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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-20
Syrup ofFi0s

Is Natures own true laxative. II is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to Cleanse the System when
Bilious or Costiye to dispel Headaches,
Colds, and Feyers TO Cure Habitual Con-
stipation, Indigestion, Piles, etc. Manu-
featured only by the California Fig Syrup
Company, San Francisco, Cal. Mr.. g.
Frank Jones, has been appointed agent for
Charlestown, w. Va.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-20
Parents 0rfn,fnnllu liable.

More than half Of all deaths occur before
six years Of age. An army Of innocent,
lovely children are swept needlessly away
each year. Parents are criminally respon-
sible for this. The death rate Of children
in England i less than half this. Acker's
English Baby Soother has done more to
bring this about than all other causes COM
bined. You cannot afford to be without it,.
G.. Frank Jones.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-20
DO Not Suffer ann Lonaer.

Knowing that a cough can be checked in
day, and the first stages Of consumption
broken in a week, we hereby guarantee
Acker's English Cough Remedy, and will
refund the money to all who buy, take it as
per directions, and do not find our state
ment correct. G. Frank Jones.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-20
Better Than Suicide.

Professor Arnold says: "An incarable
dyspeptic is justified in committing sui
eide" We will guarantee to cure any dys-
peptic within three months by Acker's Eng
lish Dyspepsia Tablets. Q. Frank Jones.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-20
POETR ".
lI4RJORIE'S KISSES.

Marjorie laughs and climbs on my knee,
And | kiss her and she kisses me.
/ kiss her. but l don't much care,
Because. although she is charming and iair,
Mariories only three.
But there will come a time, l ween,
When if / tell her of this little scene,
She will smile and prettily blush and then
1 shall long in vain to kiss her again,
When Marjorie's seventeen.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-20

Taxation has always been the feature of
organized government the hardest to recon
cile with the peoples idea of freedom and
happiness. When presented in a direct
form nothing will arouse popular discomfort
more quickly and profoundly than unjust
and unnecessary taxation. Our farmers,
mechanics, laborers and all our citizens
closely scan the slightest increase in the
taxes assessed upon their lands and other
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-09-20
- MOORE


CLEON MOORE.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-01-14
HUGE SPIDERS.
Formidable Creatures That Capture Bird,
and Lizards.

Formidable Creatures That Capture Birds
and Lizards.
A great many plants, animals AID
insects which we are familiar with in
our more temperate climate attain
much larger size in the hot, tropical
regions of the globe, and none, per-
haps, are more remarkable in this re-
spect than the different classes of spi-
ders.
You have been told of the huge,
black, hairy-legged tarantula, with his
great, staring, bead-like eyes, and
long, cruel forceps, or nippers, who
turks in dark corners, and slows him
self in the toes of your boots and other
unexpected places; but. as a general
rule, he can be avoided, and the web
he spins interferes but little with any
one. But there are other spiders,
equally large and quite as formidable.
that spread their nets across roads and
paths, much to the occasional discom-
fort of unwary horsemen, or short
sighted folk on foot.
Up in the mountains of Ceylon and
India there is fellow of this kind that
spins web like bright yellow silk, the
central net of which is five feet l. de
ameter, while the supporting lines. or
guys, as they are called. measure some
times ten or twelve feet long; and,
riding quick in the early morning, you
may dash right into it, the stout thread
twining round your face like lace
veil; while as the creature who has
woven it takes up his position il be
middle, he generally catches you rg ght
on the nose. and, though he seldom
bites or stings, the contact of his large
body and long legs is anything but
pleasant. If you do forget yourself
and try to catch him, bite he will, and
though not venomous, as his jaws are
as powerful as birds beak, you are
not likely to forget the encounter.
The bodies of these spiders are very
handsomely decorated, being bright
gold or scarlet underneath, while the
upper part is covered with the most
delicate slate-colored fur. So strong
are the webs that birds the size of larks
are frequently caught therein, and
even the small but powerful scaly
lizard falls a victim. Often have /
plunged into their fold when out col
lecting plants in the dim light of
tropical forest, and often have l sat
and watched the yellow or scarlet mon
ster, measuring-when waiting for his
prey with his legs stretched out-fully
six inches, striding across the middle
of the net, and noted the rapid manner
in which he winds his stout threads
around the unfortunate captive. He
usually throws the coils about the head
till the wretched victim is first blinded
and then chOked.
In many unfrequented dark hooks
of the Jungle you come across almost
perfect skeletons of small birds, caught
in these terrible snares, the strong
folds of which prevent the delicate
bones from falling, to the ground after
the wind and weather have dispersed
the flesh and feathers. for the spider
seldom makes more than one meal, after
which he spins another web for fresh
victims. Folks.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-01-14
PITH AND POINT.

