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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-03-12
WHO SHALL 1T BE,
Cleveland or Harrison Z

ITO save Money is your object when yon buy
Il Clothing for yourself and family. How to
do this is a puzzle to many and they go to the
wrong places. The reason aud why can save
you money, will tell you in a few short SEN
tences 1 Manufacture
ALL MY OWN CLOTHING,
and guarantee every article sell to fit nicely
and to be sewed well. l will astonish the peo-
pie of Rarper's Ferry aud vicinity with the low
prices on our FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
To give you an idea what and how cheap 1
am selling. quote you few prices:
A nice Mems Working Suit. $685. worth s5. 90
Something Better. over half
WOOL. ....-.............. 'lUu, 1.OO
An AIl-TVool Suit. 1000. 1900
A Fine Dress Suit. 1900. t 1900
Worsted Suits, Sack or frock 1000. - 400
Prince Albert Suits from. 1900 up.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-03-12
ADVERTISING RATES.

One SqHafe' q inch or less) / to weeks Il SO
Zach subsequent insertion ......s...s 50
One Square. three months .........-.s 90
One Square, 8 innnths. 6OO
One Square, one year. 1000
Candilafes' Announcements.-,For CountV
Officers, $500; State or Congressional, $1,000.
Others at regular Advertising Rates
Obituary Notices eXceediag I'VE lines, 10 cts.
per line.
Liberal deductions made for Quarter, Half,
and Whole Columns; TO Annual. Semi-Annunl
and Quarterly Advertisers.
No advertisement TO be considered by the
month or year unless specified on the Manu-
script or previously agreed upon between the
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-03-12
GEO. C. THOMAS,
Phoenix. Carriage Works,
Berrggtze, Clarke cou.tr, Ra.

HAVE for years built a large variety Of va
they have been in use among our people. and
have given satisfaction i'll every instance as far
as have been able to ascertain. Through this
experience have learned what vehicles suit the
people best. and what are best adapted To their
wants. l manufacture a handsome wagon
known rs the
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-03-12

sPRrNe GooDs already in stock and at prices
that defy the lowest competitions. Beachley
& Son, HagerstOWn, are the leaders in low
prices.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-03-12
oVERCOATS

~ " NH11-6ININOA'1 -
We have the Largest Stock.
A Nice Ulster or Sack Over
A Nice Chinchilla Overcoat 6.O0. :. 500
A Nice Fine Cassimer, do. $50. % 1000
And up to $4,000. / have too many Styles to
quote them all-come and see.
My Boys and Children's Suits and Overcoats
are hard to beat. They are the talk of the
town.
boys SulIS 1rOin- fS-0-'lO up TO SlO-UU
Boys Overcoats from. 2.50 . Z" 1000
Children's Suits FROM. IT5 500
Children's Overcoats from. 1.50 - '' 500
Pants for Children, Boys and Men. have
hundreds of them, and will sell them cheaper
than ever. 1 have big line of
CENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, CAPS, &C.
Mems. Women's and Chfdren's Shoes; the
largest and cheapest assortment ever displayed
in Harper's Ferry. Cheaper than the Cheapest.
Agent for the celebrated Walker Shoes. Every
pair guaranteed to wear as represented or
money refunded. Yes, Goods to please any
body and everybody. Give me an early call
and see for yourself that mean what say.
Yours truly, J. 81. MYERS,
The Reliable Clothier,
Dot 2, 1888. Harper's Ferry, W Va
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-03-12
Whitney Side-BarSpring

pleasant riding wagon. Also all STYLES and pat
ferns of Carriages. Buggies, Jaggers, Jenny
Ainds and Ph:ptons. I Keep on hand q large
stock, but am prepared to fill orders at short
notice. Prices suited to the times, and satisfac-
ton guaranteed. 4 liberal discount allowed ON
old vehicles in exchange for new ones use
altogcther the Old Reliable
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-03-12
Rk .W-EMUE.

80 - .'..lf G'aif af .itai s,s
1sg ~ a3,id 'aaGit lall 2 iba s.
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-03-12

sHILoH's CATARRH, REMEDY posi-
tive cure for Catarrh. Dibhtheria and Canker-
Mouth. Sold by c. Frank Jones.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
A Marrow Escape.

