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NO. 19. firginia £xtt |!ress. TERMS: Thk Fa*x Pats* is jmblislied weekly at fwo Dollars Ptr Annum paid in advance. £9“ The termsof advertising are. forasquare one-inch) or less. One Dollar and f ifty Cents or three insertions—larger ones in the same sroportion. Each continuance Fifty Cents. eO'So advertisement to be considered by the month or year unless specified on the man uscript, or previously agreed between the par ties. jaR'An advertisement not marked on the copy for a specified number of insertions will be continued until ordered oat, and payment will be exacted accordingly. J5#'R*uui.a* Adtxxtiskmxxts.—To avoiu any misunderstanding on the part of the an nual advertisers it is proper to state distinctly that their privilege only exteuds to their im mediate business. Real Estate. Legal or other advertisements sent by them to be an addition al charge, and no variation. S^Obituary notice* of more than five lines will be charged for. JOB WORK.—Poster*. Sale Ri”« ‘Trcuh;.-. Car is, etc., executed promptly, neatly and at fair prices. Professional Cards. L. PERRY. PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, Charlestown, Jefferson (bun/y, H’. Ya. Office—One door east of Carter-House. Hay 18, 1892—y. JVfc C. T. RICHARDSON, PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON, CharUstown. Jtferson County, West Virginia. April 4, 1874. QR. J. D. STARRY, Charlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, daring resumed the practice of Medicine, of fers his Professional services to the public. Office next door to residence, near comer of George and Main streets. January 22, 1876. J A M E* M. RANSON, Jr . uuuiuk or ur.MAL. alkob.km, Offers his Professional Services to the citizens of Charlestown and vicinity. Office opposite Parish Building. April 13. 18»— y. Jas. M. Mason. Jas. M. Mmm, Jr. iy« A SON A MASON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Va. Will practice in the various courts. Careful attention paid to collections. Office one door west of Carter House. Jan. 3. ISM. _ D. GIP. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Charles Town. Jefferson County, W. Va., Practices in the Circuit Courts of West Vir ginia, the Supreme Court of Appeals and the United States District Court at Martinsburg. Office over Aisquith A Co's drug store. Jan.AlstM. _ _ J F. ENGLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW'. Cfaricstewn. Jtferton County, Wert Virginia. Practices 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 Row, on George street. Jan-A^m_ A U8TIN M. LOCKK. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Charlestown. Jefferson County. W. Va. Office with Cleon Moore, opposite the Court house. Oct. 7. ISttl. M. H. TRAVERS, ATTOKMEY AT LA W, CharUttown. Jtferton County, Beat Virginia, •Vill practice in the Courts of thisCounty and the adjoining Counties. Office next door tothe residence of Mrs. Max well, and nearly opposite the “Carter House. ’ November 23,186b. George Baylor. Wm. L. W’ilson. AY LOR A WILSON, ATTORSETS AT LA W, C'xarlottovn, Jeferton County, Wctl 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 5,1376. T V. KK.NSKDY, attorset atlait, Charlestown, Jtferton Cbunty, West Virginia, Will practice in Jefferson and adjoining Coun ties. Office in Northern end of Lawyer's Row. September 30,1873—tf. ^ J. C. MOOKK. ATTORNEY AT LA W, BerrgriUe, Clarke County, PSrgMtvt, mad JJLEOX MOORK. ATTORSEY AT LAW, CKarloetown, Jefferson Connty, West Virginia, "'ill undertake cues jointly in the Courts of Vnh of said Counties. May 11, 1872. j ST W. BROWN. ATTORSEY AT LAW. Charlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, Attends to caseeia the different Courtsof West Virginia and Maryland. Attention given to Peneions and all classes of Claims against the U. 8. Government. Special attention to Collections. Jan. 10. 1*99. __ T C. GREEN, ATTORSEY AT LAW, Charlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, " ill practice in the Coarts of Jefferson. Berke ■ey and Morgan counties, in the United Stat« District Court at Martinsburg. and in the Su preme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Special attention to the collection of claims, and prompt remittances of the same. Office opposite Court-house. Aug.«. 