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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-11-28
HAPPIEST RELIEF

Ono UTS AND BRUISES, The action
of COSMOLINE is almost magical. II
promptly applied it prevents soreness,
and the wounds heal very rapidly.
FOR PILES it has proved to be an
unequaled remedy, and many sufferer
has blessed the day of its introduction
FOR SKIN DISEASES we can recon-
mend it with the greatest confidence, es-
pecially for Salt Rhenm, letter, Eczema
ETC., and Teething humonrs.
We might go on ennmerating the many
other conditions for which is is une-
qualled, but will only add that wherever
there is inflammation from any cause, cos
MOLINE brings rapid and happy relief,
and will bethe
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-11-28

The Postmaster General has no power
under the la,o, 10 release bidders and con-
tractors and their s,reties from their la
biiities on the allegation Of real or sup
posed mistakes Of any kind IN making
proposals. lie particularly requests that,
before bidding, the fullest inquiry and
Investigation be made IN regard to the
route, distance, service, aoeight Of mats,
cost Of stock, feed, and all expenses er-
listing and likely to occur during Ike con-
tract term, and Nth due consideration Of
the consequences imposed By lao on de-
hnquefsts
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Dated
, 1874-12-13
GROCERIES,
TT z; & s :!

No now IN receipt Of large shipments Of China
and Japan Teas which offer dealers and consumers
At small advance cost Of importing.
superior quality Of CosEee, roasted aad ground d.iy
It mills, now in operation ona premises
] aud North Clark6t-
, 1874-12-13

This Company isues Certificates Of Insurance parable
n case Of n,s. tho option of the assured in 1oudon
PaFs, Antwerp B7c.nsn, Of hamburg.
Dl;:ECTORS-ArthusC c. Celia. Wua. Wol,f Gcor1o
1; Harrison. Francts Il: Cope. Edward s. C!arfe +.
Gafl'2R hsnF5 Louis 9: Aiadeira. Char's. y: Cush.
Piatt. li2nry Winsor William Il. Trofter, Alh1rt F.
Damon, ThoznaA Z. Price, Sauae Field Ch1-. Wheeler.
Arthur &. COFFIN, President
CHARLES PLAl~r, Vice Pres.
WIN. 5. DAVIS. Sccoud Vice-Prus.
Ma Tf3fAS IARIS. Secretary.
G. Z. FRYER, Assistant SocrpiAry.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07
Fowls in the Horse Stable.

Fowls should never be permitted to
have access to the horse stable, nor the
feed room. nor the hay NOW. Their roosts
should be entirely separate from the stable
so that they may not always be ready to
Slip in. whenever a door is opened and
that the vermin which infests poultry may
not reach horses and cattle
1t is a well known fact that fowls of all
kinds frequently drops very sordid offen-
sive, clammy, viscous odor; and when al
lowed to go on the hay NOW, or in the
feeding room, or anywhere in the barn,
they damage more fodder than we are
wont to suppose. We would as soon allow
fowls to live in the kitchen. and to hop on
the dinner table while we are eating, and
to roost on our bedstead. as to allow them
to have free access to the horse stable and
barn
Some horses are always afraid of fowls;
and when one enters the manger, or rack,
the timid horses will Immediately surren-
der their entire right, however hungry
they may be, to these lawless marauders.
with their foul feet and smeared 4 portion
Of it with their filthy droppings, a horse
must be exceedingly hungry before he will
eat his mess. Many a horse has been de-
prived of his feeding of grain by a lot Of
bold gallinaceous robbers that had learn
ed when and where to fill their empty crops
with the feed of a faded horse Let gates
and bars exclude fowls and pigeons from
the doors and windows of all horse stables
IN Y Times
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07
Seed Potatoes and Fertilizers.

Mr. f. H. Judd, Of South Hadley, Mass,
in IN essay read before the Franklin Har-
vest Club, said
After experimenting with most kinds
of fertilizers and methods Of planting and
cultivating the potato, have solved the
problem to my satisfaction. | am conf
dent that the best results can be obtained
on the maiority ofour soils, by first plough
ing, then thoroughly pulverizing and drill
ling at least five inches deep. Then apply
in drill manure of first quality at the rate
OF five cords per acre after dropping the
seed in bottom of drill, the manure to be
top of seed, and only leaving one eye on q
piece and putting only one piece in Hill.
Having tried different sized tubers, am
satisfied that the larger the potato you use
for seed the greater will be the returns
Two different years i have experimental
by cutting my potatoes into pieces leaving
only one eye on piece, and put only one
piece in a hill, with the following results:
In the spring of 1868, | took one bushel of
potatoes and cut them into pieces, leaving
only one eye on a piece, and planted them
one piece in hill They went over near
" one-third of an acre. The following fall
harvested from that field 105 bushels of
understandable potatoes Have since tried
the experiment of putting in two eyes, but
have diminished the yield nearly one
third
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07
Successful Farming.

