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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-25

Sir said a pompous parsonage,
who once undertook to bully an
editor, do you know that / take
your paper?' I've no doubt you do
take IT, replied the man of the
quill, for several ofmy honest sub
scri5ers have been complaining
lately about their paper being
missing III the morning.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-25

San Francisco is shortly to wit
ness All exhibition, on a grand
scale Of the electric light, which
it is said, will be SO intense as to
be visible Tor distance Of 200
miles. The machine for the pur-
pose has been imported from Eu-
rope, and ii will be run by steam
engine Of four horse power.
For pure grit and long contin-
ued patience you wantto go to To-
ledo. A young lady in that town
has sent 116 pieces of poetry to a
newspaper, and though all have
been rejected, she Is struggling
with another.
A youth named Herbert Brooks
the son Of a wealthy gentleman of
South Hacking, England, was
sent to prison for fourteen days for
cruelty TO rat.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-25

The secret Of the Massachusetts
disgust for liquor sellers is out.
The compound sold there is worse
than Jersey lightning. 1t is flaw
ored with onions, tobacco, raisins,
and mo harmless of all, water.
No VIC; Ter that Legislators who
have be- ! imposed upon by this
sort OF Fl want it prohibited.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-25

TO JOHN ENSMINGRR:- You
are hereby notified thss on the 9th day
of the next term of the Circuit Court
of Berkeley County, l will move the
Court to appoint trustee in the place
of Freeman Patch, in trust deed made
by you to said Freeman Patch for the
benefit of M. L. Hutchinson, dated
April 9Th, 1870, and of record in the
office of the County Clerk Of Berkeley
County, w. Va, in Deed Book 81,
page ll9-the said Freeman Patch being
now q nonresident of this State.
Dated April Goth, 1878.
M. f. HUTCHINSON,
Per III. b. MILLER,
Atty for NJ. f. Hutchinson.
April Il, ltd3tw.
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Dry Goods,
IOWA AND NEBRASKA.

MILLIONS OF ACRES OF THE
BEST LAND in the West, for sale on
TEN YEARS CREDIT, AT PER CENT.
INTEREST, by the Burlington & Nilsson
ri River Railroad Company
NO PAYMENTS REQUIRED
except interest, till fifth year Ricn
SOIL, warm CLIMATE, long SEASONS,
low TAXES, and free EDUCATION -
FREE FARE and Low FREIGHTs Oh
household goods to those who
BUY THIS YEAR
For Circulars and Maps, with full par
ticulars, address
GEO. S. HARRIS.
Land Com'r, Burlington, Iowa.
s. #. SHAW, Agent at
Parkersburg, w. Va.
Mar. 7-1Stw
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DIED.

AT Bellbrook, Ohio, on the 9Th
inst, Jacob Haynes, formerly of
Jefferson county, aged 81 years.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-25

INTENDING TO DISCONTINUE
j. business, / will sell at private sale
the following very valuable property,
described as follows: First.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-25

NORTH QUEEN STREET.
And Including Private Dwelling.
Store Rooms, "Public Hail." and
Building Lots.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-01-08

Forty pairs of hands flying wildly in
the air, forty mouths in distressful pantO-
mime. "What do yoL want?" asked the
teacher. "Your hair is falling off," answer
ed the chorus.
An undecided fellow courted q lady for
twenty-eight years, and then married her.
She turned out perfact viraeo, hut died in
two years afteftie wedding. "Now," said
l have escaped by long courtship."
A young beau. 1t his sisters evening
party. began.-to sing. "Why Am So Weak
and Wearyr when little brother brought
the performance to sudden Close By yelling
ont. "Aunt Mary ays its cause you come
home O. late and drunk mos every night"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-01-08

., ,h,ou,h mistake the q W. ! Of the S. E
I.-of S. 10 T. 10, X. 20. in Lesrcnwcrth
county, containing forty sores belonging 10
MoodinH lemons. nae ,a', nv. -" 'o nt
th., ' n IT. .uch mn :s,.t. b. oorrec,ed yrea,
i,jus,ioe will lie done said Clemens. There
fore.
Hssaeed; Thai the C'erk We ana ne rs
ia :,,a a' al NC. q, ,,nd a..
cum Of $3.50 on the tax roll Of raid county.
and that the Treasurer i'r requested TO col
'ect from SAN C'e'""oe tue STATE TAX upon It's
80 -. .i1 - G..2 =. =,
olution
Boni of J,hn lsohr. recorder eIect, vas
presented a"d' on n'H"n OF Mr. HOOK, SP-
P.,;,;o, ,f n, I.., f., m. ,,s;,;o, If
wordon Of ,.or hon-~ wa referred 10 com
mittee on poor.
=, isi"r' Oh :. ". hnshe'' ua-'"e 0.
rs bo'@""e ao"h@hp ID" Nhe auTiNA' &c W
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-01-08
VALU ABLE LANDS
FOR SALE!

