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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-01-21
Mexican War Veteran.

The wonderful efficacy of Swffrs Specific as q
remedy and cure for rheumatism and all blood dis
cases. has never had conspicuous illustration
than this case affords. The candid unsolicited ana
emphatic testimony given by the venerable gentle
man must be accepted as convincing and conclusive
The writer Is prominent citizen of Mississippi The
gentleman to whom Mr.. Martin refers, and to whom
he is indebted for the advice to which he his
final relief from years of suffering 10 Mr. King for
many years the popular night clerk Of the Lawrence
House, at Jackson.
JACKSON, Miss, April %. 1887.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CoMPASY, Atlanta, Ca:
Gentlemen-I have been invalid ponsioner for
forty years. having contracted pulmonary and other
diseases in the Mexican War; but not till the LIST Of
March, 1875. did feel any symptoms Of rheumatism.
On that day was suddenly stricken with that dis
ease Ia both hips and ankles. For twenty days
walked on crutches. Then the pain less violent
but 1t shifted from joint to joint For weeks would
be totally disabled, either side my body or
the other The pain never lefs me q moment for
1875, when was first attacked. to October l. 1886.
tense suffering, tried innamerable prescriptions
from various paysiclans and tried Everything sup
6ene from any medicine tasen ins.rnay or es
te tern al am not aware Of it, Finally, about Il
Hot SPRINGS Of Arkansas, having dsspsired OF ever
other remedy, when accidentally met old a.
Quaintance. Mr.. King, now OF the Lawrence Hous
Of this city He had once been great sufferer froI
by visit to Hot Springs. But when met him he
told me that his visit to the Hot Springs in vain
he found no relief On his return from Hot Springs
he heard, for the first time, OF the s s. S. remedy
for rheumatism. He tried it and SIX bottles made q
complete Several years have passed since, but
he has had no return of the dsease.
Immediately returned TO Try 10. In September
took four bottles, and by the first OF October was
well-as far as the rheumatism concerned. All
pain had disappeared, and HAVE So1 FRLr A rwINea
OF SINCE
have no interest In making this statement othsr
than the hope that may direct other sufferer
TO source of relief and IL it has this result
am well rewarded for my trouble. am very re-
spectfully and truly your friend.
J. NJ. II. MARTIN J
For sale by all druggists. Treatise Blood and
Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co,
Drawer ], Atlanta Ga.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-01-21

Don't throw your calendars for
1887 in the ash pan. Send them to
the man Who Doesn't Advertise.
Being behind the times he naturally
will find them timely.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
Hunting AIIigators I'm Florida

The best and most common mode to
hunt them is by flashing their eyes at
night. the same rs deer stalking. Two
generally hunt together In a canoe, one
sitting in the stern padding, the other
standing NJ the bow with a bull's-eye fass-
ened to his head. They move on eau
tiously. the one in front coachin: the
course by slow motions Of his hand. Hist.
n warning hand is appraised, the motion Of
the paddle ceases. and the canoe glides on
almost imperceptib!y, the slight ripple Mt
bow being the only sound heard. The
one with the rife. a A caliber Winchcs-
Ter, slowly raises his weapon. pesring ex-
pectantly forward. now to one side, then
another. Suddenly a gleam Is seen
ahead like coal Of fire shining
through the darkness. and the uprsised
rifle belches forth n stream OF DIRE. A con-
fused thrashinc and. perhaps, a deep bel
low follows. then all j. still. II wounded
tho gator makes of TO deep water, and II
dead he sinks at once. The hunters do
not stop for their game. unless in shallow
water and the gator is killed instantly,
but 60 ahead and search for fresh victims.
The next day they begin their lookout for
their game. When killed the saurians
sink mt once. but the gases in the botly
bring them up in from six to ten hours.
Hundreds are undoubtedly lost by being
wounded and dying in some inaccessible
creek or bayou. bat tho pot hunters care
not The skins arc carefully taken Off
and the carcasscs left for buzzards and
other scavengers. though the teeth are
generally secured il there is time.-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
Inspector nyrue. en- criminals.

