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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-22
MIS- CELLANEoUs.
BUSINESS NOTICE.

HAVING rurchased the interest of nv father
III. GA c. Ilmherlake, dec'd) IN the late firm
OF IIn6eriake & YOung. would most respect
fully call the attention Of the trndo and public
generally TO the fact that / have assoclated my
firm Of L. & ~ under tho firm name OF Young
& TinibeslaSe. for the purpose OF conducting tbs,
Manufacturing business as heretofore prOsecu-
May IS. 1875. AMBROSE TnGBERLAKE.
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C0-PARTNERsHIP NOTICE.
Woolen Fnbrics. Sc.

" OOlen EabI"iCS. &c.
HAvISG formed a co-partuershir under thu
firm name Of Young & Timberlake, We
would most respectfully announce to the trade
aud public that We have purchased tho entire
Stock of Cords belonging 10 thelAtOfirm of Tim
berIRke 6 Young, and also their expiring lease
on l. B. WOODS WOODEN FACTORY Fred
..1KGe.--H- nnir1am
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-22
HOME GROUND PLASTER.

If- have on hand amt are grinding the Best
~ Bloc Windsor PIaster-for sale low for Cash
Gail At Weirick & weller's new NiIIand examine
Apr. 90. rs. WASHING ron + LIPPITT.
VNHAT BEAUTIFUL RASGE.--B. sure apd ca n
i TO sec tho Celebrated Sovereign Range, a. IL IL
certainly the most complete arrangement for cook.
ing thAt has been in ChArIestown finished
Nth silver plated knobs nice enough for the par
Ior Don't fail 70 call and IL. Also Cook Stoves
April 81. 1875. Slain Street.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-22
EIanne1aI

"H1TE-Hes~y twilIed factory, twiIIed do.
w msts shaker, plain domet, aud n line
OF plain ali wool white FInnBeIs.
RED-Ftrcma me-. superior scarlet meripo twill
~ ed hne and heavy and plain all wool red FIan-
-Colored. unhieached and bIesched
- caRtOns from l25 to 81
Nov. 9. GEO. W. T. KEARsLEY.
pAKING Molasscs and Svrurs. for sale bv
ID GEO. W. T. KEARSLEY
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-22

WORTHY Norrck.-Our readers should not fail
TO notice the advertisements of Mes'rS. Hun ter h
Co., the we'll known publishers of the popular
''StAr SPangled Banner" which have appeared , nd
are appearing weekly in our columns The ''Bln-
ner'' is the only paper il the world that exposes
every swiudler, 9uack, fraud and humhug. BE-
sideI it ia splendid family vistor. aud its pre-
miums alone worth trriee the ice of the p. per-
Messra Hunter 4 Co.. after twenty yeArs Of in
creasiag stand tho he ad OF their class of
dealers. Send them trial order, send for clt-
Alogues.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-22
PRIME OAK SHINGLEs.

PRIME OAK SHINGLES.
! HAVE for sale 2 900 No Oak Shingles, which
will be sold at reasonable price. Cali At tbs
Tin and Stove House Of
J II YESTERDAY.
Main street, cbRrIeStoWn, ". Va. .
September IS. 1915
Stoves! STOVES :: STOVES ,,.-A splehd-
- ed a.sOrtment ofCOOking, PsTIOr, Chamber and
Office Stoves just received and for sAIe ~ living
profits. Call and them At
H EAsTERDAY8
Tin AID Stove House, Main street.
~ UINCES II have bushels Of nice Ounces -
NJ Call early II you wish get some. 81 the In
and Stove House Of }. II. EASTERDAY.
Eentenber - 1878 biaIn street,
CToTE PlLfsHs-A Pd article just received
~" 'O' IN EAsTEhDAT,s
Tia asd stove BOhsos Hafh street,
septembs, IS. 1875.
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CH-Ss.- FAcroRT.-W. learn from tho Courier
tha: meeting of the subscribers to the stock
OF = cheese factory proposed to DO established
in Clarke county was held on Monday week.
when an election OF officers was held, resulting
follows: Capt. Jno. r Mum, president; A.
s. L:ppitt. Secretary and Treasurer; DR.. E. C..
Lippitt, D. c. Snyder. T. D. Cold, A. D. Hardes-
ty. WIZ. V Green, W. b. CIapett and E. C. Mar
shall, Jr.. board of directors. It was decided
that the fastory should be located on Mrs Lip
pitts land, along the Charlestown road wherc it
is crossed by Trap Hill Ran; and she company
will be known as the Clarke County Dairy As
aociatiep."
LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS remaining
in the Post Once at Charlcstowa, Jefferson
county, W. Va, February 18th, 1876:
Mrs. Mary a. Bot, Amanda y. Boyer,
Isaac n. Smith, Henry o. Spencer.
The above letters, if not called for within
thirty days, will be sent to the dead letter of,
Gee. Persons calling for them will please
say that they ara advertised.
G.. LEISESRISG, T. NJ.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-22

