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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13
NoRTHWARD

Nos.l4 aud 36 connect with main line trains
Washington for all Eastern Cities. No chang
of cars betweenWnshington aud Harrlsonburg
on Nos. I3 and IA.
For detuiied infor alton apply to nearest
Brown, General Agent Passenger Department.
Washington, d. Z.
FRANK s. CANNON,
Bird Vicc-P PRIEST. e Genl Mgr.
j. M-CULP, Traffic Mgr
Dec. 6. ". A. TURK. Gen'I pass. Agt.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13

I Daily. +Daily Except Sunday.
On and after Sunday. Nov 20. 1858, MAR
Line tTains Noe. and 4, and Davis Branci
trains 3, 4. and viii be discontinued OF
Sunda Us, until further notice
c.L. BRETZ. e Ge N; iP5 ase.inHeT a.,
Gen'I Manager
July 90 1897
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13
Give lie BID.

offer my services to the public as an auc-
tonecr, with county and corporation license,
and solicit share of patronage. Having
had considerable experience. guarantee sat-
isfGction. Charges reasonable
CHARLES RISSLER.
Jan. ., 1897, Charles Town, WA
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13
Shoes /! Shoes !!

A Great Variety of Shoes and Slippers for
everybody, at all prices. for Spring and Sum
mer, just opened. Prices marked down to
make short profits to suit the times
April 81. s. s. DALGARN,
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Southern Railway.

BETWEEN WAsHINGToH ALEXANDRIA, STRAs-
BURG AND HARR soNBURG.
CondensedTime Tables, iu Effect Dec. 1, 1895
Grains Nos. 0 and 30 daily trains Nos 49,
IL, IA and ~ daily, except Sunday.)
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13

The words of praise bestowed upon
Hoods Sarsapariila by those who have
taken it proves the merit of the medicine.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13
SOUTHWARK
Train 50 connect with Southern r. Il.
at strasburg Junction at 1926 aud 7.45 p. m.

Mixed Trims Southbonnd leave Winchester
a, 4.45 and S.12 a. M. Arrive at Strasbnrir
Junction ut 6 OF and 1880 4. IN.
Mixed trains uorthbound leaves Winchester
at l.45 aud 1906 p. M. Arrive at Harper's
Ferry ut 4.s0 y. m. and SO q. m.
CONNECTIONS.
Train s connects at Harper Ferry wftbFnst
LimitedExpress train leaving atI2 Il a IN. AM !
laos p. IN. arriving at Chicago $50 a. M; al.
1900 noon, and with train leaving at s Ii
p. m. arriving ut Cincinnati at 7.45 a, m. 81
Louis 600 p. m.i and connects at weaverton
at 1l.40 a. M, arrive at HagcrstOwn at 10 10
p. M, Washington Junction with train arriy-
ing ut Frederick at 1.55 p. m.
Train IA connects with Fast Vestibule train
at HRrper's Ferry at 0:44 p. m. for Chicago at
1921 p. IN. for Pittsburg aud 1888 a. m. Tor
Cincinnati aud st. Louis. Arrive ut Pitts
burg at 200 a. m. Chicago at 9:45 p. M, Gin
cinnatti at p. m, and st, Louis $3.50 IA. M
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars are run
through to Cincinnati, st. Louis, and Chicago
on all express trains.
For rates. tickets, baggage checked, apply
to any office of the b. Il o. Railroad
w. ". GREENE, Gen'l Manager
d. B. MARTIN, AIau'gr Pass Trafiic.
Dec. 6, 1898.
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Jno.eA. washington. RsW. Alexander.
Washington & Alexander
Insurance Agency,

