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NUNARD LINE.
NOTICE:
LANE ROUTE.
THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED.
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL.
CALLING AT CORK HARBOR.
FROM PIER 90. N. r.. NEW YORK
Partha. Wed, Dec GalliA We'd. Jan.
Servia Wed. IA Dec Catalonia. We'd. II JAM
Scyti,ia Ned, - Dec Servia $500. Ned. 5s jan
AND EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM kEW YORK.
RATES
go, $50 and 500. according TO accommodates
Iicke to Paris, SIS additional.
Return tickets on favorable terms.
Steamers marked do not carry steeraEe-
Steerage very Stecrage tickets from Liv-
erpoo and Queenstown and ali other parts OF Europe at
lowest rates.
Hayre Antwerp d other portson the Continent and
for Mediterranean ports.
For freight and passage apply at the Cmpanye ofhcs
No BoT;ing Green or both steersee and cabin to
OTIS RI(iEIOW CO. COS 7th street. Washington
VERNON H. BROWN CO., New York;
Orto MeeSrs OTIS BIGELOW & CO.,
tsnI1 Cos 9TH street, Washington.
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Ventr1lOquism Made Easy when
Viewed As POIyphOny.

WHAT AN EXPERT HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE REQUIRE
MENTs AND ART OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF THE TRADE-UsE OF THE TALKING FIGURES
THE STOCK sONG-A TEST OF SKILL.
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RAILROADS.
VALLEY RAILROAD.
THE ONLY ROUTE To THE
vERNS OF LURAY.

The Lurzy Cave and Hosel Company have ncts-
led this company that they have introduced TIE
ELECTRIC LIGHT
into the Csverne. and they daily illuminated hy
The aid ~ tins powerful agent.
NO OTHkR ILLUMINATION BEING ADEQUATE
20 penetrate the obecuri;ies cf ese suberranoAn
halls and erVtfos CT a. properly reveal their
MAGNIFICENT CONTAMINATION.
No similar Governs known elsewhere. No Caverns
have ever before been illuminated by the aid OF cleo
tricir.
The effects produced fully the authorization and
afe arvcousy beautiful and present 81 te visions
winch have been heretofore unattasnuble under the
feeble Illumination possible.
Nc extra charge Is INSIDE for the illumination hv the
Electric Light ana Guides furnished free usual
LCRAI Inn
viii rensn oyeh AT all 81 the wear and VISITORS
NAY feel assired of procuring superior and nrxtcla
accommodations.
THROUGH T1CKErS
arc on sale by connecting roads
JOSEPH III. SANDS CHAS. p HATCH
Superintendent. Gent lssS'r Agent
Bagerstcwn. Nd Philadelphia. so
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From the Urbsonia Despatch.
At singing school at Three Springs the other
night young man was Dragging about the
strength Of his lungs, and invited q girl in the
company to hit him in the breast She said she
was ieft-handed. had been washing that day.
was tired and didn't feel very active, but. at his
urgent request, let go at HIM. When hisfriends
Went to pick him up he said he thought he
would die easier lying down. He had lost all
recollection Of having any. lungs, but the young
woman consoled him by admitting that she
didn't hit him as hard as she might have done.
because she rather liked him.
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lTopTH GERMAN LLOYD

IN STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NEW YoRK, HAvRg
LONDON, SOUTHAMPTON AND BnKMEN.
The steamers Of this company win sal EVERY SAT
URDAY from Bremen Pier, foot of Sd street. Hobokeu.
Rates Of passage:- From New York 70 Hsyre London,
Northampton and Bremcn, 6Fst cabin, 500: second
cabin, $780, steerage so, prepeao stes4e ceruncsseA
$25 For freight or passage apply to OELdCAS CO..
Bowling Green, New York; w. q. METZEkOTT
CO.. 925 Pcnnsylyanta asenue northwest Agents for
WashinQff,1. Snl2
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A Prophet More Popular Than VennOr.

AFfOphet WOfe Popular Than VennOF.
From the Louisville Post.
The goose-bone has long been an honored
weather prophet. In some of the back counties
of Kentucky the farmers make all their arrange
ments in accordance with the predictions of the
goose-bone. In some localities the goose-Done
Is laid aside. labeled with the year. and it is said
that one old farmer in Breathitt county has the
bones extending back for more than forty years.
TO read correctly the winter Of any year take
the breast-bone Of goose Matched during the
preceding spring. The bone is translucent and
1t will be found to be colored and spotted. The
dark color and heavy spots indicate cold If
the spots are of light shade and transparent wet
weather, rain or snow may be looked for. The
Post reporter has examined three bones one
rom southeastern Kentucky, one from Jeffer-
ison county and one from La Porte, Ind. They
Indicate motley winter, with mild December
and January and cold February
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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS were held In sosnc OF the
cities OF Massachusetts and Connecticut Yesterday
The democrats made consderab bic gains in the first
named sc sIe. They also carried the city OF New
Haven, securing large majority Ia both branches
Of the cio5 council
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BALTIMORE 4 OHIO RAILROAD.