1890._ A. W. McDonald. Frank Beckwith. l^JcDONALD A BECKWITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. * harles-Towa, Jefferson County, West Va. Will practice in the Courts of Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan counties, the U. S. Dia '•ri«t Court at Martinsburg and the Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Mar. 2, 1892. pRANK M LOGIE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. harlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia. Office in Maxwell Building. ORDER YOUR WISES AND BRANDIES DIRECT FROM THE PRODUCER. The Blue Ridge Fruit and Wine Company MILLVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA. BECKER BROS. PROPRIETORS. Charles Becker, Office 411) E. Lombard St., Louis Becker. Baltimore, Md. The Wines and Brandies for which we so licit your ord rs arc of our own production, and superior to any native Wines and Bran dies offered. The land of the Blue Ridge Fruit and Wine Company embraces the foot hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the east bank of the Shenandoah Liver in Jefferson County, W. Ya. This district is known to contain the same soil. has a similar climate and locution as the well-kuov.n Cbareute and Champagne districts of France; (their soil is of •» broken, chalky formation, containing a largo percent age of Oxide of Iron that iin|>urts to their Wines and Brandies the peculiarity that has given t! i world wide reputation ) So far, . . the world has a similar location 4,u.u discovered until the locating of The Blue Ridge Emit and Wine Company in West Vir ginia. The Blue Mountain P» aches to-day I stand pre-eminent; also the Grapes; and in offering our Wines and Brandies we do not claim them as Imported, but of our own pro duction from the newly discovered Fruit Belt, and worthy of a fair comparison with the finest ; Imported goods. Special attention is called to our Cognac and Brandy as being absolutely pure. The Peach Cognac is made of the pure juice of mountain peaches (no seed or potuace is used ), an is distilled for medicinal use. Peiwh Brandy is made of Peach |»omace; all seeds are taken out before distilling. The Grupe Cognac is made of choice white wine, and is distilled for medicinal use. Grape Brandy is made of grape pomace. Sample cases containing five varieties of Wines (2 bottles each), and two varieties of Cognac 11 bottle each), at UO per case. qts. Packages charged extra: Gallon 50c.; 5 Gal lon Kegs $1.00; 10 Gallon Kegs $1.25. Barrels and Half Barrel* free. THE BLUE RIDGE FRUIT A WINE CO. Address all orders to Beckep. Bros., 410 E. Lombard 8t., Baltimore, Md. Dec. 11, lstx:. I I IN FACT A lEWCOlCEENFflOMBESIIIiMTQEIS. Having rented the CENTRE ROOM, SADLER BUIID'G, lately occupied by the Shenandoah Milling Company, 1 will carry a full stock of GROCERIES. TOBACCOS. CIGARS, DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, ETC., ETC. Goods delivered to any part of the town free of charge. Will do a STRICTLY CASH BUSINESS. Country produce taken iu exchange for goods. I solicit a share of the public patron age. Respectfully, S. II. LANDIS. April 12,1893. One Price Store. W.F.&T-PXIPPITT FERTILIZERS. We offer to Farmers generally our Fertilizers for Fall Crops. SHENANDOAH. | the old formula, too well known to need de scription. SPECIAL HOME MIXTURE for Wheat, a No. 1 article, drilling perfectly, which the reports of the W. Va., Agricultural | Department show to be of greater commercial value than any sold at near same price and of | same grade. Relative commercial value of our special mixture $23.50. Two other brands : largely sold are rated at $21.16 and $20.5'*. We buy our atuiuoniates in the West, direct from i slaughter houses, our chemicals from import ers, which enables us to sell for less—only one I protit to make. We also offer PURE GROUND RAW BONE. PUKE GROUND STEAMED BONK. DISSOLVED ANIMAL BONE, dry and in fine drilling condition. KANIT AND DISSOLVED SOUTH CARO LINA. AC.. AC. We are prepared to furnish any private mix tures desired, promptly and of best materials. Factory at Eagle Works, N. A W.R.R. Goods delivered at anv depot. Aug. 9, 1893. W. F. A T. P. LIFPITT. E. E. BEACHLEY, Architect and Builder. Contracts for all kinds of Building. My arch* itecture and workmanship recommends itself. If you have any kind of Building that you want erected in 'first-class order and in short time give me a call. Drawing and Estimates made on application. 