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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-10-02

An old legend says that the god
Jupiter made the first man, Neptune
the first OK, and the goddess Miner
va the first house. After they were
completed the three gods fell into
dispute as to which was the most
perfect work. After arguing for a
long time, they called upon another
god, Menus, to settle the dispute.
Menus was so jealous of the work
of each that instead of praising any
of them he found fault with all.
The OK, he said, was not perfect
because his horns were placed above
his eyes so that he could not see to
strike. The man was not perfect
because his heart was placed on the
inside, instead of the outside, where
it should have been, so that every
one might read his thoughts when
he was plotting mischief, and so be
prepared to defend themselves. And
the house, he said, should have had
iron wheels underneath it so that il
ones neighbors proved unpleasant
it would be easy to move away from
them.
But Jupiter was so displeased with
his fault-linding that he drove him
away from the mansions OF the gods,
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Raise no more wheat
GETTIEGE q HoKH.

in tue Middle and Eastern States, but make
your money out of the Barnyard, as Hirner's
Dairy and Doctor Book tells you.
England has now SIS, 900, 600 invested in
agricultural implements and seeds in India.
Germany obtained the whole of the Congo
territory in West Africa (eqnal to IA States
like Peunsylvania) for wheat-raising also,
aud they calculate to raise all the wheat
they need themselves soon leaving the two
thirds Of our whole wheat crop we used to
export, on our hands, which will make
wheat so low. thatit will surely ruin the far
mer who persists in wheat raising. Change
your tactics thereto at once, before it is
too late and make your money out OF the
Barnyard RS the above book directs you.
Books and ingredients at e, .. Williams
Jr. & Bros aud at Myers Bros, Martins
burg. dec.l9, 6m.
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I'm r',,e Woods.
A WoRD-PIcrURE OF FoREsT SCENE

a w oRD-PICTURE OF A FOREST SCENE
Between MIDNIGHT AND DAWN.
After supper, feiing quite tired, /
wrapped my self in lay blanket pre-
paratory to go to sleep, ] lay for
some time, but was unable to close
nv eyes. AT length / arose, and
putting aside the curtain of the tent,
looked out. 1t was midnight The
moon bad just risen, peering over
yonder mountain top and it's light,
reflected on the waters of the lake,
lit up the forest around as il a thous-
and torches were blazing within it.
All was still save the occasional boot
OF an owl aud the cry OF loon, which
broke in upon the stiffness Of the
night like an intrusion. In the
distant mountain glade could be
heard the moose calling for his mate I;
in the swamp the cry of the whipper-
will The camp fire had nearly gone
out and few embers were still smok-
ing. Tt was then that nature seemed
most grand and beautiful. Giving
mp all idea of again seeking sleep,
I woke one of the guides and babe
him paddle me out upon the lake.
Never shall forget that night if /
live TO be 100 years old. Words can
not describe it. Grand seems but q
tame word to apply to it. | sat in
the bow of the canoe gazing in won
der and admiration on the scene be-
fore me. The light birch glided
silently over the water, the paddle
being welded in ihe s.ilful hands of
the Indian. Not word had been
spoken by either of us since we left
tho sho1e, each being occupied with
his own thoughts. indeed there
seemed to be solemnity about the
scene that made one abstain from
speaking lest all should vanish like
dream.
Toward he further shore, Directly
In lay OF the moon, stood deer
drinking from tbe lake his slender
figure standing out plainly from the
dark forest behind. ! tried to raise
my rifle but could not lift it; it SEEM
ed as if il bad become an immense
weight that could not be moved.
Thus ] gazed upon the picture be-
fore me, hardly knowing wehther !
was awak or in dream.
The fight of vine was UNDECIDED.
Suddenly the spell was broken by
the cry of loon. One by one the
stars had diappeared from the sky
The east was already aglow with the
gold and purple clouds. Inc moon
had sunk in the west just as the sun
made its appearance announcing the
approach of an other day. Silently
we padded back to camp,
AS I sat down to breakfast, |
could hardly believe that | had not
awakned from dream. A mist
seemed before my eyes beyond which
was the picture of that beautiful
TiUht
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Farm Nafas.

