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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1902-11-11
THIS YOUNG LADY WILL BE
KISSED AT AUCTION.
HOW MUCH
WILL YOU GIyE2

1t would probably be difficult, not to
say impossible, to explain why this
startling and sensational news should
spread SO rapidly through whole par,
ish. But that such was the case is
stern fact Young men idling away
their time at the club knew it In fifteen
minutes and started iii a body for the
scene of the auction. Other young men
who had not been to Church for years
hurried from their telephones into their
best clothes with all the haste demand
ed of the volunteer fire department. IL
spread even as far rs Mike Dady's gam
bling establishment and caused that
astute individual to rriea up his ears
in an unusual degree for one Injured to
that sort of stoicism that the roulette
table fosters. And so there was kiss
ing game going on at the church, led
by the minister's daughter herself.
Here was fine chance to get even.
Mike had had to close up his place once
for several weeks because of a scathing
sermon preached by this same clergy
man, and the remembrance of it still
ranked.
Here, boy" he said to a tall. fresh
looking youth of seventeen. handing
him a roll of bills, "you 90 over to the
church fair, and il the sky pilots
daughter is going to be paid for sweet
kiss, push up i'll front and bid up. Don't
let any one else get it. to the limit Of
your wad-understandz III be there in
time
the boy. fresh and fair and innocent
looking-as the run of boys In .sgilded
bells" are apt to be-was off in a trice.
and in ten minutes more had added his
individual unit to the circle around the
main center of oseuIatory interest.
: 1t is highly probable that If such a
really scandalous proceeding as this
auction had been premeditated and adj
yertised beforehand it would have been
promptly squashed by the pillars of the
church. but the suddenness of it took
the critics of their feet, and it was well
in hand and '.going on before any one
had time to take breath.
The minister's daughter was the auc-
tioneer. a bamboo cane with n strip
Of red bunting on 1t was her wand OF
service. Tall and stately and beaCsi.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1902-11-11
AND SEED
SAVER.
CLOVER
BUNCHER
Vulcan PIoWs


Fire Clay Star KnifeG
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1902-11-11
Mother
Lost Reason After
LaGrippe.
Daughter Had Free
quent Spasms.
DIR. Miles Nervine Cured
Them Both.


DIR. Miles Nervine is a specific for nervous
disorders II removes the cause and effects
speedy and permanent cure.
Il feel it is my duty to LET you know thai
your medicines have cured my little girl OF
nine, of spasms She commenced having them
at the age Of three. Our family doctor said
she would outRrow them but she did not
We took her to another physician who said
her trouble was epileptic Its in mild form.
He did her no good either She was so
nervous she could hardly walk AS had
already used DIR. Miles NeTvine and found
it a good remedy for myself | commenced
giving it to my child. ! gave her in all ten
bottles Of the Nervine and one Of the Blood
Purifier. That was over two years ago and
she has not had an attack since we com
menced the treatment She is no longer
troubled with nervousness and we consider
her permanently cured. / enclose her pic
tuTe. My mother-in-law lost her reason and
was insane for three months from the effects
of LaGrippc Six bottles Of DIR. Miles Ner-
vine cured her My sister has also taken it
for sick headache with good results We all
thank You very much for your good medi-
cines and kind advice | don't think there
is any other medicine half 50 good send
my daughters photograph so that you may
see what a sweet little girl lives out in
Arkansas" Mrs HANNAH BARKETT.
Springdale, Ark.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bottle
DIR. Miles Remedies Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1902-11-11
Advice to the Aged.

