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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-15
LOCAL DIRECTORY.

( Masonic-Staunton 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, 81. H. Lynn, High
Priest; A. A. Eskridge Secretary. Meets in Masonic
Hall the third Friday nightin each month
Stevenson COMMUNICATIVE. A. Burke Com
mander; A. A. Eskridge, Recorder. Meets
| Masonic Hall the fourth Monday in each month
Knights of Honor.-R. c. Anderson, Past Dictor
tor j. E. Rollins, Dictator; W A Burnett. Reporte-
Meets 1st and 3rd Monday nights in their Hall in
the Cochran Building.
| Odd Fellows.-Staunton 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.
Central Encampment No M-W. NJ 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 M.
| Temperance-Mizpah Lodge No 49, 1. 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-
CoIuluS OCIlUC N4CCto CfCAy ElAudf uAEib az ACAA
perance Hall.
Fire Department. Fire Company
Michael Cox, Captain; Thos. j. Crowder, Secretary
Meets fourth Tuesday in every month at Firemen's
Hall ts asn
/ Stanton Hook and Ladder COmpany.-B.
Terry, Captains 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.
Mitary.-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.
Staunton Artilery-A. q. 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.
Stonewal 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. G. Morton, President; A. F. Robertson Secretary
Meets at their rooms in City Hall for all devotional
exercises every Sunday evening at4 P. M. Direc
tory meetings at the call of the President Library
open every evening from to 9 P. M.
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AN UNEXPECTED GLUE.

AS the Rev: John Craig was returning
home to Weston-Super Mare in the west
of England. on the night OF September
IL, 1881, be was accosted by young man
in the garb of sailor. who asked the
time. It was nine o'clock, and there was
sufficient light to enable. the clergyman to
take good look at the sailor. He was
above the medium height, with smooth
face, dark curly hair, and a small scar
above the left eyebrow. He carried a
thick stick in his right hand with a dogs
head on the top. The clergyman rode on
and the sailor pursued his course in the
same direction.
Soon after daylight on the morning OF
September 18th, James Butler. wealthy
resident of Weston, was found murdered
in his bed room. He was widower with
one daughter, Emily, aged eighteen,
loyely.girl. Mr.. Buffers skull had beer
fractured with some blunt instrument
| The desk in his room was rided and SOM
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Self Possession on the Scafold.

! 1t is common subject of marvel that
4 criminals in the presence OF immediate exc
cution are usually self possessed, and often
exhibit singular composure. The doomed
creature sleeps the night before his vio-
lent death, and rises composed to pass
through the ordeal. The exceptions to
this rule are few. and there is no reason to
suppose that the individuals who display
greater emotion or who are Frustrated by
the agoDizing prospect of death feel their
position more acutely than those who pre-
erve control Of their demeanor. It is a
prevalent but groundless error to suppose
the state of mind in which most capital
! offenders meet their doom is one of scare
or paralyzing amazement. = They retain
every faculty, taste, consideration. and
even fancy. They frequently give tokens
of especial thoughtfulness, and are puctili-
GUS in the observance of rules and the
adoption of measures to diminish their
own pain and the trouble and sympathetic
suffering of those by whom they are sur
rounded, or who will be left burdened with
their memories. Mentally and PHYSICAL y
the criminal, during the last few hours Of
his life, in the Immediate presence of a
cruel death, is self-possessed and tranquil.
His pulse is even less disturbed than those
of the officials who are compelled to take
part in his execution. Why is this !? The
answer will be obvious on reflection. The
mind has reached what may be designated
a "dead-point' in its tension. The ex
citement is over, the agony of anticipation,
the trembling doubt between hope and fear
of escape, has exhausted the irritabiljry of
the mind, and there is, as it were, a pause,
an interval of passive endurance between
the end of the struggle for life and the bit
terness of remorse and agony of disappoint-
ment which may begin at death. In this
interval the mind is released from the tell
sion OF its efforts for self preservation, and
almost rebounds with the sense of relief
that comes with certainty, even though the
assurance be that of impending death. IL
the pause there is time and opportunity for
the recognition of surrounding circum-
stances, which have been, as it were, over
looked in the yearning for life. The clear
ness of mental vision, the recognition OF
detail displayed at such moment are re-
markable, not only on account of the
strange circumstances under which they
occur, but in degree. Men and women
who have for some time previously exhib-
tied no trace of delicacy or refinement, ex-
hibit characteristic traits of thoughtful
ness. They are, so they say, lifted out Of
themselves and placed in new conditions
calculated to awaken feelings Of curiosity
which seldom fail to respond.
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Married for Love.