SOUTHERN PLANTER AND FAKMEE.-The
February No. of the Southern Planter and
Farmer is received. 1t contains a picture
and sketch of Col. Holt, President of the
North Carolina Agricultural Society and
articles from Gen. Fitz Lee, Col. E. Drom>
soole, ''Civis," Judge Cox and other repre-
sentative farmers of our Southern States
Every question of vital interest to the farmer
is handled with perfect candor. In fact it
contains all farmer would like to gee, and
We trust our friends will avail themselves Of
the aid it offers them in so many ways. Pub
lished at Richmond, Va, at So a year.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-22

koN Wash Ketties.-3 sizes of the above goods,
L the cheapest in the Market. for sale by
JAS. LAW. HoOFF co.
100 BUS. Clover = Timothy sesd. for sale ny
~" JAS. LAW. HOoFF & CO
THIMBLE stsin' and Pipe Boxes. for sale b,
JAS. LAW. HooFF & CO.
I AIDES Skates. for SaIe by -
"a JAS LAW HoOFF 4 co
LAX s1ingles. LAihS, Pslings and Lumber, Tor
Feb. ). 1875 JAS. LAW HoolF&co
THE Excelsior b, ..-g Powder, prepared from
=! 4 the pure.t -i,eIpressIy for family use.
II 10 espeeiAn : tVenient in making Buscuits,
RusEs, Sweet yaislt, Pastry, Pudding. etc. TO be
NAG C. z. BELLER'S.
AIDES, EIis'ss. and Phil.deIpbiA Shoes Of th.
- beat quality made to order. Also, Women
and ChildFens Pegged work, just received for sAIe
by GEO: W. T. KEARsLEY.
NEW C;.ron, currr,n t., Raisins, Figs, Dates aud
~ CIndtss.. AEo Groceries. TobsncO, Cigars,
Notions &c jest received and for sale by
SIS DAEGARN.
A MEXICAN WASH BLUE, Tor isie by
"a Dec. Z, 1875 E. 8. DALGARN.
THARcnAL, in quantities to suit eu,tonaers. for
~ sale By Jos. a EASTERDAE.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-22

BALLoUs MONTHLY MAoAzIXE FOR
MARcn,-This beautifully illustrated Maya
z;no for March is issued, aud is inst as Inter-
cst'ng sud smart as ever. N. Qaad's gre..
serial story, That Taylor Boy" is OF Absolb>
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-22
Important to AgrIcultnrists-Thc Bis
rah

November - .s7s- em.
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County ITEMS From he Shepherds own
Hcy's:er of Saturday, wo cory the following
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-07-06
Then and Now.
By QuILP, JR.

WFat funny folks they used to be,
The good old folks Of ore,
Whose official lives, unsullied,
Bright hGnor's impress, bore.
Twas then the Office sought the man,
And honesty prevailed;
No rogues were in the .sfront seatsn then
Nor high officials jailed.
What fnuny folks, say, they were,
To never steal cent,
But in and out of Office
Good men and true they went.
Tho rogues then took heir seats behind,
Nor never raised cry;
Not blatant like they are now days
In ali positions high.
How times have ehangedi This christia
land
Has not improved with time;
Its greatinventions il can boast,
And works OF artsubligne.
But moral grandeur Alas, for shamel
'Ils very hard to find;
The rogues are in the "frout seatsn now,
And honest men ''behind."
All rtis thus our great Republic
To greatness marches on;
Replete in this Centennial year
With glories newly horn;
And high among the many things
Adding lEstie 70 its fame,
Post traderships and whisky rings
Shed glory round our name.
.! shame upon ye old time folks,
Who never stole cent;
Who, poor when entering Office,
Came out poorer than ye went.
And honor to the present. band,
Who, poor when th1Y went in,
VIII soon their various places leave
With pockets full of "tin1
MEMPHIs, June Is, 1876.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-07-06
HEPATINE PLANT

