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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-12-27
FOR the VIRGINIAN.
A Good "Vindlcator" Text

In the leading editorial article Of last
week. the Viladacator, speaking of the
ASYLUM Murders, 'wisely discourses thus:
''But matter of this gravity inUolUing
the cause of the nardef Of sac men, cannot
be settled by theories. newspaper opinions,
OF the superintendent S SurmiseS. 1t is a
matter to be settled by legal investiga-
ton, clothed with legal power, authorized
by the Virginia legislature, the highest du-
thor5ty in the State, and conducted fuirly
and searchingly.n Correct to a T..
Now, let this judicious, if not judicial,
decision of the Viadicator be applied by
the author to another case Of which it may
have heard. The Danville '.horror, in
volying the cause of the murder of seuen
men, cannot be settled by newspaper
opinions, or reports of committees of
forty, OF withdrawing findings Of q grand
jury, composed in part Of the forty and
can only be settled by a fegaE investigation
| ii need be, under direct sanction of the
highest authority, State OF Federal, and
compelling u fair and impartial trial before
q disinterested jury of the well-known
men who committed the seven homicides.
Will the Vtssdicator Join the Petersburg
! Indec- appeal. which to its high honor be
| it said. has uniformly insisted on this
course. If not, Why not? Better that it
| be done quickly. For there is no statute
of limitations in felony and the time will
surely come. he Il now OF twenty years
from now, WHEN the liHnslayers of Dan
! vile will he aiFiiigaed ut the bar of human
/ justice. should Heaven allow them that
term of years before Heavens own final
Judgment.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-12-27
Arrival and Departure of Mails.

The best etiquette for a man is not to
boast of his virtues. 1t is also exceedingly
inelegant to annoy society with his coughs
and colds. when he can find RELIEF in bot
tie of DIR. Bull S Cough Syrup.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-12-27
Mt. S on Items.
Reported for the VIRGINIA,

Reported for the NIRGiNIAN.i
We have been kept SO busy remodeling
and building that we haze not had time to
gather mp any items for your journal of
events. Cur first SNOW for this winter
fell on Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing, attaining II depth of 81 inches but
Tuesday the temperature was moderated
by southwest breezes. which have almost
cleared the ground again of its winter
covering.
The apple trade in our part OF the county
has been larger this season than ever be-
| fore. The merchants in our town and
| Sangersyille, have packed and shipped
about 10 900 bushels OF winter apples, be-
side large quantity of dried apples. MI.
| TW .Crist alone has sent off II 900 pounds.
If the trade has been us active throughout
the county, the apple crop has been almost
| as valuable as our wheat crop.
Building has been active throughout this
region for several months past. Mr.. Bo-
| len, of our village, has been improving his
| lanyard property by the erection of valua-
| bic Improvements TO the dwelling mouse,
| and there is scarcely Il farmer around us
who has not put up an additional building
| upon his farm during the summer and fall.
Mr.. Walker, near Messy Creek church,
lost very interesting little child from con-
gestioh of the lungs on the 18th inst. 1t
was sick only few hours. The parents,
and more particularly the mother, who SO
recently revived from extreme illness,
| have the deepest sympathy of their neigh
bors.
We understand that the friends of Rev.
Mr.. Smithson of your city, in and about
| the village, have been busy getting up q
Christmas box for him. We hope it Will
prove worthy of the donors as we'll as the
recipient. ITEMS.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-12-27

Music IN TRINITY CIIuRCH.--Pro-
gramme of music in Trinity Church last
Tuesday T9I
volqntarymSanctus-organ ..... .Gounod.
Anthem Nazareth. y .Gounod.
Venite in E fiat Buck.
TIE Deum in B minor ........B Buck.
Jubilate-( from Mass in d. Lambillotte
Come all We Faithful. .Novello.
Hymn-"Christmas ~. Buck.
Offertory-"See now the Altar. y Faure.
Postlude, (organ) -Halleluja Cho-
rus -....... ............ Handel.
The choir consists of MI. f. r. Webb.
organist and director Mrs. w. T. Bum
gardner and Miss. Fannie Tams, sopranos :
Miss Mary B. Berkeley, alto; Mr.. G. L.
Cooke. tenor Mr.. Ed. Euritt, bass; and
Mr.. i. M. Taylor, cornet. The same pro-
gramme will be rendered on next Sunday
OFFICERS Observation-Disclosures Lodge
No. 756, Knights Of Honor, on Tuesday
night elected the following officers for the
ensuing term: Dictator, VIM. M. Simp
son Vice Dictator, John Wright Assist
ant Dictator, n. II. Anderson Guide. 9
A. Richardson Chaplain, DR.. j. M. Hang
err; Treasurer, Maj. j. w. Newton; Fl
nancial Reporter, G. b. SOmerville lie
porter, VIM. A. Burnett: Trustees, VIM
A. Burnett, A. f. Kinney and Alex. Hart
| The election of Guardian and Sentinel
was postponed until next meeting. j. M
LiekliteT was elected Representative t.
the Grand Lodge which meets in Peters
burg III March next, The other Repre-
sentative is j.. J.. Edmunds0a.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-12-27

