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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
A Fair Hit.

Two wags passing ont Of town on the Gal
weston road, ssys the Kansas Tribune, were
struck with the beauties Of lawrence.
Whose place is that p said one Of them.
That is the lordly residence Of Major
George A. Reynolds cJst thirty thousand
dollars"
What is bis business q
Indian Agent"
"What is his salary, and how long ba, he
held his oflic. %
1.-TWO years, at fifteen handred dollar.
year,"
lord, what did the honest fellow do with
tic rest Of bis salary?"
Started his brother aud two other homes;
men in the newspaper business to denouncc
corruption"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
Flowers.

In every age the heart Of man has been
blessed by flowers They wreathe the cradle
and the tomb, they deck the bridal and the
bier. The Cupid of the ancients tipped bis
arrows with flowers, and with u.s. orangc-blos-
SONS crown the bride. Flowers garIanded the
Grecian altar, and to-day they hang votifo
wrcsthes on the Christian shrine. Flowers are
always symbolical on the brow Of welded
beauty, they are lonely type Of marriage
they twinc around the tomb an emblem Of re-
surrectiou they should fcstoon the place of
offerings, for their beauty and fragrance ascend
in perpetual alteration before the Most High
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
A Rap at the Girls.

An Omaha lectures thus discussed the
question the other night
Twenty years ago the ladies were their own
dressmakers, and how beautiful they thcn
looked to the brave men who then courted
them. Then they wore no hoops, noswitches,
nothing, but were just rs God made them
A lover could then tell whether his love weigh
ed 100, so or 20 pounds, could tell at glance
what she was. But now they could not tell
whether they we're made by the dressmaker or
God they looked her over and were not sure
she was not half cotton touched her head,
and didn't know whether they felt natures
hair or r1usty waterfall. Twenty years ago.
we were all Christians. We had progressed
for tho worse, and, as we continued, So
would the boys follow.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Church of the Strngers."

The Hllsboro IN. C.) Recorder Of SOth ulti
mo has very interesting report Of the address
OF Dr. Deems, in Greensboro, in relation TO
his church in New York-the Church Of the
Strangers" The following is an extract:
/, will be interesting, know, to this audi
encc, TO hear Of the delicate manner in which
Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York made me
present of this elegant church His father
and mine were old friends lie loves my wife,
and love both Of tic ladies'. One. night,
wen. over and found Mr.. Vanderbilt and Dam
el Drew together Mr. Drew talked awhile
with me, and then Mr.. Vanderbilt asked me
some questions. As got up TO go. Mr.. Van
derbilt followed me to the door Come here
Tomorrow night" said he. Cant come"
said I.
"Wby not !"
"rve got to attend prayer meeting
Come Thursday night then ?"
Cant Got to marry a couple"
Friday nisht?"
Cant Got to meet some friends from the
South"
"Come when you can, then" said he.
Sunday night went. Mr.. V. had compa-
ny. | sat awhile and said 81 thought you
wanted to see me Commodore; will have to
90 now" He followed me to the door and
asked me in private room. We sat down
by table. After asking me few Questions
II was in hopes he wanted me to talk with
him on religion, as | was the only minister he
permitted to talk with him on that snbjcct),
he SAID
81 will give you that church y
1t nearly jerkcd Inc from my seat
81 will give you that church, " repeated he
"Sad l." looking him in the face, "Mr.
Vanderbilt, wouldn't be any mans chaplain
on the face of the earth.
II replied, "Tve got no Use for chaplain.
But you ought to have" said |.
Il will give you that church" said he.
"Mr. Vanderbilt" said I, you haSn't got
money enough to make me take my guns of
from bearing on any sinner who pOkes his
head above the breas.works."
That's wha. like you for, said he.
"Well," said /, "if you will settle the church
on me TO use Internationally it's all right"
81 will do chat" he said.
So the Church is settled on me during my
life time and at my death it passes into the
hands of residuary trustees whom I'll appoint
when I get back to continue on the same
basis as the " Church of the Strangers"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
An Importhnt Truth.

