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Accented and Will Appear
One evening while reclining
In my easy chair, repining
Over the lack of true religion, and the dearth OF
common sense,
A solemn-vsaged lady,
Who was surely on the shady
Side Of thirty, entered proudly and to crush me did
commence:
II sent poem here, sir,'
Said the lady, growing iercer,
"And the subject which I'd chosen, you remember,
sir, was Spring."
But although I've scanned your paper,
Sir, by sunlight gas and taper,
I've discovered of that poem not solitary thing.
She was muscular and wiry,
And her temper sure was fiery,
And knew to paeify her would have to-fb like
fun,
So told her ere her verses,
Which were great, had come to-bless us
We'd received just sixty-one on Spring of which
we'd printed one.
And added we've decided
That they'd better be divided
Among the years that foow-one to each succeeding
spring.
So, your work, I'm pleased to mention
Will receive our best attention
In the year of nineteen forty when the birds begin
sing!
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-06-27

VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL AND
MECHANICAL COLLEGE.
The eighth session begins the 18th of AUGUST,
1879 Tuition and room rent free and board in
ed opportunities for earnings on farm and in shops
For appointments OF catalogue. address
G. L. G. MINOR, President,
jupel3 till Oct. Blacksburg, Va,
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TOHN W. STOUT,
81 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA,
Will practice in the Courts Of Augusta and ad
OFFfcE:-The one formerly occupied by n; X.
Trout aug30-1y
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LEX F. ROBERTSON,
IN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNTON, VA.
Will practice in the court of Augusta and adjoining
counties.
Special attention given to the collection of claims,
and prompt returns made Jug '77-1y
JEGUY R. L. PARRISH.
GUY s. PARRISH rToRNEYs-Ar-LAw
STAUNTON, VA.
Office in Sullivan Building, End floor, Augusta
Street. dec7-6m
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Professional Cards

r. I. PARRISH. W. s. HAMMOND.
Covington. Warm Springs
DARRISH & HAMMOND,
/ ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
WARM SPRINGS, BATH COUNTY. Va,
will practice in the courts Of Bath county and ad-
Joining counties.
apr25 Tyr
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BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS &C., &c.-A l.rr NtIng
ID every day this week large and attf'c'''o
stock Of
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
AND SHOES
which will be offered at prices never before named
in Staunton The bulk Of these goods We're bought
at New York Bankrupt sales at prices that VIII t cid
Bile to sell them at less than cost OF MANUFACTURE
determined to sell this stock at the very ciOSesc
margin. So if you want to save money do not 1al TO
call at once and examine these bargains al
LIS
DRY GOODS STOR E,
On augusta Street.
(TIMBERLAKE g. BELLS old stand)
Look at our all linen Damask at Csc. worth 49, o
Dress Goods at 8, 49, l21, Is and zOc worth 10 pei
" All wool Black Cashmeres t4sc. These goods sell
for Fi SSs sy y = sand ioc. for best.
Ladies all Linen Hem-stitched Handkerchiefs l5c.
worth 25c. Handkerchefs at Sc. Gents u Hose &c.
A good corset for Csc.
The best Al heavy Brown Cotton at 7c.
A good heavy Brown Cotton at SC.
Bleach Cotton 5, 6, 7 and &c. AS all COTTON gOOdS
have advanced it will pay you to buy these goods al
less than old prices.
Best Turkey Red Knitting Cotton at 221zc. per
hank.
Ball Knitting Cotton at Sc.
Best Knitting Cotton in hanks warranted full
weight, Csc. lb.
Excellent Toilet Soaps at 15c per doz
Will sell splendid Toilet Soap at Csc per dOz.,
sold on all cent counters at 5 cents cake.
A full line of Towels and Napkins at panic prices
All styles and grades of Floor Oil Cloths.
splendid ladies SeWed Morocco Shoe at 81, W..
The best city made shoe at $l25; regular price
$3.50.
Children Shoes at Csc.
Ladies FreDch Kid Slippers, warranted, at 3D. 10.
Mems BrOgans, best, at 81 rs and 81 80.
1 am agent for the celebrated "Pearl' White
rive for any that does not give perfect satisfac
ton.
An excellent Dress Shit Qaundried) only 75c.
White Quilts Only 4711c.
A heavy Quilt 75c and $1,c0.
cordially invite the people OF this city and c0un'
ty to examine this immense stock and convince
themselves that they can save money by making
their purchases at the low price cash house of
GEO. R. BELL,
Augusta St.
MI R. NJ Timberlake is with me and will take
pleasure in showing customers through the stock.
No trouble to show goods.
aprlS IT, H. b.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 18th, at o'clock A. NJ
Those who have not been engaged in teaching in
the City Schools here will please bring with them
whatever testimonials Ct success or other papers
bearing upon their past Experience in, or qualilica
tons for teaching, they may have in their posses
sion. Respectfully,
may 23td RO. S. HAMILTON, s. S
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
Two Live Dukes Coming.

