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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25
How to Drive = Fast Horse.

III. Woodruff, in N. Y. Sportsnsda.
People talk abouta steady ,brac e.
ing pull; but, In my opinion. tn Is
is not the right way to drive q
trotter. There's a great difference
between letting 90 of your horses
head and In keeping up one dull,
deadening pull all the time. The
pull should be sufficient to feel the
mouth and give some support and
assistance, so rs to give the horse
confidence tosget up his stride
More than this Is mischievous. To
keep the mouth alive the bit
must be shifted occas ionally. But
this il not to be done by q pull Of
the hand on the rein. A mere half
turn Of the wrist, or less than half
q turn,rby which the thumb Is ele-
waited and the little finger lowered
Is sufficient to shift the bit, keep
the mouth sensitive and rouse the
horse. The reinS ara to be steadi-
ly held with both hands while
this play with the wrist is made,
and it Is, of course only to be done
with one wrist at q time. The
hands should be well down, and
the driver ought not to sit all of q
heap, with his head forward
Neither should he lean back with
bodily weight ON the reins, which,
in that case ere made q sort Of stay
for him. He should be upright,
and what pulling he has to do
should be done with the muscular
force Of the arms. The driver,
who depends upon the arms. has
command of the horse. He who
substitutes bodily weight with
the reins wrapped around his
hands, has not half command Of
the horse or of himself either, and
If the horse is a puller he will soon
take command of the driver. The
reason of it is that there is nc
intermis sion of the exertion, no
let up either for man or horse
Besides, in that way Of driving it
is ia fashionable to give those move
mants of the bit which seem TO
refresh and stimulate the horse so
much. When a horse has been
taught the significance of the
movement-the SHIFT by turn of
the wrist-he will never fail to n
swer it, even though he would
seem to be at the top OF his speed.
The moment he feels this little
move of the bit in the sensitive
mouth he will collect himself and
make another squirt; and the value
of this way Of driving is that the
horse Is not likely to break when
called upon, while q high strung,
generous horse, if called upon for
a final effort with q whip, Is as
likely to break the moment 1t falls
upon him as not. / have won
many a close heat by practicing
this movement, and, therefore, l
have no hesitation in recommend
ing it. 1t is not difficult to ac-
quire, and a horse soon comes to
know what it means.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
New Phases of Cotton Culture.
From the New Orleans Times.


The total receipts of cotton to date
are 3,123,813 bales, an excess over last
year of 461 ,521. Of this New Orleans
has received 986, 1895 bales, an excess Of
232, 588, or more than one-haf the ex-
cess Of the entire country. Indications
such as this show conclusively that all
attempts to destroy our prestige as the
great cotton market of the Union have
proved futile, but would still leave I'M
impaired general impression that our
traffic in the great staple is being grad
ually modified A dawning prosperity
in the agricultural DISTRICTS, together
with increased accumulations by the
cotton consumer, both tend to effect a
change While the abolition of African
slavery in no way diminished the mon
opoly Of production, it seriously affect
ed the status of the planter. A time
honored custom Of procuring funds in
unlimited amount from the factor,
shipping an entire crop, and ordering
lavishly whatever luxury fastidious taste
suggested, was necessarily abandoned.
With the increased cost of cultivation,
no crop with such drain could prove
remunerative, and only by the most
rigid economy has the agriculturist
managed to subsist. A sharp cutting
down of expenditures hiss naturally
proved remunerative The planter is
more independent at present than he
has been for years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
WOmen'S AttractiyenesS.

Personal attractions most girls possess
at any rate in a sufficient degree to
render them attractive to somebody, for
although there are standards Of beauty,
yet these do not prevail with all per-
sons. There is something wonderful in
the difference of aspect which the same
face wears to different beholders. Prob
ably the philosophical explanation of
this is what is hidden from others be-
come, Immediately and instinctively
apparent to the eye Of love. How can
a moderately good-looking girl increase
her attractions? By culture She must
cultivate her mind. An ignorant illit-
crate woman, even if she attracts atten-
ton, cannot retain the interest of an IN
telligent man. She must do this by
reading, by study, reflection, and by
familiar conversation with the 5est and
most highly educated persons with
VIII IN she comes in contact. But the
heart must be cultivated as we'll as the
head. "Of all things" exclaimed a
most elegant and refined gentleman,
after nearly a hfetime's Familiarity
with the best society," of all things
give me a softness and gentleness in a
woman" A harsh voice, a coarse laugh
trifies like these have suddenly spoiled
many favorable first impression. The
cultivation of the heart must be real,
not feigned. A woman who studies to
appear rather than to be good and gen
erous seldom succeeds deceiving the
other sex in these respects. She who
in truth seeks earnestly to promote the
happiness of those around her is very
apt to obtain admirers among men.
Above all other requisites in a woman
is consciousness Without this one
touchstone of character, no matter
what her charms and requirements, she
cannot expect to command the lasting
regard of any man whose love is worth
having.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
Incidents of Life in Paris.

