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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-10-08
The Power OF the Press.

One of the old-time editors of
Michigan was Boosting the other day
that he had never been sued for libel
or attacked in his sanctum, but he
could recall many narrow escapes.
Twenty-Five years ago he was run
ming a red hot paper on the line of
the Michigan Central Railroad. A
man named Carson, who was run
ming for some county office, was Civ
en- a bad racket, ana the editor re-
celved note that If he had anything
more TO say he might expect to re-
celve good pounding. He had still
more bitter attack the next week
and the paper was hardly mailed be-
fore i'll walked Carson, the candi-
date, accompanied by a brother and
two cousins. The four were strap
ping big fellows, and each was arm
ed with a horsewhip. The two COM
positors and the "deviln got out with
all speed, leaving the editor without
support. He realized his position at
once, and began:
Walk in, gentlemen; / presume
you have come TO horsewhip me 20
I'VE have,o they answered.
VERY well. Have you thorough
ly considered the matter 20
"Itdoesn't need any consideration
You have lied about me, and Pm 60
ing to lick you within an inch of
your life ~ replied Carson.
Just so my friend, but first hear
what | have to say. Did you ever
hear of the press being stopped be-
cause the editor was cowhided ?o
II dunno"
swell, you never did. Lick me
all you choose and my paper comes
out week after week just the same.
The power of the press Is next to the
lever which moves the universe. 1t
makes or breaks parties, builds up
or tears down, plants or destroys.
Aggravate the editor and the press
becomes sword to wound and kill.
Wollop me il you will, but next
week III come out more bitter than
ever.'
There was an embarrassing silence
right here, and the faces of the four
men had an anxious look.
ut will go out to the world-to
America, Canada, England, France,
aye ! clear to Jerusalem, that the
Carson family of this county live on
roots and johnny. cakes; that they
stole dog from a blind man; that
they murdered a peddler for a pair
of two shilling suspenders, that the
women are club-footed and the men
work their ears when they sing; that
the
what is the regular subscription
price to the Herald 7" enquired Car
son.
only twelve shillings year."
Put us four down.
Every we'll - six dollars - cor
rect. Run in and see me-all of you
and if any of you want to see any of
my Detroit exchanges l shall be only
too glad to see you.
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A Woman Frightened to
Death.

Barbour County CIV. Va Jefersonian.
On last Saturday night the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Eli Bealer, in Tucker
county, short distance from the
Barbour line, was visited by the Red
Men who demanded admission to
search for q man named Smith. Adj
mission was refused when the ruff
fans proceeded to break down the
door. Mrs. Bealer, aged about 60
years, was so frightened at their acts
OF violence that she staggered to one
corner of the room and fell dead.
Her remains were followed to their
last resting place by q large con-
course of friends and neighbors. We
wish we could stop here, but the
blood of that poor woman calls for
vengeance. If we, as a public jour-
nalist, should refrain from calling
upon the public prosecutor of Tuck
Ell county, upon the good citizens of
that section, upon the law and order
loving people everywhere, to come
forward and put their shoulder to
the wheel and help break up an or
granization that is disgrace to
civilization, we should be derelict In
our duty and would deserve the
scorn and condemnation of all men.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-10-08

Thos. j. Arden, William Street
East Buffalo, says: your Spring
Blossom has worked on me SPLEEN
didly. / had no appetite; used 10
sleep badly and get up in the
morning unrefroshed; my breath
was very offensive and / suffered
from severe headache; since using
your Spring Blossom all these
symptoms have vanished and /
feel quite well Price, so cents,
trial bottles 10 cents. For sale by
E. O. Williams, Jr., & Bro, drug
gists.
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REST.
By gATHER RYAN.

