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HIE MESSAGE. * • , in >< < >>iid I'x’j' ■ I nn-isco. The contract . ptjBmt has b#M to expire, tad those refused to renew the con I nitod States shall pay proportion of the whole . ><iry to maintain tin* iv ii l>y the l'ostnias t the 1 olted States r> ■ g the Australian mails Francisco in these to Vancouver, an -in* of 573,'**'. while. , we are paying out for • .1, steamship line that only $46.1*00. surplus resulting mail to annual axle • . ,| states with a . .usixlerable ■trainers, ami the ' v dependent .■ation which v in our favor, merchandise to « the liseal year iere >U,2t$rt,4s:.. . »f merchandise mly S4.277.67rt. to’ see this iin withdrawn, or Yai.eouvcr substituted . n a> tin American ter ... >lu>uld put it in the >»t master General to make m" in the amount durms for transportation luportunt mail. Hie • e and Gulf parts - \tvored po>ition towards important commerce which ty clause of the taritl a»-t shipping hill aredesigned x aiu'iiip lines from these • orthi' n port of South w almo>t e rtainiy elTeet a ,n her ween the railroad sys ■ ( ontinent.- long before any > '.re of railroads can he put The very large appro • *he last session for the .•.•a was listitied, a> it these considerations. ■ \ west will feel the ad ines • i the South as • tie East, and of the new | d »r their surplus dt. ts amt for many of their .red prodm ts. \N INTl'.KN \TH>X \t. ti INK. I i;.; i - i in May la»t totrau'iuit i p. • t ad<>pi<’d by th*> ln rna'.»na] American Conference upon i • • rii«■ incorporation of ati, In r can bank, with a | \ money excitants [a the States represented in that ift-r r oe. Sueli an institution would b promote the trade we A - king to develop. I renew ■ f [ x ’he powers granted should h - ordinarily exercised by r'.»• - . and safe deposit emu !■ •••>. r • . mere branches in the • "' .v ■> should be authorized than '■ noeessary to accomplish the * primarily in view, namely, cou .» foreistu exchanges. It is quite ■ riant that prompt action should be n in this matter, in order that any •pri.itio;.' for better communica i with these countries, and any ;• nents that may be made for recip i trade, may not be hindered by the i . ience o' making exchanges ir Kuropean money centers, or h: n- 1 by the tribute which is an in I • that method of business. >r the relief of the Supreme L tv iftor many years of diseus ir*‘a -hcd a {>osition where linal ac ■ - - ' tain able, and it is doubt n *‘iat auy ditlerences of opinton may > ~» harn.y.sifd to save the essen- \ L U-atut*-' this very important j V. v.i> • onoection l earnest iation, that the •I : * of the 1’ uited ' «i re-adjusted all receive less ' per nauiii. isted Span* »/< v ,u .jud grants, and the " • tiding some "• ' ’r mini lor the trial of 'it1 crowina out of them, ' ! Cht by me to the atten -t '> at the last session, •'li reported from the prop s ip both Houses upon the I very earnestly hope that • r-'S will put an end to the de - attended the settlement ' a> to title between the ■ elaimants under these 1 - disputes retard the r • i disturb tin* peace of • ■ 'riant committees. The V a Mexico, in his last re s r> tary of the Interior. - Mtieations of the pro bills relating to i >.?s of farm lands. 1 r attention the sugges • 'yof the Interior lHpart ‘i; s subject. ' r law tnvnr vtki>. ■ at of a National bank 1 regard as very desirable. ' tion having given to Con tion of this subject, it used, and uniform rules administration of the • ent debtors. Theincon • t c from the occasional • \ereises of tliis power t from the conflicting •olveney which comes - ■ ediately, should be re i tmeut of a simple, in • nt National bank i v r <-onim«-mlation rf. Vis iiTordinir just copy ■: Tfign authors, on a v advantage for our 'i iv still bo possible uururate by suit -’•!«• nt looking to r sf<| -afety in tin* ■ ■ • upon frvisrht -State loinmerce. ’T in the way is to »«»thi- Ihm appli ty. fitmiveo.-ss an(] firsts* ?'* 'IbeV, i! ••2i>\ation, * Unj^rt ' • -i- 1 full inquiry r. .. . I ‘- purj-honld •.o,.i:..lr^P';rat,0,‘0f all well •>f*U; r' ;,ni,"W!..-r». hut the * . amj :i ■ „ ‘ *w" thousand r»un« m.*!i,» !!.'.of tw, nt>* thou ''iDeti a - ,i both with - -<Ma\ r, against - i and’e,,' s«bjwtof the t.plv of tV' 'll>tr‘biition of V| , ^ ^ ongress, but :t and sat?7 put upou ^h'factory basis. ’row"* th,‘ subject t v ■„ , °ut °f any • "ami for the use of .'r,!' "lUro- but out of “ water supply and •".try catch-basins and. of individuals : ' ' Vaons and be used to it tin- large areas de . .. >uppi,. The owner ‘ r..... . "" owner of the lauds, Hat'Vr-Ttmay run. All unap »v •SC; .. T thi fp ttW^'iral water • "tr»ri Aater sources '1 .t 7 ‘^’W’rvA ■ *r? f. — 4 a sites 'h°iM “■rav< n^e"1 for the eqi " '■'* the homestead s tl,»rs who will eventually take up those ands. The United States should "not, in my opinion, undertake the construc tion of dams or canals, but should limit its works to «. ueli surveys and observations i' will dctcruiinc the water supply, both surface and subterannean. the I ureas capable of irrigation and the ’c ation aod storage capacity of reser