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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-19

THE Macon (Ga.) Telegraph was one of
the foremost journals in the South year
ago If we are correctly informed, to advo-
cate the payment of the claims of the
people of that section for losses in slave
property. just now it is engaged in eulo-
gizing the heroes of the rebellion and ex-
alting the fallacies of secession. All this
would be of little consequence and of no
political significance if it were not for the
fact that the Telegraph represents deep
seated conviction and an earnest Southern
sentiment To extol the virtues and sing
the praises of Southern leaders is one thing
and not altogether Objectionable; but TO
do so for the evident purpose Of keeping
alive n criminal devotion TO the Lost Cause,
is, to say the least, reprehensible. The
following extract from the Telegraph is an
illustration Of this meaning, and taken in
connection with its afOretime urging of
the payment of slave-claims, it betrays q
very unsatisfactory condition Of public SEN
timent:
Who is the superior Of ROBERT L. LEE or
STONEwALL JACKsoN2 What heart more GAL
lant and true ever beat in human bosom than
that which sent the lile.blood through the
frame Of our own BARTow? What more
precious offerings to liberty were ever made
than the blood of Colonel SMITH, Colonel JOHN
SrURGEs, General I. II. K. COBB, and thou
sands Of others less prominent in position but
equally brave and worthy? And though by
the inscruta lie ordering of wise, Overruing
! Providence all this blood aud sacrifice failed
! to accomplish its object, still q radiant halo of
glory will ever overspread the graves and
memories of those who died in defense OF
Southern liberty. For these reasons the ami.
versary of the attack upon Fort Sumter will
ever awaken the profoundest emotions and
| sympathies of our people,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-19

DdHil Smith, esq;
SIR We, the undersigned, being apprised that
you have in your employ Tor staying ut your house,
Il negro COntmbaud, and believing II TO be incOm.
patibic with the social interest Of this community,
we respectfully and earnestly request you to dis
pense with him Immediately, or We viii reluctantly
feel it our duty to take the trouble OF your hands
We will give you until Saturday night ut six
o'clock to remove the negro from our midst and n
not attended TO by that time we viii take the mat
ter in our own hands.
We are sir, very respectfully, your obodient ser
wants,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-19
HEEL LMBOLD'S BUCHU

HAS NO EQUAL in diseases peculiar 10 females
Chronic Inflammation OF the Uterus, and oil com.
plants incident TO th sex.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-19

M CHus Mckenzie:
You are hereby notified TO abolish the negroes
from your farm within three days or your property
will be in danger Of being destroyed by fire and
you, Mr. Niggcrs, II you want your backs to hold
yourshTts on, you had better leave forthwith. Now
we mean business. No damn niggers are wanted
here and If you don't ship them we will destroy
your property between two days Three days from
this date business will commence.
Tho foregoing is conceived in the true Dem
ocratic spirit rs is also the following copy of u
letter addressed by Leading Democrats of Wash.
ington Township, this county, to u well-known
citizen
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

A lady of rank in Paris died some
weeks ago, in the fashionable quarter of
the Arc de Triomphe, of whom an inter-
esting story is told. She was a famous
card PLAYER, and was credited with
knowing every game there was to know.
When travelling in foreign land she met
one day, in hotel, a Russian lady with
that pass on for gambling said to be in
herent in the Russian nation. Anxious
to play with the lady from Paris, she
wrote requesting few games. Her re-
quest was granted, and the ladies played
all night, The Russian losing at every
hand, until her opponent had won from
her more money than the mines in the
Ural had produced for her revenues in
twenty-five years. At last the Russian
lady mate despairing effort to regain
her fortune, but without avail. Rising
from the table, she told the French lady
how she had lost more than she pos
sessed, but that in her desirel to pay
debt of honor she would instruct her
steward to convey to her the title deeds
OF all the mines and estates she owned.
At this the victorious antagonist smiled
and requested that she might have her
own way in the matter, since she had
won. 4 priest and q lawyer were sent
for. When they arrived, the Russian
lady was asked to bind herself b7 a SOL
emn oath never again to touch q card or
risk money at any game of chance. She
did so, and then signed an engagement
to pay ber antagonist the annusl sum of
$4,000 The vow never to play cards for
money again she faithfully kept, and
t. e $4,000 was runctually paid every
wear, the French lady giving it the
nare of the ''Queen of Spades Bounty"
and Invariably giving it to the poor of
Paris.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

