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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-30
ACFNTs AND CHNYA RS

1prl so, 1881
AGENTS AND CaNYA S1RS
Mike er1m s2I o. $50 r-- 0teAscians goods l'r
ErnENIrN C6. 90 Barclay stress, N,a
Y,-k S.al Cor their catalogue ANA t~i'"-
Aus 20. ~-lr
T4rd Waited.
A., vouid De ycry glad 70 receive some
Lard on account from some OF our patrons.
We hope none of our lively contemporaries
will make .hi. advertisement the occasion
for slipping in q pert paragraph: Journals
even "OdTamily Journals need greats
inr occasionally, you know. We want to
wear OUT and not rust out.
We are indebted to Maj. Daniel j. loUas
Us. 4. for Troy y. ~ paper.
The Blue Ridge was On fire at "a point be-
low S-hannondale ON Monday night.
Col. Juo. Tho-. Gibson IS having alasse
barn erected ON his fine laru near Charles
town.
We understand the s,oro-room Of Mr.
Geo. T. Light IS to be Improved by an open
font MIR. Butt 90 jo the work.
Nle,sr. Duke * Gllllhcr have tin-roo.cd
AND -.aa.,l cine S. r.. Dsno,4 ha--,
Page county.
The weather vlac. and Thinning Of spise
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-30

Our advertising columns contain valua-
bic information 10 those who wish 70 sell or
buy.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-30

With an necessary improvenientsand two other
Dwelling House. The property s. on Mill
Creek. i'm the County Of Berkeley-distant
from Martinshurg, ". Va, 1Oi miles, and from
Winchester. Va. ~ miles Tho smithfeld
turnpike crosses tie Martiusb1rgand Winches-
ter Turnpike 90 Bcnkcr Hid, one half o mile
from tine Mil. running through the said pro
pertv. tins making IT convenient for hauling
NJ ~ eoasons cf the yrar over macacan;ized
rcads The reputation OF the Mil for making
excellent -four r. well established and il being
situated IT. a Tricky settled part of the county
and in a fine wheat growing country, give Il
peculiar advantage.
TERMS or SALE-One-third Of the pur-
chase money To be- paid or day OF sale. and the
residue in one ard two years, with Interest from
day ofsalc. the deferred payments 20 be secured
hy . lien upon the property sold.
ANY information desired in regard 20 the
above named property viii BE- cheerfully given
bv the undersigned. Special Commissioners.
=. BOYD FAULKNER,
CHAS. J. Faulkner, JR,
APR. I6. SITS. Special Commissioner.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-30
Our Corn Fertilizer

i WILL have 81 store carly in April Char
L lotlesyille Cas.imsrcs, beautiful spring tyle'
these goods have no equal for durability Boz
American goods. The only place iu town
where the genuine Goods ram hc found
March d, isi. DAVID HON El'
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-30

CANNED PEACHEs, tomatoes. Corn, and
- Dried Corn, Apples, Peaches, and Eyapo-
rated Apples. PrunCs, Rice. Maccaroni. Cheese,
AMI Fresh Crackers in variety. for sale by
Aprl 2 81. G.. W. Z. kEARSLEI
DIAPER SEEDS ats cents q paper Flower
Y Soed, included. uEO + LIGHT
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-30
special Notices.
FALL AND WINTER SCHEDULE
Harper's Ferry& Valley Branch
Il. X .. Il. Il.
Tlking effect A1ajay, Nosetn5cr - l9sV.
WEST BOUND TRAINS.
WEST BOUND TRAINS.

Ggs cl0 80 65 0l5
Stations. 4 ma v. A. II. P l. I'm.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-30
FAST BOUND TRAINS.

6I5 657 G3i Cos 633
Stations. \. N. \. II. a. NJ. a. n. r n.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-30
! LARGE STONE MElGHllT HILL
80 Acres Of Land

known as the Ros cr Lccg Mill, and attached
10 and part Of sid property, IS
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-30

Zen ]. FrclLut UnU I0.' 7. AttnI
JOSEPH II SANDS. Superintendent.
Auril l3. 1851.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-30

"Our glorious dead at Arlington.
Marked .REBEL to letime tacr1.
But mingled with their father dust.
Oh who shall blush to uame them
The sentiment of this song, and, indeed
of the Lecture and Drama. Was well express
cd In a%lctter TO the author by agreat Union
So,dier-his classmatc 20 Princeton, Gen.
Frank p. Blair:
Although z d%sapproved and deeply re-
GREETED the errors of those Draw men, DID
attempting % subyer- our Government,
Yet the heroism they
displayed in dcfcudiug what they believed
to be right, Is worthy ~ being honorod and
remembered.
The Washington Crp1ef says Dr. Ro-
gers is very gifted gentleman, and well
supported. lie L, warmly Endorsed by let
tiers from the late General Blair and Jeaar-
son Davis, the ex-president of the Coated-
eracy. writes ir highc-, praise ofhi- drama.
Ariie-t7n
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-21
THE wAYSIDE WELL.

