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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-12-09

There are at least several reasons in
favor of keeping the plough going at this
season. There is more leisure now than
in the spring the teams are liable to be
in better order to stand heavy work, the
temperature is agreeable and the air exhil-
Grating, while the most important of all,
the benefit of the winters frost on the
loosely turned up soil in separating the
particles, is very great. All land that is
inclined to be wet should be underdrained.
But if this cannot be done, such should be
ploughed in narrow lands, driving several
times in the burrows to make them as deep
as possible.
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roWN LOTS FOR SALE.

TsOWN LOTS FOR SALE.
have three excellent building lots remaia-
ing fronting on Green street 10 feet and run.
ming back l25 feet, which can be purchased al
reasonable figures and on accommodating
terms. Five other building lots, of same di-
mansions, fronting on the extension of Madi-
on street, are also for sale. Apply at olce.
Oct g. s. NJ. YOSI
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THETlMEs is a Newsp per for Intelligent
men and women.
II eoiicerns itseii little rs possible with The
fteIh or The drege of lie. and aims 10 give lis
realors something more attractive aud pre- ta-
Bile titaa ualiy chronicle OF human foliies ana
fraifLIcB.
Voters, whatever their party or their poll
tics, Will nnd The Times OF great value for the
its comment upon public It ,irs; and The Times
has abundant evidence thai ilS lreatn ~ OF
leading issues ofthe day meets with increasing
approval.
Ahe WEAKLY edition of The Times contains
all the current news condensed On tn dis
patcnskai reports of The daily edition, besides
titerefy matter, discussions upon agricultGra
topics hyipractlcal farmers. full AMI accurate
market reports Oh prices Tor farm p. Oduce, live
stock, de-, and carefully prepared WEEKLY
WOOL MARKET.
No other Nev- FORK Newspaper SO completely
meets The rants Of country readers.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-12-09

Kiss me darling, for your breath is
Just as sweet as new-mown hay
Kiss me. darling. for your teeth are
Free from tartar or decay;
Kiss me. darling for you won't
Forget me or your SOZODONT.
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An End to Bone scrapipg.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, H.,
says Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have had
a running sore on my leg for eight years !;
used, instead, three bottles of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes Blcklen's Arnica
Salve, and my leg is row sound and well. y
Electric Bitters are sold at Fifty cents a
bottle and Bucklen' s Arnica Salve at Csc
per box by Hughes & Robinson.
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HARPER'S PERIODICALS.

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Numbers for June and December of each year.
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IT 1857
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FOR SALE and RENT,

splendid PROPERTY FOR SALE OR RENT.
The large and elegant property on Augusta
street, shannon, and known as the JOHN b.
EVANS PROPERTY, recognized as one of the
most desirable and valuable estates in the city.
terms.
There are nearly FIVE acres embraced in the
tract; it is perfectly level and highly produce
tive and contains quantity of improved fruit.
The DWELLING HOUSE is one of the most sub
stantiai and convenient, well ventilated and
in thorough repair for immediate occupancy.
1t contains l6 large rooms with an ample sup
ply of closets. A well of excellent water is
within few steps of the door,
The property also has upon it a number of
out-houseS, Including large tobacco factory.
For terms. &C., apply to
septic Cor. Augusta and Point st
DESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR RENT.-The
IL following property belonging to T.. Me-
Mahon is Offered for rent on accommodating
terms
containing five rooms and provision room !;
and each having separate yard fenced in; alley
In rear for transporting fuel; gate entering
from alley to wood and coal house in the yard !;
improved water closet with water and hydrant
in yard.
Two, Dwellings on Points Street. with four
rooms each and provision room and same ac-
commodations to each as above.
Three rooms on Augusta Street, with water
closet and hydrant in rear.
fitted throughout. with new plastering, paint
ing, whitewash, improved water closets, thor
ough draining. &C.
Z. A. MCMAHON, $
jly1 Corner Augusta and Points SITS.
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4 Remit in drafts OIL New York Postal Notes, or
i Post Office Money orders, If possibe; and
where neither of these can he procured send
the money In registered letter. sample copies
sent free. Address,
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NOn trife with any Throat or
AON = Lung Disease. If you have
a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Group or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and prevent
further trouble. 1t is positive cure,
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and Soc
w. M. ALLEN & Bro
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Having formed partnership for the practice
IF Law we offer our professional services to the
public generally. VIII practice In all the
county. attend regularlyS the Circuit Courts of
Rockbridge and Allegheny counties, and prac-
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GEO NJ HARRISON. HENRY ST. GEO. TUCKER.
VTARRISON Il TUCKER,
I'll ATTORNEYS-A
STAU NTON, VIRGINIA.
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SPALDING's GLUE will mend anything
except broken heart.
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The Atmosphere of T.ova

