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A Peculiar CLAY OR sLArE.-At

A PECULIAR CLAY OR SLATE.--At
the eastern edge of Cloverport, KY,
near the railroad track, is well 10
feet in diameter and 20 feet deep.
From it has been taken and tested q
peculiar clay or slate. Its quantity
is apparently limitless. The product
of this hole makes brick as hard as
flint and glazed on its surface, which
wristbands the action of fire beyond
all others, and makes a pavement
impervious to water and frost and
wear. 1t also makes the best thing,
and is regarded as most valuable
discovery. A large manufacturing
concern in one of our cities has been
quietly prosecuting the investigation
and tests of this remarkable product
of nature, and, rumor says, is far adj
vanced towards establishing extern
sive works to utilize it.
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HINTS FOR HousEKEEPERs.

Sixty drops of liquid make one
teaspoonful.
Potatoes done on a wire broiler
are SAID to>exc the friend.
Rice boiled every day is accepta-
bly, served with fish instead of pota-
toes.
sh milk boiled with loaf sugar
will soothe cough when other
things fail.
Powdered rice sprinkled upon lint
and applied to fresh wounds will
stop bleeding.
Great improvements will be found
in tea and coffee if they are kept in
glass jars instead of tin.
Two quarts Of water with two
ounces of glycerine scented with
rose, as dressing in the bath, win
impart freshness and delicacy to the
skin.
If SCOT be dropped upon the car
pet throw upon it an equal quantity
of salt and sweep up together
There will be scarcely a trace of SCOT
left.
Toast is more easily digested than
plain bread if the toast is eaten soon
after it is made. Toast that has
grown cold is not SO easily digesti-
BILE as bread.
A frying pan should never touch
water. Scour them out with salt the
moment they are done with, and
wipe clean with cloth. A washed
omelet pan makes poor omelet.
Keep clasp-knife or knife with
a different handle from those in COM
mon use for the sole purpose of
peeling onions, and so avoid the fla
vor and odor of them where it 10
neither expected nor desired.
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TAG OLD LADY FoUsD HEB ToorH

The OLD LADY FOUND HEB To0TH.
A short time after the matinee at
the Auditorium last Saturday, an
old lady, very portly, and also very
much out Of breath, hurried into
Manager Adams Office and said she
would like to go into the Auditor
ium. Mr.. Adams ask her what for.
cts very important / should" was
the reply. II left something valua-
Bile in there, and did not miss it I'M
til got to the depot" Mr.. Adams
explained that the lights were all
out and the theatre in total dark
ness. He told her the janitor would
probably find it and leave it in the
Office, where she could get it. She
persisted that she must go in, and
Mr.. Adams finally asked her what
ii was she had left. "A TOOTH was
the response. II was eating candy
during the performance and took the
tooth OUT Mr.. Adams called the as
sistant treasurer and be accompanied
the old lady into the theatre, and
sure enough, the tooth was found.
"How glad my husband will be to
learn that ! have found the TOOTH
was her parting remark. - Chicago
Journal.
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ARemarkabIe Letter.

The following letter from Mr.. w.
A. Thomson, Columbus, Wis, is
peculiarly interesting: any wife,
says he, "has been treated for her
head, stomach and nervous prostra-
tion by three doctors in New York,
two in Chicago, one in Philadelphia,
enc in Cincinnati, and at the large
institute in Buffalo for Is months.
They all failed. But one bottle Of
DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine helped
her wonderfully" This should be
used in all headaches, backaches,
changes Of life, nervous disturbance
es, fits, rheumatism, etc. Ask at
Al. NJ. Gilbert's drug store for free
trial bottle and DR.. Miles new book
on the Nerve and Heart.
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CUTICURA REMEDIES

Cure every humor of the skin and scalp Of
infancy and childhood, whether torturing,
dishguring, itching, burning, scaly, crust
ed, pimply or blotchy, with loss OF hair,
simple, scrofuluous or hereditary. when
the best physicians and all other remedies
fail. Parents, save your children years of
mental and physical suffering. Begin now.
Cures made in childhood are permanent.
CUTIcURA REMEDIES are the greatest
skin cures, blood purifiers, and humor rem
edies of modern times, are absolutely pure
and may be used on the youngest infant
with the most gratifying success.
Sold everywhere; Price, CUTICURA, 50c.;
SOAP, 25c.; REsoLvENT, 81. Prepared by
the POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Cor
PORATIoN, Boston.
E@-Send for elbow to Cure Skin Dis
eases" GA pages, so illustrations, 100 testi-
monials.
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A Tremendous sensation

