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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

Mr.. Washington Benner, arespect-
ed farmer of the Rippon vicinity, died
ON Monday of last week at an adj
vauced age, and his remains were in
tered in Edge HillC emetervWed
day morning-Rev. DR.. A. c. Hop
kins conducting the services at house
and grave.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

Tom Jeans, son of Samuel Jeans,
colored, had leg broken by get
ting it caught in wagon wheel, a
few days ago. DIR. q. t. Richard
son attended him.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

/ want a load fresh. COWS and
springers this week. Load fat hogs
by Thursday. G. F. WALL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

We would like to have little new
corn from some of our farmer patrons
at as early date as possible.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

John w. Rowan Camp, C. W
Special meeting Friday, Oct. 81, at
8 P. NJ. Full attendance requested
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08
Ladies, Underwear at Hirschman's.

Ladies' Underwear at Hirschman's
Bed comforts at Hirschman's.
Portieres and Art squares at Hirsch mans.
A fine sci of hand made harness, for sale
cheap at Hirschman's.
For sale, a 10 foot nickel mounted show
case, with table, cheap ut Hirsch mans.
We keep mems and boys boots, which were
bought before the rise of leather. We eau
save you money. s. d. HIRscHMAS u Co.
We can't mention everything we keep, but
come to see us aud we will be glad to show
you through our departments.
S. d. HIRsCHMAN 81 Co.
Ladies don't buy your winter wraps until
you see our line, then you won't think OF
sending off TO the city. as our styles are all up
to date make. s. d. HIRsCHMAE q Co.
Now is your time to look around where you
can best be suited in an overcoat for q man
or boy. Remember we manufacture all these
goods and Hirschman's is the place to buy,
because we can give you more value for
your money than other dealers.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

Fall goods continue to arrive eve
ry few days at the Baltimore Bargain
House. The extremely low prices
at which clothing is sold doesn't
permit them to stay on hand very
long.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08
why DO You Suffer

With your Eyes, when the assistance of a
pair Of
ROCK CRYSTAL OR DIAMOND LENSE,
will give you relief. we guarantee to fit or
refund the price. Large assortment. at
q. w. BROWNS, j
Oct. 20. 1891. opticiau and Jeweler. s
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

Master Howard Taylor, in de-
scending from tree which he had
climbed to view the execution last
Friday, received hard fall, injur-
ing his shoulder quite severely. DIR.
CT. Fouke gave him necessary atten-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08
ighest Of an Ieavenng Power-Iatest Y. S GoyI Repo

For fine fresh groceries, sliced ham,
fresh bread, 2 Ioayes for 8 cts, cakes
and candies and best cigars in town,
90 to Williams, near B. & o. depot.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

Every mother hates to make her children
take Castor Oil. LAXoL is sweet Castor Oil.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

There are two places where salts
faction can always by found in the
dictionary and at Light & Watson's
drug store, next door to p. o.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

Baby pins and buttons, cuff pins,
of the 925-100 quality fine. Low
prices quoted at Browns Jewelry
Store.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08
DIR. Tom1Inson7s
DENTAL OFFICE

CORNER OF CHARLES AND LrBERTY sTREE"s
CHARLESTOWN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

Tin cans "a cents per doz. at BUT
Ier's.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08

Low prices all along the line is the
motto of the Baltimore Bargain
House. We are satisfied with a
small p-ofit, and don't expect to get
rich these times. Come to see us !;
we will make prices SO interesting
that you will deal with us.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-08
House and Lot for Sale.

For sale. privately, The House and Lot be
longing 20 Sfrs. John Kahn, situated on MOrd
ington avenue. Charles Town, near the prop
erty of the late e.. T. Mitchell. Terms easy.
apply to JNO. I. COLSTON,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29
THANKSGIVING PICTURE.

