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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

Tt Is better than having university
education, to have the privilege of hold
ing converse on the subject of European
war with the Burlington young man
who speaks of the "Khah deev" and the
"Sool tong" and the ''toot on sembel''
of the Roozhian corps de reserve.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

He was about six years old. He
pointed to the face of the dial aud said
why, there's another little WATCH" 1
said. That is called the second hand u
he tossed his head CONTEMPORARY and
walked off. saying, II wouldn't own y
secondhand watch.n
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

eli! where did you get them trou-
sers?" asked an Irishman of a man
who happened to be passing with q
pair of remarkably short trousers on.
II got them where they grew" was
the indignant reply. "Then, by me
conscience" said Paddy, "You've
pulled them a year too 5000 ~
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

II tablecloths, napkins, and handker-
chiefs ere folded an inch or two beyond
the middle they will last much longer !;
It is on the edges of folds where they
first wear, and folding them not on a
middle line, each ironing they get new
crease.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28
l!ss
POETRY.
"AH, 81 JEUNEssE slvAlrw

"AH, 81 JEUNEESE SAvAlTW
A. G. GORDON. in The Century "Brie-a-Brae
Had youth but known. some years ago.
That freckled-faced small girls could grow
In most astounding way,
To lovely women. in whose eyes
The light man most longs for lies
Al. II Jcunesse savan!
Had youth but known-my youth, I mean
That you would walk as regnant queen
OF hearts in this new day
That el0n locks could change to curls
Softer than any other girls
Al, 81 Jesnesse savatt!
Had youth but known the time would come
When should stand, abashed and dumb,
With not one word to say,
Before you, whom, in days gone by,
I'd tease until you could but cry
Al, 81 Jeunesse sav0t!
little dre- med in those old days ~
or undeveloped winning ways
To vile mems hearts away
When, wading In the brook with you,
splashed your best frock through ant
through
Al, 81 Jeunesse sauait!
Your pretty nose-ah! there's the rub
used to laugh at once as "snub,"
Is now T,ez refr01sse;;
Upon the one.time brown bare feet
You wear French kids now, trim and neat
All, II Jeunesse sapait!
The brief kilt-skirt. the legs all bare.
The freckled face, the tangled hair
These things are passed away;
You are . woman now. full-grown.
With lovers Of your very own
Al, Il JeMnease suran!
You'd plead to be my comrade then.
With fearful big brown ey es-Ah. when,
My winning. winsome May.
Will words like those your lips atween
Come back again No more, 1 ween!
All, 81 Jeunesse savat!
Time turns the tables. It is meet,
Doubtless. that here at your feet
Should feel your scepter.s sway
Should know you hold me meath your heel
should love yon, and should-well. should feel
Al, 81 Jeussesse savdit!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

Stop the leaks about the farm. Be
economical and saving with feed to ami
mails Most farmers waste An astonish.
ingly large percentage of their products.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

The GordonsviIle Gnzette has been
sold to Messrs. Aiken 4 Lovelock. Mr..
AIKEN Is practical printer Of wide ex.
peFience, aud Mr.. Lovelock is fluent
and. able writer s'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

Let US not forget that every station in
life is necessary that each deserves our
respect; that not the station itself but
the worthy fulfillment of it's duties does
honor to anyone.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28
THE OLD MILL.


Here from the brow OF the hill look,
Through lattice OF boughs and leaves
On the old gray mill with gambrel roof.
And the moss ON its rottiDg caves.
hear the clatter that jars its walls.
And the rushing waters sound,
And see the black floats rise and fall
As the wheel goes slowly round.
rode there often when l was young,
With my grist on the horse before.
And talked with Nelly. the miller's girl.
AS waited my turn at the door.
And while she tossed her ringlets brown.
And dirted and chatted so free,
The wheel might stop. or the wheel might G
1t was all the same to me.
'Tis twenty years since last stood
On the spot where stand to-day,
Ard Nelly is wed. and the miller Is dead.
And the mill and are gray.
But both. till we fall into ruin and wreck,
To our fortunes OF toll are bound;
And the man goes and the stream flows,
And the wheel moves slowly round.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

State Senator Fishburn of South Car.
olina was recently sent 10 the Charles
ton Jail for fighting and rowdyism.-
Q eer what tricks man will cut up,
the minute he gets into the legislature,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

Time is money; emphatically 40
when DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup frequent-
" cures Colds, Coughs. cts, In less
than day. Price 25 ceLts. Sold every
where. NJ
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28
Sanford's Radical Cure.

