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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
f. L. Beller
C0NTRAcTQR&BUILDER

bis ii: G aydss and as T .s g9oG a1S
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
call.
Jan. 7, 1886.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
Roanoke Brokerage y StOr-
age Company.
F.B.LUDWIG, General Manager.

F.B. LUDWIG. General Manager.
We do a General Brokerage Business, and
Handle Provisions Grain, Feed, &c. Car Load
Lots a Specially.
BROKERAGE. STORAGE
Forty Thousand Square Feet Of Floor Space.
All Kinds OF Goods Stored for q Min
imum Charge.
Store house and Warerooms n. IS W. Rail
road and Front Street Roanoke va.
COMMISSION MERCHANDISE.
Refer by permission t0 Commercial National
Bank. Roanoke Va
Feb H. 1Sg2-6m
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
Torn OrdimGl.ce.

Be- or RESOLVED. That mo- person or persons
be allowed to keep I'M their places OF business,
warehouse. OF lot adjoining their places OF
business more than three barrels of coal OF
Eanolone oil. aud not more than twenty i've
pounds Of dynamite at any one time. inside
ths corporate limits of said town under the
penalty Of being fined NOT less than s. nor
sore than so unless by thc consent of the
eouucl
Rei0ksd, That amy person or persons guilty
Of tampering. or boz any way iniuring any of
me wires. poles, etc.. oi the City Electric
LiEht. on the streets OF alley, of Charles Town,
shall be fined not less than $40 nor more than
90. and be confined in tEe County Jail. go the
discretion "a the Mayor
By order of the Council.
GUSTAV BROWN.
Mar lG. ls92. Mayor
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
NOTICE
TO
USERS OF TIN PLATE

We don't use small tin anu
want everybody to know H. !.
The reason why we don't
that if you have small TIN Pu'
on yourroof the more seams !uu
will have and the more lsaA'
will be in your roof. Gall VI
us and we will prove to yOa
that large tin is the best to Pu'
on your roof 1t will pay Wv
to look around. You will nO'
only save time but money v
calling on ,ry
EARNSHAW & DOOLbl
Apr. Is, 'ss.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
WESTWARD.

WESTWARD.
Train 4lS connects at Harper's Ferry with
Limited Lxpress, arriving at Pittsburg 800 n
m. Columbus $50 and Chicago ll25 nsI
morning.
Train No. AIS connects at Harpers Fefr
with Limited Express, arriving at Cincinnati
7.54 next morning, Louisville IL .55 noon and
st. Louis CPS p. IN.
Train No. 4l6 connects at Harpers Ferry
with Pittsburg and Chicago Express, arriving
at Connellsville 425 and Pittsburg GO ner,
morning, Columbus l.30 p. M. and Chicago
$50 p. m.
EXCURSION TICKETS will be sold to par.
ties of ten or moro between all ticket station,
on the Valley Division-Good for two days
For tickets and further information appylo
b. & o. Agents or to b. F. Bond, Pass. Agent,
Baltimore, C. f. Dudrow, Travelling Passenger
Agent, Winchester, Va.
Pullman Palace SleepingC Ears are run through
to Cincinnati st. Louis, Chicago and PilisbnrE
on all express trains.
1T. 0DELL, Gen'l Mangcr.
CHAs. o. SCULL, Gen'l Passenger Agent
Dec. 2, 1891.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
N = = :: w Aorio'kaResisrnRR.

Schedule IN Effect Nay ~, 1892.
LEAVE CHARLESToWN, W. VA. DAILY
-SOUTIIB0UND-
No. ]. No. B. No.E
l.46a.m. 1l2G q. N. 5$Pm
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
roy DYSPEPSIA.

Indigestion and stomach disorders take
BROWNS IRON BITT'EtS.
Al dealers keep L, 81 per bottle. Genuine has
trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
BUILDING LOTS
FOR SALE.

GENERAL BUILDING LOTS situated near
- the corporate limits. opposite the Nursery
OF VIM. Hopkins, are offered for sale on the
instaiment plan-S2.50 monthly Apply to +.
b. Souders, who will show plat.
June 2, 1887.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
Barber shop.

Sam Brown. the City Tousorial Artist. is To-
Gated in the building formerly occupied By
Mr.. g. L. McClung as a photograph gallery
I'm the rear of the town hall, where he viii be
pleased to serve the pubGc.
April d. fsg2
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08

QUEEN TABLE SYRUP-the most deli.
cious on the market, for sale by
Oct. IA, u. W. 5. MERCHANT.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
MEATS.

