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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27
POETRY.
DREAMLAND.

w w mere sunless rivers wccn
Shn nelI waves into the deep.
~ Sleeps a charmed slccn.
Awake her not.
Led 10y single star
nhe came from very far
10 seek where shadows oro
Her pleasant lot. WV
She left the rosy morn
She left the fields of corn
for twilight cold and lorn
nv, Ana water springs.
through sleep, as through = voiI
enc sees the sky look pale. VIZ
AnI TL hears the nightingale
That sadly sings.
hest, rest, a perfect resi-
Shed over brow and breast
hSr lace is toward the West,
-, The purple land.
She cannot see the grain
fhlpening on hill and plain.
one cannot feel the rain
Upon her hand.
Itest, rest for evermOre
Spon a messy shore:
heSt, rest, at the heart s core
III time shall cease
S!eep that no pain Shall wake.
n ight that no morn shall break.
I'LL JOY shall overtakc
Her perfect peace.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

" 1T is horrible, the way you have
treated the red man." said the
Eastern lady. Why don't you
make some attempt to civilize him ?"
"Tain't no use," responded the gen.
tleman from Kansas. "Ain't much
use in trying to civilize critter that
can't raise beard" And then he
had to put in fifteen minutes making
it clear that white members of the
sex feminine were not included in his
sweeping condemnation.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

"LIFE's fitful fever'-what q vol
ume of suggestive thought and pro-
found truth and beauty Of descrip-
ton is comprised in these three
words! All the alterations of hope,
fear, JOY, sorrow, success, and disap-
pOintment that agItate us through
"life's fever" are expressively sig
nified in that small word fitful.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

POLITICAL INVEsTMENT.-" What
is vested interest ?" asked one of
the lawyers who was examining a
candidate for admission to tie bar.
Well-er--I suppose you have
vested interest when you are COM
PEELED to pawn your vest," replied
the candidate, who was somewhat
impecuniOus
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27
A Crime to Laugh.

The introduction of the Sunday
bill by Lord Hobhouse brings up the
fact that we are governed by an act
of the year 1881, says an England
paper.
1t seems that Sunday lecture can
always be made the subject of prose
cution. Some time ago Sunday lee
turer at Leeds was actually sacrile.
gious enough to make his audience
laugh. The proprietor of the lecture
hall was thereupOn prosecuted for
keeping disorderly house.
Music can now be given in the open
air on Sunday, but if it is given in a
room nothing must be charged for
chairs In other words, it will be pos
sible for any body Of men and
women to run Sunday concerts and
Sunday lectures with the view of
making them pay expenses, but not
for their own profit.
In the years 1900 and 1901 one Eus-
tace, abbot of Flaye, preached
throughout England the observance
OF the Lords day. He enjoined that
no kind of work should be done after
the ninth hour on Saturday until sun.
rise on Monday.
According to the manner of the
times his preaching was backed by
miracles. At Beverly a carpenter
persisting in finishing a wedge after
the ninth hour fell down in paralysis
In the same town woman went or
with her weaving after the ninth
hour. Result, paralysis, with loss O.
voice.
AT Rafferton a man made a l0a
and baked it on Saturday evening
When he broke it on Sunday morn
ing, blood started from it. A
Wakefield miller, grinding afte
hours, ground out blood instead o
flour.
In Lincolnshire a woman made
loaf and put it in the oven. 1t re
mained dough In the same count,
a pious woman, finding it the nintl
hour laid aside her. .loaves. Lo! On
Sunday morning the loaves wa
beautifully baked without any fir
at all.
And yet the chronicler adds, in spit
of these miracles the people have re
turned to the the holding of market
on the Sabbath
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

WHAT'S your occupation, bub ?"
asked a visitor at the capitol, of a
bright boy whom he met in the cor
ridor. The boy happened to be a
page in the White House. Ppm
running for Congress, sir" he re-
piled.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27
BUSTER.

