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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-03-22
Trustees Sale
OF
Town Property.

BY virtue of Deed Of Trust, execu-
ted by James f. Powell and wife to me
as Trustee of John B. Wilson dated
December, 10, 1887 and recorded in the
Office of the clerk of County Court of
Berkeley County, West Virginia, in
Deed book No. S4 pages 373 and 374 to
secure said John b. Wilson in the pay
ment of two promissory notes therein
specified, each being for the payment Of
one hundred dollars with interest, l
will sell at public auction, at the front
door of the Court House in Martinsburg,
w. Va, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 10TH, 1890,
at ! O'Clock p. NJ. the following real
estate described in said deed Of trust, ly-
ing and being in the town OF Martinsburg
and bounded as follows, viz: Begin
ming at stake on the East side of the
Martinsburg and Potomac turnpike and
on the North side of the Schoppert ford
road, thence along the road Eastward
ly, one hundred and eighty-two feet and
six inches to stake on the West side
of a private alley, thence along the same,
Northwardly, fifty-four feet nine inches
to a stake, thence Westwardly parallel
to the Schoppert road one hundred and
eighty-two feet & six inches to stake on
the Eastern side of the turnpike, thence
along the same Southwardly, fifty-four
feet nine inches to the beginning, con-
tanning ten thousand feet, nearly. Also
right of way to the private alley, the
width of the property conveyed, it being
the same property conveyed by VIM. r..
Hockinberry and wife to James f.
Powell by deed dated November q,
1887 and now of record in the Clerks
Office of the County Court of Berkeley
County w. Va.
TERMS OF SALE.-One-third on
day of sale, remainder in equal install
ments ofnine and eighteen months, with
interest from day OF sale, and to be Sc
cured by a lien on the property.
j. NELSON WISNER,
mar .22,4t Trustee.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-03-22

take this opportunity tothank friends
and customers for their many cour-
tesies which / thoroughly appreciate.
1t has been my constant endeavor to
make the relation existing between
you and myself both satisfactory and
pleasant, and / shall continue in the
same line in the future with your
kind approval. My line for Spring
(now ready has been the result of a
great deal of thought and patient
labor and ask your inspection of the
same with the firm conviction that
the brightness of styles, satisfactory
nature of materials, taste in trim
mings, quality of labor and moder-
alton in price will meet all of your
requirements. l have added all new
styles of fine goods and my line OF
Stouts has also been considerably
increased. Ny Spring overcoats
are of feature. as usual and to keep
up my reputation on Worsteds, |
have duplicated all the standard
grades and added many exclusive
novelties. An early visit will be to
your advantage as / open my price
at rock bottom and the choice Of
styles therefore cost you nothing.
With renewed thanks and best wish
es, l am, Sincerely yours,
DAVID We'll.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09

| can rig up an electric man for any
person in the city. All that is neces-
sary is to fastcn two large brass or iron
plates to the floor and attach them to
an electric battery. Any person will
answer for the man, providing he
stands on one of the plates and allows
everybody that steps on that plate to
shake hands with him, thus completing
the circuit. Slate writing in theaters
is done with the aid of a confederate or
two in the audience. The message is
written on one side of the slate, which
is carefully covered with piece of
clean, dry black rubber, looking like
slate, which fits very closely and pro-
tects the writing from the damp rag
which is passed over it to make the
audience think that no writing exists.
The performer then steps into the
auditorium and asks somebody to sug-
gest sentence. The confederate is
the first to respond, and his question
is chosen. An answer to this is, of
course, written on the slate already and
carefully covered with the rubber. A
board is now securely fastened to the
frame sides of the slate with cord, and
the performer then takes the whole
affair on the stage and unfastens the
board, being careful to remove the rub
Der at the same time, thus allowing the
people to see the writing. All other
tricks are Just as simple, but on ac-
count of their simplicity nobody can
easily catch on to the way they are
executed. - ShOUm0n, in ST. Louis
Globe Democrat
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
A Room for Sickness.

