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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-02-16
Baby's Mother.

Mary Kyle Dallas in n. Y. Ledger.
Oh, little baby, all pink and wrin-
killed., and ugly as you are in mems
eyes, how sweet you are to your
mother Heaven knows why, and
heaven only-I say it reverently-
heaven thai sent you. A woman
who has never loved baby is not
half a woman. She does not know
what love can be. la every other
phase of love there is some selfish
ness. In that which we feel for our
baby there can be none. What does
it bring to mother, this morsel of
humanity, but pain, and fear, and
weakness, deprivation of pleasure
and vigils many and long? Yet the
love she has for it pays for it all. 1t
is a passion-the strangest, sweetest,
purest passion possible.
When her lovers lips touched hers
a girl looks fair and bright, and as
beautiful as she ever will in life, so
that those who see her, envy and adj
mire; yet her emotions then may be
merely an equal mixture of love
and vanity. When mother kisses
her first babe she is often pale and
far from beautiful, but never in her
life has such depth of tenderness
dwelt In her soul; never was she so
near perfection; for all that we wo-
men have OF good and true in our
hearts has its base in mother love. 1t
Is from this that our power to care
for our households, to do our duty as
daughters, sisters and wives must
principally spring. The woman sim
ply capable of romantic emotion may
have lovers by the scores, but is new
or true to one, and is always selfish
to the hearts core, grasping all she
can and giving nothing. The wo-
men with strong mother love in
their souls give that-though in less
degree than to their babes-to all
they love; and SO is home built, as
the nest by the mother bird
"Oh, my back - is a common ex-
clamation and expresses world of
misery and suffering. 1t is singular
this pain arises from such various
causes. Kidney disease, liver com
plant, wasting affections, cslds,
rheumatism, dyspepsia, overwork
and nervous debility are chief causes.
When thus ailing seek prompt re-
lief. 1t can be found best in Browns
Iron Bitters. 1t builds up from the
foundation by making the blood rich
and pure. Leading physicians and
ministers use and recommend it. 1t
has cured many, and If you are
sufferer try it.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-02-16

upson, the Of
Tynatsnvs9 who are the lovers Of SIR
Il Walters need, we ask trishof
our genu inc Graverly-it is all that We
clam for 1.-THE best.
JOS. Ell. SHARPER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16

liens, unless it can be shown that those en-
gagged in the liquor traffic are entitled to q spe-
clal indulgence to disobey the laws A II other
classes are required to yield obedience to
the requirements of the law-making power
ana the last persons who should ask to be
maze an exception TO that rule are the saloon.
Keepers and liquor dealers.
me Law ana Order Leagues deal with the
laws as they are, and seek their enforcement
whether they provide for license, local option
or prohibition. If any there be who regard
the laws as too severe, or as not strenuous
enough. they may apply to the law-making
power forany change they may desire. 1t is
not the province of the Law and Order
Leagues to discuss the propriety or impro-
priety of the laws eXcept so far as such dis
eussion may bear on the question of their en-
forcement
For further information in regard to any
phase OF the subject, application may be
made TO the Secretary, whose address is above
given. Persons who desire to contribute to
the pecuniary support of the National Law
and Order League may remit to Ex-Governor
Samuel Merrill the Treasurer at Des Moines.
Ia, or Mr.. J. G. Shatier, the Secretary, ut
chicago, or Hon Rufus S. Frost, ut Boston.
me supremacy Of the LGJCs is a platform on
which all good citizens can stand together:
and the enforcement Of the laws enacted to
prevent intemperance, paupcrism and crime,
ana promote industry, prosperity and good
citizenship, is work in which all who are in
terested in preserving the youth of the coun-
try from habits of dissipation and vice can
heartily unite. CHARLES G, BONNEY
President of the Citizens Law and Order
League of the United States
CHICAGO, January, 1884.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
A FormldA,HI Cipher.


