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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-15

That was a profound philosopher who
compared advertising to growing crop lie
said The farmer plants his seed, aud while
be is Sleeping the corn is growing. So with
advertising while you are sleeping or eating
vour advertisement is being read by thousands
Of persons who never saw sou or heard OF you
or heard of your business, nor never would
had it not been for your advertising"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-15

SENSIBLE QUERIES ?-The selfexaminfng
society has proposed the following queries to
all people about this financial period:
Does it cost anything to print paper?
How long can printer afford to furnish a
paper for nothing?
Do printers eat, drink, and wear clothing?
If so, how do they get it +?
DO 1 owe for my paper?
Is not this particular period first rate time
to pay up?
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-15

We publish below communication ad-
dressed to the Legislature, by Il. II. Cham
bers, Esq, of this county, which we trust
every honest man viii carefully peruse, and
whether he be conservative, or has heretofore
acted with the party who have connived at
such outrages, determine if these enormities
should be longer permitted.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-15

when he got them. He would not answer
the question, but replied that they were so
blotted lie could not make anything out of
them. lie further stated that the books he
sent out to the respective townships were the
books that he received. The question was
also asked whether Mr.. Washington Moler's
name was en- the book when he received it.
He answered that it was not that neither
Mr.. w Molers nor Mr.. Dukes ever should
be- am member of the Board and intend
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-11-25
Didn't Care 60 90.


Prayer ncc;iGg and lecture as us,i-
al, OH Wednesday evening, in the lec-
ture-room. Dear brethren, 1 urge
you all TO attend these weekly meet
ings. Forsake not the assembling of
yourselves together
Some of the "dear brethren" de-
ported themselves in this way
BRO. A. thought il looked like rain.
ana concluded that his family. includ-
ing himself, of course. had better re-
main at home. On Thursday even
ing il was raining very hard, and the
same Brother A. hired carriage and
took his whole family IN the Acade-
my OF Music, to hear NJ. Agassi lec-
lure on the Intelligence Of the Lob
stcr."
Bro. B. thought he was too tired 10
20, so he stayed at home and worked
at the sled he had promised 10 make
for Billy.
Sister Z. thought the pasements
wcrctoO slippery. II would be very
dangerous for her TO venture out.
saw her next morning going down
the street TO get her old bonnet s.done
up" She had an old pair ofstockings
drawn over her shoes.
Sister ID. thought there wouldn't be
more than a dozen people at prayer
meeting. She doesn't like those lit
Tie meetings, so >hC didn't go. If she
had gone there would have been
thirteen. / met her next evening at
social gathering, where there were
just ten folks. She said she had
spent a delightful" evening.
Brother L. thought he might be
called upon 10 lead in PRAYER, or make
some remarks. lie stayed at home.
Next day lie went around with d petit
tion, PRAYING Congress TO repeal the
tax on bceswax. Ills named headed
The list of petitioners, and he spoke
cloquemtIy: and waxed warm as he
urged his reasons in favor of repeal.
Threc-fourths of the members stay
cd at home. God was at The prayer
meeting. The pastor was there. One
fourth OF the members were there.
and God blessed them. The persons
who stayed at home were each repre-
scnted by vacant scat. God don't
Bless c,apty substituted I'reSJy-
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Printing In the Chinese Language.

The editor of the New York o.
sercer, in 'The Tour Around the
World" gives the following descrip-
ton of the difficulties of book. making
in China:
"One of the first places that l vis-
tied on reaching Shanghai, was the
Mission Press of the Presbyterian
Church of the United States--a wise
ly founded institution, which has
been doing great work. Ii is the
most extensive printing establishment
in China, and has been sending it's
light into Japan as well. The great
work of DIR. Hepburn, of Yokohama
his quarto Japanese Dictionary-was
printed a, this press and during the
last year, the third edition. 2,4OO
copies, of another japanese .Dictiona-
ay, the first two editions of which
were printed at YeddO, has been
printed. 1t is type foundery as
well as a printing house, and, with
judicious and liberal management, it
may be made as important engine for
goodin time TO como as it has been
in the past. During the year 1868,
2j,0O0,000 pages were. printed at this
press and ih the present year the
whole of the New Testament and of
the Pilgrims Progress have been ad-
mirably eIectrotyped. l have before
me a copy Of the Pilgrims Progress
in Chinese, illustrated with engrav-
ings and drawings eXccutea there,
and also a copy of the Peep of Day, in
Chinese, from the same press.
"On entering this extensive print
ing establishment, | was confronted
with a series of amphitheaters, i'm the
interior OF each of which stood a COM
positor; and | saw at glance the
immensity of the work which every
one who learns TO read or speak or
print the Chinese language has to
encounter. Each one of these am
pitheaters was what printers call
case, containing, not twenty-siX let
ters as in English printing Offices, but
more than six thousand different
characters of types, and with the COM
bination that are made, more than
thirteen thousand. l do not much
wonder that the Chinese adhere to
their old method of engraving every
thing on wood that they print, for /
should be very 10th to attempt to
hunt up many letters or words out
of the six thousand boxes that saw
before inc. And yet this mode of
printing is great improvement on
fhn old- a'..
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Signs or the Hands.

