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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-08-04
ALFER.

chess and checkers with human intelli-
gence, and, what Is more to the point,
vanquishes all Corners. Seated cross
legged on table, Aieeb is clad in Turk
ish costume, grasping a pipe in the left
hand. The right hand hangs idly at his
side until it is lifted to make n move.
This he does with a strangely human
like action-especially, for instance, when
he jumps three men at checkers and re-
moves each of the prisoners to a basket
at his side. In the game of chess he
takes the first move, and it is always the
same. He first moves the Queens Pawn
to Queens fourth, frequently following
with Kings Pawn to Kings fourth, and
seems to be fond of the Kings's knight
to Kings Bishops third. He works
quickly, apparently taking exactly the
same time to think as his opponents, who
generally work rapidly also. For "check"
he throws back his head, and for Check
mate" he does the same twice. Before
each game an attendant winds crank
and opens doors to show the people the
complicated, clock-like machinery within,
and to convince them that there is no one
concealed inside. He moves the table
also to disprove the theory of any con-
nection with the floor. II there be a
man concealed within, as several good
people aver, he must be a salamander to
be able to entlure the heat, and have a
stoic's indifference to a cramped position
for hours at a time. While it might be
within the bounds of human skill to in
vent machinery that would respond cor
rectly TO correct moves, it would be
superhuman achievement to perfect
mechanism that could aticipate an ignor-
ant or laundering reply, and meet it
with a speedy check-mate. Ajeebs black
face is unmovable, but he seems to be in
deep thought. 1t is certainly strange
device, and can be seen without extra
charge after you have entered the portals
of the Centennial Exposition. Ajeeb
has beaten some of the best chess and
checker players of the world, having
been on exhibition first at the Crystal
Palace, in London, several years ago, and
later at the Eden Musee, in New York
City.
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HARPER'S PERIODICALS.

Posage.fee TO all subscribersin the United States Can
ada or Mexico.
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Mexican War Veteran.

The wonderful efficacy of swift's Specific as a
remedy and cure for rheumatism and all blood DIS
eases, has never had more conspicuous Illustration
than this case affords. The candid unsolicited and
emphatic testimony given by the venerable gentle
man must be accepted convincing and conclusive
The writer Is prominent citizen of Mississippi The
gentleman to whom Mr.. Martin refers, and to whom
he is indebted for the advice to which he owes his
final relief from years of suffering, is Mr. King. for
many years the popular night clerk of the Lawrence
House, at Jackson.
JACKSON, Mss. April %, 1887.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta, Ca: Y
Gentlemen-I have been an invalid pensioner for
forty years. having contracted pulmonary and other
diseases in the Mexican War, but not till the LIST OF
March, 1875, did feel any symptoms of rheumatism.
On that day was suddenly stricken with that dis
ease in both hips and ankles. For twenty days I
walked on crutches Then the pain was less violent
be totally disabled, either side of my body or
the other. The pain never left me moment for
1875. when / was first attacked, TO October l. 1885,
when ! was cured During these eleven years of In
from various physicians and tried everything sug
benefit from any medicine taken Internally or Q !.
ternally, am not aware of it, Finally, about tt
Hot Springs OF Arkansas, having despared Of ever
other remedy when accidentally met an old Az
quatntance. Mr.. King, now of the Lawrence Hous
of this CITY, He had once been great sufferer fron
rheumatism, and, as supposed, had been cure
by a visit to Hot Springs But when met him he
told me that his visit to the Hot Springs in vain
he found no relief On his return from Hot Springs
he heard for the first time, of the s. S. S. remedy
for rheumatism He tried IL and six bottles made
complete Several have passed since, but
he has had no return of the disease.
Immediately returned to try it. In September
took four bottles and by the first OF October was
well--as far as the rheumatism concerned All
pain had disappeared, and HAVE NOT A TWINGR
OF SINCE.
have interest in making this statement other
than the hope that it may direct some other sufferer
20 sure source of relief and II i has this result
am Well rewarded for my trouble. am very re-
specially and truly your friend.
J. NJ. II. MARTIN (
For sale b. al druggists. Treatise Blood and
Skin Diseases nailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co..
Drawer s. Atlanta Ga
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structor Wilson, of the navy. The ex
IRENE length of the Newark is 1913 feet;
breadth, 40 feet inch; mean draught,
IS feet 10 inches; depth of hold, 81 feet
8 inches; displacement, 4,0S3 tons; horse
power, $500; coal capacity, $50 tons;
speed, IS knots, or over 90 land miles, per
hour; armament, twelve 6-inch breech-
loading rifle guns, thirteen machine guns.
The contract was signed October 10, 1887,
and she is to be completed in two years.
She cost: contract price, hull and ma
chinery, 81, $1,000; rigging, probable
cost, 800, 900; armament, $40, 900; other
equipments, $52, 900; total, So, 100000.
AN OCEAN MAIL-CARRIER.
A steel model of this magnificent vessel,
the Lain, attracts unusual attention.
1t phys between New York and London,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-07
Gossip from the Stables.

