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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-08-18

BOATS, BICYCLES AND HAY
FEyER.-Nature has resolved that
all the people shall not enjoy them :
selves at once. With the opening of
the season of outdoors sports comes
the time of trouble for the poor vic :
Tins of Hay Fever. For them flow
ers have no odor, and the summer
little or no beauty. To snuff, sneeze
and wipe their weeping eyes for
three or four successive months -
this is their pitiable portion. Wheth-
er this form of CatarFh is called Hay
Fever Hay Cold, Rose Cold or Rose
Fever, makes no difference; they
suffer just the same. There is no
help in sea voyages, there is no help
in high mountain air These only
Tighten the pocket and leave the dis
ease undated. But there is a pos
itive cure in Ely's Cream Balm. We
would cram these columns with
grateful letters Of the rescued. Try
IL and join them. If you continue
TO suffer it is because you neglect a
remedy as sure as it is cheap and
pleasant. so cents.
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w no?

Who vas id yea der bell does ring,
Sends cut his beeple, brass and string,
Und vas der last himself ter bring2
Der Leader
Who vas it sids away down low,
Mid shoecdacles and fiddle bow,
Nich meier motes doc fast nor shlow2
Der Second Violin.
Who vas ia in der CORNER sthand,
Und plays nit head uad legs und hands
Der mosd accound in all der bands ?
Der Big Fiddle.
Who vas id mekes der leedle drills
So soft like zephyrs on der hills E?
Whose name was nefer on der bill) I?
Der Flute.
Who vas id mid der nose so red,
Und mustache gray und shiny head,
I'D sheeks bufed oud like loafs Of
bread
Der Charmed
Who vas ids always on der beat,
Who nefer mofes oud of his seat,
Dot blays sometimes NIT hands und
feet
Der Drum.
Who vas i'd ven der play vas drough
You'll found next door-dot is, of you
Wood like 10 got beer or dwo2
Der Hole Crowd.
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SPECIAL on jon WoRK.-The INDE-
PENDENT, with its three presses, steam
power and fine assortment of type
guarantee first-class work, in either
special or general styles. Any Job
from book to wedding card,
handsomely executed. Accounts and
letter-heads for business men, in form
of desk pads, printed in various styles.
We buy paper OF various kinds, sizes,
weights and styles; also cards and en-
velopes direct from manufacturers, and
keep large assortment on hand, so
that customers get Wholesale rates. In
making estimates when competition is
expected, we require samples of paper
upon which job is to be printed. Using
similar paper, we defy competition on
rates. Banks, merchants and business
men ,genarally, are requested to COM
pare rates, work and paper
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GENTS. FURNISHING DEPARTMENT..

Our Gents Furnishing Department by far complete than this town has
weknown Diamond takes the lead collars and hankech
could wish is "too utterly too"
dealing
and hold the trade of the intelligent and economical this community
trade with desirable
We We
We Thanking
liberal promising
o in wereman
Sincerely BERRY
Opposite Poto0ia. Martinsburg, w.
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Too Modest.

a youthful couple from the wilds
of Mariposa county, Ky, recently
paid visit to San Francisco, and Of
course, took in Woodward IS gar
dens. AS they were coming away
the swain asked:
ibid you see the camel's hump !"
''No, indeed l didn't" answered
she, with chicken'liver blush, 81
wouldn't look at such thing"
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CAUSE AND EFFFCr At ii

CAUSE AND EFFECT. - At times
symptoms Of indigestion are pre-
spnt, uneasiness Of the stomach
& ., a moisture like perspiration
producing itching at night, or
whrn one is warm. cause the Piles.
Fne effect is iium diate relipfupon
The application Of DR.. Bosanko's
PIE Remedy, which costs you but
80 cents and is SOC by r G.. Will
liams Jr, & Bro.
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A RARE OCCURRENCE. N early
all the physicians Of the South seem
to agre. DR.. z. III. Arthur and Or.
S. N. McAlpine and other leading
doctors of North Carolina and Viz
einia, endorsed and used in their
practice, DR.. Wortbington's Cholera
and Didrrhoea Medicine, as a sure
cure for all complaints of the
stomach and bowels. Price Is and
so cents bottle.
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The total number of deaths in
Egypt is estimated To be $1,000.

