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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-09-01

dearest girl. Miss Twitchell You've
heard US talk about her so often"
And. as usual. the woman saved the
day.
''AIr. Witherspoon and are old
friends" said Alice as she took his
hand and looked up into his eyes with
a merry twinkle in her own. But
the person want to meet is the In
vincible Mr.. Billy Brewster. said to
be world famed for his fascination"
The guests at Mrs. Hardy's celebra-
ton. which lasted until Monday morn
ing. promptly realized that two OF the
party were almost continually missing
from the circle. When a bridge whist
game was announced neither Mr..
Witherspoon nor Miss Twitchell could
be induced to make up table. When
swimming was suggested In the morn
ing Alice declared 1t bore to get
ready, and Witherspoon agreed that
sitting on the porch was preferable to
a dip In cold water.
Try as he would, Billy Brewster
could not secure moments CONVERSE
ton with Alice without seeing With
erspoon inconsiderately near and glow
ering at him. To be sure, they conde-
scended to appear at meals with the
other guests. and at the dance Satur-
day night Witherspoon was decently
attentive to his hostess.
Monday morning arrived with I'M
seemly haste, and who can say how 1t
happened that the wagonette would
hold only six OF the eight guests re-
turning to town? And who will ex-
plain how it happened that wither-
spoon and Alice were the two selected
to go in hired trapl
1t struck Alice that the drive to the
station was much longer than coming
from 1t, despite the most agreeable
company by her side. Finally the old
horse drew up alongside the platform.
and Witherspoon helped her out. She
looked in all directions for their follow
guests.
"why, where are the rest of our
crowd?" she asked in amazement
"A-hem!' started Witherspoon. at
looks as If we had missed another
train"
How can that be" suggested Alice.
"We started at the same time they
did, and now we will have to walt,
thirty minutes for the next train
How could 1t have happened" she re
peated.
well, the fact Is" confessed With
erspoon, sit didn't happen by accident
paid the driver So to miss the train.
Alice looked at him searchingly tel
see If she really heard him Alright
you see" continued Witherspoon
II wasn't going to have Billy Brewster
staring at US all the way In town. II
wanted you all to myself. Aud l want
to say something TO YOU
Not here In a railroad station!
cried Alice. with feminine premonitionl
Of what that something was.
why not?" asked Walter reckiessly
"We're all alone. and want to tell youl
that l love you, and. oh, Alice. won't
you say 'Yesy"
want the New York train y yelled
the station agent.
Eyes, of course" replied Alice.
Witherspoon beamed on her and
grasped her hand. "Oh sweetheart
II you knew what happy man am
and do you really love me?"
81 was speaking to the station agent
when | said Yes" said Alice blush
ingly. "But maybe the same answer
will do for both"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-09-01
Modem WoOdnen Of America

The Greatest Fraternal Benefit Society in
America, furnishes it's members sound fami-
ly insurance at actual cost, There is no fa-
vored or privileged class. Every Woodman
stands on footing of exa"t equality. No
High Salaried Officers The Society's bust
ness is conducted at smaller cost per capita
than the business of any other society or life
insurance company. of approximate nagni-
tude. Cheapest, safest and best, With a
fraternal feature of over 900 members in
the United States he Banper of Woodcraft
floats over hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
can homes. 1t numbers more members and
supporters among leading public men than
any other society in existence. Investigate
See any Woodman. Ap21-y
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-09-01
q "a = TO RIA.
Bears the n The Kiad fss Haze AIszE Bosgsl
, 4 NNZzzZx


His Excuse.
Look here" Numbered the captain
OF the suburban hose company. why
don't you turn out? Browns barn is
on fire."
IL can't" responded the dude ire
man.
and why notT'
Because have just discovered that
red shirt does not suit my complex
for, sir"A3Hcago News.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-09-01

Low

B'Ar0S.
Effective May 80. 1908. and continuing saeh
Saturday and sunday thereafter TO and In
eludiug October 4, 1905 Southern Hallway,
announces the sale II low rate Week End
tickets for the ronnd trip. Washington and
Alexandria 10 SHmmerset. warrenton, Har-
risonburg, luemont ard intermediate poin =,
and frcm these stations 10 Alexanarsa and
Wssh NJ ton. limited r. turning until Monday
70 10 xing date Of sale. fOf.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-09-01
TAxIDERMY.

