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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1901-08-13
speer's Port Crape and Burgundy Wines

the grapes eastern mountain slope
valley New Jersey the soil also Astounding produces
oodmaxing, Lfcpreservng Wines OF the World
these for nvads weakly and the aged None put
market old For Druggists and Groers
Sherry. Burgundy Socatc, clare $751; and
Brandy 1873 all used extensively Hospitals and
the Medical obtained The unermened
Grape Juice extensively used New York churches for
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1901-08-13

Maj. Gen. w. H. Kearfott. Division
Commander for West Virginia Division,
United Sons of Confederate Veterans,
appointed for the occasion of the Confed-
crate reunion and picnic at Morgan's
Grove August 9TH Miss Otie Silver, OF
Inwood, sponsor for the w. Va. Division
U. S. c. ". and Miss Sallie Lemen,
Hedgesville, Miss Minnie Thatcher,
Martinsburg. Miss Daisy Myers, Shep.
herdstown. Miss Louise Baylor, Charles
Town, and Miss Georgietta Strider. Lee.
town, maids of honor.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1901-08-13
The Lost Cause.

Every veteran should subscribe for the
Lost Cause, devoted solely TO Confederate
matter, $I,oo per annum. Every dollar
beyond running expenses of the paper
goes to make some old Confederate vet
eran comfortable.
MRS. BASIL DUKE. Editor.
Miss FLORENCE BARLOW,
Managing Editor. Louisville. KY.
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FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,

containing s. rooms. with sla'e roof, fine BATH
room and modern Improvements, also a large
cellar, aud located close 10 schools, depot
ana hotel.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1901-08-13

TERMS OF SAlE.-nne Third Cash. Bal
ance in one and two years. taking bonds Of
purchaser for deferred aymenis. in two
EQUAL payments, bearing Interest fram date,
aud secured by decd of trust upon the prop
erty. FORBES W. bhON y,
July 23. Trustee.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1901-08-13

Colorado Springs, Colorado, few days
ago had a gala day-the celebration of
the 18th anniversary of Colorado into the
Union Vice President Roosevelt and
Governor Orman, besides others, were
distinguished guests. The Evening Mail
of that city devotes much space to an &C
count of the festivities. We have only
room for an item, to. wit Governor
Orman's staff was in full dress uniform
and the fifteen generals and colonies
made splend d appearance" 1t then
proceeds to name them, aud we find the
following with the governor in his
private car were the following Harvey
n Dorsey, secretary to the staff; Senator
Henry H. Teller and wife, Senator Pat
terson, State Treasurer Chipley, wife and
daughter, State Auditor Crouter and wife,
Senator Casimiro Barea and wife"
Mr.. Harvey N. Dorsey, here mention
ed. is native of Charles town. and is a
graduate of the SPIRIT or JEFFERSON
office. Another of our interchangeable
Charles Town boys who will not be rele-
gated to the rear, even whilst in a far
distant State seeking restoration to
health. iii which quest we trust he NAV
be entirely successful. We return many
thanks to our kind young friend tor a
Quarto Centennial medal and one of the
very handsome press badges gotten up
for the interesting occasion above men,
toned. The latter has pendant from it a
neatly mounted rabbits foot.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1901-08-13

Orders taken for PIRsT-cLAss ENGRAv-
ING-calling cards, wedding invitations,
monograms, coats of arms, etc. Full
line of samples to select from.
H. L. MURRAY,
At Browns lewelrY Store
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For Sale,
nHnHr, nL-Ir1

One years old, one 2 years old, and one l
year old. These Bucks are all Thoroughbred
Shropshires. by registered bucks.
E. G. WILSON.
Aug. est. Hermitage Stock Farm.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1901-08-13
Fairs and Exhibitions.

Inwood Aug. ao-23.
Morgan's Grove Sept. so.
Wheeling Sept. 1913.
Lynchburg Oct. 1913.
Harrisonburg -Oct. 1924,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1901-08-13

Governor White has issued a procla-
nation designating Monday, September
2, as Labor Day.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1901-08-13
VOLTS Business College,

HAGERsTowN, MD.
A FIRST CLASS COMMERCIAL INsTITU
TfON.
Gives thorough instruction in book keeping
stenography, typewritng, penmanshp. tcleg-
raphy. English. Prepares students for bust
ness life. Send for catalogue and specimens
of penmansbip. ID. ELMER WOLF,
July Sim. Principal
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From the Harper's Ferry Sentinel

