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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-21

grapple, arrived at suspension OF
hostilities They drew themselves
apart the length of the chain, and
stood peacefully cycling one anoth-
er as if to say, 1--WE are very equal
ly matched; let US call it draw
game and attend to our wounds. .
This would seem a very COM
mendable course under the circum-
stances; but it was altogether too
dull for the audience. The man.
ayers had promised fight to be
terminated only by death; accord
ingly they leaped into the inclosure
and goaded the bleeding brutes
with spears until, remaddened with
pain, they again rushed upon each
other. 1t was brief close, for the
bull, summoning all its strength,
struck the bear on the lower jaw
and shivered it.
''There, there, now you've got
it old fellow" cried James, the
boy who turned pale at the sight of
blood in the Ell Dorado. The hard
side of him was, at present, upper
most; indeed, he was wholly
changed-so much so that he would
not have known himself had he
stopped to consider his feeling and
conduct.
'sBravo? bravo." shouted the
spectators.
The air was filled with this exul-
ting cry, The contest was ended;
both combatants were Frustrated in
the dust neither to rise again. I'm
mediately the chain was removed
from their limp and useless limbs,
and horses being hitched to them,
groaning and weltering in theil
own and one another's blood, they
were mercilessly dragged out of the
arena.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-21
A REPORTER on a San Francisco

a REPORTER on San Francisco
paper vote the following account OF
his hated rivals marriage: The
bride was radiant in beautiful Law
ender silk dress, with orange wreath
and six-button No. 8 kid gloves
slightly burst in the thumbs. The
groom was as straight as a black
cloth suit, constructed by the best
tailor on Tehama street, could made
him, and as red in the face as was
consistent with a pair of boots two
sizes too small, and No. Is collar
encircling his manly 64-inch neck.
Fortunately, before the ceremony
was over the restraining button on
the back Of his shirt flew out and
saved him from strangulation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-21

A LEARNED satistician found that
the proportion of unmarried per-
sons who kill themselves is decidly
greater tEan that Of the married.
The proportion of the widowed per-
sons is greater still, but that of the
divorced and separated is the larg-
est, it being five times as great as
that of the married. As regards
the causes Of suicide, he thinks that
one-third of the cases of self-mur-
der are caused by mental disease
The number caused by grief or dis
appointed love is exceedingly small.
In every country ree-fourths OF
all the suicides are of the male sex.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-21
HOW TO SECURE HEALTH

1t seems strange that any one viii suffer from
the many arrangements brought on by an i'm
pure condition of the blood, when SCOVUIIS
SARSAPARlLLA AND STILLINGIA. or blood
and liver syrup. will restore perfect health to
the physical organization. 1t is indeed a
strengthening syrup, pleasant to take. and has
proven itself TO be the best blood purifier ever
discovered, eHectualy curing Scrofua Syphi-
lite disorders, Weakness OF the Kidneys Ery-
sipelas, Malaria; all Nervous disorders and De
bility, Bilious complaints and all Diseases indi-
eating an Impure Condition of the Blood, Liver.
Kidneys, Stomach, Skin, etc. 1t corrects Indi-
gestion. A single bottle will prove to you its
merits as health renewer, for 1t ACTS LIKE
CHARM. especially when the complaint is of
an exhaustive nature. having a tendency 10 les
IA sthe natural vzgOr Of the Efsin and nervous
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Court Ito prosecutor); "Then

Court Ito prosecutor); Then
you recognize this handkerchief as
the one which was stolen from your
Prosecutor: eyes, your honor. y
Court: "And yet it isn't the only
handkerchief of the sort of the
world. See, this one | have in my
pocket is exactly like it." Prosecu-
tor: "Very likely, your honor; /
had two stolen" -FGgar0.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-21

A YOUNG Bohemian couple liv-
ing near Glencoe, Iowa, met with a
peculiar experience during the last
snowstorm. They were living in a
little shanty under the hill, which
was covered in a drift, and the hus-
band dug his way out and went over
to one Of the neighbors. Another
storm coming up he was unable to
find his way back, as nothing could
be seen. 1t was three days before
they could find the house, which
was finally done by sounding with
apole. They dug through the drift
and found the young wife as COM
Portable as could be expected for a
girl just married and her husband
gone.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-21


