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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-22

VIII make 1t for you. lie is now Offering all
the latest Styles In English French
German Goods at
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-28
German Military Practice.

The German military papers announce
that an exercise in the art of besieging
and defending fortress will be held
next autumn at Coblentz. The object
will be to illustrate by actual practice all
the mannuvres which might come into
operation in the attack or defence of
modern fortress, employing everything.
both~in the way of weapons and material
and of tactics, likely to come into use in
suoh operations. A very large number
of officers, selected from the branches
that generally take part on either side in
sieges, have been already ordered to pro.
ceed to Coblentz for this exercise; the
majority of them belong to the foot ar
tillery and the engineer corps. The ex-
ercise will extend over fourteen days.
and will be under the general direction
of Major General von Adler, inspector
of engineers. The siege operations will
be commanded by Colonel Hassel. senior
chief of division in the general staff.
under Count yon Molke; and the defence
will be directed by Col Won Sobbe, chief
of the staff of the Eighth Army Corps.
The first of October has been appointed
by the Minister of War "a the date OF
commencing operations.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-28

quesnoned him as to the same points
put, TO the great surprise and confusion
OF the court, the answers of Armand
were not only as full and satisfactory as
those OF Martin. but perfectly CORES
ponded with him.
The court, resolving to clear up this
unaccountable obscurity, directed that.
now both the pretenders being present
the four sisters of Martin Guerre. the
husbands of two of them, Peter Guerre
an uncle, the brothers of Armand dl
Illh, and some of those witnesses who
were most obstinate in insisting that the
accused was Martin Guerre. should be
called in and obliged to point out which
OF the two they should now Judge to be
the true Martin. Accordingiy all these
persons appeared, except the brothers of
Arnaud du Tilh. The first who drew
near the two persons claiming the name
OF Martlu Guerre was the eldest of the
SISTERS, who, after she had looked upon
them for moment, ran to the Martin
with the wooden leg, embraced him and
having let fall shower of tears. ad.
dressed herself to the commissioner in
these words: ''See, gentlemen. said
she, ''my brother, Martin Guerrel r
the error into which this
wretched man (pointing to Arnaud) drew |
me and many others, and in which, by a |
multitude of artifices, he has made us
persist so long"
Martin all the time mingled his tears
with those of his sister, and received her
embraces with the utmost affection, All |
the rest knew him as soon as they saw
him, and there was not one OF all the wit
nesses who did not acknowledge that the
matter was now plain, and that Arnaud
lu Tilh was an impostor.
No doubt now remaining as to the
guilt of Arnaud, the court condemned
1im to death and he was executed accord
ngly in front of Martin Queries house.
estifying his sincere repentance for the
extraordinary course of imposture in
which he had been engaged.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-28
Watering House Plants.

Nlne-tenths of the failures in window
gardening can be attributed to improper
| watering. Either too much or too little
in most cases, too much. You cannot
water plant by rule of thumb. We
frequently hear: ST cannot understand
how it is that my window plants do not
grow better, for water them every day. /"
This is probably theiyery cause of their
| not doing we'll.
Whenever you water a plant always
give sufficient to soak the whole mass of
soil thoroughly, then do not water again
before 1t shows signs of dryness on the
surface. 1t may not be for two or three
days. or even longer, but no matter. do
not give water until you are sure of its
being IN slightly dry condition. On
the other hand, some plants require
water twice day. especially when the
pots are full of roots and the plants are
growing vigorously and Towering pro-
fusely. The leaves of plants must be
kept clean and free from dust: those
with bright shining surface and of good
size may be wiped clean with a sponge
or soft cloth. Varieties with smaller
leaves can only be cleaned by being
showered overhead either with q sprin-
kler or syringe, and this should be done
once or twice week.
Do not let plants stand in water ex-
cept such as are aquatics. IF the water
touches the bottom of the pots, good
plan is to have smaller saucer, turned
upside down for the plants to stand on,
within the larger one; or small blocks of
hard wood or any material that will hold
the bottom of the pot above the water
line; otherwise, remember to always
empty the water that drains into the sau-
GER.
Plants delight in good living, and
when the pots become crowded with
roots, they should be stimulated; but not
until then, unless the plant has been for
long time in the same pot, and it is
not practicable to renew the soil or give
larger pot. Particular attention is
called to this matter of stimulating win
dow plants. from the fact that theory
is just now being extensively circulated
to the effect that plants grown in pots
do not require any stimulants, or at the
most very little. Our experience is that
you can take a crop of corn or any
other crop from the same soil ten years
in succession without applying fertili.
zers.-John Thorpe. before the N. Y.
Horticultural Society.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-28

