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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
New Advertisements.
TOR RENT OR SALE,

Avery Desirable Residence in StauntOn.
offer for sale or for rent for the ensuing year
myvery desirable brick residence on new IA To-
rama Street, containing eight large rooms with
kitchen, stable and other nutbulldings,on large
lot. The house is new and in thorough repair
with all modern conveniences, gas, water &C.:
Terms made known on application to M. +,
W8ITE or myself.
jan st H. P. DICKERSON.
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ Stanton, Va, January 5th, 1880.
Weade. Assignee,
vs.
Perry, ct al.
To all parties interested in the above styled
cause, take notice, that Will proceed at my said
office,
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9Th, 1880,
to take an account showing the fee simple and
annual rental value of the real estate owned by
Robert B. Perry, and the liens binding the same
in the order OF their priority. which am requif-
ed to do by a decree of the Circuit Court Of Au-
gusta. entered in said cause the 1st day OF No
vember, 1879. At which time and place you are
GEO. NJ. HARRISON,
jan 6-4w Commr.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

cepted Virginia into the Union In 1876, made
one condition Of the acceptance, that except
for crime, manhood suffrage should not be
changed.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

Mr.. NJ. NJ. Moore, Of Shenandoah county,
and Miss Kate Boush, Of Alexandria, were
married in Washington city on Monday
last.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

The Republicans control the Legislature
OF California, and haye elected the Speaker.
Hon. George 5. Houston, United States
Senator from Alabama, died last Sabbath.
Bishop Haven, OF the NJ. E. Church,
North, Is dead.
Inc movement of Russia to strengthen
her armament on the western portion of
ner frontier, has caused considerable ex-
citement in Austria and Germany. It is
,peneyed that hostile intentions are at the
potion Of Russfa's action, al
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

Dennis Kearney is In Washington to st-
tend Greeubsck meeting.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
ARTICLES

No. l anthrac pig iron in Phil.
Best refined car iron in Phila.
Bessemer steel rails at works.
Best iron rails in Philadelphia
Cut nails by the keg, in Phila,
Old iron rails, In Philadelphia
No, l wrought scrap in Phila
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

NOVELTIES in Scarf Pins. Ear Rings, Jet
dec Ii WELLER's. {
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

The Republicans Of the Ohio Legislature
has nominated by reclamation, Gen. James
A. Garfield, to succeed Hon. A.G. Thurman,
in the U. S. Senate. All the other candi-
dates had withdrawn.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

R5ssAaD ~ R R1RWGE1 81 eE
VIM. 81. VAIL, Phi D., Department of Progress In
Science and the Arts.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
THE ENGINEERING AND MINING
JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY.

Mining, Metallurgy, Engineering, and Gem
eraL Science.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

that we should 90 so, LOT we only OeslreQ
to show that the 81 requirement was as un-
wise in politics as it was unjust socially
and individually.
The remaining proposition that the State
cares for citizen, and therefore heshould
pay his taxes, is soon disposed Of.
We admit that where man can pay his
taxes he should do so, and it is provided too
by the law that he shall, for all Of the
goods and chattels he has on earth, are SUBJ
ject to sale under the most severe process
the law possesses. But when man has no
property and no dollar and is honest, he is
guilty Of no moral or political delinquency
by non-payment, and when he has not even
a cent, the laboring man Of the country is
still the country's salvation he is the pro-
ducing consumer of the land and adds to
the wealth of the State by his labor hum
dreds Of dollars each year, and without his
strong arms and firm will, industry and en-
ergies, the Capitalist, the millionaire and the
banker and the broker would eventually
starve. In peace, too, he is not only the
power that runs the machinery, the plane
and the pillow. but he is one Of those sum.
noned to assist in executing thelaws for the
protection Of the rich voters property from
criminals who would violate the laws. And
when the war drum is tapped, he is made to
,e soldier to fight for the property Of
hose and the lives Of those who have de-
,arred him from the privilege OF voting in
be landwhi his toll has made to bloom
nd blossom as the rose.
We defer to another article other phases
4 tEk question, having relation, one Of
"a to the fact that Congress when It ac-
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-23