He stopped at the way-side well,
Where the water was cool and deep;
There were feathery ferns twixt the NOISY stone
And grey was the old well sweep.
He left his carriage alone;
Nor could coachman or footman tell
Why the master stopped in the dusty road
To drink at the way-side we'll
He swayed with his gloved hands
The we'll sweep creaking and slow,
While from seam and scar in the BUCKETS side
The water sploshed back below.
He lifted it TO the curb,
And bent down to the buckets brim;
No burrows of time or care had marked
The face that looked back at him.
He saw but farmers boy,
As he stopped DER the brim to drink,
And ruddy and tanned was the laughing face
That met his over the brink.
The eyes were sunny and clear,
And the brow undimmed by care,
While from under the brim of the old straw hat
Strayed curls of chestnut hair.
He turned away with Il sigh
Nor could coachman nor tootman tell
Why the master stopped in his ride that day
To drink at the way-side well,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-21
Honestly the Best Policy.

Slim Nick, says the Arkansas Ga
zette, was arrained before a justice of
the peace on charge Of stealing a
calf
care you guilty. asked the judge.
course | isn't. Is ez innocent ez de
dribben snow
Several witnesses were examined, and
the evidence was so conclusive that the
judge exclaimed:
"That will do. The prisoner is rs
guilty as Judas"
"Jedge, / doesn't like that 'spression.
doesn' mind bein' called guilty, but
doan' say dat Use guilty as Judas
Scariut, case Use alers been church
member. Dat word Judas grinds me
on my stomick, boss, or Jedge, if yer
pleases. ! alters steers clear of dat
word. But now if yer wants me ter
splain?"
eco ahead.
"Some time ago Mr.. Jackson, de
man what cuses me so wrongful, bor-
rowed bride from me. luther day |
aXed him for hit an when | cum long
home dat ebenin' | seed n bride hang
in on de fence. | tuck hold oh de
bride reins, flung dem ober my should
er and started off, Thought dot some
thin pulled little hard at fust, an
| thought dot de bride had cotch on Il
nail, but bein' so strong | didn' take
much notice oh hit. When | got home
and went inter de house, my wife ask
ed: Nick, what yer doin' wild dot
calf? looked round an dar shooh
huff wuz a calf hangin' onter de eend
oh de bride. Oar wuz piece oh paw
paw bark tied on to de head stall an
de calf had swallowed hit. Calves is
monstrous fond paw-paw bark"
"Why was the calf found cut upY
asked the judge.
Oats what Is guine ter tell yer.
De thing suffered so, dat ter git hit
outen hits misery, l killed hit, tendin'
mixed MORN ter carry de quarters an
hide ter de owner. | didn't want to
be rested for cruelty ter animals. Is
all de facts plain, judge p
"You can GO"
Thank yer, judge. Go home, did
yer say?'
mo, to Jail"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-21

connected with outer darkness by
telephone, through which, in some senses
inadequate instrument, all interviews
between the inmates and male beings
under forty are conducted The other
morning Mrs. Mills was informed that
a gentleman in San Francisco had sig
nailed her instrument, and that excel
lent dissemination Of crochet and Greek
verbs repaired to the mouth piece.
Hello said the man.
"Heaven, or answered MR.. NJ,
who is very pious.
81 want em all in tights, with span
giles onto EN-" said voice, earnestly.
"Want what ?" gasped Mrs. NJ, who
was inexpressibly shocked.
"Why, the girls" replied the voice,
"and very low necks. Have some Of
'em jump through balloons. Red legs,
green sash"
"The rules of this establishment will
not allow anything of the kind said
the model perceptress firmly.
Every well, then; make 'em red.
When can you send 'em to the theatre
"The young ladies are allowed to at
tend the matinee only in parties Of six,
and accompanied by a teacher said
the guardian Of youthful innocence.
cam not satisfied with twin sisters
must be made to kick higher. "
How Mrs. Mills RETAINED from faint
ING she never knew herself, but when
she revived little she made the wire
hum like an Kolian harp in a nor'east
gale with the emphatic remark;
81 must request, sir, that you instant
ly remove your daughters from this in
enthusiastically, sir. | cannot con-
sent to impart any such scandalous in
formation to the young, and | desire
-"
And there is no knowing how the
matter would have resulted had not the
Oakland office suddenly switched off
the connection just then, and explained
that he had by mistake hooked the
seminary on to the Pelatuma station,
where a variety troupe agent was in
structing Il city theatrical bill engraver
regarding some colored posters.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-21

