Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-07-30
Spirit of Jttferson,
CharlestOwn, Jefferson County. West Va.
TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 80. 1878.
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.
. There are Eve glass factories in

land and two In W est ilrglnla.
"A farm sixty miles long aud ten wide
in one tract, mostly fenced in, is that of Nil-
Ter & Lux, cattle monopolists of California.
They have so, coo head of stock, own 100 900
acres of choice land, and are rated as worth
SIS, ,O0O, 600.
- Elias Black of New Britain, Pa, has
not sold an ounce of his farm products in
years. he believes in keeping everything.
4 field of four acres is covered with stacks of
grain, some of which have stood there fifteen
years, aud are the homes of vermin.
"A train of one hundred and ninety>one
empty coal cars, drawn by the new coal, dirt
| burning locomotive. No 40S, passed up the
Reading railroad day or two ago. This is
said to have been the longest train that ever
passed over the road.
- Speaker Randall sent to the editor of
the Oueonta (Pa.) Herald this Fourth>of-
July sentiment "Shen the iron rule of
stern necessity darkens every household in
the land, extravagance on the part of the
| peoples servants is unpardonable crime"
= Bars of pure gold, weighing twenty
ounces each. have been plnwed up at or near
| Lexington, n C, to the value of some SlO.
600. 1t is supposed to be the proceeds "'
| stage robbery committed some forty FIVE
| years ago, when the thieves hid the metal.
- One farmer in Washington county. Md.
lost ffty-two hogs a few days ago from a
disease. The hogs would be attacked almost
instantly, in some instances with food in
their mouths and after runing around few
times in a circle would fall dead while the
| blood run from their mouths in copious
streams.
- The japanese Government, which is
making such rapid strides towards modern
civiliz alton. has just awakened to the neces-
sity of preserving it's forests, aud stringent
regulations have been passed which shall not
only hinder the too rapid destruction of the
forests, but increase the covered by
woodlands.
- Two prisoners in the jail at Newcastle,
Ind worked together in digging through the
wall of their cell One lean aud the
other was fat The hole was made large
enough for the lean man to squeeze through,
and then, Us the labor was Hard and slow, he
refused to remain aud enlarge the opening.
but escaped at once. The fat man was de-
tected aud secured
- Judge o ~ Inchrane, OF Atlanta Ga,
at one time the republican chief justice of
the Supreme Court of Georgia, refuses to be
| an independent candidate for Congress in
the fifth district of GEORGIA. He says that
he has solemn conviction of the necessity
now existing of maintaining the strength,
unity aud power Of the democratic organiza>
tion, and he will not do anything to eudan>
ger it.
- \ new way Of filling a theatre is
sorted to in Paris, where in summer the the
aires are empty iu fine weather, and only full
when the ra in drives folks in from the boue>
wards There is kind of chemical paper that
changes color with damp When the atmos
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| pink. The manager prints free admissions
on this chemical paper. and puts at the foot
a condition This ticket is only available
if the ticket be blue. If it be pink it will
be refused"
A law of Virginia which became oper-
ative this month, and which is of concern to
al insurance companies doing business in
that Commonwealth, provides ''that in any
action against an insurance company no fail
urc 10 perform any condition of its policy,
nor violation of any restrictive provision
thereof, shall be valid defense to such
ton, unless it appears that such condition
restrictive provision is printed in type
large or larger than that 10 which the acts
of the Assembly are printed, to wit, that
commonly known as long primer type, or is
written with pen and ink in the pol
| ICY" This law was passed in consequence
| OF some insurance com panieS printing re-
| strictive conditions in their policies in type
so small that they could not be easily read
with the naked eye. OGe policy exhibited
to the Legislature had those conditions in
| pearl type.
,-F. W. Shredder, the inventor of an
air. ship which has attracted wide attention
| has arrived in New York, intending. he
says, to build there large ship -! the same
| pattern in which to Journey b Europe IN
! September next, At Hartford, Con. he has
| exhibited lately the air-ship. The machine
! cou.ists of a balloon shaped like cigar, with
light car for passengers beneath. The bal
| loon is to be 81 feet long and 20 feet in di>
| ameter, to be constructed of silk, lined with
| Iudia rubber. Filled with carponic acid
! gas the balloon can be kept inflated for many
days. In the car is to be kept electric
engine of one half horse power. with the ma
| chipery for working a propeller and
rudder which are to be attached to it. The
balloon Is driven by the propeller and pair
of wings at either side Of the car. The ship
can be held almost stationary in the air by
the use Of its machinery. The inventor is
confident that in such machine he could go
to Europe and return in five days. The cost
of the ship is $1,000.
FAT PEOPLE EASILY "SUNsTRUCK"-
Fat people not only liable to sudden
death from heart disease, apoplexy. etc but
statistics show that they are more liable
than others to "sunstroke" aud affections
arising from extreme heat. An extensive
experience in the treatment of cOrpuleuce
has resulted in the introduction of Aian's
Anti Fat, safe, certain and speedy remedy
for the cure of this terrible condition. It's
use insures reduction of from two to FIVE