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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

graphed to New York, asking if nv
Wiie and child were we'll, saving.
Mire me at once to Los Angeles,
Inc next day we left Maricopa at
hine O'Clock, and got into Los An
eeieS the following day in the late
afternoon. | got telegram there
saylug they were all we'll at home.
Inc newsboy was crying his pa
PerS' | heard a shrilI voice saving.
Awful massacre | bought a ma.
per, and when | saw the big head
line l was so sick and faint | had to
slt down and wait q moment.
mat train which | didn't take at
Maricopa had carried its Eastern
passengers to an awful doom. The
Stage had been stopped when it was
hiteen miles out from Deming, and
every soul was murdered! The bod
les were all mutilated; some were
pound to the stage wheels with wire
ana burned there were two women
ana baby among the passengers.
The baby lay dead, with it's pitiful
iillle Wlde-open eyes staring up at
the Implying, bright blue sky, and
In the mothers hand was clinched
piece of its white dress, Didn't
that tell story?
The driver of the stage was shot,
the four horses killed, and the sight
was one to horrify those who found
the eight mangled and charred bod
les.
Indians, did you say? No, peo-
pie didn't think so; Indians are
ulrty, indecent, foully immoral; but
1t takes Mexican to get in the nice
ties of atrocity.
When | got back, my wife said,
John, what did you send that tele-
gram from Maricopa for?' | said,
What do you suppose? l Just
wanted to know if you were both
well, that's ALL
L never told her word of what
i've told you, and if Berry is living
now, and sees this, he will know
Tor the first time what made me so
suddenly sick at Maricopa.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

DoN'T BE VULGAR.-Vulgar
women like to attract attention they
are loud in their dress and talk; they
can be seen and heard at a distance :;
they are numerous, generally annoy
ing and often offensive.
Vulgar women walk like grena-
diers they come down on their heels
with force enough to shake anything
from an "L" railroad station to a
summer hotel piazza.
Vulgar women discuss private mat
ters in public; their conversation is
audible to passers-by; they invite the
observation of strangers, and they
are tiattered by the familiar com
ments Of flunkies, flirts, fakirs and
lOafers.
Vulgar women appear in public
wearig brilliant colors, brilliant
cheeks, audible perfumes, jewelry
and sensational styles.
Vulgar woman may win admira.
tion but not respect before an indi.
vidual is respected by others, she
must respect herself.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

JANE-Henry, what would you do
if you should go to the postoffice,
buy a stamp, ask the man to put It
on for you and he refused
Henry who is very serious)-What
would I do? Stick II on myself"
Jane-I should stick II on the let
ter.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

HE PREFERRED DEATH.--The
vessel was going down, and only
one man remained on board the ill
tated craft. Hurry" cried the
captain, cor you will be lost" els
my wife there ?" the man asked.
" Yes, and she is crying for you"
"Say farewell to her for me. |
shall go down with the boat.n
What is the reason of this mad
ness ?" cried the captain. "Well,
if am saved, I'll have to explain
1T to my mother-in-law why / didn't
have sense enough to take a boat
that would not sink, and 80 1 prefer
going down. FareWell.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

He KNEW JERSEY EGGs.-Two
printers lunched at Park Row res
taurant tho other day. One ordered
" beef and" and the other two boiled
eggs. When the eggs were placed
before the one who ordered them,
he said to his companion, "Why,
those are Jersey eggs"
"How do you know they are Jer-
sey eggs? They might have been
laid in Pennsylvania or Kentucky
for all you know"
Well, | guess not. Those eggs
came from Jersey, and know it.n
TO prove it the proprietor was
called into the discussion, and when
asked he said the eggs were Jersey
eggs.
Then the egg eater explained -
cover in Jersey the farmers, or
some of them at least, use board
with holes, large and small, bored
In 1T. All eggs that will go through
the small holes are sent to market.
and those which will only go through
the large holes are reserved for home
consumption"
Another printer devised a scheme
for procuring good butter at his
boarding house table. The landlady
had two tables for her guests ranged
one on each side of large room. .
AT one the womenA boarders and
married couples sat, while at the
other table the bachelors were placed
AT the women's table there was al
ways good butter, but at the other
the butter was emphatically Inferior.
A printer boarder suffered long and
patiently, but at last he rebelled
He went to the dining room Just be-
fore dinner one evening and changed
the butter from one table to the
other. a howl from the women's
table shortly after had the desired
effect.
The butter was of equally good
quality at both tables thereafter.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

