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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25
1oano1ke College,
SALEM, VA.

Tremty Second Session 1878 Begins
Sept. 2d, and c"'s J""e 18Th
Rev. d. F. BIrTLE. d. D.. PRrsIDEAr.
Assisted by Corps of Experiencod Instructors
ADVANTAGES.
LIST. full and comprehensive Curriculum
ferent Departments.
Sd. Literary Societies Of the first rank.
Abb. Library. abont 10000 volumes; reading
9Th. Valuable CabInei and Laboratory.
9th. location unsurpassed H. tile country.
7th. Excellent moral. social ard relig Gus ad
vantageS.
sti. Excellent moral standing and correct de-
pOrt".ent of the students
9Th; More moderate expense for advantages
Afforded than can be found elsewhere in tue
south. Expense for Session Of 10 months (in-
clndInG board. tuition, &c. &c } about S2OO.
US students III attendance from nearly all OF
the Southern and from several of the Northern
and Western States.
90 The annual Catalogue, containing fnll par
July Z, 1914 II.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25
TRACT OF IA ND
One Hundred Acres
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.

TTNHE regular examinations for Teachers for
l the Public Schools of Jefferson County, Will
town, on SATURDAY, AUGUST 29sh, and SAT-
URDAY. SEPTEMBER 5th, beginning at 10
O'Clock. A. NJ. Candidates will come prepared
with writing materials. All parties expecting
to teach in the Public Schools the coming year
must present themselves one of these DAYS,
as unGeT the law all certificates expire with the
School year, and no private examinations can be
given. WM l. WILSON,
President County Board of Examiners.
Ann
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25
SENATORIAL CONVENTION.

Tuesday, September LIST, has been fixed upon
as the time, and Charlestown the place, for
holding the Democratic>C Conservative Sena-
torial Convention for the 18th District.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25

E The Buffalo Courier thinks that the
tone of all the last elections is favorable to
the democracy, and proceeds to reason there
fore that New York may be carried by its
party this year, and that success is certain in
the next Presidential campaign.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25

5 5UNFoUNDED.-The announcement made a
few days since. that Major s. NJ Yost had
been appointed postmaster for Staunton, to
supply the vacancy occasioned by the death
of the late Major John A. Hartman, was un-
founded. No appointment has been made
There are four applicants for the position ::
Mrs. Elizabeth Hartman, the widow of the
late Postmaster; Mr.. John A. Noon, Judge
David Fultz and Major Samuel NJ. Yost-
The contest now seems to be between the
latter two.
E Two hundred laborers on the Break
water and Frankfort Railroad, near George
town, Delaware, struck ON the 18th inst and
threatened to hang the contractor, A. J.
Smith, of Pittston, Pa, if they were not paid
off. Smith explained by saying that he did
not employ them and they must look to
Crumlish & Co., sub-contractors, for their
money. Citizens then interfered and procured
for them promises that the money would be
paid in two days.
B9- 1t is stated that since the passage Of
the new currency bill. the volume of currency
has been contracted by about one million dol
lars, the circulation Withdrawn by banks cur
failing their issue being that much in excess
Of new currency issued. The majority of the
Withdrawing banks are in the South and W est
H The Hon. VIM. Mines declines per.
hitting the presentation of his name before
the Staunton Congressional Convention.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25
Lumber at Auction.

THE PLANK used at the erich Woods" Camp
Meeting (abnut 1000 feet or more. will be
offered at Public Auction. on the Camp Ground:
on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26IH: 1914 at
S A1snsf Is. is74-1t. -
BREAKFAST Bacon, Sugar Cured Hams, Side,
ID and Shoulders for sale bv
M ATTING and Oil Cloth, for sale by
4f1 May 10, 1874. G. W. T. KEARSLEY.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25

RF During the storm of w ednesdav even
ing, August II, Mrs Brown, of Port Repub-
lie, in Rockingham county, Virginia, was
struck and instantly killed by lightning She
was sitting at the supper-table, between her
husband and son, when tho bolt descended,
striking her dead, and leaving the husband
and son uniriured
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25

E% Mr.. T j. Berry assumes the position
of Local Editor Of the Page Courier.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25

Bg There are twenty>three counties in this
State that grant no license to sell liquor
Harrison county has had no license for four
teen years.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25
ADVERTISING AS AN INVEST
MENT.

