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BETTER MOMENTS.

BY N. P. WILLIS.
My mothers voice! How often creeps
Its cadence on my lonely hours!
Like healing sent on wings OF sleeps
Or dew upon the unconscious flowers.
I can forget her melting prayer
While leaping pulses madly fly,
But in the still, unbroken air,
Her gentle tones come stealing by;
And years, and sin, and manhood nee,
And leave me at my mothers knee.
The book of nature, and the print
OF beauty on the whispering sea
Give still to me some lineament
OF what have been taught to be.
Ny heart is harder. and perhaps
Ny manliness hath drank up tears;
And there's mildew in the lapse
OF a few miserable years d..
But natures book is even yet
With all my mothers lessons writ.
have been out at eventide
Beneath moonlight sky Of spring.
When earth was garnished like bride,
And night had on her silver wing
When bursting buds and diamond grass,
And waters leaping to the light,
And all that make the pulses pass
With wilder f1eetness, thronged the night
When all was beauty-then haveI
With friends on whom my love is flung
Like myrrh On winds of Araby,
Gazed up where evenings lamp is hung,
And when the beauteous spirit there
Flung over me its golden chain,
Ny mothers voice came on the air
Like the light dropping Of the rain
And resting on some silver star
The spirit of q bended knee,
I've poured deep and fervent prayer
That our eternity might be
To rise in heaven. like stars at night,
And tread living path of light,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

A WIFE MURDERER-A dispatch
from Charlotte Courthouse, Va, dated
Friday week, says -
On Wednesday evening white wo-
man went into John Demp's house, in
Checkertown, Charlotte county, and
asked to stay day or two. She seemed
to have plenty of money. Demp had
only one good chamber in the house,
and told her she could occupy that. He
accordingly put her in there, giving ber
bed by the side of his wife's bed.
Demp, seeing that she had money, de-
termined to murder her, and last night
he crept into the room armed with an
ak. It seems that his wife and the 9TH
er woman had changed bedssduring the
night. Demp went to the bed which he
supposed the guest occupied. He could
only distinguish the outlines of the fig
ure, and he dealt it two murderous
blows with the ak. The noise woke the
sleeper in the other bed, and the man
discovered by her screams that he had
murdered his own wife. He fled from the
room, and, fortunately for her safety, the
other woman quilted the house. Demp
returned late, carried the body of his
| wife into a clump of woods near by,
and buried it by the light of torch.
He then went back, and was engaged
in burning the bed sheets when he was
arrested.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22
POTATO PAT.-Lay a small s1ain or

POTATO PAT.-Lay q small sllin or
piece OF the ribs of beef. mutton, lamb
or veal at the bottom of yellow or
brown nappy, and season it well with
salt and pepper. Chop small onion
very fine; pare eight or ten raw pota-
toes, slice them very thin, aud FIJI up
the dish with potatoes and onions. mix
together. Sprinkle salt and pepp or over
the potatoes, and shake in little wheat
flour from the dredging box. f ill the
dish with cold water, cover it wi tn tin
plate, and bake for an hour ant a half.
1t desired, cream crust can tie made
with a cup of sour cream, lit lie salt, a
small teaspoonful of saleratus, and -four
enough to stir up thickly. Put it over
the dish when it is nearly ba ked, and
let it brown nicely.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

WoRRIED.-"You look ps lie, Gus, /"
said one fashionable to anotb er. "Yes,
l am as nervous as cat" "What is
the matter ?" "Well, you set, dream
ed last night that I had paid off all my
debts, and L am worried to death to
know where got all the money from" /"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

A little girl, addressing her sister, ask
ed, what was the chaos papa was read
Ing about to-day ?" To which the lat
ter replied, "'Twas great pile of moth
ing, and no place to put it in.0
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

Bully boy with glass eye, is what a
chap termed bottle of DIR. Bulls Cough
syrup, which had cured his cold. It
only cost him 25 cents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

Ladies who appreciate Elegance and
purity are using Parker's Hair B.lsam.
1t is the best article sold for res storinr
gray hair to its original color and
beauty.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

A young lady ate half wedding
cake, and then tried to dream of her fu-
ture husband. Now she says she would
rather die than marry the man that she
saw in that dream.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

I Ut is claimed by some medical men
that smoking weakens the eye sight
Maybe it does, but just see how it
strengthens the breath.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

