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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-07-22
DarkesVilie.

| can spare only a few moments
from the great press Of business,
incident TO vacation, to give a
line from this place.
Every one is busy even to the
loafers. The abundant harvest re-
curing the services of every
available person Of any age, sex
or color, that can work.
We are free from excitement
this week, and the CANNES" are
at rest. $50 mo g it be-" Our
town is so dull W,that an earth
quake would not alarm its people,
or disturb its tranquility.
Some little sickness and one
death, will make up the health
report.
Mrs. Miller, an aged and veneer
able lady, mother Of Mr.. Henry
G. Miller, passed peacefully away
Wednesday morning, leaving a
large circle of friends and relatives
to regret her departure. She was
perhaps, the Oldest person in our
neighborhood, being about Sc
years Of age, and one whose life
had been full of usefulness and
piety. She has gone to her reward
"like ripe shock of grain is gath
cred in its season."
School matters are already
claiming attention and interest
among teachers and school Off
GERS. 1t may be interesting to
the farmer to know that Arden
district has fixed the salary for
the coming term, at $2S for a No.
/ certificate, S26 for No. 2, and
$24 for a No. 8 They also allow
two dollars per month, for max
ing fires &C., of which additional
amount, the teachers can avail
themselves, thus Supplementary
their salary, and making it fully
equal to last term. The schools
of Arden are in prosperous con-
ditiOn, and the affairs are manag-
ed as ably as any district in the
county, showing that we have a
hAOob NASCAA1uU bOaAN'
There are many defects in the
school law yet, which reminds us
Of an expression made to a boy
who wore q short jacket: 1T has
been cut off twice and it is too
short YETI Our legislature has
frequently mended former i'm
perfect school law, and it is still
100 defective. One of the great
defects Of the present school law,
is that they are empowered to APP
point the teacher, which would be
all right if the proper persons for
trustees could always be appoint
ed. But, unfortunately, this can
not always be done, and we are
compelled to endure those who APP
pear to lose sight of their legiti-
mate province, and are governed
by self interests, personal prefer
ences and some time with such
thorough Indifference as 10 great
ly retard the progress and pros
perity of their schools. These
views are now expressed in q GEN.
serious spirit or from any person
al pique, but simply the observa-
tion of many years Of operation.
1t is natural evil whose only
remedy is the appointing power
to be RELOCATED to the Boards of
the several districts, where It once
was.
Some of our oldest residents paid
your city a visit this week-oBe
who had not been there for two
years. His companion came home
in high dudgeou over some insult
or injury, real or imaginary, offer
ed to him while ere--happily
not by any one Of your city or our
county, His anger has been APP
peased and his pulse is nov nor
NAL. 0. N. G.
A ~ rNvnKr AurTNrG IprNTEnV-lS TO
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-07-22

DRUGGISTS TESTIMONY. - III.
f. Mccarthy, druggist, Ottawa,
Ont, states that he was afflicted
with chronic bronchitis for some
years, and was completely cured by
the use of Thomas Eclectric Oil.
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James G. Blaine, Michael @.
Kerr and Samuel j. Randall.
This is the type of men who have
been occupying the speakers
chair for II months before Keller
got in. The contrast seems to be
even TOO much for Keifer's own
district.
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procession on Monday the 10th
inst. lie was an exemplary young
man, beloved aud respected by
all who knew him. NTrNop
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-07-22

A RENovATING REMEDY-ls to
be found in Burdock Blood Bltters.
AS an antidote for sick headache,
female weakness, biliousness, lndl-
gestion, constipation and other dl-
seases of a kindred nature, these
bitters are invaluable. Price 81.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-07-22

How Now ! WHAT is IT ? The
great system renovator is Burdock
Blood Bitters. Try it and be con-
WINGED. Price 81.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-02-25

Mollie's astonishment, she found direct
ed to INV Niece,n in Aunt Remember
cramped, stiff hand. The letter read as
follows:
al do not know which of my three nieces
will get this in years to come-time must de-
eide that; but 1t will be to my favorite. In
which sSoud ks nreseryedfor It il
surrounded by ASSOCIATIONS / have never
spoken Of This furniture occupied my moth
er's best parlor when was girl, and many
naPpy no1rs spent ,Iere mnef fr mas tSs
old parlor, where we spent our evenings, is all
that is left me to remember him by for I sent
back his gifts when ! fooiishly promised to
tn my husband. n hut never 70 have been 6aouv
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The Republican. Party Leader.