THIS fine Saddle and Harness stall
Il lion will make the season OF lS9o-
0ne-fourth of his time at l'ewis0urg
Fair Grounds, one-fourth at Frankford'
one-fourth near Williamsburg and one
fourth at Livesay's Mill.
Terms--$7. 80 to insure the mare to oe ill
foal payable when mare is knownt TO De IN
foal. Parting with a mare before sne
Is known to be i'm foal fOrfeits the III
surance. Care taken to prevent acci'
dents, but we will not be responsioie
for any that may occur.
RAIDER s. SLAVEN
April 1S-tf.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

A SIZE in coat or trousers is one
inch; in underwear, two inches in
a collar, half an inch; in shoes, one
sixth of an inch; in gloves, qurar-
ter of an inch in hats, one-eight.h
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

"WAs Rome founded by Romeo P"
inquired a pupil Of the teacher.
No, my son." replied the wise man,
it was Juliet who was found dead
hY ROmeO.V
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

TEACHER You have named all
domestic animals but one. 1t has
bristly hair, is filthy, likes dirt, and
is found in the mud. Well Tom ?
Tom (shamefacedly)-That's me.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

A CHARGE TO KEEP.-Mrs. Poor
man: 1t has been a hard winter,
ma'am. My three grown girls have
been very little help to me. The
poor things are not strong enough to
do washing, and they haven't clothes
good enough to apply for any other
work. District Visitor: But YOU
say they have rich relatives; don't
they look after them? Mrs. Poor
man (sadly)--Only their morals,
ma'am.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

THINGS are seldom what they seem.
There are men who regard them
selves as old warehouses, when as a
matter Of fact they are only ancient
iackasses
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

WHEN lawyers or judges try to
keep their answers down to yes or
no, it wouldn't be a bad idea to take
their own advice in their charges
and questions. "My good woman"
said a learned Judge, "you must
give an answer in the fewest words
of which you are capable to the
plain and simple question whether,
as you were crossing the street with
the baby on your arm, and the om-
nibus was coming down on the right
side and the cab on the left and the
brougham was trying to pass the
omnibus, you saw the plaintiff be-
tween the brougham and cab, or
whether and when you saw him at
all, and whether or not near the
brougham, cab, and omnibus, or
either Of any two, and which of
them respectively, or how it was"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

GEORGE astOnished the household
the other day by announcing, 81 put
my hand on the baby's head, am
hers dot twap door,"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

i WAS intoxicated yesterday, but
it will never occur again while Pm
in your employ" Certainly not.
l accept your resignation this min
uteD
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

THE most inconsistent Of mortals
is the man who Is so disgustingly
consistent that there's no getting
along with him.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27
Lumber, lsths, Shingles, s'satdag'' 70
JAMES II. HOKE E,
DEALER IN
WHITE PINE, sENl1!E AND YAK
LUMBER.

LIE will fill orders at reasona9iSc {
IL prices. STEAM SAW-M liz
at Hart's Run, Greenbrier county anu
Dunlap, Allegheny county, va.
JommissaIy Stores kept Oh manu-
White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier Co., w. Va, and Caiia-
ghan's, Allegheny Co., Va.
Feb. 2S-lY.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27
Absent Minded,

Several good stories are told of the
Observation-Disclosures of some we'll
known divines. OF one popular
clergyman it is said that when walk
ing on the street his mind is gener-
ally so thoroughly fixed upon some
subject that. he will pass by his most
intimate friends without the slight
est recognition. Once, when in the
country, this minister ran full into a
COW, which was calmly chewing her
cud by the wayside. Without MOTTO
ing the nature of the obstruction,
the absent-minded clergyman lifted
his hat and, with a bow, said, 81
beg your pardon" Upon realizing
the RIGHTEOUSNESS of his error. he
made mental resolve never to COM
NIT like blunder again.
Somewhat farther on his ramble
and while still pondering the same
weighty subject, he approached q
sharp turn in the road, beyond
which he could not obtain sight of
any moving object. Turning the
corner quickly, he came face to face
with a lady, and before he could
check his speed, nearly knocked the
woman down. Dim recollections of
the cow episode evidently flashed
through his mind, for he said,
sharply, "Go away you dirty beast !"
What the lady said is not recorded.
or another clergyman the tale is
told that he was once riding with a
companion through the woods in
Vermont. For long time not a
word had been spoken, as the mind
OF the reverend gentleman seemed
wrapped up in some matter far from
his surroundings. Suddenly fox
darted across the road, directly in
front of the horses head. The cler-
gyman did not see it, and his COM
panion exclaimed, "There goes q
fox J" AS if nothing had been said
the minister continued silent, still
thinking of the weighty subject of
his reverie. Fully half an hour
elapsed before he asked, quite inno-
Gently, Where?"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