washington OiHl6AdHu6l 4,
Insurance Agency,
ONE OF THE OLDEST INSURANCE AGEN
CIES IN THE STATE.
once Gibson Building. Charles Town, W. va.
Representing the following Companies
The old and reliable
ETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
of Hartford, Conn,
Giving the best results to policy holders. and
which has larger amount of policies in
Jefferson County than all other Life
Insurance Companies together.
Liverpool & London s. Globe, of England,
Scottish Union and National. OF Scotland
and the Royal Insurance Co., of Liv-
erpOol the largest foreign Cos.
doing business in America
RTNA, OF HARTFORD.
Peabody, of Wheeling, W Va
Franklin, of Wheeling.
German Fire, of Wheeling.
Phoenix of Hartford.
Virginia Fire aud Marine. of Richmond, Va.
Georgia Home. of Columbus. Ga,
Fire Association. of Philadelphia, Pa
Continental, of New York.
German-American Fire Insurance Co. ,of New
York.
Home Ipsnrance Company, OF New York.
Niagara Fire Insurance Co., OF New DIRK
Fidelity and Casualty. of New York City,
furnishing Steam Boiler Insurance and
Inspections and Accident Insurance
of every kind.
Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Maryland.
the only company authorized to grant
bonds and become surety in the state.
JEFFERSON COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
An losses promptly adjusted and paid at our
office.
sub-Ageuts:
j. 8. FLEMING, shepherdstown, W. Va.
CHAS. H. TRAIL, Harper's Ferry, w. Va.
A sworn statement of the conditions of all
Foreign Insurance Companies represented in
this Agency will be found at the Clerks Office,
in compliance with the State laws.
We solicit continuance of your patronage,
Respectfully,
Feb. 10, 1895.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13
DR.. Humphreys

Specifies act directly upon the disease,
without exciting disorder in other parts
of the system. They Cure the Sick.
no. CURES. raIcEs.
I-FeYeFs. congestions, Innammations. rs
2-WOrms. Worm Fever. Worm Collie. .25
3-Teethlng, Collie, Crying, IVakefulness rs
4-DIarrhea. of Children or Adults...... rs
5-COnghs. Colds, Bronchitis. as
S-NeuraIgia, Toothache, Faceaehe.... 20
O-Headaehe. Sick Headache. Vertigo. 20
1O-DYspepsia. Indigestion. Weak stomach.25
11-snppresBed or Painful Periods. .25
12-Whites. Too ProfnBe PerIods.-.....-- .25
13-CrOup. Laryngitis. Hoarseness..... rs
14-sAlt Rheum. Erysipelas. Eruptions.. rs
15-RheumntIam. Rheumatic Palms.. as
16-MaIarla. Chiils. Fever and Ague..... IS
19-Catarrh. Influenza. Cold In the Head as
2O-WhOoplng-ConGh .................... 20
2I-Kidney Diseases .................-.... 10
2S-NerTous Debility.
3O-UFinary Weakness, wetting Bed, rs
S5=Grlp. Hay Fever. 10
Or. Humphreys Manual of all Diseases at your
Druggists or Mailed Free.
Sold by druggists. or sent on receipt OF price.
anmphreys' He'd. Co., Cor. William John Sta
s New York.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13
Contractors & Builders.
FIRST CLASS WORK BY GOOD
MECHANICS.

If you intend building or making altera-
tiuns, or If your property Is in need Of repairs,
call or send postalto
CHAS. H GRIM,
Contractor aud Builder.
Box 259, Charles Town, ". Va.
REFERENcEs-I. u. COffman, VIM. Kahn
Thos. e, EarnshGw (wOrk just huished).
Special Attention to allKinds Jobbing.
Ma IL 1900
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13
FREE vE Bs2Ena GARDEN

WE are selling Homemade Tin onort
w Cans, good tin, for the low sum of ss
cts. per doz or doz. for 81 co. We boSe
only got abou: 5000 left. Come rnnnjng
LOT them' YESTERDAY ~ Co
South Charles st.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13

and s, Daily, except Sunday.
Pullman parlor car and throue Ii cooches be-
tween Hagcrstown and Philadelphia on trains
2 and and through coaches between Win.
chester and Philadelphia on trains and 4
White Sulphur Springs, Doubling Gap, Pa.
is now open aud excursion tickets are on sale
from all principal stations on the Cumberland
Valley X. X. A special coupon excursion
ticket at reduced rates, including two days
on sale every Saturday until September 25.-
Arrangements for these special tickets can bt
made ut any time by addressing tho general
passenger agent. Coaches belonging to the
hotel meet all trains.
system. j. F. BOYD, Supt.
II. a. RIDDLE, Gen. Pass. ACT.
Dee T. 1897
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13
JEFFERSON FOUNDRY
Machine Shops,
Situated ON Berryville Turnpike, within th
Corporate Limits of charlestown.

