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West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-08-31
HARRIsoN's FENCE STOLEN.

FfH A. ~ -
An Indianapolis lind special
says: Among the visitors received
by General Harrison on Saturday
was New York drummer, who on
some previous visit had helped him
self to one of the heavy two-inch
square poplar fence-pickets, which
he proudly exhibited to the General
and Mrs. Harrison in the form of
handsomely-turned and polished
walking stick. The idea took with
the thousand or more brother drum
mers, and that night the Generals
fence suffered the loss of many pick
cts. The sound ones were carefully
culled. AS the General gazed on
the few remaining pickets this morn
ing and saw the lonely gate intact
he ordered the remaining fragments
TO be taken down and used for kind
ling wood, .s.st ssug
Prior to the Chicago Convention
General Harrison's front yard was
covered with growing grass, and the
brown picket fence enclosing his
premises on Delaware street was a
model of tidiness, but politics have
sadly altered the appearance of the
premises. The grass. is worn off,
leaving the earth exposed in spots.
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lSUlUH2 o Sg99 s!Es.s.

Since the introduction of the Fa-
nous Puritan Cough and Consump-
tion Cure in this vicinity the death
rate from Consumption has decreas-
ed wonderful, it never fails to effect a
cure. Price 25 Cents. Try it,
DrlLeef LAYER Reguiateiihas done
more to relieve thesuffering of man
kind than all other medicines, it
cures all Stomach and Liver trou-
bles.-Trial bottles free at &. r.
Jones Drug Store.
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PEOPLE WHO WHINE.

There is class of persons in this
world. by no means small, whose
prominent popularity is whining.
They whine because they are poor
or, if rich, because they have not
health to enjoy their riches; they
whine because they have no luck,
and Others property exceeds theirs;
they whine BECAUSE some friends
have died shd they are still living;
they whine because they have aches
and pains, and they have aches and
pains because they whine; they
whine, no one knows why. Now q
word tothe whining persons; First,
stop whining; it is no use OF conf
planning, fretting, finding fault, and
whining. Why yop are the most
delugel set of tcreatufes who ever
lived Do you know that it is a
wei! settled principle of physiology
and common sense that these habits
ATE More e26abstiselto nefSSds vi
hlity than ALMOST any other VIOLA
ton of physiological law =? And do
you know life is pretty much as you
make it. You can make it bright
and sunshiny, or you can make it
dark and shadowy. This life is
meant only to discipline us-to fit us
for a higher and parer state Of being.
Tken stop Whining aHd'ffetting, and
90 on your way rejoicing.
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How to Make II Pay.

The inquiries how to make the farm
pay five or six per cent. interest on q
high valuation seem rather more nu.
merous this spring than usual. Quite
possibly some OF these come from
parties who have been trying 1t and
have not succeeded. The answer Is
that nobody can safely guarantee such
profits, even with the best Of manage
ment Real estate security is among
the best, and this never does and never
will bring the highest profits When
Government bonds bearing three per
cent. sell at premium 1t Is absurd to
expect nearly or quite that interest ON
secupity equally good. Probably In
most parts Of the country real estate Is
held higher than 1t ought to be from
the readiness OF capitalists to lend
money on security. just in this fact
lies the mistake OF farmers who run. In
debt for more land. They almost In
evitably have tq pay "A interest moro
than thsy can make - net proht.
There Ars exceptions 70 this, but only
enough 70 provo that u u The eeueval
Vala - lH1Gj - zof<ooj1Hfto
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SIX MEN KILLED
And Five Fatally Injured by Collision OF
Trains the Pennsylvania Railroad
Near Shamokln.

