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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-04-23
MisefllansoMs.
ON FURNISHING A DIyING-ROOM.

Suppose we make bold innovation, and
instead of having a square table in the
middle OF the room, we have a round ta-
BILE at one end. You will lose, of course.
in extent OF accommodation, but Just see
what you would gain in comfort. First.
you won't have the door opening upon
two or three unfortunate persons, includ-
ing the host, and interrupling their talk
with the clatter of dishes and the whis-
pered converse of the footman and msids.
and none of your guests will have their
spinal marrow wasted by sitting with their
backs to the fire. You will be able to talk
to every one at your table with use, and
the conversation, instead of languishing
in duets, may be made general-no small
advantage. Besides the gain in comfort
and cosiness is very considerable, and that
should be one of your greatest aims in
dining-room. Another thing not gener-
ally attended TO. is the lighting; and yet,
perhaps, it is the most important of all de-
tails. The usual way is to have large
chandelier hung high up, and Illuminating
chiefly the pictures. 1t was such an ar
rangement, by the way, that inspired Syd-
ney Smiths sarcasm, when he observed to
his host that ''above was light and beauty,
and below, darkness and gnashing of
teeth" Remember that however good
your pictures are, you don't want people to
look at them at dinnertime, and so concen-
trate your light upon the table itself. To
this end hang your light low, aud sur
round it with a crimson shade, SO that
whenever light penetrates to the upper
part OF the room it may do so in soft glow
of color, just sufficient to give an effect
of warm obscurity And if Won have vour
side board at the other end of the room
lighted, manage it in the same manner,
whether it be with candles or lamp, al
ways keeping the actual flame invisible.
And on your table do not commit the vul.
garity of one OF those silver-gilt epergnes
with looking-glass platforms and badly
cast flowers or something OF that sort,
supporting basket, and hung round with
| crystal balls don't have anything of that
kind, but plain glass or pottery, made in
the most graceful shapes you can meet
with, and let your real ornaments be the
flowers themselves. They're far more
beautiful than anything HUNT and Roskell
can make for you. And don't be afraid
of having leaves and grass intermixed
with your blossoms look at the proper
tion in nature between blooms and leaves
and try to initiate that; and above all, let
your light fall as strongly as possible on
your flower ornament-focus that, as 1t
were, and make everything else of less
Importance. AS to what the room should
be by daylight, apply to it the same prin-
ciples which | gave in my second article.
about furnishing in general, and make it
a room of practical service, not funeral
| chamber .-SpectatCr.
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IT CAN Be CURED.

T can be cured. There is no doubt about it. The
i immediate relief afforded by Sanfords Radical
Radical Cure for Catarrh is but slight evidence
OF what may follow persistent use of this remedy.
The hard, incrusted matter that has lodged in the
nasal passages is removed with few applications;
the liberation and Inflammation subdued and
healed the entire membranous Innings of the head
are cleansed and purified. Consttutionally its ac-
tion is that of powerful purifying agent, destroy
ing in its course through the system the acid poi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-04-23

Issued every morning, except Sundays. 1t con.
aims the latest news by telegraph and mail, gives
rdports OF the Markets and has carefully prepared
'iitlcal and local articles, and generous amount
OF farming, home and miscellaneous reading with
iuil compilation OF State news,
Terms, 81 per aiiaam IN adoance, As IL payment
not made within the year. Single copies cents,
10 De had al the bookstores and a, this office.
. Advertisements inserted on able terms,
Ltes may be had ON application AT this once.
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THE
National Disease !
is IT DURABLE i?

'TNHOSE who have suffered from the various and
J. complicated forms of disease assumed by
Catarrh. and have tried many ply sicians and rem
edies without relief or cure, await the answer to
this question with considerable anxiety. And well
they may iOr no disease that can be mentioned is
so universally prevalent and so destructive to
health as Catarrh. Bronchitis. Asthma, CoughF,
and serious and frequently fatal ale ntions OF the
lungs follow. in many cases, u case of simple but
neglected Catarrh. Other sympathetic affections,
such as deafness, impaired eye.sight and loss OF
sense of smell, may be referred to as minor but
nevertheless serious results of neglected Catarrh,
bad enough in themselves, but as nothing com.
pared with the dangerous affections of the throat
and lungs likely to follow.
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SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE
Is Prepared by DisuIlation.