3O881P uOu Lie otdOico.
Mr.. J. W. Leavitt, who has charge of
Mr.. Todd's horses at Calais, will start for
Kentucky on Friday of this week, to bring
to Boston the great trotting stallion,
Lumps [2.2D, who is sure to be an
acquisition to our good list of already
famous stations. 1t is now understood
that Jumps will not be brought to
Maine this spring, but will make the
season at Bates Farm, Lexington, Mass,
as being the most central place for all New
England breeders. Mr.. Todd, his owner,
will not bring him to Maine till next fall.
Mr.. Edward G. Lawrence of Fairfield,
who has just left for southern California
where he has large business interests. to
be absent some three months, received
$4,000 for his celebrated stallion, DIR.
Franklin, who goes to Aroostook county.
Mr.. Lawrence bred the horse Dart. now
owned by Mr.. NJ. B. Smith of New York
city, and for whom Mr. Smith has been
offered $4,000. Dart was out of a fast,
tough little mare, who had no particular
breeding, and whose pedigree was I'M
known.
"The gentleman's driving HORSE to
again quote Hon. W. b. Ferguson in his
remarks before the Penobscot Farmers
Club, ''one that is good for all purposes,
| is profitable horse for the farmer to
raise" The farmer should, however, sell
his colts at Il good price when they are
two-year-olds rather than attempt to
train them for the turf with the expecta-
| ton of getting a big, fancy price for them.
As rule. farmers do not make good
trainers or drivers. 1t is Il profession for
should let it alone.
Mr.. A. &. Hunt of Bangor, aud Mr..
Geo. \. Alden of Waterville, have lately
been speeding some fine Maine horses on
the fashionable mill-dam drive. over
Brighton turnpike. Boston, and have
attracted good deal of attention.
George is popular among horsemen
everywhere, because he is square and
prompt, and his old friends in this city
are glad of his attentions at the Hub.
One of the best known Maine horses i'm
the $50 list is Nellie NJ. by Daniel Boon
(2.31 80 owned by II. A. Archer of
Skowhegan. bred by Brown Foster of
Waterville. Her dam WAS by Volunteer.
Nellie Ms record is 2.2s II. made over
| N,cti,. D.rl, nncrnu
Mr. II. G.. Nelson of Waterville will
bring home with him this spring another
fine bred Kentucky stallion by Red Wilkes
GAO, out of the dam of Dictator Chief
(2.25 30 Mr.. Nelson will reach Water
vile on Friday next.
DIR. George II. Bailey of Portland will
leave on Friday next for Lexington, Ky,
for the purpose of attending the great
BrOadtield spring sale of thoroughbred
horses. He will bring with him to this
State two two-year-old filleys. one by the
great stallion Rob McGregor, the other
an inbred Wilkes. He will return about
Feb. 20.
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CREATIONS LOWER ORDERS.

DR.. Fairchil6, Of East New Brunswick.
N. j., has o collection of 500 alligators. all
young and from three to seven inches in
length. They were captured during a recent
hunting trip in Florida
A white squirrel was caught BY ANDY
Fleming, of Hartwell, Ca, recently. He ac-
cidentally set his ak on it and broke its back.
White squirrels are rarely seen They are
entirely white with pink eyes
A Maine man, who owns big and shaggy
and black Newfoundland dog, cut off the
dogs hair carefully, had it carded and spun,
and got two and quarter pounds Of Jet
black yarn as soft a. lambs wool
A Salina, Kan, man walked . quarter Of
q mile to get gun to kill . jack rabbit
which he saw in the road, and after be had
fred a heavy charge at it he found that the
rabbit was already frozen to death
Capt. Benjamin r. Dixon. Of Portsmouth,
Va, went out hunting ducks, and after kill
ing thirty discovered a shoal of porpoises
that went in with the tide and got left on
the ebb. He attacked them and killed five.
The ducks and the porpoises brought him
fl9
Near IberviIls, La, bear was seen in q
turnip patch helping himself to vegetables.
On being driven out he took to the railroad
track and met an approaching locomotive,
to which he would not yield the right Of way.
The result was what be might have expected
n ha had had mora .soen
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HOME DECORATIONS.
Wall banners are hopelessly passe.


