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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-07-23
Stock Eyes.

A carload of the choicest Stock Ewes that
have ever been in this county next week.
They will be sold lower than ever known.
July 16, 1895. C.F. WALL.
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New Harness Shop.
GENERAL REPAIR SHOP,
Statesmen Wanted.

To sell NoN-NICoTINE MIDGET CIGARS.
Samples free. Salary or Commission Good
side line: Address, lands & CO..
FEB, 20, 1893. shippensburg. Pa,
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ShannondaIe Springs.

This delightful Summer Resort, with its
health-giying waters-Clalybeatc- Red and
Blue Sniphur-situated Ia n bend OF the Shen-
1--WE miles from Charles Town, w. Va, Is now
Hacks meet all daily traies on B. & o. and
N 4 w roads ut Charles Town.
Rates very reasonable
Ferriage free to patrons of the hotel
l. s CRAWFORD, Prop'r-
p o. Charles Town. jefferson Co., w. Va
lime II 1895
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Fer Rent.

The two store rooms belonging to Joseph
Goldsmith on Main Street in Charles Town.
known us the :. Twin Fron.s1 Possession
given September LIST, 1893. VIII rent them
either separately or together.
For Terms apply to
FORREST W. BROWN. Atty.
Charles Town, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
July . lSfj-tf
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VIRGINIA. COLLEGE,.

For YOUNG LADIES, Roanoke, va.
Opens Sept. IL, 1895. One of tho leading
Schools for Young Ladies in the South. Mag
nificent buildings, all modern improvements
Campus ten acres. Grand mountain scenery
in Valley of W., famed for health. European
and American teachers. Full course. Supc-
rior advantages in Art and Music. Students
from twenty States. For catalogue address
the President, w. A. HARRIS, ID, d.,
Roanoke, Virginia.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-07-23
Secure a Position.

Wanted for office work, on salary, in most
every county in the South and West o young
lady or gentleman. Those from the country
also accepted. Experience not necessary. In
fact prefer beginners at u small salary at first.
say. to begin from $50 90 10 $50 90 per month.
deposit in bank cash, about $4,000. No
loan asked no investment required. 1t is a
salaried and permanent position, (strictly
office work.. Our enterprise is strongly en-
dorscd by bankers. Address p. o. Box 4SS,
Nashville, Tenn. (Mention this paper.)
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-07-23

T WANT 20 Fresh Cows aud spriugers this
4 week. c. F. WALL.
July IS, 1895.
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NOTTCE.
Notice.

By notice of change in the firm of Vim.
Phillips tS Sons the books of the old firm
must be closed up either by cash or note. All
accounts are nov in the hands of S. Lee phil
lips ut the office of our factory
WM, PHILLIPS & SONS.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-07-23

Rev. Geo. W. Pcterkin, bishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of West Vir-
ginia, is taking great interest in
the work of the State University at
Morgantown. Having bought the
residence of Prof. John 1. Harvey,
at Morgantown, he is having it en-
larged and made into a university
home or dormitory for young men
while attending the university. 1t
will have a parlor.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-07-23

ORDER YOUR WINES AND BRANpIEs
DIRECT FROM THE PRODUCER.
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2 ri!raYy School.

MISS NJ. s. HAINEs will reopen her School
for Children Tuesday, September 8, 1895.
July 16. 1894.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-07-23

