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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-11-04
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Of course | do not mean that a man will
not produce more in a week by working seven
days than by working six days. But very
much doubt whether, at the end of the year, he
will generally have produced more by working
seven days a week, than by working six days ;
and l firmly believe that at the end of twenty
years he will have produced less by working
seven days a week than by working six days a
week. The natural difference between Com
pania and Spitzberger is trifing, when COM
pared with the difference between country
inhabited by men full of bodily and mental
yigor, and country inhabited by men sunk
in bodily and mental decrepitude Therefore
it is that we are not poorer, but richer, be-
cause we through many ages rested from our
labor one day in seven. That day is not lost
While industry is suspended, while the pillow
lies in the furrow, while the exchange is silent,
while no smoke ascends from the factory, a
process is going on quite as important to the
wealth OF the nation as any process which is
performed on more busy days. Man, the ma
chine of machines,-the machine compared
with which all the contrivances of the Watts
and Arkwrights are worthless,-is repairing
and winding up, SO that he returns to his la
bors on the Monday with clearer intellect, with
livelier spirits, with renewed corporal vigor
Lord Macaulay.
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i ne ABOVE table SHOWS IndG III Tile HTSI Tree
trade period we bought 1886 abroad for every
one dollars worth we exported; ; in the second,
we bought $40 worth for every $100 export
ed; but in the following protected decade we
reduced our foreign purchases from $40 to rs
cents for each dollars worth exported.
The present decade turns the scale largely
in the other direction. 1t may be asserted in
general way that for every dollars worth Of
trade gained by free trade, we lose five dollars
worth of domestic labor through idleness.
In 1895, the first year of protection, our ex-
ports were $11,269,991. In 1888, when free
trade devastation was inaugurated, they fell to
$4,07S981, while in 1S47, after prote ction had
had four years time to revive our industries.
and before the free trade legislation of that
year had had time to exert its evil effects on
trade, our exports doubled to 1854, 391-a
decline from the figures of 1926, in conse-
quence of eight years OF destructive free trade
but after three more years OF free trade they
fell almost $50 per cent, or to $4501 ,606 while
our imports, in consequence OF the destruction
of home industries and our enforced depend
ence on foreign markets, swelled TO $12, 066,-
1874! Need more evidence be presented against
free trade? All through the following free
trade decade the volume of our imports kept
swelling, reaching $21 1853, 306 in 1854, and
stopping at $l5,603 769, in 1850, in conse-
qnence of exhaustion of the purchasing
power of the people, while our total exports
for the latter yea1 fell to S. 29S, 095 from Sill
269,9S1 thirty-four years before! What dis
astrous retrOgression
The protective decade from 1861 to 1870 ex
hibits the wonderful progress of the recupera
tive influences at work under the Morrill, tariff
of 1861. During the first year after the war
our exports bounded up to SIT 1854, 716 for 1866
from $3.50, 296 for the year before the war,
the last free trade year, while our independ-
ence of foreign manufactures and the develop
ment of home manufactures, is shown in the
sudden decline of imports from $14,531 1862 in
the last free trade year, 1860, to 1881 261 the
first fairly protective year. in 1866. In these
six years we had achieved our industrial indie
pendence.
The present decade furnishes additional cor
roberative evidence of the mighty power OF
our protective system not only to maintain
our industries, but to turn the scale over
whelminglv against our competitors. The
exports, which in 1871 were $20,6S8,551, IN
creased in volume steadily, until they reached
last year $50,685,83S, while imports for last
year reached only Ss7,224,249. These figures
teach their own lesson The inference is no
that foreign commerce is to be discouraged,
but that the highest possible development OF
home industries is the surest road to the largest
healthful and permanent foreign market tor
what we grow and manufacture in the United
States.-Amer7can Manufacturer.
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"An Old Physicians Advice.

