Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-05-14


l3,606 rails weighing three thousand eight
hundred and ffty>tour tons, or sufficient Jay
about forty miles of track, the duties on which
amounted to over one hundred and seven thou-a
sand dollars, gold A large portion Of the
double track of the main line of the Baltimore
and Ohio road aud, its Washington Branch il
already laid with steel rails The entire
length of the Washington Branch, it is un-
derstood, wall soon be thorough hiy perfected IN
this respect, trus rendering it one of the fiuest
roads in the country. The work of sabstitt-
ting steel for iron rails on,the main line will
also continue, until its whole lengthtis relaid
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AlAzAapous STEP eLexington Ga.
Sette records with melancholy satisfaction the
following curious coincidence, in proof of the
danger to which men expose themselves when
they stop their newspaper subscriptions. IL
says:
Fourteen subscribers, 10 the last six
months, toos up the strange notion that they
could get along without tho Goxette. We
knew 1t was n hazardous step. However. as
1T was at their own risk, and we had doubled
over aud over again each one by new NAMES,
we quit sending the papers 4 Z g, 2
"Ihe sequel is melancholy and remarkable.
Nearly ohe>third have died Two or three
have been crippled. Others; seeing how il J
was, asked US to begin again"
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The PREss.-A sensible writer whose
"head is level, /" says -
"The press endurcs the affiiction of deads
head'sm from the pulpit, the bar and the stage
from corporations, societies and individuals.
1t is expected to yield its interests; I; it is re-
qulred to give strength to the weak, ewes to
the blind, clothes to the naked and bread 10
the hungry; it is asked TO cover infrthities.
hide weaknesses and wink at auacks bolster
up dull authors and f4tter the vain IL is. in
short, to be all things to NIL men, and if Il
looks for pay or reward it is denounced as
mean and sordid. There is no interest under
the whole heavens that is expected to give so
much to society, without pay or thanks, as tho
press"
ADvEnTIstNG-One of the errors iuto
which many old established business houses
tall is, that there is no necessity for adver-
tisIng them. Such theory would have an.
swered we'll enough half century since, but
the day has gone by when business man can
afford to rely upon the long standing and re-
spectability of his house. This is a progres.
slve age. Public opinion is made up by
what is printed in papers, whether il be in
the form of an editorial or an advertisement.
A. i. Stewards magnificent store in New
York is perhaps as we'll known as any other in
the country. and yet IFS epterprising proprie>
tor keeps himself continually before the peo.
pie, either by direct or indirect advertise.
meHts.-Eeeting News.
A Coon MovE.-Tho following nleaes
originated in the New York Stock Exchange
the other day. 1t is addressed 10 sensible
practical temperance people and runs as fol-
lows:
1--WE, tho undersigned, deprecating tho
growing evil Of intemperance, and believing
that 1t Is in great degree induced By a mis-
taken idea of sociability and politeness. there-
fore, with view of mitigating this evil III a
practical way, we hereby pledge ourselves to
pay only for the liquor which we ourselves
drink, and TO ab4tain from drinking any
liquors which others pay for"
JURrEs-Tbe stupid jiurymen who can
DeveE fully comprehend who the defendant Is,
and who has conviction that the prosecute
ing attorney is really the criminal on trial;
the obstinate juryman, who declines to be in.
tiuenced by the plsiuest evidence the jurys
man of obtrusiye stiffness, who asks yprepos-
ferrous questions in order 10 display his i'm
sanity and the deaf jurynan, who never
hears word of testimony and sleeps comfort-
ably through the entire trial, are types with
which every attendant at the court-room is
YEARLY famiIiar.-N Ne,e Yosls Times.
wn1rEwAsa THAT WILL NOT RUB Orr.
IF the wash Is 70 be u-ed indoors. mix half
pailful of lime and water, take half a pint
of -four and make starch of il, and pour Il
into the whiteBash while hot Stir il we'll
and make il ready by thinning it for USE