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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-02
Hold Him.

A sage. brush editor in Nevada. upon taking
charge of newspaper recently, laid down the
law in the following style, that his editorial
brethren might govern themselves according
ly: ga single word by way of introduction
to the members of the editorial brotherhood,
with whom l shall hereafter claim fellowship,
and have done. Dly head measures iust
twenty three and half inches, and wear
number twelve boots-two significant facts
that it would be well to note l am lust six
feet high, spare built, and weigh one hundred
aud sixteen pounds-fghting weight 1 have
norunning weight-never run. Temperament.
nervo-sauguinus but little of the nervo, but
much OF the sanguiuary. l recognize the
binding obligations of the code duel!o, and if
any Of my brothers of the editorial persuasion
should call me liar, scouadrel. roads agent,
Black Republican or thief. will beg to differ
with him. and politely ask him to furnish his
proof, (Which will not be anxious he should
do) and falling he must expect to fight With
rifles or pistols am dead shot, and an now
practising the sword exercises. never shoot
political adversary, but scalp him-bcen
so long on the border it comes natural. The
summit of IIy ambition now is to have the
editorial sauctum of the HUMBOLDT Register
gorgeously decorated with radical scalps-
immaterial as to color or texture-black,
auburn, tan or kinky, any of them wil 90,
"A dandy, strutting about tavern, took
up a pair of green spectacles which lay on the
table. put them on his nose, and turning 10 the
Landlord, how do these become me p
Don't you think they improve my looks :"
s.I think they do" replied the landlord,
they hide part of Jour face"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-02

AN ANF1DorE FOR ToBAcco.-Trask.
the anti tobacco philauthropist says that gen
tan root, coarsly ground, cheMed well and
the saliva swallowed. will cure the appetite
for tobacco If its use is persisted in for few
weeks. Take as much of it after each meal.
or oftener, as amounts to common quid of
fine cut" or ''cayendish"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-02

One of Robert Halls congregation took
him to task for not preaching more frequently
on predestination. Hall replied: II per-
ceive you are predestined to be an ass, and
what is more, see that you are determined
to make your calling and election sure
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-02

IN Summit believes in the broad
guage roads. He doesn't find any too broad
for him when he goes home about midnight.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-02

"A lady asked her little girl, on returning
from church, fshe knew the text? sob,
5es," said she, lit was this, The ladies sew
ing society will meet at Mrs. 9IcCrackenis
house Monday evening next"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-02
- James Weaver a

james Weayer'and james AIcQr1i1 we're
arrested few days ago in New York city, by
Capt. Young and Detective Irving, on tho
charge of robbing the First National Bark Of
Winsor, Carroll county, Md, January %
The prisoners had in their possession $685.
500 worth Of United States Union Pacific
railroad bonds. The property zas identified by
an officer of the bank, and tie prisoners wers
delivered to Maryland officers
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-02
F1 os. Pianos.
GOLD MEDAL FOR 1867
Has just been awarded to
CHARLES II, STIEFF.

For The Best Pianos made over Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New YorE Pianos by the
MARYLAND INSTIFUHE.
or.IcE AND WARERcoS No &sEIH LIBERTY
Sr.'near Baltimore street, BALTIMORE, MD.
CtTiEFF's PIANOS have all the latest imDo,vc-
p - Iucnls, Including the AGRAFFE TREBLE,
Ivory Fronts, and the Improved French Action,
fully warranted for Five Years, with the privi re
of exc change within II months il not entirely salts
second hand Piano, and Parlor Organs always
on hand, from $50 to $50.
JIrtcrceS who have Pianos in usc:
Gen r. E, Lee, Lexington, Virg ina. Gen.
Rott Ransom, Wilmington. n. c. John Burns,
DR. L. c. Cordell, Warren Eby, John B. Packet,
Chariestown Thos NJ. IsbelI of jefferson county,
L. B. Burns, of Clar Ike county. Mrs. Schwartswcl-
der Mozart Musical Association of Winchester.
TERMS LIBERAL. call is solicited.
Ap-il IA. 1860. d. Oct ..
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Evening star., 1869-07-09

