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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-05-23
CALL ON HIM.

He hopes by close attention to
R = business, and by schedule of pri-
SS5IJyE1S ces reduced to suit the stringent
times and low prices, to merit and
receive a liberal share of the patron
age of the community.
Due notice will be given of change in the Ioca-
ton of his business.
Respectfully,
GEORGE H. PLATT.
may 23-tf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-05-23

| STANDARD, The following are five good rea.
| sons why HE-NO TEA should be
| used in preference to other teas:
-MAED TEA l. Being packed in ORIGINAL
| mund and half-pound Packages
RENO made Of japanese Tea paper the
strength aud flavor are better re
tanned. ~
G. II O P. 2. 1t is amixture of many fayorS
experience having proved such to
pAUEp ppos pc the tea that gives universal sat
bAhEh bfSoo. isfacton, WV
8. The favor is the natural one.
GUARANTEE and that it is unadulterated is the
strongest argument in favor of its
THIS TEA healthfulnesS - '''
4: The leaf not being caloFed or
p11DU polished. improves the drinking
IORE quality and lessons the cost, '
>. 1t is an uncOlored tea, such as
AND FREE the Cinnamon themselves drink
AM The name 'sHE-NO'' and the STYLE
- i0f package are patented, to Dro.
from all Itecb the Importers and the public
IRON Imitation, and to retain its
ADULTE- 'ef"'"'''n'
Iva AON' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
maYH BAKER, BROS.
WINDOW SHADES!
w WINDOW SHADES!
A full Stock just received, at
may2 OLIVIER'S BoOk. Store,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-05-23
New AuyoFEisemee "a f.s.
HOTEL RATES REDUCED.

The Virginia Hotel Staunton Va has just been
thoroughly renovated throughout, aud now offers
superior accommodations at greatly reduced rates:
Citizens of Stanton who desire die board, viii
also be taken at a reduced rate.
JOHN D. CROWLE,
may 1896 Proprietor.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-05-23

TAKE NOTICE.
That will offer for Renting, on the LIST day of
June. 1876, at public auction, on the premises, the
unexpired lease of Foster & Co., on he Store-room
In the Heydenrich building, on Augusta street near
the Am erican HOTEL lately occupied as Wholesale
Whiskey House by j. j. Foster Co. The said
term expires on the LIST day of February. $780,
TERMS payable quarterly-the renter
giving Negotiable Notes, satisfactorily endorsed for
the instanlents Possession given en- the day The
room can be seen by application.
ii. G. PORTER,
Mays 1t Receiver.
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS FOE SITUATIONS
IN AS pplicants for positions as
Teachers in the Staunton Public Schools are hereby
requested to meet at the Academy. on
FRIDAY, JUNE 20th at O'Clock A. M.
Those who have not been engaged in teaching in
the City Schools here, will please bring with them
whatever testimonials of success or other papers
bearing upon their past experience III, qualifica
tons for teaching, they may have in. their posses
sion. Respectfully,
may 23-td RO. S. HAMILTON, S. S.
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TAKE NOTICE.

may 1896
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
The Early Use Of Bells.

A newspaper writer gives the follow
ing information about the early use of
bells: 1t is evident that the earliest use
of bells in churches was to summon the
congregation; but superstition soon en-
listed them into her service. 1t then
became customary ut their conservation
to pray that they might be endowed
with power to drive away fiends and
dissipate thunder storms, hail and
tempests. In the opinion of those who
originated the practice, the evil spirits
were the cause of foul weather. and. be-
ing terrified at the sanity sound of the
bells, they precipitately fled. In parish
accounts of the fifteenth century bread.
cheese and beer are charged for the re-
freshment of the ringers during "thun-
derings." So late as 1852 the Bishop of
Malta ordered all the church bells to be
rung for an hour to allay q gale. After
the discovery had been made of the
potency of bells in terrifying spirits.
they were naturally employed in all the
matters in which fends were reputcd to
interfere. It was the weapon with which
St. Anthony fought the legion of de-
mons who tormented him during his
long hermitical life, and in the figures
which were drawn of him during the
middle ages he is represented as carry
ing a bell in his hand, orsuspended from
his staff. The passing bell. which was
formerly tolled for those who we've dy-
ing or passing out of the world, as we'd
Us the peal which was rung after their
death, grew out of the belief that devils
troubled the expiring patient. and lay
in wait to aflict the soul at the moment
when it escaped from the body, ard oc-
casionally even to battle for it with
guardian angels.
9 The Bishop of Chalons christened a
pealofbells in 1926, andin asermon which
he delivered On the occasion said !:
"The bells placed like sentinels on the
towers watch over us, and turn away
from us the temptations of the enemy of
our salvation, as well as storms and
tempests. They speak and pray for US
in our troubles; they inform heaven of
the necessity of earth" IF this be
true" says q writer, there is more viz
ture in the clapper of q bell than in the
tongue of a priest"
The first actual fire bell was hung in
the church of Sherborne, England, in
1862 1t had upon it the following in
scription:
"Lord, quench this furious flame;
Arise, run, help put out tho same"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
A Generous Cattle Dealer.

