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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20
MIsc ELbANEoUs.
The Naturalist's Agency,

3" AS been ests blished at 1923 Belmopt Aven
ue. PhilRdeIphia. Tor the purpose of giving
cH.sctois OF objects CT Natural history an oppor-
lunity @ buyi ing. telm or exchanging their du-
plieaIes or collections.
have now over IS tons, and nearly $4,000
worth of Minerals hand have sold over S Ia
900 worth since the 18th Gay of January. when the
frat box was put into my establishment 1esIer-
dav October 3Ist, my eash sales and cAsh receipts
were over S1O0.
Our NISEaALooIcAL CATALoGuE.s ilu strated by
over $500 worth of engravings, IL now ready for
distribuIion Free ali crstomers- To e:kers
on receipt of 10 eeats for postage. desiie esps-
cially 10 cali attention TO my remarkably hne
specimens of Amazon Stone, of which have
have had nine-tenlhs of all the specimens ever
found. have made six trips to the locality and
think NAV safely say that more " i'll be found
Good CRYSTALS from IS eente 10 : Loo each.
NV Titanium Minerals are the nest ever knowr.-
Besides the Hydrated Titanic Acid. IL drotitahite
. mineral recently EnalyEed by DR.. koenig, of
PenpsyIyania Universty have alec remarkably
we'll crvstAlized Perofskite, BIoOkiies OF enormous
size R5tiles &c nieulated till they form circle,
ScborIouite w arwickite, &c.
In Peganite ~ have large surfaces eoVereS with
minute bright green crystals WI have the most
beautiful green " arelite ever known, eolersa by
The CeIumbite crystaIs that occur in the 4dnazon
Stone very interesting. The 6raphiie hens
New Mexico occurs in hexagSnal prisrns
The EmboliIe from New Mexico 10 the best ever
found At any locality. We are selling Amethyst
at far lower prices than IL sold At before.
We have sold 8 900 worth aimee the 10Th of
Ia1y
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20
Fire Insurance Agency.
Representing si0,OOO,OOO.

NTNA, of Hartford
CONTINENTAL, of New York.
PEABODY, of Wheeling.
DROMPT attention given TO Fire Insurance
i business iu Jefferson and adjoining Counties.
II A.ALEXANDER.
July II, lS77-tf Gcu'I lns. a gent
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20
LOCK! LOOK! PRICES DOWN /!
Goods Cheaper Than Ever!

WALL at the Cheap Cash Store of N. TRUSS ELL
~ and get Goods at tie foltowIn g prices: Good
Prints, 5 cts per yard A. UDbieached Cotton,
cts. yard; Bleachcd Cotton : cts yard;
Ladies' Summer Yeas, 40 CITE. Ladies 2-Button
Lis!e GlOyes- Is cite. per pair; LEdics' Linen
Cuffs, eta. per p@ir: Table Damask. pure Linen,
Is per yard; Linen Drill. lac per yard; ClarEs
Beat Spool Cotton, . cts spool Green Daniels
Spool Cotton, cts. spool Gross Shirt Buttons,
5 cts. F.: Paper of Needles, ! cts: Paper of Hair
PiEs ct. 100 yds. Spool Silk, cite: Paper Pins
&c; G.nts' Hose 10 ctE per doz.: Gents sheep Skin
Gloves, Winchester make. 50 cts per pair; GNnts'
Heavy Buck Skin Gloves, Winchester make,
S l.l5: Gents Linen DrEteTR. SI.OJ; Gents'
White Duck Vesta, ! leo. fynu want bar g aims
don't forget TO go TO -. TRUSSELL's Cheap Cpsh
Store, Merchants new room, opposite Methodist
Parsona &c. Main street, ChArlestown, W. We.
10 4 pleasure to chow Goods. Mt.
June 4. ISIS.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20

Train passing Cherleetown at II OF p. NJ, runs
only Mondays. Wed esdays and SaturdAys.-
All other trains daily except Sunday,
June IS. 1878.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20
MURPHY LUNCH ROOM.

7 HAVE opened in connection with my Bakery
and Con fectiorerv
4 CommOdiOus Lunch Room,
and viii! accommodate people at any hour with
Coffee. Bread and Ham. Buns, EEgs, Cheese and
Crackers, Pie, Rusks and TOPRue-sll at reasoE-
able rates. PHIL. t. ROHR.-
January % 1873
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
ATTENTION. FARMERS!