| Nearly 10000 barrels OF American
oysie.s were shipped to Eng land last
year.
Tie French are boycotting the
Germans throughout France. French
men prefer goods Of French origin.
Many entire towns in New York
state will moi gather as many hops
this year as wee picked from single
yards last year.
The value OF ashes cops SITS largely
in their potash and phosphoric acid,
although a large percentage of lime
is beneficial oa many soils.
Southern aGyices a.e Of The most
favorable character. The yisld of
cotton will prove large Que, aud
this means abundant money to chat
section.
1t is well known fact that out
side of small strip of country on the
Atlantic coast, and still smaller one
in the state of California, the growing
of peaches is one of the things ofthe
past.
Potatoes cannot be dog to soon
after the tops wilt. The pit and Gel
lar each has its advantages FOR sto"-
ing. Ifput in the cellar they should
be given thorough ventilation aud q
low temperature.
We may say right here, says the
New York Herald, that we would
not give much thought to top dress
ing, except upon such laods as viii
produce at least two good crops OF
hay every season. Manure applied
just after haying makes the second
crop almost an assured fact every year
on lands and sol adapted to re'ma-
nent moving.
The English and French are max
ing early purchases of wheat in this
country. Our wheat is lower than at
this time last year, while the crop
situation points to considerable high
er prices. Heretofore English buy
ers especially have assumed al air of
indifference about our supply, alleg-
ing that they could get all the wheat
they wanted from India or elsewhere.
There is no such pretence now.
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BLACKBURN HusHHs.. ALExAsDER s. HUsHEs
HUGHES h HUGHES.
ii
AffSruseys-aS-E law

Having entered into partnership in the
practice of law, we will attend regularly
all the courts of Berkeley and adjoining
counties.
Office on south Queen street, in the d.
FL. Conrad building, opposite Catholic
Church.
lS-This partnership does not extend
to County Court business.
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Every description of Plain and Col
ored Printing, done in the very BEST
STYLE of workmanship, and at prices
that defy competition, when weight
of paper and character of work is Ia
ken into consideration.
We make speciality of all kinds of
FANCY and coLoRED PRINTING. We have
a chromatic press, which prints from
one to six colors at one impression
the only press of the kind in this
end of the State
We have all the facilities of steam
power, fast presses, large fonts of
new types, borders, etc, experienced
workmen, and with large stocks of
paper, bought from the manufacturers
always on hand, we can and do defy
all competition in JOB PRINTING, both
as to the manner of execution and
price. Call and get samples, and
when you ask for prices, name
weight and quality of paper that you
wish.
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Callisto, Greek maiden was so
beautiful and attractive that the god
dess Juno became jealous of her and
oDan9ed her into a bear. Down fell
poor Calisto on her hands aud knees
she tried to reach out her arms for
mercy-tbey were already covered
with black hair; her hands grew
round and became armed with crook
ed claws her pretty mouth turned
into a pair of horrid jaws and when
ever she attempted TO use her voice
she could only utter deep growl.
She was afraid to stay in the woods
with the wild beasts, although she
was a wild beast herself. And she
was afraid Of the hunters One day
she saw hunter approaching her
and behold when he came near, it
was her own son, grown to be man.
AS she FASTENED towards him he
raised his hunting spear, and in q
moment would have pierced her with
it. Bnt Jupiter snatched them both
away and placed them in the heav-
ems. There they yet remain, the
Great Bear and the Little Bear.
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A Brave Girl.

George and Mable were walking
down the avenue, and George was
showing how much he knew.
Yes, he said, science is constant
ly making some new discovery. Now
there's the tyrotoxicon.
what is that? 1t must be some
thing horrid, isn't it,"
at is. It's terrible microbe that
gets through your entire system. 1t
is caught by eating ice cream" and
here George looked straight ahead
with all the indifference he had in
stock
What kind ola disease does it give
youl she queried, suppressing a shud
der
II don't know exactly, but I should
think it was something like the small
pox, only q great deal worse"
She didn't speak for two or three
minutes. Then she laid her hand on
his arm, and said in low voice;
"George."
"What is it, dearest?"
II have been vaccinated"
In Georges humble estimation the
tYrotoxicon is the biggest failure on
record.
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Positively Cures Consumption

An invaluable remedy for weak and de-
biHtat ed persons, especially infants and chill
dren. A natural restorative of the vitalen-
ereies. For sale in this section by e. G..
Willioms, Jr., & Bro, A. NJ. Gilbert, and
y. A. Snodgrass, Druggists. jy ls-ly.
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RESIDENT DENTIST,
A RELIABLE MEDICINE.

