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"CHRISTIANOs AD LEONES."


"Give the Christians to the lions" |" was the
i savage Romans cry.
And the vestal virgins added their voices shrill
and high,
And the Caesar gave the order "Loose the lions
from their den!
For Rome must have a spectacle worthy Of
+ gods and men,"
Forth to the broad arena little band was led,
But words forbear to utter how the sinless blood
was shed.
No sigh the victims profered, but now and
t then prayer
From lips of age and lips of youth rose upward
on the air;
And the savage Cesar muttered, "By Hercules I!
f. Iswear,
Braver than gladiators these dogs of Christians
l. are"
Then a lictor bending slavishly saluting with
his axe,
Said. Mighty Imperator! the sport one feature
lacks; -
We have an Afric lion, savage, and great Of
limb,
Fasting since yestereven; is the Grecian maid
for him?"
The Emperor assented. With frantic roar
and bound,
The monster, bursting from his den. gazed ter
ribly around,
And toward him moved a maiden, slowly, but
yet serene;
"By venusw cried the Emperor, '.she walketh
like queen"
Unconscious OF the myriad eyes she crossed the
blood-soaked sand,
Till face to face the maid and beast in opposi-
tion stand;
The daughter Of Athens. in white arrayed and
fair.
Gazed on the monsters lowered brow. and
breathed silent prayer,
Then forth she drew q crucifix and held it high
! in air.
And at the Christian maiden's feet he laid his
lordly head,
While as she fearlessly caressed, he slowly rose,
With one soft, backward look at her, retreated
One shout rose from the multitude, tossed like
| stormy sea;
1.-THE gods have SO decreed it; let the Grecian
| maid go freo!'
Within the catacombs that night saint with
snowy hair
Folded upon his aged breast his daughter young
| and fair;
1 And the gathered brethren lifted a chant OF
T.. praise and prayer;
From the monster Of the desert, from the
heathen fierce and wild,
God has restored to love and life his sinless,
trusting child.
-FRANCIs A. DURIvAGE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04

TO KILL LICE.-Col. Curtis writes
the New York Tribune as follows: 1--WE
have tried all sorts of mixtures to kill
lice on animals and at last have hit on
what we think is best: Melt hogs lard,
or any hot grease, and in it dissolve salt
one third of the hSlk pf the grease !;
take as nlueh grease as will be required
to smear the animal all over, and into
the mixture pour kerosene oil and stir
it up. Two gills of the kerosene would
be sufficient for COW of ordinary SIZE
One application completely cured the
most stubborn case of lice on an old
hog. 1t leaves the skin smooth and
aleann,; removing the scprf and healing
the irritation caused by the parasites
It | is also excellent for gals and sores" !"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04

laration of Mr.. Boutwell, that 1t is the
purpose of the republican party to sup
press utterly the spirit of rebellion
which he asserts to be still rampant, and
that lit may happen that in accomplish
ing this result the example of Washing
ton and the tradition of the fathers will
be disregarded." Judge Blacks ar.
raignment of Gen. Grant, and of what
he styles ''the Grant faction" during
t he eight years of his presidency, is the
strongest part of his reply to Mr.. Bout
well but though powerful in some re-
spects, it is by no means as able as were
his papers in his controversy with the
late Senator Wilson in regard to the
loyalty of the dead Secretary of War,
Edwin M. Stanton.-Bdlt. San.
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Sheep Washing.

