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The winter fashions have now
assumed fixed and decisive type
The hopes of the lovers of modes
ty and easy movements that the
tieback was ready to disappear
have ell been blighted. Dresses
both for street and evening wear,
are still fastened tightly back,
though Partisan good taste never
suffers fashion to be pushed to
the extreme, and so belle in full
dress can still wall and sit down
without any apparent difficulty,
though to pick up her handker-
chief from tho floor would be
manifest impossibility for her to
accomplish. aa a
A lady who has recently return
ed from England tells US that the
tieback mania has ragged there in
the fashionable society to a most
absurd and exaggerated extent:
Not only were dress-skirts made
so narrow and fastened so tightly
that a lady in full dress could get
into a carriage with difficulty, and
that al only at one specified side,
but not content with suppressing,
like the French bellies, ali under
petticoats save one of elastic wool
en- webbing, the English danes
suppressed the petticOat altogeth-
err, combining their underwear to
what for modesty's sake, must
style calecones of glove-fftting
buckskin, No wonder that a GER
tain fashionable Duchess, having
| carelessly thrown herself down
on the greensward at garden
party, found herself unable TO rise
and was forced to be assisted into
a perpendicular position by two of
her gentlemen friends. e9
My informant attended a very
elegant wedding, at which the
bridesmaids were attired IN white
sa.'.n d. csses, trimmed with scar
let, and laced up the back with
scarlet cords, the toilet being COM
| pleted by broad-brimmed Reu-
ben's hats, shaded with profu-
sion of white and scarlet plumes,
and by shoes of red morocco. So
much for the Anglicizing of Paris
fashions. AS to Pa is itself, tho
most noticeable change is in the
increased length of outer wraps,
sacques and cloaks heihg worn
much longer than during past sea-
sons. In costumes, the outer jack
ct is usually half tight and comes
well over the hips, being cut
straight all around, and with a
multiplicity of seams up the back
that aid to give an appearance of
slenderness to stout figure. Scarf
draperieS are worn more than ev-
er. Passementerie trimmings of
great richness are much in vogue,
and are extremely handsome as
well as costly. Philadelphia Tel
| egraph.
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Presidential Contests.
Nesu Fork Tribe,ne.

Five Presidential elections in
which the vote OF some one State
might have changed the result oc
cured out of the ~ from 1850 to
1872. In 1903. when the state leg !
islatures chose the electors, Adams
had only a majority OF two over
Jefferson. the vote being IL to so.
In 1912 President Madison was
chosen over DE Witt Clinton BY
12S to 80. In this contest the vote
Of either Virginia 1921 or Pennsyl-
vania (23) would have made De
Witt Clinton Presiden'. In 1924
the full electoral vote OF New York
,t3tl wound have given Andrew
jackson a majority Of all the votes
cast. As 1t was, he received only
one vote from this state, and the
election devolved upon the House
of Representatives The contest
in 1914 was exceedingly close -
Polk received ITO votes, Clay los.
The loss Of New York GA votes)
was fatal to Henry Clay Polk
plurality in this State was only
8 LOG, SO that a change Of 2,554
votes would havelsecured the cleo
tion Of Henry Clay, with all Its
eventfnl consequences. AT tho six
teenth Presidential election, t184S)
the vote Of New York (3Il or Penn
sylvania GA would have given
Class majority over Taylor
Buchanan won In 1855 by 50 votes.
Without the aid of Pennsylvania
he would have had only l4S votes,
the exact number necessary to a
choice. Had Pennsylvania gone
republican in October his defeat
was inevitable. Lincoln received
in 1860 $50 votes. against 1x3 for
his pi's .nents. Notwithstanding
his gfsy.t plurality. he needed New
FORK to give him majority ofall
sthevotes cast. Hence large, as well
as small states, may deem them
selves Of great account. "a
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A Grafton sensation.

