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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-01-23
In the lIsuse,

This forenoon. the Committee on Fed
eral Relations reported a joint res
olution. soliciting Congress to rc-impose
tho thrift Of ten cents per pound on
boraI. I am a free tralist myself. but !
believe that something could be done by
the General Government to protect the
producers Of borax against foreign COM
petition, and thereby foster m interest
which would be a large and profitable
one in this State. but for cheap labor in
Europe and low freights on sailing yes.
sells. l nm informed that borax. OF
which there are very extensive deposits
in this State, hardly pays for pro-
duetion at present. owing to tho low
market price occa Toned by its import
alton either free rom duty, or with only
the imposition OF a rerysfght tariff. I
believe in the Government giving our
young State a helping hand, and free
trader as l MN. l would 10 in favor Of
placing u high tariff on silver should
they strike a bonanza under the streets
Of London, Liverpool or Pekin.
The bill to allow the sum Of s25
each to convicts on their discharge from
the State Prison. passed the House this
morning. and will certainly pass the
Senate. Such a measure is not only one
Of charity. but o I public policy. as IL
saves the convict the necessity Of steal
ing his first meal when he is turned
loose from the prison. I hope the bill
will become q law; l always have al eye
to my future. ToBr GREEs.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18
Wool Product for California

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The raising of sheep has in TWEEN
ty-five years grown to be one of
the most important industries of
the State. Very little wool was
raised by the Mexican inhabitants
up to the time of the American oc-
cupation, and the little that vas
produced was coarse aud only fit
for making a kind of heavy, water
proof blankets, which the Indians
manufactured by simple hand pro-
cess, without even a loom. Our
wool product is now very large,
having amounted in 1874, accord
ing to the State Surveyor Generals
report, to 22,340. 4S2 pounds, being
an increase over the previous year
of l ,S05, 500 pounds. 1t has been
the custom for wool growers hith-
erto to shear their sheep twice a
year, but we observe that it is be-
ing abandoned as Improbable and
prejudicial to the animals. The
great sheep raising counties are
Fresno, Los Angeles, Kern, Santa
Barbara, MERGED and Tehama; but
sheep are also raised to greater or
less extent in every county in the
State,
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18
The Roll Call i'm Heaven

An incident is related by chap
lain who was in the army. The
hospital tents had been filling up
as fast as the wounded men had
been brought to the rear, Among
the number was a young man
MORALLY wounded and not able
to speak. 1t was near midnight
and Many a loved one from our
homes lay sleeping on the battle
field-that sleep that knows no
waking until Jesus shall call for
them
The surgeons had been their
rounds of duty, and for a IN oment
all was quiet. Suddenly this
young man, Therapeutics, calls
III clear, distinct voice:
"Here."
The surgeon fastened to his
side and asked what he wished.
Nothing" said he "tney are
calling the roll in heaven, and |
was answering to my name"
He turned his head and was
gone-gone to join the great army
whose uniform is washed white in
the blood of the lamb.
Reader, in the great roll of
eternity, your name will be heard;
can you answer, "Here ?" Are you
one Of the soldiers of Christ, the
great Captain of Salvation.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18
Remorse Leads to Suicide

The Clarhsburg, Telegram Of
this week Ilas this item:
\ paper was found on the farm
formerly occupied bya Mr.. Sheets
which has created con idrraDie
sensation. 1t viii BE- remember
ed ti.a, a few years ago Sheets
committed suicide BY banging
himself The paper now found
reads u killed JAMES Casey for
800. and now hang myself"
This was du y >igued by Sheet.
The James Casey named WA, IN
lrishman whose body was found
in The West Fork q short time
previous 10 The suici9a The last
seen Of him alive was at the house
OF some friends, where he spent
the evening. His body was found
in the river by Charley Golf, who
was sent out boating, and 1t was
generally supposed that on going
home in the darkness of the iiignt
he fell over the bank and was
drowned No suspicion was had
of "A murder.
Sheet was Well-tO-dO farmer,
somewhat given TO dissipation,
and there could have been no rea-
sen for his doing the murder un-
less it was To rob At any rate
the old stained paper that has
just been found Indicates foul
play, aud the confession may be-
taken AS true.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18
What L have Seen.

