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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-01-02
State News.

has collapsed
Doddridge county is to have. a
brand new jail next season.
Charleston will have her water
works IN operation by the hras Of
next June.
Mrs. Venus Little died ii Grant
county recently aged 100 years and
iG days.
Flour is selling for $40 i barrel iii
Addison, the county seat Of Wooster
county.
Forty one Of the fifty-fonr counties
OF Vest Virginia prohibit the sale Of
intoxicants,
The projectors Of the Buckhannon
artesian wells have been fortunate ia
striking good supply of water.
Wheeling has poultry show in
progress. That city has large
number of chicken fanciers and cock
fighters.
Thirty-fve families residing in
Pennsylvania have purchased land in
Nicholas county and will move on it
next spring
DIR. Henry Slade, the Boston spir-
itualist, is working wonders at Wes-
ton, and converting the entire popu
lace to his way of thinking
A certain young man Of Webster
county recently traded 160 acres OF
land, 10 acres OF which was improved,
for colt valued at $35.
A Lewisburg boy fell thirty-six
feet into q shallow well, and yelled
"all right" as soon as he struck the
bottom. The man who tells the sto-
ry still lives
James Parsons, of Jackson county.
has not eaten bite for two months,
yet in that time he has gained near
iy thirty ponds. He drinks two
gallons of milk day.
1t is said that cave has been dis
covered near the residence of Joshua
Adams, on Middle Fork of Hughes
river, Richie county, which has been
explored to the depth of nearly 5000
feet.
Thirty two different pewspapers
and journals have been published in
Morgantown since 1903, at which
time the first paper in Virginia west
OF the Allegheny mountains was es-
tablished there.
Glenn. Shaffer, of Ravenswood, is
in bad fix, having accidentally stuck
his knife into his leg just below the
knee cap, and broke the point off in
the bone. Fears are entertained that
he will not recover.
Next October the town OF Charles
town, Jefferson county, will celebrate
the centennial anniversary Of its.
founding. The citizens, with COM
mendable promptness, have already
begun to move in the way Of proper
ly celebrating the event.
The handsomest woman in Poca-
hontas county is said to be six and
a hale feet high and weighs three
hundred and eighty.five pounds.
They evidently value quantity more
than quality in that county.
tits being reported that Parker
Pepper, the bankrupt Barbour conn
ty cattle man, since he has come
down from his former high estate, is
now compelled to satisfy his land
lordly ambition on 1900 acre tract.
OF the best Kansas land, aud con
tent himself to dwell in new l3-
room cottage.
Captain Williamson, OF Tyler coun-
ty, known as the "Old Hunter is
home from two weeks hunt in Po-
cahontas, Greenbrier and Randolph
counties. He killed eleven deer. one
of which weighed one hundred and
eighty-two pounds net one bear,
net weight 337 pounds, five wild tur-
keys, and numerous rabbits and
pheasants He reported snow two
and three feet deed in many places On
Rich Mountain.
- o -asxes-u----
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-01-02

Paris HIgaro says that Yankee
maker Of sewing machines has offer
Nine Patti $1,000 for each appear
anca, in addition to ner regular sala-
ry, if she viii sit at one of bis sew
ing machines, instead Of at the ira
ditioual spinning wheel, while singing
the ''King Of Thule
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-01-02
A EseIic.

A citizen Of Belfast, Me-, has a
sabre, arctic ofthe revolutionary war.
The blade is two feet long, twoinches
wide, AMI Six inches Of the point are
sharp on two edges. The hilt is brass.
On enc sido Of the blade are the
words: Victory or DEATH" and on
the other nArliIlery Of NlrginiaN
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-01-02

The very tobacco pipe that Sir
Walter Raleigh smoked before Queen
Elizabeth was sold by auction in
London the other day.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02
MARRIED LADIES.
The Propriety of Combining Their Names
with Their Husbands Surnames.

