, and the body measur-
ed ten feet from the head, 80 inches in
circumference, and about the centre of
the body AZ inches. 1t has regular
succession CT spots, black and yellow,
alternating, extending from its,head to
its tail, while either side 10 g deep pur-
pie. Mr.. Smith has no idea what kind
of snake it is, but thinks it must be of
the boa-constrictor species. No doubt
this snake has for many years inhabited
that section of country and deprecated
upon the young calves and animals that
came within its reach. The skin ofthis
huge snake has been preserved, and will
be sent to Shreveport and put on ex-
hibition.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-13

Wood ashes and common salt, made
G.. impact with water, will stop the cracks
Of stove, and prevent the smoke from
ecaping. e CE
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How TO TREAT FLESH WOUND
Every person should know how to treat
a flesh wound. Every one is liable to
be placed in circumstances away from
surgical and veterinary aid, where he
may save his own life, the life of a friend
or beast, simply by the exercise of com,
mon sense. In the frat place, close the
lips of the wound with the hands and
hold them firmly together to check the
flow of blood until several stitches can
be taken and bandage applied. Then
battle the wound for long time IN cold
water. "Should it be painful" a cores
pendent sayG, take a painful of burn
ing Goals and sprinkle upon them com :
mon brown sugar, and bold the wound
in the smoke. Ii minute OF two the
pain. will be allayed, and the recovery
proceeds rapidly. In my case q rusty
nail had made bad wound in my foot.
The pain and nervous irritation were
severe. This was all removed by hold
hight in smoke fifteen minutes, and
was able to resume my reading with
comfort. We have recommended it to
others with like result. Last week one
of my men had finger nail torn out
by ice tongs. 1t became very painful
az was to be expected. Held in sugar
smoke twenty minutes, pain ceased and
promised speedy recovery"
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A Terrible Ride.

A FEARFUL DEAD-HEAD TRIP ON TIKI
UNION PACIFIC.