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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-05
PoETIcAL.
What Do You Think 2


Could We straighten each loep and each tangle
That time interweaves in life's Sketn ;;
COuld we garner each long-vanished moment
And live our lives over again
Would we sail In an ocean unruHed,
And never be stranded or sink,
Or lurched 'gainst the rocks In our blindness
How wOuld it be ? What do you think7
We might pilot ourselves by the lodges
That once almost shattered our boat,
Avoiding the dangerous waters
Where once We were tempted to foat,
But taking another direction
And leaving each perilous brink,
Would we pass each breaker in safetya
How would it be7 What do you think
Lies ocean is strewu with the aotsam
Thrown overheard out of her ships,
And never pilot so skilful
But sometime the hgurehead dips ="
In the spray dashing over the breakers;
Aud strange If he bears not the clink
OF the Prov breaking in on tho lodges,
How many escape, do you think
LKdH.eaine n. Terry in the Housewife.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-05
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
oHAnlasTov,,, JH11HnsOs cOUr4r. W. Va.
TTEsDAY-MoRNlNe, AUGUST 5, 1880.
Various Items.

Mrs. Mary Ann Dixon, of Loudour
county, Va, committed suicide re,
Gently.
A petition is before the United
States Senate to have Alexandria
county, Va, included in the District
of Columbia.
Arrangements are being made fol
holding a reunion of Rosser's ''Lau.
rel Brigade, . in Winchester, the first
week in September.
Rev. James B. Avirett, pastor OF
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church,
Upper Marlboro, Nd, has accepted
call to Grace Church, Waterville,
N. Y.
An official call has been issued to
the greenbackers of West Virginia to
send delegates to the national con-
vention of the party at Indianapolis,
August %.
The Natural Bridge property has
been sold to a Massachusetts and Vir-
ginia syndicate for $500, ,ooo.. 1t was
purchased from Col. II. G. Parsons
and James G. Blaine, who have owned
it for number of years.
The American Straw Board Com
pany, who have been operating the
Winchester paper mill for several
months in manufacturing straw
board, will suspend business about
the first of August in consequence of
over production.
The Parkersburg Sentinel says:-
A friend, noting remarlrin the Sen
tinel recently concerning Senator
Kenna, tells us that his health is very
poor, and that he is unabFe to stand
any severe exertion, especially such
as would be incident to campaigning
or speech making.
The Manchester Union says: "The
Election bill is a measure to put
men in authority at the polls whose
neighbors would not trust them with
dollar, and to put Federal bayonets,
if need be, at their back and call. It
is a measure which would have caused
a revolution in this country at any
time before the War"
The peculiar enervatfng effect of summer
weather is driven off by Hoods Sarsaparilla,
which makes the weak strong.
The Republicans are not unlikely
to lose one of the new States which
they have just rushed into the Union
to bolster up the failing strength of
the party. Wyoming has in recent
years pretty steadily voted Republi-
can, and has been Represented for
three Congresses by Judge Joseph
NJ. Carey. Judge Carey is remark
ably popular in the young State, and
has easily been able to defeat any
Democratic candidate in the field
At the last election he confronted a
Democratic organization divided and
demoralized and the result was a plu-
rality of 2 1894 in total vote of about
5000. The Democratic managers
belive that with a strong candidate
upon whom their party is united they
can redeem the State this autumn
and bring it into the Union Demo-
cratic commonwealth. The immigra-
tion in the western counties has been
largely Democratic, and the Demo
cratic local committees are waking
up to the fact that the State is de-
batable.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-05
Puny ChiIdren Made Strong

Don't you think your children are
troubled with worms2 Children are
often weak and puny from this cause.
There is no remedy equal to ''Bore-
mans Sweet Vermifuge," for remov-
ing these pests from the system
Sold by all dealers at 25 cents. Do
not be put off with something else
Just as good. my2O-6m.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-05
Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so we'll known and
so popular as to need no special mention. All
who have used Electric Bitters sing the same
song of praise. a purer medicine does not ex-
ist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claim
ed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases OF
the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples,
Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused
by impure blood. VIII drive Malaria from the
fevers. For cure of Headache, Constipation
and Indigestion try Electric Bitters-eutire
satisfaction guaranteed OF money refunded
Price Soc. and S100 per bottle at DR.. Bishops
druu sfOra
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-05
Is Consumption lncurable7

ark, Ark, says: WAS down with Abscess Of
Lungs, and friends and physicians pronounced
me an incurable conBumptiye. Began taking
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
arm now On my third bottle. and able-to oversee
the work on my farm. Il is the Finest medf-
cine ever made" ~ s-f+
Jesse MiddleWart. Decafur, O.. saYh: Had
Consumption ! would have died Of Lung.
Troubles. Was given mp by Doctors. Am
now in best of health" Try It Sample bot
ties free at Dr. Bishops drug store
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-05