In the distribution of the bills to be
reported from the Committee on Appro-
priations Secor Robson will have
charge of that for the navy. This is
the place of all others which he most
desired, and as the chief manager of
Mr.. Keifer's canvass for the Speaker
ship he caused himself to be placed secs
ond on the Appropriations, second on
Naval Affairs, and Chairman on Expen-
ditures in the Navy Department.
Among the multitude of big jobs
which have been nursed for the present
Congress,is one for building up new
navy, estimated at thirty millions to be-
gin with; but which, under the manip-
ulation of Secor Robson and the Rings
that he fifty represents, will most natu-
rally expand into eighty or hundred
millions. During the eight years that
Secor Robson served as Secretary, one
hundred and eighty millions were
squandered and stolen in that depart
ment, almost without show of conceal
ment.
Contracts and patronage were openly
huckstered in the markets of Phiiadef-
phia and of New York to the highest
bidder, and no honest trader had the
r.motest chance of being considered I'M
less he subscribed to the terms of CattelI
and other brokers of official favor repre-
scnting Secor Robinson.
Promotions, choice stations, pleasant
transfers, and rotten claims were pro-
cured through female influence. twas
a long carnival of open venality and rob-
berry. Finally, when holding over for
the coming of his successor, Robson
outraged all decency by awarding con-
tracts for several millions, in fragrant
violation of law.
He left behind him a lot of rotten
hulks, of worthless machinery, and
demoralized service, to tell the story of
an infamous administration, the sole
aim of which was to steal the public
money. Nothing like it had ever oc-
Cured in our history. Investigation
confirmed the worst charges, and when
the proof was about to be submitted to
Congress, Robeson's next friend, Muir
tagh, the proprietor of the Grant organ,
and President of the Police Board at
Washington, was instigated to have Mr..
Whitthorne, the Chairman of the Inves-
tigating Committee, entrapped by regu-
lar detectives into house Of ill-rcpute,
in order to break the moral effect Of his
then forthcoming report. One of the
detectives refused to obey Murtagh's
orders to commit this atrocious crime,
and the conspiracy was thus exposed.
After all the revelations against Secor
Robson, his party stood by him at
home and at WASHINGTON He knew
the secrets of the principal leaders. and
he was familiar with the methods by
which success was obtained. Hence he
was sustained by the machine, and to-
day he is the recognized Republican
chief in the House. He stands forth as
the organ of the party, and, of course,
he intends to utilize it for his own profit.
IN. Y. Sun.
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A Cure for Unrequitted Love.

A curious love episode had its culmi-
nation in court here to-day when Jennie
Blank, a good looking young woman Of
refined appearance, was found guilty of
maliciously breaking the windows of
William H.. Anderson's house. Miss
Blank first met Mr.. Anderson about nine
years ago, and fell deeply in love with
him, although he claims that he did not
encourage her affection. He ceased to
visit her, and she then began to write
him letters of the most touching charac-
ter, but they failed to move him. On
the contrary, he wooed and won another
woman, whom he married nearly year
ago. But this only seemed to excite
Miss Blank to frenzy, and she wrote him
SO many letters that he sometimes re-
ceived five or six of them in one mail.
There was nothing offensive in them;
they spoke of hopeless love; but the sem
timents we're refined and the language
well chosen. Mr.. Anderson did not re-
ply to them, and some time after his
marriage, he said to-day on the witness
stand, somebody began to annoy him by
systematically breaking the windows of
his house. One time brick was thrown
through his store window at three o'clock
in the morning. On another occasion
his enemy apparently made a miscalcu-
lation and sent a stone crushing through
the window of Chinese laundry next
door. Mr.. Anderson placed himself on
watch for the miscreant about two weeks
ago, and discovered that it was his adj
mirer. He saw her take piece of brick
out of tissue paper, send it banging
against his shop window and walk COM
placently away. He followed her to
Fifth and Walnut Streets, when she
turned upon him and said, "Why, Will,
is it you? 1 didn't suppose you had
turned spy" Then he had her arrested.
Mrs. Anderson could not testify as to
the breaking, but said: Il married the
man this woman wanted to marry. She
is in love with my husband and / cannot
help it,
The prisoner took the stand, and il
was only by great deal of ingenious
questioning that the prosecution drew
from her the admission: II raised my
hand as / passed Mr.. Anderson's house
and afterward heard the crash of the
glass" e. That is enough" cried the
prosecuting officer, amid roar of laugh
ter, and Miss Blank, with a face wreathed
with smiles, tripped over to seat in
front of the dock, and Immediately be-
came engaged in an animated converse
ton with strange young man charged
with murder. The jury, after remain
ing out about an hour, found the woman
guilty, but recommended her to the
mercy of the court. Judge Briggs said
that before passing sentence he would
have the prison officers make an investi-
cation as to the woman's mental condi-
ton. Philadelphia Cor. N. Y. Times.
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The Jersey Jacket and Worth Mantle.

