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HEALERS AND
CONSUMERS OF PAINTS
sGg~ Read the following for Yourself


We have saow IN stock the largest and best
stock of PAINTS ever brought to this section
manufactured by Lucas d Co., the Oldest paint
house in Philadelphia.
These Paints are guaranteed to give entire
satisfaction, and can be furnished in any tint
or shade desired at prices to suit the times. A
saving of 25 per cent. can be made by their use,
and they are always ready for immediate use,
presenting smooth, elastic, durable and CLOS
sy surface. 1t does not crack or become loos-
ened from the material upon which it is used.
Read the following guarantee:-
PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 5Gth, 1882.
MeSSrs. Berkeley d Co., Stda1lt0n, "a: =
DEAR SIRS:-We have not as yet found it
necessary to issue printed guarantee for our
Liquid Paints, regarding our position and rep
utation with the trade as sufficient assurance
that we would not place on the market an in
ferior article, particularly under our brand.
Wehowever will cheerfully follow the expedi-
ent which has been resorted to by man nufactur-
ers to introduce their goods by stating that we
will Refund THE MONEY OR REPAINT
any work with English lead and boiled oil we
believe is orthodoxy on which our paint has
been used, that you feel well satisfied has
proved itself inferior. If further guarantees
are required you may give them on our au-
thority, but we do not think you will ever hear
of one authentic case of trouble arising through
the use of our paints.
Yours truly,
JNO. LUCAS & co.
These paints may be obtained by wholesale
and retail from
CARTER BERKELEY & CO.,
juHel9 'S3 Stanton, Va.
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THISTLE DOWN.

0 thistle down, Soft thistle down.
A breath dispels thy dainty snow.
The sottest OF ell winds that blow
Nay carry wide rom each roadside
The treasure of the thistle down.
o thistle down! Fair thistle down!
A host of winged fancles spring
into my thoughts, and with them bring
Uncontrolled memories old
OF days as fair as thistle down.
o thistle down. White thistle down!
In olden, golden summer hours,
Through meadows sweet with woodland flow
ers,
Ny light heart blest with peaceful rest,
walked amidst the thistle down.
o thistle down! Light thistle down.
Your barbs have stung my cal eless breast,
You fill my soul with wild unrest;
fearful 1 gaze these summer days
On silver of the thistle down.
o thistle down ! Barbed thistle down!
Your beauty mocks my sense of pain;
Ny faith, my trust, your barbs have slain;
For friends, who seemed true as I dreamed
Are false and light as thistle down.
o thistle down. False thistle down!
scatter thy fakes DER hill and lea,
Thy barbs alone remain with me;
Love, friendship, faith. Joy. life. and death
Are but'barbed thistle down.
jessie f. MCDONNELL.
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a VALUABLE Cow.-A thoroughbred
Jersey cow, owned by Valancey. E. Fuller,
of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and regis
tered as Mary Anne, of st. Lambert, (9,770),
is undergoing a butter test for one year,
and has completed the fourth month and
an additional day, with the unparalleled
yield of Alt pounds % ounces of butter,
which is salted only one ounce to the pound.
Two weeks of this test were verified by
committee of the Canadian Jersey Breed
ers' Association. The last week of the test
the cow yielded 81 pounds 81 ounces of but
ter. Statistics give the average yield of
dairy COWS during the grass season at about
one pound of butter day, and COW that
gives two pounds day is regarded as very
superior. This test is the subject of lively
interest among the breeders, as it promises
to show yield greater than that of the
cow Eurotas q, 454, that gave IT'S pounds
ounce and bore a calf within the year,
which is the best score of the kind on re-
cord. The two COWS are closely related in
blood.
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aAs.
THE MUSIC OF THE RAIN.


