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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

The Columbia Band, of Hagers-
town, attended the fair of the Charles
Town Cornet Band on Saturday even
ing, and rendered good music. The
Columbia Band presented the
Charles Town Band pie with five
dollar gold piece on top of it. The
first person who guesses the contents
of the pie is to have the gold piece
guesses ten cents each.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

Mr.. Asa Marstella, a worthy res
ident of Martinsburg and former
weIl-known citizen of this county,
died on Wednesday, December 21st,
aged "a years. His remains were
brought to Charles Town aud inter
red in Edge Hill Cemetery.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

Mr.. j. W. Pentz has purchased Oh
BIessrs. Hirschman & Co. the prop
erty on the southwest corner OF
Washington and Charles streets, for
So SEQ. This is an advance of ST.
500 over the price paid by Messrs.
Hirschm & Co. for this property
several years ago. and shows the
rapidly increasing value of real es-
tate in Charles Town.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03
enternrisinp

Our enterprising merchants,
S. d. airschman & Co., never fail
to remember We editor with some
kindly token at the Christmas
tide. We are therefore again under
obligations to them for a neat and
substantial present, for which we re-
turn thanks.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

For pair of elegant handkerchiefs
and suspenders we are indebted to
our liberal hearted mercantile friends
Messrs Palmbaulm & Bro, who are
adopts in the selection of choice goods,
whether for their sales counters or as
tokens of kindly remembrance for
their friends.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03
RuckIen,s Arnica SaIve.

THE BEST sAnvE In the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, letter. Chopped Hands, Chilblains.
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price % cents per box For sale
by all Druggists. MchS, '92-1Y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

We are Indebted to DR.. George
Whitlock and wife for a handsome
contribution TO our Christmas store
"a box of delicious oranges from
their beautiful grove on Lake Mary,
Florida.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

Among numerous Christmas greet
ings it affords us especial pleasure to
note one from across the briny deep,
from our esteemed little friend May
Hamaker and her mother-Miss May
being engaged in finishing her must
cal education, as a Violinist, in Ger
many. The postal card, at the head
of which is an illustration of the
principal portion of the great German
capital, reads:
GRUss AUS BERLIN.
BelIe-Alliance-PIatz, Dec. 10. 1892.
Wishing yourself and family q Merry Christ
mas and y Happy New Year.
Very sincerely your friends,
AMELIA B. and MAY HAMAKER.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

The handsome open fronts to the
new Trapnell building are nearly
completed. Mr.. Homes has had the
large 3 inch plate glass put in, and
Mr.. +. F. Rohr has laid handsome
tile at the entrance.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

Mrs. Louisa r. Chambers, wife, Of
Mr.. w. +. Chambers of Harper's
Ferry, and daughter of Mr.. p. r.
Harrell of this place, died on Christ
mas eve, aged about % years. She
leaves husband and two children.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03
Meclupg's eraYon Portraits

Any one ordering one Dozen Cab
met Photos, 50 90, at ATeClung' 8
Photo. Gallery, will receive a gem
uine Crayon Portrait of themselves
free. This offer is good until Febru-
airy 1st, 1898. G. Z. McCLuNe,
Charles Town, w. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

For Groceries go to H. w. Ruth
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

Brown Walking cultyators. Double Shovel
quality
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03
Local Miscellany.

Write it 1898.
ne .oant Wood.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

Brown Wagons are on Top for Usefnl-
ness. Light Draft and Durability.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

The Improved Champion Binders and
Mowers Cap the Climax for Work, Easy Hand
ling and Durability. Extras ON hand for the
Champion.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-03