TOR THE BLOOD,
EGE Weakness, Malaria, Indigestion and
BilioJIsnezs, take
BROWNsS IRON BITTsRS.
II cures quickly. For sale by all dealers in
medicine Get the genuine.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-05

Mrs. Mary Ann Dixon, of Loudoun
county, Va, committed suicide re-
nnn4I..
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-05

"A mans best help is himself, his
own heart, lis resolute purpose-it
cannot be done by proxy. A mans
mind may be aroused by another.
but he must mold his eWn character.
What if a man fails in thing2-
Let him try again-he must quarry
his own nature. Let him try hard,
and try again, for he does not know
what he can do till he tries.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-05

A CHANcE TO CoMMEScE BUsINEss.-J. 81.
Beacbley is now offering his entire business
place for sale; or il preferred, will sell his
stores separate. This Is one of the best places
in HagcTstown in which to do business.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-05
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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
HOW TO SEE EUROPE.
Do Not Stop at the Hotels Recommended
in fha (.uide- -Roolts

Do Not stop at the Hotels Recommended
in the Guide Books.
n you travel abroad to see Europe, it
is Europe you want to see, and not a
cong omerate of Europe and America,
made such by the tourist and his de-
mands. To do this leave the beaten
track OF travel and search out the un-
spoiled, unfrequented paths, and you
will become acquainted with the coun-
tries and people you visit. Bedfords
Magazine wisely says: -n.
"1he American should not go to the
hotels most highly recommended in the
guide-books. In every European city
there are plenty of excellentquarters to
be had, where the local fashion, both in
habit and table, is retained, and where
visitors can'domicile with entire conven-
ience and security. The traveller who
expects to stop, even for single night,
will do we'll to seek out some 'pension"
or questionable hotel for lodging
due recommendation, of course, having
been secured. He will thus be in sit
uation to observe somewhat of the do.
mestlc and work-a-day features OF HIS
enforcement and have something lefs
to pay for the next entertainment. II
is costly variety to travel only in first.
class railway carriages. American tour
lists, by using second-class CARRIAGES,
and thus mingliug with the masses Of
the people among whom they are mov-
ing, doing and faring as they do, will not
only save money, but have far better
time. While the course prescribed does
involve some tramping and labor, Amer
leans who are able to go three thousand
miles from home, should be equal to the
exercise demanded. In doing it they
will find that with improved digestion,
and correspondingly improved spirits
and temper, their capacity to enjoy
what they see will be surprisingly en-
larpad -
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
A hall OF Dancing Birds.

In his pioneering in South Brazil"
Mr.. Brigg-Wither relates that one morn
ing in the dense forest his attention was
reused by the unwonted sound of bird
singing-songsters being rare in that
district His men, Immediately they
caught the sound, invited him to follow
them, limiting that he would probably
witness very curious sight. Cautiously
making their way through the dense un-
dergrowth, they finally came in sight OF
a small stony spot of ground, at the end
of tiny glade, and on this spot some
on the stone and some on the shrubs,
were assembleda a number of little birds,
about the size of tomtits, with lovely
blue plumage and red topknots. One
was perched quite still on twig, sing
ing merrily, while the others were keep
ing time with wings and feet in kind
of dance, and all twittering an accom-
paniment. He watched them for some
time, and was satisfied they we're hav-
ing ball and concert and thoroughly
enjoying themselves. Then they became
alarmed, and the performance termin-
ated abruptly, the birds all going OF to
different directions. The natives told
him that these little creatures were
known as the dancing birds. "-Balti'
more News.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
NUMBER 40.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
What Heaven Wills, can mover be


