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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-04-02
Falling Waters.

Tae reads are again knee deep.
Navigation is open on the canal.
Hay is scarce and brings a good
price on the canal.
Farmers were just ready to b5-
gin blowing when the hast snow
fell.
The saw-mill at this place Is do
ing good business cutting from
1900 to 2000 feet Of lumber per
day. AS
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03
GRAND SPECIAL SALE.

with my brethren like the towering
oak, and my proves was known
throughout the nation. Now | bow to
the wintery blast and hump myself
with vigorous and unanimous hump.
My eagle eye is dimmed. The feet
ness of my limb is gone. The vigor OF
my youth is past. | do not shout now
to my warriors, for the cliffs and rocks
refuse to answer back my cry, and it
sinks away like the sad moan of the
low-grade refractory mule. When my
brothers 60 forth to shoot the swift
footed ranchman as he gambols OH the
hillside, | cover above the camp fire
and rub mutton tallow on my favorite
chilblain through the still watches of
silent night Warriors, yearn for
immortality. The white father has
said that over there the life is one of
blissful uninterrupted editorial eX-
cursion No intlammatory rheumatism
can ever enter there. want to be
copper.colored angel and out-tly the
boss angel of the whole outfit. | want
to see Pocahontas and other great men
who have climbed the golden stairs.
| want something to eat so as to sur
prise my stomach. | want long pc
riod of rest and soul destroying mac
tivity. Warriors, my sun is set. |
have lost my grip. My features are
sharpened by age, and one by one my
ahite teeth have resigned, till but two
are left and they do not seem to match
by an overwhelming majority. | can
not inasticate my buffalo tripe or even
relish my tarantula on toast as once
could. Ny twilight is fading into even
ing and the day is gone hear the
crickets chirp in the dead grass and l
know that night is at hand. Far away
upon the gentle winds | hear the COO
ing of the Colorado tom-cat, and the
thump of the lid as it misses the cat
and strikes with a hollow mournful
sound upon the corral. A few more
moons and you will meet, but you will
miss me. There will be one vacant
chair. The veal outlet and the water
melon of the pale face hold out no in
ducement to me. The circus and the |
ice-cream festival will miss me, for |
shall be far away in the ether blue
where the wicked cease from troubling
and the weary are at rest. shall be
reveling in more eternal rest than |
shall know what to do with. Farewell,
my warriors. Make my humble grave
low in the valley where the wild column
bine and the Rocky Mountain flea can
Chamber over my last resting place,
and carve on the slab above my head |
the name of Observation-Disclosures
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES o.
the cross-eyed-caterpillar-
neutrality-suspicious.
pale-face-p who-advertises-to-
hold Observation-Disclosures.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03

A female representative of Erin
with a market basket on her arm
paused at the counter Of an egg mer
chant, and after pricing some of hi;
stock, asked if they were good. They
are nothing else answered the man
blandly. Then she rolled out a dozen
or two Of them, took up one, broke ii
and threw it away then another and
another. What do you mean?" ex-
claimed the astonished dealer, arrest
ing her in the act Of smashing the last
egg. "Mane" she said, didn't yez
tell me they were good Bad luck to
we then, how should know it unless |
be after thryin' thim?"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03
BE Wise and Happy.

If you will stop all your extrava-
giant and wrong notions in doctoring
yourself and families with expensive
doctors or cure-alls, that do harm al
ways, and use only natures simple
remedies for your ailments, you will
be wise, well and happy, and save
great expense. The greatest remedy
for this, the great, wise and good will
tell you, is Hop Bitters-rely on it.
See another column. 251w2.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03
SambO's Wager.