BLESSINGS pULMO OURA and Gener-
ID al Vitalizer cures Coughs, Colds, Deoll-
ty aud all nervous diseases.
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Virginia raises 100000 bushels
Of peanuts year.
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J.F. BOYD, Superintendent
w. A. GARD, Agent, Martinst' rg.
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George and Mable were walking
down the avenue, and George was
showing how much he knew.
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CONTINENTAL HOTEL,
CORNER OF QUEEN AND KING sTREETss
MartInsburg, w. Va.

MY OLD CUSTOMERS and the travelling
lNl public in general are informed that on
the FIRST DAY OF April, 1877. will take
charge of the above-named Hotei, where |
shall be glad to see all my old patrons. The
house is new, commodious, rooms pleasant
and airy, and eligibly situated.
January IL WIN. RUTLEDGE.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-12

water, make fires, wash dishes. scrub
and scour before the days work COM
menced. My clothes were awfully
ragged, and had no money to buy
shoes with and SO I often went bare
footed. One morning l hurried and
got through my work early. The old
lady thought ! hadn't done it and was
very angry and called me lazy, and
said I hadn't worked any. I said I
had. She called me liar. I tell
you, boys, I felt indignant, and I told
her she should never have chance of
applying that ugly word to me again.
l walked out of her house, and I never
entered it again. I had not a cent in
my pocket that day when I faced this
big world! You couldn't tell what I
did then / met man with team. I
addressed him boldly and asked him
to hire me to help him. He looked
at me, and said he didn't think I
would be of any use to him. o yes,
1 will,' said /. Il can rub down and
water your horses for you, and do
great many things for you if you will
only let me try. He didn't object
any more and told me to get up and
ride. 1t was hard travelling, the mud
was deep, and he was on long jour
ney; but that was my starting point
in life. went ahead after that. An
independent spirit, push and an hon.
est purpose and what capacity God
has given me carried me successfully
through. Now, boys, don't be afraid.
What if you are poor and have few
friends? Try again and again. You
can push through if you only live to
please God. I know its hard times
for you. But trust in Christ and He
will always be your friend. Keep a
good heart and be sure you push your
way honestly through the world. I
know how to sympathize with you be-
cause I have gone through it all I
know what it is. God bless you all"
The boys were deeply touched at
this. Tears were in many eyes. Some
told their sharp jokes to keep from
crying, and who doubts that General
Mitchel's kind and loving words to the
needy newsboys were the starting
point upward in more than one ofthose
weather-beaten lives.-Ex.
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If TT MIGHT BE.

If Jesus came on earth again,
And walked and talked IN heiu anu '''eo
Who would not lay his humah pai"
Low At those heavenly feetF
And leave the loom, and leave the nue.
And leave the volume on the snen'
10 follow Him, unquestioning, mute'
If'twere the Lord himself!
How many brow with care oer"ofn,
How many n heart with grief o'erladen,
How many a man with woe foriorh'
How many a mourning maiden,
Would leave the battling earthly prize'
which fails the earthly weak endeaVor'
To gaze into those holy eyes,
And drink content forever
His sheep along the cool, the shade'
By the still watercourse he leads
His lambs upon his breast are ialo
His hungry ones he feeds.
And T. wbere'er he went, would go,
Nor question where the path mlgn' ies'u
Enough to know that here below
Iwalked with God, indeed
If it be thus, o Lord of mins'
In absence is thy love forgot:
And must 1, when walk. replne'
Because see thee not?
If this be thus, If this be thus,
Since our poor prayers yet reach tne' hoi
Since we are weak,-once moIeto US
Reveal the living word !!
Oh nearer to me, in the dark
OF Iife's low hours; one moment stanu'
And give me keener eyes to marx
The moving of thy hand. 80
-Ouea Meredith
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Antiquity of Chinese Letters.

