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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-08-10

The Ladies Of the Catholic Church Of Har-
9eF's FERRY. purpose holding a lair aud Fest
val 20 begin on Monday August 18th and con-
tiuue during tic week Fancy Articles, Ice
Cream, Cake, Lemonade, jcc., will be on eXhi-
btian aud disposed of az the lowest rates.
The ladies know how.to get up such things and
all promise 10 make it grand affair, indeed
An arc iuvitcl
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-08-10
Morgan county Mass Meeting.

We have been requested TO publish the pro-
eccdiu.s Of the Morgan County Mass Meeting
o. The Democratic party, held on Saturday
la.,. but arc obliged 70 corieuse. The meet
ins was presided over by Isaiah Buck, E.q
Tie following gentlemen were chosen dele
gates
Gu rcss.aoq'- Washington ncor, George
S. Sl1rarJ. Z. l. Le.lor, Isaiah Buck, Jos.
Winayor. James o. MjcAlei, Joseph Alder
SION. T.. a. Bcyars. Matthias Ambrose, l. o..
Gust.u. Joseph s. Duckwall, Judge G.. W..
Wu.l,. A. j. Michael Michael Pcu;oucy.
Nelson Caldwell, Ezra Young, jacob Ash and
Joseph Bu,t
S.a4.ud- Washington gnccr George ".
SaeruI. Philip bohrer, Thomas Bennett, W.
, r.ccc, Isaiah Buck James q. Michael
Wm. Thompson. Joseph S 3uckwall, John $.
& ac.. Tim MouaUty, Judge John W.
Wr.ht e. rs. Gus,on. Michael Pcntorey. \.
Michael. Nelson Caldwell, Esra Young,
Capt. Wa Dai1l John A. Hamilton, Jacob
ems Wm Hardy, John NclAushlio, Mathi-
as Ambrose.
Ta. following resolution was adopted
RIraI That T.. Boyd Faulkner is The
choice 90 the Democratic party Of Morgan
county or the State Senate. aul we request
our delegates o. east the vote q tLis County
iol linn ia Incorporating Senatorial Conycu-
c.ou
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-08-10
JOHN PARIS.

Mr.. Paris the writer OF the above letter Is well
known 10 mc as a gentleman aud Of the highest
character lie was for several years the efficient
aud faithful Clerk VI our Court Supreme Court
Of Appeals at stanton.
lie is SO strictly conscientious that any state
men; be NAV make NAV be relied on rs rather "a
der than over the exact truth.
JOSEPH CHRISTIAN,
Judge OF ke Supreme Cosrt OF Appeals Of Va.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-08-10

Z HAVE M sale, for the owner, trontr-fve
4 shares Of stock Of The First National Bank Of
Jefferson which will be sold Ia parcels at iavo-
rable rate for Investment, as III owner j. obliged
90 u.isc money. NM. j. Wilson.
July ~ lS7S-3t
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-08-10

NIrHy0Sp So, sane lti 1870.
u. 3. q jTo71rf.
Dear Silt has been my misfortune o. b. af
licirl for ten wears with Cancer uu thc left side
OF ms i1ce ard nose. IL began 90 my face. and
spread tiu itucaIly covered ono side ~ uT nose
IL was very paiufel, and / was most miserable 30
consequence %. IT, From the time OF H. first app
prarance 90 the time that you took 10 in hand ]
tried various remedies aud Two oi oar most eili-
neut physicians practiced upon II or three years,
bat avsilcd nothing still Il grew larger. ga BE-
gsn ~ practice upon 10 the 10th day %, Apri. last
and ia three ~ four weeks from that date the Can
Ger was EytlBELs avt, and on Tie -9iA OF Nay r.
waS all hea'eL; ana after long wears Of anguish
and bad health 4 was once mure happy end web.
Words fail me. Never can ! express the once
thuusaudih part of the c0utentmeui. happiness,
aud intense gratitude feel but that God may
grant sou success in all Your efforts 10 relieving
suffering humanity, and eternal blessings aDd hap
piuess. shall ever De my most earnest desire and
heartfelt prayer.
With much gratitude and sincerity,
am, respectfully.
joins NIHTW0RTH.
li3 south Fifth street.
~ Eleventh aud Byrd streets.
J.. >-I shall erer 1e most happy % z=-i.y g.
any rue but specially to- ie afflicted. Che great
.u. g.-t-ct >s.. roa Raw. elected e.. l.c-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-08-10
5z5~-I'IIE OLD FANIILY JOURNAL.


