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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-02

eral times within the last sixty years
but no explorer has ever reported having
seen the ark or its remains Probably |
the entire ark has long since disappear
ed. AS the vessel is supposed to have
been built about 1850 years b. C., it
would not be strange if it had disap-
p AIRED even before the time of Josephus,
and if so. all relics shown since were ficti-
tious.
Who were the members of the Confederate
Cabinet when it was first organized, and what
changes, If any, were made in it? J. P. F.
When the Confederate Government
was first organized, February 18th, 1861,
the Cabinet was composed OF Robert
Toombs, Secretary of State; G. u. Mem
minger, Secretary of the Treasury; l..
Pope Walker Secretary of War; Steph>
en- Mallory, Secretary of the Navy; At
torney General, Judah p. Benjamin;
Postmaster General, John Fl. Reagan
| Mr.. Toombs was succeeded shortly by
r. M. T. Hunter; and on Walkers resig
nation in August, 1861, Mr.. Benjamin
| became secretary VI WAL, WAie doIiao
H. Watts became Attorney General In
| 1862. BENJAMIN became Secretary of
State, and G.. w. Randolph succeeded
him in the War Department; for a short
time only, as in November, James A.
Seldom took the War portfolio. In 1868
George Davis succeeded Mr.. Watts as
Attorney General; and in 1864 6. A.
Trenholm became Secretary of the
Treasury. In January, 1865, Secretary
Seldom resigned, and Gen. J. G. Breck>
inridge was appointed in his place. When
Richmond fell, President Davis Cabinet
was composed of these men: Acting Sec
rotary of State and Postmaster General,
John H. Reagan; Secretary of War,
James G. Breckinridge; Secretary of the
Treasury, George A. Trenholm; Secre;
tary of the Navy, Stephen R. Mallory.
Attorney General, George Davis.
The Princess of Wales is a graceful
skater and rarely misses chance of en-
joying bit of good ice.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-02
for Infants ana Children.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, M. d.,
Ill So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-02
4i5* ATS 44l# 44;*
SOUTH. PaGsens Passen Mixed. Mixd.
*DalIy excent Sunday. Sunday only.
INJECTIONS

Train 4iS connects at Harper's Ferry with
Fast Limited Express trains eaving at l07 D.
marrivlng at Pittsburg pm. Columbus at %
M. and Chicago u. 10 q. III. next morning, with
train leaving at $50 p. nl-,arrivng at Cincinnati
meets at Weaverton with train arriving at Hag-
erstown at 200 p. M, and at Washington juno
ton with train arriving i'll Frederick LIS D. m.
Train AS connects with fast vestbuled trains
at Harpers Ferry at 1881 p. ~ for Pittsburgh;
natl and st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburgh at ZOO
a. M; Chicago at 9.45 p. M; Cincinnati at 500 p.
M; and st. Louis $50 a. IN.
Trains All and 412 have Pullman Buffet Parlor
cars between Stanton and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars run through to
Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, and Pittsburg on
all express trains.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks, apply to
any Office OF the b. & Il. r., or to c. e. DUD-
ROW, Travelling Passenger Agent, Winchester
Va. J. II ODELI.
CHAS. o. SCULL, General Manager.
Gen'l Pass Agent MOVES
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-02
CUPID OUT OF PLACE.

BY CLARA j. DENTON.
Eyes of glinting brown.
In the teachers chair,
Roaming DER his class
With sage-like air.
Eyes of heavens blue,
Tender, yet so shy,
While the bearded lips
Scripture knots unite.
Doctrines deep does he
Fluently unfold,
With his thoughts astray
On the hair of gold.
Cupid, aren't you 10th
Here to play your tricks?
Do you think that love
Should with dogmas mix?
All! what pranks you play,
Turning eyes askance;
Little do you care
Since your schemes advance.
Who would think, you rogue!
You would bring to pass
Such a state OF things
In Bible class?
DemOrest's Family Magazine for March.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-02

Washington and Southwestern Yestibuled,
Limited, operated daily between Washington
and Atlanta. Leave Washington, No 81, lilo "a
m; Charlottesville $50 p. M; Lynchburg ASS p.
m arriving Danville rs p M; arrive Atlanta
a. m; Danviile, LIS p. m. arrive Lynchburg
13o a. m; Charlottesville $40 a. M; Washington
6.53 a. This train is composed entirely Of
Pullman cars, on which extra fare is charged
Aa $ AZ
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4 i : : " lIorio|k|a=III'sstanRR.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT OCT. Goth, 1862.
LEAVE BASIC CITY, VA, DAILY.
SOUTH BOUND.
No.5, No. s
4.43 q m 4.c0 p m
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-02

