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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04
JUNE 1892

s. II. Garrett. Mansfield, Ohio. Dear SIR
The three Fence Machines ordered came all
right SOME time ago. / knew all about the
Machine before ordered these / hud one
half mile of fence built last year with one of
your Maclincs. like its work bctier than
tint Of any Machine | iIaTG seen. Respect
fully, W. s TAsGART. Leo Mo.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04

About Catarrh. No matter what you've
tried and found wanting, you can he cured
prietors of this medicine agree to cure you, or
thcy'll pay yQg $500 In cash.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04
Salt.

Just received a car load Of SALT. Larpe
~ Sacks, Cheap for Cash and ia EXCHANGE IA
Wood. B. e. WASHINGTON, lgt.
May g. 1872
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04
Fresh cement.

TUsT received Car Load Of fresh Cumber-
- land HYDRAULIC CEMENT, for sale by
tue barrel aud less. and In packs
B. e. WAsHINGTON. AT.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04

of disease etart from n torpid liver and impur,
blood. DIR. Pierce.s Golden Medical Discovery
chres every one of them. 1t prevents them
too. Take it, as you ought, hen yon feel tht
ness, hepression) aud yon'H save Yourself from
something serious
In building up needed flesh and strength
and 10 purify aud enrich the blood, nothing
can equal the discovery" Itinvigorntes thu
liver und kidneys. promotes all the bodily
functions. and brings buck health and Vigur
For Dyspepsin, Liver Complaint" Bilious,
pcss, and all SGrofulous. Skin. and Scalp Dis.
to ens Or p te FerF .na' o. tb opeT
Is Refunded. -
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haulIng.

HNHE undersigned is prepared IA do HanIIps,
4 OF all kinds. either with Cart or Wagon. az
ond baggage to and from the railroad der,ots
sPeci9lty- Orders left At the Livery stable
Of Mt Joseph Hunt viii receive protDnt At
'eP bso % ,oa an EDGAR D. GLAZE.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04

chickens Wanted this week for Cash. at
square from post office Alec Egg Duck,
Eggs, Hen Eggs, Goose Eggs, Turkey Eggs,
s1 March f S. isss. 9 E WALL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04
Feed at Retail.

OAR Corn. Oats, Chop, Bran. C;ronnd Corn
~ and Cob. Chicken Feed &c Rc. NJ Coal
and Wood Yard. B. G. WASHINGTON Aet.
May 8. 1899.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04
Fer Rent.
Pew Kent.

"A LII who are indebted to the Presbyterian
"A Church for Pew Rents viii please settle
by April hit. The state of our Indebtedness
You can settle With any OF the Deacons.
s. S. DALGARN, Treas.
Mar. 22s sls9S--st. re-. ?, & A. please copy
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04

Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, the last
of the officers of The Confederate
army enjoying the rank of general,
died Tuesday at Sewanee, Tennessee.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04
MARRIED..

HAVE fine Fresh Cow for sale this week.
Il Cali one week Gld. also Stock Bull.
April 8. 1888. CT. WALL.
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order oil PubIication.


The State Of West Virginia, jefferson eonp-
ty tO-witt - : !, y N
At Rules held in7thcy Clerks Office of the
Circuit Conrt of JeffefS ON County, April, 1898
J. g. WELLER. Frank, .BeekNith. David
Deck. Valley Fertilizer Company, Patapsco
GuaHo Company, Horace BeaH aud Olin
Beall, partners in trade under the firm aud
name of Il. Beall = Cos (gsa at 9lin BeailJ,
): A, X Mathenn, tAssignee of w. r. Ger
ring IL Bro, Plaintiffs.
sla vs.
W. A. ROPER, F. W. Brown, Trustee, Geo.
w. Thomas, G. F. Mason. Clarence D. EbY,
J.. D. GetzVndanner. Iohn Mcknight. b.
d. Osbourn, trading rs d. NJ. Osbourn g.
Co., Defendants. Is ::
IN CIIANCERY.
NIHE ohjcet of this suit to convene the
Il lienycreditOrs of w. a. Roper, have the
liens audited in the order of their priorities
and subject the real estate of W. A. Roper to
the payment Of the same.
It appearing. on afidavlt filed In this suit.
that the Defendants John Mcknight and D.
u. Osbourn are non-residents of the State of
West Virginia. they are hereby required TO
appear within One Month after the date of the
first publication of this order. and do what Is
necessary to protect their Interests in this
matter:
T z. w. LATIMER.
Clerk of the Circuit Court.
MCDONALD e BECKwITH, p. q.
- April 4. lSl3-4t fSnirif Fee
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04

:, olert Il he s;. t aAt tNtE Court.
T. W BaowN, p. q,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04

AM making preparations to handle quanti-
i ties OF Potomac Herring this season
April 4. 1923. G. F.WAIL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04

The President yesterday nomina-
ted Mr.. E. Hess Reinhart TO be post
master at Shepherdstown in this
county.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-04
ALong Procession.

