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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-07-08
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in a firm and kind discipline, in bountifully
supplied and well served table, in thorough
home influence and excellent religious and
moral advantages.
Next session opens Wednesday, Sept. Sth. 1886.
R- For particulars, send for catalogue.
VIM. H. KABLE, A. NJ, Principal,
june3 Staunton, Va.
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Shiloh's Vitalizer is what you need for
Constipation, Loss of Appetite, Dizziness
and all symptoms of Dyspepsia. Price lG
and IS cents per bottle.
Sold by w. M. Allen & Bro.
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TALE HOUSE

Mango. Scab. all Insect Pests, all Skin troubles
and many other Diseases of Live Stock. Rec :
commended by many prominent Breeders. See
circular, sent on application.
T. w. LAWFORD g. CO., Baltimore, Md.
M ERSKINE MILLER. AGENT,
may6-6m Staunton, Va.
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I TOLD YOU so.

Two citizens of Raleigh. during the
recent election, one a Prohibitionist and
the other an Anti, were discussing the
merits of the Local Option question. when
the Anti" said if Raleigh went ''dry"
the country people would not come here.
but would carry their produce to some
other market where they could get their
jugs filled.
Our Prohibition friend seeing some
countrymen standing near proposed that
they should go and ask them about it.
They did so, and one of the countrymen
answered: IF you had had a Prohibition
law in Raleigh should not have been here
to-day" "Ah ha! l told you so,'
shouted the Anti-man, and clapped the
Local Option man On the shoulder. mo, )"
continued the countryman, ''if you had
bod Prohibition law in force here
should have stayed at home and sent my
son. But, inasmuch as you have grog
shops here which are all the time leading
boys astray, was afraid to send my son so
had to come myself" And the Local
OpOlOu Heti olttppCu 9ilS Autl HIGH Ol oHO
shoulder saying. 'Ha, ha told you So"
1t is an insult to farmers to estimate
that it is the grog shops that bring them
here. Those farmers who trade only
where grog shops entice them are not
worth much to the business of a commu-
nity.-Spirit of the Age.
The New Orleans Picayane gives graphic
pictures of the local option elections in
Mississippi, June s. The election was
ordered forty days before, and every man,
woman and child became enthused on one
side or the other. Such intense excite
ment had not been witnessed since the wal.
At Meridian. the crowd around the court
house where the voting took place, was so
great an hour before the polls were opened
that several tainted and had to be carried
out over the heads of the crowd. Col. L.
A. Ragsdale, who has been fatally sick for
two months, and is now very near Deaths
door, was carried to the polls accompanied
by his physician, to deposit his vote for
prohibition. He is the largest land owner
in East Mississippi. The voters stood in
line, never breaking ranks ana deposlting
their ballots as rapidly as possible, yet at
the hour of closing, one hundred and fifty
had been unable to vote. The whiskyites
were confident Of victory, claiming at least
four hundred majority in the city =; the
count gave them only about one hundred,
which is largely counterbalanced by the
votes in other precincts, so that the county
Lauderdale goes dry" carrying the city
with it. Men, women and children wept
for joy when the result was announced.
praise assembled to God for Kidding Lander
dale of the whiskey curse. Clark county
went prohibition by $50 majority.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-07-08

s.PERSONAL LIBERTY" ILLUSTRATED.
The Plano (Ill Me,cs has this item re-
garding our FRIEND II. HI. Matlock. of
Joliet,
Hank Matlock, Sunday night, at the
temperance meeting, disposed etfectually
of the personal liberty" argument in
favor of temperance. The sot or his SYM
pathizer says: II have legal right to
drink if l want to' Matlock replies
ssYou have right in Chicago to drink
chalk and water, and call it milk. if you
want to, but you must not sell it /; that is
prohibited by law. Why, you cannot even
get out and kick your own dog-cruelty to
animals is prohibited there are laws pro-
Fhibiting the destruction of forests, the
killing of birds, &c. When a man starts a
saloon he is trampling on the personal lib
erty of others. A negro had boy who
had one fault. he would steal chickens. A
neighbor whose chickens were stolen COM
planned to the old man. The old man said :
II can say to that boy, You shan't steal
Chickens don't want to interfere with
his personal liberty, and to tell the truth,
| like chicken pie myself When you
find man who talks personal liberty in
reference to the saloon, you can set it down
that he likes glass himself.
In the album of Mrs. President Hayes,
TT ~ ;rIt
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Plant celery from the middle of June to
the middle of July.
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TAMES NJ. HICKERSON,
-MANUFACTURER Of
SION E-W A r E, -
STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH, COUNTY, VA

