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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-08-21
Various Items.

The Confederate monument at
Staunton, Va. will be unveiled on
the 25th of September next.
JudgeW. p. Edison, distinguished
Indiana Republican, has come out for
Cleveland and Thurman and the In
diana Democratic State ticket.
1t is stated that the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad Company have put
large force of hands at work filling
with dirt and stone the high trestles
along the road.
A map of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, with its branches and con-
nections. is being prepared under the
direction of Mr.. Charles o. Scull.
general passenger agent.
Now that Sheridan is dead. the
old order of succession will he re-
sumed. and the command of the army
will fall to General Scoield, the
oldest major-general in the service.
Senator Lorenzo Whiting, prom
inent Republican of Illinois, who is
known throughout the Northwest as
an able orator, has announced him
self as supporter of Cleveland and
| Thurman.
Select Councilman Thomas Walter.
independent Republican, of Philadel-
pha, is q tariff reformer, and says
! he cannot stand on the Harrison high
tariff platform. He will support
Cleveland and Thurman.
L. B. Peaslee, prominent Repub-
lican attorney of Defiance, Ohio, SON
in-law Of Judge Latty, has come
over to the support of Cleveland and
Thurman discarding the Republican
platform of cheap whiskey and dear
clothing.
GA new wrinkle in Cleveland aud
Thurman clubs" says the Spring
field, (Mass.) Republican, is one
about to be formed at Grand Rapids,
Mich, consisting wholly of recruits
from the Republican ranks. Its pro-
mo;ers claim mem bership of 100 10
start with, -.
Mr.. A. B. Farquhar, of York. Pa. +,
one of the largest manufacturers of
| Pennsylvania, has broken ranks and
declared for President Cleveland
Mr.. Farquhar is well known all over
! the United States and says that, even
under free trade, '' am very sure /
would not have to stop, but ToUld
rather do 50 than hare the community
tared to support me. -
r. McCants Stewart, a leading
cOlored lawyer of New York city.
says that 40 per cent. of the colored
vote Of New York city will he cast
for Cleveland. They are forming
| Democratic clubs all over the city
and in the county. The movement
is political exodus from the Repub-
lican party. The reason given for it
is. that they have been treated better
by the Democrats than by the Re-
publicans. for whom they have voted
all the time.
Political interest is entering in
Michigan just now out West, and
Democratic journals express high
hopes that the State will go for Cleve-
land. while the Republican organs
acknowledge that hard fight is at
hand. Says the Dubuque Herald:
The revolt in Michigan has assumed
alarming proportions. Recently half
q dozen influential Republicans in
Grand Rapids startled the politicians
by declaring in favor of Cleveland
and Thurman. Since then others
have fallen into line, declaring that
they will follow the red handana rather
than vote for the Republican platform.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-08-21
How TO Overcome the DAN
gers of Exposure.

Francis O'Reilly, the well-known
livery man of No. 18 Prince street,
New York, says of ALLcocK's Po-
RoUs PLasTERs:
"For the last forty-two years 1
have been engaged in the livery and
hacking business. / am greatly
aided by my four boys. We are
much exposed TO tue weather, and we
have found ALLCoCk's PLAsTERs of
very great service. We use them as
chest protectors. placing one on the
chest and one on the pit of the stom-
ach. They not only ward off the
cold, but act as tonic.
We are frequently affected with
rheumatism, kinks in the back, and
pains in the side? but one or two of
ALLCOCK's PLAsTERs quickly cures
us. My wife and children have been
using ALCOCK's PLAsTERs for weak
back and think the world of them
1 have now been using them for
twenty years, and always have box
in the house,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-08-21

The Confederate monument at
Va. will be unveiled on
the 25th of September next.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-08-21
NEW SERIES, VOL. XIII. NO. 80.
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.

cuAa1rsrows. JEFFERSON COUNTY, W. VA.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-08-21


