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

Fine lot Mackerel and Herring
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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-04


Since the present fashion of high
heeled shoes came in vogue all the
corn doctors-or, as they prefer TO
be called. the surg eon chiropodists
are amassing wealth at frighlful
rae. The crop of corns, bunions,
bliete 5, are constantly increasing,
and if the fashion holds as long, as
Oh account of its abturdity we
predict it will, corn doctoiing will
become respectable, and colleges
Of chiropody will spr.ng up all
over The country. Woman has
heroic elements in her nature, and
clings with the most obstinate de-
votion to the particular fashion
which violates physiological law,
entails the greatest amount of
suffering, and excites the most
ridicule in the opposite seg. Ar
ter three years of high-heeled
shoes it will be considered vulgar,
ifnot disgrsco FIJI, for woman to
be able TO walk.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-04

Logan, of the Martiosburg Mde
penoel1t, says we "are going thro'
the rye as happy as lord because
of the absence of the cru
saders. Well, he has been
through the rye-or the rye has
been through him, it's all the
same-so often that he "knows
how it is himself. y Ceina6. Times
Oh Mac, how could you? But
we forgive you, knowing as we do
that the Times Office has been
moving, and that in consequence
your head is not level. What a
power OF work you will make for
the crusaders when they get to
Cumberland.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-04

April 4.
Smyrna times., 1874-06-24

THE CONFERENCE ACADEMY-The closing
exercises of the first annual commencement of
the Wilmington Conference Academy took
place in Dover, in the NJ. +. Church, at 104
o'clock Wednesday morning. The exercises
were opened by the choir and prayer by
Rev. t. II. Haynes Original orations were
then delivered by the following:
John Hampden by Frank s. Brown, Of
Dover Little Things" by J. H. Roberts ol
Smyrna; "Musc," bv P. S. Downs of Kenton
What makes the Man." by +. J.. Hubbard
Of Cambridge, Nd; the whole being inters
persed with choice music by the choir
The orations were we'll delivered, and the
authors were each the recipient of a handsome
bouquet.
After an address to the students on tn,
future of the Academy, by the Principal, Prof
Williams, valuable prizes tboOks) were award
ed as follows: for proficiency in genera
scholarship, 4. i. Hubbard, of Cambridge
j. II. Roberts. of Smyrna; &. w. Watson
of Laurel; A. j. Rrtledge, of Dover.
The following students made the larges
averages during the past year: +. j.. Hubbard
Of Cambridge, Nd; w. L. :. Murray, o
Selbyville, Md; Frank 5. Brown, of Dover
n. j. Williams, of Kenton o. S. Walton, Q
st. Michaels, Md. Harry Kirchbaum, Q
Dover James H. Roberts, of Smyrna; Thos
w. Russell, of Onancock, Va. !; VIM. Fl
Rrown.
Smyrna times., 1874-06-24

HEARTH AND HOME, the popular instructive
q and useful household family paper lately pub.
York. will hereafter be published by the
Graphic Company. A slight change in its
form will be made, and it will hereafter be
profusely illustrated. Il is not likely to lose
any OF its interest in the hands of its new
proprietors. Mr.. Judd will confne his efforts
IN tae future to the columns of the dmerican
Agr'cnltardtist an excellent monthly for the
farm and household.
Smyrna times., 1874-06-24

A. +. A. M.-The Masonic fraternity have
elected their officers for the ensuing year.
Harmony Lodge, of this town, elected as
follows: Worshipfu Master, B. V. Weldon
Senior Warden, J. w. Flick; Junior Warden,
SAM Taylor; Sec'y, j. d. Evans Treas, l..
K Shortman.
Union Lodge, at Dover, as follows: w. NJ,
DIR. +. s. Anderson; Sr. W., B. F. Shakes.
pere Jr. W., DIR. 4. w. Cooper Treasurer,
j. II. Jones; Secretary, Dr. j. Z. Register.
Middletown L1dge as follows w. NJ, Jno,
B. Roberts; Sr. W, }. L. Gibson; Jr. w,
Isaac Jones, .Jr.; Treas, Jno r. Hall; Sec y
John w. Jols.
Smyrna times., 1874-06-24
That Trance Woman Again.

