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The English Tongue.

In our everyday talk we are a
people with an inaccurate knowl-
edge of the construction of sem
fences. One and all we strive to
say as much as possible in the
shortest Way--or what seems to be
the shortest way; and was ii Car
lyle who said the English speak :
ing people gain two or three hours
each day by abbreviating their
words-as don't for do not, won't
for presumably would not or
will not? Probably not one man
in one hundred speaks accur ateIy,
saying Just what he would like to
say. AS child grows up he finds
abundant authority for misuse of
words, while there is scarcely
person inside or outside of school
to tell him that popular usage is
generally popular misusage. Take,
for Instance, the sentence that
daily meets our eyes:
Each person on entering the
car will put the extra fare in the
box"-where is the error? Clear
ly no one can put his five cents in
the box; to do that he would have
to be in the box h irnself. We put
our fares into a box-unless, of
course, 1t Is a car without con-
ductor aud we steal our ride. The
invitations to a ball given lately
contained this sentence: 1.-THE
company of yourself and ladies
are respectfully invited" Shades
of hurry, Brown, White! was it
reserved for a Detroit printer to
couple singular subject with a
plural verb? Nor is 1t always left
to men in callings that do not sug-
gest the desirability of using
words accurately to offend good
style. The principal of a Detroit
school once distributed to his Tor
herr pupils a circular printed by
himself Tor herself) containing the
following remarkable combina-
ton of words: "The senior part
ners contribute a clear insight in
TO and large sympathy and expe-
rience with, and tender regard
for the feelings of YOUTH" etc.
Here the faults are In construc-
ton that forces strong emphasis
on unimportant words. The SEN
tence Is heavy and bungling yet,
given to 600 girls and boys, i. re-
NAMED uncriticised, an authority
for similar construction with
them Detroit Free Press.
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As Good as a Dragon.
Paw Paw fMich.) Courier.

aW IaW lHiNu. NouiFE.
A. w. Underwood, the colored
man whose breath sets combusti-
bles on fire, was interviewed by
Courier reporter recently. He
says ne is twenty-fOur years old
When about twelve years old he
held his handkerchief TO his
mouth and blew upon it, and it
took FIRE. He says he is unable
to account for il; says that physi-
clans have examined him and
they are as much in the dark a.
himself. He set a piece Of paper
on fire at the Dycknan House one
evening before large crowd. A
respectable citizen of Paw Paw
says that this fellow was out with
him at hunting party last sum-
mer and none of the party had
any matches; and that Under
wood took up both hands full of
dry leaves, breathed upon them
awhile and set them on fire, from
which they built fire in the
woods. He seems much exhaust
ed after his efforts; says he could
not endure 1t more than twice in
one day. Parties present the other
evening said they examined his
hands, had him rinse his mouth
out and then drink a glass of wa
ter, and then saw him set paper
or cloth on fire by his breath.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13
A Wise Deacon.

"Deacon Wilder, / want you to
tell me how you kept yourself and
family well the past season, when
all the rest of us have been sick SO
much, and have had the doctors
visiting us so often?"
BRO. Taylor, the answer is
very easy. l us, d Hop Bitters in
time; kept my family we'll and
saved the doctor bills. Three dol
lars worth Of it kept US well and
able to work all the time, I'll
warrant il has cost you and the
neighbors one TO two hundred
dollars apiece to keep sick the
same time"
deacon, Til use your medicine
hereafter" Mch6-2t
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13
Railroad Amenities.

~ suppose, porter" the fat pas
senger remarked, as he fled into
the Boston sleeper; 81 suppose you
can let lie have nice lower
berth ?'
And the porter said he could;
just one lower than the roof. The
fat passenger sighed and yielded to
his fate.
ST don't mind it so much" he
said; "the last time / had lower
berth, the man who slept above
me got up four times to get a
drink, and every time but once,
when he came down, he swung
under his berth, and stuck both
his feet into my stomach. The
other time he stuck them in my
face"
ats pleasant the man with the
sample case said, "to sleep over a
man who snores in three or four
languages"
"Yes," said the cross passenger,
"or over a nervous man, who sits
up suddenly, bolt upright, every
time the engine whistles, bumps
his head against the bottom of
your berth with a crash, and
swears you awake for the next
twenty miles,"
"Or over the man who groans
in his Sleep" the tall, thin passen-
ger remarked, land makes you
think he is murdered or is dying.
and then gets cross and snarls and
swears at you If you ask him what
is the matter"
"And it's pleasant to get up in
the morning and find that the
man in the lowest berth has put on
your shoes,! said the fat passen-
ger.
cor to lay your brush and comb
down in the dressing-room, and
have the big stoek-drover at the
other ever pick them up and rake
down his thateh with them, under
the impression that they belong to
the car"
"Or have some fellew lay the
cake Of soap on your toothbrush. "
"Or to lay your clean collars and
and cuffs down on seat while
you wash, and have some passen-
ger about the build of our fat
friend come along and sit down on
them"
"Or to get part through with
your additions, and stand with
your hands and hair dripping and
your eyes full of soap, and find the
last clean towel gone and the por-
ter down at the other end of the
car at the ladies' dressing-room."
Tickets for your berths, please"
the porter said, and the conven-
ton adjourned and scrambled into
the skylight berths. -Burdette.
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Hint TO Money Lenders.

