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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24
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al ELL's CoNpI9IoN PowDERs.-Hogs will fatten
on leqs corn if these Powders are given them oc-
Esasion ally. By their timely use Hog Cholera
Eenn be prevented. If fed to Hogs once or twice
"a week, it will certainly keep away disease.
Price 25 cents. or 5Packs for 81. For sale by
Druggists and all prominent Stcrekeepers.
T CAUSE AND EFrEcT.-Cods are The effect Of OBJ
lstructed -perspiration. The symptoms are 50
| generally understood, that nothing need be said
on that point. But colds are easily taken, and
unless great care is exercised second cold will
often be contracted, or in other words, one cold
will run into another, and confirmed cough en-
sue, bringing on straining and racking of the
lungs and the production of tuberclcs. Although
many thousands Of persons are drifting through
these symptoms towards pulmonary diseasessof a
dangerous character, yet the majority think that
lthey are troubled with nothing but an ordinary
/ cold, which will remedy itself and pass away.
Fatal delusion-the rock on which many life
has been lost. See to it at once that your cold is
attended to. Use MISHLER' s HERB BITTERS.
the most potent remedy ever discovered for Colds
and Coughs, and certain protection against the
danger Of taking them, if it is used regularly
two or three times day as tonic.
EcoMoMY.-The Lynchburg Ne,cs says :
|'Theminds Of our people are being astound-
ed BY the colossal amounts and figures Of
the. department reports and statistics now be-
T ing published in connection with the Rresi-
dents message. We trust they will not lose
tleir balance, however, Or forget that we, in
our individual capacity, have to. deal With
but small amounts and figures of brief di-
mansions. In fact, there is no duty more
imperious and sacred than that of economy
| in private life and business The govern.
ment may recklessly and lavishly expcnd its
millions;i but the industrious laborer who
practices. a rigid frugality, and lays aside
something from the fruits, Of his tod, will
become independent in despite Of all these
disadvantages and the criminal prodigality
| Of the Government and the corruption Of
its officers aud agents. The great duty Of
the hour is labor, and its corollary is econo-
my and prudence.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24

AYEW BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE.
IN Has IIardings Editions of Family and
Photographic Bibles for SALE and will receive or
ders for and furnish them at the Publishers pri-
ces and much cheaper than they can be had of
pedlers. Our prices are for Quarto Bibles ar
ranged for family photographs, $3.50; ditto,
Is family photographs and clasp, SIS, SO. Parties
in Staunton have paid Pedlars So and $l2 for
the above bibles. Call and examine our prices
before making other purchases.
NJ. SULLIVAN,
next to Links Drug Store Staun,on, Va.
aug left
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24

The Harrisburg State Guard says: eve
learn from Washington, that the President is
resolved to force the responsibility on Con-
gross Of exposing, and Furnishing the rascals
who are engaged in cheating the Govern
mcnt." Aud on the strength Of this, that
paper further remarks lin this he will sig
nally fail" True, every word Of it. Presi-
dent johnson cannot get Congress to 'expose
and punish the rascals who are engaged in
cheating the government" because in that
event the major part Of themselves would be
consigned to the penitentiary. Such rogues
arenot so easily brought to repentance.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24

The Shenandoah Herald says: We understand
that the stages will be taken off the line between
Harrisonburg and strasburg in few days.
Whilst we are in favor Of Railroads, we feel 10th
to part with g Uncle Jimmy's" line of coacL es,
We have been SO long accustomed to their rattle
that we looked upon them &c fixed Institution,
and greeted their arrival with feelings similar 10
that of o warm personal friend. Good-by, Une 9
mmy. Success to you above.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24
TN v1aofvIA FFvira:-.fn exchange

THE VIRGINIA. FEvrR-An exchange
says this is a new fever that has broken out
recently in the North. Quite a number Of
citizeus from that region have been travelling
through this State inspecting the lands, and
have taken back home such favorable reports
as to put them to thinking Of emigrating to
the Old Dominion, Che land of sunshine and
fowcrs 1t cannot be otherwise than that
land such as is to be found here in so delight
full climate, must and will double in value
ina few years, when matters in the Southern
States become little settled. Land in the
Shenandoah Valley has already doubled since
the war,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24
NORFOLK CONVENTION.

