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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-01-23

Talmage sgaia: "A woman who
gives herself up to the indiscriminats
reading of novels will be united for
the duties of vito, mother, sister,
daughter. There sheis hair disheyeled,
countenance vacant, cheeks pale. hands
trembling, bursting into tears at mid
night over the fate of some unfortunate
lover. In the daytime, when she ought
TO be busy, she sti.res by the half no ar
at nothing, biting her finger E.ils into
the quick. ;,
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TO CONSERVATIVES.

YTNHE ADVERTISER HAVING been
l. permanently cured ofthat dread di-
sease, Consumption, by simple reme-
dy, is anxious TO make known to his
fellow sufferers the means of cure. To
all who desire it, he will send copy of
the prescription used, free of charge,
with the directions for preparing and
using the same. which they will find a
sure cure for Consumption, Asthma,
Bronchitis, DC. Parties wishing the
prescription will please address
Rev. Il. A. WILSON,
1914 Penn ST Williamsburg, N. Y.
Noy. -6mdaw- Abbott.
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XX7ILL attend to the Real Estate bust
w ness in all its branches. Will buy
and sell lands on commission. Persons
having Land or Town Property to sell,
will consult their interests by placing
them in our hands at once for advertise.
ment. All business pertaining to lands
attended to. Titles examined and taxes
paid, when requested.
Nov. Nv
, 1875-02-13

Governor of tie Danish WeaimdtG Islands, Commander Of
Dannebrog and DannebrQgsmaad,
UTAKE KNOWN; On the most submissive representa-,
M ton of the Ministry of Finances, His Majesty the
King has been most graclously pleased by Resolution OF
2lstl |. m. to sanction the following Ordinance passed by 3d
discussion in the Colonial Council for st. Crolx the 18th
November !. Y. concerning extension Of the power confer
red on the Government of the Danish Westindia Islands
relative to the contraction ofa loan in behalf of the Colonl-
al Treasury of st. Croix, in accordance with Ordinance OF
Goth May 1874 concerning extraordinary measures for Sc
curing means for the conducting OF estates In the Island OF
st. Croix.
The power conferred on the Government OF the Danish
Westindia Islands by Ordinance of Goth May 1874, concern
ing extraordinary measures for securing means tor the con-
Quoting of estates in st. CroiX, 50, to wit: to contract IN
behalf of the Colonial Treasury of st. Crolx, a loan OF
$t5O,OOO, is extended to apply to the contraction OF q loan
not exceeding 100000, to be used in accordance with the
provisions contained in the said Ordinance.
To which all concerned have to conform.
Government Of the Danish we''ndie Islands
81. Thomas the 18th January 1876.
UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF GOVERNMENT.
AUG. GARDE.
, 1875-02-13
ANORDNTNG.

angaaende yderli2ere BemyndigeIse,
for Gouvernementet for de dansk-
vestindiske Der til Optagelse at
Liam for St. Croix Colonialkas8es
Regning i Overeensstemmelse
med Anordning code Mai 1874
betreffende extraordinaire Foran>
staltninger til Tilveiebringelse af
Midler til Driften af Plautager
paa Den St. Croix.
, 1875-02-13
ORDINANCE

concerning extension of the power
conferred on the Government OF the
Danish Westindia Islands relative to
the contraction of o loan In behalf of
the Colonial Treasury ofSt. Croix, in
accordance with Ordinance of Goth
Nav 1874 concerning extraordinary
measures for securing e for the
conducting of estates in the island OF
St. Croix.
, 1875-02-13
Janus August Garde.
Gouoerneur for de donst-vestadiske Ger, Commander az
DmaeJrog og Danncbrogsmand.