Colonel Lamson relates the following
incident, which occurred before the
war:
He wa, travelling through Georgia
on horseback, and on certain occa-
sion he came upon an old darkey,
mounted upon mule, with a sack of
wool behind him, which, it seemed, he
was taking TO town to have carded into
rolls for the spinning wheel.
BY the roadside, at the point where
the colonel overhauled Sambo, large
hog was roofing away in the soft sod
roofing, and grunting, and throwing
the dirt around promiscuously.
The mule was inclined to be afraid
Of the hog, or, ut all events, he refused
to pass the spot.
"So-woah Stan still, you tarnal
critter! Now git, git alang--'lang |
say.
And the old darkey pounded and
thumped but all to no effect. At
length he took a milder and more per-
suasivc course.
Come, | say, git alang, can't you ?
Yah-now I'll bet we sumf'n t / git
YOU by. III bet you a fi'penny! Now
git"
Either the mule had expended his
obstinate spirit, or the persuasion of
the rider moved him. for at length,
with a toss Of the head and q flirting of
the tail, he pricked up his ears, and
SHE'D by the grunter.
eli! Yah, yah What | tole you,
ole fellow? Golly, dc fi'penny's mine,
suah It's mine, and I'll hab itw
The colonel, anxious to know how
the darkey expected to gain payment
Of the wager from mule, rode up and
hailed him.
We'll, Sambo, you won it, didn't
you?
Hi. Mast'r, 5 dat youy Eth! I
sartin did win it, yaas."
"And do you expect the mule will
pay up?'
"Ha! Golly, he's got ter do it. He
can't help hisself"
How will he pay it, pray"
"Sha III tell you. Ye see, ole mas'r
he glib me ten pence for ter buy corn
for de mule when we git ter dc mill :;
an now III jes glib de ole brute FIVE
pence WORT ob corn, and fivepence he'll
pay me. Dere you are, mast'r. Let
dis snow flake Tone for takin' car OBJ
hisself"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03
NO HUMAN AGENCY

Can 50 speedily, permanently and economically cleanse
the blood, clear the complexion and skim restore the
hair and every species OF itching, soaly and
scrofuous humors Of tho skim scalp and blood tho
Cuticura Remedies consisting OF Cuticura Resident
the new Blood Purifier and Cuticura and Cuticura
Soap the Great Skin Cures. Ask your druggist about
them. Right here in this town you may find oviden-
ces Of their wonderful healing powers
For sunburn, tan and greasy. skin use Cuticurs
Soap an exquisite toilet bath and nursery sanative
fragrant with delicious flower odors and healing bal
sans
Cutcura remedies are for sale by all druggists Price
of Cuticura, Medicinal Jelly small boxes so cents
large boxes ST. Cuticura Resolvent, the new Blood
Purifier, 81 per bottle. Cuticura Medicinal Toilet
soan 81 cente Cntioura Medicinal Shaving Soap, II
cents in bars for BARRIERS and largo consumers, Doc
Principal depot,
Weeks g. Potter, Boston, Mass
rTAll mailed free on receipt OF price.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03

why couldn't respectable, intelli-
gent women sell goods by sample as
we'll as men p asks correspondent.
ut wouldn't be any harder work to 90
from town to town with samples than
to stand behind y counter or run a
sewing machine" But what lady could
endure to be called drummer What
lady would travel by night after work
ing all day. What lady would swag.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03
An Aged Indians Lament.

In recent number Of his Boomer.
ang, Bill Nye thus discourses;
Warriors, ! am an aged hemlock
The mountain winds sigh among my
whithered limbs. A few moro suns
and shall fall amid the solemn hush
Of the forest, and my place shall be
vacant. / shall tread the walks of the
happy hunting grounds and sing glad
hallelujahs whore the worm dieth not
and the 6re.water is not quonched
Once / was the pride of my tribe and
the swift foot Of the prairie. stood
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03
A Startling ReveIa.
ton Of Suffering!
ION, mig God, HO,c i
Did Suffer-!
~ Earnestly Prayed God to Die ~
IT have been afflicted for twenty years with

have been afflicted for twenty years with an
i obstinate skin disease called by some NJ ID 4
Psoriasis, and others Leprosy, commencing on nv
scalp, and in spite of all could do with the HELM of
the most skifu doctors, 10 slowly but surely extend
cd until year ago this winter il covered nv ontlre
person in form OF dry scales For the last three
years | have been unable TO do any labor and
suffering intensely all the time Every morning
there could be nearly q dustpnnful Of scales taken
from the sheet my bed. some of them as large ms
the envelope containing this letter. In the latter
part OF winter my skin commenced cracking OPEN
tried everything, almost that could be thought of
without any relief. The 10th of June started Wost
Detroit, and so low thought should have 10
go TO the hospital but finally got far rs LlnsinQ
Mich, where had q sister living. One DR. treat
ed me about two weeks, but did me no good All
thought had but short time TO live. earnestly
prayed TO die Cracked through the skin all over INV
back, across my ribs arms hands, limbs feet badly
swollen toe nails OIL finger nails dead and hard
as bone, hnir dead dry and hieess old straw o.
my God how did suffer.
''My sister, Mrs h. IL. Davis had small part of n
box OF Cuticura in the house. She wouldn't give up
said: we will try Cuticura.' Some was applied ON
one hand and arm Eureka there was relief; stop-
ped the terrible burning sensation from the word 90
They Immediately got the Resovent, Cutioura and
Soap. commenced by taking one tablespoonful of
Resolvent three times day. after meals; had bath
once day. water about blood heat: used Cuticura
Soap freely; applied Cuticura morning and evening
Result returned 70 my home in Just six weeks from
paper.
HIRAM =. CARPENTER.
Henderson, Jefferson Co, N. y
Sworn 20 before me this 18th day Of January 1880.
A. III. LEFFINGWELL,
Justice of tho Pence.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03