An old man OF much experience
says:
have seen young man sell a
good farm turn merchant, and die
in an insane asylum.
| have seen "a farmer travel
about so much that there WAS
nothing at home worth looking
at
| have seen a m IN spend more
money in folly that would support
OILS family in comfort and inde-
pendence.
/ have seen the extravaganza
and folly Of children bring their
parents to yoveety and want, and
themselves to disgrace.
/ have seen prudent and in
dustrious wife retrieve the for
tunes af a family when the hus-
band pulled at the other end OF
the rope.
/ have seen "a man depart from
truth where candor and veracity
would have served him te a much
better purpose.
l have seen young girl marry
a young man of dissolute habits,
and repent of it as long as she liv-
ed.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18
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 lst o
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 well supplied
with the best the market affords, pre-
pared by experienced cooks. Charges
moderate.
THE BAR will be supplied with y
choice variety of Pure Wines and
Liquors.
Abundant Stable room, with atten-
tive Ostlers'
My cid patrons and the general pub
ic are invited to give me call
April 7.-1v. w.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18
Real Estate.

The depreciation of real estate
does not appear to be peculiar to
the United States. A Paris cor
respondent of London journal,
speaking of the proposed foreclo-
sure of a first mortgage on real es-
tate at Marseilles, valued at a.
900, 900 francs, says the property
probably would not bring a fourth
OF that amount. "ifsold during the
present depression in real estate.''
This throws some light on the
commercial condition of France,
so commonly represented as com
paratively exempt from the effects
of the late war.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18
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Price List, &c, &c. DANIEL F. BEATTY
abingdon, N. ].
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18

Governor Irwin, of California, was
inaugurated Thursday with the usu-
al ceremonies. In his inaugural adj
dress he urged the Legislature to
bring the influence of the State to
bear on the general government to
procure a modification of the treaty
with China, with view to the res
friction of Chinese emigration also
that the State should demand a re-
turn of the country to specie pay
ments at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18
A Failure in Granger Co.
Operation.
(FT0nl tie st. PQul Pioneer

KTTUHt Utt Ot. UUt ItOHttFJ
Mr.. ]. 5. Deuman, of Winona, State
Agent Of the Changers, has been com
PEELED to make an assignment to G n.
Wakefield, OF that city, for the benefit
of his creditors. The Winona Repub-
loan says his embarrassment is to be
attributed to the failnre of many of the
Changers to meet their obligations to
him. II this is fact. it shows that
some of the Changers have good deal
to learn of the laws of trade, as we'll as
Of the rules absolutely necessary to the
success of cooperative associations
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18

The dead Astor never reduced rent.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18
Protect the Honest Citizen

ON ACCOUNT ofthe panic, and la.
~ Dor being cut down, the Board of
Trade have thought it best to take some
steps to protect our poor and honest la
borers, and All persons indebted TO any
member of the Board for three months
or longer. can come forward and close
their acco mus by note, and payment
will be received in monthly instaiments
so ms to allow them time to pay their
accounts and keep their families. On
the other hand, if any person indebted
to any member ofthe Board, who will
not come forward to arrange to pay
heir accounts, bu. plead the exemption
to get rid of paying their accounts, vii
be advertised in the daily and weekly
papers as having plead the exemption
Any one who has already Plead th,
benefit Of tie exemption with any me n
Der of the Board, viii have fifteen days
from the 10th of September to come for-
ward and compromise, thereby keeping
his name from being published.
Any name, will be promptly with
drawn from this list by coming forward
and arranging to nav his account
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18

HAVING some time ago failed to
successfully run a lightning train
from New York to Pittsburg with
out stoppage, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company is about making an
other experiment, which the projec-
tors feel confident will succeed. If
it does the question will be cui bono?
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18

The Boston Herald publishes let
ter from jeremiah 5. Goliath IAN I'M
Gle of the late Vice President, deny
ing the story that Mr.. Wilson was
descended from Gypsy, and born in
a Gypsy camp.
The Republican National Commit
tee is summoned to meet at the Ar
lington House, Washington, on the
18th of January for the purpose of
fixing the time and place for the next
Republican National Convention.
The Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of Philadelphia have resolved
not to parade on the 18th of March,
but instead will make every effort to
render the parade on the 4th of July
next worthy of the Centennial.
Mr.. James Lloyd Green, of Nor
witch, Connecticut, has written let
ter in reply to one from the Chair
man of the Republican State Cen
trail Committee, declining to be a
candidate for Governor, and declar-
ing against Presidential third term.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18

Some months ago a considerable
stir was made in Washington county
by the emigration of Numbers of fam
lilies to different states of the west.
The county newspapers tried to per-
suade the emigrants that Washing
ton county farms were as good as
those in the west, and that
with the same amount of labor could
be made to pay as well, but their ar
guments appeared to have little eff
feet. The Boonsboro odd FellOto
now publishes a fact that will prob
ably have more effect than the pre-
vious arguments. A family who re-
moved from a farm on Beaver creek
near Boonsboro', to Arkansas, have
returned broken down in health, and
have settled on 1.-THE old place, T"
where they will most likely remain.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18

