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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20
Col. Brady's Statement.

We publish as part of current politi-
cal news, statement from Col. j. D.
Brady, appointed by President Harrison,
and recently confirmed by the Senate
Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Petersburg district. The revelations he
makes are not surprising to those famil-
lar with Republican politics in Virginia.
for the past six years-ever since the
present management of party affairs in
this State was instituted. Mendacity.
deception, treachery, and falsehood has
been it's rule No man who does not wear
collar, or who respects his manhood
has been safe from the assaults of the
controlling power.
But it is not our purpose to interfere
in the controversy, nor do we wish to
pass an opinion upon references made
to persons other than the head of the
offending. Az to them we know nothing
and only give the statement as due to
Col. Brady, after the malignant fight
that has been made against him. When
Republicans outside of the State learn
the facts and understand the influences
which have dominated in Republican
counsels in Virginia, they will wonder at
themselves that they have been seduced
into taking part in upholding a power.
that has in it nothing but harm to the
Republican party of Virginia as we'll as
the Nation, and to Virginia herself.
1.-THE publication we make was taken
from an exchange-the Sunday Iladea;-
appeal having failed to reach u.s. SINCE
it was in type we have seen the full
statement, and found that number of
paragraphs are omitted. This discovery
was made too late to correct it for this
issue. We regret it, as we would have
published it in full had we seen it in
time.]
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20

NOTICE 10 THE PUBLIC-The Staunton
~ Military Academy has been Incorporated
by act OF General Assembly and is entitled to
al the protection given to any Incorporated
college by section 2Sf5 OF the Code of Virginia
ing credit to students
Notice is hereby given that this law will be
same WIN TT I<AUJ'E
Principal Statnton Military Academy
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20

$1,000
sure to deceive.
The facts are clear. The revenues for the year
ending in 1891 VIII be $3.50 100000. The estimates
for the year are $2ts33 I'll ,t0t This Includes a
fair, river ana harhor bill. Excluding PENSIONS
these. estimates are exactly the same size as
those male by the last Administration for 1884,
and R6,00J,,a0 less than the estimates made for
the Government for 1888 by President Giaye-
lands administration, when it expected to ex-
pend the money. IF the estimates for pensions
are raised Jos the needs of the Government in.
1899, as proved by current deficiency hi ls,rI8si-
dent Harrison's Administration l.fssf presented
estimates for 1891 from 72 900 900 TO iS GOO 900 less
than the last Administration presented for 1879
and 1890.
So much for the estimates The expenditures
in 1889 ran 3, 900 over the estimates The ex-
penditures for this year. under the appropria
tons passed by a democratic House and signed
BIZ President Cleveland promise to run FL, $780,
600 over the estimates. BY the time deficiency
bills, part OF 1883 ana part for 1850, are passed
the average for the two years viii be s29Gs; ESQ
oyer the estimates made by Democratic Ad-
ministation and enlarged by it and Democratic
majorites. Still more, the net ordinary eXlen-
ditures for the las5 two years of President Ar
thur, 1884 and 1885, 1855 $50 Coo. For the last
two years of President Cleveland they were
years under President Arthur they were $T9i-
0D,000: for four years Under President Cleve-
land they were 1855 H0G0, or SIS, 0iD,G0 more
So much for Democratic eXtrayagance Now
as to the future. The three appropriation bills
already passed are below the estimates. The
pension bill tallies with the estimates and is the
same as the expenditure for this year. This
leaves surplus OF &fs2, 100000 Deduct from this
the sinking fund Of %49 5G eco and there is still
$i3, l59,@o of surplus for reduction of the
nue..
This leaves the Republican majority i'll both
chambers face to face with a margin over and
above ordinary expenditures, which win permit
u reduction of revenue and a payment of the
annual charges on the sinking fund but will
not allow extraordinary appropriations unless
the estimates of the Department pruned.
II Il dependent pension bill requiring $40 600
is passed either the sinking fund or reduction
of the revenue must be suspended If the di-
rect taxes are refunded, and the French Spoa-
ton claims are paid, either the sinking fund
Will suffer on the taxation must be left unre
duced, unless in both instances Department es-
Inmates are revised and retrenched.
1t is plain as day, under these circumstances,
that the utmost caution is demanded. Mr. Car
isles statement was q ridiculous exaggeration;
bat the Republican majority cannot afford to
pass single needless or careless money vote.
1t cannot recklessly add to expenditureswithont
counting the cost next November.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20
The Current ADMINISTRATIONS.