Red used on railway signifies dam
ger, and says "Stop!" 1t is the same
thing if placed on mans nose.
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containing those Southern Roots and Herbs,
which an all-wise Providence has placed in
countries where Liver Diseases most prevail
1t will cure all Diseases caused by De.
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THE SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaints are q
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Sometimes many of the symptoms attend the
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largest organ in the body, is generally the sea-
great suffering. wretchedness and DEATH will
ensue.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

II. N. MATHEWs. ALEX. r. NATHKWA.
MATHEWS & MATHEWS.
M ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
LEWISBURG. WEST VA,
practice regularly in tho Courts of Greenbrier,
Va, the Court Of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of w. Va.
6-Particular attention paid to Collections
may lily
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

CAUTION.
AS there are number of limitations offered
to the public, we would caution the communi-
ty to buy no Powders or Prepared SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR unless in white wrappers,
and has the red letter. and Mortar in the front,
and is made by j. H. ZEILIN q CO.
know that for Dyspepsia, Biliousness, and
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.

i. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON. & oCULIsT,
Special attention given to Diseases Of Women
and Diseases Of the Eye and Ear.
OFFICE-Effinger Building, Frederick Street.
AS-Calls answered from office day and night.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

ability, integrity and fairness, who Will
possess the confidence of men OF all
races and color, and whose counsels and
example will tend to promote good feel
ing between the races-instead OF ap-
pointing unscrupulous demagogues,
whose only claim is partisan service,
and whose only qualification for office
is capacity for political intrigues and
power to manipulate negro votes.
8. Let the incoming administration
.set its face like flint" against repudia-
ton, in all its forms and shapes. Let 1t
proclaim to the world that the .repudla-
tion of public or private obligations Is
incompatible with the vital principles OF
the Republican party; that pubic 1altn
and national honor are essential TO ma
tional safety, because they afford the
best security in time of war Of raising
the means necessary to maintain our
army and navy in active service, and
thus enable the Government to bring
the war to a successful close. And let 1t
give emphasis to it's expressed opinion
on these subjects by promptly removing
from office every one who is tainted
with reputation, or who may use the
power and patronage of his office fol
the purpose of fomenting political dis
cords. or arraying class against class, Oh
race against race.
4. AS the negro race constitutes tht
only class of our citizens who are in
debted, directly, to the Federal Govern,
ment for the elective franchise, it woulo
seem that they have peculiar and ex'
ceptional claim on the bounty OF I'M
National Legislature for aid, by liberia
appropriations from the Federal treas
ury, in educating them up to the stand
ard of citizenship which they are re
quired to discharge. All power beinI
''vested in, and consequently, derived
from, the people" it is plain that IT W
do not elevate the people up to the leve
of our institutions, our institutions mus
soon come down to the lower plane c
the ignorant voters who control an
, direct them. I hold, then, that there
high moral duty resting on the Amer
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

GEORGE M. HARRISON,
NJ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
STAUNToN, VA,
will practice in all the Courts holden in Au-
gusta county, and in the Circuit Courts of the
adjoining counties.
SEStrict attention given to the collection of
Claims.
OFFIoE-No. 10 Lawyers Row. Courthouse
Allev. oc 3l-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-02-22

N. K. TROUT W. I. CRAIG.
TROUT d CRAIG,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA
I'VE have entered into Partnership ~
Lawyers, occupying the old Offices OF the Senior
member. The Junior member will aid in CON-
ducting the old business.
~ Particular attention given to collections.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-06


Wade Hampton was never involv-
ed in "an affair of honor" in anyway
except as a peacemaker, and in a
letter in answer to Bishop Howe's
inquiry about the challenge" sent
to Sherman he says:
That was written as I passed
through Charlottesville, and 1 natur-
ally gave my proper addres. Itnev-
er occurred to me for a moment that
any one would construe my language
as. giving or inviting a challenge.
Mr.. Sherman forgot the propriety of
his official position as well as of mine
when he made a scandalous charge
against me in a public speech. 1
called his attention to the language
he was reported to have used in a
courteous letter, thus giving him the
opportunity to disclaim or explain
his uttefance. In reply he not only
reiterated his charge, but he took
that opportunity to villify only the
people whom represented, but those
Of the whole South. I could not con
descend to notice his sianderous at
tack upon the South, and l simply
denounced his charge connecting me
with the ku Klux, as false. l could
do no less than this, for there never
was a falser charge made, nor have
l ever known a grosser violation of
personal courtesy or of official pro
priety than that of which he was
guilty.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-06
The so,id soufh.
ohio Eaoie.

