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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

The CharIestown Water and Man
ufacturing Company is one Of the
most progressive and energetic insti-
tutions we have in our midst, and it
gives us much pleasure TO chronicle
from time to time the evidences of
its solidity and genuine enterprise
The latest information we have in re-
gard to it is that its mains are tobe
at once extended along Main street
westward to afford a water supply to
tire-pIug in the neighborhuod of the
Shenandoah Valley depot and accom-
modate the residents of the section
that side of Evitt's run. The.
main on South Samuel street is also
to be extended for the supply of that
and South George street. fhe b. L
o. Company is getting tine material
the ground for the erection of its
water station near the depot at this
for which water will be fur
by the Charlestown Water and
Manufacturing Company.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

Our line OF Shoes men, boy chill
dren's and ladies', is complete. In
ladies' Oxford's we have every style.
Mems Outing Shoes We have all styles
also for children.
$. ID. HIRsCHMAN Geo.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

Some of our farmer friends com
plain of a lack of hisching-posts in
C~harlestown. If there were some
kind of a eilsdrained enclosure where
horses could be tied, ii would be a
great convenience to our country peo-
street OF fts oIfent4hes
crowded conditions
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

Ar. +. L. Boiler has fitted out the
establishment Of Mr.. w. S. Mer-
chant with Wire e for the doors
and windows, making it one Of the
most comfortable store-rooms in
town, with a free circulation of air
and devoid CT tie annoyance of flies.
which are ordinarily such a pest at
this season of the year.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

just received ut NJ. Palmbaum &
Bro, IS. New Embroideries and Laces.
45 inch Silk Lace for Dresses; Para
sols, Fans, Gloves, Mitts, Ruchings,
Belts, Corsets, Hosiery and Under
wear, Fine Hcnriettas, Black and
Colored Surah Silks and Ribbons.
Buckles, Figured Lawns, India Linz
ems, Plaid MusIins, Outings, Ghallies,
S~atteens, &c. We are receiving new
goods daily and selling at low prices.
Come and see us and you will save
money by it.
AlPkIatRATnr&
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

In the closing exercises of the
ColumhianCo ueggep repara'ory school,
as noted by the Washington Star, we
observe that Allen G. Wilson obtained
the first prize of the first class. spe-
cial certificate in Latin, Hodgkin gold
medal in mathematics, and honorable
mention for an average above 80 per
cent. Arthur L. Wilson obtained
the second prize in the first class, a
gold medal for punctuaiity and de1
pertinent, and honorable mention for
an average above so per cent. Both
were in the class of graduates.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

Underwear for Ladies' Underwear
Tor mems we had the list; headed.
with the biggest stock town;
headed with the lowest prices
S. d. HIRscHsEN q Co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

Straw Hatsl Straw Hatsi Straw
Hats! We carry the largest line for
Men, Boys and Children. Our prices
are way doMn.
S. D. HIRscHMAN & Co. 8.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

The undersigned begs to announce
TO his friends and patrons that, havs
ing severed his connection with the
Stephenson Female Seminary after
June 1880, lie will he prepared to.
give lessons at his pupils nohes, and
will also have a music room liz town
where he will have two pianos on
hand forquartetts and other lessons if
desired, also for practice. For terms,
&C., address MAN. BRo@NoEb,
Ml33m. Pc. Box SO, C~harlestcwn.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

Go "a Dalgarn for your Shoes.
Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery, Groceries,
Tubs, Buckets Stonemare. Brooms.
and everything kept in a ~irst-class
store.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

One Of the oldest and most thorough
ly reliable mercantile establishments
in Hagerstown is that of Messfs.
Beachley & Son. Besides, their stock
in dry goods, notions, carpets, mat
tings, oil cloths, groceries. &C., is
immense, and embraces the best
goods at lowest prices. AS to tour-
teous and polite clerks and statesmen,
there are no better to be found, from
tue head of the firm down to the newest
accession to its employees.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17


