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JOB WORK —Posters. Sale Bills, Circulars,
Carla, etc . executed promptly, neatly and at
fair prices.
Professional Cards,
y L PERRY,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
Chariettou n, Jrfferton County, W. Fa.
Office—One door east of Carter-House.
May IS. 189J-y.
|^R. C. T. RICHARDSON,
PHYSICIAN <* SURGEON,
CKarletltnen. Jtffermo County, Wet Virginia.
April 4, 1874.
R. J. D. STARRY,
CKnrlettown, Jtfferton County. Wet Virginia.
Having resumed the practice of Medicine, of
fers his Professional services to the pnblie.
vmce next uoor to residence, near corner »*i
George and Main streets.
January 22. 1876.
J AMKd M. RASdON, Jr..
DOCTOR OF DKSTAL SURGERY,
Offers his Professional Services to thedtisens
of Charlestown and vidnity.
Office opposite Pariah Building.
April 13, 1*36—y.
USTIS M LOCK*.
ATTORNEY AT-LAW.
Charlestown, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Office with Cleon Moore, opposite the Court
bouse.
Oct. ;, 1391. _____ _1__
r ^M. H. TRAVERS.
ATTORSEY AT LAW,
CKarletiown, Jefftrton County, Wett Virginia,
.Vill practice in the Courts of thisCounty and
the adjoining Counties.
office next door to the residence of M rs. Max
well and nearly opposite the " Carter House."
November 23,1Mb.
George Baylor. Wo. L. Wilson.
J > \YLOR A WILSON.
ATTORSEYSAT LAW,
C*io. lettoun, Jefftrton County, West Virginia,
•Viii attend the Courts of Jefferson and Berke
ley Counties, and attend to other law business
in the State of West Virginia, dpecial atten
tion given to collections.
tMarch 5, 1876.
E. KENNEDY,
ATTORSEY ATLAW,
Ciurlttlown, Jeferton County, Wei Virginia,
Will practice in Jefferson and adjoining Coun
ties.
Office in Northern end of Lawyer's Row.
aepiemuer Jo. isia—ss.
^ J.C. MOORE.
ATTORSET AT LAW,
BerrynUe. Clarke County, Virginia.
and
^JLEON MOORE.
.4rroR.vEr.4n.41r,
Charlottown, Jeferton Co.inty, Wat Virginia.
Will undertake case# jointly in the Court* of
>oth of said Counties.
May 11. 1872. _ _
pORRRST W. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ciariatoien, Jeferton CVunfy, West Virginia,
Attends to cases in the different Courtsof West
Virginia and Maryland. Attention given to
Pensions and all classes of Claims against the
C. 8. Government.
s-W~ Special attention to Collections.
J in. 10. 1S89. ___
B D Oihson. J. F. Engle.
Q.IB30N A ENGLE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
iJKariatou >». Jeferton (hvnty, Wat Virginia.
Practice in the Court* 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.
Offic* in Lawyer s Row, on George street.
Jan. *. 1«S0.
J C. GREEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
‘AnriaOom, Jeferton County. Wat hrginta.
Will practice in the Court* of Jefferson. Berke
ley and Morgan counties, in the United States
Dm net Court at Martinsburg, and in the 8u
p*erae Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
Special attention to the collection of elaima,
and prompt remittances of the same
Office opposite Court-house.
Aug. 8, 1890
A W McDonald. Frank Beckwith.
WcDONALD A BECKWITH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Charles-Town, Jefferson County. West \a.
Will practice in the Courts of Jefferson,
Berkeley and Morgan counties, the W 8. Dis
•fivt Court at Martinsburg and the Court o(
Appeals of West Virginia.
Mar 2. 18©A _ _ __
plAVK M I.0G1B,
ATTORNEY AT I.AW,
rhar!i»Mown, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Office in Maxwell Building
1 AMES M. MASON. Ja
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1 tisrles Town, Jefferson Connty, W'eel V*
Will practice in the various courts.
* s'erul attention paid to collections and
prompt remittances made.
Office in Gibson Building in Court yard.
Nov 16. 1892 ___
Fet;d at Retail.
Delivered promptly. Ear Torn. Oata. Chop
Bran. Corn «nd Cob ground. Baled Hay. Chick
*n Feed Ac., at Coal and Wood Yard.
