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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30
GEO. H. FLAae, P. NJ.
BuckIen,s Arniea saIve.

THE BEST sALvE i'll the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhcum. Fever
Corns. aud ali Skin Eruptions, aud positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guaran-
tecd to give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box. For sale by
G. Frank Jones'.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30
BALTIMORE MARKETS.
BALr14oRE. sArUKpAY. J1,1,r 81
Eor Sale.

A HOUSE AND LOT in the town of Charles
"a town. House contains four rooms: lot
50X150 feet with some good Fruit Trees
thereon. VIII be sold on easy terms. Apply
at the SPIRIT OFFICE.
January s, 1ss9--f. ~
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

Senator Charles ]. Faulkner gave
an elegant reception on Tuesday
evening last, at his handsome resi-
dence in Martinsburg, in honor of
his niece, Mrs. II, D. Fuller, of
Winchester, Va, which was largely
attended by friends of the family
from adjoining counties, 1t is said
to have been one of the greatest So
cial events ever held in that city.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

We have made sweeping reductions on ali
Summer Goods. WIN. Kahn, Sadler Block
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

Williams Grove, Pa, Aug. $3.50.
Lceshurg, Va, August 27-29.
Morgan Grove, w. Va, Sept. g. 8.
Winchester, Va, October Id.
LYnchburg, Va. October 8-11.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

PUBLIC SALES. The following Pub
lie Sales are advertised in this paper !:
Monday, September 2.-Real Is
tate, by f. Boyd Faulkner and Geo.
NJ. Beltzhoover, Special Commits
sioners.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30
Church items.


Rev. t. j. Wilson held services in
st. James Catholic Church, in this
place, last Sunday.
The Second Quarterly Meeting for
Charlestown Station, NJ. E. Church
South, will be held at Bethany.
browns Crossing, } on Saturday and
Sunday, August 10 and 10.
The Northern Virginia Baptist AS
ISOLATION will meet in Zion Baptist
Church, in this place, August 21st.
The body embraces about seventy
five ministers. Rev. NJ. D. Williams
is the Moderator, and DR.. H. L. Har-
ris, of Petersburg, Va, Secretary.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

IF yon have any kind of Live Stock. Poultry.
Il or Eggs for sale. drop me postal stating
price wanted and kind of stock This will in
sure you quick sale Respectively,
June 10, 1889. 6. F. WALL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

This week we have received another lot o
those fast color Lawns. of which we have sol,
:" many this season. All warranted strictly
fast colors. Prices are so low shat Won cnu'
help buying them. s. D. HIRsCmMAT IL Co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

In our Millinery Department everything has
been cut right in half. and some less than half.
in order to clear out all Goods lett from the
past season. Conc and see for Yourself
s. u. HIRsCfiItS AZ Co
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

AGRICULTURAL FAIRS AND ExHIB1-
TroNs will be held this season as fol-
lows.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

There is no drink so delicious and sparkling.
pure and wholesome, as that made from Hires
Improved Root Beer Package. Did you ever
try it 1t is one of the good things of this life
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

Summer Clothing, for Men, Boys and Chill
dreG, what is left from the past seaeon, hns.
been greatly reduced. We have a great many
odds and ends in Pants. Coats and Vests.
which must be sold. Prico no object, us 20
they must. S. d. HIRSCHsIAN IL Co.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
Time Tor a Change.

A girl typewriter-what would the
newspapers do if they didn't have her
to write about9-told a reporter on The
Sun, II have never seen q man in
whose company have not thought it
best never to relax my guard over my
self" See here, If that young woman
has any friends, they ought to intro
duce her to few men outside of the
crowd she seems to be training with.
That girl has fallen in with the wrong
kind Of men. Once in a while, breth-
rem, you will hear a man talk in a
similar disparaging strain about "all
women" 1t isn't that there are no
good, pure, virtuous women, but that
kind Of a man has never associated
with that class of women. When any
one tells me that all the people in the
world are wicked and wholly bad, i'm
pure and treacherous, don't believe
it; not word of it. But do believe
that the person who tells me such
stuff may be living in that sort of a
world; that he associates only with
people of that class and sort, and be-
lieves that all the world is like his
surroundings, just as a mole may be-
lieve that the sky is black and the
grass grows from it, roots downward.
But we know the sky is blue.-Bur-
dette in Brooklyn Eagle.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
Eyes of GrHat Men.