The most peculiarly noticeable of our
exchanges is the Rockport (Texas)
Transcript, the eighth page of which is
filled with fac SMILES of cattle and sheep
brands. A curious medley of devices is
presented, very much resembling Egyp-
tian hieroglyphics; end a single column
of the advertisements might pass for an
illustration of Cleopatra's needle. Cat
tie run free in Texas and their owners
advertise these brands the year round.
One generous cattle dealer, Mr.. John
Tinnon, publishes this notice: "All
honest, good, industrious, poor men,
with families, are welcome to kill an oc-
casional calf of mine for food, provided
they do not waste the meat, and all my
honest neiglbors are welcome to skin
and sell the hides of my dead animals,
but living animals must be untouched"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
Near.SightednesS.

DR.. D. F. Lincoln, of Boston, in a
paper just published on "School Hy-
giene," fairly raises the question whether
the Americans are ultimately to become
a nearsighted race. The point has been
raised before, and recently, in a notable
paper read before the New York
Academy of Sciences by DR.. Agnew. a
specialist in diseases of the eye, and by
Dr.. E. e.. Loring and DR.. r. H. Derby,
in remarkable statistical researches re-
speeding the prevalence Of myopia in the
public schools of this and other cities.
Until they are five or six years of age,
most natives of the United States have q
normal vision, the ratio of c%oHgenial
nearsightcdness being materially less
here than it is in Germany. Russia and
England. DR.. Erismann, whose statis-
tics of the disease in St. Petersburg are
the accepted authority, found, after IN
examination of 4,358 eyes of pupils in
the schools. that the percentage IN the
primary classes was 1876, and in the nd
vanced 43.3. DR.. Conrad, Konigsberg, a
German city, found the average in the
primary classes to be ILL, and in the
higher 62.l. According to Loring and
Derby, the corresponding percentages in
New York city are 3.5 and 1928. That
is to say, there are more than twice rs
many nearsighted people in Germany rs
there are here. and nearly twice as many
in Russia. These conditions apply to
cities only. In the rural districts the
exercise Of farsightedness that comes
about by expansion of prospect corrects
the tendency of study to contract the
vision. In village schools the percent
age of myopia in Germany is only Ia.
The number of hours OF study appears
to exercise a direct influence. Erismann
found that among pupils who studied
two hours out of school only Al per 100
were myopic. while of those who studied
four hours 90 in every 100 had this defect
of vision. and of those who studied six
hours more than 40 per 100. Bad light,
position tending to congestion of the
brain, and defective ventilation are. next
to study itself, leading causes. The in
teresting point, however, is that near
sightedness, like other physical pecu-
liarities, when once fully established in
the progenitor, usually appears in the
| descendants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
considered is which is the most available
route to Hindostan."

considered is which is the most available
route to Hindostan."
The Duke of Beaufort, proprietor Of Large
estates in England and Ireland, thinks It Is
impossible tor British farmers to compete
with American in wheat production, and ad-
vises them to turn their attention to cattle
raising.
The American horse Parole has been de-
feated agnin on English soil, coming in sixth
in the Cesarewitch contest at Newmarket.
The French quarter of Shanghai, China,
has been visited by q great fire which de-
stroyed 99l houses.
The Edwards family heirs and representa-
tives from all parts Of Canada have held a
conference in London, Ont, in regard to the
estate claimed by them in the city OF New
York, valued at 800, DOC, 900. Legal proceed.
ings are to be instituted Immediately.
Sir Francis Hincks, president, and the board
of directors OF the Consolidated Bank OF Mon
treal have been indicted by the grand jury for
incorporating the banks affairs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
Words of Wisdom.

