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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-27
The Shenandoah valley.

NEAR ~'rIeAUsBURG. Aug y -
This part OF the VaiirN o: Nir-
GINA vas trss explored Dv 4 lex
auder SpoftsWc06. one If ~, Cow
eraor5 of Virginia. iis va ne
of the first who crossed the nuyuu-
tain and made Known thp beauti-
fm vnlieys beyooh. On his return
1r presented each OF The compau-
ions of his journey with 4 gold
horseshoe as lnemento Of their
expeditions.
fDtre is, az far as .cenery Is in
The question, the most beautiful
part vi TIE valley. 70 tHe east pf
Us towers the MassanuttGn, and
just beyond Still higher range,
the Fort mountains, and at the
base Ofihe mountain runs the sill
very Shenandoah. Moonlight on
the Shenandoah has become "a
worthy suffice; for the artists pen
Gil. Fer several mites the valley
pike rcu5 along the banks Of the
river, ana the fertile Iieids reach
Ing as far as the eye can see, is
sig III pleasing alike 10 cDsnopo-
lite and farmer.
Strausburg, a small town Oh the
banks Of the Shenandoah, has not
made as rapid strides toward im-
provenlont as some OF lis sister
towns IN the valley Some of The
suburban residences near Strau3.
burg are very handsom One of
the number, the home Of George
+. Hupp, which was destroyed by
fire last winter, and said to have
been one CT the handsomest resi-
dences in the valley, has been re-
built as nearly as possible like il
originally was. Half a mile east
Of Strausourg, Fishers Hill looms
up before you. During the late
war Early's army was defeated at
this place, and rctrealed zip The
almost perpendicular sidsa Of the
mountain, crawling on hands aud
feet, grasping trees ana rocks 70
help them on. Early's retreat was
followed by Sheridan'5 advance
up the valley, ana it was at this
time that he laid the c0un r. 80
bare that a crow flying over it had
to carry lis rati0nS win hig.
Remnants Of old breastWoFks are
still visible near Fishers Hill.
Tit old stone miA that stands at
its base was buiIt in 1872, AID
still older structure, the Saapp
homestead, built in 1875, stands
near it. This part Of the valley
suffered severely during the war,
and il will take years yet 70 enac0
entirely the reminder, of that Sc.
we're struggle.
The climate here is delightful.
While you OF the city and town
are painting with the severe heat,
we are enjoying the cool for st
breezes and the sleepy murmur OF
the river as it slowly glIdeth by"
For good old-time hospitality,
commend nae to the Shenandoah
people. Seldom have we been so
cordially received and so heartily
welcomed as among the old fam
lilies o. this vicinity. There is
total lack Of that formality which
IS the great bane of the metropolis.
Talk about your first-cIass hotels;
not one Of them can boast such
table as any one of these Shenan-
doah county farmers. There is a
great deal of quiet, unobtrusive
wealth among these good people.
and il will be with sincere regret
that we shall bid them farewell.
Lest l should weary your pa
tience | will bring this prosy epis-
tie to a close. Your valuable paper
has been an agreeable visitor to
me here since my absence from
home. $. A III
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-27
Horrible Deaths.

THREE LITTLE CHIEDkkN OF A
POOR WIDOW DIE BY ACCIDENTS
THE SAME DAY
a widow living near President,
Venango county, Pa, with three
children, was a few days since af-
fected by succession OF most terri
BILE accidents. She was preparing
dinner, and sent the two older Chill
dren to hunt for eggs. They were
very young, and one OF them put his
hand in a hollow log to search for
eggs, but pulled IL out, saying Il
chicken had bit him. The other fol-
lowed the example. and jerksd the
hand out with y scream. They had
both been bitten by q rattlesnake.
The poor mother, hearing their cries,
took pot OF boiling potatoes from
the fire, SO that they might not burn
and hurried out. Almost instantly
she was recalled by the screams of
her infant, who had crawled across
the floor and upset the scaldiDg wa
ter over himself. Almost distracted,
she knew not what to do but help
arriving, all that could be done was
done, but human help was unayail-
ing, and by night the poor widow
had lost all her little family and was
alone in her sorrow.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-27
THE RAILROAD EXTENSION.

