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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1871-11-23

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1871-11-23
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1871-11-23
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16
What is q Gentleman.

BE-
In the course of an address to the Leeds
Young Mems Christian Association, deliver
ed lately by the Bishop of Manchester, his
lordship said: ':.Some people think gentle
man means man of independent fortune
a man who has his clothes made in the height
of fashion by the most expensive tailor, "a
man who keeps large establishments. man
who fares sumptuonsly every day, a man who
need not work hard for his daily bread. None
Of these things make gsntleman-not one
of them. Nor all of them together | have
known, when had charge of country par
ishes, and when I was brought closer into
contact with working men than, from my
changed position, | am brought now--I have
known men of the toughest exterior, who
had been accustomed all their life to follow the
plough and to look after horses, as thorough
gentlemen In heart as any nobleman that ever
wore ducal coronet. [ mean have known
them as uusel6sh. have known them as
truthful, have known them as kind, [ have
known them as mpathising; and all these
qualities 60 to make what [ understand by
the term "a gentleman tits noble priy-
lege which has been sadly prostituted and
what want to tell you is, that the humblcst
man in Leeds who has the lowest work in life
to do may yet, if his heart be tender, and
pure, and true be, in the most emphatic
sense OF the wore a gentleman"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16

l
A FATAL AccIDENT.-Thc Cambridge
Nems gives the following heart-relding in-
cident:
A week ago Mr.. jacob Corscy, living in
Straight District, Dorchester county, Mary
land, instructed his two elder sous to pile up
and burn some brush upon a lot Of ground
he was clearing; the tract was only short
distance from carriage shop, where young
er son and two other children were at play =
After the brush had burned down the boys
went TO their fathers store, leaving the fire
nearly out The younger son, leaving the
carriage-house, went to the burning brush
with the other children, and one Of them set
FIRE to the grass, and the little boys clothing
caught on fire, and he, falling down amid the
burning grass, his terrible cries Of agony
wore heard, but before assistance could reach
him his flesh from his forehead to his knees
was literally burned off, the skin and flesh
presenting the appearance of cooked meat
The little boy was found on his hands and
knees, vainly trying to escape the consuming
elements. He was carried to the dwelling
but lived only four hours. His suffering can
neither be imagined nor described as he was
conscious to the last. His last words were
| Father, kiss me cannot move my lips :
and to his mother, "Please give water; dc
not cry, mamma"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16
The Love Chase-A Bride Abducted BY 4
Railroad Train.

Stories of runaway wives are of frequent
occurrence, but it is seldom that such deser-
tions occur on a wedding day. Yet such an
event actually took place On Wednesday, over
ia Jersey City. A fond couple were regularly
married, and after duly receiving the con-
CALCULATIONS Of their friends, stepped into a
carriage and were driven to the depot of the
New Jersey Railroad at jersey City, intend
ing from their to set out on their bridal tour
Carefully and tendery the happy bridegroom
escorted his blushiag bride to q palace car,
and then stepped back to the depot for mo
ment.
When he returned, to his Consideration he
found that the train had started, bearing with
it his bride, who was thus compulsorily flying
from hin. at the rate Of thirty miles an hour.
Determined, however, not to be separated
from her who had SO recently been Joined to
him for life, he rushed to the office of the SUI
perintendant, crying, not "My kingdom for a
horse,' but "One hundred dollars for your
fastest locomotive p The superintendent,
more moved by the hopeless plight Of the
bridegroom than by the pecuniary offer. or
dered the iron stecd brought forth, and the
husband mounted it, in company with an en-
gineer and fireman, and swift as the wind the
locomotive sped out Of the depot and flew
along after the proceeding train.
Many precious moments had been lost in
the negotiation with the superintendent and
in the preparation Of the locomotive, and it
was not until after a run Of full speed for
thirty minutes that the anxious eyes Of the
husband were blessed with the sight of the
pursued train coming up with it when it stop
ped at the Railway station.
The meeting between the loving pair may,
to use hard worked reportorial expression,
be better imagined than described out there
is no doubt that that bridegroom mentally re-
solved that if he left that train or any other,
during his bridal tour, for any purpose what
ever, his wife should accompany him.-lhila.
Post. Feb. IL.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16
Care for SnarroMs.

