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Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-04

fraud as IS proposed In the granting of th1s charter.
 At 1o:46 President Watrous commenced the closing argument for the respondents. In opening he said My friend of the petitioners spoke of volunteer defense and that we were volunteers. I accept the accusation, and I think we are such in the same way that you would volunteer to defend your own property My distinguished friend, Govern or Jewell, and his associates say they want to build new highway. It happens that there is in the statute books law whereby they can open such highway. But they say that won't answer our purpose. Why not? Do you mean business and propose to put your money into this project? Then why not build your railroad under the present law. O, they say, it is too fred tapey." Let us see, said MT. Watrous. He then read from the law to show that there were ampleiprovisions for an honest corporation to build 8 railroad. But the rock upon which these ventures have been wrecked is that requiring that certain amount of the capital stock shall be actu ally paid in cash and sworu to. This the present petitioners seek to avoid by special charter, such as they ask for. They call it fred tapey,' but is it any hardship to require that corporation proposing to build railroad shall put up $500 per mile as an evidence of their good faith that they intend to build their road? They say we are strangers and have no interest in previous Parallel roads. Is this true Let us see. In 1874 company was organized that proposed to build over the same line. That was permitted to die out, and the next, the next, the next, until this new scheme suddenly sprang into existence. And they would have you believe that how ever insincere previous projects have been this one at least is sincere. This one, which is struggling to form, comes here with the same maps and surveys as it's pre- decessor, except that they have adopted new name MT. Olmstead, one of the moving spirits, comes before you and tells you that the people of Norwalk are all in favor of this railroad yet he has never raised money enough in his town to build single mile of this proposed road You will not forget also that General Wilson testified that this very project was offered to him since this charter was applied for if he would pay 12 1-2 per cent of stock to this company. The argu- ment that this referred to the old company is very ''thin." They have not the old compa- nv, nor has it ever been rechristened. I ask you why you should locate road where one has already been loeatedaccording to law.
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by example Of incorporate men:
OF the 4,60S convictions, the total
abstainers numbered jos, the
moderate drinkers 1918, and the
excessive drinkers ] 81.
We take it for granted that the
agents of the Bureau have made due
allowance for the common habits OF
criminals TO assert that they were
drunk at the time Of committing an
offence in order to tighten their sen
fences by pleading a lack of moral
responsibility, and that the state
ments of the offenders themselves
have not been taken without cor
roborati1e evidence. 1t is a pity
the researches the Bureau has made
could not be pushed further. Where
incompetence and crime go hand in
hand il is natural to assume that the
latter is caused by the former, but
In many cases such an assumption
would be incorrect. For absolutely
accurate conclusions as TO the rela-
tons of the two it would be neces-
sary to distinguish the cases where
drunkenness Is the result and not
the cause of the low moral condition
which gives rise TO the criminal in
stinct. This, however. would In
volve an investigation of the ante
cedents of criminals, such as nc
bureau of statistics would be able to
make. We must be grateful for Sc
valuable n body Of facts on this sub
iect as the Massachusetts, Commls
sioners have given US. They slow
= that to the ~ per cent OF eonvlc'
tons for distinctively rum crime:
must be added - per cent. repre-,
sentinr the criminals who were I'M
der the influence Of liquor at the
time of committing other crimes
making a total of 81 per cent. of al
! the crimes committed in Boston dur
ing the year 1880 connected direct
lv or indirectly with the influence
, of LIQUOR. This is certainly a start
ling exhibit. But it is somewha
surprising also to learn that among
the Boston criminals ,l5S were to
tai abstainers. 1t would be sOurc'
, of satisfaction if the battle Of society
against crime could be simplitied In
to an assault on the habit of drink
ing: but it cannot. A man MAJ
sign the total abstinence pledge ant
keep it rigidly, and still be Il grea
! rascal. Temperance and moralit!
are kindred virtues, no doubt, bu
temperance and vice are not Away
; widely dissevered.-N y. Tribune
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TIE SIeNs OF the TINES indicate

TIE signs OF THE TINES lnulca'e
that Temperance has at last come to
the front 70 stay. The question OF
D ohibidon, in one form or another,
l. being discussed to-day in nearly
every State in the Union. The poo
ple are becoming more and more IN
terested and enlightened on the sub
iect. and the time is not far distant
when he, who would aspire to office,
must stand fair and square on this
subject of temperance The object
of this Temperance Department OF
THE GAZETTE is to assist in the great
work, to help educate the people,
and will be devoted TO this work ex-
clusively. No war will be made
apon any Individual, and no person
aIities will be INDUCED in; but the
evils of the liquor traffic and the de-
mands Of the temperance cause viii
be presented in as clear and foreiblt
a manner as it is possible for Ian
guage TO express it.
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Intemperance and Crime.

