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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-05-05

GARFIELD, No. $40 Seventh, corner of /
street, has Just received a complete assort-
ment Of those beautiful shoes and CATERS
for ladies, misses and children, of all colors
and styles, consisting of slipper button, lace
or Congress CATERS. His stock of gentle
mems fine Congress CATERS and low quar-
tiers, such as Oxford ties, strap shoes, &c,
Of the best quality and finish is complete.
Give him call and test the truth.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-05-05

PAVEMENT, TO DE LAID.-TO-day the work
ui IGtlng down pavcments on the north
Site Of Virginia, between Fourth and Sixth
-ir''ls cast, and on Ninth street, from c
street To- south Carolina avenue, will be com
mcnCcd By Mc-srs. Kirby 4 Co., the contrac-
tors Tor this work in the Sixth ward.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-05-05

REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Cross d Walsh sold
last week to Charles f. Hulse part lot 5,
square $40, at l2IS cents per foot, and subs
and b, square 96S, to @. A. Parkhurst, at
II centsi also, sub F, same square, r. c.
Griffin, at 1871 cents per foot.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
A M0DERs BLUE BEARD.

A case has just been tried in the
criminal court of Posen, Prussia. which
in its peculiar atroclty actually outdoes
the sangumary legend of Blue Beard.
The criminal was bookbin6er nam
ed Whitman, and the Grim of which he
was accused aud for which he was con-
demned to death, was the poisoning of
four wives ard two children in the
space OF six years.
Tais Whitman. while working as
iourneyman in Violin some ten years
ago, made the acquaintance of the gov
erness of his employer, a NJ. Pirsch,
who died suddenly after leaving hisen-
tire fortune to his governess.
Whitman thereupon settled at Violin
and III 1860, married the heiress OF NJ.
Pirsch. Two male children were born
in this union. In 1862 Mrs. Whitman
died very suddenly, leaving all She po-
sessed to her husband. Three months
afterwards the eldest boy was ais at
tacSed by a mysterious desease and al
so died.
In June, 1868, Whitman married his
second wife, who had likewise some
money, and who died in the following
December, after having made will i'll
her husbands favor eight days previous
ly. In April. 1864. Whitman took a
third wife to his bosom, III the person
of an heirCss, richer than either OF the
previous victims; dividing her fortune
between her husband and her mother.
Two months after her death, Whitman
entered for the fourth time into mat
rimong-this time marrying wealthy
widow with one child, who died three
days after the marriage.
Whitman then left Wollen and set
tied at Posen. His fourth and last
wife died in September, 1866, having
like her predecessors made a wiB in fa-
vor OF her husband, about month be-
fore. Under pretext that she had
died of cholera, Whitman wanted to
| have her buried immediately, bat the
extraordinary mortality i'll this mans
| family had at last attracted attention,
and the police interfered with his rath-
| er premature arrangements. a ply
sician was called III an examination
made, the presence of arsenic proved,
and Herr Whitman was lodged in Jail,
Just as the funeral procession started
from the door.
The bodies of his former wives and
of his two children were afterwards ex
hlmed, and chemical analysis re.
vealed traces too patent to admit
of doubt or discussion, and after !
brief trial, Whitman was as above rela-
ted, condemned 10 death. Ere this ht
has paid the penalty of his crimes.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
20
THE CURSE OF THE DAY,

