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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
A Good Remedy.

Ny remedy for toothacbe. II is also
" sure cure for sick headache, neuralgia. aud
Rheumatism
zone half plot alcohol. one ounce gum
camphor. one ounce chloroform. one ounce
bartshorn. Put the camphor into the alcohol,
and after it is al dissolved add the chloroforn
and barlshorn. Use this freely on the faco
aud in the tooth. h."-Nrs. 4. b. Coliar, BelOit.
md
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
Personal Paragraphs.

The Rev Dr. Bslch, tho Oldest member Of
the Synod Of Virginia. a son Of the Rev. DR..
Balch who preached 10 Georgetown. ID. c.. a..
the early settlement and for many years after
ward, died on Thursday. Feb. Ii. at his home 10
Prince William county. Virginia, aged eighty
six years
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
Virginia Views.
six years.

W. Scott Downey. son Of j. Maiison Dow
ney, Esq. Of Loudoun connty. on Tuesday last
was kicked by horse. and died seven hours
after the fatal blow was inflicted. The Lou
doun papers speak Of him as one Of the most
energetic and enterprising young men in the
county. Of the most honest and upright type,
whose word was as good as his bond
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09

"This is the maiden I'll foIlorn," who often
wished she had ne sr been born, and turned up
her nose 10 petUleBt scorn at the girl wLO lass
season ; hat had worn
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09

Each package contains Or Sanford's IHprovedInhal
ing Tube with !ull directions for Use in al cass PTce
S OO For sale by all Wholesale and Retail Drugglsts
throughout the United States WEEKS & POTTER
General Agents and Wholesale Druggists. Boston, Mass
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09

An assistant Of a druggist recently pu. up
n prescription Of dose Of castor oil FOR a
young lady She innocentiy inquired how it
could be taken without tasting il. He prom
ised to explain it 70 her, and, 10 the meantime.
offered her, courteously, glass Of favored and
scented seltzer water. After she had flushed
it be said triumphanily: You see, miss, you
have taken your oil, aud you did not know
it." The young lady screamed out il was
fo. my motLeEw
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Albe!t R. Mettee & Co.,
l22FAYErre STREET ~
3RD Doom WEsroV PAPK
formerly NetAodist Book DePository,)
BALTIMORE, MD.
l22FAYErrE STREET

nUR Stock consists Of a beautiful and varied
I J assortment Of English, French and American
Coatinss, Suitings, Cloths, Cassimeres and Vest
irrs, which we make up in the Best Merchant
Tailor. STYLE. Cur cutter whose reputation
is wellknown for cutting and fitting. will give his
personal rintenddnce 10 this department
Orders from the couutry promptly attended to-,
a'u Sd ''''''''O" 11' - 49, METTEE Il CO.
Sept 25, 1876.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
a. 10. IXENNEDX, ,
IT LA'

ATTORNEY At LAW,
G4ar,l,,ors, ,'sys-iea CosS'y, ". Tn.'
yxviLL practice in Jefferson and adjoining
80 srst door wes,of '' Carter Horse-"
StpteuBsr 20, lsI,-.f.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
PERSONAL-

NOAH WALK Err ~ CO.,
Celebrated ClOthiers Of Baltimore, ND,
Announce the Introduction of Plaa Of ordering
Clothing and Underwear
BY LETTER, tr
To which they call your special attention. They
will send on application their improved and aeeV-
rate
RULES FOR SELFNEASUREAENT,
and a full line Of samples from their immense
stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, COATlNGS,
SHtBTINGS, &C, thus enabling parties in any
part Of the country 20 order their Clothing and
Shirts direct from them with the certainty OF re-
ceiviug garments OF
The Tgy Latest Sg'e
ind Host Perfect ~ AitainG5le.
Goods ordered will be sent BY Express to any
As is we'll krown throughout the Southern
States they have for Forty Three Years
ENCELLED
In all departments Of their business, which is a
substantial cuarautce As 70 the character Of the
Goods they will send out.
large aud well-assorted stock Of
READY-MADE CLOTHING
always on hand, together with a fall line Of
Furnishing Goods,
including al the latest Novelties in Design, and at
POPULAR PRICES.
when Goods are sent per Express c. 0. d.
there win De 40 collection charge on amounts Of
$40 and over.
Rules FOR ScltMeasureuent, Samples OF Goods
and Price List sent free on application.
The attention u the Trade Is invited % our
Wholesale Department, which is always Kept Up
90 the highest standard.
HOAH WALKEEs g CO..
Manufacturers and Dealers in Mems and Boys
Clothing and Furnishing Goods, either ready
made or made 60 order.
IC5and l6T Baltimore street. BALTIMORE,
May IS, lSJ6-ytC MD.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
SUFFQLK,s ss.

