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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
RuckIen.s Arnlca saIye.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and Skin Eruptions and POSITIVELY
cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunped, Price IS cents per box
For Sale by Geo. II. Light.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Just before going to press we learn with
deep regret the death of Mrs. Randolph
Sagle at her late residence in vicinity of Lee
town. She has been seriously sick for some
| weeks but her family and friends hoped that
she would be restored again to health
Funeral services will occur at the home to-
day Saturday. at L o'clock p. m, conducted
| nv Rev s W. Cole.-Advocate.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Rev. s. w. Cole, the popular pastor of the
Baptist church at this place, has receive d
this week two calls to other fields of labor
Mr.. Cole has hitherto expressed his deter
mination to remain in Charles Town, where
the field is large and the work urgent, and
we sincerely hope that he will adhere to his
former observation-disclosures.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
April g.,
Advertised letters.

List of letters remaining in the Pos
Office at Charles Town, Jefferson county
w. Va, April "a. 1897;
Mr.. George Borum, Clark & Mayity. Mrs
Miss Motley johnson, Mrs. Judy E. johnson
A II. Perkins, c. b. Steegert, Mrs NJ: B
Farr Mr.. Claud Washington and Miss Mari
Whiten.
Letters remaining May 1. 1897:
Chas. W. Barrett. silas Gusts, N. A. Keeys
Watha Larry, Miss Emma Tison and G. w
Ross.
The above letters, if not called fol
within fifteen days, will be sent to the
dead letter office. Persons calling fol
them will please say that they are ad
vertised. GEO. H. FLAGc, P. M.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
Pennock Green Houses
AND GARDEN

The undersigned has for sale
TOMATO AND CABBAGE PLANTS. EARLY
VEGETA BLES. FLO WERS FOH BEL
DING, AND CUT FLOWERS
Orders for Home and Church Dressings vii
n. 6fIed- and designs for Weddings and Pun
sr,Is fIrnirhed Orders may be left at the
Greenhouse or with Ronemus Bros
VI WA. TRAPNELL
Nav I2-tf Agent for the Trustee.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Jefferson Building and Loan Assocla-
ton will sell money on the redemption OF
shares of stock on Tuesday, May A.
1897, at u o'clock p. m, at the office OF
David Howell. Treasurer.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Mr.. John H. Hall is not only turning
an honest penny in whitewashing fences,
ETC., but is thereby identifying the town
as well, and we are pleased to see him
meeting with liberal Encouragement
His prices, we understand, are quite mod
arota
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

The new hook and ladder truck and
outfit for the Citizens Fire Company ar
rived here, over the N. & w. R'y, yes
terday
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

VIM Kahn, the leading clothier, Sad
Ter block, is showing the largest and most
complete display of mems spring suits
ever brought to this city. This extensive
assortment embraces the newest, up-to-
date styles, made from the seasons
choicest fabrics, and for general excel
lence are equal to the finest custom-nade
garments
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Have you SCENT; get it and try it. No
more falls and bruises. Mr.. M E. Bo-
linger has bicycle coupler to couple two
wheels together. and the rest is easy
Learns the most timid lady to ride in
half an hour. For rent upon application.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

By change of schedule train No on
on the N. & w. R'y southwark now
passes Charles Town at I:2s a. m, and
train No. northward at $40 a. m. No
change in other trains
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
The well known firm of Drummer Wool.

The well known firm of Drummer Wool
en- Co., of New York, are making clear
ing sale of Woolens. Charley Reininger is
their agent in Charles Town. 1t will pay
you to have a suit of clothes made now,
even if you do not need them. He is
selling suits for $500 that never were
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
May 4. 1897.

