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The Man Who Knows II All.

He bears within his massive girth
the meat and essence of all worth.
The stars round him revolve; the sky
rests on his mighty shoulders high.
And SO he walks, erect and grand,
the solar system in his hand; and
matched with him the sun looks
small, the mighty man who knows
it all!
Then let the sun go out at noon
and throw a towel DER the moon;
and let the stars remote and high,
drop, like loose buttons, from the
sky; and send to Nights Plutonian
shores your selectmen and sophie
mores; but spare him for the good
all, the mighty man who knows il all!
Ali when he dies will wisdom die
the sun of knowledge leave our sky,
and we'll be left in dark and doubt,
like Moses when the light went out.
Oh! leave US not in darkness blind,
thou luminary of mankind, through
dark blind ways to grope and fall,
oh, wondrous man who knows it all.
Give to the vulture and the shark
your statesmen and your men of
mark; give to beasts that know no
pity, the members of your school
committee; let bear and lion do their
work upon your learned city clerk;
spare not the mighty aud obese and
portly justice of the peace; but save,
oh save, we humbly cali, the wond-
rous man who knows it all!
With him all truth, all lore begins;
omniscience and this man are twins.
All wisdom's water mains outspread,
from the main cistern of his head.
And should this mighty cistern
burst, then all the schools would die
Of thirst. So spare, kind fate, we
humbly call, this wondrous man-who
knows it alll-New York World.
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Fiaht Between Bull and Alligator.

l heard an interesting story OF
fight between an alligator and a big
bull on the shores of Lake Okeecho-
bee. Alligators are quite numerous
in that lake, and it is little visited
by white men, though Seminole In
dams fish and hunt there. Herds
of cattle roam about through that
section of the state, and the bull in
question belonged to one of these
herds. 1t was drinking at small
inlet on this lake when its nose was
caught by an alligator. The bull
managed to free itself by pulling the
gator partly out of the water. 1t
then lowered it's horns and caught
the gator, throwing it on the bank
When the bull made another attack,
the gator struck the bull with its
tail and severely hurt it. The bull
managed to tear hole in the abdo-
men or soft spot of the gator, but
on another charge the gator broke
one of the legs of the bull by blow
from it's tail. This disabled the bull
and the gator managed to break
another leg in the same way, but the
saurian soon bled to death, and the
bull, when found with its two bTok-
en- legs, had to be shot.
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Her Daughters Husband.

A traveller saw a woman take a
man by the collar, yank him up the
steps into a railroad car, jam him
down into a seat, pile up valise and
two big brown baskets with loose
covers and long handles at his feet
and say: "Now, sit there until help
Mary Jane on the car and don't move
till | come back"
When the woman reached the door
the traveller said to her:
"Is that man your husband?'
"Naw!" reared the woman. He's
my daughters husband, and she
hasn't spirit enough to say her soul
is her own."-Philadelphia Times.
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Mistaken Zeal.

Not long ago, Edmund Russell
dawned upon certain Western city,
and the Blanks gave large receipt
ion. Among the plans for the enter
tainment of the guests was a scene
from "Macbeth," rendered by q
Young woman of local Evolutionary
fame. The head of the family was not
informed of this especial part of the
programme. At the proper moment
the young woman personating Lady
Macbeth appeared at TIE end OF the
drawing room, dressed in trailing
robe of white and bearing light.
She moved slowly forward, an expec-
tant hush falling upon the assem-
blage. The host looked up, saw, and
wholly misunderstood. He hesitated
only a moment, then FASTENED for
ward with hospitable zeal: why,
Miss Smith, good evening; I'm very
glad to see you. May | relieve you
of your candleYr-Boston True Flag.
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Admitted the Facts,