Inconnection with my grocery keep first
class Meat Shop, and can supply my customers
with the choicest meats. have the very best
homemade and Baltimore mince meat. Fresh
Bologna Sausage on hand.
Thanking my patrons for theiI kind treat
ment i'm The past / solicit a continuance Of the
same. Respectfully,
Dec Is. 1851 w. S. MERCHANT.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08

Trains No. All, 4l9, Alb and AL are daily eI
cept Sunday; Train No. 449 runs Sunday only
Additional mixed trains leave southwsd {,
:. 9S a. m. and S.24 a. m. and arrive at Hari
sonburg at $40 a IN. and 6.27p. m ex Sundsr
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08

Trains No. 40, AIS, 4i6 and AS are daily .,
cen, Sunday Train No. $50 runs SUNDAY onl.
Additional mixed trains leave Gharle,tox,
4.16p. m. and 2.l4 n. m, and arrive at Harne,,
Ferry at SIS p. m. and 25l a. m. ex sundsr
SOUTHWARK. Az 4l9 4i3 AZ i,S
Stations. Pass. Pass. Pass. Mix Mir
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-06-08
LHE WEST End
Still Ahead.

I HAVE very full stock of GrOceries-con-
l sistinr of Flour. Meal, Canned Goods, Teas,
Coffees. Syrups, Mollasses, Soaps Pickles salt
Fish. etc. etc. make a specially OF the best
y. O. MOllaSscs.
The best brands Of Tobacco and Cigars always
on hand
MI TO
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
to engage i

ket to wash the tuSers, rotary rasp-
ing machine, few large tubs or water
tight hogsheads, some wire and hair
cloth sleeves and drying-room COM
prise the principal pieces.
A simple rasping machine is shown
in figure l, and consists of a band
wheel (A), over the rim of which has
been secured, rough side out, piece of
sheet iron previously roughened up
like nutmeg crater by punching it
full of holes. The wheel is mounted on
an axle supported by the wooden
frame 50 as to revolve Immediately be-
meath the mouth of a metal-liued
wooden hopper (B).
A more effective rasper or grinder is
shown in figure .. 1t consists of a
cylinder (C) twenty inches in diameter
and two feet long, mounted on an axis.
1t is armed with steel saw plates,
placed about three-quarters of an inch
apart, parallel with the cylinder and
having small and regular teeth. The
plates are held in position by iron
clamps, so that the toothed edges pro-
ject about four-ffths of an inch from
the periphery of the drum. 1t lis driven
at the rate of about eight hundred revo-
lutions per minute before the hopper
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
A STUDY OF PLANTS.
The Wherefore of the Remarkable Nu-
triton Of Young Grass.


The recent discovery that the early
product is the most profitable applies
not only TO animals, but to crops. The
two-year-old steer, the yearling or
the three-months lamb, the broiler
chicken, the two-year-old cow are all
now indispensable for full profit of
their rearing and feeding. And so it
is with the fruit, the vegetables and
the grass. The cows on the fresh
young grass show by the abundant
milk and rich, golden, high-havored
butter that their feed is Just what
they require. But few farmers or
dairymen really know why this is so,
believing that such grass is too full Of
water and really deficient in nutriment.
This is great mistake. II is the young
grass that is the most nutritious, and
has less water in proportion to the
nutriment it contains and more fat in
it. The fresh young clover has much
more of the albuminoids and the fat
than that in full blossom, and ripe
clover is still more deficient in nutri-
ment, the digestible matters having
been largely changed into indi-
gestible substance. Young grass
has the same proportion of nu-
triment over full-grown grass as
clover has, and in this we may find
the reason why, as the season advances,
the cows fall off in yield and the milk
is less and less rich And in the late
summer when the second growth comes,
it is this superiority Of the new-grown
grass to which the increased flow of
milk and the higher yield and quality
of butter are due. Everyone knows Of
these facts, but not of the cause of
them. There is no food better for a
COW than the clippings of the lawn
grass, which is always young and ten
der and rich in nutriment. 1t is CON-
monty thought that this young grass
contains an excess of water. Not so.
1t has an excess of sap, but as the flow
ing sap of the maple pours from the
tree in spring it is rich in sugar, and
while there is more water in the tree,
this water is saturated with the most
nutritious elements. A plant can only
take in food dissolved in water, and
thus when it is growing most rapidly,
and is in its most nutritious condition,
it must have the most water in it, but
this water is only the vehicle which
carries the nutritive matter Thus the
more water the more solid nutriment.
N. Y. Tribune.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
Harsh Usage Of the Horsa.