The Massachusetts Bureau OF
Statistics of Labor, which has done
much excellent work during the
past twelve years, and furnished
students of social problems and
practical legislators a great deal OF
valuable Information, has widened
It's field of labor of late, and in Its
last annual report, just published
goes with great thoroughness into
the question of the influence of in
temperance upon crime. Ii took
up the county of Suffolk at the be
ginning of the year 1880, and
sought by careful investigation OF
all criminal cases brought before the
courts 10 ascertain the connection
between intoxicating drinks and
crime in the five following direc
tons: 4. Whether the criminal
was under the influence of liquor at
the time the crime was committed T;
> Whether the criminal was in
liquor az the time he formed the in
tent to commit the crime 3
Whether the incorporate habits OF
the criminal were such as to lead to
a condition which inducedt the crime
4. Whether the Incorporate habits
OF others led the criminal TO a con
diJiOn which induced the crime
". What were the drinking habits
oil the criminal, whether total ab
stainer, moderate drinker, or exceS
sive drinker. In each of the nine
courts of criminal jurisdiction ia
the county of Suffolk (Which II
identical in lis boundaries with che
city Of Boston, AN agent Of the Blu
reau was stationed 70 make the in
quiries necessary Tor obtaining trust
worthy Information on these points.
The. results are OF great interest and
cannot flil 10 stimulate the advO
Gates OF temperance 10 fresh exer
tions
The total number of sentences for
the year was 1851. o. these
l.. 2s9 were due directly "a ran
causes, the report says ~, 4 be-
ing sentences tor the various grade s
Of drunkenness aud GO for kerpin.
or selling liquor without license
OF the remaining 4,6OS offence
2.O97, or as per cent were cof
mitted BY men under the infiuene,.
OF liquor at the time OF the fnrma-
ton on the criminal inteut IL .@N4
cases the Incorporate habits IF e
Offenders were such as 10 induce .t
nidraI conHfrinn favorable to crime.
ana g 4 ssrs led 70 commit crime
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THE GOOD TENIPLARS'
PLATFORM.

/. Total abstinence from all in.
toxieating liquors as beverage.
H. No license in any form or un'
der any circumstances for the sale o.
liquors To be used as a beverage.
Ill The absolute prohibition o
the manufacture, importation an.
sale uot Intoxicating liquors for such
purposes; prohibition by the wii
,f the people, expressed in the form
ut. ESQ law, with the penalties dy
-rrsei IJr a crime Of such enOrmIN
~. The creation OF q healthy
public opinion upon the subject by
the active dissemination of truth H.
all the modes known to an enlighi-
cned philanthropy.
Y. The election of good, honest
men 10 administer the law.
VI Persistence in efforts to save
individuals and communities from
so direful a scOurge against any
forms of opposition and difficulty
until our success is complete and
universal.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-12-13
TIME OF MEETING.

MoRRIsTOwN LODGE, No. 3, I. o.
of G. T., meets in Good Templar
hall, over w. p. Carriger's drug
store, every Monday evening at halt
past 8 o'clock. The officers of the
present quarter are: Geo. III. Cox,
w. c. P; Ada Thompson, r. ID 3;
Lula Graves. l.. H. S; Mrs. w. Z.
Melvin, w. v r.; ID. Baker, w. -
w. Van Huss, w. f. s; Mrs j.
Brown, W. T.; Rev. W. III. Smith,
w. c.; Geo. Melvin, w. NJ; a. c,
Cox, d. NJ; NJ. w. Cox, ]. e.; Chas,
Mitchell, o. G..
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PROF.. W. PAINE H. D. MEDICAL. AUTHOR AND TEACHER

PROFESSOR I'm
LEADING MEDICAL
COLLIE GEES FOR
OV Err II w Il n IT x
YEARS.
AUT OR O r
THIRTEEN LARGE
POPULAR STAND
ARD wO RK 8 ON
MEDICINE AND SUR
gerry.
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INrENPERAxcE is one of the great.

