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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-30
From the Christian Advocate.

From the Christian Advocate.
MESSRS. EDITORS II have asked the Ques-
ton fifty oron hundred times, who was the
inventor of the cut nail, but never have had
it answered !; now will answer it myself.
It was at Mr.. Michael CARRIERS, an old black
smith on the Wilde river, Augusta county,
Va. about seven miles west of Ssaunton.
the county seat, about the year 1905. At
that time | was an apprentice to the tan
ming business, was the mill boy, and in the
dry season OF the year went past his shop to
the mill and stopped several times to see the
invention, but never saw the machine in op-
Grafton, therefore never saw them cutting
but saw them heading, which was done then
by the vice and hammer, but now both are
done at the same time. There has been con-
siderable improvement in manufacturing
nails as we'll as in any other inventions.
The last time was at his shophe was fix
ing machine to cut flooring brads, and
when went in he was placing a piece of
timber against post, he then said, "If
was left-handed could drive that spike.''
l replied that was left-handed. He then
handed me the hammer and said, II will
thank you if you will drive it." 1 did so,
and with that machine he cut the flooring
brad. Thus old Augusta claims the inven-
ton OF the cut nail land the moving machine
also by Mr.. Mccormick.
ST. LOUIS Co., Mo. r. CLAYTON.
Mr.. Clayton has long resided near this
city-is now approaching ninety, and yet
is as active as many men Of fifty.-ED. ST.
LOUIS PRESBYTERIAN.
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The GREY and the Blue.

A dispatch from Fremont, Ohio. dated
the 18th, President Hayes home, says
The Executive Committee of the Soldiers
Reunion announce their next meeting TO
Marietta, Ohio, September 4th, 9Th, 9Th. and
7th. Cannon, ammunition, arms, tents,
and two hundred stands of regimental col
ors, provided for by acts of Congress and OF
the Ohio Legislature, are already on the
ground. A number of distinguished gener-
ais, among whom are Gems. Cockerell, Joe
Johnston, Sheridan, and Crook are to be
here, and it is expected the President will
also attend The Governor Of the State and
his staff will be present, and Gov. Young
will formally open the camp on the first
day. All soldiers of both armies are invi-
ted, and no partisan or political speeches
will be tolerated. Every State will be rep.
resented by ex-soldiers of the Union and
Confederate armies.
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STAUNTON. VIRGINIA. AUGUST 80. 1877.
THE VALLEY VIRGINIAN
Tragic Lover.

The widow Gras had enticed into her
meshes many an unsuspecting Partisan
youth, and after the novelty Of the triumph
had subsidized, she cruelty tossed them aside
to suffer the agonies of love unrequited.
Her last victim was wealthy and handsome
young Frenchman named Rene dc la Roche,
with whom she was intensely enamored,
and fearing that her fading charms might
pail upon the gay and impressive youth, she
employed an old lover to despoil his beauty
and blind his eyes by throwing vitrol in his
face, so as to shut out from his vision the
beauty of woman as well as of the world.
She hoped by this means to have him ever
near her, and to feel comfort in caressing
him when her own graces OF person had
lost their power and the magnetic Influence
of her manners had ceased their conquests.
The work was cffectually done, but instead
of the domestic bliss she had imagined for
herself. she was seized by the law, brought
to trial, and sentenced to hard labor in
prison during fifteen years, while her accom-
plice and instrument, an old soldier, was
given ten years, with the loss of his medal
and pension.
It appears that Nine. Gras had contem
plated something Of this kind for some time.
A year ago, while at watering place, she
saw a man still In the prime OF life and TO-
tally blind, who was assiduously waited
upon by his wife, an elderly woman. "How
fortunate she u.s." she remarked obviously !;
"her husband can never see how she fades
and ages, nor can he escape from her intlu-
ence. To him she remains eternally young
and beautiful, and over him she will be
always omnipotent." So she, finding her
beauty on the wane and her youth depart
ed, set to work to realize her ideal for her.
self. Her claims, indeed, seem to have re-
lied mainly on dress and cosmetics. De-
prived of her paints, her hair dye, and her
elegant toilettes, she had become a common
place, middle-aged woman, with sallow
complexion and very white hair, and fearful
that he- handsome lover would tire Of her
faded beauty, she resorted to the cruel de-
vice of disfguring and binding him, so as
to keep him near her, and free from the at
fractions of others. The result of all her
jealous love is recorded above. and she will
probably die in the penitentiary.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-30