80 ODIO LdSl6s
If there be a phrase more hated
and offensive than anotherto Repub-
lican ears, that phrase is-THE SOLID
SOUTH. To them it is the sum of all
villainies-the addition-o of all known
and unknown iniquities. The red
rag to the bull is as nothing. They
are Matadoric Immediately. Every
weapon is whipped out on the in
slant. What should there be in the
solid South so to infiame? Whatso
to discompose? What so to worry?
What so to evoke ghosts and phan-
toms? What so to stir all the bile,
and turn all the livers of our friends.
Contain yourselves if you can.
Smooth your dishevelled locks. Take
out the kinks from your corrugated
brows. Go to bed before the witch
ing time of night with an assurance
that you will certainly rise again.
Enjoy your morning steak, your
breakfast baooG, your ~fritters, your
fap-jacks, your waffies. Pour your
cider in confidence, there is no i'm
mediate or even remote danger OF
doom. Cut off your coupons as care.
lessly as though it were brown bread
you are carving. Marry and give
in marriage, you are safe in count
ing upon the continuance of your
lives, the protection of your proper
Lty, the perpetuation of our institu
tions, the security Of our liberties
The solid SoUtb-dreadful ~colloca
ton of syllabfes, fearful omen of dis
solution, stranguary of our poiitica
bowel and enemia of all gentle an(
generous circulation! !!
What in the name of sense ha:
seized the 'liberal and fruitful
North so to fear the solid South
Has the solid Sosth ever whipped u.
that we stand so in awe? Do we fea
that it might? If we remembe.
Alright there is a field called Gettys
burg and a place known as Apo
matox. Our strength is approved
and superior. We are mightier By
far than at any period during thu
Wal. 1HS oOubu HAS ISCONSiSd Du
slightly from the awful blow that lief
the land with lonely chimneys 70
houses and ashes for walls. Th,
solid South is satisfied with war
she wants no more of that ingredien
in her mantling cup of sorrow Sh,
wants the heavenly dove of peace t.
light and build upon Ter shoulder
She desires that the broken viiucstlun
be again welded in the gentle fam,
of amity and unembarassed bushes
and exchange. The solid South un
der these conditions and in thi
sense has our hand. We stretch i
across the Ohio to the Cumberland
over all the river, over all the noun
tains, over all the plains, over a
the bloody chasms, and ask the eS
change of good old-fashioned Demo
cratic grips and honor and common
them that they are solid. The Xix
solidfty in our northern Democrat
tents would have insured victory in
stead of disgraceful defeat. Ma
we not ask the South to eontinu
solid? 1t is their only hope, thei
last refuge.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-06
Good Times.
Hunterdon N. - Democrat.

huHteroon IN. ID DemocraE.
Before the election we heard a
good deal of talk about the good
times the election of Gen. Garfield
would inaugurate, and how the price
of labor would advance. Bulldozing
masters who lorded over large es-
Establishments during the campaign
did not fail to impress upon the
minds of their employees the fact
that they would be compelled to shut
down their works and manufactures
in case Hancock was elected, and
thus frightened their hands into
voting for Garfield. The election is
past, and what is the result? Gen
eral Garfield is elected, and now
these same loud-mouthed bawlers
are reducing the time of their en-
ployees and cutting down their
wages. The laboring men of the
country will in time find out that
The monied a~ristocracy of the United
States are moving for a strong gov.
eminent, that they have in view the
depreciation of labor and the sub
lection to a state of vassalage of tht
la6orer. The Capitalization of pow
er in the hands of the few is a dan
gerous movement, and will in thu
end pave the way to a change in ou.
.Republican institutions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-06
Political Corruption.

