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BOARDING..

R0ARDINe Good TABLE BOARD At IS - Dc
y week. Also, for rent, four or i've furnished or
unfuI nshed ROOMS; low rent. Apply No 3Jl
Pepnsy lvaaia avenue and A. street. j1Sas
A NORTHERN FAMILY DESIRE FEW
a gentlemen BeARDERs; cosey we'll harnishe ed
front roe%s; GOOD table and home offered on very
reasonsSle terms; q few minutes walk from the
Treasury Department. 80 10Th st. N. ". js5- sts
EIRsf-C CLASS TABLE BOARD; $40 PER
Il month. HOWARD HOUSE, corner 9Th street
uANDcUMELT TUkNlShED EOO0S. en- 1uite
or single, hot and cold baths, md an other con-
veniences, car be obtained at 12S 18th street be.
tween and H streets. Also TABLE BOARDERS.
ocA an
EIRsT GLASS gOARD, WITH PLEAsANf
= IkOHT ROOMS, &c bad On Reasonable term
ct 1901, corner Pennsyivanis avenue. and lSfh
street. Good location and accessible. nkD-ly
T. 8. JUsTB PAYS FAIR PRICES for,Ladss,
ING TSpER nc SEoTafSG sS% h.SH
at 619 ID street: between 9Th and Tth streets Note
by mail promptly attended To. aulO-tf
RRiCKsl RACKS BRICKsni
500 900 BRICKS Of al kinds on hand. ana 10,
sale at low,a 9Asses re,s;.v.ov ,rvv
auiIy 1888 " street q. W,
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"ANTED-By a settled woman, SITUATION
w in priv ate family as seamstress and would he
Wiling to assist in the house. Address SEAM
STRESS. City Post Office j25-sts
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( ARRiAGES CARRIAGES u
~ CARRIAGESiI,
REMOyED to 40, Ala and llA. AR7.
Eghih street, between ID and SITS. OnS8tH
hsnd large stock Of first class fash ~
iOnabe CARRIAGES
REPAIRINa promptly attended to.
Several second hand CARRIAGES, suitable for
Hacks, will be sold cheap, and on accommod sting
teens. h. GRAHAM,
Us So 40 and ala Sth ST., bet d and T.
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WANTED-One or two active MEN to take equal
w interest with the o ner of good paving bu ii,
mess: want parties capable of taking control snd
managing the business No but active or Give
men need apply. No bonus. Capital req uirei $500
to be invested in the purchase Of interest in the
business Object of selling the need of active an
rare chance. Address GLASS BOX $50, Wash
ingtCn, ID. G.
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Ciassss sndee a experisnced 0ymnsst, Baths.
Locksss, r., q, 81 y complete ori-r.
5sTE ,QTMHAsIUn. % per quarter: BOW.
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Tho Boston Traveller gives the follow
ing lively account of voyage through
upper air made by one Of it's reporters:
The danger of a journey through the
clouds in company with two lunatlcs
was experienced By the writer last eve
ming a an hour past 7 o'clock. In com.
pany with friend he took passage in this
balloon Castle in the Air." I'm der she
charge Of Prof. Allen, of. Providence
R. I. The passenger list comprised the
Pro fessor himself, the two parties abovs
alluded TO and pair of thick-skul,ed,
drunken lrishmen with bottle Of wins
key. The fact that these men were drunk
and the presence Of their bottle of liquor.
however. was not known until after til E
ascension. had commenced.
1t FIRST one of sbe men, burly fellow
of $50 pounds weight, refused to- obey
the orders OF the aeronaut, insisting upon
sitting at one end of tbs basket, where
his weight caused the load to oareen il
very dangerous manner Not satisfied
with this, he opened the bottle OF liquo,
| and drained its contents at draught
throwing tie vessel at the crowd one
thousand feet below. He mex. attempted
to danoesa jig, and tried to gain possess
ion of the cord attached to the safety
valve, bnt was finally induced to sit still
Cor moment. The wind was blowing
strongly at that time, and it was at the
best difieult task to preserve the pro-
per equilibrium. Prof. Allen, there,
fore, decided to descend and made the
ususl signal to the engineer. The luna
tic for sach it would be charitable to call.
him counternanded the orders of the Pro
lesser to the crowd belog. AMI did a !
he could not only to enaanger his own
worthless life, but to imperil the satisfy OF
all the passengers in the basket.
