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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11
PAULT-PINDING.

The world is full ofchronic fault
finders. Nothing can please them.
They take delight in growing,
grumbling about everything they
meet. Humanity has no bright
side to the grumblers. 1t looks
black, dreary, hopeless to them,
from whatever point of view they
examine it. They overlook the
virtues ofan individual, and hold
up single fault from which to
jucge his character. We do not
envy the happiness of these growl-
-ers. Their unhappy frame of mind
is about the only pleasure they en-
joy. 1t may sound paradoXical ,
but the social misery they create
is to them source of enjoyment.
a single hopeful heart is worth
a regiment of these fault-fnders
humanity has its bright side
beautiful and attractive to those
who seek it, The world is alive
with public and private virtue,
and we should be ready at all
times to foster and encourage this
element of social comfort and pub
tic happiness.
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THE WAR IN nuRA.

NEW YORK, April IA letter
from Havana says:-''Informa-
ton obtainable about the recent
battle Of Guasiama says it was one
Of the hardest.contested fights that
has taken place between the insur-
gems and Spaniards. OF the
wounded brought to Havar most
all have received their injuries by
mdchete. They report that they
were over two hours figting at
close quarters. Brigadier Ami
nan, with about 5000 men--caval-
ry, infantry and artillery-be-
coming aware of the massing of
the insurgents under Maxine
Gomez, marched forward, and on
the 18th encountered them i'm large
force. An attack was Immediately
begun by the Cubans, SO that Ar
minan had barely time to form a
square, placing his artillery in the
center, the cavalry being ordered
tocut its way through the enemy's
lines and procure reinforcements
at Puerto Principe. The cavalry
was fearfully cut up, very few be-
ing left to bring the news of the
critical condition of the Spanish
column These succeeded in reach
ing Puerto Principe, with their
purSuers at their heels. Brigadier
Bascones, wits a column of 1900
started, out but had hardly gone
beyond the suburbs of Puerto
Principe before he was attacked
by Cubans. Bascones succeeded
in pressing on and had another
encounter with the insurgents,
finally uniting his column with
that OF Arminan. The loss of the
Spaniards was very severe, and it
is reported that over forty officers
are killed and wounded. Both
sides fought with great bravery.
On the evening of the 10Th of
March Captain General Jovellar
took precautionary measures for
protecting the exchange offices, as
rumors of manifestations to be
made against those institutions
were afloat Word was sent to the
Spanish Admiral to have the ma
rines in readiness for landing at a
moments notice. Howitzers were
mounted in the bows of the laun-
ches of the Spanish men-of-war
ready to be landed. Several groups
of men were quietly dispersed"
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Skin Grating

DR.. Bells method Of skin grating, as
performed in numerous cases at the
Royal Infrmary, Edinburgh, has proved
very successful. In procuring portions
Of skin for this purpose he takes them
from some sound portion Of the patients
body, preferably from the arm. A
piece of skin is pincbed up bya pair Of
common catch-foreceps, and cut off to
the required size with pair of scissors.
This piece is divided into smaller pieces
about the size Of a grain Of rice, and is
planted among the EXAMINATIONS of the
ulcer by means Of a probe, one small
piece being sufficient for about a square
inch Of surface. Over each Of the CRAFTS
is hid apiece of gutta percha tissue, half
a square inch in size previously dipped
in some antiseptic solution The ulcer
is then covered by two layers of similar
pieces of gutta-psrcha tissue, placed on
each other in an imbricated manner, and
over these dressing of antsaptic gauze
and bandage; this dressing is not re-
moved for two or three days. when it is
replaced as at first To insure success.
before grating the ulcers should he free
from fetor, and the dressing changed I'M
der spray.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

