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4 HESAPEAKE e. OHIO
4 RAILWAY.

Nail Train daily except sunday. Express Train
GOING EAST.
MAIL. EXPRESS.
lie Staunton.....220 p. m. l.51a.m m.
Charlottesville. "A. ~ 4" AS
" Cord lnsville. ....5 % 500 "
Ar. nichmjnd s. 50 $50
- GorIpusvide. ....9.40
Junction. 49,. 100 Breakfast.
lie, ....... go m
Ar. Washington l.lD y. m
- Baltimore ......ll.20 3.Oo
" Philadelphia. $40 m ~
New York.. ....6.i5 " lO.05
~ Passengers by the Express Train connect at
Hanover Junction for all points North. By Mail
1r in at G5rdDnsyills for points North
40. - le ives Stanton daily, sundays excepted
at Las q. ~, Connecting at Charlottesville for
Lynchburg, ar living in Lynchburg ~ p. N /.
connecting with A. NJ. o. X. Road. hound
Tri,, Tickets sale to Jacksonville Florida. good
until the 18TH day of May, via Piedmont Air Line,
going Soath, Leave Richmond 10 90 p IN and H.,
a ~ via Atlantic Coast Line. Leave Richmond
l.r3 m aud II, IS m.-price 5000.
GOING WEST.
NAIL. EXPRESS.
lie. staunton .. ..... 2,4OP $50 am
" G 'shen. ..........4.2, :. ~! :.
" Mllboro'........ ~ 49,
" COyngton ........6,5 Supper Dos
:. I Mnas '"'Puu' ...ip'6j sg5
IA .awaa Fails 10. 3. y 4 m l2,) m dinner
" Charleston .......5,h g 2,sl %
q" Huntington. Z" Ar. 5,!5 "
Ar Cincinnati coo m.
connecting with the early trains leaving Cincin
natl.
First-clss AMI Emigrant Tickets to the Wts'
lover aud time quicker by this than anyother other
route.
For Ticbets and infoi m alton, apply to or ad-
dless JOHN u. WOODWARD,
Ticket Agent, stanton, Va.
CONWAY z. HOWARD, 81. p. & I. A.
". Il. S. DUNN, Engr. SUIT. Jan. 81
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ReadY-Nade Clothing

Ia complete and he guarantees perfect hts an.
latest styles. For further infor nation sip'! d
once at HEAD QUA rE.S, c ysial Palace.
1ERMS-Cash or g. days t. pa ciuai
not ask for credit.
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Trains G3S daily, Gao Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, all other tIains daily exccnt sunday.
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Take Notice.
VICTORIOUS! TRIUMPHANT !

AT THE Al THE
Centennial Exposition, Exposition. Uniyersole,
PHIIA., 1876. PAL. 1873
The "sti, fl" unrivailcd Grand, Up'igut and
square Pianos. the Zee pients Of more than sixty
inst reniun.s aud G ID aud silver Medals, ia
Guiding the Medal Of Merit aud Diploma OF Homer
It the Centennial Exp stion IA $40, have achieved
at The TX ositlon Lniyerselle Pari-, 1875 over all
Anei lean and many foreign cOuipttito = their
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For cheap ro,eries 60 to VI. GE ARf : where
ven can fnd everyth NJ to be found IN hrsi class
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28

Bustles are again considered neces-
sary to produce the bouffant effect now
in vogue. When these elaborate
draperies we're revived it was hoped the
dress material would be sufficient with
out support; but when the short skirt
is worn, the over-dress seems incongru-
Gus if too many breadths are put in it
The present styles, however, are not OBJ.
jectionable; it is only their exaggera-
ton that is to be dreaded. Many ladies
have never left off wearing small erin.
oline tournure, even during the reign Of
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
The Guileiess Old Man.