"It was terribly narrow escape, " said
the mild faced man, and his voice trem-
bled as he recalled the awful experience.
ut came about in this way. had
washed my hands, but on looking around
there was no towel to wipe them on.
However, knew there was towel in
the next room; but, horrorl my hands
were so wet and soapy that / couldn't
turn the door knob. It was a trying
moment. Why, might have starved to
death, shut up there as ] was, had not
Bill been with me. Bill saved my life
and | shall never forget it. How did it
happen? Why. you see, Bill hadn't
washed-he never does-and he took
hold of the handle and turned it without
difficulty. Bill is more than ever con-
vinced that washing is an unnecessary
luxury. - Boston Transcript.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15


The Ashiret Assyriansar wild and nm
tutored in their habits and customs.
Their Christianity consists In little more
than passionate ciinging TO faith they
do not comprehend, and which from this
very fact IS powerless to influence their
morals. Not only are there no schools
among them, but their clergy are incapa-
BILE Of instructing their f1ocks in the rudi-
ments of religion; some of them are quite
unable to conduct a service, others can
repeat the important parts by heart.
while few can read the ancient manu-
scripts, which are still in daily use
throughout the country because there are
no printed books.
1t is comparatively rare TO find a lest
who can both read and write with facil-
ity; all other learning is absolutely want
ing. Only during the winter months.
when the snow blocks the entrances to
the mountains, when all agriculture is at
standstill and Kurdish attacks become
impossible, could these Ashirets give
their minds to education.
The Rev. w. Fl. Browne, of the Arch
bishop of Canterbury's mission, has been
aole TO make very small beginning in
this direction. During the rest of the
year the people till their ground and
pasture their aoclzs armed to the teeth.
ready to repel the attacks of which they
live in constant dread. Indeed the Ash
iret Assyrians are in the position of
beleaguered garrison in siege which is
never raised; an unending succession OF
assaults and sorties leaves them neither
time nor inclination to think of more
peaceful matters.
Their whole conversation is limited to
three subjects-guns, the Kurds and the
harvest. On one occasion during nv
journey through the Ashiret valleys in
1885, after vainly trying to interest
chief in conversation, it occurred to me
that description of the Maxim gun
might arouse him. The mans face bright
ened at the relation of the marvellous
powers of the weapon, and when had
finished he said: "Ah, if We only had
gun like that we should not fear the
Kurds! No man could make such gun;
itmust have been invented by ths angelsl"
The Contemporary Review.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

II pronounce you man and wife, said
Judge Mitchell in his office Wednesday
morning to Miss Sallie Stephens and Mr..
Dellie Myrick, couple who had stepped
into the judges office to be made one.
And they walked down stairs, up the
street and out into the broad and glorious
country, where the birds were singing,
the golden harvest being gathered, and
the little rills singing on their way to the
sea; where the sky was blue and the air
pure; where the wild flowers were bloom.
ing; where the gentle breezes were
whispering through the pines; where the
aroma of new mown hay permeated the
surroundings: where the song of the
reaper was heard; where grazing herds
were SEEM. where the sunlight danced
through the overhanging boughs; where
the green grass-nature's carpet-was
spread out; where field and forest and
hill and dale alternated; where the hus-
bandman titled the fields; where flower
bordered paths meandered through
wooded lawns, and where Dame Nature
opened wide her arms TO receive her
children. Happy rural couple!-Thomas-
vile Enterprise.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
Afraid to lie nown.

Who knows why birds sleep standing
on one leg? The position seems most un-
natural Reasoning in advance, we should
pronounce it a tiresome, if not impossi-
BILE, attitude. Yet the canary tucks its
head under its wing, draws up one foot,
and goes to sleep, apparently with quite
as much comfort as we experience on the
best of mattresses. A writer in Horse
and Stable notes similar, though less
abnormal, habit on the part of horses,
who, it appears, are in many cases very
averse to lying down.
The writer once rode a mare seventy
miles in single day. The stable in which
she was put for the night was as COM
Portable as it could well be made, but she
stood up all night long. She ate her oats
and hay and then went to sleep, leaning
forward with her breast against the
manger.
There are horses that have never been
seen to lie down, nor have any marks of
their having done so ever been found
upon their bodies. recall one that for
fifteen years occupied particular stall
in my grandfather's stable. Up to the
hour he died no one ever saw him lying
down, although special watch was some
times kept after he had been driven for
eight or ten hours.
Unless horse lies down regularly his
rest cannot be complete, and his joints
and sinews stiffen. It is true that some
horses that always sleep in standing
position continue to work for many
years, but it is equally true that they
would live longer and work better if
they rested naturally.
Young horses from the country are
liable to refuse to lie down when first
put into a stable in town, and the in
furious habit may become confirmed un-
less special pains are taken to induce a
change.
The indisposition to lie down ia often
very pronounced in sick horses. They
seem to have ensinstinetive fear that If
they lie down they may never be able to
rise, and continue on their feet till their
limbs refuse to bear em up.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
The Giant n1adrona.