Miss Fannie larrimour, the young lady who such
sensation last winter by her frequent visits
into her last trance Friday night previously
deted and remained until 10 O'Clock Saturday Quite
company assembled to her make visit many
sons coming from distance. Many questions
which she answered. them very ridiculous ones
as for example, she asked whether spirits de-
parted Shareholders replied that If that
question answered would by God himself and not by
her. Miss LarrImOur is any frances The
incomplete history OF her life is to be written ue by
her wht This history she has been
writing sometime whist frances and when she
passed out Of the frances she would the family what
undertook to read portion 1t time she
would fall asleep before she had second word She
Bible Last winter the belief sprang up among some of her
visitors that her flesh would burn while she was in her
rigid condition. and In order dlsprOve this
placed live coal OF fire In her hand which
In one her frances however she assured them that the
next Gay sue would into and that her hand would
be suddenly healed the evening OF the exactly
the heur she named she was taken with which
mained her for exactly five minutes her
skin had termed the wounded place aud
occasion her face and tongue sweed to snoTmon
OnS large IN tact that her tongue her mou
great pain That evening she went into trance and gen
teman OF unquestonable veracy informs that Ave min
its usual and she spoke plainly without effort AMI
has not bad further trouble with since On the rst
June, whilst in her friends that on ~
18th OF that month she would have contest with th
devil and predicted the hour Promptly nj that honr
a terrible rage and sensrsntiS c anu IN
actually attempted to commit suicide She was seized how
ever and tied into chair requiring the Strength
tour men Alter while she informed near her thai sh
s over the devil and had conquered him
In 1879 Miss LarmOur take the pulnit and
Some time In her she wrote non p
hrst text and also where it could be ound II s as osW
In my fathers house many mansions n II were NOT "a
I"9S S9SG nave SId & yop 90 to prepare place for
NV - Sne VIII doubtless attract large audiences
Md, OBSERVER.
Smyrna times., 1874-06-24

lE TIMES is published Wednesday afternoon by
JOSEPH H.HoFFEcKSN, Rdor and Proprietog at Smyrna
Delaware,
RIPr!oN-ore s2cOin advance or $3.50
not paid till the end the year No paper
a" rreSrsare pai-Ony at the option Of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted atthe
sne forthe first nseron Three
ahsli cents. liberal discount made TO
nualand yearly advertisers
Smyrna times., 1874-06-24

The Messrs. johnson are in the city re-
plenishing their rapidly exhausted stock Of
Shoes aud Hats, and by the last of the week
they will have new assortment OF the latest
styles Of Hats, besides an elegant lot of new
s hoes.
Smyrna times., 1874-06-24

On account of the backwardness of the sea.
son have made great reduction in the prices
OF my stock. Remember I have the finest
stock of Spring Clothing, Shirts, Hats, &c.
ever brought to Smyrna. The majority of the
Clothing has been made to order, and for style,
ut; quality and price, surpass anything ever
ing Store,
Smyrna times., 1874-06-24

mr; John A. Cayender, of this town, had o
valuable borSe to die from collie yesterday.
Smyrna times., 1874-06-24

CHILDRENs DAY, at the NJ. Z. Church of
this town, last Sunday was an interesting oc-
casion. The floral decorations were in excel
lent taste. In the centre of the chancel was a
large floral cone, extending from the floor to
the top of the pulpit, with an elegant bou quet
for an apex. The conc was constructed of pot
flowers, thickly studded with magnoias, lilies,
woodbine, &C., thus presenting TO the audience
a solid mass of bloom and fragrance Eabo
rate bouquets also adorned stands at either side
of the pulpit, while hanging baskets and ivy
trimmings bedecked the brackets and gas Jets
On one side of the pulpit recess hung a pretty
shield with floral trimmings, and on the othel
was large cross, three feet high. At prop
er time in the exercises, class of children
marched to the cross aud bedecked it with
small boquets, thus giving it the appearance o
cross of roses. Upon it was placed fora
crown, after a crown of thorns, (emblematic o
suffering) and crown of flowers with thorn
beneath (emblematic of decepton) had bee
discarded The exercises consisted of respon
sive Bible readings, singing, rescitations, &c.
and short address by DIR. Kenney. DR.. PhG
bus preached an appropriate sermon in tn
morning. $l65 were contributed towards tn
Sunday Schools church fund. 500 of tn
was given by friend from abroad, whose nam
is held in strict secrecy by the pastor.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-23

