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Democratic messenger., 1889-04-13

SUBSCRIPTIONS PRicE, Ti.W YEAR.
We publish in another col
umn the opinion of MIR. /. A
Walker on peach culture. lie
says the peach belt is unqucs
tionably moving south. II his
opinion is worth anything, il
a few years Worcester count,
will be the most favored sec
ton for growing peaches. We
have repeatedly importuned
our farmers to plant peach
orchards and cease to depend
solely on cereals for a means
of making money. Every
farmer who lives within : OF
s miles of the railroad or a
steamboat wharf should see 20
it that before another year has
rolled around he has planted
out a small orchard and each
year thereafter repeat the
dose. We have heard of peach
growers in Delaware making
enough in one season, clear of
all expenses, to pay for their
farm (and land is higher there
than hcrc) and have enough
left to live on until the peach
season came around again.
OF course, like everything else,
there are seasons when the
crop is a failure. but nothing
riskcd, nothing gained. and
those who risk something in
peach culture in this county,
we believe will find themselves
better off in Il few years than
if they had remained glued to
corn and wheat. Try it.
Tins has been a week of
obstruction and disaster. Saw
annah, Ga, Pittsburg, Pa,
Norfolk. Va. and a town in
North Carolina have met with
serious losses from fire. the
latter town being completely
destroyed. \ great storm all
along the Atlantic coast has
been very destructive to YES
sci property and many lives
have been lost.
II Postmaster General Wan
amakcr will do something to-
ward breaking up that great
monopoly known as the Adams
Express Company, by the re-
duction of postage on small
packages of merchandise.
books, etc, he will receive the
thanks of everyone not inter
cstcd in that monopoly.
ARBoR DAY was generally
observed by the schools
throughout the State as it
should have been. Our pre-
dic,ion is that each year great
cr interest will be manifested
until eventually Arbor Day
will become great holiday
like unto Decoration Day.
SOME of our Republican
friends in the county think
they have waited about long
enough for those Post Offices
to be handed around and they
are now holding up their hands
something like this:
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The Delaware Senate Com
mittcc has reported adversely
the House bill providing for a
new Constitution. The Sen
ate will now proceed to pass
a new bill calling for an cleo
ton To- ascertain the sentiment
of the people on holding a con
vcntion.
MAJOR ARMES who twccked
the Governor of Pcnnsylva-
Mas nose in Washington a
week or two ago, is very de
spondcnt over his prospects
at the coming court-marshal
and is pleading with the gov
crnor To lnterccdc IN his be-
half.
GOVERNOR JAcEsoN'S illness
is greatly regretted by all
classes throughout the State
and his speedy recovery is
earnestly hoped for.
A Royal Patriot.
From thu baltimore sun.
After killing himself Ly his
misgovernmcnt. cx-King Mil
Democratic messenger., 1889-04-13

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Democratic messenger., 1889-04-13

UpsnUR & PuRNELL. Attorneys.
Democratic messenger., 1889-04-13
Road Notice.

IpsIIUR * PURNELL. Attorneys.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09
The Laws Inconsistency

Mr.. Noddie-"Wall, it do beat all
how the laws work, one upsettin' an
other right along"
Friend-"Wah's wrong, now ?"
"Wall, there amt much that isn't
wrong Here I've been making a
good livin' as a juryman for years
and years, all because / don't read
the papers an amt got no 'pinions,
We know"
"You can't read"
"No, never learned. Wall, now /
sot great store on that there son o.
mine, an wanted to bring him up for
a juryman, too, but hang me if they
amt talkin' bout laws ter make every
boy go to school. Where's the ju-
rymen goin' ter come from in the
next generation? That's what beats
me. "-Philadelphia Record.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09

II confess / am sometimes sorely
perplexed," said the father, with a
heavy sigh, "when / think of the fu-
ture of'my boys. 1t is a great re-
sponsibility to have the choosing of
a calling in life for them"
Through the open window came
the voices of two Of the lads at play.
"Look here," loudly exclaimed
Johnny, "that isn't fairl You divi-
ded these marbles so as to get all the
best ones in your own bag"
"Didnt have the trouble of divi-
ding 'em 2" reiterated Willie, hotly.
"Think I'm going to spend my time
at such jokes for nothing?"
$50 far as Willie is concerned"
resumed the father, after a pause,
"the risk of choosing vocation is
not SO difficult. / shall make law
yer of him. Chicago Tribune.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09
A Remarkable Snake Story.

