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A GOOD THING

The Office of Sheriff Of Berkeley
county must be ''fat take" At
least, we are led to judge 50 from
the scramble which it is represented
will be made for it. Some fifteen or
twenty candidates for the honors
and cmoluments, have already been
suggested, and several townships yet
to hear from. Arden comes to the
front with seven candidates, as far
as reported, and the returns from
that precinct are not all in yet. If
the other six townships do equally
as we'll, the candidate business, as
regards the sheriffalty, will be a
sweeping success. The only thing
to be regretted is that it will leave
so few good men from which to fill
the other offices. The INDEPEN-
DENT is seriously thinking of start
ing sheriffalty "boom." 1t will
embrace in it's numerous and varied
suggestions the name of every eligi-
BILE man in the county, and when the
one selection is made we shall be
able to say with owlish wisdom, tive
told you So" 1t is cheap mode of
acquiring reputation for great
judgment and foresight.
1t is safe to presume that if all
those who have been named in con-
nection with the sheriffalty, are
really candidates and intend to press
their claims, there will be music in
the air about the time of holding
county conventions, and sulphur
Gus tinge afterwards. For while
many are called but few are chosen.
The effect of so many disappointed
aspirants would be to badly strain
the party breeding. There ought
to be an injunction laid on the an
nouncement of any more candidates.
The inharmonious battle-cries might
jangle the sweet bells out of tune.
We speak the words of warning.
Our duty is done.
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Bismarck i'm His Family,

1t is really difficult not to be
struck with the contrast existing
between Prince Bismarck's terri
BILE reputation and the patriarchal
picture represented by the family
of which he is head when he re-
turns home TO rest from the ardent
struggle in which he has so long
been engaged. Nothing is more
simple and touching than the res
pectful and sileut enthusiasm with
which his wife and children sur
round him and the devotedness
they show to him In his family
circle he lets himself be governed
by their anxious tenderness.
When he leaves the table his wife
or son brings him his long clay
pipe and lights it for him. This
first pipe smoked, second, all
ready, i, handed to him, and this
is afterward gently taken from
him without tnird being brought.
The Prince yields TO this silent
tyranny, which relieves him of q
portion of his personal cares. His
son Herbert told me, II have put
my father to bed, for he, too, you
see, ends by being tired" He is
treated, indeed, by his family as
demigod, and cared for as an in
FAINT. On hearing him chat with
his family one lie struck by the
clearness with which he expresses
himself, the grace with which he
stoops TO familiarity, and also by
the feeling of irresistible force
which he inspires, so that when
once he has said anything it be-
comes law. Even when he I'M
bends the most naturally you are
conscious that he has only to
clinch his fingers to crush an adj
versary.
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THE AMENDMENTS

The Charleston Courier, the lead.
ing Greenback paper in the State,
says "the West Virginia Nationals
are pledged to the abolition of the
County Court SYSTEM" and from
this premises argues that it is essen
tial to the removal of the County
Court System that the amendments
submitted by the last legislature be
adopted. The Courier says the Ma
tional State Convention to be held
in Charleston in May, ought to in
corporate into its platform plank
in favor of the Amendments, and ii
believes it will.
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a Great Wheat State.

Characteristic conversation in
Minnesota : "Let me see, thew
raise some wheat in Minnesota.
don't they?" "Rsise wheat who
raises wheat? No, sir, decidedly
no, sir. 1t raises itself. If we
undertook to raise wheat i'm this
state ii would run us out. There
wouldn't he any place to put our
houses" "But I've been told the
grasshoppers take a good deal OF
it," "Of course they do. If thew
didn't / don't know what we
would do. The cussed stuff would
run all over the state and drive us
out--caoke us up. Those grass
hoppers are God-send, only there
ain't half enough Of them.' us
that wheat nice and plump p"
Plump! Well, don't know what
you call plump wheat, but there
are seventeen in our family, in
Guiding the servants. and when we
want bread we just go out and
bring in a kernel of wheat and
bake it," "Do you ever soak it in
water first 2" "Oh, no, it wouldn't
do; it would swell a little aud then
we couldn't get it into our range
oven. ~ SchOh0ric Republican.
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4 HITCH IN THE CASE.

