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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-06-09
PURE DRUGS, GHEMIchLs,

Patent Medicines, Fancy and Toilet Articles,
P~erfumcTy, Dye StUffs, Books, Stationary
and School Supplies.
Picture Frames, &C.; Paints, Oils. &c. Also.
j. ". Masrry q SONS Liquid Paints. which are
the most reliable Mixed Paints III the market
Lewis Lead. DC.
My stock of Ladies Toilet Articles is large
and of the latest out, aiEOnG which May lie
found LUbin's Extracts. LUndborc's Extracts.
Browns Extracts, Tctl07v'S --latest Triple Tx
tracts, Ocean Spray aul Stcphanot!s; I4laG-
hors,S small Mt p cts; Long and EcSugOnal
Earcina German Cologne aud Ideal Bouquet.
Toilet Sctts, Vases. Lilly White. Saunders Face
Powder, Hunter ~ Palmcr's Invisible. Hunter
y PalmcT's Snow White. Tale Of Venice. Sc.
Cashmere Bouquet Powder, Infant Powder,
Sachct Powder, ItcliOtrnpc. Jockey Club, &c.
A large and full line of Soaps-Colgatc's. Lit
bins, Jesse Oakc's Oper ct. Pure GIycerinc. Yc
Olden Time bar Glyccrine; White. Blue, Mot
tied and Green CASTLE; CuticurG Toilet and
Shaving Soap, ColgItc's "RosOdora." Dat
Meal, Glyccrine, Pure Brown Windsor, Car
bolic and Sulphur Soap. Also. u full line of
cheaper soaps. Large assortment of
Cigars and ,
and smokers articles. ITarpoon Cigar Smok-
ers. Pipes. &c. Golden Lcibig's EXtract liccf,
Oswego Bittcrs, the Best Butter Color always
on hand, in any quantity.
Give lis q call and we will endcavor to give
satisfaction TO all. CHAS. =. PRATT.
February 81, 1885.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-06-09

LIZ FHE-rIvI:E.
If ynu are losing your @IiponIifc. try "NYcIls'
Health Remover" Goes direct 80 wgaE spots.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-06-09
R TnIE TABLEs.
Baltimore 81 ono 4. &.
SOUTHWARK.

NURIHANU SOUTH
TIME Table in effect Sunday; Nay s; 1855
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-06-09
Hagaess shop Removed.

Ts7HE undersigned has removed his Harness
\ Making establishment to the room one door
East of Mr.. j. II. MorTis. Main St, Charlea-
town. where he will continue the Manufacture
and Repair of cveTythiugin his iiur, at reasOn-
able rates. The patronage Of ny old custom
crs, aud new ones also. is respectfully solicited.
Nov. 90. 18s4-odNSJ8 81.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-06-09
THE BEsT QUALIIY oE ooobs
NOTICE-

FNHoS: G. RUST hereby notifies the citizens
\ Of CharicstOwn and vicinity, that he has a
New and Improved Steam
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-10-01
Flax.

A remarkable instance of the waste
of valuable product is afforded by the
fact that out of 85, 800 tons of flax fibre
grown last year in the United States
only 699 tons were utilized for manu-
facture. At the same time 5000 tons
of fibre are imported yearly. This
waste, no doubt occurs because farm
ers have given more attention to grow
ing seed than to the fibre. Seed and
fibre cannot be grown together. For
seed, thin sowing and stout stalks are
required, and this produces coarse fibre;
for fine fibre, thick sowing and slender
stalks with few side shoots are desired;
moreover, for the fine silky fibre the
stalks are cut before the seed is ripe
The ripe stalks, however, are exceed
ingly valuable for Irvine, but unfortu-
nately this fibre is driven out Of use by
a substitute made out of paper. MY.
Times.
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You see by the last example the
fiVe-carat stone, which would be worth,
according to Tavernier's formula,
taking the carat standard at 800,
100x 5 X 5=$2,500, is now only listed
between $1,000 and 81, 400"
What is the price of fawed and off.
colored stones?n
That is rather hard conundrum to
answer. There are so many gradua-
tions that each large parcel is taken on
its merits and disposed of at a special
price. If we have time to sort them
properly and can strike the right GUS
toners we can often make much larger
profits on these goods than on the finer
varieties. But it's risky business, as
after large shipment from Africa they
go down with rush. have sold stuff
as low as $3.50 carat and up to $45.
Large stones, from four to ten carats,
always fetch fair price, as there is a
a class of people about who will buy a
big diamond even if it looks like frag-
ment of a soda-water bottle. All they
want is to wear large genuine dia-
mond; the quality is quite a matter Of
indifference to them.n
''Who are the largest buyers of this
class of goods?"
"We generally sell ours to pawnbrok-
ers and small dealers, who have them
set in handsome mountings, either alone
or in combination with fancy stones. for
gamblers or the sporting trade, or
where there is large parcel of almost
uniform size, say from one-quarter to
three-quarter carat, we sell them to
settlers, who mount them in common
gold in a snowy manner. sometimes a
gross or more of one pattern, and they
are distributed broadcast throughout
the country and worked off at holiday
times. There is a large profit in these
goods; they average from $50 to 200
per cent. - Chicago Tribune.
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Plain Black Dresses.

