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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-09-04
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p@FANS THE SAME WAY.

SATTEENS, PERCALES & CRINKLES
and all White Goods which retailed from 12c
to zoe. are all put to SIC per yard. Call and
look at them.
$3.50 Bed Comforts now $l.25.
$3.50 Blankets now slips.
A big lot of Horse, Lap and Bed Blankets
at such a sacrifice.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-09-04
MALAGA STRAW HATS

That-sold at l5c we will sell at-5c each, five
for 25c.
Manila Hats which we sold at 1Oc now &c
each.
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Base Ball Shoes soc per Pair.
Base Ball Shoes, mems and boys best
goods, sold from 81 to $l.75, at only SOC per
pair.
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VIM. A. McKELLIP, r..,,.,
WILLIAM LEESE Trustees
GHERIFF's SALE.

WILLIAM LEESE,
McKellip & Clabaugh, Solicitors.
John M. Yingling, Auctioneer. aug 2S-ts
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-09-04
We have a
MEMS BEST GUM BOOTS

50 pair; Boys Best $3.50. We have about
100 pair Ladies' Gum Shoes at zoe per pair.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19
KENTUCKY HIGHWAYS.
GlstcninE, smooth. BROAD aud LoNcl Turn
pixies OF MRcadamitcd Limestone.

Ch~tcntnE, smooth, Broad Hud LCNCl Turn
pixies OF MacNdamiscd Limestone
You will not lind elsewhere i'm Amer
ics such highways os the Kontuckian
has constructed all over his country
broad, smooth, lovcl, white. gGstcung
tumpikeS of thc macadamjzcd lime
stone. IL Is "a luxury To drive upon
them and also an expense. as one will
discover before he has passed through
many tol-gatcs lie could travel more
chcaply ON the finest railway ON the
continent, though of course it will not
bc himself but hi, horses and vehicle.
that are paid tor What Richard Graut
White thought 1t worth while TO record
rs rare and interesting sight-a man
ca an English highway breaking stones
rs no uncommon occurrence here.
All limestone for all these hundreds of
miles of roads, having been quarncd
here and there, almost anywhere. near
each of them, aud then having been
cartcd and Strcwu along the roadside.
is broken 10y a hammer i'm the hand of
man. by the highway ne sits
usually an lrishman -pccking away at
"a long rugged pile as though hc were
good 60 live for q thousand years.
Somehow, in patience. Inc always gcts
TO the other end of his hard row. But
IT, some bright Easter morn, YOU sit for
a moment beside him. and speak TO
him sNmpathctically of labor and of
life, his tears will sprinkle his dusty
hands. showing his heart is elsewhere.
One can not yojOum long here with
out coming to conceive ana interest i'm
- a D.
rich warm huos ON the lludscapc. II
has made a deal of history. limestone
bluegrass, limestone water, limestone
roadS. limestone fences. limestone
bridges and arches, limestone engineer
ing architecture, limestone watcl-miIls.
limestone Sprng-hOuscS and home
stcadS limestone Kcntuckiansl out
side of Scripture no people was over
so like to bc founded on rock. II
might be well To- note, likewise. that
the soil of thi, region is what scientist,
call scdcnimY called SO bccauscit il sits
quietly ON the rocks not because the
people sit quietly ON It,
Undoubtedly the most picturesque
bits in the bluegrass country, archi-
tccturally, are those old stone watcr-
mills and old stone homcstcads land
marks each for separate trains of ideas
that run TO poetry and TO history The
latter built some OF them by descend
ants of pioneers nearly hundred
years ago, stand gray with ycnrs. but
good for namclcss years TO come; great
low chimneys, deep little window-.
thick walls, mighty fre-placcsi stu
atcd unusually with keen discretion ON
au elevation near spring, just ms a
Saxon furcfather would have placed
them centuries ago. Happily one will
see the water of this spring issuing .ull
from recess in a hillside, with an
ovcrhanging lodge OF rock the en-
trance 90 this cavern being walked
across and closed with "a gate, thus
making, according TO ancient fashion.
a simple natural spring-housc and
dairy fumes LaHc AHca, jn Haypcr's
N0gaziHc
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19
HUMOROUS.

