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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-17
THE "CHRlsrIAN GRACEs."

N
A new IS Picture of surprising Grace and
Beauty GIVEN AWAY to each
Subscriber to
ARTHUR'S HOME MAGAZINE FOR 1878
A Magazine for cultured homes Magazine
always up 10 the advancing thought, social
progress and spirit of the times. A. Magazine
in which the lighter literatue of the period is
made the vehicle of pure and noble sentiment
HOPE, CHARITY.
"And now abidith Faith Hope, and Charity
these three, but the greatest of these is
Charity"
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1854
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-

1854
TNTHE DISTRICT, COURT OF THE UNI
ginia.
In the matter of James T. Barron, bankrupt
in bankruptcy.
At Fredericksburg, on the 18th day of Dec'ber.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that petition
has been to- wit on the 29th day of Oct'r. A. ID.
1862 filed in said District Court, by James H.
Barron, of Gloucester county in said district,
who has been heretofore duly declared bankrupt
under the act of Congress entitled IAN act to
establish uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States" approved March
I'd, 1867, for discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims provable I'M
der said act and that the 10th day of January, A.
ID. 1878, at IL o'clock NJ, before j. l.. Water
man, one of the registers of said court in bank-
ruptcy, at his office in Fredericksburg, in said dis
trict. is the time and place assigned for the hear
ing of the same, when and where you may at
tend and show cause, if any you have, why the
prayer of the said petition should not be granted
J. L. WATERMAN,
Register in Bankruptcy for the
de I6-M2w LIST Cong'l Dist. of Va.
iT,HIS is TO GIVE NOTICE-That en the
il 18th day of Deer, 1872. a warrant in bank
ruptcy was issued out of the District Court of
the United States for the Eastern District of
Va, against the estate of Richard p. Holt,
of Surry county and State of Virginia. who
has been adiudged a bankrupt on his own
petition: That the payment of any debts,
and the delivery of any property belonging to
said bankrupt, TO him or for his use, and the
transfer of any property by him, are forbidden
by law: That meeting of the creditors of said
bankrupt to prove their debts, and choose one or
more assignees of his estate, will be held at a
Court Sou of 70 be nodeh at NO
B. b. Foster, Esq, Register, on the 9th day OF
January, A. ID. 1873, at u O'Clock M.
JOHN w. FARRELL,
Deputy Marshal as Messenger.
IL
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HOTELS.
CT. JAMES HOTEL,
RE-OPENED ON THE

EU r o P L A N PL AN
CORNER PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND SIXTH SITS,
WASHINGTON, ID. G.
This Hotel has been closed since April last
and has, during the past summer undergone the
most thorough renovation. II has been re-
furnished with elegant Walnut Marble-Top Fur
niture, Spring Beds, Velvet and Brussels Car
pets throughout.
The furniture and appointments have been
manufactured to order expressly for this House,
and are equal in style and durability to any
European Hotel in the country. The rooms are
arranged en- suite ana single, and will be rented
from 81 90 to SIS 90 per day (including private
parlors.)
A spacious Ladies' and Genteman's Dining
Room, Gentleman's Restaurant, Lunch and Re-
freshment Saloons are conveniently arranged,
where all meals will be served a la carte
A liberal discount will be made to those desir-
ing to remain by the week CT month.
WOODBURY. & DUREN,
no 27--3m PropTieIors.
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LINES ON THE DEATH OF MISS
MATTE ELIZABETH BAKER.
Br r.. W. WRIGHT.

BrR.w wRIeHr.
l.
1t was but yester-night
The sad-eyed Reaper came,
And saw by his taper light
That burned with flick ring flame,
That he held his cleaning SICKLE fast
AS the old and middle-ag'd he pass'd
II.
He entered the city gate
BY the light of this taper dim,
And saw, by forms immaculate,
That angels escorted him;
That they lovingly came to bear away
The golden grain he should reap that day.
Isaw him pass the door
OF the aged and weary ones,
And where his shadow upon the floor
Had promised them brighter suns
And, within, heard the imploring cry
For the welcome Reaper to pass not by.
".
Yet he gave no thought or heed
To the waiting of those within,
But forward pressed, as If he had need
OF q brighter prize to win
Aud saw him make his eager way
Where beautiful brde.expectant lay.
V.
On a sudden couch of pain,
BY his fiery breath struck down,
/ saw her ripen to golden grain
For the Reaper's harvest crown -
Her age--the sun bright summers told
That had touched her auburn locks with
gold
VI.
saw the Reaper come
And enter that very door,
And oh, what n desolate home
hat n,lrtr tha
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
LIVED STATES for the Eastern District Of Xir-

