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Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-04-10
The Fruits OF Advertising.

COLUMBIA Herald.
There never has been as forcible
illustration in This community of the
direct fruits Of judicious advertising
as is afforded in the success of the
fence-Iock. However, meritorions
the thing itself can not be denied
that the extraordinary financial pref
its 1t has yielded within period of
less than six weeks has been due 10
the striking manner with which it has
been brought before the public. The
invention was just as good thing
before it was advertised as after, but
although patented nearly two years
ago, it had scarcely yielded living
wages to Its agents until within the
past few months when, in the hands
o. ii2e, energetic men, Its merits
were brought forward with a con-
spicuousness and force that COM
msnded attention. Its success fur
ther proves not only that advertising
is valuable. but that its results are
immediate. Building up a busi-
ness is usually thought to require
months and even years, and the fact
is that many business men plod along
yet under this idea, but here we have
business that has not only made an
acqu aintance with the public, but has
yielded fortunes to its proprietors
within less than two months. It is
true it has required some expense,
but how much cheaper than to have
pursued the ordinary plan Of trudg-
ing along for months and years, wait
ing for the public to come to the in
vention instead of carrying it to
them.
The day has passed when any busi-
ness will succeed which does not
push itself. A business however
meritorious, which sits still and waits
for the people to seek it, will not on
ly find itself dropping behind. hut
actually run over or jostled aside by
the push and energy of its rivals who
grasp the idea and are siezed with
the spirit of this enterprising age. .
The same methods which have
brought fortune to the fence-lock
will bring it to any business. It's
newness is rather an obsticle than an
advantage, because it causes people
to distrust 1t. But any branch Of
business, be it mercantile, mechani-
cal, artisan, financial, agricultural or
other If it contains something the
people want. can be made equally
profitable if as persistantly and strik-
lingly presented to the public. The
Messrs Johnston Bros. have shown
remarkably correct and progressive
Idea of advertising. They have not
only availed themselves of the best
. methods and mediums, but have also
advertised the attractive feature Of
their business, such as its usefulness.
! and economy and the money it has
yielded those who have invested IN
! it. The same kind of advertising
will pay equally as well in any Other
, business. The trouble is that out.
Z side the large cities but few business
men ever try il. The most expen,
I sive advertising is that which is low.
priced. The value of advertising
lies in making an impression ana
, making it striklngly and at once
While it costs mere it pays in tho
= end.
o Murphy Matter.
O 1t is reported in connections will
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-04-10
VOL. XIV.
CashWiins!

There is no secresy about
success in business. The
receipt is simple and is not
unpleasant to take. 1t is
herewith offered free gratis
to everybody, and I propose
to continue taking of it in
large doses myself in this
year 1884.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-01-15

What is the cheapest thing in the world?-
Think moment, and you Will agree with US,
when we answer that it is well-conducteo
newspaper-that wonderful product OF brain
and toll. In the language of another, one would
think that it should be dearly bought and hlsh-
ly priced and yet it is the cheapest thing in Inc
world. Five cents will buy it; two dollars Will
bring it to your home every week in the year.
THAT small sum will pay for the SPECTATOR
fora year, and also secure copy Of 'kendalis
Treatise on the Horse,'' valuable LOOK that
every man should have who owns horseJ-
And yet, strange to say, there are men 100
roor to take newspaper. They can pay hve
cents for glass of beer, or ten cents for pew
erage of unknown COMPOSITION, called cock
tail;n they can pay half dollar for circus
ticket or twenty-five cents for the theatre, but
they are too poor to buy newspaper, which IL
a ticket of admission to the great Globe Tn eatre
whose dramas were written by God himself
"whose scene shifter is Time, and whose cur
tains are rung down by Death" 1t is notneces-
sary to speak Of mighty responsibilities which
necessarily attach to the control OF such pow
er in the land as the newspaper is to-day, nor
to say that the editor who rightly apprehends
the Importance of his work must bring to II
reverent spirit and constant caro-. The hum
the only authoritative messenger from the
great world outside; its opinions are accepted
as truth, and It's suggestions have the force of
law. The editor stands on the widest pulpit
known in modern society. 1.-THE lawyer has a
narrow sphere before him; the senator and the
representative-the walls hedge in their voices;
the minister has the parish walls about his
church. But there is pulpit that has no limit
it is the Press 1t is literally the voice OF one
that cries in the Wilderness for all across the
populous land the papers speak; and there is
not in modern civilization place or power
that can compare with this" Rev. Dewitt
Talmsge once said: I'm the canking of the
printing press, as the sheets fly out, hear the
voice ofthe Lord Almighty. proclaiming to all
the dead nations of the earth; Lazarus, come
forth = and TO the retreating surges of darkness:
let there be lightr'
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FARMS FOR SALE In
Z ROCKBRIDGE and AUGUSTA
COUNTIES