It is not in the dry-goods and clothing
New York and elsewhere through liberal adj
vertisirg. The same result follows the same
policy in nearly every other pursuit. Barnum
pays the newspapers 100000 every year;
Babbitt, the soap man, spends some years, as
high as 1925, 900 in advertising Bonner,
the newspaper publisher, practices his-pre-
cepts to the ezten. of 100000 annually !;
and number of medicine men pay out as
much or more every year. Many people look
upon money paid out for advertising as spent
and gone, but these shrewder business men
view it in its proper light. They regard it
merely as an Investment, from which large
and regular returns are certain to be gained.
And not for one year or two alone. but as long
as they continue in business. Nor are they
ever mistaken in this calculation. No invest
ment business man can make will pay as
certainly and largely as the money paid for
advertising in a newspaper of large and good
circulation. 1t generally yields, when jul
diciously used, from one bundled terone thou
sand per cent This is the testimony of all
who have fairly and thoroughly tested the
principle. The sun is not more necessary to
ripening grain than publicity to man who
has anything he wants the public to buy.-Er.
MISTAKE IN NAMEs.-Mr. J. L. E.
Combs, of Martinsburg, recently charged with
slandering the Rev. Father Kahn, of Harper's
Ferry, is out in a card in which he maintains
that the "whole trouble" was 'shinged upon
one point" and that was "the unfortunate,
innocent and unconscious substitution of the
name Kain for O'Keefe in private converse
ton" The Statesman, referring to the card
of Mr.. Combs, says: I'VE know of no citi>
zen of this community who stands higher
than Mr.. Combs, for probity and good char.
saeter: The whole affair it seems grew out of
a mistake in names, aud we are sure that no
-, fo the injury done
"a poue would
for an injury than
.-5 Who has been called upon to
fx6,,S. t,ra ,,a hnt ~, o,d
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25

The GRAND GIFT CONCERT of the Valley
Educational Association will come off at Edin.
burg, Shenandoah county, on the 18th of
September Only few days more remain
in which to purchase tickets. as the books
will be closed on the LIST if possible. Tickets
at 81 are within the reach of all, and the OBJ
ject appeals to disinterested charity for patrons
age. The managers are energetic aud rel-
able 1t will be fairly conducted beyond all
doubt The chances for drawing are greater
than ever offered by lotteries and the price of
tickets less than we have ever known as com
pared with gifts to be distributed. See your
agent at once ifc you desire to invest Only
few more days remain. Be prompt or you
will lose the opportunity of aiding laudable
enterprise and of receiving gift perhaps five
thousand times the investment Such assur>
ances of fair dealing ss this home enterprise
offers can not be given by the foreign lottery
schemers.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25

Es- The English papers continue to dis
cuss the project of tunnel under the English
Channel to connect France with EngIand.-
With the present capabilities of engineering
the plan is declared to be perfectly feasible in
execution, and to depend alone upon an
sured supply of money to pay the labor and
skill required.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25

s.gs. is spFIss.s, g Pea ing eases begun:
before tue lst Of Ilscelnbsr; 2 the Phil
zaelphiah feplisss:s; provides
that n sase'of involuntary ban kruptey thepay
slnent of debts in any proportions on the assent
of creditors, shall not be necessary to dis
charge, while in cases of voluntary bankruptcy
the proportion is lowered from fifty to thirty
per cent, and instead of majority in mum
Der and value of creditors the assent of but
one>fourth in number aud one-thigt in value
is made necessary AS we understand it, the
provisions here stated apply only to cases
begun since December l, 1878"
g Marshal Bazaine has written letter
to the Minister of the Interior, as Paris, in
which he says that neither Colonel Villette
nor any of the prisoners now in custody, are
responsible for his escape from prison. He
declares that he had no accomplices in the
fort or elsewhere, except his wife and nephew.
The Marshal describes how he eluded the
surveillance of his jaiIor, and in conclusion
says: "Resenting the humiliating prison
regulations, felt justified in the attempt to
recover my liberty. AS was not tried by
my peers, my sentence was illegal"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25

Es- duel was on the tapis in Virginia
last week, Colonel John S. Mosby. the noted
guerrilla chief, and Captain A. D. Payne, a
we'll known lawyer of Warrenton, being the
principals. All the parties, however have
been or will be put under bonds. and the
affair is thus frustrated for the present..
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25

ES The excitement about the silver mines
in the lower end of Rockbridge county, Va !,
is on the increase. Rumor has it that great
wealth has been discovered. A party have
been prospecting for some time, but keep their
own counsel-only they make contracts for
division of profits with land owners.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25
TIL. LEGISLATURE.