THE contents OF the WESTMINSTER Re-
VIEW for July. 1877, republished by the
LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING Co., Al Bar
clay Street, New York, are as follows
The Chartered Guilds of London.
Illicit Commissions.
Harriet Martineau.
The Present Education of Solicitors.
Old Gaelic Culture.
Successful Lawyers.
The Cradle of the Blue Nile.
The Eastern Question.
Contemporary Literature.
The opening article is called forth by a
proposal made by Parliament to investigate
the privileges and financial condition of the
Guilds of London. These Guilds are sin
corporations, by statute or charter, of va
rious trades, crafts, or mysteries" and in
clude, in different grades, the traders and
their journeymen and apprentices,
The object OF the second paper is ''to tear
aside the protection afforded by an honest
name, and to drag this rank, unsavory weed''
(Commissions) ito the surface under the
real name-Bribery."
Quite long paper is devoted to Harriet
Martineau, containing numerous quotations
from her autobiography.
In the next essay the defects in the pres
ent system OF the education OF Solicitors and
their remedies are indicated, and a sketch of
the average articled clerk'' is given, to
gether with 'sthc course he will wisely pur-
sue when his term has expired
sold Gaelic Culture'' is a plea for found
| ing s.Chair of Ccltic'' in one OF the Eng
| lish universities.
| Successful Lawyers" begins with q
sketch of James Scarlctt, who is said to have
been the original of the character OF "Mr.
Subtla'' in ''Ten Thousand Year" Severa
| quotations are given from that work. anC
an attempt is made to supply a key to the
ssBench and Barr described in it. The re-
cent death of Mr.. Warren will give addition
at interest to this article.
The Eastern Question and British inter
ests in Egypt surround the ''Cradle of thu
Blue Nile" King John, Abyssinia, and TIN
slave trade are matters of secondary impor
lance, even though the Eastern Question
has an article all to itself, in which it is di-
vided into two parts ''the European
Eastern Question and the Anglo Easter
Question"
The notices Of Contemporary Literatur
fill up the remaining pages Of the Review
The periodicals reprinted by THE LEON
ARD SCOTT PUBLISHING Co. al Barcla
Street, N. Y. are as follows: The Londo
: Quarterly, Edinburgh, Westminster, an
British Quarterly Revietos, and Blackaoood'
j Magazine. Price, "a Il year for any one, O
only SIS for all, and the postage is prepai
| hy the Publishers.
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The CASE OF Col. RUSSELL. Commits
sioner Raum has addressed letter to Col
lective Russell, of Richmond, which conclu-
des:
Upon examination OF all the papers, am
eratifed to be able to inform you that these
charges, in my opinion, have no foundation
to rest upon, chat you are entirely exoner-
ated from them, and that this office will de-
cline to consider them further.
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French Republic.