EVERY BODY Knows IT. VIII D
you have The irch, Salt Rheum,
Gals, or Skin Eruptions of any
Kind, and the Plies hat you know
y ithout being tod Of 1t. f c..
Williams Jr & Bro, the Druggist,
Viii sill you DR.. Bo3anko's Pie
Remedy tor 30 cents, which affords
Immediate reiipf. ana is Il sure cure
for either OF the above diseases,
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CARES OF LIFE.--As we come
70 them they are received, borne
with, and passed over with no
more than thought, if we are in
the enjoyment of health, but if
suffering with Piles or skin disease
Of any kind they magnify hun
dred fold. T. G Williams Jr. &
Bro, the Druggist. has DR., Bosan-
kos Pile Remedy which is an ab.
solute cure for any affections of
Ghis kind and is sold at 80 cents.
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[Consiauedl
CHAPTER II.

wonderful and mysterious curative
power is developed which is 80 var
led in its operations that no disease
or i'll health can possibly exist or re-
sist its power, and yet it is
Harmless for TIE most frail won
en-, weakest invalid or smallest
child to use.
Patients
"Almost dead or nearly dying"
For years, and given up by physi'
clans of Bright's aud other kidney
diseases, liver complaints severe
coughs called consumption. have
been cured.
Women gone nearly crazy
From agony OF neu 'algia, nervous
ness, weakfuIness aud various dis
cases p 'rculiar TO women.
People drawn out OF shape from
excrucating pangs of Rheumatism
Inhtmmatory and chronic, are
suffering from scrofula
Erysipela5
SAT rheum, Blood poisoning, dyspep
STA, Indigestion, and ia act almost all
diseases frail
Mature IS heir to
Haye bee. cured by Hop Bitters, proof
OF which Can be found in every neigh-
borho0d in the known world.
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An old traveller has discovered
that it is wise man who knows his
own name when he sees it in the
newspaper lists of hotel arrivals.
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BLACK. SILK
WHITE GOODS.
NOTION DEPARTMENT.

Oar Notion complete In Hamburg Edges ace and Trimmings
beaten In Kid Gloves take the lead and intend keep Black Mosque
In
Will
Ladies' Chidrn Meu
Of
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A much abused editor wrote to a
brother journalist, calling him an
ass, and thoughtlessly signed him.
self, "Yo ours, fraternally."
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THE question has often been ask
ed, Can rupture abdominal hernia)
be cured 2" We most emphoticallg
sag YES. That this part of the
body offers no exception to those
physiological laws which govern the
whole physical economy and it
makes not particle of difference
whether the age of rupture is one
year or hundred years. For proof
of this send for a free book on Rup-
ture, to the Excelsior Cure Man'f'g.
Co, Ogdensburg, N. Y. mar 81 ,1y.
The grand trienniel conclave of
the grand encampment of knights
Templar will open in San Francisco
on the Dist inst.
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what is the worst thing about
richest" asked a teacher. Their
scarcity" replied a boy, and he Was
immediately awarded IA priz'.
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Mems PlOw Shoes and Bro.
ganS,

Embracing all qualities, from 81 per
pair mp; the best, warranted to give
entire atisfaction.' At
GETTINGER d HOKE,
Blondel Building.
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SPRING STOCK

is now complete, we invite all lovers of
good, durable and cheap Clothing, to
give US call and see
CHEAP JOHN.
AT EVERETT HOUSE CORNER,
Opposite Peoples Nat Bank,
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.
P. S.-Goods not satisfactory, money
refunded. A large stock of Gents Fur
nishiug Goods, Hats, Trunks and VaIises
constantly on hand. aprl26-ly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-31
To Manufacturers and MilImen
Weather Notes.

