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PoaTIvn CuRn FOR PLM.-To tho people
of this County we would say we have besa
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COAL AND WOOD OFFICE
ANC
Flour and Feed Store
No. So Quef ST., Staley's Block.


d
TLVHE undersigned respectfully informs the
n citizens of Martinsburg and Berkeley
county that he has opened Coal and Woea
Office and Flour and Feed Sore at SO Queen
Street, where all orders my line will re-
ceive prompt attention. have put in a psir
of Fairbanks new scales and all coal sold By
me will be weighed and full weight guar
anteed Piedmont and Cumberland ran Vi
mine, Fine and Lump Coal; also best quail
ty Nut and Egg anthracite coal always on
hand.
are solicited to see me before selling. Thank
ing the public for the liberal patronage ex-
tended me, and soliciting your further favors,
am respectfully yours,
jy24-iy. J. ROBERTS.
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The Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fevw
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warranted to give perfect Satisfaction, Or
money refunded Price rs cent per boz.
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The small boy feels that it is
tempting Providence for a leading
grocery firm to put large and lus-
cious looking oranges right out on
the sidewalk and label them: "Do
not fail to try these oranges. They
are very nice"
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A Lewiston seamstress carelessly
left needle in the back Of lady
customers dress, and now a partic-
nlar friend of the family has his arm
done up in arnica.
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When we do not know whether
there is dynimite or soothing syrup
back of an inquiry, we make it a rule
TO let it alone.
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'ELY'S
CREAM BALM

has gained an envi.
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wherever known,
displscing all the
other preparations.
An article OF I'M
doubted merit, it is
C o n We n lent and
clcanly. 1t caus es
no pain or snesze,
Is NOT A LIQUID OR
SNUFF.
Apply by the fin
ger into the nos
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A Thorough Trial W'iU Cure.
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ceived. Gold by all wholesale and retail
druggists. ELY BROTHER,
Dc Owego, n. Y.
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All of which will be sold at low prices
for cash. 8s4 e3'
All medicines warranted fresh and genuine
and of the best quality.
He desires to say to his old friends and
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Physicians prescriptions neatly and accu-
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night. mar20'80.
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and gives from the pen of master thought Of
rival to the mammoth production of Guizot How Mr.
Alden give the eight volumes and this good paper and
clear type including the multitude of illustrations thing
we haze CIPHERED Over but fail to understand
It, The first volume gives substantially the beginnings of
French history is Of necessity the duest Of the eight yet
sOtth G1tzot log0rithnts t00usd be rcadabEeo-
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Men Think

they know all about Mustang Lin
iment. Few do. Not to know is
not TO have.
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CONTINENTAL HOTEL,
CORNER or QUEEN AND KING STREETS
Martinsburg, w. Va.

MY OLD CUSTOMERS and the travelling
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January III WIN. RUTLEDGE
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N B. ALDEN, Publisher,
g Pearl Street, New York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
A CHRISTMAS LAMENT.
Aunt Mahaly's and Uncle Pete's
Old-Time Wedding.

1t was q very inclement Christmas
week, and I wondered how Aunt Ma
haly and Uncle Petewere getting along.
Picking up few cold remains from our
own delicacies, it did not take very long
to reach their shanty in the suburbs of
Richmond. Quite arespectable volume
of smoke was issuing from their chin
ney, and on entering, it was indicated
to my olfactory nerve that they would
feast on cabbage if nothing more. Two
fresh tallow dips, trimmed with fancy
papers, adorned the mantel-piece, and
a bunch of scraggy evergreens and
holly berries in a broken china vase
suggested the festive season. Uncle
Pete was smoking a comfortable pipe
over the fire; and his wife, with a gay
yellow handkerchief on her head, was
busting about the kitchen, brandishing
q huge pewter spoon in her hand.
'God bless you, honey, for thinkin'
'bout your oil aunty!" she exclaimed,
gratefully, when she saw the basket de-
posted on her table. Then, after tell
ing me about the misery in Pete's
chist" and the misery in her side, she
struck pensive attitude, and broke
out in a feeling tribute to the Long Ago.
'Chris mas nowadays amt like it
was in days agone, when [ had my OF
mistiss. Mighty po' times now. But
yOW don't know how it used to be TO
de wah on de plantation whar | was
raised. Dere amt no sech times no
mo-. De hirelin's what lived out in de
cities went home to der own masters,
and had eight days holyday. Moren
gettin' de Chris mas dinner for de white
family, dey didn't have muffin to do
'cept Joy deirsef. We had de parties
den; the white folks have 'em after
Chris mas was all over De culled gals
alters got married in Chris mas week eff
dey could. got married den myself. "
Here she glanced over at her hus-
band, as though he must remember the
occasion; and he laid down his pipe,
and nodding his head approvingly, said
'Datyou was, Mahaly, for was dar, "
laughing huskily.
'You know my ole mistiss she lived
down on James River. She was one o
dem hlghtoned tamblys down dar what
owned lots O slaves, an money in de
bank, an mo- land dan you cher seen.
was hired out in Richmond, an she
done promise to take me home an
femme glib up my service place Chris
mas, an git married. Pete an me was
keepin' comp'ny TO l gone down dar.
You jist ought to seen de letter he
wrote to mistiss when he AK for me. O,
it certainly was a beautiful letter.
Young master he taught Pete to write
some, rainy spells in de winter, when
dere wasn't much goin' on"
Young master set powerful sto' by
me- said Uncle Pete, proudly. II was
his body-saryant"
81 seen dat letter. Pete he wrote it
on a pink sheet o paper, wild two real
sweet SLIDER dubs Tdoyesl on de top O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