Married for Love.
"Yes, Jack Brown was splendid fellow,
But married for love. you know;
remember the girl very we'll
Sweet little Kitty Duffau.
Pretty, and loving, and good,
And bright as fairy elf,
Twas very much tempted indeed
To marry Kitty myself
"But her friends were all Of them poor.
And Kitty had not cent;
And knew should never be
With love in cottage content.
So Jack was the lucky w0oer,
Or nnlucky anyway
You can see how shabby his coat.
And his hair is turning gray.
ssBut I'm told he thinks himself rich
With Kitty and homely joys;
A cot far away out of town
Full of noisy girls and boys.
Poor Jack Pm sorry, and all that,
But of course he very well knew
That fellows who marry for love 1890
Must drink OF the liquor they brew"
And the handsome Augustus smiled,
His coat was in perfect style,
And women still spoke Of his grace.
And gave him their sweetest smile.
But he thought that night Of Jack Brown,
And said, I'm growing old;
think must really marry
Some beautiful girl with gold.''
Years passed and the bachelor grew
Tiresome, and stupid, and old;
He had not been able to find
The beautiful girl with gold.
Alone with his fancles he dwelt
Alone in the crowded town,
Till one day he suddenly met
The friend of his YOUTH Jack Brown
'Why, Gust" "Why, Jack! What meeting!
Jack was so happy and gay;
The bachelor sighed for content
AS he followed his friend away
To the cot far out of town,
Set deep in its orchard trees,
Scented with lilies and roses,
Cooled with the ocean breeze.
'sWhy, Jack, what a beautiful place!
What did it cOst?' ooh it grew.
There were only three rooms at first,
Then soon the three were too few.
So we added room now and then;
And oft, in the evening hours,
Kitty, the children, and I
e. Planted the trees and flowers"
land they grew as the children grew
Jack, Harry and Grace and Belle)"
"And where are the youngsters now2"
"AIl happy, and doing well.'
Jack went to Spain for our house
His road is level and clear
And Harry's a lawyer in town
Making three thousand year.
sAnd Grace and Belle are we'll married
They married for love, as is best:
But often our brides come back
To visit the dear home nest,
So my sweet wife Kitty and 1
From labor and care may cease;
We have enough, and age can bring
Nothing but love and peace"
But over and over again
The bachelor thought that night,
"Home and wife and children!
Jack Brown was, after all, right,
Oh! if in the days of my youth
Ihad honestly loved and wed!
For now when Pm old there's no one cares
Whether I'm living or dead"
-HarYer's Weekly.
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+ WISE MEN talk because they have some
thing to say; but fools talk because they.
want to say something. l3ns3go a
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-15

If WE would get, we must first give.-
When the pump will not work we pour a
little water into it, and that enables it to
bring up more.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-15

Do NOT go to sleep intending to do a
mean thing when you awake. It invites
tina devil to paint your dreams.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-15

B1scu1r-MAKINa.-If when making bis
cult, the salaratus Is sifted with the f,onr
instead Of dissolving it In water, the bic
cult will be better and lighter. 7 nso
moderately heaped teaspoonful of sal.rat,.
to two cups of sour milk or buttermilk
prefer buttermilk, but the biscuit mnst -
mixed as soft as possibles ~
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-15

