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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

NOVEL MONEY ORDERS.-The Post
master General is said to have devised
a plan for facilitating the transmission
through the mails, at cheap rate, of
small sums of money. The new device
is an improvement upon the system of
postal orders recently adopted by the
English postal authorities. The i'm
provement consists of three columns of
figures, one to represent dollars, the
second tens, and the third units. Two
denominations of these orders are to be
issued-one for ell sums within So so,
and the other for all sums within SIS.
The SIS card has four figures and a cipher
in the dollar column and all the nu>
merals in each of the other columns.
The postmaster selling the order will
designate the amount to be drawn by
punching the figures in the respective
columns. The orders will be payable to
bearer, and the postoffice will not be
responsible for their safe delivery any
more than for fractional currency, for
which they are intended as substitute
Both sets of orders are to be printed on
bank-note paper, to be finely engraved
and other precautions taken against
counterfeiting. 1t is expected that the
department will be able to sell them at
from 2 to cents for 50 so order and
ftom to 5 cents for a SIS order. The
postmaster will enter the amount of the
order in writing on stub, which will
be the only check the department will
need, and will contain only the amount
of the order, the date of issue and the
name of the office upon which the or
der is drawn. This will do away with
q great deal of clerical labor.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

Newspaper subscriptions are always
paid in advance; that is to say, if the
subscriber does not do it. the pub
fishers are obliged to, as the paper deal.
er, the compositors, the type-makers
the ink dealers, the scissors grinder, the
landlord and others will not wait till the
year expires. We leave the delinquent
subscriber to finish this item to suit
himself.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09
Occasionally, yes, very often. a We

Occasionally, yes, very often, a We
man is more than match for man.
Asfarmer living in the outskirts of New
Haven was in hurry to get his farm
work along, and he went out into the
field with his boys and hired man, en-.
stick of wood in the woodpile had been
burned to get breakfast. Raging hum
cry, the force came in at noon. The
good wife had the table set with all the
taste of which she was mistress, and it
really looked inviting, but there was no
dinner upon it. Sarah, where's the
dinner ?" inquired the farmer somewhat
anxiously. II don't know whether it
is dope or not. There was no wood for
q fire, 80 hung it in the warmest place
I could find. It's on the ladder at the
south side of the house." The whole
force was detailed at cutting wood that
afternoon.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09
GALL AND SEE US.

and get our list of prices. and also the names of
the large number OF our best farmers who have
been using these fertilizers.
Very Respectfully,
BYERS & COCHRAN,
Cor. Main and Augusta StS.,
Staunton, Va.
N. B.-Our Fertilizers will be kept at our
ware house, No. "a Lewis street, which will not
necessitate driving near the railroad, which is
frequently attended with great danger. tyl9-2m
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

Denton bridge had scarcely been put
in complete order before the schooner
Dolphin came alongan striking one of
the rods supporting the draw, drove it
through the iron easement, causing the
draw to sag, and tore loose two panels
of the railing. The damage was slight,
and repa ired in few minutes.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

There Is more Strength restoring pow
er in SO cent bottle of Parker's Ginger
Tonic than in bushel of malt or a gal
Ion of milk. As an appetizer, blood
purifier, and kidney corrector, there is
nothing like it, and invalids find 1t a
wonderful invigorant for mind and
body. See other column.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

A subscriber wants to know ''why tea
stores are painted red." It is because
proprietors of these stores employ men
to paint them that color--Norristoa0s
Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

A hermit has built little house in q
tree at Morrisville, Vermont, forty feet
from the ground. He has had enough
of earth, he says, and desires to live as
far from it as possible.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

An old gentleman in Maryland said
he had raised his family on "Seller's
Liver Pills." and considered them al
most as essential to family as bread
That's true.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

0GG aweek in your own town. Terms and
mar15-1y* HALLETT Co., Portland, Maine.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09
WOOL! WOOIi

DOur farmers will find that washed and un-
washed wool, IT 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 as useful at home. Call and see
us before selling.
mayH BAKER BROTHERS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

His relations here would deem it favor to
learn of his whereabouts, suspecting If he visits
Hilb & Rutherford's Clothing Bazaar he will
dress himself to death, he having heard from
deaf and dumb persons that this is the best and
cheapest Clothing House in the far-famed city
of Staunton, where can be found large as
sortment of
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
The Waste of the Obelisk.
Discouraging Number of Years Neces
sary to Wear Away the Inscriptions.

