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Evarts Nails a Lie.

New YORK, October 31.-A mass
meeting of Republicans was held to-
day on the Sub-treasury steps under
the auspices of the William H. Sew
ard club. Hon. w. M. Evarts, who
presided, was the principal speaker.
After saying that when Benjamin
Harrison, the Republican candidate
for president, took his seat in the
White House he would have nothing
to explain, or to explain away, the
speaker referred to the Sackville-
West incident. He said that they all
knew that President Cleveland's re-
taliation message was an electioneer-
| ing dodge. The two houses of Con-
gress thought so. Now it was dis
closed, and what was the remedy !?
The minister of England had let the
cat out of the bag. Laughter. Mr..
Evarts then referred to the extradi-
ton treaty. He had seen statement
above the names of number of re-
spectacle Democrats, which charged
the Republicans with being indiffer-
ent to the rights of citizens in pro-
tecting refugees. The substance of
the charge was that Secretary Bay
ard had made treaty with Great
Britain on the subject of extradition,
and that in it there was ample pro-
lection for political prisoners, and
that the Republican party had insist
ed on modifying it at the request of
the British minister, Mr.. West, 80 as
to disparage that protection. Once
and for all, there was not one parti
Gle of truth in that story. The treaty
had been negotiated in England be-
tween the American minister there
and Lord Roseberry, then secretary
for Foreign Affairs, and the treaty
as there made was sent into the Sen
| ate. Minister West had nothing to
do with it whatever. The treaty as
sent to thelSenate was found to be
so loose and so incomplete that the
Senate in it's duty to the country and
to all Observation-Disclosures and
German-could not tolerate it. 1t
would be long while before minis
ter of England or of any country
would approach the Committee on
Foreign Relations or the Senate it.
self in regard to the ratification OF
treaties. But il was just to say that
Mr.. West, however much he might
calculate on his wisdom or his pros
peritylin dealing with the executive
government, he never had an idea
that he could succeed with the Re-
publican members of the Senate OF
the United States.
Colonel Cruger, Republican candi-
date for lieutenant governor, DR..
Macarthur, Elliot F. Shepard and
DR.. William Garrett also spoke. Be-
fore the meeting broke up telegram
expressing regrets at not being able
to be present was read from General
| w. III. Seward.
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Personals.

Mr.. Carlton Hughes, of the Post
Office Department, and frequently a
valued contributor to the columns of
the INDEPENDENT, stopped in town
for few hours on Monday. He was
returning to duty after visit to his
aged and i'll mother.
Mrs. Virginia Moulder is visiting
Mrs. c. d Buckles.
Mrs. III. A. Riddle is visiting her
mother, Mrs. M. G. Hunter.
Miss Mai Faulkner is visiting
friends in Baltimore.
Mr.. Wilfred Muse, of Baltimore, is
visiting friends in this town.
Mr.. Fl. A. Riddle, Gen1 Passenger
Agent G. V. II. r., was in town on
Sunday last.
Miss Mollie Strong is visiting her
relations at Aspen Hall, the residence
of Mr.. VIM. L. Stewart.
We are pleased to state that Mr..
Will Whitson, son of the contractor,
Mr.. George Whitson, recently injur-
ed by fall while constructing the
steeple on the Catholic church, is
rapidly recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ID. Matthaei
have returned from very pleasant
trip to Richmond.
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IrredeemabIe Free Trade Promises.

