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Dear .ii,iher. have wandered far
Far from the old roof tree,
And miles. by mountain cliff and scar,
Have parted YOU and me.
Tho storms may drive us where they will
Ger land, or oce ans foam,
One happy thought can cheer me still
We're always boys at home.
Tho time may set his signet mark,
On heart, and hand, and brow;
Though clouds may rise AMI skies grow
dark,
En- ~ they r. growing now.
Far from muthor's love and pride
Our steps can neyer roam;
Though men 10 all the world beside.
We're always boys at home.
You'r. sitting by the dear old hearth,
Tonight. with all its joys;
BY meIuncholy moved, or mirth,
You're talking Of your boys
An I, al. no happier spot is ours
Beneath Heavens friendly dome,
Where youth renews It's golden hours
We're always boys at home.
The i,bled fount hy Leon sought,
This side the stormy main,
Lay Liz a fond dream, fairy wrought,
in his own Isle of Spain.
In vni" the dreaming chemist turns,
FIJI leaves Of many tome;
Tn aiymhie. where the yule-log burns,
T. only foune at home.
Dear mother. in this We rid OF woe,
Tho fckle friends may fee;
And though Thy children's children grow
Ia clusters round thy knee.
SIfe-uIchored in thy tender heart
Thy groWnup boys may come,
Aui claiming ehildhood's dearest part
MAY still he boys" az home.
\ mothers hotnely sunshine spread
sisters trust and truth.
\ frtheg'- henedictinn shed,
Een,ws immortal youth!
Th-ry. safe from every toll and care,
.eihrh world and cold,
Wen meet in other years, fnr there
We never more grow old,
sI. E. G..
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tree-top to sink lower in the water. anc
! once or twice, while the Indian stood
theres Robert came near Stranglihg, fol
| the water rose 20 his mouths But ht
managed to lift himself little higher
/ and keep above the threatened danger
1t was with such intense relief as only
they can imagine who have been in q
similar position that he saw the Indian
get back into the eanoe..sssen gflw agi
After that Robert saw no more Of the
Indians, though he heard several whoops
aud their answers little distance back
from the banks. ~selse
By-and.by he knew from the trees and
some of the bluffs along the stream that
be was nearing the settlement where his
sister liFed.sss ~ @ -f
Half an hour later he padded his
leafy boat ashore, and climbed the bluff
bank. Before him. peaceful and unsus-
picious Of danger, lay the little settle
ment of Armstrong
He hurried to the house where his
sister lived, and reused the owner of it.
To him he told his story in few brief
words. The place was in danger. The
settlers must be got together, and that at
once. The Indians might come at any
time.
The man started in one direction, and
Robert in another 1t did not take long
to visit all the houses, and rouse their
inmates. Armstrong's house was the
largest one in the settlement, and the
most substantially built, and here the
settlers gathered, bringing guns, pitch
forks, scythes, and whatever seemed
likely to be of any possible use as wea-
pom. The house had large cellar under
it, and in it the woman and children
were placed.
In less than half an hour from the
time of Roberts arrival they were ready |
for the Indians. And by-and-by the |
Indians came They had expected to |
ind their victims asleep; but they found |
three or four guns Of the repeating kind
a the little party, and as soon as the
nds4ns were seen coming across the
clearing. fire was opened. on them. The |
hots were fired with such rapidity that
he besieeefs evidently thought the be-
legged to be much stronger in number
han they were. The surprise of the
udden and altogether unexpected at
aek threw them into confusion, and
hey retreated after firing a few harm
eSs shots. as ~
The next day assistance came Oithe
title towns along the river. But il
,Obert haa not done what he did, it is
ute likely every soul at Armstrong;"
'ouId have been butchered that night.
Te was a hero among. the thankful set
ers on account of his brave deed, and
& deserved to be, for by it he had saved
good many lives. Such deedsare grand II
nd truly great ones, and the dOers of !
hem are our truest heroes.-Harper's
'oun0 People.
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Pearls Of Thought

