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Frnxcrs Axle Greaxc.

One trial will convince you that II Is
lhe hest. DISK your dealer for the
Frazer Axle Grease. and take no 9TH
er. Evcsy box has our trade insik on.
se ri. 20 81 ouA.
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The attendance ut Court is large. :.

The ground was covered with snow
en- Monday morning.
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We invite the attention of orr read
ers to the advertisement of the Buck.
eye Mfg CO., Marion, Ohio, in another
column. They offer rare inducements
to earn an honest living.
Sent. %, 6m,
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SANTA


has established his headquarters dur
ing the Holidays ut
Miss &. Mills,
at BEAVERS CORNER on Marko,
Street, Middleburg. Pa, the greatest
variety of TOYS of every description
ever before seen in Middleburg.
DOLLS a specially.
Coats. listers, dol
mans and Shn~vls
In great variety. Also a full line of p
FANCY GOODS.
Any person needing anything in this
line will do we'll To call on Miss q.
Mills. Don't forget the place Bss .
vers Corner, MiddIeb,rg, Pa.
ua.s, 4 pQf
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ELMIRA HANDMADE BOOTS
For Men and B0JS,

A Large assortment of Mems, WU-
mems and Childrens Shoes of All
Grades and Prices.
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Swvpxs t'ouNry rouRrs.-fhe Courts OF
snyder County are held on the fourth Mondays
O February, May, and September, and second
Monday OF December.
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The above Store has been closed
for the last , weeks on account of the
death Of the proprietor, Mr.. y. MARX.
|, the undersigned, hereby respectful.
'y announce to the public generally,
that have taken charge uf the same
and have in addition to the large stock
which c me into the store just before
my husband died, received another
large invoice of
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lndnlgcnt parents who allow their
children to cat heartily of high-season
cd food, rich pies, cakes, &C., will have
to use Hop Bitters to prevent indises.
tion, sleepIsss nights, sickness, pain,
and, perhaps, death. NJ family is safe
without them in the house. Dec.
lfyou are in nee d of any Carpets
and Oil cloth call ats. Weiss Selins-
grove, there you can find very large
assortment at prices which are hard to
beat.
"A large variety Of Mems, Ladies
and childrens' underwear at 5. Weiss,
Selinsgrove.
People visiting Selinsgrove would do
well by calling ut $. Weiss and take u
look at his large and well selected
stock of Dry goods, notions, Carpets
etc, all of which he is selling at bot.
tom prices. New goods received dali
ly.
Dec. !, 'Sl. 2w.
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ENENCrOR'S NOrICE--Letters
tito. tamenttiy On tho estate OF CntnnrIne
SaliymtU, decd, late ut Ica,cr township
SH'''r county, Pa, wcro granted 20 the uLr
ders Igrei, Al Icrsons knoWInu tLemseIye.
irdthiel % sald estate viii plentp nuke intnc.
dir'c payment, wh.lo tlusr having claims viii
present thcm tor tuttcu,ut 10
I.L.uAlSES.
Aug Is, ISL. LeSocutor.
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EE'7SIZEs.S Al 3. y q
HOW LOST. HOW RENIlREl

Just punl!sheI' new eiiucn ol nN. " L.
' Ek w ELLIS tELEBRATEu ESSAY on tie
radical cure oi Spermntorrhuea or seminal
Wcakuess involuntary seminal Lpsscs, tmpu
rncy Mental ara Phys lucHplclIy, I'm.
pcdiments to Marriage, Ne, also CIu~u option,
Epilepsyand FITS induced by SvlIiniulgence
Of sexual extravaganza, sc.
The celebrated Hu Err, IN this admirable r..
say, clearly demonstrates, from u tuirty years
successiu practice, that tho alarming cuuse-
quences OF Selinbuse may bo radically cured
pointing nut mode OF euro at once certain aud
eirctual, by which every sufferer, NJ matter
what his condition may he, may cnre himself
ohea ply, privately ana radically.
rs-rhls pectuTo should be In the hands of
every youth and every unu In the land.
sent, under seal. In a plain envelope, to any
address, On receipt of six cents. or two post,
ago stamps.
We have also sure cure for Tape Worm.
Address
THE CUI.VERwELL MEDICAL 90.
~ Ann ST., New York, n. y; fost one
BOX, 1850.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-01-26
The Irish COnstabulary.

