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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-09-11

sHERIFF'S SETTLEMENT tor the Teachers
Fund of Charles Town District, for The year
beginning July LIST, 1894, aud ending June
30th. 1895.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-09-11
The Wesleyan Female Institute
STANTON. VA.

Owned and conducted by the Baltimore Con,
ference. NJ. T.. Church, South. Establishes
lS48. Full corps Of experienced teachers; rS'
catalogue and particulars apply TO Rev hb''
RY p. HAMILL, President.
July 10. lhQ5.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-09-11
BUILDINGsLOAN
The National Building and
Loan Association,
OF HAGERsTowN, MD,
is one Of the
BEST AND SAFEST IN THE COUNTRY.

A number of the best citizens of Jefferson
County are members. Its dividends for four
years past have averaged p per cent. IL you
want to save or borrow money, apply TO the
undersigned.
S. S. DALGARN, Local Sec'y.
Sept. 4, 1S95-3m. Charles Town. w. Va.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-09-11

RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR ALL
PURPOSES.
Total Receipts. including balance
from last year, OF Teachers Fund SS,25S 81
Total Receipts. intending balance
from last year. If Building Fund 4.676 q
Total Receipts for all purposes. R,s42S -
Total Disbursements for all purposes,
from Teachers Fund, including
amount overdrawn last year ..... sos IL
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-09-11
Total Debts
sHER1PF's

SHERIFF'S SETTLEMENT for the Building
Fund OF Charles Town District, for the year
beginning July LIST. 1894, and ending June
50th. 1875.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
The Fox in Winter.

Monsieur Reynard, the fox, has no use
for cold weat her, Winter means hard
times for him, apart from the principal
danger of being hunted and shot. He
seems to feel the cold far more than one
would suppose when he thickness of his
pelt is taken into sderation. One can
hear his sharp bark far more frequently
in severe cold than in mild weather.
This Is so, independently of the quantity
of snow which covers the ground.
In very cold weather the poor fellow
suffers greatly from hunger. Rabbits
and feat hered game are scarce. He is
lucky if they come to him as Sunday din
ner3, while his everyday fare consists of
field mice. He simply feasts on the lat
ter, so long as the ground remains un-
covered by snow; when this is not the
! case, it goes hard with Reynard, and his
epicurean palate must then be sat istied
witt dead animals of any kind; even dead
animals are sometimes as scarce and as
difficult to find as living ones In vain he
wanders half starving, through the 81
lent woods, stopping to listen, or to scent
The wind, at almost every step. Surely,
under such circumstances, he must live
on hope, though he die in despair.
The trap is another constant menace to
the fox. He has been known to perform
a voluntary amputation by biting off the
paw that has been caught in the cruel
steel jaws of the trap, and hobble off
cripple, but free. Woe-betide him, how
ever, if he should fall in with another of
his kind. Foxes, like wolves and jackals,
always fall upon their injured brethren,
and quickly kill and devour them. In
this, as in human existence, the under
dog (or fox or MANI, has little or no
chance for his life.
OF all the animals that in habit the win
ter woods, the hare and the rabbit have
the hardest time. Not alone are they the
prey of men, but their lives are con-
stantly sought for by foxes, hawks, eagles
even the crows.-John FaiTar in Home
and Country.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
Items of Local Interest,

Edmund Williams, Montclair, N. j..
whose death is deplored by horticulture
lists throughout the country, was one OF
the founders of the New Jersey State
Horticultural society. He served as Sec
rotary during the first l 5 years OF its ex-
istence and more recently as president.
He was also life member of the Amer
lean Pathological society and one Of the
vice presidents of that old and lmpor-
tant organization.
Under the Connecticut peach yellows
law Commissioner l. NJ. Hubbard and
his 26 deputies will visit every known
peach tree in the state between July 10
and Sept. Each tree found to be In
fected with The disease will be desig
mated with a card, ITO be destroyed I"
The tree must then be burned within 10
days under penalty of fine of from
500 to $500.
Small fruit culture is on the increase
in Maine. This is particularly true of
Strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries
and blackberries. Plum orchards have
in many cases made fine returns.
Crimson clover may follow grain or
grass as we'll as cultivated crops.
At the New York Cornell station diff
ferent soils influenced the percentage OF
sugar less than the variety.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
The Cheapest Source of Potash.