And Five Fatally Injured by a Collision Of
Trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad
Near Shamokin.
SHAMoKIN, Pa, June 26.-A fatal acci-
dent occurred at Gable City, 0 few miles
north of here, at five o'clock this evening,
on the Pennsylvania railroad, in which six
laborers Of gravel train were killed and
five fatally injured. The train hands Of
the gravel train escaped by jumping. A
freight train from Sunbury, with more
cars that it could place on one siding, was
distributing the cars on several tracks
whom gravel train ran into its rear end. The
cars of the freight train mounted tho gravel
train and the laborers were crushed to
death. Out Of eleven laborsrs but one es-
capped uninjured. The bodies Of four can
not be recovered until the wreck is cleared,
Medical aid was at once summoned from
Shamokin, in hope of saving the lives Of
the injured, but several died before the sur
gsops arrived. The name Of the dead and
injured can not, as yet, be learned. The
laborers saw their danger in time to escape,
but were so badly frightened that they
were unable to move. 1t Is said that the
fiagman of the freight train was not in
position to flag the gravel train. The dead
were brought here and the injured taken
to the Miners Hospital,
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Remains OF an Indian Princess.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, June 25.-L. @.
Willis, engineer of the ballast train of the
Western railway Of Alabama, found
yesterday the skeleton remains Of what
doubtless was an Indian Princess. On 1t
were found in fair state Of preservation,
n silver coronet with the makers stamp, Of
foreign manufacture, silver bracelets and q
silver necklace, made Of silver buckles tied
with a ribbon, peculiar knife and saber
blade, similar to a carving knife. Con-
sidering the fact Of no Indians having been
in that locality for over fifty lone years,
this find is certainly remarkable. A week
previous, in the same locality, similar relics
were found, but indicating having been
possessed by Indians Of ordinary rank.
These relics are now in the possession Of
Mr.. ]. G. Mckenzie, train master at the
Montgomery Office Of the Western railway,
who will present thom to the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, at Auburn, Ala,
10 be placed in the Strassburger collection
OF that institution.
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MEXICAN FLOODS

UNPARALLELED in Modern Timcs--Thousande
of Miles Of Territory Transformed Into
u Lake-Cities and Towns swept Away
1ncalculablc Loss of Life.
ST. LOUIS, June GA dispatch from the
City Of Mexico says: Photographic com.
munication, which has been interrupted
for several days by the floods, has been re-
stored, and the particulars Of the terrible
disaster on the line Of the Mexican Central
railway, particularly at Leon and Silao,
are obtained. During the past ten days
the table lands between here and Zecatecas
have been visited by unprecedented rains.
Every mountain rivulet along the
Central railway for more than
two hundred miles has been converted
into destructive torrent, and the valleys
presented the appearance Of lakes. Many
cities and towns have been inundated, and
Leon and Silao have been partially dee
stroyed. On the Goth IL was learned that
the floods had been more destructive in
Leon than in Silao. II seems that on Mon
day, the 18th, the river broke over its
dykes, and Notwithstanding all efforts to
check its course, 1t made rapid Roadway,
and finally flooded the city. As the rain
fell the river rose rapidly, its volume OF
water flowing into the town, gradually
wearing away the foundations Of buildings
which commenced to fall as night came
on. Monday night brought to that
city one Of the most terrible scenes ever
witnessed in any country. People believ.
ing themselves secure from the flood went
to bed in tho.s parts Of town where the
water had not round Its way. The steady
downfall of rain, with the extensive water
bed Of the outlying country, increased the
flow Of tho river and rapidly extended the
channel until half of Leon was under was
ter. Houses tumbled in rapidly, having
been worn away by the water, and tue loss
Of life commenced, unparalleled in
the history Of any Of the
great inundations OF modern times.
As the buildings fell the unfortunate
sleepers were either crushed to death or
drowned. One whole night Of terror fol-
lowed. Men, women and children fed to
the streets in their night clothes, some to
find shelter on higher ground and Others to
be swept away by the flood. On Tuesday
morning rain was still falling, and there
had been no perceptible decrease in the
stream of water. A mammoth lake ex-
tends its length and breadth to all points
of the compass. Its monotonous appears
ance was occasionally broken by half-sub-
merged houses and high lands cropping
above its anything but placid surface. A
dispatch from El PGso, Tex, says infor-
nation has been received here from tho
flooded district in Mexico that fifteen hum
dred lives were lost by the inundation, and
that ono thousand bodies have been recov-
ered Leon Is a city Of one handrGd thou
sand inhabitants, and large part OF 1t IL
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oaIvanizing Wooden Type.

A recent French invention is report
cd Of q process by which wooden type
ia galvanized as to the top OF the letter
only. It seems to be OF curious,
rather than a specially valuable char
acter, but by application to large
type, the process does, it is claimed.
result In the production Of a
strong type only trife heav.
Ter than the naked wood. " Is also
claimed that the coating OF copper
which is applied to the letter has the
effect OF making 1t as strong as one 0i
type-metal, and SO serving to preserve
the finest lines---a difficult thing to dc
with tho wood. The galvanizing proc.
ess Is simple, for the type is placed in
the ordinary galvan0-plastic bath, but
Il u not explained just how the opera,
ton y con6nsd TO the top Of w lettsF'
~, \ aR eSd xApr6,p
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PICTURED BY PROXY.