A single dose Instantly Relieves the inOsL vio-
lent SneeZing or H cad Colds, clears The head as
by magic. stops watery discharges rom the
nose and eyes, prevents ringing noises in the
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Chills and Fever. In Chronic Catarrh 1t cleanses
the nasal passages of foul mucus. restores the
senses of smell. taste and hearing when affect
ed, frees the head, throat and bronchial ubes
II offensive matter. sweets MS and purifies the
breath, stops the cough and arrests the pro.
gress Of catarrh toward consumption.
One bottle Radical Cure one box Catarrhal
solvent and Sanford's Inhaler. all in one
pack age, of all druggists, for 81. Ask for SAN
FORD'S RADICAL CURE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

I.
Over the river on the hill
Lieth village white and still.
All around 1t the forest trees
Shiver and whisper in the breeze.
Over 1t sailing shadows 20 ..-
or soaring hawk and screaming crow;
And mountain grasses, low and sweet,
Grow In the midst Of every street.
Over the river under the hill
Another village heth still.
There I see in the cloudy right
Twinkl ng stars of the household light;
FIRES that gleam from the smithy's door;
Mists that curl on the rivers shore;
And in the road no grasses grow.
For wheels that travel to and fro.
Ill.,.
In that village on the hill
Never II sound of smithy or mill;
The houses are thatched with grass and flow.
ers;
Never clock TO toll the hours;
The marble doors sre always shut
You cannot enter hall or hut.
All the villages lie in sleep,
Never again tn SOW or reap,
Never in dreams to moan or Sigh,
Silent. and idle, and low they lie.
".
In that village under the hill,
When the night is starry and still,
Many weary soul in prayer
Looks on the other village there,
And weeping and signing longs to 60
Up to that home from this below
Longs to sleep in the forest wild,
Whittier have vanished wife or child,
And heareth. praying. this answer fall:-
Patience that village shall hold ye all.
10 regard to the authorship of these
beautiful lines, Judge Major, on my
calling his attention to them yesterday,
expressed his belief at once that they
were written by the late Theodore
O'Hara. Since then Mr.. Henry T.
Stanton. one of the editors of the Yeo-
man. and largely oonversant with fugi-
tive literature, has exE ressed q similar
opinion.
O'Hara will be recalled as the author
of a poem upon the dead of Buena Wis
ia, from which the following lines are
as familiar as household words.
ION fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
While glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac Of the dead,''
"He wrote that poem" said Judge Ma
jor to me, Tin my office for a publica.
tion of Catholic fair at Louisville.
recall it distinctly He was then living
here, and spent much of his time with
me. His portrait now hangs in my of
flee. A gifted and glorious good fellow
he was He shorty afterwards en-
barked with Lopez in his filibrster-
ing sttampt upon Cuba. when Will
Crittenden and many other Kentucki-
ana, with Lopez, lost their lives
O'Hara escaped. He subsequently edi-
ted paper-The Ismes-in Louisville,
then went to Mobile and was connected
with the Register of that city, when
the war broke out. He raised compa-
ny of cavalry and served at it's head
during the rebellion. He died in Geor-
Gia shortly after the close of the war
The Kentucky Legislature, by resolu-
tion, and at the expense of the State,
had bis remains brought here, and they
now lie, with our honOred dead, ''in that
village on the hill" +" have not doubt
but thai he wrote the poem you have
shown me-"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

Many foolish man has measured his
form in a glsss goblet and found room
to spare
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

