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Elegant Hand
Embroidered HandkeFChlefs.
Real Lace HandkerChieB In
ValencienneS, DucheSSe
and Point from CSC. up.
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The Way 10 Get There

To get there. Young fellow, the way that is best,
The method Of methods the World has con-
fesscd
Is 10 roll there on rollers, 70 skate there on
wheels,
With the balance Of power all confined 70 the
heels
But If you are tired and you can not tell why,
II your liver is wrong, and the breath Of your
sigh
Is tie weary complsinings Of lung that are
sore,
And the remedy used doesn't seem 70 restore
II chastity consumption, grim, leering and Wild,
The unvielding fountain Of health hath defied.
Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will put
An end 70 all your troubles.
Us not ike the sarsspariIlas or ordinary
spring medicines. They claim 70 do good
in March, April and May. All the year
round, aud in ali cases, the Discovery"
purifes the blood as nothing else can. Every
blood taint and disorder, Eczema, letter,
salt reum, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuneles,
Enlarged Glands, TumOrs aud SwelliDgs-
the most stubborn Skin and Scalp Diseases,
and the worst forms OF Scrofuls, are COM
pletely and permanently cured By it.
Buy Of reliable dealers With any others
something else that pays them better will
probably be urged as lust as good" Il
nay be for t.sn, but it can't be for y'5u.
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free gress.
". " u. GALLAHEh, Edttor.
oharlesto,cn Jefferson County, West Va.
December f2, 1894.
Pain and Rest.

We are told that pain is nothing more
than a nerve.irritation. 1t Is experienced
when any destructive process goes on in
any part of the body, and may be felt in
one part of the body while the source of
1t is in another. Thus headache may
have its source in the muscles Of the eye.
Pain, strange as it may seem, is really
ajprotectiye and beneficial sensation.
In the case of a broken limb extreme
pain is caused by motion in that limb
Therefore, the sufferer, whether man or
animal, tres to keep the limb at rest,
which is the very condition requisite for
its healing. Surgeons, indeed have taken
hints from nature in this regard, and in
cases Of tuberculosis affecting joints find
that the best results are obtained by ren.
dering the joint motionless by splints,
though the affection itself is often not
very painful.
Pain from indigestion Is relieved by
temporarily tightening the diet, and Civ
ing the digestive organs less work to DO.
Even headache usually indicates a call for
rest.
Pain due to an overtaxing of the nerve
center, that is, the brain, is usually the
most difficult to combat, since here the
cause Is often obscure. In this state neu-
ralgia-nerve pain-afiects first one part
of the body, then another. Natures re-
storer, sleep, is courted with difficulty,
and llfe's ordinary duties become burdens
almost too heavy to be borne.
In this condition natures call for rest
Is best needed by a complete change Of
surroundings. If the call is disregarded,
serious consequences are likely to ensue.
A vacation offers one Of the best chances
Of recuperation in fact, regular indul-
gence in such forms Of recuperation Is the
best means of preyeRtiug this very condi-
ton. and should be looked upon not as
the indulgence Of weakness, but as the
performance Of q duty.
In the natural course OF events one adds
TO, rather than detracts from, the years
which may be given to active labors by
devoting regular periods to rest.
Treat the body not as & mere machine,
which wears out in any case after cer-
tain number of years or months Of work,
but as a vital organism having the power
of reyiyifying itself-eapable of being
hard worked, but demanding, too, times
of recuperation.-Yo Youths Companion.
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To Measure an dcrc.