ger around bar rooms telling anecdotes
Of her various love affairs? What
lady on meeting rival drummer would
spend two hours in trying TO pump him
us to his proposed route, and then skip
a city to cut into his trade What
lady, after being kicked out of one es-
tablishment for persistence, would pick
herself up cheerfully and skip into
another.-N. Y. World.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03

No one knows who invented the fash.
ion in society of turning down the
corner of a visiting card; but the fash,
ion of turning down the corner Of a
street was first invented by the man
who owed small bill to the editor he
saw coming.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03
Druggists Praise Them.

owe always recommend Malt Bit
ters."
ga perfect food medicine"
"Best nohrishing agent we know oil"
"Women and children take Malt
Bitters."
"Overcome nervousness and sleep
lessness."
mot vile rum bitters."
"a perfect renoyater of exhausted
nature"
"Most successful medicine in the
world. August.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-03
J,BEA.URER's NOTICE.

j
N0tcr IS hereby given ,ha. the undersigned,
Treasurer of tla city OF Aptna, viii receive the tax
roll for General city and highway tNNc, 9r the year
1851. Friday July a., ana the same viii Doe retain
cd by liu ioc i1Ity days heicaiter That tulng the
hI-ttvcL,y days OF su4 forty days, ssi! treasurer
vI receive u ta&Cs assessed thereon without the Nd-
ditiuu 1t ruy commission or per Ccntagc tol coiec-
ton tngt during the remaining twenty days OF sald
forty days, persons paying taxes Will be charged one
per cent. additional on their assessments ana that
after the expiration OF SAID forty davs said roll Will
bJ returned TO the Comptroller Of said city who Will
euusc TO bc made out copy of so much OF said as
-l-smcut roll as shall be duo and unpaid, adding
haJoon such per cantage shall have been hNed by
hs Common Council Tor the collection o. such taxes
lr ssmuut5, not exceeding four per cent Ana
chat within ton days thereafter the suid Treasurer
viii receive said mentioned Ioll, aud proceed 70 col
,ct and receive taxes thereon assessed up TO the last
saturday in October next.
Notice is further gwen, that tho said Treasurer Is
not required by law TO call upon the persons assessed
upon such Iol, demand the payment of such taxes
r. WESfROPE,
City Treasurer.
Office in Alpine block corner Second and Chisholm
streets.
Dated, Alroua. July f., 1851
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NEWSPAPER WORK.

| tNew York Cor. Baltimore Sun.l
Perhaps il might bc interesting TO
some of our readers to know about
what is paid to the writer's on the New
York press. Not to make it personal,
/ may say there are four men on the
New York HearaId who get O,OOO a
year each. There arc hulfn dozen who
get 800 n week, and the working edi-
tors, those who handle dispatches, etc..
get about $40 per week, working only
five nights in seven. The news Wri-
! tcrs are for the most part paid accord
ing to the space they supply, but they
are not dependent upon that for re-
muncratioD. Should they have no
work to do, there is Il liberal time of al
lowanco that secures them fair salary
OF itself. Bat it is poor week, even
for the average space reporter, when he
does not make at least $50. ! have
known them to average 800 per week
for four months mt n time. But let no
one suppose they do not work for that,
and | have one instance in mind OF q
man who made &245 Il week as an aver
age for two months. You can imagine
that he had unlimited space to fill II he
could, and easy work in the pursuit of
the news itself. But even then he had
to write three and n half columns .
day every day in thc week, and l fancy
there are few men who care for much
Of that sort of thing say for two months
or longer. In giving these figures ~
to space work for writers l speak Of
either tho Times, Sun, Herald or
World. l believe the city departments
| of all these papers are operated upon
the space syetem, the obvious intention
Of the plan being to open the columns
for all news that comes from any relia-
bic source. The district of territory
embraced in the city department, and
for whose news the city editor alone
is responsible, extends for miles In
every direction, and has Il population
of four and half million souls. 1t
includes all Of Long Island, with
Brooklyn of course; the northern part
Of New York State for seventy five
miles into the Interior, 50 as to take in
the city of fPoughkeepsies, Staten Island
| aud the city, with its varied interests
arising from a population Of one and a
quarter millions relidcnts, and a quar-
| ter million residents, and one half of a
mill ion of visitors every year. To con-
! duct any of the city departments of a
great New York daily requires about
$500 week, in which there is not
included any expense belonging to
composition or any other department oi
| the paper.
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TO LEARN HOW TO LET 60.

