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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

High Priced Doctor. ''You are now conva-
lescent, and all you need is exercise. You
should walk ten, twenty, thirty miles q day
sir, but your walking should have an object. "
Patlent-''Al night, doctor. III travel
around trying to borrow enough money to
pay your bill"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

1SvAIIDs, aged people, nursing mothers,
oFerworked, wearied out fathers, viii find
the happiest results from judicious use of
DR.. Sherman's Prickly Ash Bitters. Where
the liver or kidneys are affected, prompt
action is necessary to change the tide toward
health, ere the disease becomes chronic
possibly incurable. and there is nothing bet
ter to be found in the whole range of m0terIa
medicd. Sold everywhere.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

Papa (who used bad word when he tore
his trousers): forgot myself then, Sammy.
1t was wrong of me to say such word.
Sammy: o, you needn't apologize, papa!
often use it myself.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

A proper Seasoning.-Briggs: What has
Robinson got on that peper-and-salt suit for?
Griggs: understand he is going to be a
missionary.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

1t would seem that the proper place to cook
mountain game would be on a mountain
range.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

Quite Difference.-''Because failures
seem to come In waves" remarked Cumso.
'.No' replied Fangle ''they come in bill-owes. /"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

Rudyerd Kipling, the new English poet
is a short man. Most all poets are.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

''Now for a home rum said Mr.. Depew
when ne heard the strike called.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

In regattas catboats ought to be the first
to come to scratch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

''What will it Costa Rica vengeance on San
Salvador" 81 dom know, but we've Guate-
mala, no matter what it costs"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

Railroad engineers should be experts in
keeping track of things.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

Groom: A ring around the moon is the sign
of rain.
Bride (sweetly): And a ring around
womans fngeris the sign Of? Groom (sadly)
Reign.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

HALLS CATARRH CURE is ALOUD and
is taken internally. Sold by druggists, 75c.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

The physician who would win reputation
for success must have enduring patients.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30

When Baby was sick we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child she cried for Castoria,
When che became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When shs bad children SIZE gave them Castoria-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
March 3, 1890.
A Pathetic Story.

A romantic little story has been told
by co-editor on one of the largest-knOwn
magazines in the country. "Almost two
years ago." he said, "a short story Of con
siderable merit had been submitted to
the editor of the magazine by young
woman quite unknown to us or to fame,
and had been accepted and paid for. 1t
was filed away with other accepted arti-
cles, TO be used when its turn came. A
short time ago there came letter from
the young girl, asking mode5tly if the
story might not be printed soon, but Civ
ing no reason for the request, Two
months went on, and then came a second
letter in the same hand, but in weaker
and fainter characters, as if the hand
that held the pen were scarcely able to
hold it. This letter asked again that the
story might be printed soon if possible.
MY physician tells me, it said, that |
can live but few months at the farlhest
l had hoped to live to do a good deal Of
good work of this kind, but you have my
first and last piece. | have cared so
much for it that | could be happier in
dying if l might see it in print before |
go
"The magazine for the coming month
was bound, so nothing could be done with
that The sheets for the second were
printed and ready for binding, and the
matter for the third magazine was well
under way. We held short consulta-
ton, the result of which was that the
story was set up and the sheets containing
it substituted for certain sheets in the
magazine for the second month. 1t was
no small matter to make the change SO
late in the day, but the letter of thanks
we received from the young girl, who
died shortly afterward, more than paid
rs"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
From the Charleston NoapdreH.
Hon. j. Hoirdrd Getfinger.