CUIICU HA
Remedies are for sale by all druggists. Price
of CUTICURA, Medicinal Jelly. small boxes
&c.; large boxes. 81. CUTICURA REs0LvENT,
la MEDICINAL TOILET SOAP. 25c. CUTICURA
MEDICINAL SHAVING SOAP. l5c.; in bars for
BARRIERS and large consumers. $50. Principal
Depot WEEKS POTTER, Boston, Mass
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

Ia CONFLICT is so severe as that of him
who fights to subdue himself
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28

The essence of friendship is entire
ness, total magnanimity and trust.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-27

The Acade nlicians Discuss tae 2S-inch
Footprints Found in Nevada.

From the New York Sun.
The Academicans met at Columbia College
for the last time yesterday. Professor o. C.
Marsh, Of Yale College, chalked on the black
board pictures Of the supposed human footprints
found recently in Nevada. They were acct
dentaly found near Carson, Nevada and general
attention was drawn to them by the newspapers
In the west. 1t is popularity supposed that they
are true human footprints. They are sof large
size, being from twenty to twenty-eight inches
In length, and this Is against the theory that
they arc of human origin. a more serious OBJ
lection however, is the fact that the stride of
the tracks from left to right is too great to leave
doubt they were made by something other
than man.
Those who hold TO the theory of the human
origin point to the fact that the tracks are found
in the pliocene geological formation. in which
are also found remains of gigantic horses and
elephants. Indeed, the tracks OF an elephant
are found near the supposed human footsteps.
1t is curious fact that the footsteps are
those of man. or animal. which appear to
wear sandal. That the tracks are footsteps is
not doubted by Professor Marsh. They led up
to wall OF rock and stopped. Masses of the
rock were removed, and the footstep stratum
was laid bare. The footsteps were found to con-
tinue under the rock.
Professor Marsh believes that the footsteps
were made by species of gigantic slOth, the
name of the genus being the moratorium. Pro-
fessOr Lecompt is looking for the bones of the
animal member of the academy seemed to
doubt the theory of Professor Marsh because
siOths had claws, and OF such the tracks show no
traces Professor Marsh replied that if the tracks
were made in quite soft mud the traces of the
claws might have disappeared before the mud
hardened into stone. or, on the other hand, even
If the mud was hard enough to receive the i'm
preston and keep it, sand might have drifted In
and Obscured the Claw marks.
Then Prof Newberr, Of Columbia College,
took some stones out of big brown paper, and
gave them silently into the hands of the grave
gentlemen, who peered at them through their
pebble glasses. sidewise, crossWise, lengthwise
and point blank while Prof. Newberry proceed
ed to point out that they were pieces of shae,
which are of no value to commerce now. but
which will be of immense value some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-27

A Canadians Estimate Of the Do.
miniOn's Weather Prophet.
From the Montreal Herald.

From the Montreal Herald.
For some years Mr. vennor has undertaken
to foretell the weather several months anead,
and In his study of the doctrine of chances has
occasionally. but rarely hit upon the right
thing. From this he has gone ON bundering,
clustering and blutiing in a manner which. While
it has made him a mark for the merriment Of
some has won from others an admiration and
a confidence that appears to have been greatly
profitable. The question, lis this right 2" pre-
sents itself, and enters into competition with
the more selfish one. "Will it pay?" That it
will pay. that it does pay there can not be any
doubt. for il it did not pay we should have
ceased long since to hear anything about it.
But. though it may pay is it justihable. in order
to make it pay. to deceive the public with trash!
such. for instance, as the following, under the
captious heading: November and December
IredictiOns-NOyember / to 5, a good amount
of rain probable. with frosty snap about the
Sd or 4th. and scattered snow furries through
western and northern sections 9Th and 18th
The neighborhOOd Of the 18th probably stormy,
with rain. sleet or snow, also 18th and 18th wet
and dreary." The non professional prophet
would have been likely. Judging from the an
alogy of the past. to foretell what Mr.. Vennor
did: but that he was only guesser. and had
nothing scientific to warrant his declarations.
the events have proved. In the face OF these
predictions what have we had? Scarcely drop
Of rain. not a particle of sleet and not so much
as flake of SNOW 1t is time such arrant
nonsense ceased. The lunatic asylums through
out the country contain patients whose rawlings
are no .orse than these, and yet they are not
suffered to be at large. If Mr.. VennOr cannot
calculate his averages better than he has done,
would it not be more decent, more professional
and more in the general interest fer him to APP
ply himself entirely to the interesting and in
struCtiye duties of his legitimate calling! A
gullibie public may not always consent to be
guIlcd, so that it is better to apply the brakes
before they become disguised. The bridge of
fame is difficult to cross. Let those wou!d-be
weather prophets who contemplate its passage
reflect upon the answer of the hoy who was
called upon to define the problem of Euclid,
known as POns- dsinOl'ttna,
" POriS-nSinOTim is the bridge OF asses,
He's not the ass who sticks, but he who passes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-27
THE MORAL LIFE OF THE NATION,
Licentiousne>s i'm England.

