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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08

Asbestos is a mineral that crystallizes
in long fibeIs The tibers can be sepa-
rated as easily as those of our softer
woods, and are woven into variety of
articles, which are worn for protection
against fire.
Among these articles are mittens to
guard the hands of firemen, assayers re-
finers, and others who are exposed to
burning. As the material is not affected
by heat, the workman thus protected can
grasp hot irons, crucibles, and the like
without discomfort.
Masks for the face are also made OF
asbestos. 1t is said that the heat from
the hottest fire can not penetrate through
them to the skin. Air for breathing is
supplied through n tube from beneath the
mask. so that the flame or the burned at
mosphere is not inhaled. In this way the
discomfort of working directly in front
of retorts and furnaces is greatly re-
lieved.
Complete suits of fireproof asbestos
cloth are now made for firemen's wear.
As the material is indestructible, and n
bad conductor or neat as wen, tne WedIeI
is protected in the midst of flames. or
course air for breathing must be supplied
through tubes in some such way as it is
supplied 10 the diver when he is under
water.
For domestic uses sad iron holders are
now made of asbestos With them the
grasp of the iron, however hot it may be,
never causes pain or burning. There are
also made large holders, intended for use
by smelters, molders, and workers in
metal generally.
It remains to be added that asbestos is
widely distributed among the older rocks
of the United States and Canada. As
goods made of it are subject to loss only
by wear, the supply Of fiber is likely to
be equal to all demand for articles Of
draco
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08
The value OF walking 10 Health.

Few things, if any. are so eitectual III
building up and sustaining the physical
organization as walking, if resolutely
and iudiciously followed. 1t is perfect
exercise. 1t taxes the entire system.
When you walk properly every member
and muscle, every nerve and fiber has
something to do. The arms swing back
ward and forward, keeping step, as it
were, with the legs; the chest expands
and contracts as the lungs fill and dis
charge; the drummer boy pulse beats
tune for the march; the legs curve and
straighten: the feet rise aud fall, while
the head rides over all-but not as a dead
head. Every sense it has is employed,
every faculty alert. The nostrils expand
to quaff the breeze: the ears turn toevery
sound; the eyes roll in their sockets,
sweeping from left to right, from earth ,
TO sky; the brain is at work through all
its parts. Progress under such conditions
is the very eioquence of physical motion.
What is the effect? The flesh is solidi-
fed; the lungs grow strong and sound;
the chest enlarges; the limbs are rounded
out; the tendons swell and toughen; the
figure rises in height and dignity, and is
clothed with grace eandsuppleness. Hunt
ers, who walk much, are tall and dstraight,
while sailors, who scarcely walk at all,
are low and squat. The whole man is de-
veloped, not the body merely. The mind
is broadened by the contemplation Of ere
atoms works, the soul is enlarged, the
Imagination Frightened, the spirits
cheered, the temper sweetened. The
moral forces are strengthened equally
with the physical. A loftier reyerential
feeling is awakened, if not profound re-
ligious sentiment. No one who rightly
walks the fields and groves or climbs the
heights beneath the heavenly dome, with
its blazing sun by day and its moon and
countless stars by night, but is irresist-
IDLY drawn toward the Infinite, as he
'looks through Nature up to Natures
God. "A Sexagenarian, in Belford's.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08
Mr.. Nnrger Gets Even.

When Mr. Nagger got back from town
Mrs. Nagger was practicing a song at tho
new piano her mother had given her.
stop that screeching,' he snapped,
throwing a folded slip Of paper on tho
table, and put that rent receipt away
with the others.
sour dearly beloved landlord wasn't
overagreeable, ! should judge, remarked
Mrs. Nagger, giving the inolfensive
instrument final bang and descending
from a stagger at high G.
Nav growled DIR. Nagger, "he
wasn't. He said he'd fix that bathroom
faucet when he got good and ready, and
If we wanted screens 50 bad, we could
put 'em in ourselves, and pay for 'em,
too. He's dead sore cause everybody but
us moved out. "
Il told you so. What can you expect
OF a landlord who raises the rent 80 per
cent on every fiat in the buildiDgf"
~Of course you told me so; Of course.
You tell me everything you know, and
more. too. Perhaps you can tell me II
he's rented any Of his fats.
Il can.
~Then why don't youf7
"He hasn't. He brought in one man,
though, to look at the fat below us, and
nearly caught him.
"Rent too high, l Ispose.'
He said it wasn't"
@What them"
@He found out yon lived above and said
he knew you, said Mrs. Nagger de-
murely, thus scoring one on her lord and
master.
He'll not get tenant this year, said
Blr. Nagger, ignoring his wife's delicate
compliment.
How do you knowl- askeI ns.
Nagger, trying not TO laugh.
Because, said Mr. Nagger, taking a
long roll from his pocket, I've brought
you dozen new songs. Chicago Trib-
une
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08
Thyme CresoI,

