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Equalization Of Bouaties.


This act Of simple justice to our brave
soldiers Is now before Congress- Send lis your
name and address, and We will file them at
once, 2etthont charge, so that as soon as the
act shall pass the necessary papers will besent
you at once and your extra Bounty paid inn
mediately.
Several other bills are now before Congress
which are of interest to all soldiers and officers
one of which has already passed the House
OF Representatives, extends the payment Of
the Three months Extra Pay proper to all
officers who resigned or were honorably dis
missed the service after April 10, 1865. Th.
Will include largenumber who We're mustered
out without receiving the pay proper
Citizens sending in claims for losses, Nc,
occasloned by the war willhave them ATTENDED
to promptly.
s s , " hx aNnSEws' E. w. ANDREWS & son.
Grantham Hall, .
June II, 1866 Martinaburg, West VA.
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|fOFFEE! COFFEE!.-Ola Govern
\ ment Java, Laguyra Rio, Maricabo and
Ceylon. Coffees Of every grade IN store and
FOR sale at the lowest cash prices by
Oct4 +. l. WHEELER q co.
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AFTER EXPIRATION OF
TERM OF ENLISTMENT, OR PRE-
NIOUS TO MUSTER IN, &c.

Special attention will be given to Pensions
to Invaids Widows, Children, Mothers ana
Sisters, both in new applications and in sus
pended or rejected eases
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ATARTINsBJRe, WEST VIRGINIA.
JOHN PRLLER. PRoPRIET OR,

JOHN FELLEN.s at heavy expense has
hlilt on Queen Street, near the Railroad,
in harrisburg, West VA, a
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list WORKAIEN.


and every accommodation needed in first
class shop He feels himself able to fill all
orders in the latest style, and in the most sub
stantial and durable manner.
y~All kinds Of repairing that may
be required in his line Of business will be done
promptly, and at the shortest notice.
Qag@All communications addressed to
him will receive prompt attention.
Geg~Please call and examine before
purchasing elsewhere
He5ag%Thankful for the kind patronage
heretofore extended, and wishing for a con-
tiuuance of the same. as we'll as the addition of
others, | remain your obedient serv't.
CHARLES =. CARTY.
Oak, Ash, Walnut, Hickory and
Poplar Lumber and old Vehicles taken in
exchange or trade, when new work is desired.
Martinsburg, Aug. %, CITY G. 7. G.
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!
1 BOYD f'AULkN ER,
ATTORNEY AT LA w
MARTINsRURG, WEsr VIRGINIA..

Will practice in the Courts Of Frederick
and Clarke counties, Va, and will attend to
the counties Of Berkeley, Jefferson and Nor
gan, West Va. He will prepare Deeds and
legal papers Of every kind.
No H may be found at the Office formerly
occupied by CHAS. J. FAULKNER, on the
Boydville property, near the Old Academy.
August 80, 1S66-tf
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

The Essentials OF Human Happiness

Are said TO be something to do, sometling
10 lore and something TO hope for. There is
no class in the community who so fully
combine these several essentials of human
happiness as the so called working classes.
In earning our daily bread, erjoyiug the
society Of onr families, and resting one day
in seven from oil our toll and labor, our
lives aie nodded in the crucible Of work
aud worabip. Some one has said,
lal0rarc esl orare, that is, to work is TO
worship. If that be SO, then we worship
six days aud culmnate oil the prayers and
hopes Of the six days worship ON the
seventh.
There is no greater mistake, therefore,
than TO sssumo that q life Of toll and labor
is one of unmtiga'ed hardship. Hard it
may be so are the rocks and mouuta ains
hard, aud in proportion to their hardness,
so are they, except by some great commo-
tion or coBvulsion OF nature, immoveable !
But not hard in the sense of being unrro-
ducible of much good as well as evil.
The life of the artisan is q life Of earpes,
labor, love and prayer full it may be of
all the stern realities Of life, yet / looks
forward TO the future and fastens on eterni
~. The earnest life of the operative,
therefore, is pregnant with all that is worth
working for, worth loving and worth hoping
for, aud go comprises al the essentials or
human happiness SO let eur friend and
fellow co laborer in the vineyard Of life take
courage sorrow endures only for the mo
ment of Time called night, but j,y comes in
the morning.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07
n JeNyIsh Divorce.


