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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-09-04
TO WHEAT GROWERS.
. EXCELSIOR, %

Composed Of 500 pound Of. No. ! P,eg"riG,n G"-
opo. and 1900 popad, n Soluble Phosphate
Of Lime, (Joue di..o,red 81 Suph1uie
acid, Potash and Soda,
Forming the most concentrated universal and du-
rable fertilizer ever offered to the larmer-coinbn-
inc all the stimulating qualities OF Peruvian Gu
ano, and the ever durable icrliliug properties u
Zones. Ia fine dry powder, prepared expressly
for drilling, aud can be applied In any quantity
however small, per acre. Il is the opinion Of
many close calculating Farmers, after SEN En-
TEEN YEARS experience in testing it side BY
side with other popular fertilizers, that an aPpli-
cation O! 100 pounds Of Excelsior Is equal to 200
pounds OF any otherisrtiiizer or guanoi aud there
fore idily 100 per cent. cheaper.
UNIFORMITY OF QUALITY GUARANTEED
BY THE MANUFACTURERS.
T,-- Farmers ,hodd zee hof crerg Bag iFJrGad-
cG a. dJo5c. 5-jh tie ANALYSIS anil OUR
NAWE ia RED LETTERS. Al Others are
c0HH'erfcits.
PRICE $50 PER Ton.
j. j. TURNER & CO.,
~ PRATT SrtEfr, BNIMoEF, Nh.
For sale by JAS. LAW. HOOFF,
ChaIlcstown,
Auru-tT lSI5-Gu.
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No. q QUEEN Street,
rENHE BAR is at all times supplied with the very
best Liquors. uannisviile Pure Rye, Ken
tackv Bourbon, and other brands. Farmers, Aer-
chants, aud others supplied by the pint, quart,
gallon and larger quantities at low rates. Mixed
and other Drinks supplied at the Bar in first ella $
style. Ale Wine, Gin. Brandics, Sc, to salt Gus
toners. Cigars OF al. brands Give me acail.
sent. II. 1874. JOHN s. ROBINSON.
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A N ew Stock.
: Full Line and Cheap rs tie
cheapest.


HAVlNG much enlarged aud ne~ly re-htted
II throughout my old established GROCERY
House On the corner of Maine and Lawrence
Streets, have just received and have on sale, at
the most rsdsc.d prices choice and varied as
sortment Of Merchandise in my line as ever before
offered in the town. The stock oil
SUGARS. COFFEES, TEAS, SYRCPS,
New Orleans Molasses, Spices, Cheese. Crackers,
Maccaroni. Canned Fruits, Jellics. Pickles, &C. Is
fall and complete aud OF the very best quality. :
large aud beautiful assortment Of
QUEENSWARE.
Of the latest patterns and at the most reduced pri
ces. full lire of Glass Ware, Wooden and
EartLen Ware. Flour and Corn Meal, BEcAWheat,
Bacon, Lard. Fish, Salt, aud every other srticic
required in the family supplies.
CANDIES, &C.
4 large and nice assortment Of French and a
merican Confec ions, Raisins, Oranges. Lemons,
Figs, Almonds, Nuts, Cakes, SPiccd Oysters,
Mince Meat and Brandy Peaches.
A carefully selected stock Of Chewing and Smo-
king Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, &C. always on hand.
2Na Country Produce viii be taken in exchange
at TIE marke; price ,,,e,.,,,,
Oeco-,bor 10 lS-I-Bu
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Brad'eg's Super Phosphate,

Atreduced Prices, and terms to suit the times,
MARINERS, do not fail 20 call and examine our
stock, and read our certificates. To most oil
our patrons and friends we send circulars, giving
the experience OF the best farmers in the country
with these standard Fertilizers. We hope they
win read them carefully.
In jefferson county the Bradley Phosphate
speaks its own praise from its results, and we be-
lieve is in more general use and favor than any
other article offered IN the market.
The Sea Fowl Guano is manufactured by the
same old reliable Company, and Is preferred by
some to the Bradley. There can be no mistake
in using either of them their reputation Is too
well established for the manufacturers TO run The
risk Of altering or adulteratiug them.
WASHINGTON 4 LlPPlTT,
Agents for Jefferson, Clarke and Frederick
counties.
Aurrst u. lSI5.
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A GREAT CABSR
OF
HUMAN BGTaNEElI

