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PIE, and at the same time extremely
aressy. The front is stylishly plain, but
IL the figure Of the wearer is too slight.
IL can be relieved by scarf drapery or an
apron, or else pannels down the sides.
Inc back has graceful long seams from
the neck down over the tournure, and
the train is attached to the tournure by
shlrred space and standing frill. This
model is used for all kinds of materials
from cambria up to rich silk. It is espe-
clally suitable for light summer silks,
grenadine, and black silks.-Bazar.
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Old woman versus Doctors.

No less shrewd man than Montague
has recorded his conviction that many
an old woman knows more about sur
gerry and medicine than many doctor
Who stands high in his profession. At
Fort Wayne, Ind, the other day, a
child was creeping on the floor, testing,
after the manner Of babies, the edible
qualities of all that came in its way.
Finding that the kitten filled his mouth
with hair, and that there was no milk to
be drawn from the leg Of a stool, the
youngster solemnly looked about for
sonsthini better, which Prsssntly hs
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-02

MOTHERS! MoTHERs!! MoTHERs!!l
Don't fail to procure Mrs. Winslow,s Sooth.
ing Syrup for all diseases incident to the
period OF teething in children. 1t relieves
the child from pain, cures wind collie, regu.
lates the bowels, and by giving relief and
health to the child, gives rest to the mother.
is an old and well-tried remedy. ~ "a ~
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:; "RADIx," in one of his recent New
York letters, makes good point apropos of
life insurance investigations and troubles
generally, by calling attention to the fallacy
of judging Of the reliability of companies
according to their bulk. Many such institu-
tons seek to dazzle the public eye by print
ing their large gross assets in the heaviest
type, and by laying great stress upon the
nominal millions under their control to win
confidence and prevent any close analysis of
the whole statement. He points out the
plain, but often forgotten fact, that even con-
ceding the equally good quality Of the assets
of two companies, it is not necessarily the
one with the most millions which is safest
for the policy holder, but the one whose net
surplus bears the largest ratio to its whole
property. Judged by this sound aud search
ling principle, "Radix" finds the Ktna Life
Insurance Company, of Hartford, to be oen
Of the strongest, if not the very
strongest Institution Of the kind in
the country. With little over twenty-four
millions of assets, it has about four and a
quarter millions of clear surplus. The special
commission appointed by the Legislature of
Connecticut year ago, to investigate all the
life insurance companies of the state, say Of
the Etna that it is mot only solvent, but
financially sound, and under the manage
ment of officers and directors of large exper-
fence, sound judgment, and unblemished
character, and entitled to the entire conf
dence of policy holders and the public"
Taking the above facts, and this official en-.
dorsement together, it is evident that this
writer's estimate of the Etna is one that can
be everywhere safely indOrsed,,
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-02

No man in his senses should buy
worthless horse and cattle powders simply
because it is put up in large packages.
Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders are
pat up in small packages but are absolutely
pure and are immensely valuable. ~
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There's mo- nse Talking

About the adulterated, cheap baking pow.
ders in comparison with DooLEY's YEAST
POWDER. The latter is strictly pure, whole
some, and is put up full weight, Satisfac.
tory results in using are guaranteed every
time, -4,g go ~ = 5;SE
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PHARAOH's heart was hard, but it was
pulp in comparison with a paste brush
that has laid on the floor over night
Worcester Press.
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-, The Crisis.