The Atmosphere of Love
Is pure, sweet breath This desideratum
is one of the results of using SOZODONT,
which not only invigorates and preserves
the teeth, but renders the mouth as fra
grant as a rose.
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flRANK w. TRAPHAGEN, PHI. D.,
ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMIST
stanton Male Academy. srAUNToN. VA.
Assays of Gold and Silver Ores. Analyses
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VIII prietice in the Courts of Augusta and
adjoining counties.
Office in County Building, on Court ST., OPP
posite Court House aug27
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
FOB OUR YOUNG READERS
MABEL DIMES OUT ALONE.

PREVIOUS INs-RUCTIoES FROM MAMMA.
made her stand BESIDE me. M Tonne iitt.t
gri:
1arrauged each daintJ ru..ic, and sIuoOthed
each sunny curl
~Now, baby, you Il be careful in all you dc
and say:
You will not trouble auntic while dining there
TO-DAY.
You'll take your place in quiet, nor ask for
aEy tn nG
But eat what Uncie gives you, or what the
walters br:ng.
You won't take too mich pudding when
there mamma to check:
And when il comes to swecLlneatS, you II
scarcely taste SpScif.
RESULT. AS pESCRIDED EY AUNTIE.
The feast was rich and splendid, the board
held foweretS rare.
But yet NY rosebud tender was the sweetest
blossom there.
Her e, es we've br ght as d almonds, her speech
brides song;
She was frugal as hermit, lest she might eat
something wrong.
When asked 10 take some pudding, she an
Swered at beg ease:
When questioned as TO ice-cream, So d: "A
little. If you please.
Alas iha. such behavior should end In utter
wreck
The sweetmeats come: the little tongue lisps:
.-1hankth: I u tate pecli."
-WdTy T.. ldAtync. ia Hdrpe,s Young People
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
STRANGE ADVENTURE.
How "a Deaf 2Iute Who Was Carried to kEe
Bottom OF the Sea Saved Himself.

How - Deaf lIute Who Was Carried to tEe
Bottom OF the Sea Saved Himself.
A curious adventures. as we'll IS
marvellous escape, WAS that of Mr.
Gerald Mccarthy, of this city, who was
recently carried to the bottom Oh the
Atlantic in the hold Of capsized YES
sci. MIR. Mccarthy, who Is member
OF the senior class at the Deaf-mute
College at Kendall Green, and who has
already attained a considerable reputa-
ton and standing as botan:st, has
been collecting plants during the sum-
mer vacation on the pine barrens and
banks of North Carolina. Wishing to
visit Roanoke Island in order to carry
on his work there. he recently took
passage in schooner thither bound.
The schooner. a small vessel in the
service of apicnic party from Roanoke.
was to have sailed hOmeward at seven
o'clock In the evening, but it was
eleven before the crew came aboard.
when they appeared to be highly in
toNicated. They set sail in the teeth
of L Hatteras storm, and when wei!
out from land they began to quarrel
over the contents of jug they had
brought with them. Meanwhile the
vessel was struck by gust from the
cape, and. from want of proper man.
agement, capsized completely. and sank
to the bottom when about two miles
of the coast. 1t was about midnight,
and the cabin having been given up to
the gay party. Mr.. Mccarthy had gone
down into the hold for shelter. He
was doing there on box, and, being
deaf, was not aware of any disast, un-
til he suddenly found himself pitched
headlong to the opposit, side OF the
hold. Instantly comprehending the
situation. he jumped for the hatchwav
and succeeded in grasping the casing,
but was torn away by the inrusii,ing
torrent and carried to the depth of the
hold. where he was banged against the
side of the vessel with such force as to
nearly dis!ocate his shoulder
Thanks to his familiarity with water,
being fellow of excellent principles
and an expert swimmer, he realized
the futi!ity of attempting to escape be-
fore the stoppage of the current, and
so remaining quiet where he had been
dashed. he carefully husbanded the lit
tie air in his lungs until he judged the
thrush of water mad ceased BY this
time he was nearly strangled, but with
no little presence of mind he CROPPED
his way to the hatchway, and, diving
through. rose to the surface none too
soon to catch the air. Many of the
party were drowned. After swimmin
about and clinging to the wreckage
for half hour. he was picked up in a
| small boat and taken to Roanoke ISL
and. where he was Hospitality enter.
| tanned Wasaingtcn Star.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
Sweetness in Sticks.

