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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23
DITCHING, EXCAYATING. &C.

THE undersigned stif offers bis service. as a
competent workman in the above line =
Ditehiag and E1c.vating of all kinds-DieEine
Cisterns, Ponds Cellars: 2o-undert.ken at mod
crate rates, and faithfully executed Orders left
at residence, ON West Congress ST., will receive
prompt attention. Blasting nIso done in a salts
factory manner, and at lowest rates
March 9, 1850. WESLEY LOWRY
GLASS sETT for 40 cts. and genera variety OF
NJ Glsssware just received by
APri!l2, 1881. 8. g. DALGARN.
4 tASfAsSED IA h1s just received Ind for sale
~ IS. DALGARN.
SoMETHING NEW Tin Sets, composed of
10 pieces. for 8 LOO, just received by
July IL, 1881. 8. g. DALGARN
40 to NIMRop TRussELL's and get the
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

Among which are
SUGARS. COFFEEs, TEAS, sYRUPs, q ICES
PROvISIONs,-BAcon, Flour, Corn Neal,
LArd' SO, Fiah of AL varieties. Canned Goods of
all kinda.
CONFECTIONS,- Plain and French Candy,
Granger and Lem"ns, Prunes, DAtes and FiEs.
Fancy Crackers md Cakes
have 10 store fol- and we'll. assorted slOck OF
QUEENS. GLASS, WOODEN Willow
STONE and EARTHkH WARES.
which will offer at bottom prices. Smoking and
CHEWING TOBACCO, CIGARS,
Cigarettes. CigH' Smokers, Pipes. sc.
mention above few leadisg departments of
my business in all br0ncheN Of Imp orted. Domss-
TIC staple and Fancy Groceries. aim TO buy
carefully and to so represent my gOOdO tha tevery
oue dealing with me will have reason be pleased
and satisfied, and those who have not favored me
with a call are cordially nvited to do nd
anime my goods. Promising in all
te"ue treatment, am iaiwRJs willing to chow
Goods and give prices, All oTGsrs will receive
prompt and careful attention. Cocoa delivered
in corporation liuits tree of charge by . reliable
Porter
COUNTRY PRODUCE taken in exchange
for Goods HeapecIiuiIv
June 1850. r. W. MITCHELL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

and the balance of our Summer Dress Goods
regardless of cost. Great bargains can now
be had at J GoLDsMITH's
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

Geo. H. Hagley is rolling the ball lively
this year But why should be not? He
certainly offers every inducement to custom,
ers. His stock is always large which mskes
certainty of every customer finding some>
thing to suit-Boots, Shoes. Caters and
Slippers; Clothing for Men, Youth'G. Bows
and Children; Hats of every description,
Underwear in great variety. Gloves b y the
pair or dozen, Umbrellas, Satchels. Trunks,
Tobacco by plug or box; 5000 feet Pine
Plank
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

1t Is better to SOW good heart with kind.
ness than field with corn, for the hearts
harvest is perpetual.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING HoGs.-An
Iowa farmer put up twenty One>sear old
hogs, and for the frat twenty eight days fed
them on dry shelled corn, of which they ate
S3 bushels aud gained s37 pouDds-ovor ten
pounds to the bushel of corr. He then feu
the same hogs for fourteen days on dry corn
meal, during which time they consumed Al
bushels and gained 553 pounds, or III
pounds to the bushel. The same hogs were
then fed fourteen days on coTpneal aud
water mixed, consumed ssh bushels of corn
and gained 73l pounds, OF l35 lbs to the
bushel of corn. He then fed them fourteen
days on cornmeal, cooked, and after oousum
ing forsy>fve bushels of tho cooked meal,
they gained 799 pounds. or very nearly IS
pounds to the bushel of meal
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

those days are lost in which we do no
good those worse than lost in which we do
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

Remember that Il A BURTON has for
sale all kinds of American Watchc4 Clocks
JeweIry, Silver Ware. Spec,ncle&-s vnnd
pair for 25 cents, veil made. Ege Glasses
Goggles, etc. all kinds Of inv Watches
such as Minute Reporters, Five II .rnte Re
pesserS, Quarter H"ur Rpp"<'"r- Taip'r
Fifth Seconds, Indr't Qua7fer Seconds
Calendars (prrpetu-D Rep"s'er~ wi,!,
ChroDographs. ChronoyrauhS tFIv Back
single; Sp't-second, Minute and Sesame
and with Repeasers. Call on him .n,i hayf
your work done JeweIry Of all kinds re-
paired. Sign-Watch and Spsc,scie. with
Eyes in them, and Black Face Watch
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

We will sell our Best Al Lawns at Zoe.
=" 7.8 To.
GO Sd 90 30
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MlscELLAM Eous.
Blight on Fruit Trees.

