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1'RUTH.-The man who will read a
newspaper three or four years without
paying for it, will pasture goat on the
grave of his grandfather Tyler Stor.
Aud sell his coffin for kindling weed
Preston County Joaw7aqI
And pawn his ahroud for itch oint.
ment.-St0te Journal
And sell the coffin handles for cold
iron." and make chicken coop out of
the rough-hox, and sell the tonlbstoa es
for railroad ballast.-Jounol.
And steal the cents off dead darkey's
eyes.-Delta.
And shake his dear old grandmother for
prompting. and then shake himself like
q wet hen, and squeeze twenty fl We
cent piece until it screams. -As,lton
M0uYtQtneer.
And steal ashes from a neighbor,
through the fence, on a silver Charles
ton Leader.
And steal acorns from blind SOW that
has brood ofsucking pigs.-Enterprise
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LORD DUNDREARY ON GOING TO CHURCH.

"My Lord, will you go to church to-day?"
Eyes, I-IIl go when the church bell wings;
II like q church an steeple an that;
They are vewy respectable things.
In Wome you must do as the Womans do
That is, otWome, but New York, you know
So if g-good society goes to church,
Th-then fellah, of courth, must go.'
win your Lordship assume your new dress
suit?"
Eyes; Tits a pwinciple pwofsss.
Pwoper wespect to 1.-THE persons concerned;
Lifts the wegular thing, is full dwess.
Besides, there's no need to disawwange things.
One has neither ito dance nor tito walk,
And th-then one is not expected to speak
Th-there's another fellah there to talk.
"St. Demas wath always a thtylish church,
For th-the pweacher knows just what to say
To people of wank and fashion and wealth,
Which makes things-vewy pleasant that
wayI
"My lord, those are just my sentiments"
"Ah, indeed! lin glad we agwee;
To know that you know that I KNOWN fact,
Lifts all doothedly pleasant to me-"
my lord, I should like to go to church,
Nov, don't be an ath without weason;
Th-the ticket-the box-the pew mean,
Costs double th-the opewa season.
Besides there's the dwessing a-and giving, you
know,
A-and there's not fwee list, I'll remawk.
Apthurd! What would a poor man do q
church?
Dwess yourself and go wide in the Pawk."
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WHY JEWEssEs ARE BEAUTIFUL.

WHY JEWEGSEa ARE BEAUTIFUL
Ohateaubrand gives fanciful but an
agreeable reason for the fact that Jewish
women are so much handsomer than
the men oftheir nation. He says Jew
esses have escaped the curse which a.
lighted upon their fathers, husbands and
sons. Not Jewess was to be seen a.
mong the crowd of priests and rabble
who insulted the Son of God, scourged
Him, crowned Him with tharls, aud
subjected Him to infamy and the
agony OF the cross. The women of Judea
believed in the Saviour, and assisted and
of Bethany poured on his head precious
ointment, which she kept in vase of
alabaster. The sinner anointed his feet
with the perfumed oil and wiped them
with her hair. Christ on his part ex-
iendad mercy to the Jewesses. He rails
ed from the dead the son of the widow
of Main, and Martha's brother Lazarus.
He cured Simon's mother-in-law, and
the woman who touched the hem of his
garment. To the Samaritan woman he
was spring of living water, and a COM
paaai0nate Judge TO The woman in adul-
terry. The daughters Of Jerusalem wept
over him; the holy women accompanied
him to calvary, brought him balm and
spices; and weeping sought him in the
sepulchre. Woman, why weepest
thou ?" His first appearance after the
resurrection was to Mary Magdalene.-
He said to her MARY" At the sound
of His voice. Mary Magdalene's eyes
were opened, and she answered: MAS
ter" The reflection of some beautiful
ray n.gst have pessef; On the brow of the
JeWesSes.
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Valuable Property Claimed.
THE HEIRS OF ROBERT EDWARDS CLAN
PART OF NEW YORK CITY.