RAlIlMDRE OHIO RAILROAD.
TIE MODEL FAST. AND THE ONLY LINE
BETWEEN
THE EAST AND THE WEST. VIA WASHINGTON.
DOUBLE TRACK JssSNEr COUPLER. STEEL
SCHEDULE TO TAKE EFFECT SUNDAY, NoyrM-
BEL. 21rH 1881.
4; N. LEAVE WASHINGTON.
t2:35E,cH!C q, CINCINNATI. AND ST. LOUIS
SEQ baltimore. EIho,., City. and Way stations
stTasbars wnchsstsr. h.sers.o WAY and Sas wa
II 4s-BkLTIMoRE EXPRESS
se-P9nf q sn 9css and Nas s;S9ns ANN oSrov
EMPRESS Parl.r Cars . New York;
tr ASp .na Roa aNPFf R cs s
ss;ooN Wo Sunday only. for Baltimore Annapolis and
1000 sALTrMoRE EXPRESS Cs,o,s a. Hyattr,tue.
College. Be.tsyilie. Laurel. Annapolis Junction.
Ito ei Ssh SacAGo CINCINNATI AND
y :, ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.
IL 10 Baltimore. Ellioott City, Annapolis and Way
Limo GEI E e ns''o'' and Way
hf fafs6ErpHrA AND NEW
$50 Baltimore Way Stations. Cwinchester. Fred
4:so sslTiNosI HS va II ASD LAUREL
E,AfkEss Frederick. VIA Relay. stops at Annap-
g h sqSsDs sas way WIN
chester and Way stations. Con Sunday 70 Point Of
s4sBAfffaSiiE '' EAfkG fs ,Msrtn-urr and
Way, Relay. Stops at yatssyi lille and laurel.)
6:05-PUiIt Of Rocks and Way Stations.
III 45-BatiInore and Way Ststions.
II :io-BALTIMoRE. HYATrSvILLE AND LAUREL
ssAPRkaSS
tS: l0-PI raBURG. CLEVELAND aud DETROIT
1855 fhii.ADEIPH1 NEW YORK and BOSTON
s cScISSh Z N snd h sT LOUIS Ex
PRESS
1000 BALTIMORE, HYATTSSuIE and LAUREL.
EXPRESS. Stols signal or let of passengers
at any station between Washington aud ANNAPOLIS
Junction.
tDaily .Sunday only. Other trains daily exceps
Sunday.
All trains from Warrington stop at Relay Station
For further Information apply at the baltimore and
Ohio Ticket Offices, Washington Sssuon Gl9 and LIS
Pennsylvania iith street, where orders
viii he taken for baggage be checked and received at
any point CITY. MI
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NORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.
STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE.

STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE.
win leave her wharf foot of 9Th street every MONDAY
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at O'Clock p. M, touch
ing at Pney Point Point Lookout and Fortress Monroe
Excursion tickets will be issued As follows
FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS, COM
MENCINCi OCTOBER l.
First class Fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk SO
Fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk 81 SO
First-class Fare to Piney Point aud Point Lookout
Second Fare to ney Point and Point Lookout rs
Returning, leave Norfolk, TUESDAYS. THURS
Tickets and stateroons can be secured at general
Office, 6l3 18th street; in the National METROPOLITAN
Bank Building, ut the Office 9th street wharf.
THE NEW YORK STEAMERS
JOHN GIBSON and E. c. KNIGHT leave Pier Al, East
River, New York, every SATURDAY At four O'Clock D..
NJ. and Georgetown every FRIDAY. at am. For
particulars apply to agent 60 Water street. Georgetown
ALFRED WOOD. Secretary,
o22 613 18th street. opposite u. S. Treasury.
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nR. MoTTsFREECH POWDERS CERTAIN CURE
yior kidney Dses.cs Gravel and all Urinary Diseass
Scrofula. Syphis and II Hood and Skin Dissaso
speedily cured GonoErh9a cured in 6 hours For
fae oy wM. b. ENTwISLE. Druggist corner ia
street and feainsyivania avenue Pr1ce pen box. sen
by nasu under sod On receipt a price. m6
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NOR NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, FORTRESS
IL MONROE, PINEY POINT AND
POINT LOOKOUT,
CONNECTING WITH THE BOSTON AND PROvI-
DENCE STEAMERS IN NORFOLK.
Steamer EXCELSIOR on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS
and SAT URDAYS at pm.
FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS, BEGIN
MING OCTOBER 1sr.
Ffrst-class fare to Norfolk and Fort Monroe 50 50
Second class fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk 81
Frstc.ass fare to Piney Point and Point Lookout SO
Secondclass 10 Piney Point and Point Lookout. IS
Tickets and sta1erooms for and information fur
nished b. w. Reeds Sons 1916 street northwest;
B. O. Ticket office, 1851 Pennsylyanla avenue north
cpal Hotels: B. Polkinhorn, next to City Post Of
dco; and 1t Company'e Office. 18th street wharf.
GEORGE MATTINGLY, General Supt
WIN. p. WEIGH. Agent. o24
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STEAMERS, &c.