AN IMPORTANT DECISION REM
DERED IN THE U. S. SUPREME
COURT.
Those persons and institutions
that make a business of lending
money on bond and mortgage will
do well TO note decision just rem
dered by the Upited States Su-
premd Court. A man applied to
a fl m of brokers In Washington,
to negotiate for him loan Of 49,
500. He offered as security GER
tain real estate, which he repre-
sented to be his, and produced the
certificate OF a well-known lawyer
of Washing ion, that the title was
good. On application of the bro
kers, the National Saving Bank
of the Distr let of Columbia adj
vanced the loan, taking negotia-
BILE note signed by the borrower, a
trust-deed of the property, and
the lawyers certificate as to the
title, which the bank required
should be brought down to the
date of the loan. The note became
due In a year, but was not paid.
The bank proceeded to sell the
premises under the trust deed,
when it was discovered that the
pretended owner 10 whom the
loan had been made had no title
to the property, but had transfer
red it before negotiations for the
loan had begun. The deed had
bean duly executed and recorded,
but had been overlooked by the
lawyer who examined the title.
1t was not claimed that the lawyer
in certifying that the claimants
title was good had acted fraudu-
lently or dishonest He had made
a fatal mistake, but it was the re-
suit of negligence. The bank now
sued the lawyer for damages,
claiming that it had sustained loss
by reason of his erroneous certifi-
cate as to the title. The Supreme
Court holds that the lawyer is not
liable. The court fully comedies
that the attorney who holds him
self out as competent to examine
title to real estate is bound to ex-
ercise reasonable care and skill in
his profession, and that he is liza
BILE for damages which result from
his negligence or incompetency.
But he is liable to his client, and
not to third person, unless, per-
haps, in case of fraud, falsehOod,
or collision. In the case before
the court there had been no con-
tract between the bank and de-
PENDANTS attorney; hence, the latter
was not liable for the loss sustain
ed by the former. Three of the
eight Justices, (Mr. Justice Hunt
being absent dissented from this
opinion. Among them was Chief
Justice Waite, who thought that
''if a lawyer, employed to examine
and certify to the recorded title of
rela property gives his client a GER
tiicate which he knows, or ought
to know, is. to be used by the
client in some business transaction
with another person as evidence
of the facts certified to, he is liable
to such other person relying on
his certificate for any loss result
ing from his failure to find on
record conveyance affecting the
title, which, by the use of ordina-
ry professional care and skill, he
might have found"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13

The doors of good deeds have
seldom an opportunity to make
their benefactions remunerative
to themselves, but an expection to
this rule may by found in the
terms of the advertisement of the
new book, by the late General j.
B. Hood, which announces that
General G. t. Beauregard, whose
post Office address is New Orleans,
La, will send any kindly disposed
person copy of Advance and
Retreat, Personal Experiences in
the United States and Confederate
States Armies, AN actavo volume,
handsomely gotten up, worth
more than the price, and the en-
tire proceeds from the sale of which
will be devoted to 1.-THE Hood Or
phan Memorial Fund.- for the
nurture, care, education and sup
port of the ten little babes of the
dead warrior. Read the adver-
tisement, and send General Beau
regard the Three Dollars.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13
Brights Disease.

Is the most terrible of all dis
ease because it battles the skill of
all our prominent physicians. This
dangerous disease follows non-at-
tention to the Kidney affections,
which can be completely cured by
that valuable vegetable medicine
CURATIVE. Sold by all druggists.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13
j. FRANCIS HAYWOOD, MD.
A NEWSPAPER PUB. WRITES.

Once, Evening News. Augusta, Ga
Dr.. TUT: Dear Sir--My little son, was attacked
with pneumonia last winter, which left him with
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,
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13
She WiIted Him.