From the Harper's Ferry Sentinel:
Mr.. Darrell Koonce, son of Mr.. Geo.
Koonce, Hallto WI, is very sick with ty-
phoid fever
Mrs Will Trail and children, of Wash
ington, are the guests of Mrs. G.. r.
Broadly.
Mrs. James Bresenhan and children,
of Washington, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Briggs. in Bolivar.
Mr.. Washington Derry, an aged
and honored citizen. has gone to his re-
ward.
Miss Florence Daley, of Charles Town,
is visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. w. C. Campbell. of Roanoke,
Va, is visiting her brother and sister,
Mr.. George and Miss Emily Child.
Mr.. Will Crutchley, of Brooklyn, N
Y, is visiting his sister, Mrs. w. l.,
Erwin.
Mrs. Ellen Johns, widow of the late
G. B. Johns, of this place, died at hel
sisters home in Toledo, Cumberland
county. Illinois, on Tuesday morning
| tact
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1901-08-13
Bloomfield Gardens.

The undersigned who recently purchased
the well-known Bloomfield Gardens. near the
Belt Line, Charles Town, w. Va, now resides
at the same, and has for sale
PLANTS OF ALL KINDS,
including Cabbage, Tomato. Sweet Potato.
Pepper. Beet, etc. Has also a rice line of
Geraniums. Roses, Carnations. Viocts and
Pansies. which will be sold very low.
June 5-4m- ]. b. WHITTINGTON.
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Mrs. Harriet Sherrard died at her
home in Gerardstown Thursday morning
in the 18th year of her age. Her hus-
band, Captain William Sherrard. vet
eran of the Mexican war aud commander
of the Berkeley Greys in'the Confederate
army. died three years ago. She was a
daughter of the late Robert Daniel, of
one of the oldest and most respected
families Of the Shenandoah Valley, and
is survived by six children: Albert Sher-
rard, of Inwood; William G. Sherrard,
in the U. S. Army and stationed at Fort
Meyer Ashby Sherrard, living in Pitts
burg; Robert and Miss Anna, both liv-
ing at the family home at Gerardstown,
and Mrs. e. w. Boyer of Martinsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs, w. H. Martin and little
daughter. of Waynesville, H., who have
been spending some time in the county,
recently returned from trips to Washing
ton City and the Luray Caverns, and are
now at Mr.. Levi Porter's. We enjoyed
a visit yesterday from our good friend
Martin, who is one of the best all round
men that we know of, barring the fact
that we have as yet been unable to turn
him from the error of his Republican
ways and make of him good sound
Democrat. He was one of the Charles
Town boys of the long ago. and keeps
posted on Charles Town news through
the medium of the SPIRIT, for which he
always pays in advance, Yesterday hs
anticipated next years payment. HI
takes dozen papers in all, pays for then
in advance. has charming young wife
and interesting little daughter, with {
good portion of this worlds goods te
keep him in comfort the balence of hi.
days. and is. as he has right to do. en-
joying in his later years the fruits of hi.
early industry and good management
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OF the late Elizabeth Grim This VERY DE-
S1RABLE HOME lies one-half mile from th:
station at Summit Point. w. Va
Sale to Ike place il front of the Store of
George r. Grim.
TERMs--One-Third Cash. balance in one
and two years.
G. r. GRIN AND BROTHERS.
DAM Hefiebower, Auel'r.
Aug. 6-4t
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If You Buy Elsewhere You Pay Too Much.
PURPOSE

purpose do coupled with determination and
II Is aim in
business you We invite
yon viii ali the time want but
you goods less We salts
fed to sell little cheaper continually planning
whereby yet better and better bargains We
on aud when have Sc
out OF IL It IS not how
much Make many goods can sell, We are
simply but must be at such price
keep the better will ike H. lonr
patronage putt energy 70 get
having gotten the beneht
Now you knoc well do that we sell voa many things
cheaper nanyo Now don't think ought to get
another, and mark thing at
Of article cheap another 1t is
he thing the goods will bear
difference apparent
Its there always Iyou will look closely will hndit
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21

