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Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09
CORNERSTONE or THE uouz.

The chief authority in matters pertaining
to the daily duties in home rests upon the
mother, or the one who occupies the posi-
ton of mistress, of the household upon her
at the same time devolves the sacred duty
of training her family to loving, nnselhsh
lives. There are many wise and good Wo-.
men, who, recognizing their right to direct
and guide in matters pertaining to domestic
happiness, use that right with love and dis
cretion-studying the comfort of all around,
and striving to make order the means, not
the end. But, on the other hand, there are
some kindly disposed, but erring ones, who,
ambitious Of order and its attendant cleanli-
in the way of domestic peace.
The writer was thrown into contact with
Il family who lived in an atmosphere of con-
tinnal yexatious fear, lest some inadvertency
should interfere with the daily routine Of
the household; and the prevailing spirit eX-
ercised itself in the most trivial affairs, SO
that the overturning OF a cup OF coffee at the
table was the torerunner OF domestic thnn-
der-storm. This was an extreme case, but
it shows that one must needs exercise wis
dom, lest order be merged inso discomfort
Love should be the cornerstone of the
honsehold--a love which leads to constant
study on the part of each to further the hap
plness of every other member and mothers
would do wel to inculeate in the mind OF
every child that, while ordeg is Invaluable,
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09
GOLDEN sHEAVEs.

God speed thee we'll, when breakers roar.
And black and swart all nature seems,
When drifting on leeward shore,
Mid thunder boom and lurid CLEANS.
Though all may sound tor hope, a knell,
Safe through the gloom--God speed thee wells
One llfe-a little CLEAN of time between
two eternities, no second cInanee to Us for
eyertnore.
1T is much easier to meet with error than
to find truth. Erroris OH the surface truth
is hidden in gseat depths, and the way to
seek 1t does pot appear to all the world.
-='Fhe harp holds in its wires the possibili-
ties Of nobtest chords yet. it they be not
struck, they must hang dull ami useless. So
is the mind vested with u hundred powers,
that must be smitten by II heavy hand to
prove themselves the offspring Of divinity.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09
PURSE PRIDE.

1t is to be lamented that the national char
acter Of the English is pride, and the mean
est of all pride-purse pride. Even Il poor
lord is despised, and, to increase his fortune,
will marry into a rich citizens family. An
overWeening affection for money, an idola-
trous worship of gain have absolutely con-
founded the general intellect and warped
the Judgment of many to that excess, that
in estimating men or things, they refer
always to What he is worth ~ or s What
will he fetchf'' Were we to point out
person as he passes, and say, There goes
4 good man-one who has not vice. he
would SCARCELY be noticed; but exclaim,
'"That man is worth O,O00," and he will
be stared at till out Of sight. This sordid
habit of thinking was finely hit off by keen
fellow neighboring nation, who had car
ried on business in London and failed. Sit
ting in coflee-house one day, where few
wealthy citizens were discussing some mon~
ey concerns, and observing him very atten-
tive, one person turned aside to him and
said: 8 what's your opinion, sir, Of the
matter?" "S'blood, sir," returned he, pee
vshly, .swhat opinion can y man have in
this country who has not a guinea in his
pocket?" This makes good what Mr.. Burke
says, $ that a speculater has no faith but in
his banker; his ledger is his Bible; the ex-
change is his church; the desk Is his altar,
and his money his god. London Globe.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09

crumb nor spare him a kick in the crowded
streets. But this is virtually the practice of
many parents towards their grown-up
daughters, who are kept in a kind of stalled
ease and plenty, are required to look to
them for the coinmonest decision. and who.
having been disciplined exactly in those
qualities which will least help them in the
battle Of life, wake up one sad morning with
the bitter blast OF poverty blowing upon
luxurious habits, and with the conscious
ness of not exceling i'll one single thing
that can be exchanged for bread.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09

love is indispensable in the family, and that
there are occasions when the latter must
take precedence.
Teach the little ones to love order, because
it conduces to the happiness OF those ubout
them. Teach them that, in observing the
golden motto-s' place for everything,
and everything in its place '-they are saw
ing time which may be devoted to acts of
kindness; that they are saving others the
necessity of standing aside to wait for them.
--.Eschange.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09
Written for the Rocky Mountain Husbandman.
AMBITION.
Exchange.