The wholesale stores are already busy
with making smaller wraps for the
spring in two shapes that have met with
favor during the winter. These are the
Jersey jacket and the short Worth
mantle. The Jersey jacket is plain
long cuirass made single-breasted, and
with all the seams of the back sewed
their entire length to make the garment
fit closely over the hips and tournure.
This garment follows every outline of
the figure as smoothly as woven Jer-
sey waist would, and dispenses with the
outside pockets, the lappets and buttons
at the back that were the marked feat
ures Of the masculine English walking
jackets. Small buttons, in single row,
fasten this jacket down the entire front,
and the other only trimming admissible
upon it is tubular braid put on in mill
tary rows. The length depends upon
the wearer, as it must be made as long
as she can wear it without wriukling
when she sits, as its beauty depends upon
its smoothness. This design has been in
favor as part of tailor-made suits all
winter, and will be used in the spring in
Cheviots, English homespuns, coach
mems drab diagonal cloths, also slate
gray or gray-blpe, olive, brown and dark
green cloth.
The short Worth mantles for dressy
occasions are made of black satin or OF
camels hair, trimmed with ruff1es OF
the material that are gathered, not
pleited, and with frills of Spanish lace
or the full ruches of chenille. Some un-
dress mantles of Cheviots will also be
made to wear with various dresses.
These wraps have the loose mantilla
front, square sides giving the effect Of
square sleeves, and either one, two OF
three seams behind. The back lies
smoothly on the bouffant tournure, and
the garment is Of even length all around,
falling just below the hips. Such wraps
are now worn of velvet and of moire fig
ured plush to complete costumes of the
same material --Hasper's Rasar. = .'gs
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In Retirement.

1t cannot be pleasantto Mr.. Hayes, in
his Ohio retirement, 70 note the rude
and irreverent way in (which his name
and his Administration are knockea'
about in the Republican camp. So long
as ill-natured assaults on him were con-
fined to the Democratic press. he might
take them as one of the inseparabie &C.
compartments of party warfare, and
bear them with serene composure; but
when Republicans rescue him from has
political enemies to put him through 3
course of still more, savage treatment, IL
must impress him keenly with the van
ity of human honors and ambitions A
few days ago, the Republican press
published, with unmistakable gusto,
some memoirs of the late Senator
Chandler, in which Is the man made
President was held up as an ex-
ample of falsehood. duplicity, in
sincerity and personal and poo
litical treachery-"a man who
is not only morally weak, but has, no
regard whatever for for truth" In this
same publication, spread broadcast in
the land by the Republican press, it is
told that "he drew his salary every
month in advance to secure the interest
upon it," and, "he was so meanly par
simonious that he bought his table sup
plies from the post-commissary so as to
get them at cost price" 1t might be
supposed that the Ohio Republican
papers, at least, would come to the res
cue of the retired Executive, and say
something in defense of the man who
heaped honors so lavishly upon Ohioans
when he was in the White House; but,
instead of this, we have even the Gin
cinnati Gazette talking Of the small
potato rule set up in the Administration
of President Hayes" When Grant re-
tired from the White House, he man.
aged to preserve the attachment Of a
host of friends, good and bad;i but Mr..
Hayes seems to be, of all public men in
the country, the most friendless.-Sx
Louis Republican. nor. 'slgtH
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The Monroe Doctrine.

