Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1882-08-01


The L'ea Amen9aent. The IrisA NO
mans Plan. Maryland aad Temperance.
french Et. Railroads
It is to be hoped that the dead do not
dead lions do not feel the kicks of the living
asses' for merely tho knowledge would take
IRON tho delights of heaven and add to the tor
lures of hell. Poor Edgar Allen Poe, above
whose grave the lies mountain high is lust
criticised by Walt. Whitman, tie man whose
yeluEe of poems has lRst been suppressed in
that was more visions aud foul than anything
Shat Byron, in his worst moments, over dared
Dept fig leaves We'll, this sefa1poipteS ertis
dlps MS pen IN his nlry inkstand and writes
nonsense liko this: ''Aimost Without the ayst
sign OF moral principle. of the concrete or its
herolsmSr OF tho simpler affections of the heart,
foes verses Illustrate an iutonse faculty for
technical aud abstract beauty, with the rhym-
lnG IN art TO excess an ineorrlgbie propensity to-
wares nocturnal themes. demoniao uudersone
ochind every page, and, by final iudEEaent,
proha bly, belong among tAe electric lights of
but with no heat" Mr. Whitman seems TO have
neglected to mention, in this connection, that
tue e!ectrie light ia not only dazzling and bril-
liant, but 1t is pEre-aE Puro as the poems of
Poe by tho side of tho insipiI slnsa Of Whit
man and now the tallow dip, RputteTng and
tuming' splitting and sroveling. attempts to
criticlse the light OF the electric Pset. whose
II reading "Denoeracy," q novel DnbI;sba1
in 1850 in the leisure hour sorieo dny or SO
ago. was struck vita tho following CONVERSE
tlon between tho Heroine and n Gnited States
Senator. Talking of corruption in high placRs
she SAYS: Surely something can be done to
cheek corruption. Are we forever to be at the
mercy of thieves and rutiaDs? Is a respectabie
government Impossible in n Democracv'7" Mark
the Senator's reply. s.My reply" said tho Son
atnT, Is that no representative government can
long aong &c tanch better or much worse than the
purity the government but try to purify the
EnVeTnment artIEclallv and you only agrravate
nd IS f1.I1tl .E,ts
usual tho truth is stranger than the fiction.
Judged from this S.ardp point, what people we
OF Congress yesterday the mud finsinr in
dulgcd in by Robson and WhitthnrnP. taking
the drunken Congressional escort of the dead
Garfield, ashamed to leti;s bar bill be pubIishsd
cakinG the champaGne dronchod decks of the
samples Of what the ARaerican Raprcsenteiiyo
in ConGrcss shows ms tho representative Amer
oa4 !0G at M@ge TO be-, shall We no: with Burns
49,. Z? :t soc ourselves as itherrs seo. ms"
And If III tho i2okiHE glass sec
only cTr national features enlarged and brutal
iZGG, Is lt not time to make - change? T1nc to
TT1H TT;!H halt and ask ws!thsr are drifting?
the drama of to-day. No worse tlaa the Ciran;s
OF Yesterday or Of hundred years ago; per
knows Kate Ejoid. in tile New York T, bun" Of
March E9ih. 1879. says: ''As y ruls. Elanagrrs
prefer legitimate rlays acted by ladies and ser-
tioman. II such nlays do not nav, they sDFead
the TlaHds in demand. Many times have I heard
managers depioro The uDrtiuCated tagte Of thc,r
down II their level" That's If the ca:erers "a
ter to the taste of the consumer, they S:snrond
tho y;sn'ls in demand in the C"egrcssionaI
Hnus, on the stage: il: tho literature of tie iav.
'to T.,Ga "a ga NJ: 39reaTGd in now role
u vo.crie Of st"lies for elii!droa from l1er pen:
% tl'%y are rs tcneer in their Pathos aa the chiId
taik OF Dickens; as attractive in their child
iiHo simplicity as the beautiful pros. roonls OF
hans christian And ersrn. 'fhc nom do plume
OF Miss i4@uisa dc In RaIre had childish truth
as It Is Sm,crelv her own rrcaunciaiion in baby.
hood, OF Eor proper christian name. LOUISA
Tnc Lively discussion that has been going on
over tiA dead Lon=EeIlHw, as to his merits MS a
many sources. Tho following from TIE Present.