Mohair of demi-lustre, tamise cloth,
aibatross cloth and black flannel are
used for plain dresses. These fabrics
cost from fifty cents to 81 yard double
width. The mohairs, alpacas and
brilliantines have never been given up
by English women for useful mourning
dresses, as their smooth surface sheds
dust aud is not injured by moisture.
The tailor styles so popular for winter
dresses are repeated in these service
able fabrics, and such dress may be
worn in the house throughout the au-
tumn and winter. Tucked and pleated
waists that may be worn with or with
out belt are especially liked for fan
nels and mohairs. One pretty. way to
make these Is to let the fronts lap
plainly for about three inches, button
ing on the left side with small buttons
and holes, and have corresponding
row of buttons on the right side; then
just beyond the buttons have three or
four small tucks athird of an inch wide,
and repeat the tucks down the middle
form of the back; these tueks can be
overlapped at the waist line to taper
nicely with the lining, and thus a belt
is not needed, though it may be added
if liked. -Hdrper'S Bdzur.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-10-01
A Bright Boy.

Colonel Percy Yerger has gotta boy
named Sam, who has never been
trained to habits of obedience. Hegives
all manner of impudence to his parents,
who, having become desperate. put the
boy in the grocery store of Mr.. Sid Blu
ford. who has the reputation of being
very severe, and is one of the heaviest
retail groeers in Austin
Now, sammy sa' d Mr.. Biuford to
the incipient tradesman, when you see
me waiting on aeustomer and clap my
hands, you come to me right of. Now
mind, | don { want any nonsense. q
Il dom want any nonsense. either. =
retorted Sammy, when you are wait
ing on a customer and clap your hands,
i you see me shake my head you may
know I'm not coming till get readyso
--7sscs Sftsaas.
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HAD MONEY.

How Prosperity Affects the Average Col
@ ored Man.
81 'spizes ter see er man, ease he's
got money, think hisse'f better'n uder
folks" said old Martin Smith. the shuek-
collar maker, addressing prominent
citizen.
What the matter; some man think
ing himself better than you are?''
''Yas. sab, dat blamed Tony Sewer,
whut runs de gin down on de Haywood
place, passed me jes' now an hill up his
head like one 30 desc heah crab apple
shoats. He wouldn' speak ter me.
Reckon he's dun forgot de time when
he chopped wood down in de swamp.
He wuz er powerful fren'ly man in dem
times"
Whats the matter with him now9"
''Oh, he's got money, sab. an is too
proud ter speak ter er po' man. like
myself is. Use gwine ter tigger er
roun' an see efT kahn hab him turned
outen de church. an Use got de Bible
on my side. case it say er rich man an
er camel KANT go ter Heaben nohow.
When / had money didn' hol' myse'f
erboye uder folks. O, sab, l tuck
ebery 'tunity O. showin' po' folks dat I
wuz dar fren'. o, / want proud when
| had money"
so you were once well off. were
you?"
"Yas. sab, / wuz. / had money!
What became of it?"
''Los' it, sah."
"HowP''
Los it outen my pocket"
'How much had youP"
"Lemme see. he'd er e. dollar bill.
two quarters an some dimes. sab; but I
want proud, 'cose doan b'lebe in er
rich pusson grindin' er po' man down. +"
--ArkGnsaao 1rdUeIer.
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BELLEVUE, LA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER /, 1885,