voirs. This done the use of the water reservoir sites might be granted to tin respective States or Ter ritories. or to iniiividnalsor associations uj on the condition that the necessary works should be constructed aud the water furnished at fair rates, without i discrimination, the rates to he subject to supervision by the legislatures or by board" of water commissioners duly constituted. The essential thing to be secur'd is the common and equal use at fair rates of the accumulated water supply. It was almost better th.at these lands should re main arid than that those who occupy them should become the slaves of unrestrained monopolies, controlling : the oue essential clement of land values and crop results. I'osr.u. TKl.KOU-Vl'H SCllKMK. The use of the telegraph by the I’ost dh.v Department, as a means for the rapid transmission of written cnuimuui i at ions, is, I pon proper terms, quite desirable. The Government dues not, own or op, rate the railroads, aud it should not. I think, own or operate the telegraph linos. It does, however, seem t,> be practicable for the Government to contract with the telegraph companies t>> irry. at specified rates, suehcommu ni< :ons as the senders may designate i »r this method of transmission. 1 recommend that such legislation be en acted ,i' will enable the l’ost otlice Department fairly to t,s:. by experiment, the advan tage- of such a use of the telegraph. KKOKKAI. K. LECTION LAW >. If any intelligent and loyal company of American citizens wore required to cata logue the c-seutial human condition of national life. I do not doubt that with absolute unanimity they would begin with “free and honest elections. ' and it i- gratifying to know that generally there is a growing and non-partisan de mand for bitter election laws. Hut •gainst this sign of hopo and progress mnst he set the depressing and undeni able fact that election laws and meth ods arc sometimes cunningly contrived to secure minority control, while vio lonee completes the shortcomings of fraud. In my last annual message I sug ge-ted that the development of the ex istlug law providing a federal supervis ion of Congressional elections offered an effective method of reforming these ah The need of such a ktw has manifested itself in many parts of the country ami the wholesome restraints and penalties will be useful in all. Fhe constitutionality of such legislation has been affirmed by the Supreme Court. Its probable effectiveness is evidenced by the character of the opposition that is made to it. It has been de nounced as if it were a new exercise of federal power and an invasion of the rights of the State- nothing could be further from the truth. Congress has already fixed the time for the election of members of Congress. It lias declar ed that votes for members of Congress must be by written or printed ballot: it : has provided for the appointment by the circuit courts in certain cases, and t upon the petition of a certain number ! of citizens, of election supervisors, and made it their duty to supervise tin; reg istration of voters conducted by the State officers; to challenge persons offer ing to register: to personally inspect and scrutinize the registry lists, and to affix their names to the lists for the purpose of identifica tion and the prevention of frauds, to at tend elections and remain with tin* boxes till the votes are all cast and counted, to attach to the registry lists and election returns any statement touching the accuracy and fairness of the registry and elecMou. and to take and transmit to the House ,,f Represen tatives any evidence of fraudulent prac tices which may be presented to them. The same law provides for theappoint in.-lit of Deputy I'nited States Marshals to attend at the polls, support the super visors in the discharge of their dut • -. and to arrest persons violating the election laws. The • rov sions of the familiar title. •The Revised Statutes." have been put into exercise by both the great political parties, and in the North as well as in the N.uth. by the tiling with the Court of the petitions required by the law. It •s not. therefore, a question whether we -hall have a Federal election law, for we now have one and have had for nearly twenty years, but whether we shall have an effective law. The present law stops just short of effectiveness, for it surren der* to the local authorities all control over the certitication which establishes the pi'inut /fli'if right to a scat in the House of Representatives. ’Phis defect should be cured. Kquality of representation and the purity or the electors must be maintained, or everything that is valuable in our sys tem of government is lost. The quuli tieations of an elector must b» sought in the law. not in the opinions, prejudices, or fears of any class, however powerful. The path of the elector to the ballot box must be free from the ambush of fear and the enticements of fraud: the count so true and open that none shall gainsay it. Such a law should be abso lutely non-partisan and impartial. It should give the advantage to honesty and the Control to majorities. Surely there is