STEAMER "MATTANO"
~ Leaves eth street wharf at O'Clock O. m. for
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS folows:-On Tues
days for Nomini on Thursdays for Brick House Land
for Mattawoinan and Matto1 Greeks: returning on
alternate days. touching intermediate given landings
going and returning; also stops Mattawoman Creek
Mondays and Fridays up.
nj G. T. JONES. Agent.
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STOCK In trade OF the general run of ventrilO-
quists nowadays is slang of the commOnest sort,
mixed with seeming personalities When Da-
vies was over here, one of his big hits was max
Ing one Of his little figures affect to recognize
an acquaintance in the gallery and shout up at
him, Hi! Maguffin, We tough; why don't We nav
NIFTY cents like man and come down stairs?'
The audience would always shout at that
1.-THE only real novelty introduced in ventril-
oquism within good many years was testers
talking hand, which was a very clever per-
Torrance indeed. He used to make up one of
his hands as an old woman's face. the thumb
| Stimulating the movement Of lower Jaw, and
the dialogue between it and the figure Of an old
man, Grandfather Jester was very we'll con-
Quoted and always effective Some of the fiy-
ures now used by yentrilOguists are very large,
anu motion Is given to their faces and limbs by
s'fimgs pulled by assistants off the stage
! he Iehtfiloquial performer must select his
s Mo'as WIN view to avoiding as far as posi-
oie, .ne iaoial and dental consOnants. 1t is this
consideration more than anythinp else cor.
fanny more than the beauty OF its melody
which has made the Miller of Dee a stock
song Tor ventriloquists. Just to show the rocks
It's curren., as IL were here is the way it goes:
| Lred On the banks OF Dee,
He worked and sang from morn to night
| NO lark more blythe than he'
"The letters italicized there are the stnrnbl,ro
blocks and must be slurred over, which il EASY
| In Initiating the voice OF an old man.
| The best test OF q ventrilOquist's ability-you
see give them that title, but always under bro
tests to produce varied sounds and modua.
lions OF tone, in both singing and speaking
without any visible movement of the muscles 81
the mouth and throat. There was never any-
body in this country who in that supreme test
was the equal of Charles Young. He used tC
keep his face smoothly shayen, and would sit
full front to the audience. with his throat barred
and in the strongest light prOcurable, while
performing. and not the faintest motion could
be detected, even when he was using his fnf
voice Macabe used to show something Of thai
skill. but only by very ingenious trick. Stand
Ing well down the stage, near the to0tlights, h
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should think about three hundred people fol-
lowed him to the stable, and this excited him so
that he got FESTIVE, and when in the stable he
made plenty of room for himself Then i'm the
early mornings there were fully thousand peo-
Pie on the course to see the gallOpS, and as
every one wanted to get a look at Iro0uois I
was AFRAID OF his being put out again | there
lore told the lad that when he pulled up he was
20 trot right on through the crowd and not stop
Till he had got good distance from them Tne
papers said trotted him right off to his stable
but that was not So"
after that he was beaten Tor the Cbamnion
stakes 2"
eyes. as soon as the Leger was over he was
let up III his work; he needed rest and when
he ran rext he was not right was tied up. and
COULDN'T extend himself SO as soon as that race
was over gave him good long galiop. which
rather astonished the Englishmen: but it had
the elect expected, made him TIMBER and two
days later he won the Newmarket Derby easily
enough"
HIS race at Ascot was also a good one?"
very good one, indeed. with his penalty o.
fourteen POUNDS and for pretty nearly three
quarters OF mile up hill-the last quarter mile
performance possibly as good as anything hs
did over there"
Prom what you have seen or the Enplist
fhorou9hbreds. do you think that the Amer.car
race horse Is. taken altogether, q better anima
than the Englsh?"
Well. I won't say that. We have heater
them thoroughly this season In the great three
yeaY-old events and two biggest handicaps w.
had two flrst-class colts in Foxhal and Iro
QuOis-the best Of their years. beyond a doubt.
Has Mr.. Lorillard claim on the services O
Archer for next season.?
"No- Lord Falmouth is the only owner that
has a claim on Archer.
Mr.. Pincus said that he did not know when n,
should return to England.
MCNfcIrAL ELECTIONS were hold I'm so,ae n, th.
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The Winter CONSULTATIONS.

