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EVERETT HOUSE.
MARTLNSBURG, Y. YiRA,
Corner of Queen and Burke Streets,
James II. McSherry,
PrODrietOp.

TgNHIS fIouse mas been in operation for over thir
" wears, and is widely known as one of the
most popular Hotels in the State. 1t now offers
special inducements to the travellers Every com
fort will be afforded those who may visit the House
Omnibusses always at the Depot TO carry passen-
gers % and from the House.
Stable room for forty horses, under the charge
of attentive Ostlcrs.
TEE BAES
Is supplied with the very best of liquors Wines,
.Braudies. Ale, DC, and none but good article
will be sold.
April l. ISL
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BOARDERS.

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/ or without rooms. front room can be fur
nished if preferred. wish also to take in my
family Young ladies who wish 10 go 20 school.
MRS. EDWIN BOWEN,
Main Street.
Charlestown, JEFF. Co, W. Va.
Jan. %, 1872.
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W. Orders for all kinds Of Merchandise, Salt,
Fish, Plaster Guano, and the various Fertilizers
and Farming Implements, promptly filed.
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and Farming Implements, promptly filed.
References:
Daniel Miller & Co., Howard, Cole Co.. Carroll,
Adams d Neer, Stoneburner d Richards, Hoffman,
Stalev & Co. and Drs. Clagett Walls, Baltimore; ;
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Winchester, Va; John X. London, Esq, Rockhill,
). c.; John II. Williams, Esq, Fred. Co. Bank;
Samuel B. Preston, Washington Co., Nd.
July {, ls69-tf.
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TRIUMPHANT.

turerS.
OFFICE AND NEW WARERoOMS,
No 0 n. Liberty ST., Baltimore, Maryland.
The SGef-s Pianos contain all the latest i'm
provements to be found in a first class Piano. with
additional improvements of his own invention not
to be found in other instruments. The tone, touch
and finish of their instruments cannot be excelled
by any manufactured.
A large assortment of Second Hand Pianos al
ways ON hand from SIS to $500.
Farior and Church Organs, some 90 different
STYLES on hand from $50 aud upwards.
Send for an Illustrative catalogue, containing
names Of over | 900 Southerners, 500 Of which
are Virginans,) who have bought the Stieif Piano
since the close of the war.
August %, 1871.
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The stewart House."
Formerly Ramer's-adjoining Court House,
MARTENSBURG, W. VA.

TEHE undersigned having leased this well known
and popular house, and having relitted ak
furnished it in ample style is prepared to furnish
20 the travelling public, well as to transient and
permanent boarders, the best of
II OTEL ACCOMM D TIO.NS.
His TABLE will be supplied with the best the
market affords. Rooms, airy and convenient, and
servants polite and obliging.
The STABLES attached to the Hotel will be at
tended by truSty and competented Osters.
N2- Passengers taken to and from the Cars.
Nav 80. 1870. JAS. A. BOYD.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-03-02
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n fz4 IL {. BRkNklt y GO.
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States Postage stafs such hfY Utsh % paf,
ami their cals Wiu bc scu pei above table, ~ ts TINS
paid f,r.
II Business Cards wteu rrerad ror ysar, are allowed
aau, from these rntss ~hch far transient advertise
unelts ~heu paid or charged quarterly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-03-02
The Children.

suppose if al the children
Who have lived thro' ages long
Were collected and inspected
They would make a WondrOus throns-
Oh, the babble Of the Babel
Oh, the huttsr Of the iuSs +. .I
To begin with Cain and Abel,
And 70 finish up with Us
Think Of all the men and women
Who are now and who have been,
Every nation since creation
That this world d ours has seen
And Of all Of them, not any
But was baby small,
And of children. Oh hos many
Never have grown up at all
Some have never laughed Or spokeu,
Never used their rosy feet -.' .... ...
Some have even flown 70 heaven
Ere lhey knew that earth was sweet;
And indeed wonder whether,
live reckon every birth,
And bring such a hoek Together. i-.i4. J4yl
There Is room for them on earthl
Who uil wash their smiling facesl
Who their saucy ears will boxl
Who viii dress themi Who caress them!
Who Will darn thes little socks1
Where are arms enough TO hold them'
Hands pat each staining head
Who will praise them, who will scOId theml
Who will pack them of 70 bed
Little happy Christian children,
Little savage children too
In all stages Of all ages,
That planet ever knew!
Little princes and princesses,
Little beggars, wan and ftint,
Some in very handsome dresses,
Naked some, bedaubed with paint.
Only think of the confusion
such a motley crowd would make.
And the clatter Of their chatter,
And the things that they would break!
on the babbe Of the Babel.
oh, the futteT Of the fuss
To begin with Cain and Abel, "n.#
And 10 finish of with US.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19
Practical Butter Making