nothing sectional about this creed, and if it shall happen that the penalties of laws intended to enforce these rights fall here and not there. it is not because the law is sectional, but because happily, crime is local and not univer sal. For should it be forgotten that every law, whether relating to elec tions or to any other subject, whether enacted by the State or by the nation, has force behind it. The courts, the marshal or constable, the posse eomi tatus. the prison, are all and always be hind the law. One cannot be justly charged with unfriendliness to any sec tion or das' who seeks only to restrain violations of law and of personal rights: no community can find lawlessness profitable: no community can afford to have it known that the officers who are charged with the preservation of the public peace, and the restraint of the criminal classes are themselves the product of fraud or violence. The mag istrate is then without respect, and the law without sanetiou. THK LAW Ml ST BE si -T.UXKP. - The tlood of lawlessness can not be j leveed aud made to run in one channel. The killing of a United States Marshal carrying a writ of arrest for an election ! offense i< full of prompting and sugges tion to men who are pursued by a city ! marshal for a crime against life or prop erty. Bat it ts said that this legislation will revive race animosities and some ; have even suggested that when the j peaceful methods of fraud are made im- : possible they may be supplanted by intimidation and violence, if the pro- I posed law gives to any qualified elector j t>v a hair’s weight more than his equal i influence, or detracts by so much ] from anv other qualified elector, it is j fatally impeached. l*ut if the law is j equal and the animosities it is to evoke grow out of the fact that some electors have been accustomed to exercise the franchise for others as well as for them selves. then these animosities ought not to be confessed without shame, and ean [not be given any weight with discussion without dishonor. No choice is left to me but to enforce with vigor all laws intended to secure to t he citizen his con stitutional rights, and to recommend that the inadequacies of such laws be promptly remedied. If to promote with zeal and ready interest every project for the development of its material interests, its rivers, harbors, mines and factories, and the intelligence, peace and security under the law of its communities and its homes, is not accepted as sufficient evidence of friendliness to any State or section, 1 cannot add connivance at flection practices that not only disturb ; local results, but rob the electors of o.her States and sections of their most priceless political right. The preparation of the general ap propriation bills should be condtteted with the greatest rare and the closest scrutiny of expenditures. Appropria tions should be adequate to the needs of the public service, but they should be absolutely free from prodigality. I venture again to remind you that the brief time remaining for the consider ation of the important legislation which now awaits vour attention offers no mar gin for waste. If the present duty is dis charged with diligence, fidelity and courage the work of the Fifty-first Con gross may be confidently submitted to the considerate judgment of the people. Hknm. Harrison. E.rcrutii'v Mnnsiun. Ibi'cmbcr I, tSHQ. Ask Your Friends About It. Your distressing cough can oe cured. We know it because Kemp’s Balsam with in the past few years has cured so many coughs and colds' in this community. Its remarkable sale has been won entirely by its genuine merit. Ask some friend who has used it what he thinks of Kemp's Balsam. There is no medicine so pure, none so effective. Large bottles ;>do and 11 at all druggists’. IT KILLED A HORSE Why shouldn't It do the S»nie to a Man? Electrical Execution. ,\. York Ttictra/ih to Cincinnati 1 ini's S‘ar. A horse has boon killed at Sin? Sm? by electricity generated by the same dynamo that will bo sot in motion some day next week for the purpose of de priving Wood of iiis life. The killing took place late Wednesday afternoon. The horse was led into the room where Wood will sit when ho receives the fatal shock. Electrodes were attached to the wires which had already been pre pared and then they were applied to the horse. The dynamo was run until the indicator showed that tin* current had reached a strength of 1,.‘>00 volts and at this point was turned into the wire. Ac cording to all accounts the horse closed its eye- thd fell over dead. On the strength of this experiment the prison officials base the assertion that murder er Wood is going to die quietly and painlessly. Dr. Alphonso D. Rockwell, of this city, thus describes the killing of the horse: ‘•The animal was brought into the death chamber shortly after 3 o'clock. II.