An erring husband, who had ex-
hausted all explanations for late
hours, and had no apology ready,
recently slipped into the house
about one O'Clock, very softly, de-
nuded himself gently, and began
rocking the cradle by the bedside,
as II he had been awakened out of
a sound sleep by infantile cries.
He had rocked away for ten min
utes, when Mary Jane, who had
silently observed the whole man.
euvre, said, Come to bed, you
fool the baby amt there!"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

Reader, have you caught cold? Are You un-
able to raise the phlegm? Have you an irrita-
ton in the throat? A sense of oppression on
the lungs, with short breathe Do. you have a
fit OF coughing on lying DOWN. A sharp pain
ders and back? II so, our Advice is take at
once dose of TUFTS Expectorant; ouwill soon
be able to raise the phlegm. In an hour repeat
the Expectorant, place ahot iron to the feet, take
two of Tutts Pills. You viii coon fan into a
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
Rxpectorant several days.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13

If so 60 to the EXTENSIVE BAZAAR of
LOUIS BOUTON.
Great Reduction in Prices. Fall and
Winter Stock Open.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13
Conclusive Proofs.

My wife, for weakness, languor
and general debility, tried every
thing and got no relief, until l
purchased a bottle of IRON BIT
TIERS, the best medicine we ever
had. A, Y. l..
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13

Ladies with ingenuity and eco
nomical turn of mind make shoes
to match suits by covering old
cloth ones with the dress material.
This is cut in shape and sewed on
the wrong side as close as possible
to the sole of the shoe. 1t is then
turned up over the shoe and neat
ly bound on the edges.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13
DR.. j. r. HAYWOOD,
READ WHAT HE SAYS.

DR. TUT: New York Sept, 49, 1871
Dear Sr--During this year l vsi5ed ne hundred
cases of lung seases. In the lover wards OF the
city the c. ses were of very severe type. Ii was
and confess my surprise at its wonderful power
During practice of twenty years. have never
known medicine to act as promptly, and with such
happy effects. 1t instantly subdued the most violent
fits Of coughing and invariably cured the disease in
q few days, cheerfaly indorse it as the best lung
medicine l ever used.
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Had terrible NIGHT swEATs.

Memphls, Feb, II, lb7I.
Dr. TUT: Sir-I have been suffering for nearly two
years with a severe cough. When commenced ta-
king your Expectoraut was reduced to one hundred
and sixteen pounds in weight. 1 had tried almost
everything had terrible night sweats Ihave 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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A harsh word turneth away
wrath, If you are the biggest and
have brick in each hand.
National Republican., 1880-06-01
1REyOLrING TRAGEDY.
Frntricidc, Arson and suicide by an Aged
Deaf Mute.


Deaf Mute.
ST. JOHN, N. b., May 3O.--rhc city was ex.
cited last night by horrible tragedy at New
lands, two miles distant, in the country seat
of the Drury family, news of which arrived at
u late hunr. At Ncwlands there lived three
sous of the late Colonel Drury, who died in
1886 Another son, Colonel Charles Drury,
died this year. OF the sons John was a deaf
mute and Edward was deaf also for several
years. Ward Chipman, the youngest son, who
alone was married, is registrar of deeds for
this county. The family is among the most
respected and highly connected in tho prov
nce. They were wealthy, and their residence
was beautiful ono. Since the death of
Colonel Charles, who was the eldest brother
aud unmarried, John, the deaf mute, who is
scventy-twOy years old, aud was next to Charles,
aspired to he head of the family and to coll
troll the property. lie was much annoyed
that Ward the youngest son, had been left in
control by Charles will lie has acted
strangely for some time past, but there was
nothing to show that he contemplated MUIR
der. On Saturday, at s p, M, John was in the
sitting.room with Ward aud two of the latter;
children. Mrs. Ward was up stairs putting
her other children to bed. John got up, went
out to another room, lighted his pipe, took
some matches and proceeded TO one of the
| barps which he set on fire. He then returned
| to the stting.roOm, where Ward was doing
| in his arm chair, aud fired Il 32.caibre rcvol-
yer ut him, striking him in the sido Then
he rushed up stairs to his own room, where he
set fire to the curtains and bedding. His
| brother Edward 6ocing the flames, attempted
to enter and oxtuguish them, a struggle
onsued, and John shot him behind the ear. Hc
walked to the foot of tho stairs aud dropped
dead John then shot himself in tho temple
and died Instantly. Wards w0und was not
mortal, the bullet having struck the rib
aud glnceh, running round and lodging in
the back He will recover. The flames do.
sroycd the house and numerous barns and a
little after midnight tho whole place was in
ashes Thousands from the city visited tho
scene Of the tragedy and aided in saving the
property. The two old men-the murdered
brother being siXty.scven years old-wcre laid
together on tho grass beneath tho glare OF tho
| flames of their burning home. 1t was truly
II tragic sight. There is great excitement in
ST, JOHN to-day. The bodies arc in the police
station An inquest will he hold tomorrow
A sister Of the deceased is Mrs, Alien, wfo OF
tho chicl,justco OF this province.
National Republican., 1880-06-01
Etd of WorthIoss Husbands.

