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Sag Harbor, Long Island. Lord ia a man
of money and a man of books. He has
wandered on all continents and it is imma-
terial to him whether he sleeps in a nam
mock among the pirates of San Salvador CT
balances himself on the top of the north
pole. He has fought Maoris, has edited
newspapers at the antipodes and had two
literary stepfathers, the one Fearon, IN
early traveller through the United States,
and the other Horace Mayhem, one of the
founders of Punch. or the London Chart
vari.
During my visit to the whilom Long
Island whaling village the "reminiscences
that my friend Lord gave me of young
Charles Dickens, with whom he had COL
Elaborated come books, and Of George
Augustus Sala, Henry Irving and other
member of the Savage and Greenroom
clubs. who had been his cronies in England,
were only second in interest to me to the
talks we had together on old books and the
fad of collecting and hunting for them.
His mind seemed to be mo o absorbed with
the subject of book finds than aught else.
for to him the discovery of lost books II
buying treasures for next to nothing from
badly posted booksellers had to him all the
delights combined that a fox hunter would
appreciate at trying to get in at the death
and secure the brush.
"Try another Perfecto, old man, and
gargle your throat with some of this old
Kentucky bourbon" he suggested rs my
eyes wandered for tho nonce along the
shelves of his spacious library.
CHOW we will have the talk | promised
and then we will go over to the lawn tennis
ground and see what is going on"
'There are two books" continued Hal
kett Lord. "that | shall not die happy with
out discovering. AS an American by de-
scent, for my people settled in Connecticut
in the middle of the seventeenth century, l
wish to gladden. my eyes and those of my,
brother bibliophiles with the sight of those
which were first printed on the North
American continent and in New England.
Strange to say, We are aware of the exist
ence of such volumes, but no human eye
that we know OF has seen them for CEN
tuties. The first volume of which the type
was set up and printed off a press on this
continent, is rs lost to col
lsctora, as is the first book printed
i'll what in now the United States.
Thu man who can find either of these will
have in his possession treasures that are
worth thousands of dollars apiece. They
arc making 3 GREAT fuss in London over the
discovery Of the Greek text of Aristotle's
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booksellers are 30 ignorant as to sell r~arities
for nothing how are amateur beginners go.
ing to succeed without continuous study?
Take, for instance, some of my friends who
constitute what l may call the Sag Harbor
colony, all of whom are book collectors
and who each have different tastes. l find
that all of those who come here in
the summer or who have homes here.
such as stedman and Stoddard, who collect
poetry, Judge Charles p. Daily and Du
Chaillu. who go in for voyages and travels,
Georges Parsons Lathrop, who are bellies
lettres men, Helmick, the artist. and
Kemyss, the sculptor, who want art books,
each and all of these have peculiarities and
pendants in collecting that the others do
not care for. And 80 it goes. Take a fresh
Cigar, old man. Have another drink. and
let us now stroll over to the Tennis club"
CHARLES SorHERAN.
COPYRIGHT,
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English shillings that Ia about two dollars
and q half, aud which no afterwards sold
for three thousand dollars. Imagine Quar-
itch'B broken heart and fury at learning OF
this great piece OF lnck Of his rival. But
more interesting to Americans than either
Of these individuals Is to my mind the late
Henry Stevens. OF Vermont, a ripe scholar
and book sayant, who for years obtained
for tho Aston and Lenox libraries nearly all
the treasures contained In them. Stevens
lived for years in London, and he showed
tho English bookdealers as we'll as the
French, such men rs Damdscene Morgand,
aud Fontaine Of tho Palias Royal. that they
could not hold Ii candle to a Yankee when
it came to a question of b~ookhuntinR.
Many arc the interesting stories that he
tells Of the commissions given to him by.
and successfully accomplished for the late
James Lenox. In his published reminis-
cences. Think of q man waiting for q rev.
olution to break out In Spain so as to on
able him to secure original manuscripts
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O. X. T.-Honest Results.-O. X. T.