We ask the people to consider two facts:
LIST. In the last Legislature there were only
SIC lawyers in the Senate out of tpenty. four
members. and only six lawyers in the House
out of strty fire.
Then. why. this talk about two many
lawyers2
I'd The District of Charles,own has no:
had single man in the Legislature since the
foundation of the State. TOTE FAIR.
Gov. KEMPER ON CIVIL R1GHTs.-In a
recent letter from Richmond, Mr.. Redfeld,
of the Cincinnati Commercial, says of a con-
versation which he had with Governor Kem>
per:
s'In the course of our conversation the
Governor touched upon the everlasting and to
the South truly terrible Civil Rights question
ST that becomes law lie said, Il shall inn
media,ely call the Legislature together, aud
we will wipe out every free school in the State
from the mountains to the sea. Not one shall
be left for either color We prefer that our
children should grow up in the blackness of
ignorance; yea, we prefer death itself rather
than submit to this degradation. There will
never be mixed schools in Virginia; never,
never ="
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-08-25
Jefferson Institute.

THE Eleventh Annual Session of this School
WI reopen on MONDAY, 18th of SEP
TIMBER. For terms apply 10 the Principal.
MISS II BROWN
MISS A. DoYNE SMITH.
American citizen., 1874-01-31
Warm Winters.

PEOPLE who call this season strange
above all others. indicative that our planet
has drifted into new influences, and who
are promising all sorts of consequences,
from poor crops to Second Advent, may
bear in mind that their is precedent for
it all, and that whether the weather is
divinely dispensed each day or is a grand
sequence under ordained law which
prayer cannot effect, it keeps coming and
changing hour by hour, and the peculiar
freaks of a century and more ago have
not resulted in annihilation yet. Warm
winters are not new things, as proved by
the journal of the Rev. Thomas Smith, of
Portland. Me-, kept from 1870 to 1895.
In 1875 January was moderate and Febru-
ary was a summer month - in 1913 JAN
uary came in like April; in 174O there
were but two snow storms; February was
a summer month again, and March the
same; in 1851, January Is, the frost was
out of the ground, February was like
spring, and 1.-The winter ends a wonder
through the whole" In 1756, in January,
the fish, as they are reported to have done
this year, "struck in " from the sea. the
weather being so warm. February was
delightful, and March clustering but soft
as May. In 1918 Mr.. Smith records a
summer day on January 81, "wonderful
moderate" the next day, and February 8,
mo show since December 29-wonderful
weather We saw two robins" In the
year 1875, February 81, the New York
Gazette and Post Boy reports that "last
Wednesday the weather was SO uncom-
mon warm that many young lads went
into the river to swim" These records
notice six remarkably warm winters
within period of forty years, but with
noticeable periodicity.-Neao York Er-
American citizen., 1874-01-31

A number of circumstances unite to
cause salt pork to be one of the leading
articles of diet in the farmers family;
and tor all it is so easily cured, it is as
tonishing to know how much is lost every
year by being improperly cut and salted:
Much finds its way 10 the soap-kettle, and
a larger amount comes on the table so
badly tainted as to be unwholesome food.
Every farmer should be prepared with
suitable barrel, as the first essential for
properly saving pork. 1t should be of
good materials; iron bound, with an extra
Lcavy hoop at the bottom. 1t should be
provided with closely fitting cover that
will come over the chime. This cover
should be provided with handle. If new
wine should not be put into old bottles,
there is no danger in putting new pork
into old barrels. Many, indeed, seem TO
think that there is virtue in an old barrel,
and would prefer one that had been in use
for years 10 one just from the shop of the
cooper. A well-made pork barrel will
last for years, for the salt it absorbs will
preserve it. 1t should not be used, how
ever, for holding beef mutton, or even
hams and shoulders, which require
different pickle than that required for
clear pork.
The pork barrel should stand in the
coolest part of the cellar. 1t should rest
on a support so that there is no danger of
water coming in contact with it. A false
head, with several holes bored through il,
should be provided for the purpose of
preventing the pork from -coming to the
surface of the brine. A well washed
stone should be placed on this. If there
is old BRINE in the barrel when you wish
American citizen., 1874-01-31

