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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28
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CARPET EXHIBITOR.


CARPET EXHIBITOR.
By the aid of THIS device | am enabled to
show you, before purchasing, precisely
how your Carpet will look when made
up and laid upon your floor.
And now come to explain how this
NAV be done. When | advertise to
show YOU S25,000.00 ,corth Of Carpets, ]
but tell you the truth: but in order that
| may be properly understood, some ex-
PLANTATION is necessary.
OF course | could not think of invest
ing, (if had it, that amount of money
in Carpets; although to sell Il large trade,
| should be able to please all the varied
tastes as to color, pattern, quality, varie-
", &c, and a less amount OF Stock would
he insufficient. But the interest on such
an amount Of money invested, would be
an enormous item to be deducted from
profits besides the loss in remnants, de-
probation in value of stock, &c, and with
the comparatively limited demand in our
country-the venture could not fail to be
attended with loss.
1t is true | might always have pur-
chased, at no great outlay, full line of
CARPET SAMPLES, but while we could
estimate the quality of the Carpet from
the sample, | would have been wholly UNI
able to satisfy the customer as to what it
would look like when made up and on the
foor-asnothing could be more deceptive
But thanks to the inventive genius of Mr..
Richardson, | can now show Carpeting
from Samples with much more satisfac-
ton to the purchaser than it could, in
times past, be shown from the ROLL itself
So when | say | can present to the pur-
chaSer's inspection a Stock of Carpcting
equal in value to s25,000-I mean my
Samples represent Stock of such dimen-
SionS,
The advantage of selling Carpets in this
way Is easily made manifest.
can Sell at ONE HALF the pro-
fits usually charged, and absolutely
make more money.
have no interest on money invested
to take from profits. have no remnants.
/ have no Stock, or unstable patterns
left as permanent Investments
| offer the people of Jefferson stock
of Carpets to make purchase from-such
as they could not meet in any retail store
short of New York or Boston-and FRO
pose selling them at an advance of one
half usually charged. So make an exact
measurement Of your room, and we posi-
lively pledge ourselves TO suit YOU in
PATTERN, QUALITY And PRICE,
and furnish you your CARPET in three
days after receiving order.
Carpets Cut to Fit Room.
AND MADE Up IF DESIRED.
Respectfully. &c,
GEO. W. I. KEARSLEY.
September Is, 1875.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

Mr.. Euos b. CordeN, native Of LeesGurg,
Louioun county, and brother of the late DR..
L. C Cor6eI Of this town, died in ST. Louis
on the 18th instant, at the age Of II years
The jefferson City Daily Tribune has lengthy
tribute to the memory Of Mr.. Cordell. itsays
he came to jefferson City in lS37 and entered
actively into mercantile pursuits lie was a
man Of pleasing manners and uniform cheer
fuluess and soon built up perhaps the most
extensive business ever conducted by one firm
ln the city. In the end his Kindness of heart
AMI his ability to render assistance aud favors
20 others, brought disasters upon him, and the
/ accuug laticus Of long years took wings aud
few away lie was at one time R'ember Of
tie Legislature and served his constituency
with credit For long time he was the most
popular man in his county" The Z5ibuRe
SAYS;
d" Il may not be out Of place to relate a
singular coincidence lie was taken to the
I Episcopal Hospital as the most comfortable
I place TO be found. and the same sister attendant
which was assigned to his room, had attended
his brother, Dr. Cordel, who died at the
Episcopal Hospital, 10 Baltimore, eight years
ago. lie was always hght-hearted and happy
in life, aud we doubt not, has gone to the re-
ward Of the righteous in the mansions above"
Mr. C0rdell's wife, who died many years
ago, was, we believe. a sister Of Mr.. john
Humphreys. Of this town.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

The Winchester Tizcs suggests the cor
structiOu Of Railroad from that place to the
5. Y. r R, in Clarke County, on line as near
as may be with the Washington and Ohio pro-
iectol route
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

A correspondent Of the Wheeling Register
writing from Barbour county, says Hon. Ben.
Martin aud Hon. Juo. A. Thomson had a
discussion at rhi.Ppi on The lS;h. lie says
90 man could have given less uncertain
soundon the financial question than Mr.. Mar
iiu 10 bis opening speech, aud that having
been replied to by Mr. Thomson, Mr.. n.
Fyioiael aud TO five minutes puoctured his
pretty balloon tan {, collapsed like a shriyeled
baIdcr-muoL 90 she del.gb, Of the crowd
and the annoyance Of The good-uaturej Thorn
son" The correspondent concludes:
Martin went from here 90 Tucker and
Randolph Where OBJ where is Burr2 Mar
tjn majority viii be very large 10 this county.
Republicans watering between the three
candidates say they will vote for Ben Martin,
whom everybody Knows and respects"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

