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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

THIS is the way one of our ex-
changes has it: kiss is a conjunc-
tion, because it connects. 1t is a
verb because it signifies to act and
to be acted upon. 1t is proposition
because it shows that the person
kissing are no relation. It is an in
terJection, lat least it sounds like
one,) and is pronoun because she
always stands for a kiss. 1t is a
noun because it is the name of the
osculatory action, both common and
Proper-second person necessarily.
Plural number because there are
more than one. Masculine and femi-
nine gender mixed. 1t should al
ways begin with a capital letter, be
often repeated, continued as long as
possible and end with a period
Kiss might be corrugated, but should
never be denclined. -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17
POETRY.
THE OLD STONE BASIN.
SUSAN COOLIDGE.

SUSAN COOLIDGE.
In the hart of the busy city,
In the sc0rching noontide heat,
A sound Of bubbling water
Falls on the din of the street.
1t falls in an old stone basin,
And over the cool, wet brink
The heads of the thirsty horses
Each moment are stretched to drink
And peeping betwixt the ecrowding heads
AS the horses come and go,
The Gift of Three Little Sisters"
LIS read on the stone below.
All J beasts are not taught letters
They know no alphabet
And never a horse in all these years
Has read the words and yet
l think that each thirsty creature
Who stops to drink by the way,
His thanks, in his own dumb fashion,
To the sisters small must pay.
Years have gone by since busy hands
Wrought at the basins Stone
The kindly little sisters
Are all to women grown.
1 do not know their home or fate,
Or the name they bear to men,
But the sweetness of that precious deed
Is just as fresh as then.
And all life long, and after life,
They must the happier be
For the cup of water poured by them
When they were children three.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

JUsTIFIABLE HATRED.--I hate
man who makes love to his wife
before folks, and makes the house
too hot to hold her after they have
gone, who says dear" and "dar-
ling" and "wifey" in public, and
abuses her when he gets her home.
l hate a woman who, when her
husband comes home at night tired
and discouraged, perhaps, with his
labors and trials, insists on dragging
him out to party or opera, when
the lounge or bed appears the only
comfort to the exhausted man, aud
hate him if he is simpleton enough
to dress and accompany her because
she cries.
hate the man who spends money
without stint among men and de-
nies his wife decent wardrobe, and
l hate the woman who doesn't make
fuss about it.
L hate the man who is always
ready to do good turn for a neigh
Dor, and obstinately refuses to do
anything at home who gives freely
OF his time and money to outsiders
and neighbors, and neglects to pro-
vide for his wife and children.
hate woman who is so bent
upon "improving her mind" that
she allows her little ones to 60 rag
ged and dirty and her husbands
clothes tattered and buttonless, and
l hate the man who don't put stop
to such nonsense.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

| POPULAR PHRASES -" Washing
dirty linen in public" is probably
an old proverbial saying. 1t was
made famous by Napoleon, who used
1T in speech to the Chamber of Depu.
ties i'm 1914, to intimate that differ.
ences between the parties in France
should not become matter of pub.
lie scandal.
" am my own ancestor,n was an
expression used by Napoleon's IA
nous Marshal, Junot. After he had
been created Due d'Abrantes, he was
| asked by one of the old nobility who
were his ancestors, the question elic-
iting his naive but forcible retort.
TO "dance attendance" is an ex-
preston borrowed from the mediR-
val custom which compelled the
bride at wedding to dance with
whomsoever asked her. No matter
how low the condition or how OBJ
Jectionable the person, the bride
could not refuse.
"Crocidile tears" are alluded to
by several Latin and Greek authors,
IL being superstition among the
ancients the the crocodile, after kill
ing man, ate all his body but the
head and shed tears over that before
eating it also.
In the same boat" an expression
often given by English authorities
as an Americanism, really dates back
to the first Christian century, when
it was used by Clement l., Bishop
or Rome, about the year 100, in a
letter to the Church of Corinth.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

MRS. SPEAKERMIND--" shall
need you this evening""
Meek Husband" What for, my
dear 2"
{" / am to lecture before the Fe-
male Emancipation League, on THE
Burdens of Matrimony.'
" Um-er you wish me to stay at
home and look after the baby, 1 sup
pose."
."No, want you to take the baby
along and sit on the stage.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

