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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-20
CEBgFNT PATCHING.

lss~ Remember the place-West Martin
street one dcO" west Of Rauch's Brick
jy2-ly.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
Mans Self-ImpOrtance.

Mrs. Jameson, in more instances than one,
shows her belief in elf-importance being
mans prime quality Here is one thing that
breathes hard spirit Personal vanity in
a man is sheer, unmingled egotism and an
unfailing subject of ridicule and contempt
with all women, be they wise or foolish"
The countess of Blessington, who was al
most as wise as she was handsome, has left
few outspoken opinions, of which one is
that Self possession and dignity ought to
characterize man of birth and genius, and
a poet should neither be gay nor fippant. F"
Here is stinger: Men can pity the wrongs
inflicted by other men on the gentler sex
but never those which they themselves in
hict on women. Though the following would
apply equally we'll to women, it is worth
remembering as showing that to delicate
minded woman the man who prides himself
on beinga bear, growing out unpalatable
truths at every breath, is not considered the
pleasantest of companions: Your plain
speaking men" says the countess, ARE usu-
ally either of obtuse intellect or of ill-na-
tured dispositions, wounding the feelings of
others from want of delicacy of mind and
sensibility, or from Intentional malice.
The countess grows concise, and in saying
that "a woman's head is always influenced
by her heart, and a mans heart is always
influenced by his head" utters an epigram
worthy of Pope. In the same epigrammatic
mood must this have been conceived:
Great men direct the events of their times:
wise men take advantage of them; weak
men are borne down by Them" Elsewhere
| she says: I'm the society of persons of
mediocrity of intellect clever man will ap-
pear to have less spirit than those around
him who possess the least, because he is
| displaced in their company"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

Gen. Charles B. Stuart, an eminent civil en-
gineer, died at Cleveland.
A Paris dispatch says Cardinal Rena Francois
Regimen, archbishop, is dead.
The population of Vermont is 332, ,2S6-
166, 1888 males and 165, 1893 females.
Bonanza Flood gave $4,000 to charitable
institutions of San Francisco on Christmas
day.
Collector Clark of Atlanta reports that there
are seventy-five illicit stills in active operation
in his district.
Col Israel Wedges, First artillery, has been
retired at his request, having served over forty
| years commissioned officer.
| Gov. Cullom of Illinois delivered his annual
message on Friday last. 1t is largely devoted
| to congratulations on the abounding prosperity.
Fine sleighing is reported at Angusea, Ga,
| the first in twenty-five years. Severest weather
ever known at Galveston and other extreme
| southern points.
| The Republican members of the California
senate and assembly met in joint caucus, and
on the first ballot nominated Gen. John F. Mil
Ter for United States senator, the vote standing
Miller, So; Senator Booth, 5.
| Twelve captive Indians from Florida, at
tached to the school at Hampton, Va, have
eenformally receivedinto the Episcopal church.
Rev. Mr.. Dennison, their spiritual counselor
has the utmost faith in their sincerity.
| The trustees of the Savings Bank of st. Pau
declared semi-annual dividend of four pei
cent on the capital stock of $25, $50. At the
same meeting it was announced that So, ,OO(
had been added to the surplus fund, making
the total surplus $5, 1000.
Gen. Malone of Va, insists that he and hi.
party were not repudiators, but that they tax,
the honest method of determining the entire le
gitimate debt of the State, and then of payin,
the highest rate of interest which the resources
and revenues of the State will permit
At the organization of the Pennsylvania Sen
ate a sensation was caused by E. B. Cone, Dem
ocrat, from Luzerne county, declining to tax
the iron-clad OATH He made long statement
showing that he had used money in securing hi
own election, and could not conscientiously al
low himself to be sworn in.
Mrs. Harriet N. Cooper, colored woman
died at Cheltenham, one of the suburbs of 81
Louis, on New Years day, aged lis years
She weighed 400 pounds. Mrs. Cooper wa
the mother Of twenty five children, the young
est of whom is sixty-two years old. Her hus
band is 1O1 years old and still living.
The January report of pork packing annual
ly prepared by Chas. B. Murray of the Cincin
matt Price Current, will show the total numbe
of hogs packed to date at all western points
be a, ,S75, 900, against 4, ,615,OOO year age
an increase Of 100000. Estimates for tn
season to March 1, shows total of 2, ,O3O, ,OO(
being an increase over last year of $4,000.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
HOUSE AND FARM.
Household Breyities.