A y excellent Wash 20 destroy Ticks and
"A Scabs on Sheep, just received by
April 23 1901 j. AID. CHEW.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08
The Old Farce Abandoned.

Deacon Fatpurse (at church bazaar)-
Eh! How is this? The tables are empty.
Lady-Yes; we concluded, after talk
ing it over, to abandon the old farce Of
selling worthless trinkets at enormous
prices. 1t was really an outrage 70 ex-
pect people to carry such stuff home,
you know.
~Of course, Of course; but"
@This time, therefore, we do not have
things to sell; we merely pretend 10 have
them. How would you like an imagin-
ary gold headed cane, only s4O?v-New
York Weekly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08
FIre Arab NIarIms.

Never tell all you know; for he who
tells everything he knows often tells
more than he knows.
Never believe all you hear; for hewho
believes all he hears often believes more
than he hears.
Never decide upon all you see; for he
who decides upon all that he sees often
decides on more than he sees.
Never attempt all you can do; for he
who attempts everything he can do often
attempts more than he can do.
Never lay out all you can afford; for
he who lays out everything he can afford
often lays out more than he can afford.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08
No. NIndIson,s ONLY SON.

Old residents of the city of Washing
ton remember the time when Mrs. Madi-
son. the wife of the President, passed the
last years Of her life there.
She lived in her own house, which
was handsome enough and well fur
nished. But it was Known to a few
friends that she was living in extreme
poverty, if not in destitution.
A colored man who had been her slave
once wrote of her:
"She was in state Of absolute pow
erty. and think sometimes suffered for
the necessaries Of life. While was
servant of Mr.. Webster, he often sent
me to her with 4 market basket full Of
provisions, and told me whenever |
thought she was in need of anything to
supply it.
i often did this, and occasionally gave
her small sums from my own pocket,
though l had years before bought my
freedom.
Mrs. Madison, besides being the widow
of a President, who was also wealthy
planter, possessed some property in her
own right, and her only son was origin
ally man of large fortune. 1t was this
son that brought her to ruin. He was
the child of her first husband, and his
name was Payne Todd
During the Presidency Of Mr.. Madison
he lived in the White House with them,
a pretty, engaging lad, with a pleasing
talent for mimicry.
fnl
flattered him. When older he took TO
no serious occupation, and finally went
10 Europe, where he spent many idle
years, wasting his fortune in extrava-
gance.
On his return home, ne was no better.
He did, indeed, buy an estate in Virginia,
but at that time an estate in Virginia
was Of little value unless it was vigil
antly looked after by the owner
And so he wasted his life and his sub
stance. After spending the whole Of bis
own fortune, he allowed his mother to
waste hers upon him, for she continued
to the last to be dotingly fond Of him.
She was obliged to sell Montpelier,
and if Congress had not bought from her
her husbands papers, she must have
been wholly dependent upon charity.
The last words she uttered were, My
poor boy.
Two years after her death. her son
died of typhoid fever, carefully nursed
to his last moment by the old servants Of
the family.
The amount of mischief that can be
done by one petted and spoil d child Is
beyond calculation. If parents would
seriously consider this matter there
would be far less misery in the world.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08

It would take all the Lancashire cotton
factories 400 years to spin a thread long
enough to reach the nearest star at the
present rate Of production of about l55,-
O0O 600 miles Der dav.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08
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TERMS:

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Cards. etc, executed promptly, neatly and ct
air prices.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08

London statistics show that Of every 20
women residing in the English capital
one is a beggar, Of every 13 one can
neither read nor write, and Of every 60
one Is a dr1nkard.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08
II GREEN
ATTORNEY ATLAW.