„ BO WASHINGTON. Agent
May 4 1192
I CAMM’S I
EMULSION
WILL POSITIVELY ARRFST CONSUMP
TION
-If used in time.
Cures Scrofula. Glandular Swellings. Kheuma- !
lisra. Bronchitis and other Lung Diseases.
It is compo-ed of the purest Norwegian Cod
Liver Oil, combined with the Hypoph«**phites
of Lime and Soda, and is freely prescribed by
the Medical Faculty throughout this Coun
try and in Europe.
Prof. G B. Wood, University Pennsylvania,
sues:—“Oort-Liver Oil far e.vreeds all other
remedies on the treatment of Pulmonary Con- j
sumption "
Prof Churchill, of Paris, says:—"When
used in time, every patient rr.*y be cured of
Pulmonary Consumption by ttie use of Hypo
phosphites."
Dr. 8 H Hudnall, of Virginia, says:—"I
find <■- • - Emulsion particul.trlv adapted to
cmidren. and in Consumption and
Chronic Bronchitis it seems to be the great de
sideratum."
Dr. 8. C. Cleave*. Ex-Prc'ident Virginia
Medical Association, says:—"! believe Camm's
Emulsion is the best preparation known for
i pulmonary disease*.'’
Dr. 0 F Mason, West Virginia, says:—
i “With children, Camm's Emulsion is the best
preparation 1 have ever used."
Dr. F. P. Bibby Pontatoc, Mi*s., says:—
“Camm's Emulsion is the best combination
for Consumption with which I am acquain
ted."
Dr. I. R. Bratton. Yorkville. S. C. says:—
j “Decided and satisfactory results must follow
! the use of Camm's Emulsion."
Rev. 11. II. Hawes, of Karmviile, Va,, says:
J —"1 lived on t'amtii's Emulson for three
months. and am almost prepared to say I owe
my life to it."
Mrs. J.O Dabney, Lynchburg, Va., says;—
I “Until I tried I'lmm's Emulsion I failed to
iindany preparation of Cod-Lirer 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 Canim'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
rywhere
Canim's Emulsion retails at One Dollar.
E A CRAIGHILL A CO.,
Wholesale Druegiats, Manufacturers and Pro
prietors.
P. 0. Lock Drawer fi22. Lynchburg, Va.
Dec. 21, 1*92. _
IN FACT A
lEVCOlCEllFROMBEBUlilBTOElD.
Having rented the
CENTREROOM,SADLER BUILD’6,
| 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.
Conntry produce laken in exchange for
goods 1 solicit a share of the public patron
age. Keapectfullv,
S. H. LAJND1S.
April 12,1893. One Price Store.
W.FAT.PJJPP1TT
FERTILIZERS.
\V« ofter to Farmers generally our Fertilisers
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., Agricu'tural
Department show to be of greater commercial
value than any sold at near same price and ot
same grade. Relative commercial value of our
! special mixture $23.50. Two other brands
largely sold are rated at $21.16 and $-K) 58. We
buv our anim whites in the West, direct from
slaughter hou>es, our chemicals from import
ers, which enables us to sell tor less- only one
profit to make. We also otfer
ri’RE 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 material*.
Factory at Eagle Work*. N. A W R K. Good*
delivered at any depot.
Au± 9. 1893." W F. A T. P. LIPPITT.
li BEACHLEY,
Architect ami Builder,
Contracts for all kinds of Building. My arch
itecture and workmanship recommends itself.
If you have any kind of Building that you
want created in first-class order and in short
time give me a call.
Drawing and Estimates
made on app'ication. I also furnish allkindsof <
IRON AND STEEL ROOFING
at the lowe*t cash prices.
SASH FACTORY A PLANING MILL
on Belt Line. North George street.
& E. BEACHLEY,
Aug. 3. 1892. Charles-Town, W. Va.
Ice and Wood.
The undersigned will shortly begin the datlv
delivery of an excellent quality of Ice. Me
will be pleased to serve all former customers
and many new ones at reasonable rates.
Has also a large lot of cord wood—seasoned
and green - oak and hickory, and will deliver
the same promptly on notice.
Also a lot of Seed Potatoea of fine qniiity.
Orders may be left with Mr. John Oden,
near the Charles Town Mill.
MARSHALL BURNS.
P. O. A4dr*K f harles Ttrwn.
i« vm
the mild power cures.