Falling, falling on the house-tops,
= With music quaint and rare,
Like the sound of human heart-throbs,
On the silent midnight air.
Or the tears of angels falling
When they weep with those who weep.
Or the lullaby of mothers
When they rock their babes to sleep.
: Like the drowsy wine of poppies
With its weird, enchanting powers.
Coming to the weary listener
Like the dew to dropping flowers;
Like calm sleep to those who suffer,
Or like tears to those who mourn;
Like remembered words from loved one
From our aching bosoms torn.
Strangely sweet, bewitching music,
All enthralled my senses lie,
AS watch the mystic Future
With the shadowy Past go by,
sWhile calm and holy quiet
Steals upon my heart and brain.
Then 1 fall asleep, still listening
To the murmur OF the rain.
So, mayhap, sometime hereafter
shall lay me down to rest,
over weary, and shall listen
For the music loved best;
When, its gentle cadence falling
Through the midnight silence deep,
Softly soothes my troubled spirit
While it lulls me into sleep.
When at last my soul has fallen
Into sweetest. glad repose,
That On earth sunshine nor shadow
No awaking ever knows
Like the voice of waiting angels,
Or the vesper bells in toll,
May the softly falling rain. drops
Chant requiem for my soul.
ABE KINNE.
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aprl0 'S3-1y
Nothing Short of Unmistakable
Benefits

Conferred upon tens of thousands of
sufferers could originate and maintain
the reputation which AYERS SARsA-
PARILLA enjoys. 1t is compound of
the best vegetable alternatives, with the
Iodides of Potassium and Iron, all
powerful, blood-making, blood-cleansing
and life-sustaining and is the most
effectual of all remedies for scrofl-
lous, mercurial, or blood disorders.
Uniformly successful and certain, it
produces rapid and complete cures of
Scrofula, Sores, Boils, Humors, PIN
pies, Eruptions, Skin Diseases and all
disorders arising from impurity of the
blood. By its invigorating effects it
always relieves and often cures Liver
Complaints, Female Weaknesses and
Irregularities, and is potent renewer
of waning vitality. For purifying the
blood it has no equal. 1t tones up the
system, restores and preserves the
health, and imparts vigor and energy.
For forty years it has been in extensive
use, and is to-day the most available
medicine for the suffering sick.
For sale by all druggists.
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Idreamed of thee when sunsets glow
Had faded from the Western skies;
1 cIasped you in my loving arms
And drank love from your wondrous eyes;
pressed you to my throbbing heart,
In loves close, fond embrace.
And showered on your DEAR sweet lips
Kisses that time can near erase.
forgot the wrongs l have had to bear;
In my dear dream they were past.
had crossed the chasm of dark despair
In which my weary spirit was cast;
All, all my sorrows had passed away
Heaven bade my heart rejoice,
And awoke and prayed for the coming day
That might hear the music of thy voice.
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Dyspepsia dampens the ardor of many an
aspiring soul. Why suffer from dyspepsia?
Why be frightened over disordered kidneys?
Why continue the miserable life of dys-
peptic, nerveless mortal? Browns Iron
Bitters will surely cure you. 1t has perma-
nently cured thousands of cases where 9TH
er remedies afforded only temporary relief.
Ask your druggists concerning its merit
Try a sample bottle and you will be relieved
of further mental and physical distress.
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HOW LONG WILL LAST?

We have frequently been asked how long our
roofing will last, and we answer by saying that
every person knows that as long as iron ooes
not rust it will last and as it is kept painted it
will not rust. There is never any wear on the
under side to wear the paint off and IL the up
per side is painted every ten or twelve years
We do not see any reason to prevent its lasting
one hundred years,
Our roofing is all made in the factory and put
up in packages of 100 square feet, painted on
both sides, cleats and paint enough to give 1t
one heavy coat afte. the roof is laid.
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like fire: the poison rose to his brain. He
tore off the silken coverings, and dashed
them from him; then, rending his clothes,
he danced naked and mad before the rude,
wild soldiers; while they, in their turn,
jeered at the mad and wicked king, who
had thought of fighting with God, and who
had yet been overcome by one single little
gnat.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-10-23

Slate roofing is Very costly, all things being
considered Slate roofing will crack by freez-
ing and thawing and from heat of adjacent
fires will crumble and slide, and will blow OH
Six or seven times as heavy as iron, 1t requires
strong and expensive structure TO bear 1t up,
and an extreme pitch, which makes large
amount of sur ace they often cause building
to settle out of shape, and the rule OF measure
ment is always greater than iron roo1ng STATE
roofs are condemned at many places. Many
people say they want no more slate root, ana
many architects advise customers not to nave
slate roof,
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1t is said that sweet corn not thoroughly
ripe will grow if dried before cold weather
comes. The flint varieties need more thor
ough ripening, and all corn should be kept
where it will not freeze until surplus mois-
ture has been dried out
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CTSTERN WATER.

