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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-01-05

A disgrunted subscriber writes ::
"Mr. Editor-I like your paper gen.
erally-likewise yourself--yon de-
serve much Of my respect. Never
theless, cross from your dazzling list
of subscribers my humble name or
stop printing those binders of DR..
Pierce. / know him by heart--his
medicines are o. X bad the sick
est liver that ever was sick and lived,
and his Pellets Strengthened out its
crooks.
Ny wife, sister, children, cousins,
aunts and uoclss, have all been
strengthened by the mystsz1
magic / am truly
when sit down to reas&
poleon Bonaparte's JokN
Irishman crossing the AlpsS
always have to blunder into tne
story of how sPierce's Pleasant n
lets are purely vegetable and anti
bilious, pleasant to the taste--curc
sick headache, relieve torpid liver
and always gives satisfaction"
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How a Mother Saved Her Boy

Little Robert Frey lives at Silver
Lake; his mother and father love him
with parental devotion; he is bright
little fellow. Bobby, as he is called
tooka severe Cold, which would not
yield to everything they tried. A
neighbor persuaded the use of Pan
Tina, the great remedy for Coughs
Colds and Consumption. The first
few doses relieved and the contents
of 25 cent bottle made cure. You
can imaginelthe mothers joy. Pan
Tina is sold at L.G. Matthaei's drug
Store.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-01-05

Uncle Sam still has pretty good
sized farm, Notwithstanding the tact
that 10,4O6,1c0 acres of public land
were disposed of during the past
year. The remaining public lands
not yet occupied contain COG, 043,313
acres, not counting the 36O,0OO,00O
acres of Alaska and military reser-
vations and lands claimed under
various unsettled grants
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-01-05

To grow old gracefully, one must
live temporarily, calmly, methodic-
ally; be interested in all that is going
on in tue world; be cheerful, happy,
and contented. and above all, keep
the blood pure and vigorous by the
use OF Ayers Sarsaparilla. Be sure
you get Ayers.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-01-05

Doesn't it worry you to have
your husband stay out so late ~
night playing pokerf" asked the
caller.
eyes; but it worries me more
when he comes home early"
"Whyf'
aBscause he must have been so
patheticaIly prompt in getting to
where be couldn't buy chips.''-
Washington Star.
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Are Won Ever Annoyed

by a buzzing or roaring sound in
your head? Have you difficulty in
hearing distinctly? Are you troubled
with continual dropping of mucus,
irritating the throat and causing you
to cough? Is your breath unpleas-
anily affected and accompanied with
bad taste? Is your hearing less
acute? IF SO, you have catarrh and
should at once procure bottle of
Ely's Cream Balm, the best known
remedy. The Balm will give instant
relief.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-01-05

About six months ago my little son, aged
three, was very much troubled with breaking
ont on his scalp and behind his ear. The places
effected were about as large as silver dollar,
the flesh seemed raw and covered with little
blisters. The child suffered considerably, and
was naturally very fretful. Tried several RENE
dies without obtaining any beneficial results
in fact the eruptions seemed to be spreading
and new places breaking out. / concluded
to try the CUTIcURA REMEDIES, and bought
a box of CUTIcURA, a cake of CUTICURA SOAP,
and bottle of CUTicuRA REsoLvENT. washed
the effected parts with the CUTICURA SOAP,
taking care not to rritate the flesh, and applied
CUTICURA. noticed a change for the better in
the appearance of the eruptions in twentyfour
hours. continued the treatment morning and
night, and in two weeks the eruptions entirely
disappeared, leaving the skin smooth and the
scalp clean, in fact perfect cure, as have not
seen any indications of any eruption or breaking
out since. gave the child only few doses of
the CUTIcURA REsoLvENT. | consider your
CUTIoURA REMEDIES very valuable, and expect
to keep small supply constantly on hand.
believe CUTIcURA would be excellent for apply
ing to insect bites, which are very annoying in
this country. c. A. ARMSTRONG,
Swift Island, N. G.
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at must be thryin' ter be In the
dice bus'nes, y remarked the domestic
who is alive to her employers inter-
est.
".Dade, an it is replied the man
with the tongs, "But phwatremoind
ed yez ay itsn
"The hurry yez hov to make from
the wagon to the dure to kspe yer
burden from meltin' to nothin' on
the way.r-Washington Star.
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The way to reach catarrh Is through
tine blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla, by
purifying the blood, removes the cause
OF the disease and permanently cures
catarrh. Take only Hood's.
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MARTNsBURe JANUARY 1895.