HUMPHREYS*
Dr Humphrey^ eMrtflcsam^ttfkmlly and
carefully prepared Remedies. used for ya*J» U>
private practice aad for over thirty J eanbylhe
people with entire success. Every tingle Specific
a spec.al cure for the disease named.
Tu«y cure without drugging, purging or reducing
the system, and are in tact and uoeu the Sovereign
Rented ire of the World._
tm w scaurs*. eras* rsicas.
1— Fevers. Congestions Inflammations .25
2— Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic. . .25
l-TecihUg; Colic, Crying Wakefulness .25
4-Diarrhea, of Children or Adults.25
3— Dysentery,Orlplng, bilious Colic.... ,25
6— Cholera Morbus. Vomiting.25
7— Coughs, Colds. Lronchitis..25
8— Neuralgia, Toothache, laceache ... .25
9— Headaches, Sick Headache Vertigo. .25
10— Dyspepsia, Biliousness Constipation .25
11— Suppressed or Painful Periods. .25
12— White*. Too Profuse Periods.25
13— Croup. Laryngitis. Boorseneaa.25
14— Salt Kheurn, Lrytipelas, Eruptions. .25
15— Rhenmatlsm. or Rheumatic Pains.. .25
16— Malaria, ChUU. Fever end Ague.25
17— Files, Blind or Bleeding ... ■ •.25
18— Ophthalmy, Sore or Weak Eyes.25
19— Catarrh. Udluenm. C old In the Head .25
20— Whooping Cough...25
91—Asthma, Oppressed Breathing..25
22-Ear Discharge*. Impaired Hearing .25
93—Scrofula. Enlarged Clands Swelling .25
24- General Debility. Physical Weakness .25
25- Dropsy, and Scanty Secretions.25
36—8en.»icknesa. Sickness from Riding .25
27- Kidney Disease*.25
29-Sore Month, or Canker.25
39—Urinary Weakne**, Wetting Bed.. .25
31— Painful Period*. 25
34— Diphtheria, Clcorated Sore Throat.. .25
35— Chronic Congestion* 4 Lruptlons. .25
EXTRA NUMBERS:
28— Ncrvouo Debility. Seminal Weak
ness, or Involuntary Discharges.1.00
32— Diseaeesof the IIe*rt.Palpitation 1.00
33— Epiiepsy, Spasms. St. MtuT Dance...1.00
Bold by DrnrsUU, or will pwt-r»id «n rocli t o( price,
pa Mraraasvs’ Ms»c»t 'in r»"*, ■ uailss rasa
mnmtRKTr *rp. co., I n a 11» nnn»« it., gw Tort.
S PE Cl F8 CSo
HUMPHREYS’
WITCH HAZEL OIL
"THE PILE OINTMENT."
For Piles—External oi Internal Blind or Bleeding;
Tue txliif U lma.otli»ie—the cure ccrtUu.
PRICE, 50 CTS. TRIAL SIZE. 23 CTS.
Bvifl br DrottUU, «f lent ro»t-l>«l4 oo receipt of j
atarnubts’ bid. co., nit nsmniui sl. sm tobi
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDER,
InHtirunce Ajfoucy,
Office Gibson Building, Charlestown.
ESTABLISHED IN 1870.
Representing the following Companies:
JEFFERSON COUNTY MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company.
i£TNA, OF HARTFORD,
the largest and most popular Fire Insurance
Co. in America.
AStna Life Insurance Co., of Hartford,
(Lite ami 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.
Jetlerson, of Wheeling.
Fire and Marine, of Wheeling.
Manchester Fire Ins. Co., ol England.
Liverpool and Loudon and Globe, ol England,
the largest foreign Company doing business in
America.
Fire Association, of Philadelphia.
Hamhurg-Bremcu Fire Ins. Co., of Germany.
A (JESTS:
J. S. FLEMING, Shepherdstown ;
JAS. W. LEAGUE, Middleway.
C11AS. H. TRA’.L, 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,
iu compliance with State laws. All losses
pivuipbi^ avij uotcv* auu v»“vv.
UesprJCtfllilV,
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 Jefferson County,
Insurance in a safe Company at theuctual
cost of insurance, which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged, aud keeps the money
at home. Good risks from responsible parties
are invited.
ExecutiveCommittee meetseTerv Friday.