The Princess of Wales is a graceful
skater and rarely misses chance of en-
loving a bit of good ice.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-02

Il. t.
No one knows. Blotting-paper is men,
toned by Rogers in his history OF prices
as selling in England as far back as 1855.
1t was gray unsized paper. Sheets
have been found between the leaves of
manuscripts, where it had been left after
using. Probably, like SO many other
ventions"-envelopes and colored pa
pers, for example-blotting- was
the result of happy accident. Although
blotting paper is not new invention, it
is not long since it was comparatively
little used. Sand was sprinkled on the
written paper to absorb the ink, and old
desks contain places where the sand
castors or sand boxes were kept.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-02

Al a DAISY
which we propose to send to you, transport
tation paid. The little darling rests against
pillow, and is in the act of drawing off its
off and flung aside with q triumphant coo.
The flesh tints are perfect, and the eyes follow
you, no matter where you stand. The eXqui-
Recommendations Of this greatest painting of
Ida Waugh the most celebrated OF modern
painters Of baby life are to be given to those
who subscribe to Demorest's Family Maya
zine for 1898. The reproductions cannot be
told from the original, which cost 500, aud
are the same size 17x22 inches. The baby is
life size, and absolutely lifehke. We have
also in preparation, to present to our sub
scribeTs during 1883, other great pictures by
sucI, artists as Percy Moran, Maud Humphrey,
Louis Daschamps, and others of worldwide
ranown. Take only two examples of What
we did during the past year, = Yard OF Pam
sies,'' and "A White House Orchid" by the
wife of President Harrison, and you will see
what our promises mean.
Those who subscribe for Demorest's Family
Magazine for 1893 will possess gallery of eX-
quisite works of art of great value, besides q
Magazine that cannot be equaled by any in
subject matter, that will keep everyone post
ed on all the topics of the day, and all the
fad3 and different items of interest about the
household, besides furnishing interesting
reading matter both grave and gay, for the
whole family; and while Demorest's is not
a fashion Magazine, its fashion pages are per-
feet and we give you, free of cost, all the pat
in any size you choose. Send in your sub
seription at once, only 81, and you will really
get over S225 in value. Address the publisher,
w. Jennings Demorest, Is East 1{th ST., New
York. If you are unacquainted with the
Magazine. send 10 cents for specimen copy.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-02

NORTH BOUND.
No. 6, No. 4, No. 30
339 a. M. AT m 5.35 p N
No. 3-For Roanoke, Radford, Pulaski Bristol,
and Chattanooga. Also for Bluefeld.
Ohio Extension-Leave Bluefeld 6.10 IN,
daily fer Kenova and Columbus Pull
man Sleeper to Memphis via Bristol.
No. 5.-WaShington and Chattanooga Limited
stops only at Roanoke and Radford).
Connects at Roanoke for all stations on
Winston-Salem Division and for station
Main Line-Connects at Radford for Blue
field. Pocahontas all stations Clinch Val
ley Division and for LouiSvilleyia Norton
and l.. & n. Il. r. Pullman SleepefS RO
anoke to Louisville via RaGfOrd and Nor
ton. Pullman Sleeper to Memphis and
New Orleans.
No6-Limited. For Washington via Shenan-
doah Junction. HagerstoWn, Philadel-
pha and New York. Stops only at Shen-
doah, Luray, and Shenandoah Junction.
Pullman Sleeper to Washington, also to
Philadelphia and New York.
No.4-ForW aShington, HagerStoWr, Harrisburg,
Philadelphia and New York. Pullman
Sleeper to New York. Also Pullman Par
lor Car to Washington via Shenandoah
Junction and Is. & O. r. II.
No. 2S-For HagerstoWn, Washington and
intermediate points,
For tickets, time cards and all information
call on Agent Norfolk & Western Railroad.
w. B. BEVILL, Gen. Pass Agt.,
june2.l Roanoke, Va.
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JAMES RIVER DIVISION.