A little girl, seeing the servant throw the
crumbs into the fire, said, Cant you know
that God takes care Of the sparrows?"
'If God takes care of them," was the care
less reply, eve need not trouble ourselves
about them"
"But,' said the little girl, Il had rather be
like God, and help Him to take care of the
little birds, than scatter or waste the food that
He gives u.s. go
So she carefully collected what was left of
the crumbs, and threw them out of the win
dow. In short time several little birds
flew eagerly to the spot, and picked up the
crumbs she had scattered. iter this she
every day collected in little basket the
crumbs and bits of bread that had fallen
around the table, and threw them out under
the window for the little birds and during all
the winter these little creatures came regu-
lary after each meal to partakc Of the food
thus provided for their support.
How beautiful it was to see this little girl
trying "to help God, as she said, and thus
carly learning to be kind to the helpless and
the needy of Gods creatures. We may. as
an apostle says, be workers together with
God"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16

The opening Ct the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad to Parsons, fifty miles beyond
Fort Scott, where it connects with the juno
ton City branch, completed twenty eight miles
into the Indian nation, is now proving of vast
Importance to the merchants of St. Louis
Since the completion of this road to Sedala,
where it connects with the Union Pacific,
rates to all competing points have been re-
duced rs per cent. The Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad is graded some seventy
miles southwest of Chetopa, and within four
teen miles of Fort Gibson on the Arkansas
to which point the company expect to have
the road completed in May. Thence the road
will 90 towards Galveston, Texas. Alreadya
large amount of freight is being shipped to
its present terminus.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16

A CoLoRED MANS WAR CLA1M.-Tho>
United States House of Representatives has,
pass' d bill appropriating the sum of 1928
to be paid to William Chinn, colored man
of Prince William county in the State of
Virginia, in his own right and as the lawful
assignee OF Mrs Frances B. Gibson his late
mistress, in full compensation of all losses sus.
tanned by him and her, scvcrally and jointly,
on account of live stock, provisions, and for
age of every kind, furnished to and taken by
the troops of the United States from the farm
of the said Mrs. Gibson, in said county, dur
ing the late civil war, and in full co npensa-~
tion for all losses sustained bp either and by
both for pasturage, damage to fences on the
said farm, and for any other losses not herein
enumerated
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16

Guizot's courtship and marriage were sin
gularly romantic At the house of tie ed-
tor Of periodical for which Gaizot wrote, nc
often met a young lady named Pauline dc
Mculan, who. like him, supported herself by
her pen Mademoisee dc Meuan fell i'll
she was the main stay of her mother and
sisters, and during her forced abstinence from
literary labor the whole family were in danger
of falling into distress. One morning she
received long paper in disguised hand, but
in precise imitation of her own literary style.
with note stating that while her illness con-
tinued articles equally suited to the magazine
on which she was engaged would be forward
ed to her When Mile de Meulan recovered
her health, she made every effort to discover
her unknown benefactor. but in vain. At
length he presented himself; it was the shy:
austerc man of letters whom she had met so
often at the editors house; and shortly after
ward Mile. Pauline dc Mculan became Mad
anne Guizot.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16
VIRGINIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 16, 1871
The Action Of Lime In Agriculture.