The Nihilists have Just hit upon new
and formidable cipher, lnnch to the
mystifcatien and alarm of tie "secrel
correspondence" department OF the
third section Outwardly the de wee
seems the simplest imaginable = a
harmless row or series of rows, OF
single and double figures, separated
from each other by dots, and promis-
ing easy resolution into the letters OF
which they stand in place. A closer
examination, however, soon shows the
uselessness of all ordinary methods Of
cipher reading The numbers often 90
much higher than the thirty-siX letters
of the Russian alphabet. This makes
it clear that there has been no
simple substitution of figures for let
ters. The same numbers frequently
recur, occasionally in sequences of three
and four This shows that the cipher
is not consistent with itself-that a fig
ure means one thing in one part of a
phrase and another thing in another
and that, therefore, no clue can be had
to the secret message by simply ''di-
vining' certain letters, yowels, for ex-
ample, from their frequency of recur-
renee.
The following example illustrates the
task upon which the decipherers of the
third section are now engaged in eX-
aiming the new nihilistic correspond
ence. For convenience the cipher is
supposed to be in English. A message
to st. Petersburg from the Provinces,
for instance, might run thus: 81 IA 16
8 3S Is 80 70 20 y q 80 Al 80 Is % II
II % 45 80 - % II % % 40 40 % IS
II "a. This sentence really consists OF
two-the message itself and a key word
previously agreed upon between the
sender and receiver. The letters of
the alphabet contained in each are re-
placed by figures, q being 1, 2, and
so on to the end. The numbers as they
appear above are obtained by the
figures of the key word being continu-
ously added to the figures representing
the message. ''Sun" being the key
word. for example, the numbers 10 q
ID, representing the letters SUN, would
be added in the sequence given to the
first three numbers of the message,
. and in the same way to every succeed
ing three to the end. In the example
the key word is ''hberty," and by sub
tracing the numbers which correspond
to this word-namely, y, 8, ,, 5, 18,
20, 25-for the combined figures of the
message and word continuing the pro-
cess until the end is reached, the real
message will be disclosed in the form,
Send twenty pounds of dynamite to
Kiefl. In this sentence no fewer than
twenty-seven letters are repeated from
one up to three times, yet in the num-
bers there are only two cases where rep
clifton of figures corresponds with rep
etiton of letters, I appearing twice as
II and 70 twice % 80 Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16

Sam Tippler is confirmed inebriate
by heredity and habit; he is a good
mechanic, and can earn good wages
when he is in condition to
work; but his habits are such that he
is idle most of the time; he is a burden
to his family who are very poor and
needy. If Sam was only out of the way
the family, could take care of them
selves. With him on their hands to
provide with beer and the necessaries of
life, they are in great want and destitu-
ton. The degradation OF the family is
telling fearfully against the future of an
otherwise promising family of children.
The thing to do in such case is to send
that man to an inebriate asylum,
workhOuse or jail. Several young
men representing different benevolent
Temperance organizat ons have made
repeated efforts to reform him without
success, and ne only goes on from bad
to worse, a curse to himself and his
family. Something ought to be done
in this case; his family can not be ex-
pected to make complaint against
him. the civil authorities are not likely
to make it unless he is guilty of some
overt act. If there is any relief to be
had it must be by some judiclous man
who acts officially in behalf Of beney-
olent association organi ed for just such
work When the man has served out
his sentence he should be received,
kindly provided with work, and made
to understand that on the first offense
he will be committed again, and con-
tinue to be committed as often as he
drinks Christian Union,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
Can Brutes be Taught to Talk.

