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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-14
Is Pears BEFORE the Public
THE GENUINE
DR.. q. McLANE,S
LIVER PILLS

srs1ot recoamendsd a . remedy "forall Ii
uls that 6esh i heir to-" but in affections d
Ne Lives, andin al Bilious Complaint, Dyp
eepaia, and Sick Headache. OF diseases q
bat character. hey stand without rival
L AQUGs AND FGuER. ]
rebea~ csihss1c CO - nd pspnss
ny 70. o. after taking quinine.
~ sinple psrgative they are unequaled
okvARt Or LIMITATIONS.
The genuine ns never sugar-coated.
Each bon has . sed-vaxseS on tie lid vitk
Ae impttssion. NcLANE'S LIVER PILL.
Each wrapper beans the signatures of
G. McLANI and FILMING BRos.
Insist upon having the genuine On.
e McLANE'SLI LIVER PILLS, prepared b
FLEMING DROS., Pithbsrsh, Pa.
Ae market being full Of limitations Of ths
aAne McL0Ne, spelled differently b.
- pronunciation.
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ceast ~ Baker saw it in 1913, and look
upon it - il is now. II il il not mir.
scle. it 10 N amazing transform stion.

Miss Nora Perry tells . writer for
the Boston Herald that the popular
posm. AFTER the Ball." was her FIRST
sefiass sttenpt at versifcasion. and
that originally it had only these two
verses:
And Maud and Madgs in robes Of
white,
The prettirst nightgowns under the
sun.
Slnckingless. slipp~rless. sit in the
night.
For the rev.l 10 done.
Sit and csmb their beautiful hair,
Those Wonderful waves Of brown and
gold,
Till the FIRE il out in the chamber
there.
And the little bare feet are
COLI
A friend s6sised her to lengthes il
into q narrative. which she did. and
sold it 70 the atlantic Nonthly. Then
she tried smother. Tying Her Bonnet
Under Her Chin. which. though it
provseh when published. still greater
fsvorits With the public. wss declined
By the Atlantic
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-14

tnal Wsa knees, Ism potency. night -
dr-sms. pimples on the face. and les
csa positively be cured. The sick 80 49,
should no. fail 10 call upon him. H. DssS
has Travelled extensively In Europe. an V. M
great deal of valuable informatios. W. -
% competent 70 impsst to those IN seee -
sersiees. DIR. GIDEON will make NO
unless be effect . cure. Persons g 2 -.
NAY BE CURED AT HOME AZ ~
musications strictly confidential. Iou ~ -.
one but the Doctor. Persons writing 70 - - -
tor will please atnte the name OF the peP-ssSE
sac this advertisement In. Charges ressc~ ~
Call or write. Address DIR. J. =. dlbpysrsS p,
i.s51. San Francisco. Send so for 49,. s<f.
medicine. ols-asD
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t. w. Somers committed suicide
on Sunday morning by shooting
himself liz front of a house occupi-
ed by Madame Somers, a dress
maker of Cleveland, Ohio. The
deceased had formerly been the
husband of Madame Somers, but
she obtained a legal separation
from him having ascertained that
he had a wife and family living
in England. Only a day before
the suicide she received letter
from the deserted wife, saying that
she hoped TO hear of his death, land
Madame Somers has since sent her
a cablegram announcing his sui
eide. Thus two women whose
lives have been made miserable
have been relieved from a terrible
burthen.
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An Hem For HOusekeepers

An old housekeeper, and wise
woman, tells an exchange TINT,
after twenty-five years of hard
work in kitchen and parlor. she
has come to the conclusion that,
although it might cause q revolu-
ton in the civilized world, she
would never put another zinc I'M
der her sitting-room stove. She
amplified her statement, saying:
1.-THE time 1 have spent on my
knees securing that zinc, If other
wise employed, would have made
me q wsll-read woman, or If de-
voted to my children would have
been Of great benefit to Thorn and
a comfort to me-" Her words
seem 10 me to have great force in
them, and the result was that our
own stove was put up without the
customary zinc. Certain members
of the family who had prophesied
the destruction of the honse by fire
were surprised to find we were
just as we'll off without it. A
heavy oil cloth with paper under
it was put under the stove, and,
although 1t is q base-burner and
we keep a large room warm with
it, the experiment was considered
a success, The oil-cloth Is easily
taken care of. Wash it with warm
suds, then with warm milk and
water, wiping with soft cloth.
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FANCY'S CHANCES.