because you would have laughed al
the idea, and called it woman's whim
[ resolved when we were first married
to fritter away neither time nor breath
in idle complaints. I have not com-
planned; 1 have simply followed youl
lexample. If it was not a good one
whose fault was that? sal 81
'sNo, Daisy, not yours" i
II don't like this kind of life," went
on Daisy. 1t is false excitement-a
hollow diversion but persisted in it fol
the same reason, / supposed that you
,did-because it was the fashion. Now
tell, me Herbert, whether you prefer fa-
shionable wife, or Daisy?
'sDaisy-a thousand times Daisy !"
"But Daisy can't get along with a
theatre going, club living husband"
"Then she shall have husband who
finds his greatest happiness at his own
hearthstone-whosew wife is his dearest
treasure-who has tried the experience
of surface and finds it unsatisfactory.
Daisy, shall we begin our matrimonial
career anew 2"
And Daisy's whispered answer was,
''Yes.n
''But what must you have thought of
me all this time ?" she asked him, after
a little while. 1t.
Ut know what think now.''
"And what is that?'
81 think" said Mr.. ,Ainscourt. with
emphasis, "that you are the best wife
in the world"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18
THE BEST WIFE.


."The best little wife in tie world!,
said Herbert Ainscourt ,14 sa7 ~ -s..
4"Of course Il dare say,'' responded
Mr.. Portcross. s'But what's your. ex
act idea of the best wife IL. the wNrld ?
Jones says he's got the best wife irl the
world, because she keeps his stockings
darned, takes him to church three times
ola Sunday, and never lets him have an
idea of his own. Jenkins says he's not
the same identical article, but Jenkins
wife keeps all the money, draws his Sa-
larry for him, and makes him live in the
back kitchen because the parlor is foo
good for the family use'' i
"Oh! but Daisy isn'ta bit ogreEh-a
little, submissive, soft voiced thug that
hasn't t an idea except what is reflected
on me. 1 tell you what, old fellow, I'm
master of my own house; / come when
[ please, and go when l please. Daisy
never ventures on word of reproach. ;"
'.Then you ought to be ashamed of
yourself, lafking around at the clubs as
you, do, dissipated- bachelor fashion,"
Ashamed what OFF,"
"Why, I suppose you owe some duties
to your wife ?'' z. 81
"Where's the harm? My wife dosn't
care"
Probably you think so because she
is quiet and submit sive but if she were
to object"
"Object! I'd like to hear her try it,"
Now, look, here, Ainscourt, your
| wife may be a model wife, but you car-
pie are beginning to talk about the way
you neglect that pretty little blue eyed
girl No.
| .'I'll thank people to mind their own
business. Neglect her, indeed! Why.
man | love her al / love my own soul. 7"
Then why don't you treat her as if
you did?"
.'Oh, come, Portcross. that question
Just shows what regular old bachelor
you are. 1t won't do to make too much
4 of your wife, unless you want to spoil
her"
Mr.. Portcross shook his head.
9t"That sounds selfish. don't like
the. ring of that metal u
And he went away, leaving Mr.. Ain
scourt to finish his games of billiards at
leisure.
"What regular old fuss budget Port
cross ISL laughed the latter. always
poking his nose into somebody else's
business. There's one comfort-I never
pay any attention to what he says"
| Meanwhile Mrs. Ainscourt was sitting
alone in her drawing room, her two lit
tie white hands tightly locked in one
another, and her fair head slightly
drooping-a delicate little apple blossom
of woman, with blue, wistful eyes and
curly fiaxen hair, looking more like q
| igroWn-up child than wife of twenty
one summers.
i sOh dear!" sighed Daisy. 'sIt is SC
dull here wish Herbert would come
home He never spends any time with
me now days, and read the newspa
pers, so I can talk about the things he's
interested in, and try c hard to be en-.
tertaining. It'svery strange" @
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

ministerial labor, and has been greatly
blessed in the same, MOI only in his own
pastoral work, which has steady pros
pered, but, in other congregations.
Scores, may say hundreds, have been
brought to Christ through his ministry. !"
The book written by Mr.. Mitchell has
the endorsement of. such names as DIR.
F. "A. Ross. Huntsville. Ala; Rev. III.
r. Smith, Montgomery Rev. DR.. Nc
Donald, Lebanon, Tenn; Rev. M. 3.
Dewitt, Nashville, Tenn, and host of
other names of clergymen, doctors,
judges and other prominent citizens,
many of whom were witnesses.
AsHwoOD, Tenn.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

