The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-03-20

The great Natiolal Game Of Marbles is
| hourishing on the streets and alleys of Staun-
ton-.Egg picking" is also looking up. We
hope they are ''loyar' games, as our s.devir'
says "Washington played them when boy. y
LEGAL.-See card of Harmon & Keyworth,
Attorneys, &c, Washington City. They are
| reliable young men have the best of refer
ences, and are enterprising and will give
strict attention to all business entrusted to
them and make prompt returns. The Senior,
Chas. P. Harmon, served in Capt. Imboden's
Company, 18th Va, Cavalry, and his many
friends in the Valley will be glad to know
that he is in business, and we are sure he
will be happy to serve all who call ON him
We can vouch for the firm.
A HoTEL.-And when we say IA Hetel'
we mean everything the term expresses That
much desired article can be found in Phila-
delphia it is called the American and is
situated opposite Independence Hall. It is
truly American and we advise every South
ern man to stop there, if he desires polite at
tenton and the best of accommodation. Mr..
Heuling and his assistants are polite and spare
no pains in catering to the wants of their
guests. This Hotel is surpassed by none in
the country and We can not too highly re-
commend it.
VERY BAD.-John z. Karnes was discharg-
ed, by Court in Lexington, on the 9th The
Gazette says: s.We trust never to see or hear
of another such exhibition in our Courts Of
J1stice-they are shocking to decency and
subversive of good morals. The Court house
was crowded, throughout the trial and an ca
ger curiosity was manifested to hear all the
disgusting details in which the case abound
ed.'
This strikes us as very bad-espeeially in
Rockbridge! But we reckon the pious editor
of the Gazette will manage to stand it, and
crafty IAN eager curiosity" when a similar
case comes up.
ALARMING News FOR THE WEARERs OF ssCHIG-
MONS. The London Lancet tells a curious
and most alarming story about false hair,
which we copy fer the benefit of the wear
ers of chignoas:
eve should be sorry to say anything that
would UNNECESSARILY disturb the peace of
ladies' in their compliance with the present
remarkable fasion of chignons. The custom
may seem very remarkable to the male half
of mankind, but this objection would apply
to many OF the fashions by which ladies con-
slider that they adorn themselves, and SO must
not count for much. A more serious objec-
ton, and one more calculated to have weight
with English ladies, has been started, aceor-
ding to correspondent of our own, by a
Russian professor, NJ. Lindemann. Accord
ing to this authority, seyenty-six per cent Of
the false hair used for chignons and similar
purposes in Russia is infested with a parasite
to which he has given the name of gregarine.
The gregarious hair, it is said, is very like
other hair in appearance, but on close in
spection little dark brown knots are seen at
the free end Of the hair and may even be dis
tinguised by the naked eye. These are gre
garines. These parasites have most ignoble
ancestry and habitation, being found in the
interior of the pedicu5rs capits 1t is only
due to them, however, that these statements
should be verified by other observers before
we give all particulars of their natural histo
~.