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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28
Constipation,

not FeInedied in season, Is liable to
become habitual and chronic. Dras-
tic purgatives, by weakening the bowels,
confirm, rather than cure, the evil.
Ayers Pills, being mild, effective, and
strengthening in their action, are gener-
ally recommended by the faculty as the
best of aperients.
"Having been subject, for years, to
constipation, without being able to find
much relief, at last tried Ayers Pills.
l deem it both a duty and pleasure
to testify that l have derived great ben
eft from their use. For over two years
past I have taken one of these pills
every night before retiring. Iwould not
willingly be without them" "a, w.
Bowman. 26 East Main st., Carlisle, Pa.
II have been taking Ayers Pills and
using them in my family since 1857, and
cheerfully recommend them to all in
need of a safe but effectual cathartic."
John M. Boggs, Louisville, KY.
"For eight years I was afflicted with
constipation, which at last became so
bad that the doctors could do no more
for me. Then I began to take Ayers
Pills, and soon the bowels recovered
their natural and regular action, so that
now | am in excellent health. rs, l..
Loughbridge, Bryan, Texas.
Having used Ayers Pills, with good
results, fully indorse them for the pur-
poses for which they are recommended"
IT. Corners, M. D., Centre Bridge, Pa.
Ayers Pills,
PREPARED BY
Or. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine.
septl2-ly
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

Working-men cannot afford to loose
time. Simmons Liver Regulator will
keep you from it.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

Mr.. I. Adolphus Trol1ope, who is a
robust young man of 80 years and has
not had days illness for more than sew
enty years, is almost teetotaller, though
not professedly so.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

Our neighbor of the Spirit Of the Val
len. and it's correspondent oh" do not
favor a conference of Republicans at
this time, for the reason that there are
not enough Republicans in Virginia to
form two organizations. We did not
/ know that there had been proposition
for two organizations. The suggestion
was to re-organiZe the present organiza
/ ton. Because majority of the Repub-
licans of the State voted for the Norfolk
ticket on the 9th of November is no rea-
son to assume that a majority of the
Republicans are in favor of the present
management of the Republican organi-
cation. Every one knows that thous
ands of Republicans voted for the Nor
vember ticket, not because they favored
the Norfolk caucus nominees, but be-
cause there was nothing else TO vote for
except the Democratic ticket. Thou
sands of them, too. participated in the
primaries. and felt themselves bound to
support the final action of those SO par
ticipating TIN oughout the State. The
conditions are now changed. The vote
of November 5, revealed the fact that
the Republican strength of the State
cannot be crystalized under the present
management. 1t made clear that there
must be something done in order to
unity the party, or at least an attempt be
made to that end. There is no policy or
party devotion in manifesting trepida-
ton or feeling apprehension that some
body might not like the movement sug-
gested We believe four-fifths of the
thiaking members of the party recog
nize the situation and the necessity for
some positive line of conduct looking to
mutual concessions and concert of action
preparatory TO future contests. An an
alysis of the vote cast and that not cast
on the 9Th inst, will reveal the fact that
the Republicans can carry Virginia with
united party. With this probability
stoutly sustained, it seems to us to be a
to themselves and the cause, to take
such steps as would likely bring about
that unity. To adhere to present condi-
tions would simply be suicidal. There
ought to be courage enough and sagacity
enough in the party to meet the emer-
gency and deal with it wisely and to the
best interest of the cause it represents.
This cannot be done by allowing things
to drift on loosely, with no line marked
out for action, and no suggestion con
templating future results. These are
our views. and SO believing we favor n
consultation to the end that a comparison
of opinions may be had. and some course
adopted which will effect the ends that all
ought to favor
The United States of America was es-
tabIished in 1776. the United States OF
Mexico in 1924, the United States of Col
umbia in 1861, the United States of Ven
ezuela in 1854 and the United States of
Brazil in 1899. Thus government by the
people has advanced on the Western
Continent
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

After the goth instant WHEAT s. SUM
MERsoN will have always a supply of
that nice Virginia-grown Citron
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28
2o2 Acres, l Rood, 13 1-2 Poles