Come, brothers, let US sing dirge-
A dirge for myriad chances dead;
In grief your mournful accents merge
Sing. sing the girls We might have
wed.
Sweet lips were those we never pressed
In love that rever lost the dew
In sunlight ola love confessed
Kind were the girls We never knew
Sing low, sing low, while in the glow
OF lancy's hour those forms we trace,
lowering around the years that go
Those years our lives can err re-
place.
Sweet lips are those that never turn
A cruel word; dear eyes that lead
The heart on in a blithe concern;
White hand of her we did not wed.
Fair hair or dark that falls along
A form thatnever shrinks with time
Bright image of q realm of song
Standing beside our years OF prime,
When you shall go, then may we know
The heart is dead, the man is old,
Life can no other charm bestow
When girls we might have loved
turned cold.
Rose Hawthorne Lsthrop, in
Harper's Magazine for December.
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Mirth.

There is large class of people
who deem the business of life far
too weighty and momentous to be
made light of, who would. leave
merriment to children and laugh
ter to idiots, and who hold that a
joke would be as much out of place
on their lips as on gravestone or
in ledger. Surely it cannot be
requisite to a mans being in earn
est that he should wear a perpetu-
al frown. Is there less of sincerity
in nature during her gambols in
spring than during the stiffness
and harshness of her wintry
gloom And is it, then, altogeth-
er impossible to take up one
abode with truth, and to let all
sweet, homely feelings grow about
it and cluster around it, and to
smile upon it as a kind father or
mother, and to sport with it, and
hold light and merry talk with it,
as with a loved brother or sister
and to fondle il, and play with it
as with child? Not otherwise
did Socrates and Plato commune
with truth not otherwise Ger
vanses and Shakespeare.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-27

DIR. jacob has made this a spec
ial study from the standpoint of
physiology. His conclusion is that
as rule, a child should not be
sent to school before he Is 8 years
old, Not till this age Is its brain
substance sufficiently developed.
An infants brain is soft. 1t con-
tains large percentage of water.
1t is deficient in fat and phosphor-
us, on which, to O large extent,
intellectual activity depends. The
convolutions are fewer.
The different parts of the brains
do not grow in size and weight
alike-the normal proportion of
the front, back and lateral portions
not being reached before the age
of 10. So, too, the proportion of
the chest to the lower portions of
the body is not attained till the
9Th year, while that part of the
back (the lumbar) on which the
sitting posture depends is even
then only moderately developed.
About the 9Th and 9th year the
base of the brain grows rapidly,
the frontal bones extend toward
and upward, and the anterior por.
ton grows considerably. Still the
white substance-the grey is the
basis of intelligence-and the large
ganglia predominant. 1t is not till
about the 9Th year that the due
proportion Of parts Is reached, and
q certain consolidation, both OF
the brain and the organs of the
body generally. Before this period
memory alone can be safely train :
ed.
Froebel, the founder of the kim
dergarten system, reaches the
same result, by observation. Mean
while, jacob recommends that
the children be entertained and
gradually developed in the kind
ergarten. "Here," he says, "their
activity is regulated, their atten-
ton exercised, and their muscles
iuvigorated. Both imagination
and memory are taxed to q slight
degree only.
with increasing years, the gray
substance becoming more and
more developed, their thinking
powers are gradually evolved.
The secret of thorough education
lies in the uniform development
of all powers. To develop one at
the expense Of the others is to Grip
pie all."- Youths Companion.
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Taking Him at MIS- WORD.

