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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

SCHRDULE of Pnssen ger Ira ins arriving and de-
~ parting at HarHcr's Ferry Station:
TRAINS GOING EAST
Columbus Express via Washington. 5ls, A. NJ.
"nchester Ac'u & }
l'assengefs by this ain for Fredorick
Junction and other pop pts n Id track
change cars Point of Rocks.
Fast Line via Washing ton..... 10 46
Mail Traln via Old Track to all points, 2O5 p NJ
st. Louie Express via Washing ton 80. 6l3 IS
TRAINS GOING WEST
st. Louis Express from Bait. via Wash ,12 0s A. NJ
Mail Train old tr,k n 5S :. =.
Winchester Aeon" I" 6. Wash, 745. p. NJ.
Fast Line "a .. :.
Trains on Main Stem make close connections #
Harper's Ferry with trains running on W p n s
DIVISION to strasburg and points farther Sourh
At Ea aserstown Junction with trains for Haeers.
town, &c.
Through Tickets to all prominent points west.
South, East and North. '
Ticket Office opan for all passenger trains da v
and night Comfcr table facilities for waiting nas
eeneets. A w00D
Harper Feirv. Juue IT. 1913
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23
GEORGE II. HAGIEY.

Mauufacturer of 1,ades' aud Cents, Boys' and
fouths, misses' and Childron's
BOOTS, CATERS AND SHOES.
Ofali Styles and Grades
HAVlNG located in Charleatowu.e
i 4 would inform the public that he ESiss
1s prepared to execute any and all of SsS@sSS.szD
tha above line of work with nestness and dispat
Good ma tcrlsl and durable work guaranteed
o. Shop in former Post Office building. nearly
opposite First Nat ionai Bank.
N. B-Our business at Duffield's will continue
the same we keep large assortment o Boots
Shoes and Gsiters. Tobacco, Cigars, Notions &c
In our Custom Department we will be ready to exc.
cute all orders At the shortest notice, the best
styles and workmanship.
May l3, lS73-iy. G. II. 4 j. T. HAGIEy
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23

Soft OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES cup of swee,
milk. one cup of moIasses, aud a tablespoon
full of shortening must be melted in half a
cup of hot wnter in which teaspoonfui of
soda has been dissolved. Add three Guns of
flour, little ginger, and salt Mix all these
Ingredients together, and bake in shallow
pan.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23

CooK1Es,-One heaped cup of sugar, lit
tie over half cup of butter two eggs, one.
half teaspoon soda and one of cream tartar,
dissolved in little hot water. Spice to suit
the taste. Mix soft and bake in a quick
oven.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23

PoTATo SALAD-Slice two or three cold
boiled potatoes; mash fue the yoik OF. two
hard boiled eggs; !; mix with them pepper, salt,
vinegar, mustard, and oil to your taste. Dip
into this preparation the potatoes. Chop fine
few leaves of lettuce, lay potatoes on top,
and pour over them the mixture.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23

PLIM DouGHNuTs.-Takeo one cup of su-
gar and Que cup of sweet milk. two teaspoons
fuls of cream>of- tartar and one of soda, the
latter dissolved in half cup of hot water, a
little salt and spice with nutmeg. Mix with
flour until hard enough to roll, and fry in hot
fat
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23
TO ALL CONCERNED!
HOUSE PAINTING, GRAINING,
PAPER HANGING. &C.

John N wH1TTlNGToN again profTers his ser.
In the In"st arts tic Of WORK in the USE
PAlSIlNG. WALL PAtERING, FURNITURE
reasonable. and sstfsfactioo guaranteed. Thank
Jul to his friends for the encouragement c the pa
ne confidently hopes. from enlarged experience and
Increased facilities for tho execution of his business
to receive reasonable proportion of the work in
GO Shop in basement, next door to Mr.. John
Ashbaugh's Tailoring establishment, Northwest
corner Of Liberty md Lawrence SITS.
July 80 .1S73-3m. INV
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23
T T NJ E T BL e

