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T18F "F1RTBOTO. rs ALL PERFECTION !.
Varrsnted tho best scent Cigar in the District.
Tfy one Of 6ICKLE8' OaliforuiA Cigar Gtoro. No..
iou PQnpaylyaniA arcane. Wa2rSn
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N. B.-Ooca Beef Tonic Is not secret pstent
II heir 70 1t 10 prepared from regular pharma.
ceufcal ingredients, and the perfect form In Which
bined experiments Of leading physicians. 1t
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ORKNEY DPRINGS.
~ SHENANDOAH Co VA. ~
g. n. MgLIN; Proprietor. M:

This MAGNIFICENT summer resort. situAted among
miles from Baltimore 4 Ohio B: T.. Ct Mt gaG si
son. within few hours travel o. the c1tse o.
which make . watering place attractive: IL great
altitude. 500 feet above the Level o. fc1 1d delrht
full The ATsepRi. S WioT spTnss
FOR tteir MeiicdnaI virtue and curative properties
stand unrivaled on this Continent; -, 70. neaiths
PRound frfp tickets issued by the different rau-
road cSnpanies. Passengers leave MI Jackson
.y sftor the arriyAt Of the train, arriving 1t tho
Same To early tea. after being transported IN
Ply Ws9onettes over one Of the best mountain
Any large wetering place in the two Virginia. and
with perfect safety; no mountain to cross.
Board from $47 to $50 per month OF 30 day.. 80
oording to location Special contracts made with
families or large parties. Gan accommodate $50
Pplendid livery; charges moderate. Send for
pamphlet m12-lm
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RlnER SPRINGS now open for reception of
- !. EOAhDkRS from JUNE LIST to SEP a
IEMBER lst Ample facilities fer boot YEAo
II z. fishing, bathing. Grabbing; fruit in n.tit
SSundance. Terms, 81 26 per day. over four days
snofter rme, 81 90 per day. Address DR. r. p
BLACKSTONE. River Springs o.. Nd pas
senSe5s on Arrowsmith land at Coltoa's VIII srf
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AT shVERBERG's.
312 Seventh Street.
500 Sets OF CroQuet from &c.
Lawn Tennis from 81 per set up.
Archery in full assortment
n. Y. Roller Skates 99c.
Strong and Lig ht Hammocks will bear sOO Jr,s o,
Mexican Hammocks, az.
Handsome Walnut and Ebony Decorated Stands.
from S5c. up. "'A'''
Rustic Baskets at Soc.
Rustic Baskets at 81, eYtrs size and onality
Beautiful Rustic Stands, at 81 and 81 25
siiver Plnted Tea Spoons, SOC: per set
silver Plated Table Spoons and Forks, 81 per SCI.
rogers, Plated Forks and Table Spoons 81.
lyory Handle Table Knives, 6 for 81.
Silver Plsted Table Knives. for 81
silver Plated Breakfast Casters, 81.
Silver Plated Dinner Casters, 81: finer eradee at
q. 80, 50, S3 and 81. saws -
Silver PLATED Spoonholders Sugars Buffers, &C.,
Canels Hair Carriage Mats, Plush Center 46c
be sold very low to close out "
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SIOCkIOS HOTEL, CAPE MAY, N J-CHAs.
pn raa.s Ms6agsr Greatly enlarged aud i'm Ak4
pa 49,; AuoIlonal rooms. new restaurant E:I
elevator ana electric bells: Comfortable sccommo
danon Tor ], GOO guests. Music by Simon Eassiarss
celebrated Orchestra. Opens June 25 IS8l "'et'' o
room Clerk, HARnT DENIsoN, late Of the Girsrd
H----oe.eIlhIa. I'm
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ME6NEs0xY AND THURsDAY.

Our stock must be reduced and our time n lin
tied tomake room. VIII make special discount on
AL New Machines In stock. We mention few
Improved Domestic. New White How Hour.
Home Household, and other makes- Do mos mir
the chance instruction given on Al machines free
Of charge. at
u28 0sh &C. northwest 81. Cloud Building.
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mrs. =. a. Aliens Worlds Hafv He.
SlOrer

