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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-15
Montana Beavers.

our roau, says correspondent,
passed down along Hell-Gate river,
leaving Deer Lodge City some eight
miles to the left. As one goes down,
the country changes, and occasional
pines appear along the banks of the
stream, and the landscape becomes
much more interesting. At one place,
where a tiny tributary flows in, large
community Of beavers were building a
dam. They were not Mt all afraid of us,
and so we leisurely observed the pro.
cess, wishing to settle the vexed ques-
ton MS to whether beavers do actually
perform intelligent mason work.
They had already sunk o great deal
of brush, together with limbs of trees,
and were now filing this wicker-work
in with earth and rocks, which they
procured q little distance above on the
opposite bank. A beaver would run up,
fiatten his tail on the mud near the
bank; then another beaver would scrape
the earth up and upon the tail of the
first, and pack it down. After he had
his load complete, the carrier beaver
would swim rapidly away, his tail with
the load of earth floating on the sur
face, the swift movement of the animal
alone keeping it afoat.
The sagacious creature would invari.
bly, swim to the right place and dump
the load, and then return for another,
the stream presenting scene of great
activity, as several of these curious ami
mal-masons were constantly and swiftly
passing and repassing each other with
their heavy loads.
Others, the carpenters among them,
were at. work in the thicket opposite,
cutting brush. We saw many large
trees that had been cut down by them.
The stumps looked as though some
boy had chopped them down with a
dull axe. 1t is surprising to reflect up
on the pertinacity of these creatures,
which enables them to gnaw down such
immense trees, and the wisdom with
which they calculate the direction in
which the trees are going to fall.
1t is said here that the beavers cut
the limbs off from these trees and then
sever them into lengths of about three
feet each, and after that float them to
the center of their pond, sink them to
the bottom, and fasten them there,
where they remain, and are used as food
during the winter when the pond is fro
zen over. This is thought to be one of
the principal uses of the pond-to pro-
duce pantry which will not freeze.
The pond furnishes depth of water
that is always still, and never freezes to
the bottom.
Although, after witnessing this al
most human sagacity, we had many
compunctions, we concluded to shoot
one fine animal for his skin. We shot
ono through the head. His compan-
ions Immediately disappeared, and be-
fore we could secure our wounded bea-
yer, he also had dived beneath the wa
ters of their pond, and, although we
waited some time in the vicinity, we
failed to discover him again. The in
habitallts say it is nearly impossible to
kill beaver with rifle, and never, on
any occasion, does the trapper shoot
one.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-15

AT Methodist conference meeting
in New York man got up and said he
had long wished to speak, bnt his wife
wouldn't let him. His wife had died,
however, and having his liberty at last
he proposed to exercise it. In about
two minutes the entire conference wept
over the death of the lady as over the
loss of personal friend.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22

Children are but little
people, yet they form very important
part of society, expend much of our
capital, employ greater portion of our
population in their service, and occupy
half of the literati of our day in labors
for their instruction and amusement.
They cause more trouble and anxiety
than the national debt; the loveliest of
women in her maturity of charms breaks
not so many slumbers, nor occasions so
many sighs, as she did in her cradle;
and the handsomest of men, with full
grown mustaches, must not fatter him
self that he is half SO much admired as
he was when in petticoats Without any
reference to their being our future
statesmen, philosophers, and magistrates
in miniature disguises, children form in
their present state of pigmy existence q
most influential class Of beings; and the
arrival of a bawling infant who can
scarcely open its eyes, and only opens
its mouth, like an unfiedged bird, for
food, will effect the most extraordinary
alteration in whole household; substi-
tute affection for coldness, duty for
gravity, hustle for formality, and unite
hearts which time has divided.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
The Grave of Lincoln,s Mother.