discovered in Southern NJ bia, the Flower of
which changes its color with every change of
the atmosphere. The remarkable changes
and variations Of this plant and flower have
been Tor years our special study, resulting in
the discovery of its possession of wonderful
medical properties, the existence and val le Of
which have heretofore been entirely unknown
to medical science. After much labor and
scientific Investigation. we have succeeded in
extracting its peculiar medicinal principles
which is specific aud cure for all diseases of
the Liver Stomach and Bowels; permanent
cure for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Spleen, Con-
stipHti on, Jaundiee, and all Bilious Com
plants Of course we cannot send living
flower of this plant to all who read of Iepa-
tine; but to all who will send their address TO
MEKRELL ~ CoUDES, Philadelphia, Pa, with
g. cent stamp for return postage, We will
send FR E a fac-simile of the flower, that will
change its color just the same Gs the real
Hepatine flower The Medicine, MER-
RELL'S HEPATINE, for sale by Sumpter IL
Lacey, Pulaski. Tenn, and will cure all DIS
eases Of the Liver.
The Globe Flower Cough Syrup for coughs,
colds and Consumption, at Sumpter 81 Lacey's.
DR.. PembertOn's Compound Extract of
Stillingia, for all diseases of the Blood, for
sale by Sumpter & Lacey. jan27-ly
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-07-06
Pulaski, June p

Mrs. Stewart seems TO be making
amends for tie lack OF charity on
the part OF her husband, her gifts
to various Institutions having al
ready amounted 70 over 100000.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-07-06

The country needs reiormer
strong Of hand and stout ofheart, To
correct the abuses which have been
fostered by the Republican party.
and punish the thieves who have
been robbing the people. Such
man Hayes is not. He has neither
ability nor viii requisite to che task,
and for that reason the country can
not afford 10 elect him. Mr. Wheel,
er is a man OF far more ability than
Hayes, is one of the best men Of
the party. and bad ftness for the OF
fee controlled tao eominations he
he would haze seen arst on the
tieket-ls St. Joseph Gazette.
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LO0K

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph tthus) mean shas your sub
seripiten is oet or unpaid, and that you
are requested 20 pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit 70 our friends and patrons. but
cash alone viii Yay our expenses, ana
we are forced to adhere 10 q strict cash
rule. We hope you win comprehend
ana appreciate the necessity Of such a
course and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
~ We enter ne new names on our
books without the money in advance.
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A Flower .aat Changes lis Color.

ROTANY is a division of natural science
- - which treats cf plants, and a s.udy of
vegetable Physiology must be the foundation
OF botanical knowledge study only pOssi--
pie by the improvements in the microscope
and IN organic chemistry. As plants are not
scattered haphazard over the earth, botanical
geography must be studied, and with this,
plant history. Botany may be applied to the
wants Of every day life, as in Agriculture,
horticulture, or Medical Botany. Animals
oiten exhibit a mary elous instinct in select
ing medicinal herbs, and an observation of
their habits has often, even in the present
time, led to most valuable discoveries And
sheuld man, with his knowledge and appli
anees, fail to discover less than the brutel-
1t Is Of Medical Botany we would speak, or
of the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-07-06

"MeNairy Station, McNairy comfy,
Tenn, April the 23d, 1876. W. B. Chat
fin, ESQ, Dear Sir: Yours Of the 18th
inst. to hand. Now with regard 70 the
distillery. / know nothing as 70 the
owner. It was running in the name Of
SamI W. Smith when ] took charge Of
It as L. 5. Store Keeper, and ! never
heard it called By any ether name than
Sam. Smiths disuliery. II you was his
partner / never knew Il. As 70 the
whisky stamped aud deposited at Gil
more's drug Store, ] have given you 8
statement in my other letter. Now II
you want my deposition and affidavit.
send and have It taken, fcr nay health Is
so bad cannot attend court. i never
/ expect 10 be able 10 make q trip e
Nashville, unless my health gets better
) have disease Of the lungs siHilar %
i the coasumptton oG bronch It's. Yours.
fSlgned, ], ii. LAIN"
TA!s letter simply shows that Mr
Lain was a Government officer, and ac.
counts for h.s presence II the distiliert
and hls subsequent connection With th'
whisky deposited At Lawrenceburs.-
And It also accounts for his n0n-atsen
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16
A Jubilant Reporter.

