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National Republican., 1880-08-10
COUNT or THE MAILS.
TIL. An.r,O.rs . ~.,,on ~

Nhe Americans n Nation of Letter Writers.
On August Is, 1879. tho postmaste tes general
issued AN order directing an actual count to
be made on the first seven days Of November,
1873, aud annually thereafter, of tho number
Of letters aud postal cards and OF packages of
miscellaneous printed matter and merchan-
disc deposited for mailing in all the posiofliccs
and postal ears tho number Of newspapers
and periodicals mailed during that time 10
subscribers and news agents to be obtained
from the publishers.
The consolidation of tho entire returns of
this count from all posOGees ia the United
STATES and from tho railway mail service has
just been completed at the postofice depart.
mont. The first week in November was
chosen for the count because it was thought
that the business Of that week would be as
near as possible fair average upon which TO
estimate tho annual work of tho postal scr.
vice. Multiplying tic results oil the count by
htiy.two, the domestic postal business of the
last fiscal yCSr was as follows:
Letters IN plain envelopes. 4C7 eOaaa6
~ card Or request dO.............,,. 2f50ll 0l0
In Official penalty 'do................ 95s5gOg6
Total letters. s.......,................. S666g3552
tusl"i caFus'.''.s.s. ................ 2I6,aib7l6
,aogeniti:......;....;........r........ C95l75C24
Maga2lnos 10 subscribers and news
p, sgents 03I7227O
BOOKS, circulars and miscellaneous
pIlnteu lhWlhr. .............. 300SfjiS0
Arueies OF merchandise. 22,Gd, I56
Grand total .2,2l5IGs,t24
This count is Of matter originating in this
country only; 1t does not include mail re-
ceived from foreign countries
The ten states In which the LARGEST anount
National Republican., 1880-08-10
SCHLITG'S
INC Lnroenons PrenoIor.

Depot 81 Gre0no stroet, Georgetown, d. c.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-08-14
Too ShreMd.

So long as poor human nature is
faulty, just so long will II rejoice
when man receives Weil-deser-
we'd punishment. A certain ousi-
ness man wanted certain work
done 1t required special profess
sional skill which hut few ever at
tain. But he found it in young
man who possessed il in high de-
gree, who was greatly In need Of
work, and consented to work for
very small pay. The employer
chuckled. The young man went
To work end la!Iored on q finite
plan. He put the very best skill
he had into his work. II = en-
ployer's customers were dell IA ed.
They not only liked what ne did
hut they liked it 20 well ths' Trey
Aruld have no other. Agai the
employer chuckled. His business
was growing in proportion and in
profit. One day tie Young man
asked for higher raS. His en-
.pIoyer said he coo in't afford il,
which was false as tIu- young man
wcil knew. but h. qeirtly kept
on working, doing better aid bet
ter. Again his employer chuckled
not alone over his gains, but over
the fact that he had as he thought,
deceived the young man His
confidence in his own sagacity had
an awakening one morning when
ne learned that his s'dupe' had
sci Up i'm business for himself The
customers who liked hi. work
would have no other. TIE en-
pl0yer HIS not been able 10 find
my one who can just match it at
any price, and his business is go
ing steadily down. 1t doesn't pay
to be too shrewd, You may buy
things for less than they are worth
Tor q long time, but the balance
has got 10 be paid in the end. It's
well not 10 take advantage OF the
n cessities Of others.
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Special Commissioners Sale
OF VALUABLE
Town Property.