Mason Mathews, Esq, father of Gov. II.
NJ. Mathews Of this State, died suddenly and
unexpectedly at bis home in Lewisburg.
Grceubrier county. on Monday. 10Th inst, in
the 10th year Of his age. The Greeubrier In
apall1t pays a glowing tribute to the char
acter Of the deceased.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

Hon Rufus b. Maxwell, Of Tucker County,
10 this district, is a Greenback candidate for
Congress. So that we now have four entries :
Hon. b. Martin, Democrat; Col Frank y.
Burr, Republican, and Hons. Juo. A. Thorn
son aud Rufus B. Maxwell, GreeubAckers. OF
course any body with half an eye open can see
the end from the beginning. Does iinot seem
the very foolishucss Of fclly for any Demo-
crat 10 throw away his vote on an opponent
Of the Democratic nominee?
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28
HOUSE FOR RENT.

TINE MANSARD-R00F DWELLING HOUSE
on the corner of Lawrence and Congress SITS. I,
Charlestown, confusing thirteen comfortable
rooms, is for rent-possession given Immediately.
1t is a well-6nshed house, and conveniently loca-
ted. Apply to
MRS. DELLA c. HOLMES.
September %. ISIS
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

Now that the Boston dem ocrats have en-
dO'sod Ben Butler. the republican papers will
merely have TO repubIish the democratic files
for their campaign thunder. But tnen, on the
other hand, the democrats will refute all they
ever said by quoting from republican columns.
All. well, what can you expect Of people
who believe tha, brown bread aud baked beans
was the food Of the gods?
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

An important plank in the Democratic plat
form is that upon which Gen. Joe Johnston
has planted himself: d" Abundance Of good
money without paying bonus to the banks
or its issue" Hons Ben Martin and E. Boyd
Faulkner walk that plank, and it is in accor-
dance with the desires Of Greenbackers who
want legislation for the prosperity Of the peo-
pie Why democrats should contemplate for
a moment the desertion Of thei, party ranks
for a financial object which can be gained by
adherence to their own party, in addition t.
securing al other desirable political ends, j,
beyonl our comprehension.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28
ON FridaY. October 9Th.

Hon. b. +. Martin, ans, perhaps, Hon.
f. BOYD Faulkner, VIII address the PEG
pie Of Jefferson at Charlest0wn, at , Z. NJ.
Come 4th
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

Thu shot tower in Baltimore burned out on
Saturday night. The walls are in tact. The
counagration was brilliant almost beyond con-
ception.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

Col j. Fairfax Mclaughlin. Deputy County
Clerk OF SEES y ork City, called 90 see US Thurs
.sy. The Col. ior some months past, during the
absence % the Clerk To- Europe, has been per form
lrr che responsible duties OF chief Of that imp0r-
-.lt Office. Wr ar. pleased Co see him In the en-
..tl.rt .t good h.r.ta aud O. welcome Dim 90
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28
MANTUA MAKING.

The undersigned having had considerable ex-
perieuee in Manipulating, desires to announce
to the Ladies of Charlestown and vicinity that
she is prepared to do Sewing in she very best
style at very moderate charges.
Residence in the house formerly occupied BY
Jos. II. yesterday on the Corner OF Congress and
Water streets.
MRS. VIRGINIA SOUDERS.
Sept 2Sth, 1878.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

John Owen, a negro man who was, some
time since, rillen upon rail by colored men
for an aggravated offence, on Friday afternoon
Of last week attempted to outrage the person
Of Mrs. Thomas Dllow, an aged lady, who re-
sides near Mechanicstown, a few miles from
Charles;own. Though it is said that by rea-
son Of the villain being frightened by the APP
proach Of some person in a vehicle he did not
accomplish bis vile purpose, he inflicted Sc
we're bruises upon Mrs D. by choking and
beating her, and was preplrel with drawn
knife to take her life. He made his escape
and has not vet been arrested.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28
Estray Hog Taken Up.

