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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06
Affairs IN Virginia.

Affairs In Virginia.
EX>Policeman Jefferson Davis, of
Danville, died Saturday.
Gen. Weaver spoke at Lesner's Park,
Norfolk, Saturday afternoon.
Mr. William H. johnson died in Cha r
lottesville Saturday night, aged fifty
years.
Mrs. DIR. E. G.. Booth, of James City
county, is critically ill in Jefferson coun-
ty, w. Va.
Miss Fannie Kent and Mr.. Samuel
Johnson were married near Charlottes>
vile last week.
Noah Mullins died near Clintwood
Friday last. He had been married
about two years:
The Lynchburg Drug Mills have as
signed. The Indebtedness is between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Mr.. c. H. Jackson. of Bon Air, and
Miss Ophelia Blankenship were married
at Mosey's last Thursday.
The annual tobacco report for Peters
burg shows falling off from the trans
actions of the previous year.
Gen. Field. L. E. Cobbs and Maj. R.
V. Gaines addressed small Third party
meeting at Lynchburg Saturday night
Charles Mason, demented patient OF
st. Elizabeth Asylum, near Alexandria
was found drowned near that place Sat-
urday.
Judge Bernard. of Petersburg, has
set aside the verdict in the case of Ed
ward Boiling, convicted of house break
ing and granted accused a new trial.
The last vessel bound for the Capes
with immigrants has left Virginia wa
tiers and all fear of the cholera now
seems to-, be over.
The West-End Land Company, OF
Danville, has made an assignment. The
company owes about $4,000, mostly to
Danville people.
The tobacco pack house of Mr.. E. E
Williams, of Mecklenburg, was Destroy
ed by fire a few days since. Loss 1000,
insured for 81 $50.
The contest between Bowden and
Peacy, the rival Republican candidates
for Congress in the Second district,
promises to be an exciting one.
Hon. Edward Echols has been APP
pointed by Governor Mckinney one OF
Virginia's representatives at the inaug-
ural ceremonies of the Worlds Colum-
bian exposition.
Polk Miller's Company, assisted by the
"Old Guard" of Richmond. will give an
entertainment in Petersburg October IL
for the benefit of A. P. Hill Camp Con
federate Veterans.
Daniel Male, the convict from Lee
county, who jumped from the train neal
Petersburg and fed, was recaptured in
Amelia county Saturday and brought
back. He was entirely worn out.
Mr. Louis c. Bauman, of Philadel
phia, who disappeared from that city
soon after his marriage, turned up in
Charlottesville few days since. He
claimed to have been drugged and
robbed. He left for home Saturday.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06
New Postal Gard.

The Postoffice Department will place
the new return postal card on sale early
in October. Postmaster General Wanna
maker has approved two designs, one
for domestic and the other for interna-
tional service, The work of printing
and distributing the card is being push
ed. The half of the double card (the
domestic to which reply is desired, is
three and half inches wide by five and
a half inches long. On the top of the
card the words Postal card with paid
reply" and United States of America,
are engraved. In smaller type are the
words: This side for address only" In
the upper right hand corner is a vignette
of General Grant. This is encircled by
a frame with the words Message card"
at the top, and at the bottom the words
Zone cent" The face of the return
card is similar to the message card. But
instead of words Postal card for reply"
there is substituted "Reply postal card"
The international postal card is slightly
smaller than the domestic. At the top
of the card are the words postal card
with paid reply" and French transla
ton, and Universal Postal Union" and
Omitted States of America" American
black ink is used for both cards. The
message and reply card are one piece OF
cardboard folded together and creased
in the middle.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06
Personal and Pertinent.

