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English Farm Laborers.

The strikes among the English farm
laborers are attracting much and serious
attention. Agricultural laborers, it is
clearly shown by these strikes, can exer-
else, il combined in trades-union, IN i'm.
mense power over their masters and
the masters know this, for they know
that seed.time and harvest.time wait for
no man, and il the laborers refuse to
work at a critical season the season is
lost forever,
A correspondent of n London paper
has made his way into the honses Of some
Of the Warwickshlre laborers in the
neighborhood of Wellsbourne, where n
large labor union is in process Of Forma-
ton, aud where it would seem some
such agency was needed. In one family
there were, besides the father and moth.
er, five children. The eldest boy earned
three shillings q week by driving plough
horses none OF the other children
brought anything in. The fathers wag-
es, alter paying the rent, were twelve
shillings week. Here was the weekly
account OF the family:
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13
Desperate Thieves.

A night watchman in Mr.. John n
Stearns's silk manufactory, in East For
ty.second street, near Third avenue, n,
Y, heard the rap Of club on the door
of the warehouse few nights since.
"Who is there ~ inquired Shelly. "Ar
officer" replied voice. "What do you
want ?" "open the door there are two
thieves in your building" Mr.. Shelly
tlistrusting the man, opened the dool
slightly md cautiously. Instantly three
men, one in the garb Of n policeman, and
the other two in civilians dress, will
masks, made rush and burst it in. Tho
spurious policeman struck the watchmnn
twice on the head with his club, while
his two confederates clapped pair oil
bracelets on his wrists, having drawn
his hands behind his back. The burglars
thon tied a rope around his legs aud
thrust n gag into his mouth. They cur.
ried him to the middle of the buiiling,
and having laid him on the floor one OF
them kept guard. The burglar in police
uniform then said Watchman, We
don't want to hurt you, but we want to
show boss Stcarns what we can do. The
burglar on guard very considerably
gathered some old rags together and put
them under the watclman's head for d
pillow. Two Of the thieves then started
on tour through the factory in quest
OF booty, and carried of about $1,000
worth Of unfinished silk. The burglar
in policeman's dress stripped Off anl left
the uniform, together with Sledge-ham.
mer and jimmy, behind him. The thieves
left the door open, and the watGhmAn
was discovered early in the morning. II
took three hours to file OF his haAdcuffs.
The police think that this is another jol,
Of the Nineteenth Ward gang of thieves.
Mr.. Stearns was very fortunate that the
thieves did not call the night previous.
as in that case they would have secured
about $1,000 worth Of finished gooas
As it was, the burglars, in their h.ls;e,
passed over 81, 800 worth OF made silk,
and secured the unfinished materiaI,
which it will be very difficult for then,
to SELL
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

How TO EAT AN oRAYGE.-Brazil is n
great country for oranges, and the Bra
zilians know how to eat the delicious
fruit To enjoy IN orange thoroughly,
says one of the newspaper correspou-
dents in Professor Agassiz's present ex-
pedition, you should eat in Brazilian
fashion: You slice segment OF the
flower end deep enough to go complete.
ly through the skin then replacing the
segment, thrust fork through it to the
very centre Of the orange, II the tines
are long enough. Holding the fork in
your left hand, peel the orange with q
very sharp small table knife, slicing Rll
the skin of, the segment at the base Of
the fork being in this operation a shield
to prevent any danger Of cutting the
left thumb. Now, with two cuts OF the
knife dissect out the pulp Of one Of the
pockets and convey II TO the mouth.
Follow this up, pocket by pocket, and
the skins OF tho pockets remain on the
fork, like the leaves OF n book open un,
til the covers touch. - San Francisco
Bulletin.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13
The Organ.Blower.