1 also furnish all kinds of IRON AND STEEL ROOFING at the lowest cash prices. SASH FACTORY &PLAHIN8 MILL on Belt Line. North George street. E. E. BEACHLEY. Aug. 3.180C. Charles-Town, W. Va. To the Public. At a meeting of the Town Council on Mon day night, December 18th, the following orders : were adopted: “Ordinance Chapter 7. section 8, page 31 of ! Charter to be changed to read thus : Forfeit, and pay a tine of not less than two dollars nor more than five dollars, for their stock running at large.” Revision of ordinance in chapter 2, section 19. on page 12 of charter to read thus : “That i all owners of property be required to keep all slop water on their premises, and for each rnd every failure to do so to be fined not less than 1 one and not more than ten dollars, and con fin* , ed in jail not more than ten days. 81op waters are thus defined: Dish waters, waters from i wash tubs, water closets and bath tube. W. L. HEDGES. Dec. 20, 1893. Clerk. Town papers copy. Fresh Prunes, Raiaius and Apricots, at LANDIS' One Price Store. 1894. Harper’s Magazine. 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I am more than over done witli Overcoats for Gentlemen, for Boys and for Children. Storms. Ulsters, Capes and Stvlish Sacks from $1.00 to $20 00. All are now offered at factory wholesale prices. This will help you in hard times to wear the very best at low prices. GEO. H. HAG LEY. Feed at Retail. Delivered promptly. Ear Corn. Oats, Chop, Bran, Corn and Cob ground. Baled Hay, Chick en Feed, Ac., at Coal and W'ood Yard. B. C. WASHINGTON, Agent. May 4. 1W*2_ For Sale. Window-sashes, blinds, doors, etc., of the old Methodist Church. Apply at this offles. Jans 7, 1893. young Wives Who are for the first time to undergo woman’s severest trial we offer “Mothers Friend” A remedy which, if used as directed a few weeks before confinement, robs it of its PAIN, HORROR AND RISK TO LIFE ©f both mother and chi’tl, as thousands who have used it testify. “I used two bottles of JlnTHrns Friend with marvelous results, and w.sh twy wom»n who has to pass through the ordeal of child-birth to know if theywill use Bothers Friend for a few weeks it will robconlineinent of fain and stifft ring, and insure safety to life of mother and child. jilKS. Sam Hamilton, Montgomery City, Mo. Bent by express, charges pro-aid. on wceiP* cf price. $1.50 per bottle Sold by all drugget*. Look To Mothers mailed free. Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlan.a, Cr.. TEE MILD POWER CURES. HUMPHREYS* Dr. Humphrey*’ Specific* ora scientifically and carefully prepared Remedies. w-ed for years In private practice and for over thirty years by the people with entire success. Every single Specific a special cure for the disease named. Tnsy cure without drugging, purging or reducing the system, and are Infactand decu the Sovereign Remedies of the World. ___ LIST or muBitu. cess*. rsicra. 1— Fevers, Congestions Inflammation*. .25 2— Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic... .25 3— Teething; Colic. Crylug. Wakefulness .25 4— Diarrhea, of Children or Adults.25 5— Dysentery,Griping, Bilious Colic.25 6— Cholera Morbus, Vomiting.25 7— Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis.... .25 8— Neuralgia, Toothache. Faccache ... .25 0—Headaches, Sick Headache. Vertigo. .25 10— Dyspcpsia, Biliousness Constipation .25 11— Suppressed or l’ninful Periods. .25 12— Whites, Too Profuse Periods.25 13— Croup, Maryngltls, Hoarseness— .25 14— Salt Ubcuni, Erysipelas. Eruptions. .25 15— Rbenmatism.or RheumntlcPains.. .25 16— Malaria, Chills. Fever and Ague.25 17— Piles, Blind or Bleeding.... .25 18— Ophtbalmy, Sore or Weak Eyes...... .25 19— Catarrh, Influents, Cold lu the Head .25 20— Wbooplug Cough.25 21— Asthmn, Oppressed Breathing.25 22— Ear Discharges. Impaired Hearing .25 23— Scrofula. Enlarged Glands. Swelling .25 21-General Debility, Physical Weakness .25 25- Dropsy, and Scanty Secretions.25 26— !*ei\-Slckne*s. Sickness from Hiding .25 29— 8oro Mouth, or Canker .25 30— Urinary Weakness, WettlngBed.. .25 31— Paluful Periods.25 34— Diphtheria, Ulcerated Sore Throat . .25 35— Chronic Congestion* ft Lruptions. .25 EXTRA NUMBERS: 28—Nervous Debility. Seminal Weak ties*, or Involuntary Discharges.1.00 32— Diticnsenof the Heart.Palpitation 1.00 33— Epilepsy, Spasms, St. Vitus- Kanco ..1,00 Sold by Drux*l«t,, ®* Mat P,'*I-|,»‘<1 cn r»c«l|t of pric*. B* Ilraraatrs' Mam-al rut p»r,».) b*u.ii> rail. lfUgl-llltKYS’MK.D. CO.,111 ft 11S Wllltt* 81., XpwTnfi. SPECIFICS. HUMPHREYS’ WITCH HAZEL OIL "THE PILE OINTMENT." For rOc*—External ot Internal, Blind or Bleeding: Fistula In Ano: Itching or Bleeding of the Rectum. The relief Is immediate—the cure certain. PRICE, 50 CTS. TRIAL SIZE. 25 GTS. Buld by DruggUtt, ot teat paci-ptld LB receipt of price. ■I ai-!l!lbl S" JftD. CO., 111 ft 113 WIlium SL, SEW