Sheriff Baker calls the attention of the tax
payers to the necessity of PROMPT payment
of their taxes in an advertisement in anoth-
er column. The last Legislature got after
the Sheriffs, and through them after the
people There is no alternative but prompt
payment.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
MINING Nav /. IsQ1:

Cooke & Phillips have just received a
carload of Oliver Chilled Plows, at prices
to suit the times. Call and get pillow
and one of their books.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
YESTERDAY & CO.,
The National Civil Ser
vice School,


81 East dpitot Street. Washington, d. c.
INSTRUCTION BY CORRESPONDENCE.
DO Won wish TO enter the government SER
vice? If Won do VIC can help you, IL 10 our
busfueEa 10 prepare persons Tor taking the
Civil Service Examinations; 10 tel them
what to do and how TO do It. Eighty i've
thousand one hundred and thirtT-eight posi-
tions are now filed by the Civil Service Com
mission aud " prepare people 90 they ca
pass the examinations. Have you an ordinary
common-schooI educations II you have we
can prepare on for an examination In short
time We viii give you examinations until
YOU are prepared. marking your work just rs
Won will be marked by the Civil Service Com
m ission. Our charge is mere nominal one
of so aud after you are appointed you pay us
n commission of 2 percent Of your nrst years
SALARY. Thus IL j. TO our interest to at you As
soon as possible In order TO get our pay in
fall Ry \ recent order OF the President the
number of places TO be filed by the Civil Ser
vice is increased from 50. 736 10 s., 13S or by
over 50 per cent. All Government EN- pioJees
are now included except fouTth-class post
m asters and those persons classified as labor
ers There never was better time than the
present in which 10 prepare for elfl serves
oogitiOu There never was time When As
m any positions were open to comPetion as az
nresent. We have our students In every De
ppartrnent of the Government Some are now
ppeftin0 "a high as $1,000 per annum. Many
are letting q 200, Si.4o0, 81, coo and SIS co.
w have been engaged in preparing persons
| for the Civil Service for eleven years and our
snccess il shown by the large number who
are now holding lucrative positions because of
our assistance. We refer TO the National Cap
| itaJ Bank of Washington. ID. Co a. 70 orr
ability TO fulfill our promises.
Address all communicates 70 the becre-
] tary. COURT =, %Oo 70. -, IL .,
I,re % fsa6 Washington. ID C.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Co. 1 1st Infantry, w. Va. N. g., of
this place, went to Martinsburg on Sun
dav, to attend the funeral of Corporal
Davis, of Co. E, of that place.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
Give Me a Bid.

offer my services to the public as an auc-
tioneer, with county and corporation license,
and solicit share of patronage. Having
had considerable experience, guarantee sat-
isfaction- Charges reasonable
CHARLES RISSLER,
Jan, 5, 1897, Charles Town, W. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
For Sale.

20 900 feet Of No. framing lumber, general
sizes. at 81 per hundred feet This lumber IL
what was left after sorting up first class ma
teriaI. and is good for framing mall stables,
outbufIdings, &c Also four or i've hund red
locust aud chestnut posts, from 10 cents up
WI PHILLIPS SONS,
March Il, 1896. Charles Town, W. Va
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on
Earth will exhibit in Washington City on
Wednesday and Thursday. May and g..
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
Lightning Hot Drops
What a FUNNY NameI
Very True, but It Kills All Pain.
Sold Everywhere. Every Day
Without Relief, There 10 No Par
DON'T DIE YOUNG I

Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, act gently and
positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels, cleans
ing the entire system, dispel colds, cure head
ache fever, habltual constipation and bilious
ness Please buy and try box of c. G. q.
to-day: 10. 25, so cents. Sold and guaranteed
to cure by all druggists.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Mr.. Martin Sheet has purchased of
Mr.. F. B. Young, for cash, the house and
lot occupied by the former, on North
Mildred street.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
For Sale, Rent or Ex-
change

Several town properties in Charles Town
including desirable store-room on h2snlDg
ton MIAMI street, for rent, sale, or VIII e1-
change for land in the country, Apply 20
June Is, 1So5-tf. Charles Town, W. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Mr. ]. r. Bell is first in the field TO
1897. and has finished corn planting.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04


On account of the Tennessee Centen-
NAL and International Exposition, Nash
vile, Tenn, May to October so. 1897,
the N. & w. Railway will offer for sale
round-trip tickets from Charles Town at
the following reduced rates: Glass A,
S26.o Tickets to be sold April ~, and
daily on and after April rs until October
Is, 1897, inclusive, limited for return to
November 7, 1897. Glass B, $I9.75.-
Tickets to be sold daily from April 20 to
October IS inclusive, with final limit,
twenty days from date of sale, not in
Guiding day of sale. Glass B. SASS.
Tickets to be sold on Tuesday and
Thursday of each week, beginning April
20 and, until and including October s.
1897, limited to ten day from date of sale
not including day of sale. For further
! information see posters,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
Why Do You Suffer

why Do You Sufter
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
T.. W. BROWNS,
n oct 70. 1891. Optician and Jeweler.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
Money to Loan.

