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POET Il Y. E.

"COMMON PEOPLE HEARD HIM GLADLY"
.The common people heard Him gladly
o, tender words of life divine!
Where'er among the sacred writings
Runs there a sweeter, fairer line?
The Pharisee, with captious question,
Still doubted what he came to teach;
While watching priest and lordly Levite
Listened, to catch him in his speech.
The ruler over great possessions,
Though sorrowful, came back no more:
And kingly Herod, consciencs-smitten
For what the bloody charger bore,
Trembling within his guarded chamber,
Lest that which bought woman's smile
Had breathed again, and stood before him,
Reproving all his crimes and guile.
But common folk. in sin and sorrow;
The fishermen. with broken net;
The hungry crowd upon the mountain;
Meek Magdalen, with tresses wet;
Sweet children, with their feet unfettered,
And unrebuked about his knee;
The triple household, meek and lowly,
Whom Jesus loved at Bethany
The sick. the blind, the lonely widow
All homeless ones, in this akin,
That he, too, had no waiting pillow,
No home where he might enter in
What wonder these, the common people,
Should hear him gladly, as he told
The story sweet OF homes in glory,
To them so new, to us so old?
He wore no trailing robe of splendor,
He asked no incense clouded rite;
His temple was the sky above him,
His crown, the starry one of night;
Minghng With publicans and sinners,
Hungry ana weary py the way,
He spoke at first among the lowly
The words whose echo lives to-day
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In the Jaws Of a Lion.

The following story is taken from a
work called among the Zulus:" "I
was out after porcupines, and was lying
one night near porcupine's hole, watt
ing for him to come out 1 had no gun,
only my hunting knife and large knob
korrie with which to knock the porcu
pine On the nose-fOr that, as you know,
kills him at once. [ did not hear a
sound until 1 found the grass near me
move, and lion got his paw on me and
claws into me, but luckily my leather
belt prevented his teeth from damaging
me, and he carried me by holding on to
my belt and coat If either of these had
given away, I should have been laid
hold of in a far m re rough manner. A
lion is like cat in one thing: he can
| hold live thing in his mouth and not
damage it, just as l have seen cat car
ry mouse. | knew the nature of the
lion well enough to know that if strug-
gled | should have my neck broken or
my head smashed in an instant; SO |
did not struggle, but quietly drew my
knife and thought what was best to do.
I thought at first of trying to strike him
in the heart, but [ could not reach that
part of him, and the skin look ed so loose
that [ could not strike deep enough,
carried as | was. I knew that it would
be life Oh death with ne in an instant
so turning myself a bit, [ gashed the IL
on's nose and cut it through The lion
dropped me as I should poisonous
snake, and jumped away roaring with
pain. He stood for an instant looking
al ME but did not move, and he die
not seem 10 like to carry me again.
More than once he came TO within & few
yards, licking the blood as it poured
from his nose; but l remained ther,
like stone. and he was fairly afraid t
tackle me again. I know baffalo ant
an OK are very sensitive about the nose
cant stand it, SO thought lion nigh
be the same, and so it proved.
Childrpn hauo mara nood of model.
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Under McEai.l Process