A correspondent of the Indianapolis
| Sentinel, who recently visited the grave
of Lincoln's mother, at Rocheport, Ind,
writes as follows: No stone, no tablet,
not even rough wooden headboard
marks the windowless place. Where the
headboard should stand small, uncouth
dogwood bush has deeply planted it's
roots, thus reminding one of the apple
tree story associated with the burial
place of Roger Williams. To the right
of the grave, as you face the east, towers
a graceful oak, whose quiet shadows
seem, as it were, to hold communion
with the careless slumberer that reposes
beneath it's roots.
As stood there in the beautiful mid
morning of refreshing summer day, re-
hecting on the worlds ingrati6ude,
blithe. nimble squirrel was jumping and
chattering in the branches overhead.
Pretty little songster5 made the woods
vocal with their gushing minstrelsy,
while all the mourning, cooling of dove
swelled on the fragrant air like the dying
cadences of some weired requiem.
The scene, though impressive, was
beautiful, and recalled vividly of my
memory those enchanting lines of ill
lated Sheley:
"'Twas softer than the west winds sigh,
Twas milder than the unmeasured notes,
Whose springs the genii of the breezes
sweep"
Thomas Lincoln, father of the i'll
starred Abraham, emigrated to Spencer
county in 1917. The following season
his wife died, and in few years after
this domestic bereavement he removed
to Illinois. This, in brief, is the whole
story of the Lincoln family's history
connected with Indiana. The little rude
log cabin constructed by Mr.. Lincoln
and his son was carried away, learn,
several years ago, by some enterprising
Chicago Yankees. And Little Pigeon
Church, where the boy Lincoln listened
to the hymns of Zion, has changed with
the generation who gathered there in the
dim years of the past. ALI is changed.
just why the grave of Mrs. Lincoln
has lain in neglect SO long is a mystery
to me. Surely the spirit that actuated
the Phillipses, Garrisons and Davises,
and the followers of these old-time Aboli-
tionists is dead Could not their follow
ers pay the simple tribute of respect
to the memory of their great champion
by erecting plain shaft over the rest
ing place of his mother? For sixty-one
years not single stone has marked her
nameless grave. Is not this neglect an
other accumulated evidence that the
world is uncharitable and republics un-
grateful +?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
Ancient Egypt.
THE RELIGION OF THE EGYPTIANs-CoM-
PARISoN OF DATES.


A great deal. saws the SATURDAY. Review,
hoe hoan ,ur;ttan oflota nnon>tba ralioion
10 -, 80 " r.. T,.,.,1,e
OF OF the ancient EgyPIlans. hnowieoge @ On
the SUBJECT Is connned 10 very ieW per-
sons, and these few dlner SO mucn among
tnemseives Jnat tnere are as many
opiiiions as Inere are piolessols III aS,a %
~ say, PeanaPs nal - .tf,a pozefe, Oh 4Iot
neeu Iaiuiy pe Sa'u' Snei t..toa .,t .na; =; =
large NUMBER OF peopie are inseres.eu tsa an
me matIer, or that Wnlcn nnas y iIs s. way
than su ,ns to elncdate ~ areat % deal e9 I of foe
unah m;nht ~ he u cioarsJ OFF ID wa oou1d ~ maj 3
,eb ~, fb q tarn, :.onp;ant % Enant;ons Tn ono
,. oy sn0 . .elm nn anon' ~ om Ent;ors uo
essay we observe tnae an pEgyp.lans, p1e S
Wnetner tney nveo uTuer IGo:eHy VI
unuer Snooloo, are SO ca,ieo. Inns - the
conpre.eenhslve eo e .h III Me.nEu i empioyeu py
oolne VI VI: "USC i!l voiuiuoe' r. no .:ae' :s
among Englsn, Egyptoioglsts. ~ - IN
possible 70 expeeC anye1lhg oe., con
tUs,oh Wa sho,aid au ~ h;ator;an na5 % wlc ~
and VIZ II. EraeryaI Vet tha ;,,tor1ol
aIG 'nh;oh H.. oioaoa a hatru Mo, no ~ Taa q
49, mn u,po% 20 Iast go s 800 u o,,S tha
soo;a1 reu",,,t;ons @o ~o as oorco1u lass
1oerIcd W. nonnot "ro,,o fro,, Iot NC
.aad -, tho s;t,,ai oornasad t+ha Colt
ast eau dar ,m .n tha % htoantb n,nostu 0 es -
eb' ai;o;a S 70 4ta onrIo I;yy,ad d W
Ja ine tsn Et ~ 'ne peGpie mn haoa nd un
o,t;oIas oui Jae both r;15s - and ,1ouu othar @
aan;aSs hoS; no;d aro forrad @ - U6e 4ba
ssmo pIe heodin@ oi of az nAnc;ent % Eoyntn ou n We We
oo,,id is ainosts n;sh - - oonSna ~ rso of
u tba word E~vnt to q def;nite time short
indaeG IN relation to the Whole b;storv
If the country hnt iono enonoh to take
NO hack n tha hao;nninos of history in
tho w. Wa.tarn VIZ warIS rs tha aanc;ant
~" Eo,at;",.s y, e .1a - .afamt - tho oidast
nsy yp..I ,,oh y ;e ;s,,ea5 ~ "no cmo o'oae tha
oa,atr ~ sui m T.,t ouu ,,,"s n ,rh,, sno
- mas memoI ee1iod 'a "ae tha RlacL
Gounarv /" or ;n iba;r own ianonaoa
aKam which answers to the Bihlicai
Ham Or Cham There had been an In
ner Conntrv and there had been
fowar Conntrv hnt History heoins with
their un;on mnaar one sovere;an whose
successors hora for Thousands of Years the
t;tio Of atbo L;nos nf hotb lands y or
Sie.sds Si... " ~ tha dnrhfe oro,nmn NJ otbor
on nus y, VI INC M uUuou 70 u, o ;s n,;aJ ~ o'a tha
uaiion of of tha M;ia ~ ~ E tha " oidast % ;nScr;n.
tons TIC ;nhabitant. InaW of No other
countries ond No nthar. countr;as Lnaw
oethana ah Tha;r ~ ;,tar;nr 1,fa NOS not dc,
t,rhad Ln tha ;atarforanoa IF no;nb hors
Eia%oratya end n,;n,,ta as VOC tha;r Sus.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
Sound Doctrine.

