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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-10-09
February II. 1SS:

GELF-RAISING Buckwhcat, and the Old
- Style also on hand. Come and try the Self
Raising. all it requires is to be mixed with cold
water and it is ready for use. For sale ut
JOS. II. yesterdays Grocery.
INN ROOFING. Guttcring and Spouting
Il done promptly. and done well, of the best
tin. Give INC a call.
JOSEPH II. YESTERDAY.
HAGERSTOWN Amanacks. for 1888. for
Il sale by JOS. II. YESTERDAY
~ GOD Old Strasbur.g Stone Jars. for sale at
VI JOSEPH H. EASTERDAY'S
Tin, Stove and Grocery Store, next Door
to First National Bank.
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Pafker's Tonic.
BOOKS $50 100000
PRESENT POWER.
Io-Morrolc a Long Way Off Whem Heb
H0nteyL tn Dan

7o-MoTTol1 long Nay OF When Hep Is
Hdnted To-Day.
Comfort is never in hurry. Pain and dis
trcsS are in hot haste. 1t is to the friend in
need tile friend who docs something now
that the old adagc pays the compliment of
being "a friend indeed" That they do not
keep the sufferer in suspense is the salient en-
Gellenee of BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS
PLASTERS. The plastcrs of other DAVIS
whether porous or othcrwisc-said-..W Wait un-
til tomorrow: We can promise nothing on the
spur of the moment" But pain unr6lievcd,
Ike hope deferred, inakcth the heart Sick
pcrmeatc, sO0the. warm and heal containing.
as they do chemical and medicinal agents of
the highest efficiency. Their motto is now.
and the genuine have the word CAPCINE cut
in the middle of each plaster Price p cents.
Scabury Il johnson, Chemists New York.
September Is. 1SS3-4w.
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Harness Shop Removed.

EHNIIE undersigned has removed his Harness
4 Making establishment to the old shop of
the late VIM. p. yesterday. on West ST.. near
Congress Ctwo doors south of Main mt the cor
ner of Maj. Kearslcy's rcsidcncc,) where he
will continue the Manufacture and Repair of
everything i'll his line, ut reasonable rates.
The patronage of my old customers, and new
ones also: is respectfully solicited.
LAWRENCE y. OSBOURN.
Novc,nbpr 1891
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Ditching, EXcaVatIng, &c

VIE undersigned still offers his services as a
:! competent workman in tho above line
Ditching and Excavating of all kinds-Digging
Cisterns. Ponds, Cellars. dc.-Undcrtaken al
moderate rates. and faithfully executed Orders
left at residence. near COlored SchOOl-IIouse
will receive prompt attention. Blasting also
done i'll satisfactory manner. and at lowest
Tates- WESLEY LOWRY.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Commissioners Notice,

lIn,thc Cifcutt Court of Jefferson County. in
Term, May 24th, 1855. =; =
G. W. T. Kcarsles, who sues for. himself and
all other creditors Of .C. Schultz, plaintiffs.
Against
a. g. Schultz and Frank Beckwith, Trustees,
Defendants:
John II Hostler, Plaintiff,
Against
Henry +; Schultz, and A. c. Schultz, his wife,
m CHANCERY.
.ss ND it appearing to the Court that there
IA is now pending on the Chancery side
thereof the case of Hostler vs.. Schultz, for the
purpose of subj ccting the separate estate of the
said A. C. Schultz to the payment of debt
therein alleged, it is further by consent of par
ties, adjudged, ordered and decreed, that said
cause be hereafter heard with this cartse. and
the two causes are hereby referred to Commits
sioner F. w. Brown, with instructions to audit,
If properly proven, the debt of the said Hostler,
and any other debts against the separate estate
of said A. e. Schultz, which are properly
proven. and which were contracted prior to
the institution of these suits. But before ex-
ecuting this decree, the said Commissioner
shall advertise notice of the time and place of
executing the same, for four successive weeks,
in some newspaper published in jefferson
County, West Virginia. and shall report his
proceedings hereunder TO the next term of this
A truc Observation-Disclosures.
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Shenandoah Valley r. r.
Time Tabtciin effect August 9th, 1858.
SOUTHWARK. DAnT.
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MECHANICAL.
j. W. BnEss1se. n. L. BE1.1fsi1.
BLESSING BELLER,
Successors 90 JAMES W. Butt,
Carpenters and Builders

