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Mary Wa slilngton.

Although Mary Washington was a
plain aud austerc woman. i'lnou> Tor
economy. her thrift aud srlt-priva-
fion-which WAS long ago demonstrated
70 have been entirely unncc", sarX-her
family made many pretent1on>. she
Vas herself Il creature Of fashion IN her
pirhood. when she was known ~ "the
aelle Of the Northern Neck nf Virginia.
Her family had good breeding. coat Of
arms and considerable property In l'ud-
and houses and slaves, and her father
seems to have been considerable ot
swell. There j. still preserved IN the
records Of 81. Mary. parish an entry
authorizing him 10 construct a gallery
j. what Is known a. .'the white chapel.
Al his own expense. for the use Oi ms
family and servants. II l. shown. 10.
that he wa. vestrymau. and CAV" Flo
a wear toward the salary III the rector,
which wa, Il liberal contribution in those
DAYS when he died. h beluraihed M
daughter 500 acres OF land in what le
terms I'VE ircshes of We Eappahtnno k.
There Is AN old autograph letter.
which gives an exquisite glimpse OF her
girlh0od. 1t was written by some per-
.on unknown. in October. lf22' ten
wears before her famous son wds born.
and contains this paragraph
mime Ball, of Lancaster and her
sweet Molly have gone home Mama
think, Molly thu contest maiden sfie
knows. She i about sixteen. Is taller
than me, i very sensible. modest ana
loving. Her hair Is like unto fax. Ter
eye, are the coloi of yonr-. and her
check are like May blossoms.
Nine Ball used 10 pa her winters at
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Don't Like the sample,

British naval experts on the whole,
are not particularly enthusiastic as to
the merits of the United States cruiser
Chicago. 1t is admitted that the crew
are very smart, but they are too Juvenile
looking altogether to please the English
eye. The vessel looks we'll, but being
old, rs warships go, she lacks many i'm
provements which are to be found on
the later built ships. One calmly supe.
rior critic declares that the Chicago's
chief merit consists IN roominess and
general seaworthiness, and he kindly
adds that las the nucleus of navy this
vessel is quite worthy of respect"
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Infant w isdon.

\ young man, Just home from college
wishing to inspire his little sister with
awe for his leaning, pointed to star
and said:
"Do YOU see that bright little lumi'
nary? Its bigger than his world.
"No'tan't," said she.
"Ads, it is" declared the young col
legian.
Then why dontt keep'oil the rain =
was the triumphant reioinder.
\ little fellow of five years fell anc
cut his upper lip so badly that the doc
tor had to be summoned to sew up the
wound. In her distress the mother
could not refrain from SAYING:
"Oh, doctor, fear it will leave dis
figuring scar"
Tommy looked up in to her tearfu
face and said:
"Never mind, mamma, my moustache
will cover ii, '-TM- BITS.
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why the Cadets Wear Gray.

The question has often been asked
why the army cadets AT West Point
wear gray uniform. Will the uniform
of the army is blue. The origin of this
distinction dates back 10 the war of 1872
II, when the commissary general of the
army could not procure the blue cloth
required for Gen. Winfield SCOTS bri-
gade. and so they were clad in gray. SO
distinguished Was the conduct of the
brigade at Lundy's Lane and Chippewa
that when, after the war of 1872, a re-
organization of West Point Military
Academy was made out of compliment
to General Scott and his brigade the uni
form of the corps of cadets was chang
ed from blue to gray.-Ne,r York Tri-
hume.
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Gems.

