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Professional Cards.
CL. PERRY.
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
Charlestown, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Office—One door east of Carter-House.
May 18, 1802-y.
QB C. T. RICHARDSON,
PHYSICIAN <f SURGEON,
Charlsstown, Jefferson Omnty, West Yirginia.
April 4, 1874.
JJR.J.D. STARRY, •
Charlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Having resumed the practice of Medicine, of
fers his Professional services to the public.
Office next door to residence, near corner of
Ueorge and Main streets.
January 22, 1876.
J AMES M. RANSON, Jr.,
DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY,
Otfers his Professional Services to the citizens
of Charlestown and vicinity.
Office opposite Parish Building.
April 13.1885—y.
^ >rtN M. UM KB,
A 1 r. 1 -Ai-UA v»,
Charlestown, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Office with Cleon Moore, opposite the Court
house.
Oct. 7, 181)1.
^yM. H. TRAVERS,
A TTORSEY AT LA W,
Charlestown, Jeffer son County, West Vir ginia,
.Vill practice in the Courts of thisCounty and
the adjoining Counties.
Office next door to the residence of Mrs. Max
well, and nearly opposite the “Carter House.”
November 23, life.
George Baylor. Wm. L. Wilson.
JJAYLOR A WILSON,
.4 TTORSEYS AT LA W,
Charlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia,
Will attend the Courts of Jefferson and Berke
ley Counties, and attend to other law business
in the State of West Virginia. Special atten
tion given to collections.
March 5, 1876.
^ i .KENNEDY
.4TTORSEY AT LAW,
Charlestown, Jefferson County, Heat Virginia,
Will practice in Jefferson and adjoining Coun
ties.
Office in Northern end of lawyer's Row.
September JO, 1873— tf.
^ J.C. MOORE,
ATTORSEY .4T LA W,
Berryviile, Claris County, Virginia,
and
pLEON MOORE,
ATTORSEY AT LAW,
C harlestown, Jefferson Connty, West lirjriwui.
Will undertake cases jointly in the Courts of
both of said Counties.
May 11, 1872.
P UREST W. BROWN,
.4 TTORSEY .4 T LAW,
Charlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Attends to cases in the different Courtsof West
Virginia and Maryland. Attention given to
Pensions and all classes of Claims against the
U. S. Government.
W Special attention to Collections.
Jan. 10. 1839. _
B. I>. Gibson. J. F. Engle.
Q.IBSON A ENGLE,
.4rrOK.VErS.4r L.4IF,
Clhxrlestown, Jefferson Oinntg, He»t Ftryiiua.
Practice in the Courts of Jefferson and ad
joining counties, in the Supreme Court of
West Virginia, and in the United States Dis
trict Court at Martinsburg. Notary Public in
office.
Office in Lawyer’s How, on George street.
Jm. 8. 1890.
J ' GREEN,
ATTORN XT .4T LAW,
Charlestown, Jefferson Connty, West Virginia,
Will practice in the Courts of Jefferson. Berke
ley and Morgan counties, in the United States
District Court at Martinsburg, and in the Su
preme Conrt of Appeals of West Virginia,
special attention to the collection of claims,
and prompt remittances of the same.
Office opposite Court-house.
Aug. 8. 1890.
A W. McDonald. Frank Beckwith.
Ui DONALD A BECKWITH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Charles-Town, Jefferson County. West Va.
Will practice in the Courts of Jefferson,
Berkeley and Morgan counties, the U. S. Dis
trict Court at Martinsburg and the Court of
Appeals of West Virginia.
Mar. 2,1892.
pun m ims*
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
1 urlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Office in Maxwell Building.
1 AHtt M MASON Ja .
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
J-buries Town, Jefferson County, West Va.
Will practice in the various courts.
' arefiil attention paid to collections and
prompt remittances made.
• Jffice in Gibson Building in Court yard.
Nor. 18. 1892.
Feud at Retail.
Delivered promptly. Ear Corn. Oats. Chop,
Bra”- Corn andCobground. Baled Hay.Chick
*•’» reed, Ac., at Coal and Wood Y’ard.
„ . B C WASHINGTON. Agent.
M*y 4,1992.
I CAMM’S
EMULSION
WILL POSITIVELY ARRF8T CONSUMP
TION
-if used in time.
