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TIE NEW CALENDAR.
By L. L. r.

With careless hand, by the mantelshelf.
Where many q gift from loved ones lay,
The calendar new in Its place hung
One year sgoLon New Years day.
Mere blanks, as yet, were its pages twelve.
Enrolling the silent months unborn,
With checkered lines and figured squares,
That told the days. as yet TO dawn.
And the months have passed in rapid flight.
And as each attained its closing day,
Like leaf grown sere on the tree of time,
A page has dropped and fiuttered away.
And sitting alone With thoughts tonight,
That ebb and flow like a tidal wave,
gather them all together again,
Those scattered leaves from the old years
grave.
And scanning them DER, now one by one.
These months and days all passed and flown,
can but think how full of voice
, Those pages twelve now all have grown.
How memory reads between the lines,
record inscribed in tracings clear,
Wherein shall stand, forever sealed,
The chapter Of life we call a year.
Through some live DER once again
Bright summer hours, long sunny days.
While others tell of winters chill,
~Ahu AuLuuA OlcuucQ ulBt anu udz6s
And thus on some bright joys are traced;
On others. heart-aches, deep and sore;
In all are mingled pain and peace.
And troubles met and struggles o'er.
And now. once more by the manteI-shelf,
With trembling heart and hand I've placed
Another book, of pages twelve,
With checkered lines close interlaced.
What may not there for me inscribed
In times own secret ciphers be
TO fill these numbered days to come,
And all these months. with memory? -
What what sad heart, or joyous touch,
Shall those leaflets, to the last,
Loose from their hold and watch them drift
Adown the current of the past.
And shall it be my hand that may
Pluck from its stem, the twelfth, grown seref
Ere then. perchance, too may sleep
Beneath the leaves. with this New Year.
IN. ?. Observer.
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What Henry Watterson Did When he
- Became . Pirate King.

The young comedian, Nat Goodwin
was telling the other night of little
poker party into which he dropped
where the silent and saturnine Shed
Shook and the gallant and intellectual
Henry Watterson were doing the heavy
business.
WaIterson had lately heard the opera
OF "The Pirates of Penzance," and
fallen in love all over again with its
melody; particularly was he pleased
with the pirates song, and ever and
anon he broke forth and warbled, IT
am q Pirate King" or he burst out and
whistled bar or so, as he held his hand
close to his critical eye. Poker, as sev-
eral Chicagoans know, is not conver-
sational game; but Mr.. Watterson was
in luck. and he varied his musical out
breaks by an occasional reminiscence.
Nat cheerfuEy played in the amount he
thought he could contribute to the eveh-
ing's amusement, left the table, and as q
locker on began to enjoy himself. just
then Tony Hart and q young man
named Billy Barry-Ethiopian delin-
Gator and variety performer-happened
In. Barry was unacquainted with the
person of Mr.. Watterson, and probably
never heard of the Courier Journal.
Watterson had just picked up his cards,
passed them under his eye, whistled a
bar of his favorite song, when he cas-.
ually remarked:
THE last time I played poker was
with Grant"
"'I was with Grant, the old man
said.'" Iecited Barry-"I s'pose the
General?"
II said the General-Gen. Grant
responded Watterson loftily.
"Oh, hear him" Barry addressed
Hart. "Just get-into that-Grant! Il
s'pose Roscoe held flush as usual, eh /?
Oh, play de kiards!"
Mr.. Watterson looked horrified at the
low interruption, but relapsed into his
melody, and informed the party in A
minor that he was "a Pirate King"
At this juncture Tony Hart found he
held pair of kings and pair of aces,
and began betting.
Watterson softly whistled and passed
his nose over his cards.
II have no reason that I can see to
refrain from seeing you and going you
fifty better. I am a Pirate KiDg'"
Tony Investigated his hand again
with such good results that the stakes
were raised. By this time the other
players were out Watterson and Tony
had got up to $500. 'The Pirate Kingh
was coming with q piccolo from the
editors puckered lips his head was on
one side like a magpie, and that gentle,
soft expression SO often detected In the
Courier Journal sat on the editorial face
as Tony called:
what have you got ?"
1.-Two pair" answered WattersOn.
0~y, "a L.
II am Pirate King" sang the edi-
tor, as he laid down two pairs-all Jacks
and raked in the money. "I am u
Pirate King"
"I'm peralyzed if you ain't," groaned
Tony, as the stakes disappeared, and
Nat Goodwin came away satisfied that
if there are any Pirate Kings in the
poker trade Henry Watterson takes the
little crown.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

