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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-06-18

Mrs. f. II. Perkins, Creek Cen
tire, Warren Co., n. Y, writes: she
has been troubled with Asthma
for four years had to sit up night
after night with it, she has taken
two bottles of DR.. Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil, and it is perfectly cured.
She strongly recommends it, and
wishes TO act as agent among her
neighbors. For sale by T.. c. Will
liam5, Jr., & Bro, druggists.
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GRAIN DRILL.

made at Greencastle, Pa; the best force
feed upon the market, with J B. Crowell
s. Cos Fertilizer Attachment, with patent
Fertilizer Cutoff.
D. ROOT, son & co.'s Barshear, Sin.
gle and Double Shovel Plows. Every
farmer should have them. Try them be-
fore you buy elsewhere
H NJ. Bakers GRAIN FAN, made at
Winchester, Va.
Also agent for r j. Baker h Co.'S Best
Fertilizers for Corn and Wheat, &C.
Best Piedmont Bituminous and Hard
Coal, Sawed aud Split Wood, Flour, Feed.
Thanking my old customers and the
public for their patronage in the past and
asking continuance of the same, no
pains Will be spared to give entire satisfac-
ton to all who wish to deal with me.
j. N. THATCHER.
W. Martin ST., Martinsburg, w. Va.
(my2S-ly.)
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- ~ Outfit sent free 10 those who wish to en-
1gage in the most pleasant and profitable
- business known. Everything new. Capital
1uot required. We wwill furnish you every
N Ething. SO day and upwards is easily
- made without staying from home over night.
No risk whatever. Many new workers wanted at
once. Many are making fortunes at the business.
Ladies make as much men, and Young boys and
girls make great pay. No one who is willing to work
fails 10 make more money eveIy day than can be
made in a week at any ordinary employment Those
who engage at once Will find short road fortune.
Address II. HALLET 4 Co.
oct23 S0-lyr. Portland Maine.
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Work and Live.

Man was put in the world to
work aud cannot find true happi-
ness in remaining idle. So long
as man has vitality enough to
spare upon work it must be us ed
or II will become source of har-
assing discomfort. The man will
not know what to do with him.
self, and when he has reached such
a point as that, he is unconscious
~ digging a grave for himself
and fashl0ning his own coffin.
Life needs steady channel to run
irregular habits of sleep and
work. 1t needs a steady stimula-
ting aim-tendency toward some
thing. An aimless life cannot be
happy OF for a long period heal
thy. Even If man has achieved
wealth sufficient for his needs, he
frequently makes an error in re-
firing from business. A greater
shock can hardly befal a man
who has been active than that
which he experiences when, hav-
ing relinquished his pursuits, he
finds unused time and unused vi
tality hanging upon his idle hands
and mind. The current of his
life is thus thrown into eddies or
settled into a sluggish pool and he
begins to die. When the fund of
vitality sinks so low that ne can
follow no labor without such a
draft upon his forces that sleep
cannot restore them, then it will
be soon enough to stop work.
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THE LADIES

Are invited to examine the large and va
ried assortment of Spring Styles in Shoes,
just being received at GErTNGrR & HoKE' S
and embracing everything from house
slipper to fine Kid Button Boot. Prices
guaranteed as low as anywhere in the
land. Queen Street, Boudep Building.
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He SETS TYPE WITH MS TEETH.
HIS ARMS AND LEGS BEING
PARALYZED.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-06-18

Headache, Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness and Constipation, cure d at
once by DIR. METTAUR's HEAD
ACHE and DYSPEPSIA PILLS.
Price % cents.
, 1881-11-25

., . Co. New seriesl. No 81
, 1881-11-25
Mere Forms OF Law.