IN one of Boston's suburbs there
died the other day a well-known and
respected citizen, who had success
fully failed in business three or four
times, and whose widow, it is be-
lieved, Is pretty well fixed in conse-
quence. He was a pillar of the
church, in fact, an ostentatious and
highly ornamental pillar, and the
church accorded him an elaborate
funeral, but the devil must have had
a hand in the selection of the hymns.
The audience snickered when the
choir sang. Failing, Still Falling"
and broad smile suffused it's coun-
tenance when this was followed by
Jesus Paid 1t ALP
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

THE REASON WHY.--New Par.
son--Which do you like best, Will
lie,, your day school or your Sunday
School?
Willie--My Sunday School.
New Parson--I am glad to hear
that. Why do you like your Sun
day School the best?
Willie--Because it is only once a
week.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

ADELAIDE-Don't you think Miss
Van Waffies a very hadsome young
woman?
Poppington-W Well-er-really l have
not been able to form an opinion.
Adelaide-Why, you have met her
a dozen times"
Poppingtou-Yes, but she was al
ways chewing gum.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

HOTEL CLERK-That lawyer stop
ping with us is the most honest man
ever heard of.
Why?
Clerk He sits up i'm a chair and
sleeps at night.
Landlord-What's that got to do
with it?
Clerk-He says after his days work
is over he doesn't think he ought to
lie In bed.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

" Why, sir !" exclaimed an enthu-
siastic member of Brigade band !;
"we can play the most intricate airs
at sight J" 81 should like to hear
you play the airs the drum-maior
puts on" replied an unbelieving list
ener.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

A CURIOUS FESTIVE BoARD.-A
hunt dinner was given recently i'm
Washington, the decorations for
which we're entirely new. The
whole long table was made to look
like cranberry bog. Little hillocks
rose here and there, old tree stumps
In miniature were literally scattered
about, and over all dead leaves were
strewn, amid which real cranberry
plants were growing. One or two
small, stuffed quail seemed ready to
peck at the red berries. In the CEN
ter of the table rose hill, on whose
top a small pond glistened. Live
frogs and minnows were at home
In this, so much at home, indeed
that the frogs had to be chained to
prevent them from jumping into
the plates Of the gentlemen who sat
around this most curious of festive
boards. So each frog wore about
one leg tiny manacle, and dragged
about the slenderest Of chains. On
one bank of the pond duck stood,
looking into the water in a contem-
plative kind of way, while another
was suspended in the air above the
water.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

GEORGE (nervously)--" I'd like
the best In the world, Kitty, to
marry you, but 1 don't know how
to propose"
Kitty promptly and practically
That's all right, George. You've
finished with me, now go to papa"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