The undersigned, as Agents for the owner, Of
fer Two Valuable Farms in Rockbride county
and one in Augusta.
LIST. "jIart's Bottom on the North River,
about seven Cd miles from Lexington, ~
containing S74 acres of land, nearly EEsH
oue-half of which is first-class River saeGa
Bottom. 1t has good improvements and is one
of the best and most productive estates in the
county of Rock bridge
Mr.. Crist, the tenant, will show the place to
visitors.
End. "Irish Creek" estate. at the mouth of
Irish Creek, fronting on South River in Rock
bridge, containing about 700 acres, is in good
cultivation, has on it an excellent house and
other outbuildlngs. This estate Is rapidly i'm
proving and is valuable.
Mr.. Whitmore, the tenant, will show the
place to visitors
3rd. The "Hogshead Farm" near Stribling
Springs in Augusta county, con taining about
363 acres.
The farm is in good state of cultivation and
the improvements are good. Mr.. Rosen, the
tenant, will show the farm to visitors.
. AS the owner is anxious to sell, these valua-
BILE estates can be purchased on very reasona-
Bile tefms-as to prices and credits
Apply to the undersigned
SHEFFEY & BU MGARDNER,
declI II StauntOn, Va,
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Greenyilfe Items.

MT, eo7,on,;,r,t o,,. ora s,o ~, e,.oo,,x,;,1.
-. ~ tho orr.
NJ. S,1rdar ..hoss,, of th,, so.+,o,, IF Tho vol
pailro.d ,yos noerrod =, C,,,.irt,,as x,eok
- ,r;.. IT., zoo, Mint sr,ir,,
M. u Iios, nsl ilpt's III ohe rinos' n'S
ieaseo W MI. T. ~ hAi.l"n LIS iron property
one mile ols'an' run i'ol'Oii aepot. .. " w.
h.' WORK 10 oe oes ou w 10 within oO o4Ss'
The contract for carrying mail between the
s. V. and Valley Railroads has been awarded
to Howard McGuffin, the lowest bidder.
The day before Xmas, fine bay colt belong
ing to VIM. Smith, Esq, had leg broken by
a fall and was SO badly injured that 1t was
shot.
G.. C. Hawpe, Esq, has leased for five years
his iron property, $50 yards from the s. V.
Railroad. to Mr.. E. D. Kiian, formerly of
Pennsylvania, now of Roanoke county, Va.
who will begin work in 40 days. and thinks he
can ship rs tons of the ore per day, should the
deposit prove as extensive as he believes it
will, and if it does, Mr. H. is in a fair road to
fortune, and we hope to see him get it, though
he is now well-to do. The deposit is on both
sides of lane leading directly from Mr..
Hawpe's house to the S. V.
Wednesday. as Mrs. williams n widow ladv
,vas crossing the farm of Mr.. Craan,er north
of stuart.s Draft. she saw an earle faastino on
one of Mr.. CPS turkeys. and. drauino uss
herself attack ed by the bird, She seizaa fanca
stake and killed the eagle On Meas,rinp IT
the distance from tin to fin Of vi,,a, 49,, cod
10 ba eioht fact. Theskyscr -
thin and light. heinz little ho.uier -,
chicken. and was ouife muddy, n ~, .wo,,oN
blv tho sam EAGLE that ,ttaclrad s,,o~ n.
oelrs farm, sa,,.., 90 csraeny.,,. s.
fore a colored man shot at ID tbara .,,a h.,
WAX state when s7iscovsred bv lis s1axa. NOV
have been caused by a shot received fonrdavs
,uo,;o,,s
iwo weeAs eeo o1-i. ~ : - Vi cl'lZens
" iitaAe aioSnei " Ia. W scse4s our to"n
Sr ""s po'o'0' - 1n .l, MAJ
~. : - 1uii'. s.ilN thursday
w. ~ +t,a sctoa, S,.,,;a r,,, - nises
IN tha choir ava D,,,,,,r s,us,'s -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-01-15
Neat, 4 tasteful, and Cheap JOD Printing