Lueian Chamberlain, Shelby COnsre, New
York, writes:
81 propose to show how fire and limo may
be used SO as to remedy blight on fruit trees
and prevent wormy apples FIRST. whites
wash the trees with strong wash made az
quick lime. JUST as the buds pegin to start
in the spring The wash Gan be az Piled
with an old broom Next during the last
days of May, plough four burrows in the C,
ter between the rows of trees both ways, 90
as to leave square plot of ground around
each tree. Then throw straw u piles of
about one hundred pounds to each tree !;
spread it thin under eacn tree 10 within
three feet OF the trunk Let ,he e,rs~ re
main thus spread about teu Twelve day.
aud di-maDuer Of insects viii hide under Ii.
Some evening take me tree at n tine, set
FIRE to the straw and be careful not co have
it so thick to burn or scaid she limbs Of
the trees All insects that CAD be will be
attracted by the FIRE aud general dcssrac,
lion of them will take place Repeat this
two or three years and the orchards will be
Tree from blight ana the fruit sound and
good l have tried it"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

CHAHLES 7. HhTCH. ,
Gan'l Freight AID Pass't AFest :
JOSEPH n. SANDS, superintendent. "
Juno as, 1881.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

UNDERSTANDING, PAPEKING, &C.
TIE undersigned respectfully informs .hs sb-
nc mat be will execute promptly, in good
HcUsE-PAINTiNG. PAPERING, GLAZING,
and all thiags pertaining to his avocatioa, upon
eesy ter me EHd Fea able charges. win Var
will go to homes of patrons in town or country
VIII. W. JOHNSON
CharlsstoEn, December II, ls77-v.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-23

Aerust 1851 -odM.ri6'e0-
National Republican., 1881-07-11
A Dramatic EpisOdc.

The withdrawal of Mr.. Nandcrbilt's
candidate for the Scnatorship ut Albany
was fearful occasion. The mourners
did not weep as those who could not be
comforted for they had cut and dried q
new programme; but when Mr.. Assem-
blyman Hustled spakc his piece one could
not but bid the audience look to their
eyes. He said, among othcrthings classic
and dramatic:
If Patroclus loved Achilles, ir Pythias loved
Damon, ifJOnathan loved David ! love Chaunccy
". Depew. lie has been the companion of my
boyhood, the friend ofmy youth, and the associate
of my manhood To him, above and beyond all
men, owe whatever am to. day.
Here follows an important omission
/. e., statement ofjust what our brother
Hustled was on Friday last. Rcsuming,
he proceeded to throw of q little Latin.
Thus:
The world may say Of him as the Latin poet said
ofhls friend Justltm dc tcndccm prop0sW ptirrn,"
Some listener, perhaps, quietly ejNcu-
lated particularly the tfnncem" The
voice Of the speaker remained with him
through an cight-linc verse of English
poetry, but wigglcd with feeling as he alb
stracted his love from Depew and thus
bestowed it:
Sir | bow to his decision, bow In sadness and
In grief; but / bow, nevertheless aud surrender
my preference and MI my love and all my friend.
ship 10 the decision Of this caucus,
Had Mrs Quickly been present she
would have said, rs on another occasion;
lie doth It as like one of these harlotry players
MS ever see.
National Republican., 1881-07-11
decentralization.