Ice kept at store and sold at same
price as from wagon.
Cooke & PHILLIPs.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that I will execute
Town, w. Va, on the 18th day of August,
Given under my hand this 9th day of July.
cLEoN MOORE.
July 9, IS9J-4t. Commissioner.
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burg, Pa, who is visiting his brother,
Mr. A. ID. Barr, writes letter to the
Altoona Mirror, from which we take
the following extract:
= Charles Town, Jefferson county,
w. Va, is ten miles from Harper's
Ferry, on the valley branch of B. &
o. r. r., and has population of
about 5000 and is the county seat.
1t is a nicely laid out town, its streets,
running east and west, and north and
south, crossing each other at right
angles. Beautiful shade trees line
each side of all the streets. The
Norfolk and Western r. r. passes
through the town at the west end.
Charles Town is in the center of a
large agricultural country, and JEFF
ferson county raises from four to six
hundred thousand bushels of the very
hest wheat, and an immense corn
crop every year. The town has some
manufactures, namely, bridge and
road machine works, large brass
foundry, harness factory, two
foundry and machine shops, three
sash and door factories, two saw
mills, and the largest green house in
the state. All have been in active
operation through the late hard times.
a fine hotel of one hundred rooms
is located in the town, supplied with
all the modern conveniences and
improvements, and is we'll filed with
guests. There are also two other
hotels that are well kept. The peo-
pie of this town are kind, sociable
and hospitable, and it has quite a
reputation for pretty girls. The
town is famous as the place of the
hanging of John Brown of Harper's
Ferry instruction notoriety, whose
first victim was an Industrious, quie t,
inoffeneive colored man, whom he
had shot in cold blood whilst walking
on the street. This town has of late
years become more conspicuous in
the history of this country, as it has
the honor of being the home of that
pure statesman and heightened Chris
tian gentleman, our present post
master general, William l.. Wilson
1t is surprising ohear the familiarity
WlJn MulGn TIC l1SOPiS SPSStn u iidi
and to see how devoted they are to
dim, and the causes which he
espouses. His name is household
word and he is known as 'tWillie
Wilson" by every one. As the days
go by he becomes nearer and more
closely entwined in the hearts, not
only of the good people of this town,
but of the whole country, for we are
now beginning to see the fulfillment
of his prophecy, that once the tariff
bill, of whiehhe was the Trainer, could
be thoroughly and fairly tested,
prosperity would be restored, conf
dence be renewed, and our country
would enjoy the blessings which must
necessarially follow low tariff for
revenue only. \
Hammocks, hammock hooks and
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ruEspAy MoRNINe. IuLY %. ls9s. )
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THE BEST LIQUORS,

whis<eys, Wines, Champagnes, Brandies, Beer
aud Soft Drinks OF all Kinds. I propose 10
keep an orderly house, with good goods, and
respectfully inYite You 70 call.
Nay %. 1s95-3m. II. 4. CARROLL.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

To the creditors of Mary e. Vanvac-
ter, decd:
In pursuance of a decree of the Circuit
Court of the County of Jefferson, made IN a
cause therein pending to subject the real es-
tate of the said Mary E. yanyaeter to the
payment of her debts. you are required to
present yoar claims against the estate of the
snid Mary E. Vanvaeter, for adjudication TO
Cleon Moore, commlssioner.at his office ia the
said county, on or teforc the 10th day of Au-
gust, 1888.
Witness, John VI. Daniel, Clerk of the said
Court, this 9Th Iay Of July, 1875.
JNO. II. DANIEL.
July 9. 1s94-6t. Clerk.
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shoe Shop.

Mr.. George W. Yontz has taken charge of
my Shoe Shop, aud will make new work, or
repair old promptly and neatly.
July Q, 1885. GEO. II. HAGEEY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-31
The Railroads and the People.
Chicago Times Herald.)

