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Religious.
Rev. M B Riddle, D, will pre-

Rev. M B Riddle, d D, will preach
in the Presbyterian church at II
O'Clock Sunday.
The usual services will be held in
the Reformed Church on Sunday.
The pastor will be out of town on
Friday and Saturday, but will re-
turn in time to fill his pulpit on Sun
day.
There will be services in the NJ.
E. church on Sunday morning at
101 O'Clock, and in the evening at s
O'Clock. The sacrament of the
Lords Supper will be administered
after the morning services.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-05
Plums in market now.

PlumS In market now.
Turnips are being sowed and cele-
ny planted.
The market on Thursday was not
well attended.
The campaign is getting hot
Grid on your armor.
The sun has been under a cloud
for several days past.
The nights are cool and thick
spreads are comfortable.
The recent rains have not raised
the streams much, if any.
Thermometers are passed by these
days with scornful glances, no one
caring how exalted or depressed
their condition.
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No Discharges.

1t was thought that the substitu-
ton of mogul engines for the smaller
size, on the Second Division of the
B & o r r, during the past few days
would result in the discharge of a
number of employees, but we learn
that none have been discharged as
yet. We hope there will be no occa-
sion for any reduction of force.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
Parliament to Adjourn Be-
fore Confess.

LONDON, August 2-Unless delay
ed by the liberals opposing The edu.
cation bill parliament will probably
be prolonged on the 14th or 18th inst.
The Right Hon Benz Disraeli and
Lord Cairns were not present at the
banquet to her Majcsty's Ministers,
given by the Lord Mayor of London
last night, on account of i'll health.
The speeches made during the even
mo were uujmnOrtapt.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-05
Concert POSTPONED.

The co..cert annoulc ed by the
Buell. Family for the evening of Au-
gust Sth, will be postponed for two
or three weeks. Timely notice will
be given, SO that all our people will
haT an opportunity of enjoying the
delightful entertainment.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-05
American Mutfneers.

Eight of the crew Of the American
ship Wm Wilcox, Captain Killman,
which left Philadelphia June 18th.
for Dublin, and arrived at that port
July 9Th, were brought before the
magistrate at Dublin yesterday
charged with mutiny while on the
voyage and remained for trial.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-05

The Molly Maguires in the Penn
sylvania mining region r at their
old tricks, several incendiary fires
having occurred recently which have
been traced to them. Six tenement
houses were burned at Moor's mines
on the Connellsville Railroad Tues
day night, supposed to have been
fired by them.
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Ho! OR Camp Meeting.

A special train will be run on SUM-
day by the G. V. r. r. Company to
the Oakville Camp Meeting. 1t will
leave town at Z A. NJ. Fare round
trip, $1.50, 1t will leave Berkeley
Station at 7:13 A. NJ. fare, $780,
Leave Bedington at 1927 and "alling
Waters at 7:4O; fare, round trip,from
each place, $1.25.
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StopIt.

One or two persons have recently
thought it necessary while visiting
our Office t turn on the gas, for what
purpose we know not, but we desire
TO say to them in all kindness; stop
it. Another experiment of that kind
might accidentally cause an intro
duction to an energetic boot sole.
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esLi-zie Keller,

The trotting mare s'Lizzie Keller
well known here, having once or
twice carried away the first money
at o. fairs, was sold in the city of
Lancaster Or Monday afternoon, by
J. r. Bitner to Mr.. Clayt Myers for
go
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DIED.

Inthis place Tuesday morning last,
Mr.. MICHAEL MURPHY, aged about
rs years.
Near Darkesville DANIEL KEEL
LER, infant son of Daniel and Eli
zabeth Keller, aged 8 months.
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List of Dead Letters.

The following list of letters remain
in the postoffice, Martinsburg, w.
Va, July 20. and will be sent to the
d%ead-letter office August 10Th, if not
called for
Cheralley s. Brown, Louis Brown,
Hester Monroe, G. w Weisenburg.
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Dot GIee Club.

Bushnell's Glee Club furnished the
Hayes and Wheeler Campaign Club
with some excellent music ON Tues
day night. We understand the Glee
Club itself numbers over thirty men,
bers. The Tilden Club also has a
Glee Club organized. We believe
there is more in music than in speak
ing.
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VIII be Lively.