A rather unexpected hitch has &C.
Cured in the Washburn-Donnelly
contested election case. Two Dem
ocrats on the committee refused to
vote with their party associates, and
the case was postponed until Friday.
The Democrats who refused to vote
are Speer, of Georgia, and Clarke, of
New Jersey. 1t now seems doubt
full whether the committee will sue
coed in reporting it to the House, as
Weaver, the Greenbacker, is an ad-
dition to those Democrats who voted
with the Republicans against the
proposition that Donnelly was en-
tiled to the seat. AS we have bet
fore remarked, Investigations of
charges of fraud, bribery, &C., in
contested election cases should be
made in no partisan spirit, and with
no desire to gain a partisan advan-
tage by unseating one man and seat
ing another. After thorough and
impartial investigation, if it be
found that the evidence is clearly
sufficient to convict the party charg-
ed, every member of the House to
which he belongs should vote to I'M
seat him, regardless of any consider
atoms of his party utilization. In
short these Investigations in regard
to contested seats should be made
with a view solely to finding out the
true facts of the case, and taking
action accordingly.
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standing, numerous propositions Of
individual members to extend them.
Judge Geddes of the House Pension
Committee has prepared a bill the
object of which is to provide court
for the adjudication of disallowed or
rejected cases. There are about four
thousand of these now before Con-
gress-cases rejected for some
cause or other by the Department,
and come to Congress for relief,
many of which possess merit that
could be established by judicial in
qniry. Some such tribunal is not
unlikely to be established.
Don PEDRO.
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THE TIDE OF EMIGRATIO

The tide of emigration has set in
early this spring. Within the past
few weeks the European steamships
arriving at our ports have been
bringing very large numbers of emf.
grants, nearly 5000 having arrived
at New York on last Sunday and
Monday. This early influx of emf
grants indicates that it will be con-
tinued through the spring and sum.
mer, and perhaps in larger proper
tions, adding many thousands to the
population before the autumn sets
in. The burdens of monarchial gov
ernments and huge standing armies
are the causes that are compelling
the working people to seek new
homes on this side of the ocean. Our
boundless and rich prairies afford
ample room for all who are honest
and industrious, and the aggregate
of wealth they bring with them is
not to be despised.
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THE HANCOCK BOOM.

There is an organized effort to
start a Hancock presidential boom
in Louisiana, and several other
Southern States. The opponents of
the movement, assume that Grant
will be the Republican nominee, and
that the nomination of Hancock by
the Democrats would he to fight the
battle on ground selected by their
opponents, and to raise the question
whether Grant or Hancock was the
greatest General. They argue that
1T would be folly to run a division
commander against a general, or a
lieutenant against captain. In
our opinion the Hancock movement
will prove signal failure. The same
work was tried in 1865 and
1876. 1t is being started now under
less favorable auspices than before.
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IMPORTANT Questions.