Mrs Stowe is hitting a good many points,
which occur in good society" in her story Of
Pink and White Tyranny in Old aud New,
and in none does she lay bare e more impor-
tant, though often unrecognizA Arutl, than in
the following:
There comes time, after marriage, whom a
husband, If he be anything of a man has somc-
thing else 70 DO than make direct love to his
wife. lie cannot be on duty at all hours TO fan
her. and shawl her and admire her. His love
must express itself through other channels
He must be full man for her sake, and, as a
man, must go forth to a whole world Of inter
ests that takes him from her. Now, what, in
this case shall woman do, whose only life lies
in pcttipg aud abortion and di,piays7
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
A Sudden Descent.

A correspondent tells the following A gen.
tleman was telling in meeting, the other
night glorious dream lie had.
" Brethren and sistets," said he. thought
was standing on the mount Of glory. Below
me lay the mansions of the blessed, all of pure
gold, and the streets were paved with silver,
while everywhere around me lay heaps Of
"greenbacks whispered some one near me,
carrying out the miser's figure. But the speak
cr did not hear him and added, heaps Of pre-
cious diamonds"
oh" lie continued If you could have
been there, my friends, and stood with me upon
that crystal shore, and seen what saw there,
wouldn't have begrudged a dollar T.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
POETRY.
FADED ROSE LEAVES.

I strolled through bower Of roses one morn,
With a maiden modest and fair,
And plucked the rarest of all the flowers,
3. To place in her golden hair; t.,,.
But the bloom on her cheek has faded nov,
And she meath that bower repo,es,
For they have lain my darling down to sleep,
All alone among the roses.
Yet another flower as frail and fair,
picked from its parent stem, 8
And since have worn it near my heart,
And hold it a priceless gem;
Though its leaves are withered and faded now,
Yet they recall the hour,
When the maiden and were all alone,
Beneath her rosy bower.
But those withered rose leaves vet retain
Their color and sweet perfume,
And sometimes think on that maiden's cheek,
The roses are still in bloom;
Though the flowers do fade and die away,
Their fragrance they still retain,
So NAV the soul in those brighter worlds,
Feel the thrill OF love again.
How precious the hope, we yet may hnd,
In some celestial grove,
The angel form the kindly heart
OF the one We foBdly love;
A spirit transferred TO purer cline,
Which blooms with fragrant bowers,
Where love still fingers around the heart,
As perfume round the howers.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17

1.-TWO FaIEsbs IN Bosros."-lh lady in
this city was about to engage the services Of a
servant at ah intelligence office, bu, before the
bargain was closed few important questions
we're asked by the former
"IhOpe," said the lady, that You have
but few relatives in Boston q
"Indade, ma'am, none at all"
" An how many friends who would desire
to call on you7"
Faith, ma'am, l have but two friends in
Boston, aud one Of them is in ireland. and the
other in Mairc.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
Saturday, December II, 1875
The Public Debt.

The debt has been steadily reduced through
ont the year, Mr. BOUTWELL, tells us. Well +;
what else? Why, nothing else. Did he Gre
ate tie money? No; it all came out of the
pockets of the people by grinding, unequal
taxation. If he had not collected the taxes
laid by Congress, or had appropriated any of
the money TO his own use, he would have been
a criminal In collecting the revenues he has
simply done his duty and Us they were great
" in excess Of the current wants Of the gov
erument, there was nothing else to be done
with the surplus but apply it towards the a--
.inction Of the debt Any fair business man
in Mr. BoUTwELL's place would have accom-
plished his wonderful feat Unless the mon
ey received had been squandered or stolen, it
must Lave either lain idle il the Treasury
drawing no interest, or have been applied to
the debt. It required no great stretch of sagac-
itv to decide which was the better Of these
possible uses.
LAST year, the funding bill was Mr.. BoUT-
EE!t's hobby but he is constrained to confess
that it is fiat, total failure He has not re-
funded single dollar; nor can he. But he
has ready scapegost The failure, he says,
is owing to the great warjn Europe. lie now
abahdGns all expectation OF selling any new
bonds at SO low rate as 4! per cent. 1t is
lucky for his reputation that he hasso good an
excuse for The inevtab le failure of his project.
The only novel idea we can find in his report
is his discovery that we have really only about
sixteen hundred millions of the public debt to
pay. The treasury notes and the bonds re-
quired as security for the circulation of the
banks he estimates at eight hundred millions,
which, he tells us, never need be paid so long
as we continue our present currency system.
In his closing paragraphs Mr.. boutwell,,
goriies the reduction he has made in the debt
as the great means of di'using republican
opinions in Europe, and stimulating emigra-
ton to This country This is very innocent
Illusion, and we will not to-day disturb Our
self-com placent fnancicr in blowing and dis
tending SO pretty bubble-N Y. World.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17