IS perfection for restoring gray, white or faded
mar to Its youthful color. gloss and beauty. II
IeneWs It's life, strength and growth. Dan
Dressing. Its perfume rich and rare,
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IL every case Of Oatarrh. Prfce. Is cents Try
IS. Br. Dupare's Blood and Liver Pulls remove
al bilious disorders. Price, IS cents Mrs. DR..
Iitcomb's Lung Balm cures colds, coughs. and
Consumption. Price. IS and so cents. Dr..
nupare'e never failing Pile Remedy cures blind.
bleeding ard itching piles. Price so cents For
sale ak westefn Medical Depot. GIG West Bslti-
more st., Baltimore. Nd, and drugxtets mar2l- 4p
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DAwLRY SPRINGS. va, 600 feet IA
II above tde-water. Capacity three M:MY
TOO guests. Open June l. For particulars address
O. A. SPRINKEL. Treas., Harrisonburg. Va.
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bright HOUSE,

nCEAN VIEW. BETMEEN CAPES HENRY
And 70 minutes ride 10y rail from Nor VSV
folk. Trains every hour. New and ele- lks
CANT seaside resort Elegantly furnished. Fish-
Ing and Bathing not surpassed on the Atlantic
coast. The undersigned assures the public thai
ocean View Will be Kept first class every partic-
ular: Board 81. SO per dsy. and liberal arrange
ment made for parties by tire week or MONTH
Letters CT kilograms TO j. A. Kennedy, Ocean
View va. viii receive PROMPT attention. Beats
ana Fishing Tackle. Billiard Saloon. Bowling
m17-lm ]. A. KENNEDY, Proprietor
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Aaron Burr and Mrs. Hamilton.

When on an official visit to the United
States in 1858, l spent day or two at
Mr.. Stuart Brownies place on the New
Jersey shore of the Hudson River, above
Hoboken. General Taylor, of Ohio, was
another puest. and as the house was at
no Great distance from the spot where
the fatal duel between Burr and Hamll-
ton took place (July u. 1900, conyer-
sation arose on the event, and the char
aeterisfics public and private, of the two
men General Taylor told us that when
a very young man, studying at West
Point he was one day on board river
boat and among the passengers were
Mrs hamilton, widow of Alexander
Hamilton and Aaron Burr, who had re-
Turned 10 the States after his enforced
absence in Europe. in consequence OF his
proved reasonable practices. Burr was
then an old man. but still retained much
of his former confidence and manner, es-
peciallv with ladies' To the astonish-
ment Of those who knew him, on discov.
erino that Mrs. Hamilton was on board
the steamboat, he approached her, took
of his hat, and bowling, said: Mrs.
Hamilton. | believe? My name is Burr.
The effect upon the lady, now well
stricken in years, was electric. Rising
from her seat, she gathered up her dress,
as if TO touch Burr with it would be con-
tamination, drew herself up, and looking
at him from head to foot, swept away
with dignity and grace worthy of her
best days. and left him standing abashed,
if he were capable of feeling so, before
the spectators. Burr replaced his hat
upon his head, and slowly moved back
to the seat he had left purposely to make
this experiment upon the feelings
of the widow of the man he had
slain, for one can not suppose that he
had any intention to apologize or explain,
since this was impossible and
Queries.
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Johnny Skne,s Biz Chn,rce.

A little more than two years since
Johnny Skae, whom everybody knows,
would visit Carson several times a month,
and as he passed down the street from
the railroad depot, with an independent
syagger, and q moIe independent look in
his eve, men would enviously gaze after
him and express their convictions
that he would soon outstrip any single
member of the Bonanza firm in the
possession of millions This was when
Sierra Nevada and Union were selling at
from S250to $500 per share, and Skae
was supposed to hold fifty thousand
shares of the stock of those two mines.
At that period he would have had no
difficulty IN realizing $4,000, 600 in cool
gold coin for his stock; bat no, he was
ambitious, and desired no longer to play
second fiddle even to such n colossal
financial power as the Bonanza firm.
He fancied that the prospective dividends
of the Sierra Nevada and Union Consoh-
dated mines would be greater by tenfod
than those paid by the California and
Consolidated mines. Johnny was over
sanguine; he imagined himself hundred
millionaire, whose millions were safely
deposited in the bowels of the earth
OF that he felt certain. In the mean
time he entertained his friends in regd
style. he invited them from Saa
Francisco to participate in princely fish
and champagne banquets, which were
spread near the reservoir of the Virginia
and Gold Hill Water Works, from which
the luscious trout were taken, and IN
various other ways extended his hospl-
tality to friends in such a manner that
they privately called him Prince John.
In the midst of this, however, he dldone
prudent thing, and that was In settling
S250,000 IN bonds upon his wife. Behev-
ing that the stock of the mines of which
he was so heavy a holder was sure TO
reach at least 81 900 per share he
hypothecated the same to the Nevada
Bank, and purchased several thousand
shares on a margin. Soon thereafter the
market crashed, and it was not long be-
fore his stocks were quoted at $50 and S6o
per share. OF course that nearly ruined
Sl1ae; but being a man of nerve and
desirous of retrieving his lost opportunity
he kept ON dabblipg in stocks which at
one time might have placed him in an
enviable independent position, unhl he
lost all that he had saved from the first
blow; aud it is even said that the $780,
600 which he settled upon his wife went
the wav of the rest. Now Johnny Skae
is in Arizona, in place of living in luxury
and superlative elegance, seeking a
bonanza, which he probably Will nev.r
/ find. 1t is only once in lifetime that
one man in million is so enehantingy
smiled upon by fortune as Johnny Skie
was two and half years ago.-Carssl
city APpeaL a 1e7
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4 clerIca1 Aneedote Of the olden TIme

