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OLIVER, FIMNlE & co.


SILVER NOON FLOUR
New Process, in use only short
time, q great Improvement on the
old process. Our sales are now
very large. Won't you try ltf
silver Moon YEAST POWDERS
Manufactured in our own store
and absolutely pure.
BUTTER ,
Best Creamery Butter received
daily by express.
COTTON SEED OIL
By the barrel or gallon.
LARD
Fairbanks bucket lard; always
the best.
WE ROAST-
The very finest grades Mocha,
Java, Marscaibo and Rio Coffee
fresh every day.
CHOCOLATE
Cocoa, Cocoa Shells. Epp's Cocoa,
Oatmeal, CrackedWheat, Graham
Flour, Grits, etc.
OLIVER, FINNIE g. co.
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Worthy ol aen. HnncoeIl.

New York FreemAn's JOurnsi.J
We me. last week lady Of family
resident on Governor Island. Not
aember of General Haneock's house
hold, but great friend. She told us
that since July and, when Mr.. Gar.
ield was shot, General Hancock had
refused to 20 to public dinners or on
those excursions Of quiet kind, of
which he is so fond. The point is one
that we did not suppose held, to per-
sonal Inconvenience, in modern Amer
lea now that "all those State lines are
wiped OutV We could imagine gal
Iant old General Pike Graham, Of the
(Arahams Of Virginia; here we have it
from General Hancock, Of PeInsyl-
vania, 1T is not proper that ! ac-
cept festive entertainments while The
President. ex Oficio my commander
IN. chief, is lowering betw cen life and
DEATH" Who will say the age Of
chivalry is passed when a major gem
eral Of the army, defeated by the law
ish use Of money in New York, thus
holds himself toward the man that is
President, 10 place Of himself
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COlaNn.


After ruling quiet and unchanged
throughout the past week, the cotton
market stitched up a little o.day, m
Auenced by better prices abroad. The
demand is, however, light and sales
few, the stocks offering being mainly
poor and trashy. Buyers generally
prefer to await the arrival of new cot
ton, which it is expected will be quite
free week or ten days hence. Our
total receipts of new cotton SO fal sum
up IS bales. Last year our first new
bale came in on the 10Th Of August.
Sales Of cotton here Saturday were I'M
important. Sales for the week sum
up $50 bales; $50 to exporters, 600 to
spinners, closing quiet Low ordinary
&c; ordinary TIC; good ordinary &c;
low middling 1Oac; middling 1l1c;
good middling l2c.
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Fourteenth New Bale.

A new bale Of cotton, grown by N.
Blanchard & Co., near Carson's Land
ing, Miss, $50 miles below here, az
rived on Saturday by steamer Grand
Tower, consigned to Fader, Frank &
Co., and shipped at CarSOns by Frank
& 20. This was the twelfth new bale
of the season from the Memphis dis
trict, and the fourteenth from all
directions. 1t is of high class and
ranks among the champions. a
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BOARDING.

UNFINISHED rooms and board. Also day
JIG board, At No. 81 Couft street. l3s IFS
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Don't Forget

The grand barbecue and ball ut Uncle
Tom and Aunt Marys hotel Tuesday
and Tuesday night, at Raleigh.
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CIenrlnghouse IEepOrt.
The GnIIal-a2.OO0.