In our correspondence it will be
found that President Kennedy, OF
the g. V. Railroad, with assistants,
are busily engaged in settling the
damages along the line of the route
of the Martinsburg & Potomac Rail
road for the extension to Winches-
ter. 1t really looks as if the road
would be constructed, and that the
people of that section of the county
will insist that the subscription of
Berkeley county, as voted by the cit
liens, shall be faithfully performed.
AS matter of pure equity, it seems
right that if they wish this extension,
they are entitled to the issue of the
bonds, as they have for years been
taxed to meet the interest and pro-
vide sinking fund for the amount
already investe on the northern side
Of Martinsburg. 1t does seem sin
gular that contract, partially COM
pleted, can be plead in bar of the en-
tire performance of the original de-
sign of the expressed wishes of the
voters. 1t is an interesting question
in which those who have the finished
part of the contract are likely to OPP
pose those on the unfinished end,
and the problem 10 as 10 whether the
law overrides equity.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-27

THREE LITTLE CHIEDkEN OF A
POOR WIDOW DIE BY ACCIDENTS
THE SAME DAY
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-27

Proposals have been invited for
the construction Of a portion of the
Richmond, Allegheny and Central
Ohio Railroad in West Virginia.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-27

THE time for holding the State
Fair at Wheeling has been changed
to the week commencing October
10th, on account of the Pittsburg
Fair which begins at the time origi-
nally fixed, October Sd.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-27
BLOWS COMPOUND SYRUP
OF HYP0PH0SPHITE3

the inventor viii refer to tie medical gem
tlemen whose letters are attached hereto.
Extract from a Letter
LYNN, Mass March l, 1876.
Nessrs FsLLows Co, St. John, N. B.
Geats; have Ir,saribed your syrup
bellows Lypoplosphitesl, in my prac-
lice, for some hundreds Of patients, where
its use VAS Indicated, with quite satisfac-
tory resUls.
j a. NcABTHGR, NJ D.
30 south Comm St.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-27

THE next meeting of the Wool
Growers Association of West Vir-
ginia, will be held at Clarksburg,
September It'll.
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HEAR WHAT PEOPLE SAP WHO HAVE TRIED THE MERITS OF
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-20
TALL Stories of Old Age

From Brazil comes a story of mu-
latto women having died at the age of
1o7 years. Just as the Goth was Clutch
cred to make Roman holiday" so this
unfortunate Old colored lady seems to
have been killed to furnish forth a
newspaper paragraph. This is Il pity,
because she would have answered the
purpose just as well in a couple of hun
dred years time, it the newspapers
telling the tale could have had patience
to wait. She is said to have lost her
sight at the age Of 100, but to have re-
covered it somewhat later. Her death
was brought about by a fail from a
bench, SO that there is really no know
ing how long she might have lived if
the Brazil paper had not arranged the
fatal fall. The subject of longevity is
always being disputed, some persons
being credulous of all sorts of wonders
and others being as skeptical as the
late Sir G. Cornwall Lewis. The case
of the Brazilian mulatto is put in the
shade by that Of one Johannes de Tenn
poribus, who, according to Stow, died
IN the year 1O14, at the age of SCI
Unfortunately, that was not an age of
statistics, and marvellous statements
were supplied. A native of Bengal is
said to have died in 1866 at the age of
800; bat here again distance or place is
as important an element as distance of
time in the other instance. In 1858 a
native of Evercreech, Somerset, is re-
ported to have died aged 200. In the
latter part of the last century death at
the age of l75 or thereabout seems not
TO have been uncommon, but as we
come nearer to our own times the rec
Ords are fewer, until now we are oblig
ed to 60 to Brazil for striking instance
of extreme age. The moral would ap-
pear to be that if in a time of registra-
ton and research this class of wonders
has become extinct, the former state
ments with regard to them were myths.
Perhaps life was so dull in those slow
times thata man put his sensations into
figures, and thought ne had lived two
hundred years instead of seventy
liverpool Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-20
A Spider Draws up Mouse by the Tail.