There are many grand and beautiful
things accomplished by ambition. The mys-
teries OF many things that are yet shrouded
in darkness will brought to light by some
adventurous spirit who aspires to greatness
and is ambitious of gaining honor and fame.
Industry and ambition will alone lead us to
the heights of honor and glory that seem so
distant to us who are now striving to climb
the long and devious steps, one by one,
which will lead us up to where cur ambition
points. 1t is only by perseverance and pa
tience, and adding little here and little
there to our stock of knowledge, that the
desire OF our hearts is crowned with frui-
tion.
There are many things to discourage MS
in the weary battle of life, but we must not
allow trifies and disappolntments to give us
the least thought Of changing our course,
when we know we are doing right.
We should not only labor for ourselves
but we should strive to fit ourselves for q
life of usefulness to our fellow beings, and
it is only by cultivating high ambition
that we can ever. Time passes rapidly and
we should therefore strive to employ every
hour with useful labor, and endeavor to cast
out vain and frivolous thoughts from our
minds and substitute those Of high and
ennobling nature.
We who are now enjoying the most happy
season of our lives should ponder these
things deeply in our hearts. C.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09
OTHER PEOPLES GIRLS.

The English Quartcrly Revieao has some
forcible remarks upon the rearing Of help
less young women. 1t says: False indul-
gence and false authority arc tile rocks on
which thousands of these poor souls are
wrecked. In some homes-and there are
too many of them-young women, in the
sense of thinking or acting for themselves,
may be said never to come of age. They
are raped in q luxury which The stoppage
of one heart or one bank suddenly brings to
an end; and they are kept in leading-strings
or go-carts which prevent their realizing
the intention of their limbs. The incapacity
of some parents to perceive when their
daughters have come to years Of discretion
the jealousy to retain their authority over
women more fitted by age to lead them-is
u feature peculiar to English life. French
mothers have. us NJ. Mohl used to express
it, a teroeste which dictates the choice i'll
marriage both to son and daughter, and
keeps their authority over both, even when
married, but they do not tur,. their daugh-
ter out, single ana powerless, into the world
as English parents TO. We may rail against
French matrimonial arrangements; but,
when contrasted with the sutferings of thou
sands of our country-women, the marriage
de coasveaa1sce rises in the scale. The. case is
simple to state. II we accnstom a lap-dog
to live on chicken, cakes and crealn-to
warm washings, aromatic soaps, blue rib
bons, and soft rugs-we do perhaps silly
thing but If after all this petting we turn
him out in the cold without a bone we do a
| cruel thing. Nor is the matter amended if
we have drilled him into perfect obedience,
taught him to bark at certain signs, to sit
up and beg, and to keep biscuit on his
nose till he is told to eat it; for all these arts
and accomplishments will never get him a
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09
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WORK AND WORRY.

"Studying too hard,'' over-worked,"
are charged with many deaths, but not wise
ly. Trouble kills. 1t is very rare thing
for man to think himself TO death. unless
connected with something more or less dis
tressing. Study is bliss to the student-he
had rather study than eat the sound of the
dinner bell is always unwelcome. The
greatest students in moral PHILOSOPHY, and
divinity, and physics (not pkysic) have lived
long, and worked efficiently to tourscore
and beyond. Thought is to the brain what
exercise is to the physical constitution it
keeps the channels of life clear, the blood
vessels unobstructed, and the vital fluid
courses along them, distributing newness
of life and yigor Of action to the latest hour
of existence, while the want of thought
brings stagnatlon to the circulation, and
causes man to drivcl and sleep in old age
dead as to everything except eating, and
doing, and hoyering over the fire. Men
may study eyer so hard, and after so may
study with comfort and advantage for 5, 10
and 10 hours, day after day; and, if the
studies are pleasurable, they promote the
general well-being OF the system, both phys
ical and mental, if only abundant sleep Is
had, with regular supply of simple and
nourishing food, sitting down to meals in
pleasant moods, and allowing good half
hour before study is resumed. Many of our
literary men die prematurely, not from over
study, but from depressing mental states
and irregular or excessive eating and drink
| ing.
1t is haste, rather than steady, continuous
labor OF body or mind, Which hurries multi.
| tudes to their graves scores of years before
| their time. With all haste there is impa-
tience, solicitude, worry. The fastest trains,
| the fleetest steamers, the first trotters, eve
| ryWhefe command premiums. 10 save time,
might boots = are patronized, breakfast is
boltetl, the morning papers read on the cars,
and everything is done under high pressure.
| But, just as certainly as a bank balance,
rapidly drawn upon, melts away before ii
was expected, so does this reserve Of vital
stamina disappears used up-and the man
dies in his prime, at the very moment, often,
when he had just got into position where
he could afford to enjoy himself. f.-Hall's
| Journal Of Health.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09
THE H0 M { CIRCLE E.
LOST.

