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hurrying along the road to the rail-
way station, could clearly divine her
purpose, she was gone.
This were u nice predicamcnt for
one to be placed in, truly. Miss
Woodwards indignation, for the mo.
ment got the better Of her pity, and
she could have shaken Grace we'll for
senseless absurdity.
There was but one thing left for her
to do, and that was to pack her
trunks with all possible dispatch and
leave on the next train, which she did
to the infinite amnzement Of BddY
who did not know what in the world
to make cf her sudden departure, not
dreaming that her mistress had also
taken flight and WAS already many
miles from her home.
When VIII came home to dinner at
! 6 clock, and learned the true state
Of things, he grew as pale as death
and staggered tc chair as quickly as
# . shot had strucl him in the heart
Grace had )ar, rota on tho huro,u
:, hor >, on !, wl;ch cIa stotol in ,
kind If , bv.te,ic,I Eoocb Arden like
,o,nnor +h,+ .ho ,.os t,;,o L,ck to
her ,ootbsr and 10 m;Yht bc assured
that neither himself nor Pose would
ov.,. ho t,onL,a1 lv sao;rc Or ever
ho,r;,,, from, }ar AGAIN !, was ho,
earnest wish to die and over her ear
/ ly grave parnars, some gentle thought
Of her might stir his cold, forgolfuI
heart into pausius throb of tender
ness.
With the note cGn'np,ca convul'
sIvely IN hl8 A'nd, VIII Thornley,
seized his hat ana rushed from The
house. 1t m''tered no. Where lie
went, o. "h"t he dId now, ana ere
tne deSt dav sun lJa set lie had
'na1e one OF 'Ao many tho"S2AoS 0!
Union soldiers marching bravery 10
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The man who tumbed over the
stove during the summer rather than.
take it down, now laughs at his neigh
Dor who took the other course.
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Coon RuLE5-Question not the ve.'
r1cty Of atiend.
Sacrifice money rather than your
principle.
Use your leisure time for improve.
IN mt
Attend carefully to details Of your
business.
Injuro no. anothers reputation in
business.
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TT CLAY ANDERs'
HR. II. G. RADCLIFFE, ~
DENTIST, ss$*s$

Has located al MCchanICSlOWn, Md, hhC
vii, bc found at the residence of Mr.. John
Miller, west of the post Office. lie VIII
visit Lcwisiown on the first Tuesday OF
cncL month"; at . I Zimmerman CrraG
cr,,ewn, on second Tuesday of each month
ut Krisc's Hotel; Sabillhsvi!lc, ON 'hiru
Tuesday ofcach non'hat Stems Hotel. All
operations pertaining to,hc profession per
formed in satisfactory manner and at low
prices. Will always be found in Of''cc at
Mcchanics,on ON saturdays. Persons
waited OH at their residence if desired
without regard to distance. lanlO'u
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ARRIVE MECHANICSTOWN

From Baltimore and Westminster at |
10 A NJ and 7;30 p M
From Wiliamsport and 1lagcrstown at
$50 n IN, and 301 p m
Emmitshury Road. cave Emmtsbnrg
at G;9j aud $50 m, and 2;4j p IN, aud ar,
rive II! Rocky Ridge at G;55 and 1925 a
m., and 3;l5 p m, Trans north will leave
Rocky Ridge at 7;2j and 1852 m, and
7;l3 p m, and arrive at Emmtsburg at 1;55
and 1920 m, and $40 p M.
Trains for Frederick VIII leave junction
at 7;40 and 1910 a IN, and 1;?2, 5:35 100
,. III.
J. NJ HOOD,
GepN Manager.
B. II GRISWOLD,
'..n'i YnIlG t.ttl
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CHANGE OF TIME
WESTERN MARYLAND r. ROAD,

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.its,.'sts,c z, .-.- e.. Z s-.; .--...;'
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NN and after Sunday, March %, 1880
~ Passenger Trains will run as fol-
lows
LEAVE MECHANICSTOWN
For Baltimore and Westminster at $50 a.
NJ, and 307 y. NJ.
For Hayerstown and Williamsport ll:,o
A VI and 7:3O p VI
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-07-09