Sausage time is approaching and
little Fido instinctively huns the
corners and dark places. Columbus
Dispatch.
-"Is this the mail carp" asked a
passenger. ''Yes, SIR" replied the
humorous conductor; 'this is the
smoker. - Yonkers Statesman.
1t was tender-hearted Chicago
girl who recently put vaseline on some
potatoes that had been exposed to and
peeled by the sun.-Fuc5.
When you read that a millionaire
works harder than any of his clerks
please to remember that he also gets
more pay.-Paitade'phia CALL
Miss Pitts burgh-'' you believe
in marriage, Miss ChicagoP" Miss
Chicago why, cert! How else could
we ever have any divorces?"- y lid
Bits.
"A Burlington girl says there is no
truth in the saying, Like father, like
son." She says she likes the son first
rate, but she can't bear the father.
The bee. though it finds every rose
has thorn, comes back loaded with
honey from his rambles, and why
should not other tourists do the sameP
Halliburton.
-Dlllard-"Do you know women
love to see themselves in print?"
Brightly-''They ought to be encour-
aged. my boy; it's heap cheaper
than silk. "-Loa0eU Citizen.
1t is the easiest thing in the world
to be philosopher. All you have to
do is to utter truths you don't believe
and can't make other people believe,
either. Puck
Raw onions are now eaten to cure
insomnia. Where it fails to cure hus-
band or wife, it will at least keep the
other awake for company, and that's
some consolation. Detroit Free Press.
Neither Very Sensible
The man who does not advertise
Displays as much good sense
As the man who dons his Sunday pants
To climb barb-wire fence.
-DGnSUiLLe Breeze.
-Banish sobriety, temperance and
purity, and you tear up the founda-
tions of all public order, and all do
mestic quiet, and leave nothing re-
spectacle in human character. II Carl
Pretzeps Sunday National.
-Timid Tourist-"Say, Cap'n, this
boat seems very shaky; was anybody
ever lost in herP' Boat-Man-''N
ter my knowledge. There was three
men drowned from her last Thursday,
but we found them all the next high
tide. Life.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-01-14
HOW CESAR GOT AHEAD.

A Veracious Yarn Spun by an Exc on
federate Soldier.
1t was an ex-COnfederate soldier at
Sheffield, Ala, who was giving some
of his experiences at the battle of F ort
Donelson. He was an officer and had
young colored man for his cook.
When the Confederates, or the great
bulk of them, decided, after a hot
fight, to withdraw from the fort, the
Captain looked around for his servant,
but the negro was nowhere to be seen.
The officer mounted log and called
out in loud tones for his servant, and
pretty soon was answered, but in such
faint tones that he could not for awhile
locate the cook. Caesar finally made
it plain that he was in the log under
the officers feet, and was ordered to
come out.
Cant do itr' he shouted in reply.
But you must. The fight is all
over
..But 1 can't-dar's fo' white men in
dis log behind mer'
And when the officer Investigated he
found that such was the fact They
crawfished out, one after another, each
having an excuse to urge, and finally
. the darky appeared. The officer was
about to open on him, but Caesar pro-
tested:
"Doan' say one, word! Dis ar de
fust time l eber got ahead of a white
man, an it's gwine to be de very
last! De mex fout we hev lie gwine
to let.de white man hev de hull log to
hisself, an I'll look fur hole in de
groundr r-Detro@ Free Press,
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-01-14
About Roots.

