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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-01-19
A Peculiar Tragedy.

RICHMOND, VA, Jan. 9.-Charles Car
roll, an alleged moonshiner OF Buchanan
county, who was being pursued by dep
uty marshals, concealed himself in an
abandoned cabin, barred the door and
stood peeping through knot-hole. The
posse of deputies came along the road,
of the clearing too far away to be heard
A bet was made and taken that one OF
the party could not shoot through the
knot hole in the door. A Winchester
was leveled and fired and something was
heard to fall inside the cabin. Theron
GERS rushed to the spot and found the
dead body of the man for whom they
had been searching
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-01-19
Once a Hero, Now a Robber.

MERIDIAN, MISS, Jan. 3.-Charles O..
Sommers and Tom Murray, who robbed
the Southern Express office here of
$1,000 on December 9th, in the Circuit
Court today pleaded guilty. Judge Ter
raj deferred sentence. From his lam
guage it is inferred that the full limit of
the law will be given, which is FIVE years
in the penitentiary. Sommers and MUIR
ray claim, it is said, that they should be
given light sentence, because if a
heavy one is imposed they will break
Jail, but prefer to serve out short SEN
tence rather than to go into hiding as
fugitives from justice. Charles Sommers
handed Judge Terral copy of the Daily
Neaos, of Flint, Mich, of July 9Th, 1889,
which contains the following:
'"The following concerning one of
Flint's former residents is from the Chi
cago Herald of the 5th inst: Charles
Sommers, Yardmaster of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, per-
formed an act Of heroism day or two
ago which demanded the exercise Of
nerve infinitely beyond that possessed
by the average mortal. A woman was
wheeling her child in baby carriage on
Erving street, where the Burlington and
Alton roads cross it, Immediately after
getting beyond the tracks she ran back
to pick up a handkerchief she had
dropped, and prevailing wind blew
the carriage directly upon the Alton
track just as the 9:05 a. M. passenger
train came along at high rate of speed.
The mother, seeing her childs peril.
sprang forward as the engineer also saw
the impending catastrophe. Sommers,
who was seated on pile of ties. took in
the situation alta glance. Up he sprang,
dashing forward, he seized the woman
and threw her backward upon the
ground, rushed by her, tore the child
from the vehicle and fell with it over
the cowcatcher of the engine. The baby
carriage was smashed into thousand
pieces. There was scarcely a second of
time between Sommers' rescue of the
child and his leap Or fall, whichever it
might be, upon the cowcatcher. In
moment or two he recovered himself
sufficiently to spring lightly from the
moving train and, with pallid face, offer
ed the babe to it's mother. The latter,
however was unconscious from the
shock and did not recover for several
minutes. The prompt action of the hero
saved two lives at the imminent peril of
his own, yet they were both strangers to
him. Actions demanding less bravery
have been immortalized by poets and
historians, yet it is doubtful if Sommers
felt, after it was over, that he had done.
anything more than his plain duty
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-01-19
Save Your Hair.

DY timely Use of Ayers Hair Vigor.
- This preparation has no equal as
dressing. It keeps the scalp clean, cool,
and healthy, and preserves the color.
fullness, and beauty of the hair.
&c was rapidly becoming bald and
gray but after using two or three
bottles Of Ayers Hair Vigor my hair
grew thick and glossy and the original
color was restored. Melvin Aldrich,
Canaan Centre, N. I'll.
consequence of measles. After due
waiting, no new growth appeared. I
then used Ayers Hair Vigor and my
hair grew
Thick and Strong.
It has apparently come to stay. The
Vigor is evidently a great aid to nature"
j. 3. Williams, Floresville, Texas.
s'I have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
the pastfour or five years and find it a
most satisfactory dressing for the Ealr-
1t is all could desire, being harmless,
causing the hair to retain its natural
color, and requiring but small quantity
to render the hair easy to arrange
Mrs. NJ. A. Bailey, 9 Charles street,
Haverhill, Mass.
81 have been using Ayers Hair Vigor
for several years, and believe that it has
caused my hair to retain its natural
color. Mrs. H. J. King, Dealer in
Dry Goods, &c, Bishopyille, Md.
Ayers Hair vigOr,
PREPARED Ey
Or. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass"
Sold by Druggists aud Per.up,ers.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-01-19
Strength and Health.