b1 V III u OF IL utCrte VI tuo NlISulO
Id Court of Berkeley county, entered at
the May term, 1880, in the Chancery
cause therein peuding, entitled Citizens
Building Association of Martinsburg vs..
Henry A. Miller, &C., the undersigned
Special Commissioners. appointed for the
purpose, will sell at public auction at the
front door of the Court house in Martins
burg, W Va,
On Tuesday, August II, 1880,
between the hours of 10 and IL o'clock of
that day, the following realty, the prop
erty of Henry A. Miller. A parcel of
ground in that part of the town of Mar
tinsburg, in Berkeley county, known as
Buenna Vista, and bounded as follows,
to-wit: Beginning at the westlcorner OF
Lot No. 81, on the north, side OF East
Burke street; thence along the side of an
other street north l3l, east 100 feet;
thence across Lots 81 and 55 south 7S4
east ia 5-l2 feet to stake In the line of
Lot No, SIS; thence with said line of lot
last aforesaid l32 feet to the north side
of East Burke, thence along saidstreet 100
feet to the beginning, including all of said
lots 81 and IS, except about 80 feet cut oh
from their northern end by the said boun-
Diary line of ll42 feet. The lots will be
offered separately in, accordance with the
decree. There are nice
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
TO the Voters of Berkeley
County, West Virginia.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Polls
~ will be opened at the different place.
ofvoting in this county, established &C
cording to law, on the
Second Tuesday in October 1890,
(THE 18th DAY OF THE MONTH"; tor
the purpose of receiving votes for the fol
lowing named officers, State, Judicial ard
County, viz
Governor of the State,
Attorney General of the State,
State Treasurer,
State Auditor,
State Superinten lent of Free Schools,
State Senator,
Two members of the House Of Delegates,
A'Judge Of the Supreme Court of APP
peals,
Judge Of the Third Judicial Circuit,
President Of County Court,
Sheriff ofthe County,
Two Justices OF the Peace for each Nag-
isterial District,
Prosecuting Attorney for the County,
Assessor Of District No. /,
Assessor Of District No. q,
County Surveyor,
A Constable for each Magisterial Dis
trict
For or against Tax on Dogs,
Also for Ratification or Rejection Of
Proposed Amendment of Articles of Stale
Cons titution.
If proposed amendment is ratified, for
Judge OF new Circuit and for three Com
missioners, as provided for in sections %
and % of proposed amendments
And for ratification or rejection of pro-
posed amendment OF section 49, article g.,
of State Constitution.
The following are the names of the
commissioners appointed by the Court for
each place of voting
DISTRICT No l, Mill Geek E. L.
Hoffman, George l. Pitzer and CIV.
North. ~
DISTRICT No. 2, GERARDsrowN. - Gilbert
MCKowN, Morgan Morgan and f. S.. S.
McKown.
SHANGHAL--B u. Kitchen, W. Barney
and Frank HorneP
DISTRICT No. 3 ARDEN, GRANGE HALL. -
John NJ Payne. Elias NJ. Pitzer and T. G.
Bryarly. nta
>VANNETER's SoHoel-HoUss. Robert s.
Flagg, Daniel Sutton and Aaron Fulk
DISTRICT No. 4, MARTINsBURG Frank
D. Staley, John W. Pitzer and Alex.
Parks, Jr.
DISTRICT No 5, 0PERuoN GRsESsBURs. -
George R. Hollida, Jacob Miller and Mi
chael Zigler
RIDENHoUR SoHooL-HoUsE. -Wm. Il.
Showers, Henry G. Welshans and G w.
Bender. eEf'
DISTRICT No G, HEDaEsvILLE.--Jacob
Hull, George H. Ropp and G.. w Meal
lister.
! ToMAHAwK. Walter James, Levi Hen
shaw aud. Albert Rooney,
DISTRICT No. =, FAILING WATERS --Johu
lands, John Fl. Martin ard jacob NJ.
Selbert. --...'-'..
Given under my hand August G, 1880
c.. W. DOLL, c. B. G.
August IA, 1880
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Tklepraph to lxpkpsNpENT.

BY Telegraph to 'SpEPESpEST..
BALTIMORE, Aug. 14.-Wheat fir
1ner. No. 2 red winter spot 1913;
Sept. 1913; Oct. 1881; Nov, 100. Re-
ceipts, 1892; shipments, 269, 003.
Corn neglected. Mixed spot and
Aug. 4sg; Sept. 80. Receipts. $50;
shipments, 9i5.
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253 ACRES.

more or less, about 20 acres of which is in
valuable timber. The improvements con-
sist of large
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MARRIED..

on the 18th of August, at the res
idenee of Edward Chambers in Mar
finsburg,' by Rev. w. G. Griffith,
SlfARLEs G.. HoPKINs, ESQ, to
MISS IDA SIMPSON, both of Berke-
ley County, w. Va.
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COAL AND WOND,OFFICE
AND e ~
Flour and Feed Store
No. 6s Queen St, StaleY's Block.


TIHE undersigned respectfully informs
l. the citizens of Martinsburg and Berk-
eley county that he has opened Coal and
Wood Office and Flour and Feed Store at
SO Queen Street, where all orders in my
line will receive prompt attention. / have
put in pair of Fairbanks new scales and
all coal sold by me will be weighed and
full weight guaranteed. Piedmont and
Cumberland run of mine, Fine and Lump
Coal; also best quality Nut and Egg an
thracite coal always on hand.
Farmers having Corn, Oats and Hay to
sell are solicited 10 see me before selling
Thanking the public for the liberal pat
ronage extended me, and soliciting your
further fayors, .....
/ am respectfully yours,
jy24-iy. J. W ROBERTS.
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With brilliant record for the harvest of 1885, AT no time since the
Introduction of 'Cnmpon
versay conceded during the Notwithstanding the
that than hryve Thousand machines built the
OUR IMPROVEMENTS FOR 1880. 4s8 so0s; taaI st.
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SENATOR Wither3, Of virg'lais,h has
recovered from the injury OF his
FOOT caused by a IA. wing machine,
and II able TO walk about.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-08-20
A Rousing Speech by Garfield.