whether applied to metal, wood, brick, or stone.
Owing to its toughness and elasticity, it docs
not crack, chalk, or peel off.
AS Roofing Pal tand for Damp Walls it has
NO EQUAL. We say this from an experience
of fourteen years. 1t literally becomes, from its
nature, part of the material upon which it is
OughIy stopping all leaks, whether from
broken seams or holes in the roof 1t forms a
| coating that withstands expansion or contrac-
| By the proper application Of this Paint and
| at comparatively small cost. we have repaired
| old roofs, condemned as unworthy OF further
repairs and extended their usefulness for years.
| By the production of this Paint, we have more
than DOUBLED the value of tin for roofing
purposes. aS- Estimates carefully and prompt
| ly made on application. All work warranted
| and satisfaction given,
| For Tin Roofs, Damp Walls and Shingle Roofs.
and fof all purposes where Fire Proof Paint
| is desired. It never cracks, chalkS Or
peeIs 0ff-has been in use for fourteen years,
| and in every instance given entire sat1s1actlon
All kinds of roofing made water tight by this
| paint. -
| Shingle roofs coated With this paints will new
! er decay. The iron ore becomes erystal1zed,
and presents Il STONE SURFACE In every re-
| spect Except weight the same as slate. Makes
| them FIRE PROOF. Always presents clean
and neat appearance
The only paint In the world that will stand
atmospheric changes, without deteriorating.
| The only paint in the world that GlYes THOR
ough protection to metallic roofs. 1t has $1,000
the test for II years. One million square feet Of
tin painted with this paint, in Virginia, during
the past IS months.
All in want of this class of work will do well
to call upon u.s. and read testimonials from the
best men and corporations in this State, also
from every State in the Union. The OLD
IRON-SIDE PAINT can be found. only at
| our store We control the State, for its sale
anu i'' N'Sn Jul M MAY & sAGENDoRPH,
No 6. S. Augusta St., Staunton, Va.
L: Z. y. " sAdnSsDoRrH} 4aAas Whoiesals and Retail
| je3 Druggists.
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WHAT Iowa GIRLS ARE TAUGHT
At the Iowa Agricultural College every
girl in the junior class has learned how
to make good bread, weighing and meas
uring their ingredients, mixing, knead-
ing and baking, and regulating her fire.
Each has been taught to make yeast and
bake biscuit, puddings. pies and cake of
various kinds; how to cook a roast,
broil steak and make fragrant cup of
coffee; how to stuff and roast turkey,
make oyster soup, prepare stock for 9TH
er soups, steam and mash potatoes so
that they will melt in the mouth, and,
in short, to get up first class meal,
combining both substantial and fancy
dashes, in good style. Theory and man.
ual skill have gone hand in hand. Vast
stores OF learning have been accumula
ted Ill the arts Of canning, preserving
and picking fruits, and they have taken
practical lessons in all the details Ol
household management, such as house
furnishing, care of bads and bedding,
washing and ironing, care of the sick,
care of children, etc. The girls, We are
informed, are also thoroughly grounded
IN science, mathematics and English
literature; but this is of slight moment
compared with the foregoing catalogue
OF virtues. If there is anything that
challenges the unlimited respect end de
vOtlon of the masculine mind it is abili
ty In woman to order well her own
household. Each one of these charming
Iowa girls, it is safe to say, will marry
| within six weeks after graduatiOn.-&
Paul Pioneer Fress.
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He KNEW TIE HATR.--A few DAYS
ago, says an exchange, 2 party OF gen
tlemen were together. One mar, o
joker, stepped " ~ member of fhe
party, and holding q long hair Gefore
his eyes, said "See here old fellow. this
looks suspicious, where did this .ong
hair come from?n ''NNhy, tha FROM
my wife's head!' "Are you sure Of it ?"
"Sure Of it? of course am. You don't
suppose you would find any Other wo-
mans hair about me- do you ?" NO,
probably not; but am sorry you ere so
sure it is your wite's hair, for ] just
picked it off the coat of this gentleman" :"
pointing to friend near by,
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THE PRACTICE OF FALL PLowING
Intelligent cultivators generally agree
that fall plOwing is of the utmost SER
vice to the soil. Many consider it equal
to dressing of manure, inasmuch as it
places the ground in condition to assim-
iiate all the feTtllizing properties of min
eraI and atmospheric plant food. Sou-
bic matters which have reached down
too far for the feeders to reach are also
brought to the surface by the turning
over of land. Weeds, grass and the
stubble of gathered crops are covered in
the soil, where they will undergo de
composition and be in the right place
for the rootlets to feed upon when the
crops start.
Disntegration is one of the great Sc
crets Of the beneficial effects from fall
plowing. Its action is both mechanical
and chemical. Land when broken by
the plow holds greater percentage OF
water. 1t freezes when in this wet
state, then it thaws, and the disinte-
grafton is complete. All moisture re-
ceived on the surface, filters through
the pulverized earth evenly. and, in
consequence, the manurial properties
in the water reach every particle OF
the soil and are retained.
Another advantage of fall plowing is
the much greater surface of soil exposed.
Compact ground presents but one sur
face to the air, while that which is well
broken exposes nearly every side OF
every particle of soil as deep as the tiith
goes. The tiith is also deepened, and
clay subsoil thrown on top becomes sub
jected to atmospheric actions, which
prepare it for any solvent that may be
applied
The unearthing of pestilent insects
from their comfortable hiding places il
the fail and exposing them to the wealth
er is one of the incalculable benefits
arising from fall piowing. The turning
under of cockieburrs, oXeye daisy, fox
tail, and other noxious weeds with th'
stubble of the grain fields, before thei
seeds mature is still another benefit, a
those growths are destroyed and forcet
to serve the land they previously bur
dened by enriching it.
Farmers who are constantly complain
ing that plowing under certain weed
only tends to a more luxurious growth
are reminded that weeds which ar
propagated by seed should be turned un
der before seed ripens. If the process i
delayed. a full crop of weed seed
planted, instead of destroyed. Cultiva
tors who understand the good effects c
fall pIowing-sOme of which, by th
way, is best accomplished during tn
summer-wiil soon set the plOws NOV
ing, if they are not already started, O.
lands designed for winter grain, fa
seedlings, and for corn next spring
NeU York World.
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THE RETGRT COURTEOUS.-The other
evening, at little dinner party up town,

