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RATES OF ADVERTIsIHQ.
AN INTERRUPTED DREAM.

maiden sits in a window seat
And to and fro swings her idle feet
AS she gazes on at the sunset glow
over the tops Of the hills OF snow;
IN ner lap rests book, unopened, forgot;
Her eyes are gazing where ours may not,
~ And she dreams and dreams.
Far up in those mountains OF red and gold,
Behind the snow hills. SO white and cold,
She sees. doubt not, q lover true,
On his fiery steed go cantering through;
For the bright eyes flash and the red lips smile;
And she sits there gazing long, long while.
And dreams and dreams.
Oh ! the steed is fiery, the lover is true
From the spurs on his boots TO his cap OF
And the hot eyes flash, and the cheeks burn
AS he spurs his horse through the mud and the
mire;
At his side CLEANS sword. now useless and
cold.
With rare jewels set in its hilt OF gold;
Thus she dreams and dreams
BE has trayerssd the world on his stsed 20
feet ~-.47..--t
For maid like this in the window seat.
scanned maidens of high and low degree,
And of each one said softly, "Not thee, not
thee ~
VIII never hand point him out OF the way,
wonder? oh, yesI he will come to-day!
So she dreams and dreams.
But hark to that sound! was 1t out OF the
street?
And was 1t the sound of hurrying feet?
Oh. my heart, stand still and listen with me
While press my face to the pane and see.
Is 1t horses hoofs on the pavement bsIowf
Have you come, my knight, is it yes or no?
SO she dreams and dreams
From that sword the jewel methinks see
Adjoining the hand of a maid like mel
And now can feel his breath on my cheek,
His hand over mine. VIII he never speak?
A voice through the darkness comes loud and
clear
what, dishes not washed yetf Hows this,
my dear?"
Farewell, o ye dreams!
Atlanta Constittaion.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18

SANITARY SHoEs-Deformities of the
feet are assuming such monstrous prepor-
tions that the best and most conscientious
shoemakers are taking stand for wide
souled shoes and low heels, refusing to make
the modern denominations now fashionable.
The business of the chiropodist has doubled
within five years. The corns and bunions,
feet distorted, and ankles weakened, caused
by the barbarous shoes worn by females,
have become so numerous that the operat-
ing rooms of chiropodists are crowded with
women and children from morning until
night. From the time that children are
FIRST sent to school their feet are clothed
with shoes which have pointed toes and
"French' heels. The result in many cases
is that the throwing of the weight of the
body on wrong set of muscles frequently
causes deformities of the spine and dis
placement of organs that entirely mar good
health. Watch the feet of the girls that
parade in the annual Sunday school process
sions; there will be seen but few sensibly
clad. Half the children are cross aud i'll
tempered from wearing torturesome shoes
they know not why they feel weary and ir.
ritable. Besides, that free and elegant gait
so desirable in man or woman is interrupt
ed, and an awkward, halting, stumbling
one replaces it. 1t is time shoemakerf
showed sense and mercy, and in educating
customers to the evils of wearing high heels
and narrow-toed boots they are preventing
miserable deformities, complications unsus-
pected.-NeW York Commercial.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18

A CURE FOR Hoe CHoLERA.-The Lew
iston Gazette, published in Fulton county,
Illinois, contains the following
"Every paper in the United States ought
occasionally to keep the fact before its read
ers that burnt corn is certain and speedy
cure for hog cholera The best way is to
make pile of corn on the cobs, effectually
scorch it, and then give the affected hogs
free access to it. This remedy was discov-
cred by E. E. Lock at the time his distil-
lery in this county was burned, together
with large lot of stored corn, which was
so much injured as to be unfit for use, and
was hauled out and greedily eaten by the
hogs, several of which were dying daily
After the second day not single hog was
lost, and the disease entirely conquered.
The remedy has been tried in number of
cases since, and never failed"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18

