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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01


DEsTRUCTIvEuF FIRE IN LYNCHBURG
"A destructive fire occurred in Lynch
burg about 10 O'clock last Friday night
A telegram to the Richmond DSsp0tch
says the IRE originated ia the mercantile
establishment Of Luccado n Urquhart,
on j Jefferson street. and spread rapidly
to several adjoining buildings, all Of
which were burned to aground. =
The freight and passenger depot OF the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Compas
nyiltSpk FIRE and WA totally destroyed,
Including fifteensOr twenty freight-cars.
EeySfal.w loaded with leaf and msnu-
fsctufed tobacco, a portion Of the trestle
Dfths Richmond Ands Allegheny road
was burned, together with five freight
cars loaded with lime.
The cause ofthe fire is unknown, but
is supposed to have been fncendiary.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

The amount of information necessary
to capacitate man for the responsible
position Of "Sena-toe.rial" scanvasser
for the Mahoneite ticket, will be seen
by the following display Of historical
knowledge by one of their appointees
In Rockingham last week.
He was in joint discussion with one
of the Democratic capvassers, and when
be reached the capitation-tax portion Of
hisspeech he became very eloquent and
lofty. He said that ito srequire q man
to pay one dollar before allowing him
to vote, was taking from him his rights
and freedom. and as for himself, in the
language of Napoleon, when upon the
Isle of st. Helena. Give me liberty or
give me DEATH" Was ever such his.
torical research displayed? Well, hardly
ever!-R Rockingham Register.
The Register has answered his prayer,
and finding him unworthy Of liberty
has given him ''death."
20 breathe not his name,
Let 1t sleep in the shade"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

With reference to the Early-Mahone
affair Gen. Malone says that when he
fights it will be with gentleman" By
this the General has rendered himself
even more ridiculous than he has pre-
viously appeared, for all acquainted with
him know that so far as the qualities
usually supposed 10 constitute gentle
man are concerned, Gen. Early is his
superior. But were it otherwise, and
If Gen. Early were his inferior in social
standing, General Malone has lost his
right to refuse to fight on that ground,
for it was only year or two ago that he
recognized Gen. Early as his social equal
by carrying on q hostile correspondents
with him, and Gen. Early has done
nothing since then to forfeit his stand
ing as gentleman. Gen. Malone had
excellent grounds for refusing to fight q
duel with Gen. Early or any other man.
but to base that refusal upon General
Early's inferiority to him as gentle
man is utterly absurd to all acquainted
with the history, character, and past
and present social standing Of the two
men.-Aler. Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

VALUABLE DISCOVERIES IN BABY
LONIA.-Mr. Harmuzd Rassam, who has
for some years been making excavations
at Babylon in behalf of the British
Museum, has recently made important
discoveries which enable us to form q
better idea of the popular life of the
city of NebucchadneZZar than we have
been able to do with regard to Ninevah
after many years of exploration. He
has accumulated several thousand tab
lets from the counting-room or docu-
ment- house of the firm of BENZ Egibi,
to whom for several hundred years
was c0nfided the management Of the
finances of the Kings of Babylon.
These bankers preserved vouchers from
which we learn how the revenue
was raised in Mesopotamia by duties
levied on land crops, crops Of dates
and corn, the use of the canals, public
roads, 60. At the same time Mr.. Rassam
brings to light valuable abridgment
Of the history of the last days OF the
Babylonian empire, extending from the
reign of Nabonidus to the capture OF
the city by Cyrus, record of the Per-
sian rule. and finally of the last great
victor who entered Babylon, Alexander
the Great. It is impossible to overesti-
mate the value of this "find." But
though Babylon was older than Nine.
yah and the other cities of Assyria, still
there were cities claiming to be older
than Babylon. Mr.. Bassam has found
some thirty miles southwest Of Bagdad
ruins of city ante-dating Babylon
perhaps by many years. A terra Gotta
buried near the altar of the Assyrian
sun-god was exhumed, and found to
contain tablets showing that the city
was Sippara, whose traditions 60 back
to the days before the flood. 6ippara lie
well known to have been the focus of
Chaldean religious thought. The dis
covery of palaces of the city Of Cutha,
one of the great theological centres Of
Babylonia. will be of special interest to
readers of the Bible, since they will re-
call 1t as the place mentioned at 2 Kings,
xviii, M:31. The permaDence of these
old records of the Euphrates valley sug-
gests the inquiry how long the contents
of our libraries would survive the stress
of time and weather should some ma
tional catastrophe PROSTATE the build
iEgs containing them to the ground,
along with thepeople who erected them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

