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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06
Coffee and Tea

Perhaps the most brilliant address
which has yet been delivered at the
Parks Museum since the evening lect-
ureS have been inaugurated was that
given by Dr. G. V. Poore on quite re-
Gently. Sir. Henry Thompson occupied
the chair, and among the audience
were to be seen DR.. Russell Reynolds,
Mr.. Berkeley Hill, Professor Cornfeld
and other DISTINGUISHED medical men.
The subject chosen by the lecturer was
Coffee and Tea" After stating his
belief that stimulants, both alcoholic
and alkaloidal, had their uses, and
that we ought to be very sure of our
ground before we attempt to override
appetite by dO9ma-as the Mohamme-
dams had done-Dr. Poore proceeded
to contrast Coffee with Tea" The
cup of coffee, provided it were genuine,
contained more alkalOid stimulant than
the cup of tea, and, owing to the alb
sence of tannin, the action of coffee
was more rapid than tea. The specific
gravity of q cup of tea was about l. 003;
that Of strong coffee 1.009, and cafe
Gu-Iait sweetened, 1885. Tea was
more of q pure beverage than coffee,
and hence it was impossible to use it
as a mere luxury, for it required scarce
ly any digestive effort, and did not
''cloy' the palate. The danger of ex-
cessive tea drinking lay mainly in the
large amount of astringent matter.
This was a most potent cause of dys-
pepsia among women of the seamstress
class, who frequently consumed tea
which had been boiled. When the
system stood in need of a stimulant,
there was nothing equal to a cup of
strong coffee; and if it were desired to
win a drunkard from his spirits, real
stimulant must be supplied, and not
the sickl y, bitter, unwholesome stuff
which was called coffee" in this coun-
try. In order to make good coffee the
berry must be fresh-roasted and
ground. There was no difficulty what
ever in roasting coffee, and this ought
to be part of the daily routine of every
well-regulated household. 1t was i'm
portant to use enough coffee; one and
half to two ounces to pint of water
made a first-rate beverage. Elaborate
coffee-machines for grinding were by
no means necessary. If the coffee re-
quired for breakfast were put into a
common earthenware jug over night
and cold water poured upon it, it might
be heated to the boiling point in the
morning by being allowed to stand in
saucepan of water over the fire.
Violent ebullition was thus avoided,
and the aroma was not thus removed.
Chicory and other allied bodies are in
no way substitutes for coffee, for they
OoSSeSs no stimulant properties. Out
of ninety samples OF ground coffee pur-
chased in London shops only five were
said to be genuine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06
His Watch Went Wrong.

Miss Rosalie Roseleaf, who is heauti-
full and sentimental, was sitting one
summers evening with Hollis Hold
worthy on the veranda. The moon was
shining brilliantly. Silence had reigned
for some moments, when Rosalie, who,
as the books say, was not thousand
miles away from Hollis purple cravat,
looked up suddenly in his face, and
sighed, Il must go in at ten; is it ten
yet?" mo, DEAR" said he, looking at
his watch, 1T is only ten minutes of
ten" A soft, restful expression spread
over Rosalie's face at these words and
she said: Then we may stay here ten
minutes more; ten precious minutes
here together in the beautiful moon
light, " and her head again returned to
point not thousand miles distant
from Hollis purple cravat. Then poor
Hollis, just as if the whole affair was a
purely business transaction, blurted out,
But my watch is ten minutes slow"
Poor, prosaic Hollis lost by a slip of the
tongue the sweetest girl this side of
Cambridgport. -Harvard Lampoon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06
The MonjuIa.