Dyersburg Gazette, 49,
The Southwestern Benefit Guild
is branch of an association now rag
ing over the country, and it has Struck
Dyersburg. The purport it hears on
its face is good. While it does not
propose 10 throw a shield of csst-iron
around the hearts of all the bachelors
Of uncertain age and stripplings in the
country. it does propose to take within
its broad arms each and every one OF
them, and inquire them against the
dire calamity which is so likely to be-
fall them-marriage. And ladies', from
the bright-eyed little chit ola school
girl, all the way down the echoing
corridors Of time to that interesting
ago when by vulgar people they are
dubbed "old maids," all may enter
this elysium, and get a fortune when
they marry. But the requirements OF
the Guild are something. -Four years
must elapse after joining before the
premium for the nuptial- knot natures
True, at any period after four months
the unfortunate beneficiary draws his
or her prorata of the assessments Of
the elasa, ON marriage, but to realise
the handsome premium one must wait
four years. Four years hence, yt
gods Then this country will show
what virtue there is in waiting. From
thence will small humanity abound il
the land. Dyersburg has it bad, anG
Mr.. John Starrett Is the agent fol
Dyer county.
Ripley tMifs) News, 1871
Mr.. ]. G.. Hall, of the Southwestern
Benefit Guild, home Office, 80 Madison
street, Memphis, was in town Tues
day and organized branch Guild, t,
be known as the RIPLEY Guild" will
a membership often young gentlemen
r. 0. Prewitt was elected President
L. P. Smith. Vice President; L. N
Marmon, Secretary aud 7. NJ. john
son, Treasurer. The objects Of tn
Guild, as set forth in its constitution
and bylaws, are the creation o
Nuptial, Endowment, aud Annuit,
funds, out Of which, upon the mar
rlage of one Of its bene6ciaries,
nuptial benefit shall be paid. The full
nuptial heaefit Is $1,000. to be paid il
fcdr years, upon the marriage of
member. One of its objects il I,
prevent hasty, and improvidez
marriages, and to encourage tIlos
which arc judi0ious and well consid
cred. It meets the bride Of the poo
man with dowry, which, though no
large, will give her tho shelter of be
own homestead, saa an auspiciou
start upon The voyaas of life. But
demands that Its beneficiary sha
have ilFst done something to aid i
which all have a common interes
while at the same time it guards il
portals against those who would ente
for 20 better motive than person;
speculation. The Guild adjourned t
meet Monday night, August 10Th.
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no M PATRONS.

Please take notice, that after
this day my saloon will close at
IL midnight, but the restaurant
will be open day and night,
l44t henry LUEHRMANN.
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Buv Sewer Connections Of Browne.
Arm Broken.

A lad about II years old, named
John Kirchner, while trying to mount
a donkey last Saturday missed his in
tended objective point by the animal
leaping to one side, and instead Of
landing on the donkey's back fell into
the street, breaking his left arm. The
injured limb has been paralized from
the boys birth. The boy is a nephew
of Pat Whalen, engineer of NO2 fire
engine, and he lost his parents several
years ago. He was cared for by his
friends and relatives.
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IMMENSE REDUCTIONl

All Fancy Goods regardless OF
cost, 10 make room for new
stock.
GERBER e. METTE'S,
Ifit- 267 MAIN street.
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Insurance on gin houses and all other
classes of property can be effected
at the insurance agency CT Mr.. G. D,
Raine, the Secretary of the Planters
Ins. Co., of this city, and at the lowest
rates possible to secure reliable in
demnity. Office with the Planters
ms. Co., Al Madison street. lat
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PROFESSIONAL.
WARrEp.

CITgATION as bookkeeper, accountant or
y salesman in a wholesale grocery, cotton or
commission house. Address
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BEEF TENDERLOINS
Received daily per Express.
III. SEESSEL, SIR, d SON.,
Cor. jefferson and Second.
1914
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Buy Pitcher Pumps of Browne.
Buy Gas Fixtures Of Browne.
JOHN walls a, UNDERTAKEN,
34I Second Street. 1887,
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II Apply 10 n II Mstte, 267 Main. 1iS l4S
OTOREHOUSES Nos. IS and II Union st.,
. now occupied by Langstaff. Graham *
PrOudft. LIB MCFARLAND,
s2T q Madison street.
T ARgE three. story brick house. s. End st..
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no MYPATRONS.

Buy We'll Pipe Of Browne, 40 MadiI
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ZOE RENT.