We commend the followin g utterance
of the late President Garfield-the mar
tyr to that Stalwartism represented by
Arthur, Conkling and Malone to the
attention of all honest Republicans in
Virginia. He said: mo Republican
should touch any party tainted with re-
pudiation. But, notwithstanding this
note of warning, that comes from the
grave of the murdered President, the
Guiteau Administration has taken the
Regulators under its wing, and all the
office holders are making haste to swear
allegiance to the cause Of William Ma
hone, in his fight against the creditors
of Virginia !-Lynchburg Urgiaidn.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

Mr.. Pitt on his 1eathbed bit and de-
plored his own neglect OF pttyer. When
told of his imminent danger, and, In
vited to prepare himself by prayer for
appearing before God, I hsSe too long
neglected prayer. y said he,, ddurIng Hfe
to have much confliencs In it's ef3e9gY
on my deathbed. but / Throw myldaaelf
on the mercy of God fhrongho Jessls
Christ. !" This he uttered Nfthia tefveuCy
but hnmbleness Of devotion which WIS
most touching.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01
Republican state ,ExSeutavs Committee.


Chairman JamesaD. Brady, Peters.
Ssss;rssary-N. W. Lakewood. Rich
mond, Va. ,...,.s,z5 49,, 49,. /.
PEfhhaBssBBtuhRa, Va, Oct. Is. 1881.
Our Committee asks Of you ,volun.
teefi S0htfibH tfon, to our UiM pSigno fund.
The MatioBal iRspublfnsl Committee,
every Republican; Senator, General y.
I6! Grant. Hon. VIM. E, Chandler, and
Eall Republican leaders Of national re.
|putation, earnestly desire the'eu6cess. OF
the Coalition movement In Virginia,
VIII hereby the Bourbon Democracy Will
be defeated. Waneed money to enable
u to deffay the legitimate expenses OF
the ca,mB4agn, and we trust 1t will be
your pleasure to assist us. DIR. q. Il.
Gilmer, of Richmond, IL our, treasurer.
He, or myself, will acknowledge any
contribution you may give.
Yours truly,
aa JAS D. BRADY, g
Chairman Rep. State Ex've Comm.
CAPT. W. g. LuRTY,
u. s, District Attorney tot the Western
District Of Virginia. followed the Negro
Brooks, and instead 81 Biz, saying thai
this va 4 hight for Rgadjbstme1t and
not fof b1icanisms he c9mmencst
his speech BY saying that re tpds ,'o|
| and iseper had been q, RsdIJ Gster, bp'
I that he was Republican, and further
on he declared that he would join hand
with the DEVILS party II he could there
by secure to all men the rights they
were entitled to-that IT, hAye al mer
allowed to vote without paying 8 cen
tax. have the whipping post law repeal
ed, and thus turn over the Btste to I,
horde of men not interested IN the rat
Of taxation, and the tsx. payers made =
pay large amounts Of taxes in order 7
keep persons guilty Of petit larceny y
WARN quarters during the winter, In
;4stead Of applying the lash. $50. ..s'
il Capt, Lnrty has never before SANCTION
|, ed this coalition, but Nus dPnpp nAed
in unmeasured terms. end donbttess It,
reception of circular similar to tn
above has opened his eyes to the fac
that this is q Republican fight. = Rock
j, inghdna Register.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

