Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-08-25
Various items.

meet October interest on the bonds
of the company.
Hon. B. d. Gibson, of jefferson
county, has been appointed on the
governors staff, with the rank of
colonel. MIR. G.. is one of 1.-The most
promising young men of this end of
the State, and will prove an agreea-
BILE addition to the staff.
Mdrtinsbugg Statesman.
An ex-policeman, who has done ten
years. duty in one of the large cities
of the east, says that he has never
seen baldheaded tramp. Here is an
interesting subject for discussion
Are baIdheaded men too honorable to
take up the life of tramp, or do they
stop tramping when the hair begins
to fall out.
Ex-Goy. F. w. NJ. Holiday, of
Winchester, sailed Saturday week in
the splendid new French steamer La
Touraine, from New York for Europe.
On this tour he will visit Spain, Port
ugaI, Tunis, Algiers, Italy and all
countries bordering on the Northern
coast of Africa.
1t is said that the Texas Fly-the
diminutive fly which settIesin clusters
around the base of the horns of cattle
lis causing more annoyance this
year than formerly. Swearing the
crown of the skull and the horns with
mixture of tar and carbolic acid is
said to be good remedy against the
attacks of this insect.-E;r.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
comes out strongly against the Far
mers' Alliance sub-treasury scheme.
He pronounces it a ''naked humbug"
and in plain opposition to the con
stitution. Senator Morgan proposes
to take the stump in Alabama, and
will use his great abilities in odvoca-
cy of the principals of the Democrat
ic party.
The local option election at Staun-
ton Saturday resulted in a victory for
the advocates of licence by a major
ity of ninety-two out of total vote
of 1850. The vote was the largest
ever cast in Staunton, with the ex-
ception of the Malone Mckinney
campaign, when 1,410 votes were
polled. The majority for licence
four years ago was ninety-seven.
The average number of American
patents issued yearly is about 20, 900.
England, which comes nearest to us,
issues only about 1000 to 5000 a
year, and its system is very much
more lax than ours. Patents are is
sued without any conditions as to nov
city or merits, and not two applica-
tions in 100 are rejected. In Prus-
STA the number granted annually is
less than 100; in Belgium, 800 to
1000.
Capt. C. E. Dudrow, travelling pas
senger agent of B. & o. r. r. and
son paid us a pleasant call last
Wednesday. Capt. d. had just re-
turned from Detroit, Mich. He had
charge of train containing 800 mem
bers of the G. a. r. from Washing
ton to the reunion held in Detroit.
The Captain is live railroad man
and is always looking after the inter
ests of his great trunk line-the
splendidly equipped and admirably
conducted B. & O.-Wtp. Times.
We endorse with all our heart a
recent writer who, speaking of South
ern girls, says you may call her life
narrow-perhaps it is-but fenced
around with care and consideration as
it is she is happier in it than those
women who are not guarded by even
a railing of passing thought. Women
like her, men love her, and in time of
war or in peace she is tile strongest
power of the South. that sweet-voiced,
gentle, womanly creature that we call
the Southern girl. Norfolk Ftrg.
For the expansion of the lungs: Go
into the open air, stand erect. throw
back the head and shoulders, and draw
in the air through the nostrils as
much as possible. After having thus
filled the lungs through the nostrils,
raise your arms, and, while they are
extended, suck in the air. When you
have thus forced the arms backward
with the chest open, change the pro-
cess by which you drew in your
breath till the lungs are emptied.-
Go through this process several times
a day and it will enlarge the chest,
give the lungs better play, and serve
very much to ward off consumption.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has made contract with
the Pullman Company for three trains
of seven coaches each to be placed
on the route between Baltimore and
Cincinnati. These trains are to be
known as the Southwestern Limited
and are to be in construction and
finish in every way equal to the
coaches of the Royal Blue Line be-
tween Baltimore and New York.
They will be of the standard Pullman
color, lighted with Pintch gas, and
have all of the most modern equip
ments. They will be completed and
delivered about the middle of Sep
TENDER. The forty additional cars
for the local service out of Baltimore
and Washington, also built by the
Pullman Company, were most of them
expected to be ready last week. The
b. & o. has also received from Bald
win Locomotive Works three more
of the big engines for the Royal Blue
Line, making six now in use on that
line. These are the biggest railroad
engines now in use.
When you visit Baltimore stop at