y lady i'm the Western Ru,.ul thus
pleasantly describes her practice i'm
butter making:
II use SIX quart pans, putting about
three quarts in each, and allow it to
stand thirty or thirty-siX hours before
lifting the cream. which is put in a
suitable vessel USUALLY a PAM i'm which
II remains in place somewhat warmer
than that in which the milk is kept.
stirring occasionally i'm order to equal
lze the. acidity and temperature.
Churnlng day comes twice a week,
and is looked forward to with pleasure
rather than otherwise. Nv churn is
very primitive in its simplicity-a
stone jar. used without a cover of anv
kind. When churning time comes, /
set my cream near the stove, stirring
occasionally while getting breakfast.
After breakfast scald my jar, and put
in the cream before the jar gets cool,
and in from four TO seven minutes
churning il is ready for the butter
bowl: and strange as il NAV seem. all
the work Of churning is performed in
an open jar, with simple paddle.
Patent churns Of the most philOsophi-
cal pattern will fail when cream is i'm
properly cared far. There is no witch
craft about the churn, no mystery in
butter making; the one thing needed
Is common sense and vigilance in the
care and preparation of the cream"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19
Mending China.

One of the very best methods of uni
ting pieces of broken china is by the
use of boiling milk. The broken sur
faces must be very clean, and brought
into the closest contact by means of
Irvine. which after being loosely tied,
should be twisted up so as 20 create
considerable pressure. Thc tIticlc to
DE mcnded having thus been prepared
is placed in a pot and covered with
milk that has been CAREFUL, skinned.
The pot is placed on the fire, and the
milk allowed TO boil gently for an hour
or so. After being taken out and al
lowed TO cool, the pieces will be found
very firmly united: but it is advisable
TO leave them tied together for at least
a week or ten days, after which they
may be freely handled, and exposed to
moderate degrees of heat and mois-
fire
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19
Do Not Ridicule Children.

Children often seem to say very all
surd things, for which they are ridi-
culcd or abashcd. Nothing. however.
can be more cruel than this. for the
child has merely done what many a
philosopher has done before him
jumped 10 a wrong conclusion-md if.
instead of being ridiculcd and made to
distrust himself and avoid the vcntur-
ing of his Little speculations before us
i'm future. we had been at the trouble
of carefully examining his notions. we
should have discovered how naturally,
perhaps. the idea had arisen. or how
ingcniously. through lack of knowl-
edge, the little mind had put together
inccn"ruous things.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19
Mandrake for Potato Bugs.

A correspondent of the Western RI
raj. writing from Butler county, Mo-.
saws that friend of his last year used
mandrake or May apple root to destroy
potato bugs. The roots he washed
and stepped in water over the fire, suf-
ticiently TO obtain the strength. and
when cooled. from "A garden sprinkler,
put the liquor on his potato vines,
which killed every bug it touched,
with no injury to the vines. or danger
of poisoning arising thcrcfrom, as with
Paris green
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19
An Irishman named Paddy Doolan

An Irishman named Paddy Doolan,
rcady-witted wag. always had a
word for everybody, let il hit which
ever way il might. Paddy went into
grocery store one day to buy eggs.
GLOW are eggs to-day" he asked of
the clerk. who was one of those over
smart fellows, by the way. Eggs are
eggs to-day, Paddy, replied the clerk,
looking quite triumphant upon two or
three Young lady customers who hap
pencd to bc in the store. Faith, I'm
glad to hear ycez say So" replied Pad
dy. ..for the last ones got here were
chickens''
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

A st. Louis nobby dry goods clerk.
who attended dance in the rural dis
tricts few days since. wore chcvoit
shirt and put on great many airs.
lie was somewhat taken down, how
ever. when he overheard one country
lass say to another: That st. Louis
chap sings on a heap of style for fell
low that wears a bed-tick shirt
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

\ western traveller writes: In pass
ing through the burnt district in Wis
consiu never saw no shrubs or briars
anywhere. a thing never saw before.
and would not have believed il had l
not seen it
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

Walter. five-year old. was surpris-
cd at breakfast by the presence of a di-
minutive egg, served for his special
delectation. He thus accounted for
the eggs smallness Mamma. think
the chicken was learning To lay
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

