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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

FR A N LIN ASKING FOR WORK.
When youth, Franklin went to Lon
don, entered a printing Office, and ask
ed If he could get employment.
Where are you from?p asked the
foreman.
America" was the reply.
"Ah," said the foreman, ''from Amer
lea! A lad from America seeking em
ployment ss a printer! Well, do you
really understand the art of printing f.?
Can you set type?
Franklin stepped up to one of the
cases, and in very brief space of time
set up the following passage from the
first chapter of John:
Nathaniel said unto him: Can any
good thing come out of Nazareth Philip
said unto him: Come and see."
1t was done so quickly, accurately
and contained delicate reproof so ap-
propriate and powerful, that it at once
gave him character and standing with
all in the Office
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15
An Essay Of Man.
Man was made in dry weather.

Man was made in dry weather.
He was made of dust.
Quite number have never recovered
from their creation; they are still dry.
It's mans nature to be discontented.
Adam had a monopoly but he could
not be happy without some one to crow
over.
For a while he knocked around over
the Garden of Eden, and then went to
the house, but had to cook his own sup.
per; there was no stovewOOd chopped,
and things were in bad shape gene
rally.
The next morning it was tile same
way. He had to make his own bed
and sweep out. His socks were dirty
and his arm would run through hole
in the sleeve So he was dissatisfied.
The next night, when he went tC
sleep, the Creator punished him by
making one of his ribs into woman
a great misfortune to the race.
1t has been six thousand years since
that rib was lost, and yet man continues
feeling for it.
This is very feeling subject.
Pursuit in this case is said to be sweet
er than possession.
After Eve got acquainted with he
mate she vowed that all the men in th'
world were not worth Adam.
GOliah wss man.
He was bigger than old Grant. but h'
couldn't stand as many sings.
A fop is a male who is ashamed of hi
sex, and attempts to conceal the fac
that he is man.
COncealment in such cases is attend
ed with but little trouble. 1t is onl.
necessary to part his hair in the mid
die.
The family man resembles the oyste
on the half shell.
The shell is known at home-the sof
side abroad.
Some men carry this resemblance il
their faces. A great many men hav
countenances like oysters.
| Job is said to have been very patien
man.
He had boils over him.
Men now boil all over themselve
when the preacher reaches thirteenth
Iyu on hot summer day, and neve
thinks of the grandeur of Jobs exam
pie.
1t is natural for man to disregard
good example.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

THE AGE OF THE EARTH.-At the
Midland Institute, Birmingham, the
other day, Prof. Ayrton delivered lec-
ture in which he gave some estimates OF
the earth's age. In reply to the ques-
ton of whether the earth's existence
was to be counted by the thousands or
by millions of years, he called attention
to the geological evidences of organic
changes on the earth's surface which
required not much less than hundred
milton years for the earth's age. There
was. however, better method OF ap-
proximating to the age of the earth. The
changes of the temperature belonging
to the different seasons were less per-
ceptibly felt as they penetrated the sub
stance of the earth, until at depth OF
about fifty feet the temperature was
practically constant. If, however, they
continued to descend an increase OF tenn
perature was experienced at about the
rate of one degree per fifty feet of the
descent. Surprising this increase went
| on at the same rate until the centre of
the globe was reached, the temperature
would be 400, 900 degrees higher than at
the surface. There was, however, no
reason to assume that the increase DID
go on, or that the temperature at the
centre was higher than that OF molten
rock, 1000 degrees, or at most lO,OOO de-
prees. Assuming this to lie the tenn
1erature at the centre, and knowing, by
experiment, the conducting power OF
rock in relation to heat, Sir William
| Thomson was able to calculate the
present distribution of temperature
throughout the whole earth, not only
to the present distribution downward,
but the distribution at any future and al
any past time. Taking the temperature
of 1000 degrees as having been once the
uniform temperature of the whole body
the result of the calculations was that
the earth had been a hundred million
years in cooling.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

A dull axe never loves grindstones,
but keen workman does, and he puts
his tools on them in order that they
may be sharp. And men do not like
grinding, but they are dull for purposes
which God designs to work out with
them, and therefore he is grinding
them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

Women are everywhere using and rec
ommending Parker's Ginger Tonic, be-
cause they have learned from experience
II speedily overcomes dependency, IN
digestion, pain or weakness in the back
ana kidneys, and other troubles pecu-
liar to the esex.-H0ne Journal. See adv.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15
THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.

