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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-10-31
a Great Southern Project,

One of the most remarkable enter
prises of this day of great schemes is
the town of Middlesborough, KY, which
English capitalists ire spending over
$4,000, 900 to develop. English iron and
steel makers are preparing for work
which is destined to have almost meal
culable influence upon the South and
upon the country at large. Several
We. rs ago a number of the foremost iron
and steel makers of Great Britain, rep
resenting millions of dollars of capital,
had their attention called to the undevel-
oped wealth of the country around Cum
berland Gap, Tenn, a dividing point in
the mountain range, separating Virginia,
Kentucky, and Tennessee. They sent
out an expert, and his report was SO IA
vorab BILE that they could scarcely believe
it, and others were sent, and they more
than confirmed what the first had said.
Very quietly then these practical iron
and steel men went to work. They pur
chased thousands of acres of land they
commenced the cutting Of a $500 foot
tunnel through the mountains, to open
a way of communication for several rail-
roads; they commenced building rail-
roads, prepared to lay out a town, etc.
These things they have been doing so
quietly that but few know of this great
enterprise-probably the most extensive
industrial undertaking of it's character
ever organized. They have already
spent $4,000,000 in their work at Cum
berland Gap, or rather at Middlesbor-
ough, which is the name of the new
town, and have now thrown it open to
the public. The magnitude of what has
been accomplished may be better under
stood from few facts. Upon the pre-
lininary work Of buying the property,
building tunnel railroads, ETC., they
have, as already said, spent $4,000,000,
but that is only the beginning. They
have made contracts for not less than
four furnaces, rolling mills and steel
works to cost S., 900, 900, for opening coal
mines involving cost of 100000
$500, 900 tannery, $3.50, 900 hotel and san
itarium and several smaller business no.
tells, several saw mills in full operation
to supply lumber for building purposes
in the town, four brick yards with over
$50, 900 invested, machine shops, planning
mills, and number of other enterprises
representing a capital of $7000,000. or
an aggregate of over ST. 100000 in cash.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-10-31

BY nitrification of the sell is meant
the disintegration of the organic IN liter
of the soil and the formation OF com
pounds Of nitrogen, mainly through the
agency of nitric acid, which is brought
down to the soil by rains and which is
also product of decomposition. This
process occurs mostly where the soil is
moist and shaded, as is shown by exam
ination of soil that has been covered by
a board for a length of time. Alkaline
matter also assists in the process by has
chemical reaction. Nearly all fertilizer
manufacturers sell muriate of potash, and
derive it principally from the German
mines
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Tna Fair Valley.

When the sweet altar kisses rest
On the blue seas quiet breast,
And the dew is on the roses ala the plfas are i'll
the nest;
When the white moons beauty CLEANS
On the waves of languid STRAINS
And other men are drifting down a sleepy tide
of Dreams
Then mount my steed and ride
With the bright stars for my guide;
Where the lowlands and the highlands by their
CLEANS are glorihed:
Over hill and over plain,
By fair field of corn and grain,
Past violets on the river side and lilies in the
lane.
Through the forest ways go,
Where the sweet acacias blow;
And their branches bend to kiss my eyes because
love them so
Until come at last,
Where the light Of stars is cast
Across haunted valley. called the valley OF
the Past.
And across its way Creep
Through its shadows dense and deep,
Till find the one look for in the silence there
asleep;
Then beneath those dreamy skies,
She awakes in glad surprise.
With her red mouth a blossom, and the summer
in her eyes.
And we wander hand in hand,
Through still and shadowy land,
And we bide by ripping rivers Shipping over
silver sand;
Oft we pause in moonlit dells
Listening to the lily bells,
Ringing out their faint calillons to the sleeping
asphodels.
Close she clings unto my hand
Wheresoe'r our feet may stand,
Her sweet ewes dim with tears that alone can
understand;
Then they pass-and she has smiled
With her face like to a child
And the low Tilt OF her laughter like clear water
undefiled.
Outlines she binds her hair
With the lilies that are there,
And the buds and orange blossoms that young
maidens love to Wear;
And again she filings them down
With sob and turns around
Her brows wreath of cypress blent with shafl
thorns for crown
So DER hills of hushed repose
Are fair fields that no one knows,
Where our footsteps fall more family than the
falling of rose;
We pass on, away away.
Till the eastern skies are gray
With the amethyst and amber at the doorway'
of the day.
An! many night Iride,
With soul unsatSfed
Until gain that valley and the soft arms OF m!
BRIDE
Who, however dark it be,
Waitesh always there for me
With love and tears and kisses and her name
Memory.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-10-31

