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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-07-22
Washington y alexander

HAVE made arrangements % insure proper
IL ~ AGAINST TORNADOES in -Etua, Of
hartford. Continental. OF New York, ana Pea
body. of Wheeling, W. Va. Where parties dc,
sire this, ON application a special Policy VIII
be granted and au additional rate be charged
for same
MAY IT. 1SS6.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-07-22
April %, 1885.

ELAINE, The best and safest Oil. For sale
Eby GEO. W. T. KEARsLEY
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-07-22
THE HOME OF OLD KRIS!
CONFECTIONERY,

Unadulterated as usual, will be found at my
store. Whitman's Superfne Confections and
Chocolates. The latest novelties in Bon Bon
Boxes. Mixtures in large quantities, or for
Sunday Schools at Wholesale Prices.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-07-22
DE.N'TESTR Y.

Jas R. Mclaughlin lChas. H. Herbert.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-16
hat Druggists,

SALT lake CITY, Nov. 28th, 1885.
H-. John Beck, City.
Dear Si-:-We have used a large
amount Of the Het Springs water dur
ing the past nine years. Has always
given entire satisfaction and consider
It the best mineral water known.
MOORE, ALLEN & Co.
The Hot Springs Of Salt Lake City are
superior to the very best mineral waters
in The market.
J. II. BENEDICT, NJ. D.
SALT L4KE CITY, Nov. 18th, 1885.
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COPPER.
New York quotatons.)
osKe superior. ...11H. per D
otner brands. .10H @ lie. per b
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The Hot Springs mineral water has
been tried by US and we can freely re-
Commend If to the trade as equal to the
best imported brands.
GoDBE, PITTS DRUG Co.
SALT LAKE CITY, November %, 1885.
We can fully endorse the Hot Springs
Mineral Water as having no superior.
z. c. NJ. I. DRUG DEPT,
Per RoB'T CLEGHoRN.
Manager.
We have examined and tested Hot
Springs Mineral Water, left us by John
Beck, and heartily recommend it to the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-16

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. %, 1885.
Nr. John Beck:
Dear Sir.-We have used your Hot
Springs Mineral Water and pronounce
il equal to any.
CAPITOL SALOON.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-16
WHOLESALE PRICES

LEAD.
tnNew York .... $45 re. loufbs
In Salt Lake. E. $500 a. s3S, 20 per ton
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Eggs.
Cured Meats and Lard.
Cheese.
Selling prices.)

Eastern. Observation-Disclosures. 1910 . h
Utah.. 1910 90
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SALT LAKE CITY, November %, 1885.
We have satisfied ourselves as to the
superior qualities of Hot Springs
mineral water, and cheerlully recon-
mend the same.
A. G. SMITH & Co.
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public as one of the best mineral waters
we have ever seen. ROBERTS & NELDEN.
SALT LAKE CITY, November 80, 1885.
Mr.. John Beck:
Dear Sir-We have used your Hot
Springs mineral water. 1t gives entire
satisfaction to our customers.
BECHToL & SANDS,
Walker House Bar.
SALT LAKE CITY, November %, 1885.
To Mr.. John Beck:
We have used the Hot Springs
mineral water. 1t has given entire
satisfaction to the trade. BARR & Co.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-03
LONELY IN A LARGE CITY.
Men nhd Women Who DO Not Live Hut
Merely Exist In The City.


