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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15
PRICE LIST
OF MY
Popular Brands of Cigars.

Smokers will always find my Brands First
Class. Private Brands put up at short notice.
w w. wENTzELL.
Harper's Ferry. w. Va.
Branch House, GIG 9th ST., N. W.,
June 8, 1884. Washington, D. c.
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The Jefferson County
MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company.
ESTABLISHED ISIS
1ST

OFFERS to the people of Jefferson County
" Insurance in safe Company Mt the actual
cost of insurance. which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged, and keeps the money
at home: Good risks from responsible parties
are invited.
Executive Committee meets every Friday.
DIRECTORs-N. S. White. Henry B. Daven-
port, j. Garland Hurst, John w. Rider. w. FL.
T. Lewis, r. Preston Chew. VIM. L. Wilson,
Eugene Baker. S. w. Washington. james Logic,
Charles z. Wilson. John II. little, Jacob s.
Melvin, f. G. w. Herr, Isaac Fl. Strider
II. B. DAVENPORT.. Treasurer.
EXECUTIVE CoMM1rrEE-N. s. White. VIM.
Fl. T. Lewis, Eugene Baker, Isaac H. Strider,
r. P. Chew, S. w. Washington.
;, Local AGESTs..Middlcway- G. Shirley !;
Kearneysville- c. Bitner; Harper's Ferry
Chas. E. Trail Shephcrdstown-H C. EntIer;
Dutfields-C. L. Barnhart; Charlestown-
Washington 81 Alexander.
81" The Secretary will be found at the Com
pnnys Office. Gibson Building, Courthouse
yard, in Charlestown.
Feb. 10. 1SS2-odn12.T9. Secretary.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15

Books OPES.-The books are now
open atV. NJ. Firor' office, in Charles
town, and all persons wishing to take
stock in the syndicate for the pur-
chase of 10, 900 acres of the Northern
Pacific r. II. lands, located in Dakota
and Montana, are requested to sub
scribe shares, which will be put at
500 each, or half share may be
taken. These lands can be bought
with the Company's Preferred Stock,
and only one-sixth required in cash,
and six years to pay the balance, with
rebate of one dollar per acre culti-
vated.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15

Walking matches all over the coun-
try have been the real style; but the
true agony" has been shown in
those innumcrable matches nightly
walked by anxious fathers-crying
babies. The remedy-Dr. Bull's
Baby Syrup. Price 25 cents a bottle.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15
Miss Amelia Hicks

HAS taken the room on Charles street. in
IL rear of residence of N. S. White, Esq,
where she will do DRESS MAKING and FAM
lily SEWING in good style and ut reasonable
charges. She will be pleased to have the pat
ronage of the ladies of the town and vicinity,
and will strive to render satisfaction.
April 80 1884,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15
Special Notice.

HAvING sold my stock of Goods to the
IL Shenandoah Milling Co.. have placed all
my accounts in the hands of Forrest W. Brown
to me, therefore, will please make settlement at
once. NIAIROD TRUSSELL.
May 16, 1SS2-tf.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15
Vital QuestionsIl!l

tsemost eminent physician
0tsIn5 school. what is the best thing in the
lttd for qnieting and allaying all irritation of
nerves, and curing all forms of nervous
iapIants. giving natural, childlike refreshing
EStaysH
fiSi.,s will tnlI- ,r,,,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
TUESDAY MORNING. JULY Is. 1854.

JErrERsoN eOUsrr, W. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15

Canvassed Hams, of superior quail
ity, for sale by S. S. DaIgarn.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15

Hon. G. w. Hayzlitt, Waterloo,
Iowa, member of the State Legisla-
ture, keeps st. Jacobs Oil, the great
pain-cure, on the family shelf, and
says he considers it the greatest rem
edy ever used for bodily ailments.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

June 10th, 1884.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15

One of the queerest army corps in
the world is that of the Norwegian
skaters. They are armrd with rifles
which they can use with great preci-
sion while skating.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-07-15

A western zephyr carried COW q
quarter of a mile Though the air, and
set her down in a milkman's yard
He was so scared that he stopped
grinding chalk, and ran four miles for
a rife to shoot the curious hooking
creature with. h.--Burlimgton Free Press.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20
Hos Venus O Moon.

