Volume XIII.—Number HARRISON BURG, VA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1878. $2.00 a Year in Advance. A CENTURY OF DANDIES. oncame a common fashion, and in Bon the prince Esterhazy dropping his dia- Poisons and Antidotes. yyFor tbe henottt of thoco of our rowlorH who nrfl powder at old Dfke Decker's and play- The boy bad been weeping. He lift- neutlmeutally inclined, wo reproduce the following ing what's 'er name—dang it 1 oh, bag- ed hie swollen eyes to bis father's face, J(Jonson's "Silent Woman," the barber monds. In the East it is still a matter from the pen of N. P. Willis: UISOBY OF MASCULINE TOOQERY FOR A HUN- reremarks; "I have fitted my divine and of propriety, and the Indian princes It most frequently happens that se- ertelle, behind tbe shop for drinks of and spoke: r I love tbe night when tho moon nhlnen bright DKED YEARS GALLANTS OF THE PAST AND 01canonist,, dyed tbeir beards and all." who come to London to offer allegiance rious and distressing results are ooon- Ou floworM that drink the dew; ginger bherl Why, I didn't think "Father, I don't mind a flogging. 8 When cascHdcn about tho etarH peep out, DEAUX OF THE PRESENT —LITERARY MEN It is curious that in tho most manly make tho hearts of (he fashionable wo- sioned by the accidental employment From &uld8 of bouudleHS blue. you'd Kko it, sir." That's not it. I deserve one for play- SLOVENLY, ETC., ETC. p(period of England's history, men wore men ache with envy over their great 0of poisons, and it ooonred to us that f "Like it 1" cried Mr. Holbrook. ing truant, perhaps; but tell me you v But dearer ar than moon or atar, . CCcorsets and laced in the waist. unout diamonds. wo might do a service to some of our Or flowers of gaudy hue, "Watkins, come back into tbe study. know I am not a thief, and then I won't In 1770 benux of the period dressed Sir Walter Italeigb, most manly and But the Anglo Saxon race has been rreaders by presenting them with a brief Or tho bubbling thrill of mountain rill, There—wait a minute; let mo collect care bow Imrd tbe blows are. Tell mo a 1 love—love—love you. in "bag-vvig nud laced ruffle and black ramost learned of men, had a waist of re averse to jewelry and fine clothes for a and compendious list of the more com- myself. When did you see my son at that father." 11 eolildxre,'' which was not a diamond, nlmarkable smallness, produced, it is hundred years, so far as men are con- mon poisons and the remedies for them thai—that horrible plane? Tbe man "Yon will not confess, then ?" said but a broad, blnck ribbon, worn about g;, umost likely to be close at hand. L0U1G. who ItlQops it is the worst man in town 1 the clergyman. said, by tight lacing. cerned. It is almost too mourufal, this In Church and In State, the neck. In Anstey's New Uaih Guide The dress of the time of James I. of gloomy black, in which alone a man is Aeids—These cause great heat and It in rule or bo ruled 5 There\ith the Gregg boys! When? "I did not steal tho money," said it in asked: EEngland and VI. of Scotland was lu- now allowed to be fashionable. One 8soDsatious of burning pain from the In courtship or marriage. "Onlyrihis morning," said Watkins. the hoy. "What can a man of Iruo fashion donoto 11mouth down to the stomach. Reme- It in fool or bo fooled; "I—I—I'was took bad with my knee "God hears yon," said Mr, Holbrook. Like an ell of good riband tied under the throat ?" dicrous; those padded doublets and regrets tho beautiful and manly cavu- In loglo and law, well-stuffed trunk-hose are supremely Her dress, in Which those splendid fig- ^dies—Magnesia, soda, pearl-ash or soap It U nick or bo nicked; aud was obliged to sit down there to "I know it," said Edward, A silk coat with embroidered culls, a ugly.^ There is something pretty about urea whom Vandyde has immortalized ^dissolved in water, then use stomach In ganibliDg aud trade. rest, sir; anS there tbe boys was, sir. "Edward," said Mr. Holbrook, "I am ^Nivernois hat, bag-wig, ruffles, solitaire, ^ It is trick or be tricked. Your'n, sir, bild bis books in a strap, the bat— a high crown, with a rolled fought at Edge Hill, lounged about the Fpomp or emetics. In treaty and war. a strong man. You are not able to buckles set with stones, cameo brooches, ^border and a rosette in front, something court of Charles the First in his bap- Alkalies—Best remedy is vinegar. It is bent or be beaten; and it was long after scbool opened. bear the whipping I will give you. It silk stockings, snuff box and muff.