A. r. Craig, i'm his Book of the
Hands, or Modern Palmistly,p brings
together large amount of amusing
he believes. He POUNDS his story upon
the system of DArpentigny and Des-
barolles, the celebrated French chiro-
mancers. From them are taken into
detail the rules for interpreting all the
knots and hOllOws, lines and furrows
that occur in variOns hands; and he
who studies them ariyht will be able TO
tell fortunes and read characters at any
rate as wisely as any wandering gipsey.
Without much study he may be, In
superficial way, a palmist. Thus,
III the palm of the hand be long, and
the fingers well proportioned, etc, not
soft, but rather hard, it denotes the
person to be ingenious, but changeable,
and given to theft and vice.
If the hand be hollow and solid, and
well knit i'm the joints, it predicts long
life, but if Overthwarted then it denotes
short life.
Observe the finger of Mercury--that
is the little finger, If the end of il ex-
ceeds the joint of the ring finger, such
q man will rule in his own house; and
his wife will be pleasing and obedient
to him but II it be short, and does not
reach the joint, he will have a shrew,
AMI she will wear the breeches.
Broad nails show the person 10 be
bashful, fearful, but of gentle nature.
Narrow nails denote the person to be
inclined to mischief, and to do injury
to his neighbors.
Long nails show Il person TO be good
natured but distrustful, and loving re-
Cancellation rather than differences.
Ob6que nails signify deceit and want
of courage.
Little round nails denote obstinate
anger and hatred.
II they be crooked at the extremity,
they show pride and fierceness.
Round nails show u elioieric person,
yet soon reconciled, honest, lover Of
secret sciences.
Fleshy nails denote tine person 10 be
mild in temper and lazy.
Pale and black nails show the person
to be very deceiAsxl to tiieif neighbors
and subjees to many diseases.
Hed and marked nails signify chol-
eric aud martial nature, given to cruel
ty, and as many little marks as there
are speak so many evil desires.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-11-25
RELIGIOUS INTELLlGENCE. :

There arc about 100000 Jews in
the United States.
The Church of England, in Jamaica
has been disendowed.
The Daptists in Louisiana have 235
churches and II, ,795 white members.
There arc now no American, Eng
lish or German Protestant ministers
in Paris. I
In Italy the Wesleyan Methodists
have IL minister's and devangclists, and
CSC commitments.
The Baptist Home Mission Society
breaches the gospel in eleven differ
cnt languages.
OF sixty Episcopal parishes in the
diocese of Pittsburgh, only onc-sourth
rent their pews.
The United Prcsbytcrians, with
about six hundred ministers, and sew
en- hundred and fifty churches, have
four theological semmarics.
The Sabbath does not stand on argu.
ment alone, but on the everlasting
want of the laman soul ola seventh
days rest.
so many persons have entered their
names for matriculation in The keb.e
Col eye, Oxford, that no more can be
admitted this year.
The Wesleyan Mcthodists in En-
siand, Ireland, France, Australia,
CauaIa, British America, and mission
stations, have 3.267 ministers, $40, $50
members, and T., PSI probatiOnerS.
a melting sermon heing preached
i'm country church, all wcpt except
one man, who being asked why he
did not weep with the rest, oh -
said he, 81 belong to another church" !"
The Welsh Calvinisiic Methodists
in this country number 100 ministers.
10000 members, and have some i3S
churches.
Both the Fi0tchD'oa and Reflector
aut, the Baptist Visitor of st. John,
Canada. have expressed the wish that
there could be a union of Baptist with
lhe Free Baptist denominations.
Tho Free Church of Scotland
NoafkIy Record says that i'll Scotland
there is a growing tendency among
Young people 10 leave the Prcsbytcr.
an for the Episcopal Church.
Not the least of Gods mcrcies Is th'
apparent decay of the faculties 10y ag'
as provision for death. 1t is tn,
ripcning of the apple, that 1T may ial
without violence.
Though a quarter of a million o
strangers came 10 Texas last year Il
find home, only single Prcsbyte'
riau minister came. Ii is said by re
liable observers that there are icwe
Presbyterian clcrgymen in Texas il
1870 than there were l.: 1850.
The whole Bible is now publishc,
in fourteen of the principal language
of India, the whole New Testlmen
i'm five others, and some books in tn
Old and New Testament in seye
more. so that the Word of God, j
whole or in part is printed in no les
than twcnty-six of the living langu
ages of India.
A missionar, in Turkey remark
that there is a great work going o
under the surface in all that region
The faith of many in the national S,
per .titions is shaken. There Is Il
Interesting convert in Western Tu
key, merchant. who is very success
full in his work. -.. .-s.-F
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through him managed to start distil-
IerY in the forocnsfle