Age brings infIrmities, such as slug.
gfsh bowels, weak kidneys and bIad-
der ard TORPID LIVER.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1902-11-11
ESTABLISHED 1874.
Society Meetings.


knights CT Maccabees jefferson Tent No
u.s. every Tuesday night.
K. Of p, Blue Ridge Lodge No. 131, every
Wednesday night.
A. r. & a. M..-Malta Lodge No so, I'd aud
4th Friday nights of each month.
r. A. M.,-Jefferson Chapter No 5Z4th
Monday night of each month.
Knights Templar Potomac Commandery
No 5, LIST Tuesday of each month.
Modern Woodmen. --Charles Town Camp
No. 1884, every Friday night.
l. o. o. F,-Wildey Lodge No. 81. every
Thursday night.
Mails at Charles Town.
Mails close half hour before the departure
of each passenger train on b. & o. aud N. &
W. railroads: Rural Delivery ut 10 a. m. and
for Daley, KabletowE and Myerstown ut u
noon.
Mail collected from box at Jail corner at
a. m. and and p, m.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1902-11-11

1t Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry
Ask to-day for Aliens ot-Ease, powder.
IL cures Chiiblains. Swollen, Sweating, Sore.
Aching, Damp feet. AT all druggists and
shoe stores. 25c. Noy. 4-6w
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1902-11-11
I utt's Pills

have specific effect on these organs,
stimulating t lie bowels, causing them
TO perform their natural functions as
Ia Youth and
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1902-11-11

prepared to furnish Collins and Caskets in all
Styles, from the very cheapest 10 The best
class Of work Einbalining and taking care of
the dead done at all hours We have man
who sleeps at our place OF hnsness and can be
called at night BY pushing he button Of our
of the latest designs. and guarantee satisfac-
ton. We give our own personal attention to
all work of this kind entrusted 10 us. We can
be called from all parts of the County By tel
ephone. We have one in our Office. Cali SO.
Jan. 28. STRIDER IL RAMEY.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1902-11-11

WANTED a TRUSTWORTHY GENTLE
NAN Or lsdy in each county to manar
husiness Tor an old established house OF sol a
fnancial standing. straight, bona Ode
weekly cash salary Of $3.50 paid BY check
each W ednesday withall expenses direct from
headquarters. Money advanced fpr txpen<es.
Manages, s4o caxton Bldg chicago s5g.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20
MIRACLES ON MOTOR CARS.
Some Sensational Performances Both
BY Automobiles and Their Drivers.

From the London Mail.
Notwithstanding the opposition of some
county councils, the fact is patent to all
who know anything of the subject that
the motor car is by far the most easily
managed of vehicles. If incontestable
proof of this were needed one has only
to point to the feats, many of them little
short of miracles, which have been per-
formed on motor cars in the past two or
three years.
A sufficiently remarkable performance.
which attracted but little attention at the
time, was performed by Mr.. Dudley Grier-
son, who essayed to ride up Ben Nevis
on a motor bicycle, and would have sue
ceeded II it had not been for the snow
on the top of the mountain. The machine
used was an ordinary motor bicycle of
~ horsepower. The path up the noun
tain has an average gradient of one in
six, and is exceedingly rough and boulder
strewn, so much so that Mr.. Grierson
was several times jerked from his ma
chine. In spite of all obstacles he man.
aged to reach an altitude of 1900 feet at
which point he was stepped by the snow.
The record feat in sensational hill climb
ing was undoubtedly that performed by
a firm of north country motor manufac-
turers some few months ago, who, in or
der demonstrate the power of their
motor and the efficiency Of its brake
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

