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| fled to his own apartments, where he
mathematical himself in terrible
fashion for being not only an eyre
gious old IDIOT, but an inexcusable lial
as we'll
However, that did not prevent his
going about among all the stores,
gathering whole arm loads of pleasant
things for children, and now and then
taking along an article that grown
woman might find useful as well as
ornamental.
Sometimes the clerks, who knew
him. would look at him furtively and
smile discreetly, and Mr.. Billups would
blush, but would say nothing. And at
last the end came, and Mr.. Billups' s
little parlor looked like Santa Claus
repository.
1t was Christmas Eve, after the child
had hung up her stocking and gone to
bed, to dream of the tinkling of bells
and the hoof beats of the reindeers on
the snowy roofs, that Mr.. Billups
came in with package halfsas long as
he was.
He saw a light through the half-open
door of Mrs. Smiths parlor, and
slipped along toward it.
He knocked timidly at the door and
to Mrs. Smiths cheerful call to come
in, he called her name.
She came out and he asked for the
child. Mrs. Smith told him she was
asleep, and he set the big package
down.
''It's doll for her," he said, "and
if you think it would be proper
for me to call, I'll bring in some other
little things have picked up for her,
and"--with nervous blush some
thing for her mother.
It was quite proper 70 call. Mr.
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Elaborate Christmas Celebrations.

One of the most elaborate celebra-
tions of Christmas that ever took
place occurred in 1852, during the
reign of Henry III. The marriage of
the Kings daughter, the Princess
Margaret, with Alexander, King OF
the Scots, took place on that Christ
mas Day. The Archbishop of York
gave 600 fat oxen and G2700 toward
the expense.
In the year 1248, this same Henry
III. filed Westminster Hall with the
poor people and feasted them royalty
at his expense throughout the whole
of Christmas week. On another Christ
mas Day he caused great number Of
cattle to be slaughtered, and throwing
open his palace gates, permitted the
populace to enter, and allowed each
man to carry off as much meat as he
could impale and bear away upon his
dagger.
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her little girl growing up, often won
dered how should she should provide
for her until she might be fitted tc
help the family earnings.
They had been living in the Billups
flat almost a year, and it was such 6
pleasant year as Mr.. Billups had not
known since, as boy, he had come
from his parents home and had taken
his burden OF life upon his own shoul-
ders.
So pleasant, indeed, that instead OF
spending two months with his father
and mother at their home on the farm,
he had pleaded business, and cut the
time in half only to come back to
the flat-and to go in and out, meet
ing the child as often as possible, and
the mother as often as he dared.
Which was not often, for Mr.. Bill
ups was growing more difident every
day, and the rustic of skirts in the
hall made his hands shake and gave
him fushes of uncomfortable warmth
around the neck.
1t was now coming Christmas time,
and Mr.. Billups and the little Mary
were on the friendliest terms imagin-
able, for Mr.. Billups had mildly hint
ed to the child that Santa Claus, who
is another friendly old bachelor, and
he were almost brothers, and Santa
always came to the good children,
who were favorites of Mr.. Billups.
Two days before Christmas Mr..
Billups had sent Mrs. Smith fine
turkey, with all manner of trimmings
and his compliments, and Mrs. Smith
had accepted it and had invited Mr.
Billups to dine with her.
But Mr.. Billups had awkwardly de-
clined on the ground of previous
engagement and had incontinently
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Many popular perfumes are strong
antiseptics.
Thyme destroys the bacilli OF ty.
phoid fever.
The engines of a frst-class man-of.
war cost about 100000.
With the aid of potassium, can.
die can be lighted with an icicle.
The skin gives off a thirtieth to 9
sixtieth part of the carbonic acid gas
given out by the lungs.
Our sun, with his train of attendant
planets, is travelling through space at
the unthinkable speed of eighteen
miles per second.
A black down grows under the feath.
ers of many birds at the approach OF
winter because down is the best nom
conductor and black the warmest
color.
At the recent meeting of the Brit.
ish Association an instrument applica-
BILE to structures already in position
was described that can measure q lon.
gitudinal strain as small as LOO, 000th
of an inch.
In South America among the noun.
tains the evergreen oak begins to ap-
pear at about $500 feet, and is found
up to the limit of the continuous for
est, which is about ten thousand feet
The valuable cinchona tree from
which Peruvian bark is obtained, has
d range of elevation on the mountain
slopes running from 1900 to $500
feet.
The thermogen is an appliance for
keeping up the temperature of pa
tient during the operation, doing
away with blankets and hot-water bot
tles 1t is in the form of quilted
cushion, with an arrangement of fine
wires inside, by which any desired
degree of heat may be main
tanned by electricity. 1t was exhibit
ed at the last meeting of the Royal So
aiety.
There is general impression that
the humidity of the air is greater in
the woods than in the open fields
This is contradicted, however, by the
result of observations recently made
in Germany. 1t was found there that
the humidity, both relative and abso-
lutte, was slightly greater in the open
than in the woods, and this was true
equally in the morning and in the af-
ternoon. AS to the temperature of
the air among the trees, it was trife
higher than in the open in the morn
ing, and in more marked degree in
the afternoon.
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No Use for 1t.
dagger.