There are few things more conducive
to the comfort of family than room
suitably arranged for sickness. With
out it there is much unnecessary in
convenience, not only to the one who
is i'll, but to every member of the fam
lily. Especially is such room desira-
BILE in contagious diseases. Many
have lost loved ones just because the
plan and furnishing were such that it
was impossible to separate the sick
from the well. And yet it would seem,
from the general management at such
times, that many parents think that if
one child be taken with scarlet fever,
for instance, every child in the family
must of necessity have it. There is no
greater mistake. Scarlet fever is sell
dom if ever communicated before the
eruption is developed This may be
doubted by many, but when we know
that children frequently escape when
exposed in the fever stage it is GER
tainly the part of wisdom to take adj
vantage of this knowledge. Many
parents become frightened if there
happens to be case of scarlet fever
in the school. The truth is, there is
this disease in the beginning. The
danger arises from carelessness in al
lowing the child to return to school and
wear the clothing that has been worn
during convalescence, or left where
the emanation from the eruption could
lodge in the texture. This suggests
the exercise of the greatest possible
care. A case of scarlet fever in
a room where there are curtains,
carpet, papered walls, with other ordi-
nary furnishings, will make it unsafe
for occupancy indefinitely, unless the
germs of the disease be destroyed; and
in a room of this kind one never feels
sure that the fumigation has been sufli-
GENTLY thorough. On the other hand
with room properly located and ar
ranged, no danger in the future need
be apprehended. Under these circum-
stances the most dreaded of all the
diseases of children would, in the ma
jority of cases, be limited to one case
in the family, and the danger to that
one greatly lessened. The necessity
for such a room in every home is amost
imperative. We would be surprised if
we could estimate how often and how
much of the time such room would
be used. When all the members of the
household are well, such room would
be quiet and restful, where any one
might go for nap, from father and
mother down to baby. This last is of
no small consideration when we take
into account the suppression necessary
TO be exercised when some one either
accidentally or Intentionally falls asleep
on the sitting-room couch. The con-
venience of even a small house would
be greatly increased if one room in it
were planned with view to comfort in
this direction.-MrS. j. S. LoWe, IN
Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09

ccssity to dress the hair in the fashion
of the moment, but we should endeavor
to counteract, by careful treatment, any
injurious effects, such as overheating
of the scalp, which produces dandruff,
irritation, and possibly badness. What
ever the dressing adopted during the
day and evening, as before said, the
hair should be given the utmost posi-
BILE freedom during the night. All can
not employ artists to direct the efforts
of the hair dressing maid, as is the case
with certain New York ladies, but at
least every one can see to it that SIM
plicity and an appropriate ensemble are
presented, no matter if the dictates of
fashion have to be modified somewhat.
Nothing is more unseemly than to see
noble. dignitied face marred, and its
true beauty destroyed, by some coquet-
fish or frivolous arrangement of the
hair, wholly out of keeping with the
general hearing of the wearer, For
tunately, the custom of the hour de-
mands that the shortcomings of one
head shall be supplied by some other
head, and from this necessity has
grown up the present great trade in
human hair, with its accessory branches.
1t is a matter of congratulation, at
least, that the day of jute tresses,"
cloth rats " and kindred abomina-
tons has largely passed, and that the
5000 and more dealers in human hair
are enabled, reasonably, to supply the
needs of those women who find il neces-
sary to assist nature in order to pre-
sent satisfactory couture. In doing
this, it is estimated that more than
million pounds of human hair is annu-
ally marketed, more than five tons be-
ing annually imported to New York
alone, to say nothing of the product of
the home market. This market finds
its supply largely through the periodi-
cal craze for " short hair which Amer
lean women experience, either locally
or generally, when the product of the
barber's shears generally finds its way
to other fields of adornment, either di-
rectly or covertly.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
Essay by a Husband.

