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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05

ITS a poor rule that djn', work both
ways" as the wi e said 90 her husband after
fiuging back at him his carpenters rule. which
be had fun at her head across the table.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05

"Och," said loye-sick IIibernian," whats
recreation it is to be dying Of love! II sets
the heart aching so delicately there's no taking
a wink Of sleep for the pleasure Of tho pain -
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05

If the head given an article, elsewhere, from
Jno Burroughs pen reads rather awkward it
is because were ore not yet accowstomcd TO such
heavy draw upon our editorial genius.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05

There isn't much difference between grass
hopper and grass-widow, after all. Either
will Jump ut first chance.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05
VARIETY

Pat says: And sure, nearly livery frind |
hev left in the woruld hez bin dill long since. ~
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05

The best way 20 cure a crying child. says an
advertisement. is to buy its baby carriage.
That's right, keep the bawl rolling.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05

A woman's skeleton sells for mors than
mans in Philadelphia, but then it's weeks
extra work 70 wire the laws.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05

When Boston girl accepts lover she says,
" Beans it's you, yes"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05

Sealskin sacks are worn longer" Same
way with all the rest Of our old clothes.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05
i uIIVER3kl GAT!2FACTlO.l.

CENTIENiEN,tWc have sold SANForD's RADICAL
~ CUEa fr n.arly one year. and can say mildly
int c never sold similar prcp5rat!OH that gave such
li .t.t j ..
81 e are not a The habit O. recommending patent
vrLiciacS, but Ur n, pIraiCu meets The wants Ci
t'1G is, and We thi ,aosc afflicted "a uld be con
yi-c.j Cflts great merit thattc uf!rY!ug u bc
relieved We hav bcrn IN the drug uslrcss for {
p'at twelve years constantly and sold everything FOR
C'a-h bUt yours cats all ta' r,st. lt yuslc proper
yo. nu (s letter or aay pa.t oc !, thai You wish.
N.-.t..,l,. yours :. -. BALDWIN G. co
Nhc' e. ami Retail Dealers il Drug. Ioo.s and
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05
MERCHANT TAILO -
A bet r. Mettee & Co.,
SAD DooG WEsr or PAPz
(Formerly Methodist Book Depo'iiory,)
BALTIMORE, MD.
STREET

OUR Stock consists Of beautiful and varied
| J assortment of English. French and American
Coatings. Suitings Cloths, Cassimeres and vest
ings. which we make up in the Best Merchant
Tailor Style Our cutter whose reputation
Is welLknown for cutting and fitting, Will give ms
personal superintendauce to this department.
Orders from the country promptly attended to-
''N METTEE q co.
Sept. 25, 1875.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05

Tac c'acc contains ~. sarforl's Impr1vclI hal
iu sul lul dir ctiols for Use in an cases. PRICE,
El9 lie by all Wholesale and retail dru.; stS
gutt a.c~- frou out thc tri;cd Stgtcs and Cg"ad
NELhS Il POTTER, General Agents and Nho!cs lc
Druggists Boston, Mass.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05
COLLINS DO
VOL TAIC PLASTER

An T,rcsro- Gnl lvantc Battery combined with
- highly McdiCafCG STRENGTHENING rlGgtCr,
forming tbc hest pingtcr .cr pains and ;.chcs
l ID. N.nrfN Of MnhInimR.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-01-05
PERSONAL!

NOAH WALK ICR - CO,
Celebrated ClOthieTS or Baltimore, Md,
Announce the introduction of plan Of ordering
Clothing and Undcrwe year
BY LETTER,
To which they call your special attention. They
will send on application their improved and aceu-
rate
RULES FOR ELFMEASUREHENT,
AID a full line Of samples from their immense
stock OF CLOTHS, CASSlMERES. COATlNGS,
SUIRTINGS, 4c., thus enabling parties in any
part OF the country % order their Clothing and
Shirts direct from them, with the certainty OF re-
ceiying garments OF
The I'Ty Latest Style
Aad lost Perfect Fit AttainaJle.
Goods ordered win be sen. by Express TO any
part oi the country.
As Is well known Throughout, the Southern
States tbey have for Forty-Three Years
ENCELLED
I'm an departments Of their business, which is a
substantial guarantee as % the character OF the
Guods they viii send ont.
A large aud wcli-assOrted stock OF
ESEADY-MADE CLOTHING
a!uays on hand. together with a full line OF
Furnishing Goods,
including an the latest Novelties in Design aud at
POPULAR PRICES.
When Goods are sent per Express c. o d.
there will be- mo- collection charge on amounts OF
= IU aud over.
Rules Tor SelcMeasurement. Samples Of Goods
srt Pric, List sent free on application.
The attention Of the Trade Is invited 10 ?
Wholesale Department, which Is always sept ?
% the highest standard.
NOAH WALKEIS II CO.,
Manufacturers and Dealers in Mems and Boys
Clothing and Furnishing Goods, either ready
mad. or mad. 90 order.
l5j and I8I Baltimore street, BALTIMORE,
MAJ lJ, lSIG-ytt MD.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11
MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

