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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-06-22

No. % MIXED leaves Staunton daily, eXeep
Sunday, at $40 a. M, and is connected with a
Gordonsville by Virginia Midland Mail from
Washington, and arrives at Richmond at so
D. m.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-06-22

No. EMAIL leaves Huntington daily, except
Saturday. for acknowledgements closely at
Gordonsville for Washington.
Virginia Mid and Mail from DaDville and
Lynchburg connects closely with No. for
Richmond.
No. EXPRESS, c. B. S. & P. P. Steamer
leaves Cincinnati at 400 p. m. daily, and is due
which runs daily to Richmond. Connects
closely at Charlottesville for Lynchburg and
Danvlle. Connects closely at Gordonsville for
Washington.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-06-22
GROCERIES, SC.
Grocery and Produce Business.

Grocery and Produce Business.
We will keep constantly on hand a full stock of
Staple ana Fancy Groceries,
CONEECTIONERtES OF all kinds,
WILLOW AND WOODEN WARE,
and complete assortment of
TOBACCO AND CIGARS;
in fact, everything to be found in a frst-class
Grocery Store.
Mr.. Jno. c. Dunlap, late of Moifetts Creek,
Augusta Co., respectfully soicits the patronage
of his friends. Very respectfully,
DEBTOR & DUNLAP,
10Y s. Augusta ST., Staunton, Va.
p. S.-We are also agents for J. Calvin Skaters
Pure Fruit ayrups. No one should be with
out these Syrups They are the best made.
mar16-1y Wv C. DEBTOR Il DUNLAP.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-06-22

WHY Boys SHOULD Nor SMOKE
When boys are advised on the grounds
of health not to smoke, says the New
York Times, they laugh at the advice
and call its givers old fogies. But careful
experiments lately made by physician
of repute prove that the practice is very
injurious. He took for his purpose 50
boys, who were in the habit of smoking
and examined them closely. In q Of
them be found hurtful effects plainly to
be seen, % having various disorders of
the circulation and digestion, palpita-
ton of the heart, and more or less crav-
ing for strong drink. Twelve of the
boys were frequently troubled with
bleeding at the nose, 10 had disturbed
sleep, and II had slight liberation Of the
mucous membrane Of the mouth, which
disappeared after the discrimination of
tobacco for ten or twelve days. The
physician treated them all for weakness
and nervousness, with no avail until
they had given up smoking, when
health and strength were speedily re-
stored. Even if it be granted that
smoking is not injurious to adults, there
| is no doubt of its harmfulness to youth.
DR.. Rankin, DR.. Richardson snd others
who have made special study of the
subject, all agree in declaring that it
causes in them impairment in growth,
and premature virility and physical
degradation. One Of its worst effects
is the provocation of all appetite for liz
uor in both young and old. When boys
drink to excess they are Invariably
smokers. Men who want to give up
drinking usually have to give up smok-
ing at the same time, for cigar or pipe
excites desire for liquor very hard to
| control.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-06-22

The Washington Post. styles the &C
ton of the Chicago Convention touch
ing civil service reform, redundant
And such it is. Com
Mr.. Hayes and his effort to
carry into effect the spirit of the plat
form, of 1876, it impudently mounted
upon its latest fraudulent invention, one
of the men that Hayes dismissed from
the public service, because, as he said in
his message to the Senate, January 81,
1879:
with my information of the facts in
the case, and with deep sense of the
responsible obligation imposed upon me
by the Constitution to take care that
the laws be faithfully executed I re-
gard it as my plain duty to suspend the
officers in gu estion, Cornell and Ar
thur and to make the nominations now
before the Senate, in order that this i'm
portant Office mag be honestly and eff
ciently administered"
And so the Radicals at Chicago, spat
upon and dishonored their own plat
form, even before the builders had dis
persed. Abiding to this specimen of
political mendacity, the Post says:
"If this were not an affair of too much
importance to be treated with levity it
would be ludicrous in the extreme.
God bless you, Mr.. Hayes says the
convention, I'VE glory in your civil SER
vice reform, but the chiefof the corrup-
tionists, whom your reform threw out
office, shall ride behind Brother Gar
field in this Presidential racen
"Such hypocrisy as this climbs to the
altitude of sublime audacity. AS work
of art it would pe credit to the ablest
of those Christian statesmen who have
robbed the freedman and the Indian
and stolen the gravestone appropriation
for soldiers cemeteries"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-06-22