RUNNING OF RAILROAD TRAINS ON
SUNDAY.-The following bill was intro
duced in the House of Delegates by MI.
w, w. Baker, of Chesterfield, and was re-
ferred to the Committee on Roads and In
ternal Navigation:
Bill to restrict the running of Railroad Trains
on Sunday.
l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
| bly, of Virginia. That no railroad company
shall permit the loading or unloading of
any freight car or cars on Sunday. nor
shall permit any Car, train OF cars, OF loco
motive to be run on Sunday on any rail
road. except such as may be run for the
relief of wrecked train OF trains that are
so disabled as to obstruct the main track,
and except such as may be run for thepur-
pose of transporting the United States
mails, either with OF without passengers,
and except such as shall be run for carry
ing passengers and baggage exclusively
Provided, that the word Sunday, in this
act, shall be construed to embrace only
that portion OF the day between sunrise
and sunset and that trains in transitu,
having started on Saturday, may, in order
to reac4 the terminus OF shops, run until
8 O'Clock A. n. on Sunday, but not later,
nor for any other purpose than to reach
the terminus Oh shops. And any railroad
company violating this act shall be guilty
of misdemeanor in each county in which
such car, train or cars, OF locomotive shall
Run, or in which any such freight car shall
be loaded or unlOaded land upon conviction
shall be fined not less than $500 for each of.
fence, the fine, when collected, TO he paid
to the State Treasurer for the use OF the
public schools.
2. This act shall be in force from it's
passage.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-12-27

New Jersey has the reputation of deal
ing out legal justice with an iron hand
But there are exceptions to all rules, and
the exception here noted, illustrates the
value of wife s life in that part Of the
moral vineyard. Rudolph Helm, during a
quiet game of croquet, was not satisfied
with Mrs. Helms method of playing and
endeavored by various threats and oaths to
compel her to play faster. Finding these
milder means unavailing, he chose favor
able moment, when shs was STOPPING to
strike ball, to give her a violent kick,
from the effects Of which she died in few
minutes. He was indicted for manslaugh-
ter and, his counsel having neglected the
defense of delusional monomania, he was
convicted. Stern Jersey justice has SEN
fenced the brute to pay fine Of five hun
dred dollars. That is the Jersey penalty
for killing wife.
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LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office at Staunton, AL
gusta County, Va, Dec. p, 1888.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-12-27
STANTON MARKETS.

CORRECTED WEEKLY BY EAKLE & JONES.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
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n1SSOLUTION.-The partnership heretofore
/ existing under the name and style of
WIN. S. RANKIN. BOWMAN a. CO.

is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All
debts due by the concern will be paid by NJ. ].
Rankin. JACOB BOWMAN
Dec. 18th, 1883. Treas. of the Go.
deco st
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-12-27

Mr.. Z. NJ. Gushing has been appointed
Deputy Grand Master for Masonic District
N
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-12-27
ONE GLANCE
INTO
C. A. GLADKE's

C. A. GLADKE'S
GRAND
DOUBLE ESTABLISHMENT.
will convince you that he has the
LA EST STOCK
OF
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17