The burning OF Mississippi River
Steamboat causes considerable ex-
element in New Orleans, just think
of the establishment which DIR. Lees
Liver Regulator has caused by cur
ing Dyspepsia, Billiousness, Indiges-
ton and Constipation, don't fail to
try it. Trial bottle free.
When people suffer pain they want
to be cured and quickly too, nothing
equal Red Flag Oil for all pain. Price
rs cents. Trial bottles free at John
Lee Fout's Drug Store.
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The FESTIVAL of fools" was feature of
each new year with the Parisians. 1t be-
gan on the lst Of January and continued
for some days, during which all sorts of
Rbsurdities and indecencies were licensed.
This feast was not celebrated after the lat
ter part of the Thirteenth century. Fools
or licensed testers were kept at court up
to the time of Charles I, 1925, but the an
cient feast was never revived by the peo-
ple.-Detroit Free Press.
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ouTwiTTINa THE FACULTY.
Various Devices OF Students to Pass HI
aminations without Study.

Yarfoua Devices Of Sfudenfa to Pass Ex-
amfnations without studv.
Ala recent neetino If q number Of col-
1er,o MOI, in Hartford convarsation han
,snsd - d-;ft - The ana trials I and strnogIes
~ exan;nation davs n was led that way
hv the first story taller who said that. hay
inc baan a. one exam;nation where each
st.,dert drew a aanarata sl;n Of onestion-
he met ! cIassmate who had to on in with
the nert division ssTbe thing is not likely
20 hs ! chance y ha said to his friend abut
In case Won sbould draw the naner had.
M taII yo,, What each oyast;on wasu So
be 5id The fellow looked them m went
=, and drau that varv ,aner and came ont
tr;nmnhant
Rnt that nrovad a verv mild case when
40 otbsrS co,oa mn n seaT,,e that in one
axaminat;on at Vale some wears AGO in
Latin one fellow. who was yery shaky.
mt his own interlined text book into his
oyorcoat ,,cckat and antarad the room He
was called to the desk- and the tutor
gave him a text book. of course not inter
lined. He showed il into his other pocket.
walked slowly back to his seat. drew out
his own hook from his rocket. and was all
prepared. After reciting, before the tutor
could call for the book, he absent mindedly
thrust IL Dack INTO MS pocket, ana turned
away. Being asked for the book he apollo
gized, hauled out the other one, and re-
tired.
Once in alumni hall at Yale shaky stu
dent who couldn't bear to part with his
class discovered in advance a knothole in
the floor. He secured the desk by that
hole. Pretty soon he had the misfortune
to drop his pencil. Bending over for it he
showed his examination paper down
through the knothole. Fellows in waiting
in the cellar ran off with it, filled out pa
pers for him, not too well, but well enough
to save him, for perfectly correct exam
nation was not consistent with his record,
and on returning signaled to him. This
time he had the misfortune to knock a lot
of paper off his table and litter the floor.
He got down and conscientiously picked
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A Yankee sheriff Frightened

A well-known sheriff who lives in
Maine, had been given up to die with
what his physician called Consump-
ton, friend advised the sheriff to
try Pan Tina Cough and Consumption
Cure, recovery soon followed, much
to the surprise of the Doctor, who
now prescribes it for coughs, colds
and consumption. Price rs cents.
Trial bottles free ut John Lee Fout's
Drug store.
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The best medical writer's claim
that the successful remedy for nasal
catarrh must be non-irritating, easy
of application, and one that will
reach all the remote sores and ulcer
ated surfaces. The history OF the
efforts To treat catarrh during the
past obliges US to admit that only
one remedy has met these conditions
and that is Ely's Cream Balm. THIS
pleasant remedy has mastered ca
tarrh as nothing else has ever done,
and both physicians and patients
freely concede this fact. The more
distressing symptoms yield to It.
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New Gee for saal,n~ ye...,..

Though the sailing vessel has gone cut
OF fashion with travellers, it still has its
uses and its peculiar excellences. As a
health restorer it certainly SURPRISES the
steamer, on which the passenger is hardly
at sea In the fullest sense, since the steam
engines. the sight and smell of smoke, the
stairways. the carpets and the easy chairs
continually take the senses back to the
land.
Lately the use Of the sailing vessel Is
means OF bringing back health to certaip
classes OF invalids, and particularly to CON
eumptives, has become . regular system in
mitted 70 thorough and statistical study
Youths Companion.
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what Ruined tho Meeting.