DURING Lincoln's time there was
a great row over the postoffice in
Dayton, Ohio. Two Hotspurs
were in the field. Petition after
petition in favor of one or the other
poured in upon the President, and
delegation after delegation hasten
ed to Washington to argue the case.
Mr.. Lincoln was long-suffering
man, but his patience gave out at
last. He could not determine that
one applicant was in the slightest
degree more competent, Or more
patriotic or better supported than
the other. Finally, after being
bored by fresh delegation, he said
to his secretary: ''This matter has
got to end somewhere. Bring a
pair of scales" The scales were
brought. "Now put in all the pc
titions and letters in favor of one
man and see how much they weigh,
and then weigh the other fellows
pile" 1t was found that one bun
die was three-quarters of pound
heavier than the other. make
out an appointment at once for the
man who has the heaviest papers,"
said Mr., Lincoln, and it was done.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-21

A COLLECTION will now be taken
up, said the minister; ''Deacor
Swipes, will you pass and that
good man waking suddenly with
his hands full OF hymn-books re
sponded: ''No, I'll order it up, by
thunder" and the minister dealt
him dreadful look and the gooC
man passed out.
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MOTHERS! MOTHERS! MOTHERS

MOTHERS! MCTHERSi MOTHEkSi
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Sold everywhere. 25c bottle. oct7 ly
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n - Outfit sent free to thoes who wish to enga-e in
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No one who is willing 10 work fails to make more
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DIR. ROGERS VEGETABLE WORM SYRUI
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FIFTEEN POUNDS GAINED IN THREE WEEKS,
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and as your medicines cured me Of consumption
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gained fifteen pounds while taking the first three
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Sell Abuse, Ms
Nj utal Anxiety,
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Pains in the back
or side. and dis
eases that lead to
consumption, In 4.
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ly grave The spe-
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-21

Aawrenceburg Anderson Co., Ky.
This remedy speaks for itself. One bottle will
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Price. Specific, 81 per package or six packages for
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Sold at City Drug Store, AIanitowoc, Wis.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17
sTAUNTON, VIRGINIA, FEBRUARY II, 1881.


The chill, sad evening wind of winter blows
Across the teadland, bleak and bare and high,
hustling the thin, dry grass that sparsely grows,
And, shivering, whispers like a human sigh.
Inc SKY is thick with stars that sparkle keen,
And great Capelia in the clear northeast
Rolls slowly up the cioudless heaven serene,
And the stern uproar Of the sky has ceased
fieeting moment and the earth seems dead
SO still, SO sad, so lonely and so coldl
Snow dust beneath me, and bove my head
Star dust in blackness like thick sprinkled gold
The stars of fire. the tiny stars of ice,
The awful whiring worlds in space that Wheel
The dainty crystal delicate device,
One Hand has fashioned both-and 1, who kneel
Here ON this winter night, twixt stars and snow
AS transient as a snowflake and as weak,
fearning like all my fellowmen to know
HIS hidden purpose that no voice may speak.
In siientawe watch his worlds see
Mighty Capellas signal and know
me steady beam Of light that reaches me
Left the great orb full seventy years ago.
human e-time Reasons strive In vain
II grasp at time and space, and evermore
Retrace It's slow steps to the humble poor
Ofwistful patience, there to watch and wait
DevoutIy, till at last death s certain hand
Impertous opens wide the mystic gate
Between us and the future He has planned
Yea, Death alone. But shall death CONQUER all?
Love fights and pleads in anguish of despair.
Sooner shall great Capella wavering fall
Than any voice respond to his wild prayer
And yet what fire divine makes hope to glow
Through the pale ashes of our earthly fate?
Immortal hope, above all Joy, below
All depths of pain wherein we strive and wait
Dull is our sense; hearing we do not hear
And seeing see moi yet vaguely feel
Somewhere Is comfort In the darkness drear,
And, hushing doubts and fears, we learn to kneel
Starlight and silence! Dumb are sky and sea:
Silent as death the awful spaces lie;
SpeechlesS the bitter wind blows over me,
Sad as the breathing of a human sigh,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

