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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24

REMEDY FOR SCRATCHES. is
disease of the blood, and cannot be cured
by outward applications alone. It consists
of an eruption of watery blisters which
break and exude a yellowish serum, which
sticks to the hair and forms crusts, while
the inflammation still continues, causing
the limb to swell, the swelling at times
continuing upward from sthe heels to the
back. The treatment should be to give a
pound of epson salts, and if it does not op-
crate freely to repeat it the second day
After that to give an ounce of hyposulphite
of soda daily for two or three weeks, or
even longer, and apply a wash of sulphate
of zinc, one dram dissolved in a pint OF wa
ter to the diseased part. This should be
carefully protected against wet, mud, and
all irritant liquid filth, which are sometimes
the original cause Of the disorder,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24
You Can Have 1t.

envy DEAR what would give to have your
hair?'' is often said by middle-a aged ladies' 70 s
Young ones. Madam, you may have JUST sucn !
hair. Parker's Hair Balsam Will give u e. eo
you. 1t will stop your hair from 1aiiiIS ~ ol.'
restore the original color ana maAo ood !. io nsi
thick, soft, and glossy You neeo rrna rUs
stand helplessly envying the gliis -, ahe e1ss
Basam is not oily, not dye, ouI IS sn ore-
gsnaed gansa drssslGg sos g cleanliness sd and purity
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24
ssIIss
EzN
r o EFT n "
D0UBTTNG.

In the days soon coming. darling,
When the pains and cares of life
Make me weary of the toiling,
Weary of the cease1ess strife;
When the hand of time has sadly
Left its traces on my brow,
Will You really love me, darling.
Really love me then, as now?
When the morn of life has vanished,
and the evening shades draw near
When my voice is weak and trembling
And the silver threads appear!
When my step is slow and faitering,
Will you then forget your vow?
viii you really love me, darling,
Really love me then, as now?
When life's Pickering spark shines family
Slowly comes the dying breath
When the tired frame is resting
In the cold embrace of death;
Will you come. and bending DER me,
Drop one tear upon my brow?
VIII you really love me, darling.
Really love me then, as now?
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you OR z.
[From Every Saturday.

If we could know
Which of u.s. darling, would be first to go,
Who would be first to breast the swelling tide
And step alone upon the other side
IF we could know!
II It were you,
Should walk softly, keeping death IN view
Should my love to you more oft express?
Or should 1 grieve you. darling, any less
If it were you?
If it were l,
Should improve the moments slipping by?
Should more closely follow Gods great plan
Be filled with sweeter charity to man
If it were L?
If we could know?
We cannot. darling; and tits better so.
should forget, just as do to-day,
And walk along the same old stumbling way
If could know.
l would not know
Which of us, darling, will be first to go.
I only wish the space may not be long
Between the parting and the greeting song;
But when, or where, or how, we're called to go
l would not know.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24

Malone is now supporting for the Presi,
dency a party that oppresses the poor una, ina,
alive sectional animosity. He is support
ing the man who is the candidate Of n mi |
lionaire gamblers-Gould, Sage, and Fl Fiela Il
and who if elected would be the friend o.
monopolists and soulless corporations. IA, "A,
least that is the character that Independent
papers give Blaine.-Richmond State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24

"WhenI grow up I'll be a man, won't
II" asked little boy Of his mother. eyes,
my son; but if you want to be man you
must be Industrious at school and learn
how to behave yourself" "Why, mamma,
do the lazy boys turn out to be womer
when they grow up?"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24

HENRY CLAY's GOOD HUMoR.-Henry
Clay was fond of the light skirmish debates,
in which his imperturbable good humor fre--
quently gave him an advantage over his
antagonists. On one occasion, when he
was replying to somewhat heated op,
ponent, sudden squall came up and ratified
the window curtains so as to produce q CON
siderable noise. The orator stopped short
in the midst of his remarks and inquired,
aloud, what was the matter; and then, as
if divining the cause of the disturbance he
said: .'Storms seem to be coming IN upon
MS on all sides'' The observation, though
trivial as related, was highly amusing IN
der the circumstances which gave rise to 1t,
and from the manner in which it was utter
ed. Mr.. Clay rarely failed to rivet the at
tention of his audience, and to reward it
His enunciation was clear and melodlous'
and he expressed strongly what ne deeply
felt. He was not over-cautious in his cfoice
| of phrases and epithets, when speaking o.
the usurpations of the incumbent OF sne
presidential chair, or one of the 'fean ana
hungry parasites who fattered and mislea
him. He was always happy in his lliusIra-
tions, and no one could tell good STORY
with better effect.-Ben. Perley Poore.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24

| was afflicted with kidney disease, and
suffered intensely. l was induced 70 trS
HUNTS Kidney and Liver] REMEDY. and
before had used two bottles was ent;ra~ ira
Y cured. Richmond Henshsw, Providence,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24