Philadelphia Press.
Speaker Carlisle has done his best to- middle
the total of Appropriations by confoufding the
bills introduced to appropriate money, which
every year run up tothe Billions, and the bills
which viii pass. SPeakerEallsle knows better.
He knows better than to exclude the postal
revenues of the lFostonice Department. from
Government revenues when he includes its pos
tai expenditures in the total of appropriation.
This runs close to deliberate deception 1t is
not worthy of his past as Speaker or his post IS
leader of the minority. We have q right to eS-
pect from Speaker Carlisle an accurate state
ment. He did not giveit He save one, instead
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20

IN ALI WHOM IT MAY CONCERNING
Il Wife, Il. ID. 8ocock, has left nv bed and
board without my consent or Just cause and |
viii not be responsible for any of her acts or
contracts. John r.. UOCICE
marI3-4t* = -
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20

Prince Bismarck has resigned as Prime
Minister of the German Empire. An
irreconcilable difference between him
and the Emperor exists on important
questions. Prince Herbert Bismarck
also has resigned his position in the off
cial family. The Emperor had not, at
latest adyices, accepted either
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20

On Monday last, Gov Mckinney re-
spited VIM. Musco, the negro charged
with murder in Charlottesville. He was
under sentence Of death and was to have
been hung On the 24th In March last
Musco shot and killed policeman Seal,
and was twice convicted, the Supreme
Court having granted him a new trial
after the first conviction.
Senator j. w. Daniel made a strong
and eloquent speech in favor of the
Blair Educational Bill in the U. S. SEN
ate on Monday last. Both Of the Viz
ginia Senators have now spoken in be
half of the measure, in redemption of
the pledge Of their party to the people.
The Republicans will have to make
equally as good a record on the subject,
in the vote that will be cast today. If
not it will go hard with Virginia Repub-
licans in future contests.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20

NANTED-A situation as Gardener Has
W nae large, successful experience at some
OF the largest institutions and Springs in the
country. Terms reasonable. Write or apply to
PATRICK rCONNER,
nlar13 Staunton Va
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20

M ANTED.-An experienced cook washer
w and ironer. None need apply unless
accompanied with good recommendations
Mrs. A. M. HEN KEEL.
MSip
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20

Take Simmons Liver Regulator One
dose is worth 100 dollars.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20

E70R RENT.-A comfortable residence con-
a tanning or rooms, with bath room, on
Church street. adjoining Methodist Parsonage,
A delightful portion of the city. Possession
given April LIST. For particulars apply to
mario VIM. WHOLLY
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-20
THE VALLEY FEMA LIE coLLEe +

& A stitch in tiiire. ssTake Simmons Liver
Regulator and prevent sickness.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
Excited the CLERGYMAN. Ire.

In boarding train on the Brooklyn
bridge the other day meek looking clergy
man accidentally jostled 800 pound man.
The stout man seated himself, and talked
rapidly and vehemently to n friend in a
tone which was unintelligible to the other
passengers--al except one, the clergyman.
The heavy weight discoursed in Danish,
and dressed up the man who had bumped
him TO the queer ',,ste. The latter was
an attentive listener -.A .
At the Brooklyn station the man OF
much svoirdupois, who seemed to have
coaxed the fame of his ire into generous
blaze, watched his opportunity and gave
the innocent cause of his wrath violent
push, which sent him against'a post on the
platform with force enough to sprain his
clerical necktie and destroy his choleric
equilibrium. The minister, calling upon
the police 70 aid him, rushed after his as
sailant, and got in u mice body blow" just
as an officer arrived and put check to
hostilities. At the police station both men
were reprimsnded and released.
lyn Eagle
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
Natural History Notes.

