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"EEarea to Bear

General Jackson adhered, even
during his Presidency, to certain
IRREGULARITIES or pronunciation
which he had acquired in hi.
youth. lie would, for instance,
pronounce the word Development,
as though it were written devil
ope -ment, with a strong accent
upon 'opeo Corversing one day
with foreign Minister who had
been educated in England, the
General said devil Ope-ment."
In the course of II sentence or two.
the Minister pronounced the We Il
correctly.
II repeati 1t, Mr.. -" continued
the President, "tais measure il ~.
sential to ,he devil ope- ment Of
our resources "
Really, sir" said the Minister.
II consider he de.eek opment Of
your country -" with marked
accent upon Ihe Cel
Excuse me, Mr.. -" exclaiul-
ed the President, you may call it
de- vel opment, ii you please but
l say devil ope-ment, and will say
devil.ope-meut as long as | revere
the memory of good Old Dr.. Wad-
dell!' referring to famous preach
er.
Another man, aged and good,
bat ignorant and suspicious, was
once greatly disturbed by word
with which he was not familiar.
He imagined his ueighbor Dillon
had a grudge against him, and
bfOoded over the surmise until he
believed Dillon 10 be MS bitter
enemy. His family tried in vain
to convince him to the contrary.
One evening in a cburch-meet-
ing, the old man arose aud sta
ted his grievance. Mr., Dillon
could hardly believe bis ears He
sprang 10 his feet as the OLD man
sat down
"Why, my dear brother - ex-
claimed ne you are wholly mis-
taken. | your enemy Why,
such thought never entered my
mind. Indeed ! indeed I! yoa are
under an hdHueiR0tion - aud lie
surprised brother sat down, think
ing he had convinced the old man
that he was mistaken. The meet
ing went on, but just before II clos
ed the old gentleman again arose.
Brethren" said he, ia tremu-
lou5 tones, i've felt bad over
this; hut when Frank Dillon gets
Up in maetil', alore you ali an
declares that I'm fun of hellish
notions, an not voice, not one,
is raised against if, i's--ils too
much, I've been q mem Der here
fifty years almost, but" and he
Strengthened his bowed form, Il
shall never come in mere again
while such hings are said an ac-
cepted."
Aud il was only after much eff
for. that she poor old man was
made to understand the meaning
Of the WORD ha!lGcination.- Youth S
Companion
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3l7 Acres of Land!

There is a large Brick DWELLING
HOUSE with all out.buidings, includ-
ing a No Barn, on the land, together
with good tenant house A fine spring,
and water in every field but one. Con-
venient to Churches, Schools, Market,
etc. This proper ty is rented until April,
LIST, 1884, but lease will be transferred to
purchaser.
Any information desired in regard to
said property, can be obtained from
Faulkner & Ingles, Attorneys, at Mar
tinsburg, or from Wendle Seibert.
TERMS OF SALE For Gas, Berkeley
Savings Bank and Railroa1 Stock, cash
For Real Estate, one third in cash on day
of sale, and the balance in two equal an
nual payments with interest from date ;
deferred payments to be evidenced by
notes AID secured by Deeds of Trust up
on the land. WENDLE SEIBERT,
WENDLE MONG,
Ex'rs. of George Seibert, decd.
lin 81
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Notice to Creditors.

To the creditors Of Joseph Chapman,
deceased:
In pursuance of decree Of the Circuit
Court of the County of Berkely, made in
a cause therein pehding to subject the
real estate of the said Joseph Chapman to
tho payment of his debts, you are requir.
ed to present your claims against the
estate of the said Joseph Chapman for ad,
Indication, to VIM. b. Colston, Commas.
sioner, at his Office in the said county, on
or before the lst day of August, 1883
Witness; S. II. Martin, Clerk Of said
Court, this 23i day of June, 1888.
jn23-6t S. II. MARTIN, Clerk.
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WIN b. COLSTON, Admir-, &C
w vs.. Ia Chancery
Emma Chenoweth, ct al.


Notice is hereby given that on the 30th
day July, 1888, at my Office in the town
of Martir sbnrg, Berkeley County, West
Virginia, | will proceed to execute the
decree rendered in the above styled cause
on the 2Sth day Of April, 1888. wherein
as Special Commissioner, was appointed
by the Circuit Cburt of said county
lst. To ascertain whether the widow
will receive annually "a aommutei sum in
lieu Of dover, and whether all parties
consent thereto, and what is proper
amount therefor
2. Whether the trustee named in the
will, accepts or renouncss the trust
8. | win also settle the administration
account of the administrator, and report
the debts in the order Of their priority
against the estate Of decedent, James W.
Chenoweth; also the proper distributed
share of the widow with the proper
amount annually necessary for the sup
port of the negro man named in the will
and such other matters as may deem
proper or the parties hereto may require.
Given under my baud this 10th day of
June, 1898.
P. A ROHRBAUGB,
jn23-4t SPECIAL Commissioned.
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1t augurs no COOL TO be called n
tore.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
POSTPONED.
DATLRoAD, GAS AND BANK STOCK
n AND
REAL ESTATE.
For Sale at Martinsburg, w. Va.
POSTPONED.