A shirt is a very humble gar
ment, but after all it has great
dealto do with mans happiness.
What misery arises from an Ill
setting bosom, a bad-htting neck
band, an uncomfortable yoke, or
sleeves too short or too long.
But now l will be comfortable
and happy, I have found the shirt
thatalways fts-"The DIAMOND
The tangled thread of life's ex-
istence henceforth will be smooth.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24

GIRLS DoN'T.-Don't flirt.
Don't talk slang.
Don't put on airs.
Don't learn to be cranky.
Don't try to arrest attention.
Don't say no when you mean yes.
Don't make drudge Of your mother.
Don't engage in forming acquaintance
too hastily.
Don't make fright of yourself to be in
the prevailing fashion.
Don't look on every young man as good
natured ice-cream freezer.
Don't make up your mind to be sweet to
everybody's brother but your own.
Don't run down your young lady friends
in their absence it's mean trick.
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TUFTS NagRanYE.

GRAY HAIR OR WHISPERS changed in.
stantly to g. GLOSSY BLACK by single ap.
plication OF this DYE. Sold by Druggists
or sent by express on receipt of So.
Office. A Murray Street, New York.
TUFTS hAAhuAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREE
auo7-ly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24

WHAT IMPRESSED Miss FAITHFULL.-
One point which impressed Miss Faithful
much in her American journeyings is the
fact that women in America are much less
ashamed of earning a living than in Eng
land. In England it is regarded as ma
tural and right for man to work for his
daily bread, but for a lady to earn salary
is too often regarded asdiscreditable as Nine
women out of ten who are earning their own
living will preface the statement of that fact
by more or less elaborate apology for hay
ing to work for their living. In other words,
work is not regarded as the normal state OF
woman, and this shows itself in many ways.
English ladies applying for situation will
give false names, and in one case, which
only recently came under Miss Faithfulps
notice, a lady threw up a profitable situa-
tion rather than allow her name to be known
to her fellow-workers. In America it is
otherwise. Fine-ladyism is creeping in, no
doubt, but it has not yet attained that uni
versatility which it enjoys in England -
America, however, is unquestionably the
paradise for married women, nor is there
any country in the world in which the hus-
bands are SO good, so kind and SO affection
ate as in the States.-Pdll-MaU Gazette
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Burdette on the Farm and Garden.

This month is a good time to pay the in-
terest on your mortgage and renew the notes
you gave year ago. 1t is also a pretty
good time to take up the notes you unwit-
tingly gave to the cloth peddler last Christ
Mas under the impression that you were
only signing contract.
Oats thrive best in an elevator. A farm
Ell. who has $4,000 bushels of oats in an
elevator need not worry about the weather.
Always raise oats In good elevator and
keep out of deal with the Chicago man.
Look after the bean poles you had left
over from last year. You will look long
time before you find any. They have gone,
partially into the insatiate NAV of the all
deyouring fireplace, and the neighbors have
stolen the rest.
Raise chickens. If you have got nice
| little garden, by all means raise Chickens
Your neighbor's hens are the best ones to
raise. You will find them from $50 a. M
until 6:20 p. m. on your lettuce, onion,
radish. and flower beds. You can raise
them higher with shotgun than anything
else. N. B.-Always eat the hen you raise.
P. S.-Cook the hen before eating. P. IS
Before eating the hen, that is.
| Crush egg shells and feed them to your
own chickens, if you are foolish enough to
keep any. If the whites and yolzs are re.
moved from the shell first, they will crush
more easily.
If a good horse shows symptoms of going
blind and is developing few first-class
spavins, it is time to sell him. Sell him out
of the county if possible. Beware of the
deacon who has little blaze faced "pacin'
mare" that he wants to trade for '.just sucL
| hsss.'
Eternal vigilance is the price of the potato
crop. About ten hours a day, devoted te
crushing potato bugs with hard sticks, will
probably save the upper part of the patch
for you. By the time you dig the potatoes
you will be SO Disguised with everything
pertaining to potato culture that you could
not look a potato in the eyes without feel
ing of nausea, and as for eating one But
this enables you to sell the whole bnshel
| without pang.
Young hens lay more eggs than old ones
This is because the giddy young things have
not yet learned their value. In a few years
they will know just how to stand around
on a strike when eggs are $1.75 Dozen
and then rush out and work double time
When eggs are so common the tramps won't
eat m,-Burlin0tOn Hn7c6.eue
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AMTEDOTE TO MALARIA
HE FEELS T.TKE A NEW MAN,