Cures Scrofula Glandular Swellings, Rheuma
tism, Bronchitis and other Lung Diseases.
It is composed of the purest Norwegian Cod
Liver Oil, combined with the Hvpophosphites
of Lime and t«»da, and is freely prescribed by
the Medical Faculty throughout this Coun
try and in Europe.
Prof (. B. Wood, University Pennsylvania,
says:—“Cod-Liver Oil far exceeds all other
remedies on the treatment of Pulmonary Con
sumption.”
Prof. Churchill, of Paris, says:—‘‘When
used in time, every patient may be cured of
Pulmonary Consumption by the use of Ilypo
phospliites.”
Dr. 8. If. Hudnall, of Virginia, says:—“I
find f' v i 's Emulsion particularly adapted to j
' 1 ..it cuiidren, and in Consumption and
i Chronic Bronchitis it seems to be the great de- j
j sideratum.”
Dr. 8. C. Gleaves, Ex-Prcsidcnt Virginia
Medical Association, says :—“I believe Camm's
Emulsion is the best preparation known for
pulmonary diseases.”
Dr. G F. Mason, West Virginia, says:—
“With children, Camm's Emulsion is the best
preparation 1 have ever used."
Dr. F. P. Bibby Pontatoc, Miss., says:—
I “Cantm s Emulsion is the best combination
for Consumption with which I am acquain
ted."
Dr. I. R. Bratton. Yorkville. 8. C., says:—
; “Decided and satisfactory results must follow
1 the use of Camm's Emulsion.”
Rev. H. H. Hawes, of Farm vi lie, Va,, says:
—"I lived on Camm’s Emulson for three
1 months, and am almost prepared to say I owe
mv life to it.”
Mrs. J.C Dabney. Lynchburg, Va., says;—
“Until I tried Camm's Emulsion I failed to
j find any preparation of Cod-Liver Oil my stom
ach would retain, taken in the smallest quan
) tity."
The above are a few of the hundreds of testi
monials we have of the superiority of Camm's
Emulsion over all similar preparations sold.
It is manufactured of the best materials and
with great care, and is universally popular
wherever known For sale by Druggists eve
| rywbere.
Camm's Emulsion retails at One Dollar.
E. A CRAIGHILL 4 CO ,
Wholesale Druggists, Manufacturers and Pro
prietors.
P. 0. Lock Drawer 622. Lynchburg, Va.
Dec. 21, 1892.
Latest Styles & Lowest Prices
AT
M. Palmbaum & Bro.’s
IN
Dress Goods and Trimmings
Underwear. Flannels, Blankets, Comforts,
Shawls, Skirts, Hosiery, Gloves, Ac.
Also a full line of
Gents' Furnishings.
Prices Lower than Ever.
M. PALMBAUM & BRO.
People's Bat gain Store,
Next to Watson House.
E. E. BEACILEY,
Architect and Builder,
Contracts for all kinds of Building. My arch
itecture and workmanship recommends itself.
If you have auy kind of Building that you
want erected in lirst-class order and in short
time give me a call.
Drawing and Estimates
1 made on application. I also furnish all kinds of
IRON AND STEEL ROOFING
at the lowest cash prices.
SASH FACTORY & PLANING MILL
| on Belt Line, North George street.
E. K. BEACH LEY.
Aue. 3. 1 Sti'’ Charles-Town. W. Va.
NEW STORE! NEW GOODS!
The undersigned desires to announce that
he has opened on North Mildred street, near
B. A O. depot, a stock of
fmrorcries, •Yotious,
[ CONFECTION'S, TOBACCO A CIGARS,
and solicits a share of public patronage.
Respectfully, L. M. BLESSING.
Barber Shop.
Hair Cutting, Shaving and Shampooing in
| the best style at the Watson House Tonsorial
Annex by the undersigned. I have just re
moved into a new room specially set apart and
! equipped with all the modern conveniences
for the purposes for which it has been designed
! and will be pleased to see my patrons of the
past and new ones, promising pleasing atten
i tion.
Feb. 18, 1891. GEORGE TRAVIS.
Hagerstown Flour, in sacks ar.d barrels, for
sale by REED. LONG & MANNING.
Carload of Bran and Shorts just received and
j for sale by REED. LONG A MANNING.
Fodder Twine for sale by
REED. LONG A MANNING.
Hard and Soft Coal of all kinds for sale by
REED. LONG A MANNING.