NoTE.-Trains No. l, 2 81 and 81 runs daily be
tween Richmond and Clifton Forge, and daily
except Sunday between Balcony Falls and Lex
ington.
Trains marked thus: *Daily. tDaily except
Sunday. Train No.2 takes dinner at Howards-.
vile.
Trains on buckingham railroad branch leave
Bremo Bluff for Akron daily except Sunday at
5:55 q. m. and 6:56 p. Returning, leave AKRON
daily except Sunday at 713 p. IN. and 6:lS a. III.
Express trains connect at East Lexington with,
b. Il o. trains
Through Sleeper Clifton Forge to Louisville,
and Cincinnati. Only one change to st. Louis
C0NNECTIoNS.-At Clifton Forge with G. o..
R'y. for the South, West and Northwest. At.
Loeb Laird, with Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
Lynchburg with the N. s. W. R'y. for all points
South, Southeast and Southwest: Y. M. Ry. for
all points North and South. At Richmond with
Associated Railways for all points in the South..
and r. +. u p. r. r. for all points North. AT Lex
ington with the b. 4 o. r. r., for PittSburg an(h
West; also points North and East
pS Palace Sleeping cars on night trains be-.
tween Richmond and Lynchburg, berths 81. 90.
gS Sleeper will be open at Lynchburg for thee
reception OF passengers at p.
For further information apply to
r. III. PANNILL.
Pass. and Ticket Agent,
Lynchburg vs..
J. r. MACMURDo, G, ?. a., Richmond. va.
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MANASSAS BRANCH.

Eastward Westward
daily, except STATIONS. Daily, except
Sunday. Sunday.
10 % am Ar washington LVi2 alplu
l0g0 alexandria ARR 10
$50 pm So IS & Manassas $ Is 90 :. 3sCam
&c pm d AZ s. Front ROYAL . Is % g45am
30 pm 30 6 $ Riverton '' Is 80 g 1035am
II 30 pm 10 $ Lv Strasburg 6 Il G5 6 II ;S0ar
WARRENroN- Trains Nos So 81, 81, IS, and 80
connect daily to and from NaITenton.
FRANKLIN DIvIsIoN.- Daily except Sunday.
Leave Rocky Mount 1::D q. M Arrive Franklin
junction 1880 a. M Leave Franklin Junction
7:}0 p. IN. Arrive at Rocky Mount 1890 p. m.
GORDoNSyILLE-1Iai leave Orange for Cor
louisville 11:55 A. H. and 1055 P. NJ daily, and
Gordonsville for Orange at 1912 A. NJ 3.35 p. NJ
daily, and 730 A. NJ daily except Sunday.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains Nos so and 81, Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between New York and, Atlanta via
DanVille.
On trains No. SO and SO Pullman Buffet Vesti-
buie Sleepers between Washington and New
Orleans and Washington and Birmingham via
Danyille.
On trains No. Sc and 81 Pullman vestibule
Sleepers between Washington and Cincinnati
and Louisville.
On trains Nos "a and 50 Pullman Buffet Sleep
ers between Washington and Memphis, and
Washington and New Orleans and Knoxville via
Lyncllburg.
On trains Nos So and 50 Pullman Buffet Sleep
ers between Washington and Memphis via
Lynchburg and Chattanooga.
Through tickets sale at the principal sta
tons to all points. For rates or information
apply to any agent of the Company, or to
c. M. BORUM, ID. p. A.
JAS. L. TAYLOR, G. P. A, washin gton, D. G.
octl0
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DAILY.
Express. Express
No. 3. No. l.

