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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
THE PANCAKE HERO OF THE
REBELLION.

A correspondent of the Albany Argus
writes good story from Burnt Hills, Sar-
atoga County, concerning one Thos. Muir
ray. He says: If there is any man who
crawls between Heaven and earth who can
cook pancakes better and faster than Tom,
let him put his money up and it will be
covered. Tom baked pancakes for whole
army corps, and he did nothing else while
there. Your correspondent drove seven
miles in rain storm to meet Tom,
who readily entered into a conversation
with the writer. "Tom," inquired your
correspondent, ''if you baked so many pan
cakes, 1 don't see how you creased the
griddle fast enough "Why,' replied the
champion pancake baker, "you must know
I had griddle thirty feet in circumference,
and kept two darkies with large pieces of
pork strapped to the soles of their feet,
skating around on the griddle. Every time
we turned cake we tossed it high in the
air, so as to open the pores of the under
side and make it tender. tell you the air
was thick with pancakes. Ibaked them so
fast that the boys wouldn't eat the cold
ones, so we used them for breastworks, and
once when regiment Of 'rebs' took our
breastworks, they procured enough pan
cakes to feed them for sixteen months, and
that is all they had, for their rations had
given out two days before, and the smell of
the pancakes made them fight like devils to
capture our works."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
Why Barney was Retained.

a firm dealing largely in coal in one Of
our cities-not Philadelphia of course-had
in their service an Irishman named Barney.
One day the head of the firm, irritated be-
yond endurance at one of Barney blunders,
told him to 60 to the Office and get his pay,
and added, ''You are so thickheaded / can't
teach you anything"
"Begorra," says Barney, 81 larnt wan
thing since I've been wild ye!''
"What's that?" asked his employer.
'That sivinteen hundred made tom
Barney was retained, or to use the phrase
ology Of Southern gentleman, who had
just won the heart and hand of one of New
York's most opulent widows, " he re-
sumed the primeyal condition of his former
rectitude.''
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
What A Traveller Says.

Within the last twenty years, the English
language has spread to an astonishing extent
in the East. This change is occasioned by
the number of English and American
travellers who visit the East, and the use OF
the language by the travellers of other
nationalities. French, which, until within
the last few years, was indispensable, has
been slowly fading into the background,
and is already less available than English for
Italy and all the Orient. was little
surprised, in Rome, at being accosted by a
native boot-black with, ''Shine up your
boots?' In Naples, every peddler of canes,
coral, photographs, and shell-fsh, knows
at least enough to make good bargain;
but this is nothing to what one meets IN
Egypt. The bright-witted boys learn the
language with amazing rapidity, and are so
apt at guessing what they do not literally
requires an interpreter. At the base Of
Pompey's Pillar a ragged and dirty little
girl came out of fellah hut and followed US
crying, "Give me a ha'-penny!" All the
coachmen and most of the shop-keepers are
familiar with the words necessary for their
business, and prefer to use them, even after
they see that you are acquainted with Italian
or Arabic. The simple, natural structure
of the English language undoubtedly contri-
butes also to its extension. It is already
the leading language of the world, spoken
by ninety millions of people double the
number of the French-speaking races and
so extending its conquests year by year that
its practical value is in advance Of that Of
any other tongue. In the older streets, and
especially in the native bazaars, all IS gay,
diversified Oriental. The faces, costumes,
and dialects of Syria, Tripoli, and Tunis,
are mixed with those of Egypt, and even
groups of wandering desert Arabs are a
daily sight. l saw some evidently very
much puzzled by large collection of child
ren's dolls in a shop window; their faces
were an interesting study. But with what
simple dignity they wore their ragged
burnouses! What fine, statuesque grace in
every deliberate movement or gesture |!
These pictures, which meet you at every
turn, give to the greater portion of Alexan-
dria, which is INTELLECTUALLY like Leghorn
or Marseilles, a semi-O Oriental character.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
Mrs. Waite as the Yankee Cock Girl.