D@aebrog og DdnncbrOgsmand.
f9J0R V~TTTERLIGT: Paa Observation-Disclosures derom
"a nedlagte allerunderdanigste ForestilIing har det behaget
Hans MalestPt Kongen we'd alleTh0leste Resolution at glide
f. NJ. allernaadigst at stadteste f0lgende at Colonlalraadet
for st. Croix we'd 3die Demanding den lite November t. A.
vedtagne AnOrdning angaaende y~derligere Bemyndlgelse tor
Gouvernementet for de dansk- vestindiske Ger til Optagelse
at Liam for 81. Croix COlonialkasses Regningi OVereensstem-
melse med Anordning at lode Mai 1874, betr8ffende extra
ordinaire Foranstaltninger til Tlyeiebringelse at Midler til
Driften at Plantager paa Den st. Croix.
Den Gouvernementet for de dansk-vestindiske Ger we'd
Anordning at code Mai 1874 betreAende extraordinaire
Foranstaltninger til Tlveiebringelse at Midler til Dritten
at Plantager paa Gen st. Croix, 5 ?, tillagte Bemyndigelso
til for st. CroiX CooniakaSses Regnng at Optage ct Liam
at Sl50,0OO, udvides til at gjelde for ct Bel6b at indtlI
100000 til Anvendelse Inconsistencies med de
nYsnevnte Anordning ~indehoIdte F~orskritter.
HvorefteY allie Vedkommende sig have at rette.
Gomeyne~enta for de dansh rcs6adibe Or.
s., Thomas, den lode Janaar 1876.
UNDER MIN HAND OG GOUVERNENENTETs sEGL"
AUG. GARDE.
T." s.
, 1875-02-13
VIEW ADVERTISEMENT.
mi OtIaTsG c.

HWPS hereby given that a Sc
- mi-Annual General Meet
ing Of Shareholders of the
Bank of st. Thomas, will be
held on Thursday the 25th
inst. at the Bank Premises,
when the Report ofthe Direc-
tors for the past six months
will be submitted.
The chair will be taken at
IL o'clock noon.
st. Thomas, 9th February
1875.
BY order of the Board of
Directors.
Ed. S. PETERSEN.
Manager.
, 1875-02-13
Translation.
Janus August Garde.

Governor Of the Danish WeaindiG Islands, Commander Of
DannebrQg and Danne5r0gsna.d,
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
Affections Offering.

An old man up in Connecticut
had a poor cranky bit of a wife.
who regularly once a week got NO
in the night and invited the fa.
mily to see her die. She gave
away her things, spoke her last
words, made her peace with heav.
en-, and then about eight O'Clock
she got up in the usual wav
and disappointed everybody hy
going to her house and hold dn.
ties as if nothing had happened
The old man got sick of it finally
and went out and got a coffin 2
real nice cashmere shroud :
wreath of immortelles with "Fare.
well Mary Ann," worked in, and
q handful of silver-plated screws
Laying the screw-driver beside
the collection, he invited her t.
lust holler die once more. sDt
it.n said he, 'and in you go, anC
this farewell business is over
Mary Ann is at this momen
baking buckwheat cakes for
large and admiring family, Will
they dry apples in the coffin u
in the garrett.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
John Smith.

J Gentlemen" said a candidate
for Congress, "my name is Smith,
and 1 am proud to say that 1 am
not ashamed of it. It may be
that no person in this crowd owns
this very uncommon name. If,
however, there is one such, let
him hold up his hand, pull up his
dickey, turn out his toes, take
courage, and thank his stars that
there are few more left of
the same sort. Gentlemen / am
proud of being an original Smith,
and not Smithe, nor a Smythe,
but a regular. natural Smith.
Putting q y in the middle or an e
at the end won't DO, gentlemen.
Who ever heard Of a great man
by the name ofSmythe or Smithe?
Echo answers, who? and everybody
says nobody. But for Smith, plain
Smith, Smith, why, that's an
hOnored and revered name. Who
were the most racy, witty, and
popular authors Of the present
century? Horace and Albert
Smith. Who was the most origi-
nal, pithy, and humorous preach
er? Rev. Sydney Smith. To go
further back, who was the bravest
and boldest soldier in Sumter's
army, in the Revolution? A
Smith. Who palavered with
Powhattan, galivanted with PO-
cahontas, and became the ancestor
of the first families in Virginia?
A Smith again. And who, l ask,
and ask the question more serious
ly and sOberly, who, / say, is that
man, and what is his name, who
has fought the most battles, made
the most speeches, preached the
most sermons, held the most Of
fees, sung the most songs, writ
ten the most poems, courted the
most women, kissed the most
girls, and married the most wild
ows? History says, l say, and
you say, and everybody says,
John Smith,"
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
" Excuse My Glove. -"

