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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-06
Death Of a NewsbOy.

The following description of the
death of poor neWsbay, taken
from the Detroit Free Press, is as
touching as Dickens death scene
of "Poor joe"
/ looked at the boy. whose years
numbered fourteen or fifteen. and
saw in the white face, hollow
cheeks and the unearthly bright
eyes, unmistakable marks of that
dread disease which places its
victims beyond all hope-con-
sumption.
On the table lay an old Bible,
its yellow pages lying open where
the mother had finished reading.
He was too weak to cough and
the accumulation in his throat
could not be removed.
"Shine yer boots-shine 'em up
for a nickel-morning paper, STRIP
came in feeble accents from the
pillow. "Paper sir? Morning pa
per? All about the'-
And the sufferer made an effort
to clear his throat, which OCCASION
ed something like a death rattle.
The mother was on her knees at
the lounge sobbing, and Jack, her
other son, who had brought me to
the room, was by her side crying,
| lifted the wasted frame and
moistened the poor boys parched
lips and tongue with water from
the cracked glass that stood on the
window-sill. He felt the cool hand
on his brow, and his mind came
back to him.
"Oh, Pm so glad you have come
home. / shan't sell any more pa
pers or black boots, Jack; but
don't cry. Mothers been readin
something better'n newspapers to
me, Jack, and | know where Pm
goin'.
"Glve my kit to Tom Jones.
owe him twenty cents. Bring all
your money to mother, Jack.
Keep my badge bright, Jack.
II wonder if I'll be papers or
boots up there? Good-by. moth
er: good-by, Jack. See 'em shine
Morning"-Jim, the newsboy
was dead.
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w OrGls Of Wisdom.

Hope is such a bait. it covers
any hook.
Conscience is the voice Of the
soul; the passions are the voice of
the body.
All other knowledge is hurtful
to him who has not honesty and
good nature.
Hatred is so durable and obsti-
nate that reconciliation on sick
bed is a sign of death.
A merry heart doeth good like
medicine; but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
Circumstances form the charac-
ter; but, like petrifying matters,
they harden while they form.
When one has no design but to
speak plain truth, he may say a
great deal in very narrow
compass.
The universe is but one great
city, full of beloved ones, divine
and human, by nature endeared
to each other.
The beloved of the Almighty
are the rich who have the humil-
ity Of the poor and the poor who
have the magnanimity of the rich.
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~ w. j. FRANCIS HAYWOOD. MD
A NEWSPAPER PUB. WRITES.

Ofhce Evening News, Augusta, ga.
DIR. TUT: Dear Sr-My little son, was attacked
with pneumonia last winter, which left him with a
violent cough, that lasted till within month since,
for the cure OF which am indebted toyour valuable
Expectorant had tried most every thing recon-
mended, but none did any good until used your Ex-
pectorant, one bottle of which removed the cough
entirely. With many thanks, am yours truly,
John M. WEIGIE
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The Wisdom OfDumas.

Brunettes deceive-blondes be-
tray. Give money but never lend
it. Giving it only makes imam
ungratful, lending it makes him
an enemy. If men would spend
in doing good to others quarter
of the money they spend in doing
harm to themse' misery would
vanish from the earth. Man was
created to utiliz everything-even
sorrow A woman's venality is
the punishment Of the man that
buys her. Only thing | aston
ished at is that the people are as
tonished at anything.
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Atfention to Litfle duties.

