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An accommodation train for Glyndon (Reisters-
town. and intermediate Stations leaves Baltimore at
more and intermediate stations at 500 p m.
FAST MAIL-DAIIY.
Leaves Hillep Station, Baltimore, at 4.40 a. M
Glyndon $50, Westminster $50, New Windsor COZ,
Union Bridge 6.10, Rocky Ridge 6.27 Meehanicstown
6.S7, Blue Ridge Summit 7.0S, arriving at Roanoke,
leaves Roanoke. Va for Baltimore at II 30 a. m,
Blue Ridge Summit 92S, Mech JAMESTOWN 947. Fred
erck junction 1907, Union Bridge lois, New Wind
sor 1923 Westminster 1923, Glyndon 11.10 arriving
at Hillen Station, Baltimore, at 1l.55 a. M.
BLUE Mt. EXPRESS-Daily except Sunday
Leaves Hillen Station. Baltimore, at $50 p. m,
Westminster SOB, New Windsor SIG, Union Bridge
5.24, Mechanicstown 552 and arrives at Blue Noun
tain at 6.25 and at Hagerstown at 6.5S.
Leaves Hag erstown at 630 a, M. Blue Mountain
7l2, Mechanicstown 7.39, Union Bridge SOS, New
Windsor S17, Westminster S.32, Glyndon 904. and
arrives at Hilen Station, Baltimore, at $50 a. m,
SUNDAY TRAINS
Going East will leave Union Bridge for Baltimore
and intermediate Stations at 20 a. m Ali p IA and
viii leave baltimore for Union Bridge and inter mss
mediate Stations at g.l5 a, M. and go D. m. and
Westminster at ll,04 8. N. and 4.l9 p m.
EMMITSBURG RAILR0AD-Daily except Sunday.
Trains South will leave Emmittsburg at $50 and
$50 a. and 325 and 5.55 p M, arriving at Rocky
Ridge at GOO and 900 a. M and $50 and 625 p. m
Trains North will leave Rocky Ridge at 627 and
1910 a. m, and 4.10 and GAO p. m. arriving at En-
mitsburg 657 and II 10 a. m, and 440 and 710 p m.
BALTIMORE AND CUMBERLAND VALLEY X. R.
Trains leave East daily, except Sunday. shippers
burg 7.0S a. m, 200 and 400 p m, Waynesboro 742
a. m. 2.36 and 4.S6 p m, arriving at Edgemont 500
a. m. and 255 and ASS p. IN.
Trains West daily except Sunday EdgemOnt
III and 11.40 m, and 740 p m, WaynesboTo 7.42
a. m. and 1890 and 500 p. M ChambershuTg $50 a.
m, and 124O and $40 p m arriving at Shippens-
FREDERICK DIVISION PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Trains for Frederick leave Junction at $50 and
1890 a. M, and 6.gf p, m, Trains for Taneytown
Lttlestown and York leave Junction at 9,55 a. m.
and 62f P, m,
Through car for Frederick leaves Baltimore at 400
p. N, and leaves Frederick for Baltimore at 500 a.
m. Through cars for Hanover and Gettysburg and
points on the H. ]. H. & G. R. r. leave Baltimore
at 955 a. and 4 90 p. m. These trains daily eX-
cept Sunday.
On Mondays train will leave Gettysburg at $40
a. m. connectingSwith train arriving at Hillen at
$50 a. m.
Orders for Baggage calls can be left at Ticket
Office 1873 w. Baltimore street.
J. M. HOOD, Gen1. Manager.
july4 B. H. GRIswoLD Gen'l. Passenger Agent
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DRESS GOODS.

Silks, black and cold, all prices; all shades
in Surah Silks, all latest shades in Satin Ber-
bers at so cents, same goods sold elsewhere
at rs cents; Satins, Brocades, Grenedenes,
Manchester Fancies, Henrietta Cloths, Cut
Cashmeres, Ottoman Cloths, Tricot Cloths.
Alpacas, Mohairs, Mons Suitings, Double
Width Cashmere as low as 20 cents; also a
great variety of Low Priced Dress Goods; also
a great variety of Sateens at u! cents.
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NOTIONS.