The Train that leaves Cha rlestown at 9:33 A NJ
connects with Cincinnati Express est and Fast
Line East at Harpor's Ferry.
Train leaving Charlesown at las, A. NJ, con.
meets at Ha:per's Ferry with Mail Trains East md
w eat. which paas over the Old Route to and from
branch. e'''
Fast Freight. No. 7 leaves strasburg at 8 SOP. NJ.
-Dasses Charlestown at 1924 A. NJ. and reaches
Harprr's Ferry at l. 20 A. NJ
Fast Freight. No. 3. leaves Hs-rer's Ferrv at
lilo +. NJ paPscs Charestown at l.. "a A. NJ and
arrives at StTnshnrr at ) 5S A. NJ.
;.i,' Inc conmhns Express for Baltmsre. via Wash
The St. L"nis Express from BALTIMORE win Wash
ineton. for Pnrkersburs. passes Rarper's Fcr,y at
l2.nS, A. RI. Gin tho mighty
A. Il. WOOD, A gent, Harper'e Ferry.
THOS. Z. SHARP,
sept y, 1873. Master of TRANSFORMATIONS
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23
. 26 CHARLEsTOWN WEST VIRGINIA. sTUEsDAY@sEPT
PogTIeAI
For the Spirit of Jetferson.l
mo SCI

t'sHE Is NOT HEREr
The 'circiing hours bring back again
September's suns aud sEles-f sss,t5 u
But bi1Dg, to nv heart, au aching pain
That, In every fibre, sadly siehs 80, -
She is not here ] She is not herel ~ ..esst
lLi ine Lisnt OF che scenes in the bygone yeari'
September's morns are b1ight and clear,
But lone is the drive in bhe open. air, :s3El
and at eve. in the vine clad porch, I hear
Inc sound OF the beetle. now, sombre and
IS nShe is not here She Is not hereI
The Light of the scenes in rhe bygone wear ~
Sentember's suns shine bright and clear
Cn mountain and valley. the hill and the dale
anH scenes genes come again. where together we were,
she Is hot here! She is not herei 49,
ine Light OF the scenes in the hygone year. ~
septem9ber's e NIB. s suns are bright and clear.
But list 'ris the music IF FAN in the trees
She touches their boughs Ii se q harp u, the mir
And plaintive, and wild, melt her notes on the
She is not here She is not here
lie Light OF the scenes in the bygone year,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23
BALTIMORE CARDS.
.STIEFF0S PIANOS.
UPWARDS OF FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS.
GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS.

UPWARDS OF FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS,
GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS,
Were awarded to CHAS. Nj. STIEEF, for the best
PIANO in competition with all the leading
Msnniaet"rers OF the country
OFFICE AND WARERoOMS,
No. ~. Liberty Street, Baltimore, M
The superiority of the Unrivalled Stief Piano
Forte, is conceded by all who have compared il
others In their New Grand Square Scale, II oc-
taves' the Manufactured has succeeded in maxim g
the most perfect Piano Forte possible
Prices will be found as reasonable as consistent
with thorough workmanship
large assortmen. of Second Ha nd Pianos a Iva va
on hand, from SIS to 8 300.
We are agents for the ce eebrated Burdett Cabinet,
farior and Church Organs, styles and prices.
SUIT every one guaranteed to be fully equal to an
made.
Send for illustrated Catalogue con tanning names
OF over 500 s9utherners, (5"0 of whom are vir-
ginlans, 200 North Carolinians, $50 East Tenncs-
seeans and others throughout the south.) who have
bought the stlcd Piano snce the close of the war.
April 8, 1873.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23

DEAD SHoT FOR MISUNDERSTANDING alum
water is sure death to bugs of any dosarip-
ton. Take two pounds of pulverized or of
crystal alum. and dissolve in three quarts of
boiling water, allowing it to remain over the
fire until thoroughly dissolved. Apply, while
hot. with brush or, what is better, use
syringe to force the liquid into the cracks of
the walls or bedstead. The pulverized alum
is worth about so cents pound, and that in
crystal from l5 to 20--a cheap remedy. The
latter requires little longer time to dissolve.
OF cour'e an experiment to verify the claim
above made, can be made by employing
mere fraction of the quantities above named.
less perfect cure for insect pests is to scatter
the powdered alum freely in places where they
abide. Powdered borax. scattered thinly
whore Croton bugs and cockroaches travel or
abide, will expel them at once. 1t is Sure
expulsion for the Croton insect. Almost all
strong saline solutions eficacious in the
destruction of these households pests, which
are both destructive aud annoying. aud the
mixture of alum or any othor. material need
not necessarily be hot.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23
ENTLER HOTEIl.
April !, 1871.

