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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-08-28
DOPULAs FERTILIZERs!.

POPULAR FERTILIZERS
AT
BYERS 6 EAKLE'S.
Mr.. VIM. A. Mann is interested with us in the
sale ofthe following old and tried Fertilizers
ZELL'S HOSPHATES AND BONE
DUST.
Allison s. Addison's Star Brand Wheat
Manure.
THE RUSSELL COE FERTILIZERS.
j. J. SMITH &c SONS PERUVIAN BONE
PHOSPHATE.
These standard and well known articles are Of
fered this season lower than they have been sold
at before, and are guaranteed to be equal to any
in the market. Farmers, give call.
$50 PREMIUM.
We propose through the Baldwin Agri'l Fair
Assn. at Stanton to give premium Of 80 DOL
LARS, to be awarded by judges appointed for the
ten acres of land fertilized with either our STAR
BRAND COMPLETE WHEAT MANURE or RAW BONE
PHOSPHATE, sold by w. A. Mann.
Evidence as to measurement OF land, quantity
OF wheat seeded, quantity of fertilizers used and
quantity of wheat made, to be satisfactory to the
soil to be stated, and bushel of the wheat to be
exhibited at the Fair of 1880
Richmond, Va, August, 1879
aug. IA ALLISON s. ADDISON.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-08-28

STAUNTON, VA. June 10, 1879.

L. SIBERT s. Co.,
Gentlemen-I have made several Cummings
with the "Sibert Churn," which convince me that
all you claim for it is true. recommend it to all
who have use for churns. It makes q great in
crease of butter and finer quality than any churn
I've used in sixteen years house keeping.
Respectfully
june 90 MARY D. ROBINSON.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-08-28
A ugusta County Farm For Sale

| 1 offer for sale my farm, lying miles from
Stanton, on the Middlebrook road, containing
| ga ACRES,
This farm lies well, is well watered and has on it
TWO SMALL DWELLING HOUSES,
barn and two stables, and great abundance Of
excellent fruit. About 20 acres of the land is in
GOOD TIMBER
There is fine spring Of water near the mai n
dwelling.
TERMS:-A small hand payment, and the resi-
due in one, two and three years, with interest,
Apply to THOS. WHOLLY,
july 10 Staunton, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-08-28

STAUNToN, VA,
July 9Th, 1879.
Test the SIBERT CHURN, and you will be sure
to buy. 1t makes more butter from one gallon OF
cream than any churn have ever used, and OF su
perior quality. recommend it to the world
Mrs. H. M. EARMAN.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-08-28
Land Sales.
[E. NJ. Cushing &son, Auctioneers]
Gale Of Valuable Real Estate i'm
NJ the City of StauntOn.

[E. NJ. Cushing &son, Auctioneers]
Gale Of Valuable Real Estate i'm
~ the City of StauntOn.
By authority of deed OF trust executed to the
undersigned by j. Sidney Moffett and wife, on the
goth day OF April 1879, and duly OF record in the
Clerk Office OF the Hastings Court OF the City of
Office of the County Court of Augusta county, D.
B. "a, page III, we will proceed, on
WEDNESDAY, the 10th OF SEPTEMBER, 1875,
to sell at public auction, on the premises that
- ELEGANT RESIDENCE,
lib. in the City CT Staunton,
now owned and occupied by J.Sidney Motfett, Esq.
The property contains about 2 Acres and 2S
Poles. and is situated on the North side of Fred
erick Street, in the western portion of the city
the building occupying gentle eminence, and
surrounded on all sides by choice shrubbery,
flowers. and shade trees The terraced grounds
have been laid off with artistic taste and orna-
mented by beautiful and attractive growths, pre-
senting charming and healthful rural appear
a an and combining to make delightful slbIr-
best constructed in the Valley of Virginia, the
architecture OF which was studied and adopted by
the late Edwin NJ. Taylor, an eminent Civil En-
gineer and Architect, who superintended the
making and placing of every brick, the timbers
and the entire finish of the structure-whilst the
location is apart from the stir and dust of the
city, it is convenient to the business CENTRE the
various schools. churches, sc. All the improve
menus are OF mouern design ana constitute one
of the most desirable and valuable properties ev-
er placed upon the market in this section A por-
ton Of the lot in rear of the house will be subdi-
vided into and the property will be offered for
sale in parcels, first, and then as whole, and the
mode which realizes the most will be adopted.
Plats, descriptions, &c., can be seen at the office
OF Hudson Patrick, and the property will be
shown by the present occupant to any one de-
srous of inspecting it.
TERMs:-Cash in hand sufficient to pay the cost
OF executing this trust and the balance on cred
it of one, two, three and four years from day of
sale. payable in equal annual instruments, the
purchaser giving bonds for said deferred install
ments with approved personal security, bearing
interest from date and waving the homestead
exemption, and the title to be retained ultimate
security. VIM. A. HUDSON
WIN. PATRICK,
aug lids Trustees
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-08-28