He was an innocent, guileless looking
person. Walking up Broadway, with
spectacles on his nose, and large rus
ty looking carpet bag in his hand, his
very serious and fixed gaze upon much
that was new. to him would have at
tracted attention anywhere. He moved
slowly, and with strides that suggested
agricultural pursuits during the
week, with rigid attention to church
duty on Sunday. He might have been
q deacon.
At the corner of Canal Street, his
hand was suddenly seized by very vi
vacious, well dressed man, who exclaim-
ed
"Well, 1 declare! This is surprise.
Who would have thought of meeting
you in New York;"
Then, seeing that the traveller failed
to recognize him, he added
"Can it be possible that I am mis-
taken in your face? Your name is
is ~
"Baker," interrupted the old man,
with coniding innocence, bis face BEAM
ing with smiles. 81 kinder 1eco'nize
ye, and kinder don't. I'm from Che
mung, you know; n prob'ly you've
been up to Elmiry sellin' goods, or
suthin."
"Why, certainly, Mr.. Baker. knew
could not be mistaken. I've seen you
in Elmira. Well, I'm real glad you've
come down. I'll see you again; good
bye"
And, shaking the old mans hand
with great warmth, he hurried away.
Then the country traveller hugged his
arms over his breast, and seemed con-
vulsed with laughter.
80, Lord!" he soliloquized. "What
would they say to hum, to hear me
a-lyin' like that? but how can man
get rid o. these heather without it?'
Then he continued in an UNDERGONE
Snow for the other feller. Guess it's
bout time for him to show up. Gosh
here he comes"
A stylish looking business man ad.
vanced from the throng, and address
ing him at once as Mr.. Baker, cordially
INQUIRED how the folks were at home
up in Chemung. The old man said al
once his name was not Baker, and ht
didn't live in Chemung. His name was
briggs, and he lived in Genesee County
"Why," he continued, "you chaps
down here in New York must be goin
crazy. Now only two or three blocks
back I met your friend, and he though
my name was Baker, too, and that
was from Chemung."
And the old man laughed heartily.
But the other man didn't laugh. HI
simply remarked: "Beat, by!
and was speedily lost in the crowd.
The stranger sought and found a re
spectacle hotel, and as he closed tn
narration to friend in the butte
trade, of his first experience In NeV
York, he remarked:
81 guess 1 han't read the papers al
these wears for nothin'."
And then, still looking like Sunday
school Superintendent with pastors
pursuits, he registered his name. 1t
not necessary to give it, but, in the in
terest of morality, / grieve to say it wa
, neither briggs nor Baker.-Bosto
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
BELLEVUE, La, THURSDAY AUGUST %, 1879.
princesse dresses, and it is this hustle
that is now generally adopted for short

princesse dresses, and it is this hustle
that is now generally adopted for short
dresses, The furnishing houses COM
mend those with pleats, puffs, and
founces of the wiry crinoline, or else
those of muslin furnished with half-cir-
cular springs of fine French steel, so
light and flexible that it is difficult to
break them or to get them out of shape,
These are So. Other bustles are quite
long, measuring about 30 inches, yet
are meant to wear with short skirts.
They have bias flounces of French cord
ed crinoline mounted on muslin, in
which springs are run; these springs
can be easily removed when the gar
ment is laundried. These cost $3.50 up
ward. Some have an extra ruffie to ex-
tend over the hips and enlarge them.
Longer bustles for trained dresses are
similarly made, with sitter founces to
support the flowing train without OBJ
truding itself; these cost $3.50 upward.
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
A Square Back.dOwn.

A day or two ago lady living on
Duffield Street was summoned to the
door to see boy about 124years of age,
who had a cheap hat-rack to sell.
When she appeared ne said:
"Madam, my father is dead, and
won't you please buy this hat-rack for
25 cents?''
She was sorry that his father was
dead, but she didn't want the hat-rack.
The next day the same boy and the
same hat-rack returned, and the boy
said:
Madam, won't you please buy this
hat-rack, for my mother is dead, too"
She was so sorry that his mother was
also dead, that she gave him a slice of
bread and butter, but she didn't want to
invest in hat-raek. Two days later
the boy called again, having the same
identical rack under his arm, and he
looked the lady straight in the eyes and
said ::
"Madam, won't you please buy this
hat-rack, for my sister is also dead?"
"My goodness! is it possible that you
have lost father, mother and sister in
one week?" exclaimed the lady.
ayes, num-"
"An1 what allied them?" she asked.
"I dunno, mum, but kinder feel it
in my bones that unless sell this ere
hat-rack afore Saturday night death will
use up all the rest of our family and be
going for other folks"
"If 1 buy this rack of you will you
| tell me the truth?"
:" Yes, num-"
She handed him quarter and asked /:
"Did your father, mother or sister
| die this weekp'
The boy looked at her, hesitated, and
then laid the quarter on the railing,
picked up his hatrack, and said as he
went down the steps:
"I only git five cents commish fol
selling these racks, and l can't afford tc
kill off three of the family and resurrect
'em again for any such figger! Good
bye, mum-its square back-down or
me !n-D Detroit Free Press.
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
ing the most lucrative streets and neioh.
borhoods.

