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The official returns of the State for
President from the counties of West
Virginia are now complete. The re-
suit is as follows: Blaine 63,O96,
Cleveland 67,317, St. John $50, But
Ter $40. Cleveland plurality ,221.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-02

T. w. Latimer, Esq, of Shep-
herdstown, the recently elected Cir
cult Court Clerk, was in town most OF
last week, famiIiarizing himself with
the duties of his Office, upon which he
will enter the 1st of January.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-02

We have from the Baltimore Sun
office fine Lithograph and Vignette
of The Sun, illustrative of the daily
business and production of that paper,
and its vast distribution among all
classes of the people-another evil
dence of the business enterprise of
this best Of Southern dailies.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-02

George Smith, son of Rev. Robert
Smith, attempted suicide by shooting
ing himself, at New Market, Va, re-
Gently. He had only been married a
few weeks. At last accounts he was
alive, but his recovery doubtful.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-02

Ex-senator David Davis expresses
the belief that Gov. Cleveland will
make good President, and that the
country will continue on its prosper
Gus career.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-02

Rev. Jno. p. Strider was installed
Pastsr of the First Presbyterian
Church of Staunton, Va, last Sunday
week ,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-02

The Worlds Exposition at New
Orleans has been finally announced
for opening on Tuesday, December
18th.
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Our Children's Department is full of hand
some and seasonnble goods. Ladies, If you are
looking for Bargains, come in our Boys De-
partment. Full of Bargains. wehave cutthe
prices. VIZ KLEr & Co, sadler Building.
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Second District Vote.

Hon. VIM. L. Wilson's majority in
the second district is 1929, the fol-
lowing being the full official vote:
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Hon. VIM. L. Wilson addressed the
Democrats Of Hampshire, at their re-
cent Qualification at Romney.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-02

Col. W. T. Stewart, of Martins
burg, was in town yesterday.
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Christmas is only three weeks from
next Thursday.
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EStray.

GtAME to the premises of the undersigned.
~ about the middle of September last. four,
teen head of Sheep. Some of them ear marked
praised at two dollars and tifty-cents. The
owner will come forward, prove property, paw
charges and take them away.
WIN. j. GRANTHAM,
December Q. 1SS4-St. We o.
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Congress met yesterday.
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7. 4. MOORE.
Clerk of County Court.
DEC. .. 1854. F. P. and Reg. cony.
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State OF West Virginia,

HARPER g. BROTHERS,.
December Q. 1884. New York.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-20
NUMBER 40.
witchcrRft In Biois.

The ancient city of Blois, Francs,
has lately been visited by sorceress,
whose experiences have suddenly been
brought to a standstill by her arrest.
In June last Nine. Duval, an old lady
carrying on a farming business in the
neighborhood, went to Blois market,
and while there was accos ted by the
fortune teller, whose assurances fore
casting approaching troubles led her
inco the witch's confidence. Since ne
cede malls was the watchword of both
friend and client, the J0urgeoise took
her newly found acquaintance home
and the latter at once set to work. The
sage, remarking that money brings mo-
ney, told her to deposit all the money
and bank notes she had in a chest Of
drawers. The old woman, who was
very thrifty, acted accordingly, and to
/ increase no doubt the outlay OF capital,
she tore up those tiles of her bedroom
| under which was concealed sum Of
4 money, and Furthermore borrowed sew
cral thousand francs, besides 5000
/ francs from her notary. Everything
now was in favor of the sorceress, whose
4 final instruction was on no account to
touch or even set eyes on the golden
harvest, as the charm would instantly
be void. Lastly-and not least in the
ART of sophistry- circumstances de-
manded the key of the cabinet to be in
the hands of the designer OF the fraud,
who would pass the night near 1t as a
guardian angel. The next day circum-
stances obliged the august visitor to
leave for few days at most. During
that period, however, the charms of de-
ception were not to be latent, as a pow
der of whltish color was left for the old
lady to burn on a well-heated stove,
and the inhaling of the vapor would
doubtless complete the enterprise. Nine.
Duval, strange to say, believed every
thing and obeyed all to the letter. No
sooner was the powder of whitish hue
brought into use than an explosion oc-
CURED, and the house took fire. AS
sistance was soon on the spot and the
flames got under, but Nine. Duval was
found to be much injured though her
recovery is anticipated. Needless to
add that the spirltualist had beth taken
charge of the cash and intended con-
cluding the campaign by asphyxiating
her victim so as to cast aside suspicion.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-20
Antiquities to Order.