per gallon, net.
A liberal discount to the trade. Prompt at
tention to orders. Goods warranted to be pure,
saIt-gazed Stone ware. No lead metallic
glazing used, as it is poisonous.
And it is very necessary to be careful to buy
purely of Salt-glaZed Stone Jars to put your
fruit up in. Sick or fainting SPELLS some
times resulting in death, from the poison by
acids originating q black metallic glazed ware
may be prevented. Ask your physicians if the
above is not true. Every piece warranted to
hold or no pay
may6-4m JAS. M. HICKERSON.
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LIVERY.
T VERY! LIVERY!

I VERY! LIVERYii
Having purchased the excellent Livery OF S.
; 1hornburg, shall continue to offer tothe
Ct tiZens of Staunton and travelling public
splendid double and single teams.
riding horses.
Mr.. GEO. H. PLATT, so we'll ana favorably
known to the public in connection with the
business, will continue with me.
Very respectfully,
ALEXANDER HARTMAN.
In thanking the public for the LIBERAL patron
ge exte nded me, | ask q continuance of their
avors to my successor, feeling assured that he
ully deserves them. Respectfully,
jan2S-S q v copy. S. I. THORNBURG.
DURKE'S LIVERY STABLES,
STAUNTON. VIRGINIA.
For the Summer season OF 1888, the subscriber
has purchased New and Elegant Livery Outfits,
consisting of Buggies, Carriages Hacks Phae-
tons, &C., which in neatness and ease of moving
are upequaled in the Valley. His horses are
fine looking, gentle and fast, and for both driv-
ng and riding surpass any livery in the State.
Horses fed and boarded liberal terms.
flee near TIE bridge newbuilding).
July ED. BURKE
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There are 55,OO0.OOO of people in Amer
lea. of whom 100000 are in the liquor
traffic, and have power to tip the scales of
justice and prevent prohibition as an issue
in the two great (big) parties. Thus ore
vote practically controls one hundred and
ten votes in the realm of legislation. p
r. e. Willard.
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BURSCHELL.-

Having purchased Mr.. MiX's stock at q great
sacrafce with a view of carrying on the Watch
and Jewelry business, it gives me great pleas
ure to announce to my old friends and the pub
lie in general that am prepared to guarantee
the utmost satisfaction in the Watch and jew
elry Repair Departments.
will continue to sell the stock at and below
cost for the present. EVERYTHING in the
line of WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER and
SILVER PLATED WARE. Rogers & Bros
KNIVES, FORKS and SPOONS. furnished at
lowest prices. CHAS. BURSCHELL,
mayl3 MixsOd Stand
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
EDITED By THE WoMAN's CHRISTIAN
TEMPERANCE UNION.
WORLDS w. C. 7. u.

