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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11
Children Cry for
Castoria.

Style, merit, worth, quality and
low prices combined are the feature
of Brown the jewelers. stock.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11
important Notice.

THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY,
In aceordanee with its recent action regarding
SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPPLY,
has undertaken to suppIy each boy OF girl in
the Sunday Schools of cooperating churches
at HALF COST PRICE. viz:
Thirty cent Bibles for Is cents.
Twenty Z. 10
N. BAH orders with Cash sent to the Dis
trict Superintendent, Rev. Thos. Cotton, Par
kersburg, ". Va, viii receive prompt atten-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

McCluug. the Photographer, make:
Photographs of all kinds, in any
part of the county-Fdmly Groups
a Specially. L have no agents OF
representatives, but do my work my
self. G. L. Mcclure.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

Corn wanted at S1.50 per Dbl. in
exchange for boots, shoes, dry goods,
notions. queensware and groceries
at Pentz's.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

Mr.. G. N, Boards fine array of
valentines forms a most attractive
collection, from which even the most
capricious cupid might be able to
select an arrow to pierce fair mai
denis heart.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

Intending to move from Charles
Town, l will from now until March
Is make suits to order at spot cost.
j. F. REININGER.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

Girls WAsTEp-to work in Knit
ting Factory at once. Address
LEWIS JONES KNITTING Co.,
Winchester, Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11
WHY DO You surfer

with your Eyes, when the assistance of a
pair of
ROCK CRYSTAL OR DIAMOND IENSE,
will give you relief. We guarantee to fit or
refund the price. Large assortment, ut
O.. w. BROWNS.
Oct. 20. 1891. Optician and Jeweler.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11
Church Items.

Rev. Frazier Fur preached in the
NJ. E. Church South here last Sun
day.
Rev. F. A. Strother is conducting
a revival meeting at Bakertons with
encouraging outlook.
Rev. Mr.. Richards, who has closed
his meeting at Leetown, has started
a revival meeting at Kearneysville.
The Baltimore Conference, NJ. E.
Church South, (Bishop Hargrove
presiding,) will meet in Roanoke,
Va, March 20.
The fourth quarterly meeting for
Jefferson circuit, NJ. Z. Church
South, will be held Feb. 29-Mar. l.;
Charles Town station, Mar. 1-2.
The Rev. Drs. A. G. Hopkins and
Charles Ghiselin and Cleon Moore,
Esq, have been appointed by the
Moderator of the Synod of Virginia,
a committee TO prepare a memorial
for that body on the death of Rev.
DIR. John A. Scott, late of Duf6elds,
this county.
Rev. j. P. Stump. of Charles Town, w. Va,
who for about eight days assisted Rev. s. G..
Ferguson in a series of meetings at the Meth
odist church, closed his labors here Wednes-
day night with an earnest and touching dis
course on Heaven, after which many who had
listened to his faithful presentation of the
Gospel reluctantly bid him farewell. Mr..
Stump is a man of fine appearance. and as a
preacher is magnetic, pathetic, sympathetic,
logical. forcible and eloquent. he made a
good impression on the large congregations
that heard him night after night, aud carries
with him TO Ills home their prayers and best
wishes. He has been instrumental in convert
ing many, and Strengthening Christians in
their fatth.-Freaericksbtug Star.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

Try a can of Hopkins Steamed Hominy
(Huiled Corn,) 1t is delicious. f4-4w
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11
Town Real Es-
tate Agency.
A. G. WYNKO0P,
Real Estate Agent,
Oct. 90. 1895.

ATToRNEY-AT-LAw and NOTARY PUBLIC
Offices in Real Estate Exchange Building, OPP
posite Carter House,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

LAXOL is the best medicine for children.
Doctors recommend it in place of Castor Oil.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11
Ftre. Life md Aceident Msurance.