There is too much lying. On every
hand we meet with eXageratiOu. EQUIV
ocati9n, deception. We call it lying,
and every man or woman who varies
one iota fIom the strictcst truth or fact
is indeed liar. .
The eXpressman agrees most solemn-
" to deliver a tru K at a certain place
bya certaia time. He delivers 1t the
day after the time promised, and thus
lies. The grocer promises to send you
the best tea i'm the market. lie takes
the first re lays his hands upon without
any care for quality and dispatches it.
to YOU without twinge. lie is llar
The printer promises to do your work
cheaper than it can be done elsewhere
into wn. lie forgets his promlse-char-
ges you what he pleases-and les. The
tailor agrees to deliver suit of clothes
without fai by six in the evening"
You get them III the morning, and the
tailor lies. The dentist pledges his
word that If your teeth are filled by
him they will be all right for dozen
years, the Filings cCm out in six month
aad the dentist lies. A man over the
wav il i'm need of a temporary loan.-
You lend him certain sum, which he
promises by every thing to return at 4
given time. He keeps it a month over
the time. and is liar. a certain auc-
tione r tells you that a certain picture
Is by master artist when he knows it
was painted by tourtilrate painteI.
He lies and is not worthy of trust. A
salesman lies about his goods. boot
maker lies about your boots. A jewel
ler lies about your watch. The gossip
er at the dinner table tells exaggerated
stories to astonish the ladies-and is
nothing else but liar. The florist as
sures You that his flowers were picked
in the morning, when they were near
IL two DAYS old. He lies, and will lie
about anything. The book publisher
advertiscs that his book is selling by
the thousands, when he has not sold
thousand. and one door Oft from the
murderer.
Everywhere-everywhere, we hear
lying, lying, lying. Men and women
who would knock you down, ifyou call
them liars, lie every hour. Deception
is the rule rather than exception.
Canvassers lie about insurance COM
panies. Brokers lie abodt stocks. Ed
.ors lie about politics. Ex g ,eration
and MISREPRESENTATION rule the day and
are its curse.
n-ladies-why cam ot the
truth be told always and ever? Why
so much falsifying and cheating ? In
the name of all that is good, We beg
OF you to do as you agree ?-N. I.
Nail.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
VIGOROUS woNEN.

Physically, our American women Of
to day present sLriking contr asst to
those of ten years ago. Wasp like
waists have disappeared. Delicate
limbs, languid countenances and trail
constitutions generally have ceased to
be at a premium, and in their place we
have strong limbs, ruddy cheeks and
robust constitutions. The English wo-
man is yearly becoming more the mod
ell. Without becoming strong minded
in the common acceptatlon OF the term
our wives, daughters and sisters are
becoming stronger physically. We do
not allude, of course, to those whose
lives are devoted to round OF fashions
able amusement, gaity. and dissipation
Yhis encouraging change is to con-
siderable extent, due to the outdoor
pastimes inaugerated among the wo-
men. Horseback riding, ten pins, cro-
quet billiards, skating and walking,
have ceased 20 be confined to the stern
er sex. Women eagerly embrace these
amusements and seemingly derive all
the enjoymehts which they are capa
BILE OF yielding.
The English girl who thinks nothing
of doing five miles walk before breat-
fast. now finds a competitor in her
American cousin. Many o. The most
devoted and skilful deciples of the curl
my art belong To the other sex. A
f0ndness and taste tor these exercises,
sh0nld be fostered and developed, M
stead OF being represseq and checked
h ough fear OF making women uhwt =
| manly, Marriage says Michalet, lis
| the chief end of Woman." Ii such be
| the case, she can attain it in no quicker
| way than by presenting robust ply
| sique. overlooking with animal LIE and
| spirits. in contrast TO weak pnny
constitution bending before any advers
wind. N 7, At.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
artlt anS GarSett.
vHoar RULES IN RURAL ECONOMY.

Paint all tools exposed to the wealth.
er, and if with light-colored paint,
they will not heat, warp, or crack the
least in the sun.
Dip we.l-seasoned shingles in lime
wash, and dry them before laying, and
they will last much longer, aud not be-
come covered with moss.
In hitehing horse to a common rail
or worm fence. always select the inside
corner, which will be more secure by
its bracng position, and the halter will
not becJme entangled among the pro-
jecting ends of the rails, as when hitch
ed on the outside corner.
Always tie halter by making a sim
gle loop, and thrusting the end of the
halter through this loop. This is quick
ly united, and will never come united
itself.
Dip the ends of nails into grease, and
they will drive easily into any hard
wood, where they would otherwise dou-
BILE and break.
In screwing nuts into any part of ma
chinery in cold weather, be careful not
to heat them first with the hands, or
they will contract after being screwed
on tight, and become immoyable alter
wards.
In ploughing or teamlng on the road
i'm hot weather, always lest tile horses
on an eminence, where one minute will
be worth two in warm valley.
In setting out young orchards, always
register the varieties Immediately in u
book, where they may be referred to in
few years. when the trees commence
bearing, and tho labels are lost, and
names forgotten.
I'm lavtuo ~ n Garden for fruits and veg.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
HOW MUCH.

