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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30

Mr.. Knott has been O. prominent Granger.
and asa matterof course was accepted as sound
on these questions. bItin.ormat.ln has leaked
out since his nomination chat Ae is expected Co
side with the railroad lobby and against the
peoplc.-Ci1Il storm Democrat.
FROM whom did the information leak.
And how? And who caught the dripping> .
Now look here, Mr.. Democrat lt your ed-
itor had half the man,iue,s and honesty
and truthfuluess that SIR. Knott has-it he
were half as capable of considering the
good Of the people and uuseiishly perform
ing bis duty-in short. it he were worthy Of
the respect OF confidence of the public to
even a small degree-he might De courte-
eously replied t9. But us he Is uutruthtu'
unmanly, treacherou, and malicious, dee
will only receive the contempt of the pub
lie in general and NIr. Knot, I'M particular.
-SbYtcrts'lH Register.
Not much s%uperiuous language In the
above.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
Diamond Dyes.

A S the Spring advances we call attention to
II a full stock Of Diamond Dyes, and guar
antee them to color Ribbons, Dresses, Hats,
Feathers aud Cotton Goods.
GEO. T.. LIGHT,
Druggist, Next Door to Post Office.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30

A VERY desirable place Of Il acres, : mile
IA from Charlestown, suitable for home or
summer residence. Two dwelling houses 5
rooms each, aud all necessary out bui ldings.
Apply to A. W. CRAMER,
Charlestown, JEFF. Co., w. Va.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
.WENN G

HAS taken thestore room ON Main street, in
II building opposite the Gallaher property,
where She Wilde DRESS MAKING and FAM
lily SEWING I'm good style and at reasonable
charges She viii be pleased TO have the pat
ronale OF the ladies' of the town and vicinity,
and win strive 90 render satisfaction.
She has also q stock of Dress Trimmings and
Notions to which she invite, the attention of
Che ladies.
June I0. 1855.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30

WE HAVE just received q new and elegant
w assortment of Combs and Hair Brushes,
also Tooth and Nail Brushes.
AISQUITH g. co.
nUR OWN PALM S0AP-made from pure
" Palm Oil and Soda. Ten gross just re-
ceived and for sale at 5 cents per cake. Also a
large lot of all of themost popular fancy soaps.
AlSQUITH CO..
lust RECEIVED-a large lot of Boston
81 Coach Oil for oiling Buggies, Carriages, &c.
Also "Favorite" Sewing Machine Oil and Con-
~tinental Ointment for man or beast.
AlSQUITH CO..
A LARGE STOCK of Arnold's Chemical
"A Writing Fluid and Staiford's Commercial
Inks, all sizes, for sale at AISQUITH CO.'S
WE have Just received in stock Pure Black
w and Red Pepper. Sage and Sweet Mar
ioram, all freshly ground. Also pure granula-
ted S~altpetre and Coriander Seed for seasoning
sausage and curing pork. AISQUITH &CO.
IN REAMS of Writing Paper, all sizes and
~ sorts. Also 10000 Envelopes just put on
sale in our Book and Stationery Department.
October p, 1887. AISQUIIH u
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30

Trains No. 400, 400 and Az are daily except
Sunday; Train No. i49 runs Sunday only.
Additional mixed trains leave southwark at
PA n. m. and S.35 n. m. and arrive at Harri-
sonburg at s.l9 q. IN. and $50 p. IN.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30

WE call the attention of housekeepers 10
w the following: G~elatine, Corn Starch,
Irish Moss. Tapioca, Ext. Lemen, Ext. Vanilla,
Ext. Bitter Almonaand French Rose Water
all of which we carry constantly in stock at
lowest prices. AISQUITH-& CO.
Nov II, 1887.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
NOTICE.

IL persons indebted to the undersigned as
n former Agent OF the b. 6 D. K. K. Company
ior treiglu, o. Commissions, or TO the late hrm
otStarry q Lock, are notified that payment must
be made 40 once.
july l3, ISIS. j. d.. STARRY.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30

Trains No. 470, 40 and AS are daily except
Sunday Train No. $50 runs Sunday only.
Additional mixed trains leave Charlestown
l245a.m M and 4.Q7 p. M, and arrive at Harper's
Ferry at LII a. m. and 5.22 p. m.
SOUTHWARK 400 400 AZ 44g
Stations. Pass. Pass. Mix. Mix.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
M.fN'TE.g-.H.9KEE'G
\ FAMILY SEWING.