IN. [. Times.
To-day the obelisk lies just across Fifth
Avenue. 1t is being raised so as to take the
incline which will carry it to its proper posi-
ton. Some very curious speculations have
been entered into by yLieut-Commander Cor
ringe as TO the influences of the weather on
the obelisk, and some of his deductions are
singularly interesting. Standing as it did at
Alexandria, with its northern edge to the Med
iteranean and its western to the sand-storms, it
would be suppoSable that on these two portions
the hieroglyphics would be effaced But this
is quite contrary TO the facts for the north side
has the figures most sharply developed. After
that comes the west side, then the east side
and the south side is the worst in condition
Lieut.. Gorringe gives the following explana-
tion for the differences of condition of the
sides. When working ON the obelisk in Egypt
he noticed that on numerous occasions slight
scales minute fragments of cyanite, could be
picked mp, coming from the east and west
sides. In Alexandria during Spring and Sum-
mer the dews are exceedingly heavy. The
obelisk then condenses the water in the air.
and it becomes moist all over. The sun rising
in the east then strikes the east side, and trav-
els around to the south side, but does not
affect the two opposite sides. The heat of the
cAA CNdHoiatiliS tHO uOiSluro uO6S oXerClS0
then a mechanical action on the hard stone
OF course the quantity of detached fragments
was very small, not more in all than thin
bleful at a time, but this constantly repeated
through thousands of years would mate
rily affect certain sides of the obellsk
Now, as the exact present weight of the
obelisk is 43S, 800 pounds suppose that
from atmospheric causes the surface deterior-
ated on an average of one ounce per diem
There being then 7,0l6, 900 ounces in the mon
olith, it might or might not be obliterated in
A. ID. 21102 But the estimated deterioration
of the obelisk since it was quarried, 5000 years,
having been carefully studied, is estimated to
be less than 1000 pounds. At this rate it
would require Sc. 400 years for the surfaces of
the obelisk to become SO much worn as to rem
der the hieroglyphs illegible Now, assuming
that the average deterioration would increase
tenfold more in New York than in Alexandria
the hieroglyphs and cartouches would still be
discernible in 5000 years from to-day, which
certainly is quite comforting to know. Yester-
day the west side of the obelisk was exposed to
the photographer, and the pyramidian having
been uncovered for the first time since it left
Egypt, squeezes of it were made by Mr., G. L.
Feuardent.- On the pyramidian the cuttings
were as sharp as if just made. - -,
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
A "Reminiscences of the War of the Re-
beliion-


