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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-08-05
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE
"A IN HARRJSONRTJRG "

I offer for sale privately the House and Lot in
iarr1sonburg, situated on North Main Street.
q square from the U. S. Public Building, now
being erected, known as the J. D. Price prop
erty. 1t contains ten rooms including kitchen
out-building, and a well of excellent water in
the yard. The building is substantially built
OF the best material and conveniently ar
ranged
TERMS.-One-fourt cash, or negotiable note
at 90 days. satisfactorily endorsed, and balance
in three annual payments. bearing interest.
For further particulars apply to Winfield Lig-
gett, Harrisonburg, or the undersigned at
stanton.
aug5 S. M. YOST
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-08-05

WHEAT DRfLLS--lhe Bick ford and Huff.
man, with lis unequaled Double Force Feed for
wheat and al! kinds of grain and its Force Feed
the Drill for the Farmer. 1909 in use in this
and adjoining counties, and not one ever failed
low fou res - ~ ~
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-08-05

ENGINES AND IH3 ESIYERS-Of the best
makes fully up to rated power and guaranteed
as to work, &C., on hand or received speedily
and for sale at low figures
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-08-05

We are the exclusive agents for MANY other
articles, and can furnish anything in our line
at shortest notic2. Give us call or W rite us.
augo-N e 5 copy. LYNN d co.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-08-05

Able List, the great musician and com
poser, died at Bayreuth, on the LIST Of Au-
ct,,ct anrod x UparG
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-08-05

John B. Pullins and Sarah, his wife
(9'ee Redner) saml. j. Redner, DAM.
$. Redner, Christina Sheets, Nancy
Wright (,iee Redner), John i. Sheets
and Francis D.. his wife (aee Redner),
John S. Williams, Geo. ID. Williams,
Luther Williams, John Hawkins and
Mary g., his wife (ace Wiliams), heirs
at law of Elizabeth Williams (,aee
Redner), and Margaret Redner -. Plaintiffs
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-08-05

| uOb udY6 UPGu lOuuus IuClo "oo luOls
than one in Staunton who would have beer
glad to accept the position. There were
hundreds throughout the country, espec
tally during the past two years, whose
services could have been secured without
the slightest difficulty.
/ DR.. Fauntleroy never tried to secure Mr.
Dinneen after Mr.. O'Donnell was placed
iii charge of the department.
1t is intinlated that Mr.. O'Donnell could
not have gotten along without the assist
ance of MIR. Woodson, and that the re-
signation of the latter rendered the re-
moval of the former necessity. II Mr.
Woodson was the real head of the engin-
eering department, then gross and palpa'
BILE injustice was done him. He was NOM
inally under the direction and control OF
Mr.. O'Donnell and his salary was less than
SIS per cent. of that paid CD. Was it just,
or fair. or reasonable that O'Donnell
should have held the position and drawn
the pay of chief engineer, for two years,
whilst subordinate really performed the
duties and bore the responsibilities We
hardly think that such an admission will
be made.
When notified of his removal Mr..
O'Donnell asked the cause thereof. He
was told that complaint had been made as
to the amount of coal consumed. A COM
parison between the mere consumption of
coal under Mr.. Dinneen and Mr.. O'Don-
nell would scarcely be regarded as a cri-
terion by which to judge their respective
homogeneous. Since Mr.. Dinneen was in
charge, 1872 feet Of heating pipe have been
added by Mr.. O'Donnell alone. Under
Mr.. Dinneen the regulations required that
heat be kept up at night only when the
thermometer registered 1850 above zero, or
lower. Under DR.. Hamilton steam was
kepts up all night at 200; under DR..
Fauntleroy, at 25o and then 800: under DIR.
Conrad steam was turned on at 500 in
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18