Girls, if there is one thing more than an
other that holds the young men of your day
back from matrimonial ventures, it is the
disheartening spectacle, so often presented
them, of your own dear papa and mamma
walking into church glorifed respectively
by $12 ulster and $50 bonnet. That's
what scares the boys.
Trichiniasis has it's victims So has the
steam car, SO also the horse Car, and there
Is as little or less danger of death from eat
ing dinner of pork than from accident in
going to the meal by either of these modes
of conveyance. There is, at least, no occa-
sion for the whole world turning Jews be-
cause a half dozen people in $4,000, 600
have died from eating diseased pork in the
course of year. Atthe same time, it were
well to insist that pork be we'll cooked be-
fore being
To keep plants in healthy condition
care should be taken not to raise any dust
in a room where they are kept, as this fills
up the pores and the leaves become dry and
soon fall off. Enough water should be Civ
en- them, but not too much, as this causes
the roots to decay. A good soil for gerani-
ums is composed of three parts of decayed
sods, two parts of scrapings of the barn
yard and one of sand, For heiliotropes the
Bull suOulu De very It'll. TOf VeTDeuaS, Oue
part sod, and one part manure, one part
sand. For roses, two parts leaf mold, one
part manure, one part sand. Plants should
have all the sunlight possible, and the tenn
perature be kept at sixty degrees.
woman complains to the Cincinnati En-.
gnirer that her sex is compelled by fashion
to suffer dreadfully from cold. Even whe1
clad for the street" she says, "a woman il
nowhere near SO thickly covered as man
unless it be about her chest and arms by {
fur garment. Her head is usually not pro
tected at ALL and in the other direction, he,
warm clothing stops at her hips, for below
that her skirts are only shield against the
wind, without keeping out much cold. There
| is general feminine aversion to fanne
next the skin, arising from the pricklines
of the one and the delicacy of the other
Below the knees the only covering is stock
ing. So it is that the girl in a sealskin sac
que, looking so mighty comfortable, reall.
suffers greatly"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
The Mentor Postmaster.

Cor. of the Cincinnati Commercial
There is but one man among the many,
whose cause 1 desire The Commercial to
espouse. That man is the present post
master of the village of West Mentor, Gar
field post.office. Poor fellow! he gets up
at 4 o'clock in the morning, wades through
snow mile and half to the railroad station,
loads himself with enormous mail bags, re-
turns to his little Office and works like
Turk all day. He carries Gen. Garfeld's
mail to and from the office, and tries to give
strangers all the information he can
about the generals past life. All this he
does for the meagre pay of village post
master.
Over 300 letters were sent out from the
West Mentor post Office during that time,
but life is rather short to attempt to calcu-
late the number of letters received. The
mail received is simply enormous. Besides
the letters, all the prominent daily news
papers of both parties are received, and the
rural roosters just roll in by the carloads.
The editor of every country weekly thinks.
of course, that Garfield is anxiously waiting
for his paper for information about the cab
met and minor matters.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
Warm Your Chicken Feed.
From the Poultry journal.


1t may seem old-fogyish to some to warm
the food given to the poultry during the cold
winter months, some persons contending
that the fowls in their natural state never had
aught else than cold food, and but sparingly
of that That is true as far as it goes; but
then how much profit would be secured from
birds left to care for themselves? Domesti-
Gated live stock of all kinds are subjected to
altered conditions from what they were un-
der when free and not under the restraint of
man. and we must conform in our feeding
and management to these altered conditions,
else we will be just that far from success.
If we want good, healthy growth and an
abundance of eggs from our fowls during the
winter, we must not only feed them literally
on suitable food, but we must feed in such
form and condition as will secure the best
results.
After an experience Of several seasons we
have adopted the system of warming the
food all through the winter and cold wealth
er, both morning. and evening, and we
attribute the excellent laying quail
ties Of the fowls, in great measure, to
doing this. The food, whether
whole or rbroken grain, or other food, either
dry or moistened, should be warmed well
before feeding Some breeders as well as
| farmers make practice Of parching theil
whole corn, and are assured it is beneficial
Where new unreasonable corn is used fol
chicken food, this parching is decided
benefit, for it makes it equally as good fol
feeding as old, seasoned corn. Quite 9
number Of poultry ailments are caused by
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES.

