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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31
TO- NEW SERIES CHARIESTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY. w Va
POETICAI.
.wHEN TIE TIDE GOES OUT +"

Through the weary day on his couch be lay,
With the life-tide ebbing slow away,
And the dew on his cold brow gathering iast,
As the pendulum numbered moments passee
And heard sad voice, whispering, say,
" When the tide goes our he VIII pass away
PRAY for q souPs serene release
That the weary spiri; may rest in peace
When the tide goes out"
When the tide goes out from the sea girt lands
IL bears strange freight from the cleaning sands
The white winged ships that silent wait
For the ioaming wave and a wind that's late
The treasures cast on arocky shore
From the stranded ships that sai! no morei
Aud hopes that follow the shining seas
Oh the ocean wide shall win ali these
When the tide goes out.
Bat of al that driit from the shore 20 the sea,
Is the human soul 20 Eternity:
Floating away from silent shore,
Like iaied ship 10 return no more,
Saddrst. most solemn OF all. soul
pausing where unknown waters roll,
Where shall the surging current tend,
Slowly dividing friend from friend,
When the tide goes out.
For our parting spirit, pray oh pray,
While the tide of lie is ebbing away,
That the soul NAV pass DER SIMMER seas
Then clasped OF old ilesperideS
A barQue whose sails by angel hands
Shall be fured on strand OF golden sands;
And the friends that stand on a silent shore,
knowing that we shall retun no more,
Shall wish Us joy OF voyage fair,
With calm sweet skies, aud a isrOrite eir,
When the tide goes out
Journal Of Commerce
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31
Fattening Stock.

Have pens arranged that they may be ofy
and comfortable. Absorbents like muck or
leaves should be spread over the bottoms OF
the pens and replaced by fresh as soon as they
ere saturated by excrementS. Give the hogs as
soon as put up two or three doses OF Hour OF
sulphur in their slop 10 open aud regulate
their bowels, and afterwards every few days +"
handful Of charcoal, ashes. lime and salt.
Feed a, first soft food, like apples, pumpkins
and roots, which is all the better if cooked or
mixed with scalded meal or bran, gradually
increasing the quantity Of meal. Feed them
soft corn as i. is husked ont Cooking un-
ground corn, even where it can be DONE Is
economical. but when cooked meal Is used
greater saving is made. Put up your hogs as
soon as possible, aud their fattenins is much
more easily accomplished.
Beef cattle ought to be pushed forward as
much as possible Give them old corn meal
and messes occasionally of roots aud pat'p-
kins.
Sheep, also, when fattcnins, require to be
pushed ahead. Give them as good pastuTase
as You can afford, where they can be quiet.
Mich cows ought to receive little extra
feed as the pasture grows poor; mess oi
meal and bran and little hay at night VIII
be more than repaid
Young stock Of all binds should begin the
winter 10 good condition \ little extra pro-
vender now will prevent them running down
and ought to be provided; for once run dowr
it will be hard to bring them back TO good
order.-American Farmer
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31
Mysteries of Courtship and Marriage