1t is question in the minds of many
wool-growers as to the practical utility
of washing the fleece while it is still
upon the sleeps back. A deduction
usually thirds made by the wool.
buyers from the weight of ali unwashed
wool, and in most cases this is not far
from the loss which the fleece would
sustain in the process of washing, if it
is done with the average amount of
thoroughness. Nevertheless, the prac-
tice of washing the sheep is very gen
eral, and if there is no return in money
for the labor of washing, there is the
satisfaction of having cleaner wool to
work with when shearing.
The common method of washing is to
select some favorable place in a brook
where the water is about 3 feet deep, the
bottom hard and gravelly, and the cur
rent moderate, and then build pen of
sails sufficient to hold large flock, and
provided with narrow opening to-
wards the stream. Into this pen the
sheep are driven through an opening,
temporarily made for the purpose, at
the rear. One man, perhaps aided by
a boy, tends the flock and passes the
sheep to the washers who are standing
in the stream. The sheep should have
been previously tagged and freed from
all large soiled clots. The washing
should not be done until the water has
become so warm that the sheep may not
be chilled and injured. Special care
must be taken with old or sickly sheep,
and ewes that are still with lamb. An
exposure of the sheep to warm rain
the day previous to the washing is an
advantage, as it softens and loosens the
dirt and renders the washing easier and
more thorough. AS the sheep are
washed they should pass out upon a
clean, grassy slope that rises gradually
from the stream, otherwise the water
laden animals may fall and soil their
feeces. After washing, if the weather
should suddenly turn cooler, the flock
should be provided with shelter, to prs
vent their taking cold, as they would
be very likely to do. From the time of
washing to that of shearing, two, weeks
or SO, the sheep should be Kept in pas
ture that is free from any bare ground,
overhanging banks, or steep side. hills,
so that the wool may be kept clean.
A second method of washing, which
is employed when the stream is small
but somewhat rapid, is to arrange a
spout for the passage of the water, and
hold the sheep under the end-the water
flowing upon the animal. In this way
the washer does not go into the stream
and if provided with rubber boots and
apron, may keep himself comparatively
dry. The washing by this method is
very thorough, as there is stream of
clean water constantly flowing into and
through the wool, and carrying off the
impurities as they are removed from
the sheep.-Anaericon Agriculurist
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The Mixed Electoral Ticket.

We have word or two to say both to
and for the sturdy Democracy of Rock
ingham, as to the mixed electoral ticket
we hear SO much about just now in Vir-
ginia.
In our own judgment this proposition
to hitch on, at.the tail end of the Repub.
lican train, car load of Virginia Re-
adjusters, for the purpose of giving the
State to Grant in the event of his nomi-
nation at Chicago, is the widest of all
the wild yagaries We have ever known
to be seriously promulgated for the CON-
sideration of any civilized people. If
our State debt is to Virginia the one
great question paramount to all other
questions, the Fhradera are the people
among the Virginians who ought to be
in favor of an alliance with the party at
the North, which is stamping out all
State sovereignty, crushing the State
courts into nothingness, and spurning
Virginia Readjusters as ''unscrupulous
demagogues and Repudiators' How
Readjusters can commit their cause to
the keeping Of SUCH . national party, is
something that passes our comprehen-
sion.
y
Among the Readjusters there are too
many men of serious, sober reflection,
too many men who think for themselves,
too many men who have seen some
thing of the world and its politics, in
their own experience, to be led away
like imbeciles by their ridiculous Jack
of=iaEtern Uf a mixed electoral ticket.
v II
If the Readjusters' party is the party
-of the people, and for the people, it oc-
ours to us that the people would like to
know what any Readjuster means when
he talks of joining hands with the very
party that is the bitterest enemy of the
rights and interests and liberties Of the
people. It is 2 gueef sort Of 3 oopVn-
drum-t0' the uninitiated; out the sturdy
old Democracy of Rockingham are not
to be caught by any such conundrum-
They know painted mule from q
Zebra, when they have once walked
around him and looked at his legs and
his ears; they know a hawk from a
handsaw, too, when they see it; and,
unless we are very much EietaAen in
their perspioacity, they know al Demo
cratic ticket from Radical ticket, how
ever much "mixed" the latter may be
to deceive them.
Judging from what we see and hear
generally, the mixed ticket has but a
poor show in any section of the State:
and as for old Rockingham, it will have
about as much effect Here as rnan with
bellows blowing against d whirlwind.
Rockingham Register,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04