IN st. Paul's one day guide was
showing an American gentleman
round the tombs.
That, sir" said the man, is the
tomb of the greatest naval hero Eu.
rope or the world ever knew-LOrd
Nelson's. This marble sarcOugh.
hogus weighs ~ tons. Hinside that
is steel receptacle, weighing 12tons
and hinside that is leaden casket
'ermetically sealed, weighing two
tons. Hinside that is a mahogany
coffin holding the hashes of the grea
zero"
WE'LL" said the Yankee, afte
thinking awhile, Iguess you've go
him. If he ever gets out of that
telegraph me at my expense"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

THE man who wrote "'twere bet
ter far we had not met" must have
just left creditor.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

THE noblest mind the best con-
tentment has.-Spenser.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27
NUMBER 5.

SIZE MEANT BUsISEss.-
" GEORGE" said the beautiful girl, as
she nestled close to him, "the last
time you called you proposed"
did, sweet one"
And | accepted you"
"Tou did, love-"
"I persume, George" she went on
in her most fascinating manner.
" that you look upon me as merely a
foolish, thoughtless girl, but-but-"
How can you think so, pet" he
interrupted.
But" she went on in moro
business-like way, "I have some
thing of the business instinct of the
new woman in me-and-I shall ask
you repeat the proposal again to-
night. The last time you called it
was Sunday, and contracts made on
that day, learn, are not legally bind
ing"
WILLING TO WORK.-He was an
unkempt-looking fellow, and he
stopped at the suburban residence
and asked for employment. 1t was
spring, and the lady of the house
was herself experimenting the trans
planting of the plants. The door Of
the greenhouse was open.
" Are you a gardener ?" asked the
woman
" Amt had much experience"
Can you plant these bushes ?"
" I'd hate to risk spoilin' 'em
ma'am."
Then what can you do?"
Well, ma'am, if you'll give me
one o. your husbands cigars" he re-
piled meditatively, "Pll sit in the
greenhouse an smoke out the insects
that's eatin' up the leaves o. them
rose bushes.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27
Twas Her NaliSc.


Nothing is more impressive or
awe-inspiring than a woman suffra.
gist enforcing her rights, which
is illustrated by the story told the
atlanta Constitution by travelling
man.
"lt was the day after the suffrage
convention in Atlanta adjourned" ;"
he said, got on the Southern YES
tibuled to go to Washington. 1t
was about full of delegates returning
from the convention. l had to pile
up my grips on a seat that was
already nearly filled with the trap.
pings of prominent delegate from
the East.
"Soon after the train got well I'M
der way the lady ambled down to
the seat, and in the most self-pOs-
sessed and unconscious manner in
the world, begun to open my valise.
l arose in alarm.
Il beg your pardon, madam
stammered, but that's my valise-I
think there's some mistake.'
Il beg your pardon, SIR she said,
very determinedly. IF there's any
mistake, you have made it,
IF you will excuse me, madam,
blurted out, in my embarrassment,
/ am quite sure that is my valise.
/ only minute ago.placed it there
Il am just as certain that it is
mine,' she said, not to be moved
MY things have all been placed
here > and she proceeded with her
efforts to open it.
The only way to decide the ques-
tion is to open it, | said.
1T will be decided very quickly,
SIR she said, 'and to your complete
satisfaction
| looked on breathlessly while she
struggled with the grip. 1t was the
hardest task she ever undertook, but
you know that when a woman with
will makes up her mind to do a
thing nothing can stop her. Finally
the vali5e flew open.
There was pack of cards, a flask
of whiskey, an ugly-lOoking pistol,
and a number of similar articles on
top. She gaZed upon the spectacle
placidly.
Il beg your pardon, madam |
said. Il most humbly beg your
pardon. 1t was my mistake see
/ that the valise is yours
! | understood from the clerk at the
hotel that the first thing she did on
reaching Washington was to have
her name painted on her valise in
large boX-car letters"
THE ROOF SAVED HIM.-The
Irishman who went up in the hotel
! lift without knowing what it was
did not easily get over his surprise
He tells the story in this way:
81 went to the hotel, and says l
: Is Mr.. Smith in ?"
Says the man with the sojer cap,
Will yer step in ,"
So steps into the Office, and all OF
a suddint he pulls the rope, and the
walls of the building began runnin'
! down to the cellar.
sOch, murther,' says /, 'what'l
become of Bridget and the childel
which was left below there"
SeZ he:
Be aisy, sor, they'll be all right
when yez come down.
Come down, is it, says /, land
it's no office; but heathenish bal
loon that yez got ne in.'
( And wild that the wall stood stock
still, and he opened the door, and
there ! was with the roof just above
nv head, and, begorra, that's what
saved me from going up to the hivins
entoirely."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