MATERIAL FOR COMPOST. is of no
value in compost for any effect it may
have upon the other materials, and may
therefore be far better applied directly upon
the land. Lime, on the other hand, is ex-
ceedingly active in compost, and acts as q
vigorous decomposing agent. If used in
the proportion of one bushel of oystershell
lime, or air-slacked stone lime, to ten bush
els of fish and muck, it will soon get up q
fermentation of heat that will quickly de-
compose those materials and reduce them
to fine condition for manure. If strong
odor escapes from the heap, it should be
turned over and more muck mixed through
it. If the compost heap is made now it
will be ready to turn over in month, and
will be fit for use in anuary.
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REVIEWER is a scientific combination
of some of the most powerful restora-
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and falling-o of the hair. 1t furnishes
the nutritive principle by which the
hair is nourished and supported. It
makes the hair moist, soft and glossy,
and is unsurpassed as hair dressing.
1t is the most economical preparation
ever offered to the public, as its effects
remain a long time, making only an
occasional application necessary. 1t is
recommended and used by eminent
medical men, and officially endorsed by
the State Assayer of Massachusetts,.
The popularity of Halls Hair Remover
has increased with the test of many
years, both in this country and in
foreign lands, and it is now known and
used in all the civilized countries of
the world.
For sale by all dealers.
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A Georgia lady, while engaged in the
pursuit of her domestic duties, encountered
mouse in the -four barrel. Most ladies'
under similar circumstances, would have
uttered few genuine shrieks and then
sought safety in the garret; but this one
possessed more than the ordinary degree of
genuine courage. She summoned the man
servant and told him to get the guns, call
the dog and station himself at convenient
distance. Then she clambered up stairs
and commenced to punch the -four barrel
with pole. Presently the mouse made
his appearance and started across the floor.
The dog started at once in pursuit. The
man fired and the dog dropped dead. The
lady tainted and fell down stairs, and the
man, thinking she was killed and fearing
he wo Id be arrested for murder, disap-
peared and has not been seen since. The
mouse escaped.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18

SAVING BAcoN.-The worms, bugs, &C.,
which infest and damage dried meat are
produced from eggs laid in meat. To pre-
vent this the meat must be preserved from
the flies in some way. A very good way is
to pack it in boxes with finely cut straw,
chaff, or any porous substance that will
keep it dry and admit air to it, but yet pro-
tect it from the flies. In the South, rice
hulls or cotton seed hulls will make an ex-
cellent protection.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18

TRANsPLANTINa TREEs.-If large trees
are to be removed, December is good time
to begin the operation by excavating large
hole where the tree is to stand, and digging
deep trench around the tree at some little
distance from the trunk. Then when the
ground'is thoroughly frozen, the tree, with
the solid lump of earth adhering to its
roots, may be removed and set in its new
home with perfect safety.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18

POTATO STALKs.-Potato stalks, says an
exchange, should be left through the winter
where they grew. They are rich in fertil
izing value, and they protect the surface
from blowing and washing through the
winter. 1t is sometimes recommended to
carry them into the barnyard for manure;
but they are of more value where they were
grown,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18
A Poor B0otblack's Sermon.
t'Brandy is dead!'