Many of the pioneers of Oregon and
Washington have cheerfully testified to the
wonderful curative properties of the cole
brated Oregon Kidney Tea. Purely vege-
table and pleasant to the taste and can DO
taken by the youngest child or most deli
cate female. o. X. L. is Il never falling
remedy for pains in the back and loins,
non retention of urine, scaldlng or burning
sensation while %urinating, mucous dis
charges and all kidney troubles of either
eek. 81 at all druggists.
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NOTICE TO cREpIToRs-EsTATE OF

NOTICE TO CREDITORs-EsTATE OF
~ Eugene Herman, deceased.
Notics is hereby given by the undersigned ox-
ecntor and execntrix of the estate Of Eugene
Hoerman, deceased, to tho creditors of. and all
persons having claims against tho said deceased,
to exhibit them with tho necessary vouchers,
within ten months after the first publication Of
this notice. to the said executor and executrix.
rooms IS ard IL Gold block. Helens, the same
being the place for the transaction of the busl-
moss of said estate
NICHOLAS KESSI4ER
Executor.
DORGTllEA HOFFMAN.
Executrix. of tho Estate of Eugene Hoerman,
deceased.
Dated Helena juno IL. 1891.
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NOTICE TO CREDlTORS-ESTATE Or
~ Benjamin {. Brooke, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, ad,
ministrators Of the estate of Benjamin Z. Brooke,
deceased, to the creditors OF, and all lersons hav.
ing claims against the said deceas d, to exhibi,
them with tho necessary vouchers. within Ten
months after the first publication of this notice,
TO the said administrators ut the Office of William
Muth, 213 Power block, the same being the. place
for the transaction of the business of said estate,
at the city of Helena, in the county of Lewis and
Clarke.
WIN. MUTH.
II. NJ. PAkCHEN,
SARhH j. BROOKE.
administrator of the estate of BENJAMIN {.
Brooke. deceased.
Dated July t., A. D.. 1891.
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And We could
we'll quote the

we'll quote the
f~avorite express
sion of the old
biblio- maniac,
ID min 10"
Sampson. Fifty
thousand dol.
lars paid for a
single dusty,
musty, fusty
and rusty vol
ume, or that Is
to say. more
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Nursery stoves at Tho Bee Hive only Csc.
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than the annual income of a hundred $40 a
week laborers. A thousand dollars q page
waiting for tho fortunate book hunter who
may happen by a streak of Roodluok to dis
cover two lost books, and those the very
first printed on the North American CONT
nent and in New England.
Yet that was the resolution adopted at
the convention held by the dilettante bib
liophile, Richard Halkett Lord and myself,
as we sat together one afternoon during my
recent stay with him at his snuggery, at
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THE COLUMBUS LETTER.
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Copyright
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-29
Cell and See U.s.

Your patronage is always appreciated,
and no matter how small your purchases,
you may rest assured it will be our con-
slant aim to sell our customers the best
goods that can be obtained and at reas-
enable prices. july9.
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American Policy.
Charleston Star Tribune.

OA-e"% SSo- 0S>~>
Great Britain, from the tone Of her
press and orators regards America as
their legitimate property. They grow
huffy and deny our right to protect our
own industries and enjoy our own mark
ct. It hurts them. They see US grows
ing and prospecting and they see our
splendid market slipping from their ava
ricious grasp and they howl over it. But
why should we care? We owe nothing
to Great Britain. We can be indepen
dent and by being independent we can
prosper. As long as we allow them to
thrive upon us they are content. They
growled when we began to make our
iron. They protested when we began to
make our steel. They howled when we
undertook to raise our own wool. They
now rise up on their heels and screech
over our effort to manufacture our own
tin But what does it matter? Isn't it
our privilege to manufacture whatever
we can? Are we owned by Europe and
are we to be dictated to by Europe? If
we had not been independent a hundred
years ago probably we would not have
been free and independent nation to-
day We had the courage, or our fore
fathers had the courage to cut loose
from the mother country a n we
achieved our independence. We still
have the pride and courage that ac-
tuated our ancestors and we propose to
run our own nation to suit ourselves, re-
gardless of what Great Britain may think
and regardless of what the effect may be
upon their industries or their people.
If they want to enjoy our markets let
them bring their plants to America,
help pay American taxes, help build up
American cities, help support American
institutions and help to add to the com
mercial glory and success OF America.
That is the only way they can enjoy the
American market We want no cheap
labor in America. If our European
neighbors must get into our market they
must pay enough for the privilege SC
that our workingmen will not have te
compete in wages with foreign CHEAP
labor. In other words they must pay tc
America for the privilege Of our markets
the difference at least between the
wages of Europe and America. Thus
can we keep our labor protected, en-
eouraged and independent
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FOR SALE.