NORFOLK CONVENTION.
The great Commercial Convention has adjourn
ed, and henceforth,
I. WITH e BRO.
at the Granite Front, have determined to keep
such stock on hand as will utterly surprise the
people of this section.
Cheap! Cheaper! Cheapest! ~!
WILL De THEIR MOTTO.
Their stock of Fall and Winter Goods is now
on exhibition. nag Call early and get your
Winters supply from l. WITT & Bro,
oct2l-tf. Stanton, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24

Look out for old Kris Kringle. for he will most
assuredIy pounce into your presence ere another
mornings dawn. He is said to be very phunny
phellow; but the phunniest of all the phunny
phellows is Peter Kurtz, who will be on hand with
his "Funny Boy to serve to an admiring and
appreciatiye community, who are ever anxious to
welcome him in his annual visits to their resides
with an earnest prayer that his shadow may
never grow less May no gauntly ghost eve,
haunt him in his dreams, no one to modest or make
him afraid, and life's uneven ways be calm and
serene. assn, s.st
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24
rMPORTANT NOTICE!.

~ LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST.!
The undersigned, would respectfully call the
attention Of the Public to the fact that he is pre-
pared to do all kinds of Carpenter Work, such as
BUILDING, REPAIRING, &c,
in the best workmanlike manner, and on the
most reasonable terms. Satisfaction guaranteed
Is Address II O. Box No. g. or leave orders at
my Shop. SAMUEL ]. SMITH,
oct 14-Sm Staunton, Va
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24

E4P-HEADs. The man who fatteIs himself
that every girl who looks at him is favorably
struck by his stunning appearance, is simply a
victim of misplaced confidence As a general
thing young chaps don't look half as well to 9TH
ers as they do to somebody worshipping mir
4 ron. All the nonsense, vanity and sappiness of
5hp human kind is not confined to the sex that
Nears petticoats and provoking skirts, by long
shot For concentrated Yacuity, prodigious moth
agness, unalloyed conceit and absolute Wcrth-
tessness, there are some men whom no woman
II N iold candle to-and probably wouldn't il
sY could.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24

CuRIsrMAs-Christmas is coming and will be
I here tomorrow. Many young heart will be
gladdened and spend sleepless night in antici-
patton Of well-fled stockings hanging round
their rooms, each little eye eager to catch a
glimpse of old Kris Kringle as he makes his de-
Bit down the chimney heavily ladened with tie
choice things in store for them. Every one is
fill of joyous glee except the luckless printers
poor devils-with no one to extend to him q be-
neyolent hand and make his heart glad in antici-
patton Of merry Christmas.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24

T TIE Way TO FIND HusDAsD.--Girls, study
more common sense and less witt more useful
Occupation and less music; more study Of the
pmysteries of the kitchen and less of the mystic
4 ries of Paris more mending of shirts and stock
s:sings and less making of bracelets less display
Sf toilets that appa the purses Of candidates for
wedlock more proof to men that they will find
ssin them helpmate, and not an embarrassment.
This recipe, if thoroughly tried, will greatly
lessen the number Of bachelors and increase
Il happy homes.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-24

The standard OF Rasners Writing > adopted and
taught IN its purity ut this Institution, by
CT the most experience and tuc-
cesrfui teachers Of Eusnraa and
Ornamental Penn nship
in the country.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-18
The Better Way.

It is much better for young man to devote three or four years to learning some respectable trade, which will
 support him in after life, than to waste his time and money in preparing to enter the professions of law and medi- cine, which are already overcrowded
 In the present state of the country, g trade is certainty, and the youth who desires to raise himself to independence without burdening his friends or rela- tives, will certainly prefer good trade to the unprofitablc title of doctor or lawyer There are too many of the practicing lawyers and physicians whose average incomes are not equal to that of skillful mechanic, and many whose emoluments will not pay current expenses. Let no false pride deter our young men from securing a prize in the lottery of life. If they feel within them aspirations for public life, still let them acquire trade; for that our future legislators, in the State and National councils, will be taken from the working classes, is as certain as that the sun will rise tomorrow Skill and energy will command sue cess in trade; the former is only to be acquired by constant practice under a competent instructor. The latter will come by the habit of daily labor and the determination to acquire wealth and position by mans own exertions in word, to be q self-made man-and it is such men that build up cities and communities, and make nations pros. porous at home and respected abroad
 "Dcad beats" have becomes so mum. erous in the professions that young man is not looked upon as anything who relies merely upon the legal oi medical professions for support.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-18
NUMBER 6.

