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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-05-28

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INSTRAW MATTINGS we offer 1000 yards to
IN NAPIER AND COCOA MATTINGS we can
Ca NOTICE. FACTS AR
Our facilities for buying Goods at "bottom figu
this City, having no less than brothers in the
phia. We can confidently defy all competition,
zion with our prices. This advantage which we e
Now that stock is complete in every departing
early and secure bargains and first choice. First
s SAN T. L. !. JACK Jackson NJ Statesmen.
MRS. LENA DEVINE, Saleslady.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-05-28
Large Neac Glass-Front Building,

With such increased advantages and facili-
ties am confident my business can be con-
Quoted with more comfort than heretofore
both to my customers and myself.
While have abundant cause to thank you
sincerely for the liberal patronage bestowed
upon me in the past, | shall endeayor by in
creased efforts, and by Offering the
The clarion., 1885-09-23
How to Address the President.
Edmond Alton in St. Nicholas.l

Edmond Alton in St. Nicholas.
1t was not at all strange that, after
their sad experience under monarchlcal
rule. the early mericans should have
disliked everything that savored OF
ROYALTY. No. only was this spirit shown
in attacks made upon peculiar courtlI-
ness of fashion affected by portion OF
society. but it found expression in the
Constitution itself. 1t was distinctly
provided that:
"No title,o nobility shall be granted by
the United states"
And an instance of rhe popular feeling
ON this subject and the pecuiiarltles OF
the two houses is presented by the
proceedings of the first American Con
gress. rhe question was raised as to
what little it will be proper to annex to
the Office of President and Vice
President of the United States; ii any
other than those given in the Constitu
tionT' and this matter was deemed OF
sufficient importance to receive the
attention of special joint committee OF
both houses. This committee reported
that the President should be addressed
as ''His Excellency." The Senators
would not agree to the report. A
Com mmlIJee Oh NODlGiCbSC "seS
appointed and reported that, IN the
| opinion of the committee 1t would De
proper thus to address the President:
His Highness, the PRESIDENT OF
the United States of America,
and protector of their liberties l
| think that was high sounding enough
to please the taste of the Senators;
| But the members of the House would
consent to nothing of the kind. Ihey
did not believe it essential to the
dignity of free people that their chiei
| officer should be laden down with any,
thing mere than simple description OF
his office The result OF the whole
matter is shown in the following
resolution, passed by the Senate on the
14th of May, 1889; -,
"From decent respect for the
opinion of civilized nations, whethei
under moaarchical or republican torm'
of government, whose custom III Is u
, annex titles of respectabillty to the ohc'
, of their chief magistrate, and that' OF
intercourse with foreign nations, du'
, respect for the majesty of the people
the United States may not be hazarue'
: by an appearance of singularlty, tn
Senate has been induced to be OF tn
a opinion that it would be proper t.
: annex a respectable title to the othce o
Z | President of the United States; but tn
\ Senate, desirous of preserving harmon
!, with the House of Representative
where the practice, lately observed
q presenting an address 20 the Preslden
y was without the addition of titles, thin
|. It proper, for the present, to act
= conformity with the practice OF tn
If House; therefore
r Resoived, That the present address ot
- sTo the President of the United States
without addition or title" :.
a. The resolution has never been q
Ir turbed, and there is no iegisiat',
- authority for any other address ths
: the one so adopted. That fo0
;n I address is still observed in the reiatlo
at m between Congress and the Presider
an High sounding titles are hardly in go'
no taste In u republic.
The clarion., 1885-09-23
THE LIEN LAW.

.bisis the year to elect new legiS-
and State Senators there Is one
la.o, 'a,,, = ;mnortant subject that ought to b
tt,g;,abt teig n, directly before the next Legis
in,;ys g'j body: we refer to the lien law
TIa,s ls.a /, nothing that has proved :;
n,s, InS' curse TO the people than tn
tr,iton. and ruinous lien law system
In'f ~ T. brought more genuine suiferinl
II vi iioI oJIenlated more homes and hresides
.heo auu anv one thing that has ever be-
-nan Iaw by legislative enactment and
o''ld :, nbonld be promptly repeated The
u y.as,;on came up before the last session
.bs legislature, and for some cause
81 atbar t6at we have never yet been
=, ~ 80 70 comprehend, our wise men ad-
Ssen,ned So,1 70 Without doing anything in the
JI,arnises not even passing law 70
P.JnslIy eliminate it from our statute
49, Many arguments have been
OooHi =, which it has been stubbornly
nlet' nllrt.,Jsd that it could only be repealed
~ baving law to take effect at some
g3tnrs day. that if it were otherwise Il
sonld cause great trouble and hardshlP'
- IL land. We don't begin to believe
~ bpt on the contrary, believe ina
aa sbsoIute. unconditional repeal OF TN
iaa 10 take effect at once, would be the
- nossible thing that could be don'
ood would save our country.-Oxtore
Eagle
The clarion., 1885-09-23
Hints ON summer Diet
PThe Cook-I


