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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02
JEFFERSON WOOLEN MILL
Formerly Porfer's Factory.

Under the above mentioned name the old
"Porters Factory" which in days gone by en-
joyed almost a national reputation for excel
lent manufactures. will be operated by the un-
dersigned. Necessary repairs have been made
and improved machinery introduced, and il Is
our expectation 10 maintain the reputation OF
the mill and TO meet the demand of the public
for first-class goods.
The Highest Market Price will be paid for
Wool delivered at the Mill or at such points as
may be designated.
Orders for Cloths Yarns, &C., will receive
prompt attention
Respectfully,
J.J. J0BE & co.
Post 0fice-Ripon, Jefferson County, VIVA
]. J. lobe & Bro. will continue 10 operate the
Mill at Brucetown, Frederick County, Virginia,
and will pay the top market price for Wool de-
liyered there.
April, 10, 1883.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02
Diamond Dyes.

A S the Spring advances we call attention t.
n full stock of Diamond Dyes, and guar
antee them TO color Ribbons, Dresses, Hats
Feathers aud Cotton Goods.
GEO. T. LIGHT,
Druggist. Next Door to Post Office
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02
Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
ST TYLER, RECEIVER.
Schedule IN Effect February 0, 1890.

oCHtQute W. IUttt TtOF""fV % fooV'
LEAVE cHARLEsrows-souTHw
$50 A. NJ. Daily-Memphis Express. Roanoke
and intermediate stations and
all points South and Southwest.
Through Pullman Sleeping cars from
New York and Philadelphia 10
Roanoke, Chattanooga and Men,
phis
l2:llA. NJ Daily-N Orleans Express from New
York. Philadelphia and Baltimore
with day coaches TO Roanoke max
ingconnection through to the South.
Carries through Pullman Sleeper
TO New Orleans via Harrisburg.
LEAVE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
2:04 A. NJ. Daily-Baltimor Express. from all
points South, for Washington, Bal
timore Harrisburg. Philadelphia
and New YORK Carries through
Pullman Sleeper from New Orleans
to Philadelphia via Harrisburg.
2:5s A. NJ. Daily-New York and Philadelphia
Express from Mobile, Memphis,
Chattanooga and all points South.
For Philadelphia and New York
Sleeping cars through to New York
via Harrisburg.
Ticket Agents will furnish all Information
and through schedules upon application
o. HOWARD ROVER, Gent Pass. Agt.
Feb. ~, 1883. Roanoke, Va.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02
BOarders Wanted.

THE Misses Ware having removed to the
i dwelling on MT. Paryo" recently occupied
by Mr. Jno. Z. Brown and family, will take
few boarders. The house is very convenient
one-delghtfully situated.
Miss Lizzie Ware will continue her Mantua-
Making.
April 5. 1858.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02

Trains No. All, 4l9 and All are daily except
Sunday; Train No. 449 runs Sunday only.
Additional mixed rains leave southwark at
23l a. m. and SIT n. N. and arrive at Harri-
sonburg at sos a. m. and 5.5op. nj. ex Sunday.
WESTWARD.
Train 4ls connects at Harper's Ferry with
Vestbuled Limited at 1855 p. m, arriving in
Pittsburgh at s.55 p. M, Columbus 2.45 next
morning Chicago 10 55 next morning. and
with Cincinnati Vestibuled Limited at 439 p.
M, arri wing in Cincinnati at 40 a. m. next
morning.. st Louis 6 55 p. NJ next evening.
EXCUR SI0N TICKETS will be sold 10 par
ties of ten or more between all ticket stations
on the Valley Division-Good for two days.
For tickets and further information apply to
b & o. Agents or to b. F. Bond, Pass Agent,
Baltimore, c. Z. Dudrow, Travelling Passenger
Agent Winchester. Va.
b. & q. Palace Sleeping Cars are run through
to Cincinnati. St. Louis, Chicago and Pittsburg
on all express trains.
J. T. 0DELL, Gen'l Manger
CHAS. o. SCULL, Gen'l Passenger Agent
T. C. PRINCE, Superintendent.
Feb 5. 1890.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02
Channels Skins.