The Propriety of Combining Their Names
with Their Husbands Surnames.
1t is becoming the fashion among
married ladies in London to keep their
maiden name in addition to their hus-
bands surname. This practice has
long been in vogue among actresses
and other ladies who have made repr-
tation for themselves before marriage,
the benefit of which they are unwilling
to lose. The names of Mesdames Gold
schmidt-Lind, Trebclli- Bettini, Lem
mens-Sherrington and hosts of others
will readily occur to every one as cases
in point. But until lately tie fashion
was confined in England to actresses,
singers, authorcsses and other ladies
whose loss ut marriage through the
change of name would have been so
substantial a pecuniary one that it
might be estimated in thousands of
pounds. 1t is only now that ladies in
private life have begun to realize the
fact that their own loss on changing
their name, and thus. to great eX-
tent, losing their identity, is quite as
real and quite as important to them
selves as the actress would be to her,
although possibly no one would 60 so
far as to say it had monetary value.
The loss of many old friends as well as
of possible bonds of sympathy between
herself and new ac9uaintances is the
common result. to bride, of the total
suppression of the name by which she
has hitherto been known. Who is to
recognize the bosom friend of her
school-days, her adOred Araminta
Cleveland or Belinda Moreville. under
the prosaic disguise Of ''Mrs. Smith"
or Mrs. Jones?" One might be on the
same steamer with her or staying in
the same hotel and be none the wiser.
One might live next door to her for
years in London, seeing her name con-
stantly in the Blue Book or Court
Guides. and yet never recognize her as
the PLAYMATE of ones childish days.
More painful still, she might possibly,
should she die a rich and childless
widow. wish to leave something hand
some to her old school-fellow in de-
fault of other heirs. but. her old friend
having taken to herself the name of
Mrs. Brown. and thereby made the dis
gnisc doubly complete. both 60 down
to their graves deprived of the friend
ship which might have solaced their
declining years, the survivor being also
deprived of the sad but nevertheless
real consolation OF being the others
residuary legatee. Society.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02

But the officers and soldiers intrustesi
with my execution were friends and
informed me that my life should ne
spared. was forced for their sakes
never 10 reveal the fact while they
lived, for they would be put to death
for non-performance of duty. Not
even nay wife and children know that
l live On the 9TH of December, 1915,
just fifteen years. ago, took an affec-
tionate leave of them and was marched
by men whom I had led to battle, to
the end of the Luxembourg garden and
there took my place by the side of my
coffin. l was told that those guns
would be loaded with blank cartridges
and they were. Throwing away my
hat told them to fire at my heart, and
when the volley rang out I fell. The
coffin was buried and conducted from
the city in disguise. My wife and chill
dren plant flowers above my grave be-
lieving that lie there, while am here,
daring not to reveal the fact of my ex-
istence, lest / should bring death or
ruin upon friends who saved my life. ="
The farmer believed his story and
could now appreciate the feeling of the
schoOl-master. He alluded no more to
the former life of the great Marshal.
And time began to move smoothly on
again when the news came out in the
papers that the Duke of Reichstadt,
Napoleon's son was dead.
The poor school-master was again
overwhelmed with grief. and retiring
to his own room burned great many
papers, saying:
'.They are no use now-I can never
raise an arU for France" He en-
deavored to destroy his sword which
he had always kept with him. He did
break it but Houston begged him for
the hilt as q relic, and he gave it to
him. The hilt of that sword which
added so much to the victories of Ma
polcon in the hands of the greatest
cavalry leader the world has ever seen.
is now in the possession of the North
Carolina farmer.
The schOol-master was changed
man from that time. His story was
known to but few, and whether it is
true or not, is implicitly believed by
many prominent men in North Caro-
lima. He is said to have correspondent
with some one in France through the
French Consul at Norfolk until the
death of Napoleon's son, when he gave
up all hope of aiding France and lived
almost in seclusiOn until his death.
which occurred in 1916. He died at
the residence of Mr.. Osborne Ford. and
was buried in Third Creek church.
yard in Rowan County. A neat stone
bearing the name of Peter Stewart Ney
marks the last resting place of the
Mysterious School Master.-J0hn r.
WuSick.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02
A Few Trif1'ng Objections.

Author-So you can't accept my
story?
Editor-Well, no. There are mum.
Der of faults with it that would have to
be corrected first.
Aurhor--Perhaps you would be will
ing to state some of your objections tc
it so that / might make corrections.
Editor-Well. then, there is no plot
to your story. You must put in a good
plot. Then the descriptions are tame:
you must put little vigor and life into
your descriptions. Your conversations
are also unnatural: that would have to
be corrected. And forgot to state
that the grammatical construction of
some of your sentences differs with
most rules of language. That is a
fault that we can hardly loos over. If
you will make these few tr1fling cor
rectlons l think we can accept your
manuscript.-DctroE Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02