Charles Town Building Association will
offer money for the redemption of shares on
MoNDAI, MAY 10, at 7:30 p. NJ.
s. w. WASHINGTON,
NorA 1907 Seprafary
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
OAOToREA.

When bilious or costivc, eat a Cascaret,
candy catharatic, cure guaranteed, 1Oc, 2oc'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Cumberland
hydraulic
Cement,
The best
Garden pillow
On earth,
Single and
Double
Shovel plows
Riding and
Walking
Cultivators,
Haying tools
of all kinds,
a full line of
Gen'l Hard
ware at prices
to suit the
times.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
Dedication.

Give the babies LAxoL, which is
made as p alatable as honey.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04

Mr. Garland R. Johnson, formerly of this
town, who has been acting as official court
reporter in the city of Radford, Va, is now
private stenograpehr for ex-Lieut. Governor
J. Hoge Tyler, in the coming gubernatoriai
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-08
st. Adams.

John Nye aud d. X. Everett are
running creamery at Waterville.
They came home Saturday 10 spend Sun
day with their families. Bert Fish
gathers cream for them and is getting up
quite route.
{. Worthen has been running board
ing house in the village for about stwo
Years, but now has bought the Ed.
Martin place about mile Out and gone
to peddling meat.
several will commence having in one
week more if we can get the sunshine.
Mr.. Harrison Smell Is no better, has
gone To one of his sons to be taken care
Of, was moved gu a bed some few miles.
+. |. Estes aud wife of Skowhegan,
were in town last week aud made j. W.
JeWett and wife visit.
\. X. Jewett aud wife Of Skowhegan,
made their parents visit short time
ago.
Lincoln Merrick and family are away
do~n-river visiting their friends.
school at the village closes July Bird.
The scholars on Webb ridge will have a
rest a blackboard riding IS somewhat
tiresome
Grass has grown and thickened up
very much the past two weeks. Corn is
very small aud backward Sunshine is
needed
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-08
A Wheelman's Device.

Ingenious Wheelmen of Nice have put
an end to the tribute of lives which
hill near that city has been ex-
acting from them. At the bottom of
this declivity, it seems, there is a sharp
turn, then a bridge with a low parapet,
and just beyond a terrible amount of
nothing at all except scenery. Long ago
the French Touring club put sign adj
vising caution in conspicuous place at
the top of the descent, but this did not
prove sufficient to overcome the fatal
attraction Of the abyss, and wheelmen
continued to precipitate themselves into
the view-which, by the way, was pri-
vate property-with d rapidity that
threatened i'll time seriously to diminish
the clubs annual receipts from dues.
After long study of the problems,
financial, aesthetic and others, which
the case involved, it was decided to sus
pend just beyond the parapet strong
net neatly woven of steel wires. The
very day after it was put i'll place bi
cyclist came coasting wildly down the
hill, struck the stone wall, left his wheel
and took a graceful header into the net.
For the first time it wasn't necessary
for the newspapers of Nice, in giving
their regular news from the bridge of
Raminguo, to say anything about "a
plunge into eternity" Since then the
net has saved an average of four lives a
week, and so we'll known have its pow.
ers become that picnic parties from the
city, which once avoided the bridge as a
place of tragical associations, now re-
sort there daily to watch, from the cool
shade of nearby trees, the amusing
postures assumed by the wheelmen and
wheelwomen when they strike the elias
tic wires. According to recent informa-
ton from that region the spectacle is
we'll worth seeing.-New York Times
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-08
CORRESPONDENCE.
East Madison.

