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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01

OVER ALL.
Ihe First strictly Impartial Trial ever had.
BLIND FOLD TRIALS AGAINST
Steinway's, Chickering'S, and other
Pianos.
We, the undersigned make Oath that at the time
OF the last Fair OF the american Institute held in
New York, Immediately following the French En-
position in Paris. ta0o Pianos made by Steinwav 4
Sons, one Patent Arion Piano, made by G.. C. Man.
ner, and several other makers instruments were
tried a ainst each other, by order and under con-
troll of the Officers of the Institute to decide
which Piano on exhibition in competition sbould
receive the First Premium sas the best Souare Phi;
ano known:" To obtain impartial trial, thrice
all OF said Pianos we're covered wh papers, 80 that
one Piano could not be distinguished from another.
during the absence of the Judges and tacice did
they select one of sale. Pianos as the best, which,
upon uncovering, both times proved to be said
Patent AKRON Piano, awarding it ssTHe First
Premium 'over I'LL others for being the best Square
Piano kpoaon to Mem.''
This trial aoas after Chiekering 4 Sons Piano haa
received the Legion Of Honor and Medaz and Stein
acay & Sons. the Medal from NAPOLEON and the
Judges of said trial were:
EDWARD MOLENHAUER, Prof. of Music, Mus
ical Director and Originator of the New
York and Brooklyn Conservatives of Music
CHARLES FRADEL, the eminent and favorite
Composer and Pianist to his Royal Highness
the Due Gustave of Sax Weimar, Eisenach.
FREDERICK R. BRANDIES Professor of Mus
ic; Teacher, of the higher school of music.
&c., sc.
A. D. BEsEMANN, Organist at Cathedral, Jer.
sey City; Pianist, &C.
julius Neuhardt, Robert Rieeer.
Henry Miller, Charles Soldwedel.
August Grueneburg, Robert Moenneg.
g. G. MANNER, (Inventor and Patentee of the
Arion Piano Forte)
Sworn to before me this 22d day of July, 1869
g. G. TAYLOR,
Commissioner of Deeds
The ARIoN Piano is the CHEAPEST, MOST DuRA-
BILE, LEAST CoMpLIcATED, requires less TUNING
and DOES NOT get out of ORDER it is
Tlae Standard Piano.
Write for afidavits, Pamphlet and Circular.
pzs~ AGENTS WANTED -ps
in every City and Town where we have not al.
ready appointed them.
COVELL Il CO..
Warerooms and Office, No 554 Broadway.
Manufactory, 1877 & 189 BowerJ, New York
nov lily
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01
A R O II
ING P.vF.NTa.

Patent reversed wooden Agraffe Bridge
throughout, RETAINS the sweetness of the old
WOOD Bridge, and OBTAINS the soldity Of the
METAL Agraffe, without its OBJECTIONS.
Patent Compound Wrest Plank
which holds the Tuning Pins. is six layers Ct Ms
pie, GRAIN running diferently,-THIs PLANK NEv-
Err SPLITS.
Patent Full Iron Frame
concentrates IN FRONT of the Tuning Pins, that
heretofore DAMAGING Iron (Which in other Pianos
hurtfully SURROUNDS the TUNING PINs,) and
" butts " into the front edge of the Plank and
EFFEcTUALLY ressts the TWENTY TONS strain
Patent Diagonal Sustaining Bar
part of the Iron Frame, next to and parallel with
the steel strings UNDER THE OVERSTgUNG
BASS.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01

aeA. GREAT DECLINE IN THE PRICE OF
SHEETINGS SHIRTINGS. AND
OTHER COTTON GOODS
The genuine New York Mills Cotton, only Zoe. !;
the genuine Wamsutta Cotton, only l9c. the
genuine Androscoggin Cotton, only 1899. the
genuine Fruit of the Loom Cotton, only 1896 !;
xcellent tull-yard wide Bleached Cotton at TO-
124 and l5c. per yard full-width nnbleached
Sheeting at 335c good unbleached Cotton at 81
10, and 12c per yard, at
LEVY BROTHERS.,
nov II 1918 and 1915 Main street.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01

sr THE BEST BARGAINS YET, in Satinet
at 3Oc, worth IS. Kentucky Jeans at 25c., worth
35c. A large assortment of Tweeds, Beaver
Cloth, Broad CLOTH Doeskins, Corduroy, Beaver
teens, and waterproof, at
LEVY BROTHERS, -.
1918 and 1915 Main street.
Don't fail to look at the 40c. Alpaca. also, at
the Silk Finish Velveteens at ST so, worth So.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01
FROM DIR. LLOYD, A PHYSICIAN OF Largo
PRACTICE.

