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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
RaHropd Signals.

There were four o; them, and they
we're firm friends They were standing
ear the hagman's shauty at the l0lh
rect crus.iug, when onc OF them caught
ighl of brakeman who was going
lrlugh various contor,iuns on the top of
box car half way down thc ward.
Wonder ii the engine r'> asleep. He
mt seem to sc that icllow Signalling
i'm to pull OUT" rmarkod the party
.ho had first noticed The mans motions.
The others looked.
"Pull out cau>;i'ally responded one
ho wore a plug hat Cues You don't
now much about railroading Those
nj ms mean tn back up
Before The other could frame an an
vcr sufficiently ironi,al 10 ,uiI hi> trends
.i,leut lack of m, niaI strength, the man
ih the checked suit spoke up:
well. II YOU fellows don't make me
r,d. That signal m,ans that he wants
cut the cr'>>il 2, and for the engineer
20 ahead little way"
Jim" pa'rouiziuely observed the man
no hadn't vet spoken, you're first
MSS cauvasscr, but when you get into
.hjcct like hi, you're away "a. Pull
It! Back up Cut crossing @, pshaw!
as plain as daylight thrt The play is
r the engineer to kick the train over
io the next track
"Mayl you fellows think | oint got
arccly any sense irquirirgly remark
the pug hat nan. Il say he wants
have The train backed up"
And il any one want to tell me I'm
wall-eycd IDIOT, he nccdn'l insiuuatc;
N right here" the first man who had
,,kcn laid warmly as he elowcrcd on
,c o,h,rs. Il ,ay those sigI all mean 10
ull out
"And maybe some ono waits To tell
90 I'm liar when say they mean to
1t the cros,iug." holly reiortcd the
lcck suit man.
The fagman, attracted by the excited
.mark.. sauuiercd uY, aud ON catching
yhl of him all four appealed To him TO
fierce the question. lie Looked up in
ic direction Of the rcsiiculaiing man.
nd, as an expression of di-gust manted
Is features, he umurkcd:
Him. Why ilai daned fools just
.iriin' with one Of the chanibcrmaids in
he II james. He"
But they heard mo- more. Each moved
Fin diil; rcu, direction. and from that
,o.r they were sworn enemies.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
E'OETRy,.
THE ri TING KISS.

AS blck upon the troubled sea
A -iOrin-tas> Il marii er nay gaze,
Aud fold hi> hands IL mur amaz'.
AMI silent offer thanks and praise.
~ miv | stand when far from thee,
All passion past heart whole aud free
II i MT fate which intcrvcue..
And neither 'har.e | fimc tor change.
Rit only that great piNer AMI >ir unge
Which rules wh-res'u.rr We ran-e.
Il gives the strength To lie these &C mes,
Aud from The pi>i m, spirit wcsiis.
YrS. weirv nf nur harlineSs
We might have bcen ii We were vel;
Aud though YOUR lie lri aud mime have III
O'er vi-inuS past and mem 'rir- iel
lore lei ~ part H. ili> ,7,re>S
The last that ever love shall hlcS>
-C lara D.frgdn AacictH.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16

Tc ~o,> would oajoy yo=r G.aacr
NJ HIONs and arc prevented By Dy5-
persia. uso Acker's Cy9pc7fia TcSle:5.
They are q pos...Te cure for Dyspepsia. In
digestion. FlatElcncy and Constipation
We guarantee them. 3 nnd % cents
Ds-D. 4 I.IOiGi.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDER,
Insurance. grn"N,
OHce Gibson Building. Charlestown.
Representing the following Companies:
JEFFERSON COUNTY MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company.
.FrNA. OF uAR1 FORD.

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the largest and most popular G" in America.
Hartford Life and Annuity of Hartford.
ilume. Of New York
Phenix sf Hartford.
Continental of New York.
Peabody, of Wheeling
German nf Wheeling
Liverpool and london and GiOhc. Of England.
the largest foreign Company DONG business ia
America.
AGENTS:
is. FLEMING. Shcpheristown
c. bAt\iiAkl, DuiiieidN;
JAS. ~. LEA,tUt Mldlc~Ay.
A sworn statement at the cat iii''nS oi al
Furvisu Insurance Com, ,.tnles represented a.
tlii, 4 A-,nc, wall hc luund al the 'icrk : Oih,',
i'm compliance with state laws. All ioS>c'
promptly adjusted tnd lrld al our nIlicc.
Respectfully .......,.
WASHINGTON x ALEXANDER,
February l.. loN4 Agents
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
OVER 100000
not \ SINGLE HONEST LOSS UNPAID.

rhis department pays IT, own I,SS"S and Is not
liable for those Occurring elsewhere.
For further information and policies apply
to II. Y OGDEN n co. Gen Agents.
Farmnnt. W. Va.
Or Il. F. LEISENRlNG, Agent. az
Nav g. 1885. Chafle>t"wn, W. Va.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
Es.OOL U:f.VTED.