The genus really belongs to the Old
World. Asia has its species, and Mexico
claims one or two representatives. but
the pride of the family and delight of ar
boriculturists is the strong, healthy and
handsome child of the west coast. It is
often eighty to one hundred feet high.
three feet in diameter, and famous
specimen in Marin county has measured
girth of twenty three feet at the branch
ing point of the tremendous stem, with
many of the branches three feet through.
The foliage is light and airy, the leaves
oblong, pale beneath, bright green above.
The bloom is in dense racemes of cream
white flowers; the fruit, dry orange
colored berry, rough and uninteresting
But the charm of the madrona, outside
of its general appearance, is in its bark
mo, it is not bark, it is skin, deli
cate in texture, smooth and as soft to the
touch as the shoulders of an infant.
In the strong sunlight of the summer
these trees glisten with the rich color of
polished cinnamon, and in the moist
shadow of the spring time they are vel
vety in combination colors of old gold
and sage green. There is human pose
to the trunk. Seen through the tangle
of the thicket, it looks like the brown
1.-the body of an Indian, and in the
moonlight the graceful upsweep of its
branches is like the careless lifting of a
dusky maiden's arms Every feature of
the madrona is feminine. They grow in
groves or neighborhoods, and seldom
stand in isolation, courtesy to the winds,
mock at the dignified evergreens and
oaks, and with every favorable breeze
and opportunity flirt desperately with
the mountain lilacs that toss high their
purple plumes on the head waters of Los
Gatos creek.-Fred NJ. Somers in Har-
per's Magazine
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
a Japaneao NTysterv.

A gentleman now in Tallahassee who
has travelled all over the world says he
saw one little trick the Japanese had
which he was very anxious to understand.
He saw a gardener who had a plot of
ground some twenty yards square which
was laid out after the plans of farm OF
hundreds Of acres. There were trees OF
all kinds, but by some secret process they
were dwarfed to the height of few
inches and kept at that any length of
time. People bought the trees as novel
ties, but they Immediately commenced
to grow. The gardener refused to divulge
his secret, saying If he did so he would
be bcheaded Stratagem also failed to
discover it, and the Japanese are yet the
only people who can make trees mature
in miniature. = Floridian.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
ONE GENT


Nothing on earth equals in magnificence
the bazbaric splendor of those old czars.
visited the museum where they showed
me with great pride the products of the
Russian mines Here was the largest
nugget of gold in the world; the largest
lump of silver, the largest specimen Of
nlalachite. and the largest lapis laxuli,
with hundred and one other thing from
the Siberian mines.
saw the saddles and caparisons Of
some of these old warriors. One, | re-
member, had large saddle blanket, as
you might call it, made of cloth of gold.
AT distance 1t looked perfectly white,
and it was large enough to cover the
greater portion of the body OF the war
horse. A closer inspection showed that
it was covered all over with diamonds Of
the purest water. The larger ones were
sewn on in the form of stars and other
figures, but the entire surface was COW
cred with these gems.
The blanket was worth thousands aud
thousands of dollars.
Then, in one of GATHERINGS palaces, /
saw columns OF pure amber, with the
walls of entire rooms covered with the
same costly stuff.
And yet, in other countries of Europe,
amber has become SO scarce that it is al
most impossible to secure pure article,
and imitation amber is used for iewelry.
---llr. Barrett IN Atlanta Constitution
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

Conclusions arrived at in relation to
storm formations show that theories thus
far advanced are extremely unsubstan-
tial, and that above all things positive
information of the processes going on in
the upper strata is necessary; that the
dependence of the generation of storms
on temperature distribution in vertimil
direction appears open to doubt, and
that, reasoning from the behavior of
thunder storms. it seems possible that
some electrical action not thoroughly un-
derstood supplies the force which keeps
up their enefgy.-New York Telegram.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
Flcctric Ritters.