ID edmond s. DANVILLE RAILROAD.
N
Virginia Midland Division.
Condensed Schedule in effect Feb. /, 1898.
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So. Bound Bsly f Daily y. Daily Daily Bai
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-02

WARRENToN-TTains Nos. 8, 10, IL, and IS
connect daily to and from WarrentOn, and No,
IA daily except Sunday.
FRANKLIN DIvIsIoN. Daily except Sunday.
Leave Rocky Mount $50 a. Arrive Franklin
Junction $40 q. m: Leave Franklin Junction
5i0 p. m. Arrive at Rocky Mount $40 p M
Observation-Disclosures leave Orange for Cor
louisville SIS 2. NJ, 1245 p M. daily. Returning,
leave GordOnsvile for Orange at 1890 A NJ, 3 so
P. NJ daily, and 800 A. NJ, daily except Sunday.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains Nos. and 10, Pullman Buffet
sleepers between New York and Atlanta, and
Atlanta and New Orleans.
On trains No. ii and IL Pullman Buffet Vesti-
bue Sieepers between Washington and New
Orleans; New York and Washington to Hot
Springs via Salisbury; and Washington and
Augusta.
On trains No. Is and IS Pullman yestibule
Sleepers Between Washington and Cincinnati
and Louisville.
On trains Nos 13 and il Pullman Buffet Sleep
ers between Washington and Memphis Wis
Lynchburg and Bristol.
Through tickets sale at the principal sta
tions to all points, For rates or information
apply to any agent of the Company, or to
@. NJ. DORUM, D. p. a.
Iynchburg, Va
JAS L. TAYLOR, G. P. A.. Washington. Dc
nOV13
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What is meant by a dozen?

L.
To most persons the word means
twelve; the word is derived from or is
connected with the French domaine,
which comes from the French doatze,
meaning twelve But there are more
kinds of dozens than one. The bakers
dozen contains thirteen loaves or cakes;
SO does the DEVILS dozen, so does a long
dozen. A publishers dozen is said to be
thirteen copies, and the Cornish fisher
men give twenty>six fish when they sell
a long dozen. The potters and handlers
OF chinaware are said, by a dozen, to
mean any number of a certain article
that can be sold for a specified price;
that is, price is fixed, and when two
jugs, for instance, command that price,
those jugs compose dozen. If thirty
or forty pieces are sold for the fixed price
that number makes simply one dozen.
But this dozen is simply a trade term
For general purposes a dozen means
twelve or thirteen, and the dozen of
twelve is more common than that of
thirteen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-22
SELECTED STORY.
The Picket Fence.

1t was a warm May morning, and the
sun beat down with ardent suggestions
of summer on the gray head of Samuel
Clark as he bent laboriously painting
his new picket fence. The pickets
slowly assumed a dark red color under
the trembling motion OF his withered
hands. AS a fence it was beautiful,
straight and even, cutting the green
sward beyond into narrow parallelo-
grams. The dark red was a rest to
the eye in all that wilderness of green.
Samuel Clark paused from time to time
and looked at it, sighed and shook his
head. 1t was plain that he worked I'M
"'Taiu't no USE" he mumbled.
"Might Jest as well have built this
fence years ago." He rubbed the paint
in with vicious vigor, partly to relieve
his feelings, partly for the economy
of the paint. If a man can't run his
WI farm he might as well be dead
or a wOman-a heap sight better be a
There amt no way but their
way. | ought to have guye up long
ago."
1t took him a long time to express so
much. His words were separated by
long pauses, and spoken in u voice tat
times scarcely audible; but the wind
softly tanning his gray hair was gentle
of hearing, and there was nothing else
to listen.
His knowledge of women was not
wide, but deep--deep and varied. One
small woman, in her short eighty years,
had held for him all the mysteries of
her sex. She had died ere time had
exhausted her infinite variety, and he,
plodding away in the hot sun, felt her
coercive presence very near. He took
off his hat and wiped his forehead.
His face wore a harassed, badgered
look. Then, just to be sur that she
still slept peacefully, that she was not
listening to his complaining On the sly,
he turned and sent a furtive glance
down the straight row of apple trees to
where the orchard ended in a tangle.
Beyond, a gentle knoll brought the
village graveyard into sight. There
stood her headstone, tall and white,
just as she had planned it years before.
Long it had waited for the legend on
its white surface to be finished.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-22

a twenty-four page journal, is the leading
Republican family paper of the United
States. 1t is filled with interesting reading
matter for every member of a country fam
lily. 1t is a NATIONAL FAMILY PAPER, and
gives all the general news of the United
States and the world. 1t gives the events
of foreign lands in a nutshell. Its "AGRI-
CULTURAL" department has no superior in
the country. Its MARKET REPORTS" are
recognized authority in all parts of the land
1t has separate department for THE FAM.
lily CIRCLE" and "OUR YOUNG Folks. -
It's "HoME AND SOCIETY" columns COM
mand the admiration of wives and daugh.
tiers. Its general political news, editorials
and discussions are comprehensive, brilliant
and exhaustive.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-22

SCRoFULA eradicated and all kindred
diseases cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla,
which, by its vitalizing and Alternative
effects, makes pure blood.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-22
Waterbury Center.