- Shai1eSboHu3 W. va
My health being such as to liecassftate re-
QN1 ltnatishmenf of my personal attention to
some portion of my Numerous business affairs,
i have turned over my entire Carpenter and
Building Business to Messrs. Blessing & Beller,
hitherto in my employ. Both are Competent
energetic and faithful, with abundant expe-
rience, and all work entrusted to them will,
am sure. be faithfully and satisfactorily ex-
ecuted. JAMES w. BUTT.
AS will be seen by the above, we have sue
eceded Mr.. Butt in the Carpenter and Building
Business. We are; we trust, from our connec-
ton for years past as employees of Mr.. B.. in a
measure well known to the people of the com
.munity. We, therefore. simply offer our SER
tracts for Building, Repairing, and all work in
our line, at moderate rates, and to execute the
same promptly and satisfactorily. So saying,
we respectfully ask a portion of the public
patronage. BLESSING & BELLER. /.
October 81. 1882
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Taylor Hotel,
WINCHESTER, va.

TINE undersigned takes pleasure ittannounc-
ing to his numerous friends in Virginia aud
elsewhere, that he has undertaken the manage
ment of this Famous Hotel for term of years.
To those who know him it is useless to say that
he will spare no effort tn render the TAYLOR
HOUSE worthy of their patronage. Strangers
and the public at large are cordially invited to
give the Taylor House trial. lie has refitted
it from top to bottom, and with No. / cooks and
polite and accommodating employees in every
department, hopes to maintain the reputation
of the Taylor Hotel, famous among Travellers
for the last fifty years. Every Department of
the House will be conducted with view to the
comfort and convenience of its guests.
ca Special Facilities for Commercial Tray
elers. Terms to transient visitors 50 90 per lay,
and advantageous rates to weekly and monthly
Borders. HENRY WULFERT. :
April 10. 1881.
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TO Stock Ra!seFs.

Observation-Disclosures onEfaeFabscczpcri=
4 cnce in tlte eselt6n.s of stock. Odcr6 Ids pro-
Icsstonal services to tiss Stock Raisers of Jccr-
son and adjoining counties. promising care in
the execution of work entrusted 20 him. VIII
also give attention to discaEes in horses. Also
has patent AI;ti-ROOter. which hc will apply
to Hogs. Letters addressed to INC nj Dudfefds
Depot or Charlestown will receive prompt at
tcntiOn. Terms reasonable
Feb. 13. 1877. JOHN w. SCHAEFFER.
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Maltby House,
.BALTIMORE. Nm

BALTIMORE, MD.
TIME 'AIALTBY" is the only Hotel in Balti
Il more conducted on both the -
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS.
Owing to the decline in cost of many article
appertaining to our expenses, the rutUs of board
have been reduced to-
LOO and S250pef Day on Hte, American Plan
aud 800 to $500 on he European.
Being the only Hotel in tho country having
at those rates
=. FIRsT-C1Ass PASSENGER
II LIE " "a TOR.
ard all modern improvements.
Col. GEO. P. MOTT,
April "a, 1S77-y. Manager
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+. p. LYNCH,
Clerk of the Circuit Court,

Notice is hereby given to all concerned there
in, that will proceed to execute the above de-
cree. ut my office in Charlcstown, jefferson
County, West Virginia, on the 10th day of Oc-
tober' 1883. popprsr VI, Dnou,,
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Champion Of the World
THE CHAMPION GRAfH DRILL!