GHAMOIS SKINS from ten to sixty cents.
~ Carriage Sponges and Boston Coach Oil.
Aug. 80, 1855. AISQUITH & co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02
EnR DYSPEPSIA
VsN y II 1t ~
~ RroMn's Iron Ditters.

Physicians recommend 1t.
All dealers keep il s1O) per bottle. Genuine
has trade marx aad crossed redlines on wrapper.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02

SOAPS We have in store a large stock of
- Soaps. We call special attention TO
our cent soaps. IASQUITH & co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02
ShiIoh's Consumption cure.

Dime museum freaks, unhsc poets
are % born but MAIDS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02
To the Public.

| HAVE in stock some superior brands Of
i Whiskeys, among them Sour Mash Ken
lucky Whiskey highly recommended as una
dulterated and pure.
Nov. %. JOHN S. YESTERDAY & co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02
BUILDING LOTS
FJn SALE.

GENERAL BUILDING LOTS situated near
- the corporate limits. opposite the Nursery
of VIM. Hopkins, are offered for sale on the
instalment plan-s2.50 monthly. Apply TO +.
b. Souders, who will show plat.
DAVIS & co.
June 2, 1857.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Time Table in Effect December 18th, 1889.
NORTHwARD. 40 AIS AS $50
Stations. Pass Pass. Mix. Mix.

Trains No. 420. AIS and AS are daily except
Sunday; Train No. $50 runs Sunday only.
Additional mixed trains leave Charlestown
4O5 D. m and Lie a. m, and arrive at Harper's
Ferry at $40 p. IN. and l.55 a. IN. ex. Sunday
SOUTHWARK. Az 4I9 Az 44s
Stations. Pass. Pass. Mix. Mix.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-02

Having % years experience as Cutter. will
guarantee you a fit or 10 sale. Work Prompt
ly and Carefully Executed Call and be con-
WINGED. Yours respectfully,
J. f. REININGER,
March :, 1889. Merchant Tailor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15
Broom Corn,

Broom corn grows readily wherever In
dian corn grows. At present prices its
production should be profitable. The
seven States producing the largest amount
are, in their order, Illinois, Kansas, Mis-
souri,, New York, Nebraska, Ohio and
Iowa. 1t is planted in drills OIL rich land
the richer the better-and three and
one-half feet apart. When first up it is
'scraped;" that is, the dirt is scraped
away from each side of the drill, exter-
minating the weeds. It's then cultivated
with the same tools and manner as ordi-
nary corn. 1t comes up quite feebly and
grows slowly at first, but when few
inches high it takes a start and grows
very rapidly. When "brushed" out and
the seed has passed the blossom, it is
"broken;" that is, the stalks are bent
over just below the first joint. If this
were not done, the "brush" would be
bent down on all sides by the
weight of the seed and thus be-
come crooked and worthless. When
''broken," the brush hangs straight and
so ripens. 1t is sometimes ''tabled;' .
that is, the stalks of adjoining rows are
broken in opposite directions and low
enough so that the heads lap over and lie
one upon another. When the seed i:
nearly ripe, but before the brush has
turned brown, it is "cut." In doing
this, the stalks are cut an inch or so above
the first joint, and the head and stalk arr
slipped out of the sheath. 1t is ther
drawn up to barns or sheds which ar,
fitted up with scaffolds from bottom tt
top. On these the corn is spread t.
"cure." When properly dried, it i
threshed by being laid upon swiftly re
volving cylinders, having long, slim
spikes or teeth, which strip off the seed
and leave the brush ready to sort anc
bale when it is fit for market. Th
threshing, sorting and packing can b.
done at any time during the winter. Th'
seed is capital for hens, and if wei
cleaned, is very nearly as good as oat
for any stock; for cattle, hogs and horse
it is best when ground.-LNew Yorl
Herald
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15
Antiquity of the Either,

