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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

Instead of feeling tired and worn out, in
stead of aches and pain, wouldn't you
rather feel fresh and strong? If you CON
tinue to feel miserable and good-for-noth-
ing you have only yourself to blame, fo1
Browns Iron Bitters will surely cure you.
Iron and cinchona are its principal ingredi-
ents. 1t is certain cure for dyspepsia, in
digestion, malaria, weakness, kidney, lung
and heart affections. Try it if you desire
to be healthy, robust, and strong, and ex-
perience its remarkable curative qualities.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

To expedite the making Of lemon pie
use hot water in place of cold, stir-up lem
on, the sugar, and corn starch or flour, and
eggs together, as if you were making pud-
ding sauce then pour in hot water. If the
pail or basin containing this is then placed
in vessel of boiling water it will cook in
five minutes.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31
Did She Die'?'

mol
''she fingered and suffered along, pinine
away all the time for years.
"The doctors doing her no good;''
"And at last was cured by this Hop Bitters
the papers say SO much about
"Indeed! Indeedr'
"How thankful we should be for that nedi.
nina
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

CoLoRLEss AND CODA young girl
deeply regretted that she was so colorless
and cold Her face was too white, and her
hands and feet felt as though the blood did
not circulate. After one bottle of Hop Bit
ters had been taken she was the rosiest and
healthiest girl in the town, with vivacity
and cheerfulness of mind gratifying to her
friends.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

When the preacher at Ocean Grove last
Sunday said: 'Many of you have never
seen me before, and in all probability many
of you will never see me again." an enth::-
siastic brother shouted "Amenr' and the
rest of the congregation smiled,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

*#*'Gt is easier to convince man against
his senses than against his will" When a
sick man has given Kidney-Wort thor
ough trial, both will and senses join in un-
qualified approval of its curative qualities
in all diseases of the liver, kidneys, and
bowels,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31
MIR. SINGLETON'S MODEL
London Society.

London Society.
What is 1t guides my hand, what thoughts
possess me-
That have drawn her face?
|. 0 sweet dreams
That through the vacant chambers of my heart
Walk in the silence, as familiar phantoms
Frequent an ancient house, what will ye
with me?"
Michael Angelo. A Tragedy. Lonafelloao
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

SLATE PENCILS The Charlottesville
JefersoniGn says that the Albemarle Slate
Company are making about $4,000 slate
pencils per day. These goods find ready
sale in New york. They expect to increase
their machenery soon so as to be able to
turn out 100, 900 per dav.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

Mr.. Ed. Edmundson, MANCHESTER, VA,
says: "Myself and wife used Browns Iron
Bitters for indigestion and have been en-
tirely cured.'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

M HHAA A week made at home by the indus
hAAHtrious. Best business now before the
"a HXpublic Capital not needed. We will
n Il " start you. Men, women, boys and
w n FIJI girls wanted everywhere to work for
us. Now is the time. You can work
in spare time. or give your whole time to the
business. No other business will pay you near
ly as well. No one can fail to make enormous
pay, by engaging at once. Costly outfit and
terms free. Money made fast, easily. and hon.
orably.. Address TRUE Co., Augusta, Maine.
feb20-ly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

If it is possible SO to arrange the order of
dinner getting, do not shell the peas until
a few minutes before they are to be cooked
They lose much of their fine, distinctive
flavor if shelled some time before cooking :
and do not wash them. What water is SO
clean as the lining of the pod?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

Mr.. James R. Micon, clerk of ESSEX Co.,
VA, says: II have used Brown Iron Bit
ters and found it valuable for the purposes
which it claims.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31
FLIES AND BUGS.

Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice,
gophers, chipmunks, cleared out by Trough
on Rats 15c.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31
Father is Getting Well.

