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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

Wheeling has voted for the issue
Of $780, 600 worth Of city bonds in
aid Of the paving Of four of the
chief thoroughfares Of that city.
The election was held on Friday,
aud the proposition carried by the
requisite two-thirds majority.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

Our townsman, Mr.. Thomas Col
Iins, has purchased and brought
here the fine thoroughbred stallion
Latham lie is a splendid look
ing animal, aud said to be very
fast.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23
OF BOTH SEXES.
No Charge for Advice g. Consultation

DR.. j. B. Dyott, graduate of Jeffer.
son Medical College, Philadelphia,
author of several valuable works, can
be consulted on all diseases of the Sex
ual or Urinary Organs, (Which he has
made an especial study either in male
or female, no matter from what cause
originating or Of how long standing;
A practice of 80 years enables him to
treat diseases with success. Cures
guaranteed, Charges reasonable. -
Those at distance can forward letter
describing symptoms and enclosing
stamp to prepay postage.
Send for the Guide to Health"
Price 10 cents.
j. b. DYOTT, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon, 104 Duane ST.,
New York n20d&w1y
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

There was on exciting trot on
the Fair Ground track on Satur-
urday afternoon, between Major
SHUTS b. 2. George Washington,
and George Wild's blk. G. Honest
Buck George Washington was
declared winner in three straight
heats
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

John ii zittle, Nj yof Of Shep-
her lsiown, has issued q sweeping
pro lamation, phte4 evidently
e,ns business.
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The Gerardstown Times says the
san rises at 4:52 ia that neigh bor-
hood as itmakes no mention of
tlle matter, we presume II never
s6ge
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HAN&D 4 H.
Monday

Now that the word "hymenal" is so
commonly used in reference to we'd
dings, it is suggested that births should
be headed "crymeneal" and deaths die
meneal
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

OF seven distilleries which have been
operating in the Third Ohio District,
only three were to be continued after
the 1st Of May. So much for crusa-
ding,
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Ice is double the price it was last
summer in Wheeling. Cause
failure III the supply

Orange peel carelessly thrown on
the pavement is likely to mike
business for the doctors.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

Announcement lof Mayor and
ouncil are now Tic ORDER 81 tile
Guy 1t pays Il lflnter, 30 the
mole the mgfis
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STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. The
ladies of the Methodist Episcopal
church will hold a Strawberry FEES
val about the middle of June
Proceeds for the use of the church
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

Tne ubiquitous mosquito Is get
ing ready to pipe Hls little song
ana present his lifts bill.
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A large eagle was caught at Port
land, Conn, the other day iu the very
act of swooping down upon young
child, but was scared away, and after {.
ward shot.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

Tbepavement adjoining Kapp's
conner on e. Martin street has been
raised and re-laid. One nuisance
abated Will the Mayor please
notify the others to do likewise.
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Medicines g.
WILLIAM DORSEY,
ID RTT CT 9
NO. l6 NORTH QUEEN /

Having remodeled his old ST
spectfully calls the attention oft
lie and his customers to a full 81
Drugs, Medicines, Dye Stuffs,
Oils, Varnishes, Fancy Goods &
on hand, to which fresh supp
constantly being added. He bI
termined to sell nothing of an
quality solicits a portion of the
patronage, and takes this Decd
return thanks for past favorl
criptions carefully dispensed
hours. July 19
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Money in the Me- afk market
Is euottd easy at three per cent
r supply is great, ,har the de-
mand.
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Mariinsburg Blu Icing Associa
ton Nc. 8, has been ia existence
one year, and during That time
has lisbursed over $4,000
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is about time that the curb
s,ona opera was putting In an APP
pearance. The advent of warm
weather usu ally brings them.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

The Y. S. Senate has passed a
bill allowing claims Of the Ger
man Evangelical church in this
place, for $500, for destruction Of
church property during the war.
The bill now goes to the House for
its action and will no doubt pass
ri members Of the Fire De-
partment were out on Saturday
evening, in full uniform, for drill
exercise. The hose were attached
to the fire plugs on several streets
and several powerful streams of
water thrown. The Fire Depart
ment is now well organized, and
will prove efficient when their
services are needed.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