Dovoutost Off Sunday triOndS,
Tho patient Organ.blowor bends;
/ see his figure sink and rise,
Forgive me, Heaven, my wandering eYesI
A moment lost, the next half seen,
His head above tho scanty screen,
stu measuring out his deep salAams
Through quAyering hymns and painting psalms
No priest that praya in gildM stole,
To save rich mans mortgaged soul;
No sistor, fresh from holy VOWS,
30 humbly stoops, 50 mcokiy bows;
His large obcisAnco put to shame
The proudest gonuaeoting dame,
Whose Easter bonnet low dcscends
with all tho grace devotion lends. dbl
obrothcrl with the supple spine,
How much We owe those bows Of thine q
without thine arm to lend tho breeze,
How vain the finger on tho keysl
Though all unmatched the players skill,
Those thousand throats wore dumb and still
Another's art may shape the tone,
Tho breath that fills II Is thine own.
sI1 days the silent Momnon waits -
Behind his temples folded gates; @
But whom the seventh days sunshine falls
Through rainbOwed windows on tho walls,
He breathOs, he sings, he shouts, ho hlla
Tho quivenng air with rapturous thrills;
The roof rosounds tho pillars shake,
And all tho slumboring echoes wake
The Preacher from the Bibo-teIt
With weary words my soul has " Ied;
tsomc stranger, rumbling far astray
To flnd the lesson for the dAy;)
He tolls us truths too plainly true,
efI'id reads the service all askcw-
Yhy-why the mischiet-can't he look
Beforehand in tho sorvice-booki
'rt thou, with decent mIcn and face,
IL. always ready in tho place;
Thy strenuous blast, whatO'cr tho tune,
As steady as tho strong monsoon;
Thy only dread, a leathery creak,
Or small residual extra squeak,
To send along the shadowy aisles
Bunllt wave Of dimplod smiles.
Not all the preaching, o my fricndl
Comes from the church's pulpit end,
Not all that bend the knee and bow
Yield service hnlfso truc As thou. N . n.
Ono simple task performed Alright,
With slender skill, but all thy might,
Where honest labor docs IL best, ...I
And leaves tho player all the rest, ..
This many.dinpasoned n.Ne, ar
Through which the breath : bCiag strsys,
Whose music makss our earth divine,
Has work for mortal hands like mine.
Ny duty lies before mo. IOl
The lever therci Take hold and blow;
And He whose hand is on the keys
viii play the tune as lie shall please.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

FAsclNArED,-Nilsson was popular in
Syracuse. No doubt about II, Among
out.oi.town people who came to heai
her was n bevy Of girls from Wells Fe'
male College at Aurora Only those
who were In the class Of vocal music
were allowed to he Of the party. They
desired TO be, and were presented to the
warbler As they took leave Of the OBJ.
jeCt Of their admiration they were at-
iected TO tears, One pretty girl, evident
ly " far gone" wAs heard 70 exclairn,
al can't SEQ Nilsson, but l kissed has
trunk
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

Costly CHuRcH Music. Mr.. Spur.
geon and Bishop LittlCjohn think alike
about the extrangant sums paid by the
Protestant churches for music. The
bishop stated recently that ono church in
his diocese paid more money for music
last year than all the churches combined
paid for missions. And Sturgeon, in the
course Of recentsermon, "came down
on those fashionable congregations who
leave the praise Of God to four or Ave
high.priced professional vocalists
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

The FtRsr Coal MNR.-The first coa
ever mined in the United States was dug
mp near Richmond, Virginia. Bitumin
ons coal was mined there Ms early n.
100, and in 1875 was extensively used
in the vicinity. During the Revolution
II Richmond foundry employed this Goa
in milking shot and shell for the use oil
the Continental forces. From a Local
celebrity it gradually obtained national
renown, and in 1883 1t was being sent to
Philadelphia, New York, and even tc
Boston.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

LEARNNa MADE EAsY.-Here Is what
they sing at public schools in Vermont
to the tine Of "Yankee Doodle, ;
visitors all joining in the chorus -
IiAnything on earth can mako
A great and glorious nation,
II Is 10 giyo the littlO onos,
A thorough education.
ChOrus-Flye times hye are twenty-five,
Five lines siI arc thirty,
Five times aoVnn arc thirty.hVe,
And five times eight arc forty.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

The food OF this family was for break.
fast dry bread and weak tea-"a fluid in
which lively imagination" says the
correspondent, "might recognize dis.
tant flavor OF tea" Dinner sometimes
consisted Of potatoes fried in little
bacon fat sometimes there was a salt
herring added to the potatoes often
only dry bread. Sometimes it con-
sists OF a ch5dGurre in cooking known
NJ tea.kettle brotll'-a concoction Of hot
water with n few green's and herbs and u
tag end or two Of bacon" Supper con.
sists Of bread and boiled potatoes. Fare
Of this kind, the correspondent points
ont, is not equal to that given in mill.
tary prison. But there was another case
worse than this-that OF a Barford mnn
who had Just lost his work and cottage
because he Joined tho union. He had
seven mouths to fill and but 10 shillings
n week wages
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13
Leaving thu, for ali other purpO.O......Go 2'2i

