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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28
T'ORs RENT,-The Hot Springs
IL Property.
In Bath Couutu. Va.

III GdW county, ID,
trict Court for the Western District of Virginia,
entered on the 21st day of Nov EN- Der 1878 in the
matter OF Samuel q. Tardy Bankrupt, will on
the a3d OF DECEMBER, 1873, at II o'clock NJ,
of that day, in front OF the U. S. Custom House
in the city OF Richmond, Va, offer at public aue-
ton to lease the Hot Springs property of Bat
county, Va. for the ensuing year.
This property includes large and valuable.
farm, the Hotel, Cottages, and other buildings al
the Hot Springs, and the
EsOgEL FURNITURE.
The lessee will be entitled to possession Jan u.s.
ry LIST, 1879 and the lease will expire Octo 81 1879
will require five hundred dollars to be paid in
cash and the balance OF the rent in five equal in
stalments viz: March lst, 1879 May 1st 1879, July
lst, 1879, September lSt., 1879 and November LIST
1879. '''
will in the deed of lease require the lessee and
his sureties by proper covenants to protect the
lands from waste and improvident farming and
to return safely the furniture.
II the highest amount offered at public auction
shall, in my opinion, be Insufficient, | shall re-
fuse to accept the offer and will lease the proper
ty privately and if the security offered is not sat
jsfactory shall reject the bid
Will give any information about the property
which have, to parties desiring it, who will ad-
dress me at any time, at Chatham, Pittsylyania
county. Va. or meet me in Richmond, at the office
OF Messrs. Ould Darlington, on the 9th or Esd OF
December, 1873, between the hours OF IL am, and
IL m. of either OF those days.
w. L. SIMS, Assignee
nov 2o-5W OF s, C. Tardy.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28
4 administrators Sale of
a Personal Property.

l will proceed on
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9Th, 1873,
at the late residence of David Lucas, near Estel'
line Furnace, in Augusta county, to sell
THREE HORSES, NINE HEAD OF CATTLE,
Seven Fat Hogs, Six Shoats,
ONE WAGON AND HARNESS,
Farming Utensils, ten tons OF Hay,a quantity OF
corn ard wheat,
HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE,
and other articles too tedious to mention.
Terms made known on day of sale.
DAVID SANSIBAUGH:
nov 2S-tds Admir- of David Lucas, dee d.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

The st. Louis Times, good Democratic au-
thority, presents this dilemma for Its party
to consider: hTllc Democratic party is re-
duced 80 the necessity Of choosing between
two evils. 1t may by keeping away from
the Greenbackers remain in the majority in
nearly all the Northern States, or it may by
forminga coalition with the Greenbackers
drive hard-money Democrats to vote the Re-
publican ticket. 1t must be evident in view
of all these facts that there will be great
many scattered tickets in 1SS0.'i
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

The policy Of the Democratic party in
1880, will be war upon the National: Banks.
They will drop all other questions and COM
mence systematic crusade against the cur
rency of the country in tine hope of re-
uniting the discovered elements of the
party. This is Mr.. Thurman's programme,
and recently Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana,
has emphasized it. A party that has no
higher motive to control it, deserves the
contempt of all honest men, who believe in
principles and are controiledby convictions.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

s'CLEAR THE WAY FOR OLD KENTUCK. >,
We can't do anything in Virginia, unless
some YOU 1ger and more enterprising State
essays co do something better. We thought
we had discovered the greatest cave in the
world, when the wonderful Page caverns
were brought to human knowledge. But
here comes Kentucky with the cry "Clear
the track for old Kentuck," and announces
that she has cave near Glasgow junction,
tWenty-thrce miles in one direction and
sixteen in another, with avenues broad
enough to drive a span of horses and rivers
sufficient to float a flrst-class steamer,-
Could impudence go farther?
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

Mrs. Resale S., wife OF Lunsford T.. Lew
is, Esq, United States District Attorney
for the Eastern District of Virginia, and
daughter of the late Hon John Minor Bolts,
died in Richmond on the 22nd inst.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