Coughs, Colds, Asthma and other pulmona-
nv affections should be looked to and promptly
treated in time. and thus all serious results
may be avoided, and for this purpose we know
COMPOUND SYRUP OF WILD CHERRY" The
first dose gives relief, and it is sure to cure the
worst Cold or Cough in very short time.
Try 25 cent bottle and convinced, and you
will thus avoid a Doctors bill, and most like
ly, serious spell Of sickness. Price % cents
and $1.00 per bottle, or six bottles $500 The
large size is the most economical Prepared
only by DR.. Swayne & Son, $50 North Sixth
street, Philadelphia. Sold by all prominent
drn
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"Life. Growth. Beauty

"What we all admire" and how to secure
it: A fine suit of hair in It's natural color is
such an adjunct to beauty that no one who
prizes good looks should neglect to use Lon
and delightful article ever introduced to the
American people. 1t is totally different from
all others, not sticky and gummy and free from
all impure ingredients that render many 9TH
er preparations obnoxious 1t thickens thin
hair, restores gray hair, gives new life, keeps
the scalp clean and healthy, causing the hair
to grow where it has fallen off OF become thin,
does not soil or stain anything, and is so per-
fectly and elegantly prepared as to make it a
lasting hair dressing and toilet luxury. Lon
don Hair Color estorer is sold by all drug
gists at rs cents bottles, or six bottles
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"Swavne s Ointment and Pills ;

The greatest remedies the world has ever
known, curing the most inveterate cases of
skin diseases, such as letter, salt rheum. scald
head, BARRIERS itch, sores, all crusty scaly itch
ing skin eruptions, and that distressing COM
plant, itching piles AS blood purifier and
liver regulator waynes Tar and Sarsaparilla
Pills are excellent. Cure sick and nervous
headache, dyspepsia, indigestion, ward off
malarial fevers, cleansing the system and bow
tivity every organ of the human body Price
IS cents box, five boxes, 81. Ointment SO
cents box, three boxes, 1875. Sent by mail to
any address on receipt Of price. Address let
er 5, Dr. wayne s. Son, No. $50 North Sixth
street Philadelphia Sold by dealers eyery-
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Itching Pi1es-symptoms and cure.

The symptoms are moisture, like perspira-
ton, intense itching, increased by scratching
very distressing, particularly at night, as ifpln
tum the private parts are sometimes effected,
If allowed to continue very serious results may
follow. DR.. swayne's All-Healing Ointment
is pleasant sure cure. Also for letter, Itch,
Salt, Rheum, Scald Head. Erysipelas, Barbers
Itch, Botches, all Scaly rusty, Cutaneous
Eruptions Price so cents, 8 boxes for 81 25..
Sent by mail to any address on receipt ofprice
in currency, or three cent postage stamps.
Prepared only by DR.. Swayne & Son, $50
North Sixth street Philadelphia. Pa. Sold by
all nrominent druggists
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DIR. j. M. TREvY. DIR.
MEDICAL CO-PARTNERSHIP.
4 AMBLER SMITH

r AMBLER SMITH
e. (Ex-member of Congress)
ATTORNEY Il COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Corner of 9TH and d. SITS. Northwest,
WASHINGTON, D. G.
Patents, Pension and Bounties, also all claims
against the United States collected.
Compromise before Customs, Internal Revenue,
and other bureaus attended to.
Two million dollars prize money is now held by
the u S. Treasury for the sailors in the Navy during
the war.
$500,000 is due colored soldiers for bounty.
Excess Of tax paid by distillers recovered.
All enlistments for three years, prior to July %
1861 entitled 800 bounty, regardless of the time
served.
All enlistments for three years, prior to July IS
1864 where but 800 has been paid, entities to add
tonal bounty, under Act Of July %, 1885, If not al
ready paid.
All enistments for three years between january
l, 1868, and April l, 1864, where the soldier had
served previous term of nine months or more, en-
titles to 800 veteran bounty.
j. AMBLER SMITH,
feb 12-tf Washington, d. @.
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sTAUNToN, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 4, 1880.
LEARN TO WAIT.