How much better is your farm than
it was year ago
How much better are your imple-
ments
How much more lovely have you
m tide your home by the planting of
trees and shrubs
How much haveyou added to the val
uc of your property. by the planting OF
orchards and small fruits?
How much better is your stock OF
horses, sheep and cattle
How much of error have you discov-
cred in your mode of treatment OF the
different crops you have grown :?
How much have you learned from
your neighbors, from your agricilltu a
papers, in experience TO your farm op-
erationS?
How much have you done to aid your
wife and daugeter in their household
duties by furnishing them with impro,-
ed household utensils and the better To-
cation OF wells, cisterns, wood, cellars
and dairy rooms
How much of kindness and charity
have you exercised toward :he sick and
needy?
How much better husband. father,
brother, man. are you, than you were
one year ago
Reflect on these things, and If you
have been direlect in your duty in the
year that has now faded IN the dim
past'-turn over new leaf and resolve
to do better the coming year.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
THE DIFFERENCE.

One young lad. rises early, rolls up
her sleeves, goes in the kitchen to get
breakfast, or insists upon doing 50, and
afterwards, with cheerful and sunny
smiles, puts the house in order without
the assistance of "mother." She will
make good wife and render home a
paradise. Young map, 'get her :"
Another young lacy is parlor beau
ty, pallid from company, dissipation
and want of exerc Sc, reads novels and
almost dies for laziness, while the poor
old mother does her washing. She is a
worthless piece OF furniture and m an
noyauce to her own household, and a
curse to the husband she may chance 10
"rope in aud will so whining to her
grave. Young man, "let her alone ~
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
2nefiraI.
(FoR THE NATIVE vIRGIHIAN.)
CURLS OF GOLD.

BY W. P. CARTER.
Good bye to the fairest of the fair
Dark eyed and golden curl'd;
Goodbye to the vhitest lily,
wee= of all the world.
She came to us in Summer time
How tenderly we trod-
That Summer morn twenty month";
She went away to God.
She was the youngest, all we had,
Two others went before;
We kept this shining little star
To light our lonely door.
SO bright, so blithe, so full of glee,
a child OF gentle mould,
We reyelled in her wealth oflove,
And in her curls ofgold.
Goodbye to the fairest OF the fair,
we trembled when we heard
voice upon the midnight winds,
ave want a Bonny BirdW
We want seraph pure and bright,
With beauty rare untold
We want dark eyes and sun wresthed smiles
And clustering curls of gold.
And all that night we fingered long,
The silent watch we kept;
SO softly, sweotly, sanity,
Our rose of Sharon slept!
But when the morrows sun was high,
The burning tear-drops told
Our snow-white bird had flown away
And all our curls of gold.
Two little shoes are lying near
That pattered on the stair,
And the baby hat hangs lonely
On the little high back chairl
The Spring, the birds, the flowers have come,
White lambs are with the fold;.
But where's the whitest one OF all,
With clustering curls of gold :?
Goodbye to the fairest Of the fair,
We kissed the Christening rod
To sleep upon her mothers breast.
We gave her up to God!
But when Winter winds sigh sadly,
Round the church-yard dark and cold,
We want our sDow-white bird again,
And all our curls of gold.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
MECHANICAL INGENUITY OF FARMERs.

One of the most component parts OF
a good farmer is mechanical ingenHty.-
Some lose halt day time for want OF
not knowing how torepair breakager
which an ingenious person could do in
five minutes. A team and two or three
men are sometimes stopped whole
dav, at critical season. for want of
little mechanical skill. 1t is we'll for
every farmer to have at hand the facili-
ties for repairing. In addition to the
more common tools, he should keep
supply of nails OF different sizes. screws,
boiss and nuts. Common cut nails are
too brittle for repairing implements, or
for other similar purposes. Buy only
the very best and anneal them, all that
is necessary is to heat them red hot in
common fire, and cool gradually. Let
them cool, for instance, by remaining in
the fire while it burns down and goes
out. One such nail, well clinched,, Will
be worth half dozen unanneaied. Moth
ing is more common than for farmer
to visit the blacksmith's shop to get q
broken or lost bolt or riyet, Inserted,
and often single nut on bolt. rms
must be paid for. and much time is lost.
BY providing a supply of bolts, nuts,
and rvets much time and trouble may
be saved. They may be purchased
wholesale at a low rate. These should
all be kept in shallow boxes, With. COM
| partments made for the purpose. furn-
ished with bow handle for conveni-'
ence in carrying them. One box with
halt dozen divisions, may he appro-
priated to nails Of different sizes; and
another with as many compartments.
to screws, bolts, rivets, etc. Every tar
mer should keep on hand a supply OF
! copper wire, and small pieces of sheet
copper or copper straps. Copper wire
| is better than annealed iron wire; it is
almost as flexible as twine, and may be-
bent and twisted as desired; and it VIII
not rust. Copper straps nailed acioss
| or around fracture orspllt in an wood
en- article, will strengthen it in thor
| onuh R,irdL AfdsrS.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29