The undersigned, Executors of George
Seibert, decd, will offer at public sale
in front of the Court. House. in Martins
burg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, on
SATURDAY, JULY 81, 1888,
at | O'Clock, p. m. First, so Shares of
Stock in the NJ ARTINSBURG GAS CO.,
five or ten shares will be put up at time.
Second, 10 Shares of Stock in BERKE-
LEY SAYINGS BANK, upon which some
pay ments have been made, and certif.
Gates will be exhibited on day of sale.
Third 35 Shares Of Stock in PARKERS.
BURG BRANCH Railroad Company is
sued on the 26th day of April, 1873, Ger
tificates Nos. so and l6l. Fourth, That
valuable property on East John ST., in
said town. containing Foods and %
Poles know MS the
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Bishops Fertilizer
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SHOWERS LANYARD.

There is bargain in the purchase of
this property, and possession will be CIV
en- within thirty days from day of sale.
Fifth, That conveniently located FARM,
known as the "Gross Farm, at the head
of Dry Run, in Hedgesville District, about
A miles from Martiusburg, on the Parks
Gan Road cOnrainiuU
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FOR SALE.

4 VERY DESIRABLE Lot, 40 feet
n. on Race near Queen Street. Apply
to J. NELSON WISNER,
Attorney.
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GPECIAL COMMISSIONERS SAIL
~ OF A
Desirable Farm.

o
By virtue of a decree of the Circuit
Court for Berkeley county, made April
26th, 1883 ia the chancery cause OF Geo.
d. johnson vs.. George Garrett ct al, the
under gned, special commissioners, will
sell in front of the Courthouse, at Mar
tinsburg, W. Va, on
TUESDAY, JULY "a, 1888.
al II O. clock, A. NJ, the following valua
BILE Real Estate, to-wit: tract OF land
coataiuiug 6S ACRES, more or less, stu:
a.o in Arden District, Berkeley county,
W. Va, adjoining lands of Vim Brown,
j. Nelson Wisner and others, being the
same property conveyed to George Gar.
rett by Richard Garrett, which contains
a full description of the same. There is a
HOUSE and other buildings on the prop
erty, and il is convenient to mills, schools.
churches, &c.
TERMS OF -One-third cash
in hand on day of sale, and the remain
der in two equal payments at nine and
eighteen months from day of sale, with
interest and to be secured by lien re-
served on the realty.
NELSON WISNER,
Il. BOYD FAULKNER,
e. 5. TR0XELL
june20,4t Spell Com'rs.
G. D. Johnson vs.. Geo Garrett, &c.
hereby certify that J. Nelson Wisner,
special commissioner in the above cause,
has executed bond with sufficient securi-
ty, rs required by law
S. H MARTIN, Clerk.
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A Tender Spot Touched.

q don't suppose you allow any one
to go over the bridge yet" said a coun-
tryman, addressing one of the workmen
ION the East River bridge. -
"NOtyet,n said The workman.
"WeH, Il thought I'd just like ter
kinder walk up ter: the top of the tower
an leok the thing over. ( suppose. you
wouldn't mind ir -.
No one allowed on any part of the
bridge said the workman.
"I've heard tell good deal bout
this bridge, and Thought since was
stranger in the city"
I'VE have had too many people
'bethering us already said the work.
man, ''aDd the boss won't allow any
more inside the gates.'f - ( klkt1
49," Wei. that's kinder tough on man
what's come nigh on to seventy-fve
mile to see. that bridge. Now, expect
you feel mighty high when We get tip
there. sMhst@be oycra hundred feet ter !
the top of that big tower.
''Forn OF, five hundred said the,
workman.
iaS'Do teli!'i said the countrvman.
% Now, Iexpect as I'd get giddy like if
l went up there. ! dent mind rrnnin'
the risk. though i4 30
-''' Can't be done.' tsaid the workman.
" Dead against orders"
You don't happen to be a drinkin'
man, do you? : asked the countryman,
winking, and poking his hand into his
pocket. "Cos If you do, I'd like to
have you drink NV
:. You nccdn' expect to bride us, -
said the workman. We're used to
that sort of thing. and the best thing
you can do isto dust right out.H- u
f'Dust what?r o.
t'Get. Move ON. ~ II -.
"When will you be ready to receive
visitors, any. way ~, asked the country
mot in months yet.
Now, that IS too all fired bad" said
the countryman. 'Afore left hum.
Eliza, says she: ''Zekle. if you. com
hum, from York without crossin' that
bridge you hain't no husband Of mine
no more. It's your big chance to be-
come famous in our village says she.
'ani you hain't got drop Of go or snap
in We if you don't take advantage of it,
Now, stranger. be you amarried mani"
81 am" said the workman.
tThen you can. .upderstapd how Tn
pl-" .1H Y =. x
go across said the workman,
stepping aside, and allowing the coun.
trymans 10 pass onto the bridge.-Bi ook-i
Ign Eagle. "
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THE WORLD'SD0IEGS
A summary or the Daily News.
POLITICAL AND PKa.oNAL.