|
PRACTICE.
Great Bridge, Va, October 8, 1869.
DR.. ]. j. LAWRENcE-Dear Sir: / cheerfully
endorse your Koskoo beng a most valuable
preraration Upon examination of the formula.
l find each ingredient highly extolled by our best
and most progressive clinical investigators. l
have tested its effects in my own practice, and
have no hesitation in recommending it, In nv
opinion, it is the best compound of its class ever
put before the public-exceeding by far all The
various compounds OF sarsaparilla. &c.. ever in-
vented. 1t is decided Nerve Tonic and In,ir.
orator of the animal forces, aiding digestion and
assimilation, and thereby producing healthy
blood, Nhich should be the basis of treatment in
all chronic diseases. Hoping you will reap the
reward you deserve from the public as benz.
factor, am sir, yours truly.
CHARLES LLOYD, ND
After reading the above high recommendatie
1nvalids cannot reasonably hesitate to gi,ssA
KOSKOO trial.
FOR ADDITIONAL TESTIMONIALS
From Physicians, Eminent Dvines Editsra
Druggists, Merchants &c., see KOSKOO ALMA
MAC for this year.
Price One Dollar Per Bottle
~ Fer safe n l'"essts. svs.rytsp3
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01
THE SOUTHERN MUTUAL FIRE IN
SURANCE COMPANY,

SURANCE COMPANY,
RICHMOND, VA.
Authorized Capital $250.0o0,oo.
Accommodations over $175,000,00.
This Company issues Participating Policies on
Town and City property, by which the insured
becomes member Of the Company, sharing IN
its profits simi-annual dividend Of per
cent. payable to the Mutual Policy-holders OF
this Company declared July LIST, 1869, also per
cent. January lst, 1870. Insure in this South
ern Company. its investments are made for the
benefit Of Southern advancements. 1t brings
money to our people. Keeps money with our
people. Then why should they continue to i'm
poverish themselves by sending money off, which
can as easily-as safely-as probably be kept at
home All who wish Life or FIR insurance will
find it to their interest to call on me.
H. H. PECK, Agent.
OFFICE with Drs. Hanger & Lultz, doors
North of Spectator Office, Staunton, Va.
may 12-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01
PRICES-A Fair Offer.

If the Merchants in your place will not furnish,
or send for the Machines, send us the retail price,
Washer SIS, Extra Wringer $40, and we will for-
ward either or both machines, free Of freight, to
places where one is selling; and so sure are
we they will be liked, that we agree to refund the
money if any one wishes to return the machines
free of freight after months trial, according
to directions,
No husband, father or brother should PERMIT
the drudgery of washing with the hands, fifty
two days in the year, when it can be done better
more expeditiously, with less labor, and no inju-
ry to the garments, by Doty Clothes Washer,
and Universal Wringer.
Sold by dealers generally, to whom liberal dis
counts are made.
R. C. BROWNING, Gen'l. Agent,
aug 25-tf 80 Cortlandt St., New York.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01
D0TY'S WASHING MACHINE,
LATELY MUCH 1MPRovED-AND THE NEW
Universal Clothes Wringer

Improved with RowELL's PATENT DOUBLE Coo
WHEELS, and the PATENT STOP, are now unques-
tionably far superior to any apparatus for wash
ing clothes ever invented, and will save their
cost twice year, by saving labor and clothes.
The Editor of the Lynchburg (va.) Press and
Record who purchased Washer and Wringer,
thus speaks of them:
We can knowingly recommend these machines
to just what the manufacturer repr esents them.
We have had them in regular use in our own fam
lily for over six months and we find that all the
really hard labor and drudgery of washing is en-
tirely dispensed with by their use. Washing is
neat and pleasant employment for a lady with
one of Doty's Washing Machines and Wringers,
and have thought that millionaire, with no
dependent heirs upon whom to bestow his fortune,
would become one CT the greatest benefactors of
his race by endowing fund with which to give
one of these Washing Machines to the thousands
of overtasked washerwomen which have in
our land Notice the liberal offer made by Mr..
Browning in his advertisement. There is no de-
cepton in this offer, and we would be willing to
guarantee its fulflment to the letter. Let every
family which can possibly do SO, buy Doty's
Washing Machine and Wringer.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01
Richmond Advertisements.

