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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-12-01
+" UNCLE SAM" has promised to
deliver to you any of the follow
ing goods at
&c. PER OUNCE.

As it is coming on close to the
Holidays, we ask our country friends
oscan our advertisement EVERY
WEEK, as we shall presentmany
new and attractive bargains, which
can be safely and easily sent you
through our " Mail Order Depart
ment" which has grown to considera-
BILE proportions, and is still growing.
Send moneys by Registered letter,
Postal Notes, Checks, Drafts, &c.
We will pay all charges on bills
amounting to $40 and over.
Bargains in Handker-
chiefs.
stitched handkerchiefs' I For
Ladies' white Unlaundried Double hem-l 5
stitched all Linen Handcrkcrchicfs, For
Ladies' plain white Sheer Linen Lawn)
inch hehi be@s Handkerchief and F6n
n Ladies Fine Sheer Lawn Embroidered 3
Handkcrchiefs, scalnpcd edges, in white For
and colorcd, embroidered. soc.
Mems s White Unlaundried Hem-) 4
stitched Handkerchief, For
Mems q Plain White and Colorcd Bor-)
dered Hemstitched Handkcrchiefs, ele- For
CANT styles, Soc
Bargains in Underwear.
Pants, good value, For
Ladies' Heavy Half Wool Vests andl .
Pants, excellent value, For
Mems Mems Heavy Merino wool Shirts and 3
Drawers good value f 81.
Mems Extra heavy Angora wool Shirts) Q
and Drawers, fine smooth quality worth For
$1.25, 42.
Bargains in Mems Hose.
Mems Plain White ant, Fancy Colorcd) 4
Flalf Hose. finished seams, extra quality. For
excellent colorings, 81.
Rargainsin RHen's Shirts
Full line of Mems Lanndrcd and Unlaundried
Dress and Night Shirts. 80. So 62l%, rs,
and 5l.G0 Send for ut SOC. as
trial, If not up to expectations we
will refund the money.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-12-01

MACKEREL. in Barrels. Kits and Buckets.
w direct from Boston, and will be sold low.
Dec: l. 1883. G. F. WALL.
SOMETHING NEW-the Roulette Bonclcss
- Ham. surpasscs anything in the market. at
Dec: l, 1888. G. F. WALLIS.
DURE Ground Pepper, at
Il Dec. 1. 1885 c. F WALLIS
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-12-01
Bargains in Gloves.

Ladies' Button Length. Undrcssed Mousquc-
tairc Gloves. in tan shades. only 81. 90 per
Pair. worth 81. 25.
Mems Fine SO Chevereau' Kid Gloves in all the
new street shades. worth $500 only $3.50
per Pair.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-12-01

King Alfonso, of Spain, is dead.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-12-01
Wheat Wanted,

TIHE Highest Cash Price paid for Wheat by
Il the undersigned, at Weirick & Weller
building: Charlestown. w. BANE.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-12-01
For Rent.

A FRONT room on the second floor of the
N Lee Hall Building-recently occupied BY
the firm of John T. COwley d Son. and well
suited for an Office or sleeping apartment
Enquire at the Spirit office.
JAS. LAW. HoOFF.
Oct 6. ISS5-tf
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-12-01
For Sale !!

A n Iron Safe. Inquire of
~ BEALI. BROS. s; PHILLIPS.
December !. 1SS5-tf
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-12-01
Auctioneer's Notice.

HARPER & BROTHERS,
December l. 1855. New York.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-12-01
ATTENTION I

Charlestown, Jefferson Co, W. Va.
Angust u. 1854.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-06-27
"woRTH WHILE"
Whatever Is Worth Doing at All, Is
Worth Doing Well.