We are now right upon the time when
next seasons supply of ice should be
housed In former days very few used
ice ct all. but nowadays no one can keep
house without it. While we do not
believe very much in using it in drink
ing water because the tree use of ice.
water Is not healthfui, we do recon.
mend it for many other uses. Every
farmer, as well as everybody else, should
have a supply. Some will find it more
profitable to take what they need OF
this useful commodity from the regular
ice-dealer, while others, and among
them the farmer, who may need ice in
considerable quantities, will do better
to gather and store it for himself. An
icehouse can be easily and cheaply
built either above or below ground
The common method is to build an
inner and an outer wall, with space
between the two of IS to "a inches,
which space should be filled with spent
tan. If below ground the cellar should
be walled up in the ordinary manner
and then a roof put over. The ice after
being housed should be covered over
with shavings or hay to exclude the
weather. The expense of filling a small
house of fifty tons will be quite insignif.
cant,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17
: .
Tabula Rasa.
TIME SPEAKS.
Hist, mortals ! I am Time!
In every CLINE

dlSt, uihi LAhio'
In every CLINE
Ye know me by the scythe bear
.Ye know me by the front wear.
Since man first set his foot upon this earth,
Lo have marked each puny birth;
And have doled the sum of passing years
In patience and in tears
Such as an old man weeps
When he his lone watch keeps
Der what, perchance, had better not have
been,
So full it seems Of want and woe and sin.
The gift of years is miner
Ambassador divine,
Ihold for you my subtle glass;
Ioiye each year, and watch 1t pass.
Oh, that ye knew their sweet and priceless
worth,
These years of heavenly birth !!
Oh, that ye might receive them thus But
no,
Weakly 70 lot them go,
Madly you soil the page,
In every hour and age
Until fain would cry for Justice sword,
And spread the wrath of an offended Lord.
Once more the hour Is here
Another year
Is slipping through my trembling hands,
That fain would stay the futtering sands,
Save that know its worth to you who live,
The boon that Mercy deigns to give.
l beg you now to hear Times patient prayer;
Behold the scroll is white,
Thereon inscribe such deeds
That when the old man reads,
His voice may cry at last "Let vengeance
cease;
Their hearts are turned to Joy and Love and
Peace"
-Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17
Sorghum.

Dr.. Loring's recent conversion TO O
belief in the national value and impor-
lance OF the sorghum industry, though
somewhat tardy, yet will prove OF great
assistance TO this struggling branch of
farm economy, since the Influence OF
the department OF agriculture will be
thrown III favor OF sugar making il. this
country. Whatever may be said of Dir.
Loring's attain monts AS practical farmer
or his poltica! ambitions, it is admitted
by those who Lave tho means of know
ing that lie has greater influence in
Washington than any previous commits
sioner has ever possessed. The pro-
ducion OF sugar from the amber cane is
destined to become most remunerative
industry i'll our northern states, supply.
ing desirable farm crop which may be
raised to q profit and sold Tor cash III
any market. Culti0ator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17
Mrs. Townsend would like to vote be.
fore she dies.
LATEST RECEIPTS,

Sauce and plum pudding: Take q
small dessert spoonful of French potato
-four, mix it thoroughly in gill of cold
water, add to it gill Of boiling water,
then the yelk of an egg; stir over the
fire for minute; sweeteu.
Westphalia loaves Beat one pound
Of mealy potatoes with quarter of a
pound of grated ham, two eggs, little
butter, and little milk, taking care not
to make it too moist form it into balls
or small loaves, and fry them a nice light
brown. They should be fried in butter.
Pile them on napkin, and serve with q
garnish OF fried parsley.
Charlotte Ia polonaiso: Mako o
sponge cake, cut it transversely, dip each
piece in cream, and then place them
back where they wese, so as to give the
cake its original form as near as posi-.
BILE. When thus reformed, cover it with
cream, dust with sugar, and decorate
with any kind OF sweetmeats. Besides
the sweetmeats that are placed here aud
there all around, some currant Jelly may
be used to decorate. Place on ice for
some time and serve.
Macaroons To quarter of pound
of sweet almonds take four tea-spoonfus
of orange-hower water, the whites of six
eggs, and one pound of siited white
sugar. Blanch the almonds and pound
them with some Of the white of Oh egg !;
then whisk the whites OF the eggs and
add them gently to the almonds-if
these ingredients are not carefully add.
ed, they will coil" or separate. Sift the
sugar into the mixture until the whole
forms paste not too stiff to drop upon
white paper, which should be placed on
a tin, and the whole baked in u slow
oven.
Oranges with rice: Pick and wash
a couple of handfuls of rice, put them
into saucepan with pint of milk,
little sugar, and the thin rind of two
oranges; let the whole simmer until the
rice is done and has absorbed the milk.
Remove the rind, and spread ont the
rice flat on dish. When it has cooled,
dispose on it a compete of oranges cut
in halves, and pour tn: juice over; then
beat up to stiff iroth the whites of
three eggs with little powdered sugar |;
pile up the froth over the rice and olan.
ges, so as to cover them; put the dish
into the oven until the top OF it is
drowned slightly, and servo immediate.
". This dish can be improved by add.
ing yelks OF eggs to the rice before it
has cooled or by 6avoring it with va.
nilla.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17
INTERESTING TO WOMEN.