Burnt orange is the shade Of yellow that
should be chosen for tho fittings Of bru-
nettes boudoir
Drapery is more than ever In favor, but
must be we'll chosen or the effect will be that
OF a color shop run mad
1t is lawful, but not advisable, now to use
more than six yards Of ribbon in the orna-
mentation of one wicker chair.
The bullrnsh and the stork, like the poor,
we have always with us-but they grow hap
PLY less frequent az the seasons roll
January is tine month of great clearing
out sales"-and they are very much needed
in one-half at least OF the parlors of today
The big tufted quilted sachets that make q
perfumed lining for ones drawer are about
the most tempting things a woman can put
her hand to.
cushions, toilet bottles, etc, are gorgeous, but
far from clearly, as they catch and hold dust
world without end.
Knit rugs, tufted with zephyr, are hand
some and rich looking, but so tedious that
unless one has young eternity Of leisure the
game is hardly worth the candle,
1t is now high fashion to let both holiday
and wedding gifts body forth somewhat of
your own handiwork. but as you love us,
spare the PLAGUE with golden rod or autumn
leaves.
A table cover brought home by traveller
in India, Of dull olive, stiff, with dead gold
embroidery, is both the admiration and the
despair of all beholders save its lucky pos
SCISSOR.
Now that passementerie Is so much the
rage, ladies may spend their leisure econom-
ically, if not proftably, in crocheting
handsome ornaments for their spring gowns
and wrans.
Clusters of acorns, gilt, silvered or bronzed,
and wired to light "hain, are pretty to hang
below n bracket or pic>1re, or to entertwine
with the ribbon looping back draperies Of
Madras muslin
Effective portieres can be crocheted or knit
Of rags, IL sufficient care is given to their
preparation. OF course the coarsest needles
Of wood or bone should DO used, and due re-
gard shown to harmony or contrast OF color.
In art embroidery tho tendency is to 60
awny from painfully short and close stitches
to those long slant ones that give much the
effect of brush strokes, with the further ad-
vantage Of being much more quickly exc
cuted
Crocheted sash curtains in heavy un-
bleached linen thread can be made by skillful
working to he as handsome as costly lace. A
bold pattcrn-close work upon clear ground
-shoud nc chosen, and worked firmly and
evenly.
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Confined te-RoYfOwl

What you coughing yet my friend?" .'Of
course my cold is no better" well. don't
stand on the order of going. but go to the
druggists and get bottle of DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup, quick" He went. and be was straight
way made happy.
For burns, scalds, and other wounds Sal
walton Oil has proved itself to be the best
remedy ever used. All druggists sell it for
25 cents q bottle.
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For "worn-out," rundown" debilitated
school teachers. millners, seamstresscs. house
keepers, and over-worked women generally,
DR.. Piercc's Favorite Prescription Is the best
OF all restorative tonics. 1t is not " Cure-al.
but admirably fulills a singleness OF purpose,
being Q most potent Specific for all those
Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to
women. II is a powerful. general as well rs
uterine, tonic and nervine, and imparts vigor
and strength to the whole system. 1t promptly
cures weakness Of stomach. indigestion. bloat-
ING, weak back. nervous prostitution. debility
md sleeplessnees, in either sex. Favorite Pre-
ecrip<ion 10 sold by druggists under our past
TIN. guarantee. See wrapper around bottle
Price tl.OO, or six bottles for $500.
A large treatise on Diseases Of Women. pro-
faDely illustrated with colorcd plates and niI-
merous wood-cuts. sent for 10 cents in stamps.
Address, WORLDS DISPENsARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION. 6S 'ain Street, Buffalo. N. Y.
SICK HEADACHE, Bilious Headache
and Constipation, promptly cured by
Dr.. Pterce's Pellets. Sc. vial,
by druggistA
observation-disclosures
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Mrs. ]. H. Giles, of Everett, Pa. says:
suffered for many years from Kidney and
Gravel trouble. Besides. had other COM
plants common to my sex. l began using
DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, Of
Rondout, n. Y. A few words tell the result.
am happy and perfectly well woman once
more. Thanks to DIR. Kennedy and his Fa-
vorite Remedy. Price 81.
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SINGERS AND LECTURERS.