John NJ Polk an extensive stock dealer of
Vincennes, Ind, fatally shot himself through
his head, under financial embarrassment
By a break in canal at Passaic, n. j. the
water supply of the city was cut off, and hun
dreds of mill hands thrown out of employment
By the burning of Padelford Clarks boot
factory. at Holliston, Mass, loss of $40, 600
was incurred, and fifty men were deprived OF
situations.
The extensive barnes with the live stock,
farm implements and greenhouses at the Oaks,
Long Island, owned by ]. Taylor, have burned.
Loss, 500, 900.
Richard Breed an old citizen of Massillon,
Ohio was killed there while walking on the
tramway of the railroad company. He was too
deaf to hear the whistle.
John Griffin, brakeman on Conductor Foote'S
train, on the Dubuque division of the Milwau-
kee road, was run over by an engine, and killed
Deceased was aged twenty-five and unmarried
He has an uncle at Hastings, and it is believed
other relatives at Austin
BY the burning of the Stafford county, n. H. -,
poor house, thirteen of the inmates lost their
| lives. Many of the inmates were locked IN their
rooms, and there was no one to let them out.
| There was no watchman on the. premises, and
the fire made great headway before it was dis
| covered.
Otto Dressed, leading German lawyer of
| Columbus shot himself through the right eye,
and died instantly. He left letter in his office
stating that he was without money and friends,
which, inasmuch as he was universally popular
and supposed to have considerable property
| left, demonstrates that he was insane when
committing the deed
| The steamer Sandman at Halifax from Bos-
| ton picked up boat containing Paul Nelson
and Charley Liend, belonging to the fishing
schooner Waldo Irwin, of Glouchester, Mass:
They were badly frost-bitten in their hands and
feet, and quite exhausted, having been in an
| open boat three days without food or sleep.
They had lost their vessel in snow storm, and
gale coming on them were blown to sea.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
TYPES OF STAGE KISSING.
The Abbott Kiss Artistically Considered The
Positive and the COmparatiye

The Abbott Kiss Artistically Considered The
Positive and the Comparative.
From Nym Crinkle's Feuilliton
No amount of interviewing could evolve
Miss Abbotts views on the kiss. All that
she could be got to admit was that the bal
cony scene in Romeo and Juliet was copied
from painting of Antony and Cleopatra,
which she had seen at Milan. People
talk about what they are pleased to call the
Abbott kiss, said she, altogether forget
ting that if the scene is not made realistic
it would be utterly fiat, stale, and unprotit-
able. l will not sing roles like Traviata, of
which do not approve, but those which I
do act will act with my. whole heart and
whole soul, with all the art which God has
given me. have never sung yet that 1
was not accused of being in love with the
tenor, just because sing and act in dead
earnest. That is what realism in art means"
So much for the positive kiss. The stu
dents of comparative kissing, who will, of
course, look over the whole field in his
toric way, will have to take into considera-
ton the various schools of osculation.
There was the platonic kiss of kellogg, who
used to fling them like icicles with her fin
ger tips, and as Sher Campbell once said,
there were chilblains in them. Then there
WIS Gu0 IrebDy CofEdu KISS OI Aua DyhS, WHO
used to plant it on Montagues left ear. or
on the back of his neck, and always created
an impression in the gallery that she had
bit him; and the Lotta bubble, which always
sounded like the pulling of cork, and
seemed to be a number of linked kisses eff
ervescing; and the Corinthian kiss of VAIN
wright-a severe affair; somewhat motherly,
and when dropped upon a stock actor al
ways frightened him little bit, as if he had
pulled New Testament out of his pocket
instead of pack of cards; and the Carey
kiss-ah! The romantic Carey kiss, that
never begun anywhere and never ended
that ran down the back, and tingled in the
arms and legs, and made the hair stand on
end, and was accompanied with laughter,
whose echoes were undying; and the cav
ernous Soldene kiss, that opened its ponder
GUS and marble jaws with report like the
bursting Of an india rubber balloon.
Who shall formulate all these schools fol
us2 Certainly not Abbott; for hers is the
spiritual kiss, and we are not educated ur
to it,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