THE REToRT COURTEoUs.-The other
evening, at a little dinner party up town,
one of the guests, the younger brother
OF an Engiishman expressed with COM
inend&ble freedom his opinion of Alneri-
ca and its people. II DO not altogether
Ike the country" said the young gem
tleman, "for enc reason, because you
have no, gentry here" "What do you
mean by gentry ~ asked another of the
company. "Well; you know" replied
the Inglishman "Weil-oh gentry are
those who never do any work the IL
selves and whose fathers before them
never did any "Ah," exclaimed his
interlocutor, then we have plenty Of
gentry in America, but We don't call
them gentry we call them tramps." \
laugh went around the table and the
young Englishman turned his conversa
ton into another channel.-NclO I0yl
Graphic.
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w HIT FIEL DIS COURTSHIP.-The
celebrated George Whitefield began his
courtship in singular fashion. His
biographeT pronounced him one of the
oldest wOoers that ever wooed. When
Whitefeld was in America, and had un-
der his charge the orphan house in
Savannah, it was much impressed on
his heart that he ought to marry in or
der to have helpmate in his arduOus
work" he had also fixed his mind on
the young lady whom he intended to
ask to become his wife. So he address
| ed letter to her parents, and inclosed
another to herself. In his letter to the
parents he stated that he wanted wife
| to help him in the management of his
increasing family and then said: "This
letter comes like Abraham's servant to
Rebekah's relations, to know whether
your daughter, Miss F., is proper
| person to engage in such an undertake
ing; and if so, whether you will be
pleased to give me leave to propose mar
riage to her. You need not be afraid of
sending me refusal; for 1 bless God, if
know anything ofmy own heart, am
free from that foolish passion which the
world calls love. He wrote in similar
strain to the young lady, asking her,
among many other questions, if she
| COulu ttaSS ilGi dliu Hill
for support who feeds the young ravens :;
and bear the inclemencies of air both as
to heat and cold in a foreign climate !;
whether having husband she could be
as though she had none. He also told
her that he thought the passionate ex-
pressions which ordinary courtiers use
ought to be avoided by those who mar
ry in the Lord and that if she thought
marriage would be in any way preju-
dicial to her better part, she was to be
so kind as to send him denial that she
need not be afraid to speak her mind, as
he loved her only for God.
| The letters were not so successful as
Abraham's servant. The parents were
not very anxious to send their daughter
on such an adventure; and Whitefield
continued for longer space in his bach
eiOr condition. Some time after he es-
sayed another cOurtship with widow
in Wales after the same style. The
mode in which Rebekah was chosen for
Isaac seems to have been Whitefield's
ideal of obtaining q wife. The week af-
ter he was married the went on one of
his evangelistic tours, and left his new
ly welded wife to muse alone amid the
Welsh hills in the second quarter of
their honey Chambers Journal.
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THE EDITORIAL GOAT.

A YOUNG MANS FIRST RIDE THEREON
THE MYSTERIOUS EOTE-GN THE WAY
TO THE BRIDGE-IN THE PRESENCE
OF THE GREAT MOGUL-THE SORROW
Full REVELATIONS MADE-THE LAST
END OF MAN IS GRIEF.
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.

