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A Woman i'm Trousers.

Paris has just lost another of her
celebrities. Mile. Foucalt, COM
monty called "L0 Kemmes en- Gu
lottcS," has died at Clichy in the
midst of her poor tenants. She
was the daughter of a Colonel and
granddaughter of a General of the
first Empire. In 1913 her father
died and left her a penniless or
phan. She tried all sorts of means
to gain an honest living, but failed
till one day the idea struck her to
assume male attire, and in that
disguise she became a corrector
for the press in the printing office
Of M. Dupont. She remained
there two years, when her sex be-
ing discovered, she got notice to
leave. She subsequently wrole in
one or two small prints; then she
became a concert hall singer, and
finally copyist to Alexander Du-
mas, the elder. On leaving the
services of the great novelist she
again found employment in a
printing office, where she was able
to save enough money to buy a
small piece of ground at Clichy.
Here she built series of small
houses, or rather huts, which she
let out to rag pickers, and which
are now known as the City Fou-
cault Her feats Of arms among
her turbulent tenants have be-
come legendary. She died, it is
said, worth e80,000.-LOn. Ne'cS.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-17
How 10 Read.

Young people ought to be
taught to read with emphasis,
and to talk with something like
freedom and grace. Both these
accomplishments are best acquir-
ed from parents and older friends
that is, if the said parents are
truly on parental terms with their
children, which is not always the
case. There are parents VINO
neither converse with their child
rem nor allow them to talk in their
presence. They leave their child
rem to the school-roOm teachers, or
to teach one another, aud 50 ac-
quire a community of family fail
ings. Or they think they have
done their best when they set a
child down to pore for days to-
gether over some foolish tale.
Bad traits of reading and talking
are early learned, and scarcely
ever quite got rid Of
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-17
Too Much School.

The following ideas from the
Philadelphia Press are correct:
"When the doors Of the school,
house close in the afternoon upon
the school children, they should
literally close out from them all
that pertains to school until the
opening next morning. A teach
er should be a teacher not supply
a nearer of recitations. Lessons
should be learned and taught at
school-never at home. The teach
er has no right to impose on par
ents the most annoying part of
his work. He has no right to take
from the child a single moment of
the few hours it has out of school,"
To which the Cincinnati Star
wisely adds:
"The hours of active schOolday
are not over long, it is true, but
they are as long as the average
mind of a child should be kept at the
tension of learning. The lessons
of school should be learned as well
as recited in school, and the home
hours should really be home hours
unburdened with school tasks.
CHILDHOOD needs recreation, its rest,
quite as much as it needs its arith-
metich. grammar and geography
These extracts taken from the
city and country should be posted
in every schooleouse in the nation.
Overtaxing young minds is the
cause of more disease among chill
dren than any one thing known
to us. Let school hours be devot-
ed to study, and then let the chill
dren be free until the next day
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-17
The White House.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
The White House was first built
in 1891, at a cost of $330,000. 1t
was not occupied until 1900. 1t
was rebuilt in 1915, and reoccupi-
ed in 1918. Its porticoes were not
finished until 1929. Altogether it
is computed to have cost for bul Id
ing, rebuilding and furnishing,
about 81, 100000. The great east
room for full dress receptions,
measuring S0x 40 feet, was finish
ed about 80 years ago. The whole
establishment has a frontage of 10
feet, and depth of 90 feet, and its
vestibule is 50x40 feet. The gar
den and park which iDclose the
mansion occupy 20 acres. The
cabinet room, 40X30, is on the Sec
ond floor. 1t contains long to-
BILE, with leather seated chairs,
one or two paintings, and large
map of the United States, Tue
picture of Frank Carpenters
"Emancipation Proclamation"
gives a good view of the cabinet
chamber.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-17
The Right Sort ola Man.