"My daughters say
How much better father is since he used
Hop Bitters''
HE is getting well after his long suffering
from a disease declared fncurable,"
"And we are SO glad that he used your Bit
ters."-A LADY of Utica, N. Y.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

CATARRH OF THE BLADDER.
STINGING irritation, inflammation, all
Kidney and Urinary Complaints, cured by
"Buchu-paiba. 81.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31
EpREsTON A BAYLOR.

nR. JAMES JOHNSTON,
~ DE N TIST,
MAIN STREET, STAUNToN, VA.
OFFIoE:-Over Turner & Harman's Grocery
tore. dec 2l-f
+, T. ELDER. VIM. J. NELSON.
WILDER IL NELSON.
IL ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
and Real Estdte agents,
may STAUNToN, VA.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31
H. M. MATHEWS. ALEX. #. MATHEWS.

4. N. MATHEWS. ALEX. T. MATHEWS.
NATHEWG x& MATHEWS,
Ak ATTOR RNEYS-AT-LAW
LEwISBURG. WEST VA,
practice regularly In tha Courts of Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, w,
Va, the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of w. Va.
E@Particular attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
may lily
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31
A Daughters Misery.

ELEVEN years our daughter suffered on bps
of misery,
"From complication of kidney. liver, rheu-
matte trouble and Nervous debility,
Under the care of the best physicians,
''Who gave her disease various names
''But no relief
"And now she is restored to us in good health
by as simple remedy as Hop Bitters, that we
had shnnned for years before using it."-THE
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

STAUNToN, VA, January l5 lS83
M brother, D. G. GRAHAM will have an
49,. 80 interest in my Grocery and Produce bus
III lis, 70 date from Jan. lst. and the firm name
"iiL 9 3e J. E. GRAHAM q BROTHER.
'aniO !. E, GRAHAM. =
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

THAT HUSBAND oFlMINE
Is three times the man he was before be be-
gan using wells Health Renewer. ST.
Druggists.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

Time, a year later. Scene, the lake dis.
trict. Dramatis persona, young artist and
wife, in whom it is easy to recognize Cissy
and Hugh Darrell.
"Oh, Hugh,' she says, suddenly, taking
locket from her chain, 'ehere is some mon.
ey of yours.'
"Moneyp' He opens the locket. There
are the identical shilling and battered, dis
reputable-looking sixpence which he had
given her.
"Yes," she laughs; 'the money you paid
Mr.. Singleton's model
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

mays
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31

D. L. SNYDER. agent, Stribling Springs, Va.
je26-3m&
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-31
HAGERSTOWN. Nj
Nothing Short of Unmistakable
ReDefitS

aprlO 'S3-ly
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
The lead Pencil.
IScientific American.

Scientific American.
There is no lead pencil: and there has been
none for fifty years There was time when
spiracle of lead. cut from the bar or sheet,
sufticed to make marks on white paper or
some rougher abrading material. The name
of lead pencil came from the old notion that
the products of the Cumberland mines, Eng
land, were lead, instead of being plumbago,
or graphite, carbonate of iron, capable of
leaving lead-colored mark With the
original lead pencil or slip, and with the
earlier styles of the "lead" pencil made
direct from the Cumberland mine the wet
ting of the pencil was preliminary of
writing.
But since it has become manufacture
the lead pencil is adapted, by numbers or let
tiers, to each particular design. There are
grades of hardness, from the pencil that may
be sharpened to a needle point, to one that
makes bread mark. Between the two ex-
tremes there are number of graduations
that cover all the conveniences of the lead
pencil. These graduations are made by tax
ing the original carbonate, and grinding it,
and mixing it with fine quality of clay in
differing proportions regard being had to
the use of the pencil. The mixture is thor
ough, the mass is squeezed through dies to
form and size it, is dried, and enc;lsed in its
wood euyelOpe
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
The Kilkenny Cat Story.
lRnSfnn Herald I

