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SAAARIPANS GIFT
THE MOST CERTAIN REMEDY EVER USED.
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Contains no Mineral, no Balsam. 40 Mercury
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f Il e. 3, Ho:pss And D''n ''' 'f' used
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STEAMBOAT LINES.
pOTOMAC FERRY COMPANY,
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA.

poToMAC FERRY COMPANY.
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA.
The steamboats Of the Company leave each place
n. until O'Clock p M Leave S'sf from 80
t the wharf foot of 9TH street, Wash y
The Seventh street Cars connect with the Boats.
THE STEAMER wAwAsEr
Leaves the wharf foot of Seventh street. for Cur.
F EfTtP spf aoRSrsGs Il sssdH and
WEDNESDAY and SUNDAYS at p. M returning
FOR MOUNT VERNON.
steamer for Mount Vernon viii the wharf fe Of
EV cry THURSDAY MORNING
at IL Clock returning the boat will arrive about
au soft President Potomac Ferry Go.
NoTICE.--The fine steamer HI LIVINGSTON
$40, Capt It. TT r. T - LEONARD Ita IN will
s sb The r1uts Lately BY ,hs
SYST HHT 81 FS sd Es
GAB Be NJ GREEKi yMdEDFoRD's WHARF, and
Returning to Baltimore. she leaves Lloyd's Land
ing at p. m, Cambridge at p. m, and Easton
Friday. She is larger boat than the Small, WITH
greater CAPACITY for freight, more state.rooms
Freight receiyedin Baltimore daily
more sEf ad first tfi1 will i'll be made up to Bat
DOTOMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE FOR
BALTIMORE.
Making freight connection at AQUA CREEK
with RICHMOND, FREDERICks- >eAne
BURG AND POTOMAC RAILRQAD. GfEHR
The steamer EXPRESS. Captain A @EAAah
9. Nickle, and steamer KENNEBEC, Captain Jno.
III. Wilson, leave Washington from Sixth street
Wharf, every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at
Ga. M. for Baltimore and usual way landings on
Potomac river. Returning, leave Baltimore every
TUESDAY and FRIDAY D. m
For further information apply to
J. B. BRYAN BRO,
NH 1Sd No. S45 Pennsylvania ave
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RY COOPER L At 7 ,AA ssi
Southwest corner Of Penn a avenue and 18th st :,
Star Office Bsilding.
CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE ON LOUISIANA AVENUE NEAR
9Th THIS STREET, KNOWN AS THE LICHAU
By virtue of a decree Of the Supreme Court of the
wherein Charles q. Bali is complainant and Henry
Lichau ct al are defendants the undersigned, as
lie auction, on TUESDAY, the 10Th day of October,
D., 1867, at the hour of AZ O'Clock p M all that
fse be- s Of Lot
Lot - at the northwest corner of said lot at the
dividing line between Lots II and Is, in said Square
a., and running thence eastwardy With the line
depth of said lot. thence west~ ardly Is feet and
thence nOrthwardly to the place of beginning, to.
gether with the buildings and improvements there.
Terms of sale as prescribed by the decree are as
follows: One.third Of the purchase money to be
paid cash. and the balance in u and IS months with
of to be secured by the bond or bonds of the pur-
chaser or purchasers, with surety or sureties to
be % Of tie
cash On the day of sale, or on the ratification OF
said sale by the Court. lien will be retained on
said lot for the purchase money.
No deed will be given until all purchase money
shall have been paid.
The terms of sale must be complied with in one
m the and D the U
chasers, after one week g notice
Convey ancing and revenue stamps at the cost of
the purchaser or purchasers ~
4: ,THOs: BRADLEY,
WM.J MILLER,
1Hb9k4 E Fl d59F8SfD'
oc7-eo&ds COOPER 4 LAr1MERR,s 4 Auess:
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DISEASED MEAT.-Official reports state that
nearly 600 tons OF meat have been condemned
dnring The past six years in the London mar
ket, by the inspectors appointed for that pur-
pose. II is not supposed that any one would
intentionally expose diseased meat for sale In
our markets, but that inexperienced persons
may possess the means of Judging, we give a
few rules condensed from report on the sub.
ject, whereby a judgment may be formed:
''Good meat is neither OF a pale pinkish color
nor OF dark purple tint. The former indi.
Gates disease, the latter natural death or acute
fever. Good meat Is marked by small veins of
fat, which is hard and suety, and never wet;
while that Of diseased meat is soft and watery,
often like jelly or sodden parchment. Healthy
meat feels fine and somewhat elastic, and
scarcely moistens the fingers, while diseased
meat is soft and wet. often So much SO that
serom runs from It. Good meat has little odor
and that not diea greeable, while diseased meat
smells faint and cadayerous, and often emits
the odor OF medicine, especially when fresh
cut, or minced, or treated with hot water
Good meat shrinks in cooking, bad shrivels
or boils to pieces DR.. Livingston says
that the flesh OF slaughtered cattle while SUI
feIing with pleuro-pneumonia produces ma.
hgnant carbuncle in those who eat it, He
cites statistics to prove that after the importa-
ton OF pleUro pneumonia in cattle from Hol-
land, the deaths from carbun Gle increased more
than six fold. and the mortality from kindred
diseases increased thirty fold. The ill effects
OF this kind Of meat cannot be DESTROYED by
cooking
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AUCTION SALES.