Professionals are very clnnnish; they
run In gangs, the bank sneaks together,
the hotel men. and so on through all
classes Of work. They all grouped
and classified. There are, Of course.
some general thieves, but not many.
Now, a man must be acquainted not only
with the thieves themselves. but with the
nlodus operandi Of the difIeren. classes Of
work. These fellows ali have their
specialties-they are tsnk burglars, or
hotel men. or pickpockets, or forgers, or
belong to some one Of the many distinct
classes Of professional thieves. Some
have rather limited specialties, like
William B. Toule, for instance, who
works doctors Offices only, stealing valu-
able instruments. or James Lee, alias
Hartmann. alias Coleman, Whose regular
scheme Is TO act rs custom house collector,
giving bogus orders for packages .. the
custom house after the victim has paid
the supposed charges on the same. The
method CT procedure Of . given class OF
thieves Is about the same In all cases,
variations are easily recognizable. Occa-
sionally. OF course. m ingenious fellow
turns rp with something new, but not
often.-Scw York Cor. Cleveland Leader.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11

,mo Va conrines me OF ,ts reaoty,"
"wei,. money ought TO be tangible
| enough" said tho lawyer. 'If you fesi
like drawing for few thousand now I'd
arrange it for you"
Such a proposition was not TO be re-
fused. and in the course OF the day Julian
had &l0, 900 to his credit in the bank.
And then he broke down under the
strain For long weeks he lay either un.
conscious or delirious, and the watchers
by his bedside wondered at his talk.
..His good luck turned his brain for
the time" said old Mr.. Howard.
And this was the view people took OF
the case. The sober business men OF the
town refused to believe that u pennless
young man. with nothing TO back him
but a dream, had secured almost unlim-
tied credit and q rich heiress in the bar
Sais.
Dreams don't pan out that way" said
one Of them, and this was the general
opinion.
But Julian, warned by the tricks his
imagination had played him, lost no time
in obtaining his legacy and converting it
into substantial Investments.
When this was done he led sweet Alice
Howard 10 the altar.
Once he said to her that he was indebted
TO dream for his greatest misery and his
greatest happiness.
This was all that he could be induced to
say.
He had passed through terrible crisis,
and during the remainder Of his life his
greatest desire was to forget all about it.
Wallace =. Reed II Atlanta Constitution.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
SOME DAY or DAYS,

Rome aay, son,e day Of days, threading tho street
With Idle needless pace,
Unlocking for such grace,
shall behold your facet
Some day, some day Of days, thus may We meet
Perchancc the sun may shine from skies Of Nay
Or winters icy chill
Touch Whitley vale and hill
What matters shall thrill
Through every vein with summer on that day.
Once more lse's perfect youth will an come back
And for q moment there
] shall stand fresh and fair
And drop the garment care;
Once NOR, my perfect youth will nothing lack.
shut r,y eyes now. thinking how twill be-
How face to face each soul
VIII slip its long CONTROL
Forget the dismal dole
OF dreary Fate's dark separating SEA;
And CLAN to glance and hand 70 hand In greeting,
The pas, with all It's fears,
Its silences and tears,
Its lonely. yearninG years,
Shau vanish In the moment Of TINT meeting.
Morn Perry.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
ReplatinR Stamped Tinxare.

In the process Of forming stamped tin
ware fat sheets Of metal are placed in
powerful presses and forced by means of
dies into shape. This shaping process
and enormous pressure on the metal COM
pletely disintegrates the tin coating,
breaking the fibers and rendering the sur
face Of the wares fractured. rough and un-
finished. This defect is remetied by re-
plating which reincorporates and reunites
the surface, correcting all fractuosity and
making the ware bright and new. The
ware TO be replated is dipped into a cald-
ron OF boiling taliow, so hot that the origi
nel tin plating is softened up and melted
from the surface OF the sheet iron. Then
the article SO treated is dipped into pot
Of fused tin, where it takes on new coat
ing Of that metal. 1t is then dropped .
second time into the grease pot, which has
the effect Of evenly distributing the coat
ing of tin. taking of the superfluous
metal. II is then put into q box Of bran,
where it is cleansed Of the tbickest Of the
grease. and finished by being rolled in
-four and middlings. which completely
cleauses the ware leaving It smooth and
bright. ArtisAE-
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11

They arc telling . story aboct . vel
known Main street Irishman WIN = . little
slow at graspinG . joke. He and . friend
were swapping anecdotes the other night. and
the friend, with great Eusto. told the story Of
the travelling man who was stopping At q
Kansas hotel, and at the dinner table rafhe.
paraly1ed the waiter girl by ordering every
dish she called ID. When dessert was reached
the girl said: Wave appIepiecustardple
lnjunpud and grape pie" Said th. traveller
calmly: You may bring me some custard
Tic, some Indian pudding and some apple
pic" The girl looked .. him minute in sur.
prise and blurted out: "wos's ths masnR
with the grape pier
Having reached the crisis Of the Joke the
friend paused and looked anxiously ss the
face Of the Irish gentleman. Tho latter ut .
moment - II In deep meditation Tnsn b
looked up and inquired . ltsls impasisotly
"Well, what was the msttsG WITH ths graps
pier-Eanns City TimeA
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
An Anthropometrie Laboratory.

