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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19
SCATTER SEEDS OF KINDNESS,
JOHN C. BLAIR.

There was never a golden sunbeam
That fell on desolate place,
But left some trace of his presence
That time could never efface,
Not song of ineffable sweetness
That ravished the listening ear,
Then slumbered in silence forgotten
For many and many year
But word or tone might awaken
Its magical power anew,
Long after the sweet-voiced singer
Had faded from earthly view.
Nor heart that was ever so weary,
Or tainted with sin and despair,
But word OF tender compassion
Might find an abiding-place there.
Yet countless thousands are yearning,
For sympathy, kindness, and love,
And souls are cropping in darkness
Without one gleam from above,
There was never a sunbeam wasted,
Nor song that was sung in vain.
And souls that seem lost in the shadows
A Saviour's love may reclaim.
Then scatter the sunbeams of kindness
Though your deeds may never be known,
The harvest will ripen in glory
If the seeds be faithfully sown;
And life will close with a blessing,
And fade into endless day;
Like the golden hues of the sunbeam
That fade in the twilight gray.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19
Sensible Advice.

There is nothing like their own home for
married people, and especially for young
married people, even if the wife shall have
to cook and sweep the floor, and clean the
windows If she be a healthy girl, the ex-
ercise will do her good-and no young man
who has to labor for his living should mar
ry girl that is not healthy, strong, and
willing to do her own work while they are
too poor to hire servant.
This thing of marrying a girl that you
have to hire another girl to take care of is
not wise thing for poor young man to do.
He should look out for girl that is broad
shouldered, strong in muscle, having, of
course other virtues. The ideal girl, the
consumptive, tight laced, party going, pi-
ano-playing, Freneh-talking, fashionable
girl, can be no proper wife for him. This
language the girls may think unkind, but
it is not 1t is better for girls that are not
fitted to be poor mans wife to remain
with their parents, than to become such.
1t will be better for their lovers, too, and
better for society.
A girl, then, that does not know how to
cook fairly, or who would not, when neces-
sary, cheerfully cook for her husband,
ought not to marry any but a rich man
and no poor man should marry her.
If, then, girls without dowry are con-
tent to marry young men who have only
their fond hearts, their good name, their
strong arms, their ambition to make their
wives happy, and their hope to work up to
a competence through frugality and indus
try, these girls should know how to cook
and they ought to beashamed to marry any
such man until they have learned the art of
cooking.
For such a girl to marry such man
would be neither more nor less than social
fraud, unless she shall, before engagement,
inform him fully of her ignorance on this
subject. 1t is well, then, to have these
schools of cookery to which girls whose
mothers have not taught them the art can
go and learn-and we hope that the day is
at hand when girls that are candidates for
matrimony will pride themselves more on
their ability to cook good dinner than on
their ability to dance, sing, play, or fool
away precious time on less useful things.
| Then the world will be better and the
people in it will be happier than they are
now, and the youth that shall be born in
the land will be of greater bone, tougher
sinew, and of purer blood.
| CoURTING.-He came up a little late,
stepped in without ringing, and striding
softly into the parlor, dropped into an easy
chair with the careless grace of young
man who is accustomed to the programme.
''By Jove," he said to the figure sitting
in the dim obscurity of the sofa, ''By Jove,
l thought l was never going to see you
alone again. Your mother never goes away
from the house nowadays; does she, Min
ME?
'eWer, not amazingly frequently"
rcheerfully replied the old lady from the
SOTO sCMinOia ic ayvaU SO nnueh of tho
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19
(DECoRATIoN-DAY.)
BY MARY D. BRINE.


only little ragged boy,
Barefooted, it is true,
But Heavens golden sunshine lay
Within his eyes so blue.
without the florists door he stood
with earnest, wistful face.
Got any work, please sir, that
Can do about the place?
ut isn't m oney that want.
But Pll work good. you'll see,
Ii when I've done, q little bunch
OF vi'lets you'll give me.'
The florist laughed. "That's cheap enough
Here. try your hand at this;
Since all you want are violets, boy,
One bunch shall not miss"
A little later, and the streets
With uniforms are gay,
And martial music fills the air
For Decoration-day.
The silent city, reached at last,
Begins the task of love,
As soldiers gently scatter flowers,
Their comrades graves above.
Then stepped our little laddis
To the humblest grave of all,
And on it laid a portion of
His offering SO small.
A soldier asked. ''Tell me, my child,
Why are you here to-dayP"
81 came in fathers place, sir, please
could not stay away
"He was a soldier long ago,
And he remembered well
The dark and cruel battlefield
Where many comrades fell;
And every Decoration day,
Till he got sick and died.
In helping deck the soldiers graves
He always had pride.
"An' SO, cause be is lyin there,
An couldn't come"-the lad
Here wiped his eyes-"I came to bring
The only flowers had.
took his place the best I could;
hadn't much to give;
But father would have given more
If God had let him live.''
Oh, tenderly the moon looked down
That night where slept the dead,
And1ovingly her mantle bright
Above the graves was spread.
But long its radiance fingered o'er
The humblest grave of all,
Where some kind hand rare flowers had Iaid
Ry Johnny's Offering small.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19
A Word to our ReadeTs. S.

