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Ashes.

By our Agricultural Editor.
Save all the ashes from the ireplaces, and
put them on the smokehouse or cellar floor,
where they will keep dry till wanted for
use. Then at the time of planting corn
have a hand to go along before the planters
with bucket of ashes, and drop full sim
gle handful Immediately under each hill -
As the ashes are put down, let the hand
knock over it q little dirt with the foot, and
then set the foot upon the spot for the corn
to be planted. In this way the planters
will know just where the ashes are deposit
ed. and will not fail to get the seed in the
right place. A handful of good hard wood
ashes, such as are usually made in every
country fireplace in winter will make a
good strong stalk of corn to grow on quite
poor land, and each stalk will yield an ear
of solid grain that without the ashes would
be but sorry stuff. There is no better fer
tilizer than ashes of hard wood, and being
in concentrated form very little of is re-
quired to make good corn. There is prob
ably no better use to make of it than to put
it all under the corn. Two or three bushels
is enough for an acre of corn, handful to
the hill, and as the ashes cost nothing it
thus becomes the cheapest and best fertili-
zer for corn that can be employed. We
have during the winter saved up quite lot
of ashes, which we intend to use in the
above way. having been led to this way of
fertilizing corn by the advice and practice
OF an old darkey, who always makes plenty
OF good sound corn. 1t is important to
keep the ashes dry till used Petersburg
Inder-Appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

I Imiss you, my darling. my darling.
The embers burn low on the hearth;
And stilled is the air of the household.
And hushed is the voice of its mirth.
The rain FLASHES fast on the terrace,
The wind past the lattices moan;
The midni ht chimes out from the minister
And am alone.
want you. my darling, my darling,
am tired with care and with fret;
would nestle in silence beside you,
And all but your presence forget.
In the hush of the happiness given
To those who. through trusting, have grown
To the fullness of love in contentment.
But am alone.
I call you, my DAZZLING. my darling,
My voice echoes back on my heart;
stretch my arms to you in longing,
And 10! they fall empty apart.
Whisper the sweet words you taught me,
The words that we only have known,
Till the blank of the dumb air is bitter,
For am alone
need you, my darling. my darling,
With its yearning my very heart aches;
The load that divides us weighs harder
shrink from the jar that it makes.
Old sorrows rise up 10 beset me.
Old doubts make my spirit their own;
Oh, come thro' the darkness and save me,
For am alone
-1AN the Year Round.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19
Manure for the Irish Potato.

Stable manure has been much used by
Virginian farmers for the Irish potato, and
many, no doubt, regard it as the one perfect
and complete manure for this crop. 1t is
excellent for the purpose, beyond a doubt,
as is also some other forms of domestic ami
NAL manure. But the farmer can hardly
afford to take this manure for the purpose,
and we hold that no animal manure is ex.
actly suitable for the potato. OF course a
plant must partake, to some extent of the
nature of the food it imbibes, and if the
food is filth the plant cannot entirely escape
contamination. This being the case, it is
worth while, in sanitary point of view to
pay some attention to the nature of the
plant foods of the crops upon which we our
selves feed.
Now, not only can the farmer find better
uses for his animal manures than to employ
them in the production of potatoes, but he
can get a cheaper one from his pine woods,
and, with the aid of little superphosphate
to quicken action. an equally effective one
as to results. Well rotted pine litter, such
as may be scraped up on any farm away
from the vicinity of the towns, has been
found excellent for the potato, used in con-
junction with superphosphate. The latter
alone will not act near as we'll as it does
when the litter is also applied. The potato
is crop that seems absolutely to Gemand
some coarse material in the ridge, for the
potatoes to grow in. No doubt it is because
1t keeps the lidge mellow, and gives the
tubers room to grow. A very light sprinkle
of the phosphate, with plenty OF rich pine
straw mould, will produce as good crop of
potatoes as a full application of stable man
ure.
The litter should be at least half rotted,
and the entire trench made for planting tho
sets should be filed with it. The sets may
be dropped first, the litter put upon them
and the superphosphate applied on top the
mould. Or the plan may be reversed by
putting the superphosphate first, the litter
upon thar, and the potato above all. ,
A piece of land planted thus to potatoes
in March or April, and the crop removed in
July, would afford most desirable prepar-
alton for turnip patch next fall. 1t would
be fine for winter cabbage or collards also,
the latter q crop (much neglected) that
ought to be planted largely for ewes, milch
COWS, &C., in winter.
We advocate this cheap manure for the
potato. Let the stable and stock pen ma
nures be spread over the wheat, clover, and
oat patches in early spring, or applied to the
corn land, trucks, &c. 1t will pay better
thus. Rotten pine straw and any good
commercial fertilizer in small quantity will
do for the potato, especially in the interior,
where none is raised for market.
And it is now about time to begin plant
ing potatoes. We have thrown out these
hints for The benefit not only of those who
may have but limited quantity of home
made manure, but of those also VINO may
find it important to make the most possible
of every resource. The corn crop, the first
in importance on the southern farm, gets
by far too little Of the choice manures of the
homestead.-Petersburg Inder-Appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