And when these men grow old, after
raising families and after living past
work, what do they do? Go on the par
ish-that is, receive three shillings n
week and ninepenny loaf. The cores
pondent from whom we quote has met
with such m instance, and supplies the
following report on such mans fnan-
cog
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

An Iowa groom was so delighted with
the marriage ceremony that he insisted
on having II repeated oleYen times,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

A SURVEY Of the United States steamer
Mohican, at Mare Island, California,
shows her to be 30 rotten 0 TO be unsea.
worthy.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

The lesson which these figures teach
can be read by any one. II not read it
is felt by the laborer.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

Leaves for butchsr's meat, tea, sugar, SOAP,
lights. pepper and salt, clothes for seven
persons, boots and shoes f1f seven per.
sons, beer, medicine, and pocket money,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13

The Hartford Times impeaehes this
spring a. the meanest on record.
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CHE 9emperat

RATES OF ADVERTISING
onc Square. .tsnlinss orloSs, nOinssrtion. ..,loo
FOR each subsequent rtion.,.."...'.,o ~
One square, II months. ''''''''H ~
Onc-iourth Of column. u months....''.'''z2 ~
0no-hali Column, ~ onths,.,",.''s''.'se ~ ~
One column, u months. w
Local notices 20 cents per limo, which must pc
paid In advance. Five dollars viii DO
charged forannouncingcandid for eoun:
~, and ten dollars for State aud United
states Offices Lengthy obituary notieeHmust
be paid for. Ha-AlllegalnoticeSaree charged
to the attorney presenting thom. .r
SpteialRdte'topariiti desirin0 tAanOns eOiuHa
JOB PRIN TING
Ncatlyaud PromptlyE EIceutSdit this once.
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with snow on it, and Harry didn't see 1t,
and"
"Hush, Eddie" said his mother, look.
ing at me fearfullyi "here is Mrs. Lor-
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-12-12

Tbs nee ofahe editor aud desire to
give fuller extracts from the message of tn,
presi dent than were published last week,
aud also the publication in full of the Gov
3. rnors message, will account for tho absence
in our columns OF the usual variety.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-12-12

The ladies of Fishersville and vicinity will hold
Fair and Festival at Fishersyille, beginning
Thursday evening, the 18th, and continuing Fri
day and Friday evening. The public are invited
to attend The proceeds will be used for the
benefit Of the Church at that place.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-12-12

MEMORIAL DIscouRcEs-Rev. Geo. B. TAYLOR
stated to his congregation last Sunday, that the
discourse which he had prepared and delivered
al the request of the Memorial Committee, which
he had intended to deliver in his own church,
had SO grown that he would be under the necess
sity of making series occupying several Sunday
mornings He also announced that he expected
on next Sunday morning to deliver the first of
the series; subject "The origin and History of
the Baptists." We repeat the announcemen for
the information of his country members.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-12-12

STANTON PosT OFFICE, Dec. s.-Having re-
ceived an order to make up the letter mail in
packages, for the principal towns and States, the
hours for closing the Eastern mail on and after
this date, will be 9:45, and 40 letters will be
mailed after that hour. Persons wishing to mail
letters or 9th er mail matter after the hour, can
do SO by taking them to the Route Agent on the
train. E. II. SEARS p NJ
city papers copv
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-12-12

~ ENI''S-Ff If SHOES, at
n n~.~s X -4ss+-s o. l.AEEE!.E!rs.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-12-12