Keep a few Moxie Lozengers in your
pocket. One on the tongue keeps off a cold
during exposure and preserves the voice.
They will break recent cold in twenty -four
hours. and not suppress, or leave you more
liable to take cold after their use. We have
scores of letters from actresses. lecturers
opera singers and clergymen, saying they
are Just what is wanted for this line of pro-
lection, and they are invaluable to keep the
voice clear and strong. They are harmless
in large quantities.
MoxIE NERVE Foop Co, Lowell. Mass.
feb1d2aw lwnr
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DR.. S. Weir Mitchell, the neurologist,
who is also a novelist, recently refused
$500 offered him for an article Oh learn
ing that was intended to float . magazine
devoted To the advertisement of . pro-
peietary medicine New York World
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WITH A BOTTLE

OF Ayers Cherry Pectoral at hand.
one may feel comparatively secure
against the various diseases arising from
sudden changes Of temperature, ex-
posure to drafts and storms, and the
incleinencies Of spring and fall. "O
the many preparations before the public
for the cure Of Colds. Coughs. Bron-
chitis, and kindred diseases. there are
none, within the range IL ~ r.s-rience
and observation, so
RELIABLE
- Ayers Cherry Pectorai,' writes Thos.
g. Edwards, NJ. D., OF Blanco. Texas.
George W. Dick, Of Newton, Mass.
says: 1.-TWO years ago took a severe
cold, which, being neglected, was fol-
lowed by . terrible cough. l lost flesh
faptdly, had night sweats, and was con-
Aned 70 my bed. A friend advised the
NE Of Ayers Cherry Pectorai. began
70 take this medicine, and, before finish
ing the first bottle, was able TO sit up.
-Four bottles effected a perfect cure"
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
Prepared By DR.. j. G. Ayer& Co., Lowell, Nsse.
LID kv All Drupejsts. Price al: elk bottles, ~.
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" \ and reliable Med:c:7ca ere tho best
WV to depend upon. Ac!,crs Blood Ell.
ixir has been prescribed for years for all i'm.
purities of the Blood. Inevery form of Scrof-
ulous, Syphilitic or Mercurial diseases, It lie
invaluable. For rheumatism, las no equal.
}. NJ mix.f. i9t vat st--'i frngpist.
Hop Plasters are New England produc-
ton from fresh Hops, Burgundy Pitch
Gums. feb1eod&w1w
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XN >>O>> would enjoy your dinner
y NON and are prevented by Dys.
pepsia, use Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They are positive cure for Dyspepsia, In
digestion. Flatu,ency and Constipation.
We guarantee them. 25 and 90 cents.
] NJ. Mixer 1874 Water STREET. drngelst.
Know myself by reading the "Science of
Life" the best medical work ever published,
for young and middle-aged men.
msy7dSw1Y
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BANGOR CoMMERcIAL.l
'The Rest Morning Paper now Published
In the State.ss

The kennebec Journal comes to us to-day
in its enlarged form, and with an entire new
dress of type. Itpresents very neat appear
ance, and we may without exaggeration say
that it is one of the very best perhaps it
would not be too strong to call it the best
morning paper now published in the State
1t has keen scent for news, and the arrange
ment of its matter is such as to catch and
hold the eye, the secret of which il not fully
understood by every newspaper man. The
kennebec Journal has made wonderful i'm
provement since the effusion into it of new
and young blsod. and the Commercial most
heartily congratulates it upon the desirable
changes which have been inaugurated.
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BiliouSneSS.

Symptoms:
Want of Appetite.
Furred Tongue.
Bitter Taste.
Constipation.
Headache.
General Depression.
Treafmenf:
DIR. SCHENCK'S
MANDRAKE
PILLS.
This is sure and always safe.
For Sale by all Druggists. Price 25 cts. por box;
oboxes for 65 cts; sent by mail postage free.
sscsips Of price DR.. J. H. schenck 4 Son, Philad's.
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Ayers Cherry Pectoral,

Prepared by DR.. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell. Nase.
0oId By all Druggists. Price 81; elk bottles, -.
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1ANrED, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., ;.