Toward the close of the war it became nee
essary, on account of the lack of capacity in
the general hospi' al for confederates-which
was located on the extremity of the point-to
place many of the sick prisoners in seven large
frame buildings erected for that purpose with.
in the PEN A startling event connected with
those buildings is in record here. 1t was just
after the dawn Of day when 1 strolled out of
my quarters on the margin of the bay to find
relief in the sea air from the oppressiveness of
an unusually sultry night. 1t was at once evil
dent from the peculiar atmosphere and the
death-like indescribable stiffness that some
thing out of the usual routine was near at
hand. Soon there was.a rumbling, roaring,
kissing sound. Looking across the Potomac
about eight miles distant, the cause, in an
alarming shape, was discovered in huge
wate,spout attached to large, angry cyclone,
in form like the placing Of two tunnels togeth-
er. 1t was making its way from the Virginia
shore diagonally toward the prison enclosure.
About mile out was anchored the three
turreted monitor Roanoke, one of the largest
in the service-the frigate of that name razed
and carrying an armament of one 15-inch
and two 11-in:h guns. On came the monster
OF wind and water, presenting an appearance
never to be forgotten, the hideous seething in
creaSlng as IL advanced. The destruction OF
the Roanoke appeared to be inevitable her
fate hung, as it were, in the balance, when
curl OF smoke was seen to puff out from the
centre and largest turret. The 15-inch she'll
shattered the waterspout, and the huge torna-
do. like liberated balloon, shot upward with
lightning rapidity high in the heavens. Then
with equal velocity it plunged downward,
striking and wrecking the large commissary
building near the river, and carrying every
thing before it at the dock as if it were so
much chaff in a September gale, including SEN
try boxes, in which one soldier was killed and
two others mangled by being hurledmany rods
distant. Mounting in the air again in less
time than it requires to record it, the cyclone
descended to all appearances squarely down
among the hospital buildings in the prison
camp. By singular freak, and fortunately,
it struck the only building of the seven which
was not occupied by the sick ,and which was used
for the storing of clothing and other materials.
This the cyclone carried out in the bay in the
twinkling of an eye, so to speak, taking it as
clean to the ground sills and flooring as if the
boards and timbers had been sawed off, Nei-
ther were there seen of it afterward board or
other article. rif
This escape from frightful disaster was al
most miraculous, and the degree of readiness
with which the closely and long-confined pris-
oners viewed their escape as an interposition
of Divine Providence may readily be excused.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
TEMPLARs OF HONOR.


At Iempldrs' Hall, No. 100 Erckaage Street.
CoUNcIL-Maine, first and third Monday in each
month. o1.s I. Ht..A ,.ur .s e4.c 1G 9-llJ .0f,
TEMpLE-Forest City, No. /. every Wednesday
evening. -t--L -. +- g" '''.' 'hl ~ t Vt-' 7.
PORTLAND FRATERNIrY-NO, AZ Free St. Block
every evening d 'i' i y-.44 ~, ~ ~ Z. ~
FOREST CITY CoMMANDERY No. 16 convenes at
r. Q. S. of A. Hail. Plum St., on first Thursday of
each month. +. a as = IN. r..
BoswoRTH Posr G. A. R. Meeting every Friday
evening in Mechanics Hall, corner of Congress and
Casco streets. fllri 1atgp1 uri 5rlll tGs gf.ElUf
PORTLAND SOCIETY OF NATURAL HIsroRy-At
their library room, City Hail. on the first and third
Monday evenings of each month. '.i.9N silaloN
PORTLAND TEMPERANCE UN1oS-C Congress Hall.
Business meeting Thursday evenings; public meet
ng Sunday evenings, at z O'Clock. NJ ds b lrg ,-e
PORTLAND TYPoGRAPHIcAL UNION, No. 75--
Second Saturday of each month. ,iT1TsignG ,rl9--
MAINE CHARITABLE MECHANIC Association
Corner of Congress and Casco streets First Thurs
day IN each month. ifi.-as.- iiai,l ~ ,'-i
LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION Washington Lodge
No. $50. Meets Second Monday in the MONTH at
Temperance Hall, Congress ST.. nj rt+g1rt .----..i
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF Coon TEMPLARs-Ar-
cana Monday, Congress Hall, 4201a Congress St.;
Mission, Wednesday, Preble Chapel; Forest City,
Wednesday, Sons of Temperance Hall; Mystic,
Thursday, Sons of Temperance Hall. III ns fbeH
PAYsoN LITERARY SOCIETY - Meetings every
Monday evening, at Mercantile LibrarJ Room, Far
rington Block, Congress street. ~. .,l ~ -,
PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY AND READING
RooM,TCity Building. Open and free to all, from 1s
a. m. to p. m. sf.f III 3 ra. 4 { 81 SIM L-tl .f
at Congress Hall, every Wednesday evening at
O'Clock. Temperance concerts first Sunday in every
month. a9'faa ai-i HEain Uaa.,+ e cog
KNIGHTS OF PYTmAs-Bramhan Lodge, No. 8,
Thursday evenings; Munjoy Lodge, No. g. Monday
evenings Pine Tree, No. IL, Friday evenings, at
their Hal, olapp's Block Market Square Section
Z month. -h y'.t
PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERIcA-camps No
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD.
FALL ARRANGEMENT.


