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ECHOES.

Oft times when Even's scarlet flag
Floats from the crest of distant woods
And over moorland waste and crag
A weary, voiceless sorrow broods;
Around me hover to and fro
The ghosts of songs heard long ago.
And often midst the rush of wheels,
OF passing and repassing feet,
When half headlOng city reels
Triumphant down the noodtide street
Above the tumult of the throngs
/ hear again the same old songs.
Rest and Unrest-'tis strange that We,
Who lie apart as pole from pole,
Should sway with one strong sovereignty
The secret issues of the soul;
Strange that We both should hold the keys
OF prisoned tender memories.
1t may be when the landscapes rim
Is red and slumberouS round the west
The spirit too grows still and dim,
And turns in half-uncolscious quest
Te those forgotten lullabieS
That whilom closed the infants eyes.
And maybe. when the city mart
Roars with its fullest. loudest tide,
The spirit loses helm and Chart
And on an instant, terrified,
Has fled across the space of years
To notes that banished childhood's fears
We know not-but 'tis sweet to know
Dead hours still haunt the living day,
And sweet to hope that, when the slow
Sure message beckons us away
The past may send some tuneful breath
To echo round the bed of death.
Chambers Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-05-29
Got Even with the Boys.

A party Of young bloOds in Jamaica,
n. Y, concluded tu have some fun with
a cOuntryman who was tramping about
town looking for job. They hired him
to act as a private watchman on a dark
street, promising TO give him $50 for
the first month and then increase his
salary if he proved efficient. The first
night nothing special happened, but the
next night he was met by a rough look
ing customer who threatened to smash
his jaw if he didn't stop patrolling that
beat. In ab0ut one minute the conntry-
man WAS mOpping up the muddy street
with the ill-mannered aristocrat. After
letting up on him he discovered he was
one of the parties who had employed
him. A little later gbostly figure
made its appearance, but it wasn't long
until this ghost, minus its winding
sheet, went flying across an open lot,
bearing black eye and broken nose.
The next day it was discovered that it
was another member of the gang who
hired the man 10 have fun with. He
refused to quit his job until the month,
sued them for his wages, got his pay
in full, and is now member of the po-
lice force-N. Y. Star.
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Fence Philosophy.
Puck.

The owl sits solemn and 9lone on dry
limb, and some say he is an emblem ot
wisdom.
Moral-Gravity is no more evidence
of wisdom than a paper collar is of d
shirt.
A tin rooster on the gable end of a
barn can tell which way the wind blows
but he can't crow.
Moral-Many a man can point out
the road to others that he can't travel
himself.
The lion and the lamb may sometimes
lie down together, and the young child
may lead them.
Moral-But just at present the best
investment you can make with your
money is to bet on the lion.
The goose is called feol bird, and
when you talk science to her she is; but
she never lays more eggs than she Cal,
cover, and never bites off more grass
than she can chew.
Moral-There is wisdom in all things
God has made, and we can learn some
thing if we study the goose.
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Temperance Reform in Germany.

