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

There Is many rest in the road of life,
If we only wosld stop to take it;
And many a tone from the better land,
If the querulous heart would make it
To the sunny soul that is full of hope.
And where beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
The grass it green and the flowers are
bright,
Though the wintery storm prevalent.
Better to hope, though the clouds hang
low,
And to keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep
through,
When the ominous clouds are rifted.
There was never night without day,
Or an evening without morning,
And the darkest hour, as the proverb
goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many gem in the path of life,
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled crown,
Or the miser's boarded treasure:
1t may be the love of a little child,
Or mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks
For cup of water given.
Better to weave ia the web of life
A bright and golden Glling,
And to do God will with a ready heart,
And hands that are swift and willing
Then to snap the minute delicate threads
OF our courteous lives assunder,
And then blame heaven for the tsngl led
web,
And sit and grieve and wonder.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-08-18
HARRY'S TEMPTATION.

''Do not dismiss, him without an
other trial, Frederic; remember it
is his first offence"
81 am not sure of that. A lad
who would stoop to such a dishon,
est act would not hesitate to tell a
falsehood TO shield himself from
punishment. | think I've treated
him better than he deserves by not
Furnishing his guilt, thereby shield
ing others from like deception"
but he will find it difficult to OBJ
tain another situation without re-
commentator from you.n
THAT is rot my lookout. [ discov-
cred the lad in a d shonest act, COM
mitted with perfect intrepity and
GOODNESS. | had no other alterna-
tive but to dismiss him from my EN-.
ploy and am aware it was done in no
gentle language. OF course, his plea
had all the seeming innocence and
simplicity of which his class are
capable, though he was too much
overwhelmed with surprise aud con
fusion-at being detected in his guilt
to have many words"
"Well, Frederic. he Gas noble
manly fact. # you had only gained
his confidence he might have made
it plain. He is so young To be left
to fight the cruel battles of life,
and TO make his way alone, and this
very act may be the turning point
in his life, and You may be themeans
of his ruisi or salvation, just which.
ever way your decision happens to
turr. Think, what if it was our
boy, Frederic ~
Mr. Joy looked down into the
bright, beautiful face of his only
child, and, drawing him close to bis
heart, held him there.
eyes, papa, forgive poor Harry
for my sake"
81 will try him again, Harry.
You must 90 and see him in the
morning, and gain bis confidence, if
you can. Perhaps have not done
my duty"
"Mr. JOY was awakened to sense
of his responsibility, and his next
words sent'a thrill of happiness to
the heart Of his true and faithful
wife"
"Mary,if it is mot too much trouble
for you, will invite all my clerks
up to tea to morrow evening. You
must ask your sisters to happen in,
and We will try and give them a
pleasant evening. Then we can
t'ttain If they nave any religious
interests, and perhaps gather them
into our Bible class and church.
Strange, Mary, that | never felt this
duty keenly before. So many Of the
lads are without the restraining in
hueuce Of home, subject to a multi
tude OF temptations. and, | who am
in "a measure responsible for their
souls-just "a am for this little
child whoa God has given mel
have left them to run into all kinds
of danger aud vice, it may be, with
cut Il friendly word OF warning or
counsel"
And while the earnest resolves
were filling the little household with
anew peace and happiness, Harry Lee
sat by the back window of his attic
chamber-alone and in darkness.
Mrs. JOY had said there was nothing
bad in thai young face, and she
would have realized it all the more
could she have looked into it then;
pale, sad and desbairing, the black
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-08-18

A LAWYERS TEsTIMoNY.--Dur
ing eight years my attacks Of dy-
spepsia were so terrible that l often
had to stop business. Parker's Gin,
ger Tonic built me up from almost a
skeleton to the perfect health | now
enjoy. j. Jerolomom, Lawyer, NY.
City.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-08-18
All the New Preparations OF The
Trade on Hand.

Farmers and Family recipes compound
ell accurately Nth pure drugs
Prescriptions carefully dispt nsed AZ al
hours, with neatness and dispatch
The proprietary medicines Of The old
store in stock, consisting principally of
Dorsey's Vermfuge Lees Pills, Tooth
ache Drops Pile Ointment, Itch ONT
ment, &C, Il.
We also mabe FLAYORING EN-
TRACTS, Lemon aud Vanilla, warranted
strictly pure, in any quality
Thankful for a share If pub ic patron
age, we hope by proper attention 10 bus
mess to merit coniinutece OF The same.
Give us call (ma2T-s2.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-27
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

