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best chords of shining mans inner
nature are stirred from their hid
den and sacred depths. The
granite monument and the sculp-
tors skill can perpetuate the mem
DRY of deserving merit, but no con-
ception of tribute to departed
worth, can be grander than the
gratitude of softened hearts,
swept with the anguish of an in
consolidate grief. The correspon-
dent says:
Nothing was so moving, SO
thrilling as the faces, the attitude
of the colored people and those of
foreign birth--the Irish people
who mourned him. There were
laboring men and women with
the insignia of toll and poverty
upon their faces, their hands and
in their clothing. All classes were
represented, besides these poorer
ones walked gently the profess
sioral man and the lady in her
silken gown. Frederick Douglas
was again present, going from the
church to the hall to get the last
glimpse of the man he loved.
The Irish feeling is very strong
and the look on the faces of some
of them had that passionate look
of protest that is SO different from
the look of the negro. 1t is the
anguish of expression that at once
brings up to my mind an Irish la
ment that is unsurpassed of it's
kind, which commences with that
direct cry:
sob! Owen Roy o'Neal, why did you
die?"
AS the negro passed the casket
and looked down, though his eyes
may have been full of tears, his
expression was of acceptancy.
His battle had been fought, bis
victory won by the great soldier
who lay there. But the Irish
heart felt that it had lost it's help
ing hand in the very thick of the
fight-and lost what the Irish val
ue SO much, the, warm, ardent
sympathy that never feared to ex-
press itself upon any occasion.
The great mound of flowers, four
feet long and three wide, that the
Irish National League presented
was on the centre of the platform,
and at the end of the platform, the
Easterly end, was harp the Irish
American societies had sent. It
was composed of ivy leaves, japon-
lea blossoms and pansies. At the
base was the word "Ireland" in
violets. The strings of the harp
were silver, and one of them was
broken-to represent the silver
voice that had broken and gone
from this earth. Nothing could
have been more touching, more
beautiful, more significant.
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AT last the Hungarian miner
has found defender in the per-
son of a Hebrew lawyer of Will
kesbarre, who, in an address to a
meeting of Irish miners there,
denied that the Hungarian is a
pauper, declared that he works
for a living builds houses and
owns lands. A New Yorker has
raised his voice in defense of the
Chinese, declaring that in other
countries to which they have
emigrated they have settled down
permanently and adopted the
habits and imbibed the spirit of
those among whom they cast their
lot. If they do not do so in this
country it is because they are det-
cred from doing SO by the treat
ment they have received. The
italian railway laborer has had no
one to speak for him yet. 1t is
worth while to note how compre
hensive is becoming the cry that
the Chinese must go. That meant
that cheap labor must 60, and
walking orders are given it now
irrespective of nationality and
creed.
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A meeting of the Citizens of Berkeley
was held at the Court House, Tuesday
evening to devise means, for the relief
of the sufferers, by the recent floods in
the Western part of this State.
On Motion Mr.. b. Hughes was called
to the chair, and F. d. Staley was APP
pointed Secretary, Mr.. Hughes stated
the object of the meeting calling
upon the citizens for prompt action in
endeavoring to relieve the sufferers
along the Ohio river,
On motion of f.. Boyd Faulkner, a
committee of SIX was appointed, to be
known as the Relief Committee, to take
charge of contributions, collect funds,
provisions, clothing, &C., to appoint sub
commit tees to assist them in Offering
relief to these sufferers at once.
The committee named was John Far
rim, John Fitz, Philip Showers, c. O..
Lambert, G.. +. Evans and G.. +. Ruth
erford, and the Mayors office was ST.
lected as the proper place for articles
food, clothing, &C., should be sent for
distribution.
On motion the committee was in
creased to twelve, six from the coun-
try, one from each district, and the fol-
lowing personSwere named as the COM
mites: Opequ0n district, A. j. Thorn
as; Arden, q. ). Roach; Mill Creek.
Marion Henshaw; Falling " alters, De-
catur Hedges; Hedgesville. William II !.
Kilmer; Gerardstown, Il. NJ. Kitchen,
of whom four snail constitute quorum
for the transaction of business, ofwhom
the chairman shall constitute enc.
On motion of Rev. X. ID. Roller, the
ministers of the city were requested to
make known from theie respective pull
pits the object OF the meeting, and urge
upon all the people the necessity of aid
ing the committee by contributions Of
money. provisions, clothing, &C., and
to do so as speedily as possible.
On motion of &. ID. Whitson. it was
ordered that the committee be known
as the Citizens Relief Committee of
Berkeley county.
On motion the county papers were re-
quested TO make an appeal 10 the citi-
zens of the county for aid. such as mon-
ey, provisions, clothing, Nc. Contribu-
tions of this kind may lie sent TO the
City Hall, where they will be received
by an officer Of the committee and for
warded to the sufferers al once.
On motion the Secretary was directed
to notify the country members Of the
committee of their appointment, and
request them to meet the Relief Com
mittee at the Mayors office, in Martins
burg, on Saturday, the 10th inst, at two
O'Clock.
ON motion the meeting adjourned.
BLACKBURN HUGHES, Prest.
f. ID. STALEY, Sec'y.
USE ACKER'S ENGLISH for Can
sumption. Sold by j. l.. w. Baker.
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FRED DOUGLASS housekeeper
has brought suit against him for
S2,SS0, for twelve years services.