Ono question of the President to an at
tendant day or two ago was whether
there was less Gactional feeling, If THE
NArtoNAL RErUDL1cAN could reply to this,
when the President is again on his feet, it
would say: "Ncs, Mr. President, the fac
tional feeling so far as yourself is con-
ccrncd has disappeared. Your wounds
and your danger have made you sacred
toevcry American. An attempt tomurder
the Chief Magistrate of the Nation is
murdcrous attack on us all. 1t is true
that if the miscreant had succeeded in
his foul purpose your successor, chosen
by the people, with you, fol- just such
an emergency, would have peacefully sue
ceeded you. But the grief is to be
spared us, and you are spared to us.
The strife within the party is not hushed /;
indeed the factional spirit has blazed
out anew in unjust and cruel assaults
upon Republicans who are coarsely
charged with having indirectly caused
your injuries. These ill-considcred ebul-
litions will not please you; they come
from only few, and so we will make no
further reference to them. But you
can command the peace all along the Re-
publican line. You can order open ranks
and the admission of new friends. The
way TO this end none know better than
yourself and we are sure no one is
moro desirous of unity. The one thing
needed is that the waters of oblivion
close over past disputes, and that there
shall be mutual generosity and forward
movement. Each faction will have to be
allowed to put its own construction on
the past, and to forgive the other. The
party needs all its leaders and all its fol-
lowers. All have faults. Let all show
charity. We look to President rescued
from the jaws of death for the words
which shall lift all good citizens out of
narrow ruts and petty, selfish strife up to
the heights where none shall be for a
faction, but all be for the State. Then let
those who do not respond be held rs
lactionists. And let none be trusted who
shall cast q stumbling block in the way of
any disposed to aid in reunion of all
Union men,"
The President would, of course, cut Us
of in the middle of this speech, and say
it all much better himself.
National Republican., 1881-07-11
FRUIT CANNING.
Something for the Ladies of the House.
hold 10 Read.

Time for canning fruit is at hand
Hints upon this important household operation are
therefore seasonablc Good canned fruit Is n
stranger to tables of thousands of farmers when il
might easily be used Fruit Is often len to waste
and SPOIL though a slight expenditure would pre-
serve 1t for winter, Ifthey can be had, berries are
among the incest canned fruits. Peaches, apples
plums, aprlcots, and indeed all eatablc fruits, are
worth canning Dried fruits can never wholly
take the place Of canned fruits for family use
Glass jars'are preferred by most persons and are
cheapest In the end. With care they can be used
many years, though new rubber bands must be
procured when needed, In canning, sugar should
certainly be used, and 1t should be OF the grnnu-
lated white grades, as poor sugar hurts the flavor
Of the fruit. The rule is to put one quarter of q
pound of sugar with one pound Of fruit, but this
quantity may be doubled ifthc fruit be unusually
acid Some persons think that fruit Is good when
canned without sugar, but in that case 1t loses
color and flrmness. The fruit used for canning Is
to be of the best quality and as freshly picked us
possible. Wellripened fruit, not, however, dead
ripe aud soft, is in every way preferable In fact
cannery should really be located near the orch.
ards, for there is manifest deterioration In the
quality of the fruit between the time il is picked
and the time II is ready for the cans. Coarse.
grained market varieties seldom can so well as the
more highly Favored kinds When the fruit has
been peeled and plttcd, place It in the preserving
kettle and properly cook; but if 1t is still boiling
hot the cans are to be filed full, to the very brm
the elastic put on, the jar wiped, and the top
screwed down at once, and lightened several
times afterward, As writer on the
subject said recently; Good fruit put
boiling hot into the perfect cans, filed full
and scaled upat once, will be fresh and pure when
opened though years later" simply pouring boil.
ing water over fruit does not cXpel the air. Partly
filled fruit jars will spoil, Canned berries are to
be put in preserving kettle with layers Of sugar.
and boiled from FIVE to undergraduates, The syrup
can be bottled up, some oft, for other uses Some
persons prefer to cook berries in the jars in which
they are to be canned. In this case the Jars, filled
up with fruit, are set in wash boiler, on wooden
stats, so as not to touch the bottom Cold water Is
poured in until 1t comes close TO the rims of the
jars, and heated until the fruit is well cooked
when the fruit in one jar Is used TO MI up the
Others, aud they are sealed and put away, We
may add that glass jars Of fruit should be put in
dry, dark, Nnd cool place where the temperature Is
equablc throughout the season.
National Republican., 1881-07-11
Stanley Matthews.

A declaration Off good intentions by Stanley Mat.
thews, designed to counteract the distrust that his
appointment to the bench Of the Supreme Court
called forth from men Of every shade of political
opinion, has been going the rounds OF the Repub-
licRn press-NetO York Sun.
Judge Matthews has been constantly
charged with friendship to the monopo-
lies, The only basis for this is that he
has been the attorney for some corpora
tions, as what equally learned and able
lawyer in this country has not? He rem
dered legal services and was paid his
fees Was that dishonorable? As Sem
ator he voted against the Thurman bill
upon the ground that he believed it un-
constitutional, or at least violation of
the faith Of the Government. Those who
did not agree with him in that have no
right to impeach the honesty of his ac-
ton, AS to the great question of the
right of Congress to regular interstate
traffic and Of the right Of State Legis-
latures TO regulate State traffic by rail
Judge Matthews has given no vote and
expressed no opinion, There is no more
National Republican., 1881-07-11
Roscoe COnkLing.