What Heaven Wills, can mover be
withstood.
-one of the brightest students at
Cambridge is blind,
One of the hardest things for man
to do is to own up that he is az mean as
God says he is,-Ram's Horn.
"A Hebrew convert to Christianity
Is laboring with success among the
thirty thousand resident Jews OF Jeru-
salem.
He who would be credited with real
faith must have such works as will
rightly illustrate it. His assertion will
go for nothing without this,
The board Of trustees Of the new
Chicago University has been organized
with E. Nelson Blake as president, and
a number of other prominent Chicago
business men as members Do
The graduating class of Bryn Mawr
have given 500 as nucleus for an educa-
tional loan fund to help needy students.
1t is hoped that this fund will be suffi.
ciently increased to be put in use by
next fall. '''''- '''--'- -'-oa~.'+
True repentance consists In the
heart being broken for sin and broken
from sin. Some often repent, yet never
reform; they resemble man travelling
dangerous path who frequently stops
and starts, but never turns back 81
Tho estimate ofs-the. number OF
Christians in Ceylon is from 8 to10 per
cent. of the total population, as follows
Total population, 1900, 1000; Romanists,
800 900; Anglicans, 25,0OO Presbyter-
ians, $4,000; Wesleyans, $4,000; Baptists,
5000 Total of Christians, 900, 900.
There has been very remarkable
increase in the number of Catholic
churchs in this country in the last ten
years. A recent issue of the Catholic Mir
ror states that the dedication of newly
erected churches is an event Of weekly
occurrence in the archdiocese of Balti.
more, and that the same activity is OBJ
servable in other Catholic dioceses. N
Y. Independent. .t. ',. ,.,.,s
Nothing in the world is so destruc.
tive of the true educational spirit as for
school officials to cease being appointed
upon grounds of fitness as instructors and
to obtain their places by political pre-
ferment. At the very moment such ap-
pointments are made either in the
teaching or supervisory departments, at
that moment dry-rot attacks the whole
educational system of the State, Bal
timore Herald. .t..'r +dt
The number of students in the Uni.
versity Of Greifswald this summer
semester is 902, being the largest num-
ber ever on its books. OF these 421 are
students of medicine, ga of theology,
9s of philosophy and 95 Of law, while "a
are allowed - attend particular lectures
without having matriculated in any fac.
ultY. At Erlangen the number Of stu.
dents is l,Ol2, being the first time it has
exceeded 1000. The theological faculty
used to be the most numerously attend,
ed, but this year medicine heads the
list At Marburg there are zoos stu
dents, this being also the first time the
number of 1000 has been exceeded,
There are 200 students in the medical
| faculty.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
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WIT AND WISDOM.


Experience is good II not bought
too dear -Herburt.
"A man never forgets how good he is
to Others. .-Atchison Globe.
The Cornerstone OF Philosophy
If you can't have what you want don't
want it,-Puck.
Blessed is the man who at 40 has the
fire of 90 and the peace of 20 together in
his oul.-Phillips Brooks.
Mrs. Grundy:, One of these days the
real "old family servant" will bo exhib
tied at the dime museum. ''h
No one need expect to prevent
earthquakes by building cities in the
neighborhood of volcanoes, Goethe
-"Has your girl keen sense of the
ridiculous?" "Yes, she laughs all the
time / am with her."-Detroit Free
Press. "aE
There is field for scientific inquiry
in the fact that the more brains man
has the larger his head Washing
ton Post.
-She-But you must have some dis
advantages at Harvard! Ile--No; the
faculty has just been abolished. -Har-
ward Lampoon.
Papa" said talkative little girl,
'am made of dust?" mo, my child.
If you wore you would dry up once in
while. ."-Exchange. s.--esa
If there is any thing more interest
ing in life than doing nothing, it is
watching another person hard at work,
Boston Transcript.
Yet he who means nobleness, tho he
misses his chosen aim, can not fail to
bring down precious quarry from the
clouds. .-Margare Fuller Ossoli.
Going camping out this year?"
"No. ! camped out last year" ''Why
don't you camp out this year?" II just
told you! ! camped out last Year,
Lowell Citizen.
Polite Passenger--Pardon me, sir!
Can l sit down in this scat? Our Sour.
boy-Well, / presume you can II you try
hard enough. didn't have any trouble.
Boston Times.
Must you go out again tonight"
asked the Sand Flat "Yes, must,p
answered the Tide; ''and when come
in I'll be full. See?' High sea-" was
| the sad answer.-Puck.
1T was the next thing to railroad
accident that deprived me Of my lover"
said Miss Antic. my back hair fell off
and he knew that had deceived him"
''Those misplaced switches are dreadful
things. Epoch. .r3s
Not day passes over the earth but
men and women Of no note do
great deeds, speak great words
and suffer noble sorrows. OF these
obscure heroes, philosophers and mar
tyrs, the great part will never be known
till that hour when many that were
great shall be small, and the small
great.
Life is periodic. It is made up OF
cycles, of grand currents that sweep all
around and then come back again. u
angels 60 out It is only that archangsli
may come in. There are transcient back
ward eddies in the stream, but the gen
eral current is onward, IL only we our
selves will keep true, and prove stead
fast. All who live know life is con
hict; it ray also be victory. Elmer
sen,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
MUTiNY OF MADMEN.
Four Stalwart Keepers Placed Hors de
C"mbat During the Riot

