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transportation Contracts.


RtceF fTess, MGy H.
The awards for transportation of govern
Hent supplies by land in Montana for tn.
fiscal year commencing July lst. have be-l
made as follows:
First route, from Glendive to Poplar rivel
and Buford, " w. Y. Snodgrass, of Bismarck
At $2.l2 per 100 Tbs. for the distance; $3.5l
per 1UO TBS. per lOO miles, with rs per Cent
Increase for wiuter months, al speed of mine
miles per day; AZ speed Ut thirteen miles PEI
day the ngures are, respectively, $2.32, $3.50
and rs per cent.
Second route, from Terry's Landing to
Fort MagInnis, Fsrt AssinaDoine and inter.
mediate points, to j. w.
Power, Of Fort Benton, at, as per above dis
tances, ETC., Sl.64, sl.e4 and 40 per cent;
Sl.s6, $l.S5 and Az per cent.
THIRD route, from Deer Lodge to Fort As
sluaboine aud intervening points, to q. T..
Conrad, of Fort Benton, as per above, S1.72,
$l.72 and 45 per cent; $l.94, sl.94 and ~
per cent.
Fourth route, from Deer Lodge to Mis-
souia, to I. g. Power, Of Montana, rs above,
$3.50, $500 and 80 per cent; $2.4o, S2.75 and
81 per cent.
w. s. Wetzel, Of this city, has the contract
for moving all government freight on these
routes until July LIST, when the above named
gentlemen commence the work on their re-.
spective routes.
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AT THE MATINEE.

They talked of their babies, their clothes
and their teeth,
And there isn't thing you can think of be
meath
The sun or the moon they didn't discuss,
With a wonderful din and a wonderful fuss
But the music we all had assembled to hear
These three charming mothers of babies SC
dear
The orchestra played that musical dream
OF Schubert-his last-until il would seem
That a chorus of angels had caught up the
And lent the sweet tone of their voices su.
preme
To lift our souls up; but these fair mothers
three
Still talked of their babies in innocent glee,
And now the grand chorus rings out through
the hall,
And melody reigns supreme over all
Over all save these mothers, who seem to
forget
The charms of the music because they have
Set
Themselves for a talk, their babies for text,
Without even thought for those they have
vexed.
They tell us that music will charm the wild
breast
OF the savage and set him completely at rest,
But with babies for text, no song ever sung
Can stop for moment q fond mothers
tongue. -Psttsburg Dispatch.
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Prepare for Next Christmas.
american Agriculturist

Rather early to talk about Christmas you
will think. 1t Is so, and 1t Is purposely early
Next winter, whether you are helping to
decorate the church or the school room OF
putting up Christmas green at home, you
will say: 81 wish this did not all look 60
dark and heavy. How few bright flowers
would tighten II up. wish had some Of
those pretty everlasting flowers" The way
to have everlasting flowers next Christmas
is to SOW the seed now. There are number
Of different kinds and they are enly known
BY their botanical name. The most delicate
Of all are Rhodanthes, from Australia, but
they are better fitted for making up into fine
bouquets than for Christmas work. The
most useful for this are the Helichrysums, as
their flowers are large and showy and of .
variety Vt colors-white, rose, yellow, pnr-
pie, and some have brownIsh shades. The
seeds can be had in distinct colors, though it
10 much cheaper to get the mixed seeds, II
the seedsnan will be sure and put all colors
In The mixture Acroclinium Il another
good everlasting, and gives the purest white
ard rose -colored flowers Of all. There are
several Others which you will fnd described
In the seed catalogues.
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Sunlight Not White bur Blue.
Hdrper's Magazine.