II is singular fact, says a Partisan writer,
that man generally requires different quail
ties 10 wife from those he Rdmircs
in sweetheart While a lover, he expected
to see his future wife neatly and stylshly
dressed whenever he chose 90 call, either
morng or evening, and the girl busted her lit
tie brain all day 10 efforts 90 please his taste.
II he left town for a few days, he sent letters
full Of sweet nothiugs that filled her soul with
joy. Then came delightful ramblcs in the
moonlight, and hours spent in charming tete-
a-tefes after the family had retired, when tbo
two saw no one but each o;her 10 their world
of love.
Alas but such biiss must ever be dspolled.
Time brought preparations for the approaching
wedding iog the devoted couple imagined
that their happiness could never be complete
until the lyn eial knot was tied.
SO tie wedding aud honeymoon were soon
over, aud the parties settled into tho matter Of
fact part Of life The bride knows nothing Of
housekeeping. Since her schooldays shc has
spent ber time in studying the tastes Of her
lover. which certainly seemed to incline
towards dress aud sentimentality.
Now, alas she discovers that bis stomach
demands food oftho best quality; aud because
she knows not how to cater to bis palate his
love seems to be waning. While be is vain
ly trying to appease hunger with sour bread
and burned steak little does he apprecia,s The
sweet nonsense and honeyed words which used
10 be 50 satisfying 10 his sentimen.sf nature.
All. men are 50 unreasonable They expect
% find every quality Of excellence in the wo-
man they marry. yet have no penetration sui
fcient 10 cboose the most worthy. To shine
IN society, to exhibit every feminine accom-
plshmeut, both of home and abroad, are dutics
which they require in tho women they marry
aud what have they % give 10 return? IL
seems impossible that these delicate attentions
which Characterize the lover should be with
drawn b. the husband
TIE other day when heard neiglbor de-
manding bis dinner in the most pleasant tone,
. | thought, " can it be possible that he ever
played the ardent lover 70 that pale, detected
woman. whom be calls bis wife =
The lover who could scarcely tear himself
/ from his sweetheart, OF midnight is the Same
man who leaves bis wife ospend her evenings
as best as she may. while be passes the hours
10 doubtful enjoyment
Alb how soon men forget The solemn vow
to love and cherish dll death And how
many women regret that the charming delu-
sioBs Of coIrtship were ever exchanged for
the unpleasant realities Of marriage
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31

"Of course" says returned sumner tour
ist. lone in the country sees, among other
things, barefooted maidens tripping Ger the
dewy grass but then most Of EN- have sore
heels. aud the romance fades away ike wash
ing left out over night"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31

Illinois women are 50 near-sighted that they
can, tell their husband from mule when ten
feet away. In some cases long-sighted
woman can't tell the difference.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31

The difference between a fool and a looking
glass rs said 10 be that the fool speaks without
rejecting, aud that the Ooking-glass reflects
without speaking.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31
REMOVAL.
Collection Depot.
Perry Street.
Nav 2, 1874

TIME Charlestown Depot, Winchester Stras-
burg Branch of the B. o. Railroad. has
been madea Collection Depot. Freights will here
after be collected at Charestown instead. a. here
toiore. at the points from which shipments are
made. All persons receiving freighton and after
August lit iS72. will be required topay for the
same before removal. - u. SLAhhl'
Aug. 3. ls72 Agent.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31

"Sam why don't you talk to your marer
and tell him to lay mp treasures in Heayen."
What's de use o. BIN laying up treasures
dar? He neber see um again.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31

A. Illinois stump speaker who was blowing
around that he carried four rebel bullets as
proof Of bis patriotism, was found to be carry
ing them IN bis bEeecbes pocket.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31

A Milwaukee newspaper has the following
curious notice: Wanted. a nurse to take
charge Of basket Of children left at this
ofIiee a short time since.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31

4 man in Cincinnati advertising for stu
alton, says: Work is no, 50 much an object
as good wages"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31
COAL AND WOOD YARD.


oShin@ 4 on ~ Llppitt
WILL keen ON hand a constant supply Of
w COAL Of all kinds and Sawed and split
WOOD. which they will furnish aud deliver IN
quantities 10 suit customers, for Cash: orders
leftat Yard. corner Samuel street and B. & U. Il.
Nza Cash paid for Bones.
June Il, lSTS-ly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31

Somebody advertises preparation for keep
ing lady's hands from chaps. A rePort that
she has no MONEY would do the same thing.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31

An Oswego paper describes FIRE by saying
that - the red flames danced 10 the heavens
and flung their fery arms about ike a black
funeral pail until Sam Jones got on the roof
and douscd them ou; with pail Of water"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31

Josh Billings says, Tew enjoy good
repu,ashun, Civ publicly and steal privately.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22

secure q bare majority in the next
House. This is the situation to-day,
and the fact which the Republican
party have to confront. 1t is useless
to speculate upon the results of the
November elections, They are com.
prised in the sweep of the entire Sonth
except North Carolina, and the remain.
ing great States Of the North which
escaped the October frosts. Every
one, according to his own standpoint
and personal sympathies, will figure
the result to suit his tastes. 1t is our
duty to announce to our Republican
friends that the danger is imminent,
and if Mr., Blaine is to organize the
next House Of Representatives it is
time for Republicans in the States vet
to vote to lay aside all pickering about
candidates and bayonet their enemies
instead Of their friends. Wushingtoa
Chronicle.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22
Table Gus t0Dls.