Learn to wait-life's hardest lesson,
COINED perchance through binding tears,
While the heart-throbs sadly echo
To the tread Of passing years.
Learn to wait-hope's slow fruitton,
Faint not though the way seem long.
There is joy in each condition,
Hearts though suffering may grow strong.
Constant sunshine, however welcome,
Meier would ripen fruit or flower;
Giant oaks owe half their greatness
To the scathing tempest's power.
Thus soul untouched by sorrow
Aims not at higher state;
Joy seeks not brighter morrow,
Only sad hearts learn to wait.
Human strength and human greatness
Spring not from life's sunny side;
Heroes must be more than drift wood
Floating on waveless tide.
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Our Industrial Career

The English plan adopted by the Secretary
of State requiring our consuls in various coun-
tries to gather and send home industrial and
commercial statistics in the localities in which
they are stationed is producing good results
The letters which are constantly being receiv-
ed show the rapid progress which American
products are making in European markets. 1t
is not matter for surprise that Paris rolls
should be made of American flour but 1t sounds
little queer to hear the ticking of Waltham
watches in Geneva. American canned fruits
and preserved meats might naturally find their
way, as they do, into both hemispheres, but it
is rather early yet to expect any considerable
use of California wines in Southern Europe,
and yet all these things are reported as common
in the various countries from which letters are
received. 1t is perhaps even more surprising
to hear that the fabrics produced by the looms
OF Lowell find market in Leeds and Man
chester; and the cutlery of Meriden finds con-
siderable sale in Sheffield, England. The adj
vantages of the United States in the way of
rich, cheap lands, would account for our feed
ing the thickly populated countries of Europe,
but in respect to manufactures we enioy no
such favoritism from Nature. If at this early
stage of our industrial career we can compete
with the old established industries of Europe,
how will it be when another quarter of cen
tury gives us cheaper capital and a more per-
feet system.-N. Y Shipping List.
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feb 12-t

II G. VINCENT,
T.. ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR,
OFFICE No. IA W. Main St. STAUNToN, VA.
Offers his professional services to the public in
Engineering and Surveying work of every descr1p-
ton, including Typographical Surveys and Maps,
Examination of Surveys and developments of Min
eral Lands, Surveying and Division Of Farms and
Lots the investigation of titles 10 land by plats and
surveys the location and construction of Railroads,
Tramways, McAdam Roads and Turnpikes, Engineer
and Contractor for the construction of Railroad and
Highway Bridges, Viaducts, Roofs, Turntables, &C.,
Specifications and Estimates, together with pro-
posals, will be made and submitted when desired.
Parties out of the city can address
E. G. VINCENT,
+ oct II Lock Box No. Staunton Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-11-04

The English free traders and their American
allies will soon learn, if they have not learned
already, that in the matter of making a fight
in the Congressional districts there are blows
to give as well as blows to receive. At meet
the call for which was signed BY about loo
names representing about $4,000, 900 Of capi-
tai chiefly invested in iron manufactures;
among other business transacted committee
was appointed to draft letters to be addressed
to the three Congressional candidates. the re-
plies to such letters to be printed in the public
nrpSS
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-11-04

In general, wages here are double what are
paid in Europe. Yet the Record says labor is
not protected. Beside this, food is cheaper here
than abroad. Cost ofliving in general is less
We have had free trade before, and what did
it do for us? 1t idled tens and hundreds of
thousands. 1t drained our land of gold and
food. 1t reduced wheat to 25 cents per bushel
for want of purchasers, and corn was burned
Tor fuel. Were it not for protection, to main
tain competition at home, prices of .manufac-
tured products would be doubled, a fact prov
en- by every free trade experiment, and farm
ers would have an uncertain market. Free
traders assert free trade is needed to sell our
surplus productions, yet our exports have
doubled under protection. Free trade par
alyzes the purchasing power of consumers, a
TACT too patent to require proof. American
labor is especially protected in fair wages and
cheap food. Home competition, the result of
our protective system, has cheapened manu-
featured products and has placed comforts and
even luxuries within the reach of all sober and
thrifty workingmen, a fact apparent to all
Protection accounts for the difference between
American and European wages.-Americaa
Manufacturer.
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MATT & HOMER,