Hour StalWart heeperS flaCeu HOrS uo
Combat During the Riot
A lautiny of an extraordinary char
actsr took place recently at the Bicetre
Lunatic Asylum, which was only put
down by the arrival of the soldiery.
Some of the dangerous lunatics had ap,
peared moro excited than usual, owing
to the sultry weather, and one of them,
an athlete Of great strength, named
Jolly, succeeded in breaking out of his
cell. Having opened the cell of four
teen of his companions, all Of them
made a rush at the keepers, who were
waking up and down on guard. The
lunatics thenlaidl siege to the nearest
rooms, and broke windows, chairs, tables
and every thing else on which they
could lay their hands, Afterward they
went up to the keepers sleeping.places,
and, selling an the razors, hammers
and other dangerous instruments which
they could find, redescended into the
quadrangle, and began shouting out that
they intended to kill everybody who
should interfere with them. One OF the
,keapers--a NJ. Petit--recsived a blow
from the leg Of table, which broke
his arm, but his colleague succeeded
eventually, at the. risk of their
LIVES, in cutting off the retreat of the
ma amen by shutting them up in the
quadrangle. The Governor, NJ. Pinon,
now interviewed, and tried by soft words
to quiet the rioters; but he was threat
enad by Jolly, who said that he would
spare his life If he went down on his
knees and begged pardon of all the in
ma tes AS NJ Pinon refused to do this,
Jolly hurled fower-pot full of earth at
hiul, but a keeper threw himself before
tn" Governor, and received the pot and
its contents on his chest. The Governor
anil his men then withdrew, and sent
foN the police and troops. The Inspector
OF Police, who arrived first, found the
,ma1men straddling across a wall, where
th"y were brandishing their razors and
sui jecting part Of the asylum to bonn.
bal dment of rubbish, stones and bricks.
Jolys when called upon to surrender,
crisd out: "We are outside the law; we
a"S madmen, and you can't do any
thing!" When twenty-four soldiers,
with fixed bayonets, arrived from the
Bicetre fort the lunatics became more
exasperated, whereupon the keepers
turned upon the hose and gave the
maniacs few shower baths This was
followed by volley of blank cartridges,
which effectually frightened them,
They descended from their wall, and
allowed themselves to be handcuffed.
After that the most obstreperous we're
put into strait-waistcoats. Four Of the
keepers were placed hors de combat
during the riot, while sum of twenty
pounds in bank notes, belonging to one
of the asylum attendants, was destroyed
by the lunatics.-London Globe.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
There is proof that areally great

There is proof that areally great
man rises superior to the limitations
of circumstances in the incident recent.
ly related of the New Hampshire land
lord who made a requisition on this city
for six young men to proceed at once to
the mountains, and there, arrayed in
tennis costume during the day and con
ventionsl evening dress at night assist
in entertaining the guests at the hostel.
ry, presumably the maiden element for
the most part, living on the fat Of the
land, meanwhile, gratis. The increas.
ing scarcity of young men at our summer
hotels has proved more deleterious to
profit than even combination of cold
weather and high prices, and it was in,
evitable that something radical should
be undertaken. The New Hampshire
man mentioned is evidently abreast OF
the times --Frovidsnce Journal
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
She Put Nerve Into Him,

Young Diffident (who has been court.
ing girl for two years without getting
up the nerve to. propose) you read
about those seminary girls in Massa-
chusetts who were made sick by nerve
training Amanda III z
Amanda-Yes, l read about it.
Diffident-What foolish thing that
was. f, ......E t..t.r
Amanda lin discouraged tone)-1
don't know about it. l think it would
be good thing if you would enter into
a course of nerve-training yourself You
seem to need it.
q" TDifident went home pondering over
her remarks, and the next evening he
proposed and was accepted. Texas
Siftings
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
Spite.