Inner sanctum Of a large dry goods
iobbing house. Colloquy between the
merchant and his confidential clerk j
Merchant.-"Mr. Jones, how about
our customers, Holdfast and Driver,
do they pay Us promptly ?"
"Jones.-"A little behind, sir EX-
tended their last note.
Merchant.-"How much do they
owe. Mr. Jones, and when due? -
Jones.-"Two thousand dollars, sir,
and all coming due within sixty days
Merchant.-"They have sometimes
asked for an introduction to other
houses when it was not convenient.
Advise them now, however, Mr.. Jones,
to extend their acquaintance, and give
them leave to refer to Us. Say to in
quirers, that we have had the utmost
confidence in them, and have always
sold them all we could. | think, Mr.
Jones, that in this way they may last
until we get our pay"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-21

Let prudence always attend your
pleasures it is the way to enjoy the
sweets of them and not be afraid Of
the consequences.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-21
A Disreputable Telephone.

That reservoir of female loveliness
and intelligence known as Mills semin-
airy, says the San Francisco POST Is
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-21

Language is the amber in which
thousand precious thoughts have been
safely embedded and preserved.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-15
How Il Fog Whistle Works.

The fog whistle, heard for ten miles,
consists pf two distinct whistles, operated
by two engines in building sepuralc from
The lighthouse. Fifty pounds of steam Is
the force carried while at work. Every
blast lowers the mark four pounds. Shay
ings ana kidding wood are laid already to
start up steam when fog comes on, and
the engineer can heat up for steam in
thirLy-fivc minutes. The whistle gives a
blast of eight seconds duration every min
utc--a doleful sound, but invaluable to
steamers and passing sailing vessels. We
could hear it the other night booming dis
mally through a fog five miles off. The
captain starts 1t when the fog is such that
he can't sec Goose Island, one mile dstant.
The whistle Is produced by wheel with u
cam affixed; tho wheel, solid piece Of
work, regulated by governor, revolves
once minute; tho cam fixed at one point
on its periphery, opens a point which let's
OIL steam In the prolonged booming wall
we had heard. TO supply water for steam
a big tank, under the same roof and sup
piled by the rain from it, is kept pretty
full. Forty feet long by eighteen wide
and Blk deep, 1t is not likely to run dry In
any fog; but a carbollc engine and pump
at tho well will supply water In case OF
emergency.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-15
BY THE BANKS. OF THE MOHAWK.

o dark rolling river, 30 rapid and free,
You bring back the brightness Of boyhood to me,
When gayly wandered, along your wild shore,
With ono loved fondly, who loves me 10 more.
by the banks Of the Mohawk
The cataract's roar,
Who're we wandered in childhood
Along the wild shore,
The song-birds have vanished; tho summer Is DER;
The roses have faded that bloomcd by her door:
The elms and the NAPLES stand leaflcss and drear
The snownakes are falling; tho Winter is here.
By the banks Of tho Mohawk
The cataract's roar,
Where we wandered In childhood
Along the wild Shore.
The hopes Of her girlhood have nown far away;
Her bright auburn tresees are faded and gray;
Her beauty has vanished; her features, once far
Are saldened by sorrow and furrowcd by care.
By the banks of the Mohawk
The cataracts roar,
Where We wandered In childhood
Along the wild shore.
Our childhood is gone; we are drifting to-day,
Like leaves on the river, forever away,
We are leaving the years we are nearing the shore
Where storms never beat and no cataructs roar.
BY the banks OF the Mohawk
The waters may roar
Forever and ever
Along the wild shore!
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-15
G,iH from Castor OIL,