In the United States muriate Of pot
ash is the cheapest source Of potash in
every state except two. These are Della
ware and New Jersey. In each of these
kainit is cheaper than the muriate. In
Maryland !e price of potash in kainit
comes very near to the price in the form
of muriate. The farther you go from
the coast the more kainit will cost. In
Minnesota, for example, pound Of
7.52 cents, while in muriate the cost is
only 5.13 cents per pound and in sui
phate of potash cents.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14

nome seeker ana home SIetter.
The local building society is capable of
doing great good in any community; it
presents the best form OF cooperation but
it must be used intelligently and with
patient persistence if it is to achieve its
purpose, writes Addison B. Burk in a
practical article on Buying a House
with Rent Money" in the Ladies' Home
Journal
The home seeker must not be discour-
aged by the long term of years required
for the fruition of his plans. The term
seems long to those about to enter upon
it; very short to those who have attained
the goal, Those who rent houses do so
for twenty, thirty or forty years, and have
at the end nothing to show for it. The
home getter may have to labor fifteen or
twenty years before he succeeds in his
desire, but that accomplished, he may
profit by the want of wisdom of the i'm
provident and buy other houses in a
shorter period.
OF the future we know not thing; the
guide to action is the present, and the
prudent man will begin now to save
whatever his income may afford in the
way of surplus, and presently he will find
that he has the margin with which to buy
home, and some years hence if he shall
make wise use of building societies, he will
be not only the owner of the house in
which he lives but landlord.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
Pickerel Should Not be Protecte

The law discrimnates against winter
fishermen by limiting the number of
holes that they may cut through the ice
for the protection and to prevent the ex-
termination OF pickerel, the most rapa-
cious, gluttonous and destructive of fresh
water fish.
The State has expended large sums
towards he propagation and introduction
of land locked salmon into our lakes and
ponds, which from the remotest times,
until the advent of pick erel and the
disreputabe black bass, teemed with
speckled trout.
A society for he protection of fish and
game, made up of ardent sportsmen and
eminent lawyers, have asked the present
Legislature for large appropriation TO be
expended towards the contamination OF
this laudable purpose, and at the same
time suffered laws for the protection of
worthless and destructive fish, the
natural enemies of trout and salmon, to
remain on our statute books.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
Relating to Vessel Taxation.

The bill proposed by the State assessors
and relating to the taxation of vessel
property was introduced in the Senate
last week, accompanied by statement
from the assessors.
They say, in course of their statement,
that, realizing the Importance of the
shipping interests of the State, they have
spent much time and expense in visiting
the several ports OF entry, ana in consul
tation with vesselowners, thus obtaining
all the information relating to this class
of property possible to obtain.
The bill which was referred to them
from the last legislature they find, upon
upon examination, is open to serious OBJ
jections, and believe its application would
be unsatisfactory, and would yield but
small and uncertain revenue to the towns
aud State. In consideration of the fact
that the vessel property of the State has
diminished materially within the two
years past, they believe some action
should be taken by the leg isature to ar
rest the decline and encourage this i'm
portant industry, and therefore return
the bill to the legislature and submit the
same i'll new draft for the consideration
OF the 'g1slature.
Following is the full text of the BILL
Sec. /. All sailing vessels registered or
enrolled under the laws of the United
States or foreign governments; owned by
inha bitants of this State, shall be
taxed upon an appraised value Of $40 per
gross tonnage for new vessels completed
on or before the first day of April of each
year Vessels of one year old or more
shall be reduced in value at the rate of 81
per ton per year for each additional year
of age.
Sec. 2. Vessels when rebuilt shall be
taxed on the same valuation vessels of
one-half the age of such rebuilt vessels.
Sec 3. A vessel shall be regarded as
rebuilt only on an expenditure being
made of not less than 40 per cent. of the
cost of such vessel if built entirely new.
Sec. 4. All acts or parts of acts incon-
sstent with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect when
approved.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
CRIMSON OR SCARLET CLOVER.
Its Growth and Usefulness as Reported
Upon from the New Jersey station.