YOItK WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDER, IuHurunce Ajjonoy, Office Gibson Building, Charlestown. ESTABLISHED IN 1870. Representing the following Companies: JEFFERSON COUNTY MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company. jETNA, OF HARTFORD, the largest and most popular Fire Insurance Co. in America. xEtna Life Insurance Co., of Hartford, (Lile 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. JelTerson, of Wheeling. Fire and Marine, of Wheeling. Manchester Fire Ins. Co., of England. Liverpool and London and Globe, of England, the largest foreign Company doing business in America. Fire A^ssociation. of Philadelphia. Hamburg-tf remen Mre ins. to,, oi uermany. AGENTS: J. S. FLEMING, Shepherdstown ; JAS. W. LEAGUE. Middleway. CilAS. H. TRAIL, Harper’s Ferry. A sworn 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 Josses promptly adjusted and paid at our office. Respectfully, WASHINGTON A 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 Jeflerson 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. Executive Committee meets every Friday. Dibectors—Jos. Trapnell, Henry B. Daven port, J. Garland Hurst, John W. Rider, W. H. T. Lewis, R. Preston Chew, Wm. L. Wilson, Eugene Baker, S. W. Washington. H. L.Snyder Charles P. Wilson, Jebn H. Zittle, Jacob 8. 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 Agerts—Middleway—J. G. Shirley; Harper’s Ferry— Chas. E. Trail; Shepherds town— J.S. Fleming; Cliarlestown—Washing ton A Alexand. r. Minis Renovated. Mrs. Fannie Fleming is prepared to renovate gentlemen’s silk o' felt hats promptly and at moderate rate*. Call at her residence.east side of Charles street, south of Congress. May 3, 1893. Just Received. I have just received a nice supply of Catsup, Mustard and Horseradish. Also Hayden's Easter Dyes,—four colors for 5 cents. W. S. MERCHANT. April 18.1892. POETRY. AT WHIST. Across tlie polished table there I see her sitting now ; her hair, Her eyes, her dainty fingers, too, Just as in years agone 1 knew, My partner. I led a heart—I think the king— It passed around tbo silent ring And, though it was the best on* out, She paused a. moment, half in doubt, Tluti trumped it. “Oh. partner, that was the command." She said, when she had played the hand, . Then, wrinkling up her pretty brow, “You will forgive me won't yon now, Fortrumiing?" Another night, remembered well. She sat where moon-cast shadows fell, No polished table lav between ; The tree-boughs made a waving screen Above her. We talked of other things than whist. I strove her fanev to enlist With all a lover’s gentle art. Yet once again T held my heart Unguarded. I led my heart again, my last. When round to her the trick had passed She thought it not the best one out, So. paused a moment, half in doubt, Then trumped it. This time no p’eading glance I caught, No trembling lips forgiveness sought, No eyes with laches drooping wet Told me my partner did regret To trump it. Virginia $xtt Vrcss. IV. W. 11. OA LEANER, Editor. Char lento urn. Jefferson County. Went Va. January Hi. 1894. .1 Spinster's LeajV ts. "The Reveries of a Bachelor" are not more delightful reading than these dainty word-pictures of spinsterhood, which have much of the enduring charm of Miss Mit r iv. _ \t e\„ip., aI' „;I ----- J life. The interior of the old house where this cheery old maid lives, the quaint cor ner cupboard with its array of family china and silver, the well whose sweet, cold water tempts the wayfarer of a moonlight night, are put before us with photographic clear ness; the two cats have their idiosyncrasies described with droll humor; and the vil lage folks live and move as if they were our actual neighbors, they are so thoroughly natural and typical. Absent-minded ex parson Timlop, “whose wig, like his creed, was a little rusty with service,” his large, energetic wife, whose mental activity sur vived her enforced confinement toone room, a room which “had a compound flavor of liniment, camphor, dead air, hot flannels and herb-*,” and to which “with hen-care, which had no real wing brooding,” she nightly summoned her unfortunate grand son, Timmy, and dosed him with boneset tea made from herbs of his own gathering, if there was the remotest suspicion of damp feet; Deacon Thad and his live son Joe, whom the good deacon called “his rowen crop;” visionary Mr. Craig, the minister, and his intense little daughter, Jessie, who wishes God was a mother, since his father hood, alas, does not appeal to her—these and other characters are