LIVERY ipiant and herb that yields Its medical
IA essence to 1t is placed in an improved still and
there mingled with a solvent liquid which, by heat,
Is made TO pass over into the receiver bearing with
1t the healing essences juices of these plants and
herbs, free from every contamination, pure and
colorless. Thus the active, medical constituents
of thousands of pounds of herbs may be condensed
into verv small compass. In this way sanfords
Radical Cure ID dyested of The nauseating worth
less features of all other remedies while its
tive properties increased teniold. IL is posi-
lively the greatest medical triumph OF the age.
Each package contains DIR. Sanlord's Improved
Inhaling Tube, with full directions for use in all
cases. Price, $ld0. For sale by all wholesale and
retail druggists throughout the United States.
WEEKS POTTER, General Agents and Whole
sale Druggists, Boston,
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SANF0RD'S RADICAL CURE

Is a local and constitutional remedy, and Is ap.
L piled TO he nasal passages by Insulation ith
DIR. Saniord's Improved Inhaling Tube, which ac-
companies each bottle free OF charge: and inter-
naliy, or constitutonally, where, by its action
the mucous coatings of the throat and stomach, it
trees the system from the poison generated by Ca
tarrh. Until this good result is effected perma.
nent cure can be made. Thus the united action of
this re medy is superior to all others or combina-
tions of others,
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Ntnufbft yonrnal.

tublshed at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street,
o Il OF Court by SPRAGUE, OWEN Il NASH.
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SANF0RD'S RADICAL CURE

HAS worked a revolution in the treatment of
IL Catarrh. II has demonstrated beyond all
doubt that this disease, in its severest forms,
is curable, and that comfort and happiness may be
made to follow years OF misery years of suffering,
by persistent use Of it. The method OF treatment
originated by DIR. Sanford, viz. the local and con-
stitutiona by remedy prepared by distillation,
is the only one offered to the public that will bear
the test of time.
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Advertising Agents
FOR THE
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An Electro Galvsnic Battery combined
with the Celebrated Medicated Porous
strengthening Plas er, forming the best
Plaster for pains and aches in The World of
Medicine.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29
sTAUNTON, VIRGINIA. NOVEMBER %, 1877

the policeman whom he had shot. 'His
face,'' says the reporter, stamped him as
being man Of uncommon ability and char
acter. The features were clean cut-regu-
lar, handsome and unmarried. The eyes
were intensely black and animated, and
seemed to have wonderful power CT pene-
tration. A broad, square forehead was sur
mounted by heavy growth OF short, dark,
unkempt hair. The shape OF the head was
simply beautiful. No person who saw that
face and head need be told that that man
was possessed OF intelligence, daring and
stubborn determinations. Dark, shapely
hands, small feet, bread shoulders, deep
chest and delicate feet, made up the tout en-
semble of man who must have appeared
something like Claude Duval. who could
gracefully dance minuet with Duchess,
or Dick Turpin, who sang a rollicking song
under the very shadow of Tyburn Tree.
Just such man as romancists love to paint,
as weak girls fall in love with and sentiment
talists weep over. And yet, after all. in
what is he deserving of pity? We may talk
philosophically CT the misdirected force
which he is the possessor OF, and sigh to
think that it might have been guided into
legitimate channels. A man who speaks
English, German, Swedish and Spanish,
who reads Italian, FRENCH and Norwegian,
who had been teacher, had studied law
and carried Byron's poems around with him,
I,o ha1 had N
might have been a great man, and shown
himself able to command and rule. But I'M
der these circumstances might not the traits
which have brought him to his present con-
dition have shown themselves? The man
who could steal horse would also steal,
even il lawyer or Il statesman, and he who
would deliberately shoot down an unoffend-
ing man in the presence of his wife and chill
dren would have been cruel tyrant instead
OF one who hews out a path to glory by the
way of duty and self-sacrifice.
His boasts that lie made Hildebrand and
the James and Younger brothers his models
is the key to tine character OF men such as
lie, who think that what they style bravery
covers multitude of sins. Novels and
dramas have done much to foster this feel
ing in the impressibe minds of the young,
and it is time that the world was undeceiv-
ed as to the manliness and courage Of high
waymen and freebooters. When once Gagged
they are whining and cowardly, and excuse
their crimes by talking about ''bad influen.
ces,'' sill treatment" and factions of pro-
Tossing Christians" There is no true brave
ry in this, and no better services could be
rendered society than Kidding it of their
presence, instead of lamenting over their
fate and giving them the sympathy which is
refused to those who fight the battles OF life
unheralded and fcarlessly, and who 60 down
to their graves bearing the sc ars of honora-
BILE victory.
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Bob Ingersoll's Temperance Speech.

