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room, the atmosphere will become foul
and unwholesome. IL also appears from
this fact that daily airiBg of the bedding
Is requisite to cleanliness. and the more
thorough this airing is the greater will
be the power Of the blankets and COM
forts to retain in the bed the warmth Of
the sleeper and keep ont the cold
While 90 this subject we mist add a
word about the position If the bed
via r,.sr Il. the admission OF Iighs
from the window The bed should be
81 placed that the eyes MY be so placed
that the eyes may be protected from
moon light, or lr,nn the light af the
carly morning s window III The foot
q fhr be1 should he carefully curtainel
and tight should enter the raem without
taling upon the eye &c the reclining
occupant, WITH regard to children,
these precautions arc quite necessary sas
they may suffer great iAconvpbience.
aad eeea injury, from opening their
cses when 10 bel directly toward Tie
sky Mrs. Lyman, i, lie ilappibpe
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PROSPECTS FOR THE SUMNER.
Everything points to busy
season in Martinsburg during the
coming Spring and Summer.
Building will be quite lively, and
preparations are being made to
meet the expected demands. We
learn that Mr.. III. G. Robinson. of
the Martinsburg Planning Mill and
Sash Factory, has purchased a new
planning Machine for his establish
ment, which Is designed to dress
lumber on both sides at once, and
for which he paid $500. That
looks like business. We also learn
that Messrs clippenger, Hare,
Whitson, Coucllman, Robinson,
Scheelky and other Master Build
ers have already large orders in
band for buildings to coup during
the present year. All this points
10 an active summer campaign,
and indicates that Martinsburg is
going ahead at a gratifying pace.
In addition to all this, aud show
ing the necessity Tor more tenant
houses, we learn that during the
past few weeks Messrs. Bristol &
Herring have had but one
dwelling put into their hands for
rent, and during the same time
have had ever forty. applications
for tenant houses. We feel sure
that there Wonld be no trouble in
renting from one to two hundred
houses TO good tenants, if they
were to be had. There is no better
paying investment in Martinsburg
than in building good tenant
houses, and we are glad to see
that our wide-awake citizens are
taking advantage of it. In this
connection, we would call atten-
ton to the sale of valuable build
ing lots adjoining Strinesville.
The next sale of lots will take
place on Saturday oil the ground,
if clear of snow, if not, then In
front of the Court House. TIL 20
lots are selling cheap, and are /.
good investment.
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Ventilation in sleeping Rooms.

Fresh air should be so introduced into
sleeping rooms as not to fall upon the
beds or create q draft across them. In
building houses the proper ventilation of
the bedrooms should be carefully pro-
vidcd for, but this we are sorry to say
is not always done, so that in many
chambers it is very difficult to introduce
fresh air without endangering health. If
a window can be lowered and there is a
stove pipe opening in the room, good
circulation Of air may be obtained. Or
the lower one may be raised several
inches and nice fitting board close the
aperture. This will allow air to enter
between the sashes and yet keepit from
falling directly on bed near window.
As one weighs pound less when he
rises in the morning than when he goes
to bed at night, and this pound is diff
fused through the bedding and the air OF
the room IN the form of carbonic acid
gas and insensible perspiration, it is ev-
ident that unless constant supplies
of fresh air are admitted to the sleeping
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An TnLereetlng DIacovery.

A brief but interesting account of a
diseovesr IL Egypt i published ~ the
Proceed IS D the society Of Antiq :
rios ~ Eqglishqnl travelling % the
skirt II STA i noticed small blue stones
lyin1 ia the beds OF drielup torrents.
and brought few 70 England whe,
he learned that they were torquoiseS Of
80 q CRAFTY. H. went back to Egypt,
male iurthef researches, built house
at the junction IL three valleys. and
aileh by friendly natives whom he took
into his service. ne disc lvered the tor
qnni-e mines formerly worked by the
aucient Egyptians, together with some
Of thclr.tnols, aud tie places whore they
ground aad paii54cll the stones SO
now torqnoises are dug from these old
rocks, and sent Il England Ancient
iron works have also been discovered
with huge heaps OF Stag piled around
them. A specimen Of this Stag on be-
ing tested was found to contain SO per
cent. Of IRON, which favors the SUPPOSE
ton that ii weull pay to smelt the
whole mass over again. To protect
these valuable deposits the Pharaohs
built for'incations and barrack and
temple for the troops, relics Of which
still remain
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CRIMES.
FRATRIcIDAL MURDER.

