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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22
The Trade Dollar.

1t is stated on what is regarded as fella-
BILE authority, that Secretcry Folgers
forthcoming report will suggest mode
for the retirement of the trade dollar, by
recommending that it be received as bull
lion at par If this lis correct, Congress
should adopt the suggestion and thus get
rid of the only disturbing quantity in our
monetary system. The exchange can be
made without actual loss to the Govern
ment, as the trade dollar contains silver
sufficient to coin the standard dollar and
pay the cost of coinage.
There will doubtless be active opposition
OIL the part of the bullion owners to any
such measure. The issue OF the standard
dollar is limited, and the utilization OF the
trade dollar in coinage will materially de-
crease the demand for bullion. Another
objection that will be urged is that the
trade dollars are now held principally by
spectators who purchased them at DIS
count of 10 to Is per cent, with view OF
forcing the government to redeem them
at par.
The act authorizing the coinage OF the
trade dollar as passed Feb. IL, 1873. 1t
expressly declared the purpose OF such
coinage to be the promotion of commerce
with China, yet, at the same time, made
it legal tender with other silver CONS TO
the amount pf five dollars. At the time
of the passag of the act, the trade dollar
was worth 81 .O4 in gold, that being the
difference bet ween the relative value OF
gold and silve then and now. The rapid
depreciation .of silver soon made the trade
dollar Of less intrinsic value than the gold
dollar, and ii was speedily boycotted IN
trade.
1t is said tn at the President and Secre-
tary of the Tn easury will take the position
that the trade dollars have been Accredited
by the govermn tent, and that the govern
ment is moysah bound to redeem them.
Although the overnment could buy silver
bullion cheaper than by the retirement OF
the trade d0lla rs for standards, yet, the
trade dollar, as stated, can be exchanged
for standards ait par, and the trades RECON-
ed into standsn Is without actual loss to
the government. 1t is clearly the duty OF
the Governments to do so and protect the
holders of it's Ow n practically accredited
coin from loss mi matter if a few specula-
torc do mako hu f.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22

The indicator, now that the ''nigger"
cry has done its work, announces that the
old BOurbons must take back seats and the
'new" Democracy come to the front. At
ter years of SHINING against light, our
fresh and elastic contemporary has come to
the conclusion that the Virginia Democra-
cy is not what suits the times, and that
there must be new cast and new DEAL
He recognizes the progressive spirit of the
Virginia Liberals, and knows that it was
only by the scare of negro rule" operat-
ing upon the ignorant, they were defeated,
and proposes to flop over to the Liberal
platform as a means Of holding on to what
has been won by agencies which cannot be
repeated. We fear our neighbor will have
a hard road to travel in its efforts to lead
the Bourbons of Virginia away from the
fossils and lava beds. but it is worth trial.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22
Gov. Cameron's Roanoke Speech.

So many Misrepresentation have been
made of Gov. Cameron's speech at Roam
oke, that we publish below u letter from
Mr.. w. G. Robertson. which states exactly
what was said on that occasion. Mr.. Rob-
ertson is son Of Judge Robertson, of
crat:
ROANOKE. VA. November ), 1883.
Governor Witlianl D. Cameron
My Dear Sir.-In compliance with the request
of one of your friends write to give you a state
ment of my recollection as to the language used
by you in discussing the social question in your
speech delivered in the town of Roanoke on the
9th of October, 1885, My recollection of The
matter is as follows
When you came to discuss the social question
ment that you were Funder speaker saving
that you would make them the kind of speech
that the speakers OF that party We're making in
tation of the manner and style OF Funder
speaker, you began to depict, in q loud voice
and with much gesticulation, the social evils
which (the supposed Funder, whom you were
impersOnating, foresaw) would befall us in the
event of the success of the Readjuster party !:
and after enumerating other evils, such as
mixed schools, &C., you closed with the words,
"And our daughters will be having negro ba-
bies"; upon which there was considerable an
plause and laughter from certain portions Of
your audience. You then proceeded to reply to
this imaginary Funder into whose mouth you
had put this speech by attempting to show that
such fears were groundless, and that none
feared social evils OF this kind except those who
had something wrong in themselves.
have no recollection of your saying that you
understood that there were white men in this
community who feared that their daughters
would be having negro babies l heard your
whole speech and listened to it attentively and
do not think can be mistaken in saying that
the above words were used by you, and In the
manner and connection above indicated.
The strong impression on my mind certainly
is that your intention was to charge the Fun
der politicians with making such speeches, and
to show that there was no reason for them to
make them.
While am opposed to you and your party in
politics, have no objection to your making
such use of this letter as you may think proper
Yours respectfully,
WILLIAM GORDON ROBERTSON.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22