May success crown every plan,
BY which minister and pulpit
Strive to raise up fallen man.
And we give especial credit
To that pastor who has laid
Ont first class course OF lectures,
AS genuine pulpit aid.
VIII his members all support hims
Will old Martinsburg turn out
And hear Talmage, Ham and Carletons
Put old fogyism to routs
Martinsburg now has mayor;
At the election, what vote?
And republican the council
Is matter that we note
In old Berkeley's last election.
On our ticket, all went through;
Peter Riner, county commissioner,
Snyder, superintendent, too.
While Frank Evans goes to Charleston,
As old Berkeley's delegate,
He's our candidate for Speaker,
Equals any on the slate.
Hard times are they; Yes, and plnching,
And shop wages still go down..
Yet we note some other Industries
Tha are credits to our town.
There's the Kilbourne Knitting Factory
And the Crawford Wooden Mills,
And the Martinsburg Canning Factory
With the orders that 1t fills.
And the planning mill of Tebo,
And John Fits foundry too,
All are credits to our people,
Show what Drawn and brains can do.
Martinsburg has also papers,
Edited with tact and skill.
Which have furnished racy writers
Sharp as ever drove quill.
There's the Independent Journal,
And the Martinsburg Statesman, too.
World and Herald and the Pioneer.
With the Church Fisitor new.
Hard to make them rhyme and jingle.
Hard to make them harmonic.
Such names break up feet and scanning,
Specially when you scan their lies.
The Kings Daughters still are faithful
To their sacred trust and charge,
May their useful field of labor
Still continue to enlarge.
OF our courts of law and Justice,
Martinsburg Is fairly blessed;
Faulkner, Judge, is fair, impartial,
Jackson's able, self-possessed.
q. S. Pitzer is terror,
As prosecutor strong,
Criminals always learn to hate him,
For he goes for every wrong.
| Sheriff Gerling, prompt and active,
With an able, faithful clerk,
Are pleasure to our lawyers
| And an aid to legal work.
| U. s. Court House almost finished.
| Shenandoah Valleys pride;
| Geff and jackson here will find it
| Easier questions to decide.
| Now my rambling verse Is ended,
| TITS crazy quilt of rhyme;
| Ills a simple piece of patchwork
| From the tangled web of time.
| But our Carrier has suggested
| That QUARTER is now due,
| For the twelve months he has served you,
| And this roughly rhyming view.
| Here's the quarter,-that is right sir;
Low the boy enough to pay,
Happy New Yearl" hear him shout it,
| As he ioyful bounds away.
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CuTrcURA REMEDIES cleanse the system by
external and internal medication of every erup-
ton, impurity and disease, and constitute the
most effective treatment of modern times.
Sold throughout the world. Price, CUTIcURA,
&c.; SOAP, 25c.; REsoLvENT, 81. POTTER DRUG
AND CHEM. CORP, Sole Proprietors, Boston.
RE" How to Cure Skin Diseases" mailed frae.
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baltimore AND OHIO RAILROAD
ID TIME TABLE
In EFFECT SUNDAY, NOV. 10, 1894.
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HOODS SarsapariIIa vsr*
- into the confidence e. ihs .cosss
BY the good Ii Is doing. Fair islass
guarantee permanent CURES
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Rihbon-counter-Miss Dumbelle
made a veal joke to-day.

Spool silk-What was that
Ribbon-counter-W Why, you know
she is gweat admiaweh of football
playahs !; SO when she got seventy
five sents worth of ribbon and receiv-
ed her change of a dollar she ex-
claimed Thank goodness, the
dweam is wealized /! I have quar-.
ter-back. Judge.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-01-05

HoodsPills act easily yet prompt;
~ and effectively, on the liver and
bowels. 25 cents.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-01-05

When buying Ayers Cherry Pee
tectoral for your cough, ask your
druggist for Ayers Almanac.
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{ Subscribe for the ISpEpENDENT
| only $3.50 year.