Judge j. NJ. McWorther, OF Lewisburg,
". Va, has been appointed Post Master at
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, vice Cbas.
Robinson, removed.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28
4 .LEANSING CREAM,
NEW FIRM.

w. F. WOOD & CO.,
No.2 SOUTH AUGUSTA ST.,
Next door to G. E. Haines' Tobacco Store. Here
will be found a full line OF
resi- G ROC E r I Il S,
and all articles usually kept in first class CITY
GROCERY, with prices to suit the times. All kinds
OF COUNTRY PRODUCE
bought and taken in exchange for goods. Parties
who make PRIME BUTTER. will do well to give us
a call before selling. choice article OF
Rs NEW ORLEANS MoLASsES, ga
new crop Just received.
nov 20-1y WE WOOD GO.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

1t is expected that the road bed of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad will be IRON
ed through the entire county of Clarke
by the 18th OF December.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

1t is stated chat arrangements are being
made.to enioin the disbursing officer of the
State government from paying the members
of the Legislature, which is to assemble on
Wednesday next the ground that the Con-
stitutional amendments are now operative
and that the sessions should be biennial, 1t
is the opinion of some of the more prominent
lawyers of Richmond that the Legislature
cannot legally assemble on the 4th, nor be.
fore December, 1879. This is nice mud.
die
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

Mr.. Thomas Moore, aged So years, died
at his residence a. Rockingham, near the
Shenandoah line, on the 18th inst. The
deceased was highly respected and useful
citizen
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

The Steamship Pomerania, which left New
York November 18th, was sunk on Monday
night in the British Channel, bya collision,
during dense fog. The crew and passen-
gers numbered 2lS, and some fifty odd are
supposedto be lost. The Captain and his
wife went down.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

A fire company has been organized in
New Market, with D. S. Henkel as Cap
tain
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28

Judge Hilton has increased the reward
for the return of the body of the late A. T..
Stewart from $4,000 to $4,000. He is
also about to change his mind as to the eff
fcency of the New York police and now
THINKS them rather ordinary set.
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interest
whilst the Peeler bondholders get nothing.
5th The securtyis the same as is now held by
the coupon bondholder, and in case of default the
coupons can be sold, as now,
9th. Few of the present olders of the bonds
were the original holders. The bonds do not as a
general rule, stand them over one half their face
value, and they can we'll afford to make the ex.
change.
It'll. The settlement is equitable and Just in it.
SELF In view of the division of the State its ter
rlble losses. the war interest, the compounding,
OF rather the making of interest principal this
offer is one none need be ashamed to make,
wh1lstpolicy. the controlling reason at least with
the creditor, will prompt its acceptance, when he
is assured it is to be and will be fnality. and
such it will be.
But it is urged that the recent decisions of the
Court of Appeals, SO strengthens the claim of the
coupon bondholder that he is safe and his inter-
est assured, and no offer we may make will be &C.
cepted. We reply: LIST. Let us make the offer &C
companied by unquestionable assurances of our
ability and willingness to comply, and then at
least we will have the consolation, and advantage
OF having made an honest effort, and fair pro-
posal.
I'd. The question in the opinion of some of the
best legal minds of the country is not regarded
as finally settled.
We propose briefly to discuss this question.
The Constitution dedicates to the public free
schools: LIST. The annual interest on the Liter
airy Fund. 3D. The capitation tax provided by it.
Sd. An annual tax of not less than ten cents nor
more than fifty cents on the hundred dollars of
the property Of the State
The Literary Fund.- created as early as 1870 is
composed, by the Constitution, of the present
Literary Fund, the proceeds OF public lands, do
mated by Congress, all property &C.
cruing to the State by forfeitures, and all fines
collected for offences against the State.
The celebrated case OF Clarke exparte, decided
at the March term 1875 it is claimed settles the
case and authorizes fines and all taxes to be paid
in coupons: AS you increase or diminish their
use, you effect their value. To speak more &C
curately, the more taxes and kind of taxes and
debts to The State they can be used to pay, the
greater will be the demand for them, and the
greater their market value, and e converse. The
opinion Of the Court proceeds on the familiar
that where equities are equal, the old
est right must prevail, and men must be Just be-
fore generous; that the schools are quasi elee-
mosynary Institutions and not to be founded or
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-28
dHEsAPEAK Is OEzEs RAILWAY.