Justice Hagner yesterday granted Nellie @.
CoyRn a divorce trOm james $. Cow0n, with
permission to resume her maiden name. Tho
rarlies were married in Prince George county,
Md, June "a, 1865 by Roy, j, c. McClbe. She
alleges that ia August, 1875, tho defendant
sent her from Buffalo, n. Y, to the home Of
her parents in this city. In the month of No
vember following he informed her by, letter
that ho would not live with, support her or
have anything more to do with her, From
that time sho was utterly neglected by him,
and she WAS compelled to work for her own
living,
His honor also granted Elizabeth G, Johu-
son n decree of divorce from her husband
Jerome II. johnson, and control of their iu'
mnt Child. This couple were Joined in we'd
lock in Richmond, Va, December s, 1861, by
Rev. Lansing Burroughs ID. d., the pNtntit'
maiden namo being Elizabeth q, Clarke, They
lived together until June, 1874, when the de-
rendant deserted her, left her to support her
sell, and has not been heard Of since.
National Republican., 1880-06-01
Tho Nowspaper Iinbbers,

Robert Balcngor aud George Nowland, of
AloNandhl, Va, were yesterday brought into
the criminal court and arragued 'on the
charge of ussautiug with intent 10 kill John
4. Hunter, on March 25 last and taking from
him three bundles Of newspapers, valued at
$50, the property Of Thomas Foster They
pleaded not guilty. The court iXCd the bond
at $1,000 In the case Of each defendant Mr.,
Thomas V. Rsheil became temporary surety,
with the understanding that additional bond
should bo given before the expiration Of the
week.
Colonel Corkhin said that he understood
that q plea would be filed as to the iurIsdic'
tion Of the court, 1t was very important
question, and ono probably that would be car
riud to the general torn for settlement. uo
would like to have. an early day set for the
| hearing,
Sate Souator Francis H. Smith appeared for
the accused, and stated that ho could not AT
! that time agree upon any particular day. lie
would G,a the p,els by saturday next, aud
! then, hc Thought, the counsel would probably
| bculle to agroo upon time for the hearing
! The proposition WAS accepted,
National Republican., 1880-06-01
CONTENTION VOTES.

The sherman mon arc Weakening, and it
need surprise 10 one il tho secretary slips
from one chair into another.
Governor Davis of ToxGs, said last evening
"Our delegation was not instructed TO vote fox
Grant, although the convention did indicate
its preference lor him. We are, however, in
structed, when we do voto for a candidate TO
vote as Il unit. For everything else we can
aud will 20 as we please
II. w. Scott, editor Of the 0rGgo,idil Rmem.
ber of the national committee says ne ia put
down as a Blaine man, but that he is not Gu.
thusiastic and Is just as liable 20 vote with tho
Grant members of the national committee us
with the anti. Grant members. II is under.
stood Mr.. Scott would not vote to depoie Mr..
Cameron from the Craftsmanship Of the com
mitlee.
Another member of tho national committee,
DR.. L.. w. Osborne, who has been counted
among the auti.Gmnt men Of the committee,
saws That his personal preference is now for
Grant. lie would not under any circumstances
vote for the deposition of Senator Cameron
from tho chairmauship Of the committee, The
anti Grant members of the national commit
tee are highly chagrined at the position taken
by Mr.. Osborne They telegraphod him 10 be
sure to come aud work against Cameron and
when they found that he would not obey their
wishes they charged him with being disloyal
to bis constituents.
Mr.. Richard Smith, editor of the Cnciu-
natl Gazette, telegraphed the following TO hS
paper: "Nearly all the reports sent from here
as 10 how delegates are likely to vote are
based on more sumnse, for which there is as
good Il basis In Cincinnati rs Chicago Where
there are so many people with nothing to do
but speculate about the convention there is, of
course, u great deal Of wild talk, but l do
not think there is anybody here who can tell
how many of the delegates will vote, and all
tulS of somebody being nominated on the first
ballot Is in tho line of such brug rs is heard
! pending an election. Graut is strongest, OF