NJ. Proudhomme. in the decline of
life. was talking with his nephew, to
whom he related stories of his youth.
But uncle" suddenly exclaimed the
nephew. what struck YOU most during
your life p MY adler boy, il was your
aunt -
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

Marriage. after making a will. rcnd-
ers the will void. probably for the rea-
son that the testator is held To have
been of unsound mind or he would not
have committed the folly of getting
married
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

From The Kansas Spirit
DON'T LEAVE THE FARM

FROM ih' knlisis spirit.
DON'T LEAVE THE FARM.
Come, boys. have something To tell YOU.
Come near. would whisper il low
on are thinking of leaving the homestead,
Don't bc in a hurry 10 20.
The city has many attractions.
i'ut think of the vices and sins,
W hen once M the vortex of fashion,
How soon the course downward BEGINS.
You talk of the mines of Australia.
They're wealthy in gold without doubt.
But ali. there j. gold on the farm. bows.
IL only you'll shovel il out
The mercantile life is hazard
The goods are first high. and then low
Bcticr risk the Old farm awhile longer.
Don't be in a hurry 10 90.
The great stirring world has Inducements
There l. many Il busy mart
biit wealth It. hot made in a day. bows.
Don't be IN IA hurry TO start
me bankers and brokers are wealthy.
They take IN their thousand, or 50.
All think of The frauds and ,cccptions
Dent he in hurry TO 20.
i ne Farm Is the safest and sIirci,
The orchards are loaded today,
You re free a. the air of the mountains.
And monarch of all you survey.
Bcllcr stay on the farm while longer,
Though profits should come rather slow.
Hcincmbcr you've nothing To risk. bows.
Don't he in Il hurry TO go
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

You run no risk 10y pouring oil out
of can into your stove if YOU have no
fire in il. Another safe way is TO have
no oil in the can.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

The best of the current conundrums
is this: What single state will Mrs.
Woodruff be sure to carry? Tennic {.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

Wolf scalps in Illinois bring SIS
apiece. and some of the the farmers are
selling out of saeep and stocking up in
wolves
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

Old maids are fond of pairs. but can
not endure my reference 10 dates.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

The only good motive for riding a
man on a rail is 4 locomotive.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-19

PARTIAL LIST OF LANDS
No
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the fne-.
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this.
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hand
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thire.
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downs Deem
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of
bostom sSa
onnlAnds mAe hcmsh
pr~tome. goa-Ey through Price sIrs
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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-07-18
Additional Editorials.
HERE is DUB CASE.

Grant viii carry Kentucky by
5000, 900 majority.
There are 900, ,000 Democrats in Lu-
cas- county who swear "By the Eter-
naP' they will not vote for Greeley.
100000 Democrats in Seneca county
have gone back on the Chappaqua
wOoden-head. 10000 of them are in
Tifin.
Kentucky will go for Grant.
New York City will give Grant
about 80, 600 majority.
In Berks county, Pa, the anti-Gree-
ley tide is overwhelming. The
Democrats swear they cannot be
tricked out of voting for Jackson sim
ply because the leaders have seen fit
to nominate another man for Presi-
dent. In that county the feeling is
universal.
In Seneca township, Seneca county,
Greeley will get the votes of two and
a-half Republicans and nineteen DEM
ocrats- Several thousand Democrats
refuse to vote.
There is a fearful uprising Of Demo-
Gratis against Greeley in this county,
and large and enthusiastic meetings
are held in every schooI-district every
night. II is terrible, overwhelming.
Holmes county will 90 Republican
this fall. Democrats all over the
county stand on their heads in an ex-
stacy of rage over the nomination Of
Greeley.
We don't vouch for the truthful
ness of the above, and only give it as a
specimen of the style by which Dem
ocrats papers are trying to elevate
Horace. Our lies are rs reasonable as
theirs.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-07-18
GREELEY AND BLAIR.