OHt Ol Tue OlllClilS OF j uSLlce alleV was
the other day called upon bv an old
grayheaded farmer and his wife, to-
gether with neighbor, and outside the
door they hitched an old half blind
horse whose cash value was reckoned at
SO.
You see, explained the old farmer,
''nabur Jones wants to buy the old hoss
ont there, but he wants a bill o sale
signed by wife and l. We want you to
draw up one foI us.
The Justice reached down one of the
printed blanks, filled IL out, and then
said:
Now, you listen while I read this
over and see If 1t is all right. All ready,
now"
Know all men 10y these presents.
That"
Presents, Why. I'm not going to
presel.t him with the hoss!' interrupted
the farmer.
and We don't want any presents from
him. added the wife.
That's all right-only legal form b"
exclaimed his honor. Listen"
County Wayne -first part --
consideration. sum of S25--grant
-bargain and sell--party-
second rart----his executors, admins
trators--.'
i haven't got any executors or ad-
mlnlstratOrs! interrupted neighbor
Jones.
NO; all he's got is wife and two
girls" added the owner of the horse.
All formal mere form, explain ed
/ the Justice, and he went on:
And assigns forever covenant
and agree--defend the same -
heirs, executors and administra-
tors -"
paperI suddenly exclaimed the wife as
she rose up.
Nor l, either" stontly replied the
husband. why, I'd shake in my boots
every time ] met IL cOnstablep
Its all mere form according to law, "
explained his honor. "All bills of sale
read this way"
Looks to me as if it was sort O.
tangled up" said neighbor Jones. The
old hoss Is blind of one eye, and how can
they warrant him?"
"And what has this hoss sale got to do
with his heirs and covenants:" inquired
! the old man.
Il won't sign-I won't have anything
! to do with it," exclaimed the wife, rs she
walked around. We've always kept
! clear of the law, and we haiu't going to
get into no scrape and lose our farm now
not if We know it,"
The more the justice tried to explain,
the bigger the words looked, and the trio
finally walked out. While they were
unhitching the horse, along came II
house painter, and when he had heard
their story he picked up piece of paper
in the alley, pulled out stub of pen
ell and wrote:
1--WE hereby sell this horse to John
Jones for SIS, cash down. We raised
him from colt, and his name is Andrew
Jackson"
The paper was signed, passed over
with the horse, and Us the farmer re-
ceiVed the money he said:
That's all there is to it, law or no
Law, and it didn't take two minutes.
Why, Id tai en- Andrew Jackson back
home and knocked him in the head, afore
I'd put my name to that paper binding
us TO keep on covenanting and agreeing
and assigning and administering a whole
lifetime on one hossn'
, 1881-11-25

When you 90 to Portland be certain aud
visit Isaac Barman. The Clothier, as it is the
only store i'll which you so easily contract for
an outfit and be cure of receiving satisfaction. Or
send your order; state your size and quality Of
goods desired, and if you do not receive them
AS ordered ion't accept them. Address ISAAC
BARMAN, The Clothier, corner First and
Washington streets, Portland Oregon
, 1881-11-25

An observer who considers kissing an
aesthetic pleasure says that negroes. as a
rule, never indulge in it, has heard that
Indians never do, and says that among
the lower classes of white women it is
rarity.
, 1881-11-25

Abell, the Gold Medal photographer will sus
tain his reputation of leading he art when it Is
called into question. His gallery, lG7 First ST.,
seen.
, 1881-11-25

Pfunder's s. s. S. Fever and Ague mix.
tnTe. A sure shot.
, 1881-11-25

Mrs. F. A. Logan, Magnetic Healer, is meet
ing with wonderful success at her pleasant
rooms corner Of Clay and First streets, Portland,
Oregon. Can other physicians say as much.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-27