The French Cable is approaching the Amer.
1oan coast, and We may hear, to-day or TO NOR.
Tow. Of its landing al ST. Pierre The new
will come by the way Of Brest and the English
cable crossing the Atlantic twice. ST. Pierre
j one OF the group Of three little islands in the
Gulf of ST Lawrence, about eighty miles south
u Newfoundland. They belong to France.
having been retained as a depot for French
nshefmen. From s.. Pierre another cable will
be laId to point on the coast of the United
States, Duxbury, in NJ tssachusetts, being the
place generally namsd. The little group of
French Islands, s.. Pierre and Great and
Little M'quelon, Contain q population OF about
one thousand, which Is largely increased in the
h>nins season. Ths new cable will avoid
ionehIng British soil altogether, which is an
advantage. AT the same time, IN case of war
between Crest Bri,sin and France, or the
nited States, it would not be diff for a
British eTuizer TO cut the cable.
Evening star., 1869-07-09

The cable news to-day Is OF more than usual
interest. IL is announced from Paris that
Napoleon has been forced by the result OF the
recent elections, and the feeling OF hostility
manifested throughout the Empire to his arb.
srary exercise of power, 10 pack down, and
change his system Of government. The new
ministry, which II is expected will take the
IeIns In less than week, is to come from
Aeiiher extreme of Imperialists or Repub-
lit ans, but from the .'Center Gauche" party,
which Is for the Empire, but with a responsible
ministry and parliamentary government, as
IN England.
In that country-En gland-too, political ex-
Clement is running high. The action OF the
House of Lords, who, afraid TO meet the issue
boldly by rejecting the Irish Church discs
adjustment bill, are tImIdIy and weakly at
tempting to defeat the measure by so emascu-
IatIng ii as that its friends will not know il As
tne same bill when 1t returns to the Commons
Is srousing the Indignation OF the great mass of
The people throughout the United kingdom.
and unless the Lords retreat from the danger
Gus position they occupy, renewed agitation by
the machinery OF reform leagues, mass meet.
1ngs, &c, Is threatened, the end of which n
one can foresee.
Evening star., 1869-07-09

THs HEALTH OF SECRETARY RAWLINGS
Weare glad to learn by the following from the
washington correspondence of the Boston
Adrertiser that the health of Secretary Raw.
hnss Is improving in way that promises its
complete restoration:
"lt Is well known that he has been In poor
neaItn 1or some years, but it will gratify ms
friends To know that since his pnysicians
cnangeo their course OF treatment 1.-TWO or
tnIee months ago) he has been steadily i'm.
proving. ana ne said, to-day, that for the las,
three weeks he had been better than A. an :
otner time In four years. His associates her,
nave reason 70 believe that be is now iE A fair
way 10 slowly recover his health, and he is
able 10 take care Of ali his oficial duties w,tb
much less fatigue than formerly. He will ge,
on In the course OF o week for ten DAYS visit
10 his family In Connecticut, and then returns
mere 70 remain the greater part Of the sumner
and falI.n
Evening star., 1869-07-09

HOW 1T WoRKs.-Tha B,ston pan,rs ,,a
crumblIng at the partial manner in which m.
prehioitory liquor law Is being enforced in
mat city, and say the seizure OF small stocks.
While there are scores of large warehouses in
he city filled with all sorts OF liquors, on sale
r>eS the har and In packages Of all sizes, IS
ONLY 10 throw dust In the eyes of the people.
The Hsroid says that In all the hotels there are
back rooms where the traffic Is going on as
rapidly as ever, and hundreds Of bar-rooms
nave been transformed into "club-rooms," the
only certificate Of club membership required
being key that fits the lock, and that all the
hotel Keepers, most of the grocsrs, and nine.
tenths OF the apothecaries IN town snouId be- in
she House OF Correction under the law.
The TrGnseript says that more drunken people
We're seen in Boston on Monday than on any
public holiday tor many years.
Evening star., 1869-07-09
Senator sprasue has again been ..csl.sr.,in,

