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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-06-02
SlMa BATS.

Ones qsirre II inch or lcssa i 4, & 81 Z 4,
5sa cli queht ins ertioli "a
One Sluire. lifee mont sis FL ~
One Sqrsre inonih r, M
One Sltlates one ear "a 'fi
CandI7afes Announcements oT sse5,,tS
0tllccrss o ate cE iouhl. Ia. III.
0ktees at ar stl yer HssfgS
Obituary Setices exceeding I'VE lines Id cts.
per line.
Liberal detlncHons tnade for Guar tor l4sifs
and VI hole olpinrs 70 Annual, SeiaisA nIau6 81
and Quarterly AilGeft tisers
No ndSett seinent 10 be eolisid cred bv tho
mouth or year unless SRecillei on the 1danO-
script, or previously agreed upon between tue
parties.
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Ladies clean your kid gloves with
Mather's Glove Cleaner, for sale only
by Burns & Shugert-where may be
found full line of dressed and un-
dressed kid gloves in all the most
desirable shades.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-06-02

HArsl HArsI--Large line of new
and seasonable styles from the very
latest blocks. Correct shapes and
great variety. Altogether the most
attractive line in town.
WM. KAnN, SadIer Block.
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Slate and Marble Mantels, Tiline,
and all kinds of Building Marble and
Sandstones, sold by Diehl & Bro, on
North George street.
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Carpenters Union, Bricklayer and
Stonemason Society Pins, at
C. w. BRoWN's.
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Special bargains in Table Linens,
Towels, Bed Spreads, Lace Curtains,
&C., at NJ. PAIMBAUM & Bro. s..
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Present INF centre "a Srrinc
Goods, md AcI.E1. the Ontiitfer.
doing his nttnos 10 llllnp the Icmple
of Fashion with such fashionabEc
tEeaFing apparel as viii put Tie best
looks Or those who deal win hin.
From snall Beginning gaars ago i,e
llas Worked llp 70 "A wonderful sfade,
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Little but actiye-are DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets.
Best Liver Pills made; gentle. yet thorough.
They regulate and invigorate tho liver, stom-
ach and bowels.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-06-02

Little, but active-are DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Best Liver Pills made; gen
tie, yet thorough. They regu-
late and invigorate the liver,
stomach and bowels.
May 26, 1ss1-1y.
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Pope's original and only genuine
Reed Bird Tobacco.
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HOTELS.
Garter House.
oHARLEsTowN, WEST VIRGINIA.

OHAtALEds4O WIN, WEST V4hdIN1A-' q
HAS been newly furnished, snd Is now open
II to receive guests. Central location
Hack free to and from Depot. Terms 90
per day.
The Bar, under charge of Mr.. Jas A.
Thomas, Is well supplied with choice liquors,
and Messrs. Hunt q Bro. have good Livery
at tile Hotel Stables.
j. W. JoRSsoN, Clerk.
May 90, 1890.
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SPI IRE / o JEFF FERSON.

CaAlnInsToWa. JaEgl1naaoa CoUaaFgI ". u.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-06-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
BerryofIle, clarke County, "a.

II HAVE for years built large variety of va
they have been in use among our people, and
have given satisfaction in every instance as far
as have been able to ascertain. Through this
experience have learned what vehicles suit the
people best, and what are best adapted to their
wants. manufacture handsome wagon
known as the
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Various Items.

TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE ., 1871.
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Pope,s original aud only genuine
ssReed Bird. Tobacco,
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Whitney side-BarSp

very neat and stylish in appearance, and very
pleasant riding wagon. Also oil styles and pat
terns of Carriages, Buggies, Jaggers, Jenny
Linds and PhRtons. Keep on hand a large
stock, but am prepared to ill orders at short
notice. Prices suited to the times, and satisfac-
ton guaranteed. liberal discount allowed on
old vehicles in exchange for new ones. use
altogether the Old Reliable
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North Csdarvnls