While certain forms cf table etiquette
may seem altogether conventional, even
fantastic, the forms usually observed are
founded on good sense and adapted to
general convenience Table etiquette is
not, as is often alleged, merely matter
of fashion, although some things that
were IN vogue generation or two ago are
no longer deemed polite. The reason is
that manners and table furniture have un>
dergone so many changes have really so
much improved, as to require a mutual
readjustment. For example, everybody
was accustomed twenty or thirty year,
since to use the knife to carry food to the
mouth, because the fork of the day not
adapted to the purpose. Since the in
PRODUCTION of the four.tined silver fork
it has SO entirely supplanted the knife
that the usage of the latter, in that WAYS
is not only superauous, but is regarded as
a vulgarism.
Another example is the discontinuance
of the custom Of turning tea or coffee
from the cup into the saucer. Although
small plates were frequently employed to
set the cup in they Were not all in gen.
eral use; and even when they were used,
the tea or coffee was likely to be spilled
upon the cloth.
The habit, likewise, of putting ones
knife into the butter arose from the fact
that the butter-kuife proper had not been
thought of. Such customs as these, once
neccssitated by circumstances, are now
obviously inappropriate.
Certain habits, however are regulated |
by good taste and delicacy of fee ling. |
aud the failure to adopt them argues a
lack Of fine perception or social insight.
One Of these is eating or drinking audi
bly,. No sensitive person can hear any |
one taking his soup, coffee. or other liquid
positive annoyance. Yet those
Who would be very unwilling to consider
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22

THERE are two few teudllg men and
women among the generality Of mankind;
and it has long been the ardent study Of
many intellectual men as to what plan
might be adopted that would disseminate
knowledge more generally among tho
masses. As yet no plan has been found
effective. But the Grangers-un united and
connected as they arc---the subordinate
with the county; the county with the
State; the State with tho National
Grange, have it ID their power to exert q
tire mendous influence in that direction.
If each subordinate Grange were fitted up
with handsome library of one or two
hundred volumes Of choice reading mat.
ter, each Grange would be truly an "in.
tellectual institution In this way the
poor who are not able to purchase books,
and Others who are ignorant what kiud to
purchase, would have access to q 6rst.
class library. Not only so, but emula.
tion would spring up to who should per.
sue the most books, aud who could tell
the most about them when perused; the
merits of the different works would be dis
,ussed among tue members. etc, In
short, if this or a similar plan is success,
fully carried out, the Grange may yet be
The means Of revolutionizing the society Of
our country,--P. B. Bin farmers Vim
3icator. .n
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22
Wyman's Charlie Ross Trick.

There was much excitement on Tues,
day night on the train bound south from
Charlottesville, Va. Id the palace car
was gentleman who bad stepped aboard
at Charlottesville with child muflled
from head to foot in sLawls. Before
the train had gone far the occupants of
the Other. compartments in tie car beard
child's cry, then another. Then m.
other. Then came the angry tone of a
nuns voice. "You are not Charlie. yon
are Tommie. and if you make any m ore
noise I'll throw you out of the window -
VI want to 60 to mamma; | am her own
little Charlie" the child was heard TO say
Then blows were heard, aud screams. and
a passenger said, Its little Charlie Ross"
aud a rush was made, The man was
dragged from his compartment, and the
ladies sprang forward and got their arms
around the child. They removed the
covering from tbo face aud found that in,
stead of Charlie Ross, they had within
their embrace the wooden auto,
matop with which the ventriloouist
Wyman is wont to amusc the public
The practical joker was Wyman himself,
who was on his way to Lynchburg.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22
MIR. BecChcr's Position.