LARGE BLACK SOW was found in the
n Cornfed of the undersigned, on farm of
Mr. Charles Aglionby, aboat month age. The
owner must call wiian three weeks aud prove
property, pay charges aud take her away, or dis
position " i'll be made of the animal TO pay dam
ages NANCY FiNNELL.
September IS, lS7s-3t.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

The fertilizer business is very active this
year. The sales Of Upton Dorsey, MauuGctu-
rer at Winchester. viii aggregate one thousand
tons
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28
Another Fat Man Reduces.

H. \. Kufus dealer in dry-goods, Woodruff,
H., writes Botanic Medicine Co., Buffalo n.
y June %, 1878; Genfemen-Pleas
find uclosed S., for which send me- by express,
Auti-Fat have taken one bottle aud lost
FIVE and one-qparter pounds"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

The Keyser Echo and the Buchannon Delta,
both strong Republican journals, refuse to
support Col. Burr. the Republican nominee for
Congress. OF course tits patent to Col. Burr
that be cannot be elected; but he can run and
get credit Tor being a Martyr. and that will
help him immensely with the present admin
istrAtion.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

Friday Of last week Hon. r, Boyd Faux
uor called TO see us, and on Monday, Hon. b.
T Martin also houorej us with a visit. Both
If these gentlemen are encouraged by the out
looS, yet are naturally DESTROYS that their
friends should be active, so as 10 swell their
majorit.cs do hope jefferson County will
51 her whole duty in this matter Nothing
short Of a thousand majority viii meet the
expectations Of our friends elsewhere JeTer-
son strength and iulueoce in the future de-
ponds upon her vote now. Let US not fall
short Every voter shoald 60 to The pol's, and
should interest himself 10 The situation 10 the
extent Of seeing that his ueishbor votes. Our
future prosperity depends much upon our vigil
,ancs now-that vigilance that is tbs price Of
liberty
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28
ART GALLERY,
PHOTOGRAPHY
Notions.

10 Dozen Pairs Alexander genuine Kid Gloves.
black and colored Ladies' fine Under-Vests Silk
Bows. Silk Ties, Silk Handkerchiefs, Swiss Col
lars, Colaretts. Corsets, Dress Buttons, Gents
Silk Scarfs, Black and CoEore6 Neck Ties, under
wear, Overalls, y hose, Hamburg EdgiDg, Cotton
Edge, Coventry Ruiles. Swiss Rtfes, all fresh
goods and new styles. Sust received and forsale
by c. W. TRUSSELL.
Sept 2sth, 1873.
~ raschen's Dogskin and Kid Riding Gloves for
" sale by c. w. TRUSSELL.
Sept 18th, 1878.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

Mr. T. T. Fauntleroy, IT,, declines to be a
candidate against Gen. Hunton. Thus
&" One BY one the Roses fall"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

On Saturday evening last Col. Horace Res
ley. Of Cumberland, the greenback candidate
for Congress in the sixth district Of Maryland.
was struck on the lip by spent ball fred from
rife by some unknown party, either at game
or a target The ball broke the skin and mark
ed the cheek in its passage, fortunately doing
no serious injury.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

1.-THE Grand Annual C1nclave of the Grand
Commandery of Knights Templar, held at
Martinsburg on the 18th of September, the
following officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
E. Sir. J. II. Uallemau, Grand Comdr.;
V. +. Sir, Frank Rex Deputy Grand Comdr
f. Sir. lesser r Purnell. Grand Genera issi-
mo; T. Sir. W. H. H. Flick, Grand Captain
General; T. Sir. II F. Daniels, Grand Pre-
late; f. Sir, ! II Williams, Grand Treasurer
f. Sir, Geo f Irvine, Grand Recorder L
Sir. C. T. Scott Grand s. W; f. Sir. VIM.
Il Riggs, Grand j. w. f. Sir, Oliver Kemp,
Grand Standard Bearer; Sir, Evan Ruff
slime, Grand Sword Bearer f. Sir, Alex.
Parks. Grand Warden; f. Sir, d. O'Boyes,
Grand Captain Guard.
The next Grand Animal Conclave will be
held at rarkersburg, w "a, on the third
Wednesday in September, 1879.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

The MlrtinSburg Statesman thinks the ex-
tension of the S. Y. r. r., to Smithsburg
" unquestionably the true commercial route "
of the road, and to divert it from its natural
route, would be an absurlitv.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28
TRUSTEES SALE
OF
House and Lot in CharleStown.