KICH77lO7IU 4WCGFtISCHI67lfS.
nay WOOLLEN YARNS, all colors and uali-
ties
Carpet Warps, all cofors;
Seine Irvine,
Bleached and Unhleachel Knitting Cotton. at
LEVY BROTHERS.,
1913 and 1915 Main street
Look at our 40c. Black Alpacas. Also those
cheap Bed Blankets. nov II
Hsa- BALMORAL, BOULEVARD, and HOOP
SKlkTS-A large stock of Skirts. Particular
attention is called to our Boulevard Shirts at 81,
worth So. Another lot of those fifty spring Du-
plex Elleptic Skirts at Soc, worth 81 so. at
LEVY BROTHERS.,
1918 and 1913 Main street.
Look at our 4Oc Black Alpaca. Also, the ST so
Nelvetsens worth 81. nov II
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01

ers. J. B. MOORE, Sec'y.
DIRECTORS:
Benjamin H. Nash. President of the Company
A. s. Buford, President Danville Railroad Co.
John Asher, late W. S. Donnan & Co.;
Thomas Potts. of Y. Stokes & Co..
r. w. Powers, merchant;
E. B. Addison, Of Allison s. Addison;
z. W. Pickrell, of z. W. Pickrell & Co.;
Thomas Brander, merchant;
W. G. Paine, of Paine & Co..
Franklin Stearns, retired merchant;
J. J. Waggoner, of Waggoner & Harvey;
John Fl Guy, attorney at law;
William B. Isaacs, of Isaacs & Co.;
c. II. Skinner, of Hill. Bently & Skinner;
John A. Sloan, Of c. 7. Workman 4 Co.;
Andrew L. Elicit of J. R. Anderson s. Co.;
Thomas Branch, of Branch & Co.;
Maxwell 7. Clarke, of Scott & Clarke;
H. X. Ellyson, of Cowardin & Ellyson.
H. II. PECK, Agent.
Office, Augusta Street. Stanton; Va,
sept s-k
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01

M E. ELDR1DGE & CO.,
1Yl. ALEXANDRIA, Va,
| Dealers in ANTHRACITE and BITUMOUS
! 0UAA6. april 7-g
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01
CRACKERS and Cakes.
~ GEORGE R. HILL & CO.,

" UEUKGE Il. HILL 4 CO.,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
THE JAMESON STEAM BAKERY.
full line of Crackers and Cakes, plain and
fancy, at the lowest market prices. No charge
for delivery. Send for our price list and be CON
vlnced april Fly
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-01
FISH ~!

wi. ALEXANDRA, VA,
Dealers in all kinds of HERRINGS, which will
be sold At the lowest market fates. april a-ly
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-22
A REAL DEMOCRAT.