The HoT WATER CURE.-Hot water
seems destined to come into universal use
as curative agent for many of the ills to
which our frail structures are heir and SUBJ
ject, particularly for inflammation of the
mucous membranes. The medical journals
have extended dissertations upon its use,
and eminent physicians give their satisfac-
tory experiences with the results obtained
from it. Aggravated-cases of dyspepsia are
known to have been relieved, and tie na-
ture OF the remedy is so simple and the
means of the cure so easily obtained that if
there be any virtue in it, of which there is
no doubt, surely it should be tried. Sever
al physicians in Wytheville prescribe it in
certain cases and we know persons who
have taken it with the hsppiest results
the old Thomp~onian aphorism that cheat
IS life and cold is DEATH may be realized in
the hot water cur 2. The treatment usually
prescribed is to take a tumbler full as hot
as it can be swallowed an hour before each
meal. Those who have never taken such
draught might suppose it to be nausealing,
but nhe effect is just the opposite; it is
soothing and grateful to the stomach. This
assertion is made upon the practical expe-
rience OF the writer WytheuWe ENTERPRISE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

Plum PUDDING.-''One pound raisins
stoned and cut in halves, one pound cur
rants picked, washed and dried, one-half
pound citron cut in thin shreds, one pound
beef suet chopped fine, one pound grated
bread. eight eggs, one pound sugar, one
glass brandy, one glass wine. one pint milk,
two grated nutmegs, one teaspoonful of
cinnamon and mace mixed in one teaspoon.
iul salt; beat the sugar, suet and yolks of
eggs very light, then add half the milk and
the bread crumbs, then the spice and liquor
and the rest of the milk, then the fruit we'll
ssprinkled with flour; stir very hard and
long; last Of all the whites of the eggs beat
en- to stiff froth; boil six hours in a mould
or cloth well foured.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19
L CLIMB TO REST.
BY LUCY LARCOM.

Still l must climb II would rest;
The bird scars upward to its nesI;
The young leaf on the tree-top high
Cradles itself within the sky.
The strea ms, that seem to hasten down,
Return in clouds, the hills to crown:
The plant arises from her root,
To rock aloft her flower and fruit.
cannot in the valley stay;
The great horizons stretch away!
The very cliffs that wall me round
Are ladders unto higher ground.
To work-to rest-for each time;
l toll, but must also climb.
What soul was ever quite at ease
Shut in by earthly boundaries?
l am not glad till have known
Life that can lit me from my own;
A loftier level must be won,
A mightier strength to lean upon.
And heaven draws near as / ascend;
The breeze invites, the stars befrfend.
All thin gs are beckoning to the Best:
climb 10 Thee. my God, for rest!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