LONG GLADE, Augusta county. Va,
June 14th, 1879.
Messrs L. SIBERT & Co..
Gentlemen-This certifles that MI. Noon churned
in the "Sibert Patent Churn," at my house, three
pounds of butter from the cream OF one COW for
cream in the three days for strawberries and 9TH
ertabe uses. Very Respectfully.
ELI FURR.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-08-28
n aluabIe Springs Property For Sale.

Valuable Springs Property For Sale.
By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county, rendered in the cause of the
Central National Bank of Frederick, Md, VS. Ches-
leyKinney and als we will proceed in front of
the Court House, in the city OF Staunton, to sell
at public auction, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1879,
that most Dersirable Property known as the
AUGUSTA SPRINGS" PROPERTY,
or the
Striblfng Springs Property,
The property consists Of the original Augusta
Springs" tract, supposed to contain $50 Acres,
and two additional tracts added thereto. one con-
tanning los Acres, and the other supposed to
contain 800 Acres. This property is highly i'm
proved, and is one of the most popular Watering
places in Virginia. The property will be sold up
on the following terms, viz:
So much in hand as will pay the costs of suit
and sale, and the remainder in four equal annual
instruments, bearing interest from the day of
sale-the purchaser giving bond with approved
personal security, and the title retained as ulti
mate security.
JAMES BUMGARDNER, JR,
GEORGE M. COCHRAN, JR.,
HENRY B. NICHE,
JOHN PAUL,
CHARLES YANCEY,
aug 14-tds Commissioners.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-08-28
Medical.
Medical.
|LIV ER!

This important organ weighs but about 8 lbs,
land all the blood in living person about 8
lgallons) passes through it at least every half
bout, to have the bile and other impurities
altered from it. Bile is the natural purgative
loftbe bowels. and if the Liver becomes tor
lpid it is not separated from the blood. but
carried through the veins to all parts of the
system. and in trying to escape through the
lpores Of the skin. causes it to turn yellow or
dirty brown color. The stomach becomes dis
eased. and Dyspepsia, Constipation, Headache,
Biliousness Jaundice, Chils, Malarial Fevers,
Piles, Sick and Sour stomach, and general de-
lbility follow. Merrell's Hepatine, the great
vegetable discovery for torpidity causes the
liver to throw Off from one to two ounces OF
bile each time the blood passes through it, as
long as there is an excess of bile; and the eff
feet OF even few doses upon yellow complex
ion or brown dirty looking skin, will aston
Iish al who try it-they being the first symp-
toms to disappear. The cure of all bilious dis
eases and liver complaint is made certain by
taking Hepatine in accordance with direc-
ltions. Headache is generally cured in twenty
minutes, and no disease that arises from the
liver can exist if fair trial is given.
~ Sold as q substitute for pills by all
Druggists.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-08-28
aug lids

= A .s beautiful Cottage situated
IN the most desirable portion Of the civ
anu suppHed Win all modern conveniences. This
Is one OF the handsomest residences in the civ
vI ro1 ss.ms' &c. apply to the Editors VALLEY
nov 20.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14
A Stream Of Lava.

