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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-01
CLAYToN's
PaCidcCOast Healing SalVe
CuriuSitieS,

NCIENT OR MODERN. BOUGHT AMI
~ SOLD. Mineral Specimens, Old Coins
NATHAN JOSEPH b co.'s, Cal CLAY street
Ban francisco. tess.u
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-05

sfsi@ t'as i'f
b6 Common sense teaches you
that the nature Of a cow differs wide-
y from that Of a horse Or any other
beast; that cattle get entirely differ
emit diseases than horses or other animals,
and consequently IL takes a different med
icine for each. TO increase quality and
quantity Of milk, butter, flesh and fat, 1t
requires a medicine TO iaUigor0te the liz
en-, to secretc more and healthy bile; that
the food is not only digested, but also db-
sorbed by the system and charged wifh
Ingredients as nature needs TO yield the
largest profit To obtain this, jollow the
ddUice Of thousands pho hare enjoved its
benefits for gears, and feed q tablespoon
FIJI Of the Farmers linton Cattle Ponder
every other dag.
TO purify the blood, cleanse the system
especially at this time of the gear feed
Lehigh Cattle Ponder to cattle, sheep,
saUine and poultry. and DuUoys Horse
and Mule P0icder to horses and neutes.
These goods hare been used and giuen
fllJ SATISFACTION by our best farmers for
the last heavyweight gears !; so do not sac
rifce yoar oaon benefit by being misled
Nth flaming circulars, funny 0lmanacs
and bOiSter0us advertisements.
For sale here by H.. G. WILLIAMS,
Jr. q BRO, and cUery good country
store. m23-3m
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The Decline q IDfinlxing.

Tho Decline ~ IDffnIxing.
/. Statistics show that the people Of
the United States, from being ono Of
the hardest drinking nations, are b.
coming among the most sparing CON-
sumers Of spurious liquors. When
DR.. Rush, in 1875, began bis attacks
upon intemperance, whiskey and rum
were regarded Is among the necces-
saries Of life and were almost as free
as water. In farm labor ardent spir-
its were regular daily ration. II
is related BY writer's Of the period
that in the country, clergymen drank
as hard as their parishioners; that
women and children joinedin the rev
els, and that it was no more uncom-
mon to meet tipsy clergyman than
to see a woman or halt grown boy
staggering under an overload Of spir-
its, or farm hand lying blind drunk
by the roadside. In Pennsylvania
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ST GLAzR HOTKL,
MARrIHsBuao. W. VA. ~