N0FpOTuL5 IlIIlllt6 OF NnHrIe5toWn.
To Al Whom II May Concern:
take this method of announcing to the
farming community of Jefferson and adjoining
counties, that do all kinds of Machine Re
pairing, such as Traction and Portable En-
gines, Wheat Threshers, Grain Drills. Wheat
Fans. Corn Shelters. and in fact all kinds of
Repairing, in both Wood and Iron; also make
Smoke Stacks for Stationary and Portable En-
gines, Patching Steam Boilers, and putting in
new Jews or tubes. Am prepared to do all
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13
Wonder Stoves.

yesterday s. Co. is the only place in tho
County where you can get Genuine Wonder
Stove. Don't haye TO split your wood, and by
having one You can warm your house nt g
very small expense Come and get one from
YESTERDAY q CO.,
Oct. IL. South Charles Street,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-12-13
BLACKSMITHINC,

Light or Heavy, in drst-class Manner.
Special attention paid to Repairing Min
Turning Lathes which cannot be exceled in
the State, for Turning Iron and Chasing Screws
large and small. either Iron or Brass. Keep
on hand Pipe of all sizes, and am prepared to
Cut Threads, or Screws or the same, also
keep on hand all kinds of Brass Cocks; Globe.
Angle and Check Valves of Jenkin-' Bros Pa
tent Seats of Philadelphia; all sold under
guarantee of thirty days, and If not found sat
isfactory return and will refund the amount
paid. 1 keep in stock Packing of different
Kinds for making Steam-Tfght Joints; also
manufacture the Sun-Fish Pillow, improved. in
three different sizes, as follows: Heavy
Three-Horse, Two and Three, and a regular
Two Horse Pillow.
MY FOUNDRY DEPARTMENT.
VIII make all kinds of Castings from pat
terms or old pieces of casting. Also have pat
terms for Crate Bars for Traction or Portable
Engines of tricks make and others. Make
Sash-Weights for Buildings of all sizes, in
large quantities lower than the lowest, and 1
am prepared To make all kind of Brass Cast
iugs. / keep on hand the Challenge Pump,
and Water Elevator and Purifier, for deep
Wells and Cisterns, of which have all ex-
ira Chains. Cranks, Wheels, &c.
Agent for the CROWN WHEAT DRILL.
Would be pleased If any one in need of a Drill
before purchasing elsewhere would give me
call.
WIN thank the public generally for share
of their patronage Yours respectfully,
Address P. o. Box 81.
September II, 1889.
NNHE Genuine Wonder, for sale by yesterday
Il S Co., stands unrivalled. 1t has no equal
us heat producer, heat distributor or fuel
aver, and is demonstrated success. Call
and examine.
MALL has two houses to reut, near B. &
wv o. Depot.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
PRACTICAL FARMERS.