New York paper denies the truth
of a telegram from England which
asserts that 1.-The entire garrison in Eng
land does not include a single dis
tinctively Irish regiment" and adds
Practically the garrison includes up
ward of twelve distinctively Irish regll.
ments in the shape of the royal !rist
constabularly. This, take it TOR all in
all, is certainly one of the most remark
able corps in the world. It has proved
the practicability of raising in 9 dis.
affected country, out of the ~disafected
classes, a body of men presenting a com.
bination of military and police who
have shown ever since they were
formed, some forty years ago, an IN
swearing fidelity to the flag under which
thew serve. These men must have nad
any amount Of kith and kin engaged IN
treasonable practices, yetthey have never
failed ia being leal and true to the
government whose uniform they wear,
and this although the remuneration Is
such as a New York policeman would
regard with sovereign dis6ain, TOR not
ten per cent. of the royal Irish receive
the remuneration ofour patrolmen. Ihe
force, which has its headquarters IN
Phoenix park. Dublin, is entirely dis
tinct from that, in point OF mere ply
sioue, even finer body of men, the Dub
lin metropolitan police, which Che A
division especially is not surpassed by
any BODY of men in the world. so g.
psntic are some OF these Fellowship
have, too, what the life guards for the
most part have not, breadth to CORE.
spond with height-that strangers may
be seer gaping up at them IN sheer
amazement. It will be q dark hour for
English interests in Ireland when these;
true and t1led, and not too grateful
recognized, servants, sho7 signs OF
ouoruino
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Midnight Company in india.

A recent writer gives US an idea OF the
society one is favored with when trying
to get his natural sleep in v%ariously
populated India: What would some
of your readersthink, while lying quietly
in bed beneath the inevitable mosquito
net, if they were to see gazing intently
from the ceiling right above a long,
green lizard and a centipede, challeng-
ing each other &c mortal combat; the
centipede loses his hold, drops down
on the net, ard whiDs under
the bed; you i%nvoluntarily shut
your mouth quickly and turn
over on your face, wondering whether
or not he went down your throat or
under the bed; you next closely scruti-
nize the horizon line of the mattress,
and not being gifted with power to see
but one spot at q time, you pivot around
on your knees with a pillow appraised
ready to smash him the moment you sec
his eye peering over the edge-but he
comes not. Your attention is next
called to a half-hundred large black
bugs, which arc INDUCING in a game Of
lawn tennis on the floor, when in steps
a bandicoot, a rat as big as a "yellel
dog" and devours this whilom garden
party.
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Petroleum for Harbor Defense,

A correspondent in York, Pa, Mr.. D.
K. Naell, suggests the use of burning
petroleum for repelling hostile fleets
from harbors like those Of Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York. A hun
bred thousand barrels OF oil poured upon
an out~flowing tide would cover a large
area of water, and when set on fire
would sweep a fleet with a torrent of de.
struction that nothing could resist.
w hen a stream OF burning OF! ran down
the Allegheny river, a year or two ago.
the flames sometimes leaped up 100 feet,
and threw out lateral tongues Of fire ter
rible 10 see. Such flames around an
ircn-cjad fleet would asphyxiate all on
board.
Another plan would be to link to-
pether long lines Or RATS of oil barrels,
and send them against the fleet by small,
swift steam launches that could he
steered by electricity from the shore.
The barrels could be exploded and the
oil fired by the same agency at the
proper moment; and, if necessary, line
after line of the fire RATS could be driited
or driven against the enemy until every
vessel was destroyed. Such an applica.
ton of floating fire might also be used
! to protect a system Of torpedoes in 4
| ship channel, by making it impossible
to operate any counter system for ex-
| ploding or removing the torredoes by
men in small boats.
Obviously This plan would not do tt
rely upon generally; though in certain
emergencies it might he resorted to with
terrible ect.-Scienttfc american.
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Inherited Tendencies to Disease