THIS notable winter is not yet
ended, but has placed itself on
record as the season Of the great
est floods, the seyerest cold and
the most deplorable casualties of
recent years. The record is a
hard one to beat, and it is to be
devoutly hoped that it will not be
beaten for generations to come.
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GREAT LOSS BY FLOOD.

DEATH, DESTRUCTION AND DISASTER
oCCAsIoNED BY THE RISE IN THE
WESTERN WATERS.
For more than week the towns
and people along the rivers and
their tributaries have been sub
iected to terrible flood, caused
by the melting of the snow, the
breaking up of the ice, and con-
tinued rainfall. In many places,
night and day have been added
unto night and day crowded with
horrors fire, in some instances,
adding its terrors to the raging
waters. Gas works have been
submerged, and the pail of Egyp-
tian darkness, with it's weight of
woe and uncertainty, tortured the
hopes and fears of houseless, home
less, starving men, women and
children, and amid the desolation
many, many lives have been lost,
whilst the loss of property runs
into millions.
In our own State the loss has
been terrible, What a scene there
must have been. Imagine terror
stricken faces peering through
the old home window upon a
waste of waters-listen to the
heavy thuds of great logs of wood
as they rush by, now striking the
house, now the roof, and anon one
comes crashing in at a window
hear the crunching, grinding
sound of masses of ice-see small
houses, drift wood, fences, furni-
ture-wrecks of homes that have
been, floating by-see the shades
of night wrapping day in their
mantle, and hear the hoarse shouts
of men, the piercing shrieks of
women and the plaintive, thrill
ing, touching, heart-rending wall
of children-paint woe in its most
fearful garb, without rainbow of
hope in any part of the horizon,
and it would seem almost
dwarfed in comparison with such
q scene.
Thanks to liberal hearts who
stay not to inquire into the legal
ty of charitable acts-acting hui
namely for humanity's sake, Con
gress has appropriated $500, 900
to aid the living sufferers, and
may yet do better. Cincinnati,
Pittsburg, Wheeling, and from
thence to Parkersburg, all along
the Kanawha river and valley,
Coyington, Newport and in hun
dreds of other towns and villages
the destruction snd loss has been
wonderful and almost incredible,
Congress, cities, towns, Masons,
Odd-Fellows, private citizens have
responded nobly and grandly in
an effort to alleviate, as far as pos
sible, the despair and want of the
people of these flooded districts.
1t will take weeks before the peo-
pie can be able to provide for
themselves.
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MARRIED..

AT Bethesda Church, Moler's x
Roads, Tuesday, February 5Jh, by
Rev. w. g. Eggleston, Mr.. JAMES
w. HOFFMAN and Miss ELIZA l..
LouDAN.
Feb. 18th, 1884, be Rev. r. G..
Hollend, Mr.. JANE F. HARDINGER
and Miss SUSAN E. PARKINSON,
both of Berkeley county.
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THE FAIR.
ADVERTISE YOUR GOODS AND HELP
THE ASSOCIATION.

