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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-10-25
MANHOOD
How Lost, How Restored!

Juet published, a new edition Of DR.. CuIYer-
WELLS Celebrated Essay on the radicAlicEre Of
SPERnAToRKHGA or SeminaI Weakness, InvoIun-
tarJ Seminal LoGsss, InPoTEScY, Mental and
Physical Ineapacity, ImPediments TO Marriage,
duced by selt-induIgence or sexual
The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay
clearly demonstrated, from q thirty years. sac
eessful practice, that the alarming Consequences
of self. abuse may be radically cured /; pointing
feetuai. by means of which every sufferer. NO
matter what his conc ftion may be. may cure him
self cheaplY, privately and radically.
U-This Lecture should be In the hands Of every
youth and every man in the land.
Sent under seal, in = plain envelope, to any adj
postage stamps. we have also a sure cure
for Tape Worm. Address
THE CULYERWELL MEDICAL co..
+lAnn ST., New York. N. y, o. box 4se.
October IL. 1sSl-1H.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-10-25

lust received the largest stock of BOOTS and
u SHOES We have ever bad all good goods. and
will be sold on the very shortest profits to suit the
timsss ,Couatry Produce taken in exchange Tor
all kinds OF goods. 1. s. DALGARN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-10-25

The TRUTH SAVED H1M-As Mi. j.. al.
sRideboek was returning home to Greenwich
on Sunday night, accompanied, by Mr.. Swan,
who lives (when he. is at honey over the way,
he was run into aud his buggy upset, both
men being thrown out. The covered vehi.
Gle doing the damage, occupied by a young
couple. pissed down the road a short distance
and stopped, the sterner one of its. occupants
returning to see if the men were hur. or the
carriage damaged. 81 am willing" said he,
''to pay the damage. aud am glad you are
not injured personally" well" said Mr..
Ridabock, as he examined his vehicle. as best
he could in the dark II dom. care as long
as my horse is not injured, but how came
you to run into us and we giving you the
whole road z" We'll, to tell the truth.
had my arms arouod the girl and she was
driving it's all my fault. aud | am willing
to pay the damage" 81 won't charge you q
cent if You will tell me who the girl is"
said Mr. Ridabock ~ won. tell that" said
the stranger ''I'l pay first" .':You NAV
60" said the man whose buggy was injured;
81 won't charge you, anyway. You act like
a inan l believe you tell the truth, too"
Slant ford { Conn J ADVOCATE.
DR. ToTnlinson7s
DENTAL OFFICE,
CORNER OF CHARIss AND LIBERTY srRE.r.,
CharEestowR1e
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-10-25
BENZ. F. LEIsENR1Ne, p. NJ.
PuBLrc SALss.-The following nub

PUBLIC sALEs,-The following public
sales are advertised in this paper:
Wednesday, NoremIer 2d.-Bolivar Real
Estate, by Messrs D.. IS. Lucas and G F.
Gross, Special Commissioners
Friday. NovemLer All Real Estate by
Messrs. d B Lucas, Frank Beckwith and
W. l.. Wilson. Special Commissioners
Saturday, November 26M Real Estate
in Bolivar, by Isaac FouEe, Special Conn
missioner.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-10-25
HARPERss FKRRY TRApE.

THOMAS W. BEALE.
Msnufaoturss and pssIeria
STOVES TIN d SHEETsIR0N WARE.
Cor. shenandoah and High Strsefs.
HAReER's FERRY, N. va
sTHE subscriber would sdoFt shis method Al
u forming his frisadas and tke ~citissnE OF H.
spsr's Ferry AID the adjacent eoantry. thsS NJ l.
stilieonduestn the above b1siaessin sI.ftshr...h
ss. Having hadtwsnty-thrss yssTst eIpsTieses i
the trade. and it being hisintention 10 woTE soes
but
THE VERY BEST MATERIALS
he willeonfdsntly ass.rt that ustomoTs may re,y
upon getting No. articles from his EstsbEis6msnf
SCOUTING Oh TIN ROCKING,
executed in the very best manner and at the abort
est notice. Orders from any portion of the county,
will receive prompt attention. and prices Euaraa-
SPEARS CALoRlFlC COOK STOVES the mott
complete Cooking Stove the world has ever seen.
eonstantly on hand. In abort, any article in the
Tia and Shset-Iron trade can be had at bic MANI
factory.
Mossos's CORR. LasHrsrss Rops tussishea ana
aee and upon reasonable terms.
R1-Job Work and nfsndfns doae in the best
style and At the shortest notice. Merchants sup
Piled onthe most accommodating terms.
Harpsr's Ferry, OctsS. 1925
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-10-25

