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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20
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An ENTHUSIASTIC ESDoRskMENr.-
Gorham, n. H., July ID, 1879.
Gents: Whoever yon are, don't
know; but thank the Lord and feel
grateful to you to know that in this
world of adulterated medicines there
is one compound that proves and does
all it advertises to do, and more.
-Four years ago had a slight shock
of palsy, which unneryed me to such
an extent that the least excitement
would make me shake like the apue.
Last May 1 was induced to try Hop
Bitters. used one bottle, but did
not see any change; another did so
change my nerves that they are now
as steady as they ever were. 1t used
to take both hands to write, but now
my good right hand writes this.
Now, if you continue to manufacture
as honest and good an article as you
do, you will accumulate an honest
fortune, and confer the greatest bles4
sing on your feIlow-men that was
ever conferred on mankind.
Tpf BuRcH.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20
NEW SERIES, VOL. XVIII, NO. az.
PoETlCAL

a Fancy.
Sweet Summer went forth to the fields,
With roses entwined in her hair,
Her footsteps as light
AS her glanccs were bright,
And all thatshe looked upon fair.
Grave Autumn, beholding the maid,
Grew checry in shanSfdg her charms;
They met, but alas!
All her strength seemed to pass,
And she languishcd to death in his arms.
Now sombre grew Autumn, and sore,
As he clung to the maid in his voc;
Then Winter passed by,
And, with tear-stricken eye.
Hid them both meath mantle of snow.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20
DAVID HOWELL,
Insurance Agency.
FIRE AND LIFE

TWILL represent good Companies with large
w resources. Fair Rates. Liberal Prin-
cipies. Prompt Payments Guaranteed. Prop
erty of all Kinds insured.
Office with jus. NJ. Mason, Law Building.
f. ". Aisquity has associated with him in the
Fire Insurance business, David Howell, who
will give his personal attention to the business,
and the Firm will represent the old reliable com
pnnics which have always given satisfaction
Hartford. T1'Gmkiin of Philadelphia. Franklin
IF lFheeting, Niagara Of Neeo York.
When not at the Office, Mr. Aisquith will be
found ut his residence.
April 10, 1SS3-6m
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Some singuIar signs.

Ben johnson said
1t even puts Apollo
To all his strength of art to follow
The flights, and to divine
Whstis meant by every sign"
And yet the signs of the times, as
displayed upon our streets, are well
worthy of a study. It is the age of
signs to assign reason for this would
perhaps be difficult. We miss the
old-timc tavern signs, and just now
can only think of one, that is the old
sign that swings and creaks on the
northwest corner of Paca and Balti-
more at the Gen. Wayne Inn. 1t is
a full length portrait of the old gem
tleman, and has recently been painted,
which takes away somewhat from its
value as a relic of bygonc days. The
transposition of tavern signs in Eng
land is a study for the curious
For instance, /" Cation Fidele, I" to Cat
and Fiddle; Bacchanals to Bag
o'-nails; "God Encompasseth U.s.
to Goat and Compasscs. A very
comman sign, here just now sugges-
tive of a good text for Temperance
Sermon is the one displayed before a
great many Bar Rooms.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20
ADVERTISING RATES.

One Square a inch or less) / to SweelIs. S1.58
Each subsequent insertion. .....,.... ...s.. 50.
One Square, three months. ...........9... 100
One Square, 6 months. hs................... 600
One Square, one year. -. ,........ 1000
Candidates Announcements.-Fo County
Officers. $500: State or Congressional, $1,000.
Others at regular Advertising Rates.
Obituary Notices exceeding i've lines, 10iceS.
per line.
Liberal deductions made for Quarter, Half
and Whole Columns, to Annual. Semi Annual
and Quarterly Advertisers.
No advertisement to be considered by the
month OF year unless specified on the Manu-
script or previously agreed upon between the
parties. -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20
"Wanted
Five Thousand Men
Unload schooners.