SUFFOLK, IS. ..- '.- fE1. ~, lS'S.
Then personally sDpeared tho said George +. pins-
more aud made oath that the foregoing statement by
him subscribed Is true Before me,
SETH J. THOMAS, Justice ofthe Peace.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
JOHN NJ. COILE &c CO.,
REAL ESTATE BROEERs,
CHARLESTOWN, W. =

DUY md Sell Real Estate, in to-yu ana country.
Is Prompt attention given 70 all business plsced
in their hands. Titles examined and Convey
ances promptly prepared.
Nsa Business transacted in the Law Office OF
Franck Beckwith, on Main street, nearly oppo-
site the Carter House.
February Q, lS15-tf.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09

DUKE & GALLAHER. agents.
Oct. IL, lsT1-y.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13
One Cause Of Inanity.

Or. Walker Kempster, of Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, superintendent Of tue insane
asylum heated there, recently read a
paper before the Popular Science Society,
of Milwaukee, in which he took the
ground that the increasc,o! insanity IS
largely due to the manner in which the
minds Of children are injured by the com
mon-schoo method OF teaching. He in
Weighs against the unnatural attempt to
fill the minds of young persons with the
lessons of the textbooks, and dwells with
emphasis upon the injurious effects Of
loading the memory only, without the
control and development OF the nobler
faculties. The bad effect of the present
SYSTEM, he thinks, IS especially notice
able on the health of young girls. In
some schools the more advanced pupils
have to begin their studies at an early
hour, and with very briet intervals, are
obliged to spend the day and evening in
mastering their tasks. DR.. Kempster
thinks that this inevitably produces q
morbid condition Of both mind and body
The first aim of education" he con-
tinues, should be to promote physical
health, for without this there can be no
healthy development of the mind. The
mex, aim should be to exercise and train
the mind in such manner As to bring
forth its bests powers. Recreation
L:T.-;,~ orJ octivitu 40 o,,o,,.;o1 . ~
vigorous mental condition, and there
should be no long-centinued ex-
ercise OF the reflective powers. The
great object should be to prepare the
young for the useful duties of life; and
a much greater number of hours
should be devoted to physical and in
dustrial exercises and recreation than to
mental training" The superintendent
of the Boston public schools takes the
same view of the matter, and in a report
Just issued, Prof. Elliot makes the sug-
cestion that studies should be simplified
30 that costly, and often difficult, text
books should be done away with in
great measure. He believes that the
system now in vogue is too intricate and
too high for the masses of children, be-
cause they can never make any practical
use of much they try to learn. The plan
he favors would be to teach the pupils
reading, writing, geography and arith>
metic well, aud il any of them evinced
a desire or aptitude forsny other studies,
it would be well then to let them have
such instruction, in mature years from
experienced professors in high schools,
but from these he would eliminate every |
science of which the pupils at best get but
g smatteIing" For instruction in
languages, astronomy, algebra, chemis
try, mechanics, natural philosophy, and
similar matters, he would have Ameri-
can youth seek such colleges or univer-
stiles as can impart thorough knowledge
thereof, both Theoretical and practical.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

81. LOUIS.
ArrnhIem Loon. since No1,.a.

How TO remedy those prolific causes o.
disease, an impoverished circulation and al
impaired digestion, was problem the sOlu
ton of which had often bafiled medica
skill, but which was solved over a quarter o.
a century ago by the Introduction of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters to public and pro
fessionsl notice Since that time which
may well he said to have initiated a new
epoch in the history of medicine, the rem
edy and preventive referred to has obtained
a foothold in the confidence Of the American
people that each succeeding year has only
served to strengthen. 1t is recognized
throughout the Union as a tonic OF the first
order, a remedy for and sure means of pre-
venting fever and ague, and disorders of the
stomach and bowels; as a reliable means Of
reforming disordered state of the liver
and Of counteracting tendency to rheum
atism, govt, urinary and uterine disorders
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13
The Archbishop ON Ingerson.
Cincinnati Times.