age. That the disease is contagious
has also been demonstrated.
1t IS believed that if Prof. SchueI-
ler's discovery had been made, say, ten
years ago the lives of both the
parents of Kaiser Wilhelm and of his
uncle the duke of xe-Coburg-Gotha
could have been much prolonged. The
fact aIone that DR.. Schueller has dis
covered these parasites is of the great
est Importance to medical science
and humanity
DR.. Max SchueIler is the son of a
Lutheran pastor. He is about 81
years old and his career as a surgeon
is replete with brilliant feats which
have given him an enviable Teputa-
lion in Europe. About 20 years ago
he came 10 America at the call of an
eastern medical college, but heimweh
made him return to the fatherland.
He has written voluminously both in
German and English on the subject
of Cancerous diseases.
The experiments of the past few
months have opened up possibilities
which seem exceedingly hopeful. Re-
Gently at the AnddIesex hospital in
England a terrible case of cancer of
the breast in an elderly woman was
submitted to the X-rays. In the
treatment, extending over many
weeks, there was a very marked i'm
prOvement.
The X-rays for cancer have also
been tried in America with similar
satisfactory results. Within the next
few months the treatment will prob
ably be extended to many cases. If
the outcome is equally good we viii at
least have hopes of successfully meet
ing this rapidly growing and hideously
torturing atfiictiOn.
Ten years ago consumption of the
lungs was regarded as practically in
durable. The patient was coddled,
kept from all exposure, and the ques-
tions for his doctor were how long he
could prevent the end coming and how
painless dying could be made All this
already belongs 10 past history 1t is
now recognized that consumption is a
definite infective disease. due to germs
in the lungs. The lines Of treatment
to-day are two-foId. On the one hand
many endeayOrs are made to prevent
the spread of infective matter, while
the patient himself is treated by ex-
poSure 10 open air and by excessive
feeding.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21
CANCER is CURABLE.
German Scientist Says Disease Is
Caused by Parasites.
Their Real Nature and Method OF
Propagation Has just Been Dis
covered by Prof. SchueIIer,
OF Berlin.

The death of Dowager Empress
Frederick of Germany, who, as is
now an open secret, succumbed TO
that most dreadful of diseases, can
Ger, calls attention to what is being
done these days to conquer this
scourge.
There is no doubt that cancer can
now be healed in It's incipient stage,
and Prof. Max Schueller, ID. D., the
Berlin specialist, claims TO be able
to cure the disease even when it has
assumed its most malignant form.
Next to tuberculosis, cancer is, dur
ing the past decades, the most rap
idly increasing disease on record.
Prof. Czerny, who presided at the re-
cent surgical congress in Berlin, cal
culates the number Of sufferers
from cancer in Germany alone to out
number $4,000, and it was shown at
the congress that cancer was greatly
on the increase in both hemispheres,
and also that science was blamed be-
cause of the inability to trace the
cause of cancer.
The peculiar formations which
have formed in certain. cells and tis-
sues of the human body, which with
relative rapidity increase until
they induce death, have puzzled the
medical world. They are called errO-
neously cancer bacilli by the laity,
appear in the shape of capsules,
which hide the real parasites. Prof.
Schueller has at last discovered the
real nature of these parasites. He
finds that they are environed by a
Shiny substance from which thread
ike prolongations in a yibratory
movement pierce through the pores
of either flesh or bone. thus executing
their destructive work. 1t seems
tnat the parasite prefers a lean, dry
skin to q smooth, fatty one, which
accounts for the fact that most of
the victims of cancer are of mature
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21

passing gunboats of the federal gov
ernment.
Mr.. Montague educated himself.
having borrowed money to attend
college and the university. He is and
has always been a hard student, and
possesses a good library.
He received his education at public
and private schools in AliddleseX un-
til he entered Richmond college, ses-
sions 1850 and 1882. Here he won the
medal for improvement in debate the
first session and was final orator of
his literary society in 1852. Here he
graduated in two schools, and sue
cessfully passed all the collegiate eX-
aminations except one. On leaving
college he taught school in Orange
county for two years. He took the
summer law course at the University
of Virginia in 1884 and returned for
only eight months of the regular ses-
sion 1S84-85, taking his B. L. degree
in June, 1885.
He commenced the practice of law
IN Danville in October, 1855, and he
soon secured a varied, large and most
responsible practice. Many of his eff
forts at the bar gained for him far
more than a local reputation.
He was appointed United States at
torney for the western district of
Virginia July l, 1898, and rendered his
resignation to President Mckinley in
June, 1897. His resignation was not
accepted, and on July %, 1897, Chief
Justice Fuller appointed him district
attorney ad interim, the duties of
which office he performed until the
day preceding his qualification as at
torney general of Virginia, on Janu-
airy l, 1898, to which position he had
been elected in the fall of 1897. hav-
ing run ahead of the state ticket 1000
votes.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21
WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION.