= - ~ - = "a a - -. -
yui Pa5l.LeS "a a Sealed EHseiope. P,ioe o'..
r.. a Lecture or The Nature, Tre'tEent. aud
49, Radical cure u Sssiiuai Weakness, or
Ess.,sS SpsrHat0ub@a, induced by Bolt Abuse,
S8gSS lHvolrBtiry EnissiouB, impoiensy, Net
vous Debility, aud Iupsdi q sata - Marriage gen
orally; COusu sPti0n, Epilepsy, aad Fits Mental
and Physical lacap2sity, ~. By ROBERT D..
CCLYLRWkLL, y. D., cu;hgr q The " Green
Bsuk, &C.
1he Botld-reEowatd author. ia tLi. admirable
Lsstgre, slssrly proves FROM hisoBa experience
that the awful consequences Of Sell Allure NAV b.
ehe0tually removed without usdieius, and with
On. dangerous surgical operations, bocgios, iu-
,trslsents, rugs, or C0rGisls: pointing OCT uuc
of cure az once csrt4in nEd cGrctBsl, by which
every sufferer. 40 matter what bis condition Nay
be, may cure himself shsspy privately AID lad.-
cally.
IT, TAi, Lecture gii Pr0se been 10 heafsnt'
and fkOHsGHds.
Sent under seal. n plain envelope, 70 any ad
dress receipt ufsi1 cents or Two postage stamps.
Address the Publishers,
CuAS. i. G. KLINE Z CO.,
l27 Bowcry. Mes York P0r OGce Boz, 1856.
July 81, 1875.
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cncEca TcBacccs.

z HAVE On bad large and choice laiof fac
! brand ~ Cheing Io5aeee, which ! ain
selling ut fttgccd pfiees.
Call ard examine mF sters store 90 Market
House 3aiidag. Elds. r1NCsEf ball"
Msy = ls7s. 5tHN j. H3itEs.
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Commissioners Sale.

Nttl-lliAlNrAOklAA
DUESUANT to a Decree Of the Circuit
4 Court Of Jefferson County, West Virginia,
pronounced on the 23rd day Of October, 1874,
il a Ctancery cause therein pending between
James Bur's Administrator, tor the Use Of
Minor llurst's Administrator Plaintiff, and
Joel 3. Moore's Administrator and Others De-
PENDANTS, the undersigned appointed Special
Commissioners by said Decree for the purpose,
will sci. on
Wednesday, Sept, %, 1875,
10 front Of lie Court House IL Charlcstoan,
90 ACRES
OF the lind Of Samuel BIoores heirs. in said
county. al joining the lands Of NJ. W. Barr,
T. W. Moore's heirs and others, lying along
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, about one
half nile SOUTHEAST Of Browns Shop, or so
much Of the said Twenty-Five acres as may be
necessary to pay S40745 with Interest from
tie 1T day Of October, 1866, together with
the expense Of sale aud costs If tue said suit
the whole making about ! ,OOO-and should
said Twenty-Five acres be insufficient to pay
the amount Aforesaid, such additional quantity
Of the Land of said heirs will be sold as may
be necessary for that purpose. This land is
Of very finc quality Limestone.
Terms of Sale.
Prescribed by the Decree, arc One-third Cash,
the residue in Nine aud Eighteen Months equal
payments with Interest, and to be secured by
a lien on the Land.
gSJrSale to take place in front of the Court
House on the 22ud day Of September, 1915, at
y o'clock, N.
n s WHITE
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ROBINSON SALOON,

December 10 1874 On.
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OF every coucsivabls style. quality and Price ca
tlst This department desc yss thvspssisl a.tsa-
t,ou Of those ia need Vi sash goods. The sissA
was never 80 large nor prices so low. 1hs repu
tatiou OF Mr.. q. as superior bnycr IN tbs iisa
siakes IL uunses0arr 10 Csuusut further uBsu
tAiJ department. Ssit. Of Fsrc..u asd Dsnvstio
goods Made to orSsF ead Iii, sgsrsEtss3.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-09-17
The Dismissal of Mcclellan.

