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The evening times., 1895-12-07
JUDGES OF CHARACTER.


"You must have occasion to Judge the
Congressman very fairly. Is there any diff
ference n their chara cteristics. their gen.
eroslty. for instance?'
.'There is, indeed. shouldn't like to say
what part OF the country sent the most mig
gardly ones, for only few exhibit mean
ness.
But the big. hearty, rough Westerners
in sombrero hats are the most generous.
like to hear them talk, too. Pm a West
erner myself"
Have You found it necessary to curb your
Western freedom OF speech in conservative
Washington"
mo. indeed. speak straightforwardly.
I've never observed that IL produced a bad
impression" and the little woman laughed
pleasantly. Z,
The reporter went on TO other desks and
talked with some of the other stenogra-
pliers. Just at present they are all panicky
about the possible mandates of Car Reed.
On his previous advent he cleared the
corridors OF every one.
But in those days there were apple
women, cigar men, and piemen. The place
was becoming big bazaar. There is moth
ing offensive in these neat little business
bowers. SO to speak, and as this is held down
by concessions to q limited number It is a
great convenience and far from being an
annoyance. At least. SO the Congressman
say and they surely ought to know
The evening times., 1895-12-07

Mrs. James I. Welling, widow OF the
lamented President of the Columbian Uni
versity, arrived in this city yesterday. She
is occupying her beautiful home. adjacent
TO the British embassy, on Connecticut
avenue, and is accompanied by her two
children and her sister. Mrs. Dixon.
Mrs. Yelling will remain in Washington
for the rest of the winter. and although In
delicate health and saddened by her
recent trouble. will always be glad TO
see the many friends that she and DR..
yelling have made during their long
residence at the Capital.
The evening times., 1895-12-07

Miss johnson. daughter OF Congressman
johnson of California. is a pretty, petite
blonde. with bright eyes and rosy cheeks.
and will be one OF the dcbutanies of this
season. She is devoted to the wheel nd
says our asphalt streets are lust heaven
w."
The evening times., 1895-12-07
LansbuIgh & Bro

We're open until
10 O'Clock Tonight
THESE extra shop
ping hours might
prove convenient
to you.
The evening times., 1895-12-07

Mrs. Bcriah wilkins has cards out for
tea" Decrnlber IS, to meet the Princeton
Cslpa Club.
The evening times., 1895-12-07

A committee nf six was appointed to
complete arrangements for the german, and
ordered Ia report at tho earliest moment.
The meeting then adjourned, subject tu
The call OF the executive c,mnittee.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21
Told by a Lawyer.

Some gray-haired lawyer politi.
clans sat in an uptown hotel talking
over their early experiences. The
conversation was opened by the man
from up the State remarking:
81 see that old Dennis Keeny has
Just died up in my native town. He
was one Of the old-style lawyers
who relied for winning their cases,
not on their knowledge Of law, but
on their acquaintance with human
nature. He was one of the best
specimens of the class, too. Stories
of his retorts and witty sayings are
told all over his own and the adjoin-
ing counties.
The first time I ever heard him
was in the case of man who was
on trial for shooting into a party
that had come to horn him, a form
of country celebration that you have
probably heard about. Keeny ap-
peared for the defendant. It was
shown that the gun with which the
shooting was done was loaded with
dried peas instead of lead. Finally,
very dirty looking witness was
called, and testified that he had been
shot in the right leg. On cross.ex-
animation the fellow appeared rather
shifty and finally Keeney asked him
to show Aejury the exact spot where
the peas took effect. The fellow de-
INJURED, saying the shooting had
been done six weeks before, and the
wound had healed. At last, with
great reluctance, the witness drew
up his right trousers leg, exposing a
limb we'll covered with dirt. Point.
ing to spot which, If possible, was
blacker than the rest, the witness
said:
There; that's where they went
in"
Keeney turned to the jury, and In
his most impressive manner said:
Gentlemen, I leave 1t to your
knowledge of crops If peas had
been planted in that soil six weeks
ago they would he in blossom now. !"
The witness retired in confusion,
and Keeney won his case"
The lawyers quietly dispersed.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21
POETRY
LOVERS STILL.
MAGDALEN ROCK,

