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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18
A Remarkable Tree.

A Nevada paper describes remark
able kind Of tree which is sal to grow
in that part of the country, and which
certainly possesses qualities of great val
ue according to the description. The
trees do not grow large, a tree with
trunk about foot in diameter beinr
much above the average. When dry.
the wood is about as hard as lockwood.
and being of very fine grain, might, no
doubt be used for the same purpose.
1t is Of rich red color and very heavy.
When we'll seasoned it would be finc
material for the wood carver. In the
early days it was used for making boxes
for shaftiny, and in few instances, for
shoes and dies in quartz batteries.
Used as fuel it creates intense heat.
1t burns with blaze as long as or d.
nary wood would last, and then il is
fouud---almo t Unchanged in FORM con
verted into charcoal that lasts twice as
long as ordinary wood. For fuel a
cord of it brings about the same price
as ton Of coal. Unfortunately it burns
out stoves faster than any kind OF oal.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18

James Gordon Bennett, the proprie-
tor of the New York Herald, may well
be called citizen of the world; he has
q house in New York, one at Newport,
one In Paris, a cottage at Bougival, a
chateau and farm thirty miles out of
Paris, o villa at Nice, and steam
yacht to take him across the ocean or
anywhere he wants to go. Mr.. Bennett
is we'll on to fifty years of age, but he
does not look it. His tall form is as
straight as an arrow, his blue eyes as
bright as an eagles, aud his moustacho
agolden brown. His hair, however, is
very gray. and sets off his florid COM
plexion to the best advantage. Mr..
Bennett dresses quietly but handsomely.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18

"There i. to be a wedding" said the
other, cooliy.
(Which. Navy Blue or Seal BrownT
"Navy Blue"
"When are you to be married!"
"Never, perhaps"
"Why, 1 thought you said there was
to be a wedding"
$50 did. Navy Blue is TO marry
her William"
"And you are in Brown study still"
said one slyly.
Fred actually blushed.
YES, the most pulling study of my
life, and the most interesting" and he
walked away.
''Hard hit, isn't he2"
The rest nodded. = Hartford Times.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18

Cold figures convey a better idea than
anything else Of the amount of travel
that takes place in New York city from
years end to years end. According to
3 statement in the Annual Review" of
the Chamber of Commerce. the number
Of passengers. carried in the surface
cars in the year ended the Both of last
September was 203, 452, 439, and in the
elevated cars the number was $50, S19,
5s5, making the grand total of 1868, 272,
024.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18

Never before, according to the Com
missioner of Education, have superior
Institutions of learning in the United
States occupied so large share of pub
lie attention or given signs of such
vigorous and fruitful life as at the
present time. Among these institutions
are classed schools of science, pure and
applet, which according to the Com
missioner, ''hsve greatly increased the
provision for superior instruction, ex-
tended its proviace, and borne an i'm
portant part in the adjustment of its
processes to the demands arising from
the extraordinary increase of scientific
knowledge and its application to tho
leading industries of modern times"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18

A locomotives ailments begin at her
birth, says the Engineers Journal, and
end only when she is consigned to the
Junk pile. When she first comes from
the shop she is "stiff in the joints" and
some one has to take her on the road
and "smooth her down" She has not
the power of endurance, either, with
which she is supposed to be blessed, for
she will get 'Tired" after long run,
and frequently it is impossible to make
time with her when she nears the end
of her trip. The engineers say her
"joints SWELL" but those who are not
technical say that her axlcs become
heated, expand and fit too tightly In
the boxes to revolve with the speed
necessary for making swift time. Thus
it will be seen on the one hand the en-
cinc seems to rival the trick mule In the
circus; on tho other hand she is not
much better off than hospital patient
but when she is flying across the coun-
try, drawing her precious burden, she
does not complain of her sickness, and
no oae knows of her caprices except
her master, who is also her conf ant.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18