What think you would be the, result
if the earth should stop spinning around
the sun? Were you ever near large and
intricate machine when one of its wheels
became clogged or broken-near enough to
hear the grating, jarring clash, the sudden,
deafening crash? r. Astronomers assure us
that precisely similar effects, only on an in
conceivably grander scale, would be pro,
duced If our earth-one of the wheels in the
universe-machine-should suddenly cease
its revolu ions. In other words, there
would be a general clash and crash Of satel-
lites, planets, and systems. What we term
financial crises are due to similar causes.
One of the wheels in the fnance-machine
becomes clogged, perhaps shattered. The
terrible Wall-street7 "crash'' which follows
is communicated to every part of the inan.
cial mechanism of the country. But analo-
mechanism, the most intricate of a1l-some-
times called an organism because it gene
rates its own forces-the human machine.
When one of its members fails to perform
it's Office, the whole system is thrown into
disorder. Members before considered I'M
assailable, break down under the unnatural
pressure. The shock comes, and utter
prostration is the result. PREPARATION can
only be effected by the restoration of the
impaired parts and the re-adjustment of its
levers-the physical forces. There is one
part of the machine more liable to disorder
than any .other-the liver-the great. bal
ance-wheel of the machine. ill.,. Gs; ,ilrsr3 .
The liver being the great depurating or
blood-cleansing organ Of the system, set it
at work and the foul corruptions which
gender in the blood, and rot out, as it were,
the machinery of life, are gradually expelled
from the system. For this purpose DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, used
daily, and Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, taken in very small doses, are pre-
eminently the articles needed. They cure
every kind efhumor from the worst scrofula
to the common pimple, blotch, or eruption.
Great eating ulcers kindly heal under their
mighty curative. influence. Virulent blood
poisons that lurk in the system are by them
robbed of their terrors, and by their perse-
vering and somewhat protracted use the
most tainted systems may be completely
renovated and built up anew. Enlarged
glands, tumors and swel1ings dwindle away
and disappear under the influence of these
great reSOlVentS. s,s,E s9glt. 9 g|T H. ~ d.
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L
SOD quarter of century ago. Her
daughter, Miss Georgiana Drew, was at
the Fifth Avenue theater with Mr.. DAILY.
(2)Mrs. Hoey retired from the stage
nearly fifteen years ago. (3) Mary Wells
played at the old Albany museum, under
the management Of Henry Mech, more
than twenty-five years ago. az Mrs.
Caroline Richings- Bernard. has been
through bankruptcy. (5) Mrs. Lander
is now the widow Of Gen. Lander, who
was killed in the late war. (6) Maggie
2 Mitchell is a rich woman. (Dkose
Eytinge's first husband was a printer
/ in Albany, where they at one time re-
sided; her second husband, George D..
Butler, is nephew of Gen. Butler. ,(S)
, Patti was recently divorced from her
husband, French count Of not much
q account. 10y Lolita has put away a snug
little fortune, all earned by herself; 1lo
Miss May Fisk is cousin OF the late
James Fisk, Jr. Their fathers were
brothers and their mothers (maiden
name Gray we're sisters Miss Fisk was
educated at convent in Indiana. Gl)
Miss Fanny Davenport is the eldest
daughter of the late E. L. Davenport,
who as gentleman and all actor, had
the respect of all who knew him: (l29
Miss stella Boniface is the daughter OF
MI. c. and, Mrs. Maggie Bonifsce, ho5
we'll known in the theatrical profession.
(l3) Bijou Heron is the daughter OF the
late Matilda Heron Stoepel and Mr.. Rob:
It art Stoanei She ia now about II or Is
years Of age.
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JoHNsoN's Anodyne Liniment is, with
out doubt, the safest, surest and best rene
dy that has ever been invented for internal
and external use. 1t is applicable to great
variety of complaints, and is equally bene-
fetal for man or beast. Find out about it
and thank us for the advice.
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GEN. BUTLER is said to fear that he is
losing the sight Of his other eye,
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DIR. Graves HEART REGULATOR

DR.. Graves HEART REGULATOR
has sold largely and been universally recon-
mended by druggists as q cure for Heart
Disease, and has given satisfaction, as can
be seen by reference to a letter received
from F. W. Kinsman, druggist, Augusta,
Maine. 5tsS ~ I'D y. tt +. 60
HEART REGULATOR, take pleasure in saying
that it hasKiven great satisfaction II every case
have heard from. Almost every day receive testi-
monials similar to the one nclosed.
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Ages of Stacy Females.

1t may not be within the rules of pro-
priety, writes New York correspondent,
to inquire into the age of any lady, but
ladies on the stage being more or less
favorites of the public, it is always a
matter of interest to know something of
them. Inquiry as to the age of an
actress is Of frequent occurrence. The
ages of several of our most prominent
ladies in the theatrical profession are
given below:
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Bruins Strategy.