Unload Schooners.
Capital Required Only Five Cents"
To the uninitiated it may be we'll
to explain that Schooner is very
large glass of froth with some beer at
the bottom and it sells for five cents.
"Moncy Returned If Not Satisfactory"
is a sign very common in the retail
stores, and was explained by Jewish
gentleman to one of his customers as
follows:
The customer lady, having pur-
chased some goods which were not
satisfactory, wished to return them
and get the money. This the mer-
chant declined to do, when the lady
pointing to the sign, said
&C But you promise the money re-
turned if not satisfactory" "Ah,
bnt my dear lady, de monish is al
ways satisfactory"
"Umbrollas Recovered"
is common sign before umbrella
repair shops, and is often the cause
of the invetcratc joker going in and
asking the proprietor to recover an
umbrella lost week fore last.
The Excelsior Clothing Company
got off a very good thing on the Trade
Dollar excitement. In their window
they displayed this sign
"We Take Trade Dollars,
The Government Don't"
Rather hard hit at Uncle Sam.
Hand and Primrose on Lexington
St. have on the side of their building
a good picture of massive hand
grasping primrose. And above j.
Edward Birds store is picture of the
Oriole with the legend "Our Bird"
The habit of retaining the old signs
when the firm changes is universal
here, and upon some of the finest of
our business fronts you can read the
history of the business in the signs dis
playcd-way up over the sixth story
is the modest and contracted sign of
plainest type, below it one moro pre-
tentious, and so on until over the first
story, in all the glory of black and
gold, the sign manual of the latest
firm meets the eye In place of the
old sign of
'' ''Cakes snd Bier
Sold hier"
or the proper name of
''Bar ROOM
we now see displayed
HSample Room
and they turn out awful samples.
"The Office"
of The Devil might be added.
1.-The Dew Drop IN"
and get kicked out.
"The Club Room
where clubs are always trumps.
"The Lodge"
for men who never lodge at home.
They all hang out the sign
ga Fried Oyster With Every DRINK
and it was Bummcr' s mild suggestion
that it would be better to give drink
with each Oyster.
During the railroad riot here sew
eral bullets were fired through Bar
Room window on Baltimore ST., and
early next morning the enterprising
proprietor displayed this sign in his
window
Minnie BAH Cocktails Made Here
"A Saloon in Washington, on the
Avenue. just at the foot of Capitol Hill,
has very ingenious sign. AS you
approach the Capitol it reads
''The Last Chance"
That is the last chance to get drink
before reaching the Capitol. The
other reads
"The FiE.t Chance"
What difference often between the
first drink man takes and the last.
The first taken by the rosy-cheeked
strong, young man who tells you g Nc
danger, sir /; lean stop when I want TO. -
The last taken by the wretch, b1ear.
eyed, scanned with sin, crazed with
drink, knowing that {. At the last ii
biteth like serpent" yet still loving
it with an all absorbing love.
1t is in a Hoboken Ferry boat we
find this sign-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20
Loss and Gain.
CHAPTER /.
81 wns taken sick a year ago
With bilious fcver.n

sly doctor pronounced me cured, bnt got
sick again. with terrible pains in my back and
sides, and got so bad
Could not move!
shrunIi!
From 228 lbs. to 100! Ihad been doctoring
for my liver but it did INC no good. I did not
expect to live more than three months. be-
gan to use Hop Bittcrs. Directly my appetite
seemed renewed us if by magic. and utter
using several bottles I am not only as sound as
o sovereign but weigh more than [ did before.
To Hop Bitters owe my life.''
Dublin, June 6, 'S1. R. FITZPATRICK.
How TO GET S1cK.-Exposc yourself day
and night; cat too much without exercise
work too hard without rest: doctor all the
time; take all the vile nOstrums advertised.
and then you will want to know hoio 10 get 1reu
which is answered in three wOrds-Takc Hop
Bitters!
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20

