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West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-08-03

II ia not always conventions 10 call 3
Physician for every little ailment. 4aX<
ing Red Flag OIL in the house You heyo
a Physician always ut hand, q k1H9
Rheumatisin, Neuralgia, Burns 4x Lso1
and all Aches and Palms. Price = 81
There are few things in this HE g
which wa may be certain. but this - ono
of them, Puritan Cough and C0nsumP-
ton Cure has no equal Tor Coughs, Colo.
and Consumption. Price . cents. - u
Jones' drug store. mayuseo-y.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-08-03
Public Sale
OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY


The undersigned having qualified e
Administrator of Oscar M. Lucas deco,
will sell at his late residence, ~ miles
north of Charlestowu, w. Va, on the
farm of Mr.. Jos. Abel, on
Thursday, 9Th day Of August, 1888,
at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ. the following desira-
BILE property. to-wit:
4 HEAD OF WORK HORSES.
l Colt. two years old; mich COWS,
one fresh with calf by her side; 8 young
Brood Sow with pig); small Brood
Sows, Shotes, fat Hog.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
lWalter A. Wood Binder, nearly new,
! Four-horse Wagon, Bed and shely-
ings, Spring wagon, Sleigh (cutter).
Sets Single Harness, 2 Sets Front
Gears, sets Breechbands, sets pillow
Gears, Collars, Brides, Halters and Cow
Chains, Riding Saddle, Wagon Sad
die, l set Cart Gears, l Half-Dushel,
Hamper, Steel Forks, 2 Harrows, 5
Barshear Flows. Double Shovel Plow,
/ Corn Coverer, Horse Rake, Corn
Shelter, Wheat Fan (Poyneerl, Cut
ting Box, Scoop, Grain Cradle, lot
Double AID Single Trees.
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN
FURNITURE:
Walnut Extension Table, Sofa, 3
Rocking Chairs, Dining Chairs, Hair
Cloth Chairs, Wardrobe, 2 Sick Chairs,
2 Bed Steads. 2 Mattresses, Acorn Bed
Stead, 2 Wash Stands, small Stands,
Wood Stove, Coal Stove, (self. feeding)
25 Yards Carpet, 20 yards Mating,
Cook Stove and fixtures, I Oil Stove and
Baker, Kitchen Tables, Refrigerator,
/ Water Cooler, Sewing Machine, APP
pie Evaporator, SO Peerless Meat Sacks,
new, Moss Rose China Tea Set, Large
Lot of Queensware, four-gallon Stone
Jar, 4 two gallen Jars, q lot OF half and
gallon Jars, Wash Tubs, 8 Stone Milk
Crooks, Churn, / Butter Board and
Worker, L Grind Stone, 10 gallons Of Vim
egar, 6 Country-cured Hams, Should
ers, 5 Middling, Lard Cans, pair OF
Sheep Shears, Ice-cream Freeze, Cups
and Saucers. Glassware, Picture Frames,
Lamps, Lot of Books, and many other
household articles. Double Barreled
Breech-loading Shot Gun and fixtures
complete, nearly new; Colts Revolver,
l Box Carpenter TOOLS, ana many otner
articles too numerous TO mention.
TERMS OF SALE.-A credit Of twelve
months will be given on all sums over
$40, the purchaser giving negotiable note
with approved security, with interest
from day of sale; sums of $40 and under
cash. No property to be removed until
terms of sale are strictly complied with.
b. ID. GIBSON,
Admir- Of o. M.-Lucas, decd.
w. L. Anderson, Auct.
July 13th-3t
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-08-03
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
of Jefferson county, w. Va.
/, II. w. Latimer, Clerk of said Court,
do hereby certify that j. +. Engle, Spe-
cial Commissioner, has given bond in
the above named cause, in the penalty
of 500 as required by law and in accord
ance with decree i'm said cause.
Given under my hand this End day of
August, 1883.
Teste:
IT. w. LATIMER, Clerk.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-08-03

A full line of samples can be seen ut
DIR. C. Frank Jones' drug store. Charles
town, w. Va.
march30, 'SS-im.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-08-03
STEPHENSON
FEMALE SEMINARY,
Charlestown, JEFF. Co., W. Va.