CATT HOMER,
BUTCHERS
AND PORK PACKERS
beg inform their friends and the public generally
that they have this day commenced business togeth
or. choice stock of
FRESH MEAT OF ALL KINDS
kept constantly on hand,
SUGAR CURED HAMS-A SPECIALITY.
BREAKFAST BACON, CLEAR RIB SIDES, LARD, &c
always in stock.
re- Call and see us at
No. ~ NORTH AUGUSTA STREET,
sTAUNTON, VA
October 1st 1880.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
RIBBONS, LACE, dc.,
that must be sold.
jus x.P.FuNKHousER
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WORKINGMEN should bear in mind that 3sprotect-
on protects nearly everything that enters Into the
cost OF our manufactures except labor. The cheap
labor of the whole world is freely admitted
petition with that of our American mechanics while
the materials to be worked into the finished pro-
ducts pay more or less heavy duties If imported
Record, Phitd., Oct. Is.
Yet the foreign mechanic when he comes
here is paid the same high wages as the Amer
lea can NJ mechanic. The English p9ddler leaves
comes here and is paid $500 to $3.50 for the
same work. All other classes of labor are
treated in like manner. Is not this protection
to labor? Consult this table showing wages
paid in England and United States collected
by the department OF States.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-11-04
Free Trade and Protection.

The following table, which has reference to
the imports and exports at the port of Phila
delphia, exhibits the effects of protection and
free trade in a clear manner. The figures are
taken from Custom House records. They
show free trade makes us dependent at the
expense of ability to buy and that protection
makes us Independent, with vastly increased
ability to pay for what we buy
Inclusive. Protection. Ratio Impts to Expts
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StJRA Vi T..
EIRE INSURANCE.


As General Receiver of the Circuit Court, very
ten directed to loan money real security.
In making Ioans as well for my own protection as
hat of the borrower require that the property be
insured against fire.
1t is of COURSE of the utmost importance that the
insurance company Issuing policies should be per-
perfectly solvent that the assets not simply
words and figures but that such securities as are
known to the policy holder be, first, solvent and
second easily converted into money when necessity
demands It,
After careful examination Of the liabilities and
resources of the
GEORGIA
HOME INSURANCE COMPANY,
of Columbus, Georgia,
have determined to give them all my business, or
at least as much as they will accept
For my own convenience, 1 have accepted the
agency of this company, and while my other duties
will not permit me to solicit business for them in
general way yet will be glad to explain the merits
of the company and take the application Of any one
desiring to ensure.
J. FRED. EFFINaER.
ROBERT CRAIG,
of the firm Of
EFFINGER, CRAIG GRATTAN,
has succeeded Fred Emnger as agent of the above
company. Applications for risks or renewals
Of old policies must be made to
ROBERT CRAIG, Agent,
may 20-Iy Staunton, Va.
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Major Jed. Hotchkiss, the geologist, of
Staunton, Va, and editor of an excellent bnsi-
ness paper, The V5ryiaaias has recently adduced
evidence tending to show that the densely-
wooded portions of the Shenandoah Valley
were wholly clear of timber when first settled
by the white man; and this is confirmed by
the fact that no decidedly aged trees are to be
found there. There is, also, tradition among
the settlers in the Cumberland Valley of Penn
sylvania that this section, now densely wood
ed was all open or prairie land in the Indians
times, and that they took care to keep it open
by annual fires. These traditions have been
held OF little moment by scientific men. Re-
Gently DR.. Joseph Leidy gave to the Academy
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia an account
of an exploration through some caves in North
ern Pennsylvania, and exhibited the bones he
found there. Among these were the bones of
an animal entirely extinct, and which was not
supposed to have roamed further east than
what is now Ohio. Then there are the bones
OF some that do not now make their homes
North, but are found only in the extreme
South But the most interesting, as bearing
on this timber question, are the bones OF the
bison. As it is well-known the buffalo does not
inhabit woodland, but lives only on open plains,
it shows that the traditions of the Cumberland
Valley are correct and Pennsylvania was not
so completely covered by woods in Indian
times as many believe These discoveries of
Prof. Leidy are not only of interest in them
seves; but show the value of what people
might regard as the little facts ofscience. How
many would suppose that the picking up of
little piece of bone in Northeastern Pennsyl-
yania would have value in settling momen-
tous historic questions ?-l7adepende7et
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-11-04