A TOUCHING Events
are constantly occurring in large
cities which illustrate the struggle
for life among the poor, beginning
literally in infancy and ending often
only with the termination of a mis-
cradle existence.
About nine O'Clock i'm the evening
OF the day Of the last election gen
tleman passing up Washington street
IN Boston, was asked by small boy
to buy paper.
How is it," he inquired, "that
you havn't sold your papers before
this?n
These amt my papers," he re-
Piled; pVe sold all mine. These
are the other little fellows, and Pm
helping him clean 'em out.D
Where Is the other little fellow?n
Oh, he's there in the entry"
The gentleman looked and saw a
boy fast asleep upon the stairs.n
" How old is he he's" he inquired.
"Oh, about six, and he lives in
South Boston, and don't want to go
home till he's sold out"
The evening was damp and chilly,
and the sight of the poor, halfclad
little waif, tired out and asleep upon
the stairs, so tenderly moved him,
that he purchased his remaining
stock of papers, to the great delight
OF the child, who, rousing from his
nap, and Shivering with cold, gladly
took the quarter of dollar given to
him in the palm of his little hand,
lo A.
coin he received, and slowing it
away safely in his pocket, started
of on run for his home, a mile or
more away, in South Boston. He
was probably afraid Of punishment
II he returned with his papers un-
sold.
The aid rendered the boy in the
sale of his papers so generously and
unselfishly by his associate, though
but child himself, was another
ana impressive testimony to the
strength and beauty of that common
bond of sympathy amongst the poor
rarely known in the higher walks of
life.
CoMPARIsoNs.-The saying that
comparisons are odious" is often
applicable; and it is equally true that
the person who uses sarcasm invites
comparisons not wholly flattering
to himself. A school master in one
Of the Boston schools occasionally
compared the achievements of his
pupils with the work of noted
Americans in their boyhood days,
much to the scholars disadvan-
tage.
Now, John, have you solved the
problem 2" asked the teacher.
mo, SIR" replied the boy; CT
can't.n
How old are you John? 2"
"SiXteen," was the answer.
" Sixteen J" repeated the instruc-
tor. Sixteen, and can't solve a
simple problem like that! Why,
sir, at your age George Washington
was surveying the estate of Lord
Fairfax -
The pupil did not seem to be at
all abashed at this reproof, and gave
a smiling assent.
After the class was dismissed, a
classmate inquired of John if Wash
ington ever did anything else re-
markable when he was sixteen.
81 don't KNOW" responded the
boy. He was surveyor when he
was as old as / am; and when he
vas as old as Mr.. Co." referring TO
their teacher, " he was President of
the United States"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

HE(reading)-And so they were
married. That is the way all love
matches end.
She-Yes they don't burn long.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22
NUMBER 13.

THE TABLE NAPKIN.-Curiously
enough, the article now considered
almost indispensable, the table nap
kin, first used only by children, and
was adopted by elder members of
the family about the middle of the
hiteenth century. In etiquette books
OF an earlier date than this, among
other sage pieces of advice for chill
dren, are instructions about wiping
the fingers and the lips with their
napkins. 1t seems that the table,
cloth was long enough to reach the
h0or, and served the grown up peo-
pie in place Of napkins. When they
did begin to use napkins they placed
them first on the shoulder, then on
the left arm, and finally tied them
about the neck. Napkins became
popular in France sooner than in
England. At one time it was Gus
tomary at great French dinners to
change the napkins at every course,
to perfume them with rose water,
and to have them folded different
way for each guest.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

JoKER-I suffer from cold feet at
night.
DR. Glynn-Is your general health
good?
Perfectly"
"Good appetite?
First rate"
"Sleep under blankets ?"
"Yes''
"Take plenty Of out door exercise ?
"Lots."
every Strange!
1.-The cold feet suffer from are
my wife's."
"Ah! Get a divorce. Two dol.
lars, please"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

A CONTEMPORARY says that news
paper subscriptions are infallible
tests of mems honesty. They will
sooner or later, discover the man.
If he is dishonest he will cheat the
printer some way-say he has paid
what he has not-decIare he has a
receipt somewhere-or sent money
and it was lost in the mail-or will
take the paper and not pay for it on
the grounds that he did not subscribe
for it-Or will move off leaving it
coming to the Office he left. Thou
sands of professed Christians are
dishonest in this particular at least,
and the printers book.and halfkept
families will tell fearful tales in the
final judgment.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

"MIss HARKAwAY," said Dol
liner, 81 suppose you have seen the
statement in this weeks Gazette that
we are engaged to be married ?"
eyes," said she " saw it"
well, I wish you to know that
/ had nothing to do with that an
nouncement, and have written this
letter of denial"
"Oh, wouldn't send it," she said
naively. What is the use."
But it isn't true"
"Thats 80 but it isn't impossible.
DO you know that paper contains a
great many valuable hints"
And he took the hint.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