Whatever Is Worth Doing at All, Is
Worth Doing Well.
Prince Albert Victor, the prospective
heir to the throne of England, made his
maiden speech the other day to an as
sembly of lads of his own age. "What-
ever is worth doing at all is worth do
ing accurately" he said whether you
sharpen your pencil or black your boots.
do it thoroughly and WE'LL
A young lad who was a pupil at
Rugby school was noted for his bad
penmanship. When his teachers re-
monstrated, he replied: MANY men of
genius have written worse scrawls than
/ do. It is not worth while to worry
about SO trivial a fault. Ten years
later this lad was an officer in the En-
glish army, doing service in the Crimean
war. An order he copied for transmission
was SO illegible that it was given incor-
rectly to the troops, and the result was
the loss of a great many brave men.
A few years ago the keeper of life.
saving station on the Atlantic coast
found that his supply of powder had
given out The nearest village was two
or three miles distant, and the weather
was inclement. He concluded that as
it ''Was not worth while to go so far ex-
pressfy for such trife," he would wait
for few days before sending for a sup
ply That night vessel was wrecked
within sight Of the station. A line could
have been given to the crew if he had
been able to use the mortar, but he had
no powder. He saw the drowning men
perish one by one in sight, knowing that
he alone was to blame. A few days
afterWard he was dismissed from the
service.
The experience OF every man will
suggest similar instances that confirm
the truth of the young Princes advice
to the lads of his own age.
Whatever is right to do should be
done with our best care, strength and
faithfulness of purpose We have no
scales by which we can weigh our duties
or determine their relative Importance
in Gods eyes. That which seems a
trif1e to us may be the secret spring
which shall move the issues of life and
death. - Youths COMPANION.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-06-27
Some Choice Epithets.

The following compendious vocabu-
larry of abusive epithets, arranged for
convenience in alphabetical order, is
extracted from Delhi newspaper. The
Indian writer addresses the Russians as
follows:
Russians! asses, blockheads, boobies,
clowns, dolts, empty heads, fanatics,
flats, fools. falloW- brains, gables, geese,
hyprocrites, ignoramuses, iobbernowls,
jabberheads, knayes, loggerheads,
mooncalVes, numskulls, OATS, pumps,
quacks, rogues, ruffians, squatters, sim
pletons, commodities, ualators, yultures,
Wreckers, yellers, zokels, zanies!
Having thus run through the gamut
of abuse from A to 2, the writer pro-
ceeds: "Hearken to friendly whisper
of advice from an INDIAN"
You have already caused the said lion
to wag his tail and roar Attend totha,
roar, ye land-grabbing, besotted Rus.
slams mark that table warned and
beware. Run not your head into the
lions mouth. -Pall-MalI Gazette,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-06-27
PERSIAN POETRY.
It's characteristics Pointed Out and Their
Relations.

It's characteristics Pointed Out and Their
Relations
Persian poetry had its birth in coun-
try conspicuous for natural advantages;
country distinguished for the mildness
ofits climate, the clearness of its streams
and the perpetual verdure of its plains;
a country of lofty mountains, inland
seas and rolling rivers; the land of the
gazelle, the camel and the caravan; a
land Astounding in fruits and flowers,
full of pleasant gardens and enlivened
with the songs of innumerable birds; a
land where millions of butterflies of the
richest colors were waited through the
summer air. In this land of the olive,
the date, the pomegranate and the fig.
where the palms of the South met the
pines of the North, was reared race
of men combining in rare degree in
genuity, vivacity, intellectual force,
subtlety and refinement of manners.
The Persians early acquired repute as 3
people of taste, invention and artistic
skill. The finest silks, the richest vel
vets. the costliest brocades, the softest
and rarest carpets and the most splen-
did tissues were of Persian origin. The
art newly discovered in America and
Europe, how to combine great variety
of colors with perfect harmony, and to
delight the eye with soft and pleasing
gradations, producing a rich composite
effect from the simplest elements, was
original with the Persians centuries ago.
The very figures of floor cloth on which
the Shah Mahmoud walked in the tenth
century. the shawl patterns that adorned
the heroines OF Jamind of Hafiz are
initiated in the looms of England and
the United States to-day. In archi-
lecture and the fine arts, as in decora
tive art, the Pers1ans of the middle ages
achieved notable success. Their chief
cities showed spendid palaces, filled with
gems of art and sparkling with Jewels,
and stately mosques with white or azure
domes. -NIoTth american ReUGea.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-06-27
A NOBLE BOY.
The Motive for Johnny's sels-Abneia-
ton.