CocoANUT PUDDINe.-Take three quar-
ters of a pound of best butter one pound of
pulveriz ed sugar, one pound of grated CO.
coanut, the white of one dozen eggs, and
one wine-glass of brandy. Cream the but
ter and sngar together, then add and beat
in the whites Of eggs by degrees, after
which add the brandy, and lastly the gra-
ted cocoanut; mix well together. Line
your pie plates with puff paste, fill them
with the cocOanut mixture and bake in
hot oven. When done sieve fine sugar dust
over the top, and serve either hot or cold.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

THINGS TO THINK.-Every person has
two educations-one which he receives
from others, and one more important which
he gives himself.
1t many times falls out that we deem
ourselves much deceived by others because
we first deceived ourselves. He who is
false to present duty breaks thread in the
loom, and will find the flaw when he may
have forgotten its cause.
If you are going to do good thing, do
it now; if you ae going to do mean thing,
wait till tomorrow.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

Quail ON ToAsT.-Brown the bird either
in salad oil or butter, mix tablespoonful
of -four among them and brown that, then
cover them with boiling water, season them
highly with SALT pepper, cloves and mace,
and stew them fifteen minutes; melt in
tablespoonful of butter for every two small
birds, and serve on toast.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

SAUCE FOR THE PUDDINa.-One cup
butter, one cup brown sugar, one wine-
glassful wine, the yClk of an egg; beat the
butter and sugar to cream; then beat the
egg very light and stir it with the butter
and sugar; put it on the fire to simmer, but
not to boil; when done, pour in the wine
and serve hot.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

Strength to vigorously push business.
strength to study for a profession, strength
to regulate a household, strength to do a
days labor without physical pain. Do you
desire strength? If you are broken down,
have no energy, feel as if life was hardly
worth living, you can be relieved and re-
stored te robust health and sure myth by
taking Browns Iron Bittels, a sure cure
for dyspepsia, malaria, weakness, and all
diseases requiring true, reliable, non-olco.
holic tonic 1t acts ON tie blood, nerves,
and muscles, and regulates every part of
the system.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

GLAZED HAM.-Boil ham, remove the
skin and set away until cold. Rub all over
with a well beaten egg. Mix together two
cups Of rolled crackers, tablespoonful of
melted butter and milk enough to make a
thick paste, srread tticklv cyerpthe han,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

A New Jersey girl is charged with send
ing young man a letter containing leap
year proposal of marriage. She is right
Those who have rights and dare not main
tain them don't deserve to have 'em.-Gha-
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

Mr.. Alex. S. Haller, WYTHEvILLE, VA,
saws: ssBrown's Iron Bitters is the only
preparation Of iron thet did not affect TOY
head aud na.ks lae dizzy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

DR.. NJ. E. Daughtry, FRANKLIN, VA,
says: 81 am highly pleased with the effects
of Browns Ircr Ritters ord believe It tn be
supsrcy so al othsr LEpn pssesgatious.iI
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

The conqueror is regarded with awe, the
wise man commando our esteem; but it is
the benevolent man who wins npr affac-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19
ALEX. E. MATTHEWS.
,nr a suv q n - uUya.

H. H. MATHEWS. ALEX. E. MATTHEW'S
NJ AFHEyys tS Mathews.
IVA A4TOR ORNEYS-AT-LAW,
LEwISBURG WEST VA,
practice regularly in tn. Courts of Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pooahontas and Nicholas counties, w.
Va. the Court Of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts foI the District OF W. Va.
Is Particular attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
may lily
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Address-''>tsuntos Spectator" staunrop, vs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

SETM. M. McALLfSFER,
w ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
WARM SPRINGS, VA.
Courts-Aleghany, Bath and Highland, Va,
nd Pocahontas, West Virginia.
ASrSpeciai attention given to collection of
claims and proceeds promptly accounted for.
dec 23-tf
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~ A. RICH ARDSON,
Z j. ATTORNEY
STAUNToN, VA.
snecial attention given to the collection of
claims and prompt returns made.
CoURTS-Augusta and Rockingham.
OFFICE-No 2 Law Building. ocT
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TAILORING,

