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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-12

Perhaps the revision Of the Bible
was unnecessary after all. The his~
torian il impelled to this reflection
BY sage remark which was uttered
Ia his hearing in : street car the 9th
er day. On the opposite aide Of the
car we're two women who we're talk
ing rather loudly. One said:
Did you know Sarah had another
lot Of money left her by her cousins
wills
Law me exclaimed the other,
the BIBIS nDveF 5aid 4 truur tirtng
than them that has, gits I
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-12

crown of Complement The rom
panionship that made heaven and
home Synonymous terms? Are
these ended foreveri
When he sees here again che ~
wearing her wedding dress. Her
sott, pretty hair Il arranged A. hs
liked il best. Her eyes are closed
and her lip, unresponsive TO his
kisses.
And over her bosom they crossed her hMndo>
Come away. they said, God understands.s
Mrs. II Il. Rayne, IN Detroit
Free Press.
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Edward shepherd, Of harrisburg. III. sAys.
"Hsving received 90 much bsne0t from k1oo-
trio Bittsrs. / feel itmy duty 70 III su6Hrine
humanity knowit. Have had : running soIe
on my leg for eight ysars; my doctofs tod
me would have to have tho bone ecrspsd or
leg amputstsd, used, inetead, three BOT
and WE'LL
Eisctric Bittsrs are sold ~ dry esnss Z, bot
lie, and Buckl~n's AruicA 6Alve q 2bc. ~
bcx BY b. Williams = Bro.
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Consumption cured" would be =
good sign for . boarding house.
N 6tarttpg Dfscoyery.

Mr.. VIM. johnson, Of Huron, OAK. writes
that his wife had been troubled with acute
Bronchitis for many years and that all rem
edies tried gave no permanent relief, until
he procured bottle OF DR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs, and Colds
which bad magical effect, and produced q
permanent cure II 10 guaranteed to cure all
Diseases Of Throat, Lungs, or Bronchial
Tubes.
Trial Bottles Free at &c. Williams 4
Bros. Drug s ore. Large Size 81 90.
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When you Wis or leave New York City.
save bageass expressage and carriage hire
and stop at the Graud Union Hotel. oppo.
site Grand Central Depot. aepant rooms 6t-
ted up ut cost Of one millloa dollars. re-
duced to 81 and upwards per day. 1rrc'
pean plan. Elevator Restaurant supplied
with the best. Horse cars, stages ana ele.
waited railroad to all depots Families can
live for less money at the Grand Union Ho
tel than at any other irst-class hotel in the
city.
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=
Is TIE nost complex work of the Creator, and
when this complicated eesucture, % exquisite
q NtopRhf. r. II ulbe1 By disease, the
inos&x 1lCient Aid should Be c0uRht from the
most skilled sicisn--fbr the human body
isfoo precions 10 Be- neglected Il becomes
tie question, then: What physician shall
Be employed I"
On. Oscar J0HAxHRsnx, Of the University
Of Berlin, Germany, has made : lifelong
study Of ailments Of the Nervous and Geni-
to.UrinAxy System.
His Remedys Cure
Any Debility OF Deraugement Of the Nervous
System, including Sparmatthorea, Gonor-
rhea, Syphilis, Stfictnrs. 1mpotAnce, etc.
BECAUSE you may have been cheated and
fooled BY QUACKS, who claim to crre this
class Of disorder, do not hesitate to give
DR.. JOHANNKSHNE method : fair tria.
before Jour cAse becomes chronic and incur
sbls.
UFree. -
A valuable treatise, explanatory Of DIR.
JUHANNESEN'S system, will Be sent by
mail, post paid and secureiy sealed from OBJ
ssrvation1 70 any suferer addressing his sole
authorised agent for the United States aud
Canada. .~ HENRYvOGELRR,
4isda I'll 40 South Street, New York.
Complicated symptoms treated from
DR. J0HANNESEN'S Special Prescription,
under advice Of duly qusliaed consulting
All correspondence held = strictly conf
DENTAL, and advise by mail free Of charge.
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A Clear Skin