single scene was a palace front, near which
all the acting went on. The dresses were
faithfully copied from the remains of Greek
art, and were very beautiful They would
have been still more so, if cOarser stutfs had
been used. Our fine cambrics and silks give
to the flowing styles Of antique dress 4 cling
ing and shapeless appearance. But not the
dresses only, but the sandals, the mode Of
wearing the hair and the beard, the orna-
ments, the posture Of the attendants, all the
incidents and accessories of carly Greek life,
showed the most careful study, ami were
historically interesting. There was no illu-
sion you could not for an instant forget
that you Were in the nineteenth century, and
near Boston, and that the hamaxai hippo
siderodromikoi would be waiting for you at
the close of the play, but neither could you
refrain from reminding, over and over again,
the friend at your side, that You were listen
ing to one of the most artistically complete
reproductions of ancient art which the mod
ern stage has ever presented.
10 u stranger in CamDfld9e The play was
not the only thing of interest-the audience
was hardly less so. That a thousand people
could be assembled on the third night of q
Greek play, every one, to appearance, not
only interested, hut absorbed in tragedy
which has hardly single element in COM
mon withmodern thought or feeling, bespeaks
an appreciation Of the fine things of literary
culture which is a significant tribute to the
influence of Harvard on the community
around it. There is probably no other city
in America where the same thing would be
possible. There is, however, a certain mod
est little University city in which Greek
play, presented as this was at Cambridge.
would find no small number of appreciative
and delighted spectators. NJ HR.
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poured over the body as part of the fune-
raj rite. Most of the bones from these graves
crumbled into dust on exposure but many
me implements were found and copper beads
ana copper misunderstanding that this
people had traffic with the dwellers near
Lake superior. Investigation of these re-
mains led to the establishment of two facts
l nat the specimens are more highly finish
ed than others found in Vermont and
that they were made by the people
who built the mounds in the West.
Probably q rowing band of mound
builders came here in the course of
their wanderings. Not in,on Lag to re-
main, they built no mounds For their tenn
pies, in place of mounds they may have
used these lower hills; and it is entirely pos
sible that the primeval forests of Vermont
witnessed those awful rites of the mound
builders, those human sacrifices to the sun
god.
Perhaps other relics may be found and a
fuller history of the far past written New
and strange facts may still remain below the
surface of the earth, and may at any time be
brought to light. At the present moment,
such as ! have described is the archaeology
of Vermont
This instructive and valuable lecture was
illustrated by number of interesting speci-
mems Of prehistoric pottery to which fire.
quent reference was made and which at the
close were examined by many of the listen
ers. A large and cultivated audience was
present and the lecturer was followed with
interest and attention from opening to close
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-27

The man who is Just now the principal
Roscoe Conkling: and under the circum-
Stances a brief outline review of his public
career will be timely. He is now in his fifty
third year. having been born October Both,
1928. His father was prominent lawyer OF
Albany, in which city the future Senator was
born The son did not undertake collegiate
education, but at the age Of Is entered upon
the study of law at Utica. Governor llamli-
ton Fish appointed him District Attorney OF
Oneida County. in 1919. when his twenty
first birthday was six months in the future
When admitted 10 the bar ut his majority he
served for short time as junior partner OF
the firm Of Walker q Conklipg. Mr.. Walker
diving. Nj Conlling formed connection
with Montgomery II. Throap, now Of New
York City. M. Throop attended 10 the
Office business, while Conklng made his
mark at the lar as an advocate In 1898 he
was elected Mayor cf Utica; AMI in the
same wear. when only twenty nine years of
age, Mr.. CoHhling received 4 Congressional
nomination. rs tie successor Of @. i. Mat
tison, Democrat, and defeated Mr.. Root,
Democrat. taking his scat in the memorable
Thirty-sixih Congress. where, however, he
did net take 3 prominent part. In tie
Thirty-sev,nth Congress during whose SEES
sion. it will lie remembered, the Southern
States seeded he went TO the front and soon
b came the acknowledged leader of the
New York delegation in the lower House.
lie desired TO avoid civil war and
announced himself as willing 10 favor
a reasonable compromise on the slavery
question, in order to avoid the inevitable
consequences Of attempted disunion. lie
was finally brought 10 favor the abolition OF
slavery and supported a resolution for the
gradual emancipation Of the negroes, pro-
posing, however, as an amendment,
provision for the payment of these masters
who had remained loyal to the Union.
He was among the first 10 recog
nize Gen Grants merits, between
whom and himself warm friendship
has ever since existed. In 1862 Mr.. Conk-
ling was renominatcd for Congress, but was
defeated, ly the narrow margin of about one
hundred votes, by Francis 5. Herman, who
was afterwards his colleague in the Senate.
In 1864 he was however, again elected and
and also in 1SGG. In that year he was chosen
Senator and took his seat March 4, 1861,
resigning his scat in the House. Since tEcn
he has been reelected twice, and his pres
ent term would have expired March 3, 1850.
of Mr. Conkling's recent political life the
public is pretty generally Informed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-27