HIGHEST PRICE PAID ~ CASH.
TIE undersigned will pay top market price
i'm Cash for WOOL delivered al thr Jriicrsin
Wnnl,n Mill Uld Porter Factory or iu Charles
town at Adams Express Office. ,.,.
JNO J. JOBE
Nav & iSSG
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16

Thompson: Suppose man 'hould call
YOU liar, wlai IS uli YOU do?
JoDe. ,hesi.a.iDsly, : V Lat sized mani
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
Surveying and Convc!amclng

WILL .urve, sntuhrrr. promptly snn 81
| .burt unttrt- scrutAct sBAfan ~Prcisi
ATTENTION, paid - c'nn-. ii"n tn-reWttht" phA"
INti UEEi'S "r sn, "th~r tnrti un'rnt' 81 T'titg
4 o. Chsil-st"w n. I,fi..rs.u g.. W. Va
u.c Isl : How ILL khuM y.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
JAS. III. BUTT,
ChaYleStoWn, w. Va,
DE'LER ~
c oking and Heating -toves
ANp AANUFNTrREK or
Nil KINDS or TIN IND SHE,
EON H'IRE

'I'llk undersigned haS recently enlarged All
1 very much improved his >alr>rnnm alr
rilrd largely To hi> stuck. both in variety am
,riautit, ri -nnl> ia his line. liz supply q"
,'OOK STOVES AND RANuiE> will rumrri.
with any. embraces the celebrated " Excelsior
tnd " Farmer Girl. which never fail &" civ
ulrc >ii>lactiuu bc,iic. = large number
dhvrs With each Stove there are given Fin,
fleece exclusive of plates. all nf them vcr'
l>cful - hnu>rkeeperS. lmPurtaui addition.
- many Of these Stoves ~ furnished hv nr
ire side. Autumalic-OVen and Pipe Shrlvc,
Natrr-liack> and Warming IlnScis. Coal 81
stoves always in stock. aud the best Wood ai'
nnl Heaters uu hand IN >ea>nu. Every Si"v'
Guaranteed Ny supply of Fine G"ndS in my
inc j. one uf thchc;.t ever offered ~ tharl''>-
tnwn. and includes handsomely nrnamrnt~
Water Cunlrrs and Chamber SETS. be- II iu
Drip Coffee Pots. Soup lcr AMI 'ram l.aile>
&C. with all the usual variety of Tia and sheet
Iron Ware, nf AL kind, Prices always mod
..rIte Price of Stoves from So nj.
Roofing and Spnuting and other Tin WORK
,rnulflV executed
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
We veNsoM SHhyA SHI.yyA A

IS warranted, Is because It 10 tho best
B.ood Preparation known. l. will posi-
lively cure all Blood Disrases. puriies tho
whole system, and ihorourLly Du Ids mp the
constitution. Remember, VIC guarantee IL.
Sl.J 4..Ios4I.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
NoM't

No>,A tri1e Will any TLToc, or
OON Lung Disease. lfyJu Layo
c Cough or Cold, or tho childFcn ere
threatened wi:h Croupcr Whoop!ag Cough,
use AclIcrs E5Clish EcmoCy and Irovent
further trouble. Il i a positive cure,
aid we guarantee It. Price 10 ard zee
GID. 4 LIGHT.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16

W. will have hy September 1T. = iuil sup
w plv uf >clriui lssiES ul every dcscul plum.
Hls,,a nun line 90 >chur ouniuc> -ucii o.
pens. slate lcnrils. -atciicis. sc. We invite
In, attention ui pr ris>luiuvi,. AMI tIe iiibiic
tntii- branch nf oar hu>iur--- Any h""A hUi
ina stack furnished iu irw 'ia1s,
AI,,e lTll X 90.
AUGUST -. lsSi
NEW FRUIT Just rcccivo,tl. fre~h lot of
y New ,itrpu. Ri-in- ani Currini-. We
have al,, unw fr,,li supply "l C"miccli"ner 5
Su-ar. from winch you e.n make y'iur O.n
candy Us You want il and haye It irssl.
Respectfully. Z D..EBI.
I@LAINE. The h,si and safest "il. F"r sale
Eby CEU. ". /. kEAESLEl
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
" ~ " VT ~ -'-'''-' '-'-'T' - = ~
AI32IcAN HOUSE.
P-ang. irrs.-. C,f. Srrsn,h street
.flING1ON. d. &.
TERMS - PER DAY.

