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and was brought by some friends. 1t
ended in this young lady, Miss Temple,
leaving father and mother, with their
concurrence, and living with Miss Grant,
for better or for worse, until death should
them part; in fact, they formed such a
friendship that they agreed and entered
into an agreement that neither should
marry, and that they should pass their
lives together.
Miss Grant then and there refused a
very good offer of marriage, and rejected
all other suirors The conditions were
that Miss Grant was to leave her estates
and everything to Miss Temple, if Miss
Temple on her part never left her and
never married. A will was made by
Miss Grant, under which her property
was to pass to the Temples. Two years
ago Miss Temple married. Last Christ
mas Miss Grant died. The will was re-
voked. She never forgaye the detection,
she never made another will, and the cs-
tates go TO an obscure country doctor in
Aberdeenshire, who hardly knew he was
related to Miss Grant, and never saw her
Four other relations, poor tradespeople in
Banffshire, came in for share. Over
this question of succession there will be a
terrible fight in the law courts between
the Temples and the heirs-at-law. Miss
Grant was very masculine in appearance
and manly in dress.
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The Way Kansas Lover Handled His
SIeetheart's Father,

From the Atchlson Champion.
The Bellew family, on Twentieth street,
have settled their disputes, and conse-
quently there will be no more revenue
derived by the city from semi-occasional
fines from the paternal head of the fam
+ ily The difficulties have been as fol-
/ lows: David T. Bellew, a teacher of
languages and telegraph operator, mar
/ ried the widow Of an aged but respecta-
/ bic merchant of Terre Haute, Ind, about
1 three years ago. Bellew had been tutor
/ to Miss Dora, the eldest, and Miss Nettie
/ c., the Youngest of old Glassner's family.
Soon after his marriage he removed with
his wife to Kansas City, where lie en-
gagged in the dairying and market garden
business. Considerable property is said
/ to have been purchased, but as to this
nothing definite is known.
Bellew proved to be worthless, lazy
character, and a nuisance TO the southern
end of the city. About three weeks ago
Mrs. Bellew went back to Terre Haute an
invalid, leaving her oldest daughter Dora
in charge Of the family affairs. This
Young lady, it appears, held a right and
title to the Seventeenth street property.
1t was her own by her own individual
right having been purchased with her
own money in the name of trustee, and
held for her own use. Her drunken
stepfather had been a source of great an
noyance and aggravation for two or three
years past. He has insulted the young
man who has been paying attention to
his stepdaughter, and in fact prevented
his visits TO the house. Tuesday night,
however, the young ladies invited half
dozen or more young friends to the house,
among them Mr.. Joe G.. L, the afore-
| said Young sutton from Seneca, Ks, tor
mer friend of the family in Indiana. The
" old man came home about ten o'clock
with friend, but fidhing some strangers
present went out again to the avenue =
| and came back about an hour afterwards
and broke up the party.
Not satisfied with this, Bellew attacked
| his step-daughter in violent manner
nd was seconded by his drunken guest,
who. it is to be regretted, stands high as
| a citizen. The dilemma of the young
| ladies was painful one, but Miss Dora
was equal to the emergency. She re-
/ quested the young gentleman visiting
| her to expel the two drunken men. 1t
was done simultaneously and effectively,
both parties rolling promiscuously out
into the street. Early on Friday morn
ing the courageous young lady was mar
ried to her choice, and within three hours
afterwards accompanied her husband to
court to answer to q charge of assault.
The old man is left out high and dry now.
/ The home which knew MIN once will
know him no more. The courageous
Young lady has the best wishes of the
| Times-she solved family difficulty sue
cessfully. Everybody in the "south end
endorses the brave young girl in heI
practical way Of evaging family quar-
I val
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Singular YIN suit in scotland.