through him managed to start distil-
lery in the forecastle.
Here they manufactured nearly q
barrel of raw spirits. For q few days
they kept their secret to themselves,
but it soon got out and terminated. as
described, In a wretched and perifous
debauch. This extraordinary occur
renee did not discourage the Cautain.
There had been really no serious dam
age done. Consequently all that seem.
ed necessary to do was to throw the
prunes overheard, get the men well as
soon as possible, and provide against
accidents in future. The Captains
plans for reform worked admirably,
and in short time order reigned. Once
a week, when the weather would per-
NIT, the crew were called aft to receive
a lecture on discipline and temperance,
delivered by the Captain. The first
port touched at during the voyage was
Hawaii, in the Sandwich Islands. Here
t.e strictest guard was kept over the
ship to prevent the smuggling Of liquor
ON board, and hone Of the men, except
few ofthe old sailors, who accompa-.
MED the Captain, were permitted to 60
on shore. But on the first day of the
arrival some of the men Were found
drunk. III
Whence they obtained their liquor
could not be ascertained, bur it was
presumed that it must have been
brought to them by some of the ma
tives who had been swimming around
the ship. The Captain, seeing that it
would not do to remain long In port,
soon sailed. shaping his course for the
South Pacific. His men behaved unu-
sually well, and he began to entertain
strong hopes Of the final success of the
temperance enterprise. He reached
the whaling grounds in good season,
and was fortunate in taking several
hundred barrels of oil. Everything
went along smoothly until the Captain
went to the Navigator Islands to make
some repairs on his ship. While lying
at Apia his crew were ciandestinely
furnished with liquor, and nearly one
third of the crew got drunk and desert
ed him. This was severe blow, but
it was not until some menths after.
ward, when he entered the port of Tai |
Guiana, Chilli, that he met with his
greatest misliap.
Here he was Frustrated by sickness, |
and his men, taking advantage of the |
circumstances, openly mutined and |
went ashore. When he recovered, Of
his original experimental crew but six |
could be found. Some died of drunken |
hess in the town, and others had stray |
ed inland beyond his control. With a |
heavy heart he strengthened his force
with such seafaring natives as could
be persuaded to ship, and sailed for
home. On his return voyage, he buried
two men at sea, and when he reached |
New York after an absence of eighteen
months, he had but four of his original |
crew. OF this small number the Cap |
tain doe, not speak encouragingly. He
says they fell into their old habits soon
after reaching shore, separated, and
finally all died. The last one, John
Frencher, was buried recently at
Princes Bay, Staten Island, a victim
of the bottle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-11-25