The more we think it over the more we
congratulate ourselves that we didn't 90 as
reporter with the Indian expedition, for
although it is very pleasant to write up
long Indian fight, it rather knocks the ro
nance out of it to write up the item in
Paradise, or, in case that no passes are
granted to editors and reporters, to be
obliged to get up an account on fire.proof
parchment, and run the risk of securing n
reliable medium by which to convey it to
our paper. All these things taken into
consideration, we are glad we didn't 20.
Of course, what the country needs is good,
patriotic volunteers to go forward and
sustain the flag, and all that sort of thing.
but the reason we don't banker for such
active life is that we object to being pro-
NOTED so precipitately. We have never
been noted for our precipitation, and 10 be
promoted from an ordinary newspaper re.
porter to shining angel without a scalp, is
an honor to which ws do not aspire. There
is something about being sent home with
out any liver or digestive apparatus, and a
spinal column with only FIVE or six good
whole vertebre in it, that always strikes
chill to our patriotism. And to think how
man is liable to have q tomabawk in
among his yitals when he is thinking about
something else, and to be cut down in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, with
your dirty stockings and two or three sus.
pender buttons gone, and an unpaid wash
bill in your pocket, and never know how
large majority Hayes and Wheeler got
all these things seem to convince us that
the Government don't need raw recruits 10
fight the Sioux, but, on the contrary, old
and tried soldiers are needed. No one
doubts our patriotism or our courage. We
have killed "Indians," and yet we do not
say it hoastingly, for they were not those
ill-tempered ones in the mountains that
pine for the gore of newspaper men and
would like to have our pale blonde hair
TO ornament their buckskin Grecian bends.
OF course, there isn't much fun in being n
local editor, and getting licked every day
for giving some ill,tempered man pleasant
little puff, but we'd rather do it, and see
the circus once in while, than to spend
the Summer with the Hebrew children and
Lazarus, while the bloody Sioux perform
the difficult figures Of the "can.canp y
around lock of our sorrel back hair
Laramie Sentinel
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16
The Sorrows of Skepticism.

At a recent meeting, in London of the
Victoria (PhilosophicaD Institute, the
Rev. Dr. Thornton read paper on the
Sorrows of Skcpticism:
He had beed led, he said, to employ the
title of his paper from an observation of the
physiognomics of skcptics, for he never
looked at the faces of photograps of those
who cherished doubts about the revealed
religion without being struck with the ex.
preston of pain which they exhibited.
Their sorrows might be divided as follows
The sorrow Of more negation, the sorrow
Of doubt, the sorrow Of insuflicicncv, and
the sorrow from the absence of God
With regard to TIE first, the mind from
It's very nature sought for the positive and
affirmative, and could not rest in the mega
tive or destructive. The whole Of skcpti-
cism was essentially negative, and its con-
ciusions were destructive Then as to the
sorrow of doubt as the intellect could not
be satisfied with negation alone, 50 did it
also long for assent, and refused to be con.
tented with doubt Thirdly, he came to
the sorrow of insuificency. lie meant by
that the regret that many if not all skeptics
must feel at finding thai they failed to clear
away all the difficulties which attended tho
rejection Of revelation. There was a latent
feeling that all was not right, and lurking
dissatisfaction with their own method and
their own conclusions. In short, it must
be one of the sorrows of skepticism to sec
her dcspised adversary lreligion) still stand
ing fast, assailed at all points, but consistent
and undismayed, while she herself was not
altogether free from the fear of seeming
selfcondemncd.
Then the sorrow from the absence oil
God. This was sorrow above all sorrow
for the skeptics; not merely severance
| from the ultimate end to which soul and
spirit alike looked upwards, toward which
the moral and intellectual alike desired tc
struggle. The notion Of the existence of a
God was implanted III the human mind
and to this personal being, all good, all
wise, sclf-eXiatcnt, the longings and yearn
ing of humanity, frail weak. and ignorant
yet ever conscious of possibility of better
things, were eagerly directed. And thi!
was the great sorrow of skcpticism that il
cut man off from the highest good.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16
The Caterpillar and the Lark.