A good story is told Of Bishop Peck,
of the Methodist Episcopal church. The
Bishop is remarkable not only for men
tai, but also for physical strength, and
he is very witty witha|. Not very long
since he was stopping at the house of a
friend. About midnight the Bishop
attempted to roll over, when down came
the bed with q crash on the floor. The
gentleman of the house rushed up with
light and cried ont: "l}ishop, what's
the matter y "Nothing 1T all, SAID the
Bishop. "You go down and tell your
wife if ] am not here in the morning, tt
look for me in the cellar The force o
this story of the Bishops fall will b'
better appreciated, when it is know
| that his weight is between three hun
dred and fifty to four hundred pounds.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-23

San Antonio has had u really pretty
sensation concerning novice in the
Sisters Charity Hospital at that place,
whose name in religion was Sister Vim
cent. Sister Vincent is young, charm
ing and accomplished wom"n, we'll
vcrscd in all the graccs of polite society,
and an earnest Christian. just as she
was on the eve of completing the two
years of her novitiatc, she was called
upon to attend q patient in the hospital
who had been thrown from buggy and
seriously injured. His name was Billy
Shcchan, and the Sister nurscd him 81
dcvotedly that by the time he had re
covered they were dead in love will
each other. Tho Sister Superior OF TIN
hospital placed no obstacle in the wa,
of the marriage, and the other day Sis
ter Vincent laid aside her scrgcs to be
come tho happy Mrs. VIM. Shochan'
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-23
A ROMANO REUNIUN.

Loring, the Boston bookseller 'e''s "
very romantic story as follows: AT one
time had prepared boxes of fancy paper
with a fancy initial Or pet name e'"'oSs-
cd in it, and put this up at Sl boS,
am, advertised it widely. One day lhad
,u order from California from Miss Su-
size, The box was done up, address
m to her and lay ahont here, when II
Young Englisl'man came III ami wanted
to write letter, gave him the mate
rial and % place, when his eyes caught
thc address on this box.
"lavc you the order that came for
that box of paper ," he asked.
eyes," l replied, "t's about some
where"
"Would you mind sending itup to my
hotel, If it is what think, | shall leave
for California tonight"
81 found it and sent around and hcar
no more about it for perhaps three
months, when one day tho young man
with lady on his arm, walked III. INIT
I,oring, | want to present you t" III
wife," he said. eve could not 'eaV
this country till we had thanked yor
for your part in bringing us together
The denouement was quite romance
The young man was the son of an ar'*
,ocratic family, and the girl the dansh'
,r Of gardener. But love levels all d''
+;uctions and the young man tclt 'h
girl to be the chosen '"mp'"'o" Of l, n
III, TO break off the attachment II
f.th.r had sent him to the Contlne1
and dispatched the gardener and h
nretty daughter to America, where tt
young young man had f"''o~'" ths"' is""'n'
of their address, and at last t,nd'ng
thwuyh the chance OF the box OF paper
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-23

An old darkcy caught tw"-p"''""
smoker ono day and was s" well sa''H''r''
with his work that ho lay down for
nap with the fish beside linn ON tho
grass Another darkcy came along pres
entity, picked up the sucker and left ;
l,alfpound ono in it's place. When th'
first man and brother woke mp, the frs
thing his eyes sought was the fish, am
il took him some seconds TO realize tina
something had happened. Then turn
ing his prize over and examining it al
round, he simply said, "Golly, how da
| fish am shwunkcd"
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-23
A PLEASANT GIRL.