Corn Drins and Planters and Hay Rakes
of the best make.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03

tryman when he comes to town-but
just watch that man across there on
State street. His long beard reaching
almost to his waist is blown aside by
the breeze and his keen. restless eyes
take in every aspect of the street as he
walks along erect and manful. His
brain is clear and all his faculties are
alert from early rising. abstemious
habits and wholesome food. He is q
southern Illinois farmer and. while his
method of crossing crowded street is
somewhat different from that employed
by the gamin, he does cross Just as
safely. but perhaps not SO swiftly.
True, he might run up against smart
confidence man and get robbed but
that is rather to his honor than other
wise. for thieves are seldom or never
robbed while gentlemen often are.
Speaking of confidence men. lust
take look at that young man who is
furtively watching the farmer He
wears narrow patent leather shoes.
tailor-made suit of dark cloth that fits
his slender form almost perfectly. and
his linen is immaculate. The solitaire
in his shirt Z real. Fifteen months
ago that young man was passing rich
on $50 a week, but his work was hon
orable. Now he is thief and the $40
will probably be 5000 when luck is
good. He has an intelligent. refined
face. and his fingers are long and slcn-
der like those of woman.
AS the farmer ncars him he steps
fOr- st,.1 Il
the same moment rather small man,
stability dressed. touches his arm.
The thief falls back with muttcrcd
carse and the farmer passes him. no
wiser than before. The crowd sweeps
on and two hours later the thief is on
q different corner.
1t is always pleasant to any one OF
right feeling to sec the pale checks of
sick girl brighten and her eyes dance
with glce when. for the first time after
many weeks. she gets out and sees
with fresh vision the sights of the
streets. There goes an open coupe
with n mothcrly old lady. whose gray
hairs add a sweet dignity to her mobile
face. holding close TO her n thin little
maiden whose restoration to health
learns her anew how to enjoy life.
Cinnamon have long since ceased to
attract attention on Chicago's cosmo-
politan streets. 1t requires at least q
Greek, a Persian or an Arab in his
picturesque garments to cause even the
sightseers any amusement. And. anent
the Arabs. an advertisement appeared
in one of the dailies some DAYS ago
asking dark-eycd, black-haircd and
olive-complexioned Chicago lassies to
take engagements as Arab girls at the
California midwinter fair. 1t is fact
that between Jewish. Swedish. Ameri-
can and octoroon beauties almost any
known type can be produced by the
native inhabitants of the city. Local
artists have never found much diff
Guilty in securing models for any of
their studies.
Wherever the adaptable Britisher is
found his home is there. Chicago suits
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03

never n look to the right or left. except
when she meets an acquaintance. and
then she smiles most winningly. The
Chicago girl is always qucenly. self-re-
liant and. no matter how swiftly she
may be speeding along. never misses an
acquaintance. Neither does she wear
baby waists.
Her indiana sister does, which does
not make her look one whit less charm
ing. however. The maiden from In
diana is full of little gurgles of delight
at every passing thing of interest. She
clasps her hands with a tiny gasping:
All rs two Turks go waddling by in
their immense and awkward unmen-
tionablcs. But the Chicago girl bows
and gives them two Of her most win
ming smiles. They are acquaintance
and they grasp their boscms and fling
down their heads in approved eastern
fashion.
See that man striding along with
tall. erect body and strongly poised
head. There is something leonine about
him. He seems to breathe mastery
And there mes another of different
ty pc. Nervous and quick in his move
u ents. he also is tall, but thinner than
his confrere.
How does one know they are akin?
1t is not easy to say and yet we know
th.y will grasp hands fervently before
ever their hands are extended. Some
thing in the pulpit atmosphere at
tachcs itself inevitably to the occu-
pant. One of those two men is great
London preacher. and the other is
an equally great Chicago divine.
Mich has been said about the coup-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
a MnNinC Incident

Amiable Husband (whc has just fin
ished moving are my slippers,
dear?
Wife-They came along with the
third load, and that load went to the
garnet.
Husband-And where is my pipe?
Wife-You'll find it in one of the bar
rels of crockery in the cellar.
Husband-And where is my comb and
hair brush?
Wife - Jane packed them in the
kitchen stove with the children's shoes.
Husband mentally soliloquizingJ-
What woman my wife is. She is the
smartcst woman in Harlem. She never
went to college and yet she knows ev-
erything.-TeXas Siftings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