No l Saw Mill and Engine, ell In the best
n repair and in operation at this time. The
ccontracS I have already taken to saw about
100000 let of lumber. Terms to suit the right
purchas er Gail on or address CHARLES a.
ALEXA VDEQ Harriston Augusta Co, Va.
apr "a L
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Governor Campbelrs Golden Age

0oVernOr Campbell'S Golden Age
From The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
Governor Campbell has put himself
on record as declaring that the period
from 1916 to 1861, especially the Buch-
anan-Administration portion of 1t, is the
golden age OF our history. This induced
Major Mckinley to put President Buch-
anan in evidence against Governor
Campbell with the following quotation
from the Demo ratic Presidents annual
message to Congress in 1857
In the midst OF unsurpassed plenty in
all the productions of American agricul-
lure, and in all the elements of national
wealth, we find our manufactures sus-
pended. Every public work is retarded,
and private enterprises are abandoned
and thousands OF useful laborers are
thrown out of employment and reduced
TO want The revenues of our govern
ment, which are chiefly derived from du-
ties on imports from abroad, have been
greatly reduced. Under the circum>
stances loan may be required before
the close of your session; but this, though
deeply to be regretted, would prove to
be only slight misfortune when COM
pared with the suffering and distress
prevailing among the people, That is
fine picture Of golden age" prosperity
that prevailed under q revenue tariff. It
can not be charged by Free Traders that
this picture is drawn by an unfriendly
hand. for these are the words of their
own President, the last one they elected
in a period of twenty eight-years He
could have had no political motive in
thus writing OF the condition of his
country. He had just been elected, and
he was disc0ursing in gloomy language
upon the depressed affairs of the people
The blighting effect of the repeal in
1916 of the tariff of 1842 is matter of
history, and President Fillmore in 1851
bore testimony similar to that of Presi-
dent Buchanan. Said he:
"fhe value of our exports of bread
stuffs and provisions, which it was sup
posed the incentive of low tariff and
large importations from abroad would
have greatly augmented, has fallen from
sos. 060.600 in 1847 to $21, 100000 in 1851,
with almost a certainty of still further
reduction in 1862. The policy which
dictated a low rate of duties on foreign
merchandise it was thought by those
who established it would tend to benefit |
the farming population of this country |
by increasing the demand and raising
the price of our agricultural products in
foreign markets. The foregoing facts. |
however, seem to show incontestibly |
that no such result has followed the |
adoption of this policy
This condition of things led to bank |
rupt treasury and Government credit |
the lowest reached in our history. When
the Government wanted a loan of $10,-
100000 it was obliged to secure it in
driblets. Only $4,000 could be obtain
ed at per cent, and the rest in small !
sums at Z, s, 8. 81. 10, etc., and finally |
the last block of $3.50, 900 at 10 per cent.
This was Free Trade, and this Governor
Campbell calls the golden agen of our
history.
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6TIFToN FORGE VIRGINIA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 49, 1891
The Iron Rivers.

