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WHAT WAS THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT?-
1t is common opinion that

WHAT WAS THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT?-
It is a common opinion that
''The fruit
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world and all our VICE.
was the apple. But there is no founda-
tion in Scripture for the opinion. The ap-
pie is nowhere mentioned in this connec-
ion. The ''apple tree" is three times
mentioned in the Bible, viz: Sol. Song %,
and IS; Joel 1.12. Apples are mentioned
only three times, viz: Prov. 25.11; Sol
Song l.5, and rs.
Some time since, in writing to a mis-
sionary in Eastern Turkey, near Where the
Garden Of Eden is supposed to have been
located, we asked if there were any local
tradition in regard to the matter. In his
reply lie says:
THE Mohammedans generally say that
the forbidden fruit was wheat, though
some suppose it to be figs, and others
grapes. The Armenians almost univer-
sally reckon it to have been apples, though
some OF the priests of the more ignorant
class, in order to find warrant for theiy
fasts say it was meat.
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MOST OF their faults women owe to us,
whilst va we are indebted to them for most
Of our good qualities.
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IF one strives to treat others as he
would be treated by them, he will not fail
to come near to perfect life,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-03-14
TAS V. BROOKE, JR.,
u c. VINCENT,
ENGIN FER AND SURVEYOR,

Offers his professional services to the psolic in En-
cheering and Surveying work of every description
including Typographical Surveys and Maps, Exami
Lands Surveying and Division of Farms and Lots
the alton OF titles to land by pats and sur
yeys. the location and construction of Railroads
tranlways. McAdam Roads and Turnpikes
Engineer and Contractor for the construction o
Railroad and Highway Bridges: Viaducts, Roofs
Turntables, &C., of iron, WOOD or wood and irOI
combined. -
Plans Specifications and Estimates, together will
proposals. will be made and submitted when desired
Parties out of the city can address
E. C. VINCENT,
No. IA West Main Street,
octIS-6m Lock Box No. 4. Staunton. Va.
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A few years ago farmer had a dozen
very large trees that were bearing heavy
crop of apples every other year, so he took
d long pole and gave them a heavy beating
just as the fruit was about the size of hick-
DRY nuts, knocking off all the fruit on the
southside of the trees. The result vas, as
was seen for several years, that the trees
bore heavy crops on one side, one year, and
the next year large crop on the other
side, so that for many years he had plenty
Of apples for home use. His trees stood
in rich soil that was annually cultivated
in grass seed to cover the roots. err
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CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES.

wish to inform my friends that have moved my
Carriage Shop to my new building near the Virginia
Hotel, where will keep on hand carriages ahd bug
gies OF every description. By close attention to bi
iess and fair dealing expect to give entire salts
action, will pay strict attention to repairing. Give
ne eaai before purchasing.
ian14-M j. Fl. WATER
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AN EXPERIENCED doctor in the West
says his bills are cut down in fami-
lies in proportion as they eat fresh
fruit. Strawberries, currants and toma-
toes are better than medicine, than Gallo
mel Or jalap, and rather better to take.
Apples freely eaten do the work of vermi-
fuge or lozenges. Every fruit or berry has
mission TO man hidden away within it.
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STOPPING to Lift Up Another.