Milk is a very important summer diet.
hut should be used in moderation or it is
liable to produce i'll effects Drink 1t In
small mouthfuls and rest moment be-
tween them. Dyspeptic persons are ad-
yised to beat the milk few moments be
fore drinking. That treatment breaks the
butter globuIes and renders digestion
easier.
We strongly recommend SKINNED milk
and fresh buttermilk as summer drinks. In-
stead of ice water. The ice water dys-
pepsia. a common malady during the
summer months. may be entirely relieved
by using small quantities OF freshly
churned buttermilk, accompanied by what
Is known as moderately dry diet
Breakfast should not be heavy meal
and hot food should be used in modera-
tion. Hot tea and coffee literally par
taken often prevents one from feeling
comfortable all day. Radishes. ice cold
oatmeal crackers and milk. dainty slice
of cold lamb fresh fruit and colo as
paragus. present breakfast that makes
hot weather a luxury
The clarion., 1885-09-23
Sir AstIey Cooper as a Horse Doctor


In the life of Sir Ashley Cooper it is
said that be required his coachman to at
tend every market morning at Smithfeld,
and pur chase all lame young horses eX-
posed for sale which he thought might
nossjbly be convertible into carriage or
saddle horses, should they recover from
their defects. He was never to give more
than Z pounds sterling for each, but
pounds sterling was the average price
In this manner thirty or forty horses
were sometimes collected at Gaelisbridge.
his farm. On a stated morning every
week the blacksmith came up from the
village, and the horses were in successive
order caught, haltered, and brought to
him for inspection.
Having discovered the cause of their
lameness, he proceeded TO perform what
ever seemed TO him necessary for the cure.
The IMPROVEMENT produced in short
time by good feeding and medical attend
ance such as few horses before or since
have enjoyed, appeared truly wonderful
Horses which were at first with difficulty
driven to pasture, because of their halt.
were now with as much difficulty re
strained from running away. Even one
fortnight at Gaelisbridge would fre-
uuently produce such an alteration IN
some of II em that it required no unskili-
full eve in the former owner himself to
recognize the animal which he had sold but
a few weeks before + fifty guineas were
paid for one of these animals, which
| turned out a very good bargain, and Sir
| AstIey's carriage was for years drawn by
a pair of horses which together cost him
| only - pounds 10 shillings sterling.
| Ne believe similar business to that oi
Sc Astley { ooper is carried on by a class
| OF hbrse dealers in New \ ork and othel
large cities Lame and otherwise worth
less horses are bought for few dollars
and taken to the country. where th'
change to pasture diet. the needed rest
and the watchful and careful treatment o
the owner frequently transforms worth
less horse into 8 valuable animal
The clarion., 1885-09-23
Simply a Sandwich.

The carriage containing the two ex-
Presidents was just opposite the twenty
third street entrance of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, where they were four
long hours waiting for. the procession to
move. Gen. Arthur, who usually eats
light breakfast, becoming hungry,
called to the carriage an attendant who
stood in the MOTEL door and asked him
to bring couple Of sandwiches In q
few minutes the waiter appeared with q
tray. ON which he carried some sand
wiches neatly covered with a napkin
In the centre of the tray, however, was
L ! bottle Of claret which stood boil
npright In full view of the thou sand.
III people who thronged the sidewalks
and roadwsys near by. Gen. Arthui
tald the waiter to take the ciaret back
saving to Senator Manderson, o
Nepraska. who was leaning over th
carriage door talking with the distin
ruished occupants of the vehicle
asProbably the claret is superfluous, 2
Gen. HAYES has undoubtedly q flask i
h;s pocket.e NO. said Gen. Haye.
with twinkle In his eve, Asince sol
4 nv saloon in Omaha I no longer carry
flask
The clarion., 1885-09-23
For The CLs Rron.1
Grange Picnic in Franklin.