It is mistake to think that men with
out money are without the means to set
tie on wild land. Every man with en-
ergy and muscle and nerve has the
means. He can make an honest living
out of the ground in almost any part of
the West, and do it a thousand times
easier than the men who planted fifty
years ago, and packed sack of corn
upon the shoulder 20 miles to mill, or
beat it to -four with pestle. The mil
lions of fertile acres are crying for hands
to turn the sod, promising to yield
wealth, health and happiness to the in
habitants of the over-crowded alleys of
towns and cities. It would be better for
fathers and mothers to make any sacri-
fee of personal comfort than to raise
children in these rank hotbeds of vice,
where it is impossible to protect them
from it's faint.
If one-half the energy and enterprise
now displayed by labor unions and pro-
tective labor organizations were directed
to finding homes upon the unoccupied
lands of the West for the thousands who
could proftably till them, there would
be less occasion for complaint, both
from those who would go and those who
would stay. A little assistance to enable
deserving persons to secure such homes
would pay far better than the money
spent in sustaining strikes. There are a
great many families in Chicago to-day
whose best interests would be served,
and whose happiness would be increased
if they could be persuaded and aided to
leave the busy hum of the city and dig
an honest living from the ground.
There is room enough yet. According
to the reports from the Land Office,
there are 724, ,312, AIT acres of surveyed
lands ready for occupants, and nearly
twice as much more waiting the sur
veyor. During the ten years which
closed in june, the Government sold for
cash 81 ,666, $40 acres of land, besides the
large grant to homesteaders. If the
many hundred thousands, who have with
hardships opened up their new homes,
could give their testimony, but a few OF
them could be induced to move into the
stided air of our cities, and attempt to
raise their children amid the temptations
and vices that would surround them.
Scientific american.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22

A COSTLY SCHOOL -HoUsE.-Th most
costly school-building in the world is
the new Polytechnic Institute at Hanover.
The late King of Hanover commenced the
construction of magnificent palace, up
on which he expended about $5,000,0O0.
When his Government was overthrown
and the kingdom of Hanover became a
province of Prussia, the building was
found to be in half-fnished condition.
For several years the windows were
boarded up and the empty rooms became
the residence of bats and birds. At last
the German Government resolved to alter
the building and adapt the uses Of the
polytechnic school. This work has been
going forward for several years, and is
now nearly ended.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
An English View of Mormonism.

In finishing long editorial article on
the Mormons in Utah, the London Times
says:
Yankee shrewdness in adapting means
to ends is the great secret of their success.
Not satisfied with exciting enthusiasm,
the Mormon leaders have organized it.
If they get rid of Polygamy, which many
of their number assert to be not an essen
tial part of their creed, the Mormons may
possibly long continue to prosper and
populate the vast region which might
have remained a desert had they
not converted it into garden by
the exercise of patient toll and unre-
mitting industry. Not only are they
innovators in religion, but they are also
reformers in social customs. They are
strictly temperate as Sir Wilfrid Lawson
could desire any man to be; good Nor
mons neither drink intoxicants nor smoke
tobacco. Brigham Young even abstained
from tea and coffee on the ground that
they were stimulants. Female suffrage
has been introduced into the Territory of
Utah. Cooperative associations have
long existed among the Mormons. In
deed, the stranger who walks along the
streets of their capital is struck with sign
boards on which is painted the All-seeing
Eye, the motto, Holiness to the Lord"
and the intimation "Zion's Cooperative
Morca0tllc lQSLlCuLlOQ. Ii lS tIl0 DOdSb
of the Mormons that drunkenness and the
sin of great cities were unknown in Salt
Lake City, till the mines of the Territory
caused an influx of the Gentiles, and till
the strict regulations of the church
authorities were disregarded by the
authorities of the United States. The
education of the young is conducted with
care, and the Deseret university is as USE
tul an institution as any one of its kind
in the Western States. Degrees are given
in it for proficiency in one of the three
courses of study-the classical, the scien-
tific and the commercial. AS might
be expected, the commercial course
is preferred by students. The work
of the classroom is representa-
ton of the work done in a merchants
counting house; and the student is
taught not only how to carry on mercan-
tile correspondence, how to dispatch tele-
grams, insure property, recover compensa-
ton for injury or loss, but also how to
manage a postal and telegraphic, bank
ing and an insurance Office. Mormonism
is, in fact, curious mixture of discredita-
Bile and praiseworthy elements. That it
would not survive the death of Brigham
Young was confidently predicted by
many persons who had studied it on the
spot. Yet the death of its unscrupulous
leader has not had any apparent effect
upon it. A body which will soon number
10000 may not easily be got rid of or
dissolved.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22