They say those artificial eggs can
not be beaten. PittSburgh Chronicle.
Jones must have been pretty sea-
sick going to Europe when he threw
up hls engagement with his girl
LoWcH Cttizcn
Said an Alabama mother: Never
would ! call n boy of mine Alias, il I
had q hundred 10 name Men by that
name is allus cuttin' up capers" >"
Papa, what is a luxuryP Father
IL is something, my son, that we can
do without. Logical boy-What lux
ury mosquito must be. - GOidcU Days
From the prompt and safe way i'm
which horse-thieves are hung out West,
II looks as II that portion OF our be-
loVcd country was under the rule of
hcmp-eTa. N y. Ledqer
why didn't you come when I
rang'' said Texas lady 10 a domes-
tic. Because | didn't heah the bell"
"licreaftcr when you don't hear the
bell you must come and tell me So"
"Yes, mum. - Tcbas SiJttngs
Speaking OF oleomargarine. " re-
marked McSwilligen this morning, "it
has occurred TO me that there Is one
kind OF butter which will always defy
counterfciting. "Ahl what kind OF
butter is thatP'' asked Squildig. "The
goat. w. PttsbUrgh Chronicle
To show how shamcfully particu-
lar some people are, il Is related Of
fashionable woman Of Murray Hill that
she refused 90 accept an invitation To-
dinner from q lady acquaintance. be-
cause she spelled pleasure" with a
capital ~. IN y N0u
Angry Father Now, confound IL.
why don you go 10 practicing? just
see that girl across thc street how de-
voted She Is 10 her musicl Unappreci-
ative Offspring Stop right there.
father The girl may be- studious and
all that but that's 70 typewriter she's
playing on Puck
a Lowell small boy who attended
the Old Ladies' fair had 10 be- told 70
great deal about the chance hc would
have Go grab This became the cen
trail thought in his mind and he hadn't
been long in the hall when ho began TO
ask Mamma, when can ] begin 10
steal sOmethingp LOiCcH Courier
Henderson. who recently pur-
chased au alarm clock says the thing
Is confoundcd humbug set the
alarm. hc explained. before going
90 bed, after taking The precauton To-
stop the clock, 90 chat its ticking
shouldn't keep me awake And
would you believe if I oversight next
morning q whole hour later than
usual Boston Transcript
Chatty Pa mgor-" To show yer
what cheats they arc sir. friend o.
mipC lots o. money and fustrate
taste give Che hordrr to one of 'cm TO
decorate his new 'ou-e in reg'l lar slap
mp style. spare ms expense. with all
thC finest chromi0- Chat could bee ad.
You know what lovely things they are.
cir, Wen sir would YOU believe iti
After they was -cut thoy turned ont
not 90 bc chromios af all. but done by
and with withcriug contempD-
done bY and 'ii Hupsf b0'4r
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19
Personal AND LITERARY.

Senators sherman, EvaYt> aad
Hor are cousins " y 7rioW5c.
Horace Greeley Is The nnmc of
leading citizen in Sumtcvillc, Fin. lie
~ nephew of the great and original.
President Richards. of thc Metro
politou Horse Railroad OF Boeton, is
quoted aS saying, after a study of cleo
u1c motors that the day Of horses is
past
Iabol A. Early is described rs .
Venerable appearing man, hi. long.
white beard reaching to his waist and
his bout figure indicating the rapid all
vance oi cNucmc old agc.
Baron TcuuN sons fortune is csti-
mated at 100000, all of IL of his own
making for the poet Is practical and
always makes profitable bargains with
hi publishers B0StON J0ulHai
NJ. r0,tcm has his theory of hap
pinc>~. True happiness. hc says.
appears to me i'm the form of man
oi science dcvoting his days and nights
to penetrating the secrets of nature
and discovering new truths
Par>on John Jasper. the famous
colorcd preacher of Richmond, claims
thUt hc has recently boon solicited To
20 to England on q lccturng tour, and
that "a man offered him four hundred
dollars to deliver his great lecture on
"lhc san DO Move, i'm Northern
city.
1t is said that the wife of President
Adams contributed largely to the State
papers of her honorable and distn-
guishod spouse, and that Mrs Madi-
SON was often useful i'm mudcrating the
temperament of the addresses which
her husband wrote during his term of
ollicc. - chicago HcyUid
-" MIR Pamcll," says n writer in
the Chicago 7ribUuC, "is % bachelor,
and lives the simplest sort of lifc-in
lodgings. as rule taking his dinners
ot "a hotel His habits are so quiet that
lac and his sister Anna were guests nc
the same hotel for weeks without know
ing that they were under one roof"
Mrs. Bancroft, the wife of the his
torian. is said to bc preparing vol
umc of her "reminiscences and expert
oncc~, and rs she was a belle at Wash
iugton sixty years ago and has seen the
best people and places at home and
abroad, she can not fail to favor the
public with an uncommonly interesting
book
Whittier says: II have never
thought of myself as poet i'm the sense
I'm which we use the word when we
speak of the great poets. have just
said from time TO time the things 4
had to say, and it has been series Of
surprises 20 me that people should pay
so much attention TO them and remem-
Der them so long"
John B. Cough rc-appeared on the
lecture platform at Melrose, Mass, q
few evenings ago and introduced him
self by explaining the cause of his long
silence. II appear tonight" he said,
for the first time i'm three months, and
for the first time in my life with set
OF crockery in my mouth. have
dreaded greatly appearing before the
public, not under false pretenses, but
under false teeth" Reports say that
MIR Cough spoke with all of his old
cloquence and vigor."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19
Rhode Island CoaI Mine.