"I have to day." said Mr.. Edison,
produced the highest temperature that
has ever been made by artificial means.
| concentrated the electricity from a
thirteen-horse-p power machine into the
space of half an inch by enclosing car
bon points in q block of lime. Pieces
of iridium, one of the hardest metals to
melt, dropped into the flame volatized
imme diateiy with an explosion. A
small screw-driver passed across the
flame would be cut in two, the part
touched by the heat melting instantly.
Even parts of the lime crucible fused
under the Intense heat, and the light
from it was SO glaring that it painfully
affected my eyes.-NeW York Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

WELL TO DO CoLoRED MEN.-The
New York Independent, speaking of
the wealth of the colored people in the
city OF New York and Brooklyn says:
Tin the city of Brooklyn there lives
colored woman who is native of Nor
folk, Va, whose property value is esti-
mated at from three to five hundred
thousand dollars, and has all been ac-
cumulated by her own enterprise. An
other colored man in the city is set down
at two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, a large number at from fifty t.
eighty thousand dollars, and a very
large number at from twenty to fifty
thousand dollars; all of which have
been accumulated by their own indus
try.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

Lost wealth may be replaced by indus
try, lost knowledge by study, lost health
by nletiiciue; but lost time is gone for
ever. Ifman elects to mount the rounds
of the worlds ladder he must have what
Chailes Lamb calls grit" The man
who expects that quality of nature must
become pngilist, knocking the out
of all 90" " IT is the element in the
body polite of every successful man.
A man low down you cannot keep down
if he wants to rise. Men rise from gut
ters to rule palaces of kings, and to COM
niand The men content to remain in
bondage.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18
For the SPECTATOR
aY FATHERS PLANTATION.
BY BERTHE VALERIE

D1 ALEhE
Far removed from the worlds confusion.
Nestled in lonely spot,
Stands my fathers old plantation,-
Where We early cast our-,ot.
Ihere, no sorrows round me gather;
Mine is one of earth's glad ways;
And beside my proud old father,
shall spend my early days.
And when forced f-om its protection,
By the world, to strive with fate,
Menl'ries of the old plantation
For my loss shall compensate. -
And when gloom, and cares, assail me,
And when sorrow round me sways,
shall close my eyes, and think me, ..
Zen the child of other days.
I shall dream Of golden sunshine,
Playing round my fathers door;
And the thoughts of home entwine
Round me, as they did OF yore.
Lshall dream of silver moonbeams 81
Shining on our mothers hair;
AS we little children gathered ,,
Round. to lisp our evening prayer.
shall dream of pleasant rambles
Through the woods in search OF flowers;
And with these autumnal treasures,
We would decorate our bowers.
s
Ihese dreams are not of fexpectation,-
They are memories of the past;
But the imagery of the old plantation,
Forever on my heart shall last.
CRAIGsvILLE, VA, Feb. 9th, 1878
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18
BEEF STEAK. FOR WINTER UsE.-Cut

BEEF STEAK FOR WINTER USE.-Cut
the steaks large aud the usual thickness;
have ready a mixture made of salt, SUI
gar. and finely powdered saltpetre, mix
ed IN the same proportion "a for corning
beef; sprinkle the bottom of large jar
with salt, lay in piece of steak and
sprinkle over it some of the mixture, az
much ora little mole than you would use
to season III cooking, then put in anoth-
er slice, ssriukled, and so on till the jar
is filled, with Il sprinkle of the mixture
on top; over all, put !. plate, with a
weight on it, and set in a cool, airy place,
where it will not freeze This needs no
brine. IS it makes a brine OF its own.-
Twenty five or thirty pounds may be
kept perfectly sweet In this way. Take
out 10 use as wanted, and broil or fry as
usual.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18
In our homes we keep the pictures of
Il. l1.rt