Oats —Will have a car of Prime White Oats
from the west in a few days.
REED. LONG A MANNING.
Clover Seed for sale by
HEED. LONG A MANNING.
Oct. 19. 1892.___
JEFFERSOX if OOLEX MILL
Formerly Porter » Factory.
Under the above mentioned name the old
“ Porter's Factory,” which in days gone by en
joyed admost a national reputation for excel
lent manufactures, will be operated by the un
dersigned.
The Highest Market Price will be paid for
Wool delivered at the Mill or at such points as
may be designated.
Orders for Cloths, Yarns, Ac., will receive
prompt attention.
Respectfully.
WM. R. JOBE.
Post Office—Wheatland, Jefl. Co.. W. Va.
March 15. 1893.
Susquehanna So'uble Bone Phosphate, Am
mouiated Bone Phosphate and XXV Bone
P "reRD LONG A MANNING.
THE MILD POWER CURES.
HUMPHREYS’
i
Dr- Humphrey*’ Specifies are scientifically and
carefully prepared Remedtw, used for year* In
private practice and for over thirty yean by the
people with entire success. Every single Specific
a special cure for the disease named.
They cure wit bout drugging, purging or reducing
the system, and are In fact and deed the Sovereign
Remedies of the World. __
LitT or ndhuu. cr»M. raic**.
1— Fevers, Congestions Inflammations. .25
2— Worms. Worm Fever, Worm Colic... .25
3— Teething; Colic. Crying, Wakefulness .25
4— Diarrhea, of Children or Adults.25
3—Dysentery,Griping. Bilious Colic.25
6- Cholera Morbus, Vomiting.25
7— Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis..25
5— Neuralgia, Toothache. Faceache.25
9—Headaches, Sick Headache. Vertigo. .25
10— Dysprpsiu, Biliousness. Constipation .25
11— Suppressed or Painful Periods .25
12— Whites, Too Profuse Periods.25
13— Croup. Laryngitis, Hoarseness.25
14— Salt Kheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions. .25
13—Rheumatism, or Rheumatic Pains.. .25
16- Malaria, Chills, Fever and Ague.25
17- Piles, Blind or Bleeding.25
19-Ophthalmy, Sore or Weak Eyea..25
19— Catarrh, Influenza. Cold In the Heed .25
20— Wboopiug Cough. .25
21— Asthma, Oppressed Breathing.25
22— Ear Discharge*. Impaired Hearing .25
23— Scrofula. Enlarged Glands, Swelling .25
24— Ueueral Debility, Physical Weakness .25
25— Dropsy, and Scanty Becretlons.25
20—9ei\-9lckneso. Sickness from Riding .25
27—Klduey Disease*.25
29— Sore Mouth, or Canker .25
30— Urinary Weakness, Wetting Bod.. .25
31— Painful Periods.25
34- Diphtheria, Ulcerated Sore Throat.. .25
35— Chronic Congestions A Eruptions. .23
EXTRA NUMBERS:
29—Nervous Debility, Seminal Weak
ness, or Involuntary Discharges.1.00
32— Diseascsof the Heart.Palpitation 1.00
33— Epilepsy, Spasms, St. Vitus' Da»ce...1.00
Bold by Drniftl»l«. or sent jk*i-i «I<1 on roclpt at pries.
Da llpurnssTS' Moru (1*1 p,rn.) a»il*d fees.
HCttPHRKTB’SKD.CO., I It Alls tTIIRxa St., K*w York.
SPECIFICS.
HUMPHREYS’
WITCH HAZEL OIL
“THE PILE OINTMENT."
For riles—External or Internal Blind or Bleeding;
Fistula tn Ano: Itching or Weeding of Ihe Rectum.
The relief Is Immediate—the cure certain.
PRICE, 50 CTS. TRIAL SIZE. 25 CTS.
Sold by Druggist!, or sunt po!t-p»la on rrcel|d ol j>rlc«.
■I HI'IIIIKIb'niu.ro.. Ill A MSWUtam St., FEW Yu UK
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDER,
Iunurunco Agonoy,
Office Gibson Building, Charlestown.
ESTABLISHED IN 1870.
Representing the following Companies:
JEFFERSON COUNTY MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company.
J2TNA, OF HARTFORD,
the largest and most popular Fire Insurance
Co. in America.