Samuel Snowden, who lives on the
outskirts of East Orange, N. j. tells
a remarkable snake story. He went
to barn to get some wood, and In
the woodpile saw what he thought
was a dark and notified stick of
wood about two feet long. He drew
it from the pile, but suddenly drop.
ped it as if it was hot. The suppos-
ed stick, he found, was torpid black
snake about four feet long. 1t, had
crawled into the woodpile and was
frozen stiff. Mr.. Snowden picked
up the snake by the tail and playful
ly shook 1t at his little son. To his
surprise the frozen snake broke in
two, and the head end fell to the
ground. For few seconds the tail
end quivered, and then was appar-
emily dead. The head, however,
suddenly thawed, and exhibited re-
markable activity, gliding back to-
ward the woodpile. Then Mr.. Snow
den recovered from his astonish-
ment and battered the life out of the
head with the snakes tail. Snowden
has the two pieces of the snake, and
will have them stuffed and mounted.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09
State News.

The Greenbrier fresh meat COM
pany butchered and packed ITO head
of fine cattle during January.
Pocahontas county is without a
Sheriff. The gentleman elected has
resigned, and they can find no one
who will accept the position.
A few days ago Mrs. Martin Tuck
err, of Raymond City, gave birth to
three children. The mother and one
of the children have died.
Major Jim Peterson saws the re-
port that he was going to Kentucky
TO start a republican paper is not
true. He still lives in West Virginia.
They have law out OF the town
of Harrisville that whosoever swears
or utters a profane words on the
public streets the same same shall
pay 0 fine therefor, and the Mayor Of
that pretty little town swears (no,
he says) that swearing shall cease,
or he will be blankety -blanked. The
record of last week; according to the
Richie ReUieso, was as follow: "A.
Hess, for swearing and assault, $3.50.
j. B. Ayres confessed to saying mad
deg backward. for which he paid
$l.5O.-Journal.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09
Simple Rules for Butter Makers.

Much important matter embodied
in the following rules, published by
the Royal Agricultural Society of
England:
Rinse all dairy utensils in cold
water.
Scald with hot water and rinse
again with cold.
Always use thermometer.
Churn and cream to be at tenn
perature of 81 deg. in summer, 80
deg. in winter.
Ventilate churn sufficiently.
Churn at forty to forty-five revo-
buttons per minute.
Stop churning Immediately the
butter comes. The butter should be
like grains ofsmustard seed.
Draw off buttermilk and wash the
churn till water is clear and free from
buttermilk.
Make strong brine, and pour in
to churn through a hair sieve.
Remove butter and work on but
Never use the hands.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09
Extraordinary Canine Devotion.

The residence of Enoch McMahan,
an old and highly esteemed farmer,
near Anderson, Ind, was burned.
All the family, except the old man,
were away at singing school at the
time, and he persisted in the flames,
his half consumed body being drag
ged from the burning building with
poles by the first person to arrive af-
ter the fire was discovered. 1t has
been question as to whether or not
the old man was murdered and the
house robbed and burned to conceal
the crime. Leastwise, when the neigh-
bors gathered they found Uncle
Enoch's dog. Mingo, bowling dis
mally about the burning building,
and from that day to this the faith
full animal has never left the place.
The house was never rebuilt, and no
one has since lived on the farm, yet
"Mingo" fingers about the ruins and
until recently slept in rain and snow.
For months kind hearted people car
ried him food and water, and they
built him a comfortable house on the
spot where his master was burned,
and like a hermit he stays there day
and night, Respondent and melan-
choly.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09
Mexican Var Veteran.

The wonderful eficacy Of swift's specifc az q
remedy and cure for rheumatism and all blood dds.
eases, has never had conspicuous illustration
than this affords. The candid unsolicited and
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
ne is indebted for the advice to which he owes his
final relief from years of suffering, is Mr. King for
many years the popular night clerk of tn Lawrence
House, at jackson.
JACKSON Miss, April 90 1881
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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 In both hips and ankles For twenty days
walked on crutches. Then the pain less violent
but II shifted from Joint to joint For weeks would
the other. The pain never left me a moment for
eleven years and seven moEtsthat from March I,
when was cured. During tiuse eleven years of In
fs som yaroas Ta a svayS1pg
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teraaiiy am not AWARD u t. Finally, about i /,
first of September. made arrangements to go to I'll ,
other remedy, when accidentally met an old al
quaintance. Mr.. King, now eS the Lawrence Hous
of this city. He had been great sufferer fron
rheumatism, and, az saprosed had been curo
y Hs That aG his S sP To tie Hot springs h@
he found no relief on his return from Hot Springs
for rheumatism. He tried it and six BOTTLES made q
complete cure. Several llaye passed since, but
he has had no return Of tins disease.
Immediately returned totry 1t. In September
took four bottles and by the arst of October was
well-as far as the rAenfnatam was concerned. All
ain had disappeared, and aAyE NOT FELT TwINGE
OF SINCE.
Ihave no interest In making this statement other
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a sure source OF relief, ana II il has this result
am well rewarded fer my trouble. l am very re-
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09