MRS. BETTE sLAGLE and Mrs. ELIZA
vi BENNER will do all kinds Of Dress Max
ing and Family Sewing promptly and at prices
to suit the hard times. Residence corner Of
West and North street.
July g., 1856.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30

STILL IN THE LEAD

Hahl well j should smile. Let US 90 in to
JONES PHARMACY and get q MILK SHAKE.
And doesn't il take? IL gets there Just the
same. sales enormous! Everybody drinks
MEXICAN SnERBEr, much as the Spanish ma
tives of the land on which this fruit IS grown,
love TO sink into what might be termed IN
nocuous desuetude.' They adhere TO this
drink which, while it in every way rests and
cools the nerves, does notin any manner dead
EN- me- intellect non-alc0hOlic, delicious fla
vor. Drop I'm and try a glass. And don't for
ger We uo~itivelv sell
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
THE BEST.
ATTRACTIONS.

If you want an extra Ham,
Call on w. s. MERCHANT.
If you want a good Slice Ham,
Go to w. 3. MERCHANT.
Ifyou want good Dried Beet,
Go to w. S. MERCHANT.
If you want Alpha Roasted Coffee,
Go 70 W. s. MERCHANT.
II you want good tea and sugar oheqp,
Go to w. s. MERCHANT.
If you want fine Lard.
Go to w. 8. MERCHANT.
If YOU want the best Of Fresh Meats AM
and salt Fish,
May IL. 1855.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
INVENTION ss5 F] sgs %S2I5

~ ~ TT IlVU VHv WVIIU
during the last half century. Not least among
the wonders of inventive progress is a method
and system of work hat can be performed all
over the country without separating the work
ers from their homes. Pay liberal any one
can do the work either sex young or old no
special ability required. Capital not needed
YOU are started free. Cut this out and return
to us and We will send you free, something of
great value and importance to you, that will
start YOU i'm business, which will bring you in
more money right away, than anything else
in the world. Grand oUtft free. Address TRUE
& Co., Augusta, Maine.
Dec. /. 1881.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
TO the

W0ULD inform the public that every Pre-
w scription that comes to my store is pre-
pared by me individually. Persons can ind
me at night at the room over the old Sheriff.
Office, Jail Building. Respectfully,
July 16, 1881. GEO. 7. LIGHT
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
BUILDING LOTS
FOk SAFE

GENERAL BUILDING LOTS situated near
- Che corporate limits, opposite the Nursery
of VIM. Hopkins, are offered for sale on the
iusralment plan-S250 monthly. Apply 10 f.
b. S1lIers, who win show plat.
DAVIS 81 co.
linn. - lNe--
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
HOUSE,

Nos. go and ODD Third St., Northwest,
WASHINGTON, D. c.
TERMS: Per day, $3.50 to $500; Per week,
$500 to $1,000.
Centrally located, equi-distant between Bal
timore and OHIO AN Baltimore and Potomac
Depots, and only four squares from either.
Near Us. Capitol, and Within a few yards
of street cars.
June Is, 1887.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
PRESCRIPTIONS

carefully compounded by Graduates Of Phar-
macy. at reasonable prices.
Thanking You for past patronage and sohc-
itinq "a continuance of same. 1t is eyeryb0dy's
interest 90 call and get my prices.
Respectfully, c. FRANK JONES.
July 5. ISIS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30

county. Camphor for moths l5c. per TO-, Spon-
ees. Eve Glasses, Fishing Tackle, Base Ball
goods. Lawn Tennis Raquets and Balls, Ham
mocks. Stationery. Books, Gold Pens and Pen
ellis. Cigars. Patent Medicines at cost, Hack
berry Wine very fine, Pure Whiskey for NE
Ts.ena1 re,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
Paint Season 1857.
SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.

WE have in stock and will keep during the
W year, a full stock of School Books and
School Supplies, such as Copy Books, States,
Hemp Satchels, Leather Bags and everything
pertaining TO the School Sundries business.
We shall have at a. times a full line of tho
books used in the Public Schools to sell at tie
State Contract price for the Cash. Any books
not in stock furnished in a few days.
Sept. 5, 1887. AISQUITH 4 co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30

DAINTS. Oils, Varnishes, Window Glass,
i Putty, Paint Brushes, &c. We have a large
stock Of these goods on hand 70 which we call
the attention of the people. Lewis pure Lead,
pure Linseed Oil and Lucas celebrated Pre-
pared Paints, ready to apply, in all coIors in
cans from one pound TO one gallon. We have
all colors, either dry or In oil. Examine our
stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Apr. l6, IS. AiSQUITH co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
FO,. Sale.