Mr.. Samuel Michael, of the vicinity of
Duffields, is prepared to stuff and mount all
kinds of birds 8rd animals. at short notice
and at reasonable prices. Post Office Shen-
audoah Junction, W. Va Nov. z, 1905.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-09-01
Society Meetings.

II. 4. M.,-Jefferson Chapter No. 5, 9Th
Monday night Of each month.
i. o. 4. M-Shenandoah Tribe, No. SO,
every Monday night.
Knights Templar. Potomac Commandery
No. s. list Tuesday of each month.
Royal Neighbors of America.-Camp No.
1902, every Tuesday night.
Knights CT Maccabees. Jefferson Tent No.
4S, every Tuesday night.
K.ofP.,-Blue Ridge Lodge No. lS1, every
Wednesday night.
I. o. o. F..-wildey Lodge No. e. every
Thursday night.
AT. & A. M..-Malta Lodge No. SO, I'd and
9Th Friday nights Of each month.
Modern Woodmen. Charles Town Camp
No. 1854, every Friday night
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-09-01
Administrator S Notice.

Having qualified as administi ator of the
late Edward Morgan the undersigned hereby
gives otto; 10 persons with claims against
said estate to present the saTe properly u
thenticai. q fer payment, and all persons in
debied 10 IA estate are hereby requested to
make prompt seftlemen
yOHS r, PORTERFIELD.
dn's. of j. Edward Morgan, decd
Aug Is i00S-it
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-09-01
s. j. @ MOOR
MOORE s. MOORE,
Insurance., Real Estate and z0oans.
Fire and Life Insurance.

We Represe Following FIRE INSURANCE
OF
eandM aMpeI
OF
Of
Of
than tate n the
Surety Bonds.
all
boois Avoid asking friends to
Farms Town Property and Other Investments For Sale.
Money to Lend on Real Estate.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-09-01
For Sale.

SEQ bushels Old Rye, ready to grind
Flesh Cows
% Boom Lots Cheap. suitable for gardens.
5000 feet Framing Lumber.
1900 Shingles. 300 Posts.
Cart aud Harness.
Pair Hay Shelvings.
Spring Tooth Harrow.
so Cords of Wood In the woods.
FOR RENT.
From September /. 1908. Green house
Property now occupied by Mrs Waters, on
North Charles street.
GEO. II. HAGLEY.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
A Mothers Sacrifice.

Legends in India run that if WON
an stricken with leprosy suffers her.
self to be buried alive the disease will
not descend to her children There
was in the northwest provinces Of In
dia the wife of gardener on whom
the loathsome malady had fallen Chill
dren were born to her. The disease
grew worse. She importuned. her hus-
band to bury her alive. He at last,
yielding to her prayers, summoned his
son. The two dug the grave, and four
neighbors assisted at the sepulture. So
the woman died. These facts were in
vestigated id magistrates court and
were proved.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08

Nobody knows how noble it is TO
know. But if you do not know. and
nobody knows that you do not know,
and you know that nobody knows that
you don't know, it is very pleasant to
know that they don't know that you
don't know that they don't know that
you don't know. No man knows how
much he really knows until he knows
how much other people know that he
doesn't know. To know myself" is
really all there Is worth knowing, and
since no man really knows himself and
there is no other knowledge worth
knowing and we do not know the only
thing worth knowing we really know
nothing. But to know that we know
nothing is knowledge greater than the
knowledge that some people think they
have when they really know nothing
and think they know something
Therefore it is greater to know moth
ing and know 1t than to think we know
something when we know nothing So
If you know nothing and you think you
do, and know nothing and don't think
I do, know more than you. 1t is
therefore well that we know that we
don't know.-Exchange
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08