INA Ih1ClDAL MI hDEk.
MILWAUKEE, January 17.-Bob
Turner, of Potosi, Grant county
Wisconsin, has been arrested for
the murder Of his brother Albert.
The inquest, which has inst been
concluded, revealed bloodthirsty
propensity on the part of Bob. The
murdered man was killed with an
axe, his head being nearly severed
from his body, as he was coming
out of Mineral Hall, in which he
had been at work. He fell back
speechlcss and never moved.
The murderer then called to an
other brother, who was in an adjoin-
ing shaft, and his brother, named
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They say when a cat scratches
the table legs itisa lucky sign. A
lady III this ~ the other day see
ing a cal perform this operation,
thought If I've eat scratched her
hand, ii would be sign she would
get money, so she gently stroked
pnssy's hair the wrong way, and
At the cal did not like, for she
! anted her Claws deeply into the
! ,nds of the female, but 1T has
brought no good luck and she has
doctors fee 10 pay.
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VERMONT.

RAILROAD DIFFICULTIES SET
tiled.
ST. ALBANs, January 1.-THE
Central Vermont and the Vermont
and Canada Railroads have settled
their financial difficulties. The
terms laid before the directors of
the latter company are theasale of
the Vermont and Canada road to
the Central Vermont for So, 000,0 900
payable in twenty years, secured
by first mortgage in trust at six
per cent.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

Caleb Cushings political principles
are much like those of Jay Gould. The
latter swore before an investigating COM
mittec that in Republican districts he
was Republican. in Democratic Dis
tricts he was Democrat, while in
doubtful districts he was doubtful, but
he was always an Erie man. When
Republicans are trumps, Cushing is a
Republican; when Democrats are trumps
Cushing is Democrat; and when
trumps are doubtful Cushing is dohbtful:
but he is always Cushing man. IN.
Y. Sun.
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FOREIGN.
Spain.