An old Connecticut clergyman, one
4 upon time, while his wife was absent
| from home, was invited by one of hs
parishioners to dine with him, which IL
\ yitation he accepted?
! The first proposition made, on entering
\ the house, was, that they stake some
! thing" to which the minister. aSsented
The liquor furnished was old Janaica
srum, and the visitor drank as was his
wont-as he would have drank the rum
be usually purchased Of his deacOns, both
of whom sold it.
) Just before sitting down to dinnG the
host produced the decanter again and
again the twain parto0k. The mea was
eaten, pipes were smoked, and, by and
by, before setting forth into the chill
autumnal air for the afternoon melting,
the host offered the decanter once more.
The good old clergyman thought he1new
his own capacity, and he drank accord
ingly. It made him feel good. Ther1Na
was excellent nt-smoota as 0ll--tils bss.
he ever drank. And on his way to the
church, in the chill, bracing air, he was
all right. srr -,..-r-r-. .sr.5r
But, alasl upon. sitting down in his
pulpit, with the great box-stoye, at the
head of the broad aisle, directly below
him. sending up its heat OF old hickory
wood, the strong rum began to take
serious effeet-so much so, that the
poor old Clergyman could not deliver h1s
sermonl His friend, with whom he had
.dined. saw the trouble at once; and, haV-
ing explained to the congregaudn that
the good man had complained of feeling
very unwell at his house, he summoned
the assistance of the deaeons, andhelPed
I, -. Tr,f.
air.
Of course, this made a STIR; and the ,
good deacons, feeling themselves called
upon to uphold the morals of the people \
proceeded forthwith to make compliant !
against the minister. and to summon HIM
before the church-for trial. -
The day appointedf fer the trial arrived
and the minister was called upon to con-
fess, and, if he wished, toexplain. he
did so, as follows: ttt ttA
"Brethren-I confess my misfortune; |
but, let me assure You, j was. led into u |
through nisconception of facts took
dinner with our. good Brother Arnold |
He, rs usual, offered me the friendly cup; /
and imbibed as had been my custom.
As many of you are aware, l have been /
IN the habit, OF, drinking spirit as fur
nislied by our worthy deaeons; and 4
knew not, at the-6me, that Brother Ar
mold had another article entirely. He
has explained to me, however, that the
Jamaica rum which he furnished on that
occasion was procured by him directly
from the importer; whereas, you win
remark, measured my allowance in the
belief that II had passed, through the
hands of our feQconS!1 can only say,
hat I have learned n lesson, which
rust will be of profit to me-
You can imagine, fancy the appear
lnce of those two deacons on that occas-
on. Suffice it to say, they did not press
he complaint any further
But those were things Of the past. In
hose days wedding without wine would
ave been no wedding at all: and your
otal-abstainer was as rare In the pulpit 4
5 he would have been in regimentals =
Vet0 York Ledger.
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A Curious Client.