1t Is not impossible that now planet
has been discovered, worry small mem
Der OF tho solar system, revolving out
side the orbit of Venus and near her
dom ain. M. Houzeau, tho director OF
the now observatory at Brussels, an as.
tronomer and writer of renown. has
an ingenious theory which will DO enti-
tied to careful confederation aB coming
from the pen OF distinguished manD Df
science.
There was formerly general belief
that our fair neighbor was, like the
earth. accompanied by q satellites. and
one OF the first objects looked for after
the invention Of the telescope, was the
moon of Venus. SeYen times at least
since that important event small OBJ.
ject has been seen neRr Venus. prSsent.
ing a similar phase and bearing evil
dence of being satellite Of tho bright
planet. The first observation was
made in 1740. and the last in 176A
During the 120 years that have passed
since. though diligent search has been
unremitting, no vestige of tho mythical
moon has been found
M: Houzeau has revived tho theme
ny the presentation of q curious and
somewhat startling theory upon sho
following basis: A planet reyolves
around tho sun, outside of Venus and
near to her. 1t is very small in dimen.
sions, and is possibly Sn escaped aatel.
lite. Meth Is the name given to the
little planet, In honor of the mysteri,
GUS goddess Sais, whose veil no InortaI
has raised. Scientific Antericd7l.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20
Looking Westward.

There's q long bright island of violet cloud
Low down in tho West, whero the sunset
sleeps;
And sails OF snow, like angels go
Over the crystalline amber deems
With never roar on the jewelled shore,
with sprinkling crosts Of diamonds bright,
Long waves OF gold arc tenderly rolled,
Rising and falling In tremulous light.
into CULTS OF darkness tho glittering isle.
with Its purple peaks and shining shore,
melt5 from tho view, and the white sails TOO,
Arc whe!mod In tho waves to rise no more.
But lol like showers of golden flowers,
Scattered down through tho vanishing
sunset bars, =,
BY twos and threes and in countless seas.
Bloom out from heaven the eternal stars.
Now that the darkness of trouble and grief
Hath shut from my soul all its visions or
rest
Moro Joyous and bright than tho islands Of
light
That stud tho glad soa Of the glittering
" West-
Lot mo still SEQ thy love, which, all starlike
above,
Wakes brighter ind fuller as shadows in
crease;
And tho radiant beams of those swift-fading
dreams
Will be lost in tho promise of golden peace.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20
The Alarming Increase OF Deaf
Mutes

Throughout the sessions of tho
Science Association, one of tho subjects
that has como up most frequently has
been tho best way of dealing with deaf
mutes. An interesting discussion on
tho subject took place in tho section on
anthropology. Whether it is because
'thc chief study of mankind is man,"
this section is always we'll attended,
and, from tho first, more ladies have
attended it than any other section. The
chief interest of the deaf muto discus
sion was tho part taken in it by Prof
A. Graham Bell, tho telephone invent
or, whose wife, as it is we'll known, is
deaf mute, and was instrumental, it
is said, in his making the discovery
that has brought him famc and fort
uno. Mrs. Bell, who is able to tell all
that is said by watching the lips of the
speakers, was present and sat near hcr
husband. Prof. Bell's father, who has
given tho subject considerable atten-
ton, and devised method by which
tho dumb may be taught to speak, was
also present. Prof. Boil is violently
opposed to tho existing arrangement
concerning tho deaf and dumb In this
country, which makes them separate
class, and especially objects to the con-
tinual marriage of deaf mutes. which.
he claims, must evolve race of deaf
mutcs in this country. In ono family,
he said, he had found ninety deaf
mutes in four generations. connected
by blood or marriage. OF deaf mutes
forty per cent marry, and with each
succeeding generation tho tendency to
the iniirmity increases. OF the forty
five per cent. OF deaf mutcs who marry,
eighty per cent. marry deaf mutes 10
remedy the evil he said wo must scpa-
rate the deaf mutes rs much rs pos
sible from other deaf mutcs during tho
time either he or sho is being educated.
They should not be sent to asylums;
they should be taught English instead
of the sign language. They should as
sociate, during play hours, with chill
drcn not similarly affected, and they
should be taught here, as they arc in
Germany. to enumorato artificially.
Deaf muteism, tho speaker declared, is
increasing hero at an alarming rate
Chicago Times.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20