II II E.H r
II work fora wholesale house on needlewo,s
NV At their homes. tsent any distance.) Good
\" pay can be made. Everything furnishss
Particulars free. Address Artistic Needle
work Co., is5 sth 81, New York City.
ian3dSw4w
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Read What Our Neighbors Say Of us:
BANGOR WIG.
"An Excellent Nevspaper.o

The Kennebec journal reached us yester-
day enlarged to thirty-two column paper
well filed with late news and arrayed in a
bright, new dress, presenting altogether a
most attractive appearance. 1t is evident
that Messrs. Sprague. Burleigh & Flynt in
tend to keep well abreast of the times in
these days of progressive journalism. The
Journal is an excellent newspaper and we
congratulate our Kennebec friends on these
evidences of well merited prosperity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-24
Brief Mention.


Daniel Crabb, one of the wealthiess farmers
of Tazewell comfy. disd on Thursday evening.
at Delavan, Of erysipelas. aged seventy.
J. D. Lorrls. blacksmith, of Charleston. was
found dead in bed yesterday morning. a cor
oner's jury returned verdist that he died of
heart disease.
Robert Waegoner, one of the oldest settlers
aud most respected citizens of Coles county,
died yesterday, at his home west OF Mattoon,
aged sixty years.
William Lane, sixty-one years old, ex-county
Wednesday night He was county judge for
thirteen years His death was caused by soften
ing of the brain and paralysis.
The three-days session of the congregational
Association of Southern Illinois. at Centralia
closed Thursday evening. Rev. Henry T. Sell.so
Chicago. preaching the sermon. ROsemond, ILL.,
was selected as the place for the next meeting.
The days work consisted of addresses by Rev
r. w. Purdue Mrs. NJ. III Green, and Rev. W
A College.
Charles Bratney was found between two box
a Wabash freight train arriving at Toto
ness, and his hands both frozen tight to the
brake-staffs. He is now in 3 precarious condi-
ton. Bratuey denies being tramp, but says
he boarded the train at Bernent en- route from
Kansas to Detroit
Dr. Andrew Archer, physician, located few
days ago at Philo. and Deputy Sheriff Wells
went there Wednesday night to arrest him on.
last September. Archer learned of his danger,
hastily collected $40 due him from . patient,
walked to Sidney, there boarded the Wabash
cannon ball train, and went to Homer. The
deputy obtained permission to ride over on the
pay-car, then about due, aud on arriving at
Homer captured the fugitive Helodged Archer
in jail at Urbana, to wait the arrival of officers
from Dewitt county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-24
Privileges Allowed Convict Bernhamer.


Bernhame-, it has been said, enjoys favors
at Michigan CITY but at no time since he has
been IN prison has he done any service for the
State. He spends his time in the hospital read
ing law, and is allowed 10 retain his mustache
and whiskers.s Nor has his hair been clipped.
The onlyTa sign he bears of be-
being pr isoner is the striped suit The reason
for this release from what other convicts have
to bear is that the Supreme Court of the United
States may reverse the judgement in the lower
court. Coys attorneys have not yet filed the
record of the trial in the Supreme Court. In
the meantime their client is recovering slowly.
doctor who has seen him recently was asked
what he thought of Coys condition He replied,
nHeshas low type of malarial fever, agra
waited by the trouble which never affected him
until he was taken TO Jail. believe Coy 10 be
heart.broken.a His position q prisoner who is
kept from the genitentiary only by sickness
haunts him continually. like a gigantic night
mare It would not surprise me il he pros
trated by paralysis at any time. He never
fers to his trial and conviction. not even TO his
family ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-24

SUBSTITUTE. no name or pedigree given. owned by
" ". Mackinson. Columbia City, Ind; sold 70
,SwA p I3oI IsF Hor e-o9 R-;r~. Rw.s~lv;lls
XIV brovn afail;an fo5r wars old sired By ON.
ward All. dam Carrie r. bv Almont So sold to
r. Lackey for $40.
PONTIAC GIRL, owned By James MaIoy, Rensse-
laer. Ind. chestnut FLY, one year old, sired by
lanes r, las dam Lady Pontiac oy Mammons
Iu ~, 9ros1sr 70 nea.non. 100 1seou -
~ "a IT IT. - ~ laSs aof hax+rnt
hlIv ffsaan ard fanr1n hands heb one vesr old
pedigree same as above; sold 70 v G. Cromwell
Lexington Kv for S175.