carat stones that can not sell under
$175 carat net. To make the average
profit on these goods the storekeepeI
will have to get from 1920 to $3.50 per
carat for them.h
''How do you compute the value OF
stones above carat in weight?''
THE old rule formulated by TaYernies
two centuries ago was that the prices
of two diamonds are proportioned to
the square of their weight. According
to this, if one carat stone of the first
water is worth 800, two-carat would
be worth $500, and so on. This rule,
which was quite correct at that time,
would now be very misleading. Ii
assigns to diamonds a much higher
price than at present. Here is the list
we go by now, prepared during the last
ten years by the best authorities in
A,110
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Fourteen of seventeen pupils Of
class in a school at Bronson, Fla, re-
joice in the euphonious name Of Smith.
The British Bible Society issued the
New Testament at two cents copy.
In nine months 100000 copies have
been sold.
-"One High Jene and Fizzeology''
was North Carolina sehool-teaeher'
requisition for a new manual just pub
lished by the State. Chicago Times.
The land belonging to Cornell
University comprises 240 acres, of which
120 is specially devoted to the farm.
Not originally fertile, it has been made
sufficiently so to yield $4,000 annually
in gross roducts.-IthacG NJ 7. Jour
nal,
The venerable little church at
Tadousac, the oldest In Canada, having
been built by the Jesuts in 1915, is soon
to be replaced by more spacious
temple But the judicious pastor has
determined to keep it intact all the
same. ae
The Commissioner of Education
reports that in the South the school en-
rollment of white children has increased
297. 1856, and of the colored children
199. 231 during the past two years. The
total expenditure for public schools in
1884 was $l7,053, 467, an increase of
80, ,232, ,495 over that of 1882.
The Central Baptist thus happily
hits off the fallacy of calculations and
prophecies based on ratios: ssIf our
numbers should increase in future as
in the past, then in eighty-seven years
everybody would be Baptist, but If
the decrease in contributions continues,
then in ninety-one years nobody would
give cent to the cause of Christ"
On the Isle of Patmos there are
more churches than houses. The
churches stand together in couples and
triples, and in groups almost like ham
lets. All of them are small. The
largest have domes.s@but the great ma
jority are merely small, oblong, Vaulted
apartments, with a small apse at the
end, and incapable of accommodating
more than twenty or thirty persons
with comfort.
The past year in the Illinois Wesley
an University has been the most salts
factory and successful in the history of
the institution. The professors have
been earnest and thorough, the labora-
tory and museum are in fine order. and
the students have studied with zeal and
profit A good religious interest has
pervaded the school, and many were
converted. Chicago Interior.
The instrumental music question,
which has been debated annually for
fifteen years by the Presbyterians Of
Ireland but never satisfactorily settled,
well nigh caused schism this year.
Indeed, number of ministers and
elders did secede from the assembly for
a short time and held an opposition
meeting. In few hours, however, a.
truce was arranged, but such was the
tension of feeling that it was deemed
expedient to continue debate on the
subject, which was accordingly post.
poned till next year. Chicago Journal.
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SELLING FOR PROFIT.

The Hebrew Clothing Gentleman Who was
Cured of Selling Goods Below Cost.
There is Hebrew dealer in clothing
in Bloomington who has recently been
cured of selling goods for less than
cost. During the very hot weather he
was visited by Wallace Backward, who
wished to buy a seersucker coat and
vest.
''Dere wash youst der ardicle you wash
need" said Moses, ''und he wash so
sheap like dirt :"
"how much are they worthPn asked
Backward.
"Vell, 1 tole you dot" Moses replied,
speaking very confidentiany, HE vas
wort five tollar--"
Great horned spoonr' snorted Black
wart, "Ican buy the same goods at
half dozen places for three dollars. 4"
''Vell, you see wash not tole you all
apoud dot. He vas vort five tollar, but
| wash sold him NIT you NIT thri to11ar.
Dot was less than he wash cosht nit der
Wholesale
so you will lose money on it, if buy
itP" asked Backward
Yah, dot wash how I pas!'' Moses re-
piled.
''Well, then. | viii buy one around at
Spreckel's place.
"Vy you do dot?" asked Moses, great.
ly amazed.
"Well, Moses, am warm friend of
yours and don't want to see you lose
money. will go around to Spreckel's and
buy coat and vest from him. don t
like him very well, aud here is chance
to get even, and Backward was gone
before Moses caught his breath. The
Hebrew clothier would not offer a Gus
toner anything at a figure pretending
to be less than cost now for forty-three
cents cash in hand and a promise of a
life interest in the land that is fairer
than day. He thinks the public has
penetrated the gauzy swindle he has
practiced so long and successfully
Through Mail.
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PuNeENr PARAGRAPHS.