+ q -
When aattery is Unsuccessful, it Is bui
. the fault of the fatterer
j A good surgeon must have an eagle.
! eye, q lions heart and lady's hand.
!, The cup Of pleasure sometimes hss
dregs that one must drink long after
words. 4
He that is choice of his time will also
be choice of his company, and choice Of
his action.
Il Good taste rejects excessive nicely;
| It treats little things as little things, and
Is not hurt by them.
! A great name is like an eternal cpl
taph engraved by the admiration of men
on the road Of time.
Education is at home q friend, abroad
an introduction, in solitude solace, in
society an ornament.
Love. that Las nothing but beauty to
keep it in good health, is short-lived,
/ and apt to have ague fits.
1t is not till we have passed through
the furnace that We are made to know
how much dross is in our composition.
Uprightness in all our dealings with
one another is a matter not of human
convenience, but of divine requirement.
Associate yourself with men of best
quality if you esteem your reputation,
for it is better to be alone than in bad
company.
Any man may do casual act of good
nature, but a continuation of them
shows it is part of their temperament.
Defect in manners is usually the de-
feet of fine perception. Elegance comes |
Of no breeding, but of birth.
The sufficiency of thy merit is to
know that thy merit is not sufficient.
As the FREELY only shines when on the
wing, so it is with the human mind
when at rest it darkens.
A miser grows rich by seeming poor;
an extravagant man grows poor BY seem
ing rich.
By struggling with misfortunes we are
sure to receive some wounds in the colI-
hict; but a suremethod to come off vic
torious is by running away.
There are few, very few, that will own
themselves in mistake, though all the
world deem them to be in downright
nonsense. +
Modesty is to merit as shades to figures
in picture, giving it strength and
beauty. asoa
Good nature is the very air of a good
mind, the sign of large and prosperous
ioul, and the peculiar soil in which vir-
'ae pTospers. .l..
q Incidence is a delightful, but distress !
ng state; we must be doing something J
d be happy. aActionsis no less necessa-
y than thought to the instructive ten j
tencies of the human frame.
1T Is one proof of good education
ind of true refinement of feeling to res t
pect antiquity. - "
Politeness is like an air cushion. !
There may be nothing in it but it eases t
,ur iolts wonderfully, q
Pride is increased by ignorance. Those {
ssume the most who know the least.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is i
let, bat make it hot by striking. =
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vandsrhilt,s strong Boz.

+
By John Swinton-
] stood the other day in the vanlt Of
the formidable fortress Of iron and ma
sonry on Forty-second street, where last
wear the richest nabob in the Werid lock-
ed up his 5000, ,0O0, 900 in stocks bonds
and other securities. It is one of the
most redoubtable works of defence on the
American continent, though yon may
not be entirely certain Of that by sur
yeying the building from the outside.
Its foundations were blasted out Of the
rock; the front wall is dve feet II thick
ness. and the side and rear walls are
three feet, the materials used being pres
ed brick with broMn stone trimmings.
The beams, girdeE and main pillars are
iron. messed in fre-pEeof material. The
daors and WindoY-frames, and minor
partitions are iron, marble and elass.
No wood Is to be found IN the strueture.
The great Yanlt IS Sex q feet &c wrought
iron steel and Franklinits iron, Is in
posing IN strength and proportions, and
S situated on the ground -four. lta
four outer doors weigh {, 200 pounds eaeh
and have every elective and known in
Dr6venent u defensive deviees. mas
sffe wall 0f masonry surrounds the iron
work. The vault which IS buFglaE, Ere and
water proof, constitutes distinct build
ink to Itself. The armed watchnlen nha
guard the building day and u;ghs nEe
under the ztrietest dieiplin. theiF honEIg
movements being recorded b - elees
tKic clock connecting With TaEiOns nsn1s
pn each door pf the straetnEe. 80 lhene
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Keep Out of Debt.