PROFITS OF SHEEP RAIsINa.-Four
years ago Mr.. Fleet bought ten head of
sheep, says the Mandate Review for
which he paid 81 each or $40 for the lot.
The first year the wool crop sold for SIS;
the second for $2S, and the third $3.50, or a
total of $132. He had killed six head,
which have Melted him more than the
original outlay, and still has fifty head of
old sheep and thirty young ones, from
which he estimates that he will shear at
least s160 worth Of wool. This will give
$500 for wool in four years, and his flock is
worth $3.50 more. Of course their keeping
has been a source of expense, but the ben
eft of a flock of sheep in keeping down
weeds and brush on farm almost COM
pensates for their care. A farmer of ex-
perience in wool growing has well said that
there is more money in growing wool at
20 cents pound than to loan your money
at 10 per cent. interest.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-15

WHAT CAUSES GRAY HAIRS. Gray
hairs sometimes come prematurely by in
heritance, trouble, or the large use of wa
ter containing lime. The sudden blanch-
ing Of head of hair is frequently caused
by severe nervous shocks, and numerous
historical and traditional cases may be
cited in which sudden fear or overWhelm
ing news has turned the hair white in
few hours. The case of Marie Antoinette
is one of the most tender and touching, for
in single night her rich dark hair was
changed to silver gray. A Sepoy of the
Bengal army was taken prisoner IN 1858,
and the fright he received caused his hair
to become completely whitened within half
an hour, the change being so rapid as to
cause his captors to exclaim in astonish-
ment: He is turning gray!" Under the
influence of fear or any great mental shock
the blood recedes from the surface of the
body to the heart, and it is supposed the
same influence may cause the coloring fluid
of the hair to retire to the root-bulbs where
it remains thereafter. Gray hairs have
been known tc become dark without the
chemists aid. In IVA, Nazarelia, man
los years old, was presented by nature with
a new set Of teeth, and a restoration of the
black hair of his youth. John Weeks was
blessed with regeneration of the color of
his hair short time before his death, which
occurred at the age Of ia and Sir John
Sinclair, dying at 10, rejoiced at youth
full head of hair during the latter years Of
his life. DR.. Richards has reported the
case Of a man who had three changes of
his hair from black to white during his
life, the first taking place when he was
about So years old.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-15

The CORN CROP.-The earlier the corn
is husked and the fodder well stored this
month, if possible), the pleasanter will be
the work. The fodder will not grow bet
ter if allowed to remain in the field through
long storms. The Importance of ventila-
ton in cribbing the grain to prevent it's
moulding until it is dry enough to keep
sound, should not be overlooked. Heated,
nodded corn is poor stuff, and will always
be rejected to great extent by the stock.
stAn ounce of prevention is better than
pound of cure;" and whilst on the subject
Of corn, let us again call attention of the
corn-grower to the Importance of look
ing out for the best ears from which to Sc
lect his seed corn the next season. A lit
tie attention to this may be the means OF
increasing his next crop; and. in addition,
we would add that the seed should be care
fully preserved and kept sound, and where
it will be dried quickly. Good, sound,
pure-bred seed is at the bottom of all sue
cess in agricultural as well as some other
branches of productive industry. Breed
ers Of choice animals understand this fully,
and it is time that the law of heredity
was better understood and its influence
more fully appreciated by producers in all
departments.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-15

A LIGHTNING FLASH. DIES tructive
effects of lightning are familiar to all of
you. All the more ordinary effects can
easily be reproduced by the help of Leyden
jars on a small scale. How small you may
easily conceive when tell you that three
foot spark is considered long one, even
for most powerful machines, while it is
quite certain that lightning flashes often
exceed mile in length, and sometimes ex-
tend to four and five miles. One recorded
observation, by trustworthy observer,
seems to imply a discharge over total
length of nearly ten miles. When tree
is struck by violent discharge it is usual
ly split up literally into mere flores. A
more moderate discharge may rupture the
channels through which the sap flows, and
thus the tree may be killed without suffer-
ing any apparent external damage These
results are usually assigned to the sudden
vaporization of moisture, and the idea
is probably accurate, for it is easy to
burst very strong glass tube if we
I'LL it with water and discharge jar by
means of two wires whose extremities are
placed in the water at short distance from
one another. The tube bursts even if one
end be left open, thus showing that the
extrem suddenness of the explosion makes
it act. in all directions, and not solely in
that of least resistance. When we think
of the danger of leaving even a few DROPS
of water in mould into which melted iron
is to be poured, we shall find no difficulty
in thus accounting for the violent disrup-
tive effects produced by lightning.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-15