1t is perhaps not too much to say that
among the cherished legacies which the
Democracy of the ancient regime has
transmitted to the Democrats of to-day
is that which has been embodied in what
is popularity known as the Monroe
doctrine. Its practical application now
to the interests created by the Panama
Canal intensifies the popular devotion
to it and justifies the wisdom which
impelled its announcement. On the
theory that American soil belongs to the
American people, and will not tolerate
an ascendency on any part of it by q
Government inimical to American insti-
tutions. the attitude of the Government
on the Panama Canal issue excites a
widespread interest. 1t may be the
living question of the day. It is GER
tainly the controlling issue in American
diplomacy. But while there is uni
versal adhesion in this country to the
Monroe doctrine, it is a significant fact
that its most brilliant exponent at pres
ent is Republican. 1t came into ex-
istence as Democratic principle. 1t
encountered the opposition of the old
Wings, and was bitterly assailed by
the old Federals, of whom the
Wings were the heir, and the Repub-
lican party of to-day is the rcversiona-
~ legatee. But notwithstanding all
this, Mr.. Blaine has assumed the
championship of the Monroe doctrine,
and having committed the preceding
Administrations to its assertion, has left
the present one hopelessly entangled in
its meshes. 1t is matter of small con-
Germ what were Mr.. Blaine's purposes
in the course he has persued. Whether
he meant to make it Presidential issue,
or was actuated merely by patriotic inn
pulses, it is bootless to inquire. The
fact remains that the doctrine has ac-
quired an unexpected and vital promi-
hence in American politics, and the
country is committed to its asseveration
even if it leads to war. The control of
the Panama Canal belongs to US. 1t
will be protected by the American flag
and defended by American guns. Criti-
else Mr.. Blaine as they will, the En-
glish press cannot ignore the fact that
the assertion of the Monroe doctrine in
America is in harmony with the policy
which gave to England Gibralter, Malta
and Alden, and which in her pursuit of
an Oriental protectorate induced her to
lay violent hands upon Cyprus. The
South American States have for years
been drifting into anarchy. They must
eventually be absorbed by some strong
er Government. The control of the
Canal connecting the two oceans will
control the destiny of the South Ameri-
can States. This is plain both to En-
gland and the United States. When
the moment of dissolution arrives these
countries belong to us; and the practi-
calapplication of the Monroe doctrine
places us in a position to assert our
title. Omaha Herald.
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.PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-"Ah me-" sighed pawnbroker's
wife, "what loan-sum life we lead"
81 don't like that cat; it's got splin.
tiers in its feetr' was the excuse Of four
year-old for throwing the kitten away
Yotakers Gazette.
Silver dollars with holes in them are
painfully numerous, but they are not hall
SO painfully numerous as holes without
any silver dollars around them.
1t may be Notifying young man,
but that moss agate slab you are wear
ing for a sleeve button is not the proper
thing. Have it made over into center
table. and'then buy small, fashionable
cuff Observation-Disclosures Herald. /. %
Z Here is q popular eastern actress.
She has 5000 in diamonds and CSC, OOO
in dresses. Her salary is forty dollars
week. She boards at home and makes
her mother do the work. Economy is
the road to wealth.-SaH Lake Tribune.
] "A surgeon has removed patients
leg above the knee. The subject laments
the loss of his limb. ''Come, come"
says the man of science cheerily, ..you
mustn't take on so. It's all for the best
see, you were going to have q corn on
your little toe"
Z Gus Singsadly is deaf as post.
During one of the cold days recently
friend told him he would freeze his ears
if he did not protect them in some way.
Suppose they do Freeze said Sing
sadly, T" what harm will that do, they re
mo good. Rochester cypress.
Friends" once said clergyman
to number of people who had entered
his church for the purpose of getting out
of the rain, II have often heard OF the
church being used IS cloak for ones
sins, but this is the first time ever
heard,pf its being used IS an umbrella. =
-Reccntly at Los Angeles married
woman eloped with her coachman, in
consequencspf which her husband shot
himself. Thu next day his daughter,
who was also in love with the coachman,
weut'ihsane, while the servant-girl, who
was in turns gone on the defunct hus-
band, tried TO drown herself three times.
We shall get out an extra as soon as we
learn 6f the course taken by the house.
dog in the matter. -Deyyjck Dodd.
Here we have . poet, He writes
for the country newspaper. The paper
does not pay him anything for writing.
He writes for glory. See how pale and
thin he is. Perhaps glory does not agree
with him. At night he walks without
hat to let the starlight soak into his brain.
He never gets full. Nobody ever asks
to. He was not born q genius. At
very early age he fell out Of the garnet
window, and when they picked him up
be was q poet. Poets are therefore
made, not born. This is why fats are
built eight and ten stories high, BROOK
I'm Eagle. :
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4 Howl for Spoils.