grove OF palms, and past beautiful
bungalows and villas, with an enchant-
| ing view OF city, island, and sea behind
US, at length We reached the abode of
death. over the gate in large letters
we read: None but Parsees can enter
nefe! For two hundred years NO
european has ever set foot within that
1nclosure. But few years since the
frlnce OF Wales unsealed the entrance
ana now by proper influence travellers
Can ootaln pass. Thus we were
privileged to enter the strange place.
Enterlng the mysterious inclosure. on
our right were the temples where the
dead are brought to be disrobed and
anointed with oil. Passing these. we
IoiioWed our guide up grand pathway
until we were stopped by another sign.
on which we read The warr..t.g notice:
stop here" We were within fifty yards
OF the tower now IN use. Looking around
We counted five great, round stone
towers, known as ssTowers of Silence /"
Ihese circnlar structures are built of
large white stones, and are perfectly
plain on the outside. They vary in dia.
meter from 30 to go feet, and are from
twenty five to thirty feet high. The old |
est one is 200 years old, and is in good
repair. They cost about 800, 900 apiece.
Eacn tower has an iron door on the side.
from which flight of steps on the in.
side leads to the top. On the top are
three circles of grooves or open stone
.teceptacles for the dead, the outer one
Tor mon, the middle one for women. and
'he inner one for children. In the cen.
'er OF the tower is sleep we'll or pit
.,eachlng from top to below the bottom.
around the outer edge of the tower is a
'tone parapet, which gives greater Sc
'lusion to the dead.
At the gate of the cemetery the funer-
u professions are met by the priest. who
axe the remains first to the temple. then
o the tower. The bodies of the dead
re placed 10 the stone grooves on
ne top OF the tower, and left, with
'ut particle OF clothing, to be devoured 6
y great hocks of hungry vultures and {
nd other carniverous birds. Within an !
our every particle of flesh is torn from 2
ne skeleton, and the Parsee interment | 7
complete. The naked bones are left s
bleach In the sun and wind for a few
ays, then they are carefully gath @
red up and thrown into the we'll in the i
enter of the tower. We entered the +
emetery about nine O'Clock in the | q
forming. Already three bodies had 5
cen placed on the tower, and half b
undred greedy vultures had gorged a
lemselves with human flesh, and were I
ttlng stupid and satiated, lazily waiting Q
'r another CHASTITY meal. The Parsee 3
efends this mode of disposing of the
cad on sanitary grounds, especially in !;
rrge cities, and look with disgust on r
ther customs. But give us the bible :.
ethod of burial. and the grave for our T
eParted, with the dear old formula: :.
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to :;
ust Following our Savior into the y
'mb, we have the glad hope of a glori- :
US resurrection.-Corr. Troy, N. Y, =
ines. Q
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-28

A Knoxville, Tenn, dispatch says !;
At 1 this morning, mile east of the
city, at the zinc works, the eastern
bound express train, going at full speed,
was thrown from the main track by a
misplaced switch. The train struck four
GOAL cars on the side track, demolishing
them. The engine jumped the track,
and ran into the main building of the
works of the Valley Zinc company,
tearing away the whole side of the build
ing and playing havoc with the ma
chinery. The locomotive and tender
were turned over, the mail car was torn
TO pieces and the express car damaged.
The damage to the railroad company is
$40, 900; damage to the zinc company
$4,000.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-28
Cure for Drunkenness.