Comparatively few of the public men in
the United States have telcgraphed or
written to or concerning the Presid cnt at
all since his attempted assassination.
Among those who have not are some
of the foremost men of the Nation
The omission is no evidence of un-
kindness or want of interest and SYM
pathy. No such Interpretation has been
placed upon it by any one except that n
few newspapers especially venomous to-
ward Mr.. Conkling virulcntly denounced
him for not sending sympathizing mes
sage until he did so in q letter to u Cabi-
net officer, dated the 9TH, whereupon
they more virulently denounced him
for sending it. On the 9TH he
sent congratulations to Mrs. Garfield
at the Presidents improved condition,
which was published simultaneously
with the first. That came in, of course,
Tor its share Of the denunciation. 1t is
to be regretted that Mr.. Conklng did not
consult the Post and the RepuJic of this
city, for they might possibly have sug-
gested, some course for him to pursue in
which they would not have found cause
for criticism.
Roscoe Conkling is now private citi-
zen from choice. For four years he served
his district in the House of Representa-
tives and for fourteen years he has
served the State Of New York in the Sem
ate He has won imperishable fame as
a statesman and an orator. and in per-
sonal worth and integrity he is the peer
Of the purest in this or any other land
There is no act of his life for which
his friends need apologize; no trait
in his character they may not
teach their sons to emulate lie is fierce
antagonist in all honorable warfare,
sturdily maintaining his cause and his
own independence. But he is an enemy
who fights no fallen or disabled foe, and
he has no truthful opponent who knows
him who will distrust the sincerity of his
distress at the calamity which has be-
fallen the President or the knightly COM
passion he feels for the lady of the White
House
National Republican., 1881-07-11
A REPLY TO COLONEL iNoERsoLL.
General DnbIEren Takes Zip the Gauntlet
of "Thc KnInhi Of ihc CInNcn Emit,

General G. G. Dahlgren, brother Of
the late Admiral Dahlgren. delivered lecture on
"lnfdelity" in reply to Colonel Ingersol in the
Fourth Avenue Chapel, New York. Nearly one
hundred persons were in attendance lie said that
assassination was the daughter Of nndoity, and
If the threats Of assassination against prominent
men in this country should continue Il would be
an indication Of another revolution. Fortunately
there were 2jO0O0,0OO Christians in the world and
only one lngcrsol. The lecturer declared that the
elevation OF woman In modern civilization was due
to Christianity. He had never seen an infide
woman. The wife of that drunken wretch. Tom
Paine, he said, had to be divorced and taken away
from him. Humo and Gibbon lived unhnowing OF
the pure love Of woman. French friend Of Gem
crnl Dahlgren was asked by some ladies to sing the
Morseillaise Hymn" and the ladies added pleas
nn,ly that doubtless he often had heard It sung.
"Ncs," was the reply, :" have heard It sung by
one thousand voices with ghostly heads carried
above an lnfirlatcd crowd, and when my own
boots were soaked in blood"
That was time" said the lecturer "when
Garth trcmblcd, he'll yawned, and the world arose
in arms; and when Colonel Ingersoll joins his
brothers in the next world aud finds the worst
suffering existing there he and they can remember
the agonies they have caused here"
Even II there was no heaven or hell, the lecturer
continued the Christian stood Just as good chance
rs the iniidel, and even the gambler learned to
take all the chances Of the cards. Colonel 1nger-
soil had thrown down the gauntlet like an inndcl
knight His motives were gain and plunder, and
thus he stood ihr below the plane of his predeces
sors-lIumc, Gibbon, and voltaire. Colonel 1nger-
soil would find out that vituperation was not argu-
mcut but when his sharpcncd spear struck
against the shield of Christianity II was time TO
arouse against this knight of the cloven foot, and
God would defend his own. There should be con-
dign punishment for such men as he, on earth and
in eternity. All men should bear hend and
women with their garter strings should lash him
through the world
National Republican., 1881-07-11

reason for holding himresponsible for the
rapacity of the corporations whose law
business may have been intrusted to him
in the past than for holding him respon-
sible forthe personal defects of any other
of his clients. Iflawyers were to be ruled
off of the bench under the fear that they
might favor former clients we should
either be obliged to abolish courts or
select for judges lawyers who had never
had any cases.
National Republican., 1881-07-11
A Snrrn.tInn nrNniun

The Hon. Robert Toombs, who was sec
rotary Of State Of the confederate government, in
recent interview expliins the reason why
confederate currency was so plenty. lie says
the secretary of the trcasuryha Il printed by col
ored men who were impressed for the duty, and
that after running the presses all day for the gov
crnmcnt," he allowed them to print or a quantity
of money for themselves This IS II suggestion of
value to the Grccnbackcrs in case that party
ShOmll cNnr be rnylNrd
National Republican., 1881-07-11
POrittPnI NnrnIs.