Several instances are on record OF the
grain dust in Touring mills igniting by n
spark struck from the machinery, or from
excessive friction, and producing a danger
GUS explosion.
DR.. Pond, of Rutland, Vermont, has
invented delicate machine, which, applied
to the wrist, records in lines the movements
of the pulse. The instrument is called the
"phygmograph."
1t is argued by French physician that
persons suffering pain should freely indulge
in crying and moaning, as these expressions
are intended by nature as a means of less.
ening peoples anguish. The attempt to
suppress crying in children is deprecated, as
the consequences may be st. Vitus' dance,
epileptic fits, etc.
DIR. Nichols, who had made a series of
dietetic experiments on himself, has arrived
at the conclusion that if the stomach is
allowed to rest, any case of dyspepsia may be
cured; that the diet question was at the
root of all diseases; that pure blood can
only he made from pure food, and that if
the drink of nation were pure and free from
stimulating qualities, and the food was also
pure, the result would be pure health.
II the observations of DR.. f. Levy
are correct, it does not matter what mineral
springs are used for bathing purposes by
inyalids. lie proved lately before q large
| audience at Vienna, that the human skin
cannot be penetrated by the ingredients OF
mineral waters. Whatever cures, therefore,
are reflected by bathing at celebrated water.
ing places, must be explained rather upon
physical than upon chemical grounds,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11
How Rubber Balls are Made.

The process of making the hollow rub
ber balls used by children for play
things is quite curious, and may be in
teresting to those not familiar with it.
A Holyoke writer thus describes it. The
upper room of the mill is prepared to
push this branch of the business for a
few months, and it will probably turn
out some $4,000 dozen of those balls be-
tween January and June. These balls
have solid surface, are made by a dit
ierent process from that of making the
soft rubber balls which are perforated by
an opening, and of course, are much
more firm, durable and elastic. The
sheets of rubber prepared for the balls
are cut into strips of double convex
shape. The edges OF the strips are mois.
tened with preparation of rubber and
naphtha, by which they are joined
irmly together, three of the strips being
used for one ball. This part of the work
is done by girls, and a skillful girl can
earn about $1.50 per day. When the
strips are joined together, the ball is
very near the shape of a Brazil nut.
Eetore the last opening is closed, a small
quantity of carbonate of ammonia is put
inside, which, when subjected to strong
heat, will make the rubber expand and
fill out the ball mold. The opening is
then closed with the adhesive mixture,
and it is placed in an iron mold of the
size and shape of the ball desired. The
molds are packed into frames in which
they are subjected to the heat of the
vulcanizer. They are kept in place in
the frame by iron rods along the side,
and, when the frame is full, iron plates
at the ends are screwed down tightly
upon the molds to hold them in place.
These iren plates are about three-fourths
of an inch thick, and so strong is the
expansive force of the rubber in the
molds that they have bent this thick iron
into a curve. II one of the molds should
work out OF place while vulcanizing Is
in process, the molds will fly out with
noise like the report of dozen pistols,
and the work is spoiled. The sction OF
the heat does the rest. When the moIus
are opened they contain the perez.
round balls, with 40 mark OF the p'T1yh IT,
where the pieces were placed nnd
slight ridge made by the mold is groun1
off by a alone used for the purpose anu
the bali is done. This Is but one pro
cess OF rubber work. Besides '.e Lvio"
balls are made solid oaiis Vi ruooe''
etc,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

