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Iandreth's Seeds.

WE HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGE
w MESTS this season as viii enable Us
to furnish to dealers who buy TO retail, Ian
ireth's" seeds, at his regular wholesale
prices We can furnish either In boxes OF
(Iy0] one hundred papers, or in papers BY the
hundred or thousand, or in bulE-dealeEs 70
make their own selection of assortment, If
they so desire
Landreth's Seeds are too well known for
reliability and accuracy 70 need an extehueu
notice. PRYOR BOYD & CO.
Agricultural Warehouse and seed Depot,
No. IS Main Street, Wheeling. W. Va
Sole Agents for Woods Prize Mower.
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"State Wool Growers As
S0cjatjOn -

THERE WILL BE 4 MEETING OF THE
i Stale Wool Growers Association of West
Virginia, in Wheeling, on Thursday Janua-
~ II, 1851, at IL o'clock, A Il.
We hope that ali Wool Growers, who can,
VIII be in the meeting 1t is patent, our
great interest, wOol-grOwing, is in imminent
danger OF RUIN under present legislation.
During the last year over one hundred IN Ill
lion pounds OF wool have been imported
from BuenoS AyreS alone, where wool Is
grown and sold at from fiye to fifteen cents
per pound, the latter wool, too, equal in rne-
mes to our best Saxony. Remember, too,
foreign woods pay less than tiye per cent. per
pound duty while our wool Is taxed not less
than nine cents per pound. VIII we longer
quietly submit to such legislation? We are
a'power in the land" If we but organize and
exert it.. Let us not longer say to our neigh
Dor WOol-grOwerS when we meet-"COngreSs,
fear, will do nothing for us,"-let Us organ
lie and rise like men alive To their and their
countTyis interests. and say To our Repre-
Sentatives in Congress what we must have.
Let the tremendous influx of foreign wool
andwoolens which are ptling against US such
n crushing commercial debt-and IL cont1nu-
ed must soon drain our country Of Its specie,
destroy our sheep and factories-oe checked,
or m AXE them pay duties such that Arneri-
can wOOl-gTowersa and manufacturers can en-
ter competitors, IN their oIEIl market, and
live
'who would be free
Themselves must strike the blow
7. SWEENEY, Pres't.
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For Sale.

HOUSE AND Lotto MAIN STREET,
A First Ward. The House Is OF brick, and
formation will be furnished by PHILIP v.
BAIL, on the premises lanlu-St
nIHE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE
existing between T. & W. Colvin, IN the
Grocery business, is this day dissolved by mu-
tual consent, VIM. Colvtn retiring.
THUS- COLVIN.
VIM COLNIN.
wHEELIsG, W. Va, Jan. 9Th, lSoT.
FaV
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ATTEMPT To SASCTIFY THE STAGE
Rev. Robert AmsIie, celebrated cler-
gyman in London, of the established
church, lately preached sermon to ac-
tors, in which he said: "Persevere in
the course you have entered upon to
purify and elevate the stage. lido not
mean by this that you should exclude
fun and folly, for the theater is the pro-
per place for them Your work in So
ciety is OF vast amount. If well done,
you may confer upon mankind a last
ing blessing. You may help to pu-
rify society or fearfully to corrupt
it. You have human life and
human passions of all past times, as
well as of the present, 10 describe, to
depict and great truths to apply to the
conscience. To some your work may
be parable like that of Nathan to
David; but when, with the eloquence
of the stage and the power of the truth
you can say, with Nathan, Thou art
the man. you may do in one night,
with many consciences, more than the
pulpit can do in many nights, where
there is no application to the
mind or heart of what is preach
ed. 1t is your purpose by your
personal and private conduct, by
the unrightness and morality of your
company of actors, by your respect for
your audience, 50 to rePress what is OF
fensive-sO to regulate the conduct of
certain class OF play-goers, and so to ele-
vate your profession by high literary
and histriOnic representations of men
and their manners, that prejudiceS
against your profession and your work !
may be lessened, and that the stage Z
may become what it ought to be, /
great teacher to instruct, a reprover TO !
purify, and asource OF occasional pleas /
ure after the heavy pressure of the /
cares and labors of the day."
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Co-Partnership.

