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ORANGE COUNTY.

No 46S.-517 acres, "GreenWood, -
one of the incest farms to be had near
Gordonsvllc, extending theretrom to the
Southwest Mountain, lying largely on the
Turnpike and Orange Courthouse roads.
Mansion quite large, "two-story double
dwelling" containing ten rooms. grounds
beautiful, with any quantity OF shade
trees NC, out houses numerous and good,
fine orchard, wood and water in abundance.
This farm has also number of tenant
houses, one some three tOurth> of a mile
distant from the main dwelling, really a
good house, with some four or five rooms,
stable, &c. Price-reasonablc and the terms
easy.
No. 325.-House and Lot of one
and one-half acres Of land in the town of
Gordonsville, Va :; two story frame dwell
ing, kitchen, well of water, fruit and orna,
mental trees shrubbery, &c. THIS lot will
sold rs a whole, or will be divicd into
several. and on the most rcas .nabe terms.
No. 346.-325 acres. Orange Dale
farm, two and half miles west of Orange
COurth"usc, 100 acres in wood and timber.
The first in a supcratiNely high state OF
cultivation ali IN grass and finely watcrcd.
Beautiful and large frame mansion, painted
white Oh brick basement seven rooms, indie
pendent of halls, porches, closets, Ne; good
outbulldlngs, orchards, &c; is really a first
class farm, equal TO any in the county.
Price, S20,GO0, onc-thirti cash and Tie bal
ancc IN three equal annual payments with
interc.t.
No. 47l.-l92 acres, three miles
southeast of Orange Courthouse, Va; 80
acres limestone tlat, or bottom lnd Lime
stone in abundance. Wood dwelling, tpuI
rooms, some outbuiiuin-.', and some irUll
trees; wood and water in abundance
Price, $500, and tcrm, easy,
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knowledge is Power.

This is nation of enlightened free
men. Education is the cOrneg- stone
and foundation of our governmer t.
The people are free to think and act for
themselves, and that they may act
W sely it is necessary that they be
wellinrormed. Every individual gain
increases public gain. Upon the
health Of the people is based the pros
perity of nation, by it every value
is increased, every joy enhanced
Health is essential to the accomplish
ment Of every purpose while sickness
thwarts the best intentions and lofti-
est aims. Unto us are committed i'm
portant health trusts, which we hold
not merely in our own behalf but for
the benefit of others. In order that
we may be able to discharge the obli-
cation of our trusteeship and thus
prove worthy of our generous commits
sion, it is necessary that We study the
art Of preserving health and prolong-
ing life. 1t is Of paramount import
aace to every pe.'son not only to un-
derstand the means for the presofva-
ton of health, but also to know what
remedies should be employed for the
alienation of the common ailments
of life. Not that We would advise ev.
cry man under all circumstances to at
tempt to be his own physician, but We
entreat him to acquire sufficient
knowledge of his system and the laws
that govern it, that he may be prepdr-
ed to take care ofhimseIf property, and
thereby prevent sickness and prolong-
ing life. In no text book viii the
people find the subjects Of physiology
hygiene. or the science Of life and the
art preserving health, more scien,Ih-
cally discussed or more pIalniy tanght
than in The People Common Sense
Medical ADVISER by H. T. Pierce,
NJ. D., Of ButlaIo. n. y. 1t is vol
ume Of over nine hundred large pages,
illustrated by over two hundred and
eighty two engravings and cotored
plates, is elegantly bound in cloth and
gilt, and is sent, postpaid, to any ad-
dress by the author at the low price
of Ole dollar and fifty cents copy.
Nearly one hundred thousand copies
have already been sold, and more es-
recially adanted to the wants Of the
family, is selling verv rapidly. 1t
treats of all the common diseases and
their remedies, as we'll as of anatou4y
physiology, hygiene human tcmpera-
ments, and many other topics Of great
interest to all peopio, and Is truly
what its author styles it. ! adicine
SimuIifed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