and surged beneath me, threatening to fall at every motion of my body. Dark shadows fitted up from the depth below, as my straining eyes stared down into it, like spirit leaping to clutch and drag me down to death. Ten thousand horrors were crowded into these brief moments, but still I clung and crawled--and at last my right hand touched the coping of the wall I seized upon it with fierce ener- gy, and recklessly swung my body for ward. The frail beam, dislodged by this last shock, fell laundering into the abyss, and left me hanging by my hands alone. Another effort; concen- trating all the powers of my frame, and I lay at full length on the apex of the crumbling pile, trembling in every limb and utterly exhausted!
 It was desperate chance indeed ! but 1 had succeeded and was safe though my hair from that hour was streaked with threads of silvery gray
 
 I am glad my task is nearly ended for l find I grow incoherent as recall these horrors. sgThe descent from the wall was comparatively easy of accom-. plishment, and I reached home before dawn, no one having remarked my ab- scnce. The circumstances under W hich the bodies of De Chargny and Helena were found led the authorities to believe that De Chargny was the mur- derer of Jason Wilmer. As the letter received by the chief of police was in Helena's handwriting she was suppos. ed to be the denouncer, and he, having discovered her treachery after their meeting, through the copy of the letter found upon the floor beside them, had first slain her and then committed suicide. The fools did not reflect that ifthis had been so, he could easily have escaped, after killing her, by not giving the signal but my devils luck did no, desert me, and to this day have never been suspected.
 I have not escaped my punishment in this world, nevertheless-nor shall In the next. am rich, honored envied, but remorse, black narrowing remorse, tears at my heartstrings with a Fury's grasp; my days are torment and my nights hell, and
 "My concience has thousand several tongues And every tongue brings in a several tale, 3nd every tale condemns me for villain ''
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-18
Poor. but Healthy.

Some of our newspapers are fond oi placing before the public the origin of rich men. We think the poor ones should have a chance so we relate the following brief facts for the encour- agement of others:
 John Smith was the son of his father. He formerly resided in Stock Pogis, and other places; but he has moved to the penitentiary now.
 William Smith was the son of his mother. This partys grandmother is deceased. She was & woman.
 John Brown was son of old Brown. The body of the latter lies moulderlng in the grave.
 Henry Jones was the son of Q sea cook.
 Wm. Cannon was the son big gun.
 John Jones was Son of Temperance.
 In early life Gabriel Jones was actually shoemaker. He is shoe- maker yet.
 Previous to the age of eighty-five Caleb Jones had never given any evil dencc of extraordinary ability. He he has never given any since.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-18
A Leap-Year Lament. !.

Bother 'tis leap year boys, Awful to think of it: Ruin is yawning, boys,
 We're on the brink of it, Victims to woman's schemes, Each of us, all of us, Sure as we're living boys They'll be the fall of us. Fall of us, all of us,
 Bachelors, young and old: Maidsns are planning boys, Nothing their tongues can hold, Planning sll sorts of things Awful to think of itl Ruin approaches boys,
 We're on the brink of it. Confound the girls, Isay, Tyrants the whole of them Binding us wretches, boys,
 To the control of them; Shy of the witches, boys,
 For we are weak, you know, Worst of it they know it. Shame must speak of it SO. Popping the question, boys, That's what they'll do to us, live but give the plaques, Half side view ofus; Red lips and sparkling eyes, We'll, let me think of it; Heigh! sweet ruin, boys, like the brink of it.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-18

p~A Berkshire paper says that a fellow in that vicinity went courting his girl on Monday evening, and wish- ing to be conversational, observed "The thermomekron is twenty degrees below zelon this evening"" "Yes, innocently replied the maiden, "such kind of birds do fly higher some sea sons of the year than others
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-18


 MARKED HfM-A small boy out west was assisting his father mark sheep with paint and brush. The father would catch sheep and say to the boy, "Mark that" After the job was done, the boy started for his home, which was at some distance, and was overtaken by minister on horse back, who, seeingsthe boy barefoot, invi- ted him to ride behind him. After the boy was seated, he began to catechise him thus:
 My lad, do you attend the Sabbath School ?"
 "Nc," was the reply.
 "You should attend the Sabbath School, mark that All good children attend both Church and Sabbath school, mark that p After many more remarks of this kind the boy replied:
 'I have marked your back all over now, and it looks like the devil!'
 The reverend gentleman was some what astonished when he examined his cost.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-18
cE. A..E N
Dr.. R. B. SHELBY,

TNENDERS his professional services to the Il Citizens of Des Arc and surrounding country, in the practice of Medicine and ob- stetrics. He hopes from an experience of over fifteen years in Southern practice, to merit share of public patronage.
 Office one door East of Burney's Drug Store, march2S- lS6S-ly
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-08
A SONG
Respectfully Dedicated &C Iiae Radical
Party.