7zz=-..,,,,,..s.,z-=u On and after Monday, Oct.
Eessssaesssss3 rs, 1850, Passenger Trains
fF--sTs5s=s=5s5s-.77win LEAVE PORTLAND
LFOR BOSTON at 8.45 a. IN,
1.0O $50 p. M, arriving at Boston ct LIS, $50,
500 p. m. Returning, leave Boston at 7.30 a. M,
800, 800. p. m. Portland for Scarborough
Beach, Pine Point, Old Orchard Beach,
Sac0, Biddeford and Kennebunk, at 8.45
a. NJ, 90, $50, $50 2: m: For Wells, North
berwick, salmon Falls, Grent Falls, Do
YER, New Market, Exeter, Haverhiu,
m 100, $50 p. m. For Rochester and FARM
ington, N. H., at 846 a. M, LOO, $50 p. m.
For Alton Bay at S.45 a.. M, $50 D. IN. For
Manchester and Concord (yia Lawrence) at
845 a. M; (via New Market Junction) at 3. 80 m.
Morning Train leaves Kennebunk for Port.
land at TBS. L
R-The 100 p. m. train from Portland connects
with Sound Line Steamers. The $50 p. m,
train connects with All Rail Lines for New
York and South and West. m .0|
SUNDAY TRAINSI Leave Portland for
Boston at LOO p. m. Boston for Portland at
500 pm. 't
Trains on Boston & Maine road connect with all
steamers running between Portland and Bangor,
Rockland, Mt. Desert, Machias, Eastport Calais St.
John and Halifax. Also connect with Grand Trunk
trains at Grand Trunk Station, and Maine Central
tion.
ALI trains stop at Exeter ten minutes for refresh
ments. First class Dining Rooms at Portland,
Transfer Station, Exeter, Lawrence and Boston.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points West and
South may be had of M. l.. Williams, Ticket
Ticket Once, 40 Exchange st.
JAS. T. FURBER, Gen. Supt.
8. Il. STEVENS. Gen. Agent, Portland.
oc16 dtf
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
Reasons Why All Should Use the Re
dictionary Health Lift.

every man or woman in every walk of life. 1t fur
nishes an exercise which may, and should be intro
duccd into every house; which may be practiced at
all seasons, in all kinds of weather. by persons of
both sexes all ages or degrees of strength weak
ness, alone or in company. No one cp say too
muchi praise of it, and no one can .fford to do
without 1t. All who investigate thor Aghy, it,
and consider it invaluable and indispensable. 1t is
the safest, simplest, cheapest and most efficient
medicine ever discovered. No claim is set up for
itwhich is unscientiic or impracticable.
Semeral.-It is the best of rest. 1t is perfectly
safe. No harm ever came frem its use. 1t strains
no portion of the SYSTEM 1t directs the vital forces
to the affected parts By its the health is easily
maintained. The purchase of Reactonary Litter
is the best kind of economy The convenience of
having one in the house is very great. - s=ass "a
Mind and Brain.-It inVigorates and strength
ems the bran and renders it more active and eff
eient i'll all its operations.
Sleep.-Is is the simplest and safest narcotic.
1t is the most natural and probably the best means
of inducing sound and refreshing sleep. ID aeE
Nerves.-It is wonderful tonic to the whole
nervous system. 1t is most eficacious remedy in
paralysis, if taken in time. M ss9tssr-FF
Lungs, Throat and VOice.-It gives special
expansion and greater mobility to the chest; en-
tion and brings the voice fully under control
AS preventive and cure of lung diseases it has no
equal. tti
y Exercise.-It is the most perfect exercise for
man woman, furnishing the best form of physi-
cal culture and development in the safest, easiest
most thorough and expeditions manner. 1t is bet
ter than the gymnasium, and free from its dangers;
cheaper than the sadde less laborious than boating
and infinitely better than drugs in a majority Of
cles and educates them into ever ready, faithful
and efficient servants of the will.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
STEAMERS.
STEAMERS. saf7a
INTERNATIONAL STEAMSHIP co.
East2ort, Me-, Calais, Me-, Yarmouth,
". 9. ST. John, N. b., Halifax.
N. s., Chario,setewn, y. E.J
FALL AREeAN G EMEN
TWO TRIPS PER WEEK.
TWO TRIPS PER WEEK.