Wells Chamberlain lately paid a flying
visit to the Seminary.
Helen Richardson, a former student Of
the Seminary, has been in town.
Silas Stowell has moved on to W. II. An
derson's farm, and will carry it on the com
ing year.
Ned Battles had a valuable colt so badly
hurt on a barbed-wire fence that it was nee
essary to kill it,.
Kathie Dillingham; has returned from
Williamstown, where she has taught d
successful term of school.
n. NJ. Carpenter was called from the
Seminary to his home in Waitsfeld last
week by the illness of his pareuts.
Rev. G. II. Richardson will preach in the
Baptist house every Sunday morning, al
eleven o'clock.
DR.. NJ. II. Ferguson has returned to
his home in New London, Conn. -
Mrs. Hannah Styles of Stowe spent
a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Achsah
Allen, lately.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-22
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
South Tunbridoe

80 aibI lbo mas Jub ~ AD1nAE=
vile, Mass, to care for her daughter and
granddaughter, who are sick with fever.
A good company listened to the juvenile
exhibition given by the scholars. The school
room was prettily decorated, the exercises
well learned and delivered, for which the
scholars deserve much credit.
Schools nave closed. Those having no
marks were Mabel, Matte and Chettis
Dodge; jamie, Nellie and Sylvester Howe.
Weber and Victor Haynes; and Martin
fuller. Number of scholars, twenty.one:
Mrs. Bertha Durkee. teacher.
Stowe.
Ed. Robinson has moved to his farm in
Stowe Hollow.
Streams aud springs are getting low. and
a large amount of rain is needed before
winter.
The winter term OF school has commenced
on the West Branch. Other schools will
begin after Thanksgiving.
The death Of Miss Phebe Butts, the oldest
lady in town, occurred week before last.
The funeral was held at the Congre-
gational church, Mr.. Drew officiating.
Warren.
Frank Cardell and wife have a ten. pound
girl.
Thomas Pierce, an old inhabitant of this
town, is dead.
G. w. Cook has moved into the house
lately occupied by n. ). Blair.
Ida b. Brown has commenced her winter
school in district No. II ia Koxbury. She
taught In the same district in the fall.
East Warren.
Duane Hudson is suffering with mus
cular rheumatism.
Ed. Elliot has lost a three-year-old colt.
it getting something in its foot that pro
duced blood-pOison.
We are having an old-fashioned Indian
summer, and the farmers and lumbermen
are improving the opportunity in preparing
for winter.
The creamery is closed, partly for lack Of
milk, but chiefly from lack of confidence In
the company. There is "A prospect that the
trouble may end in litigation but, on the
whole, much good will result, as the farm
ers will test their own milk and sell their
poor butter-cows. They will then buy i'm
proved butter-making cows and thoio ugh-
bred bulls of the Jersey or Guernsey stock
Good cow are high. Forty dollars are
freely offered for good ones. These NAV he
greatly enhanced in value by dehorn ing
them.
Washington.
George H.. Flint has made over one hun
dred barrels of cider at his mill.
Handsome presents were given by the
scholars to the teachers of the village schools
at the close of the term.
The Messrs. Rowell nave dug their cellar,
preparatory to building in the spring on
the lot recently purchased of D.. p. Smith.
Willard Clough moved last week into
Cyrus IL. Smiths house, and G. G.. Me
AlliS'er moved into the house vacated BY
Mr.. Clough.
Mrs. Willard Clough, who has been
seriously threatened with a fever, is now
recovering, under the watchful care of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-22
Worcester.

Pension Examiner Martin OF st. Johns
bury has been in town on business.
The remains OF the late Mrs. 4. NJ. Ham
blet have been taken up and moved to Rox-
bury for interment.
There will be a ten cent sociable at NJ.
z. Kent's, Wednesday evening, Novem-
Der %.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-22
Williamstown.