FRED DOUGLAS AND THE COL0RED MAN
A letter from Fred. Douglas is printed in a
Western paper in which he says he is alto
gether too modest in his estimate of his ability
to aspire to place in Gen. Garfeld's Cabinet
and continues:
There are five dangers to which the colored
men are Just now liable and require wisdom
to avoid;
Il. The asking too little, thereat showing
undue selfdepreciation.
''2. The asking too much, and thereby Great
ing disgust and consequent Discrimination tc
grant anything.
''3. The asking too soon, showing undue
haste, 'overstepping the modesty of nature.
81. Asking too late, when the slate IS al
ready made up and nothing remains to be
asked for or given.
"5. The asking in an impropar way, such s
vehement demanding something whose value
is really in the spontaneiety with which it is
given.
"The colored people Of this country wan
office, not as the price of their votes or party
support, but for their recognition as a part 0
the American people, and means OF remov
ing the popular prejudice and low situation
in which they have been held. For one,
have no advice to give. General Garfield Ger
tainly knows in advance of being asked. FL
knows the public men Of his country, and h
may be safely trusted to select those best quail
flied to assist him in the administration OF tn
Government"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

A DISAPPOINTED MAN-The streets of Gal
weston are very slippery just now. A man by
the name Of Josephus Morgan slipped and
came down full length in the mud. A police
man helped him to his feet and asked him if he
had broken any bones.
"No but I wish l had broken both my legs
and dislocated a shoulder or So"
$50 you could sue the city for $4,000 dam
ages, suppose . remarked the policeman.
"It's not that, but if had broken my legs
my wife would haye felt so sorry she would
never have noticed what my breath smelt like;
but never haye any luck. You don't keep
cloves in your vest pocket, do your"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17
England in Trouble.

1t would appear from the latest dispatches,
that the British government is about to be
plunged into war with the Ashantees on the
West Coast of Africa, and the troubles of the
Gladstone ministry are becoming intensified.
What with war already in one part of South
Africa against the Beers and in another part
against the Basutos; with the Afghan war
still unsettled, and disaffection of so grave a
type in Ireland that large bodies of troops
have had to be sent there to oyerawe the
land leaguers, while vessels Of war are pltrol-
ing the coast for the purpose OF interceptlng
by sea military supplies, the resources of the
government are already put to serious
strain. 1t is possible that the Ashantee war
may be tided over, but the fact that the Gov
ernor of the Cape Coast colony has applied to
Sierra Leone for achievements, and that at
special council held at the war office on Sat
urdao it was decided to take measures to meet
the emergency, would seem to indicate that
the danger of hostilites is imminent. The
entire population of the Cape Coast colonies
does not much exceed fifty thousand, and OF
this number but small proportion are Euro
peans. The population of Ashantee ranges
from one to three millions. Its government
is military aristocracy. The king controls
the ordinary administration of affairs, but IN
matters of peace or war, he is bound to con
suit his feudal chiefs, through a council OF
caboceers or captains. King Coffee, whose
formal notice of belligerency has caused SO
much alarm on the Gold Coast and no small
anxiety in London, is the same king whose
forces were so signally put to the rout by Sir
Garnet Woseley in 1874 With twenty-four
hundred Europeans and a swarm of Fantee
allies, that British commander crossed the
Prah river on the Goth of January, and after
| heavy fighting on two occasions pushed
through the swamps and jungles to Coomasie,
the Ashantee capital, which he captured on
the 4th of February, and nine days later con
cluded terms Of peace. In that war King COT
fee had forty thousand men in arms, and but
| Tor the prompt arrival of the British forces
and the consummate generalship Of sir Gar,
net Wolseley would have laid waste the Cape
Coast country with fire and sword as the
victorious Ashantee army did in 1S22.-Bah.
| Sun
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

There has been in Harrisonburg during the
past few month an unprecedented mortality
among the legal fraternity, not less than hve
members having died after short illness The
death-roll embraces J B. Armstrong, William
B. Stands, Charles A. Yancey, Henry b. Con
verse, and Robert B. Ragano-all comparatively
young men, and, with one or two exceptions,
the youngest of the profession in that town
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

The Lynchburg Steel, Iron and Mining Co
has contracted with E. Dillon, OF Indian Rock
Botetourt county, for forty tons of limestone
per diem for the next six months, to be used for
fiux in the companys new furnace.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