In the very able speech delivered at
Newbern, Pulaski county, on the 9th OF
September, by Hon. John w. Johnston ),
he thus photographs VIM. E. Cameron,
the Malone candidate for Governor =
"Who is Mr.. Cameron and what are
his record, his history, per formances,
and services? ss ,.
Once an extreme debt-payer, now q
repudiationist! Once q Democrat OF
the straitest sect, now; . Republican ~
or, not manly and candid enough to say
what he is.
Once traducer and defamer Of the
colored race, now its wOuld-be cham
pion.
Thirteen years ago he declared the
debt to be $50, 0O0, 600, and announced
that it should be all paid at per cent
interest, if it took the last pound OF the
peoples flesh and the last drop OF their
blood.
Now he says we only owe $40, 600, 900,
and can pay only per cent on that.
Thirteen years ago he wrote: I'VE
have suffered enough for the negro al
ready. It is our mission hereafter to
make this white mans government"
Now he boasts that he is going to put
himself at the head of the colored troops
and "carry Africa into the war"
What does he mean when he says he
will carry Africa into the war? What
can he mean? The colored man has his
civil rights now to the same extent az
the white man. Look back and exam;
inc the vote of the State in elections
since the war. and 1t will be seen at once
that the colored vote is about in the
same proportion to the population as the
white vote is, to the white population.
It is impossible, therefore, that it could
have been suppressed or interfered with.
And there are only two respects In
which any distincti0n is made between
the races-mixed schools are not al
lowed, and marriages between whites
and blacks are prohibited.
When Mr.. Cameron talks about car.
rying Africa into the war, does he wish
or intend it to be go understood that
these things are to be changed, and he
will try to have it done? That he wants
to see tender little Anglo Saxon girl
fanked on her bench at school, on either
side, by african" youths? That q
white woman shall be led to the mar
riage altar by q dusky groom? And
that, finally. he wants the colored race
to rule and dominate in Virginia and
put their feet on the necks of the white
man.
If he don't mean these things, he
means nothing, and his declaration Is q
senseless and foolish threat"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

PRESERVING VEGETABLES IN WIN
TER.-To keep beets, scarrot6hnd turn1ps
from whiting 1t ia good plan to put
them up in barrels with heads. or to
pile them In the cellar about four feet
deep and cover the pile With o lftsle
straw or coarse litter, to prevent evapo-i
ration. If the cellar is kept cold they
will not sprout and grow : but this 10
not always easy to do, as mild weather
approaches in spring, at which season q
good pit keeps the roots in better oYder
than any cellar can do.
To keep squashes we'll very different
conditions are Essential. We The e4naah
ID tropical plant, and Will onot well
endure cold weather. eyeHaa Afpfnaph
to the freezing point BelbwS 4OespJ fnjufes
them for keeping, and IL the temperar
ture can be kept uniformly. above 5Oe
from the time they are harvested it vgiH
be all the better; free circulation OF air
is afro essential, especially when they
are first gathered, and Tor several week.
afterward. A cellar with q furnace In
1t, where the temperature is Aboved 50e,
will keep them, we'll. Bnt cellar
without q fire is too damp and cold, and
they will not Keep long in lit. One l01
the best places to be found In Moat
HOUSES lOf koeO14S ~ 0hbueo11S y CAuScs
against the Kitghen hchimIiey. They
need looking over every two weeks to
pick out the speckled ones they keep
pretty we'll till spring If carefully
Watched. The hardshslled sqnashes,
like the Hubbard and arble heRd, keep
very much better than pthe urban and
marrow varieties, which are mostly used
in autumn for pies, etc. 81 &
Tomatoes picked quite green. just be-
fore frost endangers their destf1ction,
and spread out upon the benches not q
greenhouse, or under the glass of 4 hot
bed, will ripen after several days expo;
sure to the, warmth Of the ssupJ and
prove very acceptable after the frost hat
destroyed the vines. sf,f,.,a... ss.sls "a
| String beans may be easily0 dried by
spreading them on a-roof or other con-
venient place, and furnish an excellent
winter dish they need only, to be soak.
ed, and cooked as II freshly picked,
This method Is not 30 generally known
and practised as it should be-. String
beans are a'delioate dish in midwinter
and we'll worth the slight trouble 81
saving them. Lima beans, shelled and
dried, make most excellent stewed beans
in the winter season, 60 much better
than ordinary pea beans that one would
be quite surprised at the difference whe
had never before tried it.-W. D.. Phil
brick in Neso England Farmer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

PIcKLED PLUMs. Ito seven pounds
plums, four pounds sugsrs two ounees
stick cinnamon, two ouneee Gloves bne
quart vinegar, add . little mace put Ia
che jar first . lsye Of plume then a,layer
Of spices alternately, seagd the vinegar
and sugar together and pour 1t 0verth
plums; Yepeat thfee etines 'ufor plums
(only once forcuG applesl and opesrs y
the fourth time scsld all together put
them into glass jars and they are ready
for use. s
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