An Irish naturalist, Rev. S. A. Brennan,
records these interesting observations: I. A
hen was seen going down the chimney of a
cottage in Arboe parish. The owner was
asked how it came to do this He said the
house WIS often locked up when he was at
work. and this particular hen discovered
this strange way Of iUgress. Q. A hen sit
ting on eggs in an clubhouse at Cusbendun,
where there was small hole in the roof
just above her nest, moved the nest and
eggs to one side TO prevent the rain falling
on her. 8. A goose made her nest and laid
on the top Of matched cottage in Glen.
DIV" She nnllsd awav the thatch Off the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
A SIERRA FIRE.

long, low murmpr in the midnight air
AS the tide upon some Ear OF shore;
A swell among the pines standing tall and fair,
A whisper as of danger leaning Ger;
A strange light growing up in the hollow sky.
EclipsinS Cle wlIte glory of the moon;
signal flag on the wind streaming by
OF wTeatlen smoke Quitting has followed sooa.
Out of the darkness starts tongue of fire,
Wrapping the white trunk OF some dead odd
pine,
Mounting 10 fierce and absolute desire
To reach the glowing heavens altar shrine.
The dark Is flooded with tho crimson light,
The green pines SILVER in the fires roar,
Tho Gcepe Of grandeur grows upon the sight,
And The wide booming heavens arch IL DER
The hollow circles of the smoke unroll
Against sky Of palpitating fame,
Wreathing aboye the pines, scroll upon scroll,
Swelling and rising in the crimson stain.
The moon Is dead; the stars green points OF light
Merge in the drifting sparks that I'LL the night;
And the great flames sweep upward, fold on
fold,
TIL the dark mountain stands swathed round
with gold
Providence Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
Keeping AsphnI.ed Streets Clean.

There is digtinct prospect that before
the present generation passes from the
scene of notion, there will be several miles
OF asphalt pavement in Detroit. In the
light of this fact, and the further one that
the people Of Cass avenue are already pro
testing against the dust which is driven
into their houses by the operation of the
street sweepers upon dry surface, it may
not be amiss TO call attention to the device
very generally adopted in certain eastern
cities, of employing men at the expense of
the abutting property owners, who shall
keep constantly ut work with hand brooms
and other tools and thus prevent the nc
emulation of the filth which the machines
pulverize and drive into every crevice One
man can easily keep two or three blocks
clean, and the expense for the year is a
mere trifle-Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
A Long Distance Waiter.

The distance TO be travelled from restau-
rant to kitchen in one of the swell uptown
hotels IN so great that several walters who
had only one pair of shoes have resigned in
disgust One Of them tells an anecdote as
follows:
IL was called to a mont table where q
nan sat waiting to give hts orders. Flo
gave NE his order-it was my irst-and /
started.
II walked two blocks actually to the
kitchen under ground. brought back the
order in short while--two blocks more
Waiter, want these potatoes chang
ed yes, sir Four blocks more
"'Raw tomatoesr Four more,
asa glass of milk and my check Four
more
Sixteen blocks-counting twenty to the
mile and fifty customers a day-whewI !
resigned New York World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
Care of n HurSc. .

Talk to your horse, and remember that
talk is understood more than we know.
Children understand more than they can
say, and before they can say much of any.
thing. So with animals.
Do not put medicine in the place of rest.
We human beings take too much medi-
cine. Some people are forever dosing their
horses. A cGthCrtic by bran mash, and
p day or two Of extra rest in an even tenn
perature, are the best medicine nine times
out of ten, and DO not forget that good
wife or husband, and true horse are
hard to fihd. Having them, treat them
well.-New York Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
A nachsIor,s prettr Custom.