THE ASSOCIATION.
Elsewhere will be found nc
tice to the effect that the Commit.
tee on Catalogue for the next Fair,
will meet in the Grand Jury room
on Tuesday next, and inviting
all who desire to, to attend, make
suggestions end offer special pre-
miums for any exhibit they wish
to see well represented.
This is a prudent and timely
movement on the part of the COM
mittee. Heretofore, there has been
some grumbling about this rule,
or that class, and the opportunity
is now offered for presentation
of views and suggestions. The
committee wants aid and informa-
ton, and those who fail or decline
to appear, must hold their peace
as to incongruities, omissions or
errors in the book. In addition
to this, it was discovered last year
that a pair of ladies' buttoned kid
boots, offered by Messrs. Gettin-
ger & Hoke, and some silverware,
offered by Mr.. W. L. Jones, at
tracted more exhibits than any
other things, and at the same time
there can be no doubt that such
an advertisement in 1000 pam
phlets made good profit on the
goods donated. Now, this COM
mittee offers to every person this
privilege-offer pillow, cutting
box, a corn shelter, ton or half
ton of fertilizer, a set of spoons,
knives, forks, chinaware, a dress
pattern, from satin and silk down
to calico-a pair of gents or la
dies boots or shoes, not forget
ting the children either Drug
gists, hotel and saloon men, all
engaged in any kind ofbusiness, can
offer something special as premium
so as to put the minds and hands
of exhibitors to work and make a
first class display, Think, think
put on your studying cap, reader,
and determine what you can offer,
how best you can aid (even little
selfshly,) this very necessary en-
terprise. The committee should
see that all who thus offer special
premiums have their names and
business printed in full in the cat
alogue, The aid should be mu-
tual.
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Reductions in Blankets.

Although our prices on Blankets have
been very lsW, in many cases lower than
the wholesale market prices, we have
again MARKED THEM powN in order to
close them out, to make room for new
goods.
lO-4 BLANKETS, good value, only
Sl.25 per pair
lO-4 Wool Blankets, worth So, only
So and $3.50
ia WOOL BLANKETS, worth 1926,
only 81. so per pair
EXTRA WHITE FLEECE BLANKETS,
superior value, red and blue line
border, 10 only 81 co;
ia only $500.
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REDUCTION I'm
Lace Curtains.

NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, in
Cream and White three yards long,
only IS cents per pair
Do, yards long, regular price $3.50;
reduced to $2.5 to close.
Do, A yards long, regular price 81; re-.
duced to So.
NE We regard the above lots as
THE GREATEST BARGAINS
of the entire season -
NOTTINGHAM LACES, by the yard,
Is, rs, 20, and 373 cents per yard.
SWISS CURTAIN MUSLINS, choice
designs, l22, Is, II, and 10 cents.
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BOSTON'S DEAD ORATOR.
A GRAND TRIBUTE TO A DEPARTED

MAN.
A correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Press in giving an ac-
count of the sermon and scenes
around the bier of Wendell Phil
Ups, draws the following vivid and
touching picture-fall of that sym,
pathetic sentiment and manly de-
votion, only to be found when the
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LADIES SHOULD REMEMBER, a
beautiful complexion results from us
ing Acker's Blood Elixir. Sold by
j. l.. w. Baker. at 81.
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CTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,


At Rules held in the Clerk office of
Circuit Court of Berkeley County, on the
4th day Of February, 1884;
Lu.ner Ropp, administrator of Jacob
Ropp, decd,
VS.. Debt Attachment.
Sarah A. Powell.
The object OF the above suit is to obtain
judgment in favor of the plaintiff
against the defendant for $55.7l; with
interest from February 8, 1889, damages
and costs of suit, and to attach and sub
ject to the payment thereof any property
of the defendant within the jurisdiction
of the said court.
And it appearing on affidavit filed in
this suit that the said defendant Sarah
A. Powell is nonresident of this State,
she is hereby required to appear at the
said Clerks office, within one month
from the 9th day of February, 1884, 1.-THE
date of the first publication hereof, and
do what is necessary to protect her in
terests in this matter.
s. II. MARTIN, Clerk.
j. NELSON WIsSER, Atty for Pltffs.
teb-94t
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One CaseWhite Domestic Flannel

only IL cents per yard.
Five pieces each SHAKER FLANNEL,
( 7.s, 80 cents, worth % cents
A, 25 cents, 30 {"
10, 81 cents, 375
One case UNBLEACHED CANTON
FLANNEL, 20 inches wide. extra value
only 10 cents per yard.
CHEESE CLOTH, for Curtains, and
and cents Ter yard.
AMERICAN ZEPHYR, Curtain Cloth,
only l29 cents per yard.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Woodward 4 Lothrop.
GRAND SEMI ANNUAL SALE
OF HOUSEKEEPING GOODS
Domestics, Blankets, Lace Cur
tains, &C., &c.