All roots have little mouths in the
fine fbres among their branches, where
the food of the plant is taken in. They
are so small that you could not see
them with the naked eye. The more
there are the more likely the plant IS
to live.
These little mouths drink up fluid
from the ground, that goes to nourish
every leaf and flower. Yes, and all
the fruit you eat. And they choose
just what they want, too. The apple
tree mouths know just what will make
apples, and the strawberry mouths just
what will make strawberries.
We sometimes make mistakes about
what we should eat, but the plants
never do. There are so many different
things in the ground for the plants to
eat that they can all be supplied, and
yet grow side by side. Isn't it won
derful? Some flowers will only grow
in the swamps; they would not grow
in any other ground, because the little
mouths in the roots could not find the
right kind of food there.-Mrs. 9. Hal
IN Our Little Ones.
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With ill-concealed emotion he took
ihe thin, worn hand in his and drew it
gently toward him. Life at this mo-
ment would seem to him the intensity of
bitterness. The past, with its struggle
for existence, the present and its desc
lation, the future shrouded in uncer-
tainty, all came before him as in a
dream. A strange mist gathered before
his eyes. He gasped, leaned heavily
forward. and in a quivering and husky
accent he exclaimed: "Tll pass!'
Sylvester had caught a bobtail-fush
and seventeen cents were swept to the
other side of the table. Drift
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-01-14
VOLUME XVII.
BABY KATIE.

Baby Katie, three years old.
Eyes of sapphire, hair of gold;
flushed her song of baby glee,
where she sat on grandpa's knee.
Lovely in its baby grace,
Grave and thoughtful grew her face,
While her dimpled hands, outspread,
Softly fondled grandpa's head.
'Mong his locks, like silver spun,
In and Out her fingers run.
~7Tell me, dandpa," said the sprite,
How you dot you hair so white.
Tis so boo'ful and so fine,
So much pritier dan mine.
Tell me, dandpa. what to do
To mate mine white and pity. too"
Grandpa laughed; 'Well, declare,
so my baby wants white HAIR
Tiny, sweet, ambitious Kate,
Many years you'll have to wait;
Feel the chill of life's decline,
Ere your hair can be like mine
Hair like mine is e.eached. sweet dear,
BY the SHOWS Of rnrny a year"
Kate slips from grandpa's knee,
Siaps her hands in merry glee;
Seeds with pattering footsteps feet
Through the door into the street.
where the snow is coming down,
Soft and silent, DER the town.
wondering what the sprite would do,
Grandpa follows slowly, too.
Loot, dear dandpa, loot" she cries,
Laughter beaming from. her eyes;
'Dess you II see you baby Kate
Didn't had SO long to wait
As the many years you said
For the SHOWS to white her head"
-HdFriet. 4. Chute. IN Golden Days.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-01-14
"HORSON'S CHOICE"
A Correct Version of the Origin of This
Popular Phrase.

A Correct Version of the Origin of This
Popular Phrase.
Did you know that this familiar
phrase 'Hobson's Choice" preserves
the memory of very good and useful
man?
Thomas Hobson was born in 1914;
he was for sixty years q carrier be
tween London and Cambridge. con-
veying to and from the university, let
ters and packages; also passengers.
In addition to his express business, he
had livery stable and let horses to
the university students. He made it a
rule that all the horses should have,
according to their ability, a proper di-
vision of work and rest. They were
taken out in regular order. as they
stood, beginning with the one nearest
the door. No choice was allowed, and
if any man refused 10 take the animal
assigned him he might 90 without any.
That or none. Hence the phrase
"HObson's choice"
In the spring of 1880, the plague
broke out in England. The colleges
of Cam bridge were closed, and among
the precautions taken by the authori-
ties to avoid infection. Hobson was
forbidden to 90 to London.
He died in January, 1851, partly, it
is said, from anxiety and fretting at
his enforced leisure. Hobson was
one of the wealthiest citizens of Cam
bridge, and did much for the benefit
of the city, to which he left several
legacies. His death called forth many
poems from members of the univer-
sity, officers and students, among
them two by the poet Million, when
student at Christ's College. Wide
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NUMBER Z.

mas old bombazine dress and bonnet,
as many times as I've seen them, said
mamma, laughing until the tears ran
out of her eyes. ''Well, wellr'
And then she gave that nice lunch to
the children, who ate it without offer
ing the poor post-woman so much as a
mouthful.
You never heard any one laugh as
lothian did when they told him about it.
''If you amt the beata most!" said
he. "Hoi ho! Youths Com
pdniOn.
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The POST-WOMAN.
How the Little Gray Children Fooled
Their Mamma.

