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, 1881-02-27

AN UNFORTUNATE Pedestrian.
CINCINNATI, O., Feb 2C.-At quarter be-
fore L. Tonight, OIL Eighth street and Egg
gleston avenue, Richard Hurley. In 4 fight
with Mike Murphy, shot at him several
times, and woun,led him in the arm, but
with one shot whicl. missed Murphy killed
John Sulhoon, who happened to be going
home on Eighth street.
, 1881-02-27
WASHINGTON.

The Senators Take Up The
Great River and Har-
bor Grab.
Ten Thousand Dollars Stricken
from the House Bill, and
$1,500,000 Added.
The Grandest Divide on Rec
ord Thus Passed Late
at Night.
Only Twelve Senators Arayed
in Opposition to the Plum
dering Foray.
L Long and Stormy Session Of the
House On the Sundry
Civil Bill.
Premiums Awarded to Mendacfous
Contestants OF Congress
sional Elections. :.
All Attempts to Reason with the Plum
derers Productive Of Mot-Like
Confusion.
Caucus OF Democratic Managers
ReapportionmentD Dead-Eu-
uors About Malone.
Tbs New Museum Nearly Ready for
the Grand Inauguration
Rail
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
NEIVSy NOTES

In Frisco two hotels and several stores
and factories are burned. Loss .9oO0.
Losses by fire in the q. s. an Canada in
October aggregated s. 100000
Corrected population returns. census Of
1880, give Wcst Virginia 6l8,4j7.
Postal cards will no, bo redeemed b. tao
Department after February lst uo4t
Among the Methodist Episcopal c0nir-
encc-appropriations, recently msde. ar5i-
West Virginia, $1,000; Virginia, 5000.
Mary Frances McVicker Boot, eiic of
Edwin Booth, the actor, died laei secx Of
consumption.
Col. !. Howard Weiies, late Of Baltimore,
i. arrested in New York for demarliEg
stock points" from jay Gould aa5 li.rcat-
cning him.
To have 4 tolerable idea % Guitean's cog-
duct I'm court one need only recui $ 30 w.
ier'. imperturbab!e manner ~ O. Wines ~
tie Pickwick trial
The English sleamcr segarn, from Brs-
t0l for Glasgow, va. blown u2 wi'a dyna-
mite iast week and 10 persons killed aud
several wounded.
Bradshaw, Roanoke; LcgQ. Wise; Main,
Frederick, and Carinth, Lec county w.,
and Garfield, Washington county, bid, are
new post-ofliccs.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03

The vine clings 10 the mouldeiing wall
Bat at every gust the dead leaves ail.

The vine clings TO Tie mouldeiing wall
But at every gust the dead leaves iai.
When lazincss comes home pride goes a
way % visit dc naybuu.-Ero. GIrdnor
The Duke of Argyll say. there Isl bro
therhood of error as.close a, that Of trU,d.'
Oar spiritual condition seems o CORES
pond with the drought Of the past Summer,
says The Pt@Jyteriaa.
The world needs everything for tho good
Of humanity, no matter irom what man.
school, or creed it may omanats
Walt Whitman recently As l
grow older am more and more ready ts
take the good there is in men without con
cerning myself about The bad"
Ifyou think YOU would love 10 marry YOU
might as well know one time rs anotbcr,hat
YOU cannot find any ono who VIZ suit al
your relatives, especially those on your mo
ther-in-law's side.
John Morley, in writing Of Cohdon's nat
gral style, says that classical training 81
more apply calculated to destroy iho sual.-
tics Of good writing aud fine speaking tlim
any other system that could have been ccn-
triyed.
Love without n liss would be lite tie
harp without the hand; the rainse, v,ih-
out its hue; the brook without iis Uaible;
the landscape .thout itseolor; the tea-r-sc
without It's odor poetry without q. rsihnl,
or marriage without. love.
We should welcome death a one who
briug- los tding' Of the finding % long lc.t
titles to large family estate, ard 20 out
gladly to take possession, though, itmas D.
not without natural tear for tic lume.of
home we are leaving. Death a'vsY means
us kindness, though hc has oftm q guf
way Of Offering it--Jamcs R1Hc1 LoncN
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
8IOTIfER.