EOkhIICAL AND PEHSONAL.i
The Pennsylvania Senate passed the bill
prohibiting one persen from treating an.
other in n saloon.
HE President has returned TO Washing.
ton from his Southern trip, much improved
In health.
HE Emperor and Empress Of Russia will
reach Moscow on the 2lst Of Nav. The
coronation Is to bs on the 9th. The fes-
t'vities viii include eight grand balls, and
DC prolonged until the sth of June. Tho
state entry into 81. Petersburg will be
made ON the 10Th OF that month.
IHE Lord Chief Justice OF England. hn :
rendered a decision i'm favor OF Charles
Bradiaugh, member OF Parliament for
Worth WaTwickshire, maintaining that
Eradlaugh Is entitled TO his seat in the
commons without taking the oath OF ale
glance.
1T IL reported that the British Ambassa.
aor ut Paris Is instructed 10 ask the French
governments for the oxtradition OF two
irishrnen suspected % completely in tho
dynamite cOnspiracies.
AT special election I'm Georgia Henry
~. mcdaniel was elected Governor 10 sue
oeed the late Alexander II. stephens.
IHE Ohio Legislature abolished the Gin
einnat Hoard Of Health aud authorized the
superior Court 70 appoint a Health Com
missioner, who should appoint an sub
ordinates. The Court announced that &c
would decline 20 make the appointments
The Court held That the law was not man
datory as TO appointment by the Court, and
AZ was against public policy for the Court
70 make appointments Of this. nature.
TIMOTHY KELLEY, the alleged Phonix
Park murderer, in whose case tho Jury
failed 20 agree last week, in Dublin, has
again been placed on trial.
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An injunction suit has been instituted
in the Galloway County Court by nearly
one hundred citizens ~ Galloway Coun.
y. Mo-. against the officers Of the Mis-.
souri, Pcnitcntiary, for the purpose OF
prohibiting the working of convicts on
what Is known as the estate Farm" To-
satcd opposite the prison. The plaintiffs
set forth IN their petition. among other
things, that The convicts are n constant
terror 10 The inhabitants Of the locality.
and their presence dcprcciatcs The value
'fthcir farms that the conyicts have COM
mittcd gruss and brutal outrages upon
some Of the plaintiffs and their families.
by beating and abusing persons, both
male and female; that clothes were
stolen. and in ono case n farmer was
stopped and compelled To undress and
deliver his clothes to cOnvicts; and also
that "convicts have repeatedly nitired
themselves in citizens clothes ut night
and intruded themselves upon the neigh
borhood as guests at parties, balls and
other places Of resort by the citizens for
pleasure and enjoyment. "
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TuE town VI stanton, Va, has been
thrown into high state Of excitement
over the development Of remarkable
poisoning CASE. in which two Young and
pretty ladies were the conspicuous fig-
ures. Miss Maggie Grcavcr. a hand
some brunette, had beau. as all pretty
girls should have. hut she was in
ordinatoly jealous Of Miss Florence
Meredith. a beautiful blonde. who had
occasionally ''smiled upon" the Young
man. The other day Miss Meredith re-
ceived package Of candy through the
postoliiee. No name accompa nicd the
gift and she did not recognize the hand
writing. but supposed II was sent by one
OF her many admirers. She, her father.
little sister, and = lady friend began TO
cat were nc once made Sex and for.
uhatcly stopped. A physician being
hastily summoned found that the candy
had been dosed with strychnine. !. The
victims had commissions and were with
difficulty saved from death. The police
traced the candy and the poison to Miss
Greaver, who was arrested. f..
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Waiting His +" Turn."