"a These seats arc exclusively for ladies, and
gentlemen viii please not occupy them un-
til the ladies are seated"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20
Tic Noyember Number. concludiuv tl,e rfxty

The November Number, Concluding the hxty-
seventh volume of HARPER's MAGAz1NE, =
very rich in illustrations, and It's articles arc
are fun and entertaining, and the PnbliaherS'
special announcement Of the forthcoming
Christmas Number-the regular issue for Dee
magazine for 1884, incicate their purpose not
only to maintain the high position already
gained for this periodical, but also to still far
ther advance its standard Of lit rary, artistic
and mechanical eIceHsnce
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1888.

onAt1EsFowS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, W. VA.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20

4neSs seats arc eNCsuSlTelS LOT l0GtteSS ana
gentlemen win please not occupy them un-
til the ladies are seated"
Owing to the late exposures by
Beast Butler regarding Tewkesbury,
a New York firm dealing in hides
hangs out this
q White Man Tanned Hides Positively Not Re-
ceived Or Sold By This House,
Down at Gordonsyille, Va, we no.
ticed this over the door of o black
smith shop
"The blacksmith shop In Tho House."
An awful spell is sometimes cast
over the signs displayed, for instance
in West Baltimore a Dyer informs
US
"Dying Done Hero"
As he lives by dying for others, 1 sup-
pose he has right to dye if he wants
to.
I sign AMOS KErrEn.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20

DR.. a. Page, Rushmore, o., says.
81 have prescribed Brown Iron Bit
ters in several instances, and in each
case obtained good results -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20

"Dear me-" said a good old lady
on Fifth avenue the other evening,
chow this craze for chaze for china
is growing. Here's a club that is
paying S3, 900 for n pitcher"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-20

A correspondent of the Western.
Fdrm1er recommends the putting up
of neat little houses for bluebirds,
which he has found most useful in1
sect-destroNers.
Daily Republican., 1883-05-24
The Rodney SIreet lIAsin.

There is Il great 'leai OF complaint
about the filthy condition If Rodney
street BASIN 1t is said that the water
is covered with a great scum, in which
float number Of dead fish.
Several residents in the western part
of the city have visited the basin, and
are greatly alarmed that they are COM
PEELED to use the filthy liquid. Some
persons say that they nave noticed for
some time that the water has had a
singular taste, but had no idea that it
was actually As bad AS it is unit they
vi tied the basin.
1t is said that Chief Engineer Coyle
has been requested to have it cleansed,
and has replied that he had no authority
to have it done. The Water Committee
of Council should attend to this matter
Immediately, AS not only the health, but
the lives OF hundreds Of persons are
jeopardized by delay i'll abatiug this
intolerable nuisance. Council should
take some action tonight, and the engi-
ueer directed to have il cleansed iInIuo-
diately, so that the people can be sup
piled with pure, healthy water.
Daily Republican., 1883-05-24
IMPROVEMENTS.
NEW BUILDINGS BEING ERECT.
ED-A MODEL BUSINESS
ESTABLISHMENT.