Comrades of the Boys in Blue anG
fellow citizens of New York, cannot
look upon this great assemblage and
these old veterans that have marched
past US, and listen to the welcome from
our comrade who has just spoken, with
out remembering how great thing il
is to live in this Union and be part Of
it. (Applause.) This is New York,
and yonder toward the Battery more
than hundred years ago a young stu
dent of Columbia college was arguing
the ideas of the American Revolution
and the American Union against the
un-AmeIican loyalty to monarchy of
his college president and professors.
By and by he went into the patriot
army and was placed on the staff OF
Washington (cheers) to fight the battles
of his country, (cheers) and while in
camp before he was 81 years old upon a
drum-head he wrote letter which con :
tanned every germ of tho constitution
of the United States. applause
That student, soldier, statesman and
great leader of thought, Alexand del
Hamilton of New York made this re-
public glorious by his thinking and left
his lasting impress upon New York, the
foremost state of the Union. ZAP
plause.) And here on this island, the
scene of the early triumphs, we gather
tonight, soldiers of the new war, repre-
senting the same ideas of union and
glory and adding to the column of the
monument that Hamilton and Washing.
ton and the heroes of the Revolution
reared,
Gentleman, ideas outlive men. Ideas
outlive all things, and you who fought
in the war for the Union fought for i'm
mortal ideas and by their might yor
crowned our war with victory. (Great ap.
plause.) But victory was worth nothing
exception the fruits that were under it, il
it and above it. We meet tonight al
veterans and comrades to stand sacred
guard around the truths for which we
fought cloud and prolonged cheering,
and while we have life to meet anC
grasp the hand of comrade we will
stand by the great truths of the war
("GoOd," "Good" and loud cheers.
And, comrades, among the convictions
of that war which have sunk deep il
our hearts there are some that we car
never forget. Think of the great ele
waiting spirit of the war itself. We
gathered the boys from all our farml
and shops, and stores, and schools, anG
homes, from all over the republic, ani
they went forth unknown to fame, bu
returned enrolled on the roster of i'm
mortal heroes. (Greatapplause.) They
went in the spirit of those soldiers o
Henry Agincourt, of whom he said
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-08-20
Divine UNFOLDING.

Hold up my goiDgs in thy paths, thai
nv footsteps fail not. Ps. l7:5.
Hold thou me up and l shall be safe
Ps. II9: III. .--.-. .f.s.
Wilt thou not deliver my feet from
falling, that l may walk before God, II
the light of the livingP Ps. Sc: ID.
| the Lord thy God will hold thy
right hand; will help thee. lsa
Al: l3.
will hold thine hand, and will keel
thee. lisa. AZ: q.
Underneath are the everlasting arms
Deut. 80: %.
Thou hast delivered my soul from
death, mine eyes from tears, and my
feet from falling. Ps. 1l6: 3.
By thee have l been holden up. Thor
hast holden me by my right hand. rs
7I:6. 20: %.
When | said, My foot slippeth thy
mercy, o Lord, held me up. Ps. "a: 10
Thy right hand hath holden me up
Ps. I6: 35.
Now unto him that is able to keel
YOU from falling, . To the only wise
God our Saviour, be glory and majesty,
dominion and power, both now ano
ever. Amen. Jude "a, 70.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-08-20