T A. ARMSTRONG, ]. A. HOLIDAY
IL. anu Alexander Coen- have this day en-
tered into co-partnership under the firm
name OF armstrong, Holiday 4 Co.. for fine
purpose OF carrying on wholesale and retail
lumber business, manufacturing doors saSh-
shutters, boxes &c, &C. Planning Min cor,
ner5th and Lindsey sts- Lumber yard half
square North I'd Ward Market House
ARMSTRONG, HOLIDAY q Co
WHEELING, W. VA, Jan. ., 1857 :
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CIScrSSArI, October l, 1853.
MEssRs. ]. y. HARRIS & CO.-Gents.-
About one year ago took cold which set
tied on my lungs. A violent cough was the
consequence, which increased with severity
I exPectoTated large quantities of phle@m
and matter. During the last winter became
much reduced thatI was confined TO my
bed. The disease was attended with cold
chIlIs and night-sweats. a diarrhea set in.
My friends thought was in the last stages
OF Consumption, and could not possibly get
we'll. was recommended to try
ALIENS LUNG BAISAM.
The formula was shown to me, which Undue
ed me to give IL "A trial, and / will only add
that my cough is entirely cured, and am
now able to attend to my business as usual.
Yours respectfully,
Sold by T. II. LOGAN & CO., and by all
dealers in Family Medicines. dcli-lmd
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COIsate's Aromatic Vegetable Soap.
a superior Toilet Soap, prepared from re-
nned Vegetable Oils in combination with
GIyeerIne, and especially designed for the
use OF Ladies and for the Nursery. Its per-
fume Is exquisite, and Its washing properties
unrivaIled. For sale by all druggists
feb2T-lydSw
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#uteIs.
BINGHAM HOUSE.
Election Notice

i Stockholders of the WheeIiDr, ana RI
mont hrldge company, will be held at the
9inSe o tne company, on Monday, the
L4In anS OF January, 1867. between the.
hours of Is and So O'Clock, D. M. fSr he
election OF nine managers 10 serve for th.. en-,
suing year. JOSEPH LAWSON,
uSSA-to Secretary
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Notice.

THE SUBSCRIBER HAS OPENED A.
L private oftice IN his block of brick bDild
lngs, on Main street, No. lls1<, up stairs All
persons having any little bills TO present viii
know where he may be found, and these
VINO owe him anything viii know where 10
GAIL once hours, for the present. from 9 a
m. 20 p. m. Residence No. 20 Elff EfrSs.f
SIN Ward THOS. HORNBROOKe
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Skating nn tha Park.

GRAND CARNIVAL WILL COME
"A of on the Park this evening The Ice Is
IN splendid condition, and gay old time l.
expected. \ band OF music Will be in at
tendance The Park Will be open daring the
a. fanlU
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II AIIL'S
VEGETABLE sICILIAS HAIR RE-
NEWER.

VEGETABLE SICILIAS HAIR RE-
NEWER,
Has proved itself to be the most perfect
preparation for the hair ever offered TO the
public.
1t is n vegetable compound, and contains
no injurious properties whatever.
1t will restore gray hair to its original color.
1t Will keep the hair from falling out.
1t cleanseS the scalp and makes the hair
soft, luStrous and silken-
II Is n splendid hair dressing
No person, old OF young should fail to use Il.
II Is recommended and used by the first
medical authority.
s6-AslS for Halls Vegetable SIcilian Hair
Remover, and take no other.
r. p HALIstS Co,
Nashua y. H., Proprietors
For sale by all druggists nr22-Iyd1wth
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Afw Adrtrtlstmtnts.
Partner Wanted

TN A WE'LL ESTABLISHED PAYING
L business, In this city. Capital not so much
q an object as business experience and gOod
address To person possessing these requi-
sites no better ems nee can be offered. Ad-
dress, Post ONCE Box 800, Wheeling, w. Va
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THE NATIONAL BANK OF WEST VIR-
ginia has this day declared dividend Of
six (6l per cent. and the U. 5. tax, out of the
earnings for the Last six months payable on
demand. GIBSON LAMB, Cash'r.
WHEELING, jan ., 1881. ianS-St
ELEVENTH QUARTERLY REPORT OF
1.-the First National Bank OF Bridgeport
ohio, showing its condition on the morning
OF the first Monday of January, 1851.
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Car,i of THANKS.

