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WAsHINaTof, D. O., May l5.-l A. NJ
For Ohio and West Virginia local rains
winds shifting to northwesterly, slightly
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-" 0PSHA AaS vs. ~ 1u "us
Lady operators will be In attendance at
our opetingt 10 fully explain and Instruct
In the Art Work. We promise all a rare
opportunity Of examining q full line oil
house decorations aud practical work,
comprising fine EtChings, Embroidered
Curtains LAmbrequins and Screens In
silk, arosute and tinsel. Portraits and
surge pictures, tfuer to nature than oil
p%alntlngS. Open every afternoon and
evening, Our saletooms will be lighted
by electricity,
EDw, l.. RosE, 4 Co.,
b5 Twelfth aifaet.
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Thsrmomotor Record.

The following shows the range Of the
thermometer as observed at sChnepts drug
store, Opera House corner, yesterdays: I
A. M, co., IL M, SS'i 8 Pm, S5'f7P. M.
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SPRING and Summer stock Just re.
CelYed. An elegant and complete line Of
Sultlngs, PantllO0HlDgs and OyerCOat.
lngs, which We will make up III the best
style and ut low prices:
1891 Il 1898 Market Street.
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II your blood is impure, you are liable
to take any contagious or infectious dis.
ease that may happen 10 be In your neigh.
borhood. Avoid all danger BY keeping
yourself In health by taking Warmers safe
NitFa.
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ANOTHER BIG GASSER,
we NEAnEsr ro ruIs clEY YEA.
Tho,NAtural Gas Company Of West Virginia
gsts Plenty of Gas near TayloratoWD,
ssvsn Miles nearer Wheeling than
tho Hickory Field Its PIAaS.

Col. Thomas o'Bdsn, VlCe.President Of
the Natural Gas Company Of West Vir-
ania, yesterday received a telegram
from the other officers OF the COM
pany, who are at, Pittsburgh, say
ing that a good flow Of gas had
been struck in the Company's we'll q little
over a mile from Taylorstown, on the
HempGeld road, in Buffalo township,
Washington county, The report caused
a little gentle excitement here. Tho pipe
line which the company is now laying TO
convey gas to this city starts on the Nc.
Carroll farm, eight miles trsm Washing
ton and seven miles beyond the Taylors.
town we'll, which 10 on the McManu,a
farm, and is known in Washington oil
circles as "the MCManus wildcat"
Little was known concerning the strike
here during the fore part Of the day,
Engineer Davis was considerably elated
BY tho report, and mentioned the slgnit.
cant fact that the well was located direct.
ly on an anticlinal. lie prophesled that q
greater dow would DO found at a greater
depth in the same hole.
DEFINITE PARTICULARS.
Later in the day Mr.. Ed. Hazlett, Of the
company's Office here, returned from Pitts
burgh, bringing definite particulars 30 far
as known. Gas was struck at q depth OF
LOO feet. The we'll Is on the MCManus
farm, in Buffalo township, one mile north
east from Tayloratown, and Is or 10 miles
from Wheeling as a pipe line would run.
1t Is eight miles south, 25' west OF the Nc
Gugin well, on the Olaysvllle anticlinal.
The gas was struck In the Oanonhburg
sand, according to Capt. Vandegrln f,
The company owns nearly all the oil
and gas privilege Of Buffalo township. II
has Z, 500 acres Of good territory In Wash.
ington county. It's holdings include 1900
acres OF the richest territory III the HiCk-
Dry district.
The present we'll will be drilled deeper,
and other wells will doubtless be sunk
near It. The stronger the pressure at the
wells the larger an amount Of gas will be
conveyed by q pipe Of q given size. II
sufficient pressure can be obtained, one
ten or twelveinCh pipe will BIO sufficient
for the needs Of the company here.
THE CoMPANY's PLANS.
Tie pipe already delivered here Ia all
twelye:lnch pipe. The Company has Civ.
en- orders to forward It's ten.lnch pipe as
promptly az possible, and will commence
as soon as practicable to lay It's main pipe
from Jonathan's ravino south 10 Ninth
street, In order that the Board Of Public
Works IAN get down It's street paving "a
sool as desired. The entire work will be
pushed as rapidly as It's character allows,
and the officers Of the company say they
now believe they can have gas In the city
by the middle OF July.
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RAcE tonight a he Alhambla Rink.