At Charleston / met q man from
Binghampton. n. Y. who was agent
for some sort OF cotton machinery, and
almost the first thing be asked me
was
How do you manage with the
hotel waters 2"
why. have to fee them, Of
course
"Ttat shows how green you are.
| am going to stop here four days,
and won't pay 'em cent.
"Then you won't get much service.
"Iwon't, hel Well, you just watch
me and learn a thing or two. See
that?n
1t was lead half.dollar, neatly
covered with gold foil. and at first
glance It seemed to be q twenty-dol-
lar piece. When the New Workers.
trunk came upstairs and the two dar-
keys fingered around for quarter q
piece. that twenty appeared TO view
and be said (:
Smallest I've got to-day, I'll see
you before | CO."
The same thing was worked on the
table waiter, on the waiter who
brought up the ice water aud on seve-
raj other colored individuals, and
when we were all ready to take the
train for Savannah the trunks went
down on the wagon and We walked
to the depot. Two minutes before
the train pulled out the New Yorker
turned TO the African with his grip
sack and said /:
James, will you take this coin and
square up all"
"Yes, sah."
"PIace it carefully in your pocket
and don't lose it."
She's dar. sab; an lie millynns
O. times 'bleedged to you.n
Never mind that. Well, we are
of"
All the way down to Savannah
that evening my companion chuckled
over his keenness In beating the
colored population, but when we
reached the latter city his chin took n
drop We were not clear of the depot
when hs was arrested for passing
counterfeit money, and all bis ex.
plantations did not prevent his return
TO Charleston by the next train.
met him afterwards in Alabama, and
be told me The affair cost him sixty
five dollars.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18
Comets. C0nJunctions and Human
stupidity.

Eclipses. comets and c0niunctiOns of
the superior planets play a great part in
state astrology. Some well-anthenti-
Gated cases of success in this department
are on record. One astrologer, by name
Landino, according to Villari, drew the
horoscope of religion. and predicted,
from a conjunction Of Jupiter and Sa-
turn, that on the 18th Of November,
l4S4. u great reformation of the Chris
tian religion would take place. and it is
singular that Luther was born in the
very month Of November of 1883 or 1884
some doubt existing rs TO the year.
Tycho Brahe predicted from the comet
of Ij77 that in the north of Finland there
would be born a prince who should lay
waste Germany and vanish in 1862.
Now, Gustavus Adolphus, il ii well
known, was born in Finland. oyerran
Germany and died in 1852. II is also
very singular that during the very worst
period of the late troubles i'm Ireland
Saturn should have been passing through
Taurus, sign which astrologers say
rules Ireland. and prior to the passing
of the land act, Jupiter and Venus
should have been in conjunction Saturn
III tftc cft1IlC oi& H. <1iSIs Just OCAOlC tHC
assassination OF President Garfield, two
cometsfirst seen in the United States
appeared in right ascension, correspond
ing to Gemini, a sign again said BY as
trologers to rule the United States. Now,
it is an old astrological doctrine that
comet, visible to the naked eye. appear
ing in the ruling sign of country. por-
tends the violent death of the chief ruler.
There is no doubt that it is because of
chance condolences of this sort that as
trology maintained its place for such a
long period of time, and that even at the
present day many, otherwise well-edu-
Gated people, are led to think s'there is
something in it." Flansteed, the as
tronomer royal of that day. it is said.
astrologically elected" the favorable
time for the foundation Of Greenwich
Observatory From 1iItse Year Round
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18
Experience in keeping House.

We believe that the statement is with
In the facts that most young ladies at
their marriage have bad no practical
experience in that very dull affair of
keeping house. We believe the mothers
are much to blame here: they owe it to
themselves and to their daughters that
they become familiar and adept in
household lore. ssLove will not make
the pot boil. says someone, sharply.
Many mother has brought mp her
daughter to occupy the sphere of the
yssThcy toll not, neither do they
spin, but the Heavenly Father, with
reverence we say it, does not feed them
as they had anticipated This Is hy-
gienic question as well. At time when
q bride is entering upon an entirely new
life, and should be free from undue anx-
iety and worry, the new duties Of the
home often bring terror and heartache.
Bear with me when / say these facts
touch another generation. The vigor
and vitality of q nation are determined
by such conditions as these The bride
who can prepare an appetizing and
wholesome board for her husband has
brought him dowTy that wealth or
culture cannot supply: the heart of her
husband doth safely trust in her She
may play IN the parlor divineIy, and
have an exquisite study on her easel. If
she can not reign in the kitchen she Is
not prepared to make hon1e This
has been said so often. il seems like :
twice told tale. But grave social qtaes-
tions that touch the family and the
home are 70 be solved right here. How
are we to have women iit for wivesP
What are the requisites And let us
premise no college or seminary can
give this degree. the most honorable in
the world. The mother has large
share in this work; it i for her to be-
stow this title upon her girls. !. "A C0un-
tsy Person ~ Good housekeeping.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18
IEx-Justicc strong.

