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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-01
California Woman Seriously Alarmed

"a short tine ago | contracted a
severe cold which settled on my iangS
and caused me a great deal Of All
noyance I would have bad coughing
spells and my lungs were so sore ard
inflamed | began 70 he seriously
alarmed. a friend recommended
Chamberlains cough RemeSy, saying
that she had used it for years. |
bought bottle and it relieved my
cough he first night, and in a week |
was rid of the cold and soreness OF MY
lungs" writes Miss Marie Gerber.
Sawtelle. Cal. Sold by all druggists.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
The Station Agent.

Have you ever sat and waited for a
railway train belated, have you hung
around the depot half day? Then
you've marked =the angry pageant
marching round the station agent. and
have ceased to wonder greatly that he's
gray. All the rubes line up before him
and denounce him and implore him. and
they ask the same old thing
about million times; and the agent
still politely, gives the information
rightly, in an effort to deserve--his
meager dimes Forty million times he
answers all the snorters and the pran-
GERS, and he never groans or whimpers
Ger his task; there are fat and
fussy strangers, there are sour bewhisk-
cred grangers. ard they all have silly
questions they would ask. There are
women with their babies, there are
gents who have the rabies. and they
gather round the agent In ring; there
are jays of all descriptions throwing fits
they call conniptlons. and they all have
fool conundrums they would spring.
And the agent answers plainly. answers
patiently and sanelY-I admire the
station agent for his plucki In his
place I'd rise in dudgeon. seize the
nearest wet elm bludgeon. and among
the question springers run amuck.
WALT MASON.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
Lucas and His Poems.

Announcement is made of the publi-
cafiSu shortly Of the 'Dramatac Works
and Poems of the late Judge Daniel
Bediuger Lucas Of West Virgins,
which will also carry critical intro
duction by C. F. Tucker Brooke Of the
Yale school Of English literature.
Although he made other notable
beautiful, and eIsvatiug contributions to
Southern literature -contributions em-
baiming the highest ideals and noblest
thoughts-Judge Lucas is perhaps best
known to and most~elosely- endeared to
the hearts of the Southern people
through his post beIIum threnody, In
the Land Where We Were Dreaming"
In this poem he breathed bis own in
tense patriotism which inspired him to
cast his fortunes with his native State
his mother. OLD VirgiDia-in the great
conflict of 1861-65, apotheosized her
sons and Immortality enshrined the self
sacrifice and woe OF her daughters
Seldom have the epic and the lyric
chords been more thrillingly and har-
moniousiy blended in the song echo of
the lamenting patriots soul.
1t is also announced in the same con-
nection that 3 separate edition of it's
own" of In the Land Where We Were
Dreaming. y With notes by Miss vir
ginia Lucas and critical Introduction by
Professor Charles q. Kent. of the Uni
versity of Virginia. is about to be
issued. incidentally and as of local per-
sonai interest, it may be here added
that Judge Lucas was for some years
a resident of Richmond and married. a
daughter of the late Henry L. Brooke,
of this city, charming and highly cul
tivated lady who is well and admfringly
remembered by the survivors of our
social regime. Richmond News Lender.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18

Ransom. ". Va,
December Is. 1918
Editor Free Press,

Ransom, ". Va,
December Is. 1918
Editor Free Press,
Dear Sir:
l read with interest your
items of last week about the confusion
and loss, because the name Of our
county seat is so much ike The name
of our state capitol.
ALI this win rapidly cure itself, for
the name Of our county seat will be
used less and less until it viii be moth
ing but q name
Railroad, telephone, telegraph, *
press companies, and the railway mail
service will soon have gone way beyond
the time when the name of our county
seat was in use with them and the
name OF Ransom viii have taken its
place.
In short time the Ransom Post or
fee will be doing more business than
its neighbor in our county seat
The Treasury Department, and the
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
A Plan That Went Wrong.