Perhaps there are few less happy tina
those who are ambitious without indus
try; who pant for the prize, but will
not run the race; who thirst for truth,
hut are 100 slothful to draw it from the
well.
A great mind is like an elephant in
the ancient line of battle--the best ally
if you can keep him in the ranks, front
ing the right way; but if he turns about
he is the deadliest foe and treads his
master underneath his feet.
We smile at the ignorance of the say
age who cuts down the tree in order TO
reach the fruits; but the fact is that a
blunler of this description is made by
every person who is ever eager and i'm
patient in the pursuit of pleasure.
One who is injured ought not to re-
turn injury, rs the multitude think, for
on no account can it be right to do in
Justice. Therefore it is not RICH to re-
turn an injury, or to do evilto any man,
however we may have suffered from
him.
1t is a hard thing to say, and many an
ardent temperament may be dampened
by it, but it is nevertheless true that it
is more honorable to make a good pair
of shoes than to write a poor poem. 1T
this fact could be emphasized some peo'
pie would drop the pen and take up the
awl, and the world would be better Tor
the change.
Modesty is n somewhat rare virtue,
and yet it is q dangerous thing to pre-
tend to possess qualities or abilities
which you never had. The advice
which jerrold one day gave to a youth
has q meaning for most of us also. 1t
was: young man, be advised by me;
don't take down the shutters until there
is something in the window"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
Romance Of the Uncle Sans Voyage.

The log of Capt. Goldsmith, of the
tiny ship Uncle Sam, abandoned at sea,
while attempting to cross the Atlantic,
is now published. An extract from the
log two days before Capt. Goldsmith
and his wife were rescued by a passing
vessel is as follows:
The wind was blowing a gale, with
the sea like mountains, and breaking
badly. I got a bottle Of oil that was
handy, and poured some over the
weather-side. Then went at work to
get,the water out ofthe boat, for, if an
other sea like that should strike us it
would be the end of US and the Uncle
Sam. While ! was getting the water
out I tried to cheer my wife by calling
to her, but her only response was fdeep
sigh. At this time she was setting up
with the water almost up to her shout
ders, and, rs the boat rolled, the water
ut times would 20 clear over her head.
After getting the water out / tied a line
about me and went forward, where !
found that my drag-line had parted and
I had lost my two drags and two oars
which | had lashed to the drags to keep
them afoat. and to each oar I had at
lttCllCu u btS VI O1huul oilulIlCu Will
oil for the purpose of smoothing the
sea l then close-reefed my mainsail
and hove to under that; poured some
more oil overheard, and then went to
see how things looked inside. I found
still II good deal OF water in her. tried
to light the lamp. but found the water
had got in it, and that it was impossi-
BILE to light it. I went forward and got
a lantern, which | succeeded in lighting
after burning half q bunch of matches.
| got the rest of the water out, and then
found that my bread and provisions
were ali spoiled, the lockers being full
of water. My can provisions were all
good, however. I asked my wife how
she felt; she said she was ready to do
and didn't care what became of her. l
then went and took the tiller, as the
boat was not laying too good under sail,
and, having used all my oil by throwing
it overheard while putting things to
right. the night being pitch dark, I had
a good chance for reflection. 1t is i'm
possible to describe my feelings. With
every inch of clothing we had on wiring
ing wet, and not a dry stitch to put on;
with not a dry place in which to lie
down; with the dry provisions all ru-
ined. drags and ars lost (Which I de-
pended on in a stormy, barometer at %,
with no prospect of the storm abating,
there vas, indeed, food for reflection.
This is what I call a watery solitude.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
A New Weather Theory.