Some Of the Scotch papers are giving
details of a very extraordinary will case
which will hortlf be submitted for trial.
The story Is .ilis: The daughter of a
country practitioner, in little village in
Scotland. awoke one morning to find her
self great heiress. The traditional
uncle. who had come from India with a
fortune, had died. leaving a beautiful es-
tate and fully S1,500,000 in money and
West Indian property to his niece, Miss
Macpherson Grant. At that time she was
bright. clever, handsome, and about
twenty-one years of age. She took pos
session of her property and lived in great
style, keeping large stud of horses, and
driving tan5ela herself all over the coun-
try.
Her father and mother she took under
her wing. and was devoted TO them to
the last day of their lives. She estab-
lished them in an independent and ele-
CANT home near EdinbJIrg, but had them
a great deal with herself al the AberlouI
House, on the Speyride. Some fifteen
years ago young lady came to pay heE
visit, She was a stranger to Miss Grant
y
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Pity the Old Maids.

sympathy writes from Boston TO
the GranIfc. I want to say a few words
in behalf Of the old maids" II is to me
a terrible evidence of the cruel thought
lcssness and sllperiiciality of this age, as
Il has. believe, been of all Oth ages.
that the mere mention of ~Ol maid :
has been deemed a sufficient justification
for ridicule and sarcasm. Well, il is ter
rible deprivation for any woman to go
through this world without love. It IS
simply as much a necessity to her as good
food or pure air, and if denied. causes
infinite suffering. This suffering is
doubled by the stigma cast by the com
munity on the /" cid maids II matters
not that She lives in a Christian com
munity, the stiems was there No out
ward mark is necessary to denote certain
distinctions in social taste. fle old
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Wild Mice and Their Enemies.

We have in this country two black,
white and grey birds called shrikes or
butcher birds which are only about the
size of robins, but are very strong, brave
and noble in appearance. These shrikes
have the curious habit OF killing more
game than they need, and hanging 1t up
on thorns, or lodging ii in crack in the
fence or the crotch OF tree. They seem
to hunt Just for the sake of it, and kill
for the sake of killing. Now their chef
game is the unhappy tield-mouse, and in
Illinois they are known as ''mouse-birds. y
They never seem TO cat much OF the flesh
of their victims, generally only pecking
their brains out, but murder an enormous
number, and keep up the slaughter
through the whole year: for when the
loggerhead shrike retreats southwark in
the autumn, the great northern shrlke
comes from British America to supply
his place through the winter. Then all
the hawks, from the nimble little sharp
Skinned 70 the great swooping buZzards,
prey upon them, and in winter hover day
after day over knobs where the mice have
been driven by floods in the surrounding
lowlands, and pounce upon every one that
is imprudcnt enough TO show his black
eyes above ground. As for the marsh
hawk, it regularly quarters in the low
fields like a barrier, and eats little but
mice. The owls, too, are constantly after
them, hunting them day and night, on
the prairies and in the woods, esteeming
fine food for the four owlets in the hollow
tree hard by; while the sand-hill crane,
and some of the herons, make a regular
business CT seeking the underground
homes, and digging out, the tillorous
fugitives with their pick-ax beaks. In
addition to all the rest, the farmer every
where persecutes the mouse, as a pest TO
/ his orchards and crops.
Has the poor little animal then no
friends whatever. Very few, except his
own endurance and cunning; yet he is
already so numerous and increases so
rapidly that all his enemies have not
been able to rid the earth of him, but
| only to keep him in check, and thus pre-
| serve that nice balance of nature in
which consists the welfare of all.-St.
/ Nicholas
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maid feels this in the gradually lesscning
attention she receives as she recedes into
the shadow of @past thirty" also, in a
certain isolation and desertion. She
knows full well the jest made at her ex-
pense, as she ten years before made iests
at others just beginning to slip into the
gloomy valley ofold maidism. Communi-
degeneration after generatiOn,r repeats these
cruelties. And old maids increase. Our
eastern towns are full of them. Propriety
says they must remain in a certain posi-
ton and then ridicules them for so doing
The sarcasm of the old maid is hard to
bear. \ partner of the opposite sex Is the
vital need of every one of these women.
Custom, society. conventionality, rewards
the celibacy it forces upon them only
with sneer
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"MAYN,T BE A BOY 2,