During all the time that Brazil re-
manned a dependency of Portugal, the
'.fatherland' introduced but one labor
saving machine into the empire. No
race of people on the globe could bet
ter any mechanical contrivance devised
for the saving of physical exertion
The Brazilians are, constitutionallv
and religiously, opposed to everything
having the least appearance OF labor.
If they could live their time in entire,
uninterrupted idleness, and pay their
undivided attention to the proper con-
sumption of villainous cigarettes, I'M
alloyed happiness and contentment
would be theirs. The people must have
possessed the same trait of character
while under the reign of the first Dom
Pedro, yet the Portuguese were so neg
llgent of the veal of their South Ameri-
can foster children, and so disreoarded
the demands of the race which desired
LABOR savers and was so saving of labor
they couldn't make the labor savers.
that but one idea was exported into the
empire. From the earliest DAYS of the
country the people had ground their
mandioca flour by pounding the roots
siderable physical eXertion, even for a
slave, and the introduction of cheap
substitute was probably hailed with
delight. The monjula is the name of
the continuance designed TO do this work
and to-day you will see numbers of the
things over the empire, doing their work
with an appearance of laziness very
much in keeping with the natives.
Shall describe this great labor saver?
Here it is: A beam twenty or thirty
feet long is balanced horizontally on
an upright post which may be of any
height from six to ten feet. One end
of this beam terminates in sort of a
hammer or pestle, which is in iuxtapo-
sition with a rude wooden mortar set
upon the ground. At the opposite end
of the beam is a shallow wooden box
that is filled with water directed into
it by series of water-works, bitches
and troughs. The water pours into the
box until it is filed when it Overhaul
ances the pestle end and falls. This
movement empties the box when the
beam returns to its position and drops
into the mortar, dealing heavy blow
to the mandioca roots placed there to be
pulverized. The box fills again and
by this alternate filling and emptying
and consequent lifting and dropping of
the wooden trip-hammer the mandioca
is finally ground with no more manual
exertion than is needed to place the
raw material into the mortar and take
the finished flour therefrom after the
monjula has done its work. In this
way this intricate piece of machinery
thumps away, killing time and crush
ing mandioca. The patent on this ma
chine has probably expired so you
need have no fear CT prosecution for
infringement if you should choose to
manufacture them.-WiU WayaOGrd, j25
The HoOSier
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06
The Farewell Kiss.

Among the confused mass who were
struggling and screaming when the
Columbus was wrecked were noticed
a middle-aged man and his wife. Their
conduct was in marked contrast with
that of the other passengers. The
panic which had seized the others was
not shared by them, but their blanched
faces told that they realized the peril
which surrounded them. The only
movement of muscles or nerves was
produced by the chilling atmosphere.
They stood close together, their hands
clasped in each other, as ii about to
contemplate suicide together, and thus
fulfill the marital VOW of standing bv
each other in the varying tide of LIES
fortunes and misfortunes. As the wreck
carcened with the gale from one side
to the other, and while the spray and
waves were drenching them at every
moment, the husband turned and i'm
printed kiss upon the companion of
his life, and while thus embraced a
heavy sea broke over the wreck and
both were washed away and not seen
afterward. Mr.. Cook says the scene
was one which will remain indeIibly
impressed upon his memory until his
dying day.-B0St0n Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06

A gentlemanly farmer from Onion
Greek, who happened to be in Austin
last week, called at the Office of dis
tinguished Austin law firm. Both mem
bers of the firm were in, but the grang-
er only knew one of them. Come
across the street and take a drink"
said the farmer. GAS soon as I put on
my overcoat." You don't need an
overcoat. It's warm out DOORS" 80,
yes; [ do" what for? Putin on
style, are you?" No; it's not that,
whispered the lawyer, as soon as they
got outside; ''but you saw my partner
in there, didn't you? Well, if 1 were
to go out and leave that overcoat there
with him, when l came back it would
be in the pawnbroker' office. Teas
SiftingS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06

Congressman Thomas B, Reed, of
Maine, is described as a large, rotund
man, with big, fat, jolly face, and q
general air of contentment, as if he
were entirely satisfied that the world is
wagging along just about as it should.
He is said to he the only man in Con-
gress who never prepares speech be-
fore delivery. In general appearance
he looks very much like Colonel r. G.
Ingersoll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06
A Landscape in the Land of Fire.