TWO CHICKAMAUGA SURVIVORS.
=" Right hero" said the old Union
soldier, digging his cane into the
ground, according to the Chicago
Irtotaae, ~ stood on picket duty
thirty-two years ago."
land / stood on picket duty right
over there" said the grIzzled old
Confederate warrior, pointing with
his long finger at spot a few fur.
longs away.
wonder" exclaimed the former
elf you're the Johnny Reb that gave
me plug of tobacco when I hadn't
had chew for twenty-four hours
and was half dead for one"
eff you're the Yank that gave
me canteen nearly full of whiskey
when was dying for a drink" re-
Joined the Southerner, "I am.n
The voice of the old veteran from
the North trembled slightly when
he spoke again.
81 have always thought" he said,
" that If l ever met that man again
this side of the fords of the river
Jordan I'd tell him that the tobacco
was the meanest, orneriest, good for.
nothing, dog-goned stuff ever put
in my mouth"
"Yank," replied the old man In.
gray, with emotion, "I've always
wanted to live long enough to meet
the man that gave me that whiskey
and tell him that 1t was the vilest,
nastiest, cheapest, infernalist booze
that ever insulted the stomach of q
white man. begad Z"
Then the two old warriors shook
hands and moved off arm-in.arm in
the direction of a tent that had bar.
rel in it.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

SHE-Have you been reading up
on this yacht race?
He-Well, yes.
She-Well now, where is the sail
called the baby jib ?"
He--Really, l don't know, but 1t
ought TO be somewhere near the
spanker
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

WHEN, after the second battle of
Bull Run, General Sickles assumed
command Of a division of the Army
OF the Patomac, he gave an elaborate
farewell dinner to the officers of his
old Excelsior Brigade. "Now, boys,
we VIII have a family gathering"
he said to them, as they assembled
in his quarters. Pointing to the Ia
BILE, he continued, Treat it as YOU
would the enemy" AS the feast
ended, an Irish officer, Captain
Byrnes, was discovered by Sickles
in the act of slowing away three bot
ties of champagne in his saddle bags.
" What are you doing, sir ?" gasped
the astonished general. "Obeying
orders, SIR" replied the captain, in
firm voice you told us to treat
that dinner as we would the enemy,
and you know, general, what we
can't kill, we capture"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

MRS. PERKINS. Calmly reminis-
cent)-Jonathan, we've bin married
forty years next Tuesday an never
had cross word yit." "I know it.
I've stood yer jawin' purity well."-
Jonathan Perkins, you're mean
hateful, deceitful, old thing, an 1
wouldn't marry yer agin fer love
ner money -
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lie ala MS damneSt-
Angels could do no more.

WERE 1t not for their natural ene-
mics, the Goldfish, 1t is said, would
fill all the available space in the seas,
rivers and oceans. The name is no
doubt true with regard to the codish
aristocracy In respect to landed space
comments the Transcript.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

HAzEL-I have one of the incest
dentists you ever saw.
Nutte-In what way?
Hazel-Why, he pulled out the
wrong tooth the other day and
wouldn't charge me a cent for It.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

AFTER Mr.. Sumner had cri ticised
General Grant savagely, some one
was talking to Grant about atheism
in New England, and remarked,
Even Sumner does not believe In
the Bible." Why should he P"
quietly replied Grant; "he didn't
write If -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.

TWO miles east of Falling Spring,
Il Greenbrier county, w. Va, 14O
acres, with dwelling and out buildings,
nearly all level. Over 100 hundred acres
cleared, in good state of cultiyating,
adapted to farming and grazing. Close
to churches, school, mill and postoffice.
GOOD fruit and water. For further in
formation call on or address James H.,
VIM. N. or S. F. MYLRs, Falling
spring, w. Va. April ll-tf.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

STRAGGLEs-" Missus, won't yer
give a starvin' man ten cents ?n
Kind Lady" And you won't take
this ten cents and get drunk on 1t if
/ give 1t to your"
Straggles-" Lord bless you, mum,
l couldn't get drunk on less'n q dol
lar'n 'alf.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17
NUMBER FL.