1t would somewhat surprise criti-
cal opponents of the beauties of 1.-THE
well of English undefiled" to learn
that Swift said 1.-The sun has rose';
that Gay wrote ''Sure some disaster
has 5efelr'; that Hermoine. in the
winters Tale" asks ''Shall as attend
you?" and that Caliban, in 1.-The Tenn
pest. exclaims 1.-The red plague rid
you for learning me your language, "
while took for .'taken" is in Milton
verses on the death of Shakespeare
baltimore Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02

to engage in school teaching. The ac-
cession of Louis Philippe 10 the throne
of France in 1880. was first discovered
in the papers by the mysterious school
master. His conduct was so strange
as to brighten and astound even his init
mate friend, Mir. Houston. He gave way
alternately to paroNysms of rage and
grief. At one moment he was swear
ing and raging like mad man. and
the next he was weeping like child.
Mr.. Houston did every thing he could
to console the poor school-master. and
after time he partially succeeded. A
week passed and the schOol-master was
a changed man. He had grown more
haggard and melancholy.
One day he asked Mr.. Houston if he
did not regard his conduct as strange
Il certainly do" was the answer.
IF you only knew me and my his
tory you would not blame me. am the
most miserable of men. Know you
that am dead"
The f>rmer. not altogether free from
the suparstitions which prevailed in the
reighborhood, felt his hair raising on
his head. He could only gasp: what
do you mean?"
Il am dead to the world, the school
master continued. Il am, solemnly
declare. Michel Ney. Duke of Elchingen
and Prince of the Moskwa. am the
great cavalry officer of Napoleon Bon
aparte ut the side of whom I have
fought on hundred fields. see you
stare and look incredulous," the school
master continued. land do not blame
you. Twas tried by a court of peers
after my brothers in arms had refused
to sit In judgment on me and sentenced
TO death. They were all political enc
mics. and knew nv tate was sealed.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02
THE ASS FLIGHT.

An ASS, with noble ardor fired
(For zen an ass may be fnspired),
Standing in classic pose alOOf
Upon his native stables roof,
With bray of loud triumphant sound
Summoned the gaping barnyard round
Dear friends" the Ass began. 81 call
You here together, one and all,
To view with strict, impartial eye
My earliest attempt to fly.
] know that when evOlvent grace
Produced, in time, the ASS race,
Nature. so boon in other things.
By some strange chance omitted wings
know the smallest birds that fly
May pierce with ease the azure sky.
While we are destined from our birth
To walk the duh. prosaic earth.
Is theirs the praise! not so, trust:
They do but fly because they must:
Nor can they know-light, careless thingA--
The grandeur that from Effort springs.
How great is Effort! By its aid
This universal frame was made:
By Effort Nature brought to pass
Her last and noblest work, the ASS:
BY Effort, too as / opine,
The sun at morn begins to shine.
Since Effort then so much can do.
mean to try its power, too;
But first before take my flight
S nss OF ask
How to perform this glorious task.
FIRST, then. you earnestly desire;
Second, you ardently aspire:
Thirdly, with all your heart you yearn:
Fourth, in your Utmost soul you burn:
Filthy, your utmost strength you try;
And sixth. and last of all, yOu ~
Thus must he do who follow me:
Sic iturdd dstrd! One-Two-Three!
Enthusiasm the most intense
Followed this burst of eIOquence.
The cows and pigs were melted quite;
The oxen lowed in loud delight:
The geese and chickens. much impressS u
Gabbled and cacked with the rest;
The ducks, the turkeys, did the same.
Henccforth, It's said, the Ass went lams!
Robertson TrO,rbr!dJe. in Centlu Z.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02
GUM BY THE TON.
The Quantity of Petroleum Wax Con
sumed Weekly by American Femininity.

The Quantity Of Petroleum Wax Con-
sumed Weekly by American Femininity.
A day or two ago my wayward feet
carried my body into the suburbs and
to chewing gum factory. There got
some idea of an industry that thrives
on penny sales and the remorseless en-
ergy of American jaws. In the place
saw half dozen blocks of marble
gum, or petroleum wax. Each weighed
about 100 pounds and was almost like
pure pentelican stone, dear to the old
scuiptor's heart and hand. And it was
absolutely clean and oderless. A few
weeks ago the stuff laid in one of the
huge tanks near the oil wells of Penn
sylvania. a dirty. greenish, brown
fluid, with the consistency of bad
mud and the bad smell of a
glue factory. Then it was crude
Oil, but since then it had been in
a turmoil. and through stirring
times and chemical processes. From
it had been extracted lot of kerosene,
almost as much naphtha, not little
benzine, plenty of tar and lot of
valuable but technically named affairs
that are out of reach. Anyway, the
gum wax was left, and it was in that
saw, clean as an ideal farmers bed
chamber, and as odorless as a civil
service reformer's record. Before it
became the chewing gum of our friends
it had to be melted. favored, sweet
ened, and put up in fanciful array.
Then the 1OO-pound block would APP
pear in 5000 penny cakes, and 1 am
told that about 500 of these 1OO-pound
blocks are used in each week of the
history of Columbia, 1.-THE gum of the
ocean," etc. It's tough-the fact. not
the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02