THE following is a Summer episode
as evolved by little johnny: Last
Snmmer our dog Towser was lyin
in the SUI and trinc to sleep, but the
nies was that bal lie cuddent, COS he
had to cetch EN-, and bilne by a bee
lit on his he'd, and was Il working
about like the dog was hisn. Towser
he bel his he'd still, and when the bee
was close to his nose Towser winked
at me, like he said you see what this
dulier is doin, he thinks I'm lily
Of the valley which isn't open yet, but
you just wait till | blossom and you
will see some fun, and sure enuf
ToNser opened his mouth very slo, so
as not to frighten the bee, and the bee
went inside Towser'> mouth. Then
Towser ne shet his eyes dreamy, and
his mouth too, and had begun to make
a peaceAe smile wien the bee stung
him, and you never see lily of the
valley ack SO il all your life"
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Miscellaneous Advertiser tiS.
Rural Piedmont Va Land Agency
D. D. M. DIGGES, PRoPRr.16R,
GordoasUlNe, w.
j. IL. ODER. Local Agent.
FrOstburg. Nsd.
This Agency has for sale

Every Description Of Real Estase
In section Of country unsurpass d
for health, scenery and fertility. 1t
is remarkably free from all malicious
and pulmonary diseases. Its pure
bracing air, fine springs Of fresh cool
water, short mild winters and long
seasonable summers, it's gentle noun
tain slopes and rich valleys, its forests
and fields, its flowers of spring and
varied hues f autumn,-al combine
to place this region of country in the
front rank Of superiority and beauty
to the colonist and home seeker,
We continue this week our list of
the very attractive properties for sale
by this agency, in both the far famed
Piedmont and Valley regions Of Vir-
ginia.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

AN Arizona paper says that immi-
grafton to that territory is overdone.
Scores of penni]ess men are rushing
into the territory hoping to realize
fortunes by mining discoveries, or, in
the event of failure, to earn subsis-
tence by their labor, and are di3ap-
pointed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

AN explosion and inundation at the
Troeciyrhiw coIIiery at Poutyprdd,
Wales, on April II, imprisoned nine
men behind column Of coal forty
yards thick. Continuous operations
for their rescue, resulted in opening
communication with them Saturday.
Five were found alive, and four had
wandered TO other parts Of the mine
and it is believed persisted,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

ENFORCING TEMPLAANcr. - The
Missouri Legislature has passed law
making it punishable by fine and i'm
prisonment to sell or give intoxicating
liquors to students, except upon a
prescription, the consent of parent or
guardian, Or the order Of president,
principal or professor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

Don't put too much confidence in
lovers VOWS and sighs," said Mrs.
Partington to her niece "let him tell
you that you have lips like strawber-
les and cream, cheeks like carnation
and eyes like an asterisk but such
things ottener come from tender head
Ihan tender heart
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Good News to Every Family.

No more loss of Life or destruction Of
Property by the explosion of Kero
Sene.
1t is fearful to think that during
the short space Of year, there were
over $4S.000,O00 worth of property
destroyed in the United States, by the
explosion ofkeros ne or coal oil lamps !;
ye the destruction Of property is moth
ing compared TO the loss of lie. No
less than 900 men woman and child
ren, came to an untimely end during
the past year by the explosion Of lamps,
to say nothing Of those persons who,
after terrible sutierings have at last
recovered, but were disigured for
life.
No wonder then that we say
Good News to Every Family" when
Professor Thompsons Non Explosive e
Lamp Powder is guaranteed to render
the worst kerosene as safe as com
mon candle and prevents the breaking
and smoking Of lamp chimneys.
In a few day's the agent for this
county, Conrad Differ, will visit the
famili~s for the purpose OF introducing
this very necessary household prepar-
alton, when for the trihing sum Of 20
cents package can be procured which
may perhaps be the means of saving
life and property. ~
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

Snow has been falling daily for two
weeks in the Black Hills country.
One day and night it fell to the depth
ofseventeen inches Part of the day
being very warm, however, it melts,
and the streams are over1owed
causing large suspension Of mining
operations.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

THE loss Of trade as compared with
that of last year in the Georges Creek
region is steadily being made up, and
we will probably he permitted to re-
port an increase in few weeks. The
Clearfeld region continues to show a
decreased out-put.-Engineering and
Mining Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

WHEN fond mother can go into a
schoolroom and whale six-foot teach.
er for whipping her boy it is not wise
to say that if she were in politics she
she could not run primary meeting.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

Courier-Jownol: - "Ths Chicago
Times has a photographic department
of Pearls, which 1t casts before its
readers" The C. j. seems to be one
of its readers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