In Genesis the world began,
Twas then that God created man.
In Exodus the law was given,
AS Israel's guide from earth to heaven.
Leviticus from Lewis name,
The tribe from which the priesthood came.
Then Numbers tells about the way
What God would have us do and say.
Deuteronomy, which means "twice told,''
The truth. once learned, must ne'er grow old.
Then Joshua came, in Moses place,
When Law had failed. God brought in Grace.
He next by Judges Israel ruled;
His love toward them never cooled.
And then, the story sweet of Ruth,
| Foreshadows very precious truth.
In Samuel First we read of Saul
The peoples king-his rise and fall.
| In Second Samuel then we hear
OF David-man to God so dear.
In First of Kings the glory filled
The temple Solomon did build.
And Second Kings records the lives
OF Prophets. Kings. their sons and wives.
In F1rSt OF chronicles were SHOWN
The house of David and his throne.
And Second Chronicles records
King Solomon's good deeds and words.
Then Ezra built Gods house again,
Which had for long In ruins lain.
And Nehemiah builds the wall
Round Judah's City, great and tall.
Then Esthar Tawich I'D opd wi
Raised up to save her peoples life.
And Job-his patience sorely tried
At last Gods dealings justified.
Then comes the Psalms, whose sacred page
Is full of truth for every age.
The Proverbs. which the wise man spake
For all who will their teachings take.
Ecclesiastes show how vain
The very pest of earthly gain.
The Song how much we need to prize
The treasure set above the skies.
Isaiah. first of prophets, who
Foretells the future of the Jew.
Then jeremiah, scorned by foes,
Yet weeps for faithless Israers woes.
The Lamentations tell, in part,
The sadness of this prophets heart.
Ezekiel tells, in mystic story,
Departing and returning glory.
Then DAME from the lions den.
By power Divine, is raised again.
Hosea shows the fathers heart
So grieved for sin on Ephraim's part.
And Joel tells of judgments near;
The wicked nations quake and fear.
Then Amos, from the herdmen sent,
Calls hardened sinners to repent.
In Obadiah, Edoms fall
Contains warning word to all.
Jonah, though prophet of the Lord,
Yet fled to Tarshish from his word.
Then Micah sings in sweetest lays
The glory Of mlllennial days.
And Nahum tells the fear and gloom
Of Nineveh and of her doom.
though the ig-tree fail.
His faith and trust in God prevail.
Then Zephaniah tells of grace,
And love that comes in judgments place.
And Haggai in the latter days
Repeats, "Consider well thy ways"
In Zachariahs wondrous book
We find eight visions, if we look.
The Malachi, the last of all,
Speaks sadly still of Israeps fall.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

Newton found that star, examined
through glass tarnished by smoke.
was diminished into speck of light.
But no smoke ever breathed so thick
mist as envy or detraction.-R. a. Will-
mott.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

The treasure house of a mans life is
his heart, and he who has nothing there
is poverty stricken, though he roll in
gold; while he who has a good deal
there is rich, whether he has roof ove1
his head or not
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

There is no worship where there is
no JOY For worship is something more
than either the fear of God or the love
Of Him. 1t is delight in Him.-F. ".
Fdber.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

A beautiful answer was given by q
little Scotch girl. When her class was
examined she replied to the question
"What is patience?" "Wait wee and
dinna weary.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

PERILS OF RIDICULE.-I know of no
principle which it is of more Importance
to fix in the minds ofyoung people than
that of the most determined resistance
to the encroachment of ridicule Give
up to the world, and to the ridicule with
which the world enforces its dominion,
every trif1ing question of manner and
appearance; it is to toss courage and
frmness to the winds, to combat with
the mass on such subjects as these But
learn from the earliest days to insure
your principles against the perils of ridi
cule; you can no more exercise your
reason, if you live in the constant dread
of laughter, than you can enjoy your
life if you are In the constant dread OF
death. If you think it right to differ
from the times, and to make stand fol
any valuable point of morals, do it, how<
ever rustic, however antiquated, how
ever pedantic it may appear, do it, not
for insolence. but seriously and grandly
--as man who wore a soul of his own
in his bosom, and did not wait until il
was breathed into him by the breath OF
fashion. Let men call you mean, if you
know you are just; hypocritical, if you
are honestly religious; pusillanimous,
If you feel that you are firm resistance
soon converts unprincipled into sincere
respect; and no after time. can teal
from you those feelings which every
man carries with him who has made 9
noble and successful exertion in a vir-
tuOus cause.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