The Charleston correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
strikes responsive chord in many
breasts when he says:
"There remains, among other mat
ters, one that demands the early and
decisive action of the incoming Presi-
dent. That is, an immediate change
in the offices of Marshal and District
Attorney for the District of West
Virginia. The last term of the Fed
eral Court at Petersburg was char
acterized by an amount of partisan
ship on the part of these officers I'M
known in the annals of Federal Courts
in this State and one almost wholly
confined to one political party. This,
too, after much flourish of trumpets
that the drag net was to sweep in it's
folds all, regardless Of party. 1t is
time now that the other side should
be heard. The world must under
stand that while there are violations
by Republicans of election laws, there
are many more by Democrats in West
Virginia. The movement being made
by Democrats to prevent the prose-
cution of members of their party who
have been guilty of such violations
must be check-mated. Democrats
have been pressing these prosecutions
with much bitterness in both State
and Federal Courts. Reports receiv-
ed here go to show that every term
of the Circuit Courts, where the ma
chinery is in Democratic hands. wit
nesses these persistent efforts. Now,
give Republicans chance to show
Democratic fraud and corruption in
all it's enormity. President Harrison
ought to make these changes at an
early day, that all things may be put
in readiness for the mill to commence
grinding at the Spring term of the
Federal Courts"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09
Choice Thoughts

To read without rejecting is like
eating without dlgesting.
The usual fortune Of complaint is
to excite contempt rather than pity.
Honor is the recompense of those
who do right without seeking rec
ompensc.
If little labor, little are our gains;
Mans fortunes are according to his
pains.
If the past calls up no regrets, our
lives will be happy in the present
and our hopes bright in the future.
Food is nature is more agreeable
in conversation than wit, and gives
certain air to the countenance which
is more amiable than beauty.
Men like women to reflect them
but the woman who can only reflect
a man, and is nothing in herself, will
never be of much service to him.
If there is one habit that should
be cultivated more than another by
him who would succeed in life, it is
punctuality. If there is one that
should be avoided, it is that of being
"behind time"
At the end of life man finds hiA-
self rich, not so much by his fortunes
as by his misfortunes. The Persians
had a vase of glass which, when emp
ty, was colorless, but when filed
flashed forth many rare pictures. So
bosom empty of a heart OF pains
makes a lustreless life, but bosom
in which heart bleeds reveals hid
den virtues.
The worlds history is divine
poem, of which the history of every
nation is canto, and every man a
word. Its strains have been pealing
along down the centuries, and though
there have been mingled the discords
of warrings canon and dying men,
yet to the Christian, philosopher and
historian there has been divine
melody running through the song
that speaks of hope and halcyon days
to come.-GarJield.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09
"she's Much Older Than Her Husband"

We heard young girl make the
above remark the other day about a
lady with whom we are slightly ac-
quainted. 1t was not true. yet the
lady in question actually does look
five years older than her husband, al
though she is really several years his
junior. She is prematurely aged, and
functional arrangement is the cause.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
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are in the same condition. If the
reader of this chances to be similar
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better still, it will remove all those
distressing symptoms which have
made life burden to her so long.
Money refunded if it don't give salts
faction. See guarantee printed on
bottle wrapper.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09

Harry (horrifed at seeing Kate
putting at a cigarette Mercy Do
you smoke, Kate ?n
Kate--"Not because I enjoy it,
Harry. / want to fill the rooms with
smoke, so that, should a burglar
break in, he'll think there's man in
the house,
Harry--"Well, you're only losing
your time and soiling your lips. A
man never smokes cigarettes-least-
wise no man that a burglar need be
afraid of Boston Transcript.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09
YESTERDA Y.

Yesterday is dead
And lies at rest.
No breathing stirs
The whte-rohed breast;
The groans and sobbing
Are hushed at last,
Thanks he to heaven!
such pains are past.
seek not to rouse
Its unjust ghost;
Coniure no phantom
OF what is lost;
Come away softly,
And make no moan,
Leaving thy persisted hope
Dead and alone
-ZOE DANA UNDERnILL. in the March
ScrfbBer'S.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-30
POINTS on PEOPLE.
Movements Of Citizens and tho Coming and
Going of Strangers.