The indications are that the can :
raign in this county will decidedly
lively. The or ,siagparties are mar
Shilling their forces.
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NOTICE,

Having qualified as executor of Charles
Knipe deceased, all persons indebted to
es' tie Of said Knipe are requested to make
immediate payment, all persons having
claims against said estate will present
them to the undersigned properly proven,
for payment. j.. III. MYERS,
Ex'r of Chas. Knipe, decd.
July 20, 4tw.
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The Climax Refrigerator and Wa
ter Cooler combined, is undoubtedly
the best in use which fact is fully de-
monstrated by calling upon Blondel
~ Trammel and seeing the one they
have in full operation.
June6,t If.
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The largest and most fashionable
stock of dress goods in the town at
hard time figures, call and see them
at d. M. Shaffer 81 Bro.
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The question solved! GETTIN-
GER & HoKE's ''Shoe and Hat
Emporium" is beyond doubt the
place to buy cheap goods, in that
line.
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JUST RECEIvED-Another lot of
Buck Heiebower 81 Neer's Mems
handmade pegged Kip Brogan's.-
every pair warranted and sold cheap
by. H.. N. DEATRICK.
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Ladies 2 button kid gloves and
button Isle thread gloves at d. NJ
Shaffer ~ Bro.
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Difficult.

1t is difficult to tell a counterfeit
$50 gold piece. 1t is SO long since
any Of us have seen a genuine me-.
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The Dog star.

Seriously speaking, the dog sta be-
g. Il to control the weather on the
oath of larst month.
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Ham Sausage, 16 cents per pound
Something nice; at ] Wisner& Son
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A complete stock of Updegraffs
celebrated gloves, at factory prices
at GETTINGER & HOKE'S.
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Dried Beef, splendid article, al
J Wisner IL Son.
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Mems Pillow Shoes Seized and
Brogans very cheap, at
GETTINGER d HOKE'S.
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Sewing Machines Re aire,

Sewing Machines, of any make, re-
paired in first class manner, on short
notice. All work warrented.
w SCHEELKY,
Nov 10-dawtf Martin street.
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WORLDS EXPOSITION!
TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST VIRGIN

The incoming of the CENTENNIAL. YEAR marks an epoch in n y LIES history. With i'll
warm personal friends in your midst, and r evrtw with pleasure to the many courtais extende
the pat. 1t has been my aim durng hse many FEARS to dvertseO only what With certainty IC
and nov 1.-THE evening omy life it's tooh to follow any 'oherH nthe beaten path 4
over thea hal century. | cannot nov rsorttoany method that would msa adnn decave q
pride that publicly announce that / will exhibit at MARTINsBURG,
The Osceola times., 1876-09-16

Ia process which saw both in France
and Palestine. In the latter-on Mount
Zion in Jerusalem-the grape. were
thrown into a wooden box about four
feet square and three deep; the bare
legged Arabs, bracing themselves with
their hands on each others shoulders,
tramPed the fruit by the hour, as the
juice issued from hole in the bottom
Of the box into tub. A traveller stand
ing by thought the process was indeli-
cate, but he was informed that fermenta-
tion, like fire, is a purifier.
The primitive pressing which ! saw in
France was done not far from Dion, and
not a great distance from a region where
the most improved methods of pressing
are employed. 1t was nearly equal in
simplicity to that practiced on the hills
of Judea. In Jerusalem the Arabs
tramped with their naked feet, and in
the out-ofthe way place referred to in
France the tramping was done under the
wbot. The must (the crushed mass of
grapes) was thrown into vat, when
eight or ten men jumped in and tramped
about in it, using their hands as wei rs
their feet to press out the clumps which
cling together. This was done also with
view to warm the must by the
natural heat of their bodies,
and thus hasten fermentation. Their
faces were stained with the juice, and
they were CORY the shoulders.
The Osceola times., 1876-09-16
Lime 20 the Acre.