hate door-mats. Always stumbling
over them. Had a glorious rain last
night; and when | came in the house
this noon, with the five dogs at my
heels, Jane called out, "Wipe your
feet, Joseph; Ann has Just wiped the
floor" What do we keep girl for?
care to track up dirty floor? Good
ness no. Give me the floor just mopped,
and print my coat of arms from one
end of it to the other, and let the dogs
fill up the chinks. Bless dogs, any
way; with their playful little diggings
and scratchings and frisky bow-wows.
Such company for man. Jane hates
dogs. Flies? Why, often leave the
ldining-room door open on purpose to let
THE little creatures come in. 1t is a
fallacy that flies love heated better than
| pleasantly cool rooms. No such thing.
When | open the door you should see
them swarm in; cuddling among the
folds of the portiere curtains, playing
tag on the new ceiling, dancing upon
the sugar-bowl-happy little things.
One lit on my nose at the dinner-table,
and rather than disturb him kept per-
fectly still, not daring to chew the
beefsteak / held in my mouth. Tears
fairly rolled down my cheeks. BY and
by he, supposing Jane and l were one,
no doubt, lit on the other nose of us !:
and when l called my wife goose for
Shaping at him, she said something
real pert and left the table. Jane can't
abide flies. Next thing she was brush
ing up little heaps of cigar ashes and
burnt matches / had carefully scattered
over the carpet the evening before.
Good for moths, you know. Jane says
there are no moths in the house, and
the ashes make the carpet grimy. Poor
janet took the cat upstairs yester-
day and laid her on the spare bed,
Dear little kit-cat. She did so enjoy
James satin quilt Cats like neat, soft
places where they can lie and sleep. 1t
did my soul good to hear her purr and
pee her claw at the quilt, just as though
she was kneading bread. Jane drove
her off. She don't like cats Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
How to Trim a Hat.

For trimming hats the velvet or silk
rosettes are much in vogue. They are
easily made-after one knows how.
You must conclude how large a rosette
you want, and widen or narrow your
material to suit the size. The rosette
most fancied is just about the size of a
rose, and the material, cut on the bias,
is folded to be an inch wide. The strip
is then gathered and drawn into shape,
it being fastened in that way on a circle
of stiff net. Sew il securely and do
not attempt to plat it to shape-it must
be gathered. One, two or three rosettes
are used, and the number usually de-
cides the size. An eighth of a yard of
velvet, cut on the bias, will make on e
medium:sized rosette, and this seems
to be that best liked. Amateurs usu-
ally err in overtrimming a hat or a
bonnet; so as straw ones are not as
troublesome to arrange as those of vel
vet, do not commit this fault. If you
can not see the really good styles in
any other way, then look at them in
the milliner's window. Read her art
and, marking it, learn and outwardly
initiate. Chapeaux 'just tossed "
together always look what they are,
and the one to which. proper considera-
ton and time has been shown is the
one that approaches the nearest to
being "a love of a bonnet. "-LadieS'
Home Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
Some Things Never in Fashion.

There are some things that are never
in fashion, although the enterprising
shopman may fill his windows with them.
One is green gloves; if one green glove
can be worse than another it is that
kind with V-shaped sections of white
kid set in them. These never were
and never will be fashionable, and do
not let anybody induce you to spend
your money on them. Then while
scarlet crepe bonnets and scarlet trim
mings are in good taste, leave all red
hats, especially the large ones, to the
people in the nursery. Arrange your
red coloring in some other way and do
not have it all in hat. La Mode
never approves of them. Then do not
believe that blacks, grays and browns
are to be forgotten for some odd shade
of green, pink, or blue; the first are
always in good taste. Peculiar tints
are never to be desired, unless one has a
wardrobe in which gowns are very
numerous. Do not be persuaded into
buying anything. Think out before
you start what you want, and endeavor
TO get it. The penance of wearing I'M
becoming and unsuitable costumes, or
adjuncts, is trying one; so be wise,
and by choosing judiciously do not put
yourself in position that will involve
your having to undergo it, Sackcloth
and ashes mean happiness as compared
with silk and tulle for all hours and oc-
casions.-MrS. Mollon, in Ladies' Home
Tournn1
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
A Nation of Coffee Drinkers.