New York is the loneliest place in the
world for ono who is without domestic ties,
and the city is full of isolated men and wo-
particularly full of lone, lorn wo-
men," Poor souls their lives are really
I" lone and lorn y often, though they live
in the midst of the multitude. On Sun
days one can look across the street and see
men and women in their rooms like prison
ers in cells, and in cells they really are.
Many of them occupy rented rooms and ent
at restaurants or boarding houses across the
street or around the corner. They are
them, with no privileges beyond the right
to pass in and out whenever they please.
Home life they have none. They don't
live they merely exist. All the little traps
that women like to surround themselves
with they are forced TO dispense with. They
live in trunks-that 10, their movable
chattels are all being compressed into one
or two trunks. They are here to-day and
gone tomorrow. They form no enduring
friendships, for they have no opportunities.
They meet all sorts Of people in informal
ways, but rarely meet anybody worth know
ing well. know young girl here, dra-
matte student who occupies n plain, mar
.ow, comfortless hall room. Full Of affec-
lion and love of companionship, she goes
On year after year living this unnatural life.
Why doesn't she fall in love? Because she
is too refined and high bred to fall in love
with the commonplace masculine material
that surrounds her, and she has no oppor-
tunity of meeting her ideal kind, If indeed
it exists Before Christmas she purchased
n doll for small friend Mt a distance, and
in her leisure hours made handsome ward
robe for it-dresses, bonnets and cloaks
without number. She had o room ON the
same floor that / dwelt upon, and every
evening she brought in the doll arrayed in
.he new garments she had completed dur
ing the day. The time came finally to pu
the doll and her fine clothes in box anc
send her to her destination. The evening
before this event my friend brought in the
doll as usual She Rugged il close to her
arms, again and again, mother like, then
kissed it with glisteniDg eyes. ~ hate
to send the dear little thing away" she
said. :" have grown attached to it. work
ing with i. day after day. 1t looks like
human being, if it is inanimate.
Isn't it dreadful,p she went on, to
live this kind Of life, with nothing in. the
world to care for. II could even have
bird 1t would be kind of companionship;
but can't for the poor little thing would
freeze to death in my room without fire."
Yet she is but one of many in New York
who live unnatural, cramped and loveless
Ives
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-03

A civ Dex PaunA.

OF course perfectly steady and respecta-
bic dog may got locked mp In the pound just
as purely innocent man may DO dubbed
and locked up in the police station, and
probably no part of this unmitted punish
ment is more painful for dog of fine feel
ings to bear than when his mistress finds
him in his humiliating position, surrounded
by low associates. There are often touch.
ing scenes of this kind at the pound when
the bedraggled and hungry pet is clasped
in the arms Of his mistress and borne away
like prodigal returned.
or course, every time lady calls to look
for pet, half dozen or more dogs, from
red-eyed bulls TO big Newfoundlands gone
wrong, will crowd around her and claim to
be the original lost Charley Ross and even
dogs of otherwise good character are driven
by the misery of their confinement to resort
to this discreditable business to get out
There are also now and then honest per
sonal appeals to be taken away. The dogs
who suffer least from the imprisonment
which is preliminary to the promiscuous
and democratic drowning are the dogs who
have no Young ladies to call for them, and
who have no homo TO go to il they were out,
and one of the most painful features of the
for dogs who are well connect
ed is the chewing and scratching to which
they are subjected by these outcasts, who
thus take their revenge on the dog dudes
for the neglect of society. Many lady has
found her most particular pet with its ears
in shreds from this socialistic element
among the dog masses. an. Y. San.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-03

Many secret ways of sailing street-car
tracks have been tried by companies desir.
ing to evade the law. One car was provid.
cd with bugs of salt under the seats, and
two men from time to time would rinse the
seat, scoup up the salt and throw it into
the funnel. Then sometimes bag of salt
would be put on the front platform, an6 al
intervals man wonld work some of the
salt of with his foot. One of the best
things used was common covered grocery
wagon, which passed along the lines very
early in the morning, apparently going to
market. In front two mon would sit smok-
ing, but back in the body Of the wagon two
others shoyellod the salt. But the very
best scheme was combination Of snow
plough, or sweeper, and snlt-wagon. The
sweeper made such a rackot that nobody
would think salt was being distributed, and
1t was long time before the trick was dis
covered.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-03