When the bad small boy returns al
night to his home he often finds thore is
a breeze brewing. And usually itis a
spanking one. Chicago Currest.
Although million copies of Web.
ster's spelling book are annually circu-
lated. some people still persist in spell
ing their names "Smythe. oil City
DcrriCk.
Bell, tie telephone man, has an
article IN Science, telling how to avoid
icebergs. We haven't read it, but one
good way is to travel only by railroad
Btrdette As
%, where does beauty lingerPp sings.
Philadelphia poetess. Considerable
of it usually fingers upon ayoung mans
shoulder, unless her head rests very
quietly. IN z. San.
The Mormon Bishop Snow has been
in Mexico to negotiate for the purchase
of large tracts Of land in that country
for the occupation of colonies We
should think Mexico would be too hot
for Snow NorriStot0n Herald.
The pine tree, says an authority,
serves as q refuge for more than four
hundred species of insects. We can now
understand why Mr.. Longfellow was so
strenuous in advising the aspiring
young men to .'beware the pine trees
withered branch. n-Boston Transcript.
"a forlorn-looking man said: "I've
tried everything that could turn my
hand to, but couldn't make anything
answer; and now I have decided to go
up among the hills, where they say
there's wonderful echo, to see if can
make that answer.
-eIt's terribly gallmg~to man Of
my sensitive pride to depend upon rela-
tives for nay living" remarked a youth;
s.but what is one to do?p ssT thought
that Smith e Smith offered you situa-
ton at fourteen dollars week?'' so
they did, replied the sensitive youth,
indignantly, :'bnt do you suppose that
I'd sell dry goods over a counter for
fourteen dollars weekP No, sir!"-M
Y. Times.
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THE THYROID GLAND.
Affections to Which This Gland is Subject
-Goitre, Etc.

Gland Subject
--Goitre, Etc.
This is situated on both sides of the
trachea (windpipe), near its top, the
two parts being joined by a so-called
isthmus just below Adams apple" 1t
is relatively much larger in infants than
in adults. 1t averages about. one and
half inches in length, and is about half
as thick as long. 1t is larger in females
than males. It is sometimes wanting;
and in the aged it sometimes wholly de-
generates.
While seereting glands have ducts,
through which. they empty their secre-
tons, either out of the body or into
some cavity within, the thyroid and
some others-the spleen, for instance
are 6ucttess. They simply withdraw
some elements from the blood, effect a
chemical change on them, and then
give them back, through the absorb
ents, into the circulation.
Among the affections to which these
glands are liable is gottre, in which
they become enlarged. The enlarge
ment may be slight, or it NAV be SO
great as to reach upward to the ears.
and extend down to the breast. One
case is recorded in which it reached
below the thighs! In some parts of the
world the affection is quite rare; in
others quite common, though in the
latter it is largely confined to certain
districts.
In England its prevalence in Derby
shire has given it the name of the ssDer-
byshire neck" 1t markedly connects
itself with some mountains, and vet il
occurs in some level tracts. 1t is gen
orally thought to be due to something
IN the drinking water-some saw mag
uesian limestone. but it is more prob
ably due to some metallic substance.
In many cases the goitre NAV be
merely deformity. In others it may
obstruct the breathing by pressing
against the windpipe; or may cause
headache, dizziness, fullness of the
head. singing in the ears. BY hindering
the circulation in the vessels of the
neck; or it may interfere with swallow,
ing. by pressing on the esophagus
(gullet). ~ e
Its quite frequently associated with
cretssism- that peculiar idiocy in which
the brain ceases to grow, and the whole
body becomes stunted and hideouslp.
deformed, but the latter is often found
without the former. Doubtless each is
due to. a. common cause.
The most effective treatment consists
in the removal of the patient to another
locality. - Youtb's Companion.
"A. girl ten years of age has reached
San Francisco safely after having tray-
eled alone from Harwich. England, via
Liverpool, Philadelph. a, Chicago and
Omaha. She tells of nothing but kind
ness experienced at. the hands of the
officials all through her long Journey
San francisco Chronicle,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-10-01
The "Knowsomethings.s =