the fifth floor At The third floor the
fire broke out below them. He swung
Mrs Hendricks over the railing and
she dropped to the platform of the
story below. He then dropped his son
into tie waiting arms of his wife aud
all made their way to the ground Q b.
er rescues as thrilling and escapes rs
narrow were numerous.
When the fire was at its height a
man at the third-story window was
seen wildly waving his arms. He
shrieked: MY God. men, save met
VIII no one save me?" and then leaped
from the window and went swiring to
the pavement below. He was picked
ZIP desperately hurt He was Il. NJ.
Matthews. Of Columbus, o. CHIEF OF
Police Anckenbruck, basing his esti.
mate on the reports of the police, gives
the number Of dead yet in The ruins
at this wiring ut twenty, only eight
bodies having been recovered.
The hotel was six stories high. It
was builtat first four stories, but in 1895
it was remodel~d and two stories addel
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Frederick the Great.

Frederick William l., father Of Fred
erick the Great, was most brutal old
fellow, treating his son almost as badly
as they treat the eXiles in Siberia. IN
able to endure such barbarity on the
part of his father, Frederick resolved
to run away and seek refuge at the
court of his uncle, George IL. of Eng
land. Ready to assist him in his at
tempt were his two young friends,
Lieutenants Katie and Keith. By the
imprudence of Katie the secret was
found out, and Frederick was placed
under arrest. Keith escaped, but Katie
was tried by court martial, sentenced
to death and executed. Frederick also
was sentenced to death and would
have been shot but for the earnest eX-
postulations of the kings of Sweden
and Poland.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
The Deaf and Dumb.

In early. times it was an opinion,
maintained even by philosophers, that
the education of the deaf and dumb
was impossible. 1t was then believed
that language could be acquired only
through the medium of the ear, as
shown by the couplet of Lucretius:
To instruct the deaf no art could ever
reach,
No care improve them and no wisdom
teach
The first mention of instruction for
the deaf and dumb is found in Bede,
A. d. 685. No other case is met with
for some centuries. Rudolfus Agric-
ola Of Heidelberg makes mention of
an educated deaf mute in his "Dialec-
tica,' 1880. 1t was not until 1920 that
instruction for the deaf and dumb be-
gan to be general.-New York Amer
lean.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
PROF. CASS FREE AGAIN
Refuses to Pay an 81 500 Judgment
for Whipping Pupil, but Com
promises on 500.

Professor Sherman Cass, a high
school principal of Tolono, ILL.,.
has been released from the comfy jai,
where he has been Imprisoned for sew
en- months for refusal to pay d judg-
ment of $500 secured against him BY
w f. Burke, for assisting in the pm
ishment of Burke's son, a pupil.
Burke alleged that his son had re-
ceived permanent injuries at the hand
of the principal and Miss Annie Kel
ly, a teacher in the school. Miss Kelly
evaded warrant and fed west, but
returned and sought exemption from
a judgment by trying to prove. bank
ruptcy in the federal court. Her CASE
is still pending. Cass was liberated
upon payment of 500 to Burke.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
He Wanted to Burn Them.

Husband Cooking up from his paper)
What asses men can make of them
selves!
Wife-What is the matter now dear?
HI am looking at the love letters
In this breach of promise case.
Ware they interesting?
H.-Interesting? They are absolutely
sickening. Hear this: MY dear ducky,"
my lovely dovey." Ha, ha, ha!
w. (demurely)-1t does sound rather
foolish, doesn't it?
H. with a burst of laughter)-Fool-
ish? Idiotic, you mean. It's the worst
nonsense imaginable. To think that
any man in his senses could write
such stuff as this: 81 send you a mil
lion kisses, my goosie poosie, sweety
peetyw Ha, ha, ha!
W.-Perhaps he loved her when he
wrote those letters.
H.-Suppose he did! Is that any ex-
cuse for writing such bosh?
W.-Yes, it should be. Here are some
letters I found today when looking
over my old relics-relics of courtship.
They are very foolish, but very pre-
cious to me, / assure you. They are
your letters. One of them begins, 'sMy
ownest own preciousest little ducky
darling, my
FL. (hastily)-That will do. Put them
in the fire.-London Scraps.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
London's First Pawnbroker.