Since the time Of Newton 1t has been as.
sumed that all the radiations of the sun
were to be found In the spectrum, and that
these united made white light. There Is
also tacit assumption that white light Is
pure sunlight. Some Of the early expert.
ments at Allegheny have been mentioned,
which showed that the light as we receive II
has been somewhat altered by the SUMS at
mosphere. The change is an absorption Of
rays from the blue eud of the spectrum. It
follows that our sunlight Is more red and
less blue, and far less intense, than 1t would
be If the solar atmosphere did not intervene.
Bnt we are concerned with something nearer
home. Our own atmosphere repeats the
performance, strangles many rays at the blue
end oil ihespectrum, and comparatively few
al :he red end. What does this mean? Let
US shake hands with our friend who wears
green goggles. We too have all our lives
seen things in false light. If we could
place ourselves outside our atmosphere-say
on the moon-we should find that sunlight
is not white; that the sun itself Is really
blue. To the inhabitants of "other worlds
than ouis," the sun may be bluer star than
Vega.
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#a Saturday Reoieao. ,.
NJ. Legouve tells the anecdote of Talms
watching the actor Dorival from the prompt.
er's box until he had discovered his secret,
which consisted in always taking q fresh
breath before the last one was quite exhaust
cd, and In doing his best to conceal the be-
ginning Of each phrase by starting whenever
he could On an =, an Q, or an o-"that Is TO
say, at the point where the fact Of the mouth
being already open makes II possible to take
breath lightly, without the action being per-
ceivsd." Again, Dele SedIs, the celebrated
singer, could ran up and down tho scale in
front Of . lighted candle without the flame
waysring. How Is this done: Itis because
he employs exactly the quantity Of breath
needed to carry the sound Of the notes. II
youor were y try It we would simply waste
our breath. In the chapter On "Pronuncia-
tion," II. Legouve insists, and the point can
hardly b tso much pressed, on the value.
the absolute need in fsct, Or clear articula-
ton as opposed 70 the mere exertion Of voice.
This hs illustrates by . story Of Bou6s. when
he was playing Pere Grandet, In the aFills
dc pAvare. "When he came TO the most
touching scene Of the piece. when the old
miser finds that he Is robbed, the actor began
to scream ont the words q he was accus-
toned TO. Al the end Of few minutes the
sound died away on bis lips. and he Was
compelled 70 continue In murmur. What
happsnsdf That be was thousand times
mere true and more touching than before,
because he was obliged 70 mako up for weak
mess Of voice BY force Of articulation. IL u
trus that no one can speak without 4 voice,
but voics alone has 80 little 70 do with die |
tion that there are readers, orators, and &C.
t0rs 70 whom the very extent Of their voice
ID drawback. Unless they are skilled In
articulation, the volume Of sound deyours
the sense."
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In horses the pulse at rest bsats forty
times, In an OK from ffty to ffty-fvs, and In
sheep and pigs about seventy to eighty beats
per minute. II may be felt wherever large
artery crosses bone. II Is generally exam.
ined In the horse on the cord which crosses
over the bone Of the lower front Of It's curved
position, or in the bony ridge above the eye;
and In cattle over the middle Of the arst rib,
and in sheep by placing the hand on the lsft
side, where the beating Of the heart may be
felt. Any material variation Of the pulse
from the figures given above may be consid-
sidered . sign Of disease. IL rapid, hard,
and full, Ii 10 an indication Of high fever or
innsmmstion;if rapid, small, and weak, low
fever, loss Of blsod, or weakness. II slow,
the probabilities point TO brain disease, and
If irregular, TO heart troubles. This is one
Of tho principal and sure tests Of the health
Of an animal.
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ODE TO A CLAM 3.
BY w. A. CRoFFUT.

Sphinx Of the fragrant sand
Thou art the stony emblem of repose;
Terrestrial type of science and stability.
Within saline cave upon the strand
Thou standest on thy toes
And gazest through thy portfolio at the grand
Procession of the stars,
And shudderest at the elemental wars,
Thou tender-hearted teacher of humility!
y, !anguid mollusk-all the graces blent
So form thy temperament
Thou hast the slow and indolent benignity
And callous mien which men call dignity.
o!
Armed with deadly hoe
] love TO hunt thee to thy native lair
do not like to chase the bounding roe
/ do not care
To follow up the grizzly bear;
To fling the fly unto the wary trout,
Or hunt the fleeing hare,
Or troll for lively salmon in the bay,
For they
So frisk about
They're always liable TO get away.
But once upon thy trail
The gallant sportsman's chase can never fail
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4 Louisville Reporter mt . Wedding.
Couyicr~Joeraol.

aa.iNt Couyicr-Josrnoi
Miss A. needs not the candor Of friendly
pen TO sing her praise. The beauty Of her
face but glasses the beauty Of her character.
Her winning personality, tho gracss Of her
Christian training, the individuality Of her
presence, ana her intellectual worth, COM
pine the many virtues that have made her
womanhood characteristic and her friends
grea: nult,tude that no man can number.
With none Of The frivolity of girlhood, and
with all its winsotne arguments, she has
strung her hearts Is golden ce'ins upon an
amulet, making them only more precious IN
the environment. Those who came - wit
nesses to her iroth were but vidsttes--honest
ANA hearty In their welrome withal--of the
army Of friends who ding alter her tho met
aphorieal slipper and It's attendant shower Of
frank good Wishes.
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POETRY.
LIFE,S MIRAGE.
EDMUND GossE.