Kate Kane of Milwaukee acted as at.
torney TO defend John jackson, charged
with murder
The enlargement of woman's freedom
in Ireland Scotland, India and Russia,
is an encouraging sign.
Mrs. Stowell, tho talented professor in
microscopy at the University of Michi
gin, has been appointed one of the
official visitors to the Michigan female
seminary.
Mrs Emily A. Fifield received larger
vote than any OF her associates at the
late election Of school committees in
Boston. The whole number of votes
cast was Al ,267. Mrs. Fiield had 40
1856.
The Misses Smith of the Lancashire
and Cheshire telephone exchange, are
the first two young ladies in England
who have gained ce. tiGcates in the City
and Guilds Of London archaeological
examinations.
A pretty scent sachet is of satin, eight
Inches square; the top is of white satin,
with the initial OF the owner worked in
blue; tho bottom is OF blue satin, on
which q small bunch of daisies is en-
broidercd, There needs to be one thick
ness of cotton between the top and bot.
tom, on which the p RUNE powder is
scattered. The edge is trimmed with
lace two inches wide, very full at the
corners, and the lace has for heading
blue satin ribbon p!eated in shells.
Portland, Maine, has matron at the
police station in the interest of women
who may be arrested, and woman
physician for poor women and children.
This has been brought about mainly by
the persistent effort OF Dr.. Sarah W.
DevolI. There are also police matron
in Lawrence, Mass, in New York city,
and in Chicago, and in each case the
fact is due to the representa- ion OF wo.
men who saw aud felt the need of these
care takers for their rex.
Mrs. Townsend of Pendleton, Oregon,
lady now 70 Years of age, is worthy Ct
special mention as champion carpet
weaver. The year she was rs, this ambi.
tious woman wove nearly 1000 yards of
rag carpet, besides milking large mum.
Der Of COWS and making the butter for
market. Her daughter has lately a.
booed further work OF the,kind, or there
is no telling how much more effort of
the same kind might emanate from the
same source. 1t is proper to add that
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


London purple is better adapted to
fighting the canker worm on apple trees
than is Paris green. 1t dissolves in
water, which is not the case with green,
and the former is, therefore, more evenly
distributed.
There is a danger in. stimulating too
large flow OF rich milk by feeding
highly of meal and grains to new mich
cows. Those dairymen who boast of
enormous yields of milk frequently lose
COW or have one rendered worthless by
caking her bag or in the loss OF one or
more teats,
Scons cut now will grow when graft
ed, if kept in q cool, moist place. The
dirt floor of cellar is as good place
for storage as any, and is improved by
little moist, loose soil, in which the
cuttings may be buried. 1t is better,
in fact, to cut them early, if carefully
kept, than to wait until just before
grating time.
No kind Of stock takes naturally to
eating beans, possibly excepting sheep.
In some cases even sheep have to be
taught to like them. Beans, however,
are too nutritious and valuable as food
to be thrown away. Discolored beans
unfit for market may be ground and
mixed with corn meal for hogs. These
animals will soon learn to relish a
nearly full bean ration. Where beans
are boiled soft, cows and horses will
learn to eat them if mixed at first with
oats or corn.
Practical testimony in favor of the
system CT ensilage is accumulating. By
reason of the marked success of hun.
dreds of pioneers in this new branch of
farm economy. we predict the construct
ing Of thousands of new silos during the
coming year, in all parts of the country.
The evidence is all one way, in favor of
the economic use of ersiage as food for
cattle and especially milch cows. No
enterprisiug farmer can afford to ignore
this subject, or decline TO investigate its
merits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17
Tomatoes,