The Warren Sentinel, in noticing
the recent speech of Hon. VIM. l..
Wilson at Riverton in that county,
says:
For one hour and half Hon. VIM.
L. Wilson, the distinguished Repre-
sentative in Congress of the 2nd
Dist. of W. Va, held the undivided
attention of that crowd in a calm,
logical, and most instructive presen-
tation.o of Federal Tax Reduction, and
made more than one convert to this
cardinal principal of the Democratic
party among those who had hereto
fore held and advocated the false and
deIusive doctrine of Protection. His
membership on the Committee of
Ways and Means of the House makes
him thoroughly familiar with all the
provisions of the Mills bill and his
analytical mind, eloquent voice, and
pleasing manner, constitute him one
of the ahlcst champions the Demo-
cratic party has, end wherever he
speaks great good is sure to be done
in its behalf. Our brethren and
neighbors of West Virginia may well
be proud of such talented and use
ful Representative as VIM. L. Wilson.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-08-21
Boarding..

MFRS. GEO. W. ARMENTROUT will ac-
vi commodatc several hoardcrs. at moder-
ate rates.
February 81. 1SSs-tf.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-08-21
The Platform.

Free whiskcy and tobacco
For those that drink and chew
Taxed fuel. food and clothing
For those who wash and sew.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

It is true that the easiest, and, in most
cases, the cheapest plan is to use q
good digger with two good horses. The
work can thus be done very rapidly.
The larger and higher -priced-of which
there are only two or three kinds-dig
and separate from the soil, either put
ting the potatoes in sacks or boxes,
avoiding the cessity Of picking up.
At the present time we have quite a
number of smaller and cheaper ones
that throw them out on the top of the
rows. These require team and will
dig very rapidly. The first kind, of
course, can only be made profitable,
where a consid cradle acreage is devoted
to this crop. The second kind is much
cheaper and can be used by the ma
jority of farmers to good advantage.
The potatoes are separated from the
soil, so that the work of digging is en-
tirely avoided, and they can be picked
up and assorted very rapidly.
plement to use. In majority of cases
the plow leaves too many covered up,
and to lose this small percentage of the
crop when 1t can be avoided, is to say the
least, poor economy. The work of dig
cling is somewhat easier with a good
spading fork. If you havo not this,
use four-tined harvest fork. There
should be, if rightly handled, less cut,
or injured potatoes by using a fork Of
this kind than if hoe were used.
The potatoes should be assorted as
they are picked up. A very good plan
is to have at least two buckets or bas-
kets. Select what is wanted for use in
one and the merchantable ones in the
other. Those too small to use or sell
should always be left out, as it hardly
pays to keep the small potatoes in with
the larger ones and sell all the good at
a less price in order to get rid of those
that are really unmarketable. Sorting
them as they are dug avoids unneces-
sary handling, and thus decreases the
cost. They are to be thoroughly
dried before storing away, as
they will sometimes heat if stored with
out drying. The very best should al
ways be saved for seed, not always the
largest, but those of good size and
shape, and taken from hills that yield a
good number of the kind. They should
be harvested in good season, and care
should be taken to store where they
are certain to keep dry, and where
there is no danger of their being in
jured by frost. Prairie Farmer.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
Economy of House Cleaning.

Any one who attempts to paint an
old house where the paint has all worn
of will ind erstand the impolicy Of neg
lecting this work. The weather beaten
board absorbs paint rapidly causing a
brushful to 60 only little way, and not
produce much effect. Sill, it is economy
to keep the house painted, though if
very old and much weather. beaten
cheap paints with considerable body
are used for the first course. The paint
absorbed by the wood makes an old
house much warmer in winter than it
would be without it. From the alb
sorptivo power of old and thin clap
boards it seems as though the wind
might blow through them. The same
Is true of neglected or badly laid cellar
walls, whore the poor plaster has fallen
out, leaving the wind to find its way be-
meath the building and making the en-
tire house uncomforta bic. -[Courier-
Journal
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