One of tile most attractive places in
Hagerstown is the flower gardens and
greenhouses of Mr.. j. w. Dayhoff.
the well-known florist. Mr.. d. cul-
tivates all the finest varieties III flow
ers, and tile best evidence of his fine
taste in the line of his business is the
large number OF orders he is con-
stantly receiving both from home and
abroad. A very choice collection of
flowers was sent from these gardens
to Col. Henry B. Davenport's ON the
recent occasion of the marriage of his
daughter, and within the past few
days Mr.. ID. has been extensively en-
gagged in Identifying the grounds of
Henry Shepherd, Esq, at his swild
Goose farm, lear Shepherdstown.
We rarely visit Winchester without
calling upon and having a few min
dtes chat with our old and ~wcll-known
friend Mr.. John Vilwig. His large
furniture establishment is n of the
fixed institutions of that city, and is
known far and wide. Calling there
on the 9th of June. We were shown,
by the Junior of the establishment
6who is a genuine chip of the, old
block in co1ttesy1 enterprise spd
business caparitys some flne piecesof
Furniture, among them a newly fitted.
sideuoard whictris over one hundred.
years old and a beautiful piece of
work Similar pieces of antique fdr-
nitare have Been previously sGipned
ny ~ yilwig to Mrs. Cleveland 1d
Mrs John CT Carlisle.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17
Wanfedl

90 sH0ATs weighing 50to75Ds Berk-
Dee e 1889. GEO BAYLOR
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-17

gpsaiag EdrA Gate.
BID best thihgs ont CAL and see It.
j SD. D. A. p
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
Lepers in San Francisco.

The popular impression that leprosy
is nearly extinct is an erroneous one.
In San Francisco the number of lepers
is rapidly increasing, despite the earn
est efforts of the authorities to eradi-
cate the disease.
Only a short time ago, says the New
York Tribune, a dozen Chinese afflicted
with the horrible malady were shipped
OFT to China from San Francisco at the
expense of the city. But according to
the San Francisco correspondents dis
patch, there are nearly as many lepers
there again. The latest addition to
the wre,ched crowd is young IAmeri-
can who recently arrived from the
Sandwich Islands. From recent issues
of the Honolulu papers it would appea1
that there are some eight or ten Of oul
countrymen under treatment for the
disease in the terrible leper colony al
Molokal.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
The Longest Days.

1t is quite important when speaking
Of the longest day in the year, to say
what part of the world we are talking
about, as will be seen by reading the
following list. which tells the length Of
the longest day in several places. How
unfortunate are the children in Tor
nea, Finland, where Christmas Day is
less than three hours in length!
At Stockholm, Sweden, it is ISL
hours in length.
At Spitzbergen the longest day is 81
months.
At London, England, and Bremen,
Prussia, the longest day has 16A hours.
At Hamburg, i'll Germany, and Dant-
zig, III Prussia, the longest day has II
hoIr>.
At War!bury, Norway, the longest
day lasts from May y to July %, with
out interruption.
At st. Petersburg, Russia, and Tc-
bolsll, Siberia, the longest day is l9
hours, and the shortest ) hours.
At Tornea, FindIand, June p brings
a day nearly - hours long, and Christ
nlas one less than 3 hours in length.
At New York the longest day is
about Is hours, and at Montreal, Can.
ada, it is IS.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
The Girl Who Hints.
Ladies' Home .Jonrnal. I

Naturally you didn't ask him, and
you would be very indignant, indeed,
if anybody suggested that you had
forced the poor fellow into bringing
you the flowers, candy, or in taking
you to the concert. No, you didn't
ask him, but you couldn't have been
any clearer about. it than you We're
when you looked into his eyes in your
most beseeching way and told him
how anxious you were to hear the
great violinist, how sweet you thought
violets, and how you did wish for
pound Of chocolate. He didn't want
to get any of these, he hadn't the
money to spend for them he doesn't
get a very large salary, he is trying to
keep himself out of debt, and yet, be-
cause he is generous and can't resist
pretty girl, you have forced him into
dishonest position. That's it, in plain
English. When the end of the week
comes and he is $40 short in his money,
little bit on his board bill must wait,
his laundress cannot be attended to,
and the money that should go home
must he apologized for. This is his
first step toward not doing bis duty,
and you have made him take it.
The American man is generous, and
when he has the money he will invite
you himself without your suggesting
to him what you think he ought to do
Besides the harm you do him, you are
making yourself vulgar-he has per
feet right to go away and say that lie
doesn't want to visit at your house
any more, because you hint and hint
until he has to take you to some place
of amusement, or make you presents,
and that, for his part, he cannot afford
it. Continue as you are doing and
after a while you will get the reputa-
ton among men, of being very un-
desirable girl to know, and certainly
no man who has heard of your rcputa-
ton to 'get things out of men," will
want to ask you to be his wife. Better
stay at home forever than go self-in
vited better never taste candy than
eat that obtained at the high cost of
self-respect better never smell violet
or rose, than forget, in your search
for them, that it is the modesty of the
violet and the dignity of the rose that
make them preeninent among the
flowers.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
SHE welded A HEATHEN.
Pretty Minnie Leach Finds Her Affinity
in Lung Poy, a Washerlnan.