There is, naturally, much curiosity
among American readers to know just
how stream of lava looks. A Boston
artist, writing to the Transcript, in de-
scribing the lava stream at. Mount Etna,
says:
The lava thrown out presented vari-
ous aspects and different phenomena,
following the hour Of the day and of the
time. On the first day at early morning
the ignited current presented the aspect
of bed Of fossil carbon, half burned
that, as it turned and glowed, left behind
trail of sinking smoke, the odor oi
burnt horsefesh. At night it presented
bed Of fire and smoke, showing the
flames and molten mass as it turned and
twisted in its bed. Here and there al
| the wind bore the heat away number
| of the curious and bolder observers ad
| vanced toward the, fire to Light their ci
| gars.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14
An Outrage on Nature.
fBoston Times.]

Niagara Falls is the grandest cataract
in the world. Half of it belongs in the
United States, yet it is not possible for
an American citizen even to look at the
falls unless he pays at least twenty-five
cents.
Watkins Glen, New York, is won
derfui chasm, wild and picturesque, but
the free American citizen must pay fifty
cents to enter it.
1t is hard to fence in Mount Washing.
ton, and it has not yet been accomplish
ed, but as the fares are much higher than
the mountain the free American citizen
may think he can save money by walk
ing to the top He is mistaken. He
will have to pay eighty cents to walk up
The Au Sable chasm is gloomy ano
grand, but it costs the American citizer
! fifty cents to see it.
| The Flume at the Franconia Notch Il
worth seeing g-seyenty-tsats' worth.
The Whirlpool at Niagara is sad and
sombre; at least it makes the American
citizen feel 80 when he goes there with
party of ladies-ffty cents each.
The Falls of Montmorency are roman
tic, historical and beautiful-twenty
| five cents admission and fifty cents toll
And thus it goes.
! If American speculaton could onl.
erect wall along the seacoast. so tina
no one could see the ocean without pay
ing a dollar, it is quite likely the ire
| American citizen would go to see |
without q murmur, and take his chi
dren, if they were allowed to go in TO
half price.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14
A Hasfy Temper.

The guardians of children too often
confound extreme sensitiveness with q
hasty temper, which is the prevailing
fault of sensitive children. Little by lit
tie self-eentrel can be taught, and iafl-
trations of such ideas and motives and
sentiments made in the child's mind a.
will enable him to outgrow and overcome
his iniirsaity. hhM
Time cures great many things; chill
dren outgrow infirmities and faults, and
if right principles Of action and feeling
are instlled gently, constantly, wisely,
the results will ultimately appear. 1t
is mere cruelty to make the weak points
of a child a source of teasing and ridieule,
as is often done in schools and families.
If he is born with deferned foot, with
defective sight or hearing, how careful
we are to try to make up to him what
nature has denied! A defect in one's
mental or moral organization should GER
tainly be as tenderly and judiciously
treated as bodily deformity.
A quick temper, an irritable or timor-
Gus or teasing disposition, requires far
more tact and judicious management
than any mere physical infirmity. When
grown to maturity, our sensitive chill
dren become the poets, musicians, artists
writer's, and leaders of their time.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14