San Antonio, Texas, can trace her his
tory back to 1902.
The Florida Presbytery has also de-
nounced dancing.
The breast works around Atlanta are
still in good state OF preservation.
The number of horses in training at
the Nashville race.course have reached forty.
five.
1t is proposed that an incline railway
be built TO the summit Of Lookout mountain
from Chattanooga.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, of Virginia,
will not be able to attend the Paris exposi-
ton as commissioner.
Lynchburg, Va, has sold her six per
cent. bonds, to run thirtysfour years, for
niuety>six cents on the dollar.
The Mobile Register urges congress to
enact thorough, national quarantine, and
such health laws as will guard the entire
coast.
As corn.growing state, Tennessee
ranks sixth. The average annual production
of this great cereal is from forty.fve to
fifty-fve million bushels.
The state of West Virginia has author
ICED the Producers transportation company
to lay pipe line for the transportation of
petroleum from the oil fields in that state to
the Ohio river.
The Charleston Journal of Commerce
says of the arrival in the harbor of the
"Azol," the ship bought by the Liberian
emigrants. Upon the return of the small
boats to the shore the news spread rapidly
throughout the city, and there were few
colOred folks who stood upon the order of
their going, but fastened without ceremony
to Browns wharf, where, by previous an
nouncement, the bark was to discharge
portion of the inward cargo, from Boston,
About ten o'clock the Azor was towed to the
head of the pier, and had scarcely time to
moor when the impatient crowd made rush
to get on board, which was with difficulty
checked by the officers From this time
throughout the day continuous throng of
the brothers and sisters" were moving to
and from the wharf, and the various mani
festations of delight evidenced by frequent
hugging and kissing of the opposite sexes,
as well as the general indulgence, expressive
of their happy feeling, in the half.broken
English vernacular peculiar to the race, were
q source of rare enjoyment to those who
were " lookers.On " through curiosity, The
Azor is rather attractive looking bark OF
40 tons, decidedly clipper>like in shape,
and has been engaged for many years in the
African trade, having been built for that
especial purpose. The interior of the hold,
and also the cabin, are already fitted out
with comfortable and airy berths, and the
attention that has already been bestowed
upon the proper equipment Of the vessel for
the intended voyage manifests itself in
every particular. The bark will, in II day or
two, remove to Boyce's wharf, at which
point the emigrants, numbering near two
hundred and fifty, will be taken aboard.
Capt Holmes, who is in command, and will
probably remain in charge, thinks, with a
favorable chance, he can accomplish the
trip in about thirty days. The dedication of
the vessel and flag presentation on the bat.
terry will take place, it is stated, Thursday
by which time it is expected that Bishop
Brown and others will have arrived.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11

the riots at Pittsburg in July last The
rolling stock OF the Pennsylvania road has
all been traced and accounted for at last,
and It is found that ,6S2 cars were sacrificed
In that terrible fire.
OF the southern bishops of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, Bishop Paine has
been In Office thirty'two years; Bishops
Pierce and Kavanaugh, twenty.four years ;
Bishops Doggett, Wightman, and M'Tyeire,
eight years Two more bishops are to be
elected at the general conference which
meets in May next
Counterfeits sf the new silver dollar
are reported already in circulation, said to
be excellent limitations OF the genuine coin,
from which they differ only in weight, being
lighter by about ten grains, and containing
from eighty to eighty.three cents worth Of
silver bullion. As comparatively few per.
sons are familiar with the appearance OF the
genuine new dollar the counterfeit is dan.
gerOug,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11
Running AmOk.

Major. McNair, in his new book on
the Malays, says that probably few per.
Sons are aware of the extent to which
the practice called running a muck"
really obtains. Rajah Mansur, one of
the sons of Yusuf, the present ruler OF
Perak, during strange fit of excitement,
drew his kris and rushed off, striking
right and left, killing six and severely
wOunding tive persons, and finally max
ing his escape into the jungle. He was
only twenty years old. On occasions Of
this sort, the "amok" may be the cause
of death or severe injury to twenty OF
thirty people, before he is literally
hunted down and destroyed like a mad
dog. The Malay, speaking of amok
says: "My eyes got dark, and ] ran
on" Major McNair gave a terrible
description of the scene when the cry o
"Amokl amok!' is raised, and tht
police turn out. armed with huge
short pronged pitchfork, to catch thu
mailman by the throat and pin him to
wall, where he is driven to bay. Gene
rally speaking, the amok is destroyed b!
the crowd of his pursuers, though occa
sionally, as in the case OF the son o
Sultan Yusuf, he escapes to the jungle
, Very few are brought to trial Major
McNair does not believe that the amol
,, is a result of opium.eating. He holds II
! to have had its origin in the deed of some
desperate Malay, to have been handed
, down by tradition to his highly sensitive
successors, and since then regarded a,
, the right thing by those who are excited
TO frenzy by apprehension, or some in
iury they regard as deadly, and to be
, washed out in blood"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11