borhoods.
A PATENT has been taken out for a re-
peating match-that is, match which
can be struck great many times and
yield light each time The match
consists of two rods of infiammable
composition placed side by side in two
compartments with a suitable case. In
order to strike the light a scraper is
moved by hand along platform across
the open ends of the two rods. The
scraper removes a certain quantity of
its substance from each rod, and mixing
these together, the light is produced.
One stick is composed of three parts OF
chlorate of potash and one part of clay,
thoroughly mixed, and formed into a
thick paste by the addition of water,
then dried. The other stick is made OF
three parts of amorphous phosphorus
and one part of clay prepared in the
same manner.
A YOUNG lady member of q wealthy
Jewish family was about to be married
recently in koenigshutte, Silesia, and
all the arrangements for the wedding
day had been made, when the historic
stage character of the last act, an old
peasant woman, entered the house and
begged that consent be refused to the
match. Twenty years ago she was a
nurse in the house, and one night in
her sleep she smothered the Jewish
child. In fear Of punishment she got
rid of the dead babe, and placed in its
stead her own daughter of similar
age. She was a Christian and her babe
had been baptized. She, therefore, in
sisted on her right to prevent hel
child's marriage with Jew. Authori
ties have been called to investigate the
case
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
Tobacco.

Tobacco, now in almost universal use,
and enjoyed in one form or another by
all races and in all countries, met with
the greatest opposition when it had been
introduced into the old world from the
new, soon after Columbus's discovery of
America. At first recommended for its
medicinal virtues, which were greatly
exaggerated, tobacco soon became an
article of luxury. Several popes, Urban
VIII. and Innocent XI. among them
launched against it the thunders of the
Roman Church; the priests and sultans
of Turkey denounced smoking as a
or: ne, Amuret w. even going 50 far as
to- decree its punishment by the most
frightful forms of death. Later in that
country, the pipes of smokers were
thrust through their noses. All this
condemnation, all these penalties, were
vain. The use of tobacco steadily in
creased and has increased ever since.
1t is now the solace of rich and poor,
of princes and peasants, of scholars and
savages. Albeit not prevalent in the
East until the seventeenth century, the
Turks and Persians exceed all other
nations in smoking. In India, all class.
es and both sexes smoke. In China, the
practice is universal; girls from the age
of eight or nine, wearing as appendage
to their dress a silken pocket to hold
tobacco and pipe. Snuff taking is
diminished, and chewing does not spread
materially; but smoking grows contin-
ually. Our aboriginals are believed to
have been the earliest consumers of the
plant. They have used it from time
immemorial, smoking having been, and
still being associated with religion. 1t
is connected with all important transac-
tions, as well as with worship. The
calumet, or pipe of peace, is deemed in
dispensable to the ratification of q
treaty; smoking together has even
greater significance with them than eat
inc together has with civilized nations,
and is believed to cement friendship.
They imagine that the Great Spirit per-
ceives sweet SAVIOR 10 the smoke of the
sacred plant as it ascends to heaven,
and that it is particularly acceptable to
the divine senses. Il is remarkable
that, though tobacco was first used in
the New World, its use is probably less
generally here now than in any other
country. The citizens of the republic
chew more, unhappily, than almost any
nation, but they smoke far less thar
Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, Germans
Russians, French, Italians, or even th'
i English. Perhaps one reason why to
: bacco is so relished everywhere is tina
| so much and so persistent effort ha
t been made to extirpate the habit. Wha
: is unjustly and violent opposed is prett
] apt to extend and in time take dee
e root.
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
PITH AND POINT.

