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WANTED. EVERYBODY TO KNOW
w THAT WE WILL SELL GROCERIES OF
every variety 1T The VERY LOWEST cash prices:
Our lrienCs and the public generally would 40 well
10 give us call before purchasing elsewhere.
WINES and LIQUORS specialtv9
ANGEL 4 SAMPSON.
c0rDer Twelfth and Hull streets,
ivoS-0t Manchester, Va,
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LEVY BROTHER 8

THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS
YET T0BE soLDl
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WA r ED, A THIRD HAND ON
w BREAD. Apply 10 Il. ADAM,
Twelfth street between Main and Cary.
Is 25-lt*
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VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE,
STANTON, VA.

The thirty.ffth annual session viii commence
SEPTEMBER 10TH. 1879, with 3 thorough or
gapiIation aud its usual full corps Of Instructors.
Buildings and ground, are spacious and furnished
sanitary arrangements are very complete aud sue.
cessfU.
Unsurpassed advantages In Music, Modern Lam
guages, and full course OF English, &C.
Extravaganza IN all It's forms constantly dlscour-
aged.
TERMS: Board, furnished room, heating BY steam,
gas. washing. seat In church. physician', fec, aud
tuition In full course OF English, Catsthenics, Elo-
cullon In classes, Latin or elementary French, Tor
session OF forty weeks, $245.
Music, &C., extra.
Summer board, with light vacation course Of
study for pupils only.
For catalogues, address
jy l5-2m REV. X. III. PHILLIPS. Rector
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FILLS.

TsSs.. BasG,s; S9T NrpjI sixs and an having
I'M NV neaith man have had IN thirty years."
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which he circled rapidly around his head

which he circled rapidly around his head
untilait was famed into blaze.
Just then flood of light broke into the
cavern, and the snout Of a gigantic wolf
was thrust through the opening. Before
the brute could take in the whole scene
the torch was damned into his eyes, and
with a yelping snarl he leaped back
among his companions.
Still holding the fire before him, the
miner crawled through the tunnel, close
ly followed by his friends, with their
guns ready for immediate use.
Arriving upon the outside, they were
gratified to discover that the wolves mum
bered only half-a-dozen, two of which
were instantly shot dead, and third
wounded.
The rifles were loaded without delay,
but the brutes, thoroughly frightened
skunk of, and when the minerS had toiled
some distance, they looked back and saw
the survivors feas1ing upon the two that
had been killed.
Such meal was doubtless all they
wished for awhile, at least, and they
showed no disposition to trouble the men,
who, finding themselves so suddenly and
happily released from their prison, bent
all their energies toward reaching their
homes.
A long distance remained to be traversed
and they had a most laborious task be-
fore them; but they pressed forward, and
finally arrived at White Oaks, and con.
cluded to adjourn all further prospecting
in the mountains until the coming Of
more favorable weather.
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ON THE BEACH AT MARBLEHEAD,
BY FRANK FUXCROFT.

N
The waters roll up on the rock-strewn beach,
With music too deep and sweet for speech;
Sometimes they are merry and glad and free,
And they dance and sparkle and laugh with
glee.
Sometimes they are sullen and capped with
white,
And they smite the shore with fierce delight;
Through chasm secret and underground.
They press their way with thunderous
sound,
And they boom and break, and dash and roar,
In their wild and passionate rage with the
shore.
But the dark, gray rocks on either hand
Ever like faithful sentinels stand,
Listless and cold when the waters play,
Dauntless and bold when the angry spray
OF the storm driven waves dashes higher and
higher y
And the ocean seethes in it's mad desire
Now, once and forever, to break it's bands,
And sweep in triumph the desolate lands
So about our lives the currents flow,
Now wild and swift, now gentle and slow,
Now Turing us on to soft delight,
Now shifting with almost resistless might.
God grant that we all, like these strong, gray
rocks,
Unmindful alike of the tempest shocks,
And of sweet oeguiling that smiles and sings
May keep firm our hold on eternal things!
Sunday afternoon for august.
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Couldn't Game Him.

