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VICK'S "Fower and Vegetable Gar
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copies for 25 cents Address,
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decl8-3t. Rochester, N. y.
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A Wonderful Clock.

Mr.. Felix Meier, of Detroit,
Mich, after nearly ten years of
patient labor, has produced a
clock which. not excepting that
of Strasburg, is the most wonder
full clock of the world. 1t is Is feet
high. s feet wide, 5 feet deep, and
weighs, 1000 pounds. The frame
work is of black walnut and ele-
gantiy carved. Washington sits
beneath the marble dome with
colored servant on either side
guarding the doors. On the four
corners OF the face of the clock are
four figures, emblematic of the
different stages Of humBn life:
two are females, one holding an
infant, the other with a child; the
third is a man OF middle age,
while the fourth is flngure of an
old gray bearded man. All of
these fingures have bells, each
with a tone in keeping with the
age represented. The infant strikes
its sWeet-toned bell at the first
quarter hour, the largest bell of
the youth rings out at the end Of
half hour, followed by tie strong
resonant tone Of the bell of middle
age at the third quarter, and the
hour closing with the mournful
bell of the age man. Death, re-
presented by a carved skeleton
just above the cloch f. De, then
strikes the hour, at the same time
carved cupid pops out on either
side, with widgs, to indicate that
time flies This is followed by
sweet music, when Washington,
raising from his chair, presents
the Declaratson Of Independence,
and a door on the right is opened
by the servant, and each Of the
EX-Presidents, donued in the cos
tune of his time (includinS Pres
ident Hayes, files before the
"Father of his County, face him
and raise their hands, walk across
the platform and pass out of sight,
at a door which is afterwards clos
ed by the second servant. Wash
ington takes his seat, and all is
quiet again save the heavy tick of
the wonderful lime-keeper.
Though sucn q clock shows a
great deal OF ingenuity, it is of
little practical ue.-AmericdD
AgTicaittwisfS for January 1.
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To Make Change.

A new method Of making
change has been suggested. II is
not generally known that if a one
dollar greenback is neatly cut in
two, each Of the halves is good for
fifty cents at the federal treasury.
The same process can be carried
on until the bill is divided into
tenths without ipiuring the ali
quot value of its parts This has
been suggested as an easy way of
obtaining small sums TO send by
mail, now that the extremely con-
venient fractional currency has
disappeared ; but il is not likely to
be generally adopted, half note
being an aWk ward thing to pass
except at bank. The popular
objection to such fragments comes
down from q time when one-half
a bank note was worthless with
out the other half. 1t isn0t to-
day in England, and tho division
of a bank of England note is fire.
quent way Of insuring it's safety
when sent by mail. Major Pow
ers, a prominent officer in the
Treasury Department, Of long ex-
perience, proposes that the back Of
a One-dollar greenback DO hereaf.
ter divided by device printed
upon them into foar parts so as 10
be cut up at pleasure, each quar-
ter being good in small sums for
twenty-five cents. This would
enable the community to supply
itself with its own fractional cur
rency at pleasure, and it also
would probably increase enor-
mously the share OF one.doilar
notes, whica would never come
back to the Treasury.
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Health is Wealth!

DIR f. c. VESTS Nerve and Brain
Treatment: A speci5c for Hysteria, Dir
ziness, Commissions. Nervous Headache,
Mental Depression, Loss of Memory,
SpermatoIiEml lnpotency, Involuntary
Emissions, Premature Old Age, caused by
over. excrtion, self abuse, or over indul-
gence, which leads to misery, decay and
death One box will cure recent cases.
Each box contains one months treatment.
One dollar s. box, or six boxes Cor five
dollars; sent by mail prepaid on receipt
of price, We guarantee six boxes to
cure any case. With each order received
by US for six boxes, accompanied with
FIVE dollars, we send the purchaser our
written guarantee to return the money if
the treatment does not eject cure. Guar
antees issued only when the treatment is
ordered direct from u.s. Address or call
en- j. A G. HOVER, Druggist, Martins
burg, W. Va. Laughs 80'ly.
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REPORTS of intensely cold weather
were received Monday from all parts
of the country. In Chicago the
thermometer went down to 16 de-
grees below zero. In the northern
part of Texas there was a heavy
snow. Canada also has been visited
by severe snow storm, and in the
Northwest the thermometer went
down as low as 40 degrees below
zero.
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A NATIONAL CONVENTION Of
delegates from the branches which
form the Irish Land and Industrial
League of the United States will be
held in Buffalo on January 18th and
18th, 1881. Each branch of fifty
members is entitled to one delegate,
and any branch of three hundred
members to two delegates.
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THIS PAPER