Tue Keyser Echo says that W. S.
Douglas, accused of the murder of
Hiser, the mail carrier, near Peters,
burg recently, is reported to be feign-
ing insanity. An extra term of the
court, for his trial, will probably be
held in June.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

THE Chicago, Alton and St. Louis,
the Pittsburs and Fort Wayne, and
the Milwaukee and ST. Paul Railroad
Companies will build a mammoth
depot in Chicago at cost Of $30oO0O,
on Canal street, betw cen Van Buren,
and Madison.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

EPHRIAM RUPP, a miner, was killed
by the accidental fall of coal at Lin
coin mines, near Pine Grove, Penn
sylvania, Monday afternoon.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

THE Christian Union says it makes
man purer and better to cherish a
rejected love. There is more fun,
however, in going off aud making love
to another glrl.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

SOME men while playing whist slam
the cards down with a bang as if their
brains were all in their knuckles.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

MOBILE gets broom hanlles from
Wisconsin; and when a Mobile man
gets whack in the back he feels cha
grined to think there is solid North.
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VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.
AUGUSTA COUNTY.

No. 5QO.-IIe Gore IF tie Eotp,-
tai"S- This wonderful natural curiosity,
with or without the farm and Loiri, Is ut
itrcd Tor sale on tiIe most Reasonable terms,
indeed tn" greater part oi the pUrcIis'.
money may not be required To he paid for
years The farm consists OF len uCrrs q
land, plenty OF wood and water orchrd.
NC. The main building contains some ~
rooms. Price, low-tor such property.
No. 477.-2U9 acres of excellent
Middle River land, six miles from Stnuu-
ton, Va; "a acres in timacr, small log dwell
ing. $25 per acre, onc-thiI,l ci~h; the,Iest
in 1, ,, 3 and years, with Interest,
No. 437.--l37 acres Of land, about
one mile distant from New Hope. Au4G II
county, Va; dwelling, tWo-stoGy tram, {
rooms; good outbuildngs, orchard, &c.
Any one desiring snug, cheap little farm,
had better apply soor. Price low and
terms OF payment easy.
No. 47O.-3OO acres, FIVE miles fron
Staunton, Va, on the old Greenvil'e road"
in Il good section. One-halt cleared and
mostly in grass. Good barn, and about fifty
cholce fruit trees; plenty OF water. This
farm will be sold very low, and after cash
payment OF some fifteen hundred dollars is
made, the rest may be paid in five equal an
nuai payments with interest.
sSAll persons desiring further in
formation concerning the properties
above described are invited to confer
with J. B. ODER,
March 10 Frostburg, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

QUEEN VICTORIA intends to pre-
sent the Albert medal to the rescuers
OF the Welsh coal miners who we're
buried by the Tyne-Wyyd disaster.
The Albert medal has heretofore only
been given for bravery at sea.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

COMMON SENsE.-A philosophic
writer defines common sense as Il re-
sultant Of mind force; that is 10 say,
that an individual who is ob~ervaar,
and stores up the ideas Of others and
his own experiences, and concentrates
them to practical purpose in Il single
force which acts without confusion,
possesses what is known as common
sense. Measured by This standard
how many are eminontly deyoiu Of
common sense.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

CROP PPosPECTs.-The crop pros
poets, as indicated by the reports Of
our exchanges, are generally tavora-
BILE throughout the country, and
though in some sections apprehensions
CT grasshopper rava5 are still pre-
yailiug, there are comparatively i y
anticipations Of serioue damago result
ing therefrom.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

WENDELL PHILLIPS the other day
lost a favorite setting hen. In the
goodness of his heart he took the eggs
home, talked to them warmly for ff-
teen minutes about Susan B. Anthony,
anAthey hatched out.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

Nasty, writing of the dissatisfac-
tlon with the Presidents policy, says
Il shood hev liked the prospeck bet
ter ef | Good hev seen more NV wat
mi'e be called the bizness classes jinin
the denunsiashun Nv his policy, and
eff it hedn bin so exclusively con-
fined to gentlemen with Illuminated
cOuuteuances.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

A SOUTH AFRICAN editor was iuy-
prisoned for libel, and the gold min
ers Immediately proceeded to dig lia.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

