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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-09

CHOICE SPOTS FISH, gust from the wa
tiers and received daily at PEARMAN'S.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-09
LOCAL..

Hours Of Closing the Mails at Stanton
past 0fnoa
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-09

WATER MELONS for almost song az
PEARMAN'S
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-09

FISH FISH! Don't fail to try the
Choice Fish OF the season-Salt Water Spots
ut PEARMAN'S.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-09

Cows and Calves S25 to S45.................
The market was we'll supplied with good cattle
this week, and opened quite brisk and continued
so until the close; prices were about the same as
last week. Calves are in good supply but still
dull and low. Sheep and lambs We're in better in
curry this week, and prices were n shade higher.
Very few hogs coming in, and the demand is
very light; prices are about the same last week.
Cows and calves in good supply. Market active.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-09

PERSONAL Housekeepers! Send a one
cent stamp to J. G. Yeager, for which you
will receive by return mail a receipts (gra-
tis) worth $500 each, to any housekeerer.
ANNUAL MEETING.-The annual meet
ing of the Valley (colorcd) Baptist Associa
ton will be held on Friday, August 10th, at
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, in this city at 0
O'Clock a. IN. The Rev. Mr.. Hopkins will
preach the first sermon.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-09
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Aug l-Beef-cattle
Prices tO-CaY range as follows

The market for home consumption has been
only fair this week at prices varying but little, if
any, from those ruling last week. The offerings
ceived then. the best of the arrivals Friday
and Saturday of last week. being reshipped east.
chiefly on speculation. Quotations 50a$6 10 per
100 lbs, few choice steers being sold at the lat
ter figure,
Hoga--Ihe receipts of hogs have not been very
heavy this week. following the very light run last
week. though showing marked increase. reach
ing this market chiefly through the Chesapeake
4 Ohio Railroad. The demand not having been
fairly met early in the week, prices have advanc-
ed on hogs more than any other kind OF stock
which Inter lave been arriving with considera
BILE freedom The prices now ruling can scarcely
be maintained many days, and it would be Judi
cious to purchase from present quotations-7s4@
SIC per pound. Receipts this week 4079 head
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-08-09

s. M. YOST Il SON. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
CURIOUS 1RMENIIN CUSTOMS.

CURIOUS 1RMENIIN CUSTOMS.
The Erzeruom correspondent of the
London Standard is studying the do
mestic life of the Armenians. One day
a pan, in which an omelette was being
cooked, fell down, and the servant OBJ
stlnately maintained that a young woman
on the roof of a house opposite had
caused the mischief by her evil eye, AMI
with difficulty was prevented from going
over and taking vengeance. Here is an
other incident: The married sons, con-
trary to the Turkish custom, live in the
house of their parents, but the law of
the Armenian church forbids the mother
in-law, during the first four years of the
marriage, to say a'word to her daughter
in-law. The young wife sits, dumb and
motionless, the whole day in corner of
the room, without any occupation, unno-
ticed by her husband or anyone. Only
in the poorest families, in which the
women must work, Is the daughter-in-
law driven by blows, cuffs and kicks to
labor. The poor young creatures are
allowed, however, TO go five times daily
to the church. Now, it happened that
In the house next door the mother-in-la law
had not spoken to her sons wife for six
years, two years more than the allotted
term, because she was childless. At last
the entreaties of all the young women Of
the neighborhood, ON their Bonded
knees, induced the deeply offended old
woman to address the first words to her
daughter-in-la law,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
INF4 NTIIE ELOPEMENF.

4 pretty little miss of u summers,
the daughter of a widow spending the
summer at Atlantic City, and a pre-
cocious youth of IA, whose father is also
a summer resident at the "city by the
sea-" being the owner of cottage at
that place, formed an ardent attachment
for each other, after an acquaintance of
only one week. After few days expo
rience as lovers, they resolved to unite
themselves in the bonds of matrimony,
and accordingly, on the morning men
toned, they took the carly train at At
lantic City for Camden. Before the
train which bore the enamored couple
reached Camden, however, the father of
the youth, after inquiry, learned the
cause OF mis- sudden disappearance. The
boy and girl had been seen at the
depot, and were known to have left
upon the train together. The father
tclegraphed to a friend in Camden, who
hurried to the depot and met the youth
full would-be bride and groom upon their
arrival. The disappointed couple were
returned by the next train.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
WHIT MIKES BOW-LEGS.