An anthropometric laboratory is q place
where q pc. son may have any Of hts vari-
ous faculties measured in the best possible
way, and where duplicates Of his meas
urements may be preserved rs private
documents for his own future use and
reference. AL the various faculties are
to be registered. Accordingly, after the
exact shape, the cubical contents and the
specific gravity Of the individual have
been ascertained he will be tested for pace
on a measured mile on land and meas
ured 100 yards in the water The physi-
cal basis being thus ascertained, the
capacity for self restraint will next be
tried. Then will come the memory tests
and the trials Of originality and intellect
ual endurance. 1t would be impos-
sible, except at great length, to ex-
plain the various processes avail
able for these latter purposes, but
q brief reference may be made to the
uses Of the register when completed.
Evidently the register kept at the Abora-
tory may be made use Of Us n reference in
all cases. To persons about to marry the
record will, Of course, be valuable and in
dispensahle. Very great benefits will
accrue to all classes of people. 1t will
abolish the old test Of u mans faculties by
the work he does ard what comes out Of
him.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
rAe YOUNG PEOPLE.
foaae Je6srson Moro Accomplished Thar
Hts Mother Thought.

foaae Jedsrson Moro Accomplished Thar
Hts Mother Thought.
Joe Jefferson, the actor. soma time ago
bought huge goat and ssnt ii to his httl.
4year-old son Willie, At their residence in
Hoboken. n. J. The next day the littl- fel-
low pu: harness on the g,,as and began driv-
ing him around the greenhouse. Suddenly
the goat turned and threw Willie TO the
ground. The boy was so surprised to hnd
himself treated in that way that he could not
speak or rise for several minutes When, at
last. he did get up the goat had left for parts
unknown Willie looked around for min
ute and then said: ''Jcc, l could kill dat
goshidy. blasety thing for . goat"
His mother, who had been an eye witness
b all that had been going on. said: "Willie,
I'm surprised; you must not talk that way;
IL Is not nice"
''Oh, dat's nothing, mamma, replied VIII
lie, carelessly; II knows worsrr tings dan
dat to say il l could only tink Of dem"
New YORK Evening Sun.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
Filling . Long Felt Want.

Cows hair, which hitherto has been of
little use except in mortar for walls and
ceilings. is now msde into a heavy felt,
which is used for the soles Of slippers.
farmers snow boots, wrapping for steam
pipes, etc, but 1t has to b. mixed with
something kinky to hold 1t together. For
this purpose the hair Of certain breeds Of
Russian cattle is used. Cattle breeders
will soon catch the trick and raise woolly
CRITTERS" and Scotch terriers and other
shaggy and fuzzy styles Of dog may come
to be Of some possible use in the world
Springfield Republican.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
Disadv anto--s Of Hanging.



In the first place, it requires . vast
amount Of perfunctory preliminaries. Feet
have to be bound, arms must be tied, a
moose must be adjusted, the cap must be
drawn, the rope must be cut or o trap
must be dropped, and with It seems to be
IN essential train Of possible accidents.
Sheriffs. rs . rule, are simply successful
politicians, rewarded BY their party for
exceptional work In the party's interest
with 4 good. IA. Office. II they are men Of
sensitive organization they naturally
shrink from amy duty that brings them
into disagreeable contact with their fel-
low men. II they arc thick skinned,
opinionatcd, brutal, forceful fellows, they
will quite Us likely shock their fellow citi-
zens by displays Of their brutality.-Joe
Howard in New York Graphic.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
Gone Out to walk.