..Etna Life Insurance Co., of Hartford,
(Lite and Accident).
Phoenix, of Hartford.
Virginia Fire and Marine, of Richmond.
Georgia Home, of Columbus, Ga.
Continental, of New York.
Peabody, of Wheeling.
German, of Wheeling.
Jefferson, of Wheeling.
Fire and Marine, of Wheeling.
Manchester Fire Ins. Co., oi England.
Liverpool and London and Globe, of England,
the largest foreign Company doing business in
America.
Fire Association, of Philadelphia.
Hamburg-Breineu Fire Ins. Co., of Germany.
AGENTS:
J. S. FLEMING, Shepherdstown ;
JAS. W. LEAGUE, Middleway.
CHAS. H. TRAIL, Harper’s Ferry.
A sworu statement of the conditions of all
Foreign Insurance Companies represented in
this Agency will be found at the Clerk's Office,
in compliance with State laws. All losses
promptly adjusted and paid at our office.
Respectfully,
WASHINGTON & ALEXANDER,
February 12, 1888.
The Jefferson Co. Mutual
Fire Insurance Company.
ESTABLISHED 1878.
R. A. ALEXANDER. Secretary.
Office, Gibson Building, Court-House yard,
Charlestown.
OFFERS to the people of Jefferson County,
Insurance in a safe Company at the actual
cost of insurance, which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged, and keeps the money
at home. Good risks from responsible parties
are invited.
aiecuuvetouauHce lueewcvny ruunj.
Directors—Jos. Trapnell, Henry B. Daven
port, J. Garland Hurst, John W. Itider, W. H.
T. Lewis, R. Preston Chew, Wm. L. Wilson,
Eugene Baker, S. W. Washington, H. L. Snyder
Charles P. Wilson, Jehu H. Zittle, Jacob S.
Melvin, E. G. W. Herr, isaac H.Strider.
JOS. TRAPNELL.President.
H. B. DAVENPORT.Treasurer.
Executive Committee—J. G. Hurst, Wm.
H. T. Lewis, Eugene Baker, Isaac H. Strider,
Jos. Trapnell, S. W. Washington.
Local Agents.—Middleway—J.G. Shirley;
Harper's Ferry—Chas. E. Trail; Shepherds
town—J.S. Fleming; Charlestown—Washing
ton A Alexander.
August Schulte, F. L. Pbdnjbux, Jr.,
Painter. Smith.
New Carriage Factory,
Charlestown, Jeffersoi* County, W~ J a.
1TTE the undersigned havecntered intoaCo
yy Partnership tor the purpose of Manufac
turing and Repairing
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES PHAETONS,
DAYTON AND OTHER PLEAS
URE WAGONS,
Spring Wagons, DogCarts. Sulkies, Sleighs, Ac.,
•n as line style as can be done anywhere in the
Union at moderate prices. Being practical
mechahics we will be enabled to do all work
on correct, systematic principles, thereby pro
ducing work", durable and handsome.
REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY
We have secured the services of Mr. Thos.
Ryan, so favorably known for years in connec
tion with Maj. Hawks’ Factory, to execute the
woodwork on our manufactures.
Hoping to receives fair share of your patron
age, we pledge ourselves to gi7e you vsdoe re
ceived.
SCHULTE A‘VDNJIUX.
j^Sbops on Bloomery Turn ^e^Square*
from Main St.
May 21. 1885-tf.
Hats Renovated.
Mrs. Fannie Fleming is prepared to renovate
gentlemen's silk or felt hats promptly and at
moderate rates. Call at her residence.east side
of Charle? street, south of Congress.
May 3, 181*3.
QUEEN TABLE SYRUP—the most deli
cious on the ma'rk'et, for sale by .
del 14. 01. WTS. MERCHANT.
POETRY.
; __....
.4 PRIZE POEM.
Tlie following poem by Clifford Howard,
published in the August number of Current
! Literature, was awarded the prize offered by
that magazine for the best of society verse :
ACROSS THE WAT.
Though ev’ry day
Across the way
She Hits athwart my vision,
Sweet debonair.
With golden hair,
And charming indecision.
Though ev’ry day
Across the way
I catch her slyly peeping,
While she in turn,
Doth me discern
When'er a watch I’m keeping.