WORLDS w. c. T. U.
Motto: For God, Home and Humanity
Object The overthrow of the sale and
use of stmulants and narcotics the world
over.
Methods: Prevention, educational EVAN
gelistic, social and legal.
Watchwords Agitate, Organize.
Badge: A knot of white ribbon.
The hour of concerted prayer Noon
tide.
Weekly Prayer Meeting Thursday
ternoOn.
OFFICERS.
President. Mrs. Margaret Lucus, Lon
Vice Presidents United States-Miss
Francis e. Willard, Evanston, III.
Canada-Mrs. Letitia Youmans, Pictou,
Ontario.
Hawaiian Islands-Mrs DR.. Whitney,
Honolulu.
New Zealand-M Judge Ward, Christ
Church.
werp.
Leayitt, Box 2647, San Francisco, Cal.
VIRGINIA W. c. T. U.
President Mrs w. ii. Peasants, Richmond
Corresponding Secretary Miss Loua A. Kern
| Winchester.
Recordiag Secretary, Miss Margt. E. Crenshaw
| Richmond.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Cochran, University of
| Virginia.
| VICE RESIDENTS
\ Mrs. John Paul, Harrsonburg.
| Mrs. w. Newton, Staunton.
| Mrs. Susan 4. Hoge, Winchester.
| Mrs Susanna Davis, LOudoun county.
| Miss Virginia Diggs, charlottesville.
Prayer meeting. Thursday. afternoon. $3.50 7
| NJ, w. G. Il. u. Headquarters.
WHERE THERE'S DRINK THERE'S
| DANGER
! Irish Temperance tract by John Charles New
| son, of Cork City, Ireland.
Write it on the liquor store,
Write it on the prison door,
Write it on the gin-shop fine,
| Write, aye, write this truthful line:
| ssWhere there's drink there's danger
! Write it on the work house gate,
| Write it on the schoOl-b0y's slate,
Write it on the copy-book,
That the young may at it look,
"Where there's drink there's danger
| Write it on the church-yard mound.
| Where the drink slain dead are found,
Write it on the gallows high
| Write it for all passers by
| .'Where there's drink there's danger
| rite it on our ships which sail,
| Borne along by steam and gale.
| Write it in large letters-plain,
| Der our land and past the main,
where there's drink there's danger"
| Write it in the christian home,
| Sixty thousand drunkards roam,
| Year by year, from God and right,
| Proving with resistless might
'Where there's drink there IS danger
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Id under positive guarantee for 10 years
on HUGHES q ROBINSON, Ag'ts.,
II No. 6 South Augusta st
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no YOU EXPECT TO PAINT g-If so, use
Loagnan & Martinez Pure Paints.
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In the album of Mrs. President Hayes,
DR.. ]. G. Holland wrote these weighty
and truthful words: women only can
make wine-drinking questionable, and
heal the nation of it's curse.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-07-08

To count the annual drink bill of the
United States in dollars, would take one
person, working day and night, seventeen
years.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-07-08
HIS RELIEF AND JOY.
A SUPERB FLESH PRODUCER And TONIC

4 CERTAIN CURE FOR CATARRH.
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is to thwart all attempts to discover the actual
condition of the State treasury, and to shield
the traffic in intoxicants from being compelled
to assume its share Of the burden of taxation,
Of which tits the creator Of SO great per cent.
The people everywhere are at the mercy of
these fellows until such time as their scheme
is defeated. It is the plain duty of the people
of Indiana to dispossess these tricksters of
their stolen power. The next Legislature
should be chosen without their dietation. It
should be made up of men who will not be the
tools of dishonorable men intent on dishonest
schemes. Now that they have shown that
they are intent on something that they cannot
trust the people to know, the people should
see to it that they are not allowed to accom-
plish their purpose, well assured that nothing
but evil can come out of it.
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GERRYMANDBa BBNEPIOIARIEs.