THE HEIRS OF ROBERT EDWARDS CLAIM
PART OF NEW YORK CITY.
From the Ne;g Yerk Times, Juzy22.
During the past six or seven yea rs GER
tain vague and indefinite rumors have
from time to time been circulated to the
effect that there were persons in the
South and West who were heirs to a
vast estate situated in the heart of New
York city. Lately, the rumors have
taken more definite shape, and the
basis Of the claim, as set forth in recent
number of Georgia newspaper, is as
follows: In the latter part OF the seven
teenth century, one Robert Edwards is
said to have been the owner of about
fifty acres of land, located in the vicin-
ity of Broadway and Canal street. In
the wear ITO Edwards executed q lease
of the land to the crown of England fer
term Of ninety. nine years. The lease
expired in 1871, at which time Gail was
made for the legal heirs to come forward,
prove their identity. receive the lease
money, and take charge ofthe property.
1t is further claimed that Robert Ed
wards married a Miss Bibb, sister of
Nancy Blob, who married Martin Key,
of Virginia; that Edwards died, his
widow surviving him many years that
she died WITHOUT issue, thus leaving
Nancy Bibb Key, ths wife of Martin
Key, of Virginia, and brother, heirs of
the estate, and that the lease money now
due amounts to $90,000,0 900, to say no
thing of the title to the property. The
Keys and Bibbs, of Virginia, have for
some time past been been collecting
testimony to verify the marriage of the
original owners of the property, aud
establish their legitimate right to the
claim of being heirs TO the estete- On
the Goth of last April convention OF the
relatives was held at Louisa Courthouse,
in Virginia, at which resolutions were
passed appointing investigating and
prosecuting committees to establish and
enforce their claim to the estate. Among
those appointed are Rev. Lawrence Bibb
White, w, Z. Ribb and S. &. Duerson,
of Virginia. Similar meetings have also
been held recently in Kentucky and In
diana, at which similar action was taken.
The services of eminent counsel have
also been secured, among whom are
General Roger A. Pryor, of this city,
and Hon. John Randolph Tucker of
Virginia. Among the heirs is Marcus
A. Bell, of Atlanta, Ca, whose mother
was daughter of VIM. Bibb Key, a son
of Martin and Nancy Bibb Key, of Vir-
ginia. 1t is said that Messrs. White and
Ribb. two of the committee appointed at
the meeting of heirs held at Louisa
Court House, Va, in April, will soon
visit New York for the purpose of in
yestigating the case and John Randolph
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Y
HYDRopHOBIA FKoM THE BITE OF
A Doc NOT MAD.-Yesterday afternoon,
July 4, DIR. DiplOck held an inquest at
death of George Kirby, aged fourteen,
the brother of the proprietor Of the Prin-
cess Of Wales Tavern, Acton. The evil
ago the deceased was playing with a
Scotch terrier, when the animal bit -,
or rather scratched his hand with his
teeth. The abrasion did not heal, but
no notice was taken of it until last week,
when the deceased eaipplained of ill
ness, and upon summ0nipg DIR. Hard.
ing, he pronounced the case to be one of
hydrophObia. Commissions came on of
such a violent character that two power
full men had the greatest difficulty in
holding him, and az attempts to admin
lister chlOrofOrm were abOrtive. His
agonies increased, and after three days.
suffering he died. DR.. Hardig said that
before death The yel4s Of the arm bitten
by the dog stood OUT prominently, the
eyes were CONTRACTED, and the deceased
was unable ia swallow. A past norton
showed the heart to be empty, lungs and
kidneys cOngested, stomach empty, with
dark patches on the peritoneum. The
brain had not been examined. Death
undoubtedly arose frqm aydrpph2bis. In
reply 70 e IHpof il was alicitea that the
dog had been examined by veterinary
surgeon, who had pronounced it to be
perfectly healthy, and it had not there
fore been destroyed. The juror sx-
pressed his oginian that it should BE
killed 4BrthWith. but the coroner had nc
power to order its destruction. A YER
diet of death from hydrophobia" was
recorded.-Lnn,.'c..,s telegraph.
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-
a RELARKRIE CASE-Qur La