The present article is based ona valg-
able paper bv Dr.. J. r. Black, in the
popular Science Monthly. Seventy thous-
and persons in America yearly die with
consumption, most of whom have in.
herited the disease. Vast numbers in
herit a tendency to rheumatism, cpl
lepsy, insanity, cancer, indigestion, mi
graine, neuralgia, asthma, and to early
loss of sight and hearing. No other
cause of grief and suffering compares
with that due to organic defects handed
down from parent to child: or
our 40. 600, 600 of people probably
&c. ZOO, 600 inherit some constitutional
defects. But hitherto little has been,
done to arrest these tendencies. Physi.
clans are called only to the sick. On
the contrary those who have inherited
tendencies to disease are generally as
careless OF their health as others, while,
in the case of those who already show
the tendency, their friends are apt TO-
pursue Just the course most likely to
strengthen it. For instance. a consump-
tive is shut out from the outdoor mir
and gentle exercise. though these are bis
only hope. Moreover, the whole In
Auence of our social life and practices
encourages the thoughtless squandering
Of vital reserve.
As a consequence we are degeneratinR
as a people. The death-rate and BIRTH
rate are steadily approximating. The
difference is already less in New Eng.
land than in any country in Europe,
France alone excepted Yet there is no
inherent difficulty in the way of extir-
pating hereditary diseases. Hygenic
care would accomplish it-such care as
can only come from a medical expert,
and such as we are all ready to resort to
in acute diseases. Able physicians have
thus been able to extirpate tubercular
consumption from themselves, their
families and descendants.
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Parlor and SIeeplug.Car Law.

The plaintiff purchased of the defend
art, a sleeping-car company, at lndl-
snapolis, = ticke p%urporting to entitle
him to accommodations in q designated
sleeping car, in o berth to be pointed
out by the conductor. !h"nce to New
York city. A certain berth was accord
ingly assigned him and designated on
the ticket, but at Pittsburg the car was
detached, and a different and less safe
and comic rtable berth was offered him
in another car. which he declined. In an
action for damages for breach of con-
tract, held Gin an Indiana CASEY that he
was entitled to a continuous passage In
the same car and berth, or in one
equally safe, comfortable and conven'
lent; and that it was no defense that the
defendant simply rented the cars to the
railroad companies for the use OF
passengers. A passenger on defendants
railroad, finding no vacant seats IN the
ordinary coaches, the seats being
occupied either by passengers or
their baggage, proceeded to d
drawing-room car, owned by u
private individual, but form.
ing part of the train, and regularly run
with it by contract with the defendant,
and there took q seat. When called Oh
for extra fare for that seat he refused,
announcing his readiness 10 60 into Inc
other cars if o seat were provided Tor
MIN there. Thereupon the porter OF
the drawing room car, employed by It's
owner, attempted to eject him: Held
lin q New York easel that the defendant
voc liahle for this assault.-Albdny Ldu
Journal.
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STOOD Morning, Sir"

A few months ago, says DR.. Wood,
walking along Fifteenth street, l came
up behind a friend and said: Good
morning" No answer. Good morn.
ing, sir" a little louder. "Oh, excuse
me; l didn't hear you the first time"
How then did you know I had spoken
twiceP"
The obvious explanation would be
that he really heard him the first time
and did not notice the doctor was ad-
dressing him; the louder and d%istincter
tone itself inforLed the listener that he
was spoken to for the second time. The
doctor explains it more deliberately as
follows:
On my first speaking the impulse Ct
the voice had fallen upon his a and
started a nerve-wave which had strug-
gled up as far as the lower apparatus at
the pase OF the brain, and, passirg
through this, had probably even reached
the higher ncrve-centtr5 in the surface
of the ccrebrum, near to which n
seriousness resides, but not of sufficient
force to arouse OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| COTS Magazine.
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Nutrfcine.

Attention has been called by NJ. Moride
10 a new kind OF food to which the name
"nutricine" has been given. Its prepar-
alton is thus described: Raw meat, from
which bones and tendons have been
carefully excised, is passed into suitable
machines along with n%itrogenized ali
mentary substances, such as bread, to
absorb the water of the meat, and
possibly to form new combinations with
it. After the mass thus prepared is
dried in q stove under a mild heat, it is
pulverized and sifted. A powder of an
agreeable taste, and varying from yellow
to gray in color, is the result. When
albumen, fats, or gumned water is
added to this powder. solid cakes or
cubes may be made of it, and these solid
forms may be broken up, as occasion
may require, for soups or sauces. This
nutricine is admirably qualified to sus'
tain physical vigor, and il can be pre-
served for any length of time if it is
kept from the deteriorating influence OF
an atmosphere charged with moisture
and from the action of heat.
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Ready Made Lightning.