Mr.. Beecher chose the plea of mot
guilty. Whatever may be the truth, lie
had extraordinary temptations to enter
that plea. Henry Ward Beecher was
the most spleudid, the most Inspiring, and
the most beloved figure before the Ameri.
can people, He had not only toiled and
fought with tremendous effect in that
great struggle to free at once the slave
and the nation, but he was swift to preach
a higher and more generous and more
vital Christianity than the American pul.
pit had ever yet uttered. The common
people have not simply heard him gladly;
they have experienced vast new birth
under bis teaching, to which the reviyals
OF the "protracted meetngs' are not to
be compared in richness Of faith. After
the successive deaths OF his great cotem.
Porarles he remained the great man of
the American people. Mr.. Beecher did
not overcstmate the tremendous power of
that greatness. He could hardly have
expected that men would RELY, as MANY
intelligent men do rely, on what they call
the simple impossibility of the crime and
of its denial in so great man. Men for
his sake have discarded their knowledge
of human nature. For it is certain that
men great in other respects are often
equally great in the violence of their pas.
sions. Need we recall Abelard? Need
we recall David, who wrote the twenty.
third Psalm, and who,in the tenderness of
his religion and the breadth of nis sym.
pathies was the first Beecher? And vet
David who could thrice spare the foe who
sought his death, who had owed his life to
the devotion of his wife, and who sung the
religion that should bind the broken heart
for ages, went down under a great gust of
passion, when the temptation came in the
twilight, and even restored to murder to
the ruin of the household he
had betrayed. God alone knows why
human nature has compounded of the
angel and the dragon, why even the great
of earth have that warning thrown down
to them by the wise men, to count the
ruling of the spirit greater than the cap
ture of cities. .-SpinqfeM RcmJlican
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22
Bible Riddle, or tlIe Wonderful
Prophet.

He is not Noah, nor NoaLis son, nor a
Levite, nor John the Baptist, nor yet the
wandering jew, for he was with Noah in
the ark the Scriptures make mention of
him, particularly in St. John, St. Mark,
and st. Luke, so that We may believe be
is no imposter. He knows no parent, he
never lay upon his mothers breast; bis
beard is such AZ no man ever wore be
goes bare'footed and bare,legged, like a
grave old friar. He wears no hat in
summer or winter, but often appears with
a crown upon his head. His coat is Meth.
Knit nor spun, nor hair, silk, linen, sr
woolsn. bark nor sheepskin, yet it abounds
with variety of eolors and fits close to
the skim He is wonderfully temperate; !;
he never drinks anything but cold water,
he would rather take his dinner in far.
mer's barn than in kings palace. lie
is very watchful; he sleeps not in bed,
but sits in a singular kind OF chair, with
his clothes on. lie was alive at the cru>
ciixion. Nearly all the world hear Him.
lie once preached short sermon, which
convinced man Of bis sin, and caused
him to weep bitterly. He never was
married, yet he has favorites whom he
loves dearly, for if he has but one morsel
OF meat he divides it among them, -
Though he never rides on horseback, lie
is in some respects equipped as horsemen
are. He is an advocate of early rising
though he never retires to bed. His
prophecies are so true that the moment
you hear bis voice you may know what
is approaching.
Now, who is the prophet and what did
be fortell?
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22
Conflict Of Authority Between
Governor Brown and Beveridgc.

CHICAGO, Oct. l3-Some weeks since
one Geo. W. Smith was kidnapped from
Nassac county, Illinois, and taken to Ten
nesseee, where it is alleged he is under
Indictment for murder. The attention
OF Gov. Beveridge was called to the mat.
ter, and be demanded from Gov. Brown.
of Tennessee, the return of Smith and the
delivery to the Illinois State authorities
of the kidnappers, B. K. Ward and NJ. L.
Williams. Gov. Brown has at last replied
to the demand. He reviews the fact in
the case, and admits that the action of the
Tennessee officials was without warrant Of
law, but hopes that inasmuch as Smith
is notoriously guilty of the murder, and
that as there was no intentional dsposi>
tion shown to the authorities of this State
Gov. Beveridge may find compatible with
bis sense Of duty to let the matter rest as
it now stands. This Gov Beverijge is
not willing to do, but on the contrary re,
news his demand for the return of Smith
and for the arrest and delivery to the
State authorities of the kidnappers. lie
says that the guilt or innocence of the &C.
cased is not in the quesiion-ths laws of
Illinois provide for the detention for
reasonable tune Of any person against
whom there is evidence of liability for
crime in another State. and that the ab>
duotors had no authority or legal pretense
for their act.
1t is said that the murder with which
the prisoner Smith is charged is the
killing of a man who attempted to pre-.
vent his desertiOn form the Confederate
army.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22
HORRIBLE FATE.
A Nan, His Wife md INV o Chill.
dren Murder ed. and Other CsIiI-
drcn Carried into Captivity.


