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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

vagabondage, If it be not made a
crime, should at least work forfeiture OF
freedom. III tramps are to be support
ed by honest men, honest men should
at least have the power to say 10 what
manner the tremps shall be supported
IL is Il fair for the farmer 10 work bard
in the hot hay field all day, or the shoe.
maker to peg away in bis little craniped-
up shop. and then DO obliged TO take q
part of bis small earnings to feed and
lodge lazy fellow who has been lying
under hedge I'LL shutdown. aud who
will break Into his house and steal his
goods and murder his wife, If he gets
the chance or provocation. RESPONSE
bility implies authority. AS long as a
man is obliged to support big children
he has authority over his children. If a
grown man is not self supporting, he
should net be self-difeeting. Some towns
have borne all the borden they feel dis
posed to bear. and are arresting tfamps
10 all directions, determined to test their
liabilities. Public sentiment will doubt
less approve their course; hut unless
pubic sentiment iermnlatos itself into
common law, these local measures viii
but increase local distress. II one viii
lage, by village law, arrests tramps, and
the next village does not, the second
village will be but receiving tomb for
the decayed humanity for the FIRST.
These vermin driven ont of the one
town, will take refuge in the next, and
the last state of that town shall be worse
than its first. 1t should be a recognize.
ed state law, il ii be not now, that any
person asking aims from door TO door
thereby forfeits his liberty. In snrren-
dering the self-support OF manhood be
surrenders also its self control. The
community that feeds him shall retain
him. Tfhe will eat the bread Of begga-
ry, it shall be behind barred gate. He
shall not walk up and down seeking
what and whom he may devour, bnt he
shall have keepers and be made to
work; be shall lie down and rise up, and
march to table and field and work
shop, at the voice OF the bell. He shall
have abundance Of wholesome food, but
no squash pie to bespatter his stone
fences withal. He shall not fatten
longer on the tolls Of honest men, but
he shall eat bread in the sweat OF his
own Eat face; and the only difference
between bis fate and that Of his thrifty
brother shall be that while the latter
goes home to wife and child ard vine
and 6g tree, the former shall have
neither ownership nor accumulation.
II man find that he must work as
hard for bare walls and coarse food at
for home and family aud all sociable
solace and standing it would be but
evil choice for him to make. Let us
take off the premium from ya9abond-
age; let us make the tramp's life as stern
aud severe as that of the honest citizen;
let society close upon him, short, sharp |
and decisive, and either make spoon |
or spoil horn. Gal Hamilton.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23
Trials ola Modest Man.

A very amusing scene was witnessed
90 the promenade at the exposition
Saturday night. young gentleman
who had shown assiduous attentions to
the ladies during the evening was stand
iog near the music stand conversing
will couple of lady friends. Just
as the band ceased playing, he tipped
his hat politely and termed away, re-
marking that he had a pressing engage
ment with friend. He haotaken but
step or two when his foot struck
something which felt as though it were
a ladies shawl. Quickly he locked
ahead for the loser and then stopped to
pick up the lost article. His fingers
had almost reached the thing. when
suddenly the young man Strengthened
himself up and looked obviously at a
white object Of questionable character
1t was much too large and burdensome
for a handkerchief, and its shape and
quality of material were unlike those OF
an opera cloak, or comfort, or hood,
or anything else of which the ladies
could make use for themselves. The
young man was confused, but his curl
osity would not permit him to let the
thing alone. He observed that the
girls on the benches before him were all
giggling and squirting and making
wry faces at each other. but he was full
OF comprehension. "What 10 thunder
is this?" asked he, aud, accompanying
the words with a kick, he sent it over
towards the feet Of two modest looking
young misses Then there was SEN
sation; the young ladies laughed cut
right, and number Of young men
clapped their hands. The young man,
hlushing, leaned against post with his
hands in his pockets and looked at the
fountain as it threw upi's silvery spray.
In the midst Of the scene an anxious
young mother, with a very red lace,
rushed upon the spot, nervougly
snatched up the mysterious abject, and,
hurrying back to vacant seat ltils
way down the corridor, sat nown, and
was afterwards observed applying
very useful and altogether necessary ar
tice Of apparel to her teader iUfant
boy. Louisville Jrurnol.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

The revivalst Moody makes public
the following secret regarding the pre-
paration of his sermons. Being asked
how he got them up. he replied; For
number Of years | have kept large en-
velopes marked. say, Blood Heaven
Faith. &C., and everything hear or
meet with on any Of these subjects
make note Of IT, and keep it 10 these
envelopes. After some time | have
material enough ia one Of these envel-
opes for three or four sermons. People
sometimes speak of ny taking four or
five months to prepare sermon; it
takes me four or FIVE wears"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