Harold is getting Old enough to astonish
his parents occasionally with tn original re
mark tn. other evening his mother said
something to his father, who was reading
He didn't hear it She repeated it. but the
head Of the family was too intent on his
reading TO notice that he was being
sddre~sed. Harold had watched operations,
and after his mother had spoken th- second
time, observed: Mamma, think you'll
have to scuse papa I guess his ears hsa
gone out to walk around the block for . few
minutes Chicago Tribune
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
TALK ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

p.r.or., h~us 81 r.s..s r,,...a
from ,hs .-...-c,..,,
o,ser Vic,o,;. 10 % 80. .h. a.. h.- =,
cold tatsn fror, nv, ,a,.,,. a;s.,r.r'.a ,,,;n.
2, DoIc.IIv Wo,..
making a thorough ho,on;o.; s,,-,o,- % CaI;-
Soru;. ;ncbding I ovar C.I;,o,,;s
i"'e ninnr ne as' witness
" ','' Wv mn VI 'he i"'koi horihoh' "Sn
n.s .,.'S "o'ue ue' 's.' Una. ne had just mao
an".ne' ''''o" ''ni''H 'Hihs us peiiet lii .has
o'oA'
Mr. George Meredith, the novelist, does all
~. ~ nl' sa'uen' anu neeps M hammock swung
80 ~. ~ ' "isu 'ne siuuo"
IL men NC - ~A''pie7S "e "snoers ous
'A0o VIC "
Editor Latimer, OF The Lumpkin GA In
dependent, Is noted throughout Georgia for
MS chronological enthusiasm and his largo
collection OF bugs and beetles. He has at
least 0oO specimens, soms Of them very
beautiful and rnre-
The Due dAumale was banished from
France not because he was an Orleans prince
but because he did not treat n. Grevy with
the profound respect which that bourgeois
president deemed his due. Now, therefore,
that ~ Grevy has been degraded and repudi-
ated by France, there is loud and wide de-
mand for the return Of the nustrious and
honored exila
Zell Baba, the last Of the Janis,ariss died
recently i'll Serajawo, at the age of l0. When
the JanisSsries were massacrrI in IsB bv
order of the Sultan Mahmoud III. Zell Baba
alone escaped and fied 10 Russia. He subse-
quently returned to Serajawo. where he
earned living as a schoolmaster He was
the author OF book Of Persian poems, which
Is much read in the east
Del Vale, a Paris journalist who write.
under the pseudouym Of .Zuln " and uho
was once an African corresponden, went
into a circus the other day and tried to ioin
the keeper in the lions cage. A policeman
endeavored to preven, him but he nnshed
him aside and entered He remained several
minutes and on coming out vns .rr,Stsd
The audience had meanwhile di.per,ed in
alarm The foolish experiment is supposed
to have been the CONSEQUENCE of bet
p.r u.,.r v.-.o, s,.. A.,
mind ,al,ing Oh. - ,so,,,. -. -.
are derrIict In b;s ,scr,nt s.-,,,a., y. tn.
social Functions ~ w..I,h - =. u,,.s.S
his neonle th.t N. rich mar ~,s No, ~. =.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
SIDE VIEW.
Hsssenx e Kaes My

SIDE VIEW.
In the meantime . good many country
inventors, who sent in their incomprehensible
plans soon after the prie Was offered,
and have seen nothing sincc but . cold. for-
NAL circular letter. are waiting with consid-
e-able irlpatience for some move on the part
Of the promoters of the undertaking. The
entire tlO0,000 was not subscribed for until
little less than two months ago, and that
has been the principal reason for the delay
Now that the prize fund is all subscribed
Ia. the subscribeEs purpose sh rtly to hold q
meeting and take some actiou. The prime
mover in the whole matter, James B. Stat
ford, SAYS that Q formal offer, embodying
specifications and conditions. will be drawn
uo by civil engineer. and that copies Of this
will be sent 70 all those that have corre-
spondsd submitting plans Each inventor
then will know just what he has got to do in
order to secure the prize, and the
Subscribers TO the fund will be pro-
tected. When it comes 10 deciding On the
merits Of the different inventions, . CON-
u.ittee Of engineers will probably be
appointed to investigate the worth Of each.
SOae thing is sure, the invention will have to
be proven practicable beyond peradventure
b. actual trial Of . finished model, 70 that
exper.s NAV be satisfied that it will produce
Q certain horse power at q certain specified
cos.- or il will not bs accepted The inven-
tioa must he not only useful, but economical
as well. Demonstratise facts, not plausible
theories, viii win the priza II two or three
inventions should be submitted OF nearly
equal value, the Irine may be broken
up into three parts of say $50 900. 81. 600
md $4,000. The practical tests of the yari-
ous inventions will probably not take place
before next summer, when the whole river
hank from Buffalo to the Falls will b. lined
with strange contriyances in the hands Of an
army Of sansuine ii,:entorS
OF course the mel who have subscribed to
the funds are not putting up 81 90 apiece
from motives Of pure philanthropy, bencvo-
lcncs or public spirit They mean q make
bi. Iot of noney out Of the thing if they can.
For every 81 tha. hey put into the schems
they eNrssct to pull out at least Si0. II Is
supposed 10 be their intention, as near a. can
hs gathered, utter awarding the prize and
securing the invention, to go down east with
II and form . company with immense capi-
tai for putting the scheme into operation As
soon as the company is formed the subscrib-
ers will hurry back to Buffalo and buy up all
the land on the river bank TINT they can get
for love or money. Then, when the plant y
established and the price Of river property
climbs ethcrward, they will realine on their
investment and live happily over after.
{. H. THohAA
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11