According to an arrangement which
had previously been made, the Master
# our State Grange, with his accus-
toned promptness, arrived at Magnolia
Grange Hall about IL O'Clock a. m, on
he 9Th inst, where he met large and
enthusiastic audience in waiting to gree.
MIN and to listen to an address from him
on matters connected witl the Grange
The hail being incapable OF seating so
arge an audience of ladies aud gentle
men as had met together to hear the
distinguished orator of the day,
temporary speakers stand was erected
and seats arranged in the grove near
by. Everything being in readiness the
speaker was introduced to the au.iIence
by tEat sterling citizen and Jealous
Granger, Hon. j. G.. King, the present
dasser Of Magnolia Grange. Alter the
conclusion of the address, which was
ully appreciated by the vast audience,
md attested by the frequent rounds OF
applause with which the speaker was
greeted, ali were invited to partake OF
most excellent and sumptuous dinner,
prepared By the ladies of that vicinity,
sho know exactly how TO prepare
Inner for such an oc aston. Dinner
,eing over, the young ladies and gentle
nen repaired to the hall, where they
pent an hour or two most pleasantly IN
conversation and in listening to most
delightful music executed on the organ,
accompanied with singing, by Mrs
ieorgia Buie and her sister Miss Maggie
McGee.
The address delivered by Capt. Oar
len was replete with sound and whole
some advice TO the farmers. de admon
shed them, as usual, to raise more OF
The necessaries of life at home, TO be
more self-reliant, more self-sustalnlng;
pointed out to them the evils resulting
from giving so much of their attention
10 the raising of cotton and 50 litt.e to
the growing of other crops needed tor
home consumption, and to the growing
Of which our soil is so well adapted.
As an evidence that his labors have
been instrumental in advancing the best
interests of our Agriculturists, we would
cite those who have any doubt of this
fact TO this section of our country and
to every section OF our State where the
Grange organization has been kept up
and the farmers have needed his advice
The Captain will not accept the prop
osition offered by some OF his oUer-zedtott
friends to run as an independent candl
date for Governor, but on the othei
hand advises his friends to vote the
straight-out Democratic ticket. Capt
Darden mas too much good, sound sense
and is too good Democrat to ALLOW
| himself to be sacrificed in any sucl
manner; besides, the intelligent Demo
cratic farmers of Mississippi canno
afford TO give him up just now-canno
diypense with his usefulness. True, the.
have allowed the wool to be pulled owe
their eyes in days gone by, but there +!
some consolation in the reflection that
was done by members of their ow
party, and no one has been seriousl
hurt. We will hurrah for Dear Bob
this load of poles, and next time W
snail expect all hands to hurrah for on
side of the house. AGRICoLA.
Franklin county, Sept. 9TH, 1885.
The clarion., 1885-09-23

over which the vines trail. All about
il IS the tail. waving grass. and over
yonder Is the swale with a legion of
chattering blaek-birds perched on It's
swaying reeds and rnshes. Bright
wild flowers bloom on every side. the
quail whistles on the pasture fence. and
from his home in the chimney corner
the cricket begins 10 chirrup an echo
TO the lonely birds call In this little
prairie home we see man holding on
ms knee little girl. who is telling him
OF her play as he smooths her fair curIs
or strokes her tiny velvet hands: or
| perhaps she is singing him one of her
oaoy songs, or asking him strange
! questions OF the great wide world that
Is new to herr or perhaps he binds the
WIG howers she has brought into a ill.,
tie nosegay Tor her new CHAM dress.
or-out We see 1t all. and so. too, does
the soldier. and SO does Nellie. and so
they hear the black-bird's twitter and
the quaii's shrill call aud the ericket's
faint echo, and all about them il the
sweet subtle. holy fragrance OF men,
ory.
And so at last when Death came and
the soldier fell asleep forever, Nellie.
his little girl. was holding his hands
and whispering to him of those days
Hers were the last words he heard. anC
, by the smile that rested on his fac,
| when he was dead you might nav,
? thought the soldier was dreaming of
time when Nellie prattled on his kne
! | and bade him weave the Wild flower
in her curls.
The clarion., 1885-09-23

