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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-04-06
LANDS FOR SAFE

wTaEssaESHA LANDS FOR SAFE
" OR FOR RENT.-The undersign-
ed has for sale hundreds Of valuable
FARMS, COUNTRY SEATS, MILLS,
TIMBERED and MINERAL LANDS,
MINERAL SPRINGS, &c. &c on the
most reasonable terms. To those wishing
to buy, come and see for yourselves, and
to those having properties to sell, if you
can give clear titles and do not hold youl
lands too high, we want to act for you.
We have been in the business ten years,
and never sold bad title. Send stamp
or tie Land Advertiser" Piedmont
Land Agency
Gordonsville, Va.
P. s. Mr.. w. II. n. E.YN n. of
Staunton, Va. will give all the informa-
ton, either in person or by letter, to par
ties desi ing to sell OF buy VALLEY
LANDS through my Agency.
DAVID D. NJ. DIGGES.
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DAFFYDOWNDILLY'S HAT.


DAFFYDOWNDILLY'S HAT.
BY T. M'TAVIsH.
Miss Daffydowndilly has come on visit,
In her green poonaise and yellow silk hat,
She's as slim as the trimmest lady of fashion,
Neither pannier nor pouf and the trimmings all
fiat.
Bnt the yellow silk hat. that's the crown of her COS
tune
When yon once have seen that, you won't think Of
her dress;
And where In the world she ever has bought it.
I'll warrant that you never-no never can guess !;
For I've heard that she made it herself out of
shine,
With pipings and trimmings of yelowest gold,
And really believe it as watching, wonder,
While the wonderful quings and f1uttings unfold.
She must have been weaving it all the long winter,
In her dark little chamber hidden away,
And had it all ready. through snow storms and
freezings.
To start on her journey the first sunny day.
And ow that robins are piping their nest songs,
And yiolets dottin5 the meadows With blue,
Miss Daffydowndly has come to my garden
To make short stay. Is she visiting you?
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-29
HOLLOW - " - PILLS
Invariably cures the following Diseases
DiSol der Of the kldneVS.

In all diseases affecting these organs. whether
they secrete too much too little water. or
whether they be afflicted VITA stone or gravel or
with aches and pains seth in the loins the
regions of the kidntys these Pills Should be taken
according to the printed directions, and the Oint
ment should be well rubbed into the small Of the
back at bed time. This treatn, ut viii give almost
immediate relief when oil other ne ans have failed
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-29
IMPOhTANT CAUTION

None ale genuine unless the signature Of ]
HAYpotK, as agent for the United States, sur.
rounds each box of Pills and Ointment A hand
some reward will be given IL anyone rendering
such Information rs may lead t. the detection OF
any party or parties counterteiting the medicines
or vending the same. knowing them to be spuri-
Gus.
- Sold attic nIanufartory e PROFESSOR HoI =.
LowAY Co. New York, and by al respectable
druggists and dealers in medicine throughout the
SiNiik world, Il boxes at - cents. 81 cents and
81 each.
~ fhere is considerable saving by taking the
larger size.
y. B.-Dir'ctions fprthe guidance Of patients in
every dlscrCtr are affixed to each box
Oflce, 10 Liberty Street, NV York.
il5-dw-ly
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-29
For tOmachs Out of Order.

No medicine Will 81 cnrctnaliy Improve the
tone of the ,: mach thes. Pills they remove
all acidity occaeloned either 10y intemperance or
improper diet They reach the liver and reduce
it to healthy action. they wonderfully eff
cacious III cases II >la.ln in fact they never fail
In curing all disorders OF the liver aud stomach.
HOLLOWAY PILLS are the best known in the
world for the io,i' wing diseases Ague, Asthma
Bilious Complaints b.utChes the Skin Bow
els, Consumption. Debility. Dropsy. Dysentery
Efysipchs, ftmalc Irregularities. Fever of all
kinds, Ilts, Cont. Hcadac he. iudi gestlon Infiam-
nation Jaundtee Liv,r COMPLAINTS Lumbago,
Plies. rheumatism, detention Of urine Scrofula
or Kings Evil, sore Throat Stone and Gravel
Tic'pouloure uf, Tuners Ulcef- Worms of oil
KINDS MGakILn.s q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
OFTHRGENRRAL NEWS,
Major RenO,D Sentence.