Wife lpleadinClyl-I'm afraid, George,
yo1 do not love mo us well IS gem used
70. Husband-Whyi wife-Bes:ause you
always let me get up to ligbG the fire.
Husboud-Sonsense, my love. Your Ret-
ting mp TO light The ars mak44 me loss
you al the more
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
THE CAMERAS PATRONS.
THE PUBLIC APT TO MAKE NEW
PHOTOGRAPHERS POPULAR.

Z Bnsincss Almost Entirely Dependent
on the Fluctuatians Of Publio Favor.
Progress in the Art Of PhotograPhing.
The Daguerreotype-
There seems to be no business so en-
tirely dependent on the fluctuations OF
popular favor as that Of the photographer.
A moments reflection on the part OF any
body who is acquainted with the history
Of photographers in New York for the
past ten or fifteen years, will show that
their business is evidently not subject TO
the same conditions as is attendant on the
business OF other trades and professions.
Photographers do not start in small
way, build up gradually q paying busi-
ness and eventually secure an established
patronage. which then continues with
them without any special effort in the
way Of advertising.
The popular photographer jumps into his
popularity as general thing inside OF q
single year, and replaces in public esteem
older firms whose names are familiar to
everybody, both in private and public life.
The older men retire to the background
and the artistic character OF their pictures
are hailed As the apostles of modern pho
Biography and their work described rs the
latest and the best The older men are
almost forgotten, and their business falls
away and they retire to side streets and
modest shops. No photographer OF fifteen
years ago is known as n leading photog-
rapher today. The men who then secured
the great men OF the country. the leading
n ri on tho sf nd ha hao tis.ss sAf
the drawing room for their subjects, are
either out OF business altogether or are
doing a small trade with modest family
people and charging extremely moderate
prices.
FICELESEss OF PUBLIC FAVOR.
A photographer the other day said that
he did not believe it was possible for any
man or any firm in the business to get to
the top and stay there. He had gotten to
the top himself once, and he had made il
. point to keep up with the times, to use
all the modern improvements in photo
graphic materials and processes, and had
employed all his spare time devising new
and attractive styles Of photographs. But
notwithstanding all his efforts. both In .
business and artistic way, he was not able
to keep the leading position he had At
tanned. and for no other reason in the
world except that public favor, SO far as
his business is concerned, is tickle beyond
anything that he could describe. He was
gradually replaced by new arrivals in tho
field and saw his customers going to men
whom he believed had none Of his ability,
and whom he knew had hut quarter OF
his experience. He explained this defec-
tion by saying that people who are In the
habit Of having their photographs taken
ut stated intervals have the quality Of
human vanity IN them developed to an
unusual extent and are possessed Of q
continual desire to try new experiments
and reach fresh results. They do not ex-
pect, perhaps, that the latest photographer
will make them out any more beautiful
than the one whom they have just left
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
From l:rindisi to Australia.

The Britannia, Of the Peninsular aB Ori.
entail Steam Navigation commnys line, has
understanding detention in EsyIe waiting
the mails, The detour to Ceylon, s>nd desen-
ton there for thirty-six hours-ia twenty
three days and ten bours-a contin oous speed
AT sea for 500 miles Of. within . fraction,
sixteen knOes yer hour.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11

Business Man with his feet on his.desk, 70
small appiieant,-Boy, don't YOU know
enough when you enter o gentlanans Office
to take your hat oifi
Boy taking OF his hat,-Yes, sir. Where
shall hang il, on your fee:f
The boy is still looking for q job.--New
York Sun.