From the Hartford Post
The MoCreerys are not SO bad lot after
all. We like their frankness. The Kentucky
Senator has done a service to the country.
He is Democrat of the first water, dyed-in-
the-wool, true blue. He believes in Demo
cracy. Believes in the whole of it, the old
fashioned kind not in your diluted New York
W01ld stuff; but in the real genuine pro-
slavery, pro-Rebel, anti negro, Bourbon De-
mocracy. And he believes the logical result
of Democratic success throughout the country
will be to restore to the late Rebels eyery-
thing they have forfeited, from their right to
vote and hold offioes down to reparation for
the damages done them by the war and COM
pensation for emancipated slaves. Hebelieves
that nothing should stand in the way of this
act of justice to brave aud unfortunate
people, not even the graves of the misguided
soldiers who died defending the Government.
Mr.. MeCreery had a logical mind. He fol-
lows the cause to its sequence with unerring
certainty. And we like him for it ever and
ever SO much. For look ye, if we had said
in the course of political campaign that
Democratic success would lead to any such
thing, or the proposition of any such thing,
as the restoration OF the confscated estates
of General Lee, and the removal for that pur-
pose of the bodies of the Union soldiers in
Arlington cemetery, we should have had no
end of denunciation from our Democratic
friends as slanderer, libeller, viliier, and
other such. We are under obligations to
McCreery for unbosoming himself. We like
these fellows who have lost their front teeth
and can't keep anything back. MeCreery
may have hurt his party-we observe that
there is great anxiety lest the party shall be
held responsible but let him console him.
self; he has served his country. His resolu-
ton has opened the eyes of the people to the
real tendency of the Democratic party.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-22
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Whether the somewhat summary action of
the Superintendent of the New York Insu-
rance Department, respecting the Great
Western Life Company, is to end with this
ming of q stringent exercise of that officials
prerogatives, becomes a question of rather
serious import. That it is worse than useless
to have an insurance department unless it can
protect the public from scheming promoters
ON the ono hand, and from organized inan-
eial debility on the other, must be apparent
to every one. II would be too much to ask
that the State should actually guarantee the
soivency OF our chartered companies; but,
virtually. tho existence OF an insurance de-
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-22
PENNSYLVANIA IN THE CABINET.

ITOHt TIC IutoOuIy LOHCHteTCUIt
One would suppose from reading the Wash
ington reports that the Republicans of Penn
sylvania, from one end of the State to the
other, were in arms because they are not re-
presented in the Cabinet, and that they are
leaving their factories, mills, workshops, and
fields to reinforce their Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Washington in demanding in
stant compliance with their wishes. Now
the fact is, they have very little feeling on
the subject Outside of the leaders and
cliques it is scarcely talked about, except
to comment on the fuss which clique leaders
are making over the matter. We undertake
to say that the Republicans of Pennsylvania
fail to perceive how Cabinet officer from this
State is ofsuch great politicalimportance either
to them or the country. They are quite content
to allow General Grant to have his own way.
While they would feel eomplimented with an
appointment from this State, they at the same
time realize that, considering how matters
are, were one to be made 1t would be marvel
if it did not dissatisfy as many as it pleased.
What they desire most is, that General Grant
may proceed with perfect independence of the
cliques and interested leaders who have raised
this clamor and who have some special object
to serve, political or financial. Nothing assails
the general health of the party so much as
the contests in which the leaders are con-
tinually involving it about Office and patron
hk6s WHICH cObt luuulJoly uUI6 tudu lu6y are
worth-in fact, we believe it is the de-
hberate verdict of nine out of ten of all
who are best prepared to render an impartial
one, that the offices are the greatest burden
the party has to carry, and that as a
party measure, thoroughly carried out, civil
service reform that would rid it of this en-
cumbrance would, in this light, prove great
advantage to the Republican party, not only
here, but everywhere. We have no appre-
hension that General Grant will be deceived
by the clamor about q Pennsylvania in
the Cabinet. If in case of vacancy-a va
cancy not forced but occurring in the natu-
raj way-he should find a Pennsylvanian
who in his Judgment is specially adapted to
Cabinet position, without particular re-
ference to any clique, combination, or inte-
rest, we undertake to say that he could count
on the support Of the party in making the
selection. But the future ascendancy of the
| party by no means depends on Pennsylvania
having q Cabinet office, but very materially
does it depend on the State not having a
Cabinet officer selected in obedience to a
| clamor raised by some particular clique,
combination or interest. If the Republicans
of this State have any desire to express, it is
| that General Grant make no such appoint
ment; and if there has existed any feeling
on the subject, or any now exists, it is lest
he should be persuaded to make an appoint
ment of such character. As a rule, we
think we are able to say that the great body
of the Republicans of Pennsylvania will be
representative in the Cabinet.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-22