A woman who wants charitable
heart wants II pure Haliburton.
Short absence quickens love; long alb
s.uce kills it.-Alirabean.
Adversely is the diamond dust heaven
poli>les its Jewels NATURALIZATION.
Meyer say you know man till YOU
have divided an Inheritance with him.
l.avater.
There is not in nature thing thai
makes man so drformed, so beastlv, as
doth Incorporate anger.--John Web
ster
The happiest lot Of man as far as
birth is concerned, is that it should be
such AS to give him but little occasion to
think much about it.-Whately.
Cheerfulness is health; its opposite,
melancholy, is disease. Halliburton.
Tell me with whom thou art found.
and | will tell thee who thou art
Goethe.
The more you speak of yourself, the
more you are likely to lie.-Zimmerman
There is no genius in life like the
genius of energy and activity.-D. G.
Mitchell.
A fair test and measure of civilization
is the influence of good women.-Emer-
sou.
Good company and good discourse are
the very sinews of yirtue.-lzaak Wal
ton.
How easy to be amiable in the midst
of happiness and success.-Mme. SWEET
chine.
Nothing is old but the mind.-Emer-
son.
The beautiful is beauty seen with the
eve of the soul.--Ioubert.
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l have often been on fishing expedi-
ton and found myself without cork
screw, with bottle of wine or ale Sc
curely corked. The primitive plan of
breaking off the neck with a piece of
rock is very dangerous and sometimes
cracks the entire bottle and wastes the
precious fluid The other day | saw a
number of bricklayers trying to open a
bottle of ale at the dinner hour. After
they had scooped at the cork with their
jackknives one of them took piece of
Irvine, wound it around the neck twice,
and then for two or three minutes
sawed the bottle with it. Some water
was then thrown on the heated glass,
and it cracked instantly, enabling the
expert to break off the neck with his
hand in the most artistic manner. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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Baths and Beer In Germany.

Baths are an unknown quantity III
Germany except the weekly scrub Ill
the public bathhou>c, as bathrooms iii
private HOUSES are very seldom seen, and
when they do exist the primitive, not
to say the clumsy, arrangements FOR
heating the water and filling the tub
are astounding to English and Amer
leans. An inyariable direction from a
German physician when first called to
a foreign patient is, Don't take bath
again until | see you, whereas the
patient would often like to reply, u
hope | shan see you again until You We
had one, " They think the daily bath a
kind of madness, and it is only too eyi'
dent even amoLg ladies and gentlemen,
that they are not guilty Of it.
If you recommend a bath toa servant,
you will hear i'll reply; "Oh, it doesn
agree with me. | took one once, and il
made me i'll " And yet, as ii rule Ger
mans are healthy and even tough III
their constitutions. So it must be beer
that does it, for they begin to imbibe ii
in infancy. Look at the third class pas
sengers in railway station, in fam
lily group the parents will give each
child in turn drink from their beel
glass which they take to as naturally
as one would expect them to drink milk.
And yet to see intoxication is rare. Men
seldom, women never. Boston Tran
script
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Coughing.

"Thero Is rothing 50 irritable to 4
cough as Il cough " Constant coughing
is pre- eiscly like scratching Il wound on
the outside of the body. SO long as it is
continued the wound will not heal. Let
Il person, when tempted to cough, draw
IL long breath and hold 1t until it warns
and soothes every air cell, and benefit
viii soon be received FROM this process.
The explanation simply is, the nitrogen
which is thus refined acts as an ano-
dyno to the mucous membrane, allaying
the desire to cough and giving the throat
and lungs Il chance to heal Family
Magazine.
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Whales.

Whales, though they are mammals,
are fitted to live like fishes in water
The true whales are of two kinds of
families-the spermaceti whale, which
has teeth in the lower jaw, and the
whalcbone whale, which has none. OF
the first named, there are two species,
the cachalot and the sperm, which,
when full grcwn, measures from 20 to
50 feet The capture of this animal is
attended with greater danger than that
of the whalebone or Greenland whale
OIL account of its formidable teeth. -
Philadelphia Press.
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Bunches of Spun Glass.

An American glass manufacturer has
now begun to make glass brushes such
are used by china decorators for burnish-
ing aud gliding on china after 1t comes
from the kiln. These brushes now come
from Bohemia They are marvels OF
glass spinning. They are made of glass
fibre so fine that they look like spun silk.
These fibres are rolled up in bundles six
inches in length and three sizes in
diameter. half inch, three quarters, and
one inch. The bundles are wound with
cord within about three quarters of an
inch of each end being used as brush.
The brushes are cut square across the
ends. and so extremely fine are the glass
fibrcs that the face of the brush the
compact center presents velvety APP
pearance. The brushes are Il xible and
silky to tn touch. They wear away in
use. and rs they wear the cord is cut
away to leave the end of sufficient
length.-Nc,r York.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-06-28

The new pastor OF the country church
said to one of his deacons
II find that brother Linkum has very
liberal religious views
YES replied the deacon. "Brother
Linkum is more liberal in his views than
in his contributions. - Chicago .StaB3ofd.
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The Difference.