Mayn't be boys' said our Mary.
The tears in her grea. eyes blue:
3" I'm only wee little las Sic
There's nothing a woman can do.
lis 50; I heard Cousin Joe say So
Hes home from great college, too
IL said so just now in the parl0r:
There's nothing a woman can do
Ny wee little lassie, my darling"
Said /, putting back her soft hair,
want You nv dear little maiden.
To smooth away OH mothers care.
no : 1t, when pa comes home weary.
That runs for his slippers and gowns
What eyes does lac watch for at morning
Looking out from their lashes brown
q" Tan you do nothing, ms darlingy
What was il that pa said last uights
Ny own little sunshine il coming.
/ know, for the room is sa bright
And there i a secret my Mary
Perhaps you VIII learn il some day
The hand that Is willing ard loving
VIII do the most work on the way.
And the wOf that Is sweetest and dearest,
The work at 80 many ne'er do
The great RI Of making folks happy
Can be do hv lassic like YOU
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Thirty years experience proves the Graefen-
berg Vegetable Pills to be the mildest and most
effective medicine ever known for the CON-
plete cure Of Headache, Biliousness, Liver Com
ulaints, Nervousness, Fevers, and diseases of
Digestion Sold everywhere; price 25 cents
per box. Send for almanacs. Soyes Bros. s.
Cutler, ST. Paul, Agents for Minnesota.
GRAEFFNBERG Co. New York
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you court martialed for this, l shall have
you promoted, too / have only to add
that long afterward, when the war was
over, and we had returned 10 the United
States, l received from England, the gift
of these ladies, costly diamond pin as a
token of their gratitude
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Rbeun,attsn, Ou,cl.Ix Cure,,

"Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great
Internal Medicine, win positively cure any
case of rheumatism on the face of the earth.
Price 81 bottle, six bottles, s.. Sold by all
druggists. Send for circular TO Helphenstine
tS Bentley, Druggists Washington, ID. G.
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HATCH's Universal Cough syrup takes the
lead of all cough remedies in our trade. We
keep many others. None receive such general
commentator. Our customers viii be put
off with nothing else We warrant it in every
case. SAMUEL CROSS IL CO,
Eelts Mills Y Y
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please HsearItin Mind.

that il your grocer does not have, and viii not
get, DooLEY's YEAST POWDER for YOU you,
can send 20 cents for quarter, IS cents for
DooLEY Il BROTHER New York, and YOU will
receive il by return of mail. Always use it
for the delicious Vienna rolls.
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Little Boy-@Please, l want the doctor
10 come and see mother Servant
Doctors out Where do you come
froln2 Little Boy-.'What. Don't you
know met Why, We deal with you. We
had baby from here last week !'-Loa-
don FIN
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Ponds Extract Used alike by the medlca
profession and the people, it holds a position
held by no other medicine In this country or
perhaps the world.
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SAHnhL-MQ0n

Possesses much greater Power In restoring to
either Cubebs Copaiba II produces sickness,
is certain speedy in its action is fast suppressed
ing every other remedy Sixty capsules cure in six or
eight days No other medicine can do this.
Owing to its great success, many substitutes have
been advertised such Pastes, Mixtures Pills Bal
sans, etc, all of which have been abandoned.
Dundas Dick & Co.'s Sgl Capsules contain
ina oil Of Sandal lcood, sold at al drug stores.
Ask for circular, or send for one 70 80 and
Wooster street, Nel0 York
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If you feel dull, drowsy debiiteted have frequent
tastes badly poor appetite and tongue
coated suffering from torpid liver bilious
ness and nothing will cure you speedily and perna
nenty TO take SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR or MED
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Patentees and inventors should read adYer.
tisement of Edison Bros in another column.
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Black Hills.
The Northern Pacific
SAINT PAUL AND DULUTH and North
western Express. stage and Taans-

Trains lerve st. Paul for Biamark saQa.m daily
except sunday, making the trip In 81 hours
ing AZ BsmaTk with Daily line Of stages for Deadgood
Take this route and avoid the disagreeahle and IN
certain travel By steamboats, First aud second class
passengers al carried in hrsclass Concord Coaches
from hls1aark TO Deadwood EEligrant passengers
carried on covered freight wagons.
For further Information apply TO or address North
Pacific r. r. ofce. corner jackson aud Fifth SITS.
ST. Paul G. G. SANBORN.
General Business Agent.
~ narI
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-. eEasErA9 is not easily earned in these tiTnea
ASEXE ~ but il can be made In three months
ny 81 81 By any one Of either sex In any
EtS 81 81 q part Of the country who is willing
70 work steadily at the employment
that we furnish SOS per week in your town.
You need be away from home over night You can
give your whole time the work only your spare
moments. We have agents who are making over $50
DER day at the business. Ali who engage at
make money fast. Attic present time money cannot
be made so easily and rapidly at ans other bushes
Il nothing to try the business. Terms and Sd
Portland. Maine
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St.Paui Business Directory

MONEY TO LoAS on improved farms at low rates. in
vi Minnesota and Wisconsin. Chas Etheridge, st Paul
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-10-16
Dr.. TonlinSOn7S
DENTAL OFFICE,
CORNER OF CHARLES AND LIBERTY STREETS,
CharEcStONRlo
V r G. T. Il [ n T. .

