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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05
xirgiuia frss gress.
Humorous.

Considering the fact that they have no
legs. Delaware shad are running very WE'LL
about the only time a man Is satisfied
with his lot" says the Manayunk PhiloSo'
pber. IS when he is buried in it.
Poet Ito editor)-I send you poem
"Why Do Live?" Please answer
Editor-Because YOU send your poem by
mail
"What is the best sign of spring weather."
"That delightful feeling which makes
YOU want to sit down aud watch other peo-
pie work"
Cause for Rage-"What made that \ rays
lecturer so mad@'
Somebody worked him with piece OF
homeless Goldfish"
Walker-Haye you bicycle suit?
Wheeler-No; but expect one. | ran
over man yesterday, and hear he has con-
suited his lawyer
Hortcns-So we are both to be married at
Easter?
Mildred-How lovely We can swap our
duplicate presents.
Garnicht-How did Bayonett git his in
crease of pension?
Army Core-Proyed that he strained
himself drawing the original.
81 know that age is telling on me" said
Miss Sereleaf.
Eyes, dear; but you needn't mind so very
much. Itisn't telling the whole truth"
Bigoted- Nodd-I don't see why the min
lister should object to the congregation riding
wheels when he rides one himself.
Todd-But they don't ride the same make
that he uses.
Rose, did you have nice time down
town bargain day ?"
"No; waited two hours to see some love
" iardiniere' marked down, and clerk
came around and marked them up"
"Who was that you just bowed to, Jack 20
tom Bikes"
"What! that fellow? thought he was
such hard case nobody'd speak to him ~
Gle is. He's so tough can't cut him, "
"What more do you want? The girl is
rich, pretty and dainty"
"But she has no heart"
"If she has all the other qualifications
why should YOU mind such trihe as heart
failure"
"My girl gave me the marble heart last
night, said the single one
'Your woe is nought to mine" said the
married one. at has not been two hours
since my wife gave me the marble cake of
her own making"
Teacher-Sam, who war de stronges man
in de worl?
Sam-Jonah, sab.
Tracher-Wha' make. yo' fink dat, chile?
Sam-Kase, when de whale had i'm down
he couldn't hold i'm.
Excuse ne, but are you Cab the Cos
sip, of the New York Sunday Scruuch p
yes"
"Wen, | have a bit of gossip for you. l
wrote 'Trilby."
"You? Really taking out her notebook?
Give me the whole story"
1T is very simple. | was Du Maurier's
tvnevriter -
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Sharing, Sh0nip0Oing and
Hair Cutting P0rIOr,
NORTH CHARLES STREET, NEXT TO
RACKET STORE.

The undersigned prosecutes the above bust
ness in an artistic manner and guarantees sat
isfaction. Cleanliness and neatness is observ-
ed, and courteous and prompt attention given
TO all callers
The pair age of Ladies and Children is re-
spectfu iCited
May 3 CHARLES II. SMITH.
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rar r1Rc1n16 FREE pRrss--EAE OLD FAMILY JOURNAL.
1no Washington. r. W Alexander.
Washington & Alexander,

Jno A. Washington. RW. Alexander.
Washington & Alexander,
Insurance Agency,
once Gibson Building, Cherries Town, W. Va.
Representing the following Companies
The old and reliable
ETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hartford, Conn.
Givin. the best results 10 policy holders, and
which has larger amount OF policies III
Jefferson County than all other Life
Insurance Companies together.
Iiverpool & London & Globe, of England,
Manchester Fire Assurance Co, OF Eng
land Scottish Union and National. OF
Scotland, and the Royal Insurance
Co. of Liverpool, the largest
foreign Companies doing
business in America.
.ETNA. OF HARTFORD,
The largest and most popular Fire Insurance
Company in America.
Peabody, Of Wheeling, W. Va.
Jefferson. of Wheeling.
German Fire, of Wheeling.
Fire and Marine, Of Wheeling.
Phoenix. of Hartford.
Virginia Fire and Marine, Of Richmond, Va
Georgia Home, Of Columbus Ga.
Fire Association. of Philadelphia, Pa.
Continental, Of New York.
Merchants Insurance Co, Of Newark \. J..
JEFFERSON COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE IN
oUKANCE COMPANY
All losses promptly adjusted and paid. at our
office
Agents:
Us. FLEMING, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
CHAS. T.. TRAIL, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
A sworn statement of the conditions OF ali
Foreign Insurance Companies represented IN
this Agency will be found at the Clerk KS once,
i'm compliance with the State laws.
We solicit a continuance'Of your patronage
Respectfully,
WASHINGTON & ALEXANDER.
February H. 1898.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