A TRUE LADY.-Wildness is thing
which girls cannot afford. Delicacy is a
thing which cannot be lost or found. No
art can restore the grape its bloom. Fa-
miliarity without confidence, without re-
gard, is destructive to all that makes wo-
man exalting and ennobling. 1t Is the
first duty of woman to be lady. Good
breeding is good sense. Bad manners in a
woman is immortality. Awkwardness may
be eradicable. Bashfulness is constitu-
tional. Ignorance of etiquette is the re-
suit Of circumstances. All can be con-
doned and not Danish men or women from
the amenities of their kind. But self-pos-
sessed, unshrinking and aggressive coarse
ness of demeanor may be reckoned as a
States prison offense, and certainly merits
that mild form of restraint called i'm
prisonment for life.
It is shame for women to be lectured
on their manners. It is bitter shame
that they need it. Do not be restrained.
Do not have impulses that need re-
straint. Do not wish to dance with
the Prince unsought-feel differently.
Be sure you confer honor. Garry
yourself so loftily that men will look up to
you for reward-not at you in rebuke. The
natural sentiment of man toward woman
is reverence. He loses a large means of
grace when he is obliged to account her
being to be trained in propriety. A mans
ideal is not wounded when woman fails
in worthy wisdom but if in grace, in
fact, inkentiment, in delicacy, in kindness.
she would be found wanting, he receives an
inward hurt.
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LOCAL DIRECTORY.

Masonic.-Staunt0n Lodge No. 13.-J. Howard
Wayt. Master; A. A. Eskrdge, Sec'y. Meet at their
lodge in Masonic Building the second and last kFri-
day nights in each month.
Union Royal Arch Chapter-W, II. H. Lynn, High
frlest; 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 a
Masonic Hall the fourth Monday in each month.
knights Of H0nor.-R. C. Anderson, Past Dictor
tor; J. E. Rollins. Dictator; w. A. Burnett, Reporte
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 A-W. M. Simpson
Chief Patriarch James W Blackburn, Scribe. Meets
second and fourth Tuesday In each month in Odd
Fellows Hall.
Saunton Lodge No. 1877 Iron Band O. X. s. B--A.
Hart, President; Moritz Witt, Secretary. Meets in
their Hall in the Cochran Building on the LIST and Sd
Sundays at 10 A. M.
Temperance. -Mizpah Lodge No. 116 L o. G. t.,
meets in Charity Hall every Tuesday evening W.
j. McCauly, W. c. T.; W Bryen Secretary.
Charity Division No. 6, Sons of Temperance, B
B. Rule, Worthy Patriarch, Q. T. Hiltzhimer, Re-
CuIulMS OcrlDt MeetS every FfiudY nlgnt aC Iehf-
perance Hall.
Fire Department 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. F
Terry, Captain; Charles Hudson, Secretary. Meets
on first Tuesday in each month at their headquar-
tiers in the city school building.
Capt. j. H. Waters, Chief Engineer Of Fire
Department.
Military.-West Augusta Guard-Wm. L. Bum
gardner, Captain; Lewis M. Bumgardner, Secretary
Meets in their armory In the City Hall every
Monday night. Regular meetings first Monday in
each month.
Stanton Artillery-A. H. 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.
Stonewan Brigade Band.-Prof. A. j. Turner, Con
ductor and President; John NJ. Carroll, Secretary.
Meets Tuesday and Thursday nights every week in
the City Hall.
Relgious-Young Mems Christian Association
T. c. Morton, President; A. F. Robertson Secretary.
Meets at their rooms in City Hall for all devotional
exercises every Sunday evening at4 P. M. Direc-
tory meetings at the call of the President. Library
open every evening from to P. M.
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Origin Of Bank Notes.