A thrill Of horror ran through the
spectators as they began to realize The
horrors j.. of the situation. The bssks
swayed hig her aud higher at the mercy
OF drunken idiot, and it was spparen
to sll that sudden death wsa imminent
to the unfortunate baloonis.a. Ptef,
Allen himself fully realized the dangers
of the position in which We were placed
and it wasdificult for him to preserve
the necessary GOODNESS with which TO sup
erintepd the working of the balloon
Finally, he managed to convey his or
dors to the attendants below, and the
balloon was slowly drawn down through :
calmer region of air to the ground. The
occupants disembarked unframed, aut
were showered with greetings by the
eager crowd. who had, many times
given up all hopes Of every seeing then
alive,
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Nor ma pompous well-dressed
person entered a bank Que day, aud ad-
dressing the teller, who was something
of a wag, inquired. sis the cashier in?
mo, sir" was the reply.
"Well, I am dealing in pens, supply.
ing the New England banks pretty large
ly, and suppose it will be proper for me
to deal with the cashier"
81 rppese it WILL" said the teller.
every well; viii watt" T.
After sitting in chair. with which
the teller politely furnished him, for an
hour and 3 half, the pen peddler asked,
How soon do you think the cashier will
be in?"
| "Well. I don't know exactly; said
the waggish teller. "but I expect him in
abcnt eight weeks. He has gone to
Lake Superior, and told me he thought he
should be back in that time.".
Peddler concluded not to wait.
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SELECTED STORY
Encounter with Gorillas.
FROM A colonies NOTE BooK.

During my sporting travels in Africa.
attended by three native "guides." We on
one occasion got upon the track of two
female elephants and captured them both:
and the capture came very near costing
US dearly We had killed one Of them
without much trouble, and had fred half
dozen balls into the second one when
she charged upon US most Unexpectedly
overturning nv guides. aud trampliug
down the horses which they rode; but.
by seeming miracle no one was injured.
Il was the elephants last paroxysm; and
in less than FIVE minutes from that time
she pitched forward upon her knees ,strik-
ing her head on the earth. and breaking
one of her tusks off close up to the jaw.
1t so happened that the tuss was not a
very valuable one; and moreover, the
break did not injure it to the amount of
more than half dozen pounds of ivory.
On the following morning we marched
on to the northward. The guides said
that two days. or three at the fartherest
would bring us into the best country 10
the world, aud think they were not far
from right. At all events, on the fourth
afternoon. we pitched our camp in one OF
the most beautiful forest Wales l ever
saw. On the east and south the trees
were of huge proportions. stretching their
dark foliage away over hillaud dale, and
giving shade to many level plain; while
on the northward and westward, q chain
of mountains lifted their crsggy. submits
far up against the sky. Bufaloes and &c
bras and antelopes, of various kinds,
roamed through the deep solitudes, and
the spoor Of elephants was to be found
on every hand. One Of the guides
brought down fat buffalo. while the
rest Of us were placing the wagons, and
he soon gave us some of the best steak
for supper that ever eat.
The next morning just as the sun was
breaking in upon the cool mists that
hung over the forest, guide came to me
with the information shat herd of Gle
plants were making away from fountain
| not half mile off,. Without stopping
for breakfast further than to eat bit o
cold bread and meat, We took the saddle
and set forth We found the elephants
and, for two or three hours, we had a
merry time Of il. We killed two very
fair bulls, and, seriously wounded two
more. !. Towards the close of day, the
chief guide and l found ourselves:separa
ted from our companions, and we were
just thinking Of bunting them up, wher
a colossal old bull elephant broke ovel
close beside US. He was one of those We
had wounded in the early part of the day
and was tearing away like mad. As soor
as we saw him, we gave chase, loading
and firing upon the hy. The old fellow
did not once turn upon US. but sped away
10 panic Of terror, and, in about tvs
hours we brought him down.
1t wa. now fairly dark, and We resolv-
ed to make our beds where We we're
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almost fortunately. her grim lady SD i,
did net offer to avenge tho ndea.h o.
her lord. | think the reports ofour ri
fes, with the fash and smoke, brighten
ed hers, At all events, she uttered ,
succession of sharp cries, and mado Of
| into the forest, using her hands to as
sist in locomotion, and leaping forward be-
tween with a swinging motion.