How the Little Gray Children Fooled
Their Mamma.
Papa Gray was going to have a fence
built around the back yard, and lothian
was digging the post-holes.
The children were looking on, and
helping what they could, which wasn't t
a great deal perhaps.
They have to have a finger apiece
in every pie" laughed lothian, good
naturedly.
"We're going to bring the posts to
you," said Robin. We'll hitch rope
on, you know, and haul 'em out one to
time, just like horses There'll be
four horses, and Mamie is going to
team us. Won't that be fun? Want
one now, Jotham?'
"Ye-es, 1 guess so; nights well, !"
said lothian. So away pranced the
team, Richie and Robin and Sadie and
Beth, with Mamie's short little legs
flying in the rear; and they were back
again, dragging the light cedar post,
before lothian ever thought of such a
thing.
"Why, you're dretful smartr' said
he. 81 guess I'll have to hustle
round"
"S'pose We'll get 'em all set to-day?"
asked Robin, with such grown-up air
that lothian laughed in spite of him.
self.
"Well, 1 don't see any thing to
hender," said he, ''with such help as
I've got" .
But you never can tell what will hap
pen. Before lothian had the first post
fairly set, papa wanted him to help
about something at the store, and of
course that fun was over.
'1t's always just that way" pouted
Robin.
'But we can do something else,"
said Beth, cheerily. Then all of a sud-
den she gave hop, skip and a gleeful
laugh. "Oh, I'll tell you," cried She
Let's ----! viii youP"
"Yes, ma'am-reew said Robin.
"Come on!" and away they went.
1t was about half an hour after that
Mrs. Trimble, the next neighbor, ran
across the garden into Mamma Gray's
kitchen.
'.Mrs. Gray" she said, ''there's been
a woman standing out in your back
yard for the last ten minutes, stock
still as post"
Mamma smiled Mrs. Trimble was
something of gossip. But she looked
out of the kitchen window, all the
same, and true enough, there stood
little old woman in a shabby black
dress and a shabbier gray shawl, and a
bonnet with the veil over her face.
There, nowr' said Mrs. Trimble.
"Who do you s'pose 'tisP"
"Pm sure 1 don't know" said man.
ma "She may be a crazy person. 1
must see where the children are. Poor
thing! perhaps I'd better take out
lunch to her, and ask her to go
along"
II would" said Mrs. Trimble.
So mamma heaped plate with a
luncheon fit for queen and went out
Mrs. Trimble went, too.
The strange woman stood very still
She did not stir, even when Mrs. Trim
BILE cleared her throat with loud
"Ahemr
Its the queerest thing I ever heard
of, !" said mamma, going closer every |
"she must be deaf-or crazy. |
She-why-why, Mrs. Trimble. it isn't
a womanr'
Then up from each one of the five
nearest post-holes popped head.
''Ohi ho! hor'
sIt's a post-woman, mammal
''Oh, didn't we fool youP"
Didn't we though, mammal"
81 should say you did," said Mrs.
Trimble, trying hard to frown, but not
succeeding very well. "The 1st of
April doesn't come till next year. chill
dren."
"And to think ] didn't know grand
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FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A BOY TO TRUST IN.


