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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11
-stockhoIder,s Meeting.

A meeting of the Stockholders Of Jefferson
Building and Loan Association VIII be nela a.
Town. Jefferson County, w Va on Friday,
the 2Sth day Of February. 1896, at s o'clock,
P. NJ. for the purpose OF adopting bylaws,
eIecfing a board OF directors and for the trans
,oc,ion ~ any other business that may be
Iswfnliv done. FORREST w. BROWN,
WM. KAHN.
G.. D.. MOORE,
s.. HUGHES.
s. s. DALGARS.
SAMrL HOWELL.
GUSTAV BROWN,
DAVID HOWELL,
s. c. YOUNG.
Feb. f1-2t. Incorporators.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

MI. Frye, of Maine, has been
chosen president pro tempore of the
Senate.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

TERMS-A credit of - months will be given
on all sums of $40 and upwards, purchaser to
give note with approved security, negotiable
and payable ut the First National Bank, of
Charles Town, or Citizens National Bank, of
Martinsburg, with interest from date. If paid
at maturity interest RENTED. Uuder $40,
cash. No property to be removed until terms
are complied with. ZEPH. BANE.
j. w. DopD, Auctionecr.
J. G.. Wiltshire and j. f. Roberts, Clerks.
Feb. IL. 1896.
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oysters.

Fresh Oysters supplied regularly. By the
pint quart or gallon. Orders delivered In
any part Of the town HENRY DUNN.
Nov. 5, 1896.
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For the first time in many years
Morgantown has a Democratic mayor.
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Cd head of SHEEP!

These are Southdown aud Cotswold sheep,
among which are 3 full Southdown Bucks.
This flock can. well be spoken of as the pride
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For Rent or Sale.

A rwo-sToRY FRAME HOUSE. NEw)
with four rooms and cellar, near Vulcan Road
Machine Shops. Terms reasonable and easy
payments. Apply to WI. NJ. BURNS.
Feb. II. go. Nippon, W. Va.
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Envestors.

1 have 900 of Calvert Building and Loan
Association Stock in my hands for sale. This
Stock is guaranteed s per cent. payable semi-
annually, and can be sold in blocks of 500 or
more. W. F. ALEXANDER, lti'y.
nac Off
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

OK SHINGLES E. for va ssls wAsnlsaros.
Nov 10. 1So5-tf.
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For Rent,

The dwelling, corner West Washington street
and West Alley. Contains seven rooms, good
cellar. and ali necessary outbuildings- Pos
session given November LIST, 1898.
oot !, aft. D. 5. HUGHES.
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Commissioners Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.

Pursuant to decree of the Circuit Court of
Jefferson county, entered December Is, 1893,
in the chancery cause of james NJ Ranson's
executors vs.. The Charles Town Mining, Man
ufacturing and Improvement Company, and
for default of payment by said defendant OF
s17, SOS. 20, with interest from January IL,
1894, balance of purchase money due COM
p%lninants. applicable so far as necessary 70
~extinruishing the lien claim OF T. H. Gather,
and clearing titles, the undersigned commits
sionprs will DrOcaed on
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

/, John NJ. Daniel, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Jefferson county, do certify that
Frank Beckwith. one of tho above named
Special Commissioners, has executed before
me bond with security as required by the
decree of the Court.
lslgned) JOHN N. DANIEL.
Jan. 81. Clerk.
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For Rent,

The House and Lot on George street formerly
occupied by A. Schultz. Possession given
october LIST, 1895. For Terms, &c, apply TO
Sept. 24 lSos-tf. T. g. GREEN.
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STORE

Dec. q. '95.
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The undersigned, Intending 10. discontinue
farming, will sell at his residence, known as
of Charles Town, 1 mile south of
WagIey's shop, on the Lectown road, the sale
beginning at 10 o'clock a. M, sharp, on
Monday, March 2nd, 1896,
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DRs. sTARKEY s. PALEN's
Treatment by Inhalation
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Should be
Looked Into.
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
REQUESTED.
A BOLD ASSERTION

Ever since Prof Koch startled the world
by promising to cure consumption with the
Koch lymph and MS complete failure to do
so, the people have been looking for some
discovery which would prove an absolute,
certain cure for that dread disease. Over
quarter of century ago DR.. r. v. Pierce,
chief consulting physician TO the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, put IN a claim
for a medicine, which he had discovered
ana used, ~ his extensive practice, that
would eHTe ninety-eight per cent ofall cases
of consumption when taken in all its carly
stages Time has proved that his assertion
was based on facts gained from experience.
His Golden Medical Discovery - has cured
world, and Dr. Pierce invites all interested
to send TO him for a free book which gives
the names, addresses and photographs OF
many prominent people Who have YoiliiuRly
ties of his " Golden Medical DiscoEEry-'
He has also written Book of 1000 paces.
profuseiy illustrated, which treats of Throat,
Bronchial and Lung diseases, also Asthma
and Catarrh. Mailed FREE by the Worlds
Dispcnsary Medical Association, of Buffalo,
N. Y, on receipt of twenty-ouc (2I) cents in
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Consumption. most everybody knows,
OF strength, cmaciatiou then local syinp-
toms soon develop, as cough, difficult
breathing, or bleeding from lungs, when
investigation proves that tubercular de-
posits have formed in the lungs II is
earnestly advised that the Discovery" be
taken early and the latter stages Of the
disease eau thereby be easily avoided.
To build up solid flesh aud strength after
the grip, pneuronia, e. lung fever ~, ex-
haustiuE fevers, and other pTostrating dis
eases. it has no equal 1t does not make
IGf like cod liver oil and its nasty cera-
pounds. but Soiid .,5aLs-s.,..s> =. et>s1
Try can OF Hopkins Steamed Hominy
(Uulled Corn. 1t is delicious.
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The FaVOTite Home BGnedQ.

For all diseases caused by arrangement
of the Liver, Kidneys, and Stomach. o
Keep it always in the house and you
will save time and Doctors Bills, and
have at hand an active, harmless and per-
fectIy safe purgative, Alternative and tonic.
Ifyoufeel dull, debilitated, have frequent
headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appe-
tite and tongue coated, you are suffering
from torpid liver or biliousness, and SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR will cure you.
If you have eaten anything hard to
digest, or feel heavy after meals or sleep
less at night, dose of SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR will relieve you and bring
pleasant sleep.
If at any time you feel your system
needs cleansing and regulating without
violent purging, take SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR.
J.H. zeiIin s. Co., Philadelphia.
Mar. 81, 'g6-1y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-10-27
LOOM.

Lone dveller by the lonely lake.
Remote among our northern hills.
Round wooded shores thy loud cries wake
The sleeping echoes, rudely break
The singing OF the rills.
Thou hast the storm a welcome guest
At thy home by the waters edge.
The waves may plash about thy breast;
May. playful. lift and rock thy nest
Built on the reedy sedge.
Thou art ruler in good right,
Strong master of all winds that blow.
Thy wings optstrip the stormclouds quite.
Thy swimming is the swallows flight
Seen in the depths below.
Thou sittest with sovereign grace
The broken waters of the pond,
And, quicker than the eye can trace,
Hast shifted to another place
A good half mile beyond.
Ahi said those loud demoniac cries
Borne ON the startled listening air.
As if from neither world did rise
In agony to earth and skies
An outburst of despair.
Proud is thy mate as side by side
Ye cleave the air with whizzing wing;
Your brood that patiently abide
AT home, rejoice, your forms deserted,
Those wild notes heard to ring.
Isaac B. Choate in Now York Homo Journal.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-10-27

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
has accepted the offer Of the town Of
Keyser 10 locate large car shops
there, and the company has secured
the consent of the United States
District Court for that purpose.
The citizens have agreed to give
$40, 600 toward the erection Of the
shops. The company owus sufIi-
cient tract Of land there for that pur-
pose, and the present arrangement
will benefit both the town and rail-
road.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

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Candidates Announcements.-for County
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Others at regular Advertising Rates
Obituary Notices excecdir g five lines, 10 cts
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Liberal deductions made for Quarter, Half,
and Whole Columns. TO Annual. Scnli-Annua.
and Quarterly Advertisers
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month or year unless specified on the Nanu-
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parties
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-10-27
ATTENTION !
To the People of Jefferson and Id
joining Counties and Charles
Iotcn.

All intending to build or do any kind Of
Repairing. will save money by calling on me
or sending postal card. Having had exten-
sive experience, feel competent to give fun
to me.
Repair work of all kinds executed promptly
at moderate prices.
buildings furnished on application
Thankful for past patronage, hope 70 re-
ceiye part of the trade.
w. H. RODEFER,
Box 126, Charles Town.
RrFERENcEs.-J. c. Holmes, Levi NJ. Por-
ter, c. l.. McCluug, W. F. ~ T. z. Lippitt,
lumber dealers, d. s. Hughes, Lewis Starry,
Charles Town. Daniel Hefebower, l.. NJ.
Long. T. ]. West, Rippou. w. C. Frazier,
DIR. A. P. Thomson, j w. BilIer, Summit
Point,
Asyl1i 1i'a4'
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Dress Making.

