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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

THE Indian doctor knows how to pull
teeth.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

ANDY, like duck, hobs up serenely
and IS on deck at the post office.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

Mr.. PATRICK MAHoNY died at noon
on Friday from the effects of paralytic
stroke received some month ago.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

BOYS, remember taat We give away .A
base bail and bat with every suit.
r.. ROSENBUSH Il CO.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

FAMILY ard Domestic Dye Colcrs for
wooden goods, silks, ribbons, etc, only s
cents pcr package 1T F0UTS Drug Store.
Bakers old stand. f27
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

BOYS, remember that we give away a
base bal and bat vita every suit.
Is. ROSENBUSH 81 co.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

LET your new neighbours dog alone.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

JOHN LEE FOUT, Druggist, has "a
large variety Of fine vases, which he de-
sires to close out entirely. He offers gem
uine bargains in this class Of goods. Alss
work boxes. smokers sets, dressing eases
to-, offered at q great reduction. f27
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

Buys, remember that we give away .
base bali and bat with every suit.
r. R0SENBUSH ~ 90
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

VOTE for pavement Councilmen
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

'Inat sweet Speu
o. witchin' love;
That charm that can the strongest quell,
The sternest moye.o
Pour forth your love in eloquent
sentences and then, when the senti-
mental has ended, and the dancing
shadows are lost in the cleaning, seal
your vows with the kiss of chastity, and
all shall be we'll.
Now, Jimmy, this is about all the in
formation we can furnish. We may
say, however that ace can pity the lot of
the poor fellow, who. may be rejected
and banished. 1t is a painful thing,
Jimmy, to love, and not to have that
love reciprocated.
Better be crazy any day.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19

climb ninety-Gve feet now on lad
ders to their work. The workmen
get no more than men at work on
ground, although their lives are in
constant danger A man stood on
the very edge Of n big block Of
marble sotting it plumb and looking
down two hundred aud ninety five
feet into the hollow square at the
people, who looked about rs big as
walking sticks. Only ono man has
been killed. On the tower, although
l3 men have lost their lives on the
buildings proper. The mnn on the
boom Of tho big derrick that heists
the huge blocks of marble walked
about on n narrow board $50 feet
above tho ground, as indiiTorcntly M
if he had been in his bed room. He
said that bo had been up there so
long that all men seemed small to
him when he saw them after he
reached the street at hight when his
days work is done. Tho Delaware
river, to tho naked eye, looked like n
sluggish, muddy creek, aud big
steamship steaminS mp stoa off the
mouth of the Sohuylkill looked like
small tug-boat. A train of cars
going over the bridge across the
Schuylkill just above the Girard av.'
enuo bridge looked like n lot Of ci-
gar. boxes on whc'ls. Trees at n
distance looked like big cabbage
plants and the Neck" had tho mp.
pearance of gool-siaed bass ball
! field. --Phiid. Times.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19
I T z

In tho glittering day"beams of our
boyish yoars,we fopdly cherish bright
hopes and happy future. To our
free and clondlcss vision, all is
continued lifetime OF Joy, love aud
happiness. Well is it for us that in
childhood's hour, we dream not OF
tho coldness, the heart chilling fig
idy OF the world We look NJ far
into the future as We can,and uanght
but smiles aud gladnoss meet our
view. All ia suushine no sorrow,
no care TO ronder ia miserable Ask
the bright-eyed, laughing boy, bound
ing over the meadows in the noou~
day sur, what dreams are his : Not
of the cares aud perplcxiiies OF tie
groat struggle Of life The bright
side is towards him. He looks not
upon the other II is wcll he does
not. And yet this world is not all n
dark storm. There is much Of
brightness md gladnoss in it. There
oro many cheering rays which light
up the pathway of the wandering
pilgrim, and guido him in his nar-
row way to his upper home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19
MlDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PENNA AUGUST 49, Is

1866 got up, saddled his favorito
charger, and went for ride in the
park being all the time sound asleep.
One Of tho sontries on duty being
unaware OF the condition in which
tho officer was, refused to allow him
to pass, whoreupon tho Hon. Mr.
Culpepper drew his pistol md de-
liberatoly shot the poor man dead on
the spot. When tried at tho old
Bailey for murder he pleaded SOM
uambulism, aud, as it was proved
that no was addicted to the habit,
and that he was found to DO asleep
when arrested Immediately after the
tragedy, he was acquitted --FHila-
delphia Ne'rS.
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-:POETRY:
wITHEaED;vloLETS.