T HAVE refurnished this large and commo.
i dious House--the leading Hotel Of the
City Parlor and all the chambers fitted
and furnished ia frst-class order All ar
rangements and management orderly and
respectable Table unexcelled Summer
boarders accommodated. Transient travel
lers made comfortable by home-like atten
ton Kind and obliging employees In eve
ry department Bath rooms 10 the house.
Families or person desiring board respectful
ly referred 10 Rev. R. H Pitt. Hon. J II.
Ge:tiuger, DR.. J. A G. Hover, Mr. Frank
Thomas and other guests, citizens OF Mar
tinsburg. r. &. DORSEY.
in Is Proprietor.
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A cold OF unusual severity which I
took last autumn, developed into diff
ficulty decidedly catarrhal Ia all its
characteristics, threatening return Ok
my old chronic malay, catarrh. One
bottle OF Ely's Cream Balm completely
eradicated every symptom Of that pain
Warner. 165 Hudson St., Rochester. N.
Y.
Ely's Cream Balm is the best meni-
Mrs. O. Wood, Mexia, Texas.
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/ Well yes, can spare You aulme,
| ! guess, \ lie said, as he produced the
coin and handed 1t to an old man
/ whom any officer might arrest on
sight Is = vagrant.
what made you do that" qucr~
! led bystsnder when the mendicant
had passed on. Don't you know
that every cent given to that class
isssan encouragement to viceg''
"Wait bit until you hear my
story. ! was only a boy when first
left England. Like some other bosy
| got into bit Of trouble with the
law, and, as matter OF fact, ran
away. Father was terribly put out
with me, and the last words he spoke
were to disown me. / wrote several
letters home after reaching this CONN.,
try, but never one was replied to,
and | finally decided to paddle my
own canoe and make the best Of it.
Ten years after my arrival, and when
living in Chicago, | stood in front
Of a theatre one bitter cold night.
and an old man came up and began
to tell me a pitiful story. / was
waiting and looking for party who
was to meet ME, and therefore paid
little attention to the beggar. / did
not even give him square look in
the face. He turned from me to an
other with his story, and heard
him say:
~ am hungry and penniless. For
Gods sake have compassion on a
poor old manl'
"You 60 away or I'll have you
arrestedl' was the unfeeling reply
and the old man staggered off into
the night.
swell, later on in the evening I
/ got to wondering where had heard
the old mans voice before. l felt
that it had a familiar sound, and yet
| could not place it, and the thing
worried me so that l could not sleep
before midnight. Next morning, as
l reached the corner Of State and
Sixteenth street on my way to work.
saw a crowd gathered before q
door, and a boy told me the body Of
an old man who had been frozen to
death on the street was inside.
1t came to me like a fash that
this was the one who had addressed
me, and ! entered the place. They
had his face covered, but I removed
the handkerchief. As true as there
is a Heaven beyond us, that was the
dead body Of my old fstherl I
learned in time that mother was
dead, and that father, finally forgiy
ing me for my boyish prank, had set
sail for America to hunt me up.
Thieves plundered him Of biz every
dollar, and he had tramped year
like an old vagrant, hoping to find
me. As / had not written to him
for years. he had no clue, but de-
pended solely upon accident. Ac-
cident brought us face to face at
last, but repnlsed him. He was
penniless and hungry, and refused
him a paltry trife. ! tell you it
went hard with me TO call up those
things, with his pinohed pale face
before me and his voice forever
stilled I"
"And sol''
sand so the old man who just left
US may be hunting for = son or
daughter. In any event, / cannot
refuse them. Their words bring to
mind that bitter night and their
hungry looks recall : face I shall
never look upon again.
IN. QUAD"