The Doylestown Democrat, speaking of
the attempted assassination Of the President, says
II shows a fearful state of political morals In the
Republican party" What s,ate Of political morals
in the Democratic party did the murder of Lin
coin by Wilkes Booth show? Or the starvation and
murder of Union prisoners by that Bourbon fcnd
Wir2? Some things show more than another-
NoTTisiown Herald
National Republican., 1881-07-11
THE NATIONS PRAYER.

God of the Nations love,
Look from Thy throne above
Down at our grief
Comfort each anxious heart
And CLEANS of hope impart
For our relief
What was the Natlorrs crime
That at this peaceful tlmo
Thy Christening rod
with such stroke should fall
That with one voice we call,
Pity, o GOd9
Pity our deep distress,
Forgive our outlines,
And by Thy wealth
OF love we humbly plead
That Thou IN mercy lead
Back unto health.
Or, II Thy loving Will
Bids his great heart be still,
We would implOre,
Strengthen our rulers hand
So that our land may stand
Firm as Of y0re. Il
National Republican., 1881-07-11
Eriglltfuliy cot.

The Chronicle says IL is now so fright
fully hot in Philadelphia that IN egg can be boiled
hard In five mnucs. An egg ought to boil hard in
five minutes. If Philadelphia cannot do better
than that It should tack itself on to the comets
tail. In New York man simply puts his coffee
pot out on the window-sil for fifteen seconds and
his coffee Is ready to be cooled.-Nao York Com.
fnCrcill advertiser,
National Republican., 1881-07-11

The poem entitled Reflections" in
Fridays REPUBLICAN, credited to the Troy
Times, appeared in the New York Sun
November 5, 1876, entitled Exclama-
tory" aud thus credited. "Erom the
Dining Room Magdaine."
National Republican., 1881-07-11
nIuxrla Him

Won't some one put u muzzle on Will
lam A, Cook In relation to this wretch Guitcau.
The lawyers insnuations rs to II possible cou-
spiracy are almost rs mean as tho assassin's deed
was wckCd.-Sutddy Gazette.
National Republican., 1881-07-11
Tie Reason why.

The Somerville journal says: CAS-
tronomcrs are so mad at the comet getting
within the range ofnaked vision before they saw
it that they are singing Refrain ,pudaclous starr"
Sang Plnaforc" to it, eh? That explains why
1t has been getting away at the rate of 100000
miles q day.
National Republican., 1881-07-11

Persons leaving the city for the sum.
mcr can have THE RErUmicNN mailed to
them by leaving their address at the
business office.
National Republican., 1881-07-11

THE New York Tribune writers cannot
seriously be laboring to procure the
assassination of Mr. Conkling. And yet
they gravely argue that harsh criticisms
OF conspicuous men lead &c their assassi-
nation.
National Republican., 1881-07-11

The Evening Siu, which is the eldest In
tho newspaper family Of the District, put
on a new suit on Saturday last ltlookcd
remarkably well, and much better than
fho old garments. The Star has moved
Into their quarters "across the street,
where everything Is bright and new.
National Republican., 1881-07-11
1cM 40.

"Gracious wife," said father, as he
looked at his son Williams torn trousers, "get
that little Bill rescated' And she replied, Sew
will"
National Republican., 1881-07-11
How Careless.

A bank in Washington holds $4,000,
for which there isno owner.-EccduBge. Gracious
how careless we are We supposed we had left
that money at home in our other trousers pocket.
Norris towR Herald,
National Republican., 1881-07-11

The REPUBLICAN would be glad to hear
briefly from any of its patrons at the
watering-placcs.
National Republican., 1881-07-11
C,nnI I

The man who was the coolest person
at the battle ofWatcrloo has just died. He mid in
the ice. house of the chateau durlng,the contest.
National Republican., 1881-07-11
A uUOt,oirrts Girl.

There wns n sweet girl In lIOboken
Whose heart DER some fellow was broken
when he'd murmur Ice cream"
She'd smile all a-drenm,
Nor weaken, nor wiSen, tor wokcn.