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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-01
Everett House,
CORNER QUEEN AND BURKE STREETS,
VIM. Rutledge, Proprietor


This popular House has been thorough
ly renovated, and the present proprie-
tor who assumed charge on the list of
April, is now prepared to accommodate
guests in the most comfortable and sat-
isfactory manner. The House contains
"a chambers. all of which have been
handsomely furnished with new furni-
ture.
THE TABLE will be we'll supplied
with the best the market affords, pre-
pared by experienced cooks. Charges
moderate.
THE BAR will he supplied with 4
choice variety Of Pure Wines and
Liquors.
Ahandant stable room with atten-
tive Osticrs
Ny Old falrons and the generalpub-
lie are invited u give me q call
April 7,--1y Nv.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-01

'Aiken's theatre, destroyed by
the last Chicago fire, was the eigh-
ty-fourth theatre that has been
burned in this country, and the
seventh in Chicago that has fallen
a prey to the flames.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-01

During recent heavy storm in
Hampshire county, West Virgin
ia) the lightning struck the Chin
ney OF a residence, demolishipg a
portion of it, thence defending in
to the house knocked one man
down and threw another across
the room lifting him on table.
Strange to say, neither of these
gentlemen received serious iniu-
ries.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-01

In some parts of Pennsylvania the
rattlesnakes frequent the telegraph Of
fees.
1t is fashionabel to jump fences
for exercise, but very vulgar to
saw wood for the srme thing.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10
Henry Ward Deecher's Lore Letters.

As TO Mr.. Beecher's love letters, said
gentleman whose official business has
led him to receive and open much Of
Mr.. Beecher's correspondence, you
wonld be surprised TO know how fool.
ishly some women write TO him. Every
once In while some woman gets n little
crazy and writes TO Mr.. Beecher to toll
how much she adores him. The letters
used TO go to the Independent Office,
and Tilton, under orders from Mr..
Beecher, opened them. Many OF them
he made copies Of, and to-day has
manuscripts and names, and copies OF
letters, oil connected with respectable
ladies who have ioolishly written to
Mr.. Beecher all about their love for
him. Some time ago very respectable
lady Of Brooklyn wrote q warm, loving
letter To Mr.. Beeclier ; Mr.. John How.
ard, in the Christian Union office,
under general instructions, opened IL,
and seeing what It was, locked II up to
give to Mr.. Beecher when he should
call for 1t. In o day or two another
letter from the same woman arrived,
which referred TO o letter which the
writer said Mr.. Beecher had written 10
her inreply. Every sentence was full
OF love, and the lady said that nothing
delighted her moro than TO receive q
letter from q man she loved so well.
Shewrote a number Of loye.sick epis.
ties, which Mr.. Howard locked up one
after the other. Every letter except
the first referred to reply that had
Just been received from Beecher
tho fact Is that Mr.. Beecher
did not know OF the letters having been
until long after the lady had
ceased writing, and then the bundle
was delivered to him. He receives love
letters by the ream and cord, and the
ioke OF it Is that as his wife takes care
II all letters that como to him, she
reads the love letters before he sees
hem.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10
Rates Of Longevity.

An investigation made by a Berlin
physician into the facts and data rela.
ting to human longevity, shows the
average ago Of clergymen to be 65 Of
merchants, 90 clerks and farmers, 61 ;
military men, 80 lawyers, So; artists,
81 and medical men, 90. Themedium
duration Of life in Pussia Is stated 10 be
about q in Prussia, 90; in Switzer.
land, 81 in France, 35; in Belgium,
80; andin England, 3S. The idea Is
now strenuouHly urged by some that,
under ordinarily favorable circum.
stances, man can live SIX or seven times
longer than the years-fourteen-re.
quired to attain puberty. Statistics are
given showing that medical men In
England stand high In the scale Of Ion.
geyity. Thus, the united ages Of
twenty.eight Physicians who died there
last year, amount TO 1884 years, giving
an average Of more than 'sl years to
each. Tho youngest OF the number
was so, the oldest D3 two others were
% and 80 respectively three wers 81
and four wero SO each and there were
also more than fifty who averaged n 10
70 years,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10
Cholera In the East.