Having just received supply OF new Job
type OF the latest and most handsome styles,
and having secured the services OF an expert
eneed, skilful tasteful and ACCOMMODATING
Job Printer, we are now prepared to nave ex.
ecuted with promptness and dispatch all KINDS
ofJob work in the neatest style, and at the
lowest rates. We guarantee satisfae ton, both
as t.. III character - the Srz AID the prices
charged
Ifyou wish Job Printing done of any kind or
style. large or small call at the SPECTATOR Of
flee. and you can be accommodated
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-01-15
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice. hav-
ing had placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh Asthma,
and all Throat and Lung Affections also a pos.
tive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and
all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
cases. has felt it his duty to make it known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this N olive
and o desire torelieve human suffering will
send free of charge, TO all who desire 1t. this
recipe, in German, French, or English, with
by. mail by addressing with stamp, flaming
this paper. W. A. MOVES, 40 Poner's Block
Rochester, ". Y. sentIJJv
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-01-15

Person AT THE w. L. AsYLUM.-The joint
special committee to investigate the poisoning
Of six patients in the Western Lunatic Asylum
arrived here yesterday.
The committee is composed of Senators e. L.
Meredith of Prince William, H. s. Trout of
Roanoke, and J. J. Mcdonald of Northumber-
lani, and Delegates ]. N. Opie Of Augusta, ]. T.
Wilkins of Northampton, J. w. Lawson Of Isle
OF Wight T. M. Dnnn OF Albemarle, and Henry
Parker. Messrs. Wilkins Lawson, and Dunn
are nj De.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-01-15
1901 IIlAes, SllU,4OO
whole Tickets, So. Half Tickets, 81.
~ Tickets, 500. 90 Tickets. SI0O.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
1.-THE Cireulat'on ct the B.ooa re LASH


The Circulation OF the B:oca = .iRstIy
esteemed the greatest ordination OF Divine
Providence; by that beating engine, the heart,
1t is driven to all parts of the system, giving
vigor and strength to the complicated ma
chinery OF man. This living flood, whether we
sleep or wake, sallies briskly through the arte.
ries and returns softly through the veins. How
necessary that it should be kept free from all
impurlty, and yet how negligent many are, re-
speeding this great essential to the enjoyment
OF perfect health. Derangement in the Liver
and Nerves is generally the primary cause
and Jaundice. Indigestion and all the harrass-
ing feelings attending Dyspepsia, which makes
life q burden, result from it. Suicide would
rapidly follow suicide, if there was no cure
NO one will suffer long, if he will use BAKERS
PREMIUM BITTERS. They are peculiarly
adapted to the diseases OF the Southern eli
mate, and when taken according to direction
are a positive cure for Diarrhoea, Dysentery
Cramp Collie. Cholera Morbus, Ague and Fever,
Sour Stomach and almost every other affection
arising from impurity of the blood or disor-
dered stomach.
Sold by druggists and country merchants
every where.
e. BAKER, Proprietor,
Richmond. Va.
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LAND SALES.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

E1ARM FOR SALE will
~ sell the farm known as the NV. X. Wal
lace farm" near Craigsvi1le, in Augusta Co..
containing 253 acres, with good house "a
and Out-houses. new Swisher barn, EsE3
about one hundred acres in timber, rest <zaAHl
of land in grass; close to mill, school-hOuse,
and several churches, miles of the Railroad
Depot and Post-office. First-class marble On
said land, both black and coral. For further
particulars, address r. A. WALLACE,
feb6-tf Craigsville, Augusta Co., Va.
GALE OF a VALUABLE HOUSE AND
- LOFTY virtue of a decree entered at the
November term, 1888, of the circuit court of
Augusta county, in the chancery cause OF Wal
lace's Admir- vs. Croghan and ais, will pro-
coed to sell, at public auction, in front of the
Courthouse, in the city of Staunton, to the
highest bidder. Unavailable House and E,sxs
Lot on the North side of Kalorama ST., E=s5
adjoining the lots of the D. & D. q B. In .2szz-
stitution. Gen. Echols, and Others belonging
to Daniel Croghan, on
Thursday. The 10Th day of January. 1884,
at IL O'Clock in the day, upon the following
terms -
Enough cash in hand to pay the costs of suit
and sale, and for the balance, bonds of equal
amounts, payable in l, 2, and 8 years, with
good security. bearing interest from date, will
be required of the purchaser, and the title to
be retained as ultimate security
HENRY ST. GEO. TUCKER
declI-tds Commissioner.
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DEATH OF CAPT. ALFRED Won KLEIsER.-
This gentleman, who is well known in this
City. and who has been for years engaged in
the internal revenue service, and who lately
resided in Allegheny county, removed to Bal
timore about three months ago, where he died
OF consumption last Tuesday, aged Al years,
2 "a u g widow and three children. During
tas war, he was a member of the S2nd New
York Battery. and he is reported to have served
with stinction, He was genial and sociable
'se popular with his acquaintance.
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GALE OF VALUABLE REAL EsTATE

GALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
y IN AUGUSTA COUNTY.-By virtue of O
decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta county,
entered at the Nov: Term, 1888. in the consoli-
dated causes of Hutchesons Admir- VS.. Thorn D.
son and als.,. and Thompson's Admir- VS..
Thompson and ais, win proceed to sell, at
public auction, to the highest bidder, in front
of the Courthouse, in the city of Staunton, on
Monday (Court-day). the 18th day January, 1884,
at IL o'clock. valuable tract of land
containing 53M acres. being a part of the
John and James E. Thompson place, which
was assigned to Chas S. Thompson by Com
missioners in the cause of Thompson's Admir-
VS.. Thompson and ais, and designated as lot
No. on Commissioner Collisions plat. The
land lies about miles Southwest of Swoope's
Depot, and is of fine quality.
TERMS: Cash In hand to pay the costs OF the
suit of Hutcheson's Admir- VS.. Thompson and
ais, and the costs of sale, and for the balance
bonds, with approved personal security will
be required. in three equal annual instaln1ents,
bearing interest from date of SALE with Home
stead waived and the title to be retained as III
innate security.
II. ST. GEO. TUCKER,
dec20-tdS Commissioner,
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gwhen vennor predicted that there would pea
snow storm there was none, but there was
snow storm and very severe cold weather when
he did not predict it. AS Vennor Is making
money by the publication ofhis almanac OF pre-
tended weather prophecies. he Is smarter lhan
those who ara 80 credulous az to h'Ve 1altn III
them. vennor and all others who profess 70
foretell the character of the weather on speciheu
days, months in advance, are humbugs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-01-15
Personals.

The appointment OF W. E. Craig, Collector
of Internal Revenue for the Sixth District, has
been confirmed by the United States Senate.
Mr.. Charles d. Bragg, Editor and Proprietor
of the Allegheny Sentinel, was in this city last
week, and made brief call at this Office. His
paper is doing good service, and we hope it will
meet with the success its merits deserve.
Rev. James H. Leps, late Pastor of the Pres
byterian church at frankfort, Greenbrier
county, w. Va, left there with his family on
last Friday for Texas, where he will serve as
Evangelist within the bounds of the West
Texas Presbytery.
Mr.. Eugene Peyton, so long connected with
the White sulphur Springs, and recently man
ager of the Rockbridge Alum Springs has
been appointed general manager of the Natu-
raj Bridge. its hotel parks. &C. He will take
charge on the lst of April next, and will also
conduct the management of the Rockbridge
Alum next season.
Mr.. Robert Hill, Jr, who did business in this
city for six years, has been appointed the Rich
mond agent of the Continental Brewing Com
pany of Philadelphia. This Company has
made wise choice in selecting Mr.. Hill as
their agent, for he is one of the most energetic
experience in handling beer.
Mr.. L. Waddell, late Editor of the Charlottes-
Vile Chronicle, has ooue into the business of
selling boots and ST. s4 in CharlottesTile, hav-
ing bought out th6 Il X of D. H. Stern If that
place. He was fra Editor of the 8 EoTA-
TOR. then merchaI Churchville, q Edi-
tor of the Chronicle, ai7 1 now merchan gain.
We hope it will not long before he y IL again
be an Editor, for VI he is so well Atspted.
In the meantime, ,pe he will fir llling
boots and shoes MOI ,munerative tssn edit
ing newspaper
Mr.. George Steven -t5 I',.rsrvife. II EaS- Yer
non, N. Y, arrived here q week ago, and are
the guests of the family OF Maj. N. 81. Hotch-
kiss. We are are pleased to learn that they
gentleman of varied and rare talents, and is
well known in newspaper literature by his
nom de pEtme-"Wade Whipple." We hope
that he will conclude to become q permanent
resident of our city. he has musical talent
and would be quite valuable acquisition to
any amateur concerts that may be given here
this winter We are sure that he would WILL
ingiy take part in such entertainments.
| lawyers will gladly learn that Brougham,
the great English bsrristsr, was always careful
of his throat and further, that DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup ia the best remedy for bronchitis and
Othsr throat troubles.
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MARETAGINS