Vn0 toppy TnOug1t Fut into Fp0CvlC0
by = Detroit Mother.
A Detroit lady, whose friends live
abroad, had her baby's picture taken
and sent o dozen cabinet-sized photo
graphs to Europe. Before they went
she showed them TO friends in this
city.
"How perfectly lovely!" they all ex-
claimed; sit looks like fancy picture.
What beautiful child! ! should loue
to see him!"
One lady, whose senses were quite
acute, was ready with startling sug-
gestion,
"That child isn't yours, Mrs. -;
the photographer has made a mistake.
Why, he doesn't look bit like your
little Harry"
"H-u-s-h," said the quick-witted
mother, sits all right. You know
Harry's hair isn't long enough to make
pretty bangs, and he really hasn't O
nice nose, and borrowed a baby just
his size--a real little beauty, isn't he
and he has all Of Harry's clothes on,
and his little ring. Aren't the en-
broideries lovelyp Isn't that little cap
just too sweetp"
"But are you really going to send
this picture awayP"
"Of course l am, They'll never
know the difference, and isn't he
lovelyp Why, Harry wouldn't take
half as pretty picture, though he is 9
darling. But you know ] want some
thing extra nice to send over there"
II this happy thought should include
grown people 1t will not be half bat
idea. Then professional beauties
could sit for homely women and tn
science Of photography would hav'
achieved a lasting fame. After all,
is generally the likeness In pictur'
that condemns it.--Detroit Free Press
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PlTH AND POINT.

i "A work prospers through sndoav.
ors, not through vows.
+ Such az are careless of themselves
are seldom mindful OF others.
{ BE brief, for II is with words az
with sunbeams, the more they are
condensed, the deeper they burn.
iSOuthey.
Success secures the appreciation Of
the world, for, as the wise man says,
"Men will praise thee when thou doest
well for thyself."
If you would find q great many
faults, be on the lookout. II you would
find them in still greater abundance,
be on the look-in,
| Laughter and tears are meant to
turn the wheels Of the same machinery
of sensibility; one is wind.power the
other water-power.
! BE pleasant and kind to those
around you. The man who stirs his
cup with an icicle spoils the tea and
'chills his own fingers.
Women do q good deal Of talking
in q lifetime, that's fact, but we have
observed that the men generally seem
to be willing to listen to what they
say:-Sonervtlle Journal.
He is brave man who dares to
ask woman's age, but he is braver
who, on being told It, informs her that
she is not SO old as she looks. Boston
Courier.
John Ruslsin, in recent lecture at
Oxford, declared that "the whole
meaning and power of true courtship
Is probation, and it ought not to be
shorter than three years at least,
seven being the moro orthodox time.'
They are most fortunate who SOON
est learn to expect nothing for which
they have not worked hard, and who
never acquired the habit Of plying
themselves overmuch, II ever in after
life they happened to work In vain.-
lMacaulay.
Psychologists have established tho
fact that the masculine heart weighs
more and is larger than that possessed
by the fair sex, but it has been equally
well-established that injury to the lat
ter commands the highest damages in
the courts. Budget.
The happiness Of life depends on
the regular prosecution OF some lauda-
BILE purpose or laudable calling, which
engages, helps and enlivens all our
powers; let those bear witness who,
after spending years in active useful
ness, retire to enjoy themselves.
MIR. Timothy Sead (taking his first
meal in New York dime restaurant)
--"Give me mutton chop" Waiter
(top OF his voice)-"Bah! Bah" Mr..
Timothy Sead-"And some fresh eggs
and - Waiter ~ "Cluclsi Cluckr'
(Mr, Timothy Sead grasps his um-
brella and fees. )-Pncb.
1t Is very comforting to a man who
is just recovering from a lingering ILL
ness, and has just managed to crawl
out to the gate on a warm, sunshiny
day to get air. to have a neighbor
come along and shout cheerily.
Hello! Been away, haven't youp
Had good timer You are looking
we'll"
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LONE HIGHWAYMAN,
with q Large Red Bandana for .
Mask.
Holds Up Texas Stage and Compels Eight
Passengers to Dellver--Another
Case in Idaho.