To cough and at the same time be en-
tertaining is impossible. DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup will reach your case.-
Price 25 cents bottle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

"The doctors said my wife had con-
sumption. Tried 'Llndsey's Blood
Searcher,' and she has better health
than ever" 6. III. Hubbard, Hampden,
Ohio.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15
M MALA RI AL
POISON.

The principal cause of nearly all sickness at
this time of year has its origin in a disordered
Liver, which, if not regulated in time, great
suffering, retchedness and death will come
Agentleman writing from South America says:
with good effect. both as prevention and cure
for Malarial Fevers on the Isthmus of Pana-
ma"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15
Don't Worry.

If life brings trials-as what life does
not ?-meet them squarely and calmly
as they rise. If it be true that there is
no rose without its thorn" there are
many other flowers that are thornless.
If we live true to our better natures,
quietly meeting difficulties as they arise,
most of the th0rns can be shOrn of their
sharpness while young and tender /;
while if we Dourish them till they grow
and harden, they will surely jag us more
sorely at last.
If be true that every sunbeam has
its shadow accompanying it, who would
wish to escape the shadows by obscur-
ing the sunrays?
do not think there is any situation
of life that will not yield us some source
of pleasure, if we will only cultivate "a
meek and quiet spirit" and not fret over
small trials till they grow very Alps in
our pathway. only to be crossed with
great difficulty.
We rise of morning household cares
hedge us around on every side with all
their petty thorns, invisible TO every one
else, but very real to ourselves; but each
duty met in time, each little patience
trying thorn clipped off with the ready
scissors OF industry, and little of the
oil of cheerfulness applied, they disap
pear, leaving no scar on the spirits.
There are SO many pleasures of life,
unnoticed because of their constancy.-
They eye or heart becomes so accustom-
ed to them that we neither seen or think
of them. Still, the hand of loving
Father supplies them for His thankless
children.
But, like spoiled children, we cry for
new toys, regardless of the treasures we
already possess, fOrgetful that the Faith
er knows what is best for His children.
II He sees fit to mingle with His many
good gifts little stern discipline, we
should accept it thankfully as also good
for us, for rough winds are just as neces-
sary to perfect the growth of the oak as
are the gentle showers or the warming
sunbeams. A frown or a stern lance
from beloved parent will sometimes
recall wayward child to duty when
smiles and endearments fail.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

A hot discussion frequently makes a
cool friendship.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15
Stauntott Spectator
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

ADvERTIsEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
Of SlOO per square of eight lines or less for the
first insertion, and SO cents for each subsequent
insertion.
! ~ A liberal discount will be made on ad.
vertisements published for 8, 6. or IL months.
~ SPECIAL NOTICES will be inserted at
double the advertising rates.
81 Obituaries. Announcements OF Candi-
dates for Office, and all communications Of Q
personal or private character, will be charged
for as advertisements.
Address-'Stsunton Spectator" Stanton, VI.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15
WOOL! WOOL!

Our farmers Will find that washed and UNI
washed wool, II of the best quality, FREE from
BURS and DIRTY TAGS, will command
the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE. Black
Wool does not bring as much when shipped,
and may be useful at home. Call and see
US before selling.
mayH BAKER BROTHERS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

UNDERTAK
METALLIC CASES, WALNUT AND ROSE
WOOD FINISHED COFFINS,
always ready for use.
~ NO DELAYSl NO TRAINS MISSED.
8. M. WILKES,
aprH-tf South SideMain st., Staunton.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

N. x. TROUT. ". E. CRAIG.
FTHROUT Il CRAIG,
i ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
we have entered into Partnership as
Lawyers, occupying the old Onices of the Senior
member: The Junior member will aid in con-
ducting the old business.
~ Particular attention given to collections.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15
SIMMONS liver REGULATOR.