Following is the result of the court
martial at st. Paul which recently tried Major
Keno on the charge Of having made improper
overturcs to the wife of Capt Bell, and having
taken means to cast slurs on her character:
War Department, May S-Thc proceedings in
this case having been forwarded under the l0Gth
article OF war to the Secretary of War, have
been most carefully considered and have been
submitted to the President, who approves the
finding and sentence; but is pleased to miti-
gate the latter to suspension from rank and
pay for two years from the 18th OF May, 1877
Major Rcno's conduct toward the wife Of an
absent officer, and in using the whole force Of
his power as commanding officer Of the post
10 crafty his resentment against her, cannot
ne too strongly condemned; but after long
deliberation upon all the circumstances of the
case as shown in the record OF the trial, it is
thought that his offenses, grave rs they arc, do
not warrant sentence of dismissal and all its
consequences upon one who has for twenty
years borne the reputation Of brave man and
honorable officer, and has maintained that rep
utation upon several battlefelds of the rebel
lion and in contcsts with the Indians. The
President has therefore modified the sentence.
and it is hoped Major Reno will appreciate the
clemency thus shown him, as well as the very
rcprchcnsiblc character of the acts of which
he was found guilty.
(S'sncd) GEORGE W. McCRARY,
Secretary of War;
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
Criminal BuilA1,e Das.st~r.

The new court house at Rockford. ILL.,.
fell with a crash on the 11th inst. The build
ing was not yet under roof, and the massive
stone cornice which proceeded from the roof
was being put on. just as the key y-stone was
being placed in the dome of the main pavilion,
the. brick work between the iron and stone
gave way, and the entire dome and interior
walls OF the structure came crumbling down
with terrible crash that was heard nearly q
mile away. The style of the building is French
Venetian, OF the Renaissance, designed by
Henry l.. Gay of Chicago, and the contract for
the building was let to w. d. Richardson, of
Springfield, who in the spring of 1876 began
the work. 1t has two pavilions and a center
dome over the front entrance. The vi
hons on each rise about 50 feet above the level
Of the cornicc. The dome is 1l9 feet from the
ground and supported by the front walls on
e'e north side, and two iron columns from 10
to IL inches in diameter on the inner side, and
these columns rest upon brick wall going IN
from the ground floor to the floor of the court
room The walls were about feet through
and 1t appears were entirely inadequate to
hold the immense weight of the iron pillars
and the massive masonry of the dome which
rested upon the pillars. Between twenty and
twenty five workmen were carried down with
the falling building and buried in the debris.
Twelve were taken out dead and dying, and
many OF the wounded cannot live. Both ar.
chitcct and builder were severely blamed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
The Courteous Brigand.

Marco di Sciarra, who fourished in
1892, was of the old Sciarra blood, which
is now represented in Rome by the
Prince Colonna di Sciarra. He was Cap
tain of a band of highwaymen, and they
"infested " the lands about Molo and Casti-
CLONE, towns of Gacta" This freebooter
of Captain heard that "Signor Torquato
Tasso, man of great parts, learned in
every science, and particularly in poesy,
author of work called 'Gerusalem Lib
erata,' and other writings, which, for his
glory, were in the hands of every one"-
he heard, ! say, that this remarkable man
was travelling from Naples to Rome, with
an escort, and had stopped some days at
Mola and Castiglione. Sciarra had so
much admiration for Tasso and his poems
that he sent him WORD that he should
have not only free passageway, food and
company for the journey, but everything
he might wish,-that he mi ght command
the services of the leader and his band.
Tasso returned most gracious thanks, but
would not accept the invitation. He did
not think it decorous to do so; he did not
wish to make any friendly pact with such
man. You see civilization was already
advancing when Sciarra received Tasso's
courteous refusal; although the reasons
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
RUSSIA'S WAR WITH TURKEY.