Sad would the salt waves be,
And cold the singing sea,
And dark the gulfs that echo to the seven
stringed Tyre.
If things were what they seem,
If life had no fair dream,
No mirage made to tip the dull sea line with
fire.
But on the shores of time,
Hearing the breakers chime,
Falling by night and day along our human
sand,
The poet sits and sees,
Borne on the morning breeze,
The phantom islands float furlong from the
land.
Content to know them there,
Hung In the shining air,
He trims no foolish sail to win the hopeless
coast.
His vision is enough
To feed his soul with love,
And he who grasps too much may even him
self be lost.
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Oscar Wilde is in favor of giving ones wife
q name eslhetically suggestive of her hus-
bands business. A good plan. A chemists
wife would De then Ann Eliza; furniture
dealers, Sophia; farmers, Tilly; fisher.
mans, Nettie; atonsorial artists, Barbara;
q pawnbroker's, Ju liza; q burglars, Kitty;
AL attorneys, Laura; q barkeeper's, Gin
evra; and an editors, Rit-a.-Pittsb,rg TEL
egraph.
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KEAfPsHILL
BREATHING.
Saturday Reoieio.

An Actors Secret and How It Was Discov-
-, cred.
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RottInr laan..

This is the season when hens run mad.
and will not be cOmfOrted unless they can
hide away somewhere add set day and
night on wooden nest-egg or 40 old
door-knob. Several men we're discussing
this question Ia q grocery store one eve
ming recently. A man who owned a large
flock Of DOrkings remarked: Not even
ar act Of Congress can break up q s6ttIn'
hem Ever tried jsmmin' EN- under q
barrel an pourin' water on 'eu 2 demand
ed the man on the sugar barrel. 'Yes,
said the DorklDR man, I've poured water
on m ill they grew web footed like q
blamed duck, and afterwards found 'em
in 40 old coal bod settn' away on lumps
of coal Tie q red reg round one wing,
said man who was eating cheese and
crackers. 'Tbst1l Ak EN- Might a.
we'll offer 'em a cbromo,' said The Dork-
iDg man. Il tied = whole red Uoollen
shirt On one last spring. an dog my cats
II she didn't make q meet Of IL sn' SET three
weeks on the buttons Then the grocer
said 1t was time to close up, and each man
giFdea up bis loins and slowly fled out.
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The following " the list Of deeds admit
ed TO record since our last report
Jno. Barton Payne. cum'r, TO Richard
Fletcher for log acres in King wood dis
trict sdmi,tel tpUl 70.
David g. Livt 9goOd TO Henry Chidester
for 4 acres 10 Pleasant district admitted
April 49,
BeDjsmin Freelsnd to William b. Free
land for 30 acres in Portland district ~.
mitted April 49,
William X. Garner 10 Hehala Green for
! acre lot 1t Eighty Cut; admitted April
10.
David y. Livengood to Christian Guth.
RE for ~ acres ia Pleasant district; I'd
mitted April 10.
Israel b. Plum to Hannah Piles for IN
divided interest 10 the james Plum. land 10
Reno district admitted April 10.
William &. Ringer to Lew r. Miller lor
200 acres in Pleasant district admitted
April a.
David Morgan TO Marshall Morgan for
90 acres IN Portland district admitted
April 49,
Abraham Wiles TO emanuel j. Pifer fol
2S7 acres 10 Union dist; admitted Apr a.
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Commissioners Sale
--OFS
REAL ESTATE.