A traveller in Norway, last summer,
cam, to village early ono morning.
and was struck by the mir OF gloom
which pcrvadcd tho street. una"'e 10
sneak - word Of the language, nc com"
not usk the cause of this, and co''cI''d'"
,l,,t some sickness or financial trouble
had fallen upon the community. AN inc
dny wore toward noon, however, the
houscs were closed, shop windows were
covered, all trade and business ceased
n was death, then! Presently he saw
the people gathering for the funeral
Thor, were the village officials, tho
noblcmcn from the ncighborng chateau
and apparently every man, woman M"
child in the village. 1t must be some
divnitary Of the church who was "'A",
or some country official. Az he stood
Watching tho crowds passing down f"
| little rocky street, he caught sight 4
the face of 10 German known to him.
He bcckoncd to him.
"Thc tow, has lost some great mag
. nate apparently ?" he said.
"Ah, no. It is only u young ma'"''
:. who IL dead. No; sho was not bcn'''
FIJI nor y,cb. Bnt, OH such u p'cnSnn
girl, monster. All the world seems dArl
, now that she is dead"
It isn singulT fact that, when "
!. reach middle life and look back, it
not tho beautiful nor the brilliant, NJ
:, tho tamonspcoplo whom VIC have know
>. that we remember with The kccncsC n
, yrct; but some simple, sincere, "ploasan
. soul. whom we treated ny M every d'
.. - muttcr while she was with nv.
d Go into u family, or social c'rrl
H. or even into u ball room nnd the wont;
= who has the most friends there, nS
J, rulc. il not the belle, nor the wit, II
at tho heircss, nor the beatty but s"'
Ii. homcly, charming little body, who
n fine tact and warm heart never allt
Il her to say u wrong word in II VT"
TO- place.
'rs The "pleasant women are the attr
'st tiou that everywhere hold society a
M homes together, Any woman, howr'
NJ poor or ugly, may he one OF them;
'ty she must first be candid, honorable,
P'" selfish and loving. II she is these,
nd world would be- better and happier
Mt, ovcry day of her life, and IN IN the G
lies Of this poor Norwegian, it will SO"
! darker when she is dead
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-23

Somncl J. Randall thinks Tho debt ot
the United States might be founded al
three per cent, aud believes il will be
under IIancoCl's administration. That
kind of public economy, however, is not
wanted by tho bloatcd bo"Ih'Idrrs,
who want to clip coupons calling '"'
greater interest.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-23

Texas clergyman, about to become
.ha,,aiu of a penitentary, preached a
f.r.well sermon to his congrega''oh'
-,,o h,a ill-treated him, FROM the fol
,,x;nv text: 81 go to prepare place
for von. so that where am ye may
be sls0."
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-23
Good Reasons for tho Doctors Faith.
MONROE, Ga, March %, 1880.

NTVNVVFI "'"'0'' W
Wo huye for twclv0 months been prescribing
= s. 4, CSwilt's SyphilitiC Spccitic") IN tho
treatment of Syphilis and many other diseases
for which IT. In recommended, and are frank 10
aay TINT the results have bccn n"pat Aat'aiactory
nn, hnvins hecu disappointcd in H'ngi" ~.
.,nmr. We think for NIL discasoA for w''icl u
ia recommended 10 stands without peer, and t'a'
Tho medical profession will. sooner or later, D"
forced to acknowledge Il IN tho treatment o'
Syphilis in MI stages I'M S'"" ~" "o"'
N. J.. GALLOWAY, NJ. ID.
j. II. ROBINSON, NJ. ID.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-23
ATLANTA, GA, May ~, 1890.

ATLANTA, GA, May ~, iSsV.
Ono of our workn,en had II '@d case ut SyJl''i,n
Of live years standing, and was cured entirely
With Swiit's Syphi!it,c Specific Hc is now
TO all appearances, and In his ow. belief, sou ao,!""
and wrli WM. II. g. T.. W. HOOPER.
TuE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Propr
ct"rs, Atlanta, Ga.
Sold by W. wv Eh'uS
Cali for n copy OF "Young Mems Friend.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17

IT is now twenty-five years since
the farmers of Jackson county COM
menced holding Agricultural Fairs.
The first fair ever held in the county
was held October Sd and 4th, 1856.
It was held near where Trago's brick
yard is now located. 1t was then a
grove, and owned by Abraham French.
w. II. McClintick made. an address.
We attended that fair, and have at
tended every one held since that time.
That fair was small affair, and the
premium list afterwards published,
showed that only $63.50 was paid as
premiums. There were several diplo-
mas given. Thomas W. Leach got
the largest premium S4,00, for the
best yield of corn, one acre and 1874
rods, which yielded an average of 12O
bushels to the acre.
Many of the persons who took an
active partin that fair are gone, and
some of them are dead. II. c. Mes
senger was secretary. He has been
dead many years. The following
named are also dead: S. G. Montgom-
cry, G. B. Walterhouse, George Poor,
Jonathan Walden, Mrs. j. J. Hoff-
man, Miss V. A. Wooster, VIM.
Mercer, Robert Perry, Samuel Dick
son.
The following are gone, and some
of them may be dead: Alex. Spurrier,
John Thompson, Jared Stephenson,
Alex. Grafton, VIM. L. Phillips, H.
W. White, A. Crooks, c. H. Warren,
R. G. Hoffman, Miss Frank White,
Mrs. W. H. G. Jenkins, j. B. Wood,
j. R. Day and Milton Smith.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17
JACKSON, O., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER II, $780,

