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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-15
House for Rent.

TTHE Dwelling in the Eastern suburb Of Charles
town lately occupied by Mr.. V. NJ. Firor, is
for rent from the present time until April 1875.
Good Lot attached, upon which is a Stable, Cis-
tern, DC.
Apply to
JOSEPH TRAPNELL,
J. NJ. MASON,
June ., 1917. Trustees Of y, W. Hawks.
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WEST VA. UNIVERSITY,
1877. EsOrgamtOWn. gS7S.

TVHIS Institution Of Learning, under the Presi-
dcncy of Rev. J. r. Thompson, A. NJ, is en-
tering upon Il new era of prosperity. During the
Spring Term just closed, the attendance OF stu
dents was increased over G5 per cent. Il has a
large and scholarly Faculty beautiful, health
full and moral location ample Scientific and Phi
losophical Apparatus; Library constantly grow
ing; a curriculum of the most thorough charac-
ter standard Of scholarship surpassed by no
American institution of learning.
TIE Expenses ARE LESS than at any other place
known to afford equal advantages. The Fall term
begins Sept jth the Winter term January I'd,
and Spring term March 9th. For full iniorma-
ton, Catalogues, &c, address the President.
GEO. c. STURGISS,
July 81, 1871 Secretary of Regents.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-15

As suggested above, the remaining two-thlrds
interest in the above described tract of land will
be offered for sale at same time and place and on
same terms. ANDREW Z. KENNEDY.
August %, 1871.
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JUDICIAL SALE
or
One of the Choicest Farms
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY!
Monday, the 18th Day of Sep
tember, 1877,
4O4 Acres, 9 Foods s "a Pole;

AND is eNE-THIRD OF LOTS No. 2, AND
4, the same repeated in said PARTITION as shown
by Deed of Partition duly recorded in the County
Court of jefferson, of date Dec 3lst. ls16-"Book
f." page l0-which according to the Surveyors
Plat, appended thereto reference can be bad:
The right, title and interest Of John W. Ken
nedy now be sold, is TO said lat and Survey,
his one-third part Of Lots No. ?, 2 and and the
same repeated as above mentioned, and the re-
naming two-thirds of said Lots 1T is understood)
will be sold at the same time, and upon the same
terms-so as to give 20 the purchaser a neat and
compact farm OF upwards of200 acres Of first-rate
jefferson Land, with abundant timber and within
three miles of ChaItStown.
For a more particular description Of said land,
the title, &c, reference is made to said Deed OF
Partition, and the Decree aforesaid.
TERMS OF SALE-0ne-third of the purchase,
Cash-the residue in two equal annual payments
interest from the day of Sale-to be secured By
the Bonds Of the purchaser and Deed of Trust
upon the premises. .
ANDREW +. KENNEDY,
DANIEL Il. LUCAS,
Special Commissioned
W. Z. ANDERSON, Auctioneer.
- 1877
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I'm CANS

lTADE of superior material and Furnished
lSl cheaper than ever. belore-only 20 cents
dozen. DUKE a GALLAHER.
Sept. /, 1877.
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Promises kept inspire confidence; and DR..
Balls Baby Syrup never promised relief in the
diseases of childhood without at once elfccung
it. Hence the popular reliance upon it. Price
% cents a bottle.
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SWEET POTATOES

1 Sept Is, I6II W. EDIT
VIRUIT Crackers, Lemon Crackers, Ginger
q Snaps, Coffee Biscuit, and Corn Hill jun
6Ies just received from Mason C Sons Bakeries,
Baltimore, Nd. c. W. TRUSSELL.
NALL AND WINTER BOOTS AND SHOES
/ am prepared to ollcr the Monogram Boots
and Shoes again this Fall. Also have their
Z" Hand Stitched" work in French Calf Boots and
Caters. All ask OF my customers is an cXami-
nation. The Goods sell themselves.
Sept. IS, 1877. c. w. TRUSSELL.
I ALSO have a full line Of Ladies', Misses and
| Chiliycus Work, Of City Goods; All descrip-
lions. c. W. TRUSSELL.
Sept. IS, 1877.
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Spser's Port Grape Wine
FOUR YEARS OLD.

THIS justly celebrated native Wine is mao.
from the juice Of the Oporto Grape, raista 10
this country IL invaluable
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-15
BROOD SOWS.