The Rev. Henry Roe, ofEngland, sends
to the London Times a new theory of the
weather. He claims to have determined
by careful observations, covering nearly
thirty years, that dry and wet periods
succeed one another in alternate waves
of nearly equal length. Net that this
quality of duration is quite absolute, or
that the wave Of one period is exactly
the same fac-simile as that Of a CORES
bonding period at an earlier or a later
time, put there is enough of regularity
and uniformity about the waves to make
the family likeness clearly discernible to
any eve that looks for it.
These periods extend over three whole
vaars fer each, and the following simple
rules will enable any n to work out
the several cycles of years for himself:
l. When the number representing any
given year is even and exactly divisable
by three, that year is the middle one OF
three cold and wet summers.
Q. When the number representing the
year is odd and divisable by three, then
that year is the middle one Of three dry
and hot summers.
After testing by these rules the sue
cessive seasons of the past twenty'seven
years, and finding fact to conform to
theory, Mr.. Roe predicts that 1881 will
be the middle one in a triad Of hoS and
dry summers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States.

Forest fires have been raging In the vicinity
OF Norfolk, N. T., destroying ~tarm-houses,
barns and farm property. Many OF the roads
were impassable on account of the flames. Tie
loss to the surrounding country will be very
heavy.
The Liabilities OF Smith, Howell 8 Co.,
grain merchants, OF Philadelphia, who tailed a
short time ago, will reach about S450,000s
while their assets will not exceed $4,000. =
It is now charged that the truck in Madison
Square Garden, New York, on which the
pedestrians walked during the late match for
the Ashley belt, was short ffty-nine feet to the
mile.
Madam Anderson, the female pedestrian,
started in New York on Saturday night to
walk 1926 quarter miles in as many consecu'
tine quarter hours, but when Sunday morn
ing came she was stopped by the police.
The "straight-out" Massachusetts, Demo-
Gratis met in State convention at Faneuil Hall,
Boston. Over 1000 delegates were present
and Leverett Ssltonstall was elected chair
man. District delegates and delegates -at.large
to the National Convention were elected, and
the following ticket was unanimous chosen:
For Governor, John Quincy Adams; Lieuten,
ant Governor, W. r. Plunkett; Secretary OF
StdLe, deneThl III. L. OoLnaiiue1 AAonouAS.
Receiver General, David N. Skillings; Audi
tor, William R. Field; Attorney-G General,
Richard Olney. The platform adopted de-
nounce the Republican party dor the great
public crime by which the people were de-
irauded of their right to be governed by a
ruler of their choice;" affrms that the liberty
of the individual is best protected by a consti-
%tutional division OF the power OF the govern
ment between State and Federal officials; be-
lieves a thorough reform in the tax laws
necessary; iavors measures tending to The
elevation of labor; opposes the granting OF
exclusive privileges to my body OF men,
thanks the Democrats in Congress tor their
efforts in favor OF economy; demands that the
polls shall be tree from Federal interference;
believes that the purity of the ballot-box can
be better preserved through State authority
than by Federal interference; protests against
laws which authorize the arrest Of citizens at
the polls without warrant or hearing; denies
that any constitutional power exists in the
Federal government to make anything a legal
tender in the payment Of debts except gold
and silver, etc.
There is on increase Of 1000 in the first
days registration Of voters in Now York city
as compared with the drst day last year.
Augustus Schell, grand sachem of Tammany
Hail, and other w~elI-known Iammanyltes,
served rs inspectors of election. Samuel
j. Tilden and David Dudley Field were also
appointed election inspectors, but were OK
cused from serving.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22

This years wheat crop in Illinois is
estimated at As, ia, 66l bushels and is
the largest crop ever grown in the State.
The corn crop reaches the enormous ag-
gregate of $50, 00O, 900 bushels, and it Is
estimated that the entire farm products
of the State for 1879 will reach in value
S2Oo, GOO, 900, or double the aggregate
value of the annual gold and silver
product of the whole country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
Tfs Morning, and the Days are Long.