The old way OF starting the tomato
plants indoors early in February, then
transplanting two or three times, has
been abandoned, and now the plants are
started about the middle Of March and
forced little. H. will not do to check
tho plants. as it is apt to blight them,
and small crop is the result. These
checks are caused by chill, by trans,
planting too often, or by letting the
plants get dry. Formerly the seed of
tomatoes was sown from the middle to
the Goth OF February, and they were
pricksd ont month later, and trans
planted two or three times afterward, a
very laborious method. Tt is useless
for New England farmers to attempt to
compete with southern producers as far
as early tomatoes are concerned, but to
rest contentcd with producing q lat
supply far superior in quality to tho
soul hern tomato from the fact that the
latter variety has to be picked green to
pre- serve it through shipment.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17

The original manuscript Of "Home,
Sweet Home" as written by John How.
aid Payne, is now in the possession Of
an elderly lady Ia Athens, Geo. The
words OF the roem as first written are
all interlined, with here and there an
endearing expression from the writer to
the lady who now holds it, to whom in
the old days he was devotedly attached,
and who has many OF his letters. She
has been offered large sum for the
manuscript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17

So unexpectedly small has been the
consumption OF wine OF late, that OF the
usual quantity laid in the capacious cell
lars of the Mansion house by incoming
lord mayors OF London, large proper.
ton has remained undrunk at the close
of their year Of office and has been dis.
posed of by public sale.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17

..EHsNIAS's PEProSIzED BEEF TONIC, the only
ptepa atioa Of beef containing its e'.tjre nutr,-
ROuS properties. Il contains blood making, force
generating and liie.sustaining properties; in-
valuable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms OF general debility;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
work or acute disease, particularly If resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Csswell, Hazard
l. Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17

Scoyils Sarsaplrla or Blood and Liver Syrup will
cure Scrofulous Tant, Rheumatism, White Swelling.
Gout, Cioitrc Consumption. Bronchitis, Nervous
Debility. Maads and all diseases arising from an
impure condition of the blood
The merits OF this valuable preparation arc SO well
known that passing notice is but necessary to remind
the readers Of this journal of the necessity OF Away,
having bottle of SCovs Blood and Liver Syrup
among their stock Of family necessities.
Certificates can BIO presented from many leading
physicians ministers and heads OF families throuxhou.
the land inioTsny it in the highest terms We arc
constantly receipt Of certificates OF from the
most reliable sources. and do not hesitate to recon-
mend it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17

Certain kinds of wood, Of great
durability when used alone, have, when
joined together, very destructive in
fnence upon each other. If cypress is
joined to walnut or if cedar is joined to
cypress, decay is induced in both woods,
which ceases, however, as soon as they
are separated.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17
Gone InAammatory rheumatism,
cured by St. Jacobs Oil. Ira Brown.
-Chicdqo Tribune.

The inscription "Ysnat' on a jar in o
Philadelphia Indian doctors shop.
puzzlel reporter until he discovered
thai it was "lansy" spelled backward.
With this clew he read other names of
mysterious medicines with clearer
understanding finn hefnre.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17

Elk. T., e. VESTS NEEVE BRAIN TREAT
~ MEN a guaranteed 81 tcfc fOr Iy ster.a, Dizzi-
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Nervous ProsilatlOn CAUSED by The OF col oil or
tobacco, Wa eIunes Mental Deriess ~ Soitening of
the train resulting IN Insuty aud leading TO misery,
decay and de IN, Premature Il Age BarreIness, Loss
Of Power in either Each box contains one months
r a'ment dollar boz, SIKH YES for S. 0O; sent
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boxes To- cure any case. III ea order received by us
Tor iX Ses accompanied b. 81, We will send The pur-
chgscr our written guarantee IA e'und the money II the
treatment does not Glllaut CS isSu My by HI.
LEliii 2S! y Main ST., Providence. II L., Wholesa aid
.nM VII ~ % II Ln al-Lrnssnd.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17

"VEGETINE," saysa Boston physician, "has no
equal as blood purifier. Hearing OF its many
wonderful cures, alter all other remedies had
failed, visited the laboratory and convinced
myself OF its genuine merit. 1t is prepared
from banks, roots and horbs, each Of which is
highly effective; they are compounded m such
q IN nner Us 10 prohmca astonishing resntsn
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-17

A woman at Kingston, N NJ, gels
praise for erecting log cabin without
help. She cut tho logs, hauled them,
made the shingles for the roof and put
the structure together She has n
husband, who takes care of the children.