If you are not feeling strong and
healthy, try Electric Bitters. II LA
Grippe" has left you weary, use Electric
Bitters. This remedy act directly Or
Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, gently
adding those organs to preform their
functions. If you are afflicted with Sick
Headache; you will lind speedy and per
One trial will convince you tnat this is
the remedy you need. Large bottles
only soc. at Farrar& Williamson's Drug-
store.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-01-19
NEW SERIES. VOL. II, NO. go

lecturer, who spoke in detail of their
efforts at bread-winning and of thsir
visionary projects in this direction. As
to their intellectual life,n he continues.
we may take, as an illustration of the
difference between the early eighteenth
century and the present, the paper
which Cotton Mather, one of the ablest
men OF his time. sent from this country
to the Royal Society in London and
which was published by the society. In
this he maintained that the great flight
of pigeons in this country gave q prss
sumption that the earth had satellite
very near to it. An eminent London
doctor of the seventeenth century sent
to the only F. r. s. in this couatry q,
receipt for black powder to cure small
pox, made by burning live toad to.
crisp and pulverizing it. As late az the
beginning of the present century it ras
thought necessary to read a paper hsfarst
the Philosophical Society Of Philaasl-
phia toprove that swallows did not passi
the winter at the bottom of the river, ass
was commonly supposed. By ALI eff
which we may conclude that the world
is improving, not growing worse, as somss
will have it.n
The Old Year and the New.
There have been few if any years m
the history of the United States mere
prosperous than 1892. To almost every
class of our population except the farIs~s
ers it has brought success, and evsn'
they enter the new year with the presss
pect of early relief in the form Of tariff.
legislation.
The increase in the natural wealth has
been enormous, as are all the statistics
of our commercial transactions during,
the year. To quote from the market
letter of prominent firm of New York
bankers:
Twenty-Five millions of money, nearly
one-half of which is coin, circulated at
par all over the world. We gained Ii
wealth nearly 81 900, 100000 in 1889. We
pay to our own people over $f,0010B0
per day for expenses of government VI
have paid $1,000, 100000 on our nationaI
debt in the past decade. Our exchanged
independent of Stock Exchange trAns-s
actions aggregate $50, 900, 900, 0OO Onts
exports were over $1,000, 0O0, GOO in. thsf
past year.
Moreover, there is every reason to bs>
lieve that the prosperity of 1898 will be
at least as great as that of last year.
The country is at peace with all the
world, its population is increasing at O.
healthy rate, and the efficiency Of its
labor becomes greater year by year.
The natural resources of the country
are boundless; and nothing but war or
bad legislation can check its devslops
ment.
War is so remote a contingency that it.
need not even be considered. and the
legislation of the Democratic party
which will come into power in little
over two months, can scarcely fail to add
to the present prosperity of America.
The tariff barons and the silver mine
owners may suffer from the legislation Of
the Fifty-third Congress, but even they
will be dealt with as gently and consery.
atively as possible. A revolution 10 90
be wrought in our fiscal and cufreaey
laws, but it will be a peaceful revolution
and the changes will be as gradual as
practicable.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-01-19
Asiegft ary County Directory.


We publish below the Directory of the County
as a matter OF reference to those who may have
occasion to address THEM.
JUDGE OF ALLEGHAEY AND CRAIG,
Lyman Chalkley, ,s.ddress) Covington, Va.
COUNTY AND CIRCUIT CLERK.
j. j. Hobbs, (Adaress) Covington, Va.
coMMoNwEALrH's ATTORNEY,
W. Il. Allen, (add1ess) Covington, Va.
COUNTY TREASURER.
Joseph 7. Fudge, (Address) Covington. Va.
SHERIFF,
S. G. Dyer, (4tddress) Covington, Va.
COMMISSIONERS OF REVENUE,
W. c.. HAMILTON, Communication of Revenue,
fer Town of Clifton Forge.
Address, Clifton Forge, Virginia.
Samuel I. Fudge, Covington, Va. 81
SUPERVISORS,
A. J. Accord, Jr., Clifton Forge, Va.
d. N. Davis, Arrtts, ?. 0.
G. L. Mann, {tairess) Ben, 7. o.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
s. f. Chapman, Covington, Va.
COUNTY PHYSICIAN,
H. w. Anderson Covinston, Va.
COUNTY CORONER,
Dr.. o. C. Rodgers, Coyington, Va
COUNTY sJRvEYoR,
j. 4. Carson, Snake Run, Va.
Clifton Forge 0fsieial Directory.
Mayor, T. P. BowLEs.
Clerk of Council, DIR. C. T. LEWIS.
Sergeant, LAUT GLEASON.
CLIFTON Jorge DISTRICT.
Justices, j. L. IRVINE, W. o. THOMSON,
j. ii. WILLIAMS.
Constable, W. H. STRoUGH.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-01-19
Bucklen's Arnica. Sal "

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Williamson.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-01-19
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Classification Extended by an Order
of the President