s,o,was my first, my only love,
, And now she lies so still,
with flowers upon her mute, white
breast,
r,ot us.d to throb and thrill.
,,dI can scarcely think she is dead,
She must be only sleeping;
- heart of mine pray thee let
Me soothe myself with weeping
1connot weep, my heart seems bound
Up in an iron grasp;
Tbe source of all my grief is held
within her hands dead clasp.
bunch Of withered violets
gave her long ago,
She holds them still in deaths cold
sleep
And will not let them go.
I stand beside her cold, dear form,
And kiss her golden hair;
And gaze upon her calm, white brow,
Like Parian marble fair.
How hard it seems that death should
take
NV bride that was to be;
Itmay be just, but il it is
IL seems not so to me.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19
COST OF FALSE HAIR.

"What is the longest piece of hair
you ever handled ?
II sold a piece Of hair in New
York to Mr.. DiOlee, q dealer there,
that was seventy -four inches long.
For this received 800 On ounce
There were teL ounces in the piece.
He made it into switch and sold
it to customer for $3.50. ] have
some hair now that is some fifty
odd inches long Here Mr.. Siccardi
showed the reporter trest OF dark
brown hair that reached from the
shoulder to the floor when held per-
pendicularly. "This," be 'said, "is
worth $50 an ounce.
Costs something don't it 7
"Umpb, that's not circumstance.
Here is n packet of white bair--lift
it,
1t weighed ton, comparatively
speaking, as it was o very small
bundle
That he continued ''is worth
$50 al ounce, wholesale"
"Then you can stow away many
thousand dollars worth in q small
store ~
"Well, | should smile. There are
a row of switches hanging there
that you could pack in n small valls'
that are worth ut least 81, 900. Their,
is a shelf full of small rolls ready tC
work into wigs, &c, that arss worth
on an average Sl2 an ounce.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19
LIVE MEN MAKE 'AiLTVEToWN

IL takes live men to make live
town. Dead men are only fit to in"
habit cemeteries. II they are really
dead, dead all over, we tcudorly lay
them away in the sleep Of the tomb I;
but il they arc dead to aIl enterprise
and spirit outside of the limits OF
their own selfish interests, and yet
persistent in walking around. NOV
ing their dry bones and calloused
heart aud conscience where real bus
mess is wont to throb and push with
vigor, they arc only tho drono boes
i'm tho way are stuug to death and
dragged outside the Legitimate in-
dnstry. Twenty real live men are
worth more to q town and the prhllc
general than round full thoueand
Of such useless material that lay
around like rubbish, in II rushing
stream tha. is aching and foaming
to turn mills and factories. Yes
live men bless, aud dead men curse
| n town
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19
Most Excellent

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Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma,
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19

The resurrection is the silver lin
ing to the dark cloud Of death, aud
ae know Tho sun is shining beyond.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19
SLEEP WALKERS.