There was strapping big young fell
low from the interior at the foot of Wood
ward avenue, yesterday, to see the ship
ping. Several bootblacks had tackled
him for job in vain, and thew finally
got together behind some punches Of
shingles, and went into committee of the
whole to concoct scheme for revenge
AS a result, an innocent-looking sinner
sided up to the stranger and sail:
"See here, Johnnie, I've made bet
with the boys"
"Wall, 1 don't keer," was the cold
hearted answer.
live made bet that kin shine one
o. them shoes o. your'n in less,n four
mlnlts," continued the boy. "The bet is
a quarter, and l know you'll gin me a
chance to win it. Jist stick out your
foot here, and the job won't cost We
cent"
The stranger slowly consented, and
held his watch to time the work. The
lad worked fast, and he had a good pol
1sh on the shoe in about three minutes.
When through, he rose up, packed awav
his brushes, and the stranger found him
self IN Just the fix the bows had planned.
.Ihey expected an offer to complete the
JOB, but it did not come. After a mo-
ment devoted to thought, the young man
descended the steps to the harbor,mas-
ters boat, reached out his leg for the wa
ter, and ''souse" went the shiny shoe be-
low the surface. -
II reckon" said the stranger, as he
pulled in his leg and let half a gallon of
water run out of his shoe, 81 reckon YOU
6oys think you're smart; but none of our
family ever mlstook saleratus for salsodv.
and l didn't come to town to have nv
hair cut with buzz-saw. ~
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Almost every newspaper through the
length and breadth of the land IS more
or less afflicted with those crude literary
performances called by courtesy "poetrv''.
The value most editors place upon these
poetical illusions is thus expressed by
"Coleman's Rural World" Of St. Louis -.
''Sometimes we are tempted to say that
we will not print another rhyming verse
in the Home circle. Every day we are
in receipt ofpoetic illusions from chill
dren of twelve years old to persons of if
ty years of age, and if we do not honor
them with type, some of the writer's take
great offense. We have great writer's of
poetry whose verses would do credit to
any paper, but we have said again and
again, that to write poetry we'll requires
a thorough knowledge of the rules Of YER
sifcation, as found in our English gram
mars, our treatises on rhetoric. etc., and
that those VINO are unacqualnted with
those rules must not expect to see their
efusions in our paper. Many pieces have
been published that were faulty, and MANY
have also been published that wereexcel-
lent. We consign to the waste basket
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A Philosophic Fiend.

~ should like to sell you gimlet,n
SAID careless-looking man, as be walk
ed into the Office, the other day.
"We have no use for one," replied the
cashier.
"But you should always look into the
misty future" went on the fiend. demure-
~; "next winter you will want to make
holes in your boot-hcels, so YOU can oct
your skates on"
Il use clubs-no straps required"
"You may want to screw some boards
together some time. The old-fashioned
method of driving screws in with a ham.
mer is pernicious, as it deteriorates the
tenacity of the fangs of the screw, as il
were.
"Nothing to-day, sir"
"This gimlet also acts as a corkscrew.''
II don't want it,"
ut also may be used as tack-hammer.
clgar-holder, and toothbrush"
II don't want it,"
II mas an eraser, pen, an inkstand.
q table for computing compound interest.
and lunch-box attachment"
II cant help it; don't want it,"
II know you don't; you are one of those
mean men who won't buy gimlet unless
1t has q restaurant and trip through
Europe and an Italian opera company
attached. You're the kind of a man
who would live near an electric light to
save the gas bill"
And the peddler walked out with his
metal plumage on the perpendicular.
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Proving the Likeness.