Herbert Spencer says it is ian illu-
sion" to think that at each moment
the ego Is something more than the ag-
gregate of feelings and ideas actual and
nascent which then exists" There are
moments when we can scarcely think
this is so. One of these moments ia
when the gas-man presents his quar-
terly bill. AT such q time the ego does
seem something more than the aggre-
gate of feelings. Several dollars and a.
half more, at least.-NorristoaV Her.
AID.
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HER CHINA CUP.

(RONDEAU.)
Her china cup is white and thin;
A thousand times her heart has been
Made merry at its scalloped brink.
And in the bottom, painted pink,
A dragon greets her with grin.
The brim her kisses loves to win;
The handle is q manikin,
Who spies the foes that chip or chink
Her china cup.
Muse, tell me if it be sin;
1 watch her Lift it past her chin
Up to the scarlet lips and drink
g The Oolong draught. Somehow think
I'd like to be the dragon in
Her china cup.
FRANK d. SHERMAN. In The Century Brio Q
Rr1c" as... ..f.i.r.i
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TRIM THE GRAPE VINEs.-Now is
the time and don't be afraid to do 1t
well. There is probably no other vine,
tree or shrub that will bear as much
pruning as the grape vine. There are a
great many rules for cutting them back ,
but common sense and practice are the
best teachers. If the ground is strong a
vine NAV cover trellis twelve or fifteen
feet long. Allow one cane to run along
each rail, and cut back the side branch
es to one bud. Under ordinary circum-
stances the new wood from each bud
will produce three punches of gras es.-
If the grould is thin cut back still more !;
in common soil, and with fair culture,
the vine that produces more than ten or
fifteen pounds of grapes does 1t at the
expense of the size and the flavor OF the
fruit.
In trimming grape vines it Is well to
remember that q great growth of wood
is not only useless but hurtful. There
fore, as often as practicable, start shoot
from as near the root as possible, and
after it has grown year or two cut the
old wood entirely away. the writer has
Cataw ba vines that are forty years old.
that have been treated in this way, and
they do just as well as his young vines
which is not saying much as the Cataw.
ba seems to be one Of the worn out
kinds in this section. Some varieties
need more pruning than others; the
Clinton will do with as little care in that
direction as any.-Bucks County Intel
EOencef,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

Sin does not produce devils in US all
at once any more than grace begets an
gels. There Is an infancy in evil as well
as in good, and 1t is often hard to tell
the imp from the cherub. But each
surely natures. We must check Oh
cherish it early or the demon will grow
and the seraph perish.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

Francis Joseph Of Austria never ap-
plauds when an actor makes good hit,
and he never seems to care when an
actor makes bad one. He preserves
the exact expression of countenance of
a man who has an annual free pass in
his uncket
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07
Among the Rltie- Pits.

