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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-08

1t is said that that Col. J. L. Mead
has purchased the Barnard panther and
will take him to the New Orleans eX-
position, and upon his return will place
)im in the state cabinet at Montpelier.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-08

However depressing, Cleveland's re-
cent letter may have been to the Office
seeking Democrat, it is apparent that
the mugwump ear has been, thereby e.
Enormously extended, and he "scents the
battle from far"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-08
Cleve-

Geo. A. futile, the founder of the
Rutland Daily Herald, died in Rutland
Sunday, aged SO.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-08

A Dakota judge, the other day, laid
off the judicial ermine and "Iaid OUT a
lawyer who intimated that the Judge
led in one of his rulings. So the ma
jesty of the law is felt in far off Dakota.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-08

With I'll years experience l h&tter myself
/ can do better by you than any travelling
man can. If you insure hap-hazard in what
ever company stranger brings along you are
all right if nothing happens" If you insure
with me you are all right in any event.
HUGH HENRY.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-08

suME CURIOUS L>,rlis 49, a::.Ia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-16
WIT AND HUMoR.
Ell Psrk!ns Describes the Difference Hs.
tween Them.

En- PsrkIns Describes the pIEsEsRes Hs.
tween Them.
Ell RrEtm
1t takes the imagination to enjoy wit. It
takes thought on the part Of the hearers
IS well as the speaker. Humor is plain,
truthful description Of humorous scene.
Dickens Is a truthful humorist. Baron
MurChausen Is al! Imagination. He is q
wit.
There was startling instance OF wit in
the answer OF Person when some one said !:
"Byron and Tennyson and the modern
noetR, sir, will be read when Homer and
Virgil are forgotten" -.
ayes" said Person, land not till then I"
This witty answer has 10 be thought
over by the reader before the wit Is seen.
Humor requires no especial magma.
ton. II Is the truthful description Of
some incident In real lie, which has hap
pened. Humor Is description OF what
has been. Wit is the imagining Of what
might be. Any little scene In actual life,
il described truthfully, will be humor.
Take the simple scene Of two married
women taking leave Of each other at the
gate on a mild evening and describe 1t
truthfully and it will be humor. To
illustrate, two women shake hands and
kiss each other over the gate and then
commences the conversation:
"Good-bye!"
Goodbye. Come down and see US
soon."
~ will. Goodbye"
"Good-bye! Don't forget to come soon"
mo, won't. Don't you forget to come
az won't. Besure and bring Sarah Jane
with you next time"
~ will. I'd have brought her this time,
but she wasn't very well. She wanted to
comeawiully."
ibid she now? That was too bad Be
sure and bring her next time"
II will. And you be sure and bring the
baby"
81 will. forgot to tell you that he's cut
another TOOTH"
"You don't say sol How many has he
now%
Give. 1t makes him awfully cross"
~ dare say it does this hot weather"
"WeIl, goodbye! Don't forget to come
up. Good-byew
"Good.byew (louder)
"Good-byGw VERY loud.)
The above simple dialogue is pure hui
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small branch Of q tree. When this was
pulled out Il was found that there WAS .
hollow space behind the wall. Colonel
]. H. Stephenson, Major Powell's assist
