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PiITlliSln.

There appears to be Just now a re-
vival of pugilism, or what has been
humorously styled the "pummelogical"
profession, which may, perhaps, be
called the most fruitful of all profess
sions.
Slugger Sullivan, the idol OF Boston,
and who, in one sense of the word, is
1the greatest Roman of the maui" has
gone to England, where he is creating
an immense sensation among tho arts
tocracy. The object of his visit to
England is to knock out man by the
name of Smith, but q great many peo-
pie in this country would be highly
gratitied if all the Smiths in England
would rise as one man and knock out
Sullivan so effectually that he would
never come back.
v e are, nevertheless, compelled to
recognize the fact that q great many
people who denounce the press for
publishing the details of prize fights,
usually carry copy of the obnoxious
journal in their coat-tail pockets, for
some unknown purpose. 1t is also a
singular fact that they are always
ready to bet on one OR the other of the
pugilists.
To an appropriated outsider, it
would seem that although sluggers lose
ground in a contest, for lack of wind,
none of them lack wind before the
match comes off. In the reports of the
fight, We frequently read that one of
the combatants knocked the wind"
out of the other. If tn $ feat is really
accomplished, it is certainly one of the
greatest honor to the profession, par
ticularly if we take into consideration
what tremendous amount of wind the
pugilists develop for months before the
fight.
While we cannot too strongly depre-
cate brutal sluggers pounding each
other to pulp, and fully realize what
a disgrace it is to civilization and the
nineteenth century, still, if there is to
be an international contest between
Sullivan and Smith, the English cham
pion, we do hope and pray, now that
we come to think of it, that our man
will do up the Englishman in fine
atyle. -Terds Sgtinqs.
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house, Hiram come, an we all had sup,
per an went to bed. The cabin was
built Ike this here one, with room al
each eend, an wide, open passage,
way betwixt 'em. Hiram and Calline
slep' in the one where they cooked an
eat, an l slep' in tother'n. Twas q
powerful warm night, an Calline said
| better leave my door open. But l.
was too skeery fur that, so 1 shet an
bolted the door an went to bed l
hadn't got quite to sleep, but was Jest
a-droppin' of, when l heerd something
that made me trim'le all over, and the
cole chills run up an down my back"
"Oh," said Matildy Ann, I'm SO
skee ed"
"You amt nigh so skeered as was,
says Sister Saphelia, SUR what 1
heared was somebuddy a-breathin',
right under my bed"
We all struck right out, at that, an
Matildy Ann scrouged up so close to
me l come pretty near jabbin' her agin.
Il wonder you didn't holler," says
Sister Sawtell.
81 dassent," says Sister Saphelia
81 was afeared he'd Jump right out AN
cut off my head. So l jest laid an
trimled an didn't dass to move; an /
could hear him a-breathin' louder an
louder. l knowed Hiram had fifteen
dollars lockediup in the bury drawer, m
of course 1 thought right off that as
what he was after. 'Mebbe if he gifts
it, thinkses l, hell be off an not kill
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order, an Sister Goodall read the min.
utes; but they might better have been
called hours, from the time it tux her
to read 'em. But she got 'em read at
last, and then Sister Deacon Buzbee
says:
Before we perceed to any futhel
business, ! will egsplain the objecks of
this here society, SEEM there is some
new members come in that amt never
been here before. We hev got two
objecks
"Cne of 'em is to sew and an make
up different articles. of all sorts, like
fancy apurns, lamp-mats, pin-cushings,
and SIGH, to sell, an the money to be
gave to help Sport the preacher. The
money has to be got riz, somehow,
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servants to prevent d panic in the en-
ployment bureaus. Several offices were
in fact compelled to shut down for a
halliday at time, one using the limited
stock in the forenoon and the other in
the afternoon.
Shakespeare was perfect gentleman,
having been made so by the Herald's
College, which invested his father with
coat artnor. This coat armot made d
gentleman Of the elder Shakespeare,
and as Williams mother was already a
gentleman under the code; William be-
came one also both on his fathers and
on his mothers side. OF course, all
this is mere detail, and is dull and I'M
interesting; but l refer to it to show
that those who have read things in
Shakspeares works that they did not
like, and who, therefore, say that he
was no gentleman, do the great Bard
an injustice.
