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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-11-10

Daisy hammered away at her dolls
head till she broke it open TO see what 1t
contained. It was empty. Her mother
had carelessly told her that the heads of
of dolls and people contained the same
kind of filing. That afternoon when
her big sister was entertaining her beau
in the parlor, Daisy rushed in and as
tonished the bashful young man with
the startling announcement: II know
what you've got in your head. IL i
stuffed with air. Mamma says SO.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-11-10

A Virginia judge has laid down the
broad legal principal that an elopement
is not necessarily felony.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-11-10

Julia A. Moore, the sweet singer of
Michigan, has disposed of 1000 volumes
of her poems.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-11-10

TenDyson smokes clay pipes, taking q
fresh one every day.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-04-04
Religious News.

DEATH OF AN AGED MINISTER. -
We learn from the Crescent, that
Rev. Daniel Engle, of the Z. B.
Church, a highly esteemed citizen
of BraXton county, recently died at
the ripe and honored age of seventy
years. We hear this aged minis
ter spoken of as one of the good
men of all that cou~try
Bishop Perterkin expects to visit
the Episcopal Church in Hinton,
God willing, on Thursday, May 10.
Public cordially invited, = Repu6ii-
can.
The ladies of Trinity P. e.
Church organized last week an aid
society, and named it in honor of
their Bishop-the George PeterSin
Circle. > Herald (Moundspitie,)
JANE LEW, W. VA, Mar, II, 'S3
To the Churches of the Broad Run
CIV. Va.) Baptist Association;
AS no church called for the Broad
Run S. S. Convention for 1888, and
the officers being appointed a Com
mittee to fix place Of meeting, |
hereby ask any Church or school
wishing to entertain the Conven-
ton to correspond with me at once
on seeing this notice. The time of
the meeting is Wednesday and
Thursday before the End Sunday
in June, 1883.
GEO. A. WooFrER, Prcs't.
Jane Lew, w. Va.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-04-04
Court of Appeals.

Among cases recently disposed
of by the Supreme Court, were the
following
A. f. Mathews VS.. Miller and
Quarter, from Kanawha county;
appeal was allowed bond $500.
A. S. Crisis VS.. Aaron Crisis ct al.
from Harrison county; appeal al
lowed bond 5000.
Cover VS.. Porter, Ohio county;
appeal was allowed bond $3.50.
Hale VS.. BABYLON, from Richie
county; writ of error ann suppressed
cas- was allowed; bond 5000.
Rose et al. VS.. Miller and Doug
lass, from Jackson county; opinion
by Snyder; judgment of Circuit
Court affirmed.
Hoult ct al. vf.Donahue ct al. from
Doddridge county; opinion by Sny-
der; decree Of Circuit Court revers-
ed and injunction perpetuated.
Vinal, Receiver VS.. Gilman, from,
Wood county; opinion by Green;
judgment of Circuit Court affirmed.
w. Va. Trans. Co. VS.. Ohio River
P. L. Co.; petition for prohibition
refused, the Court being of the opin-
ion that prohibition is net the prop
err remedy at this time.
w. Va. Trans. Co. VS.. Ohio River
Pipe Line Co.. petition for writ IF
error refused as perratu-ely pre-
sented.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-04-04

sons home on Spruce Creek, Gil
mer county, Sarah Rhodes, the
mother of James and Washington
Rhodes, who are well known resi-
dents of this county.
Mother" Rhodes was born in
Harrison county, Virginia, before
the formation of this State. Ores
cent.
NETY.STx.-The Crescent gives
an interesting account of the life
and recent death of Michael
Stump, of Calhoun county. at the
age of SO years. A list is given of
father Stump's descendants, num-
boring nearly 200.
KANAwHA MINING. There are
in Kanawha county, $500 coal
miners in the several mines located
along the kanawha river and C. Il
%. Rail way. About 500 ia Put
nam and 1900 in Fayette. The
completion Of the Davis Creek,
Fields Creek, Cabin Creek, Paint
Creek and Morris Creek Railroads,
branches of the G. & O. Rail
road wall add probably 5000
miners to this list. These branch
roads are nearly all about COM
pleted. -Huntington Advertiser.
AFTER THEM At time of going
to press, we have information from
Grant Court that about 20 indict-
ments were found by the Grand
Jury, chiefly for misdemeanors 6
of them against man named Lew
is and 2 against colored man for
selling spirituous liquors without
a license. -Keyser Tribune.
HALF DoLLAR.-The Clarksburg
Telegram tells us that daughter
Of Mr.. j p. Kester, recently swal-
lowed silver half dollar, which
had to be taken from her throat by
a surgical operation. The diff
cult work was successfully done by
doctors Morgan and Howell, and
the little girl bids fair to recover
HOBBS DEAD.-The Charleston
Daily Leader reports the Death of
Sergeant Hobbs, referred to in an
other column, under Clinton
Hints"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-04-04
News Cuttings.
Arrests during 1882 :