SURPRISED THE LoRD.--The
coming of the templar knight re-
minds the Commercial Bulletin iSDicer
Of an incident that occurred when
he was an active member of De Mo-
lay. The commandery had an out
ing, and the eliminating point was
a banquet, of course. Sir Knight
Splcer had seated himself for quiet
time, when, to his horror, a messen-
ger whispered in his ear:
"Sir Knight Spicer, the eminent
prelate is absent. Will you kindly
invoke the divine blessing?"
Mrs Susan Spicer said:
"Seth, you are never going to do
that ?"
But Seth did, and as he sat down
said to Mrs. S.:
Did not that astonish you?v
And Mrs. s., with that crushing
effect which all women have, said:
1t did not astonish me, Seth, but
| think it must have astonished the
Lord"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17
ATTENTION, EVERYBODY.

WE are now prepared to do TIN
:" WORK Of all kinds. Nothing
but hrst-class meterial used. Satisfac.
tlon guaranteed. Give us q trial and
be convinced that we mean what we
say. ROOFING and SCOUTING q
specially. Shop in the rear of Law &
Handley's.
MCCLEARY & DARNELL,
Aug. 25-ly. Lewisburg. w. Va.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

THERE are some women who, If
they were to come down stairs dur
ing the middle of the night and find
burglar in the parlor, would ask
him if he had wiped his feet.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

EASTERN JFALoUsY.--"W Wall
now if that don't beat all. I've lust
been readin' about them Colorado
rainmakers, and now / hear they
have got a clearinghouse in New
York;
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

THREE-FoURTHs of the earth's
surface is unfit for cultivation on ac-
count of mountain ranges, deserts,
swamp, and barren ground.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

SHE WAS PARTIcULAR.-"L Let
US go to the beach and bathe," said
Mrs. Wiffells to Mrs. Taddells.-
" Thank you; but prefer not. I
think 1t Is unsanitary under present
conditions. When individual oceans
are provided for bathers, I will GO
in.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

IF woman did not occasionally
go wrong. the good ones would be so
proud that there would be no living
with them, observes the Atchison
Globe,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

The EDITOR.-The following is q
schoolboy's idea of an editor: "The
editor is one of the happiest animals
in the world. He can go to the cir
Gus afternoon and evening without
paying a cent, also to inquests and
hangings. He has tickets to picnics
and strawberry festivals, gets wed.
ding cake sent him, and sometimes
gets licking, but not often, for he
can take things back In the next
issue, which he generally does. 7
never knew but one editor to get
licked. His paper busted up that
day and he couldn't take anything
back. While other folks has gone
to bed early, the editor can sit up
late every night and see what is 60
ing on. When am a man I mean
to be an editor so can stay out late
at nights. Then that will be bully.
The editor don't have to saw wood
or do any chopping, except with his
scissors. Railroads get up excursions
for him, knowing that if they didn't
he'd make them. In politics he
don't care much who he goes for if
they are on his side. If they amt he
goes for them anyway, so it amounts
to about the same thing. There are
a great many people trying to be edi-
tors who can't and some of them
have been in the profession for years.
If was asked if 1 would rather
have an education or be a circus, I
would say, 'let me be an editor.'n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

NATURE abhors a vacuum In the
heart Of woman so much 80 that
she is sometimes not over particular
in her manner Of filling 1t.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

WHEN woman announces to her
husband that she wants to have a
plain talk with him, it means she
wants him to confess.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

WINTER Winter oats are
one of the best paying crops that
can he grown. Wherever introduced
they are superceding spring oats en-
tirely. Oats are essentially a cool
weather crop, and failures either par
tial or total with spring oats on ac-
count of the hot, dry weather of
June and July are so common that
many farmers are entirely discour-
aged from growing them. This
trouble is entirely obviated by sub
stituting winter oats. They are
sown at the same time as winter
wheat and ripen with wheat the fol.
lowing season, so that the harvest
ing and threshing may all be done
at the same time. A Delaware cor.
respondent in The Neso Enqland
Homestead says:
The variety we grow in Delaware
is perfectly hardy--as much so as
t'ultz wheat-and withstands the sc.
verest weather perfectly. On good
soil a yield of so to 80 bushels Is
common. One and a half bushels
per acre are enough to SOW. Winte,
oats are also good crop to seed clio
yer with. The same fertalizatior
and tillage that will produce gooG
wheat crop will give big crop 0,
winter oats.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

is your husband fond of ont
door sports ?" f." Dear me, mol It
nearly makes him sick to talk about
beating carpet.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