May be found on file at GEo. P. RowELL
Il Co.'S NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BUREAU
(le Spruce st where advertising con-
tracts may be made for it in New YORK.
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MARRIED.


On the Both inst, in the Lutheran
church in this city, by Rev. III. +.
Cutler, Mr.. SHIVELEY A. LEsIAs-
TER and Miss JENNIE BENDER,
both Of this county.
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THE Oklahoma colonists now
claim that they have four hundred
colored members, who will demand
the right to enter the public lands,
which, they claim, were purchased
for them as freedmen.
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The latest.

Having just returned from Phila
delphia with II full line of Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes, & c, am prepared to sell
them lower than they were ever sold
before. III, N. DEATRlCK,
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A GROCER of Boston left $40 to
be annually expended in caring for
his dog, and that lucky cur now eats
sirloin steak three times a day, and
sleeps in a springfield.
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Born political parties are still
anxious to know how General Ma
hone will vote on the organization
of the Senate, but the General keeps
his own counsels.
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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.
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AT DUNKIRK, Ohio, Jacob Ferri-
son was found Wednesday morning
frozen to death. He was in poor
health, and it is supposed he fell and
was unable to rise and make himself
heard.
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Don't forget when you call at II.
N. DEATRICK'S to examine his
stock of Flanrels, as he has the most
select stock in the city. Next doer to
National Bank.
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THERE was large meeting Of
Democrats in New York Monday
night to take steps for the reorgani-
zation Of the party in that city and
State.
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No greater guarantee Of the ex-
cellence of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
could be furnished than that il is
recommended by all The leading
Druggists.
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4 thorough and sale remedy is
DIR NETTAUR's HEADACHE AND
DYSPEPSIA PILLS. Sold by all
Druggists. Price % cents.
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wv q NpE1Tl.

sSUWsWUU " EAREE UA IA anna
HICKORY SPOAES.
VIII buy in the log, standing on the
ground, or split out, and pay cash for the
same on delivery here, or at any point on
the railroad. JOHN FITZ,
Martnsburg, w. Va.
P. S.-Call and get size, &c, to cut by.
lseptl .3m.
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J.F. BOYD, Superintendent
CHAS. FELDMAN, Agent.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

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Each subsequent insertion......... 30
One square, three months......... 3 90
One square, six months. 90
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BAnrEmoRE AND ousu <. =

TRAINS GOING EAST.
TOOK Effect Thursday, Dec. 2, 1891
No. i. Daily.
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Mrs. Langtry ON the Stage.


Mrs. Langtry came forward arrayed in an un-
pretending pink dress, and, with her arms full
OF flowers, she sat down at a table, and then
proceeded to act as though. instead Of this being
the first time she had ever essayed her skill on
stage she had been playing lively young widows
and other such parts to critical audiences from
her earliest childhood. Whether she was nerv-
Gus or not do not know, but there was not q
trace Of nervousness to be perceived. Her elo-
cution was singularly clear and her gestures
and by-play perfect was never more surprised
in my life 1t is difficult to judge of anyone from
a single performance. but if Mrs. Langtry can
play other parts as we'll she does ''lively
young widows" she would. were she to adopt
the stage as a profession. be fortune to any
theater if she were brought out by manager
to fulfill great Notwithstanding to the we'll
known phraseOlogy of prOspectuses. It is far
more easy to find actresses who can rampage in
tragedy than who are able to act in comedy as
though to the manner born. This Mrs. Langtry
to judge by her debut at Twickenham, seems ex-
ceedngly well able to do.
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An English asuiteau.

