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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22

HONOR Thy MOTHER.-Honor thy dear
old mother. Time has scattered the
snowy fakes upon her brow, plowed deep
burrows upon her cheek, but Is she not
beautiful now? The lips are thin and
shrunken, but those are the lips that have
kissed away many hot tear from the
childish cheeks, and they are the sweetest
lips IN the world. The eye is dim, yet it
glows with soft radiance of holy love
which can never fade. Ali yes, she is
dear old mother. The sands of time have
nearly run out, but as feeble as she is she
will 60 farther, reach down lower for you
than any other upon earth. You cannot
walk into midnight where she cannot
see you; you cannot enter prison whose
bars will keep her out; you can never
mount a scaffold too high for her to reach
and bless you with her deathless love.
When the world shall despise and forsake
you, when it leaves you by the wayside to
die unnoticed, the dear old mother will
gather you in her feeble arms and carry
you home and tell you of all your virtues,
until you almost forget your soul is disfg-
ured by vice. Love her tenderly, and cheer
her declining years with true devotion.
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Changes Of Life.


Change is the common feature of socie-
ty, of all life eisr Fl. sg4ish 8s.t sf
The world is like magic lantern, or the
shifting scenes of a panorama. Then
years convert the population of schools in
to men and women, the young into fathers
and matrons. make and mar fortunes and
bury the last generation but one.
Twenty years convert infants into low
ers, fathers and mothers, decide man s
distinctions, convert active men and wo-
men into crawling drivellers, and bury all
preceding generations.
Thirty years raise an active generation
from nonentity, change fascinating beau
ties into honorable old women, convert
lovers into grandfathers, and bury the ac-
tive generation, or reduce them to decrep-
itude and imbecility. ...3 T
Forty years, alas! change the face of all
society. Infants are growing old, the
bloom of youth and beauty has passed
away, two active generations have been
swept from the stage Of life; names once
cherished are forgotten, unexpected can
didates for fame have started from the ex-
haustless womb of nature.
| And in fifty years mature, ripe fifty
years half a century-what tremendous
changes occur! How time writes her sui
lime wrinkles everywhere, in rocks, river,
forest, cities, villages, hamlets, in the ma
ture Of man, and the destinies and aspects
of all civilized society. s54.y i43t,3.
Let us pass to eighty years-and what
do we desire and see in the world to COM
fort as? Our parents are gone, our chill
dren have passed away from us into all
parts Of the world to fight the grim and
desperate battle of life. Our old friends
where are they2 We behold world of
which we know nothing and to which we
are unknown. We weep for the genera
lions gone by-for lovers. for parents, for
children, friends in the grave. We see
everything turned upside down by the
dckle hand of fortune and the absolute
despotism of Time. In word, we behold
the vanity Of life, and are quite ready to
lay down the poor burden and be gone. ~
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LOCAL DIRECTORY.

Masonic.-Staunton Lodge No. 13.-J. Howard
Wayt, Master; A. A. Eskridge, Sec'y. Meet at their
lodge in Masonic Building the second and last FIJI
day nights in each month. if i.Al SOC tt9 j
Union Royal Arch Chapter-W, H. H. Lynn. high
Priest IA. A. Eskridge Secretary. Meets in Masonic
Hall the third Friday night in each month. II
Stevenson Commandery--Wm. A. Burke Com
mander; A. A. Eskridge, Recorder. Meets ! a
Masonic Hall the fourth Monday in each month. 8
knights of Honor.-R. c. Anderson, Past Dictor
tor; j. E. Rollins Dictator; W. A. Burnett, Reporte
Meets lst and 3rd Monday nights in their Hall In
the Cochran Building. iise4.a .
Odd Reconsideration Lodge No. sc. A.
Gladke, Noble Grand; N. M. Warner, R. Secretay !;
J. N. Argenbright, F. Secretary. Meets every
Thursday night in Odd Fellows Hall. 9
Central Encampment No A-W. M. Simpson
Chief Patriarch; James W. Blackburn, Scribe Meets
second and fourth Tuesday In each month in Odd
Fellows Hall. y-s -ls' 'tt7'4s4 sts4s /
Saunton Lodge No 1877 Iron Band o. K. s. B.--A
Hart President; Moritz WITT, Secretary. Meetsin
their Hall in the Cochran Building the LIST and Sd
Sundays at 10 A. M. ''s
Temperance. -Mizpah Ledge No. 116, ]. o. G. T,
meets in Charity Hall every Tuesday evening. W.
j. McCauly, W. G. T.. 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. ...ft-s,.t. +esis =,
Fire Department Fire Company
Michael Cox, Captain; Thos J. Crowder, Secretary
Meets fourth Tuesday in every month at Firemen's
Hall i. B5al .frsr4f VI t. ss,fssig fsst,s.l
StanntOn Hook and Ladder Company.-B F
Terry, Captain; Charles Hudson, Secretary. Meets
on first Tuesday in each month at their headquar-I
tiers in the city school building. iis s4 Aila&
Capt. j. H. Waters, Chief Engineer Of Fire
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LEARN TO BE SHoRT.-Long visits,
long stories, long exhortations, long
prayers and long editorials seldom profit
those who have to do with them Life is
short, time is short. moments are precious.
Learn to condense, to abridge and inten-
sify. We can endure many an ache and
i'll if it is soon over, while even plea
sures grow insipid and pain intolerable if
protracted beyond the limits of reason
and convenience. Learn to be short. Lop
off branches stick to the main fact in
your case. If you pray, ask for what you
desire and then stop. II you speak, tell
your message and hold your peace. Con-
dense two words into one. Learn to be
short.sd3 a n5N i
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22