tEBrandy is deadv'
So the men said, 80 the women said, and
SO the children called to each other as a
piece of news.
A drunken, -for-nothing. A so-called
man whose brain had become dissolved in
liquor, whose mind was enfeebled and who
had disappointed everybody by not dying
in the gutter, instead of having the roof of
tenement house over his head.
Why should any one grieve when such a
vagabond passes away? The world may
owe him room for his bones to rest, but
nothing further. So in "Brandy's" case
men said that he was well out of the world,
and women clattered their dishes in the
room below, and cared not for the presence
of the dead
When the undertaken came to bear the
body away dozen people crowded into
the room, and among them was boot
black. Some said that 'Brandy" looked
we'll in a coffin; others spoke lightly about
his face having at last lost its ruby color,
and the dead pauper was 10 more than a
dog in their minds, and why should he
have been? One can be man or he can be
a vagabond. If he becomes vagabond,
let him lose the respect of men. All had a
heartless remark except the bootblack.
He stood at the head of tho coffin and
looked from face to face and said:
Brandy was low down, and he died like
beast, and you are all sneering az him.
Did any one among you ever give him a
chance? Did he have home when he was
a boy? Did men try to encourage him and
guide him Alright? Is there man in this
room who ever took him by the hand and
spoke one kind WORD? Didn't everybody
abuse him and ill-treat him? Didn't every
body look upon him as dog?"
There was no answer.
"Ayel Brandy was low DOWN. whis-
pered the boy as he laid his hand ON the
coffin. ''He was ragged and hungry, and
poor and homeless, and without single
friend. What man among you could have
stood out against it any better? Poor old
man! They know all about it in Heaven!
Let me help to carry him downr'
And when the dead had been driven
away, and the boy had disappeared, more
than one man said:
''After all we might have made it easier
for the poor old man. I wonder that some
of us never sought to make man of him
instead of helping him down "-Detroit
Free Press.
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care you going to follow the suggestion
of the railway officials and adopt the mean
time?" asked the matchmaker of Mr.. Steb-
bins. ''Mean time? No, indeed My
watch keeps mean time enough now
Million Neps.
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Died April I'd,
lamented by
her lQrSa family

'It's me P' cried Mrs. Hubbard, II am
to go to-morrow-this is the 1st. I do feel
faint-yes I do. It's awful, and so sud-
den p
And Mrs. Hubbard tainted away in the
arms of the most terrified of men and hus-
bands.
The children screamed the cat mewed,
the dog barked. The Oldest boy ran for the
doctor. People flocked to the Hubbard's.
The loaf was examined. Yes, there was
Mrs. Hubbard's warning-her call to quit
this world.
She lay in bed, bidding goodbye to her
family, her strength going fast. She read
the Bible, and tried not to grieve too much.
The doctor shook his head. The clergyman
prayed with her. Nobody doubted but that
her end was near, for people were so very
superstitious in those days.
They had been up all night with coed
Mrs Hubbard, and dawn was breaking. and
with it she was sure that she must go, when
Gathering up the road and up to the house
came man. who alighted. He rattled.the
knocker and rushed in. There was no STOP
ping him. Up the stairs he went to Mrs.
Hubbard's room and bolted into it.
Everyone stared at him as he took off his
hat.
"Parding," said he breathlessly, 'Iheard
Mrs. Hubbard was dying, and she'd warn
ing on her baking. I came over to explain.
You see I was sexton of church here few
years ago, and l know all about it You
needn't die of fear just yet, Mrs. Hubbard,
for it's neither spirits and demons about,
nor yet warnings What makes the loaves
is old Mrs. Finkle's tombstone. l took il
for an oven bottom, seeing there were nc
survivors, and bricks were dear. The last
folks before you didn't get them printed of
on their loaves because they used tins; and
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2 O e It II Y.
BELLS OF LYNN.

When the eve is growing gray and the tide is
rolling in,
sit and look across the bay to the bonny town
OF Lynn;
And the fisher folks are near,
But 1 wish they never hear
The songs the far bells make for me-the bon
ny bells of Lynn.
The folks are chatting gay and hear their
merry din,
But look and look across the bay to the bon
ny town of Lynn;
He told me to wait here
Upon the old brown per,
To wait and watch him coming when the tide
was rolling in.
Oh, I see him pulling strong, pulling o'er the
bay to me,
And hear his jovial song and his merry face
see;
And now he's at the pier,
My bonny love and dear;
And he's coming up the sea-washed steps with
hands outstretched to me-
Oh, my love, your cheek is cold and your hands
are stark and thin!
Oh, hear you not the bells of old. the bon1y
bells of Lynn?
Oh, have you naught to say
Upon our wedding day?
Love. hear you not the wedding bells aero.
the Bay of Lynn?
Oh. my love, speak 10 me and hold me fast
mine own!
For fear this rising sea and these winds and
waves that moan!
But never a word he said
He is dead! My love is dea =!
All, me ah. me! did but dream, and am all
alone
Alone and old and gray, and the tide Is rolling
in;
But my hearts away, away, away, in the old
graveyard at Lynn!
Temple Bar.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18