Two wel[known Parisians, who are
now Independent of fortune, but who
once were her slaves, stopped few
evenings since in front of the ticket
Office Of the vaudeville; both were en-
barassed. One said: How stupid I
am Would you believe it; I have
come without my purse?" The other
replied "Well, I am in still worse
plight; I have just paid the last cent I
had" The former smiled: "What UNI
grateful dogs we are Prosperity has
made us forget our Old-our best friend
the pawnbroker's shop is round the
corner-we both have our watches"
A diner-out says that three evenings
since he went to dine with some new
acquaintance. It was his first invita-
ton to their house. He entered the
mansion just as the neighboring clock
was striking the hour appointed for
dinner time AS he put his foot on the
first step of the staircase he heard loud
words, screams, tumult-and before he
could prick up his ears down came a
tureen of soup, rolling, tumbling,
bounding, breaking, rafting, gathering,
distributing beef tea, cabbages, carrots,
parsnips, shin, rags of meat, and frag-
ments of porcelain right and left, front
and back. The culinary cyclone past,
he, finding himself even unstained,
kept up stairs. Dinner was announced
soon after he had saluted his hosts.
They took seats at the table. The SER
want brought on a turbot. The hus-
band said to his wife: my angel, tell
our friend the bill of farew She-her
face wreathed in charming smiles-an-
swered: "No darling, that duty is the
hosts" He therefore easily said:
Well, Unjust give you warning that we
have adopted the English custom. We
never have sOup."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
She EAYed Another.

Her calm, frank eyes were ever turned
Ia tranquil fashion on my own;
No shadow from those lashes dark
Across their steadfast light was thrown;
Twas I who felt abased when she
Her smile unconscious flashed on me.
| thought the maiden's heart was cold,
7 dreamed no love could harbor there
When walking by the summer waves,
A step stole on us unaware
/ turned to see what stranger came;
She partly turned her cheek was flame
Her cheek was flame, her eyes, whose light
Meier yelled to mine their splendors sweet,
Now shone like stars of earlier night,
When sunset and fair cleaning meet;
O God that evermore for me
Her heart had slept-a mystery
--PuI II. Hay,,e.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
Queen Victoria and MendelssOhn.

A pretty anecdote is told of Queen
Victoria and Mendelssohn A short
time before his death the great COM
poser visited the Queen. He sat down
to the piano and played accompani-
ments, while she sang some Of his
songs. When Mendelssohn rose to go,
Victoria warmly thanked him for the
pleasure he had given her, and said:
j" Now what can do to give you some
pleasure?" expecting him to mention
some gift or honors1e could confer up
on him. Mendelssohn at first declined
to mention anything, but when her
Majesty pressed him, he frankly told
her that he was lover of little children,
and that he desired to see the royal.
children in their nurseries. The Queen
mother was much pleased, and they
spent a pleasant hour talking in a
way about their children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
A Sentimental Goose.
From the Chattanooga (Tenn. } Times

