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, 1888-08-30
TACoMA's NEW MILLS.

Tacoma, W. r., Aug. 18.-The St.
Panl Il Tacoma Lumber Co.'s mills,
which have been it course of con-
struction foc some time on the flats
in front OF the city, is rapidly Dearing
completion. These mills, when com
pleted, will have capacity of 530-
600 feet daily. Another broad gauge
will be laid to Orting parallel with
the Northern Pucitic. and thence
south into their timber lands. The
town Of Orting. where this road will
branch off, will be an important
center, and town property is being
rapidly bought up by capitalists in
this city. Upon the completion Of
this road, about Novembea lst, there
Will be fifty four trains run between
Tacoma and Orting, including tbs
Northern Pacific oyerlands, Carbon.
ado coal, and Tacoma & st. Paul
logging trains.
, 1888-08-30
A CYCLONE STRIKES sILLPoND.

Baltimore, Aug. 22-Reports Of
the storm in the southern portion of
the State show the damage done to
have been very severe. A cyclone
struck the village Of Sillpond, Kent
county, with particular severity.
Houses blown down and ten people
reported killed.
, 1888-08-30
THE FLOOD REACHES THE LIMIT.

Pittsburg, Aug. 22-The food has
almost reached the limit here. It has
not reached d disastrous height. The
lowlands, however, are submerged
and the damage will be quite heavy.
The Redwin2 monntaias and up
he Monongohala river 1t is almost
unprecedented.
, 1888-08-30
THE YELLOW FEVER.

TIE YELLOW FEVER.
Jacksonville. Fla, Aug. 23.-SiI-
teen cases of yellow fever have been
reported since o'clock Wednesday.
, 1888-08-30
THE CHINESE BILL.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18-McCreery,
chairman of the house committee on
foreign affairs. reported to the house
this morning the Chinese restriction
bill with amen lments, repeating the
previous laws in conflict Herewith.
Immediate consideration of the bill
was granted, and McCreery took the
floor and made a speech in favor of
the measure. He said that the SEN
ale had amended the treaty recently
concluded between Alr Bayard and
the Chinese, and that the latter off
cial being in Peru, it was impossible
to exchangd the ratiffcations aDd the
necessity for legislation was imme-
diate. He said if the senate had
ratified the treaty without amend~
msnt the house would have long ago
passed the bill to prohibit Chinese
immi grafton. Met reery explained
the provisions of the II eaty and the
bill, and gave an exhaustive history
of the prior treaties, and the legis-
lation adopted to enforce them
Respecting Chinese immigration he
said that Chinese authorities have
been as liberal as could be expected
in negotiating the new treaty The
president and secretary of state, be
stated, were entitled to great credit
for negotiating the treaty. The
house should not delay to give that
relief for which thousands Of people
on the Pacific coast we're clamoring.
THE o. Z. N.
New York. Aug. % -Brayton Ives,
who recently obtained an Injunction
against Elijah Smith, Prosper W.
Smith, Sidney Dillon and others, of
the Oregon Railway & Navigation
company and the Oregon Short Line
and Northern Pacific Railway, to day
obtained an order to show cause why
the directors of the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company should not
be punished for contempt in violat-
ing the injunction. =,
1t was claimed bridge was built
over Snake river, in Washington
Territory, and branch roads were
| built in violation of the order.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
The Republican Dflemma.

The Republicans are appalled, at the con-
sequences so soon following the declaration
of principle. All over the North thousands
of the most upright, most conscientious of
Republicans, who even stood firm by Blaine
and his record in 1884, are deliberately
walking out of the party. The Indepen-
dent Republicans, to man, who refused to
support Blaine aud his vicious record in 1884,
are standing firm and resolved by the banner
of reform and reduction and honest govern
ment in 1888. 1t is no wonder that there is
almost panic among Republican leaders.
They are in great quandary. They see
ruin and defeat before them. They realize
now that the overwhelming sentiment of the
twelve or fourteen millions of voters is
against free whisky and higher necessaries.
They are in great peril because of great
blunder at Chicago. They had very
doubtful chance of success under the most
favorable circumstances, but with the
Mckinley platform of free whisky and high
er taxes they see now that the chances are
incurably Desperate Wilmington (N C)
Star.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
Under Tico Tariffs.