THERE are frequent references in the
news of the day to the clearing houses" of
the various cities, and to their figures as
indications of the volume of business
throughout the country. A clearing
house" is something of mystery to many
readers, but the explanation of it's functions
is very simple. 1t is an agency established
by all the banks of the city who are men,
bers of the association, to which each bank
sends every morning all the checks on other
banks received by it during the preceding
day; these ceecks are all balanced, and the
sum due each bank, after payment of it's
own checks, is called n balance, which is
paid in cash. The aggregate of these bal
ances are only a fraction of the whole
amount of the checks. The checks sent to
the clearing house represent the payments
made by check during the previous twenty
four hours, counting only those deposited
in banks other than those on which they
are drawn. The economy and facility of this
system of daily settlement between the
banks at one agency instead of special
settlement by each bank at the counter OF
each other bank in the city must be obvi-
GUS. In most cities and towns, outside OF
New York, the clearances generally repre-
sent actual, substantial commercial transac.
tions, payments for goods purchased, or in
other bona fide transfers or exchanges of
property.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
CURRENT EVENTS.

George B. Carpenter, a musical maSnate OF
Chicago, is dead.
1t is alleged that the Garfield forgery has
been fixed on Finley.
Judge Woods, of Alabama, has taken his seat
on the Supreme bench.
There is deadlock which prevents the Or
ganization of the Indiana Senate.
Gen. Grant attended banquet of the New
York press association and made humorous
speech
The Nautch baby. of the twelve-ye old
mother, born ON Saturday, January 1st, i'll New
York, is dead.
Mrs. Michael Hazard, of Monticello, Iii
gave birth to five children, September Is. The
aggregate weight was 1912 pounds.
Mrs. Zelda Seguin, the popular contralto
who lately left the Emma Abbott Opera troupe,
has been engaged by Strakosh & Hess
Mrs. Gov. W. P Shannon died at Lawrence,
Kansas; also Mrs Rosa Fitzpatrick, the yonng
wife of J. Russell Young, at New York.
Ex-Gov Sprague says he will never consent
to the proceedings against him for divorce be-
ing held in secret, nor to any compromise of
the case
The largest starch factory firm in the United
States has completed contracts for forty eight
acres of ground for the erection of a branch es-
tablishment at Des Moines, costing $500, 900,
with capacity for using $500 bushels daily.
Deacon Henry Baker of Westfeld, New Jer,
sey, has just celebrated, with his wife and 4OC
relatives, the sixtieth anniversary of his wed.
ding day The aged couple have lived together
| during these three-score years without any
thought of divorce, and during the last forty,
five years they have read the Bible through
once every twelvemonth.
The retiring message of Gov. Crosswen o1
Michigan, shows that Michigan has a sinking
fund larger than its bonded debt, and with mon
ey in its treasury more than sufficient to NEE
all current Indebtedness. The principal recon-
mendations of the governor are for radical re
vision of the tax system; that the Sault canal b.
transferred to the general government on th'
condition that it remain forever free; that {
uniform rate of interest be fixed at per cent
instead of allowing ten, when contracted, ant
that the governor be empowered by constitu
tional amendment to veto parts of bill.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
concealed