No one would guess that ''uncle" had
so illustrious an ancestor as right
reverend prelate, yet this seems to be
so, for pawnbroking was first intro
duced into England by Michael de
Northburg, bishop of London, in Ed
ward ILLS reign. He set up an estab-
Iishment for lending money to the poor
er Londoners on portable property, and,
according to Dugdale, if any sum so
borrowed was not paid at the expira-
ton of year the preacher at ST. Paurs
cross was to announce that the pledge
would be sold in fourteen days unless
it was previously ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
CHICAGO PUBLISHER TALKS
Mccormick, of the Tribune, Tells
Committee His Experience With

Mccormick, of the Tribune, Tells
Committee His Experience With
the Papermakers.
TeStifying before the house select
committee on wood pulp and paper in
vestigation at Washington Medill
Mccormick, publisher of the Chi
cage Tribune, explains his several pa
per contracts of the last ten years, AMI
said that although he had fiye-year
contract with one year yet to run with
the international Paper company the
price had been raised from $1.S5 per
hundred to 1920. Mccormick said thai
shortly before making his latest con-
tract with the International company
he had bought paper from Water
town (N. " MILL Subsequently the
WATERFOWL company asked, throu Ii a
l.,.ycling representative, to be re level
Of its contract, and~on the same day,
within an hour, an agent of the In
ternational company was in his office
and asked for the contract.
Speaking of the increased price of
paper, Mccormick said 1t meant in nd
ditional outlay of 100000 a year by
him. He added that if the committee
would look into the condition of some
of the smaller publishers it would find
that in many instances men who aft,
er years of hard work had built up
good living had lost that living
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Great Turnout of Roman Catholics

Probably the greatest religious dem
Onstration ever witnessed i'm New
York city, was the turnout OF
Roman Catholics in a parade that W.,
the closing feature of the centenary
of the establishment of organized Ro
man Catholism in the city of New
York, and Cardinal Logue. who has
travelled much, said he never saw suc1
a gathering in his life. Forty th 1usan |
were in line, and among the marcle rs
all on foot-were Thomas f. Ryan
eX-Justice Morgan J. O'Brien, Jus ice
Giegerich and Golf, Judge O'Sullivan
Eugene Philbin, John d. Crimmins
David Mcclure and other well-knewn
men. The procession occupied over five
hours to pass the grand stand.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Heavy Loss to Afghans.

The attack failed, the garrison in
flicting heavy loss on the Afghans.
The garrison also defeated the At
ghans' repeated attempts to capture
the caraVansary near the -blockhouse.
Dispatches from other points report
that Major General Sir James Will
cocks, who commands the exposition
sent into the Baru valley to punish the
Kakka Khels, an Afridi tribe, made
swift transpositions to meet the new
emergency. General Willcocks, who is
taking charge of the operations, has
arrived at Landi Kotal with a brigade
of infantry, a squadron of cavalry, AMI
eight guns.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
A Powerful Combination.

Tim was. a protege of Mr.. Blank, a
well known Boston lawyer. He was
often in trouble, but by personal infiu-
ence with the courts Mr. Blank man
aged to have him let down easy, so it
became a matter Of talk, the Green
Bag says, that he did not suffer greatly
in being arrested.
"How is it, Tim" some one asked
one day, shat you are arrested very
often, but never go to Jail or pay any
fines?"
tits just this way" Tim replied. 81
have Mr.. Blank for me lawyer and
what he doesn't know about the law
tells him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Problems In Fiction.

Reverence for decorum and even for
social prejudices did not hamper the
real masters of the English novel. 1t
did not stife in the cradle vanity
Fair" or "Wuthering Heights" or "Di-
ana of the Crossways" or adam
Bede." There are problems enough in
all these works, but they are handled
by men and women of genius, who
treat both their subjects and their
readers with respect.-London Stand
ard.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Lands Fines Railways.