MADRID, January ia man
named Cambatz, who served as a
colonel under the Paris Commune,
was captured at Cartagena by the
Spanish troops.
Senior Sagasta, Minister of For
eign Affairs, is preparing , note
to be sent TO the different Powers.
France.
PARIS, Jan. 19.-The Ultramon-
tame journal L'Univers, has sus-
pended publication.
Persons passing between France
and Italy, are no longer required
to be provided with passports.
Japan.
THE DIPLOMATIC DISAGREEMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. l9.-The
steamsl ip Colorado arrived this
afternoon, bringing Yokohama
dates to December 23d.
The diplomatic disagreement
between the Government of Japan
and certain foreign representatives
remains unsettled, and has indeed
been complicated to some extent
by means not yet made public.
1t is still urged that the whole
country should be thrown open to
foreigners at an early period, a
proposition which the japanese
steadily refuse to entertain, except
on condition that eX-territorial
jurisdiction be abandoned.
2. l.
tons concerned in the Simon-O Osaka
indemnity, of which two million
dollars remain unpaid, will press
their claims if their desires are not
acceeded to.
These are the ENJOYS from Hol-
land, France and England. The
United States Minister, Mr.. Bing
ham, held alooff from the confer
ences, and has even informally
notified the Japanese Government
that he desires no part of the
amount due to be offered to him.
His action is understood to imply
that while the United States will
not accept their share of the in
demnity, they are not disposed to
appear as offering rebuke to the
movements of the other parties
concerned; but Mr.. Bingham sim
ply wishes to take no part in the
proceedings, and to have none
forced on him. The other repre-
sentatives are met in their de-
mands, first, by the statement that
the surrender of $4,000, 900 of in
demnity would be no fair equiva-
lent for the opening of the country,
if, indeed, such a privilege could
be purchased by money at all; and,
secondly, that the representatives
of the three Powers have not the
right to negotiate for the opening
of the Empire to all, or in other
words, that money compensation
offered by France, Holland, Eng
land and the United States, even
if it would entitle them to admis-
sion, could not affect Germany,
Italy, Russia and numerous other
nations with which Japan has trea-
ties at the same time.
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INDIANAPoLrs.- Not excepting the
"zenith city Of the unsalted seas" there
is 10 more ambitious little town in the
country than the apital of Indiana. A
correspondent Of Chicago paper de :
scribes the city thus;
indianapolis is lovely village Of
the plain. 1t is bounded on all sides by
indianapolis What it lacks in num-
bers it makes up in territory. Its chief
productions am de col'rd bred'ren and
freight trains. In whichever direction
your vagrant fancy leads, freight trains
mark the horizon, and bound your as
pirations. 1t is good place for the
phlosophic mind It's best chance is
out ofdoors. The city is adorned with
parks, and the natives think them
without paralell. They are right.
The streets are straight, crossing each
other at angles that always leave five
corners How they contrive that extra
corner is beyond our power to fathom
They have also streets carr, which, in
the most mysterious manner, always
contrive to run in he same direction,
never in theother Everything about
Indianapolis is a problem to be solved
In fact, there is no place on the globe
where mans mathematical education
can be carried to such perfection. You
have to figure in everything, and a slate
and pencil is as much part Of your
toilet as your hat Ifyou want to cross
the street you have to sit down on the
curbstone and figure how to get round
the fifth corner. indianapolis is one big
conundrum-everything begins with a
capital
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We hear from Hiogo, Japan, (Nov. ny
of novel article of export, which, if
successful, promises to be the forerunner
OF an important trade. Last month a
well-known firm at the above port pur-
chased a quantity Of wheat, succeeding
in securing no less than GOO tons to
commence with, and in making con-
tracts for further supplies at what, in
the present dearth Of that cereal in
England, promises to be remunerative
figure. The wheat will be shipped
direct from Osaka to London. Il London
Herald.
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The Ciarksburg 7eteUuph IRE
publican) gives notice that in case
the West Virginia election comes
back to the people, it will advo-
cate the reelection Of Hon. John
j. Davis from that District. Well,
you pays your money, and you
takes your choice.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

There was IN exhibition at the
IA j.. Church it Banker Hill, on
Thursday night Of last week, for
The benefit of the pastor, Rev. j.
II Marsh The exercises con-
sisted Of singing, fccitations and
dialogues, amt i large audience
attended, thus making financial
success.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

The project of removing the
Richards Iron Works from Chi
cago to Joliet is assuming "busi-
ness-like shape.n The proposition
embodies the idea of doubling the
present capacity and capital, so as
to go into the manufacture of loco
motives on a large scale.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

Some thieves, not having the
fear Of the law III contemplation,
entered tfle 'heneriesv IF Mr..
jacob Myers and his neighbor
Henry Bowers, on Monday night
last, and robbed them Of all their
fowls 1t would be we'll just about
this time for persons 10 a keep
sharp look out for chicken thieves
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

Pretty bad under foot" said
one of our citizens to another, the
other day. Eyes; but it's fine
over head, was the response.
~'True enough, said the first; "but
then very few are going that
way" And he was more than
half right.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

The Parkersburg State Journal
states that there were presented to
the Legislature of this State at its
late session petitions with. 1900
names asking for the repeal of
what is known as the liquor law,
and there were remonstrances
signed by $500 names against
its repeal.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

George Washington, colored,
committed suicide in Wheeling on
Friday b. cutting his throat with
a razor. Cause Jealousy. George
and his wife went to Wheeling
from near Winchester.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