Few farmers know the size Of their
fields or how many acres they contain.-
1t is desirable-in fact, indispensable-for
good work that a farmer should know
this, otherwise be cannot apportion seed
or manure for It nor can he tell how
much time it should take to plow, harrow
or cultivate it. A good cotton cord, the size
Of a plow line should be kept for this
purpose. To make one, buy sixty-seyen
feet Of cotton rope, one inch round fasten
a ring at each end, and make these rings
precisely sixty-six feet apart. This is
fur rods. Tie piece Of red rag in the
center. One acre Of ground will be a
piece four Of these cords long, and two
and one-hrlf wide equal to sixteen by ten
rods, making $50 square rods to an acre.
The advantage Of the rings is that one
person can measure by driving
stake iD the ground TO hold the rope while
he stretches it out. The rope should be
soaked in tar and then dried. This will
prevent its shrinking.
Last year q neighbor of the writer had
heavy sod plowed by contract at $3.50
per acre. Three persons stepped it Off
One said it was four acres another made
il little over FIVE, and the third said it
was three and halfacres. The contract
or sent over and got this rope, and all five
measured it, and found it to be just three
and half acres. He had paid to have
the grass cut off il for three years one dol
lar per acre or FIVE dollars each season,
counting it TO be ive acres in extent, thus
losing four and half dollars through ig-
nOrance.
Get measuring line, and when not in
use put 1t away 30 that the hands cannot
get at it o. they will be very apt to cut
piece off it to tie up harness, thus making
It worthless for measuring purposes.-
BqIi-cTe Ansrie1r.
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A bicycler, and then two bicyclers, and
then lot more Of them shot past the
green car The fat man on the rear plat
form said:
Il suppose if | should ride one of those
things | might get some of this meat off
me-"
Il suppose so, assented the man who
stood next to him.
Fact is" continued the fat man, Il
am certain might do it, but | am preju-
diced against the things. l bought one
last spring and tried to ride it. But for
an unforeseen and entirely unpreventable
circumstance | might be a good wheelman
now. You see, kept getting fatter, and
fatter, and last winter my wife began to
kick. She said she didn't mind, but rath-
er liked, man of portly presence. but
when her husband presented himself with
four chins she thought it time to enter a
protest. She jollied me along a bit and
then sprung the bicycle scheme on me. |
was chump enough to take it all in and
bought machine.
"Well, live on Richmond avenue, and
when l got the thing home | girded up
my loins and started out after supper one
night to learn to ride. | got along pretty
well. | didn't fall off until | got to going
down bill. Then the machine got the
better Of me and began hustling along at
a Robert j. gait. tried 10 fall off and
| couldn't, and tried to slow down, and
/ couldn't do that. Then | thought of
the brake, and | pulled her down hard
The machine stopped dead still, but
kept going, and when struck | lighted
on the side of my face and plowed up a
section Of the asphalt.
George Robinson happened along
Now, George is an expert. He has nd
den a wheel for five or six years and
knows all about them. He laughed at
me and then got on to give me an expert
exhibition Of break setting. He went up
the street and came down like mad
When he got opposite me he set the brake.
The wheel locked, and if George went a
foot he went thirty feet before he stopped.
When be did land it was on his nose, and
he was in bed for three days.
Next day was hobbling around on
crutches, and Lem johnson called over.
He was another expert wheelman. He
took the machine and started 10 show me
how to work it. He came down the street
at a two minute gait and set the brake
He went up into the air like rocket and
struck the pavement somewhere in the
middle Of the next block. Lem was in
the hospital for week.
"You see there was defect in the tire
that none Of US bad noticed, and when
that spot came around it struck the edge
of the brake and stopped the wheel as if it
had been locked. | don't suppose out Of
ten thousand other wheels there was such
defect. struck the wrong one, and
that's why am not a cycler. ."-Btgqlo
Erpress.
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The Jefferson CO. Mutual
Fire Insurance Company.
ESTABLISHED 1873.
R. A. ALEXANDER, Secretary.
Office. Gibson Building, Court-House yard,
CbarlestCwn.

OFFERS TO the people of Jefferson County,
" Insurance in a safe Company at the actual
cost of insurance. which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged, and keeps the money
al home. Good risks from responsible parties
are invited.
Executive Committee meets every Friday.
DIREcroEs-Jos. Trapnen, Henry B. Daven-
port, J. Garland Hurst, John ". Rider, W. a.
T. Lewis K. Preston Chew, Wm. L. Wilson,
Eugene Baker 5. W. Washington, H. /. Snyder
Charles ?. Wilson, John II. little, Jacob ;.
Melvin, E. G. ". Herr, isaac II Strider.
JOS. .TRAPNELI............ ......... President.
II. B. DAVENPORT,..... ......... Treasurer.
Executive CoxMrrEE-J. G. Hurst, Wm.
n T. Lewis, Eugene Baker, Isaac H. Strider,
Jos. Trapnell, s W. Washington.
Local AGENT -Middleway-J. g. Shirley
Harpers Ferry-Chas. Z. Trail; Shepherds
town.. 5. Flen as; CharleStoEn-Washing-
ton & Alexander
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P0ETR Z.
THE OLD STONE SHOP.