7 HAVE four fine BROOD SOWS, which will
sell for Cash or trade for Corn. TO be delivered
this Fall. Apply at Free Press Office.
Sept. Is, 1877. JAS. v. GALLAHER.
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Benz. Ha,lowell, for third Of a century
Principal Of School at Alexandria, Va, died
at lis residence Sandy Spgiug, Nd, near
Washington, on Friday last.
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PROFESSOR WILSON says of this GuanO:

PROFESSOR WILSON says of this Guano:
- The 9.Oi per cent. Of auhydrous sulphuric
acid. nearly onc-iifth OF the whole mixture in its
dilute form as found to be most effective for az.
ricultural purposes, is controlling evidence of
the solubility and the activity Of the Guano. The
percentage of this important constituent must, in
great measure, determine the value Of all ierti-
lizers, when as in your ii is only used to de-
compose the phosphate Of lime, and not added as
salt cake
~ agree with Prof Husford, that beyond the
ANALYSIS OF fertilizer, the best evidence of its
value is the continued Of it in sections, and by
the same farmers through a number Of years
This should be gratifying to you to know that
from year TO wear YOU have succeeded by close
scrutiny Of your works, and udicious selection of
material, after a long experience to have been
able 10 attain this emincnce.
This fertilizer has all the value YOU claim FOR
il. II is perfect in every respect, and you have
kept the standard to what it has been in former
years"
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TERMS OF SALE:

One third Of the purchase money to be paid on
day Of sale, and the residue in one and two years,
with interest from day of sale, the deferred pay
ment TO be secured by lien upon the property
sold.
ANY information desired in regard to the above
named property will be cheerfuly given by the
undersigned or Mr. Cunningham who resides on
the place.
L. BOYD FAULKNER,
CHAS. J. FAULKNER, JR.,
Sept Sth, 1871. Special Commissioners.
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Brick Dweifing House,

with all necessary improvements and two other
Dwelling Houses. This property il on Mill Creek,
in the County Of Berkeey-distant from Martins
burg, w. Va, l015 miles, and from Winchester,
Va, IN miles. The Smithield turnpike crosses
the Martinsburg and Winchester turnpike at
Bunker Hill, one half a mile from the Mil, run
ming through the said property, thus making il
convenient for hauling at all seasons OF the year
over McAdamized roads. The reputation Of the
Mil for making excellent -four is well establish
ed and il being situated in thckly settled part
of the county and in fine wheat growing country,
give il peculiar ADVANTAGES
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-15
Oysters, Wines, Ale, sc.

TINHE Oyster Season has commenced, and the
undersigned is prepared to supply The Best
that the CITY markets afford, by the Plate, or in
quantities to suit purchasers for family brother use.
Also choice stock of Wines, Philadelphia
Ale on Draught, and other liquors. superior
stock Of genuine Champagne at Cost
FANETTE b. S0UDERS,
Basement Of jefferson Building.
Scnt. Is. lS77.
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June 1871.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-03-15
Better Than GrOg.

A correspondent of the London Lancet,
who owns water power mills, writes: L
am frequently compelled, at this season
of the year, to have men working in
water even in frosty weather. [ find the
following allowance gives great satisfac-
ton to the men, and we never have a
case of cold or injury to the men in any
way Kettle OF coffee, made with half
sweet milk, half water, three or four eggs
whipped poured into it when off the
boil hot toasted bread with plenty of
butter of the finest quality. Serve up
this every two and half hours. The
expense is much less than the usual
allowance of whisky, and the men work
far better, and if care is taken to have
the coffee, milk (cream is still better,
bread. and especially the butter, OF the
very finest quality, the men are delighted
with it. I am persuaded it would be
worth while to try this allowance instead
of grog. Giving extra grog gives the men
a notion that it is good for them, and
perpetuates the belief in stimulants
among workingmen.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-03-15
Soldiers Afraid Of Mice.