4 RE informed that ZELL'S OLD RELIABLE
Y FHOSPHATES are in the market and th'
subscriber IS now taking orders. See Circulars
TOT kinds and reduced prices.
T. n. AiSQuITH, 81.
Angus 10, ls7s-2m.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-08-10
VTYlYERSITY or ylRGINlA.-Se..io

UNIVERSITY or vlRGINIA.-Ses.ion bee
gin. ou tue Fi-r'o Of Oef9Ler. and continue.
MIN. mouths. The Institution Is organized o1 the
elective sy.t.u. Ei7iu. tae stud ut free Cd g.. 0l
studies. with il.l courses in tAe Schools ot ti-
Aealemicai Department and ir the Schools 81
Law. M1dic.De. Engineering and Agriculture
or c4iaiora, Ipuis On The Secretary li tht tsc..-
~. T.. %. University at Virginia
JAMES 7. IAhtietti ~. %
lLl.-- -He t.rf
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
CON PARlSONS:

The weekly edition Of the New York Times is q Cnl
copies ami advertisements are charged at N cents -
line The American Newspspet Union gives All
advertisement 2i.Wo circulAton 70 ~ cents line.
The Times thinks the American Newspaper nion
List n humbuE.
cop es snd Advertisements are charge at ~ cents
line. The American newspaper Union gives an
advertisement 40 circulation for less than cents
= line The Post don't think very well OF the Amer
The New York CommercN Advertiser prints a
weekly edition o ; 80 copies and charges sdyertir-
ers 10 osuts line. The Advertiser ga poor opin
ION also of the American Newspaper UniCn.
The Boston Post weekly issues 50cOpi's 9, charges
advertisers 2 cents line and expresses donhts OF
the honesty OF theAmerican Newspaper linton whie ;
rice which the Post demands
The Boston Advertiser charges l2f cents line for
advertising in a weekly having 2. .@1 circulation,
and warns its readers te beware Of an institution
which gives 2, ,gn circulation for cents q Iine
The Toronto Globe prints the best weekly in Can.
ada, has ~ go circulation and charges p cents
line. The Globe has contempt for III American
Newspaper Union, which gives s,tD circulation for
IL cents u line
The Utica Herald p,,nis 6,l32 oopie. Of a weekly
edition which adNertsfrs are allowed TO use at 10
cents line. IL Joins In crusade against the Amer
icsn Newspaper Union, which gives &, ,t52 ci custon
Tor cents a line
The Warsaw, \. Y, Democrat print. /, 800 copies,
and ch srges advertisers cents line When IT WAS
y Aoo-opei ative paper only = cent line was de-
manded for its columns and IL IL no better now than
IL was then.
The St. Louis weesty Post sells II g2 copies week y
to Germans in and around y Louis, Its sdyertis
ing rates are 10 cents line. and are very low, but
because the American Newspaper Union give II, 81.
weekly circulation to an Tor cents
line the Post de, pises and speaks nnkipdly Of IT.
The Lockport, N: Y, Aeekly Times prints ~ cop
the Loci port weekly Times becomes co operative
paper advertisers can use its columns at cent q
line, which is all the American Newspaper Union
demands for papers oflike circulation and influence
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
Death Of VIM. N. Tweed,

William NJ. Tweed died in Ludlow
street Jail at precisely II O'Clock, on the
18th. He was attended by DR.. Carno.
chan, who was with him from an early
hour this morning; also, Foster Dewey,
bis secretary; Mr.. Douglass, his son in.
law, and Mr.. Edelstein, of his counsel.
All hope Of his recovery was abandoned
soon after eleven O'Clock, when DR..
Carnochan announced clogging of the
throat and complete nervous ex xhaustion.
At the time of his death there was no
struggle, and he passed away in sleep
with his head lying upon his arm. Hi.
last words to DR.. Carnochsn were: 81
have tried 70 do some good; if | have
no. had good luck l am not afraid to die;
/ believe the guardian angels will pro,
tect me. "Mr Tweed had been i'll for sew.
eral days, and his death resulted from a
complication Of disorders, but was
caused directly by nervous exhaus-
tion and clogging Of the action Of the
heart. lie was conscious up 10 q few
nouents bsfose his death.
fvseA dAsstly hsipss his death, nid
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
A Doctors Opinion OF Hot Springs.