The New Haven Journal ana Courier
bas the following : ..5... ....- ...
Yesterday divorce, according to the
practice in the Hebrew Church, took place
at the residence Of the Rev. j. Gabriel =
Az the present term of the Superior Court
q divorce was obtained by. Louis Rolhs.-
cblld from Esther Rothschild. One of the
parties desired that a divorce should be
granted after the manner Of the Hebrew
custom Yesterday it was accomplished
AS it is somewhat interesting TO know
what the ceremony consisted Of, we give IT,
1t was as follows The wife, dressed in
Olack, with veil over her face, appeared
with her husband before council of ten
men, members of The synagogue. There
were olso present three ra5bius, one OF
whom acted as The petitioner, aud wro' G
out on parchment petition in Hebrew,
asking Tor divorce, aud also wrote out
The decree of divorce the second acted as
the respondent or defendant, and the third
as kind Of judge the council of ten act
'ng as jury. The man and wife haying
oppeaTcd, they stood side by side before
tie council. The rabbins and council then
Iook al oath, all shaking hsndS-~the oath
being 10 the effect that they would always
consider ibe divorce legal aud binding =
The vile then removed her veil. and tho
raLbl who acted as petitioner rexd The pc.
lltlon in German, aad stated the case to
The council, who, having heard it, dccreed
the divorce. The divorce, folded up, was
haLded TO the husband, aud, the wife rails
ing her open hands, tho husband dropped
the paper into them. The rabbi who acted
as judge then took it and cut the ends like
hinge lie then handed it TO the pres-
den, Qf ,be synagogue, telling him TO place
it among tho records OF the society, torbe
preserved as evidence Of the divorce. Irhis
having beeu done, the cerRmony was flu
ishcd, and the parties departed, no longer
man and wife .4."fgN|. --. $50. T.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

The onion deserves notice as on article
Of great consumption 10 this country, and
il rises 10 importance when we consider
that in some coastries, like Spain and Port
ngal, il forms one Of the common and uni
versal tupports Of life. 1T is Interesting
therefore, TO know that IN addition TO the
peculiar favor FIRST recommends IT, the on
ion is remarkably nutritious. According
TO analysis the dried onion root containt
from twenty five to thirty per cent. of glot
In. 1t ranks in this respect With tht
nutritious pea and grain Of the east. It /;
not merely relish, therefore that the way
laring Spaniatd eats his onion with BIS
humble crust Of bread, as be sits by the
refreshing spring; ii is because experience
has long proved that like the cheese Of the
English laborer, il helps to sus,ain bis
strength, also. and adds--bcyond what its
bulk would suggest--,o ths amount OF
nourishmcnt which his simple meal supplies.
GenesSce Farmer.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

Personal 1NFLrENCE.-B Blessed influence
Of Que true, loving human soul on another
Not calculable by algebra, not deducible
by logic, bat mysterious. tGectuul, mighty
as the hidden process by which The tiny
seed is quckeued, and bursts forth into
tall stem aud broad leaf, aud glowing tas
seled flower. Ideas are often poor ghosts
and our sun filled eyes cannot DISCERN thcm,
they pass atbwart US in thin yapor, aud
cannot make themselves felt. But some
times they are made flesh they breathe
upon rs with warm breath, they touch rs
with soft resp nsiVe hands. they look at us
with sad, sincere eyes, and speak to US in
appealing tones they are clothed in liy
Ing human soul, with all its conflicts, its
faith and its love. Then their presence is
a power, then they shake US like passion,
aud we are Grayn after them with gentle
as fame is drawn to fame.
BiQck1pood's Maya zine
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A VERY OLD MAN-The inpndation oi
It'll. which swept away the greater part
of the old Tyne Bridge, Newcastle. vas
long remembered aud alluded to with EN-
phasis as The food. On 0 Q occasion, Mr.
Adam Thompson was put iuto the witness
box at The Assizes. The counsel. asking
his name, received for answer. Adum, sir
Adam Thompson. Where do you live p
At Paradise, sir. paradise is village
about mile and balf west Of Newcastle. J
Aud how long have you dwelt in Paradise? /?
continued the barrister. Ever since the
food, Vas the answer, made in all smplci-
ty, aud with no intention 10 raise laugh.
II is needless TO say that the judge had to
ask for on explanation. .f J
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