Few men appear in legislative body
who impress the spectator with the same
admiration and respect that does this un-
assuming gentleman.
There is something about the appearance
of every man who occupies a prominent
place, to inspire the observer with greater
or less Importance, as compared with those
surrounding him.
BY such comparison the Senator of Berke-
ley gains in popular esteem, for there is
something about him which by some mys-
terious principle of magnetism carries con-
viction at once, that he is far above the
standard of the average man, for he bears
upon his face the marks of almost everlast-
ing unrelaxed thought, sustained by an un-
derstanding far beyond the reach ofaverage
mortals,
In discharge of his lawmaking duties, he
differs from many of his associates, in think
ing first, and then giving expression to his
convictions with the reasons therefore,
while the many speaks first and think after
wards-a not uncommon, but lamentable
habit, into which even really able men
sometimes fall, but Mr.. Gettinger never,
and when he speaks, it is with directness,
poiutedness and consciousness, that carries
with it an emphasis which rarely fails of its
purpose to convince,
There is nothing fiippant about him, his
natural spirits seem to be Of the serious
turn. condition of mind which seems in
cident to thinking habits, particularly when
the subject of his mental exercises is of
moral or metaphysical nature.
He is seemingly perfectly familiar with
all the machinery used in the manufacture
of laws, and is most skilled workman in
finishing the, sometimes, crude work Of
other hands. As debater he is very forci-
BILE, he is often exceedingly eloquent, par
ticularly when his feelings are interested
in the theme occupying his mind. He is
a very impressive speaker, and commands
the attention of the House when he rises to
debate any question, however unimportant.
He is recognized on all hands as gentle
man of the strictest integrity, unyieldlng in
his demand for the prevalence of entire
honesty in political and moral affairs.
He is Democrat who knows himself TO
be right without the existence Of doubt
in his mind, and one upon whom his party
can rely with certainty.
We regret that our space is too inadequate
for us to go into the measures which this
able, popular and estimable gentleman has
championed in this Legislature.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
An EngineerIs Yarn

81 was running through freight on
the Alton road one time fetching train
load of cattle up from St. Louis. 1t was
along about morning, and just this side
of Lincoln as we rounded a curve / saw
little bridge on fire. 1t was over dry,
shallow creek bed, and wasn't over twen-
ty feet wide. | couldn't possibly stop,
and ! believed the fire had not yet weak
ened it much, 50 | put on full head and
let her 90. Ab.ut five cars back from
the engine was the man who owned most
of the cattle, and he saw the fire almost
as soon as | did. He danced and yelled
and swung his arms, but | let him 60 and
watched the bridge Just as the pilot
pushed into the smoke something broke
loose behind, and III be shot if that en-
CINE of mine didn't jump two feet in the
air. She came down all right and just
flew like a bullet. | shut off the steam
and looked around. There were only
two cars with me. That internal old man
had taken the train in his own hands and
climbed down to the bumpers when he
saw was going to lake the bridge he
uneoupled the third car and the rest Of
the train, climbed up again and set the
forward brake till he just about split it.
Then he run to the next and his hired
man helped him. His cars came on shov-
ing that first one along like a pair Of
skates till it stood right on the bridge.
There it stopped, and when all the slack
was taken up the weight of twenty cars
of cattle just showed the head of his
train into the creek bed, tipped seven
over on their sides and derailed the rest.
| was so mad / could have hammered
him. The bridge would have held the
cars running, but when the dead weight
rested on it, with all that train banging
up behind, it went down. We had to
open the cars and let nearly two hundred
head of fat Kansas steers out on the
prairie, and it took wrecking train four
days to fix up the bridge and track and
take the rubbish away. And then that
iayhawker had the nerve to sue the COM
pany for damages. Get it. Well, no."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
Calm Ia the Face Of Death.

A tradesman Of Lyons, in France, Of
the name Of Grivet, a man of mild and
simple manners, was sentenced during
the French revolution, with q number OF
others, to die next morning. Those who
were already in the cave pressed around
the newcomer to sympathze with and to
fortify him. But Grivet had no need Of
consolation he was as calm as if he had
been in his own house. "Come and sup
with us" said they; "this is the last inn
in the journey of life; tomorrow we
shall arrive at our long home" Grivet
accepted the invitation and supped heart
lily. Desirous of sleep as well, he retired
to the remotest corner Of the cave, and
burying himself in his straw, seemed not
to bestow a thought on his approaching
fate
The morning arrived. The other pris-
oners were tied together and led away
without Grivet's perceiving anything or
being perceived Fast asleep, enveloped
in his straw, he neither saw nor was seen.
The door Of the cave was locked, and
when he awoke, after awhile, he was in
the utmost astonishment to find himself
in perfect solitude. The day passed and
no new prisoners were brought into the
cave. The Judges did not sit for two
days. Grivet remained all this time in
his solitude, subsisting on some scattered
provisions which he found in cave, and
sleeping every night with the same tran
guilty as on the first. On the evening
Of the fourth day the turnkey brought in
new prisoner, and became as one tbun-
derstruck on seeing man, or, as he al
most believed, spirit, in the cave.
He called the sentinel, who instantly
appeared. "Who are you!" said he to
Grivet, "and how came you here ?" Gri-
vet answered that he had been there four
days. DOUBTLESS" he added, "when my
companions in misfortune were lead away
to death / slept and heard nothing, and
no one thought to awaken me. 1t was
my misfortune, since all would now have
been past, whereas / have now lived with
the prospect Of death always before me
but the misfortune now will undoubtedly
be repaired and / shall die"
Grivet was summoned before the tri-
bunal. He was interrogated anew. 1t
was moment Of leniency with the judges,
and he was set at liberty.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
POETR Y.
THE HERO OF THE PLOW.