The correspondent of the London
Ners writes Our company Is made up
of Servians, Russians, a Frenchman, a
Swiss, Prussian, an Austrian and a
Croat, so that we are rather polyglot
crew. The thatch of the barrack swarms
with mice, which have festive habit
of dropping down on the sleeper's face,
and they have been accused, [ cannot
say with what justice, of attempting to
nestle in boards. The Russians have a
perfectly frantic horror of mice. L have
seen veteran who would not turn his
head at an exploding shell, Jump from
his bed in tie middle of the night In a
paroxysm of fear, and, drawing his
sword, make frantic cuts and passes at
the spot where he believed his tormen-
tors we're harboring. have seen another
rush out into the cold night air because
a mouse ran across his face, and refuse
to re-enter till the break of day. Gen.
Douchtouroff, who used to be one OF the
inhabitants of our barracks, immigrated
altogether on account of the mice, and
fitted up for himself rough tente d'abri
behind it, into which he crept nightly
without undressing, and slept there till
the wind wrecked his habitation, when
he had to go into winter quarters III the
Chancellerie. Mice abound there, TOO,
but he fights against them by the device
of having his lion bedstead In the mid
die OF the room, and he does not so much
mind their playing on the hoor under
him.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-03-15
Only a Voice.

1t was only voice that swept through the hall
n accents responsive to somebody's call,
From form that did not see;
But the door stood ajar, and the sound made
way,
As the musical rhythm asserted its sway,
And fatefully foated to me.
At first it was only thrilling surprise,
Inviting the soul from its slumber to rise
After toll of tedious day
And the paper and pencil seemed tired, too,
And suggested the artists labor was through,
Til Lit by the mornings ray.
But the spell of that voice was potent spell,
And its musical cadences rose and fell
.. In dreams and in days ecstacy;
Till the brain gave heed to no other tone,
And the soul was in bondage to that alone,
Nor mourned for its liberty.
We have never met-but that voice so clear
With its marvellous melody smote my ear,
As loves own revei le;
And till heart throbs are silenced by deaths
tattoo,
That voice I shall hear, and the long sleep
through,
Be the call to eternity.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-03-15
Gold in England.

Notwithstanding the large exports OF
gold from London during the past few
months, not only to the United States
but to Germany, the north of Europe,
and Paris, the balance of gold coin and
bullion in favor of England for the cal
endar year just closed was greater than
during any year since .1S71. The i'm
ports of gold into England in 1876, &C.
cording to the statement of Pixley and
Abel, amounted to S116, 222, $50, and
the exports to Ss1, ,097, $50, leaving O bal.
ance of S35, 124, 500. The imports of
gold were about S5,OO0,0OO greater in
1876 than in 1875, Notwithstanding the
fact that the United States sent to England
s18, ,925, 425 and Australia S., ,347, ,O5O less
last year than the year before. The bal
ance was made up by increased imports
from Russia ana India. Almost the en-
tire balance of gold coin and bullion
gained by England on its commerce OF
1876 is of course found in the vaults OF
the Bank of England, which had in
creased its stock of gold January 3,
1877, when compared with that held
january 5, 1876, by $34, 992, ,02O.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-03-15
Red TaDe in the British Army.

When a soldier in the British army
wants new pair Of shoes he communl-
Gates the fact OF his INDECENT condition
to his sergeant. This sergeant investi-
gates and makes q written report of the
fact, forwarding it, with the soldiers ap-
plication, to the lieutenant. The heuten-
ant refers the matter back to the SER
gennt, with instructions to ascertain how
near the soldiers term of service Is out,
that he may not go trudging off home III
a pair of shoes ahead of the government.
The sergeant ascertaining that the SOL
dier has to serve long enough to wear cut
a whole case of shoes, mdorses the III
structionst to that effect; and they are for
warded by the lieutenant to the captain.
The captain indorses the application with
the recommendation that = be granted,
and forward it to the adjutant, who re-
fers it to the major. The major refers it
TO the surgeon with the necessary in
structions, in obedience to which the
surgeon refers it back to the sergeant to
ascertain if the man is troubled with
corns, bunions, ingrowing nails, or any
pedal affections or deformities that would
necessitate the use of a special last. The
application then reaches the colonel
through the regular channels, and is by
him referred to the quartermaster with
orders to answer the requisition with the
necessary footgear. The quartermaster
transmits it, in ariplicate, to the supply
department., secretary of war and quarter
master general, and the contractor is mott
fed by the quartermaster general. The
contractor indorses the application with
a request to know what size is wanted,
and the paper is referred back to the SER
geaut, with orders to procure the soldiers
number. The sergeant then indorses on
the original application his final report
that the soldier had been transferred into
cavalry regiment and wants boots. He
is then degraded and placed i'll the ranks
for presuming to know what soldier in
another regiment wants, and the papers
are forwarded to the soldiers cavalry
regiment with instructions for him to
make the application for boots through
the regular channels. In the meantime
the soldier dies.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-03-15
Saturday Night,