INTERIOR undersigned will
Of the lands described
unoccupd portion the unaoed lands
Of sections
Indians and for (U s. Statutes Large
IT, p. $751;
bidder for quantities exceeding
less the appraised value less
ono and five cents
accompanied by the bid
bidder which land awade sid bal
forfeited Should bid be rejected the deposited
srssurn proper
bids accepted will DO notified Of such
forty
bid made will b subject to SALE
practicable
required be RENTED in Post
New York. payable the order Of the Commissioner
ndan o In
and al bids is expressly reserved
Indian Affairs,
Lands
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A. HUDDLES TON.
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EMERSON'S
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Very respectfully.
THOMAS MOONLIGHT.

W ucfeutsou tuc sOuoVluk feAOlul1O0 W49
offered by spencer:
ResIsod; That W. II. Bond, the sheriff
elect Of l.-svenworth. he aud he IL hereby
requested To present bad conditional &C.
carding To Law, in the penal spm Of tweaty
thousand dollars 10 the Board II its next
meeting with sure,ies to be approved BY aid
Beard.
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o. the motion. Granted.
A each name was called the vote vas ex-
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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-05-21

A Pennsylvania paper, the Hanover Spec
tator, reports that stone-cutter named Peter
Bretler, of Gettysburg, whose mind for the
last year or two has been considerably affec-
ted, had steadily refused to partake of NOR
sci of food for period of fifty eight days up
to April 81, its latest date, only sustaining
life during this period by drinking small
quantities of cold water. There is said 70 be
a case on record in which man lived eighty
days without partaking of food. Breitler, be-
ing in reduced circumstances. was an inmate
of the Adams County Alms-house for some
months, and while there, he asserts, some su-
pernatural influence or parsonage told him
he ought not to eat, and he has since stub
bOrnly persisted in refusing to allow any food
whatever to enter his mouth. On the other
hand, the Montpelier Argus says that ten
years ago Timothy Wheeler, of Waterbury
Centre, Vermont, adopted q strictly vegeta-
rian diet, and iye years ago became i'm
pressed that nature did not require so much
liquid to quench thirst as is commonly used.
The result has been that the first year there
after he went 3S days without taking any
liquids into lis system; the second year 20
days; the third, 100; the fonrth, 40, and up
to thursday of last week he had gone 228
days in the fifth year without drinking any
thing whatsoever.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-05-21
A New Motor.

Nix. JOHN w. KEBLY, of Philadelphia, has
discovered a new motive power, the result OF
a series of experiments covering space of
twenty-five years. 1t consists simply of a
process whereby water is converted into va
por without the aid of heat, resulting in a
power greater than steam. The vital princi-
pie of Mr.. Keely's engine is that it converts
water into cold vapOr solely through the
agency of mechanical appliances. The prin-
cipal parts of the power generator consist of
hollow metal globe about fifteen inches in
diameter, having walls three-fourths of an
inch in thickness. The globe is connected
with strong cylinder of iron, which is used
rs receiver of the power or force generated
in the globe From the cylinder brass pipe
having bore of one thirty second of an inch,
conducts the power to the test or force regis
ter. THIS apparatus is an iron cylinder IN
which piston moves like the piston OF an
ordinary steam engine The piston-rod COM
municates with lever SO weighted that .
power equal to 10, 400 pounds per square inch
is required to move it. Upon turning stop
cock and admitting the power to the test
gauge, the weight above mentioned was
easily raised. 1t is peculiar quality OF the
vapor that it can be used ct any pressure
from 10 pounds to 1000 to the square men
and when once generated Il can be stored 10
the receiver for an indefinite period without
any loss of power or energy. Mr.. kee'y ~
buildinga practical engine 70 Be propehed oy
the newly discovered motor.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-05-21

One of the most wonderful things in the
world is the uniformity of apparent acci-
dents. Thus in Great Britain, where the sta
tistics are much better preserved than in this
country, the total number of deaths by hu-
man violence in 1870 was 1888; in 1859 it
was ID, 407; 1t was 16, ,968 in 1868; 1886 in
1857; 1915 in 1896; 1874 in 1855; and
1908 in 1884. Not only that, Cut the same
uniformity extends to the manner in which
the victims met their deaths. How are we to
account for this uniformity, except upon the
principle that in the divine economy of ma
ture there is no such thing as an accident or
an exception to ordinary laws by which the
whole universe 10 governed.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-05-21
New Application Of the Pneumatic
tube-BI0vving q ram from North yves,
to ScRbORr0.