Classification Extended by an Order
of the President.
The President has extended by an
amendment to postal rule the classifi-
cation of the postal service to include
all free delivery offices, of which there
are understood to be COL. Fifty>three
of these offices are at present classified.
Before this extension the civil service
rules applied only to those postofficees
which had as many as fifty employees.
Now the service extends to all postoffices
in which carriers are employed.
OF the 5l8 postoffices brought into the
classification by the amendment about
sixty have twenty-five or more
but less than fifty employees. About $50
have ten or more but less than twenty
five employees, and about 22O have less
than ten employees. The civil service
commission will proceed at once with
the organization of board of examiners
at these offices, the holding of examina-
lions and the establishing of eligible
registers. AS soon as eligible registers
have been established at any office the
rules will go into effect at that office.
Considerable time will necessarily
elapse before the rules will be in actual
operation at all of the free delivery Off
ces. A definite statement cannot be
made from the data in the possession of
the commission as to the number of po-
| sitions which will be brought within the
classified service by the extension, but
| it is more than 1000.
The President has also approved an
amendment to the classification OF the
Agricultural Department, bringing with
in the classification of that department
the employees of the weather bureau en-
ployed elsewhere than at Washington.
The number of positions affected by this
change of classification is between one
and two hundred. 1t includes all the
weather observers at the signal stations
throughout the country.
/ Governor Foster of Louisiana has ap.
pointed Hon. Don. McCatrery as United
States Senator to succeed the late Sena
/ tor Gibson. The New Orleans papers
sneak in hiph Terms of the new aD
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-01-19

An animated fight for the senatorship
in West Virginia to succeed Hon. Chxs.
j. Faulkner, has been inaugurated.
Ex-senator J. N. Camden, ex>Governs,r
E. Willis Wilson, Joseph E. Chilsoa,
and the incumbent are actively in the
contest. Hon. William L. Wilson ana
ex-Attorney General Caldwell are dark
horses. A Wheeling dispatch states
that the thirty-five Republican votes
will go solidly for Camden. May the
best man win.-Staunton Neacs.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-01-19

Governor Foster of Louisiana has APP
pointed Hon. Don. McCatfery as United
States Senator to succeed the late Sena-
tor Gibson The New Orleans papers
speak in high terms of the new APP
pointee.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-05

collar, necktle, suspenders, and, In case
of q woman, the corset, waist and CIR
die. The strings and buttons OF the
undergarments above the hips should
also be cut and loosened. IS
To Restore Respiration.
], The body Is then to be. placed on a
table or any fiat surface at hand, while
a cushion or rolled coat is placed under
the middle of the back to raise 1t. The
legs should be bent at the knees so as
to relax the skin over the abdomen.
After this is done the Samaritan places
his hands on both sides OF the patients
abdomen, and with firm, hard press
ure slowly moves his hand upward.
This is repeated until the strength of
the motion relaXes the air confined in
the lungs and it is heard forcing its
organs. It requires certain amount
Of practice to determine the exact
strength of pressure desirable to use
in this treatment, for if too great n
power is exerted it is liable to cause
some injury to the delicate internal
organization of the human body.
If respiration fails to respond to this
treatment then the services of an assist
ant must be employed, and while the
pressure upon the abdomen is con-
inued the assistant may place his hands
on both sides of the chest, below the
short ribs, and exert steady pressure
in order to help forcing the air from
the lungs. The first natural breathing
produced by these manipulations is an
nounced by deep sigh from the pa
tient and flushing of the face. If the
face becomes again pale the Samaritans
must renew their efforts with redoubled
force. 1t sometimes happens that res
pirltion is interfered with by the turn
ing back of the victims tongue into the
roof of the mouth. In such case the
Samaritan will find it necessary to draw
the tongue back into its normal place
and hold it protruding slightly from
the mouth while his assistant is work
ing on the body.
In case these methods fail in the de-
sired result the arms should be re-
peatedly lifted above the head and
brought down to the sides again; this
must be done energetically and contin-
uously to have effect.
Use of StImulantx.
Unless the patient is so crushed or
mlltilated as to be absolutely dead.
Prof. Won Esmarch's rules require the
Samaritan to work over a body in the
manner described for two hours before
giving the patient up as beyond re-
covery. AS soon as consciousness re-
turns the Samaritan gives the patient
a Strengthening draught Of either black
coffee, brandy or other stimulant. When
a person is injured, but not unconscious,
this stimulant should be given before
the patient is taken from the scene
Of the accident.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-05