VIE undcrslgncd having received the Agency
Il of this Celebrated Grain Drill for Jefferson
County, and having now OH hand supply OF
these Drills and full line of Extras, in case of
break0gc, SO no delay GAN possibly occnr in
time of seeding; We offer this drill 10 the farm
crs of Jefferson on favorable terms, and do not
fail to examine the Champion before purchasing
a Grain Drill, asst is bcyonG doubt the most
Important one of all the firm implements, u
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-10-09

A FEW OF ITS MERITS:
Positive Forcc-Fced Grain Distributor. and
Positive FOrce-Faed Grass Secdcr. which can
lie IIscd either lis front or rear of the hose.
The Fertilizer Attachment is unequalcd, and
is Warranted to- Sow Easily and Evenly any Of
The Champfs1s is the only Grain Drill lin in the the
market that hsls Special attachment for
Planting Corn for the crop.
The Champion is Simple in Construction and
Easily operated both for team and driver The
material used and quality of Workmanship are
the Very Best. Every Drill Warranted to give
Satisfaction or no sale.
Below we give you few of the Practical
Farmers names who have purchased from us
and used last year Drills, to whom VIC refer:
John Burns, Charlcstowu; VIM. Rider, HALL
town: Philip Powers. Ripon; Moses W. Trus-
sell: Lectown; Lewis II. Nichols, Halltown;
John w. Tavcucr, Charlcstown.
We also have secured the Agency of the Gel
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

woman merely "helped on the farmers
work" That this progress has not been
more rapid is due simply to the discrimina-
ton of which she has been the victim
discrimination, not only in respect to the
opportunities offorded for acquiring pro-
fession or occupation, but in respect to the
price paid for her labor 1t is not in keeping
with the pretentions of the sterner sex to a
chivalric regard for the weaker, that
woman should be paid less than man for
doing precisely the same work, yet it is
notorious that thousands of our school
teachers are victims of this odiOus discrimi-
nation.
Yet, in spite of all drawbacks, and by
the virtue that there is in self-help, woman
has steadily improved her position, not
simply in respect to seIf-maintenance, but
in all the relations of life. She has applied
the resources of art to the identifying of
home; she has brought to cookery the aid
OF science; she has made fashion serve her
purpose by popularizing sensible styles of
dressing. We owe to her the establishment
of the kindergarten, which is gradually
reVolutionizing the ancient system of edu-
cation, under which the perceptive faculties
of the child were so strangely neglected,
and one needs but to glance at the title-page
of ST. Nicholas or Vide AraEe to ascertain
whose gentle fancy it is that is leading our
young people away from the snares of the
dime novel to the realms of pure and whole
some literature.
The pity of it is that the world should be
so slow to realize how sure the lifting up of
woman is to lift up the whole human race
how certain the enlargement of her mental
and moral vision is to widen the horizon of
human happiness!
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

rights altogether. What is needed is that
every willful violation of the statute should
be made the subject of formal protest, not
simply on the part of those Immediately
concerned, but our ex-soldiers generally, and
the question of its enforcement should, if
necessary, be made an issue at the polls
An organization, known as the "Veterans'
Rights Union" was formed in the State of
New York last autumn for this purpose, and
efforts are now being made to establish sim
lar associations elsewhere. The movement
should have the hearty cooperation of our
veterans everywhere. Their aggregate in
fuence, properly exerted, is quite sufficient
to compel full recognition of their rights
under the statute, and it is only question
of united action.
The National tribune., 1883-03-15
An Exnensixe Publication.

So far enterprising publisher of fiction has
brought out the pension lizt.-PtiLGdclphiG Times
The above is intended, we suppose, to be
took sarcastic" as the late Artemus Ward
would say. The pension list according to
the calculations of the Government printers
win make eight volumes of six hundred
pages each, and in that shape viii cost about
100000 to print. The Government is the
only enterprising publisher" that can
afford the expense, which is, perhaps, one
reason why it has not been brought out in
the way the Times suggests. Another reason
is that the pension list, unlike the Times
editorials, cannot be classed under the head
of fiction. 1t is an old saying that truth is
sometimes stranger than fiction, and that is
the case with the pension list. If the ex-
perience of every soldier whose name is
on that list could be related in detail, 1t
would srupass in tragic interest any thing
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