II is related t1at a lrtter-tarieT
in one % our large cities, few
months ago, fouud, on reaching
the post Off e, after d long round
of delivery, II letter in his beg he
had overlooked e would nave
taken him half an houi to return
and deliver it. He was very tired
and hungry. Tie letter was
an ordinary, unimportant looking
miSslve. He thrust it into his
pocket ani delivered in on his
first round the next day.
What consequences followed :?
For want Of that letter great
firm had failed to meet their en-
gagement their notes had gone to
protest; mill closed and hundreds
Of poor workmen were thrown out
Of employment.
The letter-carrier himself was
discharged for his oversight and
neglect. His family suffered dur
ing the winter or many OF the ne
cessaries OF life, but his loss was Of
small amount to the missy caused
by this single failure of duty.
Another case: A mechanic who
had been out Of work long lime
in New York went. last Septem-
Der, 10 collect small sum due to
him. The gentleman who owed
it. being annoyed at some trifie,
irritably refused the money. The
man ment to his wretched home,
and maddened by the sight of his
hungry wife and children, went out
to the back yard and hanged him
self.
The next day an old employer
sent to offer him permanent sit
uation. Here was life lost and a
family left paupers because till
of dollar or two was not paid DIT
the right time.
The old Spanish proverb says
"There is 40 such thing as trif1e
in the world" When we think
how inextricable The lives of all
mankind are tangled together, it
seems as if every word Of action
moved lever, which set in mo-
ton gigantic machinery, whose
effect is entirely beyond our con-
troll. For this reason, If for no
other, let US be careful to perform
promptly and well the duties
our life--even the most trivial. of
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A Fifteen Minutes Court.
ship.
Lonisville COMMENCEMENT

Louisville Courier-Journal.
About two years since Sitter
Mary Funk. a young lady Of most
respectable parentage and "A de-
vout Catholic, came TO this city
from Frankfort, and was admitted
To the convent at the corner OF
Chestnut and Shelby stress, and
was after this sub-teacher In the
school at the corner of Webster
and Washington streets. Some
time after this there came u re-
quest for the services ola sub-teach-
err in the convent at Jeffer5o willie,
and Miss Funk, still under the di-
rection of the prioress, accepted
the situation and performed her
work we'll AMI faithfully.
During all the time that she was
connected with the convent here
as lay sister, those associated
with her now speak of her as a
true woman, in the strictest sense
of the word. She never complain
cd, went straight forward in the
performance of the duties that
were assigned to her, and at times
seemed perfectly satisfied with her
life, and. like the other members
of the noble sisterhood, she was al
ways ready to sacrifice her own
happiness and comfort, and, If ne
cessary, her life, in order to allevi-
ate the sufferings of thoes who
were in distress.
After some time, and for what
reason on one knows, Miss Funk
became dissatisfied with her life,
and concluded to marry. The
more she studied about the charms
of double blessedness the more she
was convinced that she wanted to
marry. AS no one knows the Sc
crets of the human heart, it Is only
lust to say that no one has right
TO criticise her acts. 1t is said
that she started to friend that 1t
she could find man who suited
her tastes she would marry him
in fifteen minutes. The friend
happened to know Fifteen min
ute man." and man who bears
a splendid reputation, and the two
people who wanted to marry were
introduced, and in just fifteen min
utes contract to cling together for
better or worse was entered into,
and the young sister, with affec-
ting solemnity, babe an affection
ate adieu to the walls of the con-
vent, hung her veil on the fence,
and launched out on the stage
plank that leads to the good ship
matrimony, and she is now glid-
ing down the river oflight by the
Joyous light of the honey moon.
The wedding occurred about fif-
teeE days since. The gentleman
she married is named Hillerbrand,
and he has for some time been en-
ployed at Arteburn's place,on the
Brownsboro road. This is n re-
markable case, as sister who once
enters a convent seldom leaves it,
but prefers to leave the world with
its joys, its sorrows and its may
Rad of sins behind her. Miss
Funk had not entered the final or
der of sisterhood, and if she saw
proper to change the life she had
started out to lead with the best of
intentions, it certainly is a credit
to her to come out openly and act
her part as she has, and If she is
happy and contented, the world
will find no fault with her con-
duct.
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Dr.TUTT'S
Expectorant!
I'M 25CTs. AND 81 BOTTLES.