CiUles'olra, Jefferson County, Vest Virginia,
VIII practice in the Courts of jefferson, Berke-
ley and Morgan counties, IN the United States
District Court at Martinsburg and in the Su-
preme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
Special attention to- The collection of claims,
and prompt remittances Of the same.
Office I'm Law Building, rear of Courthouse.
Aug. Is $500.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-07-08

IF YOUR BACK ACHES
Or YOU are all worn ont, really good for rois-ii1
II is general debility. Try
BROUE'S IRON BfTJffS
II viii cure you. and give n good apfe,ife. @--l
b ell dealers In medicine.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
Sunday Labor in Maine.

A wealthy New York merchant has
employed minister to labor in rural
Maine for year among the Gun
churched." People who have not inves-
tigated the matter have little idea of the
opportunities for such labor. On cross
roads within ten miles of Lewiston there
Ia absolutely no observance of the Sab
bath. Men were in the fields pulling
aurnips and women were hanging out
washings last Sunday.-Lewiston (Me.)
Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
A Oueer Bird.

While gentleman was out hunting
near Crawfordville last week he noticed
something curious swimming just under
she water 1t didn't seem to be fish
nor yet bird. Presently it rose, shook
me water from it's wings and started to
fly, when he shot it down. 1t had head
like turtle, wings like bat and tail
scaly like carp. There were two feet
webbed like goose.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

California Vinegar Works,
S55 Banning street, opposite soap factory,
near Alameda and First streets, one half block
from electric light works.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
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LIVERY STABLES.

= :, ~ r., :, IN, -
wi LAND. Prop 324 w. First st. Los Ange-
les Hacks and carriages subject to call for
funerals, theaters, etc. Horses boarded Tele-
phone 1852. 12-1-1m
TINE VENTURA STABLES, 342 s. SPRING
i ST.; telephone SAB, horses and vehicles sent
to any part OF city; ring us up; horses boarded.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
WIRE WORKS.

CITY WIRE WORK CO-BIE5CAR BROS,
" Proprietors, 334 N. Main. Ornamental Of
fee ratings, skylights, screens, wire signs,
etc. etc. Telephone 996. 1913 I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
KUsTNEaa OHANOEs
ExCU kSIONb.

IMPROVED EXCURSION CAR SERVICE;
i the santa Fe route, shortest through car line
special family tourist sleeping car excursions
for Kansas City, st. Louis. Chicago and New
York personally attended through to Boston by
Santa Fe excursion conductors. For cheapest
tickets and full information apply to any agent
Southern California Ry, and City Ticket Office
Santa Fe Rou e. l29 N. Spring ST., Los Angeles
IL If
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
BARGAINS IN RIAL ESTATE.
BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE BY All
ID NEIDIG, No. 229 W. Second street.

FOR EXCHANGE.
GO0 000-Stock of general mercLan sise
@ZU.vUU and buildingL located IN q good
raj road town; doing a splendid business; for
exchange Tor good Southern California prop
erty; must take charge OF another businers the
reason for selling
&OS nOlI-A handsomely furnished hotel
FAC.UUU OF so rooms near Los Angeles. to
exchange for acreage in Los Angeles, San Ber-
nardino or Orange county.
One or two well established stores. wit1
good paying business and clean stock of goods
and fix ures in a good Los Angeles county
town, fo' improved or unimproved property
Good fruit ranches to exchange for city prop
eity.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

NJ OTICE-THE kOS ANGELES CITY WATER
IN Company will strictly enforce the follow.
ing rule: The hours for sprinkling are between
and O'Clock q. H., and 6 and O clock p. m.
For violation of the above regulation the
water will be shut OF and a fine OF 50 will be
charged before water will beturned on again
au1T-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
SPECIAL NOTICE.

EERTILlZERS FOR LAWNS-THE SEASON
Il has now arrived when, to get good lawn
dressed with some kind of fertilizer. We
therefore advise our friends to use our care
fully prepared lawn fertilizer, 1t being cheaper
than stable manure. No weeds. no smell,
easilr applied, and will be found to produce
most steady and pleasing growth. Put up in
25c. SOC and 81 bags. Nitrate of soda, pure
phate always on hand. GERMAN FRUIT
CO., Baker block, Los Angeles. 10 % d&w
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS. ErC.