Directors—Jos. Trapnell, Henry B. Liayen
port, J. Garland Hurst, John W. Rider, W. H,
r. Lewis, K. Preston Chew, Wm. L. Wilson,
Eugene Baker. S. W. Washington. H. L.Snyder
Charles P. Wilson, Jehu 11. Ziltle. Jacob 8,
Melvin, E. G. W. Herr. »saae H.Strider.
JOS. TRAPNELL.President.
H. B. DAVENPORT.Treasurer.
Executive Committee—J. G. Hurst, Wm.
H. T. Lewis. Eugene Baker. Isaac H. 8trider.
Jos. Trapnell, 8. W. Washington.
Local Aubsts.—Middleway—J.G. Shirley;
Harper's Ferry—Chas. E. Trail; Shepherd*
town— J.S. Fleming; Charlestown—Washing
ton A Alexander.
AuacsT Schulte, F. L. Pebn^ux. Jr„
Painter. Smith.
New Carriage Factory,
Charlestown, Jefferson County, W- Vo.
WE the undersigned haveeutered into a Co
Partnership for the purpose of Manufac
turing and Repairing
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES PHJZTONS,
DAYTON AND OTHER PLEAS
URE WAGONS,
Spring Wagons, Dog Carts. Sulkies, 91eighs, Ac.
;n as tine style as can be done anywhere in tht
Union at moderate prices. Being practical
tuechahics we will be enabled to do all work
on correct, systematic principles, thereby pro
ducing work, durable aud handsome.
REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY
We have secured tbe service* of Mr. Thos
Ryan, so favorably known for years in connec
tion with Maj. Hawks' Factory totxecatethi
woodwork on our manufacture*.
Hoping to receive a fair shan of your patron
age. we pledge ourselves to gi~e Ttwi - shiv rn
ceived.
SCHULTE A- 'DN.SUX.
fi#*Shops on Bloomery Turn ke, 2 Square
from Main 8t.
May 21. llW-V-tf.
Hats Renovated.
Mrs. Fannie Fleming is prepared to rer.ovsb
Eentlemen's silk o’-felt hats promptly and a
moderate rates. Call at her residence,east aid
of Charles street, south of Congress.
May 3. 1893.
QUEEN TABLE SYRUP-the most deli
clous on tb* market, for sale by
Oek It- *91. W. I. MBRCHA*!.
POETRV^
AUICMS.
Richard Le GtUicnnc in Bo*to>i Commonwealth.
The year grows still again, the surging wak
Of'lull-sailed Summer folds its furrows up,
As. after passing of an argosy,
Old Silence settles back upon the sea.
And ocean grows as p'arid as a rup.
Ppting, the young morn,and Summer, the
strong noon.
Have dreamed and done and died for Au*
tunin'* sake.
Autumn that finds not for a loss so dear
Solace in stin k and g irnen Imre too soon—
Autumn, the faithful widow of the year,
AuMimn, a i»oet once s i full of song,
Witt in all rhymes of blossom* and of bud.
Hath lost the early magic of his tongue
And hath no passion in his failing blood.
Hear ye no sound of sobbing in the air ?
'Tis his Low bending in a secret lane,
Late blooms of second childhood in his hair.
He tries old magic like a dotard mage;
Tries spell and spell, to weep and try again.
Yet not a d<isy hears, and everywhere
The hedgerow rattles like an empty cage,
He haih no pleasure in the silken skies.
Nor delicate ardors of the rellnw land ;
Yea. dead, for all its gold, the woodland lie*,
And all the throats of music filled with sand,
Neitlmr to him across the stub'da field
May stack or garner anv comfort bring.
Who loveth more this jasmine he hath
made.
The little tender rhyme he yet can sing.
Than yesterday, with’all its pompous yield,
Or all his shaken laurels on his head.
Virginia 4|m fress.
~W. IT. 0. G ALLAH ER. Editor.
Gharlrntown.Jefferoon County, ires? Fo
Xovcmber I. IS93.
Thin Man Has b’tneroiK.
A mun with three chihlren entered u
restaurant in a German town, and afhr
they were all seated he said: “Now,
children, are you hungry ?”
“Yes.”
“Would you like some sausages ?”
“Yes, yes."
“Waitress, bring three sausages—two
for myself—that makes five. Ah, I lmvc
forgotten the bread. Waitress, some
bread. Now, eat away.”