The either is no child of these later
days. Quite the reverse. The ancient
Egyptians had an instrument which they
called kinnor and which, in all essential
points, was the prototype Of thez ither.
This was some three thousand years ago,
and from that time down to the present
there has always been an instrument in
the hands of one of the leading nations
of the world that was, in most respects,
identical with the either. In the time of
David and Solomon the either was played
in the great temple of Jerusalem, and
the ancient Greeks valued their kithara
very highly, and the names of Terpander
of Lesbes and of Aristonikos of Chios
have come down to us as those of virtuosi
on this zither-like instrument. We know
that at the wedding festivities of Alex
ander the Great with Statira, the daughter
kitharists, as Kratinos of Methymna,
Athenodores of Tejos and others, had to
play. 1t is also known that some of the
best either players of these days, like
Anobeos, received a magnificent remune-
ration for public appearances, an Attic
talent about 5000 being nothing un-
usually high for the performance. Under
the Roman emperors, too, the kithara
often changed and improved, hourished
as a fashionable instrument, and even as
late as 1850 after Christ the Greek EN-
peror Manuel esteemed the famous kith-
artist Samotheres Logotheta very highly
because of his art.
During the following centuries several
varieties of zither-like instruments were
in use, such as the cithara barbara, the
cithara tontonica and the psalterium in
Germany and adjoining countries, the
crowt in England and Scotland, and the
virginale or clarichordiun later on, about
1900. The latter, together with the
psalter, were popular in nearly all Euro
pean countries, and it was really not
until the time that the forerunners of the
present piano, the spinet, etc., came
into general use-about the end of the
last century-that the either went out of
date Chicago Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15
How Base.BaIIs Are Made.

Automatic machines for making base
balls have been 80 successfully con-
trived that their introduction is likely
to constitute q practical industry.
Each machine winds two balls at one
time, in the following way:
"a little para-rubber ball, weighing
three-quarters of an ounce, around
which one turn has been made with the
end of skein of an old-fashioned gray
stocking yarn, is slipped into the ma
chine, then another, after which the
boy in charge touches o lever, the
machine starts and the winding begins.
The rubber ball is thus hidden in few
seconds, and in its place appears q
little gray yarn ball that rapidly grows
larger and larger.
When it appears to be about half the
size of the regulation baseball there
Is click, the machine stops, the yarn
is cut, the boy picks out the ball and
losses it into the basket. When this
basket is full it is passed along to an
other boy, who runs a similar machine,
where half-ounce layer Of worsted
yarn is put on.
The next machine adds strong
white cotton thread; a coating Of rub
ber cement is next applied and half.
ounce layer of the very best fine
worsted completes the ball with the
exception of the cover" Commercial
advertiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15
Blood Drinking.

Blood drinking is rather an unsavory
medication. Every morning, however,
in Paris, France, fashionable ladies suf-
fering from an@mia go to the monu-
mental slaughter house of La Villette,
just as if it were drinkingroom at AK
or Vichy. They there drink bullock's
blood at 80 centimes (6 sous) glass, and
observers say that the blood cure is often
efficacious. Raspail, the real precursor
of Pasteur, noticed that the butchers and
even the women bookkeepers in butchers
shops, are singularly healthy and that
their blood is, as rule, purer than that
of people plying other trades. Mile Ros-
ita Mauri, the famous opera danseuse,
once sprained her foot upon the stage.
The doctor ordered her to go to La Will
cite every morning early and to bathe her
dainty ankle in hot bullocks blood The
habit of blood drinking, like hot-water
drinking, is nauseous at first, but the pa
tients think no more of it after time
than they would of gulping down an
oyster or glass of absinthe. The ami
mails ought, naturally, to be healthy; but
this can easily be tested by experts. AL
though the practice appears to have
spread in France, the 'blood- was
really invented by an English doctor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15
A. MAORI IDOL.
It is $50 Years Old, and Was Worn
by a Christian Chief.