BALLrNGEn, TEX, June 25.-The Ballin.
ger and San Angela stage was again
robbed yesterday by lone highwayman.
This time the robber was on foot, going to-
ward San Angela. He had large red
bandana around his neck, and when the
stage pulled up he pulled the bandana over
the lower part Of his face, aud with a six
shooter persuaded the passengers, eight in
number, to stand and deliver. After taking
about $500 from the passengers, all of
whom were unarmed, he compelled tho
driver to unhitch the best horse and turn
the same over to him. The driver was COM
PEELED to catch a mule to supply his loss.
1his was not the same highwayman that
had operated in this section before.
BLAcKFoor, IDAHO, June 25.-The stage
Of Salisbury & Co., carrying United States
mail and express, was held up between here
and Chamois by masked highwaymen Sat-
urday. Besides rifling the mail pouch. sill.
vcr bullion worth - 800 was taken.
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Equal to the Emergency.

Brunswick, Me-, is getting ready to
celebrate Its l60th anniversary, and
already stories OF the carly days Of the
town are being set afoat. Here's one;
Mr.. William Walker. Of Falmouth,
and Miss Sibyl Staples, of Topsham,
were to be married. They were on the
Topsham side Of the river. and on the
Brunswick side was Rev. John
Miller, the minister who was to per-
form the ceremony, and between them
rolled the raging waters swollen by the
sudden spring thaw. The minister
couldn't get TO the anxious couple and
they couldn't get 10 him. But he was
equal TO the emergency. Standing on
the edge OF the bank, he sent his pow.
erfil voice across the stream, and
William and Sibyl joined hands and
made the proper responses, and were
duly pronounced mar and wife-~N Y.
Sam.
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DYING BY HUNDREDS.
Excessive Heat Causes tho Death
Countless Children in New York.

Excessive Heat Causes tho Death OF
Countless Children in New York.
NEw York, June 25.-The continued
heated term is playing sad havoc among
the children In the tenement house dis
tricts. The certificates Of deaths are pour
ing in to-day and several clerks are kept
busy tabulating them for future reference
in the Bureau Of Vital Statistics.
Up to noon to-day over one hundred
deaths Of children from diarrheal dis
cases, caused by the heat, have been re-
ported and it looks like fully three hundred
deaths for the day, the heaviest in year.
Horses are suffering severely and a num-
Der Of cab and car horses have dropped
dead from the heat, the latter notwith-
standing the fact that the companies have
relays at intervals of mile and hospital
stations along the lines. At noon the
Thermometer registered eighty.cight de-
Qrees,
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slays His swssshsar. and Himself.

NEW York, June 26.-This morning Jos,
Zaford, sixteen years old, hall boy
employed in the boarding house at l23
West Fourth street, shot and instantly
killed Rosie Sheridan, nineteen years Of
age, an assistant cook in the boarding
house. He shot her in the head. Then he
blew his own brains out by sending bull
let from the samS weapon through his
right temple. He was desperately IN love
with the cook, but she took no notice Of
him.
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ABOUT EATING GROW.
An Amusing Account OF the Origin OF the
Popular Expression.

An Amusing Account OF the Origin Of the
Popular Expression.
Having received an inquiry concern
ing the origin Of the expression would
say that the crow has long been the
emblem Of contention--as Hudibras
says,
II Ifnot-resolve before we go
That you and must pull crow.
The same idea is suggested In Com
edy OF Errors, act third:
Wen pluck crow together.
In common parlance, eating crow, as
an expression Of humiliation, is much
the same as eating humble pie, but evil
dently is more expressive. Its origin
is too obscure to be definitely reached,
but 1t came into use during the late re-
beliion and evidently was born in the
camp. Many years ago I heard the
late G. p, Disosway, who was q con-
firmed humorist, tell the following
story, which he had received from a
soldier, and I also heard 1t
from Captain Ballou, Of the One
AAuhuTCu huu CiNocuIu lcS Slulout'
A private in one Of the Pennsylvania
regiments got leave to go hunting. ana
unfortunately shot tame crow belong
ing to planter, who happened to come
up just as the bird was killed. The
unlucky hunter had rested his musbet
against tree, and the planter seized
it and, pointing it at the former, ex.
claimed: "You can eat that crow OF
die" There being no escape the hunter
got through with part Of his distasteful
meal, when the planter, relenting, said
"You've done pretty we'll; here, take
your gun and get of right smart
The soldier, as soon as he got the piece
in his hands, Immediately turned the
tables by leveling it Mt the planter, ex
claiming: "Now you eat the rest O
that crow or I'll shoot you on the spot.
There being no escape the. thing was
done, In few days the planter hai
occasion to visit the camp, and as thu
soldier recognised him one Of tn.
officers inquired: "Do you know tina
man ?" 20, yes," replied the planter
1--WE dined together last week. W. y
Cor. Troy Times.
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Epidemic OF Rabies.