A recent issue Of the Salt Lake City
Utah) Tribune says: Some time ag o
we had occasion to call attention to the
Ada mine on Snake creek in this terri
tory. 1t will be remembered that men
ton was made of a strange kind OF rock
found in the tunnel OF that mine that
emitted a bright glow, as phosphorus
does, when rubbed on with hammer or
pick. This was at the time classified,
for want of a better name, as phosphu-
retic rock The miners in the district
called it /" hell's-fre rock" and the tun.
mel is known in the neighborhood
as "hell's hole" R. N. Baskin,
owner of the mine, recently for
warded some samples OF this strange
rock to the professors of chemistry at
Yale college. On careful analysis it was
found to contain no PHOSPHORUS, as at
first surmised. The gangue was easily
determined but the subtle power that
gave light to the rock batled the sages
Of New Haven, and the broac term
magnetic or electric was given to it.
This is something new in mining.
Miners sometimes get struck by light
ming. but this is the first we'll authentl-
Gated instance on record where a m ner
has struck lightning. Again. in this
progressive age, when gas and coal Oil
begin TO take q back seat, the discovery
of a mountain Of ready-made cleo
tricity may become a source Of meal;
culable value to its owners. Our l'cal
telegraph Offices need only run q wire
from the Ada tunnel to their instru-
ments to Obtain a pit armament supply Of
electricity. The trouble and expense OF
replenishing BATTERIES 8, replacing broken
jais, etc., would be entirely dispensed
with, and "hell's hole" homemade
lightning always on hand free of charge.
The benefits to be derived from this
discovery can well be imagined, but it
is not necessary at this time to point out
ali of them, rs a more complete history
of the property and the various uses to
which its strange power can be applied
viii be given at some future time, upon
the organization of the Helrs. Hole
Ready.Made Lightning company.
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For Husbands Only.

A correspondent of the baltlmore
Sun, writing from California, says: 4
cure for wife. whipping was authoriZeso a
by the last legislature of Nevada. LUG
authorities of Austin, q mining to"n IL
this State, have erected a W9lppGs,
most to punish summarily wretches wnS
abuse their wives by blows. we WIS.,
it we've practicable to apply approprlste
correction to the no less unmanl .sj
rannv of u%lfeeing ~exaction ana cruei
words by which too many hushanos heIf
their wives in never. ending torment. -
a man had the brains he boasts ne "oI ~.
sneak ever kindly TO the mother OF nis
household, if it were only 1or seln sn
motives, Make your wife happy os
tender and afectionate treatment, nnS
YOU will make your home a paraa,su
more precious than gold ana cosby
mansions. We admire the Hlnooo par
able and believe its instruction thae u.,
scribes a woman a. the gates OF neaSed
nraving that her naughty husG I;nd
might be admitted. "He was ever Aiha .
and true TO me, and if you would maSe
hsnd." Instantly the portals openpeo
and the angel babe him enter. Iso
cause of thy wife's prayer thy sins are s
forgiven. Who live in harmony on
earth in heaven are not divided"
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The Horse That "Died Of Grief"

One of the San Francisco papers hav-
ing published an account of the death
of a horse from grief at losing his
master, the Chronicle sent q reporter to
verify the statement. The groom was
interviewed with the following result:
Eyes, sir, that thar war the ~curiostest
case I ever hearn tell on No more thar
amt no SIGH case writ about in books,
nuther," and the stableman removed q
brief 7. D. pipe from his teeth, and
rested it's cheering bowl on the report
er's arm to fix his attention more closely.
eye see that boss were as sound a han
imal in wind and limb as ye'd see at a
prize fair in the old country. Gentle as
= kitten, and a pet for the children"
The stableman paused to rekindle the
fire in his pipe, which the rain, dripping
from the reporters ulster, had quenched.
"When did it die?" asked the re-
porter, sadly.
1.-THE boss died Saturday last
"What allied ite"
"Lung fever"
"When did its master dieP"
"Two weeks ago to-day"
"Well, what is there curious about
thatP" asked the reporter in amazement.
"Curious! why it's curious enough,
shud say, when thar amt another hoss
sick in this stable, and we've got a hun
dred Of them here!"
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The Menagerie.

$50 you enjoyed YOUR visit to the
menagerie, did you ?" inquired young
SilIebub OF his adored ones little sister.
"Oh. yes! And, do you know, we saw
a camel there that screwed his mouth
and eyes H~n"1l awfully, and sister said
it locked exactly rs you do when you
are reciting poetry ut the church So
CABLES"
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A Winter Rhapsody.