Prepare the ground in fail; plant in
spring.
Examine crops tests and see the spec
ial wants of your land.
The heifer born to be a COW may be
spoiled by overlooking.
A straw shed is cheaper stock shell
ter than is board fence.
Buckwheat is the best crop to be
grown in young orchard.
A weed has no better right to life in
the fall than it has in the spring.
Provide some green food fer your
chicks if you want them to thrive.
If the marc gives but little milk,
teach the foal to drink cows milk.
Work the ground up fine, and run
the rows three and half feet apart.
Lack of shade in hot weather is
prolific source of disease in the poultry
yard.
Sheep should always have salt in the
pasture in tight box, and they will do
much better with clean water to drink.
Give the vine plenty of manure, old
and we'll decomposed; fresh manure ex-
cites the growth, but does not mature
it.
Hen manure should be mixed with
fine soil before applying, otherwise its
great strength will DO injurious to the
plants.
To nothing does the old Scotch
adage, '1fs many q little that makes
the mickle,' apply more aptly than to
poultry raising.
Keep tho water dishes full of cool.
clean water. 1t is a good plan to
empty out the stale water and refill
with fresh at each feeding.
There are some things necessary for
success in the poultry bu5in ess; good,
warm, light buildings, we'll ventilated
cleanliness, good feed, and in winter
something to keep the hons busy-an
idle fowl will not lay.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
The Green Cabbage Worm.

The best remedy for the green cab
bage worm, says the Country Gentle
man, is pyrethrum. Procure the
strong or fresh powder, use table
spoonful of it to two or three gallons of
water, or more OF the pyrethrum if re-
quired to do its work, and drive it on
the plants With syringe or force pump.
As pyrethrum soon loses its strength if
exposed to the air, procure from the
druggist that which has been kept
closely corked. The lice or green fly
should be treated with kerosene emul-
sion. Take quart each of water and
soft soap, we'll mixed and diss oIved by
applying heat; add pint Of kerosene,
and agitate thoroughly till a perfect
mixture is formed. The best way to
agitate is to drive back continually with
force-pump into the vessel containing
it. Add enough water S o that tho kero-
sene will be one part in IS, or stronger
If the plants require it. Dash it vigor-
ously on the plants with a syringe or
force pump.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
A Barber-0us Contrast,

There are BARRIERS in this town, saws
the ew ork Sun, who ought to take
lessons in Paris. They lather and scrape
through the inst course, and again Iather
and scrape through the second, after
which the rum soaked towel is brought
3nto play, and then come comb and
brush with pomatum, to be followed by
yet other tandangoes, all of which cause
dotor and waste Of time. In Paris a
deXterou5 operator uses the lather brush
but once, and lightly, and the razor but
once, and lightly, after which he hands
the customer porcelain bowl of water
with small soft napkin for use on his
face. ~ have some BARRIERS n New
York az expert as any IN Paris
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
Five.Leaved CIoYers for AmnIets

a New York morning paper had late
ly an advertisement of leaved clo-
Ver5 for sale as charms, at the price OF
800 each-and in discussing it doubt
is expressed as to whether fve-leaved
clovers exist. Now, it happens that we
can speak by the card and say as a spo-
cies no, as sport yes-six and seven
leaved as vel. Both the red and white
clovers sometimes produce them-gen-
orally on deep, loamy soil, and when
the spring has been wet. Whether OF
no the luck of the four-leaved clover,
the shamrock, attaches to the five.
leaved clover, we cannot take it upon
US to decide, but if magic goes for any,
thing the seven-leaved should have es-
pecial virtue, as seven Is the mum Der O!
perfection in all magic books -lCem-
mercial Advertiser.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
Cruel Grooming.

II you were unable TO wash your own
face and comb your own hair and were
obliged to depend on your wife or hired
man to attend to these N alters for YOU.
and should they in doing it, take
pleasure in splashins the soapsuds in
your eyes and bearing down with 2
Vengeance on the comb, do YOU think
that such work would have the effect of
making you more gentle in your man
ners or give you a better temper2 Do
you think you would love them more
tenderly for a half-hour's torture of
this kind3 Would you want them to
use the sharpost comb they could find
TO lrrltate the scalp and invigorato the
hair9 Your answer to the above ouas-
lions may be in the negative, and vet
you may be among the many Of orr
farmers who subject their horses to q
similar treatment every day, and imar-
Inc that they are doing their duty. The
cause OF vicious disposition in horses can
be traced to rough treatment in Groom.
ing. The sharper the curry comb the
better, Is the idea of many, and the
harder you bear on the better the result
no matter how the poor horse kicks and
tries to evaie 1t. A few groomings of
this kind, if grooming it can be called.
and horses dread the operation as thew
do whipping, If they have good
horse sense, they soon learn to renel
such treatment and in so DOING form
VICIOUS and unpleasant habits that make
them unpleasant to handle, and detract
from their value. National stockm man.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