Yesterday was the variety reporters
day to have his monthly shave, and for
TINS purpose he visited fremont street
SHOP, and while undergoing the opera
ton by an artist, whom the reporter
tired to interview, but without success.
there entered very seedy-looRing indi.
vidual who sat down apparently wait.
ING for his turn When the familiar
word "neXt" was sung out the last
conner began to divest himself of a very
dilapidated ,overcoat that had evidently
seen years of service. .. IT
'What do you want?" asked the hess
barber. somewhat snappishly, evidently
surmlslng that the man was a tramp
who wanted to beat him out of shave.
- came here to get shave and have
my hair cut
'Well, get out of here; we don't want
any beats around here. Come, GET
Perhaps | ought not to have come
into such a tony place. .EH
Haven't got any time to waste with
you, sir;l so get out. This is no tramp's
retreat"
81 beg pardon, sir, but I've got mon
ely enough to pay for what want done.
II you re not too proud to do it. / had
nifty cents given me to-day by gentle
man of.whom asked but few cents
with which to get something to eat. L
haven had q square meal for week.
and my first impulse was to 90 and
have good dinner. | hesitated and
thought of the advice of the man who
gave me the money. He said to me:
You are an able-bodied man, and can
help yourself if you will. Why not
brace up and be a MANI thereupon
began to mediate upon my past life.
IFS wrctchedncss, misery, etc. Seven
years ago | was admitted to the Suffolk
bar. My father was practicing medi-
cine in u suburban town, few miles
from Boston, and was advised by him
to follow the same profession, so rs to
be able 10 succeed him. for he had "a
good practice. My father, who had
been widower for several years, about
this time married one of the coolest
hearted and most worldly women that
have ever heard of, and TO whom /
took great dislike from the first.
soon left home and began the study of
law, my father paying my expenses.
In little more than three years
from this time, or soon after | was adj
nltteu 10 practice, my father died, and
his wife, in some way or other, obtained
possession of all the property and / was
left penniless. Having but a few dol
lars in my pocket i fOoiishly began to
travel and have, been travelling nearly
ever since. much of the time with
shabby clothes and an empty stomach.
did various kinds of work, but could
not content myself with any
What was your father name?''
asked the barber tf ~ t.ts..
Il don't care to mention anv names.
for there are, still relatives living near
Boston and | do not want they should
know my whereabouts.
The barber was evidently moved by
the story. for he not only cut the fellows
hair but gave him shave and sham
poo, and before leaving lie gave him a
cast-off overcoat and hat, which re-
markedly improved his appearance.
He was allowed to depart with his fifty
cents, but before geing he expressed his
gratitude for the Kindness, shown him,
promised to obtain work Of some kind
and become man againas+BoSton
Globe.
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RepOrtOrial Gush.

A Louisville reporter thus gslshes
over the bride at a recent wedding 10
that city: ''Miss A. needs not. the can
dor of friendly pen to sing her praise.
The beauty of her face but glasses the
beauty of her character. Her winning
personality, the graces of her Christian
training. the individuality of her pres
ence, and her intellectual worth com.
'bine the many virtues that have made
her womanhood characteristic and her
friends great multitude that no man
can number, With none of the friyol-
ity of g5rlhooA and with all its win
some arguments, she has strung her
hearts as golden coins upon an amulet,
making them only more precious in the
environment. - Those who came aS-yit-
nesses to her trofh were but videttes-
honest and heartylini their weleone
swithal-of the army of good friends
who fling after rhep tf1gr HnetaphoricaI
slipper and its attehdant shower OF
frank good Wishes"
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WIT AND WISDOM.