The "Coal Mines" is hc name b,
which a hamlet and station iu Port
mouth, r. l., are known Two mine
that are said to have been Originally
opened IN the present century and q
have been worked sps-mOdically since.
arc situated there. The product was 70
cross between slate and ordinary an.
ihracltc with % prepOudcraucci favor
Of the former. ~ could not boz burned
n ordinary stoves. though boo war time.
when anthracite was bringing fourteen
dollars % ton Newport people to som,
extent bought Rhode Island coal at
eight dollars ton, and managed lo
burn b. boy mixing 90 half and haR OF
late years the demand for b. ba. fallen
oil, and few months since MINING va.
suspended altogether after pcnoDatiuo
io the depth Of sixteen hundred nu,.
The mines are full of water. and c1aI
mining bon Rhode Island s probably
ended forever Chcu0O H.r0h
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19
THE NEW DIAMOND.

Proposed Change That Wouid Please
Spectators Of the National Game.
Among the propositions which were
discussed at the session of the National
Baseball Club, in it's session at New
York, was one submitted by Boston
enthusiast, which has been approved by
seven Of the leading Managers The
plan exhibited will have tendency TO
increase the batting, which legislation
Ias never accomplished, as all previous
forts have been made TO reduce the
Ditchcr's effectiveness The change
viii bc effected in the simplest manner
possible, by slightly changing the angle
# the diamond, as is shown I'm the fol-
lowing diagram:
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19

The heavy lines show the old base
lines, while the light lines exhibit the
newly-arranged paths BY the new
plan the pitcher box would be placed
back five feet from the place at pres
ent occupied, enabling the curvor to-
guard first and second bases more rf-
fcctiYcly The bat-mon would have "a
decided advantage fcwcr strikc-Outs
would result, making brilliant fielding.
and giving scientific batsmcn and fast
runners more chances TO beat tbc ball
tO first base The catcher would also
be- brought ten feet nearer 10 second
base. enabling him Co throw more &C.
curaicly ~ that point for the purpose
'i preventing free stealing. Tho change
bon the foul lines would eliminate the
large number of foul hits. by giving ihc
batsmcu 20 chance 90 drive the bah be-
tween Che in-hclders, together with
causing thc OutGcldcr- to spread
farther apart increasing Che chances
for longer bits and moro brilliant heId-
ing. As the essential points 0i ba-c-
ball consists of free hitting. cIoau-cut
fielding and fast basc-runuiug. there
arc potent arguments io favor The
change. ae i' would increa.. Ihc haf-
ting lessen Che battery work without
tanning thc pitcher increase the work
of tine He.dnr fifty per cent. aud c1u.e
base runners io cXorcI.. good iudo.
mont with speed S0or0m,utD B..
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19
TO a PLUMBER.