IN Illinois woman committei suicide b.
hanging herself on an apple tree. At the ~
neral peighbor, noticing tie sad appearance II
the husband, consoled him By saying that he
had met with terrible loss. Yes, says the
husband, heaying sigh. she must have kick
ell like thunder to shake Of six bushels OF
green apples that would have been worth q
dollar a busbcl when they get ripe" THIS
do women take advantage oftheir natural pro-
tectors.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
American Bed Bugs.

An Engishman, stopping AZ a country i'm
in ohe Of the Eastern states, was continually
bossting Of the superiority Of everything in
England, and depreciating the productions Of
America Pho landlord, as may be surmisei,
did not relish thi., and therefore thought Of a
plan to" get square with the English blower.
Procuring a bushcl Of fine healthy crabs, lie
poured them in the Englishmsn's bed, then
telling his guest that the room was ready, ho
lighted a candle and escorted him up stairs
Upon reaching the door the Yankee managed
to put out the light. OF course it didn't make
much difference to the Engishcr, 50 lie un-
dressed himself and jumped into bed. In
mediately he gave terrific yell Landlord
landlord come here! What arc these in my
bed ?" The landlord, who was outside the
door, came in, looked in the bed and cOoliy
said: Thems bed-bugs, can yol beat them
in England?" The Englishman left at once.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
VOL. 6O---VOL 6, NEW SERIESl
VIRGINIA FREE PRESS
TERMS.


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YoUar. and Fifty CsHt. per aHNHm IN adrGHes.
sS-THREE DOLLARS if not paid in advance.
izSs- One Bo'lor oad FIFTY Ces'' for sir month,
rSy-Thc terms Of advertising are, for square.
one inch or les. OBs Dollar and Fif'y Cent. tor
hree iusertions-lsrger ones in the same proper
hon Each continuance FIFTY Gents.
rS-No advertisement 90 Dee considered by the
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r previously agreed upon between the parties.
E0-Au advertisement not marked on the copy
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lutil ordered out and payment etactcd accordingl,
rS-Rs5ULNs ADvERrlSENENrs.-To avoid any
understanding on the part OF the Annual Adver-
Users 10 is proper 10 state distinctly that their pri
,ilege only extends to their immediate business
Real Estate Legal aud an other advertisements sent
~ them to be an additional charge, and no varis-
non.
70 obituary Notices CT mere than 6velines will
rrcharsrdtor.
lob WORK Posters, Sale Bills, Circulars,
ards, cc.. executed promptly, neatly and at fair
rrices.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17

Hoo KnLfSG.-The season Of hos-killlns
has come, and the voice Of the outraged pork
or is heard IN the land.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
AndrcM IImntcI..

solicitor IL Matters of Bankruptcy,
HAyING specially prepared for the business
and not being excluded from the United
States Courts. will prosecute. diligently, all ap-
,Hcati.a. 1- the benefit Of the late Bankrupt law,
.u..ritt % t1 him.
"a % . will regularly attend TIE Federal Coart
90 CllsS,burs. and elsewhere as The cases may re-
Chsrlrstowu. Jsly %. lss7-tG
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
How to Fit a Collar to q Horse.

In purchasing = collar for your horse, it is
important to get one that fits him, as both the
animal and yourself will thus he saved much
annoyance The Horse and CHr7iGye Jour
nal says: The plan adopted in tie West,
and which, We are assured by men who have
been long in the collar business, does not in
jure the collar in the least, is to dip in water
until the leather is Thoroughly wet, then put
it on the horse, secure tlle names firmly, keep
ing it there until it becomes dry. 1t is all the
better if heavy loads are to be drawn, a, that
causes the collar to be more evenly fitted to
the neck and shoulder Ffpossible, the collar
should be kept on from four to FIVE hours,
when it will be perfectly dry and retain the
same shape ever afterward, and as it is exactly
fitted to the form of the neck, will never pro-
ddce chafes or sores on the horses neck"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
PIANOS. PIANOS.