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as TO need no special men,
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song OF praise. a purer
feed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters y i'll cure all diseases of the Liver
and Kidneys, viii remove Pimples, Boils.
Salt Rheum and other affections caused
By impure blood. VIII drive Malaria from
the system and prevent as well as cure all
Nalsrial fevers.. For cure of Headache,
Constipation and Indigestion try Electric
Bitters- Entire satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Price Do Cts. and
81 90 per bottle at j.. Walter Hodges, 4
60. Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
DAY EVENING. OCTOBER 10. 1889.
Incidents in Alexander Hamrlton.s Glre.

Incidents In Alexander HamfItonss GaTe.
Before Alexander was 13 years of age
he was placed in the Office of West In
dia merchant. He was very precocious
and developed a remarkable business ca
pacity. He gained his first lesson in
composition from writing business letters
for the firm, and these letters are said to
bs remarkable for one so young. He
also contributed to the press. at one time
giving an account of hurricane that
visited the island, which was so vividly
described as to attract attention. 1t was
considered that something must be done
for SO bright a boy with a view to Civ
ing him an education. His friends and
relatives furnished the funds and he was
sent to America, where he arrived in
l772, landing at Boston. whence he pro-
ceeded to New York. After q brief
course of study at Elizabethtown, N. j.,
he entered Kings college (now CoIum-
bia)
The mutterings of the American Revo-
luton were then being first heard. Ham
ilton was naturally at first on the side Of
the mother country, but study of the
wrongs of the colonists converted him,
and he was eager for chance to speak
upon their side He did not have long
to wait for an opportunity. A meeting
of citizens was called to take place in
the fields near the college building on
the 9th of July, 1874. While this meet
ing was in progress a youth was seen
struggling towards the platform. When
he arrived there he mounted it, the
crowd shouting, "a collegianl A collie
gianI" Then Alexander Hamilton, a
mere lad of II, poured forth an eloquent
speech in behalf of the rights of the
colonies.
After this, Hamilton advocated the
cause with his pen as well as with his
tongue. He was soon called upon to add
the sword. In the spring of 1776, when
10 years of age, he took command of an
artillery company of New York, and dis
tinguished himself at Long Island and
White Plains by his gallantry as COM
mander of this company. Then Gen.
Greene, whose attention was attracted
to the young soldier, procured for him a
position on Washingtons staff.
The most important task which fell to
Hamilton while aid-de-camp to the
commander-in chief was a mission to
Albany to obtain troops from Gen. Gates
after the Burgoyne campaign; task
which by his firmness and tact he car
ried through successfully. While on
this mission he met and courted Miss
Elizabeth Schuyler, of powerful New
York family, to whom he was married
in 1880. She became invaluable to him
in assisting him in the arrangement and
care of his papers. These papers, con-
tanning many valuable historical facts,
she presented to the government of the
United States long after her husbands
death. Exchange.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
Is Consumption rncurable9

Read the following: Mr.. G. H. Morris,
Newark, Ark, says: "Wss down with
Abscess of Lungs, and friends and phgsi-
clans pronounced me an Incurable Con
sumptive. Began taking DR.. King . New
Discovery for Consumption. am now on
my third bottle, and able TO oversee
the work on my farm. Is Is the finest
medicine ever made. =
Jesse Middlewart. Decatur. Ohin, says;
Had Il not been for DR.. Kiugis New
Discovery for Consumption would have
died Of Lung Troubles Was given np
By doctors. Am now ID best Of health.
Try Il. sample bottle free at j. Walter
Hodges q Co, Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

Pain and Dread attend the use Of
most catarrh remedies. Liquids and snuffs
are unpleasant as we'll as dangererous.
ElY's Cream Balm Is safe, pleasant, easily
applied into the nOstriIf, and q sure cure.
II cleauses the nasal passages and heals
the infamed membrane, giving relief at
once. Price Soc.
The Most obstinate cases of catarrh
are cured By the use of Ely's Cream Balm
the only agreeable remedy. IT Is NOT IL
Quid Or snuH. Is easily applied into the
nostfEIs. For cold In the bead il Is magi-
eel. Il gives relief 81 once. Price 30
cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

At last Venice is to be made subject
Of municipal improvement. She is go-
ing 10 have new bouleyards or new
canals laid through her, after the man.
ner of the new bouleEarCs of Paris, and
there is a tremendous hubbub of alarm
among those desiring to keep her as she
has always been.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

The German emperor will present the
queen with his bust in memory of his re-
cent visit to England The bust Is now
being executed and represents Emperor
William n the uniform OF the Prussian
body guards. He wears his helmet, in
stead Of being bareheaded, as In all pre-.
viOus likeneasen
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
Z ChIp % the Old Illock.