The BEST LIvrn AND KIDsEy REGULATOR, aud
gentle Purgative known, Ia Tha yer's Liver Pow
dsr's. Sold by N. r. Henderson, Charlestowa.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-10-25

LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS remaining
in the Post Office at Charlestown, J Jefferson
county, w. Va, October 90. 1881.
Mrs. Henrietta Johrson, Mrs Aunio L
Kane, Miss Maggie Morgan. Miss Amanda
Summers, Miss Mary j. Smith, Miss Hester
Staley (2), Mrs. Frank R. Stockton, Miss
Lula Waldo, Fl. l.. Creasey, Rober. Ed
wards, Thos. Kidd, Knott Bros, John Il.
Lamb, Chas. Lawson. B. F Manning, Jo
seph Moore, Nm Payue (2), Smith Il
Knight, Goo. n. Williams, Frank White.
The above letters, if not called for within
thirty days, will be sent to the dead letter of.
fee. Persons calling for them will please
say that they are advertised.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-10-25

g COUNTY 1TEMs-From the Shepherds
town Register weseopy thefollowing items:
New corn is selling upon our streets at go
cts. per bushel.
The Reformed Church of this town will
be rededicated on Sunday, the 9th of No
.vember.
Diptheria is making its ravages in the
neighborhood of Kearneysville, aud several
deaths have occurred.
Col W Morgan. our Deputy Sheriff.
sustained a loss of some six or eight dollars,
10. change, by q pickpocket, while boarding
a BIZ o. RI Il. train, at Camden Station,
Baltimore, last week
a spark from the engine running the
clover hul!er of Messrs. Bluckford Bros,
while thrcshing for Mr.. Widnyer nearsKear>
neysviile, set FIRE to several ricks Of hay
belonging to that gentleman, which were en-
tirely consumed. Loss about $500
ltwss our good pleasure to be present ut
an entertainment aud presentation of a hand.
some siiver>mounted Lantern donated to Mr..
John McAliister, Master Mechanic of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad, at the Restau-
rant of Mr.. John W. Osborne, on Wednes>
day night last. The handsome token of
friendship and esteem was presented to Mr..
ny tI6 HdUuS unuef MS SupeF~
vision at the machine shops at this place.
The presentation was made by MIR. Pende.
gras on the part of the assembly present in a
few well.timed aud appropriate remarks. and
was received by Mr.. McAiIister 10 a neat and
handsome little speech. Mr.. James d. Fay
man presided at the entertainment and bore
his honors we'll. The oysters we're we'll served
by Mr. Osborne, and all who psrtook did
them justice In addition to the handsome
gift presented, the evenings entertainment
passed OH exceedingly pleasant and agrees
able to oil present, and the anecdotes related
by Messrs. Pendegras and Neiil kept the
party in an exceedingly laughable humor.
Mr.. John Lamb, living aud working at the
Cement Mills below town, was the victim of
a terrible and painful accident in the quar-.
RES at that place on Thursday, 18th inst
1t seems that while be was drilling out a
blast hole which had failed to go off, the
drill struck on the cap of Illuminating mer-
curry and exploded the same, bursting aud
SCATTERING the rock into Fragments. One
piece of stone, weighing upwards of three
ounces and about % inches in length, struck
Mr.. Lamb in the left thigh above the bone,
passing nearly through the same, and which
afterwards was cut out by DIR. c. #. Butler,
who is his attending. physician. A number
OF spaiis entered his side, face aud arms,
producing fearful and painful wounds. His
face was completely blackoncd by the pow~
der, and there are apprehensious that he will
lose the sight of both eyes. The drill which
he was using was bl"wn through his hands
(lacerating them terrible) with such force as
to ascend upwards of a hundred feet or more
aud falling in the cliffs above him. There
were five others around him whom the scci>
dent took place, but all escaped injury.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
Corset.WearinR Men.