His hair as wintry snow is white;
Her trembling steps are slow;
His eyes have lost their merry light,
Her cheeks, their rosy glow.
Her hair has not it's tints of gold
His voice, no joyous trill
And yet, though feeble, gray and old,
They're faithful lovers still.
since they were wed, on lawn and lea
OFT did the daisies blow,
And oft across the trackless sea
Did swallows come and 90:
ott were the forest branches bare;
And oft, in gold arrayed,
Ott did the lilies scent the air,
The roses bloom and fade.
They've had their share of hopes and
fears,
Their share of bliss and bale,
since first he whispered in her ears
a lover 8 tender tale
Full many thorn amid the flowers
Has lain upon their way;
They we had their dull November hours
AS well as days of May.
But firm and true through veal and woe
Through change of time and scene,
Through wlnter's 3 gloom, through sum
mer's glow,
Their faith and love have been;
Together hand in hand they pass
Serenely down life's hill,
In hopes one grave in churchyard grass
May hold them lovers still.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21

that takes the city editorship o-mor.
row will write palmer hand.n
About ten O'Clock the next morn.
ing, Robinson was walking quietly
along the main street of the town
with his right hand resting carelessly
in his coat pocket. Suddenly, Mr.,
Galley stepped out of the door of q
saloon. He reached for his revolver
Tho young man from Yale who
couldn't shoot took his hand out OF
his pocket. In il was an irregular
specimen of lead ore. l remember
how the local doctor tried to explain
subsequently that the specimen did
not hit Gazlay In necessarily vi
tai spot;' but il was vital enough
for all practical purposes, and the
next morning the Dove remarked
casually that when the cutthroats
of this town meet around the hearth
tonight there will be one vacant
chair. Jim Galley is no more.'
The fate of Galley ought to have
been enough for the other obnoxious
citizens of the neighborhood, but,
Of course, it wasn't. A week later
man came down from Placer Bench
winged the Chief of Police, shot
out the lights in the post-office and
rode his horse on the sidewalk. The
Dove reprimanded him. He took a
foolish aud erring shot at the city ed
itor who replied with q stone and
returned to his Office and wrote that
'another old settler has gone out
from our midst. Life Is indeed un-
certain. Now is the. time to sub
SCRIBE
Robinson stayed year before he
got tired of the place, and went to
San Francisco, but don't think that
after the first three months he had
had any trouble. During that time
l would not dare to say how many
he had popped over. or course,
most of them he only wounded.-I
But, as he remarked in his valedic-
tory, far more than we intended
have gone with less preparation than
we could have wished 1t should
only serve to remind us that in the
midst of life a rock may catch us in
the jaw
1 never knew what became ofl
him, but 1 fancy he has continued
to take care of himself"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21
RESPECT FOR THE MOTHER

RESPECT FOR THE MOTHER
Mark the young man who is coarse
and disrespectful to his mother. No
roseate pathway can be hers who
shall sustain to him the relation of
wife. Not the happiest will be the
lot Of those who shall come to be
his children. Not to be- euvied is
the neighborhood even In which he
must he reckoned as q citizen. It
does not matter what the mental
status of that mother is, how old,
how bent, how decrepit, the man to
whom she is mother owes to her
gentleness, kindness, tenderness, and
consideration. Did not she fall back
and did not the children with supe-
rior advantages pass her in the race ?
But think of her toll and trial, her
devotion and denial, her mind and
her years that she gave that the chill.
might derive the benefit. Think of
her sacrifice-no wonder If she fell
behind, with her heart in her home,
In the buds that were hers. There
is no rank, no station, no condition
that may exempt manly man from
kind regard for mother. Much
might we learned from Pagan Chips
and Japan in filial tenderness snG
respect
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21
POETRY.
OUR MINOR TRIALS.
MRS. ELIZABETH AKERs ALLEN.