In recent sermon Bishop Fraser: of Man.
chester, said that it would be vain to build and
restore churches. enlarge schools, and open
mission rooms unless they succeeded in gather
ing the people into them. and influencing them
spiritually, morally and socially 1t was the
moral life of the nation that seemed to him I'm
peril just now-the faith of the nation first of
all, and closely connected with that the moral
life and well-being of the people. Some per-
sons thought that intemperance was the
great curse hanging over England at the pres
ent moment He did not think so. There
was, no doubt, a residuum who were cursed
with that terrible curse of intcmperance: but
there were other curses more deadly still. Peo-
pie might be perfectly temperate as far as alco-
holie drinks were concerned. aud yet their lives
might be anything but according TO that which
had been laid down for them. And seeing what
he saw and hearing what he heard
he distinctly said that he believed that
RIGHTEOUSNESS was the sin which was eating out
the moral life of this nation that RIGHTEOUSNESS
which they saw rampant through the streets of
Manchester every evening that they moved
through those streets. That was a curse which
In pulpits they hardly dared to mention for fear
OF shocking some delicate taste, but 1t needed
to be mentioned sometimes when they knew
the ravages it was causing on every side. This
is word fifty spoken In season and 1t is the
duty OF the clergy in America to initiate the
fearlessness and honesty of Bishop Fraser, In
touching on the magnitude of the social evil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-27
HOW ROTIRSCHILD SUCCEEDED.
Laying the Foundation OF the Richest
House i'm the World.