There is II lesson, only learned as w
grow old, which lightens materially
the burden which was borne in earlies
years. 1t is tho lesson to let 20, d
leave hold, to give up. 1t IS a leeoou
very slowly and very hardly learned,
through n discipline which may wei
be called heart-breaking. I am NOT
thinking now of the leaving 20 or
hold upon those who must go before -
irom this world, but only of the csasinR
10 hold, or what we think we hold, q
our protecting grasp those who xasR
50 out from us, who must 60 away.
You You iancled you must keep your chilA-
dren always about you that you couRo
not live unless you had your arm Geo =
speak) round them all that they could
not live unless this were so. Even
when one and another must 70 90
from under the roof, you seemed attn
to be keeping your hold of them stfQ
directing what they should do. You
had to learn to let go. You could not
keep your hold +; 1t was needless; they
did not want you odo it. 1t is natufG1
to desire to keep in your hand all that
you care for. l remember we'll hoV
one who, after many years Of moAest
means, suddenly succeeded to laRDa
| fortune, was bewildered on learning Ia
l
these scores OF thousands were luvestoa,
and said earnestly, "I wish had 1t aAl
! tied up in n bag and put under NJ
pillow" So would simpie-mind01
parents keep their children under ~
paternal roof. or coarse, 1t cannot be;
and you must be reconcfled, as you 90,
to your boys being far away. 81 have
them in every corner Of this world" q
Worn mother said to mo the other day
speaking Of the boys aud girls Of q
great household which the last few
years have scattered wide; "I did net
think 1 could have lived; but you sss
am living after ALL" The words were
said with n very sad smile. Yes, yoa
are never forgotten, certainly never for
single day. 1t remains strange tlset
the bright face has gone out from yoUr
door; and that going about your vosa-
cations you never can meet, In the
familiar ways around, the hopeful pre-
sence, nor hear the pleasant voice, The
letters from a distant country are we'll,
aud you make much of them:
but no page that ever pen travelled
over can look ut you like tho kindly
familiar face, like tho glistening eye.
Still, you go out icheerfully on the dag
which brings the Australian or Indian
mail and You learn gradually that
| they can do without you, eau stand
wcll on their own feet now, have got
out Of your charge and care. Yoa
have let them go. Perhaps it was fall
ing to a lower level when you did 80.
But the burden is a little Iightened.
You have not so much to do as YOU
once thought you had. Possibly you
never were doing SO much as you vain
| ly fancied.-Fittsef's dkttyasi,te.
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JEFF DAVIS IN PARIS.

Yesterday, writes the Paris cores
pondcnt of the Tribune, Sept. %, / met
jefferson Davis. lie said that in the
presence Of Gen. Gariicds coffin he
was unable TO say bitter word or to
feel aniuo5ity against. any portion. .of the
American Union. The cX-prcsidcnt Of
tho Southern COnfcdcracy Is an un-
obtrusivc elderly man Of fncthodicai
habits and simple tastes. lie appears
to avoid angcring topics, and is rcti-
cent in giving his opinion about the
leading men Of the South who plunged
with him into the terrible adventure
in which he was worsted. jefferson
Davis and Gen. Mcclellan, who is also
now here, have found themselves face
to face III II hotel parlor, and cXchang-
cd words of courteous greeting. Gen.
Mcclellan il on very friendly terms,
hear, with the princes Of tho Orleans
family, and has received iiattcriug
marks of attention.
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w. w. Farmer,
COUNSELLOR IN LAW AND Equity,
Attorney at Law & Solicitor in Chanccry