A North Carolina paper sums up the result of
the Bald Mountain scare; Be conversions to re-
ligiOn, q illicit distilleres broken up, two SUBJ
revenue officers driven from the country and
several columns of reading matter for the news
papers. On the other hand the damage is
light. for had it lrokan up all the crockery in
the mountains the cost would not have been
$40
The lager beer dealers of Rochester, N Y,
have concluded TO form league to violate the
Sunday law, by opening their shops and selling
on that day, thereby making a test case, and
carry it if need be to the Court of Appeals
One Gus Raulthe most noted beer seller in the
place, German Of mammoth proportions,
heads the van and dispensed beer last Sunday
to hundreds who came to see the fun.
A shrewd political game is is on foot in Ohio
to displace Mr.. Thurman from the United
States Senate, put George H. Pendleton in his
place and bring the latter forward for the
Presidency. The programme is, through the
Constitutional Convention, to have a new Leg
slature before the next Senatorial term begins,
SO that Mr. Thurmau's reelection would be
cancelled by the law which provides that the
United States Senator must be elected by the
| last General Assembly before the beginning of
| his Congressional term. 1t is a scheme of the
| inflauonists, who are angered by Thurman's
| sound money views
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-23
Current Notes.

Rev. DIR. Cuyler of Brooklyn, writes to the
independent that in inviting Miss Smiley to
speak in his church he did not intend to vio-
late the laws of the Presbyterian General As
sembly, and he does not now believe he has
done SO. But to prevent any such mistakes
IN the future he proposes TO do what he can
10 secure the repeal of the ''deliverance'' he
Is charged with having violated.
Inc Cincinnati Commercial appears to think
',ial tnere is a sort of manifest destiny in the
eiectlon OF Gov. Washburn for Senator from
massachusetts. 1t says that there have not
been "ashburns enough in Congress for sew
eral years.
The st. Paul Pioneer utters its protest
against the generally accepted sentiment in
the East that the West is solid for imitation.
1t says that no Board of Trade, no business
men, nobody has petitioned for such stupen-
oous folly. 1t admits that the State is badly
represented on this question, but declares
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-23
Washington News and Gossip.

PROPOSED ABOLITION OF NUISANCE.
The proceedings in tie House were barren of
interest. There were two indications of de-
sire for additional Investigations; the introduc
ton of resolution asking for an investigation
into the matters of the Boys Reform School, of
this District; the second asking that the Joint
Investigating Committee ON the District of Co.
lumbia inquire into the expectancy of Temporal
rily suspending the Legislature of the District
of Columbia, which will meet Monday next
1t will be remembered that the Reform School
for this District was large sufferer by bank
ruptcy of Jay Cooke 4 Co., the trust fund for
this school having been deposited in that bank
ing institution. 1t is for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether the funds were so deposited
with knowledge Of the insolvent condition of
Jay Cookies bank, that this investigation is Or
dered. The local Legislature has long been
considered legislative pest, and its abolition
has been desired by The best men in the Dis
trict Govern ment, including Governor Shop
herd. The only real corruption which has been
discovered by the pending investigation is in
connection with the District Legislature, which
seems, in fact, to great extent, to have been a
nest of bribers. There is a very strong desire
to have the Legislature permanently abolished,
and to this extent at least to modify the exist
ing form of Territorial Government here.
FREE PRESS ACCOMPANIED BY FREE
CUDGEL.
General George G. Mckee, who has repre-
scented the Vicksburg district of Mississippi for
some years past, has caned John James Piatt
who is now in charge of the Capitol in Don
Piatts absence, for an arti lie rejecting on him
which appeared in last Sundays issue. This is
an Endorsement of Frankln's maxim that "a
free press must be accompanied by a free
cudgel."
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-23
DIR. schenck's Standard Remedies