in-sI-aw-would like to give
myself to you-aw-for Christmas
present, Miss Blanche"
Blanche-"Thanks, awfully, but
papa has given me house and lot. So
you see I have no use for fiat. >
,Tud0e.
The free press., 1894-12-27

Goodbye then to the pansies,
And lilies fair and bright,
To suit the children's fancies
See every hue OF light
Look how the boughs are bending,
The children all befriending
With keen delight attending,
And all are glad tonight.
Hail zero, snow and bluster,
With ouch delightful wraps!
The children all will muster
With jackets, muffs, and caps;
There, now the tree grows thinner
How happy every winner
With thoughts of Christmas dinner
And toys to fill their laps.
But tEero are lands enchanted
With trees of gorgeous bloom,
Where never yet was planted
Our tree with sweet perfume.
The tree to us the dearest,
That grows in light the clearest
To our found hearts the nearest,
And there we give it room.
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Under THE HOLL.Y-B -BOUGH.

4
We who have scorned each other.
Or injured friend or brother,
In this ast-fading years
Ye who, by word or deed,
Have made a kind heart bleed,
Come gather here.
Let sinned against and SHINING,
Forget their strife's beginning,
And Join in friendship now;
Be links no longer broken,
Be sweet forgiveness spoken
Under the holly-bough.
Yewho have loved each other.
Sister and. friend and brother,
In the fast-fadtng year;
Mother and sire and child,
Young maiden mild,
Come gather here;
And let our hearts grow fonder
As memory shall ponder
Each past unbroken VOW;
Old loves and younger wooing
Are sweet in the renewing
Under the holly-bough.
Ye who have nourished sadness,
Estranged from hope and gladness
In this fast-fading year
Ye with DER burdened mind,
Made aliens from your kind
Come gather here.
Let not the useless sorrow
Pursue you night and morrow;
If e'er you hoped, hope now
Take heart, uncloud your faces,
And join in our embraces
Under the holly-bough.
Charles Mackay.
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Rising to the Occasion.

Jaggs-I say, old fellow, can't you
lend me ten for month?
Naggs-Sorry, but I haven't any
thing except fifty. Got any change?
Jaggs latter season of thought)--
No; but say, just make it fifty for five
months. Detroit Free Press.
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The Congo in Africa has twice the
extent Of the navigable waters Of the
Mississippi and is trihptal ios, and
The free press., 1894-12-27