So fond is the average small boy OF
the sort of candy that comes in sticks.
that no doubt, after reading this &s-
scnption of the way it is made, he will
start right Oft in search Of specimen
The stick" candy is ordinary ''A' SUI
gar boiled down with waterand little
cream Of tartar to prevent crystalliza-
tion. The mass is taken liz patches of
aboNt fifteen pounds to a marble table,
where it is kneaded like bread. and the,
havOrin@ and coioring worked in. The
paste then goes to the pulling hooks. :"
where for five or six minutes it Is
pulled and twisted. Thenee-it returns
30 the marble table. ar enc end of
which there is a metal plate. kept hot;
on which is worked the candy into its
final shape. Stripes are pressed into
The batch. two feet long and foot
thick. and it is then drawn and twist
cd TIL it is the proper size of the pen
ny stick. the right length of which
is clipped of by huge scissors. -Goictea4
D8VS
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
THE FLAG OF HIS DREAM.

What Paul Jones Saw i'm His Sleep as a
BOY Was Really What Happened When
He Became Brave Man.
A boy lay asleep in the midday sun
shine upon q broad Hat ledge of rock.
with his sunburned face pillowed on
his bare brown arm. Most people
would have thought it rather dam
!gerons place for a nap. for the ledge
WAS many feet above the waves which,
were now breaking against the foot of
the crag in spouts of giittering foam.
and he was lying so near the brink OF
the prec;pice that had he happened TO
turn over In his sleep, he would have
fallen headlong over its edge down
into the flashing sea below. There he
lay, however, sleeping as soundly on
that perilous perch rs if he had been at
home in his fathers little fishing hut
among the cliffs, built all OF driftw God,
with huge stones piled upon its roof to
keep the furious wind from tearing off
the shingles. But although the boys
slumber was so deep. it was plainly
any thing but peaceful. His hands
were ciinched, his teeth set, the muscles
of his face worked convu!sively, and
half-formed words came brokenly from
his quivering lips.
BE dreamed that he was sailing the
seas in command of an armed vessel,
at the masthead of which fluttered a
very strange flag. the like Of which he
had never seen before. Then sudden
Iy another ship, larger than his own,
came alongside of him, and terrible
battle began. He heard the shouts of
the combatants, the thunder of the
cannon. the crash of falling spars
and shattered timbers; then ringing
cheer broke forth, as the enemy's flag
came slowly down, and he started and
awoSe. The din of the cannonade
seemed to be still in his ears, but in
reality it was the deep, hollow boom of
the waves that had surrounded his
rock and cut him off from the shore.
But this mattered little to one who
was the best swimmer of his age for
miles around. Ciambering nimbly
down the steep face of the rock, he
plunged headlong into the sea. and
rising like cork on the crest of a
huge wave, struck out CALAMITY for
the shore. Just as he reached it, a ia
miliar voice shouted his name and he
saw tall young man in the uniform
Of IN English naval officer standing on
the beach above him.
'.Aha! cried the latter, ''my friend
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
NATURAL COURTESY.

gliv Scrupulous F0liteness and Yorbear-
ance Shown by Most Foreigners.
The forbearancr and courtesy shown
by most foreigners to students of their
language should serve as practical les
sens in politenessa Many an Ameri.
can traveller has learned by exnazience
that although Europeans may mimic
us,behind our backs. they are serupu-
loasly polite to QUE faces.
Several Americans were one day
looking at lodgingsin Venice, and de-
batting while the landlady stood by,
the question of 1king them. The
woman grew red IN the face 81. they
Talked seeming literally to be threat
eneG with apoplexE. At short inter-
vals- she Withdrew from the roonH Civ
ingcNant when without to series of
peculiar explosions, the cause of which
the.xisitors could rot st the time I'M
derstaud. 1t was explained lahes by
the signora herself.
''He, you really call that "a Ian
'guagea" she aske0S in ali sincerity.
.''And do you really understand each
oIicI- uc nISG tEfc L ucuTu SSfk,
thought you were snly making queer
noises 1t sounded like the groxiing
of animals, and l had to run away, or
1ishoeM have burst Gut laughing Eght
before you"
Another remarkable instance c7s 20
likeness is recorded of a Normandy
peasant. An American lady had ac-
cOste& him in country road, asEing
him who lived ins q certain white
house. A curious expression fitted
across the rustic's face, and instantly
his interlOcutor guessed the reason
Dear me!' she thought. 1--we
made - great mistake in my F-snch.
Taison blanc, when l should have
taken the feminIns. masson bioaehe."
TO her astonishaent, however, the
former. in answering her question.
used the masculinsform. He was too
delicate to remind saer of her mistake.
-l0Mth's Companion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
REBUKIHG A RELATIVE.