J. ". Ta4npE.
Charles Town, April 8, 1898.
Evening star., 1893-12-09
RAP GENTLY on THE WALL.
An Easy Way to Rouse Sleepers When
the Door Bell Fails

A man who lives halfway between 59th
street and Harlem, New York spent last
summer in town alone in big brown stone
house with two servants. He likes to sit
up late at night writing. At . O'Clock the
other morning he finished a batch of let
ters he thought important, and wishing n
catch the early mail he started out i'm
smoking jacket and slippers. AS soon as
he had closed the front door behind him he
remembered that he had left his keys in a
side pocket of his street coat. He posted
the letters at the street corner went back
and rang the bell. The house, as silent as
the tomb, gave back mocking echoes of the
gong that jingled in the basement as he
pushed the button. The servants on the
fourth floor both slept unmindful
I've pushed that button until ny thumb
is sore" said he to the policeman under the
nearest elevated station. What shall |
do? The cop went back with him and
they made futile efforts with the officers
bunch of keys to unlock the street door
The policeman gave il up. The locked-out
nan went in despair to look for drink
On his way he met a Herald man returning
home from work, and told him his plight
Easy enough to get in said the latter
On the way the reporter picked up a loose
stone the size of ones fist. Not going to
break window, are you? / wouldn't like
to do that said the homeless one, anxious
ly. Never fear" was the reply.
Ht tlUlDeAu tne StOOp and raped
once. twice, thrice, quite gently with the
stone against the brown stone front wall
The effect was surprising-even startling
windows in three or four houses on either
side few up, and as many heads were stuck
out of windows inquiring in perturbed ac-
cents what had happened. A very sleepy
maid servant look ed out of the exiie's home
on. it's you, Mr.. Arthur? / thought bur-
glars We're getting in. I'll let you in at
oEce." "Confound Mr. Arthur sang out
niddle-aged neighbor. Il thought a bomb
had been exploded in my parlor. If people
can't get home at decent hours and
bang. went his and the other windows.
You can hardly hear il from the street
hut it sounds like an earthquake inside the
house-that rap on the wall. It's an old
trick, found useful by the reporters sent out
late at night TO wake up some prominent
citizen when important news requires that
he be seen at once. The leaden butt of
cabbys whip is the favorite weapon.
Evening star., 1893-12-09

Il do not believe that Is per cent of the
members of the National Guard understand
the correct principles of aiming and sight
ing, and not 10 per cent could hit man at
800 yards If they had to estimate the dis
tance. The figures and results of the volley
firing at Creedmoor bear me out in this
statement. The collective practice, Or vol
ley firinS, calls for two shots at 100 and four
shots each at 200 and 300 yards. Now, say
that a company takes 40 men to Creedmoor
1t Will probably qualify 36 of these. and 81
or this number will take part in the volley
iring. so there will be 320 shots fired by the
company, out of which there may be pos
sibly 50 or 30 hits. What, then, has become
or all the 'marksmen'? Ought not the men
who have been certified TO by the state as
experts with the military rifle-the weapon
with which they are armed and upon the
adequate employment of which the common
wealth relies-ought not these medalmen
to be able to hit the target at least five
times out of ten at 100 yards. and particu-
larry so when the target is the figure of a
man, or group of men, over six feet high
rhis discrepancy in results, which is a cry
ing disgrace, can all be corrected in the
armories. The Times Is absolutely right
when 1t says that the pathway to accurate
volley firing leads through the armory rife
range"
Evening star., 1893-12-09
II ACkNEYS S IN VIRGINIA.
half BlOOds at New York Suggest New
Field for Horsemen
fhey Could BE ProftabIy Raised I'm
the Old Dominion for the
Washington Market.

