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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01
Do YOU know how to talk ?

"a white and red calf'' means one call,
Init ga white and red calf means two
calves. There is a wide difference between
ability and capacity. Capacity is the pow
er of acquiring knowledge, but ability is
the power of applying it to practical pur-
noses. II found the way easy and Il
found the way easily" convey different
ideas. In speaking of look of illness on
persons countenance, the correct form is,
ssHe looks bad" not Gladly The young
lady may look ''bewitchingly' at the gen.
tlemen. but she looks ''bewitching" in her
silks and Jewels. Aggravate is frequently
misused An offense may be aggravated,
but person is provoked, irritated, or an
gered. Alike is often incorrectly coupled
with both. "They are both just alike, . IS
as incorrect as the Hibernicism Il saw 1t
with both my two eyes" A disease
spreads lover alp the country, not AL
lover the country.
| There is q difference between bravery
land courage. Bravery 10 reckless courage,
but courage is calculating and cautious
Bravery may be blind, but courage aA-
vances with its eyes wide open. Bring,
fetch. and carry, are too often used indls-
criminately. To bring is to convey to OF
toward; to fetch is to go and bring, which
involves two journeys; to carry is to convey
. away or off, and opposed to both fetch or
3 bring. The superhu0us usS Of but ig 4
common error ''There is no doubt but
: that Guiteau is guilty" should read 'no
doubt that etc. Calculate is sometimes
vulgarly used for intend, purpose, expect
as, FsHe calculates to go tomorrow In
9 stead of ''Let you and CO." say ''you ane
y me.' 'sHe is as good as me-" las L. In
stead of 'fWho do you mean" say ''whom. :
= For eff I was him." say eff | were he: ;
"Who do YOU take it to be-" should b.
issWhom do YOU take it to be- IT am sur
J. prised at John refusing TO go'' should b
Eat Johns refusing" sThey prevented
q him going forwards ought to be ''preyent
a ed his going forward"
There is a nice distinction between an
IT swer and reply. We answer question O
: letter, but we reply to an argument Or &C
! = cusation Lovers Of big words sometimes
Is say anticipate inetead of expect, Now W.
!, may expect visit from burglars, pnt W
~ do not anticipate them unless we taxi
% measures to Illustrate their designs. An!
should not DO used in place Of at all.
u should be ''She Is not at all BETTER" no
!. ''any' better.
d At all, as an intensive phrase, is too frs'
II quently used. Sometimes it gives empha
sis, but generally it is mere tautology. A
a., length should not usurp the place of at last
% cat length we heard FROM him, . should b
"At last we heard from him. At length
Or means fully, in detail. Balance is CHROME
IF ously used for rest or remainder He use
n the rest of his money to improve his farm,
- not s'the balance" Between is often mis-
p used for among. Between is used wit
i. reference to two, and among to more tina
is two. A man divided his property betwee
" two children if he had more than two
a, would be bis duty TO divide it among then
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TWO CRITICISMS.
BY &. j. M.

she moved in beauty and in grace,
A vision bright and fair,
Adown the ballroom with lace
Haloed by golden hair.
And men who saw her whispered low
..How beautiful she seems.
with large blue ey es. whose thougn'loi sio"
Seems lit by poets dreams!
.And what a match to sparkling eyes
Those tresses like the wing
Which shines when canary f1ies
In lilac.scented Spring.
II.
And In the granddaughter room
We're other ladies fair,
Who shook from fans light perfume
Upon the brilliant air.
And standing in group apart,
While gossiping on love,
On opera and fashions art
Things here and things above
They gasped: "Just look at Julia's mead.
What an expensive rig!
But then girl whose is red,
Should always wear wig!
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EASTWARD. MOI. ss ns r..,. D Dsils.
Daily. Noes. lex. Sun.