Fifty yards In front of the abatis the
pickets were stationed. When first the
siege began, picketIng was dangerous
business. Both armies were bent on
fight, and picketing meant simply
sharp~shooting. As q consequence, at
first the pickets were posted only at
night. SO that from midnight to mid
night the poor fellows lay in their rifle
pits under broiliDg July sun, with no
protection from the intolerable heat,
excepting the scanty shade of little
pine brush overhead, or in front of the
Dlt as screen. There the picket Law,
fiat on bis face, picking off the enemy's
men whenever he could catch sight Of q
head or even no much as a hand; and
right glad would he be if, when the
long awaited relief came at length. he
had no wounds to show.
But later on, az the siege progressed,
this mOrderous state of affairs gradually
disappeared. Neither side found it
pleasant, nor profitable, and nothing
was gained by it. It decided nothing.
and only wasted powder and ball. And
SO, gradually. the piokets on both sides
began to be on quite friendly terms. 1t
was no unusual thing to see Johnny
pfcket-who would be posted scarcely q
hundred yards away, so near were the
lines-lay down his gun, wave a piece
of white paper as signal of truce, walk
out into the neutral ground between the
picket-lines, and meet one of our own
pickets, who, also, dropping his gun,
would inquire what Johnny might want
to>day.
well, Yank, I want some coffee, and
III trade tobacco for it."
nf Eou
some coffee to trade for tobacco
Johnny Picket.' here, wants some cof-
fee"
Or, may be he wanted to trade papers,
q Richmond Enquirer for q New York
Herald or Tribune, "even up and no
odds Or he only wanted to talk
about the news of the day-how "we'uns
whipped you 'uns up the valley the
other day"; or how, ''if we had Stone
wall Jackson yet, we d be in Wash
ington before winter; or may be he
only wished to have friendly game of
cards!
There vas = certain chivalrous eti
qEette developed through this social in
tercourse of deadly foemen, aud it was
really admirable. Seldom was there
breach of confidence on either side. 1t
would have gone hard with the COM
rade who should have ventured to shoot
down q man in gray who had left his
gun and come out Of his pit under the
sacred protection of q piece of white
paper. Ii disagreement ever occurred
in bartering, or high words arose in dis
cussiOn, shots were never fired until due
notice had been given. And I find
mentioned in one of my old army let
ters that general fire along our entire
front grew out of some disagreement on
the picket line about trading coffee for
tobacco. The two pickets could MT
agree, jumped into their pits, and began
firing, the one calling out: "Look out,
Yank, here comes your tobacco" Bang
ohnny 1en 1ne Sepe ea%es YOUR ooe agn!
Bang From Harry M Kiefer's "Re-
collections of a Drummer boy," in
March 81 NichOIna
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

In the dark time of adversity, when
friends and fortune fall away from us,
there is no comfort save in an abiding
Christian faith.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

Among our gravest sins of omission
we may count that of failing to fight for
the truth, when it is attacked by the
words of evil men,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

What is that which shows others
what it cannot show itself? A mirror.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

Why is whispering a breach of good
manners? Because It is not allowed,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

The QUESTION TO BE ASKED FIRST.
"A lawyer was sitting in his office the
other week when stranger appeared at
the door and said:
beg pardon. but can you tell me
where Smiths Office is ?"
Yes sir-Dext door,"
The stranger uttered his thanks and
passed to the next door, which was
locked Returning to the lawyer he
observed
"Smith seems to be out"
"Of course he is. If you had asked
that question in the first place should
have answered by telling you so."
The visitor had a troubled look on his
face as he passed out of the building,
but the look was gone when he returned
next day and inquired of the lawyer:
How much will you charge me for a
verbal opinion in little matter ?"
"Oh. about $5."
The Case was stated and the opinion
given, and the stranger was moving
away when the lawyer said:
My fee, please"
II haven't cent to pay you'll"
"You haven't?"
"Of course not If you had asked
me that question in the first place
should have answered by telling you 30.
Good morning, sir"
To be happy is. nat 10 possess much,
~ m L.,
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What Is an old lady in the middle of
the river fks" Lie 10 h- drowpe.t
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A Cats Experience with Bees.