TO the Ladies' Of Whsslihs aud viOlnltys
You are cordially invited 10 attend ouf
opening and exhibition Of Art Needle
work opening on the 9Th and cohLinu.
ing 70 the 10th. EDw, i, Ross 4 %,
% Twelfth street.
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WEAR Balbtiggan Underwear. The!
are the best and cheapest. All sizes ut
q. HESS u sons.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-15

ONE dollar will buy a fine heavy Quilt,
worth 81 80 anywhere, at
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For Western Pennsylvania local rains
and thunder storms, lower temperature,
southerly winds, shifting to westerly,
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COLONEL JonS NRPoIEoN BoNAPARrE
LITTLE, tho happiest man IN earth, still
at the front, at 17l9 Jacob street.
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YOU can save from 10 TO 20 percent by
buying your Carpets and Curtains at
STONE K TuoMAs',
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Epsstai Notices.

BfTS,-Ali Fih stopped fec b. d.. KllnsS Great
Nerve Roslotot. No Fi8 after attt days use. Mar
yolouI cures. Treatise and b " trial bottle Tree 10
RllCAas, eoadtoD Ut Kline ~ Arch d., PhliA, "a,
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NOTICE.

85 Pairs Chlld's Opera Slippers, 8 to
II, ut 50 cents per pair, ut
j. w. AMICK'S,
1l43 Main Street.
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%, 80, 81, 90 and AZ cents will buy good
Powered Carpets at eToSR \ THOMAS.
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the court would certainly stop the en-.

At the conclusion Of Mr., Barr's argu.
ment, the court adjourned until this after
noon, when Mr.. Russell will conclude the
discussion in a speech for the city and the
Board.
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EuoRSR HANKS, known AZ Charley
Howard, Of New York, will give James
Gilhooly one.hAll lap start In q race Ut the
AlhRmbta Rink tonight
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GER your Tea, Coffee, Baking Powder,
Spices and Sugar, at The Atlantic Tea
Conpany'a. A beautiful card given 10
every purchaser on Saturday,
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THE choicest and cheapest line OIL
sateens and British Cloths In the city.
STONE Il THOMAS,
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EXTRA BARGAINS in Carpets to-day at
STONE & THOMAS.
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THE only cough mixture that does nA
nauseate or depressI-Red Star Cough
Onre.
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educated medical science.
When you are sick and suffer.
ing, don't trife with remedies
whose special claim for value Is
that they were used by Old
nurses, savage tribes Of indians
or any similar plea. Then you
need prompt acting, sure rene
dies to properly correct the dis
orders Of your system. Is it
your stomach, your liver, your
kidneys that need attention.
Has your blood been clogged
in its action and taken up the
bile Of the liver instead Of filter.
ing out its own impurities in its
passage through that organ'
Has 1t become weak, acidulated.
watery, and so disordered your
kidneys7 Then you need a
remedy which combines all the
blood purifying and cnriching
qualities that can be found
together with the strength to be
gained from a proper combine
ton Of iron with these ingredi.
ents. These are found
in Browns Iron Bitters. is
skillful preparation without The
use Of whisky, causes this
remedy to be recommended BY
physicians and chemists, and
endorsed by all Temperance
people. AT this season Of the
year no careful family should be
without a bottle Of Browns Iron
Bitters as It is a valuable aid in
preparing the system to endure
the strain and the cncryatihg
influence Of the summer time
1t Is a delightful and strength
ching tonic when given to CHI
dren In small but frequent doses
It gives tone and strength 70
the system, purity to the yital
fluid, and drives out neuralgia
and rheumatism.
Remember that Browns Iron
Bitters will not diScolot OF de-
stroy the teeth, and will not cause s
Headache or Constipation "
no other Iron preparation Is thls
true. Dyspepsia and lndlgeSuan
are cured BY Its use. 1t Is anu,
malarial. It drives the poison Of
malaria out of the blood. Spring
Fever Is relieved by it. DOM
use Quinine. It's after eiiefs
are bad, Congestion, Neuralgia,
frequently Deafness follow lS
use in halarial fevers.
Browns Iron Bitters leaves
none Of these distressing results
Be sure and get the genuine N TI,s
trade mark and crossed rcd II0''
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one dollar a bottle. Made onIy
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HANKS VI, GiLHooLY race tonight, mile
heats, best two In three, at the Alhambra
Rink.
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Fifteen pounds Standard A sugar OF
thirteen pounds Ground, al the Atlantic
Tea Company's, for 81.
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40 the LlttlO OhoN
We will be pleased 10 zee our little
friends at our opening. We still retain
Miss Howe, who will give each little girl
q souvenir.
Very truly,
s. Twelfth street.
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LAST day Of clearance sale at SChvet.
leger's. ll46 Main street.
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oSR dollar a yard will Duy Q fine Body
Brussels Carpet ct SToNR TttoNAs'.
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FROM lis lbs. TO I6I lbs.
TO the Cuticura Remedies 1 Owe My
Health, Ny Happiness and My Life.