drawn with felici tous touches. There is a thread of tender romance run ning through the book, the strong instinct of motherhood which makes the generous spinister heart yearn to p< ur out its repress ed affection on some abandoned child, some “doorstep baby” that she might make her own. The fancy becomes a fact at last, though in a different wny than she had planned; and thenceforth the story is even more attractive. Taken as a whole, the book is charming in text and illustration, and being daintily bound and printed on superfine paper, it will make a choice holi day volume, while suitable for other sea sons, as well. A Spinister's Leaflets, by Alyn Yates Keith. Boston ; Lee and Shepard. Price $1.25. __ The bane of the life of the Rending Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mr. Houglitaling, bobs up every morning at 11:45 o’clock. At that hour the Clerk goes to his reading desk and announces : ‘‘I am instructed by the Doorkeeper to notify all persons not entitled to the floor of the House to leave. The rules of the House require the same.” There is nothing about this little speech that is especially obnoxious except that those identical words have to be repeated every day. They have been gone over in numerable times in the past and unless the House sees fit to bring in an innovation they may be repeated for a century. In order to encourage the Clerk in bis task, it has of late gotten to be a custom for every one in the chamber to affect the ntrict est attention to what he says, a* if they had never before heard the important an nouncement, and at its conclusion applause long and loud resounds through the cham ber. Clerk Houglitaling wants the House to buy a phonograph to make the announce ment, and this may be done if Holman puts in no objections.— Washington Post. A Chance to Hake $500--or Belter. A slim chance you laiuy, Well, read and judae for yours* If. You have Catarrh. $500 is offered for ail incurable case of Ca tarrh in the Head, by the proprietors of Dr. Cage’s Catarrh Remedy. SYMPTOMS OF CaTAEBU—Headache, obstruction of the nose, discharges falling into the throat, sometimes proluse, watery and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mu cous,purulent, bloody, putrid and oflensive ; eves weak, ringing in the ears, deafiuss; offensive breaih ; smell and taste impaired, and general dibility. Only a few of these symptoms likely to be present at once Dr. Sage’s Remedv cures the worst cases Only 50 cent*. Sold by druggists everywhere.— $500 or a cure. Either would be accept able. A Remarkable Story. M*j. W. P. Cooper, chief of the m facet* | laneous division of the Interior Department, usually entertains his visitors with stories of life in the far down south. To a party of frieuds who clustered around him this morning he told the following yarn: “At a camp fire in south Florida, a friend of mine, one of the natives, said: “Did you ever liearn tell of how Bill 8powler onct! ketched a big ’gator?’ I said ‘no.’ ‘Well’ be continued, ‘when Bill and I lived in Polk county we lost lots of hog- hv 'gators, and one time me and Bill was a rillin' through the woods in our range lookin’ up some meat hogs, when we come to a little lake, about forty acres, I reckon, or about 400 yards wide. Right in the middle of it a big black hog was a floatin’ dead and a swinunin’ near it the biggest 'gator I over seed—lie must have been twenty foot long if er inch. Bill was a high-tempered man, and lie got powerful mad and swore and cussed and said he knnwed the bog was hissen, and though ho didn’t have nary gun with him, he’d ho blamed if he didn’t git that blasted 'gator anyhow. I tried to stop him, hut it warn’t no use—lie tuck hiuI cut a slick about as big 'round as my wrist ami anout two foot long and sharpened both ends, then lie tuck the twenty foot rope he had for a halter and tied it to the middle of 1 that stick, he shucked off his clothes and just with the stick and rope, as naked as he was born, be commenced to swim out to that all tired 'gator. At first the ’gator didn’t pay ary ’teution to him, but kept a swiinrnin’ ’round the dead hog, but when Bill got in aboutJifty yards of him, he turn ed and headed for Bill. Bill he stopped swimmin’ and just hilt the stick in front of him and shuck it from side to side, to make a splashin’ sound. Then that ’gator started for Bill, slow at first, but faster as he came, till tlm tvnf or fuirltr l»’il«»rl ami ivlw»n ItM trot in about ten foot of him his jaw* flew open and I could see bis tusks a