"Who this day sheds his blood with
me to-day shall be my brother; were
he meier SO vile, this day shall gentle
his condition. And it did gentle the
condition and elevate the heart of every
working soldier who fought in 1t zap
plause.] and he shall be our brother
forevermOre. -.
We will remember our allies who
fought with us. Soon after the great
struggle began we looked behind the
army of white rebels and saw 4,OOO,OOO
of black people condemned to toll as
slaves for enemies, and we found that
the hearts of this 100000 were God,
inspired with the spirit of liberty, and
that they were our friends. (Applause.)
We have seen white men betray the
flag and fight to kill the Union, but IN
all that long dreary war we never saw
traitor in black skin. Great cheers.)
Our prisoners escaping from the starva-
ton of prison, fleeing to our lines by
the light of the north star, never feared
to enter the black mans cabin and ask
for bread. ("Good," "Good," "That's
so.n and loud cheers.) In all that pc
riod of suffering and danger no Union
soldier was ever betrayed by black
man or woman. (Applause.) And
now that we have made them free, so
long as we live we will stand by these
black allies. (Renewed applause.) We
will stand by them until the sun of lib
erty fixed in the armament of our con-
stitution shall shine with equal rays
upon every man, black or white,
throughout the Union. (Cheers.) Now,
fellow citizens, fellow-soldiers, in this
there is all the beneficence of eternal
Justice, and by this we will stand for
ever. (Great applause.) The great
poet has said that in individual life we
rise ''on the steppiugstOnes OF our
dead selves to higher things" and the
republic rises on the glorious achieve
ments of its dead and living heroes to
a higher and nobler national life. Zap
our post as soldiers, as patriots, and
over our country as the common hsri-
tage of us all. (Applause.)
thank you, fellOw-citizens, for this
magnificent demonstration. In so far
as l represent in my heart and life the
great doctrines for which you fought, |
accept this demonstration as a tribute
to my representive character. ZAP
plause.) In the strength of your hands,
in the ferver of your hearts, in the
tirnness of your faith, in all that be-
tokens the greatness of manhood and
nObleness of character, the republic
finds its security and glory. (Applause.)
do not enter upon cOntroverted ques-
tons. The time, the place, the situa-
ton forbid it. respect the traditions
that require me to speak only of these
themes that elevate us all. Again L
thank you for the kindness and enthu-
siasm of your greeting. tremendous
cheering.)
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-08-20
Wheat or Tares ?

s'Vacation is almost over; schoo
DAVIS with their lessons and work will
soon be here Well. after all, | am not
very sorry, for l am actually tired Of
having nothing to do but enjoy my
selfm
This is what Kitty Barrows said to
herself as she swung lazily in her ham
mock on the broad piazza of the Sea
Foam House one morning not long ago
She had spoken aloud, but the waves
dasbing upon the rocks close by made
such a noise that she had no idea that
any one heard her, aud was quite
startled when Aristarchus, familiarly
called Stark, paused in his work oil
sweeping the piazza, and stood beside
her with a serious look on his shiny ole
black face.
"Missy Kitty, begs yo' pardon, but
dun hear what yo' jes' now say to yo'se
and pears like somethin' inside tell MI
''Starchus, you speak the word in sea
son to little white missy dar.'"
Kitty laughed; it was so funny tt
see the old man locking gravely at he1
and talking like minister.
"Miss Kitty, has yO' dun gathered
yo' been at dis yere place 2"
~ don't know what you mean,
Stark" said the little girl, half amused,
half vexed.
81 fear yo' been pickin' de flowers OF
pleasure all de time, honey, an never
thought of how yo's gwine to be called
to count for all de idle time"
Nonsense, Stark Papa brought us
here to have good time; that's all we
had to do" ...-
"Ah, Missy Kitty, l must go on with
de sweeping, but jes' yo' remember my
words while you swing away dar: yos
gwins to be called to count for all dis
idle time, an de Lord oh de harvestll
surely say: Chile, whar's dem sheaves
yo' dun gathered for me dis summer at
de seashOre p An how 'shamed you'll
be, missy, to answer: Lord, Use got nc
wheat, only tares.'
Aristarchus turned away and went on
with his sweeping, and Kitty left to
herself, went on swinging in time to the
sound of the waves, but their voice was
a solemn one to her ears, and they
kept asking over and over: "Kitty
where are the sheavesq Kitty, where
are the sheavesfn
Perhaps there are other idle Klttys
swinging in hammocks at the seashor'
and the mountains. If so, let them also
take heed to tho warning of old Arts
taIchus.-ChildS World.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-08-20
Letter from Miss Leitch, of Ceylon
From Life and Light for July. j