to pack down pork, it should be boiled
and the impurities skinned off, when it
may be used again. Medium sized hogs
make the best pork for family use The
hogs should hang out of doors or in a
cool place for at least twelve hours before
the meat is packed. 1t would be best if
they were split in two. The softer parts
of the belly, the trimmings from the hams
and shoulders, had better be tried out for
lard or used for sausage If the ribs are
entirely removed, the meat can be cut in
to slices much better. The less lean meat
there is put in the barrel the less blood
| there will be to color the brine and rem
der it impure.
The clear sides should be cut into strips
of nearly uniform width. 1t is good
plan to use a straight-edged measure in
cutting them. The knife should he sharp,
so that the edges of the pork will be
smooth There is always danger of small,
detached pieces of meat coming to the
surface of the brine, becoming rancid
and thus injuring the whole contents of
the barrel. The bottom of the barrel
should always be covered with salt Then
layer of strips should be placed, the
rind outward, and the longes, pieces next
| to the barrel. Use the shorter strips near
| the center of the course. When one layer
| is formed as compactly as it can be done
by hand, add half an inch of salt, and
then continue the successive layers of pork
and salt. Most recommend leaving the
pork in dry salt for two or three DAYS. At
the end OF this time sufficient water
should be added to cover all the porK. If
all the salt on the upper layer is dissolv-
ed, more salt should be added, so that
the brine shall be offull strength.-Pruirie
Farmer.
American citizen., 1874-01-31

DON'T TAMPER WITH CoUGH.-Perhaps in
the whole category of diseases to which hui
manity is susceptible, the cough is most neg
Iected in its early stage. A simple cough is
generally regarded temporary atfiiction-
unpleasant and nothing more; but TO those
who have paid dearly for experience, it is the
signal for attack for the most fearful of all
diseases A cough will lead to
consumption-if not checked-so sure as the
rivulet leads to the river, yet it is an easy en-
emy to thwart, if met by the proper remedy
Aliens Lung Balsdn, is the great cough rene
dy of the age, and it has earned its reputation
by merit alone. Sold by all good druggists.
American citizen., 1874-01-31

the laws that could be passed in any Con
gress. But he has no disposition to do
one or the other. In fact the whole OF his
official and personal influence has been
thrown on the side of extravaganza, and
in favor of venal Rings. He is RESPONSE
be-tor his own double pay, for the most
insulting appointments, and for the pro
lection of rogues who have plundered the
Treasury Ii remains to be seen if Con
gress will end as it has begun, in shams.-
Ne,n York Sun
American citizen., 1874-01-31
HASNAFoRp & THOMPSON subscr;nt;o,,

HANNAFoRD & THOMPSON, Subscription
Book Publishers, Chicago, have in press an
exhaustive History of the FARMERS MOVE
MENT, by Hon. }. Periam, Editor Western
Rural, one of our ablest and best known
agricultural writers. Its title is The
GRouNDswELL. 1t will be the standard
work on Oranges, Clubs, etc, and is Ger,
tain to prove great nit Book Agents, and
Farmers especially, should read the pub.
fishers advertisement 1t is bound to sci
American citizen., 1874-01-31

An agricultural writer says that the
farmer should SOW his Ps, keep his Us
warm, hive his Bs, kill off the is, remem-
Der that he Cs, take care of the VS., pay
all he Os. teach his wife not to Ts, and
take his ES.
American citizen., 1874-01-31

THE importance of giving Sheyildn's Cdgul-
~ Condition Potcders to horses that have been
out in the cold rain, stood i'll cold wind, or
drank too much cold water, cannot be over
estimated; no man should be without them
who owns q good horse.
American citizen., 1874-01-31