The standard remedies for all diseases of the lungs
are SCHENcK's PULMoNIc SYRUP. SCHENCK's SEA-
WEED TONIC, and SCHENCKs MANDRAKE PILLS
and if taken before the lungs destroyed. speedy
cure is effected fO"'
To these three medicines DR.. j. H. Schenck. of
Philadelphia owes his unrivalled success in the
treatment of pulmonary diseases.
, The Pumonic Syrup rpens the morbid matter in
the lungs nature throws it of by an easy expectora
tlon for when the phlegm matter is ripe a slight
cough will throw it off, the patient has rest and The
lungs begin to heal.
To enable the Pulmonc Syrup to do this, Scnenck,s
Mandrake Pills and Schencks Sea-weed Tonic must
pc freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver
Schenck's Mandrake Pills act on the liver removing
all Instructions relax the gall bladder the bile starts
freely, and the liver Is soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is gentle stimulant
and Alternative; the akali of which it is comnosed
mikes with the food and prevents sourne IT assists
the Digestion by tonng up the stomach to healthy
condition, so that the food and Pulmonic Syrup will
m Ike good blood; then the lungs heal, and the natl
ent will surely get well if care IS taken to prevent
Dr. Schenck can be consulted at the Quincy House.
Boston Boston, 90 Wednesday, March 25th, April sth and
Advice will be given free, but for thorough exam
nation with the Respirometer the charge is $500.
, Schenck's Medicines are sold by all Druggists
throughout the country es'''
Schenck's Almanac can be had of all Druggists
Hee' me12eodSEw1ysn11
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-23
News and Other Items.

Iowa boasts dozen newspapers conducted
by lady editors not to mention several flourish
ing sewing societies.
During the present year eighteen States will
elect Governors, thirty-five Congressman and
twenty-five United S tates Senators, besides the
vacancy yet to be filed in Louisiana.
Next Wednesday the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture will discuss the bill to repeal the local OPP
tion temperance law of last winter. The Pit ts-
burgh Gazette thinks the repeal measure may
pass, much to its regret.
Abiding to the fact that three fine steamers
have been fatally weakened by additions to
their length, the Christian Register saws
"Many fine sermons have been ruined in the
same way"
A school teacher in Dewitt county. I'll hos
introduced new method of punishment into
his school. When one of the girls misses a
word the lad who spells it has permission To
kiss her. The Clinton Public says: serbe re-
suit is that the girls are fast forgetting all
they ever knew about spelling, while the bows
are improving with wonderful rapidity"
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-23

In sickness with medicines that depress the phvsical
energies. What the sick principally need is an &C
cession of vital strength to enable them to cope with
the enemy that has assailed them. The diseased
system should be sustained, toned puriedIand reg
ulated, and there is medical preparation in ex-
istence so largely endowed with the properties re-
quired to effect these objects Hostetters Stomach
Btters. In ordinary practice aperient blood-depur
ating antibiious and sedatiye medicines are admin
istered separately. In Hostettes Bitters all these
agents are combined and act together in perfect har
mony, so that undue debility and undue excitement
alike prevented, and the strength of the patient
rallies while the disease is losing ground Tn dvs-
pepsia, liver complaint, chronic constitution inter-
mttent levers, general weakness, and ali ailments
Nvolving physical and mental depression this pure
Vegetable restorative is a sovereign remedy.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-23
STATE NEWS.
KENNEBEC COUNTY,


The Lewiston Journal says Mrs Mary B.
Buxton, living in Vassalboro, about ninety
years old, died last week. She had lived alone
on a farm many years, and though reported
quite wealthy, had deprived herself the actual
necessaries of life, and would have died alone
but for the kindness of a few neighbors. She
wlled her property to the missionaries.
The Lewiston Journal says three valuable
horses-one owned by W. A. Wright. NJ. D.,
one by Moses Whittier, esq.,, one by Hon. An
son Morrill,, died in Readfield on Saturday last
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Depocr says that Andrews & Waldron
will commence work at Paris. in the shovel
handle business in few weeks. They have
ash enough already to last about three months.
The Democrat says that Bethel people are
looking forward to the addition of G.. = H.
r. machine shop to the village :
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
James Dority, who was injured few weeks
since by being thrown from hand car near
Danforth on the E. & N. A. Railway, died
from the effects of his injuries on Saturday.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-23