Water takers are complaining
Of two things. First, the water is
little muddy, and has in it loose
pieces OF cement, which had been
left in he pipes. This could be
remedied by opening hydrants
now and then and let the water run
off,and thus cleanse the pipes ofim-
purities. The second complaint
is that the water is frequently shut
off without notice, thus often in
convenicncing those who desire to
pay for a convenience. This can
undoubtedly be remedied, and the
Water Board should give the sub
iect immediate attention.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-23

AT a meeting Of the Shenandoah
Valley Agricultural Society held
in Winchester on the 4th inst, the
following officers were elected for
tire ensuing year:
President-JOhn M. Miller, of
Frederick COUNTY.
Iice PresidettS- Clas. l.. Wood,
Of Frederick Ii. l.. d. Lewis, of
Clarke; David Shoemaker, of JEFF
lerson; Prank Silver, OF Berkeley;
Marca, b. Buck, Of Warren; G S.
Meet, of Shena loah r. A, De-
lany O. Loudou' II. w. Frye, of
Har Samue avison, of Nor
gan h. Ed. Bt of Hampshire
JAS. ii Kemp, Page.
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GROCERY.
AND GENERAL
PROVISION Store,
No. sc. West King ST., Martinsharl
West Virginia.

Tho undersigned respectfully a
nounces to the citizens Of Martinsbu
and vicinity, that be has 10 store d
win keep constantly ON hand a full Sd
ply offrst grade groceries, consisting
COFFEE, TEA, CHOCOLATE, SUi
AR,
Brown. Crushed and Pulverizcd /;
BIOLASSEs, SPICES. PEPPER
Confec6ioneries, Fruits, Pc
toes Of Early Rose, Mohawk a
Peerless varieties. Provisions Of
descriptions, Bacon, Hams, Should
and Sides Fish by the package, SaltI
the sack, Glowing and Smoking Toll
Goes, Flour, Gornmeal, Corn, Oats, ca
Plaster' Phosphates.
HUNGARIAN GRASS. CLOVl
AND TIMOTHY SEEDS.
These goods / propose to sell at Sta !
ard rates, and respectfully solicit
patronage Of the public
April II, w. JOHN 4. JANNl
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TIE WEEKLl lNnEpENp Emf

has a clrculati0n more lhan DOT BIZ
tlal ofany paperpublishedin
the county.
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DR JAMES w. MCSHERRY

OFFERS his professional services to the citizens o
Martinsburg and vicinity. Office and residence
he corner of Burke street and Spring Alley.
pal-73.
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G-ey5te g. =
NEW GROCERY STOR
NEARLY OPPOSITE WISNER & Sd


have just raturned from the Ea8i
a nice and we'll selected
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-13
For The 1Egis d; MteHigencer.
Matter Changeable-N0t IndestructibIe,

1t is just as impossible to the finite mind
of man to imagine how matter can be de-
stroyed, as it is to conceive how it was
first created out of nothing. 1t is reason
ably certain, that since the earth first be-
came distinct mass, launched forth from
the creative hand, whether existing in n
ring of nebulous matter thinner than the
haze OF Indian summer stretched around
the path of its present orbit; or existing
as liquid sphere, stcamy globule of
melted matter dropped from the star seive
in the Creators hand, it has not lost one
particle, one single grain of its substance;
on the contrary it has gained II few tons in
weight by metcors and meteoric stones
showered upon it from the surrounding
heavens.
Many of the substances which help make
up its bulk and weight are continually
changing form but there is no loss. The
carbonic acid that poisoned its original at
mospherc was gradually withdrawn by the
growth of immense forests which at one
era covered its surface. Subsequently,
these forests became fossiE5coal; both in
the growth and change preparing for the
existence and well-being Of the sentient
life which was to follow them. This coal
10 DCliso slbN HllHtN anu CUnSulneu, CIV
ing warmth and power, and being poured
into the atmosphere to be again washed
down by the rains and sucked in by the
leaves to grow new forests and reappear
in the form ofgrain, vegetables and fruits.
The fossil coal of England Is being cx-
haustcd, but in its consumption as fuel it
has not ceased to minister to the support
ofman. The greater portion of that i'm
menss weight of matter is now being used
over and over in the timber, the grasses.
the grains, tue vegetables, in the very sub
stance of animals and men.
All die and are returned to the soil to
decay and rise again, to be renewed in all
beautiful and useful forms. The delicate
coloring matter in the cheeks of maidens
has glowed in the leaves of autumn, or
blushed in the buds of roses, and will
again.
All the time, the carbon, the oxygen, the
nitrogen, the hydrogen, the phosphorus,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-13
Military Discipline.