A woman has need of a sharp
tongue, since Providence gave her but
Indifferent fsts.-JOscelyn Cheshire.
As we grow older all life grows more
and more bitter-and we more and
more able to bear it.-A Woman for
Nothing.
Arguments are like birchings; only
those know their value who have
ceased to have any need for them.-A
Royal Exchange.
The history of many a wOman's
tragedy could be summed up by the
mans cry of weakness. at need you.
Stand by me-" - Another Woman's
Territory.
POetry-and most of all amateur
poetry-stands for pain. Every line
of it spells woe. Either the writer, or
those living with the writer. could tell
q tale.-KobeTt Orange.
1t is sometimes instructive to look
back and see how Destiny gave US a
kick here, and Fate a shove there, that
sent US in the right direction at the
proper time.-The Crisis.
Men who like field sports are. as
rule, earnest, healthy, vivacious fell
lows, fond of good cheer, with a de-
cided leaning towards making the best
Of eVerything.-At Loves Extremes.
All this outward show of holiness
failed to convince. It was like the
smell of musk, which hints of less de-
sirable scents to be overpowered
rather than cleansed.-Sir Christie
pher.
I suppose it is the crowning futility
Of sentimentalism to try to remem-
Der all the sunrises and sunsets of
ones heydays. 1t only adds to ones
late pathos in life to open his old al
bum and smile wearily at the souvenirs
that have grown meaningless. - A
Journey TO Nature.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Our Dead President.

What a calamity has befallen
our Country in the assassination
of President William Mckinley.
Never before in the history of this
Republic has the Country been in
a more prosperous condition. 1t
was through his instrumentality
and wise craftsmanship that the
Country is in such progressive
condition. If President Mckinley
had injured any one or any nation
of people, perhaps then there would
be extenuating circumstances in
meeting out the law to the assass-
in. President McKinley's life has
been an Open book; his every act
has been 10 defense Of right and
Justice and he has won the admir-
alton and the plauii5s of this civ
ilized world. Why then should a
ruler of our Republic be shot down
by an anarchist Is there to be no
protection extended to the Chief
Magistrate Of the Nation? Is there
to be no protection to man who
has been elected by the people?
President Mckinley was a man
with a broad mind aud a liberal
heart. lie was kind and gentle
a good husband and an affection
ate father. His aim was to pleas e
all the people and unite the two
great sections, the North and
South. He also hoped to see the
Negro prosper. He had great faith
in the sincerely of the Negro to
make himself a good citizen. In
the midst of a prosperous and pro-
grsssiVe Republic, the life of Presi-
dent Mckinley was brought to Il
close by the assassin's bullet. There
is no Nation that has expressed
greater sorrow for the dead Chief
tain than the American people.
But sorrow never could revive
the dead.
So we weep, because we weep in
vain "
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21
Everett J. Wariug

The AFRO-AMERICAN of Colum-
bus Ohio, the organ of Everett ]
Waring, in his issue of September
1lth, makes a personal attack on
Hon. Jere A. Brown, the member
of the Ohio State mittee
Waring will wake up one of these
bright mornings and see himself
in the glass, but he will be so dis
figured that he will not recognize
himself The people of Baltimore,
Md, however will know Waring
as he was when he took french
leave Ofthe City. Then the people
of Columbus. Ohio will be surprised
and astOuished to know that he
should have imposed upon them in
such manner.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21
NEGROES EMANC IPAT ION DAY
Continued from first page.

ted. The moment you assault upon
the highway, or enter the sacred cham
Der OF woman be she white or black.
you may just as well prepare yourself
to be peTsued by the hounds, and if
caught, burned at the stake. No law
can stay the hands of an injured hus
band nor an ou ragged father. 4 wo
mans honor is her all and when that
Is taken from her, you take that which
can never be replaced. Again | say
the future ofthe Negro Is left with him
1t is an aphOrism too true, life is
what you make it." II is easier by far
to live right than tits to commit crime
and receive a punishment contrary to
the avs OfyOuT State. lynch law is
wrong, and SO is rape upon woman,
and TO avoid the former, commit no
rape. firmly believe that Southern
white people are willing To extend TO
you a helping hand if you will but
help yourselves.
THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT.
In a preceding paragraph | briefly
mentioned the Power of the President.
We to day mourn the oSS of a great
and good man, William Mckinley, the
President of the whole people, who
was shot down in the City of Buffalo,
n. Y, by a most unpaTdOnIble assass
IN. This man proved himself to be
one of the greatest Presidents that
ever held the rein of government at
any time. General sorrow was felt and
expressed in every section of the coun
try when the news of the shooting
was Nied TO all parts. Even the
South, which has been divided on the
su jeCt OF State rights. politics and
the result of the late Civil war, extend
ed her hand Of sympathy in heart felt
sorrow over the awful crime which
has been perpetrated. This slain hero
was the Negro's friend. | know that
had IT COnsIituJiou allowed him. he
would have done more for the seem
lngly oppi essed Negro. He could not
have gone outside the limits of the
A President has certain
=Xpresse and implied powers, but no
0ne OF these powers permit him 10
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21
snred hr His IeIInc.s.