RY COOPER tATIMER, Aae,lonssrs,
clerks With II
: Eleventh street, Star Once Building.
VERY VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY
81 sEhhks sSSHaf sFEEEEFs
On W WfIIGDAY AFTERNOON. sctober q,
ls at O'Clock in front Of the y, premises we shall
three-story and basement press brick front Dwell
steps and iren railing, with front 20 feet by 50
fs SSs s1ss see 3
y t finely being nS
Terms: One half cash; balance in one and two
years secured by deed of trust and notes bearing
All conveyancing and revenue stamps at pur-
One hundred dollars down at time of sale.
RY COOPER 4 LATIMER, Auctloneers,
Lats clerks * With C. MSG.iFs Co.
Star Office Building.
SeAhH1 s FEM S EFAME sEW
Jersey AVENUE AND FIRST STREET
On THURSDAY AFTERNOON, October II. at
o'clock in front Of the premises we shall sell part
hst IN Gs b1 Of sansre
Frame House, situated on NJ street south, between
IN SIX and twelve
months, secured by deed of trust and notes
stamps at purchasers cost $50 down at time Of
sale. ..s-.. 80. $3.50
oc nd COOPER 4 LATIMER, Aucts.
10y COOPER & LATIMER, Auctioneers,
Id Late clerks with Jas. G. Mcclure Co..
Southwest corner Penn's avenue and 18th st., Star
Office Building.
PHELAN's MARBLE-BED BILLIARD Ia
BLES,
OAK MARBLE-TOP SIDE BOARDS,
CARVED WALNUT REP SOFAS, LOUNGES
AND CHAIRS,
OAK EXTENSION DINING TABLES,
CHINA AND GLASSWARE, FINE BRUSSELS
CARPETS, &C., AT AUCTION
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RAILROADS.
RALTIA0RE AND OHIO RAILROAD,
~ WASHINGTON, May 5, noon, l00Y,