INTENPERANCE is one of the great
est evils of the age. 1t opposes
social and religious progress. 1t
turns intelligent young men into
thieves and vagabonds. 1t fills our
jails and poor houses. 1t blasts.
ruins and defileS happy homes, and
turns tuem into bells of misery,
strife and want. Is it wise or
christian to tolerate a traffic that
breeds such results? Every sensi
bic man, woman and child answers
no, no, mol
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FULL LIME OF MOrIONsl

Tf girra coi0r- % fllc HOOD,
natural health fifE tome Go
flae digcsfiec 0g-gGas and
nerr0lfs sHsfoDi, waking
fs aDpficdbfe 90 General
Debility, Loss OF Appe-
fffr, ProSfrGei0ra Of Vital
PoaCcra and T1ull0fegacc. Y
AaufrraQrffu ~ ruE n
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mo member shall make, buy, sell
use, furnish or cause 10 be furnished
to theirs, as a beverage, any spirit
uous or malt liquors, wine or cider
aud every member shall discounten-
ance the manufacture, sale and use
thereof in ali proper ways
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TO c N S i NJ PIT E S

The advertiser having been permanently cured
OF that dread disease, Consumption, by sirnpls
remedy, is anxious 10 make known to his fellow
sufferers the means OF cure To All Who desire it,
he wi send copy of the prescription used Gree
If chare.l with the directions for preparing and
using the same. which they win find cure fer
coughs, co as consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis,
etc. PARTIES. wishing the Preeeriltion viii pleasc
address Rev. +. A. Wilson, 194 Penn st " ihinms-
burg, n II may 24-1 yr.
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The Good Time Coming.

The Good Templars are making
preparations for q grand oyster sup
per in the near future. Look out
for n good time.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22
Stories, Sketches, sc.
FAME VERSUS LOVE.
/" 1t cannot be p

at cannot be ~
AS these words fell from Helen
Armstrong; lips she arose from her
seat, on an old overturned boat, and
moved slowly toward the waters
edge.
For moment her companion, a
man Of perhaps twenty five, hesitat-
ed; then he joined her, repeating:
cit cannot be, Helen? Surely you
are not in earnest. You love me,
have you not said it {? and yet you
refuse to become my wife !"
edwin, L"
"You did not mean it," quickly in
terrupted Edwin Bennett, adding =
"Come darling, why should we be
unhappy ?" And he drew her hand
within his arm.
For an instant she let it rest there,
then slowly but firmly she loosened
his clasp, as she said:
"For two years you and l have
been friends. In that time did you
ever know me to change after had
once decided upon anythingf"
"No, but" answered her COM
panion quickly, while she, unheed-
ing, goes on with:
"You know the one great desire
of my life is to win fame as an artist.
Could / do this as your wife 7"
Why not, Helena Would I not
do anything In the world to help
yous came the proud answer, as
Edwin Bennett bent his eyes fondly
upon the fair face beside him.
!" No, Edwin; as d wife [ could
never hope to obtain fame. Mar
riage brings to women so many cares
that there is very little time left over
for other work. should not make
you happy. | should be constantly
longing. for my old, free life.n
" If that is all I am not afraid to
risk my happiness. Helen,v answered
her lover, more hopeful look light
ing up his handsome face.
"Think how for FIVE years. CON
tinued Helen, II have worked with
the one end in view. Ny home, you
are aware, has not been particularly
agreeable. Uncle and aunt are kind
in their way, and have always let
me have my own will about paint
ing, providing it did not cost them
anything. As for love or sympathy,
you have seen how much they have
yielded to mc.p
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22
Poetry,
HARVEST TINE.

We sing of fields when harvest yields
Its bright and golden sheaves,
And sun and rain have filled with grain
The barn from floor to caves,
And new-mown hay, all night and day,
Its scented fragrance leaves.
The early dews, the drows, ewes,
The call of chanticleer,
The sleepy stock, the grain in shock,
The thresher and its gear,
The waving corn, all greet the morn,
Tis harvest of the year.
The breakfast call, to one and all;
The viands spread with care;
The uttered grace, each in its place
Partakes the housewives fare,
And men and beast, at plenty's feast,
Its gathered bounties share
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22