SLEEPING CARS on No. 2 from Hunting
ton to Alderson's. On No. from Covngton to
Richmond.
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage. Checks, &C..
apply to JOHN n. WOODWARD,
Ticket Agent. Staunton Va.
CONWAY R. HOWARD,
W. N. S. Dunn, G. p. and T. Agent.
Engineer and Supt. jeS
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-10-13

in debt. "At all events" he says, 81
have no bills to pay" He is not
afraid OF every ring at the bell, nor
OF the first man he meets being
creditor whom he is putting off. If
a windtall arrives he can enjoy it. 1t
is not all bespoken long before and
swallowed up by the mouths Of i'm
Fortunate debts. He can always
make both ends meet, and often lay
by something at the end of the year.
lie can help poor relation, or give
a needy friend helping hand. He
squares his accounts every month,
perhaps every week, and always has
money on hand. His credit" is
good, but he will not take advantage
OF that fact. He declines to make
show at the expense Of others. What
ever he has, eats, drinks, wears,
drives, rides, uses is. paid tor. If it
were not, he would hardly think it
his, or that he had any right to it.
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Mrs. GaStOn'S ssDay.'

Mrs. CASTOR was one OF the cheer
lest, lIveliest, most hopeful little wo.
men that ever lived. But on this
particular morning her brow was
shaded by something that resembled
frown, her voice had lost it's cheer.
full ring, and there was mopishness
about her movements that did not
agree with her usual briskness. To
tell the truth, Mrs. Castor had an
attack Of the blues.
AS soon as her daughter Maud, a
bright girl of II, had given her
goodbye kiss and started for school,
and Mr.. CASTOR and their son were
safely out of the way, Mrs. CASTOR
sat down on the edge OF the bed,
drew a letter from her pocket, and
began to read. But the shade on her
brow deepened, and the lines about
the pleasant mouth increased, as her
eye ran over the page. Then she
folded the letter and said aloud "It's
too bad, anyway. I'm not envious,
but it is hard to think that Ellen can
have everything, while l must drudge
and drudge, and have nothing after
all. If we had only stayed in Boston,
l believe we might have been well off
to-day. just to think of her presents
on New Years day-a diamond ring
and a silver tea set, and piano for
Mary Idon't want a silver set nor
diamond rja bt do care for the
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, spring up under tie warm March

to spring up under tie warm March
sun.
That evening, as tie family were
all gathered around tie cheerful tire,
Mr.. CASTOR said:
"Mother what do you think | heard
neighbor Shines say today ?'
"What was it ?" asked Mrs. Gas
ton, while the childrel looked from
their books in Questioning surprise.
"He said John Gaston's wife was
the bravest, cheeriest, helpfulest wo-
man in the neighborhood. That his
wife would have been discouraged
and gone back East long ago only
for her. She was always on the
bright side and never got the blues"
I'VE all knew that before, didn't
we, mother ?" said Maud laying her
head in her mothers lap.
But Mrs. CASTOR did not reply.
She was thinking Of her spell" of the
morning, SO she only stroked the
bright young head and inwardly re-
Jolceu tldI she mad not betrayed ner-
self to them.
81 believe mothers secret lies in
this, she is always counting her bless.
ings," said Mr.. CASTOR, smilingly
But that night, in the quiet of their
own room, Mrs. CASTOR, told her hus-
band her experience Of the morning.
Il was wishing myself back, John.
L was envious Of my sisters comforts,
and in cherishing my envy, lost sight
otyou, OF myself and God. | could not
see any Providence in our being out
here, deprived OF society and friends.
But l see now, and am satisfied to fill
my appointed place, and God will see
to it that our children fill theirs ALSO"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-10-13
Learn a Trade.