n REMARKBLE CASE.-Our latest
snake story caps the climax. A gentle
man of this city informs us that he haa
for some time past been suffering from
AL oppressive feeling about the chest and
STOMACH, frequently Of q painful nature
that he would find it impossible to walk
erect. At these timea he would also be
seised with feeling of faintness and
could with difficulty keep from falling.
He took various prescriptions without
experiencing more than temporary
relief; until last Monday morning when
his stomach was relieved Of an object
which. npon Investigation, actually
proved to be, to all appearances, moe
casin snake. about twelve inches il,
length and large in proportion, though
devoid of the rough appearance char
acseristip Of the "aIt door" reptile
Since that time the patient has improv-
ed wonderfully as regards his general
health aud declares that he "feels like a
new man." He says he thinks he must
have introduced the reptile into his
stomach while drinking water at a
spring, as he can account for its presence
there is no other manner Wilmington
IN. CT Star,
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WEBSTER'S COURTSHIP.-Thef follow
ing has been related as the manner in
which Mr.. Webster became engaged to
his loving and devoted wife. He saw
her first when he was young lawyer at
Portsmouth, and she was Miss Grace
Fletcher. At one of his visits he had,
probably with view of utility and en-
joyment, been holding skeins of silk
thread for her, when suddenly he stop
ped, saying:-
"Grace, we have been engaged in un-
tying knots; let us see if we can tie a
knot, which will not unite for life
time"
He then took piece of tape, and after
beginning knot of u peculiar kind,
gave it to her to complete. This was
the ceremony and ratification of their
engagement. And in the little box
marked by him with the words "Pre-
ciOus Documents" containing the let
tiers of his early courtship. this unique
memorial was found-the knot never
united.
To the memory of the lady who won
his earliest affection, who shared the
trials and the triumphs of his early
manhood Mr.. Webster retained to the
end of life all unfalterlng devotion. He
could never speak of his first wife with
| out visible emotion. Grace Fletcher
Webster was person of very delicate
organization, both physically and in
teliectually yet she was energetic, and
when occasion required she exhibited q
rare fortitude. TO her husbands well
fare she was entirely devoted; she pre-
sided over his household with peculia.
grace and dignity. and really seemed to
live for him When he was at home
she sought his comfort aud pleasure
when he was absent her thoughts. as
her beautiful letters testify, were of him
day and night. She wrote to him al,
most daily.
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A mistake recently happened in

A mistake recently happened in a
church at Syracuse, N. Y, which had
been much afflicted in its two last pas
tors, one of whom has died and the 9TH
err become SO debilitated that he has gone
South to pass the winter. At PRAYER
meeting one of the brethren who had
just received letter from the absent
minister arose to report, but by singu
lar infelicity got the deceased pastors
name into the place of the debilitated
one, and remarked: HE saws the
weather is very warm-indaed, Vnusu-
ally and uncomfortably warm in that
locality"
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BRICKLAYING.

IAMES 4. TINSLEY,
~ Practical Bricklayer.
Contracts taken for ali kinds of brick building
and work warranted to be of best materials
and superior workmanship.
~ also furnish DESIGNS, PLANS and SPEC
IFICATIoNs for Buildings, &C. Best references
given. marl0-6m
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LUMBER BUSINESS.
CARRIAGE MAKING.

NARRIAGE MAKING.-
AT the solicitation of many M8h
Of my former patrons, |
stand. where will carry on the CARRIAGV M
KING Business in all its various branches, and
am determined That my work shall not be
surpassed in finish, style, durability or price
Special attention given TO repairs.
aug4-n JOHN NJ HARDY
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OPIUM
GUN SIS.
ao1aAlu
| desire to call the attention Of the public t
Ohio Hair Restorative.

Itarrests FALLING HAIR, REMOVES DANDRUFF
and all HUMoRs FROM THE SCALP and
never fails to RESTORE FADED and
GRAY HAIR TO IT'S ORIGINAL
COLOR AND BEAUTY,
When badness is not constitutional it causes
beautiful growth of Hair. These properties
added to the purity of composition and exquis-
lite perfume, renderit favorite toilet article.
Price 20 cents per hottie. A liberal dis
count to parties ordering by the quantity. For
sale by druggists and Country Merchants.
Manufactured by LAMBERT & WILSON,
feh5-ly Greenville va.
m can make money faster at work Tor US than
We will start you. Sl2 per day at home made by
the industrious. Men, women boys and girls
wanted everywhere to work for us. Now is the
1ime Costly outfit and terms free. Address
True & Co. Augusta. Maine. apr2-ly
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CEMENT.
NEMENT! CEMENT