No. Carries Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping
Car through from New York to Roanoke, where
close connection is made with through Pullman
Sleepers from Roanoke to Knoxville, Chatta-
nooga, Memphis, Atlanta Selma, Mobile and all
points South and Southwest
Has connection at Hagerstown with fast mail
from Baltimore.
Junction with c. s. 0. Railway east and west
bound trains.
No. has through connection from Phlladel-
phia via Harrisburg and &. " Railroad and
from Baltimore via ". NJ. r. r.
CONNECTIONS.
At Hagerstown, Nd, with the Western Mary
land Railroad to and from Baltimore, Frederick
Emmittsburg, Gettysburg, Penmar Waynes-
bOrO, Pa, and points on the Western MARYLAND
Railroad and branches.
With Cumberland Valley Railroad to and
from Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg, Cham
bersburg, MercerSburg, Martinsbury, and points
on the Cumberland Valley Railroad and branch
Also to and from Pittsburg and the West and
Northwest, and Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
and the North and East.
AT Shenandoah Junction, w. Va with Main
Line of Baltimore q Ohio Railroad to and from
the West.
Waynesboro Junction with C. & o. Ry East
and West bound trains.
AT Loeb Laird with Lexington Branch of
Richmond s. Allegheny Railroad.
At Buchanan with Main Line of Richmond &
Allegheny Railroad
At Roanoke, with Norfolk & Western Railroad
STATE CONNECTIONS.
AT Boyce, for Wildwood and Winchester Va.
AT Troutville for Fincastle
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-10-31

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
THE ONLY LINE RUNNING SOLID TRAINS
TO BALTIMORE via WASHINGTON.
Connecting at Harper's Ferry for all points
West, Northwest and Southwest.
Schedule in effect May 18th, 1889.
*Daily except Sunday.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-10-31

ADVICE to MOthers.
Mrs. WMsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP should always
he used when children are cutting teeth. 1t re-
iieyes the little suererat once; itproduces
quiet Sleep and the little cherub awakesas brig1t
as I. button" It is very pleasant to taste. h
requisites the bowels, and the best known remedy
fox diarrhea, whether arising from teethng or
other causes. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-10-31

The Star Line steamer State of Nebras-
ca, from Glasgow to New York, was
driven ashore at Greenock in collision
with the Allen Line steamer Norwegian,
from Montreal
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When Baby was SICK we gave her Castora.
When she was Child, she cried for Castora
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
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FARM FOR SALE.

,
1 offer for sale SIS Acres Of Land, lying in All-
glista county, miles west of Arbor Hill, miles
south of Swoopes Depot 1t is convenient to
school house. churches, mills, &c There is on it
a comfortable log house and out building. There
ard of select fruit, of over 100 apple trees, be
tween 100 and 200 peach and other fruit trees !;
ten acres in timber, the balance under cultiva-
ton Parties desiring information, can write to
me at Dayton, Rockingham county, Va
uaar2S A. HOOVER.
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HUM PHR ~ S,
VETERINARY SPECIFICS

FoT HORSES, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Eogs,
AND POULTRY.
500 Pare Book on Treatment of nimaIs
and Chart Sent Free.
CURES Fevers, Conversations, lnflamma ton,
A.A. Spinal Meningitis, Milk Fever.
B.B.--Strains, Lameness, Rheumasism.
C.C.--Disfemper, Nasal DISCHARGES.
D.D.--BOts or Grubs, Worms.
E.E.--COnghs, Heaves, Pneumonia.
F.F.--COlic or Gripes, Bellyache.
notwithstanding Hemorrhnges.
H.H.--Ufinary and Kidney Diseases
I.I.--Eruptive Diseases, Mango.
J.K...Diseaaes of Digestion.
Stable Case, with Specifics, Manual,
Witch Hazel Oil and Mediator, $500
Price, Single Bottle {over SO dosesl so
Sold by Druggists; OF Sent Prepaid anywhere
andin any quantity on Receipt Of Price.
Humphreys Med. Co., i09 Fulton St., N. Y.
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n VERY! LIvERY!!
Having purchased the excellent Livery of S.
I. Thornburg, shall continue to offer to the
citizens OF Staunton and travelling public SPLEEN
did double and single teams.
Fine rolling stock of all kinds, and splendid
riding horses.
Very Respectfully,
july4 ALEXANDER HARTMAN.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-10-31

Il i0''''oND AND -,HAA'hANh H. H.
FAST DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE BETW ZEN
LYNCEBUR(i RICHMOND, CLIFTON FORG e
AND THE WEST
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RAILROADS.