AdAy mover naNes that | do not think and spoRl
kindly Of the CUTiCURA REMEDtE5. Seven YEAR
ago, all of dozen lutnps formed on my neck
fangingin size from q cherry Atolle 10 an orange,
The lAige ones wete ifight!ul e look at, and pain.
iul 10 beAti PEOPLE turned aside when they IRW
me, In uiSyust, aud WAS ashamed 10 be Oh the
street or Ia society. Physicians and theif treat
menL, and all medicines failed 10 do any good. ID
= moment Of despair tried the Cutloufa Rene,
Sdta Soap, 40 exquisite pEln BsSutiiiSar, SS.
lRrnAlly, and CiIlcufa Re.Olyent, The new
Blood Purifier, Internally the small Humps las cal
them gradually disappeared, and the large ohGl
broke - about Two week., dlschatElns laigs quan.
tltes Of ma. 81, leaylhg twUSllghtSCais In my neck
today 10 tell Tie story Of my EdtIetlpE, Ny weight
then was ITO sltkly pounds my weight tiiw iSl
eolld, healthy pounds, and my height Il only Ave
feet dye Inches, III my travels | ptAliet the Gun.
uuRA REAEDiEs, North, tOuih, East and West. 10
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MIS-, and NY lirk. A prominent New York drug.
glt asked me the other day, "D0 you still use the
yUTiggBA HEAlDiSi y0u LOOK to b. ~, perfect
healLhi, Ny reply was lido, and shall always,
hAtet known what sickness Is slime 1 commented
using the CvilcuRA RESEDiIs.n Sometimes l am
laughed. a. By ptaiSlng them TO people not 40.
qullnted With theif merits, hut soohgt6 Of later they
Viii como 10 thelf senses. and believe the same Is
those that uie then, a. dozens have whom haNa
large CvtICuRA supply HOuse Ia every city In the
world, iOt the ben6AL, o., humanity, where The
vUIiOUA REARDlB shall be sold OILY 30 that
! !is,S will be rarely a need Of evsf H tsSN drug
2i0 Fulton kto New YOik, n. Y,
OUftCURA RENkDits Rtg.A positive cure for every
form Of SKIN aud Blood DlsCltes, from Pimpies %
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ROIP, "a CeHlsi RLsgLvBRT, d o. Prepared
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Mas. Send lot "IOw iOCutesklh diseases"
ntlIpLEs, B~laekheads, skin Hlemishts, and iAbv
FIM IIUNnfI VNnN ltfftHtf "A HnNH.
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scnwEnryEeEA's sale only lasts this
week, At ll40 Main.
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THIS is the week we are having clear.
anCe sale at schwettieRet'g, TAG Main.
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!. s.a0od Oo.. bol by aoOdlLhe oheapest
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mEVst FaithIuih
will be tie title Of the card given by the
Atlantic Tea Company on Saturday, This
is q companion Of the card given last week,
Don't fall 70 secure one.
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iEO,M,SNOOR eco
1 Main st.

DRoWN's IRON BIrTERs CURED
ID Mis- N, W. Rlofdou, MRttinlburE, ". Va, OF
nalAfia, and greatly strengthened her and I'M
nrnVpd her health.
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The Owl Looks Wise.
But he only sees in The dark
The savage 645ss Of indians
knew A0v to KILL
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Tile "OM Narse" may knew
her duties, but she sUas mol
eaaeakedm medical science.
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Hon Moal9 they @tkoat edN.
eahoN kNOav tau 10 tNne?
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geitotous gyotttes.

BbOHAPLINE STREET N. =,
uES CIlURClI-Rey, J. O. Hull, pastor. .PtgachinH
al 1880 A. n. and 100 r. NJ. A.tpeciAl theme III
the evening. A welcome 10 all al this Church.
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n5PNoRTH STREET NJ. Il. CHURCH,
10y corner Filth and Market slfeels-ReV II.
=, Dryden, pastor. Services tomorrow al 1880 A,
\. and ligQ I. \. Sunday School al 2 r. n. All
are cordially invited,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-01-26
Fiarper's Ferry Letter.
HArrERis FrRrr. Jam. Is. 1856.