Clear the brown path to meet his coulter's
CLEAN,
Lo On he comes behind his smoking team,
With tolls bright dewdrops on his sunburnt
brow,
The lord of earth, the hero of the plow
First in the field before the reddening sun,
Last in the shadows when the day is done,
Line after line, along the bursting sod
Marks the broad acres where his feet have trod;
Still where he treads the stubborn clods divide.
The smooth. fresh furrow open steep and wide;
Matted and dense the tangled turf upheaves,
Mellow and dark the ridgy cornfield cieaves
Up the steep hillside, where the laboring train
Slants the long track that scores the level plain,
Through the moist valley, clogg'd with oozing
clay,
The patient convoy breaks its destined way;
At every turn the loosening chains resound,
The swinging plowshare circles gistenlng
round,
Till the wide field one billowy waste appears,
And weary hands unbind the painting steers.
These are the hands whose sturdy labor brings
The peasants food, the golden pomp of kings
This is the page whose letters shall be seen,
Changed by the sun TO words of living green
This is the scholar whose immortal pen
Spells the first lesson hunger taught to men !;
These are the lines that heaven commanded
Toll
Shows on his deed-the charter of the soil
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
4 Monkeys Little Mirror.

Visitors to the Geological Garden have
taken special notice of a pretty little
African monkey with tremendously
long tail, and an interesting little, shriv-
eled up pink face. He is very bright
and amusing, with no bad or vicious
traits. If you will notice closely you will
see that the tip of his tail has been nearly
stripped of hair
The handsome white cockatoo, with
the fiery eyes and the sulphurus yellow
crest, did that. His big cage had been
on top of the monkeys one day, and the
little monkey had swung his tail up un-
til it rested against the bars of the bird
cage. The cockatoo grabbed it and
pulled it in with his sharp beak. Then
there was chattering and screaming
wells, croakings and minutive inferno
for about minute, before the monkey
got his TAIL loose by the heroic method of
pulling it loose. Then the cockatoo spit
out a mouthful of hair and said, Yah
h-l-g-gh." To this contemptuous remark
the little monkey said nothing. He suck
ed the lacerated end of his tail and said
nothing.
Some one had presented him with a
piece of mirror 1t was the apple of his
eye and the prize of his collection. His
little storehouse contained couple of
chestnuts, some peanuts, two or three
bright pebbles and the mirror. This lit
tie strip, hardly two inches square, he
would hold and admire by the hour He
never tired of trying to solve the mystery
of that other monkey which he saw in
the glass. Not being quarrelsome he
never tried to fight the strange monkey,
but always tried to coax him out to play.
1t wouldn't work.
One day the sun shown down through
the glass light and struck the mirror. 1t
cast bright, burning beam right into
the monkeys eye and nearly blinded him.
here was another immense problem for
him to wrestle with. After few minutes
he found that by turning the looking
glass in different direction he could
make the light dance over the walls and
into the other cages. Ha that was fun.
ny. The cockatoo had been moved
across the aisle and one of the rays struck
him in the eve. He blinked and rufflec
his feathers. The monkey saw it and
said to himself as plainly as possible
wonder if old Cockey doesn't like it 2
He got the focus again, and the cocka.
too ducked and squawked.
"Aha l have you now, old Cockey
I'll teach you to pull the hair off my
tail w
Again he focused the bird, and the
bird jumped. Up, down, sideways and
across, he pursued the bird with that
binding ray, while the latter screamed
and beat his wings and ratified the cage
in a whirlwind of rage But it was use
less. The ray and monkey were inexor-
able, and not until convenient cloud OBJ
scured the sun did the monkey cease its
prosecutions IVa,h. Post
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
1 now offer my services again as
Architect and Builder,
as well as a General
Contractor OF Superintendent