Ny feet ale wearied and my hands tired
NY soul oppressed,
And with desire have long desired
Rest--only Rest
IT'S hard to toll, when toll is almost vain.
In barren ways;
IT'S hard to SOW and never garner grain
In harvest days,
The burden of my days is hard to bear,
But God knows best;
And have pray ed, but vain has been my
prayer
For Rest, sweet Rest
IT'S bard to pant il spring aud never
The autumn yield;
IT'S hard TO till and when It's titled to
Ger fruitless field.
And so Icry, week and human cry,
So heart oppressed;
And so sigh, a weak and human sigh,
For Rest-For Rest.
My way has wound across the desert years
And cares infest
Ny path, and through the flowing of hot
tears,
pine for rest.
Twas always so; when still child l laid
On mothers breast
Ny weary little head-s'n then prayed,
And now, for Rest.
And am restless STILL twill soon be Ger,
For down the west
Lies sun is setting, and see the shore
Where shall rest.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-10-08

A young lady who has a slight de-
feet in the off eye, entered a drug
store the other afternoon and called
for glass of soda water. The clerk
mistook the movement OF the optic
for the usual hint, and ten minutes
after the woman left the store she
felt an irresistible desire to sing,
"We-hic-won't 60 home-hic-till
mornin'," and her necktie persisted
in crawling around under her left
ear. Drug clerks ought to exercise
a little more caution. Norristotcn
Herald.
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JUST TOO FAR.

''But tell you, Lou, I can t afford
it'll"
ooh, you stingy thingl You are
willing to have your wife go like a
dowd, just for the sake of few pal
try dollars !" And pretty Lou Fall
coner pointed her rosy lips, and turn
ed pettishly away from her husband.
1--WE are a young firm, you know,
Lou, and"
'Oh, say nothing more about it, if
you please. / shallnever ask you for
anything again." And with a little
toss Of her head she left the room.
Falconer sighed, and his brow con-
tracted with pain as he looked after
her.
"Poor child! 1t is SO hard to re-
fuse her anything.
He was pale young man, with
thoughtful cast of countenance and
earnest gray eyes; habitually reser-
we'd and prudent, he was accounted
sharp business man, and at the
time of his marriage, two years pre-
vious, the old men predicted that he
would eventually become one of the
largest capitalists in B. His
wife, willful, pretty creature, SEEM
ed to be his one weak point. Nor
was she slow to avail herself of this
advantage; her influence over him
was unbounded, and even in cases
where it was against his better judg-
ment he Invariably yielded to her
wishes. The present object of these
last named was a garnet silk dress
pattern, which she had that morning
seen at C---'s fashionable store !;
and poor Falconer's ears were still
ringing with the minute description
of it's incompatible loneliness.
''It seems so cruel to deny her what
she has set her heart on" he said
laying down his pen, and rising, took
one or two turns across the room.
The result of his reflection was, that
he put on his hat, went straight to
C.'s, ordered the silk, and had it
charged to his account.
Who would hesitate to credit Fal-
coner Frost? There was not a safer
copartnership anywhere. Anything
else, sir ?" wrote the address and
promised that the parcel should be
sent home ''in an hours time" Then
the purchaser walked slowly down
to his business, not altogether salts
fed with what he had done.
"Oh, Edward, you darling !" were
the words that greeted him when he
went homo that evening, and throw
ing her arms around his neck, his
wife literally overwhelmed him with
kisses. son, you dear love how
clever it was of you to feign the old
Shylock, and then give me such a
delightful surprise !"
eff it was really delightful sur
prise, Mignon," putting both hands
upon her shoulders, and gazing fond
ly into the fair, joyous face, 81 am
amply rewarded for my trouble"
"Wait until you see me in my
dress, and then you'll be rewarded
in earnest
"Well, suppose you let me have
soma tea now"
Certainly, as much as you want .
Throughout the meal Lou was gay
and garrulous, aud afterward went
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Ny feet ale wearied and my hands tired =
Ny soul oppressed,
And with desire have / long desired
Rest--only Rest.
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is a foolish mistake to con-
found remedy of merit with
quack medicines. We have used
Parker's Ginger Tonic with the
happiest results for Dyspepsia and
Debility, and known it to be
sterling health restorative. Times.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-10-08

The wide spread fame of DIR.
Bulls Cough Syrup is justly won
by its own merits, and the reputa-
ton it has gained has been secured
by its universal use.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich Feb 2, 1880
/ know Hon Rittars will bear

hALA NJ AGO, MICH req Z, 1851.
/ know Hop Bitters will bear
recommendation honestly. All
who use them confer upon them
the highest encomiums, and give
them credit for making cures all
the proprietors claim for them. /
have kept them since they were
first offered TO the public. They
took high rank from the first, and
maintained ii. and are more called
for than all others combined. So
long as they keep up their high
reputation for purity and useful
ness, | shall continue to recon-
mend them--something l have
never before done with any other
patent medicine.
j. j. BABCOCK M. ID.
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Sellers Liver Pills" have been
the standard remedy for malaria,
liver complaint, costiveness, etc,
for fifty years.
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Cheap Goods.