A gentleman who came from
Grafton yesterday tells us that a
sensation, a la Beecher, is now
racking that quiet town to its We
ry centre, We will not give the
names of the parties at present,
but may do so in some future issue
The story, as related TO us, is that
certain minister in good stand
ing suddenly disappeared from
the circle in which he moved, and
about the same time young girl
of seventeen, daughter of a par
ishioner, was MISE from her home.
Suspicion pointed to the minister
as the girls seducer, and few
days afterwards the guilty pair
were heard of in an adjoining
town. The minister finding dis
covery inevitable, wrote to a
friend in Grafton that he was a
ruined, disgraced man, and should
never return to his congregation.
This gay and guilty divine,by the
way. is man of thirty-three or
thirty-four. and has a wife and
family in Grafton, 1t is said that
he was guilty of a similar crime
in Parkersburg some time ago.
He is well known in this city and
has preached here frequently.
His victim has not yet returned
to her hsme, and what course will
be pursued by those chiefly inter
ested remains to be seen. We
give the story as told to US, and
trust in all sencerity that it may
not prove as bad as stated -
Wheeling Intelligencer.
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Dan SickIes Career.
Netc Y0rh; Graptic.

What a Meissonier miniature OF
brilliant life Dan Sickles has led. He
is only fifty-iive years old, and yet he
was a man celebrity before there was
any Republican party, and Lincoln,
Fort Sumpter, Bull Run, or John
Brown. And surviving every ca
lamity, including two marriages, a
trial for murder, the loss of a leg in
battle, and the defeat of Jay Could,
he has been talked Of for Congress,
and is all the while Brigadier Gen.
eral on the retired list of the regular
army. He has been in diplomacy,
reconstruction strategy and tragedy,
a perfect Santa Anna of American
life. He killed the author of the
"Star Spangled Banner" conducted
the great engagement of the second
day at Gettysburg, exposed McClel-
hans inetiiciency, bearded the Spanish
crown, and recognized the Spanish
Republic, beat Fernando Wood in
civil politics, and survived war, riv-
airy and modification. The preserva-
tive force of the man is what Mira
beau claimed to haye-tou .jo,0-s u
0a,dace lever audacity).
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Dispatches from Lieutenant
General Sheridan indicate that the
Indian campaign is virtually end
ed Over four hundred lodges of
hostile Indians have, after a short
fight and pursuit surrendered, and
have given several chiefs as hOsta-
ges for the complete delivery of
arms, ponies and warriors on the
I'd of December next. Sitting Bull
escaped, but General Miles Is still
following him up. General Sher-
man expresses 1t as his opinion
that this victory will put an end
to any future Indian wars.
Not If the enemy feeds and
clothes them, and then puts guns
pistols and ammunition in their
hands to hunt. Next Spring will
find them again on the war-path
to kill some more OF our valuable
officers and soldiers.
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e. WEST VA, SATURDAY. SovEnBER 1s.1s7e.
Millions i'm the Pools.
Ne,o York Graphic

1t is. reported that John Norris
sey has deposited So, 600, 900 ofpool
money In one Of the city trust
companies. Tsere is probably as
much more putin the hands of the
other pool managers 1t would
not be at all extravagant to say
that there are $4,000, 900 to-day
pending upon the results OF the
elections in the various States,a and
this sum is increased hourly by the
conflicting stories which come from
the doubtful States. Ifthere should
be no election or a dispute as to
who is President, the people who
have invested in pools would be
deprived of their money for some
time to come. Some fine day
large sums of money will disap-
pear from some of the pool rooms,
and then people will wonder how
keen sporting men were willing to
trust their money i'm the hands of
gamblers, while they would not
be satisfied to place it in a banking
Institution unless they knew it to
be thoroughly reliable. We hear
that some of this money is very
loosely kept. One night over $780,
900 were deposited in the safe of
one of the uptown hotels without
receipt or guarantee than the hon.
esty of a hotel clerk. These sport
ing people are not business men
and have not business habits. 1t
will be as much the fault of the
betting public as the proprietors
of the pool rooms If at some time
heavy losses are incurred. All this
public gambling ought to be pro-
hibited by law. There is excite
ment enough about our elections
without having betting SO organ
lied that it is temptation toev-
erybody to 'put up" something on
the result. AS now conducted,
pool gambling is even more de-
moralizing than lotteries.
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One Fearful Result of the
Political Agitation.
Gun. bertrand News.