AMI ShlU
WASHINGTON, May 8, noon, 1871.
q
MOTIF TTsss bet Ss.yssn TAsHINSToN AND BALTI:
ere now frn a. follows. VIZ
FOR BALTIMORE
Leave aaily except Sunday, at Too, T:4, and lie
p. ms ana ~ and 80. and s;45 p m
EOh ALL WAY STATIONS.
Leave DAILY, except Sunday, at Zoo g. m, and 10
FOB WAY STATIONS SOUTH OF ANNAPOLIS
JUNCTION.
Leave at e:lb And 200 .. m, and at AGO and 4:N1
FOR ANNAPOLIS.
Leave at 7:e0 O. N, and 40 D. m. 10 trains 10
from Annapolis on Sunday.
ON SUNDAY
FOB BALTIMORE.
Leave at |: Is q. m :. and $50 and S:4 p. m,
FOB WAY STATlVnS.
Leave at 7:<5 g. m, and 80 and 8S5 p. m.
Fer ALL PARTS 0F THE WEST.
Leave daily, except Sunday, at 7%6 .. m, 40 and
On sunday at 40 and s;4s p m. only, connecting
at Relay Station with trains from Baltimore to
Wheeling, Parkersburg, &C..
THROUGH TICKETS to the West can be bad at
in the day well as at the new office of the Bank
ers and Brokers' Telegraph Line, 34S Pennsylya-
ma avenue. between 9th and 7th streets.
For New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, see ad-
vertisemept of Through Line.n
=. y: WILSON Master OF transportation.
4 NJ. COLE, General Ticket Agent.
&C 50 GEO. 5. kOONTZ, Agent, Washington,
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AUG ZION SALES


<HIs AFTERNOON.
sr elsIt: With hAI Sas aaGss1nss5s
' e'I Star ONCE Building.
VERY DESIRABLE, IMPR9yER PROPERTY
fSuE E;HHS$i$SA ANb Sixth SHEETS,
W W a AfI seil on TUESDAY, October 18TH 1857,
Valuable property being the western one third part
ana Sa,ns H,h o. asost n isst to 80 foot al
s N.t,e g
sFsf BACK ea and ss
Terms s Of sale ar U cash, the residue
in II and IS months With interest secured by
purchaser Sloo down s time time Of sale r,,rD
sepdsds l1nt s1i9pEh q hA aetisnssiis.
D Late clerks with j: 3: McGaiTs i Co..
Star oes Sudns and 'h
Viii be sold ont on HS sf the 18th Of oetobsr
on the premises, at O'Clock p. M, Lot 1, in Da
@ Ths Sss ps of IS 9s
inches on the north side of street west of 18th
an ey
Terms of sale One third Of the purchase money
staments at six and twelve months, with interest,
to he secured by deed of trust.
The terms of sale must be complied wi tn within
week after sale, the property may be resold,
after weeks notice, at the risk and cost of the
first purchaser. Stamps and convsyancing at the
purchasers cost.
COOPER LATlMER,
oc 1-eo2w INTEL Auctioners.
by COOPER Il LATIMER, Auctioneers,
ID uate clerks with James c. Mcclure Co..
Southwest corner PENNSYLVANIA avenue and 18th
street, "Star Office Building"
VERY VALUABLE MEDICAL LIBRARY, IN
ENGLISH. FRENCH. GERMAN AND SPAN
ISL, TOGETHER WITH A FINE COLLEC-
TON OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, AT
AUCTION: n,1n,
EVENINGS, October IA, Is, and Is, at O'Clock, at
our auction rooms, we shall sell a very valuable
Medical Library in English, French, German, and
Spanish; several Cases of Pocket and Field instru
ments. Alse, fine collection of Miscellaneous
Books.
Terms cash COOPER LATIMER,
oCS Aucts
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first National Bank OF Washington