Examine before purchasing,
The Splendid line of
Dress Ginghams,
New style Lawns,
Lace Buntings,
Roman Stripe,
Black Mouselanes,
Black Cashmeres,
Beautiful Laces,
Silk PRINCES,
New Style Buttons, &c, at
j. Ii. SHAFFE
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16


Man born of woman is Of a few days
and full Of schemes to get his name in
print.
Potatoes planted must have their eyes
about them if they are to come up.
To find a lawyer who charges only a
nominal fee certainly is phenomenal.
No, Melinda, you err. A man may have
water on the brain, yet not be inclined to
burst into tears.
Professor Riley says kerosene is sure
death to insects in all stages. 1t may be
in stages, but how about hotels?
Perils Of the sea: We should think
scarf pins would get 'sea-sick, they are SO
often on the bosoms OF such heavy swells.
"Honesty is the best policy" But you
have to pay the premiums in this world
and realize or your insurance in the next.
Patti thinks of giving her first concert
at the New York Stock Exchange. She
has heard that the price of seats there is
$50, 900 each.
s she refused you, did she?" asked
Pingry; why didn't you press her. my
boy2" Press her +" exclaimed Brown;
"she wouldn't let me get near enough for
that"
Nearly all the ladies about the English
Court are well on in years. Some of the
maids Of honor are deep in the forties.
When they get venerable they are turned
into women Of the bedchamber," who
are eligible for the office even when CEN
tenarians.
Mrs. Staples was boastful Of her crime
when put into Jail for the murder Of her
husband at Codwell, New Mexico; but
during her first night in q cell, as she be-
lieved. the dead man came to her, cursed
her for what she had done. and commanded
her to hang herself, which she did on the
following day.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16
UNION.

The New York Express takes the fol-
lowing view of the political situation in
New York: "The indications from all
parts Of the State are that the Republi-
cans acauiescs in the action of the con-
~yention, and will unite to elect the ticket.
The stalwarts believe il strict party dis
cipline. They yield to the will of the
majority. They will run with the ma
chine. And while they will not assume
the responsibility of defeating the party
by open opposition Oh concealed luke
warmuess, they will vote for the ticket
to a man, as they believe that the pres
ent agitation, which was caused by Mr.,
Garfeld's attitude and course, will pres
entity die Of itself now that Mr.. Garfield
is gone. They have the Federal Admin
istration behind them for the next three
years and half, and will not risk a fu-
ture which has great possibilities over a
passing personal quarrel. Judging from
the Republican papers from the interior
of the State, the half breeds are more
anxious and disturbed and bellicose han
the stalwarts; regret that they carried
things with so high a hand in the con.
v~ention, are undecided what to do with q
success which is more damaging than a
defeat, and are generally embarrassed.
1t is as plain as daylight that the party
has too much at stake, too many impor-
tant local and national interests involved
in the campaign, is too deeply impli-
Gated in every way to incur a de-
feat which can possibly be prevented.
Democrats who count on gaining an easy
victory in consequence Of Republican d.
visions do not understand the real facts
of the situation. The Republicans of
New York are to-day more united, I'M
der better discipline, have ADLER and
more experienced leaders, with stronger
and more eflicacious motives and re-
sources, han the Democrats. And I'M
less the latter unite their forces and
nominate a ticket Of remarkable strength
and character, on a platform which will
satisfy the already powerful and growing
a~nti-monopoly sentiment Of the State,
their campaign viii be hopeless from the
start. The facts cannot be winked out
Of sight, and it is useless to mince mat
tiers in dealing with them"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16
wILL-MAKING.