Schools in this village closed Friday,
July after a term of nine weeks. Pupils
in primary school not absent during the
term, Eliza L. Dean. Mabel French,
Emma Wheeler, Willie Ames, Ralph
Messer, Herbert Bosworth, George Hrst,
Harry Bosworth, Howard Holt, Wallace
Mcdonald. Absent one half day. Flossie
Wheeler.
Chldrens day was observed by East
Madison grange Saturday large number
we're present and the exercises by the
children were well carried ont.
The last supper of the season was given
by the ladies Saturday night which net
ted them about twenty dollars they have
raised quite little sum by this method to
help carry on church work in this place
Mr.. Cyrus Bean and wife of Skowhegan
were in town the last of the week guests
OF (. +. Witham.
The schools of this village closed Fri
day. Miss Coffin teacher of the Gram
mar school returned to her home in
Winthrop, Saturday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-08
Grant as "A Boy.

The late Colonel Jesse L. Peyton in
his book Of "reminiscences thus described
his first meeting with General Grant:
ain the year 1888 | was working as a
boy in country store at Flat Rock,
Bourbon county, Ky. Ulysses 5. Grant
was then a boy, living at Georgetown,
o., not many miles distant One day
Grant drove over to Flat Rock with the
niece Of my employer Grant was then
l6 years old, awkward, ungainly, de-
termlned, industrious and very poorly
dressed He drove vicious horse. The
night after his arrival at Flat Rock he
slept with me in the store. 1t was a cold
night, and we boys kept close to the
lee of the counter.
In the morning Grant asked me if he
could assist me. said Yes. He help
ed me take down the shutters and sweep
out the store and put stock in place.
After breakfast he drove off. I heard
from him afterward of his drive home.
Before he had gone far from Flat Rock
his horse ran away, and finally brought
mp with "a crash in fence corner. Moth
ing broke. Grant jumped out, seized
the trembling horse by the bride and
tied his handkerchief over the beasts
eyes. lie drove tho horse blindfolded
all the way to Georgetown, .. 3"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-08
OLD HATS ON MANY HEADS,
Where the Discarded Headgear of the
Average Citizen Finds Its Fate.

Average Citizen Finds Its Fate.
What becomes Of the old hats: The
"stoyepipes, derbies, fedoras, soft
hats and straw hats Of various kinds
where do they g when discarded by
their owners: Every time a man buys a
new hat hc has the old one wrapped up,
and either slowed away in the hat store
for safe keeping or sent to him at his
Iffice or residence. AS rule he says,
Wrap II up and I'll call for it in a
day or two
The halter wraps it up, marks it with
the customers name, puts it away and
waits On the largest mirror in the hat
store Is banner with IA strange device
on it informing the public that 1--WE are
not responsible for hats left with Us
over 80 days - In the store they keep a
book, and when Smith, Jones, Brown
or Robinson leaves his old lid" note
is made of it and duly entered ON this
book
After 30 or so days have ekpscd a
general clearing out of the old hats is
made, and they 60 to the secondhand
stores along South Clark street, to the
costumers' palaces, to the country stores
sometimes, all to be cleaned, refined
and furnished up the best way possible.
1t is thus possible for a man to be
stopped on some chilly evening and
asked 10 assist some unfortunate who is
wearing one of his old hats. These old
hats are sometimes sent to the theaters
,l.Il -
or IAN angry mob or "a group Of Ro.
man. citizens. Drivers If coal wagons,
transfer wagons and tcamsters general
ly who want hat for outdoor use buy
great many Of these castaways. The
soft hats can be made over most etfec-
tually, but a stiff hat remodeled and
dyed has an ancient luster that does not
deceive the intelligent.
Country stores sometimes take an in
voice of these veterans, and the result is
q weird exhibition Of headgcar by the
sagcs of the cracker barrels and hitch
ing blocks.
a stiff hat once broken can with diff
Guilty be patched up acceptably, but a
soft hat may be worked over many times
and still be marketable. Laborers gen
orally wear soft hats, although few
sport derbies and many a once proud,
stylish hat may be seen during the usual
Chicago street cleaning days perched on
the Uranium of some stalwart wielder
of the shovel and pick.
The peddlers buy the old hats The
milkmen, the sailors, rivermen, labor.
ers and that most shifting army of hui
man odds and ends which form such an
item i'll the city's population-these are
the men to whom the vast bulk of the
old hats go. Hats that have glistened
with newness and glossy nap, once start
ed on the downward path, go lower and
lower till the ash heap in the alley or
the oblivion of an empty lot marks their
final degradation. Chicago Chronicle.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-08
The Picture Hat.