HE FEELS ETKE A NEW MAN,
"I have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
kfnds of pills, and TUFTS are the first
thst have Clone me any gcaG. Thay have
cleaned me out nicely. My appetite y
splendid, food digests readily, and now
have natural passages. / feel like new
map W.D. EDWARDS, Palmyra, o.
soldeverywhere, ,25e. Office, "A Murray St, ny,
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H. M. MATHEWS. ALEX. F. MATHEWS.
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THOMAS u. RANSOM.

VITM. NJ. McAEIISTER,
w KTTORNEY-AT-LAW
WARM SPRINGS, VA.
lourts-Alleghany, Bath and Highland, Va,
II Pocahontas, West Virginia.
EA-Specal attention given to collection of
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-09-27
Conservative Republican Party"

The neutrality-suspicious.
can-anything to-be-a-leader party in
New Orleans has ''petered out" in
its infancy. The Minor Edwards
branch of the same party has fulmi-
mated an address to the voters of
Louisiana, over which confrere Wells
Of The People twists himself into o
corkscrew of ecstac, aud delight. In
TACT, we have had eur disabilities
aroused over the same instrument.
l. is really worth good laugh; but,
beyond the amusement it affords by
its simplicity, it is not worth the pa
per it is printed upon. h is false
in essence and intent. and injurious
to pulic morals The assertion that
the issue made between the Demo-
cratic and Republican, parties SIS
protection versus free trade" is not
true. although. for our part. we wish
it was. 1t may be true in the next
campaign; bat at this time both par
ties cowardly avoid the issue. Then,
if the "past record of party is to
determine us in our Judgment ms to
its future policy" We cnn look ont
for perpetnation Of the schemes of
robbery and fraud that have prevail
ed for twenty years, if the Republi-
can party again secures control OF
the national administration. As en
open advocacy Of highway" meas
ures it bears the palm.
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The above Eighty Names were written
OH separate pieces of paper, and by the
jury commissioners. together with the
clerk, the first fifty names We're placed in
an envelope and sealed. and endorsed on
the same 'Jurots Drawn for the first week
of the November term of the district court,
and the last thirty names drawn were also
placed in a separate envelope by the jury
commissioners and marked "Jurors for the
second week of the November term of the
district COURT and said envelopes were
then placed in the jury box, the jury box
sealed, locked, and then placed in the
custody OF 5. b. Shackelford, clerk of the
district court; for use at the next term of
the court The said S. b. Shackelford,
clerk OF the district court, did then aud
there, in our presence, keep process ver-
bal of all the acts done by said commis-
sioners in said drawing, which we certify
to be correct by our signatures, this 22d
day of September, A. d. 1884.
G. H. TEAL,
A. BLOXOM,
+. Z. LAYSSARD.
Jury Commissioners.
s. b. SHACKELFORD,
Clerk and Ex-officio Jury Commissioner,
Grant Parish, La.
Filed Sept. 22d, 1884. -
S. b. SHACKELFORD, Clerk.
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foFFIcAL.l
- LIST OF JURORS
Drawn to Serve at the Term of the District
Court to be Held on the 18th Day Of
November, A. D. 1884.
foFFicIAL.1
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF GRANT.