HARrER's FERRY, Jan. IS, 1886.
Dear Editor The return of the
New Year is alike to the young, but
the recurrence of these anniversaries
is saddening to those of matnrer
years: The memories OF the past over
shadof the enjoyment of the pres
ent: the little feet that battered
around thelighted Christmas tree have
gone, never to returni the childish
voices that .carroled the Christmas
songs no longer resound in the old
home; the bright and gay circles of
youth widen year by year; one link
after another drops away, --
$50 the heart with ccaseless pain.
Drags at each remove n lengthening chain"
Nowhere do we find such exhuber-
ance at the celebration of the birth Of
our Savior ms in Germany. Self is
forgotten when Christmas dawns, love
and good will fiow everywhere.
spent the holidays at the Metfops
oils, and owing to the spring=liks
weather was allowed to enjoy things
of interest there. / was admitted TO
the floor of the Senate by simply walk4
ing in-ourla Lawmakers had gone ii6fia
TO eat their Christmas turkeys, &cs,
and the capitol was empty. A colored
man, who once belonged to gentle
man ] knew in Lynchburg, acted ns
guide, and ] was shown the Vice
President room. which apart from its
luxurious upholstery, has the best
likeness anywhere of George WASH
ingtOn, taken when he was very young,
by the artist Peale. Twas very much
struck with the Recall of Coluni.
bus," taken from n biography Of
Columbus by Washington Irving. IL
is in n recess of the Senate. The
look of disappointment is very plain
on the canvass. There are also two
pictures of Mr.. Clay, so natural that
1 could almost fancy he was ready ID
open his remarkable tn6hths ! re-
member once, when a mere child,
going to the Capitol with some friends,
and the. very pronunciation of the
word California vas so tIniikE other
people, that it stiff rings in my eaf.
In the rotunda Of the capitol, among
the statuary, is one of Robert Fulton,
with his tiny boat; youth without d
coat, puzzling his. brain with an int
vention that is one of the wonders Of
the world. Lafayette and washings
ton are on each side Of the speakers
seat in the House of Representatives;
and many of our statesmen are among
the groups of statuary; btit my time
was limited and only gave them d
passing glance. More anon.
Yours, OBsERvEii.
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.aN Il. .g.- 7
gress as a Democrat, receiving 49,.
266 votes against 16,737 votes for
Reynolds, Republican, and five votes
scattering
Charles Philip Snyder, of Charles:
ton, was born at Charlestonj kanawha
county, West Virginia; june 9; 1s47;
received an academic edtGatf5n;
sttidied law and has since praStesd.
was elected Prosecuting Attorney, OF
Kanawha county, in 1876, for . term
of four years and reelected to the
same office in 1880; was elected to
the Fort5-eighth Congress as DEM
ocrat, at special election held May Is;
1888, to fill the vacancy Satsed by
the resignation of Hon. JohnE. Ken
ma, over Judge Jas. III. Brown, the
Republican candidate, and was re.
elected to the Forty-ninth Congress-;
as a Democrat. receiving l5,350
votes against IS, gao votes for Davis,
Republican, and eight votes s6atters
ing.
Eustaee Gibson, of Hdntingtoh,
was born in Culpeper cotnty, Fir-
ginia, October 4, 1912; received 4
common education in the ordinary
Virginia schools of that days studied
law and commenced the practice Id
1861; enlisted in the Confederate
army June, 1861, as first Lieutenant;
was made Captain in 1868, and re-
tired on account of wounds; was d
member of the Constitutional C6hSens
ton of Virginia in ISeT26S settled
in Huntington in 1871; Vas Siected
to the House of Delegates of West
Virginia in 1876, and by that House
elected Speaker; was n Hancock
elector in 1880; was elected to the
Forty-eighth Congress and was re:
elected to the Forty-ninth Congress
AS Democrat, receiving 1e, ,5Ss votes
against l6, Ais votes f6f Barbee, Re-
publican, and votes scatteting.
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fg~None genuine without bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile.
poisonous stuff with 80 Hop" or Hops in their
name.
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The Jefferson County
MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company.
ESTABLISHED 1878.


