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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
Boot and Shoe Making.
REPAIRING &C.

undersigned hasremoved his Shopto the
building on the corner OF Charles and Liberty
streets-in the building lately occupied by WEI
rick d. Weller The characterot the work done by
the subscribers well known andappreciated0y the
citizens Charlestown and vicinity. tits hardly
necessary TO add that he will endeavorto sustain
his reputation as a reliable workman, and willex-
ecute promptly and at reasonaberates allorders
given him eitherfOr New work or Repairing.
JOHN AVIS OF VIM.
May l6, 1874. Aprill5, 1876.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
Barber Shop.

THE Barber Shop one door West of Garter
L House" has been refitted andhandsomely
furnished with improved Chairs, &c, and will
be conducted by Samuel Brown. Customers
are assured of cleanliness in all the appoint
ments and comfortable, prompt and courteous
attention. SAMUEL BROWN,
August 2s, 1884
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
Surveying and COnveyancing.

I WILL survey anywhere, promptly and al
1 short notice-accuracy guaranteed. Special
attention paid in connection Herewith to DRAW
ING DEEDS or any embellishments OF Writing
O.-Charlestown, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
Dec. S, 1877. ). HOW Eli BROWN.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10

A DDJ7E Send six cents for postage and, re-
n NIL ceive free, costly box OF goods
which will help you to more money right a.
way than anything else in this world. All, OF
either sex, succeed from first hour. The broad
road to fortune opens before the workers alb
solutely sure. At once address, TRuE& Co.,
Augusta, Maine.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
PREPARED Coke.

I HAVE a stock of Prepared Coke for Sum
L mer fuel. 1t is a popular fuel for Summer
use, free from dust, and free burning. Try it..
June II. 1884. b. G. WASHINGTON.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
LANDRETH'.s SEEDS.

WE have Just opened fresh stock Of Lam
w dreths Seeds. Now and during the en-
tire season we will be prepared TO furnish our
customers and the public everything they may
want in this line at the most reasonable prices.
Feb. 3, 50. AlSQUITH * co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
JEFFERSON WOOLEN MILL,
Formerly POrter'S Factory.

Under the above mentioned name the old
Porter Factory which in days gone by en-
loved almost a national reputation for excel
lent manufactures, will be operated by the I'M
designed. Necessary repairs have been made
and improved machinery introduced, and it is
our expectation to maintain the reputation Of
the mill and to meet the demand OF the public
for tirst-cass goods.
The Highest Market Price will be paid for
Wool delivered at the Mill or at such points as
may be designated.
Orders for Cloths Yarns, &c, will receive
prompt attention.
Respectfully,
j. J. JOBE & co.
Post Ofice-Ripon, Jefferson County, W. Va
j. j. Jobe e Bro. will continue to operate the
Mill at Brucetown Frederick County, Virginia
and will pay the top market price for Wool de-
iyered there.
April, 10, 1888
I HAVE Just received a prime article of Gin
4 of Medicinal purposes. Also have the best
Cigars in town for &c. Cigarettes and all Smo-
kers Goods sold by GEO T. LIGHT.
WINDOW GLASS and Putty; Eureka
w Horse Powder, prepared and sold by
GEO. T. LIGHT.
C,AMPHOR ICE, Vassaline Camphor Ice,
y Pure Vassaline, for chapped hands; Evy
Flora. Lairds Bloom of Youth, Hagan' Mag
nolia Balm, for the complexion, for sale by
GEO. +. LIGHT.
CtASOLINE and Benzine by the pint and
u Gallon: all the popular Liniments. inclu-
ding Kendal's SPAWN Cure for sale by
GEO. T. LIGHT.
(tLARK'S Pills best in the market, TUFTS
Y Pills. McLane's Pills Schencks Pills, Rad
ways Pills, Hoopers Pills; August Flower,
Peruna. Manalin. SCOTS and Camms Emul-
sion Bumett's Cod Liver oil, Fellows HypO-
phosphite, for sale by GEO. T. LIGHT.
CCHOOL Books sold at list prices, Maurys
- Manuel, price Sl.3j, Cornell's Intermediate
Sl.20l Books not OH hand will be ordered
Acceptance and Visiting Cards, Chrome lnvi-
lotion Cards also the very latest Ragged Edge
Paper. Large stock of Autograph Albums just
received by GEO. I. LIGHT.
October J. 1883
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
NEW LOCATION.
But Same Hand at the Bellows