The American craze for bric-a-brac
and curios has been godsend to the
craftsmen all over the world. They
make pretty good Japanese articles In
New York, and Queen Anne furniture
and decorative brasses, (which former
ly belonged to a noble English family"
are turned out in great quantities by
the dealers of the metropolis. Bogus
art work is cheap in Paris. Home
made mummies to suit any taste or
style are among the industrial products
of modern Egypt, and even the poor
misguided Indians of Central and South
America are making frst-class Aztec
and Inca relics. A Boston firm has
specially fine line Of old arm chairs
which came over in the Mayfiower,
and another New England concern has
turned out enough of Miles Standish's
muskets to equip an English expedi-
tion to rescue Gordon. According to
the report of the English consul gener-
al at Teheran, the capital of Persia,
that ancient kingdom is putting its
western neighbors to shame in the way
Of relic making. 1t behooves tue veal
thy American who wishes to decorate
his modern house with bit of choice
armor to be careful lest he be bamboo
zled into buying something that has
been turned out by an Ispahan metal
worker within the year. In the days
when Shah Abbas led the Persian hosts,
the soldiers armor often displayed work
of extraordinary beauty, costliness and
skill. This armor has been bought up
almost entirely for the great European
museums, and only little remains in
the parlors of the old noble families
The limitations of modern workmeI
are no n can ones. They are inlaid
with gold, silver, and sometimes witt
gems. and are superb specimens Of met
al work, but they are not worth the
fabulous prices asked for them. They
are so prepared that they look almos
exactly like the genuine armor four Of
five hundred years old, and only al
expert can detect the fraud. The fa
nous Khorassan swords, whose wavy
steel equalled in temper the swords o
Damascus, are now initiated by mean
of chemicals. They look just as the!
did two centuries ago, but they are no
as good In quality. In Hamadan al
enormous number of ''ancient" Per
sian coins are made and sold to Ameri
can and English dealers. Hamadan 1
the ancient Ecbatana and is richer il
relics of metal than any city in th
east, and of late years it has been wei
dug over in search of ornaments an,
coins. Coins of Alexander the Grea
and Sassonide are in common currenc
there. Glazed ceramic ware is made a
Ispahan, but it is not Of good quality
! Some tiles recently found there ar
1000 years old. The way to test til
ware is to cut it with a knife point
! If it is hard it is old and genuine;
soft it is sham
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-20

In the middle ages, locks for church
and cathedral doors were often rare
specimens Of art metal work. Elabo.
rate scrolls, the images of saints, and
other ambitious efforts of tine true art
isan of those days, entered into the de-
sign of locks which were really an Or
nament to, the magnificent doors and
cabinets Of those times. A design for
the escutcheon surrounding the key
hole frequently had the figures of two
guardian angels with outspread wings.
Locks of very curious construction,
known as "Apostle locks" were also
common in medieval times. These
locks had on the front the figure of one
of the Apostles, and on touching the
hand of the figure the bolts flew back.
In the reign Of Queen Elizabeth, one
Mark Scalist, smith, constructed a
lock consisting of eleven pieces of iron,
steel and brass, all of which, with a
pipe key, weighed only two grains of
goli. That great inventor, the Mar
| quis of Worcester, who flourished in
the reign of King Charles l., devised a
ock containing a steel barb, which was
perfectly harmless so long as the right
key was used, but if wrong key were
inserted the barb sprang through the
key-hole and "caught the hand of the
intruder as trap catches fox.n 1t
is said that while the inventor was ex-
perimenting with his curious lock he
was scarcely nimble enough in remov-
iug his hand, and was caught in his
own trap. At Willenhall, in Stafford.
shire, which is great seat of the lock
trade, silver padlocks, the sides of
which are much smaller than a three
penny piece, are still made and are
quiteperfect in their mechanism. Locks
containing single bells and even chimes,
which sound an alarm when tampered
with by false key, are among the mod
ern curiosities of the trade. Common
padlocks are largely made for the ma
tiyes of India and Africa at Walsall.
a lock and key complete are sold by
the maker for a halfpenny, and mer-
chants abroad s. ate that many Of the
natives string these locks together so as
to form necklets and wear them as
"charms.n
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-20
Garner the Grain.