Ben Harrison paid 1924 ,000,s64 toward
the public debt during his Admnistra-
ton.
Cleveland has increased it S50,0O00OO
already by the issuance of bonds, and
the gold reserve is now at lower mark
than it was when the bonds were issued.
At this rate Cleveland will add double
the amount to the debt that Harrison
paid. 1.-The party of progress and re-
form is at its best when running into
debt.-Er.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-06-28

President IIavemever of the Sugar
Trust frankly admits that the American
consumer is paying 3 S of a cent per
pound more for sugar than he would
have to if there were no Trust And If
the Democratic party has its way the
consumer will have to pay a cent and a
half or two cents more than at present.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-06-28

The weakest living creature, by con
centrating his powers on single object,
can accomplish something The strong
est, by disposing of his over many, may
fail to accomplish anything. The drop,
by continually failing, bores its passage
through the hardest rock. The hasty
torrent rushes over it with hdeous up
roar and leaves no trace behind. u oriWe
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lieyed; thousands OF American women
proclaIu he fact.
The portrait presented here IS that OF
Mrs.. J. NJ. Bender, who lifes on the old
York Road at Nicetown. Pa. She has
been for many years in yerE poor health.
She had falling of the womb and other
forms OF female weakness. with headache,
severe backache, pains all over her body,
and serious kidney trouble
Her blood was in sucl bad state that
physicians said She had dropsy. Nearly
di.eourag ed She tried Lgtiia L. PiRkhdm' $
Vegetable Compound. and to her great
surprise il made her vii woman.
She now wishes to tell women all over
the world to take the Vegetable Compound
and be well. Any druggist has it,
Nothing in all the world has cured so
many cases of female Weaknesses as Lydia
+. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound,
Why don't you try it
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-06-28

The New England Magazine for June
has for its frontispiece "A portrait of Gen.
Neal Dow taken on his ninetieth birth
day, which is followed by Il well written
article upon his life work, by a. A.
Miner D. D. The number has goodly
list Of articles upon timelvtopics gen
erous supply OF fiction. etc. The Illus
trations are abundant and fine and it is
one of the best numbers of that most eX-
eellent magazine.
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An able man shows his spirit by gen
tie words aud resolute actions. He is
neither hot nor tim,d.-Chesterteld
Trust him with little who without
proofs trusts you with everything, or
when he has proved you with nothing
Iavater.
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sUpeRsTlTloJs POSTAL CLERKS.
Mail sacks That Have Been In an Accident
Are sought After.

A group of railway postal clerks Just
in from a run stood in the transfer Office
al the PENNSYLVANIA station waiting Tor
the cable ear to start up i'll order to get
b1me.
Tell you, felt a hit scary on this
trip, " observed one Of the men as he
knocked the ashes from his pipe aud
glanced at the clock
What was the matter, inspector on
the car asked one. Flat WHICH,
queried another
"Wor,e than that. Forgot my red.
Loft il i'll the Office. First time III SIX
months.
Where did You get yours asked
the tall laan With the sandy beard
I've had it long time. Cub gave
it to me, and he got it from the Fat
Nancy wreck. wa, the reply.
just then the whir Of the cable be
came audible IN the clear morning air,
and the mail singers made a run for
the avenue.
What a red was asked Of clerk
who was still Longing in the room
For reply he opened his yalise and
drew out Il dingy red mail sack. II was
a plain eaiya, pouch, such a Is used
for mail matter Of the lower Glasses,
and. save for the color, did not differ
from any one of the hundred thousand
or SO that the government owns.
"Once in awhile we have a little
smaShup you know" he said, and
occasionally some of the boys get hurt,
or worse. Our cars are pretty dangerous
places in the event of an accident, and,
if there is any damage, why, IL 5 usual
" felt most in the mail or express car.
1t isn't often that they are serious, but
now ana then one of the boys gets
smashed, and then there Is naturally
some blood around, and it gets on the
mail sack In the old days the govern
mcnt very considerably used to put such
sacks out of Use, for you can get the
stain out Then some genius conceived
the notion Of dyoing them rcd, but that
only served 10 mark them
Ever business has its supersti-
tions, " he continued land ! guess We
are no exception, for some Of MS have an
idea that it i lucky to have red in
the car. dom know why, I'm sure,
unless it Is on the principle that the
same sack will not be in two bad accl.
dents. So when one comes our way we
freeze on to it and try to llccpit handy.
"Of course," he continued rather
shameface2ly, lit seems like queer
kind of feeling to have a reminder 81
that sort around, hut it's all in the way
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Loving woman for her beauty has AS
little merit as loving man for his pros
pc / b. tn being equally u ject t.
changr.-Pope.
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WHAT PASKOLA is DOING.