CARRIER, John kenney and others, containing
2o2 Acres, l Rood, 10 1-2 Poles.
This valuable farm lies X miles west of New
Hope and miles from Fit. Defiance Station Oh
the b. s. o. II. r.. and miles from Staunton, il
close proximity to churches schools, mills, and
railroads
The land is of fine quality, susceptible of high
state of cultivation, and the improvements
thereon are in a fair condition.
This property will be offered first as whole.
and then in several lots parcels. but will be
sold as whole or in parcels as may bring the
greatest sum total.
The parcels win be offered as follows:
Tract No. 2, contains 81 acres, roods, and T
poles.
Tract No. 8, contains 33 acres, roods, and Is
poles.
Tract No. 5, contains IS acres, 3 roods, and SO
poles.
Tract No. 6, contains 20 acres, roods, and 81
poles.
Tract No. 7, contains 81 acres, roods, and Is
poles.
Nos 5, 6, and are all timber land.
TERMS OF SALE Enough cash in hand to pay
costs of suit and sale, residue in equal install
ments in one, two and three years. with Interest
from day OF SALE the purchaser to execute bonds
with approved personal security for the defer
red payments and title retained as ultimate Sc
curity
Plats of this farm and tracts can be seen at
the office OF George S. Lghtner Attorney-at
Law, Staunton Va
"a Sale to commence at IL O'Clock IN.
ID. NJ. KERR,
GEO S. LIGHTNER,
Commissioners.
IL. N. Ryan, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Au
st,sta County, certify that d. NJ Kerr; one of the
has duly executed the bond required of him &C
cordfng to law.
Given under hand my this 22nd day of October,
1889. J. N. RYAN, Clerk.
novo3-atS
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28
If Sufferers From Consu1nntion.

Coughs and Colds will use Puritan
Cough and Consumption Cure they
will find quick relief and permanent ben
eft, the medical profession declare It a
remedy of the highest value. Try it,
price 25 cents
large proportion of the diseases which
cause human suffering, result from de-
engagements of the Stomach, Bowels and
Liver Dr.. Lees Liver Regulator removes
all these troubles. Trial bottles free at
p. Il. Aliens drugstore
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

For health and happiness. the boon
of all mankind, take Simmons Liver
Regulator.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28
DINKLE & LANG,
Commissioners Sale of
Valuable Real Estate
IN AUGUSTA COUNTY.
jewelers., Staunton, Va.


DURSUANT to a decree of the Circuit Court
l. of Augusta county, entered the Sth
day of June, lssa, i'll the chancery cause of z. T.
Kerr VS. Kerr ct ais the undersigned Commits
Courthouse, in the city of Staunton, Va, on
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

The smallest town in the world to sup
port a newspaper is orlando, in Big Bend
County, Ore. There are three houses in
town and eight Neutrality-suspicious. men,
three women and little girl. Yet the
Neacs is published every week.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28
A Great Battle

system. When You suffer with he Con murlan
ton, Coughs and Colds they strive to
ruin health and drag victims to their
grave; take timely warming and use Pu-
ritan Cough and Consumption Cure.
Price 25 cents.
DR.. Lees Liver Regulator is a sure
cure for Dyspepsia, Billiousness, and
Heartburn, indigestion and all Kidney
Complaints. Trial bottles free at P. Il,
Aliens Drugstore. :
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

R.H. Brown has been appointed post
master at Balcony Falls, Rockbridge
county, Va; John Whitmire at Forrest
Vile, Emma Whitaker at Zepp, both in
Shenandoah county, al q Thomas b.
Myers, at Kyle, Botetourt county.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28
Official Vota

The Dispatch of Sunday last contains
the full official vote for Attorney Cen
eral. The vote for Governor will be
counted and published when the Legis-
lature meets on the 4th of December.
The following is the aggregate for Attor-
ney-Genaral
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28
Monday, December a3d, 1889,

County Court day. that valuable farm lately
owned by Col. Nathaniel Kerr, decd, situated in
tian's Greek and Middle River, adjoining the
lands oe Frederick Fry, John A. Slower, Samuel
CARRIER, John Kenney and others, containing
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

An English scientist says that if we
were to visit the moon we should find the
days and nights a fortnight in length
and II we survived the searching durin6,
the day we should certainly be frozen to-
death during the ensuing mighty ~
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28
About His Brother.

Several years ago my brother, who
lives with me, had a very strange sore to
break out on his leg-about half way
between the body and the knee-which
afterwards developed into rose cancer.
1t resulted from a bruise made by the
rubbing of the stirrup-leatner while rid
ing.
The cancer continued to grow until it
was about five inches long and three in
ches wide. The flesh sloughed off, black,
ro1ton and foul, and it was almost i'm
possible to procure a servant that would
wait upon him. the air in the room
where he lay being SO foul that it would
sicken any one who entered Every
physician of any prominence in the State
was consulted, and treated my brother
without success. One doctor finally adj
vised him to try Swift's Specific (S.S.S.);
he did SO, and used nothing else He
commenced to improve Immediately,
and after taking several bottles was
completely cured. and since 1884 not Il
symptom of the disease has manifested
itself. G. A. GRIFFITH Mayfower, Ark
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

No remedies for blood disorders can
equal Ayers Sarsaparilla. Though con
centrated and powerful, this medicine
is perfectly safe, and may be taken bv
children as well as adults PHYSICIANS
recommend it in preference to any other.
Price 81. Worth IS bottle.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28
His Health Broke Down.