Up to the 9Th inst. the Russian attack
on kars was unsuccessful, and the Turks arc
now confident that they can hold it. A Con.
|stantinoplc special says notwithstanding
Russia's promise that Turkish ships should
have eight days to leave Russian waters, ten
Turkish ships were seized at Kcrtch the day
after the declaration Of war. The Porte has
instructed Musirus Pasha, its ambassador at
London, to request ngland to demonstrate at
st. Petersburg against the act Both italy and
Austria protest against the closing of the Dan
nbc: England is much excited by Lord
Dcrby's reply to Gcrtschakofi, but it is gen.
orally endorsed.
1t is reported that the Russians have
gained an important victory between Kars
Erzcroum. It is runlorcd that 14,O00 Turks
were captured. ROumania is expected to pro-
claim her independence and then declare war.
A Russian Commissary has been shot for
adulterating flour for the army.
The Turkish gun boats bombarded
Oltenitza for four hours on the 10th, but were
rcpulsed by the Roumanians, and two of their
boats destroyed. It is believed that the Rou-
manian Senators and delegates will defeat q
declaration of war. 1t transpires that Eng
lands declaration of neutrality was secured by
the rcsOlutc position of four members of the
English Cabinet. The remainder were for
war, but four declared their intention to resign
anu w " tuc ptOplc AS Tie EnSll6n people
have not yet reached the war stage, the Cab
met did not dare to take the risk, and hence,
for the present, neutral position was taken
A Russian battery hitherto masked by
vineyard, opened fire on the nth on the
Turkish monitors near Ibrail An hour after
the commencement of the action shell struck
large three-masted iron-clad and sank her,
with crew of three hundred and Hassan Bcy.
There arc l 600 Russians already at Guirgevo,
who are beginning to push their way westward
along the river to Simniclla. They intended
to occupy the bank of the Danube rs far rs its
Junction with the Aluta river.
An official Constantinople dispatch
says the Russians having attacked on the 11th,
in great force the position occupied by the
vanguard of the Turkish auxiliary troops in
the vicinity of Batoum, an engagement ensucd
lasting eight and a half hours, resulting in a
complete rout of the Russians, who lost 1000
men. The Turkish loss was inconsiderablc
A Rustchuk dispatch of the 10th says from
preparations on both sides, it is plain the time
for action on the Danube is close at hand
Russians evidently intend to open fire on
Turkish positions along the whole line, and
under cover of overwhelming artillery fire,
will attempt to cross the river at several points
Notice has just been given
that Rcssian batteries at Giurgeyo may begin
firing on this town and fortress at any mo-
mcnt.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
Hospitality in Khiva.

8 Capt. Burnaby, the Englishman, who
has just made tour through Turkestan,
was we'll treated in Khiva, and received
especial hospitality on reaching there, in
the home of dignified old gentleman.
The Khivan hosts were very humble and
deterential wherever he went, but: they
were very inquisitive also, and curious to
know of the ways of Europeans. Their
notions upon such subjects are very vague,
as is shown by this passage from one of
the conversations which the traveller re-
ports: :; ..a...
"'Which do you like best, your horse
or your wife?' inquired the man.
" That depends upon the woman l
replied; and the guide, here joining in
the conversation, said in England they do
not buy or sell their wives, and that I was
not married man.
What! you have not got a wife?'
"'How could / travel if had one?'
"'Why, you might leave her behind and
lock her up, as our merchants do with
their wives when they go on a Journey
"' In my country the women are never
locked up
"'What a marvelr said the man; and
how can you trust them? Is it not dan
gerous to expose them to so much temp
tation? They are poor weak creatures
and easily led. But if one of them is un-
faithful to her husband, what does he
doe
'''He goes to our moullah, whom we
call judge, and obtains divorce, and
marries some one else'
90 What! you mean to say he does not
cut the woman's throat?'
"'No; he would very likely be hanged
himself if he did,
"'What countryv said the host; we
manage things better in Khiva.'
"The guide was much astonished on
hearing the price of horses in England.
And what do the poor people dog he in
quired.
Why, walk
"Walk?'
"'Yes, walk this appearing to the
man such an extraordinary statement that
he could hardly credit it,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17

A Russian Serf.