A correspor dent, who has received q
sample copy, says Wallace's Farmer,
write us that the paper is well enough
but he is a practical farmer and has no
time to read when farm work com
mences, and therefore thinks he will
not subscribe just now; that he does
not believe much in book farming any
way. Another farmer drops in and
says: ''Our folks were not raised on
the farm and we made a good many
mistakes in beginning, but since we
have been taking your advice on clover
we have doubled our yield of grain per
acre." This man would not think for
a moment of doing without his favorite
agricultural paper. Which of these
men is the practical farmer9
We are greatly amused at the ego
tism of some men who call themselves
practical farmers. They assume that
they and their fathers before them too
learned all that is known or can be
learned with regard to the business
which deals with more complex and
difficult problems than any other bust
ness followed by mortal man, a bust
ness which is now engrossing time and
talents of some of the very ablest men
not only in this country, but in the
civilized world. The men who have
done the greatest service to agriculture
are men who are willing to learn even
from the man who prides himself as
practical and needs no instructions.
They are diligently cropping after facts,
principles, experimenting in every pos
sible way, interrogating nature, and
reporting truthfully what she says.
Instead of being egotists they are hum
BILE inquiries after natures methods
and will spare no labor nor pains to
find the truth. The so called ''prac
tical" farmer assumes that he and his
father have found this out long ago
and do not need the help of the expert
fence and researches of other men
which it is the province Of the agricul
tural paper to give.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
VINES AND TRELrssRs.

Many people are prevented from
planting grape vines under the idea
that the putting up of the treIlis is a
difficult and expensive thing to do.
But the first year a light stake will be
all that is required to train the single
shoot to, and even the second year,
when two or three punches of grapes
may be grown, the stalks will be all
that is required. A trellis made by
setting posts six feet apart and five feet
high above the surface of the ground
will accommodate a single vine. For
supports, wires should be stretched be-
tween the posts, but the wires must
not be left tight when cold weather
comes on, as the contraction of the
wire by cold will surely break them.
-EY
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
No. IL

following fall and corn planted. Manure
should be thinly scattered on the clover
during the winter months, although
the common practice here is to top
dress the wheat, but better results will
follow light sprinkling over the clover,
thereby enabling the farmer to get the
most from his otherwise inadequate
supply of stable fertilizer. This method
will soon do away entirely with the
expensive and wasteful application Of
commercial fertilizers on the average
farm, procedure that will sooner or
later render the farmer indeed indie.
pendent. We may set it down as an
axiom that every acre of land should
be self sustaining.
Mason Co., W. V.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
WHAT A NORTH CAROLINA FAR
MER CAN DO.

He can raise from 200 to 800 bushels
of sweet potatoes or from 100-to 400
bushels of Irish potatoes to the acre,
and for $50 he can build house that
will keep thsm the year round.
He can plant one acre of artichokes
and fatten so hogs on it; the hogs can
do their own digging and waste nothing.
He can raise all kinds of stock 100
per cent. cheaper than it can be done
further north.
He will not have to fertilize his land
to make it yield a good harvest, al
though here, ais elsewhere, judiciOus
fertilizing generally pays.
He can run a farm without a mort
gage on it.
He can have vegetables on his table
the year round.
He can plant one acre in cane and
make 300 gallons of beautiful, clear
syrup with no sorghum tWang to it,
Bees require no attention further
than taking what honey you wish.
Wet land, sown in red top, forms an
everlasting meadow. of the finest hay
in the world.
One bale of cotton is the average
yield, although one and a half bales
per acre is not an uncommon crop.
One hundred peach trees can be
planted to the acre, and three to five
bushels of choice fruit per tree can be
counted on after the third year.-Cot-
ton Belt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
A PLEA FOR HONEY,

Many weary house mother exerts
herself to put up rowe on rows of jel-
lies, jams and canned fruit, often in
the extreme heat, when the same
amount Of time, more BEAUTIFULLY spent
out Of doors, would supply her family
with like quantity of sweets quite as
wholesome and palatable to the aver.
age household, says Country Gentle.
man. OF course variety is desirable
and / would not do away with the
time honored preserve closet, but it's
dainties might well be diminished in
quantity and supplemented with those
which require no manipulation. Els.
pecially where there are children it is
desirable to have supply of natural
sweets-honey and maple syrup-as is
is noticeable that child can eat much
more freely of these than Of candy or
jams without i'll effects.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
FARM FACT AND FUN.