ant. broke this with a pick and found
little concealed niche, in which WIS q
small carved figure resembling q man
done up in closely.woven fabric, which
with the touch Of the band turned to dust.
It was blackened and crisp, like the
mummy clothes Of Egypt. IN ell, some
sixty groups Of these lava villSgeS we're
found, there being tWent! houses In each
group. The evidences Of civilization were
similar, bat removed by their CRUELTY and
evident wsnt Of skill q good deal from the
articles found In the Cliff houses, which
have been 80 fully written up In the re-
ports Of the Geological Survey.
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This enormous sum, which does not in-
clude French expenditures during the
present year on account of the Tonquin
war, nor the cost Of the British occupation
ofEgypt during the same time, represents
over 1900 millions OF dollars, about 200
millions moro than the national debt OF
the United States a. its highest point,
only 215 millions short OF the bonded debt
OF Great Britain, sos millions more than
the civilized world spent in wars for forty
years up to 1860. and 1856 millions Of dol
lars more than the whole annual expendi-
lures Of all the governments Of Europe.
This vast amount OF money, spent in wars
which vindicated no great principle, repre-
sents only the extra military expenditure.
War means waste. Tho statisticians
have not attempted the hopeless task OF
representing in pounds, shillings and
pence the unreasonable loss to the peo-
pie during these fifteen years OF lighting.
The collateral losses Of war are no less real
because they do not figure in the official
budgets. The immense indemnity paid by
France to Germany was an immediate loss
to the one and corresponding gain to the
other. But the gain stimulated Germany
TO speculative excuses in which infinitely
more than the millards Of France was dis
sipated. France, having with such appar-
ent case responded to the demand OF Ger
many, intoxicated by the uuexampled
readiness Of resource in the face Of defeat
at arms, the applause Of an aslonished
world ringing in her ears-FsaRce plunged
headlong into wasteful ventures. That
war demoralizes, is lesson as old as hu-
man contention.
There are those who look with favor
on war "a REFRESHING the tendency to over.
populate, assuming with Nautilus that
there is such tendency. On the same
theory the pestilence that blights with
death whole areas and reduces their tenn
ing populations is beneiaction. lisa
lesa strain upon reason to aea in war
something that promotes for time the
well,beiug OF people, since it draws
thousands and hundreds Of Thousands
from competing production whose wants
must be supplied. II governments had
come way OF wsging war other than by
taxing the people there might be in this
permanent gain.
We need look no farther than the war
establishments OF Europe in time Of peace
two millions OF men under arms at an
annual cost OF $50 millions Of dollars.
The millions who consume but do not
produce must be supported By the labor
OF tho other millions who work. There is
no other way TO support them. It need
not tax greatly the sagacity Of statesmen
or the wisdom Of economists TO devise
better ways Of expanding annually by far
the greater part Of S55 millions Of dollars.
In the good time coming, when the rulers
Of the earth shall not think it necessary.
nor the people submit, to preserve do
meatic peace by foreign war, the world
will save the greater part Of this fearful
waste Of wealth and energy.
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Ghe Gstetligeuctr,