Saturday night makes people human,
and sets their hearts to beating softly, as
they used to do before the world turned
them into wardrums and Jared them to
pieces with tattoos. The ledger closes
with crash, the iron-doored vaults come
to with bang, up go the shutters with
a will, click goes the key in the lock.
tits Saturday night and business breathes
free again. Homeward, no !! The door
that has been ajar all week gently closes
behind him; the world is all shut out.
Shut out? Shut in rather. Here are
his treasures, after all, and not IN the
vault and not in the book-save the
record in the old family Bible--and not
in the bank. Maybe you are bachelor,
frosty and forty. Then, poor fellow,
Saturday night is nothing to you, Just as
you are nothing to anybody. Get a
wife, blue eyed or black eyed, but, above
all, true eyed. Get a little home, no
matter how little; sofa, just two or two
and half, and then get two or two and
a half in it of Saturday night, and then
read this paragraph by the light of your
wife's eyes, and thank God, and take
courage,
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An Alligator Story.

There lived in Calcutta lovely girl of
seventeen, who was engaged to man
she was much attached to; her father,
however, did not al pprove of the match,
and was anxious that she should marry
another man, who had proposed to her
some time before. This second lover,
backed up by the father, was most per-
sistent in his attentions, and ultimately
hoped to win the girl, who, on her part,
disliked him intensely, and declared she
would only marry the man she was en-
gagged to, and no one else.
All of sudden the girl disappeared ;
and, though every search was made, no
intelligence could be gained of her, nor
was there any apparent reason for her
mysterious absence. Suspicion fell on
both her lovers, especially on the one
whose suit she had rejected, for it was
we'll known he Was highly incensed
against her for her Indifference toward
him. They were both arrested and i'm:
prisoned, albeit they declared their In
nocence, and also their sorrow and aston
ishment at her disappearance.
1t was ascertained that she was last
seen alive going to the tank with her
pitcher to draw water, and that she had
uever been seen since. On this it was
decided to have the tank dragged, which
was accordingly done. The first time
they found nothing ; however, they tried
again. On this occasion they felt some
thing very heavy. in the net !; presently
they saw the huge head Of an alligator
and soon after heard tremendous splash
which broke the net and allowed the ami
mai to escape. They Immediately COM
menced making another net of extra
strength, and one not likely to be broken
by the alligator. When it was finished
they dragged the tank, and this this time
did so most thoroughly, but to their
amazement nothing of the alligator was
seen.
"Where can it be?" they exclaimed ;
"surely we were not deceived, for we all
saw it and yet, if it was in that tank,
we must have caught it.
Some one proposed that they should
drag the tank from the opposite side.
This they did, and their efforts were
crowned with success, for they captured
the alligator and brought him safe to
land. He was of monstrous size, and a
most ferocious monster. Inside of him
they found no end of gold and silver
bangles and native ornaments some of
them were recognized by the bereaved
father as belonging to his poor daughter,
for they were the same she wore on the
evening she was seen walking toward the
tank.
The grief of her friends on this terrible
discovery can be better imagined than
described. She must have put down her
pitcher into the water, quite unsuspicious
OF. danger, when. she was seized by the
monster, and in moment dragged down.
This accounts for its not being captured
when the tank was dragged on so many
occasions. How it got into the tank, and
where it came from, are questions fer
naturalists alone to answer.
We have heard, but cannot vouch for
the truth, that alligators have been
known to travel great distances at night.
This animal must have walked straight
through the populous city of Calcutta
to tho tanl, 11nohserye1
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Thoughts for Saturday Night.