- was big. healthy and strong. Some little time was consumed in arranging the electrodes, and the horse got rath er restless, and acted as if he knew his time had come. One of the electrodcs was fastened to one of the horse's hind legs just below the gambrel joint, the other was capped upon the forehead. When all was in readiness the current of l,r>oo volts was turned on and the animal instantly dropped. A series of convul sions shook the horse's body. The horse died instantly and death was painless, in my opinion. The electrodes left no marks upon the animal,not so much as a hair being scorched. I <»•*» no reason why Wood will no die just as easily. Al though it has not been officially settled, it is probable that the electrodes will be attached to Wood's leg and hand, and that the same number of volts used upon the horse will be turned upon him. The result will prove as satisfactory 1 think, and death will be instantaneous." The prison officials will not admit that the horse experiment was made, but it unquestionably was. There will be no further experiments made with the machine, it is said. It i' not cer tain that electricity is going to be ap plied to Wood in the same way in which it was applied to Kemmler. Electricians say that the Kemmler experiment proved that the spinal column is not a first class conductor and that tint cur rent should be applied to some other part of the body other than the small of the back. The electricians who will have charge of the execu tion are disposed to attack unfavorable weight to the argument of Wizard Edi son that to make death certain and in stantaneous the current must be ap plied to the condemned man's hands. It is possible that four instead of two electrodes may be used—one on each hand, one on the calf of his leg and the fourth on the head. Wood is re signed to his fate. He lias no hope left. Yesterday morning he said as much to the deputy keeper of the prison. anil at the same lime no asuou mai llev. Father Creeden, tin* village priest, who had been ministering to him since he has been in prison, should be with him at the exe cution. He wanted no other minister, he said. His wish will be granted, and, as the law permits two ministers to be present, this will reduce the number of witnesses to twenty-six. Wood had no visitors yesterday. lie did not want any. he said. He asked in the morning if the warden would instruct the guards who form the death watch not to watch him while he was at prayer. The law was read to him. and then lie said he was satisfied. He had a big dinner yes terday, and spent the rest of the day smoking cigars and praying. He had nothing at all to say to his guards. Wood’s counsel has prepared the ap plication for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that colored men were exclu ded from the juries that indicted and convicted Wood, and he will present it to a Supremo Court Justice to-day. It is almost certain that it will be denied, but there is a bare hope that the Jus tice will reserve his decision, and if he docs for any length of time, it will act as a stay and Wood may have to be re sentenced. In that case the execution cannot take place for a month. The prison officials do not* believe that tins is within the limit of possibility and they will go ahead with the details that •ire yet to be attended to. There are not many. Nearly everything except the death chair is in place. The question about the location of the switchboard has been settled. It will be in the room where the execution takes place. Warden Brush will prob ably begin to-day or to-morrow to invite the persons who are to witness the ext - cution. He will not do it by letter, but will see the men himself or send a mes sage. The prison will be closed on bat urday night and no one except of ficials and the twenty-six witnesses will be admitted until after the execution has taken place. No passes will be re cognized. No visitors will be admitted unless armed with a permit signed by either Gov. Hill or State Prison Super intendent Lathrop. Extraordinary pre cautions are being taken to prevent any news about the execution leaking out. ci'kick's Indian ukucs. Skeleton of a Woin«n Iturieil in an Crn for More than 200 Yearn. Xew York Sun. A discovery important to relie hun ters lias .just been made at Sandy Hook, in the eastern part of Newton, Conn. It is tin* finding of several skeletons and a | quantity of curious Indian relics which have lain undisturbed for more than 200 years. Two woodcock hun ters from Bridgeport George Morgan and Thomas Vose, were out on Sat urday; and while crossing a small ridge of ground half a mile above the rubber mills found an earthern jar, tin- top of which was exposed on aciount of the recent heavy rains. Taylor has a dog which is crazy to hunt woodchucks, and he set the animal to digging by the sides of the jar. Morgan turned to and assisted, and it took half in itour for the two men and the dog to unearth the curious jar. It was a mammoth vessel, and stood nearly three feet high. The sides were decorated in a rough way with clay of a different color from the jar itself, which was a dark stone brown. Age had weak ened the vessel and the contents caused so great a pressure that in a few mo ments it fell apart and expired the en tire skeleton of an adult in a sitting posture, with the head bent over and resting detween the knees. When the jar tumbled