Frolu the frozen moth comes flying forth
The car Of the king OF storm;
And the yellow sun looks pale and wan
At the sight OF bis gloomy form;
From the sncw-flled cloud he hath cast O
shroud
On the last congealing ground,
And his baleiul CLEAN on the batbling stream
Hath stilled its murmuring sound.
Hark! hear his cry, as he rushes by,
In the voice of the angry breeze;
It's his icy breath, with the blast of death,
That shrieks in the leafcss tree;
With a hollow moan, like a demons grcan,
1t flies DER the sleep: ushed town;
Then lashes the main till its waves again
Are topped with a ioamy crown.
The queen OF night, with her silver light,
Looks DOWN from her throne on high;
But her beams fall slow to our realm of snow
And freeze in the crystal sky;
The brilliant stars have burst their bars,
And approach the earth to greet,
But they fade and ''.'-e. their white rays
culver,
At a world in h w~indlHg-sheet.
lis natures night, and the wearied sight
That sees but a waste of gloom,
With gladlier gaze when with quickening rays
Springs sun shall the earth untomb;
When the noise OF tho lain on the frozen
plain
Shall alarm the sleeping flowers,
And they hurst from their grave, in the
breeze to wave,
And laugh in the April showers.
Like the winters rage is the pilgrimage
OF man on the shores OF time,
For his anxious sight sees naught but night
In this dim probation cline;
But beyond the tomb, in the world to como,
With the prize of his lfe-toil won,
Where Ills ever spring he will reign as king
In the light OF q quenchless sun.
Frank j. OHdrson.
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Where There's q Will There's q Way.

Though troubles perplex you,
Dishearten and ve1 you,
Retarding your progress In somber array
To shrink with terror
Is surely an error,
For where there's a will there's a way
The task may be teasing,
The duty unpleasing,
But he who contronts 1t will o 0 win the day',
Hall the battle is over
When once we discover
That where there's q will there's a way
M~isfortunes uncounted
Are often s~urmounted,
II only we quit not the field in dismay;
Then one more endeavor
Remembering eyer
That where there's a will there's q way.
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Herr Reulaux, a German writer, has
described an elevated wooden valley in
the Rhine province, in which the pass
age of the wind produces musical tones
! wonderfully like the Ginning of be
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She had sued tor breach Ct promise
and the verdict of the jury was against
her. want to poll the iury?" she was
asked. Yes, I do. Je3' gimme the
pole for two minutes" and she had
thrown off her bonnet before the legal
phrase could be explained by her coun-
! sci.
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HUMOROUS.
ding nuisance-The fellow on

A standing nuisance-The fellow on
the curbstone.
Pity the poor duck who has to go
around barefooted all winter.
Aioke is not so durable as 8 church
bell. After It has been tolled a few times
it is worn out.
Poor people eat mutton because it Is
sheep, and rich people eat venlson be-
cause it is deer.
When a fellow now wants to talk real
nice slang be says: "Oh, file your ear
and look pleasant"
While sunlight is the most favorable
for haymaking, it is o well known TACT
that wild oats are best sown by moon
light.
Mr.. Beecher says that when doctors
are called to treat any disease the nature
of which they do not understand, they
,..ail it. malaria.
A Michigan farmer invented a trick
with a hole in it. he sold rolls OF but
ter that had been made hollow, hlled
with water and frozen solid.
The Philadelphia Nesos says it Is bet
ter to have loved and lost THIN to be
Obliged to get up at five O'Clock on cold
winter mornings to start a lire.
"The man who sings "Rock Me to
Sleep, Mother" weighs over two hun
bred pounds, and it is physically
impossible for his parent to accede to
his wishes.
Eugene, Eugene. will you insist
on wearing the hair Of another woman
on your teadp" "Alphonse. Alphonss,
do you still insist upon wearing the skin
of another calf upon your feetp"
One Of the things that saddens a man
fnthis vale of eye water is to lie awake
.kalf the night listening to q barking
dog. and. upon regaianipg consciousness.
no discover thnt tae4frei 1egRerhasss
gone Out.-s6s1 Y6Fk
it." said AramiHta t6H1AdUfpfasyE1&a&
was about to part for q short time.
Adolphus bought her aJhand mirror, as
be wished to be remembered often.-
McGreqof NetuS.
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it." said AramiHta tt1Ad0lpAHsyae18&
was about to part for q short time.
Adolphus bought her ahand mirror, as
be wished to be remembered often.-
McGreqor News.