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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-02-18

CONNECTION at Union station lBaItImOTeJ
with p. w. & Is. r. Z. train leaving Union
Station at 1906 noon for Philadelphia, aTriv-
PM
Connection at Frederick Junction daily. ex-
cept Sunday. with P. r. p. trains for and from
town.
Connection at Hagerstown daily, except
Sunday. with C. v. r. r. from WinchesteFan6
Martinsburg and usual daily connection With
train from Shenandoah Valley r. r.
The connection heretofore made at Edge
mont for Baltimore by train leaving Shippens-
burg daily. except Sunday. at 800 P. 81. and
arriving Edgem0nt 4:49 P. 81, Ia discontinued.
j. u. HOOD. Gent Manager.
B. II. GRISWOLD, Gent Pass. Agent
December TO- 1892
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-02-18
PoETlcAL
McGintY.

1t may not be unintcrcsting to many of our
readers TO discover for themselves the reason
of the Overwhelming popularity that attends
abe omniprcsent Mr.. McGinty, therefore
we reprint the epic of which heis the esteemed
hero:
TIE LAST INTERVIEW BETWEEN sIaNoR DAN
at'e1Nrr AND LORD PAT. M'cANN,
JUST BEFORE
4sDowN WENT McGINTY."
Last sunday morning at nine. Dan. McGiuty
dressed so fue,
Was looking at a very high stone wall,
When along came Pat Mccain. Says he:
"Tn bet you five dollars, Dan,
i can carry you to the top without fali-''
On his back he got poor Dan. to climb up the
ladder he began.
Until he very nearly reached the tops
But before he'd lose his I've, as sure as you're
Let go his hold, not thinking oftae drop"
CHORUS.
Down went McGinty to the bottom of the wall;
Although he won his FIVE, he was moro dead
than alive.
With kicks and bruises on his face from such
aterrible fall,
Dressed in his best Sunday clothes.
To the hospital they took him, for dead the
doctors booked him;
But McGinty gave the doctors a surprise.
Then he began to shout, Say, you black
guards, let me out!"
Altho' his head was twice its natural size
To sec his wife and child, with joy he near
went wild,
,I,,,,- -, ,,-,,,5 -. Jot,,, tI,o
On the sidewalk was hole, to receive ton
of coal,
McGinty never saw it till too late.
Chorus.
Down went McGinty to the bottom of the hole.
The driver of the cart gave the ton of coal
start;
We were IN hour and half digging McGinty
from under the coal,
Dressed in his best Sunday clothes.
When they dug Mceinty out. for vengeance he
did shout
The driver of the cart thenhe spied;
He picked up brick and hit him a lick
That raised a curbuncle on his eye.
He then raised such a fuss that The cops got in
the muss;
They arrested McGiuty for being very drunk.
NeAI moEhlnS Iue JuuSe ulu say: NO une
you'll have to pay
Six months you viii sleep upon a prison
bunk
CHoRUs.
Down went 4TcGinty to the bottom of the jail
He stayed exactly -six-his board it cost him
nix
Six long months. for nobody went his bail,
Dressed in his best Sunday clothes.
When the half year was up they let MceInty
ont.
he dressed himself as he did in the days of
yore;
But judging his surprise, he could scarcely be-
leve his eyes,
When he heard his wife had skipped the day
before.
To lose his wife and child, with grief he near
went wild;
To drown himself he went down on the shore,
And foOlishly jumped in, lznowing-well he
could not swim,
For wa;er Dan had never took before.
CHORUS
Down went McGinty to the bottom of the sea-
They haven't found him yet, for the water it
was wet.
They say that McGinty's ghost haunts the
docks at the break of day,
Dressed in his best Sunday clothes.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-02-18
Ringing Noises