From Wanacs's "Russia"
Ivan must have have been about 60
years Of age, but was still robust and
strong, and had the reputation of being
abie to NOW: more; hay in a given time
than any other peasant in the village.
his head would have made a fine study
tor portrait painter. Like Russian
peasants in. general, he wore his hair
parted in the middle-a custom which
perhaps owes its origin to the. religious
pictures. The reverend appearance given
to his face by his long, fair beard, slight
~ tinged with gray, was in part counter
acted by his eyes, which had a strange
twinkle in them--whether of humor or of
roguery it was difficult to say. Under all
circumstances-whether in his light,
nondescript summer costume, or his warm
sheepskin, or in the long, glossy, dark
blue, double-breasted coat which he put
on occasionally on Sundays and holidays
he always looked a well-fed, respecta-
bic, well-to- do member of society: while
his imperturbable composure and the en-
tire absence Of obsequiousness or trucu-
!ence in his manner indicated plainly that
he possessed no small amount of calm,
deep-rooted self-respect. A stranger on
seeing him might readily have leaped to
the conclusion that he must be a Village
elder, but in reality he was simple men,
Der OF the commune, like his neighbor,
poor Zakhar Leshkof, who never let slip
an opportunity of getting drunk, was al
ways in debt and difficulties, and, on the
whole, possessed more than dubious
reputation.
Ivan had, it is true, been village elder
some years before. When elected by the
village assembly against his own wishes,
he had said quietly, "Very we'll, children; !;
l will serve three years;'' and at the end
OF that period, when the assembly wished
to rc-elect him, he had answered firmly,
mo, children, have served my time.
1t is now the turn of some one who is
younger and has more time. There's
Peter Alekeyset, good fellow, and an
honest; you may choose him." And the
assembly chose the peasant indicated; :;
for Ivan, though simple member of the
commune, had more influence in COM
munal affairs than any other half dozen
members put together. No grave matter
was decided without his being consulted,
and there was at least one instance on
| ieCoiu VI TIC vlllage assembly pOStpOnlng
deliberations for week because he hap
pened to be absent in St. Petersburg.
No stranger casually meeting Ivan
would ever for moment have suspected
that that big man, of calm, commanding
aspect, had been during a gleatcr part Of:
his life serf. And yet scrf he had
been, from his birth till he was about 40
years of age-not merely a serf of the
state, but the serf of a proprietor who had
lived habitually on his property. For
forty years of his life he had been de-
pendent on the arbitrary will of a master
who had the legal power to tlog him as
often and as severely as he considered de-
sirable. In reality, however, he had never
been subjected to corporal punishment
for the proprietor to who he had belonged
had been, though in some respects severe,
q just and intelligent master.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
800 German immigrants on board as stccrage
n0SScnpnrs
The Permanent Exhibition.

The Main Centennial building at Phil
adclphia was opened for the permanent cxhi-
bition on the 10th, the attendance reaching
over one hundred thousand. The programme
Of exercises at the opening was made up OF
music, prayer, addresses and bcncdiction.
During the performance of the prelude, Gov.
Hartranft and staff entered upon the platform,
followed by President Hayes, the organ play
ing Hail to the Chief" After the festival
overture, Rt. Rev. Bishop Stevens offered
prayer, and an address was delivered by Glen
ent NJ. Biddlc, President of the Exhibition
Company, introducing the choral, "Angcl OF
Peace" when President Hayes made the proc
lamation, II now declare the international
exhibition for the season of 1877 open." Ex-
President Grant and Senator Blaine were
amogn the visitors prcsctn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
Crop Prospects In Great Britain.

The Mark Lane E1press, in its weekly
review Of the British corn trade, says: The
weather was cold throughout the greater part
Of the past week, and little rain has fallen.
Spring sowing, except in few backward dis
tricts, is now finished. The cold wind has
crustcd the SURFACE Of the soil in many locali.
ties; growing crops and vegetation generally
have made very little progress. The wheat
plant has somewhat improved, hut unless
spring weather shortly sets in the chances Of
ultimate mischief to the crops will consider
ably increase. In Scotland the hopes of far
mers for an carly grass crop have been sorcly
disappointed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
0eAoe1nx the Army,

The Secretary Of War has issued orders
directing that 2, 500 enlisted men of the army
be discharged between this date and the 1st Of
July, in order that retained pay and other al
lowances due them may be paid out Of the ap-
preparation for the current fiscal year. This
discharge is made on account Of the postpone
ment of the extra session Of Congress-. Had
the session been called for the 4th of June as
contemplated the discharges would not have
been made for four months. This reduces the
army to 25 coo men:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17

A man who will chaw turbackcr will
drink Jamaiker rum, and man that will
drink Jamaiker rum will 60 to ruin, and
a man that will go to ruin is mean enuff
to do ennything. You can just tell about
what man a will du, by hearing him tell
what he has did. I am prepared tu say tn
seven of the rich men out of every ten
Make the most Of your money, for it
makes the most Of yu." Debt is an eel
pot-a big hole where you go in, and a
small one where you KUN out. Man was
GRATED little lower than the angells,
and he has been getting = little lower ever
since.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
Steamship Lest.