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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 Die
covery for Consumption, Coue hs, and Colds,
which bad a magical effect, and produced 3
permanent cure It Is guaranteed to cure all
Diseases Of Throat, Lungs, or Bronchial
Tubes,
Trial Bottles Free at E. G. Williams r
Bros. Drug Sore. Large Size $500.
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Important.

When you Wis or leave New York City,
save baggae expressage and carriage hire
and stop at the Graud UnionH Hotel, oppo.
site Grand Central Depot. Gegant rooms fit
ted mp at cost of one million dollars, re-
duced to 81 and upwards PER day. xCrc.
pean plan. Elevator Restaurant supplied
with the best. Horse cars, stages and 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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MANS.
ORGANISM

is the most complex work of the Creator, and
when THIS complicated structure, 30 exquisite
iy. wrought, Is dis urbed by disease, the
most efficient aid should be sought from the
most skilled physician-f for the human body
istoo precious 10 be neglected. IL becomes
the question, then; ssWhat physician shall
be employed ~
Dr.. OSCAR JoHANsEsEx, of the University
Of Berlin, Germany, has made lifelong
study OF ailments OF the Nervous and Geni-
to-Urinary System.
His Remedys Cure
Any Debility or Derangement Of the Nervous
System, including Sparmatthorea, Gonor-
rhea. Syphilis, Structure. Impotence, etc.
II BECAUSE you may have been cheated and
fooled By QUACKS, who claim to crre this
class Gf disorders, do not hesitate to give
DR., JOHANNESEN'S method fair tria.
before your case becomes chronic and incur
able.
eTFree. -
valuable treatise, explanatory of DIR.
JOHANNESEN'S o. stem, will be sent by
mail, post paid and securely sealed from OBJ
servation to any sufferer addressing his sole
authorized agent for the United States aud
Canada. HENRY vOGELER,
49 South Street, New York.
Complicated symptoms treated from
DIR. JOHANNESEN'S Special Prescription,
under advice of duly qualified consulting
physician.
All correspondence held as strictly conf
Dental, and advise by mail free Of charge.
dl2ly
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Civilization is making rapid pro-
gress in the Congo country. A fsw
years ago she inhabitants ate white
people raw; now they tenderly roast
them.
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The fellows who eat boiled onions
cannot hope to be free from the
breath of suspicion.
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ivTNHE undersigned respectfully informs the
i citisens of Martinsburg and Berkeley
county that he has opened Coal and Wood
Once and Flour and Feed Sore at 50 Queen
Street, where ell orders ii my line will NJ
ceive prompt attention. have put Ia pair
of Fairbanks new scales and all 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. f1 f'as
Farmers having Corn, Oats and Hay to sell
are solicited 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.iy. j. w. ROE ERTS.
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there were ins1fsO'no less than D.
600 stills in operation ina population
Of 4Sp, STs. or one stiIl'for every s6of
the inhabitants. a.
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An open question, ARE you going
to let me in
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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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er preparations. A particle Is applied into
each nostril; AoPain; agreeable To- use
Owego, NJ. a1s sb-Iy.
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ELY,S
CREAM BALM.
c1esnsss ths n sd.
AIlsys lnnsmmstloa
Hssis Sores. Re-
stores N Senses 81
TssAs, hssriss end
emsn. 4 essek Re.
lief a Positive csrs.
Cream Balm
has gained An en-
viabls reputation,
displacing ali 9TH
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PIPE FITTING,