Certain kinds of mistaken DO
likeness, sincere as they are, are
absurd enough to be grotesque.
A common mistake of this sort,
with some persons, even in large
cities, is to say, "ExcUse nay
glove, when they offer the hand to
a casual acquaintance, or on intro
duction to a stranger. 1t might
be inferred from this remark that
the wearing of gloves is extreme
ly rare in a civilized community,
or that the wearer wishes TO ad-
vertise the extraordinary tact
that he has gloves. ALI he really
desires is to appear polite; never
suspecting for moment that he
is simply ridiculous. If you offer
to shake hands with any one in a
place where it is customary to
wear gloves, you certainly need
no excuse for compliance with
the habit. You might with equal
reason, on receiving him at your
house, apologize to him for not
removing your coat before bid
ding him welcome. The super
fiuous phrase probably had its
origin in the days when gloves
were clumsy, and used more fol
protection than as an essential Of
dress. Then the naked hand was
thought to be an evidence Of
good will and cordiality. Since
gloves have been universally
adopted, the idea of asking par
don for wearing them is an an
achronism as we'll as an impro
priety. Gloves are now made tC
fit exactly. so that, were it cour
tesy to take them off on encounter
ing ones friends or acquaintances
an amount of time and trouble
would be required which would
inevitably render a social greeting
at once comfcal exhibition and {
bore.-Scri6ler's MontlIy
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
Jonah Versus the Whale.

Unbelievers have often told us
that the story Of the prophet
swallowed by a great whale was
an absurdity. They saw that,
being so long in the stomach Of
the monster, the minister would
have been digested: We have no
difficulty in this matter. Jonah
was a most unwilling guest Of
the whale. He wanted to get out.
However much he may have
liked fish, he did not want it three
times day and all the time. So
he kept up a f1dget and a strug-
gle and a turning, and gave the
whale no time to assassinate him.
The man knew that if he was
ever to get out he must be in
perpetual motion. We know
men that are so lethargic that
they would have given the mat.
ter up so quietly that in few
hours they would have gone into
fiukes and fishbones, blowholes
and blubber. Now we see men
all around US who have been
swallowed by monstrous misfOr-
tune. Some eff them sit down on
q piece of whalebone and give up.
They say:
'sNo use! I will never get my
money or restore my good name,
or recover my good health"
They float out to sea and are
never more heard of. Others, the
moment they go down the throat
of some difficulty, begin immedi-
ately to plan for egress. They
make rapid estimate of the length
of the vertebrae, and come to the
conclusion how far they are in.
They dig up as much spermaceti
out of the darkness as will make
q light, and keep turning this
way aud that, till the first thing
you know they are out. Deter.
mination to get well has much to
do with recovered invalidism.
Firm will to defeat bankruptcy
decides financial deliverencc. New
or surrender to misfortune or dis
couragement. You can, if you
are spry enough, make it as un-
comfortable for the whale, as the
whale can make it uncomfortable
for you.
There will be some place where
you can brace your feet against
his ribs and some long upper
tooth, around which you may
take a hold, and he will be as
glad to get rid of you for ten
ant as you are of him for a land
lord. There is a way out, if you
are determined to find it. ALI
our sympsthies are with the
plaintiff, in the suit of Jonah VS..
Leviathan.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
Helping Him Off.

An old lady residing not far
from Exeter was perhaps one of
the most brilliant examples of
conjugal tenderness that the last
century produced. Her husband
had been dying, and at length,
on the clergyman of the parish
making one of his daily visits,
he found him dead. The dis
consulate widow, in giving him
an account of her spouse's last
moments, told him her "poor
dead man kept groaning and
groaning, but could not die; at
last" said she, I recollected [ had
got a piece of new tape in the
drawer; so / took some of that
and tied it as tight as l could
around his neck, and then I stop.
ped his nose with my thumb and
finger, and, poor dear, he went
off like lamb!"
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
= YUMA A. T., SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1875.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY.

In speaking of persons faults,
Pray don't forget your own;
Remember, those with homes of glass
Should never throw stone;
FIVE have nothing else to do
Then talk of those who sin,
'Tis better we commence st home,
Aud from that pOiut begin.
We have no right 70 Judge a man,
Until he's fairly tFledi
ThOuld we not like his company,
We know the world Is wide,
Some may have faults, and who bss not
The old as vel az the yoRug:
Perhaps we may, ioE sags. re know,
Have fifty to their one.
I'll tell you of a better plan.
And find it works full well;
To try my own defects to cure
Ere Others faults | tell;
And though sometimes hope to be
No worse than some know.
My own shortcomings bid me let
The faults of others go.
Then let US all when we begin
To slandsr friend or foe,
Think of the harm one word may do
To those we little know,
Remember curses sometimes, like
Our chickens, "rOOst at home"
Don't speak of others faults until
We have none of our own.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
To. The Girls.