TINE undersigned has removed his
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKING
SHOP
to the lot adjoining his house, and nearly opposite
the Depot of the b. 4 D. K. r., in Charlestown,
where all persons in need OF anything in his line
can be Accommodated in short order, workmanlike
style and at reasonable terms. ! also keep
HORSES AND BUGGIES FOR HIRE, and will
do ALL KINDS OF
HAULING.
Thankful for past favors, l respectfully solicit
the continuance OF my old customers, and invite
the public to give me a trial.
Nov 30, '7S-y. GEO. W. SPOTS.
MOODY d SANK Hymns, >, ,, and 4.
NCHOOL SUPPLIES.-I have just received
> a stock of school Supplies-Lead Pencils.
Slate Pencils Pens and Pen Holders, Compo-
sition Books
DICTURE Frames-perfectly lovely Cores
i pondence Cards" Daisies ; Playing Cards
from 20 cts. to 75cts. Mourning Paper and Eli
velopes.
VACUUM Oil, for Harness; Carbolic Acid
20 els. per bottle; Insect Powders, % cts.
b.-the very best; Hog Powders, 30 cts. b.
Sold by GEO. T. LIGHT,
Oct 10, 1884. Druggist
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10

MRs.LN WHITTINGT0Ni is prepared 10
vi Repair Cane Seat Chairs at short notice
and upon easy terms, AZ her home i'm the
Southern suburbs of Charlestown, on Bloom.
cry turnpike.
September %, 1852
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
Change of Time
GOVERNING MOVEMENT OF TRAINS On
SHENANDOAH VALLEY r. r.
TRAINS COMO SOUTH

Taxing Eject 4uglsf 30, 1885.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
Harper's Ferry& Valley Branch
Ii. ~ O. X. *.
WEST BOUND TRAINS.

No. 2ss daily. All other trains daily except
Sunday.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
pr. King's Specfacies.

I HAVE the agency for these Spectacles, and
guarantee to lit any eye 0rreturn themOney.
GEO. T. LIGHT.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-05-21

that her boy was alive to think Of ask
ing aid from the government. Charley
was soon able to walk with the aid of
erutches, bat could not dispense with
their use for many months.
Mrs. Cages, now an aged woman, loves
to tell of those perilous times. One Of
her daughters, a lady of rare qualities,
fills one Of the highest positions allowed
to her sex in the government depart
ments at Washington. She has in her
little cabinet at home the very piece ,of
shell which did its cruel work that day.
1t 10 rusty, and when picked up was
blOOd-stainsd. Charley is florist, and
brings his flowers regularly to one of
the Washington markets. He limps q
little, and will always have cause TO re-
member the summer morning when the
New York regiment ia Fort Smith bonn
bardsd his mothers hOuss.-New York
Tribune.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-05-21
AYERS PILLS.

A large proportion Of the diseases which
cause human suffering result from derange-
ment of the stomach, bowels, and liver.
AYERS CATHARTIc PILLS act directly upon
these organs, and are especially designed to
cure the diseases caused by their derange-
mont, including Constipation, Indiges-
ton, Dyspepsia, Headache. Dysentery,
and host of other ailments, for all Of
which they are safe, sure, prompt, and
pleasant romedy. The extensive use of these
PILLS by eminent physicians i'll regular prac-
tco, shows Enthusiastically the estimation in
which they are held by the medical profess
sion.
These PILLS are compounded of vegetable
substances only, and are absolutely free from
calomel or any other injurious ingredient.
A Sufferer from Headache writes:
"AYER's PILLS are invaluable 20 me- and
are my constant companion. have been
q severe sufferer from Headache, and your
PILLS are the only thing could look to
for relief. One dose will quickly move my
bowels and free my head from pain. They
are the most effective and the easiest Ihysic
Ihave ever found 1t is a pleasure TO me to
speak in their praise, and always do SO
w. l.. PAGE, of w. L. Page g. Bro"
Franklin St., Richmond, Va, June 3, 1882.
"I have used AYERS PILLS In number
less instances as recommended by you, and
have never known them TO fail to accomplish
the desired result. We constantly keep them
on hand at our home, and prize them as
pleasant, safe, and reliable family medicine.
FOR DYSPEPSIA they are invaluable.
j. L. HAYES"
Mexia, Texas, June II, 1882.
The REV. FRANCIS b. HARLowE, writing
from atlanta, Ca, says: "For some years
past i have been subject to constipation,
from which, in spite of the use of niedi-
cines of various kinds, suffered increasing
Inconvenience, until some months ago
began taking AYERS PILLS. They have
entirely corrected the costive habit. ana
have vastly improved my general health"
AYERS CATHARrIc PILLS correct irregU-
larities of the bowels, stimulate the appe-
tito and digestion, and by their prompt and
thorough action give tone and vigor to the
whole physical economy.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. ]. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11
A Bad Bows Bright Idea.