STANDARD TIME.--East Oh Hu ntington 18TH
meridian, or Eastern time: West of Hunting
ton, SOth meridian, or Central time which is
one hOur slower than Eastern time
Nos. and T. daily except unday. Do not
ran between Clifton Forge &D j Huntington.
Nos and 5, daily between Clifton Forge and
Huntington; except.Sunday between Ashland
Clifton Forge TO Richmond; d lily, Richmond
to Old Point. No. 5, excsp Sunday, Richmond
to Clifton Forge daily, Old Point to Richmond.
NOS. and A, WasDlNp ton, Louisville. and
Cincinnati Express, Ss,ira Trains with Pullman
Sleeping-Cars and Co ,ches without change
run daily between Louisville Charlottes-
Vile, and Washington Do not stop for local
business, except that No. 3stops between Rich
mond and Cnarlottes Vile
G. d U. Sleeping CT rs ON trans Nos. 2 and 5,
between Richmond and Clifton Forge.
NO. z, aat'y except sunday. leave Cannelton
5:4O Ia, al rive Huntington ILLS a. m.
No. >. daily except Sunday. leave Hunting
ton 1913 p. H., arrive Cannelton S:55 p. m,
Old Dominion Steamers will leave either
from Norfolk or Newport News for New York
on Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, or Satur-
day, at 500 p. m. .--1f
GOING NORTH.-Pullman Parlor Cars on 1856
P. M. Train from Old Point connect with Pull
man Sleeping Cars TO New York at r. F. q p.
Junction From the North, Pullman Sleeping
Cars connect at r. r. d p. Junction with Pull
leaves Richmond lls25 A. M; arrives Old Point
2,i0 p. M.
For Ratios, Tickets, Baggage Checks, apply to-
any office Of @. q o. R'y; or Depot or Ticket
Office Of connecting lines.
c, W. SMITH, 0en'l Pass'r Agens.
Gen'l Manager. fetl9
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A PROPHETIC VISION The Obeercer
says: ':Thursday night Engineer Cox was
sleeping in room at the hotel in Salisbury
with several companions, and during the
night they were walked by hearing him
shouting: For Gods sake, help mel His
companion jumped up and asked what was
the matter. I dreamed, he replied, that
my engine turned over and caught me I'M
der it, Saturday morning his dream was
fulfilled"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01
DhALEFs AND
CONSUMERS OF PAINTS!
s2" Read the following for Yourself.

We have ESw IN stock the. largest and best
stock of PAINTS ever brought to this section,
manufactured by Lucas q Co., the oldest paint
ke.nse 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 rs per cent. can be made by their use,
ana they are always ready for immediate use,
presenting smooth, elastic durable and CLOS
sy surface. 1t does not crack or become loos-
ened frozA the material upon which it is used
READ the following guarantee
PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 30th, 1882.
MsSsTs. Berkeley e Co., Sduntoa. Ia.
DEAR SIRS I'VE have not as yet found it
necessary to issue printed guarantee for our
Liquid Paints, regarding our position and rep
utatfon with the trade as sufficient assurance
That we would not place on the mark ct an in :
Ierlor article, particularly under our brand.
we however will cheerfully follow the expedi-.
ent which has been resorted to by manufacture
ers 10 introduce their goods by stating that we,
viii 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. II further guarantees
are required you may give them on our au-
thor1ty. but we do not think you will ever hear
OF oneauthentic case of trouble arising throueh
the use of our paints.
sf Yours truly, alI ....
JNO. LUCAS & co.
These paints may be obtained by wholesale
~ CARTER BERKELEY d co.
Juheis 81 Staunton, Va.
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Some admiring poet said of his best girl,
ssUpon her face thousand dimples smile
for me-" Which only adds more emphasis
to the adage, Glove is blind How like
the mischief girl would look with thou
sand dimples on her face. The poet must
have meant freckles.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01
Among the Whitest Things on Earth

Are teeth, beautiful and preserved by
SOZODONT; and the rose is scarce sweeter
than the breath which becomes aromatic
through its influence. 1t is the very pearl
of dentifrices and the surest preventive Of
dental decay in existence. It remedies
with certainty canker and every species of
corrosive blemish upon the teeth, and coun-
teracts the hurtful influence upon them of
acidity of the stomach. The formula of It's
preparation includes only botanic ingredi-
ents and it contains only the purest and
most salutary Of these.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01

Dr. Perry, late Bishop of Melbourne,
used to relate that on one of his official
rounds he was dining at the settlers cabin
Gin the bush''; hls plate became empty Of
the solitary vegetable comprised in the
primitive bill of fare, and then one Of his
hosts Juvenile sons-supposiDg "Lord''
and 'God'' to be interchangeable terms,
and having heard the guest addressed as
"My Lord -piped out: Spa, won't God
have soma more potatOeS ?O
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01

sWhat shall 1 give my love9' asks a
poet in a ten-verse production. If she
reads it, she will probably say, "Give me
rest.u That is the answer that will be
supplied by the general reader, anyhow.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01