The intense itching and smarting Incl
dent 10 eczema, letter, salt-rheum, and other
diseases the skin Is instantly allayed by
applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. Il is equally
efficient for itching piles and favoriterem-
edy for sore nipples; chapped hands, chill
blains frost bites, and chronic sore eyes.
For sale by druggists at % cents per box.
Try Or. Cady'S Condition Powders, they
are Just whats horse needs when in bad coRdi-
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge.
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Wheat Bought.

I am prepared TO clean wheat a. my Eleva-
tor Ia this place. and viii receive WHEAT N
The ROUGH OR CLEANED.
] viii receive cleaned wheat az all depots in
the county.
Will be glad n make an offer for any Grain.
Hay or Seeds You may have 10 sell
B. @. WASHINGTON, Agt.
July i9. 1898.
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Notice.

Complaints having been lodged with me by
numerous citizens against boys shooting slugs
and gravel within the corporate limits of
Charles Town with air guns and gum slings.
| hereby notify all such offenders that fine
Of $3.50 or Imprisonment will follow each ar
rest made hereafter for above violations of the
law. GUSTAV BROWN,
June II, 1896. Mayor.
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Mayors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that persons within
the municipal limits must refrain from empty
ing washwater or other slops upon the public
streets and property owners or renters must
have all weeds removed from their premises
These things are in the interest of the health
Of the community. All good citizens are re-
quested to CO operate with the town officials
IN enforcing these sanitary regulations.
GUSTAV BROWN.
July 10, 1896. Mayor
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Pasture.

The c. NJ, NJ. & |. Co. will furnish pasture
at reasonable rates for cows and horses on the
lands of the Company and its Stockholders.
after the LIST of Nav. guard will keep stock
from railroads during the day, but the Com
pany will not be responsible tor loss. Parties
wanting pasture will please apply TO
April -, 1896 A d. BARR, Agent.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05
Barber Shop.
Paint.

IF you are going TO paint your house, you
Il will hnd il 20 your advantage 10 call and
see our stock Of Paints. The brand We are car
Fying this year is Our Own Goods, a strictly
pure Linseed Oil and Lead Paint that sells for
$50 per gallon. Our own Guarantee will be
given 70 insure its Purity. Also, Roofing and
Fencing Paint, at 81 90 per gallon.
April %. 80 AISQUITH CO.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05

OFFERS 10 the people OF Jefferson County,
~ Insurance in a safe Company 40 the actual
cost of insurance. which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged, and keeps the money
at home Good risks frcm responsible parties
are invited.
Executive Committee meets every Friday.
DlRECroRs-Jos Trapnell, Henry B. Dayen-
port j Garland Hurst, John W. Rider. w. II.
r. Lewis. r. Preston Chew, VIM. l.. Wilson,
Eugene Baker, S. W. Washington, IL. l.. Snyder
William e. Frazier John II. little, Jacob 5.
Melvin. f. G.. W. Herr, isaac II. Strider.
ISAAC II. STRIDER.......... ......... President.
H. b. DAVENPORT, ......... ......... Treasurer.
EXECUTIVE ComITTEE-J. &. Hurst, VIM
H. r. Lewis, Eugene Baker Isaac II. Strider,
JOS rapucll ). W Washington.
Local -Middleway-J. G.. Shirley
Harper's Ferry-Chas. +. Trail; Shepherds
town j. S. Fleming; CharlestOwn-Washing-
ton & Alexander.
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For Rent.

Two comfortable BRICK DWELLINGS on
Faixiax boulevard. Six rooms in each Rent
reduced 70 81 per month. Apply 10
A. G WYNKOOP.
Aug, q, 1895. Real Estate Agent
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Notice.

All persons are hereby cautioned against Vi
olsting the town ordinances by depositing the
bodies of dead animals within one mile of the
corporation limits as the law in regard to the
same will be strictly enforced
GUSTAV BROWN,
May 6. 1896. MIyor.
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Town Ordinance.