The Duchess dc Dino, from whose
abundant Golfers are said to have come
the funds that assisted in securing Gen
eral Boulangcr's election to the French
chamber of deputies, brought to the &C.
centric marquis an almost princely for
tune. which he appears to have found
available in furthering his political
schemes, he being a republican of the
Rochefort type. One of his peculiari-
ties, it is stated, is to occasionally sur
prise the Anarchists by forwarding them
a handsome check. The Duchess was
formerly Adele Livingston Strauss, of
New York.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18
Poets who Only Read and I.istenAl

fOetS WHO Vuiy 1AVou anu IISCono(
When evenings shadowy fingers fold
The flowers Of every hue,
Some shy, half-opened bud will hold
Its drop of morning dew.
Sweeter with every sunlit hour
The trembling sphere has grown,
Till at the fragrance of the flower
Becomes at last its own.
We that have sung perchance may find
Our little need of praise,
And round our pallid temples bind
The wreath of fading bays.
An, poet, who has never spent
Thy breath in idle strains,
For thee the dewdrop morning lent
still in thy heart remains.
Unwasted, in its perfumei cell
1t waits the evening gale:
Then to the azure whence it fell
Its lingering sweets exhale.
-[Oliver Wendell Holmes
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18
MOVED IN.

"Capital, Al Now Tor your story,
Fred"
Four members of the Bicycle Tour
lists Club wero relating their adven-
lures OF the past season, and the one
last addressed, tall, handsome athlete,
laughed slightly as he knocked the
ashes from his cigar before replying.
"a droller adventure than mine,
boys, never happened. There's the pa
thetlc, the ludicrou,, tho tragic, the
sentimental, all combined in this story
of mine, and it's true, every word of it.
1t happened, let me see, just six weeks
ago today.
81 went with Clark and Anderson,
you know, up to Bethlehem; from
there to the White Mountains; then
to Lancaster.
"Now just before starting mother
said TO me, coaxingly:
"If you go as far as Lancaster, don't
forget that Janet Harding, the only
cousin have in the world, livos in the
next town
",All right Irepliei. Janet Hard
ing lives in the next town to Lancaster.
Pll remember
"Janet Harding unmarried would
have been bad enough, but with hus-
band, two giddy girls, and ar. over
grown boy of II, could 1 strd it3
Mother thought l could, and mother
rules our house.
"When we started on our bicycle trip
to Dixville Notch planned to see the
Hardings; bowl leisurely up to the door,
introduce myself to Mrs. H., joke with
the girls, and then proceed; but man
proposes, etc.
GAS luck would have it my bicycle
broke down and had to leave it at the
Falls, a little village five miles from
Lancaster, for repairs. Clark and An
derson went on without me to North
Stratford, where was to meet them by
train, and l proceeded on foot to the
Harding farm, some two miles from the
Falls.
1.-The farm, a smooth interval dotte d
with fields of ripening grain, and the
large veran dahed house, and great
roomy barns clustering about it, but
not too near. all bespoke plenty com
fort and hospitality.
Hospitality, did suy9 Well,
shan't take it back, although 1 found
the door locked and not living thing
in sight except an old white hen.
Mark the exception for that hen plays
an important part in my adventure.
II noticed her, and in particular
marked the proud, complacent step, the
conceited 'car-car she uttered, as she
looked at me knowingly from the cor
ner of her eye. Little did think-bu
no matter. You will see by and by tn,
golden thread that binds all the points
together.
swell, here we were, the white her
and !, but Janet Har ding was not. no
the girls, nor the boy, nor Mr.. Harding
81 decided to 60 to the barn and Iii
down on the hay, tho new-mown hay
and await their coming.
"For me to think, is to act. A few
minutes later had climbed to the NOV
and ensconced myself under brace il
the corner where the afternoon SUI
glinted through a loag crack, maxim
slanting dust beams across my breast.
II made a few verses as lay on tn
} fragrant hay, but didn't poetic long
fell asleep and l dreamed, and m
dreams grew thicker and blacker an
heavier, until at last ] dreamed tina
Janet Harding and her whole famil
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18
Willing TO Sell.

'That is a dangerous looking dog
you have there, Deacon. Aren't you
afraid he will injure some bodyl"
"Well, yes" replied the deacon IN
easily. II haven't much confidence in
the animal If you hear Of anybody
who wants q good dog, let me know
and Pll sell him cheap. "-ILi!e.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18
CHI neeklp Alesserger
Published Weekly
AT
St M artinsville, L a.
BY
EASTIN L. BIENvENU.

The late J. W. Drexcl paid at the
rate OF fourteen million dollars per aero
Nor the lot Of land on which stands the
Drexel Building, corner of Wall and
Broad streets, New York, and yet it
proved a remunerative investment.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18

Mount Vesuvius serves as gigantic
barometer and thermometer for Naples.
The direction in which the smoke
from the crater blows indicates uner-
ringly coming change of weather
twenty-tour hours in advance; also the
approach of the hot and depressing ST.
rocco.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18
rocco.

