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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17
"Gu1NG 70 SCHOOL. !"

''Now, children you have told me how
many members we have in the Legisla-
ture, who presides over each body, how
laws are made, and how often a United
States Senator is elected, and in return /
will -.-- y
l had reached this point the other even
ing when there came a ring at the door
bell, and after minute discoveredsthat
Mr.. Old Fogy had decided on another at
tack. He meant to give me fits this time.
He brought along two or three teachers
with him, and they at once walked into
my school-room. I did at first have sign
Of estate Prison. over the door, so as to
make it seem like regular school-house
to the pupils; but as they insisted upon re-
garding it as a novelty, removed the
sign.
well, you have been teaching, see ?
observed Mr.. Old Fogy,
Eyes, SIX of these children belong in the
neighporhood, and don't attend any regu
lar school,"
1--WE don't exactly agree on the school
question, you know!' said Mr.. OLD Fogy
~ on did rather stump me the other night
but I'd like you to ask some of these teach
ers few questions.
VERY we'll, Mr.. Blank, how many bush
els of whea, will make barrel of hourF'
why, that isn't regular question: III
replied as he looked around.
isn't it? Your arithmetic says tna
sixty pounds of wheat make a bushel' ant
because it does not say how many pushel
make barrel of -four the farmer who1s ng
uring on his years supply must be lelC II
ignorance. Here is Charlie, only ? year
old-h6 nay ansWer."
From four ana half TO aye hnsReAs'
the boy replied.
4 "Now. Mr.. Blank. can yoq name Tn
more prominent stars %
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17
TAUNTON, VIRGINIA. FRIDAY. JANUARY II, 1879
LOCAL DIRECTORY.

Masonic-Sraunton Lodge No. 13-J Howard
Wayt Master; James Ker, Secretary. Meet at the
Jorge in Masonic Building the second and last Fri
day nights in each'n onth.
Union Royal Arch Chapter-W, H. H. Lynn. Higl
| Priest; James Ker, Secretary. Meets in Masonic
Hal the second Tuesday night in each month.
Stevenson Commandery-W. H. H. Lynn, Com
mander; James f. Patterson, Recorder. Meets il
Masonic Hall the fourth Monday in each month.
Knights of Honor.-T C. Morton, Dicl ator; F. H
Link, Reporter. Meets every Monday night il
Charity Temperance Hall.
Odd Fellows Staunton Lodge No. 45.-JOhn e.
Smith, Noble Grand; s. M. Miller Secretay. Meets
every Thursday night in Odd Fellows Hall.
Central Encampment No 24-W M. Simpson
/ Chief Patriarch James W. Blackburn, Scribe Meet
| second and fourth tuesday In each month in Ode
Fellows Hall.
Hay Makers-W H. H. Lynn, Grand Sultan; A
A. Eskridge Secretary. Meets every Friday nigh
in Fir IN MS Hall.
Temperance cieties.-Wes Augusta Lodg9-;W
B. Hyde, w G. T.; Mis- P. Clarke, W. A.. 81 Meet
every Saturday night in Brpce's bui ding. 49,
Mizpah Lodge..John M. Henlle, Worthy Chief
/ WIN. j .IeCawley. SeeEetary. MEMS eyeEys thurs
day nightin Charity HUI over WAITS drug store.
Sons of Jonadab-Wm. B. Hyde, Worthy Chief
John NJ Henkle, Secretary. Meets every Tuesday
night in Charity Hal Sons of Temperance.
Sons Of Temperament. q. Bunch, Worthy Patri
arch; VIM. Fuller Worthy Secretary.
Juvenile Templars.-J. W. Newton, Superinten
dent J. Herbert Stiff, Secretary. go members-nt
regular meetings,
Fire Observation-Disclosures Fire Company
Michael Cox Captain; Thos. j. Crowder, Secretary
Meets fourth Tuesday in every month at Fremen'S
Hall.
Quarles, Captain; Sandy Wilson, Secretary. Meets
on first Wednesday in each month at their headquar
tiers in the Sullivan building.
Capt. j. H. Waters Chief Engineer of Fire De-
pa tment
Military.-West Augusta Guard-Wm. L. Bum
gardner, Captain; Lewis M. Bumgardner, Secretary
Meets in their armory in the Wayt building every
Monday night Regular meetings first Monday in
each ,nth
Staunton Artillery-A 81. Fultz Captain; n M
Warner Secretary. Meets at their armory near the
C. & o. Depot every Tuesday night. Regular meeti
ngs second Tuesday in each month.
Stonewal Brigade Band-Prof A. j. Turner, Con
ductor; E. NJ Gushing, President; W. Fl. Barkman
Secretary Meets Tuesday and Friday nights every
week.
Religious-Young Mems Christian Association :
H. M McIlhany, President; J. E. Guy Secretary
Meets at their rooms in City Hall for all devotional
exercises every Sunday evening at 3A Pm. Direc
tory meetings at the call of the President. Library
open every evening from to P. M.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17
A Chinese Dentist.