PARISH OF GRANT.
Pc it known and remembered. that we,
the undersigned jury commissioners, OF
the parish OF Grant, Only appointed and
qualified according to law, met this day in
the clerks office, in the court house, at
Golfax, parish Of Grant, to draw u jury to
serve at the next term of the district court,
to be holden ON the third Tuesday of No
vember, 1884, being the 18th day of Noyem-
Der, 1854. The clerk of the court, 8. b.
ShackelfoId, then furnished the jury CON-
missioners with a INST of the jury who had
served at the last term of the district
court, when the jufy commissioners, with
the assistance of the clerk of the district
court, and ex officio member of the Jury
commission proceeded to open the general
yenire box, and after revising the same by
striking from the list and taking from the
box all those who had served as jurors at
the last term OF the court, removed from
the parish, died, etc., then proceeded to
replace like number of names in the
general venire box, taken from the regis
tration and poll books of said parish, SO as
to supplement the number of names taken
from the general venire box to its original
number, three hundred, when Mir. Chas,
Teal drew from tie general venire box, in
the presence of the undersigned commits
sioners, one at time, the following Fifty
Names to serve for the first week:
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The Barking Out Of Date.
rHartford Times.l

Hartford Times.
Women are beginning to abolish
the earring as one of their personal
adornments, although it will take a
long time to wholly Danish this favor
ite but barbarous ornament. The
recent esthetic movement in dress,
which introduced among its absurdi-
ties some truly sensible ideas, has
much to do in educating women TO a
better standard of taste regarding
personal adornments. The most ex-
clusisely fashionable women do not
now wear earrings in the day time,
and only those with jewels or rare
stones in the evening.
Finally. they may be discarded al
together, and the money speDt for
diamonds in this direction will be
invested in brooches, pendants or
bracelets. Already some OF the ia
nous actresses aud leaders III fashion
make point of not wearing ear
rings. They say a pretty ear is dis
figured by them, and that more
attention is attracted to homeiy ones
with these attached ornaments.
There are several women in Newport
worth their millions, who own superb
diamonds. but not one set IN ear
rings. as they consider them dis
figuring barbarous fashion.
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A Coifaxian In Yankee Land.
Editor Colfar Chronicle:

Editor Collar Chronicle:
The sun shohe brightly and shed
his reApIendents rays on the placid
bosom Of Massachusetts, bay, aud far
away into the surrounding country,
dazzling on the house tops, and
against the church spires Of the
many populohs cities and towns
within its orbit. The dome OF the
old capitol. as if envioas of natures
charms, reflected back DER the broad
expanse of blue water the golden
sheen that danced and glittered upon
every object it encountered. The
booming Of cannons had ceased. but
clonds OF sulphurous smoke still
foated in the atmosphere. Young
America had doomed his Sunday suit,
aud, quite alive TO the interests of
youth and the prevailing custom, that
actuated his ancestors for more than
o century past, added new impulses
to his nature, and made bis habits
more than ever characteristic Of the
occasion. the celebration Of Inde-
pendence day. Flags foated every
where, FIRE crackers. toy pistols. tin
horns, and hundred otherlauxilia
ries lent their services to the deafeu-
ing sound of New England revelry.
The glorious Fourth was duly usher
ed in. Tie city was a, rest from its
daily toll, bnt bent on q round of
pleasure. I had previously arranged
to go East that day but was npde-
cided what to do. l longed To stay
and participate in the fun and merry
making, but yielding to the pressing
solicitations VI q widowed sister, aud
another who might as well be. for
sue never stays at home, who induced
Inc to travel toward the rising snn
I a. m. sharp and we were at the
depot; q few moments more. inst
long enough to get our tickets, and
we we're on b ard the Flying Yam
kee." bound for st. John. Chelsea
passed ont of view IN twinkliug,
and Boston aud its environs were
lost TO sight in an almost incredible
space OF time. The bay was alive
with sailing craft. The shores Of
the Atlantic seemed devoted to nau-
teal pleasure. Excursiouists lined
the beach and filed every public
avenue Salem and Lynn were doing
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That Railroad Franchise.