Senator Sprague has again been scslsbratine
himself" by a speech delivered on Indepsn.
dence Day al Scitaate, Rhode Island. In this
speech he was wandering and iucoherent ss
usual, but closed with . bitter attack upon
Vice President Colfax, who. IL will be remem i
bered, fraterDized with the Browns on his
recent visit to Providence. In his passsn Mr..
Sprague styles the Vice President an ass,
which, by the way, Is an exple,ive he uses so
frequently against his adversaries that ne
must think IL knock-down argument. He
further threatened 70 teetotalIy smash I'D the
Vice President on the floor of the Senate nax,
winter. Probably Mr. CoIfax will not indulge
a smile the less for the threat.
Evening star., 1869-07-09

INTERNATIONAL CoNeRRss OF WosKrsa-
MEN The fourth annual Congress of thu
International Workingmen's Association will
assemble. al Basle. IN Switzerland, on Monday,
September 6, l-69. The subjects for the delib.
erations of the Congress are a. follows 1. The
question Of landed property; Q. The right OF
Inheritance; 8. To what extent can credit be
immediately utilized by the working class; l.
The question of general education; S. The In
fiuence of trades unions upon the emlncipa.
ton of the working olass
Evening star., 1869-07-09
SHALL WE BUILD A CHINESE wALL,-Th

SHALL WE BUILD CHINESE WALLi-Thos
Nho have imagined that with the settlement
OF the slavery question the country would
siagEaie for want of al tissue" NAV set their
tears at rest. There will always be something
% agitste the waters. and Just now il comes in
me shape Of the Chinese question. Chinese
emigration Is coming in at rate that will
speedily require the solution of the problem
what to do with them" Working for a pit
lance that would hardly purchase for the
American meehanic his per diem of smoking
tobacco, the Chinese threaten to cheaper and
Undermine labor in q way that must apparent
Nv cause American mechanics and Iaboring
-uen TO com bine TO keep them out of the country
HOW the matter Il viewed IN California where
he Cinnamon have their firmsst foot-hoId is
shown by a late speech OF Senator CasserIy, in
which he says
at rs the duty Of every class Of men to unite
20 prevent the Introduction of the Chinese. II
taey come In contact only with the common
taoOrers to-day, tomorrow they will be IN
competition with the mason, the bricklayer
1Ee carpenter, and the machinist, for they are
zAe most frugal sEdUStriOuS, and ingenious people
on the face # the earth. Look at the splendid
granite building occupied by Wells, Fargo &
Co the stone Of which was cut In China, and
was built by Chinamen. Men who can do sue b
Woik for less than half the price paid white
mechanics were an injury to the State, and be
would unite with any party that would use
hAcaa-S " ACcH tucul Out Ok Tue
country"
Sheuld the Southern planters carry out their
plan of introducing Chinese labor on a large
scale in that part of the country, we shall have
the Chinese problem brought home to our own
DOORS and IN that case there..wIll undoubtedly
soon be movement OF the working people Of
the Atlantic coast on Senator Casserly's idea of
barring out the Chinese competitors. Just
now that can be done under the American
theory of affording a refuge and abiding place
for the people of all nations desirous
Of lettering their condition, remains to
ne seen, but thar the effort will soon be made
IN some shape and form the raliying cry OF a
large party there can be NO manner OF doubt.
And then will come a serious and remarkable
complication III our national politics, changing
boundary lines and party names, and affording 2
an excellent opening for seedy politIcians to
lake new start, and for fedgelings TO bring
themselves into notice on the question pro or
con Of building a Chinese wall against the
Chinese
Evening star., 1869-07-09