An oculist who has made the hui
pan eye a study for thirty years, and
who has examined many famous mems
eyes, declared the other day that the
Thoroughbred American" eye was
steel blue in color.
Would you say that black eyed
and brown eyed men are deficient in
intellect2"
/ ''Not that, to be sure, since history
has afforded some examples of able
men whose eyes possessed this pig.
ment. But undeniably among the
people of higher civilization eyes
grow lighter in hue, and there are to-
day far more blue eyed persons than
there were a century ago. If you
will be at pains to inquire the color OF
the eyes of Bismarck, Gladstone, Hulk.
ley, Virchow, Buchner, Renan, in
fact of any of the living great as well
as of the great army of the dead who
in life distinguished themselves, you
will learn that most of them had OF
have eyes of blue or gray. 1t has
seemed to me that the pigment is in
the way, that it obscures the objects
presented to the visual organ and that
the aspiring mind seeking the greatest
light casts it off" - Philadelphia
Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
Most Remarkable Echoes.

Many wonderful echoes are known,
but the one which takes the first place
seems TO be that of the old palace OF
Simonetta, near Milan, which forms
the three sides of quadrangle. The
report of a pistol is said to be repeated
by this echo sixty times, and Addison,
who visited the place on somewhat
foggy day, when the air was unfavor-
able, counted fifty-six repetitions. AT
first they were quick, but the inter
walls were greater in proportion as the
sound decayed. The echo at the
Eagles Nest on the banks of Killarney
is renowned for its repetition of a
bugle call, which seems to be repeated
by a hundred instruments, until it
gradually dies away in the air. At
the report of cannon the loudest
thunders reverberate from the rock
and die in seemingly endless peals
along the distant mountains.-New
York Telegram.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
Australian Jargon.

Mrs. Millett gives in her book, IAN
Australian Parsonage" an amusing
account of the peculiar mixture of ma
tive and English speech which serves
the purposes of social and business in
tercourse between the natives and the
colonists.
This sort Of hotchpotch is composed
of native words largely mingled with
English, and Is better understood by
the natives than is plain English. 1t
consists in getting rid of all preposi-
tons, driving the verb to the end of
the sentence, and lacking on to it the
syllable "um" as All ornamental finish
wherever it sounds euphonious.
Thus / heard Khourabene calling
out one day Dog hollarum. water
wantum, )" implying that he thought
our house dog was whining with
thirst.
A large quantity of anything is ex-
pressed by the words big fellow" as
"bi6 fellow rain," big fellow fond
of" but in showing pity or condo
lence, poor old fellow" is the recetv-
ed form, and it is of such universal ap-
plication that it is quite as suitable to a
baby cutting its teeth as to the moon
suffering from an eclipse. "Quiet
fellow" and "sulky fellow" have an
almost equally wide range, the first
signifying any degree OF amiability,
either in man or beast, and the latter
ferocity to like extent.
Thu words 'get down" have been
chosen as synonym of the verb ito
be-" and the first question of a friend
ly native would be, "Mamman all
right get DOWN." meaning "Is father
quite wellY" for, strange to say, man.
man is the native word for father, 1"
whilst nangan or Oongan stands for
mother. Youths Companion.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
An Ancient Egyptian Necklace.

1t is chain of exquisite gold, rich
orange yellow in color, with links
dexterously twined one upon another.
1t is about thirteen inches long, three
eighths of an inch wide, and as nearly a
tenth of an inch thick as / can measure
it with a rule. The ends of it were at
first only fitted with small solid rings
set into clamps beautifully ornament
ed with leaf work. Perhaps it was
fastened to the wearer's neck by a fila
ment or cord of silk tied through. The
present owner has arranged a modern
clasp in the shape of the lotus flower.
1t can still be used. and indeed as we'll
as ever, as an ornament for one in full
dress. 1t is so flexible, falling down
into picturesque folds the moment it is
let go, that it seems more like a rib
bon Of delicate tissue than mere metal.
An expert goldsmith told me, after
he had examined it with his glass,
that it undoubtedly had perfectness
of uniformity in the links which could
be found only in a chain manufac-
tured by machinery. This was to me
a matter of wonder, for was not pre-
pared to learn that the ancient Egypt
ians had the knowledge of machines
which could produce woven fabrics
from pure gold. II was at once dis
covery and delight.
1t must be confessed that when /
have spoken of this necklace as be-
longing to princess I have no actual
authority. It dates from the age Of
Moses, il Herr Brugsch is correct-a
learned period, it is fact; but how
much acquaintance the nation had
then with delicate machinery it is not
easy to say. This ornament was found
in one Of that range of tombs opened
along the Nile, where royal and priest
ly bnrials were frequent. 1t may have
been worn by the daughter of a king,
but no. yet is any one able to give her
name, her lineage or her history.-St.
Nicholas
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
Homely PHILOSOPHY.