The passage of the local option act
and the possible enforcement lin the
sweet by and by) of the Sunday law, rem
ders it desirable to devise measures for
alleviating the sufferings of those whose
opportunity for indulgencies may be
somewhat abridged, and we take the
lead in the good work by reproducing
prescription by which thousands in Eng
land, so it is SAID. have emancipated
themselves from slavery to intoxicating
liquors. The recipe came into notoriety
through the efforts of John Vine Hall,
father eff the Rev. Newman Hall and
Captain Vine Hall, commander of the
Great Eastern steamship. He had fallen
into such habitual drunkenness that his
utmost efforts to regain himself proved
unavailing. At last he sought the ad.
vice of an eminent physician, who gave
him prescription which he followed
faithfully for several months, and at the
end of that time he 0had lost all desires
for liquors, although he had for many
years been held captive by most de-
basing appetite. The recipe, which he
afterwards published, and by which SO
many have been assisted to reform, is as
follows: Sulphate of iron, five grains;
magnesia, ten grains; peppermint water,
eleven grains; spirits of nutmeg, one
drachm; to be taken twice day.-Flor-
ida Times.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-28

An insect exhibition is to be held in
Paris this year from July 1st for lust
three weeks, under the auspices of the
Central society of Agriculture and In
sociology. It will include ~ useful in
sects; ~ their products. raw and in the
frst transformations; (3) apparatus and
instruments used in the preparation of
these products; a. injurious insects and
the various processes for DESTROYING
them; (5) everything relating to insect
ologY.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-28

Struve upholds DR.. Biedent's sugges.
ton that only cream should be used for
the earliest nourishment of young chill
dren brought up by hand, as the digesti-
bility of any milk is inversely as the
quantity of caseine which remains in the
skim milk.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-28

Inc German government has recently
seen the necessity of introducing electric
projectors on board the navy for signal.
search and navigation purposes.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22

The Nadicator ola week ago mentioned the
case Of Mr.. George Freed Of Fishersvlle, who
with small beginning, had in acomparativcly
short time, accumulated quite handsome for
tune (for these parts) by "sticking to the
brush'
Within mile or two OF Mr.. Freeds farm
resides Mr. VIM. H. Lavelle, who, but few
years ago, began in earnest the struggle of
life. He, from childhood, has had to shoe his
own row" to root for himself, and well has he
done the work. Ten years ago he was q clerk,
at small salary, in u country store. To-day
he is financially one of the most substantial
citizens of the district in which he resides.
He left the store with but few hundred dol.
lars. This he invested in horses IN Augusta.
The horses were sold in the markets east of
the Blue Ridge at handsome profit, and the
proceeds re-nyested in the same kind of stock.
The business paid He knew how TO buy and
how 10 sell. lie established reputation as
an honest dealer and could always find ready
sale for his stock. He has handled thousands
of horses. He buys none but good young
ones. Persons hundreds of miles away who
want horses, write Lavelle, telling what they.
want. In a few days he supplies the want.
Mr.. Lavelle is the owner ola first class farm
of III acres, near Eishersyille. He knows
how to farm as well as deal in horse flesh.
He is, in fact, one of the business men of
this SECTION He is but little over 80 years of
age. In matrimonial point of view he has
proven himself decided success-having six
years ago secured most beautiful and accom-
plished bride, in the person of Miss Bondurant,
formerly of East Virginia, and graduate of
the W. +. Institute of your city.
ls there anything too hard for a man of
pluck and brains to accomplish? ROVER.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22

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Mt. Scion Items.
Reported for the vIReISIAN.l


FEre.-We regret TO chronicle the loss of
another home destroyed by fire. About II a.
M. Monday, the house of Mr.. Christian Daggy
on Milestone Draft, in view of our citizens,
was burned down. When first observed the
flames had advanced too far to be controlled,
and the family made their escape without any
wearing apparel except the clothes they had
on. Nearly everything in the house was con-
sumed including about six hundred dollars in
bonds and money belonging to Mr.. Samuel
Daggy-the savings Of several years of hard
labor, Mrs. naggy has been almost helpless
for several years past with chronic rheuma-
tism The entire loss will probably be fifteen
hundred dollars and will be sorely felt by the
family, Many neighbors are contributing lib
orally to relieve the immediate necessities of
the sufferers, and we hope their liberal SYM
pathy will not become exhausted until the
family shall be comfortably housed and Sc
cured in the possession Of the conveniences Of
which they have been so suddenly deprived
The fire is supposed to have caught from sparks
blown from the kitchen stove pipe.
Much sickness is still prevailing among our
citizens.
7olon Hal-A strong effort is being made to
secure a location for town hall and graded
school. The great difficulty seems to be to
obtain the consent of our land owners to sell
the ground at a reasonable price or at any
price. Some of our cltizens. who spend hun
dreds of dollars TO send their children abroad
to be educated, do not seem willing to do any
thing towards bringing educational facilities
to their own doors. where their children could
be taught without being put beyond parental
observation. This penny-wise pound foolish
policy VIII keep any community far in the
background. We do hope that more liberal
policy will prevail. ITEMS. <
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22
Tribute of Resnect