Under high protective tariff the great
underlying industry Of all industries-agri-
culture-has become a slavish toll for daily
bread. The mortgaged Indebtedness of any
single state West of the Mississippi is prob
ably greater than the combined mortgaged
Indebtedness of all the States in any year
prior to 1860.
Under low tariff the oceans were once
covered with American ships manned by
American crews and laden with American
products. They entered almost every
known port in the world, and either sold
their cargoes for gold or advantageously ex-
changed them for the products Of other
countries. That was the golden age Of pros
perity to the American farmer. Mortgaged
farms were almost unknown. A protective
tariff has enriched monopolists and impov-
erished farmers.-Kdnsas city Times.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06

Mr.. Blaine wants the workingman "to
see what have seen and hear what have
heard during my absence in Europe" Col.
Sam Burnett's client, hauled before the
court on breach of marriage contract, had
written to his Dalcinea, ''If you have hear'n
what have bear'n you've hear'n, you've
hear'n lie, my honey" Anyway, the
workingman has no Carnegie, with an in-
come of $1,000 a day, to drive him over
Scotland in Tally Ho and entertain him
in baronial castles Oh, yes; Blaine thinks
every man ought to travel
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
POETR Y.
THE LITTLE WoMAN.

Don't talk to me of Olympus maids,
"Divinely tall and fair
Of Cleopatra's imperial form
Or Juno's stately air
Those mighty danes, with redoubted names,
MAY erst have held their sway;
'Tis the little woman-bless her hearth
Who rules the world to-day.
With her wiliful, winsome ways,
Her artful, artless smiles
Her airy grace and her fairy face
Her wisdom, wit and wiles
She mocks the pride and shesways thestrength,
She bends the will of man,
As only such despotic elf
A little woman--can.
Though her pathway may lead thro' the dark
est ways,
She always finds light,
Though her eyes be dazzled by fortunes rays
She's sure to see Alright
Though her wisdom be of no special school,
Her logic lust because"
The first has settled Kingdoms fate,
The last has made its laws.
'Tis the little woman that goes ahead
When men would lag behind;
The little woman who sees her chance,
And always knows her mind
Who can slyly smile as she takes the oath
To honor, love, obey,
And mentally add the saving clause
In little womans way
Would the diamond seem such a perfect gem
If it measured one foct rounds
Would the rose-leaf yield such sweet per-
fume
If it covered yards of ground?
Would the dew-drops seem so clear and pure
If dew like rain should fall?
Or the little woman be hall so great
II she we're six feet tall
'TiS the hand as soft as the nesting bird
That grips the grip of STEEL
'Tis the voice as low as the summer wind
That rules without appeal
And the warrior, scholar, the SAINT and sage,
MAY fight ana plan and pray,
Ihe world will wag till the end of time
In the little woman's way.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
The Toice of the Trust Combines.

Now, you can't get away from the fact
that one result of an excessive tariff Is to
foster monopolies, trusts, combines, and the
whole brood of harpies that live on the life
of the wage-earners. With only one eye
and that half shut, this is recognized in all
its ugliness. BE careful how you make
laws, then. Look the country over, if you
please get all the sugar, oil, tin, lead and
timber trusts--and the rest Of them-into a
convention, and put the question to vote,
"Shall the tariff be reformed?" and you
will get an almost unanimous mop Sig
nifcant that, is it not? What does it mean2
Why, what can it mean except that the man
who wants to monopolize business and go
it alone in the matter Of profits is on one
side, and the great body Of the people are
on the other IN y Herald.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
TcstiDurea Trains on me B. 6 o. II. II

The first of the Baltimore and Ohio Com
pany's new vestibuled trains has been turned
out of Mt Glare Shops and an experimental
trip was made with it August 10th. The
train was run from Baltimore to Keyser,
2l5 miles, in five hours. On the line be-
tween Baltimore and Keyser are some of
sharpest curves on the B. & o. Road, but
Notwithstanding the high rate of speed
maintaiiieG- the swayiDg of the train was
scarcely perceptible, tbe oscillation at the
top of the car not exceeding six inches.
This test fully demonstrates what has
hesetofore been claimed for the vestibule de-
vice aAd that is, that it effectually obviates
the swayins motion impaired to train in
rounding curyos at high speed. The new
train will be imm lately placed in regular
service between Phila- alpha and Chicago.
All other through trains on the B. & O..
will be fitted with the yestibule appliance
as rapidly as possible, and withia the next
sixty days it is thought to have the work
completed.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06

> A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
says 1t is over ten years since we adopted
the plan Of deep setting milk, and we have
never seen the time when we would be will
ling to 90 back TO the old plan Of open shall
low pans or crooks. When we first began deep
setting, we were milking eight COWS, and ]
had the cans made eight inches in diameter
and twenty inches deep; but now that we
are only keeping COWS for family use, we
use cans ten inches deep.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
AGreat Conrert.