There lived in Brussels celebrated
painter, named Wiertz, who's eeccentrici-
ties we're such as to give him the name of
the crazy artist. That there was method
in his madness, the following anecdote
shows:
After having finished portrait of the
old aristocratic Countess de-. who
pretended to be only thirty when nearly
sixty, she refused to accept the painting.
saying that it did not look ANYTHING IF Re
herself, and that her most intimate
friends would not recognize single fea-
ture Of her on that piece of canvas.
Wiertz smiled kindly at the remark.
and as true knight of old, gallantlv re-,
conducted the lady to her carriage.
Next morning there was grand dis
turbance in the Rue de la Madeleine. A
big crowd was gathered before window.
and the following words were whispered
from ear to ear:
"Is the Countess de- really in
jail for ner debts?"
Wiertz had exercised little vengeance
towards his noble but unfair customer.
AS soon as she had refused the portrait.
ne set to work and painted few iron
bars on the picture, with these words:
''In Jail for debit"
He exhibited the painting In a jewel
ler's window, in the principal street of
Brussels, and the effect was instanta-
neOus.
A few hours later, the countess was
back at Wiertz's studio, pouring invec-
tivcs on him at high Dress,1re-S:to haua
exhibited her likeness under such scan
dalous'-etc., etc.
'Most noble lady," was the the artists
reply, "you said the painting did not
look anything like yourself, and that
your most intimate friends would not
have recognized single one of your fea-
lures in the picture. I wanted to test
the truth of your statement, that is ALI
The portrait was taken away, the CITY
laughed, the artist charged double price.
and gave the amount to the poor Of the
city.
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mple. You are fined ego on each count

ample. You are fined ego on each count
with cost. Total $780,"
lll-starred Pottridge! He left the
court politically and socially done for,
for ne could no longer hope to be re-
elected mayor nor to marry Miss Dott.
He should have, moreover, to resign his
aldermanshlp, and his personal charac-
ter, as we'll as that of his tea, sugar and
mustard, was ruined.
So ruined was Mr. Pottridge that when
he went to London to give evidence
against Mrs. Pounceferth- Keane, the first
question asked him by the counsel for
the defcnse-a clustering old Bailey bar
rister-was, 81 believe you have just been
convicted of selling adulterated goods
and at false weight?'
"Let me explain" stammered poor
Pottridge.
"No explanation, sir. Give me plain
answer, yes or no!''
eyes. then"
swell, then, if you are liable to make
mistakes abut your weights, you may err
in other. things"
Perhaps replied the grocer, desper-
ately. II may have been mistaken in
thinking this lady was thief. have
had enough bother about the business"
"You ought to be ashamed of your flip.
pant conduct, sir" cried the counsel
harshly, and the wretched grocer hob
blcd out of the witness-box, feeling very
mean indeed. After this confession q
possible error on the part of the chief
witness, the case against Mrs. Pounce.
forth-Keane was, Of course, dismissed,
and Mr.. Pottridge skunk out of the court
with magisterlal reprimand ringing il
his ears. To conclude this little stor,
one has only to ada that when Fl. R. ii
the Prince of Wales graciously went tt
open the baths at Scarborough it wa
MI. Bungs who was mayor, and eventual
~ got knighted, while Mr.. Pottridge was
not even invited to the dinner at the
town hall, whereof he paid his share lik'
the ether rate-payers.
He is no longer regarded as luck,
man.
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FROM THE EAST"