There are words that spl Ak % aQucnchlos love
Which burns in thehearts sc l.er.sh,
And accents that tel OF friendship proved,
That will never blight or perish.
TheIeare soft words mgriaurod by dear, deal
lps,
Far lchcr ihsr ary other;
But -ho srcotes. word thal che err hath heard
Is he blessed name OF mother
or the magical word may it mover die
l'rom the hps ihai that love t0 - akiti
Nor melt away from the trust.ng hearts
That even would break to ke,p d.
Vas there ever name thai lived like this2
VIII there ever Do such an0iher2
The angels have reared in i.ssen q shrine
l'or HE holy name of Mother
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03

At Grand Island the other day, says Mr.
Nye. passenger found three file. in bis tea
at tie eating-hou.e lie called the waiter
to him and mid You are in error about
NE. You evidently think | am travelling
in special car and putting on great deal
Of dig. I'm riding second cla-s, without
baggage, and am only entitled to one fly.
Give this cup to that big fat man at the
corner table. lie i a director of tie road,
and Is entitled to three flies in his tea and
a dead cockroach between his pancakes. ]
cannot travel second class and u-urp the
rights Of fiTst-class passengers. Please pass
tie chronological mustard before YOU 90,
and set the adamantine pune. whore ] can
reach them. may want 70 throw one at
the head waiter occasionally to attract his
attention"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

I climbed the mountain to-day whose hcigh
80 long had Knocked my climbing;
| wrote the poem whose subtle soul
Had long escaped my ihymng;
Bu; the purple mist OF the mountain top,
Faded as drew near IL,
And the poem. alas how poor the earb,
gave to is glorious spirit.
Yet men will climb TO the mountain top.
Though climbing dispels the glory;
And poets will sing. though still they fail
OF telling the perfect story.
The rose will bloom and the oak VIII grow
To the buds aud The acorn 5 ruiag
And men and women will dare % love
Though love be is own unjo.ng
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03


Yesterday afternoon man might have
been seen hurtying along West Temple
street with two small snipe and teal duck
in his hand
"Been hunting?' asked a friend.
Yes, took alittle jaun. up to ;he slough"
"Dont you think that game comes dear
when you go 50 far for it?'
Oh, you don't get on 70 py racket.
amt such a blank fool as some people
think. Fere's the idea: 90 ouf .n TIE
marshes and kill few snipe. take one b.
some friends house, and present It With o
great flourish. dwell on the trouble
took 10 shoot il, describe a few naff0w es-
capes from drowning and lay the trophy of
the chase at the feet Of the lady Of hs
house with studied oriental ssiaam Nfxs
day am invited to dinner For q zen cent
snipc get a royal layout. Then give iao
other snipe 70 tie next unsuspecting .ani-
~, with q similar result The other day !
sent two old emancipated snipe Z, Gov.
Murray, told him the night before 7 was
going after 'em, but they had been lying in
my room for two days Got invited b ~
elegant dinner with wine. But of c,rre /
didn't eat the snipe Too old a bind .of ga.
then the snipe were also too Old. In
going to take these birds 10 sLoughDesy
and get forty dollar dinner o., aiu-
such an awfa!-fool as look. When. !
get birds ct the marshes get en- at iho
stands"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
HOOER.

HANDSOME Family Quarto Bibles 500
l 4 Worcc.tcr's Unabridged Dictionary 500
Bryant's Selection OF Poetry and song s)o".-
Rartic.ts Familiar Quotations $500; Bryants
Complete Poems. illustrated, SioO. owen Mer-
idith's Lucille $50; Shakespeare Complete
Works $500; Camphci Selection Of Poems -
The Popular Lansiownc Eltion~, complete, OF
English Poets Byron Burns, Moore Words
worth. Pope. Coleridge Campbell. etc. Sle9.-
Father RYAN, Rolt Browning, Edear 4. Poe
from 81 - to $3.50. The Diamond Edition OF
Poets-Longfcl,ow Whittier, SAKE, Bret H9rte'
&c. zoe Chambers Encyclopedia, complete,
Il vol. edition Of lSso cloth binding S5OO--
same with American editions, large type. 10 W.
cloth binding Sl3; same half Russia, SIS.
We Will order and furnish amy book publish
ca ia shor, time and at moderate prices. Or
d.rs solicited
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03

Bonnie the life which has passed thro' the por-
Azure and gold % dwell in the skies: .tais,
Borne all unseen in the arms OF immortals
Noudcr, where Deity raptures the eyes
Bidden e. join the choirs of angels
Ere the sweet Christmas-tide dawneth again
Loitering now in the sunlight Of Rest,
Lowry ler voice shall blend with the b-est-
e en- 10 the sound of the Great Amen
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
on YOUR GR4VE.