received recently letter from a
gentleman in New York, who writes to
ask me il it is fact that French gen.
tlemen habitually wear corsets, and he
quotes the allusion made by Alphonse
Daudet, in the "Nabob," to the white
satin corsets of the male guests at the
imperial fetes at Compiegne. One
passage in his letter is so curious and
interesting that 1 will transcribe it for
the benefit of my readers: "The writer
was educated in one of the best private
boarding g-schools at Vienna, Austria, re-
naming there from the age of twelve to
that of seventeen. In common with all
my fellow-pupils, who were sixty in
number, 1 wore corsets during the
whole of my five years stay at the
school. I was informed by my teacher
that Vienese gentlemen, as rule, wore
corsets, and that the discipline was
naturally enforced to all their scholars.
My stays we're very tightly laced, my
waist, during my last year at the school,
being but eighteen inches in circumfer-
ence, yet L never experienced days i'll
ness, and used very much to enjoy the
sensation caused by tight lacing. When
I left the school 1 discontinued the
practice, partly from the fear of being
ridiculed by my friends, and partly be-
cause it seemed too effeminate a GUS
tom for young man engaged in an &C.
tive business life; but 1 have retained
some interest in the matter, and I I'M
d rstand that many English gentlemen
wear corsets, and that the practice OF
tight lacing among men is. becoming
very general in Europe" 1t is un-
doubtedly fact that great many
English gentlemen wear stays, partic.
ularly when they ride on hor- eback. So
general is the custom becoming that
certain corset makers in London now
advertise themselves rs gentlemen
stay makers. The practice is also quite
prevalent in Prussia, particularly among
the officers of the army. But stiff
and upright carriage is not considered
in good taste among the Partisan ex.
quisites, and so the white satin corsets
of the dandies of Compiegne have found
but few imitators in France. - Chicdgc
Tines.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
Church Music i'm America.

As regards general musical culture,
the public may be divided into two
classes-those who go to the theaters
and those for whom the church is the
social center. In both church and
theater the standard of music is
a low one. In the church, where,
first of all, sincerity should pre-
vail, and where nothing but healthy
food should be given, the music
is looked upon as an attraction, and
given as an amusement. 1t is largely
operate, it appeals to the senses only,
and it is too often of the sickly senti-
mental order. In those churches only
which have congregational singing is
the sense of what is suitable and de-
corous not offended. In this criticism do
not include some of the Roman Catholic
churches. The priest estimates at its full
value the power of music over the masses,
and co-operates with the organist to pro-
duce a good musical service. Why can
not this be done in the Protestant
churches? Pleasing music need not be
trifing OF sentimental there are many
beautiful works not suited for the con-
cert-room which are intended for devo-
tional use. But the greater part of the
church music is sort of patchwork
a little piece from this compo-
ser and another piece from that
put together by an amateur.
A higher aim ought to be set, if not
in the first place because of the art it.
self Though why this is not praise
worthy purpose do not see); at least
for the sake of truth and propriety. The
most exalted and artistic church service
is the proper one The music which
will inspire those feelings which ought
to fill the soul of every worshiper is noble,
good music-not sentimental not sec
ular, but lofty and devotional. That this
low standard of church music exists is
not owing to the want of competent
organists, for we have many of ability,
but rather to the fact that they are
hampered in their attempts to introduce
better music by the solo singers, as we'll
as by the want of interest on the part
of the minister, ard in many cases by
the desire of the business committee to
"draw" " and please the congregation
Theodore Thomas, IN Scribner.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
FOR THE LADIES.
Sensible Dressing.