Its Growth and Usefulness as Reported
Upon from the New Jersey station.
Director Il. b. Voorhees, speaking
tor a state where crimson clover has
been extensively grown for the past five
years and summarizing experiments
conducted under the auspices of the
state station, says that this clover is an
annual plant hardy for the whole state.
1t is adopted for wide variety of con-
ditiOns, though not as substitute for
red clover. Its best use is perhaps de-
rived when seeded in the summer or
fall for an early spring crop, either for
pasture, forage or green manure. The
time of seeding may extend from July
Is to Sept. 8. 1t is made to appear
that the seed takes better when lightly
covered.
Crimson clover may be seeded in
orchards, berry patches, corn, tomatoes,
etc, and upon raw ground following
after potatoes, tomatoes, melons or other
crops harvested before September. 1t is
not adapted for seeding with wheat or
rye The amount Of seed may range
within wide limits-S to l6 pounds per
acre. Larger amounts are usually re-
quired when sown with other crops and
smaller amounts when sown upon raw
ground or in orchards. Twelve pounds
per acre will doubtless be found to be
sufficient. No failures to stand the win
lean grown seed was used. 1t is more
hardy than red clover. Foreign seed
has not proved satisfactory.
This crop requires good soils for its
best development, though it is we'll
adapted for light lands, catching read
lily and growing we'll where red clover
will not thrive, and also making use Of
the mineral constituents not available
to the cereals. The average yield Sc
cured from full stand on May "a and
representing soils of q different charac-
ter was 10. - tons of green clover per
acre, or equivalent to 81 tons of dry
hay, 1t is believed that this fairly rep
resents the yield that may be secured
under favorable conditions, though very
much larger yields have been reported.
Regarded rs a green manure, partlcu-
larly rs furnishing nitrogen { lived
from the air, this crop possesses many
advantages due to its time Of growth
and development. This plant provides a
good pasture before other crops are
available. Crimson clover i'll average
seasons provides a soiling crop excel
lent beth i'll yield and quality Of prod
uct 1t is satisfactory for the purpose
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
FILTERING WATER.

bow to about half way up the depth Of
the second cask. The cask is filed with
gravel and charcoal, just the same as
the first. Thus the water is conveyed
from the first cask to about half way
up the second cask, and as it falls by its
gravity undergoes a second filtering.
At the bottom of this cask the water,
now twice filtered, is drawn off for use.
Water from a pump, whether from a
well, river or tank, may be as readily
filtered in this manner as rainwater.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
PLUCK.
Written bv Mis.'Izzie NJ. Mcintyre. of the
Buehill Academy


Biuehill Academy
Pluck is spirit, courage and presevcr-
a,ce. Without pluck we would be unable
to meet the dangers which are liable to
befall us.
Perhaps no better illustration OF pluck
can be given, than sketch OF the life
of the worlds living hero, Henry Nj.
Stanley.
He was born in Wales in 1910, and came
to America on a sailing vessel. He landed
in he city OF New Orleans and hired him
golf to work in store. His benefactor
grew to like him, and adoptedihim and
esye;him1the name of Henry.M. Stanley.
When the storekeeper died he was,again
thrown on his own resources, and he
resolved to travel. He made long voyages
to Asia and then to Abyssina, in Africa,
ambient to:the newspapers accounts of
his travels In this way he became
famous as a traveller and writer.
In 1867 he went to Spain and wrote
many letters about the wars which
threatened there. 1t happened about
this time great English missionary and
explorer, who had been for years travel
ling among the savages of Africa, whose
name was Livingstone, was thought to be
lost. 1t was feared by his friends that he
had been killed by the sayages of The
African wilds.
+ stanley WAS hired to go to Africa and
lind out what had become OF Livingstone.
He;-ai-ed an army OF black soldiers, and
Travelled 6O1 miles inland, encountering
many obstacles. At length he reached
IRke51anganyika, on the shore of which
stood t he village Till. Here he found
Livingstone, sick and exhausted from eN-
posture and travel. He MAS soon restored
10 health and strength, but he refused to
70 home with Stanley.
w hen Stanley returned to Europe and
told how he had found Livingstone, he
received great praise for his noble search,
aud for the relief he had brought the
stricken traveller Other instances of
courage and bravery are recorded i'll
history, aud, perhaps, among those Who
reganed for America the worlds respect,
none was braver than james Lawrence.
He was born in Burlington, y. J. He
entered the navy when seventeen years
Of age. In the capture of the brig pea
cock" Congress rewarded him with gold
medal. In Boston harbor he was chal-
Ienged blythe British flag -shi shannon"
to fight The "Chesapeake' was then
undergoing repairs in the harbor, and
was only partly manned, and unready for
action, but following his first brave i'm
pulse he put to sea He was MORALLY
wounded early in the action, but he
Was carried below he cried with dying
breath, "Don't give up the ship!" That
order could not be obeyed, but the spirit
OF it inspired many future victory.
BE firm one constant element in luck
Is genuine. solid. old Teutonic pluck
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
the average results of the butter tests at
the Worlds fair.