SOME COLD EXPERIENCEs.-- I
seen it so cold," said the chair-warm.
ing gentleman who was nearest the
stove, seen it SO cold about twelve
years ago that there wasn't no ice.
1t got so cold that the ice all cracked
up into fine snow"
Il remember back in 40" said
the man they called "Pap,n cit
was so cold that the electricity iique-
fled and dropped off the wires.
Several people bottled up lot of it
to cure their spring rheumatism
with"
1T hasn't been much more than
ten years." said the man who never
has any tobacco, "since l saw it so
cold that the messenger boys actu-
ally ran to keep themselves warm. -
That broke up the convention
The other gentlemen said that while
they didn't mind a man stretchin'
the truth a little, they would be
everlastingly goldarned if they
would sit in the same grocery with q
blamed liar.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

WE overheard foreman In a
manufacturing establishment the
other day exclaim, as he looked
about him and found that one of his
workmen was missing, a moment
before the hour for stopping work :
Jim has gone, has he? He watches
the time very closely, and usually
throws down his tools about three
minutes before the bell strikes, so as
to be ready to start for home at it's
first tap. Tonight he got ahead of
the bell. Just as soon as / have to
drop a man from my roll he shall
CO." The incident carries with II
it's own lesson, without comment.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-27

Not THE SAME GENEsIs.--A
German Hebrew professor had five
daughters, whom the students called
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Num-
bers and DeuteiO OnOmy. One day
the professor began his lecture by
saying:
Gentlemen, / wish to speak
to you to-day about the age of
Genesis" which remark was greeted
with burst of feet scuffiing and a
general smile on the part of the
class.
The professor, thinking that his
lecture was being appreciated, con-
tinued with still firmer note in his
voice.
"Genesis is not so old as some OF
you suppose"
This was greeted with such burst
Of merriment that the professor had
plenty of time, before 1t quieted
down, to think what should be his
remark.
And this, after all, was not sc
wide of the matter.
/" / may be not thinking of the
same Genesis that you are"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-23

DIR. r. J. Martin DR.. +. Nj. Putnam ant
DR.. G. NJ. Randall.
Committee on resolutions in remem
brance of DR.. J. NJ Eveleth, Drs. Snow,
Strout and Randall; in remembrance OF
DR.. Campbell, Drs. Hill. Abbott and Dris
coll in remembrance of Drs Perkins and
Toward, Drs G. E. Brickett, Tuell and
o. W. Turner
After the business of the forenoon the
convention adjourned until . P. NJ, and
in the intervening time splendid din ner
was enjoyed at Hotel North.
The following medical men were pres
emit: DR.. r. J. Martin, Dr. ]. F. Hill,
DR.. D. P. Boulster, DR.. Daniel Driscoll,
DR.. 0. W. Turner, Dr. G. P Giddings,
Dr. G. NJ. Randall, DR.. A. p. Snow, DR..
c. W. Abbott, DR.. Fred Strout. DR.. D.
M. Marston, DR.. J. f. Tuell, Dr. H. J.
Frederick, DR.. G. e. Brickett, Or G. W
Martin, DR.. W. johnson, DR.. W. II.
Harris and DR.. Silas Burbank.
In the afternoon the matter of an ex-
cursion during the summer was dis
cussed, but not decided 1t was left with
the standing committee. DR.. Marston OF
Monmouth, had an able paper ON "Puer-
persl Peritonitis,' but owing to the limit
of time it was not read. The discussion
regarding Dr. Martins paper and the
topic was very interesting AID instructive
The committee on the resolutions in re-
membrance of the late Dr. J. NJ. Eveleuh
reported as follows 4
Resolved, That the members of the
Kennebec County Medical Association
deeply deplore the loss by sudden death,
since our last meeting. of our worthy and
highly esteemed associate, DR.. John NJ.
Eveleth.
Resolved, That in his death this assocla-
ton has lost one Of its best members the
community an able physician and good
man, aud his family an affectionate and
beloved husband and father.
Resolved, That this action be spread
upon the records, and copy sent to the
bereaved family, and to the Kennebec Jour
nal for publication.
F. &. strout, Committee.
G. NJ. Randall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-23