A subject that must be considered very
seriously by Congress in the near future
is that of the relation of railroads to the
government and the people. These cor
porations, created for the most part by
state charters, cross the length and
breadth of many states, and have national
rather than local attributes. The legisla-
lures of the different states through which
they pass make different rules for them,
and the rights of the railway, the passenger
and the shipper, vary according to local
ity. Over all is the common law with its
rules and regulations for common carriers
In their different obligations to passengers
and to freight, so that the law of railways
in the United States today Is one great
mass of confusion and contradiction.
Something-not much-has been gained
by the Interstate commerce law in the
attempt to control the railway manage
ments in respect to freight shipments and
tolls, but only a stcpi n the right direction
has been made. What is needed is a
power that will bring the whole subject
of railway transportation under control,
and this includes also the management of
the roads.
Railway officials should be held to the
hlghest degree OF accountability, not only
in their attitude to the public, but also in
their attitude to the shareholders and
bondholders of the roads. State control
cannot be efficient in this matter, for that
has been tried and found wanting. No
power but that of the general government
can reach the evils attendant upon these
vast interests.
To this end it has been suggested that
there should be an executive department
of the government created, which should
have control of the transportation of the
country-which would in effect be a
widening and broadening of the jurisdic
tion of the Interstate commission.
1t Is matter that should now be dis
cussed until a conclusion Is reached
Certain it is that the present relation of
the people to the railways is to the last
degree unsatisfactory.
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A Spanish gentleman of prominence
lately visiting in Philadelphia, in con
versation with an American formerly
occupying diplomatic position, said that
Spain. being greatly in need of money,
had been negotiating with England for
the sale of Cuba, and had received asSur-
ances that if the island could be delivered
without trouble with the United States
the sale could be effected. Philadelphia
Times.
II this sort of thing keeps on much
longer, all will agree that Hon. Vim. f.
Chandler, in predicting war between the
United States and England wasn't en-
dowed with an unusual gift of prophesy.
But We suspect that England Is in no
careful not to provoke it, England
knows full well that the United States
would bs unwise indeed to permit Cuba to
pass into her possession. But what fool
ish, what terrible thing war between
these two great nations would be 1t GER
tainly will not be provoked by the United
states government. L ne pfOfOCatloH must
come from England, and If 1t comes at all
it probably will be in the nature of flag
rant disregard of the recognized rights of
this country. At present it is England that
threatens the Monroe doctrine, a doctrine
her own statesmen advised; a doctrine
that has worked well in operation; that
is the bulwark of the small American
governments against foreign aggression /;
| that must be maintained and will be in
| the end, though war be the result. The
British are fooling with fire and il is al
NEST impossible to suppose that her states
men do not recognize the fact. If they
persist in their present course either Eng
land or this country must recede, must
be Inundated. The position of the
United States Is right and is proven 50 by
English rs well as American history.
The position of England Is wrong and the
leading men of the nation know it If they
Know anything about the matter We
believe they win yield when they see
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viii be Of interest to the Journals read

will be Of interest to the Journal read
ers:
There is little doubt that Thomas b.
Reed will he the speaker CT the next
House There is no doubt but that he
will be a presidential candidate before the
Republican national convention. There
il no doubt, whether nominated or LOT,
he will be a leading Republican Of his
party as long as he remains in public life
Allison is good, conservative speaker
His utterances are full OF common sense.
They are expressed in plain, simple Ian
guagc. but they never stir your enthu-
siasm nor tickle your risibilitses. Nc
KInley harps continually on the same
string, and he has made few speeches
which go ringing round the United
States. Levi P. Morton may be great
business man, bat he is no orator, and
Benjamin Harrison's clear-cut English Is
"a cold and unsnthusiastic as himself.
Reed. ON the other hand, never speaks
without striking fire. His words come
forth like the blows Of sledge-hammer,
and they carry conviction to the hearts
Of his hearers His speeches are foil OF
w,r as well as wisdom, and his sarcastic
expires sions cut like two-edged sword. !"
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Commissioner Lochren of the U. S.
pension department is again abusing his
privileges by inserting in his report lot
OF rant about pensions and patriotism. :"
The Cleveland administration, and
Lochren is its willing tool, has had the
disposition and the opportunity to weed
out dishonest pensioners. All that was
necessary was to find them. Falling in
this although they employed every tricky
device to that end, they have resorted to
consecrated tommy rot about pensions
and patriotism. They know next to
nothing about either. The report shows,
however, that they were obliged to
restore 1906 of the pensioners that they
had dropped. The deaths during the
year numbered 80, $40; dropped for Other
causes, 1876. making the net increase Of
pensioners during the year but 500
There were but 80, 1855 pension claim.
allowed during the year while lo3, 1851
were rejected and a5s. alo are still pend
Ing,
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The Funniest Thina.
lBoston Advertiser. J