few years ago Eleventh and
Church streets was almOst out of the
city, and the vicinity was covered with
fields, in which cattle could daily he
seen grazing. Spruce street was oDly
opened to Tenth, and the engine of the
old stone breaker puffed an accountant
ment to the blasts in the neighboring
quarry.
Kirkwood street was only opened to
Ninth, and on the large lot that inte.--
vened between that and Tenth street
was the shanty occupied by "D Dad"
Black, who died about three years ago,
and his wife Annie, couple of old
colored people who had resided there
from the time the place was brick
yard in the long ago.
This part of the city was in fact the
suburbs, but within the past few years
tie spirit of Improvement seems to have
seized upon the people, and the vacant
lots and fields are rapidly disappearing.
The number of industrial establish
ments, Doth on this side and over the
Brandywine, has created demand for
homes for the employees, and while
numbers of houses have been huilt
more are still being erected. With this
| AA'SA css'S ~ oAC uoiiApCl vi
came other necessities, prominent
among them being % reliable place
where the people could obtain coal,
wood and building materials. This
want was soon supplied by John Hamil-
ton x Company, who in last July open
ed a yard on Church street above
Eleventh.
The place was at first started as AN
experiment, and the most sanguine *
pectations of the firm failed to compre-
hend the proportions their business has
already assumed.
One of the first things they had to do
was to construct a wharf on the Bran
dywine, where they could have their
coal landed and this they thought would
afford them ample facilities for some
time to come. This Spring their bust
ness has increased to such an extent
that they have been obliged to havea
siding placed in their yard from the
Brandywine extension of the p, w. e.
B. Railroad. This will greatly increase
their facilities, and enable the firm to
deal direct with the miners and coal
producers of Pennsylvania.
The firm have also procured a steam
engine, with saw and splitter, aud not
only sell kindling wood, but also cord
wood, which they will cut in any length
desired. Another branch of their busi-
ness that is rapidly growing is the sup
plying of building materials. They
have their own vessels that bring ,he
sand direct to their wharf, and are
thereby enabled to furnish it to builders
at reduced rates.
They are supplied with large mum
ber of teams, which enable them to fill
all orders with promptness and dis
patch, and their telephone enables per.
sons in any part of the ciry to Sind or
ders without walking down 10 the yard.
The great secret of their success, lays in
the fact that they never PROMISE IN ore
than they perform, and as lhey prom
Use to supply the best coal, well SCREENED
at the lowest prices, those VINO have
their orders with them will De ,nre of
getting exactly what They want. with
full weight to every ton.
Daily Republican., 1883-05-24
NEWS SUMMARY.
Embslmed small POx-Heixure or
SlunE ShOts-SnOW In virginia.

The police Of New York yesterday
seized six small boxes containing l5O(
slung shots. They were landed from q
Baltimore canal boat, and addressed tc
- II. o. Naerger, New York" The
bill of lading described them as !" choco,
late" A man giving his name as Her,
man Naerger, ship manufacturer, OF
Baltimore, claimed the boxes as his
property, and was arrested. Slunp
shots are among the most deadly weap-
ons carried by criminals. The penal
code of New York makes the manufac-
ture or possession OF these weapons by
other than police officer felony.
A letter from A. Jones, town Mar.
shal CT Robinson, Illinois, to John +.
Wiltsee, undertaken in Cincinnati, saws
that the body of Miss Young arrived
by express at that place on May 4th,
after being embalmed by Willis ee, with
burial permit signed by the Health
Officer, and certificate signed by
three physicians that the disease was
purpura hemorrhagica, and that the
body was exposed to view and had
spread the country with smallpox.
About fifty striking brickiayers in
Chicago collected about building in
process Of erection on Tuesday, and
attempted TO intimidate the men at
work Bricks were freely used and
five or six revolver shots were fred.
Is is said that the man using the
revolver was John Sullivan, President
Of the Bricklayers' Union, who, it is
claimed, was under the influence of
liquor. No one was seriously injured.
Mrs. William Foulds, 80 years old,
committed suicide yesterday at ST.
Catharines, Ontario, in the presence of
her children, boy and girl, aged
nine and twelve years, respectively, on
Tuesday night. She first tried to set
II Ire to her clothes, but her boy extin-
guiShed the flames.
Heavy frost occurred on Monday and
Tuesdaynights throughout the South
ern and part of Central Missouri,
and particularly in that section Of Hi
nois, swept by the tornado last Friday
night. Early vegetables are almost
entirely destroyed, and fruit and grail
are badly damaged.
Yesterday was observed in Richmond,
Virginia, as Confederate Memorial Day.
Business was suspended, and 1000
graves were decorated. Phil. Kearney
Post No. 10, of the Grand Army of the
Republic, had splendid floral monu-
ment placed upon the grave of General
George f. Pickett
Snow fell on Tuesday night and
dritted a foot deep on the line of the
Richmond and Allegheny Railroad,
between Lynchburg and Clifton Forge,
in Virginia. The crops are being dam
aged.
Samuel Anderson, a well-known citi-
zen of Amherst county, Virginia, shot
dead yesterday, because he
had suffered from i'll health.
Two earthquake shocks, strong enough
to shake buildings, were felt in Catetts-
burg, Kentucky, at half-past eleven
o'clock on Tuesday night.
Smallpox has appeared in the County
Jail at Lancaster, Penna., and it has
been quarantined.
Daily Republican., 1883-05-24
At. M. r. CONFERENCE.
Where the Ministers will Probably v
GO-PrOKress OF the Churches
During the Year.