According to the London Standard, the muir
derer LEROY was mentally about On a par with
Guiteau. Says the Standard: ''Lefroy was a
weakly, miserable. stage-stricken youth who
believed himself genius; who was under the
impression that he could act and write PLAYS
and novels. but who, i'm reality would have
found it difficult to earn an honest living in any
ordinary calling. 1t is to be hoped. now the
trial is over, that We shall have no further at
tempts to stimulate idle and vulgar curiosity
Some Of our contemporaries, of whom better
things were to be expected. have not thought it
unworthy of them to pander to a morbid Gu
riOsity by supplying minute details; and we
have been told how LEROY has dressed himself.
what he has eaten. what he has drank. what he
has said; how he has expressed his conviction
that the case against him must inevitably break
down; and how he has thrown ont mysterious
hints as to marvellous revelations which he
could make at once were he not prevented by
his high sense of honor. We have had enough
of this Newgate Calendar literature, and the
less we have of it in future the better. Realism
reaches its limits in the apotheosis of SO sorry
villain as LEROY"
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The Cause OF the Excellence of Our
TrOtteTs.

From the London Field
The excellence of trotters descended from
Messenger. the sire to whom almost all the
American trotters trace their pedigree is some
times attributed to the fact that this famous
sire had in him strong cross of Barb, as dis
tnguished from Arab blood. The barley Ara
bian and the GOdOphin Arabian-whOse blood
appears in all the best English race horses of
the last century-were in reality Barbs and not
Arabians: they came from Barbary and Africa
and not from Arabia and Asia. Barbary is
rough. stony, hlly, intersected with ravines and
covered in many places with prickly bushes
The districts of Asia i'm which the purest Arab
horses are bred present, on the other hand, flat
or slightly undulating surfaces with scanty
vegetation. while for the most part they are
carpeted with thick layers of sand In Africa
the horses, being unable TO gallOp with safety,
accustomed himself to the trot. as being the
safest and easiest gait under the circumstances,
and the adoption of this action forces him to
bend the knee and to develop the muscles
which are thus brought into play. In other
words, Barb horses trOt, while Arabian horses
galiop. because nature imposes upon each the
necessity of adapting their action to the ground
In the midst OF which they are severally born
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Since the war between France and German,