I, is o gracsfGl habit for children 10 ssy
to each other, Will you have the goodness2
and thank you. we do not like to see
pIim. artificial children there arc few
things We dislike so much as q miniature
beau or belle. But the habit of good man
ners by no means implies affectation or re-
straint. II is quite as easy to say, Please
give me piece of pie, as to say, want a
piece of pie. The idea that constant po-
liteness would render social life stiff and re
strained springs from false estimate of po
liteness. True politeness is perfect ease
aud freedom 1t simply consists 10 treat
ing others just as you would like to be
treated Yourself. A person who acts from
this principle vii! always be said to have
sweet, pretty ways with her, II is Of some
consequences that your daughter should
know how to enter and leaye q roem
gracefully but it is Of prodigiously more
consequence that she should be in the
habit OF avoiding whatever is disgusting or
offensive TO others, aud OF always preferring
their pleasure to her own.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

Some time ago the PeToleam Bank Of
Ti,uSylle aud the Vensugo Bank Of Frank
lin deposited in the Auditor Generals Of
6ce al Harrisburg 100000 in United
States securities TO protect their circulating
notes. Auditor General Sleaker allowed
Culver, Penn Il Co. to get possession Of
these securities. take them 10 New York,
and apply them TO the uses of their house.
The persons implicated in the transaction, ,
except the late Auditor General, have been
arrested for the fraud. The question 10
started whether the persons holding circu
lating notes of those banks bsys pota valid
claim for indemnity against the State; IL
is also asked, II ,bs Auditor General was
guilty OF yioiation of law, 10 he pos alone
answernble 2 gaa| e9f'HT bod lN .t9n
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

IAFE OF MEcBANIGs-Fhose who aver
age over half century among mechanics
are those who keep their muscles and lungs
10 hcalthful and moderate exercise. and are
not troubled with weighty cares The
blacksmith hammers till 81, the cooper ill
Sc, the builder till SO, the shipwright ill
Sc, the wheelwright till 60. The miller
liyes 10 be whitened with the age Of Gl :
The ropemaker lengtheDs the threads Of
Iife TO 81 Merchants, Wholesale and re'
tsil. till So
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What I Saw.


AS was going up the street, saw
Mrs Petroleum with two barrels and q
half Of oil made into o cloak, which hung
10 very graceful folds from ber ample
figure; on her head was nearly a hall bar.
rel OF the same flIid, and yet she held her
head so high that Que would almost ina
glne ii was as empty as blasted head OF
wheat.
Behind her / saw a woman who wore
two moving machines iu the folds of her
dresS, and yet how gracefully it swept the
ree.e. A young girl was with her who
had around her neck ten barrels Of four =
A little further up street, saw q lady with
four r1vclvers, ten dollars piece, swing
ing from her ears
Lady number FIVE was enrobed in City
bales Of shoddy, and she marched into the
store as though she was at the head OF a
regiment, and with voice such as col
onel might use when speaking to oil bis
men, asked of the clerk, be- them the silks
you advertise for evening wear 2?
With solemn look and profound bow
he answered, them be, madam.
1t was the last named lady who asked
on acquaintance to write list Of books
With pretty bindings, that she might f
our new library in our new house.
AS turned TO go out of the store,
met an old cquaiulance. who, a few years
before, was my schoolmate, aud whose las
composition was given nae to correct, ant
the verb be was spelt bec-but she had OF
so many pairs of boots for veil, that Sh'
was afraid to bend her head, / suppose
for fear of some kind Of q downfall.
wen: home, pondering in my heart the
words of the preacher-yanity, vanity, all
is vanity.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

A Coon CREATURE OF Gcp.-The Rev.
DR.. Guthrie says: have heard man
with bottle Of whisky before him have the
impudence aud assurance to say Every
creature Of Gcd is good, end nothing to be
refused, if it be received with thanksgiving
aud he would persuade mo that what was
made in the s.ll.po! was a creature Of God
In one sense ii is SO; but in the same SENSE
so is arsenic, so is oil Of yitrol, SO is prussis
ned. Thipk Of fellow tossing off glaI
OF vitriol, and excusing himself by saying
that it is a creature Of God. lie would
not use many such creatures, that's oil I'll
say. Whisky is good in its own place
There is nothing like whisky for preserving
man when be is dead But it is one of
the worst things in the world for preserving
man when he is living. If you want to
kill living man. put the whisky into him.
1t was q capital thing for Preser wing the
dead admiral. when they put him in rum
puncheon But it was bad thing for the
sailors when they tapped lhe cask. and
drank the liquor till they left the admiral
as he never lef, his ship-high and dry.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