METEoRs.-Everybody has seen what are
usually called shooting stars" At first
they were supposed to be real stars, but in
1898 scientific men made observations that
showed these objects were not far away
Is 70 so miles. A careful examination
| shows that bodieFe varied sizes are falling
on the earth; some are solid masses, some
appear to explode in the air and only dust
falls. History gives an account of very
many cases where meteoric stars have fall
en- on the earth. In 1899 one weighing 120
lbs.; in 1910, 1900 stones fell, one weighing
1870 lbs; in 1927, one of SO lbs; in 1706,
one weighing 70 lbs; in 1900, mass OF
iron measuring 70 cubic feet. In 1903
large number of stones fell in Normandy
probably as many as 3000-the largest
a large meteor has fallen in our own coun-
try. These are examples of bodies that
have reached the earth, but we have exam
pies in November of each year of what are
termed 'showers of stsrs," in which the
bodies do not reach the earth. These ap-
pearing every year with regularity, are sup
posed to indicate that vast belt or stream
of bodies revolves around the sun and is
touched by the atmosphere of the earth
There is every reason to believe that space
is filled with moving bodies, of various
sizes some large enough to be planetoids
or small planets, others as small as grain
of sand. Some believe these to be steadily
collecting in the course of ages, thus form
ing planets; others that they are the break
ing up of the trains of comets; others that
a planet by some great convulsion has been
shaken into pieces. But these are all con-
lectures; of one thing we can be certain,
that they as much belong to the solar sys-
tenn as the planets and are not miraculous.
The stone that fell in Ensisheim in 1492
was suspended for three centuries in the
church; since then thousands have fallen;
they are found in all parts of the earth
When these bodies rush through the
air the friction causes heat and light and
thus they attract attention.-Scholar'
Companion.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18

A sick friend writes to US to ascertain the
shortest road to health. There are two
paths -allopaths and homeopaths; you take
your choice and pay your money.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18

DIR. John B. Sawyers, IUKA, MISS, says:
Browns Iron Bitters give general salts
faction"
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DR.. W. ]. Newbill, BARTER's CREEK,
VA, says: 81 regard Browns Iron Bitters
az one Of the very best tonics and appetizers
I have ever prescribed"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18

Man is gudgeon; woman is line; her
smile float; her kiss the bait. Love is
the hook, and marriage is the frying pan.
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ANTlDOTE TO MALARIA

HE FEELS LIKE A NEW MAN.
ST have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
KIDS of r.ile, and TUFTS are the 1ifst
thst have uone me cry ge,Jta. Th-u havs
cleaned me out nicely. My appetite y
SPLENDID, food digests readily, aud now
have natural passages. feel like new
map" w. d. EDWARDS, Palmyra. o,
Sold deverywhere, ,25c. Office, "A Murray St, NY.
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The shoemaker should know more than
the doctor about the heeling art.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-18
LIVERY STABLES.