A 7 Ozanne & Mays. Il OF Is boys to iearI
y the tinWare business. ll3 US
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A GOOD COOK. Washer and Ironcr for .
"A family of three, Single woman preferred.
Apply at once, 81 johnson avenue. l4S AS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

band, and with the exception Of few
occasions, when she had appeared upon
the platform as the talented reader and
elocutionist, "Marie Isabelle Ham
mond." her mind has been engrossed
with domestic affairs. Yet every few
months she is vexed and annoyed by
coming across an announcement that
belle Boyd" the ex. confederate SPY,
has turned up in some part of the coun.
try. Now the pretender is being enter
tanned by some prominent SoutRerner ;
again she is In distress and soliciting
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

The PRESERVATION OF EGas.-The
question, "How can eggs be preserved
for market?" just now engages the at
tention Of many of our readers. The fol-
lowing will prove of timely interest to
many:
In the common ''linins" process q
tight barrel is half filled with cold wa
ter, into which is stirred Stacked lime
and salt in proportion of about one-half
pound. each for every pail or bucket of
water. Some dealers use no salt, and
others add small quantity of either
one-quarter pound to the half barrel of
pickle. Into this the eggs, which must
be perfectly fresh and sound, are let
down with dish, when they settle to
the bottom, small end down. The eggs
displace the liquid, so that when the
barrel is full of eggs it is also full of the
pickle. Eggs thus picked, if kept in a
cool place, will ordinarily keep good for
several months. Long storage in this
liquid, however, is apt to make the
shells brittle and impart limy taste to
their contents. This may be in a great
measure avoided by apointing the egg
all over with lard before putting in the
pickle. Eggs thus prepared are said to
keep prepared for six months or more
when stored in cellar.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

Invaded the parlors of Winchester, al
though the feeling was all on one side.
Bright eyes flashed fire, little fists were
shaken In wrath, while prominent citi-
zens sent hurried letters to Richmond,
declaring that the acceptance of General
Jackson's resignation would create q
panic throughout the Valley. General
Johnston retained General Jackson e
letter of ofresignation for few days. Lay
ing aside all fOrmality and addressing
him as "My dear friend, he wrote:
"Let me beg you to reconsider this
matter. Under ordinary circumstances
due sense of ones dignity, as well as
care for professional character and off,
cial rights, would demand such q course
as yours. But the character of the war,
the great energy exhibited by the gov
ernment of the United States, the dam
ger in which our very existence as an
Independent people lies, require sacri-
fees from us all who have been educated
as soldiers. I received my information
of the order of which you have such
cause to complain from your letter. Is
not that as great an official wrong to me
as the order itself to you? X I
regard you as necessary to the service of
your country in your present position"
Governor Honest Johnn-
sw0re q miscellaneous assortment of
oaths when he heard that his General.
for he always regarded General Jackson
as under his special care-was about to
quit the~afmy, General jackson was
persuaded at length and he gave his con-
sent to the withdrawal ofhis resignation.
The Pleiad, brightest and. nearly lost, d
was saved to that constellation, whose
martial splendor will cast its light for
ages over the annals of the Army of
Northern Virginia. In his letter to
Governor Letcher, allowing his resigna-
tion to be withdrawn, General Jackson
wrote:
IF the Secretary persists in the ruin
GUS policy complained of, feel that no
officer can serve his country better than
by making his strongest possible protest
against it, which, in my opinion, is done
by rendering his resignation rather than
be willing instrument in prosecuting
the war upon ruinous policy"
His protest was effective He was
never afterwards interfe,ed with by or
ders from the War Department, and his
prompt action doubtless saved other
generals from like humiliations.
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Recipes.

There is greenness in onions and po.
tatoes that renders them hard to digest.
For health's sake put them in warm
water for an hour before cooking.
In making a crust of any kind, do not
melt the lard in flour. Melting will in.
jure the crust.
In boiling dumplings of any kind, put
them in the water one at time. If they
are put in together they will mix with
each other.
A paste made of whiting and benzine
will clean marble, and one made of viii
ting and chloride of soda spread and left
to dry (in the sun if possible) on the
marble will remove spots.
A fine comb loosens the dead skin of
the scalp just as friction rubs off the
scarf skin of the body.
The Parisian method of cleaning black
silk is to brush and wipe it thoroughly,
lay it on fiat table with the side up
which is intended to show, and sponge
with hot. coffee strained through mus.
lin. Allow it to become partially dry,
then iron.
Furniture needs cleaning as much as
other woodwork. It may be washed
with warm suds, quickly wiped dry and
then rubbed with an oily cloth.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