REPOSE OF MANNER.-Our great
grandmothers taught their daugh-
tiers that "repose of mannern was
the first requisite of true propriety.
No well-bred lady would fidget in
company, put her hands to her face,
toss her head, or finger her buttons.
If she talked she did it In a soft
voice and without gesticulation, no
matter how many rings she wore or
how pretty her hands might be.
She was taught even to control her
features; that squirting and wink
ing the eyes and twitching the mouth h
were not "nice," and that thew
could and should be intermitted in
polite society. In sitting, neither
the knees nor the feet were to be
crossed, rocking was odiously vul-
gar, yawning and stretching were
unspeakable otfenses, and, above all,
the hands must be crossed or folded
in the lap and kept there.
We plead for at least partial re-
sumption of the old forms. Let
mothers once more teach their girls
TO Sit still in company, to cultivate
calmness. Let our women learn tC
carry on ernest conversation in sub.
dued tones and without gesticulation
We used to be told that lying in
bed with hands folded and eyes shut
was half as good as sleep when SLEEP
was impossible. 1t is quite credible
that tlouncing and tossing about
largely increase the loss of strength
from sleeplessness, as we know thai
the sleep which is accompanied with
much tossing and turning Is not al
refreshing as that which is taker
quietly. Just 80 if reposeful man
ner is acquired early i'm life, an enor
NOUS expense of nervous movement
is spared, and corresponding
amount Of power may be saved.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22
ATTENTION, EVERYBODY.

WE are now prepared to do TIN
w WORK Of all kinds. Nothing
but tirst-class meterial used. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed. Give us a trial and
be convinced that we mean what we
say. ROOFING and SCOUTING a
specially. Shop in the rear Of Law &
Handley's.
MCCLEARY q DARNELL,
Aug. 25-ly. Lewisburg. w. Va.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

AN exchange tells that good
story was heard the other day of
father and mother who were try
ing to find names for their twin ba-
bies, who, by the way, were girls.
1t was decided that the father must
name them. After casting about
and finding no names that exactly
suited him he determined to end the
strain on his mind and named them
Kate and Duplicate. In the course
OF time another pair of twins came,
and they were boys. This was the
husbands opportunity to get even
and he wanted his wife to christen
the boys. Imagine his feelings
when the mother one day told him
she had named them Pete and Re-
pete. But when the third pair came
the father grew frightened and
named them Max and Climax.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

THE use of money is all the ad.
vantage there is in having money.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

WILD GOOSE AND GOsLINGs.-
l had to make trip from our claim
on the Columbia to Spokane Falls.
1t was much nearer to go through
the mountains on a cayuse than
around by Davenport on the stage,
says a writer in Forest and Stream.
l started quite early one morning
and was along up the Spokane river
when, as / came over q small rocky
point, | noticed very large bird
soar down from a tree and carry
something in its mouth. At first 1
thought it was an eagle, but as soon
as l climbed little higher 1 could
see it was an old gray goose, and
that it had deposited it's burden in
the water, where l could see several
small ones swimming around.
stopped, got off from my cayuse
and watched the performance. |
had waited but few moments when
one of the geese rose out of the wa
ter and flew straight to cottonwood
tree, alighted on limb near big
nest, then took few steps toward
the nest, and reaching over into the
nest took a young gosling out and
sailed down to her companions.
When she let the youngster touch
the water it cut all kinds of capers.
She again returned to the nest and
got another, which was the last.
after watching them for quite awhile
l mounted my cayuse and rode on.
When ! came into plain view of the
family the old ones fluttered away
and the youngsters disappeared
There were seven little ones, as near
as | could count. | have watched
the wood duck carry her young from
tree, but this was the only time |
ever saw goose make the transfer.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

DON'T fail to call on D: 4. Ihom% MAJ
- before buying your Tobacco am "au
Cigars, either in large OF small q""D
tiles.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

JOHNSON, Omohundro & 20. 8 Iiger' nge
Regent. Conqueror and Monarch over
alis, extra length, at Fl. I. belis' Lev"
isburg, w. Va.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22
West Virginia.
RICH IN EVERYTHING REQUISITE
TO SUCCESS, PROSPERITY,
HAPPINESS AND
HEALTH.