EOR RKNT-One two.story FRAME HOUSE,
81 e asosT sasFIs
Pennsylvania avenue. jvS 6tT
EOR RENT-FURNIsHED ROOM, 10 private
i family. House newly furnished. with ali mod.
ss- 9ess and SsiE n'' AsPy
EOR REET-A BRICK HOUSE. Containing
rooms, ON 7th street, between G and j, Navy
street. iy6Iv"
FOR sALE-A FIRST cas. BUILDING Lot. on
Ss to 5oSFSs a'f1 Xs:
EoR RE1T-A DWELLING HOUSE, contain.
drnss nns nth % SGTe suitable Tor
Or Or separately. Inquire at lss ith street, sorth
sAkf hSsE 81 .c.,so tTe ssd sse
81 IT street, door s' north e
LOB REkT-A HOUSE Of FIVE rooms to Let. No.
!Ss s;i III: sell il :'''s iss
EUR RENT..A two story BRICK HOUSE. No.
,ss i.s l.t street, Capitol Hill Esquire sss
EOR RlNT-A spag two story BRT0K HOUSE,
so., nth han,s GUNNER kttessn large ysrd wood and
asjUfRs Willie Bent ss month T.
For ssdAnL!sIBhiCKS, sdn :; ss 900, o. Wo; FRAMEs,
wv s.'A fGOjs. 4. wAeeAMAn.
jyl:7. A66 Tn stTsst. opposits Posf Once
F0H RsNf.TaTTRNIsHED HOUSES. go,
s"' 3d. 20; sfSsss EE0s G;S$aSAw.n g; S$aSA
iylt A66 7th street, opposite Post once.
FOB RENT-A very desirable six-Foom BRICK
S..sr 1VuSa, .US on lith street, between sad n;
N'''r AND sa'' SIS rAos Z. vAeeAmAv
Vin 900 7th street, opposite P0st o nice.
FOB eAkE-That valuable PROPBRTY knoVn
- the Worthip gton Estate, Consisting In psrt
OF ave oommodious rick Houses on Psunsylvsuia
avenue. between 3lst and nd streets. As this
IroyerV has to be sold, any Que wishing to buy
such property will meet With bargain
THOe. =. WAG0AMAN,
Wl.1w 46S 7th st., Opposite Post once.
FO1 knNT.A comfortable two story French
ana oO. 90. nOSaS1, N S rooms and bath room; water
o. snd IL: DAEIkt b CLARK, corner Of "a street
ana rennsyivania avenue. je 81 q
A 1TnNTION, PIO.nIC FOB BENT TO
B0unas known as "Kalorams," half mile from
Sennsyivania svenue. lo0 aeres finely sh aded, |,
nouses, TABLES, swings, Springs, cracks, and
S;.siy ;'s. rurai advantage. Apply on the prem
LOB RENT-BOUsE No % Defrees street. In.
HA&iLfoSS' &tf oSSS'lasss So Depot. s6s Tan street. y.
R INT REDUcEO-That neat BRIOK GOT.
betvee. lst street and he Printing once viii be
nsRsncs 70 apermansrttena1s for SSo mouth. In
10 Is If ala Ilth .e,ssst
Evening star., 1869-07-09
pROPOsALs FOR FORAGE.

HEApQ'Rs FIRsI MILITARY DIsTRlcT,
OFFiCE CHIEF QUARTERMAsTER,
Gal. RICHMOND. VA, July q. lSi9.N
Sesied proposals, In tri piicate, will b received
Sa Seo ahis once until IL m, of FRIBAY August g.
noo., LOT the delivery of Forage TO the Quarter
msstst Q department., At the following named
points at such times and in such quantit IS may
DC required until December 3 1859:
tons of Bay ' u''' 0N' "n' w
a1d a .hi9hmond Va, in storehouse at Rockets.
ouo ouehels OF Oats and % tons of Hay. At such
other points as may be designsted BY the under.
sisne1 4,OvU ou'heis of Oats . ad 80 tons of Hay
uAt Wlncheeter, Va. such quantities OF Oats an d
Day Lay as may be reanired for the service cf that
post-estmated at 2Ol bushels of Oats and tons of
nay Uats and ha| to be of the best quality. The
rig to reject any or all bidsis rseervei and
.ne ueuaf copditlons, mentioned in previous cd
yertisements from this office, will be required to
be hserved by bidders "
ftoposais may be made for any one or ell of the
above Poste, and bidders must state steIy the
rates ~ which they will supply Oats and aev az
each point above named 10y "'
Ihe envelopes Containing proposals to be en-.
noTTa n;, Proposals for Forage" and forwarded by
BY BY % SIder Of the General Commanding First Mill
lay District q. CHANDLER,
Ch1ef Quartermaster lst Military District.
Evening star., 1869-07-09

