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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-03-18

READ THIs.-Wishing to close out my
winter stock, l am now selling very low for
cash. Special bargains in Hosiery, Ham,
burgs and Corsets. Dress Goods and all
Worstet articles at Cost. until March 1st.
Mrs. S. Fl. ARMENrRoUT.
Jan. 21st, 1879
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-03-18
Tin, Sheet Iron. Roofing, SpOutine
AND
STOVE HOUSE.

IAN Aain street, in Chariestown W. Va. where
" will be glad to see all my old friends and
customers am prepared to furnish anything N
in ths TIN AND STOVE line at tho very lowest
prices. Roofing and spouting done at the 'hor test
nstico md in q superior manner. Repairing done
st once Repairs for Stoves furnished. The very
best Cook Stoves aud Ranges always on hand, sold
cheap. and warrented to work we'll. All kinda OF
TIS-wARE always on hand.
o. Old Iron. Brass, Copper. Lead, SheepsSins,
Hides, Beeswa1. Bacon, Lard, Soap, Thlow and
Country Produces generally, taken in exchange for
Tin Work Stoves. Call md me, and you will
never have ause to regretit
JOSEPH II. .EAsTERDAY.
Nav lS74-y
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Train 80, daily; train 81, Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays. Aiiother trains daily except
Sunday.
Janpary 1879.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-03-18

CnEw Jsokson's Best swee. Navy Tobacco.
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Eaca package contains sDrSsensordsInproved Inhal
ing Tube Hitf full for in ell cases. Price
SltJ For sale by all Wholesale aud Retail Druggist:
tNrouChout thc Uniied Stales. " EEkS q POTTER
General and wholesale Druggists Boston, Mas
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mis- cELLAHEo US.
How the "Star-spangled Banner
Came to be Written.

BY J. FAIRFAX M'LAueHL1N, A. NJ.
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Spirit Of Jefftrson.
TUESDAY MORNING. HARCH IS. 1919.

CharlcstoNn, JEFFERSON county, West Va.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-21
Unhorning Calves.

In some parts of Great Britain
the farmers have way OF dishorn-
ing calves. When the calf is few
weeks old, they take a strong pain
of shears, and with one clip cut of
the small projecting horn. This
prevents the future growth OF
horns. The animals sell higher in
consequence. They cannot hook
and injure one another, or sheep,
or horses, or people, thereafter. 1t
is true it hurts the calf a little at
first, but not as much as castraJing
does. 1t don't hurt them as much
as they hurt other animals fire.
quently with their long, sharp, ugly
horns. We think the practice
would be an excellent one on the
Texas plains. These cattle have TO
be shipped long distances in rail
road cars. They injpre one anoth
er severely by hooking. They re-
quire more room with horns than
without them.
We hope some of our readers will
try this dishorning process. When
the horn is about half an inch long
is the best time. 1t can I've done
with a pocket knife and be effect
i've, but strong shears are said to
be better, 1t is not necessary to
sere the parts with a hot IRON
There will be bleeding, but that
will stop in an hour or two, and the
calves will go to eating as though
nothing had happened. Live cattle
are now being shipped from Texas.
Colorado and Montana to Europe.
Without horns they can. be shipped
with more safety and profit. Let
this plan be tried Rural World.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-21
LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLINE HAROLD, EDITOR.
A Gracious Thought.

The man who meets and loves the
woman of twenty-five is truly fortu-
nate, and she is equally fortunate in
meeting and loving him, says wri-
ter in a feminine journal. At that
age she seldom deceives herself and
is seldom deceived. She may not
have, she is not likely to have
then her first sentimental expert
ence; but such experience at such
an age is more than sentimental,
and rarely ever fleeting. She looks
back at the youths she imagined
she was enamored of between six
teen or eighteen, or even twenty
two, and they are worse than indif-
fereDt or repellent to her-they are
ridiculous, and in some sort she, as
she then was, is ridiculous to her
self. She cannot but think what
she has escaped; she cannot but be
grateful TO her destiny that her sym
pathIes and affections have been re-
served for worthy object and q
higher end. At twenty five if ever
woman knows and estimates her
self, she is less liable to emotional
or metal mistakes, she is far surer
of the future, because she feels that
her fate is, to a certain extent, with
in her own hands. Not only is she
loVelier and more lovable and broad
err and stronger than she has been,
but her welded happiness and pow
ers of endurance are in a manner
guaranteed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-21
Read this, Girls.