The story has been SO long current that it
has become proverb, Gas quarrelsome as
the Kilkenny CATS two of the cats in which
city are asserted to have fought so long and
so furlously that naught was found of them
but two tails. The correct version of this
saying is this:
During the rebellion which occurred in
Ireland in 1913, Kilkenny was garrisoned by
regiment of HesSian soldiers whose custom
it was to tie together in one of their barracks
rooms two cats by their respective tails, AID
then throw them face to face across line
generally used for drying clothes. The cats
naturally became Infatuated, and scratched
each other in the abdomen until death en-
sued to one or both of them. The Off
GERS were made acquainted with the bar
barous acts of cruelty and resolved to put
an end to them. For this purpose an officer
was ordered to inspect each barrack-room
daily and report its state The soldiers, de-
termined not to lose the daily torture of the
cats, generally employed one of their COM
rades to watch the approach of the officer
On one occasion he neglected his duty, and
the officer was heard ascending the stairs
while the cats were undergoing their custom
airy torture. One OF the troopers seized
sword from the arm-racil, and with single
blow divided the tails of the cats. The cats
escaped through the open windows of the
room, which was entered instantly afterward
by the officer, who inquired what was the
cause Of the bleeding cats tails being sus-
pended on the lne aal was told in reply
that two cats had been fighting in the
room; that it was found impossible to sepa-
rate them, and they fought so desperately
that they had devoured each other, with the
exception of their two tails"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
The Language of yyInks.
TSt. James Gazette.1


In those North American states in which
the sale of alcoholic liquors is by law forbid
den the chemists and druggists who keep
spirits ostensibly for medicinal purposes sell
large quantities of them to people who are
suffering from nothing more serious than
thirst This kind of trade has, however, to
be conducted with many precautions and in
some districts elaborate codes of signals have
been invented to enable customers to
privately make known their Illicit desires
to the store keepers.
In Saltwater, MINI, for instance, to wink
once is to ask for soda and rye whisky; to
wink twice and smack the lips is to demand
half tumbler of Jamaica rum; to stand
with the forefinger and thumb in the waist
coat pocket and ask mildly for banana sirup
is to convey a hint that ginger brandy would
be gratefully received; to wink thrice and
jerk the thumb over the left shoulder i'm
plies that gin is the liquor required; and
when customer transfers his qrid of tobacco
from his mouth to his left hand the chemist
at once prepars a handmade sour mash
And, although the list of American drinks is
long one, the Saltwater code is so complete
that it even enables the thirsty soul to signal
whether he prefers much or little lemon
Juice in his cocktail
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
The H'ir>1 E'l1vaacn's Ea,l.
IChic..,,.c En,.nll


"Bu5 was going to tel you about the first
fremen's ball in CAicsco. Let me see, that
was away back in the forties, about January,
le44, 1 should say. Abbott, the father Of
Emma, of Abbott kiss notoriety, led the
band. 1t was a good Que, and Abbott was
famous il bis day as q trombone player.
old Put father Of Hiss Katie Putnam,
called out the figures His voice was round,
clear and pleasant, and we esteemed it a
pleasure to dance to it, Yes unused the old
veteran, " TWAS fashionable event, that
ball. There are still goodly number of the
now old boys, but then young bloods, now
living, and their wives, now grandrnothers,
will feel the quickening blood of youth Jingle
to the tips of their fingers and toes as they
read and remember the first firemen's ball.
''You danced the cotilliong"
eyes, and the quadrilIe, but what memory
holds dear is the Cicilian circle, dance, and
march, and dance again, with the grand
march from the ball to the dressing-room.
Let me show you" Here the reporters an
Gent friend whisked him around at a lively
pace" and ended up by cutting s'pigeon
wing" that would have astonished Kiralfy.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
LeisureIy Behind the Age.
cleveland Leader.


The languid gracefulness of the women of
Baltimore, which is due to the enervating
climate, ard a multitude of servants and the
half torpid sleepy quiet Of the city, the result
of the same cause, has an indescribable charm
for the worried and hurried Northerner. The
people there are firm believers in the maxim
laid down by Emerson that all haste is vul-
gar. They move about leisrlrely and quietly,
and speak with slow sort OF drawl, which to
nervous person is almost exasperating, but
which is the heighth of southern culture
Their open-handed disposition is proverbial,
and in no part of America is their politeness
and courtesy exceeded. They speak admir-
ingly of the energy and push of the northern
ladies, but have no ambition to emulate
them. They do not mind being told, in pub
lie or private, that they are behind the age,
and repeat the following story with an 81
reckon it is true" at it's close, without any
feeling of regret that it is SO. A stranger in
the city asked of native Baltimorean the
difference in time between New York and
Baltimore. "By minutes upon the dial" was
the answer, 'ten; but in reality, 100 years.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06