One man with trade is worth a
thousand without one. The hosts of
young men in every large city who ap-
ply tor employment and fail to getit for
the reason that they can not truth.
fully affirm that they are educated or
especially fitted for any particular
business, constitute a potent argu.
ment in favor Of reform. Under the
apprentice system, we shall have
fewer ignorant mechanics and incom-
petent business men. A trade is a
fortune Ill itself.
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Okra Soup.

No. IA pound OF "round" steak
cut into dice, two tablespoonful OF
good drippings and sliced onion.
Fry all together in the soup-pot until
we'll Drowned. Then add four quarts
of cold water and simmer two hours;
to this add a quart of sliced okra,
spoonful OF parsley, and simmer two
hours longer. Season with pepper
and salt, strain and serve No. q
Take good beef bone with a pound
or more of meat on it, place in a
kettle on back of the stove, adding
four or five quarts of cold water.
Cover tightly and simmer three or
tour hours. Remove the fat, add a
minced onion, a tablespoonful of
minced parsley, three quarts Of sliced
okra and quart of peeled and sliced
tomatoes. Season and cook slowly
two or three hours longer. Strain
and serve. The tomatoes may be
omitted in this last recipe and third
more okra submitted.
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Getting Along Splendid.

"Why, George, how are you get
ting along ?" said one man to another,
in front of the New Orleans post
Office, the other day.
splendid Never had SO much
fun in all my liie," was the. answer.
"How's that, George ?"'
"Well, you see, Ned, after l lost
my situation, all my friends lett me,
and used to pass by without even
recognizing me. I was determined
to get even, so | circulated a report
among them that | was the fortunate
holder of one.half Of lottery ticket
that had just drawn a big prize"
did it take ?"
"You just bet it took Why. in
two days time / received no less
than dozen Invitations from fellows
whom l had almost forgotten. |
was presented with two suits OF
clothes, two new hats, two embroid-
cred pocket handkerchief, a silk UNI
brella, beautiful amethyst ring,
and handsome pair Of sleeve-but-
tons. I visited Spanish Fort five
times, took one trip to the ietties on
the Cannon, and borrowed, all told
s15O in United States currency. Did
it take? Well, | shonld smile"
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THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.
her. She opened it quickly, and saw