My first care, after the departure o
the female gorilla, was to reload nv rife
aud after this | attended to the guide.
| found him weak and faint; buts swallow
OF brandy soon revived him, and in ,
short time bis pulses .were restored t.
their healthy beat, Let it not DO Thoughts
from this that my faithful guido was
fam t-hearted..: II some brave man wish
es to experience what the faintress o.
utter terror is, let him find himself d is.
armed, before a wounded, maddene d
fu!lgrown male gorilla. II be ho does
not IN taat moment feel what it is to be
stricken with mortal terror, then should
most unhesitatingly decide that he had
no nerves and no heart.
When we came to examine the. frame
OF the dead monster, we found it more
wonIerously developed in muscle and
slnew than we had at first thought. The
arm ct the most powerful man I ever saw
would have boon as tho arm of nursing
nfant in comparison with the arm o.
that gorilla. There vas no appearance
of any wrist, the tendinous muscles con.
tlnuing their bnotty swelling to tho ball
OF the thumb. The jaws were like a
vice in their power, and lhavc no doubt
OF the truth of the statement that the
gorilla can crush the barrel of an ord ina
ry musket between his teeth; and from,
the manner III which tho present nous
ter bent up the double- barrel of the
guides rifle, l can easily believe that a
tree even four inches in diameter could
have been easily broken by him.
BY some of the natives of Western
Africa, where the animals ore mostly
found, the gorilla is regarded with sup
erstitlous dread. They believe the hor
riblo body to be inhabited by the spirit o.
some wicked man, which is thus cursed
by Heaven on account Of bad deeds done
| while IN the human form. Such native;
believe that the killing of a gorilla
amounts to nothing in the way of ezter-
mlnating the monsters, as the accurscd
spirit will quiekly find another body Of
like character. And, furthermore, they
think that these gorillas which have been
once slaia are those which do the mos
mischief against man. Others have q
different belief, and when gorilla is slair
they make great jubilee over the event
aud soale Of the bones Of the dead mons
ter particularly the skull, are used q.
charms.
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a gricultural and Domestic
Hew Land is WORE Que.
SPECIAL Notices inserted at 20 cents per line

... Haw Land rs WORE Cue.
One of:the smest COMMON and moss
serious faults with American farmers lies
in,the habit Of running out certain pieces
of land, or. in other words, keeping Ger
| tain pieces Of land too long under the
| pillow. A farm may be kept ND in the
highest state of produetveness without
| the aid Of more fertilizers than are pro
duced upon the premises by right
management. aud of this we propose to
| talk. 81
When certain section OF the farm is
fenced off, for corn or other crops,
change is nos likely to be made for many
years, and the field is piowed and cropped
year after year; manure is applied oo-
casionally, and after weeds have gotten
such firm hold that too much labor
attends the growing Of corn, and the
productive qualities of the soil is near
ly exhausted, sn attempt is msda to
stock it down, and another locality cho--
sen to repeat the same operations, and
The result is, as may be seen on many al
old farm, all of the tlllable portion is SO
worn that fsirstand Of grass for pas
ture csnno. be obtained.
On clay soil, with favorable season,
good crops are always looked for where
sod Is turned, and even to the second and
third plowing without the aid Of manure,
and here is just the point tina. should be
noted. Clay land should never be plow-
ed until manure is required, and the best
guide to be governed by is, ceass blow
ing before the decaying sod ha. dis
appeared, stock to clover, pillow under one
crop, and then use as moving land, ap-
plying manure to surface until it is deair-
ed to use again for grain crops
Many of our most successful farmers
never put "a fork of manure upon, plowed
ground, but use all that can be collected
upon their grass land, and do not raise
more than three crops in succession upon
plowed field before returning it to grass
1t is well known TO every farmer that
baruyard manure multiplies labor wher
put upon land used for hoes crops. weeds
will grow and plowing and hoeing will
not eradicate them, and double the labor
is required to obtain medium crop. -,
II an animal is allowed to ges poor.
more feed is allowed to sustain life and
strength in said animal than in one always
kept in good condition. and SO it is It'll
land, When by over.p blowing and heavy
| draughs upon the soil fertility is lost. it
| requires double the amount OF feed to
reclaim it than would have been required
to have it kept in good state of pro
ductiveneas by proper treatment.
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gottifal.
WHEN.
BY SUSAN COOLIDGE.

If we're told that must die tomorrow,
That the next sun
Which, sinks should bear me past all fear ant
sorrow
For any one, i.
All the fight fought, all the short Journey
through,
What should do ?
do not think that should shrink or falter
But just so on, $50.
Doing my work, nor change nor seek to alter
Aught that is gone :;
But rise and move and love and smile and
Fer one more day.
