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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22
POETR z.
IN MEMORTAlH
senja,lin CobeU Washington.

Written for the Pittsburg Evening Chronicle.
He was boy for whom we well might mourn ;
Gentle. dociie. tractable and good.
our hearts had felt no shadow Of a fear
For all his future.
In our agony It's hard 10 say
Gods will be done; but yet we truly feel
That our afliction is cur dear ones gain;
For in his sinless youth he went to God,
And SO in tears. vet willingly, we make
Our Lord this otfering-a fair young heart.
And while well never cease 10 mourn iorhlm
His disposition and his nature sweet,
We would not ask TO have him back again,
For well we know that when our course IS run,
And we shall tread We trust, the paths oi
Heaven,
Arnonr the sweetest flowers that blossom there,
We quick will recognize our own pure bud.
Thus is our sorrow tempered with the hope
That we shall find our dear dead boy again.
September %, 1881. bY i. I. VI IT,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22
The Posta, card

4 Treatise on the history Of the postal
card has been published in Berlin. The
originator Of the idea is said to have been
a German State official, DR.. Stephan, who
wrote an eseay upon ii in 1860. Austria
was the first to adopt it, beginning in Octo-
Der. 1869. The first three months witnessed
tie passage Of 2,9300 900 cards through the
mails. Germany followed sui. in 1870, and
on the first dav after the introduction Of
the postal card -, ,l68 wcTe sent of in Ber-
lin alone and within two months over
1000. 900 were used. Other countrics soon
initiated the same step. During the Franco
Prussian war the postal card system was a
great boon TO both armies. Over l0OOO,OOO
cards passed during the campaign between
the German sOldicrs ard thei- fricrds and
homes. The greatest proportional consdmp-
ton Cf petal cards occurs unqucsti0nably
in the United States The whole Of Europe
is estimated to use annually 800, 100000,
while the consumption in the United states
alone will probably not fall short Of 25O, 900,
100000. Germany consumed in 1879 l22-
747. 900. The use Of the postal card IS,
moreover, constantly increasing, and 70 some
extent, at the expense Of the letter CORES
pondence. There are now said TO be seventy
three countries in which it is introduced.
Austria, which has the honor Of first putting
the idea into practical execution, IS now
said to have cards Of the poorest material
AMI most inconycnient form.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

4 wool and whca'-growcr says II il my
belief thai thcrcal reason why our wheat
crops only yield half n much ~ the English
crop is that in England farmers uiilizeshcep
as grain growers, while we only consider
them wool aud mutton-makcrs. ] have
even heard an essay on sheep rs the Scay-
engers Of the Farm meaning probably
pickers mp Of unconsdercd trhes in the
form Of weeds Now though ! object en-
tircly to sheep being graded as scaycpgcn,
I. with admirable inconsistency, admire
them greatly in the Office Of dung carrier
that Is, feeding on heavy lands, or on crop
which cannot be proitably used in some
other way. Sheep fed upon linsecd or cot
ton-seed-mcal will distribute the clcmen
of fertilization continued in these feed
which they do not economic, and deposi
them where the wheat was wanted to grow.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22
VOL. H---VOL. IL NEW SERIESl CHARI
ROOFS.

HANDSOME Family Quarto Bibles 500
Ii Worces;er's Unabridged Dictionary 81. 90
Brvant's Selection OF Poetry ana song SoOo.-.
Rartletts Familiar Quotations $500; Bryant
Complete Poems. Illustrated SlOo. owen Mer-
idith's Lucille $3.50; Shakespeare's Complete
Works $500; Campbell Selection OF Poems - .
The Popular Lansdowne Editions, complete, Of
English Poets. Byron, Burns, Moore, Words
worth. Pope. Colcrilec Campbell. etc, slV1.-
Father RYAN. Robt. Brownir- Edgar \. Poe
from 81 - 20 $3.50 The diamond Edition OF
ts-Longfcllow. Whittier sake Bret Harte,
de-. 75c. Chambers Encyclopedias complete,
Is vol edition of 1850, cloth binding, soVe.-
Same with American editions, large type, 10 "
tiotl, binding sl3. same half Russia, SIS.
We Will order and furnish any book publish
cd in a shor, time and at moderate prices. Or
dc~s solicited
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