The question is, whether brutes NAV
not be taught the intelligent use of
general words or common nouns which
would enable them to reason. AS the
step does not seem 50 very enormous
from the undeniable intelligence of
some brutes to the lowest form of gem
eralization, it is perhaps worth while to
consider how they might possibly be
taught to take the step, in the hope that
having once taken it they might be led
further with still greater ease. Since
the idea of plurality appears to lie at the
very bottom of the idea of class. num-
Der would perhapS be the first and
simplest step in generalizing-number,
that is, the regarding things merely as
individuals or units. 1t is a step be-
You'd, to regard things as alike in more
complex respects. If that is so, the first
effort might be made to teach how to
count, and, of course, at the beginning
only to count up to two. If that can be
accomplished, still further counting can
unquestionably be taught, and no
doubt by degrees a much greater
amount of generalization and reason
itself. Does it seem Impossible that
brute may not associate invariably
the word zone" with single object.
and 1.-TWO" with a pair of objects, no
matter of what kind? AT first the two
objects should always be two like ones;
but by degrees difference in them
might be allowed. The teaching of
common names might next be taken
up; or it might be begun along with
counting, but without the confusing
addition of any plural termination.
Even if the mere counting up to two
could not be taught successfully to any
single individual brute, yet the end
might nevertheless be attained, per-
haps, in several generations.
The question then comes, with what
animal would it be best to begin such
experiments whether with monkeys,
or elephants, or birds, or ants? OF
course articulation is not essential; for
a language of signs might be devised
suitable to the animal-a Ian
guage corresponding to the deaf
and-dumb one of signs, or to one using
the Morse alphabet, or something like
it. Elephants are very intelligent, but
so very long-lived that it would take
ages to observe the effect of training
through many successive generations.
Perhaps the convenience of excellent
articulation and rapid propagation both
combined with apparently good intelli-
gence, might give the preference, on
the whole, to talking bird, such as the
Indian mynah. Science.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
Converted to Prohibition.

A few weeks ago Mr.. Locke, of the
Toledo Blade, came here expressly to
see for himself the actual state of the
liquor traffic. He was strongly preiu-
diced against prohibition, and fully ex-
pected to find an open liquor traffic
here. His explorations were extensive
and minute, and he made inquiries of
all sorts of people. He found LIQUOR
dens here, hidden away in dark places,
down cellars and in attics; arrange
ments prepared to smash the bottles
1.-TWO or three of them in all if the
''seizers' should rush in upon them.
If the officers could seize even spoon
ful or a half spoonful it would be one
hundred dollars and costs and six
months in jail at hard labor; but if
the last drop were spilled, no fine, no
Jail!
II accompanied Mr.. Locke to two
large manufacturing villages with about
four thousand people each. One of
them had great mills of cotton, wooden,
silk, flour, iron, saw-mills and many
other industries. We called upon the
manager of the largest cotton estab-
mCnt, who said: ''There is no liquor
ILdluc HeIe-ttG ledSG tnlnk so. near
nothing of it, and see no indication of
it. If there were liquor sold here, I
should certainly hear of it and see indi-
cations of it,
Mr.. Locke said ''In Ohio, such
town as tbs would have forty licensed
saloons, besides an unknown number
not licensed" The other village was
devoted TO paper making-the largest
establishment of its kind in the world.
There was no iquor-selling there, nor
suspicion of it. Mr.. Locke said: ''In
Ohio, such place as this would have
at least forty licensed saloons, 1 am
converted to prohibition "-GeneraL
Neal UOlN.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
Temperance Items.

MORE than thirty of the mining COM
panes of Colorado make total alb
stinence condition of employment.
"How DID you first begin?' was
asked of a young man who had lost his
situation through drink. "My mother
gave ME bottle of brandy and water
to keep me warm on my journey to
London" was the reply. II liked the
feeling it produced, and soon found my
way to the public-house.
AsINGLE CASE of hydrophobia will stir
the authorities up to kill every unmuz-
zled dog found on the streets. But de-
lirium tremens may kill scores of men
in brown-stone fronts and in huts
of poverty, and the same authori-
ties will hold inquests and sigh over
1.-THE mysterious ways of Providence"
Chicago Inter Ocean,
AT the N. w. G. L. U. Convention
two gentlemen were talking together
one evening before the meeting had be-
gun. One said: mo political party
can afford to lose the influence of such
women as compose this Convention"
"Then," said Il lady near, political
parties must have principles, the
motherhoou OF the age demands 1t Tor
her sons" "She will not demand in
vain" replied the other, there is no
outstanding the power of woman with
God and Truth on her side"
LORD WoLsELEY recently delivered
lecture on "Success in Life lie rec
commended total abstinence on the
ground of eXpedency. If, he said, two
lads started ont toUather in life all
things being equal with the exception
of one drinking and the other being a
teetotaler, it was long odds on the lat
ter. He added that on his Red River
campaign, one Of the hardest he was
ever on, there was no strong liquor, and
there was likewise no sickness and no
need for prison discipline. If drunken
ness could be eliminated crime in the
English army, he commended. would be
practically at an end.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
Temperance Reading.
LOOK NOT UPON THE WINE"