lin passing sentence on two roguess
| Philip of Macedon ordered one to
leave Macedonia with all speed, and the
other TO try TO catch him. a ressg "a
Just my luck,n moaned a Phila-
delphia man. ssHere I've been paying
heavy premiums on life insurance 4
policy for twenty years and I'm not
dead yet. ~ F9ti5dde5B Bltid Record 9aA
--tsStop trying to kiss Iae;;a' cried "a Is
pretty girl to her hashful beau. II amt
kissing you, said he. .'Well, amt
you going too.p she asked. He ran
away like a frightened dear.-FGbles
of A7sctefat Greece. -4 Il 81 aa
Lone of the sable philosophers Of za
the Detroit Free Press Lime Kiln Club
says: Remember dat you can't Judge
of de home happiness of man an wife Io
by seeini dem at q Sunday-skule pic
mic. - A.'43 s@A .aea esa
4 Theodore Hook, after having been -
frightfnlly cz-ammed at an Aldermanic
feed, being asked to be helped again, =
replieds ssNo, thank you, don't want
any more, but | will take the rest in
money, if youplease. So !
+ PROT. schele de We're sayy that thee
sherry cobbler was known in England
long before it was revived in this coun-
try Next thing I'VE know John Bull
will be claiming priority of invention
IN pumpkin pie, dyspepsia and tobacco
chewing those three grandest achieve
ments Of the Yankee nation. Boston
Transcript. 'E .&} @ sss3
-HHenceforth we meet as strans
gers" exclaimed Brown. in q fit Of
anger. Thank you, Brown, my dear
ps9 arrIabad E0,Ser
| always did treat strangers better than.
your friends and acquaintance, and
you make me exceedingly happy that Il i.
am henceforth to share in your dis
tinguished considerations y - Boston
Post IT.
-'tSee here, sir, exclaimed grocer.
brisfling up with righteous indignation
rs the milkn1an made his morning call, s
II should Just like you to explain how
the chalk and white clay that found
in my coffee-cup this morning got
there. = Don't know, I'm sure, said
the mil kman. sunless yoH sweetened
| your coffee with the same. sugar YOU sss
Fsold me yesterday. ~ Chicago tribune.
"A Tombs lawyer, saws the New York
World, has. been endeavoEing al the
week to get his client out of duranee
vile. Saturday he walked Into the
/ Tonahs and sent for his CLIENT His face
was as smiling as the historical basket
of chips. Its aIlrfghtan said the law Jsa
| yer, gras2iug his clients hand. tsY Yesa''sge
calculated the. client, Frightening up.
EaYes, evefy fythingss fiaedssa 'sHowg', ~
II can get You out on q habeas corpus. 81 y
| And then the clients face heightened
as he replied: ssCan the done. Wouadn7t
dare to try ID. My cells on the third
der and the darned thing might break. y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
Northern philanthropists have }

| Northern philanthropists have given
more than $4,000, 900 to the South for
educational uses since the war.-M z.
| GTG0h5c. 20 &t3aess&A %&8A Sa @
-Ex-President Wright, of the North.
ern Pacific Railroad. has given 100000
for the establishment of boys and
girls college at Tacoma, w. T.
More than IT'S pupils have entered
FLOR the fall term of the Methodist Aead-
enly at Montpelier, and it has received
another gift of $780, 0.-Rutlafad ( Rf. q
Herald. -ess--~
I'm all parts Of frIndia preaching in
the public squares has been practiced
largely by Christian missionaries, and
they are now initiated by both Hindu
and Mohammedan priests. kt ss 4.
f The Palestine Exploration fund is
Egreported to have recovered from q Be-
douirl tribe east Of the Jordan pieces Of
skin containing portions of Deuterono- L
my and the commandments, made about
eight hundred years before Christ.
Archbishop Bourget, who is now
| completing bis fortY-sixth year in
charge Of the see Of Montreal, Is ninety
years old and still strong and vigorous.
He is the Oldest wearer Of the mitre in
America and has only two seniors in.
the world The .AdUdnce. %3a@
General A. G. 7. Dodge has giyen
81, 800 for the cause of education in
Breathitta County, KY, $4,000 to be
used in building an Academy in Jack
son, the county seat. and 1900 in aid
ing meritoriousyoun men in obtaining
an education. Other citizens of the
town are to contribute to the building
fund. 4E errfs mana sa
The statistics of the United Brethren
Church for the past year are given in
the Year Book, Just published, as fol-
lows: Number of churches, 4, ,463, being
an increase of 63; members, 59,547,
being an increase of 1885; local preach
ers, 963; itinerants, 1, ,257; number Of
meeting houses, 1922; parsonages,s 3S9:
Sunday $3.50; Sunday-school
teachers, q, $50; scholars, 135, f4S; con-
versions in, the Sunday-schools, 4,465;
Sunday-school contributions. -S53, 247;
value OF church property, S2,974,3 ,313.
Total contributions, S8tl, ,2O9.42.
8 --RIutel, "a Corean nobleman, has
embraced Christianity. During the re-
bellson in Coreal year agoshe saved
the Queens life, and the King offered to
reward i'm with any rank or honor which
he might aspire to. His reply was: '.L
only ask TO be permitted togo toJapan
IN order that ! may see and study the
civilization of other lands" While in
Japan he called upon q Christian Jap
anese, to whom former Corean Am
bassador had recommended him, for
the purpose of aequainting himself with
the claims and objects of Christianity.
He was deeply impressed, his interest
ripened into conviction, and before long
he was baptized into the Christian faith. Z
- Chicago NesoS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-27