JErHEAT Insured against Fire and lightning
w in Stack Barn, whilst in the Straw, and
after Tbreshed and slowed in the Grarary, and
permission granted to Thresh by Steam.
Il. A. ALEXANDER,
July is, lS7S-tf. Fire Ius. Art.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20
HOUSE-PiINTING, PAPERENG, &C.

VNHE undersigued respectfully infor ms the pub
l. lie that he will execute promptly, in good
style and we'll,
HOUsE-PAINTING, PAPERING, GLAZING,
and all things pertaining to his avocntou upon
easy terms nd reasonable charges. will re-Var-
mich Furniture, aud for this purpose, IL desired,
will go homes of patrons in town or country.
WIN. W. JOHNSON.
Charlestown, December II. lS77-ly.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20

tTOUSTAUIIE Produced in two weeks; Luz
W urious whiskers in one month grand
success. Those -h0 wsntH nice Whisker or Nous
bot a genuine article The preparation IL so very
expensive in its character. that cannot sell 10
at less than Sl-0O per package il will be mailed
free receipt Of the price. by addressing HUNT
d CO. lair DrcsserS, Main Street, Rockville,
Ont.
Nnr.rnh.- o. Is1--Ir
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20
DAVID H. CocKRILL. -GJosEPH H. CocKRllI
DAVID 81. COCKRILL & SON,
& BUILDERS
CharIcstoHn. JefTeraan Cnuntr.E

V1R G 1 a.
oUR experience in the business which we adver
~ tise to conduct, and our Thorough acquaintance
With it in all its branches enable to assure the
public that any work entrusted to will he exc
cuted in the most workmanlike manner, and with
the utmost dispatch. Having stood to their posts
in the Confederate army during the four years
struggle which it SO manfully encountered, they
have located in their native county, WHO'RE their
services offered in bpilding the waste places,
and in carrying out practical recon struction.
Particular attention given at all times to the
drawing of plans and specifications; and in the
construction OF
where calculation is required, they are conhden
that they cannot be surpassed by any workmen in
the Valley of Virginia.
o. Being well known in the community, they
deem it unnecessary to say more, than that orders
left TOR them will receive prom pit attention.
April :, lS6S-t,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20
M EcH NICAL.
Carpenter and Builder.
IAMEs w, BUTT n

NONTINUES the vigorous prosecution OF bis
I nyocation 5 Carpenter and Builder, and will
take orders for work nd execute the same prompt
" and satisfactorily His experience is such that
he can guarantee perfect workmApship, and his
prices will compare favorably with the most
reasonable. Those desiring to build should give
him = call.
April %, 1875
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20
Starch Polish.
DOhbins'
(HOW DA SHINE

a GREAT biSGOEERf
By tho of which every family may give their
Linen that brilliant polish pecu liar TO hoe laundry
work Saving time and labor in ironing. moro
than its entire cost. Sold by Grocers, or will DO
sent postage paid receipt of % cent?.
DORB'NS, BRO. & Co. f3 n. Fourth St. Phila
GILBERT BROS, Wholesale gents, Harpes's
Ferry, w. Va.
December 25, 1ST7-ly.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20

INEFFECTIVE: Or how TO see behind yourself
A. More fun in ii tbsn thin in CbristcndOm.
Write with a twenty Eve cent piece. and mai 10
bureh.S
November 81, IS.7-ly
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20

MEN Il WOMEN in every department ofha-
WI man industry, furnished with practical re-
ceipts, processes. aud reliable Information upon
subject. or vent n receipt for anything, enclose
ONE DOLLAR in reRistsred letter TO A. d.
HU"E, ~ A. F. r G. s.. BrockViiie, Ontario,
when yonr wants will be mplied With. and the
most relishts information forwarded you.
NoverahaS-2I IsI1-IH.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20

DILES.-A certain and sfccturI rure. Tris
L box only SIC. Address DR. PIERCY, ogdeps-
burgb. NY
Noyetnbe 81, ls77-ly.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20
IMPROVED FOLDING CHAIRS.