The following beautiful illustration Of
! the. Christly spirit that stoops to lift up
others is taken from one of Bishop Simp-
sons recent lectures on preaching
| shall never forget a certain exhibition
once attended Shortly after schools for
the imbecile were commenced in Europe, a
young man, moved with benevolence,
crossed the ocean to examine their mode
Of operation and sue cess. Assured as to
their utility, he returned to this country
aud commenced similar institution. He
advertised for the most idiotic aud help
less children that could be found. Among
those brought him was little boy, five
years of age. who had never done an IN
territorial act, had never spoken a word.
aud had never given a look Of recognition
to 5 friend. He lay on the floor, mass OF
flesh, without even ability to turn himself
over Such was the student brought to
! this school The teacher made effort after
effort to get the slightest recognition from
his eye, or to produce the slightest volun-
tary movement, but in vain. Unwilling,
however, to yield, he had the boy brought
to his room, and he lay down beside him
every day for half an hour, hoping that
some favorable indication might occur. 10
improve the time he read aloud from some
author. One day, at the end OF six months
Of unavailing effort, he was unusually
weary, and did not read. He soon dis
covered that the child was uneasy, and
was trying to move itself q little. The
thought flashed across his mind, ''It miss
es the sound of my voice." He brought
his mouth near tie child's hands, and, af
ter repeated efforts, the little one succeed
ed in placing his fingers on the teachers
lips, as if to say: Make that sound again.
The teacher felt that from that moment
his success was assured, and, by careful
manipulation OF his muscles, he soon
taught the child to walk; and when [ saw
him, at the end of five years, he stood on
the platform, recited the names OF the
Presidents of the United States. and an
swered a number Of questions correctly. |
looked on with establishment, and said to
myself; ''Was there ever such patience
and such devotion2 How strong should
bo the love of that little boy for his teach
eG! Was there ever an instance Of one
STOPPING SO low and waiting so long 20
Then | said, Yes; there was one instance:
the Son Of Man came down from heaven;
laid himself down beside me, his great
heart by my heart watched me with per-
petual care; infused into me his own life;
and waited for nearly twenty years before
reached my finger to his lips, and said,
Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth.' -
What condescension! What love to fallen
man! Christ STOPPING so low authorizes
us to stoop and wait on and wait ever
Some of these Wretched ones around us
| have been suffering for more than eight
and thirty years-haye been lying at the
edge of the pool waiting for US to come
and help them into the troubled waters
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HoMINY CAKEs.-Take one pint, after
it has been cooked, add two eggs, the yelks
and whites beaten separately and salt to
taste, drop in spoonsfuls on well buttered
plates and bake to q nice brown.
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A pinch OF brown sugar added to stove
backing causes it to stick and polish
easier.
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which have been hardened by water, and
will render them pssable as new.
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When making coffee, add pinch of salt
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RoUeH AND READY RUG.-Take your
"Hubbies'' old clothes and cut in pieces
one inch square string them through the
center on linen thread, sew these in the
shape of a coil OF oblong on a piece of some
heavy material.
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CHAFE, -Hemlock bark grated and ap-
plied, or steep and wash also alum water
will cure and make less liable to chafe.
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BEEsWAN and salt will make your rusty
fiat-lrons as clean and smooth as glass.
Tie lump Of wax in a rag and keep it for
the purpose. When the irons are hot, rub
them first with the wax rag, then scour
with paper or cloth sprinkled with salt.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-03-14

BLUE ointment and kerosene mixed in
equal proportion and applied TO bed
steads, is an anfailing bug remedy, and
that a coat of whitewash. il ditto for the
wall of a log house.
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JOHN H. NoooE' ArroRNEv-Ar-1Aw,
STAUNTON, VA.
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X A. JACKMAN, M. D.,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Ofiice and Residence Miller House. -
STAUNTON, VA.
OFFICE HoURs.-s to 10, AN
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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-22
Slightly Sarcastic,