Now is the Winter glory,
The beauty of the year,
The night of sweetest story,
OF love and song and cheer;
The bells ring out the sweetest,
And children dress the neatest,
With merriment completest, -
Like fairy forms appear.
Tonight tree is blooming,
And we have come to see,
The very air perfuming,
And never honey-bee
Could revel in such flowers,
In such exquisite bowers
AS in this tree OF ours,
This shining Christmas tree.
The gardens have no roses,
The apple boughs are bare,
The woodland flower reposes
Hid from the wintry air;
And vanished is the clover,
No violets we discover,
For summer now is over
And all its beauties rare.
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things, yet dared not grasp anything.
He was not old ut all, as years go,
being no more than forty, but he
mingled little with the world, and be-
ing well-to-do, it was not demanded of
him that he go out into the battle and
strive as the less fortunate found it
nseessary.
be owned the flat in which he lived,
and the income from it gave him
ample means to crafty all his material
wishes, and ample time to write many
pages OF manuscript, which he was too
modest to offer publisher, yet which
furnished foundations for innumerable
'i castles, and, gentle reader. in every
sf castle that reared itself about his
hacy there was always a woman, for
M air castle was not to Mr.. Billups q
eshelor's hall.
MS apartments were in the top of
'ae Blllups fiat, for the owner was
'uliity and the lower floors brought
uuch more than those nearer the sky.
Aau MI. Billups was not so we'll. to-do
'" be neglectful of such a small
ua'ter as say $50 q month.
on the floor, one remove from the
W were several small flats for per-
'ns OF small means, and in one of
"cosy little rooms lived whole
us widow of thirty or therebouts,
A'cn is near enough in the matter of
'onans age, and her name was
alth-Mary Smith.
Aafy Is tender name, a soft name,
ao'herly name for = a woman, and
'n Is one admirably adapted for
Change.
As Smith had one child, named
~ary' and it was this child who
amade MIR. Billups friend of the
= nly.
80 was seven years old, and such o
''uie little thing that Mr.. Billups
!, met her on his way toward the
'ua' he did not take upward with
aueer feelings and strange long
VI As could not explain, and which
'Anfmed bachelor ever expert
Ill of 'ne mother. she was such a
A' makes even a flat a place
Oue' and Mr.. Billups after the
IOn'n Voluntarily reduced her
N 'au she accepted the reduction
sOu' protest, for she found it
'A.y hard at times to make her
* ~ - 'acome stand the strain put
rY ar. is alone that brought the
" ,.s 70 Mrs. Mary's laughing
sometimes chased a smile
NJ, que herself once said it
'eeilngs to ask so small an
!. 70 Do so much. =
- sunshine, too, came the
'aa Mrs. Smith, as she saw
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-09-08

REPUBLICAN PR1MARIEs.-At a
meeting of the Republican Executive
Committee it was decided to hold
the County Convention in the Court
House, at Martinsbnrg, on Saturday,
September 22d, at p. M, for the
purpose of placing in nomination
candidates for the following offices:
One Member of the Legislature,
one member of the County Court,
and a County Superintendent of
Free Schools, and to transact such
other business as may be necessary.
The primaries will be held on Satur-
day, Sept. 18th in the following
places at p. m. !:
Arden, Sutton's School House.
Falling Waters, Falling Waters
Station. Gerardstown, Gerardstown
Free School. Hedgesville, Masonic
Hall. Opequon, W. II. McDonald's
Shop. Mill Greek, Bunker Hill
School House. Martinsburg, Court
House, at s p. m.
All who are in favor of Protection
and who are willing to work for
American interests are invited to be
present. Each district shall be en-
titled to ten delegates except Mar
tlnsburg which shall have twenty.
At the primary meetings, candi-
dates for President of the Board of
Education and one School Commits
sioner from each district will be
placed in nomination. Also nomi-
nations will be made to fill any va
cancies in the several district offices.
A. CLoHAN,
L. DEW. GERHARDT, Chairman.
Secretary.
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Hundreds of People Created in Mime
sofa.

ST. PAUL, MINI, Sept. 2-Only
the horrors which accompanied the
historic fire can be cited in compari-
son with the terrible scenes and ex-
periences in the flame-swept region
of Pine, Kennebeck and Carlton
counties, of Minnesota, and Burnet
county, Winconsin. At least 40Oset-
tiers and their families were burned
to death or suffocated before the
flames reached them, and the death
list may rise another hundred or
more. The people of Hinckley which
was prosperous town in the Pine
county 81 miles southwest of Dull
nth, are now dead or homeless and
destitute. The number of corpses
already recovered from the blackenad
waste at and around what was Hin
ckley is $50, the majority being
women and children who had not
the strength to fight their destroyer
or escape by fleeing to place of
safety. So far as can be learned at
this time from the devastated district
the following towns have been de
stroyed and the following dead in
number: Hinckley, 1000 inhabi-
tants, $50 dead, Pokegama, 500 in
habitants, so dead. Mission Creek,
10 dead. Sandstone Junction, 26
dead. Sandstone, 80 dead.
2 The number of dead in these Wis
consin towns and other parts of the
country and Chippewa Falls and sup
erior is estimated at 100 persons.
The Minnesota confagration, which
was attended by the shocking loss
of life and agony of body and for
hundreds o!others who escaped with
their lives only, swept everything
and everybody in its path from Pine
City as far west as Charlton, near
Duluth. The great Valley between
Kettle River and Cross Lake which
few days ago was in no danger is
now one vast area of ashes.
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HEDGESVILLE.