TIE pr'prictor' of this House the eldest
l established Hotel iu Washington. desire I"
call fh. attention of their ptrrnu> AMI the pun
Do Rot th,. ti.t ta.u the Hotel Is and hts been
thc heal lulrlcr> f,r West Nirsinidu> t'r over
ltIfa r,.lturv Fac 4 nerictn u centrally
l,.lt..l o tii. business partition uf the citv AMI
within a. -hlrt ,iSianc, tf AN Public Buildings.
Churches. AMI pltr,.> uf Aut>em'nt
DUFFY X LEANNARDA
November 20 IsNi-tv PrnprietorS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-12-16
To The Public.
For Sale.
ChnrTOiiexriITe CaSSin,ereS.

1 FRESH invoice Of these celebrated gond'
y just received. rn thuse VIII" have w"r
hem nn rccnumcnda ion i necessary.
uri :. i>>5 GEO ". +. KEARSLEN.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-15
FoundorIng Horses.

Horses are seldom foundered il
cold weather with water. 1t is when
the horse blood is hot that he can
be foundered by standing in cold wa
ter or by drinking large quantities OF
water, and then standing still. The
temperature OF the stomach is reduced
too suddenly and is chilled, which is
called founder. The sudden reduction
OF the temperature stops the circula-
ton OF the blood. which stiffens the
body and limbs, from which a horse
never entirely RECEIVERS. When travel
ing on the road, although the horse be
very warm, he can with considerable
safety be allowed to drink literally, if
he Immediately go forward at the
same gait, as that will keep up the cir
u!ation But if horse is hot and is
going to stand still. not over swal-
low or two should at first be allowed
him. Let him stand and cool before
more is given. And the same is the
case with the human system. We
have known several cases where men
have taken large drinks of cold water
when they were hot, which either
proved fatal to life or rendered them
invalids ever after. This is the season
of the year when many a noble horse
is ruined by ignorance and careless
ness. There is no danger of feeding a
horse when hot. But be careful of
cold water.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-15
Disease in Clothing.

Miss Nightingale gives the following
advise: There is reason to believe that
not a. few OF the apparently unaccount-
able cases of scrofula among children
proceeds from the habit of sleeping
with the head under the bed clothes,
and so inhaling air already breathed,
which is further contaminated by ex-
halations from the skin. Patients
are sometimes given to similar hab-
it, and it often happens that the bed
clothes are SO disposed that the pa
tient must necessarily breath air more
or less contaminated by exhalatfons
from the skin. A good nurse will be-
careful to attend to this, 1t is an inn
portant part, so to speak, Of ventila-
ton. 1t may be worth while to re-
mark that when there is any danger
of bed sores a blanket should never be
placed under the patient. It retains
dampness and acts like poultice.
Never use anything but light wooden
blankets as bed covering for the sick.
The heavy impervious cotton coun-
terpane is bad, for the reason that it
keeps the emanations from the sick
person, while the blanket allows them
to pass through. Weak patients are
invariably distressed by a great weight
OF bed clothes, which often prevents
their getting any sound sleep what
ever. Y y
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-15

Physicians in Providence, R. l., are
greatly interested in the case OF Miss
Evelyn c. Smith, who has been sud-
denly struck speechless. Last Satur-
day, with young man named Brown
she was examining a map. Her CON-
panion made some comIcal remark
which caused her to burst out in Vi
olent fit of laughter. While the shouts
were still ringing through the room
she suddenly turned pale, choked and
fell. Her companion caught her, but
she could only make a motion to her
mouth. The young woman was well
enough Thursday to be interviewed
with the assistance of a pencil and
paper. She said: II feel, as nearly as
l can express, as if were in vise."
She could move her lips as if shaping
words, but could not send out sound
from the tongue. She coughed freely
and cleared her throat, although both
OF these processes panied her. She al
80 complained of pains in her ears and
burning sensation in the eyes and OF
feeling weak. Her physicians can only
say it is nervous trouble and express
the hope that she will improve in time.
There is much sympathy expressed for
her,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-15
Keep The Chickens Growing.