DIR. I. o. Summers, jr., who went on
the exclusion to Hot Springs with other
delegates TO the Tennessee medical
society from Memphis, says in letter to
the Christian Advocate 1--WE are con-
vinced of what we have long believed,
that there is no curative agent in the
waters except heat. The only difference
between this and other water is that the
one is heated under ground and the other
above it. One is warmed by the heated
rocks over which it flows, and the other
by lighting fire beneath 1t. As to the
manner in which this underground heat
is developed, we have only this TO say
that any one may practically test it by
taking a tumbler and mixing equal
quantities of pure and sulphuric acid,
and seeing how long he can hold the
tumbler in his hand. Chemical decom-
position is going on beneath these rocks
all the time, keeping them continually
hot, and the water flowing over them
takes aboard the heat and conducts
it to the surface --'only this, and nothing
more The cures effected at the springs
are accomplished by therapeutic agents,
rendered more effective by the adjuvant
action OF heated water upon the elimina-
tors or emunctories of the system. DR..
Brooks, whose name has been indissolubly
connected with Hot Springs notoriety, is
now in Chicago efiecting the same cures
with his medicines and good, honest
Lake Michigan water as ever he did in
the heated pools of the Ozark valleys.
But it is, indeed, at once an interesting
and pitisbIe sight. How terrible the
lesson which one may here read-to look,
among sufferers, upon the poor, shattered
wrecks of once stslwart frames, stranded
upon the rocks of that great social evil
which eats like canker at the very
heart of nations, and throttles the civil
izing influences of religion aud science.
There they stand, as by Bethesda,s pool,
waiting to step into the healing wsters--
waiting daily until the sickening scens
of their ruined lite is DER, for the end
of these things is DEATH"
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
Data for CO1lA,

DIR. Salmon says: In conclusion. let
me add that some oats must be fed to
colts to produce good horses; this Is more
particularly necessary in early life, while
the constitution is being formed-for a
considerable time before weaving, and
especially at that period and to the end
Of the year. Beginning with handful
when the colt is week or two old, 1t will
certainly pay 10 gradually increase the
amount to four or five quarts by the end
of the year. After that, If the pasture
and hay are first quality, oats are not Of
the same Importance, but should not be
withheld entirely. The amount that
can be pro6tably given the second and
third years depends on the conditions
already mentioned.
Peas and good peavine hay answer the
same purpose in forming healthy bone,
muscle and nerves in growing colts, calves
and lambs that one secures by feeding
oats. Clover abounds in albuminoids
and bone material. Hence, hay made
nominally Of red top, timothy, bluegrass
or orchard grass Is improved by a mixture
OF clover. All kinds OF stock are benefited
by having variety of food daily. 1t il
an old maxim, "A change Of pastures
makes fat calves"
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20

to Mr.. Edelstein, a lawyer, something
with reference to the effect upon his
health and fortunes OF his confinement in
Jail, and, mentioning some persons by
name, exclaimed: "They will be satisfied
now" No member o. his family was in
his room when he died, although his
daughter, Mrs. Douglass, was in an
adjoining apartment. His wife, his sons,
Richard and William M. jr, and other
relatives, near and remote, are in Europe,
where they have been for some months.
His room was sumptuously furnished,
but his meals had been brought to him
from the Jail. His beard was snow
white, and 80 was his hair. His face was
very thin, but the dimensions Of his
figure had not been perceptibly reduced.
To reporter Of the Evening Post Mr.
Townsend said he had been told by Mr..
Edelstein that Tweed made the following
remark to him about twenty minutes
before his death ;" Tilden and Fsirchild,
] CUES, they have killed me at last ]
ha tried hard to do the best could
latterly, but trey wouldn't let me.
They will probablT be satisfied when
am carried out Of here to morrow"
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
The l;rnee Of God.