In order to reduce our winter stock
previous to stock taking in February
next, we have marked the above mem
toned goods down to such an extent as
tojustify us inrcalling attention to them
as the
Lowest Prices Known for Years!
1000 yards CRASH, all linen, u, 8, 8
and 10 cents per yard.
500 yards EXTRA BARNSLY TWILL
CRASH, Is inch, Id cents per yard.
A BROWN COTTON, good quality,
only cents per yard.
A BROWN SHEETING, extra quail.
ity, only cents per yard.
s'Fruit of the LOOM BLEACHED
MUSLIN, cents per yard.
Wamsutta and Dwight Anchor Bleach.
ed Muslin, 10 cents per yard
EXTRA BARGAINS,
lO-4 Sheeting, only 25 cts. I'd.
Bleached and Brown,
The best value for the money ever offered
by us.
PILLOW CASE CoTToNs, l25 and
Ia cents per yard.
Ga, I 4 and s-4 COTTONS, for single
bed sheetlng.
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VALLEY
Agricultural Association
OF BERKELEY COUNTY,

To Dealers in Agricul tural Implements
Machinery, ETC., Merchants, Mechanics
and any others interested in the Agri-
cultural, Mercantile and Mechanical
Interests of our county.
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A meeting OF the Committee On Cata-
logue for the coming Fair--SeI TENDER
10th to 10th, 1884, -will he held in the
Grand Jury Room, at ten o'clock, A. NJ,
on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1884.
A number Of persons having expressed a
desire to offer articles in their iias as spe-
cial premiums, in order to create a greater
interest in the exhibits, an opportunity is
now offered to all 10 meet the committee,
make suggestions and offer premiums
should they desire to thus not only bene-
fit their interests, but also advertise their
goods. Let none say they were not in
vited to attend By order of
feb9 It COMMITTEES.
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USE ACKER'S ENGLISH for Can
sumption. Sold by j. l.. w. Baker.
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COMFORTS

~ We have made similar reduction
in all our Departments with a view to
closing out all odd lots and sizes before
buying new goods.
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aF-H Halt rates-fpe cents per hne-for Obituary No.
ceS beyond the usual announcement.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-11
Religious Miscellany.
THE THINGS PREPARED OF GOD.


Eye hath not seen the things prepared of
God
No plants that spring from this terrestrial
sod,
Nor trees that wave upon the summer air,
Nor azure skies, nor forms of beauty rare,
Can symbolic the treasures laid away
Within the regions OF celestial day.
+" Ear hath not heard The voice Of melody
Floating across the solemn Midnight sea,
The tender tones of love, the organ peal
That fills the min ster as the people kneel, 4
The carols of the birds, the signing breeze
Col has prepared far better things than
these.
Neither has entered into the heart of
man."
The faintest shadow of the wondrous plan,
The rainbow's tinted hopes that lure the
SOUL
Yet stu, with baGled pinions, miss their
goal
All lovely dreams, all visions of delight
Are to the things prepared as dark to ligh
OF that fair city where the ransomed dwell
No pen can write, no mortal tongue can
tell,
But those who find an entrance shall abide
For evermore, completely satisfied
NO dread CT loss shall cause disturbing
fears.
And Gods own hand shall wipe away all
tears.
Helen Chouncey, in Chicago Advance.
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Begging Letters