The genial Bob Burdette writes l see
some of the newspapers are making no end
of fun OF n Harvard graduate who could not
tell who discovered America. Oh, well,
my son, that is one of the things you don't
learn In college. / am like the Harvard
graduate, do not know who discovered
American II you know, Or think you know
O man who does know, | wish you would
tell me. would give some money to learn
just that much. am also away down in
the spelling class cannot spell Shake
spear rs Sbalsspere himself spelled it.
wish you would tell INC the proper way OF
spelling TINT mans name. do not know
why there are so many gray horses and no
gray colts. do not know whether the egg
began with the hen or the hen started with
The egg. | can't understand why we can't
find the North Pole when We know right
where it is don't know why matinee
should come in the afternoon. don't know
why man wears buttons on the tail OF his
coat. can't see what earthly use an ele-
plants tail is to him. l don't understand
why people in town are always wild to 60
to the country and people in the country
are crazy to come to town. Why don't
they change places at once and be done
with it? do wish could somewhere hear
Of wise man who would devote few
hours every century to teaching me few
simple things that everybody ought to know
and that everybody except myself seems to
know already.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-03
Ths nInn 20 Marry.


Because most marriages arc ct to be
made,' says DR.. Talmage, conyinces US
that they are Divinely arranged. Almost
svery cradle has an affinity toward some
other cradle. But there are SO many OK
captions to the general rule of rational af-
Unity that only those are safe who pray for
\ Heavenly hand to lead them. Because
they depended upon themselves and not
upon God there are thousands of women
every year going to the slaughter. Marry
q man who is fortune in himself. Houses,
lands, and large inheritance are well
enough, but the wheel Of fortune turns so
rapidly, through some investment all these
in few years may be gone. There are
some things however, that are q perpetual
fortune-good manners, geniality of soul,
kindness, intelligence, sympathy, courage,
perseverance, industry and whole-hearted-
ness. Yet do not expect to find perfect
man. If you find one without any faults,
incapable Of mistakes, never having guessed
wrongly, his patience never having been
perturbed, immaculate in speech, in tem-
per, in habits, do not marry him. Why2
Because you would enact swindle. What
would you do with perfect man who are
not perfect yourself? What companion
you would make for an angel. In other
words, there are no perfect men. There
never was but one perfect pair, and they
slipped down the banks of Paradise to
gether."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-03
nIoNnY 1N. EsHsra.s.i1sII..
Healthy Employment Given 20 GIris-
Prices of Wigs-.Whlfe Hair Very Costly.


One of the few markets for woman's
work which is not overcrowded and at
which competent and fairly intelligent girls
can earn good wages from the first day
they enter upon the profession is that which
includes the working, cutting and general
arrangement of the human hair,n said one
If the leading tonsorial artists to a repor-
ter recently. "At the present the hair
trade, like other businesses, is very dull.
Wearing short hair had great deal to do
with the depression, but now it is going
out of fashion, thank goodness. It used TO
take six or eight people cutting hair all day
to earn $40. The average wages for female
hairdressers is SS a week, rising to $1s
and sinking to IS. A girl who understands
the whole business thoroughly in all its
branches can command $1s anywhere. One
large artist in this city used to employ lac
urls, and paid out 300 weekly in wages
Where do the profits of the profession
lie ~
In the false hair department. We SELF
ON the average three wigs day even dur
ing duh times. The ladies who have had
their hair cut and are tired of it, buy wigs
or switches to wear in the street. Those
whose hair is poor, or who suffer from bald
ness wear them at all times. Girls who
confine their attention to hairworking
alone, earn from SO to $40 week. Il Is
an art that needs some skill and no small
amount of patience and perseverance tc
succeed with. The hair with which thu
wigs are made is collected by special drum.
mers in Germany and France. England
and Belgium are but poor markets for hair,
not because Of its scarcity, for both English
and Belgian women have the finest heads
Of hair in the world, but because they win
not sell 1t. When collected IL is put
through cleaning process severe enough
to fetch the dirt out of an elephants hide,
and then dyed several times over. The
best hairdressers never buy hair from the
head or from private hands,"
" What is the rarest kind of hnir ?n
Perfectly white hair; it will command
almost any price. Natural curling hair Is
llso Of considerable value. A good wig Of
White hair costs $40. The material Of which
these wigs are made is clipped from the fes
live goat, and seldom from the human
head. A peculiarly soft, silky kind OF
snow-white hair originates on the Angora
rabbit. A perfectly white and abundant
wig of white human hair would cost at least
$1,000, which price few ladies would be
willing to pay. Dead hair-that is hair cut
from the head after death-is never used
by any tonsorial artist worthy of the name.
Indeed, 1t cannot be used to any advantage
rs II viii neither curl, twist, nor inanipu
late. Hair cut from a living head is not
dead, fact which can easily be proved by
taking hair and stretching it out to its
utmost capacity. II will then contract
quietly back to its former position"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-03

RecoiiectIons of Ben Thnnspson Who Kill
ed About Thirty Men.