The Memphis Avalanche proposes to
Offset the state of Dakota with a new
one, TO be formed OF west Tennessee and
Kentucky, east Nebraska and north
Mississippi and Alabama, for which it
compound, the name of "Ten narkala-
missky.p
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-18
HUMOROUS.

Bank examiners---Burgla
Of all shoes felt shoe is least felt.
Musicians find their work in playing.
A liquor Trust putting it on tho
slate.
A sea captain is usually the mainstsy
of his family.
A mule is not necessarily an artist
because he can draw.
Let US honor and respect the busy bes.
Once full, he makes straight for home.
The livery horse is not so much Of q
charger as the chap who keeps the
stable.
All men are born free and equal, &C.
cording to law; but all of them do not
stay that way.
You see q good deal of advice in the
papers now about raising small fruit
but none about raising small potatoes.
Now death can be sought through variou
channels,
But the quickest and cheapest S to leave d
your 1annels. y.
A wedding ceremony shouldn't pass
off too smoothly. For instance, there
should be hitch of some kind.
The midnight serenader's come
His ballad wild to tame,
And though old boots around him hum
He'll guitar Just the same.
Old gentleman Ito convict)-"What Is
the most Objectionable feature you find
in prison life, my dear friend!" Con-
vict-"Wisltors.
Would you have the world less selfish,
Don't philosophize and dream;
Skim what milk Of human kindness
You shall find--then churn the cream.
1t is rumored that when NJ. DeLes-
seps finishes the Panama Canal the first
vessel to cross the Isthmus will be pro-
PEELED by the Keely motor.
A Brooklyn man proposes to import
monkeys and train them to become
bootblacks. Would the public put up
with such monkey shinesl
"Papa, what is a bendere" "a
bender, why, it's what men get on
sometimes.' Docs it bend 'em when
they get on itl" eyes, it bends them,
and if they stay on too long they will
get all broke up"
Stranger (to Indiana farmer)-"Its
great pity that the crops in this section
have been SO badly damaged by rain"
Indiana farmer taking a sun-bath)-
''Wall, ya'as, mister, but it saves
sight o work harvestin'."
''Dear me- said the little Boston
boy, after intellectual suasion had
failed, and they had spanked him for
the first time; eff had had tho slight
est suspicion that the resultant SENSE
ton was so poignant, 1 should never
have invited the experiment"
This is the order which a little gin
brought into Lewiston druggists store,
the other day. 1t was written on
dirty piece of note paper. as follows:
sinister Druggist: Please send ipecac
enough to throw up a four-year-old
girl" ,
Wife (who has the foreign Language
'spasm")-" John, do you know I'm get
ting on splcndidly with my Frcnchi
am really beginning to think in the
language" Husband Interested in bis
paper)-'1s that soa Let me hear you
think little while In French"
"You can tell whether man is lazy
or industrious by the way he asks Tor
work." observed business man who
just dismissed an applicant with regrs'
that he had no opening for him. 'in.
deed. should like to know how"
"Well, some men ask for a position,
IL L.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17

Additional mixed trains Southwark pass
Charlestown at 2.14 a. NJ. and SIS A NJ; ar
rive Ut Harrisonburg at SIG A. NJ and 5.S2
P. NJ.
WESTWARD.
Fast Limited Express, daily, for Chicago and
Pittsburg, leaves Baltimore at 1000 A. NJ,
Washington 1885 A. NJ. Arrives ut Chicago
SIS 4. NJ, Pittsburg $50 P. VI.
Express daily for Cincinnati and St. Louis
leaves Baltimore at 100 p. M, Washington 3. 90
P. NJ, and Harper's Ferry at 4-2s p NJ Ar
rives at Cincinnati at 7.so a. NJ, and st. Louis
at $50 P. NJ.
Night Express daily for st. Louis and Chi
cago leaves Baltimore at $50 p. NJ. Washing
ton 8. 40 p. NJ, and Harper's Ferry IL so L. NJ
Arrives at Cincinnati 5. SO p NJ, st. Louis so
A. NJ, Chicago $40 4. VI.
Night Express daily for Pittsburg leaves Bal
timore Mt SIS P NJ. Washington 3. ID +. NJ.
and Harper's Ferry at 1O.4S p. NJ. Arrives Mt
Pittsburg $50 A. NJ
For tickets and further information apply to
B. & o. Agents or to B. F. BOND, Pass Agent,
Baltimore. c. E. DUDRow, Travelling Pass.
Agent, Stanton, Va
B. s. o. palace sleeping cars are run through
to Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago and Pittsburg
on all express trains.
L. II. COLE, GenT Ticket ACT
CHAS. o. SCULL. Gen1 Pass. ACT
w. NJ. CLEMENTS, General Manager
May 8, 1888.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17

