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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-12-06

Mrs Abigail Reynolds, wife Of Mr.. Dan
iel Reynolds, died at her home at Dufields
last Friday, after a comparatively brief ILL
ness, aged Sc years. Mrs. Reynolds was a
woman loved aud respected by all who knew
her, and the large crowd Of friends who
were present to pay the last tribute Of
respect to her memory showed how highly
she was thought Of She was member of
the Presbyterian Church for many years,
and prominent in all its work-as indeed
she was in all the public work of the wom-
en- Of her neighborhood.-Shep Register.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-12-06
Administrator Notice.

All persons indebted to the estate Of the late
James McGraw are hereby notified 70 make
prompt settlement.
Claims against said estate must Be presented at
once for settlement.
J. C. McGRAW. Admir-.
Nov. %. '93-3t. Harper's Ferry, w. Va.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-12-06
For Sale.

Window-sashes. blinds, doors. etc, Of the
old Methodist Church. Apply at this office.
June 7, 1893.
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TO REAL ESTATE OWNERS.
Notice

CHARLES TowS. Nov. =, 1893.
We the undersigned grain dealers. do here
by give notice that on and after January Isl,
1894. we will discontinue the custom Of fur
nishing grain sacks to farmers and others as
heretofore. it being too burdensome and ex-
pensive to continue. Any person or persons
DESTROYS of purchasing sacks can get them at
cost by applying to any one OF the undersigned
Il. c. WASHINGTON.
REED, LONG & MANNING.
G. K. BAYLOR.
w. s. KENNEDY.
Nov. 10, 1s93-td.
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Ever placed under any roof in the Valley OF
Virginia. Our facilities now are more than
doubled and we can assure our patrons that
the stock we now carry cannot be excelled by
any house in the Valley.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-12-06

OF the very latest productions of Fall and
Winter Fine Ready Made Clothing, which we
have Just purchased from hard-up manufac-
turers at so cents on the dollar for spot cash.
Bring $40 note our store and take $50 worth
of Clothing for it.
The evening call., 1893-06-14
OF What Use Was His strength

Colonel Fred Burnaby. whose ride
10 khlya made him famous, was am
oltlous when boy to become the
strongest man in the world. An.
pointed a cornet in the ROYAL Horse
Guards at Il, he threw himself INTO
the pursuit of muscle. When = nrn.
clse examination demonstrated that
MS arm measured round the biceps
seventeen inches, his cup of ioy was
Iull. 1t ran over when, at Aldershot
he lifted straight out with one hand
dumb-bell weighing one hundred
and seventy pounds, and no other
man In the camp could perform the
same feat. He once undertook IN
mop a quarter of mile, run a quarter
or mile, ride quarter OF a mile.
ana walk quarter CT a mile in a
quarter OF an hour He covered the
distance in ten minutes and twenty
seconds A horse dealer arriving at
windsor with pair of beautiful
ponies that he had been commanded
to show the Queen. took them first tn
the quarters OF the officers Of the
Horse Guards. Some OF these. nv
the way of a surprise, lea the ponies
upstairs into Burnaby's rooms When
The time came for them to go, the
ponies would not walk downstairs
Ine householder was in a ouandarv
out Young Burnaby came TO his helm
oy taking a pony under each arm and
down the stairway. He was
Il
barely out OF his teens when he was
TO be the strongest
nan In Great Britain. but he paid
ne penalty OF success in wasted
issues and falling health His
stomach refused all nourishment save
hat afforded by ice-cream. and the
loctor advised him 10 travel All
- from duty for 4 long time the
The evening call., 1893-06-14
AN Alabama man fell into vel

AN Alabama man fell into a well.
together with his horse. The horse
was killed, and the man, two days
having elapsed, was becoming tired
of associating with the remains.
Happily buzzards came to the feast,
and the prisoner, grabbing the legs
of several, said 'shoo' in persuasive
way They winged with him to the
surface and high into the air, but he
released them, one by one, and so
came down quietly, avoiding any en-
barrassing kerplunk Those who are
inclined to doubt the story are of
course at liberty to do SO, but truth
lies at the bottom of a well," and a
man two days in the midst of it
ought to be actually saturated with it.
The evening call., 1893-06-14
A GERMAN genius has invented