A gentleman was discovered mt ]
o'clock in the morning in neigh
bot's garden engaged in prayer, evi-
d.utIy under the impression that he
was III church, but otherwise in a
deep sleep.
A young man of whom Pctrus
writes--used to get mp in his sleep.
climb on to his castle bat,lements.
seat himself astIidc them, aud then
ship the wall, under tho impression
that he was mounted upon his s,eed.
DR.. Pritcha.d bad n patent who
was particularly fond Of horse exer-
else aud used to rise at night, find
his way to tho stable, saddle bis
horse, enjoy gai!op, rnd finally
come back, knocking at his own
front door in o somnambulistis,ic
g ndi,ion.
Dg. Macanish, ef Elonburgh, gives
an account OF IN Irish gentleman
who swan more than two miles down
q river, got ashore and was snbso-
queutly discovered sleeping by the
roadside, altogether unconscious of
the extraordinary feat he had ac'
complished.
DR., Haycock, tho eminent Oxford
divine, would often rise from his
bed at night, give out bis text, and,
while sound asleep deliver un excel
lent sermon upon it. lie was fro
quontly watched, but no amount OF
tugging, pulling or pinching even
succeeded in arousing him.
Profess or Fishnell, of Basel writes
of young student Of Wurtcnburg
College, who used 10 play hide and
seek whilo fast asleep. His fellow
students knew of his propensity, ano
when he bgan walking threw
holsters at him, which he always
eluded, jumping over bodstoads ano
other articles in his way.
Moritz gives an instance Of poor
and illiterate basket maker who was
unable to read or write,yet i'll "A state
of sleep vigil he would preach llaen'
sermons, which were afterwards re
coguized as having formed portions
Of discourses he was accustomed tC
hear in the parish church as chile
more than forty years before.
A young girl given to sleep walk
ing was in the habit of initiating th,
violin with her lips, giving the pre-
liminary tuning aud scraping ant
} hourishing with the utmost fidelity
1t puzzled her physician n great den
until he asceriained then when al
, infant the girl lived in room ad
joining that of fiddler, who oftc'
performed upon the instrumen
: within her hearing
Not more than SIX years ago, a
t unhappy mechanic in Edinburgh wa
} tried before the high court there 10
tue murder Of his own child, 1t VIA
proved that he arose from his bed 0
J night, and, fast asleep, took the ir
! hut from beside its mother an
4 dashed it furiously against tho wa
l Tle evidence showed that the wretc
: ed father bad propesity for SON
4 ambulsm, and his own explanatio
r OF the matter was that he dreame
n he was attacked. and had struggle
T with bis assailant. OF course IL
p man was acquitted.
o The brother Of Lord Culpepper
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19
An Old Citizen Speaks,

Mr.. j. NJ. Norris, an old resident
of homo, Ca, says that he had been
badly troubled with Kidney Com
plant for q great many years and
with Eczema for three years at
times could scarcely walk and had
tried many remedies without benefit,
until he began to take Electric Bit
ters and amounting his hands and
feet with Bucklen's Arnica SalVe,
This treatment afforded him great
relief and he strongly recommends
Electric Bitters to all who suffer
with Kidney Complaints, or need a
Blood Purifier. Sold by u. NJ
Shindel.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19
STOP MY PAPER.

The Sun and Banner OF Williams
port says: After you get on your
ear and make up your mind to stop
your paper to make the editor feel
humiliated just poke yonr finger IN
to wator and then pull it out aud
look for the hole, Then You vii!
know how sadly you are missed
The mau who thinks paper cannot
survive without his support ought
to go off and stay awhile When he
comes back he will 6ud half of his
friends didn't know he was gone
the other half didn't caro- q cent, and
the world at largo didn't keep any
account OF his movements whatever,
You will probably find something in
your home paper you cannot indorse
Even the Bible is rather plain aut
hits some hard licks. II you were
to stop your paper aud call the edi
tor all sorts of ugly names, the pa
per wonld still be published AnC
what is more, you will sneak aroun'
aud borrow copy Of it every week,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19
Search after Knowledge.

An Arizona editor recently sent
postal cards to all the prominent
citizens Of tho place, requesting
them to give an answer to the ques
ton, "Why are you an honest man!
Some of the replies which no pub
fishes are curious. Ono answers
1t must be because Of my duruod
cussedness | always did like to be
different from other people" An
other says that he is honest because
he has never held any public office
Another Indignantly answers, ,"What
dye take me fOr-an angel An
other sarcpstically remarks, II sup
pose you're u goiu' to start II mus
cum aud are lookiu' fer freaks Well
count me ont I'm not one Ans
other professional labor aGitator
wrote 10 blood~red ink, on postn
card, What are We glvin' MS ?
While tho editor of tho opposition
paper volunteered the answer that
he scorned to lay baro tho palpitot'
ing mainspring of noble ard hon.
est soul at the request of dishon'
est reptile aud political parasite.
The editor is so well pleased witt
the reults of his inquiry that he iu-
tends soon to ask for answers to the
question, "What do you take for /
cold ?"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-08-19

Charity is a first mortgage on ev'
cry human beings possession
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BUILDING THE BIG TOWER.
oy TnE EPHILADELPlTIAP PUBLIC BUILD
INGs.