" believe everything | am told,' said
the Caterpillar, with a grave face as if it
were fact.
"Then | will tell you something else, y
cried the Lark You will ono day be a
butterfly.
" Wretched bird = exclaimed the Cater
pillar You jest with my inferiority. Go
away | will listen to you no more"
4" / told you you would not believe me,
said the Lark, nettled in his return.
" | believe everything am told that is, y
and she hesitated, everything that is rca.
sonable. But to tell me that butterflies
eggs are catsrpillars, and the catorpillars.
leave off crawling and get wings and be-
come butterflies? Lark you are too wise
to believe such nonsense yourself, for YOU
know it is impossible"
:" know no such thing" said the Lark
warmly. Whether hover over the corn.
fields OF earth, or go into the depts of the
sky, see so many wonderful things know
no reason why there should not be more.
Oh, Caterpillar it is because you crawl, be.
cause you never get beyond your cabbage
leaf, that you call anything impossible"
Nonsonso" shouted the Caterpillar +;
81 know what's possible and what's not
possible as well as you do. Look at my
long green body, and these endless legs,
then talk to me about having wings and
painted feathery coat Fool"
I" And fool your criod the indignant
Lark. "Fool to attempt to reason about
what you can not understand Do you not
hear how my song swells with joy as l soar
upward to the mysterious wonder.world
beyondP Oh, Caterpillar, what comes to you
from there, receive, as do, upon trust"
" How am | to learn that ?" asked the
Caterpillar.
At that moment she felt something at
her side. She looked around-eight or
ten little caterpillars were moving about.
They had broken from the butterfly's
eggs Shame and amazement filled our
green friends heart, but joy soon followed;
for as the first wonder was possible, the
second might be so too. And tho Cater
pillartalked all the rest of her life to her
relatives about tho time when she should be
n butterfly y,-PrabIcs. from Nature.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16

Alphabet puns and quirks are very mum.
erous, and few of the old ones are very
good Here is one" Majesty stripped of
its externals is ajest." This is more than
a joke; it is philosophical truth. "Why
Is the letter like sewing,machine ?
Because it makes needles needless more
ingenious than true, by the way. Here's
another. why is the absence of the
letter m like the presence of hand-orga
because, of course, it makes u.sic Of
music"
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16

WHOLESOME BEVERAGE FOR SUMMER
Take of the best white Jamaica ginger root,
bruised, two ounces, cream of tartar one
ounce, water six quarts, all to be boiled five
minutes; then strain and add one pound
white sugar; again put on the fire and stir
until dissolved. Then pour into an earthen
vessel in which has been previously put
two drachms tartaric acid the rind of one
lemon let it remain till nearly cold, then
add one spoonful of yeast, stirring it we'll
in. Then bottle for use, Tie the corks
down tightly, 1t will be in high perfection
in few days, and will bo found delicious
and refreshing.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16

BIRDS CouRTING.-I have frequently seen
the robin counting, and have always been
astonished and amused at the utter cold.
ness and indifference of the female. She
will positively not hear a word of it, at
least during certain stages of the ceremony,
nor recognize her adorer by look or sign.
Yet he is not discouraged he follows her
from tree to tree, and from field to field,
spreading his plumagc, pouring out his
tattery, offering her food, challenging his
rivals, and doing his utmost to gain her
approval, which, no doubt, he soon succeeds
in doing. ] have noticed the same little
comedy enacted among the English house
sparrows, but not among any other birds.
The females of every species of birds,
however believe, have this in common
they are absolutely froe from coquetry, or
any airs or whiles whatever. In.most cases
nature has given the song and the plumage
to the other sex, all the embellishing and
acting is done by the male bird.-.StriJncr.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16

Col. II. c. Brockmeyer, the Democratic
nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Mis-.
souri,, has had an experience similar to
many other men who have gone West.
After graduating at Brown University, in
Providence, r. l., he settled in Missouri,
and soon lost all his money by bank
failure. For three years hO lived in a hut
built by himself in the woods, supporting
himself by shooting game He then learned
the trade of molder, and by economy and
thrift saved $500, with which he went back
to his hut, bought section of land, and
lived there for several years at q cost of
$3.50 year. lie has served in the Lsgis.
lature, and is said to be an inveterate
smoker.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16

They tell a story of Judge in Alabama
who sent an officer out few days since to
get him a drink of whisky. He returned
with il, but the amount did net satisfy the
judge. The second time he came back
with tumbler full, and remarked that the
barkeeper said that he "did'nt know that
the old fool wanted to take bath p,
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16

A thirsty topper, in a bar room, flung
down his siXpcncc and then filled his glass
to the brim with whiskcy. "IIold on g
exclaimed the bartender, in apparent
astonishment, "thcre is chrome goes
with that drink = and tearing of portion
of the end of cigar box, he politely han.
ded it across the counter.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16

The New Style.-Brown Ito friend in
bath) "Come and dine with us tomorrow,
Jack? Jack: "All right Dress, of course2''
Brown; Oh, no; no ceremony, you know.
Come just as you are I"
Smyrna times., 1876-08-16

"What do they always put D. C. after
Washington for?" asked Mrs. Quilip of
Mr.. O., Why, my dear, don't you know
that Washington was the Daddy of this
Country p said Quilip, with a sniclser.