Miss Lou Borum, of Arden, is Wis
iting her sister Mrs. Woods.
Several from here attended the
Shepherdstown fair this week.
Mrs. Lizzie Norris, of Washing
ton is the guest of Mrs. DR.. Harris.
Miss Daisy Ross who has been
very i'll with fever is better at this
writing.
Messrs. E. P. Miller and E. G..
Henshaw went as delegates to the
Republican Convention which was
held at Elkins.
Among the visitors in town are
D. r. Nihion, of Washington, D. c.,
George Gaver, of Baltimore, Dr..
Stehley, of Falling Waters.
Mrs. George Snyder after spend
ing several weeks with her daughter
in Connecticut returned home on Sun
day, much pleased with her trip.
Miss Sadie Shepherd started for
Luray yesterday where she expects
to spend several weeks visiting
friends, she will also visit the noted
caverns during her stay there. She
will be very much missed especially
by our North Mountain merchant
who seemed to have particular bust
ness in Martinsburg that day and
accompanied her that far.
REPORTERS.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deaf
ness. and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused BY an
iufamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets in6amed you
have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely clos
ed deafness is the result, and unless
the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing
but an infamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lars for any case Of Deafness Caused
by catarrh) that cannot be cured BY
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
cnlars, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, %
! ~ Sold by druggists, 75c.
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MARTINsBURG 6-VIGILANTs A.
The greatest game of ball ever play
ed in this city was that Of Friday
last, when the home team defeated
the Vigilants, an organization OF
Baltimore and Hagerstown players
by score of 6 to 4. Brandt, the
irresistible twirler of Hagerstown,
was pounded about, and although he
didn't lose his nerve, he lost much of
that brilliant reputation as pitcher.
We cannot particularize. Every
fellow played good game, and we
are proud of our home team because
they are strictly "our boys" and not
paid to come from other places. We
say "hoo-ray" for Maatinsburg every
time,
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OurEam en- :.

A very interesting tournament was
held near town by some of our very
young men last Saturday. Mr.. D. @.
Seibert was Chief Marshal with Mr..
Stuart Boyd assistant. Messrs. Bur
dette, Strong and Babb acted as Judges.
There were six knights, William Stew
art, Jr., knight of Aspen Hall; Julian
Baker, Knight of Boydville Robert
Boyd, Knight of Wheatland; Robert
Stewart, Knight.of Potommia Flagg
Eichelberger, knight of Laurel Hill
and Holmes Boyd, Knight of Slow
Horse. The riding was graceful and
the contest exceedingly interesting
and spirited. The Knight OF Aspen
Hall by right of his superior skill and
good fortune won the coveted honor of
browning the Queen of Love and Beau
ty, and his choice fell upon Miss Lille
Bridges of Hancock. The knight of
Boydville came in for second honors
and crowned Miss Sallie Faulkner first
maid of honor, The Knight of Wheat
land crowned Miss Mary North second
maid and mcknight of Potommia Miss
Louise Snodgrasss third maid. The
coronation address was delivered by
Mr.. Newton Baker in very eloquent
and interesting manner. The corona
ton ball was held at "Boydville," and
was an extremely cearming affair,
though the occasion was somewhat
marred by the absence of the charming
Queen who was compelled to return
home before the ball.-StotesHaan
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New Rules For Pythians.

WASHINGTON, Sept The SUI
preme Lodge Knights of Pythias de-
voted its morning session to-day to
discussion of the proposed new stat
utes, and adopted a new system of
transfer and membership. Under
former rules member taking card
of withdrawal from lodge ceases TO
be member Of the order, and was
obliged to apply for admission to
another lodge on the same terms as
one who had never been initiated,
running the risk of receiving two
blackballs necessary for his exclu-
sion. This system was considered a
hardship upon the older members,
as men past fifty years are not ELI
gible for admission except by spec.
ial dispensation, and also upon mem
bers of the endowment rank.
The new rules provide that by
paying dues for 80 days Knight
may retain his membership in his
old lodge, unless admitted to anoth-
er in that time.
The reports Of the committees
favoring exclusion of liquor dealers
from the future membership in the
order and the restraint of the Ger.
man lodges from performing the
ritual in their language are ready
for presentation, but will probably
not be considered until late in the
session.
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He Kept it Naturally Enough.