Its medical properties are Alternative, Tonic, Sol
won't, and Diuretic. There is disease OF the
human system for which the VEGErISE cannot be
used with perfect safety, as II does not contain
meta ic or poisonous compound. 1t is composed
exclusively of barks. roots and herbs; it is very
pleasant to take: every child likes it. II is cal e
and BILE, the follow ing evidence will show
REV. @. T. WALKER SAYS:
The following unsolicited testimonial from Rev.
o. T. Walker, d. D., formerly pastor of Bowdrin-
square Church Boston, and at present seuled in
Providence, X. l.. must he deemed reliable cv-
ience. No should fail to Observe that this tee
timonial ia the result OF two experience it'll
the use of yE0ErINE in the Rev. Mr.. Wakor's fam
iiy who now prouounces it invaluable:
Providence. Il. L.. l64 Transit Street.
Fl. n. Stevens. ESQ.,: feel bound TO express with
my signature the high value place upon your
Vogetine. My family have used it for the last Two
years. In nervous debility il is Invaluable, and
recommend it to u who ma ced nvigorating,
renovnting tonic. q. T. WALKEn.
Formerly Pastor OF Bowdoin square Church,
Uoston.
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NosExousE FOR ANY ONE BEING Our

No EXCUSE FOR ANY One BEING Our
OF EMpLoYMENT.-Our attention has been
called to some new and useful cooking uten-
sils, recently invented which make baking
and cooking pleasure, instead of dreaded
necessity. One of which, the Patent Cen
tenuial Cake and Bread Pan, made of Russia
iron, is SO constructed that you can remove
your cake when baked, instantly from the
pan, without breaking or injuring it, and you
can remove the tube, and convert it into a
plain bottom pan, for baking jelly or plain
cakes, bread, etc. Another-the Kitchen
Gem-a plated wire boiler or steamer to
hang inside of an ordinary iron pot, for boil.
ing or steaming vegetables, etc, which when
done, can be removed perfectly dry. without
lifting the heavy soofy iron pot off of the
stove, avoiding the danger of burning the
hands with the steam in pouring off the hot
water, and the vegetable can NOT possibly
burn if the water hollis dry, as the steamer
does not touch the bottom of the pot. These
goods arc sold exclusively through agents to
families, and every housekceper should by all
means have them. a splendid opportunity
is offered to some reliable lady or gentleman
cauvasscr of this county to secure the agency
for q pleasant and profitable business. For
terms, territory, etc, write to Il Il. brown
& Co, Nos Oil and 2l6 Elm Street, Cincin-
natl, Ohio
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-10-16
A WAITING MTRAc1.E.

Mr. II. II, Stevens: Dear Slr-Though a stran-
ger. want to in form you what VEGEriSE has done
Tor me.
Last Christmas Scrofua made it's appearance in
my system,-lurge running ulcers appearing on
me, follows: one on each Of my arIns one on
my thigh, which extended to the seat; one
head which tr into the skull bone. my
left leg which became 30 bad that two ply sica .
came 10 amputste the limb, though upon cUnsulta-
ton concluded 10 do 50, my whole body WINS
full of ScrofuIa; they deemed il advisable TO cut
the sore, which wns painful beyond description,
bure.
The ply eicians all gave me up 10 die, and said
they could do more for me. Both OF my irgR
were drawn up my seat, and It was thought il !
did get up again would hc cripple for life.
When in this condition skw FEGETIHE adver-
tised aud CONNIE nccd ;n king it in March aud fol-
l,we n 18th it until had used sixteen bottles :;
and this morning I'm going TO plough corn, well
man. All my tO~nsmeu say it is a miracle to SEQ
me round alkirg nd working.
In conclusion will add. when / endurip e
such great suffering from that dreadful disease,
Scrofuln. prayed to the Lord abuv. to take out
of this world hut Ee erINE has restored TO me
the blessings of health, desire more than ever to
live. that may be of scrvice to my fellow me +;
and know of no better way to aid suffering hu-
mAnity than to encIose you this statement of my
case. with cnrncst hope that you will publish
it, and it will aTsrd me pleasure to reply to any
com nunication which may receive thereirom.
William PAyS.
Avery Berricn Co., Mich July 10, 1872.
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v E c. E 7, I N E
Tho Season OF Intermittcnts.


