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Perhaps it was. The angels may have felt
that it was well that should live to repent
my sins little longer. / found my victim
in what seemed red hot furnace, lying
senseless on his face. covered that face
with my own soft hat, and / dashed out
again. don't know how l did it. was
very strong, very big, and he was slight
and slender
They brought him to first. He had only
been little scorched and singed about the
shoulders AS for me, knew nothing for
a week, and had some ugly scars about
me that did not improve my looks; but
Rose seemed to love me more for them, and
Mr. Richard had his fair girls beauty quite
unaltered.
They called me hero, but it was only
while l was too weak to speak that per-
mitted it. One day made confession. l
called Rose to my bedside, and l called
him. l told them all, and they forgave
me; yes, they both forgave me. 1 think
they were angels.
No one had been hurt but me, and there
was only some loss of money.
Jealousy is insanity" Mr.. Richard said,
land owe my life to you. Had been the
scoundrel you thought me. should have
deserved DEATH"
AS for Rose, she cried as if her heart
would break, plying me. And l think
Satan left me forever then, and l have had
neither hate nor jealousy in my heart since
that day, and often l turn to that page of
the Bible on which these words are written:
Jealousy is cruel as the grave. and the Goals
thereof are as Goals of fire, which burn with
most vehement flame;
and think how true it is and how nearly
jealousy ruined all our lives, and how close
my soul has been to perdition.-Mary
Kyle Dallas in n. Y. Ledger.
Designs from Antique Jewelry.
After an examination of some of the
jewelry excavated at Cyprus, we are almost
forced to confess that the ornaments worn
by the Cypriot ladies were equal in quality
and design to those of modern times. Their
earrings were of thousand forms; their
necklaces the perfection OF good taste
The designers Of today have profited by
the discovery. More than one unique de-
sign has been purloined from these in vogue
centuries ago.-Keystons
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A Floating Island.

Sadawaga Lake, a large-sized pond in
Nottingham, VT, has one of the most re-
markable islands in the world within its
borders The island is larger than any
farm in the neighborhood, containing over
$50 acres. Its peculiarities lie in the fact
that it daily shifts its position, being first
ON the north, then on the south and again
on the east or west borders of the lake. It
is known as ''the floating island" and has
kept up it's aberrant voyage since time out
of memory. 1t has many trees upon its
surface some of which are from twenty to
thirty feet in height, besides an immense
thicket of cranberry bushes 1t is rare that
a portion of the island breaks off and sinks
to the bottom, and it's stability has made it
favorite resort for picnickers and others
seeking an outing. Holes have been cut
through the crust and fish caught, much
after the fashion of catching them through
the ice in winter time.-St. Louis Re
public.
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Cells of the Human Body.

Here and there the protoplasm has beer
worked up to form fibers and other struc
lures las in muscles and nerves), but the
active, living elements of our frames con
sist, undoubtedly, of cells. What, then, is
a cell? Imagine speck of living matter
averaging, say, the one four-hundredth OF
an inch in diameter, of rounded shape
bounded by kind of envelope, and having
particle (the nucleus) somewhere or Other
imbedded in its interior-and you will have
fair conception of what q cell of ordinary
size and form is likely to be. Some cells
we know of-nerve cells indeed-averagt
only the one fve-thousandth of an inch OF
less in diameter, and between big cells an6
little cells there are, of course, all grada
lions in size.-Andrew Wilson in Londo1
Illustrated News.
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NESTS OF AMERICAN BIRDS.