BosToN, MASS, March l0.-Lung
Poy, Harrison avenue washerman,
and Minnie Leach, a comely young
woman from Maine, turned up in the
City Hall this morning in search of a
marriage license. The loafers in the
corridors caught on and thronged the
Registers Office while the couple were
answering the necessary questions, and
haw-hawed loudly when the document
was handed to the girl, who scanned
it, and then naively asked: "Are we
married nowo"
"Certainly not" said the clerk.
But We want to BE-" pleaded the
girl
II cannot do it, and you will have
to get minister or a JUSTICE" he
said.
1t was some time before the couple
found the way to the realization of
their hopes, but finally the Mayors
secretary steered them over to fremont
Temple and they were spliced by the
Rev. DR.. Olmstead. The minister said
his usual fee was S..
'Twoee dolla all givee," said the
Chinaman. The clergyman evidently
did not fancy this cut iu the rates, but
he took it, nevertheless, and the happy
couple departed.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
Unusual Result of II Laurens Breach-of-
Promise Case.
Especial 70 the Groenyille News


LAURENS, March ll.-Three months
ago Miss Cornclia Virginia Chapman,
fair young lady fromthe banks Of the
foaning Saluda, came to the city in
search of lawyers. She found couple
and told them Il tale of woe, the purport
Of which was that John r. Wells, a
neighboring and gallant young farmer,
had sought and obtained her affections,
but that on the arrival Of the time set
for the marriage Wells had been seized
with Il fit of procrastination which had
since become chronic. The lawyers
estimated the breaks in the lady's
heart and sued Wells for S. 900 dam
ages, witch just comfortably sized his
pile. When the Court Of Common
Pleas opened in February Miss Chap
man was on hand with a cloud of
witnesses, but before the case was
called, suddenly disappeared. The case
was continued. Yesterday the news
came here that MlssChapman had drop
ped her suit, that Wells had renewed
his suit and pushed it to successful
issue anG that the parties are expert
mentlngas to whether or not marriage
is L failure. The learned counsel refuse
to be comforted.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
Adventures Of a Country Boy.

To-day I ran upon young fellow
who recently came to this city from a
country town, says the Louisville
Times. He has lots of brains, but will
require some polishing before be is
capable of going city gaits in the
proper style. He has been taken in
several times lately and his sad reco.-
lections have converted him into
something of a funny man. He had
just rounded up night with the boys
when saw him, and his disheveled
hair, dingy clothes, and, above all, his
keen black eyes glaring FROM clear
cut, handsome face, gave him the ap-
pearance of telegram that had come
over barbed wire. He told me some
of his troubles:
Not long ago. said be, ~ went to
the business place of an auctioneer to
see the sights, and while there l lost
my pocketbook, containing $500. l
told the auctioneer about it, and re-
queSted him to announce that I would
give 500 for its return. The auctioncer
stated my proposition. Then I heard
a drawing voice from away over in a
corner say, 'I'll give sl25.' They We're
still bidding on it when l left. Now,
that simply proves how bad luck hangs
to fellow"
"Not long after that experience" con-
tinued the young fellow, II went into
place to have a friendly game Of
poker. a friendly game with friend,
as it were. had $50. I also had four
aces. They will win in almost any
climate. But the other fellow had five
kings. He said it was a centennial
hand, being held only every hundred
years. You see, it wasn't my time.
When I started to leave him-and my
S5O-he kindly invited me to have some
quail on toast. l told him was fond
Of bird, but I had just had little
robin, and couldn't 90 any more Just
then.n
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
An appeal Unto Bunch"
+ Abbeville Press and Banner. I

