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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-06-12
"ILSON j. VANCE,
w ATTORNEY AT LAW.

w ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1926 Street N. w. Washington. D.
Will practice in the Supreme Court
OF the United States, the United States
Court of Claims, the Southern Claims
Commission and Inter N ational Com.
missions, the Courts of the District of
Columbia and of West Virginia, before
the various Executive Departments of
the Federal Government. including
the Pension, Patent and Land Offices,
and Committees of Congress.
Refers by permission to-
Hon. Carl Schurz, Sec'y Int. Dent;
Hon. John B Hawley. Asst Sec'y
Treas'y Dept; Hon. r. B. Ware en-.
Washington, ID. O.. Hon. L. @. q, La
mar, U. $. Sc aator; Hon, A. &. Burn
side, U, 8. Senator; Hon. Hon. Frank
Hurd, Representative in Congress;
Hon. Thos. l.. Young, Representative
in Congress. and Middleton s. Co.,
Bankers, Washington, d. G.
Mr.. J. NELSON WISNER has
formed a business connection with Mr..
Vance and will accept business to be
prosecuted in Washington as proposed
in the foregoing card. Call on or ad.
dress WISNER s. VANCE,
No. 10 Queen Street.
m379. MARTINsBURe, w. VA.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
Only Case on Record.

One of the mules in the Big Evans is
going lame on three legs to-day, and
thereby hangs brief but marvellous
tale. On last Thursday afternoon this
mule in question was not working, and
amused itself romping about the corral.
There was post, containing number
of nails partly driven, within the con-
fines of the inclosure, and the mule dis
covered that fact. Backing up within
easy reaching distance, it began kicking
the nails home. When the head of q
nail projected but short distance it
would tap it gently with its iron-bound
hoof, and drive it just as carpenter
with good hammer would nail.
When a nail was only half driven then
it would require heavier blow, but the
mule apparently understood perfectly
the weight to be applied to the nail.
Something like fifty or sixty nails were
driven in this manner, and then a rough
old twenty-penny was encountered. Two
or three fair blows were administered
without any perceptible results, and
then the mule fairly trembled with sub
dued rage and anger. Stepping a little
further away from the post, it laid back
its ears, doubled up its back, and fred
away with both ends. The blow was q
terrific one, and the post was broken of
at the ground. In the kick, though, the
mule had in some manner outdone itself,
and sprained the tendons of the left hind
leg seriously, and now goes lame. 1t is
the first instance where mule has
been known to lame himself in kicking
matinee. -LeGdvilIe (Col.) Chronicle.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
A Famous Clown.

Few men in his profession had less of
the circus man and the clown about him
outside of the ring than James Cooke,
the leaper, tumbler, rope-walker, clown,
and ring-master, and who died not
long ago. He was slender, medium
sized, and erect, with close cut, gray hair
brushed back from a well-shaped fore
head, well-cut features, steel-gray eyes,
and short gray mustache. He dressed
with care, in clerical black, and white
necktie added to his clerical appearance.
His words were carefully chosen, and he
spoke deliberately and thoughtfully. He
looked and acted like gentleman al
ways. He was q religious man. His
son, II years old, is studying for the
priesthood, in the Santa Clara College, in
San Francisco, and a daughter is at
school in convent near that city.
"He was perfect gentleman" said
Mr.. Nathan, one Of the proprietors Of
Barnum's circus, where for the last three
years of his life Mr. Cooke was equestri-
an manager. "He never used an oath,
and he never permitted himself to talk
ungrammatically. He seemed always try
ing to improve, and to improve all about
him. IF any Of the men in the ring used
bad language, ungrammatical language,
I mean, he would reprove them, but in
such way that they would not take
ofense, and could only love him the more
for the interest he took in them. He urged
the boys to read the papers, and to study
when they could. As clown he was
very good; Shakspearean, Of course.
He was d1gnifed, graceful and witty, and
studied hard to invent new things"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
Food for the Sick.