R6Sy~ PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL
ROAD COMPANY, ONCE No. q97 S. FOURTH
Street
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30, 1870.
DIVIDEND NOTICk.
The Transfer Books OF this Company will be clos
on Wednesday, the 14th OF December next, and
opened on Tuesday, the 10th OF January, 1871.
A dividend OF FIVE PER CENT. has been de-
clared on the Preferred and Common Stock, clear
Of State tax, payable in cash the 27th Of Decem
ber next to the holders thereof, they shall stan
registered on the books of the Company at the close
OF business on the 14th OF December All payable
at this ofilce.
AL orders for dividends must be witnessed and
stamped. S. BRADFORD,
12l6w Treasurer
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-22

aeSs- PEOPLES BANK OF PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, December s. 1916.
The Annual Election for President aud Directors
TO serve for the ensuing year will be held at the
Bank on uESDAf, January 10, 1871, between the
hours OF ~ and O'Clock. ...r
wM. II. TABER,
II eth5t Hr. Cashier.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-22

sSsR. REMINGTON SOUP SOJIETY-A MEET
SS ing OF the contributors to this institution will
be held on THURSDAY EVHNING, December 90
1870, at 10 O'Clock, at the Soup House. No. 1886
CREASE Street, to elect officers aud managers for
The ensuing year. CHARLES NJ. LUKENS,
1921 2ts Secretary.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-22

pss9n AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COM.
-" PANY, WALNUT Street, southeast corner of
Fourth.
NOTICE.-The Annual Meeting OF the Stock
holders of this Company, for the election of Thirteen
Trustees to serve for the ensuing year. will be held
at the Office on MONDAY, January 2, 1871, between
10 A. M. and IL O'Clock noon.
1921 lot JOHN s. WILSON, Secretary.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-22
A LADY IN THE CASE.

From the a. y. Tribune.
''God was cruel when he made women,
says one Of George Eliot's characters, ia pas
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-01-04
NUMBER VI.
Divine Compassion.

Long since dream of Heaven had
And still the vision haunts me oft;
see the saints in white robes clad,
Inc martyrs with their palms aloft.
But hearing still in middle song
The ceaseless dissonance of wrong.
And shrinking with hid faces from the strain.
Ofsad, beseeching eyes, full ofremorse and pain.
The glad song falters to wall
The harping sink to low lament
Before the still untitled VEIL
L see the crowned foreheads bent
Making more sweet the heavenly air.
With breathings ofunselfsh prayer;
AND a voice saith: 20. pity which is pain
y, love that weeps, fill up my suferings which
Shall souls redeemed by me refuse,
10 share my sorrow in their return2
UT. SIN forgiven, my gift abuse
Of peace with selfish unconcern.2
has sanity easy no plying care?
, has falth no work and love no prayer2
w lille sin remains. and souls in darkness dwell
Can Heaven itself be Heaven, and look unmoved
on hell?
Then through the gales of pain dream,
A wind of Heaven blows cody in:
Fainter the awful discords SEEM
Ihe smoke OF torment grows more thin;
Tears quench the burning SOIL and thence
Spring sweet pale flo 9ers of pentence
And through the dreary realm of mans despair
Star-crowned an angel walks and lol Gods hope
is therel
Is it dream? If Heaven so high.
That pity cannot breathe its air;
Its happy eyes forever dry,
Its holy lips without prayer?
My God my God if thither led,
By Thy tree grace unmerited,
No crown nor palm be mine but let me keen
heart that still can feel and eyes that still can
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-01-04
POetT a..
The Old Bachelors New Year.

Oh, the Spring hath less of brightness
Every Year,
And the snow ghastlier whiteness
Every Year.
Nor do Summer blossoms quicken,
Nor does Autumn's fruitage thicken
AS it did the seasons sicken
Every Year.
1t is growing colder, colder
Every Year,
And l feel that am older
Every Year;
And my limbs are less elastic,
And my fancy not so plastic,
Yes, my habits grow monastic
Every Year.
'Tis becoming bleak and bleaker
Every Year,
And my hopes are waxing weaker
Every Year.
Care | now for merry dancing?
Or for eyes with passion glancing?
Love is less and less enhancing
Every Year.
Oh, the days that have squandered
Every Y ear.
And the friendships rudely sundered
Every Year;
Oh the ties that might have twined me
Until Time to Death resigned me
My infirmities remind me
Every fear
Sad, and sad, to look before US
Every Year.
With heavier shadow O. er us
Every Year.
TO behold each blossom faded,
And to know we might have made it
An immortal garland braided
Round the Year.
Many spectral beckoning finger
Year by Year
Chides me that so long / linger
Year by Year.
Every early comrade sleeping,
In the CHURCH yard, whittier, weeping,
!, alone, unwept, am creeping
Every Year.