An important rumor comes by the
cable from London. Special dispatches
state that the cholera has broken out in
India among tho $4,000 pilgrims as
sembled at Pooree for the Juggernaut
festival, This news is startling, when
the recent details Of the famine are not
yet forgotten, and when the season Of
the year is such that the rayages OF tue
disease would carry death throughout b
wide eIpanse Of country. The con-
taminatlon may extend to other places
by infection In the ordinary means OF
conveyance, and, finding It's way to the
seapofts, spread lie dealt. h.dealing breath
over tho sea- The cholera plague In
Asia and the disease in India generally
bear thcsame form they are peculiarly
stubborn In existence, and with the
large number Of pilgrima ut tho Indian
iestiyal n Is hard to compute The pros.
pecliye mortality should the disease
gain headway.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10
Water for the Use Of Armies.

To Americans WHO indulge generally
in large use OF water for drinking pur-
poses. II will seem rather queer that in
some armies soldiers on their march
could be forbidden TO drink water.
Still such was the case with the German
army, especially during the French
campaign in 1870. The practice was
almost invariably, when halting near
water, to stop all access to 1t by q guard,
for it was taken for granted that II the
soldiers were allowed to drink they
would chill themselves. It was through
such n wrong notion that there was
much suffering in the German army,
and that in Bavarian regiment which
moved by Sedan, no fewer than seven
men were brought into that place in
sensible from the effects OF heat, and
two OF them died the same night. Ex-
perience has taught hard lesson on
the Prussians, and they will adopt, very
likely, the opposite system OF the Swiss
general stafT. Not only is Swiss sol
dier allowed TO carry his water-bottle
with free leave to use II, but on every
halt in a village the inhabitants wait for
the soldiers with pals Of water, which
they have ordered to get ready by
orderlies, who are dispatched
ahead Of every column Of infantry.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10
Tho Sadness Of Suicide.

A heart-rending history finds It's end.
ing in the story of tho suicide Of q
young wife at Fonda, N. Y. There Is
an untold volume-a romance Of a life's
history full OF promise aud hope at the
beginning, perhaps-and an ending in
tho suicidal death. Mrs. Anna Jelfer.
son, wife who had not yet budded
from her girlhood-whose age was only
flfteen-killed herself by taking ar
senic, and domestic troubles are the
alleged cause for the act. The very
words OF the dispatch-"this was tho
second attempt, the cause being the re-
fusal Of her father to support her I'M
less she would leave her husband, which
she declined to do seem to stand out
boldly in testimony OF hcr grief, and
one reads the announcement over again
in doubt Of its truth. Yet tho sad
story Of the suicide seems told in the
manner OF her death, and the warning
TO girlish wives, who wed but to suffer
and to liesis q sad record OF the sui
cidels refuge from her troubles.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10
why Ears should Nod be nozed.

In "Physiology for Practical Use ("
ID. Appleton 4 Co. we find the follow
ing: There are several things very
commonly dono which are extremely
injurious to the ear, and ought TO be
carefully avoided. And first,
children's ears ought never TO be boxed.
We have seen that the passage OF the
ear Is closed by thin membrane, es.
pecially that adapted to be influenced
by every impulse OF the air, and with
nothing but the air to support II inter
nally. What, then, can be more likely
TO injure this membrane than o sudden
and forcible compression Of the air in
front Of it2 II any one designed to
break or overstretch the membrane he
could scarcely devise q more efficient
means than to bring the hnnd suddenly
and iorcibly down upon the passage OF
the ear, thus driving the dir violently
before II, with no possibility for It's es-
cape but by the membrane giving way.
Many children are made deaf by boxes
on the ear N this way.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10

