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| The mystefious, the unfhttomS BILE IN
detion, - we'll ~ In real life, always
command do our sympathy and interesk
How much more engaging u Scott'e
| great delineation, Meg 1errilies. msde
BY the ampenetrable bnckereund al
mystery upon which We viev her
limited. but we'll marked, virtues. truth
and fidelity. We do not know whether
1t is the nobility or the Wild sublimffv
Of this character which gives It it con.
sptcuouD place In the history Of fiction.
and creates within % % great ! deaire
70 fathom it depths and reduee 20 4
rule its irregularities and inconsisten.
cies. We see her, on one hand, only Z
half mad gypsyi vagrant, but on, the
other. an example Of constanCy and
1dslity such - h seldom found, even
among those Who sre taught to call the
right right and the wrong wrong. a'- I
True. she was 'the mad, randy gypsy,
that had been scourged, and branded,
and hApisbed-t that hsd beaRed ffom
door to foor. and bssnt houndsd 1likS I
stray tile from parish to parish - but d
not one .singls instance haa she proved
unfAithfui, either to Ler vaxxboud tribe
or to the outraged, banislfed heir Of the
old laird. her benefactor. We zee ber
guilty OF many dark deeds-theft, witch
cry, fDcendiafism, yet We ever see her
true aud frm. true TO her blood fnirsft
companiOns, true to their enemies. trut
to the good and bad indeed alike. and
always true to the end Dying, she
says: II keepit that oath which I t0ok
to them, meaniDg her unworthy com.
panions. but made another vow q |
myself. and II lived 20 zee the day al
his return. I would set him on biz |
fathers seat. II every step was on I |
dead man. I have keepit that oath toos
l viii be se step myself When we /
bring before ns the tall, masculine fi9t
ure, shrouded by dark red dsspesy.
leaping with drm and determined stens /
over the Scottish "HighIands." lonf
and tangled black hair falling in elf |
locks from the folds Of her curious head I
gear, dark eyes daahing with such un-
common luatre, the mixture of insanity
and wild pathos stamped upon her
when we think Of the
strange mixture OF fidelity, insanity I
and ingenuity which her character 81
forde, We are inspired with An awe, "a
anxious solicitude, which even Hamlet,
with bis wisdom, cultivation, and philo-
sophical ravings, does not awaken. |,
There is wrapt about her subllmity, a.
Undesirable, ,inspproachable somethink
peculiarly her own, which the author
never meant us to penetrate. Upon her
death bed, her actions and words Inn
press rs With the same mysterious fas. /,
and we see the same fidelity
and fEmDess which characterises her
life. Well do We feel the truth Of her
lying words: "But yen no fornet me! Il
lor II ever the dead come hack AmoDS (,
The living I'll bs seen In this glen many /
, night after these crazed bones are III /;
The mOld.n o. /,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-02

MANURE THE GARDEN.-The cost Of
doing this is SO triding. that it is q mat
ter Of wonder that those who desire q
fair harvest Of fruits or vegetables do not
treat the soil more literally in this re-
spect. Before getting seeds. plants,
splittings or cuttings get manure. Study
the character of the soil and seek to give
it the manure best calculated to enrich
1t, and there is nothing better than we'll
rotted stable manure. Let it be we'll
worked into the soil. 1t is Of little use
to q gardener to throw it upon the
ground and there leave it. Let there be
AZ thorough pnlverization as possible
and then intermixture of the manure,
and the land will show its gratitude In
the results
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-02
From Potter's American Monthly.l
The Love.Life OF John Randolph.
BY HuaENE L. DIDIER.

