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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22

L uC lllCHnOuQ corresponding VI tuc
! Norfolk Ledger, generally reliable, under
| date of Jan. 18th, furnishes the following
information
| The Democrats DO not intend to wait
the slow motions OF the Mahoneites, but
propose to make up q case very soon in
order to have tested by the court of APP
peals the validity Of the Anderson election
law enacted by the last Legislature. This
matter has already been placed in the
hands of Judge Waller R. Staples and
| other competent counsel. 1t is the desire
OF the Democrats to have decision of the
court in this case as soon as possible. in
order that proper steps may be taken, if it
| is unfavorable to them, to remedy the
trouble. 1t is hardly likely that any ac-
| Republicans do not care how long it may
be before decision is rendered, so it is
| before the fall election. and in their favor.
The object of this movement is to pre-
pare the way for another session of the
Legislature, should the Supreme Court
pronounce the law, in question, urconsti-
tutional, as we think there is no doubt it
will, if it comes before it for judicial
consideration. The enactment, apart from
technical defects, is in contravention of
the whole spirit of the constitution, as
well as of Republican government. Its
purpose is to practically disfranchise one
half of the people of the State, by making
it possible for partiZan election machinery
to defeat the popular will by corrupt
methods and prostitute popular elections
to the basest partizan ends. There can be
no valid objection urged to the election
system which has prevailed IN the State
for years without any just cause of COM
plant. AS parties now stand, the election
officers are about equally divided, the ap-
pointing power is in proper and judicious
hands, and farther removed from mere
partiZan influence than it would be under
any other authority. 1t is presumed that
the judiciary is non-partizan. AS a gen.
eral rule when men are invested with the
responsibilities and sanctities of the Ju-
dietary, they become more or less conser-
vative at least, if anything will make
them conservative such position will.
The election officers are a part of the
judicial system-they are judges of the
qualification of electors, and should decide
upon each contr0yerted case with judicial
fairness. Ii such action cannot be OBJ
tanned under the present system we are
sure it could not be expected when all the
officers connected with the election ma
chinery are appointed from merely parti-
zan consideration and because they are par
tizans. 1T fair elections were the object
if faithful and honest record of the
popular will were desired, there could be
no purpose to prostitute the whole election
system to partizan designs. That this is
the aim, is not open to reasonable doubt.
andfor the Legislature to be reconvened
to re-enact the law under consideration.
with such notifications as would meet the
technical defects the recently enacted law
is believed to contain, would be an outrage
upon the people that ought, if it does not.
invoke their SeVereSt condamnat;o,.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22
. 81 ACRES,

on the premises, two miles South OF SsHoopeis.
depot, in Augusta county, adjoiRang the lands
of Geo. w. Swoope, Il. j. Waylai3eA and others
my Farm, containing -
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22

They cannot carry Western wheat to
Richmond at less than the Augusta far
mer pays 70 get his wheat there 5edS-
Gator.
This sentence refers to the Inter State
Commerce bill passed recently by the
House OF Representatives. 1t does not
state the case correctly. The bill does not
apply to the commerce scit1aSa the State. 1t
has application . the traffic 6etereen the
States. 1t requires uniformity of rates
on commerce passing from one State to
another, but does not pretend to regulate
1t within the State. In other words. the
products of the West can be carried TO
Richmond at uniform rates, fixed under
the bill but the products of Augusta 90
ing to Richmond, would be at the mercy
OF the railroad authorities. We pointed
out this objection to the measure last
week, and stated that it was in the power
OF the railroads to make up on the local
freight, within the State, what it might
lose on the through freight, OF the inter-
State commerce. This objection ought
to be fatal to the bill. But the whole
measure, according to our understanding
OF it, instead of promoting commerce be-
tween the States, is well calculated to des- |
troy it. Its tendency would be to inhibit |
the construction of railroads, paralyze pro-
duction and arrest material development. |
We want to see the railroad corporations |
kept within reasonable bounds, and believe |
that national legislation ought to be
enacted for that purpose, but the Reagan
Dill, II it should become a law, would be q
disastrous blow to the progress and pros
perity of the South.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22

tE. NJ. Cushing & son, Auctioneers.J
DUBLIC SALE!
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LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office at stanton, Au-
gusta County. Va. Jan. %. 1885.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22