which, added to the roar of her lovers voice.
produced an effect indescribably strange and
ludicrous!
We concluded that he had heard those
sounds before, as otherwise at the first blast,
he certainly must have taken to his heels
and run away.
Elias Rogers-for that was the young
mans name-was in truth Yankee man"
as Helenore claimed, but he had lived much
among the Canadians and spoke their Ian
guage like his own.
We found that he was honestly in love
with our Helenore; and rough and coarse as
he seemed, he doubtless had a romantic,
sympathizing nature, or he could not have
understood or appreciated her as he evidently
did. We were relieved to find him in every
way so worthy of her and so suited to make
her happy.
And now my story is soon finished.
Helenore left us again, but this time with
happy smiles and the hope of seeing us very
often. In short, while write, she sits out on
our piazza with her own baby in her arms,
and my Ned-grown now to be quite big
boy-leaning on her lap.
She is telling him what he shall find when
he comes to see her and Eloi in the woods
where they are chopping-birds' eggs to add
to his collection, ''Oh, SO many kindsl but
they will only take one from each nest, be-
cause the mother bird would be sad and
grieve."
Her heart is tender as of yore, but it never
aches now except for others woes
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
A FUNERAL SPOILED.
Betraying an Undertaken on Az.
count of a cylinder Singu.
lar'' Corpse.
detroit Free Press. /

Early one morning three or four days ago
an individual walked into a downtown
undertaker's office, remarked on the weather,
spoke of the fair, and seemed to be going
away without making an errand, when he
suddenly turned and said:
''My old woman died last night and I'm
thinking some of buying coffin and having
her buried. Got time to figger littleg''
He said he lived in Springwells, and the
undertaken 'fggered." The man wanted a
plain coffin and the services of the under
taker to make things go right Two of the
neighbors had teams, and they would be
enough
"This is business as well as grief" observed
the man as they figured. "Of course want
decent coffin, but nothing gaudy. 1 want a
fair funeral, but no scollops. Put every
thing right down on a cash basis, and your
money will be ready as soon as the procession
moves"
The undertaken discounted until he could
go no further, and it was agreed that he
should drive down with the coffin at O'Clock.
1.-TWO o'clock or thereabouts,n said the
man as he left. "There's no great rush,
being the weather is bad. Any time about 3
to will do. There's no children to wash
and comb and the neighbors have begun to
put on clean shirts before thisn
Soon after 2 o'clock the undertaken reached
the house. The vehicle containing the coffin
was being backed up to the gate when the
man came out and said:
"Wait minute, kurnel. Come in here y"
They entered the house, and propped up in
bed and vigorously slipping soup was a
woman.
THAT'S her, said the man. 'I thought
she was as dead as crow-bar when [ left
home, but I'll be hanged if she didn't come
to! The doctor saysit was a case of suspended
agitation"
The undertaken sighed and sat down.
81 know just how you feel about it, con-
tinued the man. ''Fact is, I'm rather disap-
pointed myself, but what can we do. It's
kinder embarrassing for you to drive up here
with coffin and find the victim eating NUT
ton soup, but SIGH is life. Them fellers across
the road are tickling and laughing at the box
you are in. but don't blame me- come home
with all plans laid, and she smashed them to
slivers."
Glow do you feel!' asked the undertaken
of the woman.
"Bullyl" she replied, as she licked the
spoon. "You'n Caleb won't hold no funeral
On me just yeti"
Don't mind her" said the husband in
soothing tones.
''She was allus kinder singular, and as
sure you she wouldn't hurt your feelings for
a thousand dollars. I'm awful sorry about
this, for know how cheap you feel, but ]
dasn't kill her, you know9'
mo"
Course not, but when she goes for good
the jobs yours and you can count on It
The undertaken mounted his vehicle and
started off, and when he was quarter of
mile away the man called after him:
Il know how you feel, but you must brace
up! The next time will fetch her, sure %
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
PATS Eyasiye Answer.
fChicago Times. |