BOw-legs and knock knees are among
the commonest deformities of humanity,
and wise mothers assert that the crook
edness in either case arises from the af-
tilcted one having been put upon his or
her feet too early in babyhood. But a
Manchester (EnglanD physician, Dr.
Crompton, who has watched for the true
cause, thinks differently He attributes
the aforementioned distortion to Il habit
some youngsters delight in, of rubbing
the sole of one foot against that of the
other; some will go to sleep with the
soles together. They appear to enjoy
the contact only when the feet are naked;
they don't attempt to make it when they
are socked or slippered. So the remedy
is obvious; keep the baby s soles covered.
knock-knees the doctor ascribes to a
different childish habit. that of sleeping
on the side, with one knee tucked under
the hollow behind the other. He has
found that where one leg has been bowed
inward moro than the other, the patient
has always slept on one side, and the
uppermost member has been the most
deformed. Here the preventive is to
pad the inside of the knees, so as to
keep them apart, and let the limbs grow
freely their own way. All of which is
commended to mothers who desire the
physical uprightness of their progeny
PO1,,Jy0y- Science 1Lo,,tb1,f
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02

The moment girl has a secret from
her mother, or has received letter she
dare not let her mother read, or has a
friend of whom her mother does not
know, she is in danger A secret is not
a good thing for girl to have. The
women at any age, the better. It is al
most test of purity. She who has
none of her own is best and happiest.
In girlhood hide nothing from your
mother; do nothing that, if discovered
by your father, would make you blush.
When you are married never, never,
never conceal anything from your hus-
band. Never allow yourself to write a
letter that he may not know all about, OF
to receive one that you are not quite
willing that he should read. Have no
about you where you go and what you
dO-those who have the right to know,
I mean, of course.
A little secretiveness has set MANY a
scandal a1loat; and, much as is said about
women who tell too much, they are much
better off than the women who tell too
little. A man may be reticent and lie
under no suspicion; not so Il woman.
The girl who frankly says to her moth
er, 81 have been here. I met so and
50. Such and such remarks were made,
and this and that was done" viii be GER
tain of receiving good advice and sympa-
thy. If all was right, no fault will be
found. Ii the mother knows, out of he1
great experience, that something was i'm
proper or unsuitable, she Will, if she is
good mother, kindly advise against its
repetition.
1t is when mothers discover that their
girls are hiding things from. them that
they rebuke or scold Innocent faults
are always pardoned by kind parent.
You may not know, girls, just what is
right, just what is wrong, yet. You cant
be blamed for making little mistakes
but you will never do anything very
wrong if from the first you have no Sc
crets from your mother Christian a.
! Work
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
QUE JUTENILES.
Playing Grandma.