With view of changing my business. viii
Iell, on
Wednesday,, February IL, 1seA
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22

wv ANTED-To rent for one year, payable
w monthly, o neat dwelling with / to O
rooms, in or near the corporation limits of
Staunton. Address RENTER, Staunton.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22

to tarlff ana the Bldlr Dill, as emDOdylng
wise and needful legislation, its party is
doomed to defeat. 1t proposes to throw
records and consistency and traditions tC
| the dogs, and boldly fitch Republican
ideas and Republican policy in the hope OF
again achieving success.
| The people, however; are not asleep
They are cogniZant of the awful botch the
| Democratic Legislature has perpetrated in
tinkering with the Riddleberger bill settle
ment, which they did not understand, OF
could not comprehend. They know that
the debt settlement, as secured by that
measure, has all been unsettled-that in
terminable litigation has followed Demo-
cratic blunders, and that it will have to be
resettled before 1t ever becomes finality.
They know that the schools are not in as
healthy condition as they were when the
Readjusters surrendered the State-they
know that the Treasury is virtually empty,
whereas the Readjusters left it plethoric
they know that power has been usurped
the people DISTINGUISHED by the arbitrary
and corrupt exercise Of legislative power.
They know that no interest of the State
has been promoted by the Democratic Leg
islature, Notwithstanding it has met in
session FIVE times during one year, and
scarcely anything but schemes and plans
to perpetuate Democratic ascendancy has
engaged the attention of that body.
The people well remember these things,
and they will also remember the record of
the Democratic party on the Tariff ques-
tion and the Blair bill land not fall into the
ingenious trap our astpte neighbor is lay
ing for them.
The Democratic party suggests nothing
and originates nothing lookingto the well
fare of the people. 1t can only appropriate
that which the Republicans have insti-
tuted and inaugurated, and impudently
claim it as it's own. 1t has fooled the
people of Virginia once on that line, but
it will hardly be able 40 do 50 again, with
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22

II SHEFFEY LEWIS,
IL. ATTORNEY
HARRISoNBURG, VA.
Will practice in the Courts of Rockingham
county, the United States Court and the SUI
preme Court of Appeals. Prompt attention
given to all business entrusted to him. jan22
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

W.. TYREE & CO., Chemists,
jan22 Staunton, Va
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-09
First Confederate Battle Flags.

From Mrs.. Burton Harri7on's Rec
elections Of Virginia Girl in the First
Year OF the War;" the followingis talk
en-: "Another incident Of note, in per-
sonal experience during the autumn Of
81, Was that to two OF my cousins
and TO me was intrusted the king
of the first three battle flags ofthecon-
tederacy, directly after congress had
decided upon a design for them. They
were iaunty squares of scarlet crossed
with dark blue, the cross bearing stars
to Indicate the number OF the seceding
states. We set our best stitches upon
them, edged them with golden hinges,
and when they were finished. dispatch
ed one to Johnston, another to Beau
regard, and the third to Earl Van Dorm
the latter afterward g. dashing cav
airy leader, but then commanding in
fantry at Manassas. The ban
ners We're received with all tho
enthusiasm we could have hoped
for; were toasted feted, cheered
abundantly. After two years,
when Van Dorm had been killed in
Tennessee, mine came back to me,
battered and smokestained from long
and honorable service in the field.
But it was only a little while after il
had been bestowed that there arrived
one day at our lodgings in Cullpeper q
huge, bashful Mississippi scout-ons
ofrthe most daring in The army-with
the frame ola Hercules and the face Of
q child. He was hidden to come theirs
by his general, he said to ask if l
would not give him al order to fetch
some cherished object from my dear
old homc-something that would
prove to ME how much they thought
of the maker Of that hag! after some
hesitation, l acq,,iesced, although
thinking it a Jest; 4 week later was
the astonishcd recipient Of O. lamented
bit Of tinery left within the lines, q
wrap OF white and azure brought by
Dillon himself, with 81 beaming face.
He had gone through the Union pickets
mounted on q load OF firewood, and,
while peddling poultry, had presented
himself at our town house, whence he
carried off his prize in triumph, with a
letter in it's folds, telling US how rel
atives left behind longed to be sharing
the joys and SORROWS OF those at large
III the confederacy.'
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-09
Grants Missouri Homes.