Gov. Dix Sounds a Note of Alarm
A Heavy Shot at the Imitation
Policy

ALBANY, April Governor
Dix, IN message 10 the legislature
to-day says: II deem ii due to the
interest and honor of the state to
call upon you, as its chosen repre-
Sentatives, to take into considera-
ton the propositions before Con-
gress in regard to the currency,
though imma ure and require the
concurrent action of both houses
to give them the validity of law.
The millions of deprecated and ir
redeemabie paper, if issued as pro-
posed, will, by law of distribu-
ton, which no human power can
control, be into the city of New
York 10 uphold and stimulate
stock gambling, to glut the chan
neis of industry, embarress all hon
est transactions of business, and
cause reaction in the various de-
partments of labor, by which the
working classes are thrown out of
employment and to shake to its
foundation the Fabric ofthe public
credit. Against the introduction
OF such an instrument of dishonor
and calumny we should enter our
solemn protest, as we would
against any other flood or contain
ination. l speak with clear un-
Outstanding of the force of my
words. | believe and trust YOU
will concur with me in the opin-
ion that the emergency demands
the plainest and most emphatic
language.
l therefore recommend such ex-
preston on your part as may COM
port with the dignity of the legis-
lature, and as you may deem due
to the interests of your constitu-
ents. am not without the hope
that timely declaration of your
views, to be presented to Congress
through the Senators and repesen-
tatives from this State, may arrest
the torrent of disgrace and disas-
ter with which the country is
threatened from this source. If
your protests and warnings are un-
needed, you will have the consola-
ton of rejecting, when the evil
comes upon us, that no effert has
been spared to avert it.
JOHN A. DIX.
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GERMA Ny BIsMAROK'S MILL
TARY BILLS :

The army bills which have been
presented to the Prussian Reich
stag, with the official documents
forp arded i'll support OF them. go
10 prove tie preuOniinance of The
military spirit IN the government
OF the German Empire, despite
the fact that majority OF the leg
islative body is opposed to their
adoption, and that their forcible
advocacy by the Prince Chancel-
Tor indicates some uneasiness on
his part with regard to the main
tenauce OF the existing peaceful re-
lations in Europe. They prove
that Prince Bismarck is fully de-
termiucd To be prepared for future
emergencies. The effective militia
~ strength. as fixed i'll the bills,
i, 1905 officers, 40l $3.50 non-com-
nIloolOned officers, private sol
diers and musicians; 1879 surge
0ns, 6ol paymasters, 604 veter-
mary surgeons, 5S7 armorers, 90
saddiers and 80, 1873 horses. The
number of infantry regiments is
l4S. There is provided. a school
for gunnery and six schools for
sub-otiicers. Besides these t4ere
are rs battalions of chasseurs, 274
landWehr district commands, 90
cavalry regiments, l militia y rid
ing scnool, 80 regiments of field
artillery, regiments of foot artil-
lery, 3 battalions of horse artil-
ltry, Is battallions of pioneers and
train, l railway battalion at Ber-
lin, and a railway battalion
company in Bavaria. The schools
for cadets receive special atten-
ton. In these nurseries for Off
GERS there now live 1900 young
men under instructions and train
ing They are distributed as fol-
lows: Berlin, 800 pupils; Potsdam,
$40; Calm, 1870; Wahlstadt, 200;
Bensberg, 900, and Orantenstein,
l40. These do not include the
Dresden cadets. The war marine
is also being overhauled and in
creased, and the total money cred
asked for exceeds 500, 100000.
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FE MlNfNlT'lES

1t is stated that an English lady is
going to expend S25,000 on all aque.
duct to supply Jerusalem with water.
81 be iemalstrom" i what Dayton
newspaper calls the present womau's
movement ir favor Of temperance.
A Western reporter was angry be-
cause young woman would not waltz
with him, and in his report of the ball
called her ga GRACEFUL little toad"
The Nashville ladies' who agreed to
wear only calico dr. sses at church, have
molly kept to their resolution, but none
have attended church since.
The "irst lady" business aiilcts Gin
cinnati inst now, the question being
whether an Alderman's wife Is higher
than the wife of the County Recorder.
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A Vermont Dairy.

At = field there Is noted dairy
farm T. 1855 acres owned aud carried Oh
by Dr. II. A Glmt Butter is IA spc-
cialty and Wit this obj, IN view every
crop on the farm Is prntured There
are cn the farm abrut twtuty-tour or
twenty-five COWS, Jerseys or graded
The cows are all lied with ropes around
the ueck in staoes ~Iih plank ho"rs,
bedded ~iih sad, aud carded daily
DR.. Grant steam~ all the l~'d for his
cows. SIeaming AT one time about 300
busi cis ofchnpI ed hay and stalks. mixed
with innr bushels f bran aud fifty gal
Ions 80 water. His hoiIrr is 500 feet dis
TAM. tie steam being carried under
grmnd. II takes ten to fifteen hours to
cuck "A single mess and it is done twice a
week The cows are ted bushe each
twice day, aud long hay if they need
more The milk is set IN long pals like
those in use atcreameries; but after stand.
ing in the cool water vat until tho at
imal heat il ont, they are lifted just above
the water, where they hang till skinned.
The skinner used and all other utensils
are those in use at Creameries He also
uses the sponge and napkin when
working the butter. He f, eds $40 bushels
of corn mea! annually to his cows.
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-. 80 .ta 80 l.agrr.