apart the dry gravel also fell away and left the bones almost en tirely free from tiie dirt. Although the j skeleton was perfect, with tin1 excep tion of the small bones which had crumbled away, the skull and verte bra- were too frail to bear handling and broke when taken in the hand. The skull was undoubtedly that of an Indian woman who*had been buried with honors. In the burial urn were several stone implements and a quant i ty of sheil beads, which had probably been string together. I'nder the pot was a peek or more of clam shells and arrow heads, till of which had been baked. The Hint arrow points were al ways rendered useless by baking before being burled with the dead to prevent the graves being opened for plunder. Mr. Morgan suggested that further in vestigation be made, and the earth was dug away for quite a distance. Haifa dozen stone hammers and axes were un earthed. and finally four mop> skeletons were found. These were no", buried in urns, but rested in the same sitting posture, and the excavations which had been made for the bodies were partly filled with burned shells :nd arrow heads. Many years ago Hr. W. C. Ailo, pub lisher of the AYir Kwjkinil .'/< Unit Jour nal,at Danbury, found an Indian mound at Sandy Hook, and lie hat insisted that there were more of then scattered about Newton. The rise of ground on; which the jar was washed out last we<-k is undoubtedly an Indian buiiftl place of large extent, and Taylor, who was wel; known to the public as a diteetive at the time of the Koso Ambler murder, will endeavor to fiml out vho is the rightful owner of the land. Residents of Sandy Hook do not seen to know whose property the land is where the bones were discovered on Saturday. Morgan will buy the land as t specula tive scheme. .IomIi Hillings- rililounphy. yew York Weekly. The luv of change iz az mitral it) man az it iz in natur. Thare iz two kinds of hipokrit;j— the bold and the humble; and the hjmble ones are the wust. The grate strength of simplicity lies in the words, not in the ideas. I don’t beleave thare is ennytliing* in this world that will add to a man's wealth, convenience- or liuury. but what he ken git, if he will only hunt euuff for it. All wimmin are bi natur flirts, but those who are the most so hate the least sense. To be thoroughly good-jatured. and yet avoid being imposed upon, shows groat 11 strength ov character. Enny person who will deliberately flatter yu, will deliberately defame yu. It iz a mighty hard job tew respekt 1 the man that we h;fv tew firgiv. I beleave thare iz more people in the world honest from policy, than thare iz from principle. ' Very old people often nr1 free from all appearances ov sin, bekluze they hav nothing loft for either tew feed upon. | There are people who are alwus anti cipating trubble, and in this way they manage tew enjoy monny sorrows that never really happen tew thert. I’ear ov sjn haz made a grdtc fiienny more Christians than the luv of virtow has. lknoov scvral kinds ov kuriosity. but thare iz one kind which prompts us tew stick our noze into things just for the purpose ov smelling. The luv ov praizc never tiade « nnv man wuss, and haz made menny a man better. Thoze people who are sik and dis gusted with themselfs are the ones who suffer from ennui. Feline Strategy. JiatiyonMe.) Whin. A good cat story, lllustrasing the sa gacity of the felines, is told l>y a gentle man who saw the occurrence A cat saw a large rat run out from under a stable and /ouk shelter in a wood|ile. lommy followed his ratship and tried to reach him, but could not do so. Finding that his efforts were in vain. Tommy scratch ed his head and hit upon an idea. Leaving the woodpile, he went off a short distance, informed another cat of what was up, and the two went back to the* woodpile. Tommy No. 1 rationed ! No. 2 at the place where the rat had en ered the woodpile, while he climbed upon the wood and began scratching. This frightened the rat and out he ran into the chops of Tommy No. 2, who had been expecting such an occurrence. STATE NEWS. The rapidest railroad building ever seen hereabouts is now to be seen on the Huntington and ltig Sandy. The ' greater part of the grade is now ready • for the ties and rails, and tracklaying I will begin on the road next week. Ihe bridge across Fourpole is now being built, and will be completed before all the track is laid. The company started out with the intention of having trains running by February 1. 