A Brooklyn newspaper man received
a note from law firm, Smith, Jones 81
Smith, notifying him that claim against
him for several dollars had been placed
in their hands for collection, and In
structing him that he could save him
self some trouble if he'd come around
and talk the matter over. The journal
list was perfectly prepared to converse
on the subject, but disinclined to pay,
so he dropped in on Smith, Jones IL
Smith, and notified them that he had
some business for them.
"There's a man in this town threatens
to sue me, " said he, "and I'm prepared
to spend any amount to beat him. Can
you undertake to carry me through ?"
Certainly calculated Smith, Jones
& Smith, to whom. the newspaper man
was stranger.
What want to do Is to bother him, :"
observed the client "Can I bother
him, whether I owe him or not?"
"Well, we should smile " remarked
Smith, Jones & Smith. "It'n take him
twenty years, if we work the case. ="
g You are strangers to me, gentlemen, y
said the client, '.though 1 hear You
highly spoken of. Now, suppose he
should sue me, how would you go TO
work . a
First, we should stave off the an
swer. Then we would take a lot of
dispositions de 6ene eSse. Just before
the trial we would issue a commission to
examine witnesses in Siberia other
witnesses would be taken we would
have such engagements that we would
stave the trial off, and if he got judg-
ment we would appeal Yes, sir, he'd
use up twenty years getting the money" f"
But what would the lawyers on the
other side be up to all this time? I'm
told they're pretty smart fellows.
''Don't care. Who are they?"
81 don't remember their names, but I
have got their letter. Here what's
this /? BY Jove, gentlemen, they're
Smith, Jones & Smith
The partners looked aghast.
"I hope that nothing I've said will be
used against me, said the client. look
ing from one to the other. ''I trust.
gentlemen, that you won't give me
away in this matter. It's anawful blum
der on my part, but / sincerely hope
you won't take any advantage of it.
Smith, Jones & Smith held a brief
consultation.
"Am 1 in much perilP" asked the
client anxiously.
I'VE think not, said Smith, Jones az
Smith. g We are-eh-are-we are pre-
pared to drop the proceedings. We
won't mention it.. if you won't"
|. "I1l agree not to mention any name.
replied the client, with grin, "and
III promise you my business In the
future.
There was some further conversation
at an adjacent hotel, and, gentle reader,
the only trouble is their names were not
Smith, Jones & Smith.
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Dnshing 1t on.

The first and most prevalent mlscon-
bef,siou of tyros Is, that an article or
poem, to be brilliant, must be dashed
off. They have heard, OF course, that
Johnson wrote "Rasselas" In a week;
that Byron was only thirteen days over
The COrsair;" that Scott was scarcely
double that time in writing q volume Of
"Waverly:" and that Burns composed
'"Iam O. Shanter' between dinner and
tea. But they forget that before these
tasks were accomplished Johnson had
composed and published what would fill
volumes; Byron had already spent the
best of his years III the constant prac-
tlce of his pen; Scott had edited the
Border ballads, the works Of Swift and
Dryden, and written the greatest of his
poems; and that Burns was an expert
and practiced III verse-making as n long
experience in the art could make even
him. Apart altogether from the ques
ton Of the super-eminent genius of all
these men, they did not attain to this
degree of literary celebrity all at once.
They did not jump into it rs a man may
get into suit Of new clothes. 1t was III
each case the result Of the unwea~sed
practice Of their art. There must have
been instances, such as that of the poet
Campbell, where the genius ripened
early, and where the first work was the
best; but this IS very rare even in the
ranks of genius. The rule in these ranks
has rather been on the side Of unniti-
gated labor In correcting and
perfecting their compositions. Many
of them, such as efibhoh, wrote and re
wrote the first Of their productions three
or four times over; and after all, when
they saw fbpiF work in 1Tiuf have been
known to declare that they thought they
could still improve it were they to write
it over vet againl 1t may. be taken,
therefore, as a fundamental rnle IN the
attainment of literary excellence, to spare
no labor in perfecting and polishing, and
to leave no word, or sentence, or passage
unimproyed that still seems to admit of
Improvement. Attention to this would
save many a young writer some of his
bitterest disappointments. - CHap11ber'S 5
JO1fr1l0y
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The slowing Cup.v

This is the recipe for the ''Loving
Cup" which has for years been used at
the feasts of the Lord Mayor of London.
Mix of port wine two bottles, of sherry
one. OF claret one, and of brandy one
gill, to which add the thin, oily peel
of two lemons, and the water (when
cooled )-and reduced from a pint to
half pint-in which have been boiled
and therefrom strained of cinnamon,
cloves and allspice one ounce each.
When this spiced mixture is cool, add
the juice of the two lemons, with a
quarter pound of white sngar, and of
Maraschino and Curacao one wine-glass
each. Put the mixture in porcelain
closed vessel and imbed it in ice one
hour. Then add two bottles OF German
seltzer-water with-to float on top-a
few lemon slices and half spoonful of
grated nutmeg. The Londio loving cup
holds little more than a gallon and q
half.
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The Mate's Yarn.