That Is one line Of It. II you read the whole
table You will put strain upon tho Mind such
a. no human being should voluntarily endure.
for you will md that train 3O1 infur alton for
employeesl goes right along from New oIk at
bali rast o'clock until it reaches Eliza
bethpor, at 4:OS. exactly twenty-five minutes
before 1t left New York. and that it reaches
ptss pH,1 past oS,ock., The next statiHn 10
two minutes before it got to the preceding
place. and then 1t goes on. apparently to the
neAt sta Ion. and reaches Winslow Junction at
SAG p. M. After that the stops are regular
and few minutes apart until 1t arrives at
North Cednrville at slO:37 Information for
the engineer to tho effect that the train stops
IS on signal As the siRhs II this Gas, s the
notify tho engineer 70 stop. It fs not clearly
necessary that even the. engineer should know
anything about Il till the rope is pulled: and
rs for the conductor. he gets his orders when
he read. your ticket. The Information that
this 10 train 3Ol Is another straw in tho heap Of
Now. having given an example Of the tangle
ra,lr9aa ,l men. !he Question E. How should the
Brookiyn Bridge. TSe time me- table for the r pub. a
JIG should contain what the public wants to
know. 80 plainly and simply set down that
there should bo no need to hiro n hall Tor an
Information buroan or q Broadway storel TO
explain II. II you want TO GO to North Cedar
10. Tho distance in miles may be added or not.
1t can do NO harm to add it. Here. then. is tho
perfected line IN the time table OF tho future
must guess 0t the fare:
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'fss 'fsn saSlis S . avoSa q sSsir osnpIioa.sd and
IN. i msn that be- il viii sink and then thE9wns q
straw 10 him-or y sash weight The only
windows that let light in npon that awful book
nate G pa page. t and with the help OF those maps
and q week 4 vacation tho average Pan would
H., -86. Even then 1t would seem preferable
TO call upon Mr. Gross. the Eastern passsnger
agent; at 423 Broadway. and lot his young man
wrestle with the problem.
Having heard that the English schedules are
models OF simplicity. and net having noticed
,1s fs Thsn limo but Sey s
what we rail through schedules, and cannot
heip being simple, sinco they Giye only the
mingham. Bristol. and London. or Of leaving
Glasgow and stopping at the three lnnin po,ntss s
each train sched ule they add q let or table of
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The old-fashioAed time table OF which I
sneak 10 followed by six lines OF 1ne type. read
ArYfue.
l:3 p. N.
6:55 p. II.