Lime, in ITSELF is not generally con-
sidered fertilizer or food for plants,
while potash is. Carbonate, or quick.
lime, as it is usually called, when applied
to sandy soils, does little more than
hasten the decomposition OF whatever
vegetable matter it contains, rendering
every particle useful to the plants grow
ing therein, and. as one of our noted ag-
ricultural writers long ago remarked,
"the principal functions of lime as a
manure appear to regulate the condition
of the organic matter in the soil, and to
facilitate its healthy decay" Good
judgment is required in all cases where
lime is applied, or else il may do more
harm than good; but upon a light sandy
soil, containing a moderate amount of
vegetable matter, five bushels of freshly
slaked stone lime would be sufficient, or
ten to fifteen of a.r-slaked or gas lime,
evenly distributed over the surface. 1t
is better to apply lime in small quanti.
ties and frequently, than in large doses
and at long intervals-R. World.
The Osceola times., 1876-09-16

pether or separately, according to taste
or convenience. The better the meat
the better the stew, but by careful stew
ing the coarsest and roughest parts will
become soft, tender and easily digested,
which would not be possible by any
ether cooking. All the gristly parts
feet, shanks, knuckles-s should bestowed.
There is no other way of cooking these
parts to advantage. They require time,
and this is often The difficulty and objec-
ton; but what is to prevent woman,
when the fimily are sitting around
the FIRE in the evening, thinking about
to morrow's dinner? The FIRE which
warns the children will also cook their
dinner. The great vice Of most women,
not only among the poor, but among the
middle classes, il that they never think
of cooking till they feel hungry. Trim
mings of all kinds Of meat can some
times be purchased cheaply.
A woman who has but little to spend
should watch her opportunities. Sleeps
feet, the shank bones of legs of mutton,
and pieces of bone and gristle are often
thrown away as useless. We used form
erly to send ox-tails to the lanyard,
and even now how much goes there
which could be turned into good food !!
Twopence or threepence spent in the
purchase of bones-although containing
little meat, they contain thirty per cent.
OF gelatine, and may be made to yield
excellent food; large bones should be
broken into small pieces, and allowed to
simmer till every bone is white and dry.
have said nothing about favoring, or
thickening or adding vegetables. As a
rule, all vegetables, except potatoes, may
be cut into slices and cooked in the
stew; or, il preferred they may be cooked
separately, and added afterward. Car.
rots, turnips, parsnips, swedes, cabbages,
lerks, enions, celery, beetroots, vegeta
Bile marrow--any or all of those may be
used in stew C. Buckmaster.
The Osceola times., 1876-09-16
FARM AND HONE.
HONE.


oh, net the smile Of other lands.
Though far and wide our feet may rom,
San eer unite the genial hands
ihat knit our hearts ~ home.
remembrance still like dews, returns,
.aS aS ehser and cherish LIES youns flower,
That stand In memory's tower.
There still, spirit, night and day,
m Win sveei, bat melancholy care,
i'erpetnal homage loves 10 pay,
And keeps each trophy fair.
II wears look Of olden time.
And rich and well-iemembered words,
Fall fr"m ID lips IN tones that chime
with those of ch idhood's birds.
And childhood's birds are Hope aud Truth,
a. ANA thetrs the pleasant notes tI,e' bring
10 bless IN age the thoughts Of youth,
And every glorious wing.
And sweet the visions they restore.
OF all the loved. the bright, the tine.
Until We tread each scene one, more,
Aud all the past renew.
The blessed past sthe eacmory's home,
,,.. he home Il burie6 hopes-the urn,
where shrined. unmouldering, bright In gloom
our flowers We seek and mourn.
There, Time aud Fate Weld up each bud;
Their mutual hands have rivsn
I'LL Feeling halls with many food,
Each earliest gift OF heaven.
Our home On Garth Is childhocd's heart =
ftsdweliing In one spot we find,
Ani thus our nature wins from art
Au imsge for the mind.
And hence the joys Of other lands,
Though far and wide out feet may roam,
Can ne'er unite the sncred bands
that knit ouf hearts 10 home.
-Bropkiya Sandy Sun.
The Osceola times., 1876-09-16
winter Fast ures.