Very Rev. J. B. Purcell, Archbishop
of Cincinnati, was next visited, and
asked his opinion of Mr.. Iugersoll and
his attack on the authenticity of the
Bible. He took pen and paper, and in
a few minutes handed the reporter the
following terse and beautiful tribute to
the Bible, and stated that it embraced
all he wished to say at present:
know nothing of Colonel IDgersoll
but what l chance to see now and then
in the newspapers. Having firm faith
in the Bible, the Holy Scriptures, as the
written word of God, and having seen
for more than sixty years the refutation
of all that skeptical irreligious men have
written against the Bible, am profoundly
grieved that its integrity, authenticity
and veracity should now be called in
question. As the Bible, in my iudg-
ment, is the greatest solace and support
to man in the sorrows, the affections, the
temptations and the trials to which he is
subjected in his journey from the cradle
to the grave, l consider him who cues
tions and denies the divinity, it's wis
dom, its being precious boon of heaven
as an enemy to the human race, and
impiously ungrateful to its author
! God"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13
THE BEST AGRICULTURAL PAPER
To HELP A FARMER
Make Money by Farming
Is, BEYOND ALL DOUBT.
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.
Which has larger circulation than any other paper
ofits class in the world.
See VIVA, Prom,nen, Journals say

TTNhe representative paper Of American Agricul
Il ture.-Salem, Mass. Trade Bulletin.
L Tas attained its position the ground Of real
i merit.-Cincinnati Price Current
INvery number worth more than the years sub
Il scripuon.-Carl1nville H., Democrat
C,ertainIv stands at the head of the agricultural
~ press.-fatron's Helper.
nne that we guarantee 70 pay the biggest proht 90
~ all Subscribers Milford, Del. Advertiser.
Universally conceded the best agricultural paper
u in L. S.-JohnstowH Independent.
NTone can read il without interest and oht.-At-
~ takapas, La. Cotton Boil.
TTNake il one year and Won win never without 10
l. Afterwards Fruit Recorder
Depete with short pithv items relating % rural
HI interests. Washington, ID. g., hepuhhcah.
Won want a hrst-clls paper? Subscribe for TIL D.
Il COUNTRY GESTLEMAN.-Schoh Union
~ ives experience Of successful farmers in all part'
W of the c0untry.-New Bedford STANDARD.
INdhed With ability; best corps Of correspondent
H within our know ledge.-Concord People
No other paper OF the iind shows such enterprise
~ and liberaity -PainesvIlle, o., Telegraph
ZINE chosen vehicle of the writing Of the very best
L farmers in the country I. waterman
L eadfnr journal Of its class, sale adviser aut
IL steadfast friend babylon. \. Y, signal.
ENmphatically a live paper.-Chester county, Pa.
IL Times.
AEatter and style always acccptalle 90 the cult
NJ waited ru rsa-l-- mo Leo-burg Va W aHhiunt 20
~ country st. Paris, o., Rev E.a-
NO farmer can well AFFORD 20 Doe without it,
~ Greedy, Col, Tribune.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13
Photographs on Silk.
easselln Magazine


1t is stated that a firm of silk manu-
facturers in Lyons have succeeded in
obtaining photographs upon silk. Ever
since the discovery of that wonderful
art, efforts have many times and oft been
made to secure the result that has at
length been realized. Under the cir
cumstances, it can scarcely cause sur
prise that the process has not been
divulged, though there is ground to be-
lieve that the prints are made with salts
of silver. Several pieces OF silk have
been exhibited with 8 variety OF photo
graphic pictures printed on them, some
of them being large nedallions OF paint
ings by the old ma sters. If the Lyons
firm succeed in establishing new indus
try, surely no one will grudge them that
need OF praise to which, indeed, what
ever may be the final outcome OF their
invention, they are already entitled.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13
INC u. ;. NirnnI Serriee.