II is not universally recognized fact
that harsh usage Of the horse-by
which we mean harsh, loud language
used to the animal, jerking its mouth,
etc, impairs the animals usefulness
or rather shortens its usefulness.
Watch horse that is being sworn at
and screamed at by driver who seems
to be upon the very verge of insanity;
watch the animal as its mouth is jerked
by a cruel driver; watch him as he is
whipped for stumbling, or some other
similar offense. You will see that the
horse is confused and laboring under
great nervous excitement; and nervous
excitement is injurious to anything on
earth that is capable of feeling it. To
do that to horse which leads to
nervous excitement, therefore, is like
setting fire to valuable property. Don't
swear at the horse, don't scold, don't
jerk its mouth, don't whip unreason-
ably. More can be got out of the ami
NAL by kindness than by cruelty
Farmers Voice.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
HOMEMADE WHEELHOE.
An Excellent Tool for the Cultivation of
Garden Crops

An Excellent TOOL Tor the Cultivation OF
Garden Crops.
| send you a pencil sketch of a wheel.
hoe | made last spring. 1t is an excel.
lent little tool for the cultivation of
garden crops, especially in a small gar.
den where it is hardly practicable to
use horse and cultivator, and where
vegetables are planted close together,
such as onions, etc. In the onion
patch | can do as much work with it as
five men can with horse. 1t is light
and easily handled.
The soil should be free from stones
or rubbish and this is just the way a
garden should always be. 1t should
not be allowed to bake. No wheelhoe
can be successfully used in crusted soil.
Work as soon after a rain as the
ground will crumble nicely.
The wheel is off of a moving machine
and is eight inches in diameter. The
axle is eight inches long. The cut
ter piece of a buggy spring twenty
six inches long, and about one-eighth
of an inch thick, and bent as shown in
cut, and attached to the handles six
inches from axle. The two braces are
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
SHEEP SHEARINGS.

Ten good sheep are better than thirty
poor ones.
Do NOT attempt to keep too many
sheep on the pasture.
DOES warm weather favor the growth
of wool? asks an inquirer. Certainly.
IT is of no use to expect profit from
early lambs unless they are given the
best Of care.
Wool when first taken from the
sheep looks better and weighs heavier
than it ever will afterwards.
In England the Bockmasters change
the feed of the flock quite often, and
even change the pastures.
THE flock that is regularly fed and
watered and properly housed from
storms will produce the best heeces.
THERE is no call in the market for
thin sheep or lambs. At least the call
is not very loud, not loud enough 10 in.
uiCd0C PiOue'
TIMOTHY hay for sheep is like fence
rail as compared to clover. Besides il
it is not cut until the straw becomes
ripe it is dangerous to lambs.
WILL not the production of good nut
ton be over done? asks correspon.
dent. Not in your life, friend, and we
have not the slightest idea how young
you are either h'
WE may produce the best fleece thai
ever grew on a sleeps back, but Il
We handle the wool carelessly, an in
ferior wool that is better handled will
bring better price than ours.e-Farm
ers' Voice.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
Broken Flint as Grit.

Hard flint, crushed or ground, will
some day be placed on the market for
the use Of poultrymen in providing grit
for fowls. 1t is true that nearly all
sections have gravel, but gravel is worn
by the elements into round shapes, or
rather the sharp edges are taken off.
The object in swallowing hard sub
stances by the fowls is to secure sharp
cutting material, and ordinary gravel
does not supply their wants. Many
persons use oyster shells, reduced by
grinding or pounding, but shells are too
soft and do not fully serve the purpose
required. y Flint is the best material, as
it always presents sharp edges, no mat
ter how fine it may be in condition.
Farm and Fireside.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
THE MISS BETTYS.
so-Called Men Who Have No Excuse fol-
Living.