Indianapolis Sun.
/ For the information of MANY
enquirers we have formulated and.
answered the following important
questions:
What was the popular vote for
President in 1876? $685. 1881 votes
We're cast, Mr.. Tilden received
I 216, O59; Mr.. Hayes 4,012, sos;
MIR: Cooper 50 843. Mr. Tilden's
majority was 168,737.
How many electoral votes are
there Three hundred and sixty
nine, necessary to a choice, IS5.
Mr.. Tiiden had 184 electoral votes
that were not questioned, but
South Carolina, Florida and Lou
isiana were counted for Mr. HAYES
by the Electoral Commission, which
gave him 185 electoral votes.
How is the President elected if
there is no choice at the ballot
box? The House of Representa-
tives chooses one from the three
candidates having the largest vote
if it is possible for the House to
do so.
How does the House choose the
President Each State is entitled
to one vote but it takes a major
ty OF the votes to elect.
If the House fails to elect, then
how is the President chosen? The
Senate chooses the President from
the two candidates for Vice. Presi-
dent, having the highest number
of votes On the list, and he be-
comes the President for the next
four years.
If there shall be no election this
fall, which party can elect the
President in the House? It takes
twenty votes to elect. The Re-
publicans have nineteen States;
the Democrats have eighteen, and
the Greenbackers one-Indiana.
If De La Matyr should vote with
the nineteen Republican States,
the Republicans would elect; if he
should vote for the Democratic
candidate it would make tic.
Should he vote, as we think he
would, for the Greenback candi-
date, there would still be no
choice, and the Senate would
choose the next President.
What is the amount of the pub.
lie debt of the United States? On
the first day of July, 1870, it Was
81, $40 ,567 ,48242
How many greenback dollars
remain unredeemed? $346,6S1,-
016.
How many national dollars
were there in circulation at the
date of the last annual report?
$685., l81 ,4l0. The amount has
been increased by some $1,000, 0)0
since that date.
What is a national bank I? IT is
an association of five or more per-
sons organized under the laws of
the United States for the purpose
of issuing money or rather their
prOmisSOry notes.
Can other banks issue promisso-
ry notes? State banks might do
so, but they would be required 10
pay 10 the General Government
ten per cent. on their money in
vested. This law amounts to a
prohibition.
How do national banks issue
money? They deposit with the
comptroller of the currency Uni
ted States bonds and the comp
troller issues to them ninety Ger
cent. of the bonds so deposited in
national bank notes, which they
sign and put into circulation.
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Political.

Political.
The first guns in Illinois and
Iowa add to the reverberation of
the Blaine boom.
John Kelley swears once more
that he will have no Tilden in his.
and the Tammany chorus fills the
air.
The only thing that saves Secre-
tary Schurz from having one of
the booms is shat he was born In
Germany.
II the Hancock movement keeps
on gathering strength, the cry of
"no shoulder strap" will soon be
heard in the Democratic party.
Blaine is the decided choice of
the Wet Virginia Republicans,
and Thurman is the choice of the
Democrats.
Senator Conkling is reported to
have said one day last week:
"There will be no dark horse at
Chicago. We have had enough
of dark harses."
People who think Mr.. Tilden is
politically dead should study the
Democratic primaries in ALE.
gheny county, Pennsylvania.
The Indianapolis Ne,cs, an indie.
pendent paper, utters the opinion
that with Blaine or Sherman. the
Republicans have a fighting chance
to carry Indiana next November,
but none at all with Grant.
Congressman Mckinley, of the
Canton (Ohio) district, has been
selected to preside over the Ohio
Republican Convention, which is to
be held in Columbus on the 28th
of April. Mr.. Mckinley is "a Fro
nounced Sherman man.
Mr.. Tilden, assisted by his friend
Barr, has succeeded in capturing
the Allegheny county delegation
to the Pennsylvania Democratic
State Convention. just as Cameron
although worsted in tue interior
counties-managed to secure Re-
publican delegation from the same
county for Grant.
Major Banks, of Mississippi, who
was secretary of the Democratic
national committee in 1872, repre-
sents the South as desiring to vote
for Union soldier, and the ticket
that would best suit the Democrats
there would be Hancock and Will
liam r. Morrison, of Illinois.
1t would be strange If Conkling
and Cameron should, after pre-
ceiving that Grant cannot be nom
mated, throw the votes they con-
troll in favor of Mr.. Edmunds, for
the latter's candidacy has largely
helped to knite the third term
boom in New England.
Cincinnati Commercial: $50
long as Mr.. Tilden and General
Grant are silent, there is but one
course for either party to pursue,
and that is to select delegates who
represent the choice of their dis
tricts for candidates, and leave
them to give it free expression in
the conventions. That is the true
way of ascertaining the sentiment
of the people. To attempt to dra-
COON one of them into the support
of a candidate not the choice of the
people they represent, by the en-
forcement of the unit rule, is unre-
publican, and must always be I'M
satisfactory. The right of the in
| dividual delegate to vote as the
people he represents would have
him should remain as unchalleng.
ed as the right of the voter to cast
his ballot for which ever nominee
he prefers"
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PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS.