MEN ATTACKED BY MUsKRATs.-A
Charlotte, N. c., telegram says: A sensa-
ton has been created here by the appear
ance of a large number of muskrats of I'M
usual size. Tuesday thesanimals attacked
John Davidson, Martin McRae, Larkin
Sadler, John Smith, and William Norman,
and wounded them SO badly that they were
forced to take refuge in fight across the
fields. Where the animals came from is a
mystery, but their appearance on the prin-
cipal streets of the town has caused consid-
cradle alarm. A year ago large numbers of
the animals suddenly appeared here, but
left after attacking Charles Fox, injuring
him severely. 1t was estimated that there
were fully 200 of them, all as large as cats.
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The Malone Radicals have a great deal

The Malone Radicals have a great deal
i, say about the money spelt, for investi-
Cations, by the Virginia Legislature. What
have they got to say about the money spent
by sMahcne, III the Danville Investigation ?
The one was for the purpose OF purging
the State of corrupt oticials--the other for
the purpose of slandering the good people
of the State, and thereby gain political
capital for a corrupt party. Abingdon Vir-
ginian.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01
The Best Sell.
By Our Agricultural Editor.

By Our Agricultural Editor
The value and necessity of having good
ly supply of vegetable matter in q state of
decomposition in their soil, but never thor
oughly decomposed, is not sufficiently APP
preciated by farmers. Even very light
soils are benefited by rotting of vegetable
bodies within them, and no clayey or tena-
cious land is ever halfway ameliorated till
it is supplied with plenty of this kind of
material in state of decomposition. 1t
seems to be absolutely essential to the
complete pulverization of stiff soil. Moth
ing else will so mellow up piece of ground,
open it to the action of the heat and air, or
impart such vitality and richness to it, as
vegetation turned in to rot This form Of
material, undergoing, as it does, chemical
change akin to that of yeast or leaven in
bread, seems to quicken and fructify the
whole mass of the soil, expanding it, sepa-
rating it's particles; breaking apart inert
masses; letting in air, and converting all
into the best possible condition for the re-
ception of seed and sustentation of the
young plant. The proper way, therefore,
to keep the soil all the time rich and fruit
lul is, W kee y up IHe supply VI VeSotdule
matter therein, SO that there shall always
be something to decay. Do not wait for the
first application to all rot before more is
put on, but make small annual applications,
and let natures chemistry do her work of
giving life and fruitfulne IS to the land
This, all things considered, is the cheapest
and most certain way to have productive
soil. And commercial ferti izers pay bet
ter on this soil than any other.-P Petersburg
Inder-Appeal.
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st. Charles, Arkansas, August %, 1888.

st. Charles, Arkansas, August %, 1888.
B. j. KENDALL Il Co., Gents:-I take pleas
the aottle, of KendaIl's SPAWN Cure that you
sent me from ST Louis, according to directions,
and to my satisfaction land l must say to M
surprise) in about two weeks my mare was en-
tirely well OF the lameness caused by bog
SPAWN of over one years standing and in tkree
weeks time the swell ny was all gone and the
as ever. 1 consider the nottle of Kendall's
SPAWN Cure worth to me S15l.0n, IS the animal
was worthless as she was on three legs and
could scarcely get around on them, and now
she is the finest buggy animal in these parts,
and with the remnant of the bottle after curing
the mare, I have nearly cured a very severe
me great great pain Tor the last two or three
years, have only applied KendalPs SPAWN
Cure four times and the corn now is nearly out
by the roots and without any pain. In short.
l think it is lhe best Iiniment that is in use. 1
have Kend1i's Treatise on the Horse and his
Diseases. ard would not take any money for
it if could not get another. Hoping you great
success, remain yours, respectfully.
n, o. MARTIN.
Anderson, West Virginia. Sept. IL. 1883,
Please elloys snitn speak in the highest terms
of KeAdailis SPAWN Cure for whatit has done
for my son. in fact. 1T cured him OF a bone
of two OF the best Nj. DIS. In our CITY Schenecta-
supt. IFS. Y.D.. Greenbr'er, West Va.
From the spirit of the Timex Oct. &, 's3.
KENDALL's SPAWN CURE.-rTbe avin Cure
Manufactured by DIR. 3, j. Kendall Co, EnOs-
brrfh Fail, VT, is having great success. There
is abundant eninpesition among specifics of
this kind hut The inaf edients OF this have real
ly w9pdaTfg, properties. James A. Wilson,
civil engineer. Of Fremont Ohio, gives strong
ties timoDiaI of s. cure effected by it in the case
of one OF his horses The price is 81 per bottle,
and it can he had of any druggist.
Price 81. per bottle, or bottles for So All
druggists have it get 1t for you, or it will
be sent to any address TN receipt of price by the
proprietoTs, B. J. KENDALL & Co., Enosburgh
Falls. VT.
Sold by All bragg lists. octl6 SLY
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THE VERY BEST.
O. BODELL,
~ - for the working class. Send /