lBritish Quarterly.
You will find, ds a rule, that the
men who are favorites with men
are the best and truest in their re-
Iations to women. Yes, the men
who like sometimes 10 turn their
backs on all women, and go off
with the other fellows" and have
a good boyieh time on the water,
or the mountains, or in some 9TH
er mans den" Women Deed new
er be afraid TO trust their happi-
ness to those whom other good
men esteem good fellows but If a
man is avoided by men, however
much women admire him, shun
him. 1t is he who has fiirtations
that come TO nothing, and has
mot been very nice" TO the girls
who have broken their engage
ments with him who, when he
marries, wrings his wife's heart,
if she has one, and spoils her tenn
per il she is naturally an angel.
Manly men are the best lovers, the
best husbands, the best compan-
ions for women, just as Womanly
women are the best sWeethearts
and wives. What do we think OF
woman who shun their own sex,
however charming men may find
them? 1t is seldom, if ever, that
your mems favorite ill-uses his
wife. Perhaps it may be explain
ed in this way--friendship of
sublime sort is what love becomes
after year or SO of marriage, and
he who is friendly TO the very
depths of his soul enters in to this
state happily, and is ready for all
the delights that follow. But a
man who is capable of noth ng but
q fieeting affection which ever
pursues a new object, and cares for
no woman when she is won, hates
the domestic ties and becomes de-
testable in consequence. 1t is the
man who would die for his friend,
and for whom his friend would
die, who makes a miraculously
happy wife of the woman to whom
he scarcely knew how to make love
when he courted her.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-17

ItJEAT,EG, tbo Vegetable Medicsne,
y acts Ike charm on the Skin, pro-
duces healthy action, good color, and does
away "ita uuhealthy and dangerous Face
Powders, Lilly Whites, Sc.
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BEER IA EH.HGY
T emaEe Seminary

MRS P. R. HARRISON, Opo,yc,D,,s
MISS b. j. HUNTER, N'N0'' AAo'
Assisted by competent and experienced
teachers in Vocal and Instrumental
Music, Drawing, Etc.
Session l97o-8o begins September Is, 10.
Terms for Tuition aud Board Moderate
For Catalogues giving fnll information,
apply to the Principals,
aug9 79H Martinsburg, w. Va.
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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

Reader, have you caught cold? Are you IN
able to raise the phlegm? Have you an irrita-
ton in the throat? A sense of oppression on
the lungs, with short breath? Do you have
fit of coughing on lying down 2 A sharp pain
now and then in the region OF the heart, Shout
ders and back7 If so, our Advice Is take at
once dose of TUFTS Expectorant; youwill soon
be able to raise the phlegm. In an hour repeat
the Expectorant place hot iron to the feet, take
two of TUFTS Pills. You will soon fail 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.
Expectorant several days.
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General Hancock and Mrs.
SuFFatf.
WHAT A REPORTER OF THE NEW
YORK WORLD LEARNS BY A
VISIT TO BALTIMORE.

WHAT A REPORTER OF THE NEW
YORK WORLD LEARNS BY A
VISIT TO BALTIMORE.
A reporter of the New York
World recently paid visit 10 Bal
timOre and had an interview with
Mrs. w. p Tonry, wife Of Prof.
Tonry, and daughter of Mrs Sur
raft, in regard to the statements
that have been recently reiterated
in regard to General Hancock's
conduct toward Mrs. Surratt and
her daughter just previous to her
execution. Mrs. Tonry was deep
ly affected at the mention of The
affair, and was naturally slow TO
speak of it. The reporter asked
her why she felt such a prejudice
against General Hancock. to which
she replied: Because of his treat
ment of me on the morning Of the
execution. | went to him that
morning-can | ever forget il =
and begged, implored and be-
seeched him to ask the President
and Secretary of War to postpone
the execution. What did he do :?
What did he say? Nothing. Do
you think he is man?' Further
she said: General Hancock had
nothing to do with granting me
permits. Secretary Stanton sign
ed them and General Hancock
merely colntersigned them. |
suppose he only did his duty as a
soldier by obeying orders. STAN
ton and General Holt were the
only men who controlled the Pres
ident, and they are the guilty
ones. When mother was so sick
in prison that she was not ex-
pected to live, they would not al
low priest to visit her. Who
ever refused such request before?
Common humanity ought to have
made them grant her request. |
could tell you a great deal about
the silent hours l spent with my
mother in the Jail. l was her only
companion, she my only friend,
and my grief is just as strong now
as it was on that terrible morning.
There is one thing / remember
and shall never forget about Gen
eral Hancock. On the morni G
of the execution l was in an am
bulance on my way TO the Presi-
dent when General Hancock rode
up to the side of the ambulance
and said, Miss Surratt, | advise
you not to buoy yourself up with
hope.' Now, tell me, why did he
say that? l thought it cruel"
The reporter added: "People are
beginning to think of your moth
er as an innocent woman, most
cruelty wronged," to which Mrs
Tonry replied: Innocent, do you
say? VINO should know it better
than /? Can you think that
mother would conspire with her
son? / was her close companion
and never left her, and what she
did | did. | never have spoken
in all these years. What's the use
of speaking now, who would be-
lieve me? l live secluded from
the world; l never read the pa
pers; / never have read the pro-
ceedings of the trial, and do not
even know the names of the wit
nesses. Reverdy Johnson was my
mothers counsel; but he was in
the Court the first day, never af-
forwards. He told me he con-
sidered the court but a court of in
quiry, and said simply that he
was astonished at the result when
it was over.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-17

