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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-04-01

LAST Friday evening the barn Of
II. A. Sherwood, ia Mt Sterling,
VAS set on fire uy burglars, CONSUME
ing I've horses, Que COW nnd cali
and large quantity OF oats aud hay.
While the villagers were absent as
the fire, the burglars riAeo the post
office of over $4,000 aud the mail
bag keys. The burglars were follow
cd to Boscohel aud captured, One
of the party confessed to the rob
berry. 80 Tie ylllains are sure Of iroe
board for the summer As We so t.
press we learn that but one ot tho
men arrested was connected with thp
yiIIainous job. and he now has quar-
ters at Showers boarding house.
awaiting the spring term OF court
lratric da chiea Papcr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-04-01

CAINIH STEVENS will sell at pub
lie auction, at his residence, il the
town Of WoIdwiek, about oae.hAli
mile south Of the Methodist church,
on Tuesday, April Gh, four good
horses, 4 milk cows, 30 s5oats, II
head OF sbeep, farm machinery,
and Snme nraiu.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-04-01

If the idiotic and half-eGucated
Young Mineral Pointer, who pur-
chased for ten cents, al a stattoner-
or purIoined from a Justices 1tlice,
a blank marriage certificate, and
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10

DRIED PEACH PUDDING.-Take one
pint of dried peaches and scald and stew
until done, and have plenty OF juice;
sweeten with one cup of sugar; make
batter of small teacupful Of buttermilk
and one-half teaspoonful Of soda and salt
to taste; thicken with flour very stiff; drop
this in small Jumps in the peaches, which
must be boiling; cook about twenty min
utes, and serve with cream and sugar or
sauce.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10

A NOBLE HABIT.-There are persons
whom you can always believe, because you
know they have the habit of telling the
truth. They do not ''color" story or en-
large bit of news in order to make il
sound fine or remarkable.
There are others who you hardly know
whether to believe or not, because they
''stretch" things so. A trifling incident
grows in size,but not in quality, by passing
mouths. They take small fact or slender
bit of news and paint it with high-colored
adjectives, until it is largely unreal and
gives false impression. And one does
not like to listen to folks when so much
must be s'allowed for shrinkage.''
Cultivate this habit Of telling the truth
in little things as we'll as in great ones.-
Pick your words wisely. and use only such
as rightly mean what you wish to say
Never stretch story or fact to make it
seem bigger or funnier. Do this and peo-
pie will learn to trust you and respect you.
This will be better than having name for
telling wonderful stories or making fool
ishly or falsely ''funny" remarks. There
are enough true funny things happening
in the world, and they are most entertain
ing when told just exactly as they come to
pass. One has well said: 'sNever deceive
for the sake of a foolish jest, or to excite
the laughter of few companions at the
expense of a friend"
Dear young friends, be true. Do the
truth. Tell the truth. There are many
false tongues. Let yours speak the things
that are pure, lovely, true.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10
LOCAL DIRECTORY.

J Masonic-Staunton Lodge No. 13.-J. Howard
Wayt, Master; A. A. Eskridge, Secy Meet at their
lodge in Masonic Building the second ana last Ell
day nights in each month.
Union Royal Arch Chapter-W, II. H. Lynn, High
Priest; A. A. Eskridge Secretary Meets IN Masonic
Hall the third Friday nightin each month.
Stevenson COMMUNICATING. 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
tors j. E. Rollins Dictator; w. A. Burnett, Reporte-
Meets LIST and Bird Monday nights in their Hall IN
the Cochran Building
Odd Fellows.-Staunton Lodge No. So. 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. A-W. M. Simpson
Chief Patriarch james W. Blackburn, Scribe. Meets
second and fourth Tuesday In each month in Odd
Fellows Hail.
Saunton Lodge No. 1877 Iron Band o. X. S. B.-A.
Hart, President; Moritz Witt, Secretary. Meets IN
their Hall in the Cochran Building the LIST and Sd
Sundays at 10 Am.
emperance.-Mizpah Lodge No. 116, I. o. G. T.,
meets in Charity Hall every Tuesday evening. W.
j. McCauy, W. G. sd. W. Bryen, Secretary
Charity Division No. g. Sons of Temperance, B.
B. Rule, Worthy Patriarch, 2. T. Htzhimer, 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
Hall
Staunton 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. II. Waters, Chief Engineer Of Fire
Department.
Military.-West Augusta jGuard-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 Artillery-A. Fl. Fultz, Captain; N. M
Warner, Secretary. Meets at their armory in the
City Hall every Tuesday night. Regular meet
ngs second Tuesday in each month.
Stonewall 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 5 to 9 P. NJ.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10
A DESPERATE REMEDY.