The American Board of Foreign Missions
according TO its report for 1850, employs a
missionary force occupying .19 stations and
stations in India, Ceylon, Turkey, Afri-
ca, China, Japan, the Sandwich Islands,
Micronesia, Spain, Austria, Mexico, and
among the Indians of North America, and
consisting of $50 missionaries from the Unit
cd States and f42. natives. Tie latter are
pastors, preachers and catechists Leaving
aside the Sandwich Islands, 213 churches
have mlership of 1900. The educa-
tional work of the board embraces 49, COM
mon schools, with $1,000 pupils special
schools of higher grade for girls, with
1900 pupils and twenty nine colleges, semi
naries and training classes for young men,
with 1860 students. Not less than $500, 900
is wanted to carry on the regular work of the
board, Of which the churches are asked to
give $4,000.
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TIE Conkling Conference in New York,
Sunday, resulted, it is said, in the decision
that Conkling and Plat should be can
didajos for reelection, tlat the campaign
should he opened at once and fought aggres
sirely from beginning to end that there
should he no surrender or compromise and
that the entire resources of the stalwarts
should he brought 10 bear. Accordingly,
Me=srs. Conkling and Plat will go TO Albany
in person TO lead the fight. Mr. Coakling's
presentation Of the situation is said to
have lecn, in substance, as follows: The
sentiment OF the Republican party in New
York, as he believed, had been mis-
represented and misunderstood at Washing
ton and the President had been falsely ad-
viscd, and had acted mistakenly. So heliev-
ing. Mr.. Conkling and his colleague had de-
tern.ined 10 return to the people of the State,
and TO rui at the disposal of the REPRESENTA-
iiVes Of the party the offices they held. If
those Representatives decide that the Repub-
lcln sentiment Of the State was not faith
fully represented in the United States Senate,
they could Send other men there. But the
Senators desired that the issue should he
sguarclY tried 10y the Legislature. Mr. Conk-
liu@ is reported as saying that lac had been
an answering Republican all his life, and
should remain true 10 the party principles as
long as lac lived. Mr. Plat, of course, coin
filpl in Mr. GpuElipu's yipy.S
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sion merchants at Columbia, with whom lie
remained until 1S4s, when he moved to riiil-
adelphia as chief clerk of IL. Il. Cummings
collector of tolls at the eastern end oil Inc
State public works. lie served there ior
three years. In 1850 he entered the service
of the Pennsylvania railroad, succeeding
J. Edgar Thompson as president in 1874. In
1861 he was appointed assistant secretary oil
war, having charge of military transporta-
ton. In 1878 Col. Scott failed and settled
with his creditors in full, although at the
time of his death his wealth was estimated at
seventeen million dollars. The Pennsylva-
MA Company, which manages the railways
west of Pittsburg, embracing four thousand
miles, was entirely directed hy his master
mind
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-27

The RErtnIcAN. oi Nurthcln New OK
are in :, high state Of excitement over the
senatorial contest, and nrr, a might he cN-
rec,ctI. strongly anti Couhhn". At Potstlam,
the other ni.hi an enthusiastic meeting was
held, "A, which, after stirring speeches. rcso-
buttons wcrc.yidoptcd endorsing President
Gariiclds recent course. severely CritiCiSing
thu, of Conkling aud Platt, and requesting
'.our Representatives in the Assembly and
Senate of the State, t. use every honorable
means 10 prevent a reelection of Roscoe
Conkling and Thomas &. I'iatt OF either of
them, and to secure the election of Senators
who will faithfully represent the Republican
party o, the State in its full accord and sym
pathy with the administration of President
Garfield" William Wheeler and Ellis IL.
Roberts were nominated To take the places
of the rcbcllious Senators. The names of
Conklinr and platt were greeted with Kisses.
At Canton n large Republican meeting was
held to express the feeling in regard u the
election of Senators Resolutions were pass
ed with but one disscntn. vote. approving
of the course of President Garfield and con
demning that Of Coul,llng and l'latt, and re
guessing the Representatives, at Albany OF
the district 10 oppose their reelection
a petition 10 The Legislature respectfully
requesting its members mot To elect Ia the
United States Senate either Roscoe tonsllng
or r. C. Platt, hut men who will act IN har-
mony with the President. whose course we
indorsc," is in circulation at Whitehall, and
is TO be forwarded Ia Albany soon. Nine
teen-twentieths of the Republicans in town
would be glad TO sign it, said one.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-27