OUHtVS1tVNU LNtUOs
From Boston comes statement
that Frenchman named Jules
Brierre, aged As, hanged himself
because Tilden was elected. Tho
we have no reason TO doubt the
story it sounds fishy, and besides
the occurrence happened a long
way from here. We have, how
ever, to chronicle more fearful
incident, happening much nearer
home, and which we know, actual
ly did occur. Monday morning,
- Morris, aged 10 years, and
Athey Bogard, aged thirteen, liv.
ing at Benwood, West Va, four
miles from Wheeling, had dis
pute about the Presidential con-
test and must have exchanged des-
perately hard words,as the young
err lad finally, in a transport OF
fury drew pistol and shot young
Bogard, inflicting a wound that
must prove fatal. The lad was
arrested and locked up.
1t is to be hoped that the lesson
will not be lost upon the c0mmuni.
ty in which the dreadful affair oc-
Cured, and parents all over the
country may well pause and con.
slider whether it would not be well
to banlsh politics from the house
hold, at least. This moral may
be further extended, and will sug.
geSt itself.
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Good Advice to Married Per-
SONS,

A worthy wife of forty years.
standing, and whose life was not
made up of sunshine and peace,
gave the following sensible and
impressive advice to a married
pair ofEer acquaintance. The adj
vice is so good and well suited to
all married people as we'll as those
entering that state, that we here
publish it for the benefit OF such
persons:
Preserve sacredly the privacies
Of your own house, your married
state and your heart. Let no father
or mother or sister or brother ever
presume to come between you or
to share the Joys or sorrows that
belong to you two alone VITA
Gods help build your quiet home,
not allowing your dearest earthly
friend to be the confidant ofaught
that concerns your domestic peace.
Let moments of alienation, ifthey
occur, be healed at once. Never,
no, never speak of it outside. but
to each other confess, and all will
come out right. Never let the
morrow's sun find you at variance.
Renew and renew your vow. 1t
will do you good, and thereby
your souls will grow together, con-
tented in that love which is
stroNeer than death, and you will
become truly one.
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Newspaper Bores.

There is not a more intolerable
nuisance upon earth than the news
paper bore. He carries off your ex-
changes, insists upon reading your
proof-sheets, and then goes out and
tells what will be in the paper;smokes
your pipe, ,ipsets your paste pot, and
worse than all intrudes his advice
upon you, and will also listen keenly
to any private conversation you may
be having about something that does
not concern him in the least.
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When sets the weary sun,
And the long day is done.
And starry orbs their solemn vigil keep;
When bent with toll and care,
we breathe our evening prayer.
God gently giveth His beloved sleep.
When by some slanderous tongue,
The heart is sharply stung,
And with sense ofcruel wrong We weep,
How like some heavenly calm
Comes down the soothing balm
What ii ne He giveth His beloved sleep
. sweet and blessed rest.
With these sore burdens pressed,
To lose ourselves in slumber long and
deep;
To drop our heavy load
Beside the dusty road,
When He hath given His beloved sleep.
And on our closed eyes
What visions may arise,
What sights of JOY to make the memo
ry leap s;
What memories may return
Prom out their golden urn,
If God but giveth His beloved sleep.
And when life's day shall close
In deaths last deep repose,
When the dark shadows DER oar eye
lids creep;
Let us not be afraid
At this thick gathering shade,
For God so giveth His beloved sleep.
To die?-it is to rise
To fairer, brighter skies,
Where death shall no more his dreac
harvests reap;
To soar on angel wings, +
Where life immortal springs,
For so He giveth His beloved sleep.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-18
CHARLES DICK EMS.
Lecture by Hon. George VIVA