What has become of Elk Senator In
gals? Somebody must have run him
into gas pipe and turned the tap on
him
Mrs. Croly, Jennie June is now a
doctor of literature, and will occupy the
chair of literature and journalism in
Rutgers College.
a son of General Pope and grandsons
of General Sherman and General G.. F.
Smith are among the latest entries as
cadets at West Point.
The day classe of new University of
Chicago have been called and the great
educational machine may now be said
to have commenced operations.
President Harrison plays billiards and
is fairly successful stroke, except when
he gets mixed up with thinking how the
campaign is being run.
John L. Sullivan has been mistaken
for city missionary in Providence, R. 4
l., and feels so sore about it that he has
This is the sort of weather that will
bring the mosquito to repentance and
make the house fly feel sad if he strays
away from the family circle.
The Late General Hustled, of New
| York, left comfortably large slice of
| property behind him, as we'll as an in>
surance upon his life for 100000.
| Senator Mills is still confined to his
| bed very sick man, and there is no
probability of his being heard in any
political meetings during the campaign
Punxsutawney is one of the cosiest
little villages in the State, and when it
has had its name spokeshaved and sand
papered down it will become as popular
as it is pretty.
Eugene Field says that William s.
| Gilbert is one of the most arrogant and
disagreeable men whom he has ever met.
Why this constant jealousy between
poetic minds?
Unpunctuated letters are beginning to
be fashionable. This will be great i'm
provement upon the wrongly lunctua
| ted style. where the pause marks seem
to be scattered over screed from per-
per buster.
Miss Lottie Young, of North Hanover,
Mass, will go gliding down the ages as
the only woman who ever drove twenty
three nails in three minutes without
smashing finger or having the hammt
h lad fly off.
| DR.. Jenkins is quite well. thank you,
and thinks that if his patients had suf>
| fered as severely from cholera as he has
from newspaper criticism, there would
have been shiploads of very sick people
at Quarantine.
For forty-four years Dennis Murphy
has superintendent the reporting of the
United States Senate debates. And yet
there are people who believe that the
treadmill work of dull monotony will |
soon kill a man.
It is now claimed that Ann O'Delia |
Diss Debar, the ''Spook Princess" is
still alive and is growing fatter than ev-
er in New York State. DR.. Jenkins
shouldn't be in hurry in closing up his
quarantine arrangements.
Mrs. E. E. Hutter, president of the
Northern Home, Phila Twenty>third and
Brown streets, was rendered reception |
Saturday evening by the inmates on
her return from her summer vacation
The boys band furnished the music.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06
vestipule Derailed.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, October 2nd.-
The ''Fast Flying Virginian," on the
Chesapeake and Ohio road, was derailed
here this morning at 4.24 o'clock The
train of seven cars was coming into this
city at twenty miles an hour and left
the track at the Sixteenth street cross
ing, caused by split switch. The en-
CINE, mail, baggage. smoker and two
coaches left the track and ran hun
dred yards on the ties. Fortunately no
one was hurt, thous Oh all the passengers
were badly shaken up. A special was
made up and sent through to Cincinna-
ii. The train was crowded with excur
sionists returning from Washington.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06
The Color Line in Pugilism.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-President
Charles Noel, of the Olympic Club, New
Orleans, writes the Police Gazette that
the Olympic Club will not offer any
purse for Peter Jackson and Joe God
dard to fight for, because the Southern
people do not like to see contests in
which white man is opposed to a ne
gro. Should Jim Corbett and Charlie
Mitchell arrange match to contend for
$4,000 side and the championship the
Olympic Club will offer just as large a
purse, if not larger, than any other
club. Or the club will offer big purse
for Jim Hall and Bob Fitzsimmons, to
contend for in February, during Mardi
Gras.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06

Mr.. j. W. Painter was badly beaten
by colored gambler on Saturday morn
ing last. He went to one of the shanties
finding the man there, asked him for
rent if he stayed there. The negro re-
sented the demand and after few
words, struck Mr.. Painter, knocking
him senseless. He was not seriously
hurt, however. The negro made his
escape and will probably not be cap
tured.-Senti7aeJ
Mr.. Painter, referred to above, is a
brother of Mr.. Nathan p Painter of
this CITY.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06

Edward W. Rector died at his home,
in Loudoun county. last week. He en-
tered, the Confederate army at the
breaking out of the late war with the
"Botts Grays" from Charlestown. Later
in the war he joined Mosby's battalion,
where he served with distinction as ser
geant OF Company A.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
Large and Enthusiastic Stockhold-
ers' Meeting-An Excellent Show