How Do You SWEAK.-The wit
ness had served in ore Of the Indiana
regiments and come home from the
wars with both arms shot off. He
lost one at Fort Donaldson and the
other at Lookout Mountqin. When
he came forward to testify the clerk
commenced to administer the oath.
You solemnlv swear
Stop! StopF interrupted the Judge
(newly installed) with overpowering
dignity. The witness will hold up
his right hand when he is sworn.
Your Honor, replied the clerk
meekly, the man has no right hand.
Then let him hold up his left hand.
If your Honor will remember, the
witness has no left hand either. He
had the misfortune to lose them both
in battle.
Perhaps the clerk thought BY this
last bit of information to bring the
Judge down from his. height of dis
pleasure but he reckoned without
his host.
Then tell him to hold up his right
leg. A witness cannot be sworn in
this court without holding up some
thing. Silence all Of you This
court knows the law and will main
tain it,
The witness was sworn on one leg.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

TEE PATH OF SAFETy.-There is
but one road to happiness and pros
perity, for either individuals or d
nation, and that is economy and faith
ful persistence in the legitimate paths
Of business. The riches that come in
an hour generally go i'll an hour, and
do more harm than good. Hence we
call upon all good people to unite in
an effort to stay the tide of wild ex-
cess. Leta a man be frowned upon in
society when it is known that he is
living beyond his means. Let all no.
BILE and true women express their dis
trust at the extravagant and indecent
display of the followers of fashion.
And so shall the nation lie saved from
the mill stone that has dragged other
republics to destruction; SO shall our
young men find larger and nobler
devotion than that of money, and
moeestv and dignity shall not wholly
desert American womanLood.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

The Legislature of Oregon proposes
to license consumers. Every man
who intends to drink intoxicating
Liquors will have to pay $5 for license,
and then he can get drunk as often as
he likes Saloon-keepers who sell
liquor to those who have neglected to
take out licenses will be subjected to
heavy penalties.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

The cotton gin created revolution
in The cost and production Of this i'm
portant fleece. Recently another in
venrlon has been perfected when may
proquce almost as marked an effect az
the cotton gin. 1t is the picker II
Is Il wagon-l!ke machine which is driv-
Ell through the ripened fields and
rlck rs clean every scrap of cotton lint,
and nothing except cotton, and saves
The labor of one hundred hands. The
machine is a North Carolina affair,
and is said to do good work.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

Now that the pacifcation policy
has proved success in the Black
Hills, vigorous effort should be made
to supplement- it with the policy of
work or starve." There is no rea-
son why Uncle Sam should be more
indulgeut to the able bodied Indian
than any other able bodied tramp.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

A THouGHTLEss YoUTH.-Ruskin
thus speaks of thoughtless youth "A
youth thoughtless, when all the happi-
ness of his home forever depends on
the chances of an hour! A youth
thoughtless when the career OF all his
days depends on the opportunity of a
moment! A youth thoughtless, when
his every act is a foundation stone of
future conduct, and every imagination
a fountain of life or death! Be
thoughtless in any after years rather
than now; though, indeed, there is
only one place where man may be
nobly thougLtless - his death bed
Nothing should ever be left to be done
there.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12
WHOLE NUMBER, 294.
A Hard Lesson to Learn.

Some one speaking of the great
lesson of life, which we all must learn,
says: "Of all the lessons that hu-
manity has to learn the hardest is to
learn to wait. Not to wait with fold
ed hands that claim life $ prizes with
out previous effort, but, having strug-
gled and crowded the slow years with
trial. see no result as effort seems to
warrant-nay, perhaps, disaster in
stead. To stand hrm at such u crisis
OF existence, to preserve ones self
polse and self-respect, not to lose
hold or relax effort, this is greatness,
whether achieved by man or woman,
whether the eve of the world notes it,
or it is recorded in the book, which
the light of eternity shall alone make
clear to the vision. Those who stand
on the high places of the earth under
stand not what necessity, what suffer-
ing means. They know not what it
is to noble mind to be obliged, like
the worms, to crawl upon the earth
for nourishment, because it has not
the strength to endure famine. Life
moves around them with so much
grace, splendor and beauty, they drink
life's sweetest wine, and dance in a
charming intoxication. They find
nothing within them which can en-
able them to understand the real suf-
ferings of the poor; they love only
themselves, and look at mankind only
in their own narrow circle"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-05-12