OF good health is found in the regular move
ment of the bowels and perfect action of tho
Liver. These organs were intended by nature
you are coustipated, you offer standing in
vitation" to a whole family Of diseases and ir-
Irregularities which viii surely be accepted"
termIned. All these unhappy conditions may
be averted by the timely Of DR.. Plerce's
Pleasant PurgatiYe Pellets. Powerful for the
effeCtual regu alton of the bowels and Liver,
establishing a healthy acton II the entire
wonUerfui organism with who's we are Gre
Rted.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Roots for Mich Cows.

A few roots or apples or potatoes fed
daily to cows giving milk will promote
the flow of milk and help to keep the
animal in a healthy condition. When
considerable meal is fed, some kind of
green food, at least occasionally, is very
much needed. Farmers ought to raise
moro beets for feeding to their farm
stock A little experience would soon
give them facilities in securing a large
yield on suitable laad. = Graphic.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
No Profit in wintering Poor Animals.

No Profit in Wintering Poor Animals.
Now L. the time to get rid Of the
poorer animals, 1t will not pay to win
ter them, as better animals will give
larger returns for shelter, care and feed.
1t is not economy to keep a poor animal
through any season; but it is most ex-
travagant to keep it through the win
ter. 1t IS the height of folly in stock
raising to sell tho best and keep the
worst True, the best bring the largest
prices; but if you sell the best and keep
the worst, soon your best will be no
better than your worst Is now, and your
worst will be such that the more YOU
have the poorer you will be. You, by
this plan, constantly make your animals
pooref; and as the stock raiser makes
his animals poorer he makes himself
poorer. If he keeps up the process.
bankruptcy is as sure as fate. The oppo-
site policy is the winning policy. Sell
the poorest and retain the best. And
sell enough of the poorer animals that
you may buy a few better than the best
you now have. This Is making your
animals constantly better and yourself
richer. Soon your worst will bring as
much as your best now. If you have
not pure-bred animals, sell enough
scrubs or grades to buy an animal of
each sex, puro-bred. Hold fast to the
fuIl-blooded produce and to the highest
grades. Almost before you are aware
Of it you will have only pure-brei ami
mails. If once We start with pure-brcd
animals, the increase of breeding makes
US rich in flocks and herds of the best
blood in what, when the goal Is
reached, seems a very short time
LAmerican Agricu,turi,t.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
Ex-speaker of the Assembly sf the state
STATE OF NEW York. ASSEMBLY CHAMBER. +
-L

STATE or NEW YORK, ASSEMBLY CHANBTR,
Albany. April Ia, lisa
Ny family for the last twelve years have been
using ALLCoCK's Porous PIAsTERs, and hsvs
found them wonderfully ealcscious in coughs,
colds, and pains in he side and hack.
About ten years ago | was thrown from a
wagon and badly bruised In TIRES days these
p,asters entirely removed the pain and sore
ness Twice they have cured me ofsevere colds
which threatened pulmonary trouble. They
also cured my son OF rheumatism in the shoul-
ders, from which he had suffered two years
JAMES w. HUsTKD.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
Jumping Sniders