The mock French Republic is significant
ly illustrated by the detail OF the despotism
of the Mcmahon administration, as practiced
towards the press especially. OF course il
there is a sentiment of freedom prevailing
with that nation, it will soon teach that the
inspiration of liberty is stronger than per-
verted authority, and that it is only ques-
tion'of time, and that very brief, when the
guise that conceals the mailed hand of the
Gyrant under the pretense of a Republic,
will be torn off, and the people assert their
majesty.
A dispatch, detailing incidents Of the CAM
paign now progressing in France, says;
The electoral campaign on the part of the
French Government daily becomes more
active and oppressive. Yesterdays news in
cludes the following items: Hawkers Of
newspapers at Compiegne were recently re-
quired to furnish lists Of the newspapers they
served to customers in the reimbursement.
The officials then suppressed the delivery OF
the Steele, Nineteenth Century, Presse, Re-
pubhgate, Franchise, National, Bien Public,
Petit Republique Francalse and Petit Jour-
nal, all Republican journals.
The Union Li6rote, of Versailles, was sem
fenced to 5000 francs fine, and the mana
ger imprisoned three months for insulting
President MacMahon. The Nineteenth Gen.
turn and Petit PGrisien were prosecuted for
publishing colored map of France showing
the political complexion of the departments,
the offence declared against them being the
unauthorized publication of drawing. The
court convicted them, but imposed nominal
fines of so francs each. Two clubs at Aries
have been closed, charged with being polti-
cal assemb1ages. The Depeche, a newspa-
per at Toulouse, has been fined 100 francs
for refusing to print speech OF President
MacMahon. The Minister OF Agriculture
has asked the Projects in a circular letter to
remind the employees Of the Department of
Agriculture that it is their duty not to tempt
to thwart the action of the Cabinet Or place
at the service of hostile parties the influence
they derive from their offices. The Paris po-
lice have forbidden the street sale OF photo
graphs of NJ. Theirs. The papers announce
that $4,000 copies of the equestrian portraits
of President MacMalIon are to be distributed
in the Provinces. The offence of speak king
insultingly of President MacMahon in the
streets is now becoming the subject of daily
action before the courts. NJ. Lefevre Du-
rufle, who may be said to have originated
this offence, was condemned to two months
imprisonment, but succeeded. on appeal, in
reducing the term to fifteen days. lie is a
son of the former Bonapartist Senator. The
Court of Bordeaux has reversed the decision
of an inferior tribunal and fined the book
sellers who sold newspapers without special
authorization. On the other hand, the tri-
bunals of Nevers and Carcassone have de-
clared themselves competent to try actions
by newspapers against Projects for prevent
ing the street sale thereof.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-30

The Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond,
Va. are now filling large contracts for rail-
road cars. The plate, spike and other mills
are in full operation, and it is expected that
the puddlers will resume operation at once.
AT that time there will be from nine hun
dredto one thousand men employed.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-30

Senator Mcdonald, OF Indiana. has OK
pressed to the reporter of the Chicago Times
the opinion that the railroads have outgrown
the narrow limits OF the State authority
which created them, and that the national,
government will have to protect them pre-,
cisely as it protects commerce on lakes and
rivers.
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LARGE = ALE
BOOTS AND SHOES

I offer $4,000 WORTH OF BOO rs ANDSaoES
AT COST FOR CASH.
FROM DATE UNTIL THE THE soTH DAY OF
AUGUST.
This is no Cost IIumbuS, but nDonafida SAFE,
and braces the very best goods to be had III tne
market, for Ladies, Misses, Gentle men, Boys ana
Infants,-indeed, shoes OF every dc Scri2fhion
MERCHANT; =
wishing to assert up their stock, lmoGldake al
vantage of this opportunity to do. On FACT ev.i
eryone in want of BOOTS and SHO ES tor present,
or future use ought not to miss Il he bargains 10
be had.
Come early before the stock is too .Bnnch broken
so you can get the size you want.
N B.-Persons indebted to me viii please CALL.
AND PAY UP need the money.
iv96-tf -Roota and shoe Sto he, Hain St.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-30

Henry Eckert, residing in West Hoboken,
N. j., qua-reled with his wife Thursday at
midnight, and Friday morning at 2
o'clock the dead body OF Mrs. Eckcrt was
found in an alleyway beneath her bed room
window. Eckert has been arrested on suspi-
ciun Of having thrown her from the window.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-30

The Governor has appointed Hon. VIM.
Mines, ir., of Page county, member of the
Board OF Visitors of the Virginia Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College. in place of
Col. e. j. Armstrong, of Rockingham, de-
ceased. A very good selection.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-30
VOL. XII.
Railroads..
FROM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

TNhesapealSe and Ohio HaigrOnd.-On and
~ after Monday, June 4th, 1877, Passenger Trains
will run as follows:
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Hotels.

THE management of this Hotel has changed
Nlands and is now being put in thorough repair
being namodeled and refurnished.
Situated near the Chesapeake Ohio Railroad
Depot and accessible to the business part of the
city will make it desirable for transient visitors
and especially for the Travelling Commercial men,
II is we'll ventilated and delightfully."- cool in
Summer which will make it pleasant resort for
those seeking comfort and health.
So Terms will he moderate and special rates
will be made for Commercial men.
Omnibus to and from the Hotel free of charge
ne Livery stables attached TO the Hotel. ga
ian 2h-1Y
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-30

Dreston A. Baylor,
L ATTORNEY AT Law,
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
STANTON, VA.
Practice in all the Courts of Augusta and adioin-
ing Counties.
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
father Col Geo. Baylor, decd, Augusta street,
opposite the Courthouse. nov 10-1y
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-30

VXTM. IL. HARRISON, T
w Attorney .at. Law,
STAUNTON, VA,
Practices in the courts of Augusta and adjoln-
ing counties.
Particular attention paid to the collection of
claims and prompt returns made.
OFFICE-opposite Circuit Clerks office and
above the Law Library. June 8-n
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-06-14
The Sahara.