w.D.B.
Two giant oaks their shadows
Ger the gray stone smithy flung.
Where the smith with sledge aud hammer
The mighty anvil rung.
Below the forge a streamlet
Through the hazel meadows wound,
While the murmur Of its waters
Filled the interval Of sound.
4 lane hedged in with briars.
The shy BOb-White adOred)
Washed in Tuts and gullies,
Descended to the ford;
Where many a ragged farm boy
Rode bareback" down the hill;
Paused 10 right his plOw-share,
And de old mare drink her Ill.,
A symbol of the horseshoe
Adorned the smithy's door,
And Cyclops at the flaming forge
Made the dusty bellows roar.
\ warp and woof of cobWebs
Hung from the rafters brown
Like the mist of early morning
Ger some yet lighted town.
The sparks and blazing cinders
Flew as the anvil rung.
And from the hand Of labor,
The share aud Golfer sprung.
The grimed and ruddy blacksmith
can almost see him now,
As he stood within the doorway,
And wiped his sweaty brow.
Again hear his hammer rap
And recall his quaint discourse,
As he bent DER hoOf and pastern,
And shod the restiye horse
Toiling at forge and furnace
Beating out with sturdy blows
The daily work assigned him.
From morn till evenings close.
Industrious, kind. courageous
With a manly faith sublime.
He met the many problems
That mark the steps Of time.
thank thee, faithful toiler,
For the lesson thou hast taught:
In the useful sphere OF labor
In the battle realm of thought.
But not the fire celestial,
Nor yet Promethean chain.
Could a moment stay Old Vulcan
When be heard there was 4 maiu.'
And many a roya, conflict
Was lost and won, l ween,
By barn-yard knights with bloody spurs,
Upon the smithy's green.
A crafty man was Vulcan.
He could mend or make lock
Disperse with charms diseases.
And trim or heel q cock
And many a gaping schoOl-boy,
Beneath those spreading oaks.
Has maryeled at his wisdom
And grown merry az his jokes.
But only stones and brambles-
A gnarled and lonely tree
Tell where forge and bellows
And the old shop used TO be-
But here's a health to Vulcan
May lie Outlive all the crew,
Who have mistOok their calling,
And nail on another shoe
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Hats ReHOrGfed.

Mr. Fannie Fleming IS prepared to renOvate
gentlemen silk OF felt hats promptly and al
moderate rates Call az her residence east side
of Charles street. south OF Congress.
Nav 3, 1895
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To Owners of Stock.

All owners Of Horses. Cows. Hogs, Goats
or other live stock within the Corporation Of
Charles Town are hereby notified 90 keep the
same from roaming no large within the cor
p0rate limits. as the law In regard thereto will
be strictly enforced
GUSTAV BROWN,
June 20 1894 Mayor.
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Just Received.

I have Just received a nice supply OF Catsup,
Mustard and Horseradish. Also Hayden S
Easter Dyes, colors for cents.
". s. MERCHANT.
Ar-,I1Q rsQl
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Ice Cream.

The Ice Cream parlors Of the undersigned
l-e now open for the season. Tee Cream serv-
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.ias or parties supplied ON short notice
May DIS I>9i HENRY DUNN.
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IARPER's PERIODICALS.
Harper'S Weekly

Harpcrs Weekly is pictorial history OF the
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A. vs.. Mcdonald Frank Beckwith
MCDONALD Is BECEwITH


Caar.es-Town jefferson County WcstVa
VIII practice in the Courts ot jefferson
Berkeley aud Morgan counties Che T.. s Dis
--.e- Court at Martinsburg and the Court Of
Appeal, of Wcs. Virginia
Mar fsll
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II GREEN


aar. Je5>vos County. Wet Iryiaia.
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Harper's Magazine


The SimpetOns q new novel by Thomas
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