Almost simultaneously war Is declared
between England and Burma, aud be-
tween Servia and Bulgaria. Russia and
England, which prepared at 80 great cost
to fight each other, have by no means
reached a settlement promising lasting
peace between them Public opinion in
France must become much lees warlike
before Frenchmcn will cease to thirst for
revenge for the humiliation put upon them
by the German arms. Austria and Italy
are not without their grievances.
The day when there shall no longer be
wars and rumors OF wars seems to be no
nearer at band than it was half century
ago. The peaceful settlement OF the
threatening Alabama claims question set
before the world the example OF two strong
and proud nations committing their dig
pute TO q, court Of arbitration. This act
the world applauded as one Of the grand
est triumphs OF civilization. Statesmen
and philanthropists dreamed dreams OF
international difficulties settled by inter
national arbitration. But Europe does
not arbitrate. She negotiates and busters
and fights. Her statesmen devote their
shrewd endeagors to arerLing conflicts
with the strong an making successful
war on the weak. Two millions Of men
ever under arms are Europe's answer to
the peaceful plan Of arbitration. The cost
to the European powers Of the wars in
which they were engaged in the period
from 1870 to 1881 inclusive is thus given
by British statiCians:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-16
FIVE CAT sToRlEs.

Some FauoIes In Feline Lure, Both Comical
and Othsrwl,e.
GiGa (Ga Eetrs.
There is, indeed, strange story told us
by Charles johnson, Of this city, in regard
to a cat which is now in his possession.
"As l was moving from the country to the
city started from my farm with a jet
black kitten tied in sack in my buggy.
On my wsy stopped at Mr.. Grubb's to
spend the night, and placed the sack with
the cat in it in my room, but somehow
during the night it managed to escape,
and, being in strange place, when the
door was opened in the morning it fed 10
the woods, where it was impossible to fad
it before / left next morning. Several
months atterward | was down at Mr..
Grnbb's and found the cat, which had
turned perfectly gray from grief, l sup
pose, at being separated from my children,
to whom it was much attached.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-16
GrDo. Iostsad of weed. AlODE Highways.

american dgTicaHHTtd.
Some weeds along the highways are
snowy and beautiful when in blossom,
like the golden rod and many OF the asters,
willow herb, and even oxeye daisies, and
the humble dandelion but to the farmer
eye, nothing is so beautiful as grass. II
all the space between the roadway and
the fence on both sides along cultivated
fields and fenced land could be moved oil
close three times q year for a year
or two. there arc comparatively
few roads in districts where there
Is tolerably good soil, along which
a good sward would not take the
place OF the tangle Of briers, birches,
niders, and weeds, which now are only
uusiGhtly, but upon which weed seeds are
produced in countless millions, and diff
fuse themselves over adjacent land. After
year or two, a good clip OF hay can be
cut in June, and possibly again in August
or September, and with little pains to
uproot weeds which are not killed by the
moving, the land will prove productive,
and an ornament to the farm.
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THE PERFOMED BALL ROOM Z!
rbc Atlanta Constitution, speaking OF tho Mystic

The Atlanta ConSttution, speaking OF tho Mystic
Owls display, adds:
and graceful features Oi this great event. As the
guesIs entered the Opera House they we're greeted
with the most delicious odoB. as from freshly
blooming bed OF thousand flowers. The nir wGs
laden with the soft, sweet perfume thar seemed 70
he the very breath OF the goddess Of pleasure and
q wooIng To the galetieS Of the occasion. A Ioun.
tain, neatly placed was playing all the evening
the pnctced senses oi the ladies' at once detected
what Is WAS. We need hardly sAy that the fountain
and the two AtOmlscH were dispensing 10 the az
mogphere the odor OF
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A GOOD PAPER.


Words Of Praise tor the "IntslIigonc from
the KaDaWhN Valley.
Correspondence ottA< Ta<ai0mo1.
PocA DISTRICT, W. VA, Nov. 9-I sub
scribed for your paper a few days ago and
received the first copy NovemberS. like
it splendidiy, more SO than any other
paper that sm now taking. 1t Is clean,
bright and newsy, aud suits me TO- 7. II
you could send mo few copies Of the IL.
TRLLIOEScER l could get you up O. yeFy
nice club In very short time, @ ! live
right In the heart Of big Republican
camp. Poca district Is called the banner
Republican district Of KsnAwhe county.
Poca gave our present Sheriff, l. h.
Ewart, Esq, $50 majority over the DEMO-
cratic nominee. We are all right In 4 tus.
sic With the Democrats any time and all
the time. We never monkey with DEM
oCrat at the election. Our motto 10 vote
tho straight-out Republican ticket. We
are $50 strongi that is our name and don't
you forget 1t. :.
Success to the 1NTELLIGRScIE May it
live always. hope you may keep on In
the true light as you have been In the past
in making 1t good, sound aad1aucy Re.
publican paper. II you do you will get
the support Of the Republicans. Give US
the good cd sound Republican doctrine
That Is what We want SUBSCRIBER.
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Birmingham comes to the front with It's
cat story. A resident OF Upper Derby is
the owner OF cat, the mother of five
promising kittens, whose nursery is in an
old box in the barn. Wednesday, when
the owner went into the barn, he saw an
old heu-a regular old setter-clucking
and flushing about the kittens as though
they were brood of chicks. The mother
Of the kittens appeared on the scene, but
was driven off by the feathered step.
mother, and since then the kittens have
received all the care attention that the
strange mother would give to family of
her own species.
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ChttNHe NEHyl Htus'
onthe 9th instant a favorite cat Of mine
disappeared, and Iconcluded that she had
been caught in trap and had been
knocked on the head. This morning she
turned up with her foot rotted off, having
evidently been in trap for fourteen days.
OF course she is shadow OF her former
self. l Immediately aCnt her to the vets
and had tho limb dressed, but the cat died
during the night.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-16
TAY1oR's pREMIUM COLOGNE,