Large and Enthusiastic Stockhold-
ers' Meeting-An Excellent Show
ing.
A general meeting of the stockholders
of the Staunton Development company
was held Thursday morning in the office
of the company.
G. Benton Coiner was called to the
chair and J. E. Henderson was made
secretary A canvass showed the pres
ence in person of holders of 5000 of
the capital stock and of $4,000 by
proxy, the total being more than ma
jority of the entire capital stock.
The meeting being ready for. bust
ness, the reports of President NJ. Err
skine Miller and of Secretary G.. Rus
sell Caldwell was read, approved and
adopted. In closing his report, Mr.. Mil
Ter recommended plan of future oper-
atoms which were heartily endorsed by
all the stockholders present. The gem
eral outline of this plan is to resell the
surplus lands of the company and to
| substitute for the lots drawn in those
tracts other lots in more desirable
blocks
The financial part of the report was
exceedingly gratifying to all present.
This statement covers the entire period
of the conpany's corporate existence
and showed that the assets exceeded the
liabilities by about $138,O00. full
statement OF receipts and disbursements
was also made.
Resolutions we're passed approving
and adopting the reports and authoriz-
ing the directory to do whatever they
think proper looking towards the set
Element of the company's obligations
and the promotion of its interests.
The date for the annual maeting OF
the company was fixed us the second
Tuesday in January.
Other minor business was transacted
and the meeting adjourned after har-
monious session and amid much enthu-
siasm. All present were highly pleased
with the showing made by the company,
and its prospects. Daily Meas.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06
Trustees Notice.

TNHE STOCK OF DRUGS. MEDICINES and
Il NOTIONS. of @. w. EATON s. co. as we'll as
the debts due that firm and the late firm Of EA-
TON y MORRIS, have been assigned to me for
the benefit Of creditors. Parties indebted to
either firm will please call and settle promptly.
The Store will be kept open for month or more,
and the stock sold over the counter for cash at
NET COST.
usual by Mr.. EATON, who can be found at the
Store for that purpose.
Respectfully,
Geek ANDERSON,
iyI1x hxx Tpntt y
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06
Split in the Second Virginia District

Split in the Second Virginia District
NORFOLK. Va, Sept. 29.-There was a
split in the Republican convention for
the Second Congressional district, held
here to-day. After two recesses a con-
ference committee from both factions
was appointed to adjust matters. in
which they failed. Finally, the regular
convention nominated the Hon. George
e. Bowden unanimously The boilers
nominated A. G. Peachy, of Williams
burg, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-06
MOORE 6 HILBERT.
llining ENGINEERS & Iron Ore EYDprts.

sB Mines and Mineral lands examined and
reported on. Mines and mineral lands bought
ana sold. Assays Of all minerals made by a
competent and skilled Assayer.
E8%O Office and Laboratory over Post-of1ce
Main St. Staunton, Va.
REFERENcEs "A. S. Epson, President Epson
Treasurer Northern Chief Iron Company, Ostl-
kosn, Wis; Thos. Bardon, Real Estate, Ashland
Wis., w. c. SilverthOrn, Secretary Northern
Chief Iron Company, Wausean, Wis; C. L. Rand,
Secretary Aurora Mining Co., Cleveland, Ohio;
Hon. John Haggart, Postmaster General, Otta-
wa Canada; S. NJ. Yost Staunton, Va.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-02
ALL REVEALED.

The Fierce Light of Electricity Invading
the Cathedrais.
st. Stephens cathedral in Vienna Is
now lighted by electricity. A cores
pondent writes: The innovation was ii
sore disappointment in some respects.
Twelve enormous lamps foated in mid
air between the points of the gothic
arches and the ground and a white.
cold light filed the three giant naiyes.
There can be no doubt at all that one Of
the finest architectural monuments Of
the world was stripped of the poetry
with which the pious and romantic have
invested it for centuries.
Formerly when the eye wandered
from the sculptured affairs and foliated
pulpits upward into the vague world of
arches and columns and inches it lost
itself in hay twilight which added
granduer to the lofty building.
Now, by the cold, glazing light we
search every remote corner, and distin-
guish the clear outline Of every foil:
and where nothing is left to doubt and
cool judgment is passed
and admiration and veneration are
nipped in the bud.
The cardinal-archbishop of Vienna
and the cathedral clergy, with the gov
elnor, the mayor and town councillors
and electricians witnessed the trial light
ing. [ found that the clergy did not
seem to miss the old poetry of the
place. The cardinal took little prayer
book out Of his pocket, tried if he could
read, and succeeded in the remotest
corner, and this seemed to satisfy him.
TIL preacher said he hoped for much
greater attention from the congregation
now that they could see the varying ex-
preston Of his face during the sermon.
Only Archbishop Angerer. a wiened
little man, with q face that showed his
kind heart, ventured to suggest that
the effect was certainly different from
what he was accustomed TO-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-02
TO BE GOOD LOOKING