There was a solemn jingling of knives
and forks, the sausages were demolished,
aud the children’s faces were ull smiles.
“Enjoy it, eh ?"
“Yes.”
“Like some more sausages ?”
“Yes! yes!”
“Waitress, two or three more sausa
ges.”
These, too, vanished. The guest order
ed some beer, having (hank which he
took his hat and stick and said to the
children: “Now you must he very good
and quiet. I shall be hack directly. I
am only going to get some cigars.”
"All right.”
Five minutes passed, a quarter of an
hour, half an hour. Then the landlord
said to the children : “Your father is a
long time in coming.”
“He is not our father. We were play
ing outside, when the man came up to us
and asked us if we would like some sau
sages. Wo all shouted ‘Yes,’ aud then
the man brought us in here.”
lie Slew Thirty Thousand.
A good story or uen. <101111 u. orec*.
inridge is said to have been told by him
self, with evident relish, not long before
bis death. In talking to some friends
about the many kindnesses which had
been shown him by liis people and the
pleasant things which were said to him,
he remarked that lie valued as highly as
as any compliment he had ever received
one which an old Kentucky fanner paid
him during the war, which had come to
his ears only a short time before.
It was the custom in war times, as it
has always been since, for the country
people to come into the county town on
(Saturday afternoon to exchange news
gatherer! during the week.
At one of these gatherings in a store
in Richmond, Ivy., just after the battle
of Chickamauga, one of the men said he
had heard some grand news. Upon be
ing pressed to tell it, he said gravely :
“I did hear that tliar has been a most
powerful fight down in Tennessee, and
they say that for a long time it went
mighty agin our folks, but that then Mr.
Brackinridge come forrad and asked the
privilege of the field for just fifteen min
utes, and they do say that he slew 30,000!”
Which statement was received with
due respect by the assembler! company
although it appeared to occasion a slight
ripple of surprise, much to the narrator's
satisfaction.— Youth's ( ompanion.
“Give C* a Lift!”
“Do send down something to he!p us!”
“Those little Pleasant Pellets, you sent lie
fore, were just what wo wanted!' "They
helped right where we were weakest!”
! “Don’t send anything else!’’
! Nature, abi <<1 and neglected, does her
b'Stto overen: 0 exhaustion and ward off
' threatening di- ase, but sometimes calls for
’ ■ help, and knows junt what she s about. Tbe
, system takes kindly to the mild, wholesome
; influence of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets,
’; and often their timely assistance corrects
, evils which would soon lead to serious re
! suits. With the first signal of distress, na
. ture will thank you lor remembering her
request. Therefore, if languid, easily tired,
1 bad iaste in inouth, bowels irregular or cn»
[ stipated, give nature a lilt by taking Dr
, Pierce’s Pellets. Best Liver Pills made.
FOK DYSPEPSIA.
JidlirokUon, and Dornoch lUjordr-'. tatj
. nitmyssiRo:* »<tvek«.
in dealers irp ft, tl per boUje- '-ktjuic: h??
trad > tn«rs am rrd Ha*i on
A Snake Story.
“I got my start in a queer way,” re
makai a man of evident wealth, as the
drummer finished a story, says the De
troit Free Press.
“How was that ?” inquired the drum
mer.
“Twenty-five years ag>," continual the
successful citizen, “I was traveling with
a side show and the business went to
pieces, leaving rne its creditor for wage,
to the amount of one hundred dollars.
“My share of the stock in trade was an
anaconda about eighteen feet long and
as big around as my body. It wasn’t fat
though, I think, for the air was about
the only thing it had to live on for sever
al weeks before the failure.
“I took the snake and started for St.
Louis, where I proposed to exhibit it. I
had him in a box in the baggage car. and
somehow he got out and started through
the train on an exploring expedition.
“Just as he was crossing the platforms
of the second and third coaches the coup
lings came loose, and there is no telling
what would have hoppenal, for we were
going un a heavy mountain grade, if the
snake hadn’t twisted himself around the
break rods and railings and hung on.
“ It was a big strain on him, but he
stuck to it anil I’m a lawyer if he dido t
hold that train together for two miles,
and no doubt saved the lives of all the
nassetnrera in the rear coaches. They
thought so, anyhow, ami made me up a
purse of five hundred dollars.”
The drummer coughed.