Ernera Maihi Patuome, son of the reign
ing chief of the Bay of Islands in New
Zealand, was born in 1764. When Captain
Cook, the circumnavigator of the world,
visited the territories of Patuome's father
in 1869, that young gentleman was al
ready the rising hope of the brave and
noble Maori race, which is now practi-
cally extinct. AT an age when American
youths are struggling with the cigarette,
he was Staying giant warriors in battle.
Patuome, who was destined to live to a
remarkable age, became Christian early
in life. His position was very difficult
one, for the converted natives were often
regarded by their countrymen as traitors.
He became known as the Peacemaker,
and was instrumental in putting an end to
many of the barbarous practices of the
Maoris, such as that of widows strangling
themselves to accompany their late hus-
bands to Heaven.
When the terrible wars broke out be-
tween the colonists and the Maoris he di-
rected his efforts to securing peace, but
without much success. He was then very
old. He was the most eloquent preacher
of Christianity known among the con-
verted Maoris. He died on September
10, 1872, at the age of 108.
1t is necessary that the public should
have this information about Patuome, be-
cause the Metropolitan Museum of Art has
lust imported the idol which he wore
round his neck throughout his life. 1t
was purchased for 5000 from firm in
Auckland, New Zealand.
The idol is made of jade, commonly
called greensboro, and has red rings fol
eyes. 1t is in fantastic squatting posi-
tion, with the head bent over the right
shoulder at a painful angle.
1t is an interesting fact that the heads
of the South Sea Islanders idols are us
ually bent over the right shoulder. 1t is
fiat, about inches long, 3 inches wide
and weighs 10 ounces.
A thick cord of human hair is passed
through a hole in the head of the idol
and human wristbone is attached to the
cord. The idol is said to be $50 years
old
Patuome was sincere Christian, but
wore this idol, and believed in its efficacy
against evil till his death. Although he
recommended monogamy he himself had
four wives and believed In fairies. Al
one period of his life he was in the habit
of eating lately deceased warriors.
The idol at present reposes in cigai
box in company with work entitled
"The Life and Times and Patuome, the
Celebrated Ngapuhi Chief. " New York
Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15
An Accident in a Spanish Bull.Figh..

A few years ago the inhabitants Of
Seville read with surprise, in the adj
vertisement of an approaching bull
fight, this unusual notice.
when the third bull shall have at
tackled the picadors and received three
pairs of banderillas, a young peasant,
by whom it has been brought up, will
appear in the ring. He will approach
the bull, caress it, and, after removing
the banderillas, one after another, will
lie down between its horns"
The announcement of SO singular
feat attracted an immense crowd to the
amphitheater. The third bull ap-
peared, an animal with splendid horns
and very brave; it slew four horses,
received the banderillas, and became
furious. Then, contrary to custom,
all the toreadors retired from the ring,
leaving the bull stamping and shaking
the bloody darts which hung from his
neck.
All at once long whistle was heard.
The bull paused and listened. 1t was
repeated. The bull approached the bar
rier and o young man leaped into the
ring, calling the bull by its name,
SMosquitop The animal knew its
master came to caress him, and was ap-
peased. The peasant gave it his hand
to lick, and with the other began to
scratch it behind the ears-an opera
ton which seemed to afford the brute
much pleasure. He then gently re-
moved the banderillas which annoyed
the neck of Mosquito, made it go down
on its knees, and placed his head be-
tween its horns. The grateful bull
seemed to listen with pleasure to a
pastoral melody sung by its master.
The admiration of the multitude,
hitherto suppressed by surprise, burst
forth with Andalusian violence and
shook the building. Hearing this
frenzied applause, which had accom-
panied all his sufferings, the bull, till
then under charm, appeared to wake
and return to reality. 1t suddenly
rose, believing, and the peasant tried
to escape. But it was too late. The
animal, as though furious at being be-
trayed, tossed the young man into the
air, received him again on its horns,
gored him, trampled on him, and
crushed him to pieces, in spite Of the
efforts of the toreadors. The perform
ance was suspended-a phenomenon ir
Spain-and the Mortified public quit
ted the circus in silence.-Nelp Yorl
CLiDUer
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15

An old farmer had two oxen that he
wanted to fatten, so he put them in a
corral and then gave them all the corn
they could eat.
"This is picnic" said one. II am
getting fat as an alderman, and my
digestive apparatus was never better.
Our master is truly gentleman and a
scholar"
"He is also business man." replied
his mate, "and the first thing you
know you will be turned into porter
house steak. Better do as 1 do and
stay lean"
Being lean and tough will not save
you," replied his neighbor, "for you
will in that case be sold to the butcher.
Since the same fate awaits us both, I
shall be ahead, as I am having heaps
of fun now."
MORAL.
Live while you can.-Chicaqo Ledger
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15

ficient hair Every year badness seems
to increase. There is sound reason for
the belief that the coming man will be al
together hairless. OF the cause OF this
rapidly growing tendency there are many
theories, no one of which is satisfactory.
Badness prevails not only in this country,
but throughout civilization. Indeed, it
may be said that the higher the civiliza-
tion the greater the deficiency of hair. 1t
seems strange that, in this prolific time
of inventions and discoveries, no one has
found some method of restoring the hair.
The innumerablc nostrums advertised are
worthless, and the few who try them are
incurable believers in quackery. A limit
less fortune awaits the genius who can
make two hairs grow where but one has
grown before. New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15
Cror1welrs Speech Dissolving Parlia.
ment.