Extract from the speech of Hon. Johr
W. Daniel at Manchester Friday night
| October 1eth
The rivers of the country used to
build the cities-from Babylon on the
Euphrates, and from London on the
Thames and from Paris on the Seine
from Washington on the Potomac, from
Norfolk at the mouth of the sea, to Rich
mond and Lynchburg on the James; all
these old cities from thousands of years
back to the days of our own boyhood
were built by the rivers. Why did the
river put the city there, and there, and
move something; it could take ships
across the ocean and bring them way up
here; passenger could float out on the
great deep asleep and could float back.
Nov electricity and steam, the steel
rail, the iron horse have come, and, 10 !!
man has built for himself iron rivers
that climb up oyer the top of the nouns
tain, that tunnel through the mountain
c1S Cbi eAc OIL Oh " oiltp elSi Ooo
the rivers, that climb the hill and cross
the dale; and 10 behind these iron riy-
ers are the builders of modern time. 1t
is therefore necessary that law should
have it's eye to the iron river and see
that it dispenses justice, as the great
highway of commeree, to all who have
dealings with it. 1t is not interest, nor.
the interest of the farmer, nor the mer-
chant, nor the manufacturer to deal
harshly with these iron rivers-they
have been great blessings to mankind.
The steel rail is an evangelist carrying
the gospel of peace all over this country.
have often thought that if the railroad
system with our nation had begun fifty
years ago we would have had no war.
II you could have taken all the people
of this country and put them in one vast
bag and shaken them up and down, SO
that they could have seen one another's
faces, and dropped some Virginians in
New England and some New Englands
ers here, and some South Carolinians
out West, and some Dakotans here,
there would have been no war. Men
would have compared their opinions
end would have settled by the comfy
of peace that which was settled by the
arbitrament of the sword. The man
who was in Dakota is in New York to-
day; the man who was in New Orleans
day before yesterday is in Richmond to-
day. The Yankee and Southerner, the
Hoosier and far Western man have come
together. We are getting here in this
great American Republic of ours a new
people, with courage and intelligence
and wisdom in their faces, to settle diff
culties without bloodshed, and without
the lead of grape and the wine of gore
Nov, my fellow citizens, see anoth>
er thing. These railroads are carrying
blessings of plenty to almost every
mans door. | came on the Virginia
Midland Railroad the other day and
passed through two miles of watermel-
ons ! never saw such a big watermelon
patch in my life, and it was all on wheels.
They were taking the Georgia water
melon to New York. Now, they were
done it in the old days of wagon and
stage-coach People in New York would
have had to let their mouths water in
vain for Georgia watermelons, and the
Georgia watermelon man would have
had to feed watermelons to the hogs"
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Extract from the speech of Hon. John
W. Daniel at Manchester Friday night,
October 1eth
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The Sweetest Song

With trembling fingers take the harp,
And touch the strings with gentle care
For stern reproof is quick and sharp,
To one who fingers there's
Rememb'ring ali the masters Old
Intense with thought DER them have hung
And OF the words that yet are told.
The sweetest songs ere still unsung.
The ocean has secret wave
That breaks unseen and softly dies
Where mermaids in the fountains lave,
And seaweeds fall and rise;
So flows the current Of the heart
Where pleasing shapes are ever young
And thus the truth will neer depart
PIE ssy... test songs are still unsunS.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-29

The regular Republican organization
in Roanoke having determined to place
candidates in the field against Judge
Marshall and Mr.. Thomas, the Demo-
cratic nominees for the Senate and
House OF Delegates, the Parsons organi-
zation will take no action, but unite with
the regulars.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-29

Mrs. Hannah Randall, who is 81 years
old last week accompanied an invalid
son as his nurse on a continuous jour
pey between Providence, K. l., and San
Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Randall Is SAID to
have crossed the continent seven times
since 1870.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-29

In the six million letters that reached
the Dead Letter office last year there
was money amounting to $2S,642, and
checks and notes of the value of 81 AL
27t
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When we read of Russias millions
starving and the starving thousands in
other parts of Europe, we ought to be
thankful that we live in this country,
where the loaf of bread is at least large
enough to go round
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-29

The longest horse car line in the world
is that connecting the City of Mexico
with Jalapa-72 miles. The trip is made
in eight hours.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-29

Mrs. Annie A. Dodge, of Butte, Mon,
tana. so years of age, has been notified
that she is heir to $8,OOO,000, left by her
Grandfather in England. Her father
moved to Virginia where the heiress at
80 was born.