The Motive for Johnny's self-Abnel'a-
There was no doubt but that Johnny
Fizzletop was the LATEST and most mis-
chievous boy in the whole school.
Whenever anything went wrong John
nv was sure to be blamed for it. One
day the schooI-teacher missed his spec
tacles. He remembered having put
them on the desk but a few minutes be-
fore. He threatened to punish the
whole school IN case the spectacles
were not Forthcoming.
..Now, boys, for the last time | tell
Won whoever took those spectacles to
10 come forward and own that he did
it. If he doesn't the whole class will
be kept in for an hour after school, he
said, excitedly.
utes. and then Johnny held up his
hand. and asked, in an uncertain sort
of voice, what the boy Who took the
spectaeles would get.
"A good sound licking" Numbered
the teacher. ;,
Please, sir, took the spectacles, ("
said Johnny.
A painful scene ensued. At last the
teacher got through, and, out of breath,
was sbout to take his seat, when the
door opened and his servant entered,
bringing the spectacles. ;,
~ GU left the spectacles at home, >
said the servant, "and | thought l
would bring them over, as you can't
see well without them.
"What! The spectacles?" exclaimed
the school-teaeher, very much aston
ished.
Yes, there were his spectacles beyond
doubt. just at this moment Johnny
broke out into dismal wall, saying,
between sobs:
80, Lordy! o, Lordy! and I have
been licked for them very speetaclesH,,
.sBut, Johnny" said the astonished
school-teacher, chow did you come to
say YOU took the specs? It is a noble
trait in your character, my boy, to sac
rifice yourself for the good of the whole
class, particularly when you are limo
cent.
That's not why I said I took the
specs, . exclaimed Johnny.
"What is the reasonP" asked the
teacher.
IF hadn't said I did it, explained
Johnny, Il would have been kept in
with the whole class, and when I'm
kept in / don't get any dinner, and
we've got pudding for dinner to-day.
TEXAS Settings.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-06-27

Rev. T. De Witt Talmage recently
preached in the Brooklyn Tabernacle on the
subject: ''The Day We Live In" The
text was from Esther w., Il: "Who know
eth whether thou art come to the Kingdom
for such time as this?" DR.. Talmage
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-04
TOO MUCH FAT.

An Agriculturist's Plea For the Dcspised
Long-Nosed Pig.
A stub-nosed pig is chubby one. 1t
is alse an inactive animal. 1t is inclined
too much to fat. 1t has little growth.
1t doesn't amount to much. There is a
law that extremities are balanced or
somewhat equalized. A pig with a
longer nose will have a longer body,
more range and growth. Growth is
what We want in hogs. There may be a
great deal of satisfaction to some folks
to look at pigs portraits and admire a
short nose and Overgrown cheeks and
eyes out of sight; but confess 1 like to
see a clean cut head, with body indi-
eating some muscle and expansion.
These fashionable hogs are helpless
things, and must be fed and waited on
like babies. The form is unnatural.
They are poor breeders. Chunkiness in
action and stupidity are not good quail
ties for breeding. The pigs will be few,
weak and small, and the sows make lazy
and Improbable mothers. The short
nose fancy reached the climax in Suf.
folks, and has about run them out. The
Essex breeders caught it badly, and so
did the Berkshire breeders, and dozen
years ago the best specimens of this
mos; excellent breed were sacrificed to
fashionable folly. The Essex got bad
setback, as the little roly-poly chunks
were mere babies, and pork makers
found there was no money in them
Before this day of folly l had a Berkshire
boar, bred by William Crozier. which
dressed over six hundred pounds. Such
Berkshires paid, and hogs like them
will pay Col. Curtis, in Rural Ntac
Yorker.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-04
Old Men Doing Boys Work.

The proprietor of nut and bolt fac
tory in West Tenth street advertised
yesterday for 1.-TWO men from fifty to
sixty years of age to do boys work. ~
About twenty-five gray-haired men
gathered about the Office door at the
hour named. although it was apparent
that the two wanted would have to work
at boys wages.
1--WE wanted them to put nuts on
bolts" said an employee. 1--WE en-
pioyed boys. but they were playful and
inattantive to work. We thought that
We might be able to hire old men, who
were unable to do a mans work, at
about the wages, and SO have employees
who would attend to the work better.
They sit at their tasks, which are easy
enough for girls to do. They make
over u dollar q day" IN. 7. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-04
NOT VERY PROFITABLE.
A Travellers Experience with a Lot Of Dis
appointed Africans.