There is class of women one meets
with every day whose dressing is above
reproach. They go out to walk, not to
show their clothes, but to add to their
fine stock of health. They look as if
they could sit horse well, and as if
they used often the luxury of BATH
They wear thick-soled shoes, with low
broad heels, shapely and well-ftting
Their walking and church suits
are of cloth, plainly made, but of ex-
quisitc fit. Their gloves and bon
net strings are above reproach.
The hair, well cared for, is prettily
waved or curled about the forehead,
and worn low, to show the shape of the
head-a style that artists love. Unless
nature has been very niggardly, no false
hair is allowable. The bonnet is close
and very becoming, and the face is pro-
tected by Il veil. An ample parasol or
umbrella is ready as protection against
sun and rain. What fault can the most
censorious man find with costume like
this?
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
DEVELOPMENT of Steam Power,

A singular calculation has been made
by some foreign arithl icians of the
extent to which steam power has de-
veloped. England, it is said, derives
from the employment of her wealth of
coal 2, 900, 600 of horsepower per annun;
the United States, $500, 900; Germany,
100000; France, 100000; Austria,
100000. This is exclusive of locomo-
tive power; and as, in the old and new
world, the total number of locomotives
exceeds 105, 900, which are working on
some 220, 900 miles of railway, the horse
power is reckoned at 30,000,000. In
France the horsepower of the locomo-
tives is 2, ,35S, ,993, in addition to 8, 1T be.
longing to fixed engines. Steamers, not
reckoning the ships of war, employ
173,039 horsepower industries gener-
ally, 484, ,241. The total horsepower of
all The machines and engines worked by
steam in the world is estimated at
S0,000,000. Now, each horse is equal to
about ten men, so that the steam-p power
of the globe represents daily working
power of 800, 600, 900 men. The popu-
lation of the globe has been reckoned
by two German savants at /, ,455, 923, 900,
and the number of males between fif-
teen and sixty-fve at about one-third
of the population: this, in round num-
bers, give the total of men of the
working age at 500,000,000 AS the
steam engine does the work of about
S00,000,00 men, it follows that, since
the invention of Watt and Stephenson
spread its benefcent influence over all
civilized countries, the resources of in
dustry have nearly trebled. And all
this has been accomplished before the
steam engine, as a perfected practical
agent, is half a century old.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
Fancies of the Fan,

Much luxury is displayed in two things
at present-in fans and in shoes. Let
me speak of the first. Every one does
not know how to use them. They are
scepters; they command and are obeyed.
A fan becomes oracle, hope, an adj
vice, fetc, promise refusal, threat
and pardon--in skillful hands. 1t
praises, it blames, it encourages, it per-
suades, it can incite laughter, irony,
contempt, grace and fascination. 1t can
be used shut up or opened. 1t is en-
ployed to show pretty hands or to caress
ones half-opened neck, in order to at
tract to its beauty the eyes of stupid
men, who do not know how to appreciate
it. 1t is useful for everything-for peace.
for war, for tenderness, for infatuating,
for battle, for replies, for questioning.
for maliciousness and for perfdv.
Shoulder arms and fire! A gun kills. a
fan wounds. It is capable of all sorts of
caressess and of quarrels. And then
what a help in love making! A ia,
drops, it is picked up, it gets lost and is
brought back it trembles at pleasure
and opens itself to affection, it can sing
very canticle. In the last century no
French woman equaled NIademoiselle
Contal in the play of the fan.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
A Big Cow.

Posey county, Indiana, claims to have
raised the largest COW in the world.
Her name is Lady Posey breed, mixed
Durham and Big English. Her meas
urements are Greatest height, five feet
ten inches; girth, eight feet nine
inches; length, ten feet six inches, or
including tail, seventeen feet. Her
form is good; and though not fat, she
weighs 5000 pounds. Her color is led
and white, red predominating. Age,
six years.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
Catorrb mud nenfupss.