We spoke yesterday of what seemed to
be at the time of writing the most foolish
OF canards regarding the next Republican
nomination. That pre-eminence appears
to still remain But the funniest thing
up to date, we believe to be the story.
grayely printed In an alleged Especial
despatch" from New York, that there is
a member of Congress from Illinois.
whom 1t was seriously proposed no
longer ago than last month to run for
speaker in opposition to Mr. Reed. thus
making direct issue between the East
and the West and that Mr.. Reed is To
give him very important chairmanship
In consideration of his. the Illinois mem
ber's, great magnanimity in withdrawing
from the contest
There may be in the United States a
number OF people who do not know
enough to come in when it rains. But IL
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The Baron de Remach of Panama cana

The Baron dc Remach Of Panama canal
not1riety appears to have engineered the
rail way steal which brought the political
aspirations of the French cabinet tumD-
ling about their ears. There seems to be
An alarming proneness 10 corruption
among the French politicians, in recent
year, but it should not be argued from
this that Republican form Of government
il bad for France. Had it been under the
empire or under the rule of the Bourbons
1t is pretty certain that the scandal would
never have been exposed, although very
likely Its equal would have existed.
There Ia an alarming phase to the affair,
however, and that is, in recent scandals
some of the most prominent men in the
French nation have been implicated men
like DeLesscps and NJ. Eiffel whose past
success should have protected them from
such schemes; men who had acquired
honor and should have also acquired a
competency. The French conscience
needs quickcping and perhaps its laws
against bribery AZ well. 1t should not be
forgotten, however, that the sugar scandal
in the L. S. Senate n short time ago caused
no overthrow of an administration. Per
haps retribution for political corruption
In this country should be spurred to an
activity commensurate with that Of the
justice which has oyertaken the French
corruptlonists.
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The facts respecting the war ship Maine
differ very materially from the rumors.
OF the latter Naval Constructor Hichborn
says:
1T Is an unwarrantcd attack upon a
splendid new vessel of which we have
every reason to be proud. The attack
is made, by newspapers and men
knowing nothing about the facts and
conditions and If they want to worry
about her condition they can do so but
there is no possible reason for it. They
complain that she lies nose down.
Probably she may at the present moment
but that Is a matter Of no consequence
and is easily and quickly remedied 1t
Is nothing unusual for IA new ship to lie
little uneven on the water before her pro
visions and stores and fittings are ad
justed. Even if they were all In position
and she should not be absolutely in trim
it would be very easy to make that right
because there is tank astern capable of
holding twenty-five tons of water which
would balance things easily.
1.-THE superstition that she stands too
far out of water also shows that the PEG
pie who are talking about her know moth
ing of the subject for the Maine has Il
tank the whole length Of the vessel
capable of holding 100 tons of water so
that it is perfectly easy to bring her to
any desired position All the talk about
court of inquiry to fix responsibility is
nonsense for there Is no responsibility to
be fixed except that of having new,
handsome, first class vessel of which we
have every reason to be proud.
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One hundred and eighty-five years ago
England went wild over the South Sea
Scheme and thousands lost their all when
the South Sea Bubble burst. Many since
that time have wondered how the invest
ors and some of the leading men of the
kingdom could have been SO foolish as to
connect themselves with it. Since that
time there has been nearly two hundred
years CT financial experience. The
history Of this is accessible to the
humblest. There have been great losses
in financial bubbles since that time. And
yet today all England has gone wild over
a scheme to enrich everybody, a scheme
as chimerical as was the South Sea Bub-
BILE. 1t is known as the Kaffir Craze.
1t originated through the boom in
Africsn gold securities. Three men with
out conscience or scruple started it.
They are Cecil Rhodes, the South African
dictator, H. C. Robinson, shrewd
American. and Barney l. Barnato, who
a few years ago was penniless Jew.
Robinson has got out from under" with
a fortune estimated at from fifty to one
hundred millions. Barnato Is said to
have spent ten millions in order to keep
the boom on for short time longer The
nominal capital of dozen of the con
Germs in which this graceless trio are in
terested is about 1913, 900, 600; their
market value is about 1928, 900, 600. The
crash is yet to come. Assuming that the
property is founded upon an honest basis,
which cannot be, the speculation over it
has rendered 1t impossible to avoid the
most stupendous crash ever known in the
history of financial operations An Eng
fish newspaper speaking of the excitement
says, WAS South Africa composed of
solid gold, was every pebble diamond,
and did all Rhodes lead with certainty to
fortune, the excitement could not be in
tensifed " The Kaflir market dominates
the London stock exchange, also the
DOurSeS OF Berlin ana IarlS. But OF
all the evils connected with the swindle,
the fact that the shares have been
bought at this absurdly inflated value by
people of very moderate means, who pur
chased them as permanent investments,
is the cruelest feature of the gigantic
attempt to enrich a few beyond the
dreams of avarice a. the expense of the
mahy. 1t is said that many people, the
aged, the widows and others, who live
with the aid of the interest money they
receive from little capital safely in
vested, are the ones most seri ously duped.
They have found the rate of interest so
low in safe investments that they were
induced, in order to make their income
meet their needs, to seek better invest
ment. Thousands of them have bought
stock in these South African gold mines
at the most extremely fictitious values
They will be utterly ruined when the in
evitable collapse comes. The men who
have been instrumental in starting this
craze and are reaping the benefits deserve
no more tolerance than bunko steerers,
green goods rascals gamblers and other
social cannibals.
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1t Is so soothing to learn that President
Cleveland will keep still on the Vene-
zuelan question until Congress assemblies
and then will come out in ringing
message shouldering the whole affair
upon that body He was willing to
assume more responsibility In the attempt
to restore Queen Liliuokalani. II he had
shown disposition to enforce vigorous
foreign policy neither he nor Congress
would now have so much on their hands
in the way of resisting foreign aggression
and insoenco
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There Can Be no Doubt OF II.
(Lynn Item. }