ADVERSELY is q trial of principle
Without it, man hardly knows wheth-
er he is honest or not.
THERE is q German proverb which
says that Take it Easy and Live Long
are brothers.
SPEAKING of butter, we may respect
it's color, but we do not hesitate to turn
up our nose at its rank.
The individual who itches for fame
has frequently to scratch the hardest for
bread and butter.
THE man who earnestly sings-"I
woald not live always" sends for a doc
tor when he is taken sick, just as quick
as any body. ....
IT is not the necessaries of life that
lead US into temptation so much as the
luxuries. As Jerrold said, "Honest
bread is very well; it's the butter that
gets us into trouble"
SELF-DENIAL, says the Boston Post,
is said to be most exalted virtue, and
we never fail to exercise it when some
big fellow armed with q rawhide comes
in and asks for us.
A SCHOONER capsized on the Erie
Canal in this city last Friday, and all
on board went down 1t was schOon-
er of beer in the hands of festive boat
man.-Ronae Sentinel.
A GOOD article Of gin disguised as
tonic bitter, with a paper label, is a
well-spring of continual pleasure on the
sideboard of an old gentleman who does
not allow himself to drink liquor as a
beverage.-N o. Picayuae.
ACT one, they meet as in a pleasant dream;
Act two, he'll treat to soda and ice cream;
Act three, his cash, alasl Is nearly PLAYED;
Act four, his girl grows cold, sedare and staid !;
Act five, just as hiSiove is ripe and mellow
| His girl is sporting with another fellow.
Toronto Gossiper.
How peacefully reposes the oyster in
his little trundle bed. As he stretches
himself out with his head on the pillow
and his feet in the sand, he contents
himself with the thought that it is vaca-
ton season in the churches, and not I'M.
til the dreaded r months come will he
be summoned to the responsible work
of lifting the debts of extravagant par
isbes.-Neso Haven Register.
NEXT year should be very prosper
Gus one for clergymen. Besides being
leap year, seven eclipses are announced.
Eclipses of the moon are welcomed by
lovers, but nothing encourages court
ships more than comet with a tail 81
OON, 900, ,O0O, ,0OO, O0,67O miles in length
sweeping across the heavens during the
summer nights. Notwithstanding its
enormous size, . young lady can not
catch glimpse of the celestial wonder
without leaning her head on her young
mans shoulder and have him point it
out to her.-NorTistoUn Herald.
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
A Secretive S0mnambulist.

Mrs. Gunther of New York. the
daughter-in-law of ex-Mayor Gunther,
is visiting her father, Asa Curtis, in
Stratford, and when on Sunday she
looked in bureau for her jewel-case
containing 200 worth of diamonds
and could not find it, there was great
CONSERVATION in the household. Detec-
tives were consulted, and all measures
possible were taken to overhaul the
thieves. On Monday, however, the
missing property was found secreted in
an old sofa. Mrs. Gunther is given to
somnambulism, and in fit of sleep
walking on Saturday night had taken
the case from the bureau and thrust it
into hole in the sofa covering. In 3
former fit of somnambulism, some time
ago, she secreted a new silk dress in an
attic, where it remained undiscovered
for a year.-Earyord (Conm.) Courant.
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
Success in the Black Hills.

William J. Colvert, Nashville boy,
now in the Black Hills, has had a Sc
ries of adventures which would furnish
material sufficient for several romances.
In 1877, shortly after his arrival there,
he was burnt out by the Indians and he
narrowly escaped with his life. A few
weeks later he returned to his farm from
Deadwood to find that party of ma
rauding Indians had paid him visit
and had scalped a companion on the
farm. He has been twice driven from
his farm by overfows, and during these
periods he has been idle as the overflow
caused a temporary lull in the mining
operations in which he is engaged. His
residence and outhouses were again de-
stroyed by fire last winter, but he has
had them rebuilt and sustained no loss
except the outlay for the new buildings.
A few weeks ago he was attacked by
three Rocky Mountain bears and was
injured so severely that their bearships
thought he was dead and left him. He
was found the next day by friend, and
has just recovered from tine effects of his
wounds. Mr.. Colvert, despite these
slight difficulties in the way of his sue
cess. says he can not be persuaded tc
leave the Black Hills, as he considers i
the finest country in the world. He ha:
a gold mine which pays him large in
come and he has amassed large sun
of money. MIR. Colvert contemplate
paying short visit to Nashville mex
winter.-Nashvills (Tenn.) american
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28

ADAM HELMER Of Port Huron, Mich,
was awakened by his wife, the other
night, who told him she heard burglars
in the house. He arose, took a loaded
gun. and went to look for intruders.
While Helmer was thus employed his
wife also went down stairs, and Hell
mer, thinking her a burglar, fired at
her, the whole charge entering her body
and inficting fatal wound.
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28

The following has been published as
a new method for staining wood so that
the color may be pleasing and perma-
nent under exposure to light and air.
A strong solution of permanganate of
potash is applied to the surface for
about five minutes; but a few expert
ments with different kinds-ef wood will
best determine what length of time the
solution should be permitted to act.
The wood is then carefully washed and
dried, and afterward polished in the
usual way.
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28