In Cincinnati they tell a little story about
Mrs. Chief Justice Waite About month
ago, before President Grant had preached
Mr.. Waite's name to the Senate-though
General Hillyer says Mr.. Waite was always
President Grants first choce-but before
anything was thought Of the matter by the
Waites, Mrs. W. wrote an article on cookery
for the Cincinnati Gazette. The article was
signed "Yankee Cook Girl" 1t was full
of sound suggestions on the cookery ques-
ton, and good advice to housebeepers
The article from the Yankee Cook Girl"
arrested so much attention that finally an
old widower in Cincinnati wrote to Sam
Reed, the editor, that he would be glad to
give the yankee Cook Girl situation
not as servant, but she might preside over
his household. In fact, he offered marriage.
Mr.. Reed had to answer in a paragraph that
the yankee Cook Girl' was not in the
market, she having got situation in a
neighboring city. The people Of Cincin-
natl don't know even now that the yankee
Cook Girl was Mrs. Waite, the sensible
and practical wife of the new Chief Justice,
and that her new position is to be the high
est in the land-chief mistress in Uncle
Sans household of law and justice.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04

THE Detroit man who 'knew exactly
what to do at fire." when he saw little
flames creeping around the chimney of a
house he was passing by, dashed into the
house, shouted "fre!" overturned bureau,
and then bid one of the family go and sound
the alarm. He then snatched up a table,
ran into the yard, sent another boy to sound
the alarm, ran in and began to pull bed to
pieces, and ordered the women to throw
everything out-of-doors. Having got the
bedstead down, and ordered third boy to
sound the fre-alarm, he carefully carried
out door-mat and woodbox. The next
thing was to throw looking-glass out the
window and pull the baby's crib to pieces.
Another man had put out the fire, and came
up in time to prevent him from throwing
the piano down into the cellar.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
Habit.

It is so difficult to break up established
modes of action, and turn the channels of
ones activities in new directions, that it is
not surprising that the mature in life, who
have suffered from not being started right In
the first place, should lay, as they are in
clined to, great stress on the importance of
making in all things good beginning.
Their are few habits which form pretty
good foundation for success in life and en-
sure the friendship of the discerning and
virtuous. First among these We would
place the habit of selfhelp. This may and
should be formed in a child before it can
walk or talk by providing resources for its
amusement and leaving it, within due bounds,
to depend upon those resources. Then, as
it grows older, it should be taught, and
gently compelled to perform in its own be-
half all that it can do. Few of us but know
young men and young women perfectly
helpless for all the ordinary uses of life. If
they alone were the sufferers it wouldn' t
matter much, but they are social leeches,
always demanding service and never render
ing it. Good husbands, good wives, good
parents rarely if ever, are found in this class
of people. They are so dependent upon
others-so perfectly unused to the graver
uses of existence-that no reliance can be
placed upon them-they are of little use in
the world. Parents, no moral is needed !;
look to your children-enable them to be
of use; for, unless they possess this faculty,
humanity is no better for having known
tbano
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04

claimed Dubois, "you propose project
which am determined shall not be accom-
plished. You cannot refuse my prayer,
for, in memory of the old friendship which
has 80 long united US, 1 implore YOU
This is no idle sacrifice you demand, .
responded de Savigny.
"May it not be quarrel, the motive of
which exists alone in your Imagination
eff such be your opinion you are inca
pable of approaching serious passion .
said du Pres.
cit may be so, my friends resumed
Dubois, smiling; "but onmy honor, swear
this duel shall not take place now and
here. Tomorrow, after calm thought, if
such plan be still desired by both, I my
self viii be your second. Now, are you sat-
isfed? Tonight, as host, and in common
courtesy to my hospitality, I claim you
both, as, having accepted my invitation,
you belong to me for the present" Lead
ing the way, Dubois, accompanied by du
Pres and de Savigny, re-entered the ball
room to find the apartment deserted, sup
per having been served in their absence.
AS they entered the banquet-room, Mon
sieur Dubois stood at the head of the table,
beside him Blanca Marrelli. In an in
slant Captain Dubois had joined them, and
as he did SO, the young italian extended
her hand.
"AllOw me, my friends. to present to you
my daughter" said Monsieur Dubois. Gin
Blanca Marreli introduce to all my sons
wife, lady whom this happy fellow mar.
ried some months since in Italy. For fam.
lily reasons we have been obliged to keep
this marriage a secret until to-day, but now
rejoice in making it known to ALL
With forced composure the two friends
rendered their congratulations to Captain
Dubois and his wife, and then hurried from
the house.
1t is needless to say the duel did not take
place, the lady having decided who She
would marry prior to their joint claims fol
her affection.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04