We arrived here safely Jan. 18th. AS
we neared the shore we saw several
handkerchiefs waved at us, and the
words "WelcOme home !" came over
the water. We had supposed we were
ameng strangers, but from that morn
ing to this we have felt that we were at
home with our friends. The handles
were waiting to take us to the house of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland, our home at
Oedoopitty, for the present. 1t seemed
strange to be seated in carriage be-
fore the horse had been attached but
saw my mistake when six stout coolies
laid hold of the thills of the handy and
started off at a rattling rate, which
they kept up nearly all the way. They
passed over the sixteen miles between
Jaffna town and OodOOpitty in little
over two and half hours, preferring
to go all the way than to be relieved by
another set of coolies, because they
wanted, as they said, to take the "iar"
and "ammas" home themselves.
When we were within a mile of the
station, one of the coolies was dis
patched to herald our arrival. AS we
rode into the mission premises we found
the children of the station boys school
on one side and the station girls school
on the other, dressed in their Sunday
clothes, and Miss Townsend and Miss
Susan Rowland on the veranda steps
to greet us. The veranda entrance
door and sitting-room had been
adorned, by the native Christians, with
festoOns and wreaths of flowers, in hon
or of our coming. The native pastor
and Others we're waiting to speak to us,
and, in true Oriental fashion, the girls
of the OodoOpitty Boarding-School,
twenty-five in number, with their
teachers, had prepared lyric of well
come. Both words and tune were orig
inal with them, and they sang it very
sweetly. We were deeply touched by
this SO unexpected and kind reception.
The second day after our arrival the
annual business meeting was held at
OOdOOpitty. This gave us an op-
pOrtunity to meet the other missionaries
OF the station. Among them were Mr..
and Mrs. Rowland, who came out in
1916, and have grown old in this work
They have been called by some here a
second Zacharias and Elizabeth, who
walked in all the commandments and
ordinances of the Lord blameless. Also,
Miss Elizabeth Agnew, the veteran
missionary, having been here forty
years without going home, and who il
a model of energy and decision. The
magnitude of the work carried on here
lar exceeds our expectations. AS we
heard one report after another, review
ing the labors of the year, the schools
supervised, the training of nativelcate
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-08-20
The Masons at Chicago.
A HOME VIEW OF THE JUNKET.
Chicago Advance, Aug. IL.

Chicago Advance, Aug. IL.
August II is promised to be the big
gest day for Chicago that even Chicago
has ever had. There is. to be, here and
then, the biggest street parade and
show the continent has ever witnessed.
For weeks several columns daily in our
Chicago daiIies have been filled with
fam bOyant details of preparations go
ing on for this famous pageant. 1t is
stated that between four and five mil
lions will be spent by strangers during
their stay in the city. A kind of "vol-
untary" assessment of 100000 it is
said, has been made on the hotel-keep
ers, leading merchants and Others.
The total cost of the affair, including
travelling, extra-dressing and all other
incidental expenses, will amount to a
pretty big sum-quite a number of
millions. The occasion is the triennial
cOnclave of the "Knights Templars" of
America. knights Templars are
sort of military order of Free MasOns.
The order is a kind of residuary ghost
of the TemplaI Knights of the period
of the Crusades, when European Chris
tendon went crazy, stormIng heaven
and earth to rescue an empty grave
from the Infidels. There are said to he
$4,000 of their Knightly successors in
this country, most of whom, according
to their several Communicates, are
expected to ego into camp" next week
in this city. Enormous ado and prep
aration are going on for their reception
and entertainment. A monster ball is
to come off in the Exposition building.
rIa do nnl. ln nj
streets is to be of unparalleled magnif
icence. The display at the welcome
home of Gen. Grant will be dwarfed
into insignifcance.
1t is asked, What is all this prodig-
iously costly and gaudy display for ?
We make haste to put in our plea of
non pOsSumus-we can't tell. That is
precisely the one thing which the three
daily columns in the three daily morn
ing papers of this city for the past three
weeks have omitted to tell US. That,
we take it, may as well be considered
the undivulgeable ''secret" of the whole
affair. But at any rate, and neverthe-
less, we earnestly wish our handsomely
dressed and costly regulated knightly
visitors pleasant time of it, and safe
return to their homes, with no more
serious loss of their self-Iespeet than
may spring from the consciousness of
having paid out good deal of hard
earned money for a feather and tin
whistle. Chicago has big heart, ex-
haustless curiosity and would welcome
to its streets all the world whether
clothed like ordinary moItals with an
eye to business, or decked out in the
gayest and most composite parapher-
MALTA in mimicry of wars that were
fought out half a thousand years ago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-08-20

Satan is continually suggesting doubtt
to the Christian in hundred forms
Doubts as to the care of God; doubts
as to his guiding providence; doubts
as to his actual, personal presence with
his children F; doubts even as to the sal.
walton promised to Christ Jesus. But
surely one single assurance from MS
blessed word ought to be sufficient TO
silence for us all such questions. Hath
he promised, and shall he not make II
good /? He is the God of truth. He
cannot lie. But some one has truly
said, at is astonishing how much more
ready some of US are to believe the ia
Their of lies than to believe our Father
in heaven"