The Virginia City (Nevada) Enter
prise gives the following amusing an
ecdOte:
Charles Kaisey, who has the only
hive of bees in town, says that when
he first got his colony his old cats Gu
riOsity was much excited in regard to
the dOings of the little insects, the like
of which she has never before seen. At
first she watched their comings and 60
lngs at distance. She then flattened
herself on the ground and crept along
toward the hive, with tail horizontal
and quivering. 1t was clearly evident
that she thought the bees some new
kind of game. Finally she took up
position at the entrance to the hive. and
when bee came in or started out, made
q dab at it with her paws. This went
OIL for time without attracting the at
tention of the Inhabitants of the hive
Presently. however, Old Tabby struck
and crushed q bee on the edge of the
opening to the hive. The smell of the
crushed bee alarmed and enrage6 the
whole colony. Bees by the score poured
forth and darted into the fur of the as
tonished Cat. Tabby rolled herself in
the grass, splitting, spluttering, biting,
clawing. and squalling as a cat never
squalled before. She appeared mere
ball of fur and bees as she rolled and
tumbled about She was at length
hauled away from the hive with gar
den rake, at the cost of several stings to
her rescuer. Even after she had been
taken to distant part of the grounds
the bees stuck to Tabby's fur, and about
once in two minutes she would utter an
unearthly "yowl!" and bounce a full
yard into the air. On coming down
she would try to scratch her ear, when
a sting on the back would cause her to
turn q succession of sOmersaults, and
give vent to a running fire of squalls.
Like the parrot that was left alone with
the monkey, Old Tabby had dreadful
time. Two or three days after the ad-
venture Tabby was caught by the owner,
who took her by the neck and threw
her down near by the bee hive. No
sooner did she strike the ground than
she gave q dreadful squall, and at single
bound reached the top of the fence, full
six feet in height. There she cluDg for
a moment, with tail as big as rolling
pin. when, with another bound and
squall, she was out of sight, and did not
again put in an appearance for a week.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

some HINTS TO MOTHERS When
your daughter performs task in an i'll
fashioned manner, always say: There !!
might as well have done it myself in
the first place." and then take the work
out of her band and do it yourself. This
will encourage the girl not to try to do
the thing next time she ia set about to
do it.
Never permit your son to have any
amusement at home. This will induce
him to seek it in places where you will
not be annoyed by his noise.
There is no place like home. Impress
this truth upon your children by max
ing home as disagreeable and unlik any
other place as possible.
Never neglect the locE on the pantry.
Some boys have probably turned out
first class house breakers, all on account
Of this judicious treatment in early
childhood.
Be gentle and courteous before com.
pany. but If you have q temper, let your
children have taste of it as often as
convenient. A mother should never
practice deception upon her brood.
Talk slightingly of your husband to
your boys and girls. This will make
them respect their father.
Tell your child he shall not do a
thing, and then let him tease yon into
giving your consent. This will teach
him what to do on subsequent occasions.
Make promises to your children and
then neglect to keep them. This will
lead your children not to place too much
reliance upon your word, and shield
them from many disappointments.
Tell your children they are the worst
you ever saw, and they will no doubt
endeavOr to merit your appreciation,
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plV W @EU worth S. free. Address ~
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10 be happy is HGt 50 possess much,
nut ~ bcpr Sol hove m"rh
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WYNN. n. McALLISTER,
w ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WARN SPRINGS, VA.
Courts-Alleghany Bath and Highland, Va,
nd Pocahontas, West Virginia
A1Special attention given to collection o1
claims and proceeds promptly accounted for.
doc
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

DRESTON A BAYLOR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Ind solicitor In CtanceTy, STAUNToN, VA,
practices In all the Courts OF Augusta and ad-
ioining counties. GE
OrFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col. Geo. Baylor, decd. on Augusta st.,
opposite the Courthouse. NO II 7.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-07

y. K. TROUT ". 4. CRAIG.
vTNROUT Il CRAIG,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
We have entered into Partnership as
Lawyers, occupying the old Offices Of the Senior
member. The Junior member will aid in con-
Quoting the old business.
~ Particular attention given to collections.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-08-24
NO.19.
There are MANY things of inseres. to yisi,