The inhabitants of the North of
Engla land are q matter-of-fact peO-
pie. The following incident IL
illustrates their shrewdness and
ready resource. In a village in
one of the daIes lived kind-heart-
ed but somewhat hot-headed wo-
man who entertained the minister
when he came TO preach there.
On the occasion of the first visit
OF one OF this fraternity she DEEM
ed ii necessary to ascertain his
preference for tea or coffee for
breakfast; so, as she was going en-
with the preparations of the meal,
she went TO the stair-foot and CALI
ed out the name of her guest.
But no answer vouchsafed her
call. Wonderinsly she waited
awhile, and then. repeating her
call, she was answered by, "What
do you want ?' in anything but a
gentle tone of voice.
~ want to know whether you'll
have tea or coffee to your break
fast"
"I'll have either or BOTH" was
the odd and Singing reply.
you've got out on the wrong
side of the bed ia MORN" said the
irritated dame to herself; "but I'll
fit up yer order my man." So say
ing, she went to the cup board,
took thence another teapot, and
putting therein equal quantities
of tea and coffee. she made
strong decoction thereof for the
preacher. Presently he felt that
he had strangely-fiavored bever-
age before him; so pausing, he
asked, whats this, missis 20
"Its both, sir; and you shall
either sup II or gang without"
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BUSINESS LOCALS.l
GLOWING BARGAINS!
During the Next 60 Days.
at the Reliable boot and
Shoe Store Of John Lyons.
East Burke street, Mar
tfnsburg, w. Wa.
WILL BE SOLD cnEAp FoRcAsH.

WILL BE SOLD CHEAP FoRCAsH.
AS my place of business is small,
want to make room for Fall and Win
ter Goods, / have for sale Ladies and
Misses Fine French Kid and Goat
Shoes, Ties and Slippers, Mems Calf
Caters and Low Shoes of different
Styles, all of which are brand new.
having been purchased the present
season. / give the best goods for the
money, and that they satisfy my Gus
toners, is evidenced by the liberal pa.
tronage receive. When in need of
Boots or Shoes, they come from the
West End of town to East Burke St.,
opposite Wysong Hall. Boots and
Shoes made TO order. Repairing neat
ly done at short notice. Give me o
call. JOHN LYONS.
aug7-3m,
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Semethfng About Rabfcs.

According to q Yorkshire no.
ton, O newborn infant should be
lain FIRST in the arms ola maiden
before any one touches it; and In
some places the infants right
hand is left unwashed in order
that he may gathe- riches. 1t IL,
too, considered very important by
many that an infant should go up
in the world before it goes down.
Thus, In Cleveland. says Mr.. Hen
derson, if a child should be born
in the top story of a house, for
want of flight OF stairs one of the
gossips .will take it in her arms
and mount table, chair or chest
of drawers before she carries 1t
down stairs. In the North of
England. when an infant for the
first time goes out of the house, it
is presented with "a egg. some
salt and a little loaf of bread and
occasionally small piece of mon
ey-these gifts being supposed to
insure that the child shall never
stand In need of the common me-
cessaries of life. In the East Rid
ing of Yorkshire few matches
are added TO light the child to
heaven. 1t was, too, in former
times, customary, and the prac-
tice is not yet obsolete, to provide
large cheese and cake and cut
them at the birth of the child
These were called "the grooming
cake and cheese" and were dis
tributed among all the neighbors.
In Yorkshire this cake is term
edthe pepper cakes" and in some
localities the "sickehing cake"
1t is the source of species of divi-
nation, for, being cut into small
pieces by the medical man, it is
divided among the unmarried
of the female sex, under the name
of dreaming bread" Each one
takes a piece, places it on the foot
of the left stocking and throws it
over the right shoulder. This
being done, they must retire to
bed backward, without uttering
word, and those who are lucky
enough to fall asleep before mid
night are favored with sight of
their future husband in their
dreams.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-27
An Entire Family Abducted

DR.. During, a Prussian surgeon
now practicing in Williamsburg.
N. Y, has recently discovered
that his wife and five children
arrived at New York in the steam
or Frisia on the Goth of September
and had disappeared. They had
been living in Hanover, in charge
of Herman Barker, whom he now
suspects OF having abused his
trust. DIR. During had instructed
his wife to sell her household
effects and come to this country.
Heexpected them in the Frisia,
but not reaching Castle Garden
until several hours after the arriv-
al of the Frisia, and not finding
them, he supposed they had been
detained. Several weeks elapsed
before be discovered from the
books at Castle Garden that they
had arrived. He is convinced
that Baker had something to do
with their disappearance in order
to get possession of about $4,000
realized from the sale of the doct-
or's effects. He is not anxious to
find his wife, but offers a reward
for the restoration of his children
three girls and two boys, ranging
from q to IL years old.
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A Wish.