Editor I0lcn TAX: tl
Sir-In an. editorial headed "The
Railroad Convention at Monroe" IN
your yesterdays issue, / read the
convention resolved that it was the
sense of property holders Of these
parishes to extend large subsidies iu
the way of money, to be raised by
direct taxation, donations of valuable
lands. amounting to hundreds Of
thousands of acres, right of way, de-
pot grounds, aud other concessions,
in aid of this enterprise, the railroad
tax to be voted to the constitutional
limit of five mills for ten years.
The convention resolved to donate
this subsidy in answer to PROPOSE.
tion OF the Ooachita Valley railway
company, new corporation Just
formed, and represented before the
convention by MIR. ID. A. kexford, OF
Now York, which proposition called
for this action by the parishes namod
The corporation is backed by CAPT
talists whose ability ito construct,
equip aud operate the road viii not
be questioned. My observation and
experience of railway companies aud
railway adventures, impels me to
complete your last paragraph by add
ing to it. provided the people Of
the country through which the road
is to be built (Which even then may
be doubtful d,atter) will furnish It
with money, land. and all other means
and requisites necessary TO enable it
to do 80, said corporation 10 o,ca the
road. pocket the profits, and govern The
people and the country which thus
creduously confided in it." The lat
ter franchise is sure to follow the
others as the night the day, whether
nominated in the bond or not, aud it
is sure. loug before the end, to be a
binding and lasting bond, for which
the convenience and facilities afford
ed will be no commensurate salye.s
- -
look on this as but another iilns-
tration of the fable of the spider aud
the fly. from illustrating the fy's'side
of which l think a publication of q
similar nature to this, which ! made
at the time, Ind some influence in
lettering our parish, when some IF.
teen years or more ago. general
officer Ton the other side came
patroniziDgly among us ss "Tbe
agent and representative Of a wealthy
company of Illinois capitalists" pro
posing to take the charter aud fran
chises of the then partially construct
ed Louisiana Central Stem, since ab-
sorbed, and uselnlly so. by the Great
Anaconda of the Continent, road
conceived and pnt in prosperous con
struction by the BRAIN, energy aud
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coLFAx GRANT PARISH, La SATURDAY SEPTEMBER Il 1855

zeal OF our eminent fellow citizen
aud parisboner. the late j Judge Henry
Boyce, and complete it to Shreveport;
provided, as IN the instance III DIS
cussion, we, the stockholders, would
give it TO them, and the parishes and
people through whose land it passed
would give them the right Of way,
dopot grounds, and all other requis-
ties, together with large sums Of
money in parish bonds to be paid by
taxation on the people. = =
My feeling aud argument, now, as
then, is, that it we, lhe people of the
country, are to furnish the bulk OF
the means for building a railway
through our own country, why should
not zoe own, profit by, and govern ii
ourselves. Judge Boyce's road, Us
il was called, was essentially Lou
isianu institution, owned and con
troled by I.ouisianians, being built
with Louisiana capital, under coli
tract aud in prosperous progress of
construction by most, excellent,
practically experienced contractor, OF
much financial ability, at $4,000 a
mile, completed and stocked with
locomotives aud cars, when the adj
vent OF war into our midst put stop
to it. But had our people respond
ed at the commencement of Judge
Boyce's- enlightened aud patriotic
,urgences, and when they had ample
means to have done so, aud no
thought of war, among Southern
daiesmen, mnch less people, the road
could have been built before the war
came. Now with unrefective impet-
uosity we seem to be rushing into
the "Maiden" drms+ of Northern
capitalists beseeching them to take
noac what little we have left, and,
.prospectiotly. orr liberty and freedom
Of political action, submissively cross
ing our hands whilst they rivet their
slightly gilded chains on them.
But in my opinion we have the
means ourselves to build all needed
railways in our country. =
Aud even If with such means and
energy as we have Mt present, we can
build but ten or fifteen miles OF rail
way year at first, those miles win
be our otCa property, controlled by US,
AMI helping to build on the remain
der all the faster. But 10 giue of our
scanty means now, to bind ourselves
to further and still heavier taratton
for the benefit of those already hav-
ing, or protesting to have, abundant
means, appears 10 me to be the height
of folly. and 4 beg that you. and tn
people who have to pay the music
that others may dance. will well and
thoughtfully weigh the matter in
your minds ere you sanction by your
vote. Very respectfully,
g. Mason GRAHAM.
s"MuDES"-fsH ARMS An instrument of tort
ture in the Spanish Inquisition, called THE
Maiden" the oufstretched arms of which, filled
with sprfng-knives, in closing on the victim
pierced him to the quick.
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s"MIpES"-rsH ARMS. An instrument of tort
ture IN the Spanish Inquisition, called THE
Maiden the outstretched arms of which, filled
with spring-knives, in closing on the victim
pierced him to the quick.