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The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

TRIMMING FRUIT TREES. Twenty years
ago | went into my orchard to ascertain
if possible, the best time to trim fruit trees,
having regard to the healing of the wounds
made. ! commenced with the month OF
April, amputated a number of limbs,
watched carefully the wounds made, and
the time the wounds commenced to heal,
and in this way went through the twelve
months Of the year, and after close eX-
animation for one year after the work was
done, came to the conclusion that from
the twentieth of May to the twentieth OF
June was the best time.
The reason is, the wounds made then
healed over in the shortest time and in the
best manner. The two poorest months for
healing are the months of February and
March. When the wound is made in the
tore part OF June, (if the tree is healthy,)
it will commence to heal within one week
from the time it was made but if in Feb
ruary or March, the wound may become
hard and dry, and sometimes there is a
liquid which comes from the wound, and
turns black as it runs down the tree If the
trimming could not be done in the best
time, | would next prefer the month OF
October or November; but the best place
to trim one-halt of the trees in this State
is close to the ground More than one half
of the fruit trees that have been set out
in this State for the last twenty-five years,
have been lost, for the want of proper care
and manure. My advice to every person
is never to set out a tree unless you intend
to take care of it. Worcester Co. Cor.
COngre9ationalist
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07
Setting Hens in the Spring.

During the early spring months, it will
be found that the number OF losses in
Matching will be much diminished if the
nests are made as warm as possible. In
stead of placing handful OF loose straw
in square box on pigeon hole, a couple
OF shovelluls OF pulyerulent earth, or even
coal ashes, should first be thrown in This
has the wo,fold advantage of being readl
" followed out into aconcaye nest, which
keeps the eggs together. and prevents
them rolling away from under the hen
and secondly, it forms much warmer
nest, and SO keeps the eggs at a proper
hatching temperature in spite OF the cold
weather.
Simple as this precaution may appear,
it is one that Will be found greatly to CON
duce to success in Matching during the
earlier months in the year Another pre-
caution that should always be taken is to
examine the eggs after they have been sat
upon for week, and to remove those that
look clear when held at night against =
lighted candle This plan is most advaa-
tageouS. as, by the removal Of the sterile
and untertilized eggs. those lett in the nest
roll into the centre, and are much less la
bic to be uncovered by the moI ement of
the hen London Field.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07
Serenity.
BY ALICE NJ. WELLINGTON.

Her days are rs silyerflowing stream;
Above. the ripping sunbeams llasn and CLEAN :;
Beneath, strong currents noisele>s as Il dream.
Her heart is like the lilies that bloom wide
In resttul beauty on the restless tide,
Asking not where the eager waters glide.
Her thoughts are white winged birds that from
below
To the high heavens soar and vanish So
Alas. mine cannot follow where they 60.
Her Joys are bright-wnged birds that from on
high
Come singing down, and tempt the stream to
And sing with them as they fit singing by
Her sorrow>-she has none her heart will own:
The air is silent when the birds have flown,
But the bright stream then sings the song alone.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07
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-. "" or tAFre weeks a8" an accident
dla NOT occur h";r Scranton Penn. the
newspapers nllr~ed i sensational horror !;
adoZen men, instead of being hurled into
eternity without time to breathe Il prayer.
walked 4urtI\ home I" their dinners, quite
"nc"nSrI"ns ihat Death had had them by
the throat II might, after all. be worth
our Whl!' |" Io"k lhlo the cause ol the loss
OF thlS tragedy to the world: Wc should
nave peen Keen enough TO unr;fth the
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The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

Sometimes the deepest prayer of all is
not only without utterance, not only with
out words, but even goes down below the
region OF distinct thought. It is simply
turning to God and opening the heart to
Him, to receive whatever influence He
may send. II. Freeman Clarke.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07
Cattle Killing Trees.

1t is 4 fact that all careful farmers must
have noticed, that a tree, seeming ever so
thrifty and of wateVcr kind. to which cat
tie have access. and under which they
stand, Will very soon die-in the case of
solitary shade trees in pastures or by the
road side This is a common occurrence.
and the question naturally arises, wky is
it? First. rubbing a tree by the necks of
cattle is highly injurious, and if persisted
in, will commonly DESTROY them sooner or
later; but ii the body of the tree be cased
So that their nccks cannot touch it, death
will ensue just as certainly if they are
allowed to trample round it. But why
should tranping the earth destroy the
trees? The reason is one of wide and
Important application to the laws Of veg
etable growth. The roots Of plants need
the ar Just as much as the leaves and
branches Their case is similar to that OF
fishes, which, though they must have
water, must nave air also, viz. lust about
as much as permeates the water. If it be
all shut off, 50 that none which is fresh can
get to them, they viii exhaust the supply
on hand and then die for the want of more.
So the roots Of trees and vegetables want
air. When the earth is in Il normal or
natural condition, it IS tull OF channels by
which air gets to them. But if cattle are
allowed to tramp down the earth, and the
sun aids the work by banking it at the
same time, a crust like brick is formed,
that shuts off the moisture, and the tree
soon dwimdle4 and dies. So a tree cannot
live if it, roots are covered with a close
pavement; they will Struggle for life by
creeping TO the surface and hosting out
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