The rising generation ought TO
be protected against the stupefy-
ing influence OF Opium prepare
ti0ns. We call the attention Of
all mothers to the fact that DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup is absolutely
free from Laudanum or other
Opiate5
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-17

To cure sore throat, wrap fan
mel around the throat, Keep out Of
dranghts and sudden changes Of
atmosphere, and every half hour
take a pinch Of chloride Of potash,
place IL ON the tongue and allow il
TO dissolve in the mouth,
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Had terrible MIGHT YEATS.

Memphis, Feb, ii, 1871
Dr. TUT: Sir-I have been suffering for nearly two
years with a severe cough. When commenced Ia
king your Expoctorant was reduced to one hundred
and 81, teen pounds in weight. 1 had tried almost
everything had terrible night sweats Ihave taken
half dozen bottles. The night swests 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.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-17

Uncertainty may attend busi-
ness ventures and enterprises, but
il never attends the prompt ad-
minis,rati0n Of Dr. Bulls Cough
Syrup. Price % cents.
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IN 25CTs. AND 81 Bottles.
DR.. j. r. HAYWOOD,
# New York, voluntarily indorses it.
READ WHAT HE SAYS

DR.. TUT New York Sept, 19, 1877
Dear Sir--During this year / visited n ne hundred
cases of lung seases. In the lower w4rds OF the
city the CT ses we're of very severe tyne 1t was
there my item ion was called to TUFTS Expectorant
and confess my surprise at its wonderful power
During practice of twenty years, l have never
known medicine to act as promptly, and with such
happy effects IL instantly subdued the most violent
few days cheerfully indorse it as the best lung
medicine ever used.
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More Years
To Live.

Our readers viii easily gather
from the above iabulated state
ment the number Of years to which
their lives, according to the law Of
averages, may reasonably be eX-
pected to extend Hdypel'S Razrr.
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A NEWSPAPER PUB. WRITES.

Office, Evening News, Augusta, Ga.
DIR. TUT: Dear Sir--My little son. was attacked
with pneumonia last winter, which left him with q
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,
JOHN NJ, WEIGLE.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-27
TELEGRAPHIC.
wAsugxcrox rEsrrTonY.

PoET TOWNSEND. Aug &c AT the
County Cnnveution held here this sf-
ierBooa. DR. + L Minor. C VI Bradshsw
aat Z ID AtIfiIgs acre elected dele
gates 80 iis Territorial Rspublieap
Cor sention $, y.scoaver. The Con
veDtion sdjour,..d 10 meet iE this cuy
an the 18th proI.mo. for the purpos-
~ making county nominations
C.allam County Republican CSrven
fion met ~ Dgngenesa Yesterday. aad
elected Capt JOAN Morris and Mr.
D-~ae dsl.gs.es - tbs yancoaver Con
.aatipn.s Both these counties favor the
nom iassion Of DR. Minor for delegate.
Pogr BLAKELY. Aug 70. The Kitssp
conniy Republican Convention met at
this place today. and nominated 8 W
H,yey for Councilman. u W Raymond
for joint Councilaasn. Jnssph Com.tsck
for sheriff. Nelson McCslium for Audi
tor. aud Z Pnmro@e for Treasurer
A vote ia favor Of Irving Ballard for
Prosecuting Attorney was adopted.
PoET DISCOVERY. Aug 25-Arrived.
bark Harvest Home. from Honolalu.
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WHAT YOU WANT.

II q ssedicine that will do the most
good in the shortest possible tune and
least expense. N. T. Cody i Co.,
druggists and ppothecaries. are nov
introducing into the market list OF
Don-srcret medicines (the formula for
she preparation Of which 10 published
90 the vrspper.) which are designed
especially for diseases peculiar 10 this
climate. Our preparation OF tar aud
Wild cherry b better for coughs and
colds than German syrup or any other
medieine. Our Sars.parills for the
blood; our extract Of Buchu for the
kidneys; our. Troches for bropehitis:
our Soothing Syrup for children: orr
Lozenges for worms; our Condition
Powder for cattle and no, ses; our Is
sence Of Pepsin for dyspepsia. and our
varions toilet preparations are the best
in use
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-27
Neither! Meshers:: Mothers !.