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
LIED STATES for the Eastern District Of Vir-
gnia.
In the matter of Robert Blassingham, bank
rupt-in bankruptcy.
At Norfolk, on the I'd day of January, A.
d. 1878.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Please to take notice hereby, that petition
has been, to-wit /: on the I'd day of Jan'y, A.
d. 1873, filed in said District Court by Robert
Blassinghah1, of York county in said district,
who has been heretofore duly declared bankrupt
under the act of Congress entitled IAN act to es-
tablish uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States" approved March
I'd, 1867, for a discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims provable I'M
der said act, and that the 10Th day of January,
A. ID. 1878, at II o'clock A. NJ, before Benz. b.
Foster, one Of the registers of said court in bank
ruptcy, at his Office, No. 2S Bank str ct, Nor
folk, in said district, is the time and place
assigned for the hearing of the same, when and
where you may attend and show cause, if any
you have, why the prayer of the said petition
should not be granted.
CHARLES T. BARRY,
ia Sew Clerk
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Dated
Certificate.

The undersigned, postmaster at -, State
of -, certifies, UNDER HIS OATH OF OFFICE,
that he is acquainted with the above guarantors,
and knows them to be men of property, and able
to make good their guarantee; and that bidder
and guarantors are above the age of 81 years.
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Guarantee.

The undersigned, residing at -, State of
-, undertake that, If the foregoing bid for
carrying the mail on route No. be accepted
by the Postmaster General, the bidder will,
prior to the LIST June 1873 enter into the required
obligation, or contract, to perform the service
proposed, with good and sufficient sureties
This zoe do, understanding distinctly the oJliga-
tons and liabilities assumed By quarantors.
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KNOTS UNITED.
OR WAYS AND BY-WAYS IN THE
HIDDEN IJEE nE

M E II @ AN TECTIv YES.
We want agents for this book. 1t discloses all
the mysteries of the Detective System. 1t is "a
record for the past 20 years of the most skllful
detectives of this country, in which the crafts OF
bank robbers, thieves, pielkpockets, lottery men,
counterfeit money dealers, and swindlers of ali
Price 1915 Send for circulars and terms to
agents.
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Tn THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
i TED STATES for the Eastern District OF
Virginia.
rupt-in bankruptcy.
To Whom it May Concern-The undersigned,
L. Z. Williams, of Culpeper county, Virginia,
hereby gives notice of his appointment as as
signee of the estate of r. G. Covington, of the
county of Culpeper, in said district, and who
was to-wit, on the 18th day of Septber, A. ID.
himself, by the District Court of the United
States for said district.
Dated Culpeper, the 3oth day of December,
A. ID. 1879.
L. E. WILLIAMS,
ia 2-Th3w Assignee
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Sworn to and subscribed before me -, for
ID. 1s7 and in testimony thereof hereunto
subscribe my name and afiix my official seal the
day and year aforesaid.
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In THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
i UNITED STATES for the Eastern District
of Virginia.
In the matter of Robert Kickland, of Bruins
wick county, banlrupt-in bankruptcy.
Eastern District Of Virgintd, SIS.
Notice is hereby given that q general meet
ing of the creditors of the said Robert Kick
land, bankrupt, will be held at Richmond, at the
office of w. W. Forbes, register in bankruptcy,
in said district, on Monday, the 9th day of
January, 1878, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. for the
purposes named in the 9th section of the bank
ruptcy act of March I'd, 1867.
Dated at Lawrenceyille, the 9th day OF Deem
Der, 1872.
E. r. TURNBULL,
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rINHE IMPERIAL HOTEL,
Il (LATE JESSEss HousE,)
JAMES SYKES, PROPRIETOR,
FRONTING PENNSYLVANIA Avenue, BETWEEN THG-
TENTH AND FOURTEENTH STREETs,
WASHINGTON, d. @.
Thankful to the public for generous patronage
in the past, the Proprietor asks his old friends
and patrons to test the accommodations of his
present establishment, which he promises shall
be found at least equal to the best in Washing
ton. fe l-tf
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
CUNTINUED TRIUMPHs
FOR THE
WATT Pillow.