THE North Star is informed by Senator
Arnold who was requested by Gov. Dingley
to inquire into the condition of the Swedish
colony, that he found the general condition of
the people good and as a whole the settlement
is prosperous. A few cases were found
where supply of seed will be needed but
these were confined to late arrivals, whose
crops were cut off by frosts. A gentleman in
this city has within fey days received from
New Sweden letter signed by several lead
ing working men in the colony who declare
that there is no general des titution but only
a few cases like those referred to by Mr.. Ar
mold. They also write that the colony is in
good health and courage, and that all who
would work-and all would but few fine
gentlemen could make good living and
secure home. A correspondent of the Ad-
-9srtiser@a-- student in-Goihy- University,
writes an account of visit on stormy day
which is not very encouraging. Possibly
the collegiate has not had an extensive ex-
perience in new settlements and expects to
find the culture of the Oldest towns OF Maine
and the customs of the Yankee among the
colorists. We have no right to expect this,
or even that they can cut away the forests
and make farms with the same facility as the
Aroostook backwoodsman who has spent his
life at it. Everything was new to them when
they begun there and they had to learn every
thing. We regret to learn from the Advertiser
correspondent who visited one house that the
people are filthy. Two years since we visited
impression that they were very clearly and
tidy people. Such is the testimony of scores
Of grown people who have visited the colony
at various seasons. At any rate, give the
Svedes fair chance and do not expect more
of them than of the same number of people
"to the manor born"
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-23
A Chapter Of Political History.

In our later history no one event has been
more pregnant with consequences, or less
clearly understood than the advent of "know-
ncthingism" in our politics. The" American
party stands alone in our political annals as
an organization which failed in all its
avowed objects, and yet unwittingly has
tened if it did not directly cause a political
revolution more momentous and more COM
plete than that of 1900. A most unscriptur-
al tree, it produced figs from stock unmis.
takably thorny. 1t was political John tn,
baptlst, crying out in the dreary wilderness
OF our politics, procIaiming no articulate mes
sage it is true, but preparing the way for the
Republican party and its warfare against
shameful compromises. Having nc particular
virtue in Itself it acted chiefly as ferment.
Inc secret of its possibilities lay i'm this, that
In period of disintegraton it possessed all
admirable organization. At a time when
neither OF the old parties could count with
SAFETY upon single congressional district it
nao well In hand a million and a half of
Observation-Disclosures and we'll Differed. It's
oath bound lodges and secret ritual gave If
singular power in those days when the older
organizations, debauched by blind struggle
for the spoils OF office, had lost all power of
cohesion and were fast falling to pieces.
The order was organized in the city of New
York in 1853. Its proclai ned objects were to
check foreign influence, to purify the ballot
box, and to nullify all efforts to exclude the
Bible from the public schools. The dissatis-
faction engendered by tue attempts to repea!
the Missouri ,ompromise.n 1854 acted in its
lavor, and it rapidly spread over the country.
II carried several states and elected large
ue.esation to the national Legislature. At
'nis Juhcture its immense adyantaoes as an
engine for the destruction of the old nor,;os
anu as nucleus for new organization were
perceived 10y the sagacious men who had .,
near' Inc single purpose of DESTROYING tho
save power With admirable foresipbt tbo,
SeiIeu upon the machinery of the new partv
e"'ins NIUE ior Its avowed purposes, but de-
termined to create by means of II ,roo.
free-soll organization which wou,d sorne
barrier 10 Tue further encroachments of tbe
slave-holding oligarchy of the South IT,
movement led to disruption of tho -.
can Order, but the Republican nartv 49,.
formed. 1t was the riddle OF Samson ouo.
again-honey was brought out of the carcass
of the dead lion.
The history of this movement, the most
audaclous, successful and well planned in
a. H"erlcan politics, is given in that chapter of
we PRESIDENT Wilson's forthcoming work
On the Slave power ent;,Iod o.t, It.
The sn n ana collapse of the American party"
Of the a;an OF using the party in furtberance
:n the nnns. OF the freesoilers was carried ont
-.ro ' n, no,shern elections of 1854 Alliances
, w." Wy s w.'h the disaffected wings and
antl-Neoraska Democrats. co mn'ss ana
were sometimes made to the copserv. ttss,0ns
State tickets, but care was taken ,h". on