Mother! Moshcrs!: Mothers -:
Are you disturbed at night and
broken Of your rest by sick chill suf-
feriug and crying with the excruciatine
pain of cutting teethI II ~, 60 1t
once and get bottle of MRs Wins
Lows SOOTHING SYRUP. Ii will re-
lisve the poor little sufferer immediate
ly-depenG upon it; there is no mistake
about it. There 10 not . mother on
earth who bas ever used it who will not
tell YOU at once that it will regulate
the bowels. and give rest to the mother
and relief and health to the child. oper-
ating like magic, 1t is perfectly safe
to use in all cases. and pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one of
the Oldest and best female physicians
and nurses in the United States. Full
directions for using will accompany
each bottle. None genuine unless the
c.simile of CURTIS g. PERKINS is on
the outside wrapper. Sold by all
Medicine Dealers. Is cents q bottle.
Beware of limitations.
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SAN FRANCISCO PRICES.

Ffoa the weekly circular Of j. B.
NeH, thu Clay street commission mer-
chsnt. dated Aug. 2lsi, We get quota
lions ssfollowG
Flour--From $3.50 10 $5.621l per
barrel. according 10 grade.
Wheat--From sl.25 TO $3.50 per
hundred weight.
Barley Brewing. s56s Doe per Genital
Feed. 821sgs5; Chsvaiser. 81 10 81. As
Osts---From 81 20 to 81 80 per GENITAL
Ryc-from III 10 70 81 Ripper GENITAL
Bosns--$i. si.05. sLi0 end 81 90
per GENITAL. ssfms@ 80 =
Battes--Iuferior. GOA a6c per pound;
fair 10 choice, "a to soc.
Cheese = l21i@ l4c per pound.
Eggs-2l 20 $40 per dozen.
Hams-Best, 16a i6c per poand; in.
ferisr, li1t(9l21<. ~
Baepo-Erom 1910 1870 psr ponnd.
Wo61- Northsrn and Kniamssts
Valley, - to etc. for fair to good; 30
SSi for choice, snd 3a@e33 for extra "a
fancy.
Hops-Market too unscetlsd to q aote.
Sales Of is1krios Asss reported ii goo:
per pound - 90
Potatoes-6oa 100. per GENITAL.
Dry nidss--lSH(a los. per pound
wet sailed. i0(Sioi.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-27

l. the most elective Pain Destroyer IN
the world. Will most surely quicken
the blood whether taken internally or
applied externally, and tberby more
certainly RELIEVE PAIN. whether cnron-
ic or scute, than any other pain allevi-
s,or, and Il is warranted doCbls the
strength of any similar preparation.
IL cures pain ir the Side. Back or Bow
els. Sore Throat, Rheumatism, Toaih
ache, and ALL ACHES. and is The Gras'
Rsliersr Of Pain. "BROwS's HOUSEHOLD
PAsAcxA" should be in every family.
A tea.poonfrl of the Panaces in . tum-
bier Of hot water sweetened. II pre-
fsrred. taken 1t bedtime. will BREAK
UP A COLD. % cents . bottle.
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In trimming the State Street Baptist
Church in Springfield, Mas. the other
day. the question arose - to how the
bunting wss tn be fsstened to the CELL
ing. To sseend with lsdders would
bare been diiIicnlt. - there vas nothing
to brace the top Of the ladder against.
TIE difficulty vas settled By calling in
. member Of the Archery Club. Who.
after several trisls. succeeded in shoot
ing an arrow With 3 cord through the
ring in the roof beams. The cord drew
up . rope. and the rope the banting.
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Friday, Aug. 81, 1880.
The snUsTIoa IN kFcaaslsTAs.