Its properties are Demulcent, Nutri-
tive Balsamic, Soothing and Healing.
Combining all these qualities, it is the
most effective LUNG BALSAM ever
offered to sufferers from pulmonary
diseases.
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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

able to raise the phlegm? Have you an irrita-
ton in the throat? A sense of oppression on
the lungs, with short breath? Do you have a
fit of coughing on lying down A sharp pain
now and then in the region of the heart, shout
ders and back? II so, our Advice IL take at
once dose of TUFTS Expectorant; you will soon
be able to raise the phlegm. In an hour repeat
the Expectorant, place hot iron to the feet. take
two of TUFTS Pills. You will soon fail into
pleasant sleep and wake up in the morning
cough gone, lungs working freely; easy breath
ing. and the bowels moving in natural manner.
To prevent return of these symptoms use the
ExpectOrant several DAVIS
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-06

1t is no wonder that so many
mothers praise DIR. Bulls Baby
Syrup. We heard one of our best
physicians pronounce it to be the
only safe remedy for children.
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Had terrible MIGHT s wEATs.

u u Mempbls, Feb, IT, I51I.
Dr. TUT SRI have been suffering for nearly two
years with cough. When commenced Ia
king your Expectorant was reduced to one hundred
and sixteen pounds in weight. had tried almost
everything had terrible night sweats. Ihaye taken
half dozen bottles. The night sweats have left me-
the cough has disappeared, and have gained fifteen
pounds in flesh. recommend it to all my friends.
With great respect, OLIVER RICE.
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DR.. j. r. HAYWOOD,
IF New York, voluntarily Endorses it.
READ WHAT lie SAYS

DR.. TUTT: New Yok, Sept, 49, 1877.
Dear Sir-During this year | Visited ne hundred
cases OF lung seases. In the LIVER wards OF the
city the were of very severe tyre. IL was
there my attention was called TO TUFTS Expecforant
and confess my surprise at its wonderful power
known medicine to act as promptly, and with such
happy effects 1t instantly subdued the most violent
fits Of coughing, and invariably cured tbs disease in
few days. cheerfully indorse it the best lung
medicine ever used.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-28
DIED.

BLAcRwELL-on Friday December r. at the residence o.
s brother William FLOYD Jones South Oyster Bay.
Relatives are invited tosiend tho funeral service
Iantic aSes BrooSyn On tuesday December rs at iISo
BRA DLEE-on Sunday. December 20. Of pneumonia Psu
fnusys srvos. om his se resisSes sss
BIosklyn. on lnssaay, 18th inst at 3:3op.m
Boston papers please copy.
BuDD-Atst Paul MINI December 81. 1880. Uuderhiii A.
The deceased was formerly resident OF NewfOrk.
CARPENTER-At HARRISON n. Y. on lst day 18th tn
25 Jane VIE OF Thomas Carpenter In tpe 6h year or
funeral PUT
chase Meeting 4,h day, 18th ins at IL O'clock
Depot a, $50 a ~ Tor White Plains
cAUyEIon the 2s inst Of scarlet fever and dIphtheri
cauyet ssed years and 9 months
CHAPIS On SUNDAY. December 20. T. H. CbapiD, d. d.
Pastor of the Fourth UniversasI society the Goth ye
Notice Of funeral hereafter
ELMENDoRF-0p Christmas morning Of pneamou.. janet
Ensndori D. d. 10 tho 5sil year OF 6is age
FooTEOn sunday December 20 Bessie only child OF John
Funeral residence Of her parents l5sseo
ondpiac BROOKLYN, on Tuesday, 2sth inst, at o'clock
LANE-At Queens. L. T.. on Saturday December 25 Ben,
Jsmiu iane. n the sSd year OF his age.
RSstiSes and friends "a are nyed % ~ us 'A''
LYMAN=At Demarss, n J.; on chIisimss Day George r.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
SIMPSON-En cred into Monday. December 81 Cath
f. widow Of the late EDWARD simpson, the Goth
her
Fune.alat residence Glen Cove, H. "Wednesday
the Goth inst. at =. m.
Interment a Green wood, Thursday morning.
sTILLSON-rhe and friends Of r. stlson.
invited his funeral deuce Mr..
George Alfred Townsend 2B2 West 2Jdst Wednesday
morning at II O'CLOCK.
IiieTmCnt q PiermOnt, v. Y,
TALLCOT- I'd day. December ~ 1890. Croion-on.
Hudson. o. peuropneu mona hichard d., son Of D-nei
and ReDecca TallcOt. aged So yeara.
FuneTai 9th December So 1890 D. m. Frends'
Meeting house. Cr0t0n.
Carriages will leay Grand Central Depot a
lO:iU a..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-28
DISCUSSING METHODS or CHARITY.