The following advice as to admins
tering food to the sick deserves the at
tention of nurses and of all who are
called upon to look after nervous pa
tents:
It is great mistake to have large
quantities of fruit, biscuits, etc., lying
about a sick-room.
A very few grapes, an orange peeled
and divided, and two OF three milk OF
water biscuits are quite enough to have
displayed at one time.
The same may he said of food
I have often been panied, when visit
ing some Of my sick pensioners, to see
their friends, with well-meant but mis-
taken kindness, bring large basinfuls of
horrible compounds, which they dignity
with the name of cruel, or sage, or tap
ioca, as the case may be.
The mere sight of the food seemed to
set them against it. Whereas, If a little
care had been bestowed upon its prep
aration, and small cupful provided in
stead Of the large quantity I name,
they probably would have partaken of
it with pleasure.
Another error, committed with the
best of intentions, is to keep asking the
atients what they would like, if they
could take this thing or the other. The
sickened, wearied expression I have
often seen fit the faces Of people who
are recovering from lingering illness.
when their officious relatives come teas
ing them as to their requirements
During the lingering illness of dear
relative, verify believe we made her
often eat, Just by providing dainty NOR
sells of food, displaying them temptingly
arranged, and taking them to her bed
side quite unexpectedly.
IF she had been asked could she eat
anything, feel confident the answer
would have inevitably been: "No;
thanks. - don't feel at all inclined to
saA."
A very simple and expeditions way OF
cooking little bit OF chicken or fish is
TO butter paper thickly, place the food
to be cooked within the paper, and place
it on the gridiron over clear fire. A
very short time sufices to cook it thor
oughly, and I have often found that to
be eaten when all other modes of invalid
cookery have been tried in vain.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
Old Maids.

A sensible writer expresses his opinion
of old maids in the following manner:
"I am inclined to think that many Of the
satirical aspersions cast upon old maids
tell more to their credit than is generally
imagined. Is a young woman remarka-
bly, neat in her person, she will certainly
be an old mrid. Is she perfectly reserved
toward the other sex, she has all the
squeamishness of an old maid. Is she
frugal in her expenses and her domestic
concerns, she is cut out for an old maid.
IF she is kindly humane to the animals
about her, nothing can save her from the
appellation of an old maid. In short, 1
have always found that neatness, mod
esty, economy and humanity are the
never-failing characteristics of that terri
BILE creature.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
Why Ladies Can't Sharpen Lead PEN
ellis.

A lady contributor to the Californian
thinks she knows why woman cannot
sharpen lead pencil: In the first
place, she doesn't attack it boldly
enough she is afraid Of soiling her fin
gers. Then she never has a sharp
knife" Let her borrow, say you. The
California lady has tried that with this
result: eff Adam, the husband, OF
Adonis, the brother, or even Johnny,
the son, lends a knife for the purpose,
he first opens the dullest, brokenest
blade, and then sneers at the result. II
Eve has knife OF her own, nobody viii
sharpen it for her," and it goes without
saying that she cannot sharpen it her
self. otI have" continues this lady,
"seen woman sharpen pencil with
carving knife, but that was an extreme
case" Ferney's Progress wonders il
this writer, who seems SO willing to be-
tray the peculiarites of her sex, can ex-
plain why woman's watch never goes.
OF course, one reason is that it is never
wound up, but why it is not is what
puzzles Progress. Most watches, nova
days, sre -winders, SO the always
lost key is no longer an excuse.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
Prehistoric TOmbs.
Prof