wild rose by the wayside hung,
ew-glittering on the morning air,
pure, scarce conscious perfume flung;
looked, ard found the t1ow'rct fair
SO fair, sought with sudden zest
10 wear its beauty on my breast
The trembling details at my touch
sweeter, snbtler, fragrance shed;
Els strange loved that flower 50 much,
And-it was dead.
In that high mood when thought hath wings,
And finds alone its speeca in song,
l struck an old harp's slumbering strings,
And drew an idle hand along;
Nor dreamed the careless chords had sought
The life note that my mind had sought,
Till sudden on my startled ear
It's dream created accent woke.
Aiaek! bought the rapture dear
The string had broke.
l heard wild bird on the shore
Singing wild song to the sea,
And bold the burden that it bore,
And sweeter than all else to me-
SO sweet, Gagged the bird to hear
His magic mnstrelsy more near.
chtaned, the captlVe's 8 swelling throat
In one sad song his whole soul cast;
Too well knew his lovoliest note
Had been his last
And yet while memory hath power
To count the hours too yainly spent,
The fragrance of that faded flower
That harp's last dying music blent
With the wild bird $ weird deah-song will
Haunt my every waking moment still.
Teaching my heart the bitter cost
ofall the eye of hope hath seen,
Of all that life hath won and lost
That might have been.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09
THE HORRORS OF SIBERIAN Ex1LEs.

The following fearful picture is from an
article in the Contemporary Review. AS the
author, Karl Blind, is a Doted socialist"
and : Mr.. Lemke" probably belongs to the
sane class, some allowance should be made
for possible exaggeration and it ought to
he added also that only small number of
those eXiled to Siberia are condemned to
labor in the mines:
OF the treatment of exiles in Siberia /
have before me thrilling description from
the pen of Mr.. Robert Lemke Il German
writer, who has visited the various penal es-
Establishments OF Russia with an official le-
gitimation. lie had been to Tobolsk after
which he had to make Il long, dreary jour
nal (?) in a Wretched car, until Il high noun
tain rose before them. In its torn aud crag-
gy flank the mountain showed colossal
opening similar to the mouth of a burnt-out
crater. Fetid yapors, which almost took
away his breath, ascened from 1t.
Pressing his handkerchief upon his lips,
Mr.. Lemke entered the opening of the rock,
where he found /; large Watchhonse, with a
picket of Cos>Acks. Having shown his pa
pers, he was conducted by guide through
long, very uark and narrow corridor,
Which, Judging from its sloping descent, led
down into some unknown depth. In spite
OF his good fur, the visitor felt extremely
cold. After walk of some ten minutes
through the dense obscurity, the ground be-
coming more and more soft, a vague shm-
mer OF light became observable. 1--WE are
in the mine!' said the guide, pointing with
a significant gesture to the high iron cross
bars which closed the cavern before them.
The massive bars were covered with a
thick rust. A watchman appeared, who
unlocked the heavy iron gate. Entering
room of considerable extent. bnt which was
scarcely mans height, and Whic was
dimly lit by IN oil-l,,mp,the visitor asked !:
Where are we?'' In the sleeping room
of the condemned! Formerly it Was pro-
ductive gallery of the mine; now it serves
as SHELTER
The visitor shuddered. This subterrane-
an sepulchre, lit by neither sun nor moon,
was called sleeping room. Alcove-like
cells were hewn into the rock; here, on a
couch of Damp half-rotten straw, covered
with sackcloth, the unfortunate sufferer
was to repose from the days work. Over
each cell a cramp-iron was fixed. WhereWlth
to lock up the prisoners like ferocious dogs.
No door, no window anywhere.
Conducted through another passage.
where 4 few lanterns We're placed, and
whose end was also barred by all iron gate,
sIr. Lernke came to large vault, partly lit.
rhi, was the mine. A deafening noise OF
sicAaxes and hammers. There he saw some
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09

a'1oleas vi WIetcleu ISufes, WIN shaggy
boards, sicRly faces, Redeemed eyelids; clad
in fetters, some of them barefoot, others in
sandals, fettered with heavy foot-chains.
NO song, no whistling. Now and then they
shyly looked at the visitor and his compan-
ion. The water dripped from the stones;
the tatters of the convicts were thoroughly
wet. One of them, a tall man of suffering
mien, iabored hard with grasping breath,
but the strokes Of his pickaxe were not
heavy and firm enough to loosen the rock.
why are you here?' Mr.. Lelnke asked.
The convict looked confused, with an air
almost of CONSERVATION, and silently con-
tinued his work.
'' 1t is forbidden to the prisoners" said
the inspector, s to speak of the cause of
their banishmentt'
Entonlbed alive; forbidden to say why!
9 But who is the convict?'' MIR. Lemke
asked the guide, with low voice.
lit is Number Hap the guide replied,
laconically.
This | see," answered the visitor; '.sbut
what are the mans antecedents? 10 what
family does he belong?'
He is a count" replied the guide; "a
well-known conspirator. More, regret to
say. cannot tell you about Number ll4!',
The visitor felt as if he were stified in the
grave-like atmosphere-as if his chest were
pressed in by demoniacal nightmare. He
hastily asked his guide to return with him
to the upper world. Meeting there the COM
mander OF the military establishment, he
was obligingly asked by that officer:
"Well, what impression did our penal es-
| tablis'ment make upon your
Mr.. Lemke stiffly bowling in silence, the
officer seemed to take this as kind of salts
fled assent, and went on:
Every industrious people, the men below;
are they not?''
but with what feelings MIR. Lemke
answered, "must these unfortunates look
forward to a day OF rest after the weeks
toll ~
"Rest!'' said the officer; convicts must
always labor. There is no rest for them
They are condemned to perpetual forced Ia
Dor; and he who once enters the mine never
leaves it!''
But this is barbarous ~
The officer shrugged his shoulders, and
said, 1.-THE exiled work daily for twelve
hours +: on Sundays too. They must never
pause. But, no; | am mistaken. Twice a
year. though, rest is permitted to them-at
Easter time and on the birthday Of his Ma.
jesty the Emperor
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Thomson fifteen acres of land nenr Summit
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mIsCRhLANEoUS.
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NOTICE TO FARMERS.
" - ~ - ,