MISS WILLIE A. GIBBS, of Louisville,
has received notice that a rich grand uncle
in England, Mr.. James Sedgwick, be-
queathed to her a clean half million of dol
lars She is now sweet sixteen and is to
come into possession of the money at the
age of twenty. The feeling that Miss Gibbs
experienced on learning through her grand
mother, who was made executrix of the
Sedgwick estate, of the liberal provision her
grand-uncle had made for her in his will,
cannot be better told than in the young la
dy's own language: Ihad. often DIR amed, !"
she said to the reporter, of coming into pos
session of great wealth, but the immense
fortune, which I seem destined to realize,
so far exceeded the widest of my fanciful
possessions that, on reading the letter,
remained utterly speechless for several
minutes" Her wide circle of acquaint-
ances will likely receive many additions,
and the young lady will no doubt be called
upon to listen to the outpourings of numer-
Gus susceptible hearts belonging to the
male sex. Miss Gibbs is the daughter of
DR.. James Gibbs of Virginia, who died sew
eral yeass since, and already possesses con-
siderable property through him.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
Love and be Happy.

1t is the easiest thing in the world to be
happy, if men and women could only think
so. Happiness is only another name for love,
for where love exists in household there
happiness must also exist even though it
has poverty for it's close companion; where
love exists not, even though it be in a palace,
happiness can never come. He was cold
and selfish being who originated the saying
that when poverty comes in at the door,
love flies out at the window" and his asser-
ton proves conclusively that he had no
knowledge of love, for unquestionably the
reverse of the axiom quoted is nearer the
truth. When poverty comes in at the door,
love-true love-is more than ever inclined
to tarry and do battle with the enemy. Let
those who imagine themselves miserable,
before they find fault with their surround
ings, search in their hearts for the cause.
A few kind words, a little forbearance, or a
kiss, will often open the way to flood of
sunshine in house darkened by the clouds
of discord and unamiability.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
Higher Grade of WOOls.

From the Cincinnati Gazette.
That ''the United States will grow all the
higher grade woods required in due time,
is a foregone conclusion. There never was
a time when the sheep and wool interests of
the country elected anything like the de-
gree of interest at present given them, and
never before were the facilities extant for
promoting those interests half so well un-
derstood. Within the last ten years-nay
since Gen. LIE Due presided over the Agri-
cultural Departmental immense acres of
our national domain which may be best
utilized for sheep farming have been made
apparent, and the business of sheep breed
ing and mutton and wool production have
assumed national prominence. Looking al
at the vast amounts and woolen goods yet
imported into England and France it would
seem that sheep and their feeces on this
continent might be safely doubled without
seriously competing with European produc
erS
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13

that he appointed Col Sidney Cooper of Milwau-
kee as consul at Cadiz on the Recommendation
of Senator Ferry. This revives "reminiscences
of the blonde senator from Michigan receiving
black eye at the hands of theaforesaid Cooper,
and some unpleasant revelations disclosed by
the act
Among the nominations by President Hayes
Chicago; Luke d. Veerson, Pella, Ia John d.
Hunter, Webster City, la. !; Robert B: Williams,
Mt Ayre la. GRATIS j. De Wolfe, Foster, La: !;
Thomas A. Burr, Lancaster, Wis; !; Elias B.
Thompson, Waupaca, Wis. ; Alonzo W. KIM
ball, Green Bay, Wis
The bill Introduced in the house by Repre-
sentative Townshend of Illinois to amend
the statutes relative to the retirement of army
officers, proposes to change the law to
read as follows: When any officer has served
fifty years as commissioned officer, or is sew
enty years old, he may be retired from active
service at the discretion of the president.
The subcommittee on the gubernatori-
al vote of the Maine legislature are
ready to report to the full committee that
| they find the following result on the straight
vote, without any irregularity Davis, Is, $50;
Plaisted, 73,367; Nye, 3O6; Sery, 124; scat
tering, 555 The number of misnomersis is 1873.
Quite number of irregular returns not signed
py the clerk, ETC., are notreckoned in the above,
but will be reported to the full committee
The editors of Truth, that New York paper
which published the Chinese libel on Gen. Gar
field, has written that gentleman letter, where
in they acknowledge that the publication was q
forgery, but they plead that they were imposed
upon, and have but recently learned of the i'm
position Truth goes ON to say that its editors
know who is the author of the forgery, anc
have proofs in their possession which will be
produced at the proper time court o
| justice.