an article Of Southern manufacture that has
promptly won Its way Into wide spread popularity.
This Cologne 10 Of the finest quality, lasting aud
table OF all that have used 1t. The quick aud del,
icatc Scuse Of the Mystic Owls" at Onto discover.
cd is merits, and they had no happier coucelt 10
lYhtiul perfume. The fair dancers who found 10
grateful TefrsGher last evening will please them.
selves aud honor their entertainers By keeping up
the sensation throughout the tWelyemouLh by
rnRanL Of this hAlIRhtlnl nKenL An26 NWRAW
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-16
ARNbbIt Cared for as u Kitten.

In Westfora, Windham county, Mrs.
sca,boro's cat recently gave birth to four
kittens, one Of which was taken from her
and given TO neighbor. The cat hunted
Intellectually for four days, and then went
into the woods, robbed a rabbit OF one OF
her little ones, brought it home and put il
with the kittens, making her number even
again.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-16
A Comical story Of q Kitten.

PfpuiGr Sctcn1 Monthly.
Ionce had babson that turned her at.
tention to cats and dogs, and teased and
tormented them in every way. A bright
pussy, which the most Of the time she car.
ried in her armp, was tired one day OF her
company and attempted to escape. The
ape strongly objected, and the Kitten in
its struggle scratched her in the shoulder.
Gravely the bsboon seized one OF the
paws OF her pet, examined It carefully,
and Guding, probably, the sharp claws !
dangerous supertluity in 80 small being,
bit them of, one by one.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-16
OLDEST AMERICAN HANIrAr1oN.
Interesting Discoveries ny the Geological
Survey In Now Mexico.

OLDEST AMERICAN HABIrATION.
Interesting Discoveries ny the Geological
Survey In Now Mexico.
Santa Ft Ncw N,SieaI.
Major Powell, Chief OF the Geological
Survey, who has been abouG a month in
the field, has discovered in New Mexico,
near California Mountain, what he pro.
nounces to be the Oldest human habita.
ton upon the American continent. The
mountains in this vicinity are covered
with huge beds Of lava, in which the pre-.
historic man and his comrades txeavated
square rooms, which were lined with a
sbeCies Of plaster made from the lava, and
in these rooms were found various eyi.
dUnces OF quite an advanced civilization,
among them a species OF cloth made OF
woven hair, and large number OF pieces
Of pottery. In the sides Of tho
rooms cupboards and shelves were
excayated. In one room, stick
ing out Of the bare face Of the wall, was q
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-16

TRAvELERs should be prepared for the
changes OF weather and the effects of ex-
poture by providing themselves with Dr..
RulI'R Cnngh SVrup,
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The Mirror

is no hatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale2
Magnolia Balmis the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
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Educational.
Mt. de ChantaI AcadeInY
NEAR WHEELING, ". va.

The thlrty.sighth year OF this well.EuOvn Asd.
envy. under the charge OF the Visitation Nus,
opens on the nrst Monday Of September nett aid
continues ten mouths,
Pupils received at any time in the session.
Those who dodrc to place their dGughicn In an
Institution GHordlng exceptional advantages IN
the way OF healthiul ard delightful location, e1.
cellent board, thorough discipline and instruction
Al tho hands Of LIE long teachers, In every DEPART
meat Of female education, Including the mode:o
languages and music, should send Tor q catalogue
Of this School. Address,
Directressof the Academy OF the Visitation,
MT. do CHANTAL,
AueSpAw Near Wheeling. ". Va
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

A RRIvAL AND DEPARTURE OF
TRANSPORTATION OF REFERIEcE MAEKA
sDaIly. tsunday excepted. MONDAY excepted
Wheeling Time:
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a1e,u ADVERTISEMENTS.