Peter Marie, of the Union club, and one
of the old bachelors ofsNew York society,
collects photographs after n nyrch more
costly fashion than anybody else. After
the photograph comes into his possession
be has it daintily colored by an artist, and
in some cases has miniatures painted.
Whenever he has gathered considerable
supplement 10 his collection he Gisposes it
on the walls Of his drawing roonl, and in
vites the originals toa dinnerand places an
original poem by the side Of each, plete,
reading the collection Of poems himself
during the evening.-New York Cor. Chi
cago Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
Armenian Children.

The Armenians are very patriotic. They
have much better home life than the
Turks, and they are very fond of their
children. They have curious customs as
to their babies, and the mother gives a re
ceptiou TO her friends when the baby is
three days old, to show them the new ar
rival When the baby is eight days old it
is baptized and is washed all over with
warm water every day before this. The
baby is laid on the doorstep of the church
while its godfather partakes of the sacra-
ment and is confessed in order that he may
be purer when he stands up with the baby.
The godfather kneels while he holds the
baby and the priest asks a lot of questions
of the baby, which the godfather, as its
mouthpiece, is to answer. He puts the old
man through u catechism longer than that
of the Presbyterian church, and the god
father, answering for the child, replies to the
questions. After this There is u long pray
er. Then the baby has it's clothes taken off
and the priest asks the eight-day-old baby
"What dost thou demandg" The godfather,
answering for the child, replies, III demand
to be baptized" and the priest gets in an
other question at the young infant, asking,
"Dost thou truly demand it2" To this the
godfather replies, again speaking for the
baby, 81 demand with faith to be baptized
and purged from sin, TO be released from
the demons and to serve God"
Hereupon the priest says, "Be it unto
thee according to thy faith" The priest
then takes the baby and dips it into the
water, aud after long ceremony declares
that it is child Of Christ. He then dresses
the child, after blessing its garments, and
puts taper of red and green wax into its
hand, after which it kisses the altar and
the cross and the ceremony is over. During
this time the priest has bound on the head
of the baby little gold cross, and this
cross stays on for eight days after the hap
tism.-Frank G.. Carpenter in National
Tribune
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
The Apple.

The virtues of the apple as fruit have
been celebrated from time immemorial,
and lew fruits have 80 many legends asso-
ciated with them. The garden of the Hes
perides was the garden of the golden apple,
Just us our Avalon is the Isle of Apples
"Of all fruits" it has been written, ''the
apple seems TO have had widest and most
mystical history. The myths concerning
it meet us in every age and country.
Aphrodite bears it in her hand as well as
Eve The serpent guards it; the dragon
watches ii.
IL is celebrated by Solomon; is the heal
ing fruit of Arabian tales. Ulysses longs
for 1t in the gardens Of Alcinous; Tantalus
grasps vainly for it in Hades. In the prose
Edda It is written: "Iduna keeps in box
apples which the gods, when they feel old
age approaching. have only to taste to be-
come young again. 1t is in this manner
that they will be kept in renovated youth
until Ragnarok-the general destruction.
Azrael, the angel of death, accomplished
his mission by holding it to his nostrils;
death by an apple, half of which a crone
has poisoned. but RECEIVERS life when the
fruit falls from her lips.
The Golden Bird seeks the Golden Ap-
pies of the kings garden in many Morse
story; and when the tree bears no more
Frau Bertha reveals to her favorite that it
is because mouse gnaws at the trees
root. Indeed, the Kind mother goddess is
sometimes pcrsonified rs nn apple tree, but
oftener the apple is the tempter in north
ern mythology and sometimes makes the
nose grow, 30 that the pear alone can bring
il to moderate size All the Year Round
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
NNnsfriliYehN

care these mackerel quite freshf" asked
a lady of a ragged but pompous old colored
fish peddler who came to her door.
''Oh yes, lady, puffeckly so, puffeckly
SOP was the reply. "Jess nostrilize them
and see."
"'Nostrilize' them? What do you mean
by that"
"Why, lady" said the peddler, with a
look indicative of pity of her ignorance,
"smell 'em, smell 'emr'-Youth's Com
panion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
italy and Colorado,

Italy is the land of the imagination. but
the sensation on first beholding it from
the northern heights, aside from its asso
Citations OF romance and poetry, can be re-
peated in our own land by whoever will
cross the burning desert of Colorado or the
savage wastes of the Mojave wilderness of
stone and sage brush, and come suddenly,
as he must come by train, into the bloom
Of southern California. Dudley
Warner in Harper's.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
City ProNincialism.