These spiders, jumpers, belong to the
group which naturaIists call the salta-
tory spiders. Some of them are dis
guised, as if for protective resemblanc &c.
with the costume of a hymenc pterous
insect, or under an aspect resem bling
that Of ants. Producing only small
quantity of silk, thy hide themselves
IN cracks in the walls or in assures of
bark IN the shadow of the foliage, and
make themselves lodge out of a smooth
or tiossy tissue. At the laying of it's
eggs, the jumper shuts itself up in its
shell. Oae species deposits its eggs
without any covering; more fortunate
species incloses Thorn in sack with
thin aud almost diaphanous walls. Not
having the faculty of spinning webs
the saltatory spiders are hunters. and
have to fast if the weather is bad q,
pleasant days they are to be found al
around, and, having eyes all over the
cephalic region, some of them ouita
small and others of enormous size thew
can look accurately through all the sur
rounding space, which they explore
slowly and with care. If a f. is in
sight, the spider lances itself upon it
with dizzy rapidity. It measures its
distance so we'll that it rarely misses;
but, if this should happen, no hsrm
comes to it, for it has fixed a thread
to Its starting point, which, unroIling
as it leaps, prevents its striking upon
the ground, and affords an easy road
back to Its ppsisien. -LPepulsr Science
Monthly.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

Say Perkins. old boy why don't we see you
at the club any more2 Has your mother in
law shut down on your NO Brown; the fact
of the matter Is my home is so happy now that
there is no inducement FOR me to cave il. You
looi acredulous, but it's positive fact You
See, my wife used 10 suffer 50 much from func-
tioual arrangements common to aer sex. that
her spirits and her temper were greatly AT
feCtet. Ii was not her fault, OF course, but II
made home unpleasant ali the same. But now,
since she has begun to take DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription, she has been well and 50
happy that we are having our honey moon al
over again"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

or THE YOUTHS COMPANION. of Boston, Mass,
which we published last week, should ba no.
tced by our readers, a the opp rtunity comes
but once year. Any new subscriber to THB
have the paper free to Janua l, 1889 and for
full ar from that date. This offer includes
four holiday mum ers, for Thanks Twin ,
Christmas, New Year 9 and Easter, al the IL
Illustrated Weekly 5 pplcments and the An
nual Premium List, with 800 illustrations.
Really $3.50 ? per for only SID a year.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
The Special OncT

L Eht missionary ships are now cruising in
the North Sea.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

Best. easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By Druggists. Soc
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

If afflicted with -ore eyes use DR.. Isaac ThOmp-
sons Eye'water Druggists sell Al Pc. per bottle.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
HnneT-MoOn.

The southern Psci &c Il, r. has Inortgaged It's
road Tor s.. nol
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

Why will you suffer with indigestion, consti-
patton. piles, torpid liver and sick-headache,
when a few cents will buy Hamburg Figs
enough to relieve your distress at once and ef-
Fig. Mack Drug Co, y. Y.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

Safety 10 mother and child and less liability
to all unpIeasantness after confinement result
from thcusc Of Mothers Friend.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
If sufferers from Consumption.

The composing room Of the New York Time
Is in the thirteenth story.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
harvesting Potatoee.

1t Is quite task to harvest and store
any considerable quantity of potatoes
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

6 Use the surcst remedy for catarrh = DR..
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

IN shooting WeTIs, too, the high ex-
plosives are valuable. When a well
runs dry two or three heavy charges are
commonly lowered to the bottom and
exploded with an electric wire. the
theory being that the little veins or fs-
sures in the subs.ratum, through which
the 0, or water lows, have become
clo.2ed or choNed up SO that the fluid
no longer finds its way through. Tie
high explosives are powerful enough to
shatter the rock for many yards in every
d direction, SO that a multitude of new
channels are opened, and commonly the
fluid finds its way again at once into the
shaft.-N<H md III rsss.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-13
Threatening Icebergs.

New York, April IA hydro
graphic Office report was received to-
day that large quantity Of ice off
New Foundland coast was rapidly
drifting into the steamer routes. Capt.
Dawson of the steamer Portia, which
arrived yesterday from New Found
land via Halifax, says that he was
blocked ina ice at New Foundland
with other vessels for three weeks.
Continuous strong east winds packed
the ice so close to the shcre that
from Signal Hill at the entrance to
the harbor, givinga range of view OF
over sixty miles, no open water could
be seen, and during that time
the ice was so solid that he walked
over four miles to another vessel. His
vessel was set free by a westerly
breeze, and it passed thirty icebergs
within as many miles. The steamer
Austria got wedged just as the Portia
cleared out. Her captain reported
upon arrival in Boston yesterday hav-
ing passed forty icebergs between St.
John and Cape Race.