Prof. Prosdocismi, of the Este
France) Museum, who discovered q
prehistoric cemetery ON the slope Of the
hills overlooking that town, has I'M
earthed in the same vicinity eighty-two
tombs, forty-four of them violated, ap-
parently during the Roman period. the
rest untouched, with all their pottery
and bronzes. The nrns are of three
periods, some colored black, with linear
orna1nentation others adorned with
circles and wavy lines others with al
ternate bands of red and black. The
bronze ornaments are also very interest
ing, and bronze chest bears three de-
signs, comprising in all seventeen warri-
ors and priest, several animals (horses,
oxen, stays, birds, and dog}, several
plants, and kind of chariot with o man
seated in it. The professor considers
these the finest prehistoric remains in
italy.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22

BEFORE the invention of paper, many
devices were had recourse to for writing
materials; inscriptions were engraved on
rock, and the letters filed up with lead :;
they were also cut on prepared tablets Of
stone, of which kind were the tables CIV
en- to Moses, containing the ten com
mandments. The Assyrians stamped
the impress of their letters upon baked
bricks and cylinders of clay, which were
afterward baked. The Greeks and
Romans used their wooden boards Gov
cred with a coating of wax. They were
written upon with metal stylus, and the
writing could be easily effaced when no
longer needed. Plates of metal and thin
sheets of ivory were also employed, and
the skins OF animals, either in the form
Of parchment or in prepared state.
The leaves of trees were used Those of
the talipot tree are still used in some
parts of the East. The papyrus Or paper
reed, of Egypt, superseded all other ma
terial, whenever it could be obtained.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
Brain Work and Bad Habits.

Bad habits, impure air, unhealthful
food, neglect of exercise, the use of to-
bacco and whisky, have killed thousands
Of students, where hard study has killed
one. More people die, / think, from
want of sufficient brain work than from
too much of it. When school girls die
from tight corsets, heavy skirts, heating
chignons and other unnatural infections,
it is very kind In gentlemen to say,
Killed by hard study but women
know better. Some years since l had q
hired girl who suffered almost constant
ly from headache, but she wore continu-
ally heavy chignon, supported by wire
pins in her hair. Her headache was not
caused by hard study. This same girl
often spent forty minutes at night put
ting up her hair, and as many minutes
in the morning taking it down again.
But the worst of it was that, after all her
care, she was sick, and consequently
ugly. Young ladies can't safely study
during school hours and then spend
the hours allotted to exercise and
recreation in the exhausting labor of
altering old dresses in the latest
fashion, OF even in embroideryof stitch
ing ruf1es. They can scarcely afford an
hour day for the crimping and frizzing
of their hair. It is rather curious
study to notice how women, in all times
and countries, have been bent on chang
ing themselves from what God made
them. In some countries they blacken
the teeth and bandage the feet; in others
they fatten the heads and paint the
face, friz the hair and variously deform
the form divine. Now, if all this were
necessary to make woman beautiful, it
would be labor and care well spent, for
every woman should make herself at
tractive, if possible. But is it not true
that the highest beauty, as well as art,
is to be natural? We're not our grand
mothers in their youth, though in plain
attire, admired and loved quite as sim
cerely as the present generation of girls
are Good health, good disposition
and intelligence are the best beautifers.
I have sometimes thought q collection of
the various styles Of chignons, stays,
hoop skirts and other denominations of
woman's apparel would make valuable
and instructive addition to some of our
museums. Mrs. Hickman, o is the
Cleveland Leader.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
Moths.

A word III season, II IL rs The IlRnC
word, regarding moths, will be equiva-
lent in utility to the old adage, "a
stitch in time saves nine" An obscure
student of economic housewifery, who
has attentively regarded for series Of
years the action Of different vegetable
substances on the life and the destruc-
ton of insects, has discovered the prop
er food for the greedy moth, all mouth.
It is cheaper than camphor or tobacco,
has no smell, and is always available. A
pound or two or three of black pepper,
ready pulverized for table use, scat
tered freely among your frs and WOOL
ems, can easily be shaken all out
in the fall by some hand, will
ing and happy to be hired
to sneeze, and the garments will
be found uninjured. Alady who packed
up her personal effects in the loose con-
fusion Of too little time and strength to
devote thereto, hurried them off to one
of our great storehouses, and left them
untouched during an absence of three
years. She had tossed the pepper with
lavishness through each trunk, box, and
defenseless bag Of bundles. She found
her fur-trimmed and all-wool gar
ments perfectly unframed after their
three years of extra exposure among the
quantities of other families goods ac-
cumulated in the proper moths board
ing-house. Not only this triumph an
other divulged experience brings to light
a handsome muff, which, being super
seeded by other furs to match suits, es-
capped use for fifteen or twenty years,
and was seldom looked at. Well pep
pered, and without extra care, it is clean,
fresh, and unchanged to-day.--Neao
York Times.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22