Some time ago noted writer an
bounced that scientific physicians had
utterly condemned the large, round hats
weighed down with excessive garni-
lures, pronouncing them "a serious and
undeniable means of producing head
ache, wrinkles and gray hair. g" One
would suppose this threat of a trio of ter
rible Affections would have had the in.
Simultaneous good effect of banishing the
burlensome cause of them all; but not
so. We can almost affirm that fashion S
power is more potent than health or even
life itself. Gray hairs may appear, the
picture hat headache" may become
chronic and wrinkles deepen, but while
the dominating queen of style DEGREES it
we shall still behold the baneful and
empowering picture hat, Exchange.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-08
A SPIDER FIGHT.
1t Was Fast and Furious and to the
Death.

It Was Fast and Furious and to the
Death.
once had a spider pet Of kind the
books enabled me to identify He was
n fine, big fellow. I caught him in the
garden, carried him home and for
nearly two months he and | took a close
interest in each other, he for the flies
introduced to him and | for the amuse-
ment he introduced TO me. | kept him
in a milliner's box, letting him out
when I visited him. specially delight
Ing myself with allowing him to drop
from one hand by his fine spun thread,
and then either catching him IN the
other or gently compelling him to climb
back again by apparently eating his
own ladder.
One day | captured another spider Of
the same species, | kept him for few
days III a separate box. and then, with
the kindly idea of companionship, l in
troduced him TO Tiger | have seen dogs
fight; have seen chantiCleer fight and
slay his man; | have seen rams fight
till, with his skull crushed III, one lay
dead at tn foot of the other; | have
seen men fight; | have seen women
fight-at least, they once were women
till they became a confusion of blood
and hair and shredded garments; but
the fullest sense | ever realized of mad,
murderous passion lat ungoyernably
loose, centered III one destroying aim
and summonlng every physical energy
to its deyillsh service, | realized when
those two spiders rushed to mortal com
bat. | stood in boyIsh terror as their
tangled legs dropped or, torn by mu-
tual rage, and as, with vicious deXteri-
ty, they struck each other with their
poisoned fangs, using for their own de-
struction the weapons and appliances
with which nature has provided them
. for the capture and slaughter of their
prey, | ylsihly turned pale.
Tiger was the victor, but even while
with brutal wrath, all mangled as he
was, he bit and spurned his dead and
limbless foe, he was seized with symp-
toms | took to be paralytic, and i'll a
minute or two l helped him to his
death. And this fearless gladiator was
afraid Of | remember, and never would
tackle, big bluebottle fly. What is
courage 2-Mancheste City News.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-08
Mercer.

Chas. Berry was at home a few days
last week.
Mrs. Jonas Yarney is visiting in Wa
teryille.
{. w. Morse was in Starks, Sunday.
Chas Bigelow of Norridgewoek wa;
in town this week.
Frank kelley's brother from the west
IS visiting him.
G. S. Morse was in Smithfield, few
days last week, painting a cottage for
\. O. Frederic of Norridgewock.
Frank Wade was at home over Sunday
NJ. d. Frederic of Starks, was in town
Monday.
Mrs. G. 5. Morse and Mrs B. L.
Frederic were in Starks, last week
visiting.
Nathan Wood, who had a paralYtic
shock the 10Th, is in a critical condition
Carrie 5. and Calvin II. Allen were in
Starks, Sunday.
Frank Skillings of Norrdgewock
commenced driving the stage, July l.
Mrs. Eli Wells, who scalded her feet
by upsetting pail of boiling water, is
still unable to get about.