“What became of the anaconda?’ he
inquired casually.
“He gave me my start,” replied the
narrator. “You sec, the five hundred
dollurs wasn’t a drop in the bucket, but
when we got the snake loose the strain
on him had stretched him out twenty
feet longer, and I went into St. Louis
with a snake thut no other exhibitor
could hold a caudle to, and if you don’t
believe me I can show you that snake
stuffed and hung up in my hall at Den
ver.”
The drummer got up with the air of a
man who was uneasy.
“You ought to sell it for a telegraph
pole,” he said reproachfully und went
out.
.4 ll'oman of Huslnetts.
We were camping alongside of an em
igrant train in Nebraska, and just alter
supper a woman about forty years of age,
who was smoking a pipe, came over to
our fire, sized the crowd up, and said :
“I've got somethin’ to say. I’m a
plain-spoken woman. When I ve got a
thing on my mind I don't beat around
the hush.”
We looked at her with curiosity and
surprise, and she leaned against the
wheel of a wagon and continued :
"I’ve been a widder f r three yaers.—
Over tliar 1’vo got a span of mewls, a
imod boss, a new wagon filled with house
keepin’ stuff, and I kin rake up about
830 in cash. I cum along with the par')
to take up a claim. I'm good-teropeied
healthy, and can swing an axe or hold a
plow with ’most anybody. As I said
I'm a plain-spoken woman. It there’s a
critter umong you that wants to get mar
ried, let him stand up while I take a look
at him.”
The eleven of us promptly stood up.
“Git into line,’’ she continued with t
wave of her hand. “I liainT after beau
ty or eedecashun, but I can't take u|
with a fellow who’d skeer a wolf t«
death.”
She passed down the line and then re
turned half way, and said to a middle
aged man of the nume of Remington :
“You'll do, I reckon. There’s f
preacher in camp, and ’twont take fif
teen minutes to settle things. All o
you as want to see the marrying com<
on.”
We followed the couple, who wen
' made man and wife inside of twentj
, minutes, and next morning as we passes
the wagon on the road the woman lookec
out and bowed and said :
“Sorry for the other ten of ye but per
haps you’ll meet up with the other tr.iit
: soon and strike luck.”
“LiTe is »n ocean.
Each one In s his bark.’’
Some have a bark they would glad’y b<
rid of—a ceaseless, persistent, deierininet
cougu ! present by day, not absent by night
If you Like the wings of the morning anu fb
to "the utmost part- of the earth, it will g«
with yon ! There is just one thing to do
begin’a thorough treatment with Dr Pierce’
Go den Medical Discovery, and the problen
is solved ! You wilt soon wonder where it n
gone, and when it went! The picture is no
1 overdrawn—colds, lingering and obstinat
coughs, and evt-n Con-umption, in its earb
stages, yield to this potent vegetable C"m
pound." Large b<*ttle-, one dollar, at drug
gist, and guarmifrtd to benefit or cure, n
every case, or money returned by its maker
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LADIES
seeding a tonic, or children who want build
Inr up. should take
BROWN’S IRON BITTERS.
It is pleasant: cures Maiana, Indigestion.
Llitx complaints and >eureigia
Ohlldr Oryfor Pitcher** Oeetorte.
The Common Enemy.
The immediate etf'ct of a moderate
amount of alcohol is a feeling of increas
ed vigor. Ideas are increased in quick
ness, but lo^e in concentration. The sys
tem soon demands the stimulant more
frequently. Abstinence is followed by
suffering. The hand loses its steadiness,
the brain its clearness. Insomnia adds
to the drain on nervous forces, and
the patient instinctively resorts for re
lief to the poison which is the direct
cause of of his condition. In lime these
symptoms become intensified, and evi
dences of chronic degeneration mani
fest themselves. Scarcely an organ in
1 the body is exempt. Alcohol in the
1 stomach retards digestion t»y paralyzing
terminal nerves and by a chemical ac
tion on the pepsin of the gastric juice,
produces changes in the secretion* of
the liver, and vitiates the processes
throughout the whole alimentary tract
by causing a perverted action of the
I sympathetic nervous system. Partially,
digested final passing from the stomach
to the intestines becomes subjected to
abnormal fermentations. As a result,
poisonous products designated by modern
chemists as ptomaines and leucomaiucs
ure formed. Elimination is retarded by
alcohol ; consequently these products are
absorbed into the system and an auto
poisoning results. The lungs and skin
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UUtltTlUKl' III U&MM HI IVIldiMg »•»« c;o
t$m of effete material, ns shown by the
peculiarly disagreeable odor of breath
and perspiration jjersiating for days after
cessation from the use of alcohol. These
patients will be found to suffer from
chronic catarrh of most of the mucous
membrane, notably the stomach, chronic
liver kidney change leading to chirrliotit
and Bright’s disease. Degenera ion and
resultant weakening of the walls of blood
vessels predisjawe to rupture (usually in
the brain), producing apoplexy.—From
“Inebriety from a Medical Standpoint, ’
by Dr. E. F. Arnold, in North American
Review for June.