A young man appointed to clerk
ship 10 the Treasury Department, was
conducted to his duties, but shortly af-
terward the chief Of the department
discovered him comfortably reposing in
his seat. with his feet Enthusiastically
resting on the desk. "Hello," said the
chief, didn't you expect to do any
work." "Work !" exclaimed the aston
ished youth, III had to work hard
enough % get here"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

A Mr. Winuegardner, Of William
sport, committed suicide the other day
But of all the suicides that were ever
committed it was perhaps the coolest
and most philosophical He just went
and quietly drowned himself, leavspg a
note on the bank attached to acard.
In it was written pull on tho rope
aud you will find me 10 the canal. +"
That's commendable lie didn't want
any troublesome and expensive dredg-
ing aud dragging ahout for him.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

Cardinal Manning recently addsessed
q meeting of Roman Catholics ia Lon
don, held on the site oft the New Cathe-
dral, which, it is stated, will cost ST.
500, 900, and be one hundred year. ia
building. The artlinal remarked that
Noah was one hundred and twenty
years in building the ark, and that he
thought should prevsnt the founders
and builders OF the new Cathedral from
giving way to despondency.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23
The Striped Stocking Con-
trCvcfsy.
tAtlantic Constitution

k4AEatHttC N0tSAd1ttUHtl
He was sitting ID the wagon in from
Of a Whitehall street dry goods store,
holdirg tie horses, while She made Der
purchases. She had jest come to con-
suit him and and was standing % the
curostone.
What's that he exclaimed
IVY, say them striped stocken Is
dollar par, in there" she explained.
"Stripid snakes and green lizzurdsl
What 10 thundor dye want with striped
stockrn's 20
al wants 'cm fur Mary, an TIE clerk
seq they'r the fashin' now teetotallyl'
"Want EN- for Mary, DO ye2 Like
blazesl kao' We ole woman. Ye'd tell
Mary she should't war em only ca Saa-
day aud yS'd be up two hours fore day
and have 'em Oh yer shanks every Sun
day the Lord seat ez long as they lasted
and never take EN- Of tell the moon waz
20 hours hight
John, Of git up thar in that wag
gin,ye'!l hush, ! warroat YETI she said
and she looked stormy.
ooh yes, butye'll hev yer striped socks
on iust, won't ye2 Yer'd look purity;
woodn't ye, with them post-rammers o
yourn all striped up like Sebry's 10 a
circus?-"
"Johu of that p'eeeman warn't over
yander, I'd git up thar an take The pee
lin of n that billed beet nose quicker"
"0l koarse we would? an do it jest 70
show all these AtlaDty folkes what sort
of cotten-seed Washers them is that We
want ter rig up ii stripes tell they'd
look like barber shop poles made inter
wooden legs, yer would
ooh, yes jist wait
time bound to wait, kaise Tine angs-
hus to sse yer founee round hyar with
them striped socks on, holden yer ole
back aownd up two feet high to step
over whar some man hes spit, jest to
show off yer dollar pair striped legginsl
Tmind me of that dollar yarn'd that yer
bought two or three years ago, and ]
hanit seen nary show since--l'me Dustin
ter see yer kavortin round agiG like
Young kali at bumblebees, mass meet
ingl Here's yer dolIar-go git yer stripesp
She didn't take the money, but gath
cred up her bundles and slung them
under the seat, climbed 10 after them.
aud as the wagon went out Mitchell
street, she was working her mouth 10 an
agony OF rage and feeling around in the
straw to fud where he had hidden the
whip For further particulars, see small
bills.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

Schroeder's steerable air Ship
is nearly completed, and visitors will
be admitted to the grounds at the in
tersection Of Madison and Boundary
avenue, Baltimore, TO see the prog
ress made on the machine" The
trial trip will be made about the 1st
of November proxim0, and Schroeder
is still sanguine of Being able, after
a few journeys to Washington, New
York, etc., to cross the Atlantic.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23
The Last Tramp.

She brought him vest and pair
Of breeches IN answer TO an appeal for
old clothes. for he was very ragged. She
thought they would fit comfortably. lie
examined both garments attentively
aud, throwing them down. exclaimed.
"Thcre amt no watch pocket nor nc
hind pocked for a pistol"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

Dear Laura, vixen you was flirting
young miss, and | was your dutiful
swain, your smiles could exalt to the
summit Of bliss, your frowns could
o'erwhelm me with pain; you were dear
to me then, love, but, now you're my
wife, it is strange the fond tie should be
nearer; for, when am paying your
bills, on my life, you seem to get dear
or aud dearer.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

The report that ex-Sentor Chand-
Ter had been rendered the Secretary
ship of the Interior Is not credited
in Washington. 1t is supposed that
Senator Cameron and Representative
Packers visit to Washington Is
made with q view to securing the ap.
pointment of a Pennsylvanian.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