Arrests during 1882;
New York City, 1863; drunk
and disorderly As, 1872 females, 49,
9S2.
Philadelphia, 1929; drunk and
disorderly 26,205 females, 9,431.
Boston, % S97; drunk and diaor-
derby, 1888; females, 1923.
San Francisco, 25,509; drunk
and disorderly, $4,000; females D.
$40.
Chicago, 31,713; drunk and dis
orderly, 10, ALB females, 4,119.
A praire fire on the sheep farm Of
| G. A. Croker, fifteen miles from
Arkansas City, Ks, on Sunday last,
destroyed about l 400 sheep.
The Virginia Hot Springs have
been sod at public auction for $780,
600.
The late VIM. e. Dodge left the
National TEN perance and Publica-
ton Society $4,000 by his will.
The total of his benevolent requests
aggregate $4,000.
COOP News FROM IowA.-The ar
gument for a rehearing on the Iowa
prohibitory amendment was begun
before the Iowa Supre ne Court
March 81.
The anti-amendment counsel,
Messrs. Bliss and Wright, filed
motion to strike out petition for re-
hearing, because the parties had
settled the case by paying for the
beer ia controversy.
The court overruled the motion
on the ground that there was a
public as well as private phase to
the case, involving great public in
terests; the court could not permit
the private settlement of the con-
troversy to take the matter out of
court, 50 as to prevent the disposal
Of great moral question; that the
real purpose Of the case in the out
set was to test the validity of the
amendment; that the court was
unanimous that the argument
should proceed.
After "a running fire of debate for [
IN hour as to the right Of the court
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-04-04
Prohibition Advancing.

Prohibition has become a matter
OF business with the Missouri Pa
clfic Railroad company. Inyesti-
cations of disasters which have
been alarningly frequent of late
years, show that in many cases
they were due to the Use OF intoxi
cants by the railroad employees and
the vmpany has NOW issued pe
rcmptory order that no one WHO
uses intoxicants at all, either
while on or off duty, shall remain
IN its employ. This at first might
seem as severe rule, upon the
principle that what one does wi lie
off duty, is no concern of his en-
ployer. But the company has
learned that intoxicanls are too
dangerous to be dealt with quail
fiedly and hence they deal with
them unqualifedly Evening
News.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-04-04

to determine the legal validity of
constitutional amendment, a post
ponement of argument was granted
to the first Monday in April at the
Davenport term, to be taken up on
the first day of the term.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-04-04
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN,
WEST VA. NEWS AND NOTES.