DIR. G. W. Babcock, OF Chelsea, Mass, says;
1T gives me grea' pleasure to speak in the
higest terms of your delightful preparation,
'Paskola One of my young lady patien has
gained six pounds and says she feels like a
new creature"
Mr.. james c. Collin, Of syracuse y. Y, says:
"PASKOLA is indeed food and royal one
too. | have already gained six and one-half
pounds.
Mr.. Charles f. Isaacs, 4I3 Main ST., Worces
ter, Mass says: 81 have tried many doctors
and countless patent medicines-all were of
avail till took 'Paskola'. To eat meal
now lisa pleasure. Heretofore it has been a
torture"
Mrs. r, p. easy. of Newton. n. j., says: 81
prize 'Paskoa beyond my feeble descrip ion.
II has accomplished more than you claim for
it,"
Mr. J. Calvin Barnard of London, n. II. says:
MY friends and doctor thought must die.
but the first dose of 'Paskola' gave me a little
appetite and began to revive. have gained
twenty pounds in five weeks
Mr.. NJ. Leonard of Bddeford, Me- SAYS: 81
have derived more benefit from two-thirds OF
a bottle of 'Paskola' than from all the medicine
| have used in the past six month =
Emma VI. OTIS of Pernton, N. Y, writes her
druggist: "Since taking 'Paskola my diges-
ton has been much benefited and neuralgia
greatly relived."
MIR. b j. Kelleher, 13 Charles St, Somerville,
pounds since beginning the use of 'Paskola'
and feel ever so much better.
Send for pamphlet to
The Pre- Digested Food Co, 30 Reade St., N Y.
Horatio W. Gushing, Skowhegan Me.
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THIRTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE.
M1LER's FALLS, MASS AT different times
during the past thirteen years" said MIR. w. A.
johnson of this place, "my wife has been sick
from lung trouble, kidney and liver complaint,
liberation of the stomach and spring debility.
AT each time she has taken DIR. David Ken
nedy' S Favorite Remedy, AM it cured her. 1t
is family medicine with us anC many of our
neighbors.
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arm for ale !!

Situated in Madison, three miles from Show
began village on Solon Road contains one
hundred acres, well wateded, good pasture
plenty wood, large orchard, buildings quite
good. For further particulars inquire of
H. & j. BLANCHARD,
l7tf Madison, Me.
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''''7 ga
PAM l Il trough
llpsir entire bod
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MYSTERIES!
The Nervous System the Seat
of Life and Mind. Recent
Wonderful Discoveries.

No mystery has ever compared with that Of
human life. 1t has been the leading subject
oi professional research and study IN all axe.
But notwithstanding this fact 1t is not gent. b.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-14