HAZARD & TOWNSEND, ROOM 8, DOWNEY
II block Tel. BAT. Los Angeles. 11-22-tfi
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

NALIFOKNIA STRAW WORKS-LADIES
~ and gents hats cleaned, dyed and reshaped;
the latest styles and irst-class work guaran-
teed. Thurston Steam Dye Works in connec-
ton. Tel 692 264 8 Main 1t. 1924 I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

NfECHANICS' MILL, NUELLE & NICOL
wi Planning Mill Co., manufacturers of sash,
doors blinds, ETC., 1l9-l35 8. Alameda ST.,
near First. Los Angeles, Cal. Telephone 70;
P.O. Box 231. 1913 I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
MACHINISTS.

= =.
MANN Il JOHNSON, MACHINE AND
Nl blacksmith shop, iron and brass eating,
tools, models, patterns, nulleys, snafting, hang
ers, etc. General repairing. Telephone 9O2
534 2. Los Angeles st. I1-26-4m
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
HOME INDUSTRIES.

EULTON ENGINE WORKSHOPS ANGELES
II agents Babcook IL Wilcox boiler, Goubert
tubular heaters, Dodge wood split pulleys.
Telephone 66l. l2-4 I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

IT O5 ANGELES CRACKER CO., MANUFAC-
II turers of all kinds OF crackers; the largest
steam bakery in Southern California: corner
Also st. and Also road. Los Angeles, Cal. p.
o. BOX 652 telephone 147. 1913 I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

yKTOODBURY BUSINESS COLLEGE
w AND
SHORTHAND, TELEGRAPHIC AND PEN
MANSHIP INSTITUTE
245 g. Spring st., Los Angeles Gal.
The leading commercial school of Southern
California. Day and evening sessions.
For catalogue call at the college or address
HOUGH, FELKER & WILSON,
7-b Sm Proprietors
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
MANrELs AND GRATEa-

B. BRUNER & CO., DEALERS IN WOOD
Os mantels CRATES, art thing, fireplace fur
pairing speciality. 6lO North Main street.
Los Angeles. Cal. IR.6.im
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
MONEY TO LOAN.

~ e. ROBINSON LOANS AT PER CENT,
VI. city and country property. 169 N.
Spring. u I'm
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Oh EMISTB.

XXTADE & WADE, ANALYTICAL CHEM
w lists and Assayers; waters, fertilizers. ores,
etc; asss ying taught 102 8. broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
BOARD AMEs LODGING.

DOSSMORE, NO. 4l6 SIXTH ST., FACING
IL Sixth It. park; transient and family hotel;
pass the door; tel. 72s. A.. NJ. Wilcox. Pro
prietrr l2-2z I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
EDUCATIONAL.

CT. hILDA'S HALL, GLENDALE, CAL. A
y schoul for girls and young ladies; miles
change of climate for their daughters can find
in all southern California no more perfect con-
ditions for health and study. The air COM
sea breeze, and the water is perfectly pure.
A fine tennis court, beautiful walks and drives.
Great attention paid to physical culture under
trained teacher. E&cellent able and lovely
home For information address MISS K ".
DARLING. Principal. 1928 Inn
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
FOR SALE.

ENOR SALE-PARrIES DIES RING TO BUY
II carpets, narlor, dining and bedroom set
verv reasonable, please call at Sal Ruth ave-.
near Arcade depot. 1927 1t
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

MRS. DIR. J. H. SMITH, SPECIALITY, MID
wi wifery. Ladies cared for during confine
ment nj 727 Bellevue ave. m 2S tf
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

M HILTON WILLIAMS, MD, NC. I. SC.
W. specialist In diseases of the head, throat
and chest; also females; compound oxygen and
inbalations used In all diseases Of
the respiratory organs. Office 1877 g. Broad.
way. Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
wANrED-HrLP..