Consul General Vogeler, of Frankfort
on-theMain, informs our State Depart
ment that within the past few months
German society, formed for the suppres
sion of Ofintemperance, has been unusually
active. The title of the organization is
The German Society against the Excess
sive use of Spirituous Liquors" The love
of drinking and carousing is as old as the
German nation itself and Luther asserted
that the Germans had the drink devil in
their belly" Mr.. Vogeler says that while
the great reformer's criticism may appear
harsh, yet it must be admitted that the
German people are most tolerant in iudg-
ing excesses in drink. He remarks that
in Prussia alone the annual consumption
of strong alcoholic drinks amounts to
about 225,000,000 marks, while the amount
expended for all kinds of intoxicating
beverages is estimated at nearly $4,000,
900 marks, sum almost double the rev
enue collected for the support of the roy
al and imperial governments combined.
In northern Germany the consumption is
about eleven liters per capita, liter being
fraction over an English quart. The
consumption of beer and wine is also
large, amounting to $40 liters per capita.
Fifty per cent. of all the pauperism is
clearly traceable to drink. Forty-One
per cent of the crimes committed are due
to stroug drink, and the catalogue of in
sanity and suicide is greatly enlarged
from the same cause. Although the laws
with reference to license are stringent,
the number Of drinking places in Prussia
increased from 1895 in 1S69 to 165, GAO
in 1880; in Bavaria from "a ,342 in 1872, to
80, S33 in 1877; in SaXony from 11,096 In
1869 to 15,O1S in 1877, and in hike pro-
portion elsewhere. This terrible state of
affairs has aroused an effort to stay the
burning tide which is sweeping over the
German nation. The organization to
which Mr. Vogeler refers numbers in its
ranks thousands of members, including
many of the most prominent statesmen,
scholars, journalists, physicians, and au-
thors of the land. Their purpose is to di-
rect public sentiment and the attention
of legislative bodies TO this crying evil
They claim that hitherto the authorities
have been too neglectful of this matter,
and that the time has cone when some.
thing should done to arrest the rapid
march of intemperance. With a view tC
pushing the work auxiliary societies are
being formed, public meetings held, and
pamphlets showing the evils Of intem
perance are being printed and scattered
broadcast throughout the empire.
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THE ORDEAL

Tiny Clarence sat dreamily in her lit
tie parlor. Her real name was Flora, but
people called her Tiny; it was pet name
she had ever since she could remember
She was fair, with transparent skin,
flushed with pale roses, and hair like
foss-silk, when the FURNISHED shadows
came and went in golden glimmers while
her blue eyes were full of sweet. wistful
expression-a human lily of the valley,
in short. At least so Ernest Sargent
thought, as he sat looking at her, with
his heart in his eyes.
you will not give me the answer,
then. which is to seal my fate?"
Not this morning, Mr. Sargent"
"Why not? have surely a right to
ask the question, at least?"
81 am not altogether certain that 1
have made up my mind, Mr.. Sargent"
Ernest's eye frightened.
~You will give me the benefit of the
doubt, then?'
Il can't tell you just yet. don't know
myself. Cannot you comprehend, Mr.
Sargent" with sudden sparkle of iHpa-
tience in her soft eye, that this matter
of marriage to us women is something
more important than the selection of a
favorite shade in silks, or the color of a
spring ribbon!"
Il stand rebuked," he said, rising and
bowling somewhat tremendously. ITO
morrow morning, then, am to call and
get my answer"
"Yes. to morrow morning, if you like"
So Ernest Sargent bent his head over
Tiny Clarence's little rosebud of a hand.
and went away.
"Well, my dear, said Mrs. Clarence, as
Tiny cane slowly up stairs, twisting the
green tassels that hung from her waist,
what have you decided?"
81 have decided upon nothing as yet,
mamma"
"Yes," answered Tiny, after a moment
or two in consideration, Il suppos do"
HE is very rich. and. your father SAYS.
in business whose profits are constantly
increasing. You would be wealthy, my
child"
rs wealth the first object in life, dear
mammal?
NO; but it is more or less important;
and, then, Mr.. Sargent is very handsome" :"
81 know it, mamma"
And then Tiny Clarence went still fur
ther up stairs to the room where Bridget
was dusting and sweeping in a frenzy of
energy.
Bridget" she said. "will you lend me
your brown cloth cloak this afternoon,
and the black silk bonnet; want to wear
them"
SIS it fun you're maxim of poor girl,
Miss Tiny? Sure We wouldn't even yer
self to the likes o. thiml And you, wild
all the fine clothes queen wud wear"
"But am in earnest. Bridget. L am
going to see poor woman who lives in a
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E.P. Dukehart,

Superintendent of B & o R R Co.'S hotels
conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad for 2S years, and previously a
druggist.l writes: Cumberland, Nd, Dec.
II, 1SS1,-I have used but one bottle of
Peruna between myself and son; he had
diptheretic sore throat, and is now well /;
as for myself. it has entirely relieved the
dullness in my head, which has been of
long standing-the chronic malaria; l
never took anything IN my life that gave
mo such great satisfaction; my wife is
now taking it also Ask your druggist
for the Ills of Life and how to cure
tbem-a book
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Every Letters Contents.