The FIRST lecture Of the course was
delivered Tuesday night at Peabody
Institute, by Hon. George VIM. Cur
tvs, Of New York, the subject being
dickens. The weather was lin-
pr0piti0uS, but Notwithstanding this
drawback the Institute was crowded
with one of the most refined and
cultured audiences ever assembled
In the building There was MT
vacant seat, and numbers of camp
stools were put in requisition. The
lecture was introduced by Mr.. N.
II, Morrison, the provost of the In
stitute, and was received with ap-
plause- In opening Mr., Curtis said
that, touched by the ennohling genius
of the storyteller, all the world be-
comes fair, and men and women bet
ter. When the storyteller. begins
the world becomes boy again, aud
sits upon his knee. "A few years
ago, when an audience was waiting
for Dickens to commence one Of his
readings, it was impossible to forget
that they were waiting to hear the
successor in English literature OF Sir
Walter Scott. The great hall be-
came nursery, and we that listened
became as happy children. It was
the perfection of storytelling When
Scott died the throne was vacant.
There was no cry "The king isdead,
live the king, for there was no king
until Dickens came. Dickens made
the English novel the voice Of the
poor, and a more powerful plea than
the most eloquent oratory. In lit
erature he was the great street
preacher, and his audience from
palace and howell alike heard the
same story of common humanity.
The Pope, in all the splendor OF his
pomp, ncr any Of the preachers in
Christendom could preach a better
gospel than the eternal fatherhood Of
God and brotherhood or man, and
that was the gospel OF Charles Dick
ems. Was there ever such merry
missionary as hep Dickens books
have more animal spirits than those
OF any other write. They bubbleand
burst with fun. AS we look with
Dickens the whole world grows
yruteSque ana funny. There reo
nothing inanimate In his world, He
enriched our literature with more
familiar characters than any one
else. AS Scott said Of Goldsmith, he
feconciles us to nature. / cannot sit
down without saying that / do rot
forget our quarrel with Dickens.
When he first came he was young
and famous mrn. What welcome
he hadl Everything was enthusiasts
tically 0verdone. He came partly to
secure the massage of copyright
law. - i.a.led TO interest us as re-
garded this. We wovld rather have
his autograph or lock of his hair
than for him to have his rights. He
Travelled from Maine to Mississi, ,pi
and wrote of us as he saw us. lie
told many wholesome truths, and /
honor him for it. Some Of his pic
lures may have been Overdrawn, but
we should remember that the full
splendors of his great genius were
also devoted to exposing the sins
and f0llies of his own country,
When Dickens died the heart of the
people covered his grave with roses
OF love and gratitude.
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The Resultin New York.

The majority for Tilden in New
York State is 1851. In New
York City his majority is SO, 155 :
in Kings county (Brooklyn) 49,
SIS. Hayes carries 38 counties
and Tilden %. st Lawrence
county gives the largest majority
for Hayes-7,646. The Republi-
cans went into New York and
Brooklyn with majority of 3d.
1872. The canvass of the State by
the Republicans, which claimed
success provided Tilden did not
receive more than $4,000 to 10000
majority in the two leading cities,
has proven to be a very correct
one. The majority for Tilden In
these cities, however, was much
greater than was expected.
nzxMEu
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Woman's laudible ambition to
rival man has appeared in a new
phase in the city, where Miss Bertha
Won Hillern and Miss Mary Mar.
shall have entered upon a walking
match to see which Of them can Gov.
er the greater amount Of ground in
six days. One of the women is twen-
ty and the other twenty-six years
old, and consequently just in the
Drawn and later gristle Of youth and
vig0r.-New York Graphic
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The Making orDoctors.

Germany, with population of
$4,000, 900, last year graduated $50
physicians, rejecting 100 applicants.
In the same time the United States,
with population of 40, 900, 000, grad
uated 5000 physicians, and remorse-
lessly turned them loose upon the
community. In this country the
supply is likely soon to exceed the
demand.
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Matt Carpenter and Jere
Black.
Wosh. Cor. Chicaqo Times.