Well, now, you had better believe j
have seen some lively times in Texas" was
the remark of General Henry Smith to
reporter recently. The General went to
Texas when but lad, and has accumulated
mint of money in the cattle business.
" Yes, sir; mighty lively times" he con-
tnued. Why, l know the timc about
Austin and San Antonio when it seemed
sort of lonesome like If you did not hear
several times day the crack of one OF
these here things (referring to large Colt
revolver that he pulled from an inner
pocket of his great cont. You see have
one. We all carry them out our way got
20 do 1t, you know. Now there was Ben
Thompson. OF course you have heard OF
Ben. Had the reputation, you know, OF
having made twenty-five or twenty-six diff
ferent men bite the dust, all in legitimate
way, howcver-got the drop on 'em, and
they never breathed after the ball left his
gun. lie was killed about three years ago
during fight in theatre at San Antonio,
but several men went with him before lie
gave up"
Thompson was great shot, wasn'i
he p
g Umph! great shot =? The greatest ]
ever saw. He was a dandy little fellow IS
strong as lion, and ms quick MS fash of
lighting. Why, it would make the heart
Of the average man sick TO see how readily
he could get out his gun aud let it go.
Pshawl he'd pull his gun aud fire while
any of these other people would be getting
theirs out. And, say, none of them are
slow at pulling gun and shooting"
Did you ever witness any of his bat
ties ?" asked the reporter.
Several l remember one time thai
three fellows came down to San Antonio
from Ell Paso. They were as tough as they
make them, and had not been in town three
hours until one of the men had killed
good man. They had heard of Ben and
wanted to find him. Ben also heard of
them and thought that he would have
little fun at their expense. What do you
think Ben did3 Why, he just went home,
dressed himself up for all the world like a
dude, with yellow kid gloves and carried
natty gold-headed cane, and sported dude
glass in one eye. Then he went to one OF
the great public resorts and waited for hii
men. He did not have to linger very long
Just as he was leaning over the bar, sip
ping claret punch, in the mirror in front
OF him he saw three men entering the sa-
loon. He affected the airs of n dude more
than ever, and in moment they were on
to him. One of them gave him tremen-
dous whack on the back, and another,
pulling his revolver, ordered Thompson TO
dance. Quick as flash Thompson turned
about, with gun in each hand, and in
jify the three men were lying upon the
floor stone dead"
g Was he arrested n
"Oh, no, They couldn't spare the tins
to arrest that man. Iator that evening he
strolled into another saloon As he enter
ed the saloon he saw an old enemy in front
Of him. He saw the man going for his gun,
and at the same instant in the mirror saw
another enemy behinl him who was also
going for his gun. He killed both of these
fellows and was uninjured himself. These
are just few samples, you know"
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MINING nrUr.Es.
Animals That HIVE Not Seen Daylight fos
Years.