Oh, trifling tasks 80 often done,
Yet ever to be done anew
Oh, cares which come with every sun,
morn after morn, the long years
We shrink beneath their paltry sway
The irksomc calls of every day.
The restless sense Of wasted power,
The tiresome round of little things,
Are hard to bear, as hour by hour
Its tedious iteration brings;
Who shall evade or who delay
The small demands of every day?
The boulder in the torrents course,
BY tide and tempest lashed in vain,
Ooeys the wave whirled pebbles force,
And yields it's substance, grain by
grain;
So crumbles strongest lives away
Beneath the wear of every day.
4
We rise to meet heavy blow
Our souls sudden bravery fills
But we endure not always SO
The drop-by- drop of little ills
We still deplore and still obey
The hard behests Of every day.
The heart which boldly faces death
Upon the battlefield, and dares
Cannon and bayonet, faints beneath
The needle points OF frets and cares
The stoutest spirits they dismay-
The tiny things of every day.
And even saints OF holy Iame,
Whose souls by faith have overcome,
Who wore amid the cruel flame
The molten crown of martyrdom,
Bore not without complaint alway
The petty pains of every day.
All more than martyrs aureole,
And more than hero's heart of fire,
We need the humble strength of sonl
Which daily tolls and ills require
Sweet Patience grant us, If you may,
An added grace for every day.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21

GENERAL BANKS WHITE COAT.
General Banks was as perfect gen.
tleman In manner as we ever knew,
says tn Christian Adpocdte, and his
dignity and grace as u speaker were
both commanding and fascinating.
His voice was wonderful. In New
York, during the war, he happened
to spend Sunday, and went to
Grace church, on Broadway, wear
Ing huge white coat, as the day
was somewhat chilly. The "unctious
Brown" the usher of fashionable
society, long the sexton of that
church, with keen eye for dignity,
missed the mark on that occasion,
and seated the general near the door
in q very unpleasant position. AS
the house grew warm, General Banks
threw open his coat. The moment
Brown caught sight of the epaulets
Of majOr.general he FASTENED to
the pew, and In his most obsequious
tones, said: 81 can give you q
much better seat, General" 8
"No," said the Ex-Speaker, with
q voice that sounded like q pedal
organ not at E-fiat, "the seat that
is good enough for the white coat is
good enough for the blue" and de.
clined to change.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21

lengthen the neck and to give power
to the strike. There is no prelimi-
nary motion. The stab is made with
abrupt swiftness that defies escape of
| the victim. There is but one strike.
The snake passes back into its coil
! again with the same swiftness that
it threw itself out. AS the fangs en-
ter tho venom is injected. Ii the
thing struck at is beyond the rat
tiers reach, the snake has the power
of squirting it's venom in jets, which
1t Can do to distance of four feet
or more. DIR. Weir Mitchell had a
narrow escape once. An immense
diamond-back rattler he had in his
collection threw a teaspoonful of it's
venom in this way in the DOCTORS
face from distance of four feet
1t struck him on the forehead. fit
had fallen an inch lower it would
have entered his eyes, certainly
binding and perhaps killing him.
Sometimes r9ttleSnake loses it's
fangs in the flesh of the object 1t
strikes, but that does only tempo
rary damage to it's deadly armory.
There are plenty of incipient fangs
laying in the jaw, only waiting for a
chance like that to come forward
and be in the line of business. They
grow very fast, and in the course of
two or three days rattlesuake that
has lost it's fangs is refitted with a
brand new pair. This Is a good
thing to remember, for it is the popu-
lar belief that h rattler is made harm
less by extracting its venom fangs.
The only way to render one of these
reptiles harmless, without killing it,
is to apply red hot iron to the cavi-
ties left by the fangs. This will des-
troy all the vitality of these danger
GUS parts and new fangs will not
come in.
The rattlesnake never pursues his
prey he waits. He will not go out
OF his way to attack anything. He
will invariably keep on his course if
not cornered or teased. You may
step within four inches of q rattle
snake and will not be disturbed by
it if you keep right on your way
If you stop, the snake at once takes
it for challenge and he hits you
only too quick. 1t is said as if by
authority, that a rattlesnake never
sounds its rattle until he is coiled.
If that is so, rattlesnakes that L
have seen must have been freaks,
for they have ratified when lying at
fnll length and even when moving
as well as in their coils. The rattler
when travelling, will cross lakes and
streams, and swims with his head
and rattles we'll raised above the wa
ter. The force with which a rattle
snake can strike is such that 1 once
teased one into striking at least
quarter of an inch thick, and he
sent his fangs clear through it,"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21
A Napoleon OF Travelling.