HAIsLIP--BEARD.-On the Bird inst, at there's
dence OF the brlde's parents, near CraigsvilIe
Va, by Rev. G. L. D. Collins, Mr.. ArchibaId
Haislip. of Aibemarle county, Va ,rand Miss
Lizzie X. Beard, of Augusta co,
o21LEsM,bUMPUs.-On January I'd. 1884. in the M
E Church South, Lexington, Va, by Rev. T,
g Miller, DIR. A. c. Pole. of Baltimore. Nd. to
Miss Mary Lou Bumpus. ~
WILMER-WILLs -In Rockbridge county, on
January I'd, 1884, by Rev. E. C. Root. at the
home of the brides parents, Mr. VIM. FL
Wilmer and Miss Gsorgianna Wills
ER-GAILINGER.-At the residence OF +
Hollander, in Harrisonburg, on TUESDAY Ian.
nary g. 1884, by Rabbi w. Weinsteire MT
julius Switzer, of Staunton, and Miss Dora
Gailinger, of Harrisonburg late of Stuttgart
Germany.
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AFashionah,e Innovation.

The chahng-dish has become quite an insti-
tuition among our fashionable bachelors. When
a visitor calls, after a few hours of social ohat
in which the conversation is Emersonian, this
cunning little device, Of an elegance varying
with the means of the owner, is placed be-
fore each visitor, and from massive
epergne OF solid silver-or wood-the luscious
oysters are dipped, and the alcohol lamp light
ed, (the host meantime evincing solicitude lest
the breath of any of the. party be -blogn too
directly in the flame,) and the social meal is
deftly and daintily prepared. So much solid
epicurean enjoyment is extracted from these
inestimable little appliances that many of our
representative bachelors are provided with
them, and the polite invitation of "Have
chafiug-dish ?" is becoming as stereotyped as
the effete "Have cigar?" among that order OF
Sybarltes, and the comprehensive use to which
they are adapted, on IN intimate acquaintance
with their structure and management, has
threatened the existence of our leading board
lighthouses, the astounding falling Off of whose
patronage the bewildered proprietors are at
loss to account for. They Che chafng-dishes)
are not circumscribed to the pent-up Utica OF
oysters alone, but soups of the most compli-
Gated and nourishing description are readily
and quickly prepared In the very presence OF
Vic plcASeu anu dSbCuIsQSu guest, ana IN Gases
of protracted Illness when the bachelors neces-
stiles are often overlooked or disregarded, and
his meals not sent with solstitial regularity.
they prove quite blessing. Several OF the
happy possessors, who have been regarded
on the brink of matrimony, have postponed
Indefinitely any change of condition, and feel
themselves removed by the blessed LITTLE in
vention from all these gnawing incoHveniences
which are held to be inseparable from the cell
bate state. Economy in fuel is also subserved,
for little caloric is difused during the active
ebullition of the dish, and warmth of food is,
after all, tsrvsfl qua o,s OF ger,<r <i " Inter
contentment. With him who invented sleep,
therefore, let there be canonized the benign in
ven or of the chafing.dish.
Oh how earnestly wish,
That had chatting dish,
The oysters to prepare, to prepare, to prepare.
l would always be well fed
And ready for my bed,
And of matrimony I'd beware, I'd beware, I'd
beware.
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The Martinsville Herald says that "Mrs.
Langtry's appearance in several Virginia cit
les during the holidays, afforded her very full
premises for the judgment she pronounces on
Virginia beauties. She says that the most
beautiful girls in America are found in Vir-
ginia; that she saw more strikingly attractive
faces among the Virginia audiences than else
where on the Continent. And who doubts the
correctness OF her judgment?"
The Herald failed to state that some of the
prett1est girls she saw in tile city of Staun-
ton. 1t should have reported all she said.
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EASTERN VIRGINIA HONES.

Our revised Real Estate Journal, which will
be sent FREE to any address, contains large
now. Do You want q cheap home? Do Won
wish to invest In mill or store property, i'm
proved or unimproved land? We can suit Won
il you will only come and look. We can secure
you reduced rates on R. r., at hotel. aud show
you property free of charge.
We offer great Inducements. Address
VIM. p. HILLEARY & SON
/ "A Warrenton,
slaa-6t* Fauquier Co., Va.
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DEATHS FROM SCARLET FEvER.-The MOUNT
Sidney correspondent Of the ptTglna0a gives
five fatal cases recently of scarlet fever IN MI.
Sidney as follows
Zone little child of Mr.. Kotz, merchant; three
children of Mr.. Clay Allen, an employee OF the
Valley E. r., and one of Harvey Turner's, col
Ored %