DURING the past year seventy-fve
new w. C. T. Unions have been organ
lied in Illinois.
In one year S14, 100000 were spent
for liquors in Liverpool, or an average
of S120 per week for each saloon.
A ROMAN CATHOLIC Bishop recently
said: at is not the English laws, the
land laws or the landlords laws; it is
the drink traffic that's the curse Of Ire
land.
ELK Presbytery, Tennessee, took a
firm position in regard to Temperance,
declaring that church members should
not use liquors as beverage in any
form. neither sell their fruit or grain tC
the distillerics.
THE Autocrat of all the Russians has
just prom ulgated a degree that no liq-
uor shall he sold at retail in his do
minions, except in hotels and eating
houses This viii close ninety thou
sand saloons the first Of January. Des-
potic power is a good thing sometimes.
Union SigHdl
A CONTEMPORARY, referring to the
recent Temperance uprising in Geor-
gia, complacently remarks: at is a
good thing-the negro and whisky do
not set along well together" But why
say 'the negro and whisky" When
did whisky and white men get along
well togetherP-IRter Occq'N
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
THE STAR IN THE EAST.

From hoary kingdoms of all ancientness,
Led by Star they came
A star that dimmed the lustre of the heav-
ems.
Shaking their fleece of flame!
A splendid caravan, from desert depths
They flashed their royal way:
Gold wrought, in all strange charactery and
gems
Their housings caught the ray.
The shining stations arched their neoks and
rang
Their jeweled bridlereins;
The stately camels stretched like monoliths
Their SHADOWS on the plains.
Treasure of perfumes and of precious stones
Weighed them, and wondrous web
Of scarlet cloths, woven at the wRne of moon
And at the great seas ebb;
And oils and gums, the Ooze of sacred trees
In sun-imprieonng decks,
And in their lamps the fire not once relit
Since priest Melchizedek's.
There little Melchior, King of Nubia, came
With gold to signify
Possession of the empire of the earth
And kingship's prophecy.
And Chaldea's monarch, the old Balthuzar,
Brought incense, for a sign
That prayer and praise should find divinity
In manger or in shrine.
But Jasper, black and of mighty make,
And Of rich Tarshish King,
Brought neither gold nor incense, but
brought myrrh,
! For human suffering.
And with them, and before:them, the great
That up the eastern coasts,
Outstripping comets and te-bearded orbs,
Came leading heavens hosts.
While all black art of dark astroloRy,
With nominations gray
That signs and zodiacs trembled to regard,
Showed where the young child lay
The young child, who not yet fortnight old
Among the oxen slept,
Where angels hung upon dropping wing
And all the sweet watch kept.
Chiefs of old heathenry how long, how far,
They journeyed on their quest
What tribute ana what treasure did they
bring
To greet the holy guestl
What costly travel and what toilsome march
Were theirs, too-that great press
Which followed on the way the Magi led
Up from the wilderness!
But we. on whom for twice thousand years
The Star in the East has shone--
What hard road 20 we tread with tender feet
To make the truth our own?
Upfrom what deserts do we hOtly spur
To consecrate our King?
To God in Christ, or in Humanity,
What tribute do we bring?
We look on the immensty of space
And count all creeds song;
We let the dungeoned prisoner write in
blood
The story of his wrong.
So we but lose no bubble of the wine,
In the rose crush no sting, j
We care not for the pierced Divinity
We crown the senses King!
Brief empery, that the bubble breaks,
With the rose falls! whose slaves
Shall revel then but with the loathly worm
And the dark fruit of gravesl
Dart forth your white and awful light, o
Star!
Wither this King to dross
Lead us path like that once trod the feet
We nailed upon a cross!
'11Tict Prescott SpoF0rd, 3 in Atlantic
4a0HtilB. ---.---'f ------
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ROUGH GAMES.