— In the struggle for life. liko the one with which Barbe Bleu has pier days, and finally died so nobly and Ammonia—Remedy—Lemon juice It is eat or be eaten. Tbey bought lots of eatables and gun- will come to confession at last. Spare Truly very fine, indeed. n)made us familiar in that opera. gracefully. It might not be oonveuieut cor vinegar; afterwards, milk and wa- powder, and thinks, and they hired old us both." In almost such a suit as this did 1G4C was published a picture called for Wall street, but it would be very tter or flax seed tea. From the Now York Ledger, Docker's boat and went out iuto it, For answer the boy cast off bis Garrick play "Macbeth;" and Quinn, "The Picture of an English Anticke," becoming at the dinners and balls in Alcohol—First cleanse out the stom- and broke an oaydndlmd to pay for it. jacket. at sixty years of age, and of such cor- ^with a list of bis ridioulous habits and the evening. aach by an emetic; then dash cold wa- A FATHER'S FATAL MISTAKE. They spent fite dollars altogether— Go on," he said, "I'm ready. You pulence as to weigh twenty stone, used ^ ter on tho bend and give ammonia least ways I h«ird old Decker say so. may whip me to deatb, if you like. I'll epeish gestures. "He wears a tall hat, Our American streets miss the ena- ( BY MARY KYLE DALLAS. to play young Chamont in "The Or- Jwith a bunch of ribbons ou one side; mel of costume which mnkns a Euro- ((spirits of hartshorne.) Five dollarsdollars—t/iem —tiieni boys I! Well, 1I felt inever call myself a thief." phan" in a suit of clothes heavy enough bis^ face is spotted with patches; two pean city so gay. The soldiers, in the • Arsenic—Remedies—In the first I'd orter tell." I It sounded like a dcfiancy, and the for Othello, a pair of stiff-topped white ^ The Rev. Mr. Holbrook put tbe mon- "Thank you, vVatkius," said the cler- |first blow fell. With the first blow all love-locks on each side his head, which proud scarlet in Loudon, relieve the Iplace evacuate the stomach; then give ey there, exactly in tbe middle of tbe gloves, and an old-fashioned major-wig, .hang upon his bosom and are tied at gloom of the atmosphere; aud the tthe white of eggs, lime water or chalk gymau, sadly. I'lt is bitter news; but |the evil passions that lay dormant ia and black stockings, and people argued .. and water, charcoal and the prepara- table. He remembered it distinctly, ®you Lave done y^ur duty." ,either breast awoke. Tho violeat ob- the ends with silk ribbons in bows; bis churchman, the soldier, tho peasant o and he never was mistaken. But the ' as to whether Hamlet should not wear ^beard, on tho upper lip, encompassing and t,he gypsy make gay the towns on 'tion of iron, particularly hydrate. And Watkins departed, leaving his stinnoy( of tbe boy, bis unflinching re- diamond knee buckles and a Ramilies . Lead—White lead and sugar of lead. money was there no longer. What did pastor alone with his thoughts. ception of the blows, made the father bis mouth; his band, or collar, edged the coutinent. The stage gives us oo- it mean ? " ( wig! with lace and tied with band strings, oasioually the beautiful costumes of the ^Remedies—Alum and cathartics, such Five minutes aftei* he had gone tho |furious. Every stroke drove tbe good The Mnccaroni club, so much alluded s( There stood tbe little vase of flow- c secured1 by a ring; a tight vest, partly past. Mr. Wallack, in his twenty-five fas castor oil and epsom salts especial- clergyman's son, flushed with exertion iaugels farther from the boy. to in George Selwyn's memoirs, and in ers, tbe shadow of the rosebud falliug ^ opened0 and short in the skirts. His years of careful acting and stage man- 'ly- and excitement, opened the front door Suddenly a flood of rage, that passes the plays of the period, was an associa- , Charcoal—In poison by carbonic gas upon tbe cloth as he had seen it when and^ ran up stairs to his own room Eve tall description, filled his young heart, cloak was carried over his arm. The agemeut, has been singularly accurate he laid the note down. There were I tion formed in London in the year 1777 ^tops of his boots very large, fringed iu costuming bis pieces, thusconfernug 'remove the patient to open air, dash he reached it, his father's voice sound- iand an calb burst from his lips.