[From tue Z,e k,ta bly, Cttirr.
Among IN, many appal. 10 the
Ono Lggi-la ar III ne repeal or
modification of tm iiqaor aw,per.
hap. none haze u 81 more pathetic
than he iodo@n from Herr Gam
name:
O. vat is di-b o.. c,ahe ~ pass
Di- denperdncccI .,istfgo
Has d",k away nS ,,tea rights,
Lie, hpIty .mi lager
De Constitution ha, been bored
Nil dis big temperance anger,
Vich left ont all da' dere vas stored, ,
Life, ipcriy aud lager.
Und wen d. swallows honeward fly"
Uud ven swigs aud >waggcr.
No soul n,itin is s'aO,iib ~
To scbeck Dc flow - lager
Mine pody's only shoost rptut
Val day ~ day grows larger
We're efery time yeht II. ui'd out
Life, hperiy uad lager.
Den Vat is lite mtout some tings
To make my ny heiscb grow larger,
Und liperty nIilout some drinks,
Particularly lager
he Bird OF Freedoms flowed away,
From dis beni2hted region
o, LEGISLATORS, do, pray,
Pring pack the Bird % Freedom
HERR GAMMANE.
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THE CRUSADE.
The Whiskey Ticket Carries
Cleveland.
KILLED DURING A TEMPERANCE
RIOT.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, April r.
The municipal election yesterday
passed Off with great excitement.
The Democrats or whisky men
have carried the city by at least
$500 majority, and in about four
teen out of the eighteen wards by
large majorities. The returns
show, however, that the temper
ance ticket has been victorious in
a majority OF the towns and villa
ges in Northern Ohio. The bar
rooms of three ofthe largest hotels
and ten saloons nave been closed by
the exertions of the praying wo-
men, principally by the owners
giving the saloon keepers notice to
close their bars or leave within
thirty days 1t is thought that
hundreds of indictments for sell
ing liquors will be brought in by
the grand jury Yesterday the
ladies held prayer meetings in
three churches, praying for the
success of the temperance cause.
VIM. Oppman, brewer. and Jno.
Splenfeldt, a saloon keeper, charg-
ed with attempting to kill Thomas
Doolittle during the temperance
riot on the west side, were yester-
day bound over in one thousand
dollars each to answer in the Court
of Common Pleas.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

PRINCIPLES AND MEN.-The Farmers
of the Twelfth Congressional District of
Illinois. at their late Convention 10 Jack
sonville, adopted the following resolu-
ton
WHEREAS, This republic has been
twice well nigh destroyed under the de-
fusion of the fatal dogma, principles
and not men-once under the lead of
faction of violence and blood, and now
again under the rottenness and corrup-
ton Of venal monopolies, caucus wire
pnllers and effice-seekcrs, scattered
throughout all our villages and towns;
in prosecuting our reform we declare
ourselves for both principles and men,
and, first of all, integaity, frmness,
purity and ability, in the whole record
of their past lives. to select, administer
and apply our principles for us in our
behalf. Such men we propose to select,
irrespective of all antecedent party
organizations or affiliations, and to
remand all others, of whatever party,
or by however many caucuses, conveD-
tons and presses upheld and Endorsed,
and speedily as possible, to private life
We insist on clean hands and clear
heads first of all, and on just principles
as fast as we can get at them.
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The Cincinnati Gazette says that
the statement that the collection of
Internal revenue in Ohio and In
diana is less for the month of Feb
ruary by over half million than
for January, and the assumption
that this was caused by the wo
mans temperance crusade is fall
lacy. The collections are usually
less in February than in January,
in the ordinary variations of the
trade. To give any real intelli-
gence the statement should give
the collections for last February
and those of the previous Febru-
airy. Since this matter has been
twisted, will Supervisor Powell
furnish the figures?
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THE MICHIGAN CHART
EHs ELECTIONS.
Victories for Everybody.