In a recent letter to an Indiana paper
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll says that the
only Temperance speech he ever made
was in what was known as the Mum trial
in Chicago, when he made the following re-
marks oh intenperance.
81 believe, gentlemen, that alchohol to a
certain degree demoralizes those who make
it, those who sell it, and those who drink it.
belive that from the time il issues from
the coiled and poisonous worm Of the distil-
lery until it empties into the hell of crime,
dishonor and death. it demoralizes every
body that touches it from its source to its
ends. l do not believe. that anybody can
contemplate the subject without becoming
prejIdiced against that liquid crime. All we
have to do, is to think of the wrecks upon
either bank of this stream of deatli-of the
suic ides-of the insanity-of the poverty-of
the ignorance-of the destitution-ok the lit
tie children Juggling at the faded dresses of
weeping and despairing wives asking for
bread-of the men of genius it has wrecked
of the millions struggling with imaginary
serpents produced by this devilish thing,
and the asylums, of the prisons, and Of the
scaffolds upon either bank, do not wonder
that every thoughtful man is prejudiced
against that damned stuff called alcohol
SCRAPS OF HISTORY. and
Rockingham counties were taken from Au-
gusta in IVY.
Augusta has furnished more Speakers to
the House OF Delegates. than any county in
Virginia.
John Haggerty and Richard Owen, were
the first Methodist preachers in the Valley
of Virginia-about 177O
The first camp-meeting in the Valley OF
Virginia, was held at Chrisman's Springs,
two miles from Winchester, in 1906.
The first log cabins were built in Winches-
ter in 173s-one hundred and thirty-nine
years ago. 1t now numbers over 5000 pco-
pie. Augusta and Frederick were laid off in
the years Of I73s, and include, all the vast
regions west Of the Blue Ridge.
John Hite built the first brick house, west
OF the Blue Ridge, in Frederick county,
near Winchester. in 1885. 1t is still stand
ing or was during tie war-a small one
story house. III
Botetourt was taken from Augusta in 1906
The Act says: "And whereas the people stu
ated on the Mississippi, in said county OF
Botethurt, will be very remote from the
Court House,, &C., &c., the inhabitants who
live on said water shall be exempt from
taxes" sc.
Shenandoah county was originally called
Dunmore after Governor Dunmore, but was
changed, as he was loyal to the King in the
Revolution.
Weyer's Cave was discovered in 1904 nv
Bernard Weyer, while digging for ground
hog. He is now living in Illinois, or his
children are, and doing we'll. When the
Valley Railroad runs near this property, it
will have thousands of visitors, where if
has hundreds now, and will be illuminated
by gas, &c.
staunton was laid off by William Beyerl,
In l76l, and established by law the same
year. The first settlers were principally
irish. 1t now contains all nationalities, and
warmly welcomes all live, energetic mer.
1t is tho great Female Educational Centre
OF the STANDARDIZATION Gazette.
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gnettw.
* -
ALICE cARY's SWEETEST POEM.

