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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12
Children at School.

Doctor jacob has made this special
study from the standpoint of physiology.
His conclusion is, that, as a rule, child
should not be sent to school until he is
eight years old. Not till this age is its
brain-substance sufficiently developed. An
infants brain is soft. 1t is deficient in
fat and PHOSPHORUS. on which, to a large
extent, intellectual activity depends. The
convolutions are fewer,
The different parts of the brain do not
grow in size and weight alike-the normal
proportion of the front, back and lateral
portions not being reached before the age
of ten. So, too, the proportion of the chest
70 the lower portions Of the body is not at
tanned until the eighth year, while that
part of the back (the lumbar) on which the
sitting posture depends, is even then only
moderately developed.
About the fifth and sixth years the base
of the brain grows rapidly, the frontal
bone extend forward and upward, and the
anterior portion grows considerably. Still
the white substance-the gray is the basis
of intelligence-and the large ganglia pre-
ponderate. 1t is not till about the eighth
year that the due proportion of parts is
reached, and certain consolidation, both
of the brain and the organs of the body
generally. Before this period, memory
alone can be safely trained.
Frebel, the founder of the kindergarten
system, reached the same result, by obser-
walton. Meanwhile, jacob recommends
that the children be entertained and grad
ually developed in the kindergarten {.
Here - he Says, 'their activity is regula-
ted, their attention exercised and their
muscles invigorated. Both imagination
and memory are taxed to slight degree
only.
with Increasing years, the gray SUBJ
stance becoming more and more developed,
their thinking powers are gradually evol
we'd. The secret of thorough education
lies in the uniform development of all
powers. To develope one at the expense of
the others, is to cripple all. Youths
Companion.
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LOCAL DIRECTORY.

Masonic.-Staunt0n Lodge No. 13.-J. HOWARD
Wayt, Master; A. A. Eskridge, Secy. Meet at their
lodge in Masonic Building the second and last FIJI
day nights in each month.
Union Royal Arch Chapter-W, H. Fl. Lynn, High
Priest; A. A. Eskridge Secretary Meets in Masonic
Hall the third Friday night in each month";
Stevenson COMMUNICATIVE. A. Burke Com
mander; A. A. Eskrdge, Recorder. Meets a
Masonic Hall the fourth Monday in each month
Knights of Honor.-R. G. Anderson, Past Dictor
tor; ]. E. Rollins Dictator; A Burnett, Reporte-
Meets 1st and 3rd Monday nights in their Hall IN
the Cochran Building.
Odd Fellows-Staunton Lodge No. &c. A.
Gladke, Noble Grand; N. NJ Warner, R. Secretay
J. N. Argenbright, F. Secretary. Meets every
Thursday night in Odd Fellows Hall.
Central Encampment No M-W. M. Simpson
Chief Patriarch James W Blackburn, Scribe. Meets
second and fourth Tuesday In each month in Odd
Fellows Hall.
Saunton Lodge No. 1877 Iron Band o. K. S. B-A.
Hart President; Moritz Witt, Secretary. Meets IN
their Hall in the Cochran Building on the LIST and Sd
Sundays at 10 A. M.
Temperance. -Mizpah Lodge No 116 !. O. G. T.,
meets in Charity Hall every Tuesday evening. W..
J. McCauly, W. G. j. W Bryen Secretary.
Charity Division No. 6, Sons OF Temperance. B.
B. Rule Worthy Patriarch, 2. T. Hiltzhimer, Re-
cording Scribe. Meets every Friday night at Tenn
perance Hall.
Fire Observation-Disclosures Fire Company
Michael Cox, Captain; Thos j. Crowder, Secretary
Meets fourth Tuesday in every month at Firemen's
Hail.
Stanton Hook and Ladder Company.-B.
Terry, Captain; Charles Hudson Secretary. Meets
on first Tuesday in each month at their headquar-
ters in the city school building.
Capt. j. H. Waters, Chief Engineer of Fire
Department.
Military-West Augusta Guard-Wm. L. Bum
gardner Captain; Lewis M. Bumgardner, Secretary
Meets in their armory in the City Hall every
Monday night. Regular meetings first Monday in
each month.
Stanton Artillery-A. II, Fultz, Captain; N. NJ
Warner, Secretary. Meets at their armory in the
City Hall every Tuesday night. Regular meet
ngs second Tuesday in each month. ~,
Stonewan Brigade Band.-Prof A. j. Turner, Con
ductor and President; John NJ. Carroll, Secretary.
Meets Tuesday and Thursday nights every week in
the City Hall.
Religious-Young Mems Christian Association
T. C. Morton, President; A. F. Robertson Secretary
Meets at their rooms in City Hall for all devotional
exercises every Sunday evening at 4 P. M. Direc
tory meetings at the call Of the President. Library
open every evening from 5 to 9 P. M.
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talk together-1 leave you to imagine what
and I've been writing ever since. This
summer 1 came over to see her-have just
left her with her party in Switzerland.
Pm different man from the fellow she
loved once. Pm hoping that in time she
may love me as she did him. You can't
say now, as you did once, that I'm all
wrong from first to last; can you jerks ?"
Somehow, as recalled the serenity of
the face had seen in the old diligence, it
seemed to n that, although the first of
her stoiy and of his had been told me, l
what the last of it might be.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