A petrified Indian has turned up-or
rather has been turned up-near what
is known as the Shell Bank on the Eas-
tern Branch near Bladensburg in Ma
ryland. He is said to be SIX feet and
three inches long, and to be broad in
proportion. His chest, arms and legs
are described az magnificent in shape
and perfect in preservation. The right
hand graspsa tomahawk, and there Is
what is supposed to be bullet hole near
the right eye. The body weighs almost
exactly ton, or two thousand pounds,
and the features are asserted to express
the death agony in surprisingi and
agreeable manner. The discovery was
made by two persons who, were digging
q trench; and those persons. Messrs. I.
L. Hampton and S. r. Walker, an
nounce their intent to offer their prize
as gift to the United States govern
ment. Their supposition, is that the
Indian was great chief, that he was
killed in a battle, and that to the pecu-
lair character of the soil he owes his re-
markable condition. What relation he
is supposed to bear to the once famous
Cardiff Giant has not yet been made
public, but rs Professor Baird of the
Smithsonian Institute is about to take
his case into consideration we may hope,
that, as regards this important fossil,
the world will not long be kept in ig-
norance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04

The Conaregotiondlist repeats the sto-
ry which General w. N. Armstrong
tells of pious colored brother loud in
in exhortation but exceedingly shaky
in morals, who was demonstrated with
by his employer for various breaches of
law and order that brought scandal on
the establishment. Eyes, boss,n said
the culprit, II owns squar up; rs done
broke ebery one OBJ de c'mandments
but. bress de Lord, rs not lost my
'ligion J" The COngregationalist adds
IS snapper: "Unless the signs of
the times are deceptive, too many white
folks are getting hold of that colOred re-
ligion."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04
Letter from Hon. Lewis E. Haryie, a
Prominent Read1uster.
AMELIA Anril 22 1ae,

AMELIA, April Z3, 1881.
William L. Royal, Editor of The CON-
naonweolth, Richmond. Tn.:
Dear Sir,-Yours of the 10Th instant,
requesting me to inform you of my first
and second choice for the presidency of
the United States in the ensuing can
vass, is received, Ny desire is, that the
National Democratic Convention shall
select the most ay ailable candidate as its
nominee. My decided preference over
all other men in the United States is
Judge Field, of California, whose prin-
ciples as Democrat are only equalled
by his purity as judge. Next to him,
7 would prefer Thurman, of Ohio. 1
think thgt either ought to command
the support Of the fTilnas Of reform,
and the advocates of q Government
with limited powers. Indeed such is
my view of the absolute necessity for
the restoration to power of the Demo
cratic party, in order to arrest the ten.
dency and progress of the Government
to despotism, that have determined to
give my support to the nominee of the
all eYents, believing that the signal fail
Democrat of the Greely order on De-
mocracy, will never be tried again.
The prime effort of the Virginia de!ega-
ton should be to select candidate pos
sessing the confidence of the people of
Virginia, so as to unite the Democrats
of their State in his favor. Most unfor-
tx Unately, the peril resulting from divis-
ion and schisIh in Virginia ia imminent !,
and the cohsquences, Unless arrested
must be disastrous. Who can forget or
cease to deplore the calamity that befell
the State from the discord and distrust
caused by the struggle between the rival
factions of Sscirants for the presidency,
on the eve 81 The civil war, which forced
the State to 60 into the war, shorh OF
her strength, and to come out of it with
the loss of large portion of ber terri.
tory Spd Eopplstion-clearly and logi-
cally due to The divided Democracy.
NV support of the principles of the
Democratic party is the result of con-
viction, strengthened by age and refec-
ton, and will be adhered to In the fu
ture as in the past. My determination
| to act with the National Democracy was
proclaimed and announced to the ad-
yocates OF tbs independent, pppleaged
electoral ticket for President as soon as
I heard of the project When the call
| for State Convention of Readjusters
was issued, to be held In the city OF
Richmond on the 7th day of July next,
subsequent to the meeting in convention
of both National Democratic and Ma
tional Republican Convention, I with
drew from the Executive Committee OF
the Readjuster party, and required my
withdrawal to be published simultane-
ously with the call for a State Coven-
tion. I also requested my correspon :
@se SsRes yItn be A. asog s q pspers .ns
If the meeting Of the Readjusters in
convention had been fixed for any time
previous to the meeting of the two Ma
tional Conventions, l should have been
content, and not then have Withdrawn n
from the committee; for upon ali ques-
tions of reform and relief, and all mat
ters in the State government and lts
policy, am. in thorough accord with
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04
A SSiS2did Dairy

is one .hst yields its owner good profit
Through the whole season. But he must
supply the cows With what they need
in order for them t. be able to keep up
their product. W hen their butter gets
light in color he must make it "gilt
edged'' by using Wells, Richardson d
Co.'s Perfected Butter Color. 1t gives
the golden color of June, and adds five
cents per pound to the value of the but
ter.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04