The man who thinks he can look into
tho future and tell what is going to
happen is likely to experience success
sion Of surprises; when one deals with
human beings it is hard to be sure of
what is coming next. The course of
events in the state of New York during
the last few months shows how impossi-
BILE it is to forecast political events.
Last November Congressman Sulzer
was elected governor Of New York. It
was q triumph for the progressive ele-
ment of the party and reformers were
happy. He had no sooner started on
his administration than he was con-
fronted with q demand made by Mr..
Murphy which affected the manner in
which the duties of the office should be
discharged. He and the boss fell out
and the boss started in to drive him
from Office. He succeeded. but the
conduct Of those who conducted the
impeachment proceedings was 80 much
worse than the conduct of Sulzer that
public sympathy was with Sulzer as
the lesser offender. It just so happened
that Sulzer was removed from Office at
time when Murphy's can 4idate was
trying to secure control of the munich
pal machinery of New York. Sulzer,
being relieved of the duties of the gov
0rnorship, he had leisure to devote
himself to the campaign in the city of
New York. He announced himself as
. candidate for the legislature in the
Sixth district and divided his time be-
tween speeches for himself and speeches
against the Murphy ticket. Sequel:
Tho Sixth district elects Sulzer to the
legislature by large majority ard the
city Of New York overthrows the Tam
many candidates.
These are the pictures that the ka-
leidoacope shows in the neighborhood
Of Manhattan, but it il only one of
many illustrations of the fact that the
future opens to us day by day. It is
never safe to plot another human be-
ing's downfall. Things have way of
arranging themselves; at least the
plans Of the shrewdest often go wrong.
-Commoner.
The above % very appropriately re-
produced for the benefit Of any local
eoFruptioniata who, like Tammany. have
TO long had their way about matters.
"A hint to the wise is sufficient. -
Weston Democrat.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
National Prohibition.

That National Prohibition will
be a fact within the present
decades, we believe, almost
inevitable.
Remembering that already a
majority of the States needed to
secure the adoption of an amend
ment to the Constitution of the
United States establishing nation
wide prohibition-are already
dry" and that once a state votes
for the amendment it counts in
the final result and that if one
effort fails tlle5 fight will be
pressed on to a successful ulti-
mate conclusion students of poll
:ticS foreSee the success of the
movement inaugurated last week.
The amendment would p. ohibit
the manufacture for sale, trans
portation for sale, importation
for sale aud expectation for sale
of alcoholic beverages by
implication allows the individual
to manufacture for his own use
only.
The article from the organ of
the Liquor Trade published on
this page is interesting reading
at this time.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
CHRISTMAS N BENToN's DAY.



gsssls Bsnksn FrsmonF1 Description -
cslshFation 81 Long Ago.
me Christmas Of eighty pears aso
was once described By MA Jessie
Benton Fremont, wife Of General
John @. Fremont and daughter OF
Thomas a. Benton. The time was
that Of President Jackson's alninis-
tration, and the scene was Mrs. Ben
toms ancestral home, near staun-
ton. Va.
Grouped about the roaring log IRE
are Mrs. Benton's father and mother.
herself and her two little girls, Of
whom Jessie was one. The mother is
reading to the grandfather, and a,
black servant, sUncle Ralph" Is hover
ing about and replenishing the IRE.
The children were not to make q
sound, for It would disturb grandpa
Their. And now we viii let the future
Mrs. Fremont tell her own story:
.Imagine. then. the strong impress
sion made on me by the upset Of all
this ordered calm. Noises came from
the from. door. noises Of horses and Of
people, cheerful, vigorous noises of
snow stamped OF. laughing and the
thump OF baggage.
"And our mother was actually rum
ming into the hall, while my grandpa
Their, not Winding the noise. but look
ing all pleased, was standing up and
holding out his hands to the big man
In the showed on clothes! For 1t was
eur father, our dear, loving father.
who had come to us for Christmas and
brought big trunk full of Christmas
gifts for every body.
Z. > II can see 1t all SO well.
NThe opening. of that trunk took
place In the warm rooms that my
grandfather. too, might see. We, lib
Grated imps, lnughed and nolsed all
we wanted without rebuke over our
two big wax dolls London dolis'-and
there was London cloak for my moth
! er, of black silk lined with fur.
"But the feature Of the presents to
us after our dolls was the oranges
my father had brought. carefully
wrapped and packed warmly In the
trunk for our sick grandfather.
"a smile that is very close to tears
rises as remember our gathering In
admiring silence about those oranges.
/ can see my mothers beautiful hands
as she carefully peeled and divided
one into slim little sections, when we
all soIemnly took each one bit. the
peel carefully saved to flavor things.
.aThis is what / see vet But new
feelings stirred in me even then and
grew and went on growing as | learn
ed later all that sudden. brief visit
through the stormy winter weather
,,,aor+
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
The Seasons Greetings.