A very curious and interesting spec.
tacle was to be seen on Monday after.
noon in the Office of Mr.. P. G. Clever's
livery stable in this city. Against the
wall of the room stands tolerablv tall
desk, and under this a small spider,
not larger than a common pea, had
constructed an extensive web reaching
down to the floor.
About 11:30 o'clock Monday fore
noon it was observed that the spider
had ensnared a young mouse by pass
ing tilaments of her web about its tail.
When first seen the mouse had its hind
feet off the floor, and could barely
touch the floor with its fore feet. The
spider was full of business, running up
and down the line, occasionally biting
the mouse's tail, making it struggle
desperately. Its efforts to escape were
udavaillng, and the slender filaments
about It's tail were too strong for it to
break. In short time it was seen
that the spider was slowly noisting its
Tictim into the air. By two o'clock in
the afternoon the mouse could barely
touch the floor with its fore feet: by
dark the point of its nose was an inch
above the floor. At o'clock at night
the mouse was still alive, but had made
no sign except when the spider descend
ed and bit his tail. At this time it was
an inch and half from the floor.
The next morning the mouse was
dead and hung three inches from the
floor.
The news Of the novel sight soon be-
came circulated, and hundreds of peo-
pie visited the stable to witness it. The
mouse IS small one, probably less
than half grown, measuring about one
and one-half inches from the point of
Its nose to the root of its tail. How
the spider succeeded in ensnaring it is
not known. The mechanical ingenuity
Of the spider, which enables her to raise
a body which must weigh forty or fifty
times as much as herself, has been the
subject of much comment and specu-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-20
Daniel WebSter'e Descendants.

A correspondent of the Washington
Post gives interesting details of Daniel
Webster's descendants. He SAYS
"Daniel Webster had but three chill
dren-Edward, Fletcher and Grace.
Edward, who never married, was killed
III the war with Mexico; Fletcher, who
was killed at the first Bull Run, mar
ried Miss Caroline Story White OF
Salem, Mass; Grace, married Samuel
Appleton of Boston, Mass. The chill
dren of Fletcher and Caroline were
Daniel, Ashburton, Grace, Julia and
Carrie, Daniel died childless in early
manhood; Ashburton died unmarried
in 1877; Grace and Julia died before
reaching maturity; Carrie, the widow
of James Geddes Davis died at Marsh
field, Mass, on the 10th August, leav-
ing no children. Thus it will be seen
that there is no ineal male descendant
of Daniel Webster who bears his name.
Mrs. Fletcher Webster is now lying
quite low at Marshfield, grief-stricken
for the loss of her last and favorite
child. The children of Grace Webster
and Samuel Appleton were Samuel,
Daniel, Carrie and Julia. Daniel died
childless from the effects of severe
burn; Samuel married a daughter of
the late General Ambercrombie, and
now lives in Massachusetts; Carrie
married Mr.. Newbold Edgar of New
York, and after his death Colonel
Jerome Bonaparte; Julia married Mr..
Armistead of New York. AS these
children with the exception of Daniel,
still 1.-Two If will ha coon +bo+ III oro oro
two granddaughter and one grandson
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-20
TIE RETURN 0FTHE DEAD.

A year she had slept the sleep of the dead,
When the young wife rose from her narrow bed
She woke from her sleep with yearning love
For the husband and child she left above.
NY little son was but ten days old
When | came to lie in the churchyard mould.
My arms had held him but once to my breast
When they laid me here in my lonely rest,
And my husband dear-woe worth the day.
lie wept and wept when they bore me away.
., might see him once more in our home,
q might but once in his presence Gomez
Might l rock our babe IN his cradle bed,
Then would | come back and rest with the deadn'
Her prayer was granted Through stone and
through clay,
BY the might Of her love she forced her way.
With yearning love and with trembling fear
She has fitted across the threshold dear.
Unseen and unheard she wendell her way
To the chamber aioft where her young son lay.
Like a cloud she brooded above his bed;
lie shuddered and smiled at the touch of the
dead.
and now must l comfort my husband dear,
And dry the eyes that have wept for year"
Unseen she stands with her hands on the door
lie thinks not he knows not, | hear him once
more"
Aud the gentle tones of his low tuned voice
Made her dead heart beat and her flesh rejoice.
Full well she knew ey'ry word that he spake-
Twas poem Of love that he made tor her sake,
And though she lay buried a year and q day
She liyedin his mem'ry for ever and aye.
lie gave her the sweet name he called her in lite;
She listened and heard how he murmured My
wife,"
And vowed to be true to eternity.
% faithful beloved, thou thinkest Of me-"
Unseen she drifted through panels Of oak
And stood in his presence, nor breathing nor
spoke.
o God, what a sight her dead eyes meet!
And closer she gathers her winding sheet.
fair young girl by her husbands side,
And her he Is calling his dearest, his bride.
The dead is forgotten, thrust out Of his life,
And now has he welded another young wife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-20
At the Restaurant.