a GERMAN genius has invented
what is claimed to be a bullet-proof
cloth-one that will successfully re.
Fslst even ball from the best modern
rltle. The material is made of fiat
tened steel wires, which rest on q
bedding of wool and are backed by a
netting of hemp that has been sub
lected to hydraulic pressure. The
wires are placed at. intervals of a lit
tie less than one-eighth of an inch.
ana the bullet will strike only one or.
at most two of them. The heat
communicated to the missile in the
rife barrel is greatly increased by the
force of concussion against the wires
and it is broken up into bits, which
are rendered harmless by the hempen
apron. The secret of the success
claimed to have been achieved lies in
the elasticity of the protective cover
Ing. 1t is said that breastnlate
made on this principle weighs less
than two pounds, so that the novel
armor IS not too heavy to be used bv
individual soldiers for the protection
qt ne most vital portions Of the
BODY, but the material is offered for
more comprehensive purposes. 1t is
SAID 1t will avail to protect vessels Of
war against rams and is thus adapted
70 take the place of steel armor on
men-of-war' as it does not split or |
break in the way steel plates do. It
= said also that when pressed nv.
irauIically hemp loses its imdamma.
PIE qualities and becomes fireproof in
addition TO which it is a bad con.
ilctor OF heat, and is thus admirabI,
idapted to keep the interior Of the
MP cool in summer and warm in
winter. The Inventor proposes his
material for the construction of life.
oats and railway carriages and is
epoTted to have received an order
rom the Board OF Hungarian State
railroads for the supply of about l25
luare yards Of iSolating screens made
! similarly compressed straw for the
rejection of wines in freight cars.
The evening call., 1893-06-14
A Nice Question

A policeman and supposed crimi
nal whom he had arrested were walk.
Ing beside the Danube at Kelheim.
Bavaria, recently, when the prisoner
suddenly jumped into the river.
Inc water was full OF great blocks of
Ice, stretching quite across the stream.
ana the man jumped safely from
block to block and reached the oppo-
site bank. The policeman followed.
but being less agile fell between the
blocks into the river. His late prison
er mad a very nice question in
casulstry to decide, and he settled 1t
by plunging into the river, at immi-
nent risk Of his life, TO save the life
OF the policeman. He succeeded in
getting the officer TO land, and then
the policeman was in a quandary
lie offered to state the case to the
authorities and try to get a life-say-
ing medal for his rescuer. But the
latter thought he would rather have
MS liberty and the policeman
promptly set him free, and gave him
couple Of marks to help him on his
way. The fugitive has not since
been recaptured.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

IT is difficult to see what motive
can actuate the postal thief who
steals for the purpose of rifing the
letters OF the money which they con-
tain. An arrest was made on an
eastern railway a few days ago, the
circumstances showing that a railway
postal clerk had stolen ninety letters.
in fifty Of which that he had opened
ne found S12.13. Numerous Chicago
cases show that for the smallest sums
trusted postoffice employees have
robbed the mail. There is no crime
SO sure of detection as that which
the postoffice thief commits and he
does not get enough by his larcencies
TO pay even the smallest expenses of
loose living. The postoffice thief is a
phenomenal rascal who commits a
theft grading as petty larceny which
IS punishable by a grand larceny
penalty.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

Fame is always hard to define, and
II often appears that the names OF
the greatest philosophers of old are
unknown TO many people. A gentle
man was TO deliver a lecture upon the
Age or fericieS- in country town
and two of the citizens were speaking
of it
After few remarks upon the
lecturer, Mr.. Brown asked. What
are Pericles anyway, Smith,
tWeal. Brown, / don't exactly
know, out it's some kind Of she'll.
fish"
"Oh yes. Then OF course the age
nas reference 10 the time they have
been oRt OF water
The evening call., 1893-06-14
Household Trash,