The TRUE LIFE.-The mere lapse Of years
is not life. To eat aud drink and sleep ;
10 be exposed to darkness aud the light ;
to pace around the mill OF habit and tprn
the wheel Of wealth ; TO make reason our
book Keeper, and turn thought iuto ipple
menls Of iIsde-this is not life. In all this,
but peor fraction Of the consciousness Of
humanity is awakened, and the sanctities
still slamber which make it worth while TO
he. knowledge, truth, love, beauty, good
ness, faith, alone can give vitality to the
mechanism of existence. The laugh of
mir.h, which vibratts through the heart,
the tears whie, freshen 'hO dry waste with
in, the music that brings childhood BACK,
the future near the doubt, which makes US
meditate the dea which starlles ns with
mystery. The hardship that forces US to
struggle, the anxiety that ends in trust ;
these are the true no9rishment Of ogr nat.
ural being
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Ihe following poem ~ touchlngy DeauHtul Hbby nm
eye will be dimmed with tear II reads those lines and
the thoughago wandering to "mSm orys wild Sood
The authors name Is not given
The day, with Its sandals dipped in dew,
Has passed through the evenings golden gates
And single star in the cloudless blue
For the rising moon in slence waits;
While the winds 4hatsigh TO the languid hours
A lullaby. breathe DER the folded aowers.
The lilies nod to, the sound ofthc stream
That winds along with a lulling flow,
And either awake, or half inia dicam,, s,'Ay
I pass through the realms of Long Ago;
While aces peer with many a,smile
From the bower Of Memofys magical isle>
There are joys and sunshine, sorrow and tears,
That check the path of lifes April heurs,
And longing wish for the coming years, -
! That hope ever wreathes with the fairest
flowers;
There are friendships guileless-iove as bright
AS pure as the stars in the'halls Of night.
There are ashen memories, bitter pain,
And buried hopes and broken VOW,
And an aching heart by the restless MAN,
And the sea-breeze tanning apallid brow;
And wandeEer Oh the shell-lincd shore
Listening for voices that speak no more
I;n5s.e arc passions strong and ambitions wild,
And the fierce desire to stand In the van
Of the battle Of life-and the heart of the child
Is crushed in e.breast ofthc struggling man.
But short the regrets and few are the tears
That fall at the tomb of vanqushod years.
~ h-a.sso ttir.1, OF. ie OF
There's aquict, and peace, and domestic love,
Z And joys arising from faith and TRUTH, y .G
And love and unques,ioning, far above
The passionate dreamings of ardent youth,
And kisses of children on lip and check,
And ;he parents bliss which no tongue can
~ speak.
There are loved ones lost! There are little
groves
In the distant dell, meath protecting trees,
Where the streamlet winds and the violet waves
And the grasses sway to the signing breeze;
And we mourn for the pressure of tender lips,
And the light OF eyes darkened in dea.h's eclipse
And thus, as the glow of the daylight dies,
And the nights first look to the earth is cast,
gaze meath those beautiful summer skies.
At the pictures that hang on the hall of the
past
Oh, Sorrow and Joy, chant mingled lay
When to memory's wild wood we wander away
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

RAIN, Snow, &c.-Raiu is caused by q
cloud moving into O stratum of cold air, by
which its particles are condensed, aud run
into drops too heavy to float in the atmo''
phere. Snow is produced by tho cloud be-
coming frozen before its particles have col
lapsed into water Hail is caused by the
fire. zing Of the Drops after they begin 40
fall as rain. Dow is the falling of the va
pors of the day when they part With the
motion in the cool Of the evening. A fog
is a cloud floating on the surface OF the
earth, and cloud is u fog aoaling ia ths
atmosphere. 'fHIIH HtQI
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07
CrRr WEAK EYEs.-Au elderly gen

CuRE FJR WEAK EYEs-Au elderly gen
,leman, accustomed TO indulge. entered the
room of certain inn, where sat grave
Friend by the fire. Lifting pair of green
spectacles upon his forehead, rubbing bis
iuaamed eyes, and calling for hot brandy
aud water, ho complained that his eyes
were getting weaker aud weaker, aud that
even speci acles didu't seem 10 do them any
good. I'll tell thee. friend, replied the
Quaker. what / think. If thee was to
wear thy spectacles Orer thy mouth for a
les months, thy eyes would get round again
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07
Manuring Corn with salt.