1 think I like Sha' speare's ex-
purgated poems best, and often wish
he had confined himself entirely to
that kind. If ] had son who seemed
to lean toward poesy, and felt like
twanRing his Tyre now and then, l
would advise him to write expurgated
poems exclusively.
do not say that Shakespeare was the
author of his own works, and it wotild
not look we'll in me to set up MY opin-
ion in opposition to that of scholars,
experts, and savants who have had
more advantages than l have, for l
would never take advantage of any
one; but L say that somehow the i'm
press on has crept into the papers
that he was pretty good little play
writer.
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me i cum nigh jabbin' her in the eye
with my needle.
sob, m SO feared o the burgle'ers,"
she says. 80 tell us all about him,
Sister Saphelia."
An so she clared her throat. and
picked up stitch she had drapped in
the toe of the sock she was knitt.n', an
then she says: "'Twas n good many
year ago, an Sister Calline-she's the
oldest of us gals-she had married
Hiram Slinker, an had went over to
Sassafras Holler, where they begun to
housekeep in bran-new cabin Hiram
had built ON the forty acres his paw
give him. Calline had right smart of
settin'out, too. She had q cook
stove, and COW with hefer calf, an
two feather beds an bedstids, an halt
a dozen dominickcr hens. An she had
plenty of blankets, an patchwork
quilts, an two blue kiverlids she hand
wove an made herself. SO they was
Fl ed real snug. But she felt ind O.
lonesome, off there by herself, with no.
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Spelling the Effect.

Blakeley-Girls, I've just had a
proposal.
Chorus-Oh, do tell us about it. Who
is the gentleman?
Miss B. Gentleman?
Choru5-Didn't you say you had a
proposal?
Miss B.-I did, proposal for mem
bership in our debating society,
The look of disappointment that
overspread the faces of the listeners
would have distanced that of heirs who,
elated while will is being read by the
munifcent provision made for them,
have all their hopes dashed by a later
codicil, which cuts them off with shil-
ling. Boston Budget.
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higher than five mites; so l didn't won
der she was lonesome. But they had y
good dog Jack was his name-an'
Calline said she WANT noways afeared
to stay alone all day, though [ would
of been, with Hiram out O sight an
hearin'; an tramps comm round one
an while to git bite to eat.
Cut Calline hadn't speck of cow
ardness about her. She wasn't like
me. | was allus afeared O. my own
shadder, most, and wouldn't of stayed
alone all day in that house fur pretty.
But bein' we was both together l didn't
feel so skeery; an after dinner [ an
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it had of been one. But | got up and
turned Jack out the door. s'pose he
had snuck under the bed fore 1 went
in. an mad went to sleep there. But
after | disk, cred him, an turned him
out, went to bed an slep' so sound |
never walked up when the chickens
crowed day. Calline and Hiram had q
good laugh when 1 told 'em my egs-
perience; but 'twa'nt no laughin' mat
ter to me at the time. An sence that
l allus look under bed fore 1 git in
it,"
When she had got through, Sister
Sawtell an Matildy Ann hustled round
an got supper. Twas a right good
meal O. vittles they got up, too-cold
riz bread, an warm biscuit, an black
berry jell, an peaches an cream, an
fried chickin an aigs, an custard pie.
An when Sister Sawtell come in an
asked us all to walk out to supper, Sis
ter Deacon Buzbee says:
This meetin' will now put away their
SEWN am eat supper"
An after supper we chose Sister
Betsey Hopper to talk at the rext
meetin', Sister Buzbee had envited us
to meet at her house next time, an so
then we soiourned an went home. Res
rectfully yourn, LIBBY LIMBERTwIG.
Cotton Crick, Misoury.
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bottom, an looks kind O. quare, bein'
it's flat all the rest of the way up; but
1t seems to kind o match with her
nose, that's long and straight and pints
up'ards at the eond. But she's q real
pious woman, an good hearted, too.
She sot down in TIC Boston rocker, an
TUX out her knittin', fur she said she
could talk better if her hands was busy
as well as her tongue An then she
says, "A-ham! Did any of the sisters
ever hev any experience with Bur
gle-erP'
We all shruck, an says, LA,
mol" and Sister Sawtell's biggest gal,
Matildy Ann, scrouged so close up to
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Simply Bruised.

Young Doctor-You say you Lave
pain in your side.
Patient-Yes.
"How long have you been troubled
with it?"