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HHun uucents for postage. and we will
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It'll box Of sam pie goods that will put
4yBHyHEyyouin the way of making more
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ever thought possible at any business. Capital
not REQUIRED. We will start you. You can
work all the time or in spare time only. The
work is universally adapted to both sexes;
Young aud o ID. You can easily earn from so
cents to as every evening. Thai ell who want
work may test the business, we make this un-
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will send 81 to pay for the trouble Of writing US.
Full particulars, directions, etc.. sept nee. =
whole time 20 the work, Great sQcc ess abso-
iutely sure. Don't deiay. Start now. Address
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An eminent clergyman, not Thousand
miles from Boston, was congratulated at
one time on the admirable and helpful
qualities of his wife. eyes," he replied,
she's my mentor-and tormentor!'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01

1867 Prizes. amounting to4 :saQsss 500
Application for rates TO club should be made
only to the office Of TAG Esanlpapy tn New Or
leans. s'V ''iaFF'
For TsTshsi inIornatior,, Write clearly, CIV
Ing IHll address. Make p 10. Money Orders
payable and address Regi, tebed Letters TO
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4a<sSfAk NOTES and ordinary letters by
Mail or Express (all sums OF v and upwards by
Express at cur EXPENSE to
NJ. AIDAUPHIN,
NewlOrleans, Ia,
or ID A. DAUPHIN.
607 Seventh St., Washington D. g. mar1l-4t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01

ECONOMICAL DEMONSTRATION, you
should marry Ellen, sure"
"Why, father?''
ooh, she'd be such an economical wife
for you"
'Why, how so, father, :.
sOh her hairs SO red that you could
bake slap, jacks on her head without any
fuel - Washington Hdtchet.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01

AN EASY CURE FOR HIccoUGH. -Hic-
cough is convulsive contraction of the
diaphragm It is only necessary to allow
an exceedingly long and at the end, forci-
BILE expiration to follow a long and quiet
inspiration. The slow inspiration, espe-
cially when it is chiefly performed by the
wall of the chest, prevents the phrenic
nerve from being too powerfully irritated,
while the long expiration gives this nerve
time to recover from its oyer-irritation.
A remedy which the writer has tested MANY
times without failure can always be used
upon a person who has s'the hiccoughso by
some one else, and generally by the sufferer
himself. You say to your friend something
like this: See how close together you can
hold the tips of your ferefingers without
their touching. No. keep your elbows out
free from your sides. You can get your
fingers closer than that. They are touch
ing now. There, now hold them so, Steady
By this time you can generally ask: CHOW,
why don't you hiccough?" The involun-
tary tendency to breathe slowly and stead
lily when the attention is fixed on performing
delicate manipulation is here what coun-
teracts the convulsive action of the dia-
phragm. Popular Science Monthly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01
EFrom the Abingdon Virginian.]
Goodson Speaks and Fowler Sneaks,