The native dentists are the merest char.
| latans, and practice as magiclans and cure.
alls. They insert artificial teeth of the
sea-horse, which are kept in place by cop
perwire wrappings or fastenings to the
adjacent teeth, and charge about three
cents per tooth for the operation. Teeth
are extracted by hocus pocus process
which the dental impostor calls ''coughing
up" The method of extraction is this:
The dentist applies white powder, rep
resented to be the salt extracted from the
sweat OF horses. DR.. Eastlack found this
white powder to be nothing more or less
than arcenic.. which causes the gnm to
slough, when the tooth is easily removed
by the operators fingers. But the Chinese
method of curing the toothache was what
puzzled him most, and longest deied de-
lection. The operation, it should have
been stated, are all performed in temple
or in the space in front, under large UNI
brella, the idea being that religious cere-
mony is in some way connected with them
Toothache is caused by maggot which
gets into the tooth somehow or other
while the patient is asleep or while no is
laughing immoderately. 1t must be re-
moved alive, or the patient will go mad.
He is, therefore. placed on seat and his
head thrown back. The dentist inserts a
long pair Of forceps. and after fumbling
around for a few seconds produces be-
tween the nippers a little wriggling black
maggot-the cause of the whole trouble,
DIR. Eastlack witnessed this operation re-
peatedly, but it was only after obtaining
surreptitous possession Of the forceps that
he discovered the trick. He found that
one arm of the forcers only was of iron,
the other was of banboo, painted to re-
semble the other. In the hollow of the
bamboo were found number of little
black maggots, probably obtained from de-
cayed vegetables or deccmposing matter.
When necessary to do service, the operator
simply squeezed the bamboo above and
the maggot was elected from the small
end of the instrument to the mouth, and
then adroitly taken between the aippers
and held up triumphantly before the gaze
of the astonished and grateful patient.
Or, Eastlaek could never satisfy himself
on the point Of the patients relief The
operations he witnessed were dispatched
with astonishing rapidity, and the patients
hurried away, as that part of the perfor-
nance was essential to the success of the
operation:
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17
Origin of the Hymn abide Will Me-

AS many of our readers do not know the
origin Of these beautiful lines, and many
have never, seen them, we think they will
be of interest,":
In the autumn of 1S47, the Rev. Mr..
Lyle was advised to 60 for a time to the
south of France, in the hope that 2 warm
rer climate would strengthen his failing
health. Before leaving England he wish
ed once more to preach to his people. His
family feared what the result of such an
effort might be, but he gently insisted, and
was able to go through with the service.
He knew that he was preaching for the
last time, and his sermon was full of
solemn and tender appeals to those whom
he had guided and instructed for many
years. At the end of the service he re-
tired. exhausted in body, but with his
soul sweetly resting on that Saviour whom
he had preached with his dying breath.
AS the evening drew on, he handed to a
member of his family the following beauti-
full hymn, which he had just written:
ABIDE WITH ME.
Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens: Lord, with me
abide!
When other helpers fail, and comforts
flee,
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me!
Swift to it's close GIBBS out life's little day,
Earth's joys grow dim, its glorles pass
away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
Oh, Thou who changeth not, abide with
Not brief glance beg. a passing word,
But as Thou dWelt with Thy disciples,
Lord,
Familiar, condescendlng, patient, free,
Come, not to sOjourn, but abide with me !!
Come not in terrors as the King of kings;
But kind and good, with healing in Thy
wings;
Tears for ali woes, a heart for every plea:
Come, Friend of sinners, and thus abide
with me!
Thou on my head in early youth didst
smile,
And though rebellious and perverse, mean
while,
Thou hast not left me, oft as 1 left thee;
On to the close, 0 Lord, abide with me!
need Thy presence every passing hour;
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's
power?
Who ike Ike Thyself my guide and stay can
Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide
with me
1 fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless,
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitter
Where is deaf sting? where grave thy
triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
Hold then Thy cross before my closing
eyes.
Shine through the gloom, and point me to
the skies:
Heavens morning breaks, and earth's
vain shadows flee;
In life and death, 0 Lord, abide with me
This was his last hymn on earth.-He
reached Nice, and, shortly alter, his
spirit entered into rest. He pointed up
ward as he passed away, and whispered,
Peace. joy!" Thus he went to abide for
ever with Him who has declared it to be
H is divine will that His followers be with
Him where He is, that they may behold
his gloly.-ISmes of Refreshing.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17
Home Religion.