THE growth of the Grand Army since the
Neginning of Commander-in- Chief Van Der
voort's administration has been scarcely
short of miraculous. The increase of mem
bership on December 31st last, with eight
Departments still TO hear from, had reached
a total of 1868, and the work of recruiting
is still actively progressing. Up to the
present time four new Departments-Oregon
West Virginia, Kentucky and Dakota-have
been permanently organized, with the pos
sibility that the number will be further
augmented before the meeting Of the annual
Encampment Commander in Chief Van
Dervoort writes US that he will be present
at the Iowa, Missouri and Indiana Encamp-
ments, and afterwards make flying visit
to Louisville, Ky. This is what it means to
have leader with headquarters in the
saddle!"
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

that has ever come from the pen of the
novelist. The works Of the most imagin-
ative writer would seem tame and uninter-
esting compared with matter-of-fact mar
rative of the sufferings, the hardships, and
the perils which the men whose names are
inscribed on this roll of honor passed through
for the sake of their country. If the pen
sion list is ever published for general circu
latiOn, such narrative ought to be appended
to it. 1t should contain, in addition to the
name and address of each pensioner and
the amount of pension paid, full statement
Of the circumstances under which the disa-
bility was incurred, the character of the
services rendered, the battles fought, the
forced marches undergone, the hunger and
thirst endured the dangers encountered, and
all the losses sustained in person and prop
erty. To print such astatement in connection
with every pension case on the list would
involve, it is true, the publication of several
thousand large-sized volumes, and put the
Government to huge expense, but if the list
is to be submitted to the criticism and judg-
ment of every man, woman, and child in the
country, it ought to be accompanied with at
least as full a statement of the attend
ing circumstances as that upon which the
action of the Pension Office in granting the
pension WAS originally based.
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

THE address delivered by General Alvin
p. Hoyey before Farragut Post, Evansville,
Indiana, on the 25th of January last, and
printed in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE of Feb
ruary l, has called out a vast amount Of
criticism from members of the Army of the
Tennessee present on the memorable 9Th Of
April, 1892. General James C. Veatch,
whose reply we print in full on our first
page, was, like General Hovey, a brigade
commando, and is well qualified to express
an opinion upon the subject of the sur
prise" Although his brigade was not in
the first line, it was called upon to re-enforce
it Immediately after the opening of the at
tack, and it was well handled. Its conduct
during the entire engagement, indeed, was
equal TO that Of the best disciplined troops
on the field. We commend General Veatch's
address to the careful perusal of our military
readers as a valuable contribution TO the
literature Of Shiloh.
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

THE number of pensioners on the rolls of
the pension agency at Philadelphia is about
eighteen thousand. Pension Agent Sickles,
when asked, the other day, whether there
were any suspicious cases On the list, re-
piled: "No; don't think there is single
fictitious case on the rolls in this Office. I
have been in this business thirteen or four
teen years, so ought to have some ex-
perience." And yet the Philadelphia Times
thinks the Government ought to be put to
the expense Of advertising these eighteen
thousand pensioners in its columns at the
rate of thirty or forty cents per line! The
modesty of the Times is certainly very
touching.
The National tribune., 1883-03-15
4 Problem in EYnlufinn

The vigorous discussion which is now
going forward in the newspapers and on the
rostrum as to the limitations placed upon
female education and employment is q
hopeful indication of. an increasing interest
in woman's welfare. Out of such an agita-
ton something good is sure to come. Even
though the majority should still agree with
the Rev. DR.. Dix, of New York, that a
woman's true place is at her own freside
and that she ought to be trained simply in
those domestic duties which are supposed
to fit a girl for matrimony, the controversy
cannot fail to set people to thinking for
themselves, and that is always the condi-
ton precedent to the development of a
liberal and enlightened public sentiment.
When a people has SO far emerged from the
bondage of custom and habit as to wish to
look at facts from its own standpoint, in
stead of through the spectacles of others, it
is not difficult to foresee what the ultimate
result will be. The learned opponents of
the co-education of the sexes may still pro-
test that measureless evil will result from
admitting young women to universities on
equal terms with young men, but when the
public wake up to the fact that the so-called
experiment has been actually tried and that
no such dire consequences have ensued,
they will protest in vain. 1t Is not so very
long ago that as malignant and stupid an
opposition was manifested against the intro
duction of improved machinery. These
wiseacres predicted with equal assurance
that it would rob the labOring classes of the
means of earning a livelihood, yet their
opposition disappeared entirely the moment
it became apparent that the effect was really
to enlarge the field and increase the earnings
of labor.
If any one is inclined to take gloomy
view of the future of woman, let him turn
to Miss Florence KeIley's paper in the De-
cember number of the International Revies,
entitled "Need Our Working Women De-
spair," in which she sketches with q firm
and steady hand the progress which
her sex has made since the day when
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Honored in the Breach.