Edward" said little Mrs. Reese, as she
poured out her tea. 81 went to see Mrs.
Banks this afternoon, and you can't i'm
agine how she has changed ! She is actu-
ally the shadow of a shade
Actually, Lily p said Edward Reese
as he took the cup his wife handed him.
| Lily's cheeks flushed at her husbands
tone, the slight sarcasm of which she was
! at no loss to understand, for frequently
had she received a reproof for the thought
less exaggeration, in which she constantly
INDUCED. I
s'Well, perhaps net actually the shadow
of shade,'' she said little resentfully;
''but she is very ill. Her mother came
last night. Such singular looking per-
son! as tall as bean pole, hair as white
as snow, and voice like the growl of a
lion ~ .-ic
ssShe must, indeed, be Singular said
Edward, dryly. II wonder Barnum. did
not discover her. She would have been a
bonanza for him.
But Lily only laughed and paid no at
tention to his words. She was fond of
talking, and could not remember to guard
against her greatest failing. si
II also went to Mrs. Days to try on my
dress" she continued, shut it was no kind
of fit; the waist was mile too large, and
l nearly died laughing, when saw myself
in it. shan't let her touch another dress
of mine. But, poor thing! I, pity her,
she is so sickly, and is forever doctoring
herself up. She must swallow gallons OF
medicine every year. But she must get
this dress done in time for me to wear to
Mrs. Martins dinner. wouldn't miss it
for the world, and wild horses couldn't
drag me there in, that old gray silk, I've
worn at least thousand times. The
Martins always have such elegant toilets!
| But then Mr.. Martin is worth oceans OF
money and we are not"
mo, not even little stream" said Ed
ward. 81 had no idea Mr.. Martin was SO
enormously rich, Strange, it was never
mentioned to me before -
30 Edward, you know we'll enough what
I mean, DOM tease me so p
| Edward laughed, as he saw his wlfe's
vexation.
"Well to change the subject, lilly" he
said, sswhen are the Rockwell's coming?'
1.-The idea of your forgetting, Edward
On Thursday. I know I've told you
hundred times. I've invited the friends
we spoke about to meet them in the even
ing and. 1 know cousin Bell will expire
with envy when she hears that uncle ant
aunt Rockwell are actually in my house OF
visit. She worked like death TO ge
them to go to her last Easter, but the
wouldn It.
ST never cared much for visits from ricl
relatives said Edward, Nothing eve
suits them, and ! feel sure We shau boil
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10