Mr. Marshall Field, the head Of the great
Chicago mercantile house of Field, Letter
& Co., has been in Boston, and he talked
politics while here. Mr.. Field is lifelong
Republican, and he is also a protectionist,
but, to the surprise of some Republicans
who interviewed him, he professed an in
tention this yearofvoting for Cleveland. He
does this on the ground that President Cleve-
lands administration, in its policy on the
tariff question, is distinctly on the side of
the business interests of the country. Mr..
Field says that there is no free trade at all
to be apprehended from it, but that there is
just that wise and moderate reduction Of the
rate of duties which is needed at this juno
ture, and which must be had If the nation
is to escape serious difficulties. He thinks
the Republicans have made great mistake
in allowing the Democrats to take the lead
Of them in reformation on this point.-BOs-
ton Herald.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
A'jrgjaia 3ree gress.
TERMSI

-r-rur FErE PREss IS published weekly at
10 Dollars ana Ffly CaNs F,r 4Rfaoi-
s-0.e D5rrr aad Tcng-Flrs Cents Jor Sc
M1ntts
r1-The termso of advertising are, iora s4qare
.onc-inchI OF less. one Dollar 1ot tgig Cents
Tor three ipserti0ns-larser ones pm tne same
pro~0-tion. Each continuance tltg cons
no advertisement Co be considered By
onth or wear unless specified on the man
81 lpt. orpregiously agreed between the par
6cs
r1-An advertisement not marked ON lae
couv fora specified number ot Insertions WI,
Boz continued until ordered OUT, and pay iaen'
vall Dee eXactei accordingly
rr-Rr5ULtE ApvERrisENENrs.-l aNol"
any misunderstanding ON the part ot the an-
nual advertisers itis proper 90 state d'.l'....y
% their privilege only extends Co their iin- i
lediete business. Real Estate Legal or o."y'
a.yerdsements sent by them ro oe an addi'ien-
si charcc and mo- variation.
~Obituary notices of more than hve lines
alI Dee charged tor
JOB WOHK.-P0sters Sale Bills, Circulars,
Cards. etc.. executed promptly, neatly and al
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06

Hart, Of the Wheeling Iutelligmcer, con-
tends that the free wLiskey plank in the
Republican platform means exactly what IL
says-pure, unadulterated free Of tax whis-
key. Campbell, Of the same paper. says this
is a too literal construction-tha it wasntto
be understood that the platform meant ex-
actly what it said OF course not-Repub-
lican promises are to the ear, not to the
hOpe
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06

The Republican Convention at Charleston
nominated the following ticket:
For Governor, Hon Nathan Goff, of Har.
rison county for auditor, George NJ. Bow
ers. of Berkeley county for treasurer, Hi
ram Lewis, of Clay county; for attorney
general, VIM P. Hubbard, of Ohio county;
for superintendent of public schools, T. B.
Mcclure, of Wayne county for judges of
the Supreme Court, John w. Mason, of
TAYLOR county, and Henry C. McWhorter,
of Kanawha county; for presidential cleo
tors at large, T. B. Davis, of Fayette coun-
ty, and Augustus Pollock, Of Ohio county.
1t was proposed to nominate an ex-Con-
federate soldier on the electoral ticket. bat
it did not work. Col. T. D. Swami declined
to let his name 60 before the convention.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
do Not Suffer anu Longer.

Knowing that cough can be checked in
a day, and the first stages of consumption
broken in q week, we hereby guarantee
Acker's English Cough Remedy, and will
rerund the money to all who buy, take it as
per directions, and do not find our state
ment correct. c. Frank Jones.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
Better Thals Suictose.

Professor Arnold says: "An inearable
dyspeptic is justified in committing sui
eide" We will guarantee to cure any dys-
peptic within three months by 'ekers Eng
iish Dyspepsia Tablets. CT aa. Jones.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
ALitue Courtesy.