SECONDHAND Grover & Baker Sewing
n Nlchincf0rslle ForinfOrmationap apply ut
Feb. n. $50 FREE PRESS OFFICE.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
LOOK OUT.
Look!

DRESERVES ANDPICKLES.-Alargest ock
L ofall sorts of Spices on hand. Also pure
Olive Oh on draft aud in bottles.
AISOUITH & co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30
.~gwCtiOmeer'S .NOtiCe.

THE undersigned offers his services to the
L public as Auctioueer. An experience of
several years enables me 20 perform the service
required i'm an efficient and acceptable man
ner. Prompt attention to all calls upon me.
Jan. u 1SSS-3m. THOMAS J. WEST.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-30

GAGE S|altpctcr. Sweet Margoram. Coriander
- audBcl and Black Pepper at
JONES PHARMACY.
, 1888-09-12
Chioago's Building Asso Citations.

81 suppose there must be a constantly
rolling and moving capital of $50, 000,-
900, engaged in the 300 building and
loan associations in this city," said the
manager of a big sewing machine con-
Germ on State street. "And it is this fact
which interferes more and more with
collections in our business. For a year 1
could not imagine what the growing diff
fculty in collecting moneys due arose
from. Then at last 1 found it was be-
aus the spare cash of many thousands
in this town goes into these building as
sociations. And their number is con-
stantly increasing. Safer Well, SO far
as 1 a see the money invested in these
concerns is perfectly safe unless there is
reckless management. But there is less
chance of that than in almost any other
concern Chicago Herald.
, 1888-09-12

In his recent lectures on protection
against lightning, Mr.. Oliver Lodge said:
"A wire netting all over the house, a
good earth connection to it at several
points and a plentiful supply of that
barbed wire which serves so abominably
well for fences, stuck all over the roof,
and you have an admirable system of de-
tense. Now let us see how far most
people agree, and where they begin to
branch out and differ. The old and
amusing political controversy between
knobs and points has disappeared.
points to the sky are recognized as
correct; only I wish to advocate more of
them, any number of them, rows of
them, like barbed wire-not necessarily
at all prominent-along ridges and caves.
For a point has not a very great dis
charging capacity. 1t takes several
points to discharge readily all the cleo
tricity set in motion by a moderately
sized Voss or Wimshurst machine; hence,
if you want TO neutralize q thunder cloud,
three points are not so effective as three
thousand. No need, however, for great
spikes and ugly tridents, so painful to the
architect. Let the lightning come to
you; do not go to meet it. Protect all
your ridges and pinnacles, not only the
highest, and you will be far safer than if
you built yourself a factory chimney to
support your conductor upon. At pres
ent the immediate neighborhood Of a
factory chimney or steeple is not q safe
guard, but a source of mild danger :
Scientific American.
, 1888-09-12
Mental and Bodily overwork.

The London Lancet says that mental
and bodily overwork is the most general
and the least regarded form of illness in
this age. Its treatment requires that due
attention be paid to the two great essen
tials of timely rest and wholesome diet.
A man, says The Lancet, may work on
a liberal scale, provided he will interrupt
its continuity by timely and adequate in
tervals of rest, and will eat heartily of
plain food. So long as appetite and sleep
are unimpaired, there is little danger of
%overwork, but the failure of either is ma
lures warning signal that the strain must
be relieved.-Youth's Companion.
, 1888-09-12
Nightly Cooling of the Earth.