A Wyoming jury, composed of seven
men and five women, were shut up fer
two days and two nights and yet they
couldn't agree. II is said that If they
had remained out for seventeen years
there would have been no verdict as the
FIVE women talked the seven mon deaf
the first six hours.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

She was languishing ou the sofa
watching him alfectingly as he skipped
briskly about the room putting things
in Order Finally she said, 10 low,
sweet tene Of voice, George, darling,
don't think You will ever be great
man. "Nhy so love ~ ne asked,
wheeling chair round on one Of its
legs and gracefully stroking it with the
buster because great men alway 5
have lazy, and good-for-nothMg wives
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

Sixteen hundred soldiers embark
ed at Santander yesterday for Cuba.
Don Carlos is said to have dismissed
from the service General Dorregaray
and several other Carlist chiefs.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

II is seldom easy 10 see the hidden
bcnefaction in that which is az appar-
ent affiictiou A boy who was icon
founding tho mosquito was told by his
pastor that doubtless the insects are
made with good end ia view, " when
the young scamp replied, 81 can't see il,
whether it is in vieU or not At any
rate, | don't like the end / feel ?
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

There are l,700,OO0 Baptists 10 the
United States, and only 200, 900 ia Eng
land. Virgi' Ia alone has as many az
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermout and
Massachusetts, pat together.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-23

Mexico hasn't been so quiet and
orderly for years.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-29
A Partisan Theft.

In England and France, when they can
have Americans to help them, they can
get up as systematic a robbery as the
United States itself can offer. A Paris
money changer joins to his business a
trade in expensive nick-nacks. Nearly
each day for the last six months an
American has made small purchases in
the shop. With the ease and volubility
of his pleasant race, this gentleman had
fallen into habit Of exchanging long
gossips with NJ. Delapierre, who looked
on him as one of his best customers.
The other morning the American az
rived as usual with friend. NJ. Della
pierre had just taken out bag of money
and valuables, which he placed in the
window while talking. There is, of
course, a money-changer's grating be-
tween it and the shop. Pres emily en-
tered third person, who bought silver
teapot, which the assistant packed up
and carried to the address given. When
he had gone the American produced a
claw, such as gas globes are set upon,
and said carelessly to the money changer
81 wish You would see if you have a
glass to fit this claw" NJ. Delapierre
went with him into the back shop and
sought a globe to match, leaving the
friend alone. 1t appears that he imme-
diately opened the grating, seized the
little bag of valuables, aud called ont ::
Haven't you found glass yet?" The
American came back, chose some small
articles to be sent home, and then went
off quietly with his companion. Not for
half an hour afterward did NJ. Delapierre
discover his loss, which amounted to
f12, ZOO, half of it in bank notes and
gold, and the rest in checks and nego-
table paper. A theft SO patiently CON
cocted, so audaciously carried out, says
Paris paper, is worthy of notice. Like
our own bank forgers, these men had
plainly some capital, besides cool brain
and cold resolution. They could afford
to wait six months, and to buy silver tea
pots and trihes of that sort.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-29
The Centennial.

Governor Hartranft informs us that
the State of Pennsylvania has appropri-
ated million of dollars to the Centen-
NAL, the city of Philadelphia has given a
million and a half, and it is probable that
"a further sum of one million dollars
will, within few weeks" be devoted to
the same object. This amounts to three
and half millions from one State alone.
These appropriations do not include the
private subscriptions from individuals
in Pennsylvania, which will probably
amount to another million. This is GER
tainly a noble work for one State to do,
says the New York Herald, and that pa
per adds: We trust that our own State
will not be tardy. The government has
appropriated half million, which, how
ever, will be devoted to the display of
the various departments of the general
administration. New York will certainly
aim to make a display worthy of supre-
macy as the Empire State. We cannot
afford to be under obligations to our
friends in Pennsylvania for the opportu-
nifty of SO doing. 1t is not the habit of
New York to be dependent upon others
where either her honor OF her interests
are concerned. We trust that the Legis-
lature will vote an appropriation that
will enable New York to make an APP
pearance at the exhibition worthy of our
greatness and the magnitude of the oc-
casion.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-29
The Arts Of a Hundred Years Ago.