SECTION 1854 Of the Revised Statutes runs
as follows:
persons honorably discharged from the military
naval service by reason of disability resulting
from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of
duty shall be preferred for appointments to civil
offices, provided they found to possess the
business capacity necessary for the proper dis
charge of the duties of such Offices"
There is nothing obscure or indefinite in
the language Of this section, and one would
suppose it to be quite easy of execution
The fact is, however, as we have repeatedly
pointed out, that it is more honored in the
breach than in the observance By way of
illustration, we print in another column this
week two cases that have recently come to
our knowledge of a fragrant violation of the
letter and spirit of the statute and ask for
them the most careful consideration. In
neither does there seem to have been the
slightest excuse for the outrage Indeed, in
one instance, the offender practically admits
that his action is without justification, and
treats the matter as if the statute were dead
letter. And such it will shortly become,
unless our veterans make it their business
to secure its enforcement. Their silence
viii be taken fer indifference and the poll
ticians viii be emboldened to disregard their
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

4 SUBSCRIBER to THE TRIBUNE sends us
a copy of the Meriden, Conn, Republican, in
which appears an editorial filled with abuse
Of and Misrepresentation of the ex-soldier
and pensioneT, and suggests that we repub-
ish it under the head of the " Hue and Cry"
The fact is, however, that the article is not
original with the Republican, that paper
having appropriated it bodily from the col
umns of the New York Sun. A journal that
does not hesitate 10 steal will lie as mat
ter of course
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OUR roll Of subscribers continues to grow
at the rate Of about a thousand per week,
but the number ought to be largely increased
now that THE TRIBUNE has been enlarged,
and the return Of mild weather renders the
work Of canvassing less difficult. 1t is a
matter simply Of q little individual effort
Every subscriber can do something towards
extending TIE TEBUNE's circulation if he
is 50 disposed, and there is not a Grand
Army Pest in the country where a club can
not be raised if only some comrade viii IN
dertake the work. With our million ex-sol-
diers still living and one hundred and fifty
thousand veterans enrolled In the Grand
Asny, it surely ought not to require much
labor to obtain one hundred thousand sub
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

scribers for such vigorous champion of SOL
dier's rights as THE TRIBUNE. Come, COM
rades, open recruiting offices at every Post
and every post-offfce, and let us see how many
new recruits you can muster for THE TRIB-
UNEs army before the campaign closes.
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

An anonymous novel will be begun in The
Century Magasins sometime during the next vol
ume. 1t is entitled "The Rread-winners." and
is described as story unusual in scene and
subject and powerful in treatment The 10
cality ID anA Of tha Amaxiaan lalza aitiAa and
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

Tie number Of subscriptions to THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE receiCed during the ,reek
ending Taesdag, March 18Th, sCas 1,O3G.
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Now that spring is at hand, we hops our
Western comrades viii turn to with VIII
and pull The TRIBUNE's supply trains out
of the mud. Send in the subscriptions
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

Order, and not of his acceptability to the
individual. Human nature, we know, is
pretty much the same everywhere, but petty
likes and dislikes should have no place in
an organization whose principles are Fra
ternity, Charity, and Loyalty
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

tragic undercurrent, in which are described
the dOings of a secret society Of Bread win.
The National tribune., 1883-03-15

THE number of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending March
18th, was as follows: Original, 975; increase,
183; reissue, 45; restoration, II; duplicate,
10; arrears, 5; accrued pensions, 50; total,
1897.