nR. G. E. HARTMAN, DENTIST, GR
- successor to DIR. Chapman, ofhceVtf11p
1l5 E. Main ST., residence 20S Main ST., may pe
found at all hours, and is prepared 10 insert 4. I
Teeth from one to complete set, upon Tue
ner also to extract, fill and regulate teeth, and
perform all dental operations. Having an ex-
ing satisfaction AUwork warranted Remem-
Der the place-Dr. Chapman's old stand,
sep23-3m StauntOn, Va.
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WHIPPING A CHILD.-If you cannot
manage your children without whip
ping them, it only proves that you do
not understand governing either your
self or them. We do not believe in
whipping a child, unless, perhaps, in
some very rare and exceptional cases.
Whipping a child makes him sly and
deceitful; harGens his heart, and blunts
his eptibilties; makes him sneak
and coward it is a cruel, cowardly,
brutal proceeding to whip defenceless
little one, who is dependent upon and at
the mercy of his parents. By eXercis-
ing 2 better control over your own tenn
be angry with your children, you will
doubtless find less occasion for " whipping
them.
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PREDICTIONS ABOUT 1880 TO 'S7.-In
a pamphlet recently published the au-
thor, Prof. Grimmer, asserts: From
1880 1887 will be one universal carnival
of death" Asia will be depopulated,
Europe nearly so. America will lose
fifteen million people. Besides plague,
we are to have storms and tidal waves,
mountains are to ''toss their heads
through the choicest valleys" naviga-
tors will be lost by thousands owing to
the 'capricious deflexures of the magne-
tic needle" and islands will appear and
disappear in mid ocean. All the beasts,
birds aud fishes will be diseased; famine
and civil strife will destroy most of the
few human beings left alive by plague;
and, finally, two years of tire"-from
1883 to lS87-will rage with fury in ev-
cry part of the globe, In 1887 the ''Star
of Bethlehem" will reappear in Cas-
siopia's Chair, the Immediate results be-
ing universal war and portentous floods
and shipwrecks. North America is
again to be involved in civil war, unless
a Napoleon arises to quell it; but dur
ing these terrible days the Pacific States
will be q veritable Paradise of Peace
compared to the heliish strife that will
be wagDg throughout the world.n The
few people that may manage to survive
till 1857 will have reason to be thankful.
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We manufacture

We manufacture
Old Iron-side Paint
from the purest,
toughest and hard
est Lake superior
iron ores. This is
NOT a patent paint,
but the ponderous
m a C h il cry, by
which this grade of
iron ore, in its
crude state, is
crushed and redu-
ced to impalpable
powder as fipe as
flour, is patented.
1t is really a min
eral paint-being
100 per cent. pure
iron Ore-unsub-
jected to heat or
any other process
by which its dura-
oility would be af-
i'ected 1t eff'ectu-
ally reiistS a | at
mospheric chang
es. which prove SO
destructive to 9TH
Ter mineral paints
$50 called.) 1t forms
a coating impervi-
lous to moisture,
-nnI hrinly nr Stnnn
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~ GORGE M. HARRISON,
+" ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNTON, VA,
will practice in all the Courts holden in Au-
gusta county, and in the Circuit Courts of the
adjoining counties
Ey-Strict attention given to the collection Of
Claims.
OFFIcE-No. 10 Lawyers Row. Courthouse
Allev, oc 3l-tf .
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H. NJ. MATHEWS ALEX. F. MATHEWS.
Nk ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
LEWISBURG. WEST VA,
practice regularly in the Courts Of Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, w:
Va, the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of w. Va.
BBParticular attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
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SsQauluu SDsCtQlOr.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rata
ofSlOO per square of eight lines or loss for the
first insertion, and SO cents for each snhsaonent
insertion.
Ia A liberal discount will be made on odv..
tisements published for 8, 6, or V months.
As- SPECIAL NOTICES will be inserted of don.
bic the advertising rates.
4S- Obituaries, Announcements of Candidates
for office, and all communications of personal
or private character, will be charged for as ad-
vertisements,
Address-"Staunton Spectator" Staunton. Va.
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BY Faith.