The professor of geology and miner
alogv came along after the hard fisted
miners had found rich gold mine and
said he: "There is no doubt but that
gold is here in large quantities. If you
find it rich it will pay" This was in
California.
A little before this some hardy pro-
spectors loaded little mule with flour,
bacon and tools. They travelled many
miles north and finally:found rich
mine in Cariboo. The professor of
geology and mineralogy came along and
said: Everything hereabouts, judging
from the formation of the country and
the gangue rock indicates the existence
of gold" Then the miners forgot that
they had discovered the gold themselves
and they gave all the credit and bowed
down before the professor. Then some
miners went south to Arizona, and after
starving for want of food and choking
with thirst. and few of their number
being toasted head downward by the
ApaChes, they found rich silver mine.
Shortly afterward down came the pro-
fcssor, and said he: 1.-The metamorphic
and plutonic rocks hereahout certainly
point to the existence of argentifcrous
ores" And rs usual the miners and all
around about forget they had discovered
the mine, and gave all the credit to the
professor. Well, he followed those
simple miners aroundcto Utals New
Mexico, Pixies Peak, Nevada and Fraser
river, and everywhere they dug first he
came afterward, looked down the hole,
with book under his arm, said some
hard words, and everybody straightway
said he had found the mine and that no
mine could be true vein until it had
been scientifically dedicated by q pro-
fessor.-Ncv York Graphic.
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push on for home. The junlls had gone
about, but we knew that they were
doomed, and the roar of the broadside
soon informed us that it would be quick
work. ALI Wing never moved. He
would have kept that revolver pointed
at tile Cinnamon until doomsday, had
not told him that he might put it away.
AL How and "Buddha" took the
guns below, and made everything tidy,
and we had hardly rounded Paoushan
Point when All Wing came up and said (:
"1hat cook makee enquire what thing
you likee chow chow" "(eat).
We had y jolly dinner the next night.
Lieutenant Graham and couple of his
officers came just in time. They had
handed the survivor of the junks' crews
over to the Chinese authorities, in whose
care our rascally lowdah also was. They
had made short work of their fight, and
had no casualties. When the cloth was
removed, I tried to get Manson to make a
speech, but the only thing I could get
him to say was that he was never less
bored in his life than during the skirm-
ish.
lave not seen him for years. He
drifts between the Old and the New
World, and when I last wrote to him I
quoted Hawthorne's expression about
the danger of doing so until the only in
heritance left him in either was the six
feet for his final resting-place. But, MS
I had before insisted to my group in the
smoEing-room, it is a great mistake to
Judge by appearances, and | am surer of
nothing than that / shall never see a
finer fellow, on this side of Jordan, than
MY friend, the man without enthusiasms.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-22
Human ThOrnS.

There are certain disagreeable people
in this world who seem to take special
delight in annoying others by reminding
them of things they would willingly for
get. They are human thorns, forever
torturing their fellow-men for the sa Ike Of
torture. Has man met with q misfOr
tune in business. they are forever recall
ing the fact. Has man in times that
are gone wandered into devious paths,
they are forever reminding him of it,
often by congratulating him that that is
past. Has a man blundered, they are
forever telling him what might have
been" When the thorn is Of the mascu-
line gender, there is. one way of getting
relief. He can be knocked down and
taugltma When the thorn is of the
feminine gender, the case is different and
not SO easily disposed of. But Causeur
hears of one such scourge in petticoats
who got her deserts the other evening.
1t was at little party, where some score
of people where gathered together. The
thorn sat near a young man who, in days
gone by, had been guilty of foliSes that
cost him dearly. He had put them all
behind him. But the thorn tool occa-
sion to recall them, in subdued and
confidential tone. The victim. who had
been subjected to the same torture before,
spoke up so that all could hear:
Madam" he said, for five years |
have been trying TO forget all that. You
have been trying to remember it. You
have succeeded better than l. Icengratu-
late you.n The thorn subsidized.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-22
Kessenger's KOmicalities.