The necessities Of commerce sonic timcs
bring about strange results. About three
hundred tons Of bones for manure have
arrived at Bristol, which are believed to Dc
part Of the remains Of those Who fell in and
near Pleyna during the late Russo-Turkish
war Some years ago cargo Of bones ar
rived at Liverpool, and when the remark
was made that they did not look a If theg
were worth mich for manure, one Of the
crew answered I don't know what the
are worth now, bat they're part Of the
knights Of Malta ~
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

"Can pa make a circus, ma ?" Il don't
know, Johnny; suppose he could If he
had a great deal Of money to buy horses and
wild animals but why doyou ask, Johnny"
ooh, nothing much only saw that CASTOR
fellow that you told sis not to have nothing
to DO with standing with his arm around
her at the back gate last night, and he said
to sis, 81 s'pose if yer old man came a
round now he would make circus and SIS
laughed and said. "You bet :"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

PAINTS.

Agency for the sale Of the celebrated Aor
l,-t E.Ta,{ PfltS. We can recommend this
MS one of the best and most durable of the ready
mixed paints iu the market. Sample cards.
SOUTHERN CHEMICAL cos PANT
We are just in receipt of large shipment OF
.lo,e Goods ard can hil orders for amy quantity
prt un I'm barrels. pals. gallon and haltga!ion
caus-cull and see slmplc coicrs.
Lewis Lead Linseod OF, Coiors, Ciass, Put
tv. Varnishcs. Cc Everything in the Painting
line III bottom prices
For sale by
Nu., 27. 81. y. +. HENDERSON S 60.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22
Finland Lore Song.

I saw the moon rise clear
O'er hills and wales Of snow,
Nor told my fleet reindeer
The track l wished 10 go.
Yet quick he bounded forth,
For well my reindeer knew
I've but one path on earth
The path that leads 70 you.
The gloom that Winter cast
How soon the heart foTgcts,
When Summer brings at last
Her sun that never sets
~ day red my love to You,
So, fycd through joy and pain,
Than Summer sun more true,
Twill never set again.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

"Is he sun hot?7 asks a contributor in
.Scince Here's: the man you're looking foT
Mr.. President, the dog days have failed to
reach him. Send him As consulate to some
warm climate-yery warm.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

By Law marriage in England. Except BY
special license, is not legal il the ceremony
does not take place in the IRONING that 81
before noon. 4 special license, obtanablc
on payment Of e certain fee 10 the archbishop
Of Canterbury that Is to one Of bis clcrb)
legalizes a marriage at any hour Of the day
or night. OF late it has become rather
fashionable 10 purchase thee special licenses
and to have the ceremony performed in the
afternoon OF evening.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

This notice is found posted up in 4 Vir-
ginia blacksmith shop "Notic-De CO.
partnership heretofore resisting bctwixt me
and Mcse Skinner Is hereby resolved. Dem
what o,e dc firm will settle wild me, and
dem what dc firm owe will settle wild Nose" "
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

"Now. Willie" said the anxious mother,
chow did you get that big daub of molasses
on your best Jacket" ooh, sirup-htio'isly,
ma, "and his peculiar wink saved him a
boxed ear
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

"OT with your coat y the father cried,
And brandished wild Q three-fOOt lath-
Between the licks his son replied
A soft tan, Sir, turneth wrath.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

This Is the way yassar girl tells JOKE
"Oh, girls | heard just the best thing, '1-
day. 1t was TOO funny. / can't remcn5rr
Just what she said bat Prof Mitchell
answer was just too funny for any use /.
forget just exactly what he said, but. it "
Just too good for anything
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22
MONU7IBNTs, TONES,

Head and Foot stones, Mantles, Statues and
Carving. in all is various branches, and al
work in their business. All orders promptly
filled at the lowest rate. and shortest notice,
and all work delivered and put up and guar
rntoed to suit purchasers. If not no sale
Please call and see and Judge for yourselves be
fore purchasing elsewhere, and patronize Home
Manufacturers.
The subscribers have also in operation their
shop in Martinsburg, where they Will give
proDmt attention 10 all work entrusted tOthem.
DIEHL. * BRO.
Charlestowr, July Is lS6T-y.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22
gFgE3 lJEEIOE3 EE0 EJ$E,
(Formcr'y sappingtep IiotcD
CHARLESTOWN, WESTViRGINlA.