lit, ..u....-J On and after Monday, Nov Sth
. I>,AAAg sthe steamers Falmouth, Capt. D.
z:z.zszssa7z Capt. j. Thompson, will leave
Railroad Wharf. foot of State street every Monday
and Thursday, at p. m, for Eastport and
St. Andrews, Pembroke, Houlton, Woodstock,
Grand Menan, Digby, Annapolis, Yarmouth,
Windsor Halifax, h1oncton, Newcastle Amherst
Pictou, Shediac, Bathurst Dalhousie, Char
lottetown, Fort Fairfield Grand Falls, and other
stations on the New Brunswick and c anada, Inter-
colonial, Windsor, and Annapolis, Western Coun-
ties, and Prince Edward Island Rail Roads,
and Stage Routes ii.a ft- ~ '' -
rB-Freight received until A o'clock p. m.
For Circulars, with Excursion Routes, Tickets,
State Rooms and further information apply at
Company's Office, 40 Exchange St., 7. @. HER
SEY, President, and Manager, or to A. r.
STUBBS. Agent r. r. Wharf. nov6dtf
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
POETRY.
A New-Year Hope.

BY MARGARET vELEY.
Why am sorry that the year is dead?
Some share il had of WEAKNESS and pain
would not have again
Some happiness that with it need not die;
But little that prize did it achieve;
would not live il through afresh-not |
Then wherefore should grieve?
Not for the year that passed away at eve,
But for the other year that should have been,
That in my hope was seem
The year that was so full of living days,
Worthy of better praise,
whose words found subtle rhythm, such seems
Near me sometimes in Dreams
The pass age of whose hours
Was strewn with happy fancies thick as flowers
For that grieye,
For the lost vision which o-day leave
The hope, more dea dthan this recorded year,
And far more dear
For that gr eve.
What says the New Year? "An that has not been
Shall be with me,
Ana all that bY-g one years have never seen
This year shall sec
Then wherefore greve?''
i know the rogue is laughing in his sleeve
Yesi yes Yeti believed VI
r -Hdrper's Bazdr.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
RumfOrd Falls & BuCkfield
7.AILRoAD.

For Portland, leave Canton APO
Esssssssssssas and $50 a. M; Buckfeld, 5.15 and
eEs.ss@==s=sssss573 e.s.@=s..z73 10 0.0S a. m.
-I For Canton and Buckfeld, leave
Portland 80 p. M; Lewiston, 1.57 p. m.
Stage connections for West Sumner, Dixteld,
Byron Rangley Lakes, &c.
1. WASHBURN, JR., President.
Portland Oct. 1S. 1880. oc2Ot
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
Portland, Bangor & Machias
pill io STEAMBOAT co. a9f5s %.
SIN clNI
ROCKLAND, MT. DESERT, MIL
BRIDGE and MACHIAS.
Winter Arrangement, 1850. 9'rf b.
ONE "TRIP PER WEEK