TOMATO SAUCE Nine ripe tomatoes,
peeled and cut small, red pepper chop
ped dne, one teacupful of vinegar. two
tablespoonful brown sugar, ono table
spoonful of salt, one teaspeenful ginger,
one Of cloves. one Of allspice put vine
gar In last stew one hour.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

Emma R. asks: do you think it
right for a girl to sit on = young mans
lap, even II she is engaged to him ?"
And we say: tit was our girl on our
lap, yes; If it was another girl on our
lap, yes; but If it was our girl on any
other fellows lap, 'never!'b
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

Mrs. Garfield has rented handsome
and comfortable house on Euclid ave-
nue., Cleveland, Ohio. and will spend
the winter there with her daughter and
her younger sons. She will take posses
sion in few weeks, and her children
will then Immediately enter school.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

"Why, - asked q Sundsy6ehoolteach-
er of little boy, ibid Jacob marry the
two daughters Of Laban ?" IT dunno.
except. perhaps be was satisfied with
one mother. in.law.n 3
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

"She was q daisy" but she put her
little French. heeled shoe on q banana
peel, and in a flash she was transformed
into q lady clipper, and then arose
blushing like peony.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

Henderson says he has lots ofspare
time on his hands slice he began to At
tend exclusively to his own business -
Formerly he was the hardest worked
man In the city.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

"What every one says must be true, !"
that .ssDr. Sellers Cough Syrup" has no
equal for coughs and colds. Try it,
Price 25,cents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

Happy is he who has learned to do
the plain duty of the moment quickly
and cheerfully, whenever and whatever
It NAV be.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

Hope is like the sun, which, as We
journey toward it. casts the shadow Of
our burden behind us.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

Before you set about asking Gods
blessing, make sure that you have
earned it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

sHewho thinks his place below him,
will certainly be below his place. lil
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

$10sto SO gss s 81 is g. heass .rp's
marl5-lys sf1NsoN 4 Co.. Portland, Aaane
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01

~ n an VEa q
r
ssFashionab1e Tailor, x
No. 10S e. Main ST., Stairs, o12positd
the Stnunt0n Opera House. ,aa
Il prepared togfve the same satisfaction In al
work as in former times. ldJ
special Attention Paid % Cmtting. %
Work done outside Of shop. Cutting and re-
pairing done in best manner and ON short'nO.
aos.. II TERMS CASH. "a ah2-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01
TAILORING;

TAILORIN6.
---- .e..y Il
Os MB@GH ANH EAAloR,
100 r. Main st.. A&saatans Va. a. :,
desire to call tho attsntion. Of my alf3snda
end the public to the fact that / have Just re-
@eiv6d . most beautiful lin eof--lspa "a
DRESS .sG001A6 ,.
FOR FAIL AND WINTER WEAR: = ~
Tho very hest materials, made up In the latest
fty4es aud In the most work "a anltfS AaSnds
3iso keep full line a Gests' FnfH fSl =
{5NQds. - Give me call before making
your purchases. Respectfully, ~
octi4-tf ]. A.HUTCHE6oN.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-08-11

MIR. Iebbens Compton and his wife of
Painteld n. j., While at their home re-
Gently, were astonishcd by the entrance
of Sylvanus, their son, who was last heard
of bv them nineteen years ago, and whom
they believed to be dead. Before the war
he was a druggists clerk in Plantield.
He enlisted in the navy, being about
tWenty-one years Of age, aud became at
tached to the surgical staff. In June,
1862, he was in a ship taking some sick
soldiers to New Orleans This was the
last heard from him direct, but his parents
learned that he landed safely in New Or
leans and had been seen in that city. No
further trace Of him could he found, and
after a few years his family gave UP all
hopes Of ever seeing him again.
The returned son says that in New Or
leans he fell in with a pleasant sort Of
man. who invited him to drink a bottle of
wine. After this he remembers nothing
until he was aroused from a stupor and
found himself in SLAYER three days out
at sea. lie escaped from the ship at one
port and told his story to the American
Council, but that official had been warned
to arrest him as 4 desertcr and send him
back. The Council advised him to take the
ship again and escape at some other port
where there was no official to arrest him.
He next quilted the ship at an African
port and made his way to the Cape Colony.
Here he settled down, married and had
one child. He sent no word home, on ac
count Of fear Of being arrested as q de-
serter and taken back to America for trial.
From Cape Town he drifted off to India
and other parts of Asia, and finally to Aus
trala. From Australia he finally return
ed to New York and went direct to Plain
field to find his parents. \. y. Herald.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-08-11
VOLUME SO.
Strawberries.