One hundred years ago what man
discovered in the arts he concealed.
Workmen were put upon oath, i'll the
name of God, never to reveal theprocess
used by their employers. Doors We're
kept closed, artisans going out were
searched, visitors were vigorously ex-
Guided from admission, and false opera
tions blinded the workmen themselves.
The mysteries of every craft were
hedged in by thicksct fences of empiri-
cal pretensions and judicial affirmation.
The royal manufactures of porcelain,
for example, were long carried on in Eu-
rope with spirit of jealous exclusive
ness. His majesty of Saxony was espe-
cially circumspect. Not content with
the oath of secresy imposed upon his
work people, lie would not abate his
kingly suspicion in favor of a brother
monarch. Neither king nor kings dele
gate might enter the tabooed walls of
Nelson. What is enormously called
the Dresden porcelain that exquisite
pottery of which the world has never
seen the likc-was produced for two
hundred years by process so secret that
neither the bribery of princes nor the
garrulity of the operatives ever revealed
it.
Other discoveries have been less sue
cessfully guarded, fortunately for the
world. The manufacture of tinware in
England originated in a stolen secret
Few readers need to be informed that
tinware is simply thin iron plated with
tin by being dipped into the molten
metal. In theory it is an easy matter to
clean the surface of iron, dip it into a
bath of the boiling tin and remove it en-
veloped with the silvery metal to place
for cooling. In practice, however, the
process is one of the most difficult in the
arts. 1t was discovered in Holland and
guarded from publicity with the utmost
vigilance for nearly half century. Eng
land tried in vain to discover the secret
until James Sherman, a Cornish miner,
crossed the Channel, insinuated himself
master of the secret, and brought it
home. The secret of manufacturing
cast steel was also stealthily obtained,
and it is now within the reach of all az
tisans.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-29
A New England Farm.

It is the popular opinion that no
money can be made on the so-called
worn out hill-town farmsf New Eng
land, but the experience of Mr.. William
G. Warren, of Windsor, Massachusetts,
is to the contrary. His farm contains
two hundred acres, little more than
half cleared land, and cost him $4,000.
The stock kept the past year was sixteen
COWS, two horses, three heifersand hogs.
He worked up his own milk into butter
and cheese on account of distance from
the factory. His working force consisted
of himself end wife, and daughter and
boy twelve years of age, and one hired
man. His sales of butter and cheese
for the year ending February 1, 1876,
were 81, 1910; pork, $115; calf hides,
$15; apples and cider, $40. Total,
S1,311.70. His outgoes were: hired
man (seven months), $3.50; taxes, $92;
for meal fed not raised on farm, $43. "a.
Total, $2S5.74, leaving for the labor of
himself and family and interest of his
capital invested balance of S1,025. SO.
His cheese has sold at the door at an
average of thirteen cents per pound, and
the butter at an average OF thirty cents
per pound. In years of higher prices he
has done much better than the past year.
He has lived on three different farms in
Windsor during the last thirty years,
has always driven a good team, lived
well, worked steadily, and steadily made
money, leaving each farm better than he
found it. He has steadily pursued the
system of keeping only moderate
stock of good native COWS and of keeping
them well; of doing his own work as far
as possible, and of raising the provisions
for his family and the grain and roots
for his stock as much as possible on his
own farm; never hesitating, however, to
buy meal when his own granary runs
low. There are many farms in the town
that will keep rs much stock and more
than his that can be bought for from
80, 500 to 49, 900, with not as much wood
on them, not as good buildings and not
so sheltered as Mr.. Warren's 1t will
be seen that the income, counting in
pork and calf hides sold as well as but
ter and cheese, was $50. 70 per COW.
Counting out the meal bought Tor stock,
reduces the average to S78 per COW;
again counting out, in addition to meal
bought, the interest on the land at seven
per cent and still you have S5S.31 left
per COW. How many dairy farmers liv-
ing on land that cost from $50 to 5000
per acre can reckon out interest on land
and meal bought for COWS, teams and
hogs and show an average of $5S.31 per
COW left? And if you cannot do it, why
is your land worth so much, and why do
you still say nothing can be made farm
ing back on the hillsl
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-29
He Advertises There.

When man is very anxious that the
public should know something for in
stance, that he has lost some bonds and
wants to recover them, says the Adrer-
tising Gazette, his very first impulse,
whether he be regular advertiser or
not, is to fly to the newspapers. You
never hear him say on such occasions,
"What's the use of advertising % He
simply sits down satisfied, as though
the thing We're accomplished and the
bonds call but" back into his hands
once more. But when it comes to busi-
ness and he is told he should advertise,
he seems to forget all this-or very many
merchants do, and reiterate, "what's the
use of it." etc. Now here are two Hur-
poses to be served, exactly alike, 4. C., to
make known his wants to the public, and
both are to some extent of a kind, for in
one he offers reward, and in the other
large inducements. Yet he too often
fails to see the connection that underlies
all advertising transactions, and illogic-
ally makes up his mind that what is
good for the gander is not good for the
goose, and so remains, more or less, as
far as his regular business is concerned,
in the condition of the latter.