INGs.
Ground was broken for the foun-
dations of tho biz tower Of the Pub-
lie Buildings fifteen years ago, by
tho late John Rice, who was then
president of the Public Buildings
Commission and the fist stone of
the foundation WAS laid on the 18th
Of August, 1872, at 2 O'Clock in the
uf,crnoon. The great tower had
reached an altitude Of 20j feet 6
inches and the material in it weighs
10000 tons. Assistant Architec,
John Ord said that tho marble work
would be completed in another year,
SO that by next August the IRON
workers can begin to erect the iron
clock tower aud the dome. That
part Of the tower will take foui
years more TO finish, 80 that it will
be 1891 when the big bronze statue
of William Penn is placed on tue
dome aud tho tower will then be
declared completed.
From the street to tho top Of
William Penn's broad-brimmed
bronze hat will be q distance of 537
feet 4 inches, and the tower will
then weigh G6,792 G>l0 tons. The
iron-workers will have height of
about 200 feet to erect, and u, Cnly
n limited number of men will be
able to work Oh the clock tower and
the dome il is calculated that their
work will take fully four years after
tho stone part ia flushed. The
stone masons and bricklayers are
working on their last story now.
which will be 90 feet high of this
story 8 feet aud 2 inches OF the
marble had been set up to last night
which leaves Al feet aud 10 inches
Of marble work to be built by next
August:
The foundation walls arc Is feet
high to the surface of the ground
and 26 feet thick. Underneath
these walls concrete : feet 6 inches
thick is laid on the gravel bottom
The concrete cake is 100 feet square
and on this rests the foundations 4
we'll in the centre Of tue concrete II
7 feet below the concrete at dep,l
Of 80 feet 6 inches below the grount
surface. Tho cellar OF the tower
from the concrete TO tue grounc
surface, is Is feet high and 81 fee
square. The walls of the tower q
the base or ground surface are 2,
feet 3 inches thick on the south side
and % feet thick on the north. Th'
east and west walls are 20 feet thcl
over all. Tho walls Of the groun,
floor or first story arc Il feet thick
AT the level of the roofs OF the build
ings the tower is II feet square an'
the walls are Ia feet 6 inches thicI
and remain the same thickness to
height Of lGO feet above tho street
From point ITO feet high almos
to the beginning OF tho iron wor
the walls will DO nearly ii feet thicl
The marble blocks run from 3 to
feet in thickness aud are fastened
the inner brick walls with galvaniz
od clamps, Fines foot square
two at each corner OF tho lowe
will run down through Tue bnc
work, aud great iron posts ":ll pas
,E,ough them to II depth Of abol
loo feet to npchor tho iron cloe
tower upd the dome.
Tue bronze statue of Wiliia'
Penn, which will be the pinnacle
,Ls dome, WI ,psasn,e 80 fost fro
tho f,et 10 lbs Lst Each fvpt vi
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-12-18
AVIS AUX HABITANTS
COTONNIERS

Nous sommes lei pour roster.
Nous youlons votre cotton, ct, nous
p%aierons lie plus baut prix du mar
che compliant. Venez yoir notre
elevateur, examiner notre balance.
Nous pesons votre coton--nous lie
dechargeons sans Outrage ct sons
charges nous pesons vos wagons,
nous vous demons lie recu, ct nous
payens compliant pour votre cotton.
Ne yendeZ pas avant de nous voir,
car nous payons plus que vous ne
pouveZ obtcnir a%illeurs, an comp
tant comprenez bicn, nous vous
Demons pas de marchandises, nous
n'avons pas de magasin, ct nous ne
voulons pas de bons chemin a notre
moulin a cotton. Nous paierons JUS
qua Douvel ordre $1,000 lie miller
pour lie cotton en- grain, ccci est
compliant.
MAXWELL & PUTNAM,
Rose Hill Plantation.
90 octobre 1856.
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NOTICE..
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