The following facts, published in
the Wheeling hlteligencer, are worth
keeping before the public:
/ Is the ideal sheep State.
Is the State for the colonist.
Has great deposits of iron ore.
is well supplied with churches.
Has great stores of natural gas.
is the great oil field of the future.
AS grazing State is unsurpassed
Has fire clay and potter's clay.
Has good turnpikes and county
roads.
Has the finest climate in the Un-
ion.
Has the finest quality of building
stone.
Has the only steel pipe works in
the world.
Offers the umberman the best
chance to-day.
Has fine and growing free school
system.
Has well-behaved and hospitable
population.
West Virginia's bluegrass is equal
to the best.
West Virginia's draft horses grow
steadily into favor.
West Nirginia's wool is the manu-
facturer's favorite.
Will help any railroad project that
means business.
West Virginia's timber has no
equal in the country.
Has 23l telegraph offices and the
number increasing.
West Virginia's coke is a prime
favorite in the market.
Not mile of narrow guage rail-
road that does not pay.
Has no billiards.. cyclones, sand
storms or grasshopper plaques.
Oilers unequaled advantages for
every description of woodwork.
Has more hard wood than any
other equal territory in America.
West Virginia's cheap and rich
lands invite the capitalist and set
tier.
Is so rich in natural resources that
she cannot afford to misrepresent
them.
Is nearer the great markets of the
East than any other undeveloped
State or Territory.
West Virginia's coal deposits are
more valuable than all the gold and
silver of the Pacific coast.
West Virginia on her extreme
western border, is only a nights
journey from New York or Chicago.
Chief City, Wheeling, is farther
North than Philadelphia, and her
Capital, Charleston, is on the line
with the Capital of the nation.
No State in the Union surpasses
West Virginia in the variety of coal
it contains, nor any contain an equal
amount in proportion to the area"
10th United States census.
West Virginia wants men of money
and men who have little money,
backed by plenty of energy. TO
such she offers cheap homes near
the best markets of the country.
West Virginia has no land to give
away, but she offers the cheapest
land in the conutry, quality and
markets, roads, free schools and
churches considered. Ours is not
raw community,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

JOHNSON, Omohundro & coz s ne
gent Shirts, white, laundried, ana Iryr- "
tai Shirts, white, laundried, AZ H. l.
Bells.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22

JOHNSON, Omohundro q COS NC
gent Shirts, white, unlaundried' ~ IL
II. Bells.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22
Something YOU WANT |

JOHNSON, Omohundro q 20. 8 'iah'
Coats, at ii. 7. Bells.
JOHNSON, Omohundra q Co.. Gian'
Oyershirts, extra long, at ii. L. Belis'
JOHNSON, Omohundro & Co.'S Crys-
tai laundried, Colored Shirts at ii. l.
Bells.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-12-18
Too Much Pampering.

There was time not many years ago
when chickens ate whole corn, cropped
the meadow. chased the agile grasshop-
per and followed in the furrow to catch
the grubs and worms turned up by the
plowshare. They rustled for grit in those
days and never suffered from indiges-
ton, and about the only disease which
then afflicted the descendants Of old
Gallus bankivi were gapes and an occa-
sional epidemic Of cholera. Now our
blue blooded strains Of poultry are as
notorious for lack Of stamina as are the
royal families Of Europe.
We heard little then about infertile
eggs. The old hen stole her nest in the
hay NOW, or under the barn, and in due
time marched forth with her brood of
chickens-hardy little fellows that got
two feeds Of cornmeal day for two or
three weeks, and afterward skirmished
for rations. 1t was a case Of the survival
of the fittest, and the natural result was
vigorous, active stock, that could with
stand all manner of hardships and thrive
upon what the modern thoroughbred
wastes Poultry Monthly.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-12-18

are doing we publish a list of all sub
scriptious received at the Philadelphia
office. IF we have erred in any of the
names parties will oblige us by correct
ing same, and by sending on any names
which we have omitted up to date
When the church was first thought OF
the idea was. and is now, to have an
evangelical, free. Christian church with
out any denominational creed. whert
every one can worship and always feel Al
church is to be used for any religious
purpose, and Risley donated one acr
of ground for it near Cape May and
Cumberland avenues, and the following
have sent subscriptions toward building
tho church.