Wsbsaw, Jefferson county, Pa-The SWELL
ing is all gone; l am as we'll and natural as
ever was before l was enlarged; am delights
ed with Peruna and Manaln. z SHAFER.
My son lie still improving in health; your
Peruna is just the thing for him. W BAUER,
st Mary's, Pa.
The large chronic ulcers, of Is months
standing, healed; the swelling pain and itch
ing have all subsidized, the leg is healed and I
am perfectly well; Pcruna is a wonderful
remedy. " M GRIFFITH, Ashland, KY.
If you desire health and to save money, ask
your druggist for DR. Hartman's Ills of Life.
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P0EERT.
UNWRITTEN RHYMES.

A dozen times day or more
A little foot comes to my door,
And tho bid, 'come in, stay out,
A little face with smile or pout.
With eyes as blue as gentian bells,
And cheeks as pink as ses-loved shells,
And hair that strays whereer 1t lists,
And hands with dimples kissed and
kissed,
Isee --and countless cunning baby charms,
And then my queen is in my arms.
They fall SO fast cannot speak,
The kisses on my eyes and cheek,
And tangled hair weaveS in the brown.
And dimpled hands nide smile or frown;
And then with thug" and kiss the last,
And tribute paid for service asked,
l stop to tie wanton shoe,
Or vexing knot in string undo,
Or braid strand OF struggling hair,
To save my lady froa despair;
Put here and there pin or two,
To make rent as good as new;
Or kiss a hurt on hand or face,
Or brush away d trouble trare;
Or find her Adam for his Ark,
(Bent doubtlesSly upon a Lark;
Or tell "Bo Peep" or "Nimble Dick.
Or witch Who Rode Bramble Stick;
Or mend wheel in some old SHAY"
That days ago had seen It's day;
Or rock her Simple Simon" lad,
(Who when he's bad is Uery bad);
Or do hundred things and one,
That never ''stay" when they are DONE
And then she's down and off again,
And take up my waiting pen.
But o my thoughts, where have they
flown?
And o my rhymes, where have you gone
And where my plan, and where my plot
That | SO diligent had wrought?
And where ny hero, where my maid?
And cunning scheme SO deftly laid?
They're gone-and though my ink-wet
pen
Is waiting for those maids and men
To render their account to me,
/ only see, and see, and see
My little girl within thedOor,
And hear her football on the floor.
And be it thus; my callow rhyme,
And halting verse, half out OF time,
The world will never want or miss,
And ignorance shall be its bliss,
And other men with happier way
Will say the thoughts l tried to say;
And other lips with songs will ring
What l could feel, but could not sing.
But tho the world stood still as night,
To hear the verses might write,
And though my songs should always live
/ would not give Il would not give
For all of this and kingdoms more,
The JOY feel when at the door
The little face love | see.
Whose face is paradise to me.
s. B. MManus, in Bur. Hawkeye
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An Only Daughter Cured of
COnsumDff0n.

When death was hourly expected, all reme-
dies having failed, and DR. 81 James was ex>
perrin entieg with the many herbs OF Calcutta
ne Accldently made prep ration which cured
ms only child OF Consumption. His cbild is
now In this country, and enjoying the best OF
health; he has proved to the world that Cen- :
sumption can be positively and permanently
cured; the Doctor now gives this recipe free
on 1niy asking 2-oent stamps TO pay expenses
! ! inls herb also cures night sweatu, nnrsea AT
tne stomach, and will break up fresh cold in
of2 Race st. ..Philadelphia, naming this sner'
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Still More So

Will Mcdonald, 2542 Dearborn street, Chica-
go, gratefully acknowledges a cure of Eczema
or salt Rheum. on head, neck, face. arms and
legs for seventeen years, not a bic to move. ex-
cept on hanes and knees, for one year. not
able to help himself for eight years, tried
hundreds of remedies, doctors pronounced his
case hopeless. permanently cured by the
Cuticura Remedies.
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LraIns run on UoIumous Lime west Ohio river
EAST BOUND.-New York Fast Line daily;
with through Sleepers from Chicago to New
York; Washington and Baltimore Epress with
through sleeper from Chicago to Baltimore
DAILY, and Through Coach from Ssndusky to
columbus daily. New York and Baltimore
express daily Newark to New York; on other
divisions. daily, except Sunday. Sleeping
Gar Chicago to Cumberland. All other trains
daily, except Sunday.
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Administrator Notice.