A remarkable landscape it is; pict-
uresque beyond description, and alto
gether unlike the idea generally enter
tanned of Fuegian scenery. That pOr-
ton of it which an artist would term
the foreground is a cove, which is
shaped somewhat like the shoe of
mule,-running about hundred yards
into the land, while less than fifty feet
across the mouth. Its shores, rising
abruptly from the beach, are wooded
all around with thick forest, which
covers the steep sides of the encircling
hills as far as can be seen. The trees,
tall and grand, are of three kinds, al
most peculiar to Terra del Fuego. One
is true beech; another, as much birch
as beech; the third, an aromatic ever
green of worldwide celebrity, the
winter shark" But there is growth
of buried underwood, consisting of ar
butus, barberry, fuchsias, Towering
currants, and singular fern, also oc-
curing in the island of Juan Fernan-
DEE and resembling the @a1ai0 of Aus
tralia
The sea-arm on which the cove opens
is but little over a mile in width; its OPP
posite shore being q sheer cliff, rising
hundreds Of feet above the water, and
indented here and there by deep gorges
with thickly wooded sides. Above the
cliffs crest the slope continues on up
ward to q mountain ridge Of many
peaks, one of them grand cone tow
erinG thousands of feet above all the
others That is Mount Darwin, wrap
ped in mantle of never melting snow.
Along the intermediate space between
the cliffs crest and the snOw-line is a
belt of woodland, intersected by what
might be taken for streams of water,
were it not for their color. But they
are too blue, too noiseless, to be water.
Yet, in way, they are water, for they
are glaciers; some of them AUDITING up
on the sea-arm, and filling up the
gorges that open upon it, with facades
as precipitous as that of the cliff itself.
There are streams of water also which
proceed from the melting of the snow
above; cataracts that spout out from
the wooded sides of the ravines, their
glistening sheen wildly conspicuous
amid the greenery of the trees. Two
of these curVing jets, projected from
walls ofverdure on opposite sides OF
gorge, meet midway and, mingling,
fall thence perpendicularly down;
changing, long ere they reach the wa
ter below, to a column of white spray.
Little would one expect to find par
rots and humming- birds in that high
latitude; yet a flock of the former chat
ter in the evergreens, feeding on the
berries of the winter bark; while
numbers of the latter are seen, fitting
to and fro or poised on whirring wings
before the bell-shaped blossoms of the
fuchsias.
Night comes on, but not darkness
with it. Still another wonder is re-
vealed-the long continuance of twi-
light; the strange phenomenon being
due to the fact that the sun, for some
time after it has sunk below the hori-
zon, continues to shine on the glisten-
ing ice of the glaciers and the snow of
the mountain SUBMITS, thus producing
a weird reflection in the heavens.
somewhat resembling the Aurora Bor-
s-f d. II or
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06

Cleveland's population includes 90
900 Bohemians, and no other city in
the Union contains so many except
Chicago. In the former city they
maintain two newspapers, several
churches, and one theatrs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06

General Pleasanton, the old cavalry
leader, is familiar figure at Washing
ton. He is tall, slender, and STRAIGHT
as an arrow. He is called one of the
best story tellers at the capitol.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06

The widow of General Custer is spend
ing the winter in Detroit, the guest of
her late husbands sister. Mrs. Calhoun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-06

Miss Alice Tower, daughter of Mr..
E. M. Tower, of Oxford, n. T., has
been confined to her bed for the past
five years with spinal disease. Some
time ago she dismissed the physicians
in attendance and gave herself up to
prayer She began to improve rapidly,
and is now fast gaining strength. She
attributes her recovery entirely as d.
rect result of taking her troubles to God.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30
Notice to Voters.

State of West Virginia, County of jefferson,
Set:
In addition to the votes to be taken on the
18th day of October, this year, for State aud
county officers, it is provided by Chapter 43. of
the Acts of 1883, that the question of the Rat
ihcation or Rejection of the proposed Amend
ment of Section seven of Article four of the
Constitution of this State, shall be submitted
to the voters of the State at the next general
Election to be held in the year 1884.
The object of this amendment. if ratified, is
to change the time of voting for State and
County officers from the End Tuesday in Octo-
Der to the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November.
Also, at the same Election in October, vote
is to be taken, in this county, according to the
provisions of Chapter IS of the Acts of 1881,
providing method for Constructing and Keep
ing in Repair County Roads,-the vote to be
:. For the New Road Law" or Against the
New Road Law"
THOMAS a. MOORE,
Clerk of County Court.
Sept. 60, 1sSf-te. Free Psess and Reg. copy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30
state OF West Virginia.
County of JcGcrso.