Movements OF Citizens and tho Coming and
Going OF Strangers.
A part of the Kiralfy troupe are stop
ping at the Hotel Brunswick.
Miss May Murrey, of BenwOod, lie Wis
ting Miss Rose Scalley, Of the South Side
Miss Julia Ssefert is quiet i'll at the res
idence Of Mrs. Ohss Dittman, OF the South
Side.
Mrs. Amanda Lsshley, Of Pittsburg, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Jas. Dsmass, on
the Island.
Mrs. S E Martin, of the South Side,
who has been i'll for some time is able to
be out sgain.
Miss Mamie Kennedy, is visiting Miss
Margaret Kenna. daughter Of Senator Ken
ns, OF Charleston.
Mr. A. Hirsch, of Lancaster, Pa, is Wis
iting his daughter Mrs. Morris Hork-
heimer of North Main street.
August H. Knoke, ALI Uirich, John
Amick, Julia and May thinner, and May
Bauter, tpant Thanksgiving in Lszier-
vile.
G.. J. Mathison, the recently appointed
agent of the Phoenix of Hartford at Wheel
Jag. W. Va, is already eclipsing. the
record Of his predecessor. - Insurance Spec
tator.
Mr.. Will H. Sweeney is home from
Washington-J effersOn College, spending
his Thanksgiving vacation with his par
ents, Blr. and slrs. A. ]. Sweeney.
Capt. B. B. DOvener returned from
Washington, Pa, where he has been for
the past eleven days defending James
Neff in his trial for being IN acoOmplice 10
the murder of James McCausland.
Miss Lizzie Van Keuren will entertaio
a number of her young friends to-day ut
an afternoon tea, from four till six o'clock,
in honor of the seventh anniversary Of Der
birth, at the residence of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Van Keuren, No. 40
Twelfth street.
Mr.. Harry NJ. CLARK, business manager
Of Edward ]. Hasson's zone of the
Finest" arrived in the city last evening.
This great play will hold the boards at the
Grand Opera House all of next week, and
the engagement will doubtless be one of
the most successful of the season.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-30
ANOTHER MEETING
OF TRB COUNCIL COMMITTEE on FINANCE
LAST EVENING.
An Expert Selected 10 Examine Into the Status Of iht
Loan - Additional Information
Adducad.

When the Council Committee on Finance
adjourned, last Monday evening, it was
with the understanding that y resolution
would be submitted to Council at the ses-
sion to be held the following evening rec
ommending the employment of an expert
accountant to straightan out the accounts
OF the Compromise loan, and that in the
event that Council approved and passed
the measure, the Chairman should make
a selection of an expert accountant to do
the work, and report his action to an ad-
journed meeting of the committee, to be
held Friday evening.
Last evening the committee re-assem-
bled, in accordance with this understand
ing.
Chairman Harrell reported that he had
made a considerable number Of inquiries
as 10 q person to do the work, and
had also consulted informally with two or
three members of the committee, but had
reached no definite conclusion. The COM
mittee engaged in a general discussion OF
the subject, during which the merits and
capabilities of several gentlemen were
brought up, and il was finally agreed that
Mr.. Allen Brock would be a good man,
and the chairman was instructed to call
upon him at once.
During the session of the Committee
the whole matter of the accounts Of the
loan we're gone over generally, and it was
stated By one Of the members, that in his
opinion, if there was a shortage, it could not
possibly exceed $l4, 200, and would likely
be only 81 200. II was not, of course, con-
coded that there WAS any such state Of
affairs, bat that was the limit OF the city's
loss, in any event. OF the larger sum
mentioned, $4,000 was contained in the
apparent excess of bonds outstanding over
TIE sum charged and carried on the books
of the clerk, and the 81 200 was made up
of smaller sums, Onebeing, presumable, the
check for $500, of which mention has
heretofore been made in this paper.
Members of the committee generally were
Of the opinion that an investigation, and
Tue NltlONCly VI tuO nNeoAIAo Va
the late COL Wilkinson, would clear up
the entire matter, and show that the ac-
counts were all right and proper.
Regarding the So, 100 check, City Clerk
Thoner reported that he had found the
check, which bore date of April 80 1888.
Il was endorsed BRADY and Wilkinson,
Commissioners, " in Col. Wilkinson's hand
syriti1V and had been cgshed at one of ths
city banks, the cash being paid out over
the bank counter. He had made inquiries
OF the banks, at the express Office and at
the telegraph Office, but could find no
trace of the money having baen sent away
from the city.
There was a good deal of general talk
about the matter, and the duties Of the
expert accountant, his compensation, etc,
but none of it was of much public interest.
Il is supposed the expert will 90 TO work at
once, and that information will soon be
more definite and satisfactory.