Professor J. w. Mallett has been re-
elected to the chair of professor of chem
istry at the University of Virginia.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22
The Democra, lc Majority II 1884.

The Dispatch of the 2lst publishes the
returns from each county in the State OF
the election on tine 9th. 1t gives the vote
of the Democrats LA, 1856 Readjusters,
,951-giving tine Democrats 1884 ma
jority. This is SOL nething less than So
600 as claimed by the Democrats, and
makes it pretty cert ain that the State can
be carried against til lem in 1884.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22

The VSssdicetw is just now somewhat
agitated over it's ''nt sw'' Democracy. We
would remind our :neighbor that to put
<snew wine into old bottles ''might occasion
spontaneous combustion
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22

The State Canvassing Board meets in
Richmond the 4th Monday in November,
the Goth. The General Assembly meets
on the lst Wednesday in December, the
5th.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office at Stanton
gusta County, Va, Nov. r. 1885.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22

the nation to the dangers that would be
threatened
Apart, therefore, from the sectional phase
of a solid outh''-apart from the fact
that the solid South sought to destroy the
government and the North to preserve it
apart from the agencies employed to
make the South solid-there is volume of
reason and argument, affecting business
relations material values and national
progress-to force solid North, in the in
terests Of the policies which have proved
such blessing to the people of both the
North and South. There is not fact or
reason, consistent with the public well
fare, that can be adduced to justify solid
Democratic South. 1t is condition that
argues for sectionaliSm against natiOnalism
for dangerous experiment against as
sured and tested against the
general good for W licked selfshness, and is
pregnant of ills and woes for the South
itself, plain to every impartial mind, which
would block the path of progress and az
rest the influences which are now work
ing so propitiously for her advancement.
1t is not wonder, then, that the result
of the election in Virginia, on the 9Th
inst, which promises solid Democratic
South in 1884, in the selection of Presi-
dent, should stir the people and press of
the North in the interest of solid Re
publican North. The possibilities OF
solid South are fearful to contemplate, as
it might affect the business of the coun-
try, and against the success of this solid
South, by the aid of As electoral votes
from the North, the North will war. 1t
is natural that it should, independent of
any sectional feeling involved, because of
the interests of both North and South
The South itself should with equal en-
phasis protest against it's own solidity-
protest against the assumption that the :
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22

The above letters, If not called for Within
thirty days, will be sent to the Dead Letter Of
nee. PARTIES calling for them will please SAY
they were advertised, S, M. YOST.P. M.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22


world.
1t is time for the craftsmanship of the
Nation to address the reason and not the
passions of the people. whether of one sec
ton or State or another. The Republican
party cannot afford to do less in the con-
test of 1884. In the degree that it falls
below this plane will it lose public conf
dence and imperial success. The better
sentiment of the Nation demand that it
shall reach up to the high ideal of a coun-
try of law and order, and rebuke in the
peaceful methods it's triumph will be as
sured the turbulence and violence of pas
sion which have marred the name of Vir-
ginia in the recent election. The Ameri-
can people can be trusted to do the right
thing at the right time. They need not
the incentive of angry invective and harsh
denunciation, nor will the impetuous man.
Hesitation of these promote the cause of
justice and truth either in the South or,
the North.
Let the people Of Virginia calm their
tempers. Let the sense OF wrong and out
rage the Liberals naturally feel, because
OF the means employed for their defeat,
only stimulate them to an intenser devo-
ton for their cause. 1t will prepare them
for the duties before them and better
equip them to appeal to the public con-
science. Let those indulge in passion and
recrimination who have no higher motives
to serve. Let ours be the duty of show
ing moderation under great provocation,
and thus testify that a great cause, which
is right in itself, may confidently appeal to
the Judgment and reason of the world for
Excuses always bring reactions, and
cause confusion and shame to those who
instigate them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25
Why Old Jasper Was Not Sent to the
Penitentiary.

