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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-10-19
"EEEAD-QEARTEEsS."

Honey is the King, Int behind the Throne,
PLUCK, BRAINS, AND ENERGY.
These constitute the worlds history and make
the few names that never die.
Upon merit alone do we ask you to stand by
the men who stood by you.
Not alone that went forth under the Glori-
GUS banner of
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Greer "a ssssSs ::lyI4:s ss3sssA

n laug,.5 ii.st4Hat4Is (. pow rluiy written, an
thoroughly reliable hook. From stand
point, and upon subject of vital ard absorbing
interest In two parts. Showing the horrors Of
the barharous system Of troaim,nt in vogue in
many prisons, arc the advantages Of The systtm
recently inaugufated in otlef4 Together with
a true and detailed account Of The nai,atment
and crueities pracic,d nltu prisoners also,
shame faced crmnatics with female coLvicts
mutinics. murders, starvires. whiprings. hair
breath escapes. sketches and incidents, EnGrra
ives. pen pictures, sunshine and shade, illus
trafive of prison life. Written dy a CORRECT. in
Conricfs Cell In one vol $40 pa ges, over so ee-
CANT engravings made expressly Tor his book. 48
sample pages, sample illustrations. sent on appli-
cation--os. bound prospectus. fol so cents c.
F. VENT, Cincinnati, New York & Chicago. 4w.
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n e00 Retailed by one. Wanted Agents to
C.OUO sell pictures everywhere. Whstney D.
90. Norapich, Gu. do
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-NeeU Advertisements.

QCOnFor LIST. class Pianos-sent on trial no
pH CUagents. Address U. S. PIANO, co. 64h
Broadway, N. Y. 4w
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Again presents himself before the people of
staunton, Augusta county and the Valley, as the
Prince of Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-10-19
GABRIEL HIRSH

Again presents himself before the people of
Staunton, Augusta county and the Valley, as the
Prince of Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
NOTIONS,
JEwELRY,
TABLEWARE,
TRUNKS,
vALIsEs,
UMBRELLAS,
ACcoRDEoSs.
GUITARS,
VIoLINs,
snd other musical Instruments, and an
ENDLESS VARIETY
of other articles which would occupy newspa-
per page to enumerete.
He has lust returned from the N9rthern cities.
where he purchased, and is now opening.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-10-19
LEE AND JACKSON,

STUART AND ASHBY,
but side by side with your Heroic Soldiers,
ALGUSTA'S GALLANT SONS
Our Record was all that was left us. Poorer
than Poverty and ProJd as Cesar, with brains
in place of dollars and pluck for credit, we
'snlarched forth" to
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Temple Of F:sssaf0n.-One of the la
test novelties of the season, the new Lace and
Ribbon Bows. fol the Hair and Neck
ct inf K N KELLEY
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10 GOO AGENTS WANTED FOR
TRY USI

TRY U.s.
We send valuable gift to every purchaser of
book. $4,000 worth of gifts are distributed
with every $500 worth of Books sell. Agents
wanted TO form clubs. Write for our classified
catalogue and references. D. NJ. EV ANS & CO,
7l2 Chestnut St Philadelphia 4w
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RIFLES, sHOT-dUNS, REVOLVEKS, GUN MA
terials of every kind. Write for Price List, to
Great Western Gun Works. Pittsburgh Pa Ar
my guns and Revolvers bought or traded for
Agents wante1' 4w
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UCHOOL BOOKS s. SCHOOL STATIONERY.
- used in all the Schools in this section
For sale at
so,, 20 II FELL & co $.
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8 O'CLOCK,

O0e DOLLARS A MONTH Horse and carr
CHC riagc furnished; expenses paid; sampler
free. H. Is SHAW, Alfred, Me. 4w
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e Candy boxes, Prize

w ATCEI FKEE.-Prize Candy boxes, Prize
Stationery Packages, Cheap Jewelry, &c, g..
Silver Watches given gratis to every agent $50
per day made selling goods at Country Fairs.
and Political Meetings. end for Circular Ad-
dress Monroe, Kennedy Co., Pittsburgh, Pa 4~
4 GENTS WANTED in every county for our
II fast-selling Maps, religious and historical
CHARTS, etc. Immense Sales i! Large Profits
HAASIS s. LUBRECHT. Empire Mop j Chart
Establishment. 107 Liberty street, N. Y. 4w
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OF GOODS,
in his line, ever offered
WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
He appreciates this kindness, and intends to
show it, by selling such bargains as will
DEFY COMPETITION.

LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST, PEOPLE OF
THE VALLEY!
He can SELL and means to sell, as cheap can
be purchased at retail in any of the larger cities,
His motto is,
QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS;
and by it he will 'ssink or SWIM
Gabriel Hirsh sells good goods Cheap, but never
loses on them. If he did, he could not keep up
his stock. No man can sell at cost or below cost,
as some people say they do, and carry on bust
ness. He can sell as cheap, if not cheaper than
any one else. because he pays rents, and SUI
perintends his business himself
This is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, formally attested before Notary
Public.
= GABRIEL HIRSH,
Main Street,
oct ~ e Stanrtan. Vs.,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18
Making Love.

In Seville, which is popularly supposed
to be in Spain, there is in use most fe
licitous invention 10 the way Of making
love, clandestinely. After dark, Young
cabelleros steal beneath their lady's lat.
tice--which, percbance, is in the third
story-and softly unscrewing the handle
OF their walking sticks, proceed to ex-
tract from the same, which are hollow,
length after length of hollow tubing,
screwing them together after the fashion
of japanese fishing pole, or the old APP
paratus wherewith sweeps clean chin
nies. A mouthpiece is fitted into each
end and one raised to the window above.
Soon, by the aid of this improvised
speaking tube, two souls with certain
unanimity of thought, and two hearts
with possible unison or pulsation, are
softly communing. Now all this is very
nice, seductively romantic, and all that
sort of thing, but mark what the knowl-
edge of il brought to certain youth Of
Baltimore.
He had read OF it, or heard Of it, and
happening to have surreptitious affsc-
tion for a young and wealthy lady,
which she as surreptitiously reciproca-
ted, he determined, with her conniyance,
to avail himself of it. He got a tin
pipe Of desired length, made by a timer,
and in each end of it placed, for want of
better mouthpiece, a funnel. Delicious
conversation went on, he sitting on the
top of a water-barrel and she leaning
from window above. They would con
verse for hours, and exchange all the
soft nonsense in the world, and then he
would unship his apparatus, put the fun
nels in his pocket, wrap the pieces in a
newspaper, and go home in a condition
of ETHEREAL bliss. The course of true
love never did run smooth, and one even
ing, the old gentleman, smoking in the
back garden at an unusual hour, saw the
young gentleman arrive, fix up his ap-
paratus, and commence his soul commu-
ming operations. He made up his mind
in minute. He went into the kitchen
and asked for a pitcher of boiling water :;
it was handed to him and off he posted
up stairs. Just as he reached his daugh-
terls door be commenced calling 10 her
So telling her lover 20 wait moment,
she came TO the door, "Nelle, my dear.
run up to my room ard get my speca-
cles; rll wait here till you come down"
She disappeared up stairs and lie stole
cautiously to the window. The moment
he touched the funnel, the amorous and
unsuspecting youth clapped it to his
mouth TO resume where he had lett Off
''my darling, you cannot imagine how"
Just then the old gentleman commenced
assiduously filling the funnel with hot
water, and the rest of the miserable
youths sentence was never heard. lie
wore flour on his face for a fortnight at
ter, and declines to go into society just
at present.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18
Emperor Williams Daily Life.