There seems to be lull just now
in the fight of aspirants for presi-
Dental nominations. No more State
Conventions will be held until April,
and in the meantime we shall have
lack of the usual excitement at
tending the near approach of such
gatherings. But rumors and specu-
lations will be rife as ever 1t will
continue to be announced on "relia-
BILE authority that Tilden has drawn
out of the fight and will not be a
candidate, and that Conkling and
Cameron have concluded not to
force Grant on the Chicago Conven-
ton. And following Immediately
upon such announcements will come
others, on equally "reliable author
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Pertinent Questions.

A~Wos AHhtUcIttttht
Will you be kind enough tc
answer me through the columns
Of your paper, and if there is any
defect in our present law In regard
to insane persons, let the voters oil
the State know what it is, so that
they can demand of .heir repre-
sentatives such amendments as
would be proper.
l. What amount has been appro-
priated by the legislature for the
year ending September, 1880, for
current expenses for Hospital for
insane, for transportation of pa.
tients to hospital, and for lunatics
in Jail?
2. Suppose a citizen of this State
owning valuable farm or SIC, 900
in q. S. bonds, should be declared
a lunatic, and sent to our asylum,
would his travelling expenses,
maintenance, &c, he paid for out
of the aforesaid appropriation
made by the legislature, or out of
his own estate?
8. If paid for out of the appro-
priation made by the legislature,
what would become of the rents
from the land, or interest from his
bonds, which would accumulate
whilst he was in the asylum. If
he died whilst there would the
whole goto his heirs, or a portion
be paid to the treasurer of the hos
pital
4. Is anything required to be
paid out of estates Of lunatics sent
to the asylum, and if not, is it the
fault of the law, or the, managers
of that institution
8. In what respect does our pres
ent law differ from the old Vir-
ginia law, and was moi the estate
OF lunatic made responsible I'M
der that law for the payment of
his travelling expenses, mainte-
nance, &C., and If not paid, was
not authority given to enforce the
collection of the debt, and was it
not repeatedly done.
ENQUIRER.
The legislature has appropriate
ed for the year ending September
30. 1880, Tor current expenses of
Hospital for Insane, $4,000; for
transportation of patients, So 500;
for expenses of lunatics in jails,
$4,000. We can only say, what,
in our opinion. the State ought to
do in all cases where lunatics'
estate is ample to pay his ex-
penses. Under the old Virginia
law this was always very properly
the case, as is known to many of
the citizens of our county, but
whether it has been required or
enforced by the managers of the
West Virginia Hospital for the
Insane, we are not prepared to
say. Our information is that'the
law of the State in regard to this
matter, is precisely what il was in
the old State.
We should be glad TO have our
excellent Superintendent of the
Insane Asylum give us his views
on the subject. EDS.
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TILDEN AND BISHOP.

The Irish Citizen, of Cincinnati
flies at it's masthead the names of
Tilden and Bishop, as Democratic
candidates for President and Vice
President, and declares that it is the
only ticket to win in the fight. 1t
says that with Governor Bishop on
the ticket, Ohio is assured to the
Democracy.
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TARIFF REFORM.

The question of tariff reform is
assuming prominence in the House
proceedings. The Ways and Means
Committee are holding daily SEES
sions, and will soon dispose of the
question of reduction of tariff on
such articles as paper pulp, sugar,
steel rails, etc. The vote to reduce
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SATURDAY, MARCH ct, 1880.
CONGRESS-

The slowness with which Congress
dispatches business leaves little room
to doubt that the session will neces-
sarily be extended far into June, and
perhaps beyond.
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The Irishman's Dinuer
Hour, -