Providence Journal:-The excellence
of early rising and its inspiring influence
on both body and mind have been
themes for the poets song AMI the
Sage'S sermon. Early rising promotes
cheerfulncss Of temper; opens up new
capacities of enjoyment and channels
of delight to which the sluggard must
be inSenSible.
1t increases the sum of human exist
ence by stealing from Incidence hours
that would else be utterly wasted, and,
better still, unquestionably conduces
longevity. All long Hvers have been
early risers.
Now, the habit Of retiring to bed 1T
late hours will hardly admit of early ris-
ing, therefore the necessity of refraining
from the one in order to secure the adj
vantage of the other. From six to eight
hours are generally held to be sufficient
and no doubt on the average are SO.
Our sleep is regulated much by the
season In winter, people lie longer
on account, rs they say, of its being too
dark to get up early. There is some
plausibility in the reason, but - system
in cold and dark weather is more
prone to sleep than light and sunny
times. Invalids need generally plenty
of rest, but they should procure it by
going early to bed.
There is more health and strength to
be found in the practice of seeing the
sun rise than in looking ut 1t in any
other part of the day.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-02
GOT THE JOB.


An 1882 Boys story Which i'll All respects
Is Up to DaLe.
Harper'S Bazaar: Wanted-A bright
boy to begin at the bottom Of the lad
der in my office, and gradually work
up by his own conscientious efforts uE-
til l can take him into partnership and
marry him to my only daughter. Cali
at 9462 w. Ia Il street.
Mr.. Gotrax sat in his office, inpatient
ly awaiting the answers to his ad.,
which he knew would come.
In ii few minutes, one after another,
IL large number Of lads filed in, some
of them breathless from running, hay
ing read their morning papers q little
late. Mr.. GotroX looked them over
quickly with his eagle eye and dis
missed all but two.
'NoW, boys" he said, after he had
talked with them a bit. 81 like the
looks of you both, and will employ
the one who does a simple thing the
best" He should have said ''better,"
inasmuch as there were only two boys,
but he was not that sort of a man
during business hours.
Here are two packages just alike,
which have just been delivered here
he said. John" addressing the sad
eyed, dreamy-looking youth, let me
SEQ you open this parcel"
Then John winked at himself, and
said in his heart: "This is indeed j
snap. How glad L am that l am upon
To !,
great care and patience he tugged and
picked at the hard knots, and, after
long effort, took the cord off in one
piece, wound it into a neat coil, care
fully folded up the coarse wrapping
paper and stepped back, trying hard to
conceal the triumph in his eyes.
Mr. Gotrox made no remark, except,
"Now, Sam it is your surn."
Poor Sam! He had never had any
advanta ges to speak of, as he had been
obliged to hustle a good deal all of his
life and had never read any stories of
good boys who had become great. He
whipped out his jack knife cut the
cord in four places quicker than a
wink, and kicked the wrapping paper
into the corner.
you're the boy for me-" shouted Mr..
Gorox, land you may go to work at
once. John he said, you are a
good boy, but you should have lived in
1872"
'sYou are not in 1t this year. We do
not care nowadays to waste three
shiIlings' worth Of time to save one
and one-haf cents worth of paper and
twine"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-02
The Goodness of Spac

darper's Magazine: We rarely realize
how easily the earth parts with it's heat
and how cold space is through which
the earth sweeps in it's orbit. Nor do
we commonly appreciate how relentless
ly space sucks away the heat which the
earth has garnered from the sunbeams
out into it's illimitable depths. Away
out in space is cold SO intense that We
fairly fail to grasp it's meaning. Per
haps 300 or 400 degrees below the
freezing point of water, some philoso-
piers think, are the dark recesses
beyond our atmosphere. And night AMI
day, summer and winter, this insatiate
is robbing us of our heat, and fighting
with demoniac power to reduce our
globe to it's bitter chill.
So after all, our summer and winter
temperatures are only maintained by
the residue of the suns heat, which
we have been able to store up and keep
hold of in spite of the pitiless demands
of space. Our margin sometimes gets so
reduced on nights in winter that we can
readily believe the astronomers and
physicists when they tell us that ne
reduction of the SUMS heat by per
cent, and slight increase in the num-
Der of winter days, would suffice 70
bring again to our hemisphere a new
age of ice, with its inevitable deSOlatiOn
The balance is really a nice one between
the heat we daily gather from the sun
and the share or it which we lose n
space.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-02
A WONDERFUL MIMIC.
Initiates the Facial Expire 81 ion of Anybody
! With EiueIitS.