| ADDRESSES Al CHICKERING HALL By ROBERT COL
| LYER DIR. JANEwAY, SURROGATE CALVIN AND
OTHERS.
| About 100 persons assembled at Chickering Hall
last night at the invitation of the trustees and Off
GERS of 81. Johns Guild. to listen to addresses
| on the proper dispcnsation of charity in
this city. General Lloyd Aspnwall pre-
sided. and spoke about the good work
| that st. Johns Glild had done IN
| attending to che wants of poor children. The
Rev. John w. Kramer. Master of the Guild. said
that the most Troublesome question that the officers
had to solve was how to dispense general charity
When person applied who had Incidence. worth
lcssness and vlciOusness stamped i'll hun he was
turned away. but when any honest poor person
asked for relief it was always given after careful
investigation of the case had been made
The Rev. Robert Collyer said tna5 1t was a great
question what should be done with the poor so as to
help and not hurt them Ho did not think that st.
Johns Guild had adop5ed a method which exactly
solved the question, bnt 1t was good aud noble
work. ana ought to be encouraged untli better
solution was proposed lndscTiminate charity
tended TO ruin poor people. Through poverty many
persons became degraded and demOTalIzed so that
when dollar was put into their hands dollars
worth of work was taken ont OF their nature:
d.. l.. 6. Janeway spoke next, aud sad that the
guild bad done good work III the summer season
by giving children chance To breathe fresh ar.
it assisted the Board Of Health ia It's labors and
aided very much 10 reduce the morality among
children. Surrogate CALVIN stated that III 1879 there
fJ.916.0OO spent III charity IN tins city, not
including tho indscrlmate charity dispensed ut phi
Vatc dwellings and in the streets and yet 10 was Il
pa tent fact that the poor IN great distress. lie
thought there unwIse distribution OF tine
money and asked on whom the responsibility rested.
lie sad that charity was distribuC q By too many
organizations. Instead OF there being IA mdgndnl-
nous union between tho ORGANIZATIONS and sectS III
dispensing charty 10 the poor there was a spirit
Oh petty rivalry between them. Many of the Instl-
tutIouS denied worldly applicants ASSISTANT because
OF some technical rule IN their bylaws. If the
charities were united tue salaries Of many officers
could b. saved aud cases OF imposition more easily
detected.
Addresses wore also made by DR.. l.. C.. Segun and
the Rev. DR.. j. ii. RyanCc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-28
RIGHTS or A CITIZEN SOLDIER.

ROCHESTER, \. Y, Dec. 27.-Judge MacOm-
Der. OF city. today handed down decision III The
OF MaJor Jacob spain, form 'riy OF the ji;I
Regiment. National Guard VINO appealed to the supreme
Court against the findings II couI;-martal Diminishing
him from the service Hior SPAIN published articles
in newspapers condcmnin certain acts tho part o.
the rcgmcntal commander III consequence OF which
the j4th Regiment ami 18th Division were disbanded
Judge Macomber the military decision saying
In part:
"A citizen soldier is who earns his daily bread by
the labor OF his hands BRAINS in business pro-
fesslOIs. and who devoCl portion OF HE time to uIl
tary training ANA dr and preparation for times OF
war When however, he Is nor actually engaged in the
duties OF the National Guard and when not IN uulo ~
lac IL not amcHabe - cOurlartIal TGe proceedings
must De reversed aud the accused dis
charged" THIS decision Is regarded Us great triumph
Tor tue cit zcn soldier
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-28
WINrRY WEATHER INCIDENTS.
TRAINS DELAYED-NAKROw ESCAPE OF CREW.
CHURCH ROOF CRUSHED IN.