DETROIT, April TAT the cleo
tons held in this state yesterday
the republicans elected their tick
ct in the following places: Kala-
mazoo, Corunna, Fenton, Albion.
Coldwater, Ann Arbor, Hillsdale,
Grand Haven, East Saginaw, and
Alpena. The democrats elected
their ticket in Efles, Port Huron,
Pontiac, Battle Creek, Bay Creek,
Bay City, Grand Rapids, Lansing,
and Muskegon. The temperance
ticket was elected in Ypsilanti,
the peoples or whisky ticket in
Flint, and the reform ticket in
Iona.
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Don't Go There.

The Danbury News says: "Ooe Of
cur young men has ceased 10 make calls
at certain house. ltappears that be
went the other night from an oyster sup
per, and on her father appearing at the
door, he observed: "Hallo, old tadpolel
where is the floating gazelley where Is
my love now dreaming?" This seemed
to indicate that something was wanted,
so be placed his hand sadly on the young
mans shoulder, slowed away a large
amount OF leather under his coat tail,
and then retired into the house. The
young man doesn't go there any more.
Essays the smallpox is hereditary in
the family"
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

A Kentucky lady compromised a
$40 1000 breach of promise suit by ac-
ceptiug SIS aud new chignon.
An Iowa woman poured hot water
down her husbands back to cure the
toothache, and the jury held that she
was pract;cing without license and
sent her to Jail for six months.
The girls of Alton, Iowa, resolved to
have nothing to do with fast young men
who drink, chew, smoke, swear or drive
fast horses. But when the fellows be-
gan making up to the girls of the neigh
boring town they weakened.
There is no telling what that intell-
gent coroner's jury will do next, since
it has indicted a Connecticut man for
shooting his vile, whom he,upan honor,
"mistook for stray cat"
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

A western moralist thinks that
the two great evils of the present
day are ''intoxication and costly
funerals"
The new city directory of st.
Louis, just published, puts the
present population of that town at
472, $50 souls
Every lady is anxious to know
whether her new dress Is becom-
ing; but the most likely thing to
become lady is a well-behaved
little girl.
The total debt of New York city
and county is $l06, 43l 1924.
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YOUNG MECHANICS.

There is no class of the cOmmu-
nifty upon whom the future wei -
fare OF the country more essential
~ depends than upon the rising
generation of young mech anics. /
they are intelligent, sober, indus
trious and consequently indepen-
dent. able and accustomed to Judge
for themselves, and governed in
their conduct by an enlightened
view of their own best interest i;
if they are men of this sort, the
mechanics, and especially the
young mechanics, will form, in
conjunction with the young farm
ers of the country, bulwark
against monopolies and corrupt
politicians and save the republic.
If, on the other hand, they are ig-
norant, IDLE, dissolute and conse-
quently poor, and dependent upon
those who are willing to trust
Them If our mechanics should I'M
happily become such q class-they
would soon be converted into the
mere tools of few rich and artful
men, who, having first stripped
them of every sense of self-respect
and every feeling proper to virtu-
Gus citizens, would use them as
passive instruments for promoting
their own ambitious projects, and
for the enactment of laws WHICH
are beneficial to nobody but the
artful few and base demagogues
with whom they originate.
1t is as true of the mechanical
arts as of any other profession that
acknowledge is power
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

A bachelor in springfield VT,
keeps twenty-seven cats, and why
his neighbors do not murder him
is a mystery.
We know a Banks wherein
there may be a wild time, if our
noble legislators abandon their ia
vorite candidate Boston Globe,
There are over 100000 women
in America, and yet Tom Hutton
of Georgia, hung himself on him
self on account of girl fifteen
years old.
a dispatch from Melbourne saws
Henri Rochefort and his party
have started for London, via Cal
iforuia.
The Ohio constitutional conven-
ton has refused to pass an amend
ment making women eligible to
positions on the school boards
The Staunton Virginian says !.
Eugene Peyton, of the Kanawha
Falls Hotel, forwarded to DIR. B
B. Donaghe and Capt. Geo. Prict,
by express last Friday, a huge ca
fish, weighing 45 pounds, caught
In the Kauawha river.
A commission of lunacy was
held in Richmond Saturday upon
Colonel Joseph Mayo, the default
ing state treasurer. After nearly
five hours session the commission
adjudged Mayo lunatic, and or
dered that he be sent to an asylum
for treatment.
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OHIO.

DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN GIN
CINNATI.
CINCINNATI, April THE DEM
ocrats were triumphant in the city
elections yesterday by a majority
of about 1000. They will have a
majority of about Is on joint bal
lot in the city council. Yopel, a
candidate for judge of the superior
court, for whom both sides voted.
received 16, 500 votes.
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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
Has circulation more than DOUBLE
that Ofany otherpaper published In
the county.

At Big Greek, ARKANSAS, they
have 4 peculiar fashion hicl
sometimes proves embarrassing
As there is no preacher within
thirty mics, he way for marry
ing is rs kissing across The table.
Recently a New York drummer
was gu there. He put w az a
pre- Afe house, and became quite
intimate. One evening he was
fooiing around one of the girls,
generally tryjng tire extent OF
her sweet temper, when she gave
his Wi~kcrS II pull and ran. He
followed, -iie got the table between
them. He chased her around il
sevcrdt times. When out of
BREATH lie stopped on the other
side, and making IL wild plunge,
caught her in his arms and gave
her hearty kiss. She then sat
dow The sofa, and they talk
ed T. sanity for couple Of
hour he thinking it ingular
that, should SIT up 20 late.
AT ST she said, 'don't you
think = about time we went 10
bed
guess you are about right, he
remarked, let's GO.
She lii candle. and he was
about TO do the same, when she
said, | reckon ones enough. One
candle will light two folks to bed.
Undoubtedly il would, when
those two people occupy the same
room. But your candle won't iliu-
inmate my chamber
'Ain't We going to occupy the
same room? Amt we married
,Ain't we What?' shouted the
gentleman.
Married! Didn't you kiss me
across The table? That married us.
The cold sweat spread over
the drummer. He knew that if
he said he wasn't married to
her she would make an cutlery,
and then her loving and much to-
bacco consuming ia h r would ari
in his wrath and carve him into
outlets, and hen btotkefs would
bring down their shot guns and
empty the contents inio him He
must be strategic He must put
her of So he said:
't'aircsl OF your sex, permit me
to remark that / did bot know
tina kissing across the table con-
stituted Il marriage ceremony.
But | am content. / hHNe never
seen one who SO completely filled
my lGeal OF a be% uttui, sweet, low
ing and modest woman. IiOwev-
or | wound never ihiuk of holding
you ~ his marriage until | had
asked lle permission OF your faith
er to pay my address to you. To-
morrow at dinner, when the en-
tire family are present, ! Will pro-
pose tor your fair hand.
This satisfied tire lady, aud, af-
ter bestoWing upon MIN lervent
kiss, SHE vent 20 neF room, aud he
went to his. He packed his car
pet-uag took oil his hosa, and made
tracks for the ncaresi railroad -ta-
ton. lie didn't feel entirely safe
uulil he had
reched 81. L"ui- lie ha~n' inform
ID his Wif of his little adventure.
He's afraid she might write OUT o
Arkansas for the facts ~ he cast
aud then ne nj 1T get arrested
for bigamy Women sometime 5
won't listen 10 reason, you know.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

The London Daily News says it
has been given to understand on
good authority, that Disraeli will
advise the early release ofthe re-
naming Fenian convicts.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

The reason that negroes are DESERVING
Alabama is at length discovered. II
must be the enormous size Of Alabama
eagles. Oaly few weeks ago one
attempted to carry Of girl and another
has since been killed in Coffee county
which was chasing two deer.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

The young ladies of Sacramento
California, have secret detective
society for finding out the habits
OF the young men. Every I'M
married lady in the place is a
member, of course.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

A question of precedence is
troubling Cincinnati. The trouble
is whether AN Aidermau's- wife
ranks higher than the wife of the
County Recorder
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The executors of Edwin Forrest have
effected settlement with the divorced
wife of the deceased by paying her $685.
600, she agreeing to forego all her claim
for this sum.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

Thomas George, ex county Judge
of Orange county, New York, has
mysteriously disappeared from
Newburgh. 1t is alleged that he
has swindied different persons out
of sums amounting in the aggre-
gate to about 100000. One fami-
lily is said to be victimized to the
extent of $50, 900. He is said to be
somewhere in Virginia.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-11

"Less cotton and more corn" is
the cry of the Georgia gapers, and
the reports from various portions
of the state show that that is the
policy the planters are adopting.