1t is desirable to avoid, as far as posi-
bic, an annual expenditure for labor in
the management of our lands. We re-
quire a certain amount of forage for win
ter. Pulling fodder is one of the most
expensive and least profitable Of the
operations of the farm. Well cured tod
der is the most palatable forage which can
be given TO horses. So is champagne the
most agreeable of all artificial fluids for
man. But fodder is too expensive for
the farmers horse, and the champagne
too expensive for the farmer man. Just
think of farmer going into hundred
acre corn fie d with gang of hands and
handling every separate blade of every
corn stalk. Contrast this with mower
cutting down eight acres of grass day,
say sixteen tons, raked up by horse
rake, teddcred by horse power, loaded
into the wagon and thence into the barn
by a hay-liiter, untouched by human
hands in the whole process.
But there is cheaper process than
this. 1t is one which cannot be adopted
at the north, because the climate will not
allow it. This cheaper plan is to provide
winter pastures for our mules, horses,
colts, cattle and sheep, thereby enabling
them to NOW and save their own hay
without cost to us, either in the way OF
negroes, mowers, hay stacks or barns.
The way to obtain good winter pas
ture, is simple and not expensive. Take
piece of wood land, thin out the
worthless timber, leaving rail trees and
mast-beaiing trees. The exact distance
cannot be given, because trees differ very
much in the amount Of shade which they
produce. The Kentucky rule is t. thin
the timber, 50 that the ground shall get
sunlight at least portion of the day
otherwise the grass will be sour and re-
jected by live stock. The ground should
be well sprouted grubbing is not neces
sary, though it is best. The tree tops
and brush should be piled and burned
and the ashes scattered. Except for ap.
pearance, the logs need not be piled and
burned. The ground should not be
plowed grass seeds should be sown or
the unbroken ground, and then all the
available live stock of the farmer should
be turned upon it, to trample in the
seeds. Hogs are excellent for this pur
pose, feeding them shelled corn, scatter.
ing as widely as possible, and feeding IL
a different place every day.
The seed sown, should consist of or
chard, blue, herds and meadow oat
grass, if the latter can be obtained. One
bushel of this mixture to be sowed t,
the acre-one-half orchard grass and the
other half of the other seeds, in equa
proportions.
The Osceola times., 1876-09-16
PATENT SUGAR EvAPORAToRs.

Referring to our notice that the Blymyer
Manufacturing Co. had brought suit IN ue
United States Circuit Court to protect them-
selves against the alleged infringement OF ule
Cook Evaporator patent by the sale OF tiie
SCANTLIy Eyaporator, and others, we are IN
formed by Messrs. Thomas seantlin 4 sons,
sole owners and patentees Of the Scantlin
Evaporator, that the bringing and dismiss
ing of suits is an old device, one OF the v tricks
of trade" They assure us that Cook ana
Blymyer, in succession: have Tor eleven year
been engaged in bringing occasional suits to
scare the customers OF other manufacturers,
but when pressed for trial they dismiss ana
psy costs. On one occasion the court reached
the merits Of the case and decided against
them on a preliminary examination. Per
sons interested in this branch OF msnuiac
turing would do well to address Thos. Scant
lin & Sons, Evansville Ind, and they will re
ceiye full information concerning the merit
of their very popular Evaporator.
The Osceola times., 1876-09-16