What if the gold Of the corn lands
Is faded to sombre gray?
And what if the down of the thistle
Is ripened and scattered away?
There's gold in the gathered harvest;
There's homely and heartsome cheer;
And SO we will be full joyous
The day Of Thanksgiving is here.
A sigh for the vanished splendor
OF the autumn's purple and red
For the g~olden-rod that is w%hitened,
For the gentian boom that is dead:
Then turn to the h%earthstone CHEEKY;
Behold, It's the time of year
To count Il blessings and mercies-
The Gay Of thanksgiving is here.
Bare and brown in the shadows,
The meadowland meets the gaze,
Where the bold, blithe bee went SEEK
ing
It's sweets in the summer days.
The honey is stored in plenty
SO what if the winter is near?
The time is not one for repining-
The day of thanksgiving is here.
The fruit has matured in it's season,
The sunshine has ripened the seed,
Then sing to the Lord Of the harvest
A song Of thanksgiving indeed.
The morn and the noon have passed by
US;
TITS the sweet afternoon of the year;
So let not your tribute be lacking
The day of Thanksgiving is here.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29
what noise is that out

ing to Listen. what noise is that out
side?"
"Only the wind among the bushes;
how nervous you are getting, puss."
"No-but, Paul, do, please. look; I
thought I heard some ones voice"
Paul Torrance burst into a merry
laugh, half derisive, half fond, and
strobe to the door.
"Of course there's no n here; l told
you SO, Clara, but-hold On, though!
Halo, you! what are you doing under
our windows?"
He made a step forward. but stopped
suddenly, holding his hand to his
breast as if a ball had pierced it.
Mother, it's Matthew! it's our Mat
thew!w
And the two brothers, separated by
long years and racking doubts, were
in each others arms before Clara could
reach the door.
In after years, Matthew Torrance
never could have told how he reached
the wide, CHEEKY fireplace, nor how he
found his mother sobbing on his breast,
and his father clasping both his hands,
while Clara-foolish little Clara, hid
away behind the big geraniums, and
cried as if her heart would break. He
only felt that he was at home once
more-free. safe, happy.
Paul" he stammered, come here
and let me look at you-let me feel your
hands. Oh, my brother! I thought L
had murdered you"
Paul burst into a laugh.
"You didn't hit quite hard enough,
old boy; my skull was thicker than you
thought for. Oh, Mat! why lave you
hidden yourself away from US all these
years?"
And Pauls laugh became a sob.
"But we won't be fools" said Paul,
r%esolutely. CLARA, come here, you
little goose! Don't be afraid to take
her hand, Mat! She loved you best,
and she has been waiting patiently for
you twenty years"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29
the cid familiar window, cleaning out
like a star.

the Cid familiar window, cleaning out
like a star.
Torrance hesitated.
Am l right in pressing on? who
knows but one coveted glance may
bring sharper pain than years OF silence
and doubt? Who knows but that the
chairs are empty, the hearthstone sur
rounded by other faces and forms?
Were it not best to leave the old home
stead shrouded in merciful uncertainty?
No; I have dared too much TO pause
now"
He softly lifted the latch of the gar
path.
Yes; there was MS father, old ard
silver-haired, but living still; and his
mother sat opposite, with the half-fin-
ished stocking on the cleaning needles,
lust it had been twenty years ago, and
the black silk holiday dress fastened
at the throat with the little gold pin.
fashioned like a sea shell, that he re-
membered SO well. And Clara, as beau
tiful as ever, with a ripened, mature
loneliness, how royalty the fire turned
her heavy coronals Of hair to coils of
gold, as she bent to light the tall can
dies in the polished brass candlesticks.
Like a sleeping giant the old love rose
I'D once more in his heart as he looked
ON the face Of the girl whose syren-like
charms had maddened him to the one
| desperate act CT his life. And-Father
of all mercies! was he dreaming, or was
the great horror of his darkest antici-
pations overwhelming him-madness?
Even as he looked, a tall figure passed
from an obscure part Of the room into
the full glow of fire and candles, stand
ing with one hand on the old lady's
shoulder.
Paul! PAUL."
The words strove to shape them
selves, but the parched tongue refused
to give them utterance. Matthew Tor
rance struggled like a man under the
dreadful spell of nightmare.
Hush" said Clara, suddenly paus-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29

ms ngFe candy cathartc cae constipation. Purely vegetable, smooth ,d
GES EES e 3 ea., sold by druggists everywhere, guaranteed to cure. CGi, ms
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29