TRAINS DELAYED-NAKROW ESCAPE OF CREW-A
CHURCH ROOF CRUSHED IN.
BoRpENTowN, \. j., Dec. 27.-The snow
and wind which here yesterday morning has
caused trouble on the lines OF the Pennsylvania Rail-
road aud delayed trains yesterday a,d 10 day. Tie
heavy freight all experienced difficulty where che
snow had dued mo the deep cuts. The early trans
this city this moIuins were ali behind time The snow
is eleven inches deep on the level The highways the
country are banked up with heavy drifts Tie ferry
boa at Camden mpeded on account OF chopped Ice
PoEr JEFFERSON, Y. y. Dee. PA snowstorm &C.
conn adie by hcaT WINDS swep, over this region ast
uIgnt damaging shlpping and olOckadtng trails. Tie
Regular trains this branch were delayed for hOurs.
BALTAORE, Dee. Z7.-lhc small schooner Emma y.
Curtis took n Jug saturday III the mouth OF the
Patuxeut RIVER, VITA three other Oyscrladen vessels
TO come up 10 Baltimore Early Sunday mOrnag, when
about twenty miles below tue city, gale Gu
countered, and the Curtis while tossing on the
threw out mainmast, aud soon after the foremost
fell Tue gale became that tho tuS cut loose
ftJm ner tow, -he leaking and in danger. The
Gurus was II to the waves and Captain Wiley and five
OF BIS crew took tlc small boat leaving three Others
on board who after taken on by passing
steamboat This morning the lcc-DOat Maryland FELL III
with tho boat OF CAPTAIN Wiley and crew, WHO were
comp etely exhausted. They wUre taken board The
Maryland and brought 10 tAis port. The l.. o. Curtis
sank few minutes after the three men were Rescued
PErER-BURc, Va Dec..27.-A very heavy snow storm.
extending as far south weldon ard far west as
Tyrchburg prevailed on Saturday nghi aud yesterday
The fakes which were very large, covered the ground
to tho depth Of several inches. Inc snOw fell u!Sky
here Yesterday. The CorILth Baptist Church. at Fork
Union, Fuydnna County, was crushed n by tue heavy
we.gnt % Snow Yesterday. NO one was injured.
BOSTON Dee. 27-Ihcre were 10 marine arrivals this
afternoon. there IL heavy outside. The steamer
WilIamsporf Tor Philadelphia started bat uut back to
the R"ads owins To rough weather. A dispatch from
Hig land Light, Cape COD, reports disasters that
vicinity.
CHICAGO. Dec. 27.-The muyky, foggy weather. with
the mercury ABOUT at the freezing pont which has
vailed for the last fortnight uliug which the san
has not been seen, suddenly charSef this morning
clear sky with piercing nOrthwest wind The mercury
has two degrees above zero ali day and
sinking still lower. Reports RON the Northwest show
that "A cold wave is approaching.
TORONTO Dec. 27lt Il intensely cold IN the West and
NortuWest The temperature over Manitoba IL 400 below
zero. Storm signals ordered Up IN the Maritime
Provinces. storm is approaching the Ne w
foundlaud coast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-28
politital Notlces.