This shows the Guernsey to be the
most economical producer of butter, end
such golden butter, too. There is no
notified color to it. This true, golden,
cow-color is the most attractive feature
on the market; it is truly said that the
Guernsey has but to be tried to be
appreciated.
One more important feature of this
breed is its power of fixing strains. 1t is
well known fact that young animals
throw back and develop the traits of a
remote rather than of an immediate sire
Here, thanks to purity of blood, the
traits are fixed; there is no Striking
back" The long continued similar
course of breeding which the Guernsey
has undergone, gives IL that power wnlcn
we term potency, tine ability TO produc.
like, to repeat Itself whether upon MEM
bers of its own breed or upon those OF
another breed.
1t is this quality which renders the
Guernsey bull SO valuable to stamp its
get with the peculiar richness of the
breed. This is 50 lasting that it takes
years to stamp it out.
The Guernsey is suited to the wants OF
large class of people, as a serviceable
and profitable breed, for the following
reasons:
First, the Guernsey is emnenty dairy
COW, and pre-eminently dairy COW for
the practical farmer.
Second, the quality, and especially the
deep golden yellow color of cream and
butter, cannot be excelled or equaled by
any other breed.
Third the quantity of milk is more than
the average, is well kept up to calving
and as much (if not more) butter can
be made from it as from that of any
other breed.
Fourth, being also substantial, good
sized animal, with tendency to fatten
rapidly when dried off, the sources OF
profit to the owner are increased.
Fifth, it is a particularly quiet, gentle
and tractable breed.
Sixth, the oxen are large, strong anc
intelligent, and fatten when put up to be
fed, making good beef
seventh, the calves are of good size anC
hardy.
Eighth, the grades are strongly marked
with its characteristics.
h. b. HOLMES
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
lfsal Notifies.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.


WHEREAS, Martha A. Fnson, of Eden,
w Hancock county, Maine, by her mort
gage deed, dated the tenth day of October,
a d. 1890, and recorded in the Hancock coun-
ty Registry of Deeds, book pa page 1856, con-
veyed to George E. Soper and William b.
Higgins, late co-partners doing business at
said Eden, under the firm name of Soper Il
Higgins, certain lot or parcel of land sit
uated in Winter Harbor, in the town of
Gouldsboro, Hancock county, Maine, bound
ed and described as follows: Commencing at
the north side of the town road north twenty
three degrees west from a house occupied by
Charles Pendleton, as dwelling house, and
runs by SAID road to the southwest corner
bound of lot of land known the Delema
Stone land; thence easterly by the Delema
Stone lot to the land known as the Nathan
Pendleton lot; thence southerly by said
Nathan Pendleton land to the town road
aforesaid thence westerly by said road to the
place of beginning, containing one acre more
or less; and whereas the said George E. So
per and William b. Higgins, the four
teenth day of January, a. d. 1895, assigned
said mortgage in writing to me, the under
signed, Charles c. Morrison,which said assign
ment was recorded in said Registry of Deeds
book 2s7, page 43, and whereas the condition
of said mortgage has been broken, now there
fore, by reason of the breach of the condi-
ton, / claim foreclosure of said mortgage.
CHARLES c. MORRISON,
January Is, a. d. 1895.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
ACheap Hitter.