To such as may be disposed to regard the
gerrymander as simply shrewd political trick,
and not worth considering, it may be men
toned that the men who are at the bottom of
it, and who will profit by it, are the Coys, the
Dinnins, of the Liquor Leagues the Kuhns
the Dowlings, and the Conroys, of the public
service, and all of that description. These are
the men who conceived the gerrymander and
carried it through the Legislature, for what
purpose may be readily understood. With the
success of the scheme in the approaching cleo
ton these fellows will become the political
bosses of the Democratic party and through
it the managers of the States vast interests.
The question, then, is whether the honest
people of the State are ready to turn its affairs
over to this class OF schemng gentlemen
Shall the leaders of the Liquor League con-
tinue in control of things, and shall the man
ayers of the Insane Asylum be retained where
they are, and where they have aided in the
enrichment of their favorites9 The State debt
has grown prodigiously. 1t is now to be de-
cided whether it shall still increase, or wheth-
er the incompetents shall be turned out and
en- examination of the remarkable book-keep-
ing of the Democrats insisted upon. No
wonder the State Treasurer does not wish to
be disturbed at this time, and no wonder the
man named to succeed him by the ring
does not care to have the Office
looked into to discover where the money
has been kept or whether it is in existence at
all. The gerrymander was arranged for
close corporation, wholly within the control OF
the Democratic party, and the purpose of the
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in which there had been large defalcation. Mr.
Trenholm said it had not been the practice to
allow reports to be made public, and he did not
propose to deviate from the rule. A gentleman
who has considerable business before the depart
ment. and who has been caused great annoyance
oy this foolish secrecy, said to-day:
Il cannot understand why sensible man can
allow such thing to stand. What are the bank
examiners for, and what are their reports for,
unless to make clear 30 the public as well as the
comptroller OF the Currency the affairs of bankf
Inc people have right TO know as we'll as the
department., and Mr. Trenholm can give no sat
isfactory excuse for his policy in this respect
When | asked the Comptroller why this extreme
secrecy was observed, he said 1t might involve
tie banks in trouble, and their financial standing
would perhaps be injured. This is ridiculous
answer, because if bank should happen to be
in precarious condition, and likely TO fail
it surely ought to be made known but
instead, the reports are kept secret, and
a great number of depositors lose their money.
A gentleman tried to obtain the last report Of
the First National Bank of Portland, in which
the Gould defalcation took place. but to no
avail. 1t would have done no harm, and on the
other hand, would have made clear to the depos-
itors the true condition of affairs at the last ex
animation"
A few days ago it was rumored in Philadel-
phia that one Of the banks in that city was on
the verge of closing it's doors To be assured
of the condition of the bank a messenger was
sent there by some depositors to ascertain from
the Comptroller the condition of the bank from
the examiners last report. Mr.. Trenholm posi-
lively refused to give out the information, init
mating that he would stand by the banks rather
than the depostors
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Canadian Ministerial journal announces
that the Dominion Governments efforts to in
duce French Canadians to return from the
United States to Canada is meeting with great
success. Special agents employed by the gov
ernment are operating in the New England
States, urging French Canadians to go to Mani.
toba
Burglars entered the Office of the Ashland ave-
nue. Building and Loan Association, on West
Twelfth street. Chicago, Tuesday night, and Sc.
cured So, 600 in money and So, 900 in government
bonds, and carried off bonds and mortgages rep.
resenting $4,000 The papers of the association
were afterward found in an alley in tho rear Of
the building.
In Chester county, South Carolina, Monday
evening. Charles White, colored shot his wife
and then hung himself. White made an unsuc-
cessfu attempt to commit suicide month ago.
and on Sunday night he shot his wife for mis-
conduct. He induced her to take a walk with
him, when he shot her and then hung himself to
the limb of a tree
John Mc1rath, Detroit hack driver. aged
thirty three years, died on Tuesday night from
the effects of injuries received in drunken row
nearly two weeks ago He was knocked down
and kicked in the face and on the body bt
George Boyd, the fight originating from disputh
over who should be shaved first in barber shop
Boyd has been arrested.
II. G.. Foreman, a burglar who was found in
Crommes & Ulrichs liquor store at Chicago.
Tuesday night, fatally stabbed himself yester.
day morning at the Harrison-street station. He
had knife concealed on his person, which the
officers overlooked in searching him, and he
plunged the weapon ten times into his stomach,
There is no chance for his recovery.
Yesterday morning, Mrs. Carroll, fftv-hve
years of age, was engaged in washing the win
dows in the second story of the building at the
corner of LaSalle and South Water streets Chi
cago She stood inside the office On a step-lad-
der She lost her balance and was precpitated
to the pavement When the passers by reached
her they found she was dead, her neck having