COLD TEA.-As usually made, cold
tea is an unwholesome drink. The tea
is made in the teapot as usual, and then
cooled therein, and perhaps allowed to
stand in the teapot for many hours
before being drank by this process, the
tannin of the tea leaves is extracted
and tho result is a strong decoction of
tannin. To make 1t properly, the tea
should be drawn the usual length of
time, say five minutes for green tea,
eight minutes for Oolong tea, and fif-
teen minutes for English breakfast;
then pour it off into a pitcher or other
suitable vessel, allow 1t to- become cool;
then place it in the ice.chest.
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A farmer on being asked to write q
testimonial for patent clothes wringer,
produced the following: II bought your
clothes-wringer, and am hugely pleased
with 1t. / bous ht a jag of wood which
proved to green and unfit TO burn; ]
ran tie whule load through your wiring
er, and have used the wood for kindline
ever since"
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SONG.

SONG.
Oh. sing that song again this morn,
You sang last night amid the throng.
They paused and listened in their talk,
But me 1t haunted all night long.
heard you hum it in my dreams,
1t fioated through them all night long;
When wakened by the birds at dawn,
said-'tis Kathleen, and her song! ;.
Last eve 1t was the nightingale
Lulled me to rest with trilling-
But when woke from slumbers light,
Sweet. your air my soul was thrilling,
With echoes caught from airy spheres,
In realms above this lower earth,
Mid seraphinl and choral voices,
o, now knoU your voice had birth!
For like the lark it scared aIoft,
On bursts Of melody far-reaching-
Till lost amid the summer skies,
1t faded slowly from my hearing.
But then again that low refrain
On which there fell divinest pause:
1t surely was some mermaids' strain
Caught up by thee in silent hours,
Which, yelling up from under ocean,
Found entrance meet within my breast.
And toned by thee to harmony
Shall ever soothe my souls unrest!
1t changed again,-was it a dream?
1t seemed to me an angel fair,
In the spot where you were singing,
Folded its wings and nestled there.
The face was yours, and the form 80 fair,
Transfused by seraph's breathing;
While odors divine fioated around
The spot where you were singing!
closed my eyes in very fear,
Lest with the voice the form might soar
Beyond all human ear and ken,
On angel wings, forevermore!
Singing, soaring in ecstasy
Soaring, singing with voice divine,
shall listen forevermore,
Till thy soul be Joined with mine:
And thou wilt sing, and Will tune
My soul to thy p re heart. kathleen,
Till we sing and soarin unison,
One voice-one soul, for aye serene.
MONA.
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ROTATION OF CRoPs.-The famous
system of rotation, now extended quite
generally throughout England and Scot
land, with occasional modification, is as
follows: 1.-THE first year, clover and
mixed grass seed; the second year,
wheat the third year, turnips or ru.
tabagas the fourth year barley; and
then the same course again. An inno-
walton on this is to add another grain
crop, oats, to the shift, making a five
years. course; and so efficient has this
course been, that it has been calculated
that the grain crop has increased one
fourth"
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The sulphate of ammonia, it is said,
is an excellent manuria1 LIQUID to YER
benas and other flowers, giving the To-
liage a dark green, luxurlant and
healthy appearance. 1t is economical,
clean and easily applied, after prepar-
ing it the evening before, by dissolving
an ounce of ammonia in two gallons Of
water, and sprinkling over the flowers
and about the roots once week.
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BY q. W. v.