The speech with which Oliver Crom-
well turned Parliament out of doors in
1858 has come to light through the re-
searches of DR.. Wolfgang Michael, and
there is strong evidence that it is authen-
tic. 1t was this at is high time for
me to put an end to your sitting in this
place. which ye have dishonored by your
contempt of all virtue, and detiled by
your practice of every vice. Ye are a
factious crew, and enemies to all good
government. Yeare apack of mercenary
wretches, and would-like Esau-scll
your country for mess of pottage, and
like Judas-betray your God for few
pieces of money. Is there single virtue
now remaining among you9 Is there one
vice ye do not possess9 Ye have no more
religion than my horse. Gold is your
God. Which of you have not bartered
away your consciences for bribes2 Is
there man among you that hath the
least care for the good of the common
wealthl Ye sordid hirelings! have We
not defiled this sacred place, and turned
the Lords temple into den of thieves
By your immoral principles and wicked
practices We are grown intolerably odious
to the whole nation. You, who were
deputed here by the people to get their
grievances redressed, are yourselves be-
come their greatest grievance. Youl
country, therefore, calls upon me to
cleanse this Augean stable by putting a
final period to your iniquitous proceed
ings in this house, and which, by Gods
help, and the strength He hath given
me, am now come to do. l command
you, therefore, upon peril of your lives,
to depart Immediately out of this place.
Go! Get you out Make hastel Ye
vernal slaves, begone! Sob! Take away
that shining bauble there, and lock up the
door -
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15
The Language of Colors in Korea

In Korea the noble, the commoner, the
soldier, the peasant, the priest of Buddha
and the attendant at the Confucian Hall,
the bridegroom, the mourner the mar
ried and the unmarried of both sexes -
all may be told by their dress, and each
dress is subject to certain secondary
notifications that indicate many things
as to the condition and position of the
wearer. Color also plays prominent
part in dress distinction. Scarlet is for
the king, and its indiscriminate use by
the masses of the people is forbidden
that is, for the men, for no sumptuary
law of the east and west has yet been able
to Danish any wished-for color from the
feminine attire. Red is also, as a mark
of distinction, allowed to young men at
the time of their marriage. White in
dicates half mourning and the shade of
yellowish brown OF tMbleached fabrics is
full mourning. Il Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-15
The Cars Fit of Economy.

The Gar of Russia has been seized
with one of those periodical fits of econo-
my which all good wives know husbands
will have about once in SO often, and
which must be endured, like flies in
summer or company in house cleaning,
simply because they are inevitable. Now,
like ordinary households, this autocrat
and Emperor of all the Russias, first in
stituted his economical reforms by cut
ting down the expenses in the royal
household, and reduced his wife's allow
ance one-half. Poor woman, she re-
ceived only $500, 900 year in the first
place, and every woman's heart will
throb with sympathy for her now. Fancy
her trailing about the royal palace in last
years gowns and wearing the same old
tiaras and coronets week after week. To
be sure, the Gar thought he had Just
reason for his summary proceeding, for
things in the household were not looked
after according to good housewives do
mestic thrift. Evidently the Danish
princess didn't go down in the kitchen
and see that that the butter for the day
was weighed out as it should be and glib
lets saved for stock, to say nothing of
dish towels being scalded and the re-
frigerator looked after. One bill which
His Royal Majesty objected to very in
considerably was an appropriation of
some $3.50 year for Clip salve," which
some functionary had been drawing, as
had his predecessors since the time of
Catherine H., through that august lady
having once, when suffering from chapped
lips, ordered box of the article One
would think, however, that man so be-
set on every side by assassins and MUIR
derers would have trouble enough with
out interfering in the housekeeping or
looking after the coal bills Brooklyn
Citizen.