been broken Mrs. Carroll leaves husband and
four grown-up children.
@A terrible accident occurred at Chester, s. c.,
Sunday night by which two children and an old
woman were roasted alive. David Henry went
with bis wife. to camp-meeting, leaving their
house and two children in charge of Caroline
Berry. Upon the return Of the parents, they
found the house in flames and heard the scream.
ing of their children upon the inside An unsucl
cessful attempt was made to save them Tho
charred bodies were recovered from the ruins,
1t is supposed that Caroline Berry went to sleep
while smoking, and that the bedclothes caught
fire from her pipe.
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Mr.. EDGERToN denies that he is about to
withdraw from the Civil-service Commission,
and says he will remain at his post "until
there are more converts to civil reform
in his State" 1t was not so many days ago
that he seemed to think, or to insinuate that
there were more civil-service reform Demo
Gratis in Indiana than they really knew what
to do with If there are half-dozen of them,
all told, the public has been kept in ignorance
of their existence.
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Ruling as to Commitments fer insanity.
General and ParsonaI.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6-Mrs Cleveland and
Mrs. Folsom returned to Washington this
morning. They arrived at the railroad sta.
ton at $50 o'clock, and were met by the Prest.
dent
Commodore Chandler, commanding the New
York hayward, and Admiral Luce commaad.
ing the North Atlantic squadron. have been in
structed to consult with General Schofield with
reference to the part to be taken by the military
and naval forces in the Bartholdi statue cere
monies.
The First National Bank of Wellston, O.,
capital $50, 900, and the First National Bank of
Yazoo City, Miss, capital $50, O0O were to-day
authorized by the Comptroller of the Currency
to commence business
The Presidents reception this afternoon was
the largest held since his return from the noun.
tains. The callers numbered 500, and completely
filled the east room.
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them until after the election was past, but
afterwards the whole plot was revealed as plain
ly as though it had been arranged in theplain-
est of plain English. There are certain
things, however, that should be written in the
most complex of ciphers, and among them may
be mentioned letters by the President accom-
panying an alleged contribution for the aid of
a city ruined by an earthquake. Without the
accompanying letter being understood, the
money inclosed might be accepted as some
provident washers oman's tribute to suffering
humanity. This administration is about of
size that would call for a diplomatic" CORE
spondence in cipher.
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AS we gather it, the following from the In
diauapolis Sentinel is a characterization of the
Democratic party. AS such it commands our
earnest and emphatic Endorsement:
'1t is differed by skulking assassins and con.
temptible hypocrites.
cit is seeking to make campaign on false is
sues.
''Its leader is on the stump making the most
dishonorable proposition ever made to body
of voters.
'1ts managers have resorted to common IL
bel.
A. ~ mas no apology TO maze Ior V1lianles OF
conduct in the future"
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COMPLAINT is made that Comptroller of the
Currency Trenholm does not allow the public
to know the results of the findings of bank
examiners, though it is natural to suppose
aft of the public, as the public pays for them.
Mr.. Trenholm acts on the principle of the
President, who has decided that some of the
papers on file in the departments are his per.
sonal property, to which the public has no
right
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SECRETARY BAYARD, chagrined at the ease
with which his correspondence with Minister
Phelps, when the latter made an ass Of him
self by not promptly accepting the offer of the
English public to contribute for the relief of
Charleston, was translated, has ordered an
other cipher, if possible, more complex than
the one used in former correspondence. Itisnot
likely that any cipher will ever be discovered
that will effectually battle translation. In the
cipher used in behalf of Mr.. Tilden, when the
effort was made to buy electoral votes to which
he was not entitled, the conspirators felt that
they had perfect safeguard, and it did serve
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Mr.. BLAINE will be grieved to discover that
in the course of his long speech opening the
session of the Knights of Labor, at Richmond,
Mr.. Powderly never once referred to the tariff
which is making everybody rich.-Chicago
Herald.
A careful reading of that same document
fails to reveal any mention of free-trade. 1t
appears on the surface that Nh. Powderly is
quite satisfied with the tariff as it is It is
evident he does not think free trade would be
good thing for the workingmen of America.
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IT is to be regretted that in State giving
$4,000 Republican majority there should be q
citizen who has nailed his mother in room,
believing her to be awitch.-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
1t is almost as disgracesul as the fact that
in State where 100000 Republicans have
been disfranchised, the Democratic managers
of the Hospital for the Insane have been feed
ing the unfortunate inmates on diseased pork
We refer to the State of Indiana