first National Bank OF Washington
D. COOKE, {of Jay Cooke b Co.. President.
VIM. 8. HUNTINGTON, Cashier.
GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY
FINANCIAL AGENT OF THE UNITED
STATES,
1StA stYest, opposits ths Treasury Department.
Government Securities with Treasurer United
State
ONE MILLION DOLLARSA
Webuy and sell all classes of GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES at current market rate
FURNISH EXCHANGE and make Collections
.. ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE
VNITED STATES.
We purchase Government Vouchers on the MOST
FAVORABLE TERMS, and give careful and
prompt attention to
ACCOUNT OF USlNESS MEN and FIRMS
And to any other business entrusted to us.
FULL INFORMATION in regard to GOVERN.
MENT LOANS at all times cheerfully furnished
WIN. 8. HUNTINGTON, Cashier.
Warrington, March 20, 1866. m2l-tf
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u,,h IN ~ Ell y nH Nm oDOE BILE, Track ROUTE,
day anu night Cars with modern improv emen ts and
SAYING rom fcrr to twelve hours in time over any
and Central New York
THREE DAILY TRAINS TO THE WEST.
TWO DAILY TRAINS TO THE NORTH
ThroIgh rem baltimore to ROCHESTER, and
Passengers by this route from Baltimore have the
ADVANTAGE of making all changes in UNION DE.
POTS, and no FERRIES.
Tickets by this route can be procured at the Of,
fee, corner 9th street and Pennsylvania avenue,
under National Hotel, where reliable information
will be given at all times.
Passengers procuring tickets at this Office ca,
secure accommodations in Sleeping Cars for HI
mira Pittsburg.
". J. ARNOLD, Ticket Agent,
Sixth and Penna ave., Washington, D. q.
ED. s. YOUNG, Gen Pass Agent,
de lily Baltimore, Nd,
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NEW a BgQHK; stori,, Memo;r, of ~. p,n,. Com
sort. Thackerays Early and Late Papers. Cod
nah 3 Ten Months In Brazil: Randolph Gordon
Other Customs Of the Mandans, by Catlin. Rsli-
gious Life in England, by Alphonse ESQUIRE. On
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n He N IONAL
SAFE DEF OSIT COL PANY,
OF WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Chartered by Special Act of Congress for the
SAFE KEEPING UNDER GUARANTEE OF
GONERNM'T BONDS, STOCKS, SPECIE,
JEWELRY, CASH BOXES
SILVER PLATE, MORTGAGES
PAINTINGS. --I- WILLS. DEEDS,
VALUABLE PAPERS, ...
And all descriptions of Valuables, and for tn
RENTING OF SAFES,
FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF VAULTS.
OFF1cE-CoRSER NEW YORK AVENUE AND
FIFTEENTH STREET.
DIRECTORIES. P. BROWN, H. d. COOKE, GEO.
w RIGGS, VIM. 8. HUNTINGTON, GEORGE h
PLANT, GEORGE o. EVANS, B. p. sNYDER,
NATHANIEL WILSON.
g. P. BROWN, PRESIDENT. .e.... ...
GEORGE o. EVANS, VICE PRESIDENT.
VIM. s. HUNTINGTON, TREASURER.
B. P. SNYDER, SECRETARY.
OFFICE HOURS: From O'Clock a. m. to O'Clock
p. m. au l-u
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THE EVENING STAR.
Rase Ball Gossip

The New York correspondent Of the Eplsco.
paliap has the following bit of gossip concern
ing bail matters The writer says;
It may interest some Of the younger readers
OF the Episcopaiian to know that not few OF
.he merchants have set their faces against ne
waste Of time and other excesses, to whic'., the
TOO ardent pursuit OF physical exercise, ina the
shape OF base ball, has been gradual 2 ieadinS
A free conference on the subject was held the
other evening, at the mansion of one Of our
NEST philanthropic and liberal minded citi.
Lsns, and the whole subject was thoroue
discussed in all Its bearings
Tne prevailing conviction appeared to be
mat While base bail was an excellent diver.
sion, II would not do to make a business Of It;
Of physical exercise, especially for clerks and
other persons whose employments are OF q
eedentary character, there was point to
which 1t might be pushed to an injurious ex-
cess; that that point has already been reached,
and thats therefore, it was the duty OF the en-
pioyers TO do what could be done TO impose
upon II proper restraint.
One wholesale dry goods dealer said his
business had been a severe sufferer during The
past season, owing TO the almost daily absence
OF the clerks at these games. Another said the
rivalry between different clubs had led to bet.
ting On results, a species Of gambling which
ne was not disposed to encourage in persons
whom he employed TO handle many thousands
Of dollars in the course Of the day. a third
party expressed the opinion that the health of
the base ball m0HOmdRincS was no better than
that of many young men who never played
game in their lives.
Morally and physically, therefore, the con.
clusion was that this OVERRIDING of what was
very good thing in itself, was an evil, and
one that, If only for the sake of the young men
themselves, it was the duty of employers to
check To that end, a committee was appoint.
ed 10 prepare pamphlet embodying briefly
the views Of the meeting. particularly among
merchants clerks. The Young Mems Chris
give the whole subject their consideration at
an early day.
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=. lf. ALI h4U ". RVWG6Ss
=" Assistant Surgeon, 81 n. 7. Vols. !"