Haps and Nislnps in tho Thriving City
AcrO's tho River.
The fire department was called out
yesterday afternoon at 80 by n small
fire mt the Cbarlos Fritz building, corner
OF Union and Broadway streets. The
fire was caused by n defective ilue and
the lose was nominal. The building is
occupied by Il saloon and dwelling.
Hugh Morrison. whose dangerous i'll.
ness was noted on Monday, died yester-
day morning. The knights Of Pythias
will have charge of the funeral to-day ut
. o'clock. They will meet ut l o'clock.
Tho wife Of superintendent Stewart,
OF tho Martins Ferry schools, yesterday
received the sad intelligence that her
iather had died suddenly, and she loft
for Cincinnati on the first train.
Albert Sapp has brought suit against
Martins Ferry for $500 damages for
injuries received BY n fall near the Ben
wood blast furnace. Papers were served
yesterday.
Charles KIgcr. OF Gaylord, became
blind two weeks ago. HIS eyes look rs
well as anybody's, but ho cannot distin-
Suish night from day.
Mrs. James Allen and child, OF Wells
burg, arc visiting Mr.. aud Mrs. James
Tannchill, on Fifth street.
James Clark and Scott and McGraw
will build uS3,3O0 residence at St. Glars
vile for r. NJ. wilkins.
Miss Maud Newlnnd has returned
from n six months' visit in Chicago and
Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gather are en-
tertaining Miss Lena Stokes, OF Washing
ton, D. c.
Mcagle's saloon at NItnaville was rob.
bed Monday night OF cigars, liquor and
change.
J. E. Reynolds is entertaining his
father, from Darlington, Ohio.
Thomas Watkins, esq, is very ill.
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The report was then sent over TO the
first branch for action there, and the
numerous lobby swarmod across tho
hall en- nasse. Clerk Hanke road tho
report and the amended resolution Civ
ing Becker t%hecontraCt. The bills were
ordered paid. then the ball was opened
on the second resolution as amended by
the second branch.
DR.. Caddle wanted TO enter a protest
against tho action OF the lower branch.
and moved non-conCurrance In that
action. The doctor explained tho ac-
ton OF tho committee. A number OF
bidders were examined, the lowest bid
der having said no would not take tho
contract. The other low bidders were
voted upon, and Mr.. Carney was sc.
lected. As the second branch had seen
fit to make ! selection OF its own, he
would move the contract be given ].
W. McCracken at 1895 81. The doc.
tor said this man is fully capable OF do.
Ing the work, and his bid is tho lowest.
A vote was taken on non.concurrencr.
but Mr.. Richards said he wanted to
say something as 4 member OF the COM
nittce. lie was surprised to hear such
expressions rs were given in the second
branch. The committees integrity,
even, wa attacked on that floor, un.
Justly, us tho board co%nscientiously
performed its duty. Heretofore tho
board has been governed by the lowest
bid, but the difficulty is that that mans
bid is often too low for performance OF
his contract. The garbage contractor
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w. JOHNSON'S SONS, M 5a4 s.

behind the action OF tho committee.
Tho committee hGs recommended Il
man who always lives up to his con
tract.
The vote on inconvenience was
then taken aud was n ito ag follows:
Aycs-Caddlc, Caldwell, Farrell,
Hortsman, KOlbitzGr, Robinson,-totnl,
&c.
Noos-Dobbins, Grimm, ITadIlch,
Halter. Otto, Richards,-total,-G.
The chair voted mo" and the motion
vas defeated. Mr.. Otto then moved to
concur III tho sGcbnd branch's action.
The vote was like the above except those
who before voted in the negative now
voted AYE"
The mayor cast the deciding vote for
concurrence.
The frat branch then considered the
communication from tho Ohio Valley
Trades Assembly asking that n commit
tee from council be appointed TO confer
with a-similar committee from the
county commissioners, relative to coun-
ty and municipal aid to u company to
construct 4 tunnel through Wheeling
hill at Tenth or Ninth streets. The
prayer OF tho petitioners was granted.
Two members wcro appointed from the
first branch by tho mayor, Mcssrs. II.
G. Richards and p. +. Farrell. The
second branch will have three members
on the committee, who are not yet APP
pointed.
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S. II. Clifford. New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma.
tism, his Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming de.
gree, appetite fell away, and he was ter
ribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles OF Electric Bitters cured
him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, H.,
had q running sore on his leg OF eight
years standing. Used three bottles OF
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of
Bucklcn's Arnica Salve, and his leg 10
sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba,
Ohio, had five large Fever sores on MS
leg, doctors said he was incurable. One
bottle Electric Bittcrs and one box Buck
lens Arnica $alve cured him entirely.
Sold by Logan Drug Co. 5
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THE MUSEI2 ALLEYS.


Tho Opening VIII be II Gain Analr In
bowling Circles.
The work OF converting the old Musoo
theatre building into 4 iully equipped
bowling alley and billiard hall is pro-
crossing rapidly, and the work will
probably be finished in 4 week. The
two store rooms have already boon
rented, one to 4 cigar dealer. The con-
tractors, Hess & McMullen expect the
lumber for the four alleys to arrive to-
day or tomorrow from Chicago, and the
whole affair is promised to DO ready ior
n grand opening on the Goth or 25th.
This opening will be n gala affair in
bowling circles. Mr.. Christlieb, of tho
bowling association, has determined 10
send out invitations to the eighty play
ers OF the Wheeling Bowling League,
and m attractive programme will DO
prepared. including contests between
several OF the bowling teams, which will
be OF special interest, rs the aiIair will
take place just at the conclusion OF the
bowling leagues championship season.
The invitations will be sont out this
week. and the bowling leagues players
arc expected TO be present, eighty
strong.