Since the war between France and Germany
ended the growth of the two countries in pOpu-
lation has been curious in its contrasts. Ger
many has increased by 4.5000OO souls. but
France by only 6l2, 900. Births in France in
in 1861 were 2615 in every 600 inhabitants; but
in 1878 they were only 2511Ss in every 1OOO The
figures which correspond to these in Germany
are 81 SIS and $3.50. For 1867, the excess Of
births over deaths in France was 10000: in
1875 it was only 9S. IFS; Germany, on the other
hand. shows an excess for 1869 of 42S. coo, and
for 1878 one of 556. 500. With these figures as a
starting point, it is ntimated that at the end of
the century. provided emigration and immi-
grafton do not interfere with conditions as they
now are, France will have scarcely AZ, O00, 600
people to the 10. .0C0 that Germany viii have.
Ma, haven't l been real good boy since
I've been going to Sunday SCHOOL," '.Yes. my
lamb" answered the maternal parent fondly,
And you, trust me now. don't you. MAJ Eyes.
darling" Then" spoke up the little innocent.
what makes you keep the preserves locked up
in the pantry the same as eyer."-Ne,c Orleans
Times.
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able" The court held that by this telegram
from the general superintendent the
boss" was authorized to employ physician
or surgeon. and also to engage reasonable board
while the foot was being treated. Board and
care while one is suffering from wound are
within the direction ito make him comfort
able" And it was not necessary TO wait for for
NAL letter signed by the superintendent; a tele-
gram was sufficient When an employee goes to
a telegraph office and sends dispatch to his
superior. and in a short time receives from the
same operator what purpOrts to be an answer
from the superior to his dispatch, he is war
ranted in presenting that the dispatch received
Is genuine, and in acting according to it.
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A Plan for Perfectins the Race.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Among the many who are wise and the still
greater many who are otherwise it is difficult to
set the place for the Institute of Heredity. which
met in New York Wednesday. The philanthropy
lists making up this imposing sanhedrim have
no less a mission than the perfection Of the
human race. The assembly held for motto:
'GeneratiOn before regeneration; no more Gui-
teaus' Now nothing can be palmer than the
usefulness of society capable to engraft the
human race with new blood, as 1t We're. The
Institute of Heredity consists in all those who
believe that men and women derive their ten
denotes from conditions existing before their
birth.
The speeches of the Hereditists were full of a
startling. not to say sensational, interest 1t
was the drift of the wisdom contributed to the
meeting that all the sins that afflict the flesh
are inherited; that, for example. Cain muir
dered Abel because, at a certain stage of their
infelicitOus existence in Paradise Adam and
Eve were in the state described by the poet:
.'To be wroth with one we love doth work
Like madness on the BRAIN"
All men impure by inheritance or vicious by
tendency-aso inherited-should be deprived
OF the right of marrying. As none but the brave
deserve the fair. none but the truly good should
be permitted to form the marital relation with
the truly good. Upon these themes, which the
discriminating reader must confess amply sup-
gestive, the venerable fathers in heredity made
pungent and elaborate arguments. That heredi-
tary conditions should have been enthusiast
caly admitted the moving causes
OF human deprayity can be seen from the vi
vaciOus argument of the prime apostle of hered-
ity. }. StOrer Cobb, who subtly reasoned in this
fashion: You can't make race-hOrse out of a
plug by putting him in fine stable and feeding
him high. nor game cock out of a heavy, low
bred Brahma by putting him in cage and
treating him with every attention"
In the end after An elaborate discussion in
which one side showed that ministers sons were
generally the worst reprObates and the sons of
afiinence the utmost transgressOrs. it was agreed
that mankind should take measures to prevent
the marriage of young persons whose minds and
limbs do not give promise of Drawn and BRAIN
This, it was agreed. is the only manner of put
ting stop to the Guiteaus and other criminals
who desecrate the human form. Fathers and
mothers will therefore take note and stop the
first symptoms of marriage betwixt the needless
sons of suspected parentage and daughters
whose mothers were guilty of the lightness of
Leah or Rachel.
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High on the headland it stands,
me Woodbine clasps it with tremulOus hands,
And the scarlet leaves through the windows bio
And the waves are fierce below.
Bare and dismantled 1t ia:
The sunlight creeps in through the cTeviceS
And over the StuccO and walnscot plays
As IL used in other days.
But then its gIimmering tone
Through curtains of muslin and lace-work shon
over Safin-bOund chairs and draperieS,
And pallid piano keys
And now the easements are clear
or all save the tendrils that flutter here,
OR some weary bird that questioning flies
To the sill with mild surprise.
The rain has soddened the floors,
4 wandering touch on the creaking doors
And they yield, while my feet are free to 90
All over the mansion low.
The walls they will tell no tale
or laughter and cheer, or of mOurnful wall:
Yet one cannot speak in this house OF gloom,
As he could in modern room.
So press the keyless locks,
And standing again on the headland rocks
Look over the sea that reaches so far
With neither limit nor bar.
There Is the wasting away,
Art given over to blight and decay:
Here is the freedom of God, with the great
Glory of natures estate
Why ever wonder again
What mingled story OF pleasure and pain
W as written within the bond Of these walls
Where the sunlight faints and falls?
Why question? 1t stands, has stood
In It's place for evil alone or good,
And naught that is left in form OF man
Can tighten deSertiOn'S ban.
pass down the cliff; no more
Shall my fingers move the shivering door,
No soul has the solemn right to intrude
On such ancient solitude.
Sometime 1t will fall and lie
Cnheeded by thought or by human eye
While wOOdbine and aSters and gOlden-rOd
May shield ii from all but God.
James Berry BeaSel IN the Boston transcript
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1881 l., REshs nHhE SHi kogrE 1881
" DO b6G hfi Tkkck, s ZEE sR RaiLss
Err
po, p,..u, of sixth and streets y follows:
Of Pullman a f Ho. and sssns Cam a 500
Am, daily; 1880 g. m: daily. with Sleeping Car.
Tom nar y to Cncinnsn St LoIi. and
For ksR 8a. i
cent s.,afasy. with Palace Cars to csn.nd.ixu.
For wilamsport Lock Haven and Elmira. =. 1890 ..
For New dis oFf . ssGss e f Eas Zoo
pna Ss s 81 a .nd
For Brooklyn. NY. all through trains connect II yer
der S Sa gos to E, Ysua ou
ferrisge across New York city.
and Iefs Pm. On sunday. 100. SO 10 20 and
ao;is ?; M Limited Express. $50 I'm. daily. eK-
For Baltimore 6: 40 100, 80, 1880 m. and 100,
sunday, 500. 1850 am. 100 $40. $50. iosos
For Pores Creei Line $40 am and 4:4o Pm daily.
For knnspoiis "a a. NJ and 44o p M daily. except
ssS HhsEsS
For Alexandra. 80 40 80 and IL 30 An. 4:2o;
$50 $40 and II 80 :; NJ: aud !; 20 pm.
a.g and saS Ss except s s sSnd.y
Trains leave Aie1andda fHr Washinston, 500 sos and
zoo am ; zoo and 'os pm I'm ''noAs :" . W '"0
Of 18th street and avenue and At the depot
where orders can be left for the checking of bsyar
J: r: WOOD. General Passenger Agent
FRANK THOMSON. General Manager. nov0
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College professionalism we see an intangible
Ob|ect?" Pupil.-''Yes, SIR" Professor Eth?
What do You mean. Cite your authorities ,,
Pupil shakespeare. sir See Hamlet's adj
vice to the players where he speaks of those
who saw the air."-Ciereland Sunday Sta
The purchase was yesterday completed Of 2 e00
acres OF land on Sicily Island, CatahauIa parish.
La, where the first Russian colony In the United
States VIII be located. 80
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CARD FROM WIN. NJ. GAIT j. co.

