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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

DR.. BARROW and the prof1igate
Lord Rochester meeting one day at
court while Barrow was kings chap
lain In ordinary, Rochester, thin k
ing to banter him, accosted him
with flippant air and a low, formal
bow, saying. Doctor, l am yours to
my shoe-tie." Barrow returned the
salute with, "My lord, l am yours
to the ground" Rochester, i'm
proving on this, quickly returned it
with, " Doctor, 1 am yours to the
centre;" which was AS smartly fol-
lowed up by Barrow with, My
lord, l am yours to the antipodes."
Upon which Rochester, piqued at
being foiled by one he called "a
musty old piece of divinity" ex-
claimed, "Doctor, am yours to the
lowest pit of hell )" upon which Bar
row, turning upon his heel, dryly
remarked, "There, my lord, 1
| leave yOu.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

BULLET BORED BY A MOTH
Last week, says the Baltimore
American, Charles johnson, a well
known hunter, got out his rifle, af-
ter 1t had been standing for two
weeks in a closet with the barrel
loaded, and found, upon extracting
the cartridge to clean the gun, that
the lead of the bullet had been eaten
away and poured out Of the barrel
in fine dust. With the dust there
came the dried body of Il moth, and
the appearance of the poth lndi-
Gated that it had eaten the lead from
the bullet. He showed the moth
and the lead to several friends, and
all agreed that everything indicated
that the moth had eaten away the
lead. One of Mr.. JOhnson's friends
happened to be acquainted with
Frank johnson, of Brooklyn, n. ",
famous entomOlogist, and sug.
gested that the moth and lead Dor,
ings he sent to him for examination
and report. This was done and the
report has just been received. Mr.
johnson says the moth was a com
mon carpet moth and that the gun
standing against the wall of the
closet, had captured the moth as il
fell from some article of clothing
and the moth being unable to clint
out of the smooth gun barrel, haC
attacked the softest part it couiC
find, and had gone to bore it's way
out. He says that 1t is the secont
case on record, the first being wher,
a French entomologist had PLACED
several moths in lead box and the,
had eaten their way out. He statet
that the present case was most re
markable, as the moth had reduce,
nearly an ounce Of lead to powder /,
less than two weeks. and that with
out food upon which to renew its en-
ergies.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

READY-MADE RUBIES.--Says the
Brooklyn Eagle: Gan interesting
and perhaps commercially impor-
tant matter is the arrival of MANY
rubies that are produced by artificial
means. these rubies sell for half0r
third of the sum asked for the best
Ceylon and Burmah stones, and sew.
eral people have complained that
they have been taken in. But is a
man taken in when he buys real
ruby? In fact, does the term arti-
hcial apply to real stone, no mat
ter what the manner Of its prOduc-
tlon? If the courts are called upon
10 decide this question it will be one
OF the knOttiest they ever tackled
Would we say that ice is not ice be-
cause the ice was produced i'm a fac
tory by artiricially induced cold, in
stead of on pond by zero weather
Would we say that chloride of So
dunn crystals were not real crystals
because we made them in a tea sau-
Ger by evaporation instead of scrap.
ing them from the rocks at the sea-
side when the tide was out? Would
we say that an orchid was not nat
ural growth if grown from seed tha,
had been fertiliZed with q needle,
for lack of humming bird to carry
the pollen. The ruby is the most
valuable of all stones, though most
people think that of the diamond
That is because rubies of good color
are scarce, and those of good size are
still scarcer. Pale rubies are no
uncommon, but they command {
low price. Tiny rubies can be bough
by the pound, but they are of small
use in jewelry. The ruby and the
sapphire are the same stone, tn,
ruby containing fraction of a pc
cent. of iron, which gives the rec
color, and the tints range through al
shades of red, pink, purple, blue
yellow, green, in fact, from black t,
water white. 1t Is the chemica
composition, the specific gravity
the hardness, the form of crystaliza
tion that determines what the ston
is--not its color"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