On a farm near this city is a goose
that lately lost its mate It mourned
sincerely for several days, refusing very
properly any attentions from other
gooses. But goostic faithfulness could
not survive human charms Goosey
became enamored of our man who has
charge of fowl and brute Thrown in
to his company constantly at feeding
time, she always welcomed him with
afectionate greetings and followed him
until the gate shut him from her sight.
Encouraged by his friendly offices, her
esteem deepened into love, and now no
other companionship satisfies her for a
moment. Long before daylight she
commences calling for him, and she
will take no food except from his
hands. She follows him day by day,
round and round the field, while he is
ploughing, and the highest farm fence
cannot stop her. When he comes to
town she can only be left behind by
being shut up her house, and then she
keeps up continual calling until he re-
turns True to the romantic charac-
ter in love stories, she is dropping
slowly fading from earth. Her cor
slant exertions to be near her charmer
are slowly but surely killing her. This
is no fancy sketch. We have the "pa-
pers for every word Of it. It is a sad
case of leap-year license.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08

sergeant in the pursuing squad, ends
the story by putting a carbine bullet
through the wretch's brain. The dead
body was brought back to Washington,
and, after Identification, buried in the
arsenal grounds Some two or three
years ago the Government gave Edwin
Booth permission to remove the re-
mains, which he has done, and inferred
them, as above stated, at one side Of the
monument over his fathers grave.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08

a The earnings of the Michigan Central
RAILROAD for the month of January
Mefet $518.567, an increase over the
same period last year of $17 ,665.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08

OFFERINGS of the season-Twenty
cents on the dollar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
Odds and Ends.

A HOMEOPATHIC knight-Aconite.
= THIS weather makes influential citi-
zens.
FROM pole to pole-The telegraph
wires.
WHEN is thief like q seamstress? p
When he cuts and runs.
EVERY friend is to the other a sun
and sunfiowey also. He attracts and
follows.-Richaer.
LET friendship creep to height; if it
rush to It, it may soon run itself out of
breath. Fuller.
MANY men and some WON en- mistake
the wont power for strength of will, and
sheer ugliness for frmness.
NONE are more hopelessly enslaved
than those who falsely believe they are
free.-Goetbe,
AT recent donation in the eastern
part of Oswego county, a brother sent a
dollar to his pastor with a note, saying:
Here's dollar in addition to the three
shillings' worth Of strawberries [ gave
you last summer"
The WestfeM Toauasn,ass of last week
refers to a very "much married
family, some. of which live in that vi
cinity-fve men of the family having
had twelve wives, and four women hay
had ten husbands
A WHITE boy upon meeting colored
boy asked him what he had so short
nose for, upon which the darkey re-
piled! :" s'pect it's so / won't be polk
ing my nose into other peoples bust
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08

s44 xurious quarters OF The Fauboqrg
s.sAopore, whereas iaeno de Valcdur
'sodyaps,e e.. out her days wailihg over the
dufiR6ss end dgeariness of the gay cap
bssys ital. ~Ihe high prices Aemapded fpr al
A1ssl3fTc Aecessaries OF llfe Mga1 aust
The estUfbhment must be reduced
aAt R$R9ness Ninon awoke out of her
sY g.. lohsAts6m of luxury and lsziaess,te
AZ aafaoe life for the first time seriously The
. saaysaS}ss aaai s 3 dreary christmaf was
( cE .e@uU ilsdncreasing. 'adhe wild eyes of sthe
~ swhmiftgE sopylace grew hungrer and
.Kao ijFUT "
~ s,stfaszsn s,s ss..,a
The Van Buren press., 1876-08-29
Pleasant Hill Meeting a Failure,

The good intentions of the movers OF
the Pleasant Hill meeting, came to naught
as we expected, Mr.. Witch would not
accept the proposition for him and Gen.
Armstend to withdraw, that new man
might be brought forward for candidate
for State Senator We have no doubt
he feels that, as charged in the Ozark
Banner, he had rather Mark Jack
son were elected than that new man
should be brought out. DR.. E. NJ. Black
burn, and other gentlemen, who went
there Witch men, went home express
ing themselves perfectly disgusted with
Wittich's movements, and declaring
themselves openly opposed to him now.
Let Crawford give Gen. Armstead full
vote, and he is elected.
The Van Buren press., 1876-08-29
The Order to the Army.