TTNEIE undersigned having purchased the right
Il to manufacture Sutherland'S Improved
Folding Chair. would ann"nmce TO the public
that he is prepared to take orders for and
put up the same. at his shop. corner of Nam
and Samuel streets. CharlestOwn. This Chair
is strong. comfortable and convenient, and is
made i'll four different sizes. Can be used
handsome piece of pHrlOr furniture, rs a Sick
Chair, to which purpose it is we'll adapted. Can
also be folded up and packed away, or moved
about with ease and convenience. fair sam
pie of the large size NAV he at the Drug
Store of Messrs. Light 6 Mitchell. Call and
them. T1lOS. G. RUST.
April 16 lS7S.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-08-20

DEVOLyING Ink Stands, for sale by
n April 2, 1878. HORACE BEALL.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09
TINE Stunning LAMP.

Say, is your lamp burning, my brother.
pray YOU look quickly and see;
For if il were burning, then surely
Some beams would fall bright upon Inc.
Struight, straight is the road; but faltcr,
And oft shall fall by the way.
Then lift your lamp higher, my brother,
Lest / should make fatal delay.
There are many and many around you,
Who follow wherever you go.
If you thought that they walked in the
shadow,
Yonr lamp would burn brightly, know.
Upon the dark mountains they stumble,
They fall Oh the rocks, and they lie
With their white pleading faces turned up
To the clouds and the pitiful sky.
IL once all the lamps that are lighted
Should steadily blaze out in line
Wide over the earth and the ocean,
What girdle Of glory would shine!
How all the dark places would tighten;
How the mist would roll up and away;
How the earth would laugh ont IN their
gladness,
And hail the millenniai day.
say, is your lamp burning, my brother!
pray you look quickly aud see;
For if il were burning, then surely
Some beams would fall bright upon me.
"A Colored Man, in the Boston Congre.
gationalist.l
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09

alacrity. A species Of campOdea
was also discovered hiding under
stones in damp places, and this too,
was cycless. A spider, white and
very small, Was in the same condi.
ton. The "Harvest-men" were rep.
resented by - species, also white.
aud equally blind. a myrapod was
found having rudimentary eyes.
Most interesting, however, are the
blind crawfish. in which the eyes
are rubin ntary in the adults, but
much larger in the young. The
writer's think that is an evidence
that the Inheritance Of the blind
condition is Probably due to causes
first acting on the adults and trans.
mitted to the young, ending in the
production of offspring that be.
comes blind through habit. The
strangest of thOse eyeless creatures
mentioned is, perhaps, an isipOd.
inasmuch az it is nearly allied to
species in the Austrian caves which
are in similar condition.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09
ONE PERFECT DAY.

Midway about the CIRCLE of the year
There is n single perfect day that lies
Supremacy fair before our careless eyes.
After the spathes of floral bloom appear,
Before is found the first dead leaf and sere,
II comes, precursor Of the Autumn skies,
And crown Of Springs endcavor. Till 1t
dies
We do not dream the tiawless day is here,
And thus, as on the way of life we speed,
Mindful Int Of the joys we hope To see,
We never think, These present hours ex-
coed
All that have been or that shall ever he;
Yet somewhere on the journey we shall stay
Back ward to gaze on onr midsummer day
IA. Is. sexton in Scribner.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09
Beef, Pork and Mutton.

7 GIVE NOTICE NOW, THAT FROM
L this date until further notice, will have
meat At tie market house in Homer, every
Tuesday, Thursday sad Saturday.
Ny meat will be of the best quality, nicely
dressed and NJ cheap a can be sold in this
market. Will open regularly three times
week with the beginning Of the season
THOMAS ID. KINDER.
May :, 1878. 3e:-
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09
Call a Man."