Keep busy; idleness is the strength of bad
habits. Do not give up the struggle when
you have broken your resolution once,
twice-a thousand times. That only shows
how much need there is for you to strive.
When you have broken your resolutions
just think the matter over, and endeavor
to understand why it is you failed, so that
you may be on your guard against recur-
renee of the same circumstances. Do not
think it is an easy thing that you have IN
dertaken. 1t is folly to expect to break
off a bad habit in day which may have
been gathering long years.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
A Yankee Monarch.

An American named Pease has quietly
taken possession of an island in the Pacific,
where he has raised the American flag. The
island is one of the BONN group of which
the San Francisco Bulletin says: "They
were uninhabited until 1926, when a settle
ment was made by some sailors. In 1853
Commodore Perry recommended them as an
available depot for the steamers which he
thought would some day ply between Japan
and California. Subsequently Pease visited
the islands, and took possession of the larg-
est, called Peel Island. He commenced
raising sheep, and has become prosperous
by trading them off to Japan. Mr.. Pease,
who is flying the Stars and Stripes, is ready
to make a formal surrender Of his right,
title and interest to the people Of the United
States for suitable consideration-amount
not stated. 1t is not known whether Japan
assumes any sovereignty over the BONN
islands, but it is intimated if the United
States desire them no objection would be
raised by that Government.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
A Charming Woman

A charming woman, Pve heard it said
BY other women as light as she;
But all in vain puzzle my head
To find wherein the charm may be.
Her face, indeed, is pretty enough,
And her form is quite as good as the best,
Where nature has given the bony STUFF,
And a clever milliner all the rest.
Intelligent? Yes-in a certain way,
With the feminine gift OF ready speech,
And knows very well what not to say
Whenever the theme transcends her reach,
But turn to the topic on things to wear
From an opera cloak to 8 robe de mutt
Hats, basqucs, or bonnets-'twin make you
stare
To see how fluent the lady can be.
Her laugh is hardly thing TO please;
For an honest laugh must always start
From a gleesome mood, like sudden breeze,
And here is purely matter of art
A muscular motion made to show
What nature designed to lie beneath
The finer mouth; but what can she do,
If that is ruined to show the teeth?
To her seat in church-a good half mile
When the day is fine she is sure to go,
Arrayed, of course, in the latest style
La mode de Paris has got to show,
And she put her hands on the velvet pew
(Can hands so white have a faint of sin0
And thinks how her prayeT-5ook's tint o.
blue
Must harmonic with her milky skin!
~
And what shall we say of one who walks
In fields of flowers to choose the Wceds
Reads authors of whom she never talks,
And talks of authors she never reads
She's a charming woman, I've heard it said
Byother women as light as she;
But all in vain puzzle my head
To find wherein the charm may be.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
MAll hands below y

There was one old woman present who
was lame and could not get out as fast as
the rest, and in short time she was left
entirely alone Just as she was about to
hobble out, the parrot flew down, and
alighting on her shoulder, yelled in her
car:
"All hands below !"
''No, no, Mister Devil" shrieked the
old woman, ''you don't mean me. don't
belong here. l go to the other church
across the way."'
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
How to Break of Bad Habits:

Understand the reason, and all the rea-
sons, why the habit is injurious. Study the
subject until there is no lingering doubt
in your mind Avoid the places, the per-
sons, and the thoughts that lead to the
temptation. Frequent the places, asso-
ciate with the persons, indulge in the
thoughts that lead away from temptation.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04

In 184s, United States had 5000 miles of
completed railroad. In January, 1873, the
total had grown to 1000 miles in actual
operation, with 5000 miles more in course
of construction. The average railroad growth
of the United States for the last five years
has been nearly 5000 miles per annum.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-02

SIGNS of AUTUMN.-The mi
gratory movements OK the birds
now going on are unmistakable
signs of the approach OF autumn.
They are steering towards and
across the gulf stream to the utter
most South. Even the children
have developed tendency to bring
their playthings into the house; and
there is something suggestive in
the complacency with which the
two-year old sits and watches the
lonely white butterfly-the ghost
of summer-time-fiit in and out
among the morning glory vines.
Two weeks ago the same yOungster
would have sent his straw hat sail
ing after the wandering insect,
but now he is content to languid-
ly watch it drifting about with
melancholy uncertainty. There is
nothing in the morning-glory
vines to attract the attention of a
reasonable butterfly. The blossoms
have closed and locked their doors,
and the foliage of vine and tree
begins to assume golden tints,
beautiful to behold, but sad remin-
ders Of departing summer.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-02
BALTIMORE'S BIG CELEBRA-
TON.

Baltimore city is making great
preparations to entertain and ac-
commodate the hundreds of thous-
ands of people who will visit that
city during the week of it's 15Oth
anniversary. 1t will be the biggest"
week of Spectacle and Festiyity ever
seen in that city. 1t begins on Mon
day, October IL, and programme
for the entire week has been laid
out, which includes illumination and
decoration of the houses, street pa
rades, historical and allegorical rep
reservations, a great mass meeting,
torchlight procession, and illumina-
ton and fireworks at night. All
the various railroads centering in
the city will carry passengers at re-
duced rates. Baltimore will have
all she can do to accommodate the
immense crowd of people that will
flock to her 150th anniversary-but
she is equal to the great undertaking,
and will do it.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-02
A Husbands Vengeance.

The recent murder Office Brum-
baugh, Ii prominent lawyer of
Miamisburg, Ohio, by George w.
Ware, postal clerk and resident
of Dayton, has carried desolation
to two families. The men and
their families were intimate friends
| and visited one another. Mr..
Brumbaugh's practice at the bar
brought him to Miamisburg every
day, and on Monday last he was
seen to enter his friends house.
Soon after he rushed out without
coat, vest or hat,and entered a gro
Gerry, exclaiming that he was shot.
Ware came to him with the miss
ing articles of clothing and said:
Lee, l am sorry I've killed you,
but | endured it as long as / could
He then surrendered himself, and
is in Jail awaiting trial. Ware had
suspected Brumbaugh's intimacy
with his wife, and, concealing
himself in the house instead of
going on duty, proved the guilt of
the parties. Mrs. Ware went into
CONFUSION when she heard of the
occurrence, and for time it was
thought that she would die. She
afterWard recovered sufficiently to
deny emphatically her guiltin the
matter. The effect on Mrs Brum-
baugh was well-nigh fatal. She is
in delicate health, and the shock
nearly killed her. She recovered
sufficiently to be able to attend her
husbands funeral yesterday. She
is spoken Of very highly in Miami
isburg. She has two children. Mrs.
Ware also is the mother Of two
children.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-02

Miss Elizabeth Cook, maiden
lady of sixty-five was buried at
Greenwood on Friday from an
apartment in New York that she
and her sister had occupied for
twenty-five years. She had been
an invalid for five years, and in ali
that time had not lain in bed,
and, indeed, the room contained
none. Her sister, who is two or
three years older than the deceased
had by working day and night
contrived to earn sufficient for
their scant subsistence, until last
summer, when ercustomers were
out of town, they were both very
near starvation. Their necessities
becoming known, collection was
made, part of which was used for
the funeral; but the survivor, in
her solitary room, has a dismal
prospect before her. The deceased
was robed in bridal dress, wreath,
linen and shoes prepared for hel
marriage forty years ago. 4 differ.
ence with her lover broke off the
match, and they parted to meet
no more, but she had preserved
her entire outfit to be used at hel
burial.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-02
State Senator.
Eds. Independent.