AT a meeting of the Town Council held on
Monday, July 18th, the following ordinance
was adopted
No person shall drive any steer or beef thro'
the streets of this town without being first
hobbled by having a chain not less than three
feet long attache to front foot of such ami
NAL. And any person offending herein shall
pay fine eff not less than S. Thi~ ordinance
not to include or apply to droves of cattle over
three in number, or milk cows.
S. LEE PHILLIPS GUSTAV BROWN,
Clerk Mayor.
Tulv - 1896
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r. L. Beller
coNTRACToR&BUILDER

OFFERS his services and will vigorously
~ prosecute his avocation as Carpenter and
Builder. and will take orders and execute the
same promptly and satisfactorily His expe-
rience is such that be can guarantee perfect
workmanship and his prices will compare ia
vorably with the most reasonable. Those de-
string to build OF improve should give him
call
Jan. Z. 1885
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Notice to HousekeeperS.

The undersigned gives notice to the citizens
i'm this vicinity that he will RENOFAIt
FEATHER BEDS, holsters AND Pill
LOWS Hair and Shuck Mattresses renovated
and made over. Hair Clearly washed before
reuphoislered All mattresses made up IN the
best style.
ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE REPAIRED
Sofas Lounges and Chairs Reupholstered in
good stvle. Cane seats and backs put 300 chairs
flushed up with bordering around the seats
have bad experience In this business for the
last twcnty-three years. can d." all l adver-
tIse Co do Country produce taken for work
All work done very cheap. Place OF business
two doors west of Baptist Church, East Con-
grcss street. Charles Town, w. Va
THOMAS q. RUST.
March H. lSg6-6m.
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Charles Town Real Estate
Agency.
A. G. WYNKOOp.
Real Estate Agent,

ATTORNEY ATLAw and NoTARYP PUBLIC
Offices in Real Estate Exchange Building On.
posite Carter House,
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West V.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05

Mixed Trains Nos 4I3 and 49l leave Charles
Town at So a. m. and S54 a. m, and arrive
at Harrisonburg at 1880 a. m. and 38 p. m
On Sunday mixed train leaves at S.43 m.
and arrive at Harrsonburg at 800 p. m.
sDaily except Sunday.
CONNECTIONS.
Train 4Os connects at Harper's Ferry with
Fast Limited Express train leaving at 05 r IN
arriving at Piusburg As p. N and at Chicago
il 05 a. m. next morning with train leaviD x
at 5.l9 p. IN. arriving at Cincinnati at Z As a m.
ST. Louis 6 90 p. m. and connects at Weverton
with train arriving at Hagerstown at 2 IL IN.
and at Washington junction with train arriy-
ing at Fred' rick at / 55 p. M.
Train 4i6 connects with Fast Vestibule train
at Harpers Ferry at 8 50 p. IN. for Chicago. al
1880 p. m. for Pittsburg, and l.59 a. IN. for
Cincinnati aud St. Louis. Arrive at ri tsburg
at 700 a. M Chicago at 945 p m. Cincinnati
at 3 90 p. m. and ST. Louis at 6 30 p. IN.
Pullman Palace SleepingCarss are run through
TO Cincinnati. st. Louis, Chicago and Pittsburg
on all express trains.
For rates, tickets, baggage checked. apply to
any Office Of the b. Il 0. Railroad, or 10 G. z.
Dudrow, Travelling Passenger Agent, Win
chester, Va.
WM GREEN, General Manager.
CHAS. o. SCULL, Gen'l Passenger Agent.
June ~, 1895.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-05

Mixed Trains Nos 444 and 400 leave Charles
Town at 2.l2 a. m. and 4.23 p. m, stopping at
all stations, and arriving at Harper's Ferry at
$50 a. IN. and STA p. m.
On Sunday mixed train leaves at 10.40 p. m.
and arrives at Harper's Ferry ll.2O.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-30
North Carolina,
Superior Crit
Wavne Co.

superior Cr.t
Wayne Co.
S. B. Lane VS. G r McCleese and wife
Mamie McCleese, John E Davis and
wife Abble Davis. Walter Venters and
wife Nebraska V~enters. Fred Davis
and wife Georgia, Jane McCarttar and
Charlotte McCleese.
The defendant Charlotte McCleese is
hereby notified that she has been made
a party defendant to the above entitled
action, now pending in Wayne Super
ior court, the purpose of which is the
condemnation of d tract of land men,
toned in paragraph 5 of the complaint
which has been filed herein, being the
land conveyed by deed of gift, executed
by Unity Venters to the defendant
Charlotte McCleese, situated in Pam
leo county, North Carolina, contain
ing Four Hundred Acres, more or less.
to the payment of the debt of the plain
tiff herein and the defendant charlotte
McCleese is hereby required to appear
and answer or demur to the complaint
herein at the September Term, 1896, Of
Wayne Superior court, beginning on
the 18th day of September, 1896 at
G~oldshoro, North carolina. This the
3rd day of June, 1895.
C. T. HERRING.
Clerk of Superior court of Wayne CO.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-30
North Carolina Brights,
Southern Tobacco Journal.