WARMED OVER BIsCUIT.-Stale cream
biscuits can be so nicely warmed over that
none can object to eating them. They
may be broken apart, and quarter of an
hour before tea, should be dipped separate
ly into a bowl of clear water, and replaced
in the baking tin in the oven. They should
simply be heated through, but not brown
or crisp.
WHEN water has once been made to
boil, the fire may be very much lessened.
as but little heat is required to keep is
at boiling point. There is no advantage
whatever in making water boil furiously:
the heat will escape in steam, without
raising the heat of the water.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

Cost OF BRIN ING UP A BoY.-A
clergyman who has been discoursing about
boys has devoted considerable attention to
the cost of these somewhat necessary in
dividuals, and he estimates the expense of
bringing good boy, with all the advanta-
ges of city life, to the age OF fifteen, at
about $4,000. These figures are about
doubled by the time the boy is OF age, if he
goes through college. bad boy,
arrived at the age mentioned, costs
fully as much, even if he has not been
to college and the computation, as
the reverend gentleman suggests, does not
include the value of the mothers tears and
the fathers gray hairs. Most men who
have brought up boys will agree that the
estimate is not too high.-Rutland (Vt.)
Herald. -
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FROM FIRST TO LAST.

."Tell me the worst at once, DOCTOR"
Even if had not seen the mans face |
should have felt sure from the voice that
it was no time for falsehood or evasion.
Yet there was really no need for either.
Mr.. Ellery was unnecessarily alarmed
The lady, his wife's sister, had been taken
with succession of fainting fits, the re-
suit of fatigue from long journey to
Colorado Springs. She had been thrown
from a carriage six weeks before, her
brother-in-law told me, and sustained an
injury to the head, and the trip had been
taken by the advice of her New York ply
sician, who considered an immediate
change necessary.
Twas glad to assure him there was no
danger, and that she needed only complete
rest, yet was not sorry that he urged me
to see her the next day, and still the next.
He was exceedingly anxious about her un-
Gil, in the course of two or three weeks
she began to make rapid progress towards
recovery. At the end of a month he
made arrangements to return East leav-
ing her in little hotel to which they had
ccme on the night of their arrival-the
house which was the nearest approach to a
home that had found since the begin
ming of my professional existence, twelve
years before.
II would like to feel that she is nomi-
nally in your care, DR.. Jenks,' her broth
er said to me before he went away. "She
will stay several months, hope, and l
shall come for her when she thinks best to
return home"
She was most lovely and interesting
woman; not young, for the hair which had
been cut short after the accident was just
touched with gray. Yet a physician g eye
could easily detect the fact that there was
something wrong in the spiritual nature,
which reacted on the physical, that in.
spite of the Colorado air and sunshine and
her determination to grow well and strong
and happy, it was struggle against great
odds. said a physicians eye, yet with
me it had become lovers also. Agnes
Kingdom was the only woman, except my
mother, for whom I had ever cared. and
from the first realized the utter hopeless
ness of my affection. 1 could not ignore
the unreasoning, intuitive knowledge. l
felt sure she had lived through the great
est experience of q womap's life, That 1t
had saddened and repressed naturally
buoyant and happy nature, yet that hers
was a fidelity unto death. Unreasonably,
'helplessly, only loved her the more Tor
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poetrp.
Entering In.