In Paris they are reducing dinner to
Il mere bite, aud substituting hearty
and heavy midniSht suppers, They
ignore the declarations OF physicians
tlag late 5 lppers promote sickness and
induce premature death saying that
fashionable habits of the eighteenth
century, aud the longevity OF that pc
rod, prove the physicians to be mlsta-
ken.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29

lUP At an examination in one of Our
Young ladies' seminaries, the other day,
the question was put to class OF little
ones: "Who makes the laws of our gov
ernmentP" Congress was the ready
reply. How is Congress divided
was the next question. But the little
girl to whom it WAS put failed to answer
It. Another little girl in the class rails
ed up her hand, indicating that she
could answer it. "Weli," SAID the ex-
sminer. "Miss Sallie. what do you say
the division is?" Instantly, with All
air ofconiidence as well as triumph, the
answer cane, "Ciyilized, half civilized
and SAVAGE.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
PROPOSED DIv1stoN OF TEXAS,

A special dispatch to the Washington
Chronicle from Austin, Texas, IL says:
Resolutions f;ivoring division OF
Texas INTO States of more venient
size, and sending Il delegation to Con-
gress, pissed the reconstruction Con-
vention yesterday by decided maj Or
itV
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29

iGs One popularity of the China
men in Caliafornia is, they never walk
ii they can by any means ride. An
other pe5ulianity is, that as soon as
they get rich they so home and gamble
away what they have madey and then
return to set noFe.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
TO PREVENT SHRINKING IN FLANEELs

A correspondent of the London Field
saws: s'In washing fiannels, or other
woolen articles, have the suds ready
prepared, by boiling up and so dissolv-
inc small pieces Of soap IN rain water,
without soda; but do not use the suds
when boiling; let them be lukcwarm
only when the articles are put in. The
flannels should moi be rubbed with
large piece of soap, nor should the ma
terial itself De rubbed, as in washing
linen, &C.; the fibres of the wool cor +.
tain numberless little hooks, which the
rubbing knots together; hence the
thiekening of the fabric, ana consequent
shrinking in dimensions. Wen sluice
the articles up and down in plenty of
suds, which afterwards squeeze (noS
wrinel out. After rinsing, squeeze out
the water, and dry in The open air, il
the weather is such rs to admit of the
articles drying quickly; ifnot, dry in
warm room, but avoid too close proxl
mity To tire. Let any dustor mud be
beaten out or brushed of prior to wash
ing.' -
s-Fs Ue who blnckcus othf rS docs
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29

lip sinful habit are the channel I
sinful thoughts. If we would hays the
thoughts to cease to How, we must close
I'D tile channels.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29

lP A Christmas goose, sent by a
kind ( lend TO two prisoners i'll Cana.
da Jail, was stuffed with files and steel
saws.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29

,EP An English clergyman has been
divorced for slrtkinga II blll-boOk ut his
wife otherwise frightening her.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29

;CF The three great conquercrs of
the world are Fashion Love and 0catF.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
WOOD.

THE undersigned would respectfully
i announce to the citizens ofOrange =. II,
that he has commenced hauling woou ior ,sti tiie
winter, which he will deliver IN any ,,,'si
fv. at the shortest notice and on the most
reasonable tszTnE. = CAs1A Ph--iA''
eSt n. te
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29

x5- Advertisements for hss time than
an zee months will be charged for at the usu-
" rates-one dollar per squarctor the flrst IN
ssrtion, and fifty cents for eaeh subsequent
insertion.
= Tbenumber erofinsertionimustb OF be mark
y IN the manuscript, or the eadyertisement
Iii be continued until forhd and charged
far Accordingly.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29

srP He who blackens oth' rI docs
not Wliiten himself.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-29
She 8atire TifointaH ,
". BY BAGBY 4 sTOFER.