A filter within the reach of all is one
contrivcd with two casks, Fill the one
into which is inserted the spout or in
flow of water about half full of alter
nate layers of gravel, charcoal and pcb-
bles-a layer of gravel first, next six
inches of charcoal, then pebbles, then
charcoal again, then a few larger stones.
From the bottom of this cask to the bot
tom of the next have a conn, ton of
thin gas pipe, which will ri>s i'll an ell
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
COST OF BUTTER FAT PER POUND,

This agrees with the work done at the
New Jersey experiment station, and with
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
\ alriitinc.

raf,re the buds awaken,
or mink the blossoms blow,
ubiIr Nct the Dough, tor-akrn,
lang gho~tly in the snow,
Ia,,. Journeys forth, clnttd,
T,- eek the happy shrine
Ey lovers dedicated
10 good st Valentine
And there heforcth altar
ur knccl-. hc-ceching grace;
nj heart forgct- to faitcr,
Remembering your taco
I,.i al al, Ho,,s, are {" "toncH
into a single line
\ lovers prayer impas stoned
TO his saint, Valentine.
Ills eyes with rapture gli1ten.
ui- heart with hope i high,
He almost thinks to listen
And hear your footsteps nigh,
Al sweet, when he shall lind you,
And voice his prayer and mine,
let no vain douhtings blind you
say YES. my Valentine -
-Fetir Carmen, in, CcnturJ
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Cause for
The Widespread
Demand for
Vi=tal=iZed Nerve
Tonic.

\ The unequalled demand for vi
4 tal-ized Nerve Tonic among the
( people of this State is but an index
& of the great good it is doing. Not
only in this vicinity but in every
Z New England state, Vi-tal-ized
2 Nerve Tonic, the wonderful rem
. edy that makes people we'll is
. beyond question the most reliable
4 production of modern medical
4 science.
! No one disputes it. From the
; day it was first prescribed by that
= most eminent physician, DR.. John
& Swan, it has been recommended,
prescribed and its merits extolled
Z by the ablest of physicians.
Vital-ized Nerve Tonic is the
Z one specific for those Nervous
. Disorders, Indigestion, Neuralgia,
! Rheumatism, Heart Troubles,
D Lassitude and Slceplessness from
4 which men and women in this
( climate suffer. 1t supplies the
& nerves with food, makes new blood
< and removes the cause of disease
and makes you well.
( Dr.. Swan will answer all in
4 quiries regarding your case free of
charge,
2 With every bottle is a bank
2 check, our guarantee that this
. remedy will do all we claim for it.
2 Full Pint, 81. Sold Everywhere.
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-02-23

Therefore the forty days in the church cal
endar are set aside for u time to make inter
cession and prayers for strength for the
battle of life. All members are expected to
deny themselves something and attend as
often as possible upon the means of grace,
not merely denying ourselves of something
we can easily do without. Some church
members object to this. saying Christians
should always have Il guard over their actions,
but as the Saviour of the world needed
season of preparation for the temptations of
life, so do we find it beneficial in giving
strength for the remainder of the year. And
again this season is denounced because the
members of the church are expected to
refrain from attending places of amusement
or taking part in anything that would detract
from the benefit of the special season. and to
keep guard over any or all besetting habits
we may have and that we may indulge in dur
ing the remainder Of the year. As the Saviour
says, there are none perfect, SO we are ALWAYS
to light these habits. especially in this season
Of retirement from worldly amusements. But
fearing l am making my letter too long to
insure publication, will close. II. II.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-02-23

resentatives, and they were pretty equally
divided, giving only nine majority against
the issue Of bonds
The South has nearly 100000 square
miles and third of the population of the
country. 1t has one hundred and twenty
seven members of the House, and yet cast
only twenty-six votes for the issue of bonds.
Including four Southern States, nearly
1000, 900 square miles of the country-or
nearly two-thirds of its AREAS west OF the
Mississippi In this vast territory only
sixteen Representatives voted for the issue
of bonds Eleven of these lived in States
bordering on the Mississippi, two in TIE xa
and three in California: so territory is
1T ext nding from the States bordering the
Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean, leaving
out the State of California but embracing
an area as large as all Europe, except
Russia, in which not one vote was east for
the issue of bonds.
The old sectionalis,n is buried, but a
new sectionaism has taken its place, and
is now threatening the stability of the
government. The financial question should
be settled in a spirit of compromise or no
one can tell what the result will he.