Georgia was hunting through the al
manac to find Thanksgiving day
Thanksgiving month; now, what
day of the month is it?' he asked,
stopping at November.
at Is just what day the President or
the Governor appoints said Harry
"tllere is no particular time for it.p
+" Is it not crery d,ty% asked grand
mother.
al know kow Christmas and the
Fourth originated" said Harry show
did Thanksgiving begin, wontler?n
1t began with the Pilgrim Fathers
who settled New England. The first
settlers of any country have great
deal of rough work to cutting down
forests and getting out timber, build
ing houses, clearing up the land, laying
out roads. Everything has to be done
which ,re find done for Us. They had
poor tools to work with, and pa -shoy-.
this side of old England where they
could get them mended if-nfoken: or
buy new ones, if they were DESTROYED.
Indeed, they had nowhere to buy any
thing at all. A ship from England
brought over supplies.
One Spring the ship from England
did not arrive when it was expected.
The winter hand been hard and long.
the cold severe, the, spring backward:
barns and cellars We're getting empty
and the corn-bins were low. There
was danger of famine, aud the people
had to be put on short allowance. /
have forgotten bow n.any kernels of
parched corn a day they were reduced
to, but not many. Every morning
they were Oil the lookout for tue ship.
Night came, and no ship hove in sight.
At last they appointed day of fas,
ing and prayer, and all the peopE
flocked to church to pray 10 God f..
help, He and He only could send them
relief. Yes, and he cid. Before the
day was over the joyful news of a ves-
sci in sight rejoiced the hearts of men,
women and children. Supplies bave
come! Supplies have come, And
like good people, they ffocked back to
church to thank God for the good news
aud to praise Him for His goodness.
And so the day ended in real thanks
giving, as you may suppose.
This was i'm spring. But oar supplies
come i'm fall. Year after year tine great
grain ships of September and October
arrive in good time, heavily laden with
good things IN abundance; enough and
to spare; and go in November a day is
appointed for all the people to go to
church and thank God for it. The pa
rents and Children and friends spend
the day together, as happy as happy
can he. ThankfulneSs always makes
people happy.
George said he did not go to church
day. Oh, L am sorry
for that. 1t is very sweet to go to Gods
house and sing His praises. III He is
our dear Heavenly Father, do we not
want to show ourselves his loving,
happy children CtilPs
HfDrr.
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By Alfred 3. Horsley.
2petru.
LIFE.
By EDGAR A. roe.

Lo! Ills a gala night
Within the lonesome latter years!
An angel throng, bewinged, befiight
In walls, and drowned In tears,
SIT in theatre, to see
\ play of hopes and fears,
While the orchestra breathes fitfuiIyl
The music OF the spheres.
Mines, in the form of God on high,
Mutter and humble low,
And hither and thither fly;
Mere puppets they, who come and go
AT bidding of vast formless things
That shift the scenery to and fro,
Flapping from out their condor wings
invisible woe!
That motley drama oh, be sure
II shall not be forgot!
With its phantom chased forcyermore
. By crowd that sieze IL not,
Through circle that ever returneth In
To the self-same spot;
And much of madness and more of sin
And horror The soul of the plot!
But see, amid the mimic rout
A crawling shape intrudei
4 blood red thing that writhes from out
The scenic solitude,
1t writhes! ii writhes! with mortal pang
The mines become its food,
And the seraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore imbued.
Out-out are. the lights-out all,
And over each quiyering form,
The curtain, a funeral pail,
Comes down with the rush of a storm,
And the angels, all pallid and wan
Uprising, unyailing, afnrm
That the play is the tragedy Man."
And its hero the conqueror Worn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-11-25
A Skulking Soldier Cured.

| remember the apparent painful
condition of soldier whose right leg
was drawn up at an angle from the
knee the result Of rheumatism, he
insisted. He was Known to be a
skulker, and several surgeons had ex-
amincd the limb aud found no ap-
pearance Of contraction of the mus
clcs /; but all their efforts TO pull it
into shape were usless. Some Of
them becoming convinced by the
stubborncss of the member, insisted
that it could not be fixed, and advised
the mans discharge.
DIR. III. however, had seen much of
{; same difficulty in hospitals, and
put IN practice mode of treatment
which he had successfully tried in
several cases. The man, by his di-
rcction, was brought over to the
division hospital and confronted by
the surgeon and two assistants with
their sleeves rolled up.
81 understand perfectly well the
nature of your difficulty, my man."
said the doctor. at is a species of
sciatica, and | can cure it by cauter-
ization."
"What's that" the victim asked,
in distrustful wonder.
"Cautcrization. Oh, that's merely
burning a blister from tie hip Z" the
heel with whitc-hot iron. Its sure
TO cure. Get on that table"
IL don't want to-" the shirk
stammcrcd, his face turning whittier
that the doctors irons and lis teeth
cl clattering. "You shan't do il: ii
won't do me bit of good"
Mount that table, or I'll have you
tied to it," was the stern command
and the po,r wretch obeycd with
groans, not yet quite certain that this
extreme measure was really TO be
resorted to.
Strip that leg! Steward, bring in
those irons!"
They came Kissing hot from the fire,
;ad the miserable creature OH the
table shrieked: Doctor! you amt g
gomsto burn me with those things
be youw
Il am that--:rom hip TO heel" "re.
Piled the doIor, cody, taking one Of
the ugly instrlnlents in his hand and
approaching the table.
You sllan't do *. Let 90, lily
legs well, L tell you." the maj
screamed; and tearing away from
those who hsld him, he jumped nim
bly, 10 the aoer and IAN cut of tht
hospital with two us straight legs a:
there were in the whole army lIs
returned to duty the next day. ant
was etlcctually cured oe his malinger
ing propensities.--LtPps,cott$ Iag
G-tae.
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''fhc 0HcndIng RESOLUTIONS. ''