HARD putty may be easily softeneo
by passing a red-hot fat piece of iron
over it, so that it can then BE removed
"a It'll the fingers, or the edge of knife.
To REMOVE odors from a sick room, it
is a good plan to sprinkle coarse
ground coffee on a shovelful of burn
ing Goals. and thrust it into all the
corners of the room.
SOME one has said that diet of oat-
meal and brown bread tends to pro-
mote the growth of the hair. How
ever this may be. the diet is good one
for many more assured reasons.
Two uses for eggs are not generally
known or appreciated A fresh egg
beaten and thickened with sugar, free
" eaten, will relieve hoarseness, and
the skin of n boiled egg. wet and ap-
piled to a boil, will draw out the sore
ness.
PROF. FARADAY has expressed the
opinion that ripe apples would be
a very wholesome substitute for tho
candies and sweetmeats that children
devour, and that it can easily develop
as exacting a taste as children now
have for candy.
SILVER or steel thimbles are the only
kinds ever to be used. Other compost
tons of which cheap thimbles are
made are very frequently of lead or
pewter, and their use is likely to result
in serious Inflammation and swelling
if there is even slight scratch on the
finger.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03

monstrancc arise and men run forward
to the aid of the assaulted pedestrian,
but before they reach him the cab has
vanished. the victim is bowling to a
rose-tintcd beauty from the West side
and ten seconds aftcrward the episode
is forgotten.
A young man with gold-rimmed eye
glasses, blue neclltie. Prince Albert
coat and n nonchalant air steps aside
from the bustling throng and earnestly
gazes into n haberdasher's window
where Sl.50 shirts arc displayed with
tempting 95-cent tickets on them,
while four-in-hands of variegated hucs
hang in dazzling rows from brightly
polished steel rods. The young gentle
mans gaze is intense and fixed.
In moment n messenger boy slips
to the young mans side. While mix
ing peanuts with his wad of chewing
gum he also looks fixedly toward the
object of the young mans vision.
Then a laborer stops and. after glancing
curiously at the two, puts his lunch
box down on the grating and concen-
trates his vision on the curiosity of the
moment. And now the crowd begins
to grow by twos and thrces. Fashion
ably-dresscd women join its circle un-
til at last a busting policeman and a
newspaper reporter rush wildly up and
ask eagerly: What is it?'
The ladies look rosy and glide away.
The laborer refers to the A. ID. 7. boy,
who knows. The boy volunteers the
information that he was ''jes' seein'
how long that guy wuz goin' to STAN
there" and the guy looks up. with a
start. and says:
BLESS my soul. l was just thinking
about the little girl at the lunch coun-
ter
And then he claps his hand over his
mouth. turns red and gets away at a
'late-for-my-train gait.
One can always tell the difference
between n Chicago girl and an Indiana
maiden in Chicago. The lady to the
manor born goes springing along with
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03

his aggressive, naturally optimistic
temperament. He can be found in
hotel offices. behind bars, around rail.
road ticket brokers' offices. in the cdi-
torial rooms of the great newspapers,
and he rcigns supreme on the race
course. When he walks abroad ono
can always distinguish him by his calm
disregard of obstacles, whether ami
mate or inanimate.
One type seen at every turn on the
streets is hardly deserving of mention
in a picturesque sense. but as n COM
mercial factor it is the ruling one.
That is the Hebrew. Wherever you
find Jew you find man who has an
unlimited capacity for adjusting him
self to circumstances. Meet a He
brew walking in the street and he goes
quietly along, occupying no more space
than he is entitled to and strictly mind
ing his own business. In his home life
he is gorgeous, in his business life he
is energetic and acquiring and on the
street he is inconSpicuous.
Last, but not least, comes the Chi
cago business man. There he goes.
Full, forid faced. smiling good-natured,
big, strong, with hearty sympathies
and thorough IDEAS, he is the natural
outcome of the survival of the fittest.
He movcs along the pavement with
free natural stride as though knowing
full well the reserve force stored be-
hind his placid bosom. And as he goes,
Va 90 too lpaviDcr fhe Ga, thai phhs
and flows along State street to con-
tinue in its tireless sweeping to and
fro. Ii. Ii. HEATH.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
New Use for Oranges.