her. She opened it quickly, and saw
her nearest neighbor.
"Good morning, Mis-. Gas'on."
"Good morning, Mr.. Thomas
Walk in."
II can't; 1 reckon my feet's toe
muddy" he replied, glancing dowr
at his number tens in questioning
way. II come over, Mis-. Gas'oD to
git ye to come over to our house a
spell this afternoon"
els Mrs. Thomas or the children
sick ?" inquired Mrs. CASTOR.
"Wa'alno! You seethe old woman's
kind O. down in the mouth. dis
couraged like, and wants cheerin' up
a bit; and you're just the one can do
it," and wan smile lit up the
mans face as he glanced at Mrs. Gas
ton, whose heart palpitated faster as
she thought what poor condition of
mind was hers TO think of cheering
up any one.
But she answered "Well, I'll
come over a while after dinner, Mr..
Thomas"
"All right. Thankee. Pears like
she's got dissatisfied or sunthin'"
"Oh, no, she hasn't" said Mrs.
Castor, cheerily. "She just wants to
talk to some woman. Well have a
good chat. I'll 60 over as soon as l
can, after dinner"
''That's the blessedest little body
that ever got into this yer country"
soloquized Mr.. Thomas, as he trotted
his angular nag over the smooth
prairie road. "She never gifts down
in the mouth, l know she don't,
cause there's never wrinkle in her
face, and her hair is never tumbled
lookin', and she's alters got a collar
on, and John CASTOR alters looks like
a Squire instead of farmer. Mighty
high folks for this country"
Somehow the idea of cheering up
poor Mrs. Thomas, and the pleasant
intercourse OF the family while at din.
ner, went much towards restoring
Mrs. Gaston's- spirits, and setting
things to rights again.
1t was not the first time she had
gone to Mrs. Thomas on a similar
errand. They had been neighbors
for some years, and to Mrs. Gaston's
friendly counsel and helping hands
they owed many of their comforts.
Formerly, they had had no ambition
beyond bare floors and dusty win
dows. Mrs Gasssp had suggested
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brought up in the society about here?
And as for myself, am just rusting
out"
She sat for long time with her
hands folded in her lap and her
countenance the picture of discon-
tent, until, glancing at the clock, she
saw it was time to to prepare dinner.
Getting up in a listless sort Of way,
she put the room in order and went
to work at the dinner, all the while
contrasting her humble three-roomed
house with it's humble furniture, to
her sisters stately mansion In Boston.
True, that mansion stood on very
poor foundation, for Henry Graham,
her sisters husband, was wholesale
liquor dealer, and by no means an
abstainer himself. And very diff
terent man from John CASTOR, for he
was "almost fanatic about temper
,ance," the neighbors said.
There, as she thought of the dia-
mond ring, she glanced down at Ler
own hard, stumpy, brown hands, and
thought of Ellen's soft, white ones,
and sighed again. But her eyes
caught sight OF the gold band on her
finger. 1t was worn thin. but it was
as bright as on the day when John
had slipped it there and called her
his queen. 1t was just like john
plain, and honest, and pure; and the
sight Of it led her back to the days
when she and John were first wed.
He was then book-keeper in the
same store where Harry Graham was
clerk. But the confinement OF this
position was wearing on his health.
The doctor had said that change
must be made or he would be a con-
sumptlve. aforementioned distinctly
how she had urged him TO sell out
their worldly goods and seek home
or the free wild prairie. John had
objected at first to going. He knew
what it meant to be farmer in a
new country, and was 10th to take
her away from kindred and society
to bear the tolls and privations of a
poor farmers wife. But the subjec:
of his health was dearest to her heart
and she over-ruled every objection.
and hopefully, bravely urged the
change.
But somehow even this tailed tc
comfort her this morning, and time
after time she found herself signing
and wishing they were back il
Boston.
A loud knock at the door startled
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Raspberry vinegar.

The following makes delicious
summer drink by stirring two or
three tablespocnstuls of it into tum'
bier of iced water. Fill stone jar
with ripe berries and cover with pure,
strong cider vinegar let stand five
days and then strain through seive,
pressing out all the juice Allow
one and halt pounds OF white sugar
to each pint Of this juice and boil
until the sugar is dissolved, removing
any scum which may rise. Take
from The fire, bottle and seal.
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Yeast from Gsrape Leaves.