1t would seem to require a life's
study to master the vast army of COM
plicated characters which form the
Chinese equivalent of our simple al
phabet. Yet these are comparatively
easy compared with far more complex
systems used by scholars in the earlier
ages of Chinese literature; and it was
an herculean task which was under
taken by the great Confucius (about
the year B. G. 60O) when, as keeper
of the archives in the royal state of
Chow, he resolved to inspect and clas-
sify the heterogeneous mass of manu-
scripts committed to his care and dat
ing from remotest ages. The earliest
of these records were inscribed in
sort of hieroglyphic, generally describ-
ed as " the tadpole character" Of
later date was the seal character. u
still used for certain classes of writing.
The invention of the characters now
in general use is attributed to the
Emperor Fuhhi, who lived B. G. 1852;
so they possess whatever merit attaches
to the antiquity of having existed for
4 900 0yearsl-TThe Gentleman's Mao..
zine.
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HIppOhagy.

HorseAesh, according to an En-
glish writer on the subject, has for
centuries been used for food by
Frenehmen, although not authorized
by law. In Germany and England
and in the Scandinavian countries it
was forbidden to eat horsefesh. But
in France there was a tacit permission
to use it. The police forbade its sale
at various times between 1879 and
1884. The ordinance in the year
named had in the preamble the ex-
planatory phrase: :" To prevent the
disease which the use of such meat
cannot but produce" During the rev.
olution all Paris lived for half a year
on its slaughtered horses. Official
permission to eat horse flesh was
granted in 1903, but the order was al
most Immediately Withdrawn. The
police seized immense quantities of
the meat in the most thickly settled
parts of the city, in 1911, and the re-
port of the seizure wound up by say
ing: "The consumption of horse.
flesh in Paris is considerable and of
ancient date, and it may be viewed as
having become necessity" At
tempts have been made to introduce
the fashion in England, but they never
got beyonda famous banquet at the
Lanhann Hotel, in London, in 1868.
Horses may be received in American
taverns, for all any guest not a friend
ofthe cook may know to the contrary.
The flesh Of the solid-hoofed quadru-
peds has been, and probably still is,
fairly and openly sold in Boston as
food for dogs.-Boston Transcript.
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Education.

The education of farmers sons and
daughters is often neglected, through a
misapprehension on the part of both
parents and children they thinking
that farmers do not need higher edu-
cation. This is all wrong. Farmers
and farmers wives and children need
a good practical education as much
as any other class. 1t is the duty of
every farmer, where it is practicable,
to see that his sons and daughters do
not start out in life with less educa-
ton and culture, and, consequently, a
less intelligent preparation for the
duties of life, than the minister's or
doctors sons and daughters. To de-
prive them of educational advantages
is practically to start them out at
disadvantage, and certainly no farmer
wishes to know that his children have
not as good an education and are not
as well prepared to battle with life,
nor to ell as high positions, as other
peoples children.
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PROMISE AND FRUITIoN.

Nevertheless afterwards"
After the sweetness is rif1ed and robbed,
After the bee has been there with its sting,
After the tempest has scattered the bloom,
After has vanished the splendor OF spring
After the tornings and shapings so small,
After the tasteiess and after the sour,
After the sunshine and after the fall,
Then do wesee the kind ways of His power.
Pink blossoms have changed to clusters
of gold,
And beauty of sight into beautiful food,
The tasteless and sour into sweetness untold;
All changes and chances have issue in good.
Would, Lord, that ever we thought OF Thy
will,
Left changes and chances wholly to Thee,
Would that in trust we could live and be
still.
And say through all seasons, "God's har-
vests shall be !''
"A. NJ. in Sunday Magazine
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The Writer'S Material.