I'hn', p'o'ntnert literary weekly III Berlin
HcrE:an scholars. Ii saws: s'Hia poetry ig the
tender o,nEsOm Of universal hu:ra-rc education
~ iescmhica "a!k IN the open sIr Sunday
Neal Dow. in letter to tho Interior. on Prohi
mo III d9M% ElTos tie trno answer to the
tion to the iqHor traffic aims to prt away from
E9cIetT tho poverty, paHFerism. crime. degrade
como fr5, intenacrsacca The 5Sy ISWa 1wnnd. wnI1h
nent catefnly framed. avoids diiicul; les which
nave nave 9TeS?1tsd themselves in other Gtatcs. Il
is this: No person shall manufacture fer sale,
or sell or keep far sale. y bovsrare any in
ale and berr. The General Assemble shall, by
lGw' picscrihe :eEuctions for the enforcement
Of the prohibition herein contained and shall
thereby provide suitable renaities for tho viola
tlHn OF the prGvistons thereof Thfs amend
9 nent was carried BY majority OF ct least fifty
60 "a h. yalge. ;" said the Irish womaa, pleading
Tor her runker husband. 'couIdII't ye be afscr
putting; the whtskeJ in Jail and let Pat stay
away from st."
This seutiment secu3s TO 10 growing in no7vor
every day Tho better poople-the thinking,
working. praying ohrIstiaiis-gecrn to be ready
to become in earnc9t their brothor's keeper, to
see Ehe folly ard tho sin of allow in and legal
I5InG traffic that Stands in the way of ali pro-
ELeEs and true reform Maryland is wids awake
before ioHg the whole State. oGtsido OF EsIti-
neTe nd VII Dc T2iin fnr Pr3hibinnE the traffic:
public aoutInIent.
linen of Ero1ciI ue|sna2eE wit: Il was q cir
cns' ard Herr SigroT Won De SmitAponerky, tho
compiITnent 7" RepaSlican instItEtioDs-Tas
gong through his thrilling act in the -cJCe of
i've i've ilons. 7ghen suddoniy ono of the boasts
sPrang npon him. and took generoas bite ont
OF ons of his legs. Intense excitement. in tho
midst OF which a pious woman is hoard TO OK
ELHim EH: ~cine' let rs ge5 out Of this Sodnm
bei"re tie center polo falls and srEshes Us, The
ldTa Of :" lion thG* eats meat on Friday"
fo"T,s Railroad Manuel Cf Tive United States,
IN the f"1theoning Volume, gives very inter
eStIng AZ" gratifying account of the railroad
progress in the United States for 1891. Within
The year 35S miles CT railroad have been built.
Inc total amount pended in oSastruGtio dl-
zoo 900. Il no7S seems probable thaE the rgiieSge
t. be O9aHeh in 1889 VIII equal that Of 1881 TIE
earnings OF al the roads IN operation in the
country, tAc past year, equa!cd 1925 32J.f10 he
ing an increase over the previous year Of siTO,-
coo CeC. the rc:c Of inercasc being nearly is nor
our population 8iiEas opcTafaI. 81 "a 'assJ.
Capitai and funded Dsbt. s5.OIG,2Go. SO. Div
idends paid. S93.3fz,2g0
The street car tracks in Baltimore aeem to re
increasing ~ tn" same rapid rate. aud ore lsrg
every street viii have its o6a track and each
and every family ia OWE private bHb-fHfI strce:
car 4. PEoPog.
ISTLUEECE OF TIE SoIL e:z EEALTu-Tbe in
nnensa CT tae sol! npoa the health of those Iiv-
IN upon II IS Dro'ISAt out very oiAiHIy during
rae preTA!nnco Of epidemic diseases. Thai ma
!arlai diseases Nike Intermittent Eevers) orig
mate from the soil, iS already accepted: and re-
cent inyeStlGatiacs sAoT. pretty ce:,cI,:s:ZaIy
that c,arr11 of <'S