Sold by 3. o. FORD, corner nth street and Penn
uylyania avenue, WASHINGTON; HENRY COOK, a.
exandria, Vs.; and by Druggists generally. =.
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oc 7mwfSds COOPER & LATIMER, Aucts
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the Steamboats of the Company leave. each place
IVEKf HOUR, from 6 O'Clock a. ~
"a, un mi Is o . p m Leave from E3A&
ington.
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ki ~ ,,PER LATIMER. Auctfoneers.
= .ase clerks with Jas. G. Mcclure h Coz
sou' .sWest corner Penn'a avenue and 18th street,
Star ONCE Building -
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10y COOPER LATIMER, Auctioneers,
ID (Late clerks with j. c. Mcclure Il Co..
Southwest corner Of Penn.a avenue and 18th st +,
Star Office Building.
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oG7 GREAT UDnsy
OO( PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 1904

~ s3$zsss s
TO THE NORTHWEST, SOUTH. AND SOUTH
WEST
follows: ' '' 90
Wsshington..78 A. M.lBaltimore .....l2 10 p, NJ.
'"''tB p NJ. $685.. 90 p Nc,
......S.45 P, NJ 10 30 D -
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THE STEAMER WAwASET
Leaves the wharf. foot of Seventh street for Inv
rioman and intermediate landings TJESDaY and
FRIDAY MORNINGS at 6 o'clock Refnrnine
WEDNESDAY, and SUNDAYS at5p m
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10y COOPER 4 LATIMER, Auctioneers,
ID Late clerks with James G. Mcclure Co..
Southwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
Eleventh street, Star Office Building.
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10y COOPER & LATIMER, Auctioneers,
ID Late clerks with Jas. c. Mcclure & Co..
Southwest corner Penn's avenue and 18th st., Star
Office Building.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-03-07
ALerend..wur woxrs CANNOT Enter MASON.

ALegend--WH WOMEN CANNOT ENTER MASON
Ic cLoDaEs.-when King Solomon was still young
man he had married his seventh wife. She
was a beautiful young Ammontess, with locks
as black as the ravens wing and eyes as bright
as the eagles. 1t was believed that she was
the favored fair one among all the sultanas OF
the Great King: for his affections were not d.
vided then AS they afterwards became. She
knew her power, and used it unsparingly. In
addition to her other qualities, she was as in
ou;sitive as ever was woman on this earth.
One evening King Solomon attended Lodge
on some grand occasion; and stayed out some
what late. When he returned home, he found
the fair Ammonitess in the dumps, and pout-
ing lust like the dear wives of Masons dosom
times now when their lords stay out too late of
the Lodge. She upbraided him with neglect
ing her. insinuated that he hadn't been to tho
lodge as he pretended, and insisted that in fti-
ture he should give proof that he went there
by having herself initiated so that she might
90 there and watch him.
"Daugh,er of Ammon," replied the King,
"thou hast behaved thyself as one of the foolish
women, in presuming to question thy lord and
master. Thou art not so angry with me as
thou pretendest to be: for the true reason Oh
this behavior is thy Unsuitable curiosity, IN
which thou excellest Eve herself. Know then
that here ordain that neither thou, nor any OF
thy inquisisive sex after thee, ever enter tho
portals of Masonic Lodge; but shall enjoin
the Tyler to pierce through with his drawn
sword any woman that shall attempt to enter
a lodge aye, even thee, Queen of lsreal though
thou bep And that ordinance of this wisest
of monarchs has continued in force till this
day. en
I'VE hope, now, that we have satisfied tho
curiosity of our fair readers as fully as did King
Solomon that of his Queen.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-03-07
Thursday, March 7, 1887.
Advertising.