+ The best advice we can offer is contain
ed ia the four short words, Keep out Of
debt" says a popular writer. This should
be taken especially by the young men
One of the most fatal steps young man
can make is to contract debt. 1t
mortgages his FUTURE It means in
nearly every case that he is living be.
gond his means. Debt is what ruins
so many of our business men. They
begin with small accounts and a. their
business increases they increase their ac-
counts and finally their habits of living
have become so expensive that the debts
begin to faamaeeed the returns of busi-
ness. The result is failure, disapoint-
ment and disgrace. A young man starts
out in life. He is quick, apt and sue
cessful. He gains the confidence of en-
pIoyers and acquaintances. He is honest
and upright, and merchants had rather
have q bill against him than not. He is
flattered by the confidence that is re-
posed in him. He buys fine things,
goes in good society, and from frugal
style of living he branches into an ex-
pensive style. At first his debts were
small and he found no trouble in meet
ing them. But they now become bur
den, and to straighten things out necessi-
tates a vigorous struggle. Self-denial
comes harder than it once did, and the
debt becomes matter of worry that will
not be auieted. Ifsiekness comes, instead
of having fund to draw ON, there is a
deficiency that each days illness makes
larger and more difficult to wipe out.
Things have changed since long ago.
Then it was customary for the young
man TO practice self denial in his youth,
to work hard, gain acompetency and en-
ioy leisure beyond the line which divides
youth from old age. Now it seems thAt
the Young man works on adiferent prin4
ciple his aim is to enjoy the sweets of
life at once and save the labor and self
denial for q future day. There is en-
ough Of pleasure healthy, joyous pleas
sure- that comes with legitimate and sue
cessful work so that young people can
afford to live slower for few years that
they may be better able to enjoy the
years that follow
Thrills a stranger to these times.
The tendency is in anopposite direction.
Debt contracting is the rule, not the ex-
ception. Nothing should be more care
fully avoided by young people. Debt is
a great curse. It brings no comfort. On
the other hand it is accompanied by
worry and anxiety. The young man
who keeps cut of debt and secures q bal
anee on the other side Of the ledger, not
only forms correct habits but.he gains q
satisfied peace of mind that cannot Be
secured in any other way and he stands
armed and ready for an emergecy when
It comes.
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her fall. The gang was soon broken up
and Nine. Vestal attempted suicide BY
poisoning. Her star now began TO set
and she gave herself up to liquor, went
to Leadviiie, where met her as already
related. then She drifted 10 Las Vegas,
Deming Eomtstoiie. Tucson and other
border towns. sf fs q
. The last / heard OF this marvellous
roman, endowed with beauty aud intel-
lect and reared ID the lap Of luxury,
Was about SSear ago when she was
arrested on the strorts Of San Esancisoo
for being chronic drunkard, aud was
thFown into a common sell, In the.eityl
jail. is7s = = - ''a''- NJ NJ. F.
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By SEL11E rRlT1

4 baby girl, in life's pure morn.
10 wealth, 70 love, TO beauty born, 1S
Lay smiling on lie mothers breast
While she, proud woman, kissed, caressed,
And 70 her heart more closely pressed.
And iH low tones her love confessed
g. --- ' For this rare gem.
"A little child in raimsnt rara.
Pure and bright and free from care. t-,..i.. y
In her glad World. grief bears no part;
Sunshine and peace dwell in her heart. s..,
Must she sorrows shaft receive?
Must she learn that spirits grieve
asa Ger wasted iivesg
"A maiden, gifted, young and fair,
A stranger meets, love most rars o.I
She gives to him, though not unsought;
Too late she finds her gold has boughr
This man she deemed 50 true, H ...
This man whom now her heart must rue.
Va ste Throughout all time.
A woman poverty stricken and uld,
Wanders the streets in the bitter cold;
Her face bears traces OF grief and sin,
Who will forgive. and bid her come iug
Who remember that once she was pure3 . 10
Nvbo remember the snares THAI allure ,5.., b.
~ When life and love are new?
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Special Agent.

afE- z X. JAYNE Is the duly authorized Agent
gf IHE CLARION, and We commend him 10 our
friends in his travels through the State. He will
transact any business for this Office and his con-
tract, viii have careful attention
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L hsn often been said that WORRY is
worse than work But work IS good and
heslfhful Is bod and mind snd enjoy.
death. 6 helps nothing and hurts every.
thing Don s E6zf1 yourself much iess
zlorfr Other 16e one Is small
IS al s. eiS sIII6 other maH
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Duels in America.