lSSl.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is th
1eath of his saints"
BY o. Wv.
The sunshine and the rain doth fall
Around the good mans tomb,
And flowers shed around the spot
Their beauty and perfume.
But tn ey'u be nipped by chilling frosts-
Be buried meath the SHOWS.
But storms and ten.pests cen will fail
To break the saints repose.
o, sleep on. humble christian, sleep,
In thy cold, narrow bed.
The orphans signs the Widows tears
Can not bring back their dead.
But while in loneliness they weep
Beneath the cumbrous rod.
Let them adopt thy dying words:-
"Oh glory be to God"
mot dead but sleepeth-now thy saint,
Who great aff1iction bore.
The shining goal is gained at last,
And he'll Ego out no more"
What num'rous stars are in his crown
For good deeds done on earth.
He frightened up the sick mans couch
He cheered the dreary hearth.
With silent tread his willing feet
Each dying want supplied,
And sadness reigned in every heart
When this true christian died.
The many sleepless nights he spent
Are placed on record There,
Oh, who will take this good mans place?
Who'll fill the vacant chair?
Who'll closely watch the dying bed
OF stranger and of friend?
Who will in dark affliction's day
Such willing succor lend?
In his long suferings here he learned
Submission to the rod.
And the last function Of his lips
Was "glory be to God"
He looks down from his heavenly Home
Upon her shaded brow;
She upward looks through mists and clouds
For he is speaking now
The hearts divorced by cruel death
Will reunited be.
Ny mission on the earth is done
Up Here I'm praising thee.
For thou vast faithful to the last,
My vigil night and day,
And was 1t not thy woman's prayers
That kept my feet this way3
A little while and thou wilt come
To dwell Up Here with me.
And may these riches enjoy
My children's portion be.
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ONE of the best remedies for the cur
rant and gooseberry worm is to sprinkle
the bushes with strong solution of
copperas water, using gallon of water
to q quarter of pound of cOpperas, and
applying it from watering pot, sim
gle application killing the worm as
"dead as door nail" is,,.sa
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

THE theory that variety of potato
is limited to about fourteen years is not
new as some suppose, but may be found
mentioned on page fifty-seYen of the
transactions of the London Horticul~
tural Society,"" as far back as 1907.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

A NEW PRINTING PROCEsS.-A new
printing process has been perfected and
q company organized to use it for all
printing purposes. Under this process
type and printers composition are dis
pensed with. A machine somewhat
similar to the type writer cuts letter or
word matrixes in substance similar to
gutta percha, and from these matrices
stereotypes, electrotypes,l SC, of any
sort of printed forms are to be made, to
be used as other stereotypes, &c.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

POTATOES, or any ether root crops,
may be grown in q young orchard. It
would not do any injury to grow corn,
but grain crops should not be attempt
ed. They take from the soil the very
elements which the trees require.
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mayl7-ly
.MALA RI E. A T.
POISON.

The principal cause of nearly all sickness al
Liver, which, if not regulated in time, great
suffering, wretchedness and death will come
A gentleman writing from South America says
II have used your Simmons Liver Regulator
with good effect. both as prevention and cure
for Malar1al Fevers on the Isthmus of Pana-
MAJ
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my son had an abscess in his side
that discharged two quarts of matter.-
'Lindsey's Blood Searcher' cured him.
J. F. Brooks, Painesville, Ohio.
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THE REQUEST.

fyou think my words worth hymning.
Will you sing them, Fair?
All the rhymes my heart went stringing
Through the star-lit air
When left your side last night,
Prima donna, crowned Alright.
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TAILORING.

I'D b. GRAVES,
Fashionable Tailor,
No. 1O3 e. Main St., Up Stairs, opposite
the Stdusat0n Opera House.
is prepared to give the same satisfaction In all
work as in former times.
Special Attention Paid to Cutting.
Work done outside of shop. Cutting and re-
pairing done In best manner and on short no.
ice. ~ TERMS CASH. ga au27-tf
|MERCHANT TAILORING
HEADQ UARZERS,
M. F.. McNAMARA
No. 10 NEW ST.,
STAUNTON, VA.
My Merchant Tailoring Establishment has
Just been fitted up with new and fine assort-
ment of
Suitings. Cloths, Cassimeres, &C..
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER,
of the latest styles and best manufacture.
~ Perfect fits guaranteed and orders prompt
ly executed.
Call and examine goods and prices. jy2-tf
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CARRIAGE FACTORIES
CLICK & MILLER.

BRIDGEW WATER, VA,
VIII sell you the BEST and CHEAPEST
BUGGY. CARRIAGE. or SPRING WAC.
ON. Send and get FREE their Price List and
Special Prices. JueN-ly
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SIMMONS liver REGULATOR,

It 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. 1t
Is the cheapest. purest, and best family medi-
cine in the world.