Henry Fairfax of Loudoun county. Va.
passed through Washington the other day
returning to his home. Oak Hill near Aldts.
the old farm Of President Monroe. MIR,
Fairfax had been to New York to attend
the horse show, where his prominence as a
hackney breeder made him one of the lion,
Of the week. His shrewdness in importing
IN 1855. when the hackney was almost un-
known to American horsemen, that won
derful stallion Matchless of Londesboro'. has
brought him praise on all sides. Matchless
now the properly of DIR. Seward Webb. won
the champion prize under the judgment of
MY FRANK Usher, who came from England
TO award the hUnors i'm the hackney compe-
u'lons. 1t seems strange that so fine a
morse as Matchless should not have been
kept In the neighborhood of Washington,
"hich is famous as a market for hackney
coachers, and probably contains as many
me turnouts of this breed as any city in
the United States. DIR. Webb however, was
"liilng to pay MIR. Fairfax $4,000 for ths
morse IN view of his excellence as an indi-
Nlouai and the remarkable performances OF
MS SIRE the famous Danegelt, who sold last
year to Sir Walter Gilbey for 81, ,Ooo a price
that has never before been paid for purely
coaching or reading horsefesh.
Evening star., 1893-12-09

Mr.. Fairfax was well-treated at Madison
square He gave the New Workers a splen-
dld surprise in a class created by himself
lor the special purpose OF showing what
could be done with the hackney cross on
American trotting and thoroughbred mares.
Ihis is the practical side of fashionable
horseraising. and Mr.. Fairfax demonstra ted
that Maryland and Virginia. the region
round about the capital. possess rare ad-
Eantages for profitable business i'm pro-
ducing nalf-bred stock. He showed eleven
three-year-old half-breds that were bred on
ms farm by the horse he formerly owned
Matchless of Londesboro'. Seven of the
eleven were from Virginia bred mares The
Others were from Canadian mares. which
Mr.. Fairfax bought from NJ. II. Cochrane of
Hilihurst, Canada, the noted hackney farm
er OF Quebec, who has imported several sons
or the great Danegelt, and among them
Danesfoot now at Oak Hill farm.
Made n Sensation.
Mr.. Fairfax took first prize with the chest
nut hlly. Alantna, and second with another
chestnut filly, Alberta. Alantna was shown
in the Philadelphia horse show last spring,
and there created sensation. She is a su-
perb specimen OF the coach type There
were scores of men who openly declared
that this beautiful Virginia rilly was the
handsomest piece Of horse flesh i'm the show.
Certainly IL would be hard TO conceive OF a
better form. and a sweeter neck and head
never came down the road.
Evening star., 1893-12-09
NEGRO SUPERsTITIONs.
NoOdOo Women Who Cause Any
Amount of Trouble by "Pickfng Up
Tracks-

DID You ever hear of'picking up tracks% :"
Congressman John Allen of M!ssissippi
asked group of southern members. 1t
was something new to all of them. saws
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
We'll" explained MIR. Allen. cit was new
to me until a short time before L left home
to come here for this extraordinary session
of Congress 1 went into the country Wis
iting some of my people. When 1 got there
L found great excitement prevailing A
young negro woman had been picking up
tracks, and it had broken up families Every
body was afraid. Nobody knew whose
track might be picked up next
1t seems the young woman had a srudce
OF some kind against man and woman.
She had followed them and had picked up
their tracks Then she had gone OFF and
buried the tracks she had picked up She
had put dogs hair with the tracks of the
man and cats hair with the tracks of the
woman. After that the man and the wo-
man couldn't live together any more than
a cat and dog could. They separat ted
and the whole community was in a state
Of uproar when l arrived. They were about
TO send of some thirty miles for a negro
preacher. 1t seemed that he was gifted
with the power to break the spell one
woman said she never gave the voodoo wo-
man any chance to pick up her tracks
Whenever she saw her coming she sat right
down wherever she might be and waited
until the voodoo woman was out of sight
Picking up tracks," continued Mr. Alien.
seems to be new idea among the negroes
You've heard of people perishing with
lizards and snakes under the skin? / had
a little experience with a case of that kind
A justice of the peace actually bound n
man under $1,000 to go before court for
putting lizards under the skin of another
man. L had the prosecuting witness i'm my
room, and put him through an exanina-
ton for the benefit of my fellow laH-yers
The negro had his arms tied tightly with
strings. | asked him what that was for
He said il was to keep the lizards from get
ting together. He actually believed he couId
feel the lizards moving about. After a few
questions he forgot he had said that he
had lizards confined by the bandages- AND
told story that didn't agree with it, he
said that whenever he ate anything he
could feel the lizards coming down from
his shoulders under his chest to his
stomach to get their part. L put rnanv
questions to him and couldn't shake his
belief in his affiiction. That man died of
lizards under the skin. Then it was foun5
out that some lizards had been buried at
the foot of tree. If these buried lIzarde
had been discovered earlier the life of The
afflicted man could have been saved INT
his friends didn't know where the Gzards
were until 1t was too late. That was wnat
the negroes said"
Evening star., 1893-12-09
Rearing of Japanese Children.