-Ihe aew eeiorad cadet al West
Point is quite popular with his class
mates Hssasig ghstaearas sstwo hundred
and is q shoulder hitter from some dis.
tance back. ~ 7. Neses.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-27

q Prof Harris, Of the Concord
School of Philosophy, hits the nail on
the head occasionally. assThat which
should be continued by It's environ
metlt.s he said the other daY, might
still be finite if it could arrive at an en-
yironTnent of 4 different kind, which did
not continue it. 2 Now let us rest
Chicago Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-27
What ARE EnVs,ssyyn AZ gg,e,ss7 aressa.

F#IRsst HHa fNlEIU II Is. DtsIu dresses
appear TO be. m high favor at Long
Branch. They are Worn over. Iiohf.
colored silks and are nothing if NOT
striking and effective. 1t IS Tery eyi-
dent that the ladies have found this out.
IN r Fost.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-27
VOLUEME,eXN.II
THELTTTLEEfRL or THEaFRE ,sa..
sss M AR FUND.,sss = s - 4 -.

THELTTTLEGIRL OF THE"FRE ,sa;
81 ~ AIR FUNLs'ses s. sess ls-
Twas little she knew of the sweet green errass
with its wonderful wealth Of clover.
Which, far outside or the city's walls
Was spreading the broad fields over. assss 1
Yet blue her eyes as the summer skies, Il
And as sunny her tangled hair s. - - -.
Aathe goidenest sunbeam. ever sent
10 lie on the earth so fair. +@@ sssaT
what wonder she opened her blue CIV 40 ur,do
When she learned, one happy day. "Aue
That she and mauy5a child beside ~
We're to travel far away
10 the fairy place " lIere.s daisies crew. +
And the 6, 4 streets were soft and greetla' 4
Ang nef ,ad lie.g +iid.s hsarso srllowed for joy 80
0f inc siaa tninss get unseen. -
Old Farmer or .es on the platform stood
#hen tue IT .fain came in at last,
ana VIZ W. = sEle ewaif" who was sent to him
He c sspedsin his strong arms fast.
"Fpf It's never a chick nor q child have II Il
said he TO the agent then, gs ssssssS
4AuF Just as true as the heavens are blue -
IN be good TO this gal. Amenr'
And he bore hershome to the shady farm
And he turned her out to grass,
As he mefFilF safd.# And the BslfT and breeze
Made free with the little lass,
And kissed ber cheeks tili they blu shed as red
lAS bAe IeAlt1esl F0ae Lnttt grow, @sk #N&sa y
And innocen mischief peeped fram. out esSass
The once sad eyes of blue. sassss 8 q
sDear friend says letter from Farmer
.sssTheress no two ways about it,
This farm s got nsed TO the weesgaFs laugh.
An in fact, can't thrive without #.
Why bless your soul it would do We good
To watch the chick each day -z
A-taruinf the Old place upside down q
Along Of her happy play.
sAn' me an my wife we don't see how
There $ anything else to do
But lust hold on the leetle gal,
Tits all the same to you.
An reckon the blessed child that lives
With the angels in the skies 81 em5xas =
Won't mind if the little new one stays 8 -
70 wipe the tears from our eyes.
aAn' the mother this gal has lost will find y
My pet Id the angel land sAss@ s& &F@t#s4
An make no doubt but they'll both be glad
As they watch us, hand iii hand.
So, now, whatever there is to do,
just write 1t fur me to sign.
an Gods blessin' rest on the .Fresh-Air
Fund =
Yoarwork as we'll as mine.''
-May D. Brine, IN Harper's Young People.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-27