While a hunter by the name of
Martin was passing along the old stage
road, some ten miles south of Monu.
ment Station Of this road, a few days
since,he discovered the mutilated bodies
of four persons, evidently having been
killed by the Indians. AS they were
much decomposed, they must have been
murdered some ten Or twelve DAYS be.
fore. Martin at once came into Fort
Wallace and notified the commander,
who sent command out under charge
of Lient, @. G. Hewitt, of the Nine.
teeth infantry, to bury the dead and
make an investigation, which he did,
and returned on Friday last; When
found the bodies had on nothing BIT
their underclothes. Only four bodies
were found, man, woman and two
children; but the party consisted of
several more children, as little shoes
and stockings and other pieces of chill
dren's clothes were found, which had
worn by smaller or larger children than
these killed. A family Bible was found
with a family record in it. The names
OF the party were John German and
his wife Liddia German and seven chill.
dren--two boys and five girls-and on
the fly leaf was written the following
John German-his bool<-this I'd
Feby., 1854, Purchased at Knoxville,
Tenn. on the I'd Aug, 1868, price 50. !
My family is living near Morgantown.
Fannin county, Ga
A letter was also found badly torn
up 1t was written by L. A. Cox,
May II, 1874. from Blue Ridge, Ga,
Ever thing Of value was carried off.
una Tile wagon burned. 1t is supposed !
that they used oxen to draw the wag-
on, as aportion of the pole indicated |
this. No stock Of any kind was found
near there, either dead or alive. Itwas
lmpossibleto tell which way they were
bound, as the wagon had been turned
round several times during the fight,
as was seen by the tracks. The place
of burial has been marked. and any one
further information in regard
% this matter can get it by addressing
Lieut.. G. G Hewitt, Fort Wallace,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22
A Promising Lad.

TIE Rochester Democrat tells GOOD
lttle>boy story winch might do duty iu
many other cities Of larger dimensions
than pretty Rochester. The time was 3
o'clock. A swing bridge had just oreu
ed, it and WAS miserable. wet day. A
charitable lady stood waiting for the
closing Of the bridge. and the gnod lAde
boy, who was nor over u years # age
moved along, miserablJ clad, through.
the mud, Amt that rather cold work.
my little MANI" said the lady. Did be
burst into tears and say that h,s father
was a dIunkard and mother was dead 2
Did he turn his eyes to heaven and long
to be with the angels in the far-off; No:
he didn't do anything OF the kind. lie
merely turned his head and remarked; /;
Go 70 h" That boy may live to be
the president Of railroad company.
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"TnoUGH it fall a; lightly.
As the snovalk on the sod,
As surely speaks the freemau's viii
As lightning does the will Of God"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22

themselves ill-bred are constantly guilty
OF such breach Of politcuess. The defect
is that they are not be disturbed BY the
otfenSe; they never imagine, therefore,
that any one else can be. 1t is for them
that rules Of etiquette are particularly
designed. Were their instinct correct,
they would need the rule, which, from
the absence Of instinct, appears to them
irrational, purely arbitrary.
To rest ones elbow on the table il
more than a transgresson Of courtesy it
is an absolute Inconvenience to ones
nelghbors. All awkwardness Of position,
such as sitting too far back from or lean.
ing over the table, are reckoned rudepess,
because they putothers i'll at ease through
fear of such accidents as are liable to
happen from any uncouthncSs.
Biting bread or cake, instead of cut.
ting or breaking 1t into mouthfuls. is un,
pleasant, since it Offends our sense of form
or fitness. -
These and kindred matters are triass;
but social life is SO largely composed Of
trliies that to disregard them. wholly isa
serious aifrOnt, We can hardly realize
to what extent our satisfaction or .dissatis,
faction is made up of things in thcm-
selves Insignificant until their observance
or non'Observance is brought directly to
us.-ScrJner's MonthlH