Though ev’ry day
Across the way,
What’er has been.the weather,
Through summer’s glow.
And winter's snow
Our thoughts have been together.
Yet when we moot
Upon the street
We recognition smother.
Because you see,
Unhappily,
We do not know each other.
finjittia fuss.
W. IF. B. a ALLAH EB., Editor,
Chn r test oxen, Jeffcroon County, West Fa.
September 20, 1893.
The yew Shujjleoj).
There is more in that Rockland (Ills.)
man’s experiment than would seem at a
first glance. He proposes to have him
self buried alive, and promises at the end
of a few weeks to emerge from his tomb
full of life and vigor and not the slight
est bit damaged by his contact with sus
pended animation.
If the Rockland man succeeds, there
ought to be no more suicides. His duc
tilized slumber will be a panacea for a
great many things, including heart pan
ics, uomesuc uimcuiues ana snort, unnh.
accounts. We say this taking it for
granted that he will not keep his secret,
but will let the whole human family into
his confidence and fully explain how the
oriental trick of filling a grave for awhile
without dying is done.
When all the world has been enlight
ened on this subject, the lover whose
breast holds a tempest can seek surcease
of sorrow iu oue of the public letheala
rium3 which will of course be established.
He can suicide for a few weeks, as it
were, and only born fools will then sui
cide for keeps.
The man of family who finds hard
times pushing him to the wall can take
his whole brood to one of these temples
of temporary oblivion, and all can rest
there until the crisis is passed. So, too,
the young man who has no money to
spend on his vacation can have hiinsell
put away in a niche in one of these places
and give out that he is all the while tour
ing Europe.
The lethcalarium will serve many pur
poses of this kind and will help to spread
optimism all over the sphere. Dying for
a few weeks will become a great fad if
the Rockland man triumphs. Tempus
may fugit, but eternity will not be in it
any more.—New York 11 orld.
.-in Oriental /{unco Game.
One of the cleverest and yet most sim
ple bunco games ever accomplished was
worked by Nadir Shah, a robber, who
became kmc of Persia, and subsequently
I conquered a groat part of India about a
century and a half ago. During his
! progress through the latter country he
defeated the Tartar King of Delhi, and
I after appropriating everything in sight,
he graciously otfercd to reinstate the fall
eu monarch as his representative and
vassal.
The king accepted with alacrity, and
the two swore eternal friendship, and ser
vice and protection respectively.
An elaborate ceremony was arranged
to celebrate the event, and the Tartar
chief made bis appearance at the proper
time, dressed in all the maguificence he
could muster, but‘there was that®about
him which made the conquerer start, for,
blaziug in his turban was a diamoud such
as Persian eyes had never looked upon
before. It was in fact no less than the
famous Koh-i-noor, or mountain of light.
Nadir Shah was overcome with morti
fication and regret that he should have
l left such a gem in the king’s possession,
; but he could not consistently plunder the
; man he had just promised to protect.
At last an idea struck him. There
! was an ancient and oriental custom of ex
! changing turb ius as a token of amity.
Nadir at one.* put it into practice. He
removed his own handsome headgear,
and tendered it to the other. The Tartar
, could not refuse this mark of condescen
sion, and so he accented Nadir s turban,
, handed over his own, aud the mountain
of light passed away from Delhi forever.
—Detroit Free Free.*.
-»«-«
LADIES t
Needing a tonic, or children who want build
ing up, should take
BROWN’S IKON BITTER*:.
It is pleasant; cures Malaria, laaigcytian,
Liliousaess. Liver Complaints and Neurai? ia.
Children Cry for
The Girl Who Whistles.
A womau who has marie a study of the ,
whistling girl says that, aside from her j
assumption of a masculine prerogative, j
she is usually a dainty and fastidious bit
of femininity, who loses not one iota of!
her womanly charm when she puckers
her pretty mouth and whistles a merry
tune. Rather the roguish twinkle in her
eye challenges censure. To a superficial
observer she is bright, jolly, original.—
Know her better, and she is frank, hon
est, high-spirited, noble-hearted, superior
to the alleged pettiness of her sex, and
should circumstances require, sufficiently
generous to make wonderful sacrifices for
those she loves, for, being ardent and im
pulsive, she loves warmly. She may
hate, too, with corresponding enthusiasm,
but not for long, for being tender of
heart, aud believiug always the best of
humanity, this harsher sentiment finds no
permanent home with her.