am a pastor In New York. / know
deacon in Newark. Forty years ago
we stood up to fight one another amid a
crowd OF boys, each desiring to hurt the
other, each having heart full of hate.
To-day we love one another, and are
both lsboring to save souls from eternal
death. What has male the changer We
both know we'll. We both say it is the
grace of God. That grace of God is q
mighty power in the world, but men 30
leave it out in their calculations. At
school we learn about fire and electricity,
and steam, and education, and civiliza.
tion, as the great forces at work in the
world, but we do not learn about the
grace of God. And yet you would find
millions of persons doing good in the
world, who would tell you that the grace
Of God made them doers of good. People,
therefore, talk very unwisely when they
attempt to account for things, and leave
out this wonderful element. ! think 1t
deserves study quite as much as elec-
tricity. When we examine its character
and laws carefully, we find that it is like
the air we breathe -effered to every man.
"The true light which lighteth every
man that cometh into the world" (John
10 "The grace Of God that bringeth
salvation hath appeared to all men. y
(Titus ii:l1.) But we also find that il
may be resisted and despised, and 20 bt
inefficacious. aye will not come to me
that ye might have life" John v:40.
aye do always resist the Holy Spirit.
(Acts vii.6l.) Now, all the differences
between good-doing and bad d-doing in thu
world is made by accepting or rejecting
the grace of God. When the pastor anl
deacon were boys, they rejected the grac'
of God, and 70 they fought one another
Now that they are trying to save ssul
from sin, they have accepted the grac'
of God. To explain their lives withou
the grace of God would be like explain
ing bread making without fire. Yol
might classify all the visible elements
but unless you bring in heat as factO
you would not explain bread. So yo,
could classify outward circumstance
and natural dispositions in the case 0
the pastor and the deacon, but you can
not explain either of them without tn
grace of God as the most prominen
factor. Let no one fail OF the grace O
God" (Heb. iii:l6.)-[ Church Union
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
Re lad ustrlous.

There is no situation in life which
affords 10 much comfort and enjoyment
as that of having body and mind con-
stantly employed. Although there
appears to be in the minds OF most people
a natural antipsthy to labor, yet it is
well known, and generally admitted by
those whose circumstances have at times
required incessant labor, and at other
times perfect leisure and exemption from
care, that there Is vastly more enjoyment
in industry than in idleness. 1t is the
plain and express duty Of every person
to he industrious, and TO improve every
hour OF their time in the full exercise OF
their natural strength and faculties in the
most useful employment. No circum-
stances In lie can furnish an excuse for q
neglect of this duty. We would not, in
these remsrks, wholly prescribe recrea- !
ton; but well-baanced minds will find
the most healthy and pleasant recreation
in exercises which are decidedly useful
and beneficial to themselves and others.
For example: A boy takes pleasure in
the exercise of hauling little cart
loaded with earth or stones, though
there be no advantage in the removal of
those articles but does he find any less
pleasure under consciousness OF doing
good, when removing the same materials
from place where they were an encum-
brance, to another place where they are
wanted9 Certainly not. Or il a miss
finds pleasure in walking in the fields,
that pleasure is rather enhanced than
otherwise, il she can accomplish some
thing useful by the walking.
1t is a common thing for men, during
their labor, TO derive an enjoyment from
the anticipation of the pecuniary com.
pensation which they are to receive
therefor. but this kind of enjoyment is
far inferior to that OF one who rejoices
during bis labor in the consciousness
of performing a duty, and sense Of
divine appreciation. The scriptures of
divine truth, which alone furnish per-
feet laws and rules Of duty, and guide
to happiness, contain many injunctions
t. industry and diligence in business,
and that for the purpose not Of acquir.
ing wealth, bat Of doing good. The
word "avarice," is not to be understood
to imply desire of earning or gaining,
but OF retaining or boarding what has
been acquired of wealth. But our sub
ject is the duty OF industry and diligence.
If any man entertains and cherishes the
true principle of sympathy and beneve.
lence, deriving more pleasure in relieving
the sufferings of his fellow mortsls, than
in the possession of such articles Of
wealth as are utterly indispensable, there
will be no danger OF his being either idle
or miserly. But the neglect of improve
ment of an hour of time is as decidedly a
crime as the wasting of money or pro.
perty; and the neglect of doing good to
others, when opportunity occurs, is
decidedly incompatible with the charac.
ter or hope of true Christian, for "he
that knoweth to do good and doeth it
not, to him it is sim"
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
Character OF Christ.