No. has Pullman Buffet Sleeper New
York 10 Chattanooga without change via
Harrisburg, Hagerstown and Roanoke alsg
has connection at Hagerstown with fast mail
from Baltimore.
No. has through connection from Philadels:
phia via Harrisburg and C. v. Railroad. and
from Baltimore via W. VI. R. II. Daily ex
CONNECTIONS.
At Hagerstown, Nd. with the Western Ma
ryland Railroad to and from Baltimore. Fred5
erick. Emmittsburg. Gettysburg. Penmar;
Waynesboro Pa, and points on the Western
MARYLAND Railroad and branches
With the Cumberland Valley railroad TO nnc
from Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippenshurg,
Chambers5urg, Mercersburg, Msrtinsburg.
and points on the Cumberland Valley Railroad
and brances.
Also to and from Pittsburg and the West
and Northwest, and Boston. New York, Phila-
delphia and the North and East.
At Shenandoah Junction. W. Va. with
main line of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to
and from the West
No makes close connection ut Waynesboro
Junction with C. Il o. Ry. East and West
bound trains
At Loeb Laird with Lexington branch of
Richmond aud Allegheny Railroad.
At Buchanan with Main Line OF Richmond
and Allegheny Railroad:
At Roanoke with Norfolk and Western
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Boyce for Wildwood and Winchester, Va.
AT Troutyile for Fincastlc.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
A, Sound Legal Opinion.


E. cambridge Munday, Esq
County Atty, Clay Co., Tex, says {:
"Have used. Electric Bitters with
most happy results My brother
also was very low with Malarial Fe-
yer and Jaundice, but was cured by
timely use of this medicine. Am
satisfied Electric Bitters sa~ed' his
life."-
Mr.. d. L wiIcoxson, of Horse
Cave, Ky, adds a like testimony,
saying: He positively believes he
would have died, had it not been for
Electric Bitters.
This great remedy win ward off, as
we'll as cure all Malaria Diseases, and
for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach
Disorders stands unequaled. Price
SOC. and ST. at G. F. Jones'.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17
Eagle Avenue Gardens.

FTNHE public is respectfully informed that
Il am now prepared 10 furnish Plants. Of all
standard varieties. for vegetable gardens. such
as
CABBAGE. TOMATO. PEPPER. EGG. LET
TUCE, SAGE. CAULIFLOWER. &C.
at the Eagle Avenue Gardens. and at my Town
Branch on Liberty street, adjoining the res
idence of Hon. Jas. VI. Mason. 4 share Of the
public patronage will be thankfully received.
G. Fresh Vegetables In season
April II, 1888 z J. WILLIAMS
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17

,7JE Fenton. formerly Runstleu Robert H.
Florence, John FLorence. Susan Florence. Sd
rah Seymour, Alfred 4. Florence deceased:
Order of the County Court, May Term. 1888.
In the County Court of the County of Jcffcr-
con. West Virginia.. May Term, 1sss, May Z,
TINHEreport o. Commissioner Gloon Moore re-
turned and fled May s. 1888. settling the &C.
counts of s. W. Washington. Administrator of
Mary Fenton. Robert Fl. Florence. John Flor
ence, Susan Florence, Sarah Seymour and AL
fred 4. Florence. respectively, having been
confirmed by this Court. and two years having
elapsed since the qualification of s. w. Wash
ington as Administrator of said six parties re-
eDcctivcly. and no debts or demands appearing
against any of said estates.
Upon the petition of Albert J. Fenton Maria
F. Newland, James 4. Runsdell. John Runs
dell Susan 4. Bryan, Dora Runsdcll, distrib-
utees and heirs at law of Mary Fenton deceased.
also the petition of Addic \. Florence. w &.
Florence, 4. B. Florence, NJ. Is. Florence and
Robert 4. Florence. distributes and heirs at
law of Robert II. Florence. deceased also the
petition of Joseph Florence. Anna Florence and
John Florence. distributes and heirs at law Of
John Florence, deceased; also the petition of
Annie Z. Falkner. distributcc and heir ut law
of Susan Florence. deceased: also the petition
of Mrs. Ellen Simpson Sarah f. Crccch james
r. Seymour, Laura L. Daggcrt. heirs at law and
distributes of Sarah Seymour. decreased: also
the petition of Florence V. Vance. Erastus G.
Florence. now Male, and Alfred a. Florence.
distributes and heirs at law of Alfred 4. Flor
cnce- deceased nicd by orrcst W. brown tnciT
attorney. for the payment to them as such dis
tributes of the estate of the several deceased
parties it is ordered that notice be given sew
orally to the creditors and all others concerned
of each of the above estates. tO-wit: of Mary
f. Fenton. Robert III. Florence. John Florence.
Susan C. Florence. Sarah Seymour and Alfred
A. Florence to show cause on the 9th day of
August. 1885, against the payment and delivery
of the estates of the several deccdents to their
respective distributes and legatces. Notice
shall be given Us required by law by publishing
a copy of this order once q week for six sue
ccssive weeks in some newspaper published in
jefferson County. and by posting copies thereof
at the front door of the Courthouse in said
County for six successive weeks before the 9th
day of August. 1883.
1t appearing to the Court that each of said
decedents were non-residents of the State of
West Virginia, no further notice is required.
A Copy-Tcstc.
THOS. A. MOORE.
Clerk of said Court.
June 10 1SSS-6t. TSpirit Fee S19.13.1
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17