English, French and German Hosiery,
spring and summer Underwear, Handker
chiefs, Towels, Purses, Gloves, Fans, Table
Covers, Skirts, Corsets, Shawls, Laces,
Ladies Ties, Collarets, and Ladies Neckwear
of all kinds; Buttons, all colors; doz. job
lot of Hamburg Edgings will be sold at half
their value.
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De ENING
AZ OF
New Windsor Machine Shops
and Foundry.
S. A. S MI H.
Successor to Engel, Smith & Co.

take pleasure in informing the public that
l have re opened the Machine Shops and
Foundry at New Windsor, Nd, and am pre-
pared to manufacture
Agricultural Implements and Ma
ehinefy in General,
suoh as Triple Cleared Horse Powers, different
sizes, Threshers, Hominy Mills, Mill Work,
Flows, Plow Irons, Horse Rakes, &c.
Special attention given to all kinds ofrepairs
Having secured large assortment of Pat
terms from different Foundries, am prepared
to cast almost anything in the market. In the
variety of our patterns we can compete with
any Foundry in the State.
| still continue to manufacture the eele-
hrated "Etar'' Farm Bells, Wash Kettles,
Scoops, &C., also four sizes Of Template
Stoves
Agent for Buckeye Binders and Repairs,
Steam Threshing Machinery and Rakes.
By good work and strict attention to bust
ness, hope to receive liberal share of your
patronage Very Respectfully,
S. A. SMITH,
may 28:3m New Windsar, Md.
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CASSIMERES.

American, French and Scotch Cashmere
for mems and boys wear In these goods
we have better and cheaper line than ever
before Cottonades Is cents, worth 20 cents.
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DOMESTICs.

In this department we are the lowest priced
house in town. We sell heavy yd. wide
Sheeting Muslin at 81 cents; Fancy Shifting
81, Ginghams at 8 cents, Calicoes at 8 cents,
Lawns cents.
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have recently established at Glen Falls,
on the line of the Western Nd. Railroad, a
BRICK YARD. The clay is of very SUI
perior quality, clear of flint or gravel, and
equal to the best Baltimore clay. | have
made arrangements to furnish any kind OF
brick desred-paving, building, arch or cor
nice, and at prices as low as can be had else
where, / have had so years experience, and
know whereof | speak Depot for sale in
Westminster, Md-Lynch's Lumber Yard
WIN. II. BELL,
may9:6m Westminster, Nd
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HATS.

All the latest, nobbiest spring styles for
young men, old men and boys. Big line
Straw Hats, cheaper than ever before.
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Gents Furnishing Goods.

Eighmie Shirts, with fronts that do not
break or wrinkle from wear. Full line of
Spring and Summer Underwear, Fancy Ties,
Neckwear of all kinds, Collars and Cuffs.
We try to sell the best goods for the least
money.
]. T. orndorff, Orndorff Building,
WESTMINSTER, MD. apl25
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Organized under the auspices Of the Methodist
Protestant Church, 1867.
pg Incorporated By Act of assembly, 1868.

Occupies one of the most beautiful and
healthfll sites in the State. Receives annual
appropriation from the Legislature for the
Free Board of one student from each Sena-
toral District Provides a comfortable room
for each two students. Has full corps of
competent instructors. Course of study ample
and thorough both in the Preparatory and
Collegiate Departments. Discipline strict,
but kind. Terms very moderate. A Schol-
arship for Three Years Tuition for 500, and
Ito students having such Scholarship Board,
Room, Washing, Fuel and Light at the rate
of $166.67 per year. Has been in successful
operation for 16 years.
The Thirty-Sixth Annual Session begins
September LIST, 1885, and ends January Both,
1856. For Catalogue, and further informa.
ton, address
j. T. WARD, D, D., President,
june 20 Westminster, Nd.
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READY-MADE CLOTHING

For mems, youths and boys wear. We
have the cheapest, nobbiest and finest line
we have ever had in our store.
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Learn to say no, and It will be of more
use to you than to be able to read Latin,
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversely is
the only balance to weigh friends,
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CHUNK. RooP g. co.