Gradually the wild and ungOvernabie
forces of nature are, through science, made
of use to man. Following in the wake OF
the ingenious inventions for the use of steam
and electricity, comes the organization of
the United States Signal Service. Is it not
wonderful that a system could be originated
and perfected whereby an operator can ac-
curately predict the weather of distant los
calitv? And yet experience proves our
"storm signals" to be reliable. Equally great
are the advances made IN the science of
medicine. Step by step, uncertainties and
doubts have yielded to absolute certainty.
The discoveries of Harvey and Jumer have
been succeeded by the Golden Medical Dis
covery af DR.. r. V Pierce. No longer need
people despair because some physician has
pronounced the lungs unsOund. Hundreds
of testimonials are on file in the Office of
DR.. Pierce from those who had abandoned
all hope, and had been given up to die by
physicians and friends. Incipient consump-
ticn, bronchitis, and serOfulous tumors,
speedily, surely, and permanently, yield TO
the healing influences of the Discovery. If
the bowels be constipated; use DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets. For full par
ticulars, see Pierce's Memorandum Book
given away by all druggists.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13
SOUTHERN FARM AND HOME.


They stood alone at the light oil the West.
He said that he loved her well;
He loved her well. but she loved the best
There were none but the birds TO tell,
"sweet day" sang they
"Sweet, sweet dayl''
The bIuebelIs were nodding in the green glen
The waters we're laughing song,
The birds were telling the deeds OF men
when the world knew new wrong;
"sweet day." sang they
"sweet, sweet dsYl"
He Whispered low in her willing ear,
Thou art dearer than life to me;''
There we're none but the laughing waters to hear
And zone but the birds to see;
"Sweet day." sang they
Sweet sweet dayl"
The bIueteifs land their fair heads TO rest
The birds few over the wave;
The heart Of the woman who loved the best
Lay mute in a silent grave
For the love Of the man who loT, d her well
Lived but the life of fair b!usbeil.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

Economy Of the Farm.-This is a
hackneyed subject, and one which agri-
cultural papers are much given to writing
about, but short ride through any part
of the country will show that either the
good advice has not reached MANY
farmers, or that it has not beer needed.
Sleds and carts are left standing appa
rently just where they were last used.
By the side of fence lies rusted.
weather-beaten pillow. At the best,
money getting is slow work with the
farmer, but neglect of this kind makes
il much slower than it need be. The
first and one of the most important
farm economies is that of keeping
accounts. Have some sort of system by
which you can tell when each implement
was purchased, the amount of seed sown
aud sales made, as well as that reserved
for farm and bone consumption. Let
tie buying and selling OF cattle and
poultry be registered, together with all
farm operations of any character. A
few minutes each night will do the work,
and you will find yourself greatly helped
and encouraged by knowing exactly how
matters stand. Do not begrudge the
money you may spend on it. Repair
your tools and buildings as far as possible
at the proper time, and SO save a subse-
quent threefold expenditure of time and
money. Avoid auction sales, unless you
are very cure of yourself. We have
known men whose farms were always
stocked with worthless and vicious cows
and broken-1own or runaway horses,
while their barns were filed with worth
less trumpery, bought because cit was
cheap" Better save your time and
spsnd your money where you will get
ar return. Examine the fences around
your pasture from time to time ard
strengthen the weak places. A little
cire beforehand may save a field of corn
or wheat. Plant good fruit trees and
take care Of them. If you have no mar
ket for fruit, at least raise enough for
ysur own family. Take under shelter
all the scattered implements, buy pot
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

ana dogs Will QSVOur.
The Value of Oats for FoWls.-Prob-
ably very few, if any, of our readers
have ever tried the experiment of feed
ing oats to breeding poultry in large pro
portions-ssy at least three.fourths to
one-fourth of any and all other grains
A fancier who hss done this lard, as ne
says, "both economically and success,
1ully'') assures US that oats may be used
in this way to very good advantage as
daily food for breeding fowls the year
round, and especially to the Asistic va
rieties, that are so predisposed to put on
an excess of internal fat when fed in the
ordinary way.
"But," adds cur correspondent, "the
oats must be good, sound, and first class
in quality" His habit is to give his
breeding birds light meal in the morn
ing of scalded or cooked mash--mesl and
vegetables. At noon a full feed Of oats.
At night another feed of oats, two thirds
and crushed corn one third. This fare,
with mess eff green food and ground
bones, twice a week, forms the diet be
allows to his six pens of Asiaties.
Ia summer they have good range in
an open lot back of their houses In
winter he reduces their number sixty
per cent. by his iali sales, and during the
coolest weather he increases the grain
feed (aside from osts) to about ons-half
of oats and crushed com, for say three
months. His cost for this style q keep
ing is not over two-tbirds what it for
merly was for the same number OF fowls.
He has no sick birds, no br ken down old
hens, no weak iointeI cockerels, no over
fat breeding stock OF any sort.
The oats digest well. dis birds are
never cloged. Their appetites are coz
stantly good, and their general condition
under this treatment is highly satisfsc-
tory. ''Hens and pullets thus fed lay
well. their eggs hatch very well on the
average" and he states his experience
for the benefit of Others who may have
tried this method, which he considers
the best he has ever attempted with
Brahmas and Cochins.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13
RELIGIOUS READING.
THE DEPART1NG BELIEVER.
II d. HOLT.