The danger of will-making was shown
recently in the ~Surrogate's Court of
New York. when a will written in pencil
on brown paper, and wrongly witnessed
was thrown out by the Surrogate.
Next to accumulating wealth, the most
difficult thing to do is to have it reach
those We wish should have it after we
are dead. 1t really seems as though it
would be more comfortable to die poor,
for there would then be the deathbed
consolation of knowing that there would
be no will to contest. This is what makes
editors so proverbially happy.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM

The Democrats of Massachusetts re-
solved, $50 soon as Democrats shall
have a controlling share in the national
administration, that the civil service be
simpli6ed and reduced from its present
overgrown aud %corrupting proportions;
that appointments to it be regulated by
law, and removed so far as passible from
personal favoritism and political patron.
age; that all subordinate civil officers
shall know and feel. that, during their
prescribed term Of service, they eve all
to the country and nothing to party
chiefs, while they shall also know and
feel that they cannot, any more than
Senators and Representatives. fasten
themselves asa permanent life burden
ON the body polite" This is the com.
mon sense Of civil service reform.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16

The Brfdegroom's Remarkable
ScrupHes.


scrupIes.
The Cleveland Leader of q late date says q
genuine comedy in real life was played there
recently. Mrs. Frances. Kennedy is a bu1om
young widow q years old. Her husband died
about year ago from q fall. Six months ago
William Cumming came counting her, and
his attentions not being distasteiul 70 tne
widow. she finally consented to marry MIN IN
twelve months and q day from the date OF ne
FIRST husbands death. The happy day fell on
Wednesday, and the ceremony was 10 take
place at the brides house. A magnincent Wed
ding feast was prepared, and about sixty guests
were invited to partake of 1t. Til hour ap-
pointed for the wedding was p. M. IN tne
forenoon the bridegroom elect arrsyed MN
self in .bis best and went on to invite slew
In the country who had been torgotten. tns
afternoon mail brought 9 postal card from him,
stating that he had conscientious scrnples
about marrying q woman SO recently widowed.
He would make it q matter OF prayer, ana
would abide the result of his Feelings When
through. She was not to take tn 8 as q posi-
tive declination to marry, but if he did not ar
rive at 6 O'Clock P. NJ, she might consider tne
marriage off.
Mrs. Kennedy did not faint or 60 into hys-
terics, but she decked herself In ner nridal
robes, and smiiinglyr received the guests hidden
to the feast. When the minister and all those
with wedding garments had arrived, the lady
called the meeting to order and read the rec
reant Cummings card.
Loud and prolonged were the denunciations
of the absent groom's conduct.
This need not prevent the feast" said Mrs.
Kennedy, and the guests fell to ~banquetng
Immediately. After the supper the room was
cleared for dancing, and Mr.. Washington viii
lams, an elderly bachelor, led the german with
the bride. He became SO enamored Of her that
within an hour he proposed and was accepted.
The minister was recalled. and at ii P NJ. MRS.
Kennedy was made Mrs. Washington Williams.
The marriage had scarcely been performed
when the door bell was rung violently, and IN
stalked the conscientious Cumming. He has
wrestled in prayer with the question, and nad
concluded to come back and marry. After be-
ing introduced to Mrs. Willisnis. 1t was gently
minated to the broken-up Cumming that the
lateness of the hour suggested the propriety OF
His having
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16
PACIFIC COAST ADvICES.
Suicide of a Man Named Conway.

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
SAN Francisco, Oct. 15.-Eureka Con.
declares a dividend of so cents.
Overman leyies an assessment of so
cents.
On the 18th instant, while the schooner
G. H. Marithew from Noyo, 'Mendocino
County, was lying in Pullos Bay, N. Nell
son, the mate, and Harry Burke, a sailor.
while going ashore in a small boat capsized,
and both were drowned.
NORTH SAN JUAN (Cal.), Oct. ia
young man named Conway committed
suicide near this place by shooting himself
through the neck. The deceased recently
came from Minnesota. The cause was q
failure to obtain employment.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 15.-The Executive
Committee of the Soldiers Home Associa-
ton of California have issued an appeal to
the people of California in behalf of the
old and decrepit soldiers, sailors and
marines. The appeal asks for a united
effort on the part Of all Californians to aid
in the establishment of q self-supporting
Soldiers Home, and makes special and
honorable mention of the surviving SOL
diers of the Mexican war. The committee
find 5000 veterans resident in the State,
Of whom 1000 are veterans of the Mexi-
can war. The Executive Committee con-
sists Of W. s. Rosecrans, James Coey, T.
]. Knipe, W. A. Phillips and r. N. Apgar.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16
Political Talk.