TRY THE INDEPENDENT
ONE YEAR.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-12-24

Indeed the belief in apparitions was
not confined to children and servants.
By many persons, and among that
number many of the worthy citizens
of the village of Schlafmutz, the mys-
tical subject was regarded with pro-
found respect.
Ah-ha ?'' said Herr Ingle interro
gatively, while he nodded his head in
a way which indicated to- Dick that
one might expect to be visited at any
time by a hobgoblin.
"Yas, sab" responded the negro,
with dilating eyes; "dat little man bin
seen agin.''
What little man, Dick ?''
=" =" De Little Red Man, sab! !'
"A-h-h-ap'
This time the ejaculation of the
landlord was in a different tone, and
was delivered with a different infec-
ton. He rose and stood with his back
to the fire and regarded Dick for some
time with serious face. Then she
opened his tortoise snuf.box again,
and posing pinch of Macaboy near
llo AOoc, liS tuuSN
Who har seen the Little Red
Man ?'
Before he had finished speaking,
the door opened, and old Kesselficker,
the tippler, hurriedly slipped in from
the cold entrv-way, arching his back
against the draft of wind and burying
his grisly chin in multiplied folds of a
green woolen scarf. Briskly shuff1ing
to a chair by the fireplace, the privi-
legged iouGg.r; without greeting the
host, spread his benumbed fingers to
to the warm glow and ordered drink
of brandy and nutmeg, which was duly
served, and served with some degree
Of courtesy, too, for Kesselficker,
though only day laborer at odd jobs,
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eye roamed from one to another until
he espied Herr Grosnase lying on the
settee with glass of liquor in his hand
and surrounded by the maids. Then
his choked voice found vent, but in
only four words: This Is too mach !'
He caught the pedagogue by the ear
and sat him up. He clutched the lap
pei of the pedagogue's coat and led
him out. Not tongue moved.
Worse than all, poor old Kesselfick-
er firmly convinced that the devil had
really come in the shape of the Little
Red Man, but so tangibly that he
might possibly be destroyed, found his
way through the darkness to the
church and furiously rang the bell for
an alarm, and half-clad citizens ran
wildly out into the night crying " fire."
but could find none.
For many day the ludicrous mis-
takes of that night were related.
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of all, the red blouse which the dwarf
had never been seen without was
found lying on the cellar floor but
the dwarf himself could not be found,
and he was never again seen. One of
the brethren-the last to ascend the
steep rock steps leading from the cellar
that night-averred that when he
glanced back over his shoulder he
saw, by the dim light of his candle,
two green devilish eyes glaring in the
darkness, and that he distinctly heard
fendish voice utter an imprecation.
Certain it is that after that event the
Deep Cellar was said and believed to
be haunted.
"It will be all the talk tonight"
said old Kesselficker, chuckling as he
rewound his green scarf about his
neck and shuff1ed out.
The landlord poked the fire and
laughed until the tears ran down his
cheeks.
1t was the custom of the older
burgers to congregate in the Bar of
the Schlafmutz Tavern regularly after
nightfal. A semi-circle of high fan
backed chairs was always arranged
for them by the host, and there they
sat and smoked their pipes and talked
over town affairs. The intellectual
horizon of this nightly assemblage
was not very comprehensive one,
yet subjects more weighty than the
construction of new dwelling or the
building of bridge, or the best meth
cd of fattening swine were not infre-
quently discussed. They who COM
posed these meetings were mostly
traGesInen and mechanics, though now
and then one of the scholarly and
more seclusive element joined them.
However, no stranger would have ta-
ken these worthless as they sat around
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the fire for simple shop-workers. They
showed rigid refinement of dress and
an infexible gravity OF department
which made them quite distinguished
looking. Many the innocent jokes by
that fireside; many the sage councils
as well, and many the words of good
fellowship, of hearty kindness, and of
noble human sympathy there spoken.
But woe unto the young scion who by
wood or deed violated the time-hon-
ored customs of his fathers or COM
promised before strangers the dignity
of the reputable village. This fire.
side conclave was to such an one Sc
cret and fearful tribune.
Night drew on. The cold was so
intense that the windows of all the
houses were caked with frost. At the
street pumps great icicles had formed.
The town watchman, whose duty it
was to patrol the dark streets and
sound the hours by blowing a conch-
shell, thought with dread of his ap-
preaching service as he looked at his
lantern and staff and the villagers
who had settled in their accustomed
pieces by the tavern fire and lighted
their 1ong-stemmed pipes thought of
the passengers by the incoming stage
coach with fear for their safety in the
bitter cold, for the coach had many
miles to travel from the nearest settle
ment.
All the chairs were occupied, and
when Herr Grosnase stalked into the
bar great was the civility manifested
in profering that dignitary a place.
There was Glockner, who kept the
key to the church and rang the church
bell every day at exactly fifteen min
utes before high noon, to inform the
village OF dinner-time there was
Drucker, who printed the famous alma
mack; there was Buchenshmeid, who
made guns SO honestly that many of
| his pieces passed into heirlooms and
are just as good to-day as ever, if one
| knows how to manage the flint and
printing; there was Schneider, the
tailor, whose father had repaired the
surtout of Lord CORVALLIS when he
passed through Schlafmutz on his way
to Yorktown there was Zinner, the
clink of whose busy hammer on cop
per and tin could be heard, day by
day; there was GRADER, the miller,
who never took a spoonful too much
toll all the cronies were there.
The conversation which the en-.
trance of the pedagogue interrupted
was concerning the rumored reap
pearance of the specter at the Brothers
House after so long an interval The
subject was treated with semijoculari
ty; but each worthy asking his neigh
Dor what he thought about it too plain
ly manifested that the resurrection o.
the long-laid ghost was almost sin
cerely believed In
/ After Herr Grosnase had ceremoni
ously unlaced his great cloak, taken i
off, and with imposing deliberation laid
it over the back of his chair, he scru
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Written Specially for tn Sentinel.
[CoPYRIG HTED-
THELITTLE RED MAN.
A STORY OF THE SCHLAF-
MUTT TAVERN.
BY JOHANN HEINRICH.