Contrary to the general opiuion, she is
rarely, if ever, a “tomboy.” and, if she oc
casionally makes use of her ability to at
tract the attention of some delinquent
conductor, it is only when she is hurrying
home at dusk, and knows that the friend
ly darkuess will not reveal her secret.—
As she approaches the corner she sees the
coveted car leaving her perhaps to a long
and weary wait upon the sidewalk. She
glances around to appeal to some possible
small boy, but this convenient commodity
fails to appear. Steadily the car is rc
ceeding. Can she be blamed if she for a
moment forgets that utility should weigh
lightly in her vocal scale ? And at last
when she triumphantly enters the car,
no one would suppose that those demure
lips had uttered that shrill and effective
signal.
Altogether, although inclined to be wil
ful and rebellious at times (and who ad
mires dull perfection), she is a girl fash
ioned after a free ideal. Is she to have
her vocal freedom restrained by a cruel
conventionality which forbids her to en
liven her own home with a pretty, bird
like music, while at the same time it not
only tolerates, but often pretends to ad
mire, the vocalist next door who seeks to
entertain the entire neighborhood at even
tide by a series of wailing notes and soar
ing crescendos ? The whistling girl
abruptly unpucker9 her rosy lips to show
her pretty teeth in a dazzling smile as
she flashes upon you a newer version of
her grandmother’s rebuke:
Girls that whistle and hens that crow
Make their way wherever they go.
—Neva York Sim.
Hoic to Enjoy Politic*.
To those of us who belong to the coun
try, but not to either political party, and
don’t care a rap whether a man is a Re
publican or a Democrat a9 long as he
pays his bills promptly, the present situ
ation is full of interest.
When Mr. Cleveland goes fishing, for
example, the Republican papers give us
a cartoon which no one can help laugh
ing at, however mad it may make him,
for the president assumes the proportions
of the big tun in the Heidelberg castle
which holds 100 barrels of beer. When
he starts for Washington and the extra
session, one paper, Democractic of course,
tells us that there was a large crowd at
such and such a station, and that the
president received a perfect ovation. On
the same morning the opposition tell
their readers that when Cleveland’s train
pulled up at that station he was greeted
hy two old women and a small boy who
wanted him to buy a quart of huckle
berries.
This is just as it should be. An elec
tion in old Ireland, is a pretty tame affair
unless the shillelah is able to get in some
of its fine work, but in this country we
take it out in cartoons and paragraphs
and squibs, and as many lies as the im
agination can concoct. When Harrison
reigned we hardly ever saw him, because
he was buried under grandfather’s hat.
Indeed in some dyed in the wool Demo
cratic sections he was never spoken of
except as “The Man Under the Hat.”—
We haven’t any doubt that Mr. Harri
son, when behind closed doors had a good
time over the fuu of the thing, and in
like manner, of course Mr. Cleveland
reads the comic papers and enjoys the
monstrous caricatures with which they
are adorned.—Xiw York Telegram.
.4 Fight Between Glantn.
Both desperate, both determined! The
King of Medicines in contest with the King
of Maladies! Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery against “Consumption ! It is
not the struggle of a day, but first blows
are the fatal blows ! In its early s'ages Con
sumption (which is Lung—crofiila) will
yield to this great Remedy ! This has been
proven beyond a doubt by innumerable suc
cesses ! Acting directly upon the- blood, iu
•cope includes all scrofulous affections,
Liver and Lung diseases. A» blood-purifi
er and vrtalizer, it stands unequaled.*
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IFhat Brings Success in Oratory.
In the forum and upon the rostrum
the forensic triumphs of Congressman
W. C. P. Breckinridge have heeu many, j
He has for years been one of the promi-.