] THE HABIT OF SELF CONTROL IF
there Is one habit which, above all others.
is deserving of cultivation, it is that of
self-control. In fact il includes SO much
that is Of value and Importance in, life,
that 1t may almost be said that, IN proper
ton to its power, does the man obtain bis
manhood and the woman her womanhood.
The ability to identify self with the high
est parts of our nature, and to bring all
the lower parts into subsection, or rather
to draw them all upwards into harmony
with the best that we know; is the one
central power which supplies vitality to all
the rest. How to develop this in the child
may we'll absorb the energy of every par
eht; how to cultivate it in himself may
well employ the wisdom and enthusiasm
Of every youth. Yet it is no mysterious or
complicated path that leads to this goal
The habit Of self control is but the accu-
mutation of continued acts of self denial
for worthy object, it is but the repeated
Authority Of the reason over the impulses,
Of the judgment over the inclinations. Of
the sense Of duty oyer the desires. He
who has acquired this habit, who can gov
ern himself intelligently, without painful
effort. and without any fear Of revolt from
his appetites and passions, has within him
the source of all real power and of all true
happiness. The force and energy which
I'D has put forth day by day and hour by
hour, is not exhausted, nor even dimin-
ished; on the contrary it has Increased BY
USE. and has become stronger and keener
BY exercise; and, although it has already
completed its work in the past, it is still
biz well tried, true and powerful weapon
for future conflicts in higher regions
PMladelphias Public Ledger. q, ,9.Ie y {
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22
A LESSON, AND HOW TWO LEARNED IT

Betty sighed. Now why she should
have sighed at this particular moment. no
one on earth could tell. And it was all
the more exasperating because John had
just generously put into her little shapely
hand brand-new ten-dollar bill. And
here began the trouble. n g.A'!as ga
"What's the matter?'' he said, his face
falling at the faint sound, and his mouth
clapping together in what those who knew
him but little called an obstinate pucker"
-"now what is it?" 11
Betty, who had just begun to change
the sigh into merry little laugh ripplln G
all over the corners of the red lips, stopped
suddenly, tossed her head, and with small
jerk, no ways conciliatmg, sent out the
words: ~ GU needn't insinuate chat Pm
always troublesome!" a1iis 8H945H
II didn't insinuate- who's talking OF
insinuating?" cried John, thoroughly in
censed at the very idea, and, backing away
a few steps, he glared down from his ire
mendous height in extreme irritation!
tits you yourself that's forever insinua-
ting, and all that, and then to put it on to
me-it's abominable" -it.5'i!ils 81
The voice was harsh, and the eyes that
looked down into hers were not pleasant
to behold. S aa&t4 Q.e1a Vi.
'And if you think, John Peabody that I'll
stand and have such things said to me, you
miss your guess that 3 all!,.' cried Betty,
with two big red spots coming in her
cheeks as she tried to draw her little, erect
figure up to It's utmost dimensions. ''For-
ever insinuating! I guess you wouldn't
have said that before married you'll Oh,
now you can, of course!o
ssDidn't you say it first, I'D like to
know?" cried John in great excitement,
drawing nearer to the small creature he
called wife, who was gazing at him with
blazing eyes Of Indignation; II can't en-
dure everything" l9usHS 1}i3pA
.'And if you bear more than do" cried
Betty, wholly beyond control now, why
then I'll give up" and she gave bitter
little laugh and tossed her head again.
And here they were in the midst Of a
quarrel! These two but year before had
promised to love and protect and help each
other through life. ~ fa 3
SNOW" said John, and he brought his
hand down with such bang on the table
before him that Betty nearly skipped out
of her little shoes, only she controlled the
start, for she would have died before she
had let John see it, 'swe'll have no more
of this nonsense!" His face was very pale,
and the lines around the mouth SO drawn
that it would have gone to any ones heart
to have seen their expression. m b. d 93i
II don't know how you will change it or
help it, said Betty, lightly, to conceal her
dismay at the turn affairs had taken, "I'm
sure" and she pushed back, with . ,saucy,
Indifferent gesture, the light waving hair
from her forehead. iuof ~ 49,. -
That hair that John always smoothed
when he petted her when tired or disheartE
eped, and called her sschild." Her gesture
struck him to the heart as he glanced at
her sunny hair and the cool, Indifferent
face underneath, and before be knew it be
was saying: There is no help for it now,
I suppose" 81 . 8 81 s.slsi III II
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22
W atches.