One evening, when the clouds looked
Wild and whirling, 1 asked X if it was
coming on to blow. s'No, [ guess not, :"
said he; "bum-by the moon will be up,
and scof away that ere loose stuff. y
His 1ntonation set phrase "scoff away
IN quotation marks as plain as print. So
i put query in each eye, and he
went on.
There was Dutch cappen onst, an
his mate come to him in the cabin,
where he sot takin' his schnapps, an saws,
'Cappen, it's a gettin' thick, an looks
KIN o 'squally; hedn't we's goods shorten
sail 'Gimmy my almanick,' saws the
cappen. So he looks at it spell, an
says he, The moons due in less'n half
an hour, an she'll scoff away ev'ythin'
clare agin. So the mate he goes. an
bum-by down he come agin, an says,
'Cappen, this 'ere's the alfredest, power
fullest moon't ever you did see. She's
soon away the maintogallants1, and
she's to work on the foretops1 now.
Guess you'd better look In the almanick
agln- an fin out when this moon sets.
30 the cappen thought it was about time
to go on deck. Dreadful slow them
Dutcn cappens be -
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VOL. XVI.--NO. 27.
Life Of tsa Car Of Russin.

The following brief sketch of the Cars
life is taken Rosn Chambers Eiacgcio,t
pedid-
Alexander IL Emperor of Russia. was
born April 2a, 1873 He was carefully
educated by his father, Nicholas who
nrofessed himself delighted with the
manifestations Of true Roman shirt In
his son. At sixteen he was declared
Of ace. and made Commafadant of the
I,ancers of the ti1iard Hetman of the Cos
sacks. First Aid-de-Camp Of the En,-
peror. and subject daily to a life of ma.
neuyering. reTie wing and military parade.
which at last seriously injured his health.
He then traEtled through Germany to
recruit his energies, and while there con
cluded a marriage with the Princess
Maria. daughter Of the Grand Duke OF
Darmstadt u 1sH. He now vigorously
applied i1imfel a to his studies as CLAN
celloT OF tbs .sl- -zystS of Finlend4Aa BY
his dexterous aud subtle manners he
insinuated himself into the affections OF
the Firms, and Weakened their love OF
independence. II, founded a chair OF
the Finnish language and literature,
patronized the Academy for the culture
of Finnish Literature, and betrayed the
expenses of Numerous remote expedi-
tions undertaken hy the savants, such as
Cygnoeus, Wallin md Castren In 1850
he visited Southern Russia, Nickolaieff,
Sebastopol, Tifis, Eriyon, &c. 1t IS
said he witnessed with regret the atti-
tude which his father assumed toward
Europe and that he altogether -disap-
proved of the Grimean War. On his
accession to the throne, March 2, 1865,
he found himself in critical position.
He had two parties to cOnclliate at
home-the old Nuscoyite party, blindly
Jealous for war, and the more peacea-
bic and intelligent portion of the Nation,
who possessed his persollm sympatlnes.
He pursued course calculated to en-
courage both; spoke of adhering to the
policy of his iIlustrious ancestors, and at
the same time concluded peace. Since
then he has shown n strong desire to
purge the internal administration of its
impurities. He has sharply rebuked the
corruption Of tunctionarles, and severely
punished some as a warning to the rest.
An honorable recognition has been given
to public instruction, which he has freed
from military influence where that alb
surdity existed, as IN the law schools of
st. Petersbnrg, and has lpiaced it under
his own direct and personal superintend-
ence. His moderation has even stimu-
Idltu Tire Holts OF tIle L oieS. I'J u Ihihe
of May 27, 1856, he has granted to all
Polish exiles who are willing to express
repentance for the past, permission to
return heme; but, though desirous Of
preserving the nationality of Poland. he
will not separate it from the Great Rus
sian Family. The grand achievement of
his reign, however, as. yet Is the emanci-
patton of the Russian serfs in 1861, and
of the Polish sefs in 1867. Anattempt
was made to assassinate him at Paris,
juno 6, 1867, when on visit to Napo-
leon Ill a-
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Toughest story Ever Published.

A correspondent of the Louisville
Ciogsy-seys-.JosSs7aCstst tell the following story
of Cornwall-on-the-H Hud dson, well known
as a summer boarding place:
81 once knew very. ridiculous thing
to happen there. Several years ago
was coming down from Poughleepsie by
boat. 1t was a bright morning in mid
summer, and we stopped at Cornwall to
take aboard the few gentlemen who
went early to business in New York.
Instead of the usual number there were
a great many people who rushed aboard
in various stages of Indignation and dis
gust 1t was an exodus, and we soon
learned the cause. The night before
bread was made up and set in the pantry
to rise Bed time came and all retired
all at least save pet kitten who
prow1ed about seeking comfortable
bed. Kitty got into the pantry, and
finding the pan of bread, which she mis-
took for nice soft cushion, laid down
thereon and went quietly to sleep. The
soft dough yielded gradually and slowly,
but surely; poor kitty was engulfed, the
batter closing over it and leaving no sign.
When morning came the bread was baked
and brought in hot to breakfast. Imagine
the scene-all the boarder seated at
the table-when the loaf was broken
openi They left In body.