Mrs. Virginia Souders desires to give notice
that she is prepared to do all kinds of Dress
Making, ut her home on North West street.
has the latest styles and fashions. Returns
wishing work done to give her call.
Enh 2l-ff
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-10-27

NrANTED-SEvERA FAITHFUL MEN
w or Women to travel for responsible es-
tablished house in West Virginia. Salary
$50, payable SI5 weekly and expenses. Po-
sition permanent. Reference, Enclose self
addressed stamped envelope. The National,
Star Building, Chicago, sl-l6t-
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TUFTS Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
Darferf Health

Keep the system IN perfect or
der by the occasional use of
TUFTS Liver Pills. They reg
ulate the bowels and produce
A Vigorous Body.
For sick headache, malaria, bill
iousness, constipation and kin
dred diseases, anabsolute cure
TUFTS Liver PILLS
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Garter House.

CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA.
WTELL furnished Central location. Hack
w free to and from depots. Terms $500
Bar in basement and good livery at the
Hotel Stables.
Aug. S, 1885. ". F. CAMERON.
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True Love-

Carson-And don't you think mar
ried love is true love?
vokes-Ie must be- Its course never
does run smooth.
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wauted.-Old China, Bric-a-hrac,
Relics, &c. Address John Treblig,
9 North Howard street, Baltimore.
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No Idle Hours!
Remarkable Increase
in Business.

The secret is easily explained. They use
men, and invariably give their customers VIII at
they ask for, Only ask for free trade and
sailors rights.
Oct 8, 1894.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-10-27

Before YOU try anything else for the blood
take Simmods Liver Regulator. IL Is the best
blood medininc because IL is the best liver
the blood wiz be the best. simmons Liver
Regulator Is the best Spring medicine. II
tell my friends II they want to enjoy health
ana happiness they ought to take Simmons
Liver Regulator"-Mrs. r. w Smith,
Mcintosh Bluff. Ala.
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r. C. Green,
Joseph TrapneII.

ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Charlestown, Jefferson County. West Virginia
DRACTICES in the Courts of Virginia and
West Virginia. Attention paid to colIec-
tion of claims.
January l5 lSS.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-10-27

The finest lire of clothing, boots,
shoes, hats, caps and gents furnish
ing goods at the Baltimore Bargain
House.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-10-27

A syndicate of New York real es-
tate operators are planning the erec-
ton in that city building of thirty
three stories high.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-10-27
You Can Be Well

Wbe. your blood Is pure. rich and nourIshing
for nerves aud muscles. The blood is the vital
fuid. and when it is poor, thin ard impure you
,I,sf e;tter srfer from soIne distressing disease
or you will easily fail a victim % sudden cham
ges exposure. OF oyerwork- KeeF blood pure
with Hood's Sarsaparilla and be well
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-10-27

Hoods Pills are the best afteT-diDner pill; as
sist digestion, cure headache, - cents
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SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER q. 1890.

CnAnIzs Tows. JzrrsRson CoUrzr. ". Va.
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TIHIS hotel is located in the business center
i of the town, and but short walk from
the depot
May Is, 1888.
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.Bradhe1d's
Female
Regulator

New blankets, comforts and Gsn-
nels received by M. Palmbaun &BrQ,
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Arlington House,

Enlarged and Improved,
P. DINKLE, Proprietor.
Junction Main and Latrobe Streets,
GRAFTON. W. VA.
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Charles Town Real Els.
tate Agency.
"A. G. WYNKOOP.

Real Estate Agent.
ATToRNEY-AT-LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC
Offices in Real Estate Exchange Building OPP
posite Carter House,
CHARLES TowN. JEFFERSON COUNTY, W. VA
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OA9ToRIA-.

Try can Of Hopkins Steamed Hominy
(Hulled Corn. 1t Is delicious.
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George BayIor

AIIUNNEI AT Jaw,
Charlestown, jefferson County, w. Va.
WTILL regularly attend all the Courts of JEFF
w ferson and Berkeley counties, and atterd
to other law business in the State of West Va.
81 Special attention given to collections
JanunrY %. 1SS
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-10-27

Is a receipt
of one of the
most noted
physicia
of the South,
where trou-
bles of this
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-06
OHIO RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr., Houer, in Charge of the Work, Make
an Exhaustive Report.