"Since last night. / was walking
down town about one o'clock. All of
sudden 1 felt a sinking sensation
on"
Epilepsy"
And then all was dark. [ ha--s
Epilepsy, sure; go on"
II had stepped into a coal-hole. -
st. Paul Globe.
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Before 10: Judge B. with empha-
sisl-"Clara, is that George fellow COM
ing round here again tonight"
"Clara (hopelessly)-"I believe so,
papa"
Judge B.-"Well, daughter, remem>
Der this This house closes at 10 sharp,
and"
Clara Chastily)--"Oh, George will
be here before that, papa; please don't
worry, "-HGrper's Bdzdr,
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me- But want sure about it. Bur
gle-ers hir pesky mean, sometimes; an
pritty soon / heared him a-movin' under
the bed, an 1 felt like l would die. He
moved round, an KEEP a-movin,' sort of
easy-ike, an thinkses I, Now he's
a-goin' to tackle me- An my heart
most stopped a-beatihg, I was that
skeereds an even then ! couldn't help
a-thinkin' If I'd only of left my door
open, as Sister Calline had told me,
how much better 'twould be, fur L
might give Jump, an git clare out
'afore the burgle-er could have said
beans. But there L was, shet up with
him, an the door bolted,"
"But do tell us how you got away"
says Matildy Ann. "Fur you must OF
got away somehow, or you wouldn't be
here, a-tellin' it.
I'm a-comin' to the pint" Sister
Saphelia says.
All to once, he quit movin' around,
an made a SHORTY, snuiliy kind of a
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tail, then 1 knowed
twas n dog"
w Q all h ad to
laugh at the way
S j s ter Saphelia
Knocked q dog a-gap-
ing, but Matildy Ann
looked a leetle grain
disap'inted.
Then, 'twa'nt no
burgle-er after ALL"
she says.
no." says Sister
,Saphelia, but L was
lest as slieered as if
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body but Hiram.
an him out in the
field all d Il v,
tendin' to his
craps, or else in
the clearin' maui
ain' rails fur a
worm fence. An
so, iust chance
she got, she sent
fur me to come
an make her a
visitation. An |
went. The cabin
was in q sort of
holIer, an nary
O t II er house
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noise, somethin'
like a snore, an
then he gaped real
loud, like he had
been asleep an was
half wakin' up. An
ct that l jumped
right up in bed an
bust ont a-lallin'. :"
"Oh!" says we
all, fur we was real
dunbfou n d o r G d
when she said that.
eyes. " she said.
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n busted right out a-laflin', fur I
knowed that gapo want made
by man, but d dog. His breath
In had sounded exactly like q
human critter; but when he gaped
real long an loud, like this-'Ah-ow-
wooh am bet on the floor with his
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"An' so, in order to help us keep
from tattlin' about our neighbors, we
air a-goin' to take turns in tellin' sto-
ries. Something we heve heared or
read, or else some of our own egsperi-
ence.
San now the meetin' may perceed tc
sew, an Sister Saphelia Crookneck
may begin her story, bein' she was
chose synonymous at the last meetin'
to do the talkin' to-day"
Sister Deacon Buzbee sot down, an
we all put on our tn mbles an begun
to sew; an Sister Saphelia got up an
sot down in the Boston rocker.
She is one O. these here tall, beam
poly kind of wimen, and allus wears
hoop in the bottom of her under-skeert.
II makes her dress stick out at the
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agin the pies an the filters, they was
good eatin' fur once n o while; but fur
real stiddy diet she didn't think they
was so healthy as some other things,
an, besides, they was apt to colick the
Children.
An so, as / was a-sayin', one of the
obJecks of this meetin' is to sew things
an sell 'em, an raise some money fur
the Preachers family. It's got to be
rlz somehow, the Deacon states, fur it
STAINS to reason that q family of two
grown-uppers an nine children can't
live altogether on chany shepherdesses
an piller-shams an filters, an SIGH
AN the other objeck is to prevent
the spreadin' of Scandal. Nobuddy
belong n to this society is allowed to
tell scan'alous story, to the deter
ment of their neighbors or nobuddv
else.
IF that their stuck-up Miss LAWYER
Greene chooses to air her bed-cloZe on
the front porch every day of her life,
Jest to show EN-, an let folks see how
many patchworks an tied comforts she's
got, taln't none OF our business. We
amt got to tell it.