Newspaper editors have to be
very careful in opening their columns
for statements. But aware that the
DIR Miles Medical Co. are response
BILE, we make room for the testimon-
ial from r. McDougall, Auburn,
Ind, who for two years noticed a
stoppage or skipping of the pulse,
his left side got SO tender be could
not lie on il, his heart futtered, be
was alarmed, went to different doc
tors, found no relief, but one bottle
of DIR. Miles New Heart Cure cured
him. The elegant book New and
Startling Facts free at A. M. Gil
bert's. 1t tells all about Heart and
Nervous Diseases and many wonder.
fnl cures.
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MARTNsBURe w. SATURDAY. 1895

way they fool Uncle Bill is it? |
must have my laugh ont before go
after them, or Til burst. No need
to hurry, anyhow, I've got 'em SO
fair
But as soon as he got his laugh
out, Uncle Bill made haste down to
the barn, saddled a horse, and rode
off alter the clipping couple as fast
as he could.
They were full five miles from
home, and it was almost entirely
dark before he came up with them.
Springing from his horse, he jerk
ed the reins of theirs from the driy-
cr's hands, stopped them, opened
the carriage door, and hauled out
Sam and his companion.
"Aha!n cried he, "this is the way
you fool me, Mr.. Cook, is it?
Thought l was gone, did We? |
wasn't thousand miles off, after
all. Come now, Miss Carrie" TAX
ing the arm of the yelled figure, from
which came sound OF suppressed
weeping. II reckon you're under
my control yet awhile. Come
along!" drawing her toward the car
riage.
"Hold On, Uncle Billl' interposed
Sam: "better be sure it is Carrie
"What?n said Uncle Bill.
Then, as sudden suspicion shot
through him, he tore the veil from
the prisoners face, and even in that
faint light saw the features, not OF
his daughter, but of Sam Cooks
younger brother.
"Sold, by George" breathed I'm
Gle Bill, as he let the veil drop.
eyes, soldl" shouted Sam. "Now,
Uncle Bill, I've fooled you fair,
you'll have to own up. May have
Carrier"
"Well, I 'spose you'll have to. l
never back out of bargain. But l
want to know how you doneit,yo
mani"
"Easy, Uncle Bill. l watched
YOU, and was convinced you didn't
really mean to go. So l got word
to you we meant to elope, and this
morning, when you locked Carrie
up, she dropped her dress and cloak
out of the window. hid 'em in the
milk house. and this afternoon Tom
dressed up in 'em, and came through
the hall and out Of the front door.
was in the milkhouse, and saw you
90 to the barn, so we knew you were
watching. Now, that's all, Uncle
Bill, and 1 claim your promise. =
Boston Globe.
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A Memory System.

A we'll known Boston lady and her
daughter who are both unfortunate
in remembering names, received a
call one day from a Mrs. Wheeler.
On her departure one said: "Do let
us remember her name that we may
speak to her at the Blanks tea. l
have it. We can remember it by as
ISOLATION. Wheeler & Wilson sew
ing machines, don't you see?" I'm
fortunately, however, the two for
getful ones owned a Wilcox & Gibbs
machine, so at the Blanks tea Mrs.
Wheeler vas rather astonished to be
first effusively greeted by the moth
er with: "How do you do, Mrs. VIII
cox" While few moments after
the daughter exclaimed:"So pleased
to meet you again, Mrs. Gibb."
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Anecdote OF Hawthorne.

A very good story relating to
Nathaniel Hawthorne is being told.
At one time the famous author was
the United States Consul at Liver
pool During this period there
walked into his Office young man
who desired assistance. He was q
Yankee, he said, and had left homo
to make his fortune in foreign fields,
but had failed, and now, tired of the
struggle in a strange land, and
heartily homeslck as we'll, he wanted
the Consul to provide him with
money enough to pay his way back
to America.
The chief clerk regarding the lao
with suspicion, end feeling that his
story was cooked up for the occas-
ion, informed him that Mr.. Haw-
thorne could cot be seen, but the
boy was persistent, and finally
carried his point. The clerk yielded
to his solicitation, and went into Mr..
Hawthorne's private office.
"There's a boy out there who in
sists upon seeing you," he said.
"He says he's an American, but l
don't believe it,
an see him." said the Consul,
and walking out into the main office
he said, "WelI, my lad, what do you
want ?"
The boy told him his story.
what part of America do you
come fromYh
"United States"
what State?"
"New Hampshire, sir
"What town."
"Exeter."
Hawthorne looked at the boy
steadily for a moment. Then he
said, "Exeter, eh?'
"Yes sir" replied the boy.
"Who sold the best apples in your
town." asked Hawthorne.
"Skim.milk Folsom, sir" returned
the boy.
"He's all right" said Hawthorne,
with q smile to the clerk. "Giye him
his passage,"-From Horper's Young
People.
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Doctors and nurses
Make slender purses;
The road to health
Is the way to wealth.