Lost in the depths of the old casy-chair
Sits gay little Trissy quite grave and demure.
With huge pair of specacles perched on her nose,
A sweet little grandInamma am
A snowy white kercIlief crossed under her chin.
A quaint, crimpIed hat on her fair, golden head ;
Her long, siIken gown trailing out on the floor,
And under it's folds nestling sly1y Old Ted.
fsNow grandmamn.a's tired, dear Children she
says
And thinks she'll indulge in afternoon nap"
Then drops her blue knitting and shuts her blue
eyes,
And settles her spectacles over her cap.
With shout and scramble they rush for the
lounge,
Then all make fefnt of being quite still:
Joe, Bessie and Glenn, who laughs under her
breath,
And last though not least, noisy, mischievous
VIII.
Five minutes, no more, not sound in the room,
Then Josie no longer the silence could keep;
But, stealing on tiptoe leaned over the chair,
And found, enough, grandmamma fast
asleep
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chase for long time, perhaps thinking
to tire the youngster out by constant
lodging. But in this plan he was mis-
taken, for resolute, Woodworking from
tier boy has a vast fund of endurance.
Once the cleaning knife, thrust between
the logs after him, came near doing its
bloody work; but Johns grit was
aroused, and he struck the brutal hand
heavy blow with the tomahawk handle.
But the many turns and tides, tricks
and lodges of that fearful struggle can
never be related. There are some
scenes two tragical for words; besides,
the particulars are covered under the
drifts of forgetfulness ever Leaping
above the past.
OF course, during all that terrible af-
ternoon, Johns thoughts and eyes were
constantly turning in the direction of
his home. He knew that his father
would seek him before night, and as the
hours wore on he began to look with
great anxiety for his coming. He had
the common faith of all children in pa
rents, and felt they would not leave him
to perish.
AT length he caught distant glimpse
of form coming up the path. Oh,
how his heart bounded
With renewed force he began again
10 hurl at his foe everything he could
seize, raising such connection as to at
tract his fathers notice, who, compre-
hending the whole scene at a glance,
stole up within gunshot of the unsus-
pecting red man.
The sequel is soon told. The crack
OF the settlers rifle signaled the Indians
fate
The warriors weapons and trinket
were taken as trophies the gun, having
a bullet but no powder in it's chamber,
could not be fired, thus explaining why
he had not shot the Lad when he threat
ened to do so.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02

hALbII BUILDING IN 1877.
Inc Rdtta0dy Age gives list, by
States, OF the number of miles of new
railroads that have been constructed in
this country during the first six months
OF the present year. The total number
of miles is 705f, of which 1874 were built
in California, 1881 in Texas. 634 in
Pennsylvania, 80 in Vermont, 81 in Ten
nessee, % in New Jersey, 90 in Illinois.
20 in Indiana, Is in Wisconsin, IA in
Michigan, in Iowa, etc. Of the 7O5a
miles, 2S3 were narrow-g gauge. The Aoe
remarks.
"The cost of railway building was
never SO low as now, and yet it costs a
great deal of money to build railways of
any KIND, III any times. The economy
OF narrow-gauge roads has generally
been overrated, and The extremely low
figures anticipated by some have seldom
been adhered to. On the other hand.
the enormous rate of $40, ZOO to $780,
600 per mile, at which our principal lines
were formerly built, has. been greatly re.
duced for the best roads of late years.
1t will, perhaps, be fair to estimate the
average cost of the roads in the above
list of both gauges, including equip
ment, at $4,000 per mile. Cert;inl y
this is a low figure. AT this rate the
| 7O5a miles here reported have cost about
$S, 500, 900. This sum, it should be re
membered, represents cash, and thai
mainly raised along the roads, as the
fashion of building railways with bonds
sold at a distance has very nearl,
ceased"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
BISE-B1IL ONENCL1TURE Il.

sBy hockey" said a youth with his
girl Mt the ball match, |'what a hit that
was - "Why, George, dear, was it? L
didn't hear anything funny" '' Merci-
full ji1u-cracks - emits the youth mo-
ment later, "did you sec him steal that
base, Sallie % e" Why. George, l didn't,
but it's perfectly shocking, and police
man right here, too - Will intense ex-
citernent he continued, see mi-my !!
How he did rake in that hot liner. J"
60 Gracious goodness, George, what Ian
guage you do use,' puts i'll the youthful
fair, as an interlude. "Crimminy, Grim
miny, Sallie, watch the lett field waltz
after that fly" A moment later lie said,
" Moighty mokes, but how he did snake
that foul, right fresh from the bat. "
They carried her home to her parents,
hopclessly crazy.-Chicago Journal.
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SYSTEM.