A Travellers Experience with q Lot Of Dis
appointed Africans.
At Charleston / met a man from
Binghampton, N. Y, who was agent
for some sort of cotton machinery, and
almost the first thing he asked me was:
''How do you manage with the hotel
waiters?"
"Why, I have to fee them, of
course
THAT shows how green you are. I
am going to stop here four days, and 1
won't pay EN- a cent"
''Then YOU won't get much service"
Il won't, Ell! Well. You just watch
me and learn thing or two. See
that?''
1t was lead half-dollar, neatly COW
cred with gold foil. and at first glance
it seemed to be twenty-dollar piece.
When the New Workers. trunk came
upstairs and the two darkeys fingered
around for quarter apiece, that
twenty appeared to view and he
said:
Smallest I've got to-day. I'll see
you before l 60"
The same thing was worked on
the table waiter, on the waiter who
brought up ice water and on sew
cral other colored individuals, and
when we were all ready to take the
train for Savannah the trunks went
down on the wagon and we walked to
the depot. Two minutes before the
train pulled out the New Yorker
turned to the African with his gripsack
and said:
James, will you take this coin and
square up ALP"
"Yes, sab"
"Place it carefully in your pocket
and don't lose it."
"She's dar, sab; an lie millyuns O.
times 'bleedged to you.''
'.Never mind that. Well, we are
All the way down to Savannah that
evening my companion chuckled over
his keenness in beating the colored
population, but when we reached the
latter city his chin took drop. We
were not clear of the depot when he
was arrested for passing counterfeit
money, and all his explanations did
not prevent his return to Charleston
by the next train. / met him after
wards in Alabama and he told me the
affair cost him sixty-five dollars.-WaN
Street NetCs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-04
wooo-NoTEs FROM A CAGE.

What-vb,t-vb.t thar. NV net c.n.rv,
what ere vos, frv;,,S nv txcVr.hrsd Stra,
You. whose uerf9rr:nce msed never to
vsrvi
Dav aSter d.v su.vour hrivht braas dvell.
inc
You iiS ed IN comfort: YOU took YOUR din:
Yonr c,,n ran over wifi, seeds FOR s6eIIinr:
Your dear deiicht vas a ceierv.tiD.
Primly and trinity you slicked your feathers:
To swing in the ring Won Considered bliss:
And Won eang. SANG. sanr I'm All SEASON.
and weatbers.
with a sweil;n0 throat. such n song a
this:
sSweet. sweet. sweet.
Seeds-to-eati
Swee-eet?
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-04
WIT AND WISDOM.

Few are qualified to shir-e in COM
paEy. but it is in most mems power To-
be agreeable.
-''Greenland has only one newspa-
per" This is probably the reason they
call it Greenland. Y. GraDhi-.
A teacher asked little boy. What
is hOpe?" at is never feeling disap-
pointed" answered the child.-S. s.
Times.
an unsuccessful lawyer, land / wish /
could get hold of some eases that would
alter my circumstances. Chicago
Ledger.
There is nothing either absolutely
good or absolutely bad in this world.
To look at everything in a gloomy light
Is silly, in rOseate hue is u deIusion.-
-ltbany'JournaL.
"A man who blew fog horn in
Montreal was sentenced to four months
Imprisonment. If Norristown bow
were to 90 to Montreal and whistle
through his fingers he wSl!d probably
be sentenced fer lifc.-AOy7is.oaUa Her.
aid.
"A Nursery Fable
A baby once cried for the moon.
So they got Il toy moon for the pet,
But the babe wasn't satisfied yet;
!: set up another wild tune,
And cried fort star-spang!ed dippcr.
Did they promise to haul down the skiesi
No: they tired of its heavenly cries.
And made Il "sce stars with slipper.
-WHH Wdi in Ba6yhoOd.
"A Delightful ommissiou.-Younc
Mr.. Smythe was passionately enamored
of Miss Brown. and was s4uirmiug in
his chair preparatory to a proposal when
the young lady said: MIR. Smythe. Won
pass MIR. Thinplate. the jewellers, on
yodr way home, do you not?'' YES"
he said, huskily. well, would YOU
mind doing me fayor?'' mind, dear
Miss Brown" he replied. with a look
Of unutterable reproach; ..yOu have but
to name it!' Thanks! Will you kindly
ask Mr.. Thinplate if he has frightened
the setting Of my engagem INT ring
which MIR. George Simpson left with him
yesterday? ''-Edrpsrs B.zdr.
ais this the last train north?'' asked
a stout little gentleman, rushing into u
railway station. mo, there is another
in foriy-fve minutes. All aboard!',
cried the conductor. ..Almost an hour
to wait!" sighed the little man. drop
ping into seat and hopping his brow
with his handkerchief. .But xou have
plenty of time to catch this train" said
the conductor. This train? Well, I'm
of course Ihave. I'm so used
to catching the last train-whOopi hold
on" and the Little. gentleman bolted
through the door for the cars CAicago
Ledser.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-04
Contrary to Law.