How are you, Tommy p said the
Main street dude to little Tommy as
he opened the door for him.
Pm well,' said Tommy.
How is your sister Julia?'
'Oh she's we'll, too, and was just
talking about you; for sister has
got your picture and all the girls on
College Hill say it 10 just like you.'
'Oh,' said the dude, with his heart
beating wildly, where did they get
the picture, Tommy?'
'She got 1t out of a newspaper,
and 1 heard her tell ma that she
never saw anything so much like
you, but 1t did not have your name
under it,
Well, what was the name under
1t, Tommie?'
i think the name was Before
Taxing or something of that sort.
His feathers fell.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

Mr.. SCRIBBLER Is q wonderful
man-has such variety Of talents"
I've noticed that. In society he
Is lion, and at home a bear"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

A CHEERFUL disposition is not
only personal blessing, but public
philanthrophy in the good effect 1t
has on others. ...'...
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

FOUGHT WE To VISIT HER.,
-" Ought we to visit her ?n is q
mooted question in country neigh
borhoods where call necessarily
paves the way to a much closer So
cial relationship than it does in town.
On the other hand, 1t is impossible
to ignore newly arrived neighbor
In metropolitan fashion without
seeming churlish and unsocial. A
lady belonging to one of the old New
York families elected to try suburban
life with her young children, and.
as 1t happened, her next neighbor, q
very rich parvenu, who considered
herself one of the fashionable auto
Gratis of the village, and was not par
ticularly we'll up in the social pedi-
grees of New York, chose to ignore
for some time the modest establish
ment which was so close to her own
rather pretentious villa.
Finally, however, after about q
years knowledge of each others
names and faces, the wouldbe great
lady rustled up to her somewhat as.
tonished neighbor as she was seated
on the deck of ferry boat en- route
for town. She introduced herself ir
rather patronizing fashion, and ex
planning that she really had no time
to make visits, said, in manner
intended 10 be gracious:
~ hope you will consider this {
CALL"
Thanks, very much,n replied
the scion Of the Kujckerbockers
very quietly; 81 shall be very
happy to do so, and / also hope yot
will consider it returned"
THE following characteristic story
is good enough to be reprinted from
the Cambridge Tribune. Mr.. Rud.
yard Kipling, rather against his will
was induced, through the all potent
influence of check for very con.
siderable sum, to write a story OF
Indian life for ladies' newspape,
of very large circulation in Phila,
de!phia. The MS. was forwarded
by the author, and in due time its
receipt was acknowledged in letter
in which the editor said that it was
the unvarying rule of their journal
not to permit the name of any in
toxicating beverage to be used in
articles published in their columns.
And" continued the editor, 81
regret to observe that two Of the
characters at one point in your
sketch ore said to have consumed q
bottle of champagne between them. 81
TO which responded Kipling, In
righteous indignation, "Strike out
champagne and make it Mellin's
Food > / observe the manufacturers
advertise with youw All of which
is further proof that Mr.. Kipline
does understand human nature.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

w. F. Harmon, young inventor
of this city, spent four years across
the bay as penalty for the forgery
of Louis Trowbridge' an all around
crook. When Trowbridge was in
st. Louis In 1893, he was informed
that Harmon was serving time for
his crime. He worried over the
matter, so one day he walked into
the office of the st. Louis Chief of
Police and gave himself up. This
did Harmon little good, for his term
had expired a month previous.
The sad part of the story Ia, that
after.the prison doors closed on the
young man his wife and child were
left entirely destitute. The woman,
In her dire distress, appealed to the
man who had prosecuted her hus-
band for food, and he responded
generously. Finally she disappeared
and the ex.convict Is still hunting
for his wife and child with heavy
heart. This transgression, therefore
resulted In sending one man to Jail,
breaking the heart Of a good wife
and utterly destroying family.
Tehama citizens, some years ago,
hung Billy Parker without the for
inality of trial for stealing a mule.
When his body was cut down a bill
of sale Of the animal was found in
his pocket.
In the summer of 1892, a jury at
Waldron, Ark, found Abner Ray
guilty OF the murder of John Potts.
The condemned man rose to his feet
to protest his innocence. His limbs
trembled, his face flushed, and he
fell forward dead of heart disease.
A moment later John Potts entered
the court room.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