A lover of certain cut OF beefsteak is
like a plucky prize-fghter, always ready
for another round.
The most economical man is reported as
living in the second ward. He took a
bung hole to the cooper to have barrel
made around it.
Ar exchinge asks: "Why do the horns
of COW grow up and the tail DOWN." We
suppose it is because the horns do not grow
down and the tail does not growup. If this
is not the answer we give it up.
A Roman says he has figured ont the
cause of the failures that overtake business
men. When he went to school he was
taught that the world was the shape of an
orange---round, but little hattened at the
poles. lie says that is where the trouble
lies. If the world had not been fattened
at the poles everything would have gone on
all right.
A painter, who had already put seven
coats of paint on the walls, demonstrated
with the lady of the house because she
wanted him to put on another coat, just to
change the tint little. "Why not put on
more?" she said. "What will be the
harm {" "Well, madam, if you keep on,
you will take up all the room with paint,
and then you will have no space for your
furniture" Butshe insisted, and at last ac-
counts he was still paihting.-Roms Sentinel.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Prime butter-A billy goat.
The combing man-The hairdresser.
It is better to give than to recelye-a
bill.
1t is the duty of gate posts to stand by
each other.
The train of night is stopped by the
break of day.
rule of arnica comes in with the
base ball season.
Gauze derives it's name from GAIA,
where it was made.
In circus procession the man in the
van may be in the rear.
Thirty-six different kinds OF tlsh are
caught at Muscatine, Iowa
There is talk in England of company
for insurance against blindness.
The way to make potatoes come up Is
to take them by the tops and pull them
up.
Rulinr passions are strong in death.
Tho last movement a mule makes is
kick.
The Legislature Of Delaware divorced
thirty-four married couples at IT'S receh'
session.
81 wonder what. makes my eyes SO
weak" said a fop to gentleman. lney
are in a weak place." responded the lat-
ter.
Mistletoe ebough-The involuntary bow
a Young man makes when obhged 70
mizzle in advance of the toe Of her angry
parents boot.
The New York Herald says: Since
the wealthy young lady fell IN love VIII
and married the driver OF Slxtn aVenuo gs
car, all the drivers on the various % Ines
20 to work in the morning WIN eieS1i
Shave and with shining boots"
Men are capable of taking peculiar
kind of revenge against the women VINO
ore weak enough to believe them per1ect.
For few months before marriage tney
sue for the lady's hand, but for al 5he
wears after marriage she is compelled 10
sew for them.
The people of Petrolia, Pa, recently
Witnessed the unusual spectacle OF seeing
an oil train shoot through the town WIN
tbe rapidity of lightning and numper
of the ears on fire. With considerable
difficulty the balance OF the train "'e
saved Just beyond the town.
The man who eats goose eggs tor the
championship of America lives In lndl-
ana, where human industry is more than
ordinarily diversified. This man de-
youred twenty-four consecutive soft
boiled goose eggs in twenty-four consecu.
tive minutes, and at the conclusion OF
this genteel entertainment he offered TO
eat a goose also. Unfortunately,
nature has made no arrangement f;Y
which this champion could eat himself,
and his last proposition couldn't be en-
tertained.- Philadelphia Times.
During the prevalence of a gale IN
Virginia City, New, recently, tall pillars
of sand were to be seen waltZing about
on the deserts far to the eastward. show
ing that things were also rather wild that
way. At times such clouds of dust rose
above the desert THAT the Humboldt
range and other hi gh mountains in thai
direction were hidden from view. No
doubt any one who might have happened
to be out OH these deserts would have
found the entertainment but little lnle-
ior to that afforded by the salnd storms
of the great desert of Sahara.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-22
SIipper.ThrOWing.

The ancient custom of throwing an
old slipper after the bride as she leaves
her home is still in many places be-
lieved to bring luck to the happy couple.
But it may be a question whether the
old shoe was thrown for luck only. 1t
is stated in Holy Writ that the re- re-
ceiying of a shoe was an evidence and
symbol of rejecting or rcsigning it."
The latter is evidence in Deuteronomy,
twenty-iifth chapter, where the cere-
mony of widow rejecting her hus-
bands brother in marriage is by loosing
his shoe from off his foot. And in Ruth
we are told that " it was the custom in
Israel concerning changing that a man
plucked off his shoe and delivered it to
his neighbor." Hence the throwing of
u shoe after bride was symbol Of re-
nunciation Of dominion and authority
over her by her father or guardian, and
the receipt of the shoe by the bride
groom, even if accidental, was an omen
that the authority was transferred to
him.
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A Bath i'm the Dead Sea.