The last pint of strawberries is picked,
then what viii you plough down the
old bed or 90 to work for another crop
from the same ground? Some people
think it best to have bed entirely new
for each years picking. An old and very
large grower of this fruit starts the har-
row after the fruit is gathered, and keeps
the soil mellow through June and July.
He uses fine, stGel-tOothed harrow,
with twelve teeth, between the rows. the
same as in newly planted bed. This
cuts the ground fine and does not cover
the plants. No matter if one fourth to
one third of the vines are rooted out, and
the remainder "look sadly dcmoralized"
in consequence, they will soon recover
and the next crop be all the better for
the severe scattering. Some growers
first NOV off the leaves, and use a plough
instead OF harrow, ploughlng turroW
from the row. leaving unploughed space
six to nine inches wide, thinning out the
plants in row with a hand plough, after
wards using the harrow between the
rows. \ new bed may be started now to
fruit next year, by spadng up a ball of
earth with the plant, and setting without
ulStufblnS the fO0lS. nose VINO Ike lnc
hill system can set the plants in rows
both ways, and use whcelbarrow with
a sheet-iron wheel, having sharp edged
rim for cutting the runners. This will do
the work. The fine -toothed harrow can
he run both Ways, So that no hand hoeing
or backbreaking work is needed, In the
matted row system, the runners may be
kept cut off until early in August, when
the horse cultivation should cease and
the runners he allowed to take root
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-08-11
Slumber Song.

In the winged cradle of sleep lay
My darling gently down;
Kissed and closed are his eyes of gray,
Under his curls' bright crown.
Where, oh where, will he fly and float,
In the winged cradle of sleep!
Whom will he meet in the worlds remote,
While he sumbers soft and deep!
Warm and sweet as white blush-rosc,
His small hand lies in mine,
But | cannot follow him where he goes,
And he gives no word nor sign,
Keep him safe, ye heavenly powers,
In dream land vast and dim
Let no i'll, through the nights long hours
Come nigh to trouble him.
Give him back when the dawn shall break
With his matchless baby charms,
With his love and his beauty all awake
Into my happy arms,
ella Thaxter, in st. Nicholas for August
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-08-11
Aphorisms from the Quarters


1t don't take no prophet to rickerlec'
bad luck.
Dey don't hab no loafers in dc martin
box.
DE wire grass lubs lazy niger.
Dar's right smart 'ligion in a pIow-han-
die.
Twelve erclock nebber is in a hurry.
Nebbcr pend too much on de black
berry blossoms.
Don't bet on 'tater-hill bcfo' de grab
blin' time.
Heap o. good tton-stalks gifts chopped
up fun 'sociatin' wild de weeds.
Many a nice corn-silk winds up Wid a
nubbin in de fall.
a chickcn-roo is dc debburs steel-trap,
an Il grassy corn-row is his flower garden.
De mornin'- glories ant pertickler lubly
to II man wild de back-ache. "Bric-a-
Brac," Midsummer Scribner.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-08-11
'Tis Now.

Now the choWder's in the pot, and the
days are getting hot, and we'll begin to
sWelter with sWelt, sWelt, sWelt While
the crimson lemonade through straw
enchants the maid, who displaysa a bunch
of flowers at her belt, belt, belt.
Now our tancies, quaint and 4aecr,
lightly turn to thoughts Of beer, and the
picnics everlasting custard pie, pie, pie
And we sit with pretty Nell, meath Il
gingham umberell, gaily boomeranged
and shipwrecked by her sigh, sigh, sigh.
Now the cat begins to scoot from the
well directed boot, and the poodle wears
kettle on his tail, tail, tail Now the
Nassar maidens mount every soda water
fount, and they drink vermilon rapture
till they're pale, pale, pale.
Now the ice man with smile sings his
naughty summer style, and the plumber
bows in solitude his head, head, head.
Now the steamer whistle blows, and the
bee deserts the rose, long enough to sting
the small boy on the nose, nose, nose.
Now the cuffs and collars melt, now the
monte man is felt, and the circus in the
country does appear, pear, pear. No
news is this, by 10, they are facts all peo-
pie know, for they're written by the joker
every year, year, year. Puck.