Next Session will begin September II,
1888, and close June 18th, 1889.
No pains will be spared to make IT
worthy in all respects Of condolences and
patronage. .
For Catalogues, containing terms, &c-
apply to Principal,
July q, 1sss.-tf
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-08-03

Winchester pavement and build
ing brick for sale att. p Lippitt's.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-08-03

aug3-4t.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-08-03

Mr.. Daniel Getzendaner Of this
county is favOrably spoken of as the
Republican candidate for Congress.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-26
4 Few Facts About FIeaS.

There are several varieties of fleas. bit
they are SO much alike that their differences
are Interesting only TO scientific Yenule Tho
cat flea will do as well as any to show us the
process OF breeding. During the spring and
summer months she simply drops her cc~rs
into the fur of tie cat, but in the autumn
and winter she CLUES each firmly upon hair.
These eggs are So small AS TO be barely visible
70 the naked eye, but under the microscope
they are very beautiful, booking like the
loveiieSt pearls, and are perfectly translu-
cent. The flea deposits nearly ECO at a time
running about aad dropping them here and
there. They soon hatch inuo small. white.
footless worms. In from ore TO two weeks
they so into cocoon Nothing can be prettier
than this cocoon. wish | could show it to
you. but viii try to describe it 1t is like a
flask OF clear glass, tinged at the edges with
peariy tlnts, and dotted over with gold The
little sleeper within lies in a circle. is rose
colored. looks like the delicate retail Of a
flower. In aboEt six weeks be reaches ma
turity. AT first he is not larger than mite,
but when well fed grows quickly in size and
strength.
Fleas are quarrelSome. and great lighters.
W hen several are confined in a glass. they
will stand on their hind legs, striking Mt
their opponents With the others. and rta
over aad over each other. losing leg, and an
tenne. ami at last giving up their lives in
the fight. There IS q record Of a lea which
lived ten days after such an encounter. with
no an6enne. three plates OF his side broken
III, one eye gone aud with Only four legs,
and these cut off 10 tie first joints.-S. L
ClayeS, Swiss Cross
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-26
Lifc In NcW Guinez

The houses on this part of the coast as also
IN the villages inland, are built upon piles
varying from four to eight feet in height.
A few steps up rude ladder lead to a plat
form, on which some of the family generally
rccilne. y baby, and often a young pip, in
nets suspended from the caves, are gently
swinging to and fro Fishing nets lie in a
corner, with shells attached for weights
Nautilus shells, with grass streamers or hid
eoUS carved pieces of wood, hang before the
bamboo door, which is low and narrow. and
leads into the common room where all the
family sleep. The common room is about
twelve feet TO eighteen feet, with bare floor
ing OF rough plankS, generally the sides of
old canoes. Through the chinks the carbare
is thrown upon the plentiful remnants OF
cocoa husks below, for the pigs to eat or the
sea 10 carry away. In the middle of the
room Is fireplace, pile of ashes on some
boards, with spark protector of bamboo
stick hung about three feet above On the
central pole is hung q tom-tom, while here
and there on the grass walls ere suspended
gourds for lime, bamboo pipes. tomahawks,
AIDES spare grass petticoats and net bags
Inerc Is no window, but a movable shutter
can generally be opened on the sea side, and
plenty Of air. enters through the walls and
the holes in the floor.
Then, as to clothing, the natives certainly
affect sincere simplicity in the. matter of
dress. The only article common to all the
men Is n. thin string, a third of an inch in
breadth, passed tightly round the waist and
between the EGGS. A band of grass which
serves as pocket for tobacco, knives and
decorations of cotton leaves is for the most
part worn upon the upper part of the arm.
Some have head bands of red braid or small
rounded pieces of shells, while n few wear
necklaces Of shells or teeth. and carved bones
through the nose. Their hair. thick, matted
and long, is drawn up by comb Of bamboo
cane. The women wear pet5icoats of woven
grass, sometimes stained with red hue. The
married and betrothed have short hair: the
ma jorlty are tattooed with E-shaped mark
and other designs on the breast. Their figures
are squat and not SO erect as those of Hindoo
women, as they generally carry weights Oil
the back and not on the head-All the Year
Round
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-26
The Prevalence of Sunerstition.