'.Ths origin and commencement Of his grief
Sprung from neglect"
II too, am wretchsd," wrote John
Randolph. Of Roanoke, to confidential
friend. my whole name and Faos lie
under . curse, and am sure feel the
curse cleaving to me-"
Thus, in the twenty sixth year Of his
age, wrote the most brilliant young man
Of his day. Gifted az few men have ever
been gifted, the heir of . distinguished
name, the possessor Of . noble estate
why was John Randolph wretched p
Mot idle curiosity, not vulgar deaire to
peQetrate the hidden aud mysterious.
has impelled Us to tell the sad but inter-
esting story, and to discover the cause
of the blight that came over the mind
and heart of this strange being, and
crushed into shapeless ruin the 'mos,
beautiful, moral and intellectual fabric
that ever came from the hands Of the
Creator"
John Randolph was more remarka.
BILE character than any that has been at.
tempted by the masters of fictitious COM
pusi,ion. The daring genius of Shake
speare alone has furnished parallel to
the brilliant and marvellous Virginian,
in the mad and melancholy Dane. Both
were warm friends and bitter enemies
both loved intensely; both were disap-
pointed, aud both went mad at last
RandOlph's life WAS crowned with Incl
dents which made 1t q romance stranger
than any fiction. It the proper study
Of mankind 10 man, surely pbenom
enon 10 deserving Of tho most careful
examination. Yet, his biOgraphers have
f.il ho - A.
terisls that might have afforded 1t least
| some approximation to an understand
ing ofthe extraordinary being who lived
friends.
In order to trace the love life of John
Randolph, 1t ts necessary to 60 back tG
bis early boyhood. Like Dante, who
when . child Of nine years, cav for thu
first time his Beatrice at family gath
ering, John Randolph, when q child o.
Ward at family gathering. The time
| and circumstances well suited the be-
ginning Of the acquaintance which wai
to end 10 misery and madness. It -,
the winter Of 1881 The traitor, Arnold
after spreading ruin and desolatior
through his native State, was sent L
ravage Virginia. Early in January b,
landed 1t the mouth of James river ant
advanced towards Petersburg. Matoax
the home Of the Randolphs, was direct
~ In the line Of the invading army. Or
the third of January news arrived ths
the enemy were rapidly approaching
and 1t was necessary to remove at ono,
to place Of safety. The family set OF
early on the morning of tho fourth, snt
towards evening found hospitabl
shelter ct Wintopoke, the residence O
Benjamin Ward, Jr. Then it was tha
John Randolph first saw the child VII
was destined to influence his whole fu
ture life. Maria Ward scarcely Nv
yssrs old at that time, was remarkabl,
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Two sides to 1t: "There are two sides
to everything" said the lecturer. II
repeat it, there are two sides At this
juncture . tired. looking little man stood
up in the front seat to cay "Well, II
you have no objections, will just step
out and see II there are two sides to this
hall. know there ie "A inside, and II
ind there is an outside you'll know il
by my not coming back. You needn't
be alarmed If I shouldn't return" And
a. he walked up the sisle he was fol-
lowed by the admiripg eyes Of the
whole audience. Their sympathief
were with him, but they were deficient
In moral courage.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-02

The people Of Virginia can under.
stand now what the people Of England
'thoughS Of that famous Parliament
which they justified Cromwell In turn.
ing. neck and heels, ont Of do0n. Hofo
In Richmond-and everywhere else, We
would fhtn body u n.
Joicing over the adjournment Of the
worst Legislature which the Common.
wealth ever suffered from. We nsod
not recite its history. Il IL familiar 70
the whole Union. Thirteen millions az
the 1tate debt repudiatsd; the judges az
tho Court Of Appeals turned out Head
juater judges chosen TO MI offices which
the highest court in the Common wealth
had decided were not vacant; the cleo
tion Of II. III. Riddleberger to the Uni.
ted States Senate; the displacement Of
all the od1cers Of all the lunatic asyluu1s;
the removal Of the Boards Of visitori
and Boards Of Direot0rs Of AL the State
Institutions Of learning, charity, DO:
the changing for the worse Of city char.
ters; and. generally speaking, the doing
OF whatever ought not to have been
done, and the leaving undone Of what.
ever ought to have beon done.
Every Virginian ought to feel paHtio.
slaSlg, 1Reste6al y tn w adnsnss, Eird-v hV-
field. for the signal services which they
rendered their country In . great crisis.
But for them, the State would have heen
oufrageously gerrymandered; the cirs
cult courts converted into places where
in to pension Aahoneite partisaus. and
20 converted in open violation Of the
Constitution and the bill passed %
fasten upon every county Malone
commissioner Of sales at Q large salary.
In fact, nobody can form any correct e.
innate of the harmful legislation which
would have resulted had the Ave gentle.
men we have named been willing %
carry out the programme Of the Riddle
berger Malone clique Of the Readjustee
party. s3ssf ssso
Thank Heaven, the Readjuster lsgis-
lators are gone. May they be % well
sxtis fed at home that they will neys9
dssirs to return to Richmond - lsw-
nakers.-Richn,ond DispatcA, ApSV
23rd. - 1rcr - flg
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4 Remlniseencs Of Byron.