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY co.
F. F. v.
(Fast Flying Virginian)
VESTTBULE SPECIAL.
With Composite car, Elegant Day Coach with
Smoking Saloon Dining Car and
Pullman Sleepers between
CINCINNATI, WASHINGTON, BALTIMORE
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK,
WITHOUT CHANGE.
VeStibule Sleeper, via Huntington, to and from
Louisville, attached to the Special
Shortest and Quickest Line to the Southeast.
Schedule in effect Sept. 20, 1889.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-10-31

Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cured
by DR.. Sieg's Catarrh Remedy. so cents,
by druggists,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-10-31

The miners of Great Britain have de-
clared in favor of working day OF eight
hours
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No. Carries Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping
Car through from Roanoke to New York via
Harrisburg and has close connection at Roam
oke from Memphis, Chattanooga, Atlanta Sci
Southwest.
No. 2 makes through connection via Shenan-
doah junction and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
for Washington and Baltimore, and at Hagers-
town with Western Maryland Railroad for Bal
timore, and Cumberland Valley Railroad for
Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
o. HOWARD ROVER,
Gen. Pass and Ticket Agent.
DAVID W. FLICKWIR,
Gen. Sup't., Roanoke, Va
c. N. FUTTERER, Pass. Agt., Hagerstown, Md.
Oct24
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CONNECTIONS
Train AIS connects at Harper's Ferry with
Vestibule Limited trains, leaving at 1855 p. H.
arriving i'll PttSburg at $50 p. Ill. Columbus BIS
a. m. next morning Chicago at 1855 q. M. next
morning.
With Vestibule Limited leaving Harper's
Ferry at 42S p. NJ, arriving il Cincinnati at 7.35
a III. next morning; st. Louis $50 p. m. next
evening, and with train at Washington juno
ton. Arriving in Frederick at 2.10 p IN.
B. 0. Palace Sleeping cars run through to
PittSbufg, Cincinnati, st. Louis and Chicago.
All fast express trains run through to above
points without change of cars.
Foi rates, tickets, baggage checks, apply to
any Office Of the b. & 0 r. r. or to c. E. DUD-
ROW, Travelling Passenger Agent, Staunton,
Va. THOS NJ KING.
CHAS. o. SCULL, Acting Genl Manager.
Gen1 Pass. Agent Mays
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No. 6. Leaves Clifton Forge daily, $50 m; ar
rives Richmond 600 D.
No. IL. Ironton Accommodation daily ex-
cept Sunday Leaves Cincinnati AGO p. m; ar
rives at MaySvile GAO p. m. Ironton, 800 p. m.
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ss>loIiIai

Castoria promotes Digestion, and
overcomes Flatulcncy, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, DiarThoea, and Feverishness.
Thus the child is rendered healthy and its
sleep natural. Castoria contains no
Morphine or other narcotic property.
"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me- H. A. ARCHER, Nj. D.,
s. Portland Ave-, Brooklyn, N. y.
81 use Castora in my practice. and find it
specially adapted to affections of children"
ALEX. ROBERTSON, II. D.,
1857 ed Ave-, New York.
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Bucklen's ArnIca SaIua.

The French cabinet has decided to
close the Paris Exposition on Novem-
Der 6.
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Sales OVer 4e,00q 900L5s,.
Eugh eS e 5el1z

Successors to Hughes & Robinson, No. s. Au-
gusta street Druggist, and Dealers in Paints,
Oils Varnishes and Painters supplies generally.
iUneh
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RAILROADS

CHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD.
-
s. f. Tyler, Receiver.
TINE TABLE-In Effect October 20, 1899.
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THE BEST IN THE SOUTH.
At the stable is fine pair of Fairbanks scales
where horses can be weighed.
also keep on hand a fiue selection of Riding
and Driving Horses for sale at REASONABLE prices.
Also, a lot of second hand Omnibuses Carriages,
Buggies, and Wagons OF every description, in
excellent condition. which will be sold or traded
on accommodating terms.
Having also turned part of my place into a
hitching department, where horses will be
hitched and well taken care of as cheaply as any
where in the city.
Also our Baggage Transfer. Parties can have
their baggage called for at any time Of day or
night; will receive prompt attention. Call at
the cd stand. Respectfully,
Sept9 EDWARD BURKE.
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Tia Annex RG-ODelGd.

| have re-opened the ANNEX SALOON, on
New street, oae door south Of Main, recently
occupied by Mr.. Cunter. and formerly by Bum
gardner g. McQali5c. 1t has been rented and
furnished with the lliiest OF
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LIQUORS, WHITES, ALEs, &C.