There are many things of interest to visit
here, and all within reach by street cars.
There are the Geological Gardens, where day
can be delightfully."- and proftably spent; the
hilltop resorts, where one wants to go if for
nothing else than to see how it seems to 60 up
like a rocket; the Old Peoples Home, the
Children's Home, the School of Design, the
Public Library, Spring Grove Cemetery, one
of the finest on the continent; Shillito's big dry
goods establishment, which employs from
eleven TO thirteen hundred persons, and some
of the largest manufactures. Then there are
pleasant little trips out to Avondale, Burnett
Woods, ETC., and plenty to interest those who
prefer to wander about the streets. &
E Don't arise and say you've nothing to wear.
One decent black dress with plenty of clean
collars and other linens is all the ladies need I,
and as for the men, who ever knew them to re-
quire more than paper collar and pair of
''feetin." The honest fact is Cincinnati Is not
good place to display anything but dark
clothing; 1t is too s0oty. But it is good
place to have good time in, and by the time
the Exposition opens hope arrangements
will be made by which visitors can get cheap
er living than is afforded at the hotels. will
look out for this and post my readers,
{ want as many to come as can, because the
opportunity comes but once year, and it il
something you can't afford to miss. 1t will be
IecIeatiOn IOr the DOdy ana 1000 Ior the MIND;
1t will give you broadened views of your
neighbor's ways; it will help the mothers and
the daughters to develop their latent powers
and to beautify their homes; it will give the
fathers and the sons chance to study new
machinery and new methods. Farmers will
enjoy glimpse Of the famous blue grass Ken
lucky farms. and everyone will find the ride
over the new road with its steel rails and
well ballasted track, through the magnificent
scenery, something long to be remembered.
d. c.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-08-24
STANTON, VIRGINIA, AUGUST "A, 1882.
TWENTY YEARS.

Beg your pardon, old fellow think
Twas dreaming just now when you spoke;
The fact is the musical clink
OF the Ice ON your wine goblets brink
A chord of my memory woke.
And stood in the pastime field where
Twenty summers ago had stood;
And heard In that sound, declare,
The blinking of bells on the air,
OF tho COWS coming home from the wood
Then the apple blooms shook on the hill;
And the mullen-stalk tilted each lance;
And the sun behind Rapaty's mill
Was my uttermost West, and could thrill
Like some fanclful land OF romance.
Then my friend was hero, and then
The girl was an angel. In fine
drank buttermilk, for at ton
Faith Is stronger to aid her than when
At thirty we doubt over wine.
All we'll! 1t does seem that must
Have been dreaming Just now whom you spoke
Or lost very like in the dust
Of the years that slow fashioned-the crust
On that bottle whose seal you last broke.
Twenty years was Its age, did you say?
Twenty years? Oh, my friends, 1t is true!
All the dreams that have flown since that day,
All the hopes In the time passed away,
Old friend, I've been drinking with you.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-08-24
Money for a RAINY Dav

FOR six years my daughter was sick from
kidney and other disorders, We had nsed an
our savings on doctors, when our dominic All.
vlsed US to try Parker's Ginger Tonic Four
bottles effected cure, and as dollars worth
mas Kept our family well over year, we have.
9een able to lay by money again for rainy
day."-A Poor Mans Wife. '"'nS
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-08-24
The Cincinnati Exposition.

SOME OF ITS MOST INTERESTING AND NOTED
FEATUREs.-WHY DOES NOT VIRGINIA MAKE
AN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WHY VIRGINIANs
SHOULD ATTEND THE EXHIBITI0N-BEAU-
TIFUL SCENERY ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE
MODEL RAILROAD.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-08-24

Gen: Rosser has instituted suit at Winni-
peg, Manitoba, against the Canadian Pacific
Railway for malicious prosecution. CLAIMING,
100000 damages, The suit arises out OF the
prosecution of Rosser last winter for taking
the plans OF the company after he had leff
their employment, OF which charge he was
honorably acquitted.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-08-24
How to Save

All hard workers are subjects to bilious at
lacks "a which may end in dangerous illness.
Parkers Ginger Tonic will keep the kidneys
and liver active. and by preventing the attack
save much sickness, loss of time and expense.
D De.la n a. sucn Times means danger-Detrots