The latestieisder of Grant, through his
Secretary of War, to Gen. Sherman, is
one which must naturally cause uneasi-
ness in the mind of every patriotic Amer
lean citizen. Almost before the doors of
Congress are closed, the General in COM
mand of the army is directed to hold in
readiness for immediate service all his
available force, and to have his force $50
distributed and stationed as to be able to
render prompt assistance in the enforce
ment of the law" Here is certainly an
element of danger to the liberties of the
people. The army is an agency by
which the people may be restrained in
the free exercise of their rights, but it
can never be employed to increase their
liberties. AS means of enforcing law,
in time of peace, the military power is
very unsafe engine to employ. AT such
times the courts of law are the proper
tribunals to interpret the law, and the
civil arm the agency to enforce it. This
order necessarily deprives both of these
branches of their proper prcrogatives.
By issuing it, the president arrogates to
himself the province of Interpretation
as well as enforcement, and proclaims
himself at once Dictator. This is dan
gerous ground for him to occupy, for
American citizens have gained their free
dom at too much cost of treasure and
of blood, to lightly yield them now.
One other question, however, will be
likely to be brought into prominence by
this proceeding, and that is, whether it is
advantageous to the country that the
President should be the commandcr-in-
chief of the army. If there is a possi-
blity of his using the soldiers as means
of increasing and soidiiying his power,
or even as lever for the promotion Of
party political schemes, the sooner the
temptation to do SO is removed from him
the better.
The Van Buren press., 1876-08-29
TREACHERY.

One of the most shameful and unwar-
ranted acts of trcachery on the part OF
Granville Wilcox, (and he has many), was
that of his going to Judge John }. Bur-
row, and soliciting him to allow his name
to be used as candidate for the legisla-
ture, to fill the unexpircd term of Hon.
James Gregg, profering him his support.
Everybody knew Judge Burrow to be
reticent, unassuming young gentleman,
and, but for this solicitation of Wilcox,
would not have been before the voters,
asking, at that time, an election at their
hands. After getting him before the
people, he writes letter to gentleman
in one of the back townships; who, by
the way, had signified his intention to do
what he could to further the election of
Burrow, urging him to do all he could to
defeat Judge Burrow. The gentleman
obeyed the wishes of Wilcox, and Bur
row was defeated. 1t was one of Gran
ville's sharp tricks, and may look smart
to him, but was it not, to speak in plain
English, rank perfidy? The reason or
excuse given by Wilcox, and his friends,
for this low trick, is more contempt
bic and disgraceful, if anything, than the
act itself. He gives, as an excuse for his
treachery to Burrow, that he, Burrow,
having been called, by majority of the
bar Of this county to act as special judge
in the absence of Judge Mansfield, did
decide point of law in case that was
before him, in which Wilcox was attor-
ney, adversely to his client. He, as
Judge, under the oath of his Office. deci-
ded a case in accordance with law and
Justice, is hunted down and ostracised for
so doing. We say, again, the excuse or
apology of Wilcox is more outrageous
than the act itself But this is the high
toned national democrat" asking the
votes of the democracy of the county
for a scat in the legislature, that cannot
be made to choose between democratic
candidate for Sheriff-one whose charac
ter and record not one word is said
against-and that of radical, at whose
door many of the ills of the radical ad
ministration in this county are traced
Choose ye, democrats, who shall serve
you, Berkeley Neal, a selfmade, high
toned gentleman, or Granville Wilcox
the demagogue and trickster.
The Van Buren press., 1876-08-29
CHICAGO
Female College,
MORGAN PARK. ILL,
Near Chicago.)

'lHtE NENT SESSION OF THIS INSTITUTION
u commences on Tuesday, Sept, 18th, 1876 The
io'aton' tor health and beauty of scenery capnot
DC surpassed; and, while within a few minutes ride
OF the city, with trains nearly every hour it is com
pletety removed from its influence
Another new building will be completed and ready
LOT occupancy at the opening of the Fall term of the
ensuing year It's capacity will be sufficient to ac-
..3pmmo9ate hity additional pupils. The building
tous enlarged will be one of the finest iu tho
wy having all the modern con, eniences and in no
esempes That horror of young ladies' the old fash
lgneq boarding school, The dormitores are unusu-
some and modern. N
Not case Of sickness occurred among the pupiIs
curing the past year. This fact is partly attrbnta
we To he excellence of the water used in the nsti
%I9n, ION ms water IS obtained from an artesuu well
NJ" eet deep. ana is conveyed by pipeS throus bnut
the mouse. It possesses remarkable hypenic proneT
HeS. esSPeciaIi' valuable in cases of indigestion
mr' Nm. \. Britton, Of Van Buren, Ark bns had
three daurhitrs in this school during the past ycor
ana persons desiring speciai information are refer,
fc' 70 tht a69Te named gentleman vino can sneak
commodations and management ' NJ
for circulars, containing terms etc address tho
AZ ,.s'en'' ~ , e. THAYER
''' w Morgan Park, Cook 90. III.
The Van Buren press., 1876-08-29