In our homes we keep the pictures of
the friends who have left us, to assist us
in keeping fresh and green the memory
of their love. We also plant above their
graves the evergreen and weeping will
low. at once a picture of our sorrow and
our hopes; thus when we go there we
net only recall the friendship of earth,
but pass ioyfuliy over into tho unknown
where We shall meet again on the fields
of immortal youth. So it seems to me
that in the family life of the Church we
should occasionally remember those.
who though absent are still with us
through the ministration of their life
time to the adorning of this our common
home.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

To know thing is right, and not to
do it, Is a weakness. When you know
q thing, maintain that you know it;
when you do not know it; admit the
fact this is wisdom. Fear not poverty,
but fear missing of the truth.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

When our pleasures become pure and
healthful our minds will be full of sun
light, for the surest criterion of sound
nature is capacity for innocent enjoy
ment. Happiness is duty as well as q
privilege.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18
Stallistotl Spectator.
RATES OF ADyrRT1syru

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insertion. tET
A4r A liberal discount will be made on adyer.
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or private character, will be charged for as ad-
vertisements,
Address-''Staunton Spectator" Stanton. Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

A Wheeling inventor is getting up a
new patent chair for dentists A con-
cealed spring in it runs up through the
seat, and while the patient is bowling
and his attention is diverted by the Ct
tack below, the tooth is yanked out.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

COOKING POTATOES.-To most of us
the food we eat is valuable because we
like it, and not so much because we
consider ourselves machine on which
profit and less is to be nicely calculated
in regard to what we eat. But, as per-
haps some of our readers are chemically
or financially disposed, and have de-
sire to know to penny what their bod
les cost, and to grain the material OF
which it is made, we give the following
about cooking patatoes from an Eng
Iish agricultural magazine;
AS food. the potato is valuable on ac-
count of the potash and phosphoric acid
it contains, and it is of the first import
ance that the potash salts should not be
lost in the process of cooking, for it is to
these salts potatoes owe their anti scer-
butte properties. Potatoes steamed with
their skins on lose very little potash and
scarcely any phosphoric acid, while if
steamed after peaiing, they lose and 5
per cent, perceptiblY. Similarly, pota,
toes, when boiled with their skins on,
lose more than per cent. of their phos-
phoric aid; but if they are boiled after
peeling, they lose as much as SO per
cent. OF potash and % per cent. of phos-
phoric acid. Hence, if potatoes must be
peeled, they should be steamed, not
boiled; and, if they must be boiled
they should at least retain their Jackets
during the operation-the best way OF
all, from scientific point of view
to steam them before peeling, or to bake
them in their skins.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

An honest newsboy in San Francisco
advertised that the gentleman who gave
him So gold piece in mistake for a
quarter could have it by calling at his
"cOrner.n
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

WHY LACE is CosTLY.-The finest
specimen of Brussels lace Is so eompli
plicated as to require the labor of seven
persons on the piece, and each operative
is employed at distinct features Of the
woik. The thread is of exquisite fine
ness, which is spun in dark under
ground rooms, where it is snfficien'I 'Iy
moist to keep the thread from sepsrat-
ing. 1t is so delicate as scarcely 80 be
seen. and the room is so arranged that
all the light admitted shall fall upon the
work. 1t is such material that renders
the genuine Brussels ground so costly.
On a piece of Valenciennes not two
inches wide, from two to three hundred
bobbins are sometimes used; and for a
larger width as many as eight hundred
on the same pillow.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

DT GYJ1 business you can engage in. s.
DEo i to $40 per day, made by any work
er of either sex. right'in their own localities
Particulars and samples worth Sofree. improve
your spare time at this business. Adoress
STINSON & Co., Portland Maine. apr2-ly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

Eop tI,rcn,nns Da,,t .h;,k ho,
vo,, have Won wif. tbat vo,, en'a hava "at, aIsl
won q slave -e '''@'' , -" '''''' ''''
non,t th;,,,- .,,o+ - ,;c. - -,
feeling than yomr % syee,nesrt ee wi" de Her 'rss go
lation to Won is CHANGED not bar nstnre
Dnn,t ib;nk that 80, "oe oon d;a,ar,ss .1.u' =
with a,;the lille civiiitiaa af life towar'l ard
har = On narrr;n~ Shaannraa;.'tas 1 sW thosa a. :,
thinos nn;te as ,o,,ch as pIhsa pther von,an
-Don,t he rrrff and rrde at howe =
Had Won taen that sort of fa,Iow he.
fore MARRIAGE tho nrobabi,ities are that
Won would be sawip,r on vonr own hnt'
fons st;ll ; ''
Dnn't make ,ouru;fo foo, .bat slo l.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