The following named persons
have gone into bankruptcy, the
names of other applicants will be
added to this list as soon as their
creditors receive notice to that eff
feet, and will continue to be pub
lished until settlement is 10 de
All creditors should come forward
at once and prove their accounts.
which will enable them to recover
at least 80 per cent. of their claims
if not the whole amount. 1t is
impossible for them to get then
discharge until at least so per
cent is maid.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18

The United States Grand Jury at
st. Louis adjourned Thursday after
finding thirteen new indictments, one
of which was supposed to be of Gen
eral Babcock, capias of whose ar
rest was sent to Chicago last night.
Before adjourning the Grand Jury
signed letter to Gen. Grant thank
ing him for the moral support they
had received from him since the COM
mencement of their labors. At In
dianapolis James w. Hill, deputy
revenue collector for the First Dis
trict, was placed on trial for compli-
city in the whisky frauds in that
city. The Bingham Brothers ap-
peared in Court and pleaded guilty
to the indictments against them and
they, with others, will be sentenced
at the close of the Hill trial.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18

General John :. Witcher, for
merly Representative in Con-
gress for the Third District, has
gone into the merchandising bus
mess at BarboursVille.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-18

The Cincinnati Commercial
makes tolerably good point
against Bishop Harden for secur-
ing the passage in large minis
ters' meeting in Boston the other
day of resolutions ndorsing Pres
ideEt Grant for third term, by
recalling the fact that great
many people in Ohio at the late
election by their votes rebukcd re.
ligious interference in politics and
concludes that ii would be wise
for the clergy of all denominations
to maintain a dignified neutrality
in political demonstrations.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-23
How to Make Marriage Beautiful.

In the first place, let people defer to
the laws of health, of sanity, hereditary
soundness; let them obey restrictions,
consult wholesome seasons, respect the
limits set up by the common sense OF
nature. Natural ignorance on these
points is filling marriage with unnecces-
sary evils; they not only spoil the well
being of family, but spoil its DISPOSE
ton. Let the work in every house be
reduced, by reduction of its ambitions,
till all its parlors, all its tables, all its
clothes, exactly represent the current
condition of every family; not bracket
or a ribbon for exaggeration, not single
room for parade, neither sewing, washing,
eating, securing, company-giving beyond
actual needs, and all done by the least
elaborate methods. Then, in the second
place, reduce to the lowest possible point
the disturbances which arise from ignor-
ance and vanity, from artificial training !;
you simply iberate marriage for more
effective discharge of its spiritual pur-
pose. The men and women might
suspect that they were ill-mated till life
itself pronounced the banns. Teach
children that marriage only prolongs
their school hours into the future or
sterner discipline and less perishable
attainments. Warn them against those
affectionate extravagances which under
mine respect, against the physical errors
which so sap the will that it is humbled
and enslaved by annoyances which health
and freshness laugh at. And teach them
simplicity, make vulgar habits and ambi-
tions appear odious to them, ply their
Imagination with austere and noble forms,
tempt them to fall in love first with
spiritual beauty, whose service makes
them free, then they will be better pre-
pared to discover that marriage withholds
felicity until it has been earned.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-23
Long Trains.

Our landIady's daughter, writes Oliver
Wendell Homes, is a young lady OF some
pretensions TO gentility. She wears her
bonnet well back upon her head, which
is known to he Il mark of high breeding.
She wears her trains very long, as the
great ladies do in Europe. To he sure,
their dresses are so made only to sweep
the tapestried floors of chateaus and
palaces; rs those odious aristocrats of
the other side do not go dragging through
the mud in silks and satins, but, forsooth,
must ride in coaches when they are in
full dress. 1t is true that, considering
various habits of the American people,
also the little accidents which the best
kept sidewalks are liable to, a lady who
has sweep mile of them is not exactly
in such a condition that one would care
to be her neighbOr. But confound the
make-bcllcve women who have turned
loose in our streets. Where do they
come from? Not out of Boston parlors
| trust. Why, there isn't beast or a
bird that would drag its tail through the
dirt in the way these creatures do their
dresses. Because a queen or a duchess
wears long robes on great occasions, a
maid-of-all work or a factory girl thinks
she must make herself nuisance by
trailing about with her-pah! that's
what call getting vulgarity into your
bones and marrow. Making believe what
you are not is the essence of vulgarity
Show over dirt is the one attribute of
vulgar people. If any man can walk
behind one of these women and see
what she rakes up as she goes, and not
feel squeamish, he has got tough
stomach. l wouldn't let one of 'em in
my room without serving them as David
served Saul at the cave in the wilder
ness-cut off his skirts, sir, cut off his
skirts. Don't tell me that true lady
ever sacrifices the duty of keeping all
about her sweet and clean to the wish of
making a vulgar show. l won't believe
it of lady. There are some things that
no fashion has right to touch, and
is one of those things. If
woman wishes to show that her husband |
or father has got money which she wants |
and means to spend, but doesn't know
how, let her buy yard or two of silk |
and pin it to her dress when she goes out |
to walk, but let Der unpin it before she
goes into the house.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-23
The Green land Yellow Isle.