The worst blizzard Of the season is
raging up in the Northwest, and a
heavy snowfall occurred in Minnesota
yesterday.
The temperature dropped to 81 de.
grees here this morning, ID degrees
below yesterday morning, and the
ground was covered over with an icy
coat. The range Of temperature here
yesterday was AZ to 81 degrees.
The wind swung around from the
south to west yesterday afternoon, and
this morning it came lightly from the
northwest, and it wore an ICY tinge.
1t was showing over Western Kan
sas at sunrise this morning, and at
Dodge City, which is a degree or two
north Of our liue, the snowfall was
driven by a twenty. five. mile.an hour
norther.
The southern edge OF yesterdays
snow storm reached as far south as
Cairo, but no rain or snow fell TO the
south OF this line, OF indeed, below the
Both parallel, which is a degree or SO
north OF this.
Besides the snow storm and strong
i6-miie wind this morning at St. Paul,
the mercury went l5e below zero, and
it was down to zero at Lacrosse, Wis. +,
while over at Bismarck, Dakota, it
was A. below, and at Davenport, Iowa,
it was only 50 above.
The mercury has dropped sensibly
all over the country north and west Of
this since yesterday. At St. Louis
the record said l9e above zero, and
27e below yesterday at the same time.
To days neOn telegram from Wash
ington gives the following as the fore
cast of the weather:
West Gulf States fair, northeast,
veering to southeast winds, stationary
or higher temperature. For Tennes.
see and the Ohio valley colder, fair
weather, nOrthwesterly winds and
higher pressure. For the lower lake
region partly cloudy weather With
light snow colder wegteFly WINGS
and higher pressure. For the UPPER
lake region partly cloudy weather, oc
c~asional light snow, wind mostly west.
erly, stationary or lower temperature
and higher pressure.
The highest barometric area in
America to day is right here in the
Mississippi valley, and the lowest Is
in the lake country,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-31
tTo BE c~oETiSuRD.)
The ola CITY Debt.

A number Of the creditors Of the
old city, and representatives, of absent
creditors, held a conference yesterday
and decided that they could not ap-
prove Of the Peters plan of settlement
but they say
We are Of the opinion that q settle
ment might be perfected upon the fol
lowing basis, to-wit:
The local government to issue the
bonds and become liable for the pay.
ment thereof.
The taxing power to remain with
the local government. But should
this be Objectionable, a concession
might be made. in our opinion, leaving
the taxing power with the Legisla.
ture, on condition that a sufficient
tax be levied to pay interest and
bonds as they fall due, will
the proyisor that should the said tax
or a suficiency thereof not be levied By
the Legislature from any cause, on OF
before a certain day fixed in each year
then it to become the duty of the local
government authorities to levy said
tax, with authority vested in the courts
to enforce by mandamus, or otherwise
a performance Of said duty.
The Flippin compromise Londs al
they now stand with coupons not due
to be recognized, and all past due cou
pons from said bonds to be funded al
their par value with interest into 9
new bond asheratofore provided.
The rate Of funding under the act
to be the same as that provided 10
what is known as the Flippin compro.
mise act Of 1877.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-31
Married.

One of those felicitous events which
marks a change IN the course Of life Of
all young people, and which is always
looked forward to with interest, oc-
CURED yesterday on Shelby street at
the residence of A. l.. Duval, it being
no less than the union in the holy bonds
OF wedlock of that gentleman's sister,
Mics Mapde, to Mr.. Raphael Eustace
Semmes, second son Of our we'll known
fellow citizen, B. j. Semmes, Esq The
nuptial tie vas made by the Rev.
Father Kelly. Of St. Peters church
Mr.. and Mrs. Semmes have the heart
lest wishes of host OF friends for a
long and prosperous and happy life.
The happy couple left last night On
a wedding tour eastward, designing to
stop at Cincinnati during the Musical
Festival, and journeying onward to
pay a visit to the relatives of both in
New York City and elsewhere. The
bride Of yesterdays ceremony is we'll
known in social circles as one Of the
loyeliest Of her sex, both in person, mind
and manners. She Is also 9 grand
daughter on the fathers side Of the
late Governor Duval, who, in early
life, was Governor of Florida, and also
Governor of Texas at a later period.
On the mothers side the lady was a
Granddaughter Of the late Commodore
LaValette, y. s. navy, aud the first
c%Ommandant Of the defunct navy yard
at Memphis. Mr.. Semmes is one OF
the most prominent, worthy and in.
dustriOus young business men In our
city, and it is unnecessary to aliude to
his family connections, as they figure
prominently in the annals Of the coun-
try from its earliest history, and have
been identified with the states of
Maryland, Virginia, New York and
the District Of Columbia, from the
time Of their settlement by white
people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-31

POLICE POINTS.