but the dose was a very bitter one to take
and the suppressed giggles of her friends
the Disguised expression of her aunt 8 face
and her unele's amused smile, stung hel
pride terribly,
| In vain she tried to check Edward, he
got worse instead of better. Everything
was grand, splendid, and elegant, or alb
surd, intolerable. and atrocious. Lily was
glad when her guests had departed, and
her relatives had retired to their room.-
She was too deeply wounded to speak te
her husband. and sobbed herself to sleep,
unconscious that his heart was full of pity
and sympathy for her and that he was
sorely temptedto Tighten her woe by re-
vealing to her the fact that her uncle
whom he had seen for few moments be-
fore entering the parlor, was in the secret,
and had heartily concurred in the plan to
teach his pretty grand-niece much need
! ed lesson.
The old gentleman was the first to see
| Edward in the MORNING, and together
they laughed over the events of the previ-
GUS evening.
| To Lily's grief and modification, her
husband maintained his singular style of
| conversation, during the whole of Rock
Wells stay, giving her sound reason for re-
joicing, when, at length, they we're alone
again, and the spare room empty.
Desperate diseases need desperate rem.
edies," was all Edward said when his wife
reproached him for what he had done.
"But would have sooner cut my tongue
out, Edward, than to have treated you so.''
"Lily, in sober truth, would you have
made such sacrifee?"
80, dearl how can ever remember! Ed
ward, will never forgive You for acting
as you did before uncle and aunt; but see
now how badly such exaggeration sounds,
and / will try to cure myself. .
II hope you will, my dear, don't think
my conduct will influence your uncle's
will in one least, for he told me be had left
his property to be equally divided between
you and Bell, after his and his wife's
death. y
ibid he, really, Edward?"
7 eS, and ne spoke very affectlOnately
of you, Lily, and only regretted that you
did not see the evils of exaggeration, for
80, Edward, did he know that you
were-''
Eyes, that 1 was merely teaching you a
lesson, Lily. I know the remedy was
severe, but think it will prove effectual. y
II shall never forget how felt that un
happy Thursday evening, when I heard
you exaggerating about everything, Ed
ward, and will watch every word. I'll
cut my tongue out, but Pill
20, Lily! Lily!'' in tone of despair
She blushed and laughed.
II won't do that, quite, Edward, but I Il
do better. You shall see.'
I And she did, and afterwards, when com
pletely cured Of her bad habit, could af
ford to laugh over the notifications Of
that Thursday evening, when her husband
first tried his desperate remedy. Florence
Fl. Birney
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poetrp.


Coming Back.
They say If our beloved dead
Should seek the old familiar place
Some stranger would be there instead
And they would find no welcome face.
cannot tell how it might be
Inlother homes, but this know
Could my lost darling come to me,
That she would neverind it SO.
Outlines the flowers have co1ne-an gone,
Outlines the winter winds have blown,
The while her peaceful rest went on,
And have learned to live alone,
Have slowly learned from day to day,
In all life's task to bear my part;
But whether grave or whether gay,
hide her memory in my heart
Fond, faithful love has blessed my way,
And friends are round me true and tried,
They have their place, but hers to-day
Is empty as the day she died.
How would spring with bated breath
And joy too deep for word or sign,
To take my darling home from death
And once again to call her mine
dare not dream the blissful dream;
1t fills my heart with wild unrest.
Where yonder cold, white marbles CLEAN
She still must slumber. God knows best.
San Francisco Neacs Letter
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10

FORGET YOUR INJURIEs.-He is I'M
wise and unhappy who never forgets the
injuries he may have received. They come
across the heart like dark shadows when
the sunshine of happiness would bless him
and throw him into tumult that does not
easily subside. The demon of hate reigns
in his bosom and makes him of all accoun-
table creatures, the most miserable. Have
you been injured in purse or character /?
Let the smiling angel Of forgiveness find
repose in your bosom. Study not how you
may revenge, but the best way to return
good for evil.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10
Errors in Marriage.