DY virtue Of a Deed Of trust executed By A.
ID W. Hawks and wife. July q. 1874, recorded
in the Office 81 the Clerk OF the County Court n
Jefferson, Deed Book Il, page l45, DC, for the
benefit Of Jefferson County Building Association
No. 2, the undersigned. Trustee, viii oGera Pub
lie Sale, in front OF the Court House Of said COun
ty, on
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

Last week we noticed that the trial Of Frank
and Cyrus Seist, accused of stealing coal from
B. & O. Z r., trains, was in progress They
were acquitted-Capt George Baylor Prosecu-
ting, Hon. w H. Travers for the prisoners.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28
FARM WANTED.

4 GOOD FARMER desires tn Rent a medium
sized Farm in Jefferson County upo shares.
Any person desiring an industrious tenant, can
be put in communication with such an one by in
quiry ut the FREE PRESS OFFICE.
September 81 1875
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-28

DEST business YOU can engage in. s. to $50
ID per day made by any worker of either sex.
right in their own localities. Particulars and
samples worth IS FREE Improve your spare time
at this business Address STINS0N 4 CO.,
June Is, lS7S-ly. Portland, Maine.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
Additional Particulars OF the Suffering
I'm China.

Recent letters from Pekin furnish
details of the extremity to which the
people in that part of China are reduced
by the want of food. The missionaries
there and in Tientsin had given them
selves to the work of relieving the
distress according as the funds furnished
enabled them to do 20, and out of their
own means had contributed 62S taels
($S72) to aid. Other foreigners in the
legation made up 81, l,2l5 more, part OF
which has been sent to Shansi to be
distributed by the Rev. Messrs. Richards,
Turner and their associates English
missionaries) living in Tai Tuen, the
provincial capital. The first of these
writes as follows:
| believe tbs suffering here is far more
terrible than it was in India last year.
People sell their lards, pull down their
houses TO get little for their timber I;
sell their wives and daughtep; eat roots,
carrion, clay and refuse, to prolong their
lives. And il this was not e1ough TO
move ones pity, the sight Of men, wo.
men, and little children, lying helpless
on the roadside, or il dead, torn BY dogs
and msgpiss, ought TO do %. Even
cases are currently reported and believed,
where the children are being boiled and
eaten. The cold has been unusually
severe, and no coal can be purchased by
these families. The people, one might
say, are dying like flies. They have
only yellow earth mixed with leaves of
various kinds of trees left with-which to
prolong their lives for few days. The
wild fruits are collected before they
are ripe. and the stalks of the sorghum
are all that are left them even
water has failed in places, making it
necessary for the sufferers to seek it
at . distance of halt days journey.
The future IL appalling, for In many
places the want Of rain will prevent the
sfsnnd fcn producing. and tas people
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
Enthanasia In War.

A prolific author on medical science
has left much curious information on the
manners and'customs of his time inter
spersed among his notes and reflections,
and not few anecdotes arising out of his
military experience. After entering on
his first campaign he writes, describine a
horrible scene of carnage and suffering;
81 entered stable, thinking to lodge my
own and my mans horse. where | found
four dead soldiers, and three who were
leaning against the wall, their faces
wholly disfgured and their clsthes
burned by gunpowder. While i gazed
at them with pity, there happened to
come along an old soldier, who asked me
if there were any possible means to cure
them. l told him no. He presently
approached them, and gently cut their
throats, / told him he was a wicked
man, He answered me that be prayed
to God that whenever he should be in
such case, he might find some one who
would do az much Tor him, that he might
not miserably lxDguish." There is q
similar story in most interesting book
called Passages Of an Eventful Life,
by s private soldier: "a poor fellow OF
the Eighty, eighth Light Company, who
had been severely wounded, and seemed
to suffer excruciating agony. begged OF
those who passed him to put him out Of
torture. Although from the nature ot
his wound there was no possibility of his
surviving, yet none felt inclined TO com
ply with the request until German o
the Sixteenth Rifle Battalion, after
hesitatiDg a few moments, raised hi
rifle, and putting the muzzle OF it to hi
head, fired the contents through it
Whether this deed deserved praise ol
blame I leave others to determine"
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
Power Of the Waves.