The Rev. Or, Russell presided at th'
opening services of the A. L. Nj. =.
Conference yesterday and after religious
exercises the Committee on Boundaries
Of Circuits and Stations, made report
District No. 10 asked for the Rev. T.
W. Scott Tylskin asked for che Rev.
&. II. Williams f. Of Baltimore, Coun.
ty, the Rev. +. W. Scott Shiloh
Church, the Rev. ID. NJ. Roberts Wes-
ley Henry Church, the Rev. j. II.
Nicholson; Cecil County circuit, the
Rev. j. W. Slyuey st. Mathews, the
Rev. j. II. Medley Havre de Grace,
the Rev. l.. II. Daniels Cecil County
circuit, the Rev. DR.. Williams; Giles
Mission, Baltimore, the Rev, L. W
Scott Four stations contributed - 81
10 the support Of the Conference. Elk
ron station paid $23 10 the General Con
ference. The Cecil County circuit paid
S4s5 to the Finance Committee Of Con-
ference, and the st. Mathew (Balti-
more) church, Kent County circuit,
and Giles's Mission each paid 81 to the
Conference.
From vario.:s reports received the
following statistics were CLEANED
-Four church societies were organized
during the year, and three ministers
had withdrawn from the Maryland dis
tricl Auring the same time there were
"A applications for the ministry and one
death, that Of the Rev. Dr, William
Adams there were reported no super
numeraries or rsuperannuattd preachers;
there were IA applications I" JOIN the
Conference for leaC0n'S orders, ~ !;
for elders orders, 3 church societies
of Middle District wer" reported H. hay
ing ,l64 members, and OF the Mary land
District 523 members !; Sunday schools,
Middle District, ~, and S2+ scholars F.;
the Maryland District, II schools and
Al scholars ministers Ct former DIS
trct received g., SOO.24 Of the latter,
Sl,O3S.ll; the Presidents Of the respect
i've Districts were paid Sl9O.2l and SllN
I'll ; paid for missionary cause, S26.7o :;
for aged preachers, Sl7,0j.
Se> eral applicants, whose names
were presented on Saturday, were ad-
mitted TO the Conference for one year
on trial.
In the afternoon the Rev. j. II. Man
ley was transferred from the Maryland
10 the Southern district. The PreSl-
dents of the Two Districts were then
installed with imposing ceremonies.
The Rev. Williams acted as escort to
President Daniels, of the Maryland
District ana Rev. f. II. Chippey attend
ed President, Scott af the Middle Dis
trict. 1t was unanimously resolved
that hereafter no church shall be
represented in the Conference by proxy.
Services were held last evening at me
A. U. church by the Rev. ID. ID, Till
man.
Daily Republican., 1883-05-24
Sale OfHOrses. Coaches, Etc.