A correspondent, after bathing in the
Dead Sea, describes his experience in the
following words: The water, which is
quite clear, and nearly the color Of the
Niagara river below the falls, seemed to
me little more bitter and salty than that
of Salt lake, although brighter and more
attractive to the eye when S en- close at
hand. It's supporting power struck me as
n little greater, also, than that of Salt
lake, us the body floated more easily, and
the difficulty of swimming was greater
on account Cf the inability to keep ones
feet under water. So large quantity of
salt is held in solution that the water has
what is called, I believe, a "ropy" ap-
pearance. much like that Of plate of
well-made tapioca soup. l observed,
however, that when we came out OF the
water there was not so large deposit OF
salt crystals on the body rs after n bath
in Salt lake and the feeling of the skin,
instead of being dry and pricklyas l cX-
pccteG, was rather oily and sticky, Our
dinner that night was seasoned with salt
made from Dead Sea water by solar
evaporation: 1t was Il little lighter IN
color than the be tarticle of Thrown sugar.
It's CRYSTALS were large and hard. and,
though foreign substances were eVluenGly
present in considerable quantity, it was
not unpleasant to the taste. | was told
that two quarts of water will produce
one quart of salt, but this is probably an
exaggcration. To complete the statistics
of this remarkable body of water, | may
add, what rnany of my readers may al
ready know--that there is no living thing
of any kind in it; that even the drift
wood brought down by the floods in the
.Jordon is speedily cast upon its shores;
that its length is about forty-five and its
greatest width about ten miles; that it is
over 1900 feet at its deepest point; and
that the immense quantity of fresh water
poured into it daily is undoubtedly taken
up by evaporation, rs its great depth be-
low the basin of the Mediterranean must
preclude the idea of q subtcrranean out
let.
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ChelidOnisma.

Chelidonisma is the swallow song, an
old popular song of the return OF tn
swallows, which the boys Of Rhodes
went about singing, of which the refrain
"He has come, has come the
wallow!" 1t is reported by Athenaus
about A. D. 20O.]
Hark! Hark to hear
The burst of cheer
That brings again the budding year
Through cir, through earth,
Resounds the mirth,
And hills ring with the merry birth;
The swallow chirps his twittering tone,
And the Rhodian lads prolong
With minstrel strain their jocund song
Helth', helthe, chelidon.
Adown the wales,
The dingles, dales,
The breath of melody exhales;
And happy lanes and proud-pied plains
Swell out the pomp of glad refrains ;
And bark above the swallows tone
Helth', belthe, ehelidon.
Glad chanticleer
Chants out his cheer,
His paen piping to the year;
The boys blithe voice
Makes mirth its choice,
And all the happy hills rejoice.
Hark! Listen to the swallows tone
Helth', helthe, chelidon.
The earth's great heart,
With throb and start,
In universal joy takes part;
And clouds that fly
Athwart the sky
COUGHING in feecy clusters lie;
And oh! how sweet the swallows tune
Helth', helthe, cheidon.
The spring, the spring
Makes Nature sing,
And life and love are on the wing,
And lads and iasses caroling;
Soft in mid-air the swallows tone
On earth
Helth', helthe, cheGdon.
-Harper's Magazine.
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May Baskets.

May Baskets.
Open the window, Margie,
And draw the screen away;
My lite is dull December,
But my hearts as young as May.
Listen The laugh Of children.
'Tis foolish thought, 1 know,
But it minds me OF one May morning
Seventy years ago,
When merry troop OF children
Weakened the quiet street
With babble OF talk and laughter,
And swinging, like censers sweet,
The dear old-time May baskets,
Ribboned, and pink and white
With the blessed bloom that gladdened
The gloom of the Pilgrims night.
And l know by the robins carol,
And the tender green see
In the tops of the dear old willows,
That the May will come to me.
Margie, the scent of May-nowers
surely, surely know
That one sweet breath! Could the south
wind
Bring it so far? They grow
A mile away on the hillside.
But there's aknock at the door;
Oh tor an hour ofquiet,
To live my May-days DER
What's this? From Karl and Carrie"
Oh, let my chair be rolled
Just there-into the sunshine
And give me them to hold!
knew their breath, dear Margie;
Forgive these foolish tears,
But God has sent these May-howers
Across the seventy years
Mary fl. Lath6ury.
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A few years ago, and for aught we
know to-day, n placard in the bedrooms
of large hotel at Prague stated that
"Guests are requested to communicate
to the landlord all complaints arising on
thier sides" At Pesth to-day placard
in much-fequented inn announces:
"Gentlemcn are requested not to tlatter
the female servants on the stairs, rs many
dishes have thus been broken"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-22

Eminent counsel" Yes, gentlemen Of
the jury, you will-oh, ! know you Will
restore my prosecuted client to the arms
of his wife and little ones, WHO" The
court-"Your client is u bachelor.