Clerks Office of the County Court.
The following is List of Deeds admitted t.
record in said Office, during the week endint
September 81, 1884:
l. Thomas N. Shaull to John G. Shirley
Trustee. Deed of Trust, dated September 10th
1884, conveying 80 Acres of Corn. Date O
Record, September ed, 1884.
2. George T. Gambrill to Thos. B. Washing,
ton. Deed of Release. dated September 22d
1884. Date of Record, September 23d, 1884.
3. Abner Osburn to Conrad and George H
Rhiueman. Deed of Release. dated September
9th, 1884, and recorded same day.
4. VIM. n. Mcdonald and wife to T. c.
Green, Trustee. Deed of Trust. dated Scptem.
Der Cd, 1881, conveying an Undivided Moiety
of about Ssh Acres of Land, in and adjoining
the town of Charlestown, for the purposes con.
tanned in said Deed. Date of Record, Septem.
Der 25th. 1884.
5. C. T. Mitchell and wife to Forrest w.
Brown, Trustee of jefferson Building Associ-
I'D, 1854, conveying S6 Acres of Land. in and
near the town Of Charlestown. Date Of Rec
ord, September 25th. 1854.
6. j. L. Sherrard to Thomas Lock. Deed OF
Release, dated September 10th, 1854. Date OF
Record, September 18th. 1854.
Z. Thomas G. Green and wife to T. G.. Green.
Trustee. Deed of Trust. dated September nth
1884, conveying Lot of Land. in the town OF
Charlestown, also an Undivided MOiety of about
531G Acres of Land, adjacent to and partly
within the corporation of Charlestown, for the
purposes contained in said Decd Date of
Record, September 26th, 1884.
s. r. A. Hessey and wife to William W. Bun
kins. Deed of Bargain and Sale. dated An
gust Goth. 1884. conveying One Acre of Land.
IN the northwestern suburbs of ShepherdstoYn.
Date of Record. September Goth, 1884, j
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30
SHENANDOAH VALLEY
AGRICULTURAL FAIR
AT WINCHESTER, VA,
October 18th, 18Th, 10Th & z7th, 1884.
SPECIAL FEATURES THIS YEAR.

SPECIAL FEATURES THIS YEAR
A Grand Trades Display, representing all the
The Washington Light Infantry Corps and
the Marine Band.
Herd Sweepstakes for Beef and Dairy Cattle
500 and 800 respectively assuring the best
Cattle Show ever given in the Valley.
Saddle Horse Shown competition for the
Lewis 500 Cup and cash premium.
Herd of Imported Poued Angus Aberdeen
Cattle owned by w. II. Whitridge, Esq, of
Baltimore, Md.
many other attractions, for particulars Of which
. Address the President, H L. D. LEWIS,
BerryVille. Clarke county, Va, or the Score
tary. E. G. HOLLIS, Winchester, Va.
September 16, 1SS4-St
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30
DIED.

At the residence of her son, j. a. Sheppard.
in Roanoke City, Va, August gath, 1881, Mrs.
AMOS SHEPPARD, i'll the I'D year of her age
formerly of Jefferson county, w. V.-af7d
was a member of the N. E. Church South for
number of years.
Tcndcrly lay her to rest meath the sod
Angels look lovingly down;
But the pure spirit hath flown to her God,
Gone to receive n bright crown.
In the sweet fields of the blessed to roam,
Singing with angels so fair;
Dwelling with Christ in his beautiful home,
AL its bright splendOr to share.
At her residence on Capon river, near Capon
Springs. in Hampshire Co.. w. Va, Tuesday
night. Sept. Q, 1854. in the nincty-frst year of
her age, Mrs. AZUBAII HOBART, relict of the
late Billings Hobart, Sr.
At the residence of his son, Mr.. John H.
Kecscckcr, in Shepherdstown. on September
18th, 1884. Mr. AARON KEESECKER, aged 81
years, months and IS days, formerly of Berke-
ley county.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

Speaker Carlisle, in his Grafton
speech, last Saturday, glowingly
eulogizcd our Representative in Con-
gress, the Hon. w. L. Wilson, and
paid him the high compliment of
saying that he had q made more of a
reputation for himself than any young
man in Congress-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

West Virginia expects every Dem
ocrat to do his whole duty in the
coming October contest, and Jeffer-
son county should do her full share.
An increase of two or three hundred
in our majority in this county can
and should be made, and this we
confidently expect. Let us have out
every vote that can be cast, and the
work is done.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

The Republicans have become so
fearful of their cause that they have
been compelled to trot out their
Presidential candidate on an exhibit
ton tour through some of the doubtful
States. Mr.. Cleveland has no cause
for alarm, and remains quietly at his
post of duty as the faithful and hon
est Governor of the great State of
New York. Mark the contrast.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