Mr.. Wiggins-Well, my dear, did the
Woman's Society for Reforming the Earth
have good meeting?
Mrs. Virgins Ia fair reformer)-
Just $685. You see business was going on
beautifully, when some one asked the
president about the new bonnets worn by
the younger Sorosis women at their an
nual meeting.
Mr.. W.-Proceed.
Mrs. W. (blushinglyl-An then-then
the hour for adjournment had come and
gone before she got through.-Pittsburg
Rul1afin
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BREAKFAST BUDGET.

The false ruby is the latest addi-
ton to cheap extravaganza.
Mrs. Grundy; Society is flooded
with people who want to ring the
door-bell, but cannot find the knob
Biologists have proved that the
diamond mines of South Africa are
situated in vents or chimneys vary.
from 10 to | 500 feet in diameter.
It is reported that Edison is now
at work upon patent appliance
which will make the hello" girl in
the telephone Office useless luxury.
Bacon and watercresses, with a
poached egg, is the breakfast of
anglomaniacs, who believe the report
to be true that this was the Prince of
Wales first meal of the day.
A new institution to be incorpo-
rated in New York is the New York
Psychological Institute. 1t will
furnish free treatment to contagious
diseases, and will have Pasteur
and Koch department.
All forts and military establish
ments of Belgium have been connect.
ed with Antwerp by telephone.
Special precautions have been taken
to prevent an enemy tapping the
wires in war time
A most curious indication of the
lingering of superstition is an agency
which has been inaugurated in Paris,
for the supply of the "fourteenth-
guest" Dinner parties of thirteen
may be increased at short notice.
The chair of Sir Walter Scott,
given by him to Landseer, the pain
ter, and sold with Landseer's other
effects in London, and recently Of
fered for sale by I. W. Bouton, the
New York bookseller, has been
bought by Francis Wilson, the must
cal comedian.
81 opened an envelope the other
morning." said young man, land
took out what / thought was check
for 800. 1t was check paper and
printed in check form. When |
looked closely / saw it was only a
draft for 100 good wishes on the
Bank of Hope"
At test of steel manufactured at
Reading, Pa, the other day, a one
inch bar broke at strain of 233 1888
pounds, "being about 10000 pounds
in excess of the highest record
authoritatively known" The test
was made under the supervision OF
Government officials.
Ye Cha Yum, the Corean Charge
d'Affaires at Washington, is believed
never to have seen his little son, who
died few days ago, as the Corean
custom prevents father from seeing
child until three months after its
birth, and the little one was only
two months old when it died.
Mis-. William Aston has gold din
FER service valued at $4,000, and
this service in lion and unicorn re-
pousse work is set always upon the
finest of white linen cloths, with no
sashes or fluff or silk. The most
valuable dinner services in the world
however, belongs to Queen Victoria
and occupies two rooms at Bucking
ham palace, over which two men
watch continually.
The following story is told on the
member-elect of the Kansas Legis-
lature from Ellsworth county: Be-
ing asked about the Mckinley bill,
he replied: 81 have not given the
matter so much thought as it should
have and will do nothing rash.
When l get down to Topeka and the
bill comes up, / will investigate the
matter thoroughly, and If find it is
right my vote will be recorded for it,
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A Michigan man who was picked up by
o locomotive running forty miles an hour
had his skull crushed, both arms and both
legs broken, both shoulders crushed, back
and nose broken and five ribs stove In, all
without drawing drop Of blood. Detroit
Free Press.
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to use the REsoLvENT for little while,
and now she is as fat baby as you
would like TO see, and as sound as
dollar. believe my baby would have died
if had not tried CUTIcURA REMEDIES.
i write this that every mother with oaDy
like mine can feel confident that there is
medicine that will cure the worst eczema,
and that medicine is the CUTICURA RENE
DIES. MRS. BETTE BlRKNER.
Lockhart, Texas.
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rest day or night with
her. In my extremity
i tried the CUTICURA
REMEDIES, but l con-
fess l had no faith in
them, for | had never
seen them tried. To
my great surprise,
in one weeks time af.
ter beginning to use
the CUTICTRA RENE
DIES, the sores were
we'll. but | continued
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aBegora,' said Bridget, as she
opened a bottle Of champagne for
the first time sthe fool that filled thi .
quart bottle must a. put two quart .
instead of wan ~
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CUMBBRLAND VALLEY RAILROAD
TINE TABLE,
p IN EFFECT MONDAY, DEC lat, 1890
WEST BOUND


