Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-24

their homes. We all could lfvp and
stay at home, If everything inside
and out, about our houses were thor
ougly cleansed and kept So 4
sweet thing draws llies and so does
filth disease. We shonld eat tIiges-
tible and nutritious food, chew it we'll
and battle the whole body daily.
Were the above advice needed, dir
sease might search for, but would
find no lurking place. The above
excels all disinfectants, butin addi-
ton to cleanliness, chloride of lime
dissolved in soft water and kept in
the house exposed To the atmosphere
Of the same, will do no harm. A few
cents will buy several pounds which
will make as many gallons. This
should be used freely in all places
and things whore filth i known to
exist. Into excrete matter Of allkinds
from persons with contagious dis.
eases, including their vomit, this sol
ution should be poured, and the mat
ter not thrown into holes or vaults,
but buried 2 or 3 feet in the ground.
Had this been done at Plymouth,
Pa, hundreds would have been liv-
ing.
Coon men, tho country over, con
slider it a disgrace to mingle in poll
tics The ministry, generally, refuse
to say much about political wrongs
They oppose everything else, but
leave this to remedy itself How can
it be done? Will the wrong doors
rectify a wrong that fattens their
pocket books and places them in 20
sitions of honor We suy emphati-
cally no. Do our good men realize
that through and by political in
trigues all good institutions can be
ruined in time? Do they know that
it is impossible for bad men to make
good laws, such as should be
strengthening not only the govern
ment, but every good institution?
We appeal to oil good men--farmers,
preachers, mechanics, merchants,
doctors, &C., to enter the political
arena and ruin its plans and schemes
before they ruin your best interests.
MANY papers are discussing the fea-
sibility of killing off all the dogs, to
prevent death brought on by dog
bites, which in many cases become
hydrophobic through imagination.
This shows that the minds of the
American people are getting weak.
La olden times we hear little of by
droprobia. A dog bite was treated
as all other sores aud no more thought
of it. If dog got mad woman
thought no more of shooting it than
she did of killing chicken. There
ID a certain thing to do to dogs, male
and female, that will make them stay
at home, where they should be well
fed and watered These three things
being done, there will, in our mind,
be no danger of dogs going mad, and
any one who is bit by dog, not mad,
and imagines himself into hydropho-
bia, is to be pitied. Dogs have saved
a thousand lives to every one they
have destroyed by rabies, and the
time will never be when all the dogs
will be killed off. There are thou
sands of men who would die in de-
Tense of their dogs possessing the rea-.
sonable instinct of their nature
Mother-Corale, here is something
one Of our neighbors sent YOU"
"What is it? Who sent it?"
"Mrs. Tom
"Mrs Tom? Please hand it to
me- She took the beautiful cover
ed China dish, uncovered it and
found, to her surprise, very large
roasted apple, well-sprinkled with
loaf sugar, and the most delicious
syrup poured around it. "Ohl moth
erl isn't it beautiful Why it's too
nice to eat. John, don't you wish
you had such neighbors? 1t is the
very thing my appetite craved and /
could not think Of it." GAS nice
buggy ride as | have had this
"Bugqy Rtde?n Didn't you know
that Miss Wood and were down
town? Well. was about to say If
/ had cup of sassafras tea and
slice Of bread nay supper would be
complete" "Why, my daughter, [
have sassafras tea made" Oh, moth
erl you don't say so? If | live I'll
pay you and Mrs. Loyett back for
this" Then tauntingly handing it
toward me. said: ssJohn acouldnf
you like to have t?n BY this time
she was ready to begin, when Allie
bounced in, and fearing he would ask
for share, hid ii. Soon as chance.