DIR. SCHMIDT of the New Orleans
Charity Hospital has had numerous op-
portunities for investigating the nature
Of the yellow fever poison. He takes a
decided stand against the germ theory,
claiming it to be disease depending.
like smallpox, scarlet fever, and
measles, upon specific poison of ami.
NAL origin, a product of the diseased
human organism itself. The fact that
in the case of putrefaction the poison in
creases in intensity with each individual
through whom it passes explains the
fatality Of the disease, which increases
as the epidemic advances. The preven'
ton of the disease involves the interest
ing question Of quarantine, and perfect
isolation of the first cases would appear
TO be the most important ssnitar,
measure.
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
What Boys Should BE.

First: Be true-be genuine. No edu-
cation is worth any thing that does not
include this. A man had better not
know how to read-he had better. never
learn letter of the alphabet, and be
true and genuine in intention and in ac-
ton, rather than being learned in all
sciences and in all languages, to pe at
the same time false in heart and cOun-
terfeit in life. s4
Second: Be pure in thought. language
pure in mind and body. An impure
man, young or old, poisoning the ST.
ciety where he moves with smutty sto-
ries and impure examples, is moral
ulcer, plague spot, a leper who ought
to be treated as were the lepers of old.
Third: Be unselfsh. To care for the
feelings and comforts of others. To be
polite. To be just in all dealings with
others. To be generous, noble, and
manly.
Fourth: Be self-reliant and self-help-
full even from early childhood. To be
Industrious always, and self-supportine
at the earliest proper age. Teach them
that an idle, useless life of dependence
on others is disgraceful:
When boy has learned these fou,
things, when he has made these ideas
part of his being-however young hs
may be, however poor, or however ricf
he has learned some of the most i'm
portant things he ought to know wher
! he becomes o. man.--HOfse Arts.
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
measure.

BERLIN, according to statistics just
published, contains 1,O62,51S inhabi-
tants.
The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28

A CHILD at Dover South Mills, Me-,
years old, was born without eyes. He
has eyebrows and eyelids, but there is
nothing which indicates the presence of
eyeballs, and doctors say that he has
nothing whatever in the nature OF an
eye organism. The little fellow is an
unusually bright boy. He has never
been heard to utter word of complaint
at mis- condition, and he invariably re-
Dukes his friends if they give expression
to any plying words. That he appre-
ciates, however, the misfortune that at
flicts him is shown by this fact: His
little niece has cataract upon her eye.
and he had heard fears expressed lest il
should destroy her sight. 1t was not
long after this that his mother heard
his voice in an adjoining room, and go.
ing quietly to the door she was sur
prised to hear him praying to God that
the little baby might not become
blind. :-s-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-06
SALEM.

There are two roads from Salem to
heaven.
The warm weather of last week
completely ruined the sleighing. the
roads being. almost entirely denuded Of
snow.
Most people have got out their
wagons and buggies, although some,
probably from force of habit. continue
to use their sleighs.
The young people Of the M. E. So
ciety gave dime reading in their
church at Brass Ball, last Saturday
evening. The parts were we'll render
ed, and the talent employed was IA,
from the ordinady. The attendance
was large, the house being filled to
overlooking.
This is the first of a series of read
ings that the young people propose to
give, and if 1t was a fair sample of
those that are to come, they will be
we'll worth the money.
While vending our way through the
city the other day we We're sorry to
see the notice "For Sale" in front of
the residence of A. y. Emmons. MI.
Emmons has been an active member
of Sale1qa society for several years
past, and his departure will be a
source of deep regret.
The store now occupied by him has
been purchased by 2. Barns, of the
firm of Baishs & Williams, of Antioch,
who will take possession sometime
during the spring.
Mr.. BARNES contemplates erecting
a dwelling on the corner of Church
Iand Main streets; and the materials
for the foundation are already on the
ground.
The library has been removed to the
Estore of M. Loescher, who is now libra
Eriin.
King & Stevens seem to be brushing
fittings" nowadays, and from early
Fmorn until late twilight there comes
| to our ears the sound Of grinding.
DR. Paddock has donated site on
(which to build the new NJ. e. church,
and the people Of that society are busy
drawing stones for the Basement.
Feb. 3, 1870. PILOT.