The United States is, without doubt,
a nation of coffee-drinkers. The i'm
ports from South America amount to
over 525, 000,0 pounds annually, of
which sixty-nine per cent comes from
Brazil. The second largest shipper to
this market is Venezuela, eleven per
cent. The first cost in this country
averages ten cants and a fraction a
pound, aggregating $50 ,347 800. The
first record of production in Brazil be-
gins with 1870, when 10000, 900
pounds were shipped to the United
States. High-water mark was reached
in 1885, with 400,000,0OO pounds of
shipments. One large item of expense
in Brazil is to get the coffee to market.
Freight charges as high as fourteen
cents ton a mile have been paid,
which from distant plantation to Rio
Janeiro means from S1.75 to 81 80 a
sack. The highest charge from Rio to
New York is sixty-five cents bag.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
Babies for Bait.

Wanted: Fat babies for crocodile
bait. Will be brought home alive"
" When first saw this advertisement
in a Ceylon newspaper" said Richard
Kingdom, a guest at the Richelieu, |
thought it was a joke. Afterwards l
learned that it was by this means that
the crocodile hunters secured their
bait. 1t is no trouble for an English
crocodile hunter to get these little chill
dren. The Ceylon parents have full
confidence in Englshmen, and they
will rent out their babies to be used for
crocodile bait for small sum. The
Ceylon crocodiles are lazier than any
other and are harder to get. They
lie for hours perfectly motionless, bask-
ing in the sun. Hardly anything can
stir them. But when tempted by fat
Ceylon baby placed on the banks of
the stream, they shake off their ennui
and their mouths water for delicate
morsel of brown baby. The crocodile
gathers himself together and starts for
the infant. When he gets about half
way up the bank the hunter, concealed
behind some reeds, opens fire and gets
his game. Then the baby is taken
home to its loving parents, to be used
for the same purpose next day. The
sportsman secures the skin and the
head of the crocodile, and the natives
are given the rest of the carcass. I've
shot everything from the little prairie
dog to grizzly bears, but for excitement
crocodile shooting with babies for bait
beats them all out of sight, Chicago
Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
WOman's Dress at Breakfast.

So far as possible let all women dress
beautifully; so God dresses the mea-
dows and the mountains. Let them
wear pearls and diamonds, if they can
afford it. God has hung round the
neck of his world strings of diamonds,
and braided the black locks of the
storm with bright ribbons of rainbow.
Especially before and right after break
fast, ere they expect to be seen of the
world, let them look neat and attrac-
tive for the family's sake. One of the
most hideous sights is slovenly woman
at the breakfast-table. Let woman
adorn herself. Let her speak on plat
forms so far as she may have time and
ability to do so. But let not mothers
imagine that there is any new way of
successfully training children, or of es-
Gaping the old-time self-denial and con-
tinuous painstaking,-T. De Wit Tat
mage.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
A Companion in Poverty.

A waif of boy was eating a stale
half-loaf on the street corner yester-
day with the air of a starveling, when
stray dog came along and crouched
at his feet. The hungry look remained
in the boys eyes; but he glanced
down at the vagabond dog, and said, in
friendly way: Wot you want?
This amt no bone. Git 7" The dog
moved off a little, and again it
crouched and looked wistfully at the
food. "Say, do yer want this wus nor
l do?" asked the waif "Speak, can't
yer?" The dog gave a quick bark, and
the boy threw him the rest of the loaf.
Nuff sed," he remarked, as he
watched him eat ravenously; amt
the Teller to see pard in trouble"
And the boy went one way, and the
dog ne had befriended another, both
the better for the encounter.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
Tell the Bull.