We, the undersigned, having formed CO.
partnership for the term of five years from
date, offer to the public full line of
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Including the celebrated Osborne latest i'm
proved light Irvine Binder; new front-cut
Mower, the novelty of the nineteenth century,
Wheeler No. and single Harvesters; full line
of Repairs for the Osborne Machines, and
Irvine for all Binders constantly ON hand;
Lebanon, Wrought Shear, Economist, Rol-
land. and Oliver Chilled Flows, Springtooth
Harrows, Whipple Wheel Harrow, Check
Row Corn Planter, Fisk's Hand Planter,
Riding and Walking Corn Flows, Corn Shell
lers and Feed Cutters, Springtooth Hay
Rakes, Hay Tedders. We are sole Agents
for Carroll county for Walden Il Sprouts
noted Hay Elevators and Forks. A full line
of Studebaker Wagons, Engines, Separators,
Saw Mills, and Glover Hullers. Domestic
Sewing Machines, initiated by all, excelled by
none; Oil, Needles and Repairs for all Sew
ing Machines constantly on hand. A lot of
second hand Sewing Machines of different
makes for sale cheap We have also full
line of Nursey Stock at bottom prices, grown
especially for our own trade, by the oldest
and most reliable Nurserymen in the United
States.
Please call and examine our stock and you
will be convinced that we mean business. All
goods warranted to be as represented. Hoping
to receive a liberal share Of your patronage,
we are yours most obedienty.
]. G. SKUNK,
H. S. ROOP,
j. 7. ZILE.
Office and Warehouse, Main street, near
Depot, Westminster, Nd. feb H.
ESTABLISHED ....................ls 1925.
u
pg ING SUITS, @a
FOR
MEN, BOYS AND CHILDREN
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FENcING Gil

FENCIN
The Dayton Hedge and Wire
Fence Combined.
We offer our services as Hedge Growers to
the land owners and farmers of Carroll
county, believing they will be of great value
to them. We have the
Cheapest, Best, Most Durable and
Most Ornamental Fence
In the world, and sell 1t on Its merits alone.
We complete this Fence to the satisfaction of
purchasers at about
one-Half the Cost of Post and
Rail Fence.
Our terms are liberal, as we do not ask for
money until we have earned it. For further
information call on our agent,
J. A. MITCHELL,
At City Hotel, Westminster.
DAYTON HEDGE COMPANY.
mayS0,S m Dayton, Ohio.
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Boot and Shoe Department.
Dixons and Frank & Prey's Custom Made
Shoes, for ladies, misses and children; men
Custom Made Caters and Low Cut Shoes;
heavy Pillow Shoes S1.OO.
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90 TO M. C. sTRAsBURGER's
COMBINATION STORE.