New York World: According to the Ne,o
England Press the duke of Beaufort, of
whose intended visit to this country an init
nation some weeks ago given in the World
is this morning confirmed, is not the only
British duke who is about to cross the Allan
tic, like Lord Bateman, some foreign coun
try for to see.' The duke of Beaufort is
coming out with Mr.. Sothern, SO that he
must intend to see as much of American life
and to be himself as much seen of Americans
as possible, But the duke of Argyll, Accord
ing to the Neg England Press, is coming
chlehy to visit his son, the marquis of Lorne.
and as he is not In good health and has bnt
recently lost his wife, ne will travel az quietly
and as privately as possible. British dukes
are neither so numerous nor so nomadic as
British noblemen of less exalted rank:
and with the. exception of the FIFTH
duke OF Newcastle, who bearded the prince
ot Wales in 1850; of the present duke of
buckingham and Chandos, who came to
'nis country some years ago while he was
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
PAROLES VICTORY.
comments OF the London Press ON Mr..
AorIIIard's First Race In EnxIsad
HIS Chances for the City and
Suburban-HIs Present md
Prospective Winnings.

! =, London special to the Herald: AASrnce YES
terday s race Parole has become a strong
candidate for the city and suburban handi.
cap Inc sporting columns of tae uapers con-
tam tam extended complimentary easements upon
the victory OF the American horse
The Times says: THE Newmarket bandi-
cap witnessed a triumph of the colors of Mr..
Lorlllard, the American Gentleman who
Drought over stud of h3Rses to try compari-
sons with our own hozas produce. Yester-
DAY, on the OCCASION OF his first run as well
as his hrst win, hs tried &C nclusions with a
t uorse VINO was tnedght last year to be about
the pest three Kear-old In England. When
isonomy wen the Cambride eshire in the styIe
ne ala, such was the oplni on expressed, and
Yesterday, carrying eight 81 one twelve pounds.
ne vas warm favorite or the Newmarket
nAnoicaP Parole met i'm at eight pounds
1ess' anu IL Is snnhcIent to say that he gave
lSonomy quite i've pound beating, a bring
ing together of American an d EnoIish horses
ton -''" iOi ie"e0
The Sportsman says: '"When Parole frat
appeared In the paddock. few people liked
NM MN though ne moved fir sely and well, for
DLOwn, MS trainer, kp ew nothing directly
That oe could do WIT the English horses.
There was little desire to supnort The 0eldinr,
except oy Americans. After the race there
was general exec aus to town TO see what
woIlu oe zone resp ectIng Parole for the CITY
an1 SUBURBAN han' heap. With one hundred
anu II nineteen pou nds he must assuredly take
Tremendous an cunt # beating, for he has a
ride" 'i1'' nanny nurse 10
ue sportsman s POI ,tscript says: zone or
TWO slgnlr cant moves took place at the New
naiheO rooms last night, and for the city and
su9u .oan handicap elf .ht hundred to one hum
= Ieo. was taken about Parole. 1t is evident
one Americans could have had no idea that
they were entertaining such an angel una
wares or the Yankee horse would have been
backed for the EPSON handicap prior to his
competing for to-day's handicap
The NeicS says: -'Isonomy was great
tavcrlte, but RylstoIle and the American
horse Parole were in sTong demand. Parole
is the first of Lorili9r d's team which have
run in this country. Unlike Sanford, this
gentleman made a successful debut, and the
manner in which Parole beat Isonomy stamps
him good horse"
The Standard says: Zone of the leading
features of the sport was the triumph of the
American gelding Parole, who won the New
market handicap, with something in hand,
from Isonomy, whose rider was the only one
that persevered when Morley, the Jockey of
the Yankee, got TO the rails -
The Telegraph says: "parole's stable
threw In for five thousand pounds by his sue
cess, and are on at long odds to win nearly
twenty thousand pounds for the city and
suburban "
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
How They Do 1t In Russia.