'1'm glad we're going to move, {"
remarked Mrs. Higbee to her hus-
band the other morning, as thev be-
gan packing up their household goods.
we've been living in this house so
many years that we have accumu-
lated stacks upon stacks of trash I
shall be glad to leave behind u.s."
'Thats So" said Mr.. Higbee.
We've got oceans of old clothes and
furniture and stuff that is no more
use to us than balloon would be.
Let's give lot of furniture, and
books, and old dishes and worn cloth
ing to our scrub woman. THEY'LL
come in very handy for her and her
family this winter, and, it is no more
| than right that we should do some
thing for the poor, whom we have
always with Us, and Mr.. Higbee's
bosom swelled with the proud con-
sclOusnesS of a man who assures him. |
self that his heart is large and warm.
and is in the right place. There's |
that old haircloth sofa and those old |
style chairs-we don't want those.
do we?" he continued
'"To be sure we do" replied Mrs
Higbee. Il shall cover the sofa with
some new cloth and paint the chairs
white, and they'll be real nice. By
the by, you'll never wear that gray
suit of yours any more, will you?"
II certainly shall if l get half a
chance" responded Mr.. Higbee. IA
tailor can clean and press it-and
make 1t about as good as new."
Later on, as Mrs Higbee was sort
ing over her old dresses, she remarked
half aloud:
This I'll have colored terra Gotta. {
and this blue can be made over for a
school dress for our Maud. and this !;
it's pretty good yet, '
and" y
Mr. H1gbee decided that his Oldest .
suit would be good to wear on fishing i
rips In the summer, and the next v
)ldest would be good to wear about =,
lome when there were chores to be !,
lone, and when the whole household Il
lppurtenances had been carefully a
zone over and the packing of goods l'
vas completed, there remained for A
he SCRUB woman pair of superan.
luaIed suSpenders and a broken tea q
up These articles Mr. Higbee care tn
ulIY put aside for her. remarking as of
e did so,- be
The Lord l0veth cheerful giver sa
lie VINO glVeth to the poor lendeth in
D the Lord. ;" Gle
Ii you care to learn the worth of bis
ousehold trash, just you attempt to
lvotce yourself from it. CHI
The evening call., 1893-06-14

Inc conscientious reporter OF the
Associated Press at st. Louis nid
quite well when ne told OF an eIe.
vator being blown across the MissiS-
Slppl River at that poin. and landed
on the site OF lumber yard. which
was in turn transferred to the snot
where the elevator had been. A very
creditable cyclone story. indeed. but
not equal to one which has fIoated nm
from Georgia and runs thus: ..An
Ola colored woman in that State owns
a large washpOt which she claims was
turned inside out by a cyclone. She
says the pot is as good as ever. onIv
the legs and handles are on the in.
side now. and poster her when sh.
stirs the clothes n - Minnear,c,is
Tribune.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

The merchant who advertises
when his shelves are bare will get
very little return for his expenditure
and even if his shelves are full. if he
has nothing that the people want, he
is still an unwise advertiser. If he
Is located in a community where
there is no money, even for the Dur.
chase OF articles of everyday neces-
slty, advertising would be useless
But with all these conditions re-
Yersed, the merchant who advertlses
IS sure to profit by it, and the one
who does not will find himself doing
slow business, unless he is so s1tu-
ated that he can profit by the adver-
tlsing of his neighbors. There are
various kinds of advertising. Some
employ one and others another but
those who have advertised to the
best purpose and have realized the
greatest profits from it have used the
newspapers =*ts%s-. ~~~
The evening call., 1893-06-14

TIE modern stage has the tank.
the railway train, the afe-blower.
the fire engine, the race track, the
circus, the shipwreck, the stump.
puller and the storm -snatcher (Cleo.
patra brandy, and now we have 4
drama in which a sewer plays the
principal part, Is the stage to be
elevated" by the sewer route?
About half the plays now presented
ought to have sewer in their prop
critics.
The evening call., 1893-06-14
A Barrel CIOthes-HamDer.

>-!ery satisfactory receptacle fol
solled clothes can be made. SAYS the
country Gentleman, by covering a
| barrel with what used to be called
furniture calico. but is now sold un-
der the name Of comfortable print.
Inc barrels that pulverized sugar
comes In are CT good size for this pur-
pose. Carefully break off all nails
that project, both on the inside and
outside. Line the inside of the bar
rel with smooth, brown paper, or
remnants of wallpaper can be used.
using flour paste to fasten the paper
IN. Measure four pieces of print the
depth OF the barrel, allowing four
inches extra for the drill at the ton.
JOIN the pieces and run strong
thread around the lower edge to draw
it on; fold over two inches at the
top. and gather at the bottom. Draw
this cover over the barrel, even the
1ullneSS, and secure it in place with
small tacks. Place a tWo.inch band
OF sllesia around the top and bottom
10 hide the tacks Cover the lid of
the barrel, inside and out with the
print. Make knob in the center of
this lid by putting screw through
the hole IN a medium-sized spool and
screwing it firmly in place. Cover
the spool with sllesia like the bands
on the hamper. This makes a neat
and handy place to keep soiled
articles, and each week when they are |
removed the hamper should be given |
few hours exposure to the sun and
air.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