The undersigned, in bshal. of the y. NJ. c.
A OF south Wheeling, tender their sincere
thanks to Rev. j. Gross and Miss Maggie
or, for books and other favoTs kindly be
slowed and earnestly solicit the assistance
az others GEORGE P LAZIER,
EDWARD STEEL
JAMES z. BRYSON,
farT0.Ifs Committee.
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II II \ ~ HI NWN W ~ 4.
MATTHEW'S VENETIAN HAIR DYE
vi known and used over ~ years Daily
increasing in public favor. Complete in one
bottle No wash No trouble a child can
apply IL, Produces Iustrous black or brown,
as desired. Does not injure the hair. Price
% cents
Sold by Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers.
Also, MATHEWS ARSICA HAIR GLOSS
for restoring and dressing the hair. jui-eod-Iy
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METcALFE's GKEArRuEUNSTIc REMEDY.
This new and wonderful medicine acts like
magic, curing rheumatism OF years stand
ing in a few days
aug2E1y TIL. LOGAN & CO.. Ag'ts.
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For Sale.

ToUsE AND LOT. NO. IS MAIN STREET,
Bridgeport, Ohio. The house Is good
frame, with three large rooms and good Gel
lar The lot Is large, containing a choice va
riety of fruit trees
SOnable terms. Possession given April Isl,
lS67. For particulars apply to ELASOR
GRIER. on the premises. [janlO-lw'
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The Directors of this Institution have de.
ciaEed dividend of ten (l0l per cent. free OF
edsraI and State taxes on its capital stock
out OF The earnings OF the LAST SIX months
payable to the stockholders or Their Ie0ai
representatives on demand
tanl-2E A-C QUARTER Treas,r.
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stockholders' Meetinp.
Notice.

A y ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS or
~ the First Mutual Store in BsIiairs Ohis.
Will be held at the office of the cornT,any- In,
Benwood. w. Va, on Tuesday, ihe fsatI
jSn iES ~ P M M1rRnocu
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TTFTH QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE
X ,coT,JfffIn OF the National savings Bank.
N JYhesiing. in the State OF West virginia.
ON the morning OF the INST Monday OF jan
uaTy, lSo1. --,,-,-
kills .1fS,SoF1ufsai SS25 ggsS3 y
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for grut.
For REM
new And SPLENDID STOCK

TINE SUBSCRIBER Is DAILY RECEry
i ing additions to his stock OF Instrumen,s
and Musical Goods, and Is thus enabled -
offer purchasers unequalled inducements To-
selection and prices. His assortment OF he
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DR. P MEREDrrH. Dentist, Ofice No. Is2
West Sixth Street, states as follows:
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Wanted.

Wanted.
A GENTS. $50 PER MONTH, EVERY
n KheES. male and female, TO sell the
GESUISE COMMON SENSE FAMILY
SEWING MACHINE, the greatest fnyen-
ton OF the age. Price SIS Every Machine
warranted Tor three years Address
dcSrImd SECOMB & Co. Cleveland O.
TI4ARKS PILLS FOR SALE BY CD
" BERT, End Of Stone Bridge. myIs z
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wHEELISG. Jan. :. 1851 jams
CIXTH QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE
y National Bank OF West Virginia, at
Wheeling, showing its condition on the
morning OF the INST Monday in January,
1867.
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I. o. o. F.

T. SWEENEY, Pres't.
W. l. CRAwFoRD, sec'y. janIO-td
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THE LODI MANUFACTURING CoNPASY,
Established since lSiOl, having the exclusive
control Of all the night soil OF New YORK
City, offer for sale Erei'E5t5eEyyor Cum a ne"
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Dividend.

wHEE11SG. Jan. :. Is67. + jan jan
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Dc IrOm Vear % Yehr !:

Ayrrlge per cent Tor The 9 years..--.---
for the IassL . Ya.Lr.-
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tanIO.lts
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REouRCES.

q. s. bonds deposIte with the o. s.
Treas'r to secure cIrcula'g notes. $4,000 90
U $. Bonds on hand. 7-Sos S10l.2J0
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Brandy and Brains.