AT the gas works of .cyporc, India, illu-
mlnating gas is made chiefly from castor
oil, poppy, til, or rape seed beng used
when tho supply Of castor beans IS short.
One maund (82 pounds) of castor oil pro-
duccs about 75O cubic feet of 26l candle
gas, or l, 600 cubic feet of 49, candle gas.
The process Of extracting the oil for
carbonizing Is as follows: First, the cas-
TOR seed ia n"oenh through the crnshor,
when the shells only are broken off. The
shells arc then picked out by hand, and
The seed Is again introduced into the
crushcr, where it is ground to paste. 1t
IS then passed into the heating pan, and,
after being well heated, 1t Is packed into
horschar bag4 and filed up hot into the
press Immediately. After about twenty
minutes pressing, the exuding oil being
meanwhile collected tho cake is removed
and ground over again. 1t Is subsequently
heated and pressed n second time until
about 80 or 40 per cent of oil is obtained
from the seed. The labor of preparing
ana pressing tho castor seed costs two shil
!ings (nbout fifty ccnts) per maund of oil.
Inc total cost of the oil il somewhat over
20 per maund. For generating gas, the
on Is USED as II Games from the press.
Formerly, Mt other places, when the OIL
Dca. ing seeds were carboniZed for gas
without previous treatment as above de-
scrlDed, the product was overloaded with
carbonic acid from the woody part Of the
seeds, and correspondingly heavy cost for
purlllcation was incurred. For out Of
Town consumers the Jeyporc gas works
supply gas compressed to about three at,
mospheres by means 0: pump driven by
bullock. The compressed gas is then
delivered in wrought-lron receiver to the
point OF consumption, where it is either
transferred into fixed receivers and burnt
by the aid of suitable regulators, or Is de-
llvercd into small portable Or service gas
holders, and burnt in tho usual way. A
ghGt, or landing-stagc two miles distant,
Is thus supplied with 400 cubic feet of gas
every day, which is consumed by thirty
Jets, each burning II cubic feet per hour
Tor nine hours. There have not been any
accidents from the distribution of gas in
the portable reservoirs, or otherwise. AS
railroad carriages arc also supplied with
compressed gas 1t is evident that the intro
ductlon OF this branch of service has widely
extended the utility of the establishment.
Another pccuiarity of the Jcyporc under
taking Is the necessity that exists for the
manager to unite the attributes Of farmer
to his other requirements, for the purpose
or securing constant and cheap supply Of
raw material for gas making. Last year,
The manager, MIR. Tellcry, personally super
intended the sowing Of three hundred acres
with the castor plant.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-15
Tho Presidential Cold Air achine,

The apparatus which proved most
satisfactory i'll cooling tho chamber of
the wounded President was furnished by
Mr.. Jennings, OF Baltimore. 1t was
devised for use III Il new process of re-
lining lard. According to tho inventors
description, the apparatus consists of
cast iron chamber, about ten feet long
and three wide and three high, filled
with vertical iron frames covered with
cotton terry or Turkish toweling. These
screens are placed half m inch apart.
and represent some three thousand feet
OF cooling surface. Immediately over
these vertical screens is placed coil of
inch iron pipe, the lower side of which
is filled with fine perforations. Into n
galvanized iron tank, holding 100 gal
Ions OF water, is put finely granulated or
shaved ice (and salt when n low tempera-
turc is requircd.) This water is SPRAYED
upon the sheets in the lower tank con-
stantly. In each end of the iron cham
Der are openings thirteen inches square.
10 the outer end of this chamber is q
pipe connecting with an outdoor mir
conductor. To the opposite end is con-
nected similar pipe leading into an
ice chamber Mt its top, and from the bot
tom of the same pipe leads to n small
exhaust fan and from the fan the now
cold and dry air is forced direct into the
Presidents room through fue some
twenty feet in length, Air ut 80 degrees
temperature to day is supplied Mt the
rate of $4,000 cubic feet pcr hour Mt the
register III the Presidents room at 81
degrees, and with the windows and doors
open tho temperature ut the Presidents
bed Ctwonty-tive feet away is maintained
steadily ut IS degrees day md night.
When the cold air machine was intro
duccd it was intended to keep the win
dows and doors closed, and under these
conditions the machine would create md
maintain temperature of go degrees in
the hottest weather without using the
auxiliary icc-air chamber now used
which was tho suggestion of Professor
Newcomb and Major Powell, to meet the
requirements of cooling tho room with
tho doors and windows open. The clos
ing of them gave the room an mir of
gloom
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-15
Cooking Ont Meal,