THE undersigned having leased the above
named Hotel, and re raia'cd renovated
and thoroughly and comfortably furnished ii,
now informs the public that ne IS prepared TO
receive permanent boanicra or transient quests
The cyp,ricnce o; vclrs as host is am assl-
rance of his autues and ability to clter oErcca-
rlv to tine wants of the public and he believes
he suhscrycs his own interests best hy serving
thepublic generously and honestly and courtc-
0usly.
l}5or's oueo-tahlc; Tanlen Bar well sup
plcl: Stables ample for the accommoJatlon Oh
horses at Livery: Omnibus attend upon arri-
,.ol and departure Cf trains CiHrrc H0tTmc.
Irlv isSl-3,n. ". .E.TAlLOR.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

The greatest curiosity at a country fair il
the orator Tie is usIally st his speech 80
distant from anything agricultural, even
when he talks Of crops and stock, that .hc
farmers liie to listen to him. Iiepatronizcs
the countrymcn By saying that The sons Of
the soil are as good as other pcDple. Mr..
Beecher used to talk about hcifcrs and pears
and posins in 3 manner that causcd the
farmers wives 70 smile whcn they discovered
how little he knew. Mr. Hayes shook hands,
kissed the babies and wrote common places
in albums The agricultural orator Is an
ornamental hero at country fairs and The
less he knows about the things be talks
about the more he IS supposed TO know about
everything else.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22
NOTES.

The first article made from California
gold is believed 10 be a rosary, the metal Of
which was mined in 1872. II is on exhibit
ton in Los Angeles
There is in Springfield, Mass, a piano
made in l770 by AN uncle and brother Of
John Jacob Astor both Of whom were at
that time piano makers in London.
Thyme will grow almost anywhere, but il
prefers a dry poor soil. If the ground i
rich, the plant will grow too luxuriant and
lose Its aromatic qualities.
The "rose" diamond is so called not from
any peculiarly of color, as many supposed,
but from the form into which It IS cut, which
is twcnty-iour facet, With the base a plane.
All that is good in lie Pages Joan of
Arc" is the expression beyond descriptionin
the faces. Hersou i fairly boaming through
the eyes. But a rose face and brown neck
and shoulders they blemish?
In strength granite exceeds ell cher
building stones in common use. Its weight
is about l66 pounds to the cubic foot, hence
a cubic ward weighs about two tons. Gran-
ite usually contains about one per cent. OF
water.
The whistle of locomotive can be heard
1890 yards through the air the noise Of
train $500 yards the bark Of a dog and
the report of a musket can be heard l,SVo
yards the roll Of drum or an orchestra
500 yards the human voice travels l,OO0
yards the croaking OF frogs, 300 yards, the
chirping of crickets, 300 yards
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22

C9pp a week in your own town. Terms ana
900 - outfit free Address IL lIallctt,
co, Portland, Maine.
Mar -, Sly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-22
NCHOOL ROOKS.

Full stock OF all school Books used In the
Male and Female Schools of Char.cstown ana
vicinity. Wcs. Virginia school Books a; con-
rr.,of prices
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04
Holiday Dluners.