POINTS OF Coop Cow-Mr Henry Stew
art, in the Rural Neao Yorker, gives the follow
ing as the chief characteristics of good COW
The points being so well defined that any
one can make the selections. They are also in
accordance with the results of experience
The extremities should be delicately
formd; the tail long and thin, except at its
root, which should be large and strong; the
muzzle should be fine; the head long, fiat and
thin, but broad across the eyes, to give room
ior a large brain, which is the foundation for
/ highly developed and active nervous sys-
,em; the horns fine, thin and neatly curved;
the eyes bright and active, agreeing with the
tctive brain, but calm, quiet and mild in ex-
preston, significant OF quiet, contented dis
position, and one not readily disturbed OF wor-
lied. AS the secretions of the body all come
rom the blood, and as a rich yellow color is
desired in the butter, so the skin should be
Tiled with yellow pigment and the inside Of
the ears and the thighs, and the other places
where the hair is light and the skin plainly
visible, should be of rich, orange color, so
The scales OF earwax should be OF the same
color. The hair should be fine smooth and
,ilky, and in short the whole appearance
should be satisfying to the eye, and consistent
one part with another and well balanced"
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j B. AM1ss hate Of Rockingham,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STAUNToN VA.
VIII practice in the State and Federal Courts of
Virginia. VIII solicit pensions for United States
soldiers and their widows Office at his residence
at II E. Frederick street, near the corner of Fred
erick and Augusta Refers to the Harrisonburg bar
and the Law Faculty Of the University Of vir
g1n1a. feb12-tf
VIM. SKEEN. CHAs. W. EcHARD
GKEEN & ECHARD,
- ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CONVICTION, ALLEGHANY Co., VA.
Practice In the courts of Allegheny, Bath and Au-
gusta, Virginia. and in Greenbrier and Pochahontas
countless West Va, in the Court of Appeals
ton, Va and in the Court of Appeals of West Va, at
Charleston in the United States Courts Harrison
burg, Va, and at Charleston, West Va.
WSpecial attention will be given to the colec-
ton of claims by the Junior partner. oct2
DR. J. M. TREvY. DIR. j. T. CLARK.
MEDICAL COMPREHENSIVE.
The undersigned have entered into co-partner-
ship for the purpose of practicing medicine, at
MOUNT SOLON
and In the surrounding country. DIR. CLARK may
De found at his Office in Mt. Solon and DR. TREvY at
his residence, mile southeast of Mt Scion. They
will give particular attention to the diseases Of
Women and children and to the general practice Of
the profession.
az Charges will be conformed to the stringeney
of the times and settlements required every six
months to justify the reduced rates.
J. NJ. TREvY, ID.
aug28-1y j. T. CLARK, NJ. d.
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No 9 Nail Leaves Huntington daily, except
Huntington on Saturday lies over at White Sulphur
from 8 SO m Sunday till a m Monday. Connects
closely at Gordonsvtlle for Washington, with chair
car from White sulphur to Washington.
Virginia Midland Mail from Danvtlle and Lynch
burg connects closely at Gordonsville with No for
Richmond.
No. Express s at Go p n ass
and is due at Huntington to connect with No. Elk
press which runs daily to Richmond. Connects close
ly at Charlottesville for Lynchburg and Danville
Connects closely at GordOnsville for Washington,
with Pullman Sleeping Car from White Sulphur to
Philadelphia.
No & A oooy,, Leaves Gordonsville daily,
1No. " 1AOoohu. cept Sunday, at s rs M, and
arrives at Richmond at 9 100 A. M.
A., 90 M;vod Leaves Staunton daily, except
W. ~ MlAOu Sunday, at 5: 40 AM Connects
at Charlottesville with M Mail for Lynchburg and
DanVille and is connected with at Gordonsvtlle by
Virginia Midland Mail from Washington, and
rtves at Richmond at 5 100 m
Sloo,ino. iorc On No. from Huntington to
OloeplnS OarS White Sulphur No. from
White sulphur to Richmond.
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage Checks, &C., apply to
JNO. 81. WOODWARD,
Ticket Agent, Staunton, Va.
CONWAY r. HOWARD,
W. NJ. S. DUNN, G.. P. Ticket Agent.
Engineer and Superintendent.
sept 23-n.
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RAILROADS..

CPRING AND SUMMER SCHEDULE II. F. AND v.
- BRANCH B. Il o. RAILROAD,
Taking effect May 23d, 1880.
WESTWARD BOUND