An if DR.. Politics. wife has cake onto
her table twice a day, an gives her
husban' fried pies fur break fast. an
makes her hired gal set down to the
second table, like she was a-tellin' nv
Mahala last week, none of us needn't
to say nothin' about it. We hain't cot
no call to spread it round.
OR If Nancy Marier StricLlan,
wears year-bobs, an frizzles her hair
over her furrld, an purtends to be
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fashionabler then us,
faint none of our
consarns. We kin
feel sorry fur her, an
be glad We hev got
better sense; but We
needn't to tell other
folks. We all hey
our failures, an we
must larn to be for
bearing towards fell
ler-citters,
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Calline washed the dishes an redd up
the room, an then we went to the
milk-house, an skum the milk fur next
days churning. Long towards night
the COW come h0me, an MIXED her,
while Caliine was a-doin' u the other
Chores"
San did you see the burgle-er, then ?"
says Matildy Ann.
"Jest you wait" says Sister Saphelia.
I'm a-comih to him."
when twas too dark to see any
more, an the whip-poor-wills was a.
hollering out in the woods, an the bats
an night-hawks a-hittering round the
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Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad.
EASTWARD

All trains on the schedule stop at Hay street
station Cumberland =. l.. BURWELL,
General Superintendent
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j . B. CD Err,
FROSTBURG, ND,

who is my agent to take applications, also
to collect premiums. Purchasers of Real
Estate, and those building New Houses,
are especially solicited to ascertain from
him the standing and rates of our compa-
mics before applying elsewhere.
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ter how great his qualifications, could
reasonably hope TO be guccesSful for any
once OF trust In city or county which de-
Ponds on the vote Of the people. With q
voting population In city and county Of At
least eighty hundred, ls Il not shame.
ful, nay dlBgracsiul, that the one hundred
and fifty men (tor one hundred and fifty
is about the number Of places in the city
and county where intoxicants are sold at
retRil) who run the saloons, are allowed TO
dictate who shall be our Lawmakers and
administers OF the law. With no asplra-
ton for office, /, for one, am tired Of this
condition Of things and would tsin hope
there are hundreds, aye Thousands, Of 9th
era who feel as lido and be willing that the
city and county should torego all revenue
to be derived from the saloopF, and With
me be willing to meet their share Of on ad-
ditionRl taxation that might BIO required
on account OF forcing the ssloon to go;
and ! gee no way go sure to make them go
as prohibition, which will ct once destroy
their power and give US chance to elect
and place in Office men who would not
shut their eyes to open violations Of the
laws they were sworn to enforce. II.
Wheeling, Jan. II.
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P,Iesi p.rosI PiIesI

A surs euro found at last. No one need
suffer. a sure cure for the blind, bleed.
ing, itching and liberated piles hna bssn
discovered by DR.. William ian Indian
remedy Callsd Dr. Williams Indian Pile
Ointment. A single box has cured the
worst old chronic CaDGg OF twenty-five and
thirty years standing. No one need suf.
fer five Minutes after applying this won
deriul soothing medicine. Lotions, In,
struments sud OlsGtuRries do more ham
than good. William'a Indian Pile Ointment
sbsorbs the tumors, allsyg the intense
itching, acts sB poultiCe, gives instant and
painless relief and lg prepared for Piles
and nothing else. Thousands Of cured
patients attest its virtueE, and phygiciana
Of all schools pronounce 1t the greatest
contribution to medicine Of the ags. II
matters not how long or severely you have
been entering, you can be cured.
Judge Ooons, Msysville, KY, says:
"Dr. Williams Pile Ointment cured me
after yeara Of auGeTlnG,"
Judge Cohinbury, Cleveland, o., says:
II have found BY experience that DR..
Williams Indian Pile Ointment gives i'm.
mediate and permanent relief"
We have hundreds OF such testimonials
Do not suffer an instant longer. Sold by
druggists. D4w
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AN ORDINANCE
Providing for q Vote upon the Question
Of Subscribing $500, OOOtO the Cap
ital Stock Of the wheeling Il Har.
rIsburg Railway Company
Of West Virginia.