How TO TREAT TAINTED MEAT.-A
correspondent of the Cincinnati Enqasir-
er says: Take piece of charcoal the
size of o small hen egg, tie up in a
cloth and place in the vessel where you
cook your tainted pork. Let it remain
during the time of cooking do not
keep it covered with close-ftting lid.
This method will take every particle of
taint from beef, mutton, etc.; but it is
impossible to eradicate al the faint
from pork. Pork should remain in
bulk from three to six weeks, owing to
the weather, as it will absorb salt faster
in waTn, rainy weather than when ex-
tSemeiy cold and dry. When hung,
smoke only on damp, rainy days, un-
less you have a tight smoke-house.
When done smoking make a paste of
finely ground black pepper and lard.
Spread over the flesh side of the hams
and shoulders and lay them in box,
with the skin side down, until you have
covered the bottom; then fill in be-
tween with dry salt, and so on, putting
a good-fitting lid on your box"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

Whatever you have to say, my friend,
Whether witty or grave or gay,
Condense as much as ever you can,
And say in the readiest way,
And whether you write on rural affairs
Or particular things in town,
Just word of friendly advice
Boil it down.
For If you go spluttering over page
When couple of lines would do,
Your butter is spread so much, you see, III
That the bread shows plainly through,
So when you have a story to tell, ..- - o.
And would like a little renown,
To make quite sure of your wish, my friend
W Boil 1t down.
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ABOUT KISSING.

Little child, when twilight shadows
Close the western gates of gold,
Ihen those loving arms of mothers
Ienderly about thee fold.
over lip, and cheek, and forehead,
Like shower caresses fall,
FOR mothers kiss at twilight
Is the sweetest kiss of all,
fretty maiden at the gateway,
Shy, sweet face, and downcast eye,
Toe white. trembling hands, imprisoned.
How the golden moments fly!
Lips that softly press thy forehead,
All the rosy bushes call,
For a lovers kiss at twilight
Is the fondest kiss of all. .-
Happy wife, thy noble usband, ll- a
More than half lover yet Tcrr1
For those sunny hours of wooing
Are too sweet to soon forget
On thy smiling lips uplifted ''
Full of love his kisses fall, i-D
For husbands kiss at parting --r-
Is the dearest kiss of all. .
Weary mother, little children =
With their dimpled hands so fair, RI.
Passing over cheek and forehead,
Soothe away all pain and care;
Lead your doubling heart to heaven,
Where no dreary shadows fall, 80
For the kiss of sinless childhood ~ tl.
Is the purest kiss of all.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04

He stood twIrlISg his nat in his hand
il tas halfway. 1t was about time for
morning stars to begin their song to-
gether. well" and he moved one
step nearer the door. ".Well," she
replied, as she stepped toward the
door also. well. I-I-must De going.
If" "Ihas's right, John, if" and she
leaned her bead on his shoulder. eff
you-have-any-c -conundrums-to-a
-ask-them-now." He was meas
ured for a new plug hat and pair of
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Stauntoil Spectator.
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MiltOn's Habits.