St. Louis Republican.-The history
OF the different houses connected with
Grant IS stay in St. Louis is soon told.
Some twelve miles south Of the city is
the old Dent farm, on which White
haven and Hardscrabble stand.
Whitehaven is the old family home OF
the Dents. The house is over a hall
century old, and it is yet, despite it's
age, q handsome structure It is here
that Brevet Second Lieutenant Grant
came counting Miss Julia Dent. the
sister OF his old classmate, riding over
from the barracks, only four miles
away. 1t was in Whitehayen that
most of Grants children were born,
and the tenderest associations of his
life are associated with it.
Hardscrabble got it's peculiar name
from Grant himself. He cbristened it
after he had builtit. Notmany ofour
cities can show in their envirous log
house built BY the president Of the
United States. Old Mr.. Dent, after
Grant had left the army, presented his
son-ln-law with sixty acres of land, and
the future General at once went to
work to build Il home upon it, for his
family: He was very poor-so poor
that Fred Dent had to lend him the
money to buy the flooring, window
sash and doorways OF his house. Ac-
cordlng to the good old custom, when
rho inrS cl, 4 Al,
neishbors gathered in to help "raise''
the house. 1t IS local tradition that
General Grant, with his own hands, did
all the work upon the southeast cor
ner OF the house, the one to the LETT as
one looks at the picture. Judge John
r. Long also carried up one Of the cor
ners. The house is comfortable one
well built and commodious. It has
old-fashloned fireplaces where many a
giant log has burned to ashes in the
good old times before the war. 1t is
two-story house, and the arrange
ment Of the rooms tcstifies to the fact
that Grant was a good architect as
well as q good soldier.
The house on Fifth and Core street
On the southeast corner, was in it's
time a fine residence. 1t still bears
traces Of the style and fashion of its
occupants, but it has fallen from it's
high estate, and it is now a boarding
house which advertises the day board
to be found within.
The house on Seventh and Barton
streets WIS for a time Grants prop
erty. When he moved into St. Louis
to 60 into the real estate business, hs
traded Hardscrabble for the Barton
street property. There was flaw in
the title, however, and the property
was taken away from him. It was
not till after the war that he recovered
possession OF Hardscrabble. The house
is a frame, full of surprising doorways
and unexpected stairs. It is O. little
bit Of a cottage, and in it Grant prob
ably passed the most unhappy years
of his life. %#
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-09

III IN s,d 81 ny ny
alsefal things 3 Ia sllllp
the cool and stew "a q hers
nov q re Only Eve x,f ~ 81, 1orrll the
ship lev lilaY iaDWeyers Ma;
ship SONS Port l91es5e sailors from
the Aliix island Oh which No then
lay becaln1ed.
3sssl AZ these men wauted togo rs Syd-
fney and would not chip until j had
promised them yoiild make d
straight wake Tor that place, / was
Obliged TO head ii that direction, IN
stead Of retlacing my course to the
distant shor 81 thousand mikes away
on which you and Cavendish had
been left. Ss5. III S..
ga fair wind favored me, and I final,
~ arrived at Sydney, when I disposed
of our cargo TO q much better advan-
tage than had even expected. Then
81 shipped another crew, and headed
for this isle, off which, it seems, I ar.
rived Just in time to save; your shus-
bands life. I have to add that his
share Of our profits ID with mine, safe
under lock and key, aboard ship" . .:.
q few days later, Captain Cavendish,
now the fortunate possessor of many
thousands, sailed away with his wife
from the island. In due time the hap
ply couple reached London, and on the
outskirts of that city they erected a
comfortable cottage-their future
home. - -. --.',<,.I'. y * ttS
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-09
A1fEEI( GIRLS.
An Esnipent Diylns ssys They - n
B Msra Appsndases "a ssratoga Trunks,