In the ears. sometimes roaring. buzzfng
sound are caused by catarrb. that exceedingly
disagreeable and very common disease. Loss
of smell or hearing also result from catarrh.-
Hoods Sarsaparilly, the great blood purifier is
a peculiarly successful remedy for this disease.
which it cures by purifying the blood If you
suffer from catarrh, try Hoods SarsapariIla,
the peculiar medicine
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-02-18
George Z. Travis.
ZEE ROss RARRRR

THE BOSS BARBER,
pESPECTFULLY announces to his friends
HI and the public that has removed to the
front upper room in the Gibson building, adj
Joining the court-house yard.
My shop has been Thoroughly Furnished and
improved. with the Best Patent Spring Chairs
&c, is large and rOomy. and shall constantly
have the services of competent assistant,
Promptness, neatneas. and politeness. my mot
~ April 6. 1888
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-02-18
PLASTERENG.

TNHE undersigned is prepared to do all kinds
il of Plastering and will endeavor to give
satisfaction in any line of work which he may
contract for, whether in coarse OF fine finish.
Orders sent to Middleway. Jefferson county.
W. Va. will receive prompt attention. Work
done at living rates.
WM \. MCINTYRE.
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YESTERDAY & CO.,

Corner Washington and Charles Sts.,
rs the PLACE to get everything good. and
4 at low down prices, in the
Tin, Stove, Sheet Metal, Plumbing,
Gas and Steam Fitting Lines.
We do ROOFING AND SCOUTING way down
below zero. Furnace Work, Plumbing, Gas
and Steam Fitting. Hydrants. Street Washers,
Bath Tubs, Sinks, Fountains, Closets, Urinals.
Basins. &c. Hot and cold water run to any
point in house. Range Boilers. Hose, Nozzels.
Connections, Pumps, Pipes and Fittings. Hy-
dranlic Rams put in aud warranted to work
Any one having u spring or stream can have a
system of water works at low cost
STEAM HEATING.-Dwellingsh heated per-
tectly by steam, and everything pertaining to
the above lines will he done in first-class style
by ". p. YESTERDAY. who is n Practical
Plumber. Gas and Steam Filter. having served
in that capacity for the U. S. Government
References given.
:, We keep full line of Heating and Cooking
stoves. Tnware. aud everything usually found
in q tirst-class house. We solicit your patron
age. Call and examine cnts of Fountains. &c
Respectfully, EASTERDAY 81 co.
July %. 1889.
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Janunry ss. ls9o-4w.

IF you have any kind of Live Stock. Poultry.
Il or Eggs for sale, drop me postal stating
price wanted and kind of stock. This viii in
June IS. 1859. c. E. NAII.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-02-18

Whoa Baby was sick, we gave her castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
when she became Miss, she chung to castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them castoria
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-02-18
Schedule in effect December Goth, 1889.
*DaIy except Sunday.
NORTHWARD.

Additional mixed trains Northwnrd pass
Charlestown at 4 05 and 6 30 pm, arrive at
Harper's Ferry 5 10 and IS P. NJ.
On Sunday mixed train leaves Charlestown
Northward at $50 P. NJ, arriving at Harpet's
Ferry Mt 10 so P NJ
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Important to Builders.
T7HIE undersigned is giving his sole attention
L LUMBER BUSINESS

- ~ Tie
LUMBER BUSINESS
at Roadside. Rockingham County. Virginia.
and has facilities for filling orders of any eX.
tent and great variety. He commands forests
of growing timber of the very best quality. and
milling capacity to meet the most eNtrayagant
Building Purposes.
cut in size and length to meet the demands of
with which no other person in the Valley of
Virginia can compete successfully.
The subscriber has in former years supplied
very many persons in this section with Lumber
and in returning thanks for past patronage, and
in soliciting the orders of old customers and
new, promises careful personal supervision,
so that orders may be satisfactorily oiled Adj
dress. DR. S. p. IL. MILLER.
Roadside,
Rockingham Co..
Nov lS, 1S7S-y. Virginia.
NAVY Beans. at
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NOTICE.!