The Peculiar Habitations of the Oriole,
Crested Fly Catchers and Others.
The nests of birds are among the most
curious and wonderful things in nature
From the coarse and substantial nest con-
structed by the robin to the beautiful PEN
dent home of the orio1e, ell are wonders Of
skill, worked by the tiny architects that fit
about our gardens and fields.
Several species construct pouch or bag
shaped nests, pendent from some twig or
limb. The most beautiful of these nests is
that of the oriole, which is swung at the
end of some long branch reaching toward
the ground These birds will take any suit
able material they can LAY hands on" An
anecdote is related of a pair that, being
regularly supplied with various shades of
colored yarn by an experimenter, construct
ed nest wholly of this material and beau
tifully shaded from top to bottom.
Another species which constructs pen
dent nest is the vireo. 1t is a very fragile
cup suspended from crotched twig, and
may contain three or four dainty little eggs.
This snug home is often broken in upon by
the cowbird, who smuggles in one or more
of her own coarse eggs. Despite the differ
ence in size and appearance, the strange
foster parents, though eventually it is the
undoing of their own offspring.
A number of birds, including the wood
pecker, the nuthatch, the bluebird and
many others, construct their nests in the
wood of trees, either choosing some nat
ural cavity or following out one with the
bill. The woodpeckers follow the latter
course, and lay their eggs on the bare chips
at the bottom of the cavity. Most birds,
however, form nest inside the hole.
The crested fycatcher is one of these, and
an old snake skin invariably enters into
the composition of the nest. Some writers
go so far as to say that they leave the snake
skin at the entrance to the hole in their alb
sence, but this is improbable. This curious
habit is supposed by some to be a trick to
intimidate animals and keep them away
from the nest.
Every one is familiar with the dainty
bluebird, bearing, as Burroughs says, "the
sky on his back and the earth tint on his
breast" Bluebird is welded to civilization
and no place pleases him SO well in which
to rear his nestlings as a bird box in gar
den He can put up, however, with hole
in an apple tree if nothing else offers.
Another bird whose nesting habits are
peculiar is the bank swallow. These birds
gather in colonies and choose some con
venient bank, in which each pair sinks q
burrow two to four feet deep, which takes
about two weeks The same birds fire.
quently return to bank year after year
At the end of the burrow nest is formed
of straws and feathers The young birds
are thus snugly protected from wind anc
rain.-Journal of Education.
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Miss Eliza scidmore.

Miss Eliza Scidmore, who writes over the
nom de plume of Ruhainah, is an extreme
ly clever woman who has had exceptional
advantages for obtaining certain classes OF
information for her literary work, and who
has taken full advantage of all of them
Her brother is in the consular service. He
is one of the eight consular clerks who hold
office under the government for life or dur
ing good behavior. Mr.. Scidmore is sta
toned at Kanagawa, Japan. Through his
influence his sister has obtained from the
state department letters which have beer
of incalculable advantage to her in hel
travels abroad. During the Washington
season she writes letters from the capital.
Current Literature
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Women Are Slow Paving Bills,

There is lack of skilled dressmakers in
this country and loose system of paying
tradespeople, except possibly in the case OF
large shops who collect their bills monthly
Fashionable dressmakers and milliners
complain that women of great wealth are
often so slow in paying their sea
sons bills that they lose the discount
allowed them at all wholesale houses fol
payment within a certain number OF
months. When the husband is not over
fndulgent, and the wife has no purse of her
own, many months may elapse before the
workwoman obtains her earnings 1t is
not strange that such dilatory customers
are charged more than those who make
prompt payments the rule.-New York
Tribune
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Birds That Hide Behind Trains.

An engine driver on one of the Scotch
lines reports that he has noticed that GER
tain hawks of the merlin or ''stone falcon"
species make use of the passing of the trains
for predatory purposes. They fly close be-
hind the train, near the ground, partly
hidden'by the smoke, but carefully watch
ing for the small Birds which, frightened
by the train as it rushes roaring past, fly
up in bewildered shoals. The merlins then
while the little birds are thinking mere Of
the train than Of lurking foes, sweep on
them from the ambush of the smoke and
strike them down with ease, If they miss
they return to the wake of the carriage and
resume their flight and their hunt They
can, it seems, easily keep pace with an ex-
press train and outstrip it when they please
New York Press.
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W,iHlrTtiNe CHIPS.