Inc success OF ManOne IN securing
the Federal offices in Virginia for his
gang of political free-booters has had
the effectof encouraging q few spoilsmen
in other Southern States to follow his
example. A Washington correspond
ent of the Pittsburgh Post hits off the
relations of the Administration with
these unprincipled office-hunters in tho
following happy style: The ''anti-
Bourbon cry which is coming up from
the disaffected in almost every State in
the South is simply howl for spoils.
They talk. about free ballot, a fair
count, and all that sort of thing, but
there is no principle in it. 1t is any
thing to get the offices. Reputation
may serve the purpose in one State and
something else in another, but it all re-
solves itself into hunt for places. The
avidity with which they rush to the sup
port of every disgruntled politician
and sore head in the South is
proof conclusive that it is any,
thing to destroy the Democratic
party. The end justifies the means, and
it matters not whether Malone gave
the order at the Crater to 'spare no
damned Yankees and niggers," or
Chalmers massacred the blacks in cold
blood at Fort Pillow. or Butler; was the
instigator of the Hamburg massacre Gas
the radicals have constantly charged)
if these men will but seek to overthrow
the peaceful and prosperous rule Of the
Democratic party in their several States.
they are taken into full fellowship and
made, as John Sherman says, speaking
for the Radicals, ''bone Of our bone and
flesh of our flesh" The men who have
been discarded and left at home by the
Democratic party or, for some good
reason kicked out Of the organization,
are at the head of all these revolts in the
Southern States. Had the Joneses and
the Feltons been continued in Con-
gress by Democratic votes there
is no probability that either one of
them would ever have turned ont
as leader of the so-called Independ-
dents in their State. But Jones couldn't
get the Democratic nomination, took
his chances as a Greenbacker, and was
elected, while FELTON,, unable to secure
the Democratic endorsements, ran as an
Independent and was beaten. As for
Ellis. who is still in Congress, repre-
senting Democratic district and elected
as Democrat, he has higher aspira-
tons for place and power than a seat in
the House and thinks he can secure the
prize through revolt. 1t is with all
these as with Malone, purely matter
of spoils, while the radical hypocrites
shout on the housetops about the great
principles that are involved. The DEM
Ocrats here are not alarmed over any
such movements, and instead of fearing
a general stampede in the South to the
radical camp, they hope to redeem Vir-
ginia as soon as the local question of
the State debt is settled, and place her
in the Democratic column In 1884 =
Harrisburg Patriot. ~ 81 4
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Paul Brandt, book-keeper and
solicitor for the Colorado Journal, was
attacked with the prevalent transitory
mania, and embezzled 81 900 from tho
company. He then severed his con-
nection" quite abruptly. His depart
ure is thus gently referred to by. q
home paper: 1.-The general impression
among his former friends is that he will
stop while in San Francisco, unless
something should occur to call him
back to Denver. His journey, whittier
soever he goeth, is not SO much of .
pleasure trip as it is matter of bust
ness, and the further he goes the more
he will grieve."
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THE NYGHT WIND.

Once when the night-wind clapped its wings
And shook the window bars and roof,
1 heard the souls of battle kings
Drive by in clashing proof
Sometimes, n runic strife IL kept,
OF winter nights. in sleeted trees;
Or underneath the caves IL crept-
A swarm of murnuring bees.
Or, now, wild huntsmen Of the afr
In hollow chase their bugles blew, s-.t.
While swift DER wood aud hilltop barc
The shrillvoiced quarry flew.
Sometimes heard OF lovers flown,
Safe, under ward OF storm and night,
To where, in sylvan lodge, there shone
A taper kind and bright.
These things the night-wind used to tell,
And still would tell, IL might hear;
But sorrow sleeps too sound and well
To lend q dreamful ear.
Edith NJ. Thomas, IN Century Magazine.