From the Count de Paris, new volume.
On the 7th of Move cmber, ~e e~e-i-rs, ;..
storm of snow early for that climate, Nc
Clellan fonnd hin,snlf -s.',a 4f15sSUnger was
announced from the President. 1t was
General Buckingham, an officer unknown
to the Army of the Potomac, who brought
an order couched in three lines and signed
by Halleck. This order dismissed McClell-
an from the command of the army and
designated Burnside as his successor. Such
a piece of news fell with the suddenness of
a thunderbolt on these two officers, whom
an old and close friendship united but the
latter alone showed any emotion at the
order which imposed on him responsibility
to which he had never aspired. After Nc
Clellan had read the dispatch, without any
visable feeling, he passed it to Burnside,
simply saying. "You command the army"
Burnside resisted for some time. All his
friends and his former chief pressed him to
accept; they overcame his scruples, which
the future was unhappily destined to JUS
tify. On the morning of the Sth the Army
of the Potomac learned with astonishment
and grief that it had lost the chief who had
formed it, who had first led it to battle,
who had showed it the steeples of Rich
mond, who on the morning of a great dis
aster had restored it to confidence in itself,
and who at length had lust conducted it to
victory. We willnot here judge the military
career of General Mcclellan. Despite our
sincerity, the reader would see in such an
appreciation the reflection of our sentiments
of profound gratitude and of faithful friend
ship for our former chief; but each can
form his judgment in accordance with the
facts which we have impartially recounted.
We only state that the authorities of Wash
ington took every kind Of precaution to
prevent the soldiers of the Army of the
Potomac from giving to Mcclellan proofs
of their sympathy, which would have been
too severe a criticism of their decision, and
that the news of his departure caused uni
versal joy among the adversaries whom he
had so often encountered on fields Of bat
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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-09-17
Lace Making in Ireland.
From the New York Sun.

From the New YORK sun.
In 1946, during the great famine in Ire
land, when so many thousands of children
were left orphans, the Irish ladies addressed
themselves to the task of finding occupa-
lions by which those children could earn
livelihood. Lady De We're was the first to
start the project of lace making in Curragh,
county Limerick. She began by teaching
the mistress Of a school the art of making
application flowers, giving her own Brus-
sells laces as patterns. The work was so
good as soon to command high price. It
is known as Irish or Curragh point, and is
a very handsome lace, though rarely seen
in America. Since the establishment of
Lady De Vere's school, numbers of others
have sprung up in various parts of Ireland.
That at Belfast, founded by the late Jane
Clarke, exhibited in 1851 fine limitations of
old Spanish and Italian points. The Irish
lace is very beautiful. 1t is made of flax
thread, the groundwork in crochet, into
which are introduced flowers and patterns
in admirable imitation Of antique raised
Venice point. Irish Brussels is made at
Clones, county Monaghan Irish gulpure
at Carrickmacross, in the same county and
the finest Valenciennes, closely resembling
the most beautiful lace of Ypres. is made
in the schools of the Countess of Erne, at
Lishnakea, county Fermanagh. There is
also lace school at Mallon, county Cork,
under the superintendence of the nuns of a
convent.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-09-17
Cornered Elm at Last

A Georgia miller, in a recent converse
tion with one of our grain buyers, incl
dentally remarked that dealers in his Sec
ton wouldn't need any of our corn this
year.
"Well, we have raised it for you" replied
the Fayetteville merchant. and you are
bound to take its
mo, we are independent now-Georgia
will have enough corn of her own,'' re-
torted the miller.
Well, wen feed it to hogs and sell you
the meat"
"We are safe there, too,' continued the
miller "Our people will furnish their own
pork
Nothing daunted, our Fayetteville friend
discharged his Parthian shaft
"Well, we'H make our corn into whisky,
and you can't get around buying that
Georgia admitted that he had him there.
- Fayetteville Express.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-09-17
Origin of the Rooster in Politics.