is only a part Of beauty;
but it is a part. Every lady
may have it; at least, what
looks like it. Magnolia
Balm both freshens and
beauties.
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A Hint to Old Bachelors Mr..
Oldbeau Ito young rival; bsfore
young lady, to whom they ~ sg6h
: tent ve) 80 Why, bless me. / harley,
now you've grownl r.
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In tho celebrated dialogue which
occurred between Alexander aud the
robber, the latter explained that be
stole from the rich TO give 70 to-
poor Our modern charity fairs 49,
conducted upon the same principals.
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Auburn has : little boy named
Norris Eveleth who CAP boast Of ele
ven grandfathers and grandmothsrs.
II would seem - if this boy ought
to be arrested for polygamy!
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~ NNSspA 0uo Jact vNtSs uAuA 1nA
he has gone into the little parlor
and closed the door. All the room
| is suggestive Of her who lies dying
in the chamber above. Her bird is
singing IN the cage 1t the window -
II sorrow was unknown in the world.
The room is flooded with the warm
sunlight, full Of life and radiance,
little in consonance with the desc
late heart Of the man standing alone
there. Her bird, her books, her
lounging chair, the touch and design
that make home, are here. Her
living presence seems to animate the
common things, and make them gra-
cious and loving like herself, And
il is only a brief twelve month since
she stood there a bride and listened
to her husbands proud welcome to
their home. Now she lies yonder--
dying. dying.
| And he, how can no bear IL. How
do men bear in their undisciplined
character the mighty shock Of such
= grief as this Oh, IL he could only
lean his head on his mothers shout
| der and sob out his sorrow AZ he did
when boy. But he knows Of that
unwritten law which forbids man
TO cry or wear his grief on his sleeve,
for the davis to peck At He must
meet It alone, and
.Know how sublime thing 1t IL
To suffer and he strong"
And al the while the scalding
drops Of anguish are forcing them
selves to his eyes, soaring them ~
with : red-hot iron, while be stands
there trying to look in the face this
awful intruder, who has come unbid-
den into his house.
"She wants you; she has sent for
YOU" says ono Of the household,
sobbing bitterly and no goes. with
vague. mechanical steps into her
presence.
Have they told your Do you
know 7" she asks in whisper. "Oh,
love, we are going 70 be separated.
God is taking me from YOU"
"Hc cannot be 20 oruel,n he says
blnntly and unreoonoilsd. and he
takes her in his arms as II to defy
death 10 part them. The hours wear
on, the clock ticks in the death
chamber;
uForever--hever:
Nevers0rever.v
| He does not heed It !; his eyes are
fastened on that beloved face, chan
ging from its bloom and beauty In
to the ashsn pallor which tie shad-
ows Of the unsse forecast. Present.
" she opens her troubled eyes and
ikea them upon biz haggard face.
Read TO mo. dear" shc whispers
family. He knows what she wishes
him to read. That Is one Of the In.
tuitive qualities which made Of their
lives perfect harmonious sphere
4 congenial union, rich in love and
mutual faith, and 10 which there
can be no finslity Of death or limi-
tation. So he brings her Bible and
turns the leaves in search lof some
text Of comfort, such As they have
often read together.
But which one? There are so
many, snd all are good. He is not
compelled to decide. The blessed
Book opens to the most precious one
Of all, that has oomforted 30 many
home-sick hearts; the sweetest Of the
heavenly madrigals:
"The Lord is my Shepherd,
shall not want"
She repeats It after him.
At intervals she broke forth into
snatches Of speech:
Though walk through the valley
Ofthe shadow Of death,
will fear no evil"
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COAL AND WOOD OFFICE
ANE
Flour and Feed Store
No. So Qus st., staley's Block.

TVHE undertiehed respectfully informs the
J. citizens Of Martinsburg and Berkeley
county that he has opened Coal and Wood
Office and Flour and Feed Store ct IS Queen
Street, where all orders n my line will 70
ceive prompt attention. hsve put In . pair
Of Fairbanks new scales and al coal sold BY
me will be weighed and full weight guar
anteed. Piedmont and Cumberland run Of
mine, Fine and Lump Coal; also best quail
ty Nut and Egg anthracite coal always on
hand.
farmers having Corn, Oats and Hay to sell
are collected to see me before selling. Thank
ing the public for the liberal patronage ex-
tended me, and soliciting your further favors,
am respectfully yours,
jy24-ly. ]. w ROE ERTS.
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The great popularity and success OF
salvation Oil. the great pain destroyer,
tins made 1t = target for countriftitere.
Beware Of limitations. Price Is cUnts
= bottle.
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PROF ESSIONAL CARDS.
WELSH.
ReSl0 ENT enENTiST,

RESIDENT DENTIST,
O6ers hi5 professional services to the CIT
ixens Of MartinShusg and vicinity Possessing
the advantage Of being graduate ofthe Bal.
timore Dental College, and an experience Of
. number ofyears IN the profession, he feels
we'll assured hs'c can render satisfaction In all
the branches OF his profession. Prices ex-
tremely moderate. Calls solicited.
Gas administered.
OYyIcB ON corner of Burke and College
Streets. aprl6-ly
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PIPE FITTING,
TIN ROOFING, SCOUTING, &c.