General Mackenzie, when commander-in-
chief of the Chatham EnglanO division
of marines, was very rigid in his duty, and
among other regulations would suffer no
officer to be salutcd by the guard if out of
his uniform. One day the general observ-
ed lieutenant of marines in plain dress,
and though he knew the young officer in
timately, lie called to the sentinel to turn
him out. The officer appealed to the gen
eral, saying who he was.
81 know you not" said the general; "turn
him out"
A short time after that the general had
been at short distance from Chatham to
pay visit, and returning in the evening,
ia blue coat. claimed entrance at the gar
den gate. The sentinel demanded the
countersign, which the general not know
ing, desired the officer of the guard to be
sent for, who proved to be the lieutenant
whom the general had treated so cavalier
ly.
"Who are you?" inquired the Off
Ger.
81 am General Mackenzie" was the re-
ply.
"What, without uniform !" rejoincd
the lieutenant. Turn him out ! turn him
out The general would break his bones
if he knew he assumed his name.'
The General made his retreat, but the
next day, inviting the young officer to
breakfast, he told him he had done his du-
ty with very commendable exactness.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-13

the iron have been AMI will be again used
over thousand times in the bodies of men
and animals. 1t matters not whether the
body be buried or burned, we cannot save
its elements from return to activity and
use.
AS in ancient cities they gather the mar
BILE from the walls of ruined temples to
erect new palaces, marbles that wi be u.s.
ed again when these are ruins, so our LODI
les are built up from the fragments Of a
thousand others that have ceased to be.
There is indeed nothing in this world that
we can truly call our own, save the immor-
tai spirit alone, "When this corruptible
shall have put on interruption, and this
mortal shall have put on Immortality )"
then, and not till then, shall we have as
sumed form Interchangeable and everlast-
ing. G. &C.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-13

The Philadelphia Press has an account
of u dinner given there to party OF New
Workers on April 10Th, 1851. There were
seventeen courses, and the party sat down
at six in the evening and remained at the
table until six the next morning. Each
course is described as perfect banquet in
itself The preparations for the entertain
ment were enormous. The lettuce, green
peas and cauliflowers were brought from
Georgia. The reed birds came from South
Carolina. Hunters were sent to the woods
of Virginia, and anglers to its waters, and
the salmon served in the third course were
swimming in the Kennebec only twenty
four hours before they were cooked. 1t
was dinner of heavy drinking as well as
Rabelaisiun eating. With the soup, bran.
dy that cost IS pint was served instead
of wine; with the dessert there was ma.
deira $50 years old, and some twenty diff.
terent sorts of wine appeared in the course
of the dinner, including four kinds OF
champagne served at various periods of
the entertainment. There were two sorts
of soup and two of fish. The fourth course
included boiled turkey, chicken and
tongue; the fifth was cold dishes; the
sixth displayed tillet of beef, with sweet
breads, lamb chops and chicken croquettes;
the seventh, fricassee of chicken, turtle
steak and braise chicken; the eighth,
spring chicken and spring lamb, all with
appropriate garnitures; the tenth course
was sorbets Of frozen Tokay, and the eev-
enth included five sorts of game. The
twelfth was terrapin with roast potatoes,
and the thirteenth fourteenth, fifteenth,
sixteenth and seventeenth, confectionery,
ices, fruit and coffee. The affair cost ST.
500. Thirty persons were present. The
ed, and nothing is SAID Of their doctors
bills. The walters were colored, in full
evening dress, with gloves of genuine white
kid.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-13
VARIETIES.
"A shocking scene-kerosene.
drawing materials-cork skrews.
IL, ,,.n.aLn.Ia -. :. - =.