After Mr.. Scadds left the station
he experienced severe shock upon
discovering that packet OF bank
notes which he was taking to the
city was nowhere about his person.
He must have left it in the Pull
man car.
"I'l go to the superintendents Of
flee and make my loss known" he
thought and he did. 81 left pack
age containing $4,000 in bank notes
in a Pullman car not half an hour
ago." said Mr.. Scadds TO the official
(which train 2"
"The one which arrived at 9.15."
"Have you your Pullman check 2"
Fortunately he had, and this en-.
abled the superintendent TO send for
the conductor.
He soon arrived, for he had not
yet finished the report of his trip,
and was still in the building.
Conductor" said the superin-
tendent, "did you see anything of a
package left in your carr"
mo, SIR"
"Porter didn't turn anything over
to you 2"
"No, SIR"
"Bring the porter here"
He was brought.
"Did you see anything of a small
packet after the passengers left your
car ~
eyes, sab"
"You haven't turned it in p
"Why, no, sab. 1t was a lot of
money, sah."
precisely. Where is it now"
aHere, sah."
1t was produced from an inside
pocket.
Mr.. Scadds'seyes frightened when
be saw the roll. "That's it," he ex-
claimed. He counted the money,
and it was all there, the entire $4,000;
"Look here, porter" said the su-
perintendent, severely, II want to
know why you did not bring that
package to me the moment you got
your fingers on it,"
"Why, sah," replied the man,with
an injured air, 81 s'posed de gemman
had left it for tip, sab. That's why
sab. William Henry Siyiter,.in the
"Editor's Drawer" in Ha.per's Mag
azine for August.
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In OLD New YoRK-No resident
of New York can fail to discover a
new interest in the streets through
which his daily walk lies, or of which
he catches glimpse from the ele-
waited railway, after consulting the
bright pages in Thomas A. JAN
vier's book, entitled In Old New
York, which, within a few days, has
come from the press of Harper &
Brothers. Changes wrought by
time in the appearance of things and
in the manners and customs and CO.'S
tunes of people are delightfully."-
shown by the illustrator, Mr.. Rog-
ers, as well as the accomplished au-
thor. The book will be entertain
ing and helpful to all those who,
living far from the great city, care
to learn through what vicissitudes it
has passed; and to New Workers it
will be almost indispensable.
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A STRANGE OccURRENoE.-The IN
DEPENDENT force seems to be highly
elated over what happened in this of.
fee through an exchange of courte'
sizes with the Statesman, by which
our Office was graced with lady
compositor, something which has
never occurred in this Office before.
Our devil says if there is not a
change In the force he will have to
hunt other fields of labor. as he can
work better when the ladies' are
around, and he doesn't care to draw
his pay without the sweet conscience
of knowing that he has earned it. AS
for the other members of our force
they are now shedding bitter tears
of regret, as they have only just
found out since she left, what it is
to have one of the fairer sex work
ing with them.
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VOTED FOR THE PRESIDENTS GRAND
FATHER.-Mr. Thomas B. Allen, of
Taylor county, was one who attend
ed the Congressional Convention at
EIkins. The old gentleman is l04
years old and his first vote was for
Henry Clay. Afterwards he voted
for W. H. H. Harrison, the grand.
father Of the ex President. He was
introduced to the ex-President and
the Convention gave him three rous-
ing cheers. The old man is full of
the appreciation OF the good treat
ment accorded to him. Notwith-
standing his age he does not wear
glasses and is as vigorous as he was
so years ago.
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CITY BAND AT BASE BALL.-A
ew leisure hours at Elkins was spent

CITY BAND AT BASE BALL.-A
few leisure hours at Elkins was spent
by the City Band in playing base
b all by two mines COM
posed Of band members. Two
innings only were played with
a score of 43 to Is or something like
that,the scorer becoming too tired to
mark all of them down. The nine
innings would have been played but
some Of the men couldn't stay over
week, so the game was abandoned.
"Chub" Hoke made a home run
around the circus ring, Brockenshire
"lost an arm" Crowley was declared
"incompetent," and Umpire Ryneal
only saved his life by deciding just
as he was told. Charley Smith and
Jake Hartman were Stockholders and
McAneny chief spongeholder.