One careless driver was nabbed yes
terday.
Eleven arrests we're made yesterday
and sSl taken in. Nobody was chair
ganged.
Where are you 'FRONT.'" asked the
Court Of tho prisoner at the bar. Ca
Island y was the reply. Hrhe gentle
man from Cat Island will now explain
10 the Chair why he was drunk, sale
the President.
81 took it TO keep of the chills,'
said John Command. THAT Is stint
quinine evidence that 5oz were
drunk" said the Judge. go out and
shake the dust Of the berg from YOU
feet"
A citizen was arrested Tor failure t.
lay a sidewalk. He mas given tep
days and wanted more time. III the
brick is on the ground at the end Of
that time III grant Tou a geprieve,
said His Honor. Nobody has owe,
been hung yet for your oiiense.o
4 crazy darby named Giles Wilson
vas locked up last night and when
shut il his cell tore every shred Of
clothing from his body. This morning
he called Chief Davis, who was in
specting the prison, and begged him
to stay with him and protect him FROM.
a plumber Of men whe were seeking
his life. He was sent to Jail.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-31
AN THEY ARR.
How News is Gathered for Every.
day Readers.
Cincinnati News.


Did it ever occur to the man WHIT
picked up a daily paper, here, there
and almost everywhere, that energy
aud brain work produced the sheet
Did 1t ever enter into the mind OF The
banker, the merchant, the mechanic
or the laborer when he seats himself
by his coy Preside and picks up hi,
morning paper to read, that the infor.
nation which he seeks and which he
gets was procured by toilers while be
was asleep, and resting from the care,
OF the day? Do the good wives, after
having put the children to sleer, and
sitting down by .L5 husbands side.
listening to his reading from these
papers, ever take into consideration
the immense amount Of toll and
trouble which the news gatherer has
in putting bare, We might almost saw,
cold facts" before the people in 4
pretentable manner?
A reply to all these questions 80
easily propounded would, in nine
cases out Of ten, DO in the NEGATIVE.
People who subscribe for, or who our
chase a newspaper from day to day,
want to be informed of WHAT is going on
and 1t apparently makes no difference
to them where the news comes from.
or who gets it, as long as they have
The life ef a reporter on a journal
ot metropolitan standing is one that
should not be envied, but it is oftOn,
and more often to the youngsters who,
having picked up one exclusive"
think that their ability to become A
reporter, has been satisfactorily settled.
aud that their nose for news has
grown at least two inches since the
time their maiden effort appeared.
They have an idea that they should
do as the wTestlers do, catch to
catch can" and then make the 5estoI
it. They are, as a general THING
ready and willing to york. and when
put on an assignment seem willing to
% their level best, and no matter how
lard and faithfully they may work.
they are liable TO lose thcir heads }
II is not 90 with the old time re-.
porter, be who has been ia the busi.
ness for years, and whose difference In
views with the youngsters Is almost as
great as that between the ordinary
subscriber aud the paper itself.
But lot US take q brief glance at the
life aud ways and means Of a reporter
Who is expected to gather information
for a paper like the News. In the Rrst
place his duties are varied. One day he
may have 10 attend some big oonHaera.
ton, and before he gets through with
that he is detailed to write up a suicide.
This hardly off his hands, ho is told
that there has been a yalEoadsocident
a few miles out OF town, and that he
expected, while be may have per.
haps only two houIs to do il ia, Ia sst
accurate information aud all details.
He tolls and struggles, but he docs II,
nd the purchaser Of the paper reads
u at his matutinal meal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-31
MEATH'S MELEE.
He is Fined $50 and Bound Over
Kane Also Fined.

When James Meath was called fol
trial to-day for assault with intent t
kill, his attorney announced that hi
would waive preliminary examination
and was ready to give bond for appear.
Ance before the Criminal Court Bono
was fixed at $1,000, and a fine Of $5(
imposed for the.city was paid.
John Kane was then put on tria'
for carrying concealed weapons. As.
Sistant Attorney General Weakley
stated that he had been advised BY
his superior that Ksne's weapons
hunting knife with a hilt, a six-inct
blade and a spring back-was net un
lawful. President Hidden held that
it was unlawful under the city ordi.
uances, and fined Kane $50. He was
given until to- morrow to pay it OIL
bring proof that the weapon did moi
come under the law.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-31