ONE.Of the compensatlOnsO OF our polar
winters here on the northern Atlantic
coast is the sparkling glory of the noe
turnal skies. This, however, is Il feat
ure which can only be seen, of course,
in clear nights; and nights which are
really clear are not numerous. The
most splendid spectacle ever Unrolled
in the heavens is the sight of the sky in
really clear and sparkling frosty VIM
ter night Then, if ever, the universe
of suns is unrolled, deep within deep,
until "'the immeasurable heavens break
open to their highest" and the behold
er is lost in the bound ess revelation.
The winter consultations are the grand
est; and among them great Orion is
grandest of all. Near it comes the
flaming Sirius, greatest aud grandest Of
suns-as splendid still, almost, as when.
more than 5000 years ago (then a red
starr it was worshiped by the ancient
Egyptians though it has been reced-
ing from US during the whole of that
vast period at the rate of more than l.
700, 600 miles a day. Could any fact
possibly present at once so impressive
a sense of its vast dimensions and its
unimaginable distance? 1t is pretty
| well demonstrated so far as anything
connected with an object so inconceiva-
| bly, distant can be demonstrated that
Sirius pours out two hundred times as
much light (and doubtless, also, heat)
as our sun. Its diameter is found to
exceed the diameter of our sun in the
proportion, at least, of fourteen to one,
and to be not less than twelve millions
of miles. That, for its diameter! And
its volume exceeds that of the sun about
two thousand seven hundred times. No
wonder Herschel, in turning his tele-
ascope toward that effulgent object, saw,
before the glass reached it, what
seemed, as he expressed it, like the
light of dawn What must its system
of attendant planets be? Rising near
it, at the end of Orion's Sword, blazes
beautiful Rigel. Nearer the zenith gilt
ter the Pleiades; and, following that
splendid constellation. comes red Aide
baran, in Taurus. To the northward
shine the great northern sun, Capella
and Vega, and many other great lumin-
Gus centers of, to us, invisible solar sys-
TENS of their own. n.-Hartfort Conn.
Times.
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RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Cornell University has received
1870 90 rom II. ". sage, $4,000
frGm John Mcfir5w, SI0}, 600 from A.
d. VI hlle, and 1000 from Hiram
eiUIey.
Boston has 7,705 children Of the
pupil ace. OF whom 55. $40 attended the
public schools last year. The number
OF schools IS 2J2; number OF teachers
1.269, and the expense for running the
schools for the year was sl.s79,2l7.2l.
-Wm. H. Yanderbilt's gift of Si0,-
900 to the University OF North Carolina
is an addition TO the Deems fund, to be
loaned to INDECENT students, who are
expected to ultimately be able to return
the sums borrowed by them. DR..
Deems says the check came unsolicited.
The Rev. f. p Hammond, the
Evangelist. has been holding revival
meetings in Manitoba for several weeks.
He has preached at Winnipeg, Emerson
and three other places, often IN the
open air, with the thermometer twenty
i've degrees below zero. and II Is eStl-
mated that there have not been less
than one thousand conversions.
The Protestants of Germany are
four hundredth anniversary of the birth
| OF Luther, which occurs November 10.
1888. The principal cele bration will be
| held at Wartburg, where Luther COM
pleted his translation of the Bible. A
general committee has been formed. OF
which DR.. kuster, burgOmaster OF
Eisenach, is chairman.
Havana is said to be the least re!ic-
ious of civilized cities. There are in
that city number of old church build
| ings which are used for storehouses and
! cigar factories. The cathedral in
which are said to be the bones of Chris
! topher Columbus, might be supposed to
! be well attended, even if only BY
! strangers visiting it from curiosity.
| But even in this remarkable Old sane
tuary the congre cation does not aver
age more than thirty persons.
| Public education in Pennsylvania is
| fourishng. There are now 7,O37 grad
ed schools in the State, with an enroll
ment of 937, $40 pupils and an average
attendance of COL, ,627. The school ex-
penditures during the pastyear amount
ed to 81, 49,, ,577.75. The total indebt-
ness of all the school districts in the
State, cities included, was -, 64S, 1875
81. and at the end of the year there re-
manned in the School-Board treasures
| 81, 425, 213 16.
Mr.. Joseph Smith, Jr., OF Cincin-
natl, says that the movement in favor
of a Disciples Church in Washington.
in honor of President Garfield, Is meet,
ing with remarkable success. He says
that from the encouragement received
by him it is believed that fully SI00,.
600 will be raised. Letters come in
from every part of the country with
money and pledges, and the work i;
only fairly begun. Agents have beer
appointed for each State, and they are
appointing sub-agents, and from the
success thus far met with it is eviden
that there win flow into the treasury al
the money that they require.
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Lydia's Rocks.