Judge Lands at Chicago fined
six railways $3.50 in the aggregate
for violating the 'twenty-eigh
law" the roads being the Rock Island,
Illinois Central, ST. Paul, Santa Fe,
Northwestern and Burlington. Late,
the Judge got his second wind and
soaked the Chicago and Northwest
ern 500 and costs for violating the
safety appliance law. The first six
railways were fined in ninety-fiye cases
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08

border, and it is feared they will at
tack again and that the English troops
on the scene may not be sufficiently
strong in numbers to withstand their
onslaught.
Dispatches from Simla report that in
the conflicts already waged several
hundred Afghans were shot down by
the British troops, who used machine
guns with deadly effect.
Seek to Start Holy War;"
Apparently the invaders are trying
to start a ''holy war" and inflame all
India. They are marching through III
country with the fiery cross of Moham~
mechanism as their standard, and max
ing fanatic appeals to the. population.
The news from Simla says that a
body of Afghans between $4,000 and
10000 strong crossed the border into
India and divided into two parties. The
larger and better armed party went to
Landi Kotal, which guards the Afghan
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Seized Her Opportunity.

He was not very rapid wooer, and
she was getting a bit anxious
Again he called, and they sat togeth-
er in the parlor, "just those two"
A loud rap came at the front door.
"Oh, botherw she said ''Who can be
calling?" 3
''Say you're out" said the deceiver.
ooh. no; that would be untrue" MUIR
INJURED the ingenious one.
'Then say you're engaged" he urged.
ooh, may l, Charlie?' she cried as
she threw herself in his arms.
And the man kept on knocking at the
front door.-Illustrated Bits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Evolution.

In the days when the higher educa-
ton of women provoked more discus
sion than it does at the present time q
number of Cambridge university men,
among them Arthur Clement Hilton,
who was born a Wit and died a clergy
man, were discussing the establish
ment of women's colleges. Hilton, says
his biographer, Sir Robert Edgecumbe,
expressed himself in favor of the move
ment.
"Of course" he said, when women
get their degrees they will not be bach
elors, but spinsters of art and then
after awhile they will proceed to the
degree of NJ Ana"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Sailor Prince Takes a Bride.

At st. Petersburg, amid the
thunder, of almost continuous salutes
and in the presence Of a brilliant as
semblage of royalty Prince Wilhelm,
of Sweden, second son of King Gus
tave. the popular sailor prince who yis-
tied American in 1907. was married
to Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna,
cousin of the Emperor of Russia aud
daughter of Grand Duke Paul A.e1an-
drovitch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Murdered by His Kidnapers.

The discovery in the reservoir in
Central park in New York, of the
body of John Peter Helms, a wealthy
man who had been strangely MISSING
for six months, revealed tragedy OF
deep mystery. There are evidences
Helms had been held captive for ran
som by a desperate gang of men and
that when their demands upon the
wife for the payment of large sul.i
of money were not met he was muf-
dered and his body east into the
reservoir
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Interests of All.

One thing ought to be aimed at by all
men-that the interest of each individ-
ually and of all collectively should be
the same, for If each should grasp at
his individual interest all human so7
ciety will be dissolved. -Cicero.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
KHYBER PASS.

end of the Khyber pass, and the other,
under Suf Sahib, went to the upper
Ramian valley. They delivered their
main attack on the Michnikandach
blockhouse, which is held by a detach
ment of the Khyber rifles. They made
determined efforts to capture the
blockhOuSe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Many SALOONS Closed.

Many Illinois saloons have closed
their doors as the result of The reosnt
local option election.
County Judge Roth at Champa ga
ILL.,. dismissed the petition attacking
the legality of the local optien eec.ien
April Z by which Champaign town
ship went dry" by five votes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Frisco Has a 100000 E,re.

AT San Francisco. a fire which
started IN the Mentone restaurant ON
Geary street between Kearney an |
Grant avenues, at 10 p. m. consumed
fifteen stores in the block bounded by
Market. Geary, Kearney and Grant
avenues 1t is estimated the loss will
be $4O0,000. A branch store of S. N.
Wood & Co. was Quilted.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Force of Habit.

What are you in such great hurry
for?"
II am going to the funeral of my
chief, and there is nothing he hates
like unpunctuality." - London Tele-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-08
Disaster on River Dneiper in Russia

A ferryboat on the River Dneiper
was capsized near Bykoff, in the gov
eminent of Monileff, in Russia, and
120 persons were drowned.
The boat was filled with peasants
and their wives and children, return
ing from church. 1t was crowded AMI
became unmanageable in midstream.
The passengers got into a state OF
panic and overturned the boat by
crowding to one side.