Love, on your grave in the ground
Sweet flowers planted are growing;
Lilies and violct abound
pansios border 10 round,
And cow>lips-aA of my sowing;
4 crecpcr is trying Co cover
Your name wish kiss like lover.
Dear, on your grave, ia my heart,
Grow flowers You planted when living,
Memories That cannot depart
Faith in lifc's holior part.
And love-all Of your giving;
While Hope, climbing higher, is surer
10 reach you as life grows purer.
-lrlhlir l.NlIurlncssH.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
Schoo, SuDpliey.

School Satchcis States Copy Books, Pencil
Tablets Exercise and Drawing Books, Pens,
PENCIL, Ruhtcls, Inks, etc., in large assortment
DLAlB Packets Writing paper - Sd, - snd
- 5lc Writing Paper in boxes. o4l stylts and
pric--. Note Letter. Foo.scap, Lc-al-cap ami
Bi.l Paper. Blank Books Memorandum Books
ia great variety. The best cent paper out
try H.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03

" Ned, did you hear tie news? \ mans
foot was washed on shore last night, about
a quarter Of q mile from here?" =" l. that
so There must have been a murder then"
" Not at all washed il; the foot was
mine. vou know"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
Nan IS Y.lr gim.t9 faint


AGENCY Cor the sale Of the celebrated Ncr
York. Est,.c Pants. We can recommend this
as one of ttc best ani most durable OF the ready
mixed paints i'm thc market Sample cards.
SOUTHERN CHEMICAL COS PAiNT.
We are iust ia receipt Of large shipment of
these goods and can nh orders Cor any quantity
u.t .a iu barrels. pals. gallon and hait-gallJn
car, call anal sea sample c1.ogS.
Lewis lead linsrcj OH, Goiprs, Class Put
Is. Nare;ele. Sc. Everything 81 t'cFWnhns
iil1 e. BOSTON, prices.
For sale oy
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
POETE y.
" BABY BELLE"
The Expression Of a Friends Sympathy.

Because her eyes are closed in dreoIaless sleep
ing,
Think not thy babe is dead
Because. consigned 20 earth, she left thee weep
ing.
Think not her life has sped:
For 'mong the stars where diamonds CLEAN the
brightest
Her spirit sure is There,
To breathe before the Throne, in accent. light
e>t.
4 low, unending PRAYER
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
SCHONL HOOKS

Full stock of all school Books used IN IA,
Male Sui Female Schools cf Iharlestown ano
vicinity Wes, Virginia School Books At con
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
CHEAP BOOKS.

Agency for publications of the American
Book Exchange, large stock on hand. Seaside,
Standard and Franklin square Libraries Any
books NOT on hand viii be ordered promptly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03

Head and Foot Stones. Man'los Statues and
Carving. in an it var.o3- branches. and all
work In their business. Ali orders promptly
fued m The Lowest rate. and shortest notice.
and all work delivered and put up, and guar
antcci 20 suit purchaser II not. no sale
Please cali and $40 and judge for Yourselves be-
fore purchasing elsewhere, and Patroni4e Home
Manufacturers.
The .nb.crihcT. have also in operation their
shop in Martin~burg. where they vii give
propnt attention t. al work entrusted Geo them.
plEHL Sc BRO.
CharlestoNn. July =, 1s37-y.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03

Gee . week in your own town. Terms and
t6DO s. outfit free. Address II. Iiallett, Is
co., Portland, Maine.
Nar l., Sly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03

That which has thres feet but no legs j.
yard stick.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
@jr9jnja free 'w5s.

II. n 6 II, " 3. GALLAHER, Ediiors.
charsesora, Jefferson County, Vest Va.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
Guiteau's Family.
Now York Times