''This is the porterhouse, is it?" asked
the sad passenger, sitting at the corner
table in the restaurant. eyes, sir
said the waiter, with the weary air of
man who was tired of having to tell
the same lie thousand times a day,
"porterhOuse steak, sir, same as you or
dered." "Do you cut porterhouse
steak from between the horns this
year?" asked the sad man, with the in
tonation of a man who wanted to know
'SIr?" said the waiter. at seemed to
be q trit1e tenderer last year," the sad
passenger went on, with the air of q
tired man INDUCING in pleasant remin-
iscences of the past, "but [ remember
now; it was cut a trife lower down
then. Last year you cut your porter
house steaks from the curl in the fore
head, and the sirl0ins from the shin,
but [ think this come from between
the horns. [ used to live in a boarding
house where they, cut the porterhouse
between the horns, and this one re-
minds me of them. Animal dead this
steak came from? Dead" echoed
the astonished waiter; course, sir. He
was butchered, sir" "Butchered to
make a Roman holiday" sighed the
sad passenger. Gle would be more
likely to make a Roman swear. Well,
it was time he was killed. He hadn't
many more years to live on this earth.
All, here is the brass tip from one of
his horns. Dropped into the steak, no
doubt, while you were slicing it off.
What do you do with these steaks when
the guests are through with them ?"
The waiter looked puzzled. "Why,
sir" he said, ''there amt nothing left
of 'em when customers gets through
with 'em sir?" 'Possible?" said the
sad passenger; "what becomes of
them ?" The waiter looked nervous.
"What?" he said; "the customers eat
them up" The sad passenger looked
up with an air of interest. "Incredi-
BILE" he exclaimed; Cannot accept
your statement without proof. They
may hide them under their chairs, or
secrete them in their napkins, or they
may carry them away in their pockets
to throw at burglars, but [ cannot be-
lieve they eat them. Here, let me see
one Of them eat this and | will believe
you. Trust me, good waiter, /"
But the waiter pointed to a placard
inscribed Positively no trust" and
went to the cashiers desk to tell the
boss to look out for that man 1T the
corner table, as he didn't seem to be
satisfied with his steak and had asked
for trust.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-20
fARSON BIGGS.
A Man who Passed q Terrible Night.
Little Rock Gazette.

Little Rock Gazette.
The other day Parson Biggs, an old
time preacher from 'away in the coun-
try" paid his first visit to Little Rock.
He went to the residence of old Squire
Muckle, who at one time had lived in
the parsons neighborhood. The squire's
family were exceedingly glad to see the
parson, for years ago he had taken of
his saddle at the 'squire's gate; had
eaten corn-bread and cabbage with the
family, and had sung and prayed urtil
the boys, who had plowed all day, fell
asleep. After singing the old familiar
songs, and praying the old familiar
prayer, the squire conducted the par
son to the bedroom designed for the
rest of the good old servant.
"What do call this" asked the par
son, regarding with an air of interest
a mosQuito-bar suspended over the
bed.
"Why, that is a mosquito-bar.'
"What account is it?"
'"To keep off mosquitoes"
Brother Muckle, | thought that you
were too sensible a man to give way to
these town fixins. You told me that
when [ came to see you we would have
a revival Of the old days. Now you
want to hang that thing over me. Take
it down, please. I'm afraid that the
vanity that I've alters heard lurked
about these towns is taking hold ofyou.
The bar was taken down and the old
man blew out his candle, which he al
ways carried in his saddle-bags. with a
puff" and retired.
The squire and Mrs. Muckle slept in
an adjoining room. They had been in
bed but a few moments when Mrs
Muckle remarked:
"What was that nOise~
"PoW-pang! !" came from the adjoin.
ing room.
II don't know what it is" answered
the squire, stuffing the corner of the
pillow into his mouth.
"Slap" came from the next room
did you hear that?" exclaimed Mrs
Muckle.
It's nothing" said the squire.
Something is shaking this bed, Mr.
Muckle."
"Slap, slap !"
$50 in there and see what's the mat
ter with the parson, Mr.. Muckle."
"Chuch, chuck, chuck" was all that
Muckle could say.
"You act like a man that hasn't got
any sense. You'd lay here and see q
man die in the next room"
Chow can I lay here and (chuck
see a man in the (chuck) next room
The doors shut and the lights out"
"Slap, bang"
"You must go in there, Mr.. Muckle'
"Why don't you go?"
''Think I'm going into a mans room
All right; if the old man dies it AIM
my fault" and Mrs. Muckle turned
over, and Muckle chuckled himself tc
sleep.
Next morning when the parson ap
peared at the breakfast table he pre-
sented a swollen appearance. His face
was covered with bumps, and his hand:
looked as though they had the nettlt
rash.
II lay there and fit them things al
night" he said solemnly. 'Reckor
you'd better put up that thin-lookips
Sheet" and bowling over his plate, he
said: Gracious Lord, make US thank
full for these, Thy many blessings"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-20