There is a man in New Haven who
owns hen that only lays once in ten
DAYS. OF course they must be decade
eggs. Confound such hen.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22

days that must elapse before school COM
mences.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22

Corvallis Lodge no IA, r. IL A. M.
Holds stated Communications Wednesday on
or preceding each full moon. Brethren in good
standing cordially invited to attend. By order
WIN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-11-11
NOTICE no FARMERS.
1,I1IE.

1,7lME WINCHESTER LISIE. fer White Wash
~ ,u.t in EIPPITF 4 co
March IL. 1879
~ empty Of 40 Esses==r f:nartDs @e-- 80
paaea asd Of EzsEt -fgrfr :srE.lft- i--e -5s
49, f6---.au L.FPiEE 2 CO
coz SALT "a. EsliEss GIge 5t9sz Ds' Es-
Il ceIs.c ana fOT sa,e VsTy iC.. for c4-s "
11nc II. 1919 LIPPITT 4 co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-11-11
LIST OF ADVERTISED LErr Ems remaining

in the Post Office at Charlestown. Jefferson
county, w. Va, November 8, 1879.
Virginia Edison, J.. j. johnson, Louis
EweIl. j. f. Gerow. John Heaton, William
Key, Giles Shine, Mrs. D. Gennon.
The above letters, if not called for within
thirty days, will be sent to the dead letter Of
fee. Persons calling for them will please
say that they are advertised.
DnMr L
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-11-11

The Grand Lodge Of Knights of rSthias,
in scssion at Piedmont last week, elected
the following officers FOR the ensuing term
Grand Chancellor, 3, Stanley, of Elm
Grove; Grand Vice Chancellor, J Il. Stuck,
of Newburg; Grand Prelate, J. Il. Hrst. of
Grafton; Grand X of r. aud s., J. Rufus
Smith, of Berkeley Springs; Grand NJ. of
f, J. f. Smith. of Middleway; Grand NJ. of
a, j. II. Bird, of Petersburg; Grand
G., II. Moore, of Wheeling; Grand o. G.,
}. W. Warner, of Keyser. The Grand
Lodge adjourned, to meet at Newburg on
the first Tuesday of September next.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-11-11
SURVEYING AND CONYEYANCINg.

SURVEYING MD tUNFEIANtINJ.
Z WILL survey anywhere, promptly and at
short notIcc--dcCuTacY Guaranteed. Special
aTtSnt;Ou paid in connection tIereWiCb to
DRAWING DEEDS or any other instruments of
Writing. ! engaged in preparing q second
edition of NV Map of Jefferson County, and will
thank any one for suggestions or Information
relative thereto.
=. O.-CharlcstOwn, Jefferson Co., W. V0.
Dec. II. iS77. =. HOWELL BROWN.
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CIRCUIT CouRr.-The Circuit Court con>
.inues in session. The following cases have
been tried during the past week:
L., w. Poffenberger os Samuel Bailey
Beltzhoover for plaintiff; Wilson aud Hen>
shaw for defendant. Verdict for plaintiff,
and damages assessed at $40.
Jacob Gruher, Jr., VS.. David Fry's Admir-.
Verdict for plaintiff. g. j. Faulkner, Jr.,
for plaintiff; Baylor & Wilson for defendant.
Stillman Stotts (use W. A. shewalter) VS..
Randolph Custer. Verdict for plaintiff
Baylor & Wilson for plaintiff; Travers for
defendant.
Geo. n. Bardweil VS.. the S. v. R. R. Co.
Verdict for plaintiff. Beckwi.h and Lucas
for plaintiff; Travers for defendant.
The injunction case of Mason VS.. the Har>
per's Ferry Bridge Co., was partially argued
on Saturday Butt and Mason for Mason
Trayers for Bridge Go.
r. p. H. Stanb, of Martinsburg, was
granted leave to practice in this Court
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USE THAYkR'S
CONSUMPTION CURE.