IAAtSl TAXES!
Taxes taxesi nothing but taxes!
Taxed upon all thst man can eat;
Taxed on our flour and taxed on our meat.
Taxed uEon all that oeysrs his oack,
FROM his cetton shirt 70 his broRdcloth black
taxed on whatever Is pleasant 10 see,
20 hear or smell, 70 feel or 20 be-
Taxes taxes LOthiug but taxes!
Grinding our noses as sharp as s1es.
AND WHAT ARE THE TAXES FORs
Why, the Freedmeu's Bureau to ksopIn repair,
50 that Radical lOafers can each have char,
And chance Tor the pickingb and steslings
Taxesl taxes! Republican taxesi
Taxed on the conn and taxed on the crib.
On the old mans shroud and the babyis BIB,
To pampeT the bigot ana fatten the knave
Taxed from the cradle plump into the grave.
AND WHAT ARE THE TAXES FoRs
Why, to buy all the rogues they can ind far
And give to each thief aIl bis steaIinss In clear
Taxes! taxes Republican taxes
For rich men TO snirk and poor men to pay,
From the piItancs they earn by the work OF
the daY'
By the strain of the muscle, the sweat Of the
By the spade AID the trowei, the axe and the
Why. the old Constitution to Knock all to
smash,
And m every placs-hOlaer's .,ockot with cash.
Hurrah for the taxes, the jolly Old taxesI
Come men get your noses all ground sharp IS
axes
Cry sumner and Stevens, Boa Butler and
Wade, l
And all our tax bosses that taxes have made;
You mudslils tn Yankee philanthropy sold,
Be Quiet-Obey-aEd your sAuey tongues hold
FOR THAT'S VII At THETAXES ARE FOR
The nOSe-grlnding taxes!
The Republican taxes
The Radical taxes
The Jacohin taxes
THAT'S JUST WHAT THESE TAXES ARE
FOR
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-08
he least displacement of the land-and.

the least displacement Of the land-and-
water line is eaaily noticeable.
The other phenomenon which we have
experienced In common with the people
Of Hawaii, is q continued succession of
volcanic waves, uncaused by any condi-
ton that We are as yet able to discover.
The first OF these waves was observed at
Honolulu on the night OF August 18th,
and noted st nearly the same moment,
200 miles TO the south east, by that ae-
tive observer, the Rev. Titus COan of
Hiio. The noticeable feature of this and
of the subsequent waves that have rolled
IN upon US from parts unknown was that
they were more powerful Ia proportion
to their proximity, as measured by the
nearDess of our different islands to the
American cogst. This line of increasing
wave-force, coincident with the time OF
the islands Ia this group, is directed to-
ward the southeast. II continued, this
line would infringe upon the South
American cosst, and we are inclined to
look in that direction, according to the
suggestion Of Mr.. Cosn, for the disturb
ing force that has rolled in these mighty
waves, at the rate Of two or three per
hour, for four days upon our quiet shores.
The popularity OF their motion has been
its slow and steady character. It was
not the sweep Of the furious breakers
that lashed our coasts at the time of the
April eruptions, but rather 3 gigantic
oscillation that suggested the idea of
vibration extending quite across the Pa
cihc, or q displacement of the whole
body Of the earth within Its envelope of
oceans, so that 1t vibrated within this
fluid covering as nut rattles in the shell.
The ref1ux, too, was generally twice as
great IS the hight which the water
gained above high-tide mark.
The speed Of tidal movements 80 vast
as those which recent earthquakes have
caused is almost incredible. The great
esrthquske-wsveo OF April 10Th was trans
mitted from Hawaii to the shores Of
Mexico, California and Oregon, dis
tauce varying from 5000 TO 5000 miles, in
FIVE hours time, as indicated by the gov
eminent self-re gistering tide-guages 1T
San Francisco and Astoria, which re-
corded its arrival on the evening OF the
same day in which it had desolRtsd the
coast of Puma and Ksu. On the 23d of
December, 1854, q similar wave was trans
mitted across the entire breadth OF the
Pacific Ocean, from Japan to California,
in twelve hours and thirty-eight min
utes. "These facts, says writer in the
San Francisco Bulletin, convey a very
impressive idea of the tremendous power
required to disturb the whole body Of an
ocean for 900 miles, by a movement
distinct from the tidal swing. It will be
seen that the revulsion of the great wave
Of April last was observed along stretch
Of the American coast more than q thou
sand miles in length"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-08
VOLCANIC.
The Subsistence OF Hawati-Ac-
cOmpanyiHg PhenOmeRa-A
Bold Explorer - Volcanic
Waves: ~