An E.ni.ent Diylns They A., Not
Mora AppsndaSsst q ssratoEs Trunks,
Prof. Swing id Chicago Current. 81
The girl of to-day, with rare excep-
8tions, is industri end with a breadth
81 invention and execution. The ironi
cal and often mean essays ontheWom
an Of the present often picture her
AIS good for little except for accom-
panying q Sarat oga trunk on its wan
behring's IN summer and for filling fash
ionable engagements in winter. Much
of this sarcasm is deserved by the few,
but when the millions of girls are
thought Of as they are ornamenting
their mo- theirs homes in the villages
and cities, the honest heart cannot
but confess that the word t'girl' never
meant more than it does today The
being, when found ID her best estate,
can go gracefully from her silk dress
and piano to q plain garb ana to work
among plants, or to the kitchen, or to
mission school class. III the city
she can easily walk three miles. Lam
Guor has ceased to be fashionable;
sleep in the day time not to be en-
dured. The soul is thought to be
action, not repose. r. # @G 25ss ~ g.
All can contradict these words of
praise; because all who think &: mo-
ment can find exceptions in girls who
are always Just dead with a. headache,
or, as averse as a mumnly to any kind
of conversation or>ectivity; girls who.
who are pleased with nothing and no
body. These exceptions are so disa-
greeable that they seem to mar the
whole world and make the beautiful
characters invisible In matters of
this kind one can only offer opinions.
One dare not assert with confidence.
At a popular summer resort, where
quite a number of these l6-year NOR
tails were met and observed daily, it
appeared in evidence and in common
fame that to be full of obedience to-
ward parents, of kindness toward all
persons and things, to be industrious,
to be full of inquiry and rational talk
was not the exception, but the average
OF condition.
Why should a few girls of marked
vanity and Of giggling tendencies
cast into reproach that multitude
whose hearts are as innocent as the
June flowers and June birds? Much
OF the ruin of character comes in the
later years of woman, when the inn
prudence OF late dancing, late suppers
and the mental anxiety, and, perhaps.
SORROWS which come from the vain ef-
forts OF the heart to create q paradise
OF pleasure away from duty, make the
cheek fade aarlv and the pya lose ira
luster in the morning, like sun that
goes behind clouds before noon Al
for noble girls of l6, the Western con-
tinent is full Of them. They are in the
cities, in the villages, in the farm houses
We meet them on all streets, along all
paths in the lone and lovely country.
They are ready for all duty and hap
piness, and constitute to us older and
fading hearts the most beautiful and
divine scene on earth.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-09
Chinamll,en's Wives.
:om the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times. 3S@I II Z
Il has come to be a saying thatwhen a
Chinan1an arrives in this city with the
intention OF going into business ali lie
requires is aroonl, q wash-tub; stove,
two f1at-irons and wife. The wife is
considered as much OF 4 necessity as
any other articles OF the house, and
she IS generally with more Of al, eye to
business than to love. a Chinan1an
is particular to get a healthy wife and
a woman with a fair knowledge Of
washing and ironing IS preferable, but
It is not Imperative that she should
know all about that business. She
can soon be taught it. Health and
strength are the first requisites. After;
these the rest will How. 1--WE years
ago prejud dice was SO strong aaatiinsts
Chinamen that hey could no getwom.
emit narryt them, but prejudice against
them has grad nally died away, til now
a. Ghinamai, can get q wife, as one said
recently Allee same as d Mexican
man In q few instances they have
secured young and pretty wives, but
more often they have chosen com
R Z less bear tiful than Helen Of
Troy e
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-09
uttlns ~ Cuenmlb NJ IL Pioklss.E

Pack the ct1cumb ers ID a jar or tub.
then pour q weak brine ii pom them,
and let fireman three days our Of
the brine, and ponr on enc ugh hot.
boiling vinegar to cover the pickles.
and let them stand "a hours. Reboil,
the vinegar, and pour on as before.
Do this three times, letting the pickles
stand "a hours each time Then throw
the pickle away, and add enough fresh
vinegar TO cover the cucumbers. Add
q lump Of alum Che size OF q marble to
g gallon Of pickle; half pound Of sugar
and spices to taste. Bring TO q boil,
skim, and then turn upon the pickles
while hot. Let them stand we'll Gov
cred for ten days, and they are ready
foruse. This is one kind OF marketable.
pickles. Another kind, and one that is
largely used, is: Soak the cucum-
bers in barrel or tub, il salt.
When needed take the cucumbers
out and throw boiling water on
them. When sufficiently freshened
(which You viii know by the water be.
coming fresh) put the cucumbers in
porcelain kettle, and cover with cold
vinegar. Put in d little pod Or part
OF q red pepper to each gallon OF
pickles; also a piece OF alum about the
size ola pea to each gallon. Then let
them come to a scald-notb boil. When
scalding hot take them out and put in
q vessel to be used, pouring the same
vinegar over them. If to be kept for a.
long time the vinegar will need chang
ing: This gives pickles anatural color,
which are now most generally in use
70 those " no prefer green pickles the
following gives the desired color: Dis,
solve fvegrains ofsaffron in one-fourth
ounce Of distilled water, and in anoth-
er vessel dissolve four grains OF indigo
carmine in half an ounce of distilled
water. Shake up and allow to stand
"a hours. Then mix the two and a
fine solution, not poisonous, is formed.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-09
Watch the Barnyard.