any one else, butt shall wish she
were not my housekeeper, II you sue.
ceed."
"Afraid of Mrs. GrundyP Pshaw,
Kate, I thought you were not afraid Of
what people say"
Mrs. Denning did not answer, but
her usually pleasant face wore frown.
"Come, Kate, you Just said she was
good enough for me or any one else,
and I am sure she is q woman no man
living need be ashamed to call wife.
But am talking as though I felt sure
OF success. / do not at oil. Your hus.
band told me yesterday that he thought
she bad refused Graham. Is il so?'
1--WE snly think SO. Lizzie isnot the
girl to talk OF such chance, II she had
Il. ] would as soon think OF asking
Mr.. Graham himself, as Of asking her. u
"She is not looking for money, then,
or she would not have done that. Well,
! shall try OF all events. What will you
10, Kate2"
i.Let you alone. I shall neither
help nor hinder, You must do 1t all
yourself"
Ihaye not space to tell q leye story
now, 80 the reader must fill it up to
suit him or herself. One day, three
months after tho above conversation,
Julia (now Mrs. Grey was much aston.
ished, during call at her mothers, by
the news that Lizzie was coming home
10 be married.
"Who in the world is she going to
marry2 Some coachman or waiter,
suppose that would be Just her style.
What is his name, nothing Irish, I
hope?"
when she was married, two years
before, Lizzie had not been informed
until the wedding was over, and now,
in return, Lizzie had drequested her par.
tnts not TO tell Julia who she was to
marry.
Ada Leo was at this time engaged to
hor friend, the editor, and after q con.
sultation with Lizzie Il was decided that
they should have double wedding.
Lizzie wrote: "AIrs. Denning wants
TO give me a grand wedding, but I do
not wish TO make show for people who
come 10 critcise my dress and see the
housekeeper who Is going TO marry her
brother, and do not care two pins
whether am mads happy or miserable
for life. The plan you propose suits
mo exactly"
Lizzie did not meet Ada's lover until
the evening before the wedding. She
looked at him again and again, trying
10 remember where she had seen him
before, but for a long time she csuld
not think. At last it flashed across her
mind, and Just then he said:
"Miss West, am certain that have
seen you before, but where I cannot
think. 1 have a good memory for faces,
and yours is one not easily forgotten,
but | cannot place it"
al believe you picked up q bundle
for me once in the street. You were
walking with my present brother.in.
law, Mr.. Grey. Ibelieve I was so much
offended at his behavior that 1 forgot
to thank you. he could not Afford to
bo civil to Servdnt girl"
To say that Julia was amazed when
she found who Lizzie's husband was,
and that she had become so well known
by her writings, would give buta feeble
description Of her state OF mind. She
and Laura are now Lizzie's most de.
voted admirers, and "My sister, Mrs.
Cleveland, is quoted on all occasions. 7"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10
Two Pictures.

sOmebOdyt heart Is gay,
And somebody's heart Is sad;
For lights Ghino out across tho way,
And door with Grape Is clad
Sadness and glAdness alike
Are dwelling sldo By side
Perhaps the death Of an early one,
Andtho erowning OF bride.
bright eyes arc flled with mirth,
Pale iacea bond In prayer,
And hearts beside tho household hearth,
Arc crA1hSd by stout despair;
All, sorrow, and hope, and Joy,
Arc partsdby lhi9nss. walls;
Dat cn tho hoarls Of the thoughtless ones,
No shadow OF sorrow falls
No thoughts of the funsraitrs
Como to tho festlye throng;
No hope that tho past will come again,
To tho Anguished hearts belongi
Tho futures a sunny sea,
To the lovers Of Joy and mir.h-
but the past alone, TO those who weep
POrthO dundored ties Of earth.
sOmsbody'a heart iA gay, se
And somebody's heart Is sad;
For the lights arc hrigh. across the way
And door with Grape is clad
Sadness and gladness alike
Confront hs on oycrySido;
AwsGllh Of smiles and flood Of tears
With hope and sorrow allIsdi
-LuruER G. Rroos.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10

The States averaging 100 arc Penn
sylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Mis-
souri. On the Northern Atlantic coast
the late planting and cold storms are
the causes Of somewhat inferior con.
dition, though the color Is generally
good and the present growth promising.
The inundalions, soaking rains, and
consequent replantings in the Southern
States make the appearance Of corn
quite variable and account for condi.
ton below the average in certain States,
while in others, such disadvantages ex.
listing in less degree, they have been
overcome by good culture and good
weather. There is complaint OF local
drouth, but II Is not OF long continuance
nor does II involve wide areas. It has
been most serious In Arkansas, some
counties having had little or no rain in
two months. In the Ohio Valley there
is some complaint OF drouth in West
Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky, and in
some parts OF illinois, and to some OK.
tent also in States west OF the Missis-
sippi. SO far the injury from thiscause
throughout the country is less than
usual. Cut.worms have been generally
injurious and chinch bugs in the West,
where, after devastating wheat fields,
they have attacked corn vigorously in
many localities.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10
Gbs asnrutrat.