At a meeting of the Board of Directors OF the
Western Lunatic Asylum, held March 14th, the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, death, having all seasons for his
own, mas, since the last injecting OF this Board,
advanced MS sergeant" and panied mis- "pale
banner within the walls or the AsyIum,-51x pa.
tiehts railing within very short ume the '1elI
Afchefs 1eet,-and, whereas, loving more ''sh1n-
ing marx, mas taken from this Institution, Dr.
James r. PendletOn, whose nigh meuical quailhca
tlons ana gentle manners him at once an
orhaneht ana blessing to this Institution; and,
whereas, the same scy lhe which cut down those
VINO, passing Into the dark valley, had fear OF
sonethlhg after DEATH, has down, well,
" feuoleOn IN his manly and strength,
anu lile mower notyet unfolded In It's calyX," In
tno SenIIe ana lovely daughter of our supertnten-
oent sl d Time Wnen his neart surely troubled
WIFE domestic affiictton, ana that arising from the
terrible calamity OF the 2ith OF February; anu this
Board desiring 10 take suitable notice OF all, be IL
ana sorrow to the friends relatives VI The ua-
fortunate lunatlcs, OF Dr. James r Pendleton and
70 our superintendent, trusting over the graves
OF the loved and lost Is written In sympathy and
sorrow, yet in hope, tenderness and love
"DeuS noDls naec otla fecit."
! nat copy OF these resolutions be forwarded to
Df. H. s. Hamilton and TO Col VIM. T.. peualeton
anu mat the same be published In the "BIana
ooutn-W West, the Marion Patriot and Herald" the
hichmond Wing" the spirit OF the Valley; and
VALLEY NIRGINIAN.
]. B. PECK,
W. b. ASHWoRTH,
j. b. WEBB,
committee.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22
Precious Hope-Peruna.

One morning while he Cher husband) was
holii'g her up in order that she could breathe
aaore +asily, after having struggled with a bad
+peii "l coughing he made the remark that he
d'd mol neleive she would ever get well, when
she. IN her weakness, said "Y es-I will, if you
viii BRING Or HARTMAN" The doctor was
9r"ag''. he prescribed .easpoonful of Pc
o,u'Ia ey"ry noar- She began to improve from
she has never felt better in her ii6 Than She
does new and that she cannot saw too m,,cb
tor f,aWgA. A. j. MILLER.
Her husband writes "Soutb CHICAGO III
Dec 10, 1881 ] have a living witaess Of The
virtue 81 Ieruaa in my wife, who was saved
srem aeath by it. certify that every word
~e l'ag. 20 In DR. Hartman's book on the Ills
vi Life is true. 7. s. EBERLINE.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22
ENisihe v1HorsrAx.l
Closing of the East End Public
Gnhn01

MEssRs EpTToRs.-We had the pleasure Of wit
Messing the closing exercises of the above.named
school coiored, March Doth, 1888. This school has
been under the auspices OF Mr.. J. W. Draper, who,
services In the way OF educating and training our
children. The beautiful speeches and dialogues
which were rendered by each pupil, showed the
result OF hard study We feel ourselves indebted
10 Mr.. Draper, for he has worked hard this ses-
sion. In fact, we think that he should have an as
sstant, for the work is too hard for one teacher.
There is one thing we regret that is not a men,
Der OF the educational board was present. We
should think that one member, or the Superinten-
dent at least should be at the closing exerclses OF
all the public schools Irrespective OF COLOR pro-
vided all OF them don't close the same day When
ever some of the members of the board are present
reachs an IMPRESSION upon tne minds OF the
something for them. Respectfully yours,
j. H. SCOTT
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22
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IN MEMORIAM.