Judge-Prisoner, You seem to be an
incorrigiblc offender This is the third
time this week you have been up for
drunkenness. I'll have to fine you an
other flyer.
Prisoner-Tote fair. Judge. and 40
cordiDg to law. I'm q free-born Ameri-
can citizen, ard you can't punish mo
more than once for the same Ofiense.
''But it isn't the same ofIense."
''Yes. it is. III give you my sacred
word Of honor that this Il the same
identical drunk q it was last Monday. =
-Rxil0dslphia CUT ,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-04
a sLoopTHlRsTY KING.


/ y
1Aesbaw's Rsvoltinsly Cruel Reiga end
His Qaarrsl with England.
King Theebaw succeeded his father,
Mendone Meng. in 1873. at the age Of
about twenty-one. He was neither the
eldest nor the favorite child Of . family
Of forty-eight sons and sixty-two
daughters, but he had married the
daughter Of the chief Queen, who
brought over to his interest the princi-
pal dignitaries. At first Theebaw gave
promise of . peaceful and useful reign.
But his brothers, the Nyoung Jan and
the Nyoung Oke, who had claims to
the throne more valid than his, had es-
capped in safety to British protection.
The knowledge that they lived and
might plot against him unsettled his
feeble mind, and this, with drink,
opium and the pernicious counsels Of
those about him, caused him to develop
into the sanguinary monster that he
has since been.
In February, 1879, encouraged by re-
ports of British reverses in Zululand,
Theebaw massacred his relatives and
their adherents, whom he had kept
confined for months in loathsome dun
geons. Men, women and children
were knocked on the head and flung,
alive or dead, into yawning trenches.
The mouth of high official was filled
with gunpowder, which was then ex-
ploded. Women were ripped up, after
being subjected to every conceivable
indignity, and infants brains were
dashed out against stone walls. The
exact number of unfortunatcs who per-
ished amid such fearful tortures at this
time, and since in Burmah, will never be
known. 1t is certain, however, that ii
must be reckoned in hundreds. One
of the two pits within the palace in.
closure, into which living and dead
were cast together during the three
initial nights of crime, soon bulged
and cracked ut its mouth from the ex.
halations arising. An elephant had to
be fetched to trample down the earth.
Burmah was shorn of its sea-coast
and some of its most profitable prov.
inces, by the wars with the English,
which ended in 1924 and 1852. Dis
putes with the Indian Government led
to the withdrawal of the British Charge
d'Affairs from Mandalay. in October,
1879. Frontier raids, rebellions and
attempts at assassination followed.
Since 1880, however, the exterior rela-
tons of Durmah have been very quiet,
although the British authorities at
Rangoon have had constant occasion
to watch against the intrigues which
King Theebaw has sought to conduct
against England with other powers.
The last dispute arose from the ca
price and attempted extortion of King
Theebaw in interfering with British
trade on the Irrawaddy River. and in
his suspected plotting with France to
the disadvantage of English interests.
Responsibility for this plotting has
been disclaimed 10y President Grevy's
The quarrel, therefore,
rests upon Thebaw's arrogant and in
sulting refusal to attend to the com.
of the Viceroy of India,
proposing arbitration with reference to
the preposterous fine of f230, 900 re-
Gently imposed for alleged Offenses up
on the Bombay and Burmah Trading
This company has an
immense body of servants and hum
dreds of elephants employed in timber
cuttin.- in Burmese territory.-M Y.
MeTcu5u.