Paris contains 1886 persons who
call themselves artists. including paint
ers. sculptors. designers. engravers.
wOOdcutters, painters in porcelain,
actors. singers, musicians and public
performers of ali sorts. A little over
20. COZ of this NUN Der are vamep
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02

aid David Of old He was probably
prompted to make tho above remark No.
tying some unreliable catarrh remedy.
Had he been permitted to live until t.
present day, and tried Dr. Sage's Remedy,
he might have had . better opinion Of man
can withstand the magic effects of this
wonderful medicine One trial Of it win
convince you OF it, ef0cacy. By druggists;
City cents
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02

The new law in New York prohibit
ing the employment of children IN fact
Dries will force $4,000 children out Of
empIeymenk-M i. Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02

8 months treatment for Soc. Piso'e
Remedy for Catarrh- Sold by druggists.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-02

ONO is called the Buckeye State buck
eyes tree Of that name dourishes thsre.
Chicago Ledger.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03
An Arkansas Boy.

pa" sad Rev. Mulkitt's son,
sampson was strong man, wasn't
he:"
dyes; Sampson was Tic strong
est man that ever lived"
Tell me about him."
at was intended that Sampson
should be The strongest man, and
before he was born"
The bcwildered expression on
the child'S face arrested the minis
ter in his narration.
"Bcfore he was born ," asked the
boy.
eyes, hcforc-that is, before he
was found in a hollow STUN"
"Just like little siSter?"
"Ycs; just before he was found
an angel appeared and forctoid Of
his strength, saying that no razor
must touch mis- head"
"Was tho angel afraid the razor
would cut him ?"
mo; The angel meant that his
strength lay in his hair, and that
his hair mnst not be cut of"
ar let my hair grow long, can
i lift more than | al MOVE"
81 don't know about that"
Are women stronger than
meme"
mo"
"But they've got longer hair ?"
"NcS; they have longer hair"
"a woman couldn't whip you,
could she?" ,
"No; not easily"
"Was Sampson ~ Democrat 2"
81 don't know"
"But why don't you know. pd
know if was ~ old as you. How
many men was it that Sampson
killed p"
zone thousand"
"lic vas bad, wasn't he 2"
"No."
Out when a man kills another
he's bad"
"But the Lord was with Samp-
son."
"But the Lord says you mustn't
kill anybody. Did Sampson go to
heaven 2"
81 suppose 30"
Giles the strongest angel there,
amt he?"
"You are getting foolish again"
Out ] want to know. VIII you
know Sampson when you get to
heaven 2"
II suppose So"
Out you won't fool aroune him,
will you? If he "a to hit you he'd
break your wings, wouldn't he 2"
"Go to your mothor. The next
time you attempt to question me
about the Bible Ishall whip YOU'D
WI and Wisdom.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03
Why Hancock Died Poor.

Surprise is expressed that Cen
cral Hancock did not leave n
larger estate behind him, but he
was generous to Il fault, and he had
many calls upon his charity. 1t
was the heavy cross of his life that
his twin brother, for thirty Years
resident of Il distant western city,
had disappointed his expectations,
lost his ambition and sunk into Il
living death. His brother was Il
lawyer, Onc Of the most brilliant
OF the northwest, clearing from
$4,000 to $4,000 q year by his
practice, when he fell n victim to
his love for good company and
good cheer. He went down from
his high position like a rocket,
and for th" last fifteen years has
been entirely supported by his
brother, the General. There is II
touching little bit of romance con-
nccted with this sad story. The
lawyer, was, in his prime, a mag
niiicent. looking man, and became
engaged to the beautiful daughter
Of a lady in whose house hc board
ed. The engagement began TWEEN
ty-tWo years ago. But the lady
saw danger ah ID, and che refused
to marry her ardent and handsome
woocr until he would fOrSWCar the
flowing bowl and show himself q
thoroughly reformed man. IIc
still lives in the same house, and
the lady is there too and still I'M
welded. Sho is true to her love,
but is equally true to her promise,
and, Willie she tendcrly cares for
the man She loves and mOurns, she
knows that her life is wrecked and
that there is no hope now on this
side Of the grave. The world is
fun OF Just such unnoticcd horoinoS.
-NeW YORK. Letter.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03