sHEPnERDsTowS, JEfFERtoN c., W.. Va.
HAVING leased the Entler Hotel. tits now open
Tor the accommodation of the Public
The Table will be boun,ifuly supplied with all
the luxures and substantias that the city and coun-
try markets afford.
The Bar will be supplied with choice LIQUORS.
None but polite and attentive sesvants will be
employed, and nothing shall be left undone that
wlh ihute to the com fort and
The Stable will be attended bv an experienced
Ostler. EDWIN ROWEN
January %, lS73-tf
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23
SRirit of yetfersgll.
FCharlestoWn, JcGerson County, West Va.
TUESDAY MORNING. sRPTgMBER a, 1918.
The Virginians.

The following tribute to the manhood of
the Virginians. was borne by the Washington
Republican 10 the bitterest and hottest time
for sectional strife. That paper has never
said anything about US half as good since
then:
''If there has been any decadence of the
manly virtues of the Old Dominion, it is no.
because the present generation has proved
Itself either weak or cowardly, or unequal to
the greatest emergencies. No peonle, with
so few numbers, ever put into the field. and
kept there so long, troops more numerous.
brave or efficient, or produced generals Of
more merit in all the kinds and grades of mill.
tary talent. ltis not a worn>out aud efsete
race which has produced Lee. Johnston. jack
son, Ashby aud Stuart. 1t is no. a woru-out
and effece race which, for eighteen months.
has defended its capital against the approach
of an enemy close upon their borders, and
ous>munaJeriny them thirty to one
"lt is not "a worn out and efFete race, which
has preserved substantial popular unity under
all the strain and pressure and sacrifices of
this unprecedented war. Let history as was
said of another race. which records their un-
happy fate as people, do justice to their rude
virtues as men, They fighting in bad
cause. but they are fighting bravelv They
have few towards and no traitors. The hard
ships of war are endured without murmur
by all classes, and the dangers of war with
out flinching, by the newest consoripts, while
their gentry, the ofshoot of their peculiar
social system. have thrown themselves into
the camp aud field with all the dash and high
spirit of the European mollcsse of the middle
ages, risking, withou. apparent concern, upon
desperate adventure, all that men value,
aud after generation of peace, and repose,
and security, which had not emasculated them.
presenting to their enemies trained aud in
trepid front, as of men born aud bred to war"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23

HoMIEY PUDDISe Prepare as for bait
ter-cskes. add one egg for each pint, soms
whole cinnamon sugar to suit taste, and
few RESINS. and bake like rice pudding. a
little butter or chopped sue. may be added.
Serve hot or cold, With or without sauce.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-23

TERMS of sUBscR1pTIos....rhe PAPER
wilIbe furnished to subscribers at 50. so per
annuni, in Advance.
6When not paid strictly in Advance, 500
whlpositirely be charged.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-17
Buffalo Hunters Frozen to Death,

From parties just arrived from South western Kansas, we learn that the weather has been severe beyond endur- ance, and the suffering among the hunt. CTS beggars description. A farmer who arrived in Wichita, .eports having over taken team loaded with buffalD skins. md on the wagon, stiff with the cold
 sat the driver. permitting the team tc wander at will over the prairies, and entirely unable to help himself. He told the farmer he was frozen and com pe1led to remain in the position he was. to the wagon-box, thus calling attention
 to the contents of the bed. Upon look ing over the side of the box terrible sight was before him. There lying side by side were two hunters frozen stiff ir death, and as the wagon iolted over the rough plain, they knocked together like two great icicles.
 The gentleman who brought the news to Wichita had his hands'so badly frozen
 as to make amputation necessary shortly after his arrival. Hewas unable togive the names of any of the unfortunate party. We also learn from The TVichif0 Beacon, that & party of four went into camp on Moot's Creek, 25 miles from timber, who have undoubtedly perished. At house 12 miles west of Wichita. 15
 men arrived during the night of the 23d.
 all frozen. Some of them will lose their feet, others their hands and fingers. The road between Wichita and the buff falo range is strewn with buffalo hides and meat, abandoned by their owners to
 save themselves and teams.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-17