l wish | as foreigner, Hottentot or
Heather Turk,
Or else l lived in China, where they
use no knife or fork,
For my health is really horrid, I'm
feeling very sad,
And l have got Dyspepsia, and got it
very bad.
Poor fellow instead Of grunting, moan
ing and crying,
You d better by far Spring Blossom be
trying.
Prices; 50c., trial bottles 10c.
For sale by f. C. Williams & Bro,
druggists.
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Horses should be watered in the
morning before they are fed. A
full drink of water Immediately
after being fed is a sure way of
Indigestion, if not inflamation.-
When water is drunk by horses
the bulk of it goes directly to the
large intestines, and little of it is
retained in the stomach. Some
old and worthless horses, by way
of experiment. were fed with slit
peas and supplied with water inn
mediately before being killed. 1t
was found that the water had car
ried the peas into the intestines,
where no digestion took place at
all.
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The Sin of the Pharisees

A school of poor children, hav-
ing read in the Bible the denuncia-
tions against hypocrites who
"strain at gnat and swallow a
camel" were afterward examined
by a benevolent patroness as TO
their recollections of the chapter.
what, in particular, was the sin
of the Pharisees children ?" "Eat-
ing camels, my lady," was the
prompt reply.
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The VOltaic Belt Co, Mar
shall. Mich.

Will send their celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belts to the afflicted upon 80
days trial. Speedy cures guaranteed,
They mean what they say. Write to
them without delay. nov22-'79-1y.
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The BLUE FRONT is the place to
buy all kinds of Gents, Ladies, Misses
and Childrens boots and shoes, best
quality and make at lowest prices.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-27

Harvest shoes, in large variety, and
cheap, at the BLUE FRONT.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-27

The Best Assortment of Spring field
Watches in town, at w. l.. JONES'.
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Bees carry pollen dust on their
legs. That is how dust the busy
bee.
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DRESS GOODS.

you cannot fail to suit yourself, as my
stock embraces every pattern and design
in silk cashmeres, alpacas, Henrietta cloths,
Australian crepes; also striped and check
cred ginghams, and Dress Goods of all
shades and textures, beautiful and admir-
able. Also opera fannels, a variety of
colors and shades; white Shaker fannels,
hosiery for ladies and children, latest
styles; Lisle thread gloves, embroidery
silks, great variety of shades; Leonsrd's
spool silk, best; silk handkerchiefs, ladies
and children's nubias, shawls and cloaks,
balmoral skirts, &c.
Mems and Boys Wear,
such as cloths, cassimeres, cassincts, cor.
duroys, boots, shoes, hats, caps, &c.
In short my stock embraces every article
usually kept in a firstclass Dry Goods
and Notion house. all Ct which has been
selected with special view to the wants
of this market, and will be sold at prices
that defy competition. All ask is call
and examination of stock and prices.
JOHN HOMRICH,
nov30 80. 81 QUEEN STREET.
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New fall prints and inghams, also
bleached and unbleached muslins,
many of them oheaper they havo ovor
been, at &. w. HOKE.
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FALL & WINTER
ANNOUNCEMENT
By John Honnrich
81 QUEEN STREET.
50 QUEEN STREET.

THB citizens of Martinsburg, Berkeley
Il and adjoining counties are respect
fully invited to call and examine my full
aud complete stock of
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Fal! and Winter Goods.

bought low for cash, and which will be
sold at prices to please everybody. MY
stock embraces all the latest novelties of
the season in every department. In
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-02
Our Tea-fA lie Due.