Paris Figaro: "lu hotel in Moscow,
known as the Nobel 'schen Gasthaus, a young
man engaged the rooms numbered sixty and
sixty. one, ostensibly for family. He imme-
diltely took possession, and on the following
morning went out, returning in about an
hours time-wl ether alone or with COM
panion is not known, although several resi-
dents of the hotel saw two young men in the
corridor, who entered the apartment No. 60
For eight days the door of No. 60 remained
locked: without the fact attracting attention.
Finally disagreeable smell was detected
pervadlDg the corridor, and the police were
summoned, who broke into the Chambers.
In No. I'll was lying the corpse of a man,
face downward, and the feet directed toward
the door of the chamber The head was
partly covered with a pillow, beneath which
was pool of CONCEALED blood. On the back
of the murdered man was pinned a paper,
upon which was written: Traitor and
spy, condemned and executed by us, tie
Russian socialists and revolutionists. Death
to the Judas, death to traitors. :"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
The Late operate Persorn,,ncas

EDITORS APPEAL-Who can doubt that
we nave In our midst musical talent of a
nigh order, who had the privilege of being
present at the performances of the Memphis
opera club during the past week? Il is
equally evident that we have among ms
those who can appreciate fine music. iudoin0
oy the crowded houses on those agreeable oc-
caslons. Both operas were rendered in a
most credltable manner 10y the entire cast
and 1t cannot be doubted by any person of a
cultivated taste for music, that the SINGING
and acting of several of the members was as
near perfect as it Is possible for amateurs 70
make lt; That granted, and the surround
lngs taken into account, 1t proves clearly
that some of the members are possessed If
latent talent bordering on genius. We know
that some of those who took prominent
part had to snatch night now and again for
rehearsal, after having had mind and body
only too much occupied during the daT.
Their success proves what well directed per-
severance and talent can accomplish. AS re.
CARDS their acting, we think they did very
well indeed, considering the limited amount |
and kind of training which they had at com.
mand. The following members of the club |
deserve special praise Miss Minnie Hunter
Is "Zerlina, In Fra DiapoIo, sang and acted |
With grace and ease which, considering !
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
DAVY CROCKETT.
A Characteristic Letter from a Pioneer
Tennessean and Texan whose
Name and Fame are Stamped
upon American History.

Yesterday an APPEAL commissioner came
across the following letter, written by David
Crockett in the year 1922 to Mr.. John Nile
more, of Nashville. The letter is written
in bold, running hand. We present copy
of it literal as to spelling, punctuation, etc.
3 Oct 1922.
DEAR SIR take this opportunity OF writing these
Inns 10 you am we'll and family and hope these Inns
may find you and family in good heIth have Just
Returned from the ObiOn and expects TO Sta in two
or three days to move to the improvement made
Shall Rsst Satisfied with the expectation or getting
ltbrel leece agreeable to your pTomis to me wish
you not to Sell the land let you have till you see
Is much better tract than you have an Ide shall
hope to see you before you make sale OF 1t If you
are In that country wish you to give a Call
been to Mr. NJ Donalds and have arranged business
have got the deeds proven and have acknoleged the
the deed from me to you agreeable to promis am
Sir with Respect you most obt servt
DAVID CROCKETT.
Mr. John c. MLemore.
The letter was folded in the old fashioned.
square way, without an envelope, and was
addressed as follows:
Mr.. John c. MLemore,
Nashville, Davidson County,
Tennessee.
The postmaster in the upper left-hand
corner wrote "Lawrenceburg IA Oct" and In
the upper right-hand corner put the postal
figures "121a."
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
Pits DAILY APPEAI--TUEsDAY. APRIL a2 1879.