moved without using knife, simply by
pouring boiling water over them the
same as with tomatoes; then cut in
halves and remove the pits. Perhaps
more water may be put in TO form the
sirup than il used for strawberries.
Plums, same as peaches, only they will
need to be pared with knife: How
ever, we have 80 few cultivat plums
that a method Of preparing the wild
ones, or of making the famous plum
butter that our old settlers had TO de-
pend on for every occasion, would be IN
order, and we call on them for the modus
operandi.
Tomatoes should be nicely pared by
scalding first, then slipping the skin of
place in a large porcelain kettle or TIN
wash boiler, never in copper oriron, squeeze
out enough juice to wet the bottom OF
the kettle, and thus prevent their scorch-
ing, but no water should be added TO
them; there is enough of the juice ;
boil briskly for five or six minutes until
they are thoroughly heated and sealed in
tin cans. A bushel OF good tomatoes
will make about sixteen quart cans when
cooked.
The cans can be securely sealed with
the prepared sealing wax found at the
drug stores, and is by most preferred TO
solder. II can be saved when the can is
opened and used the second or third
time. To open can sealed with wax,
strike the wax with tack hammer until
it starts, pry the lid with the claw Of the
hammer, and the rest will loosen so that
1t can all be picked off, and the can
brushed before removing the lid. This
keeps the particles from the fruit, and is
much nicer than melting the wax with a
hot iron.
When fruit cans have been sealed and
ready to put away, turn them top down.
ward on table and let them stand until
the next morning, examine carefully,
and il no juice has worked its way out,
you may be sure they are well sealed.
Place them on shelves, in a cool, dry Gel
lar, and keep them there until ready for
use. II tin cans are used, paste labels Oh
while the wax is hot. that you may know
what they contain when you may wish
to open them.
The Osceola times., 1876-09-16
AUTUMN WRAPS.
W hat the Modes are and How They are
Worn.
IIarpei's Bazar.

IIarpei's Bazar.
For early fall, mantels of black cash
mere will be worn with Dolman back and
mantilla fronts. They will be lined with
silk. The trimming will be many rows
OF braid on the back and as border,
with moss trimming and fringe on the
edge.
great many rick black silk wraps
are shown, but very few velvet garments
are imported. 1t is said that fine cloth
cloaks are to be the fashionable for dressy
wear again, just as last season fine wooden
stuffs were restored TO favor for rich cos
tunes.
The new Dolmans are what are called
three-quarters long, and are ample
enough to reach halfway down the skirts
of ladies of average height. They are
not especially long on the Sides as they
formerly were, but are of the same
length all around, unless the fronts are
extended in square long martila shape.
The dressy cloaks of black Antwerp or
cathedral silk, made in the shapes just
described, and warmly wadded. The
braiding on these cloaks is exceedingly
handsome. Some have set figures of
braiding extending down each form from
top to bottom, making three pyramidal
figures behind, two in front, and one up
each sleeve.
Opera shawls are the new evening
wraps tnat are to cover the head and
shoulders, and by their bright color
brighten the dark silk or fur cloaks that
will be worn in the carriage. They are
squares of India cashmere with each
corner rounded, and are edged with the
Chinese fringe made of row upon row of
tassels Of wool.
There is no great display of buttons
and button-holes even on double breasted
garments, as fly fronts with concealed
buttons are very much used. The
sleeves are ample coat shape, large
enough to slip off and on easily.
The cuffs are usually made by the trim
ming. Collars are bands, standing in
rounded and in English shape, or are
turned down in Byron fashion, or else
the neck is finished with a band of fur,
or, it may be, regular boa,
Long sacques of cloth are in the grace
ful French shape, single breasted with
partly fitted backs. They do not differ,
materially from those of last winter ex-
cept in their added length and in the
preference for those that are straight
around instead of having long fronts and
short backs. Thirty inches, it is said,
will be the average length of sacques for
ladies of medium height. Garments of
last winter will be heightened by adding
a border of fur and trimming.
The Osceola times., 1876-09-16
Expcri.aeais with Honey.

A correspondent of the Scientific Amer
lean says: put up six one pound cans
of beautiful linden honey, being careful
TO make 1t one homogeneous mass OF
stirring. 1t was thrown from the combs
by an extractor on July 20th, and put
into the cans on August LIST. The cans
were placed respectfully as follows: One
into dark, dry cellar; one each under
shades OF red, yellow, green and blue
glass; and the sixth can in full light
On November sth the honey in the eel.
lar candied toa white. November 22nd
TO December 10th, honey under colored
shades candied, first in red, next in the
yellow, gieen and blue; while the honey
IN full light remained transparent until
January, when it soon candied after ex.
posure to intense cold weather. From
my experience an equal temperature
would preserve certain kinds of honey
while other kinds would candy under al
most any circumstances. think tha,
candied honey, instead of being looked
upon with dslavor, should be recognized
as evidently pure. | hope, however
that the above experiment win lead 9th
ers to follow up the light theory with
beneficial results.