Work will soon begin on the house to
be built at the corner of Western avenue
aud Grove street near the Burns residence,
for Mrs Cornelia Newman. Il. NJ. Rol-
Inns has the contract for building it and
also for the one to be built at the corner
of Western avenue and Chapel street for
A. d. Ward, also the one for Thomas
Farnham, to be built on School street,
East side. All will be two-story and
very attractive residences.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-23

Geo. D. Haskell, the East side grocer, is
public benefactor, Is everyone may
discover who passes his store on a hot
day. Ice water is kept in cooler, being
free to all. and if this will not satisfy, his
healthful summer drinks will be appre
ciatcd. 1t may be called the uniform
store, as regards quality, price and dress.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-23

c. B. Chick has just returned from ,
trip to the Islands.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-21
CONDENSED TELEGRsMS.

THE New York World OF the 10th says;
'The withdrawal yesterday of SO, $50, OOC
In gold for shipment today leaves the
treasury reserve at S7s S04, ,7G6. Presi-
dent Cleveland, seeing that a bond is
sue must come, has been in personal
consultation with members Of the syn.
dicate which advised and managed the
last ISSUE"
In the probate judges Office at Bir-
mingham, Ala, on the 10th the Central
Railway of Georgia filed deed of trust
for SIS, 500, 900 to the Mercantile Trust
Company Of New York to secure fifty
year per cent. mortgage covering tho
railroad company's properties
CONGRESSMAN McDEARMoN, OF Ten
nessee, has introduced bill in the
house authorizing the coinage OF the
silver bullion purchased under the act
Of July IA, 1890, remaining uncoined.
MRs. McCLELI.AND RICHARDSON, sis
ter-in-law of Gen. Cassius M. Clay, was
burned to death at her home, near
Valley View, Ky, on the 10th.
Gov. BRADLEY, of Kentucky, has re-
coiyed communications from large
number OF ladies' throughout tho state
protesting against the appointment OF
unmarried physicians and others to
places in the asylum.
THE postoflce department has issued
fraud order against the Chicago Ad-
vertising Union of Chicago. The union
advertised for parties to distribute cir
culars, and is charged with dropping
all com munication with them after ex-
acting $3.50 membership fee.
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY was the recipient
Of another sl,Ooo,ooO gift on the 18th,
the donor being Miss Helen Culver, OF
Chicago. The conditions OF the gift
arc that it shall be devoted to the in
crease and spread Of knowledge within
the field OF the biological science
IN an alteration between Billy Kay
and T. ]. Wilson, at Stephenville, Tex,
IN the 18th, Kay was stabbed, and
while bleeding to death he threw wal.
.op to the ground and stamped his head
u pulp. Wilson is Kay's uncle.
JOHN BURNETT. young white man,
'a,, across a saw at Martins saw mill,
,es., Bossemer, Ala, on the 18Th ana
vas horribly mutilated.
The failure Of James b. Pace, presi-
,ent Of the Planters National Bank, OF
va, was announced on the
ttb. The total liabilities arc about
1000, 600.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-21
WITH LIFE IN HAND
The Noble Red Cross VIII Go on Its Mis-
sion Of Mercy to Turkey.

Tho Noble Red Cross VIII Go on ITS Mis-.
sion Of Mercy to Turkey.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 16.-Miss Clara
Barton, famous for her philanthropic
work as the president of the National
Red Cross society, delivered lecture
last night in the Second Universalist
church, on Philanthropy. Miss Bar
ton stated that invitations to take
charge of the work of succoring the
destitute and starving Armenians came
to the Red Cross society from all
parts of the country. AS members
Of the Red Cross are always
ready to go to any part of
the world, regardless of personal risk
the invitation had been accepted. She
said: THAT some of us who go to the
wilds of Turkey may never return
goes without saying, but no one of our
field workers was ever known to hesi.
tate to go anywhere where duty called
him or her."
The speaker explained the mode OF
distributing the relief among the
needy, and closed her remarks by say
ing that she would personally super.
intend the work.