The Scientific American points out, i,
giving figures which are seemingly care
full, that in the event Of channel being
opened into the great basin of the Sahara
Desert, certain disastrous results will
follow. The surface to be flooded is on
an average eighty feet below the surface
of the ocean, and Its extent is nearly four
million square miles, Figuring on the
basis of one hundred ard fifty millions
for the entire ocean surface, the general
level will he lowered something like two
feet. So much for the immediate result
but farther than this, it is evident that in
q sea which has practically no inflow OF
fresh water the loss from evaporation
must be made good from the main ocean.
This loss, according to the authority
quoted. would amount to about z, 600, 900,
600, 600, 900 cubic feet annually, and the
supply channel from the ocean would
have to discharge about five hundred and
twenty-five times as much water as j:
carried by the river Rhine. 1t is estimat-
I'd that IN little more than century the
entire basin would be filled with salt
which would he but a poor substitute fol
the sand which now tempers the climate
of Southern Europe.
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Charley Ross.

Regarding the offer Of $4,000 in cash,
by p. T. Barnum for the delivery Of
Charlie Ross, Mr. Christian X. Ross says
that the proposal originated with the
Snowman himself. Mr.. Barnum, he says,
is enthusiastic about anything he under
takes, and thought it very likely that the
present custodians of the child would
treat with third party like himself.
when they would not with the relatives
Of the child. Mr.. Ross says that he was
trying every method which
presented itself for Charles recovery,
and he could only hope that this new at
tempt m ght prove successful. He would
not say that he was sanguine, for had he
allowed himself to base any strong hOped
upon the child's recovery he would have
been crazy long ago, SO many times had
all attempts proved futile.
At the Central Station. Capt. Helms
says that not day has elapsed since the
abduction that something has not besn'
done in the way of search for tho !ooe
child. He is sure that. in time, the ea.
tire mystery will be explained, for The
more intricate the case becomes. the hard.
er docs he seek to solve it. Mr.. Ross wap
told at the Central yesterday that he mnso
expect newspaper criticism as to the lno~
ltives of Barnum's offer, but he said he
was used to that, and cared Only to dnd
his child. In order to do SO he would try
every means possible. .-.
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LacOnics.

Men, like books, have at each end q
blank leaf-childhood and old age.
1t would be we'll if we had less medicine
and more cures less cant and more piety;
less law and more justice.
Disappoin,ments feed and nourish US in
the desert places of life, as the ravens did
the prophet in the wilderness.
Men look at the faults of others with q
telescope-at their own with the same in.
strument reversed, or not at all.
1t is dangerous for one to climb his FAM.
lily tree too high, for he is apt to 81,
among dead and decayed branches.
We touch not wire but it vibrates In
eternity, and there is rot voice that re
ports not at the throne of heaven.
The tall mountains are the sublime
apostles OF nature, whose surpl ices are
SHOWS. and whose sermons are ayalanches
Commune Often with yourself. Nc
doubt you might commune with much
wiser persons but with none more profita
|bly.
MajesticalIy mournfuI are the words
'.no more" They sound like the roar Of
the wind through forest OF pines.
Beauties often die old maids. They
set such value on themselves. that they
don't find purch sser until tie market il
closed. .-...
The mind 10 weak when 1t has ono
given way; it 10 long before . principA
restored can become - firm ~ one tha
|ba, never been moved.
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Fire Escape.