Millions economy of his day, if we
may trust Aubrey and Toland, was very
strict. He rose, they say, as early as
o'clock in summer and in winter, but
would sometimes, Toland judiciously
admits. lie in bed beyond those hours.
In either case he began the day by hav.
ing chapter or two of the Hebrew BIZ
BILE read to him by his "man," as Aus
brey calls him i. e., we are to suppose,
by whatever scholar he had in atten-
dance upon him, for love or money, as
his servant in such matters. Breakfast
down stairs, and then Contemplation
by himself in his upper room or study,
carried him on to about o'clock, when
his "man" came to him again for the
solid work of the day in the upstairs
room. That consisted of reading and
dictation till the midday dinner, the
man then changing from reader to
amanuensis by direction, and the writ
ing generally being ''as much as the
reading" says Aubrey.
At the midday dinner down stairs,
Milton "took what was set before him."
says Richardson, (which was anything
most in season or the easiest procured,
explains Toland, both agreeing that he
was extraordinarily temperate in his
OAOV anu LIZ il1ChO w SudIp VI SIIOuR
liquors." He had his preferences, how
ever, in matters of diet, like other peo~
pie and his wife knew them. Dinner
over, some three OF four hours in7the af-
ternoon were given to exercise and re-
creation. Walking either out in the
neighborhOod or in his own garden, was
always the favorite exercise; but some
kind of swinging machine served him
for more artificial exercise within doors
in wet weather. Whatever other recrea-
tion there was, music was indispensable,
with singing, OR listening to song, Will
ed away part of every afternoon. At
about 4 o'clock Milton seems generally
to have returned to his own room again
for an hour or so by himself; but from 6
to s he was again accessible to his
friends. AT o'clock "he went down
to supper, which was usually olives or
some light thing; and after supper he
smoked his pipe and drank glass and
went to bed. We do not hear of q pipe
any other time of the day, but may sus-
pect as we like. Doubtless he was tenn
perate in this as in every other indulg-
ence. Temperate, rarely drank be-
tween meals, says Aubrey, thinking
that an exceptional trait.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04

All the inventors in the world will
never be able to produce machine to
tell woman's age.-.Sus0n B. anthony.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04

He is brute who doubts the patent
fact that originally woman was a mans
sequel.-George Sand.
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PAPER HANGING.

DAPER.HAN
AND UPHOLSTERING.
KALsOMINING and GLIDING.
MATTRESSES made over,
LAMBREQUETS cut and made,
CHURCH CUSHIONS made to order,
CARPETS cut, made and laid:
WINDOW SHADES, CORNICES, PICTURE
FIR MES, &C., made to order. by
GEO. w. HEWITT
Practical Paper Hanger and Upholsterer,
No 73 Main street, StaunJon, Va.
Good Work or no charge. WORK IN the
country promptly attended to. marlS-3m
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YyYREE'S COMPOUND SYRUP OF
i WILD CHERRY will enre your cough.
Price, only Is cents.
TT1YREE'S COMPOUND SYRUP WORM
i SEED is q perfect Vermifuge-pleasant
to take. Price, 25 cents, marD
HyYREE'S TASTELESS CASTOR OIL is
i just a. pleasant to taste as syrup Price,
20 cents. mar3O
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'SH3llIa N0uI

TYREE's COMPOUND SYRUP OR
WORM SEED,
A Perfect Vermifuge Representing the
Old Fashioned Worm Tea,
FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF WORMS.
g. Vegetable in its Composition; Pleasant to
the Taste, and efectuaI in Its purpose.
Childhood is most generally accompanied
with the annoyance of Worms, but few chill
dren are free from them at some period. and
adults are very frequently affected in the same
way. Worms are not not only a. cause is ,,o OF a,s
gravate other diseases. owing to their move
ments in the bowels. they most generally occa-
sion PAIN and UNEASINESS of very dis
sometimes natural again deficfentor excessive.
The stomach is often swollen, breath fet1d: the
tongue furred and with disagreeabie taste,
NERVOUS AFFECTIONS and general de-
ranged health are also expert snced. FRET
ESS, WAKEFULNESS, with sudden
startings out of sleep as from fright; spasmodic
movements of the eyelids. CONCLUSIONS in
children are often ascrlbed TO these parasites
cough; pale or sallow skin, sunkeE eyes. and
general emaciation can be attributed to their
presence in the body-symptOms with which
almost every mother is familiar. To remove
these annoyaIces found in almost every fami-
ly THE WORM SYRUP rs PREPARED. 1t
is a pleasant and certain remedy. Its perfet t
ly safe. and children will not refuse to take 1t,
the ordinary Vermifnge in use.
. After taking the syrpp as directed, young
children should take dose of Magnesia or Cas-
tor Oil. Many persons think shatif discharge
use OF the Syrup, that it has failed to destroy
them. This is o. mistake-they are dissolved
In the mucus, and thus gotten rid OF.
~ Prepared '1sy ". z Z. rYREE, Druggist,
mar16-tf StauntOn, Va.