German publication The Soldiers Friend,
gives the following account Of the Emperor
Williams daily routine:
"His Majesty usually rises at o'clock.
in summer frequently much earlier, in
winter sometimes later. lie never
sleeps but in his own campaign b,d,
which is carried TO all reviews and mil.
tary maneuvers which he attends. If
there is already bed in the room where
he stays, it is taken out and the cam.
paign bed substituted. The latter con-
sists Of an iron frame it is only foot
high, and has but little furniture. In
raw weather the King wears his cloak.
Only small pocket watch is hung mp
by the wall near this simple couch, this
being favorite sOurcnir with which the
King was presented in 1914, on accom-
panying bis Royal father in journey TO
Neufchatel and through Switzerland.
At previously fixed, or otherwise at
the ordinary time, if the King has not
already rung, two attendants enter the
room. On days when there is to be
battle this occurs at very early hour,
as at SadOwa, whore he was awoke at
a. M, and at GrayelOtte, where he was
awoke at three, for the King likes to be
present at the marching out of the troops.
If this is not necessary, dispatches, &c.
are laid on the table where he drinks
coffee, so that they cone imme lately
into his hands. The King, as soon as lie
rises, dresses from head to foot, and re-
mains dressed the whole day, merely un-
buttoning his overcoat If he is alone in
bis room or receives only persons on his
suite. When other persons are received
he always appears with buttoned over
coat, as also when he steps up TO a win
dow to watch troops marching by, or il
he knows that military persons can see
him. On returning from journeys and
reviews, or from battle, lie changes his
linen, but entirely dresses again. A
dressing gown, slippers, or any other
domestic luxury which almost every in
dependent man allows himself at home,
the King has never used, even during in
disposition or sickness. The King opens
all his letters himself, without exception;
even during serious illness they must be
opened in his presence. He sorts them
On first perusal he makes signs or
signs have fixed Specification, and the
officials into whose hand they come
know how to deal with them. All let
ters destined for the Berlin Ministry 90
back thither otherwise they are sent 20
the authorities at headquarters. Every
thing goes on according to a regular
method, and the King has really only
one habit-that Of WORKING"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18
Tribune Correspond,
Santo Domingo.
AMONG THE RUINS.

All the houses of any pretension here
have one or more balconies. Ours has a
dozen. A long one, taking in several
windows, extends along the front of the
house, and another in the rear. From
the latter beautiful scene is unfolded
The river Ozama, showing istelf in the
distance, amid gently sloping hills, and
bending gracefully in its southwark
course through perpetual verdure, flows
placidly into the rough sea. Across the
river, on the eastern bank, nearly oppo-
site the palace, are the ruins of the first
town of Santo Domingo, and just across
the steamer YaDtic's bow, is all that
is left of the first stone house
erected here nearly 400 years ago. Fur
ther round to the right point of land,
protected by coral reefs, juts ont into the
sea, against which the waves dash eter-
nally. Oblquely in front, 200 yards dis
tant, are the ruins of Diego Columbus's
palace, with two massive bastions front
ing the river. To the left and rear are
the ruins OF the San Francisco convent,
the finest of all the magnificent ruins of
the city. On the walls of this ruin, over
so feet high, grow half dozen orange
trees, some of them foot in diameter,
the roots of which run down along the
sides of the decaying wall until they
find lodgment in the ground. Inside
the wall are rank weeds and luxurant
plaintains and palms, and, what is more
peculiar than all, there are more than
200 swarms of honey bees, busy with
honey making in hollow logs laid there
by provident proprietofs. There are al
SO two or three fierce dogs, who guard
their young with a trifle more energy
than the occasion demands or the eli.
mate warrants. These dogs and bees
seem to livei perfect harmony and close
fellowship. On one side of the ruin is a
well of remarkable appearance. 1t is OF
oblong shape, about ten feet in its long
est diameter, walled with we'll wrought
masonry, and about sixty feet deep. Of
course superstition has invented cheerful
stories to the effect that to the very
surface of the water, the well is filled
with Infants bones, and so forth, and so
forth. Under the doorway Of this i'm
posing ruin lie tie remains of Ojeda-
the most conspicuous of the followers of
Columbus. At the end Of his stormy
life he asked that his bones might be
placed in all humility in the spot they
now occupy, that the feet Of all who en-
ter the holy place should press the slab
which covered him. 1t would require a
volume to. catalogue and chronicle all the
huge structures devoted to piety or pride
which crowd the space, scarce more than
half mile square, embraced by the ven
erable and picturesque walls of this city.
1t will be enough to mention two or
three for all the churches are similar,
and all the palaces show by their appear
anoe, plan, and material, that they were
built in that short golden period of the
youth of Spanish America, when this
city, its capital, blazed into sudden
splendor about the year 1900, to. begin
its long decay by 1850: In its early
prime it was glorious. Whole streets OF
strong, massive houses many of them
palaces, were built in block. The sound
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18
A Pretty Incident.