The other day gentleman entered one oi
the largest stores of this city in pursuit of an
article the price Of which he knew would
scarcely exceed the cost of postage on an
ounce letter. The fact of its insignifcance
and that it was rarely called for made it hard
to find. One clerk after another was enlist
ed in the search, till finally they were joined
by the proprietor before success crowned
their efforts. Somewhat mortified at the
amount oftrouble he had caused, the custom
er began to apologize, when he was ST.
fenced by the proprietor with "My friend,
it was no trouble; it was business. We
have experienced full as much pleasure in
finding that for you as you have in receiving
it. Ifyou insist in calling this trouble, re-
member that we like to be troubled
That merchant made an investment by
his courtesy. He laid up treasure where
moth and rust doth not corrupt, and it was
not laid up in Heaven, either. He secured
the patronage of man, though he did not
know it, who sometimes makes purchases
that are worth the while, Without intend
ing it, he cast some bread upon the waters.
HIS experience is liable TO be the expe-
rience of any man who cultivates the amen
tiles rather than the asperities even though
it were not so, though the reward does
not come back in pounds, shillings and
pence, still the practice of amenities pays.
1t cultivates an even temper, it slaves of
congestion, it invites green oldage. Like
virtue the practice of the amenities of life
is its own reward Cincinnati Tigses-Star.
Mr. Blaine thinks Trusts are rather HARM
less eombines-are private affairs with
which the Government or Mr.. Cleveland
have nothing to do. He rather favors them
because his friends the Carnegies and others
are accumulating money by such means.
He doesn't care how much they oppress and
distress the masses. He has nothing in
common with poor people and the laborers.
Anything that puts money in the pockets
of the rich suits him. A Fort Worth Tex
as dispatch tells what one Trust has done,
as follows:
"F, 7. b, Andrews, president of the In
ternational Range Association, speaking Of
Mr.. Blaine's recent defense of trusts, said
Tuesday There are to-day about 25,000,-
600 head of cattle in the territory between
the Mississippi river and the Pacific ocean.
These cattle are not worth on an average
within SO a head as much as they were a
few years ago. before the beef combine had
acquired its present enormous power. There
has not been an overproduction of cattle
and consumers are paying as much for meat
as they did at time when cattle were fully
one-third higher than at present. The only
reasonable conclusion is that this deprecia'
ton of values of fully S250,000,0O0 has
been brought about by unnatural condition:
fostered by the beef combine The people
should protect themselves by lawful means
from this organized robbery
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06

Brooks, the murderer Of Preller at ST..
Louis, and Brooks, of Missouri, the Vice
Presidential candidate of the Prohibition
lists, have gotten a little mixed. A number
of newspapers are parading the portrait Of
the latter as the recently executed hero Of
the trunk mystery. What's in a name,
anvwav2
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06

Every county in Georgia has sent in its
tax digest except one, and the net increase
Of the 1856 counties over last year is SILL
100000. The railroad tax returns will show
an increase Of about $4,0O0,000. Under
Democratic rule the credit Of Georgia has
been re-estabIished, its public school system
greatly improved and the rate Of taxation
LARGELY reduced.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06

Hon. Ashbel P Fitch, member Of Con-
gress from New York, is the latest Repub-
lican topper to Cleveland. His letter is a
ringing denunciation of the high tax mo-
nopoly combine that seeks to delude the
people by the false cry of free trade.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
}ree gress.
". ". B. GALLAEEE, Editor.
0hqrlesto ca u,Je6erson County, West Va
September @, 1883.
4 Bottles Voyage,