Not only did the Chinese possess coins
at very early period, but they also are the
inventors of bank notes. Some writers re-
gard bank notes as having originated about
116 B. C., in the reign Of Emperor Quit.
At this time the court was in want of mo-
ney, and to raise it Klaproth tells us that
the prime minister hit upon the following
device:
When any princes or courtiers entered
the imperial presence, it was customary to
cover the face with piece of skin. It was
decreed then that for this purpose the skin
of certain kind Of deer kept in one of
the royal parks should alone be permitted,
and then these pieces Of skin were sold for
a high price. But although they appeared
they do not seem ever to have entered into
general circulation. 1t was therefore very
different from the Russian skin money.
In this case the notes were 'sused instead
of the skins from which they were cut, the
skins themselves being too bulky and heavy
to be constantly carried backward and
forward. Only little piece was cut off
to figure as token of possession of the
whole skin. The ownership was proved
when the piece fitted in the hole" True
bank notes are said to have been invented
about 800 A. d., in the reign of Hiant-
soung, of the dynasty of Thang, and were
feytsiee, or flying money. 1t is curious,
however, though not surprising, to find
that the temptation to over-issue led to the
same results in China as in the West. The
value of the notes fell until at length it
took II ,O08 mic or $4,000 to buy cake of
rice, and the use of notes appears to have
been abandoned. Subsequently the issue
was revived, and Tchangyrug 100000 A.
d. seems to have been the first private
person who issued notes. somewhat later,
the Emperor Tching- tsoung t997-1O22) this
invention was largely extended. Sixteen
of the richest firms united to form bank
of issue, which emitted money in series,
some payable every three years.-Nine-
tenth Century.
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BARBARA.

s'Was there any mail, Eben?"
And leaning over the little wicket gate,
her dark locks falling about her in pretty.
careless tresses, Barbara looked wistfully
down the shady street and then up at the
tossing elms, where the busy birds were
chattering. And sad to relate frown of
discomfort crept over Barbara 8 low, white
brow.
mo. there were no letters for the Leigh
TONS" said Eben, in rather savage mood.
81 made especial inquiries for you," and
Eben IS lower lip trembled little, and his
voice softened wonderfully for him. 81
suppose you are anxious to get away from
the old place, Miss Barbara2''
eyes, am, - said Miss Leighton sharp
ly, with an imperial air. II am sick of it
all. 1 should be glad to 60 anywhere away
from here.''
Eben made no reply. He looked down
at the tangled curls, the soft, wistful
brown eyes, the dimpled hands clasped
over the mesh of honeysuckles then away
over the tops of the snowy balsams toward
the great world where Barbaras heart
was. He was thinking with one cruel
pang which grpped his heart at that mo-
ment of what life would be at the farm
without Barbara. He had tried of late to
live without connecting her in any way
with his days and nights, his duties, his
hardships and his joys, but he had made
sorry work of it. 1t gave Eben fright to
know how much everything depended on
this proud, spoiled beauty, whose dream
now was to get away from such as he-the
common folks around Marlborough.
Barbara at eighteen had great longing
for that gay world of which she had read
in summer evenings when sitting under
the musky vines of the farmhouse porch,
or when lying amid the cowslips in the
meadow where, under growing weight
of care, Eben toiled with great brown
hands in the capacity of help to the Wild
ow Leighton. Eben was as much part and
parcel of the place as the crumbling head
stones in the little graveyard on the hill
where all the dead Leightons were lying.
No one ever dreamed of his going away
although his merits were acknowledged
and it was cheerfully admitted that the
boy had grown into a strong, handsome
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Saved by his Child.

| Some twenty-five years ago I was at my
desk when David M. Sears came up to me
and asked:
"Have you a petition? I wish to send
my name in to the Division of the Sons Of
Temperance. i am determined to be a
man. I have as good wife as any man,
and three lovely little girls; and yet, like
fool, am spending-the most of my earn
ings in whiskey. am now under the in
fuence Of whiskey; have been on spree
for week. never go home when on a
spree for the place would be too warm for
me. I determined this morning to call
off and 60 home. Soon as took my seat
one of my little ones, my pet, came to me
as usual and sat upon my knee. Looking
up into my face, and at the same time
stroking down my hair with her little
hands, she asked me:
''Papa, do you love me?"
eyes, my child.'
This was repeated twice. The last time
she asked me the question, I said:
"Why do you ask whether love your,
Do you not know I love you?''
With tears running down her cheeks,
she said:
"Well, papa, if you love me why do you
let me be called drunkard's child2"
dashed her from me as if she had been
a serpent; and if the sons Of Temperance
will receive me, sir, I will become man,
and. God helping me. never shall child
of mine be called a "drunkard's child.''
He was received and subsequently filled
the highest Office of the Division, and was
highly esteemed and honored man.
He removed from our town, and when
under very strong temptation-led into
temptation and sin by improper association
he violated his pledge; but was restored.
Afterwards he finally removed to a small
town in East Tennessee where he estab-
lished himself in good business and lived
an honorable and highly esteemed citizen
until called to his reward.
I saw him few months before his
death. He was then confined to his room
by protracted sickness, but was waiting
patiently for the coming of the Master.
He died in peace.
In giving the foregoing statement have
written it for the purpose of bearing testi
mony to the power and influence Of good
children, when properly trained by their
mothers. The mother Of the child was a
Christian, and the child but reflected, un-
der the influence of the Spirit. the teach
ings of the mother.-Owr Morning Guide.
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The Rovers.