the injured from the ground, and 1t
should be donesby one man alone only
when help is not to be obtained.
How to Proceed in Case q. Injury.
When three or four men are available
two should make it their sole duty to
lift the injured, while the third or
fourth should raise entirely independ-
emily the wounded head or limb, wheth-
er leg or arm, and steady it with the ut
most care, seeing that it receives no
new shock or wrench, for on the ten
der treatment by these assistants much
depends, as they have it in their power
to do greater damage than the most del
icate care on the part Of the other two
will offset
The first act of the Samaritans when
called to attend an injured person Is to
see that the patient is laid perfectly fiat
upon his back and that the bleeding is
stopped. Then one man stationing him
self on the right and the other one on
the left Of the pros trate figure, the one
on the right side passes his right arm
beneath the hack Of the patient, the
man en- the left passing his left arm in
the same manner After that each man
places his disengaged hand under the
upper leg of the patient, about midway
between the knee and the thigh. The
third and fourth Samaritans meanwhile
gather the patients arms in his lap and
take in their hands the patients head or
limbs, be they wounded or not. Then
the first two Samaritans grasp each
others hands beneath the patient and
raise the body at a given signal, acting
in perfect unison.
1t is preferable that instead Of their
hands a towel be used or a strap to
better steady the body. The man at
tending the wounded parts must hold
them as high as is possible without con-.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-05
tributing to the patients discomfort.
When Great Disasters Occur.

tributing to the patients discomfort.
When Great Disasters Occur.
In case of grcar catastrophe, where
number of injured, persons demand
looking after, two men, or even single
man, if he is strong enough, may per-
form the preliminary work. in similar
manner as above described. In a case
of asphyXiation, where no injured limbs
need to be taken into consideration, the
Samaritan must never wait for the as
Sistance from other volunteers, but re-
move the body as quickly as possible
and in the best practicable manner
from the scene Of the disaster. II two
volunteers are on hand one should grasp
the body firmly around the waist, hay
ing the head, shoulders and back
against his own breast, while the sec
ond man takes both legs of the victim,
and, carrying them in his arms next to
his own body, moves brisl1ly on. If the
wounded person retains the power to do
so he can greatly aid the rescuers by
placing his arms around their necks
while they carry him between them.
The patient should under no circuln-
stances be carried further than is absc-
lutely necessary to take him out Of
danger, or else to a place where he
may be transferred to an ambulance.
Arrived there the body should be laid
fiat on table, door. mattress or blan-
llet, permitting to be taken up at its
ends and sides.
Bleeding Must Be Stopped.
The bleeding must be stopped be-
fore removal is thought of, as already
intimatcd. This is done by binding the
wound or holding the artery just above
the bleeding part in a firm grasp. If
the Samaritan is called upon to assist
an asphyXiated or otherwise uncon-
scious but not externally injured per-
son he must observe the following lead
ing principles: The head of the patient
must be raised and breathing restored
as quickly as possible Only when the
comatose condition is consequence of
a loss of blood the head rest is to be
placed considerably lower than the feet,
SO as to induce the blood remaining in
the body to run to the head and re.
vive the functions Of the brain. In
all cases Of Inconsistencies 1t is neces.
sary to entirely free the upper part Of
the body from clothing, especially the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-05

How to Produce Artificial Resptra-
ton.
jured parts the attention and relief
they require.
This argument led the professor inev-
itably to the position that ne quicker
relief is Forthcoming the longer will the
strength remain with which to battle
against the depressing tendency Of the
wound or injury, and to extend this
aid and to educate the people up to the
knowledge Of extending this aid is the
preliminary step in the groundwork of
his system.
The Vienna Establishment.
The Vienna Samaritan society's es-
tablishment, like that Of Berlin, is gov
erned by the same strict discipline pre-
vailing in the fire department of every
great city and is not unlike it in its
various stations located in the different
are connected by wire with each other
and with the residences of competent
physicians, some Of whom are constant
ly within reach Of an alarm sounded
upon their call wire. So, too, are these
stations open at all times to those who
may want relief from slight injuries
uOI Sul1Cleul W require tuc uSc VI jill
ambulance, and there is at the same
time Il force Of men ever ready to re-
spond to demands from the outside.
Aside from the superintendent of the
stations the force consists entirely Of
volunteers, men whose heart is in the
work and who find satisfaction in re-
lieving suffering humanity. An excep-
ton. however, to many volunteer organ-
izations. this one is so thoroughly and
admirably under control that the par
Elephants are always at their posts when
required. The different watches, those
for day and night duty respectively,
relieve each other with the greatest
promptitude and willingness.
Objects OF the Congress-.
The object for which the congress
Just concluding its labors was called
vas to hear reports from the various
branches of the society established in
the cities and continental countries, con.
slider suggestions for advancement and
for the perfection of the service from
those whose experience in direct con.
tact with the needs of the public quail
fed them to speak. exchange views on
the practicabilty of certain new sani-
tary or medical appliances and devise
ways and means to cope with the direct
| and indirect opposition met with in GER
tain labor ccntcrs, especially in the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-05

Prompt Aids to the Injured-Relief
Part of the Regular
Municipal Service in berlin md
Other Citlse.