MHA a week made at home by the indus
EEAS SEtrious Best business now before the
EOublic. Capital not needed: We will
"a 4 Astart you. Men, women, boys and
A kHgiris wanted everywhere to work for
u.s. 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, ana hon.
feh20-1V - - -
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ws got used to the marks ourselves. Cross
bones and skulls we put up with, and never
thought of caring for resurgam. So you
see how it is, and am sorry you have been
scared" .lo
Nobody said word. The minister shut
his book. The doctor walked to the win
dow.
There was deadly silence; Mrs. H. sat
up in bed.
"William, . said she to her husband, ''the
first thing you do get new bottom for that
oven.
And thu tone assured the assemblage OF
anxious friends that Mrs. Hubbard was NOT
going to die just yet.
Indeed, she came down the next day
And when the oven had been reconstructed,
the first thing she did was to give invitations
for large tea-drinking- which occasion
the loaves came out all right.
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H. II. MATHEWS. ALEX. T. MATTHEWS.
M ATHEVFs {; MATMEWS, s News,
GEwIsBURG WEST VA,
practice regularly in thu Courts OF Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties. W.
Va, the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of w. Va.
HS-Particular sLten ton paid TO Collections
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
may l7-lV
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nRS A. M. tE HI. HI. HENKEL.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Having entered into co-partnership, tender
their professional services to the public. Spe-
ciai attention given to Surgery and diseases OF
the Eye and Ear.
They may be consulted at all hours at the
Office heretofore occupied by A. NJ. HENKEL'
Nj. D., No. Is, West Frederick Street. feol5
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~ A. RICHARDSON,
Oa ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
Special attention given to the collection OF
claims, and prompt returns made.
CoURTS-Augusta and Rockingham.
OFFICE-No. Law Building. ocH
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~ 5. SMELTXER,
s. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA
Office in stout Building, Courthouse Alley
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.

WHITE (E GORDON,
w RNEYS-AT-LAW,
CoURTs-Augusta and adjoining counues,
Federal Court at Harrison burg, Court oi Ap'
peals of Virginia, at Staunton. feozl-u
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-03-14
Fifty Thousand Dollar Checks rs Wed.
ding Presents.

One of the old veterans of Wall
street was the other day giving some
fatherly advice to one of his clerks,
about to be married, and in closing
his sermon he said:
Directly after the ceremony there
will be a banquet, of course. When
your wife turns her plate she will find
check for fifty thousand dollars UNI
der il"
"Do you really think SOP
ooh, | know it. That's the prevail
ing style nowadays. The check
will be passed around and finally CIV
en- to you to pocket"
"And next day will draw the
money on it.
"Oh, no, you wont"
why not?'
Because there won't be any to
draw. Don't make dolt of yourself
by rushing to the bank"
"But Thought"
"No matter what you thought.
Save the check to frame and hang up.
When | was married thirty years
ago my wife found one under her plate.
I've got it yet. thought too much of
her father to mortify his feelings and
] know he has always respected me
for it. That's all, my son. If you
run short on your bridal tour tele-
graph me."-Ex.
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CHERIFF SALE.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue Of a writ Of
herfacias issued out Of the Circuit Court for Al
pena county, in favor of James T.. Field against
the goods and chattes ana real estate Of James j.
Ambrose and John j. Cathro, in said county, 20 me
directed and delivered, did, on the 18th day OF
September, A. ID. 1881, levy upon nd take all the
right, title and interest of the said James d. Ann
brose one Of said defendants in and 10 tbe follow
ing described real estate, VIZ; lot number four i'm
block number nlnety-onc, of tho recorded plat OF
the city OF Apena also that piece or parcel of land
described as follows, VIZ; commencing at the NORTH
west corner OF said lot four in said block ninety
one, running westerly on the line OF said lot con
unued seventeen feet, thence ut right angles south
erly TO section line road, thence on the line of sad
road easterly TO land now occupied by said An
brose, thence westerly TO place OF beginning being
strip OF land seventeen feet wide back of said ot
four, all OF which said premises are situated in sod
block ninety-one, of the city Of Alpena. " ''''U
All of which said property or so much thereof ma
may be necessary 10 satisfy the demand of sail
plaintiff named In said suit, Will expose for sale
az public auction vendue, TO the highost hide
said county, on ' ~
Thursday. the sth day or March, A. ID 1854
At ten o'clock IN the forenoon of said day
Dated, Alpena Jan. 23d, 1853.
DOUGLASS SCOTT.
Former Sheriff OF Alpena county
CARPEHTER LIMERICK,
j, Is. CLAYBERG,
Attys for PrH.
Adjourned TO May LIST, 1888, at tho same hour
and place, at request of defendant Ambrose.
Dated Apena, March <, 1888
DOUGLASS SCOTT.
Formerly Sheriff Of Alpena county
CARPENTER EMEEIoK,
j. b. CLAYRERo,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs. C05w7