Our heart is its own grave.
Things past may be repented, but not
recalled. .....
So sad, SO fresh, the days that are no
more.
Passions are as easily evaded as impos-
sible to moderate.
Pain addeth zest unto pleasure and
teaches the luxury of health.
The air is full of farewells to the dying
and MORNINGS for the dead.
Opportunity is rare, and a wise man
will never let it go by him.
Passion costs too much to bestow it
upon every trihe.
The mind revolts against certain
opinions as the stomach rejects certain
food .t&
The public man needs but one patron
namely, the lucky moment.
The only sin which we never forgive
in each other is difference of opinion.
Predominant opinions are generally
the opinions OF the generation that. is
vanishing.
Necessity is cruels but it is the only
test of inward strength. Every fool can
live according to his own ikings.
We cannot conquer fate and necessity,
vet we can yield to them in such a way
as to be greater than if we could.
Every man has something to do which
he neglects, every man has faults to con-
qaer which he delays to combat.
Thou fool Nature alone is antique,
and the oldest art mushroom; that idle
crag thou sittest ON is six thousand years
OF age.
National progress is the sum of indi-
vidual industry, energy and uprightness,
as national decay is of Individual idle
ness, selfishness and vice.
The happiness of life is made up of
minute fractions-the little, soon forgot
ten charities Of kiss, smile, kind
look, heartfelt compliment in the dis
guise of playful railery and the count
less other infinitesimals of pleasant
thought and feeling.
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The New BOarder.

At o private boarding house the new
boarder is an object of special interest.
He walks into the house awkwardly,
hangs his hat carefully on the rack, casts.
hasty look over his person to see II Ms
vest is pulled down, arranges his collar
and crayat, runs his hands over his head
to mash down some unruly tuft OF hair, I"
and then walks into the parlor as, q bash-
full lover would Oh his first visit to his
sweetheart. Then follows an introduce
ton to the other boarders and the ladies, :
and among the multiplicity Of names you,
catch only one or two. He has now
crossed the Rubicon, but there are sew,
eral other things to tsanspire before ihe'
is fairly landed. q b. ~.
He sits in his chair with all the grace
at command while he is being measured
by the ladies. They either think HIM
s'perfectly handsome or lawfully
ugly, "lneyer compromise bstween the
two. He sits there quietly and with an. q :,
attempt at dignity. He has nothing to
say, being stranger, and the boarders,
being strangers, have nothing to gay TO
him. The ladies' all the time keeping up
a volley among themselves of wonders as )
to if he is married, what he does Tor
living, etc. ,
After an awkward pause, the bell rings,
aud the party files into supper. Ihe
new boarder takes his seat III an easy
way and looks as if he was about TO M SIT
down on pincushion. he commences
his supper with the air Of man Who
conld be satisfied with the tongue OF q
snow bird, and when he leaves the table |
he is as hungry as if he had ate nothing
at all.
It takes several days to wear away the
stiffness attendant upon his coming: AZ.
ter this. le is as one OF the family, and
loses interest. He takes his seat nearer
the FIRE, and makes mutual eommants Oh
some other new boaEder.
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of police officers some of them turned
informers, and of this latter class, few,
it is said, have since been assassinated.
It is known that ip old times the Cath
olic clergy generally sided with all who
were opposed to the British government;
but in 1864 the walls of every Catholic
church in Ireland rcsounded over and
over again with denunciations of Fenian-
ism and its organ in Dublin, the Irish
People. Notwithstanding this the or
ganization and the newspaper still -four
ished and increased in circulation. At
this time the militia above referred to,
numbering about $4,000 men, was one
vast Fenian camp. In addition to this,
some regiments of the line were " fixed. !"
Clubs or circles were formed all through
the country, and were in constant com
munication with the military. In Dub
lin the Royal Barracks, Porto Bello and
the Pigeon House fort we're occupied by
soldiers ready on the instant to mutlny,
and it is averred that the soldiers in
other towns were similarly inclined.
At last the government awoke from its
real or feigned torpor. The militia,
which was the mainstay of Fenianism,
served only O few months every year,
and after having been disbanded in 1864,
it was not called out again in 1S65-the
year appointed by Stevens for the rising
and at the same time the Fenian regi-
ments of the line were hurried off to In
dia, and English regiments were ordered
at once to take their places in Ireland.
Thus the proposed nucleus of the Fenian
army was destroyed without single
shot, and nothing was left but an un-
armed organization. This was the real
cause of the collapse of the movement.
John O'Mahoney died without a strug-
gle. Among the friends at his bedside
was the Hon. Richard O'Gorman.