It was the dark afternoon of cold
day In a winter long ago, between
Christmas and New Years, in the
town of Schlafmutz.
Balthasor Grosnase, the pedagogue,
had persistently said it was going to
be a cold winter He had heard the
honking of wild geese in the sky and
had seen other migratory birds going
southwark unusually soon; so he had
prophesied of the weather with un-
answerable arguments. One evening
in the autumn, when smoking pipe
with Louis Drucker, whose almanack
had come to be a famous annual
among the farmers, the pedagogue had
counseled the printer to let his wealth
er representations promise many
snow-falls and many hard freezes.
But you told me to do that last
year." had answered Drucker, with
half apologetic laughter Grosnase's
choleric temperament instantly repeJ-
led the sli ghtest disparagement of
opinion, and no one ever presumed to
contradict him outright, excepting
his wife. "Yes, you told me to do
that last year," repeated Drucker,
and it did not come true. We had
a green Christmas, and Peter Faul
lost the only chance to fill his ice
house, because he kept waiting for
thicker ice ON the mill-pond." When
Grosnase felt quite sure that time
would vindicate him in any assertion,
he was not disputative. He was never
so proud as when uttering the pro-
phet's consolatory "I told you so;"
therefore he did not fly into rage
with the printer, and the two worthless
passed pleasant hour in gossip over
town matters and the latest news from
the far west, which was then Ohio.
Schlafmutz was a small burg nestled
among the hills of North Carolina-a
small town to boast such commodi-
oul caravansary as that which adorn-
ed its principal thoroughfare but this
was long, long before the day of rail
roads in the Old North State, and
mere was much travel through this
place /: besides, travellers would often
Journey an extra tea miles, even in
midwinter, in order to reach the
home-like comforts of the famous
schIafmutz Tavern Such warm fires,
such good food, such clean snug beds
and such faithful attention generally
from landlord, landlady, and hostler
were no everyday experience along
the highway. And then the town was
the seat of an exceedingly popular fe
male academy, whose patrons were
numerous, representing the wealth ol
the cotton States, and they alone IL
summer filed the tavern to overflow
These grand Southern gentlemen came
in magnificent style, too, with princelJ
retinues, and their courtly manner
were beautiful to behold They paie
high respect to all the peculiar Gus
toms of the village, and We'd witt
each other in carrying away the en-
dorsement Of its good opinion
Sch!afmutz was a quaint Place, Ut
terly unlike any other settlement l,
the South, both morally and physical
". Its inhabitants were not OF TN
Cavaliers. nor of the Huguenots, no
vet Of the Romanists, who settled mucl
of the southern section Of the country
They belonged to peculiar foreag'
sect. however-a sect which, Hnel
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always paid his honest score. Tho
landlord was about to repeat his ques-
tion to the servant, when he noticed
that Kesselficker was convulsed with
inaudible laughter. This old fellow
was an inveterate practical joker. He
being a jack-ofall-trades, and having
been engaged for a week or more at
repairing the cellar steps and shelving
of the Brethren's House-the home Of
the legendary ghost-it dawned on
Herr Ingle that his jocose customer
was at the bottom of a hoax; and it
took but an extra jorum of brandy
to coax from him confession. When
Dick retired, Kesselficker told how
on the preceding night, when the
young brethren were quietly having a
good time at their choir-house, in
celebration of the holidays, he had
slipped red flannel blouse over his
head and gone 10 frighten them how,
in the midst of a half-suppressed peal
of merry laughter, he had popped his
head in at the door of the refectory,
where they were congregated, and
shouted "I-yi! I-yi! I-yil" and how a
panic and a stampede had followed,
resulting in his getting bowl Of hot
punch gratis and in wild rumors about
the reappearance of .ong-laid
specter.
This ludicrous revelation was in
truth very comforting to Heer Ingle,
for he, in common with the other viii
layers, while skeptical as to spooks
generally, really believed in the Little
Red Man.
The story went that years ago Gu
rious dwarf, who always wore a red
flannel blouse, was employed by the
Brethren at their communal house as
sort of janitor. He was reputed to
have come from somewhere near the
/ Black Forest, i'll Germany, where, it
was whispered, he had probably done
some dark deed, for he not only stead
fastly refused to give any history OF
his life, but would not even tell his
real name. When asked what lie
| should be called. he had winked wicked.
ly and said "Rothes Hanslein," which
means, literally, Red Little Jacket.
At first this strange little fellow was
eyeu Will very great suspicion, DuI ne
conducted himself so decently that he
soon come to be regarded with but
little curiosity. One night-the same
night in which the preachers fine
horse strayed from the unlocked sta
BILE, (and was never afterwards heare
of)-the Brethren's house was discov
cred to be on fire. With great diff
Guilty the flames were extinguished
/ The remarkable absence of the jani
tor was not seriously wondered at fol
an hour after all danger was over
when diligent inquiry was made fol
him. Knowing that through strang'
caprice, he sometimes slept il
/ what was called t'the deep cellar
/ (aad it is SO called to this day., tn
| bewildered brethren instituted searcl
for him there. To the CONSERVATION