No better illustration of the hold which
superstition still has on many intelligent
people could be desired than is afforded by a
recent report of the committee on expert
mental psychology submitted to the Boston
society for physical research. Letters were
addressed by this committee TO nearly 500
persons, and among the questions asked were
these:
"tirSt-W ould YOU be influenced by any
feeling belief or not is inmate,ieD in regard
TO sitting down thirteen at a table,
''Second-Or beginning a voyage on FRI
day!
'Thrd-Or seeing the new moon over your
left shoulder.
"Fourth-Or IN choosing a house which
was reported to be hauuted.'
Ridiculous as these questions NAV seem. it
is none the iesS true tba; they were answered
10y no less than 500 people and from
these answers it appears that oae-tonrh
of the men and one-tifth OF the women were
subject to superstition That the tendency
should be more prevalent among women
than among men is explained by the fact
that they are naturally OF weaker ma ture and
are, moreover, not brought into that close
contact with the world which, above every
thing else, quickly dispels illusion. II Ger
talnly must be allowed that, considering the
practical common sense of the average New
Englander ami TIE skeptlcsl spirit os the
period. the proportion of those who admit
that they are subject 10 superstition is verr
large. Without doubt the resuls of the Bcs-
ton society's labors must be surprise TO
those who have been inclined to believe that
we are every day becoming less cretlulous
Brooklyn Eagle
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-26

Outside Of those kisses bestowed by aftec.
tionats relatives, there can be but thres
recognized classes OF the genus kiss-as
viewed from a male standpoint. The hrst
comes upon your lips as If they were touched
by smooth planned, cool and insensate
board, without life or Neutrality-suspicious.
tive of any agreeable sensation whatever,
and not being worth garnered with thu
hearts mementos of golden, happy hours
The second is a gentle, velvety kiss, very
sweet and pleasant, but vexatiorsly unsatisfy-
ing to an ardent nature. and but little more
pronounced than fascinating cousin would
likely bestow The third is such as coral,
tempting, passionate lips bestow, for about
ten seconds, upon your lips-'a lingering
sweetness long drawn out'-that not only
steals your breath, but seems to be drawing
your very soul from out Of your body A
fellow may forget his mother-and about the
time he is harvesting such kiss be IL sure
to forget her-but the recollection of that
honest kiss will abide with him,
a source Of JOY, and be commensurate with
life itself.-Union Local.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-26
Invention of a Charitable Woman.

The wife of Mr. f. Prentiss Bailey, of The
Utica Observer, has inventive as well as
philanthropic genius Long an earnest
worker in fields Of charity she found that in
the hospitals it was often necessary to en-
ploy extra nurses to move patients, and that
the task was always strain both upon the
sick and those in charge of them. She saw
and contrived way in which to help the
sick to help themselves and it is very simple
and effective.
Two iron sockets are attached firmly to the
sides of bedstead by screws, and into these
are fitted short poles, and between the poles
is suspended horizontal bar, also fitted into
clamps. and adjustable to any height above
the head of the patient lying on the bed.
From this bar hang pair OF strong straps
with grips, and these can be moved from
right to lett at will. By grasping these straps
the sick man can utilize the strength Of the
arms to lift himself up, to change his posi-
ton, to turn over and TO allow the bedding
to be changed.
There are a variety Of attachments TO the
invention, which extend its usefulness indef-
nitsly One is a rest for the leg, in which a
broken limb can be placed while it is being
dressed 1t is only necessary to unscrew the
sockets attached to the bed5tead and change
their location, to utilize this Another is a
small table for medicines, book, anything
that patient wants within immediate reach.
Another is a curtain rod, likely to be espe-
cially servicesble il hospital wards, TO avoid
a draft, to shut out the Light, or to afford .
degree Of privacy.
Mrs Bailey's invention has been in use for
e<yna tiyoa in TaY.on Ho<ntaI At Utica
where it is found to be the greatest comfort
and convenience in a large number of cases
Rochester Union
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-26
AUTOGRAPHS OF STATESMEN
A Privilege of the Pages in the CapitoI
Congressren's Signatures.