Try The INDEPENDENT
ONE YEAR.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
Colorlng a Meerschaum Pipe.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette


The most common complaint is that
their meerSchaumS will not turn from
their natural yellowish white color to
rich brown, even after the smokers have
smoked themselves into the color of q
dried mummy in the effort After the
artist has finished cutting the design and
has shaped the bowl, the finished bowl
is boiled in wax. Why in wax Be-
cause the wax penetrates the pores for a
short distance beneath the surface and
serves to keep the coloring matter in the
pipe. The coloring matter is the oil Of
tobacco, not nicotine, as many errone-
ously suppose, and it sinks into the
meerschaum, which is simply very fno
porous clay, and is stopped by the wax
before it is driven out at the outer sur
face by the heat inside. If it were not
for the. wax the coloring matter would
pass out and get rubbed off and the
pipe would never be colored.
A glazing of glass would do as we'll as
wax, but wax is the cheapest material
that has been found for the purpose.
Now when over-anxiouS smokers try to
hurry the process of coloring the pipe,
by smoking pipeful after pipeful of to-
bacco, the wax is driven out, leaving
the pipe raw and dry. The nearer to
the top of the bowl the wax is kept the
finer it will look when colored. The
smoker should take long, slow pulls at
the pipe, and after one pipeful is ex.
hausted the pipe should be laid down to
cool off before it is filed again
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
HypnOtism no Mystery.


Dr. Thuring, before the New York
Academy of Anthropology, discoursing
on involuntary life said: When the will
surrenders its control, the involuntary
life begins. Somnambulism and the
trance are phases of it. 1t was really
the true life. Hypnotism was kind of
involuntary life and was produced by
giving ones entire confidence to another
of superior will power. If the human
mastery is so perilous, so much the bet
ter reason for understanding it. Peo-
pie should open their eyes and look into
it, and not turn specifically away. If
one soul can possess another at this day
there can be no doubt of-their having
been in olden days demoniacal pos
session. There is no mystery about it
there, is no need of mystery.
Hypnotism has fallen into 6isrepute
because it has been practiced by mounte-
banks. What is known as panic is a
tran-e This question of involuntry
life is a matter of education. The first
time a person is sub eet to the inHu-
ence of anothers will he may be aroused
before being entirely released by men
tai action, the second time he is more
comfortable, and the third or fourth
time he is entirely so. Intensity Of
thought in one direction produces vacu-
ity of thought in another, and a trance
may be artifcially induced by antici-
patton. The helmsman doing at his wheel
Is an illustration of involuntary life.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
7ANDARD- MEANWHILE TENNEsSEE-sATURDAY APR H. 1855
How Esquimau Dogs Are Trained.


AS the Esquimaux must at sometime
be babies, so the dogs must at sometime
be puppies, and the puppies are allowed
inside the igloo on the bed, where they
are the favorite of the young heir. His
mother makes him number of doll dog
harnesses for the puppies, fixes him up
a dog-whip almost like his fathers, and
then he amuses himself Harvesting them,
hitching them to a Ratchet, the water
bucket, or any object that is at hand,
and driving them around the gloo and
storm igloo, or out-of-doors when the
weather is very pleasant. AS soon as
puppies get little bigger, the larger
boys take them in hand, and by the
time they are old enough to be used for
work in the sledges theyare almost we'll
trained dogs.
And so with the little Esquimau him
self; when he is a young man he is a
good dog-driver, and knows how to
manage sledge under all circum-
stances. This is the hardest thing that
an Esquimau has to learn. | have
known white men to equal them in row.
ing in their little seal-skin canoes;
have seen white men build good igloos;
but | have never seen white man who
was good dog-driver; and the Esqui-
maux told me that they had
never seen such a one, either.
When they drive their dogs, it is in
the shape of letter V, the fore
most dog being at the converging point,
and the harness-traces running back in
V-shapes, to the sledge. The forward
dog is called the leader" or 'chief, +"
and, in trading dogs, a "leader" is worth
two good followers, or ordinary work
ers. The Esquimau dog driver manages
the leader wholly by the voice, making
him stop, go ahead, to the right or to
the left, as he may speak to him; and
as he acts, so do the others, who soon
learn to watch him closely, and strangest
of all, to obey him even after they are
embarrassed, although the Header
may not be one of the largest and
strongest dogs in the team,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
A Great Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, of Newton, Ia,
says: "My wife has been seriously af>
flicted with cough for twenty-five
years, and this spring more seriously
than before. She had used many
remedies without relief, and being
urged to try DR.. Kings New Discov>
cry, did so, with most gratifying re-
suits. The first bottle relieved her
very much, and the second bottle has
absolutely cured her. She has not had
so good health for thirty years"
Trial bottles free at j. B. Ritchey's
drug store. Large size 81. +
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
An OId.Enshloned Gentlemnn.