ET How did Dunham, the pink Of
perfection and emblem of democracy,
stand with Grady in 1871 ARGUS.
"Aye, good Jew, we thank you!" We
are able, and more than willing to an
swer that question. Mr.. Grady was sent
to the Legislature in 1871, and, on leave
of absence, came home on visit of ten
days, and on the Sunday morning after
his return, in front, or near the Post Of
flee, in conversation, publicly declared
that he was going to act, in his legislative
capacity, for the good of the people,
of his constituents,-th he would
have nothing to do with the Clayton
wing, that they, the Clayton wing, had
had tried to buy him, had offered that if
he, Grady, would vote for Clayton for
United States Senator, he should have
the office of Sheriff of Crawford county
besides considerable amount ofmoney.
Mr.. Grady, then and there, declared he
could not be bought by the Clayton ring,
but that he was, iii his legislative capaci.
ty, going to act Tor and with his people
in Crawford county. It was at this time,
and upon the faith we had in his utter
ances, that we, as we'll as all other good
men, commended him. We are inform
ed that he is now reading from the Press
of that date to strengthen himself. We
always aim to speak well of friend OF
foe, when he does acts that are commen
dahlee without eskimo whether he be {
republican or democrat. His denoun
cling Clayton and his ring was worthy o
commendation from all democrats.
After all these solemn declarations
Grady dill vote for Powell Clayton fol
United States Senator, and came home
from Little Rock with the commission O.
Meuf Of CrawtoM county in his pocket
Whether he got the money that he hac
said had been offered him, We Of course
do not know, but it is reasonable to be
lieve that he did. Since that time We
have opposed him, and how any demo
crat can no,c support him, we cannot, fol
the life Of us see. The Argus clique
knowing all this with reference to Grady
as well as his multitudinous malfeasan
ces in office, since, does support him, We
leave it with the people to say, only pre-
missing that the facts, as stated above, car
be proved, when denied
The Van Buren press., 1876-08-29

nr One thing it is cheering to know
that the democratic candidates which the
Press advocates the election Of are not
open to the vile villifcations of the Ar
gus editor. His spleen, and that of the
"bloat' that does his dirty work, has
been directed to the editor Of the Press
Our candidstes arc the peoples candi
didates, whose records are pure and
above reproach. Go ahead with your
s!ush, Granville.
The Van Buren press., 1876-08-29
Rsag" We ask the d

Ras~ We ask the democratic support
ers of Mr., Wilcox if there would not be
as much propriety in Mr.. W. R. Miller,
the democratic candidate for Governor,
declining to commit himself to the other
candidates on the ticket with him, as for
Mr. Wilcox to decline to commit himself
to the democratic candidate for Sheriff?
There can be no excuse for q democrat
and an aspirant for the Legislature, not
to declare his preference for q democrat
to that Of a republican. And at this
time, silence on the part ofany candidate
should not, and will rot. be tolerated by
democrats.
The Van Buren press., 1876-08-29
Troops in the South.

The demand of the President for more
troops has stimulated representative of
the New York Herald to enquire into the
records of the War Department, to find
out the number of companies stationed
in the Southern States. He finds that
there are in Texas, As companies of in
tantry and 26 companies of cavalry in
Louisiana, II companies Of infantry; in
Mississippi, 10 companies of infantry: in
South Carolina, 8 companies of infantry
and 2 companies of artillery; in Flori-
I companies of infantry, and | company
of artillery; in Tennessee, 8 companies
of infantry; and in Arkansas, two com
panics of infantry, making total of l3S
companies.
By strict reading of the law there is
no authority for the presence Of troops
in the Southern States at this time. The
Supreme Court has decided that the En-
torcement Act is unconstitutional. This
was the only authority the President had
for sending portions ofthe United States
army to any State in the Union, without
the application of its Governor or Leg
slature, and then only when the militia
is unable to suppress the disturbance,
that demands the interference of FEEDER
al authority