CHARLES Town, JEFFERsos COUNTY, w. VA.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

M.:te to the Charles Town Real
Estate Agency, A. G. Wynkoop
agent, Box 207, if you want a dwell
ing or farm.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11
DR. Tomlinson7s
DENTAL OFFICE,

CORNER OF CHARLES AND LIBERTY TREE"
CHARLESTOWN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-11

Below are u few of the properties now on
my books for sale. / I'm having n good many
property call 70 see me, or write about prop
erty:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
FAN Flowing and subsoiIing.

For several years we have strongly urg-
ed upon southern farmers the Importance
of utilizing the fine fall and early winter
months in breaking the land intended to
be planted next year, says the Southern
Planter. We have urged that this break
ing should be done as deeply as the ma
ture of the soil and sub-soil would per-
nit. whilst at the same time not advising
the turning of too much of the sub-soil
on to the surface, except in the case Of
deep, rich alluvial bottom lands, where
no harm can be done, as the sub-soil
is, after having been exposed to few
months weathering, as hit for the sue
cessful production of crops as rich sur
face soil. We have seen no reason to
change our views on this subject but
strong confirmation in numerous cases Of
the soundness of our advice. The lands
of the south have been for years SUD-
jected to a ruinous system of cultivation.
When first brought under the plow, the
land had all the richness of virgin soils.
The vegetable matter of ages formed the
soils, and the humic acid accumulated
therein had dissolved the potash and
phosphoric acid in the sub-soil, and rem
dered it available for plant food. All that
was necessary was such breaking and
cultivation as would destroy the weeds
and loosen and mix the soil, and an inca
or two of the sub-soil
In the course of years clean crop pro-
duction exhausted the surface soil of veg
etable matter, potash and phosphoric
acid, and poor crops were the result. In
stead of resorting to the true remedy for
this condition-the deep breaking Of the
soil and subsoil and the production of
leguminous crops in regular rotation
the lands were turned out" that is,
thrown out of cultivation and forest land
cleared and substituted. This wasteful
process, however. has now largely come
to an end. Either the old lands must be
made to produce crops, or the production
of crops must cease. The mere lying out
of cultivation for a short series of years
is not sufficient to recuperate the soil.
This is a process capable of being accom-
plished thoroughly in that manner only
by the work Of ages. Deep plowing sub
soiling, and the production of leguminous
crops can, however, restore fertility In
very short time, and especially so when
supplemented by the application of plenty
of good farm-yard manure and some lime.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
The SCRAP book.



Wheat bran is an excellent Alternative for
horses fed on hay In winter 1t will keep
their digestion good and will be all the
better if teaspoonful of old process oil
meal is added to each mess. Wheat mid
dlings are not so laxative as bran. and are
better therefore for horses that have to
work hard, though both the bran and mid
dlings contain much of the nutriment that
builds up bone and muscle and increase
strength.
Syrup From Watermelons.-It was the
wish Of an old friend Of ours, many years
ago, that she could have a syrup made
from watermelons. She was sure It would
be very delicious. But, unfortunately, all
the watermelons the garden produced had
each year other and more important uses
than to have their juices boiled down into
syrup. But an Iowa farmer, who grows
watermelons by the acre, and cannot mar
ket all he produces, has tried the plan of
using some of his surplus for syrup MAX
ing. The result is a very clear syrup, with
peculiar but decidedly pleasant flavor. IL
Is not, however, likely ever to be a rival
to the maple, the sugar cane or sugar beet,
for producing syrup for general use.
Fertilizers for Small Fruits.--The ferti-
lizer requirements of small fruits are
similar to those Of archard fruits, but be-
ing as rule more rapid growers they
can utilize to advantage heavier appli-
cations of soluble fertilizing materials
and do not derive the same benefit as or
chard fruits from slowly decomposing
manures. In deciding upon the
kind Of manure to use the character Of the
soil must, OF course. be taken into account.
Crops grown on soils poor In decaying veg
etable matter (humus) are as a rule bene-
flied by applications of heterogeneous ma
nures, while those grown upon soils well
supplied with this substance are more ben
Gifted by phosphates and potash. Upon
heavy soils phosphates are likely to be
more beneficial than nitrogen, while the
reverse Is the case on light, dry soil. All
sandy soils are as a rule deficient in pot
ash, while clayey soils contain this ele-
ment In larger quantities.
Fertilizing Fruit Trees.--Fruit trees are
slow-growing plants. and therefore do
not need quick-acting fertilizers as a rule.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
sugar Rect in Nebraska.