There is no. place in which religion
should be so little thing of form and sc
wholly thug of spirit-and a peaceful
happy spirit, tOo-as at home. Prayer
meeting piety answers a good purpose
and Sunday, church going piety has Its
uses; and that piety which is better than
er, that makes man deal justly and
honestly with his feIIow-men. is of price
less value to the community. But better
than the prayer meeting piety. or church
going pety, or business piety, is that piety
which lightens and blesses home. Home
religion is thing of the heart-which is
the same as saying it is a thing OF love
1t may exist in connection with forms
and it may exist in it's sweetest unfolding
Independent of forms. 1t may say grace
at the table, and it may not say grace at
the table. 1t may be gifted to sustain q
family altar, and it may not have the gilt
requisite. But if the heart be right, there
shall be grace and prayerfulness; albeit
forms be lacking in the family. There is
way of eating food which thanks God
better than any formal grace saying that
can be devised. There is way OF kissing
the wife after the meal, when the husband
is leaving for his office, which covers the
whole ground between husband and wife
intended to be covered by the influence of
the family altar. We have known a man
to ask blessing on food which he himself
condemned in the very next breath. To
thank God for food and scold your wife or
the cook in the next breath because the
steak is oyerdone, or the cakes not brown
ed to your suiting, or the tea too strong,
is something more, friend, than impiety;
it is lndeeency.
Home religion should be loving first of
all, and last of all it should believing.
1t should be very patient too, especially on
those days when it is hard to be patient
1t should be cheerful, especially when it
takes wit to invent occasions of mirthful-
ness 1t should be brave, not to face the
troubles that are without, but the troubles
that are within. A kindly word loving
speech, a cheerful or sympathetic look,
touch Of the hand in the old tender fash
ion of the counting days, a stroking of the
cheeks and the soft movement Of the palm
over the hair-''Foolish tricks!' You are
fool if you say it, friend. You didn't
think they were foolish tricks once, and
you were wiser then than you are now if
you have dropped them. A little more
counting in married life would keep mar
ried life what courtship is, The foolish
ness of love is wiser than the wisdom of
hate; and the more foolish you are in these
directions, the happier will be your homes,
and the sweteer will be your home relig-
ion.
IT'S sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark
Bay deep -mouthed welcome as we draw near
home;
IT'S sweet to know there is an eye to mark
Our coming and grow brighter when we come.
Golden Rule.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

pies made and put away for New Years.
Neither of her servant girls knew how to
make them. and SO the lady went out
among her neighbor s. She tried to re-
member what they told her, but her pies
were made without sugar or salt and with
only one crust. When told why "they
tasted like Eastwood chips" she burst in
to tears and sobbed out:
''They educated me to be an idiot, in
stead of a woman.
M. QUAD.
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MY WIFE.