u. % Ri::os :s
s' Nv s:v.s,,n tgS ana all pon'
indicates In these tables that trains stop signal
Not word Of the above is OF direct value to
the Travelling public eXcent as tending toward
Wheh spees lie IS sSarsd 10
devote It's lives It Is the eonductors business
!or. @ AN braEomsn do this regardless oi the
After more than forty years of this instruo-
tion in tine type 1t has been found that the
Iubllc Will not learn It, and so the train men
go on doing 70 because they are obliged to.
but why the superintendents continue to lum-
line type, passes aii understanding. Il the
commercial .travellers-those understudies Of
nsd ali una.r he ssad
ing. "Conn.cting and Changing Points" and
o ssqaa be bette, ys
ture Of every time table tor 4 map clarifies the
bes. schedule as an eeee clarifies coffee 49,,
perfect sohsduis st the future should haS: ihs
81 hs nSr
Men In the city twho will not permit his name
saon. ss Ii shsSs va" s Gon e.. ss
s:s: ~ zS:ss SS:S;II SsSs
systemssizsd. He said that tho Two books Of
c9mmonest use. the directory and tho dic-
,ionanry, are ~ :. &arrangsd. and & i has Ioseme
..ns Tnss + waS sSs.. that ..IoS: sS oS.s1s Tass Is
those who travel on railways lie to Hnd their
80 me- hsy can q
tons they arc from thelr destination. To this
the ex xpsit ralll Dad man rstoried that such an
argument overlooks one o! the most confusing
features OF the Present scho iule. which is the
iinss teiIher In brackets pr Without any slEn
Of a tresk Of continuity In the main Lody II
stations on the malu lines. He insists. there;
acquired no habits from The average sobsd-
5 pss sad &. s sr e hsy.
boen seen si'i. By side and thsir merits and
system wi!t 6nd small favor. but tho natural
nsn o. The n, hey oow one
be faulty BY arguments not vet made known.
TO be sure, 1t needle an accompanying map or
diagram 10 make plain the branches and con:
nectinE points Then 1t seems ss II It would
Theodoro H. Lee. who has printed moro time
Cobb OF tho Denver aud Rio Grande Railroad
invented an alphabeticnl time table for that
road, AMI that liam Thrall OF tho Chicago
s1sts snd has sS,sp uS Sp
Fsspect to these gentlemen. the Chicago and
Northwestern sche seems to me TO be mere
~ step further away from needed simplicity
and long stride inlS the deeper maze; s Of sns
pages. and It reminds the reader OF the Efforts
OF a great astronomer to calculate the next
eclipse Of Venus. 1t has four and half PAGES
OF al alphabetical index beginning:
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MSp'e e s0Dssts tn nstE II
issis sign which ind icstes that drawing win room
cars run 20 20 further than station Is miles be-,
sse and souss matte dsssers o.
she tells the exact and liberal truth when she
..Nox. NJ; Carpenter, this tme table IS turn
Sex iar It Is. and wS .t's Tho fare" '1'e' AAe
the
time t.hIe.: Me shall So that; at frst they
and the functional points and the branches, on
separate pages; but by and by they will dis
tance. the fare, and The loavinx, and arriving
tri6ulasl0n: tda Of great nation OF travellers will
II eonslu;!.n the situation may bs summed
" & In sentence; sa me-, is easy 70 lind your way
%si. nol9. e FSsss apon 4 branch ln. s {
understand what ho reads, or the scslpsr may
tell him out OF bis wontrous head; but the
ss ara
j5;s:
tS n.sS hs' HsHs fa' bsS NsS
x sa rsopIs pH,
ST. Louis and Galveston and Charleston and
Council BLUFFS. aud In fact, with nifty millions
OF the people OF the country. II is time. then. to
reconstruct our time tables. The perfect Sc homo
for the d average r GO hsT =. York reader would be t9
arrival for each stat "". II since that would
cloud the comprehensi".. o. those who live at
smaller and way stn nious tho railroad men
must continue to- give each train space to
ttselt. yeiy well, lst them continue to do So
posite each station, the leaving time from the
starting point, and tho timo OF nrrival-for
that enables each reader, who wants informa-
tion only on one rolnt, and yet exactly what he
needs, And lot them either leave their esbal-
ately on other pnRes,of their schedules. II q
place Is on branch line and no change OF ears
ls necessary o traveller needs to know the fact
II a. change OF cars 10 to be made say SO In
red 70 as is done IN he cases ~ q WstsrtaSn
and Montrsa! IN the sample OF a perfected time
table given above--a sample by The way which
gives more Information than amy. uther time
table published In this country to.dav.
.hS% Ss as Tsas ssns as
print the same facts about ea0h station upon
y rs you print about each station on the main
line-,separstely, II need bA. but print It, Tell
all about observation-disclosures fares. trains
thst Leave and times When .h.y
and without regard 70 whether II Is on the
main line or whether 1t Is on branch or on .
connecting road Of which your road is Q feeder.
1t is all the same to the man who wants to get
70 sy. Sna q ys Tor
is TO hire men TO explain the system the
sealpsrs By explaining all the systems OF the
country. JULIAN RALPH.
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NEW YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER r. r.
sins flsLs ssrwKxs N. BUFFALO.