II will return" the swallow said,
"TO.my old nest at once;
My home beneath the spreading caves
OF yon gray cottage, framed in leaves,
Awaits me as of yore."
She sped across the scented land
One blue and breezy day;
But where the house was wont to stand
A heap OF ruins lay.
81 will RETURN" the rover said,
"T0 my old love once more:
So true she is that well know
The heart that held me long ago
Awaits me as Of yOre."
He came, when south winds signing pass
Ger fields Of cowslips gold;
But underneath the trembling grass
Her heart lay still and cold.
Times
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poetrp.
An Odor Of Lilies.

BY J. T. BURTON WOLLAsToN.
1t was day in early June,
And the cooling rain fell free,
AS heard two voices in their noon
Singing sweet songs to me:
The soft light from the clouded sky
Fell with tender gloom,
And an odor of liliea foated by
Through all the scented room.
''Peace on EARTH" said the rain outside
As it fell on bud and leaf,
1.-THE light shall shine in the eventide,
And Danish the gloom of grief"
And listening there, my soul that day
Drank in sense of rest;
And the odor sweet of the lilies lay
Like balm upon my breast.
And what the rain in the garden said,
The voices said anigh:
They sang of peace to the weary head,
OF light in the clouded sky.
And the beautiful faces haunt me still,
And the voices meier depart,
Nor the scent of the lilies cease to fill
The chambers Of my heart.
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R Rii HALLS
LUNGS ~, g: bALSAm

Cures Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia,
Influenza. Bronchitis, Bronchial Dit.
ficulties. Hoarseness, Asthma, Group,
Whooping Cough, and all diseases Of
the Breathing Organs. Itso0thes and
heals the Membrane Of the Lungs, In.
famed and poisoned by the disease
and prevents the night-sweats and
tightness across the chest which ac.
company It. CONSUMPTION Is not
an 1ncarablo malady. 1t Is only
necessary to have the right remedy,
and HALLS BALSAM Is that remedy.
DON'T DESPAIR OF RELIEF, for
this benign specific will cure you,
even though professional aid FALLS
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PRECEPT is instruction written in the
sand-the tide flows over it and the record
is gone. Example is engraven on the rock,
and the lesson is not soon lost.
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SOUND ADv1CE.-We advise all young
people to acquire early in life the habit of
using good language both in speaking and
writing. and also to abandon the use of
slang words and phrases. Money is not
necessary to secure this education. Every
man has it in his power. He has only to use
the language which he reads instead of the
slang which he hears; to form tastes from
the best speakers and poets Of the country;
to treasure up choice phrases in his men,
DRY and habituate himself to their use.
avoiding at the same time that pedantic
precision and bombast which show rather
the weakness of vain ambition than the
polish of an educated mind.
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BROWN BREAD.-One pint of sour milk,
one half cup of molasses; two cups OF rye
flour, a little salt and teaspoonful OF So
da. Steam three hours and then brown in
oven.
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FARM AND PRESIDE.