The enormous corruption fund
that was used to bride voters ut the
recent election has alarmed even
KGrperS Weekly. which comments
on the subject as follows:
"The election tax on all good citi
zens is enormous, and one of the
chief qualifications of a candidate is
the 'bar'l.' Many Of the highest of
fees are 10Y practically put up for
sale, and rich men buy official posi-
tions as they once bought commits
sions in the English army. These,
of course, are the exceptions, and
they are observable mainly in and
around great cities. We know a
nomination to Congress which was
practically bought like q joint Of
meat in the market, and newspapers
gravely congratulated the country
that rich young men We're willing to
enter upon public life. This is the
~rottenest borough system, and a
travesty of poplar government. But
it is not a aso for despair, nor for
cynical contempt and indifference.
The efforts of all sound minded citi-
zens who do rot expect an ideal per
lection in politics may be directed
wisely and hopefully to the constant
elevation of political standards and
methods. The chief enemies of such
endeavors and Of honest politics are
not those who openly buy and sell
nominations and votes, but those
who sheer at faith il the possibility
Of cleaner methods as super celes-
tial."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-06
Narrow Gauge Railroads.

We clip the following in regard to
the narrow guage railroad system
from the Cincinnati Enquirer:
The numerous projects of three or
four years ago for great narrow
gauge trunk lines have nearly all fall
en- into oblivion, several of the short
roads already constructed having
been absorbed by standard guage
lines, and others having gone no
further than organization. Had the
hard times continued, with light
traffic and necessity for economy, it
is probable that the narrow gauge
principle would have Jared better,
but now that money is abundant and
business good, hard time enterprises
are cast in the shade.
A few roads of three-foot gauge,
however, continue to expand, notably
the Denver 81 Rio Grande, in Colo
RADIO, and the Toledo, Delphos & Bur-
lington, in Ohio and Indiana. The
former has already about six hun
ulCt LhllGS III oPCi3CiOHj anu dS iidLJ
more in process of construction. The
latter is now in operation from To-
ledo, Ohio, to Marion, Indiana, one
hundred and fifty three miles, with
a branch of twenty-six miles to
Shanes' Crossing, Ohio, and a dis
connected line from Dayton to Yer
s%ailles, Ohio, forty one miles, max
ing a total of two hundred and tBen
ty miles on which trains are running.
The scheme contemplates an extern
sion westward, some three hundi ed
miles, to St. Louis, and also a south
ward connection with Cincinnati.
When this is accomplished the mar
row-guage will have a fair test in
competition with standard lines
providing the gauge of this road is
not widened meantime, as seems not
unlikely.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-06
New Work Politics,
New York Sun.

The practical business of the new
anti Tammany Democratic party re-
organizers in Cooper Institute last
night was the appointment by the
Chair of n committee of fifty toprose
cute the work that has been project
ed. The assembly was large, sub
stantial and important, less efferyes-
cent than the Democracy are apt to
be before an election. The Chair
man was Mr.. Edison, and in the long
list of Yice-Presidents and Secreta
ries we're many of the most ~in1uen-
tial Democrats Of the city. The
speakers were Mr.. Abram S. Hew-
lit, who was serious and ~philosophic;
Col. Fellows, who was energetic and
sarcastic; Mr.. R. w. Peckham, of
Albany, who represented the rural
districts; Mr.. Ellery Anderson Of
the Young Mems Democratic Club,
and Mr.. Townsend Cox of the Board
of Charities and Correction. The
speeches failed to hold the audience,
which thinned rapidly after the first
two speakers had closed, and was
small at the end of the meeting. The
speakers denounced Tammany and
party bossism, showed the evils Of
Democratic dissensions, demanded
a higher standard of political prin-
ciples, condemned the practice of
trading for Office, and showed the
advantage of reorganization on a
proper basis. The resolutions were
very elaborate, and embraced plat
form of national political principles,
relating to Capitalization, the tariff,
the shipbuilding industry, the fl
nances, the assessment of otficehold-
ers, and the conduct of elections.
There was also a resolution demand
ing such a party organization as
shall prevent leaders from holding
power against the popular will, and
as shall entiSle every Democrat to
equality of voice and vote" in the
party business. In the Committee
of fifty, whose names were read by
the Chairman of the meeting, are
many well known Democratic citi-
zens. The action of this committee
will be watched with interest.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-06
The sun FOB 1881.

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~. Honest comment. THE SUNS habit Is to
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-06

Such Il stream Of Office seekers are
bounding Garfield for positions that
the 329 President is about worn out
and asks for a rest. To insure his
lite against oyerwork in meeting so
many fellows who have demands up
on him, and are hungry for office,
his friends think they will have to
secrete him somewhere to save him
from his friends and to save his
health so that he can be inaugurated
on the 4th of March.