The Mayor Of Santa Barbara, Cal,
has issued to the marshal an order
that gopher blowers''.and ''mole-buz.
zers" be warned to leave the city.
The idea is an excellent one. II
there is anything upon which more
than q gopher-blower society has a
right to frown it Is the mole buzzer.
IL might even be wise to capture a
few mole-buzzers and start a me-
nagerie With them.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

''''' FEARING THAT 4the ordinary skirt
dance would pail upon y cultivated
and discriminating public one ~ the
chief stars In the business added ~
an equipment Heretofore not nartic-
ularly meager an artificial leg. The
new member made a hit Then
straightwaY a rival adorned herself
With two false legs and within the
bosom n the other fierce fres of
The evening call., 1893-06-14

NEw YORK, June 14.-Henry Clews' las,
financial circular has this:
AT London, our securities have shown q
distinct advance. The effect upon the for
elgn exchanges has been very apparent AL
though considerable shipments of gold had
been anticipated for this week, the amounts
actually sent out have proved to be conpar-
atlvely light; and it now looks as though
the outflow was nearing its end. The unex-
pected reduction of per cent. in the Bank
of England rate of discount comes in as an
important contribution to confidence: for
1t not only shows a recovery of steadiness in
London finance but is favorable to the en-
ployment of foreign balances at this center
and therefore curtailment of the foreign
demand for our gold. Another factor tend
ing TO the same result is the large export
movement IN grain that has set in within the
past ten days, which from all appearances
Is likely to assume still more important di-
menslOns. point has been reached at
which spectators have neither the motive
nor the ability to hold on to their large
stocks of produce, and consequently engage
ments for exports have been made which
Will occupy all available ocean freight up
TO the middle of July. This may be ex- |
PN~'Su " ectti0 lHe question OF future ship
ments OF gold, If 1t does not suggest prob |
ability of ret1ux of that metal to this CEN |
ter at no very distant day.
1nere can be no question that the with |
holding of an enormous amount of produce /
from its natural course of export has been
one important cause of the extreme strin-
gency of money at the interior. Now, the
of these products to the seaboard
Is causing large drain of currency to the
Mest-the Chicago rate of exchange on New
ork being $1.25 discount. which will prove
quick source of monetary relief in the agri-
cultural sections. Drawing money to the
Interior will correspondingly prevent the
withdrawal of gold for export
Upon the whole, we take it that the situa-
ION mas entered upon stage of very decided |
Intrinsic improvement; and we anticipate
hat this recovery will become much more
pparent with each succeeding day for pro-
Onged period
The evening call., 1893-06-14

a HowLING lunatic happened to
board train upon which Helen
Gould and Mrs Russell Sage we're
passengers, and as he refrained from
molesting them they did not faint
The tive are now spoken 4ot as
hero,nes showing how greatness il
occasionally thrust upon people who
must in modesty be surprised at the
pratuitY.
The evening call., 1893-06-14
"A DENVER paper comments ~ u

appointment of a Chinese n
\ the police force % San Francisco as
Y being q curious and solitary instance
|. of the kind, The enterprising papsr
should look up its own files Denver
nag a Chinese policeman ten years
ago, and he turned out to. be Va ~.
pert ? hlaoknailer as to arouse bro.
less onal envy and be summarily d.s-
Kissed This ended his Official
'<areer. His personal career ended
when highbinder with a long knire
taught him asleep
The evening call., 1893-06-14
Waller Ous+acJ-

"AsHISGToS, D. c. June IA successor
has been appointed for John l.. Waller. tha
coIored citizen Of Kansas who represents the
United States "a consul at Tasnafave NADIA
Rascar. 1t Is II. &. Smith. of Birmingham.
Ala, president Of the Afro. American Demo
cratic league Of Alabama Smith has a!-
ready qualified and will soon start for Mada-
QnAcar
The evening call., 1893-06-14