3 How CIDER IS CLARIFIED.-To have
good cider, use only sound, ripe apples and
put 1t In clean, sweet casks. Leave 80
bung out for it to work over the hmm,
ties, and when it has stopped fermentino
draw off the clear cider three inches from
the bottom, SO as not to disturb the ,edi-
ment, either in bottles or fresh eask and
cork up tight. When bottled, teasnoon
full of clear sugar candy or white snna.,
should be put into each bottle.-1smes
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KEEP THE Cows CLEAN.-To keep milk
clean while in the act of drawing it, the
cow must be clean, her bag and teats
washed and wiped before commencing to
milk her and the milkman IS hands be then
washed. After straining and setting see
that no foul air can come from any quar-
ter to faint the milk. and for this we must
be particularly careful. for such is often
borne on strong breeze fully mile off or
more from the place where it originated.
1t is, of course, presupposed that all ves
sells used for holding the milk are kept
clean and entirely clear of every sort of
odors. We have often seen the dairy house
placed close to the cattle yard, poultry
house, and what is foulest of all a dirty
pig pen. No wonder this is the cause so
much butter and cheese sent to the mar
ket are not fit to be eaten. .Yst
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-15

WHITE HARD SoAP.-Good hard soan
may be made as follows: Ten pounds of
soap grease-refned tallow is best for white
soaps boiled in lye made in five pounds
of soda, half as much fresh lime, boiled
for half an hour In seven gallons of wa
ter. When the lye is cold it is drained
from the soda and lime, and boiled with
the grease for one hour or longer, until it
is clear, when it is poured into a tub to
cool. The soap floats on the top, and NAV
be cut into bars to be removed.
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

FALL PLoWING.-Th1s work is general
ly admitted to be desirable wherever the
the soil is so clayey as to be benefited by
alternate freezing and thawing during wiz =
ter. Fall blowing. also helps the work
along in the spring, when farmers are most
often hurried with their work. A cotem-
porary makes some good suggestions
Grass land plowed this fall and narrowed
sufficiently to level the surface, may be
dressed with manure at any tine during
winter, when it will be all ready for re-
ceving the seed in the spring. Many
fields that are too soft for carting over IN
spring may be MANFRED in winter to good
ADVANTAGE. Carting heavy loads over fro
zen ground doesn't hurt it in the least, by
packing and COMPRISING the soil, as dur
ing the summer season. It is also less eX-
penslve hauling manure in winter, when
both men and teams are comparatively at
leisure and fields that are at some distance
from the farm buildings may in this way
be cultivated at profit. There is much
less waste from spreading manure in win
ter on fields to be planted the following
season than most of us have supposed. The
soil seems to have a great affinity for ma
nure, and holds to 1T very tenaciously. On
a steep hillside little more caution may
be necessary, though even here there will
be less than one would think who had new
er tried the experiment Of winter manur-
ing. 1879
1t is claimed, too, that fall blowing de-
stroys large numbers of insects, and there
is no doubt that frequent stirring Of the
soil at any season has tendency in this
direction. Grubs that would bear freezing
unframed in the soil might find the winter
far too severe ii left upon the surface some
cold day late in October. Fall blowing of
land that has been cultivated during the
summer will also hold in check or utterly
destroy many weeds that otherwise would
start into growth early in spring, and per-
haps prove great nuisance.
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slain her father, although he was her hus-
band ? Ransom had shipped under the
name of Carter, and she hoped and prayed
his whereabouts would never be discovered.
It is needless to say that the young couple
were happily reunited.
DOES THE WORLD MISS ANY ONE p
Not long. The best and most useful of us
will soon be forgotten. Those who to-day
are filling a large place in the worlds re-
gard will pass away from the remembrance
of men in few months, or at the farthest
| in few years after the grave has closed
upon the remains. We are shedding tears
over a new made grave and wildly crying
out in our grief that our loss is irreparable,
vet in short time the tendrils of love have
twined around other supports, and we no
longer miss the one who is gone, So passes
the world. But there are those to whom a
loss is beyond repair. There are men from
whose memories no woman's smile can
chase recolleotions Of the sweet face that
has gwen up all it's beauty at deaths icy
touch. There are women whose plighted
faith extends beyond the grave, and drives
away as profane those who would entice
them from worship Of their buried loves.
Such loyalty, however, is hidden away from
the public gaze. The world sweeps on be-
side and around them and cares not to look
in upon this unobtruding grief, It earyes
a line and rears stone over the dead and
hastens away to offer homage to the living.
l-PToof Sbeet.T l.ama!sa99 gao
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-18
Our Future,
st. Louis Republicai