The effects of the Pioneer Coach Com
pauy were sold at public sale yesterday
by l.. w. Stidham Il Son, auctloneerrs
for the purpose of closing up the the
business.
Sixteen horses sold for Sl75, SOL
sl33, sM, sl2G, $40, sl3s $l3l, $ll5,
$l4O, $40, SlSl, Sol, Sl3l, SIG, ~!
average $l42.25. one four-horse coach
brought $257. Five two-horse coaches
brought $50, $500, S2o6, Slo3, Sl6l;
average Sl9l SO. Two one horse coaches
brought $lO1, and 800. A sleigh brought
S53. The harness and other equipment
were also sold. The real estate OF the
Company was offered for sale, but as
the price was so low 'hc property was
withdrawn.
Daily Republican., 1883-05-24
THE GREAT BRIDGE.
some Idea Of its Colossal Proper
f1OnA.

The colossal structure which is the
centre of all this pomp and parade, and
which is to be opened to-day, is unique
and almost indescribable in its vast
ness. Cramped and formal figures con
vey an inadequate idea of its stupen
dous proportions. The New York ap'
proach is ,562 feet long and the Brook
lyn approach 81 feet These approachc.
formed of granite vladucts and graded
to an easy ascent, are 100 feet wide
paved with Belgian blocks, with asphal,
sidewalks elevated three feet above the
pavement. On either side they lead uT
to the anchOrages, where the four great
cables and the structure OF the suspend
ell bridge begin. From these anchor
ages the distance to the towers on the
rivers edge, over the submits Of which
the cables pass, is $50 feet on each side,
or 1860 feet III all.
Between the towers is the river span,
500 feet and 6 inches long. At the
centre this span is l35 feet above high
water in summer, and l3S feet in winter,
the difference being due TO contraction
of the steel. The roadway at the centre
is 10 feet higher than at the towers.
The towers are 27S feet high, the two
openings in each for the roadway being
| 10 feet s,bove high water.
The SUBMITS OF the towers are 159
feet above the roadway. Each Of the
four great cables 2contaln..5, 29f galvan-
lied steel wires, CLOSELY wrapped to II
solid cylindr cal core The cables are
each l5a4 inches in diameter, and they
are strong enough to pull up theanchor-
ages, which weigh $4,000 tons each
The total weight OF the suspended struc-
ture is Il, 7SO tons. From anchorage to
anchorage the bridge is a bewildering
ombinatiOn of steel beams, trusses, CIR
ders and chords, hoored with timber,
exceptin the space reserved for the rail
way tracks.
There are five parallel avenues on the
bridge. The outer two, 10 feet wide,
are devoted to vehicles, while in the
centre is an elevated path, 15i4 feet
wide, intended for foot-passengers. On
either side of this are the railway tracks,
one for cars to Brooklyn and the other
for cars to New York
The cars are run by cable to the
centre OF the bridge, and then to the
end by gravity and momentum, under
control OF the brakes. BY the cars TO
be used 50, 600 persons can be taken
across in an hour, The bridge would
not be injured by the lateral pressure of
IA wiud blowing at the rate oi 100 miles
an hour The highest observed velOc-
ity of the wind III New York is IS miles
All hour
Daily Republican., 1883-05-24
A BeautifuI Picture.

Tatnall, the American artist. VINO
stands second to none in the Union,
has Just finished n splendid painting OF
The.House of E!hOra of the Sus1 ne
hanna" 1t is now on exhibition III
Mr.. Balls window, go Market street
The picture is painted from descrip,
tion of the scene in the poem, as IT
looked to Eitiora on the most eventtul
morning Of her life. It's designed tor
the office of Dr. Harlan, for which II
will prove a splendid ornament
Daily Republican., 1883-05-24
A (halIenge.

notice the statement III your yeSter.
days paper thar the coach harness
made by Joshua Conner for Dougherty
* Bro. were lht finest that ever were
made in the ,iry, and could not he ex'
crlle,t. ! say they are NOT the finest
and AS for being eXrellrd they can be
very easily. Mr.. j, Conner wishes tc
accep, a challenge, he can he accommo,
dated At once at S23 Market street, city,
by ALnERTJ JArQuuT.