She stood at the crowded crossing,
A woman crippled and old,
Whose thin and faded garments
A pitiful story told.
On her arm a basket of apples
That no one cared to buy.
d" I must sell 'em or go hungry"
She thought, with a weary sigh.
MAYBE if I'd cross over
I'd have better luck" she said;
But the crowded street before her
Filled her with thought of dread.
I" 'Tain't safe for poor old cripple"
She said, with another sigh,
" But I've got to take my apples
Where somebody wants to buy"
She paused by the curbstone, fearing
To trust herself in the tide
OF life that was coming and going.
Deary me, it seems so wide,
An so many horses an wagons,
L know I'll get scartr she said.
" An if got hurt''-with a shiver-
I'D good deal better be dead"
" See that apple-woman, Tommy;
She's afraid to cross the street.
Cried boy who was going schoolward
To friend he chanced to meet.
She'll get scared and drop her basket,
And there'n be no end of fun.
Hurry up, hurry up, old woman;
Grab your apple cart and runP'
"Hush," said the other, sternly,
And went to the woman's side,
i" If you want to cross, I'll help you,
If you'll trust me for guide.
Let me carry your basket for you;
Don't fear, but keep close to me,
And you'll soon be over safely"
He told her cheerily.
With some one to guide her footsteps,
The crossing was quickly made.
81 knew could trust you," she told him
So didn't get afraid.
God bless you for your kindness
To poor old thing like me.
If knew your mother, I'd tell her
How proud she ought to be-"
fancy that this lads mother
Must know of his kindly deeds,
And is glad that the boy she loves so
Takes thought Of others needs.
Such boys are the ones to trust in
For the men that must be had,
For the father of the true man
Is the true and manly lad.
-E6en E. Regford, in Golden Days.
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-Ihave sometimes thought that we
can not know any man thoroughly
well while he is in perfect health. As
the ebb tide discloses the real lines of
the shore and the bed of the sea, so
feebleness, sickness and pain bring
out the real character of man. < Gar
field :.
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AN author, whose name is with
held, offers 81, 900 reward for the re-
turn of the manuscript of novel lost
in the streets yesterday. That author
evidently has great deal of confidence
in the novel, but perhaps if he had
shown it to publisher before losing it
he would not offer so large reward for
its return. Y Commercial AdUer.
LiSer
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Striving to Please.

Old Lady SHARPLY, to boy in drug
stOre)--Pve been waitin' for some
time to be waited on, boy.
Boy meekly)-Yes'um; wot kin 1
do fer you?
Old LADY, want two-cent stamp.
Roy (anxious to please)-Yes' um.
Will you have it licked?-M y Sun.
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The Japanese women of Osaka
nave formed a Ladies' Christian As
sociation, and at recent meeting in
the Y. M. C. A. Hall, in that place. an
audience composed of ladies only is
said to have numbered over l. 600.
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A subscriber for the Tunelo Miss

"A subscriber for the Tupelo Miss }
Journal writes to that paper 10 inquire
whether there are any "mule-footed"
hogs in Lee County. He says there
was formerly breed in the county
that bore that name, because they had
unsplit hoofS like mules
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He (tenderly) Dyes; when it.
done again, you must really see the
Blondin donkey" She (sincerely)-
Il will. I'll look out for it, and, when
1lo see it, l will think of your Lon
G9n Paach,
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p -Mother-"H HAS Mr.. Goslow Of
fered himself yet?'' Harriet-':No.
not yet; but 1 think he will soon.
Last night he said he was looking
around for a wife, and asked me very
particularly if l thought could earn
enough to venture to marry on. y
Life:
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Young Journalist Ito old editor) -
Successful writing. 1 should think. is
quite a science. Editor-No.- 1 don I
think so. Quite easy, it strikes me.
All you've got to do is to find out what
the people want and then write it "
Journ alist-You encourage me, but
say. how is a man to find out what the
people want?" Editor-Pll be hanged
if I know. "-ArEanSasU Traveller.
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--Old Lady (very much shocked)--
Little boys. what are you playing
Shiny for on the Sabbath day.
Little Boys--"We're playin' fer e
CENTS a game. "'--Ltfe,
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We send 1000. 900 barrels of ap
pies every year to foreign nations.
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Mrs. Pompano (time. a. m.)-Is
that you, Adolphus? Pompano-Yes,
my dear. Mrs. Pompano (alarmed) =
What makes you act so strangely?
Pompano with dignity)-Ia assure.you.
my dear, 1 have not touched q drop To-
night. 1 am perfectly sober. Mrs,
Pompano-Oh, l see! 1 knew something
was the matter.-PKNddelphtG Call.