George Alfred Townsend, writing
from New York, says: Ex-Justice Strong,
who resigned his place on the supreme
court bench of the United States to enter
actively into practice as railroad attor-
ney, lives in Washington and comes
here occasionally. He was here last
week, rugged specimen of physical
vigor at go or so. He is six feet tall if
an inch, and squarely and massively
built, without an ounce of superiluous
flesh apparent. His face is large, mas
sive, smooth-shaven, kindly, and not un-
like the pictures extant Of Henry Clay.
A lawyer friend, chatting with me about
the Judge, said: He made mistake ii
he thought that coming off the bench
would make him successful railway
lawyer. There is no branch or practice
where man has got to be so ready, SO
quick in expedients, and SO active. The
training of the bench does not give men
those qualities. In railroad practice,
too, lawyer must always stand up for
100 cents on the dollar of his claim and
fight for it in every conceivable way.
He viii get little enough by entering his
claims high. Now, the bench-bred
lawyer feels always like arranging his
case as il he were trying it instead of
pleading it. DO you see the differ
encep p--N X Tribune.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18
Accepted the Advice.

Zenas NJ Crane, of Dalton, Mass,
whose firm make u specially of manu-
featuring bond paper, in which line
they have alone a monopoly, by reason
of having occupied the field earlier than
anyone else, is often in New York. He
Is short, stout, gray-haired man, with
q benevolent look, who is Obliged to
lean heavily on cane owing to some
trouble in one of his limbs. He prides
himself on two things the fact that his
ancestors We're among the first paper
makers in America and the fact that his
firm supplied the first order Of paper on
which Horace Greeley printed his first
newspaper. There is story that with
all his extensive dealings with the gov
ernment Mr.. Crane has never been in
Washington but once, and then he vowed
never to 90 again. 1t seems that he
paid a visit to the national capital in
Chases time. He had heard of the sug-
gestion to print greenbacks and went
on to see the secretary about ii. He
was member Of the governors council
of Massachusetts at the time, and con-
sidered his mission Of enough import
ancc TO carry letters of introduction from
Gov. Andrew and others. He got an
audience with Mr. Chase at a moment
when the secretary was tired and
worried and bored He was heard with
some iImpatience. The secretary's an
swers were curt and pointed with slight
sarcasm. Mr.. Crane stood il for a
while, and then impatiently said that
he did not believe that he would como
10 Washington again if he could not be
given more consideration. TO his as
tonishment Mr.. Chase said: II don't
believe would come TO Washington
again if were in your place either. =
The advice has been rigidly followed
NJ " Tribune.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18
A Variety u Queens.

In aL article on Queens OF tho
Stage Nym Crinkle says: "And
mind you, there are numberless
realms Of queens. If you think that
Patti or @Judic reigned alone you
are mistaken There are as many
Kingdoms in the IheatFical word as
there are principal cities In Europe.
At the very moment that Victoria
Patti was sovereign ID Fourteenth
street Lillian Russell was the grand
ducbesse up town, and bad jnst as
much loyalty aud devotion as the
other. Did not her subjects, the dudes,
lie down on Thirty-ninth street at
night and beg Lillian Russell to walk
over their necks9 Did not the club
men ask her to tlll out their checks
with any amount she pleased2 Have
/ not seen the lord of the Knicker-
bOckers carrying her boquets for Der
from the stage door.
Il once asked her how she man
aged 70 reign and she couldn't tell.
L don't know, she said they want
to be slaves and / can't help II. It 10
one Of the penalties of publicity
Then | felt sorry for her.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18

!. Tho Hon. J. Wilbur Graham was
waiting on i negro woman In his store
the other day. and picked up ON the
floor where she stood crimpled bill.
which 4 glimpse showed him 10 be of
the denomination IL 500. He knew on
the instant ii did not belong to his Gus
toner; he did not know whom It be-
l0nged 70; and If the owner was not
forthcoming Of course it was his. I'M
agine his elation! A little apprehensive
that the negro might claim it, he went
behine the counter and put it under q
convenient cheesc-box for Il closer In
spection. Ii was Il Confederate. FAIR
burn (Gd.) NesUs.
..Among the motives assigned for the
Cars hasty act in dismissing Prince
Alexander from the Russian army" says
the Vienna correspondent of the London
Times, .'this one seems TO find pretty
general belief: II is said that when
Gavril Pasha was overthrown all his
papers were seized, and among them
was found an extensive correspondence
with Russian agents, which proved that
the Governor-G General had always con-
sidered himself in the service of Russia.
not in that of the Porte. This corre-
spondence was handed to Prince Alex
ander. who, it il said, subsequently COM
mitted it to English hands some say to
Mr.. Lascelles s-with view to its being
published in England If it should become
necessary publicly to vindicate the
Rumeliots against the charge of having
risen against Gavril Pasha without sufli-
cient cause. The Gar. ON hearing of
this, is said to have been almost beside
himself with anger, and Immediately
ordered the removal Of Prince Alex
ander's name from the army list, with
out taking counsel Of any Minister. +"
Some of the most eminent architects
are of the opinion that the chief source
of acOllstical defects in a hall is the re-
Election of sound waves in such q way
that they strike upon the ear Of the
nearer within a certain interval after
the direct waves, and are recognized as
an echo or resonance. 1t is ascertained,
in regard to the limits within which this
point exerts a disturbing influence, that
a difference of sixteen and one-half to
twenty-thrce feet not only causes no dis
turbance, but, under some circumstances.
may produce favorable reinforcement of
the direct by the reflected sound, and
that with diminished intensity the differ
erence may be somewhat greater, but
under no circumstance should it exceed
thirty-threc feet. In regard to acoustic
conditions of churches, it is asserted that
the ceilings, which in theatres help the
effect in the upper tiers, in churches are
too high for this, and may produce re-
sOnancp. or echo. and that IL is. therefore.
necessary to ditiIse the sound reflected
from them. Walls as well as ceilings re-
quirc to be investigated in this respect.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18
Joker.s Duel.

Old Col. Smith was an odd genius
and great joker One evening, at q
party, ! young gentleman. upon whom
the colonel had told some cutting joke,
feeling himself insuIted, challenged the
colonel to mortal combat. Having the
choice of weapons and the appointment
Of the place of meeting, the colonel told
the young man to repair the following
morning at s o'clock to certain spot,
and added .sthat he would see that the
weapons were there The following
1norning. 1t the appointed time, the
young man repaired 20 the indicated
spot; said spot. being among the lead
mines was naturally furr0wed with min
eral holes. ..FeIl, sir, 2 said fhc colo
neT. sticking his hands II his pockets.
ssare You re;idygn Receiving nn afIir-
lDatiye answer he continued: Here's
where we arc to fight. indicating
mineral shaft near bY. which was II
least sixty feet deep ssAnd here's our
weapons. pointing e 4 pile q rocks.
You are 70 20 down that hole and
throw rocks Dip: I'm ID stay Up here and
throw rocks down.. Il il needless 10
add that ihe challenge Was Withdrawal.
.zr111gtE
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18

FOR RENT.-A part Of a HOUSE to q
small family, Rent reasonable. For
particulars apply at No. 5 Compromise
Street. dec.S0'tf.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18

FOR SALE or RENT.-A handsome
Squire (Knabe) PIANO, good as new.
Apply at No. IL West street, or Engr.
Barton's. Hanover street. octS-tf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-18
Special Notice.

We sci7z insert in this column adgerfise.
n1eDts Of Wants, For Rent, Eos Sals. LOst.
Wound, de-, not ezceeding four lines. one
Week, or less, for 25 Gents.
The Bossier banner., 1886-07-29
My Ship.
BY MARGARET LEE.

Oh, my eyes are waiting for the sail 1 cannot
And my heart is tired of waiting for my ship
to come to me.
Such precious cargo as she bears, I'm sure
you've seen;
For she brings kingdom to me-and shall
be the gueen
She bears freight of cherished hopes, as dear
as life to me;
release from toll and burdens, and life from
But the choicest gift she brings me-by far of
all the best,
Oh, I'm growing so impatient! for the ship
will bring me rest.
Rest from petty worries that harass me every
hour,
Rest from the daily grinding wants that hold
me in their power.
do not ask for riches, and life of naught but
am but weary woman-I shall not be hard
to please.
But the time grows short and shorter-and my
And, ah me- 1 growing Older, sadly older, day
by day.
And very often lately something seems to sa
"Be patient, for these earthly blessings you
will never see.
"Be brave, and bear life's burdens, for the
time will surely come,
When you'll lay them down forever-when
you reach your Fathers home"
And the dreams my soul has cherished grow
far away and dim,
And I'm striving to be patient-though my
ship does not come in.
The Bossier banner., 1886-07-29

STEEL RAILS FOR THE T. AND p
The New Orleans Picavune of Satur-
day says: "The Texas and Pacific
Railroad Company will to-day receive
O. consignment of 1000 tons of new
steel rails, to be followed in few
days with 22O0 tons more. Prepara-
tions are being now made to raise,
surface and ballast the road from New
Orleans as far as Goshen, six miles
beyond the Atchafalay River, and the
work will be well and substantially
built It is the intention of the Re-
ceivers to hurry up the work as rap
idly as possible, so that by next win
ter the Texas and Pacific Railroad
will be in first-class condition"
The Bossier banner., 1886-07-29
Mrs. Minnie E. Nash. and husband.


w. s. Haven
Mrs. Minnie E. Nash, and husband.
Dy virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued In
ID the above named suit, and to me directed,
I have seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder at
the Court house, in the town OF Bellevue, La,
within the legal hours of sale, ON Saturday
the 7th day Of August, 1886, the following
described property, to-wit:
The south half of northeast quarter, south
half of northwest quarter, north half of south
west quarter and southeast quarter of south
west quarter, north half of southeast quarter
and southeast quarter of southeast quarter OF
section thirty (30| and the south half and the
east half of the northeast quarter, and the
northeast quarter of the north west quarter of
section thirty-onc t3l) the south half of section
thirty-two 1927, and the west half of the south
west quarter of section thirty-three, all in
township twenty-one t2l1, range twelve tl2l,
and all that portion of section six (6l lying
east of the Rocky Mount and Bellevue road,
and five l5 acres in the south half of section
six (6) lying west of the Rocky Mount and
Bellevue road, and more specially described
as a.. reservation of five acres in act of sale
from Elizabeth A. Ellison to r. r. Hanks, re;
corded in Book of Conveyances No. g. page 63l
Bossier parish
Also, the west half of the northwest quar-.
ter, southeast quarter of northwest quarter,
and northwest quarter of southwest quarter
section FIVE t5) all in township twenty, range
twelve, and all of section thrty.six 1861. in
township twenty-one t2il, range thirteen l3l
all of said lands being situated in Bossier par
ish La.
Seized as the property of the defendant
Mrs Minnie E. Nash, and will be sold to pay
and satisfy said writ.
Terms of Sale-Cash without the benefit Of
appraisement
R. E. WYCHE, Sheriff,
The Bossier banner., 1886-07-29

Mexico appears to be stubborn
about releasing Editor Cutting, an
American citizen of Ell Paso, Texas,
who has been seized and thrust into
a Mexican dungeon at Paso del
Norte without good reason. Secre-
tary Bayard has demanded the un-
conditional release of Cutting, and
Mexico, if she is wise will not hesi.
tate much longer about releasing
him. About nine.tenths of the peo-
pie of this country think that our
troublesome and annoying neighbor
across the Rio Grande should be
taught that she cannot always in
fiictindignities on American citizens
with impunity. The dispatches in
cate that there is considerable ex-
element in Texas and Mexico.
The Bossier banner., 1886-07-29

u Prof. e. Stone Virgins, the
Canadian weather prophet, insists
that the great storm he predicted
for this fall will be on hand. He
says he does not anticipate any fur
ther great change in the weather
until fall. "September," he says,
twill open cool and stormy, pre-
monitory to my great storm, com
mencing on the afternoon of Septem.
her 20, and the great war of elements
will come as sure as the sun is in
the heavens. It will be storm ol
unparalleled violence, and after
sweeping across the Atlantic and
traversing the country will exhaust
itself upon the rugged front offered
by the Rocky Mountains"
The Bossier banner., 1886-07-29

Boston Globe: 'It is just as we'll
to call things by their right names.
The battle of the lawyer-Senators
against the Beck bill is a battle for
bribery and bribe taking. When
subsidized railroads employ the
'legal services" of members of Con-
gress they simply buy the votes of
the members retained Only that
and nothing more"
The Bossier banner., 1886-07-29

It is said the probable total yield
of spring wheatin the United States
will not exceed 400, 900, 900 bushels.
The reports from Nebraska, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota
do not indicate an average yield of
over six to ten bushels to the acre,
with many fields entirely ruined.