way, except in cases of absolute right
and wrong. Ho may think his judg-
mcnt better than that of his superior,
and it may really bo botter; but then,
on tho other hand, it may not be. At
all events there cannot be two rules,
ana constant struggle for mastery
wastes in friction all tho energy which
should go to instruction. The person
who cannot submit to those placed
over him. cannot succeed practically as
q teacher.
Second, he must not interfere in any
way with tho work of othors. II
teacher seems to do his work badly.
stlll II Is not the concern of another
teacher. unless he is absolutely asked
tor adVlco by tho teacher who is in
dllhculty, or is urged to give Judgment
by those who have u right to his opin-
ion. Ho should remember, too, that
the teacher ho criticiscs may really be
doing better than himself.
Third, ho or she must know how to
DO absolutely silent on school affairs.
There must be no school gossip oven
among intimate friends. Nothing is
moro common, and nothing is moro
pernicious. Speak of school affairs
only to the persons with whom they
must be discussed as matters of bust
ness. DO not weary tho principal with
anecdotes of your difficultios with
your scholars. unless you need his adj
vice and arc prepared to take it. Do
not criticiso your fellow-toachers in
talking with other people Do not
complain to tho teachers that the prin-
cipal is weak and ignorant Do not
explain in general society that you
hato teaching, or that you lovo it, and
do not bore the community with school
room experiences. The golden gift of
silence helps teacher moro in work
ing harmoniously with others than any
other trait,-more even than unfailing
good temper
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20

GTaIu abC,
p"rncularly IN single women, the chin
n stubblo by no means attractive.
Boarded women" are supposed to
owo their hirsuto decoration to an
oVoreXcited condition of tho hair bulbs.
Oriental ladies have horror of su-
pertluous hair, and the most anccntly
known dcpilatorios came from the east.
The secret preparation used in the Ash
attic harems, called "Rusma," has been
found upon analysis to bo very injuri-
Gus. The safest chemical dopilatory
known is called sulphydrate of calcium.
Take: Sulphuret of calcium, two parts;
quicklimc, one part; powder, thom sop
arately; mix md keep In n wcll stop
pered bottle. When wanted 'Ior use
mako into a paste with little water
and spread on the part. Lot it remain
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20
The Wisdom and FOolishncss OF
Bathing.

Our modern habits havo made tho
bathroom most important part of the
house. Every ono bathcs. Tho bath
has bcen so long and SO iDdustriously
trumpetcd ms panacca for almost
everything that oven those who shiver
after cold bath or feel like fainting
after warm ono will regularly tako
either tho one or tho other. Ho who
does not take morning bath in these
days scarcely dare own to tho fact, for
he feels that he will be regarded at
once rs an uncloanly person. Yet there
is no necessary connection between
cleanliness and total immersion of the
body for greater or less period. Tho
bath, rs now understood, Is, as is we'll
known to many physicians, too rude q
treatment for many persons of sensitive
temperament. 1t is not every organ
ism that can stand tho chill Of plunge
in cold water and the shock of shower
upon the head. II reaction Is swift,
and all the organs Of tho body are in
good working order, cold and shower
baths may often be bencicial; but if
tho tono Of the system is slow tho re-
action will not take place and injury
will result. 1t would bo we'll if we
would trust our sensations moro and
follow our wills less. When u person
docs not "feel like" taking q bash, vet
he will take it, he is simply using his
will against himself. Cleanliness can
be satisfied by washing portions of the
body separately SO as not to chill the
entire surface at onco. In any case the
benefit of q cold bath comes from tho
reaction and must be secured by fric-
tion, followed by active exertion, not
by sitting or standing in the currents
Of air.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20