We extend to our readers our
hearty good wishes for Happy.
Christmas and bespeak for. them
all good things in the coming
year.
In conformity with local Gus
tom and to give the force of the
Free Press well merit ed rest.
no paper will be published during
Christmas week.
With the coming Of 1914,
which we trust may be fraught
with prosperity for all our pa
irons, we will rededicate our
selves to the task of serving the
community as has the Old Family
Journal during the past century
or inore-acceptably to all we
trust, but in any case with fdel-
ity to their best interests as we
see them,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
What's In A Name?

The new Chicago city directory shows
the present population of the nation e
second city to be 2,388. 50u a gain of
81, 900 over last year. That statement
contains about all the information in
which nonresident of the Windy City
would be interested: But somebody
possessing considerable curiosity and
an abundance of time has made study
Of the names in the directory, discover
ing among other things that the num-
erous branches of the Smith family are
out-pumbered by the Johnsons, the fig
urcs being 5,044 for the former and
1913 for the later Another surprising
fact is the preponderance of Andersons
over MilIers Browns, Whites, Davises
and Clarks.
Some persons were found to have
been very appropriately named. as
Shadow, a detective; Passwater. a fire.
man, and Ashes. a janitor. There also
was found pftr of Socks and a pair of
Hose, one Drunk and one Sober, eight
Grooms and one Bride. three Bibles and
an Amen for each. ten Hugs and a
Rainbow. ten Crafts. one Swindler, and
only one Honest, ten Poor and one
Needy, half dozen each Shades, and
Shutters. two Muffs snd three Boas.
V But the, Investigator also dug out
rames which it is easier to sneeze than
to pronounce, such as Przedzlankowski,
Przybuibylowski, Brunigrendzinski,
Brzuskiewicz, Brzwski. Czcszka. Czy-
szceki, Grgphsta. Hrryracokski, Prch,
Rczymyslowics, Szwcnez, and Yoke.
So what's IN a name after all?-Ex-
ohorro
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
Good Prospect.

Mr.. G. P. Miller was in the city this
morning and expressed himself de-
lighted with. the prospect for fruit in
Hampshire county. He says the trees
have had a rest. buds are well deyel-
oped and abundant and there are about
twice as many trees as heretofore.
With this fruity prospect Sir. Miller
was in most happy frame Of mind.
What he says of Hampshire is equally
true OF Berkeley, therefore frait grows
ers here are in the same cohdition as
Mr., Miller, Martinaburg World,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
ms ONLY COMMON SENSE

Put the best materials into the
hands of the best craftsmen land you
are bound toaet the best results.
That's the secret-and the only SEE
cret Of the unquestioned superiority of
High Art Clothes No expense is spared
in qnaIity and skill; but no premium Is
charged for integrity and taste.
You'll find High Art Suits no higher
than any others; but you'll find no 9TH
ers 80 intimately personal in their mod
els-and SO detailedly perfect.
$500 to $500.
VIM. KAHN.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
Two Christmas Days In
West Virginia.

Charleston, w. Va, Dec. Is, 1918.
The ancient rhy me, which begins with
Christmas comes but once year, |"
does not apply to the West Virginia
miners, Not only does Christmas come
twice every year but SO does New
Years Day. Besides, for thousands
of the miners, Christmas is not a one
day holiday. as it is for other people in
America.
This abundance of Christmas Days
and New Years. Days is due to the
fact that many of the miners are COM
municants of the Greek Catholic
Church, which has never accepted the
Gregorian calendar, by which most civ
ilized nations measure time, The adj
herents of the Greek faith, which in-
#cludes Greeks, Russians and people
from the Balkan States use the Old
Style calendar. This is thirteen days
later than the calendar generally em-
ployed,
Also many of the foreign-born min
sers have no conception of one-day
The D p a,t. . i .aiaersta .no as
naa osts .na oe.h aad tha. ,ar ~
,,ost - naaaashes OH - 1890 -
az. .i.ass 49, = - as,ah-a.;a. "a af.o, =
. .l,s !. Wy s1S.a.ol e, o,., s-.s !
49, san f..e,,, ~ ~ = ta. ,ssg.s A :
me m;nes 80 canno. nm ,v;.h Z ,.rge
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
DID RESIDENT
Fruit
Is The New Cure For The Hankering
After Strong Drink.