THIs is the fines. Prsgs,:.a'iOn that has ever
give subtraction in Consumption or Coughs, or
bronchial affections ofsuy kind
CHECK THAT COUGH!
U.ually three or four doscs checks the worss
In Consumption, it ia the cough that strains
the Lungs and breaks the T1bsrcIss, thus keep
ing up the irritation.
Being Healing. NourishiRg, Paieating. stimuls-
tins and Soothing. Rctief aud spsedy Cure
must follow. Give it a trial. all who suffer.
IIvDS.
There are some Coughs that arise frena the
Liver or Stomeeh; If go, ard you have symptoms
OF tho Liver, use rhayer's liver Powders with
theConsu n ption Cure, aud you ~iu never regret
the investm emit. Price IS and SO cents and 8 l
per bottle. Sold by MI drUggistR.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-11-11

AMONG tho most rcma rk bio productions of
this age aud country is Halls Hair REMOVER
Its success is unparalleled. 1t is sought after
hv rich and poor. iigh and low. young and old:
Australia, of Eurcpe. and of South America
ind means to get IT at whatever cost. 1t is
because 1t works like magic II restores tho
approaching age of one of its disarrecable az
Compartments. If yon are getting bald. try it.
any disease of the scalp. Try it il you wish a
good hair dressing. 1t will not disappoint YOU.
Munich lind hfrs
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PUBLIC SALEs.-The following public
sales are advertised in this paper:
j. Garland Hurst, D. 8.
Saturday. November 22n4.-Reai Estate.
by Il. Boyd Faulkner aud D. B. Lucas, Spe>
ciaI Commissioners
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-11-11
BENZ f. LE1sENR1Na, p. NJ.

Ozceola Tribe, No. 8, 1. o. Red Men,
was instituted in this place on Wednesday
night last. The veteran Warrior, Geo. D Nc
GIircy. with delegation from Black Hawk
Tribe, of Shepherdstown, opening the wig.
wan and doing the mystic honors of the oc'
casion. The following the officers of the
Tribe Sachem, Il. r. EIarrell Sr. Saga
more, r i Lucas Jr. Sycamore, Jno. H.
Bishop; c. of r, Jno T. Trussell; X. OF
Wampuu,, VIM. II. Moore, Jr.; Prophet, W.
b. Davis; X. of Wigwam, VIM. Walters
lst S.. J. W. Blessing Cd S Newton Wal
tiers; LIST w. G. l.. Hilbert; Cd W.. Frank
Beller Sd W, Jos. J.. Brown 4,h W., Ed
Walters lst Brave, Willie II. Moore ; I'd
Bravo. VIM. Eodrick Sd Brave, q. W.
Wright; 4th Brave. Adam Bowman; G. of
W, q. NJ. Housh G. OF +, VIM. Walters.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-11-11

II you want good pair Of Boots, go to
DALGARN's.
IF you want Material for good warm Suit
of Clothes or Overcoat, go to
DALGARN's
If you want Mems, Womeu's or Chill
dren's Shoes, go to DALGARN's.
If you want Hose or Kalf Hose, go to
DALGARN's.
If you want good Sugar Cured Ham, go
to DALGARN's.
If you want Gents Underwear, Spspen-
ders, handkerchief, &C., go to
DALGARN's.
IF you want anything in the Grocery line,
go to DALGARN's.
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&G6 IN y"S' Owe ana ." ..9.I
without expense. The best opportunity ever of.
cred for those willing TO work. You SbOuid'try
nothiDg else until you see for JeuTEsIf what you
can do at the bUSjpets we SfeT. No room 70 =eS-
plain hsEe. You car devote all your time OF only
yorr spare time to The business ard make grsat
pay for every hour that you work. Women make
as much "a men Send for special private terms
aud particulars. hich - mail free. 50 Outht
free. Don't complain Of hard times while yon
have such q chance: AddTess
H. HALLETT 4 Co, Portland, IS Ine.
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LADIES, HAZE WORK.

N1ISs IDA TUTwILER Is prepared to do Bair
IVA Work at moderate prices, and will mako
BrHids. FUTs CuTIs. FriEzcs. etc, residence OF
her father, AGAR the BaPtiOt Church, in Charles,
town.
april !. l579--u.