Frctting cures no evil, il is true, but
il sometimes relieves the monotony of
too much happiness.
1t is advisable to put our heart into
whatever work we may have to per-
form, but it is wise to think we'll be-
fore we put our money in.
When a person becomes too good to
overlook the faults of the unfortunate,
then. it is he that makes the error
which loses to him the glory of his
goodness.
Decisions are the natural conse-
quences Of ignorance. A lack of
knowledge of thing necessitates the
invention of Il theory to account for its
being.
The chemically unhappy man, who
persists in trying to sour humanity,
should get him to his closet with his
woes, and give the sunshine a chance
to warm his neighbors.
A man with a red nose is always
suspected of men. He may also be
wronged of men, fori may be that he
is, instead of heavy drinker, a suf-
ferer from some painful malady.
When you see person trying to
play the fool, and you hear it remark
ed of him that he is fool, you may
take it as an evidence that he was Gre
ated for the part.
One strong, well directed blow sends
the nail truer to its homo than do a
dozen coaxing taps. One fit and earn
est word carries more weight than
does whole yard of high flown elo-
Quence.
The trouble with people nowadays
is they give much attention to the ex-
terror, to the detriment of the into
rior. They think more of the sack
than they do of the grain. The con-
sequence is there is much poor grain
parading in fine sacks.
When tossed on the angry waves Of
sea of trouble a good motto is:
Never give up the ship" But when
the ship manifests tendency to sink,
it is a wise move to swim out and not
70 down with the wreck.
Never a rose without thorn" is
an axiom possessing much truth. 1t
follows, then, that the thorns were
created for the purpose of protecting
the treasures of the bush. So do we
often find in human life that beauties
of the heart and mind are preserved
by the .horns of unshapely bodies,
unbeautiful faces or lack of wealth.
Arkansaw Traveller.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
The Royal Family OF Spain.

It consists of an assemblage of wo.
men and a child in arms. These wo
men are not all Spanish. The queen
is an Austrian and the infanta Paz
lives in Bavaria, but the queen dow
ager, better known as Isabel II, has
unmistakable national characteristics.
Unconventional and acute, kindly and
full of fun, the quintessence of ''gra-
eia," good natured to all, making up
for the grave defects of her education
by the kenness of her wits, the Queen
Isabel Qet history appreciate her po-
iitical conduct, l am talking at present
Of her character is a pure Spanish
type; she is what Taine would call a
representative type" of not few
Spaniards. Nor does her daughter,
the infanta Isabel, Countess of Ger
GENT, belle the country Of her birth.
Familiar and gay, o marvel of iveli-
ness and activity, no slave of etiquette,
endowed with frank and decided
character, the infanta Isabel practices
virtue in a thoroughly Spanish man
ner, without augularity, supersensi-
tiveness or affectation, and without
the smallest trace Of prudery. What
distinguishes her from the group of
Spanish women with whom she would
naturally be classed is a manly indie
pendence, an affection for sport and
bodily exercise which seems rather to
belong to the Saxon race No one can
deny individuality to the infanta Isa-
bel, and this quality makes her very
''sympathique" and assimilates to her
the women of the Renaissance. The
infanta Paz possesses refined tastes,
such as love of painting and making
verses, but has given no proof of a
really artistic temperament The in
fanta Eulalia, elegant and high
strung, has no distinguishing mark
among the multitudes of ladies who
are the ornaments of ball rooms and
delight the eye with their beauty
Fortnightly Review.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
Two Per Cent. Discount.