G. w. Curtis, in Harper's Magazine j
Twenty-Five years ago; at the table of
a gentleman whose father had fallen in
duel, the conversation fell upon dueling,
and after it had proceeded some time
the host remarked, emphatieally, that
there were occasions when it was mans
solemn duty to fight. The personal ref
erence was too significant to permit
further insistence at that table that
dueling was criminal folly, and the sub
iect of the conversation was changed.
The host. however, had only reiterated
the familiar view of General Hamilton.
His plea was, that in the state of public
opinion at the time when Burr chal
lenged him, to refuse to fight under cir
cumstanees which by the ''code of hon
or" authorized a challenge, was to &C,
eept brand of cowardice and want of
gentlemahly feeling, which would ban
ish him to a moral and social Coventry,
and throw cloud of discredit upon his
family. So Hamilton, one of the brayest
men and one of the acutest intellects Of
his time, permitted a worthless fellow to
murder him. Yet there is no doubt that
he statedlacenrately the general feeling
of the social circle in which he lived.
There was probably not a conspicuous
of that society who was of mill
tarv antecedents who would not haven
challenged any man who had said of
him what Hamilton had said of Burr.
Hamilton disdained explanation or re
cantation, and the result was accepted
as tragical, but in a certain sense inevi-
table,
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Nashville World
We're AINN ays BO3s At Home.
MAY -, 1914 -IsI7.

DruH MED 70 Ny FATHER AND MOTHER
TINS ASSIyEFsARY OF THEIR BIRTHS,
MAY %, 1884.
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4 CELEBRATED prEL.

The most celebrated duel in this eoun-
try since that of Hamilton and Burr
was the encounter between Commodores
Decatur and Barron, in 1920, near
Washington, in which Decatur, like
Hamilton, was mortaily wounded, and
likewise lived bus few hours. The
quarrel was one of professional, as Burr's
Of political jealousy. But as the only
conceivable advantage of the Hamilton
duel Law in its arousing the public mind
to the barbarity of dueling, the only
gain from the Decatur duel was that II
confirmed this conviction. In both in
stances there was an unspeakable shock
to the country and infinite domestic
anguish. Nothing else was achieved.
Neither general manners nor morals
were improved, nor was the fame OF
either cOmbatant heightened, nor public
confidence in the men or admiration Of
their public services increased. In both
eases il was ascalamity alieviated solely
by the resolution which it awakened
that such ealamities should not occur
again.
Such aresolution, indeed, could not al
once prevail, and eighteen years afteI
Decatur vas killed, Jonathan GilIey oI
Maine was killed IN duel at Washing
ton By William J. Graves, Of Kentucky
This event occurred foTty-fiYe years ago
but the outcry with which it was re
eeived even at that time-one of the
newspaper moralists lapsing into rhyme
as he deplored the cruel custom which
led excellent men to the fatal field
Where Cilleys meet their Graves,
and the practical disappearance Of Mr
Graves from public life showed how
deep and strong was the public condem.
nation and how radically The general
view Of the duel Was changed.
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Belle Siddons, or Mrs. Hailett, now a.
sumed the name Of Nine. VestaI, and
under this alias opened faro baBks Is
business her husband taught herl At
Wichita, Newton, Abilene, Br0okYilIe
and Ellsworth, as rapidly as the cattle
centres changed, and many of the stock
men down af The yards win still remem-
Der her Is she presided At the games Of
chance. attired il velVets and laces and
sparkling with diamonds with her lux
uriant black hair carelessly lo0ped over
her shoulders 5nd caught Rith gold and
diamond clasps. She was alWays 81
lent and immoxable, not quarrelsome,
and seldom, if ever, spoke to women.
When the Black Hilfs fever broke
out this woman with history. N6s
among the first 70 leave fer shs eoli
fields, where she reopened her gambling
business She soon fell IN with well
Organized gang Of stage robbers and Be.
came their associate and conlfdante. and
actually planned some Of their most
daring raids Boone May. the chief of
the Black Hills sfaee line of defe1i res.
lieIsa hImse into h6f conn l|es.
and rom that time dates tie stors s.
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PUBLIC SENTIMENT AROUSED.