During d recent excursion through
rural district which we refrain from TO-
eating except to say it was not in the
far-famed Genesee Valley, or any 9th
er part OF Western New York, we saw
some surprising evidences OF neglect
about cleaning out barnyards and
utilizing the elements of fertility they
contained. In one instance the ma
,anre pile was SO large that it reminded
us OF the old story anent the farmer
who was obliged to move his barn be-
cause access to it Was so blockaded by
rich fertilizing materials! And we
thought it might not be amiss
to ask the readers of The Rural
Home Tor at least such OF them
as borrow the paper!) if they had any
trouble with like nlcumbrancesi in their
barhyards--such valuable material as
ought to have. been long ago spread in
field, orchard and garden, instead OF
being allowed to run to waste by evapo-
ration ono otherwise, thus palluting the
air with disagreeable odors and per-
haps engendering disease. If any have
inadvertently overlooked a matter SO
important, or from any cause being
prevented from doing their duty in the
premises, we would suggest that it may
not be too late yet, as some crops
would be decidedly benefited by an ap-
plicatlon of barnyard or other fer
tilizers.
But the barnvard should be looked
to at this season, even fit WAS cleaned
out in the spring or none of it's con-
tents are needed nfield." An excerpt
in our scrapbook truly avers that the
ba1nyard should be watched at this
time OF the year to SEQ that the juices
do not run to waste. II the flow can
be turned into field to soak away
over it's surface, the manure contained
in it will settle into the ground and
be saved. On the land where this
deposit is made no other manure will
be necessary, as the best materials,
the chemical salts, are washed out and
flow away with: the water. Where
there is 81 consid erable distance for the
stream to run these will be deposited
unless the flow. is too rapid. Where
the juice cannot be made to flow over.
g field it should be damned up in q
barn-y ard and the coarse manure
thrown into the pool. This is presnp-
posing that no arrangements were
made the year before to. manage it to
better advantage. To utilize this val
liable material there should be hauled
into the barnyard in the autumn a.
lot Of muck or earth which should be
SO placed that it may be able to alb:
sorb the juice. Where there is a base
n,ent it can be placed therein, and
wheeled out any time when it is re-.
qured. Without such convenience it
may be piled UP across the natural
outlet from the barnyard, and SO as"
swer the purpose Of q dam and alb
sorbent Rural Home. NJ. +
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-09
Changes in College Life.
New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post. -.
GIVE come down to buy some bill
lard tablesfor the college gymnasium.
Can you tell me the best place for
them?" Such was the salution with
which all Amherst Professor, few
months ago, startled a New York
graduate, who, though not quite TWEEN
ty years an aluinnus, remembered how
i'll the billiard player Jared with the
Faculty when he was q student. An
old graduate Of Bowdoin College, in
Maine, returning to commencement
fifty years after graduation, asked the
meaning OF a rambling noise which is
sued from the gymnasium. s=sz5
Bowling" the old man musing re-
peated after a friend had answered his
question; Hthey used toexpel a boy for
bowling in my day. Colby University
in the same state is the most sectarian
and straight-laced institution any
where to be found--a place where the
stage used to be regarded with q holy
horror, The commencement at Colby
occurred afeW weeks ago, and among
the attractionssof the occasion enjoy
ing the official reco ignition of the au-
thorities, was the performance Of
The Merchant of Venice by ac ompa-
ny Of professional actors. 81
These incidents illustrate how reyo-
lutionary has been the change in the
attitude of college authp rities tow ard
the students within the memory .oi