Dispatches received at the Offices of the
Williams and Gnion Steamship Company state
that the steamer Dakota, from LIVERPOOL for
New York, went ashore on Point Lmas, forty-
five miles from Liverpool. The passengers
and crew were all saved and most of their bag
gage, but the vessel and cargo will probably
prove total loss. Point Limas is whore out
ward d-bound vessels usually drop their pilots.
The coast is steep, rocky and exceedingly dan.
gcrous. Here is where the Royal Charter, an
Australian emigrant clipper, was wrecked in
October, 1851, when nearly 400 persons per.
lshed, and where about year ago the steamer
Abbotsford, splendid ocean steamer, va
wrecked. The Dakota was about I, 800 tons
burden and valued at $75OOOO There were
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
Joe Jefferson and the Ballet Girls.

Celia Logan In tho New York Dispatch.
when these our actors want dress
rehearsal in part before they venture to
perform it to metropolitan audience, they
usually go. over to Newark, N. j., ENG
a hail, and play it. This they call " try
ing it on dog but what the poor New
arkians have done that theatrical poison
should be thus thrown to them it is diff
cult to understand. 1t is true it is near
New York, but so is Jersey City, and it is
not punished in this way 1t is popular
ly supposed that if play does not
succeed in poor Newark, it is no use try
! ing it elsewhere. At the same time they
get the cream of our stars.
Joe Jefferson was billed there for one
night, and crossing over to rehearsal in
the morning he asked his son, who was
then his BUSINESS manager, if he had anv
any ballet-girls for "Trip Van Winklc."
The young man had forgotten that they
were needed, but promised to get three
or four by night. They are wanted in
the last act to push Rep about and to laugh
at him when he comes back after his long
sleep. They should be dressed in the
plain homelike style of the primitive
period. Young Jefferson rushed off and
engaged several Black Crook" girls, who
knew nothing of the stage but that which
they had been required to do at Niblo's.
When they made their appearance in
Newark, Jefferson was simply horror
struek-aghast--to behold the ballet
girls in pink fleshings, wings, wands, and
simply tarlatan fringe around the waist.
To make it worse, they were all in those
fairy-like attitudes peculiar to the '' Black
Crook" $50 off," he said in low, agoni-
zing tones; Ego of, do" Not understand
ing why they were thus summarily dis
missed, they determined to make the
most Of their short-lived opportunity, and
danced, and pirouetted, and threw their
toes over his head, until he was nearly
frantic. At last he drove them off.
This being the secret history of the case
it has always struck me as being unjust
in the Newarkians to mutter among
themselves at Mr.. Jcfferson's making
senseless and disgusting innovations when
he played in their city.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
Specle R<suIllpti0n.

seetretary Sherman telegraphcd on the
18th from New York to Assistant Secretary
Mccormick that in addition to the ten million
dollars of ~ per cent. bonds taken on the 5ll
inst to provide for the call of that date, he has
sold under the resumption act to the syndicate
five million dollars of said bonds at par in gold
to be paid for during the months of May and
June. The gold thus received will be sold for
currency at the pleasure of the Secretary The
Secretary says he will 90 on with the sales Of
~ per cent. bonds for resumption purposes
as provided by law, and hopes to be able to re-
sumo specie payment by the first of July,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17

The Semi Tropical says: "The cucum-
Der is naturally climber and not a creep
ing plant, and it always bears better when
furnished with brush or trellis Of laths
and strings for its support. Brush, like
those used for sticking peas, laid on the
ground around the hill are better than no
sunnOrfO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-17
visitor. t. the. Naval Ae.a.~v

The President has appointed the fol-
lowing named gentlemen as the board of yisi-
tors at the naval academy to attend the cx-
animation in June: Commodore r. H
Hyman, Capt. g. R. Franklin, and Pay Director
George F. Cutler, Brig. Gen. William H.
Emery, Gen. R. p: Buckland, Of O.; Hon. Caleb
A. Curtiss, of Mass, Prof. w. G. Hammond, o
Ia, Bishop William 1skip, of CAL, Prof. F.
Quimby, Of N. T., Hon. L. c. Houk, of Tenn,
and Hon. James A. Leonard, of Minn.