Initiates the FacIal Expire ssion of Anybody
With EiueIity.
The latest sensation in the amusement
world in Paris is the appearance Of a
Japanese gentleman named MOrimoto.
He has fairly taken the gay Parisians
ny storm on account of the decided
novelty of his performances At home,
In Japan, he enjoys the distinction Of
being one of the best actors in the
empire,an it was long before he accept
ed an engagement with French mana
ger. He is a splendid example of the
pronounced love the Japanese have for
the Illustration of the monstrous, the
grotesque and the broadly comical. AS
successful mimic, Morimo has never
had his equal, and it is said that people
who have witnessed one of his perform
ances invariably go to another. or at
least feel strong desire to see him
every night. He seems to exercise a
peculiar fascination over his audiences
In his normal condition, Morimoto's
face does not materially from the ordin-
AIRY type Of his countrymen if you allow
for a certain looseness of the skin about
his mouth and his deeply furrowed
forehead. But it is the well nigh marvel
GUS mobility of his facial muscles that
amuseS and perpleXes the spectator.
At the performance he will politely ask
anyone in the audience to step up on
the stage. OF course some one consents
man, woman or child, it is all the same
10 Northumberland once he has got some
body upon the stage, the fun begins
Morilnoto hands hand-gla to the in
dvidual he is to mimic, that he may see
his own face and compare it to the
artists, imitation. Woe betide the
subject should he or she be Il sensitive
or nervous person. The Jap looks III
tently at his victim for a second, turns
suddenly to the audience, and, 10, there
is his face changed to the very mag
of his model. The feat is, of course
rewarded by great applause, while the
mode gazes at his double with bewilder-
ed amazement, and to heighten his
embarrassment, the willy Jap follows
every shade of expression in his models
cOuntenance till this individual thrown
down the mirror and beats Il hasty re4
treat, followed by the boisterous APP
plause of the delighted spectators.
Morimoto does not resort to any
trickishness beyond having on side
table number Of wigs. false boards
and few pieces Of drapery, which
latter he uses when some woman is
rash enough to venture the experiment
of seeing herslf as othrs see her" 1t
is of no consequence if Morimoto's
models be young or old, he manipulates
the plastic skin Of his face as if it were
Of plant wax. Given number Of
photographs of prominent men or women
of widely dissimilar features, this wonder
full Japanese simply glances from ons
to another and, presto. There you are.
Take choice of Carnot, Renan, Lott,
lola, Ravachol, Tennyson, and as many
others as you please. OF course he is
the most perfect when illustrating
Japanese subjects. His limitations Of
the God of Wealth." God of the
River ETC., can almost be called super
natural.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-02

err; because to most of lis a large part
of the journey is a dull and trivial
trudge; because there is so much dust
places as probably we think, yet many
common-places; and it is load and dust
and stretches of the commonplace that
make one thirsty. If the feeling on
our shoulders were of wings instead Of
load; if on Monday, lin some good
cause not our own" we were marching
singing to a battle. and on Saturdays
were coming back victorious, then the
greetings on the way would make less
difference to us. But it is. we crave the
roadside recognition, which give praise
for the good deed attempted, pity for
the hard luck and the fall Il hand-lift
now and then to ease the burdens
chafe, and now and then Il word of SYM
pathy in the Step-Step-Steping that takes
us through the dust. And this is Ill that
most of us can wait to give, for we. ara
here ON business. You can not step nv
journey for me, can not carry me ON
your back, can not do me any great
service; but it makes world of differ
ence to me whether l do my part in
the world with or without these little
helps which fellow-travelerS exchange.
Il am busy, Johnnie. and can't help it,
said the father. writing away when tho
little fellow hurt his fingers. Yes. you
could-you might have said OF" sobbed
Johnnie. There's n Johnnie in tears
inside of all of us upon occasions Tho
old Quaker was right: Il expect to pass
through this life but once. If there is
any kindness or any good thing 1 can
do to my fellowbeing, let me do it now.
l shall pass this way but once"