In analyzing The ash of corn stalks,
Piof johnson found it 10 contain of soda
one hundred and cighCy.six parts in one
thousand, or more than one quarter of the
mineral clements Of the stalk. The ash Of
Whea, straw contaius only two parts of soda
in one thousand barley and rye three
each, aud oats ninety ysoveu. Thus it ap
pears that soda is an important element 10
the corn stalk, and the best way of supply.
ing /. directly TO the plant that We know
of, is to-apply top dressing Of common
salt Chloride of sodium.) Salt and ashes
mixed aud dropped by hand iu small guam.
titles on each bill. will often have wonder.
ful effect 10 improving the appearance Of
The corn. Especially is this the case when
tie plauts look yellow, and are backward
aud urtbrifty. And anything which invig.
crates The young corn, aud creates rank
stalk, is apt to induce an abundant yield Of
grain. This application is likewise as good
as any remedy known 10 prevent the dep
relations Of the cut worm. We hope some
of our readers will try some experimcn in
this line during the season, aud report them
to the Rural. Try sopc rows across the
corn field with salt, aud some With ashes,
some with plaster, &c, and observe which
gives the best results.-RWral N. YORKER.
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STRENGTH AND SAGACITY OF TIE ELEPHANT.
M PHILIPPE, an Eastern traveller, relates
that one day be went to the river at Co.,
Portuguese settlement in India, and in a
dock near TO the river side. large ship
was b ;ilding. He saw plot of ground
near, covered with heavy beams ready to
be used for this purpose. He watched.
and saw tie men fasien the ends of beam
with rope Of great strength aud thickness;
I bis rope was carried to on elephant en-
ployed 10 assist the workmsn. The animal
conveyed the rope to his mouth. and after
twisting it round his trunk, be drew the
beam without any conductor 10 the place
wbere the ship was building. Other ele.
plants were brought to assist 10 the work,
aud some Of them were able to drag beams
so large that iwenty men were unable to
move them. But what surprised the trav.
eer most was, not the amazing strength of
tie animal. but its Sagacity for whcQ
other beams obs!ructed The road, the ele-
plant would raise the end of his own beam,
that il might slide easily over those which
liy IN his way. M. Torser, another travel
CT, tells MS that he also had the opportunity
Of no icing the sagaciry of an elephant
master had let out the animal for d
certain sum per day, and lis employment
was to carry with its trunk timber for O
blilIiug from the bank Of river. This
business it carried on very clcverly under
the guidance of q boy, aud the sngacious
animal laid the pieces Of .imber one upon
another in such exact order that no men
in timber-yard could have done the work
| hettpr
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

The latest fashion for bonnet that has
appeared, consists of Two rye straws tied
together with blue ribbon Oh The top OF
the head, with red tassels suspended al
each OF the four ends. LIS love oil
thing
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

tbs PArH OF DurY.-Tbey that act ip
the path of duty. and depend upon the
powe: Of God. are equally safe al oil times
and ia all places; no less safe when sur
rounded by enraged eaemiss, than when
encirclsd by kind aud sssidaoas friends.
r-ia Newt0R.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

MIR. Adams wrole 10 Mr.. Seward 80
long ago as June l5. 1855. that intense
iutres. was manifested iu Europe concerning
the fate Of Jefferson Davis; that ia bis opin-
Jon there had bcch slanghtcr enough, and
that he lMr. .Adsmsl would be content II
Davis could be disgrAeed and slloved 10
siuk iuto oblivion. Mr.. SswaId replies 70,
Mr.. Adams Your sen.imeais are deemed
ius, aud wise. After this explicit dsclars'l
.ion.IwilI, /, be pretended that this Adninis.
ratiod has had any serions purpose loflPua-,
ishiag Jefferson Davis . Why. then hare
they kept him iu prison and not tried hlnf
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-07

A SEREYABE -Artemus Ward was out
late one night recently. Here is his ae
count Of his return home &
II was late when got home The
children and my wife we're ell abed. But
O candle-s candle made from taller of our
own ralSin--glenmed in Betsey's room; il
cleaned for ! All was still. The sweet
silver moon was shiniu' bright, and the
beautiful stars was up to thej, usual doins !
felt SENTIMENTAL mood so gently ore me
stealin', and pawsed before Beisy's win.
der, and sung, in kind Of operatic vols, a.
follets, imprompto 10 wit; 1s
Wake, Be,sey, wake,
My sweet galoot
Rise mp. fair lsky. 3tj 'o iz7m
4.sas7f While touch my lutte 9s2
The winder-I regret to say o. that tho
sinder went up. With q lent crash, and a
form in ,spotless white exclaimed. Oam
into the house you old fool. To morrer
you'll be goin' round complaipia' about
your liver.