[Abbeville Press and Banner.]
Many years ago when work had
about stopped Oh the building of the
Greenville & Columbia railroad, and
VIXEN the friends Of the enterprise were
greatly discouraged, and many had lost
hope in the ultimate completion of the
road TO Greenville, the father of Bunch
McBec-Alex. McBee, we believe it
was-come forward, pledged his credit
and fortune for large amount of
money, and thus it was that work on
that important line was not abandoned
forty Years ago. Without his aid at
that time, it seemed that failure was
Inevitable. In the early fifties, people
had but little use for railroads-they
knew comparatively nothing of them.
Then very little cotton was planted in
Anderson County, and the staple was
almost unknown as product in Green
vile County. The people lived at
home, raised their stock and supplies.
In Abbeville we had more cotton,
but had also corn and bacon to sell.
The speakers who spoke at railroad
meetings urged the people to subscribe
for stock in the road on the grouud that
they would save more than the money
thus contributed in the expense of
hauling their corn, flour and bacon to
market, and no man was considered a
farmer who had to buy corn.
For the first few years these products
We're carried away on slow carts, but
the farmer soon found out that the
cars would bring back flour, corn and
bacon, as we'll as carry them away. A
store was established at Abbeville,
where bacon, corn, flour and other
farm products were sold, and now
scores of stores deal in farm supplies,
and our people find it cheaper to buy
everything that they use, while they
devote their whole energy to the rails
ing Of cotton. A railroad now is indis-
pensable, ond we look with confidence
to the president of the Columbia &
Greenvile railroad, to 90 on, and still
further improve the accommodations
to the travelling and mercantile public.
Forty years ago, one slow train day
was good enough, but now twenty-four
hours is long time, and we hope to
have at least two fast trains for at least
six days in the week. Will not the
son Of the father who did so much to
build the road, now distinguish him.
self in like manner by giving us more
trains, and consequently better accom-
moda:ions. While we believe objec-
ton would be made to Sunday trains,
yet We also believe that the public de-
mands that we have passenger and
mail trains every day in the week, and
we hope that double daily trains could
be made to pay, and we believe that
no man will take deeper interest in
developing the business of any road
than will President McBee of the C. &
G.. road.
What say you, President McBee?
VIII you now take the lead, even as
your public spirited father took the
lead in 1850:
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
The Mountain Fell on Them.

CUMBERLAND. Nd, March 14.-A
nuge rock rolled down the mountain
SIDE and fell upon the West Virginia
Central railroad track in acut'' be-
tween Chaffee and Blaine this morn
ing. A cable was placed around the
rock and attached to the engine that it
might be dragged from the cut. Men
were making final adjustment. of tie
rope when great mass of earth came
rushing down upon them from the steep
mountain side and buried them from
sight. Their companions, as soon as
possible, exhumed them. Two were
dead when taken out, one has died since
and three were seriously hurt, if not
fatally.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
A FEMALE SAMSON.
Strength of a Little New
York Girl.