Lee Sperow, of Falling Waters
township, WAS brought TO this
place Saturday night on a warrant
charging him with disturbing a
place Of religious worship, and
placed in Jail.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

An lndinna editor remarks: "lf
you can't bring rs wood, rcmem
Der rs ii ynar prayers. IL is
something To know, as we Sit and
shiver, mat We are not forgotten,
if the stove is cold.''
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The Consolidation Coal Go. aud
the Maryland Coal Go. OF Cumber-
land have each donated three car
loads Of coal for the poor aud des-
litute or that city.
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James Marshall, Esq, of Ha
gerstown, aged seventy years on
the 10Th OF October last, was pre-
sented by his excellent wife, who
is in her sixty-tirst year, with
bouncing twins on Christmas day.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

Rev. 'iiionlas Kelly is now the
pastor Of ST. Joseph's Catholic
Church Of this town, with Rev.
Z. Donohoe assistant. The con-
gregatinl is very large.
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Playing eacfrp fur cigars or
drink, i Missouri judge has de-
eided to 90 gambling Now lie
quesiiaa artists, arc there any
gamblers If lllis kind III Martins
burg.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
FIRE Az CHARLESTON.

WHEELING, January ia des-
patch from Charleston, West Va
says large portion of the bus
mess part of that city was burned
this morning. Fourteen business
houses were destroyed and num-
Der of others heavily damaged.
The loss is not less than 10000,
and is partially insured.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

Major w. G. Woodsides, the
well-knoWn paymaster of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad, has re-
signed, aud j. w. Davis has been
appointed in his stead.
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There will be four eclipses this
year, and transit of Venus. list,
a total eclipse of the sun, April
10th, invisible in North America !;
I'd. partial eclipse of the moon,
May LIST, invisible in the United
States an annular eclipse of the
sun, October 10th, invisible ia
America; a total eclipse of the
moon, October oath, in the even
ing, and morning Of the 2Sth, Wis
ible throughout America. Begins
at New York, 12-49 morn; Balti-
more, 1899 morn; New Orleans,
l1:42 evening. A transit of Venus
over the SUMS disc december 9Th,
invisible in America; visible in
Asia, Australia and the East In
dies.
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Mr.. Jacob Swartz wants to pur.
chase $4,000 bushels of good dry
corn, for which highest cash price
will be paid.
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We understand tic demand fol
houses IN town exceeds the sup
ply.
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EQUALIZATION OF BoUNTIES. -
The Hagerstown Torch notes the
meeting in that place several days
since of a considerable number of
persons for the purpose of petition
ing the Legislature for the equal
ization of bounties, and for the
relief of those who were drafted
and paid a Communication of $500.
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The Chicago Times says: Don't be
cruel, for you may be a steer in a stock
yard yourself, some days"
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Trouble never comes near folks
whose eyebrows meet.
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The State Grange Patrons of
Husbandry, Of this State, will
meet In Charles.own, Jefferson
county, on the 22nd inst.
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Almost and very nigh save
many q lie.
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Wautea--a foMll iibrary aud
reading reD'a
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Anol from q lord Is breakfast
fof q fool.
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The ladies are unable 10 explain
"ihe chaps on their lips"
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Diaries for 1874 at a discount.

The chances now are in favor of
a good eatch-of cold.
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France

PARIS, Jan. 19.-The Ultramon-
tame journal L'Univers, has sus-
pended publication.
Persons passing between France
and Italy, are no longer required
to be provided with passports.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-26
Treasurer Spinner's Report.