PARISH OF VEnMILIoN.
25th Judicial District Court.
TO Olidon Broussard, Desire o.
Broussard, Carmelite Broussard,
widow of Joseph Duhon, AdeIine
Broussard, widow of Alexandra Oar.
tez, ST., Arena Broussard, wife of
Aristide Picard, Idolie. Broussard,
wife of Numa Dnhon, Eiizina Brous-
sard, wife Of UrsiS Duhon, Eloi
Broussard and Placide Broussard,
all majors; and the following minors
through their tutors, to wit Ozea
Dnhon, Natural Tutrix to the minors
Edita, CIarice. Elizabeth and Edna
B~roussard; VIM Suits, natural
tutor to Joseph Suits, Vanie Suits
wife of Haynes Foreman, and Numa
F%ontenot, ST., natural tutor to Numa
Fontenot. Jr.
You will please take notice that
pursuant to an order of the Hon'I.
25th District Court for the parish of
Vermilion. the undersigned will on
Tuesday the 18th Cay of January
1887 proceed to prove up and re es-
tablish his title to the following des-
cribed property, TO wit
A certain tract of land situated
in the parish of VermiIion, contain
ing one hundred and sixty arpents,
more OR less, bounded north by An.
tome Denis Trahan, east by the
bayou Vermilion, south by Olidon
Broussard and west ny Joseph Bon
homme, haying a front on said
bayou of five arnents by a depth of
forty arpents; said tract of land
having been bought by me Oh the
10th day Of August 1861, from Mrs.
Uranie Landry, widow Onezime
Olidon Bronssard, since deceased.
for the price and SUN one thousand
dollars which has long since been
paid.
Abbeville, La. Nov. 6, 1886.
ONEZIME D. TRAHAN
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Probate Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF vERMILIoE.
25th Judicial District Court.
Succession Of Joseph Lemaire.

Succession of Joseph Lemaire.
Nc. So.
by virtue Of al order from the
Hon. District Court aforesaid,
granted in the matter of the above
entitled and numbered succession.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be offered for sale. at public
auction. to the last and highest bid
der, at the at the courthouse in the
town Of AbbevilIe, on
WEDNESDAY the 18th day of De,
cember 1856.
the following described property, to
wit:
The undivided one.half Of a Ger
tain tract Of lard situated in this
parish on the west side of the bayou
Vermilion, containing niue superb.
cial arpents and measuring two and
a half arpents on lines running east
and west Ey four arpents Oh lines
running north and south, bounded
above by Joseph Lenaire and below
heirs of .Amb. Tours.
Oae tract of land containing
eighty acres, more Or less, also in
this parish, on the west side Of the
bayou Vermilion, designated as the
Sc quarter of the Sc quarter Of sec.
10, and the SW quarter of SW quar-
ter Of sec II, in 7. -, SIR esat, on
the following terms and conditions,
to wit THE real estate on a credit
Of one, two and three years from the
day of sale, purchasers to furnish
their notes with good and solvent
sureties, in solido. to the satisfac.
ton of the administrator and paya-
bic TO his order with SO per aunum
interest from the day of sale until
paid, and ten per cent additional for
attorneys fee in case it should be-
ON necessary to Institute legal
proceedings for the recovery Of the
notes to be furnished, o. any part
thereof, and that the lands he and
remain mortsaged and specially by
pothecated in favor Of said success
sion and not to he alicnated nor in
Any way encountered to the prejn-
dice Of said succession until full aud
final payment of said notes, in prin-
ciua|, interest, attorneys fee and ali
costs which accrue thereon.
j. G. LEMAIKE.
Administrator.
Ahbeyille, La, Nov. Is, 1856.
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N @ / | C {.
TO COTTON SELLERS,

We are here to stay! We want
your cotton, and will pay highest
market prices cash. Come and see
our Elevator, examine our scales.
We weigh your cotton, unload it
without work or charge, weigh your
wagon, give you your receipt and
pay for your cotton in cash. Do not
sell until you e us, as we will pay
more than you can obtain elsewhere
in cash. Understand, we give you
no goods, we have no store, and
don't want any Good roads to our
Gin. We will pay until further
notice $4,000 twenty-five Dollars
per thousand pounds for seed cotton.
This is CASH.
AXWEL & PUTNAM,
at J. HENRY PUTNAM,
Rose Hill Plantation.
October %, 1886.
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This morning we had a good rain.
the weather continuing pleasantly
warm, just what is needed for our
winter gardens and the setting out
OF fruit and other tress.
Last Monday morning, the 18th
instant, at S o'clock, Mr.. William
Meyer, who had the reputation of
being the Oldest mar in the State,
breathed his last. Mr.. Meyer was
a native Of Holland. where he was
born in the year 1850. His passport
papers would evidently strengthen
his claim to his age. He was a
veteran of'the war Of 1912, and had
resided in this and iberia parishes
almost continuously since his arrival
in America. He leaves a large fam
lily Of descendants. The venerable
patriarch was an honest, upright
citizen, and beloved by all who
knew him.