The Cincinnati Enquirer explains the
origin of the "rooster in politics. It says:
It was not so late period as 1910 the year
of the log cabin, hard cider and I" coon
skin" campaign, which resulted in the
election of General Harrison, that he first
made his appearance. Indiana ten had
her State elections in August The editor
of the indianapolis Sentinel was ]. W. Chap
man. In those days locomotion was slow,
and it required days, and even weeks to get
the returns from the back counties. 1t so
happened that in some particular county in
Indiana, the Democrats made gain over
previous elections. An enthusiastic DEM
ocrat wrote to a friend in Indianapolis the
news and not knowing Mr.. Chapman, the
editor of the Sentinel, personally requested
his friend to communicate the facts to Chap
man, adding these significant words: 'sTell
Chapman to crow" Catching the inspira-
tion from his secondhand correspondent,
Chapman did "crown in bis paper, and as
the business of " growing is usually done
by the chanticleer, he brought ont one of
these fine large birds at The head Of his col
umnS.
This was the first rooster ever placed in a
Democratic paper to rejoice over a Dem
ocratic victory. As the general results of
that election were against us, it was a mat
ter of derision for the Wing papers, when
any Wing victory was obtained, to add
these words Tell Chapman to crow. =
This assisted to fix the matter in the public
mind, and to nationalize the emblem. No
better one could have been adopted. The
rooster is probably the most brave and gal
liant of the birds, He is never conquered
as long as he has lived.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-09-17
Stone Cannon Balls.

The Moniteur de pArmee says "Some
workmen occupied at the Chateu of Conde,
in Normandy, have just found some cannon
balls of granite, probably thrown by the
English when that castle was taken by
them in 1417. These spheres were found,
as might be supposed, very defective pro-
iectiles, as they were made on the spot or
in quarries, and the exact weight could not
be correctly judged the centre Of gravity
was, besides, not always in the middle.
Consequently, neither the range nor the
aim could be always calculated with pre-
cision. They were for that reason fired
from great elevation. In 1923 stone
cannon ball discharged from the tower of
Notre Dame, at Orleans, killed the Earl of
Salisbury on the opposite side of the Loire.
Some of these projectiles used during one
memorable occasion are still preserved in
the same city two of them measure over
thirteen inches in diameter, and their
weight exceeds 200 pounds. The journal
of the seige of battle relates, in fact, that
on the 1st of December, 1923, the English
batteries threw against the town, balls
weighing nearly 200 pounds. On the 29th
of January, 1929, Lancelot de Lille, who
commanded the English, had his hand
carried off by a stone shot from the walls. !"
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The st. Louis Republican suggests that
as Grant cannot certainly use but one Of
the Bibles he got from the Chatauqua
Sunday School he give the other to Delano.
What does DeIano want of it?
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-09-17
3224.
THE ART OF WAR.
How the Germans are Training their
Armies. f -t +
Correspondence London Standard.

1 Correspondence London Standard.
A very interesting letter from Metz, in a
French military paper, gives details of the
kind of drill Prussian troops are subjected
to. IF the account be correct, actual cam.
paigning must appear like a holiday to them
in comparison to their peace training.
Military marches take place daily, no
matter what the weather or temperature
may be. The men are invariable in heavy
marching order. They start at a. M,
after having taken coffee, and return to
| quarters about II or 12. The forces are
| divided into two corps-one OF them, in
forage caps, are supposed to represent the
enemy. The cavalry is specially trained
| in accommodating duties, and couple of
troops invariable accompany the infantry.
The troops gare never allowed to enter a
village, each man takes some bread and
meat with him, and when the halt is called,
if near any town or hamlet, each squad of
20 men detaches two, who are sent to pur-
chase wine or brandy. The men who have
no money are generally allowed to have
pull at the flask Of their comrades better
off than themselves. This is an understood
thing. The officers mostly do without eat
ing ; the few who require refreshments are
content with sandwich. Each halt lasts
three-quarters of an hour. At the signal
given by the bugle the entries and out
posts, which are stationed all round to
distance Of eight hundred metres, instantly
fall in. The return homeward is widely
different from the marching out. There is
no more maneuvering the body of the men
march in two lines, right and left of the
road, with group of singers in the middle.
Patriotic songs are the rule, where the
words Konig and 'Vaterland are of fire.
quent occurrence. The Bavarians are
partial to warlike ditties, in which the Erb-
feind seems severly handled. Ever since
last Thursday all the non-commissioned
officers have been engaged in making faci-
mes and throwing up earth-works, They
start at 6 p. M, and remain out all night.
On dark nights a powerful lamp, like that
of lighthouse is used.
This seems hard work. In South Ger
many the training seems equally practical
and severe. M. Victor Tissot's book, "Vay-
age an PAWS des Milliards,'' of which more
presently, shows how recruits are trained at |
Ulm: They are specially practiced in
Workmanship and gymnastics, For two
hours every day they are kept firing at |
targets which bear strong resemblance to
the distant outline of Zouaves and Turcos.
The instructors in musketry are all Prus-
sian, and come from the school of musketry |
at Spandan. Quite recently the railway
station was captured by surprise by body
of Bavarian recruits. the employees were all |
made prisoners, while the special railway
battalion took possession of the railway
stock. and organized railway etappeas."
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-09-17
Stewart, the TradesInan.