The Free Trade Attorneys are
profuse with promises of benefits to
follow the adoption of their pet poll
cy. Among others they give especial
prominence to the assertion, that
when our tariff is abolished, the trade
of this country will reach into all
these foreign markets whose trade is
worth looking after.
Leaving aside the question of cheap
production, which cannot be brought
about without seriously affecting the
price of the labor involved, there is
another obstacle which advocates of
the British policy seem to ignore, !.
e., the tariff regulations of foreign ma
tions-for it must be remembered
that most of them, equally with the
United States, have found it advisa-
BILE to protect their citizens against
the competition of rival producers.
Within the present year Germany
has raised the tariff on foreign wheat
to point which practically excludes
the American article from COMPETE
ton with the products of German
farms. She is quite as likely to pro-
tect her other industries by an in
crease of existing duties, whenever
there seems necessity for so doing.
1t is just this policy on the part of
intelligent nations of defending their
own labor and capital, increasing
with each year, that recent Com
mittee of Parliament referred as the
chief cause of depression in British
trade.
Mr.. Henry Fawcett, NJ. p, Free
Trade writer, in his work on "Free
Trade and Protection" asserts
'sThat the tariffs of almost every Eu-
ropean country, since 1877, have all
become more protective, including
Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy,
Spain, Portugal, and Greece Dur
ing the present year, Sweden and
New Zealand have been added to the
list of nations once supplied by Eng
land with manufactured articles at
prices cheaper than they could be
made at home," but which have been
found quite too dear for all that.
England thus finds the markets of
the world growing smaller Tor her,
and, according to recent reports,
nearly million of her workingmen
who have depended on other nations
for consumers of the products of
English manufactures, are now idle.
The markets thus closed to England,
in spite of her diplomacy and less re-
putable exertions, are not likely to
be opened to the United States with
out concessions in prices of our pro-
ducts to which our workingmen
ought not and will not assent.
The only market we can certainly
control Is our own, and this, from
the fact of being the best in the
world, should be most jealousy
guarded against encroachments in
the interest of foreign rivals. If out
side markets really offered the rich
reward that Free Trade advocates
hold up before the eyes of American
voters, it is quite safe to conclude
that those foreigners in whose inter-
est Free Trade is urged would be
less persistent in their efforts to get
a hold upon the trade of this coun-
try.
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Railroad Connection to Berkeley Springs

The Berkeley Springs and Potomac
Il. r. operated by the b. Il. r. Il.
Co., running from Hancock, w. Va,
a station on the Baltimore and Ohio
r.. r., to Berkeley Springs, w. Va,
will be opened for business on Thurs
day, November LIST. when trains will
run as follows leave Hancock $40
A. NJ, 12:45 P. NJ, and $40 P. NJ.
Leave Berkeley Springs 800 A. M,
1875 A. M, and 4:10 p. M.
The running time between the two
points being 25 minutes.
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NEW TOWN.

Nothing of serious nature has
transpired since our last report. The
people are generally well and every
thing seems to be moving along am
icably and persistently.
The Mechanics Band, of your city,
deserve especial notice, since one OF
Martinsburg's oldest citizens on hear
ing it said cit beats any playing l
ever heard'-and so / thought that
it was the most piercing and thrill
ing music that / had ever heard
from single band. l refer to the
night Sen. Blackburn, of Kentucky,
spoke in the public square in your
city.
The Prohibition "League" at Bed
ington is doing good work for the
amendment. Every honest man
should learn the nature and charac-
ter of the amendment to be voted
for on Nov. 6.
One of the Bedington boys, whom
we shall call Charlie, was around on
Monday morning making inquiry
about his horse that was averse to
post hay all night and sought food at
Mr.. L. Williams, aboutc mile from
where it had been hitched.
The political parties of the neigh,
borhood have both been strengthen
ed since hearing their able ands elo-
quent leaders, Messrs. Wilson and
Goff--according to the decision of the
people they both "beat." ARcTURUs
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Baltimore American: aBut cheap

Baltimore american: "But cheap
goods they say, for the people
Cheap goods, with no money to buy
them. When thousands and hun
dreds of thousands are thrown out OF
employment by the closing of facto-
ries and the destruction Of the means
by which they earn their livelihood,
what do they care for cheap goods,
and what guarantee have they that
goods will be cheap when home com
petition is removed and the foreigner
is at liberty to charge what he pleas
es ~
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The Best Use for the surplus.

Our public debt amounts to ST.
340,000,000; the interest bearing
debt is $l,1O0,0O0,0OO. In 1891
$3.50, 900, 900 bonds fall due, and in
1907 $737 800, 900 bonds. The sur
plus in this year amounts to 81 ,000,-
600. We will have to be very eco
nomical in order to meet these debts.
He who is not of the opinion that
public debt is a blessing must admit
that Mr.. Harrison is right when he
states that the best use of surplus.
if there be one, is to reduce the pub
lie debit Cincinnati Holksblatt.
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"zITKA."