Watches, by reason of their fragile con-
structiOn. and the variations to which they
are liable. can after al only obtain linn
tied perfection in their performance !;
therefore. we must not be asst onishtd to
find them subject to certain varia io s..
These variations. which are easy 10 co; :
rect, need not prejudice the quality of a
watch, as will be proved by the following
example: Two watches we will suppose,
have been put to the same time by an ex-
cellent regulator. At the end of month.
one of these watches is quarter of an
hour too fast; the other is exactly right to
time. To which of these two watches
would we give the preference ? Perhaps
to the one which is exactly right. But in
making such a choice, we nevertheless IN
cur the risk of abandoning good watch
for bad one. The first watch has, we as
sumo. gained 80 seconds day; and accord
ing to this rate, it has gained quarter of
an hour in thirty days. What must be
done to make this watch 60 well Alter
the regulator inside from fast to slow, or
get careful watch maker to do it for you,
thereby altering its daily rate. Let us
now admit that the other watch has been
affected during . month by irregular go
ing, which has OccasiOned it sometimes to
gain, at other times to lose to certain
extent daily. It may easily occur that at
the end of month this gaining and losing
compensate each other, and by this means
the watch indicates the exact hour at the
time we look at it. Such watch can
never be relied upon. The fact is that a
watch which gains in regular manner or
loses in regular manner is superior to any
whose variation is uncertain, and where
its variation comes to be familiar, the lit
tie companion may vie with the most del
icately adjusted ships thermometer. A
skillful watch maker one day thus reason
ed with customer who complained of his
watch. You complained said he, "that
your watch gains minute month. Well,
then, you will congratulate yourself when
you have heard me. You are aware that
regulator, makes five oscillations every
second, which is $4,000 day; so that
your watch, exposed to all the vlcissitudes
which heat and cold occasion it, the vary
ing weight of the air, and the shaking to
which it is subjected, has not varied more
than a minute month, or two seconds
day.. 1t has only acquired with each vi
bration of the balance variation of the
two hundred and sixteen thousandth part
of q second. Judge then what must be
the extreme perfection Of the mechanism
of this watch ~ A watch cannot go for
an indefinite period without being repaired
or cleaned. At the expiration of certain
time, the oil dries up, dust accumulates,
and wear and tear are the inevitable re-
suits to the whole machinery, the func-
tions becoming irregular, and frequently
ceasing to act altogether. A person pos
sessing a watch Of good quality, and de-
sirous of preserving 1t as such, should have
it cleaned severy two years at least. But
care should be taxed to confide this clean
ing or repairing to careful hands; an in
capable workman may do great injury to
a watch even of the simplest construction.
Chambers Journal.
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1oetrp.5
The Silver Bridge.