Entering In.
The church was dim and silent
With the hush before the prayer.
Only the solemn trembling
OF the organ stirred the air;
Without, the sweet. still sunshine.
Within the holy calm,
Where priest and people waited,
For the swelling OF the psalm.
Slowly the door swung open,
And a little baby girl,
Brown eyed, with brown hair falling
In many wavy curl,
With soft cheeks flushing holly,
Shy glances downward thrown,
And, small hands clasped before her,
Stood in the aisle alone
Stood half abashed, half frightened,
Not knowing where to go,
While, like wind-rocked flower,
The form swayed to and fro;
And the. changing color fluttered
In the little troubled face,
AS from side to side she Wavered
With mute, impl0ring grace.
It was but for a moment;
What wonder that we smiled,
By such a strange. sweet picture,
From holy thoughts beguiled?
When up rose some one softly,
And many an eye grew dim,
AS through the tender silence,
He bore the child with him.
And II wondere d, (losing
The sermon and the prayer)
If, when some time enter
The ''sunny mansions" fair,
And stand abashed and dropping,
In the portals golden glow,
Our God will send an angel
To show me where to go!
rU Julia c. Il. DOrl
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

SETTLING CoFFEE.-After using the
white of an egg to settle coffee, one is fire.
quently puzzled to dispose of the yolk. IF
it is beaten and stirred into the milk de-
signed for the coffee, it will so closely re-
semble cream that few will notice the diff
ference. l seldom use anything besides
cold water to settle my coffee. I cover the
coffee with cold water and place it where
it will readily boil; then fill the pot with
boiling water and set where it will merely
simmer. Just before bringing to the table
l add half a cupful Of cold water, which
settles it nicely.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

CoRNsTALKs are good fodder for cattle
but there is a great difference in their value
as saved by different farmers. Left out 10
become weather beaten, they are poor feed
for any kind of stock; but when saved
without being injured by sun or weather,
we'll cured and sheltered early, retaining
the sweet juices unimpalred, they are one
Of the best fodder crops. 1t pays to cut
and secure them early, while there ale
some of the juices remaining in them.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

Troy RoLLs.-One pint of milk, one
half cup of butter, one-quarter cake of
compressed yeast, two quarts of flour.-
Heat the milk and butter until the butter
is melted; add the yeast, pour the mixture
in the middle of the flour, stir little. 1t
mixed at 9 a. NJ, mould at l p. m, without
adding any more flour. Four hours later
OF one before baking, mold into rolls. Bake
twenty minutes.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

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SPONGE CAKE.-Beat four eggs, two
cups sugar, two cups flour with two heap
ing teaspoonsful baking powder sifted in.
all together thoroughly; then add little
lemon and two-thirds of a cupful of boil
ing water. Beat well and bake, and you
will have as fine a cake as was ever eaten.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-04-24

All this week we have been
patiently watching for news OF
a horrible butchery in Morehouse
Parish, and we will tell you why.
In the picturesque little village
Of Bastrop there lives, or lived, a
tooth snatcher who delivered an
Grafton before the Literary Socic-
ty Of the place, ON the Napoleon
B%onaparte. He was quite proud
Of his effort and buzzed the editor
Of the Clarion no little for a puff,
and he gave him one-a whole
column at that! To give you an
idea what it was we make these
extracts just consider the SUBJ
lime significance of the strikirgly
original expression, "this is one
Of those peculiar questions Of re-
affection Of SELF" and then ponder
upon the stupendous depth o.
this : "For without an antece-
don't suggestion which, we may
term desire, there never would be
even the manifestation Of an exist.
ence." Such a thought ! And
clothed in such beautifully coined
words !! Further on the Doctor
in speaking of the prompting
motives, Of Napoleon says:
"This, is genius, or intelligence
Of that nature from the Eternal
Cause himself, developed as
spirits in this phenomenal feauture
Of matter as man."
Seldom does it fall to the lot
Of a country village depizen to
listen to such seemingly inspired
thoughts as that last quoted.
The entire speech is full Of such
rare gems Of original thought,
which are but the faithful and
brilliant reflection Of a gigantic, a
wonderful mind. DR.. Buatt is
truly a prodigy-an extraordinary
genius. We are sorry his aspiea.
tons do not lead him into The
toilsome field of literature.
Much more fape and honor would
wreath his brow than can be OBJ
tanned by extracting teeth"
Now if Buatt don't fight after
he amt fit to pull a dead mules
eye teeth.
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Gen. John S. Billiu, Of Lafour'
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We congratulate the the delegates
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become a synonym for honor and
patriotism. We have no doubt
that his election is almost a GER
tainty, as the people of the third
district will surely rally to the
support Of so worthy and gallant
a standard bearer
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-04-24

AT a young ladies dinner party
in a prominent city the o.her day
only one out of eleven guests re
fused the cigaretts rendered by
the hostess, and the ladies were
not school girls either, but ii
society, and playing an active
part in decorative art and pretty
benevolence all the other things
that cooperate with the mantua'
making question in enabling
wemen to make way with thei.
time.
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Send Your Name.