( IT, mother seal builds her nusery be
meath the surface Of the ice in such a
manner that it can enter it from the
water below; here the young seal passes
its infancy, and when the returning heat
Of summer has destroyed it's igfoo or
dwelling, the young seal is old enough
to take care of itself; but this mode Of
lodging its youth beneath the ice is we'll
known to the bear, who, with his keen
scent, soon detects its whereabouts, and,
making spring, comes down heavily
with all its weight on the pool of the
igloo, brushes it in, and Immediately
seizes the young seal with its paws.
Here, it might be supposed, the hungry
bear at once devours its prey; but no, it
is far too wary to do SO; it knows full
well that where baby is, there must Of
necessity be mother, and that she will
be in search of her darling; therefore,
the bear scrapes away the snow from the
seal hole, and, holding the young seal by
the flippers, allows it to founder about
and when the mother approaches, the
bear slyly draws the young seal toward
it until the old one is within reach,
when he seizes her with the other paw,
and thus captures both. Bruin' method
OF capturing seal in the water is as fol-
lows: He sinks his body beneath the sur
face OF the water, leaving only the head
above, which resembles a piece of ice;
and when the seal raises it's head above
the surface, .Bruin quietly sinks, and,
swimming under the seal, seizes it.
Thus the poor, stupid seal becomes a
victim to misguided confidence.
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Send your name to F. E. INGALLS,, Con.
cord, N. H., for pamphlet containing a list
of testimonials of cures, &c. 5sye tF1gfBs8E
The HEART REGULATOR is for sale by
druggists at so cents and 81 per bottle.
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At this Season Of the Year

The human system is liable to become disordered
from the insufficient efforts of the liver to discharge
the excess of bile If nature is not assisted in her
efforts severe bilious attacks or prostrating fevers
necessarily follow, causing great suffering and even
DEATH little timely precaution however, will
prevent all this, and may be found in that favorte
household remedy, Simmons Liver Regulator,
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CHEW
The Celebrated
" MATCHLESS"
Wood Tag Plug

THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York. Boston and Chicago.
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| Adelina Patti (8)..........3t
Josie Orion Mrs. Ben
| Wolf. ...34
Mrs. Scott-Siddons. ...33
Emily Melville. ...Ss
Rose Wood......... .........3z
MAY Howard. ...31
Eliza Weathersby :..S(
ILotta-Charlotte Crab
tree-(9)...
Sophie Worrell Mrs.
Knight)..............."...2.
Miss May Fisk (10)......2s
miss Fannie Daven-
! port (l1).............."....ls
Miss Helen Tracy........2l
i Alice Harrison. ....2l
|Dickie Lingard.. -.
i Katie Putnam.............2t
i Celia Logan.................2t
i Stella Boniface (l2)......1s
!; Bijou Heron (l3)..........li
IL known "A Mrs. Mos.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-04
The Legislative Railroad Com.
mittee's Session mt Martins
huPp


MARrNssuRo, W. Va, April 2.
EiItors 1ateIlIseaeer.
The committee appointed by the Leg
islature to investigate the freight and
passenger charges Of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, met in this place today.
Col. D. D. johnson, Chairman Of the
Committee, and two other members, Col.
Robinson and G. T. Butler. were present.
Several persons from Jefferson county
and number from this county, appeared
before the committee and stated their
grievances. The character OF the testl-
mony taken, as | learn, relates entirely
to unjust and onerous charges on local
freight, as compared with through rates.
It was shown that shippera from Martins.
burg TO Baltimore actually pay higher
rates per hundred than shippers from
Chicago 10 Baltimore on the same classes
Of freight. 0ne shipper complained that
be had been charged $i5 on four hundred
bushels Of corn from this point TO Balti-
more, being at the rate OF over Ten cents
per bushel for corn, which he had bought
at 40 cents per bushel. Col. Johnson Ia
Of the opinion that many more persons
would have appeared before the commit
lee but from the fact that they are, as he
expressed 1t, afraid Of the railroad com.
pany.
The committee left here on the $50 P.
N. train for Keyser, and will hold d SEES.
sion at that place on Wednesday. The
temper Of the Keyser people at this time,
on account Of the removal Of the shops,
Ia such that the probabilities are the com.
mitlee will have numerous calls.
10 my opinion the shippers Of Martins.
burg and vicinity have much less to com.
plain OF now in regard to the unjust
freight charges tnan many Of the other
towns along the line Of the road. The
rates have been largely reduced on
freight from this pointsince the Pennsyl.
yania Railroad extended branch to
Martinsburg. Competition has more sure.
~ and quickly remedied the evils Of ex-
cessiye local freight charges for our peo.
pie than legislative action Is ever likely
10 do. On the lst inst, the B. & o. r. r.
reduced its passenger tariff rates between
Marlinsburg and Baltimore and interme.
diate points TO a basis OF about cent?
per mile. This Is the result Of competi-
lion. W,
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Fairmont News.
FA1RMosT, April 8. 1873.