A GOOD Secondhand No. 10 Cook Stove.
IA Will be sold at bargain.
Oct. l. 1880 YESTERDAY & co.
GtOAL Holds, Coal Shovels and Odd Pots. all
" sizes, at EASTERDAY (S-Co.'S.
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TIE BEST QUALITY OF GOODS

al'1ayS. bnt VIII, if compelled sell them Laud-
anum for cts. Syrup for 8 cts. and Cologne
for % cts. per pint; but at the same time, let
me inform you. that according to the United
States Pharmacopea. you can't make Laud-
anum for less than 10 cts. by the wholesale. a
much cheaper plan is to buy your goods gen
ltiIe. and add the ncdteT yourself.
CIGARS-best in town.
March g. 1880 GEO. n LIGHT
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To Al Whom IT May Concern:
take this method of announcing to the
farming community of Jefferson and adjoining
counties, that do all kinds of Machine Re-
pairing. such us Traction and Portable En-
giues, Wheat Threshers, Grain Drills Wheat
Fans, Corn Shelters. and in fact all kinds of
Repairing, in both Wood and Irons also make
Smoke Stacks for Stationary and Portable En-
gincs. Patching Steam Boilers, and putting in
new news or tubes. Am prepared to do all
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Observation-Disclosures

Light or Heavy, in frst-class manner
Special attention paid to Repairing Mill
Spindles. / hive one of the latest improved
Turning Lathes which cannot be excelled in
the State, for Turning Iron and Chasing Screws.
large and small. either Iron or Brass. Keep
on hand Pipe of all sizes. aud am prepared to
Cut Threads. or Screws on the same; also
keep on hand all kinds of Brass Cocks: Globe.
Angle and Check Valves of jenkins Bros Pa
guarantee of thirty days. and if not found SAT-
isfactory return and will refund the amount
paid. / Keep in stock Packing of different
kinds for making Stc0m-Tight Joints; also
manufacture the Sun-Fish Plow. improved in
three different sizes. as follows: Heavy
Three-Horse. Two and Three, and regular
TWo-Horsc Pillow
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NAVY Beans. at
IN Dec. IL, 1898.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19
Loves of the Birds.

BRIGHT PLUMAGE TIT HEARTS
OF THE FEATHERED FEMALES.
One would hardly look for romano in
the farm yard hennery, coquetry in the
pigeon house, or jealousy and other pas
sions generally considered human among
the forms which constitute the so called
lower animals; yet do we but glance be-
hind the domestic curtain of the brutes we
shall see many of the human weaknesses
portrayed in the lives of our humble
friends.
There was once upon the Central Psrk
lake, New York, a flock of tame ducks,
and one autumn a wild flock, during
migration, came plunging down to resi-.
among them a drake of magnificent
plumage and fiery eyes, VINO spied out the
tame ducks and soon scraped acquaintance,
playing the part of the enamOred swain.
His flock left him, yet he fingered on, not
without results. The tame male leader
lost his influence and power his feathers
were dIngy and rough compared to those
of the gallant cavalier from the fer North,
aud finally he was beaten and driven
away, a fOrlorn and miserable object that
spent his time on the bank, devising, per
haps, schemes for the overthrow of his
enemy. The wild drake completely cap
tivated the females by his Establishments,
the old lover was ignored, and the con-
queror, the bold knight, remained for
several seasons faithful to his new loves.
That attractive dress and features have
their effect upon the female mind among
the animals, there is not the slightest
doubt. The director of the Berlin gar
dens relates that a male pheasant having
lost it's tail feathers, which gave it a lu-
dicrous appearance, it was Immediately
spurned by the females, who took up with
another cock possessed of greater personal
attractions. In other wO.d5, the females,
as in the human family, prefer an at
t~ractive lover or husband according to
their ideas, and are very like the lowest
tribes of human beings to-day. whare the
biggest and most powerful man has the
most wives.
In an African tribe the men steal to a
camp, knock down the woman of their
choice with a club and drag her away to
their home. In smother tribe, in a So
called civilized country in the north of
Europe, the woman is placed on horseback
and followed by her lovers. The one who
!. runs her down and drags her from the
horse, at the risk Of her life, secures the
matrimonial prize. This is the method OF
the woodpecker in many species. The
female is followed by a score or more of
gay cavaliers, fighting among them selves,
chasing her from tree to tree, over till ard
dale, until finally she becomes the
property Of the f~ttest, and n who can
now defend her against the rest, and when
he can put them to flight the cour;ship is
at an end-the bride is wOu.-DstrOit
Ne7rS
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19