Yet that event aroused public senti-
ment to the atrocity of this barbarous
survival of the ordeal,or private battle.
That one of the most justly renowned OF
public men, of unsurpassed ability,
should be shot to death like a mad dog
because he had expressed the general
feeling about an unprincipled schemer,
was an exasperating public misfortune.
But that he should have been murdered
in Difference to a practice which was ap-
proved in the best society, yet which
placed every other valuable life at the
mercy of any willy yagabond, was pub
lie peril From that day to this there
has been no duel which could be said to
have commanded public sympathy or
From the bright June morn
ing, eighty years ago, when Hamilton
fell at Weehawken, to the June Of this
year, when two foolish men shot at each
other in Virginia, there has been steady
and complete change of public opinion,
and the performance of this year was re-
ceived with almost universal contempt
and with indignant censure of a dilatory
pOliee.
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Judge "Your client had better make
com promise. Ask her what she win
axe. T Counsel: "Ny good woman; his
dendr asks what you will tale," Old e,
vomSn: Thanks to his Honor. I'll just
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Daniel Webster on the Morning.

The following letter, written by Mr.,
~ E.hster to friend, has not lost its in
terest by the lapse of years or by the
death Of the writer
O'Clock, \. NJ, RICHMOND, Va,
4,,r;l 90 1Q1=
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CLARION.
Clubbing Rates.

s,g tlARfoS and sftser d tse jostzaa8 -azse9 D..
: - II - .eal one year lor The sum stated
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What kind Of sauce viii you have
With Eour steak p asked the waiter Of a
ifnerlin q restaurant where the condi-
nents were served with the orders. IF
he steak is as tough as yesterdays
,oupIe of circular saws will be best"
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The deer or the waterfowl is never =
busy feeding as not to stop everya mos
nent to watch for danger. 1t isN not
lear, because fear only comes when dan
yer is isapprehended, but IT -iis-a habit of
In VrasDing far the world
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sUNBEAMs.

"a regular poser-the photographer 5l't
In search of the spring lamb-The ,ai
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-09
Our Town Council. we understand

Our Town Council. we understand,
is in favor of having our charter
amended so as to provide for the pay
ment of taxes at least thirty days
before election as prerequisite to
voting, and the election of one coun-
Gilman in each ward annually-the
term of Office remaining at two years,
and one in each ward holding over at
each election. This is good move,
one which we advocated sometime ago,
and which we hope will be adopted.
BY the first change the purchasing
quantity will in a great measure be
removed from our corporation cleo
lions, aud by the second every tub
will stand upon its own bottom,'' so
to speaker a single candidate in a
ward run upon his own merits alone,
and not in combination with another
candidate.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-09
Linen Wedding.

F On Monday evening, Defender
1st, very agreeable and pleasant
surprise party called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Gen. u. Rissler, at their resi-
idence near Kabietown, it being the
Both anniversary of their marriage,
or Linen Wedding. 1T was a com
plete surprise to them, and was
quietly enjoyed by all present. The
party would have been much larger
had the weather been more favorable.
Each guest presented the bride with
a handsome and useful present of
linen material. A most enjoyable
and delightful evening throughout
was spent in social conversation, and.
vocal and instrumental mtisic. Mrs.
John Kable, nee Miss Dudrear, a
sister of the bride, who is so justly
entitled to" Pearl of Song" favored
the company with several very fine
selections, ably assisted by Miss
Maggie Engle, a very popular young
lady of Unionville. The bride was
gracefully assisted in receiving and
entertaining her guests by her neice,
Miss Maggie Kefauver, of Baltimore,
who was the life of the company.
About 10 o'clock the company dis
persed, after paying their congratu-
lations, and expressing the wish that
Mr.. and Mrs. Rissler may live to cell
citrate their Golden Wedding.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-09

Our government can no longer be said TO be
an experiment. One bundled years of success
institution. The magnificent conduct of the
people during the late election proves their pa
triotism. and the wisdom of our Constitution
Our immense commercial Interests also furnish
convincing proof. We know of no better illus
tration of tho success attending honorable and
able business methods than the firm of D. NJ
Ferry & CO.. Detroit. Mich. the leading seeds
men of this country. From small beginnings,
moth business by strict adherence to their
initial principal of furnishing only the best
seeds Obtainablc. They offer to send their val
liable - Annual" free to all who expect to buy
seeds or bulbs
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-09

The Citizens fire Company have
placed their engine and hose carriage
in their new engine house, on West
street, between Main aud Congress,
built by Mr.. j. W. Blessing. The
engine house is surmountcd by a
handsome belfry. The four-wheclcd
hose carriage, built by Mr.. Jno. T..
Hilbert, is an elegant one, and was
artisticaIIy painted by Mr.. August
Schultz.