Those using the water from this roofing will
be very much pleased to f1nu how much clean
er the rain water is than from dirty single
or gravel roof The covering being smooth,
the wind keeps it clean from sll dirt, leaving
none To be washed in the ciSLern,
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f1rst.c1ass work men. including master timers.
roofers and painters. Our facilities are such,
that doing an immense business, we are able to
operate on the wholesale plan; thereby saving
to customers the large profits OF the middle
men. Within the past month we have doubled
our shop room and are, in every way, prepared
TO meet the increasing demap5s of the trade.
These are some of the reasons we can do work
cheaply and we'll, and th ey are some of the rea-
sons why we can afford to do it
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Mrs. NJ. A. Taylor, MANCHESTER, Va,
says: s'By the use of Browns Iron Bitters
am entirely cured of malarial fever, poor
appetite, and debility"
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Corn BREAD.-One pint meal, table
spoons flour, egg, piece of butter size of
nan egg, teaspoons baking powder sifted
with the meal and flour, and not quite 1
pint sweet milk.
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BosToN BROWN BREAD.-Two cups each
corn meal, graham flour and sour milk,
of molasses, teaspoon soda; steam four
hours.
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SEASONING SAUSAGE MEAT.-For one
hundred pounds meat use salt twelve
ounces, pepper six ounces, sage four
ounces.
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Captain F. Gray, MANCHESTER, Va,
says: "Brown's Iron Bitters is a good pre-
ventive of chills and fever in summer and
fall"
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LIVERY STABLES.

an ET@A week made at home by the indus
%fEAM Htrious. Best business now before the
Ey#p public. Capital not needed. We will
IA ~ start you. Men, women, boys and
lulu KNgirls wanted everywhere to work for
= US. Now is the time. You can work
IN IN spare time. or give YOUR whole time to the
business. No other business will pay you near
~ as we'll. No one can fail to make enormous
Pay, pay, by engaging at once. Costly outfit and
ortltr cT.ins nee. Money made fast easily and hon.
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Stauntolt Spectator
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rMt@
of Sl00 per square of eight lines or less, for thp
nrst insertion, and so cents for each subseQuer@
insertion.
10 A liberal discount will be made on ade
vertisements published for 8, 6, or II months
~ SPECIAL NOTICES will be inserted O
double the advertising rates.
~ Obituaries, Announcements Of Gambia
dates 1or ofhce, and all communications OF d
personal or private character, will be charged
for as advertisements.
Address-"Staunton Spectator" Staunton, Va,
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We CALL THE ATTENTION

of the public TO the following facts =
We order our goods in carload lots; thereby
securing the lowest manufacturers rates. and
also the lowest transportation rates. We keep
constantly employed
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-10-23

SrAUNToN, VA, January Is, 1888.
M Drother, D. G. GRAHAM, will have an
:.a. 1xA interest in my Grocery and Produce bus
1,5 ln9ss 70 cate from Jan. 1st and the firm name
VIII ne j. Il. GRAHAM & BROTHER.
JAnIo J. E. GRAHAM.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-10-23