Many of the errors of life admit of RENE
dy. A loss in one business may be repaired
by gain in another; miscalculation this
year may be retrieved by special care the
next; bad partnership may be dissolved,
and injury repaired, a wrong step retract-
ed.
But an error in marriage goes to the
very root and foundation of life. 1t has
been said no man is utterly ruined until he
has married worthless wife; and so every
woman has future before her until she is
chained, in a wedlock which is paddock,
to wretched and unworthy man. The
deed once done cannot be recalled. The
wine of life is wasted and the goblet is
broken, and no tears or tolls can bring
back the precious draught. Let the young
think of this, and let them walk carefully
in a world of snares, and take heed to
their steps lest in the most critical event
of life they 60 fatally astray.
But here we must guard against another
error. Many people think they have made
mistake in marriage, when the mistake
is only in their own behavior since they
were married. Good husbands make good
wives, and good wives make good hus-
bands; and the scolding or Incorporate, or
slatternly partner often has put himself or
herself to blame for the misery that clouds
the life and desolares the home. Multi
tudes who feel that their marriage was a
mistake, and who make their existence a
lifelong misery, might, by little self-de-
NAL, and forbearance, and gentleness. and
old-time courtesy, make their home bright
en- like the gates of Eden, and bring back
again the old love that blessed the happy
golden days gone by.
Suppose the wife does not know quite so
much as you do; well, you showed your
great judgment when you thought her the
chief among ten thousand! Or, if your
husband is not the most wonderful man in
the world, it simply illustrates the wit and
wisdom of the young woman who once
thought he was, and could not be convin-
ced of the contrary So perhaps you are
not so unevenly mated after all; and if
one has had better opportunities since
married, then of course that one should
teach and cultivate, and encourage the
other, and SO both journey on together.
But if one has grown worse and sunk lower
than at the beginning. perhaps even then,
patience and toll and sunshine may bring
back the erring one to duty, lift up the
fallen, rescue the perishing, and save the
lost. How glorious for wife to pluck her
husband from the jaws Of ruin and bring
him safely to the heavenly home how
blessed for the husband to bring back to
the gates of paradise the woman who.
through weakness. had been led astray!
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10

DLACK CASHMERES, Black Mummy Cloths,
ID Black Camels Hair, Black French Bunt-
ngs Henrietta Cloths, Just received At rpp,o
apr9 WEI hERs'
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10


Cures Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia,
Influenza, Bronchitis, Bronchial DIFF
ficulties, H0arseness, Asthma, Group,
Whooping Cough, and all diseases Of
the Breathing Organs. II s0Othes and
heals the Membrane Of the Lungs, In
famed and poisoned BY the disease is :
tightness across the chest which &c.
an fncarable maiady. 1t is only
ana HALLS BALSAM Is that remedy.
DON'T DESPAIR OF RELIEF, for
this benign specific will cure you,
even though professional aid fails.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10

BEATING EaGs.-To beat the white of
eggs quickly put in pinch of salt. The
cooler the eggs the quicker they will froth.
Salt cools and also freshens them.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10

CHEAP AND GOOD VINEaAR.-Ver
good vinegar can be made by mixing one
part good New Orleans molasses with four
or five times its measure Of water, and to
commence it, put in little yeast; set it in
a warm place, cover it with gauze of
muslin to keep out the flies and give it air;
stir it often-the oftener the better, as it
will acidify the more rapjdly-and in a few
weeks it will be sharp. It is nice for
pickles. When it is once started it is very
little trouble or expense to add to it and
keep a supply.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-10

Cur FLowERs.-A good way to keep
flowers fresh is to lay them 10 wet cloths.
Take them out of the vases at night,
sprinkle with cold water, and wrap them
with cloths made very wet with cold wa
ter. The weight of the cloth will not
crush the most delicate flowers, while it
keeps out the air and prevents their fall
ing to pieces or opening further.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-01-23
Predictions About 1880 and 1887.

In pamphlet recently published,
t he author, Prof Grimmer, asserts:
From 1880 to 1887, will be one
universal carnival of death. Asia
will be depopulated. Europe nearly
So. America will lose fifteen million
people. Besides the plague we are to
have storms and tidal waves, noun.
tains are to toss their heads through
the choicest valleys, navigators will
be lost 5y Thousands owing to tho
capricious dcGtures of the magnetic
needle, and islands will appear and
disappear in midocean. All the
beasts, birds and fishes will be diseased;
famine and civil strife will destroy
most Of the human beings left 1.-Two
by plague; and, finally, two years of
fre-irom 1885 to 1SS7-will rage
with fury in every part Of the globe
In 1887, tho star of Bethlehem viii
re-appear in TIE Cassiopia's Chair,
the immediate results being universal
war and portentious hoods aud ship
wrecks. North America is to he
involved i'll civil war, unless Il
Napoleon ises up to quell it; but dur
ing these terrible days the Pacific
States vii! be = pc rfect Paradise of
Peace compared with the hellish
strife that will be waging through
out the world The few people that
may manage &c survive till 1887 will
have reason to be thankful.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-01-23
Peace in New York.

