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FightTor the CUSTODY child

Eleven or twelve years ago David Il
Winaus and his wife, living on beautiful
estate at Fest Orange, N. j., became very
fond OF a little girl, two years old. the
daughter Of Mrs Luppi, a servant living
in the family. Tnc child's father was
dead, and the mother, not being able to
provide for her, consented 10 the adoption
Of the child by her employers. Mr.
Winans was made the guardian Of the oirI
and her name was changed 10 Mabel
Winans. She has been carefully educa
ted, and has always been treated by her
foster parents with the same tenderness
with which they might have treated their
own offspring Since then the mother
has been married a second time, and mad,
an effort TO recover the child. Bya tficb
last winter she was taken to her mothers
home, in Sussex County, and was with
difficulty recovered The mother then
instituted a suit TO have the letters of
guardianship set aside, but the Orpban.,
Court has decided against her u.ho,
had a decided preference for Mr. ond
Mrs. Winans, and when che moi NJ
Iuppi in court refused 10 recognize ~
greet her as her mother Mr.. W,nans
claimed that the effort TO take the cb,ld
from him bad not been prumpted Lv
motherly affection, but ne he ~ A Protcs,
snt and the mother and her reIatives arc
Catholics, that u was the result Of pr,esiiv
interference lie Grained, too. thai ~
child will be much happier In his care
and that he ~ better able To- sustain her i,
the sphere of life for which she has n. en-
trained aud educated Judge McC,srter,s
decision, just rendered, DEGREES tue cns,o.
dy of the child 20 her guardian. and ne is
gwen leave 90 adopt her and 10 chang
her name from Mary Luppi bes'oS.
Ell upon her by her mOther--to Mabel
Winans.
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uURRIH FoR oHD PRESTON,

We feel like throwing up our bat,
says the Wheeling Register, and Civ.
ing old Preston a complimentary
boot in honor OF the success of her
railroad proposition, voted on by the
people last Saturday.
Our dispatches inform us that the
subscription wac carried by vot e
of 272 to l26. 1t thus had 81 votes
to spare over a three -6fths majority
Considering the determined oppo.
sitiou which the subscription met
from certain quarters, this is a vic
tory which the enterprising citizens
OF that county and especially the
Fress, can appreciate.
1t judiciously applied, this mouey
so voted wal advance the material
interests Of o'd Preato on very greatly,
as 1t puts one OF her principal towns
virtually upon through line Of
railway eas. and west, living it "a
ready market and an opportunity it
has long sought and greatly need d,
to increase It's population and bust
ness. Klnewood is an attractive
town and possesses many superior
advantages as residence aud bust
ness point, but for the drawback OF
being removed from railroad commu.
nication.
Moreover. the county and the
county seat are rich and abundant
ly able to build a railroad. They
will never feel the tax imposed by
Ihis subscription. The railroad it
self will pay the increase OF tax it
necessitates, and every individual
interest will be so much improved as
to make the tax benefit, rat her
than a burden.
Let the people of Prestoy put
their road under contract at once,
and let old Mononsa.Ia, Barbour,
Marion aud Harrison take fresh
IRON the example, aod pus h
their projects with ,euewed zeal.
West Virginia Is getting out OF the
woods slowly, but surely.
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whole twelyemonth would probably
have seen 10000 persons turned out
OF doors TO perish bv the roadside.
Happily, the bill now INTRODUCED
not only puts stop to further evir-
tions, but also offers succor and re-
dress . those who have been eiected q
rom t5'ir holdings during the past
s.x months. We must bear in mind
that very many tenants are in arrears
not merely for three years, but for
i've and eight years, and iu some
cases for fifteen years. 1t matters not
however, under Mr. Glsdstone's bill,
II farmer owes the land lord rent for
twenty yeare; the latter is in no case
to receive more than two years rem.
tai IN lieu OF all arrears, aud Of those
TWO years The tenant need pay but
one, the Government assuming the
payment OF the other. Nor even
Tor this one year, for which alone the
tenant is liable, can the landlord
demand the rack rent which he
has been In the habit of exacting. He
shall nave tie rent fixed by Grilith's
valuation, and not penny more.
Moreover, the tenant will have up-
hl July, 1888, in which to tender
one years rent according to Grit
hths valuation, on payment of which
all arr taTs, no matter how long ac-
cnmnlated, shall be wiped ont for
ever. As we have SAID, too, land
lords cannot avoid the consequences
OF this bill by evioting tenen ts at once
before the passage OF the measure,
tor the peasant thus turned out OF
ais holding will have six months in
winch to invoke the benefit Of the act
and secure reinstatement. We should
add that the IaS will be applicable
to AL tenants paying less' than $l5O
a year, upon Griffith s valuation,
That isto say. TO the great macs OF
the Irish psasan'ry.
In short, Irish landlorda had claims
against their tenants for arrears
amounting IN the aggregate to a sun
which has been computed al high as
fS5 O00, 600. and which has Deve been
placed below $5O,OoO.O0O. They
will get about $2O,oO0,OQO. one-haIf
VI which viii be paid by the British
Government.
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on on TROUBLED WIrERS,