shinin’ through the log of water and bis mouth looked ten foot wide. Gee Whillikens! I hollered ‘Good bye, Hill,’ but no, siree! Bill he just kept bis place and hilt that stick at arm’s length in front of him, and when the ’gator got close enough just shoved it into bis mouth. That cussed ’gator shet down on it with a snap, and it just stuck at both ends and propped his mouth wide open. The 'gator slopped and sliet one eye and looked at Hill, be hilt on and looked at the ’gator, the gator tried to turn bis head one way and the other, he tried to go backward and then to go Cored, but it waro’t no use. Hill hilt on and a usin’ one arm and hand swam back to the shore, a bringin’ the ’gator with him, and tit d him to a stump, and then lie said “You dt rued old amniverous cuss"— which means you cats meat and likes hog best —"I’ll go home and git an ax and come buck here and finish you.’ ” ‘•My friend having concluded this re markable narration took a long wliirTat liis pipe, and regnrded me earnestly. Despite my efforts to he politely credulous my ex pression, I fear, d d not exactly please him, for lie said a little stifflv, ‘That is a solemn fact, as true as gospel, and you inay be lieve it just the same as if you had seen it youraell.’ I expressed mv regret that I had not had that privilege.” “Father,” asked Tommy the other day, “why is it that the boy is said to be the fa ther of the man ?” Mr. Tompkins bad never given this sub ject any thought, and was hardly prepared to answer off hand. •‘Why—why—” liesaid stumbling!?, “it's so because it is so, I suppose." “Well, pop, since I’m your father I’m go ing to give you a ticket to the theater and ha!f a dollar besides. 1 always said mat u I was ft father I wouldn’t be so stingy as the rest of them are. Go in, pop, and have a good time w hile you’re young. I never had any chance myself.” Mr. Tompkins gazrd in blank astonish ment at Tommy. Slowly the significance of the hint dawned upon him. Producing a silver dollar he said : “Take it, Tommy. When you really do become a father I hope it won’t be your mis fortune to have a son that is smarter than yourself.” Mr. A. Q. Moxham, of the Johnstown, Pa., steel works, the largest street railway ' rail manufacturing plant in the United States, employing 2,000 men, favors the pas sage of the Wilson tariff bill. He said: “Forty years of protection has not resulted in giving labor any fair share of that wealth which labor lias produced, and the heaviest reductions in labor have occurred during the last two or three years, which have been year* of the heaviest relative protection this country has ever seen I am anxious for free trade in order that I may sell steel rails , to Englaud.” One of (he prettiest of Christmas cu-toms is the Norwegian practice of giving on Christmas day a dinner to the birds. On ; Christmas morning every gable, gateway or barn door is decorated with a sheaf of corn, fixed on the top of a tall pole, wherefrom it is intended that the birds shall make their Christmas dinner. Even the peasants will contrive to have a handful set for this i purpose; and what the birds do not eat on Christmas Day remain* for them to finish at their leisure through the winter. Harper'» Bazir for January 13th contain ed a sketch of Mrs. Susan E. Wallace, wife of the author of Ben-Hur and The Prince of India; a practical paper on the reduction of embonpoint called In Favor of Symmetry ; and a treatise on the etiquette of cards. ,4u WMWric .umionoire. The following pen sketch, from the Ha* gerstown Daily Mail, of 0. B. Rouss is inac curate in some particulars, but it is readable, and not uolifelike: At the Hamilton over Sunday was Charles Broadway Rous*, the celebrated and eccentric millionaire of New York.— He i* an interesting figure, both in his his torv and appearance. Upon hi* feet he wore high heeled loog boot*, and his nether extremities were en cased in skin-tight dark pantaloons with a broad black military stripe. His coat was of mysterious mixed gray and black, and on his head wa« a new slouch hat. His skin is ruddy and his mustache gray. He is mid dle size and not imposing. Yet this man doe* in New York a cash jobbing business of $8,000,000, a fabulous sum when it is considered that only same twenty years ago he was peddling collar buttons and shoe strings in the streets of Winchester, his native town. His building in New York is on Broadway, is rive stories of iron, and extends back to another street. It is worth half a million dollars. Every night he calls up erery