Of all fugitive shop-keepers, the
writer, though seemingly most free, is
perhaps least able to snap the charmed
tether that binds him to his occupa-
ton. Wherever he goes, he still must
be gathering, in the interest of re-
condite and incalculable fund tech
nically known as Material. So,
although he may decree to himself a
vacation, drop his faithful implement,
the pen, and leave behind him the
four walls of his shop, it is only to
find himself in larger shop, where
the abundance Of riches is like to
prove an embarrassment. His scope
of inquiry has a Socratic breadth, in
cluding all manner of men, their oc-
cupations and amusements. It is his,
business to know something of every
thing, from the generation of antique
gods to the combinations, human
and circumstantial, that seat prime
ministers and the presidents of repub-
lies, He aims to know what life is
in trapper's or a squatter's hut in
the unkempt western wilderness, and
what it is in the courtly circles Of the
metropolis. It is within his province
to understand the processes employed
in paper-mill, and the delicate crafts
manship given to the making of a
watch. To him there is nothing
great or small, since with a stroke of
the pen he can render marvellous the
dullest commonplace, or can reduce a
hero to the figure which he is said
to present to his valet.
It is probably not we'll understood
outside the profession how extreme
is the impatience which seizes upon
the litterateur at beholding any cul-
tivable ground left fallow. I once
heard one of the craft remark to
another: "What a pity it is your
friend does not write her memoirs,
or at least put the material in some
clever persons hands to work up: if I
were you, would hag ner until she
let me do itp' Such, commonly, is
the writer's adherence of waste, that
his economic and utilitarian principles
are applied selfward as we'll as to
the outer world. With Heine he
might affirm.
"Out ofmy own great woe
Imake my little songs"
He can't afford to let any tender or
romantic passage in his own expert
ence gotithe-free; it must be turned
to account to swell the bulk Of
Material. The note-taking instinct
never slumbers. In the midst of
some delightful eiiightfal 7Fasary, he he must catch
himself up, to recall how it originated,
and to determine whether it be worth
clapping into some pigeon-hole of the
memory for use hereafter; if he
walks with nature, he looks and
listens with shrewd inquistorial eye
and ear, having intent to report
every trick of manner, every tone
and syllable 70 her artless confidence.
1.-THE Contributors Club in the At
lantic.
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Comfort for the Bald-headed.

Bald-headed people will find COM
fort in the following; Most people are
prone to jest over bald heads, to make
a joke of shining crania. But are
those who indulge in this style Of
pleasantly aware that idiots, weak
minded persons and cranks always
have at least the average amount Of
hair, and that in the two former
classes, at least, bald heads are un-
known? This is a physiological, a
scientific fact, and should shield the
hairless crowns from unthinking
laughter; for it is a poor rule that
doesn't work both ways-and if a
feeble brain is always we'll thatched
over with hair, it follows that one be-
meath a bald crown is not feeble, to
say the least. And it is a fact
that many of the brainest men Of
renown are bald headed.
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THY DUTY.

Let all the good thou doest to man
A gift be, not debt;
And he will more remember thee
The more thou dost forget.
Dol as one who knows it not,
But rather like vine,
That year by year brings froth its grapes,
And cares not for the wine!
A horse when he has run his race,
A dog, when tracked the game,
A bee when it has honey made
Do not their deeds proclaim.
Be silent then, and like the vine,
Bring forth what is in thee;
1t is thy duty to be good,
And mans to honor thee.
-R. II. Soddard, in the Independent.
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''Doctor, 1 can neither lay nor set.
What shall / do?' ST think you had
better roost," was the reply. Now if
the Doctor had prescribed a bottle of
Salvation Oil, for the poor fellows
rheumatism, it would have relieved his
patient at once. 25cents.
Straw hats and linen busters will not
be SO very popular as heretofore; DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup, however, will be
as popular as ever at 25 cents.
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N(isfelaneons 9dutrtisflnrnts
SEASONABLE GOODS
AT
w. H. MOORE g co.'s
Fancy Goods.

A beautiful assortment of Pretty,
Useful and Ornamental Things, such
as Mirrors, Toilet Boxes in leather and
plush, Pincushions, Ladies' Hand
Satchels in alligator and plush, Easels,
Tides, Christmas Cards, Etc, Etc.