black. Wouldn't it be nice if ba-
by should grow up to be great ar
fist like this Miss Armstrong"
"God forbid, ANNIE came the
earnest reply, followed by let her
grow up to be a true, loving woman
that, is all | ask" The lady's hand
frightened its hold upon the back OF
a settee as the words reached her
ears, but. she did not move until they
were out of sight. Then lifting her
veil she went and stood before the
painting that had won such fame.
Tears gathered in her eyes as she
gazed, and with the words, ~ will
never look at it again." she, too,
I.passed out of the building, and in
her own handsome carriage was
driven home.
Scorn shone in her dark eyes as
they fell upon the costly works OF
art scattered in lavish profusion
about her luxurionsly furnished
apartments. Hastily throwing aside
her wraps, she crossed over to a mir
ror. A very handsome face it reflect
ed. Not looking the thirty years it
had known.
Helen Armstrong-for it was she
had heard Of Edwin Benefits
marriage; heard that he had sue
ceeded in business beyond his most
sanguine expectations; heard that
his wife was one of the loyeliest and
gentlest of women, and that Edwin
Bennett idolized both wife and child
This day she had seen them.
/ Then came the thought that she
might have stood in that wife's
place; she, too, might have had
those baby lips pressed as lovingly tc
hers; but she had put it from her
She had chosen Fame versus Love
If she coald only go back TO that
day on the sands, how differently
llshe would now act.
Turning away from the mirror,
she exclaimed bitterly:
"Too late, Helen Armstrong. AS
you have sown, so must you reap
Florence Rerere Reador.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22
Counting.

While they sat before the fire,
Nothing more did he desire
Than to get little higher,
If he could
And his heart beat higher and higher,
And her look grew shyer and shyer,
When he Sided up close by her,
AS he should.
Then he yentured to inquire IS
1t her sister Jane Marian,
And her ssssstlx<sr and her sire 81
Were quite well
And from time to time be a eye fer,
AS he thought he would like to buy her,
And his bashfulness was dire,
For spell.
Then his husky throat grew drier,
When he told her that the Squire,
To himself would gladly tie her,
If she would:
Might he now go ask her sire?
And he thought he would expire,
When she said, to his desire,
That he could.
-B,trli'agtOn Hdtckeye.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22

DIR. Schlieman is carrying on new
excavations at Hissarlik with the as.
sistance of two eminent German
architects. No fewer than $50 work
men are daily employed in laying
bare the foundations Of the ancient
cities. Two perfectly distinct cities
have lately been discovered in the
burnt stratum, the lower one resting
on the large walls which have hither-
to by mistake been attributed to the
second city. Hissarlik now turns
out to have been Acropolis of this
lower burnt city, this being proved
by the walls and the pottery, as well
as by two vast brick buildings, one
of them 43 feet broad by 100 feet
long, the other % feet broad by less
than 100 feet long. These buildings
seem to have been temples, a separate
gateway, fanked by enormous tow
ers, leading up them. There are be-
sides three or four large buildings,
apparently dwelling houses, but no
smaller buildings. The city walls
now stand out very imposing. They
rest on q substructure oflarge blocks,
thirty-thfee feet high, afterward SUI
pcrseded by great brick walls. All
the treasures formerly found by DR..
Schlieman are now aseribed to the
first burnt city. DIT. Schliemann
has found in the temples copper nails
of a very peculiar shape, weighing
from 1000 to 1,190 grammes. The
second burnt city, being the third
city from the rock, and hitherto
identified with the Homeric Troy,
turns out to have had but very small
houses and no lower town at all. DIR.
Schlieman viii continue his excava-
tions till the beginning of August,
and is unable to present himself at
Oxford, where he was to have re-
ceived an honorary degree at the
forthcoming commemoration.-Lon
don Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22

There are men who will go fishing
and sit from mornings rosy dawn till
twilight's deepening shade beneath
the burning rays of the sun, waiting
for minnow to bite, and seem to.
enjoy it; at least they never utter a
word of complaint. But if they are
required to listen to thirty minutes
sermon, in comfortable church,
they would complain for a month
about tiresome talk and long-winded
preachers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22
Notice To Creditors.