I had a dream of other days:
In golden luxury shone the wheat,
In tangled greenness shook the maizei
The squirrels ran with nimble feet,
And in and out among the trees
The hang bird darted like a flame,
The catbird piped her melodies,
P~urloining every warbler's fame:
And then 1 heard the triumphal song,
"Tis morning, and the days are long"
They scattered roses, strewed tho palms,
And shouted down the pleasant wales;
I heard a thousand happy psalms,
And laughing, wove a thousand tales
OF mimic revel,y and JOY;
They mocking well the worldly great
Each taniaced girl and barefoot boy,
Dear shapcrs OF my early fate
And then again the Eolian song,
otis morning, and the days are long"
Far winding past the storied town,
The river ran through bosky groves,
Its floods we sailed our vessels down,
Full freishted with q myriad loves;
Our souls went 1loating to the gales,
With scarlet leaves and sheads OF bark,
We named them cutters, %schooners, sails,
And watched them fade in shadowy dark
Then down the water flowed the song,
otis morning, and the days are long"
Oh! morning, when the days are long,
And youth and innocence are wed,
And every grove is full OF song,
And every pathway void OF dread;
Who rightly sings its rightiul praise,
Or rightly dreams it DER again,
When cold and narrow ore the days,
And shrunken all the hopes OF men,
He shall reawaken with his song.
It's mornina..and the days are long
There palpitations wild and sweet,
The thrills of many an old delight,
And dinpled hands that lightly meet,
And hearts that tremble to unite,
Arise upon the rosy MORN
Pass down the lovely wales and stand,
A picture of a memory born,
The mirage OF a lotus land
A land where once VIC trolled the song,
otis morning, and the days are long"
B. S. Parker. The Indiana poet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22

Cur editors table for the week runs
as follows: If you don't want those old
exchanges-"2 Is. "Now, I tell you, for
a matter of interest what you ought to
do-"72. IT s'pose you paper fellows
are putty we'll fixed on circus tickets, and
if" 127.-&. Lovis Spirit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
Fall Stories About Foxes.

A remarkable story comes from CO.
bleskill. A few days ago. while plodding
along after his plow, in deep medita,
ton, q farmers attention was attracted
to a large fox trotting along between
the two horses. Now, Webster never
gets nervous or acts on the spur OF the
moment. In this case he coolly took in
question in his mind of how t0 capture
that fox. He soon had it. He would
bury him alive! Suddenly striking the
horses a smart blow and engineering
the plow with a double;jointed twist;
over went the fox in the furrow and
over the fox went a covering Of earth:
Nothing but the hind legs of the animal
were visible, and these Webster seized,
and whisking his foxship out of the fur
row dashed his brains out on a stone
near by.-Maca (N. ~ Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22

Johnny says his mother makes a grea
CRY if his sister goes out without her
shade-hat. She don't want her to get
freckled; but she doesn't seem to care a
bit how much his father tans him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22

Mrs. E. NJ. Pike is said to be the first
woman who ever started q daily paper
in England. She is the publisher and
proprietor of the Derby Daily Telegraph,
an evening paper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
NEW YORK.

FREE GIFT! z copy Of Of n my Z Me s.Sss
son afflicted with Consumption, Bronchitis,
,Asthma, Sore Throat. or Nasal Catarrh.
Elegantly printed and illustrated; IA pages l2mo.. 1878.
Ing many valuable lives. Send name and P. o. address
with 6 cts. postage for mailing. Invaluable to persons
Lungs. Address DR.. N. Il. WOLFE, Cincinnati. Ohio.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22

Mr.. Woody discovered on going out
to his pasture a few MORNINGS since q
mule colt engaged in a romp with a red
fox. The two frolicsome animals were
playing near the edge of a large briar
thicket, into which sly reynard. would
disappear, after taking q hurried round
with eq]mule, and remain a short time
before again darling forth. After watch
ing the extraordinary proceedings for
some time Mr.. Woody put an end to the
fun by shooting the fox.-Dahlonega
(Ga.) Mountain Signal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
Dressing the Hair a Hundred Years Ago.

The course of time relieves the world
of many fashions, and among other re-
forms it has shortened the toilet. T. A.
Trollope describes the practice of dress
ing the hair = hundred years ago in
Milan, and what was the custom in
Milan was also the custom in many
other communities. The hair both of
men and women was dressed in the most
elaborate fashion. The Use of powder
was universal, and the importance at
tached to success in causing it to fall
with the utmost possible lightness on the
deliberately arranged hair, and to the
perfectly equal distribution of i, was
such that no means were thought sufi-
GENTLY ~efficacious save initiating the fall
of snow from heaven. An apartment
was, therefore. provided in we'll ordered
palaces specially destined and adapted
to this operation. The patient entered,
covered from neck to foot with a large
sheet; a loury shower began to fall,
and in IL few minutes he emerged more
than half smothered by the dust-laden
atmosphere. but with the exquisite arch
itecture of his curls powdered a ravir,
and not a hair displaced from its artisti-
cally ordained position.