Good Health says: "Friehds, those of you
who expect to treat your children and rela-
tives or %neighbors to a holiday feast, let us
give you a hint. Before making preparations
for the occasion pause a moment to consider
whether it would not be best to deviate
a little from the almost universal custom Of
making our national holidays the occasion for
animal gormandizing. Instead OF leading
the table. with articles of food OF a character
certain to injure the digestive organs, and to
work mischief in every part OF the vital Or
ganism, would it not be better to put upon
the table a variety of good, wholesome foods
which might be partaken of with impunity,
and which will not stimulate the palate to
gluttony?
"Overeating at Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Years dinners annually causes
many cases of sickness and not a few deaths.
Doctors are always busy the next day after
these holidays, and may generally expect an
unusual increase in business"
This is sound advice. Why are all our
holidays, days of unreasonable, unnatural
feasting? Our women might make a great
reform in the world in this respect.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04

DUBLIN, Dec. 30.-Mr. Lowe complet
the re ading of II extracts frsm speeches
the traversers showing that they all couns
ed the people to withhold their ]
then quoted the judgment of Chief Just
Cuckburn, to the effect that a conspiracy y
the act of two or more persons combining
injure a third party, and that it was not n,
essary that the actions to be done be Grimm
a mere combination to effect a criminal
Jury would csme within the law. He wisl
to read the opinion of Daniel O'Connell
the proposed strike of farmers against a n
roll, but it was not allowed by the court.
then proceeded to explain the punishme
which the traversers advocated for those v
took evicted farms and declared that one
the traversers had been continued in his q
as a paid agent of the land league after b
ing held persons up by name to popular 81
Grafton and murder. He dwelt with mi
effect OH the fact that the travers ers had gil
prominence to the statement that if 30,'
PERSONS were enrolled in the land league
army could enforce the land laws.
speech was not concluded when the CO
rose.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04

From the census returns of 1880 just pub
lished we find Montana has 39,157 inhabit-
ants. This shows an increase for the last ten
years of 1915 per cent. For the same leng h
Of time Oregon increased AIS per cent, while
Maine has increased but 3D. per cent. since
1870. These facts significantly indicate the
current drift of population. Some of the
eastern states retain bat a small number of
the great immigration that has been pouring
into the United States during the past year.
The larger portion of it is composed of peo-
pie whs come to America for the purpose of
seeking homes in which to pass the remain
der Of their lives. The seaboard and inland
cities absorb many, but the hardy, laberine
class pass on to the westward to the new and
fertile soil of the border states and territories.
On account of their ready means of access,
Dacota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado. Wyo-
ming and Utah have caught up and held a
large share of the strangers, while Montana,
possessing equal or greater advantages in Its
agricultural, grazing and mineral resources,
has not been reached through the absence
heretofore of speedy and cheap means of in
accommodation with the outside world.
This disadvantage under which our territory
has labered will disappear within a year or
Two, and Montana will then become the point
TO which immigration will tend.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04
A1peuial.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3l.-The Post has the
following: Yesterdays Post contained a
copy of a statement made by the Washing
ton Star to the effect that Gen. Mcdowell
was brought from the Pacific coast to New
York, at a cost of ST. 1900, to vote for Gen.
Garfield. Please permit me to state that Gen.
Mcdowell did not vote last election day. The
general and wife arrived at the Breyoort
house forty eight hours previous to the last
day of registration. He would, therefore be
obliged to register and vote at No. II Clinton
Place, which was in the 18th election district
and 10th assembly district. But the election
book of that place fails to show that the gen.
eral registered and voted therein, and as he
was unable to do so at any other point in the
city it is safe to declare that the government
did not expend 81, 200 for Mcdowell to vote
for Garfield or any other candidate.
Yours truly,
GSigned1 PAUL BENNINGTON.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04
ADDrODrlatiOnS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-The official q
mates required for the next fiscal year incl!
the following details not heretofore publish
Fer distinctive Pacific oast purposes =
surveying public lands in California, $500
tor Oregon, Washington territory, New N
leo and Colorado, $4,000 each; News
Utah and Montana, $4,000 each Oak
$4,000; Arizona, $l5, 0 For survey
private land claims in California, $10,o
Arizona and New Mexico, $4,000 each.
U. S. geological survey under Clarence x
100000; for clerks in the Office of the
veyor general of California, including Il
engaged to bring up the arrears of work
copying and preserving the defaced orig
Spanish archives, $4,000. Increased AM
prlations of $1,000 to $1,000 each are I
recommended fer the same purposes in
the other Pacific coast states and territor
General expenses OF the Indian servics
California, $4,000. The estimates for
support and subsistence of the various Inc
tribes not provided for by treaty stipulatI
are substantially the same as the Gus
years appropriations. n
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04
Northern Pacific.
[Signedl