1891, and they will have them on the road by that time. —Huntington Advertiser. While Webster Keppinger, a 0-year old boy living in Martinsburg, wasplay ing with a lire in a cinder bank along the railroad, the wind blew a spark in his clothes, which became ignited, burning them almost off. and causing frightful wounds all over his body, which was burned to a crisp. Some body noticed him and extinguished the flames, or they would have burned him up. lie is now in a precarious condi tion. As some West Virginia Central shop I men wore coming from their work, at Iveyser, Thursday evening, riding on a hand-car, the giving away of the handle while llohert Ward and Frank Fallon were working the lever,threw them from the truck with great force, sustaining such serious injuries as to have to be carried home. Ward will not be able to work for several days. Mannington has now about thirty oil producing wells, yielding an aggregate of i,:.00 barrels a day. The quality of the oil there is about the same as that of the Mt. Morris, Fa., field and corn-; mauds a good premintn. Like all other fields. Mannington has exploded many plausible theories, and has clearly dem onstrated that the only sure way to tell where there is oil is to sink a hole. The Clarksburg Sewn s;iy> that Kd. Basse!, who was shot by W. F. Richards, was out driving a >hort time Wednesday afternoon, the tirst time he has left the house since the shooting. ; Hi> recovery lias been rapid, and it i now thought that tin; shot received will not be attended by any serious re sults. .1. M. Rillmyer's store at Vaucleaves ville. Berkeley county, was burglarized j on Saturday night, and goods to the amount of s-joo taken. The theft is charged up to tramps, because some were about that day. and whoever took the goods scent to have walked <dT with them. Two oil men from Mannington got ] into an altercation on Jefferson street, ; Fairmont. Tuesday night and tired sev eral shots at each other. After the smoke cleared away it was found that one of the. men was shot in the hand. They said they were just having a little fun. The mountains east of Greenbrier river have been on fire for some time pa-t. and large erowds of citizens gather ,,n Wagoner's hill, near Lewisburg, at night to see the flames. The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs Hotel killed and used -‘.M'Oo chickens the past season, making l'.410 dozen, which, at per dozen, amounted to The foundation i< being made fur a ; hotel at Konova, Wayne county, which is estimated to cost S75.000. It is to he the finest hostelry between Cincinnati and Pittsburg. A Pckmanent Ci'KE.—For years I was troubled with the most malignant tyjK» ol Chronic Blood Trouble. After trying various other remedies, without getting any benefit. I was induced by Joe Schell, wlio was cured by Swift's Specific of a constitutional blood trouble, to take S. S. \ s. A few bottles cured me permanently. I consider S. S. S. the best tonic I ever saw. While taking it my weight incrcas d and my health improved every way. I have recommended S. S. S. to several friends, and in every case they were satis fied with the results. S. A. Wkioiit, Midway, Pa. The Anti<iuity of Spectacles. AlM of Perhaps it is known to but few people that the use of spectacles can be traced back as far as -*,000 years. The Emperor Nero, win* was short-sighted, list'd eonc.tve glasses to enable him to watch the gladiators. I p t<> the thir teenth century only single glasses, such as are now known as reading ghi"*'. were known, and the invention <>f the two-eyed spectacles falls sonicw hetc about the year 12iK>. In an itpitapli found at Florence one Salvina Degli Ar mati is credited with the invention, but other authorities ascribe it to the monk Vlcxandcr von Spina. In the fourteenth century spectacles were fairly.. and. as they were considered precious, were often specially mentioned in ancient statements. Frequently a kind of beryl was used in place of glass's: hence the German name ••brill*'. I he manufacture of spectacles was at tirst* carried on in Italy, afterward at Middb burg. in Holland, but as early as 1I'-' we have spectacle makers mentioned at Xurnburg. After awhile the u<c of spectacles became fashionable in Spain, and, no doubt many a one at the present time who carries the append age of eye-glasses do*'s so mop* for ap pearance than actual need of assistance to the eye.’’ “ Royal” in all ways Superior. I find the Royal Raking Powder to be absolutely pure, containing no injurious article whatever. 1 he ingredients are only those proper for a baking pow<:< t of the highest degree of excellence as to wholesome ness and strength. Its entire freedom lrom lime ami nhi mina, which are found in other baking powders made from commercial crean. of tartar, from phosphates, o; with alum, is an evidence ot the remarkable perfection to which this most admirable baking preparation nas been brought in respect to the purity of its ingredients, and renders it much superior to any other I have examined, or whose composition has been made known. E. T. FRISTOE, Prof. Chemistry, Columbian University, and National Medical College, Washington. D. C. AMONG THE WITS. Java must be a moral place to live in; we never seo it advertised except as “pure Java.”—Puck. Cold molasses is sure to come to a bad ending. At any rate it does not turn | cut well.—Boston Traveller. The angry man who takes his words i hack is very apt to use them over again 1 when occasion offers.—Texas Siftliujs. It is not surprising that a man want ' ing a divorce should find it dearer than his wife was to him.—Philadelphia Times. While the ordinary musician dispens es music by measure the bass drummer gets off his by the pound.—Philadelphia Times. “What a peculiar smile Rambo has! Ever notice it?” “Yes. He takes it about half lemon and seltzer and no sugar.