Grape leaves make a yeast in some
respects superior to hops, as the bread
rises sooner, and has not the peculiar
taste which many object to in that
made from hops. Use eight or ten
leaves for quart OF yeast boil them
for about ten minutes, and then pour
the hot liquor on the flour. the guam
tity of the latter beng determined by
whether the yeast is wanted thick or
thin. Use hop yeast to raise it to
begin with, and afterward that made
of grape leaves. Dried leaves will
be as good as fresh. If a dark film
appears upon the surface when rising,
a little stirring will obviate it.
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one. Then they had taken pattern
from her own neat home, and had
put forth an effort to make their own
more attractive. Hanging baskets,
window bouquets and rustic frames,
had found their way to these rude
homes, and now adorned the once
dingy, cobweby walls.
It was like a CLEAN of sunshine
crossing the threshold when Mrs.
CASTOR appeared before Mrs. Thomas
that day. The sad look vanished as
she said "I'd ruther see you comm
in than my mother. The sight of
your face always does me good"
"Then l am glad 1 came. How
nice your curtains look !" said Mrs.
CASTOR, glancing at the windows.
Eyes. Itook your plan, and made
them out of old sheets and things.
They look heap better'n paper ones;
but l reckon they'll need washin'
bout every week." replied the wo-
man, flash of qualification lighting
up her eyes.
ooh, they're very little trouble TO
do up" said Mrs CASTOR. "Then
they always look as nice as new when
they're clean"
Then sitting down, Mrs. CASTOR
drew her knitting out of her pocket
and commenced knitting very vigor>
ously while she told Mrs. Thomas
about the temperance society the
young folks and the old folks, too
were talking about forming. Then
of Mrs. fuckers new baby; and
and when everything else was ex'
hausted, she told her about her sis
ter's letter. Told in way that made
her listener think how wonderfully
Mrs. CASTOR was blessed in receiving
such pleasant letters.
"You have given me a world o.
comfort" said Mrs. Thomas, as hel
visitor at length rose to go. "Some
how I always feel stronger after hav
ing talked with YOU"
7'Do you? Well then Well have
many good chat, won't we?"
AS she walked briskly homeward
she wondered why her heart felt Sc
full of joy, and how even the sunse
clouds, which had grown purple ant
dark in the short twilight, were seem
ingly tinged with soft beauty
Unjust be because spring is SO near,
she said halt aloud, as she glanced
over the wide prairie, which was al
ready covered with greenish gray,
token that vegetation was beginning
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In Debt.

A man who is out of debt is out
of danger; no one can deny that self
evident fact. He who avoids debt
avoids numberless dangers. All the
neighbors speak well Of him. He is
a tavorite with the shopkeepers. The
workmen declare he is good master
He knows the state of his own money
matters. He is honorable and just in
all his dealings. You can depend on
his word Tor virtues, like certain
birds go in focks, and never move
along. If misfortune overtakes him,
he breaks the edge oft by not being
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THE LOST CHORD.

'y adelaide Il. Proctor,
Seated one day at the organ,
was weary and i'll at ease,
And my fingers wandered idly
Over the noisy keys.
do not know what / was playing,
Or what i was dreaming then,
But struck one chord of music
Like the sound of great Amen.
1t flooded the crimson twilight,
Like the close of an Angels psalm,
And it lay on my fevered spirit,
With the touch of an infinite calm.
1t quoted pain and sorrow,
Like love overcoming strife;
1t seemed the harmonious echo
From our diScordant life.
1t linked all perplexed meanings,
Into one perfect peace,
And trembled away into silence,
AS if it were 10th to cease.
have sought, but seek it vainly,
That one lost chord divine,
That came from the soul of the organ
And entered into mine.
Il
1t may be that Deaths bright angel,
Will speak in that chord again;
1t may be that only in Heaven,
l shall hear that grand Amen.
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Thirst worse than HIHpger

That disturbance of the general
system which is Known under the
name of Raging Thirst is far more
terrible than that oftstarvation, and
for this reason: During abstinence
from food the organ can still live
upon its own substance, which fur
nishes all the necessity material :;
but during abstinence from liquid,
the organism has no such source of
supply withlnftselt. Men have been
known to endure absolute privation
OF food for some weeks, but three
days OF absolute prlvation Of drink
(unless in moist atmosphere) is
perhaps the limit of endurance. Thirst
Is the most atanQcions torture excr.in.
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that which most efectually tames
animals. Mr.. Ashley, when he had
refractory horse, always used thirst as
the most effective power OF coercion,
giving little water as the reward for
every act of obedience. The histories
OF shipwreck paint fearful pictures of
the sutferings endured from thirst,
and one OF the most appalling cases
known is the celebrated imprison-
ment of one hundred and torty-six
men in the Black Hole at Calcutta
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HOUSEHOLD KNOWLEDGE.
Milk Lemonade.

One and a half pounds of loaf,
sugar dissolved in a quart of boiling
water, with halt pint OF lemon juice,
and one and halt pints of milk.
This makes a capital summer bever-
age.