Died February Is, 1888, OF pneumonia at his home
at Crawford Springs, i'll Augusta county, Va Rich
ard Lee Patteson, In the 9th year of his age
Mr.. Patteson was born in the county OF Bncktno
ham, Va. In lSit he married Scotia A. Warden OF
Staunton, Va Early in life he became member
OF the presbyterian church at buckingham G. Fl .
from whence he moved to the county of Culpeler
in the year 1860, and afterwards, In 1872 moved TO
Augusta county. He was perfect specimen of the
old Virginia gentlemen,-1n every respect warm
hearted friend and a most genial companion Few
men excelled him in genuine wit and humor and
although he was great iTerer for many years OF
his lie, he was always bright and cheerful, and
made his homo pleasant and happy In all his
trials and sufer1ngs he recognized the hand OF his
loving Father, and he bore them all with patience
ana submission, While he amilble aud gentle
modest and retiring in his christian life he was
always strong in the faith and firm as a rock in the
support OF the doctrines he had espoused SO early
In iife II was this faith which enabed him to
overcome the world and come or conqueror tn
all Iife's trials and temptations: and this same
faith sustained him in his dying hour His loving
wife and children Were present to minister to him
and soothe him in his sufrerings and the peace of
Goa which passeth all understanding illumined
the sunset of his departing life He died as he had
lved-in the faith of the Gospel
"Let me die the death Of the righteous and let
my last end be like his,'' q. :
q N
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22

W. L. A. BOARD MEETINe.-l1ast Thurs
day, at the meeting of the Asylum Board of
Directors, the old officers were all reelected.
Dr. Strain, of Rockbridge, was elected to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Dr.. Pen
dleton. Dr. Buffers salary was increased
from 81 900 to 81 $50. The officers elected
were as follows: Ro. 81 Hamilton, Super
intendent; DR.. Fl. S. Crockett, 1st assistant
physician; DR.. Strain, I'd assistant; DIR.
Butler, Sd assistant; J. n Mauzy, steward
Jno. E. King, clerk; Mrs. E. M. Hopkins
matrOn
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22

We call attention to the notice in our adver-
Using columns of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union Coffee House The ladies
of Stanton and vicinity have taken hold OF
the cause of Temperance. and this is one of
the methods they have adopted TO raise means
to further its interests. They offer an cquiva-
lent for what they ask, aud should be en-
couraged
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22

SCHOOL EXHlBlTIoN.-Un last Thursday
night the W est End colored public school, OF
which J T. Anderson is principal, and VIM.
B. Davenport, first assistant, gave an exhlol-
ton in the A. NJ f. Church. The house was
densely packed there being fully $50 persons
present. The stage was tastefully decorated.
In the back ground the halfmoon and stars
shone brilliantly, and below this were the
words "Weconie alp and "A little child shall
lead them, cut in gilt letters. Upon The whole
strong light was thrown, presenting scene
of rare interest. Exercises we're opened With
an address of welcome by Agnes Scott, then
the choir sang Always Cheerful followed
by the 23d Psalm in concert, after which a
very little girl knelt, and with clasped hands.
repeated the Lords prayer. When she had
finished the house broke forth in applause
This appreciation nerved the teachers and
scholars, and throughout the exercises not a
noticeable mistake was made. The enter
tainment is said to have been the most enjoy
able of The kind ever given by colored
school in this city. 1t was IN every sense OF
the word success Prof. Young presided at
the organ.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22

snriug Dale W hiskey has wovld-wide rep
,,ation and can be had only of II. Rosenhein.
baltimore. He being the exc iusive patentee
and proprietor of that celebrated brand. For
sale at Virginia Hoel bar, by VIM. Kinney,
and at the American Hotel Bar 3tauntou, Va
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22

A FINE Horse IN MARKET We call at.
tention to the advertisement of Mr.. John w
Newman, who offers for sale The thorough
bred horse, Bowstring, He is splendid AMI.
NAL of pure blood. and we'll worthy the atten-
ton OF our stock producers. He will be Of
fered at public auction on Monday next, Court
huv