Der so, 1880. we're purely phenomenal, and
those of 1881 will show falling off of 49,
900 on the net result, the stampede to
sell the stock will be as peculiar as tbs pres
emit apathy that is shown by too indulgent
public to gulp it down ct current figures
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
He Was On Hand.

1t was dark in the depot, one day last
week, when the evening train came in.
An elderly farmer was backed up against
the partition, watching, in open-mouthed
wonder, the big putting engine and the
yellow-covered cars as they discharged
their passengers, when handsome
young girl in seal-skin cloak dashed
forward, and, throwing herself upon the
honest granger's manly breast, imprint
ed kiss upon his sunburned cheek, and
exclaimed:
"You dear old pa, I knew you would
be waiting for me! And how's mother,
and how's Jenny, and how's John-and
oh I'm SO glad to get back-and where's
my trunk-and oh pa, you take the
check and let's hurry"
The granger was old and kind OF
dried up, and he had never known what
it was to have wife, much less o
daughter. He mistrlsted the young
lady in the seal-skin sack had made
mistake, but, instead of stammering,
and hemming, and having, he came gal
lantly up to the scratch, and, throwing
both arms around the fair creature, he
Ilfttlo up Ills ulluO " Uc u Idbuca W ncT
or die in tho attempt. Imprinting kiss
like the report of pistol on her cheek,
he enthusiastically CALCULATED:
ooh, yer mothers well, an John an
Henry an (smack) an Jane an Susan
(smack, smack, an Horace an Belindy
an Calvin (smack) an Joshua an Peter
(smack, smack, oh, they're all smart an
hearty am"
By the time the young lady's friends
could get to her, she had slid into o
stony faint, and they had to lug her
home in a hack, while the aged granger.
as he finished the third round with her
outraged young man, and sauntered out
of the depot, leaving him with bad e,e
and ruptured coat, chuokled to him
self:
"The old mans gittin' old an stiff an
careless like, but when any young e.
male wants to play any games O. copen-
hagen, they'll find him right to time. u
I shouldn't be s'prised if it rained fore
Q o'clock. G'lang, Kate l"-Rocklend
60,IJ.jeT
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
nm MEMORIAM.
BY NJ. y. BoxsRR.

In the June twilight sat alone,
Thinking DER past and things to come,
When over the wires and through the mail,
Comes to my ears this piteous wall
"Charles Dickens is deadi"
In my dreams that night voice I hear,
Affair at first, anon more near,
Borne ON the wings of the soft south wind
Causing hot tears my eyes to blind
"Charles Dickens Is dead"
Above my head hear moan,
When silent the outside world has grown,
When stilled the voice Of gain and strife,
"We meet grim death In the midst Of life
Charles Dickens Is dead!"
Out OF the depths Of the forest nigh.
Oometh voice that in passing by,
Soft and low as a gephyr's tone,
Whispers to me that he Is gone!
Dead Ali how can realize
That one whose words I love and prize
By convoy of angels Is borne away?
But the best things of earth can never stay
Friend Of my youth though knew him not,
Friend who has cheered my lonely lot
Teaching many lesson the while,
Helping my weary journey beguile.
Two continents tremble, turn pale and weep,
But why, when he so sweetly fell asleep,
From this sorrow-swept vale to that happy home
From whence no traveller can eer return?
rAsfO Ind
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
Eees-osse eggs 15c; fresh country 17Hc.