The Baptist Weekly has published Of
late some anecdotes of actors, and the
following is an extract from a communi-
cation to that journal: ,g
A recent number of the Baptist Week
ly speaks OF an actor praying for success
in new piece. l am reminded Of anoth-
er case resembling this which has never
been in print, and was told in confidence
by the actor himself, a few weeks before
he died. "Billy" Otis was to use Laura
Keene's expression, the best Lord Dun
dreary she ever had, and he rapaid her
good opionion by regard which after
her death passed into reverence fef her
memory. 1t was he who, when hardly
more than mere boy, carried the invita-
ton to President Lincoln to attend the
theater on the fatal night Of the assassin
tien.
Before his death, which occurred not far
from four years ago, he left the stage and
gave reeitations, repeating whole plays
and carrying all the parts alone, as well
as giving shorter representations, repro
ducing even the manner of Laura Keene
and other actresses, without unnatural af-
fection and with wonderful power. l
have heard him render "Our American
Cousin" and when he arrived at this
point he paused and told the story of the
assassination as it was, behind the scenes.
When the shot was fired he was in the
act of buttoning Miss Keene's glove as
she was preparing to 60 on the stage in
bridal costume. At first mistaking the
shot she sent a request that the carpen-
ters should not fire pistols during the acts
and then, when the truth became known,
rushed to the wash stand, saturated the,
whole front breadth of her magnificent
bridal dress with water, which she was
Nringing out, in vain attempt to resus-
citate the unconscious victim. On the
stage Miss Keene's influence was ON the
,ide Of good morals if not religion, and
profanity was rigidly excludedeven where
ia the 'Sehool for Scandal" the whole
point seems to lie in the word "damna-
oly," as uttered by the deceived and un-
deceived husband. 1t wasremorselessly
stricken out. "They think badly enough
IF us; let us give them no occasion" 1t
was a secret known only to her that Otis
vas in the habit of offering short pray
,r just before going on the stage, such as
%, Lord, help me through this act!
sometimes he would find himself upon
lhe stage and his prayer forgotten, when
Ne would step behind the scenes mo
nent or two, and return, upon
which she understanding where he had
,een, would say [aside], God bless you
| ny boyW Not long after be confded
mis- secret of his life TO me fatal sick
ness seized him, and. he went where he
knew whether his prayer had been a real
utterance of Christian faith or not.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14
Wages in 1860 and Now.

Hartford Courant.l
The Boston Traveller, taking the most
trustworthy statistics, has made an inter-
esting and instructive review of the rela-
tion of wages and prices from 1850 to the
present time. For the sake of comparison
it has selected three representative years,
1860, at which time prices were low, 1872
when the war prices We're still at their
height, and 1873, when we had again
touched bottomand found prices cores
pondingly lowered. 1t shows that be-
tween the first date and 1872, the wages
in the representative trades had risen an
average of 6S per cent. The trades Sc
lected are the farm-laborer, teamster,
carpenter, mason, cotton-weaver, wheel
| wright, machine operator, mule-spinner,
machinist, and compositor. During the
same time average increase in prices for
the leading articles of consumption was
60 per cent. The articles specified are
-four, rice, tea, sugar, butter, potatoes,
coal, wood, and the rent of a six room
| tenement. The result shows that the
laborer, notwithstanding the increase in
prices, was in reality eight per cent. bet
ter off in 1872 than in 1860.
Then prices and wages began to decline
until "hard-pan" was reached in 1878
At that time, and figures hold good for
to-day, the average price of wages was
twenty-three per cent. higher than in
1860, while the average increase in the
price of provisions and rent was only
seventeen per cent, showing that the
balance in favor of the workingman Of
to-day over that of 1860 is at least six
per cent. To the question whether the
result holds good for the vast number of
wokingmen who do not come into the
above category the Traveller quotes
the latest report of the Massachusetts,
bureau of statistics, which finds that the
average workingman of every grade is
receiving ten per cent. higher wages than
| in 1860, making due allowance for the
increased cost of living. A similar result
is found in England, Notwithstanding
the business depression there, and the
great agitation over the labor question.
The facts justify the belief that the con-
dition of the workingman in the past de-
cade has been improving in both coun-
tries, and in this country at least the
| future is bripht.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14
LOVES MADRIGAL.