The sugar beet industry is being rapidly
developed in the section of Nebraska
about Norfolk.
Last weeks American Agriculturist
contains an Illustrated article upon the
subject and from it we CLEAN the follow
ing interesting item:
The average yield this year of beet root
has been from 10 to IL tons per acre. The
average price paid to the farms was IS
per ton. This is the price for beets than
contain IL per cent. sugar. In exceptional
cases, when the sugar content ran as high
as 20 per cent, the price paid was 81.
Where last year a ton of beets produced
176 pounds of sugar the average yield this
year has been ZIG pounds.
This year the clear profits on one farm
of forty acres amounted to 81, 6S2-$42 per
acre.
Unlike sorghum the beet is not an ex-
| hausting crop.
very interesting question to be deter
mined by the Georgia experiment station
in the next year or two is whether the
sugar beet, yielding as much as Is per cent.
and up to Is per cent. of sugar, can be
ralSed in Georgia.
We are quite sure that it will be found
no difficult matter to grow fifteen tons of
the beet root on any land that will make
400 pound lent cotton, OF thirty bushels
corn.
The sugar supply of the world must be
| furnished either by beets or by Cuba cane.
! We ought to find out as soon as possible
whether the Georgia farmer can or can
not compete with the rest of the world
in making beet-sugar. 1t is an important
| oueStiOn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

but it is only the beginning. A certain
amount of care-certainly nor unreasona-
bic when we consider probable results-is
Just as essential as setting the tree. and
this care must be timely given for at least
a couple of years in the case of cranes
peaches, plums and figs If the best results
would be secured. Protection from insects
from fungous diseases, from weeds are
now almost as essential factors in fruit
growing as planting the tree or dihhlinp
in the seed. Also essential is a certain
amount of cultivation and likewise of fer
tilizing. But the total essentials are by no
means disproportioned to the possible re-
turns and to-day. bad as every form of in
dustry seems to be, there is nothing that
offers better promise of being paying in
vestment than the raising of perfect fruit
the well ripened, luscious fruit of the
peach especially. 1t will be a long time
before the markets of our country are
overstocked with such and the same NAV
be said of all other first-class fruit.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
A Weed ReIished by stock.

e. J. T., sends a sprig of plant that
intests his pastures and wishes to be in
formed of its name and possibly value for
stock.
by the time the specimen reached us it
had become so dry and broken up it was
impossible to decide even to what family
1t belonged
but The stem was intact, and from it
alone we are prepared to inform E. T. j.
mat 1t Is not worthy of cultivation. Even
.bough stock may eat it, it is comparative
~ innutriotious, and would not make a de-
sHaole fodder. Cattle eat rag weed both
green and dry, and numerous other weeds,
uut It is we'll known that it is not a de-
sirable food
we nave too many other valuable plants
70 Justify our wasting time and land on
the poorer kinds of plants. In the au-
luHih especially, stock Will eat with ap-
parent relish various plants that they
would scorn in the spring or midsummer,
"nen they can get more nutritious food.
VI we could get complete plant of the
weed referred to we would be glad to find
0ul a full history Of it for f. j. T.. salts
faction).
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
Raise First-CInss Fruit.