We heard pretty little incident the
other day, which we cannot help relat
ing A young lady from the South, it
sician living in California. When the
engagement was made, the doctor was
rich, having been very successful in San
Francisco. 1t had not existed six
months, however, when, by unfortunate
investment, he lost his entire cheap"
This event came upon him, il should be
added, just as he was making ready to
claim his bride. What does he do {?
Why, like an honest and chiyalrous
young fellow, as he is, he sits down and
writes the young lady every particular
OF the unhappy change that has taken
place in his fortunes, assuring her that,
If the fact produced any change in her
feelings toward him, she was released
from every promise she had made to him.
And what does the dear, good girl do &?
Why, she takes lump of pure gold,
which b lover had sent her when in
prosperity, as keepsake, and, having
it manufactured into a ring, forwarded
it to him, with the following Bible in
scription engraved distinctly on the in
side:
"Entreat me not to leave the or to re-
turn fIom following after thee
whittier thou goest l will go and with
er thou lodgest will lodge thy people
shall he my people and thy God my God
where thou diest will die, and there
will | be buried the Lord do SO to me,
and more also, if aught but death part
thee and me-"
The lover idolized his sweetheart more
than ever, after lie received this precious
evidence of her devotion to him, both in
storm and sunshine.
We may add that fortune soon again
smiled upon the young physician, and
that he subsequently returned to the
North, to wed the sweet girl he loved,
and who loved him with such an undy-
ing affection. Nay more, the happy bride
and groom passed our city, not long
since, on their way to the home of the
latter, in the Golden State. Reader, this
is all true (; young ladies who read the
Bible as closely as the heroine of our in
cident seems to have done, are pretty
sure to make good sweethearts and better
wives.-N. 7. Times.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18
Health.

DIR. Hall says that it Sought to be ex>
tensively known that ordinary boiled
rice, eaten with boiled milk, is one of
the best remedies known for any form of
Loose bowels. Its efficacy is increased If
it is Drowned like coffee, and then boiled
and eaten at intervals OF four hour taking
no other food or liquid whatever {; its
curative virtue is intensified if no milk
is taken with it, and the patient will
keep quiet in a warm bed then it be-
comes AN almost infillib!e remedy"
In his book on Coughs and Colds
the same author claims that cousump-
tion can be fought best by outdoor air
and exercise. He holds that tight-SaeingS
tends, if anything, to drive away con-
sunpiou, by compelling the upper part
of the lungs to extra exertion, and that
bad colds never caused the disease.
Both of these statements are in the very
teeth of received opinion, but he stoutly
defends them.
The Medical and Surgical Reporter
estimates the cost, to the people OF the
United States, of medical services and
medicines, at SlOo,OOO,OOO, and adds
s25, 900, 900 tor the quaek midicines swalr
lowed "Let the people, it says, study
these figures awile, and then rehict that
probe bly, one-half, or certainly a large
fraction, of this expense, is incurred by
q deliberate infraction OF the laws OF
health that, if they tippled less, smok.
ed less, overworked less, were tess fast
and less selfindulgent, the world weuid
save some thirty or foEtS millions year
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18

The scientific men on the other side of
the ocean who are investigating the
causes of railway accidents from the
breaking of Car axles and wheels, have
reached results altogether contrary TO
the generally received opinion. DR..
Joule, Sir w. Farbairn and Mr. Spence,
all of whom have given great deal of
attention to the subject, declare that
cold and frost, so far from increasing the
brittleness of iron or steel render them
more elastic. Mr.. Spence submitted
cast iron at 60S Fahrenheit and the same
pieces at zero to practical trial, and
found the resistance greater at the lower
temperature. Sir W. Fairbairn finds
that change of temperature makes little
or no difference i'll the strength of wrought
iron, and DIR. Joule says that if there is
difference it is in favor of the lower
temperature. The last named investi-
gator says that the accidents from broken
axles arise, not by the changes Of tenn
perature, but from the neglect of rail-
way companies to submit wheel, axles
and all other parts of their rolling stock,
to practical and sufficient test before
using them Sir William Fairbairn be-
lieves that danger of broken tires arise
from the practice of heating them to a
dull red heat and shrinking them on TO
the rim of the wheels, instead of turning
the rim of the wheel and the inside of
the tire to a standard gauge, accurately
calculated to give the required amount
OF tightness with a larger margin Of
strength. The error seems to have
arisen from the fact that several acci-
dents have occurred during very cold
weather,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18
What is a Year -?