FROM the Student: Below are the
nine longest words in the English
language at the present writing:
SubcOnstitutionalist.
Incomprehensibility.
PhilOprogenitiveness.
Honorficibilitudinity.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
DisprOportionableness.
Velocipedestrianistical.
Observation-Disclosures.
Proantitransubstantiationist.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25
took no further notice of the mans
attempt to murder him.

took no further notice of the map,c
attempt to murder him.
"A delicate compliment is work
OF Tar higher art than the most bit.
ing sarcasm. Every one knows
Ihe story OF the poor creature who
iouhd himself seated between Mime
Hecamier and Nine. de StaeI. and
managed to offend them both bv
saying that he sat between wit and
neauty, and was crushed by the re-
tort of Mime. de Stael that he nos.
Sessed neither. The court of Louis
NV was the school where this art
was brought to perfection. The flat
terry offered to the king by men of
genius was at once coarse and ey-
qusite. Witness the inimitablc re-
ply of Mignard, who was painting
the kings portrait for the tenth
time, when Louis asked him, "Do |
look older ?n
" see few more campaigns on
the brow of your majesty"
one of Louis marshals. Bassom.
pierre, was great at repartee. He
had spent ten years in the Bastille.
and on emerging his majesty asked
MIN his age. "Fifty sire" To the
surprised look of the king the mar
shal added, 81 don't count the ten
years passed in the Bastille, be-
cause did not spend them in your
majesty's service"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

WIFE-You say you don't like
these living pictures, and yet you go
to see them.
Husband-Merely as a matter of
form, my dear.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

ARIsTOCRACY OF CRIME" He
didn't speak ter yer, did hep"
NV course not" Yer don't ex-
pect an expert bank-robber like him
ter speak ter humble sneak-thief,
does yer ?"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

"THEY say old Smith never sub
scribed for newspaper" Never,
where Is he now 2" Blowin' out
the gas in some hotel"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

PREACHER-Yes, brethren, there'll
be no night there; no night there.
Folding Bed Man--Shucks That
kind of preachin' breaks me all up.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

GIANT OF INTELLECT.-The man
who guides the ship of state and
keeps it from the shoals, and keeps
it from the treacherous sea where
the wild whirlpool rolls the man
who writes an epic poem, or builds
a stately ode, man who makes
two grass spears grow where only
one spear " growed; )" the man who
builds a system up of philosophic
thought, the man who cOnquers
mighty hosts and brings their force
to naught these men are great, su-
premely great, but greater far than
these is he who runs furnace that
will neither melt nor freeze.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25
ATTENTION, EVERYBODY.

WE are now prepared to do TIN
" WORK of all kinds. Nothing
but first-class meterial used. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed. Give us a trial and
be convinced that we mean what we
say. ROOFING and SCOUTING a
speciality. Shop in the rear of Law &
Handley's.
MCCLEARY & DARNELL,
Aug. 25-1y. Lewisburg, w. Va.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

GRrGGs: "Do you mean to say
you have been married three years
and have three children ?"
Briggs: "Yes, and that isn't the
worst of it,"
Griggs: What do you mean ?"
Briggs: "They are all the same
age"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25
Love and Proposals.
HOW MEN AND WOMEN ACT IN THIS
INTERESTING JUNCTURE.