All the newspapers are telling how de-
lighted Commissioner LIE Duo is because
some Georgia farmer has sent him some tea
grown in that State which experts took for
an imported article worth fifty cents pound.
Probably nobody cares to deprive the Com
missioner of Agriculture of any little pleas
sure he may get out of thing like that, but
we fear that not only Colonel LIE Duo, but the
newspapers which hurrah for him, have wholly
misunderstood the points about the tea Gull
ture. Nobody-unless it may have been
LIE Due himself-has had any doubts about
the possibility of raising tea in this country.
It was cultivated to certain extent great
many years ago, ever SO many years before
anybody supposed that LIE Duo would ever be
Commissioner of Agriculture, probably be-
fore LIE Due was born. The trouble is not
about raising tea, but raising it at price
which anybody can afford to pay for it. With
our system of labor every pound of tea grown
here costs from three to six dollars, and the
best article brought from abroad doesn't cost
anywhere near as much. This is the point
upon which Commissioner LIE Due wants to
concentrate his powerful talents
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-02
New Books.

The SALON OF MADAME NEcKER. Standard
Series. l. X. Funk & Co., New York
Price Is cents.
Taken from documents among the archives
of Coppet. Collected and edited by her great
grandson, Othenin D'Haussonville. Parts 1.
and II. Translated from the French, for the
Standard Series publications, by Mary Stuart
Smith. This remarkable book has created
much interest in France where it has been but
just issued. The translation is the first pub
lished in America. Madame Necker, one of the
most famous women of her age, perhaps of
any age, was the mother of the celebrated
Madame de Stael. Her husband was for years
the controller general of finance, taking a
prominent part in the tumultuous events
which ushered in the reign of terror. Madame
Necker's house was the resort of the most dis
tinguished writers of the time. This volume
is rich with the conversations and correspond
ence of these great men, never before pub
lished. As is well known, Gibbon, the his
torian, was engaged to be married to Suzanne
Ourchod (the maiden name of Madame
Necker), and this engagement was broken.
Correspondence is here published which, it is
thought will reverse the verdict of history on
this tpoint. The book has the interest of a
thrilling novel, yet every word is history.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-02
4 Piratical Newspaper Cornered.
Northwestern Chronicle.

Mr.. J. A. Wheelock, the able editor of the
Pioneer Press, is, we are panied to learn, seri-
ously i'll. The illness of Mr.. Wheelook ex-
plains the extraordinary article on the Jesuits
which appeared last Tuesday morning in the
the columns of our esteemed contemporary
We call the article extraordinary in view of
the really admirable articles on the same
subject written by Mr.. Wheelock few days
before "The textbook in morals, says the
writer, used in all the Jesuit institutions of
learning contains tenats whose propagation
would be criminal in every civilized State. -
This statement is in plain English lie. The
textbook in morals used in all Jesuit
institutions of learning is Father Gury's Com
pendulum Tleo2oqiae MoraEs, book of which
the Pioneer Press writer has never read one
line, and which he could not understand were
he to attempt to read it. Though not over
burdened with superfuous wealth, we will give
the Pioneer Press writer one hundred
dollars cash, if he finds in Father Gury's work,
or in any other text book on morals written by
a Jesuit and noaD an use as q tert book in Jesuit
schools. any proposition, taught as a sound
criminal to d7y civilized State. We believe
we might safely promise like reward to the
author of the offensive article if he succeed in
translating properly one page of Father Curry s
very easy Latin. We're the Jesuits
the horrid monsters the nom
Catholic press describes, they would not be toll
Grated an instant in the Catholic church. But
owing to the peculiar anti-Catholic prejudices
of the average Protestant mind, it is safe and
profitable for nom Catholic editors to sling mud
at learned, inoffensive, God-fearing, self-sacri-
fcing Jesuits.
Before dropping this subject, we wish to re-
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-02
THE LATEST AFGHAN MASSACRE.

The history of the attempt of Great Brit
ain to gain military control of Afghanistan is
written in blood, and marked by long sue.
cession of terrible disasters. For half a
century the British government has had
covetous eyes upon the country north of its
Indian possessions: not because of its COM
mercial Importance it has little value
as producing or trading nation-but be-
cause of its strategic position. If under
British control it would form an unsurmount-
able barrier to the approach of any European
power to the boundaries of India, and rem
der the tenure of Great Britain in Hindoostan
perpetual. In 1S41 an attempt was made
while Lord Ellenbrook was viceroy of India,
to conquer the territory, but after bloody
campaign the forces we're obliged to retreat
in the winter time, and in going through the
passes forty-fve hundred soldiers, and twelve
thousand camp-followers were slain, but one