NEW YORK, March 9.-Mary Martin,
a young woman who recently escaped
from the Kings County Hospital at
Flat Bush, has just been sent to Ray
mond Street Jail by Justice Walsh, in
Brooklyn. She is quite a pretty girl,
timid and extremely sensitive, but
possesses the strength OF Samson.
She is small-featured and has the hands
of child Of ten years. She hal been
locked up in a cell but few hours
when Matron McCaren found her air
ing herself in the prison yard. 1nves-
tigation showed that the girl had
snapped the bars of her cell door as if
they had been sticks of sealing wax,
and then made good her escape. The
matter was reported to Warden Hayes,
aud he ordered that Miss Martin be
confined in the strongest cell in the
woman's prison. She again escaped.
During the night she had used her re-
markable powers on the wrought-iron
bars, which she had bent and twisted
as if they had been of lead.
When Matron McCaren asked the
girl how she managed it, Mamie told
her to go to blazes. The nlatron then
asked her another question and the
girl drew herself up, stretched out her
arm, her frame quivering like all aspen
leaf, and struck the matron terrible
blow in the face. Mrs. McCaren put
her hands to her head, uttered a pierre
ing scream and fell backward upon the
floor. While the penitentiary physi-
clan was caring for the matron Depu
ties Hughes and Reilly took hold of
Mamie, who fought like tigress.
They put pair of handouts on her,
but she Immediately snapped them.
Ropes were then brought into use, and
Keeper Reilly bound her hand and
foot. But Mamie freed herself in q
moment, and struck Reilly in the face,
making his mouth and nose bleed.
Several other keepers were summoned
and the fractious girl was carried into
the dark cell and locked up again.
But on the following morning she
again made her escape by using her
fingers as wrench, for the purpose of
removing the nuts from the ends of the
lock bolts, afterwards taking off the
lock. These nuts had rusted and even
with the aid Of monkey-wrench it
would be difficult under ordinary cir
cumstances to remove them. Never
theless, Mary Martins tender fingers
had done the work. She has inaugu-
rated reign of terror at the jail, and
the keepers will be glad when she has
served the term ofimprisonment. of The
girl says of herself:
'The keepers in the penitentiary
told me that I could make 500 a.week
if I went on exhibition in Bowery
museum showing people how strong I
was, but told them that God gave NE
my strength to strike down my enc
mics, and not for exhibition purposes.
I am feet 5 inches in height, weight
80 pounds, wear a No. . shoe and
No. 5 glove, and can lift 500 pounds
three feet from the ground. I have
lifted 400 pounds and put it Oh my
shoulder, and can hold barrel of flour
over my head with the greatest ease"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
The Deepest Snow on Record.

ALAMosA, Col, March l3.-The Rio
Grande Railway has 25O SNOW shovel
lers at work opening the snow blockade
across the San Juan range at Cumbres,
on the east side Of the divide. Tie
snow is reported to be sixty feet above
the top Of telegraph poles, and for miles
on each side it is from twenty-five to
forty feet deep. 1t is the deepest ever
known in this locality. The weather
is very severe, the temperature being
30 below zero to-day. This is the third
time the pass has been showed up this
winter, and it will probably be ten days
before it is opened.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
The New Postage Stamps.

The new series of United States pos
tage stamps has just been issued, but
the old ones will take letters to their
destination just as rapidly. POST
masters are not allowed to redeem or
exchange the new stamps for old
ones. The new stamps are Of the
same denominations as the old ones,
but are different in design and
color.
The 1-cent stamp contains a profile
but, latter Rubricht, of Benjamin Frank
lin, printed in ultra marine blue.
On the 2-cent stamp is profile bust,
after Houdon, of George Washington
looking to the left, on an oval disk,
printed in carmine.
The Scent stamp contains profile
bust, after Powers, Of Andrew Jackson,
on an oval disk, printed in purple.
The 4-cent stamp contains a portrait
of Abraham Lincoln, after photo
graph from life, three-quarter face,
looking to the right. The color is
chocolate.
On the scent stamp is a portrait of
General Grant, after a photograph from
life, three-quarter face, looking to the
right; color, light brown.
The 6-cent denomination has por-
trait Of James A. Garfield, after pho
togragh from life, three-quarter face.
The color Of this stamp has not yet
been fully determined upon.
The 10-cent stamp contains por-
trait of Dan Webster, after daguer-
reotype form life, thIee-quarter face,
looking to the left; color, milori green.
The l5-cent denomination has por-
trait of Henry Clay, after daguerreo-
type from life. The color is deep blue.
On the 3o-cent stamp is a profile
bust of Thomas Jefferson, after Cerac-
chi color, black. -
The 90-cent denomination contains
profile bust Of Commodore o. II. Per-
ry, after Wolcott's statue. The color is
orange.
The whole series is designed and
printed by the American Bank Note
Company, under the direction and
supervision of Third Assistant Post
master-General HaZen.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
Harrison as q Poker Player.
From the Chicago Herald.7

lHAoin tue CuicaSO f1erald.j
A well-known United States Senate
says that Ben Harrison is a rather
clever poker player. "When Harri-
son was in the Senate" he says, che
used to play poker, and, like most
cold-blooded men, he plays a pretty
good game. He doesn't bluff much,
and it is seldom be takes desperate
chances, but ne has excelIentjudgmept,
and when he has good hand he will
stay as long as anybody. I don't know
whether he plays now that he is in the
White House, but when he was in the
Senate I have played with him many
a time"