Good news comes from New York.
The factions are becoming reconciled,
and John Kelly is Mt last pacated.
The excellent New York correspon-
dent Of the Philadelphia Ledger, in
his letter Of the 9th, says:
"John Kelly and the Tammany
Hall faction s;sJail ] ]
mitted themselves to the support asf
whoever may. he nominated BY the
Natidaat Convention. Assurances
10 that effect have, within the rev
days last, been given to prominent
democratic leaders from other States,
who have come here expressly with a
view Of bringing about pacifcation
between Tammany and the Tilden
faction. have reason to believe
that Il dorble leaded announcement
to this effect will appear, in ahe
course of II day or two, in Mr.. Kelly's
newspaper organs
The same correspondent says this
is very favorable to Tilden's nomina.
ton.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-01-23
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 80 1884,

and its merits better understood, then
no doubt such law will he enacte d
for the benefit OF the people Of the
whole State. That such n law will
be necessity is only question of
time
PAYsAN.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-01-23
A Democrat that Despairs.
The Hon. Charles 0'Conor Believes {
Democratic Victory in 1880 al Impos
sihi1ifv

The New York World publishes
characteristic letter from the Hou.
Charles O'Conor, the distinguished
New York lawyer, three columns in
length, and written in answer to an
invitation to attend Democratic
banquet at Newark, n. j., OH tho Sth
OF January:
In this letter Mr.. O'Conor suys he
is constrained to regard it as abso.
lutely impossible that any one called
Democrat should prevail in the
next Presidential contest, and he
declares that the thirty-live votes Of
the great State Of New York have
been delivered by the Tammany bolt
into the hands Of the Republican,
party, and are now held by it as a
securo p;'ssesa!nm. lie regards the
attempt Of the Democrats to seize the
vote of Maine rs reprehc nsible, anl
suggests that this will furnish tn
Republicans ui' the New York L"s;s
lature Il pretext for changing the las
aud choosing Presidential electors,
course which, in his judgment, "they
had all along really meant to par
sue He regards Mr.. John Kelly
as petty local tactionist,' and
alludes to certain New York leaders,
OF whom Mr.. T!lJcn was one, who in
lS4S, from bel g'exceedingly servie
to Southern domination, sullcn! y
whesled aHeun'sbsRespsc Of a merely
personal disapp ointment, and under
the f.eersoi cry raised the sectional
banhoH ofszahelifiaaism andzthereby
rendered it politically fashionable. +"
Mr.. O'Conor says, though no Demo
cratic Candidate can obtain i majori
~ in the electoral colleges, yet rs
none Of Gen. Grants Republican
rivals can desire to see the co veted
emiuencc practically in hi, po,,s,si en
tor life, some of them might b. su:-
cesstully intrigued with; but he urges
that such an enterprise should II ever
prosper, and argues that patriots
choosing between force and "fIaul'
should favor the election Of Grant,
Mr.. O'Conor then elnborates IL
notice Of the changes which hedaems
advisable in our political system,
which, summarized briefly, are "a
follows: The separate State govern
ments should he abolished; the
quadrcnnial presidency should h.
abolished; an executive chief mi yht
be elected by lot from the legislative
corps for the ensuing month OH some
late day i'll each month; the Senate
should be abolished and th1 Repre-
sentutivcs chosen for short term
substantially as at present; Congress
should he rigihly ,niiael to m .kins
laws which are absolutely necessary
leaving a!l transactions and business
rs lar as possible III private hanJ,
and To the action of private enter
prise, inferior local court, Tor the II
ministralion of justice should, Of
course, be Instituted. and Il supreme
appellate court without original
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