DUT up on short notice. Of good goods
a and warranted. Repairing q spo-
cialty. w. p. WINALL,
In rear of LewisburR p. o.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

MEN show their chararter in moth
Ing more surely than In what they
think laughable. .
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

A LOVER OF Bargains can satisfy
"A himself by calling on
j. ID. BELL.
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SOMETHING YOU VAN7I

WMElnlhu IUU MRhl |
JOHNSON, Omohundro & Co. 8 Giant
Coats, at FL. Il. Bells.
JOHNSON, Omohundra & Co. 3 Giant
Oyershirts, extra long, at H. T. Bells.
JOHNSON, Omohundro q Co.'s Crys-
tai laundried, Colored Shirts, at H. T.
Bells.
JOHNSON, Omohundro & Co.'s Re-
gent Shirts, white, unlaundried, ut H.
L. Bells
JOHNSON, Omohundro q Co.'s Re-
gent Shirts, white, laundried, and Crys-
tai Shirts, white, laundried, at II. Il.
Bells.
JOHNSON, Omohundro 81 Co. b Tiger,
Regent, Conqueror and Monarch Over
alls, extra length, at III. T. Bells, Low
isbufg, w. Va.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

KNOWLEDGE and timber shouldn't
be much used till they are seasoned.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

Charles Dental, an old Frenchman,
was convicted of murder In the Sec
ond degree in Placer county and
started to serve a life sentence on
May 25, 1869. He was convicted on
circumstantial evidence, and on July
10, 1885, he was released from San
Quentin, 1t having been discovered
that he was innocent, and was con-
victed because he was friendless and
unable to speak the English Ian
guage. Dental never even received
as much as work on the Capital as a
recompence for his 16 years enforced
idleness.
On August 5th, 1874, Bartolo Sepul-
veda was convicted Of murder in
Alameda county, and sent to San
Quentin for life. On January 23rd,
1885, the Board of Prison Directors
declared him innocent of the crime,
and 1t appears on the board records
that Sepulveda would never have
been convicted If the evidence of N.
Il. Harris had been given at the trial
Marion F. Smith was not only a
victim of circumstantial evidence,
but the testimony of q perjurer.-
He was sent from San Bernardino to
San Quentin to serve 12-year SEN
tence for attempted arson. That was
on May goth, 1879. He languished
In prison until April 22nd, 1886, and
then 1t was ascertained that he was
Innocent and that the principal wit
ness against him perjured himself
In order to secure reward for his
arrest and conviction.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17

EVERY man makes good hus-
band for awhile.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-17
WEsGENNAWE9Ns,
Circumstantial Evidence.
INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE WERE
WRONGFULLY CONVICTED.


WRONGFULLY CONVICTED.
Every little while brief paragraphs
In the newspapers announce the par
doning of some unfortunate from
State Prisons, it having been discov-
cred that he was entirely innocent
of the crime for when he was con-
victed.
Here are a few sample cases -
George Nelson, a fresco painter, had
the pleasure of spending two years
in San Quentin because his voice
sounded like that of a robber named
Dorsey, alias Thuon. He was
charged with robbery, and attempted
to prove an alibi by a Swede aud
his wife, at whose place he secured
his supper. Through fear of being
implicated in the crime, the Swede
and his wife denied that he had ever
set eyes on Nelson. Upon circum-
stantial evidence Sacramento iury
convicted him, and he was sentenced
to ten years Imprisonment.
Two years afterwards two men,
Shinn and Dorsey, were arrested in
the East and brought hack to the
coast. 1t had been discovered that
they, instead of Nelson, had COM
mitted the robbery. Dorsey made
a confession when confronted with
proofs of his guilt. He is now In
San Quentin.
Nelson demanded damages for his
sufferings an injured innocence soon
after his pardon in 1891. A liberal
Legislature allowed him 1000, but
the State never paid him the money.
The best he secured was little work
on the State Capital.