SA1AN AMI CHINA,
Our treaty relations with Japan remain un.
changed. An imposing embassy from that in
teresting and progressive nation visited this
country during the year that is passing, but
being unprovided with powers for the SIGN
ing OF convention in this country no con
clusion in that direction was reached, II is
hoped, however, that the interchange Of opin-
ions which took place during their stay in
tins country has led to mutual appreciation
Of o. the interests which may. be promoted when
the revlslon ofithe existing treaty shall be un-
dertaken. In this connection renew nv re-
commentator Of one year ago, that to give
Importance and to add to the efficiency Of our
diplomatic relations with Japan and China.
and to further aid in rel aiming the good opip,
ION OF those peoples and to secure TO the U.
states share of the commerce destined to
follow between those nations and the balance
OF the commercial world, an appropriation Sc
made to support at least four American
y'"shs IN each Of those countries, to serve as
. - e. ~ ~, II .si'.- !. ,...~ ,.:..,,
t'yfv Oar representa-. vrs waas.; ....s s.,u
''en be E'aeed pPo'.as equality " Iti the ran-
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-12-12
Editorial Correspondence.

national HOTEL, Washington, D. c., I
Dec. 9 1872. {
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The UNIVERSAL ARTICLE OF FA1TH.-In these
days of religious contention it has been thought
| impossible to indicate an article of faith unon
| which all sects and classes were united. There
is one, however. and very notable one too. viz /:
belief that is implicit and universal in the mar
amount efficacy of that matchless ssHous ehold
Tonic and Recuperant, Plantation Bitters.'' The
constantly increasing patronage which it receives
has, it is true. excited the petty envy of certain
splenetic advertisers of pinchbeck paneceas, who
hope to make market for their own staenart.
watery ware. by decrying all spurious medie;
nal preparations. Bat the public can stomach
neither their argument nor their rotations. and
consequently reject tllese very weak limitations
of the enemy entirely too thin
The 'Househeeper" Of our health.
The liver is the great depuratiDg or. blood
cleansing organ of the system. Set the great
housekeeper of our health at work, and the foul
corruptions which gender in the blood and rot
out, as it were, the machinery of life, are eradu
ally expelled from the system. For this purpos,
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is preem-
inently the article needed It cures every kind
of humor, from the worst scrofula to the common
pimple, blotch or eruption. Great eating ulcers
kindly heal under its mighty curative influence.
Virulent blood poisons that Turk in the system
are by it robbed of their terrors, and by a per-
severing and somewhat protracted use of it, the
most tainted systems may be completely renoYa-
ted and built up anew. ~.
Enlarged glands, tumors and swellings dwin.
die away and disappear under the influence of
this great resident. 1t is sold by all druggists,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-12-12

ois ina, nothing should be l.f' y d 'ae -
the government Of either rapap'ic I" streng'h
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|
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
to be held during the next year in Vienna,
on a scale OF very great magnitude. The
tendency OF these expositions is in the direc-
| ton of advanced civilization, and of TIE ele-
walton of industry and of labor, and Of the in
crease Of human happiness, as we'll as Of
greater intercourse aud good will between
| nations.
| AS the exposition is to be the first which
will have been held in Eastern Europe it is
believed that American inventors and manu-
facturers will be ready to avail themselves of
the opportunity far the presentation of their
productions if encouraged by proper aid and
protection.
At the last session Of. Congress, authority
wss given for the appointment Of one or more
agents to represent this government at the
Exposition. The authority thus given has
been exercised, but in the absence ofany APP
preparation, there is danger that the impor-
tant benefits which the occasion offers, will
in large degree, be lost to citizens of the
United States. I commend the subject
strongly to your consideration and recon-
mend that an adequate appropriation be made
for the purpose. 10 further aid American
exhibitors at the Vienna Exposition, would
recommend in addition to an appropriation
of money, that the Secretary Of the Navy be
authorized to ft up tao navy vessels to trans
port between oar Atlantic cities and Trieste,
or the most convenient port to Vienna and
back, their articles Of exhibition.
MEXICO.
Since our last session the Presid ent Of tho
Mexican Republic, distinguished by his high
character and by big services to his country,
has died His temporary successor has now
peen elected with great unanlmity by the
reoplc-a proof of confidence on their part
ii his patriotism and wisdom wh1ch, 1t is
I. ..;sr..,syi ", an,s s.. nod tho rsss:ss IF
..;.is s,,.s,. 50 a r;.iiirsii,,tr ss.:;fa-
Die ina, nothing should be lst' y d 'H1 ~
the government Of either rapablic {" strees'h
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-01-25
GEO. W. TIPpETT, Editor.
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA !,
Thursday, q: January Is, 1872.
An attempt to Adjourn the Convention
to Wheeling.