To the Democrat, of the City Of Ncw-Yoris The un
dcrsgned hereby unite for puoc meeting o Demo-
to be held Cooper Institute the 18th day of De-
cmoer 1880 &C O'Clock to promote the objects SET
forth in the address adopted meeting he'd at the Bruins
WICK Hotel on the 9TH INST.
TO the declaration OF political principles contained in th%
address hereby subscribe
The Democratic party believes in the The
right Of local government and opposed the unduS
tralzatiOn Of power.
1t believes hard money and free ships.
1t demands thorough reform in Ao ta1 laws and ia tho
civil service.
the Of these principles reorganization Of
the Democratic party IN the city OF EewYok IS npcra
tive necessity.
The existing do possess the confidence OF
the people.
Under the present system the grea, majority OF the party
excluded from partc patton its councils ad
is ha.ds leaders. who abe
perpetu4te their control OF the machine and produce cdss
divisions and factions by OF whose s'Ies aud cOateu
tons the and larger aims OF The party SACRIFICED
merely local ambitions and Je llousies
The Of the party change this regard
be accomplished without and
complete Such reorganization should a
and liberal basis should have two principal
ects
the participation Of the Democratic masses
In the primaries OF this party.
from said primaries tSe fair and honest
expression will of the majority.
All Democrats cordially invited 10 ttke part in III
posed meeting.
Wilson q. Hunt d. WINS James,
Daniel +. Tieullnn, Hiram Barney,
John T. AgRew. Frederick r. Olcott,
Oswald Ottendorfer. Shepherd +. Knapp.
Robert H. Mntgrn, Lewis May.
II. p Flower. Henry H. Anderson,
L. r. MaTbury James W. Gerard,
Robert b. Roosevelt. Nicholas +. Butensch)n.
4. r. McDoIOuch. joan q. Devils
Thatcher NJ. Adams, Anthony Eichof
Joseph H. Godwn jr, John 4. DeycIib
Abraham Dcvoe, Forest IT, Parker,
+. fseiy Anderson, III. y. stark.
Frankln Edison. Christopher c. Baldwin:
Isaac Newton, Wheeler Il. Pcckham,
IL Blydenburg. Joseph Lar0cque,
William c. Whitney. Frederick r.. COudcrt,
Everett p. Wheeler p. Henry DUyTo.
Peter b. Olney, Abram :. Hewitt
John D. CnmGiiuG Abraham D0wdncy,
william ]. A. McGralh, Charles Oracle.
David L. Baker, Townsend Cox.
John II. RiLeT, IIami ton Odel,
Edward l. Paris Cecil Campbell Higgins,
IIonry Morrison, Frank Thompson.
Simon Storne. Joseph 10. Lawrence
Edward Patterson Cornelius Van Stantyoo:t,
Charles Coudert, James L. Grabll.
George Ehret Samuel D. Stewards
John A. Foley, James I. Kilbreth
Jacob l.. Selxas, George s. Lesp nasse.
William b. Beckman, Gilbert H. Rogers
John L. Sutherland Agnal I. Woodward,
james H. sEidmore r. Henry Wlhaus.
Joseph Lentilhoa, Hamilton Cole.
Lyttle,l II Garrettson, Antonio Rasines,
Bernard IsoeKer James X. Gibson. Ir..
ana many Others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-28
READING RAILROAD RIVALRY.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. PIT is now stated
with certainty Messrs Kidder aud Peabody. bank
ers Of New-York and Boston. have tne McCalmon.
ondonl proxies vote against the present manage
ment OF the Reading Railroad snd it is said that they
have selected Frank g. Bond president of the Texas
and Pacific Railroad, their candidate for the prcsi-
deDSy Mr.. Bond has been waited upon and while de-
clining TO enter the list as active candidate tho
post on has ST. nied Ina willingness to take the Office
ii called by the votes of tue stOckE olders.
The ticket for directors has not yet been announced
although many prominent people nalned the
street as likely 6e chosen. At the Reading office IL
was stated To-Day that Mr. GOwen had lett London
The election takes place the l0th OF January.