"a Glass of Beer" is the subject OF
the third in the series OF articles on
great American industries that HAit-
PEa'.. MAGAZINE is now printing, which
il announced for the October number
The facts of the industry are very
remarkable. 1t stands sixth among all
industries in the United States in the
amount of capital used, exceeded only
nv metals. cottons, woollens and worsteds,
lumber aud srist; and its growth IS
shown by the fact that whereas in 1880
the production of the United States was
something over thirteen million barrels,
iu 1885 Il was over eighteen millions.
rhe United states stands third IN the
list of beer producing countries, Great
| Rritain at the last general estimate
brewing ,000, 600, 900 gallons, Germany
900 100000, and the United States ooo,-
/ 000, 900. Tue census rep rted zl9l prev
cries, employing 26.220 people, VINO
earned wages of S465.2l yeariy-a
average highe4 than in almost any other
industry. The article In HARPEk
PROMISES a complete description OF lns
! processes Of beer making, from the rais
ing of the hops to the barreiiing ane
bvitling, and those who indulge IN maj
liquors will be interested III the man.
varieties of beer mentioned, from th
ordinsry "bitter" of England and lager
of Germany and America to the Irozel
, beer of Tasmania and the condense'
+ beer manufactured in Switzerland 10
: export. The writer points out that tn
: words "ale'' and beer" are used lndI'
3 criminately in England, but that Amel
: lean brewers confine the word beer :
i laqer, the product of what is known
4 the under fermentation process, and a
n to the product of the upper ferment'
% tion process, which are carried on VII
i different kinds of yeast and at differeI
: temperatures The article will be full
o illustrated.
The clarion., 1885-09-23
Gen. Forests Poker ctories.
I'M the Nashville Americana

From the Nashville American.
WIS sitting in a room in the Max
we'll House with Gen. n. b. Forrest
several years before his death.
"Gen. Forrest" | asked, sit has often
been said that previous to the war you
were a terror at the poker table. How
much did you ever win on one hand
He replied: II have played few
heavy games and many light one. In
New Orleans on one hand l won
S47 600"
And what did you holdT
''Three kings and two mines.
| have always regretted | didn't ask
him what his opponent held, but | did
not. He told the following story, his
ewes filing with tears during its recital /:
.sWhen my wife and | went to Memphis
after the close of hostilities we had
81. 20. not a cent more or less. We
spent one entire afternoon ransackIng
am old portfolio hoping to find some
old uneolIected account, or i. .. u.
which | might realize. There wasn't q
thing. said to my wife: "Rhoda, you
have always been against me and poker
| never plaved game since first knew
YOU that your absent face was not
haunting rebuke over one shonlder
Now, | have been invited to Sneed's t
dinner tonight, and know there'l
be cards. If you'll give me your bless
! ing this once, my dear, feel might.
sure can come home richer man.
'sSaid she Forrest, we've got aionI
| without that, so far as | have known
and by the Lords help we'll still go o.
without it.
"sYes,' said /, but the Lord has bee
slow of late, and seems 70 be gittl
? slower; what d We say to this one time
: She never consented, but she didn
n oppose it very strong, and l promised
:. wouldn't 90 over the 1920. 1t WAS ju'
AS | expected. Four tables were runnin
Il at Sneed's, and | won enough at 90 cen
e ante to 60 in at higher table later o.
y Well, sir, as won and l won rigl
5, from the first-I just dropped IL
e money into my hat on the floor, an
70 when we broke up at daylight put n
Is hat on with the money in 1t, witho
5, counting it over, and went home. As
S. came near to my house | caught
le glimpse from the outside of my wife
at white figure waiting right where 5
te had waited all night, pale and anxlol
~ and when / went in | just took off \
D. hat and emptied $1,000 in her lap.
W. felt sorry for her, for she couldn't biz
40 that nights doings; but, sir-'
an was great relief to me.
The clarion., 1885-09-23
William Clifford, Editor of the LON
don Quarterly