Privilege Of the Pages in the CapitoI,
Congressr.en's signatures.
For years 1t has been the privilege Of the
pages in the Capitol to make quite lot of
pocket money each session in collecting auto
graphs. The pages of the senate for in
stance, will collect the signatures of all the
senator's in all album, turn the book over 20
some yornCSter in the house, who gets the
coDgressmea's names, then to one Of the pages
In the supreme court for the autographs of
the justices, and finally 10 the riding pages of
the senate who are constantly goiIg between
the Capitol, the White House, and tho several
departments and bureaus Of the government.
The latter get the names of the president. the
cabinet and other prominent officials. For
such collection the boy who starts tho hook
has received whateycr ne could out of his
customer, trusting TO his own SHARPNESS opd
the latter's generosity When ne gets His
fnoney-and $40 is the usual price-be settles
with the other pages who have assisted him
on SUCH terms rs they are willing to make
The ordinary terms of settlement have heor
- to the contractor, s. to the house rage. 50
to the boy who gets the president md Chi
net. end 81 to the youth in the supreme court
But tho example of the trades unions has
reached the Capitol, and an equal division of
profits is now demanded by tie boys. took
an album which had been sent lle Nv o. friend
IN the WeSo to one Of the senate pages the
osber day, and asked hin 10 get the auto
grnphS OF The statesmen for me. as he had
don before. | had formerly paid him $40
Tor sh "a Job, but be informed NE that tke
boys ha. rgcnizcd a union and had advanced
the price t. fl5. He said that the kids in
the house Kicked because tee senate bows
were making more money than they. ard had
struck; so 1t became Necessary 10 organize
and have stated card Of rates.
Don't You see, he said: people who want
autographs somehow always come TO the
senate first. We have q S. for pettjng the
names OF seventv-six senators. and have
given the kids iii the house only So for get
ting 80 names When they happened to
catch on to Job they got So, of course. and
gave us 81 for the senator's autographs, but
for every one book they get we get a dozen.
and they kicked about it. So we had IA
agree to pay them as much as we por our-
selves, Ihey won't touch a book less than
~. There was a kid in the house who eat,
uhder them and got some names not long ago
lor So but when the other boys found it out
Ihey got hold of the book and tore ont the
leaves. They boycotted him. don't YOU seey,
W aShlngton Cor New York Tribune
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-26
Old Fashioned Family Sentiment.

Fathers are over indulgent. Up to GER
! tain point that answers very well. for chill
dren are pets and playthings, but later on
comes that state of affairs SO well put into the
mouth Of old King lear, who in the depths
of his anguish could find no phrase SO apt in
description OF his iameDtable condition as:
''How sharper than a serpent's tooth il is to
have a thankless child"
AS the twig is bent the tree inclines
The boys who were brought up to disre-
gard the interest and engagements Of each
other, who care nothing for the convenience,
comfort, protection of their sisters, grow in
time to be men, and these girls who have no
condolences in their mother, who keep their
secrets from each other, who take into the
bosom Of trust the casual acquaintance OF a
careless hour, grow to be women, and there
you have the society of the future, and to a
certain extent the society Of today-families
scattered by the hand of event, member from
member swept by the Bosom of chance, with
no cohesive principle, no cohesive attach
ment; in fact bringing up precisely the state
of affairs that exists between my friend Sam
and his brother.
l don't believe in this everlasting talk
dUOuN tHS SoOu Ol0 ici III tHt ScOU
old days We had no palace cars, no electric
lights, no decent eating and drinking facili-
ties on railways, no telegraph communica-
ton, no elevated railroads, for all Of which
we are indebted to the good new times, when
the brain of science directs the hand of cap
ital for the convenience, the comfort and the
humanizing of mankind; but there was
something worth keeping in the good old
times, or else this proud nation of ours would
not be supreme as she is to-day, or else law
would not, in the court of last resort, be re-
spected as it is to-day, or else the strained
conditions that exist between capital on the
one hand and labor on the other could not be
restrained within the present limits today,
but chief among those good things of the
good old days was a family sentiment, which
bound heart TO heart, interest to interest,
making brothers and sisters and father and
mother ar entity, commonwealth-Jos
Howard in Boston Globe.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-26
WORKING WOMEN At LUNCH.