The following arc the resolutions
q passed at the recent session of the
Philadelphia Baptist ASSOCIATION,
which have occasioned considerable
comment in some of The papers of
other denominations
~ "Wbcreas, That sprinkling of in
fants under the guise of Christian
baptism is a practice unknown TO the
Sculptures, as is now conceded by the
ablest scholarship of its friends !;
Therefore 81 ~sF
"Resolyed, That .lIis practice is no
longer defcnsiblc at the bar of the
great Protestant principle Expressed
by Chillingworth: "The Bible and
the Bible OILY is the religion of Pro-
tCstaGts.' ..
"Resolvcd, That as in the order of
the Masters teaching Belief and Bap-
tism' are indissolubly joined; that as
in the precepts and practice Of apos
tolic times we find nothing iuterpo-
lated between them, we do not, as
Baptists, aspire to charity which
passes the charity of inspiration, but
patiently await the baptism of our
brethren, of whatever name, before
inviting them 10 participate at the
table of the Lord"
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SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

The Rome, (Ga.) Daily, wants two
apprentices, regardless of sex.
The stock of Cotton OH hand ut Sa-
vannah is unprecedentedly heavy.
The Wilmington Journal advocates
the introduction of cOOlie labor into
North Carolina.
LOngview, 6S miles beyond Sh-eve-
port, is the present terminOus of the
Southern Pacific railway.
There are sixteen thousand, nine
hundred and sixty-nine members of
the Masonic order in Tennessee.
1t is estimated that the value of the
cotton crop received at Rome, Ga, will
he 81 300, 900, and the wheat crop $780,
600.
In consequence of the late flood and
destruction of crops in Texas, corn has
risen to a dollar a bushel on the Gua-
dalOupe.
The Gulf road has been extensively
patroniZed of late by Northern Invai-
ids, seeking to regain their lost health
by breathing the invigorating air of
Florida.
Twelve frredmen-siX men, two wO-
men and four boys-picked ), ,095 pounds
one day recently on Mr.. Frank FOn-
taine's place in Muscogee county, Ga.
Recently in Ashe county, Mr.. John
Walker, aged 60 years, married Miss
Nancy Green, a gushing damsel of -
summers. A most happy cOnsumma-
ton of "lOve's g0ung dream.n
Mr.. John Potter, a native of Wilkes
county, North Carolina, died recently
ut the home of his son in Carter county,
at the remarkable age of one hundred
and ten years. He came at an early
age to the new settlement on the Wa
tauga, before the organization of the
State of Tennessee.
The pillars of the colored Baptist
Church, i'll Macon, Georgia, having
quarreled among themselves, the dea.
cons resolved to nail up the church,
which was done. On Wednesday the
prosecutor, a trustee, had the defendant,
deacon, arrested on Il charge of hav-
ting committed the act.
The Lynchburg Va papers state
that Mr.. Samuel +. Beale, of that city,
evinced such symptoms of insanity on
Monday night that il was thought
proper to place him in confinement.
His conduct was SO violent and desper-
ate that it required the united exer-
tions of several men TO prevent his do
ing serious and probably fatal injury to
some of his family with an axe with
which he armed himself Mr.. Beale
is about twenty-four years Of age, and
was married but afew weeks ago to an
intelligent and accomplished lady of
Lynchburg.
"John," said a poverty sticken man
to his son, ..l've made my will To-
day." "Ah!" replied join. "You
were liberal to me, no doubt" "Yes,
John; l came down handsome. I've
willcd you the whole State of yir-
ginia--to make living in, with the
privilege of going elsew here if you
can do better"