CHN AN' oEM EMIT
The Round Top Cement Works. having been
seriously damaged last Fall, by a freshet0haye
lately resumed: and now we offer the LIST lot of
Fresh Ground II. T. Cement
in this market. Be sure to call before you buy
elsewhere.
aPr2 BAKER BROS.
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FRUIT TREES, SHADE TREES, &c.
TNRUIT TREES, SHADE TREES,
EVERGREEN

L. EHG Ii Il Ems,
iSHR UBBERY AND FLO WERS.
can furnish from the Staunton Nurseries
the present year the following kinds OF Fruit
Pears, Cherries. Plums, Aprlcots, Nectarines,
ounces, Grapes, Gooseberries, Raspberries,
Currants, Strawberries, Blackberries, Aspara-
gus Roots, Usage Orange, and everything ofthe
Fruit kind My trees are first-class, and will
give satisfaction to all who may buy and plant
them right, and they will find that trees that
are raised at Staunton won't have to stand
year or two to acclimate before they start to
grow. ~ Buy your Trees at home, and
can always get them in good order, fresh out OF
the ground, and at prices less than you can buy
PLUM at so cents, and all the new Apples fur
nished that have come into use of late.
also have an arrangement with one of the
best Shrubbery Nurseries in the United States
to furnish the following
-SHADE TREES.
Oak Leaved Mountain Ash, English Ash,
Weeping Ash, Weeping Birch, Weeping Cher
ny, Horse Chestnut European Larch, European
Linden Magnolias, Silver Maple, Norway Ma
ple Sugar Maple, Cork Maple, Purple Fringe
or Smoke Tree. Kilmarnock Willow, and other
Shade Trees that may be called for. In the
-EVERGREE LINE
1 can furnish Norway Spruce, White Spruce.
Hemlock Spruce, Balsam Fir, Silver Fir, Eng
fish Yew, Golden Arborvtse, Siberian Arbor-
borvite, Irish Juniper, and Swedish Juniper.
: DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. =
Rose of Sharon, Calycanthus, Berberry,
Strawberry Tree, Honeysuckles, Lilac, Japa-
nese Ounce, Spireas, Syringos, African Tama-
rix, White Fringe, and all the Roses and Climb
ing Plants, and many other things too tedious
to mention. and to all who will favor me with
their orders will give satisfaction.
have furnished a great many Shade Trees
and Evergreens about Staunton, and refer
you to the following persons: Capt. James
Marquis, Capt. G. G. Gooch, VIM. J. Nelson,
Mrs. DIR. Stribling, Capt. p. E. Wilson. and
many others through the town, whom have
furnished. j. g. ECHARD.
ju4 I'm Box SO, Staunton, Va
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Why's types like alleged criminals :?
Because 1t is not proper to lock them up
without proof.
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Through the storm which we have passed
and are passing, all have suffered terribly. but
thr CASH MAN emerges from the ordeal ten
times stronger, while the Old regulars with
ledgers filled with worthless debts Law upon
time for apologies for the cash system is ended
The. buyer recognizes it as the only safe way for
him to make his purchases, for by paying ca sh
we save him at least rs per cent. on long time
prices. Cash is an imperial mastar-credit "a
death trap. Our stock is very large, all bought
for cash. and we offer unusual indncements In
every department.
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-sTAUNToN SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADV

Tucker, the Virginia councillor, is also
expected here before long for the purpose
of consulting with General Pryor in re-
gard to the case.
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Personal Recollections Of Great Men.

My only recollection of Demosthenes
is his attempting to speak piece at a
district. school exhibition when he was
a boy, and breaking down. He was re-
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you'd scarce expect one of my age
To speak in public on the stage;
i'll should chance to fall below
, 1878-03-30