WHEREAS, The wheeling 3 Harrisburg Railway
Company oil West YirRinil hRB requested vote
TO be ordered and money 70 be appropriated IN aid
Of The construction Of It's railroad Ia Ohio county,
including bridge across the Ohio river. al or near
the head Of Wheeling Island, aud tracks thereon
and the approaches thereto, and the terminal
tracks and facilities thereof In the said county
including tunnel through Wheeling Hill, and
within the limits Of the city OF Wheeling north OF
Tenth street; and
WIEREGS, The Board Of Commissioners OF tho
county OF Ohio deem It desirable for the county 10
Appropriate money to aid In the construction Of
such railroad bridge across the Ohio river In ERid
county, and Of railroad crossing said bridge and
the terminal and connecting tracks and ilcilItieI
OF said railroad. In said county, such approprtR:
ton 70 DO made by subscription 70 the capital
stock Of said company; therefore, II IL hereby
ORDRRED. By the Board OF Commissioners Of the
county OF Ohio, that vote be taken upon tho
question OF the appropriation by such Subscrip-
lon by said county Of the sum OF $500 900, 70 the
work above specified. Such vote shall be taken ct
the several places Of voting In said county, Rt
special election which shAll DO held on
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10 TIC Ettitor u ne hhtui0GI'etT'
Sir: The question Of Prohibition In ito
influence on the welfare Of our city has .
point in 1t which have not aeen touched
by any Of the writer's who have used your
columns to Ventilate their ideas on the
subject; and while ! am no friend Of pro-
hibIsion "per se, !" not conceivipg It to be
in anywiso corrective Of the evils Of in
Temperance, 90 far sB the quantity Of Btim'
nlentu consumed 10 concerned, yet am
Wiling 10 take up the cry, "The saloon
muBt Ho' and Join forces with the prohi-
bitionists tomaka II go-not because Of the
Abilities Il affords to obtain stimulente,
but for the dsletsrious influence II 10 ex:
erting In controlling the government Of
our city and county. To such degree
has this attained that no man who is IN.
willing to subsidies the sAloopB and make
himbet the tool Of their interests, no mat
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TRIADkLPHIA DIbTHICTs
Lsa.hGtpOOd tSehOoI HOGSl-G. W. Woods, PlAtoG
En- Grove tfogn HalD-J. 8. Woods, John Hal.
'f TT,,a al tLGSSoaS)-J. N. Thornburg, John
HelienbIne, Robert Armstrong
R6iLeV Ro6lnSon'S-JRmes Oldham, John Robin.
SON. Alex. MnConn,
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is one OF the pleasanteat amenities OF life.
But a fluent talker whose "gems Of
though" drop from lips which disclose
yellow teeth going to rack sni ruin, makes
less impression thnn he or she otherwise
would. Bear this in mind conversation
alists, and lend added force to your utter.
spcss by keeping your teeth white and
pure with Soz1dont, WhoIesomsst and
most thorough Of tooth preparations,
which removes tartsr, renders the gums
healthy and purifes the breath. TThs&w
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FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Features of the Money and stOCk
Markets.

Markets.
NEW YoHX, Jan. ll.--Money on call easy At s1Sa
~ per cent, LAST loan Sk per cent, closed offered
at per cent. Prime mercantile paper 61Sa71f per
cent Sterling exchange quiet but steady At 81 si1
"a sG5z Sales OF stocks 225,627 shares.
The stock market while showing no decrease In
the amount Of business done, met with moderate
vet hack today, the lull In the bulliSh feeling
prevalent for the past few days inducing the beans
10 make q denomination against the list The
opening was quiet aud steady, and prices displayed
a hardening tendency, which, however, dIBap-
peAred after the lrst hour, when Louisville d Nash.
Vile showed the most strength. Prices begin 70
dFtOp before noon. but there was little progress
made iu the downward direction until toward de-
livery hour. when the market became more active
and decidedly weak.
The last boaE WRS marked by NO teGtuEe, aud the
close was dull and heavy at or near the lowest
prices reached Almost everything Is lower and
Fl. Worth q Denver lost ~, 1t. Paul X, IefBey
Central per cent Omaha, LAckRWRnnR and Wheel
Ing d Lake Erie X por cent each.
Rairoad bonds, the market was les active.
Government bonds dull aud frm 70 strong.
State bonds dun aud steady.
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CAS'T sISRp Nights is the complaint Of
Thousands suffering from Asthma, Con.
sumption, Coughs, etc. Did you ever try
Acker's English RsmedyH It Is the best
preparation known for all Lung Troubles,
sold on a positive guarantee ct l0c., 15c.
Logan 4 Co., O r. Goethe, Oh5a. Msnke-
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