a writer in recent number Of an
Eoghsh periodlcaI OF high character
ia at great pain1to marshal the proofs
OF the ben-licla effect OF oil in qli-
citing the surface OF the ocean in rough
weather. Many perfectly autbe1ti-
Gated instances are adducel where
by dihusing a gallon or two of OF to
the windward, ships and boats crews
have escaped with safety dangers
which without this resource Woul d
have doubtless proved fatal. The
methods Of applying the oil me va
rious. Tue best way for vessels at
sea is to Gil pierced canvas bags
with the o. and attaching long ines,
let them trail some distance to wind
ward. The ehec, is magical. The
larger waves continue, 1t 10 true, but
they lose their caps and the general
surface becomes smoot her and easily
havlgabie For boat approaching
breaker on lee shore it s sufficient
to throw the oil out ahead wit h
small cups and ride ia on the smooth
lane thus created. These are i'm
prompfu methods. AtPeterhead, 10
Aberdeepsh,re, On be northeast coast
Of Scotlr T. hea l.4nl famous for
it's rough water, mere scientific
and thoioushs,irg plan has been
tried. With the vieg Of sm oothiuq
the water Of the hsibor iurlher up
the bay iron pipe pierced with holes
was laid under water several hundred
yards out from the headland acrot 9
the entrance, and by means Of a
force pump oil from a tank contain
ing hundred gallons was sent out
through the pipe aud allowed to rise
to the surface during a severe storm
The effect was all that could be de-
sired. The whole harbor within the
line Of the pipe, from sea IN which
no ship could live, became compars-
lively qniet and safe. Sailors, it il
urged, should consider no life boat
fully equipped unless there are sew
ersl galions ol oil aboard
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DIRECTORY.
coU NrY OFFICERS,


fudge Of G'c Circuit CsUt-Hon. VIM
T. Ice.
Commissione, S--J ohm u. Jones (Presi-
dent III. Q. Hagans, and JAS. Allender.
Clerk of tie Circuit COUrt-Smith Crane.
CLERK Of the County COtut-J. Ann Mar
tin.
sheriff. elisha Thomas.
SttrUeyor- John a. DalIymple.
A AsseSSors-W est side, Thos. Fortney;
East Side. Gabriel Pulliam.
Commissioner Of Lost Records " IN.
@. Morley
Phusicidn to Jda and Po9,ho@e-Dr. S.
Austen Pratt.
county Superintendent Of Free .Schoo's-
Joseph III Hawthorne.
commissioners of the Circuit ComIt-
Smith Crane, Joseph II. Hawthorne, II.
w. McCaherty and Jlo, Morris Crane.
Commissioners Of the county C0uTt-J.
w. Parks, III. w. McCaiiary, Jos. ii.
Hawthorne and Smith Game.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.
Afayor-Jno. Barton Payne.
C0unciJ-James II. Manown, ID. Young
Morris. ID. c. Hughes, Elisha Thomis
Petcr Voltz.
RecoTder-John NJ. Crane,
Sergednt-J imes T.. MurdOck.
Justice of the Peace } cseph NJ. Gods
win.
Constable james Carroll.
MINISTERS.
Presbyterian Rev. Samuel Graham.
6IethOdist EpiscOpdI- a Hall.
BapGsi-Rev. Patri TX Murray.
EUau0pLic"L-- Rev. NJ. Ballentinc.
n N. H. Chtrct--- Rev. Alfred Steptoe
THE NATIoNAL BANK OF KINowooD.
President-W G.. Brown.
Vice .PreSideHt-Smith Crane.
Cash,er-F. Heermans,
Assistant Cashier j. w. Parks.
uIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUGT-TERNS or
COURT IN PRESTON COUNTY.
A pril Term, Sth day of April.
August Term, 18th day OF August.
Novenlb Der Term, oath day Of NOvem-
DER.
COUNTY COURT.
First Monday in January. first Mon
day in April, second Monday i'm July
and first Monday in October.
gIN9wooD PosroFFICE.
Mails close att o'clock a. IN; arrive at
5 o'clock p. Ih.
Office open at5 O'Clock n. m; closes ai
8 o'clock pm. j. NJ. Go OWN. =. NJ.
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NEWSPAPER LAWS.