The housewives in Florida have
found new ush for oranges. They
scrub the floor with them. Go into al
most any town in the orange-growing
districts and you will see the women
using the luscious fruit exactly as our
housekeepers use soap. They cut the
oranges in halves and rub the fat ex-
posed pulp on the floor. The acid in
the oranges doubtless does the clean
ing, but at any rate the boards are as
white as snow after the application.
1t is thought that lemons would be
better than oranges for this purpose,
because of the additional acidity.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03

pale, and her voice is low and tense
when she speaks:
Children, sit perfectly still. Don't
move, and you shall not be hurt"
A heavy wadded cloak hangs upon the
wall at her side, a primitive wrap, long
and wide. One of the girls had worn it
to school in shower and forgotten it.
Fannie Leslie, glancing quickly round
the room for a possible weapon, spies
this cloak. An inspiration comes to
her. Selling it from the nail on which
1t hangs, she opens it out to its widest
extent, and breathing the words: God
help me now!" springs forward, her lit
tie form striking upon the dogs body
and bearing it to the floor at the same
instant that she dexterousty throws the
cloak in such a manner that it envel-
opes completely the head and neck of
the dog. Then her white hands clutch
the muscular throat and press it to the
floor with the strength of despair,
while her knee, bent upon the PROSTATE
body, holds the dog for the time being
harmless prisoner.
But she realizes it cannot be for long.
The dog is stronger than she. and any
moment may shake off her slight
hands She raises her white face for
an instant, and cries in voice high
and sharp:
Children. get out of here, quiclllyl
Get out of the windows and hurry for
your lives
They do hurry. The room is cleared
as if by magic. Only one little fellow
the oldest boy-hesitates.
miss Fannie, can't you get away
somehow? l don't want to leave YOU"
and he begins to sob.
Go, Dick, go now, while | can hold
him. Oh, go, co.
And the boy crawls ont as though his
heart would break. leaving the school,
room deserted save for the girl and tho
dog in this unequal struggle, with life
and death in the balance. Oh. will
death win? 1t seems so, for see, the
girls strength is failing, the veins on
the slim hands stand out like cords:
her breath comes in heavy gasps: every
nerve and muscle in her body is
strained to the highest tension In n
few minutes. at most, this artificial
strength will fail, and with the thought
goes up wild prayer for help. and she
still clings with the desperation bora
of despair to that heavy throat. But
the dogs strength is great: his strug-
giles seem to grow fiercer. Her form IS
at last thrown from his body, but with
almost superhuman strength she re-
tains her hold upon his neck. She does
not hear the footsteps that stop at the
door; she does not see the rough, kind
ly faces peering in, but she does hear
with thrill of hope the voice of the
man who cries out in amazement:
Good Lord. Jim. look at that gal, will
you. She's good one. now; she's
caught the. dog an is shalin' him to
deatn,''
Then a sturdy arm clutches her up,
there is the sound of dull thud, and
the dog lies dead at her feet. his skull
crushed by blow from the back of
Jim's AK.
"W-w-why, Adam, the gals g-g-
gwine to faint AFTER alb b-by gannies
she is,''
But she doesn't. though for an i'm
slant her heart stops beating. her
brain grows dark and life seems depart
ing. BY a strong effort of will, she
ais back her strength, the cloud
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
scb.mo ola youtbcu, Poa,ber

On property where the rabbit shoot
ing was strictly preserved upon the
southern coast of England boy WAS
once caught with two dead rabbits in
his possession and nothing else that
would account for their decease. A
search of his pockets revealed nothing
but two live crabs of small dimensions,
the end of a candle and a box of
matches Under promise of release the
urchin was persuaded to- disclose his
method of procedure. First he selected
a likely burrow, and then he stripped
off his clothes, putting his coat over
one hole, his trousers over another and
mis- shirt over the third. He lit the
candle and dropped little of the grease
upon a crabs back and stuck the light
ed candle thereon. and then put the
crab at an unoccupied opening.
Straightway the frightened torch
bearer fed sideways into the darkness
and explored the innermost depths,
while the boy, expectant as terrier,
awaited events outside. Presently a
rabbit bolted into the coat. and hoy,
rabbit and coat all rolled over together,
the boy rising from the fray with the
rabbit in his clutches.-London Spec
tator.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03