Many persons of slender means
have seen the savings OF years swal-
lowed up in few weeks by e1orbi-
tant doctor bills. Serious illness
and its result, heavy bills, may al
most be prevented if taken in time.
When the system seems to be run
down, the blood weak and impure,
causing eruptions, headache, weak
ness and lassitude, backache, scrof.
ula, biliousness, chills, aversion to
work, ETC., there is reason for belief
that serious illness is threatened. A
bottle of Dr. Pierces Golden Medi-
cal Discovery will drive the impuri-
ties from the system, enrich the
blood, bringing sound health, energy,
strength and ambition. All dealers
in medicines.
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civil war by Justus Fl. Rathbone in
the city of Washington, has come to
US hearing no fruit other than that
which tends to the elevation of hu-
manity, the relief OF the sick and dis
tressed, to cheer and brighten the
homes made sad by affection. True.
this order claims no "custody of the
souls of the faithful Itleaves that
to God and the church. 1t claim
no infalhbility other than grows out
of the practice of the God-given and
eternal principles of truth declared
in that Book of Law to be Faith,
Hope and Charity, selecting the
greatest OF these three virtues which
is Charity.
Founded upon these principles, it
invites the criticism OF all the church
potentates of the earth. This order
is little over quarter OF acentury
old. It's growth has been wonder
full, because it is consistent with the
spirit of American institutions. 1t
takes within its embrace the rich and
poor, the high and low, the religious
of all lands, men of each and every
political faith. This order hayingi its
birth in the United States has ex.
tended its domains to the lands of
the republics and monarchies of Eu-
rope and the Orient, and to the Isles
Of the Sea.
"When, you may ask, will this
triumphant march end 1t will be
when the cradles of the worlds cease
to rock, when the sorrow-stricken
world shall stop grieving, when the
gentle footsteps of the rain are heard
no more upon the meadows, when
the roses are nodding their last good
night to God, when the Sun, grown
old and dead, is coffined by destruo
tion-then, and not till then, will our
grand orders come to an end"
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Ii Should be In Every House

j. B. Wilson, 37l Clay St, Sharps-
burg, Pa, says he will not be with
out DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
that it cured his wife who was
threatened with Pneumonia after an
attack of " La Grippe" when various
other remedies and several physic-
ians had done her no good. Robert
Barber, of Cooksport, Pa, claims
DIR. Kings New Discovery has done
him more good than anything he
ever used for Lung Trouble. Moth
ing like it. Try it. Free Trial Bot.
Ties at L. G. Matthaei's Drug Store.
Large bottles, SOC. and S1.00.
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They came into the restaurant Of
ter the theatre.
"W hat will you eatl' asked lie.
at doesn't matter" returned she.
II never have any appetite. don't
eat more than enough to keep a bird
alive"
Neverthele s, the bill came to So.
"She was right" he said to him.
self "She !, ally doesn't cat more
than a bird. But the bird she had
in mind was an ostrich"
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WORK, WORK, NY BOY.