Charles Warren Stoddard writes: Ire
land puts her best foot forward on which
ever side you approach her. Within she
is barren and bleak, and awfully uninter-
esting. Some miles of peat bog will do
very well fora background, but when you
find yourself swamped in the middle of it,
somehow you lose all interest in this life,
and naturally begin thinking of your lat
ter end. Ireland is so lonesome, SO mel
ancholy, so thoroughly forsaken, that
when you come upon town of any con-
siderable size, you wonder how they man
age to keep it up. There is plenty of
land there, most of 1t rich and mellow
but it lies idle simply because there is no
one to work it, or worse, those who have
remained at home and are willing to work,
can not afford to undertake it, they have
not penny to bless themselves with.
They have pig which bathes in green
water in front of the door, and dries him
self on the hearth by the peat fire in the
one room of the cottage. The hens lay
eggs in the bed, that is when they can af-
ford to make shells and fill them; the COW
looks in at the back window, which is
without glass or sash, and swears at the
scarcity of bran. 1 have seen COW in
the house examining chest of drawers
to see if there was anything eatable there
sbouts, while the family was literally
crowded into the mud under the door
sill, where the pet pig snOred luxurious
ly. These very people would give you
sharp and witty reply, and very often
graceful one, to any remOnstrance you
might be pleased to make. You find
fragmentary unpublished pages of Lever,
Charlton, Banim, Maxwell, Griffin, Mrs.
S. C. Hall, and host of other novelists
in any howell you enter; but for the I'M
bounded good humor of Pat and his
Biddy, Ireland would indeed be sor-
rowful spot.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-23
Keeping a Farm Journal.

No doubt there are many farmers who
commence business with determination
to keep a Gaily record of their operations
on the farm, and the result of them
This resolve is carried into execution for
a time but after awhile intermisions in
these lettings occur, and finally cease
altogether. This delinquency does not
prove that the practice is not good one;
and as an incentive to perseverance. we
would cite a case of man who COM
menced farm life bare handed, but event
ually attained great wealth. result he
attributed in great measure to -a~1daily
journalizing of his farming pf-crations-a
practice kept up for f2rty-hve years, and
not then discontinred.
These daily uemoranda were made in
books of copfenient size, each Containing
the. records of single year, and when
full properly labeled and filed away for
future reference when desirable. They
contained the number of fields farmed
each year, the character of the crop, the
estimated or actual yield and amount of
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-23
Stage Readiness.

The London Echo gives the following
anecdotc from a foreign contemporary:
Colbert the French actor, whose special
ity was the impersonation of Napoleon l.,
was troubled with an infrmity of mem
DRY, in consequence of which all letters
handed to him to be read on the stage
had really to contain the words he was
to deliver In some military piece or
other the emperor had to receive letter
from his adjutant and read it aloud to his
assembled officers. A certain Gautier, the
wag of the theater, acted the adjutant,
and one evening, instead of giving Go
bert the written letter, he handed him
a blank sheet of paper. The actor took
it, and, perceiving the trick that had
been played upon him, returned the mis-
sive to Gautier, saying with perfect gray
ity: "Read it yourself, general" Gautier,
who did not know a word of the part and
was taken too much aback to extern
porize, could not extricate himself from
the position, before the public had dis
covered his discontinue. Gobert's read
mess was, indeed, almost as remarkable
as that of less celebrated actor, whose
forte was the part of Richard III. At
the approach of one of his best points a
hostile clique induced the supers to ac-
cost the tragedian with: "My lord, we
have taken Buckingham and cut off his
head" otis WE'LL" he replied, chad it
not been so | should have said, off with
his he ad, 50 much for Buckingham"