IL Il
If you know what is good for your peck
book, and want to save money, then come
and examine our stock of goods, which con-
sists of
SUGARS, COFFEES, TEAS, SPICES,
CANNED GOODS,
N. O. MOLASSES, SYRUP, RAISINS,
CURRANTs, CITRON,
CRANBERRIES, DATES, FIGS,
ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS,
CoCoANUTs, CAKES, CRACKERS,
CHEESE, FISH, BACON,
LARD, BOLOGNA SAUSAGE, COAL
OIL, FLOUR, CoRNMEAL,
BUCKWHEAT.
A full Stock of pure Confectionery, which
cannot be surpassed in quality or price.
Nuts of all kinds
A large assortment of Boots and Shoes.
Come and see our $500 Waterproof Boot.
Tinware, Glass and Queensware, Wooden
ware and Notions of all kinds.
Our cent Counter is now in full bloom and
well worth looking at
A FINE STOCK OF LIQUORS OF ALL
KINDS.
OUR STOCK is COMPLETE
In all its branches, and too numerous to men,
ton every article. You can find almost any
kind of goods, and need not run from store to
store to supply your wants. Call and see be-
fore purchasing elsewhere.
At the store lately occupied
by Theodore Derr,
dec WESTMINSTER, MD.
RUY YOUR sT IARDWARE AND
M. SCHAEFFER & CO.,
WESTMINSTER, Md,
NEAR RAILROAD.
We are receiving an elegant line of fine
heating Stoves, economical in fuel, ornamen-
tai in design, easy to manage and reasonable
in price.
Cook Stoves and Ranges in the latest and
most approved patterns guaranteed.
Sole agents for the celebrated New Light
House Cook and Excelsior Penn, Othello and
New Record Ranges, also the New Golden
Sun and Boynton 1882 Fire Place Heaters,
the very best in the market.
Keep on hand always full line of
HARDWARE. wooDENwARE, PAINTS,
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SAMUEL R, DUVALL,
SYKESVILLE. MD,
Headquarters for Wagons, Stoves,
Ranges and Fire. PLACE Heaters.

lhave just received from the Milburn Wagon
Co., Toledo, Ohio, large consignment of
their celebrated HOLLOW AXLE FARM
WAGONS, which are considered the best and
cheapest wagon ever made and the kind every
farmer needs. They are the lightest draft
farm wagon in the market, strong and dura-
BILE. l keep all sizes in stock, receive by car
load direct from the manufacturers and sell
AT BOTTOM PRICES.
RaEn Call and examine them. You can buy
one for what it would cost to repair your old
wagon. Have added
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GAs-FITTERs' SUPPLIES.

Manufacturers of all kinds of Tinware Root
ing and Spouting promptly attended to.
Call and examine stock and learn prices.
sept eff
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LIGHTWEIGHT
CUSTOM DEPARTMENT

All goods properly shrunk before being
made up.
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Cash Prices Paid for Grain.
NEW BRICK YARD.

Grain of all kind taken on storage mr21,t If
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to my stock. Among them can be found the
celebrated Farmer Girl Cook Stove, which
has given general satisfaction; the Orion and
the Ironside Cook, Sections Grand Heaters,
Paola Revert Flue; Ranges of all kinds, Re.
pairs always on hand. Old stoves taken in
exchange fer new anes, A full and complete
stock Of TINWARE. Milk Cans made to
order. Repairing done with neatness and
despatch. ROOFING and SCOUTING. All
orders by mail will receive prompt attention.
SAML. r. DUVALL, Sykesville,
noY15:tf Carroll county, Md
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CHANGE OF TIME.
Western Maryland Railroad.

EtHSsss:zzs="a @s5=:=ss
ON and after Sunday, June 2Sth, 1885,
" Trains will run over this road as follows:
PASSENGER TRAINS RUNNING WEST.
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PASSENGER TRAINS RUNNING EAST.
Daily, except Sundays
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MEN, BOYS AND CHILDREN.
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DUY YOUR HARDWARE AND
ID STOVES
M. SCHAEFFER & CO.,
WESTMINSTER, MD,
NEAR RAILROAD.

Keep on hand always a full line of
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HARDWARE. wooDENwARE, PAINTS,
OILS, GLASS, PLUMBERS AND
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Fully stocked from which to order. Samples
and rules for self.measurement sentfree upon
application.
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pg sPRING SUITS. wa
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NOAH WALKER & CO.,

165 and 167 WEST BALTIMORE STREET.
april Baltimore, Nd
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-07
E. ST. JOHN.
Tho We'll Deserved Promotion Of Prom
inont. Faithful aud Enicient RniIroad
On,Cial.