A beautiful line of Ladies' and
4'sses' Oxford Ties, Rlucher's and
iIsbr,ers, In ali colors, and every
grade, at FRANK DOLL & Co.'s
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Daily,
Daily except Sunday.
Through coach from Hagerstown to tlila'ephia on
train No. l."
40. So west and and 10 runs daily betweea Hsr-
rsburg and HAgerstawn
trains Nos. and g."
q. A. RIDDLE. J. +. BOYD,
Gent Pass. Agent. Superintendent
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TIME TABLES.

w EsrERN MARYLAND RAILROAD
wv TIME TABLE
Connecting with p. & r. r. at Shippens
burg ard Gettysburg N. & w. r. r. at
Hagerston 3. & o. r. II. at Hagers-
town and Cherry Run; 2 r. r. at Bruce
vile, and L. ". J. B., n. G. and b. & p.
Railroads at Union station, Baltic, Md.
Schedule in effect September 80. 1894.
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W. J. Robinson, G. p A.,
Parkersburg ". Va.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-01-05
Insurance Business!

in all its plans, representing none but
the solvent, o Id reliable Companies. In
surfing risks on LIFE, FIRE ACCI-
DENT and LIVE STOCK. My Com
panies will pay losses promptly. Call
and see me and | will be pleased to
quote rates for risks in competition
with safe Companies, barring Wild cat
and non paying Companies never pay.
Prudent people always insure in the
best Companies. Call on or address,
VIM. MORGAN,
Office, Blondel Building, Corner Queen
aud Main SITS Martinsburg, WA
Jan. "a 81, 1y
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INSURANCE !!
INSURANCE.!
Life, Fire, Accident and Live
Sf0ck!
BACK TO STAY.

BACK TO STAY.
After 80 years absence from Berke
ley county, living in and visiting many
Western States, L have returned to my
old home and located permanently in
West Virginia as the best place to stay
and have engaged in the
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-12-31

THE Cost OF BAD RoADs.-The
Office of road inquiry OF the Depart
ment of Agriculture has completed an
interesting investigation relating to
the use of the common roads of the
United States. Returns have been
received from about 1900 counties,
showing the average length OF haul
from farms to markets or shipping
points to be IL miles; the average
weight of load for two horses, 2,OO2
pounds and the average cost per ton
per mile 25 cents, or So for the entire
haul. Estimating the farm products
at 2l9,S24 ,227 tons in weight and max
ing estimates on other articles carried
over the public roads, it is calculated
that the aggregate expense of this
transportation in the United States l..
$946, ,4l4,6 ,665 per annum. Reports have
been asked from the United State,
consuls abroad of the expense of haul
ing where the roads are good, SO as to
render possible calculation which
will show how much of this large out
lay is due to bad roads. The estimate
Is ventured, however, upon informa-
tion in the Office of road inquiry, count
ing the loss of time in reaching
markets., the enforced idleness and the
wear and tear to live stock and hauling
machinery caused by poor roads, that
two-thirds of the cost might be saved
by an Improvement of the roads.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-12-31
"A WAR OF DESTRUCTION.
Cuban Insurgents Burning Towns
and Plundering and Laying Waste
the Whole Island.