Charged wild habin' two wives, is
I?'' asked an old negro of the Magis-
trate before whom he had been ar
raigned.
'sYes," replied the Judge. "Are you
guilty or not guiltyP''
''Wa1, Wen sorter halter study bout
dem Jacks an 'vestigate 'em leetle.
It's OWN ter what sorter man yer leabs
it ter whuder ur not Use 'sidered
guilty"
''Have you two living wives?"
''What does yer 'spose l wants wild a
dead wife, Jedge. DOan draw me in
dis cou' t-house 'spectin' ter find me
fool. Doan 'sinuate dat de time what
had spent at night-school had been
flung away"
''Well, old man, if you have two living
wives YOU have violated the law, and
merit term in the penitentiary.
''DOan git fracshus an denim man
fore yer knows all de Jacks Some
time ago / married Tidy Smith,
mighty likely oman. She was q
good oman, as L tells yer, but one
mawnin' she cussed me. ! can stan
anything but bein' cussed. IF yersef
was ter set up dar an cuss me. doan
keer who yer is, I'd hit yer sho'. Wall,
when de oman cussed me, | sorter
slapped her down. AFTER dis, she didn't
seem ter Tub me quite so well, ease
when l felt bad and wanted ter chunk
her 'rOun' fur 'musement, she got outen
my way. Dat want no way ter do, but
she was still a good oman. One day
she tuck sick an sent fur her sister
Liza. She KEEP er gittin' wus and wus,
an gunter talk bout dyin'. One ebenln'
she called me an SEE, seq she: Jasper,
II 90 mil rhfN Yliorh an can't lib fill
mawnin'. l knows dat yer can't git
along widOut good wife, an iis as
Use dyin', when Use jis alive, / wants
ter see yer married. l knows dat yer's
always lubed sister Liza, an now l
axes yer ter mary her. / greed ter dis,
merely to CRAFTY de dyin' oman, an
size dat Liza was a mighty likely
gal. Wife she KEEP er gittin' wus, an
arter a while / sent fur de preacher an
! de license. Da got dar jis as Tidy
seemed ter be DRAWN her las BRET.
Me an Liza stood by de bed, an when
| Tidy CAPPED fur de las time de preach
err married me AM Liza. ,Hs as de
ceremony was formed, Tidy she
! hoped Outen de bed an says: ooh,
yes, Use got yer now. Hit me de udder
/ day, did yer? Now Use got yer, an is
gwine ter sem yer ter de penitentiary
| fur habin' two wives. OATS de way it
wus, Jedge, an I'd like ter know at
dis present writin' whut de law is gwine
| ter do about it?''
q" You have violated the law, old
man, and must suffer the conse-
quences."
dat looks mighty hard. It do seem
1 dat de law amt got no respcck fur a
mans private affairs. STAINS aside
an let's two vim git away wild a
man, an den, stead oh shown SYM
pafy, jumps on ter de man. Now,
Jedge, doan yersef believe dat any
man?'
g That's a fact" the Judge replied.
lone woman is bad enough, but two,
ah, Lord! You can go, old man. =
AYbanSdlO Traveller.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