The We'll Deserved Promotion of ~ Prom
inont. Faithful and Emclent RnlIroad
OnCiai.
President H. r. Cable, of the Chicago,
Rock Island 81 Pacific Railrond, has
issued tho following important notice:
Mr. j.. ST. John Is hereby appointed
assistant TO the General Manager Tho
General Ticket and Passenger Depart
mcnt, Will remain under tho iuri,dic-
tiOn of MIR ~. John as formerly and
all communications i'm connection with
those departments should bc addressed
To him as General Ticket and Passenger
Agent"
The above announcement Of Mr. ST.
John promotion will bc read with m
tcrcst and pleasure by the many who
have become intimate with him during
"a very long career. lie has been asso-
ciatcd with the road so long that he is
always considered part OF the system.
good, reliable, and ever ON time MIR
ST. John entered the railway service i'm
1862; was clerk i'm the General Ticket
Onicc and Depot Ticket Agent OF the
Quincy ~ Toledo Railroad at Quincy,
ILL.,, until It's consolidation with the
Great Western Railroad, when he as
sumcd "A clcrkship with that com
pany in it's General Ticket Depart
mcnt at Springfield, H., remaining i'm
it- service until July 3, 1868; ON July
4, 1863. and until November, 1864, hc
was employed as clcrk i'm the General
Ticket Office Of the Chicago a. Rock
Island Railway November /, 1861. to
September ], 1869, hc was chief clork
IN charge Of the General Ticket DO
partmcut September /. 1869, ho was
appointed General Ticket Agent. and
January ], 1919. lao was appoint
cd General Ticket and Passenger
Agent which position hc continues
30 ill., ON Saturday, July (, Mr. ST.
John celebrated the twcuty-sccoud am
uiycrary Of his connection with tho
Rock Island Road. Mr. st. johns
promotion is another illustration of the
wcll-kuown fact that tho Rock Island
Road appreciates thc merits of ifs oil
cials. and gives tangible evidence Of
its appreciation.
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MooERN ARcHlrecruRe.
1911 Nye's Opinion of o. in General ami
sunmcr HnsIdrnrca In rnrIInmInr.

Bhi Nye's Opinion of o. boo General and
summer Residence in Particular.
il may bc premature. perhaps. but I
desire 10 suggest to any one who may
be contemplating The erection Of a SUM
NOR residence for me- e. q slight testi-
monial Of his high regard for my ster-
ling worth and symmetrical cscutchcon
~ testimonial more suggestive of ear
nest admiration and warm personal
friendship than of great intrinsic value.
etc. etc. that ! hope ho will not con-
struct it ou tho modern plan Of mental
bnl'ucinatiDu and morbid dclirium ire
mems peculiar tO recent architecture
on course "a man ought not to look 70
gifthousc iu tho cable end but if my
friends dom know any better than to-
build me "a summer cottage and throw
in odd Window That nobody cl-o want
ed, and then dsub it up with color-
That they have bought 40 auction and
applied 30 the house oftor dark with
shotgun. ] think 10 is Time that wc had
better undcr tludIng.
such "a structure does not come with
in either of the three classes Of fcnqi.-
sance. 10 is neither Il0rouuuc. Roman
nor Venetian Amy man can originate
such style of architecture 10 De win
drink the r.gh kind of whisky long
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HOW WE'RE MISSED.
No One Man Essential 10 tho Contlnu
nnce Of TerrestriaI Anairs.