A plain, unassuming bashful
Young man was John Eldred, living
with his mother on good farm,
lett him by his father, WHO was
dead. They were in excellent cir
cumstanccs, and John was as happy
as n well.to. do farmer can be. He
was no fool, either, for he had a
good library, and read it too, and
gained great deal of useful knOwl.
edge. John was good looking, not
handsome man, but tall, finely
formed man. But John had one
failing in my eyes-he was 20 years
old and not married. Nor was
there any prospect Of any such
event happening very soon, for of oil
the bashiul young men that ever
wore a collar John Eldrcd was the
worst. The girls in that immediate
vicinity were strangers to him.
John always avoided everything
that wore 4 dress, save his mother
, aud sister.
Johns mother was a quiet, loving
woman, who ever had upperlnost in
her mind the happiness of her chill.
dren, consequently she had for some
time secretly wished that John was
married.
Gertrude, Johns sister, was a
very pretty young lady, and also
shared her mothers wish, but how
to bring it about she could not una.
CINE.
In the same ncighborhood lived
Judge Clark, who had daughter
named Mabel. Now John had for a
long time secretly admired Mabel
and although he had never betrayed
it, his sister had guessed his secret
and resolved TO bring about match
between the two, but just how to dc
it she did not know.
1t happened in July, the auecdote
am now in shape to relate. Ger
trude had invited a number of girl:
to a quilting party one afternoon
Mabel among the rest. She tolC
John that they were coming, and
added:
"Now John, for my sake do come
in to tea this afternoon. You know
all the girls that will be here
and
"But Gertrude, that patch o
timothy by the wood must be cut
and as Jim has gone home to sta.
over Sunday, ] shall have to Gu
it.n
And 30, much to Gertrude's cha
grin, he took his scythe over hi
shoulder after dinner, and starte'
for the patch of timothy. But h
fingered around the orchard unit
he saw the plump figure Of Mabe
Clark coming, and then heaving
sigh he started for his work.
The patch Of timothy referred t
was a newly cleared piece of lane
nearly surrounded by woods, and s
full of stumps and log piles that
was impossible to use the machine
Here we will leave John moving
and return to the party.
= 1t was a very warm day, 30 tn
girls had moved the quilt out doOl
in the shade of some NAPLES, al
|, there they sat, chatting, joking an
laughing As only q party Of ligl
headed girls can.
!, Meantime John had moved Sc
eral times across the patch. and
began to DO terribly hot. The 90
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09
The Inhabitants of the Mammoth
Cave.

In the American Naturalist there
is given a long and interesting de-
scription Of the various creatures
found living within the Mammoth
Cave Of Kentucky. The fishes were
all blind. One beetle was totally
blind, and in another there were
only pale spots, or rudimentasy
eyes. A wingless grssshopper was
found jumping about with great
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09

At the last conference of the NJ.
f. Church South, hcid at Opelousas,
it was decided to hcad the next an.
nuat conference at New Orleans in
December. Since the terrible
sconrge has visited that city, II has
occurred to many members of the
body that the people of New Orleans
will I've in no condition TO entertain
the confluence. Although there
would be little il any danger. The
church at this place is perfectly viii.
ling to receive that body aud dur
ing the past week the matter has
been discussed and met with gener
al approval, that the conference be
invited to meet in Shreveport. We
feel assured that our citizens will
cheerfully open their doors to the
members.-Skrcceport Times.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09

Professional and business cards, OF ten
line, or less in length, el5 per aunumi Tor
six months, $40; for three months; VI
Uu.iness advertisements Of greater length
will be inserted at above rates.
Legal advertisements will be charged nj
,soal ratos, where liked by law; otherwise
nj special rates a. published above.
~ Special notices 20 cents per line,
Funeral notices Of less than ten lines,
anil marriage and religious notices inserted
gratis.
Job.work executed i'll the neatest style
aud At reasonable prices.
August ~. 1877.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09

Did yoo ever notice that - rag 3
geder and mora ffSysd tie neck
band of your shirt grew, the moee
starch youf washefwuman would
put into It, and tbs harder ard
giossier she iroued iti Ard the
higher You carried your head The
more you fdgetedi i
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09

An editor is pretty certain to Lose
a patron vixen his foreman puts a
marriage notice under the head of
Another Stumble Come to Light
The groom, instead of accepting the
Oluuder a. new sAnpis Of Amer
can humor, gets awfully mad, aud
wants to murder somebody. ~,
Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08
An Indian Latindry.

The laundry arrangements of India seem to be very defective. A small viii lage not far from Coimbatore wax at tackled by cholera The number of the inhabitants of the village was only one hundred, and such was the virulence of the attack that more than fifty of them were seized with the illness, and within the two months of February and March a third died. A supply of medicines was dispatched to the sufferers under charge of a hospital assistant, who on his arrival at the place found several vil- lagers employed in washing the clothes of the cholera patients in large we'll from which they derived their supply of drinking Water. This proceeding was at once stopped, the well was closed, and 8 supply of water obtained from an un- contaminated source, the result being the speedy abatement of the epidemic.
Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08

the dice himself in the large wooden cup, shaped like an hour glass. In- stead of the sands of time dropping down, the sinews of life fan out of it until the young man had only few dol lars remaining. He left the d1ce table, and gong over to the roulette game placed dollar on thirty-fve black. As in the dice game, it was the first bet of the kind he had ever made, and he won again, receiving $36 for one. He kept on playing until he had piled up about $100, when he departed, probably only to return the next night, like moth to the candle
Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08
To Worry the T,ivpr