No leaves Philadelphia II rs D m, Har-
rishurg AIS a IN, Mechancsburg 35 m,
Carlisle So IN, Neville 8 &c a m, Ship.
pensburg "A m, Chambersburg 6. 10 m,
Greeucastle 6.32 N, Hagerstown 7.l5 m,
Martinsburg 90, a m, Tablers 9.ls m,
Dsrkesville 927 q m, Gerard 33 Bunker
Hill $40, Clearbrook 10 so, arrives at VIM
chester 10 a IN.
No. leaves Phila 80 a m, Harrisburg
05, Mechanicsburg SOS, Carlisle 80,
Neville 9.l5, Shippensburg 9.36, Cham.
bersburg 10 o5, Greencastle 1928, Hagers-
town ! / 90, Martinsburg lI40, Tablers IL.
40, Darkesville 1913, Gerard 1855, Bun
ker Hill l2.00, Olearbrook IL IL pm. ar
rives at Winchester 1928 p on.
Mol leaves Philadelphia II 40 m, Bar
risburg 4.O5 p m, Mechanicsburg 4.27 Car
lis!e 81, MELVILLE s.l5, Shippensbnrg 80,
Chambersburg 05, Greencastle 6.28, Ha-
gerstown 90, Martinsburg 40, Tablers
I Lac, Darkesville So, Gerard Z Sc. Bunker
Hill 500, Cltarbrook 8.l2, arrives at Win.
chester s.25 p IN.
EAST BOUND.
No IA leaves Winchester 100 m, Clear
brook 7.i3 Bunker Hill 7.25. Gerard 729,
DdrkesVllle 81 IaDlef5 1856, MartneourR
745, Hagerstown $50, Greencastle s.55,
Chambersburg s.25, Shippensburg 9.49,
MELVILLE 1907, Carlisle 10 80 Mechanics
burg 10 81, Harrisburg ll.l5, arrives at
Philadelphia 3.l5 P m.
No. leaves Winchester 40 m, Clelr-
brook 2 LAB, Bunker Hill 2 IS, Gerard Q. 80
Darkesville 2.42 Tablers 2.46, Ma-tnsburg
So, Hagerstown 3.45, Greencastle Alb,
Chambersburg 4.55, ShipFensburg 500,
MELVILLE 80, Carlisle 5.55, Mechanicsburg
6.22, Harrisburg Gas, arrives at Philadel-
phia 10. IS IN.
No. 10 leaves Winchester 90 p m, Clear
brook 8 OF, Bunker Hill 5.t0, Gerard 8. So,
Darkesville 6.O3, Tablers 6.lo, Martinsburg
100, HsgerstowL 9.05, Greencastle 9.32,
Chambersburg 1000 Shippensburg 10. "a,
MELVILLE I0.44 p m, Carlisle IL .n6, Mechan-
iesburg ll.5O, Harrisburg ll.50, arrives at
Philadelphia 4.25 am.
j. r. BOYD, Superintendent
Il. A RIDDLE, Gen'l. Passenp er Agent,
W. A. GARD,
Agent at Martinsburg
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MAKING Soup on the Front,eE,

In garrison the head Of our household
was almost inconsolable without soup
Ok tail soup was, of course, easy to have
when the beef was killed daily at post;
but If 1t failed the following dialogue be-
tween the master and the cook took place.
Where's my soupi"-like some small
boy demanding supper.
Eliza with maternal look and protest.
tngEGinnel, what you s'pose Pse gwins
to make soup Of? amt got nothing.
go out and get some stones and boil
them up with something; only I want
soup"
Exit Eliza perplexed, but set to thinking
how to concoct something out Of nothing
Mrs. Clusters Book.
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Through Tickets and Baggage Checked
to all points.
For rates and other information, address
W. j. ROBINSON, G. p. A.,
Parkersburg, W. Va
A. j. DANDY. PaIkersburg.
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Baby One Solid Sore.
Tried Everything without Re-
lief No Rest Night or Lay.
Cured by Cuticura
Remedies

My baby, when two months old, had a
breaking out with what the doctor called
eczema Her head, arms, feet and hands
were each one solid sore. tried every
thing, but neither the doctors nor anything
alse did her any good We could get no
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Banker nrorean,s cigars.