power, drove 1t up a specially construct ed
chute to the top of two-storied work.
shop climbed the slate roof, whose grad
lent, however, was considerably less than
that of the chute, and then descended
backward to the ground. Given a suf-
ficiently powerful motor, the feat is by no
means so impracticable as at first might
appear The sternwise voyage was, of
course, performed at the slowest possible
speed, and the engine was kept to gear
with the power shut off, to asst the
braking of the car.
Not long ago a car belonging to a we'll
known automobilist and containing a
party of ladies' missed changing speeds
at the top of one of the steepest hills in
Devonshire, and commenced to run back
ward. The sprag failed to act, and the
brakes, which were of an obsolete pattern
would not bold. The driver, one of the
best amateurs In England never for one
moment lost his head, but gripping the
steering wheel tightly he steered the car
safely down the hill backward at a speed
of fully forty miles an hour, and up the
opposite hill till it was brought to a
standstill by the gradient.
Nothing ever demonstrated the superb
control of a motor car in the hands of an
expert driver with better effect t1an the
performance of Mr.. Coles at the Alham-
a platform some feet from the stage. sup
ported by strong balks of timber and ap-
preached by a steep chute on one side
and steps on the other. The sensational
feat of his performance, which included
an exhibition of fancy driving, was the
ascent of the chute, a dead stop in a
space not more than an inch longer than
the actual length Of the car. and then "
run, or rather a bump, down the two
flights of stairs at the other side onto
the stage, where the car was pulled up in
its own length. There was no ridge or
edge of any kind to the stairs, and mis-
take of a quarter of an inch would prob
ably have resulted in fatal smash-up
1t is an interesting fact that the car used
was taken from the manufacturers stock.
However, humping down those steps
must have been as nothing to the expert
ences of Mr.. Winton. president OF the
Winton Motor Car Company, who at
tempted to cross from San Francisco to
New York by motor car. The distance
from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast Is
approximately 4500 miles, SO that 1t will
be realized what a task he set himself.
During the trip he went through a most
difficult pass in the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains. an immense range towering far
above the clouds. In this particular pass
there was no road, and the car had to
bump over boulders and masses of rock
or enormous size. In spite OF THESE almost
insuperable obstacles Mr.. Walton man.
aged to get half way across the famous
Neveda desert. where he had to relinquish
the trip, owing to the wheels sinking in
the soft sand.
A particular daring motor-car feat was
that performed by Miss Vera Butler. This
daring young lady drove a 5-horse power
car from Grenoble, via the Sappey, to the
Grand Chartreuse, over 1000 feet above sea
level, and covered with deep snow.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

surgeons who examined this mans eye
prior to this, and did not discover the
presence of the blade? The only reply
made to this was by one OF the company;
he said: Since they have found that a
bullet can lodge In a mans heart and
be moved around by the blood, I am
prepared to believe anything
Church-going people who have been
supporting William Travers Jerome with
their votes were somewhat surprised to
learn that he had given up going to
church as preachers sermons were too
milk and water to suit him. They take
exception to the learned district attor-
ney's remarks and say that while preach
ers may not throw so much "vitriof' and
damn the whole world for not living up
to the standards set for them, yet at
the same time there is merit in church
going beyond the interest to be found in
sermons.
Jerome has the unhappy faculty of be-
ing the bear in the china shop on all &C.
casions. He certainly hits from the
shoulder, and he is giving every phase of
New York's population plain, honest talk.
The worst of 1t is that Jerome is right.
He hits the nail on the head every time.
He is charged with being guilty of bad
manners. Well If 1t be bad manners to
talk bluntly and speakthe truth, Jeromes
friends can say nothing. OF all the
preachers who have pointed out wicked
ness and exposed evil none has done more
than Jerome. But few hear what he says
in the right spirit Jerome is the mission
airy New York has long required; but he
speaks to deaf ears.
Wall street of course, has given the
bulls and bears, to say nothing of the
and Nashville was the fancy" that bob
bed up unexpectedly and came near maxi
ing spectacle. 1t was done by Gates and
his friends, who are now the buccaneers
Of the street Outside of the great par
ties in interest and the professional gam
blers, that clement which Wall street
calls the public" Is not specializing. The
feeling is abroad that stocks are about
as high as they ought to be and a little
higher. Indeed. if it were not Cor the
parties in interest" who hold quires of
| certificates fresh from the engravers, be-
| ing compelled to sustain the price on the
market for their own good, ! venture to
say industrials would slide rapidly down.
Again the rumors of a short wheat crop
do not encourage outsiders to step in and
buy railroad stocks. | have maintained
for years the advance in securities is
due to agricultural prosperity and now
when the luck of the farmer is about
to change. the Industrial profits are DOOM
cd to shrink. So heavily capitalized are
all these corporations that the slightest
shrinkage in earnings will mean a cut
in dividends. Wise men. anxious to spec
ulate, had better wait the reaction that
is sure to come. In such decline the pub
lie will not be hurt. as stocks are held
in first hands, the hands of those who
multiplied the values of their plants by
ten, before passing them over to a stock
corporation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20
"cLIFToN" FLOUR CUSTOMER.