There are to be seen at Pratt Mines, Ala.
some remarkable mules that work in the
coal mines, some of which have not seen
the light of day in six years. These mules
are kept in the shaft, 4 depth of 200 feet
below the surface.
The first mule that was carried down was
in 1880. He was put down in cage by
Mr.. L. w. Johns, mining engineer, and
Mr.. w. Falls, mining boss. The mule was
blindfolded and walked to the cage, where
he was tied securely and let down. AT the
bottom his blinkor was taken of and he
went about all right He is called Jack,
and is bay animal, fourteen and half
hands high.
The Stable boss is Mr.. Kelley, and the
mule knows him like dog would his mas
ter. He is fat and sleek, and knows as
much Of the mines as any man who works
in them. If lamp is placed on his head
he will go around the mine alone. The man
Who drives him has no trouble, and If it
was not for coupling the cars he would
need no driver. This mule is the pet cf
the miners, and every day when the 400
convicts and miners pass his stable each
one pats him affectionately ON his head. He
is the most contented in the world, and is
quiet and docile.
Your correspondent was taken in the
mines by Mr.. Johns, and during the visit
The mules were seen. The stables are made
by digging out siding from the main tun-
ael, and contain twenty-eight mules, all
docile, sleek and fat. Out of the twenty
one mules under the ground eleven have
not seen daylight in five years.
The mule" said Mr.. Johns SIS curl
ous animal and is easily subdued. Nov
and then one of these animals will grow
wild the moment he is lowered in the mine.
When once SO he must be taken out for he
cannot be managed If he remains for twenty
years. We have had mules in the mines no
nan could manage"
The mules seem perfectly happy and
contented, and eat, sleep aud drink with
The same rolish that they have on the sur
face A mule in the mines can do much
harder work than those on the surface.
At slope No. l there is a mule called
Fox" who cannot be hurt He is the
chaining mule ut the bottom Of tho slope,
and his work is to bring cars to the chair
from the endless rope and to take empty
cars back lie is wise mule and has re.
marlsable instinct. The rope has broken
once or twice, and the mule stepped to one
side to escape the cars that came rushing
back. He know by sound that something
was wrong. He bears q charmed life, and
has never had scratch, while men have
been killed time and again near him. Mr..
Sam Alsop, the mining boss, said he could
not replace him ON account of his superior
mule sense. The animal has been in th,
mines for years, md is fourteen hands high
and Is gentle and kind. He is good pull
Ter, and never goes back on anything that
is put behind him.
At the mines aro seventy-fye mules,
worked under the ground. It is singular
thing that these mulea are not ct for ont.
door work, and would be wild it taken out.
Atlanta Constitution.
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+. W. Richardson, the great rattan deal
er, was strolling through Union square yes.
terday when met him. He is of slight
build, but wiry and full of animation. He
gave some pointers about the import of rat.
tam 1.-THE government does not charge
any import tax on rattan when brought
from countries where it grows. But II
shipped to Europe and then reshipped here,
The duty is 10 per cent. buy oil mine in
Singapore. It is the greatest rattan market
in the world Borneo and Sumatra pro-
duced the wood in large quantities and sell
it to merchants in Singapore. II costs about
Is cents pound. The freight charges from
there here are much cheaper than they
would be on like quantity from Chicago
20 this city. 1t is so light We cannot load 9
ship with it. The way VIC do is to buy
cargo of gambia, black pepper or tin to bal
last the ship and stow the rattan with it.
When the ship arrives we can always sell
the ballast cargo Indeed, tho tin has al
ways good market value and most any
banker will advance 80 per cent. on it. 1t
is not easily damaged, hence its ready
money value at all times. But We save the
trouble Of buying ballast cargoes by simply
shipping small quantities of rattan by every
ship that comes from Singapore. The yes
sells are always glad TO get 1t and charge
nothing for that utilized as dunnage during
the voyage. Utilized rs dunnage means
that the wood is stood up against the sides
of the ship and freight piled against it.
Exposure to rain or dirt does not harm 1t at
all. Before we manufacture it into any
thing, 1t goes through process of cleaning
by boiling. For years it was only used as
cane in the bottoms of chairs. Now some
Of the most beautiful and strongest furni-
ture - made with it."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-03
Fact. About Travelling sale.msn.

One of the leading dry goods salesmcn of
che United States tells me that there are
now about so, 900 travelling statesmen on the
road in this county and that their expense
accounts alone will average 1880 year
each. This for expenses alone means nm
outlay Of $120. 600. 900 year and, if you
will count in an average salary of 81, 900 a
year each, it will swell the total to $780,
600, 900 year. This immense sum is scat
tered all over the United States. It keeps
up the hotels and is one of the most import
ant items of railroad passenger receipts
The character of the travelling salesman
has changed within decade past You will
find very few boys anu fewer drunkards
upon the road. The composition is so great
aad the expense 80 heavy that firms have to
send out their best men and salaries Of 3d.
600 and SIS, 900 year are by no means I'M
common.