THE MURDER OF THE MAIL CARRI-
ERA special term of the Grant
county, West Virginia, Circuit Court
will be commenced at Petersburg
June 5 to try W. S. Douglas, charged
with the murder Of the mail carrier
Hiser some weeks since. The Lam
pasas (rexas) D'$pa'ch gives curious
account Of Douglas doings in that
state, to which he emigrated from
West Virginia in 1873. While liv-
ing at Lampasas he worked in the
Herald office; became its city editor,
and finally proprietor; took to drink
and cards, and swamped the concern /;
held pubic Office defaulted was mar
ried twice, and finally borrowed a
horse, a lot Of clothing, and all the
money he could, and skipped back to
West Virginia, and has come to grief,
as such high spirits always do.
, 1877-02-24
'El,c Esoys on Ny &Oyh0oSi.

bt'"H t"WH hfV'N', m 'H NtctO'dS.
Tue boys OF the generation to which
beoagel--thnt is to say, who were horn
in the last yeats of the last century or
the earliest OF this--wcrc brought up
under system of discipline which put II
far greater distance between children
and their parents than now exists. The
parents seemed to think this necessary in
order to sycme obedience. They were
believers in the old doctrine that f,ml-
irty breeds contempt. My own parents
Iiycd in the house with my grandfather
and grandmother on my mothers side.
My grandfather was disciplinaran Of
The strctcr sort, and can hardly find
words to cXprcs the awe in which
stood Of him--nn awe 50 great us to pre-.
vent anything like affection on my part,
although he was in the main kind, and
certainly never thought Of being severe
beyond what was necessary to maintain
proper degree Of order in the family.
The other boys in that part ol the
country, my school-matcs and play.icl-
lows, were educated on the same system
Yet there were at that time some indica
tons that this very severe discipline
was beginning to relax. With my father
and mother | was on much easier terms
than with my grandfather If favor
was to be asked of my grandfather, it
was asked with fear and trembling; the
request was postponed to the last mo-
mcnt, and then made with hesitation and
bushes and "A confused Inference.
One Of the means Of keeping the boys
OF that generation in order was little
bundle of brchen rods, bound together
BY small cord, and generally suspended
on mai! against the wall in the kitchen
This was esteemed as much a part OF Il e
necessary furniture as the crane that
hung in the kitchen fireplace, or the
shOycls and tongs 1t sometimes hap
pen that the boy suffered a fate similar to
that OF the eagle in the fable, wounded
byan arrow lie lged with feather from
his own wing in other words the boy
was made to gather the twigs intended
for his own castigation.
1t has never been quite clear to me
why the birch was chosen above all 9th
er trees Of the woods to yield its twigs
for that purpose. The beach Of our for
ests produces sprigs as slender, as tleXi-
Tie and MS tough and farmers, whcrcv-
er the beach is common, cut its long and
plant branches for driving oxen. Yet
the use OF birchen rods for the correction
"tchiI0ren is Of great antiquity, In his
Discourse ON Forest rreos,n written
three hundred years ago. Evelyn speaks
m OF birchen twIgs as an implement Of the
asehool master; and Loudon, in his
'Hrborctnm," goes yet farther back, He
says: "'Ihe birch has been used ms the
instrument of correction in schools from
the earliest age" The English poets of
the last century make frequent mention
OF fths use of birchen twigs; but in Lou.
den's time, whose book was published
thirty years since, he remarks that the
use OF these rods, both in schools and
n private families, was fast passing away
change ON which the boys both of Eng,
land and the United States may well be
congratulated, for the birchen rod was
In my time even more freely used in the
school than in the household.
III
, 1877-02-24

a scandalous libeller says that the friendship
G,s% s%o young ladies is always a plot against Il
s',u u Une' We only quote to confutc.
4, " ARM SUGGESTION 1t is suggested that
~ pudding railroads the rails should be heated
u,not orn so that the wQrkmen will lay them
diI inc word love in one Of the North American
wan " u dialects Is chemlendamourtcheyag
}im r,ersons afflicted with stammering find it
"eu'' H. 70 give expression 10 the sacrcd feel.