"ANTED-Ar THE U. s. EMPLOYMENT
w office, all Kinds of help, male and female,
furnished free; the best place In e city for
hotel servants; 10 year experiences; frst-class
city reference. Office 22211 8. Main ST. Tele-
phone 400. 1919 I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27


Y OS ANGELE5 FLORAL STORE ANTON
i Kravehyk, Prop. Cut flowers, bouquets and
plants; designs OF nowers made to order on
short notice and shipped to all parts of the
United States. s. e. cor Main and Second SITS.
12-4 I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

ATTORNEYS.
MERRILL, GTO. W., ROOMS AND 10
lX1 Phillips block, 145 Spring st. 1l-22tf
T MARGIN BROOKS, LAWYER. OFFICE:
q Rooms 2s, 20, 30 and 81, Fulton block,
near courthouse, New High st. Telephone
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

DR. LEILA LATTA, I24x 8. SPRING ST.
~ Diseases OF women and nervous diseases
speciality. Office hours: 10 to IL am, 3 to
and to m. 1014 2m
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

wi Specially, diseases of women. Many
years OF successful painless methods In rectal
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
LOST AND FOUND.


T OsT GIRLS BLACK BEAVER HAT
1 4 with plumes, Thursday night. on Broad
way, Eighth, Olive or sixth streets. Return
234 West First, get reward 1875 "
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

os ANGELES UNIvEKsITY--F0R BOTH
Full regular advantages Music. art, elocu-
ton, shorthand and typewriing Military
Grill and Delsarte. CALVIN ESTERLY, Pres
ident. p o. box 1893. 81 II
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
CHINEsE PHYSICIANS.

Having suffered with pains in my bones for
three years. went to San Francisco to take
Treatment, but to no effect. then returned to
H. s Angeles and put myself under the care OF
cored by him / therefore give this public tes-
timorial in his behalf Any person afflicted
with any serious and difficult disease will be
cor Fifth and Spring SITS Los Angeles, Cal. P.
PETERSON, No. Ill Hewitt St. Los Angeles, Cal.
I1-O5 Gpr
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
PHYSICIANS.

nR WEST HUGHES, FORMER RESIDENT
~ surgeon to the New York hospital; practice
limited to surgery and genito-urinary diseases
175 N. Spring st. Tel. 73 1873 6m
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

r OST-TWO PRDMISSORY NOTES: ONE
November II, 1891, signed by Andrew stevens
and payable TO NJ w. Conkling. The finder
to M w Conklfng 95 Temple block 1217 tt
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

CTEINIKE 4 BRUEING. DEALERS IN CAL
- wines and brandies, main Office cor. Los An
geles and Commercial SITS, Los Angeles; tele-
phone $685. established in 1898. 1923 I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

w TO FRAME, CHEAP.
w est place at BURNS, 256 s. Nam st.
1-27-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27

CARRIAGE WORKS.
>~~~-~~--~----~~---~~-~------
II 4. WHITE, PRACTICAL CARRIAGE MAN
lIe ufacturer, No. liz s. Los Angeles st. Re-
pairing solicited. Telephone SOL. 11-24-jI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-19
FLOODS In PENNSYLV AVIA
The Rising Water is Causing Much
Destruction in Many Business
Towns
The River at JOhnstOwn Higher than
at any Time Since the
Flood.
The Ohio is F0rty.six Inches Above
Low Water Mark and is Still
Rising.

PITTsBURG, Feb. 16.-A steady down
pour of rain since yesterday has had the
effect of more or less serious impeding
travel on every railroad entering the city.
The largest land slide On the Baltimore
& Ohio for several years, now covers the
track near West Newbon The river banks
are full and rising. A big food is feared.
Greensburg reports that the streams in
that vicinity are over the banks and the
people on the lowlands are driven from
their homes
Johnstown reports the highest water in
Stony creek and Conemaugh river since
the flood. Several bridges are destroyed.
The cellars in the lower portion of the town
are filled with water and the work at the
Cambria Iron company's plants is sus-
pended.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 16.-The Ohio river
tonight is forty-siA inches above low
water, and is raising half an inch an hour.
The rain last night in southern Ohio was
very heavy.
Dispatches from West Virginia report
the tributaries of the Ohio full and ris-
ing.
PITTsBURG, Feb. 16.-Late this even
Ing from Johnstown reports the water two
feet higher than at any time since the
great flood and is still rising. The water
from Stoney Creek has commenced to
flood the business portion of the city.