Southern Tobacco Journal.
That the people of North Caro-
lima should protest against their
bright tobacco going under the
name of Virginia Brights" is
the most natural thing in the
world. There is not the remo-
test approach to ingratitude in i:
either, though that is charged by
a Richmond tobacco contempt
rary. 1t is simply an assertion
of State pride that is commend
able-a desire that the Old North
State should receive credit for
her product, and, besides, it is
in the business interest of the
tobacco growers dealers and
manufacturers.
Because coal>cured tobacco
originated in Virginia is NO rea.
son why the brights of North
Carolina, South Carolina and
other states should be known
as Virginia Brights." The
improved process of curing by
fues had it's beginning in Caswell
county, N. G. Nearly all of North
Carolina tobacco reached the
outside world for a long
time through the markets of
Virginia, and that is how ii
became to be called "Virginia
Brights' - because it was
thought to be a product peculiar
to the Old Dominion.
North Carolina is the largest
bright tobacco producing State
in the Union, and her tobacco is
conceded to be the very highest
quality. Her annual crop reaches
nearly one hundred million
pounds, while Virginia, South
Carolina and other states pros
duce about one-half that quan-
tity yearly. Two thirds of the
bright tobacco of this country is
grown in North Carolina.
Then why should not North
Carolina want her tobacco to
bear the name of North Caro-
lima Brights" and not the name
of another state? The Southern
Tobacco Journal has fought for
this recogn ton for years, and
has partially obtained it across
the Atlantic. We hope to see
the time when it shall be in gen.
eral use in the trade everywhere.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-30

Jackson, Miss. July 25.-Two
hundred white tents have been
pinned down at Camp McLaurin
and by Monday night that num-
Der will have been doubled and
everything be in readiness for
the National Guard. which goes
into it's seventh annual encamp
ment July Goth. Thirty compa-
MES of 1000 will be in attend
ance under the command of Maj.
Gen. Billips. of Columbus.
Lambertville. July 25.-Chas.
Pierman, aged about IL, met with
a probably fatal accident this af
ternoon. He was riding a biz
cycle, and in attempting to pass
a heavy wagon the wheel slipped,
Pierman was thrown under the
wagon, both wheels passing over
his body, breaking four ribs and
injuring him internally.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-30
DUNGEONS OF pn,LApelPn,A


Cells just Discovered Said 20 Hsve Bssa
Built Three HUNDRED Yesra Ago.
An old English dungeon has bern
brought to light by the tearing down o.
. building in Philadelphia, according to
the Press of that city. The building Is
thought to have been more than three
hundred years old. Every brick In IL
was brought from England. and the
building was once .he pride of the lii
tie colony that lived here. 1t was
originally, it Is said, the courthouse Of
the settlement, and underneath the
ground were those dungeons, or cells.
In which prisoners were kept 1t is sup
posed that the cells were used as tenn
porary places Of confinement and not
for prisoners serving long terms, much
h same as the '~'lockups' or station
houses of to-day. The yorkmen who
are tearing down the building say 1t IL
the toughest Job they ever undertook.
The bricks stick together as though .
solid stone, and 1t is only after long
prying with q bar that they arc sepa-
rated. The bricks themselves are a
solid as in the days Of old, and will be
used again in another building.
The old prison or courthouse was In
the neiRhborhood well known to be
the oldest in the city. Other big build
ings hemmed it around until it WINS
hidden entirely from sight from the
street. 1t was a three-story structure,
about twenty by fifty feet in size. The
first floor was originally used for court
purposes, but later had been turned
into q dwelling. For fifteen years II
has not been used at oil. Leading
down stairs to the cellar was a fight Of
broad steps. The cellar itself during
the years that have passed and gone
had become half filled with dirt. In
fact nobody knew Of the existence of
the dungeons, that now see the light of
day after three centuries. The dungeons
80 far discovered are three In num-
Der. Two are about ten feet square
and the other extends twenty feet to-
ward the street and is about ten feet
wide. All are half filed with debris
but are deep enough for a man e stand
erect in. The roof is vaulted, and In
the top of Zach is a hole, which NAV
have been a breathing place Or a paace
through which to let down food to the
prisoners. Near the cells is a big OHM
ney place fully eight feet wide, in
which were found a handful of coins
bearing date of 1927 and some of much
more recent date.
The old house has been burned out
several times, but the walls were never
damaged much. The whole neighbor-
hood is an interesting one. The build
ing adjoining the one torn down has q
fourth DOR which is windowless. In
stead of the usual windows it has port
holes slanting downward, from which
IL days of old, when knights were
bold" men probably picked off Indians
or enemies of some kind.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-30
FoRETELLING EARTHQUAKES