Learn to darn stockings neatly,
and then always see that you are in
order. Don't let a button be of
your shoes a minute longer than
needful. 1t takes about a minute
to sew one on, and oh, how much
better a foot looks in trim but
toned boot than it does in a lop'
sided affair with half the buttons
off! Every girl should. learn to
make che simpler articles Of cloth
ing, and we know little girl of
who could do this, and who also
made the whole of a blue calico
dress for herself, and pieced large
bed-quilt. She was not an over
taxed child, either, but a merry,
romping, INDUCED, only daughter.
But she was smart" and she did
not die Young, either. Indeed, we
have seldom known children ''too
smart to live Very few die OF
that complaint, whatever their
grandmothers may think. So never
be afraid bit of OVERRIDING the bust
ness. Help all you can, and study
over the business daily. Once get
in the habit of looking over your
things, and you will like it wonder
fully. You will have the indepen-
dent feeling that you need not wait
for any ones convenience in repair
ing and making, bus that you can
be beforehand in all such matters.
The relief to your weary mother
will be more than you can ever esti-
mate,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-21
Kind Words.

They never blister the tongue or
lips, and we have never heard OF
one mental trouble arising from this
quarter. Although they do not
cost much, yet they accomplish
much. They help ones good ma
ture and good will. Soft words
soften our own souls, angry words
are fuel to the flame of wrath, and
make the blaze more fierce. Kind
words make other people good ma
tured; cold words freeze people,
and hot words scorch them, and Bit
ter words make them wrathful.
There is such a rush of all other
kinds of words in our days that it
seems desirable to give kind words
chance among them. There are
vain words, idle words, hasty words,
spiteful words. silly words, empty
and profane words, boisterous
words warlike words. Kind words
also produce their own image on
mems souls, and a beautiful image
it is. They quiet, soothe and com
fort the nearer, and shame him out
of his sour, morose, unkind feelings.
We have not yet begun to use kind
words in SUCH abundance as they
ought to be used.-i Pascal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-21
A Kansas Woman's Farm.

Mr.. Hoadly showed US yesterday
some heads of wheat, sample of
forty-fve acres, now growing on the
farm of Mrs. Mary Macutchan, sit
uated about five miles from this
city. 1t promises to yield twenty
bushels to the acre. This Mrs.
Macutchen is q somewhat remRrka-
BILE woman. She was left widow
with four children more than ten
wears ago. In 1874, when half the
people were scared out of their wits
by the grasshoppers, she contracted
for an unimproved farm for ST. 800,
which she gave to one of her boys.
She has since paid for the land from
the surplus products of her own
farm Of 12O acres. Last year she
bought the Bob Allen farm of loo
acres at the price of $4,000, one
fourth of which she has already
paid, and will pay over another fourth
from the crops of this year. She
runs her farm with the aid of her
sons and without much hired help.
This is a good example of what has
been done in the midst of what are
called hard times in Kansas, by a
widow left with a family of children
and no resources but farm of 12O
acres Lawrence { Kan. Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-21
A Serpent Among the Books.


One day a gentleman in India
went into his library and took down
book from the shelves. AS he did
so he felt slight pain in his finger
like the prick of apin. He thought
that pin had been stuck by some
careless person ia the cover of the
book. But soon his finger began
to swell, then his whole body, and
in few days he died. 1t was not
pin among the books, but small
and deadly serpent. There are
many serpents among the books
nowadays; they nestle in the foil
age of some of our most fascinating
literature; they coil around the
flowers whose perfume intoxicates
the senses, People read and are
charmed by the plot of the story, by
the skill with which the characters
are sculptured or grouped; by the
gorgeousness of the word painting,
and hardly feel the pin prick of the
evil that is insinuated. But it
stings and polsons.. When the re-
cord of ruined souls is made up, on
what multitudes will be inscribed,
POISONED by serpents among the
booksp
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Compliment to a Wife.