It is a mistaken policy to STINT
young iowls in food. Good, rich food
and plenty Of it, is what they need,
and no danger Of overlooking if they
ore growing and have their liberty.
Old fowls that have their growth, and
are shut up, can easily be fed too much;
but do not fall to furnish the young
ones all they will eat. A good feed OF
whole grain OF some kind, just as late
in the evening as they can see to eat,
is one of the means Of making fine
stock. Also, give them a plentiful
breakfast OF soft food early in
the morning, Let no food lie
on the ground or in anything
where it will sour; it will be very likely
to make the little chicks sick. II
worms and bugs are scarce, little
cooked meat will repay It's cost. A
few cents worthiof food given at the
proper season to fine bird, may
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-15
To Grass A Bank.

According to the Gardeners Chroni-
Gle, the Germans employ the following
described method to seed a bank: For
each square rod to be planted take
half a pound of lawn grass seed and
mix it intimately and thoroughly with
six cubic feet of good dry garden earth
and loan. This should be placed in
a tub, and liquid manure diluted with
about two-thirds of water added and
well stirred in, SO as to bring the whole
to the consistency of mortar. The
slope must be clean and made perfect
ly smooth, and then we'll watered, af-
ter which the paste just mentioned
should be applied with trowel, and
made as even and thin as possible.
Should it crack from exposure to the
air, it must be again watered and
smoothed up day by day until the
grass makes it's appearance, which
will be in from eight to fourteen days,
when the whole declivity will soon be
covered with close carpet of green.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-15
John Ruskin on Church Debts.

John Ruskin, being asked the other
day for aid in paying off a church debt,
replied by letter thus: II am sorrow
fully amused at your appeal to me, OF
all people in the world, the precisely
least likely to give you q farthing.
nv first word to all men and boys
s " as sfs & l ssss asa q ps sss ct IT,
but don't borrow. Try first begging;
/ don't mind, if it's really needful,
stealing. But don't buy things you
can't pay for And of all manner OF
debtors, pious people building churches
they can't pay for are the most detest-
able NONSENSE to- lss. Can't you
preach and pray behind the hedges, or
in a sandpft, or in a coalhole first?
And of all manner of churches thus
idiotically built, iron churches are the
dtamnablest to me. And OF all the
ssectss; and believeps in any ruling spirit,
Hindoos, Turks, Heather ilplators
and Mumbo Jumbo Log and Fire
Worshippefs who want churches, your
modern English Evangelical SCOT is the
most absurd and entirely objectlona.
bic and nnendurahle to me. All
which you might very easily have
found out from my books. Any other
sort OF sect would, before bothering
me to write it to them"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-15
Avoid instantaneous Rising.

Do not violently disturb sleepy
child by lifting it suddenly out of bed
before it is fully awake. Do no vio-
lence to your own sleep either if it is
possible to avoid instantaneous rising
at the first waking moment. There
are professions, the soldiers, the doc
tors, the nurses, where wakefullness
to order and ON the Jump is required.
But all persons are not under such
bonds to attention, all young folks
ore not West Point cadets to start up
at the "reveille." The words of an
expert are worth quoting: Fifteen
minutes spent i'll gradually waking up,
after the eyes are opened and in turn
ing over and stretching the limbs, do
as much good as sound sleep, because
the operation sets the blood in motion
by degrees, tending to equalize the cir
cuIation, for during sleep the blood
tends to stagnation, the heart beats
feebly and slowly, and to shock the
SYSTEM by hoHncing up in an instant
and sending the blood in overwhelm-
ing quantity to the heart, causing it
to assume gallop, where the instant
before it was q creep, is the greatest
absurdity. This instantaneous bounc-
ing out OF bed as soon as the eyes are
open will be followed by a long wear
mess before noon" -Phlladelphia Led
ger.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-15
engine! On flew the pursuing headless