WICHITA, KAs., June pa startling
state of affairs exists in Greenwood County
from the fear Of rabd dogs. A gentleman
who arrived from there last night says the
whole country is terrorized. Nine persons
have been bitten and three have died after
suffering the most acute pain from hydro.
phobia. A mad dog went through the
county about month ago and bit num-
ber of dogs and cattle, and this appeared to
infect the whole country.
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Permanently Settled.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, June 25.-Melville
A. Miles, a young white man, and a negro,
Wash. Harralson, fought with pistols yes.
tcrday, near Richmond, Ala, and both
were killed. They were living on the
plantation Of A. 7. Jones, Miles as as over
seer and the negro as a laborer. The ne
gro had been ordered to leave the place,
but refused to do so, and when Miles went
with Jones to the negro's house, he fired
ON them. Miles shot twice end died in fif.
teen minutes. Harralson was also shot ia.
tally and died in few hours.
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Expen sive Horse.Flssh.

New York, June 25.-The most important
sale Of yearling thoroughbreds that ever
took place in New York was begun in
Madison Square Garden this afternoon.
The youngsters (seventy-two in number)
are the product Of j. B. Haggin's Rancho
Delpaso in California. King Thomas, a
bay colt by imp. King Ban-Maud Hamp-
ton, was sold for $4,000, to Mr.. Lucius
Appleby. This is the highest priced year.
ling ever sold.
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Flaved Aljve bv While Cans.

ST. LOUIS, June pa telegram from
Pulaski County, Mo-, says bold outrage
was committed there Saturday night by an
organized band similar to the White Caps
Of Indiana. About midnight a party Of
masked riders rode up to the house Of
Charles Gross, a wealthy farmer, and,
dragging him from the house, carried him
n mile away, and there whipped him to
death. The alleged cause is the divulging
of secrets Of the Agricultural Wheel, a So.
cret organization. Gross was flayed alive.
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National Democratic Committee.

WASHINGTON, June 26.-The National
Democratic Committee met at the Airing.
ton Hotel at half-past ten O'Clock tonight,
and remained In session until after mid
night. The following officers were elected:
Chairman, VIM. II. Barnum, of Connects
cut; Secretary, 8. p. Sheerin, of Indiana;
Assistant Secretary, L. B. Dickinson, Of
New York; Treasurer, Charles j. Canda,
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MANY physician has gained his practice
by one patient telling others Of his cure.
Toll your neighbors that you have been to
ths hospital Of Jesus and been restored,
though you hated all manner of meat, and
drew near to tho gates of death, and, may
bo, poor soul just in tho same condition as
yourself will say: "This Is message from
God to NO." Above all publish the Lords
goodness for jesus sake. He deserves
your honor. VIII you receive His blessing,
and then, like tho nine lepers, give Him no
praise!-Rep @. III. Spur0cOn.
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EIxa EaIl Down = sh,il.

BELLEvILDE, ILL.,, June pa serious
accident occurred ut Daniel Marsh & Sons
coal mine, two miles south, late last evens
ing. As the miners were quitting work the
hoisting-rope broke and let five men fall to
the bottom, distance Of eighty feet. Two
of the men can hot live, while the others
arc in dangerous condition.
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General Sheridan's Condition.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-General Sheri-
dams physicians issued the following bull
letin at nine this evening: There is no
substantial change to be noted in General
Sheridan's condition since the last report.
He passed comfortable night, and his
condition to-day is fairly good, notwith-
standing the heat.
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A Gigantic Robbery.

er, teller Of the Union Bank, has absconded
with large amount Of the banks funds.
Pitcher took about all the valuables he
could lay hands on, even to pennies. 1t is
said he took half q million dollars In bonds
and all the cash in the vault.