Te-O e~-e~. :
II the December American Magazine
Henry Detmers writes little article
entitled "A New Cure For Drink, .
Mr.. Detmers says that he has been in
the saloon lusiness for twenty years.
He is not drinker himself and none
of his sons drinks. Out of his expe
rience he recommends the following
cure for the-i'qnor habit:
Il found early in my experience that
as general rule there are exceptions
of course-a regular consumer Of fruit
was not very good customer in my
business, On the other hand typical
hooza fighter seldom touched fruit. ]
always kept soma apples behind the
bar fer my own use. and often expe
rlmentally offered one to star Gus
toner, who almost invariably refused
The more look ed into this matter, the
more firmly L became convinced that
these two habits clash Not caring to
have my koys acquire the one inocu
lated them with the other, and have
found that the fruit habit; early ac-
quired acts az perfect antidote for
the liquor habit.
II mention apples espt cially because
they are something like bread, one
never tires Of them, which is more
than can be said of peaches. pears and
oranges And apples, thanks to- cold
storage, can be had every day of the
school year.
Why shouldn't the apple habit be
cultivated in the public schools at pub
lie expense? School trustees could I'D
vertise for bids to supply the school
Then by means Of a push the. button
continuance, placed at the boys and
girls exit, each child could get his .ap
pie as he marched QUITO play at recess
time. Two apples day would do the
work. Children have veritable cray-
ing for fruit. | have often heard gu.
children beg another for the core
And if it happens that have merely
imagined that the fruit habit offsets
the drink habit, know that two APP
pies day will have valued influence
on the health. good temper and morals
of any child.
Please understand have DO ak to,
grind. do not own single apple tree
II have never claimed to have dis
covered that fruit Juices act as liquor
antidote, although have talked it for
twenty-five years.
Some three years ago an article ap-
peared which claimed a Nebraska ply
stefan as the discoverer of the theory.
The good doctor and | will never quar-
rel over it. He can have the glory. |
do not need it. | am only too glad To-
see that my views have gained some
scientific backing.
If you remove The desire for drink,
the liquor question will solve itself,
and while poverty may not be banished
the general welfare of the people will
be much improved; and even if my
scheme is never adopted will feel 3
thousand times repaid for my pains if
can only convince the mothers Of our
country, those who have the means to-
do SO, that to implant the fruit habit
in their children is the best assurance
for temperate life . sssF
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
Little Bird, What's Your Dream
Leslie Bayliss

Leslie BayllSs.
Little bird that sleeps alone
Through the mystic wintry night,
What's your dream Of springtime now
Where viii lie your vernai fight ?
Homeless, hearts that wander ont
Where the stars shine cold and long,
Feel for you tender grief. s
Sigh for your sweet summer song.
All their quiet grief in vain.
Though the frost has trimmed your nest
And the chilling winds have touched
DowDy folds of your warm breast ];
For the gentle love that throbs,
In your lyric strain impearled,
Brings the brood with Maytime flower
Brings the blossom to the world.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
Famous Typographical Error.