Mrs. Vanderbilt and Kitty Wolf and
all other rich ladies of this city are
obliged to meet the annoyance of beg
ging letters. which indeed is of an in
cessant character. This is one of the
penalties of wealth. Rich men, of
whatever position, are annoyed in the
same manner. The number of beg
ging letters received by this class is es-
+ timated at 500 a week JAY Gould
gets his share, and so does William Fl.
Nanderbuilt. Ex-Governor Morgan
was inundated by such applications,
and now that he is gone, his widow has
TO endure the same ANNOYANCE. As
soon as a man does liberal act he is
at once set on by these mendicant let
Ter writer's. Hence when il was pub
lished that Jay Gould had given $5. 900
tothe yellow feversufferers atMemphis.
and also that E. D. Morgan had en-
dowed seminary, and that William
II. Vanderbilt had importedt the obelisk,
each one of these benefactors was
made the subject of an attack. This
renders the service of a private seere-
tary Indispensable, for in addition to
reading, is the necessity Tin some cases)
OF reply. R. L. and A. Stewart
used to answer begging letters, because
unless this was done the writer might
think his application failed to reach
them, and would therefore repeat it.
Robert Bonner, of the Ledger, unfor-
tunately was Photographed as having
given bell to a western church. I'm
mediatelY hundred bells were ap-
piled for, and he had to stop at once or
he might have continued giving away
bells to the present day. However lib
eral men of wealth may be, they GEN
orally prefer to select the object of their
beneicence. This custom of writing
begging letters is of unlimited extent.
Rogers, the London poet banker, once
said to friend ''.the letters I receive
from strangers of both sexes asking for
money are really innumerable. / late
ly had a begging epistle from a woman,
which did not answer. and a dav or
two afterward another came, Begin
ming 'Unkind one. - Rogers was
very liberal man, bnt like other men of
wealth, he had his preferences in the
matter of charity.-N. T. Cor. Utica
Herald.
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1t takes great while to wear A.. :.
souls scar, Sins colors are pnt "a
with mordants. Parents are carefnl ~ u
keep their children away fro -
diphtheria and smallpox; sin is WIN YIN
than scarlet fever and more eatcb;as
A mother said to me only last yo,.i,.l
+" | viii not have my children nlsS esA.
In the street. The average bow thaSs
runs the street is a bad bow. II -aa
let q good boy run alongside Of 1 I VA
boy, the good boy will learn ali ~
bad boys tricks, without communist az
ing to him any of his own goodness y
Iniquity is sprier than virtue D;s
eases are catching, health is not
Flowers die, weeds spread. Hnmsn
nature is like water; it never runs witt
out running down hill, and, left 70 - =
self, does not stop till it reaches thu
bottom. 0
Of course, there is no MAKING a had
man better except in coming in Contact
with him. But that is another mater
A missionary will scarcely become :
heather by heather contacts. Paul ran
no risk in living at Corinth. Sea-watar
will set back up the river when
the river is making steady d,s.
charge down into the sea- Sunshine
that is trying to illuminate the darkness
will not get crushed by the darkness
Social contact with depraved peoDle de-.
praves us and notably intercourse with
coarse or equivocal literature. The
one comprehensive fact is that pub.
Hshed crime b eetls crime. ThinSinc
what is bad spoils the mind, breaks The
edge of moral delicacy; and it is all one
whether the soiling thought is started
by crime dramatized, indelicacy sculn.
tured, indecency painted, or sin printed
in a paper and called news There Is
no man so clean that he can afford to
let his mind rest on dirty thing
ReU. DR.. G. IL Parkhurst.
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Choice selections.

"A conscience void of offense befors
God and man is an inheritance for eter.
Hity.-Da1aiel Webster.
The Pharisees were satisfied with
the outward form. They forgot that
God s.eye looked deeper than The out
side. They had inadequate views OF
the Heart-Searcher.
Every evil to which we do not sue
cumb is a benefaetor As the Sandwich
Islander believes that the strength and
valor of the enemy he kills passes into
himself, SO we gain the strength OF the
temptation we resist. Emerson.
The sacred purpose of Christianity
is not exhausted in merely intellectual
tournament. The exclusively intellee-
tual man has completed his distinctive
work when he has concluded his argu-
ment or criticism, whereas the intel
lectual Christian has hardly entered
upon his highest task when he has fin-
ished his closest argumentative exposl-
tion.-C Chicago Standard.
And when it is all over, and our
feet will run no more, and our hands
are helpless, and we have scarcely
strength to murmur last prayer, then
we shall see that instead OF needing .
larger field, we have left untitled many
corners of our single acre, and thai
none of it is fit for our Master s eye.
were it not for the soiteniDg shadow o.
the Cross. EdtOGrd Garrett.
The Western Christian Adrocah
remarks that: "Extempore listening i
the greatest enemy to profitable spirit
ual worship. The heart needs ilttuning
before the hymn is sung and heari
preparation for Sabbath service Is
almost of equal importance with tha
preachers careful, prayerful study.
Those who pray Tor profitable SERIES
viii surely enjoy IL
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A Story With a Moral.


Handsome Young Millionaire $50
you would like position as companion
to my sisterp'
Pretty Girl-"Yes, please; / would
do my very best to give satisfaction. :"
.'Can you singp''
mo, / am sorry to say"
You play the piano, | suppose2'
mo; / never studied music. y
'Ahi Probably, then, you paint
erockery Or
''It is needless to continue the list,
sir; l have no omplishments.'
''lndeed! Why, how have you passed
your time since you left school?'S
"At home helping mother. You
SEQ
Pardon me for interrupting. You
have said enough and"
30, do not say | will not do. If nee
essarv can pick up some accomplish
ments in reasonable time, | am sure. y
you will not do as hired conpan-
ion because you are entirely too good
for the position, but if you will lake
half OF my fortune and me with it. I
shall consider myself the luckiest man
10 the world"
She did. - Philadelphia CAL,