No one Man Essential to tho ContInu-
nnce Of TerrestriaI ATairs.
The late Colonel Freeman NorvclI
had some well defined ideas of the rs
scntiality Of the Individual in the Uni
ycrsaI Scheme, and he was used to a.
lustratc them in this way.
"Whcn ! was % gallant young Lieu
tenant OF Marines. stationed in wash
ington, / was pretty numerous in so-
ciety. Wash q ball q reception or a
swell blowout Of any sort that Cac-
cording TO my notion thcu) could gc,
ON or go of without me. I'm fact
J had become Gin my own miudJ an in
dispensabIc unit BOO the social problem
OF the capital One day ] gOt orders
to 90 TO sea That WINS q terrible blow
TO Washington society but 10 was my
duty to sacrifice it and sacrifice 10 I
did by going ON board my ship and sailing
away. True. 7 was at a loss 10 guess
how the town could survive my absence.
but ] cOusOlcd society by % promise to
return as soon as possible
"Woll, ] was absent three Ve0re
You can't estimate tho gross measure
Washington. but DO was my intention 20
assuagc the general woe by 20 course
of gracious and benign patronage on
my return That Of course. made me
feel % little less like criminal than
when ] went away and 7 looked for.
ward 70 She day whom 7 should again
set foot in Washington with great
oagcrno-s Scenes Ot romantic and
dramatic in'crc- crowded pu my imagi
nation as ] thought OF meeting Che old
set one by ono, and tears of exulaGon
actually filled my eyes at The moment
j caught sight of the Capitol
'In due time ! reached the town
Before I had walked % square 7 met "a
dear old friend who waved his hand at
me and exclaimed
" How do NoryeUl Eeeu out Of
town. H...n't seen you in three
weeks y know Of - WashanqtOn
CQpitaL
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Bunker Hill Monument is a great
success as monument and the view
from its summit is said TO be well worth
the price of admission. ! did not as
cend the obelsk because the inner stair
case was closed 10 visitors on the day
of my visit and the lightning rod on the
outside looked TO me as though it had
been recently oiled.
On the following day, however. ] en-
gagged man TO ascend the monument
and tell me his sensations. He assured
me that they were first-rate. At the
feet of the spectator Boston and its en-
vironments are spread out in the glad
sunshine Every day Boston spreads
out her environments just that way.
Bunker Hill Monument is two hun
dred and twenty-one feet i'm height. and
has been entirely paid for. The spec
tator may look at the monument with
perfect impunity without being solicited
10 buy some of its first mortgage bonds.
This adds much 10 the genuine thrill of
pleasure while gazing at it,
There is a Bunker Hill i'm Macoupin
County, H., also i'm Ingham County.
Mich, and in Russell County, Kan.
but General Warren was not killed at
either Of these points
One hundred and ten years ago, one
Of Americas most noted battles with
the British was fought near where
Bunker Hill monument now stands.
In that battle the British lost 1850 in
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Last week for the first time visited
the granite obelisk known all over the
world aS Bunker Hill Monument. Sixty
years ago if my memory serves me
correctly, General La Fayette, since do
ceased. laid the cornerstone, and Dan
icl Webster made few desultory re-
marks which | can not now recall
Eighteen years later it was formally
dedicated, and Daniel spoke good
piece composed mostly OF things that
he had thought up himself. There has
never been n feature of the early
history and unccasing struggle for
American freedom which has so reused
my admiration as this custom, quite
prevalent among Congressman in those
days, OF writing their own speeches.
Many of Webster's most powerful
speeches were written by himself or at
his suggestion. He was a plain. unas.
suming man, and did not feel above
writing his speeches. Ihave always had
the greatest respect and admiration for
Mr. Webster as "A citizen, as a scholar
and rs an eXtemporaneous speaker, and
had he not allowed his portrait TO APP
pear last year i'm the Century, wearing
an air of intense gloom and a plug hat
entirely out of style, my respect and
admiration would have continued in
definitely.
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His Fortune Made.

My dear" said father 20 his
daughter, how long ago was it. that
George Jackson went West 10 seek his
fortune?
"Just a year." the girl replied, with
a blush
Was there anything between Won
and George? ! sometimes thought that
he was fond Of YOU
He was, papa and thc girl hid
her face on the old mans shoul.
der. 81 promised George when he
went away that ! would wait for him
for years If necessary
Il have a letter from him
Oh, papa she exclaimed Docs
he er has he Oh tell me. what does
be- say?
Ho wants go to get home with. "-
" y Herald