Cotton continues very low. There
has been scarcely any change in price
for the past two months. The Free
Press thinks that big crop will be
grown in the South this year, which
will keep the price low, and we advise
the farmers of this section to all make
their provisions at home. Grow plenty
of grain and raise plenty Of hogs, poul-
try, etc, and plant some tobacco and
as little cotton as practicable. -Kinston
Free Press.
Have you taken an inventory3 Do
you know just how much you own
and owe9 II you knew these facts a
year ago, and ascertain them to day,
you will see at once how much you
are ahead or behind on the years
work. HeW many farmers know this7
How long could any mercantile busi
ness run that didn't take an inventory
and find out just how it stood9 The
farmer needs to do this just as much as
any business man. Don't let April go
by without finding 'just where you
are at."-FaEm and Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
ATTEND TO THE ORCHARD.

There are too many farmers who
think that when an orchard is once
planted all they have to do is simply
to wait three or four years and then to
pick the apples and take in the money.
For such there is nothing but sure dis.
appointment. The orchard must be
cared for just as corn or any thing else
on the farm.
There is no farm complete withou&
an orchard and all kinds Of fruit, from
the strawberry up to the apple, twelve
months in the year. There is nothing
go conducive to the health and happi.
ness of well regulated farm family az
plenty of good, delicious fruit the year
around.
Now, the orchard as an annex to the
farm. I would say all, outside Of fam
lily use, for q commercial purpose.
plant only about six leading winter
varieties, for they can be picked and
cared for when other work on the farm
is not pressing. For such an orchard
take the most suitable ground on the
farm, and the larger the orchard the
cheaper and better it can be managed.
and with more profit, because there is
quite a decided advantage In a good
sized orchard.-Philip Lux.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
THE 1893 PLANTING.

Tt is very natural to infer that the
tobacco planters of Virginia and the
Carolinas will aim for at least good
sized crop thisEyear. Firstly, because
they have had much better returns
from it than cotton or other crops, and
then prices have kept up at a. high
average and advanced with heavy
sales, though the quality has been
nothing extra. There is, therefore,
room for an improvement in quality,
which of itself should be an induce
ment to higher prices and fully as good
prices if the crop ia not so fine, says
Southern Tobacconist.
In fact, low grades are highest and
medium in strong demand. This is
what has made the 81 crop profitable
one, rather than the higher prices
heretofore in the finer but lighter
weight grades. The fine and fancy
cutter anu wrapper has limited de-
mand as well as price; there is about a
fixed standard of both.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
OUR FARM GARDEN.

Much is said and written sboutfarm.
ers having good vegetable and fruit
gardens, intimating that it is an easy
matter to grow and attend the same.
Without doubt the farmer and his
family need and deserve the very best
of garden productions, but they have
only a meagre chance for them. True,
they have the land; some, but not all,
have the manure and skill. The time
required is frequently lacking. Just
when the garden needs care some inn
portant field crop demands immediate
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
WHEN YOU WRITE THE PRO.
GRESSIVE FARMER

About anything, please give us a list
Of your neighbors and friends who do
not take THE FARAER, but who you
think may possibly be induced to give
it q trial. Give postoffice address Of
each one. Give US also the names and
addresses Of all Of your neighbors who
take farm or reform papers. Any per.
son will do as favor by complying
with the above request. If you cannot
renew your subscription now, kindly
give the List Of names, anyhow.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
ROTATION OF CROPS.

Where our supply of manure is linn
tied we must adopt a system to make
it go farther and do more, which is a
good plan If we have ever so much
manure at our disposal. The crops to
be used in our rotations must of course
be governed by locality and soil, as
we'll as climate. Here we generally
begin with corn, which is preceded by
a good top dressing of stable manure,
if we have it; then comes potatoes or
oats; the third year wheat, which is
seeded to clover, which is moved the
fourth year, and, il very good, the
fifth year.
This in its turn is plowed under the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19

Your fruit orchard may be fertiliEed
with stable manure and planted with
pumpkins, yellow globe beets, and red
stock beets as profitable feed for young
hogs. These will keep the weeds down,
prevent the land from washing, and
shade the ground; always have your
orchard lands producing such protect.
i've and profitable crops. Southern
Fruit Grower.