81 a5t The Silver Bridge. 81, 80 {is
The sunset burns along the shore, i'4 Is
And faints beyond yon rosy reach of sea;
Night falls again but ali, no more, -''
No more, no more, - -'f'
My love returns to me. t-S
The lonely moon builds soft and slow
Her silver bridge across the main, 90
But him who sleeps the wave below,
Love mourns in vain; t-
All no, ah no.
He never comes again!
But when some night beside the sea, se.,. 81
watch when sunsets red has ceased to burn
That silver path, and sigh, 'Ah me-. es,st,ts.4
Ill All me, ali me, s .,s.44,. tsss if,,f. -l
He never will RETURN
If on that bridge Of ripping light
His homeward feet should find their way,
should not wonder at the sight, - ,.s,.s tx.
But only say, .
"Ah love, my love.
KNEW you would not stayi'' ,,-s ~.
.r- s..t.s. ,t,t --zEizabeth Akers Alle7a
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22

FURNITURE can be washed with warm
soapsuds, quickly washed dry, and then
rubbed with an oily cloth. To polish il
rub it with rottenstone and sweet OIL
Clean off the oil and polish with chamois
skin. -.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22

SALT FOR PoULTRY.-We clip the fol-
lowing useful hints: Hens often have a
habit of biting and pulling at their feath-
ers, and greedily eating them until their
bodies are bare. This practice, it is be-
lieved, is occasioned by want Of salt. as
when sailed food is given them, they make
no attempt to continue the habit. Salt
pork chopped fine and fed twice week,
has been adopted with success, while 9TH,
ers put teaspoonful of salt with two
quarts of meal or shorts moistened, well
mixed. and feed IL about twice every
week. Fowls, like human beings, to be
healthy, must have certain allowance of
salt $50 ii
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22

DYSPEPSIA .CURE.-In mild cases take
one teaspoonful sweet oil, after eating,
three times a day. In severe forms take a
dessert spoonful. This followed up has
cured cases where the doctors have given
them up. Ye who suffer from this dread
full disease. don't fail to try it; surely it
can't hurt you.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22

How TO CURE SoRB THROAT .-One
who has tried communicates the following
about curing sore Threats: Let each one
of your readers buy at any drug store one
ounce of camphoratedi oil and five cents
worth of chlorate Of potash. When any
soreness appears in the throat put the pct
ash in half tumbler of water, and with
it gargle the throat thoroughly andrub with
the camphorated oil at night before going
to bed, and also pin around the throat a
small strip OF wooden. flannel. This is a
simple, cheap and sure remedy.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22

TO BAKE EaGs.-Butter clear,
smooth saucepan, break as many eggs as
will be needed into saucer, one by one.
If found good slip it into the dish. No
broken yolk allowed, nor must they crowd
SO as to risk breaking the yolk after put
it. Put a small piece of butter on each,
and sprinkle with pepper and salt. set in
to a well-heated oven, and bake till the
whites are set, If the oven is rightly
heated it will take but few minutes, and
is far more delicate than fried eggs.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22

ROASTED BEET PIE-Cut cold roast
beef. or beefsteak, into thin slices, line a
deep dish, on the sides, with paste; lay some
of the meat on the bottom. sprinkle it
with salt, pepper, pinch of ground cloves
small bits of butter, and few slices Of
tomatoes; then add another layer of meat,
and so on until the dish js full, cover with
crust and bake one-half hour.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22

THERE is scarcely any remedy so eff
fectual in the cure of disordered bowels as
absolute rest in recumbent position. If
there be laxness. liquid food should be ia.
ken instead Of solid. A wet towel over
the abdomen covered with dry one, worn
at night, will do wonders in such cases.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-22

AN ANTIDOTE FOR POIsON.-If per-
son swallows any poison whatever, or has
fallen into coDvulsions from having over
loaded the stomach, am instantaneous
remedy, most efficient and applicable in a
large number of cases, is a heaping tea
spoonful of common salt and as much
ground mustard. stirred rapidly in tea
cupful of water, warm or cold. and swat
lowed instantly. 1t is scarcely down be-
fore it begins to come, bringing with it
the remaining contents Of the stomach;
and lest there be any remnant of the poi
son, however small, let the white of an
egg or a teaspoonful of strong coffee be
swallowed as soon as the stomach is quiet,
because these very common articles null
ify large number Of virulent poisons.
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FARM AND PRESIDE.