chubby hands so brown and small,
Weld the blade and scantling,
Chips like driftlets fly and fall,
Wasteful litter one and all,
In fakes about the bantling.
Seventy springs their seeds have sown,
Still with knife and Single,
The child white haired grandsire grown.
His life dream, his memory flown,
Sits whiting by the ingle.
Yet the past held busy years,
Works of wondrous glitter,
But many loss brought burning tears
And many gain regretful fears,
At best useless litter.
And so methought the hopes and schemes
OF many worldly willing,
When all is told, are idle dreams
That lure men on with golden beams,
Mere chips Of mortal whiting.
Washington Post.
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Daily except Sunday.
CONNECTIONS,
Train 4l6 connects at Harper's Ferry with
Fast Limited Express trains leaving at l:07 D. M
arriving in Pittsburg at $50 a. M, Columbus at
BIB a M, and Chicago DIT ll:l0a m. next morn
ing; with train leaving at 1853 p M, arriving at
Cincinnati at 1:45a. m st. Louis at So p M, and
connects At Weayerton with train arriving at
HagerstoWp at 200 p m , and at washington
&3op, M
TT4i,s 4is connects with fast vesibuled trains
at Harpefs Ferry at lGl6 .. "a. for Pjttsbure
llo6 p. m for Chicago, and LIS a. M for Cincin-'
natl ana 81. Louie Arrive at .Pittsbufg al 700 a
AN DIST. Louis at 6:30a M ~ - r '-'
Trafts AZ and 4lS have Pullman Buffet Farlor
ears between StauntOn and Baltimore
3. q o. Palace Sleeping cars run through to
Cihemnatl. st. Louis, Chicago, and Pittsburg on
ali express trains. o. ~
For rates, tickets. baggage checks, apply to any
0iHee OF the D. q y. 4. h., or to G. E. DUDRUW,
Travelling Passenger Agent, Winchester, Va.
J.T ODELL,
CHAS. o. SCULL,
General Passenger Agent. Maya
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Importing Ready Made Huts.

Many of the huts which have been sent
to the South Africa gold fields and other
places where portability is important are
made of wire woven waterproof sheets.
The sheets are less than half the weight of
twenty-four gauge corrugated iron, for
which they are mainly intended as a sub
stitute; and being composed of stout PAPER
mache with fine steel wire foundations,
they are excellent non-conductors of heat
and cold. The weight of q settlers hut,
fourteen feet by ten feet, is thus brought
down to little over half a ton.-Christian
at Work.
The tomato, which was pronounced by
the first English subject who tasted one
not many. years ago as mot altogether
nasty" has at last conquered England. 1t
is reported by the celebrated nurseryman,
Vei;ch, to be yearly increasing in popular
tsy
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Men Who Wrote Good and Bad Plays.

nHoH VHo "fO0e ooou anu 1sau Z rays
BARLEY Campbell's early pieces were all
failures. And yet Campbell lived to write
MY Partner" and make fortunes for him
self and everybody concerned in its produc
ton. De Mile, who was concerned in the
writing of ''The Wife" and CHARITY Ball, .
which have been produced at the Lyceum
theatre, came forward first as a playwright
with piece entitled "Delmar's Daugh
ters." 1t was done at the Madison Square
theatre, and the failure it made was abso-
lutely complete at every point.-New York
World.
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Mourning Customs,

When Rome was an empire the males
wore black for mourning while the wo.
men indicated their grief by wearing white
garments. In Turkey at the present day
the mourning hue is violet; in China,
white; in Egypt, yellow; in Ethiopia,
brown; in Europe and America, black
The mourning color in Spain was white
until changed by the laws of 149s-St
Louis Republic.
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Paner Handkerchicfs.

Linen manufacturers would not be ALTO
gether grateful to Mr.. Howard Young if
his remedy for colds, influenza and other
trials came into general use. Our practice
of using linen handkerchiefs, says Mr..
Young, is foolish and short sighted, and
we ought to follow the example set us by
the discerning Chinese, and use paper ones
instead By the constant use of the same
handkerchief hour after hour we are in
danger of reabsorbing the bacillus, and
paper handkerchief could be burned direct
" after use Excellent idea; but when we
are out of doors what are we to do with
them? Mr. Young is silent on this point
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A Prisoner with $4,000.

"What is the largest amount that you
have ever found upon MANI" was asked
of Capt Branham at the police station.
'sSixteen thousand dollars was the largest
sum that I remember seeing. We found it
upon man asleep in the streets. It is no
uncommon occurrence for us to pick up
persons with $4,000 or $4,000 in their
pockets. When any of the officers see any
person fourishing large amount of money
and unable to take care of themselves they
are brought to the station and locked up,
while their money is locked up in the safe
and turned over to them when the courts
are through with their cases. kansas
City Times.
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Our Skin Area,

The human skin is composed of three
layers, averaging in all between one
twelfth and one-eighth of an inch in thick
ness, and, in extreme cases, as much as
one-fourth of an inch in thickness The
skin area Of the average adult is, there
fore, estimated at 1900 square inches. The
atmospheric pressure being about fourteen
pounds to the square inch, person of me-
dunn size is daily and hourly subjected to
a pressure of % 600 pounds.-Exchange.
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Loss of Voice in Singers and Speakers.