MONROE, oUAcT'fTA PARISH, oufSIhSA,
Has resumed his profession as Counselor,
to which he will devote careful attention !;
and will invariably require payment for his
ddUice. Has also resumed his profession as
Attorney and Solicitor and VIII practice in
the United States District, Circuit and Su-
preme Courts, and in tho State District,
Circuit and supreme Courts; in all classes
of cases, law, equity, probate, criminal and
bankruptcy. "A new bankrupt lar will be
adopted in 1881 Will make the mainten-
ance of Ualid and the annulmcnt of Wcyui
tax titles Il specially. Will devote his per
sonal attention to his cases and all his tim @
to his profession, as his sole business, to the
exclusion of all other occupations and can
not be engaged or retained in any case with
out fee, contingent, secured or cash
August IS, 1881,
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Even Goldsmith has bcfnoancd the

Even Goldsmith has bcfnoancd the
trouble his graceful periods cost him.
"i;vcry onc,' he once said bitterly,
"writcs better because he writes faster
than L." The account given by Rous-
scau of the labor his smooth and lively
style cost him is so curious that we
shall let him tell his own tale: "My
manuscripts, blottcd, scratched, inter
lined, and scarcely lcgible, attest the
trouble they cost me. There isnot one
of them which j have not been obliged
to transcribc four or five times before
it went to press. / could ncverdo any
thing when placed at It table pen i'll
hand; it must be walking among the
rocks or in the woods; it is at night in
my bed, during my walSetuf hours,
that | composc-it may be Judged how
slowly, particularly for man who has
not the advantage OF verbal memory.
Some OF my periods I have turned Or
returned in my head for five or six
nights before they were fit to be put to
papcr.'
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This Academy has been long established
and successfully conducted. 1t is mainly
preparatory School for the University Of
Mathematics and i'll the Ancient and Mod
ern Languages, including the English, is
necessarily very thorough.
The Location is one OF the healthiest and
most beautiful portions Of Piedmont, Nir-
ginia, under the Blue Ridge and near the
Rapidan River, and in an Intelligent and
highly refined community, with Churches
of various denominations convenient.
The Buildings and Grounds arc cXten.
sivo and attractive, and specially adapted
to the purposes of a Boarding School.
Tho Session begins the Third Monday
IN September, and closes Third Thursday
in June.
Tho Terms are 5000 for Il session of nine
90 months, for every expense except
Clothing, Text Books and Medical Att on
dance.
Patrons preferring it, Board at reasonable
rates can be obtained in private families il,
the Immediate neigl1borhood.
For sons of Ministers of the Gospel, the
Tuition Fee of 5000 is remitted.
This is Il Private School, and under the
absolute control of the Principal.
For further information, address the un-
.dersigned at Locust Dale =. o., Madison
County, Virginia.
ID. Il. BOYD.
As Principal.
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Talbot Stillnlaau.

A TToRNEY AT LAW. MONROE, La.
O,tachitn. Aforehouse, Icichlaa,t, and Frank
lin, i'll tho Supreme Court of the State,
and in the Federal Courts. Will take
claims for collection in all other parishes in
Louisiana, with privilege of managing
Same in connection with attorneys residing
there. August IS, 1881.
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D0Mli4IrY.

DR. ST.. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfully
offerslis professional services to the
citizens of Monroe and surrounding coun-
try. Having an experience of fourteen
years in the practice, he feels confident Of
giving satisfaction in all branches of his
profession. Is willing to warrant all work.
Office at residence on Jackson street, near
the Female Academy, Monroe, La.
v7-mar16:1Y
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G. J. BOATNEls.

G. ]. BOATNER. NJ. J. IL DDELL.
BOatmer d. Li<ldell,
4 TTORNEYS AND COUNSEI.LORS AT
the Parishes of North Louisiana, in the
Supreme Court at Monroe, the Federal
Courts, and in the Land Office Department
OF the General Government.
Onice fronting northeast corner of public
square. January 3, 1879.
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John H. Din kgrave,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
II Office opposite Court House. Practices
In all the Courts Of North Louisiana also
in the Supreme Court of tho State and the
Federal Courts: All claims, including COT
ton claims, will receive prompt attention.
Land Office and Pension matters attetided
to. March %, 1870.
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John N1clCncry,

ATTORNEY AT LAW & LAND AGENT,
No. 9 Carondelet ST., New Orleans.
r AND BUSINESS at the Land Offices i'll
IL New Orleans and Washington City at
tended to. Agency for sale and purchase
OF Plantations, Farms and unilnproved
lands solicited.
Major J. G. Richardson is associated
with Mr.. McEnery in tho land business,
to which he will give his entire attention.
January g, 1881.