NOTICE IL hereby given that in the Probate
~ Court OF Belmont county. Ohio, the UNDER
signed was appointed and qualified as Admin.
istrator, OF the estate OF Thomas Reed, decd,
late Of Belmont county.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
uuested TO make immediate payment aid
those having claims against said estate will
present them duly authenticated for pay
ment LEE EVANS.
5 22>3t Administrator
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Have Won heard of the great
Have you heard Of the great
ATKINSON WASHER ?
Manufacturd and sold by
] B. Butler St. ClairSVllG, 0.
Directions for Using:

Put in from six to nine gallons of warm
water, not hotter than you can bear your hand
in; then put in your clothes, say six to ten or
dinary pieces, owing 10 size. but not more
than one bed quilt. Chip up the soap; put on
hot water SO as TO make IL soft; add soap unt til
you raise a good suds, and in addition soap
the dirtier parts OF clothes as you would on q
common wash-board. Work the machine
about eight minutes, with say twelve strok es
TO the minute, and n pressure of twenty-five to
thirty pounds, through the first water, and
about five minutes through second water
which must be boiling hot; then rinse through
two waters. about three minutes to each, and
hang out.
TPThis machine is no hnmbug. We war
rant II to do all we ADVERTISE or no sale. II by
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trains run on baltimore time east Ohio river
WEST BoUND.-Chiosgo Fast Line paiIv
Chicago; Chicago Express aally Threugs
sleepers from Baltimore to Chicago aaIiy,
chicago Mail runs daily on Main Lise ana q.
u Division; on other Divisions daily, except
Sunday. Other trains daily except Sunday.
9 Is LORD, G p A, BAltimers,
h REPPERT Passenger Agent, Columbus
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Almost Incredible.

James Z. Richardson, Custom House, New
Orleans. on oath, says-In 1870 scrofulous ul>
GERS broke out on my body until was a mass
of corruption. Everything know to the med
ical faculty was tried in vain. cecame more
weak; &C times could not lift my bands to my
head; could not turn in bed; was in constant
pain, and looked upon life as curse. No re-
lief or cure in ten years. In 1880 heard of the
Cuticura Remedies, used them and was per-
fectly cured. Sworn to before U Com D
Crawford.
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hNITE Send &c for postage and receive
8 ButEA free a costly box OF goods which
II HeEE will help all, of either sex. TO
u tksnmore money right away than
anything else in this world; tor tunes avail
the workers sure. At once address TRUE 4
Co., Augusta, Maine. Il7-ly
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n7o WEEK; sl2 o day at home % easily mage 6e
> ugusta, Maiue
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SanfOrd'S Radical Cure,

& an Per week can De mede in any locality
USo Som hing entirely new agents for q
outh -" NGRkn sP. 80 Ro-tnn
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Cleveland. Lorain and Wheeling
Railway.
TIME TABLE.

New Standard-90th Meridian time, which is
% min. slower than Columbus time.
In effect Sunday, Jan. 9th, 1884.
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Don't Wait.