In bis speech at Indianapolis last Satur
day, ex-S Senator j. r. Doolittle Of Wiscon.
sin said: If the republic is true to itself
and true to the ideas OF its founders,
before the end of the second century it
will be the greatest nation that ever APP
paafeds ON the face of the earth" The
FIRST century of our independence as q
natioa closed 10 1878. and we are DOW liv-
ingin the second, But the first census of
ths country was taken in 1890. and we
have yet ten years to go before we reach
the. tenth decade of population statistics;
In 1870 our fathers were feeble folk
comparatively. the population being then
only s. 100000. 10 1920 it was 9,633. 900;
in 1850 it was %. l9l. 900; and 10 1880 it is
48. 600. 600 1t more than doubled in the
FIRST thirty years, more than doRbled in
the next thirty, and more than doubled
again in the next thirty-the doubling
being completed in each case in about
twenty five years. If it shall grow at the
rate of doubling ones 10 every thirty
years, it will be nearly 100 000.O00in 1919,
| zoe, OOO, 900 In 1910, and 100000 600 at the
close of the second century of the republics
existence In 1876. These are prodigious
figures. There is nothing like them shown
in any civilized country on the face of the
earth. There are said to be 250,000,000
souls in India and 100000 600 in China.
but these are mere numbers uuaccompau-
led with that influence on the world
which large civilized populations. signify
There are now few children living. per-
haps. who will be still living at the end Of
the long period contemplated by MIR.
Doolittle, and see with their own eyes
what the Republic will be at the end of its
second century, But il is not probable
that our population will continue to multi
ply in the next hundred years rs it has
multiplied In the last. 1t may not double
again till at the close of the next forty
years in 1920 Still this will make US the
most populous and powerful civilized
nation Oh the globe, with population OF
100, 900, 900. and with all the organization
arts and appliances of civilization that at
tend such an enormous com munlty; and
it is exhiIarafing to the children and youth
of the present day TO think it they ever
make the effort to tske in the grand future
with its immense probabilities that many
of them will be members OF that over
poweriDg community and citizens of that
large republic.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-18

In Pennsylvania the Democrats are
better organized than for twenty years.
Hancock clubs have been formed 10 every
county and nearly every hamlet in the
state, while the enthusissmsf or the Demo
craticiuomiuee is great. In Philadelphia,
where thes Republicans are. in possession
of the entire political machinery. the en-
thusiasm for Hancocklis unbounded, and
in some of the precincts. Hancock clubs
have been formed composed entirely Of
those who haye.always vossd the Repubh-
can ticket, but Mo are hsartiIv tor Han
cock, The Chronicle Herald of Philadel~
phia, says-."The enthusiasm for Hancock
is unprecedented. Not since the memora-
BILE Douglass campaign has such spontane-
Gus interest been manifested as is now
shown for Hancock, The Democratic
factions are reunited. the leaders are
working together. and the rank and file of
the Democracy is in better organization
than since 1856. Unless the signs fall
General Hancock will carry Pennsylvania
beyond doubt"
To carry Pennsylvania for Hancock
would be to settle the presiden CT beyond
all cavil. =