Room for another choristerI
Place for another voice
Where angel bands their anthems sing
And ransomed souls rejoice.
Room for one more inhabitant
Where mansions stately stand
Waiting for jewellers newly come
To the celestial land.
Welcome another pilgrim home,
Eearth's weary journey er,
To the holy peace and endless rest;
A wanderer neyermore-
Another guest for the promised feast;
Another robs Of white;
Anotaer crown o. life brought forth,
With fadeless jewels bright.
on earth the wall of the b, resved
Wrung from the smitten heart,
The mortal glief than reads the soul
When cherished friends depart;
Ia Heav peace for the troubled ones,
Balm Tor the bruised ard sore,
Joy of the parted meier again
Iop9rt iorevermore,
IN, contrast wonderful past thought;
Here death ami gTi f and nisht;
There TN eternity of life
and ever new delight
Bere, miugling with its native dust,
a cod Of moldering clay
BY loves reiuuetant hand cons gned
To darkness and decay;
there, springjng iato perfect life.
AMI spirit newly born
Hailing the light and glorides
The resurrection mornl
God speed tina spirits taking winsi
Good angels guide their fight
From darkness ard the sh des Of death
Up to the land Of light
And God be praised for Him who died,
The Lamb Tor sinns rs slain,
Who broke the power Of death that we
In Kim might live again.
90 Christian T'nio
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

"MY dear boy" said a mother TO her
son, as he handed round his plate for
more turkey, "this is the fourth time you
have been helped" al know, mother, "
replied the boy, "but that turkey pecked
at me once, and I want to get square
with him" He got his turkey.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

All this beclouds the intellect, creates
suspicion as to his habits, and precipi-
tates his terrible ruin.
0 man of God flee these things
Make money your servant, not your
master. Never put yourself in his
power. He is a good and faithful ser
want, but a severe and incorporating
master. Keep him ever as help to carry
on the higher interests of the soul, and
to hasten the Kingdom of Christ Give
God the full share of all you have, and
your fellow-men that which they can
rightly claim.
Be just to God and man-just, clear
down to the very depths of your soul.
In the market, in the workshop, in the
counting room, on the exchange, every
where and at all times, do justice, love
mercy and walk humbly with God.
Remember that the fashion of the world
pssseth away. Everything you have OF
earth must perish, but God, religion,
virtue and Heaven shall continue IN
changeably the same.-Rev. VIM. c.
Roberts.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

Old Time Conversions. - Some
things have changed. Conversion in
the time of Jesus, the author Of our
religion, was not a mental exercise or
an intellectual process. twas changing
ones way of living, dropping style Of
conduct and taking up another style, in
imitation Of another man who lived that
other style. Conversion, to>day, is a
series of mental exercises which are sup
posed to ultimate in a better mode of
acting. In the olden time the mode of
acting preceded the mental exercise.
The man to-day feels so and so, or thinks
he does, and therefore does so a.. % ;
the man in the day Of Christ began to
do certain deeds, and, as the result, felt
rightly The right acting preceded the
happy feeling. We have got the cart
ahead OF the horse, and look for happy
feeling before we have done that right
eousness which alone can bring happi-
ness OF mind. The JOY of the Lord is
only known to those who live the life OF
the Lord in its goodness.-Mr. Murray.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

THE mex time the fool-killer makes his
New York rounds without assassinatii 2
the compiler of the Editors Drawer
we shall consider this republic failure.
--DFriscO Post.