II VIII be many years yet before fruit
growing in the south can possibly be re-
barded as overdone. So far as the produc-
uon OF first-class fruit is concerned the
business is now merely in its infancy We
uouot II there ever was a time anywhere
IN me past hundred years when there was
more Justification for enlarging the area
vi peaches, apples, plums, pear, grapes,
Hss-not to mention the several speciaties
VI winch Florida has a monopoly-than
Iuere IS right now in the year 1896. Under
stand US; we specify first-class fruit. As
our readers well know when the seasons
"le favorable for fruit in this section of
we country, ii is shown clearly enough
eldt nearly every section has an abund-
SuCe' II not super-abundance OF inferior
a. UT OF one kind or another The man
mat sets out now to grow the best and
oHiy the best In all the fruits just named.
VIII most certainly get his reward In due
NHle II is just as easy to grow liberia
teaches as 1t is to grow Alexander or any
VI the inferior sorts. The Abundance plum
- Just as easy TO grow as any of the
Common plums. Good varieties of grapes
S S ngs are as readily grown as the in
Fruit culture, however, is something
more than merely setting out the trees.
o .. has made good beginning II Is true.
, "nen ne has set out good, healthy, one
'e@i-old tree on land that is fairly fertile,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
Peach Trees From the Seed.

Did YOU save some seeds of choice
neaches the past summer? We trust you
have. Keep them properly in moist earth
until February and then plant them right
where you wish the tree to stand for the
next twenty-five years.
We had no idea that the young trees
could make such a growth the first year
as we find they have done in our tests this
year.
entv-fve seeds from selected fruit saved
The previous summer. They have been
Won't in a pot of soil that was kept fairly
moist all during the winter. By the date
FAMED the seeds were either Sprouted or
inst on the verge of cracking open. With
q dibble the seeds were planted In freshly
nrepared soil, rows twenty feet apart.
Gnt of the seventy-five seeds thus planted,
there are sixty-one nice, well-grown trees,
four to five and a half feet high, we'll
trached in proportion. But for the fall
drought doubtless they would have been
a foot or two taller Growth stopped
about six weeks ago as the result of the
dry weather. We are quite sure it is a
GOOD plan for our southern farmers to es-
tabIish part of their orchard after this
plan.
Procure seeds of choice fruit of several
varieties of clear and cling. If possible
keep them separate, so you can form an
estimate later on as to their following or
deserving the parent type. Have rows
twenty-five feet apart and every ten feet
in the row plant two seeds. By bringing
them to a condition of sprouting, you can
easily select two, both of which will grow.
But even then, 1t is safer to plant two
seed in each hill. If seeds were plentiful
perhaps it would be safer still to have
three Some accident may happen.
It is desirable to have every tree in the
plat grow right where the seed was plant
ed; so the tree will have it's tap root en-
tire If all should fail in a hill fill the
vacancy from some other hill, but be sure
to so mark it that it will be known as a
transplanted tree. You will be able then
TO note the difference. Try an acre or d
half acre, or even a quarter of an acre,
on this plant and start right now. (Can
any of our readers inform us where peach
seeds can be procuredO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

1913 per cent. of phosphoric acid The
phosphoric acid In raw bones win cost
you much more and you viii have to wait
| longer for results from II. The slowly
| available nature OF the bone makes IL
show more the second year on the grass
sometime, and you must determine for
your self whether you can AFFORD to wait
Tor results from a hlgher-priced article,
or BUY the cheaper and more available
form. But you should not use acid phos-
phate, or bone, either, without an addl-
ton OF potash. ! would advise MKT
OF l,S0O pounds of acid phosphate and 200
pounds of muriate OF potash for wheat.
Weevn in tho Corn Crib and Granary-
Weevi is very prevalent this year in most
sections. Before cribbng your corn or
storing your wheat In the granary, take
care that these places are thoroughly
cleaned and lime washed. II the weevll
gets into tho corn or wheat, Ii may be de-
stroyed by the use of bisulphide OF carbon.
This drug should be poured into a saucer
or upon some cotton waste, and these be
put on the top of the corn or wheat, and
the whole be covered with sheets or bags
II the room or bin is not capable of being
tightly closed up. The vapor Of the drug is
heavier than air. and will sink through
the whole bulk of the grain and kill every
living thing In It, The vapor is deadly to
man, II breathcd, and is highly inhamma-
Bile, and should, therefore, he handled with
great care. No light. not even a pipe
should be about. Keep the grain closed up
for twenty-four hours, and the weevil will
be destroyed.
Planting Fruit Trees-The fall Is un-
questionably the best time Of the year for
planting fruit trees. especially apples and
pears. There is time to get everything in
readiness, the trees are In a dormant con-
dition and full of nutriment, which is ma
turing into woody matter through the
winter. All this natural function of the
tree is most rudely disturbed by spring
planting, and the tree then lives on itself
really for some weeks before 1t is able
to make new roots for its food supply.
But when set out in the fan, the roots i'm
mediately begin to make new growth and
recover from the moving, so that in the
spring the trees are all ready to go into
business for themselves in the most Wig
orous and successful way.
The land should be prepared in the best
manner by manuring and deep blowing;
sub soil breaking of the land Is eminently
desirable as a part Of this preparation.
| This work should be done at once. A
liberal dressing Of lime should be given
to the land as soon as the blowing Is done.
AS there Is more leisure now than later,
the stakes should be set in lines forty feet
apart each way to mark the place for
each tree. The first space on the bound
AIRY Of the field should only be one-half the
| distance between the other trees. This
will give room for one more tree in the
row than If the first space were full length.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