A member of the party gave this
bit of western experience: Travelling
in Arizona recently with several of
the boys, the train was boarded by
robbers who took possession, and, with
revolvers in hand, went through the
luckless passengers. was seated i'm
the rear of the car, and directly oppo-
site sat little Hebrew drummer, who,
when his turn came, with fear and
trembling went down into his pockets
and with reluctance ffshed out 5000.
He hastily took "a from the pile and
pushed it into his vest pocket. What
are you doinga' asked the robber of
him as he dropped the muzzle of his
pistol uncomfortably near the Jews
forehead. The latter hurriedly re-
piled: Mine trent, you surely would
not refuse me per zent. discount on
a strictly cash transaction like dis9'
He carried his point. Boston Herald.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
WHICH WAS seReNADep,
The Young Folks Turned Out To Annoy the
Deacon, but He Led Them In Prayer.

The Young Folks Turned Out To Annoy the
Deacon, but He Led Them In Prayer.
1t was not very long ago that a
Maine man fired his shotgun into a
calithumpian crowd that serenaded
him, with disastrous results. An Ok
ford county deacon who was annoyed
in a similar way hit upon a vastly bet
ter method of routing the invaders of
his peace. He lost his first wife, with
whom he had lived fifty years, and in
time took another bride to solace his
declining days. Such a proceeding,
though warranted both by Holy Writ
and human precedent, caused consid-
cradle talk in the neighborhood on &C
count of the deacon's advanced age,
and some OF the young people propos-
ed to give the couple an old fashioned
serenade. So they gathered large
and noisy crowd together, equipped
themselves with a circular saw, a
chime of cow bells and band of
horns, and set up frightful din in
front of the deacon's house several
hours after tho old gentleman and his
bride had retired. The first alarm
brought the deacon to the door. The
spectators expected storm OF righte-
Gus wrath to burst upon their heads
and We're prepared to meet it with a
tempest of saw, horn and cowbell.
Gentlemen, said mild voice,
won't you come inr
A hush fell upon the crowd and
they stared in silent wonder at each
other.
That couldn't be the deacon.
They drew nearer and took a better
look at the figure standing in the door
way.
Yes, they could plainly see by the
candle which he held that it was the
deacon.
"Wife and I would be pleased to
have you come in, he said again.
Disconnected, but unable TO resist
the invitation, they filed into the
house.
The deacon and his wife provided
chairs, and they all sat down. Then
the good old man took the family BIZ
bic from the shelf and read passage
of Scripture in clear voice. Having
finished the chapter he closed the good
book, knelt down, and said feverently,
Let us pray"
The company listened respectfully
to o long prayer, in which the deacon
asked for special manifestation of
heavenly grace to the misguided youth
of the community.
Now" my dear friends" said he,
II know that some of you have good
voices. Let's have little music"
He passed around hymn books, his
wife pitched the tunes, and the com
pany joined in. They sang several of
the Moody and Sankey favorites. and
before they knew it were having as
good time as if they were pounding
the hewgag in the front yard.
At last, in polite way, the deacon
babe them good night, and said he
would be very glad to see them again.
They went away full of respect for
the old man, wishing him long en-
joyment of his new found connubial
bliss, and wondered whether they had
serenaded the deacon or the deacon
had serenaded them.-Lewiston (Me.)
Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20