Word comes to the Office or is picked
up on the street that a man has been
shot and dangerously, perhaps fatally,
INJURED IN one of the outlying districts
OF the city. The reporter hurries m.
the place, and finds the BODY Of some
unfortunate cold in death. There il
a crowd around the corpse, but no one
Knows or cares to know who he was.
a br'ck or Q cigar box may be put IN
der his head, and il there is a dwelling
near by sheet maybe had to cover the
remains. Who is he?" asked one. II
Q : know, says another. 20. never
nlnd, says a third, I'VE will find all
ABOUT 1t in the morning paper" And
SO teey do. But who gets itP Simply
the reporter.
Il man fell from a scaFold and 10
dashed to pieces on the sidewalk
From some fellow workmen Il il
found out where he lives. and the
patrol wagon or the city ambulance Is
called upon to take the manpled 70.
mains home. The wife. surTounde3
by a halt a dozen Of her little cbildrSn
receives with agOnizing shrieks ali
that IS left to her of what a few bsnrs
before was a loving husband and pro.
tector. Who comforts her in tbis
dlstressY Why the reporter. and
while he is doing this he is az The
same time gaining information. IN he
sure at small bits at a time, but ali IN
make up q connected story for the
readers Of the next days paper.
a child is run over and crushed bv
the cruel wheel Of some waron. The
reporter Is on the ground and finds
out where the child's parents live,
The body is sent home, and to that
desolate place the newspaper man
goes. de hnds the father and motI,or
there, perhaps eating supper, Te.
assists in carrying the child N md
gets what he went Observation-Disclosures.
concerning the child's name, ace and
lance. poi
A big iheft Is committed. and II
eossss to the ear Of tho reporter. Tn
order to get at the bottom facts he
displays as much zeal and ENERGY az
does the detective paid by the eity far
that special purpose; and whv. Won
ask, does he do this? The reply -
simply TO furnish his readers With
what has been going on while thew are
resting and sleeping quietly.
A reporter is often dragged ,n,o
places, not because Of any ~inel;not;o"
on his part, but because il "a a nnrolv
matter OF business, where If enSoSoS
~ any other pursuit he would ann
them as he would a serpent, Then
you ask, why does he 20 the,eP TSa
reply and briefly stated; 'To furnish
you with the news Of what "a going on,
90 that you can read il at your break
table" And so it is ali the wav
through. The reporter can End in liz
lourneying the solemn ana Tho Ind
crous, the pathetic and the humorous
tho grave and tho ray but there Is one
thing he always will lind, and that is
vi the news,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-31
tl4l
MAxlMS OF BUSINESS,
R BONO PUBLico.
CONTINUED


CONTRACTS (Continued) - II A.
makes an offer to b.. aud gives him q
specified time for answer, A. may re.
tract at any time before the offer is
accepted. When both parties assent
to a trade, the right of property il
vested in the buyer, and the risk Of
accident is with him. though be does
not acquire the right of possession
until the purchase money is paid unless
it is a credit sale. In a credit sale the
buyer has a right of immediate posses.
sion, unless he becomes insolvent
before taking such possession. When
contracting for cigars or tobacco,
Wholesale or retail, remember that
Sol COleman's is the place to obtain
entire satisfaction in quantity, quality
and price.
fro RE corrtxupnN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-31
SOuIruIIJ Intense.

At one of the leading churches,
Sunday night, the seztoh of the Gum
berland Presbyterian church noticed
a man lingering about on the steps,
and saw him pick up a piece of mud,
kiss it and lay it r~eyerently down
again. The sexton invited him into
the church, where be again attracted
st.entiOn By falling upon his knees
during q solo by one of the choir,
olasping his hands above bis head and
making other demonstrations Of ex-
treme religious enthusiasm. One
sacreligiOus brother unhesitatingly
declared that the man was drunk and
ordered the geEtOH to ppt him out.
Fhe VorshipeF saved hin the trouble,
as he soon aftsrward returned the way
he came.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-31
FItEgibbons' FIRE.

10 the early hours OF this morning
F~itzgibbons residence, outbuildings
sDd cotton gin, situated four and a half
miles from the city, on the Raleigh
road, we're destroyed by Gre. The
ginhouse was insured for $500 in
HpFphg's agency.
The FIRE Incurred at 3 O'Clock this
morning, and was evidently the work
Of an ~incendiary, as the house was
fred directly beneath the room where
the family slept, and they narrowly
escaped With their lives. The barn and
cotton gin, situated 2 considerable dis.
lance from the residence, were fred
about thoSams moment 40 it was. Tho
FIRE bugs hoped, doubtless, to burn up
the entire FitzgibbOns family as well
as their property.