~General Mcdowell and family, with
Captain Stockton ard Captain Costa, OF his
staff. are in Montreal.
~The Berlin Tribune says that Count Bis
marck VIII shortly send his two sons for sew
eral months TO the United States.
HA monument to the memory of S,m
Houston, to cost $500, is to be erected over his
grave.
~ Mayor Hall of New York, was badly, al
most seriously poisoned by ice cream favored
" ith extract of banana.
~The practice Of wearing a small bouquet
in the button hole by gentlemen, and upon the
front part of the dress by ladies, is coming
into fashion.
Evening star., 1869-07-09

The ease of the Rev. Mr.. Tate of Ohio, who
was presented for trial for employing a sur
pliced choir in his church, has come to an
abrupt termination, the court organized TO try
him having decided that 1t had no jurisdic ion
In the case
Evening star., 1869-07-09

THR WEEKLY STAR, now on our counter an d
in wrappers ready for the mails, contains all
about the Celebration OF the &c lorious Fourth
here and elsewhere; the Distribution OF Medals
and Premiums at the Academy OF the Visitation,
Gonzaga College, St. Cecelia's Academy, &c
the Lists OF Merit of the Second and Third
District bile Schools of W Washington and the
Public Schools of Georgetown; the Case of the
Colored Printer Douglass 8 Remarkable Story
of"The Little old Man" Changes in the Depart
ments; Cuban News; Society Ne VS.; Washington
News and Gossip; the Courts; the Working
People: Useful Items of Domestic Economy;
Humorous Sketches; with Departmental aud
Local News; Agricultural and Housekeeping
Miscellany; and the latest Telegraphic Dis.
patches from all parts of the world.
Evening star., 1869-07-09

Additional returns from Virgins, indicate
that Walkers majority will bs 5000, and the
walker men Will probably have a ma jority of
sixty on joint ballot in the Legislature.
Evening star., 1869-07-09

The NATIONAL Executive Committee of ,he
Cnion Lesgue held meeting in New York
yesterday and adopted measures for aiding the
eauie in Texas and Mississippi.
Evening star., 1869-07-09

The msJority for lay delegation in the IL. T.
Church now foots up 33, 300
Evening star., 1869-07-09

The British House OF Lords has rejecGad the
Life Peersge bill by q decisive ms sJority.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-12
warning to many.

Go TO SLEEP EARLY.-Many
children, instead of being plump
and fresh as peach, are witherel
and wrinkled as last years apples,
because they do not sleep enough.
Some physicians think that the
bones grow only during sleep
This I cannot say certainly; but
I do know that those little folks
who sit up 'a;e at nights are
usually nervous, weak, small and
sickly. The reason, why you need
more sleep than your parents is
because you have to grow and
they do not. They can use up
the food they eat in thinking.
talking and working, while you
should save some. Of yours for
growing. You ought to sleep a
great deal; if you do not, yon
will in activity consume all you
eat, and have none, or not enough,
to grow with. Very few smart
children seldom excel, or even
equal other people when they grow
up. Why is this? Because their
heads, if not their bodies, are kept
too busy, so they cannot, sleep;
rest and grow strong in body and
brain. Now when your mother
says Susie or George, or what
ever your name may be, it is tine
to 90 to bed, do not worry her by
begging to sit up 'just q little
longer" But hurry of to your
chambers remembering that you
have a great deal Of sleeping and
growing to do to m a ke you
healthy, happy useful man OF
woman.-Rural Neao Yorker.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-12
Faith and Work.