In Florence we resided at . large
boarding establishment. kept by Mme.
du Planti, in house which had FORM
erly been MINNIE de Stael's, In the Via
Scala. There were some thirty board.
ers in the house, and here we remained
two years, occupied with our studies.
During part Of this time the poet SheI.
ley, his wife and infant, were inmates or
the aapee slhaHsesivle lend. zee aaop- made
kind to Ms, and Shelley proposed to
pamma that II she would accompany
them to Pisa. where Lord Byron wa
resident, he would undertake williams
education, but mamma declined, say
ing she was fearful her husband would
be displeased If she allowed an intimacy
between her family and Lord Byron's
Indeed, she was half afraid he would
not approve of our friendship with
Shelley and his wife.) During my leis
ure hours I wss always In the Shelley
apartments. The poet would place bis
infant In my lap and bid me amuse my
self with q live doll, while he continued
his writing. Both Shelley and bis wife
were delightful, and when they left,
some months afterward, we were very
sorry. One day Shelley told me Lord
Byron was coming next day to visit
him. In vain implOred mamma 70
let me be with them when the great
poet came, but she would not hear Of IL.
I told Shelley this with tears In my
eyes, and he said: well, little woman,
II mamma won't let you be in the same
room with the ogre. II you are very
anxious to see him, look through the
4 icy hole, and will place him so that
you will have full view Of him" So.
next day Willie and went on tiptos to
Shelley's door and peeped through the
keyhole. We were 90 fascinated, alter
nateiy watching the great poet, that We
remained there some time. At last By
ron began to figet. and said: II say,
Shelley. / don't know how 1t IL, but
feel ~ II aome one was Watching me.
Shelley smiled. aud pointing to the door
told him what We were doing. and who
70 were, and also that mamma would
not allow us to make his acquaintance
II had no idea." }" said the poet, II bore
such very bad name. would be very
glad to know the young people and
their mother, too. II she would permit
it," He then got up and came toward
the door; but we fled down the passage
while he and shelley stood laughing
This was the first and last I saw Of By.
ron.-AU the Year Round.
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General Mahone'a party seems to b
''all broke up." The "hrm nve" In the
State Senate cannot be purchased; Judge
Finnell cuts loose from them In Nor
folk and this city, and almost every.
where else they are divided those OF
its members who have failed to obtain
oficss are deserving It daily the repub-
licans who Joined It are going back to
the straightouts, and dissension has
even invaded its Congressional deleGa-
ton, for the General in the Senate votes
against the Chinese bill, while Messr1.
for it, and 1t is reported that between
declared some time ago.-Alsr. G0setts.
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Temptation is fearful word. It In.
dicates the beginning Of C possible &C.
ries of infinite evils. It is the ringing
of an alarm bell whose melancholy
sounds may reverberate through eter-
nifty. Like the sudden sharp cry Of fire
in the night, 1t should rouse US to In.
sfantaneous activity, aud brace every
muscle to its highest tension.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-02

BREAD ONELET.-Take . alice Of
bread IN inch thick, cut of the crust.
pour half . pint Of boiling milk on It;
season with pepper and salt to your taste.
Beat 1t up and when cold put to It i've
eggs. Beat the yolks very light and
add them to the bread and milk, them
hot butter. This makes two omelets.
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BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
n ELLEN p. ALLERroN.


Beautiful faoes are those that wear
e matters little dark or fair
Whole-soulsd honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that show.
Like crystal psnes where heart-fres glow.
Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like songs of birds.
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that IL earnest. brave, and true.
Momen. BY memsnt the long day through.
Beautiful feet are those that 60
On kindly ministries to and fro
Down lowliest ways, II God willis It 10.
Beautiful shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens Of homely care.
With patient graces and daily prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless
Silent rivers Of happiness.
Whose fountains but few may guess.
Beautiful twilight. ct set Of sun.
Beautiful goal. with race well won.
Beautiful rest, with work well done.
Beautiful graves. where grasses creep.
Where brown leaves fall, where drifts lie dee
Over worn-ont hands-oh. beautiful sleep!
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For the sp1crAron.
ReapeQstve Sentlmentl.