BRAKEMAN KILLED.-Mr. C. w.
Towels, brakeman on the Hemp
field Railroad, while engaged in
shifting cars at the Little Wash
lngton depot, caught his foot in
some timber, causing him to be
thrown under the wheels, resulting
in his legs being terribly crushed
and mangled, causing death in a
short time. His remains were
taken to his home at New Salem,
Harrison county, where he leaves
a wife and two children.
FACTORY BuRNED,-The Alpine
Woolen Factory situated three
miles from Bcrkely Springs, and
owned by Mr.. William G. Catlett,
was entirely destroyed by fire, re-
Gently. The grist mill attached to
the Factory was also DESTROYED by
the fire. Mercury.
Over ore hundred new coke
ovens have recently been put in
operation at Hawks Nest, w. Va.
MAN SHOT The Mountain Her.
aid says, while a guard was keep
jng quarantine over a small -pox
patient at Faulk ner's Mines recent
ly, Henry Vance, a miner, in at
tempting to pass, got into a strug-
gle with the guard, and was seri-
ously if not fatally shot.
BETTER STAY.-The Point Pleas
ant Register says:
"A colony of forty-eight persons
from Jackson and Roane counties,
left Ravenswood on the Andes, on
her last trip, for Minnesota"
SHor.-The SucJon Mountaineer
says:
son last Friday evening, Mr..
Levi Brady, young man about
u years Of age, went out hunting,
and few hours afterward was
found lying on the ground with
bullet hole through his head. It
was believed to have been acct
dental.
We understand the Anderson
Band Fair, which closed Wednes-
day night, Melted something over
&275,-Piedmoa dispatch.
Col. Woodford and Messrs. Jas. G.
and Andy Mertz, re-
turned recently from Chicago,
they purch ased 100 head Of
cattle. = Weston Democrat.
The Democrat says:
"W. l.. Stevenson, a prominent
lawyer of GraEtsville, died last
week"
OLD TYLER AkGvE.-We are ad-
vised that Tyler county will bridge
Island and McElroy creeks
near the mouth Of McElroy, at Il
oest of about $4,000.
TUcKBR Toor-St. George is
now blessed with g brass band and |
you can hear the n1elodious toot on |
.very side TUCKER Pioneer.
NEW RIVER RMLRoAD.-Traius
are now running from New River
Bridge to Pocahontas, the terminus
II the railroad down New River
CONDUCTOR KILG.ED.-Mr. VIII
'on Haw thorne, a freight conductor
IA che C. & O. Railroad, slipped
lnGifell between the cars while GO
ng down Allegheny mountain,
me anile west of Callaghan's sta
ion, recently, and was Instantly |
.illeE.
De. CHArMAN's DEATH. = DR..
,hapuan of KeyscG, whose i'll
less WAS noted in last weeks Dis
atch, ceied on Sunday evening of
,neumenia. The doctor was well
nd faaarably known lie Piedmont,
,eyser and surrou ndiRg district,
nd all will regret to hear of his
cath. lie was member of the !
.merican Legion of Honor, of Key !
er, from which his widow will de- :
i've beMeGt of two Thousand dol :
IRIS. He was also Mason and :
as buried with the honors of that 9
der in Philos Cemetery, on 2
Tednesday afternoon. = Piedmont :
i$patch. 9
AGED NISErg-FIvE.- Died, on
70 01th incf M old a1o of har q
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-04-04

1t is not Fanaticism, but Facts
that is turning the world upside
down on the Temperance question
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-04-04

AGED NISErg-FIvE.- Died, on
The Oath inst OF old age, at her
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-23

the moneyed interests by 25 the literary,
professional and scientific interests by 81,
the official interests by 113, the railway
interests by 113, the trading, commercial
and manufacturing interests by 155 and
the labor interests by two members.
The church of England has an income
of G4,525, 900. OF this, episcopal and
cathedral officials receive G3i2,5 81. The
patronage of 1862 benefices, with an in
come of Ct, ,513, ,O92, is ecclesiastical and
collegiate that of Si5, with an income of
E297, 1876, belongs to the executive and
that of 1921, with an income of e., 49,
S5S, to private patrons.
The statistics Of pensions are curious.
Ten thousand pensioners draw f5, 1876, ,551
per annum from India, and $50, $50 pen
sioners receive from the taxpayers of the
United Kingdom more than $1,000, 900
per annum. OF these latter recipients of
public charity, many are nourished by q
grateful country because Offices which
they have held have been abolished. Tho
blue ribbon of the pension list is held by
D. B. Heath. This gentleman has re-.
ceived since 1Sl7 f3100 per annum. In
the same year a pension Of fll45 per an
mum was granted to W. t. n. Champ,
the office of "chaff wax" whatever that
may be, having been abolished in that
year.
In 1882 the public expenditure was GS5,
5G9, ,7S4. Of this, f29, ,665, ,0i5 was spent
in interest on the debt, Ell, 400, ,5S5 on
the army, and G10, 75G, 453 on the navy,
1885, 900 on the war in South Africa,
$500, 900 on the Afghan war, and f7O, 200
on Notifications.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-23
Club Life.