mountain meal, has been used as a
means of staying hunger. In South
America, likewise, the eating Of clay
prevails among the native Indians on
the banks of the Orinoco, and on the
mountains of Bolivia and Peru. Hum
boldt states that the earth eaten by
the Otomac Indians, on the Orinoco,
is an unctuous, almost tasteless clay
true potter's earth-haying yellow
gray color, in consequence of the pres
ence of oxide of iron. This they Sc
lect with great care, and they are even
able to distinguish the flavor Of one
kind of earth from that Of another.
At the periodical swelling Of the river,
which lasts from two or three months,
and when all fishing is stopped, they
devour immense quantities of earth.
An indian will eat from one-quarter
of pound to one pound and quar-
ter of this food daily. A similar prac-
tice prevails in the hill country of
Bolivia and Peru. DR.. Weddell saw a
species of gray colored clay exposed
for sale in the markets of La Paz, on
the Eastern Cordilleras, and which
was called by the native name of
PAHsA. The Indians, who are the
only consumers Of it, eat it in large
quantities with the bitter potato of
the country. They allow it to steep
for certain time in water, so as to
form a kind of soup or cruel, and
season it with salt. At Chiquisaca, the
capital of the State, small pots made
of an earth called CHACo are exposed
for sale. These are eaten like choco-
late. The eating of certain varieties
of earth or clay may therefore be re-
garded as IL very extended practice
among native inhabitants of tropical
regions of the globe. 1t serves, in
some unknown way, to stay or allay
hunger, stilling, probably, the pain Oh
craving to which want Of food gives
rise. 1t enables the body to be sus,
tanned in comparative strength witt
smaller supplies of ordinary aliment
than are usually necessary; and it cal
be eaten in moderate quantities, ever
for length of time, without any sen.
sible evil consequences. A fondnes!
even is often acquired, so that at last
it comes to be regarded and eaten as
dainty.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17
"The Pride of the Fair!"

We had a conversation, not many
days ago, with jolly, good-natured
foreigner. There was a large crowd
in town, and the conversation turned
upon the management Of crowds, du-
ties of policemen, &c. Presently my
friend, warming up with his subject,
said:
"Ye don't know anything about fun in
this country. In the old country there
was a fellow of my acquaintance used to
come twenty miles, just to be at the Fair.
He would fight all day, and go home hap
py at night. There was no man could
whip him. lie was the PRIDE OF TIE
FAIRr
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17
Hearing From the Stay-at- Homes.

An actual count, not long ago,
showed that ten orthodox churches in
Boston, with a seating capacity Of
some 5000, had but little more th2n
5000 persons in attendance on pleas
ant Sunday morning. 1t cannot be
denied that a similar state of things
prevails all over the land. Here and
there a church is crowded; a few 9TH
ers are always comfortably filled; but
as a rule the congregation might be
doubled without exhausting the seat
ing capacity Of the churches.
There has been a good deal Of theo-
rizing about the cause of this fact.
The Boston Herald. of late Sunday,
undertook to give practical solution
of the mystery. 1t sent its reporters
about the city to ask those who do
not habitually go to church the rea-
son why they stay away. People OF
all occupations, and Of all degrees of
wealth and culture, were included in
these ''interviews." The answers
were instructive. Many gave no re-
ply but the brief and honest one, BE
cause we don't want to 60" A few
stay away brcause they do not believe
the doctrines of the Bible. A great
many spoke sneeringly of the charac-
ter of church members; one man OF
this class saying, 81 have enough to
do with church members on week days
to let them alone on Sundays" 9th
ers had been made disgusted with
church-going by the overstrictness Of
parents during their childhood. 9th
ers declared that they could not afford
to attend the churches they wish to
attend, because Of the high pew rents
and the extravagant style Of dressing
that prevailed in them, and they would
not go to other churches. Only one
man alleged poor preaching as an ex-
cuse; he declared that he never heard
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17