A few years ago young man fash
ionably dressed took his seat at the ia
BILE of the Girard house, in Philadel-
phia. There was an air of self-con-
scious superiority in the youth, which
attracted general attention. He read
the menu with smothered disgust, gave
his order with tone of lofty conde-
scension, and when his neighbor civilly
handed him the pepper-box stared at
him for his presumption as though he
had rendered him an insult. In short,
person of the blood could not have re
garded a mob of serfs with more AFRO
CANT hauteur than did this lad the. re-
spectacle travellers about him.
Presently a tall, powerful old
man entered the room, and seated him
self at one of the larger tables. He was
plainly dressed, his language was mark
edly simple, he entered into converse
ton with his neighbor, who happened
to be poor tradesman, and occasionally
during the dinner exchanged ideas with
little lady of five summers who sat
beside him. The colored servant spoke
to him as an old friend. slow is your
rheumatism, Johnl" he said to one, and
remembering that another had lately
lost his son.
"Who is that old-fashioned gentle
man." asked curious traveller of the
steward.
ooh, that is Judge Jere Black, the
greatest jurist in the country~ was the
enthusiastic reply.
"And the young aristocratY He surely
is somebody of noteF"
''He is drummer who sells fancy
soaps"
Judge jeremiah Black, who has re-
Gently died, was noted and feared in
public life for the massive force of his
intellect Every blow kills" said a
listener to one Of his arguments. On
the other side an old farmer and neigh
Dor wrote of him; I'VE shall never
have another man as pure, kindly and
simple among us. "
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
Advice to Mothers.

Are you disturbed atnight and bro,
ken Of your rest by sick child suffer-
ing and crying with pain of cutting
teeth? If so, send at once and get a
bottle of Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING
SYRUP for children teething. Its value
is incalculable. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Depend on
it, mothers, there is no mistake about
it, 1t cures dysentery and diarrhea,
regulates the stomach and bowels, cures
wind collie, softens the gums, reduces
inflammation, and gives tone and energy
to the whole system. Mrs. WinslOw's
Soothing Syrup for children teething is
pleasant to the taste, and it is the pre-
scription of one of the Oldest female
nurses and physicians in the United
States, and is for sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price Is cents
a bottle. %
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
Causes of Cancer.
IChicago Times. |


The New York World says: mo
known case of cancer ever was attrib-
uted to the use or abuse of tobacco. The
predisposition to cancer-the diathesis,
as doctors call it resides in the blood,
and one might smoke inordinately
without inducing what is called the can
cerous condition"
However, DR.. H. P. Dunn, a London
physician, who has spent years in try
ing to ascertain the causes of cancer,
says: at is neither infectious nor con-
tagious. There is no evidence that it
has a zymotic origin, or, in other words,
that it arises from any micro. organism
or germ. Moreover, nothing cancerous
is transmitted from parent to child,
even in the case where the disease oe-
ours in both. A child may inherit a
predisposition to cancer, that is-a
liability to the disease but not the dis
ease itself. 1t commences de novo in
each individual whom it attacks Or
dinarily there are no preliminary symp-
toms of its appearance. The first init
nations of the terrible disease are the
appearance IF tumor and the sensa-
ton of severe pains. 1t always com
mences as a local disease, and generally
remains such for a considerable time. ="
This being the case, a cancer might be
the result of a local cause, and it is not
impossible that excessive smoking is the
/. origin of Grants difficulty.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
An Old Musical Clock.
[Cor. jewelers. circular.l