Sweet man, so cool, so Caln, 50 bright
owner of earth and sky.
/ FEAR it's going 60 freeze tonight
It's I'm your eye.
Ilot glitter THAT enchanting clcam.
Be peaks your own sweet trust
And pipes for water gas and steam
\ know will burst
Great mani Some fourteen days ago
MN sink pipe Spraug aleaE:
You came and looked and found n So
And in week
A0u sent two men TO LOOK again
IncN came and saw agd went,
And came again. 0ui ~tpppel. and then
lhcy stopped the vent
your hi.i therefor great man. is here.
hN special post 10 came,
Amd ! resign whNtD vr was mine
To pay the same.
hoW could the world move ON it, WAY
81 your great grasp bCrults
W. KNOW, however cold the dav
You're never left.
-AmCricun AHgls.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19

harsh TO awaken people, particularly
women. There iG class of hotel
thieves who couGnc their operations 10
the time called the sporting season
They Follow the trottmg horses and
runners. and make the circuit of couu-
try fairs, baseball games and such
other exhibitions and entertainment,
calculated to draw crowds.-N y
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19

Harvey Baahorc. Yale. class of
sd. UH recently perfected an improved
sing Instrument uF which ths
height oft object on theirs d stance from
tHn oo erF.. cam bo readily obtained
luoriuay observation thc angles are
taken by the use of quadrant and
Chem the hc.ght of tho object or I- dis
Uu.. from Che point of reckoning are
.ulHtod In tho improved ustru-
mont however fhc calculations can be-
n'd .h directly from scale 0u the
InH. 'F. usfrumcn u o'ihcr yards
Or Watsu aa desired lifyyOra POat
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19

An attempt has recouIy ueru made
boo switzerland TO- adopt % uniform Cor
man orihogI0phy for That country The
conference was largely attended by
printers and booksellers s. PROPOSE
Iou to adopt the Pru n-Bav8rau.
or'hographv was opposed nv tr vof.
of % large majority 1nd was decided
90 refer tlo matter to conference of
delegates from aI. i1o Grmm states.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19

"A Partisan manager. who ba been
Ted tO investigate tho matter closely.
has asceriained flat uo less than 75O.
600 complimcu tickets are issued
during cason by thc the8tor. oi Paris.
representing loss Of abou. $500 600
This manager advocates % reduction ot
the admission tariff 3e a remedy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19

james r. Randall who wrote .Aft
Maryland when he was TWENTY-FIVE.
be about 70 publish his FIRST collection 9f
poems
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19

BESIDES the abovo-named rains there lis a
Nhy Ira a with asseuger car attachc that
goes both East and West daily except sun ay.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19
3. B. o. r. R. TIMETABLE,

Condensed timetable OF passenger train,
or the stations named below.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19

WESTWARD.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-18
Joe Lotion Again Foua1 g uilty'

The trial Of Joe Lotion, on 4
change of venue from Lawrence
county, commenced on Wednesday
Of last week and ended last Monday
evening, resulting in the conviction
of the prisoner. The prosecution
was con lucted 10y District Attorney
Miller and the defendant was rep
resented by a. II. Longino, Of Mon
ticcllo, aud a. &. McNair, "f Brook
haven. In August, 1854, Nose Lot
ton was assas>inatcd. Joe Lotion,
brother, was charged with the
crime, tried before Justice of the
Peace and acquitted. lie then went
10 Texas, but in January was return
ed here, tried at the July term Of
the Lawrence court and convicted
An appeal was taken to the supreme
court, which reversed the decision,
and rcmandcd the case Tor a new
Trial. which has just been had with
the result above slated.
The speaking in the Lotion case
consumed about ten hours. Dis
trict.Attorney Miller opened with
three hours; Mr. McNair, for The de-
Tense, spoke two hours anda half and
was followed Ivy Mr.. Longino in
nearly Il three hours speech; Mr..
Miller then closed in about Que and
a half hours.-Eignoi COptdhdn.
Many will be surprised to learn
that the jury recommended impris-
onment for iilc in the pcnitcntialy
as the penalty in this case, instead
Of hemp halter. If Joe Lotion
was guilty at all he was guilty OF
one of the fouIest crimes in all the
calendar, the murder Of a brother
in cold blood, without a single cX-
rinating circumstance, and should
have suffered the full penalty oil the
law
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-18

Yazoo at Greenwood. The popula-
lion of the county is about $4,000,
about two thirds colored. IL her
people do not realize a great future
il will he their own fault
During our stay we had the pleas
IRE Of meeting Messrs. 5. X. Cole
man, J. X. Vardaman, L. p. Icryer
and j. VI. LiddelI, Jr., Of the Green
wood bar; Mr.. w. L. Davidson, OF
the Valley Flag; Capt. L. I. Bas-
kett, Sheriff; Mr.. X II. Hicks Circuit
Clerk; DIR. Henry, leading plan ter
Capt. J. X. Allen, the principal
hotel man Of the place, and others.
Tie last two named are the old's
living inhabitants, and to them we
arc indebted for many Of the inter
esting facts here recorded.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-18
Remember the Poor"