so-Called Men Who Have No Excuse for
Living.
The counterpart of the masculine girl
is the effeminate man, who crowds the
piazza of the summer hotel or monopo-
Lies valuable space in the athletic club
room. He pays his dues, not that he
cares anything about the sport, but be.
cause it is the style and there is an adj
vantage in having access to fine sta
tionery. This Miss Betty is as muscu-
lar as chicken and as vain as a pea
cock. He talks in thin treble voice.
his hands are soft and white, his finger
nails are manicured twice day and his
coat fits tight to show off the graceful
lines of his figure. He wears snake
rings on both hands, perfume in his
hair and mustache, an ineffable look of
WEAKNESS and cultivates a supreme
contempt for people in general. Al
though an ardent advocate of marriage
he has long since ceased to regard it in
the light of his progenitors.
He is lover of his own comfort and
ease. He fancies silk underwear, good
stories and select amusements. He
must have good clothes in variety and
abundance, and, being a gourmet can
not abide home cooking. Of course he
is fond of society, and would not object
to wife provided she is able to take
care of him and will promise that they
shall not be bothered by family rela-
tives. This exquisite empty-head is not
to be blamed for putting himself in the
highest market A free-born citizen.
he has yet to know why he should not
command as high price as the tops
and dandies in the foreign market for
his name and hand.
lnterroe 'ate this shallow, impecuni.
GUS youth and he will tell you that
really he has no desire to marry and
no intention of providing for a wife,
but if any rich girl comes along with a
little beauty and money enough for a
matrimonial venture, why, l often
don't mind signing the contract"
She does come along; it is a notori.
Gus fact that she does more than her
share of the lovemaking and the con-
tract is signed-0ld Homestead.
Il
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29

and is capable of pulping about forty
eight bushels of potatoes an hour. In
both these machines the rasping sur.
faces are kept clean by the action of
small jets of water projected with
some force.
As the washed potatoes are passed
through one of these machines, the
pulp and wash water are run off into
tubs, and after the coarser particles
have been deposited, the milky liquid is
drawn off into other tubs, and the
starchy matter allowed to settle; or, as
in large factories, the pulp may be
rubbed and washed through series of
sleeves, ranging from coarse wire gauze
to fine haircloth. After repeated wash
ings with fresh water in the tubs, 10
separate the gummy and fibrous mat
ters, the starch granules are finally al
lowed to settle, and after the water has
been drawn off the pasty mass of
starch and water is run off into long
wooden troughs, slightly inclined,
wherein the paste gradually hardens as
the water drains off. When hard
enough, it is cut into blocks and put on
shelves in warm room TO dry out
With good management, from seven
teen pounds to eighteen pounds of clear
starch can be obtained by these simple
means from 100 pounds of average po-
tatoes.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
Observation-Disclosures.
MAKING POTATO STARCH.
A Simple Operation Requiring But Little
Machinery.

Machinery.
Some time ago the necessity for de-
vising some means Of making use OF the
large quantity Of understandable po-
tatoes that had accumulated in the
city and that were held in the interior
because Of the lack Of a remunerative
market, led TO the discussion of the
feasibility of manufacturing starch
from the surplus tubers. Several es-
adjustments were put in operation.
and farmers all over the state were in
quiring as to the necessary machinery,
cost of operation, methods, etc.
The process is so simple and the
mechanism so inexpensive that there is
nothing to prevent potato growers all
over the state who are threatened with
a surplus from engaging in the making
of starch. The New England Home
stead gives a short account of the oper-
alton, and it is reproduced here for the
benefit of readers who may be disposed
to engage in the industry. A wire bas-
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29

eight inches long and attached to the
cutter about two inches above the
band. There are two holes in end of
each brace, and also in each end of cut
ter, to regulate the depth. The ham
dies are attached to the axle by two
pieces of strap iron and bolt through
the axle bolts the parts together tight
ly. 1t cost fifty cents besides my own
labor, for cutter, braces, bolts, etc.-E.
s. Mead, in Ohio Farmer.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29

eg-Al communications for this paper should
De accompanied by the name Of the author, not
necessarily for publication but as an evidence
OF good faith on the part Of the writer. Write
only on one side Of the paper. Be particularly
careful in giving names and dates to have the
letters and figures plain and distinct.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
A SONG FOR THE CHILDREN.