And iniure the system generally, take blue pills and calomel. To regulate it, and endow the entire system with healthful vigor, use Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters. Bilious invalids, which of these two recipes will you adopt? i? We doubt not the latter, By so doing. you will avoid the disastrous consequences which the persistent or frequent use of mercury en- tails, and effectuate the desired reform in the action of the biliary gland without danger, as well as speedily and thoroughly. The Bitters invariably remedy yelluwness of the complex ion and whites of the eyes, pains in the right side and under the right shonlder-blade, furred tongue, high colored urine, nausea vertigo, dyspepsia, constipation, heaviness of the head, mental despondency, and every other manifes- tation or accompaniment of disordered con- dition of the liver. The stomach, bowels and kidneys also experience their regulating and tonic influence.
Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08
Anti.Rent Outraees.

The story of George Clarke. of Otseoc
 county, on whose affidavit Charles Mon.
 tanye has been arrested, charged with
 compicity in the crimes of . secret as.
 sociation Of Anti Renters in the inter;o,
 of New York, recalls one of the mos,
 troubled periods in the political history
 of the Empire State. For eight years
 the war between landlords and tenants,
 went on; it led to riots, arson, and mnr- der and it eliminated in an open insur- rectlon which was only suppressed by martial law. Long after the midnight consplrac1es and masked raids were crushed out, the bitter quarrel confirmed ln the courts and in party politics and although it is thirty years since onan violence ceased, there can be no a5rl,tl that the influence of the old rebellion is still felt in the public sentiment of +ba infected counties. The anti-rent dis. turbances of 1889 and subsequent years orlgmated Tn certain semi-feudal oblioa- uons imposed upon their tenants by the Dutch patroons; but these tronbles were not altogether a remonstranca agalnst feudalism, for they involved also strictly communistic insurrection against the undoubted right of the land owner
 In this latter combination of the Tenants Mutual Society in Montgomery it is correctly represented in MT. Clarke's affidavit-the relations be- tween landlord and tenant have not been complicated by any quasi-feudal tenure. but have been perfectly simple and straightforward. The father of the present owner of the estates leased farms for two lives at an annual rent of 124 cents an acre. Since 1870 the leases nave been running out in great number, ana the controversy is all about the price M aG which they ought to be renewed. MT. Olarke has demanded from fifty cents to R2.5o an acre. The Tenants Society proceeded to fix maximum price to suit themselves. The tenants who az. ,epted Clarke's terms were driven away oy violence; barns and dwellings were burned; crops were destroyed and a critic region was reduced to waste )ne man charged with setting fire to buildings has been arrested, and the ase is one that attracts much attention.
Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08

AcQUrrrED.-A Scotch murderer was acquitted few weeks ago in Edinburgh on the ground that he was asleep when he seized his little child and dashed it's head against a stone wall The verdict was that the prisoner had killed hls child while in 8 condition of somnambu- nsm, when he was unconscious of the nature of the act. The judge urged hlm 70 Sleep alone in future, and to. take every possible means to cure himself of mat unfortunate, though involuntary Hnlt' which had already caused so much misery.
Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08
Anti-Fat Chemically Examined.

The analytical chemist, W. B. DRAKE, of Buffalo, N. Y, recently analysed Allan's Anti Fat, and gave the following:
 CERTIFICATE
 have subjected Allan's Anti-Fat to chemical analysis, examined the process of its manu- facture, ana can truly say that the ingredients of which it is composed are entirely vegetable and cannot but act favorably upon the system, and it is well calculated to attain the object for which it is intended. W. H. DRAKE.
 Sold by druggists. Chemist.
Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08
BIG BARGAINS FOR AGENTS

Don't say Humbug, but judge for yourself. Send for free Iith- ograph of Sion $50 Freight Paid Sold, on Trial Wagon Scale, al Iron and Steel, Brass Beam. Address Jones of Binghamton. Binghamton, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08

For Upwards of Thirty Years Mrs, Ws'estoao's Soothing Syrup has been used for children with never-failing success. Is corrects acldity of the stomach, relieves wind collie, reg- lates the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes An old and well-tried remedy. 25c. bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08

Sitting Bull has made application to be allowed to come back the Govern. meLt refuses.