Two Holyoke women gave
birth to three babies each on the
same day. One of the fathers
is described as being Gas much
set up as country store;;" but
the other declared that the
triplets were s'too darned much
Of a good thing
Gamma, dear, if l should at
tempt to spell Cupid why
could 1 not get beyond the first
syllable?" Anna gave it up;
whereupon William SAID, "Be-
cause when | come to u, of
course L can't 60 farther"
A Mrs. Lincoln, of Bo ston
keeps a pet African lion and
a lioness, each weighing over
two hundred pounds and roam,
ing the house with freedom.
The lioness occupies the same
bed with the lady.
There were 1853 miles Of rail-
road built in this country last
year, for which Texas has over
one-third. She has now more
roads IN process of construction
than all the rest of the United
States.
It is a gloomy illustration of the
puny struggles of humanity against
fate that the ice harvested by the
prohibitionists of Maine is shipped
to New York only to be employed in
the manufacture of lager beer.
A St. Louis forger tried to
swallow the bogus check that
had caused his arrest, but the
officer choked him until he
elected it.
A Lewiston, Me-, Frenchman
drove sixteen miles to have his
baby christened, and when he
got home had forgotten it's
name.
That terrible infant again: :"How long
are you going to stay here?' "Why, my
little dear?' "'Cause I'm hungry, and
mamma says we shall have dinner as
soon as that dreadful nuisance goes
away
Man may love his wife with the
fervor of clear draft blast furnace
yet he will not smile when she
trumps over him at uchre
A man that ought to be allowed to
sit down--a merchant of fortysyears'
standing.
, 1878-03-30

These questions have ever been
in issue in all popular govern
ments--and more especially in
the formation of the General and
State governments of the United
States; were the basis of the first
political parties in the Union,
and have been more or less in
contest ever since, though party
lines are now utterly 0bliterated
upon these questions. The can
didates now before the people Of
the Territory for Delegates to
the Constitutional Convention
have all been presented by par
ty caucusses in which in no in
stance, did one tenth of the legal
voters of either party partlci-
pate. Not one of these self-se-
lected party caucusses or con-
ventions lald down any platform
or required any declaration of
principles from their nominees,
and no appeal is made to the
popular suffrage in their behalf
but on party grounds-an utter
ly hollow pretence without soul
or sense.
For the foregoing reasons,
which were readily to be antici-
pated from the plan of organiza-
tion adopted by the Legislature,
we determined to be an indie
pendent candidate, not for any
reasons personal to ourself, but
solely for the purpose of infus-
ing some issues Of principle into
the canvass above the unreasOn-
ing and unmeaning cry of party,
and we sincerely regret our acci-
dental inability to carry out our
purpose. We shall, however, as
far as we are able, present the
issue without favor or prejudice
to any Of the candidates, and
support those only who we be
lieve will best represent the in
terests Of the people regardless
Of party, sincerely hoping that
such q Constitution will be pre-
aenteI lis the people Viii De SAFE
in adopting.
, 1878-03-30

This story is told of Professor
Jewett, the translator of Plato, and
master of Baliol College, Oxford.
A student of Baliol lost a parcel OF
bank notes. He told the master OF
his misfortune, who in turn told him
to say nothing about it, took the
numbers of the notes, and covered
the walls of Oxford with posters,
proclaiming the loss, but giving the
wrong numbers for the notes. The
thief fell into the snare, offered one
of the notes at the bank, was prompt.
ly arrested, and all the notes were
recovered. Shrewd Professor Jew
ett had given the right numbers to
the teller.
Madam, do you know You pos
sess one of the best voices in the
world?" said saucy fellow to wo-
man. Indeed, do you think so?'
replied she with flush of pride at
the compliment. II do most GER
tainly," continued the rascal, ''for
if you hadn't it would have been
worn out long ago." For the first
time in her. life that woman had not
q word to say.
The original bill Of sale of a
negro man and woman by the
Rev. Jonathan B. Edwards, of
Northampton, Mass, in 1855, to
the grandfather Of John O. Pet
tibone, was among the curiosi-
ties found in the house of the
late John 0. Pettibone of Sims
bury, Conn.
The bronze gates of the Vati-
can, which open on the Arcades,
and remain open while there is
a living Pope were closed, at
5:55 on the evening of Feb. Z,
a proceeding which at once de-
noted that the Holy Father had
passed away.
The proposal to make the
Duke of Edinburg King of Bull
garia was nipped in the bud by
his mothers vehement objec-
tiOns.
Capt. BoYton is about to swim
from Toledo to Lisbon, a distance
of 700 miles; then he will try to
cross the Straits of Gibraltar.