Just taken his Bittcrs. We heard a seedy-looking individual with an alarm inglv red nose remark to brother soak ar that he had "iust had his bitters. hut he did not mind taking another nip. y His remark suggested train of refec- ion. How was it. we asked ourselves, that the word bitters had grown to he synonym for pin, whiskey, rum, md other alcoholic stimulants. to which it was applied indiscriminately. Bitt- ars. we reasoned, suggested the idea oi healthful tonic. net of poisonous stimulant; something invinoratipe tC the system. not an alcoholic irritart full of fusel oil producing present in. toxication and ultimate insanity, idiocv or premature death. Moreover, oul ;dea of bitters was totally irreconcila. Nle with "gjn cocktails" "rnm prrl. nhes," and "brandy smashes," which we are informed, are sweetened with supar and rendered douhly injurious with essences colored by means of min. oral poison. This was bitter-sweet with vengeance. We mentioned this problem to a friend. He solved it hy axclaimine; "Why, don't you know that most of these bitters advertised 1 as remedies are only drams in disguise Toners know it. if you do not I mus make one exception, however," he add d, "and that's Dr. Walkers California Vinegar Bitters; there isn't particle O
 alcohol or fermented liquor in it, and i is the best vegetable tonic and altera tive in America. .--- Com.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-17
A Word About PrOOf-Reading.

Every column of a newspaper contains from ten to twenty thousand distinct pieces of metal, according to the paper and the tppe. The displacement of g single one makes an error. Is it any wonder that errors occur? In the large offices professional proof-readers are kept whose practiced eyes, passing twice over every line of proof, detect most of the errors boy is also kept for that purpose at the same time read ing the copy aloud.
 Still mistakes are frequently occur ring after coming from such hands, and probably no book or newspaper was ever published without errors that might be detected by the merest novice. In book printing it is estimated that proof-read- ing costs half as much as composition.
 Desiring to prevent explosions in mines caused by the carelessness of to- bacco smokens, an ingenious person in England proposes to have tobacco smoke furnished in mines in the same way as gas or water is supplied to houses He would have earthenware jars of tobacco placed on the surface of the ground. near the pits mouth, the smoke from which is to be inhaled through india-rubber tubes running in side the mine. The approval of the miners has not, however, been assured for this singular plan,
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-17
Matching Salmon.

The inquiries of Mir. Livingston Stone, made under the direction of Professor Baird, United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, in relation to the salmon of California, have revealed 2 very remarkable difference in the eggs of that species as compared with those of the true iSdlnoO salar of the Eastern States. The most noticeable fact is their relatively small number, the for mer having 700 to the pound instead of 1000. The eggs are, of course, appre- ciably larger than those of the Atlantic coast, being almost equal in size to a common nwhortleberry. Owing probably to the higher temperature of the water, or to other causes, the development is much more rapid, since the eye spots are visible in the eggs within nineteen days after impregnation, and they begin to hatch in twenty-four days afterward, making total of only forty-three days as the period of incubation.
 The matching water varied in tempera- ture from 55o to 65o and even 700 every day, so that it is difficult to say what is the average temperature for the hatch ing period; but Mr. Stone estimates this at 58o to 6Oo. Fourteen hours out of the twenty -four---namely, from six o'clock p. m. to eight o'clock a. m.---the water averaged nearly 55o.
 The eggs after spawning were treated according to the dry method of i'm pregnation, and the experiments were successful in nearly every instance.
 Another curious fact noticed by MT. Stone was the entire absence of female grilse, all, of the great number observed on the M'Cloud River, being males and indeed he remarks that he has never seen female grilse elsewhere, although persons assured him that they had had different experience.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-17
Power of Memory.