~
First premium for the best barrel of flour from
spring wheat this day awarded to entry No. %
ton Is class %, department &C. to VIM. NJ Gal: i Co
Witness our hands, at the National Fair Grounds of
the District OF Columbia, this 4th day of October 1881
j. NJ. WHARTON,
w. p. NEWCOMER,
JOHN ID. NEWMAN,
49, Experts on Flour.
Attest JAS. s. EDWARDS, Marshal.
r. S.-The above mentioned -four is CERES, the cele-
brated Minnesota Patent Process Flour which was
awarded the First Premium against all other competitors
at the National Fair in 1879 and 1880 gold medal and
now again in 1891. The competition in -four
talnly very lively one this year. and the premium
wei Confessed for but 1t was simply an iInposbty to
beat CERES and the premium just awarded is only ad-
ding another triumph to the magnificent this so
celebrated Flour has gained in this community.
We would respectfully mention the fact that Mrs. s. F.
Anderson received the first premium for the hansomest
rolls and biscuits exhibition, and they made of
CERES FLOUR, which is only another proof that it
stands No. among the best Minnesota Patent Flours
known to the trade.
For sale by all first class grocers.
w. NJ. GAIT co.
CORNER 1sr STREET AND INDIANA AVENUE
Who are also the sole Wholesale Agents for the Dis
trct Of Heckers celebrated Self raising Flour and
Buckwheat. n22
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LIVERY ONE HIS OWN ARTIST.
WONDERFUL INVENTION.

New Art embracing al kinds Of drawing. acquired In
one p three lekons. Outfits required furnished frpo
SUBTRACTION or no charge on first esson. Cz and en-
anime draW1ngs after one lesson. McLEOD'S Studio
Room >, Vernon Row, corner pennsylyauia avenue
and l0thssxeet northwest Tske elevator. as Ina