over the quarrel, now he had cooled down,
he saw how much to blame he had been.
81 didn't stop to think. he murmured
aloud, forgetting Naneen for the moment
By the time they reached Grandma
DimOn's Tommy could stand it no longer,
for he had an honest heart that loved
Justice.
Saying a hasty goodbye, he hurried
back to the sandbank.
"HeIlo, Tom," shouted Harry, got over
being mad p
no." said Tommy, flushing deeply,
1--we only just begun to get real ma y
"Why Tommy Brick :" said MOlEle, Il
didn't think you'd"
Hold oD-Mollie," interrupted Tommy
eagerly, please don't think it now. l
didn't come back mad with aDyone but
myself. can see now that it must have
been that l threw the sand into Lilies
eyes. I'm ever 50 sorry And l think |
was a regular hog to you and I'm going to
try to reform. l shall want you all to help
me, for I've got to stop thinking Pm right
when I'm wrong"
"Hurrah Tommy, - said Ned. "YOu're
the kind of a brick we most admire"
IF I'd taken the Golden Rule into the
saodbank with INT this morning every
thing would have gone al right" said
Tommy r1gretfully.
ut would do us all good if We would
remember that, too" said Mollie sensibly.
A few moments later Tommy was hur-
rying back to tell Naneen the whole story
of the mornings quarrel.-BeNe st. Jghu
Pearson, in The Little Christian.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19
The Mystery of the sena.e GaveI.

The Vice Presidents gavel is of itself q
standing evidence that the Senate is an
orderly body and needs no schoolmaster
for a presiding officer to compel quiet.
The gaveI has no handle. 1t never did
have any. 1t is simply a little piece of
white ivory like the head of a gav@l,
polished and shining. 1t would not do in
the House at all, for the most that can be
done with it is to give a gentle rapping on
the desk, and in the other wing the Speak
er sometimes needs to hammer away like
a man with a pestle. This Senate gsvel,
with which ice-PresideDt Morton tells
the Senators that they are making too
much noise, has been in existence and in
use as a gavel for many years. 1t is the
identical one, it is said, which vas in use
when Daniel Webster was in the Senate,
and probably was used the cay he made
his reply to Hayne, o'stil the buzz in the
gallery when the great man sat down.
This, at any rate, was said to be true the
other day.
There ISL mystery about the gavel,
too. Nobody but Capt. Bsssett, the white
haired door-keeper, knows what becomes
of it during the recess and when Congress
is not in session. The venerable old Capt.
Bassett takes it from the Vice. Presidents
desk when the Senate adjourns and hides
it somewhere, and it is lost to the world
until it is again needed by the Vice-Pres-
dent. Capt. Bassett knows the history of
the gavel, as he does of everything else
about the Senate chamber, for he has been
since some time in the thirties or
when he first received his appoint
a page, it is said-through the
influence of Daniel Webster. It has been
suggested that Capt. Basseta carries the
gavel in his pocket as a masca$ when TIC
Senate is not in session, though this is
probably not true.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19
An Innenious Manager.