Treasurer Spinner's annual statement
shows that the receipts for the year,
ending June 80, 1874, show a decrease,
compared with the previous year. in
customs, caused by the panic, of S24,-
9S5, $50, and IN internal revenue, occa-
stoned by recent changes in the law, of
81, 1886, 529. The expenditures, exclu-
sive of those on account of the public
debt, have been decreased 81, 1863, $50.
Commendable, he says, as this retrench-
ment is, it is believed it will be still
greater at the end of the current year
Spinner says the labor required in his
Office has increased. The reduction in
the number of female employees, and
the reduction of the salaries of those
remaining, under the act of congress at
last session, has been a source of incOn-
venience to the department, and of dis
tTess to poor widows and children.
The treasurer asks legislation to re-
strain the issue of circulating notes
other than are authorized by acts of
congress, making the same a misde-
meanor, punishable by fine or impris on
ment, or both. This evil is mainly at
the south. in some localities of which
almost the only circulating medium
consists of local issues by municipali-
l.
He suggests an amendment to the
law, attaching a penalty for non-pay-
ment within the prescribed term of the
amount due from any national bank, of
an additional sum at the rate of one per
cent. per month, upon the amount due
and unpaid, the same to be retained
from the next interest due on its stock
held in trust for the redemption of the
circulating notes.
As to national bank Dote redemption,
he thinks no further delay will occur,
though the redemption agency is still
without sufficient help. Notice will
soon be sent to the banks advising them
of the amounts charged to their re
demption fund to reimburse the treasu-
~ for the charges for transportation
and cost of asserting notes. The
charges will be in proportion TO the
number of notes redeemed rather than
thei- value.
1t Is also recommended that the
comptroller of the currency, with the
concurrence of tie secretary of the
treasury, be empowered to appoint a
special agent to examine the affairs of
banks neglecting to keep up their per
cent. redemption fund, and on his re-
port, if warranted, to place such banks
in the hands of a receiver.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-26
The Altitude at Which Man Can Live.

There has been a great deal of dis
cussion, SAYS Chambers journal, as to
the altitude at which human beings can
exist. and Mr.. Glaisher himself can tell
us as much about it as anybody. In
July, 1872, he and Mr.. COxwe1 as
cended in a balloon to the enormous
height of 3S, 900 feet. Previous to the
start Mr.. Glaisher's pluse stood at sew
enty-six beats a minute, COxwelIs at
seventy-four. At II, 900 feet the pulse
of the former was at eighty-fOur. that
of the latter at one hundred. At 19, 600
feet Glaisher's hands and lips were quite
blue, but not his face. At 81, 900 feet
he heard his heart beating, and his
breathing became oppressed at %, 600
feet he became senseless; notwithstand-
ing which the aerOnaut, in the interest
of science, went up another 5000 feet,
till he could no longer raise his hands,
and had to pull the strings of the valve
with his teeth. Aeronauts who have to
make no exertions have, of course, a
great advantage over members of the
| Alpine club and those who trust their
legs; even at 13, 900 feet, these climb
ers feel very uncomfortable, more SO on
| the Alps, it seems, than elsewhere. At
| the monastery of st. Bernard, SLY
/ feet high, the monks become asthmatic,
and are compelled frequently to descend
into the valley of the Rhone for-any-
| thing but breath of fresh air and at
! the end of ten years service are
obliged to give up their high living and
come down to their usual level. At the
same time in South America there are
towns, such as Potosi, placed as high as
| Mount Blanc, the inhabitants of which
feel no inconvenience. The highest in
habited spot in the world is, however,
! the Buddhist cloister of Hanle, in
! Thibet, where twentY-one priests live
at an altitude of 16, 900 feet. The
brothers Schlaginsweit, when they ex-
plored the glaciers of the hi i-Gamin in
the same country, encamped at q 900
| feet, the highest altitude at which a
European ever passed the night. Even
at the top of Mont Blanc Professor
! Tyndall's guides found it very uBpleas-
| ant to do this, though the professor
| himself did not confess to feeling so
bad as they. The highest mountain IN
| the world is Mount Everest (Himalaya),
%. DOB feet, and the condor has been
seen ''winging the blue air, 500 feet
! higher. The air, by-the-by, is not
"bIue," or else, as De Ssussure pointed
out, "the distant mountains which are
covered with snow would appear blue
also,'' its apparent color being due to
the reflection of light. What light can
do and does is marvellous and not the
least is its power of attraction to hu-
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