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MONTREAL HEARD FROM.

r. L. Mosely, of Montreal,
Canada, certified Sept. q, 1879,
that he had fuffered terribly from
dyspepsia. and was completely
cured by taking Warmers Safe
Bitters. He says "My appetite
is good, and | now suffer no
inconvenience from eating hearty
meals" These Bitters are also a
specific for all skin diseases.
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TOWN COUNCIL.

council net pursuant 10 ad'
,journment :-present A. D. Mar
tin, Mayor, J. j. Abadie, j,
Isaacs and J. 0. Ltge absent
Solomon Wise.
The minutes of the proceedings
Of the two previous meetings Of
the council were read and adop'
ted.
On motion of Mr.. Abadie il
was resolved to go in the election
of the officers Of The council fol
the ensuing term, and that the
vote be taken by ballot.
The vote having been taken
and Geo. E. Lyons having re
ceived a majority Of votes cast
for Constable !; W. B. White
having received a majority Of the
votes cast for Secretary ; r. c,
Smeds, a majority for Attorney
and e. l. Addison a majority fol
Printer +; they were declared
duly elected to the said Office:
respectively to wit, Geo. e,
Lyons, constable-colIector !; W,
B. White, secretary R. G,
smcdes, attorney and E. l. Ad.
olson printer.
On motion Of Mr.. Isaacs. it
was resolved that the mayor be
authorized to receive sealed pro
posaIs for the keeping Of The
bridge across the bayou Vermil'
ion at Abheville for the year be
ginning July I2th 1880 +; sale
proposals to be presented to the
mayor on or before the 5th day
Of July 1850.
On motion of Mr.. Leg6, Res
olved that the salaries of tht
officers be and they arc hereby
fixed at the same rate as for las.
year ; to wit ; the constable
collector salary at the sum Of
100000 aud = per cent on al
amounts collected by him !; secre
lary, attorney. mayor and printer
at $4,000 each per annum.
On motion of Mr.. Leg6, Res
olved that the bonds Of the consta
BILE and treasurer be fixed al
one thousand dollars each anG
that they be required to Civ,
their bond within the time pres
cribed by law.
On mclion of Mr.. Abadie, til,
mayor was authorized to appoin
a street and bridge committee
J. J. Abadie, J. 0. Lege ant
jacob Isaacs were appointed OF
said committee.
The claim Of W. B. White
sacty, for the sum of $500 70!
holding town election was ap
proved.
The Attorney was instructed Il
turn over to the Secretary all III,
unsolicited licenses for the 1885,
he may have on hand.
On motion Council adjourned
to Monday April 2Gth 1880.
w, B. WHITE, A. D. MART IN
Secty. Mayor.
Abbeville, April 9Th 1880.
Council met this day in regnia1
session /; there were present !: A
D, Martin, Mayor; J. J. Ahadie
Jacob Isaacs, Henry Libersat, ab
sent Solomon Wise.
On motion of j. J. Abadie the
readiUg OF the minutes of the pre-
vi0us meeting Were dispensed
with.
The claim Of Geo. E. Lyons
'%iailer, for TIE sum of $l6.25 trans
ferred to J. j. Abadie, was ap
proved and ordered to be paid.
The report Of Geo. E. Lyons
Cons Collector, was read ane
adopted aud ordered to be spread
on the minutes also the report o
w. B. White, Treasurer, and 0
r. G. Smedes CORPORATION Attor
ney, were read. adopted and or
dered to be spread on the minutes
Report Of Geo. h. Lyons, Cons
Collector.
To The Hon. Mayor and member,
Of The Town Council | the un
dersigned respectfully submit tli,
my report as Cons-Collector foI
1.-THE town of Abbevillc, for th1
quarter ending April 5th 1880.
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A rich man who had begun life
as a boot-black happened to re
mark that he had taken a box at
the opera, and some one meanly
asked him if a brush went with it.
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nxy- Go to Tolson's for Brushes
Combs, &c.

1t is claimed that a man never
loses anything by politeness, but
this has proved a mistake. AS
and old Philadelhian lifted his
hat to a young lady the wind
carried away his wig.