Oh, if could
Sing the song would,
Do you know what that song would bel
'Twould be one to ring
And joy to bring
From the east TO tho western sea
The children all
Its clarion call
Should echo with hearts grown glad,
And everywhere
Its CHEEKY air
Make sorrOwing souls less sad,
Itwould hold the note
OF the linnet's throat
And the meadow-lark's lrill Of glee,
And the katydid's dear
Little chirp, ard queer,
Quaint chime Of the chici-a-dee.
The cricket's CHR
And the velvet whir
OF butterflies wings; and the hum
OF busy bees
And the talk Of the trees,
When the wild winds wandering come
The sound Of the sea
In its rhythm would be,
And the drip Of the brier-bound rill,
And the broken dream
OF the old mill-stream
Fettered, but foam-free still
The flutter Of fleet,
Fine fairy feet,
That dance till the dawn appears;
And the surge of corn
In the summer morn,
Rustling its golden spears.
The lisp of the wheat,
And the whispers sweet
When the clOvers their secrets tell,
The scamper from school
To swim in the pool,
The tinkle of supper-bell
The rush Of the raj
At the window pane,
When the earth is pa!ched with drouth;
The clinking hail
OF pearls in the pail,
Sweet for the baby's mouth.
The fare Of the fire
When the fame leaps higher,
The cracking of nuts in its glow;
The crinkling alOOf,
Crisp creep on the roof,
When the frost steals up like a foe
The silvery swing
OF skates that ring,
The laughter merry and gay;
And the drowsy prayer,
Bymamma's chair,
At the close Of lovely day!
Kate NJ Cleary, in N. Y. Ledger
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29

1t is fact that the longer a man is
straitened by circumstances the more
likely he Is to turn out crooked.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
Chicago, Rock Island 3 Pacific RV.i

The Direct Route TO and from Chicago Joliet. Ottawa,
Peoria, Ia Sale, Moline, Rock Island, in ILLINOIS;
Davenport huscatine, 0ttumwa, 0skaloosa, Des
hoines, winterset, Audubon, Harlan and Council
Blum, in IOWA; Minneapolis and 81. Paul in MN
SEsoTA WATERFOWL and Sioux Falls in DAKOTA;
Cameron. St. Joseph and Kansas City. in MISSOURI,
0maha, Lincoln, Fairbury and Nelson, In NEBRASKA
Aiehison, Leavenvonh, Horton, Topeka. Hutchinson,
Wichita bellevis. Abilene Dodge City, Caldwell, in
KANSAS; Kinghsher II Reno and Minoo in INDIAN
TERRITORY Denver. Colorado Springs and Pueblo
in COLORADO. Trayerses now areas OF rich farming
and grazing lands aOrding the best facilities Of inter-
communication 10 all towns and cities esIt and west
northwest and southwest Of Chicago and to Pacific and
trans-Oceanlc seaports
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
MAGNIFICENT
VEsT1BULE EXPRESS TRAINS


VESTZBULE EXPRESS TRAINS
Leading all competitors in splendor Of equipment
between CHICAGO and DIES MoINEs COUNCIL
BLUFFS and OMAHA, and between CHICAGO and
DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO, via
KANSAS CITY and TOPEKA and via ST. JOSEPH,
and over the new line via LINCOLN, NEB. Fi,-class
Day Coaches, FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS, and
Palace sleepeD with Dining Car Service Close con.
nections at Denver and Colorado Springs dvergna
railway lines nov forming the new and plctui1sque
STANDARD GAUGE
TRANS-RoCKY MOUNTAIN ROUTE
Over which superbly equipped train, run daily
THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE 70 and from s,lt
Lake City, Ogden and San Francisco. TIE ROCK
BLAND is also the Direct and PayorIte Linz TO and
from Nanitou, Pixies Peak and all other EanItsry and
scenic resorts and cities and mining dsrctsn Colorado
DAILY FAST EXPRESS TRAINS
From ST. Joseph and Kansas City TO and from al i'm
portant towns cities and sections in Southern Nebruka
Kansas and the Indian Territory. Also via ALBERT
LEA ROUTE from Kansas City and ohicaro 10 Water.
town. Sioux Falls, MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL,
connecting for all points north and northHss. between
he lakes and the Pacific Coast.
For Tickets. Maps, Folders, or desired information
apply to any Coupon Ticket once in the United STATED
or Canada. or address
e. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN,
GenT Manager. Gent TIKI. 4 PassI AT.
CHICAGO. Ill.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-19

TIf0m our IieflIlr L0rfespondentI
WASHINGTON, January ls.-Mr. Wise in
Produced IN tho House TODAY bill 10 con-
ana delivery IN the Richmond collection
district. n Is 90 the request Of a number
ui the leading citizens of West Point that
ie offers the bill. They want vessels 10
Lave the right b. enter and clear there in
FAD of having the captains go 70 Rich
u0nd, ass the law now requires.