!. Any person who takes papor from
the Postotiice, whether directed 20 his
name on auoCher, or whether he has SUBJ
seribed or not is responsible for tho pay.
2. If person orders his paper discon-
tinued, he must pay all arrearages. or
the publisher may continue TO send 1t
until rayment is made, ana collect the
whole amount, whether 1t be taken from
tic Office or not. There can loo 40 legal
discootinnance until the payment is
made.
3. If the subscriber orders his paper
to he stopped at a certain time, and the
publisher continues to send 1.-THE subscri-
ber Is bound to pay for it, if he takes it
out OF the Postoflice. The law proceeds
ubon the ground that man must pay
for what he uses.
4. The Courts have decided that refus>
lag to take newspaper or periodical
from the Pos:ollice, or removing and
leaving them uncaled for is pi'iBld fdcid
evidence of intentional fraud.
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NO. IL
why "sraby minc- Painted.

Once, when Nine. Rentz and her female
mins,rcls were performing In San Fran.
cisco, a wellknown Front street met
chan,--one OF tho front orchestra seat
brigade, whose head was more clear than
level-waited around the stage entrance
to the Standard Theatre after the perto,-
nance trying TO conceal handsome bot
quct under h ulster.
For a long time he kept pcering at the
different specimens of Nine. Ren,z's
sirens, as they put ur their umbrellas aud
trotted away In the rain. After waiting
patiently for about an hour he approach
eel an individual with red scarf and u
slouched hat. who stood smoking o cig,r
At the entrance, and said:
Gan you tell me. sir, IL Miss Chlorine
has gone home vet ?"
"Oh, yea. been gone half an hour" re-
piled the slouch hat party cheerfullyi
Those flowers for her2'
"Well-or--um-yee."
"I'll give 'em To her--see her later"
said the obliging man.
''' JpNA Nti1 AlhO, buEtly.
'Oh, not at all, said the man, smelling
tho bouquet with the air of connoissvut.
Anything elsep'
"Well-ahemi--yes. just give her this
pair of earrings"
Certainly. What name shall sayP"
"Just say that Baby Mine'-shell un-
derstand-sends love, and says 2,3O, at
the same place tomorrow"
I'll just make mem. OF that" said III"
red-,ie man, writing ON his shirt cut .
$3.50 same place tomorrow. All right
Anything else2"
"No, that's all. Sure you'l see her
this EVENING"
"Oh, certain"
"And you'll get chance to speak to
her when there Ia no one around2''
"Oh, dead sue. You see, I'm her hus.
band!'
baby Mine" tainted, and was sent TO
his home in hack.
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The simplest thing sometimes requires
an explanation and as there ar manv
who have never witnessed tho modus
oporandi Of waxing floor, we venture
TO give IL, hoping it may prove aocepta>
bic Information 10 some Scrubt the floor
as white and clean rs It can be made.
then, before 1t Is quite dry, bnt nearly
so, sprinkle thickly with wheat bran.
corn meal, fine homiuy or some such
material. Have ready a hair scrubbino
brush with a long handle, and a nan
containing melted bees>wax. Din tbe
brush into the wax and get It we'll co,
cred with the wax, alter which lot il cool
until nearly hardened, then place The
brush upon tho bran and proceed to rub
briskly but not heavily at first, keepino
plenty Of bran under the brush. Cons
unue as many times as you please IN
pass over the fioor--the more you rub
the more polished IL wi become. Tho
bran may be swept carefully into a nan
aud repeatedly used. It is not necessarv
20 use wax every day. An old fa.bion.
ed plantation scrubbing broom with a
long handle and filled with sbncks and
plenty Of bran will keep floor nice and
polished if passed over once a dav. nv
gradual use OF WAX every crack will fe
filled. and the floor will become nerroct~
" smooth and as polished as glass.
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n Terrible Liar.