The white turkeys are more diff
cult to breed from than those of any 9th
er color.
1t requires one hundred pounds of
SKINNED milk, SAYS an Ohio dairyman,
to produce three pounds of pork.
The Boston Herald thinks that
"great farmers on small farms" is the
true method for American agriculture,
and remarks that the old Saxon earth
hunger is a normal craving of the
races that seek home in our Republic.
An Indiana farmer reports to his
home Farmer that his 1900 currant
bushes with almost no culture Melted
him at the rate of 500 per acre, which
he considers sufficiently encouraging to
warrant trimming and cultivating for
another season, hoping to do better.
DO not purchase largely of new va
rieties of small fruits or seeds. Save
expense by beginning with a few, and
if you can find them adapted to your
soil they can be multiplied. If they
prove worthless you will be cOnsoled by
the thought that you did not invest to
any great extent.--N 7. Herald.
The best farmers never allow land to
be idle. With ground, as with people,
idleness is productive of mischief.
Weeds viii grow if no crop is planted.
As soon as rye or wheat has been har-
vested sow peas or some fast-growing
crop. Plaster applied in connection
with this will greatly enrich eompar-
atively poor soil.-Erchanqe.
-Faithfulness is especially necessary
in farm work. Halfway work is little
better than no work. When you under
take to exterminate thistles or daisies
or quack grass do it. Don't rest salts
fed with trying and with partial sue
cess. Pillow them Under and keep
them there by repeated plOwings. When
you hoe a crop do it in such a manner
that there will be no living weeds left
behind the hoe. Good work is the
heapest.-PrGa4-ie Farmer.
To cook lima beans in perfection
they should boil or simmer gently in a
covered vessel for half an hour; then re-
move the cover and let the water boil
and evaporate until but little is left.
Then add cream or milk with plenty of
butter in it for the gravy. The Old-time
notion that they could not be cooked
without pork is not true one, though
if one does not dislike the flavor, it is
economy to cook small slice with say
a quart of beans.-N. Y. Post.
Geese may be picked, says the
Farm Journal, two or three times dur
ing the summer. The time to pick is
when the feathers are ripe. This can
be learned by plucking few If they
come out easily and the quilts are clear
they are ripe, as it is called. If they
pull hard and the quilts are filed with
a bloody fluid, they must be left a little
longer. In picking take only a few
feathers between the thumb and finger
and give short, quick jerk downward.
Practice will give the knack of picking
easily and rapidly. Under each wing
will be found bunch of rather long
and coarse feathers. These support the
wings and must not be plucked. Be
fore beginning operations it is prudent
to draw an old cotton stocking over the
head of the goose.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25

head lightly with the ends of the fingers
aggravates pain of this kind. Head
ache, worse at night, is also be-
heved to be characteristic of another
form of meningeal inflammation.
Owing to certain arrangements of
the kidneys they become unable to per-
form their usual duty, as a result Of
which certain substances remain in the
blood that in health are east off from
the system. This condition is really a
blOOd-poisoning and produces an ex-
ceedingly grave form of headache.
Sometimes quite unaccOuntable head
aches are due to the excessive use of
tea and coffee. The most general causes
of headache have now been mentioned.
1t is quite possible for more than one of
these malconditiOns to affect an individ-
ual at the same time, a circumstance
which, it is fair to infer, might give rise
to unusually frequent and severe head
aches. To make briefly any intelligent
suggestion for the relief of all these de-
Engagements is manifestly impossible.
One thing must be plain, viz: that any
remedy that is guaranteed TO cure every
case of headache must fail sometimes,
and 1t is probable that all such remedies
do fail Oftener than they succeed. In
deed, it is also probable that the tradi-
tional brown paper stepped in vinegar
and applied to the aching head is just as
useful as many of the reputed ''sure
cures - for headache. A physician who
was something of a joker, and who may
appear trifle malicious, was in the
habit of ordering for a sick headache
three glasses of lukewarm water, to be
swallowed in rapid succession, and to
be followed Immediately by glass of
L r.eAl ,ss
treatment on such headaches is at times
very beneficial. 1t is also quite astOnish-
ing to the uninitiated.-Pb Philadelphia
Times
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25
GRATIFYING RESULTS.