Losses which farmers Of this country
sustain annually, through neglect to
garner their grain at the proper time
amount, In the aggregate, to enormous
sums. Injury to wheat and other GER
eals is sometimes unavoidable, through
the coming of a sudden and long-con-
tinued storm, interspersed with now
and then few hours of hot sunshine.
Wheat will grow in the shock under
such circumstances, and he is a wise
man indeed who can prevent it. Where
such a condition of things exists once,
grain Is injured fifty times by neglect.
It is shocked and allowed to stand day
after day through the excuse of having
something else to see to, and at last
damaged by storm or allowed obecome
so dry that loss is sustained by the grain
shelling when handled. Nothing but
an emergency should prevent the farm
er storing his grain just as soon as it is
fit to go to the stack or NOW.
If the wheat is ripe, or so dry that ii
shells easily, see that you have a suit
able man to do the loading and stacking.
Some men will tread out more grain
upon wagon or stack than their ser
vices are worth. The loader should
occupy but two positions when building
up--one near the front, and the othel
near the rear of the wagon, and, wher
he does move, should be careful to ster
upon the bands instead Of the heads o.
the bundles. Some claim that there il
no great loss from shelling grain, as tht
loose kernels will go into the Tack-bed
or upon the barn floor. But they ar
mistaken. Grain will rattle from {
load Of over-ripe wheat while the SAINT
is being trundled to the barn, and tina
which falls into the rack shakes ou
when returning to the field, as no hay
rack which we ever saw had a tigh
bottom and sides. The grain also whicl
falls upon the barn floor is spoiled 70
family use by the wagon wheels crush
ing the kernels, or the grain being mix
ed with the droppings of the horses o
dirt of the floor. Besides all this, ther
Is loss again by shelling in the NOW
Our advice is to garner the grail
Just as soon as it is ready for storing
and let no other work prevent.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-20

This is well known as the scene of
Cooper's Deerslayer," the first of the
Leather Stocking Tales. The authors
descriptions are very true TO nature,
and the wonderings Of Natty Bumppo
and his friends and enemies can be
traced with entire accuracy. Cooper,
like Dickens, took pains to locate all
his incidents carefully, knowing well
that to many readers one of the greatest
charms of work of fiction is to be able
to connect it in thought with some real
persons events and places. Dickens for
instance. in describing the entrance, of
Oliver Twist into London in company
with the Artful Dodger gives the exact
route by which they walked from
IslIngton to Fagin's house; and the
tourist who is an admirer Of Dickens
can hardly find a more interesting walk
in the whole city, nor can he easily
divest himself of the belief that little
Oliver actually did travel along the
same road once upon time. So Coop
er has given lifelike color to 1.-THE
Deerslayer" by similar attention to
detail.
The action of the novel extends over
six days. In the first day Bumppo and
Hurry approach the lake on foot from
the east, discover the canoe and paddle
IN 1t to Tom Hutter's ''castle"-a hut
built on piles in shoal water. The slow
gravelly point" where the two friends
struck the lake may be easily identified
from the description. 1t is on the
eastern shore, about mile below Mt
Wellington, the highest of the hills sur.
rounding the lake, and is now, as then,
covered with woods. The site of the
castle actually exists, in the shape of a
shoal near the western shore, about two
miles below the head of the lake, and
directly opposite the cape formed by
the base of Mt, Wellington, A mum.
ber of rushes sticking out of the water,
and plainly visible from the shore, marx
the spot. Finding the Hutters away
from home, the two men paddle down
in search OF them, first exploring "Rat {
Cove" as Cooper calls little bay neal
the southwestern corner of the lake,
and then the outlet. Though the lat
ter is not as blind as it used
to be, it is still frlnged with dropping
trees, some of which may be the very
ones which hid the ''ark" that evening
until Judith's laughing accents startled
the two hunters. The river still winds
too and fro as it did then and where il
debouches from the lake still stands
the high bank whence the hostile
Mingos attempted to jump into thu
passing craft. As the reader of ''Tnt
Deerslayer" will recollect, the ark
reached the castle in due time, aftel
this adventure, and the thee men then
went off again to look for their canoes;
and subsequently Hurry and Hutter
while trying to surprise Mingo encamp
ment ut Rats Cove, were themselves
surprised and taken prisoners. Leath
err Stocking, thus left to himself, slep
al night in the canoe, drifting slowly
llnorthward; and in the morning of the
>"qnd day he had his encounter witt
,ior on the strand. killed h
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-20