The Pittsburg Christian AdUo-
cate closes an interesting editorial
on the girls as follows:
"The boys, it must be owned,
are q rough set. Somebody has
described them as so many natur-
al born savages. Now, there is
no doubt at all that boys are
rough, and men, too. All the
more need thenthat girls shouldn't
be. There is nothing in the
world so offensive to right mind
ed people as a Tom in petticoats
IA girl initiating the rude, and
b0isterous manners Of the other
sex-a girl climbing apple trees,
swinging on the gate, riding q
bare backed horse, playing hop
scotch, and leap frog, and running
foot races-a girl staggering and
rollicking along the street, as
though it would hardly be be-
lieved-We saw one not long ago,
with a stick in her hand and ci-
garette in her mouth /! Any of
these things is bad enough, but
the last is monstrous. We don't
like to see girl shoot cats, or set
snares for birds and rabbits. We
deplore the slightest approach
in girls to rowdyism, or any
thing even suggestive to vul-
garity, though for that matter
we might say the same of boys.
1t is more revolving in girls. We
cannot bear that they should
evince in the slightest degree, in
difference to public sentiment,
recklessness of speech, or of con-
duct, boldness, effrontery audaci-
ty; least of all that they should
ever seem to be cruel, or capable
of deriving pleasure from that
which occasions pain to even the
lleast of Gods creatures.
We want the girls to rival the
boys in all that is good and emo
bling and refined. We want
them to rival the boys, as they
well can, in learning, in under
standing, in virtues. in all noble
qualities of mind and heart, but
not in any Of those things that
have caused them, justly o. IN
Justly, to be described as sFvares.
We want the girls to be gentle
not weak-bUt gentle, end Kind,
and affectiGGate. We want 10 be
sHre that wherever a girl is, there
should be 2 sweet, subduiDg and
harmODiZj-a influence .. p~1lyy,
and truth, and love, pervading
and hallowing from center to cir.
cumference, the entire circle in
which she moves. If the boys
are savages, we want her to be
their civilizer. We want her to
tame them, to subdue their feroci-
ty, to soften their manners, and
to teach them all needful lessons
Of order and sobriety, and meek
ness and patience, and goodness.
We want-oh! how much we
want of girls.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
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uent are made 10 advance.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
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t0tiOn.

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of several valuable works, can be consult
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from what cause originating or of how
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describing symptoms and enclosing stamp
to prepay postage.
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The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
Published Every Saturday, by
WM. j. BERRY,
Editor and Proprietor.
TERMS--Inyariabty in Advance
SUBSCRIPTION;
ADVERTISING:

One SQUARE, each insertion -.-..---$2 81
Each subsequent insertion---- i %
Contracts By the year or quarter at re-
duceA rates.
A square consists Of ten lines OF this
sise type.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-02-06
The Old, Old Story.

Her mother had told her not to
marry until she thought she was
able to support a husband; but
she needed not her gentle moth
er's warning; she went and got
civil-contracted to man who
was a fine long winded talker,
and who could sit around and
keep a stove warm better than
any one she ever saw in her life.
And then how proficient he was
in lying in bed snoring, on a De-
cember morning, while she got
up and split the wood, made the
fire, fed the horses, swept the
floor, boiled the coffee, BACKED
his boots, mended that hole in
his coat, sewed ol that sliFj bat
tOn, and laid a pipeful Of tobacco
and the matches alongside his
/ pillow. And how loving she
must have felt toward him, when
he got up at last at about ten o.
clock, cursed her for making a
noise, and wanted to know Why
there was no beatsteak and esal
on the table, and why she hadn't
pawned her Watch-it was a dy
ing mothers gift-in order to give
him whisky money. And when
after three years of this, she lef
him, and went to work as q sew
ing girl, people spoke of the de
pravity of the woman who had
left her husband.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-12-03

JOSH BILLINGsIsMS.-Love is Ike the
measles, it goes hard late in life there is
not so much credit in playing good hand,
but in playing poor hand well very poor
people have no friends young man, don't
cry for spilled milk, but pick up your pail
and milking-stool and go for the,uext COW
the life insurance agent is the most anxious
business, he talks to you till be conyiDces
you that life is hardship and death
blessiug-to your widow and children fuss
is like asdrop ofcOld water in hot grease,
it sputters and sputters and then sputters
again IA asakcy is human dough made to
order success in. life is apt to make Us for
get the time when We wasn't much ; q man
that can wear paper. collar whole week
aud keep it clean isn't good for anything
else; the world loves to be cheated, but
wants it done by honest men the country
horse;jockey is,a redhot specially it is
singular fact that q man can trade cows
and be pious, but can't swap horses with
out trying to cheat somebody ifa man puts
downs poor umbrella and picks up good
one it is mistake If he puts down good
umbrella and picks up a poor one it is a
blunder [ have known men so pious that
when they went fishing on Sunday, they
prayed for good luck there is no sure cure
for laziness, but a second wife sometimes
helps it little.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-12-03