YERMs OF ADvERTIsING--The rolI9Wlns 1i
ars our terms of Advertising. Whien "ii'' AZ
no instanco, be departed fNHE
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-11-10

n, arrhwuy. and must then crawl under q
an his Hands ard knees three times. This
~ generally considered ~ pretty certain
c,re but should the rose tree happen
10 grow OH the confines OF one parish, and
the shoot to have rooted itself in the next,
IL In ante infailible. The old woman who
recommended this plan said she had been
much troubled with boils from her girl
hood, but after creeping under the rose
shoot she never had another. In Norm
Devon \ very curious remedy hnds favor LOT
the cure of kings evil. !s is to cut OH the
leg OF living frog, taking care that thc
animal shall sustain no fatal injury, and
then inclose the limb in little bag ana
hang 1t round the neck Of the person affect
ed. In the same parish it is customary TO
repeat the eighth Psalm over infants suffer-
ing from thrush, the second verse being re-
cartled as charm 10 heal them. Perhaps
no more curious remedy is tried for any
disorder than Is sometimes resortcd to
in the north Of Devon to cure the hoop
ing-cough. Some hairs are carefully cut
from TIE inside Of donkey's ear and hung
round the neck of the child afflicted; but
this plan is utterly useless unless the c n,
and the donkey are of opposite sexes. Inc
seventh son Of seventh son Is eeneraliv
regarded with great veneration in country
places. He is imagined ODE blessed with
innnmerable wonderful gifts and endowed
with great powers of healing, especially Of
touching for the kings evil and various
other disorders. Children born on sun
days are also believed to be singularly
gifted and 'lucky" in many ways, and
the old rhyme foretelling a child'ss future
from the day of the week Oh which he
is born is as much believed in the West
as elsewhere. Devonshire and Cornish peo-
pie have great ideas generally on the sub
ject of ''luck." No gardener, for instance,
can ever be persuaded to transplant parsley,
believing that such proceeding would be
tantamount TO digging his own grave and
less common superstition holds it Gun
lucky" to wear locket containing the hair
of any person who is yet alive. As for
taking a journey on Friday. or permitting
an invalid to make any fresh eXeruon Tor
the first time on such day, it is not to be
thought of; for West-country folk are as SUI
perstitious about Friday as sailors, who be,
safely reach its destination Churchman's
Stalking Magazine.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-11-10
West-Country Folklore.

Cornish people have very curious way
OF treating small, weakly babies. 4 young,
growing ASH tree is split down the stem,
and the baby solemnly handed through the
aperture. The tree is then allowed to close
again, and it is believed that the child will
grow with its growth; but still it does
sometimes happen that the ash tree tlou-
rihes, while the baby is as small for its age
rs ever. Warts are expected to vanish il
carefully counted by "wise -" man or
woman; and piece of stolen meat rubbed
over them and then buried is highly recon-
mendea, the warts being said to disappear as
the meat decompoSes. Another way Of get
ting rid of these troublesome eNcresences
is to take rs many stones as you have
warts, rub the pebbles over the places, and
then make them up in parcel, which must
be thrown in some frequented road. Who
ever picks up and opens the parcel will then
have the warts instead of the original suf-
fcrer. 4 lady who picked up one Of these
packets was directly afterward troubled
with warts on her hands, which nothing
that she could think Of had any power TO
cure; and at last she asked an old Cornish
woman how TO get rid OF them. The old
woman told her she could charm them away
if the lady would come to her three success
sive Friday mornings without washing her
face; which she did, and the warts, being
s0lcllniy c0uuteu on eacA OccaSiOu, VAN
ished at the appointed time. 1t is not
necessary, to be ''white witch" TO
charm away these little ailments, and
in most West-country villages there
are one or more women whose specialize
Is the cure Of some disorder or other; and
in the parish before alluded 10 there was an
old woman who boasted she was the only
person there who could charm for the
wound Of a blaekthorn. 1t is not always
necessary for the person suffering from
warts TO have an interview with the :" wise !"
man or woman who Is to charm them.
Sometimes the cure may be effected quite
as well II merely the number of the warts,
with the date and hour Of the sufferers
birth. is told 10 the charmer. The following,
: ytfyrur.Gus method OF healing boiis, Is PEE
cuiiar TO the ives. err counties The sufferer
must find long shoot of Wild rose which has
thrown cut roots at the end, 80 as TO folm