FLoATlNG ISLAND. 4 pond in Ions
dale, X. L., has a floating island like those
found in Georgia lakes. 1t is u quarter Of
an acre in extent, and, to put 1T nautically,
draws six feet of water 1t has been ac-
eumulating for twenty years, and its soil
is so solid that It maintains a thick growth
of trees twenty-five feet high. Picnics are
held on this island, and romantic lovers
go there. The wind blows it from point
to point in the pond, sometimes moving 1T
with considerable velocity. In the neigh
borhood it is the subject of many super
stitions one of them being that sweet
hearts who vow fidelity upon 1t will never
be taithcSS.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

IMPORTANT ITEM FOR FARMERS. A pres
ident OF an agricultural society calls atten-
ton to the tact that there are, in stand
ard legal barrel, only one hundred quarts,
while the ordinary flour barrel most in use
among the farmers in the sale Of potatoes
and apples, contain nearly one-eighth
more Farmers sell their produce in flour
barrels and merchants transfer the same
to standard barrels, making u profit on
quantity as well as on the price. In the
sale of eight hundred barrels Of potatoes
from farm, the proprietor loses one hun
dred barrels, worth two hundred and fifty
dollars, for which he might as we'll he
paid The middleman. not the consumer
profits by this. Farmers, see to 1t that you
employ the one hundred quart barrels
hereafter EX.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

A man writing POLITICALLY of the weather
says; The backbone OF winter Is broken
but its tail wags yet occasionally
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

Lone FpRK0Ws. A German agricultural
journal prints a plea for long fnrrows
The turning OF the plough and the conf
mencing Of new furrow require more
exertion in the ploughman and the team,
than continued work on straight line
and how great may really be the loss Of
time from frequent Interruptions in short
turns may be shown by the following cal
cuIations In field 225 feet long. FIVE
and half hours out Of ten are used in re-
directing the plough; with length OF 30
feet, four hours are sufficient for the
purpose and when the plough can proceed
without interruption for 800 feet, only one
and half hours of the daily working time
are consumed
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

HIGH FEEDING AND GooD BUTTER. At
a recent exhibition Of the Chester County
Agricultural Society, Pennsylvania, Isaac
Acker received the first prize on butter,
who being called on for his mode of man
agement, remarked as follows; He feeds
ten quarts of corn meal and bran to each
cow per day. with hay; does not think that
corn fodder makes good butter. The tenn
perature of the cream at churning was
titty-seven degrees and was churned from
twelve to twenty minutes; uses six ounces
of salt and three ounces of white sugar to
twenty pounds of butter used an Embree
butter worker, with a sponge and cloth,
and did not wash the butter with water.
Mr. Acker believes that the essentials to
make the dairy business pay are good
cows, well fed and well taken care Of,
good and convenient dairy houses and ap-
planes, and then produce good article
and sell it at a high price. One year ago,
his cows averaged 230 pounds each.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

TO SETTLE COFFEE. AS soon - il IS
Drowned and while yet warm, mix it with
a well-beaten eggg-say one egg to a pound.
This forms cover round the kernels, pre-
serving the aroma, and when ground is an
admirable settler.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

Worldly faces never look 50 worldly as
at funeral They have the same effect
OF grating incongrnity as the sound of a
coarse voice breaking the solemn silence
of night. George Eliot
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

CLARA LOUISE kELLOGG's SOLDIER
LOVER. The following comes from q very
gracefully written sketch OF the great
American prlma donna, from the pen of
Lucy Hamilton Hooper: \ singular and
mourntul little romance is connected with
the earlier portion Of the fair Singers
career During the last year of the war,
and after one Of the last great battles, the
chaplain Of one of the Massachusetts REQ
iments was engaged in rendering the last
services to the dying, when he came across
a young lieutenant lying by the roadside,
and evidently desperately wounded The
chaplain proposed to summon medical aid,
but the young man declined the offer,
saying that he was dying, and that he
preferred to be left to pass away without
further suffering After doing what he
could to make the sufferer more conftorta-
BILE in his last moments, the chaplain
any messages to his relatives OF friends
NO, he had neither he was alone in the
world 'Was there no one persisted
send Il word of farewell?n The Young
officer hesitated. "Yes,n he answered,
there is one-Miss Clara Louise Kellogg,
LliC II AoilC tUcS uOG KNOW me,
nor have | ever met or seen her off the
stage. But she is the one, the only woman
that L ever loved. | saw her in opera
repeatedly when | was last in Boston, and
the effect she produced on me was in
Simultaneous and inetfaceable And | should
die happier did know that she would one
day learn that had once existed and that
| loved her A few brief lines were pen
cilled by the failing hand on a leaf of the
chaplain's note book, q single dark curl
was severed from the locks already grow
ing damp with the dews of death, a word
OF two of thanks were family spoken, and
then the dim eyes closed, and the brief
romance and the young soldier had ended
together. In due course of time the let
ter and the lock of hair were placed in
Miss Kellogg's hands, and if the spirit of
the sender, at the moment of receiving
them, was lowering near, he had at least
the JOY of knowing that, though unknown
to his fair ladylove, he had not died I'M
| wont by har
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