This is a tale or bottle that was cast
overheard from an ocean steamship upon
the waste of waters and which bobbed and
bobbed on the salt sea waves until il glided
into harbor of sunny Spain and was calmly
boating inland when it was rescued by a ma
tive of that country. This bottle was not
thrown overheard because of its contents
being absorbed; it was dropped upon bill
low with purpose by George G. Dewitt, of
this city, as he leaned over the rail of the
steamship Celtic on June 80, 1886, when
the steamship was in latitude As 81 north
and longitude 80: 45 west. Before the bot
tie was cast upon the waters, Mr.. Dewitt
placed inside of it the following statement: :
"H NJ. S. Celtic, June 80, 1856. The bot
tie Is empty and five castit upon the waters
will return to us after many days. If this
is found ,'lease send Geo: 9. Dewitt, SO
~ know
- b. for
purposes, Ihis was thrown over
board from the steamer Celtic june 1886"
Capt. Benz. Gledell saw the bottle con-
signed to the waves and waved an adieu to
it as it disappeared beneath an emerald
crested biliow. The Celtic finished her voy-
ace she turned a66at-a1a a crossed &c tsS A.
lantic again. There was no news ofthelo
dsfance swir inner. Its friends began to de-
spair and finally concluded tina. the Doetiel, ad
been mistaken by hungry shark for
something peculiarly appetizing. But the
bottle was all right. 1t kept its mouth
shut and bobbed ahead in a modest but
"get there" style. 1t got there on April s,
1887.
It had been buffeted in a most ungentle-
manly manner by the Atlantic, and it had
no sooner tasted the fresh water that flows
from the Rivadeo into the inlet that forms
a harbor for the town Of the same name on
the north coast of Spain than it turned over
on its left side and permitted Senior Antonio
Conto Carsas to catch glimpse of the New
York label that ornamented its front. Senor
Corsas rescued the bottle and noticed it con-
tanned an inclosure. He was compelled to
break the bottle to getthe letter. Senor COrsas
read the inclosure and complied with the
request of Mr.. De Witt. He wrote to the
latter that the bottle was picked up at Ri
vadeo on April S, 1887, and he added
that he would like to know the purport
of the whiskey label. RivadeO is in lati-
tude 43 "a north, and longitude west
The bottle had travelled l $50 miles in 2S.
days, or at the rate of nearly three and
three-quarter miles per day.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06

OFFERS Co tne pl p.a IF Jefferson County,
~ Insurance in a safe Company "a the actual
cost of insurance, which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged and keeps the money
at home Good risks from responsible parties
are invited
Erecutiyc Committee meets every Friday.
Drprrrops-N \ White Vsr-,, r Doven-
port. J.. Garland Hurst John w. Rider. W. II.
il. Lewis. r. Preston Chew, VIM. L. Wilson,
Eugene Baker, 5. w. Washington. James Logic,
Charles 2. Wilson, John H. little. Jacob 5.
Melvin. +. G. W. Herr, ISAAC H. Srider.
COL. r. p. ......... President.
H. b. DANENPOkI,... .......... Treasurer.
EXECUTIVE Co,DUTEE-N. S. White. Wm.
H. IT, Lewis, Eugene Baker Isaac II. Strider,
II. z. Chew. s. W. Washington
LocL s.-Middleway-J. G.. Shirley: /:
Harpcrs Ferry-Chas. +. Trail; Shepherds
town. S. Fleming Duthelds-C L.Barnhart;
Charlcstown Washington & Alexander.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
NEW MILLINERY.
LATEST STYLES OF MILLINERY.

and will be prepared TO execute all work in
her line at short notice and with herproverb-
ial good taste The ladies are respectfully in
yited to give her 4 call
Nav u 1883
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06

1t is noticeable that while the glass manu-
facturers are bewailing the outlook under
the tariff agitation, 175 new pots and fifteen
new furnaces are being built, in an endeavcr
to keep abreast Of the orders.-Prouidenee
journal, Ind.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
Farms Wanted.

DARTIES having improved or unimproved
L FARMING LANDS for Sale in Jefferson
County and other Counties of the Valley OF
Virginia will do we'll to communicate with me,
as | have inquiry for such lands if held at
reasonable prices. -...........,o>-
Lock Box IS Charlestown, jeff. Co., W. Va.
Feb. >, 1SSS.-1yT.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06
Eagle Avenue Gardens.

THE public is respectfully informed that
i ann now prepared to furnish plants of all
standard varieties forvegetable garden1, such as
CABBAGE TOMATO, PEPPER, EGG LET
TUCE. SAGE. CAULIFLOWER, &c,
ALSO SWEET POTATO SETS,
at the Eas.e Avenue Gardens, west of Mt
Paryo and at my Town Branch on Liberty
street. adjoining The residence of Hon. Jas. NJ.
Mason. a share of the public patronage will
Doe thankfully received.
Fresh Vegetables i'm season.
April I. 1SS6. Z. !. WILLIAMS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-06

Blaine, it was proclaimed, would do what
Harrison had failed to do, to-wit: sound
the key note Of the Republican campaign.
He sounded it as follows:
"Trusts are largely private affairs, with
which President Cleveland nor any private
citizen has any right to interfere"