+. A grand Democratic demonstration
will be held in Charleston on October
1st. The following distinguished
orators will be present: Col. John R.
Fellows, of New York; Gen. Sam.
Gary, Of Ohio; Hon. ]. w. CIampitt,
of Illinois; Hon. L. V. Baughman
and Hon, W. c., Weeks, of Mary
land.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

a correspondent of the New York
Herald, who has visited more than
half of the 54counties in West Vir-
ginia, predicts that the Democrats
will carry the State in October by at
least 10, 900 majority.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30
$4,000 IN PREMIUMS.
Large display of Machinery. Live Stock, Farm
and Household products, with
Poultry and Pigeon Show.
TWENTY-FIVE RACES,
namely: Steeplc ChaRcs. Chariot, Running aud
Trotting Races.
A FuU Eour Dous' Erhibjtion

Il Full -Four Days ErhibuionI
Opens at "A. NJ Tuesday, October 81 ;
closes at P. NJ. Friday. October 81, 1884.
Exhibits cannot be moved before Saturday
morning, October 25. at s a. NJ, except live
stock may be taken off the grounds after 5 P
N. Friday evening. No charges for exhibiting.
All goods or articles for competition must be
delivered to the Superintendent. on the grounds
on or before P. N. Monday. October 30:
Entries can be make with the following Sec
retarics:
j. D. FERGUSON, 50 North Charles Street.
Baltimore. Md.
?. 4. WITMER. Hagcrstown. Md.
CALVIN GILBERT. Chambersburg, Pa
FRANCIS ORNDORFF, Westminster, Md.
:, BENZ. F. HARRISON, Shepherdstown, w.
Ess" For Premium Lists, Privileges, Pro-
grams and other information, address
II. a. MCCOMAS, Superintendent.
P. A. WILMER. sec'y. '''''"H' t"u'
September so, 1SSE3t.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

The Republicans in Barbour coun-
ty, and doubtless elsewhere in the
State, propose to hire Democratic
voters, at 50 per day, to work on the
farms of Republicans and stay away
from the polls, on election day. Let
Democrats be on their guard, and not
be caught by such chaff.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

Judge Maxwell denies voting for
the Registration law, but he says
nothing about Test-Oaths. But for
the Ubiquitous Test-Oath laws, which
he supported, the registration law
would have been of little or no con-
sequence. Test Oatzs did the work
of distranchisement, and let no Dem
ocrat forget that.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30
MARRIED.

At Harpcrs Ferry, on the 10th inst, by Rev.
JAS. NJ. Stephenson, WM. A. REED, of Loudoun
county, Va. to Miss MARY V. REED of JET
ferson county, West Va.
At the Reformed Parsonage Martinsburg.
w. Va. on the evening of the 18th, by Rev. j.
4: Holfheins. ALBERT CALLAHAN to Miss
ELLA POWELL-both of Berkeley county.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

As a native of Jefferson, and one
of her SONS who has risen to dtstinc-
ton by his own inherent merits, E.
Willis Wilson is entitled to rousing
vote in old Jefferson. Let it be given,
and that without stint.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

The Republicans in this State pro-
TESS to be great tax rcformcrs, and
yet their standard-bearer, " Test
Oath" Maxwell, is accredited with
introducing bill in the Senate tax
ing the machinery and agricultural
implements of the farmer. John A.
Hutchinson, another leading light,
wanted church property taxed. A
beautiful set they are, indeed, to be
prating about taxes.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

In the heat of this political cam
paign don't forget the Constitutional
Amendment, changing our elections
from October to November. Vote
YESupon this Amendment.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

Five thousand people attended the
Democratic barbecue at Weston, last
Wednesday. Speeches were made by
Hon. George L. Converse, of Ohio;
Senators Kenna and Camden, Henry
S. Walker and others.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

No Democrat can afford to vote
against the principles of the Great
Democratic party, in order to satisfy
some enmity towards some one on
the ticket. Vote for the principles
you hold dear and to be true.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

The State election next Tuesday
week. g: Up Guards, and at them, -
and decisive victory will .assuredIy
be ours.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-09-30

Speaker Carlisle, Hon. w. n.
Walsh and Hon. w. L. Wilson were
announced to speak at OIartinsburg
yesterday.