WHAT WIVES ARE FoR.-What the true
man most wants of a wife is her companion
ship, sympathy and love. The way of life
has many dreary places in it, and man needs
companion with HIM. A man is some
times overtalen with misfortune;. he meets
with failure and defeat; trials and tempta-
tions beset him, and he needs one to stand
by and sympathize. He has some stern
battles to fight with proverty, with enemies
and with sin, and he needs woman that,
as he puts an arm around her, feels that he
has something to fight for, will help him
fight, who will put her lips to his ear and
whisper words of counsel, and her hand to
his heart and impart new inspiration. All
through life-through storm and sunshine,
conflict and victory; through adverse and
favorable winds-man needs woman s
love The heart yearns for it. A sisters
and mothers love will hardly supply the
need. Yet many seek nothing further than
housework. Justly enough, half Of these
get nothing more. The other half. surpris-
ed above measure, obtain more than they
sought. Their wives surprise them by Civ
ing noble idea of marriage, and disclosing
a treasury of courage, sympathy and love.
Il CZereZGnd SlLn
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IRON ROOFING
is no longer new thing, as many suppose but
has been used in many places IN Europe aue
the United Stat for more than fifty years, ana
would be almost universally used II III coulu
as now, and had as good material ana q perIecC
mode of construction been known ana useo'
such as are embraced in the Augusta Iron Hool-
ing and Paint
NONE BUT THE VERY BEST REFINED
IRON is USED
in our roofing, This iron we have manu1ac-
tured especially for our own use. and an ! lmPef a
feet sheets are thrown out. The IRON Is paint
ed on both sides with
IRON-CLAD PAINT.
This paint has proved to be the best roofing
paint in the world. Ithas an establ shed 1epu.
tation of fifteen years standing throughout tne
United States 1t is especially ,adapted as
protection to iron, tin or wood. We apply tne I7
third coat after the roof is put on, and II VIII
last for years without deterioration.
ITS ADVANTAGES OVER SHINGLES.
Shingles were once made of the best selected
timber and lasted longer than now; they are
now made mostly of limbs odd cuttings ana
such timber as cannot be made into anything
else, and are short-lived at best, and frequent-
ly leak rain or fine snow. The average lie OF
shingle roofs is twelve years, and in Towns
where coal is Use only ten years. Shingles are
old fashioned and have seen their best days.
NINE-TENTHS OF THE FIRES OCCUR ON
THE ROOFS.
People are now guarding against fire more
than ever before, to prevent loss and increase
happiness Insurance is about one-tttrd Tess an
case of an iron ROOF.
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Sgcress IN Life.

Without unremitting labor. success in life,
whatever our occupation, is impossible. A
fortune is not made without toll, and money
unearned comes to few. The habitual loi-
terer never brings anything to pass. The
young men whom you see lounging about
waiting for the weather to change before
they go to work, break down before they
begin--get stuck before they start. Ability
and willingness to labor are the two great
conditions of success 1t is useless to work
an electric machine in a vacuum; but the
air may be full of electricity. and still you
can draw no spark until you turn the ma
chine. The beautiful statue may exist in
the artists brain, and it may also be said in
certain sense to eAist in the marble bleck
that stands before him, but he must bring
both his brain and his hands to bear upon
the marble, and work hard and long, in Or
der to produce any practical result Success
also depends in good measure upon the
mans promptness to take advantage of the
rise of the tide. A great deal of what we
call ''luck" is nothing more nor less than
this. 1t is the man who keeps his eyes open,
and his hands out of his pockets, that sue
ceeds 81 missed my chance" exclaims the
disappointed man, when he sees another
catch eagerly at the opportunity. But
something more than alertness is needed;
we must know how to avail ourselves of the
emergency. An elastic ictemperament, which
never seems to recognize the fact of defeat,
or forgets it at once and begins tho work
over again, is very likely to insure success.
Many merchant loses one fortune only to
build up another and larger one. Many
an inventor fails in his first efforts, and is
at last rewarded with a triumph. Some of
the most popular novelists wrote very poor
stuff in the beginning. They were learning
their trade and could not expect to turn out
frst-class work until their apprenticeship is
over. One great secret of success is not to
become discouraged, but always be ready to
try again.-EG.
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Health is Wealth +!

Da E. c. WEsT's NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT
11ENT, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi-
ness Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the usa
of alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental De-
preston. Softening Of the Brain resulting in in
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death,
Premature Old Age, Barrcnness, Loss of power
III either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat-
orrhoea caused by over-exertion of the BRAIN self
abuse or over-indulgence. Each box contains
one months treatment. S1.OO box or six boxes
for $780, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BGEES
To cure any case. With each order received byua
for six boxes, accompanied with 500, we viii
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re-
fund the money if the treatment docs not effect
g cure. Guarantees issued only by
B0DEH&ETs BROTHERS. Eeruggigte,
Isich1saond, Va
decl2 '82-1y 5 or paid'
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~ GORGE III. HARRISON,
NJ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW W,
SrAUNToN, VA,
will practice in all the Courts holden in Au-
gusta county, and in the Circuit Courts of the
adjoining counties.
RS-Str1ct attention given to the collection OF
Claims,
OFFIoE-No. 10 Lawyers Bow. Courthouse
Allev. oc 31-tf
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ID B. GRAVES,
Fashionable Tailor,
No 103 3. Main ST., Up Stairs, opposite
the St0eG1eton Opera House.
Is prepared to give the same satisfaction in all
work as in former times.
Special Attention Paid to Cutting.
Work done outside of shop. Cutting and re-
earring done in best manner and on short no.
ice. A9- TERMS CASH. ~UA au27-tf
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ANTEDOTE TO MALARIA