| We are furnished with the appended
beautiful and thrilling tribute to oui
honored dead, suggested 70 Mr.. p. A
Rosa while In the St0newall Cemetery
1t Winchester. Va atteIding the un-
yelling OF tho Maryland monument and
the decoration Of the graves Of the Con-
federats soldiers, which occurred June
9th. 1880: I
In Stonewall Cemetery are the multi.
| piled graves Of the brave sons Of earth,
whose bodies, though long since, have
ldecumposed and mingled with their
mother dust, yet whoee noble deeds will
ever stand as monuments to perpetuate
their memory and to mark the sacred
places where the loved ones sleep.
Pages Of this Valleys history will Be
crowded with the names, actions, and
deeds Of those who 20 willingly sacri-
6ced their lives upon the blood attained
deld Of battle for the maintenance OF
the sovereignty Of the country they %
|devptedly loved. The pgie moon.
which hes ridden through the olu~
serene Of heaven fDr centuries. shed her
soft. mellow light over many : CORY
plain. and seen generation after gem
Grafton quickly swept away and has
tily inferred beneath her silver face.
has never looked upon . body of
brsver, more resolufe and seIf.sacri1c
ing men than thoee Who calmly repOse
beneath the green sod, which on that
day was decorated by loving hands and
proud admirers They fest under the
daisies. beneath the velvet.cOvered
turf lie ''the countless dead" slain
while fiercely wrestling with . bitter
foe, but let NJ not revive those sore
grievances which have made great
dark-red blot on this Nations record.
rather ''let the dead past bury its dead :"
let Us carefully fold the worn and tear.
bedewed scroll which contains them,
and lay 1t away In the deep library or
eternity. and, aspiring to higher and
moro ennObling aims and purposes, in
commemoration Of those achievements,
and not the cause which produced
them, let the living offer their tribstes
and strew the mounds Of lost friends
with garlAnds Of fragrant flowers, which
shall, in but = faint manner, demonstrate
the high appreciation Of the great VIC
tories won by those Who devoted their
lives to the stupend0us work and made
us free people; and let the deeds be 90
executed that they will speak volumes
OF praise and cause the hailowed mem
Ory Of the cherished dead to rise ~ |
sweet incense and prompt the living to
.cts Nnica VIII make tnem . blessing
10 t9elr oay ana genefation. In that
sPsclo0s necfopoils. whose stateiy mon |
uments ana cafefuiiy attended orna
menas make II 2 parterre OF exquisite
Ioveiiness, mouiGer ine remains OF near
t~ensy nve nunofeo heroes. VINO, being
nctuetoo oy the same Impulse. SHARED
tne seme iate OF the gallant warriors |
/. wno .na % weIe mstc.iessIy .;s swept awsy IN
tne suIglng tide OF the hotly contested
connicts ior ~nicn tnat area is noted,
.no 70 Ine suostsotla1io9 OF wnich the
tnousano oulletscsred neao-stones At
tess sI.n
~" " ".asIe;a. DIS. m1nulnenus are IN good taste
ali. spPioPIIate, ano tne patnetic IN
scIsPtlOns Sre PeEti0enG ana tefee, yet |
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To MAKE STEAK TEND1R.-Put three
tablespoonfuls Of salad oil and one t.
blespoonful Of vinegar, well mixed to-
gether, ON . large nat dish, and ON this
lay the steak. Salt must not be put on
the steak before 1t ID cooked. The steak
must lay on the embarrassing mixture
for at least half m hour to side; the
toughest steak will suecumb 70 this and
be perfectly tender when cooked.
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SIN old times. "says the Boston Rest,
1T was the custom when youth and
maiden crossed bridge for the gallant
TO tske toll In the shape Of kiss, and
somehow those were the times whom Q
brook not over six Inches wide W.
promptly bridged, and the roads % laid
out "a to GROSS wstsF- -courses very ofleu. !"
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Maggie dear. II I should attempt to
spell cupid. why should net get beyond
the first syllabl.f Maggie gave II up.
wnereupon William said: "Beoause
when l come to G, u., of course / can
20 no further"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-02

The incongruities of nature are well
illustrated when . man. whose life from
the cradle has been one stupeDdous er-
Tor. points out small mistake in a
newspaper and then asks the editor why
he can't get things straight In bis paper3
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-02

iRa sl-sSo al
n 0A1TVA 1X1fyCI.