KEY WEST, Fla. December &c.
Advices received from Cuba to-day
that battle occurred yesterday after
noon between the vanguards of the
insurgents and Spanish armies and
that the SpaDiards were repulsed.
Col. Pratt, who commanded the
Spanish vanguard, was killed. Mar
tinez Campos was present and directed
the retreat OF the Spaniards to Jovel-
lanos. Campos's forces are now en-
trenched at that place, expecting to
be attacked by the Gomez's main army.
Campos has armed all the civilians in
Jovellanos and is forcing them to do
military duty.
Advices received by Cuban leaders
via Olivette confirm the report of the
capture of the town of Ell Rogue by
Gomez, as announced in these dis
patches last night. With Gomez were
Serafin Sanchez, Aguirre and Quarez
The Spanish regiment stationed at
Ri Rogue surrendered without firing
shot. All of them were paroled,
except twelve, who were charged with
having poisoned the water In the re-.
ssrvoir Of the town. They were tried,
convicted and shot. After taking al
the arms, provisions, ETC., found in the
town, the insurgents set fire to it and
then left, going in the direction of
Quintana and JovellanOs. The van
guard of Gomezs forces under the
commend of Lacrete has entered the
town of Quintana between Matanzas
and Colon and destroyed by fire the
largest sugar plantation on the island.
The train that left Colon for Matan-
zas was detained at Qintana by the
insurgents. a column of smoke could
l,, Lot,
general supposition is that all planta-
tions In that district have been de.
| stroyed.
Maceo and his forces have encamped
at the plantation AL Harmonic, and
Gomez has established his head
quarters at the plantation La Espano
belonging to Romero Robledo, of the
; Spanish Cabinet.
All telegraphic comm III nication be-
tween Las Villas district and Havana
has been destroyed by the insurgents
and no trains have passed over the
road since Saturday last. The railroad
stations at Madana and Toca belonging
to the United Railroad Company have
been destroyed by fire.
The insurgents under Nunez have
encamped at the plantation Revido
and destroyed all the cane
The forces of Antonio Maceo ant
7 Quintin Bandera compose the rea
guard OF the army under Gomez.
The Spaniards prohibited all public
entertainments on the 25th and order
cd all saloons closed at IL o'clock a
night.
Lacret, with a large force, is march
ing towards Guines.
+ The insurgents assert that no crop
will be gathered this year. Come
has notified Campos that it is his In
tention to destroy all the sugar cane
to prevent It's being gathered. Th
! sugar being exported now IL taken froI
the ware houses and Is part of la:
years crop.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-12-31

A QUESTION IN THEoLoGY.-F. K.
Van Tassel, a local missionary In Ul-
ster, contributes to the Kingston Free
man an article from which we take the
following story: "As 1 passed through
Hasbrouck. saw church in an un-
finished condition., and inquired what
church 1t was. l learned that it was
Mr.. Hamilton's. This leads me to
speak of this second Robert Collyer, a
blacksmith and q preacher. One day
a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
denomination came to have his horse
shod by Mr.. Hamilton. Knowing his
Baptist proclivities, he thought to
joke him. Said he, Is this Baptist
shop?" "It is, SIR" said Mr.. Hamil-
ton. "Well, 1 want Methodist shoes
put on my horse" Gall right, SIR"
The sturdy blacksmith, with smile,
went to work, turned, calked and fitted
the shoes, then laid them down and
waited saying, "Will take some time
to cool, sir; you will have to wait a
little" Why don't you dip them into
the tub?" said the Methodist man
"Oh, that would make them Baptist
shoes. sir !" said Mr.. Hamilton. The
joke had gone far enough by this time,
and the Methodist brother replied,
"Oh, we'll, dip them anyway Pm in q
hurry" SO the Methodist horse wore
Baptist shoes one time, and was nc
worse for it.
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A TR1BurE TO RopERr o. WI,

A TRIBUTE TO ROBERT O. WIN
THROP.-At the latest meeting of the
trustees of the Peabody educational
fund committee was appointed to
draw upa tribute to the memory of
the Hon. Robert @. Winthrop. That
committee consisted of Chief Justice
Melville W Fuller, the Hon. William
A. CourtenaS, of South Carolina, and
the Hon. Joseph III. Choate, of New
York. Charles e. ~ Wingate writes
from Boston to tho Now York Critic :
I" have just seen a copy of that trib-
ute, and quote one strong paragraph.
Judging By its style, should say that
the memorial was written by Mr..
personal friendship OF Mr.. Peabody,
the founder of the trust, with Mr.. Win
throp, illustrated by the appointment
OF the latter as one of the original trus-
tees and permanent president, the trib-
ute says. :" His lofty character, his
courteous bearing, his uniform kind
ness In all his dealings with the trus-
tees over whom he presided, endeared
him to each member of the trust as a
warm personal friend and the light
which his experience and knowledge
shed upon every question that arose
for deliberation always made the task
OF his associates an easy one. We felt
that whatever Mr.. Winthrop approved
after the study and reflection which he
insisted upon giving to every measure
projected, must OF course be right. L
was o very great thing for an institu
tion like this to be presided over b,
such @ man, who for O quarter of o cen
tury was willing to give to Its continue
service the best powers with which h,
| suaa audn1od -
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-12-31
A WARNING no FAT pEopLE.
The Ancient Ideal of Beauty Must
be Revived.