The above Is mere skeleton. mainly Of ihs
more important stations and OF the hrst trains
imaeines the tahle complete. with al! the
smaller stops fllled in in their places: viii soc
about the trains to. zach PLACE. and that the
COMPLETED. time table would be a. much 2
towns"indesd. that it is absolutely oomplete:
Undoubtedly the most comple1 system OF
sey W ssnshore. where the New Jersey Central
and tho Pennsylyania share tho use OF tho
runs trains and boats over much OF the same
ground. It would be absolutely impossibie f2r
Ing here and. Wishing to. 60 to the big fishing
village OF Gslilee. 70 nrd his way there i by y the
Is cioss By SeabriRht and near Long Branch:
and that Enowledge is of great assistaneSS IS - II
who run thore We would not need time table
st ali. But surely the stranger is entitled to
ss well be made SO that he can understand It
Here II Is:
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tion bureaus ore established in such great
establishments as tho Grand Central Depol
and tho Philadelphia depot OF the Penn
sylvanis Railroad. They are managed by
clerks who are salaried to explain
the time tables Of the New York Central and
Pennsylvania railroads. Nine in ten OF the
questions that are asked would not be put II
tho time tables wero drawn up properly. A
new desk Ia an added feature OF the hotel
business. 1t has been added to AFFORD relief to
the room clerks. because It has been found
that they have had to answer 90 many aues-
lions that they conld not attend to their busi-
ness. The time tables OF all the roads running
out OF the city are In charge OF the man at the
new desk. Ho finds that half his time Is taken
M In answering questions forced from tho
Iublic because Of the hopelsssness and help
lessness OF tho average man and woman who
attempts nI9. to read q time table. Eyory railroad
Grand street and the Battery. This is the
aried to drum 'un business for h his roaG. nG The The
tirst thing he does is TO hire suave and WE'LL
20 explain 70 the public what viii happsn 10 Il
Y buys ticket to some place or other on
u has baen found that those young mon fro
1uently have to be discharged. aud treated with
Spnintsnrrnptsi nI nl contnneiy By their employers:
thsr Srsns sWe he 4 EysY SnHaS man nuln ana
M,man who asks how to get to Barrytown or
Cedar Creek ha. the time tablo spread out on
the counter. and sees the clerk point out hicr,,-
RlyDhics nrou IL with lead pencil the while ha
talks Rliby about what the schedule Indicates.
Tho mon end women fall under spell. and re-
gard the clerk with such awe and admiration
that at the end OF month be In saucy to the
directora Cigars. howors, and smiles are
loaded upon him, and he grove as cancelled as
an actor.
sSss%shors tiMe table 2, The New JeEsey Central
North Coiarvllle and have been told that rs
q IN eight divisions. each one printed on both
too few time tables poe,sss. That is map Of
the route. But you look the sixteen pages over
and find that they. contain thirteen distinct
tables. apparently OF subdivisions OF the road.
These are arranged for the guidance OF onGi-
nesrs and conductors. and are rather moro
confusinG than interesting to the publ
Finally. on the last page OF the folder you find
North Cedarville. and this 10 how tho tniorma-
ton roads:
CUMBERLAND AND MAURICE RIVER
BRANCH.
MI, snILL. 70 nAumcxrovH FORT noaRrs rrc.
srastona Dtst. rrom Brgrn nme Dol sil
North c.a.rru,. aos .ihass7 .aasaa
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branches and crossings, were superposed
U. ION the original Information on the time

branches and crossings, were superposed
u.,on the original Information on the time
tablo The In formation for the conductors
and eng neers and for tho supe rintsndeuts aud
svitchmen continued to grow in volume and
vas fed to the public. In time there came to
10 two time tables. to be sure. ono for the en-
,ioyces and "ne for the public. but tho trouble
IL that the one for the employees must be the
h.ss upon which TINT for tho public Is drafted.
An tho work hns not been performed as It
should have b.on. The employees or Official
time tablo now contain, In -tructions to the
engineers al to the meaning of signals by day
~! night. as t, tho points at which they
will meet an | pass other trains on sidngs as
10 the re psc I've rights OF headway Of roads
that cross at n le ,sl. Is to what stations are
rsG ,ried us regular or flag stops. and 30 on
through the Whole category Of instructions es-
sential to ihe safe running OF q railroad. For
the sake Of bre,f y and condensation much OF
ttis Information fs conveyed by initial letters
ortrie signs. No fault is TO be found with this
m TAR a. tho employees time tablo Il con-
c"rned. Tho trouble Is that some Of It leaks
into the peopla's time tables At tho bottom
VI nil tho nuisance lies tho fact that the sched-
ulcs for tho public are merely condensed sdi-
tions Of the cmp!oyees schedules, instead Of
being sepnrnts AMI new-bor creations. as
thy should be.
To illustrate this fully would reouIre paao
of TIE Suy. but hare IA n hint of IL. On the
New York and Long Branch time table man
searcbes for DEAF beach. He flnds IL and oh
s.yes that II has A letter "r' or an asterisk or
double dagger beside tho words. He wants
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time Of each, train at each station. A little
10 use viii disslpate The notion that the new
,Gh,n Ghlnn TSIll o, use any more type or space
publish separats tine tables for each branch
and sub.divisiYn Of their routes land for all
the times OF de pnrture Of ali trains from New
York or tho lurther terminal over and over
again. They also reprint in tho same way the
limo Of all such trains Mt all st ations
bstWsen The terminals and the functional
the public under the old plan. while every pro-
posed repeiG,ion ~ nv will inersase re- the simplicity Of
Tho whole trouble is that the. timO table Of
to-day is the resnt o. gradual growth. It is
ehtD VII ,se hull 10 coated with tho barn aces
acquired by forty years OF stacnation. II the
Whole process S Of schedule co1strustion were
That could he done by an order TO the pas
senger department to take tho schedules
tables for the pu bile a, widely different
as are tho needs OF the two sets OF persons.
1t appears unreasonable to suppose that o
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produced tho awful. mysterious. and con-
founded time table Of the present day.
1t Is said that Ia New England and parts OF
Tho wsst whore what arc called 1.000-mile
tickets ara more or less commonly used some
railroads will not make nag stop for the
ho!drrs OF those cheap tickets. In such dis
triets II would be necessary to distinguish the
nag stops apart from the others. OF course.
am told that commercial travellers are
past masters IN the art OF timetable reading.
tits well. because the proprietor OF the Globe
hotsl In Syracuse told me some years ago that
OUT Tor the commercial travellers half the
ho'els OF the land would close up and
Is many of tho passenger trains Of tho
country w"uii be hanled OFT But the shrewd-
st reporters cannot understand the average
ume table, and they rank next to the drum
mers Us travellers What arc called informa-
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GIVE US NEW TIME TABLES.
FEW PENSIONS UNDERSTAND TIE OR
DIyAKY RAILWAY SCHEDULE