And lying down at night for a last sleeping
Say in that ear
VIII ich harkens ever "Lord within thy keep
ing,
How should fear?
And when to morrow brings Thee nearer still
Do thou Thy will"
I might not sleep for awe, but peaceful
tender,
My soul would be
All the night long and when the morning
splendor
Flushed DER the sky,
| think that could smile-could ca lmly say,
SIT is lis day"
But, if wsndrous hand from the blue
yonder,
Held out scroll,
On which my life was writ, and l with
wonder
Behold unroll
To long csntury's end its mystic clue,
What should do
What could do, oh blessed Guide and
Master,
Other than this:
Still to 60 on as now, not slewer, faster,
Nor fear to miss
The road, although so very long 1t DO,
While led by Thee?
Step after step, feeling Thee close beside me
Although unseen.
Though thorns. through flowers, Whethe
the tempest hide Thee,
Or heavens serene,
| Assured Thy taithfulness can not betray
Thy love decay.
may no. know, my God, no hand revealed
Thy counsels wise;
| Along the path deepening shadow stealeth
No voice replies
To all my questioning thought, the time t.
tell,
And it is we'll.
Let me keep on, abiding and unfearing
Thy will always,
Though O long century's ripening fruition
Or short days.
Thou canst not come too soon; and cal
If thou come late.
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<',ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF A LONG LIEF
The death of an old man at Wappinger's
Falls, Dutches county, N. Y, few days
ago, ended novel bargain, in whish more
was paid than was intended to be paid. A.
bont twenty-five years ago, when the old man
was about eighty years old, he was part
ner in manufacturing establishment, which
he started and built up, afterward taking
ia two other partnsrs. Theae, after they
had learned the business, wanted to shove
the old man out, but didn't succeed until
they promised to pay him $1,000 a
year until be died. So the old man retired
but livei on. In course of time the younger
partners died. Their sons succeeded then,
and they, too, died before the old man, but
he continue in the enjoyment Of his 81, 900
income for years after they were buried,
and OF lss. died, the age, it is said, of one
hundred and four years.-Ronaout Ereeman.
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Potatoes.


We al have observed the great d.
terlorssiJn! III our potato crops during the
pact: ten or. twenty years; and what is the
cause of this alarming decrease in tubers2
Can science, can ehenli stry point out tie
reason, or aid in remedying the difficult
We think it can, anu in order to place
the matter in clear light we will pole !
out the kind and amount of food which
the potato demands. -'-'t'l !!:, -.
We had field of potatoes upon this
farm which yielded three hundred bushel,
to tho acre; this may be regarded as az
old-fashioned crop. This crop removed
from the soil in tubers and tops at. Least
four hundred pounds Of potash; also it
removed one hundred and fifty poauds'ot
phosphorio acid: Now, these amour IS are
very large. aud serve show tina. tue potato
plant is a great consumer Of these two
substances, and also it shows that ia
order to restore our potato fields to theie
former productive condition we mus.
supply phosphate compounds snd sub
stances holding potash in large guam
titles. ;
For six or eight generations in New
England our fathers have been exhaust
ing the soil by removing these agents il,
their potato and other crops, and we have
reached time when the vegetable is
starving in our fields for want Of its prop
er food. Our farmers have found that
new land gives the best crops, and this is
due to the fact that such fields afford the
most potash. But so long as, we crop
our pastures SO upreasonably, we cannot
resort to new land, as land is not new
that has had its potash and phosphate
elements removed by grazing animals. -
Remember that potato field which
gives but one bhndred bushels to the
acre requires at least one hundred and
sixty pounds potash, but by allowing
the tops to decay upon the fell sixty
pounds o. shis Ia restored to the soil
again, as that is contained in them; a
medium crop Of potatoes requires twice
as much phosphorie acid as a medium
crop of wheat, so that in two years witt
wheat the land is deprived of no more Of
this agent than it loses in one year with
potatoes.-Boston Journal Of Chemistry
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b A genuine down. easter was lately es-
saying to appropriate slice ofexceedingly
tough beef at dinner in a Wisconsin
ihotel. His convulsive efforts with his
knife and fork attracted the smiles Of the
rest. in the same predicameu. with him
self. At last Jonathan's patience vanish
ed under i'll success, when lay ng down his
utensils, lie bust forth:
"Stranger you needn't laugh; il you
hains got any regard for the landlords
feelins you ought to have for the old
bull" H..
! This sally brought down the house.
