Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-12-07
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.
Spanish women arc great s'noras.

- Spanish women arc great S'uoras.
The best thing out-an aching tooth,
-"Belles" call great many people tS
church.
A bad habit to get into-a Goa. that is
not paid for.
- Soft hearts often harden, but soft heads
never change,
= What's in namoH D. scaver drives,
St. Louis milk wagon.
= A Lewistowu, Me-, magistrate fined
young man 81 for profanity on Sunday.
= True affection grows s,rsuges as it grows
Older Tho same may be said of an egg, (,
-A fellow who got drunk on election day
said it was owing to his efforts to put down
party spirit.
: "A man 1o3 years old has just shuflsd
of the coil in Genoa. He was born and.
raised under the Doges.
= st. johns Episcopal Church, Chilli,
Gothic, Ohio, has transferred itself to the Ree
formed Episcopal Church,
Rhode Island has about two Thousand
more scholars in her Sabbath Schools than
she mas children of a school age.
= All tho doors Of public buildings In
New Hampshire must, by law, hereafter open
outward, under penalty of $780,
= The Episcopal Recorder gives a list of
the ministers in the Reformed Episcopal
Church, which includes forty.6ve names.
= A Kentuckan thinks he has attained
the height of human happiness in tho pos
session of a wife eight feet three. inches tall.
= General Pope estimates the number Of
Indians now living in the United States as
follows Civilized, 100000; somi-civilized,
$4,000; barbNrous, 900.
= The Car recently gave a young He-
brew a commission in tho Russian army
This is the first instance in which aJew has
been made IN officer in Russia.
= Trout culture is largely engaged in on
Long Island, ponds FOR raising great numbers
of fsh having been established recently At
Noyak, Patchoguo and Palace Brook.
- General Shermans annual report states
that the aggregate strength of the line Of tho
army. pccOrding to the last reports received,
is ,450 officers aud 24,031 enlisted mon,
= A scientific expedition is being organ
ized in Holland for the purpose of exploring
the interior of the island of Sumatra, somo
parts of which are quite unknown to Euros
peans.
= Tho Legislature of California has enact
cd law which allows every citizen who wilE
plant trees aud maintain them for three years,
a deduction from his taxes Of one dollar for
each tree SO planted
= French experiments indicate that iron
rails OF cxcellUnt quality show ip three years
wOar of 393 inches, while steel rails show
10 four years wear OF only 0.l57 ipchss,'
the table of the rail preserving perfectly
regular form.
A romantic story is told Of Cuban
woman who, With hOr son of fourteen years.
commands detachment of the rebel army.
She leads the insurgents in person, dressed in.
a riding habit and mounted on iue horse.
aud is as brave as lion.
= The two great express companies Of tho
UnitedES the Adams and the Amoricsn
employ about 600 men, 1900 horses, ], 200
wagons. and use 5000 iron safes. Their
agents travel more than 100, 600 miles daily.
or more than 80, ,00O, 600 miles annually.
= 1t is. related that when Mrs. Molly
Richardson, late Of Baldwin, No., was in her
Goth year, as she was one day eating Gao
apple, she remarked that she should like TO
raise come fruit of that kind. She therefore
planted the eeeds, one of which sprouted and
became thrifty tree. Mrs. Richardson lived
to be nipety-seyeu years old, aud nte fruit
from the tree.