For this affection Or. Corson recon-
mends the patient 10 put small piece OF
borax two Or three grains) into the mouth
and let it dissolve slowly. An abundant
secretion of saliva follows. Speakers and
singers about to make "a unusual eff
fort should, the night before. take glass
of sugared water, containing two drains OF
saltpeter, in order to induce free perspira
tion.-Herald of Health.
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AeIssI
Heirs to groat and glorious nafsisi

Heirs to gfoat and glorious uafas
Strong offspring of a lion line!
If ye would prosper unto fame,
Guard well those sacred rights of thinel
Those rights which Hampden long ago
Voiced forth,-for which your fathers fell,
Towards which your hopes and hearts outgo,
Stand by and guard them WE'LL
And when such time arrives that you
Must rise and put the armor on,
Only to even justice true,
Strike groveling privilege from her throne.
Then must the keynote of the race,
Swollen by your trumpet blast outroll
Till civic wrong deserts her place,
And justice sleeps from pole to pole.
canadian
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When Chewing Was Illegal.

The Stonington correspondent of The Nor
wich Bulletin has a German silver tobacco
box that has pasted in the inside of the bot
tom the "Code of the earliest laws and orders
of the general court of Connecticut in 1885,
50 against the use of tobacco" On the inside
of the lid is the picture Of a constable arrest
ing man for chewing tobacco. Said con-
stable has on a sort of Continental hat, and,
after placing the hand of arrest on the chew
er's shoulder, he remarked, ''Caaw tobacko,
will youl" Just a little way off is to be seen
the constable's family, the wife. four small
children and dog. One of the urchins thus
remarked: "Ma, dad has catched man
chawing tobacko!'' The motherreplies: He
will have his deserts, my child" This was
probably couple of centuries ago, and yet
man hath ''chawed tobacko" ever since.
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An English officer in India was seized by
a tiger while smoking a cigar. AS the
beast was carrying him off he touched his
lighted cigar to it's side. and prestol change!
up and returned te his friends. Detroit
Free Press
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Novelties in Photography.

Many novelties and ingenious modifica-
lions of existing processes in photography
have been shown at the yearly exhibition of
photography at the Crystal palace, Syden-
ham, England. Several makers are trying
the experiment of substituting aluminium for
brass in the construction of tourists cameras,
with the object of decreasing the weight of
tho apparatus. One firm shows some new time
and instantaneous shutters, which, when in
action, do not cause the camera to vibrate or
swing. One maker has adopted a double &C.
centric notion for the purpose of bringing
the lens to any part of the front board, thus
doing away with the sl.ewng of the elbows
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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Not That He Loved Her Mere.

~ CAN'T bear to part with you" he broke
in, anKiously, as they stood in the waiting
rOonl
"Why not, Jehng' she asked, tearfully Il
never knew you to mind it SO before.
YES, responded the brute; 'but l never
ga Q you $50 before. IVAN Dorn's.
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EASTBOUND. No. 6. F.F.V. Old ii b.
e''' "is EXPIRES

Nos 8 and 4, daily, F. F. V. Limited run solid
between New York and Cincinnati with VeSti-
bule Sleeper between Washington and Louisville
and Old Point and Hinton.
Nos. and have Pullman Sleepers between
Cincinnati and Washington. Solid train between
Cincinnati and Old Point daily.
Accommodation Trains.
Richmond Division No. 7, daily. except Sunday
leave Richmond 500 p m. No. 8, except Sunday
leave Boutwell, 6:25 p. m. Arrive Richmond 7:25
p. m.
Huntington Division No. ID, leave Clifton Forge
daily $3.50 a. M, arrive Huntington $3.50 p. m. No.
IA, daily, leave Huntington 700 a. m, arrive
Clifton Forge 1880 p. m. No. Is, daily except sun
day, leave East Sewell 200 a. m. arrive Hunting
ing 1000 a. m. No. l6, daily except Sunday, leave
Huntington 200 p m arrive EastSewel 1905 pm.
Cincinnati Division No. II, daily except Sunday,
leave Russell Uronton) & a. m. arrive Cincinnati
ll:3o m. No. 49, daily except Sunday, leave Gin
cinnati p m, arrive Russell $3.50 p. m. No. 10,
daily except Sunday, leave Maysvlle 545 a. m.,
arrive Cincinnati $40 a. IN. No. %, daily except
Sunday, leave Cincinnati 5:15 p. M. arrive Mays
willie 7:45 p. m.
Trains at short intervals between Cincinnati
and Dayton.
GEO. W. STEVENS. H. W. FULLER,
Gsnn Supt. Genl Pass. Agt.
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81 is''- began Tommy, when his teacher
Interrupted him.
''That is wrong; you should say 4 am"
''All right" said Tommy. 81 am the
ninth letter of the alphabet. "-Harper's
Bazaar,
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The Poor Arc with Ye Always.