Two gentlemen were. one day
crossing the river in a ferry boat.
A dispute about faith and works
arose. one saying that good works
were of small Importance, and
that faith was everything, tho
other asserting the contrary.
Not being able to convince each
other, the ferryman an enlightened
Christian, asked permission to
give his opinion. Consent being
granted, he said Il hold in my
hand two oars. That in my right
hand, I call faith the other, in
my left, works. Now gentle.
men, please to observe, Ipull the
oar of faith, and pull that alone,
See! the boat goes round and
round, and the boat makes no
progress. I do the same with the
oar Of works, and with o precisely
similar result-no ADVANCE. Mark!
1 pull both together, we 60 on
apace, and in a very few minutes
we shall be at our landing place.
So, in my humble opinion" he
added, "fai,h without works, or
works without faith will not SUITES.
Let there be both, and the haven
of eternal rest is sure to- be
reached" - -~ - ss.a
As the flower is before the fruit,
so is faith before good works.
Faith is the parent of works,
and the children will bear resem-
blance to the parent.
It isnot enough that the inward
works Of clock be we'll construct.
ed, and also the dial plate and
hands the one must act on the
other, the works must regulate
the movements of the hands.
[Arch6iskop Whatety,
.a-E-.. .. r.. a-g5 "a
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-12
Remarkable Welsh Patriarch.

The Edinburg Daily Revieg;h has
an interesting notice of o Welsh
Independent Minister, the Rev.
David Williams, of the county Of
Brecon. "He had BEEN, come
next summer, 81 years minister Of
the same congregations. His pre-
decessor was their pastor for 30
years, and his predecessors was
their minister for so years, so that
the churches still under his care
have had only three ministers du-
ring the long space of ia years;
and what is still as remarkable,
the peace of these congregations
has never been once disturbed by
a single jar or discord during sll
these long years Peace has al
ways prevailed among its various
members. 1t was only at the be-
ginning Of last January, 1867)
that he lost his wife, aftera happy
union of 81 years.. and that was
the first time that a coffin crossed
his threshold during his unusually
long married lite, all his children;
seven in number, being stif affEa:;
He breaches now generally three
times, every. Sunday, and several
times during the week, landaai.
.though,in his 89th year, he, fis"uE
early on Monday morning, aud
does not know, except by report,
what some persons mean BY the
word Monday ish.' ~ For upwards
of 55 years he has been one Of the
most popular preacherssin Wales,
and the great attraction on field
days in North and South Wales,
when many thousands are present
to attend open-air services and
50 great a traveller has he been on
horseback, :thatrhe, must at least
have spent ten years of his lifeein
the saddle. Talk of the youthful
buoyancy of the late Lord Palmer
storf!'why our patriarch parson Of
eighty eight would have walked
ard run him off his legs, and wors
ried him or any other rider. He
is completely5weather proof, Rain,
snow, ; tempest, and storm g he
makes MO ACCOUNT of and even
now he would think nothing OF
riding forty miles over q rough
country and conducting 2 public
service in the, evening He has
been for. many years aetaanck
teetotaller. He has an irehszeoh:'
stitution. He is q perfect speci-
men OF theaWelsh Bpik-short
legs, broad shoulders, and deep
chest. He has enjoyed extraordi-
nary good health, for during Chg
heightened period of his ministry
he has never once BEEN disabled
from preaching on aSunday. Na-
ture has endowed him with aHthe
natural elements of an orator:
His temperament is highly rnar,
curial, and his affections intensely
ardent. lie speaks even now
with unfaltering fllency and re-
markable force. He is distfn-
guished for his catholicity Of spirit,
and is equally beloved by good
men of every religious persuasion.
His character is spotless, his the
ology orthodox, and his preaching
highly evangelical" -.. u-.s