The following are few Of the ex-
tracts from the New York Press:
at proved success of the deci-
ded kind. "--HERALD.
"'Zitka' will be go."--WORLD.
"The applause was plenty and
hearty."--SUN.
"Indisputably scored a hit" -
STAR.
CAT once obtained merited APP
plause. JOURNAL.
Received with great favor. y
TELEGRAM.
as powerful play. NEWS.
Will be at Central Opera House
one night only November 9Th, 1883.
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CONSUMPTION Surely Cured.

To THE EDIToR.-Please inform your
readers that | have a positive remedy for
the above named disease. BY it's timely
dse thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently erred. shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any Of
your readers who have consumption il
they will send me their express and post
office address. Respectfully,
r. A. SLOCUM, NJ. c. ISL Pearl st. NY.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-11-03

There are very few raw materials
which are not produced or could not
be produced in the United States.
Free trade in raw material, as Presi-
dent Cleveland wants it, means to
condemn half of our workingmen
and a great part of our farmers to
idleness.-- Cincinnati Volksblatt.
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Mrs. Carrie Turner, teacher in the
Little Rock university, is supposed to
have committed suicide. Mrs. Tur-
ner was a daughter Of Judge Cham
berlain. An unfortunate marriage
and separation.
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STAND FRM.-Nert Tuesday ,oal

STAND FIRM.-Nert Tuesday ,osll
aoitness the battle of the ballots. In
uolved IN the struggle are things dear
to Americans--the protection of hon
est labor, the building up Of National
integrity and great diversified indus
tries the comforts Of home and the
aUel fare of the coming generations.
PROTECTION has made our country
great, has made the people blessed
Gboye those OF other, nations Of The
earth; has ennobled labor and built
up solid and constantly Increasing
prosperity. PROTECTION as the pure
w american system---no faint Of En-
glish royalty and abuse pollutes IT..
IL means grand development and hap
py homes. HOMES, LOVED ONES, IN
DUsTRIAL PRosPERITY--suerything-
are IN danger. Let votevs stand by
America in THIS fight. Patriotism,
demands ii, conscience dictates IT.,
YOUR COUNTRY EXPECTS 1T.
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Col. Nelson B. Sweitzer, having
served for more than thirty years as
commissioned officer of the army,
has been retired from active service.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-11-03

TIE man who sawed the limb he
was sitting on was wise by the side
of the workman who voted against
his own wages.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30
Preferred Authors.

1t is sometimes made q question OF GU
rious inquiry in social circle composed
Of persons Of literary tastes, that, sup
posing one was banished to desert IS
land, there to pass his remaining days,
with tire privilege Of taking with him
the works of q single author to divert tho
tedium Of his exile, what author would
he choose? Whom would one select for
his sole intellectual companion for the re-
mainder Of his life2 Certain it is the au-
thor must be one who has written much,
for tho days to como would stretch out
many and long. He must I've dweller
in the kingdom Of tho imagination, and
must sound every note in the gamut Of
human thought and word. Above all,
he must have the power Of saying what
he has to say in way 10 interest a
dropping and dolorous spirit, depressed
with thoughts CT home never more 10
be seen. Under such circumstances,
what work would one choose?
A Frenchman would certainly choose
the volumes CT Voltaire, while no Ger
man would hesitate over the fifty vol
umes of Goethe. The Italians would
choose Dante, and the Spaniard, after
some hcsitancy over tho $50 volumes of
Lope do Vega, and the paltry dozen of
Ceryantes, would finally choose the lat
ter. What All English speaking person
would choose is susceptible of but little
controversy. Tho exile would turn TO
Shakespeare as his only soiace in such IN
emergeney.-Chicago Herald.
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Not Gonl Dog dot.

There are but few people who do not
know how sad it is 10 lose pet. Tho
pang is there whether IL be the loss OF
a thoroughbred Maltese cat OF q dog
whose name - Dennis for want OF -
better One day lat week West
Side residence was shrouded IN deep
mourning on account Of the untlmely
death OF dog whose sole claim 70 DIS
tinction was that he was able TO de-
YOUR pins without apparent effort OK
subsequent discomfort. For years
this animal had been surrounding tho
useful pin until bis ''innards' must
have presented the general appearance
Of q used up target in a shooting gal
lery. He had put an enemy into IN,
mouth to pin up his intestihes, and
at last he had died, leaving a small,
bald headed master to mourn his loss.
ANY one who has dog who can eas
pins will learn something to his al,
vantage by calling upon the bald
headed man with the bereavement. -
Chicago Herald.
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If I SHOULD DIE TONIGHT.
II should die tonight