Those Philadelphia juveniles who
are sad and disheartened because OF the
prohibition of the fireworks features of
independence Day, no doubt think civ
silization is failure; BUT the announce
ment thatfhe revision of the Old Testa-
ment viii be completed this year will
go far toward toning down their disap-
pointmene and making thena think life
Is worth living. u Norrastoaoh HeraIR.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-27

What wonder she opened her blue ey ~ Wide
When she learned, one happy day,
We're to travel far away,
10 the fairy place where daisies grew +
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-03
The Old Style of Firemen.
TPhiladelphia Times

'Times amt now what they used to be,
remarked one gray bearded veteran, as he
turned his eyes, dimmed by looking at many
fires, upon the reporter who sat on the bench
beside him. "'TWas bad day for PhiPdel-
ply when them paid fellers got in. They
amt got the quickness at we volunteers had.
Bless me. YOU Orter seed us breakin' along
with that air hose cart boundin' after us like
a toy-wagin. l reckon we could beat any
pair O. horses they've got now in the city fur
a mile. | rmember tn night that the big
fire started down at Race street-same day as
President lack Taylor died-in 1854. One of
the bows piled inter the shed yellin' that q
house had bowed mp down near the Race
street wharf an killed dozen people an had
thrown a hundred bales of burnin' hay
around that air neighborhood promiScuous-
like, which was settin' the hull square
agoin'.
81 started on ahead to find how things was,
an when 1 got there / see No. 9 comm up
the street like mad, quite ahead of our cart.
see they'd get the first chance at the nearest
watering plug, an wasn't willin', nohOw,
that the Niagara should be beat by that No.
9 crowd. So picked up q ash bar'l an tip
ped the ashes over into the gutter an then
put her bottom up over the plug an sot down
on lie top of her, smokin' my pipe as easy as
anythin', though there was four houses blazin,
away right afore me. The foreman OF No. 8
came tearin' up and began lookin' for that
plug to hitch bis pipe onto, but he couldn't
find it nowheres. Says he, swearin' mad:
Am gettin' ter be that foolish as to forget
where that plug is on this here street, Very
like said /, as cool as chunk of ice an
suckin away on my pipe, which couldn't
have went out very well though on account
of the sparks fafin' around US that thick
If you have forgot that there plug Is down
tother corner further on
He jumped ahead, an, yellin' for the boys
to foller him, the whole crowd went of down
the street like lot of wild cats. The next
mint the Niagara comes up an gifts down
off the bar'l an, liftin' her from off the plug
hitched fast an got stream on five minitS
before the other comp'ny. l tell you, young
man, they kin say what they want bout
these new jig-a-marigs, but the old volunteer:
was the best, an sometime, when Phil del
phys clean burnt up, they'll wish they q
KEEP us to take care of EN-"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-03

Desert. and the Isles of Shoals, college digni-
taries, authors and authoreSses; Coney Is
land, Ihe dear people "
A good story was told by the late ]. T..
Fields of an old deacon who sat grave and
unmoved during his lecture upon Cheer
fulness," and said at the close, We'll, Mr..
Fields your lecture wasn't near as tedious as
i expected il would be-"
Lord Lytton, born in 1905, died in 1873,
seems TO have struck the keynote OF the
modern politician of England, though Of
course his language is not applicable to the
American product, since every one knows
that the politician of this glorious country
sacrifices everything 10 the good Of the dear
people. When singing OF the vices OF GER
tain seeker after office he said
But statecraft, mainly, was his pride and boast;
The golden medium was his guiding star.
Which means, Move on ull you are uppe-most,
And then things can't be better than they are!'
Brief, in two rules, he summed the ends OF
nan
Keep all you have and try for all you can!'
A great many reformers, self-styled such,
are merely men with maggot in the brain.
They have a sort of mental kind, and that is
pretty nearly all they do have. The world
is all wrong, they think, but one of the most
remarkable wrongs in it is that they them
selves are not sufficiently appreciated, and
are compelled to live on thistles when they
ought to be living in clover. They are very
powerful IN their denunclatlonS Oh Jne gov
eminent but if the government would oDIy
give them bit of sinecure with handsome
salary they would keep as still as though they
had been born dumb. The world will never
be right until they are properly taken care
of, and then if wrongs are discovered, why,
the people who are foolish enough to discov-
er them must be the ones to take care of
them. They resemble that friend of Mr.
Emerson OF whom Mr.. Ripley said "He
would Loe corn all Sunday, if l would let
him, but all Massachusetts, couldn't make
him do it on Monday" There is a vast deal
of energetic reform which is simple ugliness
and nothing better.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-03
SLIGHT ODDS.
Little Story with a Large MoraI-One Man
Who Knew His Own Business.