From the Medical Press.
Custom and national sentiment would
seem to have made the lives of children
in Japan delightfully."- attractive for them.
Japan has even been described as the para
disc of childhood. One of the most curious
points i'm this connection is that the chill
dren are always sucked by their mothers:
artificial lactation is altogether unknown.
The children are suckled until their sixth
year. and in language unmstakable may be
heard asking for the lactatious fountain.
Thus. as no cows milk is required, the
COW is only used as a pack animal in the
cities In view of the almost universal
use Of cows milk in other countries. its
exclusion from the diet of the japanese
raises the interesting subject of inquiry
as to whether or not the race benefits by
this custom. and DIR. y. $ Ashmead OF
New York discusses the question in the cur
rent number OF the Sei-i-Ewai medical jour
nal In the first place IL is assumed that
Indirectly the absence of cows milk is
most beneficial. In consequence OF no
other nourishment being available, the
Japanese mother is compelled to suckle
her offspring, in doing which she feels the
coupulsion os looking after her own health
and diet. japanese mothers chiefly live on
rice fish. shells. scaweed. and other pro-
ducts OF the sea- while wine and beer are
ri-i9lv excluded. The reward of all this
rreritorioGs care of motherhood ana child
hood IS The absolute freedom of the chill
dran from rickets. AEain. The author holds
that the transmission Of tuberculosis is
avoided by the exclusion OF cows milk
from the infants dietry. Japan is by no
means exempt from tuberculosis, but the
disease mainly prevails among the upper
classes in whom the systematic custom OBJ
tains Of close intermarriase.
Evening star., 1893-12-09
SHUTTING HIM OFF.
An Assumed Ignorance Was Too Much
for the street Car Bore.


From the Buffalo Express
We'll" said the man with the battered
derby to the man who sat next to him in
West avenue car last night, Il see that
the silver bill was passed"
Up or DOWN." inquired the man who sat
next to him.
Up or down. Why. neither; just pass
ed. you know. Passed the Senate
Made the Senate take his dust, hey?"
Made the Senate take whose dust?"
Why, Silver Bnrs"
mo, no. This wasn't no trottin, race
The silver bill passed the Senate. you know {"
Anybody hUII?'
BY this time the man with the battered
DERBY didn't know what to say. He stared
ment. Then he Strengthened up and tried
II again. ''Of course, nobody was hurt
How could they be?'
hey?"
"On the same track? Do you think this
was ploomln cattle train goin' by a fast
man man or somethin,? The silver bill-that bill
apont repealfn' the purchase clause I'm the
sherman law-passed the Senate of the
United states. Now do you understands
Didn't the Senate want it TO get past?''
n,,iny;. Mhy; Certainly. most of It did. or. it
wouldn't have passed 1t, would it,
1 dunno They might have built fence
thin" " So'e
The man with the battered DERBY c,asnad
and unclasped his hands nervously and
hitched away from the man who sat newt
to him. Say" he said finally, didn't you
ever near or the Senate of the United
Statesr You must have a Kind OF an idea
that It's a boss car line or a plank road or
cement sidewalk. You must be tired
suppose L am, said the other man.
but did You ever stop to think that thai
pray or yours might make people W no want
to think bit weary, also?'
The man with the battered derby caught
90 10 md
lencei that he made signs to the Conductor
when he wanted to get of
Evening star., 1893-12-09
4 White Dressing Table
from the Ladies' Home Journal.