Among the beautiful pictures
That hang on Memory's WALL
rs one Of dim old forest
That seemeth the best of all;
Not for its gnarled- oaks olden.
Dark with the mistletoe;
Not for the violets golden
That sprinkle the vale below;
Not for the milk white lilies
That lear from the fragrant hedge,
Coquetting all day with the sunbeams,
And stealing their golden edge;
Not for the vines on the upland,
Where the brighted red berries rest;
Nor the pink, nor the pale, sweet cowslirs,
1t seemeth to me the best.
I once had little brother
With eyes that were dark and deep
In the lap OF that olden forest
He lieth in peace asleep;
Light as the down of the thistle,
Free as the winds that blow
We roved there the beautiful summers,
The summers of long ago;
But his feet on the hills grew weary.
And one of the autumn ewes
l made for my little brother
A bed of the yellow leaves.
Sweetly his pale arms folded
My neck in sweet embrace,
As the night OF immortal beauty
Silently covered his face;
And when the arrows of sunset
Lodged in the tree-tops bright,
He fell in the saint-like beauty
Asleep by the gates light:
Therefore, OF all the pictures.
That hang on Memory's wall,
The one of the dim old forest
Seemeth the best of all.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29

Two MEN KILLED. MIR. John Bogus, OF
Botetourt, and Mr.. folly from Arnold's
Valley, in this county, were killed in Bote
tourt on last Thursday morning. They
were digging ore, when the bank suddenly
gave away, and buried the whole party
two being instantly killed, as mentioned
above. One Of the men, Bogus, leaves a
wife and six children, who are entirely de-
pendent. The accident was the result Of
carelessness of the overseer.-Lerington
Gazette.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29

All trains daily on main line.
The Express South bound connects at Lynch
burg for the West and Southwest and at Danvlle
for the South. southeast and Southwest.
The Mail South bound connects with C. s. O..
East and West and at LyI .hburg for the South
and South West; at Manassas for Strasburg, eX-
cept Sunday.
For Warrenton 10 IN daily.
Y QordonsVille Local leaves Alexandria 40 a. H.,
and arrives at Gordonsville 100 p m daily, ex-
cept Sunday. Leaves Gordonsville 40 a IN, and
arrives at Alexandria 40 p m daily, except Sat
urday and Sunday.
Passengers for Manassas Line leave Washing
ton daily, except Sunday, at 10 a. m and Alex
andria 40 a m. Returning. leave Strasburg 90
a. m, and arrive at Alexandria at Ii p IN.
North bound trains make close connections
with BALTIC. & Ohio and Baltimore Potomac
trains to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York,
and to all points North and Northwest.
The Express train has sleeping cars through
without change. between New York and Lynch
burg, and uetween Washington and New Orleans
Through tickets to the South and West.
s. SPENCER, Supt Transp'n.
j. M. BROADUS.
nov1l General Ticket Agent.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29

We learn from the Shenandoah Herald that
Mr.. Joseph Moore, Of Mt Jackson, Va, had
his leg broken in two places, last Saturday
morning.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29
THE SOUTHERN GUIDE
AND
REAL ESTATE CATALOGUE.

An Illustrated Quarterly periodical devoted to
the material interest of the South and published
under the auspices OF the -
ASSOCIATED SOUTHERN LAND BUREAU,
With the purpose of enlightsning the people of
the Northern States and Great Britain, relative to
the resources of the various sections of the South
and the advantages and opportunities offered to
immigrants and capitalists to encourage, facil-
tate and direct immigration Southwark; and,
with the cooperation of reliable, established Land
Agents, in all parts of the South and the encour
agement OF its people generally, to contribute to-
wards the development OF her vast resources.
We will refer customers applying to US to relI-
able Real Estate Agents, who are willing to accept
our cooperation, residing in the sections they de-
sire to visit.
We invite reliable and specific information rel
alive to all sections OF the South to insure their
correct representation in magazine.
We will mail the SOUTHERN GUIDE AND REAL Es-
TATE CATALOGUE to any address for $l,O0 per year
in advance. single copies 25.cents Sample:copies
free to Real Estate Agents, Booksellers and News
Agents. Address,
BRAMHALL s. CO., Publishers,
Washington, D. G.
Subscriptions may be left at the office of the
VALLEY VIRGINIAN where specimen copy may
De seen. nov8-2m
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A FULL LsNEofKTD GLOVES