Whatever you do have system about
it. It is the greatest labor-saving ma
chine in the world, and tie cheapest, but
is not the easiest governed. 1t requires
reason and management TO control and
exercise it. Yet, wherever it has been
introduced, this great labor saving ma
chine has been n success, demonstrating
to the world that it has saved its operator
unnecessary manual labor, multitude
of perplexities, kept his workshop in or
der, and enabled him to perform correct
Iy more by far than in its absence would
have been possible. It has many time
kept its possessor from exasperating en-
tanglements; it has saved him time and
trouble; it has kept his business recti-
fed while others have been confused.
SystemI 1t has ever been n victor in
war, it is the powerful sceptcr that the
true statesman and the political ccono-
mist sway in government, and it has been
and still is the commonest stepping stone
to individual fortunes. Have system i'll
your management, and you will find
eventually it viii outweigh the physical
forces OF energy without it.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
THE TOWN OF NIKoPoLTS

Nlkopolis, which the Russians have
captured, is a town of 20, Ooo inhabitants.
founded by Trajan, twenty miles north
west OF Sistova and fifty-two miles from
Rustchuk- Near this place was fought
the celebrated battle of Nikopolis, Sept.
Is, 1896, when Bayazid alderman defeat
ed the Christian army under Sigismuntl.
King of Hungary. Like Sistova, Nix
opolis is situated on two steep hills, and
possesses an ancient castle. 1t has be-
side few mosques, better than the or
binary run of such buildings In provincial
towns, and some small trade of its own.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
SITTING Bull.

Sitting Bull, with several other chiefs
and some / 800 of the hostile Sioux who
assassinated Gen. Custer and his sol
diers. crossed the boundary line into
British territory last spring, and are now
there on sufferance, the Canadian au-
thorities informing them that they can
stay there as long as they shall behave
themselves. Sitting Bull says they are
tired of fighting" and. therefore, seek
refuge on the British side of the Lac,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
The Rebellion of the Stomach.

The stomach obstinately rebels against all
efforts to make it digest superintendent or in
digestible food. When fit of dyspepsia has
been brought on by overindulgence in the pleas
valid can obtain from Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers prompter and more complete relief than
from any other source. This admirable specific
not only renders digestion active, but regulates
the secretion and distribution of the bile, re-
establishes regular habit of body when cos
tiveness exists, restores the appetite, soothes
and invigorates the nerves, and, If taken before
retiring, facilitates sleep. Under these happy
conditions, the dyspeptic or bilious subject re-
gains lost flesh, his spirits recover their elias
ITCHY. and all the various and harassing bodily
and mental symptoms of chronic indigestion
disappear.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
THE LATE KOOB BEG.

Yakoob Beg, the despot of Eastern
TurlHstan, whose death was recently an
nounced, was an uneducated ma,i, learned
only in the arts of war and Oriental
diplomacy. He secured the independ-
ence of his country by struggle with
China, commencing in 1868 and extend
ing through two years, at the same time
driving from power Boozoorg Khan He
allayci the suspicion of Russia, enlisted
the sympathy and cooperation of Great
Britain, and established secure domin-
ion where formerly there had been only
a disconnected province,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
TIE ORIGIN OF THE FOURTH OF

july.
"What do we have Fourth of July
for % asked Broadway boy of his ma.
Fourth of July? Why, Freddy,
I'm ashamed of you. We have Fourth
of July to celebrate thc-husband, de-
clare can't think for the moment what
1t is"
"Why, don't you know why we cele-
brate the Fourth? Who was it discov-
cred America %
Christopher Columbus - exclaimed
the mother and boy simultaneously.
Fright; and when did he discover
H?"
"Why, on the Fourth of July, of
course" replied the mother; but I've
got the worst memory about these his
torical facts"
"That's it, said the wise father, en-
couragingIy. columbus discovered
America on the Fourth of July, and the
nation celebrates the day in honor of the
event. Freddy, L want you to study
up. [ should feel awfIllly mortified had
you asked me such a question before
company. Camden Post.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
BID TEMPER.