A. T. Stewart, who has such large in
terest in Saratoga, is bound to make all he
can there and has just opened dry goods
store. A letter to the Troy Times tells this
little story
For instance-and guarantee the truth Of
what say-a lady in looking over parasels
in the establishment recently was satisfied
with Only one, and that had been sold. She
expressed regret and started for the door,
saying she did not care for any other style
of sunshade. AS she left, even before her
back was turned, Mr.. Stewart signaled to
the clerk who had been waiting on her The
young man sprang to obey that magnetic
forefnger:
ssWhaJ did she want ?''
ga parasol, SIR"
''And couldn't you suit her ?"
"No sir. She wanted one that Mrs. -
had already ordered-the only one of the
kind in the store
- C5Ju Ier UacK, quickly.
The clerk hastened to the door, for the
conversation had lasted but three seconds,
and requested the ladies to wait for mo-
ment. A. T. himself came forward with
short, nervous steps, and said: elf you
will call tomorrow morning we will give
you the parasol you ask for, without fail. ="
The same morning telegram ordered
supply from New York before the store
was opened in the morning the order was
filled. This is the kind of a man A. T.
Stewart If, and this is the secret of his for
tune. Opinions are not alike as to his
course in opening a store in this village.
Local merchants almost depend upon their
summer trade for their livelihood, and it is
a hard blow to them to have to compete
with Stewards stock and price. They can't
do it, and unhesitatingly condemn his course
of huckstering here as small and contempti-
BILE, the same which am free to say think
it is.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-09-17
The Heroine ofNewport Harbor.
New York Evening Post.

New 1Ofk evening Iosl.
Miss Lswis first came into prominence in
1866, wien she saved the life of soldier
who had set out for a sail on the harbor in
a light stif. 1t was one of the coolest and
most clustering days ever known III this lat
itude yet girl but 25 years old, impelled
by the ,oblest spirit of humanity, ventured
to the assistance of man who had brought
himself into sorry plight through sheer
fool-hadiness. One day during the au-
tumn Of the next year, while a terrible gale
was raging, two men set out to cross the
harbo1 with several sheep. One of the
animals fell overheard while the boat was
rocked by the heavy sea, and its keepers, in
trying to save it, were in imminent peril of
swamping their craft. Ida Lewis saw them
from the window of her fathers lighthouse
on Lime Rock, and in a few moments was
rowing them in safety toward the shore.
After landing the men, she went back again
and rescued the sheep. These brave deeds,
with others of less striking character,
made Miss Lewis name famous through
ont the world, and won for her the title of
s'the Grace Darling of America !" but in
1859 the newspapers were filled with the
story of what was perhaps her greatest ex-
noit. On the 29tk of March two young
soldiers set sail from Newport for Fort
Adams in small boat, under the guidance
Of boy who pretended to understand the
simple rules of navigation. Mrs. Lewis
chanced to be looking out of the lighthouse
window, and saw squall strike the boat
and over turn it. She called to her daugh-
ter, telling her of the casualty. Ida, though
i'll, rushed out of the house, launched her
life-boat and sprang in it, neither hat ON
her head or shoes on her feet. By the time
she reached the scene of the disaster
the boy had perished and the two
soldiers were clinging desperately to the
wreck, almost ready to loose their hold
from exhaustion. They were dragged into
the life-boat and carried to Lime Rock and
with careful nursing were soon suffici-
emily restored to proceed to Fort Adams.
Miss Lewis repeated acts Of philanthropy
have been recognized by gifts at various
times, but no national testimonial, SO far
as we are aware, has yet been offered TO
her. True generosity, like true virtue, is
its own reward, and we of the world are
not often disposed to meddle with its quiet
enjoyment BY its pessessor. It seems en-
inently fitting, however, that among the
first to receive the new decoration TO be
bestowed by Congress for heroic deeds in
saving life should be the heroine of New
port harbor.