HOME AGAIN in my new store and
nicely fixed. Plenty of room, plenty
of light, plenty Of goods for Spring
and Summer trade. Clothing, Hats,
Shoes, Gloves and Furnishing Goods.
Five hundred mems and boys sam
pie hats, Spring Styles, at half price.
GEO. H. HAGLEY.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17

Several large clubs Of colored Dem
ecratic voters have been organized in
North Carolina, and the indications
are that the colored voters of that
State will be far from being a unit
for the Republican party in the COM
inc campaign.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17

Observation-Disclosures; Intense itching and sting
ing: most Mt night worse by scratching II allowed
to continus tuInors form, which often bleed and
Clcernte becoming very sore. SwAYsEs OINTMENT
siops the itching and bleeding heals liberation, and
IN many cases removes the tumors. It Is equally
eficacious in curing all Skin Diseases. DIR.
SWAYSE K SON. proprietors, Philadelphia.
SwAYsz's, cIS1a:ESr be obtained OF druSSiets
Font by mail for 20 Cents.
Nov l. lSS7-ly
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17

Carpets! Carpets. j. II. Beachley. at Ha-
ecrstown, has just been east buying more car
pets. People not only read advertisements.
but have also realized that Beachleys stock. at
Hagerstown, is not only large, but the best of
ALL his prices are low.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17
RICHLY K Kso 4esd Fl. are sna then ,s:s

act; they will find honorable employment that
will not take them from their homes and FAM
industrious person. many have made and are
now making several hundred dollars a month
IL IL easy for any one 20 make IS and upwards
per day. who is willing to work Either sex,
young or old capital not needed we start you.
Everything new No special ability required
you. reader, can do It as well as any ONE
| Write TO us at once for full particulars, which
we mail free. Address Stinson & Co, Port
land. Maine December 6, lSST-ly.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17

The Kansas City Times, in speak
ing of our Congressman William L..
Wilson, says :" That he was born in
jefferson county, Virginia, May 3rd,
1913 received an academic and col
legiate education, graduating from
Columbia college, in the District OF
Colum bia and the University of Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Wilson received the de-
gree of L. L. D. from both Columbia
and Hampden Sidney colleges, and
has been appointed regent of the
Smithsonian Institution for three
terms"
1t further says: IF were asked
to designate the most scholarly man
IN the House of Representatives, 1
should name Hon. William L. Will
son. had the
good fortune to hear his speech on
the Mills tariff bill which, by common
consensus of opinion. was the best
made upon that subject.
Wilson should be painted
as he delivered that matchless
speech. He stood in the centre of
the Democratic side, with n full
house, silent and eager to hear.
His diction is ornate rs
the stately flow of Clarendon's pic
tured page
The speech delivered by Mr.. Wilson
on the Pension Appropriation bill,
was the best made in either house
during the forty-ninth Congress.
Hurrah for Cleveland, Thurman,
Wilson and the Bandana! p.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17

Good Things to Eat ! People that want good
things to cat. and only want to pay moderate
prices, will do well to see Beachley & Son, ut
Haperstown
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17

Window Shades! Another big lot just re-
ccivcd at Beachley's, at Hagcrstown. Prices
lower than ever.