I'd Il. GRAVES,
FashiOnabIe Tailor,
No. 1O3 E. Main st., Up Stairs, opposite
the Stu0Ht0n 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. SS- TERMS CASH. NSa au27-t1
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WIN A. HUDSoN VIM. PATRICK.
UDSON & PATRICK,
Id ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW

Will practice in the Courts of Augusta and
adjoining counties. Special attention PAID to
collections. feoIl-t
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T. r. TUOKEa Il. ST. GEO. TUCKER,
Lexington. ga. Staunton, Va.
TyUCkER dE TUCKER,
ATTORNE YS-AT-LAw,

VIII pras tlt51 - - Irts of Augusta and the
adjoining Cug4-.saas. Also in the Court Of Ap-
oeals of Virginia, and will attend regularly the
Circuit Courts of Rockbridge. au22-n
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.

ru,rr A. c. GORDON.
WHITE Il GORDON,
w ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
C,ouRrs.-Auyusta and adjoining countess
Federal Court AT Harrisonburg. Court Q, AP'
meals of Virginia, at StauntOn. lepzi-i
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

y s.. SMEa.TZER,
~ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
~ STAUNToN, VA
oa6ce in Stout Building, Court. house Alley
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

EHHESESsN A BAYLOR.
4 ATTORNEY-AT-I.AW
-Assd Solicitor in ChGnce7.y, ssTAUNToN, VA,
practices in all the Courts of Augusta and ad-
.Oining counties.
OFFICE-Tne same Formerly occupied by his
father, Col. Geo. Baylor, decd. on Augusta St.,
opposite the Courthouse. no2l
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-19

sas6ss&AS ID. RANSOM,
ATTORNEY ",
STAUNTON. Va.
a1als mis- professional services in the County
and Circuit Courts OF Augusta, aud i'll the Hus-
sings Court and the Court Of Appeals held in
5taunton. viii Also prosecute claims else
where through legal correspondents In this and
other States. may 30-iy.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-23

away than anything els,
sex. succeed from hrst
tune opens before the ,
once address, True 4 &c
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-23
!t,f'piee .@firtip''.
THE SOHOOL-MARM'S STORY

frosty chill was in the air
-, How plainly | remember
The bright autumnal fires had paled,
., save here and there an ember;
Ihe SKY looked hard, the hills were bare
AND there were tokens everywhere
Inat 1t had come-Novembor
locked the time-worn school-house door,
The village seat of learning,
Across the smooth. well-trOdden path
My homeward footsteps turning;
My heart troubled question bore,
And in my mind, as oft before,
A veXing thought was burning.
Why is 1t up hill all the way2''
Thus ran my meditatons;
The lessons had gone wrong that day,
Ana had lost my patience.
Is there no way TO soften care,
Ana make it easier to bear
Life sorrOws aud yexatiOns2'
Across my pathway. through the wood.
fallen tree was lying:
On this there sat two little girls,
Ana one of them was crying.
heard her sob; And II could,
"a get my lessonsawful good,
But what's the use of trying?"
And then the little hooded head
Sank on the others shoulder,
me llttle weeper soughtthe arms
That opened to infold her.
Against the young heart, kind and true,
she nest ed close, aud neither knew
That / was a beholder.
And then heard-ah! ne'er was known
snch Judgment without malice,
Nor queenlier council ever heard
In senate, house or palaca!-
should have failed there, am sure:
Don't DO discouraged; try once more,
And will help you, Alice"
" And win help you" This is how
TO soften care and grieving;
Lie Is made easier to bear
:, by helping and by giving.
Here was the answer had sought.
And !, the teacher. being taught
Thesecret of true living.
H. vii help YOU" were the rule,
How changed beyond all measure
Lie would become! Each heavy load
Would be Il golden treasures;
Pain and vexation be forgot;
Hope wonld prevail in every lot,
And life be only pleasure.
Treasure Troue.
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Alteration OF Money.