Work, work, my boy, be not afraid;
Look labor boldly in the face;
Take up the hammer of the spade.
And blush not for your humble place.
There's glory in the shuttle's song;
There's triumph in the anvips stroke;
There's merit in the brave and strong
Who dig the mine or fell the oak.
The wind disturbs the sleeping lake.
And bids it ripple pure and fresh;
1t moves the green boughs till they make
Grand music in their leafy mesh.
And so the active breath of life
Should stir our dull and sluggard wills;
For are we not created rife
With health, that stagnant torpor kills:
l doubt if he who Tolls his head
Where idleness and plenty meet,
Enjoys his pillow or his bread
AS those who earn the meals they eat.
And man is never half so blest
AS when the busy day is spent
So as to make his evening rest
A holiday of glad content.
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Hanson-How did you come TO
marry the widow Boncoeurinstead Of
her daughter l thought 1T was the
daughter you were after.
Janson-Well, so / was, to tell the
truth; but when | asked Mary to
marry me one day she said "Ask
mamma" and when | started to do
it l stammered so with nervousness
that mamma said ayes" before
had got the question out.
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#Daily. Others daily except Sunday.
tStops only to land passengers from Bal
timore.
Additional trains leave BALTIC. for Union
Bridge and intermediate Stations at 1917
a. M, and els p. M; and leave
Union Bridge for BALTIC. and Inter. Stations
500 a. M, and 12.47 p. m, daily except
Sunday.
Sundays only-Leave BALTIC. for Union
Bridge and Inter. Stations, $50 a. m. and
2.35 p. m, and leave Union Bridge Tor
BALTIC. at 6 As a. m. and 4.05 p. m.
Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at
S.26 and 10. 81 a. m, and 1881 and 500 p. m
Leave Emmitsburg for Rocky Ridge at $50
and 10. 90 a. m E, and 2.55 and AS p. m.
Leave Bruceville for Frederick at 9.40
a. m. and $40 p. m.
Leave Bruceville for Taneytown, Littles
town and Columbia at ga a. m. and 3.45
pm
b. o. passenger trains leave Cherry
Run for Cumberland and intermediate
points, No. IL, daily. at 8.57 a. m. For
Piedmont and intermediate, daily, except
Sunday, at 1.26 p. m and Chica 5OEXpress
No. 7, daily, at 1913 p. m.
Passengers for Chicago Limited, No. 5,
or Cincinnati Limited, No. l, take No. II
to Hancock and there transfer to No. or
No. ].
Passengers for B. & O.PittsburgExpress
No. 8, take No. to Hancock nd there
transfer.
J. M. HOOD, Pres. ard Gen'l Manager.
b. II, GRISWOLD Gen'l. Pass Agent
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"Six days shalt thou labor" says
the great lawgiver. To do good
work, man must be at his best.
This condition is attained by the use
of Ayers Ssrsaparilla. II over
comes that tired feeling, quickens
the appetite, improves digestion, and
makes the weak strong.
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A new feature has been injected
into the sailors strike at San Fran
cisco by the shipping of crews CON-
posed of japanese. The union sea-
men, who are demanding an increase
of s. month in pay, view this move
of the Shipowners' association with
apprehension.
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Daudruff is an emulation from the
pores OF the skin that spreads and
dries. forming scurf and causing The
hair to fall out. Halls Hair Remover
cures it.
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Colonel John ]. Dargan was
threatened with death because of his
speech at Columbia, S. c., in de,
fence o. negro suffrage.
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Hampshire and Roane counties
each have mad dog scare. Dogs
supposed TO BE- mad have bitten
other dogs, cattle, boss and in sew
eral instances, people.
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AUCTI0kEER'S NOTICE!

J. V. QUINN offers h s services as
Auc;ioneer il The Counties of Berkeley
and jefferson Having Lad over 20
years. experience cam guarantee salts
faction in selling and n price, or no
charge. Terms moderatt. A share of
public patronage solicited. Address all
Communications To J V. QUINN,
Bedington. Perk ELY county, W. Va.
Dee. q. lS4O. IL
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~ EaSEASEG of the blood ar.
~ Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
i s.. ..zing. ear;ching, and Alternative
~ aal-es only EURE BLOCT
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President Cleveland. at Washing
ton, awarded number Of gold ned
ais to loreign sailors for heroic be-
havicr toward Americans.
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FOR FACIAL blEMISHES