10 the Committee Of Investigation of the
United States Senate, sitting at Washing
ton, d. c., IN the matter of the Danuille
Riot raf
The undersigned citizens of Goodson,
Virginia, (Bristol) and vicinity, are pre-
pared to prove by their own oaths, and the
oaths of many others, that the statement
hereto appended which appeared in the
Richmond Dispatch Of the 9th of March,
1884, and other public journals, and pur-
porting to be the statement of II. C. Fowl
er, white late resident of Bristol, and
now clerk Of the U. s. District Court of
Abingdon made under oath before your
honorable Committee is false in the follow
ing particulars, severally, to wit =
1st. It is false in this: s'That the Dem
ecffsts had taken possession of the window
through which the challenging must be
DONE"
2nd. In this: That witness (Fowler) was
| forced to stand behind the democrats and
challenge over their shoulders
3rd.. In this! ''That every challenge
gave rise to much abuse on the part of the
democrats -
4th. In this: ssThat line Of wagons
drove up loaded with white democrats,
shouting" SC.
5th. In this: s'That witness (Fowler)
was publicly insulted, and two OF three
assaulted on election day.
| 9Th. In this: 'That on one occasion he
was rescued by Democratic officials, who
did their duty, but had great difficulty in
doing it,
We give public expression Of regret that
there is no tribunal in Virginia. clothed
with authority to try and punish citizens Of
lxys- u - ,a o,-sy,1 rf
perjury within the limits of the District of
Columbia
i J. T. Burns, Town Sergeant.
i G. H. Lynch,
4 4. B. Eehois,
i G. W. Hamrait,
George w. Kuhnert,
VIM. F. Rhea,
| W. A. RAIDER, Judge of Election,
A. McSumpter,
!, Edward Kuhnert,
!. VIM. Wallace,
W. II. Trammen,
i a. $. Mcneil, Judge Of Election,
, II. IA. RllfreN, - 49,
W. T. Hodgens,
, John ". Iett,
/ W. NJ. Moore,
! W. T. Hayter,
G. Fl. Mattox,
| John B. Keller. nas rlty Sheriff,
! TT. Willard, Clerk Of Election.
+ j. H Susong,
Chas. Harmeling,
, A. FulkergoG,
Chas. E. Finch,
J. c.. Hammer,
| c. A. Hill,
, J. P. Faris,
| r w Mort
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SLEEPING ToeETHER.-Somebody has
said that more quarrels occur between
brothers, between sisters, between hired
girls, between clerks in stores between ap-
prentices in mechanics shnps, between
hired men, between husbands and wives,
owing to electrical changes which their
nervous systems undergo by lodging to-
gether night after night under the same
bed clothes, than by any other disturbing
cause. There is nothing, says the Scien-
tifc Amc, lean that will so derange the ner-
vous system of person who is elilninative
in nervous force than to lie all night in bed
with another person who is absorbent in
nervous force The absorber will go to
sleep and rest all night; while the elimina-
tor will be tumbling and tossing, restless
and nervous, aud wake up in the morning
fretful, peevish, fault finding. and dscour-
aged No persons, no matter who they are,
should habitually sleep together. One will
thrive and the other will lose.
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A VIRGINIA BELLE.-A Virginia report
or thus describes the belle of ball he re-
Gently attended: Complexion neither
blonde nor brunette, lowering between the
dawn and the sunrise of summers morn
ing; eyes beside whose arrowy glances
Cupid's keenest darts are only fit tor kill
ing frogs or clams-eyes that drive the
very stars of heaven distracted with envy.
Lashes more glorious'y silken than ever
fringed the lids of Oriental honri, Hair in
which ten thousand sunbeams nestle, dark
ly bright, fine as gossamer threads, but
forming a network which scores of mascu-
line strugglers have found as powerful as
the green withes that bound Delilah's Sam
son. Matchless in grace. Marvelously
gifted in woman's grand endowment
tongue Tones soft as the softest warblings
of flute on tropie seas at twilight. A
polar star in every throng toward whom
all masculine compasses point with constant
finger. A magnet strong enough to turn
a whole battalion topsy-turvy, and bring
the planets rushing from their far-off
spheres. Lovelier, more enchanting crea-
lures never fitted through the paradise of
raptest poets dream. Describe her ?
Were my pen q quill from the pinion of the
ioftiest seraph that burns in cleaning glo-
~, and dipped in the refulgent radianae of
the rainbow's fountain, it would be I'M
possible. Raphael's ghost, after three
centuries of celestial practice, would faint
at the task of trying to depict her transcen-
dent loneliness.
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~ CAPITAL PRIZE. s7s 900. ~
Tick cts only S5. Shares I'm proportion,

Commissioners.
Incorporated in 1868 for Is years by the Legis-
lalure for Educational and Charitable purposes
with a capital of 81 900. H00-to which reserve
fund of over $3.50, 000 has since been added,
By an overwhelming popular vote its fran
chise was made part of the prefent State Con.
st1tut1on adopted December End, A. D.. 1879.
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The people of any State,
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Its Grand Single Numb,r Drawings
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