The account of the burning of the hotel,
ST. Louis, elicits from correspondent OF
the London Times . suggestion for the
prevention OF suffocation by smoke. de
saws q pilIow-case well saturated with
water aud having . small hole to look
through, placed loosely over the head. will
be found an admirable impromptu Tesp'.
r.ior in the densest smoke. Vice Admiral
Jeruingham, while in command OF the
Cambridge gunnery training ship at Ply
mouth, made the first experiment with
this pillow case resp,rator. He had IL
hounds of loose powder exploded in q con
fioed part of the ship. which, although
ecreeDed off with fearn0ught, emitted 20
dense = smoke that those outside had to
lie down on the deck. A common pillow
case with small eye>hole wss placed on
the head Of the man who, with the hose
lin his hands, went inside and remained 10
minutes, when, To assure his friends out
|l0s Of bis sffsty, hsssugs comic song.
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Antiquity Of the Irish Harp

Long before the Tyre was known in
Rome or Greece, the Gael of Irelana had
attained high degree of perfection in the
form aud management of the Irish harp.
The Irish harper made use of two kinds
of instruments-the cruit and clairseach
The latter is supposed to have been en-
ployed in producing martial stratus, and
used in banquet-halls; the former thrilled
from its chords the sOftest breathings OF
love and sorrow. The Pagan would
listen to no instruction of Druid and o.
Law (prlest aud professor) that was moi
welded to verse; and eveniwhen the Chris
tian dispensation had supplanted Druid.
ism, they continued to be In equal rerute.
In rank, the ninstrcls were the coequals
of the mobiles, and at the festive boards Ia
them were assigned seats of the highest
honor; extensive land estates were settled
upon them; many of them Is late IS the
seventeenth century occupied stately cas-.
ties. The legal records of that period
show that the annual rental of one Of this
class was equivalent to e5, 900 of oul
present money. Their persons and prop
critics were held inyiolable BY all classes;
the eric. or compensation, levied under the
brehon. .lsw, for the kitlisx of . chief pro.
fessor, swas psxt jnsa sasseeat q. hat aEacled
for prince Or Q King.
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Hu1110r.

We are all as God made US, and often>
times great deal worse,
Butter was IN use 1 600 years ago.
Some Of the original stock appears to have
held over,
ynnns father aaya that nna hahy with
= cracker will make the couch of wearfed
industry more uncomfortable than . dozen
J.rsey mosquitoes.
'>The SuIt:n," says an exchange. .'satA
his state dinners from golden dishes,''
Yes, and what's moro. be drinks water
from Golden Horn.
Why arc two ladies kissing each other
an emblem of Christianity: Because they
are doing unto each other as they would
men should do unto them.
Somebody asked Mr. Moody, in one Of
the Roaton tabernacle services, "Oan 4
man use tobacco and be q Christian :"
His reply, ''Yes, fltY 0ne," made tho
people laugh.
Maria is very popular name in Illinois.
When cat climbs back fence IN . we'll.
populated reighborhood. and 2laintively
calls out. Maria" twenty or thirty
windows are hastily thrown up, from
which protrude twenty or thirty feminine
heads, wildly answering, "What?" -
The Fiji cannibals that Barnum used to
exhibit were out of employment all VIM.
ter, save few days shoveling snow, and
one of them feelingly remarked the other
day: "Dlvil such tonnes have seen sincs
left the ould country more thin SWIM
teen years ago."
He viii not visit her any more. Tho
cat was asleep in char in the paIlor,
but he did not notice it until he sat down.
The cat saw the mistake at the same time
he did. The thread in the cats paws
indicate that his pantaloOns were all wool
cloth, which must have cost about $2.5O
per yard.
A poor old woman who had worked and
toiled for nearly threescore years, said If
she didn't think she'd have rest in tho
next world, she'd tie milestone round
her neck, and jump into the river, and 20
she lived.
The son of q locomotive engineer
shriekcd to one of his playnates. brake.
mans boy who was in imminent danger
of getting smashed by his mother, who
was coming after him: "Get on the main
line and give her steam! Here comes tho
switch epgine!' But before the juvenile
could get in motion. she had him by tho
ear, ard he was laid up with hot box.
In debate on the Leather Tax, in 1875,
in the Irish House of commons, tho
Chanc e!lor of the Exchequer, Sir John
Plunkett, observed with great emphasis,
THAT in the prosecution of the present
war, every man ought to give his lass
guinea to protect the remainder" Mr..
Vandclcur said: "However that ipay be, /,
the tax on leather would lie severely felt
by the barefooted peasantry Of Ireland.
To which Sir Boyle Roche replied, that,
"This could be easily rcmedied by making
1.-The underleat Tiers of woOu.D