The customers VIC want are those who
require the highest possible quality. Some
of our best customers are of this class
They have come to stay There is not
much satisfaction in gaining as a Gus
toner a man for whom anything is good
enough. We like the critical kind They
appreciate Clifton" flour. We invite
the most careful investigation. We want
you to compare Clifton flour with the
best Of other brands. People who do this
choose Clifton" and stick to it. elf
ton" flour customers are satisfied custom
ers
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

The city payroll shows Tammany nailed
its flag to the mast when 1t went down
before the November cyclone. 1t found
the much despised civil service a verit-
able glue pot, and when 1t was evident
that the Fusionists would come into pow
er. Tammany used the glue to fasten
Its loyal adherents in office to their
places. In spite of all the blow and the
buster the Tammany men In office re-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20
Notice..

Scaled bids will be received by the
Board of Revenue of Autauga County, at
Prattville, Alabama, till Wednesday
noon, May IA, 1902. for grading and gray
cling about one mile of the Air Line Road
through Bear creek swamp. Contract
will be awarded Wednesday, May IA
1902, at Prattville, Alabama. Profile and
specifications may be seen in the probate
office in Prattville A $3.50 certified check
must accompany each bid. Right re-
served to reject any and all bids.
G. s. LIVINGSTON,
4-1S-4 At fri-sun Judge of Probate.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

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IA W. Ninth St., Chattanooga, Tenn.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20
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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-21

Az an instance of what nature can
10 in the way of punishment when
she gets a chance, the residents along
the strip of beach facing Port Eliza
beth. South Africa, were confronted
Sen+ Q with a shore strewn with the
wreckage of upward of twenty-n1ne
sailing vessels. The loss in property
amounts to hundreds of thousands OF
dollars. The loss of life can as yet
he only estimated; but the life-savlns
crew is patrolling the beach looking
for the bodies of about 100 sailors
who when their fingers became so
benumbed that they could no longer
ding to the rigging, were washeu
overheard, while scores of persons
who looked on from the shore were
powerless to give assistance.
All this destruction was wrought
within twenty hours. The tragic
Glory of if will become historic in the
annals of the sea. Big gales, destruc-
tive alike to life and property, are no
strangers to Algoa Bay. 1t has ever
been a danger spot to ship owners anu
underwriters. In the great gales oil
1879 of 1869, of 1888, everything here
ahouts was threatened with destruc
|
insignifcance when compared will
the hurricane that broke over the
coast on the Hight o. Sept. 2, ant
which was just beginning to abate al
this letter was sealed for the mails
There were thirty-two ships
anchor in the harbor, under leader
sky. when the approach of veritabl
tidal wave from the open sea gave tn
first warning of what was coming. /
signal of distress from a gun on one o
the ships attracted the attention Q
the coast guard and others on shore
In less time than it takes TO write
five large ships had dragged thel
l anchors and were being swept res1s
, : Iesslv toward the treacherous coas
Some of the smaller craft headed fc
the lefty, and reached it in safety. III
larger vessels made an effort to g
. onto the open sea, but were sWel
:, back again, as though they were
:. many empty barrels. 1t seemed
g manifest impossibility for anythlr
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-21