Perfect harmony subsisted from first
to last between editor and publisher.
Clifford soon became, moreover, and
wu.le he lived remained, Murrays chief
literary adviser and confidant, whom
hesconsulted on every occasion Nor
was the ex-editor of the Anti-J Jacobin
and seemingly merciless satirist OF the
RaviatI and Mayiad at all narrow
minded or an iIl-natured man. A few
wears after the establishment OF the
ouayteru Reriew George Ticknor
intat. 23) arrived in London with let
ters Of introduction to Clifford among
Others, and the young American thus
recorded the contrast between what ne
Thought to have found and what be did
md Ihe Aristarch of the Quarterly Re
rsew. ..Instead. !" 1icknor writes, "of
A tall. handsome man, as | had sup
posed him to be from his picture.
man OF sour and bitter remarks, a.
had good reason to believe him for ms
| books. / found him . short, deformed.
and ugly little man, with large head
sunk between his shoulders, and one
| Of uis eyes turned outward, but witnal
one 81 the best-natured. most open,
/ aud we'll bred gentlemen ! have met
]! Cifford was from = literary point 9
viaw the scyerrst and strictest Of edi
tors. writing little or nothing himself
hui stern and sometimes trying ~ ~
/ rexision AZ his confributoxs Articles
y. Asptnasses = HasEeyss = Aagossne ~
a &&H@G11141G z< Es sss sazz 8 zssiss
The clarion., 1885-09-23
Scientific Temperance Education
By. MRS. b. B. KELLs


Scientific Temperance Education for
our schools is moving rapidly TO the
front in our State. Many counties are
rallving to petition work under the
the w. c.. T. T., and prohibitionistss
everywhere are helping by pen and
influence. Whenever a physician
examines DIR. Steers Hygienic PhysIol-
ogv, the contemplated text book for our
schools, he says "You have struck the
kew note teaching Natural Law-Com-
maud me if can help to introduce 1t.
AS usual in every good work our
Methodist friends are leading the cause.
Cane Ridge jackson and Noodvllle
District Conferences, and bennington
Camp Meeting Association have recent
Iy given their most cordial endorsement.
The Baptist State Convention, in their
Temperance report memorallzed this
subject most strongly, and we are
looking for like support this tall from
the Synods of Mississippi. Give us
the children of to-day" said an eminent
Catholic Bishop, "and will show you
the church of tomorrow" Give US the
children of to-day, and some day we wli
show you an earth wherein dwelletf
Righteousness" because the larges
factor in the distortion of al true result
from mental and spiritual ejaculation
strong drink-''the witches broth OF GU
times'-has been eliminated from the
worlds problems.
The clarion., 1885-09-23
The Dropping of the III. :.

BY the way. it may be rs Vel to re-
mind Amer can comic writers that Engs4
lish people of rank do not misplace h
neither do they say "blarsted nor
~cawntn for cant see by the New
York humorous papers that this Jaw Is
supposed in that town at least TO represent
the English broad a The fact is that the
sound as here given is like r. not posi-
tively rolled. but stlll an T. As for tho
the line between white blood aud black is
not as distinctly drawn in American AS
that between those who do or do not this
evil thing Socially speaking TO misplace
an is the nnpardonable sin. One may
| possess every virtue and accomplishment
but, as | have heard it put. drop in
and you are d-d-" This is one great
cause why there is such a line Of demar-
cation between the classes. and why the
| lower class recognize their own inferi-
| ority.
l once heard very pretty. ladylike.
| well dressed woman say that a certain
man had paid attention to her, but could
not. of course, marry her because he was
gentleman. After while | heard
her drop an h. and it was all clear A
Pariah in India might as well talk of =
Brahmin as a husband. What is most
extraordinary in this manner of mispro-
nunciation is that it seems to be incur
able / have heard of a quadroon in
America. before the war who told heI
mistress that, if being skinned alive and
rolled in salt for year would make hei
white, she would gladly submit to it
am sure there are hundreds of Thousands
in England who would do the same to b
able 10 speak their own language cor
reCtly.
There is one sound in Welsh and tw,
in Arabic which | could never master
simply because my ear could never detec
it. for am one of the unfortunate few
! who have no natural gift for language
! and only learn one by labor. So the val
/ gar English ear can not detect the b. or
rather invariably hears the contrary
) Some people will talk for hours, how
: ever, without betraying this. but whe
, | they become excited and forgedul ther
comes at first little h in and then a sma
| h out "until the floor is kneedeep wit
dropped his F" Many English peopl
r think than Americans en- oy superiC
g culture. simply because We DO not Vr-q
n fest this singular defect
The clarion., 1885-09-23

BODY knows that question of this kind
must be decided cot by a consideration
of a few anomalous cases, but by
general average of ordinary cases. And
pursuing this scientific method the
medical science of the present day
asserts in the most emphatic manner
possible that alcohol is poison and
should be administered just as other
poisons are, under the direction of a
skillful physician. Its use asa beverage
is in contrayention of the principles OF
zoiapao