1t is given with safety, and the happiest re-
suits to the most delicate infant. 1t takes the
place Of quinine and bitters of every kind. It
10 the cheapest, purest, and best family medi-
cine in the world.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

FTNHOMAS ID. RANSOM,
i ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
STAUNTON. VA.
offers his professional services in the County
and Circuit Courts of Augusta and in the Hus-
tings Court and the Court of Appeals held in
Staunton. Will also prosecute claims else
where through legal correspondents in this and
other States may 30-ly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-15

+ E HN'
Purchasers Of Furniture will always find II
greatly to their advantage to examine the large
stock kept on hand and manufactured by
q. M. WILKES,
Before purchasing.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-05-12
THE DAIRY.

Makers OF fine 1bntter only work
the product with suitable implements;
they never think OF touching it with
their hands. - "a ai's 7'l = '''co-'
Cheese making Is defined as an art,
not acquired by the committing Of
rules, or by deduction from q semitic
method. 1t is q personal accomplish
ment. an individual acquisition, which
others may, or may not, successfully
initiate. -"I''
"A COW may be dried in short time
by not quite milking her out. and leav-
ing some in the udder each milking,
and by feeding dry corn-meal at the
same time. II a cow is to be fatted, this
plan will lay on fat and gradually dry
her off at the same time. Feed four
quarts of meal . day: '..s -v...
The prospect seems to be that the
relative price of cheese and butter is to
remain practically unchanged during the
coming season and it il wisdom there
fore for persons who have profitably
made butter to continue at that rather
than change to cheese. Those who
have . good cheese maker will wisely
continue at that.-Utic0 Herald.
"A closet for keeping tubs of
butter may be made with double
walls, filed in with sawdust and, a
double door. A zinc shelf at the top
may hold the ice. and lead pipe bent
In one place to make trap to keep the
air from coming in from the outside
may be used to carry off the water. If
the closet is kept tightly closed the ice
will last longer. 1.-THE air in the closet
Is damp keep o peck of fresh lime in it
which viii absorb the moisture. ua-r
~. Stahel, the American Consul II
Hiogo, Japan. states that he sees no
reason why the United States can not
control the butter and cheese trade of
Japan which is q rapidly growing inter
est During 1880 half the butter i'm
ported into Japan was from this coun-
try. and in 1879, two-thirds. He states
that much butter Is taken from Ameri-
ca to Europe and there reworked and
shipped to the East. With care in maxi
ing and packing he believes American
butter would soon be without q compet-
itor. .'.s.,.,.....,- o., f.- a!
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-05-12
Permanent Pastures.

The grasses in o permanent pasture
must be chosen with the object offurnish-
ing as near rs possible constant sue
cession of bloom. To this end there
must be variety. Variety is necessary
to fill up the spaces and form a CON-
plete turf or sward. Every plant throws
off waste matter which is poisonous to
itself but fertilizing to another variety.
This is the reason why pastures with
but ono or two varieties Of grasses soon
run out-why land becomes clover-sick
for instance, and refuse to produce that
which at first it produced in luxuriance.
This is the principle that underlies the
rotation of crops, q practice but little
understood in this country, but a
matter of profound interest to the
higher agriculture of the old world.
We have not the great variety OF
grasses adapted to this climate that are
found in England, but have enough to
to furnish an almost constant succession
of bloom, and fresh luxuriant foliage.
Suppose now that we are selecting
seed for q permanent pasture, we first
inquire for that which will produce the
earliest bite, and our choice is not blue
early and rapidly and stands close
cutting. Next comes bluegrass, which
rushes into bloom from the middle to
the last of May. and then gives way to
other grasses for the time. The next
grass that claims precedence on the
soil and hence in our selection is white
clover, which has the gift Of continu-
ance, and throws up constant success
sion ofbloom till fall, if there be sufficient
moisture. Next the first crop of red
clover asserts its rights, followed closely
by the bloom of the orchard-grass. For
this reason it must have place and o
prominent one in the pasture. We
believe we should exclude the mammoth
clover, as its dense. woody growth and
large leaves are in danger OF smother.
ing out the fine grasses, but q little
alsike might be used, If only to furnish
bee pasture and bloom between the
first and second crops of red. Next we
should select timothy, which though
not first-class pasture grass, yet must
have its place in a permanent pasture
for July bloom, and also occupy the
ground till other grasses take hold. In
August and September we can de-
pend on the second bloom OF red clover,
and in October we will be rejoiced to
find blue grass coming forward grandly,
and in spite of the frost holding its own
to the end of the growing season. and II
we permit it, laying up the materials
for winter pasture. There are three
other grasses worthy of experiment to
say the least; Medow fescue, or as it is
called here " English bluegrass" red
top and fowl meadow grass. We have
not had sufficient experience with either
to recommend them. Rcd-top will un-
doubtedly do better on wet land than
any other grass, but it is said by some
to spread over arabic land to the ex.
clusion of more valuable grasses. -
Cor. Iosca State Register.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-05-12
Butter by Brevet