There can be no doubt that Tom Reed
is easily first choice for President in the
hearts Of the Republicans of Massachu.
sets All the speakers at the Republican
club dinner on Wednesday, were for him,
and the enthusiasm which their words in
voked, showed that the rank and file WEI
with him also. Hitherto New England
has gone to the national convention with
divided allegiance, and even Massa-
chusetts has not always been unit for
the nominee, but next year Will see
different condition, when the solid vote
of New England is cast for the man from
Maine
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PRESS COM M ENTS.
He May Count on Them.
lowell Citizen.)

Col. Francis Appleton who launched
the Reed boom so auspioiously at the
Republican club dinner in Boston, the
other day, is a gentleman who might but
for his own diffidence, have represented
this district in the last Congress AS
launcher of booms he is success, and
Tom Reed may count with certainty upon
the votes of the Massachusetts, delegation
in the next national convention, and they
will 90 long way toward helping him
to the goal of his ambition.
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Holmes display of nerve In conducting
his own trial may convince the jury that
no Is just the kind of man to commit the
nendish deeds of which he Is accused.
The emotions which an innocent man
would teol placed in his situation would
unnervo an ordinary person. 1t is at least
apparent that Holmes is no ordinary in
dividual and certainly the crimes he is
supposed to have committed are not or
binary ones
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Joe Quincy will probably be the Demo
cratic candidate for mayor of Boston.
But as the election comes in December
and the Quincy boom won't assume large
proportions the community will probably
note no fall in the temperature. The
Democrats, however, are likely to think a
cold wave has struck them.
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that this government is not to be
'bluffed" We don't believe there is
to be IA war right away, but the fact re-
stop to the Venezuelan land steal should
leave no doubt as to Its position relative
to any scheme to buy Cuba, any plot to
control Hawaii or any device to change
the Alaskan boundary