E1ltoIa AutclnktueAts
Considerable excitement was occasion.
ed in town this morning by the announce.
ment that the kitchen and pantry OF the
Hough House had been broken into last
night and quite quantity Of provisions
taken therefrom. Search being instituted,
four men, two white and two coiored,
were found about mile from the place,
near the mouth Of Buffalo Greek. The
evidence Of their guilt was positive and
direct, as basket, coffee pot, pans, ard
other articles belonging to the hotel were
found in their possession. All were ar
rested and brought To town. While await
ing examination before Justice, the two
coIored men asked % go TO the privy in
the rear OF the Court House. Permission
was granted and guard accompanied
them. Either through suspicion or 9TH
erwise, the vaults Of the ptivy were ex-
amined shortly aiterwardr, aud seven 70.
yolyers, Eve watches, and two bunches Of
burglars keys were found therein. The
prisoners no doubt diyested themselves
OF these article sin order TO remove evil
dence Of their theft. The two colored
men give their nance as Charles Lee and
Ike Williams, and are supposed 10 be the
parties who robbed Hulrs hardware
store in Grafton. some time ago.
At the hearing before Squire Fleming
this afternoon, all four men were commit.
ted TO jailto await action Of the Grand
Jury.
Yesterday april 2) was the anniyer-
sary OF the "Great Fire 10 Fairmont." In
passing down street, last evening, We
could not but remark concerning the
great change wrought In the town in two
years. Instead OF row Of dilapidated
old wooden building, We have q street OF
which we may be proud. There are three
fine plate.glass and iron fronu that will
compare fayorably with those In the cities.
"MoVing time" brought several changes
in the residences and business places Of
our citizens on Monday last.
We understand that come Of our ship
pers will be before the. Railroad Com
mittee at Grafton tomorrow TO enter
complaint against the B. d o. z. r for
charging exorbitaut rates on local freight.
There are now over two hundred stu
dents enrolled at the Normal School.
We notice in the reports Of the public
schools that they also are IN good condf-
tion. The attendance In the various
rooms ranges from 9l TO OF per cent Of
the enrolment.
DR.. Abram Robertson, formerly Of
Wheeling, lectured on "WaterS At the
U. P. Church on Monday night. Only an
ayersge audience, but an interesting lee
ture. DR.. Robertson Is blind.
Rev. Dr.. Jamison, late pastor Of the
Presbyterian Church Of Morgantoxn,
and family arrived In town today and
will take up their residence here. G.
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The legislative Committee.


. Anll be seen by our Martinsburg let.
a ae legislative Railroad Committee
= Ia session at that place on Tuesd ay,
~, Aa N Asy'er yesterday, and will be in
%l'a At Wheeling tomorrow. As
...': sss'0i''e explained, the object Of these
'.,.i o.i'a' I" to hear complaints aud gather
@uaoH! in regard to alleged grisv-
&c V'Geh /" overcharges, discrimina.
~. cs etc., against the Baltimore and
Sa'o Sa, Railroad Company. BY the ap.
:, r'a'aeHs Of this committee the Legisla.
We I'uae that they have authority to
'sa'li' y. the tolls for freight and pa,sen.
M 90 the road. This authority il
HGaed my under the OH Section Of Article
Ss i.',. o. the Constitution, which read, as
d., ,HailIold. heretofore constructed. or
81. y hereafter be constructed il ,his
M a hereby declared public high.
q M .,,S.a naa shall Be free TO all persons ior
S,oS..s POFtAtiOu Of their persops and
ms.Ify ihersOa, under such regulation,
% prescribed BY law; and thS
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PrRrHER PARrrcuLAls.