Cincinnati Enquirer: The Prince
of Wales has established a new
dining hour o'clock P. NJ. in
stead of g. The English fashiona-
bles will hereafter take their din
ner at 7 o'clock. The starving
Irish are not so particular. They
take their dinner at any hour they
can get il.
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SLIGHTLY MIXED. While ex-
Secretery Boutwell, is advocating
the election of General Grant for
President on the ground that he
alone can put down the dangerous
plans of the South, others who
have quite as much right to speak
for the third-term movement claim
that he will carry more southern
votes, and those of ex-Confeder-
ates, too, than those of any other
Republican candidate. Why has
this latter claim so much founda-
ton P Utica Herald ( Rep.)
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MOliver Wendell Holmes used
but one pen for al his literary
works from 1857, until recently,
when he sent it to the makers to
be repaired, with certificate Of
honorable service.
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Men who look no further than
their outsides think health an APP
purtenance unto life, and quarrel
with their constitutions for being
sick but /, that have examined
the parts of man. and know upon
what tender filaments that fabric
hangs, do wonder that we are not
always so; and, considering the
thousand doors that lead TO death,
do thank my God that we can die
but once.
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The first guns in Illinois and
Iowa add to the reverberation of
the Blaine boom.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-15
THE GERMANS FOR HANCOCK
From the New York World, June IS.

from tne New 10TH NoTIu' ouho 90
Yesterday morning the executive com
mittee of the German American lndepen-
dent association held meeting at 200
Third avenue and adopted the following
resolutions:
Whereas, the past history of Garfield and
Arthur, the nominees of the Republican ma
tional convention Of Chicago, does not in
our judgment offer any guarantee OF a
pure administration in the event OF
tho success of the Republican ticket; and,
Whereas, the unblemished character and
indisputable integrity of Hancock and Eng
lish the nominees of the Democratic ma
tional convention at Cincinnati, are guaran-
tees of an honest and efficient administra-
ton under their leadership; there
fore.
Resolved That we hail with delight
the nominations made by the Democratic
national convention as recognizing the prin-
ciples endorsed by US; that we form a cen
trail campaign committee; that we invite
the districts to acknowledgements themselves
into district campaign clubs, that we In
vite the cooperation Of all independent
citizens, so that the cause of honest gov
eminent may be triumphant next Novem-
| Der.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-15

SNAKES AS LIFE DEsTRoYERs-The loss OF
life in India due to the ravages Of venom
GUS snakes is almost incredible. Yet the
disease which is as willy and deadly as the
deadliest India reptile, is winding its coil
around thousands of people while the vic
tins are unconscious or its presence 1t
has long been a hobby with incompetent
physicians to assume that consumption is
incurablc after the formation Of turbercles
has begun; and in every case they fail to
effect cure-of course turbercles had be.
gun to form and they were incura5le. The
records of medical science disprove any
such theory. On the contrary, cases of
lung disease which had been cured and the
patients lived forty and fifty years in robust
health, post-mortem examinations showed
large ccatrices (scars) where the tubercles
had been formed and removed The tu-
bcrcles are removed by absorption into the
blood. An efficient alternative, DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery must
be used to cleanse the blood of the scrofu.
lcus impurities. For tubercular consump-
ton is only a form Of scrofulous disease
Golden Medical Discovery is sovereign
rcmedG for all forms of scroiulous disease
or king'seyil, such as tumors, white swell.
ings, fcvcr.sores, scro,ulous sore eyes, as
well as for other blood and skin diseases.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-15

The c0lored voters OF Richmond have
organized Hancock club with 500 mem
bers to start on, and the negroes of Mont
gomery, Alabama have organized another
with membership of 200 This Hancock
boom just takes in everything. Its spon.
taneous and il will not, it cannot be put
down.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-15

HUNDREDS OF LADIES, who have been
unable to attend to their dutiee owing to
periodical sickness, have found Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure real friend
in need" Being purely vegetable com
pound and containing all the clements of
safety as well as thoae OF power it has be-
come universally popular. During the
summer especially, it is certain prevent
i've for the numerous kidney, liver and
Urinary troubles incident to the seasons.
All druggists sell it, and none except those
in perfect health can afford to be with
out il.