What is year? 'Tis but a wave
ON liie's dark rolling stream,
Which is SO quickly gone that we
Account it but dream
'Tis but single throb
or Times old iron heat,
Which tireless now and strong as when
1t first with life did start.
What is year9 'Tis but turn
OF Times old brazen wheel;
Or but page upon the book
Which time must shortly seal.
'Tis but Il step upon the road
Which we must travel DER
A few more steps, and we shall walk
Lifes weary road no more.
What is year? 'Tis but breath
From Times old nostrils blown,
As rushing onward DER the earth
We hear his weary moan.
IT'S like the bubbles on the wave,
Or dew upon the lawn
AS transit as the mist of morn
Beneath the summers sun.
What is year? IT'S but type
OF life's oft-changing scene;
Youths happy morn comes gaily on,
With hills and valleys green
Next, summers prime succeeds the spring
Then autumn, with tear;
When comes old winter-death and all
Must find a level here.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18
SELECT POETRY.
There is no Death.


There is no death The stars 90 down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
Aud bright in Heavens jewelled crown
They shine forever more.
There Is no death | The duet we tread
Shall change beneath the summer shower
To golden grain, or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear,
The frost leaves daily life
From out the Viewless air.
There is no death The leaves may fall,
= The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintry hours
The coming of the May.
There is no death ! An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread,
He bears cur loved things away,
And then we call them dead
He leaves our hearts all desolate-
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers
Transplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones
Made glad this scene OF sin and strife,
Sings now an everlasting song
Amid the tree Of life
And where He sees smile too bright,
Or heart too pure for taint or vice,
He bears il 10 that werd Of light
To dwell in Paradise.
Born inte that undying life,
They leave us but to come again;
With joy we welcome them the same,
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near US, though unseen,
The dear, immortal spirits tread,
For all the boundless Universe
Is life. There are no dead
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18

Ben Johnson having heard that Lord
Craven was anxious to see him, went to
his Lordsbip's house. Being in a some
what tattered condition, the porter re-
fused to admit him, and addressed him
in impertinent language, which Ben did
not fail to return. While they were
wrangling, Lord Craven happened to
come oHt, and desired to know the cause
of the quarrel. johnson Immediately
said, 81 understood your Lordship wish
ed TO see me-" 'eYeu, friend" replied
the Lord, "who are your ''Ben John
son" replied the other. "No, no you
cannot be Ben johnson, who wrote the
Silent Woman you look as it you
could not say DO, to- a goose" "Bo"t
cried Ben. Every well," said his Lord
ship, who was better pleased at the joke
than offended at the affront, IL am now
convinced of your identity"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18
A Moral Lesson,


Said 10 Slopson, tother day,
"Wby don't your business never paw
When Dawkins had that shop Of yours,
A sellin' pills aud ager cures,
Soap, candles, tape and buttons blue,
lie made II pay, and why don't you Z"
lie answered slowly, "'Tis no GO
But what's the reason dun no"
So seeing Dawkins-shortly SOON
Sez ], Come here, you sly old coon,
And tell me how you made your money /;
And do not look 50 mighty funny
How did you make your cash, say,
When kecpin' store just up the wayi
There's Slopson, civil and polite,
Who always tries to do what's right;
lis stock is good, his store is clean,
Yet no ono near his store is seen"
We'll now" said Dawkns with grin,
The reasons plain to purblind eyes, :.
The BOBBY doesn't advertise"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-18

A good anecdote is told of a house
painters son, who used the brush dex-
terously, but had acquired the habit of
putting it on toe thick. One day his
father, after having frequently scolded
him for his lavish daubing, and all to no
purpose, gave him severe tiagelation.
"There, you young rascal" after perfom-
ing the painful duty, show do you like
that ?" swell, don't know" whined
the boy, in reply "bnt it seems To- me
that You put it on thunderin' sight
thicker than did,"