THERE have been reports from sew
eral parts of Kansas that there was
much destitution and suffering, caused
by the dry weather. This was said to
be the case in the newer counties, and
Stafford county was especially named.
DR.. w. S. Tyrrell, formerly residing
at Oak Hill, in this county, in writing
to renew his subscription to the
STANDARD, says:
'The dry weather caused failure in
the wheat crop this year and last, but we
are having good rains now, and summer
crops are looking well. Some pieces of
corn were damaged by dry spell few
weeks ago, and the chinch bugs, but they
are done now. We thought Garfield and
chinch bug would take the State. Think
so yet, minus the bugs. You have so
much politics now or would write let
ter for the people of Jackson county, in
forming them of times in Kansas.
VIM. S. TYRRELL."
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17

IT is a noticeable fact that the many
public gatherings throughout Jackson
county are having an influence for
good. The Musical and Literary con-
tests, the baskct-meeting, ,lectur, y, Sab
bath School gatherings, etc, as veil as
the County Fairs,do great good by call
ing our people together, enabling
them to become better acquainted,
and in every way tending to elevate
the people, and create higher aspira-
tions, and a nobler public sentiment.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

anything fresh or helpful when he did
90 to church. He must have been
peculiarly unfortunate, or must have
a peculiarly profound and broad cul-
ture, if his complaint is well-founded.
Two facts well worth considering
run through the two columns of SIN
terviews' given by the Herald. The
first fact is, that Christian people are
in large part responsible for the nom
attendance Of Others on public wor-
ship. There is more force than there
ought to be i'll the plea, Il can't afford
to 60 to church" We are speaking,
let it be remembered, of churches in
our large cities. 1t IS impossible for
man Of moderate means and ordina-
ry self-respect to attend many of these
churches. Even if he can afford to
rent a pew-whioh i'll many cases is
who'll y out of the question-his fami-
ly cannot dress in the silks and dia-
monds haunted by the rich danes in
the congregation. Ifhc is a Christian
man of firm principles, he may con-
tinue to attend in spite of the morti-
fication he is compelled to undergo,
but it takes good deal Of grace to
induce him to do it. This is a thing
that ought by all means to be speedi-
ly remedied.
The other fact is, that few people
even among those who have had
Christian trainingm yoLth-have any
conception that church-going is i'll
any sense a duty. If they can enjoy
the service they go, otherwise they
stay at home. They decide the whole
question, about as they drcld" whether
they will go.to concert or Il lecture.
AS to their owing any duty to them
selves or to God in the matter, that
idea seems never so much as to uc-
cur to them. Somebody must be re-
sponsibe for this lack of conviction.
Is there enough teaching in the fami-
ly and from the pulpit of the duty of
church-going? Do not even Chris
tian people regard it as an optional
thing, to be done or not as the whim
seizes them? The empty pews Of the
churches give in eloquent answer to
these questions.
1t comes, then, to just this: Chris
tian people have themselves largely
to thank for the shabby attendance
on public worship that is so frequent.
This is not to deny that there are 9TH
er causes at work. But until Chris
tian people remove the obstacles plac-
ed by themselves in the way of
church-going, there is little use in
inyeighing against any other supposed
causes of hinderance.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17
The HideOus Face of War.

In the excitement Of ba lie the fall
of comrade is scarcely needed, and
half company might be wiped out and
the other half fight on without the
knowledge of it. 1t is only after the
Ioud-mouthed cannon and the murder
Gus musketry have ceased their work
that the hideous face Of war shows it.
self to make men shudder and turn
away. Soldiers who have not gone over
a battlefield Or been of burial party,
have missed half the grimness and aw-
fulness of war. After Gettysburg, one
of the Union burial parties buried eigh-
ty Federal soldiers in one trench.
They were all from a New York regi-
ment, and all seemingly fell dead at one
volley. They were almost in line, talk
ing up but little more room than
live men. All were shot above the
hip, and not one of them had lived ten
minutes after being hit. Here lay what
was then full company Of men, wiped
out by one single volley as they advan-
ced to the charge. Some had their
muskets 50 tightly grasped that it took
the full strength of man to wrest
them away. Others died with arms
outstretched, and others yet had their
hands clasped over their heads, and a
never-to- -be-forgotten expression on
their white faces.