/ have clock which cannot help but
be curiosity to your readers. 1t is an
old grandfather's clock, and was brought
from the old country. 1t is musical
clock, or, you might say, it has hand
organ on top. 1t is 935 years old, will
keep good time, and is the only one of
its kind in America. The movement is
made of wood, lead, iron, etc. The
weight that runs the musical part weighs
fifty pounds. 1t plays piece every
hour, but it is rather hoarse at present
from old age, or perhaps the cold coun-
try has some effect on its lungs. The
dial is large and has the paintings of
William Penn, describing his history,
etc. At the top are five wooden must
clans. dressed in uniforms, who raise
their instruments to their lips as they
begin to play. 1t is novel and curious;
the case is seven feet high, two feet
square, made of maple and mahogany,
and very ancient-looking piece Of
work. 1t was made in the year 1919,
and brought to this country in the year
lS47 by party of immigrants, being
the only timepiece brought with them.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
IN Already.

lCosmo Monkhouse in Magazine Of Art.l
In yon hollow Damon lies,
Lost in slumber deep.
Hush, hush, We shepherd girls,
Break not his sleep,)
Phyllis passes tiptoe by;
Whittier is she hieingl
Peep, peep, ye shepherd girls,
He for her is dying.)
Now she pauses, now she bends,
All, she kissed him purely.
look away, We shepherd girls,
Frown, frown, demurcly.)
See, he clasps he- in his arms,
She who was the proudest.
Laugh, laugh, ye shepherd girls,
Laugh, laugh, your loudest)
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
The Thoughtless Mechanic.
Detroit Free Press

A Mechanic who was Driving Nail
made a Mis-hit and brought the Hammer
down upon his Finger. In the Pain and
Excitement he cried out:
"Td like to wiring the Neck of the
Man who invented this Deceitful toolP'
An Old Sage who was passing that
way after some Fish Bait stopped and
Replied:
"Use the Tool to pound Nails Instead
of Fingers and you will meet with the
Utmost Success"
Moral, Where the Law is Rightly APP
piled it seldom fails to give Satisfaction.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
Wy TX Mail and Express.

Papa, didn't you say if was a good
toy you would give me cent? queried
D 7-year-old
Yes, my son, blandly replied pater.
fmmihas.
well, then, said the young hopeful,
couldn't you make it payable in ad,
vance de got his cent.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
The leader and His Baton.


What amused me most at the opera,
said an Arab chief, who had been taken
to hear Faust, was one of the r-usi-
clans in the orchestra, seated Etlt
higher than the rest, who performed on
the invisible instrument with stick.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
The Announcement of washington's Death

Inc announcement OF W aSnlnSJOn OehJn
The Georgetown Centinel Of Liberty,
a semi weekly, in its issue of Dec. II,
1899, thus announced Washington's
death: ut is our painful duty first to
announce to the country and the world
the death of Gen. George Washington.
This mournful event occurred on Satur-
day evening, about II O'Clock. On the
preceding night he was attacked with
a violent infammatory affection of the
throat, which in less than twenty-four
hours put a period to his life. If a
long life devoted to the most important
public service; if the most eminent use
fulneSs, true greatness and consummate
glory; if being an honor to our race
and model of future ages; if. all these
could nationally suppress our grief,
never perhaps, ought we to mourn so
little. But as they are the most power
full motives to gratitude, attachment
and veneration for the living and of sor-
row at their departure, never ought
America and the world to mourn more
than on this melancholy occasion"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-11
Grants Consideration for Ihe vanquished.


One of the very marked features of
Gen. Grants life in the field was that
no one ever came to his quarters on le-
gitimate business or wac brought there
prisoner who was not kindly and con-
siderately treated. lie was punctilious
in having all persons who came properly
to his quarters politely treated and
cared for. He never gave offense him
self, and would not tolerate it in Others.
No officer in the army ever lived more
plainly than Gen. Grant, and none was
more willing to divide what he had
After successful battle he never ex-
libited the slightest boastful feeling.
To have seen him and heard him talk
one would suppose he had nothing to do
with the battle if il we're not for the or
ders he was dictat for the future
movements of the rmy or for the
burial of the dead or for the caring for
the sick and wolnded