The Rev. Mr.. X. is pastor of congrega-
tion'in town in upper New York. His
hearers are among the richest people in
town, but not celebrated for generosity in
supporting the church. The good preacher
has been trying to get the poor people to
come to his church, and through the col
umns of the local papers extended to them
a cordial invitation to attend. One Sun
day, at the close of the service, he said:
Brethren, have tried to reach the poor
of our town and induce them to come to
our church and break with us the bread CT
life infer from the amount of the collec-
ton just taken-seven collars and thirty
five cents-that they have come. ".San
Francisco Argonaut.
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Mother Wit.

An old French writer of memoirs tells us
that ON one occasion Rabelais found him
self in remote province of France without
sou to pay his reckoning at the inn. He
strolled out, leaving his luggage open for
the inspection of the curious landlord, who
found therein two packages of gray dust,
one marked 'Poison for the king" and the
other "Poison for the queen"
On his return from his walk Rabelais
was arrested by the excited village authori-
ties, who conducted him to Paris in tri-
umph, expecting a great reward for their
astuteness.
When they appeared in court with their
victim he was received with shouts of
laughter and applause for his successful
trick, which had brought him home free of
cost.-Youth's Companion.
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CUPERB LIVERY II deslre TO announce TO
- my friends and the public generally, that L
have now one of the most complete and thor
oughly equipped LIVERY STA in or out
of Virginia. Fast and stylish teams, single
double; First-rate saddle horses Carriages, which
for comfolt and elegance cannot be surpassed
with careful and polite drivers can be secured at
all times, day or night, at reasonable prices.
Baggage delivered called for at any point i'll the
city and carefully handled.
l am prepared to offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS
to travelling men. Horses boarded by the day,
week. or month at leasona BILE rates, and the very
hes attention guaranteed.
will give my personal attention and asss-
lance to any one leaving horses at my stable, to
sell them to the best advantage.
Give me call and you shall not go away dis
appointed ALEX. HARTMAN,
mar18 Staunton. Va
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NOTE-The arrival at Louisville and South for
train No is via. Cincinnati (NeWport)
Trains from Lynchburg, Lexington, Va, Dan
Vile. Va, etc., connect at Clifton Forge.
Central Standard Time West of Clifton Forge.
Eastern Standard Time East of Clifton Forge.
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? / SIClANS
TAKING Hold OF THE
Ell E C TROP Disc !!
New YORK, July Is, 1889.

4>cW OIsAA, Wi ~, AOOC'
John N. Webb,
President Decentralization Company.
DEAR SIR have been using it on
the strongest point on myself from one
lalf to one and a quarter hours a day
or a week, and I must confess I am
perfectly astonished at the result upon
my general system as we'll as local
trouble dyspepsia.
I assure you | have never felt so
we'll in twenty years as do now. 1t
seems as if a new world had opened
upon me and youth had been restored
IS if BY A GENII WITH HIS WAND. /
have cause to become an enthusiast,
which I am indeed, and now begin to
think you did not say enough in its
praise.
I am treating experimentally num-
Der Of my Wall street patrons for brain
fatigue and general debility to give
them some idea what the instrument
can do in the hands of one who under
stands it.
| am treating case Of secondary
syphilitic eruption on the body and
face with the most prompt and salts
factory results. We can do very little
with medicine in this disease and I
look with astonishment at the effect OF
the Electropoise upon it.
I see a great futule here for the
Electropoise. Refer every one you
like to me.
For further information apply to
Electropoise Company, room Is, Watts
Block, city.