Machinery, Tools, Deceive these
some attention now and make needed
repairs at once, before the time is at
hand to use them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

Mdnares and Composts.-Materia!s for
increasing these are always available
and can often be gathered when little
other work can be proftably done.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

Pastwes.-May advantageously re-
eeive dressing of bone dust and ashes,
super-phosphate or salt and plaster,
when the teams can go on the land
without poaching. If narrowed in and
rolled so much the better.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18
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STOCK SALES.

gtyE0RT HORN CATTLE.-Two fine Bull
- Calves, months old, or Cows and Heif-
s. also p erkshire Pigs, for sale at low prices.
| - = 80 A. M. BOWMAN,
mar9-tf stt WayneEboro't Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

DECAY IN THE BELIEF IN WITCH
CRAFT.--A doctrine, the denial of which
two centuries ago in New England
would have been considered proof posi-
tive of infidel TENDENCIES and long
stride toward atheism doctrine which
the most revered dIvines identified with
standing or falling Bible; which was
commended to favor by the almost con-
current voices of the learned of preced-
ing Christian ages; which bishops and
councils had stamped with a solemn ap-
proval; on the ground ofwhich death
had been inflicted on thousands upon
thousands of men and women, especial
ly from the thirteenth century onward
this doctrine has now disappeared =
1t is alien to our consciousness. It is no
longer included in the stock of our re-
ligious beliefs. The first scepticism re-
specting it was resented and deplored by
good men as an evidence of the de-
generacy ''of the present age"-that
bad "present age" which good men
in every generation have pronounced
worse than others before it. The first
signs of the obsolescence of this ancient
belief were observed with dismay by
sincerely pious men, who rallied for the
defence of the faith, and grasped the
ark more tenaciOusly the more they saw
it to be in danger. They hurled their
proof texts-"Thou shalt not suffer a
witch to live;' they spurned the novel
interpretations which made ''the witch"
to be mere juggler; they shouted.
"Sadducee :" they scattered their sar-
casms on the effrontery of the new
lights who fancied themselves on loft
ier pinnacle than the generations be
fore them. All was in vain. The obso-
lescent belief soon became obsolete -
The eighteenth century smiled at the
credulity of the seventeenth; and the
century does the same
Witchcraft. along with faith in it, has
vanished. The devils who helped their
human allies to pinch and prick sleep
ing children, sometimes to poison cattle
and upset milkpails. have taken their
flight. Salem isquiet from the incur
sions out of Tartarus; it is actually. as
well as nominally, a city of peace. Grad
ually, and yet rapidly, men came to dis
believe what they had before believed
Enlancipated from the old tenet, they
began to deride itas weak superstition
Spasmodic efforts to save the decaying
doctrine proved useless. Even the po-
tent voice of Wesley fell on listless ears.
George P Fisher IN Saturday after
noon for January.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

oats. Preparations for this crop may
be begun with benefit. and it is one de-
serving greater attention than it too Of
ten gets. A number Of trials of winter
oats were made in this State last fall, and
we shall look with interest to the result.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18

Corn Ground Winter blowing is de-
sirable and effective where the temper
of light soil can be ameliorated by an
admixture with sitter quality of sub
soil lying below. This admixture should
not be too violent, and the turning up
to any great depth of lower stratum,
whose qualities have not been tested, is
not to be advised but by intermingling
the two gradually, say by running the
plow an inch deeper, and in spring crops
plowing and narrowing thoroughly,
will i'm most eases be a decided advan-
tage. A dressing moderately light of
lime will be found advantageous then.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-18
HE PARTED.

99i, j. '.i.a NJ sa3sIz- - g..--s -, -
We parted one eve at the garden gate,
when the dew was on the heather,
And promised my love to come back to her
Ere The pleasant autumn Weather
That we twain. night wed
l" When the leaves were red, e s
Andlive and love together.