, II should die to night
NJ friends would look upon my quiet faee,
Before they laid !, in its resting place,
And deem that death had left It alnot fair
And laying snow white flowers against my hair
wcn,j smooth II down with tearfui tenderness.
And fold my hancs With lingering carcss-
1oor hands 10 empty and ~ cold 10 night
II should die tonight
NV friends would cell 20 mind with loving thought
Some kindly deed the icy hand had wrought;
Some eanfle word the frozen lips had said;
Esyands on which the willing feet had sped
ne memory Of my sehshness and pride,
~ hnsty words would oil he put aside,
Nsd 70 should be loved and incurred to night
] II should die TO night
Even hearts cstrangod would turn once more
g. me,
Recalling other days remorsefufly.
TIE eyes that chill me with avertcd glance
Would look upon me AZ Of yorc pcrchance
Would soften In the old familiar way;
Dor who would war with dumb. UNCONSCIOUS clayf
80 might rest, forgiven OF all tonight
Ga, friends, pray TO night
Keep not your kisses for my dead, cold brow;
TIE way Il lonely let mo feel them now.
Tank gently Of me; am travel worn;
Ny faltering feet are pierced with many thorn
Forgive. hearts estranged, forgive, plead
When dreamle<s rest Is mine shall not need
The tenderness for which long to night
Robert C. V. Myers
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Causes of Cancer.

DR.. Mackenzie in his little book
about the crown prince and his treat
mcnt has a few pertinent words about
the causes Of cancer. lie says:
There can be no question that the
determining cause OF It's appearance Is
in many cases an injury, such as .
blow, or condition resulting from an
injury. such as u scar, or the persist
ent application to particular spot OF
something that keeps the tissue in
famed and angry, such rs Jagged
tooth which chafes the tongue Work
eIs in parafline aud petroleum are pc
culiarly liable to cancer Of the parts
which are habitually exposed TO the
action of these substances. IL Is we'll
known that particular form OF cancer
which formerly was coinmOn enough
in England is now almost extinct,
simply owing TO the fact that the cause
which produced il has ceased to exist.
When SCOT commanded a good price II
had to be sfted This operation ma.
turally involved much of friction
against the skin, whereby irritating
particles were rubbed into it, and
chimney sweeps cancer was fire.
quent result. Nowadays it does not
pay To sift the SCOT, and the disease to
which it gave rise has disappeared.
Among the causes Of local lrrita-
ton heat is certainly one of the most
active. BY far the most common seat
Of the malignant disease in men is the
mouth, which is more exposed than
any other part Of the body to irritation
by hot substances. Every surgeon Is
familiar with this fact Whether II BE-
Il lower lip, on which the hot stem OF
q clay pipe or the smoldcring paper OF
q cigarette has rested day after day, OF
4 tongue cxaspelatcd by the frequent
contact Of acrid tobacco smoke, or the
mouthpiece Of a foul pipe, or made
raw by ardent liquors, or stung anc
blistered by fiery condiments, the eausC
is essentially the same-yiz., the scar
ing Of the superficial covering by pro
longed heat. In some places, where
hot brasiers arc often applied to the
abdomen and thigh, cancer Of thesC
parts is not uncommon, though all but
unknown in either of these situations
elsewhere. M. L. Holbrook, NJ. d.,
I'm Herald of Health.
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Origin Of the Guillot!nc.

II is certain that neither DR.. J. T.
Guillotin, who did not die by the instril-
ment Of death called, or supposed to be
called, after him, nor Or. j. b. V. Gull
lotine, who had such credit as was due
to the invention, was the real inventor
of the guillotine, though one or other Ct
them may have recommended it, and
perhaps perfected it. 1t was in use in
Italy at least 200 years before their time,
as is proved by manuscript Neapolitan
diary in my possession, of which the last
entry is dated 1893. The book is full Of
colored drawings Of professions, en-
bassies, battles, heets and various his
tcrical events. Among the drawings
aretwo of veritable guillotines, standing
In no need Of being further perfected, at
ono Of which O condemned person is
kneeling, in expectation Of the fall Of
the deith dealing steel.-Notes and
Queries,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30