Under date Of May a. Mr.. E. A. Thomson, the we'll
known grocer and provision dealer, of - Green set
New Haven, Conn, writes follows: - Several
weeks since was taken very I'll with kidney disorders,
and an examination of my urine showed veryNdis-
eascd condition of my kidneys, and had also symp
toms of diseased state of my liver The passing OF
my urine was accompanied with severe pains in the
small of my back and lOins, followed by burning
satIon and after having stood awhile in the vessel the
urine showed very heavy deposit OF sediment SINH
far TO ground brfckdust and in short, found that
was in such diseased condition require fmmcdi
ate medical treatment and as was anxious to obtain
best AID most speedy remedy looked and inquired
carefully, and became satisfied that Hunts Remedy
was an article of excellent merit and therefore
cuded give 1t trial, and commenced taking IT, and
before had taken bottle found such great i'm
provement that decided to continue its use, and by
taking only two bottles the result has been most graft
Tying in giving me restored health.
II have ordered supply of Hunts Remedy for my
store and shall hereafter have 1t for sale consider
It an excellent article for diseases Of the liver and
kidneys"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25
ALL recommend Wise's Axle Grease.
a wTFE,s TROUBTE.

For number Of years my wife has beer troubled
with chronic rheumatism 1t being In portion Of
her body constantly Except perhaps In the very
est weather IN summer). Last Christmas she con-
tracted very severe cold and diseased condition Of
the kidneys became manifest which subjected her to
excessive suffering as the symptoms Of gravel became
more prominent her urine being coiored accompanied
by & heavy brick dust sediment
After trying several remedies without relief, pro-
cured for her bottle of Hunts Remedy. which she
commenced taking and before three days had passed
she became much better. She continued using the
medicine until used six bottles. and feels
entirely cured OF both rheumatism and kidney COM
plaint She believes her present excellent health due
solely to the use of Hunts Remedy.
WILLIAM G. CLEAvELAND.
NoRw1oH. CONN.,. May s. 1888.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25
TIE FAITHFUL HOUSEWIFE.

] see her IN her home content,
The faithful housewife, day by day;
Her duties seem like pleasures sent,
And JOY attends her on her way.
She cares not for the loud acclaim
That goes with rank and social strife.
Her wayside home is more than fame;
she II its qucen-the faithful wife.
when summer days are soft and fair,
And btrd-sOnps al the cottage trees,
She reaps a benson as rare
As her own gentle ministries.
Peace shrincs itself upon her face,
And happiness in every look;
Her voice Is fun of charm and grace,
Like music of the summer brook.
In winter when the days are cold,
And ali the landscape dead and bare,
How well she keeps her little fold,
How shines the fire beside her chairl
The children 20 with pride to school,
The fathers toll half turns to play,
So faithful is her frugal rule,
SO tcnderly she mOlds the day.
Let higher stations Vaunt their claim,
Let others sing of rank and birth,
The faithful hOuscwifc's honest fame
is linked to the best Joy on earth.
IN. Y Ledger.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25
Tho conditions of a slow mule


HAVANA, CUBA.-The most popular dem
fist of this city, DIR. D. Francisco Garcia,
member of the Royal University, states
that in all cases of troublesome neuralgia,
arising from the teeth, his patrons are rec
commended to use st. Jacobs Oil, and the
most satisfactory cures have followed. 1t
is a specific for toothache, earache, bodily
pains, and proof against household acct
dents.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25

AFTER long Mercury and Potash treat
ment, found myself cripple from Mer-
curial rheumatism. Tried Hot Springs
two years without relief, and was finally
cured sound and well by the use of Swift's
Specific Is. S. 81 CHAs. BERG,
Hot Springs, Ark.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25

YOUNG and middle aged men suffering
from nervous debility, premature old age,
loss of memory, and kindred symptoms,
sh ould send three stamps for Part VII of
pamphlets issued by Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. \.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25

are made pallid and unattractive by func-
tional irregularities, disorders and weak
nesses that are perfectly cured by follow
ing the suggestions given in an illustrated
treatise with colored plates) sent for three
letter postage stamps. Address WORLDS
DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ALTON, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25

A GOOD prescription: "Fresh air, plain
food, early hours and plenty of exercise"
says Mrs. Rams botham," are worth all the
DOCTORS rostrums in the world. "-LOndOn
Punch
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25

SwuT's Specific Is. S. So has relieved
me of an obstinate case of Dry letter, which
had troubled me for twenty-five years, and
had baff1ed all sorts of treatment.
Rev. /. r. BRANHANf. Macon, Ga.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-25

An enricher Of the blood and purifier of
the system; cures lassitude and lack of en-
ergy; such is Browns Iron Bitters.