Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-11-19
ER7FS Oh ARTSTOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY, W. VA, SATURDA
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The charm of sweet contradiction turks in
q Mississippi mention of the killing of one
d. T. Love by Mr.. Lower, whose fair
young bride he grievously slandered.
In her A years reign Queen Victoria has
passed but u days in Ireland, and the last
of her two visits occurred in -. her gra-
cious majesty might let so uncongenal a
people go it alone But the royal exchequer
and the landed nobility-ahl these be the
forces which weld Ireland to her doom.
Ere yet her nasty little buzzing has died
away on the frosty air the warning note
reaches us that the mosquito may often
transmit tiny germ of diseased blood from
one punctured cuticle to another. An en-
terprising netting manufacturer diSge ised
as Z" a modern scientist is thus feeding up
a lively Summer trade.
The Order of Companions of the Golden
Age is an ascetic section of the English
Church. It's members rise early, dress so
berly, and live purely, temperately, humane
ly. A different color distinguishes their
progress in the various degrees which cul-
inmate in rigid abstinence from hesh, fish,
liquor and tobacco.
The International Submqrine Diving CO.,
comprising Philadelphia capitalists, have,
after two years toll, located off Lewes, Del,
in l5 fathoms, the sunken wreck of the En-
glish war-sloop De Brook, Which went down
June 10, l79S, laden with Sj2,0co,0OO in
specie and jewels and 200 prisoners taken
from an intercepted Spanish cruiser. \
British 100000 reward was offered in lS4O
for traces Of the lost vessel.
Nine State Executivc.lwcrc presents at the
Atlanta Exposition one day, two weeks ago.
What the Governor Of North Carolina said
TO the Governor of South Carolina could not
be learned as the latter was net on hand
A feature of the gubernatorial day was the
making for Governors Colquitt and Bgelow
of Georgia and Connecticut a suit Of clothes
each from seed cotton. picked at n. m. and
worn-the suits not the seed-in the evening.
DIR. Franklin's mother-in-law hesitated
about permitting her daughter to marry
printer as there were already two printing
Offices in the IUnitedl States, and she was
uncertain whether the country could support
third. If W. Sly knew the present ad-
dress of this prudent but unprcphetic soul
it would be a great pleasure to mail her a
copy of the census reports for 1880 on the
newspaper and printing business of Ameri-
ca during the past decade.
None. Conway says No man could 60
through the routine of Methodist work un-
less he believed its doctrines. 1t is not a
thing which like most other sects can be
shelyed on TO a.Sunday, leaving man the
rest of the week for literature and society.
It is a work, day in and day out, with no
end of meetings, love-feasts, prayer
meetings, preachings No man who did
not believe all this was needed 20 save souls
from the wrath to come, could stand such a
lie lOr Il week. Anu fundamentally tH"'
is the all-doctrines-in-one of Mcthodism-
mans peril of hell.
In a letter on hay-fever two facts are
mentioned-namely, that "those who are
afflicted with hay-fever are so owing to the
tenderness of the internal lining of the
nose" and that in Scotland hay-feyer is
practically unknown" BY connecting
these facts probable remedy is suggested
namely, the use Of snuff. That this hab-
it destroys the Natural tenderness Of the in
ternal lining of the nose is evident from the
insensibility of the snuf-taker to doses that
furiously irritate the nostrils that have been
differently educated. As Scotchmen gene--
ally are either snuf-takers themselves, or
descended from snul-takers, a direct or
hereditary insensibility may explain their
immunity from this afiliction.