From tho days of Cortez, in 1921,
down to tho boginnSng of this century,
and even to tho present time, except
when interrupted by revolution, the
Mexican silver mines have poured forth
an unceasing stream of silver, such as
the world hGs ueVcr SEEN 1t is esti-
mated Cha: tho value of the silver coin
and bullion produced in that country
since tho conquest is over $4,000, 00O,.
600, and it is we'll known that some Of
the mines have been proftably worked
almost without interruption from tha
day to this, and that ono Of them a
least is still running out silver as tn,
rate Of over So. 100000 per year. Pas!
adekphiG Record
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20

The Poultry World says that the dit.
ference between an egg laid by q
plump, healthy-fed hen, fed with good.
fresh food daily. and an egg laid 10y q
thin, poorly.fSd hen is as great gs tho
difference between good beef and poor.
A fowl fed on garbage and weak slo9s,
with very little grain Of any kind, may
leg eggs, to be sure, but when these
eggs are broken, to be used for chkeh.
pies, etc, they will spread In weak,
watery way over your dish or look q
milky white, instead of having q Yioh.
slightly yellow tinge. A strfeh orp''
retains It's shape as far as possible, Ssin anu !
| yields tc the beating OF q Knife OF spoon
with moro resistance and gives y6it the
conviction that you are really bentinc
something thicker than water OF diluted
milk.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20
OTHER GIRLS THAN OURs.

The notion that girls arc too delicate
to be useful is linAited to comparative.
ly small part of tho globe. Through.
out Asia. Africa. and in largo portions
even of Europe and America, there pre-
walls an old belief that they were Dorr
to labor. In Turkestan, and on the
Tartar steppes, the Kirghese sultannas
and their daughters, and princesses in
whose veins flow the blood of long limos
of kings, still milk the sheep. cows and
goats, and perform the monial offices
of the household, as the Sanscrit maid
ems did six thousand years ago in tho
same localities. They cook, take care
OF tho younger children. make gar
ments, cut the skins of tho wild fowl,
with the feathers on, for caps. spin cot
ton, woave cloth. and tan leather by
means of sour milk. In this dolectable
region the mother wears rich attire,
while tho daughter goes in humbler
weeds, like Cinderella. If there is q
piano, tho mother plays on it in the
front room Of tho tent, while tho daugh-
ter brows tho koumiss. slows tho NUT
ton, and broils tho canal chops in the
back kitchon. This is tho benighted
condition of patriarchal people who
adhere to q nearly obsolete theory of
flial duty. Similar ideas prevail
throughout India, China, and among
tho native tribes Of Siberia, who have
been driven northward by aggressive
neighbors. The Tungusian girl gath
ers the snow, melts it. makes tho tea
and the fish soup, sows, and, being
skillful in archery. helps to keep the
larder supplied with game. Tho va.
kut and Samovedo maidens, and all
who dwell along tho Arctic ocean, help
in summer to lay up winter supplies,
and in winter to perform all domestic
duties. Tho Abyssinian girl grinds
corn in the simple mills in use in that
country. The Kaflir girl weaves bas.
kets and draws water. The girls in the
other parts of tho dark continent pull
verizo tho grain. weave mats. make
earthen vessels, and arc the hattcrs Of
their tribe. Tho theories of the tribes
and nations of Asia and Africa are
shared by the Indians Of North and
South America, who compel tho young
girls to learn tho duties and hardships
of life at an carly age.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20
PICKENS S. c., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20 1894

some man who was going over tho falls.
and ask him to look out for my littlo
canoe. '-Stantey Rssnt'ey, in Trare'ers'
Mdgazi1,e.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20