TAo Apt Retaskf of . Man Who Did Not,
Care to~Express His Feolfnxs.
A man whose matrimonial life haa
been any thing but hapax in conse.
quence of the, quarrelsome habits az
bis wife. Who, thus contrixed to kesp
him constantly in hot water with aAa
neighbours. wSs at last believed of Aer
company by death. As the widower's
means we're limited, the funeral was
plain, but respectable enough to salts
fy any reasonable relstive. The broth.
er Of ase deceased lady. how ever was
not a irasonable man. and ON the re-
turn Of the mournsrs to the house he
ridisuled the funeral. said thas it was
mean. undemonsHxtive and so quieA
that all the neighAOrs must have COM
sidered it niggardly
"'Yes, it was rather quiet" re.
sponded the wsaower; '..but what did
you expect? Did you want me TO
show my submission to the decree Of
Providence in removing my late la
mented spouse by closing the funeral
with . display Of fire-works3 / did
think of . cheerful display Of some
sort, but sbandpnea the idea because I
feared tho neigh6ors might talk about
it. and say that / was giving too much
expression b my feelings. -Harper'a
Aaqaaine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
TONSORlaL POINTS.
Ehe Good Old DaRx When EVEN Body
Wore Long and Nicely Curied Hair.


. Wore Long and Nicely Curied Hair.
/ Il learned my Trade forty yeaus ago
in Boston," saiA leading hscber to
ME the other day as he triIme my
hair, land it is surprising hcw long a
fashion in hair m whiskers uiIl last
Ten years is aboat as long as n fashion
in coats can livos but in my bssiness a
style of hair orr xhiskers wisg last two
or three times as long. Take mus
taches, for instance. They came in
about twenty-five years ago. can re-
member very we'll when "a mustache
WAS regarded Us the badge afa fob, an
idiot or u gambler. 1t was as much as
the hair grow on his uppar lip. But
now every body wears them. and l am
afraid wilt not live long. enough to
see them Qua Any thing, 10 beat the
BARRIERS. ycn see. On the. other hand
there is short hair. Assut the time
mustachcs. came in long hair went out
In those days every bedy wore long
hair, and what is MORE. they curled it..
Yes. sir. used to keep my curling>.
irons aluays around, aad il was just IS
common. with men as III is with women.
to have heir hair cursSdL The fashion,
of clipping the hair short except on
top of the head, called the pompadonr,.
is onlx about ten years old, though the
clippsrS were invented three Years
earlier: The scheme Of brushing hair
by steam started shout twenty-five
yesss ago. and was given up aboat ten
years, ago on accosnat of the nuEserous
accidental injuries inflicted on the cus-
toner" Chicago Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
LITTLE CUHEY.HEAD.
a Bit of Frontier Rrality Related by
SOft-Hcarteh Trooper.

Bit of Frontier Rfality Related by n
SOft-Hcarted Trooper.
We were bending away to the north
to strike the Solomon river. in North
west Kansas, and bad just got out Of
the broken ground. when our eyes
rested on a singular object on the grass.
Every body made, guess as to what it
was, but all fell far short of naming the
article until we were close upon it.;
then it was seen to be 4 feathar-bed.
The entire command was astonishcd
and mystiiied for the N oment, but after
bit every thing was made PLAN.
The scouts jumped down and an
had passed that way about four days
before. Some settler. anxious to Sc
sure a better ''sGuat," had broken
away from the Smoky Hill route in
search of new location. He must
have been y fool-hardy OR very i@nor-
ant man, for he was running right into
the hostile country. When INC scouts
announced. after further inspection,
that the horses drawing the wagon haG
been on gallop at this point, We felt
assured that we had only to follow I'M
the trail few miles to come
upon a scene of horror. After
riding for half mile, and
just as the wagon made sharp
turn to the west to avoid an outcrop-
ping of rocks, we came upon the dead
body of little boy about three years
old He was nestled down in the high
grass, and was resting on his side, with
one hand under his face. We at first
believed him to be asleep, but
when one of the scouts crept up and
bent over hun he gave us sign that
the poor little fellow was dead. We
dismounted and formed little circle
around the body. 1t was wonderfully
preserved. The big eyes were closed.
the chestnut curls were still damp with
the morning dew, and it was hard to
believe that he was dead.
..He was either thrown or jostled out
! of the wagon with the bed" said one
Of our scouts as he leaned on his gun