neut speakers of Kentucky and the na
tion. Whether in debates on political,
questions, or addresses upou miscellane
ous subjects, he is a successful speaker,
and one who carries au audience with '
him by the force, the vim, as well as the
eloquence which marks his addresses.— t
“I ascribe whatever of success I may have
had as public speaker,” he said recently 1
to a Kansas City Star reporter, “to hard
work—deuced hard work, sir. You may :
take any successful speaker^ whelh- 1
er at the bar, or ou the rostrum, iu the j
lecture room or the pulpit, and you will
find that ho is a hard student and work-1
er. Of course, I mean one who has beeu
successful, for not two or three or four j
years, but for a term of years. I have ;
uo method especially of preparing for,
public speakiug, except that I always
try to know more about the subject on j
which I am talking than any one who j
bears me, and I go into the subject as a j
worker would enter upon a daily task
which it was to his interest to perform a
little better and in a more workmanship
style than any of his colaborers. I used
to think that the late Senator Beck, of
Kentucky, was the fastest speaker on
earth. He used to remind me of a dog
rolling a ball. Occasionally he would,
in his eagerness, got a little ahead of the
subject and would have to retrace his
steps. We once spoke together in Ken
tucky, and our speeches were reported in
full. Beck spoke an hour, while I talked
..._I.-I.s M1.AA.I Aidir minnfoa fli llw>
Ot. — .
published reports my speech was half a
column longer than his. In ten minutes
Beck could say more than any living
man, but in an hour’s talk I was nearly
fifty per cent, faster.”
The World's Largest Diamond. . j
A flashing gem, whose purity of water j
ami wonderful size eclipse the famous
Kohinoor, has just reached England from
the Orange Free State. It is now in
London, but its whereabouts are not
known. The owners evidently are afraid
to make its preseuce public. A model
has, however, been obtained.
It is the most |>erfect large stone ever
seen. Its weight is 971 carats, its color
is blue-white and almost perfect. It has
one black spot in it, which, however, the
owners state, will cut out. Its value, of
course, can uot now be stated, but, writes
a correspondent, I, think if 82-30,000
were offered for it now, or even double
that amount, it would not be accepted.—
Some declare that it will be worth 85,
500,000. It was found by a Kaffir, who
\yas working in the mine, shortly after
blasting. The Kaffir was talking to his
overseer, when he saw something shine,
and he put his foot over it until his
“boss” had gone away, when he picket!
up the immense diamond and put it in his
pocket.
Afterward, in the compound, he hand
ed it over to the manager, for which he
has been given 8750, a horse, saddle
and bridle, and has gone home in, no
doubt, perfect happiness. An extraordi
nary circumstance is that some gentlemen
were under contract to buy all stones,
good, bad or indifferent, at so much per
carat. The contract terminated on the
.‘{Oth of June ana tins stone was nnuu*»,
if not quite, the last stone found on
that day.
The model shows that the stone is in
the form of a sloping cone, flattened on
two sides and standing on an oval base, !
so flush as almost to appear to have been
cut. Its height is about three inches and
its width is about two, while the flat base
measures uearly two inches by one and a
quarter. The diamond has been named
the “Jagersfontein Excelsior.
A Financial Episode.
A Pittsburger, wbo found himself in
possession of a check for SOW marked
“payable only through the clearing
house,” presented the paper at the bank
on which it was drawn.
“We can’t cash it," said the teller, as
he handed the check back. “It must go ,
through the clearing house in the regular
way. Deposit it in the bank where you
do business.”
“I have no bank account,” replied the
man with the check,
“Then take it to some man you owe
money to. He will know it is perfectly
good, and will i>e glad to cash it for you j
to get what U due him.”
“Don't be so fast. I don’t owe any-j
body anything.’
“Don’t owe anything!” repeated the
bank officer in astonishment. "Great (
Scott, man, then you don’t need the mon
ey.”—PitUbary G>rvnicU.
Palmbaum’s is headquarters for table lin
ens, towels, bed spreads, lace curtains, etc.,
Prices lower thau ever. For dress good*,
etc., see M. Palmbamu A Bro. »
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The Plum and Its Cses.
Our plum is the cultivated plum of the
garden, whose parent is a native ot Asia
and Southern Europe, but which has taken
so kindly to the conditions of soil and cli
mate in our newer world that many of the
choicest varieties seem almost spontaneously
produced here, varieties surpassing in beau
ty and flavor the most noted plums of France
or England.
The most important form of plum in com
merce is that of prunes, as they are export
ed from France, Turkey, and our own Cali
fornia to every part of the world. The
finer class of prunes passe# through a very
careful course of treatment before being put
into the market. The plums are gathered
when just ripe enough to fall from the trees
on being slightly shaken. They are all
picked by hand, care being taken not to
gather them until thesun ha# entirely dried
oil' the dew. They are then spread in shal
low baskets, and kept in a cool, dry place
until they become very soft, when they are
put in a spent oven for twenty-four hours,
then taken out, carefully turned, and, the
oven being reheated, slightly warmer than
before, returned to it.