nished table that was spread in the Gen.
ter of the apartment. 1t was a very
oid-fashioned room, with a homemade
carpet, and curtains trimmed with
knotted fringe, while the window seats
were full Of thrifty geraniums and
petunias. a tall clock in the corner
licked monotonously, and the brass can
dlesticks CLEANED from the mantel as
brightly IS if they had been fashioned
out OF gold.
A quarter past five," said Ebenezer
torrance, adjusting his iron sDectacles
10 glance at the clock. 81 don't see
q keeps that boy SO. Clara, / most
wish you could have made up your
mind to marry him, and then we
shouldn't ha' had him chasing down to
Squire Deans after Margaret half the
time. There, child, you needn't urn SO
pale-Im not in earnest"
Mrs. Torrance put out her motherly
hand to smooth Clara's golden hair, as
the fa1r woman shrank as from a blow.
Clara, Clara, it wasn't your fault"
But it was my fault, Aunt Miriam--
- "NS NY lCull. 10 L uOI huOh NilClG
your thoughts have been all this day,
when other mothers have their happy
families gathered around them? Oh,
Aunt Miriam, if 1 could only have died
instead!"
At this moment, while the freight
was filling the homely room with such
a glow and fulness of rudy life, Mat
thew Torrance was slowly toiling up
the. road, in the chill gloom of the fast
d~arkening night. AS he paused a mo-
ment to rest against the gnarled trunk
of a deformed willow, where he had
many and many a time played as a boy,
a tall, straight figure passed him, strid-
ing swiftly along and whistling an old
fashioned air. AS it passed, Matthew
shrank back as if a sword had pierced
his heart.
"He used to whistle that tune. have
not heard it in twenty years before"
So Matthew toiled on.
There it was, the old familiar light in
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29
An Expensive Dinner.

A trio were sitting on the postoffice
guard rail one night telling stories.
One of them related this: II know of
u fellow who had spent a very quiet
life in the country and had never been
to the city. Coming into little money
ne suddenly developed a desire to be a
sport and Immediately departed for the
city. 1t was his habit after arriving
TO lounge around the corners in the
central part of the city, and he natur-
ally heard the gilded youth talking
about the mount of money they
spent.
Say, I had a great dinner last
night he heard one say, and it cost
me SEQ
MANY other remarks like this he
heard, and the rustic sport decided to
get into the swim too. He made up his
mind at once to get an expensive dim
ner, not realizing that the most of the
money spent by the boosters he had
overheard had been for wine. Walk
ing into a swell restaurant, he called
the waiter over. Say, look here, said
he, 1 want an expensive dinner like
the best of the bloods. Bring me $50
worth OF ham and eggs"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29

window back over its channeled
grooves. The prospect of turbid green
fish a below, and white, fast-falling
wildernesses of snow ~obscuring the at
m~osphere above was scarcely so enliv-
ening as the CHEEKY coal fire within, and
the lamp swinging softly from the low,
arched roof.
The Falling Leaf-she was only a lit
tie sailing vessel. bound to the bleak
shores of Maine from a Sicilian port
was within a days sail of home, and
her two passengers, long exiled from
the rocky coast of their nativity, were
alone together, trying to realize that
their journeys end was so near.
Matthew Torrance walked up and
down the warm cabin with folded arms
and downcast eyes, whose lambent fire
contrasted strangely with the streaks OF
silver in his luxuriant black hair. Sud-
denly he paused, and turned abruptly
to the old man who sat directly under
meath the circle Of light thrown by the
swinging lamp.
What are you reading, Mr.. Hayes?'
I6 Ulu StutlCI1-h lcOASu Up Will Il
tranquil smile.
"The book / read oftenest, Mr.. Tor
rance-the book that answer to every
want and mood of my nature"
"Oh, the Bible. Can-can you find the
parable of the Prodigal SOM"
Eyes"
at seems as if I should like to hear
that tonight"
Samuel Hayes turned to the place
and softly read aloud the sweet old BIZ
BILE story. AS his voice died away Tor
rance drew a deep, long sigh.
81 suppose that parable is meant to
illustrate Gods patience and long suf-
fering?"
Undoubtedly"
"Ah! but that ~prodigal son only
spent his substance and wasted his life
foolishly. He was not beyond the pale
Of forgiveness"
Tie old minister pushed his spec
tac,es up on his forehead.
What do you meant"
Matthew Torrance stopped in front of
the table.
Il had a friend once-a near and dear
friend, who-well, he had his faults, 1
won't deny that. He was a wild, pas
sionate fellsw, but there were good
points about him, too. He had a twin
brother, and one day, in a sudden gust
of rage-there was plenty of proyoca-
ton, for both loved the same girl. and
she was a heartless coquette-he raised
his hand against this brother, and"
"Well."
"And murdered him! killed him,
Struck him down as Cain struck Abel
Then he fed the country, and has never
been heard of since. But, if I know my
friends nature, he has repented it Ions
n bitterly since-repented it with an
anguish OF despair that is past descrip-
ton! Now tell me, Mr.. Hayes, is there
mercy and forgiveness for such as he?"
Though your sins be as scarlet they
shall be white as snow! though they
be red like crimson, they shall be white
as wool"" softly repeated the old cler-
gyman.
"Yes," replied Matthew; "but such a
sin! Ny God! Cain bore the accursed
mark of murder to his gravel"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29