FOR THE
WATT PLOW.
/. VIRGINIA STATE AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY-Silver Medals for each size, right
hand and left hand, from field trials in August
last which trials were open to all competitors tor
weeks beforehand by public notice in the news
papers. The results ofsaid trials were.sealed up
and not made known (by the rule Of the Society
until the Fair opened at Richmond on the S1st OF
October, 1871. Competition at the State Fair
was over by virtue of the aforesaid trials in Au-
gust, and there were, of course, no competitors
for plows exhibited on the grounds at the last
O. BORDER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Danville, Ya.-First Premium.
5. PETERSBURG FAIR-First Premium.
A. NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR-First
Premium.
8. GEORGIA STATE FAIR lat Macon)--First
Premium.
.(oTE.-The report of the Dispatch, of this
Proving Match at the State Fair, says: "It is a
noteworthy fact that every plowman (some
twelve in number) came forward with WATT
Prov to show his skill" And this voluntary
compliment by the plowman is the highest tessi-
monial ever awarded.
From the Special Correspondent at Columbia, 8.
News.
FLOWING MATCH.
Across the Enclosure In an old field, the Plow-
ing Match in progress was watched with interest
by large number of persons. The entrees were
as folows
d. b. DeSassure, of Richland, enters a pair Of
farm mules and a double-horse left-hand Watt
Plow against world-Nat. Roundtree, plowrnan.
j. M. Crawford, Lexington, enters double
horse right-hand Watt Pillow.
Leroy Lewis (colored). Richland, enters n
single horse Watt Plow.
The above PLOWS and PLOWMEN each re-
ceived the highest premiums awarded then and
there.
All kinds of Plows and Pillow Castings and
Agricultural Machinery and Implements in gen.
eral use, kept on hand, with Excelsior Reaper
and Mower.
A liberal discount to merchants and wholesale
dealers.
We pay the highest market price for good
Scrap CAST Iron.
Send for circulars and price list.
WATT Il GALL,
No. 1859 Franklin street,
je 26--d.sw&w9m Richmond Va.
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Leave louisville Tuesday and Saturday
atSam;
(. Arrive at Boydton by 4pm;
Leave BoydtoD Monday and Friday at 5
am;
Arrive ut louisville by pm.
FORM OF PROPOSAL, GUARANTEE, AND
CERTIFICATE.
Proposal.

office address is - county of -, State
of -, proposes to convey the mails OF the
United States, from July /, 1873, to June 30,
under the advertisement of the Postmaster Cen
eral, dated December i, 1879, with celebrity,
certainty, and security" Claw of June s, 1922,
for the annual sum of - dollars.
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This proposal is made ,oith full knowledge ofhe
distance Of the route the toei0M Of the mail TO be
carried, and all other particulars IN reference to
the route and seruice and, also, after careful ep
animation, Of the Ldaos and Instructions attached
to advertisement Of mail Sercice and efthe pro-
pisions contained IN the act Of Congress Of June
s, 1872
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ia 2-Th2w