marquis of Chandos and enjoyed the hospi-
tality here of our esteemed contemporary
Mr.. George w. Cbilds, of Philadelphia, and
of the fourth duke of Richmond, who came
out to Canada sixty years ago and died hor-
rible death there from hydrophobia, caused
by the bite of pet fox near the Ottawa river.
we can recall no other wearers of the straw
berry leaves (princes of the blood royal not
counted) who have personally inspected the
great republic. One duke, however, the sew
enth duke of Leeds, married a famous
American widow, ore oil the Cations, of
Maryland, and the son and heir OF another
duke, the present duke of Manchester, is
now the fortunate husband of a charming
American wife. The duke of Beaufort, we
ought perhaps to add, is a much. married
man of fifty-hve, the father of four sons and
two daughters
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
Suicide OF a Welt known Physician
at Pine Bluff, Arkensas-A Case
of Temporary Insanity.

The Dardanelle ARK Western IMMIGRANT,
OF the seventeenth instant, publishes COM
munication from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, of
date the fifteenth instant, which says: 'Dr.
). w. Jones, a promising physician and we'll
TODD citizen Of this place, committed suicide
by shooting himself through the heart with
a pistol at four o'clock yesterday evening.
The doctor has q sick patient at his residence,
whom he had been waiting upon for several
days. Yesterday the patient was about to
die, and just before shooting himself he left
his pltient's bedside and went to his wife and
l am crazy, and don't know
an adjoining room, where a few moments
later a shot was heard and his wife, rushing
to his side, found him lying dead upon his
bed. The doctor has been low-spirited for
several days, and the cause of the shooting
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
TELEGRAMS.

Washington, April 10: The National
board of health will meet in Atlanta May
5tL: All interested are expected to be repre-
sented.
New York April 10: General John A. D Z
Is lying at the point of death A few weeks
ago General Dix suffered from fraction of his
collar bone.
New York, April 49,: The weekly bank
sos, 400; specie, decrease. $28 300; legal
tenders, increase. 81, 526, 700; deposits, IN
crease, 81 951 300: circulation, increase,
S25, 100; reserve. increase, s., 260, SIS. The
banks hold So, 483, $50 in excess of legal re-
quirements
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22

A CITIZEN of Vidalia, Louisiana, writes
the Natchez Democrat of Friday. ma. ne hsd
just received a letter from his. brother who
lives in Kansas City, Misso' ari, in which it is
stated steamer had recently passed that
point with about thousand colored emf.
grants from the south. The boat was re-
fused pelmiSsion to land her living cargo by
the authorities Of Kansas City, and carried
them to Wyandotte, where they were landed
and corralled near that place. He says their
condition is represented as pitiable in the
extreme. Huddled together, without the
necessaries of life, and with no prospect of
employment which will afford them means of
existence, it may well be imagined that they
will suffer severely, unless relieved by the
charities of the benevolent. Those who have
been Instrumental in deceiving these people
into their present condition will have much
to answer for.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ARKANSAS.

Van Buren, Argus. I4th: "The fruit pros
poets throughout the county are good. In
some localities 1t has been thinned out little
by frost, but not to any considerable extent.
The present prospects are that we will have
the largest yield we have had for years."
VIRGINIA.
DR.. Moffett, Of register notoriety, is at his
Virginia home IN very delicate health.
A number OF Richmond people are culti-
waiting taste for blood warm from the
slaughterhouse.
Major Boykin. register of the Virginia
land office, died the other day, and there are
twenty candidates for the Office
Captain Edward L. Young died in Norfolk,
Thursday, aged ninety.seven. He COM
manded privateer in the war of 1912, was
the oldest citizen of Norfolk, and probably
the oldest Mason in the United States, hav-
ing belonged to the order sixty.six years.
nISSIbSIPPI.
Marshall A. Sosseman committed suicide
with pistol, near Poplar Springs, on Satur-
day, the 5th. disappointment in love.
James Smith, colored, has been sentenced
to be hanged, by the Canton court, for the
murder of his wife. June % is the day set
for the execution. s.- -iI-1 = y
Canton Mall 18th: "There were terrible
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22