wv HEN yop 4saa OF medicine that will
w cure all diseases, beware of 1t, for every
scientific physician on earth knows how fala-
cious such statementsare But when you read
OF medicine compounded by a regular physi-
clan and surgeon of high standing that claims
to cure only certain disease, and furnishes
high proof that it does this. ou ca safely try
1t, and with the assurance that it will cure you.
DIR. V. r. STONE late physician and surgeon
of the U. S. A, has placed before tho public
preparation called - -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19
Voluntary Tributes of Gratitude for Bene-
fits Received.

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pains of all kinds, accompanied by great weak
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except by putting my hands on my knees, and
almost rolling out before could straighten up.
! tried the best doctors and many kinds of medi-
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When began to take Hunts Remedy 1 was
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19
Another View OF 1t.

'Mongst other thoughts of youthful days,
One thought | can recall:
'Twere better to have loved and lost
Then ne'er have loved at all.
But now, at ripper years, methinks
That thought of mine would run:
'Twere better to have loved and lost
Than to have loved-and won. Puck.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19
Yours very truly,
HENRY H. SHELDON.
No. $50 Westminster St., Providence, R. I.

"In the lexicon of youth, etc., there is no such
word as Fail" That "lexicon' is now found in
the laboratory of Hunts Remedy. 1t knows no
such word as-FdH.
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'Let us pursue the subject a little far
ther," said the medical students at the
bedside of dying patient So the next
night they went and stole the body from
the cemetery.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19

That poor bed-riddsn, invalid wife, sister,
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"Eat onions, sis" is the Boston Posts
advice to young lady who wants to know
how to avoid having moustache on her
upper lip.
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"ROuGH ON RATS. ;,

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19

"When Music, heavenly maid, was
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19

STAUNToN, VA, JanuaIy Is, 1888.
M brother, d. G. GRAHAM, will have an
AVA interest in my Grocery and Produce bus
iness, to date from Jan. 1st and the firm name
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IHHoMAS II. HANSON,
ATT0p NEV-

! ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN. VA.
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ttngs Court and the Court of Appeals held in
6taunton. Will also prosecute claims else
where through legal correspondents in this and
other States. may 30-ly.
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-09-20
A Western Aystery.

A letter from Milwaukee, Wis, says:
A great sensation was caused lately by
the publication OF statements concerning
one Michael Holmes, Who died in this
city few days ago. Holmes came here
but short time ago, and NO ole APP
pesfed to know anything about his ante
cedents. He was nor communicative in
regard to his history and made but few
scquAintances. About two weeks ago
he had Misunderstanding with fellow
countryman named Patrick johnson,
which ended in his receiving such in
iuries that he has since died from them.
It now appears that he made partial
confidsnt u another Irishman named
Fitzgerald. 80 much Of his story - IL
known is now made public. With three
others be secretly left Dublin the night
following the Phoenix Park murders and
came 10 this country, and after drifting
about from place to place finally came
here. He told Fitzgerald in confidence
that be had no. written TO his wife in Ire-
land for fear that his wheAcabouts would
be learned, and also said that some Of
those charged with murder were limo.
cent men. Tho opinion 10 universally
entertained here that Holmes Wa con-
nscted With tho assassination, II moi
actually engaged in II.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-09-20