The theatrical manages. ,is~knewr
by the company ne keeps.-N O. Pica-
yune. ( = -
( 1t is good consolation to- sec a
plumber compelled to buy something al
q retail drug store.-Erchange.
We frequently hear the. expression,
"Bee in a bonnet" Who ever saw
bonnet without a b in it?-Bosto,s Star.
First Boy: "Say, do you know
why those factory chimneys are SO
high?' Second Boy: Yes, to keep
out the water in case of a flood FYfe-
gende Bldttcr.
An old Judge told a young lawyer
he would do well to pick some of the
feathers from the wings of his irnagina-
tion,, and stick them into the tail OF his
judgment.
/, =" How is it that you. a healthy rd-
bust woman, come to ask for alms?"
81 beg pardon, madam, but / am a
poor widow with five or six children"
- FItegerW7e BldsteE = ~ Il ~
IT Look heah, Thomas Jefferson. dis
heah's nice time fo' you to be gettin'
home" growled Aunt Polly, as her boy
came in Tong after midnight "oh.
g'long." netorted IIbomas, sayou dunno
muffin. Hadn't you nebber hearn dat
de darkey'S hour IS jos befor dsyp'f-
,Ieras Sit2fngS.
"a New York Judge saws cigarette
smoking is robbing the Young men of
their--braiasr--Fhe Bosto lnraesertgt
complacently remarks that d, when o.
young man says me is 1T afraid of cigar
cites HTtipg him, pEpbably he knows
what he Is talking about - kSg
= -:.fCharley,T remarked Jones, ssyou
were bonn TO be awriter." .sAhp'S re-
piled Charley, blushing slightly at the
compliment; ''you have seen some Of
the things have turned?'' mo- said
Jones; II wasn't referring to what YOU
had written. was simply thinking
what splendid ear You had for carry
ing pen: Immense, Charley; simply
immensem ...,
IA hungry-looking negro boy, while
carrying bag along the street, saw a
dog gnawi4g beef bone. ..Whut Yer
eatin 'etat-fheat right heah on de street
furP" he said. g Amt yer got no ao'
p'llteneSs den dis2' and STOPPING. he
picked up the bone, put it in his bag
and walked away. The dog, Jookeds
after him, and the boy turning, ex-
claimed: Doane Yer cuss me; Use had
my eye on yer for some time. "-Agkos,-
SAG Tauelter. 4~~.-~.y>
"A Cincinnati paper says Chat one one
of the most useful yet neglected of al
the arts is. that of lying in bed" After.
CINCINNATI EDITOR has, Been lying in
the editorial chair all day, or perhaps
tEoIjthirds Of the night. W, shouldn't
in bed. Lying in bed nay, be- a neglect
ed art-especially among t+ampsEi1t
the mother that has to yell Six Separate
tunes in the, morning to get her, four :.
teen-year-old.b oyiout Of bed win not he.
lIeve it.-NorriStotCn Herald.
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DArroN, ONO. has sensation That NJ
least y calculated to point a moral.
The other day the body Of q middle-aecd
woman. entirely nude. was found in a
dark and damp cellar in that city, where
u had evidently lain for over a month.
II was co'-~red with two inches OF mil
dew. and vas so deeomposed that IL had
10 be- shovelcd into n coffin and Inferred
Immediately. Her clothes, old and tat
tered, we're found in the next room.
The affair was great mystery, but the
woman's identity was soon established.
She was the wife Of very wealthy boot
and shoe merchant in Wilmington Ohio.
and Of one ~ the oldest and best fami.
lies OF Clinton County. Her father was
very wealthy. and and she moved In
tho best circles Of society until q few
years ago when she contracted An nm
comfortable appetite for Hquor. opiun
ana laudanum. No tears of friends
could check her. She was powerless.
and gradually grew worse and worse.
Last February she ran away from home.
Here husband made an active search Tor
neF' ont all vain. and hope was given
up she'went to Dayton and sought A
..canty living In a mental capacity. She.
lived the life Of a rccluse in a cellar Of
aVacant house. and was satisfied with
rags for covering and whisky and opium
,or subsistence. Thus she passed her
last days and died no ono seemed TO
know when or By what means.
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uina-mere rudiments In the ,,r,.,.
horse--were fully developed Tha.s,
comes the mesohippus from the Anas;
can miocene beds-formed mnch 81
It's predecessor, except that the forrth
toe of the hind feet is a rnd;n,a.a'
from this point the history of the borSs
can be continued upward in either hemi.u
The miohippus succeeded the meso
hlppus; the rudiment of the fourth too
Is still more rudimentary. In the pro.
tonlppus, which comes after, there are
only three toes on the hind and fore
Ieet. In the pliohippus of the
phocene formation-which follows. the
outer two of the three toes, on hind and
lore feet alike, have changed into splint
PONIES. standing out at angles from the
!eg These were more developed than
IN the modern horse, and are supposed
10 nave served to prevent the hoof from
SINKING deep into marshy ground. The
pllohippus otherwise much resembled
our modern horse, but was smaller.
Inc little ancestor of the horse called
IN Europe hipparion corresponds to
our American protohippus; and the
european anchitherium to our Amer
lean miohippus. Recapitulating back
ward, the geological history of the
morse in America is represented by this
little table:
Horse. quarternary.
PHohfppus, D,.<A
Protohippus, Pliocene.
MiOhippus
Mesohippus, Miocene.
QQrr1phippus, Eocene.
The youngest of the fossil horses.
therefore. belong to the quarternary OF
recent deposits, and the teeth found at
the Avery salt mine belong to the. race
which had disappeared so long before
the coming of the Spaniards that the
American aborigines were terrified by
the mere sight of the horses which the
conquerers had brought with them
AZ. o. Times DenOcrGf.