H-teter end NCTcmber. 1863,
For the Bcs. p acs tcI LIZ LIZ. AZ 9; sGEsn, New
No,i, Il rcIIg;ieI p6ga and BAiumofes : ANS.
Oyrrcy AND NEW NARERopy No. NORTH
LluxgrY ST.. BNLTGH0RE, ND.
l,TIEFF'S PIANOS have all the la,cs: improve
- mcnts. inclrding the AGRAFFE TREBLE,
Ivory Fronts. and the Improved French Action.
fully warranted for Five Years.
Second-hanS Pianos and Paror and Church Or
cans Of my own make, always on hand, from SO
90 $500.
Referee, who haze our Pianos in use =
Gen. r. T. lee, Lexington, Virginia. Gen.
Robt. Ransom. Wilmington, y. c. Gen: d. II.
Hill Charlotte, y. G. Governor john Letchcr'
Lexington. Virginia. b. +. Harrison, Warren
Ebv. John B. Packet, John Burns, Andrew Al
d-i6se. Charles langdon, Thos. c. Lakeland, DIR.
CordeU. Wa g. Butler, Thos. y. lsbell, OF Jeiter-
son County.
Send for a CIRCULAR containing 200 names OF per
sons I'm the SoutA who have bought the Sueh Piano
since the close a the War.
TERMS LIBERAL. q call is solicited.
December g. lSG9-iy.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
ioI SHOWS Ioi
HAT EMPORIUM,

lsl BALTIMORE STREET,
THREE DooRs ABoyE lIGuI ST.,
BALTIMORE, ND.
Formerly Of Eutaw ST.
Sept. II, lS70-ly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-12-17
H. II. BIacItbhrh ,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hfi-- rg Queen Street,
Third Door North Of Union Hotel,
NARTNSECRG. WEST Va,
VIII practice i7 the United States Crcr:', the
car-t, o. Virginia sn3 West Virginia.
Aur.i go. l~6y-lv.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-01

The BENEvoLENCE OF DICKENS
Many Of us remember the fate Of the
unfortunate steamer President, which,
crossing the Atlantic, was either foun-
dered or burnt. No soul that was on
board of her survived to tell the melan-
choly tale. One of her passengers was
tbe illustrious actor, Power. who has
neyer had his equal rs q delineator OF
Irish character. He left wife and
family unprovided for. When there
was In England no longer any doubt
about the ill-fated steamer, and the
position Of the Power family was
ascertained, a personal friend Of mine
wrote to Mr.. Dickens, who was then
resIding in Devonshire Place, New
Road, London, and suggested the pro
priety Of public subscription for their
assistance. Dickens Immediately re-
sponded, inclosed check for glOO,
wrote q letter to the Times newspaper
tone of his Characteristic letter., offered
TO receive any subscription that the
public might forward him.. and got
Mr.. Delane, the managing editor Of
the paper, to insert one of his powerful
editorials In support Of the appeal !;
and by the cooperation Of the literary
world Of London, sufficient sum was
In less than a month raised to place
door Powers wife and family In COM
Portable circumstances. Such was the
prompt action of this friend to hui
manity.-CinciRndti haqUfrer.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-01
Mas. E. B. BRowNrNe gives to the
world the following:
MARK TW AIN.

In n memoir of B. Franklin, in the
na,.s. vorp, Twain sars.
"oa"s' ~ ;, ,
what an adroit oiu aaSehturer n sne
subject OF TINS memoir was M ln oIuei Se
to get chahee 10 ny ms Slte Oh sun.
day, he uSed 10 hahs key ON tne nlt'
string, ana let OH 10 oe iishinS ior
lightning. A.. ,,,,
He invented stove tnat Woulu M
smoke your heaa OH III loor IT. no.,s "in,a:, W
tue Ci0ch. Cne e'n SEC t,e ,, . :. 30.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-01

One night, recently, when the Brit
ish House Of Lords was discussing the
bill legalizing marriage with a de-
ceased wife's sister, the Duke Of Marl-
borough read, amid great laughter. the
following extract from a letter which
he declared he had met with In an
American newspaper:
"I married widow who had 4 mar
ria9esble daughter. My father, who
often came to see us, took a fancy to
INV step-daughter and married her.
Thus my father became my son-in-
law, and my step-daughter became my
mother, since she was the wife OF my
father. Some time afterwards my wife
had son; he was the brother-in-law
of nv father, and also my uncle, as he
was the brother Of my mother-in-law.
'Phe wife ofmy father-my step-daugh-
ter-also had a son; Of course this SON
was my brother, and at the same time
nv grandson, since he was the child
of nv daughter. My wife was my
grandmother, since she was the mother
Of nv mother. For myself l was at
once the husband and the grandson OF
NV wife; and, as the husband of a per-
sons grandmother Is his grandfather,
! was my own grandfather"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-01
THE TEAR.