BY virtue OF decree ot the Circul,
Court of Preston County, W. Va, render
"a in the case OF Crofsou and Moses VS..
Goren y. White, ct Al. the vadersigue,
commissioners will on the
Cru DAY OF APRIL. 1888.
Che same being court day. proceed before
the front door OF the Court House, In
Kingwood, Preston County, w. Va, To
sell the several tracts OF lsud decreed In
IN. above case To- be sold To satisfy claims
due from asid q. q. White to- the various
parties therein named.
The said land ID situate In Valley De-
trict and county aforesaid; One tract con-
tains about AIS ACRES, on CHEAT River,
portion ot IL Is improved, and uno
FARMING AND GRAZING LAND.
Another tract OF about l3s acres In two
parcels, djoinipg the AS acre tract. the
principsl part OF which Ia Improved and
fine farming land. And another tract
containing ab ut 20 or so acres more or
less. adjoining tn, 475 acres and lands Of
David Graham and Others. A portion of
this land Is improved and good productive
farming land.
We are informed that the above lands
are uuderlaid with COAL. LIMESTONE
and IRON ORE.
Tue land will be sold 10 the highest re-
spUnsible bidder, for one 9th cash In
hand and the resiCue OF the purchase
money upon credit OF one, two and
three years; the purchaser executing in
terest bearing notes, with approved secu
rity, for the deferred payments ~ the pur.
chase money.
Wn. q. BKowE, JR-,
JAS. IA. CARROLL.
Com miss iouers,
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GOdey's Lady's Book makes its appear
snce earlier than usual this month, and
also brighter than usual
Its Frontispiece aud Fashion Plates show
decided improvement, and its Fashion
News, together with the account OF tie
Vanderbilt Ball in Now York City, will
be read with interest by the Ladies.
The innovation of corner for gentle
men in the Fashion Department will be
daily appreciated, aud we doubt not that
many Of The male sex will take sly peep
into that part Of the Fashions TO find out
what is chin for special occasions.
Its Novelette,, Marguerite by Eliza
beth Olmis, and 'Her Grsces,' by Mas
Emily Read, need only to be mentioned,
as all they write is eagerly sought.
10 word, GOdey's Lsdy's Book well
merits attention this month in every de-
partment.
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Found Dead,

Toe dead body OF all old man named
Samuel Shaffer wac found in field sbou,
half Il mile below town last Sunday af-
ternoon. He was OF unsouud mind and
has been for some time an inmate of the
county almshouse.' On Sunday morning,
April 8, he wandered Of and was seen no
moro in life. The condition OF the body
when found showed that he had been dead
several days, Justice Goodwin summoned
u jury and held an inquest, which result
ed in finding that the man came to his
death from natural causes. Deceased be.
logged in Union District. and was abou,
20 years of sge.
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Dropped Dead.

On Friday of last week, about z O'Clock
In the evening, Saml J. MulliniI, an old
and well known engineer on the Bird di-
vision; dropped dead with heart disease at
the boarding house Of Mrs Peters in this
place. He had been running an engine
on the b. d 0. road tor the past % vears,
being in his s0th year when he died. The
deceased was genial, pleasant gentle
man and we'll liked by all who knew him.
His remains were taken to his home in
keyser for burial on passenger train No.
! the next day II Grafton Bentinel.
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DIRECTORY.
COUNTY orFIcERs,


Judge 81 tss Cre~t Court-Hon. VIVA
Oonnisssoaei ~ Bishop (Presi-
dent III. q. Rsgsns, and Jas. Allender.
Clerk 81 ths Ctrcsit Coxrt--Smith Crane.
Clerk 81 TAO CbSaty Cosrt-J. AmI Mar
f,osecstisg Attornsy-Neil J. Fortney.
Sherir-- Elisha Thomas
csTveyor- John A. Dali yR pie.
Assessos-wsst side, Thos. Fortney;
East Side. Gabriel Pullism.
O.s~issoaer Of Lost Reeords-wm'
PAystcian 20 yaa and POorhosss-Dr. X.
q. L. Trippett.
Cosaty Superintendent Of Free Schools
Joseph IL Hawthorne.
COMMISSIONS rs Of the Crasn Cburt-
Smith Crane. Joseph IL. Hawthorne, l.
q Halphsnyder Jao. Morris Crane and
r. J. Crogsn.
CORPORATION oFYIoRks.
Adyor-Hon. J. C. McGrew D..
CoIscii-Jas. a. Manown. Jno. S.M
dock, Oliver Dunn, Elisha Thomas
Charles NJ. Bishop
Rsc"rdsr-W. II. Potter
Ssrocant-Johu T. Ned.
Justice Of the Pedee-Jossph NJ. Cod
oenstaSLe-Jamss Carroll.
MISIsrRRs-
<TcS0yScftuN-fScN. samuel 6rahAlu.
Methodist Episcopdi-Rev. A. LYDIA
1dptlst-Rev. Patrick Murray.
kean1eiiccf--Rev. j. w. Cation.
4. N. f. Church. Rev. Alfred Steptoe
TIE NATIONAL HASK or KIHovoop.
Fresident-Wm. q. Brown.
Ytcs P'eSideat-Smitk Crane.
CasAier-F. Heermsps,
Lsssstdnt Cashier w. Parks.
THIRD JUDICIAL cIRcUIr-vRRns or
COURT IN PRESTON COUNTY.
April Term, sth day of April.
August Term, 18th day OF August.
November Term, oath day OF Sovem-
ser.
COUNTY COURT.
First Monday In January. erst Mon
day la April, second Monday In July
and hrst Monday in October.
EINowooD PosroFFIck
Mails close att o'clock a. Ia :; arrive at
. o'clock p. IL.
Once open ats o'clock a. M: closes at
ae'oleck pan. J. NJ. GOODWIN. +. NJ.
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The American Farmer
AND
THE WEST vi. ARGUS
-FoR-
81 rs PER ANNUM.