rf -scs,sAss=~~ On and after Friday, Dec, 7th,
h,,Wa-f> sthe Steamer LEWISTON, Capt.
Charles Deering viii leave Rail-
zzis-zk road Wharf, Portland, every
Friday evening, mt 11.15 O'Clock, or on ar
rival of Pullman express train from Boston, for
ROckiand, Castine, Deer Isle, Sedgwick, l.,
So. West IHarbOr, Bar Harbor, Nliilbridge,
JOnesp0rt, and Machiasport. t ,
Returning, Will leave Machiasport. every N on
day vi Orning, at 4.30 O'Clock, arriving in Port
land same evening" connecting with Pullman night
train and early morning trains for Boston and the
West. Will also connect at Reckland with Sanford
Line of Steamers, each trip to and from Boston.
Also each trip to and from Bangor and River Land
ings. No Freight taken for Bangor. r
For further particulars inquirerof r- @ rr..
GEO. u. DAY, Gen. Ticket Agent, Railroad Wharf.
EqGUSHING General Manager.
= Portland, Dec. 10, 1890 dec1 6dtf
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
RAILROADS.
Portland and Worcester Line.
PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, r. r.


WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
On and after Monday, Oct. is,
sss.seees.seest 1850, Passenger Trains will leave
Forsiand at 5.20 "a. M, and
l.25 p. m, arriving at Worcester
at 2.15 p. m. and 7.30 p. IN. Returning leave
Union DEPOT, Worcester, at 80 a. m and II. 10 a.
M, arriving at Portland at Ito p. m. and 6.IO p.
.. ...... .....r -fr .. s.- -..
For Clinton, Aver June, Fitchbmrx,
Nashua, Lowell, Windhnm, and Ep-
ping at 1870 "A. m. and 4 .2j p. m.
For Manchester, Concord and points North, at
1.25 p. m. -4
For Rochester, springvnlc, Alfred, Watt
erbOrO md saco River.7.2O a. M. 1.25
p. m., and (mixed) at 8.45 p. m. Returning
leave Rochester at (mixed) $40 a. m, 100
an, and 1856 p. M; arriving at Portland
(mixed) 8. .35 a. M, 1.10 p. m. and $40 p m.
For GOrham, SaccaraPpa, Cumberland
Mills, Westbr0ok and WOOdlf0rd's.
at 5.2O n. M, l.25, $50 and tnixed) 6.45
The 1.2J p. m. II ain from Portland connects at
Aver juno. with H7oosac Tunnel Route for
the West, and at Union Depot, Worcester, for
New York via Norwich Line, and ali rail,
via Springfield, also with N. ". & N. Z. n.
r. ("Steamer Maryland Route'0 for PhiladeI-
phia, Baltimore, WashingtOn, and the
the West.
Close connections made at Westbr0ok juno
iion with through trains of Me. Central Il. r., and
at G-andTrunk Transfer, Portland with trains
of Grand Trunk r. r. Al in iss gii sGl mcgf -.f.
Through tickets to all points South and West, at
Depot offices and at ''oiIins g. Adams, No. % Ex-
j. W. PETERS, Gen. Ticket Agent.
GEO. P. YVES L. Supt. oc16dt
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-06
CLYDE'S IS 4
Philadelphia & New
England 4
STEAMSHIP LINES -,
r z O m 3 o STON 3
in connection with OLD COLONY RAIh.

BOSTON TO THE SOUTH,
bemi-Weekly Line, QuicB Time. low
Rates, Frequent Departures.
Freight received and forwarded daily to FALL
RIVER, there connecting with the Clyde Steam.
i ers, sailing every WEDNESDAY, and SATUR-
DAY to Philadelphia direct, connecting at
Philadelphia with Clyde Steam Lines to Charles
ton, 3. c., Washington, D.. c., George.
town, ID. G., Alexandria, vn., and all Raj
and Water Lines.U fstilw faiGga'o'na 9lt 20 81
EsThrough Rates named and Bills of Lading ivep
from any point in New England to Philadelrhi !.
For rates Of Freight ndother information apply to
f. h. 1900. T. d. ID. G. MINK, Agent,
' 196 Washington Street, Boston, Mass
VIM. p. Clyde Il Co., General Managers, -7'
No. IL So. Delaware Ave-, Philadelphia.