mere is forgiveness tor all within
the limits of infinite love-"
Matthew Torrance resumed his walk
and said no more; and through the tenn
pest and darkness of the November
night the little Falling Leaf plodded on
towards the beacon lights that starred
the %far-off, r%ock-bound coast of Maine.
And when the lurid light of dawn fut-
tered its sullen banners athwart the
east they ran merrily into port, with
snow-covered rigging and bulwarks
ridged with royal ermine.
Matthew Torrance was home again
after twenty long years of exile and
solitude.
"It's a perilous business" said Mat
thew to himself, "but I can't endure it
any longer. I am changed in every re-
spect; my own mother would scarcely
know me now; and I must breathe in
the air of home once more or 1 shall
die!"
Matthew plodded up the hill where
the hazel copses grew, and the dead
leaves rustled softly in the hollows un-
der the road. Halfway up the hill a lit
tie church nestled among the low-grow-
ing pines and spruces, with white
cleaning stones sloping down the de-
scent behind. Matthew Torrance
turned away his head with a shudder.
HE lies buried there" he murmured,
with a face that was paler than ashes;
she, the f%air-haired brother Paul, that
was almost like a portion of myself, the
brother that l murdered. Oh, God! the
years of anguish and remorse that I
have endured might almost have atoned
for it, and yet-yet-why did I return
to reopen the old wounds? Shall I turn
back even now? 1t is not yet too late"
He stood a moment i%rresolute.
"No-I will go OIL will take one
peep into the old window where the
cinnamon roses grew-the window Of
the keeping-room-and then I will go
forth once more into my exile and soil
tude. Alas! it is a hard punishment to
endure for one act Of needless passion
"a hard, hard punishment-and yet
must bear it to the bitter end"
shall I light the candles, Uncle
Ebenezer?"
What for, child? Isn't a sight pleas
anter to sit here by the blaze Of these
hickory logs? What do you say,
mother?"
Mrs. Torrance started.
tt don't know: what was it you
asked me, Ebenezer? I was thinking
about something else"
She was a mild-faced matron, with
large hazel eyes, once bright as jewels,
but now dim with many tears-a ma
tron whose silver hair lay in shining
bands over a furrowed brow, and Eben-
ezer, a bowed down old man, sitting
opposite in his easy-chair, had some
thing of the same trouble in his face.
But Clara Willis, kneeling on the rug
between them, with her bright face
turned to the fire, was lovely enough
to redeem the darker shadows. Blue
eyed, with hair of reddish brown, lit I'D
with golden CLEANS, cheeks velvet red
and dimpled, and lips like cut coral,
you never would have believed that
Clara had passed her thirty-sixth year.
There are some faces to which caprici-
Nature has granted the boon OF
perennial youth, and Clara's was one Of
these.
well. just as you please, uncle" said
Clara, Strengthening the folds of the
ruf1ed white apron that she wore. Sup
per is all ready"
She looked around with a glance of
housewifely pride at the daintily gar
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29