NEW YORK, Dec. 3l.-The Tribune says:
Subscriptions to the Northern Pacific loan
will be opened in this city on Monday. 1t is
understood from bankers having charge of
the matter that there is a difference as to the
time of subscription in this country and at
London. All subscriptions received here in
excess of ten millions will receive only pro
rata allotment in connection with subscrip-
tions made in London, where the books will
remain open for all subscriptions rendered
during the three days beginning Monday. In
other words, the sum of ten millions will be
awarded to American subscribers, and all
subscriptions above that sum will share with
foreign subscriptions in an equal allotment.
The friends of the enterprise anticipate the
complete success of the loan.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04

CHICAGO, Dec. 3O.--A Times Boston spe-
cial says: The Western Union Telegraph
company has for six weeks been experiment.
ing between this city and New Yors with a
new invention whereby five messages may be
simultaneously sent from each end of the
line, and so far it is said the continuance has
proved satisfactory. The company is said to
have offered the inventor $150,0OO if he shall
succeed in using one wire for o u simultane-
Gus messages during two months, and $250f
600 for each line Of messages superimposed
after that as stated above. Six weeks OF the
trial is successfully passed, and it IS stated
that on the 21st five operators in New York
and five in Boston, working on n wire,
sent and received 2,130 messages, sr 40 per
hour for each man.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04
Produce Market Report
BUTTE, Dec. 81, 1880.

BUTTE, Dec. 81, 1oou.
The following are the wholesale prices
paid by merchants and hotel keepers for the
commodities enumerated, delivered from the
wagon. Price list carefully corrected every
Flour, Ruby Valley, XXXX, Sc percwt.
Mill Creek, XXNX, Sc /" ="
Graham, s..
Wheat, per h., 81 cents, fair demand.
Oats, per h., 81 cents, in demand.
Butter, per h., So to 45 cents.
Eggs, per dozen, 60 cents.
Corn meal, 5 to 7 cents.
Beet, on foot, sc
Beets, 3 cents.
Hay per ton, $500 to s27.Oo; in demand.
Fresh fish, 20 cents per pound.
Cheese, Is to IS cents.
Barley, So SO to 2 Is per hundred.
Dried beans, Montana, 7 cts.
Mutton, 7 cents per pound.
Pork, dressed, 10 cents per pound.
Veal, 7 cents per pound.
Vension 6 cents per pound.
Spring Chickens, $500 per dozen.
Wood, So per cord
Rutabagas, &c.
Potatoes, Sc.
Onions, Sc.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04
THANKS.

VIZ can hardly And fitting words to
lxpress to the many contributors to the
holiday MINER the deep obligations un-
aer which we acknowledged ourselves to
est to them. Through their courtesy
,e have been enabled to present to our
eaders a mass Of interesting and valua-
he information from nearly ev-
M portion of the territory. Embrace
NJ matter culled from every department
II our various industries it cannot fail to
interest those who take a commend
kble pride in the advancement our
territory is making, and who desire its
|pntinued prosperity. There are a few
typographical errors that have I'M
hyoidably crept into this edition, for the
presence of which we must crave the in
[dulgence of our readers, and the pardon
hi our contributors. In Judge Blake's
|ane article on the constitutionality of
the present Indian policy a few occur,
hut they cannot mar the power of his
reasoning. The Judge corrected the
|proof slips, but they did not reach us be-
fore that portion of the sheet containing
his admirable contribution had gone to
|press. We were disappointed in not
Receiving an expected letter from Glen
dale. but we trust our readers will ac-
|eept our assertion that that prosper
Ions mining locality is still abreast OF the
first mining camps in the territory.
In conclusion we would tender to our
contributors our heartfelt thanks for
their we'll written offerings, and wish
Them and our readers, M and all, a hap
nv. prosperous New Year.