mo, my dear" said the venerable keeper Of Q
country store TO timid little girl whose head
scarcely came up to the level of the counter, mo.
my dear, we haven't any red flannel, but we have
some frstrate New Orleans molasses Softly hint
ing that she didn't think that would answer the
purpose quite as we'll, the child went away in
search of the article she wanted.
Have you BENsoN's CAPCINE PLAsTERsr'
asked gentleman OF q certain druggist whose
name could be given were it desired. 81 am
troubled just now with touch of my old friend,
the lumbsgo, and the Bensons Plaster seems 70
go to the spot almost as soon as it touches the
skim"
'cSOt at present" replied the druggist geuially,
but we have lots of plasters just good. There is
Ancock's. the CapGcum and others-won't one OF
them do aswell?'
MY dear sir" retorted the gentleman with a
slight show Of temper, II say nothing against
those articles, but business man, and al
ways ask for precisely what want, and for no
thing else. I may enlighten you, however, when
say that some time ago, for another disease of
which the Capcine has since cured me. tried all
those you mestion, with no appreciable benefit.
They are inefficient. every one of;hem, the mean
est act of the pToprietors of some Of them being
this; that they make plasters with similar sound
ing names TO deceive the unwary into believing
they are the same thing Experience taught me
the difference. I'll go to the next man in your
line. Good-day."
Be on your guard against limitations The genu-
inc has the word CAPCINE cut cleanly In the mid
die OF the plaster. All Others are impositions.
seabury & Johnson. Chemists, New York.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-03
THE PROGRESS OF NAN.

When was young and had no sense
OF care for person or for pence
In hanson cabs the livelOng day
took my splashing. daShing way.
Cigar in mouth. well bouquet-tied,
Hat jauntily perched on side O'head,
An eye for every pretty face,
Like Nimshi's son, i went the pace;
The curbslOne recklessly / took,
The lamp posts 10 their glasses shook,
And upset-heedless OF their roars-
Old apple women by the scores.
The years advance. and. soberer grown,
The .'grOwler' knows me for his own.
dOf my flower, crop my curls.
Eschew both hanson cabs and girls:
My hat-so late OF crown and brim-
sis squarely DER visage prim,
No more fright the sober cts.
With splashing wheels and snorting tits;
No more ] stun the gOOdwiveS' Tugs,
Nor do to death their darling pugs:
Now at each corner undismayed
Inc apple woman spreads her wares,
The cOster plies his noisy trade;
The very eur no longer cares
To leave midway his hideous meals
For fear OF the four gentle wheels
On which chase Times flying heels.
Still shifts the scene--a grizzling head
Finds me OF nerves and snillings sped.
-Four wheels learn on closer view
Can drive TO grief as we'll as two.
/ travel now. when forth fare,
On Shanks his steady-pacing mare;
Or, haply, If the way be long,
For limb and leather none too strong,
i climb the knife-board's liberal height,
And from that restful eminence.
Won with some poor yet honest pence,
Like Hugo It's my prime delight
To watch the busy coil below,
Driving and driven TO and fro"
JOstlers are jOstled, fools who do
As !, when was foolish, too.
But alb. what will the last scene be
or this evening history
For limbs grow stiff and can not climb,
And brains grow weak and can not rhyme;
Pennies, though pennies, must be paid,
And to be paid they must be made.
What fate, then. will the wretch betide
Who can not walk, and may not ride?
Will Black Maria OF her grace
Proffer her ''tasteless dry embrace
While for doubtful span he feels
Once more the luxury of wheels2
Or shall that luxury be hisn.
En- route but to darker prison,
In that cOmmunis omnibus
One day will come for all of us,
Whose sable cOurSers pacing slow
But mock the pace he used to go2
Who knows? The theme is somewhat dry:
My papers done, and so am i;
So for the present, Mister Y,
III close my progress with goodbye.
London World.
NJ. AlphOnSe Daudet told us the other day tina
Victor HugOs chief pleasure and exercise e
about Paris on the top of an omnibus.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-03
Nathan Knapp says:
WoLCOTT. N. Y.

GENTs-I have been troubled with rheum-
atism for several years to such a degree that
l found it impossible to attend TO my bust
ness, which is that of foundryman, and have
been confined to the house and to my bed
much of the time. Have tried all sorts of
remedies, and have been treated by several
doctors, all to no purpose. until finally
heard of your Rheumatic Syrup and was in
duced 10 try it, and am very happy TO say,
after the use of a few bottles. am as strong
and well as ever, and never feel a symptom
of anything like rheumatism any more. j
Syrup to all who are afflicted with rheuma-
tism, for it is certainly a most invaluable
remedy, and too much can not be said in its
praise.