Eees-Oase eggs 15c; fresh country 17Hc
MISREPRESENTATION l2Xc per doz rsdishes 12Hc
per doz.; cucumbers 100 per doz.; string
beans 16o per peck: tomatoes 100 per doz.
green corn 100 per doz.; carrots loo per doz cab
bages Soc per doz beets 15c per doz summer
squashes 6oc per doz Hubbard squashes Csc each
celery 81 per doz.; sweet potatoes, lbs for ESQ.
FRUIT-Apples, per Dbl, 50 SO; per peck, SOC
pears 25c per doz oranges COO per doz lemons 300
per doz.; pinesppes 4608Oc; bananas 75c
per doz. plums 7bc per peck peaches 76c per bas
ket; blackberries 16c per quart; blueberries, per
quart, 1910; per bushel, IS IS; watermelons 250
$50 each nutmeg melons 15O2Oc each; Concord
grapes 1910 per ID.
HoNEY-In comb, Csc per lb.
MAPLE notwithstanding to color and quality
PoTAroEs-New, 500 per bushel.
Chickens, 12H015c.
SPnne CHIoKENs-60Q170c per pair.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
Important to the Fair Sec!

tiop Ovarian Diseases and all diseases known as fa
male Weakness They have been used in England for
yea 9 periodical and regulating pili Sold By an
Druggist- ever, whore ice per or si1 bozs1
for $500 sent by mali FREE Of potags securely sealed
THE GRAY yiEDICINE CO.,
Nechanh s. Block. Detroit Mtch.
Wholesale Agents for United States.
~ Pamphlets free.Hl
Sold in St. Paul BY Z. H. Bigg. and Stuart q Luts
corner Wabashaw and Sixth streets. In Minneap0iM
byGray HnHliu. ukila
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
St. Paul wholesale Market.

6r. PAUL. Aug. 20.
BnAN-Incorning. on track, 81 90 per ton.
BAniRr-No. 2, SIC; No. 8, &c.
BxANs- Choice mediums 81 .s5atl so hAnd-packed
oavy 81 .65O1.75.
BKEswAx-Per lb, l8e.
BnEwKRs' sUppLns-seltng, malt, 31.15; hops
BvTTzR-Creamery 2Se; choice dairy 10000:
fair to Roo6 4r5I6 common l10l3c
CALIFORNIA FRUTr-Piums S3MhnS 2b per box
ars "a 0OO4.25 per box; grapes S46v per crate CT
CORN MHA1-Incoming, on TRACK, coarse $500;
fine S16 90 per ton
OoooAsuTs-Per 100, So 0od17.0O.
CoRN-Incoming, No. Q S4c; No . SIC.
Eaas-12x0Dl3c.
FLoun-Pateni process se.so07.OO: straight ss.oo
Fnurrs-Messina and Palermo lemons. $3.50
625 dates, 91cc perlb; fgs in layers, i601Sc; ha-
nanas So 0004.O0 per bunch: new apples
barrels s25ogsa0; peaches, bu boxes $l.oo2i q q
per box Bartlett pear, bu boxes, Sl.25; water
melens is OOG2O., per hundred.
GROUND FEED-Incoming, on track, Sl4. 90 per
GrNsENa-SI .Oo@1.l5 per Ib.
EIDEs, Ero-Butchers', Sc; green salt, 30;
veal Kip. &c; veal calf l2o; deacons 4oo; dry aint
pelts, shearlings, so04Oc lamb skins, so06ec. Tai
low, No. /, &c: No. 2, &C.
MAPLE SUGAR New. 13911sc,
NEW ON1oNs-s10O0l. 2, per bushel; Ss75 pei
bari.
NEW PoTAToEs-35l40 per bushei.
OArs-Old, incoming. No. white 90: mixed
28kc; No. 28c New cats nominaly sc leas.
PRovIsIoNs-Mess pork Si5.Vu. Lard. barrels,
80: kegs ~ @. Hams lOalG1llc; breakfast bacon Luz
Ollie.
RAes-Per D. 1Hc.
RyE-N0. 2, $40
BYE FLoUn- S2.37H per sack.
sEoRTs--IncomiDg. on track, 81 eco per ton.
SENECA RooT-S0c per 10.
srnINs CHioKrrs-Good size per pair s5Q4Oc.
WHEAT No. 84c: No Q 800
WooL-Unwashed, fine, 10000; coarse. 20022
medium, 21025c. fleece washed, fine, 27O3Oc
coarse, S00S3c; medium, S2Gs4c. Tub washed
sS035c.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22