OH come when the sunlight is fading,
And gliding with crimson the skv;.
Give hope to my heart which is waiting.
And kiss me each time that sigh.
OH come ere the moon shall be waning,
While stars of the azure and bright;
OH wake me from the depths OF myidreaming
And whisper 81 love thee, tonight.
OH give me thy smile that is dearer ...
(which only to thee can beloag1
And give ire thy laugh which is sweeter
Than BIRDS of the woodland in song.
OH tell me thy heart is forever
My own, as the joys of the past
OH say that we never shall sever
Wkile life with its changes shall last.
--Uos. C. Canning
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14
True Words.
fSouth Bend Herald

The world would improve in inteli-
gence, civilization and morality ten times
more rapidly if children would obey
their parents according to the divine in
junction, for there are no parents 80 low
in the scale Of humanity but desire that
their offspring shall rise to a higher place
in the worlds estimation than they oc-
cupy themselves. But the chief obstacle
in the way of the worlds progress is
found in children who do not properly
estimate the value of their parents ex-
perience, their disinterested advice and
love,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14
SNOW You're Talking Sense"
- IOuincr Modern Argnl

There is not so much difference in pO-
sition as we often imagine. The high
are frequently low in many things, and
the low have purity sometimes that
would put the hig II to shame. We are
all folks, and ought to do good and be
content Dickens says: "In this round
world of many circles within circles do
we make weary journey from the high
grade to the low, to find at last that they
be close together, that the two extremes
touch, and that our journeys end is but
our starting place"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14

Everywhere are refusing TO take white.
lardy looking butter except at grease :"
prices. Gensumers want nothing but ga't-
edged butter. and buyers therefsre recon
mend their patrons to keep a uniform C. dor
throughout the year by using the Perfectei'
Butter Color made BY Wells, Richardson d
Co., Burlington. Vermont. 1t is the on1y
cslor that can I've relied on to never injnre
the butter. and to always give ths perfect
color. Sold by druggists.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14
HOTELS.
PLANTERS HOUSE,
ST. LOUIS, Mo-.
KELSEY e. STlCKNEY, Props.
MOUNTAIN HOUS e,
cresson Springs, Pa.

~ J. UNGER (of Seventh Avenue Hotel,
Ia. Putsburg), SUPERINTENDENT Opens june
10Th. Top OF Allegheny Mountains, 2,s0O feet
above level of the sea: pure mountain water and
medidnsl sp-.nzs; three mile drive within the
grounds, with ample livery facilities table first
burg markets. mediation for 4U0 guests;
amilsements OF a Kin,ls. Music by Fehlihg's rel.
ebralee orchestra from Philadelphia. All ntrains
stop, East and West For particulars, addrem
ELlAsJ. UNGER. Seventh Avenue Hotel. Pitts.
burg. Pa. ia7-am
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14
"HuInan Natur."
dIxRsH MaAl

Small girl, very harshly, to doll in a
toy carriage, dolly having tumbled from
the seat: "Set right up, you horrid old
thingl Dent you dare to do that again,
or In whip YOU" Seeing passer, who
had approached unobseryed, she modified
her voice and continued in duleet tones:
''Now, sit up straight, and be careful not
10 fall and hurt yourself"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-14

"The woman stopped to see her nus
band fell a big beech lle was cutting, and
then went back to the house; but just
before she got there she saw the Oldest
| boy coming out of the woods on the other
side. He was alone. He was white as a
1 sheet, and so frightened at first that he
couldn't speak.
Johnny says she, catching hold Of
him, what is the matierp
"'A bearr he gasped out at last.
"Where is your little brother@ wa;
her next question.
az don't know said he, too much
frightened to know anything just then.
.0'Where did you leave your brother?
says she.
Then he seemed to have gotten hi1
wits together little. "A bear took him!
said he.
i "You can guess what sort of an agony
the mother was in.
4 "'Oh, Johnny, tell me true! Think
| Where WAS itT
AIN the woods be said. Bear conn
4 along-I run
4 ss'She caught him up and hurried will
! him into the woods. She begged him II
show her where he WIS with his littl
J brother when the bear came along. H
I pointed ont two or three places. In on
! Of them the earth WIS soft. There wer
: fresh tracks crossing it-bear track
: There was no doubt about it.
"It was a terrible situati n for
: woman. Whether t0 fellow the bear an
r try 10 recover her child, or go at once fe