A Russian paper publishes An article
which gives IN idea of social life in the
little provincial towns Of Russia. 1t re-
lates to regulations published recently by
the directors Of the only club existing in
q town in the government of Teheringoff.
The regulation contains the following
directions
LIST. 1t is forbidden to enter the club
with tarred boots.
ID. Merchants are forbidden to fire.
qucnt the clubs with the clothing which
they wear ordinarily, these being impreg-
mated with divers disagreeable odors
such as fish, leather, tar, etc.
Sd. People must present themselves at
the dancing soirees in suitable dress, that
is to say, made out of black material.
ith. In case Of bad weather, when the
streets nre muddy, all the members of the
club and the habitual guests are required
to wear galoches Ill order not to soil the
planks.
9TH. The coat is strictly the dress 70,
the evening soirees at New Years and
Easter whoever shall present himself il
a velvet jacket or green cravat will be lia
BILE to fine Of II rouble, one tiftieth OF
which amount will be appropriated to the
payment of the musicians.
9th. Gentlemen are expressly forbid
den to blow the nose with the curtains
during dancing soirees whoever shall bt
caught infracting this rule will be igno
mlniously driven from the club.
7th. 1t is forbidden to smoke during
dancing soirecs in the apartment of til,
ladies every infraction will he punishe,
by fine Of % copecks, which sum vii
serve to purchase rice powder and COLOGNE
water for tine ladies'.
Sth. 1t is forbidden to dance the can
can during the quadrllles, or in general
to depart from the bounds Of the pro
prietics.
9th Henceforth cavaliers must us
the "merci" to thank their ladies' after til
dances, and the expression, "epasib
vani," (the usual Russian expression TO
thanking will be no longer tolerated.
10th. 1t is severely forbidden to be
come intoxicated 50 far as to depart fror
the bounds of decency, us is practiced II
present If II case occurs, the bar tender q
the club, who shall have served the drinks
will be punished by Il fine of three rouble
for each person intoxicated, and these fine
will be appropriated to the founding of
library.
llth. Quarrcling and breaking up tn
game i'll playing cards is interdicted.
18th. In case of a quarrel ut billiards
it is forbidden to strike ones partne
with the billiard cue, under penalty of
fine Of 40 copecks for each blow. Thi
fine will be devoted to the payment of til
secretary's pledges, etc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-23

Ia little green cradle, high mp on q tree,
There hunga wee bit OF baby
50 small and so high, had you been there to see,
You wouldn't have noticed 1t may be; .
But the wind rocked II lightly, the sun kept 1t
warm,
And the cover gave it shelter from heat and from
storm.
Aud the months hurried onward till chill grew the
air,
And the gay cOlored leaves new about here and
there
Whenever the 1tful winds blew.
And me queer little cradle, which then had grown
brown,
one bright day in Autumn came tumbllug down.
"Did 1t hurt the wee baby 2" Oh, no, not at all
For fell on The leaves with bouad
Rolling over and over till, down by The
wall,
1t came to a hole in the ground
And good mother earth took the little brown heap
And wrapped II up warm and then rocked It to
sleep.
'What ihen9' well, the baby slept on and slspi
All through the cold wlniry weather,
Till the robins got word tbat the snow drifts were
gone
And the sparrows oil came back together;
Then the wee baby pushed Its inqutsltye head
From under the blankets right up out OF bed.
When it saw the sun shining and felt the warm
glow
Otis impulse. without and within,
II SAID to Itself "If I'm ever to grow
Why, now Is the time to begn'
And well, II KEEP growing and growing 10 be
This canopy DER us-thls stately oak tree.
by Mary II, Wh"i.r.
Pittsaeld, y. Il.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-23

from the Popular Science Monthly fo- march,
The nuthropoid apes are n somewhat
taciturn race, but chimpanzecs muir
muir of affection is very expressive, and
quito different from his grunt of discon-
tent. sick ang-outang sheds tears.
means piteously, or cries like pettlsh
child; but such symptoms are rather de
ceptlvo, for the orang ms well as the chm
panzee, is great mimic, not OF men only,
but OF fashions and pathological condi-
tlons. Two years ago | took temporary
charge OF young chlmpauzee who was
awaiting shipment TO the Pacific coast.
HIS former landlord seemed to have in
dulged him in apenchant for rummng-
ing boxes and Golfers, for Whenever at
tempted to circumscribe the limits of that
pastime my boarder tried to bring down
the house, metaphorically and literally,
by throwing himself upon the floor and
tugging violently at the curtains and bell
ropes. If that fnlod to soften my heart
Pansy became sick. With groans and
sobs he would lie down i'll a corner pre-
pairing to shed the mortal coil nnd adjust
ing the pathos OF the closing scene TO the
degree of my obstiuacy. One day be had
set his heart upon exploring tho letter
department OF my chest Of drawers, N !,
after driving him offseveral times, lock-
ed the door and pocketed the key Pan
sy did not suspect the full meaning OF my
aot till he had pulled at the knobs aud
squinted through the key-hole, but when
he realized the truth, life ceased to bo
worth living he collapsed ut once, and
had hardly strength enough left to drag
himself to the stove. There he lay, be
moaning his untimely fate and stretching
his legs rs if the rig0r mortis Ind already
overcome his lower e1tremities. Ten
minutes later his supper WAS brought il,
and directed the boy to leave the basket
behind the stove, in full sight of my
guest. But Pansy's eyes assumed a far
of expression earth had lost its charms
the inhumanity of man to man had made
him sick Of this vale of tears Meaning
to try him, | accompanied the boy to the
staircase, and the victim of my cruelty
gave me a parting look of intense re-
proach Ms left the room. But, stealing
back on tiptoe, we managed to come upon
him unawares, and Pansy looked rather
sheopish when we caught him i'll the act
Of enjoying all excellent meal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-23