Our sick list is improving; Mr.. Jacob
Dittoe and Mrs. G. Elder are on the mend;
Michsl A. Wsgner's condition is un-
ebanged.i
Miss Hattie Sanderson Of Shawnee ID
visiting her father, George Ssunderson.
George Sanderson contemplates renova-
ting his house some time the coming sea-
son.
IL il rumored that the iron ore business
will start up as coon as the roads will per-
nit.
George Souslin, jr., has rented the Mr.
Lydia farm for one year.
John Marr's new building is on the road
to completion. and will be nice edifce.
X. sousiin has contracted to make sew
sral thousand elspboards for VIM. Doris
Any one wishing any thing in his line will
do we'll to give him a call. HANCOCK.
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The Columbus Dispatch of March
l1th, contains the following in refer
ence to the better measurement of air
in mines:
The Senate committee on Mines and
Mining held q meeting last night and
were addressed by a committee of
miners on Greiner's House bill provi-
ding for the better measurement Of
air in mines, and on the first day of
each month reporting the same to the
State Mine Inspector. The commit
tee unanimously ageed to recommend
its passage. They also considered
Senator .Hartshorn's bill providing
that the Inspector of mines may ap-
point an assistant, who shall be prac.
tical miner OF not less than five years
experience, a salary of 81 200 per an
mum. This bill received the endorse
ment of the committee for its passage
and it should be passed, as the mining
interests of the State have grown t.
such an extent that one man canno,
inspect all of them and attend to the
duties of the Office.
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rience, and would be his last. 1T wa,
a perfectly still night" said he The
hill deseends steep, YOU know, at first,
for about fifteen rods. AS we began to
descend that pitch we seemed to be
floating in the air There was no sound,
we moved SO swiftly. l didu t think
that we were going fast. But IN an
instant perfect gale was blowing; the
road was white mist; there was a con-
slant buzz IN mv ears. | couldn
breathe; ! knew when we reached the
Preston Village, which begins at the
foot OF the first descent, by the wall
that was on one side OF the road. That
was all could see: the rest was all
blank, a white mist. / never expected
TO reach the foot of the hill alive. In
second, almost. we began to slow up,
and in another got of the sled for the
last time"
4lr. Fiske is about twenty-five years
of age, slight and athletic. and is the
son OF well-known physician here.
His sled was made in Providence, and
he brought it with him when he moved
here three or four years ago. Its great
speed was never developed until a few
years ago. 1t is called 1.-The Queen of
Norwich" The connecting plank is of
three inch seasoned white oak. 1t is
strong enough to support five tons. 1t
is shod with fine half-round silver steel.
Its cost was about fifty dOllors. 1t is
the sled that was used in disastrous
contest with the double-ripper of New
London about this time of the month
in 1877. Mr.. Fiske steered his sled at
that time and won the race without ac-
cident. The New London party, pilOted
by Mr. Fred Allen, were unlucky.
From the start nearly to the silk mil.
which is about half way down the
course. the Norwich sled, which had
started behind, steadily gained. At
the mill the sleds were neck and neck,
and here Mr.. Allen, confused by the
terrific speed or on account of his unfa-
miliarity with the way, made q wrong
movement with his foot, and the next
instant the sled and its occupants were
hurled against lamp post and over the
ground. All were picked up uncOn-
| scious. Some of them lay at the point
of death for days; some were crippled
| for life. One man was partially disem-
boweled, and the leg of another was
! broken in two places. N. Y. Satn.