HE FEELS LIKE A NEVV MAN.
"I have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
klads of r.ils, and TUTTs are the tirst
thst have uone me eny goa. Th-r' ,ava
cleaned me out nicely. Ny appetite y:
splendid, food digests readily, and now
have natural PASSAGES. l feel like new
map W. d. EDWARDS, Palmyra, O.
Soldeverywhere, ,25c. Office, "A Murray St,N.Y.
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CHEAPER AND BETTER

than any similar concern now operating in
Virginia. We employ none but the best mate
rial and most skilled workmen. enjoying spe-
cial advantages in the purchase of goods,
AND GUARANTEE
every job we do, both in price and quality
Send in your orders to
GEO. w. MAY & CO.,
iunel2 Staunton, Va.
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DRESFON A BAYLOR.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Aq1d Solicitor in Ch0aceTy STAUNToN, VA,
practices in all the Courts of Augusta and ad-
dining counties.
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
rather, Col. Geo. Baylor, decd. on Augusta st..
opposite the Courthouse. no2l
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TALL1RENG.
DRESS GOODS

FUh FALL AND WINTER " EAR.
L am prepared to furnish Gentlemens suits, of
Uhe very best materials, made up in the latest
tyles aud in the most WOrkmanlike manner,
at low prices, and satisfaction guaranteed. l
lso keepa full line of Gents Furnishing
IfOOds. Aa- Give me call before making
your purchases. Respectfully,
octl4-tf J. A. HUTCHESON.
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X. JAMES 4OkkNsE0N,
&P ID E rIST,
MAIN STREET, STA UNION, Va.
vBBlCE Over Turner & Harman's Grocery
tore. dec 2I-tf
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n, M, MATTHEW'S. ALEX. f. MATTHEW'S.
MATTHEWS If NATHEWS,
IVA ATTOR RNEYS-AT-LAW,
LEwIsBURG. WEST VA,
practice regularly in the Courts of Greenbrier,
Monroe, POcahontas and Nicholas counties, w.
Va, the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of w. Va.
AEParticular attention paid to Collections
} nd to special cases anywhere in their State
may l7--lY
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YXTM. N. McALAESTER,
wv ATTORNEY-AT-LAW W,
WARM SPRINGS, VA.
Courts-Alleghany, f3atn and Highland, Va,
nd Pocahontas, West Virginia.
14-S Special attention given to collection oI
claims and proceeds promptly accounted for,
dec 2S-bf
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Z. c. ELDER. wM. j. NELSON.
CTEDER & NEE4SDN.
IA TTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
and Real Estate Agents,
may STAUNTON, VA.
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]. R. TUCRER. II. ST. GEO. TUCKER,
Lexington Vs. Staunton, Va.
ETyUCKEE d& TUCKER,
Il RNEYS-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA,
Will prak 1ica ia lss &c lrts OF Augusta and the
adjoining, counties. Also in the Court of APP
peals of Virginia, and will attend regularly the
Circuit Courts of Rock bridge. au22-f
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AUGUSTA IRON ROOFING
AND
PAINT COMPANY,
MANUFACTURERS OF
IRON. TIN. AND CANVASS ROOFING,
SCOUTING, &C.
G, w, MAY & CO., ...........PRoPRIEToRs.
n M HATTON .SUPEINTENDENT.
IRON ROOFING

q w. MAY & .PRoPRIEToRS
q. M. HATTON .....SUPEINTENDENT
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ITS ADVANTAGES OVER SLATE.

People are now guarding against fire more
than ever before, to prevent loss and increase
happiness. Insurance is about one-thtrd Tess IN
case of an iron roof.