1t is two fold First, mechanical; second
chemical. As mechanical agent. it open.
stiff Soils renders thom friable, more readily
reduced to fine powder, and more easily work
ed. In this state water descends and is diff
fused, instead of lying stagnant on the sur
face. It is more easily permeated by the
roots Of plants than before it is less Liable
to bake. in summer, and does not throw out
the wheat and other grains as badly in win
ter
AS chemical agent, it hastens the de-
composition Of mineral substances in the
soil, bringing them into such conditions that
plants can absorb them as part of their
necessary food. It also causes speedier de-
cay Of vegetable matter in the sell, as coarse
manure, straw and roots, bringing these,
sooner than without the lime, into conditions
ip which they can feed growing plants It
thus prepares food for plants, makes both
mineral and vegetable matter in the soil eata-
BILE by plants, which the plants would not
take in till the lime had performed its Office,
somewhat, for illustration, as the cook pre-
pares our bcefstakes and mutton chops, which
we might not crave till the cooks duty was
performed Lime not only prepares food for
plants, but part of it, when dissolved in
water, enters the plant ,apd itself becomes
their food-that Of which they are, in part
constituted when fully grown. 1t also sweet
ems sour soils, by neutralising certain acids
which before we're poisonous to plants, but
now by the influence Of lime, have become
nourishipg
Stagnant water in soil binders the opera
tion of lime. In wet soil more is required
to produce the same good effects. To avoid
loss in this way, it is necessary that the land
should be drained, or be naturally dry
The PARTICLES of lime, after being burned
in the kiln, are exceedingly small. Being
in part metallic, they are heavier than those
of ordinary SOIL and their tendency is to sink
in it too deep to be of much use. This is
well known fact in connection with the fact
that plants consume portion OF lime every
year as food, and shows that the wiser course
in its application is to apply a little at
time, and often; as seven bushels annually.
or fourteen once 10 two years, rather than
larger amounts for longer times, since in case
OF applying large doses more viii! be lost by
sinking into the earth or by being washed
away, if Cd steep hill sides--N T. Times
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TO MY WIFE WHEN AWAY.

Again to my cell in silence / steal,
From the throng which appears so buoyant and
gay; Es HFss
But oh ! more than ever, still have to feel
That she who loved to greet me, is still away.
From the places love MOTTO others flee,
Still hoping some solace or comfort to find
utnowhere around me-nowhere can see
The loved one, each object calls up to my mind.
see the cold hearth where joyed so to greet,
My companion-my ido-with smiles ever bright,
But Pm alone, all alone in my silent retreat,
Doomed to keep watch all alone thro the night.
Like some widowed heart overwhelmed with
grief,
Like some broken spirit, no comfort to find
In person suffer, and can find no relief,
Which darkens still deeper the gloom on my mind.
Oh Mary-dear Mary, I bear the pangs here
Which the heartess feel not, and others can feel
But yet in my anguish, if thou couds't be here
Uncomplaining I'd sufer-no sigh from me steal
Oh, if it is thus with all who have found,
Some object on which to centre their love !;
Then wretched are those whom life's busy
round,
Like mine from that object compelled them to
rove. s-
The above, together with fhe following para
graph which was found at the bottom, were in the
hand writing of the sculptor himself:
1.-The above lines, if ever read by any one who
may chance to find them after shall have gone
to dust and worms, will convey an imperfect idea
of the deep affection entertained for the dear OBJ
ject for whom they were written, and of the in
conceivable suferings endured whilst writing
them 9 fd
tt.+t .a f.e VIM r. BARBER.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16
Romance in Real Life.