November 10th, 1873.
Passenger Trains leave Stanton as follows
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-02

1t is curious fact that If you were to
determine to be perfectly honest in your
speech. and to call everything BY its
right name. you would 60 through life
as uneasily rs sprimgless wagon over
corduroy road. Suppose some one
should say to you. "Don't You think my
sister very beautiful this EVENING" and
in reply you were to say exactly what
you think, that she is u perfect fright,
who has been trying for AN hour to get
some eligible young man to dance with
her. and III vain. do you think you would
sleep in peace ut the consciousness that
you had told the truth? Or suppose
some lady gives you An opportunity to
express an opinion of her. aud you tell
her plainly that you think her gossip
and busy body, who Is hungry tor
chance to go to housekeeping with q
husband VINO has plenty of money, all
OF which things you honestly think.
would your social path lie across beds OF
roses? II seems 10 be absolutely neces-
sary to cover the pine wood oI facts with
u thick cover ol varnish, and ii you are
unwilling to say what YOU do not think
you must be equally unwilling to say
what you do think. IL every m..n should
express his exact opinions this little
world ol ours would resemble dyna-
mite explosion in twenty-iour hours.
ralleyrand was right when he said that
language Is intended to conceal our
thoughts.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-02
A TERRIBLE LIAR.

"ue was the oriu!est liar | ever see.
said Cooley OLeary, rs we returned
from his friends funeral. "Why. he
told me once that he lived on small
island in the Pacific ocean. on which
there was volcano. And he said that
there WAS an active demand out in that
region ior water melons, 50 he Went into
the business OF raising them. Aud he
said one Year his whole crop tailed ex-
cept one melon. and that kept on grow
ing at such fearful rate that it crowded
him off the lowiand and up the side oi
the volcano. which generated steam and
caused an explosion which blew up the
whole concern to atoms, aud shot him
four hundred miles out to sea. where he
was picked up by whaler. He used tc
tell that the one great mistake OF his lii.
was that he didn't drive plug IN the
| crater Of the volcano so as to make i,
| water tight, and then slice open the
melon aud come sailing home on the
halt shell.
He would lie. He said that once he
| was cast away on an iceberg, with NJ
| baggage but pair of skates and a fish
ing pole. But he skated around until h'
came across dead whale. frozen into
the ice. So he took off his shirt-it wa:
night for months that year, up there
| tore it into strips for wick, run the
| strips through the bamboo fishing rod
| stuck the rod into the fat OF the whale
and lit the other end. He said it burnet
| Sp!endidly. and the iceberg reflected tht
| light SO strongly that it was bright a!
day for forty miles around, and one YES
sci ran into the iceberg, thinking it wa:
Lighthouse He said he sold the ice
berg to the captain tor Sl5 900, and ;h'
captain split it up and took it home, anC
made 200 per cent. profit disposing OF
to the ice companies.
Lie? Well. sir, he beat any man
ever came across. He told ME once ou
in Nevady that mountain lion attacke,
him with his mouth wide open. He ha,
presence of mind enough to grab it b,
the tongue and pull. The lion roarec
with pain. but he did his level best pull
ing, and pretty soon the tongue began t,
give and the tail to shorten, and directl,
out they came. the tail and tongue il
one continuous string.
He was astonishing as a truth
crusher. He said he served on gun
boat during the war which was yer,
small and light. while the mortar on tn.
deck was very large and heavy, and h.
said the first time they tried to fire
fifteen inch shell, the shell RENAME,
stationary, while the recoil was so grea
that 1t fired the gun-boat tor ten mile
up stream and landed it in a tree. IL
,coS a liar but now he's dead. | reckon
he'll ketch it, But the wust thing abou
the pesky little var,nint was. that N
matter how bad you ketched him IN
lie he'd tell the same lie over agir
and stick to 1t like a niger to he
| roost."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-02
PATRIOTISM.