rashes, freckles, bites and stings of insects,
irritations, yellow, oily, and notify skins,
chafngs, and undue perspiration. CUTI-
CURA SOAP, because of its delicate medi-
cation, is the most soothing, cooling, purify
ing, and healing application, as well as being
beyond all comparison the purest, sweetest,
and most refreshing of toilet, bath, and
nursery soaps. Sale greater than combined
sales of all other skin and complexion soaps.
Sold throughout the world. Price, Csc. POTTER
DRUe AND CHEM. Corr, Sole Props, Boston.
"Au about the Skin, Scalp, and Hair," free.
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The Howard Tree Museum, Lon
don, contains 1900 varieties of TIM
Der, vines and woody plants.
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Fruit growers in the eastern sec
tion of w. Va. declare that there
will be no peaches this year and
small fruits generally will be a total
failure.
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Daily,
Daily except Sunday.
Through coach from Hagerstown TO Philadelphia on
rain No L." "
Eo.31 9 west and 2 and 10 runs daily be'wcrn HAr-
Though coach from Philadelphia to Hagerssown on
trains Nos. and g.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars runs daily Hagersiown
90 Phiiadephia on train No TO- leaving Bagerstown at
90 D. m. Occupants of this can rema in car at
Philadelphia until 700 a. m. mn,
Pullman Palace Sleeping Car daily between Phia-
depha aad Hagerstown train leaving al
n ~ D. M that except Sundays train No. will be
used Harrisburg to Aagerstown instead OF No l. fas-
senRers can take this Philadelphia at lOOOp M
H. A. RIDDLE, J. F. BOYD,
Gen1 Pass. Agent. Superintendent,
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To cure your cold and give.you rest,
Ayers Cherry Pectoral IL the best.
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NTESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD
w TIME TABLE
with p. & r. r. at Shippens
burr aud Gettysburg N. & w. r. Il. at
Hagerstowr B. & o. r. r. at Hagers-
town and cherry Run; PR. r. at Bruce
vile, and L. ". & B., N. G.. and B. & p.
Railroads at Union Station, Baltic, Md.
Schedule in effect September 80, 1894.
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IF you feel weak
and ali worn out take
BROWN s IRON BITGERs
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!NuIO RIVER RAILROAD
~ TIME TABLE
On and after Monday. June 4, 1891,
passenger trains will run as follows:
*DAily tDaily except Sunday.
LrkAE siOnth Rnunb
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Insurance Business!

in all its plans, representing none but
the solvent o Id reliable Companies. In
surfing risks on LIFE, FIRE ACCT
DENT and LIVE STOCK. My Com
panies will pay losses promptly. Call
and see me and | will be pleased to
quote rates for risks in compel ition
with safe Companies, barring Wild cat
and non raging Companies never pay.
Prudent people always insure in tie
best Companies. Call on or address.
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end Main SITS Martinshurg, W Va
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baltimore AND OHIO RAILROAD
d TIME TABLE
In EFFECT SUNDAY, JAN. 6, 1894.
WEST BOUND,
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W. J Robinson, G. P. A.,
Parkersburg, W. Va
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INSURANCE j.!
INSURANCE.!
Life, Fire. Accident and Live
Stock!
BACK TO STAY.

After 80 years absence from Berke
ley county, living in and visiting many
Western States, have returned to my
old home and located permanently in
West Virginia as the best place to stay
and have engaged in the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-12

FOR causes which he deemed proper"
continued MIR. Waugh.
81 do not desire to reflect upon Gener-
al Grant" said Mr.. Marsh, "but / say
while he acted for reasons that seemed
proper at the time, his action was mis-
take"
Mr.. Jones attacked..th policy of pick
ing out a soldier here and there for IA big
pension, or widow of one, who was
able to gather influence enough to get
bill through Congress. He aroused II
hiss by alluding to the widow of General,
Logan, who is in receipt of pension of
$1,000, living in luxury and spending law
ishly for flowers for social functions. Mr..
Jones, in the course of his remarks said
he had served in the Confederate army.
Mr.. Clark, Democrat of Missouri,
said that for the gentleman from Virgin
ia personally he had much regard, but
he wanted to say that in the late cleo
ton, Is, 25 or so Democratic candidates
in the North went down to political
death because of speeches which he Jones
had made.
MIR. Jones-"I hope the gentleman from
Missouri was not one."
Mr.. Clark-"Yes, I was; because of
pension speeches you made here. We are
tired and sick of having these southern
members coming up here and stab us in
the back"
Having favorably acted upon four bills
the House adjourned.