Hon. J. \. lIubbcll Of the Republican
Congressional Committee publishes his letter
to General Garfield last Summer, the reply
to which the Star route thieves attempted to
prove WAS an application 10 the contractors
for funds Mr.. IIubbcll prcfaccs it with
the statement that his committee was out of
funds and among others he applied to brady
for assistance. Brady had some personal
feeling against Gen. Garfield, but after con-
siderable urging said he would make con
tribuion if General Garfield asked linn TO,
Mr. Ilubbc!l accordingly wrote to General
Garfield and described the situation, and
asked him if he could see his way clear to
ask Brady to give something, as others did.
The letter was as follows
HEADQUARTERS RErUBIICA% toTGEEs|)
-IoXAL COMMITTEE, W4snINGroN, ID.
C., Aug. -, 1850.
P,r~oHai
NV Dear General i am II good deal an
noycd in Interesting friends to aid in carry
ing ON my work in this campaign. Many are
apaihctir. and while they are prOiusc in good
WISHES and ready to encouraged by words,
yet that does not pay printing bills and other
expenses. Gen. Brady, of the Postotlicc
Department, seems To think that You do moi
care for his aid, and is for some unknown
reason inclined Ia be cool toward you. !
am satisfied that, on AN ntlnation from you
that such things would he appreciated, he
would perhaps do something Tor me. In
decd. lac has inimatcd as much tome. Won't
,s.rI.t
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'E'erm>-s..OOa year, always in advance.

TIE Ogdensburg JoUnalis the only lie
publican paper in Essex, Clinton, FRANKLIN
St Lawrence and jefferson counties, y. l.,
which is not squarely with the President ana
against Senator Conkling in the matter oil
the Robertson nomination, and the Journal 5
positfon is not in harmony with the senti-
ments of the great body of its readers. 1t is
a significant fact that these FIVE counties
rave pluralities for Garfield aggregating Il,
1853, or 10 per cent of the net Republican
plurality in the State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-27

Coz. THoNAs i. SCOTT. tlic famous rail
way manager, died, saturday evening, May
21si, at his country scat, Woodbury., near
Darby, Ia. The indirect cause Of his death
was an injury received in Il railway collision
in 1856. As the result Of his injury at this
time his left side was paralylcd and for sev
eral days he was unable to move, and from
that time until his death he las always sui
fered more or less. Col Scott was born in
Loudon, Franklin county, Pa, December IS,
1924. lie was carly thrown upon his own
resources and had little OF no education. In
1913 his brothcr-in-law, James Patton, was
made collector Of tolls at Columbia, ON the
State road, AID Thomas entered his employ
in the capacity Of assistant. About one
year later he was transferred to the employ
Of the Leeches, large warehouse and commits
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-27

OF the five New York nominations with
drawn hy President Garfield but three were
renewed. viz those OF District Attorneys
Woolford and Tenney and United States
Marshall McDougall, of the Northern Dis
trict Henry E. Knox of New York is NOM
mated as United States marshalof the South
ern district, in place of Payn. Mr. Knox is
lawyer a Williams College classmate of the
President Charles A. Gould was named for
collector at Buffalo in place of Tyler The
latter was Mr.. Conklings man for the place
but il is stated that he has cut loose from
Conkllng and will sustain the administration.
The same is said of McDougall. The nomi-
nations look us if the President was looking
more towards Strengthening his wing of the
party, than towards harmonizing malcon-
tents, Just at present.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-27

The most notable fact in telerraphy ever
accomplished in the world, probably, was
the telegraphing, Friday night, of the revis-
ed New Testament from New York TO two
Chicago papers. The magnitude of the oper-
alton may be inferred when it is stated that
the number Of words is one hundred and ten
thousand, or about seventy-three columns OF
the FEEE Press in the type used in this par
agraph. Twenty-one wires were used, nee
essitating, of course, the services of forty
two operators.