South Carolina, before the war,
and SINCE particularly under Wade
Hampton, has had a sort OF pater-
nal government with some very
strong aristocratic tendencies, and
even now it is hard for some peo-
pie to get over the idea Of n sup
posed superiority on the part of
those whom theyhad become accus-
toned to "look up to" in the past.
The manhood OF our people is be-
ing asserted and making itself
felt, and VIC are steadily approach
ing"a government of, for and by the
people.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03

Doctor to lady patient-"You
should take something hot foryour
cold"
lndolent patient-"Well, in what
form shall | take it, doctor"
MISUNDERSTANDING you have
so little exercise, i should say you
would derive the most good from ID
il you took it in the shape of u flat
iron"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03

Lives of great men remind us
We may make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind us,
Some blooming son OF & gun who
will write our biography and
knock our reputation out In one
round,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03

The boiler Of engine 10. Of the
Chicago and st. Louis railway ex-
ploded near Herman, ILL.,, last eve-
ming. Engineer Ashling was
brown q distance of 76 yards over
telegraph wires and killed,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03
"a charm that lulla 10 slocp,

''''NN 'F'AS 10 " ~ = VI !.
And leaves the wretch to weep"
has never formed n just conception
OF fife. Man is a social being, and
no man lives to himself alone. We
must rid Ourselves Of the false idea
that in this busy world, no time is
given for the cultivation of those
tender ties and sacred relations
which + expressed in the term
friendship. Much that passes to-
day for friendship, is counterfeit,
and only the intrigues of selfish
minds; yet, in our own day and
time, we have illustrated oeca-
sionally, the strength and worth Of
the genuine article. When we
come to face the dark side of life,
when the rude hand of poverty is
laid upon Us, when disease renders
us Incapable OF earning the neccs-
saries Of life and we arc left to the
cold charities Of a hard, unyielding
world, then it is that friendship
ehinesfoitnin its true character. A
WorG mpatby Vii often drive
awav deapair, lishtsa The burden of
Addiction, and bring comf1gt to the,
droop;ng spirit wliea all else has
failed.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03
HCLMIES SURE CURE,


M. m, Nm \. NJ. IUNNUnWNT TNNlMA Mill
run ng fGl!ows. 'Easterniime:"
no AND FROM CIIARLESrON.
Y>sy mh,yl
49,, -nn
depart '"IuiNpia Ky N 3EI p nj
quo 'hNft"St"h IL i8 pm 9U
WEST (nAILY.)
Depart Charleston Foam 5lOpn,
Due Columbia lo40nm 1000 m
10 AND tEoM CAMDEN.
(EAsr UuNILN uXCErr sUNDyY.)
Dent Columbia : 30 an, @ 5o7
Dupe ,,,n,.imu IL AZ IN, : - = m : 10 y m
1wrsr many ryryrr s,xD,v
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03

Thcrc wa, y destructive Ere in
Wilmington, \. G., last week, in
which fully two miIlion dollars
worth Of property was lost.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03
Columbia, S. G., Feb. 22d, 1886.

The .wolvering, or glutton, is q
curious beast, like n tiny bear, but
the most dire and untlring enemy
to the marten trappcr, following
his steps and eating the martens
after they are caught. 1T is almost
impossible to hide anything that
these robbers do not find and de-
stroy. CHER strength is prodigious
and they do not hesitate to attack
a wounded deer. In color the wolv-
crime is dark brown. The hair Is
quite as long az that OF the black
bear, but of coarser staple.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-03

The oldest specimen of pure
glass bearing anything like a date
is a little molder lions head, bear
Ing the name of an Egyptian king
OF the eleventh dynasty, in the
Slade collection at the British
Museum. That Is to say, at the Pc
Rod which may be moderately
placed at more that 1900 years
BIO, glass was not only made, but
made Mfsll GSkll which shows that
the aYt Aas n0slipG new oven at
fhaf Tine