In the case Of a French coh-.'. ~ -
face was distinctly his fortune. .D'.- =
not exactly in the sense in NA..- g..
millumaid reckoned. Hroa2N. '
the council of revision al MID. -.
was Of an ugliness so aPpa-..--.- -,
the council could not WIth-'." ~-
Forgetting the young man .-.
the council instantly fell .' .r
discussion as TO whether I'D. r.-
which regulate the paE ..r.
requisite for service could Dr. rFs
10 exclude abnormal ugi.a.77. --.
decided that the coEscrip. a...
such mirth in the ranks -5 .'
discipline. The young ma. fi
" was dismissed. not "-''.
pleased with his homely ---- ..s
has saved him three years
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21
FREssINGFIELD CHAPEL
directed in the Shape and SembIance of a
CoHn)

Land, its design resembling the shape
of a coffin, as shown in the accom-
panying photograph.
It's origin is not the outcome of an
accidental freak on the part of the
builder, the structure being expressly
planned on these lines by a former
pastor of the place, who desired that
the chapel should be erected in the
form Of a coffin in order that the wor-
Slippers and public generally might be
reminded of their latter end.
That the wish of the designer has
been fulfilled is clearly evidenced bv
the uame of ''the coffin chapel being
applied to it, by which cognomen the
building is known locally, and as such
attracts the attention of all strangers
who visit the pleasant Suffolk VILLAGE
in which it stands. The gruesome-
looking building is visited by hundreds
OF people every week and opinions
upon it are various.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21
SNAKE LOVED MTSTo
Showed Great Rapture Over O,.
Chopin's Eoc,urnes.
Waltz Songs and Ragtime. m
thing Lively aud Noisy. Rem, ~
the ReptiIian Critic-Cbsrn,.,
by Low Notes.

During our first year IN Car.-s5-.
said the eN-ranchman's wife -
York Sun reporter, my Gaggr-.-'''
myself were desperately .gr-..---" -"
and for the girls sake more rt.-I'''
my own l urged my husband OF
utmost and get piano brought Is
y Colorado ranch Was then mr.r ~,
ther from any point of rnn.,.-.--
than il is to-day. and for .y.r.----
the feat seemed hopeless. bur .- =
after long and tedious effort. an.r..--
ment found its way TO our gvl..---..,
My daughter had "a fairly go.. r-
steal education before we Wra--.-l.
ranch, and after the arrival OF -
piano she spent all her leisure i'm.
il. One evening, about two veeE>s4...
IL came, She had spent cuuplraff.--,
practicing some of Chopin's va..r-.,
then she struck into the uo.r.--..
Chopin is my fayorite among rh-r.~'
pOsers. While l sat .here H>---.--
intently, my elbow resting on q -.57.
beside me and my head uu mv ..rE
l felt myself impelled to- 60 TO .h-a.r'
dow and look out. / had hearf -,
sound. everything was as ~,... .a>.-,.B
but there was just "a cou-g.. ..r..,
that something was outside.
Il moved cautiously. n..r.. an.
slowly. and drew suddenly back 4
huge snake was coil,d up c...rur..
the window. Its body was Derf-7
still, its head poised u Es.rr.r-..
titude, and swaying slightly from .s.
TO side, as if in rhyJhmi, na.rn-,
with the music. ! did Ho- -s. rl.sr
at once. ! took In the situation a.s
l returned to the window aud Stood
there for several minutes va-r-.-,
the creature out of range .. his -
The Washington bee., 1901-09-21
she wnnted IN Knnu

They sat on the portico of the
Rush street house.
Annie, dear" he said, "do you love
me?"
She looked down at the tall, hand.
some youth who spoke to her with
such pleading in his tones.
"You say you are soon to become
the junior partner of the firm,
George?"
''Yes, my own"
And that you have $4,000 in the
bank?"
'Yes, darling"
"And that you viii inherit at least
S5oo,0o0 from your mother?"
Eyes, pet"
Then, George, love you. am
yours" She fell into his outstretcbe ed
aTms.-Chicago Tribune.