Oh, offer not tho cup to me.
Though sparkling in its ruby light:
No beauty in its face | see,
Though, like the sunlight glad and bright
j see within its limpid depths
But sorrow, sore disgrace and shame
The death of all my fondest hopes,
blot upon an honored name.
That cup to me doth madness bring:
tbs filed with sorrow and despair.
Though lovers of its charms can sing
Its pleasures bought with deepest care,
i see, within, drunkards wife,
His children wan from want of bread,
Shut out from every JOY of life,
wretched father, worse than dead.
How many proud and noble souls
That once did boast an honorcd name,
Have never lived to reach the goal
They sought upon the tower of famel
That cup, with all its maddening power
They sought until it proved too late;
And darby, ruin brooded DER
Until they met a drunkard's fate.
-MJ1u Douglass, IN BdllOus Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
Murder Of Six Factory Girls.

Seven girls employed at a sugar fac
tory at Balta, in Russia, left that town
in the evening, not long ago, to return
to their village at some distance. The
girls, belated on the way, resolved to
pass the night in the fields and con-
tinue their journey at daybreak They
took shelter near a haystack in field
adjoining the highway, and, having
some fears of robbery, placed their
united weeks earnings in the hands of
one of their number for greater safety.
The girls were all fast asleep when they
were tracked by number of young
men. The girl who had secreted the
money in her dress had taken the pre-
caution to cover herself with hay. The
men finding no money on the other six
girls, murdered them in cold blood.
They then fired the stack, and in the
con1agration and smoke the surviving
girl effected her escaped and reached
the village in safety. An alarm was
given and the murderefs were all ar
rested. The survivor recognized the
murderers, who were all employed in
the same factory as their victims. Pail
Mall Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
PATIENCE WITH LOVE.

They are such tiny feet:
They have gone such little way to meet
The years which are required to break
Their steps to evenneSs and make
Them go - $685.. f.4.y i.s ...
More sure and SLOW
They are such little hands,
Be kind. Things are so new and life but stand
A step beyond the doorway. All around
New day has found
Such tempting things to shine upon, and so
The hands are tempted hard you know.
They are such new, young lives;
Surely their newness shrives
Them well of many sins. They see so much,
That, being immortal, they would touch,
That if they reach
We must not chide, but teach.
They are such fond. clear eyes,
That widen to surprise
At every turn; they are so often held
To suns or showcrs-showers soon dispelled
By looking in our face
Love asks for so much grace.
They are such fair frail gifts;
Uncertain as the riffs
OF light that lie along the sky
They may not be here by and by,
Give them not love, but more-above
And harder-patieuce with the love.
N. y. Graphic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16

Judge Biddle decided in the Com.
mon Pleas Court at Philadelphia re-
Gently that ex-Judge Briggs was not
libelcd by defamatory letter written
by Philip c. Garrett, because Briggs
by his candidacy for Office, invoked
scrutiny of his character Philadelphia
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16

Household servants get four dollars
a month in Mexico. They require no
days out or company in, and treat their
mistresses with becoming -decency.-
Chicaq0 Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE.

Address of the President of the National
League, Giving a Sketch of the Move
ment, and the Plan for Its Extension in
1884.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31
NEWS NOTES FROM LONDON.