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ACERTAIN DISEASE

When the misguided and supplementary of
pleasure finds that he has imb ibed the seeds of
his painful disease, ii too often happens that en-
,fl-timed sense of shame or dread o.
discovery deters aim from apply ing to those
rho, from education and respeehblllty, can
alone befriend him. He falls into the hands OF
ignorant and designing pretenders, who, incapa-
bic Of curing, fitch his pee1nlary substance,
Keep him trifiing month after month, or as long
as the smallest fee can be obtained, and in des
nairleave him with ruined health to sigh over
lis calling disappointment; or, by the use OF that
deadly poison. Mercury, cause the constitutions
al symptoms of this horrid disease to make THEFT
appearance, such as liberated sore throat, DIS
eased nose, nocturnal pain IN the head anr
limbs, dimness ofsight, deafness, nodes on tn,
shin bones and arms, blotches on the head, facd
and extremi ties, progressing with frighttul rap
idity, till at last the palate of the mouth or tho
bones of tn e nose fall in, and the victim ofthls
awful disease becomes horrid object OF com
miseration till death put period TO his dread
full sutFerings, by sending him to that undiscover
ed country from whence no traveller returns.
To such, therefore, Dr.. johnson ofte RS the
most certain, speedy ,pleasantand efectual rem
edy in the world.
OFFICE, 7 SOUTH FRED ERICK Stu
Left hand side going from Baltimore street,
a few doors from the corner. Fail MOTTO observe
name and number.
sa-No letters received unless postpaid and con-
tanning a stamy to be used on the reply. Fer
sons writing should state age, and send portion
. OF advertisement describing symptoms.
The Doctors DIPLOMA hangs in his office.
ENDORSEMET OF THE PRESS.
Themany thousands cured at this establishment
within the last twenty years, and the numerous,
important surgical operations performed by Dr..
Jobnston, witnessedby the reporters Of the Sun
and many other papers, notices OF when nave
appeared again before the publice, besides his
standing as a gentleman Of character and re-
ponsi bifity, is sufficient guarantee 10 the
ALL DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
seq 2l-tf.
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W RGINIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY
" J.; ALEXANDRIA VA,
stockholders in this Company will please take
notice that the following acting agents the
only authorized persons to make collections of
money for this Company viz.
MOSES WALTON Director Woodstock.
COL. G. W. MURPHY Agent Mt. jackson.
CAPT. G. B.SAMUELS " .. Front Royal.
Alb. TRICK Director Harrisonburg.
ROBT. BEVERLEY President, Plains.
VIM. fl. TAMs AgentStaunton.
When they collect, they will also furnish the
party paying them, with a certificate of Stock
Money paid to any other persons except myself
will not be recognized.
GEORGE C. WEDDERBCRN
Secretary and'Treasurer.
Harrisonburg Register please copy
Feb 23-tf eq
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YOUNG MEN.

Who have injured themselves b. q certain prac-
lice, induIgedin when alone, habit frequent
~ learned from evil companions OF at school, the
.fects of which ate nightly felt, even when
asleep, and if not cured renders marriage impos71
What pity that Young man, the hope of
his country and the pride OF his parents, should
be snatched from all prospects and enjoyment OF
Ste by the consequences of deviating from the
habit. Such persons must, before comtenpla-
fine
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THE SOUTHERN MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, s25oOoo.,

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, S250Ooo.,
Chartered BIZ the Commonwealth of Virginia.
OrFrcE-N. E. CORNER NINTH & MAIN Srs.,
RICHMOND, VA.
va Issues Policies on Farm and City Proper
Y, also on Merchandise, for any term notexc
ing five years, at rates aslow as the promptpay
mcnt of the losses will permit.
J. s. CALVERT, Pres't;, j. W. Season, .Sec'y.
uS PR1os, V P & Treas;
DR.. II. G.. DAVIDSON, g. Agent
J. W.UANNER Solicitor w oodstock, Va
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apr
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DON'T READ THIS!
Unless you wish to buy your
SEGARS DIRE CT F IL
The Mandatory and save 25 per cent.
We have the largest Segar Manufactory!in
the State of Virginia, and are prepared to
furnish Segars lower than they can be bought
in New York or Baltimore.
Also keep constantly on hand a well Sc
lected stock of Leaf and Manufactured To-
bacco, Snuff, Pipes, sc.
All goods warranted to be as represented.
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOR THE SALE OF
FLOUR, GRAIN AND ALL KINDS OF
PRODUCE,
No. 933 Louisiana Ave-, Washington.
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Returns Made. apr lift