He was dapper little fellow, as tidy
as anew pin, and as he entered one Of
the sample rooms" on Woodward Av-
enue, yesterday, the bar-keeper mentally
remarked, "That fellow will call for
champagne" But he was mistaken; the
little fellow leaned over the bar and
said:
81 want tumbler twc-thirds full of
water and some pieces OF pure ice in the
tumbler." -
TWAS handed him and he asked:
"Do you ever have lemon about the
placer
eyes,
"Well, gently squeeze one into the
tumbler."
The sqeezing process took place, and
the little man continued:
"Do you have raspberries out here?"
sWe do"
swell, put two into the tumbler."
They were added and, ne put his hand
to his brow, trying hard to collect his
memory, and then suddenly he ex-
claimed:
"Ah! yes-sugar! I knew I could
think of it. Add a spoonful of sugar"
While it was being added the little
man dropped on three kernels of coffee
and piece of cheese, and then said:
"f you keep Madeira, you can add a
spoonful
The Madeira was added, the glass sha-
ken, and the little man opened, a long
morocco case which he took from side
pocket, took out solitary straw, care
fully cut off an inch or two from one end
and said;
Sowing to the prevalence of malarial
diseases in your Western country, I find
it the best way to carry my own straw
with me. A fellah kinder hates to use
everybody's straw, you know, especially
out west here'
He pinned bis handkerchief under his
chin, brushed back his moustache and
began drawing. The par-keeper's pet dog
came in when the glass was half drained,
and the little man took The straw from
his mouth and said: aa
"Plwease remove your dawg to the
rear room. lean nevah dwink lemonade
with dawg in the room"
The ''dawg' was escorted out, end when
the bar-keeper returned the little man
had disappeared, and the glass had been
emptied OF even the lemon-peel.
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Where He Drew The Line.

When DR.. J. S. Backus was pastor at
Auburn, n. Y many years ago, the Rev
d. K. Stimson (known as the converted
stage-driver) spent Sunday with him,
On Sunday morning, DR.. Backus gently
reproved his guest for shaving and BLACK.
ing his boots on Sunday morning, saving
to him that was work he did on SATURDAY.
night. Brother Stimson felt the admo-
milton. The Auburn pastor held an even
ing service at an out-station, and both
m ministers went to it, riding after Friend
Snmson's horse, which was a particular
y me animal. DR.. Backus, pleased with
the horse, as they rode along said many
NICE things of the animal, and wanted to
know how much Stimson paid for him,
ana finally what he would take for him.
otlmson, with that ready wit that never
tailed him said, "Well, Brother Backus.
40 sometimes shave and black my boots
on Sunday morning, but 1 never trade
horses n on Sunday afternoon!' Brother
backus acknowledged he had been led
astTay by love of fine horse.
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LIES WEST WINDOWS.

We stand ut lifo's west windows,
Aud think Of the days that are gone;
Remembering the coming sunset,
We, too, must remember the morn;
But the sun will set, the day will close,
And an end will come to all our woes.
AS we watch from the western easements
Reviewing our happy youth,
we mourn for its vanished promise
or honor, ambition and truth;
But hopes will fail and pride decay,
When we think how soon We must away.
We stand at lfcs west windows,
And turn not sadly away,
10 watch on our chldren's faces
The noon tide Of sparkling day;
But our sun must set, our lips grow dumb.
And to look from our windows our children
come.
Still looking from life's west windows:
And We know we would not again
Look forth from the eastern lattice,
And live over all life's pain
Though lfe's sunlightb be brilliant, its sunset is
sweet,
Since it brings longed-for rest to our weary
feet.
~
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Spanish Living and Dying.

The Spanish father is absolutely king
and lord of his own hearthstone, but his
sway is SO mild that it is hardly felt.
A light word between husband and wife
sometimes goes unexplained, and the rift
between them widens through life. They
cannot be divorced-they will not incur
the scandal or a public separation-and
so they pass lives Of lonely isolation in
adjoining apartments, both thinking
rather better of each other and of them
selves for this devilish pc rsistence.
1fmen are never henpecked by learned
wives, Spain would be the place Of all
others for timid men to marry in. The
girls are bright and vivacious, but they
have never crossed, even in schooldav
excursion, the border lines of the ologies.
They have an old proverb which coarsely
conveys this idea: That "a Christian
woman in good society ought not to
know anything beyond her cookery book
and her missal."
An ordinary Spaniard Is sick but once
In his life, and the old traditions which
represent the doctor and death as always
hunting in couples still survive it Spain.
In all well to-do-families the house Of
death is always deserted Immediately
after the funeral, and the stricken ones
retire and pass eight days in inviolable
seclusion. Children are buried in collins
of gray color, pink or blue, and carried
open to the grave. A luxury of grief
consists in shutting up the house where
deathihas taken place and never suffer-
ing it to be opened again. I once saw
beautiful house and wide garden thus
abandoned in one of the most fashionable
streets OF Madrid. The wife of a certain
Duke had died there many years before.
The Duke lived in Paris, leading ratt-
ling life, but he would never sell or let
that Madrid home. Perhaps in his
heart, that battered thoroughfare, there
was silen: spot. where, through the
gloom of dead days, he conld catch
glimpse of a white hand, the rustic of
trailing robe, and feel sweeping over
him the magic of loves dream, softening
his fancy to tender regret. Castizian
Daus.
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AnecdOte of ThaCkery.