Clara-So you are really engaged to
Tom, are you? That's pretty ring
you have, but it is not the same one |
returned to him after we Quarfeled.
eSophie-Tom said il was newsone.
Clara-I suppose Tom is in earnest
this time, so he got struck with fit of
economy, and sold the other ring and
bought this one, and put the balance in
the bank. .-Harper's Bazaar.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
Ills Head Was Level.
A tramp who was rubbing Woodwar
n ,,a n,,a 4 an,,,,,aet tl,a atber dav strucl,

\ A tramp who was rubbing Woodward
avenue amp-post the other day struck a
pedestrian for dime, saying he wanted
to get bite to eat
why don't you try some of these
houses around here?" was asked.
"I've tried all but that one on this
block, and the people are either away or
down on the purfesh.
But why didn't you try that one?,'
I'm nosfool mister. ! may not be
purity but I've got some common sense"
"WelH's sS a& "a - a. ~
"Well, follow the street sprinkler and
you can't 60 wrong. When it leaves a
dry spot in front of a mans house you
just keep away from that man. That's
where they tie ropes around the chill
dren's bodies just before feeding, De
troit Free P-oss. " go
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
Mhv She Liked Him.

Mrs. Grundy-And how do you like
the new clergyman
Mrs Scrooge-O, think he's just
splendid
Mrs Grundy-Do his sermons appeal
TO you? - ssNf 20
Mrs. Scrooge--No-n-no; but oh, how
he does go for the woman next door and
the woman across the street. 1t does
my heart good to hear those critters get
such an eloQent roasting, America.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-12
H&F
I ( ABUSE OF ToBAcco
a Reform Society Begs for Legal Rcct

... .Hl nition IN France ~
The Society Against the Abuse Otto
.bacco-to give IT Its proper style and
title-is just now distinguishing itself
by an unusual display ofienergy. .It.is
about to present petition to the Cham
Der of Deputies asking that law shall
be passed forbidding boys-and 1t is to
be presumed girls as wen-under six
teen years of age to smokes 1t has also
sent depatation to the Minister Of War
begging him not to permit soldiers to
indulge in the fragrant weed in their
own rooms.sr Not content with this, the
society ,hasalso requested M. de Frey
cinet. to instruct the commanders of
regiments to see that. tobacco rations be
notdistributed to non-smokers as we'll
as to loverssof the pipe, the cigar or the
cigarette--as is saidF to be the case in
certain corps--in order that temptation
may be not thrown: In thelway of men
who have NOT already y taken kindly to
the luxuryaFA Y a. e. rs eTT
1t might have been assumed that il
young people under the. age Of sixteen
were not able to look after themselves,
their seniors, who donned their red
bresches, the kept or the helmet,
might at lesst'be supposed to have ar,
rived at ythe yearsSot discretion. The
society, however, entertains different
opinion. Like most enthusiasts, the
anti-tobaoconistsa have lover shot the
mark, yet, as matter. iofFfsct, there is
no doubt the weed is. becoming daily
more popular, with Juveniles, who,oal-
though they can hardly be described as
babes aud ,suelslings have eSbarely en-.
tered into the stage,ofsboyhood and girl.
hood. Children OF tendersy years !aresfre.
qnentyto to be seen investing in cigar
cites, and even in cigars, at the differ
ent shops where tobaeco and postage
stamps are sold under the auspices Of
the authorities, and l. Is by no means
unusual,s especially in the districts in
habited mainly by the working classes,
to see Youngsters of seven or eight try
ing to Reep q cigarette slight 2aseries
ofrapid puffs osrnr varied with a vast
amount of expectoration Paris Letter.