Some carpenters at work on building
near the foot of Broadway, in New York,
gave an old woman piece of fourteen
foot pine ceiling for firewood. The board
was too long to carry home, and the old
woman had no implement with which
to break it up. A bright faced lad of 8
or 10 years stood by and saw the trouble
the old woman was in. He considered
moment, and then picked up paving
stone and carried it out to the middle of
the street. Then be put one end of the
board on stone and waited for the re>
suits.
A South Ferry stage rumbled along
down the street and rolled over the
board, breaking it off near the stone
The old woman picked up the pieces, and
the boy again put the end of the board
upon the stone. An express wagon rolled
by and left the board two feet shorter
than it was before. Wagons and stages
passed on, breaking up the board until
the old woman had her arms full of
pieces. Then the boy carried the paving
stone back to the gutter. pulled topI
out of his pocket, and, whipping it
around the sidewalk, got in the way of
more people inside of a minute than a
good boy would in week.-New York |
Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11

WHAT THE SHAKERS BELIEVE ABOUT DIS
EASE. They have learned from many years
experience, that nine tenths of all the diseases
of mankind arise from imperfect digestion of
food; for this reason they have spent years of
labor in preparing the Shaker Extract of
Roots (Seigeps Syrup, and it operates like a
charm in all cases of indigestion. 1t is not
what we eat that makes US strong, but that
which we digest; this is the doctrine of the
Mount Lebanon Shakers; people who are weak
and languid, tired and feeble often wonder.
The reason is that the food eaten doesn't give
strength because it is not digested; the Shaker
Extract of Roots (Siegels Syrup will restore
the digestion to a healthy condition and drive
away the headache, the pain in the side and
back, the distress after eating and make the
sleep afford rest. B. B. Moore, druggist, at
Champlain, N. Y, writes, we are using your
medicine in my family for constipation, re-
suling from dyspepsia, with the most satisfac~
tory results. Use Shaker Tar Capsules for
coughs. 5 28-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11
Grains OF Gold.

Hatred is blind as we'll as love.
Good and quickly seldom meet.
A good beginning is half the work.
Flowers are the pledges of fruit.
| A bad custom ought to be broken.
A little leak will sink a great ship.
Custom is a most powerful master.
A man can do no more than be can.
Charity is the frst-born of religion.
A little more breaks the horses's back.
Gold is no balm to wounded spirit.
A man apt to promise, is apt to for
get.
True refinement unites strength with
purity.
A day to come shows longer than a
year that's gone.
No man envies the merit of another
who has enough of his own.
When you come into the house, do you
bring sunshine with you?
A man as he manages himself may die
old at thirty, or young at eighty.
Every little frog is great in his own
bog.
When fish are rare. even a crab is a
fish.
Most of our comforts grow up between
crosses.
Fear not the threats of the great, bat
rather the tears of the poor.
If the end and aim of life is to please,
it must be at the expense of truth.
To see the hand of God in the present,
and to trust it in the future, is the secret
of peace.
The capacity for truly estimating
things is the beginning of wisdom, the
source of kindness.
Persons and events may stand for a
time between you and justice-it is only
postponement.
An able man shows his spirit by gen.
tie words and resolute actions; he is
neither hot nor timid.
1t is with flowers as with moral quail
ties; the bright are sometimes poisonous,
but we believe never the sweet.
The cup of pleasure sometimes has
dregs that one must drink long after
ward.
A little praise is good for shy tenn
per. 1t teaches it to rely on the kindness
of others.
1t is more difficult to dissimulate the
sentiments we have, than to simulate
those we have not.
Silence never shows itself to so great
an advantage as when it is made the re-
ply to calumny and defamation.
tits generally true that we judge too
bitterly and harshly the faults of every
office which we do not ourselves hold.
Uprightness in all our dealings with
one another is a matter, not of human
but of divine requirement.
When strong brain is weighed with
a true heart, it seems to be like balaR-
cling bubble against wedge of gold.
1t is not so much the mental vision
that is desired to discern truth and good
ness as the moral courage that dares
openly to espouse it.
1t is a wise man who knows where to
be firm and where to be yielding, and
the latter knowledge is by no means the
least important.
People of mean capacities more de-
5piSe and ridicule what is above the
reach of their own intellect than that
which is below its standard.
Whatever study tends neither directly
DR. indirectly to make US better men and
citizens is at best but specious and in
genious sort of idleness.
A cottage will not hold the bulky fur
niture and sumptuous accommodations
Of mansion; but If God be there, cot
bage will hold as much happiness as
would stock palace.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11
THE COMING OF THE ROSE.