For thsir trouble in Afghan stan Ger
British neighbors GET NJ symps'hy
sway from Lome The reason for this
is obvious The Afghaps refused to
carry on diplomatic ast Commercial
intercourse with the EnsI.sh. For a
long time the latter g0t along
without it. aud never ksew Of tbe want
Lord BeaconsGeid, in bis animosity to
Russia, got into bis heal the ides tsss
india must have q scisntifc boundary.
which could Only be got by taking from
Afshsnistan. The Afghans rejected
nil advances, when the English resort
Cd TO arms. Soldiers we've pushed into
the otherwise unofsnding coantry. the
half conquest Of which was 10 due
course Of time elected. The old Gov
eminent was broken 10 pieces and new
one set mp in its stead. With this cree
alton OF their own. the English made
the terms they wante1, and then pro
ceedsd "a svscaa.s snch Of. the tssri-
tory as they did not choose 10 retain.
When tbs backs Of their enemies were
fairly turned. the Afshans rose. aud
mas'acred every Engiishman upcn
whom they could lay hands. including
the envoy who had nsgo,isted the
terms a. peace. y Tliis action deyolved
npo1 fhc i,rifi.h Governner. thA ne.
ces.ity for going oyer the work again.
AMI accordingly q new army 81 con-
quest was sent forward. ..0ne aiYision
Of this. not Ioag aso, was csughs In .
bad place by the Afghsns and we'll
nigh sxteruinasrd:s This made incum-
bent grsster elsst on Ne part of the
conquerors. which 10 now being put
forth. Eugland will prevail in the end
If might and determination alone are
essential. Their original cause Was
bad one, and that they should be pun
ishcd for il seems to have been q fat Of
the Almighty.
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Nav YoKz, Aug. 25.-Republican
paper. are still making tina most OF
apparent frauds in South CsroliEa's
census. The latest figures pabsished
this mor1ing show that Der population
for afty years. from 1920 10 1870. in
creased 20l $50. ana for five yesrs from
1870 TO 1873, increased 2l5.ooo IL is
now charged that her population al
the last date Was packed ~i,h dssigr.
20 Increase her po.Iii-sl power. AID
that 1t has bern done again.
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Boston u said 20 own the two first
horse cAestnu. tres brought to this
country. They are On Washington
street. and are repured TO be los years
old.
A ring does no, always denote a
year. fpr the blue gum trse 1t Australis
sheds ITS bark twice . year. A Tree
recently hewB. that As kaosn 10 be
oaly 10 years old. showed SO distinct
rings Of growth.
Whrn Washington visited Long I.l
and be probably crossed the shadow Of
an old oak tree that sill stands on the
premises Of Judge McCae in Babylon.
IL was msde Landmark ia l7l6, and is
therefore local monument sixty years
older than the nation.
Old oaks aud yews in England are
not uncommon. Several oaks felle1 in
Sherwood Forest. about . quarter OF q
century sgo. exposed. on being sawn
up, the date 1912 aud the mark or
cipher of King Joht; and 1t has been
calculated that these trees must have
been several centuries old at the time
the marks were made.
At Fowls Wester. in P-rthshire. Ia
the centre of the village, standing on Q
slight knoil about four feet higher than
the surrounding ground. is very large
and old sycamore. which girths IL feet
aud fourteen feet tso inches ut one
foot and feet respectively. with bole
of 4 feet. The legend goes that a man
of Poulis planted it on AZ Sabbath NIGHT
wi his thooInb.'
Berks, Pa. claims tie largest chest
nut tree in the country. Ii is growing
on the farm belonging to the estate of
solomon Markell in Roc k and township,
and the loweet limbs are Is feet from
the ground, AID measure IA feet in
circumference ut the hase. The top Of
the tree is reached without DANCER by
steps that ere fastened between the
limbs. 1t Is estimated thai this tree
contains about II cords of wood. Ii
still yields about three bushels OF chest
nuts annually.
The oldest yew tree in England,
which 10 situated in Cowhurst church
yard. was mentioned by Aubry, in the
reign of Charles L.. as then measuring
ten yards IN circumference at hight
OF five feet from the ground. 1t is said
on the authority of De Candolle to he
1850 years old. Its present growth is
about thirty-three feet. In 1920 this
old tree was followed out and Cannon
ball was found in the centre. In 1925
a severe storm deprived it of its up
right branches. A door has been made
to the inside of the tree. where seats
are to be had for twelve persons COM
fortably.
A fossil forest has been discovered in
Oldhsm. England, in Edge Lane
Quarry. The trees number about
twelve, and some of them are about two
feet in diameter. They are IN good
preservation. The roots can be seen
interlacing the rock. and the fronds of
the ferns are to be found imprinted on
every piece of stone. The discovery
has excited much interest in geological
circles round Manchester, aud the
forest" has been visited BY . large
number Of persons. The trees belon 2
- the middle GOAL measure period. sl.
though it has been regarded % some
what remarkable that no coal has been
discovered. near them. The coal i,
found about $50 yards beneath.