afoat to withstand the fury of the
gale. ,,,.
One after another, hour after hour'
the ships came ashore and went 10
rieces. Huge waves swept them from
stem to stern, and burst in terrible
cascades over their broken timbers.
The crews chung to the dismantled
rigging, and vainly besonght the men
who were watching the gale from the
shore to come to their assistance.
Little could be done to aid them'
On the beach chaos reigned supreme
Past experience has proved OF niue
oro6t in providing an adequate HE
Guard for such dangerous coast as
this. The boats are antiquated. When
the gale was in its fury they We're
hauled high and dry on the beach, as
useless as so many washtubs. IL is
fifficult to blame men for not Volun'
teering to go out with the life guards
in them, for to do so looks like sui
eide. The rocket apparatus fell down
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-21
Ships Cast on the Rocks
Eve> Witness Describes Fearful Scene ~
Coast of Africa Those on Shore PoWer4eSS
10 Aid the Doomed Mariners
Especial Correspondence.)

baroues, lighters and everything else
dashing together and shatterlng on
the rocks in dreadful confusion. FROM
oil of them men and women were
washed overheard. Some were thrown
bigb on the beach by the sheer force
If the sea. When they were taken
cora of thew huddled together in tear
full groups on the beach, LOCKING toi
the missing. OF the usual pl',."
sights indispensable to SUCH traseuies
no detail was lacking. About twenty
small boats were put off from the heip-
less ships, all loaded almost 10 Ihe
waters edge but less than one dozen
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-21

49,, c,ara ]. Sherbourne. pro2se
,.I nurse. of 267 CumOorn"
.t-eet Portland, Maine, says
.I heartily wish those VINO sun
49,. .o,,,e disturbed action OF inc niu'
paxs would try Doan's hiune' -.
rNav would. like me, be morS
,,rnr,asd MY back annoyed INC III
a.~- physicians who DIAGNOSED
go said II arose from my hioheSs
IJhan the grip was epidemic
-, out with constant nursing, anu
80 7 contracted it myself IL 1911 Inv
a. worry serious condition. cou
=. a+raiahten nor do the most triVieA
.o+ without being in torture Inc Nl
0.vs were too active or the seere'ioA1
80 too couious, and l knew "ha'
80, wrong but how to right II was
"o+orr, II seems odd for proAes-
-.SnoI nurse. who has had great oe~a
= a~nerience with medicines, 10 reAo
ol,,ar+isements about Doan's Kidney
pn,s in the newspapers, and II may
| ,aor more singular for nae 10 go u
II "A Hay & Sons drug store Aof .
hox But | did, however; ana nau
hodv told me before that II was
.ossib1a to get relief as quickly AS
s,d would have been 10th to oeleFS
Il You can send anyone who wishes
more minute particulars about nay
case to me, and will be only too siAo
to tell them personally. AS long as
live will be q firm advocate Oh
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Cure confirmed-5 Years Later
"I,apse of time has strengthened my
good opinion of Doan's Kidney rms
frst expressed in the spring OF 1890.
said then that had anybody toio n'
that it was possible to get rehe, a. 2,
quickly as did l would have been io'i
to believe it. Years have passed AM
INV continued freedom from kiahe'
complaint has strengthened my opin
ion of Dean's Kidney Pills and give
me a much higher appreciation
their merits.
A FREE TRIAL of this great kie
nev medicine which cured Mrs. Sns
bourne will be mailed on applicable
to any part of the United States. a.
t. dress Foster MiIburn Co., Bunat
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l. so cents per box.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-21

of them reached the shore without an
unset. Many persons chung to hoat-
mo snars for hours before they were
rescued in a half conscious condition.
One huge wave sent to instant death
a ships captain, with his Wl1e anu wv
children who were trying to fight
their way to safety in boat
While the life savers were Trying
to rescue six men clinging to the rig
sing of a stranded ship, their atteh-
ton was called to mar and woman
holding on to the jib of another yes