The star gemmed gates, which are never
seen
Except by elves on the dewy green,
Were rolled apart at touch to-day,
And all the roses are on their way,
Coming to fill the land with light,
To crown the summer with garlands
bright.
Sweet within sweet and fold on fold,
Crimson and white, and cloth of gold
This with its fiery heart aglow,
That with the luster of falling snow,
See them toss on the prickly hedge,
See their foam on the meadows edge.
Blooming as fair by the roof OF thatch
As where a princess may lift the latch,
Scattering odors pure and sweet
On the dusty road or through the street,
Battling the grasp OF rude desire
By the jealous watch Of the sentry brier.
Everywhere is the fragrance poured;
Earth is garden of the Lord.
Pride of the bower and light of the lane,
The rose is timed to merry strain;
Music and perfume, joy and June
Nothing is tangled or out of tune.
Bird atilt on the jeweled spray
Weaves the rose in his rOlicking lay;
Child at sport by the cottage door
Never was half so glad before;
Little wren iu the hidden nest
Chirps of the pleasure that fills his breast.
Which the lovelier, bud or rose,
The clasp that hides the bloom that
Fairer and braver hour by boar,
Till wo gaze entranced on the perfect
flower?
Somebody wiser than you or /,
Dear little questioner, must reply.
l. as stoop to your rosebud lips,
Gates through which innocent laughter
trips
/. as bend with kiss to meet
The wistful eyes in their candor sweet,
Know that the bad so fresh and free
Is the dearest thing in this world to me.
E. Sangster in Harper's
Young People.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11
Chronic Ulcers and Catarrh.

Mrs. Christian Zelle, aged sixty-three
years, of Carondelet, st. Louis, Missouri,
had chronic ulcer on her leg which had
been running for forty-three years. To
use her own language, she had "tried all
the doctors" but without perceptible ben
eft. Two of the most noted of this city
advised her, as the only alternative from
death, to have the leg amputated below
the knee. She was troubled with an
intolerable itching sensation, which only
gave way to a distracting pain, which
made death her daily wish. She could
not sleep or rest. On March III, this
year, she commenced using DIR. Hart
mans PERUNA, and to-day the leg is
entirely healed, and the thankful old lady
says she has slept more during the last
three months than she did in the previous
forty-three years.
Miss Alice Brady, of East St. Louis,
Illinois, suffered from catarrh ophthalmia
for five years. On April 27 she began
treatment under DR.. Hartman. For a
year before she was patient of two of
the best known oculists of this city, but
they signally failed to help her. After
one month under DR.. Hartman and his
PERUNA, her eyes have almost entirely
healed, and, according to her own state
ment, he has done more for her in this
short space of time than the oculists did
in the previous whole year. PERUNA,
Of course, did it.
Miss Annie Baker, First Avenue, Mil
waukee, writes 3" take great pleasure
in recommending PERUNA. For years 1
have suffered from Asthma. l was in
duced to try PERUNA. 1t promptly
relieved the paroxysms, and its continued
use renders their recurrence less and less
frequent. am confident it will cure me
completely"
Walker Brothers, druggists, Batavia, O.,
write: CDR. S. B. HARTMAN, Columbus, |
o., Dear Sir: Some two weeks ago had
very peculiar case, and after few ques-
tions were answered, came to the con-
clusion it was catarrh of the stomach of
the worst kind, of ten years. standing.
The patient had consulted every ply
sician far and near. Ipersuaded her to
try your PERUNA and MANALIN. She
had been having spasms every three or
four days, and the fifth dose kept them
off, and they have not returned since"
w. M. Griffith, Ashland, KY, writes:
THE large chronic ulcers of fifteen
months standing, are entirely healed.
The swelling, pain and itching have all
subsidized, the leg is healed, and am per-
fectly well. PERUNA is a wonderful rem
edy."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11
These are solid Facts

The best blood purifier and system
regulator ever placed within the reach
of suffering humanity, truly is Electric
Bitters. Inactivity of the liver, bilious.
ness, jaundice, constipation. weak kid
neys, or any disease of the urinary or,
gans, or whoever requires an appetizer,
tonic or mild stimulant, will always find
Electric Bitters the best and only Ger
tain cure known. They act surely and
quickly, every bottle guaranteed to give
entire satisfaction or money refunded
Sold at so cents a bottle Patterson &
Sons.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11
The Care of Children.