The Digger Indians wcro, until few
years ago, considered tho most ignor-
ant and least intelligent human beings
on tho Pacific coast. These who live
on Rancho Chico have now been edu-
Gated in civilized ways. They have
learned to read and write almost as
we'll as white people, and some OF them
have oven become musicians. They re-
Gently gave an entertainment in San
Francisco, under the care Of their in
structors. Sunday-sohool hymns. na-
tional songs and other musical and
metrical compositions were rendered
by their choir in very felicitious style.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-20

Tho independent American citizen
who cats sardines will be glad to
learn that the packing-box Is mado
in Jersey City. tho wrapper is printed
in New York, the tin cans arc manu-
factured in Boston, tho fish arc caught
on the Maine coast, and tho oil is eS-
trRcted from cottonseed in Georgia
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20
WASHINGTON.
Fail to Agree ON the Naval BiII.

WASHINGTON, Des. 19.-The conferees on
the naval bill having disagreed, the Senate
commitree on appropriations took up and re-
ported back favorab the House resalntion
providing for the holiday recess, but under OBJ.
lection 1t gees over until tomorrow The
House conferees objected to making apprcpris-
tious for the next six months upon new and
different items OF appropriations from those
under which the navy is nov being main
tsined. The temper OF each Honse appears 10
be to sustain its conferees, and it seems un-
likely that any agreement will be reached be-
fore the holiday recess In this Case the navy
will be without funds on the first of January.
Nominations CONFIRMED.
The Senate to-day confirmed the following
nominations:
Geo W. Norton, to be postmaster at East
port, Me.
Kittredge Haskins. to be United States
Attorney for the District of Vermont.
Lewis e. Stanton, to be United States Attor.
ney for the District of Conneotcut.
Facts and Rumors.
twas reported this morning that Hon. Car
rol u Wright may be appointed Commissioner
OF Labor.
Mr. Hale will answer Mr. Vest Saturday on
the Nicaragua question. He will take the
ground that United States interests ara nara
mount on the Isthmus.
The joiut committee in charge of the Wash.
ington monument Friday submitted to Con-
gress their report showing its progress duriLg
the past year. The report shows that the
weight OF the monument is 51,12O tons, and
cost 81 ,1S7,710, OF which Congress appropriated
1887 71O
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20
Vyintry Weather.

BENNINGTON, vs., Disc. 19.-Today was one
ci the coldest ever experienced here. The
mercury has been bslow zero all day and at 7
p. m. stands 10 below and failing.
MIDDLE Ex, Dec, 19.-rhe thermometer reg
istered 20 osloy zero al p. IA.
ST. LouIs, Dec l9-The mercury stands at
helow at this poiut. The Mississippi and
Missoure rivers are full of floating ice and nav
lgaEion here ia suspended.
HARTFORD, Conn, Dec 19.-At midnight
the thermometer registered 80 below zero. The
river is closed.
OTTAWA, Dec. 19.-The temperature through
out tho OTTAWA valley is from 80 To SO degrees
below zero.
Boston, Dec. 2S.-Extreme cold weather il
reported tonight from all parts of New England
accompanied by stormy winds. At Mount
Washington the weather is tue most severe
known since 1876 The mercury i. frozen but
the minimum registered by the spirit tharmom-
eter IS AZ below zero, and it ia still falling A
northwest hurricane with an estimated veloci-
ty of over 100 miles an hour prevails. 1t is
impossible TO obtain the exact velocity 90 the
thermometer was blown away, aud cannot 10
replaced until the weather moderates. The
following tenn pera;ures sre reported:
Middlesex, Vermont 20 below
bennington, Vermont 10 below and still falling.
Lancaster, New Hampshire, IS below
Plymouth New Hampshire, / o to l5 below,
Psterboro New Hampshire, IL below.
Laconia, New Hampshire, 10 below.
Dover, New Hampshire, IL below.
All these places report tne mercury as stead.
lily falling. liz this city the thermometer regis.
tered B 2 degrees below zero at II o'clock.
Colder weather is predicted curing the night.