HONOLULU, August 29.-We are con-
graduating ourselves that we do not live
upon Hawaii. That island, go long oecu-
pied with earthquakes, eruptions, vol
cauic waves, and svalRnehes of mud,
that have desolated her valleys, has,
within the past few days, taken on s
new freak. 1t is apparently slowly set
Ting into the sea. Like Falstafi, Hawaii
is now proving herself to shave kind
OF slacrity In sInking.n
This uncomfortable phenomenon was
first noticed soon after the great earth
quskes Of last April but the derange-
ment OF level was at first supposed to be
temporary, and due to q tidal wave
which would recede in due course of time.
Letters from Hawaii to the writer, dated
as far back as last June, speak of the
unusually high tides that had prevailed
along the southern and eastern shores of
the island. 1t might well be doubted
whether any volcanic agencies, however
powerful, could thus permanently affect
the ocean level.
1t soon became apparent that the crust
Of the earth was yielding, and allowing
the greater part OF this great island,
WHICH has an area of no less than 1900
square miles, to settle gradually toward
bAO SChbVts Auo 4AclOlDS -, luuccu, lUs
considerable at any one point; but 1t
suggests the uneasy question whether
the whole Island may no prove base
less fabric ;" whether some day, dis
solving into the molten depths which
the geologists assure as lie hs,-. the
sssses Of its mo.%.iaitsins, it may not pass
nom sight, and "leave not track be-
hind" 1t Is difficult to connect this
feeling OF finsubstantislity with 80 vast
and lofty 3 mountain region as that of
Hawaii, whose SUBMITS rival the high
est peaks of Europe In altitude, and are
covered with perpetual snow; yet the
fact remains that the island has settled
upon its foundations q few feet, on its
southern and western shores, few
inches only on the east and north; but
enough to cover the old tide-marks, and
to overflow the vegetation of the more
Level oesehee. For the tides of the Pacific
do not reach half the elevation that
those OF your narrower seas attain and
the line Of vegetable growth is often sep.
arsted by but few inches from that OF
low water mark. In the HeTony Islands,
group distant ten days sail from our
own, your correspondent has seen the
pendant foliage OF forest trees that grew
at the edge Of lagoon. dropping into
the sea water twelve hours out Of the
twenty-four. From this circumstance,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-08
STOLEN.

HORSE STOLES.-On last Tuesday night,
VI about II O'Clock. from my LOT. ny riding
HORSE. followed him as far as Holly Springs
ana LaGrsnge. The thief offered him for sale
in both the livery stables st Holly Springs
bile and OhlO Railroad. said horse is a large
bay, l75z hands high. very broad across The
hips, q little larger on the lett hip than the
right, lett hind foot white, bread fat forehead,
walks and trOts well, aud a No. lOpsr, very
short body for = horse Of his siEe on the left
shoulder is q brand NJ, and J. Z. under II, and
q :. p. on the let hip; saddle and harness
marks around his girth, scar on one Of his
snklsz. don't recoliect which name a little
worn by collar. / Will give Fifty Dollars for
the recovery OF the horse OF any Information
tnat I VIII get him EGain, or one Hundred
Dollars for the thief and horse.
FL. BOYDT.
Sardls, Miss, October /, IS5s. oc5 I'm
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-08

The farmers in this section are engaged
st the present time in making their cor
ghum, large quantities of the cane hav-
iBg been raised this season. This article
Of farm production should be more ex-
tensively raised than 1t even is, al there
Is as much profit in IL as in anything
that can be grown or made on a farm
Chattanooga Uat0n, October 3.