A second story is being added to James
Cheney's blacksmith shop, TO be used by his
son Hal as a paint'shop.
Jason IL. Jeffords sold his fine span OF
horses recently TO a Rhode Island firm,
They We're five years old, and brought some
$500 or 5000.
John Duffus' family returned, lately,
to Waterbury to live, after a stay of several
years here. Their departure was univer-
sally regretted here.
We are told that hay recently sold at
auction, some miles from town, for Sl4 per
ton. It was delivered in Graniteville for
Sl5 per ton,
We are glad to saw that a singing class
under the charge of Professor Corliss, seems
an assured thing. 1t is held at the Meth
odist vestry on Monday evenings.
Charles Holden, grandson of William
Hanson, and Miss Georgia Kirby of North
field, were recently married. Mrs. Holden
is a sister of Mrs. Frank Godfrey.
Mrs. Leavitt Hayward has taken rooms in
James Hopkins new house, where she will
gladly receive her old patrons, and all new
ones, in need of dress-making.
Mrs. Daniel G. Townsend, only daughter
of Mr.. Major ID. Flint, has been compelled
by long-contiuued ill health to go to the
Mary Fletcher Hospital, in Burlington
where she seems likely to have to remain
for some time.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-03-18
Repairing Country Roads.

There isan old but very true saying,
that "a woman's advice is not worth
much. but he is fool that don't take
it, The following solid truths on
the important subject of repairing
country roads. written for Harper's
Weekly by Sarah Cooper Hewett,
should be we'll considered and followed
by our road makers:
The proper time to begin work or
repairs is i'll the early spring, just
after the frost comes out of the
ground, as soon as the roads have
thoroughly settled and dried out.
When the road is old. with good
solid bed, the first thing to be done
is to cover it all over with a light
dressing or gravelly material, and
when possible finish it off with q top
coating Of hardp butavoid putting
it on too thickly, lest the going become
heavy, as it is slow to dry out. Loan
is worse than useless, because itnever
packs properly, and makes mud.
Care must be taken to raise the road
up toward the centre, and give it a
slight elevation at the crown, but
only just enough to shed the water
on either side into the CUTTERS On a
level, straight road the crown should
only be slightly convex. for rounding
up a narrow road in the middle Is
objectional, insomuch as it has the
immediate effect of forcing OF vehicles
to run always in the same line and
wear away the new material into
deep ruts that quickly become water
courses for the wash Of the next rain,
and assist the rapid destruction of
the road by preventing the water
from reaching the cutters. AS fast
as the new material can be laid on,
1T should be very carefully raked
over to remove all the large stones
and as many of the smaller ones as
possible; for where this precaution
is neglected until the stuff packs
down hard, which happens in few
days, the stones become so firmly
embedded that they are not only
difficult to remove, but soon cause
the road to wear in humps, and
dumps, and later in the season, during
the dry weather, they work up
continually and become sources of
annoyance and danger. These stones
should never be left in piles
along the roadside, to be
driven into or scattered about by
mischievous boys or stray cattle,
but carted Immediately away and
dumped out of sight. The cutters
should then be cleaned by removing
from them all deposits of mud, de
cayed leaves, or branches which
have collected here during the win
ter months; never allow this stuff to
be heedlessly thrown along the edges
of the cutters or on the banks above
them, for the first rain will surely
wash all back to it's old place, and
the work has to be done over. 1t is
even worse to spread it out on the
road, according to the common but
mistaken practice of many road mas
tiers, since decayed material can
never pack properly, and always
tends to make mud in wet and dust
IN dry weather.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-03-18
Sweet Potatoes

AS an the farmers of this section to try our spe
cial Manure Potatoes offer free rstclass round
trim railroad ticket to the Worlds Fair Chicago it's equiva
lent in cash. who grows this year, on one measured
acre. the largest quantity of marketable sweet potatoes by the
use special manure
This only choicest forms of plant food for
potatoes the being derived from the highest
Grade animal suphate of ammonia and the potash
from high grade ulphae free from chlorine This manure is
manufactured especially for sweet potatoes and particularly
adapted to the soil of this section.
We also manufacture SURE GROWTH COMPOUND a spec1a
for irish potatoes These goods III strictly
dry condition. from sickness and are guaranteed to drill
special manure for berries cab
bage tomatoes caufower fruits and will be glad to
prices and full analysis application
Our Goods may be bought following gentlemen who
will furnish full information to the prize contest
J.. JARVIS, Eastvile,
l. WARREN, Pungoteague,
VIC. s. SON. Accomac c. H,
LEWIS s. CO., Parkley Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-03-18
a Familiar Experience,

You lose things-things that you have
put away so very carefully that you can.
not track them yourself. You search and
search until you could cheerfully howl,
so deep is your despair. It's of no use.
They are nowhere. You get more like
them if YOU can, Or make some misera,
BILE substitute do, or suffer for want OF
them. And then some time you come
across them, put away, oh, so neatly, sc
wisely, where no one, not even you
would ever think of looking.-Boston
Commonwealth.