engine! On flew the pursuing headless
train as if determined on revenge for
lost prey, but in this race the Thun-
derbolt is alive, breathing knowle lge
OF a minds mastery over material.
Shrek winds, if we will, unheeded, for
when the long hill had slipped away,
as q tale that is told, the Thunderbolt
speeds over O level stretch up another
hill and rests, while the train gradual
ly slackens OF its own inertia, lags
along to the foothill and stops, hum
bly, waiting for the Thunderbolt to
come back and pull it over. From
a watching mothers heart goes up
prayer OF thankfulness. In describing
that race, the fireman said: "When
Clay Grouse is dead and laid out, his
face won't be winter than it was when
he saw that woman going so steady
down to the crossing ahead oeus. He
just signed to me to stand by the coal,
and scarcely moved after that. Once
touched his hand, and good Lord,
it was like ice! didn't know until we
made it, that twas his mother, or |
reckon I'd been so broken up Icouldn't
do nothin'. for all the boys think
heap of that old lady, and don't you
forget it, Bout twice week, regular,
she comes to town with jug OF milk
an bag of doughnuts, mince pie or
roast chicken, and many's the cold
wet night, way out on the plains, we've
blessed her while eating her lunch.
Well. l tell We. never thought we'd
make it, and l was just as sure we'd
lift that buggy off the track as / am,
of seeing Heaven, and when we ran I'M
ahead OF her yelled like Comanche.
"Old Cash." he never looked toward
her or l reckon he'd q broke down.
He never spoke durn word the whole
run of forty miles into Neodesha.
He's mighty proud of his engine, and
mostly hangs around to see things
made shinin', but that day he ran off
like he hated it, and Pm blamed ct l
don't think he was crying. Hewa all
nervous and done up for two or three
days, and l didn't feel pretty much
like a camp meeting myself. You bet
your last life l don't want to get into
another race like that, and to this
day you can never get Clay to talk
about it,"
Mrs. Grouse says she heard one
whistle, but knowing it was beyond
her sons time to pass, that no other
train was due for some hours on his
track, and deceived by the wind, sup
posing the signal came from the Mis-
souri, Pacific in front, instead of her
sons unexpected train behind her.
The thick veil and hood had aided de-
ception, and no knowledge OF danger
dawned until the engine dashed before
her on to the crossing. The next meet
ing of mother and son can be best left
to Imagination, but the moral of this
true tale is "Look out for the cross
ing"
P. S.-The chicken-house was duly
repaired,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-15
Bodily Weight at Different Ages.

Houghtaling' Handbook.
The weight of the male infant at
birth is 7 lbs. avoirdupois; that of the
female is not quite 6 IL lbs. The
maximum weight lao LIZ lbs. of the
male is attained at the age Of 40; that
of the female NEARLY 124 lbs.) is not
attained until fifty; from which ages
they decline afterwards; the male to
1877 1-2 lbs, the female to 100 lbs.
nearly stone. The full grown adult
is twenty times as heavy as a new
born infant. In the first year he trip
les his weight, afterwards the growth
proceeds in geometrical progression,
SO that if fifty infants in their first
year weigh 1000 lbs, they will in the
second weigh 1910 lbs; in the third
1880 lbs; in the fourth ], AGA lbs; in
the fifth remaining very constant up
to the ages Of lip in females, and
1914 in males, where it must be nearly
doubled; afterwards it may be con-
tinued. and will be found very nearly
correct up to the age of 19 or -,
when the growth proceeds very slowly.
At an equality of age the male is gen.
orally heavier than the female.
Towards the age of II years only, an
individual of each sex has the same
weight. The male attains the maxi
mum weight about the age OF 40, and
he begins to lose it very sensibly
towards 60. At 80 he loses about
l3232S lbs; and the staturels dimin-
ished arse inches. Females fttain
their maximum weight about SO The
mean weight of mature man is 1O4
lbs. and Of an average woman "a lbs.
In an old age they lose about II or
l 4 lbs. Men weigh most at 40, women
at so, and begin to lose at 60. The
mean weight of both sexes in old age
is that which they had at 10. "
When the male and female have as
sumed their complete development,
they weigh almost exactly twenty
times as MUCH as at birth, while the
stature is about 3 l-2 times greater,
Children lose weight during the first
three days after birth; at the age of a
week they sensibly increase; alter one
year they triple their weight; then they
require six years to double their
weight, and thirteen to quadruple it.
About the age of SO the lean man
usually becomes fatter, and the fat
man becomes leaner. Again between
the years 43 and SO his appetite fails,
his complexion fades and his tongue
b apt to become 'fdrred'upon' the least
eexteftion 81 body of mind. Atthis pc.
Rod his muscles become Rahhy, his
joints weak, his spirits droop, and his
sleep is imperfect and unrefreshing.
After suffering under these complaints
p year, Or perhaps two, he starts
afresh with q renewed vigor. and goes
on to 81 or 80, when q similar change
takes place, but with aggravated
symptoms. When these grand periods
have been successfully passed, the
gravity of incumbent years is more
strongiy marked.