After the victim of an assassin, and the
victims family. no one is more TO be
yitied than the assassin's innocent II
lations. Let honest men and wome
picture to themselves what il would b
to be pointed at all their lives as near
relatives of Guiteau--to feel that OF
entering a room full of people dozei
are whispering, "That lady Is the sisto
of the man who shot President Garfield
This il the cup at the fullest of tho@
condemned to bear the burden OF rela
tives' iniquities. But there is a muc
larger class who, while not exposed I.
modification 80 profound as this, hav.
to endure that arising from aome one q
their immediate circle who seems l.
have been borne only to Yex, ifritai,
and annoy his or her belongings. Their
are, in fact, few large families but AZ
cursed with q species of Guiteau, who
there is ample evidence 10 prove. has al
his life been trouble to his friends
Sometimes it is the idle. vain, spend
thrift son, who is started in a carce
only to be restarted, who is sublimel
indifferent TO eXpoStulatiOn, cntreaty
remonstrance, and is a subject every DAY
of freeh anxiety. Sometimes il is way
ward, peevish, quarrelsome daughter
who sets everybody at odds, ana pr
duces state of discomfort wherever sh'
goes, saving and doing precisely thr
wrong thing, and furious If found flu
with. Perhaps the most hopelessly dil
hcult of all is the member of a famil
whom all have agreed To be more or les
cracked, but whose insanity is not SUI
EatA.Ilkr t.pAnnnnaaI -, slRsI.ltH.lN tlt
mand his being placed under coutro'
What aggravates the evil in some o'
these cases is that the unhappy being j
permitted, especially it a woman, to mar
ry without her frien1s--generall onh
too glad to get rid Of her-giving a wori
of warning. Very few parents have III,
courage and conscience to prevent sucl
marriages so fertile is misery.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
The Origin of the Chinese Pigtaii.
London Globe.

A recent imperial edict on the subject
calls our attention to the origin OF the
pigtail, which is now the distinctive
mark of native of the Fowery land. It
is one ofthe strange phenomena Of that
country, where everything is 50 sncient,
and where so few innovations have been
tolerated, that this practice, which was
Originally the badge of conquest, should
have been not merely accepted, but per
mitted TO intertwine itself so closely
with the national life that it would now
require forcible measures to induce the
people to forego it. For in the days be.
fore the Manchu conquest; when the
throne was occupied bp the great dyhas-
ties of antiquity, the Chinese allowed
their hair TO grow as best it pleased
them: and they were even known to
some of their neighbors as the Long
haired race" But when the great soldier
Noorhachu marched southwards from
Moukden to conquer China, and estab-
lish the Manchu dynasty, he gave an
order to his lieutenants t. compel the
people, as they submitted, To shave their
heads in token of their surrender The
Manchus were thus enabled to discover
at a glance which of the Chinese Were
vanquished and which were not; while
the thoroughness of their success was
expressed in the most formal and EN-
phatic manner.
This practice, which was adopted
partly from The cxi ilIcnces arising out OF
the conquest OF the multitudes OF China
by mere handful of Tartar soldiers
was continued, and became an lntrera!
portion of the Manchu system of govern.
meni, and the result has tended TO con
firm the wisdom of the founders Of the
present dynasty. The popular views ON
the subject of the pictail have not yet
been asceriained with any degree Of Ger
tilude; but it may be remarked that all
the insurrechons of the last twenty
years have put forward, as one of their
features, the intention TO renew tins
practice, which has there been represent
ed as a badge of conquest. There now,
however, seems more chance than ever
of its perpttrauOn.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
A LAWYERS TEST OF A KISS.
Determining an Issue Between seh"oi
Girl aud a Jsnitor.
Philadelphia Record.


Girl aud a Jsnitor.
Philadelphia Record.
The problem which causes little nils
of perspiration to trickle down the necks
of the thirteenth ward school directors
during their sessions in these hot SUN.
mer evenings is whether or not one oi
their janitors has been. exercising his
accomplishment at osoulation on one OF
the children In the public schools con-
trary 70 the childs wishes. On the Sat.
urdsy succeeding the closing q the pubic
schools little girl named Lille Benalx,
residinr with her uncle, Mr.. soloman,
No. 72l North Seventh street, was sent
10 neiehborins drug stnre for medicine.
On her return home the little passed the
the school house at the northeast corner
Of Sixth street and Fairmount avenue,
where she attended school. She says
she was invited by the janitor, Mr.. Will
am $. Trio, to come in and see the I'M
provements which had been made in the
rooms. Her story is in these words;
As soon as got into the entry he took
me mp in his arms and carried me INTO
Miss Wright's room. | went IN on the
Coates street side; that was the hrst
room and be took up in his arms and klss-
ed me; and then he carried me into Miss
Barnes room and kissed me, and stood
me on the desk and kissed me three or
four times. He then carried me back TO
Miss Wright's room and kissed me hall
dozen times, and then he took Inc to the
entry and set me on the floor and SAID:
Here's a new lead pencil and III give
you this for another kiss l then broke
loose from him and ran out of the front
door. All this time he was hugging aud
kissing nae, and was afraid OF him. He
had me in his arms all the time"
Mr.. solomon at once laid the matter
before Mr.. John c. Kelly, chairman OF
The thirteenth sectional school board,
who called on the janitor concerning the
serious charges preferred against him.
Trio visited the house of Mr.. Solomon
in company with Mr.. Kelley, where he
was brought face to face with his fair ac-
cuser, and emphatically denied having
ever seen ihe girl at the time fixed by
her. Then the matter was brought TO
the attention Of the school board and a
committee appointed TO investigate the
charges. The girl appeared before the
committee and her uncle and repeated
her story.
She adheres tenaclously to her story,
and Trio as emphatically persists in his
denial in every respect of the charges
against him. Under the circumstances
the investigating committee is sorely
perplexed to know what kind of ver-
dict TO render in the case. Mr.. Solomon,
the girls uncle, feels greatly annoyed at
the matter having become public, but is
confident. he says, that the girl Is telling
the truth. On the other hand, Mr.. kel-
ley SAYS that Trio has been the jauitor
of the sshool for six years and has al
ways been man of most exemplary
character, so far as he lMr. Kelley has
been able TO judge.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
The Proper Depth TO Sow Seeds.