,t, v,,.nrup1 -. RrTURS-William Vanderbilt will
return TO Sew-York by the North German Lloyd steam
shin Inns which he win take at southampton on June D.
RESIGNATION OF A MINisTER.-A Dal1nstadt dlspatch
states that Baron Won stark, Hessian Minister OF State,
has resigned his position owing TO MS eohneeuoi Win
the kOloininc incident
sr G,rry's PEpGREE.-An objection has been lodged
AGAINST 81 Gatcn one OF the horses that dead heat
for the Derby stakes tie ground that the description
Of his pedigree Is deficient.
PRINCE IlToRNArOLEON.-PTinceV Victor Napoleon mas
arrived al Chschurt attend the services on the ann-
yprsarV OF the death OF the Prince Imperial
FIRE IN CAMBoDIA-Adyces from the far East state
that serious fire had occurred st Phuampenk the capt.
al f aobodia The whole quarter outside OF the french
concession was destroyed Among tue Dudlhss pufncu
were lOJ houses belonging 10 the hIns' 'hiNo P'''''
perished in the Iame5.
AyERIcAN sTccKs-A hutter occurrad IN the Market
for American securities in the Stock Exchange to-day
owin~ 70 the late delivery OF the New York mail Inc
committee extended the time for the delivery OF STOCKS
one hour thus enabling brokers 10 defef BLOCKS anu
escape a forced buying In.
THE FRANCHISE BIIL~-Ihe Pal MAJ GG;efe says tha'
the Government propose TO disain opposition 10 inc
Franchise bill ny posponng the time when the Dill sna
go into force till January, 1886 Before that time bill
roydjnc for the redistribution OF parliamentary seas
wIl have been passed
The Frenchman arrested Monday for having eIplo-
syes in his possession pleaded guilty to-day and was
fined s. and costs.
AN OPERA COMPANY sTRANDED.-Liian RusseTs
"Bilee Taylor opera Company Ia bankrupt at Lau-
same The director has disappeared The arstes are
without money and the hotekeeper has seized their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
sAI.F OF JERsEY CATTLE.

BALTIMORE May 30-A salo OF recently imported
Jersey cattle including thirteen and four calves took
place in this city to-day The highest price fetched
S5lO for Primrose Lady The sales 50 DAB. None
Of the were more than two years old.
SENTENCED FOR A MURDER DONE IN 1873.
LYNCHBURG, May 30.The trial Of S. ID. Hall for the
murder OF g. A. Bswyer In Montgomery County In 1870
concluded at Christiansburg today. The jury re
turned verdict OF guilty OF murder In the lst degree
new trial refused and the prisoner sentenced TO oe
hanged August 8. The murder the result OF an Ola
feud and was committed eleven years ago.
HANGED FOR KILLING RUSSIAN
ST. LOUIS, May 30-Wilsm Brown, (coored was
hanged this morning at Bellevile. Ill Brown murdered
a poddler named Layigue poor crippled Russian ehle
whom he induced To remain all night In his nut near
CaDokia. - - - ox,>,
, THOMAS PAINE'S VIOLIN.
BoRDESTowN May 30.-In tearing down p0r-
ton of the Washington Hotel to-day vionh with lhe
name of Thomas Paine branded on IL was iounu sIoWu
away IN the attic Paine did much OF his Wrh. III 'is
old town at the inn named
SENTENCED FOR swINDLING PENSlONER.
PpII ADrIPuuA, May 30.-George f. DcDoweu was To-
day 10 years imprisonment In the Eastern
Penfentiary for receiving greater compensation thau
allowed by law In procuring pension ana It's scounu
tons amounting 10 $685. for Levi La Rue and handing
over 10 the latte, only $685. OF the money.
CAIIsE OF THE ACCIDENT IN KRUpPS TUNNEL.
PIrrsBuRC Nav 30.-The Coroner's investigation into
the Kupps funnel accident resulted IN verdict exon
Grating The contractors aud att1urg the accident TO
ouicksand The men killed were Italians aud Hungarians.
Two others have since died. The injured persons Will
probably Iecoyers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31
CREW IN DANGER OF STARVING.

Sr. ,Jouy's. y. T., May 30.-rhe Ncwfound-
land sealing brig Confederate Captain Thomas Greene
Of Harbor Grace with OF seventy-nine men was
cauyht IN the ice in Notre Dame Bay April 2S ana
thrown completely on the foe. The ship lies over on
her side with her yarderms the ice On May ~ nVe
crew volunteered travel the land distant nearly
twenty miles, and report the situation. At imminent
peril to their lives and in an exhausted eondon 'he
reached Twilngac, boarded the steamer Hercules ana
arrived here tbs evening They report that all the pro-
Visions are consumed except bread and the last pound
ron,d oTI ne The sbip thus beset drifting out to
so9 ihe ls danger OF the whole bclng starved 10
DEATH powerful sealing steamship VIII PC al once us
ucrcucs reports Ice the eastward of Nore Dame Bay
as far as the eye reach, and nnuiEeraDe ceDes7