with words like thsse the little cAild.
With wondering syss - blue and milA, :
Pressed close 70 her nother,s knes.
Psnstve and sad awhile 70 -
An assd woman. wrfnklsd. gray,
That passed % Ssssly on her Nv.
I'VE cannot tell. /" the mothsr said,
Smoothing the iocks on ne brieht heed.
God only knows how long The way, ~
IT'S He who giyss and takas away:
The faded brow. the diver hair.
~ love. may b vsy hir."
The child gAssd IN har notAer's SAoa.
which shsns with svssy tsndsr grace,
With noble dsyG aad Iovs and truth.
The essence Of eternal youth,
And half she knew the lssSeu taad .,..
How some We know ns'sr grew old. -
Not all the gods love hsst die ysune,
Ths tender thsme Of many . tongue:
The child. like manhood's years, we praise
Whsn wsrs ont short it. tender days, 81
A few through liSs's rough pathvay trsaA
Who hlssstsgs al around them sAs1
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"What II the 6rst thing to bs done In
case Of Ore :" asked Professor Htearns.
"Sus the insurance company" J" prompt.
" answered the boy 1t the foot Of the
class. whose father had BEEN burned ous
once or twice.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-02

Whenever you see . woman with .
great deal of italian sunset In her hair
and considerable aurora borealis In her
cheeks aud nose, you will experiences
less stormy weather II you let ber alone.
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Acsoss rns- wAIL.


NJ HAY DBoDYH.
Hooked across the garden vail,
And saw her there-I sse yer yeti
A little thing that played At bali.
What msttsrsd frights what mattsrsd M z
IcIimbsd-f broke the peach trees net
looked scross the gardsn wAl.
And, cufls and pinaSore and al.
Deheld hsr-nsver 70 fbrget-
A little thing that played ct ball.
Grave has she grown. discfsst, and tall,
Since whoa the morning deWs Were wet.
Hooked scross the garden WALL
sinss she was nvs ysa1 old, and mau,
With slipping sash all crooked ~,
A little thing that played at ball.
Bat still, swest vile. when recall
How arst We loved. how nrst W nss,
watch across garden wall
A little thing that plays ct bali.
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The good that men do may be in
tered with their bones, but the 00fiina
/ OF some men are not crowded.
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l|>>
POETRY.
from the N. Y. Independant.l
VIA S0LlTARIA.

from the N. Y. independently
- VIA s0LlTABIA.
Az uN1u1IuHED POEM. ~ xEN1X v. xoNe
TILLow.
Alone walk the peopled city.
Whsre each seems happy with his own;
Oh! friends ask not for your pity
Iwalk alone.
No more for me yon lake rejoices.
Though moved by loving airs Of June.
Oh I birds, your sweet and piping voicss
Are out Of tune.
In vain for me the elm tree arches
It's plumes in many feathery spray;
In vain the evenings starry marches
And sunlit day.
10 vain your beauty, summer flowers:
Ye cannot greet these cordial eyes:
, They gaze ON other fields than ours-
On other skies.
The gold il rined nom the consr,
The blade II stolen from the sheath;
Life has but one moro boon to oner.
And that 1s-Death.
Yet we'll know the voice Of duty
And, therefore, health and life must crave
Though she, who gave the world it, beauty.
Il In her grave.
live, lost one for the living
Who drew their earliest life from thee.
And wait, until with glad thanksgiving
Ishall be free.
For life to me il as q station
Wherein arart a ira veler stands--
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Now that our best and sweetest poet has len
rs, rending by his departure the veil Of that
sanctuary-his inmost life and feeling-it may
been sacrilege before. the above touching poem
not written for the public eye, but stmply tc
give utterance to his heart-Qrushing sorrow II
ter the death Of his wife, in 1851, TWAS sentts
mo y . friend IN Boston some years ago, aftez
my own great afaiction and has, therefore, z
double sacredness to all who have passed
through similar sorrow. It will be read BY
many with fearful eyes, whom they rememhs!
how long O. patiently, with what brave and
heart, he has waited At the
station" till now, at last, 1.-THE parted" arr
made "one" 81. NJ. GOODWILL.
OLIvEA COLLEGE. MICH.
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