We have perfected arrangement
with the publishers Of the America o
Farmer. Fort Wayne, Ipd., that ens.
Bile us TO offer our subscrlbers fret
class agricultural magazine at the
bare cost OF the white paper on which
it is printed. The American Far
mer 10 l6-page monthly magazine
which is rapidly taking rank as one
OF the leading agricultural magazines
OF the country. Each number will
contain ueeful information for the
farmer, bis wife. his sonp, and his
daughters. As it costs you almost
nothing. suppose you try it one wear
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A $50 nibIe Reward,

The publishers OF Rutledge's Monthly
offer twelve valuable rewards in their
Monthly for May, among which is the fol
lowing:
We will give $50 10 gold 70 the person
telling us which Is the shortest chapter 10
the New Testament Scriptures loot the
New Rsvision) by May 10, 1883. Should
two or more correct ans wers be received,
the reward will be divided. The money
will be forwarded to the winnsr May Is,
1888 Persons. trying for the reward
mus, send 20 cents in silver mo postsge
stamps takeu) with their answer, for
which they will receive the June Monthly,
10 which the name and address OF the win.
Der Of the reward and the correct answer
will be published, and ia which several
more valuable rewards will he offered.
Address. Rutledge Publighing Company,
EigtoD, Pa.
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Kingwood RriIway Conp.n,

The new board of directors of this com
pany al meeting held lsst Saturday at
ternoon elected the following officers
namely: President, Hon. G. NJ. Bishop
Vice President, VIM. g. Brown. Jr; Sec
Rotary. VIM. M. o. Dawson; Treasurer
VIM. O. Morley. Messrs. @. M. Bishop
K. w. Monroe, Gus. Shsffer, James IL
Carroll and John 8. Murdoch were chosen
an executive committee, and hesers X
W. Monroe. VIM. NJ. o. Dawson, John
Murdock, Gus. j. Shaffer and John j
Cooke were appointed committee TO so
licit additional subscriptions
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Told IL VIII a ki..,

know not how II happened,
Or Whist had 10 say,
But clouds hid all the sunshine
ON my dsrling's lace that day.
I longed to ask forgiveness
For bitter words OF nine.
But pride was fierce and sta beorn,
And SO 1 gave NO sign.
I saw the swift tears f,lliag
Upon my earnings cheek,
And then the grlevcd lips quivered
With words she did not speak.
Then something whispered To mo.
What better way than thisf
Go tell her that you love her,
And tell u with kissr
Dear heart = cried. Il love you
Forgive the words spoke
Across her face the sunshine
Through summer showers broke.
I'm most to blsme,' she whispered.
For what has cone amiss,'
And the troubles OF the morning
w ere ended with "a kiss.
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We do not find fcult. reproach or con-
denim the practice Of any regular phys.
ician-this Is not our mission we
do claim II he were 90 add Peruna 20 his
prescriptions "a directed in our book on
the Ills Of Life land furnished gratuit-
Ously by al dTugRists), he would cure
All his patients,
'OswEob, Potter County, Pa,
DR.. HARTMAN-DEAR SIR The small
ulcers are all healed, and the two large
ones are not more than bali rs large ss
they were, 4 AIN feeling quite we'll. The
people say your PsrOus and Msnqlin are
doing 4 miracle. 4 do not take nearly
80 much opium IS DID before.
MIS-. ELLEN MAYEARR
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M1RRIAD.

SIoLxY-LARxw. AT the residence Of
Fletcher Menear, in Taylor county,
April Shy Rev. Msrcellus Knots, Thos.
4. Sigley aud Pauline Lsrew.
FAwoKrT - JoHNssN At the Baptist
Church in Independence, April IL, by
Rev. ID. b. Simonton, Robert L. Faw-
cett and Minnie Q johnson.
McDERHosT-HILRMA q large
oak tree 4 mile cast OF Kingwood,
April IL, by Rev. Felix Elliott, George
w. McDermopt and Sussnnah Hileman.