A cultivated travellers experience and
wisdom are concentrated in the following
points from Rev. A d. Mayo's talk at the
Christian union:
The best cure for local and personal con.
ceit Is the friendly mingling with people
from all portions of your own country. A
weeks acquaintance with a family from
California and Canada, or Louisiana. may
change your entire estimate Of society and
affairs in that portion of the country. The
most stolid provincialism is found in the
exclusive circles of city life.-Boston Tran
scriDt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
His Last Half Dollar for n Hearty Laur,

81 remember once in my career that
spent my last hal dollar to buy good,
round, hearty laugh" said Lew Docksta-
der, the minstrel, to me the other day.
81 struck town broke, hungry, desperate.
l was actually thinking of giving this
planet the shake, either with the help of
morphine or the East river. You'd hardly
believe it, but | kept bench in Union
square warm for seven consecutive nights.
One night felt something hard in the
lining Of my coat. ! tore the lining and
outrolled a fifty cent piece. I invested it
in n gallery ticket to see a play called
French Flats" had resolved to have one
more broad grin before cashed in, and
did. laU"hcd until the lights were put
out; and it brought me good luck, for that
very nioht ! secured good job.-Ernest
Jarrold il New York Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12

The other night man sat in an open
window in house on Croghan street, and
from the knob of the door futtered the in.
sigma of death-of n child's death. Along
came four or five roysterers, singing and
shouting, and as they caught sight of the
man in the window they came to a halt,
and one of them began:
Say, old man, come"-
"Hushr' interrupted one of his com.
panions Don't you see that his baby is
dead"
BEG pardon, excuse us" said two or
three in chorus, and the gang tip-toed away
and disappeared around the corner. The
presence of death had brought ont the
better sidP.-Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
Sex Predetermined by Poor Food.

In review Of our scant knowlc; . con
corning sexes, Herr G. Herr favors "a theory
of Fiquet, cattle farmer of Houston, Tex,
who had observed that the sex of young
cattle was usually that of the weaker
parent. Difference in the strength Of
parents was produced by feeding, and in
thirty-two cases the sex or calves was sue
cessfully predetermined. Herr has met
with the same results in experiments on
goats.-Arkansaw Traveller.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
The Enyiable West.

Waiter (holding out his black palm)-
Gen'men mostly remembers tn waitah,
sab; that is, il they is genmen. sab.
Guest Gmpatiently dropping quarter
into the fellows fistf-Heml BY the way,
didn't oncs see you in Montana restau-
rant?
Waiter-Ycs, sab, but l soon coined back
east, sab. No moneyTp de waitin' bust
ness out west. Guests mostly goes armed,
sah.--Good News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12

nc replied, II was once presented with
Thousand dollar bill, but it came from
man who was worth millions himself and
had just been married to millions more.
Another man for whom l performed the
marriage ceremony gave me dollar.
afterward discovered that that dollar was
all he had in the world. So you see in
reality he gave the st."-New York
Press
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12

1t was automatically demonstrated at
the meeting of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science that it is not
desirable for conductive purposes to make
lhe circuit wire too thick when the alter.
natinS currents are used, and that the gen.
eral impression chat the thicker the wire
the greater the effective conductance is not
an accurate one. The ohmic resistance is
increased rs the wire Is thicker than ne
ceSSity
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12

At present, it is said, there is no active
volcano in Nicaragua, and but one in Cen
trail America, viz, in Salvador. Three
years ago Ometepe, near the center Of
Lake Nicaragua, ended an active state,
and the last of the eruptions of Mono
tombo, on the border of Lake Managua,
and near the capital, was seen less than
two years ago in the form of thin column
of smoke rising from its crater.