I Icheerfully add my testimony to the value Of
Ely's Cream Balm as a specific in the case Of
my sister, who has been seriously debiltated
with catarrh for eight years, having tried in
effectually other remedies and several specially
doctors in Boston. She improved at once un.
der this discovery, and has gained her health
and hearing, which had been considered incur
able. Robert W. Merrill, secretary of the
Phoenix Manufacturing company, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
am cured of catarrh and deafness after Civ.
ing Ely's Cream Balm thorough trial. II has
on several occasions relieved me of severe cold
in the head My aunt was troubled with deaf.
ness in one ear Using the Balm few times
her hearing was restored. L. d. Morse, in
surance broker, Elizabeth, N. j.
Price, fifty cents. Ely's Cream Balm Com.
pany, Owego, N. Y. Will mail it for sixty cents.
INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, nervous prostration
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MENsNAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF Tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-maklng,
force-g generating and lite-sustaining properties
is Invaluable in all onfccbled conditions. whether
the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration,
overwork, or acute disease, particularly II
resulting from pulmonary complaints. CasWeI,
Hazard Co, proprictors, New York
THE only hope of bald heads -CAuDoIINE, a
ton removed by recent improvement. 1t is
now faultless The only cure for badness and
the most delicate hair-dressing KNOWN
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

Paper was first made from linen rags
in 1902; printing invented, 1886; al
manacs We're fiIst printed by Purback in
Vierna in the year 1857; the Bible was
first printed at Mertz in 1862; in 1471
the first printing press was set up by
Caxton; musical notes were first printed
in 1902; metal type were first made in
matrices III 1862 by Peter Sch9fer, at
Nuremberg; Albert purer invented weed
engraving in 1927.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
Rnpns Certificates.

1t is no Iile drugged stuff, pretending to be
made of wonderful foreign roots, barks, etc,
and puffed up by long bogus certificates of pre-
tended miraculous cures, but a simple, pure,
effective medicine made of well-known valu-
able remedies, that furnishes its own certificates
by its cures We refer to Hop Bitters, the
purcst and best of medicines. See "Truths
and Proverbs" +" in another column.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
The Greatest Discovery of the Age.

For over thirty-tOur years --
DR. TOBIAS'S VENETIAN L1NlMENT
has been warranted to euro Group, Colo, Sr2sms,
DiarrhCa and u Sentcry, taken internally, and Sore
Throat, Pains i'll the Limbs Chronic Rheumatism
Old Sores, PimllCs, BlOcncs and Swellil:Gs cNter
nally ami not bottle has been returned, many fam
lilies stating they would not he without i oven II
was so Il bottle. Sold by dluEEists at S1 and 30
cents. Deppt, i1 Murray Street. New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
tPOttstown Daily Iedgcr.l

A Michigan journal relates the follow
ing: Amos james,. Esq, proprietor OF
the Huron house, Bort Huron, Mich,
suffered so badly with rheumatism that
he was unable to raise his arm for three
months. Five bottles of st. Jacobs Oil
cured him entirely.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
Hutchinson Champion.]
No Reueht.

An Indiana newspaper thus writes;
Mr.. George +. Helderle, of Peru, Ind,
says that he had suffered very much with
rheumatism and used many remedies
without benefit. He found the desired
relief in ST. Jacobs Oil.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

Frederick Marriott q San Francisco
editor, has invented q flying machine
1t is only by some such scheme as this
that an editor can ever get away from
the town where he lives as long as the
bloated monopolies that control rail.
roads are permitted to charge fare
CLic01o Journal
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

Those languid, tiresome sensations, causing
you TO feel scarcely able to be on your feet; that
constant drain that is taking from your system
all its former elasticity driving the bloom from
your checks; that continual strain upon your
vital forces, rendering you irritable and fretful,
can easily be removed by tho use of that mar
vclous remedy Hop Bitters Irregularities and
distractions of your system are relieved at
once, while the special cause Of periodical pain
are permanently removed. Will you heed this 2
See WTruths"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

The Japanese government will send
copies Of all the newspapers now pub
ished in that empire to the exhibition
OF newspapers it is proposed to hold at
Berlin.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

"What is fame ?" asks the Philadelphia
Americon Fame is the result of being
civil to newspaper men.-BOstOn Post.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

The average editor can sympathize
with England in her trouble with the
Beers. - Graphic.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

Popular trial shows the worth Of every ar
tiole; and thirty-four years Constant use has
proven the great efficacy of Pr Bulls Cough
syTppi II has no superior