.1 Reversible Waterfall.
The most picturesque, as well as the
most striking, manifestation of the tidal
rise ami fall is at the month of the St.
John River, at St. John, New Brunswick.
Here may be witnessed on every tide a
change of conditions as sudden and as
complete as a quick change of scene in a
drama; the beauty of the landscape, en
hanced by the handiwork of man, adding
greatly to the impressiveness of the phe
nomenon. This is locally known as the
“reversible falls.” although “reversible
rapids" would bo more appropriate. Iti
a map of St. John and its environs, drawn
in 1784 by an officer of fhc St. John's
Loyalists, the matter is referred to in a
marginal note:
“The falls in this river are justly rank
ed among the curiosities of the world;
they are at the inouth of the river, about
one mile from the entrance, and are nav
igable four limes in tweuly four hours,
which commands great attention, as only
a few minutes are required to pas* in
safety.
“ flie tide rising from twenty to twenty
four feet, at high water is six to eight
feet higher than the river, which occa
sions a fall in l he river us well us out, the
whole water of the country having to
pass between two roclwt sixty yards dis
■ taut.”
The scene of these rapids is a beautiful
i gorge through which, iu remote ages, the
1 river appears to have forced its way.
For twenty minutes on each ebb and
flood the river here is us placid as a
mountain lake on a tranquil day. Sud
deoly a streak of white spreads across the
gorge, and iu a few minute# the calm i*
succeded by the turmoil of rush ng
whirling waters. The reflections of the
i rocky shores and of the graceful outline!
of the suspension and cantilever bridge*
' which span the mouth of the g »rge art
obliterated as if a mirror had suddenly
been ruthlessly shattered. Scribner t
I
A story is told of a French p»et, Mar
quis de Saint Marc, which would do
credit to some of the military heroes ul
history. When Saint-M tre was 15 year?
old, he was ensign of a troop of cavalry
in the French army and took part iu the
| battle of Fontenoy. The first charge ol
the English column scattered and over
' threw the first line ot Saint*Marc’a regi
1 ment, and the b »y sealed on his horse anc
i unharmed, was lelt alone. “In that ter
1 rible moment,” he said, speaking of i
' afterwards, “I remembered nothing ex
! cept I had been told not to flinch ant
alwavs to hold my standard upright. ]
did that with ali my strength. Then th<
i second line rushed forward. Before ;
quite understood it I was surrounded will
friends, who wrapped me up iu mj
flag and carried me to Louis XV ., wh<
embraced me and made me a lieuten
ant then and there.’’
une on aemeu.
In St. Paul the other evening John
Kernel!, the Irish comedian, was accost
ed by a gritny looking gentlemen wbo
asked him for 25 cents.
‘•You have a wife and four children, I
suppose, said Keruell.
"No, sir; and I don’t want a drink.—
I’m hungry, but that's not what makes
me beg. I want ic raise money enough
to go and see John Keruell iu the Hust
lers' to night. I'd go without a dinner
anv day to see that fellow ou the stage."
"Oh. then, I can fix you,” said the
cnmediau delightedly, and he gave him
a pass. Afterward happening to enter a
barroom lie saw there his seedy admirer
filling a glass to the briiu with whiskey.
"I wonder where that tramp got his
money ?’” said Keruell to the bartender.
"He just now sold a theatre pass for
50 cents." was the rep y.
Mr. Keruell mused awhile.—N. F.
Prut. _ _________
A Girl In a Bear’s Den.