The wide difference in quality Of the
butter of any markets. always q serious
trouble to consumers, and it evidently
affords q better opportunity for counter
feiting it. Much of our real butter is
bad enough, but the evil is intensified by
tho Introduction of vile compounds
which it facilitates. Honest material,
spoiled by negligence or ignorance, of
which we heretofore complained, is
now replaced by cheap and often un-
wholesome animal fats disguised by
skillful manipulation. The use of lard
in this deception has become SO general
that no one wonders at its increasing
price. DR.. Joseph Tefft, President OF
the Elgin. ILL.,, Board of Trade, has
found sixty-six per cent. of lard in
assumed butter. He declares that
dead cows, hogs and horses, and other
animals dying in the sheds of Chicago.
and at the stock yards, are rendered
Just over the line in Indiana, and APP
pear as deodorized "lard" to reappear
In bogus butter. 1t will not do TO dis
credit the existence of this practice, be-
cause it may as yet affect only . small
portion OF the apparent supply of but
ter. II it exists in any degree. and is
not met with exemplary punishment. il
will extend rapidly into large proper
tions, for there is money in 1t and dis
honest men enough to seek unrighteous
gains. When q pound of powder OF
Italian soapstone, costing two cents,
can be sold for the price Of a pound OF
butter without question. no lack Of
plausible villains will prevent the en-.
largement of such business. This swim
die must be uncovered and held up to
public execration by producers and con-
sumers everywhere, and its perpetra.
tors punished. Where adequate local
law for the protection of tho public
health and the public purse does not
exist, it should be enacted without de-
lay. 1t is devoutly to be hoped that
this country is not to remain free enough
to render such practices safe and profit
able.-M Y. Tribune.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-05-12
GLAD TIDlEGS

And over his few tunefui notes In yonder Go
And ssrs,ehs dream of violets and fragrant
, And qs.dov 6rSSis frou wnsefsboa6 10
1oectuf 70 b nee. Ets kfEt
for Pnas e herr iAs dssiinsi sn\ poA with,
sche'u charm US nrst with shower tears, and
then with sunny smiling.
And when she rps, the brown earth viii send
green leaves to meet her,
And pretty buds; and vhen she amiics> tho
6uds WIN hasie to bloW, --1I-- = .
And the vtnd: win lose their coldness, and With
gentle kiseeo greet heg, ~ Lltf -
And gross sprinR In her Footsteps light where
lofe was naught but snow.
TOR sprtuG u hore, the darlingl and her fairy
TRENDS are comtu1,
10 wake tho butte gf1tos again, and start the
Tae orchard trees are trembling - they feel
her magic fingers
Touching them with soft enchantmeut that
olls them with delight;
And they bid their hidden treasure. that still
Burst forth In countless happy blooms Of
fainost pink and white.
Dor SPRING = here. the dssiinsi hear blue
And ! ysses tho echo of her voice in rippl,ns
-Naruurst EftnQs.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-05-12

THERE is certain Galveston family that
docs not attend church as regularly as they
Sunday, to keep up appearances. Last Sum
day the head OF the family said: "Go dress
yourself, boy; ips time for you to 60 to
church" 81 would like to KNOW" respond
in this family Who has S Got to o. be G rsiigsousr' S T
Because you need It most, you scoundrel-
that's whyW thundered the stern parent feel
ing for the young martyr's hair.-Gaiseston