The poor, honest man sees his richer
brother courted and petted by every-
body, while he is unnoticed. Therefore
he resorts to low, petty means to OBJ
tain wealth. The wealth acquired, no
body cares how, every one suddenly re-
members him and makes him the grand
est OF bows, while some, bolder, come
up to him, press his hand in the warm
est friendship and beg him to come and
visit them-he really must not be 50
strange. l should not be surpri.
should his wealth be great, that, a
ing to Chinese custom, they
cousinship with him simply beca,,,
they were born in the same place. ~.
should the reverse happen-to vor
is, you are rich to-day but sudden,
all you possess-people seeing yG.
the street have only time to nod to
business Is SO pressing they really
no time TO stop and shake hands.
less to speak to you. This busi
grows so important that the next tin
they do not see you, their minds are :,
occupied. And, Of course, after
that you are entirely forgotten.
But what can you expect of strangers
when relatives turn their backs
upon you9 l heard once wealthy
aunt, when asked why she did not
visit her niece, who had a large family
and was in middling circumstances,
answer: "Well, you see, II | visit her
we will become necessarily intimate,
and If she were in need could not do
otherwise than help her. So | think it
is best TO stay away" There's a pro-
found philosophy for you.
DO not think this falsity Is alone ap-
plicable to women, but TO men, also.
And II such trait lowers women in the
estimation Of the righteous, how much
more despicable is il in the lords of
creation. And the children brought up
in this perlidious atmosphere, what kind
OF men will they makep What can we
expect OF the coming gonerationP For
truly, as Joubert says, children have
more need Of models than of critics.
But all are not hypocrites Many have
this for their motto:
No ndnlation; IT'S the death OF virtue;
VINO iiattersi Ia OF all mankind the lowest
save he who courts the lattery."
Others still are 100 frank. And in
closing would recall to their minds
what Tallyrand says There are
many vices which do not deprive us of
friends; there are many virtues which
prevent us having any" Now, too
much frankness is one Of these Virtues.
= San Francisco Examiner.
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CHAPTER v.
There be angels, and some be of lI1ht. and
some be OF darkness"

AMELIA.
There be angels, and some be of light, ant
some be OF darkness"
Come, Philip, aren't you readyP''
1t was the voice of Grace which broke
in upon his reverie one evening early in
June, and suddenly rousing himself and
looking up, he beheld his sister in a be.
coming gown of gray. with crimson
knots scattered about It; she was draw
ing on pair of gloves, and was evil
IDENTITY armed for conquest.
READY What's the matterP Where
are you goingP' he asked, starting, as
he closed the book over which he ap-
peared to have been dreaming.
"What memory you have! Or
rather, what memory you wantl
Have you forgotten that there is a sort
OF party at the Berghauses' this Satur-
day evening, and we promised week
ago to be thereP There will be dancing,
too; and ! do love dancing. Therefore
come, sirl"
Philip reused himself and got ready
as rapidly as might be, less because he
wished to go than because he would not
disappoint the fresh and expectant
Grace, whose appetite for dances and
festivities of every description was still
on the increase, and, as Philip saw, still
very far from being surfeited. When
he was ready they went out, found a
cab at the corner of the street, end
drove to Carlton Grove.
The so-called "carpet-dances," or
d" Saturday Dances" at that house were
very pleasant affairs, and Justly cele-
brated throughout the whole circle of
the Berghauses' friends and acquaint-
ance. "Carpet-dance" was mis-
nomer; no invitations were sent out, but
1t was a generally understood thing that
on Saturday evenings throughout the
year the house was open to all friends
who chose to come to it; and II sufii-
cient guests arrived there was dancing,
not on carpet, but in q large room
built as a billiard-room, but which the
Berghaus family had from time imme-
moral given up to the more social en- |
tertainment. Thekla Berghaus held |
strong views on the subject Of billiards,
which she considered very appropriate
n bachelor establishment, or In one
where there were many men; but where
he womankind predominated, to be
,.schewed, as unfair and tyrannical to
hem and their interests.
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If your wife faints do not spoil her
dress by dashing a pitcher OF W
over. her. Loudly kiss the back OF !. (,
hand. She will Immediately revive AMI
want to know whom you were kissing.
DO not tell her and she will not faint
any more