OFFERS to the people of Jefferson County
~ Insurance in a safe Company at the actual
cost of insurance, which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged. and keeps the money
at home. Good risks from responsible parties
arc invited.
Executive Committee meets every Friday.
DIHECToRs-N. S. White. Henry B. Daven-
port. J. Garland Hurst, John w. Rider, w. H..
T. Lewis. II. Preston Chew. Vim. L. Wilson,
Eugene Baker. S. w. Washington. James Logic,
Charles P. Wilson. John II. Zittlc, Jacob S.
Melvin, E. G. ". Herr, Isaac II. Strider.
COL. r. p. CHEW. President.
II. B. DAFENPORT......:. Treasurer.
EXECUTIVE CoMM1rTEE-N. S. White. Wm.
II. T. Lewis, Eugene Baker, Isaac II. Stridcr,
r. P. Chew. s. ". Washington.
LOCAL AGENTS Ts.-Atddleway-J. G. Shirley !;
Kearneysvillc-1. C. Bitner: Harper's Ferry
Chas. e. Trail; Shepherdstown-=J.S S. Fleming;
Duflields-C. l.. BarnlIart; CharlestOwH-
Washington &c Alexander.
ESs" The Secretary will be foiind dt the Com
pany's Office. Gibson Building, Courthouse
yard. in Charlcstown.
R. A ALEXANDER.
Feb. -. lSS2-Odn12.79 20. Secretary.
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Ayers SassaparMa,
PREPARED BY
or.J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all druggists: Price /;
six bottles for So.
"Maryland, My Maryland. .

"Pretty Wives,
Lovely daughters and noble men,
"My farm lies in rather low and mias-
matte eituaLion, and
'.My eifc!''
''Who ~
WAS very pretty blondc!"
Twenty years ago, became
"Sa'low!"
~ ,ilow-cyed!"
.Withcred and aged!''
Before her time, from
"Malarial vapors, though she made no par
ticular complaint. not being of the grumpy
kind, yet causing me great uneasiness.
ga short time ago ipurchased your remedy
for one of the children. who had Il very severe
attack of bifousncss, and it occurred to me
that the remedy might help my wife. rs
found that our little girl upon recovery had
"LOst!"
"Hcr sallowncss, and looked ds fresh as G
ncw-blown daisy. Well. the story is soon told
My wife, to-day, las gained her old-time
beauty with compound interest, and is now Hs
handsome matron Gf 1 do say it myself as
can he found in this county. which is noted
for pretty women. And have only Hop Bit
tiers to thank for it.
THE dear creature just looked over my
shoulder. and says can fatter equal to the
days Of our courtehip,' and that reminds me
there might be mare pretty ,rir"s If ny brothc:
TURNER'S would do as have done"
Hoping yor may long be spared to do good
1 thankfully remain,
C. L. JAMES.
BE1TsvrLLE, Prince George y D.. Md
May 26th, 1888.
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Book Notices.
T Valley Tirqinian.

WoRE OF FUSET MES.--We are in receipt
Of little book, which in richness of humor
and grotcsquencss of illustration. may be said
il the language of the wild West. to :. take the
cake 1t contains some Of the best examples
of American humor ever published and the
contributors are wcll-kuOwu in the field OF let
tiers. The illustrations by comic artists are also
in direct harmony with the text. Bill Sye"
tells his experience with a cyclone. T.. K.
Munbittrick. Of Puck. rhymes funnily on the
four seasons. Mr.. H D. Cmbstaetter. the orig
inafOr Of the hook. describes his wrestIe with a
grillcd bone in ''merTie England" and - VI
Qnad.' of the Defrou Free, Press. gives some
quaint aphorisuls of =. ..Bruddcr Gardner's y
Its title is the st. JGco6s oil Family Calendar
and Book Of Hednh ard Htn1OJ' for G.e Million
far 1886 1t is published by The Charles 4.
Vogelcr Company. Baltimore. Md. the prOpri-
etors of st. Jacobs OLA remedy universally
known. The book is distributed by druggists.
or stamp semitic The Charles A Vogeler Com
pany. will ensure copy by mail.
PETERsoN's MAGAZINE for February opens
with a wealth of illustrations. The stories,
novelcts. etc. are good. AS we have often
said. every lady should take this magazine :
for it is alike refined and useful and the price.
50 year, places it within the reach. Spec
linens are sent gratis. if written for, so that
there may be no deception. Address Charles
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