MY WIFE.
held her, laughing, in my arms,
A blue-eyed child, with curls of gold;
She stroked my boyish cheek and said
I'll marry you when am old"
We met again. Those pretty locks
We're combed and bound about her head,
A little school girl, Staid and shy;
She must not romp with me, she said.
A few more years, and then found
A blooming maid, sweet seventeen;
Few were her words and coy her locks;
And yet she loved me well, ween.
Long did WOO mid hope and fear;
My lady was not lightly won;
She hid her love, and thought it shame;
At last my welcome task was done.
held her, blushing, in my arms;
Ank then my bashful prize told
How she had promised long ago
She'd marry me when she was old.
The blissful days sped quickly on,
And had pledged her with ring;
But ali! so rauch too lar &c it proved!
My love was such tiny thing.
But yet she would not have it changed,
Though from her hand it oft would slip;
An evil omen, would say;
While she but laughed with joyous lip
left my darling for a space
AS nearer drew the wedding day,
lone little week. said, "and then
Ine1ermore need go away
left her healthy, blooming, bright,
Tie rosy color in her cheek
came to find her wan and white;
Alas! that fatal little week."
Oh fell disease, now stay thy hand,
And leave me all love in life.
In vain | cried; the touch of death
Was on her, oh! my promised wife!
held her, diving, in my arms;
The ring fe from her finger cold;
Weeping, 1 tnok it, and she breathed:
''I'l mar, you when l am old!'
She knew not what she said, poor child;
Gone from her was bright reasons ray
But still keep that ring, and wait
For an eternal wedding day.
Chambers J01T9a
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

READING furnishes the mind only with
the materials of knowledge, but 1t is
thinking that makes what we read ours.
We are of the Illuminating kind, and it is
not enough for US to cram ourselves VITA
a great load of collections must chew
them over again.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

WE know not what evils we have been
preserved from; for dazzling prospects do
not always bring the cheer and comfort we
expect, and promise of future good often
results in disappointment and sorrow
There are blessings and privileges in every
life: let us be thankful for all those which
fall to our lot.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

II is easy in the world to live after the
worlds opinion, it is easy in solitude to
live after your cwn; but the great man is
he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps
with perfect sweetness the independepee
Of solitude.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

Brave heart, arisel Be free from every
chain, though it be glittering with gold.
BE nobly courageous! Follow the true
bride of their life, even if her name be
Sorrow. Let the she'll perish, that the
pearl may appear.-Mulavi,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

A religion that pever suffices to govern
a man. will never suffice to save him.
That which does not distinguish him from
a sinful world, will never distinguish hlpe
from perishing world,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

God demands an account Of the past
thai we must render hereafter. He de-
mands an improvement Of the present,
and this we must render now.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

Creation lies before us like glorious
rainbow; the sun that made it lies behind
Us, hidden FROM qs.-Carlyze.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17
~ C. VINCENT,
ENGIN EER AND SURVEYOR,

gineering and Surveying work of every description,
Including TepographgaI Surveys and Maps df Exam
Lands surveying and Division of Farms and Lots,
the inveSi aiion Of titles to land by plats and sur
Yeys, the location and construction OF Railroads.
tramways McAdam Roads and Turnpikes.
Engineer and Contractor for the construction OF
Railroad and Highway Bridges. Viaducts, Roofs
Turntables, Sc, of iron, wood OF wood and iron
Plans Specifications and Estimates, together with
proposals. will be made and submitted when desired
Parties out of the city can address
E. c. VINCENT,
No. II West Main Street,
oct1S-6m Lock Box No. t. Stanton. Va.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

BOILED Ea6s.-Put the eggs in a dish
without breaking the shells, pour boiling
water over them and lot them stand in it
away from the FIRE for from five to eight
minutes; this is better than boiling rapidly
on the stove, as it cooks them through
without hardening the whites too much.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

X A. JACKMAN, M. D.,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Office and Residence Miller House.
sTAUNToN, VA.
OFFICE HoURs.-Sto 10, A; M.
feb15-tf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

CARROTS FOR HoRsEs.-At Cornell
University they have been feeding their
work teams literally with carrots the pres
ent winter, and the experiment has proved
thls to be one of essential value for feeding
to horses. One bushel of carrots and one
bushel of oats, fed in alternate meals, are
OF equal value with two bushels of oats
alone, while they can he grown at much
less expense. Henceforth carrots will
proftably replace one half the oats we have
fed. Horses, like human beings, requires
variety of food. and thrive best upon a
ration that involves change of diet.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-12-04
Remarkable Sagacity Of a Goat.