BosTON. MAss.-A leading medical
journal thinks il is about time mothers
should know how seriously the health of
children is imperilled by the use of prep
arations containing norphia and opium,
and given for the cure of coughs and
colds. The chemist of the Brooklyn
Board of Health, Otto Grothe, Ph.D, a
graduate of the University of Kiel, Ger
many, certilies officially that recently a
harmless and yet effective article for
such complaints has come to bis notice.
He refers to the newly discovered Red
Star Cough Cure, which he found purely
vegetable.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11
Some Agricultural Statistics.

Ben. Perley Poore, in series of admi-
rsble articles in the American Cultlva
tor, has done good service to the cause
of agriculture. In his last paper he
says: The summing up of American ag
rieulture is gratifying. We have 4.OOs,
99S farms, comprising 596.Os1.735 culti-
vated acres, valued at SO, ,197, ,096,776.
The annual value of our corn crop is es>
timated at 1904, ,s1s.S04; of wheat, $780,
96s. .46S; of hay, S4O9,605, ,7sS; of dairy
products, S352,5O0,5OO and of cotton,
S271, ,6S6.121. The value of the entire
agricultural production Of the United
States for this year is estimated at
S4,O0O.e00,O00. This unequaled produc-
tion of food shows the real value OF ag>
riculturre to the public. No other eoun-
try can show such broad wheat and corn
fields, the surplus products of which are
sent far and wide to feed those for
whom sufficient food can not be raised
at their homes. Our agricultural imple-
ments and machinery are the wonder OF
the werld, and they are being adopted by
every civilized nation. We have created
a breed of fast trotting horses, and eur
fast runners have taken many racing
premiums abroad. In no other land can
such herds of cattle be found as those
which range on the feeding grounds OF
our far West, while our breeders send to
England Shorthorns and Devons for the
i'm mprovement of the original stock. Our
wool has become noted for weight of
fleece and fneness of fiber. And, above
all, better than all the rsst.the condition
Of our farmers wives has been so anne
liorated by factories, sewing machines,
washing machines, cooking stoves and
kerosene, that their whole time is not
occupied in spinning, weaving, knitting,
washing, candle making and cooking.
and they have opportunities for mental
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11
A Walking Skeleton.

Mr.. E. Springer, of Mechanicsburg.
Pa. writes: IL was afflicted with lnng
fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced
to walking Skeleton. Got free trial
bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, which did me so much
good that bought a dollar hottie At
ter using three bottles, found myself
once more a man, completely restored to
health, with a hearty appetite, and a
gain in flesh of 4S lbs" Call at Patter
sons Drug Store and get free trial bot
tie of this certain cure for all Lung Dis
eases. Large bottles S1.00.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11
A New Use for Bed Springs.

A few days ago, after fire which
partly consumed a dwelling house on
Third street, the owner permitted gang
of Polacks to carry off lot of damaged
furniture. A spring bed fell to the lot
of an old man. The cover had been de-
stroyed, and several of the coils were
missing, but he accepted the present
with every expression of gratitude, and
as he carted it away his fellow country
men cast many an envious glance ia bis
direction.
The same afternoon the donor had bu-
siness in Poletown, and as he rode along
the Pole, to whom he had given the bed,
ran out and made motions for him to
come in.
"Bless his old soull but he's got those
springs fixed up and wants me to see
what nice bed he has," said the citizen
to himself, and he followed the man
around the house.
There was the spring bed. The man
had built pig pen, and the gift just
made front for it. The wire coils were
placed on the inside, and the occupant
of tie pen was scratching against them
and squealing with delight.
"Good!" said the Polack as be pointed
to the pen.
"Y-e-s.'
"Got more?"
"No, my friend, haven't. I've run
clear out of bed springs, but if you'll call
around tomorrow I'll hunt you up a
rocking chair and looking glass for your
hog pen! Hang a man who'll sleep on
pair of $12 bed springs when they tickle
a pig in this fashion,