"He was the orfulest liar | ever SEEM"
said Cooley O'Leary as he returned from
his friends funeral. why, he told me
once that he lived on small island out I'm
the Pacific Ocean, on which there was
a volcano. And he said there was nm ac.
tive demand out In that region for water.
melons, and he went into the business of
raising them. And he said one year his
whole crop failed except one melon, and
that kept on growing at such fearful
rate that II crowded him off the lowland
aud up on the side of the volcano, which
generated steam and caused an explosion
which blew up the whole concern 10
atoms, and shot him four hundred miles
out go sea, where he was picked up by n
whalor. He used to- tell me that tho ono
great mistake of his life was that he didn't
drive plug IN the crater of the volcano
so as to make 1t water-tight, and then
slice open the watermelon and come sail
ing home on the half-shtll.
ale would lie. He said that once be
was cast away on an iceberg, with no
baggage but pair of skates and a fishing
pole. But he skatcd around until he oa,nc
acroes dead whale, frozen into the ice
80 he took oil his shirt--it was night for
six months that year up therefore 10 in
tostrps for wick, ran the strips through
the bamboo fshiDg-rod, stuck the rod ini n
the fat Of tho whale, and lit the other end
lie said 1t burned splendidIy. and the ice
berg rehecied the light so strongly that IL
was az bright as day for forty miles
around, AMI one vessel ran into the berg.
! thinking II was lighthouse. He said he
sold the iceberg 10 the captain for fifteen
thousand dollars, and the captain split n
up and took IL home, and made two hun.
dred per cent profit disposlpg Of IL to ice
Companies.
Lie ? Well, sir, he beat any man r
ever came across. Told me that once out
In Nevada a mountain lion attacked him
with his mouth wide open. He had pres
encc Of mind euOdgh 10 grab Il by the
tongue and pull. The lion roared with
| pain, hut he did bis level best at pulling
Ind pretty soon the tongue began 10 gIvg
and the tail 10 shorten, and directly out
ihey came, the tongue and the tail. In one
long continuous string. He said he had
en- at home and he showed 'em 10 me.
but my belief 10 that they were only three
or four cowhides and bulls tail dove
tailed together.
lie WAS astonishing az truth cruab.
er Said he served ON q guuboat during
the war which was very small and ligbt.
while the mortar on the deck was ysry
large and heavy, and he said the first time
they trled'to fire n ffteen-inch shell. the
she'll remained stationary, while the recoll
was 80 great bat II fred the gunboat four
miles up the stream aad landed 1t in a
tree He was liar, but now he's dead
| reckon he'll ketch H."
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dent and Mr.. Cameron that unless
they are withdrawn the party will
be IN danger OF defeat.
The situation In the State at this
moment is, therefore, OF bad omen
for the regular Republicans. They
are plainly despondent, while some
OF their newspapers show signs of
recipient panic. The Independents,
on the other hand, are jubllaut and
confident, and are talking no longer
OF merely defeating the Cameron
ticket, but are inclined to think
they may elect one of their own.
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iNCREASE IN THE RiTEROID MIR
1GE or WEST TIRGINII.

az a. Of HJ.NI IIRGINII.
The Buckbannon branch Of the
Weston Railroad, says the Wheeling
Register. will probably be completed
aud the trains running between hose
points come Tine next fall. There
are only sixteen miles CT road to be
built, AID with proper energy there
is an abundance Of time 10 finish it
this summer.
Tie Wheeling, Parkersburg and
Charieeton Road will be Fut under
contract, probably some time naxt
month. and the work of construction
viii begin at once. There is a fair
probability that the main part 1t the
inc between Wheeling and Psrkers.
burg will be built before next winter
The grades are eaey, there are 10
tunnels to be cut, no great bridges
to be made, and if sufficient working
force can be procured the IRON may
be laid this season.
These two roads are quite certain
10 add to the real railroad mileage Of
be State this year. Also the West
Virginia Central will be still further
extended up into he mountains.
There are quite number Of other
projects incubsting in different sec
tlone Of the State that may possibly
hatch ont few miles more during
the year. There is a prof sct in Pres.
ton County between Kingwood and
the B. e. o. road; the project agi-
tatod in Harrison, Marion and Mo
nongalia Counties from the Pennsyl-
vania line to Harrison, the Grafton
Greebbrier project, which promises
we'll between Grafton and Philippii
beside a number OF roads in the
Southern end Of the State. reaching
through the Kanawha region to th q
Ohio River.
Thus it will appear that our rail -
road enterprises for this year are
not to be confined exclusively to pa
per. We are gradually gettiag out
Of the woods. Railroad talk is turn
ing to railroad work. courting out
side capital is changed TO a policy oI
putting up our own stake; we have
| quit begging and gone TO helping
ourselves, aud with this policy fairly
under way we will be able to ado
considerable to the railroad mileae,
OF the State 2 the next few years.
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Signs Of coming troubIe for Sena-
tor Cameron, says the New York
Ir1bune, multiply in Pennsylvania
Unless all indications Of public sen
tlment in the State are misleading
the Independents have gained
strength daily since the Harrisburg
Convention. Newspapers in the
State which we're at fret inclined TO
5hink that Mr.. Cameron had outw1t
ted his opponents and had secured
the nomination Of q ticket which could
not be defeated, are saying now
that tbefe is veritable independ
ent boon" sweeping over the State.
and that the Cameron ticket has a
nard fight ahead ol it with a possi
billty Of defeat in the end. Other
newspapers, which proclaimed the
work Of the convention great tri.
unph for harmony, and declared the
belief that all excuse Tor opposition
bad been taken away, are now beg
ging the President to withdraw from
the Senate some Of the nominations
he has made at Dir. e neron,s re.
quest, and are assurilg the Presi.
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A MIRACLE IN or oITY.