A FULL KID CLIO YES
Every Style and Shade plain and heavily en-
brodered backs, also,
FANCY GOODS, JEWEhRY, NOTIONS.
SCRAP PICTURES, ORNAMENTS,
LADIES' AND GENTLEMENS' FUR
NISHING GOODS,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
True Economy consists in buying substantial
qualities of goods that will do good service.
Reckless extravaganza consists in buying poor
and unreliable goods that are made to sell only
and not to use
PERRY & TEN BROCK
nov Is Main Street. next to Grange Hall
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29

In addition to the above, I keep large stock OF
all pgrades of Smoking Tobaccos, from Scots per
pound to $500 per pound, and 10000 Cigars OF
my own manufacture, from $1S to $50 per thous-
and.
Don't forget the place. When you come to
town give me CALL and you will see thst: can
supply you with anything pertaining to the To-
bacco trade at the very lowest prices.
mars5l CHAs. E. HAINEs.
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miscellaneous.

r. N. Pool, President, C. H. VANDERFoRD, Treas'r
p B. DELANY, Sec & Supt. c. Z. HAAS, Attorney.
BOOTH & GARRETT.
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29

k'Oh SALE.-That very desirable CITY -
PROPERTY, recently owned and oc- eYf
cnpled Dy MRS. Tate. situated on New ST., -.
petween Frederick and Main Streets. This prop
cry IS IN good repair water on the premises, gas
tnfongh the house. Terms easy.
octs Apply to C. A, RICHARDSON.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29
and UNDERWEAR
The fullest line in
Warm MERINO UNDERWEAR

WARM MERINO UNDERWEAR,
three-fifths and all wool. for Ladies, Misses In
fants and Gentlemen. For coed article. examine
our stock before buying. Underwear that is all
cotton, though cheap is useless for winter wear.
HOSIERY! HOSIERY!
Silk Checked Full British, all the best goods at
PERRY TEN BROECK'S.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29
VOL. XII.
Railroads..

Trains leaving Staunton at 1918 a. m and $50
o. m. run daily Except Sunday stopping at all
regular stations.
Trains leaving stanton at 2,55 a. m, and IL, 40
a. m, run daily, stopping at all regular stations
between Huntington and Alleghany. and at Gov
ington Millboro'. Goshen, Waynesboro, Alton.
vile, Gordonsville, Junction and Richmond
Sleeping cars run 255 a.. m. and 12:40 am.
trains between Richmond and Covington Also
Sleeping cars will run on Nos. and trains be-
tween Washington and White sulphur.
For further information, rates. &C.. apply to
j. H. WOODWARD, Ticket Agent, Staunton, Va
CONWAY R. HOWARD,
w. NJ. s. DUNN, G. P. s. Ticket Agent.
Eneineer and Superintendent.
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nv c.. vIRG. MIDLAND G. S. r. R.-JNO
Nv s. BARBOUR, Receiver
on and after Sunday, Nov. l1th 1871, Passen-
sgeP Trains will run as follows:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29

w ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND COMMISSIONER IN CHANCERY,
STAUNTON, VA.
Will practice in all the Courts of Augusta and
Circuit Courts OF the adjoining counties.
Prompt attention given to collecting claims.
Office on Augusta Street, opposite Court House.
sept lily
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29
AT OLD PRICES

Notwithstanding the increase of the prices Of
all Tabaccos in consequence of the additional
Revenue Tax, yet at this old stand YOU can buy
at the same low figures as heretofore.
Nineteen different kinds and styles open at Retail.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29
READ THIS.

READ THIS. 80
For sale at the old Tobacco stand, corner of
Main and Augusta streets. formerly occupied by
ArmentrOut a large and carefully selected Stock Of
CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCOS,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29

Will practice in the office formerly occupied by
have made reduction in the price OF artificial
teeth. Sets Of teeth guaranteed to be OF the best
material are furnfhed for S15. Terms Cash.
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