Ball are Groundless.
We have received a letter the writer
of which complains of the brutality Of
the baseball and football games of the
day. tits true there are some dangers
connected with them, and yet they are
good games, and when not carried to
excess are not to be frowned upon.
These games require certain amount
of courage, and the college boy who is
not willing to run some IRISH had better
stick to his Greek roots and become
round shouldered and asthmatic. Some
times the shins, then again the head
and once in awhile the ribs feel as
though they had been struck by pile
driver; but when Il fellow can stand up
against these mishaps and is anxious
only to win in spite of them, he is in
part fitting himself to become Il bank
president. able to carry the institution
through panic.
Play can be too rough, and it can be
made needlessly dangerous. Still, it
helps to train steady eye, to develope
needed mucle, to give or% a level head.
and to encourage willingness to take
the brunt OF manly contest. The
rough and tumble of life requires moral
as well as physical Drawn, and if boy
learns to measure his own resources a
finger or two out of Joint are n cheap
enough price to pay for the knowledge.
N J. Her0id.
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being at the time in a rather confused
t.2te, owing to having taken a little
brandy for a slight indisposition,
stepped off the elevator shaft at the
fourth story, falling to the basement
and being instantly killed. His terri
fled companion attempted to save him
but was Mortified to find his empty
coat left in his hand.
''Menson was universally liked, hay
ing no enemy but himself.
He leaves a wife and three daugh-
tiers who were dependent upon him for
support. '-EmDla Hartman, IN Union
SiqndL.
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wLL NEVER DRINK AGAIN"
An Insult to His Wife Arouses a Drunk
ards latent Manhood.

aruS Latent MANHOOD
A woman came out of an ill-venti-
lated room in a tenement house in
Center street yesterday, walked
down the front steps and sat
on the last step. She was about
twenty-five years old, remarka-
bly, good looking, and held little child
in her arms. She sat for some time
with her head bent, listening to the
roar of the traffic which swept by. She
raised her head q few times and re-
| garded with an absent air the crowds
of foOt-passengers who hurried to and
fro without stopping, and going many
! of them knew not whittier. One of
those gorgeous red sunsets which
sSs t fsR S & qnnssrst stan was
building and sending its rays slantingl
ly down along the street Not breath
of wind could be felt, and the liquor
stores in the vicinity were wide open
as they would be in the height of the
| summer season. Far up on the other
side was the somber-looking portico of
| the Tombs, which looked dismal and
| fOrbidding even in such pleasant at
mosphere. Some of the lawyers who.
| frequent the place, as much opposed
| to as in favor of law and order, passed
down the steps and hurried on.
| Around the immense pillars men and
women clustered in groups, all speak
ing at the same time and hanging on
to the place as though it were haven
| of rest for the wearied.
| Off Outi'
They separated at once and ran.
down the steps.
A poor wretch, physically well
formed, intelligent looking, but the
picture of dissipation, ran-no, stag
gered down the steps-and the gruff
policeman, swinging his club airily,
turned and began talking to a poll
tician. No one noticed the incident
but the politician.
did he register?" the politician
asked.
No" said the policeman; 81 think
he amt got a vote"
d" If he had, would he vote straight"
No; crooked every time. Look at
i'm now"
The drunken man was tracing 4 zig
gag line up the street.
" WheWIn said the politician; "these
are the men who vote straight. | would
have had one more majority had
known that man." and he ticllled the
stalwart gendarme under the ribs.
The man continued to staoger up the
street, and the woman on the stoop,
LOOKING accidentally across, saw him
Then. as if to compensate in some
manner for her desolate condition. she
squeezed the little baby over and over
again and kissed it, The innocent lit
tie being stroked the mothers check
once or twice with its tiny hand. and
then. with a sudden Iioht of memory iii
its ewes. said. pointing to a liquor store
on the opposite side:
=. Ma. | think | saw papa 90 in
there"
The tears flowed faster adown the
mothers cheeks. and this time she
sohbed as well as cried.
Presently the man came out of the
saloon. Evening shadows had COM
mcnced 10 darkcn the street. and in
irvine. to make his way across he stum-
bled across two men. He was unable
abused him because he had made their
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26