" II 81 "a II,
orn, Hay Potatoes
Wanted for CASH. Apply at our Coal spd Wood
January IS. 1873.
CORN MEAL
AYE have ON hand at our Steam Mill. near the
Depot. sGPpi5 of pure we'll ground COHS
MEAL. which We will Re!I At WbOlssale or retail.
June "a, 1879. LIPPITT K co.
DUNE WINCHESTER LINE. fer &c bite Wash
L ing. Iust in LIPPITT 4 co.
March II. 1879.
nREssED FLooRING.-Hnve just received
- supply of No / Dressed Flooring we'll sea
sOaes, sad mace of best North csroI5nS PI1s toF
sale low for cash by LFPIii z CO
mock SALT for sailing Live stock just re-
II ceived Aod for sale very low Tor Ss % p
June II. 1879 LIPP''' "e-'''
S55.66 s&iifSia 81. s. 81 S.;
"oNEY tor .aie by
II July 1919 8. 8. DALGARa.
c1TnvE POLISH for sale by
y oe.ssse q, 1879. SIS. DALGAaa-
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SURVEYING AND CONYEYANCING.

T WILL survcy anywhere, promptly AMI at
F.. l. short notIcc-accuracy guaranteed. Special
attention paid in connection Herewith to
DRAWING DEEDS or any other instruments of
Writing. am cnHaged ia preparing q second
edition: of my Map of Jefferson County. and viii
relative thereto.
r O.-Chaficstowu, Jefferson Co.. W. Va
Dec. IL. 1877. 3. HOWELL BROWN.
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CARRIAGES OF ALL DESIGNS,

RockaWays. PIaetoas. BuRgics. JunPseats. jag.
gers, and Extension Top spring Wagons and
Market Wagons.
Having been doiTg business eleven ytars, and
working for WsIIs J. Hawks before the war. and
having now in my employ sir VIM. Davis and
Thosas Ryan, nEWks' old IelistIe Painter aud
Wood worker, can give sattyfSetiOR TO all who
msy favor me with Rcnll. All New Work built ~
Ine warranted for twelve months.
REPAIRING dnns in the best rnanBsr and At
shOrt notice. and with The beet material.
JOHN z. HILBERT.
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T9I.- 'kNO:3l1iql@on7S
Dental OFFICE,
CoaxER OF CHARLES ASD LIBERTY STREETS,
fa:aE'sSseDWEss

The Lynchburg Tisyi"iu", ono of the
oldest and best of the Virginia GaiIres. dous
a new suit, and cumcs out as fresh and beau
tful young bride. Missy it have con-
tinucd suceesa.
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LADIES' HAIR WORK.

MISS IDA TUTwILER is prepared to do Hair
NJ Work At moderate price,, and sflI maks
BrOids Puds. CurIs. Frizzss. etc. at resids nce OF
her father, near the HApsist Church, IN Charles.
town.
April ], ls7o-tE.
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BARGAiNs Go t" Mrs. Armcutrou,'s for
Bargains in Hosiery, Gloves, 60.

A CARD.
To all who are suffering from the errors and in
discretion of youth, nervous weakness, early
decay, loss of manhood, &C. ] will send a recipe
that will you. FREE OF CHARGE: This
great remedy was discovered by . missionary IN
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Roofing and poutina
A SPECIALITY.
Jefferson carriage FACTORY

sesst:T e: t::P:e. os a
and the public generally, that hs2p-@-0.
is still the DID stand in CbariestOwD, the adj
joining square 10 the Rank Of Cha lestOwn. two
doors Wet Of TrusSelI * Lucas' stoTe, where be