Ii we attempt to discover what it is in
the personal character OF Jesus Christ
as shown in His life, that thus attracts
such permanent admiration, it is net
difficult to do so. Ia an age when the
ideal OF the religious life was realized in
the Baptist's Withdrawing from men, and
burying herself in the ascetic solitudes
of the desert, Christ came, bringing re-.
ligion into the haunts and homes and
every day life of men. For the mortifi-
cations OF the hermit, He substituted
the labors of active benevolence; for the
fears and gloom which shrank from men,
He brought the light OF cheerful piety,
which made every act of daily life re-
ligious. He found the domain Of religion
fenced of as something distinct from
common duties, and He threw down
the wall of separation, and conse-
Grated the whole sweep of exist
ence. He lived man among
men, sharing alike their Joys and
their sorrows, dignifying the hum
blest details OF life by making them
subordinate to the single aim of His
Fathers glory. Henceforth the grand
revolution was inaugurated, which
taught that religion does not lie in selfish
or morbid devotion to personal intsrests,
whether in the desert or the temple, but
in loving work and self-sacrifice for
others.
The absolute unselfshness of Christ's
character is, indeed, its unique charm.
His own life is self denial throughout,
and He makes a similar spirit the test OF
all healthy religious life. 1t is He who
said, at is more blessed to give than to
receive;" who reminds us that life, like
the wheat, yields fruit only by its own
dying; who gave us the ideal of life in
His own absolute self.oblivion. We feel
instinctively that this gospel of love
alone is divine, and that We canno!
withhold our homage from the only per-
fectly Unselfsh Life ever seen on earth.
There Is much, beside, to which can
only allude in word. He demands
repentance from all, but never for mo-
ment hints at any need Of il for himself.
With all his matchless lowliness, he ad.
vances personal claims which, in mere
man, would be the very delirium OF re-
ligious pride. He was divinely patient
under every form Of suffering. q homeless
life, hunger and thirst, craft and violence,
meanness and pride, the taunts OF ene-
mics and betrayals OF friends, ending in
an ignominious death. Nothing of all
this for moment turned him from his
chosen path Of love and pity. His last
words, like his whole life, were q prayer
for those who had returned him evil for
good his absolute superiority to every
thing narrow or local, 30 that he, Jew,
found religion in which all mankind
are a common brotherhood, equal before
God the dignity, calmness and self.
possession before rulers, priests and gov
ernors, which sets him immeasurably
above them; his freedom from supersti-
ton, in an age which was superstitious
almost beyond example, his superiority
70 The merely external and ritual, in an
ags when ritss and externals were TIE
sln II ssaigioa; I'll tksp eousidaatisaa
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
Agricultural Notes.

The use Of some active fertilizer early
in the spring will be beneficial on almost
all crops. When used with discretion
these are very profitable. But at this
season only those that are perfectly
soluble will be found available.
KEEP stock off pastures while they are
soft. The poaching will cost ten-fold by
summer, what the stock may get of the
very early grass. There 10 nothing to
gain, but much TO lose, even il only the
pasture 10 concerned. The feed will not
Be lost if allowed to grow little longer,
To MAKE unproductive fruit trees
bear cut from each limb close TO where
IL DIVORCES from the trunk, a piece OF
bark about four inches round the limb,
one inch in width, and Immediately re-
plsce by tying 1t on with a rag until it
adheres. This mcst be done early in
the spring, or just as soon as the sap
rises sufficiently for the bark to slip or
skin.
ONE often hears that such and such a
one is q good farmer. How is good
farming TO be testeds Certainly not by
the raising Of one or two good GRO s..
He is the good farmer who uniformly
increases the aggregate product of his
farm from year to year. The surest,
truest test Of good farming is a con.
stantly increasing production of the
Doil. -..
In early spring all trash should be
raked of and removed from the lawn,
and while 1t IL rather soft and pliable,
run the roller over it we'll. This will
torres back any reots or tufts of grass that
the frost has lifted and fll up the
cavities. The first moving should take
place a. soon - there 10 anything to
uiip, - this win oause ths grsss plants
p spasad ovse yacAat plaen and pEoducs
- -
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
PIschias Osch asa aeese.

The best time TO pick the feathers from
ducks is just after they are killed, and as
often A any are killed for the table or for
sale. II any one plucks ducks when
alive he or she should be severely punished
for such cruelty. Ducks will begin to
lay in mild climate about the begins
ming Of February, and-if well fed will
lay an egg every morning. When owners
OF ducks are inhumsn enough TO pick
the feathers while the poor creatures are
living they will not lay 80 early, and not
more than fourth OF the eggs. Ducks
and geese thus barbarously treated al
ways have . ragged, miserable appear.
ance, which is disgraceful, and those who
are guilty Of this unfeeling conduc. over
reach themselves, for it is fact we'll
understood by intelligent people that not
only does the pain and less OF feathers
affect the laying, but the drain on the
system, in making new feathers un-
naturally, often injures the animals 80
that they degenerate.