rom IIr I.ltIts E1OIne .OCrnal.
A very pretty toilet table seen recentIv
at one of our large shops and intended for
a young girls room, was finished entirely
in white, the entire frame being covered
with double-faced white canton flannel
Ihe mirror was large square one. Across
the top was broad band of finely plated
dotted Swiss muslin, caught at each cor
ner With rosettes Of white gros-grain rib
bon. The side draperies were trimmed with
narrow rureS OF the muslin, and the lower
part with the muslin laid in large box
plaits, finished at the upper edge with
quilting OF ribbon. over the top of the Ia bic
was cover of the muslin lined with white
SILK ana tnlshed with five rows of narrow
white ribbon. This was made as sachet
and perfumed with orris powder. The pin
cushion which was to accompany this table
was a large one of white silk and muslin.
Evening star., 1893-12-09
LAUGHS AT LOCKsMITHs.
The Burglar Keeps Abreast With
Safemakers In Ingenuity.

Detective William Henderson of PhiIadeI
phia discussed the evolution OF burglars.
tools in recent interview: 1.-The modern
burglar is like love in one particular" said
he, ''inasmuch as he laughs at locksmiths
His seemingly simple tools indicate that the
attempts made to bar his progress are not
difficult to overcome, and yet not MANY
years ago they were possessed of a very
different idea, and in Old Man Homes
prime brute force was in a measure the
leading idea in forcing safe In those davs
one crook was selected to go With the gang
not because of his brains but on account of
his muscle. and his duty was to carry the
heavy tools Big crowbars huge logs and
strong men were then the order :of things
Safes were literally dragged apart
IN few years things went to the other
extreme. Men intending to rob a safe would
take hardly any tools, but would break into
a convenient blacksmith shop, get a crow
bar ana sledge, and then go to the place
to be robbed. AS safes were then construct
ed.' few blows with the sIedCe would
knock of the hinges of one door; and then
a pry with the bar would wrench rho door
away. But safe manufacturers soon caugbt
on, and when the handle of the safe was
turned by the owner, bolts shot both Ways
removing the responsibility from the hinges
Then came the era of powder A Ga fe
would have the crack running around the
doors plugged with oakum, two little spaces
only being left. From one all the air would
be drawn by pump. and through the
other powder would be allowed to sift in
when they touched 1t of the safe would be
ripped apart. But this method despite all
precautions, was noisy, and then came the
modern tools. In the case OF an ordinary
safe. the knob is knocked Off, punch re-
moves the combinations and piece of wire
throws back the tumblers. In better safes
the drag Is used. IL l had a safe no matter
how good. with many valuables in 1t,
would not trust a burglar alone with II for
over ten minutes at the outside. So far the
burglars are abreast of the makers of safes
and no improvement is made by the latter
that the former in a short time do not learn
to circumvent."
Evening star., 1893-12-09
really, the chief difficulty that confronts
the District assessors In their work.
Some improvements.

really, the chief difficulty that confronts
the District assessors In their work.
Some improvements.
Plans have been prepared for a new build
ing for the use of Gonzaga College 1t will
be located on North Capitol street, and in
the vicinity of the buildings now occupied
by the college, and will be three stories in
height. The material used in the construc-
ton will be brick with brown stone trim
uings. The dimensions of the building will
be 80 by 1o6 feet. The architects are Messrs.
Barry and Simpson.
Seven small houses are to be erected on
Irving street between 9Th and 9Th streets
by d. Z. Croft. according to the plans which
have been prepared by Julius Germuiler,
architect.
The southeast corner of 9Th and NJ streets
Is to be improved by W. Preston Williamson
by the erection of a three-story building.
Ihe lower floor will be ritted UP for use as
stores, while the upper stories are designed
for living apartments. Joseph c. Johnson
is the architect
E. S. Morgan is building a new two-story
frame dwelling on lot 10. block A, West
Brookland
AS soon as the weather rnoderates A
Mellen will begin the laying of foundation
for two-story frame dwelling on lot 3.
block IS, Brightwood Park.
A neat two-story frame dwelling is in
course OF erection on the Bowen road, Good
Hope HILL
DR.. W. Sinclair Bowen has commenced
the erection of new two-story and base
ment brick dwelling at lbs 10th street
northwest. The plans were prepared by Ar
chitect Robert Head
\ private stable will shortly be built in
the rear of 1913 9TH street northwest for ].
Xander.
The record of the building inspector for
the week ending yesterday shows a total of
six permits for new dwellings at an estimat-
ed cost OF $i2T5O