In the llrst place, be sure that you have
good quality OF the meal, for there Is
wide difference in kinds. Get that which
IS 1rcsll--as when old 1t becomes bitter
and il possible that which Ia uumixed
with shorts or other kinds of flour. The
coarscr grades are usually the purest and
best. For family of i've or six take two
small teacupfuls Of the meal, put 1t into
two-quart basin and mix with It q large
even tablespoonful Of salt; then pour on
boiling water, stirring the meal as you do
30, Till within an inch and Il quarter of the
top OF the basin. Set the basin on TOP
OF tho stove, and STIR enough to prevent
meal settling or sticking on the bottom.
Let 1t remain on the stove tive or ten min
utcs, or till the meal has become fully in
corp0rated with tho water, then set Inside
your steamer, which cover closely, and
keep the water under it. boiling for an
hour and half or two hours, stirring up
once in the time, then remove from the
fire and carry TO tho table. 1t will be
light and moist. but not salvy, and every
grain will bo separate and swelled to its
utmost extent.
My favoIito way of serving it is cold,
with IN abundance Of good milk, and by
good milk l mean milk with the cream
stirred in and little extra cream added.
Eat like mush and milk. Try it and see
If you DO not pronounce it better than
when cooked in the old fashioned way Of
boiling in kettle and stirring Till done,
as you have to do TO keep it from settling
and burning on the kettle, by which pro-
cess it becomes, by the time it Is ready to
serve, sticky conglomcration, not aLpe-
tizlng to the sight OF toothsome to the
TASTE Sometimes, If the meal bc very
fine or mixed with shorts Of other flour, it
will cook In Jumps whom the boiling water
ls poured on; in which case, wet first with
very little cold water, then iii up with the
boiling, but the better grades OF meal will
not trouble in this way. This process is
also good for cooking rice. 1t saves watch
ing and stirring and makes it perfectly
tender without breaking the kernels and
cooking them into mush.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-15

AT a fruit and flower tent at a FASH
ionable London entertainment one beau
tiful young married lady sold button-
hole bouquet tor 800. One or two gem
tlomen collected much money by charg-
ing i've shiinngs &c point out and name
the professional beauties. !
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-15

lie that has no inclination to learn
more, will be vsry apt to think he knows
enough,
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-10
THE LOUISIANA
State Lottery
COMPANY

This institution was regularly incor-
corporated for the term of 25 years, by
the Legislature of the State in 1868 for
Educational and Charitable purposes
with Capital of 81 100000, to which it
has since added a reserve fund of $3.50,
600. To this Contract the inviolable
faith of the State is pledged, which
pledge has been renewed by an over
whelming popular vote, securing its
franchise in the new Constitution adopt
ed December I'd, 1879.
Its Grand Single Number Distribu-
ton will take place monthly on the
second Tuesday.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-10
DRONES.
tBOSSier Banner.l

A great nuisance with which society
has to contend is the large number and
variety of drones. There is not so
much, however, as in former years, but
still there is more than is consistent
with the public welfare. We think it
is the bounden duty of every parent to
lay the foundation of life Of useful
ness for his or her children. No matter
how wealthy parents may be, they
should so bring up their children that
in no contingency will they become
drOnes upon society. All persons who
have reached the age of mature discre-
tion must we'll know the uncertainty of
riches. In this age of fluctuations the
rich man of to-day may become poor
tomorrow. A useful occupation, or
skill in some branch of industry, is a
protection which all parents can throw
around their offspring not only without
harm but with certainty of eventual
good. 1t surely does no harm for a
young person to know how to earn his
or her living if the circumstances OF life
should necessarily require it, and every
person must feel doubly secure when
aware of the fact that their sole depen-
ence is not entirely upon the uncertain
ty Of worldly possessions.
AlS 10 d SuUJCCt W WHlCII pdt Oh US tIuA
guardians should direct their serious
attention. It oftener happens, than
otherwise, that wealth left to children,
is spent in idleness and extravaganza
leaving them at last mere drones upon
society, doing no good for themselves
nor adding anything to the general
prosperity Of the community in which
they live. If boys and girls are taught
some useful occupation in early life,
they are far more likely to become
useful men and women. Work is after
all the best and safest preventive Of
many of the follies Of life. The mind
Of man is so constituted that it must be
active at something. If not directed
for good then it may be for bad. Evil
deeds and evil thoughts are the natural
results of idleness. The wise injunc-
ton for "man to earn his living by the
sweat of his brow" is eminently a wise
one in more respects than one, and it
carried out renders us far happier and
better in all respects. The person,
however, who has never been taught
any occupation, finds it uphill busi-
ness to keep out OF the clutches of Sa-
tan and his allies.