Last summer my appetite failed, my
health became poor and | was in a very
feeble condition, in fact, Twas compelled
to give up all business on account of my
health. tried physicians and their
medicines, but without avail At length
| began taking S.S.S. and nothing else
Afder taking several bottles was entire
ly cured and able to resume business. 1
increased nineteen pounds in weight in
less than month after | commenced
taking S SIS. J. NJ. MARBY, Abbeville,
S. C.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

You will find ''Nolandine" for sale at
the drug store of P. T. Allen.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease.
mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. Atlanta Ga.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

INOR RENT.-Pleasant furnished rooms at No
~ ~ ). Market street, with board, ii desired
Call at once. now
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

FI1HOS. G. KINNEY,
Il ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
"a South Augusta Street, Room No. g. up stairs
nOv28-1y STANTON VA
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

A. M, SCOTS Ford Ya.-No. l.. Cal
cite or carbonite of lime. This variety
of calcite is valuable only for cabinet
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

moves
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28

All minerals, waters, soils, &C., must be
delivered at the VIRGINIAN office at the
owners expense
The Lamar register., 1889-10-05

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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-24
A WASTE OF CRIME.

There is originality, of course, in the
alleged scheme of Lawyer Anthon P. Con-
lin and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry C. Dubois to
defraud New York street railroad by
having Mrs. Dubois throw herself from a
car in such way as to make it appear that
the accident was due to the drivers care
lessness. But common sense. linked to un-
common rascality, does not recommend the
idea. Anybody who travels regularly in
street cars knows that it is exceedingly diff
cult, even with the exercise of constant
care, to avoid the sacrifice of life or limb.
1t was not necessary, therefore, for Mr..
Conlin and his allies to make the pretense
of an accident They need have but al
lowed Mrs. Dubois an unlimited supply of
car tickets and travelled about the city with
her for few weeks. 1t would not have
been long before they would have secured
an excellent case against some street car
company, at a tri1ing expense-say, OF a
leg or an arm. By pertinaciously picking
out bobtail cars drawn by mules. preferably
white in color. their perigrinations could
not but have been crowned with success
And BY these means no such serious charge
as that now presented against them could
have been brought. In a way, also, they
would have benefited the public.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-24
AN EXAMPLE FOR QUAY.

The indications that Senator Quay is on
the eve of a quarrel with the administra-
ton, like that which Senator Conkling
waged with the Garfield administration, re-
calls the fact that Mr.. Thomas c. Plat, who
followed Conkling out of the Senate in that
quarrel, is now. in full touch with the ad-
ministration and enjoys the privilege of
distributing the New York Offices. These
two facts, stated together, should not be
entirely without instruction for the Penn
sylvania leader.
Senator Quay belongs to the political
school of Mr.. Platt rather than that of Sen
ator Conkling. In the Plat and Quay
tional breadth of Conkling are entirely
ornamental superfuities. So long as they
can control the disposition of the offices of
the nation, they care not who makes its
speeches. 1t is tolerably certain, too, that
Quay is naturally manager of much
greater ability and cleverer brain than Mr..
Plat. But the New York politician who
first won national fame by bobbIng along
in the turbulent wake of Conkling's wrath,
has had the benefit of experience He knows
what it is to be left on the outside for a
term OF years, and is thoroughly convinced
of the truth of the application to politics of
the old adage that sit is not we'll to quarrel
with your own bread and butter"
Senator Quay should profit by the obser-
walton that Mr.. Platt is not now waging
war against the administration because the
Offices that he wants do not come exactly
when he wants them. The New Yorker has
tried that experience and is entirely certain
that he has had all he wants to. Instructed
by experience, he has learned to lie low,
keep what he can get, and trust to time and
industry to obtain the balance. The cleverer
and quicker brain of our Junior Senator
should be able to apply the lesson from Mr..
Platt's experience, without having it drilled
into him by the severe instruction of his
own adversities. He possesses a power in
Pennsylvania not inferior to that which
Conkling and Platt supposed that they pos
sessed in New York. But the experience
of those politicians should suggest to him
that perhaps his power, like theirs, depends
upon the possession of the patronage and
should warn him that if he sewers his rela-
tions with the source of the goods that must
be delivered, his power may disappear as
entirely as theirs did.
There is little danger that Senator Quay
will repeat Senators Conkling and Platt's
error of resigning his Senatorship; but he
might be warned by their example against
committing a much less sensational, but per-
haps no less grave, error.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-24
pEKIEG A MODEL CITY.
No Taxes to Pay and the People Thus
Tranquil and Contented.