DIR. Gibbs. one OF the editors, of Halls
Journal of Health who 10 himself an edu-
Gated physician and surgeon, while on, =
railroad srain the other day was consulted
by one of the employees on the train 10 re-
laiioh to bis little boy, who had that morn
Ing swallowed cent. What have you
done for him p asked the doctor. We
gave him dose Of castsr OIL was The reply.
Good practice SO far as soon as you reach
hume give him the white of three raw eggs
daily let his diet 5e bread and milk, aud
nothing sour The directions were follow
81 faithfully. the whites OF the eggs repeat
ed every; day, and the dose Of oil St night. !;
and on the fourth day the cent was. dis
chargeda 1t was one of the. new copper
coias, and considerably corroded by the
action OF the gastric juices. Since fatal re-
sults often follow the swallowing of cop
pet coin, the judicious treatment. advised
in. this instance should be remembered by
all who have the care Of children The
esssntisl points to be borne in. mind are
simply these. Albuuen, or the whites of
.ssgs, = s!ape dies free fsom acids. aud cas-
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-12-03
Glass.

Probably the Romans we're the frat to
employ glass for windows. Some remnants
of glass panes are to be found TO- day in
their frames, in the buried houses of Her
culaneum and PompeH. The substituted
glass as material for bottles in place of
the leather which is stiAr ip vogae among
the poorer classes in the 0Eient. Epicur-
cans in wine then, as now, determined the
age of their article by the seal. upon the
cork and The liable impressed upon the
glass. Glass goblets were less popular.
Gold aud silver reluctantly yielded The
palm to the new-fangled rival which sought
popularity by appealing, not to the poverty
of the poor. but 10 -tbe desire of poyelty
among the rich. Even artificial stones
and pearls Of glass were not unknown.
Whether mirrors of glass were known to
the Romans, or whether they depended
exclusively, as they certainly did chiefly,
upon the resources of the Jews-polished
metals-is a question of grave dispute
among the learned in such matters-a dis
pute into which we shall not venture to
enter. 1t is safe, however, to say the only
use of glass which modern art can claim
with assurance, as exclusively its own is
the employment of it in optical instru-
ments.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-12-03
Facss,AbOtit the Bible.

A prisoner condemned to solitary con-
fpcmenl, obtained a copy of the Bible, eud
by'three years. careful study obtained the
following facts =
!. The Bible csdtains 3,9S6, 4S9 letters,
173, ,GO2 words, q, 173 verses, 1,1S9 chap
ters, and 66 books.
The word and occurs 46, III times.
The word Lord occurs 1853 times.
The. word reverend occurs but once,
wsies-is in the 9th''verse of the 1lth Psalm.
The 2rst verse of the 7ih chapter OF Ezra
contains all the letters in the alphabet ex-
cept the letter J.
The finest chapter.tO read is the 29lh
chapter of the Acts ofthe APOSTLES.
The 10Th chapter Of III Kings and the
9th chapter of Isaiah are alike.
The longes verse is the 9th verse OF the
Sth chapter of Esther
The shortest yerse'is the 35th verse o.
the 11th chapter of St. John.
The Sth, 18th, 2lst<and 3lst verses OF the
! 1O1th Psalm are alike:
Each verse offhe both Psalm ends alike
! There are no words or names ct more
than six syllables..
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-12-03

THE truth is, speculation has run wild.
Men have traded beyond their power to
pay rnd banks that participated in the
wild scheme are in like condition, and
when payment is demanded they are un-
able to do so 1t is the history of trade,
that about every ten or fifteen years we ex-
perlence just such contractions as are now
taking place. A stream swollen by rains
will rise, yet when the extra supply OF wa
ter ceases, it finds its level. The same is
true of business. 1t will stand expansion
for a season. but time when banks and
business men must settle, is sure to follow,
and then comes the crash. We are pass
ing through such an ordeal, and when all
the weak and tottering institutions crumble
and fall, we shall begin to emerge from the
! financial gloom which now overspreads the
! financial world, and build up new fortunes
and new enterprises on more substantial
| basis.