Horace used to have no good words
for turn-coats. When Frank Blair
turned his back upon the Republican
party, Greeley addressed letter to him
using very harsh language. Com
pared with the distance Horace had
to traverse for the same purpose, it
was but step for Blair to 90 over to
the Democracy, and GfeeIey's fierce
denunciaCion Of him (Blair) fits the
white-coated philosopher very close
ly. Here is Greeiey's letter to Blair:
Sir: You formerly adhered I then
thought you belOnged) to the Repub-
lican party; you are now among the
bitterest of its enemies. You fought
against q rebels in our late civil war.
You have since been the candidate
for high office on whom they stalzed
all their Lopes, and hates, and efforts.
You were a Union Representative i'm
Congress throughout the four years
which directly followed my utterances
Of 1SG0-8l; bat you did not then whis-
per an objection to them, nor to my
working hard for the election of your
brother to fill place in Mr. LincOln's
Cabinet; but you are now in Congress,
with all rebellion at your back, and
you persistently assail me for those
utterances before you are fairly warm
in your seat. In this you are true to
your lifelong guiding star-self-inter-
again my inclination coin
cides with your purpose. You would
like to be the next candidate of the
rebels and prO-rebels for President;
and i, for reasons which nOwise flat
ter you, wish success to that aspiration;
so crafty your desire for contrO-
Yersy. Nay, more, 1 assure your new
friends that, in spite Of past vacilla-
ton, they may trust you so long as
they shall take care not TO thwart
your ambition. You never thought
Of leaving the Republicans till you
sought the speakership at their hands
and were denied it; and you will be
equally true to your present cOnfeder-
ates until they in turn shall refuse you
on which you shall have
set your heart -s.-
General, long ago learned that
principles were neOnyenient, and that
he who makes his own aggrandize-
ment his aim must wear them loosely
Or put them aside altogether. | doubt
that you wOuld ever have attained
your present dizzy elevation had you
permitted yourself to be encumbered
with them. But / am Cld-fashiOned,
and can not change my camp or my
flag with your admired facility.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-07-18
FOSTORIL NEWS.

Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were both
son struck one day last week. They
are both considered out Of danger.
They have not yet named the boy.
Mrs. Mary Beichert sued Jacob
Schaaf for damages caused by selling
liquor 10 her husband, causing him TO
neglect his business and leaving her
destitute. Amount claimed, $500. The
case was tried on Tuesday before Esq,
Bradne- and = jury,resuiting in a YER
dict Of 500 for plaintiff The defen-
dant proposes TO carry il U? and pay
more-cr less.
Three fellows from the vicinity of
Adrian were in town on Monday in a
fearfully unsteady and demoralized
condition. They gave Us TO under
stand that they were al earnest ad-
vocates Of the cause Of Honest DR..
Greeley.
\ circus is 10 exhibit at Freeport,
Thursday, this week, and as two or
three fights between heavy weights
are expected, many OF those who were
disappointed at the failure on the part
of our "prize fighters" will be OH
hand to see the sport. ERAsTUs.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-07-18

A Child DIflcuIty.-FOr some time,
the wife of Lew. Zimmerman has re-
fused 70 live with him, ascribinS as
reason therefor that he did not con-
tribute ajust share towards the sup
port of herself and their child. She
and the child have been living at diff
ferent places, for a time, Mrs. thinner
man working for her child and her
self. For a few days she has been
employed In the family of Mr.. Byers,
and her husband did not know where
she was. Wednesday evening he dis
covered her whereabouts and went to
see her and the child. He went into
the kitchen, picked up the child and
told his. wife thst the child belonged
to him, and he was going TO have it.
and started off. Mrs. 4. and several
children present raised an alarm, and
Messrs. Byers and KirkwOOd on as
certaining what was the trouble,
caught Zimmerman = short distance
from the house and took the child
from him, and he went as he cam e
empty handed. In the melee Zim-
norman struck Mr.. KirkwOod a Sc
we're blow with his fist. This is the
! first chapter Of the child trouble.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-07-18
THROWING DIST.

The Democracy have commenced
this campaign with terrible yeIls for
Greeley and are trying to create the
impression that their candidate iS
gaining ground ut wonderful rate
1t is simply throwing dust. BY this
Greeley hurrah, they expect to get the
attention Of Republicans turned TO-
ward the Presidential election hoping
thereby that they will forget ,.bout
the members of the lower House of
Congress that are to be elected. Gree
ly will be kept 10 the front as a figure
head, over which t. make a noise,
while these Democratic tricksters will
quietly work TO elect their representa-
tives. Greeley, with ais deserted
principles to damn him, stands as
much chance of being elected to the
Presidency as does Boss Tweed, with
his load of S5O,OO0,OOO of stealings, of
going to heaven. Democrats don't
love Greeley and this great enthusi-
asm for him is assumed that they
may secure control of Congress.
Republicans, never mind the dust.
You have principles to fight for, which
should be all the more sacred because
men who have stood by you in the
past, have sacrificed their interest III
them for the empty honor of a NOM
inatiOn. We have only to do ouf du-
ty and the Democracy will be sunk
lower in its pit of infamy then ever
before, and will carry with it those
who have sacrificed their honor.