a resolution was offered in the Conyen.
ton on Wednesday to adjourn the Con-
veniion to The City Of Wheeling The
City of Wheeling, through her Council,
sent q delegation to Charleston inviting
the Convention 10 that city, offering free
transportation to that body, aud the use
oftheir old dehpidated Court House, Gun
doubleday the wors: hooking aud mcauesl
building oftte kind in the Statc,) free Of
rent, in which to.hold It's sessions. Tho
first and second districts have bad so long
a lime everything their own way, and hay.
ing in former years controlled haState to
suittheir notions, and mouopolzcd all the
Offices 10 the State, conll not brook the
idea oflctiiug the Capital remain in the
Third District, where /, had been per.
manently fxcdby law l}uthaving been
foilea iu their willy attempts to reuopcthe
Capital from Charleston, they resort to
another trick and try to influence the Con-
stituiional Convention to remove to Wheel.
ing, hoping il they succeeded, to so work
upon its members US to succeed in at least
having the Convention leave the CAPT.
tai an open question in the Constitution,
and then take their chances in removing it
from Charleston. But thanks to the euer-
gy and wisdom Of our delegates from the
Third District, aud particularly to durable
representatives 10 that body from thiscoun.
ty, the resolution was rejected bya decided
mud emphatic msjcrty, that caused the
Capital movers" to tremble. Weare in
formed that our able delega,e--Col. Wag-
gendcr worked urtiriugly against this
abominable resolution, and to him we owe
as much as to any man, our praises, in de-
feating this resolution, aud retaining the
Convention at Charleston. Let us hope
now, that this is an end to this useless agi.
tation, and that the members Of the Con
veutioo from the upper end Of the State
will devote their attention to the transac-
ton oFthe business for which they have
been elected 4
We have received the following letter
from Col. Waggepncr, which we take the
liberty to publish:
CRARLEsros, Jnn. 10Th, 1872.
Dear Ficad:--The resolution offered
to remove the Convention to Wheeling
which was laid on the table on former
day, was this evening taken up, and on
motion, was rejected, which settles the
question Us to the Convention leaving this
place, Yours &c,
G. B. WAGGENER.
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|. has been discovered that, owing to an
existing legal muddle IN New York, it
will be q matter ofimpossibility to convict
Mr. Stokes Of bis recent piece Of indscre-
ton It's great pity that something
can'tbe done, Perhaps civil suitagainst
him for damages, or something Of tha. ma.
ture, would hold,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-01-25
"a Voice from Mason,
There's not so much danger

"There's not so much danger
inaknown foe, as q suspected friendl"
The Mason County Journal oflast week
published a dirty fling at US, which would
have been very commonplace, if the edi.
tors name bad bsen appended, but we are
so surprised to see respectable name flch-
ed that slight suspicion is aroused as to
whether Kanawha" wrote the article =
But let the shoe pinch" where it will
we have always thought that it was more
honorable to leave party we believed to
be wrong, aud war upon it with open
manly opposition, than to remain in its
cOuDsels, and all the time make steslthy
stabs under the 9Th rib,
We understand that The editor Of the
Journal cOntemplates paying an c5icia
visit to Knna'cha, tothe Legislature and
to the Convention, We imagine hin
there now, in the Convention, be smiles
desiringly, he is introduced: Gentle
men, this is the Democratic editor, who
few mouths ago, through bis paper, callec
you an "aristocratic body Of oldfogics WIZ
would re.estsblsh The fossoliaed laws 0
Virginia, lebiPping.pos and oR."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-01-25

The refusal Of the Radical members Of
congress to vote for the proposed amend.
meat to the Constitution making paturaliz
ed citizens eligible to the Presidency shows
that the party is fully Committed to the
doctrine Of prescribing our foreign born
citizens,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-01-25

The Federal 0Giec holders IN tho United
States, number Que hundred thousand, or
one Fcdral Office; holder to every one humid
red voters, supported atan annual expense
fone hundred and City millions Of dol
lars. ,,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-01-25

According to New York HeraHsdis-
patch, the President has laid a chip on
Secretary Fish's shoulder, and would just
like to see the blasted Russian who dares
knock it off,. ana