President Cleveland, in bis nd
mirahly ordered thanksgiving pro-
clamation, says:
"Let us also, in the midst OF our
Thanksgiving remember the poor
and needy with cheerful gifts and
aims, so that our services NAV Ivy
deeds Of charity be made accepta-
able in the si2lI of the Lord"
The undersigned ventures to sug-
gest, as he did last year, that col
lcctions be taken up in all churches
where Thanksgiving services may
be held, for the relief Of the Protest
ant Orphan Asylum at Natchez.
There are about fifty children now
in the Asylum, and its treasury
needs rcplenishing. The Asylum
has been in existence nearly seventy
years, and although it has 10 re
sources or certain income, it has
never had to close its doors. 1t has
been in great straits, but relief came
as each crisis was made known.
The lady managers. the physician,
and others, give it their services as
lab " of love. The children have
the advantages OF the public schools
of Natchez, and have the sympathy
and loving care If all its people.
Children are admitted from all parts
Of the State, To the extent of tue
Asy lum 5 capacity and are discharg-
ell as fast as good homes and sulla-
bic employment can be procured Tor
them.
Thanksgiving offerings should be
sent direct to the Asylum Treasurer,
Mrs. Mary r Fleming, Natchez
or if sert to the undersigned, they
will be forwarded to her.
Generously and charitably dis
posed individuals, who may not be
able to attend the Thanksgiving
services, are invited to contribute t.
to this good object, as the Lord
hath prospercd them.
j. L. Power.
November 8, 1856.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-18

The man who contracts a debt
and knows he cannot pay it is =
thief. The man who contracts n
debt and can pay it and will not
pay it, is a thief, whether he propo-
ses to be Christian or not.-H. F.
Sproles.
Yes, and the above is just as true
of the man who contracts a debt tor
a newspaper and never pays it, as OF
him who buys goods of the merchant
or contracts other obligations he
never intends to redeem.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-18
The New MissIssippian saws: 81

The New Misslssippian says: "a
true citizen, u progressive citizen,
wise spirited ciliz n, citizen
worth having in town, takes a
pride in the place, patronizes its
industries, and is glad Ia be able To
spend his money with his friends in
stead of sending it 10 far of stran
gers. He does not sit around AID
say that the town is dead, and
growl at the dullness of business,
and grumble at its non progressive
ness, and then send off and buy
worse meal and other products at
Il higher price than he might have
purchased them from home indus
tries"
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-18
An Improved Gin.

A telegram from Washington SAYS
that company with which Gen.
Van Manning, the ex Mississippi
Congressman, is associated, j.
about 10 put on the market II rev
cotton gin, which they claim vii
revoluiionize the work and add to
the price of stripping the fiherS en-
tire and uncut rom the seed. The
saw Gin tears the cotton u pieces
and the roller gin is regarded a.
entirely too slow, by pr"gr' ssiye
planters. The new machine 10 an
Tomato, and the principle Is simple.
1t acts upon the seed cotton stimuli
taneously IN opposite directions,
loosening the fiber and removing
il unimpaired from the seed and free
from nap. Satisf- Glory expert
menis have been made with ma
chine on cotton sent here from the
South, and the projectors are sure
of success Mr.. Morton TouImin,
of Alabama, is the inventor.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-18

It was the New York Snn that
paid the bill of the undertaken who
embalmed the body Of Gen. Grant.
in order to prevent the claim being
hawked about the streets. Fred
Grant declared the family did not
owe the bill, but when the Sun paid
it he wrote letter saying he would
pay back the $500 TO that paper
The Sun, however, declined to re
ceive the money by saving that it it
had paid what the Grant family re-
garded as an improper and un
meritorious charge, there was n"
reason why it should be reimbursed
for the expenditure. Fred, as the
head of the family. now feels that he
should 60 somewhere and sit down.
". o. States.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-18

The Summit Sentinel, noting the
resumption of extra Sunday passen-
ger trains On the /. c. Railroad
says "'This will be q great bless
ing TO our people, and one they ap
Ireciate, for since the company has
ceased running its Sunday trains il
has entailed a hardship upon our
people" Somehow or other We
were always simple enough to think
that the railroad employees VIII"
have to run these Sunday trains and
work seven days q week are the
ones on whom the real hardship" is
-entailed.