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter of Charles A. Hopkins bank.
rupt-in bankruptcy
To Whom it May Concern-The undersigned,
Shepherd Brown, of Norfolk city and
State of Virginia, hereby gives notice of his
appointment as assignee of the estate OF
Charles A. Hopkins, of York coty in said district,
and who was to-wit, on the goth day of October,
A. d., 1872, adjudged a bankrupt upon the petit
ton of himself, by the District Court of the Uni.
ted States for said district.
Dated Norfolk, the goth Dee'ber, A. D., 1872.
SHEPHERD BROWN,
de 24-Tu9wx
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
i ted States for the Eastern District of Fjr-
ginia.
In the matter of Thos. W. Keeling, bankrupt
in bankruptcy.
At Norfolk, Va, this 26th day of December,
1872.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
Please To take notice hereby, that q petition
has been, to witt on the 26th day of Deer, 1879,
filed in said District Court by Thos. w. Keeling,
of Princess Anne county, in said district, who has
been heretofore duly declared bankrupt under act
of Congress entitled "An act to establish a uni
form system OF bankruptcy throughout the Uni
ted States" approved March I'd, 1867 for a dis
charge and certificate thereof from all his debts
and other claims provable under said act, and
that the 9Th day of January, A. ID. 1873, at II
o'clock A. NJ, before Benz. Il. Foster, one of the
registers of said court IN bankruptcy, at his
office, No26 Bank street, Norfolk, in said district,
is the time and place assigned for the hearing OF
the same; when and where you may attend
and show cause. if any you have. why the
prayer of the said petition should not be granted.
CHARLES T. BARRY,
de g0-MSw CLERK
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the mail on route No. -, from
do swear that have the ability pecunarily to
fulfill my obligation such bidder; that the
bid is made in good faith, and with the intention
to enter into contract and perform the service in
case said bid shall be accepted and that the
signatures of the guarantors thereto are genuine,
and that believe the said guarantors to be
pecuniarily responsible for and able to pay all
damages the United States shall suffer by reason
OF my failing to perform my obligations as such
bidder.
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ACT OF CONGRESS, APPROVED JUNE
s, 1872, TO BE AFFIXED TO EACH BID
FOR CARRYING THE MAIL, AND TO
BE TAKEN BEFORE AN OFFICER
QUALIFIED TO ADMINISTER OATHS.
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On WILL PAY POR COPIES OF THE
pC WEEKLY STATE JOURNAL until ist
Huar 1874.
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G,11 WILL PAY FOR COPIES OF THE
Oil SEMI-WEEKLY STATE JOURNAL
for one year,
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lSEAL.l

NoTE.-When the oath is taken before justice
of the peace, the certificate of the clerk of a
court of record should be added, under his seal
of office, that the person who administered the
oath is a duly qualified justice of the peace.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS:
Containing also conditions TO be ilcor-
pordted IN the contracts TO the ertent the
Department may deem proper.
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Bids Of $4,000 aud up,Dard must be accom-
painted By a certified check, or draft, on some
s0tuent national bank, equal to per centum on
Of aae,1 Seruice, not less than 8 per ce,atuni of
one gears pay proposed in bid.-(Section 253,
act Of June s, 1871
The Postmaster must not sign the certificate
until the sum of the bid is inserted and the bid
and guarantee signed by all the parties, and
dated.
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UNITED STATES MAILS,
VIRGINIA.
PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, December /, 1872.

Bidders should examine carefully the latcs,
forms, and instructions annexed. See
ia,os requiring certified check or draft
aoah bids of $1,000 and apwWd.l
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1873-11-22
ESHIE MANHATTAN Spring
-A BED and Com binatiOn

M a i hEOS.
P. j. KISTLER. POSTM ASTER
OF WEISSPORT, has been appointed
agent for Lehighton, Weissport and
vicinity to give our citizens chance to
see and test the merits of the arrange
ment of springs. He is willing to put
them on trial for any person for one
week, and if they tlo not paove supe-
rior to the Woven Wire Mattress, Put
nam, Yankee, Norfolk, Wright, Spring
field, Howe, Tucker, Eureka, Munroe,
Imperial, United States, Walker, Con
necticut. Eagle, Salem or any of the
one thousand and one Spring Beds that
have been put upon the market, you
are not asked to buy it. The above
named beds have been discarded to
make room for the improved. 1t has
no hiding place for bugs, has no Stats
on top of tie springs, but heavy duck
canvas, hooking at the base of the
spring, that may be taken off and the
Stats removed (for cleaning or other
wise,) by anybody in five minutes and
| replaced at pleasure. The springs may
be changed to other portions of the bed
with very little trouble. The springs
are warranted to keep place and last
longer than any other in use. For in
valids it cannot be surpassed. He fits
them to any bedstead or different weight
of persons, the largest number under
the heaviest part of the body, and with
light covering of husks, cotton, straw
bed. or hair mattress, they adapt them
selves completely to the body. The
ladies should call and see the arrange
ment of springs for the cradle, and not
have to use feathers in warm weather.
They are better than soothing syrup or
cordials for the little ones. The springs
are made from the very best cast steel
from the celebrated Sheffield wokrs of
England Come one and all and see
them. These beds have been fully es-
tablished in twelve different States.
The Furniture men are especially in
vited to call and examine these beds.
Beds put upon trial and no one asked
to purchase until after fair trial.
p. j. KISTLER
nov 8 '73-tf Agent, Weissport.
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WOMAN'S WORK.