Those who have never lived on a stormy
coast, nor been to sea, can form no ade-
quate idea Of the effect that can be pro.
duced by the impact of succession Of
waves, OF Of q single wave, What has
happened at Wick, on the extreme
northern coast Of Scotland, where a
breakwater has been building for some
years past, may give an idea of what II
meant by wave power. It was. found
that stones of ten tons weight were a.
pebbles to the waves, which, have been
measured TO BE- here iofty>two feet from
the crest to the bottom Of the trough.
The outer end Of the breakwater, where
the storm beats most violently, was built
of three courses Of one-hundred- ton
stones laid on the rubble foundations !;
next above these were three courses Of
large, fat stones, and upon this q mass
Of concrete, built on the spot OF cement
and rubble. The end Of the breakwater
was thought to b as immovable a the
natural rock; yet the resident engineer
saw it slowly yield to the force Of the
waves, and swing around into the less
troubled water inaids the pisr. 1t esve
~ not IN fngneats but}n sus mas, -
4 ~ . dD9o1lth. 1hs displaced
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

have consumed very much of the grain
for seed before sowing time. ! have been
out in the country for a weeK to visit
the suffering villages in this vicinity; In
one village one-ha'f were reported dead
or sold, and although this was not strictly
correct, / know OF one family In which
only two remained out OF sixteen.
Smaller families had disappeared. In
some cases the dead could not be buried, !,
through the weakness Of the living. /
divided some of my money TO help in
burying them. No grain has been sown
in many places, and therefore, there
will, / fear, be six months or more before
crop can be looked for. Grain is al
ready four times the usual rates, and the
exchange of silver for copper cash is les
than usual.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
An AfectiOnate Wife,

We know an old woman who poisoned
her husband. The old man was rather
tough and did not die before the alarm
was given and neighbors gathered in, and
a doctor was called. The old woman
acknowledged she administered the pei.
son. but when told that If the old man
died she would be hung, she began to
abuse the doctor for not curing the old
man, and finally told the doctor that il
he left her dear husband die she would
prosecute him to the law, and il the law
failed, she pointed to a shotgun in the
room and said: "That never faiis."-
Los Angeles Star.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
Turkish Bath Among the Nez Perces

On last Sunday afternoon "a Times
reporter visited the Ntz' Perces camp
above Fort I.eavenworth,- and through
the courtesy of Lieutenant Wietipg, was
permitted tor snort time to observe the
condition OF the red captives. Every
thing about the camp bore cheerful
aspect and was remarkably clean. This
is in measure due, perhaps,
TO the habits of the tribe, which
require them to take bath every morn
ing. The modus operdndi Of the bath is
in some respects peculiar, one portion OF
the process being a sweat bath. When
the camp was first established the artisans
who were competent for the work built a
sweat-heuse," consisting OF deep hole
in the ground within a few feet of the
river and coverd d ipgeniously with earth,
making the roof appear like a mound
with top like the bottom OF an
iron kettle. An aperture was left
on the east side; in front of
this, fire was built and several large
stones which had been collected were
heated red hot. In the bottom of the hole
was placed AnfRciency of water to cre-
ate steam the rocks then were thrown
in, and the members of the tribe, one
after another, went into the oven, for
such it is, and remained until the bedy
was protusely covered with perspiration.
After this leap through the aperture
10 the open ar, and a plunge into the
cold waters OF the Missouri finished the
bath. This custom is an old one with
the Nez Perces, and the bath Is taken
regularly every morning no matter what
the condition Of the weather is, or what
the ailments of the body may be, 90
long as the man or woman ia able to walk.
This proceeding, which is not unlike a
Turkish bath, is said by the braves who
can speak little English 70 "make In.
dian much good. ~ Leavenworth Times.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
why aue wouian'd Marry Her.

, "Marry her! by GEORGE would il il
wasn't for her confounded nose"
"Nose Ha, ha, What's the matter with
her nose? Is it too short, too long, or crooked
which You're too fastidious, young man
A woman may be a charming wife and have
any one OF these deiormities."
at isn't any of them, old fellow. The fact
is like Kitty--like to look at her aud talk
with her--but any closer relationship could
not endure. Her nose is too cd o.r-o.u.sp p
Unfortunate Kitties should use DIR. Sage,
Catarrh Remedy, the wonderful disinfectine
properties of which instantly sweeten the
breath, destroying all offensive odor. To its
mild, soothing and healing effects the most
inveterate c,ses OF catarrh promptly yield
Sold by druggists.