The following neat and beautiful
reply was made by :he late DAME
O'Connell in response to a toas
given in compliment to his wife,
who was the object of his long at
tachment. 1t was given at a polit
ical meeting. The English Ian
guage could furnish nothing more
touchingly tender and graceful
There are some topics of so sa
cred and sweet nature that they
may be comprehended by those who
are happy, but they cannot possibly
be described by any human being.
All that shall do is to thank you
In the name of her who was the dis
Interested choice of my early youth ;
who was the cheerful companion of
my manly years; and who is the
sweetest solace of that 'sere and vel
low lesf' age at which have arrived.
In her name l thank you, for expe-
rience will show to US all that man
cannot battle with malignant enc
mics unless his nest at home is
warm and comfortable-unless the
honey of human life is presented by
a hand that he loves"
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A Splendid Wife.

We once knew man who was al
ways praising his wife. On the cor
ner, down the street, at the post
office, at the race track, in the skat-
ing rink, at the theatre, in the sal
that is, at the choir meetings, he
was always telling what happy
man he was, just because he had
such a splendid wife, and he talked
every man he met into Il perfect
frenzy of envy about her. Well,
one winter moning, when it was not
too light to make one appear overly
ostentatious, we sneaked into that
neighbours yard to steal fence
board for kindling, and had TO wait
before we could safely obtain it
until that mans wife came out and
sawed couple of armfuls of wood,
shoveled out three snow paths, fed
and groomed the horse, and cleaned
out the COW shed, and then when
she went into the house we heard her
cal! to her husband that the sitting
room was warm enough for him to
dress in if he wanted to get up now,
we were so amazed that we forgot
what we were waiting for, and went
back and kindled the fire with a
corn-cob and pint of kerosene.
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Farm and Home.
AND USEFUL IMPORTATION.
Hungarian Grass.

A correspondent of the Boston
Cultivator gives a number of facts
drawn from his experience in culti-
waiting and feeding Hungarian
grass, which will be of interest to
our readers. We quote as follows:
1t would be impossible for me to
keep the stock / do upon farm so
limited in area as nv own, if L did
not sow considerable Hungarian
grass, most of which make into
hay, feeding little of it green
Hungarian has been charged with
almost everything of which mind
could conceive. One charge is that
it is great eXhauster of the soil,
and so it is, for it bears very
heavy crop, and nc farmer should
expect to store heavy crop in his
barn and have the material that
produces the crop still left in the
soil. Hungarian is no greater ex-
hauster of the soil than any other
plant that produces so great a
yield. 1t has also been said that if
over ripe the seed might produce
abortion in cows. have fed Hun
garlan when over ripe, but it never
produced abortion in my herd, for
never had a cow in my barn
which had such q misfortune. /
have, however, had the misfortune
to cut my Hungarian in an over
ripe condition; the result of which
was shrinkage Of milk. Tue same
would be the result should any 9TH
err fodder crop be allowed to stand
till it was over-ripe. In my own
practice 1 generally follow clover
with Hungarian for my first crop.
l have now about two acres of land
from which l took last year three
crops of clover-one June goth, an
other August 1st and third fed
green in October and November.
After the 1st of May, or perhaps
not till the middle of that month,
1 shall pillow this, spreading the ma
nure broadcast and narrowing in,
while from the Doth of May to the
1st of June. ] shall SOW about a
bushel and a quarter. of Hungarian
seed. $500 --.
In putting in the Hungarian seed
/ think 1t better to be a few days
late than too early. If sown too
early the seed is slow in germina-
ting, even if it terminates at all.
When 1t is slow in coming up the
weeds are too apt to get a start,
which at first almost overshadows
it; but if blowing is deferred, they
will make some start, which plow-
ing will afterwards destroy. If the
land lies week or ten days after
blowing, it gives the weeds another
opportunity to start, for destroying
which the harrow may be used.
The land also gets warmer, which
will give the seed quick start, and
1t will then push ahead of weeds,
giving the satisfaction of clean cul-
ture. Seed sown by the first Of
juno will be ready to cut on or be-
fore the first of August 1t should
be cut without fail as soon as head
ed out good, Rnd if the sowing is
delayed till the ground is pretty
warm, 1t will be likely to head near
er together than If sown little too
early, when the ground is colder.
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Mrs. Washington.