There was once very important per-
son who thought that everybody knew
him, or ought to know him. He was
one day walking through field. when
bull made for him with his head down
and horns in a position to raise him.
He was an officer, a man of dignity,
political power and natural pomposity,
but he ran. He ran even better than
the bull did, and got to the paling first.
He clambered over, out of breath, and
found the bull calmly contemplating
the situation. "What do you mean,
SIR" asked the irrate officer, "by
having an Infatuated animal like that
roaming over the felds?" We'll,
the bull has some right in the field"
Right-right? Do you know who
am, sir? DO you know who amp"
The farmer shook his head. 81 am
General -, sir" "Then why ever
didn't you tell the bull?" asked the
farmer.-Sydney Adrocate.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
Why He Returned.

A young man who went West filled
with enthusiasm and desire to grow
up with the country" surprised his
friends by returning home after an alb
sence of several weeks. He said that
while he was out handwriting in what
he thought was the garden-spot of
America he came across boarded-up
claim shanty. On the boards nailed
across the door he found this inscrip-
ton, which accounted for his unex-
pected return: " Fore miles from a
nayber. Sixteen miles from postofis.
Twenty-Five miles from raleroad. A
hundred and atey from timber. Two
hundred fifty feet from water. There's
no place like home, We've gone East
to spend the winter with my wife's
folks
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
Home, Sweet Home.

There's a beautiful realm in the far away past
All lovely with sunshine and flowers,
And voices as sweet as the songs Of the birds
Laugh away the bright, happy hours.
can hear them now come echoing back,
As watch the starry dome,
And memory bells chime soft and low
Home, sweet home.
There's q coming step! now gentle hand
Rests lightly upon my brow
whispered word and the sweet caress
Call me back to the beautiful now;
To another realm where flowers bloom,
From which nothing can tempt me to roam,
And my heart-throbs chime with voices sweet,
Home, sweet home.
The voices loved SO in that long ago,
And those which make music now
The coming step and the hand whose touch
fingers gently on my brow
! hope to greet in that fadeless realm,
Beyond the starry dome,
Where angel voices welcome breathe to
Home, sweet home. UHideRt6ed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09
Railroad Jack.

" Railroad Jack " is the most famous
dog in all this section. He lives in and
about the depot and railroad trains and
is great traveller. Nobody owns him,
but it is safe to say that every railroad
man and express-agent and station
hand is his friend, and he always finds
cordial welcome and good care wher-
ever he goes. The most common range
of Jacks travels is from Montreal to
Poughkeepsie, though he takes an &C.
casional trip to the east on the Fitch
burg and to the west on the Central. A
short time ago, after staying day in
Saratoga, he boarded a south-bound
train and took a trip TO Rhinebeck.
While Mr.. Randolph, the baggage
master at the station, was attending
the evening train due from the north,
the train baggage-master said to him:
" Railroad Jack came down from AL
bany and got off here. Look out for
him." AS the train drew away from
the station Jack jumped on the station
baggage car and took a seat among the
trunks. Mr.. Randolph said: "Well,
Jack, have you got any baggage, and
where are you going?" Jack wagged
Ills sunny udlI anu OPOhcu MS lnlolll-
gent jaws, as much as to say: "1'm all
right" AS they came to the crossing
where the baggage is transferred to a
wagon for Rondout and Kingston, Jack
waited until the wagon was backed up
against the car, and then leaped into
the wagon. Saul Keldar, the driver,
said: Well, Jack, if you are going to
Kingston jump up on the seat and cut
of the way" The dog did as requested,
went across the river, and spent the
night at the Ulster e. Delaware round
house. The next morning Jack was al
the ferry, went on board the boat, and
as soon as she landed on the Rhinebeck
side he went to the depot and remained
there until the 1907 A. NJ. train from
Albany came along. When the train
stopped Mr.. Randolph said: Jack,
that is the Albany train" The dog
gave low whine, and in an instant was
on the platform of the baggage-car,
scratching at the door, which was
opened by the baggage-master, and
Jack was all right on his return trip to
Albany.-Ne,O York San.