To The Creditors Of Henry P17agi,ag,
deceased:
In pursuance of decree of the Circuit
Court of the County of Berkeley, made
in cause therein pending, to subject the
real estate of the said Henry Pfaging to
the payment of his debts, you are hereby
required to present your claims against
the said Henry Pfaging for adjudication
to John T. Picking, Commissioner, at his
office in the said county, on or before the
31st Day Of July, 1852. Witness, S. H.
Martin, Clerk, this gath day of June, 1882.
4t-iy16 S. H. MARTIN, Clerk.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22

From the French. Two ladies ex-
changing notes on the method in
which they spend the day: "You
see, | always. get up at ten and ring
for my maid, and get dressed"
"How long does that take ~ ".Oh,
ever so long. You see, the girl takes
a full hour to do up my hair" IA
full hourf Mercy! What do you
do while she is fixing it 7" III go out
in the garden. and take my morning
Walk
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22

Whereabouts of the devil: A
clergyman of this city was met last
week by woman who has little rev.
erance' for ther1 cloth. aTen me.n
said she, with benignant smile,
which did not, however, disguise the
acidity of her question, awhy you
close your church in the summer 7
Do not your parishioners require to
be protected 4.om the evil one in the
warm weather as well as in the
cold 2" "Oh, bless your soul, no,n
was the prompt response: "the devil
never stays in town in July and
August; he follows the rest of the
world to the watering places. "-Bos.
ton Courier. no.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22
NoTrICEs

Notice is hereby given, that have
bought out the entire stock of tinware of
James b. Darby, and will continue the
business in all its branches. viii in
crease the already large stock of Stoves,
Ranges, Tinware, &C., and pay especial
attend to plumbing and gas fitting; Give
a .sss, !, SS.sn NOBLE T. FISHER.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22

The "preliminaries . of the occa-
sion had all been settled. That is,
John had asked Julia, and she had
consented. They were sitting on the
front veranda watching for the sable
curtain OF night to part and give
them just one look at the new comet.
!" Oh, by the way, Julia,n said he, a
little neryously, "my income isis
$3.50 now. DO you think we could
live up to itsv Why, John, you
precious, can live up to an income
twice as big as that all by myself
The farewell kiss that night was a
mere mechanical bit of oscillation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22

Henry Keys, who left the Pioneer
Park, Oakland, Cal, recently, play
ed trick by which he realized S65
for forty gallons of water. Wishing
to sell out, he "doetored p barrel
so as to dispose of it as full of pure
whiskey. He arranged in the bar
rel piece Of hose two feet long.with
one end Theoretically sealed. He then
filed the hose with quart of the fin
est whiskey-old, oily, and rich. He.
then fastened the unsealed end to
the faucet on the inside, headed up
the barrel, and filed it with water.
Ready was he for a purchaser for.
" forty gallons of rare old whiskey,n
and Max Marcuse proved willing
customer. Marcuse sampled the liq-
nor drawn from the hose, pronounced
1T good, and bought the barrel for
s6j. After drawing a few drinks
the supply in the hose gave out, and
an examination showed the decep-
ton. In the meantime Keys had
left the town, and he has not been
heard from. Two warrants await
him-one for obtaining money under
false pretences, and the other for
disposIng of fixtures in the Pioneer
Park which are said to belong to the
estate of Michael Reese. Max Mar
cuse is figuring how much TO charge
profit and loss in his ledger for the
purchase OF one barrel, two feet of
hose, one quart of whiskey, and forty
gallons of water.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22

Turned in his tomb: Seance--
Spirit of Thomas Jefferson present:
Question: " Well, Thomas, how have
you been resting since you left us Z"
Jefferson: " Pretty well, thank you.
But / did turn over in my grave
once.n Question: "Why, whenwas
that, Thomas ~ Jefferson: I" It was
when / read the proceedings of the
last West Virginia Legislature"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22

EYES," said country member of
the Legislature, 81 went to that
variety show because / felt snre
there'd be nobody there that knew
me. Darned if pretty near tho whole
Legislature wasn't there.n ll
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22
Notice to Creditors.
To the Creditors of William Small and
Mary Small, has rife, deceased.

In pursuance of decree of the Circuit
Court of the County of Berkeley, made in
a cause therein pending, to subject the
real estate of the said William Small and
Mary Small his wife, to the payment OF
their debts, you are required to present
your claims against the estate of the said
William Small and Mary Small his wife.
for adjudication to John T. Picking. com
missioner, at his Office in the said county
on or before the 31st Day Of July, 1882.
Witness, S. III. Martin, Clerk of said
Court, this Gath day of June, 1882.
6t-jy29 S. Fl. MARTIN, Clerk