A woman who is able to systematic
and carry on smoothly the work of an
ordinary family, illustrates higher saga
city than is called for by seven-tenths
of the tasks done by man. Men take
one trade, and work at it a mother S
and housekeeper's work requires a
touch from all trades. A man has his
work hours, and his definite task a
woman has work at all hours, and an
incessant confusion of tasks.
Let any man do a woman's work for
a single day-wash and dress the child
ren, having provided their clothes the
night before see that breakfast is un-
derway to suit a fault-finding husband;
the wash boiler on with water for the
wash, and the clothes assorted ready
for the washing the dish-water heating
and the luncheon brought out ready
for the school children nice dinner
for the fathers dinner pail ; the beds
made and the home put to rights sew
ing, mending, &C., occupy the day until
the children return home, when there
are questions to answer, the supper to
be laid and cleared away, and the child
rem to be put to bed. Verify, the scribe
was right, when he said:
"A mans work, lasts from sun TO sun,
A woman's work is never done"
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She glanced her eye upon the plates
of brass upon each door, and then her
anger rose as II had never done before.
That johnson has a h | That Thomp-
son has apl That smith that spells
without y is not the Smith for me-"
And darkly scowled she then upon
that rover of the wave Falsel falsel'
sbe shrieked, and spoke of him as "mon-
stcr, traitor, slavei" And then she wept
and tore her hair, and filled the air with
groans, and cursed with bitterness the
day she let them cut up Jones.
And when she had spent on him the
venom of her tongue, she seized her
pongee parasol and stabbed him in the
lung. a few energetic stabs were at his
heart required, and then this scand 'lous
buccaneer rolled over and expired.
Still brandishing her parasol, she
sought the pirates boat ; she loaded up
a gun and jammed her head into its
throat; and fixing fast the trigger, then,
with string tied to her toe, she breathed
''Mother!" through the toucE-hole, and
kicked and let her go.
A snap, a fizz, rumble, some stupen-
dous roaring tones, and where on earth s
surface was the recent Mrs. Jones Go
ask the moaning winds, the sky, the
mists, the murmuring sea go ask the
fish, the coroner, the clams-but don't
ask me.
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II HI Il IL u Nj s Il l. l. IL R .
BY DIR. JOSEPH CROSS.

What is murder? Must there be
'malice pretense, with all intention to
kill No. The sacrifice of human life
from a sordid love of gain, is often mur-
der in the highest degree. SO says
Blackstone and all the best expounders
of the law. Who then is guilty of
blood, if not the rumseller ? Does he
not vend death for dimes, and perdtion
for picayunes Is he sure that the
dram he is now measuring out will not
prompt to the murder of wife or a
child, and result in the drinkers sui
eide? What cares he, while he cal,
accumulate filthy lucre, how many
hopes he blights, how many hearts he
breaks, how many homes he desolates,
how many cemeteries he peoples with
the lOathsOme victims of his cupidity.
What, though there be no ''malice pre-
tence," we challenge the rumseller to
show better motive than often impels
the midnight assassin {!
The rumseller is actuated by mere
love of gain so is the assassin The
rumseller declares he does not like his
business so does the assassin. The
iuuioCliCl WOulu CilduSc llo CUuISty lldu
he any other prospect for a living so
would the assassin. But" says the
rumseller, "I do not steal to my neigh
boris bed and kill him in his sleep"
True but if you did, the act would be
less criminal and less calamitous. Then
his victim would die innocently, but
now he puts the instrument into his
hand and makes him his own murderer.
Better than the assassin The assassin
Is an angel of mercy in the comparison!
The assassin can kill only the body /;
the rumseller destroys both soul and
body, in hell. All the heroes whose
deeds are recorded in the annals of
persecution could not invent a ruin so
complicated and dreadful /; ruin which
Satan himself could not achieve with
out the agency of the rumseller. Oh |!
class him not with men ! He bellies
every attribute of his species.
Better rank him with wolves, hyenas,
alligators and boa constructors. Money
is the goal of his wishes and the god
of his worship. Money he will have,
though he get it by vending poison,
ruin and despair.
He wants but the liberation Of law,
and the fascination OF the coin, and he
would vend vipers to your children by
the bushel and scorpions by the score.
Such is the rumseller, and such is his
work.