AT last it Is woman whe takes the
initiative in resenting an insult offered
her by lawyer while in the witness box.
Mrs. Nicholson concluded that Counselor
Rindskof had in his examination gone
farther than the law allows, and on leav-
ing the court room made his face feel the
weight of her hand. For centuries man
has meekly undergone these outrages.
Questions, jokes and SCOTS, involving all
manner Of insult and insinuation, which
would not for a moment be tolerated
elsewhere, have been uncomplainingly
endured and borne simply because the
victim was a witness. 1t has mattered
not whether the witness was male OF
female, sicker well, incapacitated through
nervousness and confusion from giving
clear and Ineligible answers. Any timid
girl, wife, sister or mother, has beer
equally exposed to such insults. A
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11

MRS. HARDIN, who dwelt near Bijou
Basin, was left with her two children
Just previous to the recent terrific snow
storm. The snow drifted and the wind
howled about her house. Her provisions
were nearly exhausted, and the fire was
dying out. The supply OF matches had
given out, and all the efforts of the
mother to infuse lie into the dying en-
bers in the stove proved fruitiess. The
snow fell through the chimney and
smothered the fire, and, after an hours
effort to keep herself and the children
warm, the mother, brooding over the
possible result of the storm and wonder
ing at her husbands long absence,
gathered her children in her arms and
ventured out into the storm, intending
TO make an effort to reach the house oi
her father.in-law, which was three miles
distant. The next day her lifeless body
was found buried in the snow, claspine
her two dead children.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The Indian famine has cost the East
India government SAC, 100000, and it is pro.
these visitations as regularly recurring, and
not as exceptional events, and to make
preparations for them by laying up $780,.
0OO year so as to meet the scourge when it
comes without unduly disturbing the
revenue.
The Adelaide Observer says that the
Australians think they can successfully
compete with America in the grain markets
of the world, il they can only keep ahead of
America in the invention of labor-saving
machinery. In the Australian hou,e of
deputies a member brought in a bill to
award a bonus" of 5 .O.000 for the inven.
tion of "the best machine for reapiDg,
cleaning and bagging wheat on the ground"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11

VIENNA, on the blue Danube, the
Kaiaerstadt, the court city of the Austro-
Hungarian empire, has adopted a curious,
method Of raising funds for carrying on
the municipal government. Its author.
tiles have issued certificates, redeemable
in 1924, guaranteed by the imperial gov.
ernment, and bearing a low rate of in
terest. In order to induce people to
invest, the city has provided kind OF
lottery in which there are to be four
drawings annually, each certificate being
liable to draw the prize of $5O,OOO. The
cashier of a New York bank was arrested
Friday, on the charge of sending lottery
circulars through the mails, but the
judge decided that there WAS no element
of fraud in the Vienna scheme. as each
bondholder received guid PRO quo for
his investment, aside from the lottery
feature.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11
AN APOLOGY FOR FILTRATION.

"Ah women are ncklel' you tell me,
Well, yos, II by hckle you mean
A tri1e less false than you men are:
And greatly more true than they setm'
I" But women are cruel 10 cIuell
hey natter and laY Tor while,
Then tread on the hearts that we piys
And deal w q blow with smileV'
I'VE are cruel II may be; but cruel
In million Of charming ways;
60 sorry ut times 10 have hurt you,
So kind on the gloomest daye
But you men you calculate nicely
How near you may 20, or how far,
And never one moment you soften,
Nor pity the hopes that you msr.
And when you at last are successful,
And the flowers float down AT your feet
Its colors are no more 30 perfect,
IT. perfume no more 30 sweet.
Z" You leave II to lie on the roadside
(First tramplng II down In the dust,
And fancy that such Ia your right here,
To break and TO outr ge our trust
e. You think us so weak, til we sting you
and give you at last your deserts
And then you turn round In your Pnger
and vow that all women are flirts
Believe me, that II you would let us
Be honest and tue, rs we are
mot striving to conquer us always)
The world would be better by far"
Il Temple Bn.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11
woman has struck the first blow. 1t ia
time, New York Graphic.