A communication to the Richmond
(Va.) Dispatch relates the following
story as an evidence of the indomitable
will and state pride that animated the
soldiers Of that state in the late war !:
"On one of our marches in the early
spring." said he, "when chilling rain
had been falling for days, and the slush
was almost waist deep, our command,
utterly wretched and broken down, was
struggling along as best it could under
such circumstances. Worn out myself,
crept into fence corner to rest awhile.
Presently l saw solitary straggler
coming slowly up the road. He seemed
almost completely exhausted-his shoes
were gone and his feet cut and bleeding i.
was struck with his appearance. for
through all its wretchedness shone the
indomitable spirit OF the southern soldier
the man who would be found at his
post. or else dead in the attempt to reach
it. l watched him closely, and as he
dragged himself slowly past, I heard
him mutter to himself: D-n mo if l
ever love another country"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-02

chat with Clara. for her mother never
lost sight OF her tor moment. Mrs.
Morton made excuses for her and Clara,
saying that they would have to take the
first train going east the next morning !;
therefore they would have to retire at an
early hour. Lima left at the same time,
and went to her room also; but she had
only been there short time when
some one raped gently at the door. On
opening it. Mrs. Morton presented her
self, and asked tor few moments con-
versation. which Lima was only too hap
py to grant her. Of course the first thing
which this lady did. and which was both
very natural and polite thing to do.
was to thank her warmly for the kind
service which she had so gratultousiy
rendered her. Lima told her that she
loved Clara. and in dong what she had
done, she felt she had done duty that
she rightly owed her and nothing more
''Noble, generous glrl," cried Mrs.
Morton; your interest in my dear child
shall not pass by unrewarded. Iknow
one thing which can do for you; can
remove you to place where you will
be far happier than you are here.
know that your situation is very un-
pleasant. have en- aunt living in New
York, who is good woman, though
almost entirely an invalid, with only
one child, Lula, sweet little thing OF
only eight summers. This lady will
give you better wages than you are get
ting at present; will be kind aud moth
erly, and beside, in the fall you will, il
you like, have an opportunity OF going
abroad. She will require more Of your
attention for herself than her child. in
the way of reading to and playing fol
er-she is fond OF music. How much
longer have you to stay here?"
"Only month and tour days, sale
Lima.
Very we'll; will write to you im
nediateiy after seeing my aunt. Come
now, and kiss Clara good-by, tor We
will be gone IN the morning before you
are up, said Mrs Morton. Rose.
| + Vn be r,nfjuue1 !
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-02
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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-02
IHE SECRETARY OF STATES PRI
VATE OFFICE.

From here we may pass into one OF
TIE most delightful rooms in the building,
the private Office OF our national prime
minister. Three broad windows look
out upon southern potico and down
upon the placid Potomac. The drapery
matches the trescoes upon the walls
Egyptian figures in gray chocolate and
gilt, traced upon u pearl ground-and
wonderful handmade Oriental rugs in
which culors blend into artistic colnbi-
nation, and thus adapt themselves to
almost any style of decoration. Portraits
of several of our presidents. in various
sittings, ornament the room; and at the
massive central table sits the secretary
of state. At desk upon one side of the
apartment sits his private secretary.
Upon the opposite side door swings
into less pretentious but equally well
furnished and cheerful room. the office
OF the assistant secretary of state. Upon
the walls are pictures "A photograph OF
the American members OF the Geneva
Tribunal. also photograph of the Eng
lish members of the same tribunal. and
portraits Of the assistant secretaries who
have filled this office since its creation
in 1858. Among them is that of the
present second assistant secretary of
state. William Hunter, whose knowledge
of the workings OF the department is
more thorough than that OF any other
man III the country. He has been en-
ployed in the department nearly half a
century, his first appointment dating
March 90, 1929. this being the longest
official career of any in connection with
our national governmental Martha j.
Lamb, in Harper's Magazine tor March.