a new secret political organization,
called the '.Knowsomethings," was
gotten up in 1864. by some German Re-
publicans. to Offset the ''Knownoth-
lings.'' The. founders were Germans,
and their constitution opposed the ex-
tension Of slavery, stringent Sabbath
laws. and the Maine liquor hypocrisy.
1t was .short-lived, but upward Of six
thousand members were enrolled. and
for some time GA s'organizer' made
good living by going about the country
and organizing lodges. each one of
which paid him twensy-fvs dollars for q
shartsT.--EostoH BEagss
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1T doesn't make any difference how

1T doesn't make any difference how
handsome or how stylish young man
is, he may have been an object OF adj
miration to every woman In the horse
sar; but tile instant girl gets in with
brown paper parcel labeled fine
millinery on the outside. his charm is
gone. No woman can resist the supe-
r.or charm of that delightful mystery.
-SomerUille Journal.
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"A local'set of Haptists called .the
Koonites, with one association, five
churches and $50 members has heen
founded in Florida. They hold that the
body Of Christ was Unlike eusss--Gbris-
siah Ualen. assk -
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Established July !, 1859.
VOLUME XIV.
A HAMMOCK HORROR.

Softly she is singing,
Sweet and low,
In hammock swinging
To and fro.
Just yard above her
Hangs worm,
Wriggling under cover
See him squirm!
Now the maid sings louder,
Strong and high;
Nothing doth o'ercloud her
Life's bright sky.
Soon the worm gets weary,
Loses grip;
Like hummer beery,
Down doth slip.
Maiden's mouth is open
In a worm goes
~ *** ++f ~?
Just at present no pen
Tells her woes.
Still the hammock's swinging
Overhead;
flushed the maiden's singing
Worm is dead
N. Y. Morning Journal.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-11-27

The President pro tempore of the
United States Senate, has, by the death
of Vice President Hendricks become an
important person politically. Judge
Edmunds Of Vermont, who occupies
that position, is now Vice President of
the United States, under the Act of
Congress passed in conformity with
Artitle II, Section l, Of the Constitu.
tion Of the United States which pro-
vides that Congress may, by law, pro.
vide for the case of removal,
death, resignation or inability
of the President and Vice Presi-
dent, declaring what officer shall
then act as President, and such officer
shall act accordingly until the disability
be removed or President be elected.
That act makes the President pro
tempore of the Senate the third person
in succession to the Presidency, and
the Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives the fourth.
AS it is possible that there are cranks
of the Cuiteau kind still living, serious
consequences might result from the
death of the Vice-President, though it
is to be hoped for the honor of the Re.
public that there is none so insane as
to attempt to change the political prin-
ciples of the constitutionally chosen
administration by the bullet, or dagger
of the assassin.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-11-27

The President 10 nearly through with
his message, and the Secretaries have
about completed their reports. The
majority of them will publish their re-
ports in advance of the meeting Of Con.
gress. The report of the Secretary Of
the Treasury only will be withheld, to
60 into Congress with the Presidents
message. The Secretary of the Treas
ury is being subjected to great pressure
to make call for bonds. This pres
sure comes mainly from the West. The
policy of the administration is opposed
to reducing the surplus, but will be
very clear and direct in advocating in
creased economy in Government ex-
penditures, and cutting down tariff tax
alton in such way as shall avoid hurt
ing industries which have already been
built up under the existing laws. The
plank of the Chicago platform which
declared for tariff for revenue with in.
cidentsl protection will be urged by The
President, leaving Congress to deal
with the practical details. There are
very few members in Washington yet.
and few are expected until after
Thanksgiving. The President, before
completing his work, will consult with
the Senate and House leaders. There
is at present great harmony between
the President and House leaders. The
silver question in all its details is still a
matter which is subject of consulta
tion, to see II some compromise cannot
be reached which will change the exist.
ing order of things and yet satisfy the
silver men by keeping up the demand
for silver. Us us .t