The Baltimore correspondent Of the Pc
tersburg Courier furnishes the following ro-
mantle story: r. @ "
A NEST romantic little affair has Just &C.
cured here, AS it mas not found its way into
the public prints of Baltimore, i give it to
the columns Of the ever. popular Courier,
which after our local press il more IN demand
here than any paper within my knowledge
Returning from Theodore Thomas Great
Symphony Concert at the New Masonic Tenn
pie, Saturday night, young lady noted for
her rare personal charms and extraordinary
mental endowments, had the misfortune to
lose diamond brooch of great value. The
pecuniary loss, however, was nothing. eompar-
cd to the associations which clustered around
it II was the gift of gallant young Colo
mel who had sealed his devotion to the cause
of the South on the bloody fields of the Shen-
sandoah Valley, falling in the, midst Of the
saDguinarv encounter. Wife she would have
been had the heroic officers life been spared
but though repestedly courted since, she had
vowed to spend the remainder Of her earthly
pilgrimage" in oslibacy. Half-crazed at
her loss Saturday night, in an unguarded mo
ment she vowed to become the wife of him
who should restore to her the diamond brooch
A gay escort at her side, and he noble young
Virginia gentleman, transported with the
idea, made the circuit of the city at an early
hour Monday morning, calling on every jew
eler, lapidary and pawnbroker, and infinitely
described the missing treasure, at the same
time offering = tempting sum fer its return to-
his address, at certain hotel, which shall be
.nameless. Imagine bis estate joy, when be
fore the day-goi had reached his meridian
splendor, the peerless treasure had been plac-'
ed in his possession. On the wings Of love
he bounded to Mount Vernon Place, sought
an interview, placed the diamond brooch in
the hands Of her who had SO long been his
hearts alteration, and claimed the heart and
love that had SO long withstood the most de-.
termined assaults for their capture. The young
lady is the very soul of honor as she is the
queen Of beauty, SO she at once agreed to
comply with her promise.
The nuptials are to be celebrated early in
March, and the affair, SO replete with novelty
and romance, has been the absorbing "buzz"
in fashionable circles ever since its occur
renee. Verify, is not "truth stranger than
felton," ., ri 51aisoe 9
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16

How TO COMPUTE INTERxsr-.ssu per-
cem.-Mu!tiply any given number of days of
iatcrcst desired, separate the right hand fig
ure and divide by six; the result is the in
terest on the number of Days at six per cent
Eight per cent-Nlultiply any given num-
Der Of days upon which it is desired to ascer-
tain the interest and divide by 46, and the
result will he the true interest for the time
required.
Ten per cent Multiply the same as above
and divide by So and the result will show tho
the interest at Ten per cent.
7,celve per cent.-Multiply the same as
above, and divide the product by 80, and the
result will be the true interest.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16

INTENT FRANCE AND CRIME a re.
cent trial, at Cleveland, Ohio, for homicide.
where the plea Of insanity was set rp, the
presiding judge charged the jury that the
Inflammation of the passions up to the pitch
of committing murder, by the voluntary use
of strong drink, was no anoIocy for taking
life, and that no man could safely be terwi.s
ted to give loose rein to the passions of W..
and revenge, whether drunk or sober.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16

ANOTHER VIRGINIA RAILROAD The
Virginia House of Delegates has passed bill
incorporating the Petersburg and North Car.
DINA Railroad Company The proposed roac
is designed to open the country of the Dar
and Yadkin Valleys and the counties inter
vening, Dinwiddie, Brunswick and Mecklea,
burg, to the trade of Petersburg, and to Civ,
to the population Of all this large and pros
porous region access to such market IS the,
shall choose.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16
Sold and got the Money.

The Baltimore correspondent of the Pc
tersburg Courier, relates the following cpl
sode between aashy calico and glossy mus
tache: fe
A "sprig" of Baltimore aristocracy has
been recently taken in and done for by a
youthful ieminily, from Evansville, Ohio
This young woman came here about two
weeks since snd advertised for gentleman
Of means and social culture to accompany a
young lady on tour through the South, not
only as protector. bat as conapay non du
0oyage. Aristocratic ''sprig" promptly re-
spooded, and ia a day or two an interview
was held Young woman presented a most
plausible exterior, being elegantly but not
gaudly attired, and using her tongue glibly
and fippantly. She was satisfied that the
applicant would just suit the position, but as
guarantee that he would act in good faith,
she mast demand an advance deposit of $500
The young man at FIRST demurred, but de-
string to make just the jaunt pictured by the
advertiser, stopping at Petersburg to take a
view of the Crater, and not ignoring the
classic grounds around Weldon, be borrowed
the specified amount and placed it in the fair
damsers hands. Next Monday was fixed
upon as the day OF departure, but upon the
.youag mans calling this morning to receive
instructions, be was no little sstouuded to
find that the Gladly bird bad already flown
She took the train last night, not for Wash
ington and the South, but for Buffalo, New
York, leaving by way of the Northern Ger
trail Railroad The telegraphic instruments
have boon clicking vigorously this morning.
but they CLEAN no tidings of the dear little
gaEel]e A conductor who has come in on
one of the freight trains thinks, from des-
cription he received, that the fascinating lit
tie swindler halted at the Hanover Junction,
and went off in the direction Of Gettysburg,
Penn, the famous battlefield of 1868. The
individual who advanced the $500 begins
now to think that he has been made 'zany'
of sure enough by the female from GAINESVILLE
while Of course. the latter is of the opinion
''that all the fools are not dead"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16