in; II liberal allowance of favoring ex-
tract, and threc-quarters of pound OF
Hour, with n cup and n half of well washed
currants. Put enough of this mixture IN
the tins so that when done the cakes will
be about two inches thick. They must
be eaten when fresh to be enjoyed. A
good ilavoring for these cakes is made by
putting the peel of Mcssinn oranges in n
little pure alcohol, and letting it stand
for week OF longer.
This recipe for chicken croqucttes comes
from the notebook of n cook Of long ex-
perience: Chop the white meat Of n cold
boiled chicken very fine. Add a we'll
beaten egg, spoonful Of flour, little
salt, and teacupful of cream, stirred in
with the chicken. Let this simmer on
the'back part Of the stove for few min
utes. stirring it constantly to keep the
cream from scorching When tho batter
has thickened to about the consistency OF
custard, pour from the saucepan into n
shallow pan or dish to COOL When cold
aud stiff fashion it in balls or flat cakes,
dip in egg batter and in bread or cracker
crumbs, and fry in hot fat.
To insure success in making custard
pNo p"V tHc 'luot vi tHc pihtes, uHu sct
the plates i'll the oven before pouring the
custard in. When you have found the
place where you wish the pie to remain
while baking pierce the crust with silver
fork in two or three spots, but do not put
the fork through the dough to the plate,
MS the custard will then run uner the crust
and spoil it, After this is done pour the
custard iii pour it from pitcher so that
not drop will be spilled on the ring of
crust around the edge of the plate. Now,
if you wish this ring to brown nicely, rub
it over with little milk in which you
have dissolved little sugar, desert
spoonful of milk will be plenty, and half
n teaspoonful of sugar. If your oven is n
good one the pie will not need to be turn
ed, and this is n great advantage, as the
custard will not be disturbed when form
ing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-23
GIRLS WHO WEAR BANGS.
4 vivid Pcn-Picturc of this Specimen
Of Femininity.

From the Kansas City T.mesl
Bangs on girl give her an unruly
look, like n COW with n board over her face.
You take the gentlest COW in the world
and put board over her face, and turn
her out in pasture and she gets the rep
utation of being unruly, and YOU would
swear she would jump fences and raise
merry Hades, and you wouldn't give
30 much for her by ten dollars
only for beef. 1t is SO with a
girl. If she wears her hair high on her
forehead, or brushed back, or even has
friEzes, and has n good look, you will go
to your bottom dollar on her, and feel
that she is as good rs gold and that when
she tells her young man that she loves
him there is no discount on it, and no gig
Cling back but take the same girl with
her front hair banged, and when she looks
at you you feel Just as though she would
hook. and you can't trust her. She has
fence jumping look that makes young
man feel as though he wouldn't feel safe
unless she was tied hand and foot, so she
couldn't get ont of the pasture.
A girl with bangs may try to be good
and true, but it's awful hard work. When
she looks at herself i'll the glass and sees
the quarter of an inch of forehead, she
says to herself: ~ am dangerous they
want to look out for me-" She thinks
she is all right, but she is constantly do
ing that which girl who wears her hair
brushed buck would not think of doing.
The bang girl may belong to church, and
may try to put on pious look while the
hymn is being read. But she will look
out from behind these bangs, sidewise at
some meek and lowly young Christian
who is trying to get his mind fixed on the
hymn, and he will get his mind on her,
and it will break him all up, and he won't
know whether is singing "a Charge to
Keep | Have or "She's Daisy" The
bang girl may place her bangs down on
the back of the pew ahead OF her during
the morning prayer, and try TO be good
but her corset will be too tight, and as
she hitches around to ease the pain ont
eye will rise like the morning sun over the
back Of the pew, and that eye will catcl
the eye of n young man two seats to the
right, who is trying to cover his face witt
one hand while he tries to keep the hie
off the pomadc of his hair with the other
and his interest in the prayer Is knocked
into cooked hat.
The banging of girls hair changes tn
whole nature of the little wretch, an,
she becomes as gun that is loaded. Yol
take picture of "Evangeline" and BAN
her hair, and she would look MS thougl
she would run at" people. How woul
Mrs. Van Colt, the alleged female preach
er, look with her hair banged 1t is jus
the same with boys. You take q nice
pious Sunday-school boy who can repel
300 verses of the New Testament, and Gu
his hair with clipper, and he looks lik
Tug Wilson.