Mr.. SUTTON, of Baltialo~s is in charge of the
Saloon. and viii take pleasure IN waiting on all
the old Customers of the hc.ise and Others who
may cali.
My OLD aoJ USE will cOntinro, as heretofore,
under my immediate supervision, where [ will
be pleased to see my old friends and customers
None but the LEST LOU 0RG Hept on sale.
/ juiy1S WIN. WHOLLY
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No. >. Leaves Richmond, daily, $50 a. M;
rives Clifton Forge, 515 p. IN.
NO. IL. Ironton Accommodation daily, eX-
cept Sunday leaves Russell $50 a.. M. Maysville
500 a. Arrives Cincinnati 1890 a..
Through Tickets and Baggage Checked to any
designation. Apply to any C. & o. Ticket Agent
for full information and tickets.
III. w. FULLER,
J. T. HARAHAN, Gen1 Pass Agent.
Gen1 Manager. octl0
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SOUTHWARK.

STANDARD Time
18th Meridian
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DAILY
Standard Time
18th Meridian.
Express. Express
No. 4. No. =.
, 1889-12-08

insomnia is not pain; that is, physical
pain. 1t is something in the nature of a
blank, a dead, level. sandy desert on
which there rests a dull glare. One
thinks necessarily and incoherently. An
impression inserts itself in the vagrant
thoughts to the effect: "If l don't sleep
soon it will be idiocy, heart disease or
death" Under the influence of this i'm
preston, the insomnia, which, at the
outset, was the symptom Of some local
disorder, becomes itself a disease.
One lies with open eyes staring into
the darkness. The dire possibilities Of
the future, the interruption to business,
the ardent, intense desire TO sleep, all
fit through the night, like dim and
menacing phantasms. The days are op-
pressive. The body is weaHS.the brain
confused, the blood sluggish. An over
towering tendency to sleep possesses the
tired frame. He throws himself down
on a bed with the impression that he
must and will sleep for weeks; he drops
into a doze and in an instant later wakes
with a start. and then is as wide awake
as ever; if u wicked man he filings of the
covering with bitter malediction, and
with tired frame and dulled soul re-
sumes his daily task.-Chicago Herald.
, 1889-12-08

Not long ago Fish Commissioned Bart
lett, of Quincy, was back in the Illinois
river country with a fishing party Of
whom ex-Congressman Anderson waE
one. The ex-congressman is an amateur
with the rod and line, but attributed his
poor catches to various things, and on
this occasion blamed the fish commits
sioner for not keeping the waters stocked.
You don't protect the fish" he said,
Your office is n s%inecure."
alt would be II everybody fished like
you" said the commissioner. "They
wouldn't need any protection then
st. Louis Republic.
, 1889-12-08

A correspondent of Nature contributes
to that journal a theory of the formation
Of hail, which is so short and clear that
1t will interest many readers who have
at times opportunity to test its correct
ness.
Limiting our notice to such compound
hailstones as are the most destructive,
and are produced during a tornado or a
violent thunder storm, the following Is,
In a few words, the theory OF their forma-
ton:
When the winds gyrate rapidly round
an axis, more or less inclined to the
earth, the space at and about the axis is
rarefed. When air charged with vapor
is drawn into this rarefied space, it may
be condensed into cloud or rain, but at
a greater elevation into snow.
Now supposing the rain formed in the
lower region to be drawn up by the as
cending current into the snow region
and so held for a short space, the drops
will be frozen, and then, If propelled be-
yond the gyrations, 1t will fall to the
ground as a shower of ordinary hail.
But if in the descent they are again
drawn in by the inflowing current, they
will be again carried up into the cold
region. and so acquire another coa.ing
Of snow, or, If wetted in the previous
descent, the water will freeze into a coat
of transparent ice. In this way the
globule may make a number of ascents
and descents, and acquire a fresh coating
each time.
, 1889-12-08

The una who seeks a wife for the pur-
pose Of securing the means Of living with
out working does not merit the respect
of the meanest person that walks about
the earth His intentions are SO mani
fest that they deceive no one. He plans
his attack with the ingenuity Of a general.
Hist is an aggressive courtship, and ahyp-
ocritical one as well. He cannot afford
to let the flame. flicker for n He
must act the role of deception continu-
ally. II there should ever come the mo-
ment when a feeling Of self independence
and self respect enters the young wom-
ans mind, his hopes in hat instant may
be shattered beyond redemption. There
is the necessity Of ever present caution
and a constant to hypocrisy
Detroit Free Press.
, 1889-12-08
paorEssroNAL. cAHDs.
EDWARD A. BOWERS
LII

land practice a speciality.
Special attention paid to all kinds of public
land business before the General Land once
and Interior Department and to the collection
of claims in the Indian ONCE, Treasury or
before the Court of Claims,
National Safe Deposit Building,
1920 New York ave, Washington, DC,