In her "Life of George Washing
ton" Mrs. kirkland gives Us little
closer view of that stately lAdy, Mrs.
Martha Washington, than other ri
tiers have done. "If we were to give
our private opinion says Mrs.
Kirkland" we should say that Mrs.
Martha Custis Washington, with her
large fortune, her strong domestic
tastes and affections, and her duti-
full common-sense character, eXer-
clsed her full share of influence
over the commander-in CHEF of the
armies of the United States OF
America. She had very decided
way Of speaking, and, as she never
meddled in public affairs, we can
easily imagine the General letting
her have her own way in pretty
much everything else. A guest OF
Mount Vernon happened to sleep in
room occupied by the President
and his lady. Late in the evening
when people had retired to their va
rious chambers, he heard the lady
delivering a very animated lecture
to her lord and master upon some
thing which he had done, that she
thought ought to be done different
ly. To all this he listened in the
profonndest silence, and when she,
too, was silent, he opened his lips
and spoke, Now, good sleep to you,
my dear" This anecdote Of the
great man in his night-cap is quite
characteristic of him, but tits equal
ly so of most lords and masters,
who, we imagine, all receive curtain
lectures-as Mr.. Caudle and Wash
ington did-ln profound silence.
Experience probably teaches them
that it is the better way.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-21

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Our Young People
MADE UP FROM THE BEST cLIrrING
Courage in Everyday Life.


Have the courage to discharge a
debt while you have the money in
your pocket.
Have the courage to do without
that you do not need, however much
your eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to speak your
mind when it is necessary you should
do so, and to hold your tongue when
it is prudent you should do SO.
Have the courage to speak to a
friend In seedy coat, even though
you are in company with a rich one
and richly attlred.
Have the courage to make a will
and just one.
Have the courage to tell man
why you will not lend him your
money.
Have the courage to "cut" the
most agreeable acquaintance you
have when you are convinced that
he lacks principle "a friend
should bear with a friends infirmi-
ties" but not with his vices.
Have the courage to show your
respect for honesty, in whatever
guise it appears, and your contempt
for dishonest dupficity, by whom
soever exhibited.
Have the courage to wear your
old clothes until you can pay for
your new ones.
Have the courage to obey your
Maker at the risk of being ridiculed
by man.
Have the courage to prefer com
fort and prosperity to fashion in
all things.
Have the courage to acknowledge
your Ignorance, rather than TO seek
credit for knowledge under false
pretenses.
Have the courage to provide en-
tertainment for your friends within
your means-not beyond.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-21
Keep Your Temper.

Blessed is the man who can keep
his temper. Getting angry never
yet did any good; still mankind
seems to be slow in protiting by the
fact. Every time man loses his
temper he places himself at disad
vantage with his cooler adversary.
AS a general thing the hot tempered
man is conceited egotist, who i'm
AGNES every PERSONS will must give
way to his. In the outside world a
man of this kind gets more than he
gives. People who are not depend
ent on him care little for his high
mightiness. Here the results of his
evil temper abound on himself. 1t
is at home that the quick tempered
man looms up in all his grandeur.
He can browbeat his servants and
keep his unfortunate family in mis-
cry with his tantrums. The recent
tragedy at Montclair, New Jersey,
is case in point. A gentleman OF
high and mighty temper, finding
himself spoken to in an insolent
manner by his coachman, gets into
a passion, goes up stairs for a re-
volver, comes down and shoots the
coachman twice. The coachman is
now dead, and the so-called gentle
man is in prison. OF course the
latter 'regrets" the matter, now
that trial for murder faces him.
This is one of the traits of a man
who gets angry. He is always sorry
afterward. But he never attempts
to check his indulgence in anger
next time. The New York papers
unite in saying that if this Mont
clair man had governed his temper
the tragedy would not have oc-
Cured. They can do neither any
good now, but it is to be hoped 1T
will prove startling lesson to other
easily angered men.