All minsmatic complaints, in other words, all
disorders generated by unwholesome oxhRIntiUns
from the earth water, prevalent at this sea-
son In every section subject to the visitation OF
fever and aEuc, or other forms of intermittent
diseaee, the cnusCs which prod.cc thesc nRladie5
now actively st work. This, therefore, Id n
period Of the year when the inhabitants Of such
districts shOud prepare their sytt'Ims TO meet tho
UNIV holesoms condition OF tho atmosphere by a
course of tonic and alternative treatment. Fore
most among the invigOrnnts, recommended by
time and experience as a means Of foItifying the
systom aga inst III endemic and epidemic maia-
dies, stands Hostetter's Stomach BittcrB. BY n
timely OF the Bittcrs. the feeblest resident OF
un hcalthy soil may escape the sickness which.
without the aid of this potent ally o: nature, will
be apt to overtakc The strongcst.
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Avery Berricn Co., Mich July 10, 1872.
REIIABLE EVIDENCE.

Mr.. II. r. Stevens: Dear Sir-I will most cheer
fully add my testimony 10 the great number you
have already received III favor of YOUR groat and
good medicine, yEGErISE, for ] do not thin K
enough be said in its praise for was troubled
over thirty years with that dreadful! disease, Ca
tarrh, and had such bad coughing spells that il
would eccm though could never breathe any
moro, and VXGETISE has cured me; md do fee
to thank G cd all the time that there is good a
med icine VEGETtSE; and also think il one Of
the beat medicines for coughs, md weak. sin king
fee ngs at the stomach. and advice everybody to
take tho VIC ETISE for can assure them il ID one
of the best medicines that ever WINS.
Mus J.. GORE,
Corner Magazine end Walnut Streets.
Cambridge, Macs.
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ONE cent only for good cigar. l6 varieties
of good Chewing Tobacco, including Grave
ly and Navy. Several varieties of Smoking
Tobacco, also the best cigars 2 for five conts,
in Chnrlcstown. For sale by 8. S. Dalgarn,
opposite Carter House.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-10-16

DALGARN, opposite tho Carter House, is
selling Groceries, Glass and Qucensware,
w OGDEN and IIollowwarc, Tobacco, Cigars,
Notions, &c, at the lowest prices for Cash or
Country Produce. Call and examine his
stock No trouble to show goods.
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ATTRACTIVE G00Ds.

nGESSRS. LIGHT K MITCHELL resT"ehuiiy
wi invite their friends and the public genersiiy
to call and eco their
Choice Fancy Goods
Something for Eocrybody.
We have Writing Desks. both Walnut and Paper.
Portfolios. Photograph md Autograph Albums
building Blocks, Juvenile Book, Chatter boz se-
rics T OIl.t Sets, Violet Glasses. PArlor Lamps,
OIL Pa intinR.. Steel Engrsvings, ChTomOs- Sc
FINE CUTLERY for the million. Call and
examine before purchasing .lsewheIo.
RCspectfully- Liz HI = HulIuELb'
10. 1916.
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GRAND OPENING and display Of finc Mil.
lincry and Partisan Novelties, Fascinators,
Silk llandkcrchicfs, Scarls, Ornaments, and
all articles necessary to ladies complement.
All arc invited to attend and inspect our
goods before purchasing. Respectfully,
JOS GOLDSMITu.
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DEMoREsr's MONTHLY is complete
cpitomc of the world of fashion, its literature
always in good taste, and its household mat
ters full of interest. In n word, it has no
superior, and but few equals. The November
number is already received.
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CRISTADORO'S
HAIR DYE.

Tris,adoro's Hair Dye is the SAFEST and BEST =;
~ it acts instantancousiy. reducing the most
natural shades OF BLACK brown; docs NOT
STAIN the SKIN and ia easily applied il is u
standard prepa ration, and a iavorlte upon every
well appointed Toilet for Lady Gcnteman. =
Sold by Druggists. J. CRISTA DORO,
20. Box, 1915. New York.
December ~, lS76-1y-