The most beautiful monument in the
world, save at Of Queen Louisa. wife
Of Frederick William w., in Cbarlotten.
burg, near Berlin, is that Of Princess
Charlotte, daughter Of the Prince Of
Wales. afterwsrd King George W., and
wife OF Prince Leopold. late King Of
Belgium. It stands in st. Georges
chspel, Windsor. England.
Her sudden death and that OF her in
FAINT son, who was the heir to the throne
OF England, at Claremont, near Windsor.
in 1916. caused deep and universal sor.
row throughout the kingdom.
She lived . sad life until her marriage,
when, emancipated from the heartless
bondage Of her parents, and the tyranny
Of her domestics, she really entered
upon the true enjoyment Of life. But
death destroyed the hopes off sympa'
timing kingdom.
She rot only stood high in rank, but
higher in the Christian graces. and {
moarning and grateful nation erected
this splendid monument 10 her memory
The monument il Of white marble. and
attests the skill OF the artist, Matthew
Wyatt. Tho vault il found in Ursvicl
chapel, ct the eastern end Of the build
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-09-20
Bridegroom Who Beat the ParSOn

The Rev. DIR. Samuel E. Appleton at
Philadelphia tells the Times the follow
ing good story at his own expense:
Ayoung couple called on him one day
and asked him to marry them. He saw
no objections, and in few moment they
were man and wife. The delighted and
happy groom then walked reluctantly
toward the minister and asked:
doctor, how much is your fee?"
II have no fixed price, hut generally
receive 80" was the answer.
The bright smile of the Jersey groom
seemed to leave him then; but, bracing
himself, he said:
"You see, doctor, am little short at
present, but would like very much to
pay you. am bird fancier, and am
importing lot of educated parrots from
London. Now, instead OF paying you in
cash, suppose l present you with one Of
these birds on their ARRIVAL"
II should be glad to have a parrot"
admitted the doctor.
"Well, it's agreed to then. I'll send
you one in few days; but have you .
cage to put the bird in?"
mo, I have not. How much does .
cage COST"
80, you can get good one for s2.5O,"
was the reply.
Without any further remarks, DR.. APP
pleton handed the benedict" the re-
quired amount, and he departed. The
doctor has never since heard or seen
anything OF the groom, bride, parrot,
cage, or the $3.50.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-09-20

avoid it, the great log reached the end Of
the slide, struck heavily against Others
that stood or lay near, and few into the
air, falling, at length, half dozen rods
away in the snow.
"What in the world do the boys
mean by running today" queried the
foremen of himself. 1.-THE snow will
cover the legs SO that it will bother us
to find them. 1 must stop it at once.
The night was now close at hand. but
Ralph cared little for that, for all dan
ger was past. Rapidly as might be he
began to climb the hill by the side Of
the log way, hoping soon to be within
calling distance Of his men, so that he
might cause them to cease running.
Onward and upward he painted, with
no thoughts Of trouble, no remembrance
of any enemy-brute or human-when
just as he rounded little thicket Of
cedar, there stood suddenly before him
the one man of oil the world whom most
he dreaded.
He cav the cruel light in his eye, saw
his uplifted hand welding his dubbed
rifle, heard one scornful laugh, and then
the blow fell and all was blank.
Slowly consciousness returned, and as
the light crept under his eyelids, Shop
hard strove to turn his head, to rise, but
could not; and then, bending above him
Ire saw Dean Page, and he remembered.
mime now, curse you'll! Missed the
other, glosting; land I will marry your
widow, or kill her, too! Do you know
where you are?"
He smiled devilish smile.
Cha,,ko~I ~ h0nnI
hand and foot, but he knew where he
lay. 1t was on the log-way. He shud-
dered. "You do know" said the other.
"And only think-tLere'll not be enough
found of you to bury. Nobody will
blame me-you fell in yourself. Good
bye The logs coming
1t was coming.
Far up the way, Sheppard could hear
the rumbling rush, as the great tree
trunk gathered momentum in its down.
ward plunge.
1t was coming! Great heavens, it was
hard to die thus
He closed his eyes with half prayer
there was not time for more, and then
the roar increased, became terrific. The
trough trembled, the flying snow fell
upon his upturned face, and then
He lived Slowly, almost unbeliev-
ingly, he opsned his eyes. Yes, alive
and unhurt; and as he turned his head
his enemy was gone; but close to the
side of the way lay the great log, and be.
meath it, silent and crushed, lay what
had been Dean Page.
Fate had saved the victim and punish
ed the would-be-slayer.
Writing desperately, Sheppard at
length threw himself out of the way,
and released his hands and feet. Then
he saw what had happened.
The bottom plank of the trough at the
point where he had lain was loose; his
weight upon its lower end had raised its
upper end two or three inches, and this
lower obstruction had hurled the sliding
log out of the way. through the air onto
the man who had planned his death.
Thus was he saved.