Mother (policeman's wife)- Willie. I've
been shouting for you this half hour.
How i It you are never around when
you are wanted?
Son Well. mother. 1 suppose I inherit
u from father. .-R0sto:: Courier
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

We will Insert in this column advertie,
ments of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
Found, &C., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK. or less. for IS Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
Musical Instruction.
Mr.. Otto r. Simon. of BaIto,

begs to announce that he will give MUSI-
CAL INSTRUCTIONS at Annapolis on
Wednesdays and Saturdays df justified
by a sufficient number of pupils.
TERMS II Either Piano or VocaI,) S25
for 10 weeks instruction, 2 les
sons a week of one half hour
each.
Mr.. Simon has had charge of various
Glee and Chorus Clubs-and would act
as director if one be organized.
Refers by permission to Mr.. Asger
Hamrick of the Peabody Conservatory
of Music, and Miss Cary Of the Southern
Home School of Baltimore Address
OTTO T. SIMON,
% No. is r. Centre St., Baltic. Md.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
q CARD.

TO weak. nervous and dehilitafed men s1f-
ferlng from the errors and i1discretgOn OF
youth. Early Decay. Lost Manhood varIc0c-
ele. efo.. we will send q remedy guaranteed
foseHect a-epeRdg1GuKe. This 9Femb restnra-
tlve was discovered by ar eminent London
physician whose life work was devoted 70 suf-
feK1uE humanity in the hospitals Of the worlds
metropolis. and waII ch6erfufAv sent to the
unfortunate. Tne Acton Medical co. Wash-
inEtQns p. q. lSole agents tor Amerloa.l
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
NOTICE.

NO CUNNING allowed on my farm.
ol0 Emo JNO. B. WELLS.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

OST.-A Small Gold Bird PIN set with tur-
~ quoise and pearls. The finder will be re-
warded by leaving 1t at the CAPITAL Office.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

E'OR S4LE.-A good WORK HORSE large
A. size-for so. Apply to f. HI. WILSON,
Brownsville. Md. Oct. 3.w,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

oeG nn0TO LOAN on Mortgage. AZ q
eDO9UUU whole or in less amounts.
l-S6 JN0. Ireland.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
= FOR SALE. =

Two handsome and desirably located
BUILDING LOTS. Apply to
JOHN IRELAND.
~ Attorney d Law,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

EOR RENT.-HOUSE in perfect order 1ls
~ King George streEt,two doors above Nd.
Ave. Apply at IA Md Ave.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
FOR SAIE.

About Twenty Thousand Feet of PLANK
and SCANTLING. Part of it has not been
used. Apply to GEO. EARLE, ia.
ell Sect'y Fair Asso. Millersville. Nd.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

DOOMS FOR RENT-several ROOMS for
1O rent in a good neigh borhood. With or
without board. For further particulars. Ap-
ply to No 40 Charles st. SIS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

poARD.-TW SINGLE GENTL E1FEN can
vate family. Apply 10 the CAPITAL once, eSI
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
FOR RENT.

Rooms, furnished or unfurnished. with or
without board. Apply at 90 Maryland Ave-.
nue. 95tf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

LN0R RENT-In private family. one or two
furnished hOOMS with private parlor.--
Pleasant and convenient location. Hot and
cold bath. Address Comfort. CAPITAL Of
nee R2H
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15

THE DWELLING and STORE on Church
Street. formerly occupied BY MrsM II. Holf-
FRANK II. sToCKETT
= Marcn. 1883. 325tf @
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-15
W. Tuck L4eveIy.
FOR II REN'N,

TUNER OF Grand, Square ana Upright Piano.
81 Prince George St.. Annapolis. Nd. 72On