There are few things more productive
of evil in domestic life than a thoroughly
bad temper. 1t does not matter what
form that temper may assume, whether
it is of sulky kind that maintains per-
feet silence for many days, or the rnadiy
passionate, which vents itself in abso-
lutte violence. Ill-temper at any age Is
a bad thing it never does anybody any
good. and those who indulge in it feel no
better for it. After the passion has
passed away one sees that he has been
very foolish, and knows that others see
it too. Bad temper in the aged is, per-
haps, the most trying of all It is, in
deed, a pitiable sight to see the wrinkled
cheek of an old person afiame with anger
and passion. Since anger is useless and
an unspcakable misery TO its victims,
why should it he indulged in at all?
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
I HAVE sold Hatch's Universe

L HAVE Sold HATCH UnlVerS;u Cough
Syrup for five years. 1t has by far the best
sale of any cough remedy keep. The sale has
steadily increased from its first introduction
Having seen it so thoroughly tested. / feel safe
in recommending it to my customers.
NJ. p. SHERMAN, So. Sodus, Wayne Co., n. Y.
p. 81 have customers who say they cannot
live without it. / will refer any who may in
quire to the parties direct. NJ 2. 5.
Sold by J. Block Il Co., Chicago, Ill.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
Please Bear it in Mind

that if your grocer does not have, and Will not
get, DooLEY's YEAST POWDER for you, you can
send 20 cents for quarter, 80 cents for half. or
60 cents for one pound can. Direct to DooLEY
& BROTHER New York and you will receive il
by return of mail Always use it for the deli
ciOus Vienna rolls
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02

THIRTY years experience proves the
Graefenberg Vegetable Pills to be the mildest
and most effective medicine ever known for the
complete cure of headache, biliousness, liver
complaints, nervousness. fevers and diseases of
digestion. Sold everywhere; price 25 cents per
box. Send for almanacs. Graefenberg Co.,
New York
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
The essentials for wide popularity ar

fully met i'll Colgate & Co.'S Cashmere Bouquet
Soap. 1t is universally esteemed 10y the tasteful
of perfumes. and The name AMI trademark of
Colgate II Co. on each package are guarantee
of superior and uniform quality. With such
nice adaptation the success of this article is
not surprising.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
WIuHoFr's ToS1c AUxrAELrSG AMI

WuHoFT's Tonic i-UNFNLING AND
ISFAIIIDLE This great Chill Tonic cures
Chiiis without The Intervention of doctors and
their bills. No consulting yisits-no Trescrip-
tons to be filled-no huge bulls, ents1iits pc
cuniary enbarrassments. added to loss of
health 1t is the friend of the poor man. be-
cause it enables him to earn living, and OF
the rich, because it prepares him to enjoy his
wealth. This great boon to mankind is cheap.
safe and prompt G. r. FISLAY L Co., Pro-
Trietors, New Orleans
Eos SIZE BY ALL pa-ccIsEz.
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4 SEICID L ETTER

William III. Chamberiin, the spend
thrift son of a Burlington, Iowa, capt
talist, who committed suicide the other
day, left the following note, addressed to
his parents lit pains me very much to
bring this terrible calamity on you, but
for my case 1 see no other resort. I
have spent very unhappy life ever
since my return from the sea. How
ever, it has not been your fault, but my
own disposition, which has been CON
stantly running me in the mire. To be
sure | could not expect to keep my
You have been the best of parents to
me- You have taken more from me and
put up with my recklessness more and
better than any child could expect, and
the height of mr. ambition has been to
see how much money [ could squander
on women, and such monkeying around
have been waiting for some time to get
out of this world, and now I am going.
Please give me the best STYLE of burial
that is ~ your command I should pre-
fer 70 be put in a vault III preference to
the ground, but use your own Judgment
as to how you dispose of me-"
JOHN SHANNON, in Coleman, Ky, WAS
separating some cattle from the rest of
the herd. A rope had been thrown over
a powerful bull, and he was fastened to
tree. The rope broke. and the bull
made for Shannon, caught him on his
horns, and tossed him In the air. As ne
came down the maddened beast caught
him again and threw him up, this time
killing him.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
ADVERTISERS

Are invited to investigate The American Newspaper
Union List of Newspa pers-the largest combination Of
IN the United S.oes-and compare the prices with
other lists rs the cheapest aud best ad1ertisig medium
ip the
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And, besides, they are out of ammuni-
tlon, which probably is really what's
the matter with them.