A business man who Ia keen on
financial affairs made an engagement
while spending his vacation to meet
man at another country place
fifteen or twenty miles away, says
the New York Tribune. There was
only one train day and he missed
that by only few seconds. 1t was
an important engagement, but that
would have made no difference to
the business man, for he prides him
self on keeping his engagements.
When he found he had missed the
train he set to work to get a special
engine. This involved a good deal
Of telegraphing, and the cost he
learned would be sixty dollars. He
determined to keep that engagement
however, whatever the expense,
and finally, after the delay Of ali
the telegraphing and waiting for the
engine to run to the station, he got
aboard and was taken on his way
He reached the other man three
hours after he had missed the
train, but he was feeling rather
triumphant over his victory, and he
proceeded to explain what he had
done. EH
" You see, l was bound to get here
and here / am"
That's so," answered the other,
" bat look here, why didn't you ge,
a team, and drive over here? It's q
lovely drive. 1t would have cost
you about four dollars instead OF
sixty, and as for time, you could
have arrived here earlier. -
"Great Scottp' sad the Napoleon
of travelling, "I never thought oi
that"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21
EnOch up a Tree.

A paper in western Nebraska con-
tains the outline of story that
should be slung into undying verse
by poet as good as the author O!
" Enoch Arden" Some years ago,
In the town where the paper is pub
lished, lived man who had wife
and daughter, says the Nebraska
State Journal. He seemed prosper
GUS and his credit was good for any
thing he desired.
One fine starlight night he disap-
peared taking nearly everything
with him that wasn't nailed down.
He had made about every man In
town creditor and when he went
away the people betook themselves
into outer darkness for awhile and
walled and gnashed their teeth.
The wife and daughter were
treated the same as the rest. Thev
found themselves destitute. The
hend in human form who had so
long officiating as husband and father
had left them not a dollar. The
lady and her daughter were, of course
looked coldly upon for awhile, as
people believed them to be in COL
lusion with the departed. But they
were not depressed by this. They
went manfully to work like little
heroines in a play; the mother did
sewing and the daughter did what
ever she could get to do. They
prospered as they deserved to pros
per. The old heroine in time estab-
lIshed a millinery store which cap
tured all the trade, while the younger
became the principal of the schools.
They had money in the bank and
could eat ice cream whenever they
wanted to.
The other day q seedy tramp called
at the back door of the lady's resi-
dence and asked for a drink and
something to eat. The good woman
looked at him intently and recog-
nized her husband. And now, the
really beautiful part of the story
comes IN. Did the lady kill the fat
ted calf for the prodigal and bid him
welcome and forbid the past? Not
to any great extent.
She called the family dog, a large
creature with penchant for human
remains, and no man ever climbed
tree quicker than that erring hus-
band.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21
Doctors Jokes.

"We remember" says DR.. Baker
In the Cincinnati Medical Journal
hearing man thank Heaven tha
everything had been done to save
his wife. for, said he, 'the doctor bled
her forty times, and then gave her
sixteen grains of calomel.'"
Another lady, nervous one, did
not improve under DR.. Bakers
treatment, 80 another physician was
called in, who, as preliminary,
used a clinical thermometer. The
next day she was much better, which
she said was due to the little thing
he had put in her mouth, and which
" went through me with thrill to
my toes" .- ~ I'D ~
A doctor OF my acquaintance
made a practice of gathering up all
the medicine not used by his patients
and pouring 1t into one BOTTLE
When asked what he did with this,
he replied:
well, l will tell you. 1 pour
them together and when have a
case that I do not fairly understand
1 give the patient medicine from
the shot gum bottle.'
We once had an old gentleman pa.
tron who appreciated a cough syruI
and a liniment we prepared, and he
kept himself we'll supplied with
each. On one occasion by mistake
he used the cough syrup as lini
ment, and the next day he rode into
town to let me know that I had
made some mistake in putting mr.
the liniment. Said he, Il used II
for a severe pleurisy pain, and il
helped mo very soon; but 1t was
not like the other liniment. 1t was
so dashed sticky
In another case we left the patient
several powders put up in paper
with directions to take one powder
every third hour. Upon the next
visit the patient requested me to
use less paper, as the paper was
harder to get down than the pow.
der.D
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21