a MICHIGAN man, who sat down on
another mans 81 hat, apologized for it
by saying: "My great-grandfather on
my uncle's side was born deaf, which IN
terfered with his speech and made me
near-sighted after 6 o'clock.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22
Testing Tea.


It is well known that the quality of tea
is Judged by experts who taste it after
infusion. In an Office intended for the
purpose there are large tables with
round revolving tops. A circle Of tea
cups is placed along the edge OF these.
The tea-taster sits down before the dis
play of crockery and tastes one cup after
another, moving the tabletop around.
In the center Of the table is % pair of
scales with silver half-dime in one Of
the balances. One or two large kettles
are kept constantly with boiling water
in them. When a sample Of tea Is to be
tasted, as much is weighed out as will
balance the half-dime. This is put into
tea-cup and the boiling water poured
on. The tea-taster then stirs up the
leaves, lifts them on his spoon, and in
hales the aroma. At the same time he
generally takes sip Of the infusion,
holds it in his mouth for short time,
and then spits it out. Enormous brass
cuspidors, holding two or three gal
Ions, receive the tea thus tasted and the
contents Of the cups that have been ex-
amined. One some occasions, when a
large amount Of tea of certain kind is
to be bought, many samples of this are
brought in from different houses. The
buyers and sellers sit around the revolv-
ing table with the samples made into in
fusions in the cups before them. These
are tasted all around, the "body,"
"fneness. toastiness," etc., are
learnedly discussed, and the poorer
specimens discarded Then those that
are left are tasted again and the number
further reduced. Soft goes on until the
article which unites the desired price
and quality is obtained. So delicate is
the taste of an experienced tea-taster
that he will detect not only the quality
Of the tea as regards age, strength, fla
vor, fneness, ETC., but he can tell in
which of the numerous districts in China
the tea was grown. The facts regarding
the different samples are sometimes put
on the bottom of the cups, where they
cannot be seen. The cups are then
mixed up, and the infusions tasted
again, and sorted out simply by their
favors. That the occupation is an ex-
ceedingly unhealthy one need hardly be
stated, as the entire system is impreg-
mated with tea,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22

M.DORAN'S REPORTS.
The following quotations giving the range Of the
markets during the day were received bv III.
DoRAN, commission merchant:
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 81. 1000 A. M.-Spot
Cargoes on passage not much demand.
NEW YORK, Aug. al, 1880 a. Mali q
cent higher speculative strength on western account
apparently
ia M.-wheat strong; buyers numerous; e1-
porters selling.
y so M.-'pring wheat strong: No. ESQ
1906: winter quiet and weaker.
1p aspiring wheat inactive; tame; no bids |;
winter quiet and steady.
80 P. M..-No bids; sprlng wheat &c of; buyers
fIed boom over; exports say have no effect abroad.
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a. Paul Ke,ail markets

81. PAUL, Aug. 20.
BurrxR-Ohoice creamery 28c per D.: {, esh
dairy 26c: cooking 14016c
CHrxm- Fasaory cream 16c per h.: Edam cheese,
lbs each; Pineapple cheese, S1.26 each.