THE TEAR
On beds Of snow the moonbeam slept,
And chilly was the midnight gloom,
When BY the damp grave Ellen wept-
Sweet maid 1t was her Lindor's tomb!
A warm tear gush'd-the wintry sir
CONCEALED Il as II flowed away;
All night II lay an ice-drop there
At morn II glitter'd In the ray'
An angel, wandering nom the sphere.
Who saw this bright, this frozen gem,
To dew-eyed Pity brought the tear
And hung II ON her diadem!
MRs. E. B. BRowNINs gives to the
world the following:
Ihays three kisses In my life,
So sweet and sacred unto me
That now, till death -dews rest on them,
Ny lips shan kissless Be. 81.
One kiss was given in childhoods hour,
By one who never gave another.
In He and death still shall feel
That last kiss Of my mother.
The second burned my lips for years.
For years my Wild heart reel'd In bliss
At every memory Of the hour
Whom my lips felt young Loves hrst kiss.
The last kiss Of the sacred three
Had all the woe which Ger can move
The heart Of woman-it was pressed
Upon the death lips OF my love.
When lips have felt the dying kiss,
And felt the kiss Of burning love,
And kissed the dead-then never more
In kissing should they think to move.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-01
TO MILLMENl!

,lrE HAVE FOR SALE at THE GOLD
wv Hin NUHs S0flce half . ton Of superior
% s s esiR';s' Sai s. ia q Sst';s ssIs
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-01

Tux Baltimore Church Adeoeate has
this to say In defense Of woman: 1t II
an old quip upon women that they
are the only part of humanity who
can. 4 wife keeps her husbands Sc
cret much better than he does hers.
We calculate that there Is one drunken
wife to about four hundred and ninety
nine drunken husbands. In gambling,
iicentiousness, lying, CHEATING, hypoe-
risy. covetousness, there Is pretty
much the same proportion: Yet, OF
She four hundred and nlnety-nine
wives, four hundred conceal, cover up
silently, endure the terrible secret
while the one husband mourns over
the frailty Of his wife in the study o.
his Dsstor, and to the ear Of bis friend,
and probably complains of 1t In a
Court of law. 1t is the same between
hrotber and sister. The secrets wo-
man talks about are Of the kind that
are unimportant, and mostly agreeable
tohear. But Of secrets, shs is as reti-
cont as the grave.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-01

A coprIsH caught of Portsmouth
haibor, on being dressed, on Saturday,
was found to contain pint champagne
bo6iA In an entire state. The old
fishermen Of the Piscataqua declared
she hsh must have taken the bottle
from the bar at the mouth Of the Mer-
rimAck; but New York patron of
the Sycamore Home, who has seen II,
declares It Is OF a brand tossed over
board of Frost Point last summer,
while fishing. A portion Of the entails
of the fish were found growing about
two aad a half inches in the mouth Of
The bottle.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-01
CAUTION,s

,,,HE PUBLIC Is HEREBY cAuTIoNEn
Edwsfda, or SIS sSsnt, t6s ptOpsrty knewr e 2.
the Fort Homestead Properly, sitqatsd N ~ !si
town OF Gold Hill, Storey County. Nsvaan Ss'S |.
properly Seiongsto 2; lyford and n1iy yd., -
tSs Ststs Z sTs of Nevada. Legal prooeedinfl
win be Commenced to jgdicially determine ths
yaIIdity of our title tothe entire premises, and
al ItfsSspssssrs punished seeo.dinsa v,opn
Goid HUI, April 7tA, 1910. ss1'a
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-01
Time Schedule, May ~, 1879,

A. y. TOWNS, Gen'l Sup't.
T. H. GOODMAN. Genl Passg'r Agent.