CAUTIONS IN EATING.-1. OF course,
don't eat too much. The digestive fluids
are limited in quantity. ALI above enough
is undigested, irritating and weakening to
the system, and often causing paralysis of
the brain by drawing on the nervous force
more rapidly than it is generated.
2. Don't eat between meals. The stom-
ach must rest; or it will sooner or later
break down. Even the heart has to rest
between the beats.
8. Don't eat full meal when exhausted.
The stomach is as exhausted as the rest of
the body.
4. Don't take lunch at noon and eat
heartily at night. The whole digestive
system needs to share In the rest and re-
cuperation of sleep. Besides, the tenden-
cy is to put full meal into weakened
stomach.
S. Don't substitute stimulus for food
like many women who do half a days
work on strong coffee or tea. AS well in
the case of horse substitute the whip for
oats.
6. Don't have daily monotonY Of dish
es. Variety is necessary for relish, and
relish is necessary to good digestion.
Z. Don't eat blindly. There can be moth
ing in the body-muscles, membranes,
bones, nerve, brain-which is net in our
food. One article furnishes one or more
elements and another others. We starve
on fine flour. Some articles do not nour-
ish, only warm.
8. Eat according to the season. one-third
less in Summer than in Winter. In the
latter fat meat, sugar, and starch are ap-
propriate, as being heat-makers; in the
former, milk, vegetables, and every variety
of prime fruit.
9. Eat with cheer. Cheer promotes d.
gestion, care, fret and passion arrest it,
Lively chat, racy anecdotes, and innocent
gossip are better than Halford sauce.
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GLUE.-The hotter the glue when ap-
piled the stronger the parts glued togeth-
er. AS glue loses much Of it's strength by
rehealing, that newly made is preferable
where great strength is required. 1t is a
very good plan to add salt to the water in
the outer vessel, for then the water will
not boil until heated above the ordinary
boiling point, and as a consequence, the
heat is retained instead of passing off by
evaporation, and when the water boils,
the glue will be thoroughly melted. A lit
tie glycerine added to glue will prevent it's
cracking, and small quantity of muriat-
ic acid added to dissolve glue will keep it
in that condition for sometime-it will
neither dry up nor ferment.
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TINcTURE OF LEMoN.-Fill a pint
bottle half full of brandy or whiskey.
When lemon is used, cut the rind up
finely and place it in the bottle and cork
it. In few days it will be fit to use as an
extract for favoring cakes.
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PASTE FOR CLEANING BRAss.-Rotten
stone four ounces, oxalic acid one ounce,
turpentine to make paste. Apply with
wooden and rub with leather. A solution
of oxalic acid rubbed over furnished brass,
will make the metal very bright, but it
must be washed off at once and the article
polished with whitening in powder and
soft leather.
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MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF EaGs.-For
burns or scalds nothing is more soothing
than the white Of an egg, which may be
poured over the wound. 1t is softer, as
varnish for burn than collodion, and be-
ing always at hand, can be applied i'm
mediately. It is also more cooling than
the sssweet oil and cotton'' which was for
merly supposed to be the surest applica-
ton to ally the smarting pain. 1t is the
contact with the air which gives the ex-
treme discomfort experienced from ordi-
nary accidents of this kind; and anything
which excludes air and prevents infam-
nation is the thing to be at once applied.
The egg is also considered one of the
best remedies for dysentery. Beaten up
slightly with or without sugar and swal-
lowed at gulp, it tends by its emollient
qualities to lessen the inflammation of the
stomach and intestines. and by forming a
transient coating on the organs, to enable
nature to resume her healthful sway over
the diseased body. Two, or at most,
three eggs per day, would be all that is
required in ordinary cases, and since the
egg is not merely medicine, but food as
we'll, the ngnJer the diet otherwise, and
the quieter the patient is kept, the more
certain and rapid is the recovery.
It is stated within a few years that a
certain oil, to be obtained from the yolks
of boiled eggs, is of great use in curing
cuts and bruises. This oil is obtained by
cooking the yolks over fresh fire. They
are stirred constantly till seemingly on the
point of bursting into blaze, when it is
found that quite a quantity of oil is elimi-
mated from each yolk, and this strained
and secured is said to have wonderful heal
ing properties. Poultry Yard.
To Boil ONIoNs.-Some years ago
read in an English journal contribution
of Mr.. Frank auckland, where he stated
that after mental fatigue and occasional
sleerlessness he was greatly benefited by
eating onions at his dinner. How spori6c
or sleep-inducing the onion, the much de-
spised vegetable is, am not prepared to
state; but know that many persons who
are troubled with sleeplessness use them. If
properly boiled so as to get the twang out
of them, the onion is most delicate vege-
table. To every quart Of onions quart Of
cold water, with half tablespoonful of
salt. Boil, not too fast, for two hours.
Drain in colander thoroughly and allow to
get cold. Make sauce with tablespoon
full of butter, the same Of flour and one
half pint of milk; rub butter and flour per-
fectly together, with pinch of black pep
per. Boil milk, which pour over flour and
butter, and stir all the time to keep
smooth. Put onions in sauce and let them
heat until the same boils. Ought to be
served rather dry.
GLUE.-The hotter the glue when ap-