J. Pierpont Morgan smokes very strong
cigar, the Carolina, for which he pays fif-
teen cents each. Mr.. Morgan smokes con-
tinually in his Office, and always has box
near at hand which he offers to visitors.
When Mr.. Morgan does not feel like light
ing = cigar he places it between his teeth
and enjoys what is known as dry smoke.
He probably spoils half dozen cigars
daily IN this way.-New York World.
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Wanted

Small line of samples from manufactur
ing corporations offered live man. One
traveller earned an average of $40 per
month for six years past.
P. o. Box 1871, NEW YORK
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II you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN s IRON BITTERS
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In effect Dec. 1, 80. Daily except Sunday

Connection for all stations on CumDer-
land Valley aud PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
system.
GEO. B. WRESTLING,
hch. 2 81 Superintendent.
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JOHN G. FINCH,
DEALER IN
Golden Wedding Rye Nhiskiss
1856 WATER ST.. PITTsRURG Pa.

S " - -As VS. AAonOhu a.
Oldest established house in the city.
where nothing but pure goods are put up,
strictly tor family and medicinal USE
Nothing better than Golden Wedding,
Next on the list, Guckenheimer's Gray's
Monongahela Rye; these goods are lead
ing brands. Brandies of vintage Of 1878
on hand. Gins, Holland and Domestic !;
$1.00 for full quart, for IS 90: Guckenhei.
mer's the same; Monongahela, So. 90 per
dozen. Wines, So 90 per dozen SO 90 for
one-half dozen. Securely boxed, Also
have in stock, Grandfather's Choice, at
80 90 per gallon, barrels at special rates.
May "a, 1890.
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Professional Cards.
EEk. 3. n. YERS,
No West Martin Street. near the Luth
erau Church,
Apr. . T4lyG,
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TIME TABLE.
nHIo RIVER RAILROAD
" --TIME TABLE

Taking effect Aug. IT, 1890. Passenger
trains will run as follows, Central Time.
All trains daily except those marked thus
which do not run on Sunday.
The Critic and record., 1891-05-08
EDITORIAL COMMENT.


Plenty Horses has temporarily escaped
judgment for the murder of Lieutenant
Casey, apparently through the presence
on the jury OF Plenty Asses Brooklyn
Standard LNioR.
You can't keep great man down.
Prince Bismarck has Just defeated cigar
maker for seat in the Reichstag. Intel
leCt will tell-unlesS man happens to be
running for the city council.-KdnSdS city
Star.
San Francisco gave President Harrison
a banquet and on his table was bank of
roses fifteen feet long and three feet wide.
The speeches were neither so long, so wide
nCr so eXtravagantly horid, but they were
scented and perfumed and emitted the
genuine California fiayor.-Omaha Bee.
The Southern Democrats can not be eX-
peCted to concede the Speakership to the
North. They have the power to elect one
of their own men, and they will do it, par
ticularly in view of the fact that they have
not been allowed to furnish candidate
for President or Vice President since the
war.--St. LO,tS Globe Democrat.
We congratulate the Grand Jury of New
Orleans upon its healthy and rigid back
bone. Ii had the courage to do its duty
and speak out. What is the use of mine
ing matters? The city of New Orleans
| and the United States are thoroughly
zations.-NoiJolk Vd.) Landmark.
1t is difficult to see what the United
| States Government has now to do with the
matter but TO accept the results of the iu-
| quisition Of the grand jury under the laws
| of Louisiana, and with that result it is
| probable that the Government Of Italy
| will have to be content. If it demands an
| indemnity for the life of its escaped CON
yict, it will be for Congress to decide
| whether it shall be paid.-Ne,0 York Times,
The young Emperor of Germany does
| not minCe matters, In speech Dussel-
dof the other evening he calmly re-
| marked: 81 alone am master in this coun-
! thy Even an Emperor who talks in that
way sometimes does not long continue to
be master in any country, 1t Is believed
| that the Emperor has been measured for
a new crown, which shall be something
like eight feet in circumference. .--Neu
York Recorder.
And now it is said that Vice President
Morton has Presidential bee in his hon
net, and that Clarkson is well disposed to-
ward him, and that the whole Blaine
crowd and many of the anti Harrison
Senators are almost ready to acquiesce
| This Tumored disloyalty on the part OF
the Vice President will, of course bC
promptly attended TO by Prince Russell
Harrison as soon as the rumor comes tC
his attention. Undoubtedly the an
nouncement will be made that Mr.. Nor
ton is loyal and absolutely TO be de
pended upon. But all the same the story
is likely to raise painful doubts in th'
mind of a certain prominent Presbyterian
elder.--NeW York Times.