—Chlcaijn Tribune. Mrs. Bingo—“My dear, why did you 1 get two brushes for this bo#lc of muci lege?” Mr. Bingo.—“I got one to dip in the ink well.”—Puck. There are men and men, as there are sandwiches and sandwiches. There's nothing in some of them, and in others t he more there is so much the worse.— Boston Transoripl. “Can your little brother talk now?’ “Yes. He ran say some words real well.” “What are they?” “1 don’t know. They’re words I never heard before.”—lhu'itefx Younij People. Mrs. Tim—“Hullo,- Tim!” Tim — “Well. I’ll be eternally jewhizzled!” “Mrs. Tim—“What’s up?” Tim—“Ihi a lamb if I ain’t got mixed up on these crooked streets an’ went ’an broke Inter my own house!”—Jiubji. “<»n what ground, Mr. Cautious do you propose to break our engagement?” "There is no ground. Miss Bellows; that’s the trouble. 1 had supposed, when we became engaged, that you owned a large farm.”— Who rules in this town ? Depends on the question up. The lamp-chimney ques tion—what sort do you break ? Whatever sort your dealer deals in. How, do you think, he selects his chimneys ? He buys those that cost him east; he can get the regular price for them; and the faster .hey break the more lie sells. That’s how he reasons. Tell him you want Mac beth's “pearl top” or “pearl glass,:’ tough glass, transpar ent, clear, not foggy, line, of right shape and uniform. Tell him you’ll pay him a nickel more a piece, and that will trover his extra costs twice over. Tell him you don’t pro pose to break any more. Try your hand at ruling. * Pittsburg. Oku. A. Macmkiii A Co. |Uumbcr». TV7M. HARE & SON, »* practical Plnmbers, Gas & Steam Fitters, No. 33 Twnlftli Street. All worn- cor.- promi/tlv >.! nioftr«n!*'>n»hle prio-* Jake-0 Vajskbam«*h. Ohaa. B. McKownJ JOrlKVH LvTE. ’rianstjsrgc:. Loti & McKown, ?RACTICAL Plnmbers, Gas & Steam Fitters. a; twcirtfc *»., ftb-'iiDK, w. Vi. ornate* f urm-i.-d. Ail work iier.» r . 1 e pi i ■ • * TRlMjSLE S. LtiTZ. CokeOves aidEDgineSopplies. Iron Pipe and Fittings. Brans Valves and Cooks Injectors and Sypbons. Steam and Water Gauges Flambing, Gas & Steam Heating, No. 1416 m.d 141S K«.. Whe-lln*. >V. Va. _ SUUjolcottlr P5rcu:cro. M. REILLY, -WHOLESALE Grocer, Pork Packer, and etTMCR or T UK (’(•Unrated “Strawberry” Hams. FLOllR. CHRIST!AN BROS.' “CROWN" BRAND ' WILLIAMS UIOICU OHIO FAMILY And :n:in\ :h«*r ;t>- i e brands of tiuii) .-our • d block and cotjununlly rw^iviDti. Roasicd Coffees* “AlftTonij ” ArbucJtle c." "Linn." and my own must of "Old Woman. ’ "Horse Head, anc Mr*Sole U'huI for the Celebrated DnPont Powder Mills* A full supply of Rifle, Blast inf and Spef ■ > cP< wrier of every kind constant ly n mafa/oie. Orders eol.sitea from dealers oniv Also Patent Hemp, Cotton, and Water Proof Safetv I - Uiince <mt> ^iquora. RECEIVED! A laiuik ntPORTATiox or Wines Direct From Enrope CONSISTING OF SHERRIES, MADERIA, PORTS, MALAGAS, MUSCATEL. Also a f ne line of Rhine Wines and Clarets. P. VVELTY & CO., WHOLF.SALF. LIQUORS. -PARKER’S *AIR BALSAM | Clean-j aud beautifies the hair. Promon- » luxuriant F"»W I Never Fails to Restore Grr^v ~Huir to its Youthful Co.or. I Curd »r*lp U.*raM« k^hkit U~mg. I a> andlluus: 1 CO N SU M PTIV E WINTER WISDOM. [ Exchange.) Don't bo afraid of fresh inr, but avoid draughts. Don't go out of doors for a second without extra covering. lu si -lectins your winter underclothing choose that which is warm and yet more or less open in texture. Take olT vour overcoat when you enter a warm place, whether otliee or private dwelling, even if your visit is to last only three minutes. If you oatch cold or develop a cough, get rid of it at once. This is better than feeling "blue'* and thinking that pneumonia or cousumpiioti has marked you as a victim. The l>est remedy for a cough or cold (however stubborn), or a sudden chill, is pure whiskey. | A dose of whisky in water will impart a gener ous warmth to the whole body and ki. port the diseases of tllH season. Don't forget that only pure whiskey should l>e taken. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has the strongest recommendations from lead ing doctors as to its efficiency, and from the most prominent scientists as to its purity. It is the only standard medicinal whiskey. ‘Take no other from your druggist. 4?or £mlc, poll SALE. That desirable property. Nos lfril mil 1923 Main street, Whrrlini:. suitable for dwelling*, stores and boarding house, or with slight alter ation, would make a Rood manufacturing site. Good, dry cellar under both hou-.s. Shipping facilities unexcelled. I-'or i. rm*. etc., call on or address J, J. FADRR, Wheelin'.’. ocltwdb Hy virtue of a died of assignment made bv .lolm II Diehl to tiio, dated ou tne nth day of October. 1 o.O, and recorded in the olHee of the Clerk of the County Court of Ohio county. W. \ a . in 1 heil of Trust I look HI, page 217. 1 will l sell at public auction at N >. 11.'