PROFIT IN HOGs..-In raising hogs, as
in other departments Of live stock husba n
dry the interest OF the farmer IS to get the
most money for his care, labor and feed.
1t has been shown repeatedly by expert :
ments that well bred Berkshires and Po-
land China swine will, under favorable
circumstances. produce twelve pounds of
pork for a bushel of corn. These instances
may not be very numerous, but they show
what can be done and done without diff
Guilty. From list of experiments in feed
ing swine made in several States, the low
est average was i've and three quarter
pounds OF pork to bushel of corn fed on
the ground, and the highest an average of
twenty pounds, made by feeding pair Of
pigs green corn in the ear. From thirteen
experiments made, the average for every
'bushel of corn is 10 pounds of pork. With
good breed of swine properly cared for,
five and one-sixteenth pounds of corn
ought to produce one pound of pork. This
is better average than is generally ob-
tanned, but it is both possible and practi-
cable. Instead Of six pounds to the BUSH
el-which is a fair estimate with inferior
animals to consume the grain-the farmer
ought not to be content with less than ten
pounds. It is not difficult to calcula to
what one is doing in feeding corn to hogs
in the way of returns. If one bushel sof
corn represents ten pounds of pork, and
the price of pork IS SIS per hundred, the
farmer is receiving 80 cents per bushel for
his corn, and if pork is 81 per hundred he
is getting 40 cents for corn.
How TO TAKE CARE OF KITCHEN
FLooRs.-If you have a painted floor,
keep soap and soapsuds from it, for it
spoils the brightness of the paint, makes
it soft, and then it peels off, leaving the
floor looking worse than if it bad not been
painted. If your floor has not been pain
ted, keep soap from it, for it gives it dir
ty, grlmy look, and keeps growing worse
and worse. just take clean, hot water,
put teaspoonful of spirits of ammonia
into three-gallon pail of this, stir it, and
with clean, long-handled mop, rub the
floor all over, then wipe it off with clean
water, it will take little while to get the
gray out of the boards. but it will come
out after time, and you will find it far
easier to keep your floor white and nice
than when it was cleaned with soap or
suds. Ela
, 1880-09-18
LYON H. HEAlY, CHICAGO, ILL.
OLIVER I>ITSDN n Co. Boston.
ThE Y0OAG LADIES' JOURNAL
18th Best Maga1tne for Ladies' and Families,


lNEFk frft {sft@k,
4 ragged snnu Of leisure Win was stunning
himself on tlln Whnrf III the .fous Of Grls'Ynd
street yesterday, was ncc0htxl by a second, WIN
was ii.tle moro ragged. il possllllc, with tho
inquiry:
..And which purity nre you holtcrtng for this
failf"
"'Ne!.hor," ,was the l.rief reply.
"What, nlnt ytu tlNHf?"
'Not a tn. Tho hpst offer have had Il tho
Promise VI 81 t,r two t,niths Of E,,llurtng,"
"Onl} f.f Why. whit sort IT un election Ia
This 9nlng III be- aud Presidential year, touY Hid
you takU III"
'sTasu II" rtheA tho Othcr. as ho pulle.l /.
l.o*t patel, ntcr Ills naked knee. ~ aid NIT,
I've tntcn thinking anll thinking for Il yhnlt1
week ras!. al,d ~ you know whit l'so na.'e u1'
-So."
"fm Rctng tn lot tho cnu,.try u, 10 her ,ie-
struVtion Yes. Sr; nsItElx Il, teu her plungu,l
!rtr ~" irps1Is III nllNtthy Ruu mryGt r,kG d
lsln!l T.. prevent. Twu 4a,x tU shvt. this c.t,-
Eln 10 kIl1w .nu!'
Atr1 then lnn inalr sat Anwll oil IL salt-barrcl
VtuG9 or sAlt GtAttlsh.
, 1880-09-18

4 Gcfs,nla hawk 1rcr,llIy nalu. Il t,oltl attack
rron lady. shu was sitting III u r,al,n ,djOl,-
i14g The bull In her illlke IN ynesig, whvi. si.u
Klass outside tha dtt'r. ltushng Into tho hiii
she found her littlo child il,uEc, uuli rcrci,ud
upon sot,io ublect rcar " hand u ElxaMttu hawk.
ss:oop for hea, md while kh9 WIS usiny iii
sndeavofs to protect the Chi Id hy covering its
AflsE serious struggle sho succeeded in boat.
nR 1ne o'Ed o1. when Il !etreated to 4 picture
ot nen. Les. on which Il perchel, Tho lady
70 c!ose the hall.door, This was doiia, md The
a.sd saxe woa!d . h1vs oven esm4se. u he had not
and escaped. He was, 10 largo that whom hc
Oh esch aide,
, 1880-09-18

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In the last ten days over threa-quaFtefs OF q
million ct standard al!vcr dollars bayc bpen or
dersd from the Treasury and scattered over the
country. The 10. 900 circulars sent out By TFeas'
d2y Twenty. &1vu orders were tec0iyeq from the
Wcst and Houth asking for from 800 to 80 600
and tho uoxt largest from Columbus. Iud. With
these utders aro complaints Of scarcity OF
ANAL bills. which Is tho primo cause OF stlvGr
going 10 rapidly.