Doctors umbfOundcd-
and the People wild with Excite
mcut.
rom the oil City Derrick.
Mics Maggie Martin, Of this city, has
been mn and confined 10 the house for sew.
ereral years. Our best physicians failed
90 give her relief She took Peruna and, TO
the establishment Of all who knew her, she
is now up and about again. Mr.. Simmons.
the Druggist, sold 1874 bOitlcs Lost week.
lie buys IN gross lots Mf. COwcu, TOO.
sells u. Ask your druggist for d. Hart
mans bOOk-"Ills Of nfo' (gratis). Ad
tgtss DR.. r., al Osborn, o., iyr Drt.
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Az INTERESTING ECAIrss.

"A brief cable despatch, announc-
ing the success of the observation OF
the solar eclipse on Wednesday Of
last week by the European astrouo-
msrs who went to Egypt for tie
purpose contains two very interest =
ing statements. The first is that
the spectioscopio observations of the
French astronomers indicated the
existence Of a lunar atmosphere.
Ii this atmosphere is OF consldera-
ble extent, these observations may
result In some change of opinion
concerning the physical condition
OF The moon. Many have held that
there were indications of slight
atmosphere in the moon, but we
Thave been so Tong accustomed TO
hear our satellite spoken of as an
"a'riess and wsterless desert and
dead world" that it would be
genuine surprise should it turn cut,
alter all, that the moon is not quite
dead. Still, even if the moon has
an atmosphere, it probably greatly
rarehed, so as to be incapable of
supporting the higher forms of lie
with which the earth is stocked.
The absense Of signs ol water upon
the moon also initiates against the
notion of it's being inhabited. Those
who believe, however, despite the
apparent absence of the first reoui-
sites ior the support of life that the
moon is not destitute of inhabitants
have always maintained, with a show
OF reason, that we ought not TO
limit the existance of living
beings TO such conditions and
surroundings as our earth presents.
because we cannot survive unless
we have certain gases mixed in GER
tam proportions, or, in otker words,
what we cal water and air. we
should not assume that all life ia re
strictei In the same manner. In
lact, the earth itself furnishes sufi
cient examples of the very various
conditions under which lie may ex-
ISL TO warn us against jumping at
any CONCLUSIONS concerning its uIti-
mate limitations. II it turns out
that the observations Just made in
Egypt have emonstrated the ex
lsteuce Of a considerable atmosphere
surrounding The moon, believers in
theories OF lunar habitability will
'eei greatly encouraged.
The other announcement that
possesses special interest is that dur
ing the eclipse foe comet was
discovered close to the sun. This
could OF have been the Wells comet
which is still at considerable die
tance from the sun, being, in fact,
more than three weeks from its GER
lhelion. 1t 1T is a new comet, how
happens it that the Astronomers.
who are constantly sweeping the
heavens in search Of such objects,
have let it slip into the nei yhbor-
hood Of the gun without being de-
tected ? We do not recall any other
instance OF the discovery oil come t
during an eclipse.
The important part that phoiog-
raphy has played on this occasion is
another interesting feature. The
observers, it is said, succeeded ia
photographing the spectrum OF the
corona and also in determining the
place Of the new comet by the came
means.
There is thus every indication
that the full story Of the doings OF
these astronomers who went down
into the land OF Egypt armed with
the marvellous Instruments Of mod -
ern science will prove Of eztraordi-
nary interest.