> Virginia street, in U heeling. \V. Va., on Thursday, December 4th, 1890, Commencing At ... sic a. m.. the following personal property: One sewing machine, four carpets, one sofa, three marble top tables, one liook case, one sidei ard. otic wardrobe, three, bedsteads, springs and mattresses, one lounge, one mirror, one roeker. fourteen chairs, one cook stove, one kitchen table, one lot of dishes, one lot of tinware.one washtuh. one washboard, one-horse wagon and lot of harness. Also, one gold watehand eluiin. and all the hook ace. unts due the said John h Qh-hl. Terms of Sale—Cash. no2li 1. !•’. JONHS. Assignee. pOR SALE. Paying Investments. ..f ground * * i South I’enn street, con : taming r.mr lot*. r«• r fl.-HJU. | Double Itriek House, not two year old. will !.ri!!•_' (■ '<'•') |»T y, :ir. for fg.7,'0. i Manufacturing sit.* corner Thirty sixth an>l | M.tColhfh .-if.**. itjnxia). Building Lots ■•> tii* r of Thirty-fifth and Mar ket streets, f.>r a ;■ v. days only. O. SMITH. no3Se*d 1£.0 Market street. epgIjvJgtoM. Twenty Minutes fr> in City Building. Hourly Train, ou Kim drove R It. PUBLIC SALfOF 69 LOTS, Saturday Afternoon, Dir. G, 1KD0. \\TV. WILL OFFER AT POBLIC BALK OS M Saturday. DeCetuleT filh. IW. oil the ! premises, Sixty-nine Beautifully 1.. l.ots, . at Kogington Station, on Wheeling and Kim Grove Itailroad. Sale will eomnienee at TWO O'CLOCK I’. M. Special train will Icnvc Wheeling nt l:3fip. j ni. The Hallway Company will furnish free' transportation on that train and on all other I trains that day to persons desiring to purchase. Apply at the Railroad Olllce. Title umjiiestiiii I able. TKRMS OF SALE—Oni-.third, or a* much more as the purchaser may elect to pay. e«»h in hand, balance in one and twro years w ith inter est, secured by deed of trust on the lot pur chased. Sollle of said lots have already been -old at private sale and others may he had at private sale Up to 111.ml»er lith. 18PO. No such opportunity bn* been, or will be od- r ed to secure i IIKA1* Horn:* ||i the country Ilia most desirable neighborhood, and hereafter trains will run hourly each way, and the last train will leave Wheeling at 10 1 • p. in. For further information apply at the oflie. of the Wl.ling utid Kim (.rove Railroad Com pany, or to W. V. HOGE & BRO.. noSTeadi No. I.i0 M A ItKKT STRKKT. £»tcamlnmte. OTEAMERS FOR CINCINNATI, O loltsvilli:. mkmpiiis. st. locis, Nt Orlean . and intermediate point will leave \\ harf lloat, foot of Eleventh Street, dally. Monday excepted, as follows: r T. t ■iii uaii ■■ihi a Steamer "K KVsTflN K STATE,' Calhoun. Master. Chas. \\ . K nox,Clk; every Tuesday atitu.iu. s. Jll Steamer "ANDES." K. It. Cooper, Master: Al. .1. s! iv> a, clerk; ev ery Wednesday at H a. m. . Steamer "IIl'DSON." .I. K. Elli r - -n, vla-ter: Dan Lacey, clerk; *^M*2*rn —a. ,.v,.r> ’I'hursday at s a. rn. Sieamer"S( OTIA."dno. M. I’hil > lips. Mast. r. Relit. II Kerr.L’ierk ■w* every s iturday at s a. m. Steamer IIATCIIKLOR fe-o ; atI|/T->i: O N- . Master: Ira li Hum tbaneim ngton. » ■ rk. every Friday at S - > . m n. »juwO*. nUAm \ utnt r • <'(»N(i(». Kd K. M-id i-ter: Juh-s Wehrraati,Clerk, Sunday at S a. 111. First-class fare. Wheeling to Cincinnati. W.00 Round trip, flO.iW. .Meals and state-room ill ;y?~tieke' transferable Hid good until used. 1 or Kr< ,ght or Passage apply on hoard or Tel -phone No. .'Vlv! CROCKARD V BOOTH. Agehta. The Pittsburgh Mop Wringer. nticonb: Miami: ikemtivki A _.ihani/<d steel luiek 11 and wrlnicerr iinfoim-d. I'..-iIy ' ['• rated with tie loot :I' shown 111 rut. CoW *»r hoilinc water wuli will nr cofleeitrv T«*ii ly•- run for iisi**l with *it injury. Astfoi* hand* do not **iinn* in contaet with tie* u-ntrr. ebapped, - -,i 1<I» <1 and son* hand! X required Stiprrinr to wood buek* i l that l- liable to fall to piere* with expaniion or contrartlon.or to Ixo-otno i, .Jor.fr* in thr dirt mid \llth wruns Into !>*• your rh-anini! In half the time. , D-alers have it or will t li for you. if uot, end to y* for It. .. ..... Xn inhre I mope. Superior toall Vnrsiii kf.n woi* w ltiN <o 2U3 and 305 ..1 Street, Pittsburgh. I a. FOB >ALK »Y It. F. CAI.1^ KU. notr.Tu.TliASat rl. \Vb^lin«. It. ' > grateful-comforting. Eppses Cocos* r BREAKFAST. • •By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws wmrh govern the operation- ofdlge-uonand nuthtion. and by a careful application of the fine properties of well -elected Cocoa. Mr hpp« ha-1 roudedourbr*Hkfa.-t tabl< - with ad.-licatr lv flavored beverage which may *»»• us man heavy doc:, rs' bills. It 1- by the judicious useo such article-of diet that a constitution may b gradually built up until strong enough to resia ev<*fv t^nd^nev to di>«*a*e. Hundred* of *u*>tl n.aladie . are ifoating around u* ready to »tt*cl wherever there is a weak point. " e may c-ca,-e nianv a fatal -haft by keeping ourselves wel fortified with pure blood and a proper.}’ nour ished frame.”—CHcU Service (rautH. Made simply with boiling water or onlviti half-pound tins, by Grocers, lab* led thus litirc CDDC I Til Homoeopathic Ciikmistb, Ld li id V tllii London. Eng.and. selldaTu.Thagc | and Whiskey Habits ■ cured at home witn loutpain. Book of par 1 ticulam sent FKHE. _ ■ n M W( w il.LKY.M.l). "Atlanta.Gia. Office lW*i Whitehall St. all kinds of PRinTine Neatly and Promptly Execut-d —AT THE— REGISTER OFFICE