first Indian, and obtained the appella-
tion "Hawkeye." This happened on
the cape at the foot of Mt. Wellington,
above mentioned. Regainlng the
canoes, Deerslayer rejoine1 the girls in
the castle, and later in the day went
with them in the ark to the outlet and
met Chlngachgook, or Uncas, the
friendly Delaware chief, by appoint
ment. The large rock in the lake,
where the meeting took place, can be
plainly seen from the southern shore.
which at this point is now occupied by
the steamboat wharf and lighthouses of
Cooperstown. On their way home
ward, while Judith, Uncas and Bumppo
were conversing earnestly, feeble-mind-
ed Hetty fled away from the party in a
canoe, with the purpose of rescuing
her father and Hurry from the Indians,
landed on the western shore where the
Three-Mile Point House now stands,
and pursued her way toward the en-
campment at the cove.
The third day was occupied with the
negotiations for the ransom of the
prisoners and their release on the deli
very of the curiously carved chessmeni
the abandonment of the contents to the
ark; the removal of the Mingo ol
lroquois encampment from the cove tC
Three Mile Point; and the rescue o.
Uncas's betrothed from the camp a
the cost of the capture by the indians
of Deerslayer himself. On the fourtl
day occurred the sanguinary conflic
at the castle, the scalping and burial ot
old Hutter, the unexpected reappearenc'
of Deerslayer on furlough, and the
departure of Hurry Harry for aid from
the Mohawk garrison. This next morn
ing, on the expiration of Deerslayer'
furlough, he returned to the Iroquoi
camp, which had been again removed
this time to a point directly west of tn
castle. lie was then consigned to tn
torture, at the height of which tn
camp was invaded by the relief expe
dition, and the massacre Of the Mingo!
followed. The sixth day was devoted
to the burial of Hetty, accidently sho
in the previous days battle, and tht
preparations for final departure; ant
early on the morrow the entire part.
crossed to "Low GraveDy Point" O.
the eastern bank, bade farewell to til
Otsego, and went their several ways.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-20

"What do you know of the reported
discovery by priest of a key to the
Mexican and Central American HERO
glyphics2" was recently asked of Fran
els R. Fast, secretary of the Central
American syndicate company, with
headquarters in New York. 81 know
nothing beyond what L have read since
L returned to New York. 1 heard
nothing of it down there. In fact, /
think there is very little in it. I don't
see how any key can be obtained that
would unlock the Incas' mysteries.
There is no ve3tige of the language left,
and there was no contemporaneous Ian
guage that was reduced to writing that
| know or ever heard Of. Bat Of these
Incas' ruins, they are wonderful. You
come upon them in the midst of morass
and swamp. Miles of magnificent col.
umns, the wreck Of the palaces of enper.
ors who ruled before Cortez came
Next to the beauty of their ruins comes
the beauty of their pottery, remains of
which are to he fnund within the walls
nr every temnle and naIaca ),
tsVhat was the most striking thipg
IN the wav of ruins that von encorn.
teredPn
"a wonderful road The Apn,in
u.ov has haen tbe hoast of antiouar,ans
for aces Init whot do vou think of a
road sivfv nile. Ionr i, the beart ~
ContraI America constructed owe,
mounta;n and throuob morass and inn
TIe and exou,siteIv navel wit,
som,ro bIoc,,s Of store no comnoot1v cot
,s orr polgiar bloolrs op to.davp 0no
of the Tn cas emnorors had fbe rooG
lnrlt evnrass,v far his bride 90 that
,,har she came on her brida, trim r.
his nalace her nn,a train wonId have a
~ ~ road nnon which to trnval IN,
Tradition saws that this rmIsr whose
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-20

1t is amusing TO see what efforts
France and Germany are both making
to keep the peace by preparing for war.
For ten years there has not been such
activity as France is now displaying III
the creation of her navy. AT the pres
ent moment four ironclads, two being
turret ships, are in the course of con-
struction. In the meantime Germany
is busy with her Notifications. Her
experiences in the late war have led
her to adopt certain model of fortif-
cation to which all the great forts have
beer assimilated. Strasburg, Metz,
Mains, Koln and PoseR have been thor
oughly fortified after this model. Kus-
trim is at present being reconstructed.
The citadel is historically interesting,
as being the scene of Frederick the
Greats imprisonment during his faith
er's reign, but much of the old build
ing Will be pulled down, and camp
capable of accommodating 10000 men
win be laid out. 1t is to be protected
by six forts, each at a distance of four
miles from the town.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-20

--Waldostal Ga, isseying up S10, 600
SO us to build sl academy Of her own,
A SMART mall boy: Money max :
my DEAEksla little Skeesicks wheA
his ~ v Naed with $40 ere l
Ndnwn-tqwn shop