During the day, when the sun is shin
ing, it communicates its heat to the
earth and the latter becomes warm.
When night comes, however, the earth
gives off the heat which it has stored up
during the day, and consequently be-
comes colder. This cooling commences
at shutdown, and increases every minute
until the sun rises again, when the low
est degree of cold is reached. That is
the time when most of us feel, even in
bed, after the hottest night, a chilliness
which causes us to cover ourselves more
closely with the blankets, which were
rejected at the beginning of the night.
This fact will also explain the cause of
''taking cold" in midsummer, which
has seemed such a mystery to many.
Going to bed on a hot evening, the win
dows are left open and all covering is
thrown off. Now, when from neglect,
or through failure to waken, the body is
not covered as morning approaches, it is
exposed to the same conditions as in the
depth of winter-a sudden lowering of
temperature-and a cold is the nat
ural result. This nightly cooling of the
earth is not so much noticed in cities as
it is in the country. In the former the
many large buildings of brick, stone and
iron have become reservoirs of heat during
the day, and at night they add so much
more of the amount of heat to be given off.
AS a consequence, the air is not cooled
to such a degree as it is in the country,
and very frequently in the hottest
weather the whole night is intensely OPP
pressive. Boston Herald.
, 1888-09-12
Has Waited Long Enough.

The representatives of the negus of
Abyssinia, at the celebration of the 900th
anniversary Of the introduction of Christi
anity in Russia, have beer commissioned
to ascertain whether the gold cross sent
by the negus to Alexander II ten years
ago had been received by that monarch.
The negus asserts that he has received no
answer from the Russian government to
his repeated inquiries, and it is reported
that he has threatened to kill his ennis
saries should they return without the de-
sired information. boston Transcript.
, 1888-09-12

''The Comstock mine in Nevada is a
wonderful work, said Mr.. Cecil Morgan,
of Aspen. at is 2 300 feet in a vertical
line to the bottom of the shaft, and one
a make the descent in three or four
minutes in the cage which is used 10 haul
ore to the surface. This cage will lift
about 5000 pounds, or three car loads of
1900 pounds each. Work on the Com
stock is now confined to the upper levels,
the workmen having been driven from
the depths by the steam generated
through the action of the air on the sui
phurous rock penetrated by the different
levels. The temperature averages about
100 dogs. down there, and it is simply
impossible for the miners to work under
such conditions. Whether science will
ever be able to overcome the difficulties
met in those lower levels remains to be
seen. think, however, it will not, for
the reason that such intense neat denotes
the near presence of snbter1Itanea heat. +"
Kansas City Times.
, 1888-09-12

Let us give rein to our fancy for a mo-
ment, and suppose an observer on Mars
were to examine the earth with sue
cessively increasing powerful telescopes.
The first artificial production that he
would probably be able to see would be
some of the great grain fields of our
western states. These he would find of
irregular shape, but bounded more OF
less by straight lines. They would ap-
pear of a greenish color, not very differ
ent from that of our oceans; and be
would find them subject to great changes
at certain seasons, sometimes perhaps
entirely disappearing from sight when Of
the same tint as the surrounding coun-
try. In fact, if an observer were placed
on Mars, and furnished with one of our
more powerful telescopes, he We lld see
just about as much of our grain fields as
we do of their stripes, and the only no
ticeable difference between the two
would lie in their shape. Indeed, as
Stunning an artificial origin, it would be
easy to frame hypothesis accounting for
their form, dependent upon the peculiar
conformation of the land surface of
Mars, or for their radiating in several in
stances from particular points as cepters.
William II. Pickering in Science.
, 1888-09-12
Ashes of the Dead.

1 have a German friend, an artist,
whose father was for many years one of
the best known professors of his specially
in this city. He had a shop in a central
district and sold philosophical instru-
ments of a special class, in whose con-
struction and application he was an ex-
pert. He died a couple of years ago. I
recently called on my friend and spent
the evening with him and his widowed
mother. A portion of our conversation
turned upon the dead professor, and sew
eral times L noticed that the widow or
the son in abiding to papa" as they
called him, with tender affection, mo-
toned toward a simple terra Gotta urn,
locked behind the glass door of a hand
some cabinet in the corner of the wall.
l learned later that the urn held the ashes
of the dead man, who had been cremated
by his own request, and that it was the
intention of the mother to have her own
ashes mingled with his when the time
should come, and both buried together.
Alfred Trumble in Pittsburg Bulletin.
, 1888-09-12
arlnlons of Wooden roothpioks.