Few persons appreciate the value of liberal
and extensive advertising. Yet it is one of the
most powerfulaids to the business man that can
be conceived. For the benefit of those who
can't see it, when the use of advertising is dis
cussed, we give the following instance of its
value:
The man who invented brakes Plantation
Bitters, and invented the cabalistic Signs. I,
-1SG0-N-for them, and daubed it all over
the world, has made an independent fortune
Lately he sold out his right in the invention
latter having made as much money as he need,
cd, for $50, 900. After the sale he was tt
communicate the significance OF the wonderful
and renowned hieroglyphics: IS. T.-1sGo-
X,-Started Trade-186O-X dollars capital.
This is the fact. He started in business in
1860 with capital of only ten dollars; and
by dnt of constant and persistent and mag
unanimous advertising, has amassed princely
fortune inside of a half dozen years.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-03-07
Grafton House.

A Traveller" in writingto the MartinsburS
Ncr Era, says
e. do not propose to occupy your space with
long list of the various Hotels might men
ton along the route from here to the West, but
simply to direct attention to one--the Grafton
House, at Grafton, West Va, kept by }. W.
Hooper. | found no better Hotel on my route
from st. Louis, than the Grafton House. 1t is
conducted in the very best manner possible ;
the table is supplied with the best the home
and Baltimore markets can afford the Bar Is
furnished with the choicest wines and liquors
the servants are attentive, and the chief clerk
and business mana Mr. Robert Hooper, is
one of the most genial and pleasant yoans gen
tlemen ever met Persons stopping at the
Grafton House, are made perfectly at home,
and are so handsomely and pleasantly enter
tanned that they feel 10th to leave"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-03-07
Agricultural.

Commissioner Isaac Newton, Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, at Washington, has issued
a circular, of which a copy has been sent us,
requesting "that small packages of the finest
samples of the best varieties of wheat, corn and
other cereals of every neighborhood be forward
ed, by mail, in packages of two pounds. or less
each distinctly marked with name, donor, To-
cal name, and county and State i'll which 1t
was grown. Such packages, addressed to the
Commissioner of Agriculture, can be sent with,
out postage from any postoiiice in the United
States"
These samples are designed to be prepared
and labeled for exhibition in the Great World S
Fair to commence in Paris on the lst of April.
We hope some of our farmers who havegra,Iin
of the best qualities, will send samples as indl-
Gated, rithom detay, as the Commissioner says
no time is to be lost. Doubtless such attention
will 10 acknowledged by the Commissioner by
forwarding in return, packages OF the seeds dis
tributed through his department.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-03-07

MAsoSIc.-A Mason's Lodge is the temple
of peace, harmony, and brotherly love Moth
inc IS allowed to enter which has the remotest
tendency to disturb the quictude Of its pursuits.
A calm inquiry into the beauty of moral geom,,
etrv NAV be prosecuted without excitement and
they constitute the chief employment in the
tile recesses of the Lodge. The lessons OF vir-
tue from the East, like rays of brilliant lights
streaming from the rising sun, illuminate the
West and South and as the work proceeds,
are carefully imbibcd by the workmen: Thus,
while Wisdom contrves the plan and instructs
the workmen. Strength lends its able support
to the moral fabric, and Beauty adorns it with
curious and cunning workmanship. All this
is accomplished without the use Of axe, ham am
mer. or any other tool of brass or iron, within
the precinct of the temple TO- disturb the peace
ful sanctity Of the same.-MoTT7s.