Mr.. Houer, In charge of improvements on
the river in his onnual report to the war de-
partment, says that the methods employed
during the year have resulted In much valu-
able work being done advantageously and
economically. Several dams were repaired
and dikes built at Blennerhassets island and
Guyandotte bar. The work at the latter
place has much improved tho channel at
what was very difficult place. The effect
Of the dixie at Eight Mile bar is said to have
been excellent, Operations were also car
ried on at other points further down tho
river and good progress generally made.
The work done by dredges hos also been of
material benefit to navigation. Contracts
have been entered into for the construction
OF an ice harbor at Hartford, West Viaginia,
and steps will be taken at an early date to
construct an additional pier at Middleport,
Ohio. As result Of Inquiries as to the
benefit derived from the harbors during the
lost winter, ir was found that they had with
ono or two exceptions, proved Of great serv.
ice to navigation. There Is an available bal
ance of s383, 500 for continuing operations on
the river.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-06

We're there, but boss carpenter had
charge of the work, and he regarded
the presence of the neighbors as some
thing of an intrusion. lie understood
they meant well and intended It as an
expression of kindliness for Bob and
his family, but men not bred to the car
penters trade were less Of help than
they might be, anyway.
The frame house was raised" and
the neighbors had gone. The carpen-
ters had completed it, the fathers and
the plasterers and the painters had gone
away. There had been a whole spring
full of preparation and there stood Bob
old Bob-and his wife at the threshold
of the old house, looking up at the new.
1t was all they had dreamed-and
much more. 1t was taller and finer and
fuller Of ornament than they had ever
planned. 1t had furnishings not the
widest fancy could have provided in
the old days. 1t had ornaments rare
enough for kings and chadrs too sump-
tuous to sit upon. 1t was palace!
They had moved from the old house
up lh'o thc hc"' luey Hdu Iahen every
thing along. Bob expected to use the
log cabin rs a Toulouse. They had
left nothing behind. And yet they
missed something rs they went into the
newer place, They tried to conjure up
that spirit of perfect proprietorship,
that sense of dominion with which they
entered the cabin In the dusk of the
first evening. They tried to realize this
later. and more difficult conquest of
difficulty. But they could not. And
they sat In the chairs and slept on the
beds and ate at table with an unrea-
soning and uncomfortable sense of loss.
In the new house Bob and his wife
were away from home.- Chicago Chron.
icle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-06
TWO HOUSES,
BUT ONE HOME.

OF course the old house had been
small. When he came out here from
york State" Bob wondered how he
ever could make house of the size he
wanted. And yet he thought and won
dered about 1t very little, for he was
brave enough. He had talked 1t over
with his wife, who laughed and sang
the whole day long, and said she would
be satisfied with any kind of house
he would make. And while he was
Telling the trees and hewing the ends
of them and cutting the notches she
fixed a tidy little place not far from
the wagon, which had brought them
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-06

over tho mountains, and there she sat
and sewed-crying sometimes furtively,
for the very silence of 1t, and then sing
Ing In the cheeriest of tones and
glancing out In the timber where Bob
was chopping sturdily.
They lived In the wagon month,
cooking their meals at n fire on the
ground, and eating, they two alone in
all the wide forest, such gems of food
as her dimpled hands had prepared.
And finally the logs were rolled togeth-
er, ready for the raising, and she sat
there by the fire with Bob one night,
very happy, and said little while he told
her what the future would bring them.
Next day was the raising. They owned
q whole quarter section OF land-four
times as much rs the richest man back
there at Geneseo Corners, in York
State, had ever possessed And they
had invited their neighbors to come in
and help at the raising tomorrow, and
this last night in the woods they sat
there and dreamed the beautiful
dreams of youth, and love, and perfect
healthfuness. There was little fire
and the blaze of 1t gnawed away on the
billets Of birch. and tho smoke went
straight up to the blue sky there above
the treetops-just little way above
the treetops, it seemed to them, as they
talked about it.
They planned where their cornneld
should be, and where they would raise
oats and potatoes; and Bob wanted n
big field for wheat, which couldn't be
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-06
GROWING OLD.

The falrest lilies droop at eventide,
The sweetest roses fall from off the
stem;
The rarest things on earth cannot abide,
And we are passing, too, away Ike
them;
We're growing old.
We had our dreams. those rosy dreams of
youth;
They faded, and twas well. This after
prime
Hath brought us fuller hopes; and yet,
forsooth,
We drop tear now In this later time
To think we're old.
We smile at those poor fancies of the
past
A saddened smile, almost akin to pain.
Those high desires, those purposes so
vast
Ahi our poor heartsl they cannot come
again;
We're growing old.
Old? Well, the heavens are old; this
earth is too;
Old wine Is best, maturest fruit most
sweet
Much have we lost, more gained, although
it's true
We tread life's way with most uncertain
feet;
We're growing old.
We move along and scatter MS we pace,
Soft graccs, tender hopes on every
hand;
AT last, with grny-streaked hnir md hol-
low face,
We step across the boundary of the land
Where none are old.
eAtlanta Constitution.