ICHICdSO IlHIeS.
"Pat," said his reverence, az shall be very
busy this afternoon, and if any one calls
do not wish to be disturbed" 'An right,
sor; will 1 tell them you're not ingn mo,
Pat; that would be lie" can phwatn I
say, yer riverenceg' ooh, just put them off
with an evasive answer" At supper time
Pat was asked if any one had called ''Faix,
there did, 'sAnd what did you tell him?'
said the priest. NShure, an give an evasive
answer" Chow was that?" queried his
reverence. ''He axed me was yer honor in,
anil seq to him, sez I, WAS yer gran'mother
hOOtrOWl1 II
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
Another Version.
[Cloverport XVI News.

ICIOVeIpOfO lhF.I NeWs-
The true story of Gen John Morgan's death
will never be told until the history of his
scandalous amours at Greenville, Tenn, is
written. His death, SO far from being a
hero's martyrdom in behalf Of cause he
esteemed holy, was due to his Hbertine in
stincts, and the blind, unreasonfng fury of an
msanely jealous woman. Had ne been pure
IS man as he was dauntleSs as q soldier, he
would probably be alive to-day. This is the
whole truth of the matter in nutshell. Like
Gen. Van Dorm, he could not govern the baser
passions of his nature, and like that accom-
plished but unfortunate officer, in gratifying
those passions he lost his life. 1t was Dor
Juan and not Leonidas who was killed in
that Greenville garden.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
The Famous story-TeIIer.
[Chicago Tribune.

Jules Verne, the French story-teller, whose
'sKerahan lie Tetu" is now in full swing in
Paris, is about so years old; his hair and
beard are turning white, and his once supple
and elegant figure is beginning to give way
to a comfortable embonpoint; but his face is
full of intellectual vigor. He was originally
destined for the bar, but soon found that his
true field was literature, and after several
attempts to succeed on the exchange, at the
age of SO, he published his Journey Round
the World in Eighty Days" which has at
tanned worldwide fame. The summer he
always passes On the sea, whence he returns
to his pleasant home at Anxious, strengthened
for his winters work and with his brain full
of fresh ideas gathered from earth, sky, and
sea.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
Measuring Northern Pacific EN-.
plOyes.
butte on. IT, Miner.


Orders have been issued from the head
quarters of the Northern Pacific railroad to
the effect that all employees on trains and at
stations over the line must appear in uni
form. A tailor is now going over the road
taking measurements of the employees for
their new suits, who, in order to expedite
matters, sends the following dispatch to all
agents: ''Take off everything but your
pantaloons and shirt, and be on the platform
when the train arrives, to be measured for
uniform Arriving at one of the new
stations he jumped from the train, tape-line
in hand, AMI shouted for the agent. In re-
Spouse to his call Il handsome young lady
stepped forward, accompanied by a burly
six-footer, who announced that the lady was
the agent, and he was her brother, and de
manded an explanation of his dispatch. The
tailor explained as best he could, and board
ing the train telegraphel from the next
station: Chow many agents have you got
that don't wear shirts and pantaloons, and
where are they located? Answer ouickn
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
A DRIVE
rAll the Year Round. |

Ali the Year Round
Through the thick air the tall majestic trees
Loomed like gaunt ghosts; the leafess
hedges showed
A faint dim line; there was no breath of
breeze
No fiecls of sunshine on the long straight
road;
While with steady, muffled, rhythmic
Fell the duh echo of the horses feet.
And all the while through the long leagues,
| know
One whom I love seemed sitting at nv side:
thought heard his voice in accents low.
thought he watched my lips as 1 replied;
Nor feared nor marveled as be swept. along.
His hand clasped mine; Love Tapped us, calm
and strong,
Till with start and clash of wheels we
stopped;
The red light glimmered from the open
door;
Over my Paradise the dark veil dropped,
And all the world was as it was before,
Ere through the hush of the November
weather,
We two had that sweet mystic drive together.