This will be Tilden's last campaign. His
friends say he will not last till another.
The stalwarts have fallen into line and
become the rag-tag and bobtail Of the Half
breed party.
The conceit Of Blaine's letter to Garfield
Is as phenomenal as his cheek in publishing
1t at this late day.
The ministers who visited President
Arthur found him much reader to be pray
ed for than preyed upon.
Think Mr.. Blaine had better 60 round
the world with Mr.. Conkling. They would
be an interesting pair Of sucking doves.
It begins to look as though President
Arthur were standing midway between
Blaine and Conkling, like the ASS between
two bundles Of hay.
George Bliss is sure that the Republican
breach Is healed and the whole trouble will
be forgotten in Q few days. The Republic
cans have q happy knack at mendins
breaches.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16
FIN Antique CRAZE.
How It Was Exploded in the city
by the saline Sea.
Salt Lake Tribune.

The craze for antique and curiously
decorated crockery has broken out hard in
Salt Lake. The pure London brand Of
esthetic crockery and dodo wall paper
comes right from the Connecticut and
Delaware mills. The m take kindly
to the craze, the crockery and the ranes
1t Is the correct thing now for q Salt Lake
woman to slam bowls, cups and saucers at
her husbands head at breakfast, which are
colored to represent Chinese nimrods
shooting nondescript birds with mountain
howitzers. Some Of the plates look as If
cut out of six-cent calico, and are very
fine for breakfast plate, harmonizing
nicely with corn-beef hash. Some people
breakfast on this crockery and dine on
cheap grub for six months to settle with
the crockery man. A person who starves
his butcher to infatea crockery man would
wear linen busters and Msrseilles pants all
winter to keep his friends In photographs,
Its o blarsted shame to shrimp the stomsch
and overload the table. An esthetic pitcher
ia . three-cornered affair that you knock
over and spill the beer every time you try
to grab the handle. which you can't tell
from the nozzle. Some Of these pieces Of
crockery are like spring bonnets, II you
lose the combination you can't tell which
is the front or the back. Square teapots
are all the rage. You take hold BY the
nozzle and the tea leaks out Of the handle.
They have pictures Of Oscar Weld on the
bottom. One Of his red-hot descriptions
Of . Neurological courtship in the days Of
long Summers and no clothes will heat
tea for six people In ten minutes. The tea
just boils right over the top Of the pot.
The long-legged cranes 60 with Wallpaper
close to the floor. The legs of the cranes
are tangled up angles until they look like
the forty-second problem Of Euclid. The
dodo is . bigger bird than the crane and q
good deal drunken when he's In . process
sion. We know q woman who planted q lot
OF Abysinian dodos around the room, and
when the old man came home he studied
the animals about IN hour and was put TO
bed with the most successful delerium
tremens of the whole temperance season
in Salt Lake. He cancelled his subscrip-
ton to the Mckenzie Club.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16
ADvANrAGEs.

The advantages of health and position
are constantly dweIt upon. but the ad-
vantage Of poverty is always overlooked.
The very rich never have the satisfac-
ton OF saying, "Oh. if ! only hadss
and 50 ! should be happy !" whereas the
poor can say it every day and vary it 80
that there is eve any chance of a
dearth Of the possibilities of happi-
ness under any circumstances.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16

California, his bachelor great uncle, had
died intestato, leaving an estate valued at
500, 900, OF which his share would be one
sixth, and that he should take the usual
legal action to secure said share. There
are twenty-four heirs. Warren's avocation
has been that of farming on shares and
horsetrading. His deceased uncle was 90
years old, and amassed his fortune by
washing gold dust from the creeks.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-16
AMERICAN.

The Sacramento Bee says: "Ameri-
can horses are winning the European
races and American women are marrying
the European mobiles. When an equine
OF this country sets his eye on a prize
cup it might as well be given to him at
once. and when one of our beauties sets
her wits to work to catch.a noble, the
easiest way for him is to crown her with
the coronet ct once"