A shocking scene-kerosene.
drawing materials corkskrews.
Hop notwithstanding masters
1t is never too late to marry or to
mend.
A wites secret-her opinion of her
husband.
An era unknown to women-the mid
die ages.
-Lagerrhy thms-the songs of German
students.
There is never scarcity of the small
potato crop.
Where to go when short of money-go
to work.
-Polite-"Please, sir, if you'll get off my
corn long enough, I'll kick you"
The genius who is to invent a practi-
cal substitute for work has not vet been
born-and never will be.
Are oysters healthy ?" asked an old
lady of her physician.
II never heard any of them complain"
was the reply.
"A well-dressed chap entering jewel.
ny store asked if he could see those cups
in the window, and pointing as he spoke,
to some silver cups lined with gold in the
window.
"These," said the jeweler, handing him
one, "are race cups"
Grace cups-what are race cups9"
why replied the jeweler, "they are
cups / ordered to be made prizes for the
best racer"
"Well, if that is so, suppose you and
race for this one.' With cup in hand he
started, the .jeweler after him. He won
the cup.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-13

DON'T KNOW HlM-Had you been in
Washington few weeks ago you might
have had hearty laugh at the expense of
Captain Goldman. In the last hours of the
late Congress the Captain came tumbling
down stairs in hot search of some one to
carry from the committee room of Com
merce II patent fog-horn intrusted to his
care by an ingenious Yankee acquaintance.
At the foot of the stairway lie countered
colored man sauntering along, pulling
away at huge cigar.
My good fellow cried the Captain, 'I'll
give you dollar to carry down my fog
hornn
who de debbil do you take me fun ?
responded the African, drawing himselfup
in dignitied wrath.
AN able-bodied man willing to make a
dollar responded Goldman.
Den you don't know me, sah.'
No, sir, and have no time to seek an
introduction. Who are you anyhow
Me sab Use the honorable Mr. Cain,
member of Congress-
You don't say So remarked the captain,
thoughtfully. well, Mr.. Cain l am sorry,
for you have probably lost the only oppor-
tunity you will ever have ofmaking an hon
est dollar
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-13
Poe tic al.
For The 1Egis Dc Hntelhgcncer.
WHAT CONSTITUTES THE LADY.

BY J. W. CORNELIUS.
Not the long and flowing hair,
Not the curls which cluster there;
A tender look, modest style
A loving word or friendly SMILE
Constitutes the lady.
IT'S not gems of brilliant dye,
Nor pencilled brow to shade the eye;
1t is meek aud gentle mind,
A heart which cannot be unkind,
Constitutes the lady.
IT'S not the face, however fair,
'T,s not the $ .lken garments r2s,-
1t is heart aglow with love,
Pure and changeless from above,
Constitutes the lady.
IT'S not the flirting damsel, gay,
Nor is it fashionable display
A modest, unpretendng maid,
Whose inward graces never fade,
Constitutes the lady.
Not the proud or naughty mcin,
Nor yet the diamonds of queen
Nay, tits not wealth or glit'rimg show,
Nor all the charms which these bcstow
Constitutes the lady.
Manners gentle, motives true
Forgiving wrongs which others do,
Acts of kindness, deeds of love,
Such as heaven can approve,
Constitutes the lady.
, 1874-07-28

100000. onc-s11teenth falls upon tho noblo
landowners. Tho peasants pay 1000, 900. In
many places tho revenue Of tho communal 1auda
will not pay tho taxeH on thon,. In .aone cssos,
tho tax Ia fonr or fivo timoH ha great as tho
revenue. Aa tho commune ia responsible, as
a whole, for tho payment Of taxes, tho mo1o
woalthY reaannta declno to use thor money
produotiyely, lcst tho!r goods should DO
aoized to mako up for tho do!lcits Of
tholr poorer neighbors. They hide their
woalth. Tho climate has changed for
tho worso In many localities, because tho
forests hhvo boon roohleasy cut down. gur-
rounded by such complication ofnow ovlla, It ID
not strange that the poasant aooks foygetfulnoss
in drink. It is evident that tho work Of eman-
cipation hns been bungling'y done. In fact,
Fronch critic, writing in tho journal des Econo-'
n1iste, saya: "What romans to bo done is
neither loss important nor loaa difficult than
what has boon done."
, 1874-07-28