RATnS OF ADvERT1S1NG:
One SluarS. onlinos or less, one insertion sly
For each subsequent insertion. n.....'.. ~ ~
One 5luAro, u months. ~
hle-ijurth OF column, u nonths. 2o'gg
Oao.hAlf column, u months. .a2'o1 W.
Ono column, i2 months. ...:...... .io'VV
Local notices 70 conts per line, which must
10 paid In advance. Ply0 dollars viii bo
charged for announcing candidates fog
county, and ten dollars for State and U.
s. offices. Lengthy Obituary notices
must DO paid for. sJrAl legal notices
arc charged to tho attorney presenting
Special rates to parher desiring more @aH Ons
column,
JOB PRINTENG II I NJ G
Neatly and Promptly Executed at this ONCE
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10

The condition OF the corn is generally
good in the West, but elsewhere yaria.
BILE. Only Massachusetts,, OF the East
ern States, reports IN average condi-
tion. Only Pennsylvania, Of the Mid
die States, and Maryland, South Caro-
lima, Georgin, Florida and Texas, Of the
Southern States, report the same. Min
nesota is an exception in the Western
States, reporting 9i, and California and
Oregon fail TO give full average. The
per centages Of condition above average
arc as follows:
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-10
THE CORN CROP.
An Increase OF a,OOO,OOO AersI In Area
RspoTtsd.-The Crop generally In
Good Condition.

hepprteus-The crop BenerhiI IN
Good Condition.
II appears from returns to the U. s.
Department OF Agriculture that an in
crease in the corn area OF fully 2,000,-
900 acres is apparent, or per cent.
above the breadth OF last year.. The
percentage Of increase is largest in the
South. The increase in acres is largest
in the West. Tho returns make the
grain in Iowa over 100000 acres, in
Missouri about the same, in Illinois
above 100000 acres, in Indiana fully
200, 900 acres, in Kansas about 10000
acres. Georgia shows almost as large
an increase as Iowa and Missouri; Ala.
bama, 10000 acres Mississippi, 120,.
900 acres ; Texas, 100000 acres. The
inducement to enlarge the corn area OF
the cotton States appears TO have been
less influential in the Mississippi Val.
ley than in the more eastern States,
Georgia particularly. The increase in
Texas is simply due 10 the natural ex.
pansion OF the crop areas from immi.
grafton, and is equally noticeable in
cotton and other crops. The number
OF States reporting decrease in area is
small, including only Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Florida, Loui'
siana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Ken
tucky. and California. In Northern
New England late untayorlble spring
interfered with planting, and in Loui'
siana the area is less by reason OF the
overflow. The States making increase
are as follows:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-16
Growth of Martirsburg.

From the Independent.
We stated few days since that the
agent of the Adams Express Company
at this place, handled over one millisn
of dollars in forwarding and receiving (,
the past twelve months. This was q
matter Of surprise to our people, und if
there was any way in the world in
VII oh we could get at the amount or
business transacted in MartiDsburg AID
compare it with the business of other
years-say from 1860 up--the differ
sncs would be still more surprising. In
this connection, we learned from Post"
master Tabler yesterday, that during
the year 1872, he issued 1897 postal
money orders, amounting to s29, 90 80,
an increase OF 81, 466 2S over the year
1872. He paid durug 1873, 765 orders
amounting to Sl4,3l2 81 an increase
over 1872 Of 1858 50. Total for 1873,
s43,525 20; for 1872, SIS, 523 l2, in-
crease, s. 002 0S.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-16
ScELLANEOUS.
DR.. Longdon|
On Diseases of the Mind and
Nervous System, Physi-
cal Exhaustion and
Premature Intel
lectual Decay.
Their Rational Treatment
. and Positive Cure.