This operation is again repeated, when
they are taken out and left to get quite cold.
The next step in the process is “rounding,”
an operation consisting of turning the stone
in the plum without breaking the skin and
pressing the two ends together between
thumb and finger. Twice more are they
then submitted to heat, after which they are
packed in jar# or boxes for sale.
In Southern France a spirit is obtained
by fermenting the bruised pulp and kernels
of the plum with honey and flour, and dis
tilling the mass.—Afarper'i Bazar.
Half Fare Excursions to the World’s
Fare.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co.
will run a series of special excursion* to the
World’s Fair, for which excursion tickets
to Chicago will be sold at rate of one fare
for the round trip from Baltimore, Isling
ton and all stations west of there as far as
the Ohio river. The dates selected are
Aug. 30, Sept. 7, 13 and 21. The special
trains will consist of first-class vestibuled
day coaches, equipped with lavatoriea and
other toilet conveniences, nod an experi
enced Touriet Agent and a train porter will
accompany each train, to look after the
comfort of passenger*. Stop* for meala will
be made at meal stations en route. The
tickets will be valid for the outward journey
on the special trains only, connecting with
train 418 at Harper’s Ferry. They will be
valid for return journey in day coachea on
all trains leaving Chicago within ten days,
including date of sale.
Following is schedule of train on Valley
Division connecting with World's Fair
Special at Harper’s Ferry, and rates from
principal Stationa in this vicinity :
LEAVE A. X. SATE.
Kernstown.10 54.$t#.75
Winchester.11.09. 16.75
Stephenson.11.19. 16.76
Wadesville.,...11.29. 16.75
8ummit Point.11.3!*. 18.75
Charles Town.11.67. 10.75
p. x.
Halltown.12 07. 10 75
Millville.1212. 1075
Harper’s Ferry.„...,12 20. 16 75
Specjal train from Harper’s Ferry and
points east will arrive at Chicago afternoon
of next day.
For more detailed inf »rmation apply to
C. E. Dudrow, Traveling Passenger Agent,
Winchester, Va.
.4 Hoy'a Eaaay on CatB.
Cats have four legs and nine tivea. Why
they are five legs short I do not kno at this
time. I gess I can find out tho when I die.
I think cats wood be a gould deel funnyer
if they had nine legs and five lives, don’t
you ? Cats have tail* which they rap round
thare feat when they set down so a* to hold
them together. I kno a bob-taled cat that
is ashamed to set down in public a tall. I
ge*s it is afraid its feat will skatter. Tbare
are Tom cats Puss cats, which the Tom cat
is more massive and has a more souhding
voise, in the midnight darkly when all elts
is still. Cats cries like babies sometimes,
but you cannot giv them parrygorrick to
quiet tbare nervu* sistems like you can ba
bies. We bav a baby at our bouse that I
gess has drinked about foar quarts of par
rvgorrick and every nite it cries just the
saint for more. I ges* that baby must have
the parrygorrick babbit. Young caU are
very frisky aud they will play all day be
cause they don't have no skool to go to. I
ges* I would like to be a young eat till I
growed up to be a mao. Cats eat milk and
mice regular and the csnaiy for dezart.—
Cats are very clean animals, but I never
thought it was very clean to spit oh thare
hand* and wash thare faces in the manner
in which they do. I ges« I have wrote all
I kno about cat*.
P. S —Cat* bas lectrUity in thare backs
and they can bio up thare tales as big aa a
fli bush when they are froabus.
Say, Mlater!
Is it possible you are suffering from catarrh,
and have not used Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Rem
edy ! All the terrible consequences of ca
tarrh in the head may be averted if you II
but make the effort! You know, too well,
it* distressing symptoms! \ou po*sibly
know, if m-glected, it invariably goes from
bad to worse, and is likely to run into con
sumption and end in tbo grave! Hero is a
way of escape: Its makers are willing to
take all the risk, and make a standing offer
of $500 for an incurable case of this loith
some and dangerous disease. You can get
$500 or better~a cure !
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For your fall aud winter bouts come to
S. D. Hirechman A Co’s.
Our line of men’s light-weight overcoats
will be simply immense. Our prices will
astopisb you all.
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