s.Did ( ever tell you about the time BOD
had with a chump operate company salu
10 heavy man. ''Thev were playing d
niratad version of the Mikado' Ihey
had been doing small towns and had hafG
lick for not a penny of salary was paIu
for two months. Every Saturday nlghI
thew struck for their money, but didn't get
If All thew could get out of the manager
was room and board, and being far away
from home they chung to the company
boning for better things. Matters got so
bad that the male members Of the CON-
panv could not get money from the man
ager to buy a shave. Finally they per
s4aded the tenor to try his luck with the
manager. The tenor found the manager
in the hotel lobby.
""Good morning, Mr. Jones, he said.
"'Good morning, sir-good morning
Mr.. Jones, l would like 10 for a
shave
"'Can't spare any money this morning,
sir
"'But l must have it,
"'YOu mustY'
"'Yes, sir. How do you expect me to
go on to night and play a Chinaman with
this beard? can't do it, sir, and | won't
"'You WON'T
"'No, sir
''The manager was driven into a corne
He could not replace his tenor.
"'Do l get that shaver continued the
tenor.
THE manager felt in bis pocket and
drew out a half dollar. Here be said,
go and buy a razor and come back and
shave the whole company" Detroit
Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19
Their First Impressions.

Attorney General Brewster got q wife in
the treasury department. She was the
daughter of an ex-secretary of the treas
ury, and she was one Of the prettjest
women Washington has ever known
Brewster saw her as he went through the
department one day on some legal bust
ness long before he was attorney general,
and be said to a friend
What a pretty woman p
she overheard, and replied in a stage
What an ugly man /" and Brewster,
you know, was ugly enough to stop a
clock. His face had been burned all out
of shape when he was a baby by his fall
ing into the fire or by his attempting to
save his little sister from burning. Both
stories are told, and 1 don't know which is
correct. at any rate, he overheard the
remark of the pretty treasury clerk. He
met her the same night at a reception.
and she found Mr.. Brewster as entertain
ing as he was ugly. After a few months
he proposed to her and she accepted and
got a first class husband Wdshjngt0n
Cor. NeD York World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19
Self Denial.

While in India, Capt. Marryat, the nov
elist, was intensely Interested IN the devo-
ton and self-denial of a huge elephant.
The beast was defending himself from
swarms of mOzquitos, using a large branch
to keep them from the clAnnieS and c.acks
of his thick hide.
His prosecutors were still annoying him
greatly as wa evident fIom his notions.
when his keeper appeared with q little
child. This he laid down before the ami
NAL, saying, "Waych it I" and walked
away.
The elephant Immediately broke off a
small whisk from the large bough, and,
instead of tanning himself, directed his
attention to driving away every mosquito
from the infant, He continued this until
the keeper returned, two hours after, thus
setting, though a brute, an example of de,
votion which few men would have imi-
tated.- Youths Companion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19
The Trai II Boy.

A boy who gets 8 position as train boy
for our company must put up a certain
amount of money as a guarantee. He
must be recommended for honesty. intelli-
gence sac activity. He must take care Of
his stocEA putting it on the car and taking
IL off. Hs is charged with everything ne
takes out and is held to the s~trictest &C
countabiTty on his return. He must turn
in every &nt. There are only two ways
in which be can make anything outside of
his earnings. One is by occasionally
scoring a granger on a book. He may be
able to St fifty cents for a twenty-fV
cent book6now and then, but if the COM
6xny find out the boy is discharged.
Another way in which he can make some
thing extra is by taking books and papers
of his own and disposing of them.
/ have often been asked the question,
What becomes of these train boys p
Occasionally a bright, attentive boy will
get a position in a railroad or an express
office. l regret to say, however, that the
inducements are for him to go to the devil.
There is something about the business
which will send a boy to ruin unless his
moral stamina is we'll grounded, | was
thinking the other day of six young men
whom | started in the business as many
years ago. One of them is now en- express
messenger. smother is a clerk in a mana
gers Office. The third is in a gambling
house in Neg Orleans. The fourth is in
Jail in a Michigan town, and the others
are still on tie road. That is not such a
bad showing. But l am forced to admit
that it is above the average .-LnteTgjeU in
Chicago Tribune.