A remarkable instance of the sagacity
of animals occurred recently at the resi-
dence of Peter Killean, No. 358 Dryades
Street. The participants in the event
about to be related were a goat, which
for some years past has been greatpet
with the children of the family, and
pup, a comparatively recent arrival in
the domestic circle. The goat and dog
were on the best of terms, and had come
to enjoy occasional rambles together
around the yard during the goats spare
moments, when there were no oyster
cans, door-scrapers, or other edibles for
it to dispose of. The singular behavior
of the goat during the afternoon, some
days since, attracted the attention OF the
family. 1t ran to and fro, crying in the
most piteous manner, and seemed half
distracted. Some one at last suggested
that the animal should be followed, and,
it seeming to appreciate the fact that 1t
had been understood, led the way to the
rear of the yard, where its canine COM
panion was found in the vault, almost
in its last struggles. The puppy was
quickly rescued and restored to the goat,
who greeted it with the fondest caresses.
NeD Orleans Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-12-04
A Fatal Shirt.ButtOn.

The death is announced at Heidelberg
of DR.. Adolf Sander, who was formerly
in large practice as physician in Elber-
field and its neighborhood. One morn
ing in 1874, while dressing, he contrived
in some way to get a shirt-button be-
tween his teeth. Unconsciously, while
laughing, the button slipped into the
back of his mouth, and thence into the
larynx. All the exertions of his surgi-
cal friends to remove it were vain. 1t
was ascertained that it sank into the
right lung, which soon became irritated.
Splitting blood ensued, and he was HIM
self looking forward to his death as not
very remote. He removed to villa he
had near Frankfort-on-the-M Main to pass
his last days in quiet. Here he was sur
prised by a violent fit of coughing, ac-
companied by splitting of blood, in a
paroxysm of which the button was
elected. His health rapidly improved,
and in few months, regarding himself
as quite cured, he resumed his profess
sional work, and endeavored to gather
up the threads of his former practice.
But last year unmistakable symptoms
manifested themselves that the lung had
not fully recovered from the presence in
it's substance of foreign body for sew
eral months. He spent the winter in the
south of Europe, but returned almost
worse than he went. He gradually
wasted away, and sank few days ago.
-LOnd0n Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-12-04
Are We to Lose Niagara Falls!

A writer from Niagara says: Those
who want to see the Horseshoe Fall OF
Niagara must, I fancy, come out soon,
or they will not be able to form an idea
of what it was, for think it is going to
change its form more quickly than it has
done for century past. Already
great change has taken place in its ap-
pearance. About two years ago the
Shoe was rent in twain, and vast rent
made in the toe of the foot by tremen-
dous chasm cut in the cliff over which
the river falls. The consequence is that
instead of diving straight down circu-
lar wall of water, the course OF the col
umn is rudely broken in the middle, and
a foaming torrent collapses in jagged
gorge of the cliff, thus splitting the cas-
cade into two sides Of horseshoe, with
cataract in the center. Much more
mist, too, is produced by this cataract
than was formerly occasioned by the
sheer fall of the horseshoe, and the view
Of the fall is consequently obscured.
The river might have fallen for centur-
les over this solid weir of hardest schist
but fissure having been made in Ma.
lures masonry, it is not unlikely thai
the river will continue its excavation
begun near Lake Ontario, and do 1T
work more quickly than of late. Now
| that breach has been made in the fort
ress, it seems certain that the volume 0
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-12-04
The Man Under the Bed.

A woman in the South End of Boston
looked under the bed for q burglar one
night last week, as she had been accus-
toned to do from her youth up, and
much to her astonishment actually found
him. Her husband was close at hand
and grappled with the intruder, while
she ran to the window and screamed
"Murder!" The burglar asked to be
allowed to go, adding, II haven't hurt
you!" "No," answered the plucky
lawyer, "but you would if you got the
chance The wife at this moment left
the window, and, stepping up to her
husband, said, in loud whisper, shall
l bring your pistol?" Though there
wasn't even toy popgun in the house,
this little strategy had its desired effect,
for the fellow exclaimed, in a whining
tone, "Oh! you don't mean to kill me?"
{" Yes; if can," was the response of
the lawyer, who frightened his grip upon
the fellows arm and throat, and held
him firmly against the wall, hoping
every moment that assistance would
arrive. Though his wife's mother and
daughter joined in crying at the win
dows for help, no one came to their aid,
and the burglar, growing desperate,
made another break for liberty, and
succeeded in gaining the landing at the
foot of the stairs. Here the lawyer
again collered him, but, after hard
struggle, the fellow freed himself and
dashed through window, making his