brought to the point where best Guilt
waited will sell at prices nearly double
those realized for the root when indif-
ferent in quality. New Jersey sup
plies a large part Of the eastern de-
mand, best selling in New York at 81
to IS per leo lbs. This is for cultivated
horseradish of n years growth and
grown by experts. The finest grade
sells in Boston at SO per 100 It's, when
washed, and IS unwashed, with infe-
rior and dirty stuff lacking in strength
and attractiveness all the way down to
So. SO and SO. At New Haven limited
sale at Sc. Horseradish should be
washed before shipping.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29

"Paul".' faltered Clara, reproachfully.
We'll, what's the matter? II you'll
only expedite matters a little, We can
have two weddings at once. for I'm to
be married to Maggie Dean next month,
old Mat"
The twenty years Of trial we're over.
and Matthew Torrance kept Thanksgiv-
ing under his own roof-tTee, with a
heart that needed no proclamation to
stimulate its intensity of gratitude.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29
The Greatest nedicai Discovery
of the Age.
kennedy
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY. OF ROABU2Y, MASS,

Has discovered il one Of our common
pasture weeds 4 remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofu!a
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried it il over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
Doth thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, al within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit IS always experienced from
the first bottle. and 4 perfect cure is war
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, Ike needles passing
through them; the sarHe with the Liver
or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears IN 4
week after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious it will
cause SGueamiSli feelings at first.
No change Of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you ca.l get, ard enough of it.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-11-29

HE night be-
fore Thanks
giving! And how
it snows!"
Matthew Tor
a e
the little cabin
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-09-29
The MORNING APPEAL.
THE KEYNOTE.

Hon w. J. Bryan. the Webster OF
the present time, struck the right key
note in his great speech at Reno in
behalf Of bimetallism when he said
1.-THE first step to be taken TO secure
free coinage OF silver with gold at the
ratio Of 16 to /, Independent OF any
foreign " on earth, is to fight.
The second step is to fght!!- The
third step is TO fight and to vote for
no goldbug candidate for Office!
That burst of eIOquence crimsoned the
cheeks of the Republican and Demo
cratice silverites with Rotchilds and
English proclivities who were present
at the meeting, for their longitudinal
ears caught at once the accord OF that
key with the keynote the Silver party
of Nevada struck three years ago
which has been borne upon the friend
ly winds of heaven to every part o.
our republic, and is sounding thu
death knell on the financial question
Of the two old English parties in Am
, erica.-Silver State.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-09-29
Send Them to School

Parents who have children attend
ing school should see that they at
tend regularly so hat they may be
able to keep up with their different
classes, otherwise they are bound to
be behind. An extract from the
school law of Nevada reads as follows,
which will be we'll for some parents to
bear in mind as there are some child
rem that do not attend school more
than half the period required by law
Every parent having control OF a
child, or children shall be required to
send such child, or children to public
school for a period of at least sixteen
weeks in each school year, at least
eight weeks of which shall be co nsec-
utive. Parents not complying with
this Act shall be liable to a fine Of
not less than $50.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-09-29
NOTICE.

Sealed proposals will he received by
the Board Of Capitol Commissioners,
up to the 30th day of September, 1895,
at 2 o'clock p. M, for furnishing 60
cords of wood. either Nut Pine, Yellow
Pine, Limb, Split or Mix"1. Sawed in
16 inch lengths or there abouts, and
piled in the basement Of the Capitol
building, on OF before the 15,h day of
November 1895. We'd tol J measur-
"a after bling in said ba~ ement- and
10 lo Of No qualil7 subj" :. to the
approval Of said -.oard OF Capitol
Commissioners. The Board re. el YES
the right 70 rel t any and all bids:
All bids to 81 city kind OF WOOD
offered. Marked PROPOSALS foe Wo H.
and addre sed 10 the cretary of the
Board of Capt.. oil Commissioners.
by order OF the Board.
/ c.. 4. LAGRAvF,
| S2O1w Secreta1.1.