Eds. Independent.
1t is to be regretted that the action
of the Berkeley Springs Convention
has forced the disruption of the par
ty on State Senator, but such is the
fact, and those who managed and
controlled the action of that conven-
tion are alone to blame for the pres
| ent state of affairs. 1t does seem to
me that men of ordinary perception
| ought to have foreseen the result of
such action. | can account for it
upon no other hypothesis than that
they presumed too much on the
yielding and forbearance of the DEM
ocracy of jefferson. They thought
the Democracy of that county could
be "snubbed" again and again, and
after little blow and buster, would
simmer down and quietly submit.
| In this they were mistaken. They
went Just little too far when they
| turned down Jefferson's choice and
IOTCeu upon IIlCll ~ HllHOLApy NduuI-
date. 1t was the straw that broke
the camel's back. Mr.. Butler was
not the choice of his own county,
and only secured his nomination by
a bargain and sale. This the people
of jefferson propose to rebuke, and
the fair-minded people of Berkeley,
who know and acknowledge that it
was bad treatment, viii help them
do it. Mr.. Butler will learn that it
lis one thing to secure nomination
by bargain and sale, and another
thing to be elected. Our sympathies
are with the mistreated Democrats
of jefferson, and that is the way we
propose to vote. Hurrah for Major
/ Sam. Dawson.
Mill CREEK DEMOCRAT.
! Sept. IS, 1880.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-02
Morgan County.
Eds. Independent.

Eds. independents
Politics is getting warm in this
county. The fight on the county
ticket is spirited, and it is hard TO
tell what will he the result.
In my last letter, | gave it as
my opinion that Major Sam Da vi
son, the working-man and friend
of working men, would carry this
county by from 400 to 500 MAORI
ty. After careful review of the
situation | see no reason to change
that opinion. Mr.. Butler has been
In this county this week, and had
an opportunity to see for himself,
and ! venture the opinion that if
he would give his honest opinion
Of the situation, based on his own
observation, he will say that | am
not far out of the way in es-
timating the majority against
him. If he has not seen the drift
then must he be blind indeed.
MORGAN COUNTY FARMER.
TIMER RIDGE, Sept. 20.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-02
Judgment OF Men.

DON'T judge man by the
clothes he wears. God made one
and the tailor the othe~
Don't judge him by his family
connections, for Cain belonged to
a very good family.
Don't judge man by his failure
in life, for many man fails be-
cause he is too honest 10 succeed.
Don't Judge man by his speech,
for parrot talks, but the tongue
is an instrument Of sound.
Don't judge a man by the house
he lives in, for the lizard and the
rat often inhabit the grandest
structures.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-02
Home Again.

lam happy to say to the public that | Wis
tied the New York Bazaar, and found Mr..
Bouton just from New York. What an
immense stock of goods he has brought
with him, could hardly think such a
store could be found in our town. He
has the finest line of brocade, stripe and
PLATA silks ever in this city. His cash
meres are the finest in the market, all
colors and qualities. inquired If he had
lace curtains. ! can say he has an i'm
mense stock. Go and S. for your self it
is useless for me to try to give you dis.
cription of them. REPORTER.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-02
Railroad Accident.

Look at the house-cars piled before the
New York Bazaar, where the accident
happened. Thsy have all been opened,
and the contents can be found in the New
York Bazaar The largest line of white
and colored spreads ever brought to this
city, can be seen Mt prices that will sur
prise the people; fanneIs all kinds and
colors, muslins and canton flannels in
abundance. Do your duty, and call at
the New York Bazaar if you want to buy
your goods cheap, Respectfully,
LOUIS BOUTONM.
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