months since I first commenced using that OIL
on my horses. and l shall continue to use it.
happened TO commence using ST. JACOBS OIL on
horses in this way: Ny father is over eighty
years OF age. and is subject to many of the
ailments incident to old age Among other
things he has Rheumatic attacks pains in his
limbs and joints and aches in, different parts of
his body. He commenced using ST. JACOBS On
several months since and after rubbing himself
freely with the liniment night and morning ac-
cording 10 the printed directions he obtained the
most decided relief Whenever he has any pain
now ne uses ST. JACOBS OIL and it always drives
the pain away. Now fully know from personal
observation that Hhdt Is good fer man as good for
beast. Further reports bring the gratifying in
telllgence that Aristdes Welsh, Esq. of Erden-
helm Stockholm, near Philadelphia. Pa the
breeder Of that famed racer, IroquOis above rep
resented, uses and strongly endorses ST. JACOBS
on as a wonderful remedy in its effects upon his
stock Ills experience with the Great German
Remedy justified him in giving his unonolifed
Endorsement of it, and III saying that his chief
groom should always use il on the farm. ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-20
Rescued BY His Daughter.


An elderly gentleman and his daugh.
ter, residents of an interior town in
Pennsylvania, came to Atlantic City a
few days ago, and feeling that a hotel
where they could enjoy the sight of ar
ocean from the house, as well as enjoy
its cooling breezes and engage in boat
ing and fishing as we'll as bathing
would add to their enjoyment, engaged
rooms at the New Inlet house. Satur-
day morning they started out for a
bath. The old gentleman was feeling
poorly, and did not care to go in the
turf, where the breakers were rolling
heavily. They procured bathing suits
near Massachusetts avenue and walked
down to a point near the hotel, between
the inlet pier and the lighthouse. Here
the water appeared to be calm and the
surf looked pleasant and safe. This
however, is not the bathing ground
and while apparently smooth and calm
is the entrance to the inlet, and the
shifting bar makes the spot a treacher-
Gus one and not desirable for bathing
purposes. They entered the water
and the young lady, who is an expert
oWIL4u1C11 III LAW, 81 S1duudGS VI Gn6
well-known natorium, enjoyed he1
plunge in the surf hugely. She pad
died around her father, and both felt
that they must leave the water, and
the girl said: "Pap, I'll swim out a
few yards and return to you" She &C
cordingly dashed out few yards, and
on her return was surprised to find hel
father was nowhere to be seen. AS she
looked around for him she suddenly
saw him floating face downward some
distance from the shore. Swimming
rapidly toward him, she seized his in
animate form and drew him ashore
Alone and unsided she drew him on
the beach, and then her natatorium
education came into play, and by
means of her acquired knowledge she
was able to restore him to conscious,
ness, and he was presently able to re-
turn to the boat-house, where they
both exchanged their clothing and re-
turned to the New Inlet house. At the
personal request of the young lady, hel
name and that of her father are sup
pressed.