!. A writer in ,Frazer's Magazine tells a
good anecdote of Thackeray, who was al
ways at one time welcome guest at the
house of Lady Ashburton, who was some
what free with her tongue and opinion Of
others.
Something that the saucy hostess said
offended her guest, and he not only de-
.clined her invitations, but spoke Of her
with discourtesy. Some months after,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-14

when his angry feelings had died out,
he received from Lady Ashburton card
OF invitation to dinner. He returned it
with pen-and-ink drawing on the back.
representing himself kneeling at her feet.
with his hair all afame from the hot Goals
she was vigorously pouring on his head
out of an ornamental brazier. The hn-
morous expression Of contritioa was fol-
lowed by a complete reconciliation.
The satirlst and the lady continued a
warm friendship.
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Two More Warnings.

If there should happen to be among
the thousands of our readers one who is
standing on the edge of the vortex, OF
who is even remotely exposed to tempta-
ton, we entreat him to pause and turn
away before taking the fatal step that has
led so many into ruin.
It is a marvel, almost inexplicable, that
after the numerous instances of detalca-
ton and embeZZlement that have come to
light within the last few years, and that
are sure to come to light sooner or later,
there are yet found willing candidates fol
the dreadful Inheritance Of infamy which
defaulters and unfaithful trustees bring
upon themselves and of suffering into
which they plunge their innocent tami-
lies and friends. But it is the same old
story repeated over and over again.
Treasurers and trustees are placed in
charge of money which does not be-
long to them. They have no more
right to use it for their own advantage,
even though they feel sure of being able
to restore it, than they have to 90 into a
bank, and, in the absence of the officers.
take a pile Of notes, with mental prom
Use of returning as much money at some
future time. The law holds men to strict
account for the safe keeping of money
which is not their own. But they are
brought into business straits, or see what
appears to them, fair chance a certain
ty, of making large sum for themselves
by the temporary use of the money, and
they forget or ignore their trpsteeship-
they prove false to their trust. and when
the time for restitution comes thew are
written down before the world, ana it
may be on the records of the penitentiary,
as defaulters. The disgrace they have
brought upon themselves, the agony
which they have entailed upon their
dearest kindred and friends, and the life
long suffering they have caused to wild
ows and orphans whom they have rob-
bed, no, arithmetic will compute.
Last week we had another case of this
nature to record, the defalcation of the
Treasurer of large cotton mill at Fall
River, Mass, who had used the funds of
the corporation in private speculation,
with the usual resultant this, too, with
some of the most notable and sad in
stances of a like nature fresh in his recol-
lection that had occurred before his very
eyes. This week we record still another,
the cashier Of a bank at Lawrence, Mass,
who is proved defaulter to the amount
Of 1854, 900, and in precisely the same
way-speculating with funds not his own,
and unable to make good the loss. And
other cases of defalcation of less amounts
have come to light since these have trans
pired.
In every one of the numerous cases of
this nature which have filed the columns
of the papers from time to time, the per
petrator of the wrong might have seen
the end from the beginning. It is with
the desire to prevent others from plung-
ing into ruin that we repeat the warning
contained in this brief article. Let every
man, in whatever position of trust he is
placed, discharge that trust faithfully, as
in the sight Of God, and in the assurance
that there is nothing covered that shall
not be revealed