Tho fate of Vatel il intimately link
ed with al memories Of Chantilly,
as it has come down to us in the pi.
quaint letters of Mime. de Sevigne. The
prince was giving a great fete to his
monarch, Louis XIV. The formal
splendors Of Versailles were cast in
the shade by the rural delights CT
Chantilly. The tables were spread in
the open air, the ground being thickly
strewn with jonquils. Vatel had sur
passed himself in the menu; the wines
and liquors were of the choicest; the
king was in the best of humor, and all
went as merry as marriage bell.
To the eye of the chef all was not
we'll. The roasl had fallen short, and
at two tables, out of twenty-five or
more, it had been wanting altogether.
Vatel felt himself overwhelmed with
shame. He retired to his chamber in
despair The prince himself fastened
to comfort him and restore his artists
pride with words of praise and appeci-
alton. But it was of no use. His
highness was full Of goodness, said the
detected chef; but there remained the
melancholy fact-the roast had failed.
~hho tLO SlidiIi vi PiOpdiolioi huu
been too great for the unhappy Vatel ;
for nights he had not slept-nor could
he sleep now-and in the early morn
ing he wandered forth to seek rest for
his perturbed brain in the GOODNESS of
the morning air and the freshness and
verdure of the park.
On the way he met one Of the pur-
veyors of the household, who had ar
rived with u meagsr supply of seafish.
lis this allr cried Vatel, overcome
with despair at the sight. 1T is all, I"
was the reply. And Vatel went back
to his room with death at his heart.
To the tiasco of the roast had now sue
ceeded the disaster of the fish. He
could not survive the disgrace, so he
threw himself upon his sword.
And, after all, the fish arrived, sea-
fish from the Norman coast, fresh fish
from the rivers, fish enough and to
spare, in ample time for the table,
but too late to save the chef. The
prince wept bitter tears over his body
AS much for the cook as for the man
for his loss was irreparable.-All
the Year Round.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
The Summer Heat.

The original source Of the summers
heat is the sun, but many local causes
tend to modify and vary the action.
The earth is really farther from the
sun in summer I an in winter, SO that
the warm weather does not depend
upon the greater proximity of the
source of heat 1t is due to the fact
that in summer the northern hemis-
phere is turned more directly towards
the sun, SO that it receives its rays in
more vertical direction, while in win
ter it is turned farther away, and the
oblique heat rays are unable to raise
the temperature to any great degree.
The varying length of the days is also
an important element, as the long
days of summer allow the earth to be
exposed for longer time to the infiu-
ence OF the source of heat.
The thermal summer, that is, the
period of greatest heat, does not CORE
spond with the astronomical summer.
On June 81 the suns rays are most
nearly vertical, and the earth is ex-
posed to their influence for a greater
proportion of the twenty-four hours,
but the hottest weather is not general
ly experienced till about q month Ia
ter, and, similarly, the greatest cold
does not occur until after the winter
solstice. A certain amount of time is
necessary for the increasing heat of
the approaching summer to counter
act the cold of the preceding winter,
and vice versa. a similar delay is no
ticed in the daily Quotations of tenn
perature; the hottest part of the day is
not at noon, but about 8 o'clock, while
the lowest temperature of the night is
reached in the early morning hours. -
Popular Science News.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
Tho Proof.

Evangelist K. had been exhorting
in an unusually earnest manner. At
the close of the service he mentioned
to stranger, II think 1 have made a
great impression among some of my
hearers this evening" Il am sure of
it," replied the stranger. "Are your
quoth the evangelist, his face lighting
up with pleasure. Eyes, 1 just heard
q man say as he went out that you
were the "scartest man o. the future
he ever saw. True Flag.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
Ah0ut Suiders.

All observant people must have seen
the yellow spiders on yellow flowers,
and white spiders ON white flowers,
that catch bees and other insects
which visit the flowers, not noticing
their enemies because of their decep-
tive coloring. These spiders live by
their looks, and never go to the
trouble of spinning q web. James An
gus considers these white and yellow
spiders belong to the same species, and
that they can change their color ac-
cording to the flower they select. -
Boston Budget.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
Not Enough There.

A citizen of this place was presiding.
some years ago, over the deliberations
of meeting, and things were not GO
ing to suit him. He finally delivered
the following opinion: According to
parliamentary law, it requires two.
thirds vote to carry that motion, and
the chair decides that there are not
that many here" The meeting at
once adjourned. That settled it.-At-
Gibson fKan.) Champion.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20

The startling fact has been discover
ed that 1905, 300 bushels of peanuts
are consumed in the United States
every year. It is suspected that $751;
BOG bushels Of them are slain In the
upper galleries OF theatres, and that
N5, 405 bushels are eaten in street cars
and court rooms.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
Luke Crawford. of Thomastc

Luke Crawford, OF ThOmaston, Ga.
is the champion horse snapper of that
place. He had one day three horses,
altogether not worth 5000, and during
the day traded fifty-flve times and quit
with one horse, it being one of the
same he started with. He also had as
q result of the days work $3.50 in
money, a bull and buggy.