~heir Three FavOrite Articles of IOOd-A
Clever Little Game Played.
A very great many working women in
New York take their luncheons with them to
the Offices in which they are employed. and
eat sandwiches. apples. bits of cake and slices
of bread and butter at their desks or type
writing machines out of little tin box or q
scrap of paper But all those who can afford
it try to get something hot and substantial
at their midday meal, and are wise in SO do
ing because bits of cold bread and fruit are
not sufficient rUtrjrnea5 for a woman who is
doing ten hours of hard work In good
many of the big Office buildings, and in
some CT the newspaper buildings, there are
cheap luncheon rooms, and at these places
the three favorite articles of 1ood among tho
female customers are coffee, bot bread and
pie.
Strange to say, no woman seems to con-
slider her luncheon satisfactory without
something sweet, and men rarely eat sweets
at their midday meal A few women busy
in Offices down about Park row drop into the
Aston house for little steak and a CUP Of
tea. There are restaurants on Fourteenth
street and on Broadway. near Ninth and
Tenth streets, that are largely patronzed by
working women because of their conyen-
fence and their moderate rates Very few OF
these women spend more than forty cents for
their luncheon. They order very modest re-
pasts, but they clean up every scrap and
leave the dishes looking like Jack Sprat's.
lhey StGdy the menu with great care, and
know just what to order to get tae most
nutriment for the least money The COM
pamonable girls divide into parties of four
for luncheon, having learned that by order
ing one portion OF everything the four can
make pretty satisfactory meal, but the
four never leave enough of that one portion
to provide the thinnest sort of lunch for the
very chUrchliest sort Of mouse
There is one clever little game PLAYED bv
these parties carrecs which provides them all
with an abundance on one portion of tea.
Instead of having cup for each they order
a pot OF the beverage. which comes with
plenty of tea leaves and only water enough
added to make two cupfuis. This they i'm
mcdiately pour off and request the waiter for
a pitcher of hot water, for which there is no
extra charge, and armed With this thcv can
fill the teapot and replenish their cups twice
before 1t begins 20 get weak and tasteless
There is no extra charge for sugar or milk.
and so this pot % tea, which costs twenty
cents, makes good part of the luncheon of
four women. Some of the restaurant keep
ers caught on to this and only sent to the
table with the teapot a saucer containing
four or five humps of sugar, but the synps-
.hies Of the walters are usually with the hard
working and under paid females, and they
manage to provide them with sufficient to
'weeten all the tea they can brew in one tea
lot--New y ork World.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-26
A Once Famous Bluegrass Belle.

Gen. Joe Shelby was recently IN Lexington
on visit He was at the Morgan mansion
looking at a portrait of Miss Sallie Strother,
once famous Bluegrass belle and afterward
the Baroness Fahnenborg, and told a story
concerning her:
he said that he was much in love with Miss
Strother, and became very jealous of the
| attentions of the then Lieut. Gordon Granger,
| who came on a furlough from the army to
| visit Lexington. and spent almost every day
with Miss Strother. Gen. Shelby said he
! shelby happened to find large United
States flag in this city, and he took it to his
room and wrote on it in large letters: "Head-
quarters Of the United States army He
got long rope and tied the flag in the middle
of it, and, going in the night up to the Hunt
residence, where Miss Strother staid, be
| climbed high up in locust tree in front Of
the Hunt house and tied one end of the rope
on it. He then took the other end Of the
rope, and, climbing q tree OH the other side,
stretched the flag across the street high in
air in front of Miss Strother's home. Next
morning the joke gave such publicity to tho
future Gen. Changers love making that he
went away thoroughly embarrassed by the
merriment that the young men made at his
expense.
Thirty years after Gen. Granger went into
the Federal army, and Gen. Shelby into the
Confederate After the war had gone against
the Confederate arms Gen. Shelby retreated
with his command to Mexico to join Maxi
milan Soon after he got on to Mexican soil
and was lying in camp barely over the Next
can line, there came one day and camped on
the American side Of the line body OF Fed
eral soldiers that were evidently afraid to
violate the neutrality Of Mexico by following
Shelby on to Mexican SOIL They lay in sight
of each other for three days without any COM
munication. Finally, under flag Of truce,
Shelby sent q messenger to Changers camp
to make some inquiries, and among other
things to find who was in command, and
signed his name TO the communication. Gen.
Granger read tho note with surprise, and
sent the messenger back with a kindly note,
which ended: II am Gordon Granger, tho
man you drove out of Lexington, KY, with
United States flag. and now have driven
you out of the United States with the same
old fag.r-Lexington Transcript.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-26
Submarine. Volcanic Crater.

Indications now point TO the existence Of
a Submarine volcanic cratar between tho
Canary islands and the coast Of Portugal.
From q cable laying steamer In g degs Is
Minis north, 9 dess "a nins west, tie water
was found 70 measure $50 fathoms under
tho bo~ AID 500 under the stern. showing toe
ship TO Be over the edge d deep depression
in the ocean bottom Tae wei. known Erea.
inelua ktiss in the bed Of tee sea o: lisbon
arc thought To bc tve to . Submarine caa.n
of lnounIaina News