an4uhI OOutcutcus
WASHINGTON, April % S-Mr. Charles DENLY.
the United States Minister to China, in re-
port to the Department of State says the sys-
tenn of taxation in China presents some de-
cided contrasts to systems in other countries.
Taxes outside of Peking are paid on arabic
land only, the tax varying with the crop-pro-
ducing quality of the soil. Inside the city Of
Peking there is no tax on land, houses, or per-
sonal property. Goods brought through the
city gates pay lekin tax, but are exempt from
houses IN Peklng is on the sale OF real estate,
10 per cent being charged on the price obtained
for the property sold. There is also tax
resembling license fees.
Outside of Peking, Chinese subjects are
liable to.be called on to perform certain duties
whenever the Emperor passes through their dis
tricts, but this duty may be avoided by the pay
ment of small tax. All moneys spent on pub
lie account in Peking come from the Imperial
treasury and the expenditure is not limited to
funds raised by taxation within the city. The
bulk OF the people in Peking pay no taxes
whatever. The man who owns his house and
lot, his implements of labor, enjoys his earnings
without toll or deduction.
The Minister closes his report with the fol-
lowing comment on Chinese taxation, as con-
trasted with the system of taxation in the
United States: "How different this condition
is from that in our.own cities,wher sometimes
3 per cent on high valuation is exacted for
public purposes. To the absence of taxation
of the body of the people may well be ascribed
the permanence of the Government and the
tranquility and contentment of the Chinese
race. The lesson of taxation in China might be
profitably studied by the civilized world. But,
in view of national, State, county. township
and city indebtedness, piled mountain high,
the lesson must now be valueless to the United
States"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-24
AS OTHERS SEE Us.

LOUISVILLE Courier Journal: What is the
good of Northern climate when Pittsburgers
are stricken down with heat the 18th of
April. Come to the cool and sunny South ye
simmering sinners.
DETROIT Free Press: One of the punish
ments in the public schools of Pittsburg for
trifiing offenses is to make the victim write
5000 words. Not one of them is. d." al
though he thinks only of that one.
INDIANAPOLIS Journal: The ''bringing in, %
near Pittsburg. of the largest natural gas well
ever struck should cause the scientists to sus-
pend their assertions that the supply is being
exhausted. We remark again that the scien-
fists mean well. but they do not know
NEW YORK sun: a Pennsylvania farmer
lost 5000 out Of his packet while ploughing the
other day We hope he will find it, but in view
of the remarks of our friends. the tariff smash
ers, as to the p1tiable plight of the farmers. it
is hard to understand how any of them can ac-
cumulate 5000 So the Robber Barons don't
get all the money, eh!
NEW YORK Commercial Advertiser: Not
being able to secure Accommodations to its taste
on shore, the Pennsylvania Legislature has Sc
cured the ''option" on North river ferryboat
for its sleeping quarters during the centennial
celebration The idea is by no means a bad
one for other public bodies which we might
mention. 1t suggests, to be sure, Mr. Stock
toms ''Rudder Grange" and Mr.. Blacks "Ro-
mantle Adventures of Houseboat;" but that
is, at all events, better than Ten Nights IN .
Barroom.p
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-24
PITTsBURG, WEDNESDAY, APR. d lS8a
THE LATEST PARK PROJECT.

The movement which took shape at a
meeting of Twentieth ward citizens last
night, to have the Marine Hospital property
and the school grounds on Ellsworth avenue
converted into park of about four acres,
looks quite practicable. A park of that
size would add materially to the charms of
East Liberty, and it ought to be possible for
the means to be found to secure that benefit
But two criticisms can be offered to the
project in its present shape. The first is
that the location of the proposed park will
not be where parks are needed the most.
The East End is becoming so well built up
that parks are needed more than they used
to be when the whole valley was mixture
of fields and groves. But still the residents
there have foliage, fresh air and open
spaces within easy reach. The greatest
need for parks is within reach of the tens of
thousands who cannot now find such relief
from heat and dust except by long, and, to
many of them, expensive jaunts.
The other objection may be made rather
foreibly when the proposition is presented
to Congress, to donate the property for park
purposes, that it is usual for cities of Pitts
burg wealth to provide their own parks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-24

desire the streets in front of their residences
improved must pay the assessment in a
single lump.
There are now many people throughout
the city who own property in the future of
which they have the utmost faith. Most of
them, too, perceive the great enhancement
in value which will be attained by the paw
ing and grading of the adjoining streets.
This is demonstrated by the general signing
of petitions for such improvements, 1t is
also probable that to the vast majority of
holders it would be a great convenience if
the payment of the assessment could be eX-
tended over term of years, with payment
of low rate of interest for carrying the
debt. In other words, if the method of pay
ment under the old Penn avenue act could
be revived it would be great aid to the
very interest by whose opposition that act
was declared unconstitutional. But the act
has been slaughtered in the house of its
friends, and property owners must now pay
the sum necessary for the improvement of
their property as soon as the work is done.
Without discussing the legal questions
involved in the overthrow of the Penn av-
enue act, we can now look back and see
what an advantage it would be to the people
at large if the practical conveniences of that
act had been accepted and preserved.