A DEAD.BEAT may be jugged in
Mexico. while with us he ia a cock of the
walk II you are beaten out of money
or property by swindler you can put
him in jail and keep him there. In fact
you've got to keep him there, because if
he gets out the very first thing he does
will be to slap you in. The only safe way
to let fellow out OF Jail is to make him
give bend with approved security that
he will not retaliate,- Harding's Next
can Notes.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11
FACTS AND FANCiES.
THE material most used out west for
n lite siZed buat ia n ollart of whisky,

THE material most used out west for
a liie,sized bust is quart Of whisky.
"What is wisdom ?" asked teacher
Of n class of small girls. A bright'eyed
little creature arose and answered "In-
formation of the brain"
KANSAS teacher--" -"Where does all our
grain produce 60 to~ "Boy-'1t goes
into the hopper Teacher-"Hepper 7
What hopper p Boy (triumphantly)-
"Grasshopper "
THE Yankee Grams himself with cake
the Southerner prefers the torture of hot
biscuits. Either diet is sufficient to pro-
duce a sectional animosity that only
blood can allay.
WHAT is the difference between
potato and a emon?' When the ques.
toned party says he don't know, you
say: "Then | don't want you to buy
any lemons for me-"
A SCHENECTADY clergyman is deliver
ing sermons on Heaven" 1t has.
seemed to us for some time that some
thing ought to be said on that side of the
subject.-[N. Y. Observer.
THE momentous question of spring
bonnets Browns wife" One word
more dear Nould Won trim IL with
blue feathers" Robinson's wife" Oh,
7 couldn't decide at once. Come to.
morrow. and we'll devote the whole day
to it,"
DENTIST to an old lady about pur.
chasing some false teeth "For mastica-
t;on NV dear madam thew can onlv he
surnasoed bv nature herself" Old lady:
n iaws doctor' don't care nothing
ohort ,he naoticotion If can onlv cbaW
With Jam
Wv ..e., .,,:
o;., ~ nA dr"0a % 10 shown snna ccliowara III nf
tho fosb;on bv tbat domestio animal the
cot which risea in the morning washes
n ;ts taoo v;th its r;aht hand Sives ;ts
ta;l th,ee ;erks and p readv dressed for
tha M Jav ~ "
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inh Ei'is " w. ua' %,o Wy oa'y
euuca.eu' s"u .,;ov Uno y; .ne q S ,ha 49, -,
IS 'o1,eV Ein"oestar "" % "Thot W con ~ not % hs
Ja,;od y rotorted hi. Iordsbin "How.
ever there ia one consolation the bows
Iii novor And II outU
WI, m., ~ W. "'~ 'o.,o.',,. ,,,,. ,,,r
are iouatad p1" sohnos
pahks III i"velPoo'' ioo"'eI IL suio?is,
chuIches, IacVo.les, 1to, Wnion ieoetss Nv,
shIall 1i amounts % ,ion' @ u,Pos,.o's up " 'Gn W
uo''"is, wien nNoo"n'' a,o oPonIu ="
ia'eer nmnhs' onn 49," ha'' se'i ''e'o o"''A' 10
Po,'e' -'o'''V "eoo""V''
shoHt slElpte, te an" "'Inrav1 f"d nle'tIa u; tTa
VI GouipuV,,H 'nou,eJ, omaI,. M"It;n,n ] ,riM Sn
lGnJwrS o, 'u'I, jor. and d;Eida pim hr
o,pa' oeE y iha ] nnot;ent viii VIII h" T tho interes,
"o1' nu S''e,e ond 10, m"i Nv otho, I in Ill;
az AZ. E tSo So"Y,, ,'o, " oan, " dos;rod ''i''' '''
ply y! vi, pel ,''". ,.''' "o''''N' I'. ,,,
They nave pesun 10 posi- circus, oills
on the graVNea,stones OUT IN lhe WIGS OF
the west Shoula 'he custom become
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11

AMONG the jewels presented by Lord
Roseberry to his wife, Miss Rothschild,
was the largest sapphire known. 1t was
brought to England sometime ago in its
rough state and for long time remained
unstable as the dealers fanced they saw
in it flaw. Al length one more cour-
ageous than the others purchased it for
$4,000, taking all the risk. On being
sent to the polisher it was found that the
defect was barely skin deep. Lord
Roseberry paid $4,000 for it, the same
price as the Duke of Westminster paid
some years ago for the largest known
turquoise. The sapphire is about the
size of a large walnut; the turquoise, a
Aatter stone, bas somewhat larger
surface.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11

The new pontiff is Of a patrician and
long lived family. He is the youngest
of four brothers, the eldest of whom, a
bachelor, is eighty-four. The second,
now seventy.six, is married, and has four
SONS and two daughters, who all live at
Carpineto. The third brother is a learned
professor of theology, once member Of
the Society of Jesus, but who quilted it
twenty years ago. They have two mar
ried sisters,