We can contemplate no more painful and
melancholy spectacle than mind In ruins
or the wreck Of a Nervous System. And
vet Mental and Nervous DeranRements are
year, increasing at an alarming rae.
baustion, Nervous Weakness, Paralysis OF
the Brain, General Debility. Early Decay OF
Manhood, Cases OF suicide and insanity,
are now numbere by thousands all over
the land. No rank or class is exempt from
these terrible maladies. Married and
single, male and female, rich and poor, al
castles are included in the dark catalogue;
The young man OF proud birth, fortune anu
intellect, whose aims, hopes and am oltion
| should have led him up 10 ths nsn ae,
plains of life, has fallen prey TO the Great
destroyer. The youth OF humble paren'
tage, whose cheek once bloomed and blush
| ed with innocence and health, whose eye
once sparkeled with the radiant nres OF q
| brilliant mind, whose step once was many
and nrm, is now among It's myriad victims.
Uncounted thousands perish thus. year
al er year without knowing the cause oil
| their ruin until the golden sands OF lie nave
| a run out. Like stars that set 10 rise no
more, so do they fall into premature graves,
pass from mortal sight forever and fade
away into etef nal oblivion.
| hut is there no physician for this large
| class OF human sufferers and no Antldote
| for these wide spread malad1es? We HS-
! 7Uer 1je, Your ne may yet be redeemel
| frontSe truclion. aud crowned with many
| a wear of health and happiness. We know
| that physicians in general practice, JoT t0d,n
of erDcrieRce and skill in this class OF dtnleTIS
| nave done but little for their rellef ana
| absolutely nothing for their cure.
| DIR. ongdOn mas devoted much OF MS
| professional lie to these forms OF Debility.
| and his great kill in their managen emit IS
only the natural result OF q thorough mtdi
| cal education and enlarged experience. his
| treatment OF thee Diseases embraces both
| Hygiene and Medicine, and has proven
| entirely successful in hundreds OF cases
| that had bafled all other systems OF medl-
| cation Itimparts new vigor TO the failing
BODY, new life to the epervated brain, new
| tension and elasticity 10 The weakened
nerves, new tone and energy 10 he stomach
and digestive organs, new power 10 the en-
| iee5led system, new vitality TO the blood,
new activity to the mind, and endows the
entire organism, the body and mind win
| all their organs, powers 1aeult' es and fuuc-
tions. with renewed health and manhood.
Medicines Tor all Diseases by mail and e1-
press 10 all parts of the country.
Persons who may beco ne our patients ca
rely upon our best efforts and skill Tor their
restoration 10 health.
Office Hours-From 8 a. m. to . p. m,
when not professionally absent.
Office and residence,
1909 EOFF (old Fifth) Street,
Opposite the Cathedral.
WHEELING, W. VA.
/. H. l0NGD0N, A, My M. D.,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-16
stopping y Railway Train TO Save q
Drowning Boy.

Form the Leayenworth Commercial.
On New Years Day, while Capt
Daniels train WAS moving at the rate
OF twenty miles an hour, just as they
Murdered past Lake Joy, about one
half mile south OF Gsrnett, a boy who
had been skating on the lake was dis
covered by the engineer, Will Lorne, to
break through the ice and sink out OF
sight. In a moment forgetting every.
thug else but that a fellow-beings lie
was in danger, he whistled down breaks,
reversed his engine, and gave the alarm,
While the train was yet in motion be
and several passengers lesped to the
rescue. A gentleman by the name oil
W. L. Parkerson, lawyer OF Ottawa
wadei in, the ice breaking under him
as he went, up to his armspits, and sue
ceeded in reaching the boy with pole
and rescuipg him. The boys name
was Willie Douglas.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-16
TOE SALE.

FARM CONTAINING JNE HUN
\ dred and three acres. / will sell II In
one lot or divide IL In lots OF four or nve
acres to suit purchasers. There Is no better
land in Ohio county for market gardening:
Situated within one mile OF the city VI
Termseone-fcurthc cash; balance In one,
two. and three years. For further partlcu-
iars enquire of the subscriber.
GEO. ROBERTS,
IS Main street.
T.. OBRlEN,
Peal Est 70 Agent.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-16
COMMISSIONERS Sale of Real
Estnte.

Andrew Wilson, c,r,,
We. Z III ShSaAN~-1'
Jobn G. Alderman, ct. al.
In pursuance of a decree OF the Circuit
Conrt of Ohio County. rendered ana enter
al in the above entitled cause, on Inc loth,
5sy of December, 1878, will ON
saturday, January 3ist, 1874,
Atm o'clock, A. NJ, ut the front door Of the
court House of Ohio County, sell the fol-
lowing described property, that Is to say, a
certain parcel or lot OF ground situated IN
the town OF South Wheeling, now tne
EiShti, Ward ofthe City Of Wheeling, west
Virginia, and numbered on the pat OF
what was formerly known as RltchleioWn
and La Grange, as lot numbered ten llOl In
s1nare numbered eighteen QS), Win the
improvements thereto belonging.
TERMS OF SALE.
One.third OF the purchase money 10 De
Maid in cash Oh day OF sale, the Datance "
he paid IN two equal instalmens AT SIX anu aSt
twelve months respectively, WIN inteie s sI
rom the day OF sale, the Commissioners
taxing the bonds OF the purchaser LOT tue
JeTerred payments. Title 10 De le'"iueu
"h''' 4"' ''''' re. BARR,
Special Commissioner.
J. NJ, MILLER,
AuctIOneer.
JecS0t .i-Oaw