Dr. Johnson, it is said, never forgot anything he had seen, heard, or read. Burke, Clarendon, Gibbon, Locke, Tilotson, were all distinguished for strength of memory. When alluding to this subject, Sir William Hamilton ob- serves: For intellectual power of the highest order, none were distinguished above Grotius and Pascal; and Grotius and Pascal forgot nothing they had ever read or. thought. Leibnitz and Euler were not less celebrated for their intelli gence than for their memory; and both l could repeat the whole of the "Fneid. '' Donellus knew the Corpus Juris" by heart; and yet he was one of the pro- | foundest and most original speculators | in jurisprudence. Ben Jonson tells us
 that he could repeat all that he had ever
 written, and whole books that he had
 ever read Themistocles could call by
 their names the twenty thousand citi-
 zens of Athens. Cyrus is reported tc have known the name of every soldier l in his army Hortensius (after Cicero, ] the greatest crater of Rome), after sit ting a whole day at public sale. cor.
 rectly enunciated from memory all the | things sold, their prices, and the names
 of their purchasers. Niebuhr, the bis
 torian, was no less distinguished for his
 memory than for his acuteness. In his
 youth he was employed in Denmark
 Part of book of accounts having beer
 destroyed, he restored it by an effort O
 memory.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-17
Another Year Gone.

The year 1872 is gone. The old cal endar is torn down and clean one set up, which shall hang it's few hundred days and give way in trMn to another when we are all year older. The old almanac finds it way, with other rubbish. into the barrel in the attic, and its old jokes come in between new covers. The old diary has become history, the old day-book curiosity, and the old man an older man. It is a new year, with a pleasant power of change over our lives and in our homes, too, with many of us but in the homes of the very peor, which are no homes, the new year is not new, the same old story saddening in repetition and beginning in 1873 with the suffering and want of an evil winter. Most meet and timely then is it that out of his abundance the good citizen make plentious offering in charity, and open thus as far as may be credit side on his yearly account with heaven. "' He that giveth to the poor,'" quoted the reverend Dow, "'lendeth to the Lord. ''' Do not forget the adage, and practice it the present year. It will do good.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-17
Highland Customs,

Among the Scotch Highlanders many ceremonies are observed which are con sidered to have lasting force throughout the year. The weather for the year is augured from the flight of clouds on New Years Day. The house and it's contents are sprinkled with water and fumigated with smoke of burning iuni- per as 8 prevention of disease. Through out all Scotland, indeed, the day is more marked than in England, probably be- cause Christmas was decreed as Papal delusion by the stern old Calvanists and the season craves some festival The wassail ceremonial was prevalent till 8 very few years ago, and peculiar cus- tom called "first-footing" is widely ob- served to this day. Parties, generally of men only, supply themselves abund- antly with whisky and visit the houses of their friends as early as possible on the first morning of the year, offering the compliments of the season. He who first enters any house is called the first foot. and tradition connects him with 3 pleasant prophecy with the oldest mar riageable daughter of the household. Much rivalry then there is among those who would each be for year foremost in the graoes of some local belle.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-17
Collision of a Comet with the Earth.

The Illinois StaDts Zeituaag thinks that Prof. Plantamour was, after alls right in his calculations abost the comet he only erred in the time as- signed to the catastrophe, which hap pened about hundred days later than predicted. According to tae testimony of number of German astronomers the anticipated collision took place on the 27th ult., when they observed no less than 5O,00O meteors, all believed to be the ruins of Bicla's comet. A comet has actually come into contact with our planet, or rather into it's outer atmos- phere, and the former got, as it deserved, decidedly the worst of it.
 Among all the high flyers in our solar system, says the Lnter-Ocean, there is, perhaps, none better known to ou1 celestial police then the so-called Biela's comet. Revolving at nearly the same distance from. the sun as the earth il was long expected that the two might some time collide, and 8 close watch was consequently kept on the motions of the comet. Finally in 1846, some astronomical detectives were started tc discover that the comet had parted into two pieces, which continued to circle on in the same orbit, but 100000 miles distant from one another.
 In the year 1852 the piece was sighted once more, but the distance between them had extended to over a million and & half miles. When again due, il 1859, the unfavorable position of oul earth prevented an observation, and il 1865 all telescopes swept the skies fol them in vain. The result is, two as sumptions First, that the comet ha. entirely broken up, and it's particles nov roam through space in demoralize6 and reckless condition second, that tht great meteorical shower observed on tht 27th ult., in Europe, was caused by tht friction of these particles when passing through our outer atmosphere.