AT the siege of Petersburg a young
Confederate lieutenant, who was
very good-looking and a great fa-
vorite with the girls, was badly
wounded in the left arm. Several
OF the citizens declared that it would
be necessary to amputate the limb,
but it was finally decided that by
removing a section of the bone the
arm might be saved. But" said
one Of the surgeons, sit will be a
bad job, and when healed the ann
will remain crooked.n The young
Lieutenant, thinking that any kind
OF an arm was better than no arm,
and with thought for future con-
quests, replied, Never mind the
crook; set 1t for hugging, and 90
ahead.D
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21

MY dear, don't you intend to in
vite Mr.. and Mrs. Green to your
party ?" asked Mr.. Biller. "Cer-
tainly not" " Why not, my dear :?
They are good friends of ours. -
What If they are? lam going to
to invite Mr.. and Mrs. Brown.n-
Well, can't you invite the Greens
as well?" why, John Biller, you
shock me with your taste. Brown
and Green In my parlor together 7
Why, next you'll be asking me to
wear blue and yellow. I declare,
you men have no idea whatever of
harmony"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21
Care OF Aged People.

Many of us have the care Of aged
people, and whether they be parents
or friends only, they need a great
deal of care, and special care, too.-
The chief points to be considered
for their comfort are moderate di-
gestible food, sufficient warmth, and
an even, qniet life, free from trouble.
The chief of the three is food
While all fixed dieting is bad where
1t can possibly be avoided, a few
hints can be given that may prove
of value. The older a person is af.
ter fifty, the less food he requires.
Very little animal food is required,
and though in many respects false
teeth are great boon to to the aged
they may lead to too great con.
sumption Of animal food. The food
of the nursery is best in old age
Bread and milk is a capital diet
Milk agrees with nearly all.
Hot milk with little prepared
food forms and admirable drink al
night, and can be kept warm In hot
water jugs kept in cosey. Fruit
Is wholesome If ripe or well cooked ;
fat is also good az cream or fresh but
ter. Warm food is very suitable,
and all meals should be regular and
all excesses avoided.
As to clothing, it should be both
warm and light. Fur is an admira-
BILE material, and the underclothing
should be of wool. A sealskin vest
Is useful, and the feet and hands
should be we'll and warmly clad. An
eiderdoWn quilt on bed Is good
covering, for no aged person should
be suffered to get cold in bed.
Two O'Clock a. IN. is the nour when
most deaths take place; then the
temperature of the body is lowest,
and its powers feeblest. The warmth
of the bed is of great Importance In
old age. A warm bath should be
taken every day, with plenty of
pure soap to keep the skin supple
and soft. 1t is better for old peo-
pie, who have the opportunity, to
winter in warm climate, but If
they cannot; they should shut them
selves up in we'll warmed house at
this season of the year. All habits
of old people should be respected and
not altered.
Whatsoever causes exhaustion
should be forbidden. Early rising
Is therefore bad.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21

HENs.--A boy's composition on
hens reads as follows:
Hens Is curious animals. They
don't have no nose, nor no teeth nor
no ears. They swallow their vittles
whole and chew it up in their crops
inside of 'em. The outside of hens
is generally put inside of PLIERS and
feateer busters. The inside of a hen
is sometimes filed up with marbles
and shirt buttons and sich. A hen
is very much smaller than good
many other animals, but they'll dig
up more potato plants than anything
that amt hen. Hens Is very USE
ful to lay eggs for plum pudding. /
like plum pudding. Skinny Bates
eat so much plum pudding once that
1t set him into the collery. Hens
has got wings and can fly when they
are scart. / cut my Uncle Williams
hens neck off with hatchet and II
scarf her to death. Hens sometimes
make very fine spring chickens"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-11-21
NUMBER 20.

One of the best stories Mrs. Grant
tells Is not of her husband, but of
her brother, Grants friend and
roommate at West Point. While
she was still Julia Dent, he came
nome on furlough with a real boy
ish longing for home fare and home
delicacies. He petitioned particu-
larly for corn dodgers, but cook was
cross or the oven was out of order.
80 that only two Of the desired cakes
came to the table. Young Dent
eyed them calculatingly, and then
surprised his mother by asking per-
mission to say grace. When this
was accorded, the harum-scarum lad
folded his hands, and, bowling his
head reverently, said:
Two corn dodgers for four of us,
Thank the Lord there's no more Of u.s.