The American is a great of
toothpicks. He not only picks his teeth
in private, but he does it in public, and
perhaps finishes by chewing up the
wooden implement. To supply the mil
lions of toothpicks used every year, in
genious machines of great productive
power have been invented. Like all
other businesses, the toothpick business
has its combination, but a Maine inventor
has set out to break it with a machine
that makes G,00O, 900 picks a day. And
he is making a new machine that
will produce 10, 900, 900 a day. Green,
clear, straight grained birch and maple
wood is used, and after steaming for sew
eral hours it is easily cut into veneers, or
thin strips of wood with the grain run
ming across. These veneers are pliable
and wound up on large spools, 100 feet
on each, and from the spools they are
fed into the pick machine, which cuts
them into picks with wonderful rapidity.
Good Housekeeping.
, 1888-09-12

One of the most prominent authorities
in New York on the turf and IS modest
and u~npretentious a gentleman as one
might meet in a days journey on Broad
way recalls to the interest of his friends
the advance medical science has made in
the treatment of yellow fever since he
had it in New Orleans in 1867. The au-
thorities at Jacksonville, Fla, have been
firing cannon with the idea of killing
the Yellow Jack microbe by conclusion.
The effect of this violent and shocking
noise on the nerves of those suffering
from the disease, says the sporting man,
seems to be considered, and perhaps pro-
perly, a secondary consideration to the
great end of putting a stop to the con-
tagion. In New Orleans, where the
fever began in July and had not worked
its way up to the more ~aristocratic resi-
dence quarter until September, all church
bells, bands, parades and noisy demon
strations were interdicted by the mayor
from the first. A solemn silence reigned
owe the plague stricken city, which had
Heretofore been musical at almost every
hour of the day with the chimes from
some church spire.
A glimpse at the symptoms and treat
ment of the yellow fever patient at that
time are given by the gentlemen alluded
to in this way: One Friday afternoon he
felt a queer sensation which he calmly
pondered over as the probable beginning
of the fever. The next morning on aris-
ing he saw in his toilet glass that the
whites of his eyes had become yellow.
He realized that his suspicious had been
confirmed, locked up his office, gave the
keys to the police of the nearest station
and went to bed after receiving a hot
mustard bath from his faithful colored
servants. The following Friday the crisis
of the disease had passed, it being the
idea then to starve out the bile and ali
mentary juices and leave the patient
weak but purged of infection. The
Wednesday following that Friday he re-
ceived his first stimulant from a physi-
clan trained in Martinique in the shape
of a small glass of English porter. In
the meantime 1.-THE quiet of the grave
had brooded over New Orleans.-New
York World.
, 1888-09-12

No complaint is so common among
the negroes as that of palate DOWN.
an ailment which regular practitioners
do not recognize. This is speedily cured.
The patient, after swallowing large doses
of salt water, seats himself upon the
floor; his medical adviser searches dill
gently for the lock of hair growing in
the center of the crown; finding it, he
gives a pull, a mighty pull, brings the
palate into position, and the lock of hair
often entirely out. After having once
undergone this ordeal of "pallit raisin',"
the patient rarely has a return of the
malady.-Harper's Bazaar.
, 1888-09-12
A vaccination ma.ine. in trinidad.

I watched my friend the doctor one
morning as he held a vaccination matt
nee. The law requires the registrar of
births to furnish each mother with a
blank form, and that the parents shall
present the child to a public ~viccinator
within six months thereafter under a
small penalty. Notice is given of day
and hour when he will be at his office to
vaccinate, and a large attendance is GER
tain. 1 had been wondering all break
fast time at the amount of style in the
way of bright colors and brown babies
in the garden, and when we went down
to the office rooms there were about a
dozen women, as many babies and two
or three men waiting for the perform
ance. Some spoke Hindoostani, and
'tSalaam, sahib,' greeted us from them;
some Spanish, and 'Buenos dias'' was
their salute; but what the rest said I
could not make out.
Every mother was dressed in all the
finery she owned, with neck, arms and
ankles decorated with strings of coins,
having solid silver collars and bracelets
of the same metal, bangles they call
them, up to the elbows. And the babies
were small copies of their mothers, lack
ing a few bangles and collars. AS they
were presented and deity scratched, the
doctor handed each her certificate, with
an injunction in her own language to
keep it carefully. One must be polyglot
in Trinidad, unless of very tender age,
when we all talk the same language, and
these little tots, neat and spotless of attire
as if they were rich mems heirs, cried
Justify in the same perfectly ineligible
tongue. Every one waited patiently her
turn, and the bright, interested faces
were anything but servile in expression,
while all were perfectly respectful. Evil
IDENTIFY, the good doctor was their friend.
American Magazine.