passes from her brain. and, though her
lips culver little, she holds out her
small, trembling hand with a smile.
You have saved my life: you two
men. How can thank you enough?"
Thank us. BY gannies, we don't
want to be thanked. Didn't you save
the children. by gannies?'
The crowd of men come up. They
have been chasing the dog since day
light, and were only few minutes be-
hind him. Then Adam tells them how
that GAL had saved her school. and
various but hearty are the rude praises
showered upon her, while they grasp
her little hand heartily in their brawny
palms.
The hour of danger is very recent,
and Fannie Leslie feels the solemnity
of it, but, being a true kentuckian.
she has keen sense of the ludicrous,
and manages to laugh heartily at Jim ;
earnest and well-meant Lut rather
unique compliments.
''B-b-b-by gannies, boys" he stam-
mered, ''she's t-t-trump. / tell you, to
try to c-c-choke a mad dog with those
little hands o hers! Its whit | call
PIP pluck. and she ought to be sent TO
the d-d-dime museum-b-b -by rannies
she ought that"'-Illustrated Ken
tuclian
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
FOR SMALL FINS AND HAT PINS.

yellow silk. Un the linen are en-
broidered buttercups here and there,
and as it is thin and sheer the tint Of
the silk gives It just a tender yellow
tone. The lacs makes frill and is
finished with heading of white lace
through which narrow yellow ribbon
is run. Large dogs ears bows of
broad satin ribbon are placed opposite
one another, just midway of the
round, and the completed trifie stands
upon table that is all white and gold.
OF the same coloring, and, in fact,
upon the same stand, is the hat-pin
cushion, which is also round, but
which differs essentially from that de-
signed for ordinary pins. 1t is made
within a decorated china bowl, and is
just deep enough to hold the long pins
upright and big enough to allow of
keeping goodly store.
The special one to which allude is
gold and white, to suit the stand and
all the paraphernalia that it holds, but
it might be blue, pink, green, or, indeed,
anything you may prefer. The pecul-
iarity of the bowl is the only essential
point, and to make the cushion fit ex-
actly requires the same care and the
same method whatever the color or
design may be.
Select a pretty bowl about five or
six inches across, then cut a round of
heavy cardboard to fit it slightly be-
low the edge. Cover the cardboard
loosely with n large round of cotton
cloth exactly as you would cover an
old time button mold, but leave it
loose to allow of filing or stuffing, as
is the better word. Stuff the cotton
well with bran till you have firm cir
cular mound, pouring it in through
slit in the center, which you must
afterward close. Then cover with en-
broidcred linen or some small-fgured
silk. Paste round the inner edge of
the bowl with glue or strong. flour
paste, drop in the cushion, and wheI
it is dry you will find it stuck fast
n. Y. Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
The Souvenir Pin Craze.

The spoon craze has well-nigh run
its course. Women who have 100 or
200 spoons of different shapes. sizes
and designs have turned their backs
on the fad, and now it languishes. Bdt
a new one is springing up in it's place.
as silly a fad as ever tempted the soul
of woman to extravaganza. 1t is the
collection of hat pins. Many of these
pins would serve for daggers, lis true;
but the usefulness of the dagger. is
after all. circumscribed. 1t would per-
haps be just as well if the hat pin craze
were punctured with one of its own
weapons.-N. Y. Times
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
ON CHICAGO STREETS.
Crowded from Morning to Night
by a Busy ThYong.
The Greatest Field for Students of Man
kind Ever Discovered-The Gay and
Giddy Walking by the Side of
the Good and Generous.
Especial Chicago letter.


Chicago streets are endless volumes
of wisdom to the student of his kind,
and visitor who, for the first time
and with unwearied mental faculties,
sees the turmoil of State and Madison
streets must feel that he has fallen
into new and strange world. Amid
the whirl of carriages filed with state
ly danes or vivacious damsels darts
the energetic gamin, if anything SUI
perior to his Partisan cousin in disre-
gard of life or limb and contempt for
anything strange. 1t is impossible to
startle Chicago street boy or to con-
vert Chicago cabman.
There they go, the cabmcn, whipping
their horses recl1lessly and laughing
alike at the indignant remonstrances
of pedestrians Or the Mortified excla-
nations of those in the carriages. Once
and again an enraged foot passenger
catches a cab horse by the bit and
forces him back. Then in all the fury
of insulted royalty the driver raises
his whip and aims deadly blow at the
man on foot. Instantly cries of re-