A highly respectable Indian gentleman, a
member of the Bombay Anthropo ogh-al So
ciety—Mr 8'rat Chandra Mitra—has come
forward with an apparently well authentica
ted stor»-of a girl who h <a been discovered
in Ja’pa guri in the den of a bear. The
young person’s habits wore decidedly bear
ish, for she tried to bite nnd scratch those
who came cam • near her, went down "ou a'l
fours,” and "grow ed at ineal«." The or
phanage "f the Dow Di pensation Church,
iii Calcu ta, could make nothing of the fe
rocious foundling, who has consquently been
r mnvt d to lias Aram, a refuge founded and
supported by Iirahmo gentlemen in that
city.
Nor is this a'l. A Bliagal Zemidar has
captured in the jungle a boy, whose only ap
proach to speech is the utterance of sounds
like those of a monkey. Colonel fSleetnan
and ihe Rev. Mr. Lewis, of the 8ecundra
Church Mission, have vouched for similar
stories. Mr Mi>ra is of opinion that when,
as s nnetimes happens, an infant is abandon
ed in the bush, there is nothing absurd in the
idea tint it might bo adopted by a female
wild animal that had lost her young.—Aeu
York Newt. *_ _
Curious re-emblances in nature start with
tlie cocoanut, in many respects like the hu
man skull and almost a fac simile of the
nionkov’s. The meat of the English walnut
is almost a cpy of the hunmii brains;
plums and black cherries like tho human
eye, almonds like the human nose, and an
opened oyster shell like the human ear. The
shape of n man’s body may be traced in the
mammoth squash, the open hand in growing
scrub willows and celery, the human heart
in Geruuu turnips nnd egg plant, and doz
ens of the mechanical inventions of the prea
entday to patterns furnished by nature.—
Thus, the hog sugg--sied the plough, the but
terfly the door hinge, the frog-st 'ol the urn*
bre la, the duck the ship, and the fungus
growth on trees the bracket.—I'etit Journal
Jet ‘"sciences. __
The best relief for a bad stomach is heat.
O.ic authority prescribes hot drinking water,
a gallon if necessary, to relieve the system of
the waste materia1, taken by the cupful at
! _I- -1 «... ... .UI.I mimilM Thfa
IIIV MttlO V. MTV w. '"O'" -
1 draught will excite perspiration and pro
j mote the action of the skin and kidneys, at
the same time flushing the stonuch and in
testines. Another cure for the individual
with "the blu a," lucky enough to be able to
indulge in the lux* ry of invalidism, is an
application of hea in the form of flannel
right out of the oven, a rubber bag filled
with hot water, a napkin full of hot bran, or
a paper b ig containing a brickbat well done,
or sand ns hot as Sahara. All the cure* im
ply a h oliday or two holidays for the over
powered organs of indigestion.—New York
i World.__ _ __
“Goodness gracious. Amelia,” cried her
husband, fishing something out of his inside
coat pocket. “Here’s a letter you gave me
to mail two weeks ago, and I declare if I
didn’t for/et all—”
“You’d forget your head if it wasn’t fast,"
aho interrupicd, seizing the missive. “Tbia
letter «as to mother, telling her io postpone
her visit this season. I suppose she’ll be
be here to-morrow, now.’’
'“Suffering ►aint*!” ejaculated Amelias
husband, sotto v«»ce; “and I forgot that let
ter purposely, thinking it was an invitation
to her mother to make u* a visit I”
“I’m in a terrible dilemma,” said Mickle*
to a friend at the office.
“What’s the matter?"
“My wife and I have been talking econo
my this morning and she asked me how
much 1 paid f«r the cigars I smoke. I had
to pretend to he in a frightful burry to keep
from talking about it.”
“Why didn't you answer her?”
“I was afraid to. If f told her the truth
she'd scold about the extravagance, and if
•j I named n fictitious price she might buy
me some." _ _
Young Lady—Why do I get so nervous
|1 when I play »>efore an audience ?
Prof. Von Thumpp—Sympathy and mag
netism, my dear young lady ; mind acting
on mind you know.
I “I don’t see how."
I “Eet is very simple off explanation. De
nervousness and restlessness and weariness
; offdc gompany aff. cts yourself."
Clerk ley—Isn't this earlier than your
usual time for going home ?
! Berkley—Yes, but my wife said if I came
I out by the 4:45 she would meet me with the
carriage.
I didn't know you kept a horse and cai
riage.
fir—or—it'»a bhby and carriage.
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