During this trip have been over q
large part Of this state, and find Iowa
has the largest and best corn crop that
has ever been raised in the state. Iowa
does not only stand at the head of the
list as a corn state, but stands at the
head, also, for large men. was one
Of the two largest men on tram last
week, and the two OF us weighed Just
two pounds over a half ton. weighed
2l0 pounds, and the other fellow
weighed just 792 pounds. His name
was j. II. Craig. He is 6 feet A inches
long, and was born in Iowa City
thirty-two years ago. He is said to be
the largest man in the world at the
present time. He is well proportioned,
full of fun and as playful as kitten
He told nue. that when he went TO
church La put 81 in tho collection
basket and took a whole seat for him
self. He has weighed 1888 pounds
but uses tobacco now to keep his
weight down below S00.-Davenport
Tribune.
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The Poor Of MEXICO.

The econ laborer who earns 81
cents will not grldgc a third OF his
pay to como unfortunate comradc.
What Itch man with an income Of
800 a day will with equal readiness
hand out S33 to poor fellow mortal
know q case where poor serving
woman took her little bed and gave it
10 q sick woman, and herself slept on
the hard floor for weeks thereafter. A
poor paralytic comes to my door every
week and gets aims; it is hard TO keep
a silver quarter in the pocket when n
deformed man crawls by on his hands
and knees. How many Of these poor
wrctchss ore sees OF rainy afternoons
crawling along through the mud and
dirt Of the streets. Many say, care
lessly, that these poor people should
be in the hospitals, but they Pre-
fer. when able TO do so, to
pei OH: into the world Of
their fellows aud trust to the
charity Of the fortunate who have
legs to walk on, for q few bits Of
money to keep them from starvation.
| know poor woman, paralyzed from
the knees down, who, with her babe
in her arms, kneeis in one of the pub
lie gardens and receives the charity
people bcstow on her. II she gets
twenty-five cents in day, she lives
well and has little meat and possibly
q drop of coffee If she gets but six
cents she lives on that, and thanks
heaven. In the lottery Of life some of
us draw prizcs-sound limbs good
lungs and clear heads, while Others,
equally worthy, get the blanks. | can
not help thinking, as walk the streets
Of Mexico, that it is good for the pros
porous. the comfortably off, TO see
these poor cripples, these blind men
and women. these strange beings, hall
human, who crawl at your feet. Shut
them up in hospitals, and one forgets
that they exist The charity which
one puts into IA plate at church goes
only indirectly to the afflicted. Hall
the pleasure Of doing good is lost.
For years there WAS seen around the
streets here a dog faced lad, who
walked on his hands and feet like an
animal | have not seen him for
months, and perhaps he is dead. The
story went that this strange, fantastic
freak of nature was born the son OF
well TO do parents, who disguised at
his horrid shape, turned him into the
streets. On chilly winter mornings he
went about in cotton, for he was de
Gently covered. but his expression Of
sadness and hunger and WEAKNESS
went straight TO the heart To see
this poor fellow made enc ashamed OF
being able TO walk upright. Those OF
us who gave him small COINS now and
then do not, / fancy regret it, now
that he has gone from sight For the
student of human development this
lad would have been treasure. He
was human, but he was also british.
Sights such as these make the blood
run chill in the veins, bat they also
prompt little acts of charity which
make giver and recipient feel their
common humanity City of Mexico
Cor Boston Herald.
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Cue Cnusc of lain StorIr6.

A correspondent Of the Northwest
ern railroad advances n curious theory
for the increasing prevalence OF floods
and rain storms. He says that there
are over sc, 600 locomotives in use il
North America, and estimates that from
them alone over $1,000, 000,00 cubic
yards OF vapor are sent into the aimos.
phere every week, to be returned III
the form OF rain. or over 1900, 000, 0OC
cubic yards day-"Quite enough,
he says, ito produce good RAINFALL
every twentyfour hours Estimating
the number Of other nol-condensing
engines in use as eight times the num-
Der Of locomotives, the total vapor
thus projected into the air every week
in this country amounts TO 47O, GOO,
600 900 cubic yards. Is this not, he
asks, sufficient for tie floods of ter
rcrf Is there any reason to wonder
Why our storms are so d.maglngf-
Frank Leslie's Newspaper.