Hood, on being shown portrait Of
himself very unlike the original, said that
the artist had perpetrated a false-Hood.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-07

The schooner f. A. Baker arrived from
Georges banks at New London last week
considerably shattered by terrific explo-
sion Of naphtha on board while on the
banks. 1t occurred on Wednesday while
the vessel was at anchor The cabin was
torn to pieces, the matches blown off, a
stove was upset and the hot Goals thrown
into one of the hunks, setting the vessel
on fire, and altogether there was lively
time, with hard work to save the craft
from total destruction. 1t was singular
and fortunate circumstance that no person
,n bnor1 Iuac i,,iuraI
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-10
FOREIGN,
Outrage by LadrOnes.

CITY OF MEXICO, March |, via Havana
Ten bandits attacked a stage near Quad
alsjara. The passengers resisted A rein
forcement of thirty bandits arrived, when
eight gendarmes, who were escorting the
stage, fed. The passengers, however, con
tinned to defend the stage. The bandits
killed William Wesifall, q German physi
clan. formerly residing in Havana, and
Bartholy, d German merchant, and wounded
two Mexicans. They also maltreated Bar
tholy's wife and the rest of the passengers,
and chopped the bodies of the two dead
Germans. The Governor of Topic has sent
out men to search for the bandits.
Captured and filed.
Andres Castro. the celebrated San Luis
POtosi bandit, has been captured and
executed.
Santa Anna Inspires NO Enthusiasm.
Journals refer to Santa Annals return Ss
without particular significance.
Riot in Pesth.
PEsTH, March "a riot broke out here
to-day and was not suppressed until the mil
itary, which was called ont, had fired on
the mob, killing four persons and wOunding
many. Several buildings were burned by
rioters.
Religious Riot in Berlin.
BERLIN, March 9.-The arrest of the
Bishop of Trevis last week caused much
excitement among the Catholic population.
1t was followed today by the forcible clos.
ing of the seminary attached to The Bishops
see, in accordance with the DEGREES of the
courts and orders of the government. Large
numbers of people gathered around the in
stitution and tried to prevent the officers
from doing their duty. A riot followed,
which threatened to become serious. Troops
came TO the assistance Of the authorities,
and quickly dispersed the mob. Tonight
the city is reported qniet.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-10
Women rs School Officers,

The annual report of the commissioner OF
public schools OF Rhode Island contains
some sensible conclusions in regard to the
appointment of school officers, and offers
a number OF very excellent reasons why
these should be selected from among wO-
men and teachers. These reasons may be
briefly included in the three conditions of
natural fitness, experience, and time. 1t is
so generally admitted that women make
the best school teachers, up to a certain
grade of education, that we need not at
tempt to argue the question. That the con-
ditions which fit them for this position will,
after they have graduated from the plat
form, enable them to direct and instruct
other teachers, looks reasonable, certainly.
The element of time, which must of neces-
sity enter so largely into mans arrange
ments, has tar less weight in its influence
on the movements of majority of women,
and they would be able, in the positions of
superintendent, trustee or school inspector,
to devote much more attention to the re-
quirements of those positions than most
men.
OF course, we should recommend the ap-
pointment or election of women to these
positions, to be made only in connection
with jurisdiction over primary, interme-
date and girls schools. Our own knowl-
edge and experience OF the influence and
character of male trustees and inspectors of
public schools, especially in our large cities,
leads us to believe that the cause Of educa-
ton and other even more important inter-
ests would be much better served BY wo-
men. The experiment has already been
tried in Illinois, and in some towns in Mas
sachusetts, and We may now have the op-
portunity Of watching it's working in Bos-
ton. Wherever tried it has thus far worked
to the entire satisfaction of all parties inter-
ested. While we do not believe in the
divergence of woman from her proper
sphere, we see no good reason for not recog-
nizing her as peculiarly calculated for the
duties appertainipg to school offices.-Nev
York Commercial Advertiser.