HEREAFTER the morning papers
Of'TIrkey will appear in the after
noon 50 that the censors may have
time to edit them properly. The
Sultan was displeased at the reports
q the accident to his yacht; hence
the new order Of things. The Sultan
ls as sensitive as a member of the
legislature.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

Now BY Neptune's trident. III it
be true that sugar and chlorate Of
potash can furnish the motive power
which will enable vessel to 60 from
New York to Queenstown in less than
three days and half, steam and cleo
trlcity may hide their diminished
head
The evening call., 1893-06-14

PFT1ssrR6. KAS., June 1.-THE rnee.;ny
between the mine owners and repre~aata-
tives Of the striking miners. WHICH -. y
have been held here and at whirb \ ,~a.
hofed An arnicahle settlement ending thg
strike would be reached. wa fudrflni.eIx
postponed because of the non u-appearauoe u
certain Of the artatrators.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

WASHINGTON d. e., June 1.-The presi-
dent has granted pardons 10 George ". How.
Ell and Edward Tibbets. Of Missouri. ~.
clerk, convicted Of violating the interstate
commerce act and sentenced 10 irnrgris0r-
meni al for Tor eighteen months and to pay Ere
The evening call., 1893-06-14

PUGIL1sT CoRBETT ought to 60 into
training to learn the noble art OF
keeping his mouth shut. A brag-
ging gladiator is a sorry spectacle.
Some wild and woolly desperate may
use e-him for target unless he sticks
TO parliamentary language.
The evening call., 1893-06-14
THE Earl OF Craven who m.rriod

2 New York society belle, is said to
1-be 4nost luridly tattooed all over '"H his
s'5body.n. SINCE 8his fact bas.- become
assnawA the neblemans earning ability
in America may be considered
trebled. a tattooed peer Of England
would be affeature the museum man
ages would give anyemoney for.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

PIANO sounding boards are made
Of American spruce American
woods, by the by, are employed in
many ways. The American pine
shingle, for instance, is the sound
ing beard of Youth.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

The report that Pugilist Charley
Mitchell has abandoned the prize ring
and gone to preaching was started, in
all probability, for the purpose of an
nOying the Rev. Sam Jones.
The evening call., 1893-06-14
BRIGHTER.
A Marked Improvement i'm the
Situation.

Gold Shipments Light. and the Out
flow Nearing Its End-This Results
From Increased Exports. Mainly
or Produce. and From Easier
Money Market Abroad.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

IT'S now said that the trusts en-
brace the typewriter. No doubt, il
they could they'd squeeze the whole
country half to death.
The evening call., 1893-06-14

abandonment Of dumb-bells, and the
laying aside of his ambition to be-
come the greatest of athletes restored
him to comparative health.
The evening call., 1893-06-14
RECENTLY an Oakland

hECENTLY an Oakland woman
desiring certain note signed placed
pistol at the head of the man whose
signature she thought would be
satisfactory, and made her wishes
understood. Where now is the
theory that women know nothing Of
business?
The evening call., 1893-06-14

IF Ward McAllister could overcome
his temptation to say things he would
be just as useful but he wouldn't be
half as amusing.
The evening call., 1893-06-14
a ead savlnga eank Rraak

hAssAs CITY. No. June 1.-THE peofle's
Guaranty Savings hank has made or assign.
ment. Liabilities. 5000: assets. son
IaaFence FaCk L. president Of the tank
The evening call., 1893-06-14
German
Syrup

my niece, Emeline Hawi..
taken with splitting blood y. -
became very much alar,ned s.la =
that dreaded disease, Consn,sss.a.sa
She tried nearly all kinds nf oea
cine but nothing did her anv 80 -
Finally she took German Sv,,,ss S go !
she told me it did her nor - i. =
than anything she ever @ ts;ss go
stopped the blood, gave her s. ss,...,.i !
and ease, and a good annes;..
had it from her own In 80
Mary A. Stacey, TrumbuIl =
Honor to German Svrun -
The evening call., 1893-06-14

envy burn. She wants the two legs
amputated from the rivals repertoire,
and solemn judicial tribunal will
decide the important question soon.
The evening call., 1893-06-14
The Gall.
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
KANSAS.

The man that threw rocks at King
Humbert has been pronounced crazy.
1t made him mad to miss.