:. "If [ could only see Christ, could be-
lleve IN Him." says one. "If I could
only hear Him saying, THY sins are
forgiven thee, it would be so easy for
me 10 know that they are forgiven"
says another. Yes, but that would not
oe Iaith; that would be evidence: and
u !he Bible says, by faith are we saved :"
IL nowhere says that we are saved bv
evidence. If wish to borrow sum of
money from you and put some govern
nlehG Donds into your hands as security,
you 90 not have to trust me, do you %
no; you nave the evidence of my abili-
W 10 pay you, and you have the equi-
valent OF the sum you have lent. There
lore, IL Is impossible to trust me. Trust
and evidence are contradictory terms
Neither of them is possible except i'm
the absence of the other. Prove that
two and two are four, and you cannot
say any longer 81 believe it.u You
know it to be so. And knowledge puts
and end to faith, as quickly as payment
puts an end to debt
Now there is one thing that Christ
Jesus asks of all of us. 1t is this -
"Trnst Me-" He stretches out His scar
red hands to US, and says, "Cast your4
self into My arms" We cannot see
H1m-we can not touch Him. But he
says, "Believe in Me, as mighty to save,
and l will save you" Faith has been
called the SOULS venture. 1t is not that,
for venture implies uncertainty; and
faith, on the contrary, is leaping from
uncertainty to the only real certainty
IN the universe. 1t is q cutting loose
from self that is seen, and known to
be lost, and going to Savior who is un-
seen, and mighty to save-''In whom.
though now we see Him not, yet, be-
lieving, we rejoice" Do not, therefore,
let US insist on seeing Christ before we
will believe on Him or demand some
collateral security from Him before we
can trust Him with our souls. 1t is dis
honoring and mean to insist on any
such conditions. What would you
think, if you were to go to friend and
ask him TO lend you few dollars and
he should say, Eyes, [ will lend it to
you; but you must leave me your coat
Or your watch as security?" Wouldn't
you 60 away thinking to yourself-if
you didn't say it out loud-''This man
may call himself my friend l consider
him miserable pawn broker.n
Trust is a beautiful thing between
man and man and how much more be-
5ween man and Cod And so, as those
sor whom Christ died, let us not demand
oroof and security of our Master before
we will trust Him. Let us trust him
irst, and freely, and eternal life shall be
our security.
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THOMAS ID. RANSOM,

4 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
offers his professional services in the County
and Circuit Courts of Augusta, and in the Hus-
tings 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-Iy.
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eGE LEX i" your own town and no capi-
AhE g.. vi. ed t5tVr b., business II trial with
cUU ,ur expense The best opportunity "ver
..-'..,ti to- 7 ,,s. ting - 'V"r You h"uld
-. .,tfi.- u,.f'+ ,'n s." "fAf sou can 90
.,f -..,. hu-iu.-- - ,tri.t so '''rtU !" 'Xp ain
.'.IH Nou ..ln .:.vn!.- .'4 t'h4 'Itrt o. only
Your pare time "a the ttnHl't-S 3'td nahe great
pa for every hour HAT you work. Women
make aS much men. Send ior sp'cla prl-
vat- terms nd particulars, which we mall free.
S. Outfit free. Don't complain of hard times
while you have such a chance. ADDRESS
b. HALLETT & Co.
jel0-ly Portland, Maine.
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J. R. TUCKEG. H. ST. GEO. TUCKER,
Lexington. va StauntOn, Va.
TUCKER d TUCKER,
L ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
STAUNToN, VA,
viii pra, uce in the Courts of Augusta and the
adjoining counties. Also in the Court of APP
peals of Virginia, and will attend regularly the
Circuit Courts of Rockbridge au22-u
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W, e, CRAIG.
n. K. TROUT. W. E. CRAIG.
TNROUT Il CRAIG.
l. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,

I'VE have entered into Partnership as
Lawyers, occupying the old Offices of the Senior
member The Junior member will aid In con-
ducting the old business.
R9- Particular attention given to collections.
jel5-tf
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StauntOn n...-... i4D J.1U
Mail Train through to Washington and Bal
timore without change of cars and makes close
connection at Harper's Ferry with Express
Trains for the West The Accommodation
leaving Staunton at 3.l5 p. m, runs through to
Harper's Ferry. "
:. NJ. WOODWARD, JR.,
T FITZGERALD. Supt. V. r. K.
= of r Il. II q. K K tyl5
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Children have more need of models
than of itics.-Joubert.
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~HARLES w. ECHARD,
ATTORNEY-AT

VIM. A. HUDSON. VIM. PATRICK.
"UDSON & PATRICK,
II ATrORNEYS-AT-LAW
STAUNToN, VA,
Will practice in the Courts of Augusta and ad
joining counties. Special attention paid to
collections. febl2-tf
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pREsTON 4 BAYLOR,

DRESTON BAYL0R.
ATTORNEY-AT-IIAW
Ind Solicitor in Chdnce7y, STAUNToN, VA.r
practices in all the Courts of Augusta and ad-
Joining counties.
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col. Geo. Baylor, decd on Augusta st.,
opposite the Courthouse no2I