DOnt walt
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with loss of hair.
Sold by all druggists. Cuticura, SOC. Resol>
vent. 81. Soar. 25c. Potter Drug and Chemical
Co., Boston, Mass.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases"
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ht8tHeTlIIOH IOr EHIttDItd SysIthIss
Suffering from general want of tone, and its
usual coBcOmitants, dyspepsia and nervous
ness, is seldom derivable from the use of a
nourishiDg diet and stimuli of appetite, un>
aided. 4 medicine that will effect removal
of the specific obstacle to renewed health and
vigor, that is a genuine corrective, is the real
need. 1t is the possession of this grand re-
quirement which makes Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters so effective as an invigorant. For
sale by all druggists and dealers generally.
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THOUSANDS OF LETTERS in our possess
sion repeat this story: have been a ter
rible sufferer for years with blood and skin
places by reason Of my dfsfiguring humors;
have had the best physicians: have spent
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til used the Cuticura Resolvent, the new
blood purifier. internally, and Cuticura and
Cuticura Senp, the great skin cures and skin
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Fl. E. Carpenter, henderson, N. Y. cured OF
psoriasis or leprosy. of twenty years standing.
by Cuticura Remedies; the most wonderful
cure on record; a dustpanful OF scales fell
from him daily; suffered fearfully and tried
every thing; permanently cured by the Cuti-
cure remedies from a skin humor.
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pE TTTVV For rough, chapped and
b0A - L A oily skin. blackheads
and skin blemishes, use Cuticura Soap.
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You will find at this popuisT Drug Store
anything and everything usually Kept in first
class drug store. Prescriptions careful
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-25
DIED.

KIRK.-on Thursday Mt 1O,45 a. M, OF pneu-
montn, NICHOLAS j. XIX, In the 2Bth yenr of
his age, beloved husband of Katie +. KIRK, arc
Katie n. Schwinf
The funeral viii take placc rom tho rcsldoncc
of William serving, No i07 * street north
west, saturday. July 20, az $50 d, m, thence TO
mass viii be offered for the repose Of his sDuj'
relatives ana friends are respectfully requested
% attend. sA
CRoSS-on Thursday, OATH instant, NJ 1l2
p, M. KATE NJ, wife 81 4. H. Gross, ir.
funbrnl from her late residence, JOi Eleventh
streets southeast, Sunday, 9th instant, at o
O'Clock a. IN. -
REUHENAU-At 1850 O'Clock this morning.
July. -, 1854, JACOB EUaEN REGuESAU, il.
brurlan.
SCHULZ AT her late residence, on tho Glen.
wood road, on July 30, 1854, NJ o'clock n M,
years,
TYcER-on July %, 1884 Mt o O'Clock a. M,
MARY J. TYCER, beloved wife Of tho late Henry
Tyoer, In the 6Sth year VI her age.
.wOoD.-on "Wednesday, July 30, 1884, ut IL
the beloved husband Of Francea Wood
FITHPATMCK.-On July "a, 1854. at
O'Clock n. m, WILLIAM DEMuSETr FirzpAT-
RICK, youngest son of James and Emily fltz-
HE1TMULLER-onJ July 90, 1884, ut a:lO
=. M, amer long and painful Illness, which hD
bore with Christian firtitude. II ESuN l.. HErf-
NNn,Lii.Ty aged 1o years. months mud "a days.
LlSToN.-.on Thursday, July "a, 1854 nt
b;2O q. m, MAHuAREr MARY, child of Michael
and Mary Liston. aged months and day.
MUsE.-On Wednesday, July 20, 1884 ut
1li3O O'Clock, In the triumphs OF Chris Ian nth,
SARAH MUSE. daughter IT Daniel u. Muse. and
granddaughter VI l.. Muse.
pADGErT.-At the rcaldcncc Of hor parents.
IN nteGeurgr County, Nd, on the morning.
only beloved daughter OF Frank O. and Eliza
beth T. Padgett, aged months and % days.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-25
An AdroIt Escape.


Tho Marquis do M was giving q
grand party at his hotel In the Fabourg
st. German. An additional stan of cooks
and walters had been engaged for tho
occasion. A clever thief contrivcd to
gain admission, dressed in tho garb Of q
cook, and Mt moment whom he was un-
observed purloined IL large quantity Of
plate, which no seCrcted about his person.
Before he got clear Of tho premises, how
ever, tho theft was discovered aud an
alarm raised, tho hall porter receiving
orders to allow no one TO quit tho house.
Suddenly somebody came running down
stairs four steps at time, and shouting
TO tho concierge: "Quiok, open tho
doorw Nobody is allowed to go out;
there's thief in tho house." Just 10
and am going to fetch the police" The
porter opened tho door, and the man,
who was mono other than tho thief, got
oil