Aney TOOK Place. In Asia and We're Pre-
dicted In Paris and Berlin.
1t Is stated that for some days prior
to the terrific earthquakes in Asia
which recently swallowed up a town
with two thousand inhabitants, besides
destroying many lives and much prop
erty throughout the whole region, the
seismographic Instruments in Paris and
Berlin displayed great agitation. This,
OF course, say Dc1noTcst's Magazine,
could properly be called q prediction Of
the earth tempest, as the barometer
furnishes predictions of atmospheric
tempests. But at the present, at all
events, the predictions are by no means
Of equal value Practically. The b.
rometer has done good service to hu-
manity. When n sea captain observes
Chat his glass is falling he knows he liz
entering a storm circle and makes all
snug for bad weather Unquestionably
an incalculable number of lives and
vast a1nount of property have been
saved by barometrical forewarnings.
But as yet we know so little Of the
cause. character or directions of ter
r~estrial disturbances that we cannot
depend upon the scismograph to guard
US against the fearful dangers Of the
earthquake. Those living near or
within sight of a volcano lind sugges-
tions in its varying moods, but no more
than suggestions, for sometimes the
sudden cessation Of the a1no,7e or . vast
out-rush of vapor is followed by no OBJ
servable tremor of the surrounding
country, while at other times either
phenomenon may ~foretell a c~pnvulsion.
The agitation Of the Partisan seismo-
graph may have predicted an earth
quake in Paris itself or some other por-
ton of France, or in Spain, or, Italy.
or, indeed, as is amply proved, in any
part Of the globe; but who is to trans
late its unknown language and learn
from 1t here or when the peril is to
eliminate? The fact that the obser yer
CD duty at the time saw and recorded
from his instrument that n seismic dis
turbancc was occurring or about to oc-
cur in some quarter of the sphere Is
without doubt scientifically interest
ing. But we shall await with the ut
most interest the development of what
is SO far no more than a newspa-
per hint that one of our American in
vestigators has, or mt least believes ha
has, discovered the means OF locating
the center of the coming disturbance,
its direction Of movement and approx.
innate force.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-30
THE roruL1srs' CONVENTION.

From beginning to ending the
proceedings of the Populists'
Convention held at ST. Louis
were unique. 1t was a body
composed Of many discordant
elements and the members were
pulled hither and thither by varis
Gus agencies, but from first to
last Mr.. Bryan was the popular
favorite.
Note all that McKinley's repre-
sentatives could do in the way OF
advancing persuasive argus
ments"; not all the shouting and
threatenings of the middle Of
the>road" men, could bulge the
mass of the delegates from their
devotion to him. And yet Curl
ously enough they expected him
to do a dishonorable thing when
they suggested tt a. he should
accept nomination on a ticket
which ignored his running mate
Mr.. Sewall. Mr.. Bryan's answer
to this proposition is what we
expected of him, and the position
that he took was precisely right.
Even if the Populists' platform
were all that it ought to be, Mr..
Bryan could not have done other
wise than he did in refusing te
be divorced from his associate
on the Democratic ticket.
AS to other things pertaining
to the Populists' convention,
there is much douot and confus-
ion, but it is certain that the
great bulk of the Populists wish
to aid in the election ofMr Bayan,
Between Bryan, and anybody
else, they are for Bryan by
large majority. This is an impor-
tant fact and it seems to be
about the only thing that is
clearly settled by the St. Louis
convention.
The Republicans may sneel
and jeer at these Populist voters
as much as they please. but they
would be only to glad to have
their aid in the coming election
They have combined with then
frequently ia State elections. ane
Hanna's agents were at st
Louis ready TO bargain with thu
disaffected element there for helI
in November next.