We have several times called attention
To the fact that seed. do not need to be
covered deeply and that many fail to
grow from deep planting. Something
may always be allowed for the state OF
the soil. A dry soil needs seeds deeper
in il than wet one does. We give the
results Of an experiment as We see it re.
corded, bui much of what is told needed
no experiments Ia find out. Experiment.
ing on that depth at which wheat should
lie covered. the following results were
obtained: OF fifty grains deposited at the
depth of eight inches only two came up.
and these formed no heads; at seven
inches one-fourth came up but formed
no heads. Ten out Of fifty came up when
covered five inches deep, but had defec,
tive heads. At four inches covering
there were few perfect heads, but most
were defective. Of those covered three
inches all came up. but the best yield
was from those covered only two inches
deep. The condition of the soil as to
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
Strange Japanese Brothsrhoods.

Fashion has shown Us some strange
vagaries In Japan. First she fxed her
attention on pigs, then on rabbits, then
on roses, then on specie, and now she 10
all for societies. Some societies there
are which, through good or III report,
have come 10 occupy O niche In the
temple OF notoriety, as, for example, the
society OF Protestors (Risshi-shaj IN
Tosa, the Society of Patriots (Akoku-
sha) in Osaka, the Society of Loyalists
(Chiukoku-sha) in kaga, the Friendly
Brothers, (Koiin-sha) of Toxic, and so
forth. All these are ineligible, though
sometimes not intelligent, associations,
aiming at some utilitarian, philosophical
or political goal but of late there have
sprung up here and there strange broth
erhOods, with strange purposes and
strange titles. Thus We have the FAIL
together Society (kiyohei-sha) aud the
Pauper Brotherhood (Rimbo-sha) OF
IOttori Prefecture, as well as the Sea-
weed Society (Arame-gumi) of Wakayma
so called because its members elec for
the sake of distinction or necessity to
clothe themselves in vestments Uttered
like the ragged wreck OF the yeasty
BRINE" Quaintest and most melancholy
OF all, however is the latest social ex-
cresence of Kumamoto, the Society OF
standardization (Jimetsu-sha,j The
principles of its constitution are three
ID that its members must have no prl-
vate capital, floating or fixed; ~ that
they must look to nothing but their own
right arms to support and protect them;
and 81 that they must be in session
every day of The 365, the purpose OF then
session being to say what they please,
eat and drink as much as they like, sleep
when they may have a fancy, and con
cern themselves about nothing that
does not affect them personally. Some
suggest that this is revival of the old
Buddhist doctrine of practical Nlryana,
lKivomu-iakumets,) but u seems very
mu,h more likely that these seli-an>
nihilators are disciples of Russian nihil-
ism, and that they consist of youths
formerly affiliated to the notorious
Breadth of God Society" (Jimpu-sha) }
which gave the authorities so much
trouble at the time of the Satsnma
rebellion. The d6idtus del from which
these gentry borrowed their title was the
tornado that shattered 10 pieces the
great Chinese armada off the coast of
Chikuzen in the time OF the Iuen em-
peroIs. 1t was in fact barbarian over,
whelming blast, and those who called
themselves by its name were the head
and front of the anti-foreign agitation.
With them were associated the House
hold Divinity Sect. (Toin to- who, as
their name implies, were equally con-
servative. Little, if any, of this spirit
now remains, and it would be extraya-
CANT TO fancy that it has inspired the
self-annihilators of Kumamoto. They
do hut represent one of those unhappy
phases into which the unemployed and
almost unemployable energy of the
| disinherited samural was bound to drift.
Let us hope that they will work no more
/ evil than their title suggests.