They say that the true test Of wheths
err you are seasoned writ or not is
the ability to hear w. under typographi-
cal errors, II you can see your finest
sentence mut:la ed s,y an u,seeing type
setter and not become euraged, it is a
sign that you are an old hand at the
business. There Is an account of a
French author WHO Gied in a fit of anger
caused by errors of thus kidd, and also
an Italian poet. There is case of
religious book of 172 page of which Is
are taken u with errata. TypagraDhi-
cal errors are not noticed 80 lnuc:, ex
cept where they change the sublime in
to the .udcrous Tbs author w!oe.
mo cross no crown" and the type sat.
ter got It no cows, no ere m. His
manners would adorn a drawing no m =
was changed into his manners would
alarm drowning man. The prohii,i
ZIONIST wrote that d unkenEess is
folly. 1t appeared, drunkenness is
jolly" An editor was trying to c'.mpii-
ment soidier by saying he WIS a
battle scarre.i veteran. In attempt
ing to correct it the next, day it was
transposed to bottle SCARED veter-
an" The bold engine driver TO save
his train dashed at full speed against q
COW and cut her into .calves. IN an
ode to spring the word freshly blown
roses was rendered freshly blown
noses. Even comma will sometime
change sentence in a horrible way.
A speaker was reported as responding
to toast: without her
mar,is brute. Horace Greedy who e
handwriting was hard to read wrote
about suburban Journalism advancing.
It appeared ss Superb Jerusalem
Artichokes "a house with zigzag
stair:ases. A house with 219,209
staircases. Ken johnson would not
read his proof He said that they
should send it to the House of Correct
tion. The reporter had it that the
young lady at the musicale played upon
the piano baAad in A fiat major. The
! printer got it ballad called IA fat
major" Errors Of this kind may be
made by word of mouth. The pastor
was requested to. announce that "A
husband going to sea. his wife desires
the prayers of the congregation. = The
preacher was near sighted and read it:
"A husband going to see his wife de-
sires the prayers of the congregation !"
The best known error is probably the
one: See the pale martyr in sheet
of fire. . This being set to type APP
peared, See the pale martyr with his
shirt on fire." This gave Kipling the
s art for one of his best stories. Ma
poleon III took his title from mis-
print. The proclamation said. 'Vivi
Napoieon!!!'' using three exclamation
points, but the printer used i'll and
the name stuck and the nephew of Ma
poleon adopted the title. The Oxford
bible was supposed to be typographical
ly perfect and guinea reward was Of
fered for each mistake. After many
years one was found and the guinea
paid, and it is believed that it is now
really perfect Typographical errors
are the hell marks of careless COM
positor. So please be careful with
copy on this particular suhject.-Po-
cahontas Times.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
Exactly Right!

The Charles Town Free Press proper
y denOunces the scheme to change the
historic name given that burg by the
Washington family. to Ransom. because
of mail and freight confusion with
Charleston. Charles Town was Charles
Town-Mhen Charleston was Glendennin.
ParkerahurR Seminal.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
sIeep Of pIant..

Stahl. German botanist who gave
bis attention to the attitude Of the
leaves Of plants during the day as
compared with their attitude IN the
night noted that many plants take
such 9 position for the night that
their leaves can transpire easily and
ct the same time be sheltered nom
- S-w
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18

The validity Of the viii Of the late
JAS. D. Butt having been attacked b.
the heirs at law IN the courts Of the
District Of Columbia. and a proposal
to compromise on a payment of s.. no
TO them. q decree was entered By
Judge Woods in Charles Town author
izing Forrest ". Brown. executor Of
the win. to carry out the agreement to
compromise.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18
NOTICE.

The Annual Meeting of the Stock
holders of the Powhatan Brass & Iron
Works of Ransom, Jefferson County.
West Virginia, for the purpose of elect
ing Directors for the ensuing year will
be held at ITO Centre ST., New York
City, on Tuesday. January Goth, 1914
at P. M.
VIM. II. CUMMINS. Secty.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18

Ask MilIer.s Pharmacy INST. They
have It Orfwlll get Il for you.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-12-18

New blankets, comforts and bed
spreads Palmbeum'G.
Miller's Pharmacy hare fresh eorian-
der and sage.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-08-21
FOR SALE

Choice building lots on the
block of land south Of the Spring
meyer bungalows. Lots will be
sold to suit purchasers. This is
ideal property being on South
Carson Street. Inquire at All
West Sd street for particulars.
limo.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-08-21
COAL-COAL

Coal and dry wood also hrst-class
feed of all kinds at the H. {. Katie
man Feed Yard Orders promptly
delivered. Phone 1-5-1-l.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-08-21

The Bon Ton Candy Parlors has
everything nicely arranged Tor the
serving of ummer drinks and ices
Comfortable boxes, ect., and every
thing in this line that anyone could
wish. TRY them
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-08-21

Caiyert's Cafe, IN block north o!
postofiice, hrst-class meals, shor;
orders Of all kinds. All white help.
Lady cook.
Iced drinks. Ice Cream and Sher.
bets. Ice Cream delivered in guam.
tity for parties, etc. The Bon Tor
Candy Store,
For Sale-The best of candies, fruits,
vegetables, etc. Inquire at the BON
TON CANDY PARLORS.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-08-21

FOR SALE-A brand new (ney-
er been used drop-head White
Sewing Machine with all lat
est improvements. Factory
price $50. Will sell for less
than half. Enquire this office.