From Ohio comes capital temperance
story. Judge Quap, the temperance lecturer,
in one of his efforts there got of the follow
ing: .#... .t
All of those who in youth acquire habit
of drinking whisky, at forty years OF age
will be total abstainers or drunkards. No
one can use whisky for years with modera-
ton. If there is a person in the audience
before me whose own experience disputes
this let him make it known. will account
for it, or acknowledge that am mistaken.
A tall, large man arose, and folding his
arms in dignifed manner across his breast,
said:
81 offer myself as one whose own exper-
ience contradicts your statement"
"Are you moderate drinker n said the
Judge.
81 am"
SLOW long have You drank in modera-
tion 2" .....
Forty years.
"And were never intoxicated Z"
"Sever.n ..
We'll" remarked the Judge, scanning bis
subject closely from head to foot, "yours is
a singular case, yet think it is easily ac-
counted for. am reminded by it of a little
story. A colored man with loaf of bread
and flask OF whisky, set down to dine by a
bank of clear stream. In breaking the
bread some of the crumbs dropped into the
water. These were eagerly seized and eaten
by the fish. That Circumstance suggested
to the darkey the idea of dipping the bread
in the whiskey and feeding it to them. He
tried it. 1t worked well. Some of the fish
ate of it, became drunk, and fioated helpless
Iy on the water. In this way he easily
a n..A -. 90.
was large fish, very unlike the rest, 1t
partook freely of the bread and whiskey,
without perceptible effect. 1t was shy OF
every effort of the darkey to take it. He
resolved TO have it at all hazards, that he
might learn its name and nature. He pro
cured a net, and after much effort caught 1t,
carried it to Q colored neighbor, and asked
his opinion of the matter. The other sur
veyed the wonder q moment, and then said
Sambo, understand dis case. Dat fish l:
mullcthead 1t haint got any brains In
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RECIPES. sc.

How TO MAKE CoRE BREAD.-We find
the following receipts in the Prairie Farmer.
for making Corn Bread, &C., and we reprint
them in the hope that housekeepers generally
will resort more literally to this most whole
some of all grain for family consumption
"Scald the corn meal in boiling hot water,
Just as much as will barely wet it, make up
the dough with sweet, rich milk, and work
it well and put it to bake in hot oven or
stove; it is important that the stove be hot,
and the baking done quickly, or the bread
will have dry aud insipid taste. The
dough should he formed into what the old
Virginians call "Dodgers: 81 inches long,
II wide, IT inches thick, or it is excellent
baked on griddle in cakes three inches in
diameter. The milk has the effect of brown
ing the crust handsomely"
ANoTKER.-"Stir boiling water into sifted
meal till every part is wet; add half as much
shorts, a cup of molasses, teaspoonful Of
salt and skim milk enough to mix; bake in
cheap pans-in brick overland if it re-
mains in all night it is good enough to eat"
CORN BREAD SwEETENED.-One quart
sifted meal, two eggs, two tablespoonfuls
molssses, one teaspoQnful salt, one cup OF
lard or drippings, one aud halt teaspoonful
saleratus. Mix thin with sweet milk and
bake in shallow pans.- Gsrmoat0en 7sls-
graph.
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SURRATvT INDICTED.

On Monday afternoon, at Washington, the
grand jury, through their foreman, presented
an indictment against John H. Surratt The
indictment is accompanied by presentment
charging John Wilkes Booth with the muir
der of Abraham Lincoln, and John II. Sur
ratt, David E. Harold, Lewis Payne, and
George A. Atzerott for being present, aid
ing and abetting, on or about the 14th of
April 1866. Tie indictment is for murder,
and in the first count charges that John H.
Surratt, on or about the 14th day of April,
did murder Abraham Lincoln. The second
count charges that John H. Surratt and John
Wilkes Booth did murder Abraham Lin
coin. The third count charges with the
murder of Abraham Lincoln, John II. Sur
ratt, Lewis Payne, John Wilkes Booth,
David E. Harold, George A. Atzerott, and
Mrs. NJ. f. Surratt. The fourth count
charges that John Wilkes Booth, John
H. Surratt, David E. Harold, George A.
Atzerott, Lewis Payne, Mary E. Surratt did
conspire and confederate together to kill
and murder Abraham Lincoln.
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MEAT FOR Fowls TO MAKE THEM LAZY
One subscriber asks, what food will induce
fowls to lay another asks about scrap cake;
another about hogs lights and similar offal.
To those We would say; 1t is the nature of
fowls in good health to lay, and they can
not help 1.-THE eggs will come. Scanty
fare will reduce their laying propensity, and
on very short commons, eggs cease alto.
gether. Rich food promotes the tendency
certain seeds, like buckwheat, sunfiower and
hemp seeds increase it, and meat of any
kind does the same. All this, however,
forces the fowl into an unnatural state, ana
ordinarily shortens her life. The eggs, be-
sides. have often poor flavor. Occasional
feelings of fresh meats, like the lights of
hogs chopped fine, are very good in winter
when the fowls find no insect food. They
need, besides, hearty food in cold weather,
especially if they are not kept in warm
houses. In very cold weather, hens running
about and roosting in exposed places, will
not lay, though richly fed their food goes
to keeping them warm.-Americaa Agricul.
tur!St.
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S. P. Snow, of Blakesburgh, Iowa, uses
cheap corn sheler. Bore an inch and half
hole through two.inch plank; put legs to
the plank, making a stool of it about as
high as a chair. Over the hole in the plank
firmly nail plate Of iron about an eighth
of an inch in thickness, and with hole
through the centre of the plate. just large
enough to admit the passage of a corn cob.
Through this hole, with small wooden
mallet, the ears of corn are to be driven.
This machine, simple as it is, will shell very
clean, and with double or triple the expedi-
tion of hand sheling
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-02-16

THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALs.--A whim-
sical French writer pIetends that he has dis
covered that every animal, bird, and even
insect, to which voice is given, has its Ian
guage; and that if great pains be taken, lie
has no doubt but that men could learn to
interpret these languages, and even con-
verse With the brute creation in his own
tongue. He cites the fact that nearly every
animal, bird or insect when suffering has n
peculiar cry denoting the fact. "Who,"
says he, "ever doubts that dog or cat suf-
fers pain when they give tongue to those
peculiar cries familiar to allP And again,
does not the growl of these animals denote
anger as plainly as do the oaths and excla-
nations of menl The peculiar whine of
the dog when he meets friend expresses
JOY, as is well understood by any one who
has owned one of those faithful animals,
and may not the caterwauling of an enor-
nous Thomas while watching his inamorats
from the tiles by night be love songs which
are as ineligible to her ears as the sereuades
Of men to some fair one behind a lattice2
May not the carolings of the mocking- birds
he songs celebrating some great event OF
their tribe Z or the nightingale's be songs of
love addressed to his mate? More wonder
ful things than this have been discovered in
nature, but man in his egotism claims that
he alone can convey his ideas to his fellows,
and never dreams of investigating any theory
which might upset his boasted pre.eminence,
although he has an enormous amount OF
data always within his reach. ask" con-
tinues M. de Carnadon, "if Frenchman
who first hears German or English can easily
convince himself that he could ever come to
understand those tongues which sound so
harsh, so cultural to his ears2 Yet to a
Dutchman or an Englshman these sounds
are familiar and musical .
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-02-16

SUCCESSFUL EDITORS. "A good editor, or
competent newspaper conductor, is like a
general or poet, born, not made. Exercise
and experience give facility, but the qualif-
cation is innate, or it is never manifested
On the London daily papers all the great
historians, novelsts, poets, essayists, and
writers of travels, have been tried and nearly
every one has failed. 81 can" said the late
editor of the London Times, "fnd any num-
Der of men of genius to write for me, but
very seldom one man of common sense
Nearly all successful editors are of this
description: A good editor seldom writes
much for his paper; he reads, judges, selects,
dictates, alters and combines, and to do all
this well he has but little time for compost
tion. TO write for paper is one thing, and
to edit paper is another.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-02-16

The party of New Mexican miners pros
pecting in Montana, and supposed to have
been murdered by the Indians, have arrived
at Salt Lake City. They report the discove-
~ of new and very rich gold mines.
The war debt Of Massachusetts, amounts
to fifty millions of dollars.
The people of Gettysburg are petitioning
the Pennsylvania Legislature for 100000,
naturalization for war losses.
They are blasting the ice in the Allegheny
river with gunpowder.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-02-16

UNFORTUNATE STRANGER. you tell
me, sir" said a stranger to a gentleman in a
ball room, "who that lady is near the win.
dow, that very vain looking iadyl" odd.
THAT is my sister, sir" replied the person
addressed, with formidable LOOK.
"No, no, l don't mean her." said the un-
fortunate interrogation. 81 mean that ugly
woman leaning against the piano, there's
about as much expression in her face as in a
bowl Of bonny clabber."
THAT, sir, is my wife"
"No, no." gasped the miserable stranger,
the Precipitation starting from every PORE
"Good gracious wish could make you
understand mel l mean that blear eyed oh
ject in pink silk, the one SO awful homely,
| should be afraid she would splinter look
ing glass by looking into it, There, she is
looking at us now."
"That, sir" said the gentleman, with
fierce calnpess, lis my eldest daughter"
The stranger darted from the room and
cleared the premises as though he had been
struck with presentiment that a powder
magazine was going to explode in less than
three seconds. N+ -t