equally a disadvantage If the soil is too
loose Roots need to meet with some re-
sistance In pushing through the soil. The
soil needs to be somewhat firmed to sup
port erect-stemmed plants in an upright
position. Again, a loose soil will hold too
much water and tend TO remain wet too
long. Firmness Of soil promotes capillarity
and brings water toward the surface In
roses Ii is especially necessary that the
soil after planting, be well flrmed. In the
case Of roses on the bench In winter time,
the working roots run at or near the sur
face under the ordinary treatment A firm
soil, on account of its better capillarity,
brings water up to the surface from below
where It is wanted, and with it come up
the small quantities Of plant food contain
ed in 1t.
Out of doors we work for the opposite
effect. We keep the surface Of the soil
loose so as to stop the moisture below the
surface a short distance. We are trying
to conserve IT, because there the supply
is not so readily under our control as in
the greenhouse.
Indoors, careful watering is needed to
avoid souring the SOL, and some provision
for drainage, when there is any bulk to
the soil, is always required.
In beds the surface OF the soil after a
time runs together, more or less, and
tends to form a crust. A shallow scratch
ing from time to time, when it can be done
without injuring the plants roots, is ben
eflcial. 1t admits oxygen and promotes
nitrifcation If the soil be sufficiently
warm In the dead of winter care must
be used not to work the soil too deeply
or apply too thick a mulch, as either
tends to retain moisture and we may keep
our soils too wet. For plants we want a
moist soil, not a wet one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

terviews with the home Office and with the
committing magistrate, in an effort to get
Mr.. and Mrs. Castle released on bail, but
without success. The magistrate, who
has sole discretion in such matters, de-
cllnes to listen to any application for bail
except In open court, and the counsel en-
gagged for Mr.. Castle spent to-day in trying
to decide whether Il will be best to have
the case brought up tomorrow on an APP
plication for bail, or to let 1t remain over
until 1t comes up on regular demand on
Tuesday.
Charles Mathews, one OF the cleverest
criminal lawyers in England has been re-
tanned to assist In the defense The mat
ter has now been taken out of the hands
Of the police and placed In charge of the
public prosecutor, which means that the
case viii be pushed through to whatever
end the facts may lead.
The evidence is very strong, and from
all can gather there is not likely to be
any attempt to deny the larcenies. A
most amazing mass of miscellaneous stuff
was found in the Castles trunks, a fact
which seems to indicate that Mrs. Castle
had mania for picking up odd trifes of
every description belonging to other peo-
pie.
There we're even found in her trunks a
pair of sheets from the bed she slept in at
a big London hotel and a plated toast
rack that came from the hotel breakfast
table. There were also articles OF private
or semi-private ownership got in various
parts OF the continent. Many watches, all
alike, and thirteen umbrella heads were in
the collection
why" said an American, on viewing
the contents Of the trunks at the Vine
street station, you are not going to
charge these people with theft?"
Yes we are" said the chief inspector,
why not2"
"Because," said the American, these
people are not thieves. they are COLLECTORS