rosted nil tho wl,ltea they could CATCH Thon,
andinot I'LL then, did tue whitoB organize. Thelr
patrols arc acting With tho police. It Is predict
ed that tho election Of Aug. viii DO quiet. md
that not twonty white mon will voto tho negro
ticket. Whom sucl, conditions cxist n White
Lcaguo or something ]tso II In the almost In
ovitablo roault. Yot It would have boon wiser for
tho whites to havo nomnated ttckot composed
Of mon Of both racoa. Thoy cannot crush dis.
honesty s1ono. Thoy havo not enough votos.
Lot thom mako common cause with the oolorod
mon who have wit enough to 500 tho abyss into
which tho ncgro-riddon statoa aro plungtng.
But Il euch mon arc not to DO found, II tho hon
eat nogross profor to cling to tholr raco rathor
than to thoir characters, thon tho whole South
may DO forced into the attitude Of tho Mobile
Register. whom 1t says.
Tho people Of Alabama have beon rosatlnR this issue
for years, and now they have 10 decide between thraR
Ing tho negro party III tho polls and solzng the relnB
Of Government or sinking Into thc domestic hell Of
south Carolina and Louisiana llat&s muta ntis, we
apprehand that Now York mud Massachusetts would
not atop hundredth part Of minute to dcbato tho
question.
, 1874-07-28

A. oommittee OF inquiry has been investigating
tho condition Of the emanoipated serfs OF Rus
Bia. It's conclusions arc aomowhat gloomy. Tho
morality and the comfort Of the pousants in tho
Northwest have sonsibly increased, but this
holds true OF no other part OF the country.
Nay, thoro Is an exception in tho Northwest.
Tho Inhabitants Of tho marshy lowlnnds show no
signs Of improvement. Buckle, who was the
first EngliBhman to formulate tho influence Of
tho. physical aBpects Of o country upon It's In
labitauts, would rojoico.in this as proof of his
theories. Elsewhere In RUSSIA, D slight gain In
comfort has not boon accompanied by any in
creased thoroughnosa Of work Or bottor method
Of living. In the North, tho East and tho Contro,
no material advance can bo detected, whlo tho
standard OF morality has other stood still
or sunk, There is an enormous consumption Of
fiery liquors, except in the South. All gathor-
ings. political, aoclal, judicial, oven religious,
servo aB protoxts for intoxication. So fur is this
carried that criminal IL apt to bo gontencod in
atonoment for his fault, to troat his Judges 10
drinks This lack Of advance undor freedom
has boon largely sotzod upon by the whilom foes
of emancipation. Tho attribute oyoEy evil to
the doorco that struck tho fotters from tho sorfy
They ato partially right. No law can cAango
children into men In day. Whom man has
been dwarfod by aorfdom for many years, ho will
be worry likoly to fail to comprehend tho bless
ings Of freedom and to abuse them.
There arc, however, othor reasons. Climatic
causeB produce intemperanco. The lack Of cilu-
cation dogrades the whole raco OF peaaanta. The
standard OF comfort has been 1owerol by con-
turies OF want. Tho ex-Herfs arc content with
little. No Gesiro spurs tlom on. Again, tho land
laws practically prevent individuals from bocom.
ing land. Russia Is organized into com.
muuea. Tho land hos been transferred from tho
nobility to tho communoB. Many eyila result
from this. Tho peasant had ono tyrant over
him. Ilo now has huulreds Of petty tyrants
lo can acquire no land in his own nauo, no
matter whRt price ho mny otler for IT., uuloas
tyo-thrda tue residents in hia commune agroo
to tho sale. Tho result Is tlat scarcely any aaleu
have been made, No peasant eau leayo Lis coul-
mune uulesa ho pays up hiH full sharo Of tho ILL.,
lomuity which the commune pays in yearly in-
gtallments to tho ox-owuor8 Of itB 1andH. Whom
ho cauuot do tha he is still bound to tho soil. Tho
communal oillooB arc largely sought, THOR
occupants grow myBtorlously rich. Tho ''sery-
ants OF tho people" arc said to steal moro than
tho aeryantB OF tho selgnour ouco did. Tho
peasant's burdens arc certainly hoayier than
before. Tho national taxes are noarly all ground
out OF him. OF one impost, which yields tile
Government 2os.oQo,ooo roubles (about sl6o,-