The following further details Of the assai- :
sination Of the Earl Of Leitrim, his clerk
and driver was telegraphed from Dublin:
The Earl left his residence at Milford,
shortly before eight o'clock yesterday
morning, accompanied by his clerk,
and was driving on an outside car to
Derry 70 meet bis Solicitor, He always
carried arms, Il il supposed that the
assassins concealed themselves behind
low embankment between the road and
plantation, and having first shot the
Earl OF 1eitrim, they then shot the
clerk and driver; 60 there will be no
witnesses. His lordships valet was
driving about a mile behind, and on
coming up found his master and clerk
lying dead on the road. Life was still ir
the driver. The assassins in the mean
while escaped in boat across the bay.
The valet drove back to Milford and
alarmed the police, who on coming 10 the
place found the driver still alive, butun-
eanSeious. He died shortly afterwards.
There Ia no doubt that the murder was
aararian. The relations between Earl
Leitrim and his tenants were unfriendly.
His lordship was kind and liberal
TO the poor, but he was very particular
and exacting in his dealing with bis
tenantry visiting with unsparipg seyeri.
ty the slightest infraction Of the rule
Of the estate. The Rihband Society have
q strong hold on the country owing In
great measure 10 his harshnesa. Ht
had an iron will which disregarded alike
appeals or inenlces and he possessed ex-
tfaordinary courage and perseverance, ID
pursuit Of his purposes.
The Tines IN an editorial on the mur'
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Resolutions Of Respect TO the
Late Major iobt. r. Wilson.

EdItors Intclligeneer: m
At meeting Of the officers Of the Post
OF Fort McKavett, Texas, on Tuesday,
March 26th, 1873, which was called 10
express their feelings, in memorial, at the
sad loss Of their late comrade in arms,
Brevet Msjor Robt. P. Wilson, Captain
10Th Infantry, and at which Captain
Nathaniel Prime, 10th Infantry, presided,
the following resolutions were unani-
monsly adopted:
WHEREAS, thas pleased Divine Prov.
idence TO permit our friend and brother
officer, Breyet Major Robt. p. Wilson,
10Th Infantry, to be taken from us by u
grisyous accident; we therefore unite in
this common expression OF our sorrow
for his loss and respect TO his memory.
Maior Wilson was q faithful officer in
peace or war.
No one was more untiring in the care
Of his soldiers, and no one more liberal
and hospitabls TO all who came 10 con-
tact with him. His doors were always
open to those who needed shelter and hii
purse to the needy and afflicted. May he
rest 10 peace. Honor to his memory.
Rssolssd, That we send to his afflicted
family thi, expression ot our sympathy
ResolSsd, That we request the pablica.
tion Of thiS, our tribute Of respect, in the
Army and Navy Journal, the Washington
Suaday Herald and the Wheeling, West
Virginia, papers.
Captain 1O& Iaiaaty, President.
WM.H. BECK,
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The Cuban Capitulation.

HAVANA, April S!-Insurgent General
Ralotf says that hewas in campaign dur
ing the whole insurrection, and capitu-
lated in obedience TO an order from the
Cuban Camara. The motives Of the Ca
mara for making peace are unknown to
him. He had two thousand persons
about him, eight hundred Of them armed,
when he capitulated. The clause In the
peace conditions liberating slaves in the
insurgent ranks did the greatest damage
to the insurrection, obliging the chiefs TO
surrender because the negroes would no
longer fight,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-04

TaE Latest POSTAL RuItse.-Post-
master James yesterday Issued the order
OF the Postmaster. General providing that
printed matter Of every kind or descrip.
zion offered for mailing at third.elass
rate must be received into mails for trans
mission therein at the rate Of one cent
for each ounce, OF two ounces, or fraction
thereof, o. the case may be. This applies
TO printed directions, or request or any
printed matter upon the envelopes, ,As well
"a the Enclosures therein. Respecting
price marks upon samples Of merchan-
disc, they will not subject such samples e
higher rate Of postage, provided such
price.marks appear in the original print
This ruling e intended 70 repeal and
oyerrule any rulings heretofore made In.
consistent with the same.-Nes Xorl
ISmI.