for all classes of building and Repair work
neatly and promptly done. Plans and Specit-
cation aud estimates furnished upon applica-
tiOn My aim shall be TO give you work equal
% the best in the United States in material
and workmanship. / defy any city mechanic
90 beat 10 I'm workmanship or in time of COM
pietion.
NV past experience i'm the erection Of the
following lar-e buildings attest my ability rs
"a Builder and Contractor Oakland Hotel. B.
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and Union Passenger Station, Roanoke. Va,
and an the stations ON the Shenandoah Valley
r. r. and the handsome station for the Nor
folk and Western x. r. at Norfolk Greens HO-
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YOU want a irst-cass building according TO
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with first-class workmen who understand their
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So ir YOU purpose 90 build OF make alterations
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respect I'm the most approved style Of modern
architecture.
Nav SO. lS,l. JULIUS C. HOLMES.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
WiI CarletomIs First Poem.

What may really be called my first
poetic effort was written at ten years Of
age, and was letter in rhyme. My old
er S ster was at boarding school she had
written for some of the papers and mag
zines, both in prose and poetry, and |
thought | would show her that she had
not carried away with her all the afHatus
of the family. | heard of neighboring
Young man who could write letters in
rhyme, and so | thought | would under
take the same feat. | did up everything
at the farm and in the vicinity in choice
doggerel, and mailed it to her. A prec-
ious young goose she must have thought
me. | represented her favorite horse as
about to die of melancholy, because
she was not there to ride him; told her
the trees and flowers were all perishing
because she was not present TO smile upon
them. and killed off two very worthy and
healthy neighbors because their names
happened to rhyme with some word of a
mortuarv character. The whole letter
was wildly sepulchral in its nature, and
half amused and half scared the young
lady. l remember that it closed with
these pathetic lines:
must end my letter
And bring it to a close;
Perhaps it will be better
To make the next in prose.
The eagerness with which she consent
ed to this proposition made me fear that
poetry was not exactly my best card.
But she was dear, sweet girl, and upon
her return home she petted and encour-
aged my poor little rhymes much more
than they deserved. The grief of my
boyhood was her death, few years after
ward. She would have made her mark
in literature, and hope is to-day writing
songs in heaven.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
Braddock DistiIIery,
CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

Cumberland, Nd August II, 1858.
Having been under assignment as United
States Storekeepers and gaugers at the Brad
dock distillerv of James Clark while in opera
ton. we hereby certify that in the manufac-
ture of the Braddock Pure Rye Whiskey only
rye and barley malt are used. Respectfully,
J. Z. WILLARD,
l.. II. TRooK,
JOIN II. YoUNG,
Z. LLLIs,
L. :. StOrekeeperS and GaugerS,
Cumberland, Md, Aug. Is, 1888.
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Very truly yours,
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
r. L. Beller
CoNTRACToR&BUILDER

OFFERS his services and will vigorously
~ prosecute his avocation as Carpenter and
Builder. and will take orders and execute the
same promptly and satisfactorily His expe-
rience is such that he can guarantee perfect
Workmanship, and his prices will compare ia
vorably with the most reasonable Those de-
string to build or improve should give him a
call
Ian : 1856
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05

Tne advantage of the Pedagogue.-Mer-
ritt-"If you keep on, Johnnie, you will
soon know as much as your teacher" Lit
tie Johnnie-"rd know as much now if |
had the book before me like she does"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05

Washington y .gIeeandcr
Jan. Z, 1856.

HAVE made arrangements to insure proper
II ty AGAINST TORNADOES in Ktna, of
Hartford Continental, of New York, and Pea
body. of Wheeling, w. Va Where parties de-
sire this. on application a special Policy will
be granted and an additional rate be charged
for same.
Nav y. 1856.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
JULIUSC.HOLMES

Late Superintendent Of Repairs of Public
Buildings,
Charlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-05
NenrnInic Persons

And those troubled with nervousness resulting
from care or overwork will be relieved by taxing
Br0Wn's Iron Biffers. Genuine
has trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper.