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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12
Valuable Heal Estate i'm Harrie
soiilurg for Sale.

Ivill sell on very pssso4abieterms Two Hoy
SOS and Lots in Hafrisepbpsg. and Eight Acres
Of ground imneaiately adjoining the eslFpazsstts
limits, Both houses arc si,,,a.eden Main street.
One contains eight Eeoms, cellar, water in the
yard, and good garden. Lae othar, 6 Eaoms,
and good garden.
Persons wiehiug to purchase SAP st OIL aeces,
ssry information by apsElyingto tAe EEpRasrslgned
at Staunton, Va. S. = ". 1901.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

PoNp's E&TEacr-Fo stop bleeding from lungs,
pose gums, stomach. bowels, uteres. piles. or
elsewhere. Its action is remarkable for pr9mpt-
ness and efficacy.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12
CHAS. A, GLADKE'2
DRY GeoDs + MILLINERY,

DRY AeQDs r MILLINERY.
ss.s Rei s E?s;A Ss p. ,, r.
Black Csshnere It $50. wer,A $l.a5,
Calico. =, = II md l2as--hssptifal styles.
0psr. FlanSsls 70 and sde. vSyik Is aad sss.
Full Yard-wsds b5saehsd eottsss 81 12f worth ia
A@o. Ks.e hlA b.syy s.:ass ~ v.r.l 3:..
brown ss.1 r piss sssss COTTON COTTON so
Cotton "a diaper: sl lissa sasa' sas &ss heavy, =
Linen Towels. ss isehss long, II. 20, worth sos.
T.bls Linen, n.arly y.ras !xia., 1 Il 81. verb
500. We have isll line # ella ss lin'a +" al
Excellent pur. linen DaRs.t st sos. worth 7ss
Linen Napkins At l ,,t0Q pr ds.en, worth l.5e.
! Heavy hickory Shifting Ct Ieis, wSrth 2os,
| The best " lite shirt in staAp}on for 100,
Gents Hose, pair for 2Sc, worth ZOE Asfa,
Heavy English Hose, pair fl 4'sa xs'A y
N Richardson's pure Irish Lines fSsr SOC -
l,25 per yard,
Worked, at 6Qass, really worth ], 200 :seh.
Plaia linen Bosoms fSop 25s to Toe each.
S'sq'l u VIM VIM, sis q yard 1d'' At
svisa. Esin.ook and Lawns-s fi,lll assortment II
White goods at very low pricsa,
Windsor scarfs from 2sq to LOO. vsrth zoe t. 81.
Corsots from SOC to 400, worth doublsths nsasy
Cambria Inserting from e. to- so per yard. 2
Cambric taging at pne half tasir real valve, :.
Pure linen Handksfchie9s. Z for 2ss, worth 1ss,
Iuf.n.s srino H4|s end Rqaassss ssyy cheap.
ReaalitRI Hats and RspRsfs, osfssneh Eslh BIZ
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

Jacob +. Ctsmmer, of Midalebrook, Au-
gusta county. has been appointed notary
public by Gov. Eemper.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

Goto L Weller's Boot. Shoe and Hat store
for Late ayIe SPRING HATS. mar s.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

SHOES, HOME MADE, for Ladies. in calf skia.
pebble goat. glove kid ard morocco, at i We'll
ler's Boot, Shoe ana Ha. store, Main street. ms
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

Ehere is ~ ppailable lettsr in the Rich-
saorA past ofhcc. addressed Elias H. Npchols,
Staunson, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12
Deaths.

On the 2Qtt uttimo, Callie Bell. oldest daught-
er Of Robert S and Susan B Craig, aged years
and moaths
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12
feb 10 A.
A Gs9A CfsRSS for a Pgyta. q 4
a stsstment.@Ths swp~g of'oae u ~
se>EEyf MERCHANT M1LLa-

FEST MFFEcHANT MEntS
/ e. y Z: # Essssa sass Il s'.
a R's i ssa s ilHsI,a; siI:s
Dor ofahs sssshiishh:at 4AsFss' vii. s.ss.d i,
tits mill last year. Hstwesn "'' W. 1'"'
5000 and 5000 Barrels Of F|oar,
cities. II parties desiring to make arrsngemra.s
shout the Mill. would prefer purchasing shs
whole Ok it, they ean 20 asapIusaastsA. Tia
owner viii sell slthst a parttD! It. the whale x
it. or will rrei;s il, Nanfaikef than in .a'irsy
Responsible iyrsda Hssa apply, {hfs21a,ts. %.
be obtained gf this kfSperty By atRtisasisn n tia
sdlia s, 4 ~ ~ gss|isf ss'ss'aa' ss'st.ss'sa
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

AsaEsT 81 4 SAylNdE BANK FaEsiDEsr.
-Rishncnd, ". March a,-Ieha i Bsss Is,
sieu,x ,' presilspt of the Dollar Sayings fank,
WHICH, ssss..pI1faAdsa agfpg the fusnnss} se!itIs.
s'a.. rs ss.1s. If
.aA tha Fse.ssReas & 'ess lss!|!SI!sa;@ :;
Al iRvssiigsllpa h ls t.ses progressing issar
sor1e time paat on Gre part Of tha trustees
rhich has hressAl r. Eshf taaa,: showing :; 1:
gross wismanagepcnt vt l,s AFFAIRS. u Y
stated the stockholders and depositcrs vii!
lssaae about 100000. Rafsienx Yas b'i!sd
10 IS ,U9o. Other arrests viii probstay FL.
log,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

EH MRS. <. ". xE4Ltf
Aks Just received her frst supp'yNe!
sPglSG &{{lLISERY i EAscY aoAps,
consisting Of ot,.
Ponaes,, Hats. Frames. MafssEs, Rsss. cafs.
Collars, Tisa. -.
Is4i ss, viz ds EsslI t. SILL aa4 s1aai..:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12
DISTRICT COURT or THE pNlrEB
~ States f9s VI wsstsrs 2 2st, q Fgi'is,;

= s N.:., fsE & wssB R Gsd + E' II
WHOM il may concern, Greeting:
Naticeis hereby given. That aa the Gath dag
Of January, 1874. one Distipeyy binding. built
Of logs, tyo copper stills and essfs and worms,
tub tubs. ePs p.etass q age sF4sady sf fort,.aa
vine gallons, I've essks IF Apple brandy. . -.
tanning twenty wine grliSSas each, Of the estim::
ted value Of two hgPqfsa dollars-Nelson fri4
ley and Rohsrt 3. GAiids. elaimsuts--waa seized
by the MarshN Of The United States for said
District IS fqFfaited to the use Of tho United
States, aFa tks same s libellea and prosecuted !!
roadezpation for the caussa in the said tiEel Bet
T. nth, apd that said cause will stand FIR Trial At
The Courtroom in Harrisonburs. Is W. Sfsh day
oil May next. when and whers air Rsis1SI xfS
yarned to appear to show CAUSE WY eendemas,.
t.on should not be DEGREES" SID IL iAtsf}shs FL
their interests w. :" '"'
Dated, December Is, 1919.
= !" '''WA. !. PolNrs.
feb 10 Il District Clerk.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

CATr4E MARKEr.-In Baltimore at the last
quotations, best cattle were selling at to cts.
That WHICH rates at frs4 quality s to cts. Hogs
were selling in Ciqeinpati at 4 and 5 cents.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

RDYS-bpy your boots aud shoes Of G i
Weiief-he keeps good astiele at lon prices.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

C.. L. Weller's boot, shoe aud hat store is OPP
poslte the Masonic building and Town Hall,
Main street, D2n't fargett
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

I A RaHE GRANGE ts sssause staoa sf Isys
a. and T,inksss.. =; great aacnifAs. ny ap.
plying to the unaggsiixheA who purchased th.is
Ss =. Cease. and taey are not ID The lsxuisAsi2
li9s. TURNER Y A4aAAN.
Mar So Nsi3 II set ss.xut.en. VI
& -: y E-sa ;...} ..stt5-E ~.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

For Rjchmend and Baltimore daily papers,
..aot "a, r,st oe6te VI. GItsS.
Ssssss{ x seS : .Ls..
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-12

Mar. u, 2t.]
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20

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The editor 4 The Ms~sllan American
nraas Lnsrnes. TIL. !. what w assss
..l's,r,aire ,hose ~he rs,snsise ,ea u
snr nte,te. W. shall deal enl. With
aud haisners men Win adsts.
Ii.e, w may Le compelled ~ buy.
frnm these who 10 net PAT.
rcnisc ~. hut cnl. when wc cant 10
otherwise. /"
4 maAhole IN Remington, Nebraska,
i - deep sha. smal children arr often
los. in Il, and local paper sa,G I'VE
don't care anything ahca. 4. cause
our folks are just ~, Il children. but
for tho sakc Of our suffering neighbours
~c call attention 10 tho matter"
Az cnlivcning episode. " tho liquor
Il the day was furnished by
In ambitious New Yorker. on Sunday,
who. on : wager, tosscd VI pint of
whisky and = gallon u beer At ono ris.
ling, and was turned over to the under.
lakcr IN about IN hour afterwards.
Next.
Tho Chicago Tribune aays Il bio
Lewis can live on fifty-four ccnts . week.
n he claims, thor Is no cause for him 10
charge $50 a nigh, for hir services
Bring out your oldest milkman Tho
editors have begun Il and the
temperance people encourage them,
because those venerable milkmen arc
sach shining examples II tho good result,
of u plentiful usc 1t water.
a soldier shall not fall BY my hand
now" says tho valiant lsatler, How
many ever did fail BY your hand. Con-
eralg--- Boston Herald.
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20

J2sfiicrs u tie Peace.

AWENsON 0LK, Eass side 81 nm %
See Al.
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lMsnrdHse AaeNfs,

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!. nsNOT El.L9N. Ne card.
WEeArER MOusE, ssr~sr xim asA
ett0h ITS.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20

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Harness Makers.

NalI.lEN. ~ ED. See -.
MALTnt, n. A.. sAep nest deer Jewel,
~ stere.
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esaelstna opposite Oepst.
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20

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Grocery and Frat .Storea.
u, y, ssutA stAs MAvhsa ~.
WEBSTER. W. y. nee ~.
0ktEN, ~. opposite C~Mva Mssee.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20
Hurtirnre .NlarsA

LOMAA nROrMER, ~ sAs I'D
seMMA - NssHtoN 4 eaVeard.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20

M0YT. Q. NJ, ~ Aaksry,
cLANk. ~, See card.
NEWTON, >. .. vtssa Asss msssA ssCssr,
M0Mse.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20

Uvy-GO0ds De0tere.
WAIVER \ AVERY, " the u o
usssa sepssees eAe pest ealee.
MILK, JOHN. West Side ~ ktnA street.
klfr, w. p. ssatA side - Market ID.
..cAWAMD. }. ,. asss deer ssusA q tie
nett \ nla<k.
.aNERsLl, g: sestA Side - MArA -
WHITE u. 1. NJ. . Dsleh nl~sh
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20

.CoMUe = COLL1No. spesssle cessl
Mouse s1aase.
0kO. MoRsg, See a.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20

NVNTEN ANW NNNUN VIZ
0olng South. ueInx North.
t~Avs ANaIh Ia y. N. Lvsvs Masnh tiitS " a u
Amy Asssss lI"y ~ Antvs NA'oa rny siaf y
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-10-31
AnecdOte of Col. Johnson,

In the year 194O, Col. Richard M.
johnson was candidate for Vice. Presi-
dent of the United States, and during
that exciting campaign supper was
given to the Colonel by his admirers of
Worcester, Mass. and at this supper,
allusion having been made to the Colo
nel's gallant conduct in the battle of
the Thames, he said he would relate to
them an incident which would, per-
haps, explain the secret of much of the
success of that battle.
In theregiment which he commanded
there was certain man, OF middle-age,
tall, lank and strong, who had formerly
been travelling preacher in Kentucky.
Thongh now turned soldier, and filed
with patriotism, he was as religious ap
ever. For some time previous to the
battle in question he was wont to hold
evening meetings in the camp, which
many of the soldiers attended. Now
this man was an uncompromising be-
lever in predestination. Everything
that ever happened, or that was ever to
happen, had been foreordained from
the beginning.
When they were forming for the en-
gagement Col. johnson, with battalion
OF his mounted men, was sent by Har-
rison to charge upon the Indians under
Tecumseh, and, thinking to try the
faith of the Kentucky preacher and his
followers, he placed them in the ad-
vance, where they fought more like
tigers than like men, their heavy swords
cleaving an Indian skull at almost every
blow. After the battle the colonel,
severely wounded himself, met the
preacher, covered with dust and the
smoke of powder, and congratulated
him upon his safety. "But," he added,
"why did you slay SO many? 1 told
you that if you held them at bay, and
killed only few, the rest might sur
render"
co." said the preacher, coolly and
honestly, "I couldn't help it. 1t was
so to be. Their time had come |"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-10-31
Insects In the Human Ear.

My grandfather, Professor N. r.
Smith, has, during his extended ex-
perience, met with several remarkable
instances of the entrance of insects into
the auditory meatus.
In one instance he encountered a
case very much like that described by
Politzer, except that but two insects in
stead of three were discovered. He
relates also another, which occurred in
the practice of his father, the late Pro-
fessor Nathan Smith, of Yale College,
in which a fly having blown in a
mans ear during sleep, the maggots,
presently coming in contact with the
membrane tympanic, created such an
uproar and sensations so unbearable as
almost to drive the man frantic before
relief could be obtained. In another
case honey bee few suddenly into the
ear of man who was quietly walking
in his garden. At once the man was
thrown into state of frenzy and ex-
citement that he was unable for some
moments to explain what had happened,
and those who beheld his actions con-
cluded that he had suddenly gone mad.
Sir William Wilde says in his book
upon diseases of the ear: I" 1 remember
being out shooting on plantation
many years ago with friend, who,
suddenly exclaiming, Oh, an earwig,
and, throwing aside his gun, fell on the
ground, making the most piteous means
and rolling about in convulsive agony"
Sir William relates that, having pro-
cured some water from neighboring
ditch, he poured it into the meatus,
and, watching for the result, soon saw
ga little animal, we'll known among
anglers as the hawthorn fly" creep out,
and the gentleman was at once relieved.
Some months since a patient came to
consult me, saying that during the
previous night, while she was asleep, q
| bug had crawled into her ear and had
caused her great suffering, which was
finally relieved by pouring into the ear
laudanum and glycerine. l discovered
in the meatus cockroach which had
penetrated to the inner extremity of the
canal before the remedies used had sue
ceeded in destroying its life. After re-
moving it the mem brane and the walls
of the meatus in proximity to it were
found to be highly congested, but no
further trouble resulted.
The movements of the wings and feet
of insects in contact with the drum
membrane produce most distressing
and painful sensations, as the descrip-
tions of the cases 1 have mentioned
show, and it becomes, therefore, mat
ter of the first importance, when living
insects have entered the meatus, to be
able, as quickly as possible, to kill
them, after which they may be removed
at leisure, and with great ease, either
Swinging or by the forceps if neces-
sary. This may be best accomplished
by pouring into the ear small quantity
of any mild oil or of melted lard, though
the most popular remedy for this pur-
pose is urine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-10-31
English Penal SerVitude,

In England sentence Of penal servi-
tude is, in its main features, and so far
as concerns the punishment carried
out, on exactly the same system to every
person subjected to it. After sentence
the convict is sent either to Millbank
or Pentonville, which are what are
termed "close prisons" and where he
must remain, under any circumstances,
for nine months, p'ssing the whole OF
this time-except, of course, that al
Iotted to chapel and ezercise-in his
cell. This term of probationary isola-
tion is intended to work upon the mind
of the prisoner, and to make him feel
the serious penalties-only now begin
ming to be misunderstanding to
wrong doing. The hard labor exacted
of him is oakum picking and crank
turning in Millbank, which differs in
this respect from Pentonville, where
more remunerative labor is most in
vogue, in the shape of Matchmaking,
weaving, tailoring and shoemaking.
Each cell in these prisons contains a
rough wooden bed on the floor, tin
Watering and basin, couple of
blankets and pair of sheets, a crank
machine, and little else. A slit in the
cell wall, or an opening in the door,
enables the warder to look in unawares
upon the prisoner, and see that he is
safe and well-behaved. Here the con-
victs work twelve hours day, exclusive
of meals-three pounds of oakum be-
ing required to be picked, or fourteen
thousand five hundred revolutions OF
the crank, with pressure of fourteen
pounds, to be made, at full labor, any
interval of spare time being spent in
the never-failing and wearying work of
oakum picking. The dress of all con-
victs in the "close PRISONS" except
those sert up from other prisons for
good conduct at the expiration of SEN
teEce, is a rough, brown fustian shirt
and breeches, stamped all over with the
government mark of the "broad ar
row." blue wooden stockings with red
stripes, shoes, and q brown fustian
Scotch cap. This uniform is only
changed as man advances in work and
is promoted to another class. At Pen
tonville or Millbank--both of which
are built on the same general plan
paying dearly for the one false step, OF
previous course of crime, by the dull
monotony of their everyday life, the
hard work, scanty fare, unceasing
supervision, and wretched feeling OF
despair which must be the lot of some
the convicts in England work out their
terms of probation. On given day,
before the expiration of this first year,
handcuAed and linked together by
chains, the convicts who have served
out their probationary terms are sent
off to one OF the "public-works prisons y
at Chatham, Portland or Portsmouth
or, if in Indifferent health, end in
capable of hard labor, to one OF the
light labor prisons at Dartmouth,
Parkhurst, Brixton or Woking. From
this time, it may be said, the convict
really commences his term of penal
servitude, by working at hard labor on
government works.