An Jesus was de chile.
"'My Lawd de highest Gawd
Called Him His only Son,
Bid Him to rule de lands abroad,
An glib Him David's frone.'"
"'PO an needy vO be,
Gawd my Maker, keer for me-
He glib me clothes an shelter, food
He glib me all hab oh good;
An vo | sleep an vo | wake,
He keeps me safe for Jesus sake''
"When twelve o'clock come dev all
jump up, an shout and shake hands
Chris mas gift, Sis Patsyn Chris mas
gift. Bro Mic LAST Pete an me we
wasn't 'mong de watchers; we was
dancin' all night wild de young people
ODER to Tilly's quarters. She gib de
party dat night, an she certain V did
hab real fine supper. You know dey
glib 'em all double ratons for Chris mas
week. Nlistiss she Glib me an Pete a
piece O groun' to Gin housekeepin' on
twelve hens an two hogs. She lowed
dat to each cullud family. Chris mas
mornin' she called up all de slaves on
de plantation, an she Glib de women
folks bandana hankcher an calico
dress an Il white cotton apern all
'roun' an de men-folks dey got pipe
an a shirt an cullud hankcher; an
de little Gals. she qib 'em bib aperns
an some candy an oranges.
"'Bout de weddin'? o yes; [ was
telln' YOU bout de weddin'. Well. dat
come off Chris mas night. My young
mistiss she fix my veil on herself, an
she lend me her white sash an her gol'
breas pin. | wore a splendid white
muslin dress: it had free full flounces
on it. an a lone. sweepin' train. An
| had white kid clubs. too. BOUGHT 'em
out of sto' in Richmond. De white
'Pisc pal minister formed de sayemonv.
He wore his gown. same as eff we was
white folks. lase mistiss say she'd 9Th
us fust-class weddin'. me an Pete.
All de cullud folks on our plantation
was dar. an lots o. hioh-toned darkies
from ober to Bran'on an West-ober
was dar. too. De weddin' supper. dat
was ober to muvyer's cabin. but de
savemonv was in de basement up at de
mansion. an de white family all come
in to witness de weddin'. But de
supper! You lis OUGHT TO seen dat
table! A GREAT fat piG boIdin' n annie
in his molf was at de head O de fable
an a 'possm was at de foot
Yes" chimed in Uncle Pete. "an' I
was trappin' that 'nossum = whole
week de sly crittef, A nowerfpI fat
'possIm he was. too
"Hcsb. man. twoU 7 oft fri wild de
tablet In de centre dere Was 4 oret bio
cake % corn-breod all hrowHad mn
nice to look like a real 'umptious poun|-
cake. an sticLin' in de middle a. dis
beab cake we had a real free ont o. de
woods, mebbe fo' feet hiob mn de
limbs an twio,s was wranned in white
naner an lots q LITTLE fbincs made ont
o. white paper was buno on 'cm~TttIe
baskets an tubs an ems Den we had
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26

To preserve a cheerful frame otmind,
every one needs to have interests out
side of himself. We may safely affirm
that the man who uniformly meets us
with an animated expression, hope
full aspect, and a frank and cordial
greeting, is not a selfish or self-centered
man. He is glad and sorry for more
than his own successes or failures; he
is interested in some things at least
apart from their relation to himself.
Nothing more effectually weighs down
the spirits, contracts the sources of
pleasure, and darkens the countenance,
then the exclusive thought of and ref
crence to personal interest; and no one
can hope to maintain cheerful dispos-
ition, or to exert an inspiring influence,
until he takes u genuine interest in
other things and other people.--M y
Ledgcr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26

According to the United SerUice
Gazette, new use has beeu discovered
for the musical instrument of torture
called the bagpipes. Last year, it
seems, a Spanish soldier was brought
to the military hospital at Havana in a
state of catalepsy, and for fifteen
months he showed no signs of improv.
ing health. At last the doctors ordered
the bagpipcs to be played near his bed,
whercupon the man promptlyrccovercd
consciousness, and is now able to artic-
ulate.
Lady of the house-O, my gracious!
You are going to sit down in my pie
dough. Guest-O, that don t make any
difference; | never eat pies, anyhow
Cincinnati Sun.