ROthschld was the third son of banker at
Frankfort. There was not" he said. room
enough for us all in the city. dealt in English
goods. One great trader came there who had
the market all TO himself; he was quite the
great man. and did us a favor if he sold US the
goods. Somehow / offended him. and he re-
fused to show US his patterns. This was on
Tuesday. | said to my father. Il will 20 to Eng
land / could speak nothing but German. On
Thursday | started. The nearer | got to Eng
land the cheaper goods We're. AS soon as | got
to Manchester | laid out all my money, things
were so cheap. and made good profits. / soon
found that there were three prOfts-On the raw
material, the dyeing and the manufacturing. l
said to the manufacturers: Il will supply YOU
with the material and dye. and you supply me
with manufactured goods So / got three
profits instead of one. and / could sell goods
cheaper than anybody. In very short time
increased my go. 0UG to more than E1G0, Coo
MY success all turned on one maxim. | said
can do what another man can, and so ] am a
match for the man with the patterns and all the
rest of them. Another advantage had was
an Off-hand man; | made a bargain at once
When | settled in London the East India Com
pany had fS00.000 of gold to sell. | went to
the sale and bought it all. l knew the Duke OF
Wellington must have it for the pay of his army
In the Peninsula. | had bought great many of
his bills at discount. The government sent
for me. and said they must have it. When they
got it they didn't know how to get it to Portu-
gal. | undertook all that and ! sent it through
France, and that the best business 1 ever
did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-27
LUCY'S SEALSKIN SACOUE.
For Which Her Poor Papa Was Not
Able to Spend Three Hundred Dollars.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Lucy placed her Lily.White Hand on her
papa's brow and began to smooth his hair, say
ing how glad it would make her if she could
only smooth the Furrow of Care that time had
placed there. Then she artfully Shifted the
Subject and spoke OF how cold the weather was
getting and what lovely Sealskin Sacques she
had seen in the store windows down town that
afternoon. Then her papa saw what she was I'D
to and Dropped On Himself. So by that time
Lucy got around to that part of her talk where
she put her arms around his neck and kissed
him and asked him to buy her Seals ain HI, had
neatly Arranged his -. He told her OF how
poor the Crops had been and that Trade was in
avery dull state because Of the uncertainty as
to what office Ben Butler would want next and
Sung Such q song that Lucy began to think she
was lucky to have place to sleep in and a pair
OF Heavy Shoes for the winter
NO my child he said Il cannot think of
spending Three Hundred Dollars for q Sealskin
Sacque when times are so Hard"-and Lucy
said that she was sorry she had mentioned the
Subject and went away feeling quite sorry for
her Papa.
Soon after she had left the room her Big
Brother came in. ~ saw that Horse you were
talking about" he said to his Papa.
did you:" asked the Old Gentleman. "How
Fast can he gO?"
.'Two-thrty," replied the Big Brother, "and
thousand dollars will buy him."
Rising quickly from the sofa Lucy's Papa
wrote check and handed it to his Son. go
and close the Trade tonight" he said, land to-
morrow afternoon | will make some of these
people that think they own Trotters look like
Hired Men,"
30, You see. children. that some Papas think
more OF beating Tw0-F0rty than they do of max
ing an Only Daughter happy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-27

In Geneva and some other parts of Switzer-
land a very practical custom exists for the rapid
punishment of certain petty offenders. A police
man who sees publican keep his house open
after closing hours. cabman driving after dark
without his lanterns lit. or q servant shaking
carpet out OF window overlooking the street.
does not summon the transgressOr before a
magistrate, but serves him with a card. which
setting forth the nature Of his ofTense. adds: sIf
yoa acknowledge yourself to have committed
the aforesaid breach of police regulations. Won
are to pay 6 fine OF five francs at the police
Office on such day. Ii you deny your guilt.
you are hereby summoned to appear on such a
day at the Tribunal Of Police where YOU will
have to answer TO my charge" By this system
the expense, waste OF time and worry involved
In attending at q police court to meet a trivial
charge are avoided and no injustice is done.
since the accused has the right of appeal TO n
magistrate if he thinks he has been Improperly
hned. Take tradeSmen who adulterate their
goods. Last year there was opened at the
prefecture de police in Paris a laboratory tor
the analysis OF food and drink; and here for a
small fee anybody may cause wine butter. milk.
&c, 10 be examined. and may receive a reDOrt
on them. Armed with such document the
victim OF trade rOguery has only TO lodge a com
plant at the police office of his district and i'm
less than two hours the offenders shop will be
visited by inspectors, who Will commence an ex-
animation OF his whole stock, and carry off all
adulterated merchandise there and then In a
cart. In some places it Is still the custom to
pour adulterated liquids In the gutter in front
OF the vendors house; but this has been discon-
tnued in large cities because women used TO
hasten with jugs TO ladle up the condemned
wine or spirits, not caring if they were poisoned
20 long as they got the poison for nothing For
eign magistrates all thoroughly understand the
importance Of protecting the public against
nSxious food, and for this reason there are m
epectors whose only business is to go and visit
the Kitchens Of hotels and eating houses to see
mat the copper saucepans are kept tree from
yerdlgris and that no tainted meats are used.
The grandest hotels. like the lowest beef shops.
re liable to the visits of these inspectors, who
will never scruple TO infict fine when they
u1eet with o careless cook.