JITANTED-A WOMAN TO DO GEN
w EBAL houSewOrE. Apply at No. all Mar
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Some FauGleS In Feline Lure, Both Comical
and OIherWIse.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-03

VIRGINIA: At rules held in the Clerks Office
of the Circuit Court OF the City Of Alexan-
dra. on the 9th day of February, 1855.
Terence McCrackcn, who trades and does business
under the name and style of p. McCracken &
Bro, plaintiffs, vs. Guy c. Goss, defendant.
Debt.
Memo. The object of this suit is to recover of
the defendant the sum Of S5O2.12, with interest
thereon from September 18th, 1884, until paid,
and to attach and subject to the payment of the
same 700 shares of the stock Of the Virginia Iron
Ship Building Company, belonging to the said
defendant, and the estate Of tho defendant in said
company, and moneys due from said company to
the defendant.
The defendant, Guy c. Goss, not having entered
his appearance and given security according to
the act of Assembly, and the rules of this
Court, and it appearing by affidavit that
he is not a resident of this State: 1t is or
dered that the said defendant appear here with
in one month after due publication of this order
md do what is necessary ttTrotaSt his interest
la this suit and that copy of this orheltsforth.
IRIS th inserted in the Alexandria GAZETTE, a news
rJaper published in the city of Alexandria, once
week for four successive weeks, and posted at the
front door of the Court House of this city.
A copy teste: JOHN S. BEACH, Clerk.
Wattes & Mushbach. p. q. ieb6-w4w
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E6HRO.1DS-
OHIO AND WESTERN Il. R.
La E as az - - - -


WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
FOUR TRAINS DAILY BETWEEN ALEXAN
DRIA AND ROUND HILL
Leave Washington at % q. N. and 20 p: IN.
and Alexandria at 33 q. M and 81 p. m. Pass
Leesburg, going westward, at II 10 p. m. and
10 D. M, and arrive at Round Hill at 70 p.
Il, and o. p. m. Leave Round Hill at 40 q.
IL. and / so p. II. Pass Leesburg going cast
ward, at 5 So q. m. and 2 45 p. m, and arrive a.
Alexandria ut 8 Is a. N. and % p. n., and at
Washington at s % q. N. and 80 p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS,
Leave Washington at 8 O5 p H., Alexandria ~
s 10 p. Ii. Pass Leesburg, going westward, at
10 40 p. IL. Arrives at Round Hill at IL 70 p. nj
EB- Passengers from Washington will take the
WASH Ohio and West'n. cars st the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad station at 9:25 q. and 4:2o p.
M, and go through to Round Hill without change
o. cars.
The 9:33 a. w. train from Alexandria and loo
p.m train from Round Hill connect at Round Hill
with Daily Line Of Coachesfor Snickersvlle Bel
ryville aud Winchester also with Line of Coaches
which leave Leesburg daily for Aide and Middle
burg.
Both trains, Westward make close connection
at Vienna, with Sissons Line OF Stages for Fairfax
Court House.
One thousand mile communication tickets bear
ing two names $50; one thousand mile tickets
bearing al the names of family members of q
firm, $40.
Alexandria, Oct 81, 1884
SM BROPHY. Supt.
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HoUSEFURNIsHING GOODS.
New Goods just Received

Polka Dot or Bulls Eye Glass Ware, in Rubna,
Rosina, Bluina; also Rose Aqua and Amber. The
largest assortment to be found this side of New
York.
Complete lines in all colors of Table and Cham
payne Tumblers, Handle Lemonsdes, Oil and
Water Bottles.
Fruit Bowls and Butter Dishes.
Finger Bowls and Decanters.
China and Belleck Peppers and Salts.
French China, complete lines in White and
Gold Band and Decorated Dinner, Tea and Cham.
Der Sets prices very low.
Polished Brass Library and Hall Lamps with
Prisms
Msjolica-A full line too numerous to mention.
Parlor or Drawing Room Lamps in China,
Barbatine and various other wares.
Rogers Bros Plated Goods in Knives, Forks,
Spoons, Castors &c
We have some fine English Printed Tea Sets,
Sc pieces, at Sd Come and see them.
Full stock of Common Ware Of all kinds.
aug29 E. J. MILLER 6 co.