Carpenter has concluded speech
which the Washington writer's de-
clare the most brilliant Of his ca
reer. or whatever else his ene-
mics may accuse this cratic gem
tieman. he Is safe from the charge
of lack of force. His power on his
ieet before an audience is simply
tremendous. Gifted with both
Imagination and brilliant exc0gi-
tative capacities, he compels the
reasoning faculties aud storms the
judgment. His voice is the idea
of easy-cadenced melody--never =
false quantity in pronunGiatiOn--
perfect as the lyric accents OF the
Greek orators chorus. Yielding
to the seductive persuasion Of his
tone the most obstinate lose their
prepossession in an ecstacy of NOR
al concession. If there ever, was
case where the advocate found
himself handicapped, the world at
large would have set the Belknap
trial down as such a one. Matt did
not despair. He made poor sho X
the first few days, 1t is true, while
he was looking up the law of the
thing, but as soon rs it entered the
broader controversial domain, he
showed conspicuously as a man of
an original genius--a mind fertile,
suggestive and evidently well
tiained. Nor was it a light or u
slight thing TO make and carry out
his battle in the presence of two
such colleagues as Jere. Black and
Montgomery Blair. i 81
On his feet, before bench, bar,
Senate or assembly of any kind
whatsoever, there is not In any
bar in Christendom q more enter
tanning speaker than Jere Black.
The very presence Of the old fell.
low is challenge to absorbed at.
tention. His face is broad and
beaming, retaining an ashen sort
Of bloom which is neither of age
nor youth. In his hand there is
twirling incessantlyand grotesque-
| ly a square silver snuff box round
ed at the corners and polished to q
dazzling shiningness by unrenait-
ted usage by day and probably by
night. No one ever saw the old
gentleman without it. It is as con-
slant to him as his wig--the fun
ny brownish red covering of his
massive pate. The flashes from
the well worn edges Of that box
are as familiar to his audiences as
the CLEAN of wit that fall i'm show
ers from his lips. Nor Is his pow
er with miscellaneous audiences
alone. The Supreme Court has
been helpless for minutes at a time
in OutburstS over Blacks mellow
wit He was on the bench thirty
five years ago, and his intimate
knowledge of men derived from
that unique experience, besides his
multifariOus practice in the Wash
ington and New York courts, en-
ables him to play upon the weak
ness, vanity and credulity of any
ordinary assembly. Indeed, in
this very Belknap case the Sena-
tors, soroly against their will, have
been forced to pay tribute, in
shouts of irrepressible laughter, in
smiles, and even tears, to the
malchless wizarding Of the won
derful old man. TO hear Jere
Black speak is worth a journey
from Chicago to Washington. To
hear Jere Black and Matt Carpen-
ter is worth a double journey even
in dog days. Webster and Hayne
were uever more eloquent at their
best than Black and Carpenter.
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Beecher Wants a Change Of
Venue.

Judge Westbrook has decided to
grant the motion of the defendant in
She case of Moulton VS.. Beecher, to
change the venue TO northern coun-
ty, and that Delaware county be Sc
lected unless a good reason for not
doing so is given.
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The Harpers announce a new po-
EN- by Tennyson, and this right I'M
der the nose of Upper ? What
audacity.
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Seasonable aces-fall-acies.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-30
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Cough will not WELD q new lecture
for next season. Thanks.
Nearly 100000 bushels OF wheat are
now in store in New York.
Dom Pedro's hotel bills In this coun.
try amounted to $4,000.
Mrs. Jane Gray Swisshelm thinks
that all cats ought to be killed.
Bishop Wilberforce: Don't waste
any time In killing dead DEVILS"
Mr.. Blaine has gone to Rye, to recu-
perate. Rye is said to be an excellent
tonic.
Chicago newspapers ought to an
nounce their marriages under the head
of causal-ties.
The Chinese at Empire, Oregon,
have organized Masonic lodge, and
hold regular meetings.
A correspondents suggests that here.
after the Little Big Horn River should
he called the Custer River.
It has been discovered that even an
insane woman can be quoted by the
promise of new dress.
Mon. Hassoun, Patriarch OF the
Arminian Church, has been recalled
from exile by the Sultan.
Eighty tons of fresh meat from
New York are now sold In the West
End markets, London, every week.
Maggie Minot, Of Iowa, Is twenty
three years old, twenty-seven inches
high, and weighs thirty-one pounds.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-30
rmpor,.n. Homestead Decision.

In the case of Kibbe IL Co., In the
District Court yesterday against DIR. A.
a. Johnson and wife, in II suit for
painting the homestead of the defend
ants, there was prayer Tor judgment
against the defendant, with order to
sell the homestead to pay the judg-
ment 1t was held Ly the court, Bur
ford Judge.
|. That the mechanics lien is a
creature of the law, and not of con-
tract.
.. A mechanics lien against particu-
ar property AS to the liability OF that
property in satisfaction of the lien,
must be supported by special Oon-
tract for that purpose.
3. TO subject the home stead to sale
under the mechanics lien, the wife
must be party to the contract for the
work. The contract must be in writing,
signed by the wife, and she must
privily be examined separate aud
apart from her husband touching the
signing of SUCH contract, with all OF
the formalities required in the exeCu.
ticn of conveyance by married
woman in the sale OF her separate
property or family homestead.
4. Under the constitution of 1869,
the hom estead was liable for work and
material for the improvement of the
same, but to subject the homestead to
the payment for such work and ma.
terial, the wife must be party to the
contract for such work and labor, with
all Of the formalities required for the
conveyance of Il homestead.