THE Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, who is on the ground and
knows whereof he speaks, says truly that it
did not look well for Republican sincerity
that the Republicans in the house were found
ron. Wednesday voting as unit against the
abolition of the southern claims commission,
while majority Of the Democrats voted for
the abolition. A great deal of the staple par
tisan capital of the Republican party has for
years been manufactured ont of the bugbear
of southern claims. Yet it is a fact of the
most easy demonstration that the principal
beneiciaries of these claims have been Re-
publican spectators, lobbyists and claim
agents, and The southern claims commission
itself furnishes fat offices for three Radical
politicians. As this Is the case, it may be &C.
copied as in some part an explanation of the
action of the house Republicans.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
CUTEON.
An Answer to Hr. John X Goodwin
The Unprecedented Rise OF Five
Cents per Pound in Less than
Oae Hundred DAYS


BARTLETT, Tenn, April 21.-The card of
advice published on Saturday last, in the
APPEAL, from Mr.. John r. Goodwin, of your
city, addressed to the producers and dealers
IN futures OF cotton, should be read and
thoroughly understood by all the cotton
ralsers in the cotton belt. No class of pro-
ducers have been so severely skinned as they
have upon the crop ofI878. In less than one
hundred days rise of FIVE cents per pound
has taken place. Such a thing is unprece-
dented. The facts and statistics grouped to-
gether In Mr.. Godwin's card show copclu-
slVely that America is ON the increase In the
consumption of cotton. The average is half
million per annum increase, and when
ever calamlties and disasters occur to the cot
ton crop, which are always dreaded and an
tclpated, then there must be shortage.
Last year the agricultural bureau at Wash
ton sent forth the estimate for
the crop of 1873, fixing it at
i've and half millions. Upon this estimate
contracts were made; and what do we now
beholdT The Likelihood of its falling short
OF one and quarter million bales, which is
a big difference. Now, what we planters
want is for our cotton exchanges and cotton
bureaus to make every allowance for dis
asters to the crop; and please don't overes-
innate. 1t Is positive injury to US, and
during the season past amounted to a down
night swIndle. Two things we have discov-
about his prospects, while the othe. who
don't want credit speaks disparagingIy al
ways. The present prices of cotton are about
right, taking into consideration the cost of
production; and it being discovered now
about what the crop of 1873 will pan out,
old demand and consumption have sailed in
and made a lively market for twenty DAYS
past. The dealers in futures, as will be seen,
do not weaken until toward the close of
the year, when it is expected that there will
be large receipts at all ports The large ac-
emulation of money at money centers in
vItes speculation in cotton, and, in the alb
sence of gold margins and remuneratiye
stocks, old King Cotton offers a Tempting
bait. Supply and demand have something |
to do with regulating prices, and in liking up |
estimates OF prospective crops. We do hope |
our cotton bureau will not make such a mis-. |
take this year as it did last. Ohe million and |
a quarter bales is too much difference, even |
II 1T does arrive at it by guessing The |
cotton region is loser by fifty millions on the
crop OF 1873, by such bad arithmetical calcu- |
lation;, see the stock on hand in your CITY |
IS melting away under present prices like |
snow'hakes under the rays of genial sun.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22

suit against X. G. Dun Il Co.'s Com.
mercial Agency.
PHILADELPHIA, April 19.-In the circuit
court of the United States, to-day, in a suit
brought by Duncan, Hale e. Co. against r.
". Dun 70. S mercantile agency, to recover
thirty-six thousand dollars sold on credit to
a party favorably reported, a non-suit was
granted on the ground that 1.-THE contract la
billty between the agency and its subscribers
expressly relieved the proprietors.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22

SIX hundred, thousand years is the age of
man as it is indicated by the caves OF Wales,
according to recent scientific investigations.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
VOLUNTARY
TESTIMONY.
tE,rtrdct from the Baltimore "1kfs ,rican,
December 81 1871

"The Pulvermacher Electric Belt is recon-
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the cure of diseases of the kidneys, stomach,
liver and blood; secondly, for its extreme
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outside, precludes all possibility of any in
Jury being done to the patient, as an external
remedy is universally acknowledged to be-
safe. Another advantage is the facility with
which the progress of the disease and cure
can be watched, and if the Belt be not quite
in the right place, it can be very easily read
lusted so us TO cover the parts affected. The
Pulvermacher Electric Belt, and its perfec-
ton, has been hailed with delight, not only
by the sufferers who have regained health,
enjoyment, and a new lease of life through
its beneficent qualities, but by the medical
profession, who very frequently prescribe its
use TO their patients"