Inc AuCtent sueai OI Beauty Must
be Revived.
\ A Berlin professor has just dis
covered that for fat persons to employ
any means whatever to reduce their
hesh Is likely to injure their health
and shorten their lives. The Literary
Digest quotes the abstract of the pro-
fessor's article, and comments as fol-
! lows:
!" Fat men, do not try to make your
selves thin. 1t is thus that Professor
i luxembourg, OF Berlin, adjures you in
! one of the last numbers of the German
Medical Weekly. 1t is not that he
would advise you to persist in your
obesity, but he has discovered that all
the means that you may employ to be-
rid of 1t would have the effect OF ruin
ing your health, and oven shortening
you life, Against all these he would
place you on guard. For example, he
is indignant that permission should be
given to German druggists to sell,
without an orler to the first conner,
tablets and potions which might per-
haps cure obesity, but which injure
the organism and produce grave
troubles of the nerves and the blood,
for all of them contain some poison,
and it would be much better to be fat
and healthy than lean valetudinarian.
Among other examples of the disas-
trous effects of the cures of obesity,
DR.. luxembourg cites the case Of well
known dramatic artist, who, not con-
tent with the opulence of form which
Nature had given him, became SO thin
that he died in consequence. But 1t is
not the treatment alone that is dan
gerous. Scarcely has the man the OPP
portunity to enjoy his diminishing
obesity, before disquieting. symptoms
oN,,I
alters, he becomes nervous impress
sionable, and from day to day he has
no more the feeling of being in his |
natural state.
1t seems to be clearly proved that /
we cannot make ourselves thin with |
impunity. Nature creates the fat and
the lean, and it is the part of wisdom
Tor one and the other TO resign them
selves to their condition. But just
here humanity seems to fail, and it is
to be feared that the most serious dis
advertisements, will fail to prevent
people who are too fat from making
themselves thin, no matter how. Why
did not Professor luxembourg, instead
OF discovering the dangerous chemical
of the remedies for obesity,
try to discover that obesity was grace
full, and more beautiful than the OPP
posite state? Upon this condition
alone would his advice be needed.
And after all, who can prove the
superiority of the thin over
the fat? That's but matter of
fashion, the result of new taste, that
may change from one year to another.
Is it not time to honor the ancient
ideal of fat beauty? Would it not pre-
vent the disastrous effects of all the
remedies for obesity"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-12-31
VOL. XII.


There's somethin' In o fiddle's sound that
somehow shakes an thrills
my soni with swe9ter music than tho song o
Or the Wild notes o. the mockin'bird whom
spring ss in her prime,
But pest OF all love 'em when they're playin'
Christmas time. &E
When the cabin fires are blazin' an the holly
With temptin, sprays o. mistletoe are hangin'
When 2 fel!ers eyes are chasin' o. the dim
An he's lost his his Way Way forever in the tansle o.
Then like to hear tho fiddle an It's every
There's a twinkle in my eyes then an a fldget
When they range the girls aroun' me for tho
It's b. lleluia season to the very soul o.
mel
When see the old time fiddler who has heard
the fiddle sing
For many frosty winter-in summer time, in
Lay by hig So coat ,s an strike note It's Breth
For know that troubles comm on that
cabins sandy tloorl
"he9d fdI hear that: Swing your partners !"
My arms Jest full o. sweetness an tho room a.
goin' round
round u thrills me through,
Fora girls hands mighty tender In the brown,
broad palm o. yonl
The heavy hail may patter on the shingled
roof above;
The SHOW may beat tho songbirds from tho
.., windy nests they love;
The COWS may miss the clover on tho hillside
Bnt In Joy I'm rollin' over when the fiddle
sings to me
But It's always sweeter, sweeter when tho
> holly,s hangin high
An the christmas lamps are lighted In tho
windows o. the sky;
feelin' prime
Asthe liyeliest angel flyin, with fiddle Christ
mas time!
-Frdnk Il. Stanton.