CURE FOR Cough OR CoLD.-As soon as
there is the slightest uneasiness of the Chest,
with difficulty of breathing, or Indication of
Cough take, during the day, few Bro,gn's
Bronchial Ti,oches."
American citizen., 1874-01-31

w ashing Black Calico.-After wash
ing in warm suds, rinse in cold water
with handful of salt thrown in the rinse
or perhaps in the starch-have not tried
the latter. A little bran in the first suds
will make it wash easier. On no account
soak the goods, as that fades them badly.
American citizen., 1874-01-31

We were pleased to see not long since, in
one of our exchanges, some pretty severe re-
marks addressed to several persons who, dur
ing an interesting lecture by Rev. Jno. S. C..
Abbott, kept a continuous coughing, which
prevented many from hearing. People who
cannot refrain from coughing, had better stay
away from such places, or else take a bottle of
JohasOnS -1Hodyne Ltnin,ent with them.
American citizen., 1874-01-31

The Elmwood and Warwick collars
still hold their own, and are just as nice
to wear and look as well as they always
did
American citizen., 1874-01-31

"A Good Polish for Furniture Take
One-third vinegar, one-third boiled oil
Qinseed), onethird spirits of turpentine
Apply with soft wooden rag, and rub
we'll. Elbow grease is quite essential to
the good looks of the article cleaned. This
answers for black walnut picture frames.
American citizen., 1874-01-31

DIR. J. Walkers California Vim
egar BittcrS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains OF Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
perfect Renovation and 1nvigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation q
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of Dr.. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient. Diaphoretlc,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic
Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorifc, Altera-
live. and Anti bilious
II. H. HtcDONAED d CO..
Druggists and Gen \ EtS. San Francisco. California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts-, y. Y.
Sold by All Druggists and Dealers.
American citizen., 1874-01-31

VINEGAR BITTERs.-Dr J. Walker, a
regular practicing physician of Cali
fornia, has conferred a priceless boon
upon mankind by the Introduction of a
"Bitters'' compounded from herbs exclu-
sively, which may be truly said to be
superseding all others, and is becoming a
bitter dose indeed for the charlatans and
quacks, on account of its immense sale
and universal popularity. Not only are
these VINEGAR BITTERs. as he calls them,
an invaluable tonic and Alternative, but
they are acknowledged as a standard
MEDICINE; and the astonishing rapidity
with which they cure diseases hitherto
declared incurable seems almost incTedi-
BILE. After having been carefully tested,
they are kept on hand in thousands of
households, and used for any and every
form of disease, many relying upon them
in preference to the most celebrated ply
sicians. They have become recognized
Family Remedy" and properly so. 25
American citizen., 1874-01-31

The system being put under the influence of
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for a
few weeks, the skin becomes smooth, clear,
soft and velveIy, and being illuminated with
the glow of perfect health from within. true
beauty stands forth in all its glory. Nothing
ever presented to the public as a beautiter of
the complexion ever gave such satisfaction for
this purpose as this Discovery. The effects of
all medicines which operate upon the system
through the medium of the blood are neces-
sarily somewhat slow, no matter how good
the remedy employed. While one to three
bottles clear the skin of pimples, blotches,
eruptions, yellow spots, comedones, or
''grubs," dozen may POSSIBLY berequired to
with scrofulous or virulent blood poisons.
The cure of all these diseases, however, from
the common pimple to the worst scrofula is,
with the use of this most potent agent, only a
matter of time. Sold by all Druggists.
COVERED WITH ERuPTIONs, CURED.
American citizen., 1874-01-31

De. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
DEAR SIR: am sixty years of age, and have
been afflicted with Salt Rheum in the worst
form for great many years, until, accident
ally, l saw one of your books, which described
my case exactly. 1 bought your Golden Medi-
cal Discovery, and took two bottles and half,
and was entirely cured. From my shoulders
to my hands was entirely covered with erup-
tions, also on face and body. l was likewise
afflicted with Rheumatism, so that l walked
with great difficulty, and that is entirely cured,
May God spare you long life to remain a
blessing to mankind. With untold gratitude.
Mrs. A. w. WILLIAMS.