one of his employes and pay* them ofT, so that every night of hie life ho can nay that he owes nobody any thing. His spelling is on tho Mankian sys tem-one that is much used in primary de partment* of education, and both his signs and his circulars read that way and sound all right. He i* lavishly charitable, and one of the most astute advertisers of his age. He has just completed at Winchester, a place that lie has always delighted to honor with many gifts, a $15,000 monument tohia *on. He had with him this time a big bag full of dimes, which he intends to scatter among the children at Winchester, Va. litKc mm mi hi mi nu in n Kiimintuio character. lie is related in this city by marriage to the Clapps, and in tbe begin* ning tbe late C. C. Clapp was a partner. The cash system and his plan of rigorous honesty has won him a big name and much wealth. In the New York World, the Mercury, and the Morning Journal Col. William D'H. Washington, general manager of the Hy* draulic Construction Company, No. 115 Broadway, suggests for alleviating the suf ferings of the poor and unemployed. He says: “My plan would be for every man e.rjoying the boon of employment in our vi cinity to give a bit to bis less fortunate and unemployed brother. Let each work man give one cent a day, or six cents a week ; each clerk or salaried employee 15 or 25 cents per week, according to the nmount lie receives, and each partner, prin cipal and employer give $1 per week to a fund for the poor and unemployed. Let the laborer, the clerk, the partner, aak each other to join in this good work. No mau with employment is too poor to feel so tri fling a gift, no matter what his responsibil ities to his family or others may be. Ho trifling a sum many would think useless and bo ashamed to give by itself, and the cost of collection hy ordinary means would equal the amount. Why nwt let every merchant, manufacturer, banker, broker, printer, pub lisher, transportation and insurance compa ny—in fact, every employer—ask his men whether they will not join in this move ment and contribute by allowing a deduc tion on each pay day of the trifling sun suggested, or let the men agree to it among themselves and suggest it to their employ ers, as they would be equal contributors and in larger sum*, acording to their means, and the firm could send its check for the sum so contributed.” Mother and Child are Doing Well. Mr*. Brown »u sick. Her friend* said she would never get well, "What’* the trouble?" 'O, mune kind of female weak ne->*. The doctor* have Liven up her case a* hopeles*. *8he may live for tome time,’ they *av, ‘but a* for a cure, that is quite out of the question.’ ” "I don’t believe it,’’ said a woman, who heard the sad new*. "I don’t believe abe’« any worse off than I was, five year* ago, from the same trouble, and I don’t look very much like a dead woman, do I ?’’ She certainly did not, with her red, plump cheek*, bright eve* and 150 pound* of good healthy bone, blood and fleah. "I’m going to see her and tell her bow *he can get well ” 8he old so She ndvised Mr*. Brown to take Dr. Pierce'* Favorite Pre scription. Mr*. Brown took the advice, alee the medicine which cures all kinds of deli cate di»ea*<* so common among women, and—got well. That wa« two year* ago.— La-t month she pre**nted Mr. Brown with a ten pound eon, and "mother and child are doing well." Acting Observer Clery, of the Weather Bureau, ha* made arrangements to furnish po«»office* within a convenient distance of K*nsa* City, card* giving the weather in dications. They are large poatal card* to be aent out daily and posted in a conspic uous place in each postoffice. Before send ing out the card* he sent several hundred letter* to postmaster*, explaining what he proposed to do, and asking them to post the card*. To each he sent an envelope with the Weather Department’s frank fora reply. The answer* are coming in and Mr. Clery say* he can tell a new postmaster's letter from one written by a "hold over." Some of the new postmasters put a big Columbian sump over the frank, to make sure that they are not violating the law. It ia said j that stamping a franked envelope ia noth ing new in Tennessee, but this the first time , in history that a Kansas office-holder has beeu known to pty for what he could get free.—Kama* City Star. FOR DYSPEPSIA, Indlircstioe. and Stomach disorder*, take BROWS * I ROY BITTER*. X It dealer* keep tt, fl per hnttle. <i«nu ba* trade mars sad crxscd red ltacsoo wrapper. - -:— A Children Cry for Pitcher’s Oastorla.