Il correspondent of the Rochester Demo-
crHt and chronicle suggests An adaptation of
the pneumatic tube idea for the transportation
of grain from the West to the East. He
wishes to lay long pipe underground be-
tween the Northwest and the seaboard, and
blow the crops through it. Stations would
be built every three or four miles, in which
large fans would be steadily at work forcing
air into the tube. He calculates that pres
sure of two pounds to the square inch could
be easily maintained, and that this would
shoot forward wheat, corn, oats, etc., at $50
or 200 miles an hour. The expense of the
iron tunnel is put at s., 900 per mile This
seems rediculously low. The pipe would
have to be laid deep in order to escape the
action of frost. 1t would have to be enamelcd
or made smooth in some way within in order
to keep the friction at the lowest possible
point, and to prevent the grazing wearing into
dust by rubbing along smooth surfaces.
All plans of this sort are fascinating. 1t
would be delightful to avoid the necessity of
using the cumbrous machinery of cars and
locomotives, and tracks. by simply pouring
grain into hopper and receiving a telegram
announcing its safe arrival in New York four
hours afterwards. 1t would be douby de-
lightful to get such speedy transportation by
q route which needed to pay interest on only
5000 per mile. If half the promises these
pipc-plans hold out could he verified, the
cheap transportation problem would be solv-
ed forthwith. 1t is known that grain can be
sent this way for short distances. The way
in which air has been forced into the Hoosac
and Mt. Gems tunnels shows this. In either
of these cases the current was strong enough
to have carried considerable weight before
it. Whether, however, it would be possible
to overcome the mechanical difficulties which
lie in the way of conveying solid substance
by air pressure any great distance, only ex-
perience can tell. The question is well worth
the attention of men of science. Fortune and
fame, and the power to greatly help his fel-
low men, will be the reward of him who
solves it, Chicago Tribune.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-05-21
Helena, Montana, Thursday, May II, 1874

l could see the bases of these great levers
pressing more tightly toward each other, from
their interstices there trickled down the stalk
of the tree great streams of the viscid, honey
like fluid, mingled horribly with the blood
and OOZing viccra Of the victim. At sight of
this the savage hordes around me. yelling
madly, bounded forward, crowded to the
tree, clasped it, and with cups, leaves, hands
and tongues, got each one enough of the
liquor to send him mad and frantic. Then
cnsued grotesque and indcscribably hide
Gus orgic, from which. even while its con-
vulsivc madness was turning readily into de-
lilium and insensibility, Henrick dragged me
hurriedy away into the recesscs of the fores:,
hiding me from the dangerous brutcs and the
brutcs from me. May never see such a
sight again.
Seidben Ialhamah says he will go aboard
his ship in half AL hour and sail, so | must
be brief. In the course of my stay in the
valley of twenty lone days, l saw six other
specimens of the CrinOida Daeeiana but
none so large as this which the Mkodos wor-
SHIPPED. l discovered that they are unques-
tiOnably carnivOrOus, in the same sense that
diOnea and drosera are insectivorous. The
retracted leaves of the great tree kept their
upright position during ten days, then, when
| came again one morning, they were prone
again, the tendrlls stretched, the palpi float
ing, and nothing but white skull at the foot
of the tree to remind me of the sacrifice that
had taken place there. climbed into neigh
boring tree and saw that all trace of the VIC
tim had disappeared, and the cup was again
supplied with viscid fluid.
The indcscribablc rapidity and energy of its
movements may be inferred from the fact
that saw small one seize, capture, and de-
stroy an active little lemur, which, dropping
by accident upon it while watching and grin
ming at me, in vain endeavored to escape
from the fatal tolls.
With Henricks assistance, and the consent
of some of the head men of the Mkodos
(whO, however did not dare to stay to wit
ness the act of sacrilege), cut down one of
the minor trees and dssected it carefully.
Seid, however, is waiting for me, and must
defer to my next the details Of this most in
teresting examination.