A good story is told OF a German shoema-
ker at U lea, who having m de pair of boots
for . gentleman of VIII Sc financial integrity
he had considerable doubt, made the following
reply to him when he called for Il C article ::
Der poets ish not quite done, but der b'll ish
made CUT
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16

A gentleman travelling on steaner, one
day, at dinner was making away with large
pudding close by, when he was told by the
servant that it was dessert. s,It matters
not to me, said he, u would eat it lift was a
Wilderness
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Ghe Salltr Yitsiniall.
STANTON, VIRGINIA. 20
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Thursday, - March l6, 1871.
TERMS.

TERMS. efGzf
The ss Virglnian'' will be maiIed to Sub
scrfbers 1t 1900 sses anntins. fin ADVANCE.
II payment is deferred THREE MONTHS
$3.50 Will be required. and at the end of the
year $500.
Transient advertisements will be inserted
Mt the rates of SI.Go per square. Of ten
lines. for the first insertion and SO cents for
each subsequent Insertion.
Special Notices 20 cents per line for each
insertion. 7s ~
Job Work done at Ba fillmore rates for Cash
Correspondents will address
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16

The Columbus Crisis says; The fgura-
tive affirmation that tiger cannot change
his stripes Or a leopard his spots, is put to
fault by an actual occurrence in this city
no less than negro changing from black to
white The man is well-known hotel porter,
and the best authorities can attest to the
fact of his turning from a man with black
skin, to a man with an uncommonly white
skin. The process Of this change o! colors
has been aoing On for several years It
commenced BY the almost unnoticeable peel
ins off Of the skin o. his face several years
ago, and ended in the complete TRANSPORTATION
of the skin Of his entire body, 50 that now
no one can perceive, save by the features,
that he was ever anything but very pale
white man. 1t was thought to be some new
disease, but the man has beer, and is now, as
healthy as any of his fellow mortals. We
believe this is the first case of the kind known
to books or experience" er ...qs...-.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-03-16
}. LUpToN. MRS. nj. y. LuPToN.
AMERICAN HOTEL,
HARRISONBURG, VA.
NFFINGER HOUSE.
~ Formerly HilPs HoteD,
HARRISONBURG, VA.

. HAKKISONBUKG, w.
tn. undersigned, late proprietor of the Ar
liaetoa. has the pleasure of announcing to ms
friends, and the public generally, that ne has
purchased the above Hotel, and proposes making
it a FIRsr-CLAss House. This Hotel being cen
trally located, convenient to the business portion
AZ The town. will be FOUND as desirable any
other Ho, ell in the town for business men. This
House has been THOROUGHLY RENOVATED
and REFURNIsHED THROU 5H0UT, and ]
hope by strict atten ion to business to add to the
comfort of all who may favor me with their pat
ronage.
Ha7ing been proprietor Of the American, and
lately of the Arlington House, klchmona' zee
confident of meeting all expectations of the tray
cling public and all others.
naF Omnitusses to and from the Hotel free.
Very Respectfully,
go Terms Moderate dec 15-tf