rr,m, Table. Ar. Made fur Train Ne.
.ratehcra and Trat. Crews s.a Then
condensed TOR tso Pusise-'rhey Confuse
Instead OF Expi"anise-A New fian.
7, IA time for radical change IN the railroad
.,ms tables. So far as they are concerned. tho
roundInc Of the frat half century OF railroad
inc rms seon the opposite Of progress. The
.ani,nI. enterprise, and ingenuity which have
davo,oped the superb travelling accommoda-
,,ons Of to-day have passed the time table by,
,.,vipa Il TO grow upon It's original lines, and
% beeomo moro and moro complicated and
iess and less intcligiblo. It has become a
mechanical product. upon which no especial
thought ia expended, and because primarily It
v.s not designed for the public It's continual
Growth has led Il further and further away
from tho popular comprehension.
This is recognized and admitted By many
railroad men who have been spoken to on the
sub,ect, especially BY those who meet and deal
Win Inc public. but they ray they have noth-
ipr TO do with the construction OF tImo tables;
,bs.e are the work OF the division supsrintend-
cp,s in tho ofllcs.. Those men have been
train oil to arrange each new time schedule on
the lines OF tho preceding one. They UNDER
stand thctr own work. and It has mover os-
.urred TO them that no one else can do 30.
Neither has 1t occurred to them that they ore
salarisd to understand time tables. whereas
che public is called upon to make the study for
nothing. and naturally declines to do 90.
It is u wonderfully interesting thing to see
division superintendens on. say. the psnusyl.
yuuIs system. working out new time table
With bis assistants. The general supsrln.
t.pdout has told him what through trains are
TO be kept on, what ones are to bs added, and
what ones are to be altsred. The division
superintendent takes great board marked to
represent tho hours Of the day, the miles Of
lis division, and tho stations along the line.
lilo lars down. or strings along. lot Of lengths
@, twine OF . particular color to represent
Sho fixed through trains. bound west and
sost over which he has no control. Then ,hs
strings In his local trains with twine OF another
color, making sure q. each II fastened In
thnt 1t does not conflict with any other
train. AZ each train IL thus laid In. without
blocking or collidinx with any other train. its
running time and stops nrs copied oniupon the
sheet tnat ia to bo the new time table. To tho
average citizen who drops in and sees tho
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.e.~.s xn. I'a'@ 1r.w Ia'~ 1rsr 1"" 1r.~
Is a, O. Depot SAM ..

trnl schedule made up In the natural way. fol.
lowing the order OF the stations ~ they occur
along the road. The roader will nt once see
time table as q schedule for tho whole rond.
BY pursuing this system q time tabe for Now
every other point on the line. The aloha betical
rlan serves we'll enough for through rassen.
only wish tn k""w tho time Of the departure os
trains from N"w York. By pursuing the nat
ural routine arrangement OF the stations the
foughKespsie. Catskill. and Syracuse with oil
that II needs to know. rs we'll as serving New
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you see. you are simply PLAYING into the hands
IL the SC .ers who docs Tor ali oads what no
one. an ,lo for any sinGlo DAD"
MY ir.end." rtpl ed. you hnve III eerved
the moss-covered traditions upon which y. u
hn,o basod your work for years. You have
givcn mo the strongest point yet obtained in
proof OF the need OF new time tnble You say.
In u word, that tho present time tables are so
bnd that they have led 9, tho building III Of n
glpnntic business By shnrpers against the iu-
terests OF the railroads"
The frat comment OF those 10 lroad men who
that tho pronose now AMI slmDline lime
table outlined above-whether aiph abettcai or
not-wi not DO adopted bscause 1t REQUIRES
too much type-n repetition OF the starting