Judge Hughes is engaged, in connection
with Morrison & Co., of Washington D. G..
in publishing monthly the Reports ofthe Su-
preme Court of the United States This under
taking is a laborious and responsible one, and
one which will be of great interest 10 lawyers.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

St.Louis isagitated over project to construct
locomotive works within the limits of the
city, to have capacity for building FIVE hun
dred engines ayear. A company has been organ
lied for this object, with a working capital OF
81, 100000
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

ONLY ONE.-One squalling child will spoil
an entire evening.
One new bonnet will make woman happy
One little firt can make twenty nine girls
uncomfortable.
One silly remark will neutralize good
speech.
One aching tooth will reduce a human being
to utter misery.
One shower of ram will ruin new hat.
One tit Of indigestion causes a man to wish
he were an ostrich.
One wife has been known to set man won
dering why he was born.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

The farm of John billiard, near Riverville,
Amherst county has been sold, with all miner
al rights to the Pennsylvania Mining Co, for
$40 900 cash.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

A kCHlBALD q. STUART,
IA ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
oTAUNTON, Va.
.racuces in the Courts OF Augusta, anu adjoining
cOuuLleS. All his care Will re-
ce1ve prompt attention. may i
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17
1.-THE st. Louis Republican

1t is very rare that the Republican consents
to editorially forward the interests of advertis
ers of what are known as patent medicine. as
it does not frequently fall out that we can have
positive knowledge of their merits However
we take pleasure in saying of St. Jacobs Oil
from individual experiment. that it is a most
excellent remedial agent, and as such we can
heartily recommend it.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

II F. BLISS, M. D.,
l.. PhlolUlAN, SURGEON AND OCULIST,
OFFICE-In The E11inger Building Frederick ST.,
open from a. III. " y.
special attent1 Ii given 10 the treatment Of DIS
EAoES OF WOMEN and diseases OF The ey and ear.
- Night caiiS answered from halVrana.
uec2--I
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

DO you know" said he passionately, II
love you madly ?" 20 yes replied she. ANY
fool can see that
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D EMOvAL-REMOvAL.

II
PLATT'S LIVERY AT A NEW STAND.
My lease of the stables on New street having ex-
pfred on the LIST OF September, have removed my
entire stock to the commodious quarters on Court
house street, adjoining the wagonyard of John NJ.
Henkle. In my new quarters have increased facil-
tiles for supplying the public and citizens of Staun-
ton with hrst-class livery OF every description My
rolling-stock is new and handsome, and my horses
stylish, gentle and swift. All ask is trial. and l
feel confident that can give perfect satisfaction.
GEO. H. PLATT.
The noted hostler, Bob nrrell is still WI me. sell
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

The reduction in the public debt for jan
uary was 81, 3s9,167.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

| No. 63S Will run on Mondays, Wednesdays and
| Fridays only; No. GAO will Sundays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays only; No $40 will run
| Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only, all other
| trains daily except Sunday. No. 610 connects at
Strasburg with trains to and from Alexandria. 610
| dimes at Mt. Jackson.
| EAST ROIiND.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

MIM. B. HARRISON,
w ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SrAUNTON, VA.
Practices in the courts of Augusta and adjoining
counties.
Particular attention paid TO the collection of claims
and prompt returns made.
UFFICE-oppos1te Circuit Clerks Office and.aboye
the Law Library. junS-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17

A LEX. f. ROBERTSON,
IA AIIUhNEY AT LAW,
srAuNToN, VA.
VIII practice in the Courts OF Augusta ana auloin-
ing counties.
special attention given to the collection of claims
4nd prompt returns MADE
LNFFINGER, CRAIG Il GRATTAN,
~ A1IUhNElo LAW,
oAAUNTON, VA.
VIII practice In courts OF Augusta, hUckDriuge
-.ocAInSndi tlSiIlanu, Allegnauy btLn.
.lIo supreme Court VI Appeal olaunIUn
= ulleu otdleS Courts at t1drcI5OuDufS. teUzI
, NJ QUARLES
e. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STANTON, VA.
.ractices il the Circuit ourts Of Aug LiIe
.ourts VI Lie auIulnlIis counlics in
lJe.io d. oiAuuluu AN. the ederal Cours HL Lid
oonDufg. ftp1i-I
A G. GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
COURTS Augusta and Albemarle. je "a