r..
There is a clever statistician who
could teach thing or two to the
novelist. This statistician has at.
tempted to classify the action and
methods Of proposals, and, as a re.
suit, has presented tabulated figures,
extremely interesting to psycholo.
glsts. Out of a hundred cases, thir-
ty-six gentlemen take lady in arms,
siXty-seven gentlemen kiss lady on
lips, four gentlemen kiss lady on
cheek, three gentlemen show verv
good taste by kissing lady on eyes,
and two gentlemen kiss lady on
hand. 1t is 20 be presumed that
these two out of a hundred are the
tlmid, diffident kind, though it is
possible that they might be Of the
quietly sentimental nature. One
gentleman kisses lady on nose. 1t
must be added that the statistician
Is careful to insert the saving clause
by mistake).
There is even record of a man
kissing lady on edge of shawl but,
thank goodness, there is only one in
hundred, and the chances are that
this man is peculiar.
Seventy-two hold lady's hand,
seventeen hold it very tightly, four
teen have Jumps i'm their throats, and
nine eXclaim, loudly, Thank God!n
Only seven out of hundred declare
themselves to be deliri0usly happy,
ana hVe are too full for utterance.
Three out of hundred stand on one
foot when they make proposal and
two go down on one knee, while
nine make formal prelude--some-
thing like the slow music in the
play, we suppose, when the william
appeals to Heaven to witness the
consuming flame of his affections for
the heart he plots to ruin, etc.
The behavior of the lady under
the circumstances is equally enter
tanning and Instructive. Out of a
hundred cases eighty-one sink into
the arms of gentleman, sixty-eight
rest their heads on gentieman's
breasts, and only one sinks into the
arms ofa chair; eleven clasp their
arms around the gentleman's neck,
six weep tears of joy silently, and
forty-tour weep tears aloud-what
ever that means seventy-two have
eyes full of love, and nine out of g
hundred rush from the room and
tell everybody. Only four were
greatly surprised, and eighty-sever
Of hundred knew that something
was coming. FIVE giggle histeri
cally, and one even sneezes. Onl,
one of hundred struggles not to be
kissed, while six kiss gentleman
first. If we believe the statistician
one out Of hundred women will
say, " Yes, but don't be fool -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

IT is curious to observe how ones
habits of thought constantly break
out and exhibit themselves in what
ever he does or says. In one of the
colleges it was customary for the
professors to take turns in making
the chapel prayers. Once upon an
occasion this duty fell upon the
learned professor of chemistry, and
the students were astOnished to hear
him introduce an illustration thus:
"ThOu knOwest, O Lord, that for
tipping lightning, silver is better
than platinum, so is the mind
touched by the grace made most
ready to receive the principles of
science?" On another occasion the
mathematical professor asked "Di-
vine goodness to enable us to know
its length, its depth, its breadth, and
superficial contents -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

RIGHT IN HIS LINE. -Quester
1t seemed funny in church yesterday
to see Curven, the pitcher of our
crack base ball team, taking up the
collection.
Jester: Nothing odd about that.
l don't know of any man better
qualified to keep his eye on the plate.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-25

MATTINGs and Oil Cloths;
4S1 J. e. BELL.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-05-03
Shoes viii (OSI More.

The price of shoes will be increased.
The retail dealers have been mott led that
the supply is limited and that prices for
fall goods will be about % per cent, hi gher
than for the last two years This means
that Il s.; shoe will ccst 1915 and a 81
SHOE So.
the Leather Trust, which controls the
market in hides, is responsible for this
advance The Trust has decided to raise
prices for sole leather, and every man,
woman and child who buys pair OF shoes
will be forced to contribute to the Trust 5
profits.
The United States Leather Company
the SoIe-Leather Trust-began business
in May, 1892, with a capital of 1920, GOO, 900.
About 50 per cent of the tannerics i'll the
country are in the Trust now and with
them are about the same proportion of
leather brokers and jobbers. The shoe men
WHO are customers, must follow the Trust :
lead. They are absolutely dependent on
the monopoly for their basis of supply.
The Trust gives as an excuse for putting
no the price of leather the advance in
hides True enough, some kind Of hides
have enhanced in value about 100 per
cent. during the last nine months, but for
every cent additional paid for hides an
extra two cents a pound is charged for
the leather Union sole leather, for ex-
ample, sold for 20 cents a pound last July
Green sailed hides, from which it is made
cost five cents a pound all that time Now
the hides are worth nine and a half cent
while 80 cents is demanded for the sol,
leather.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-05-03
Eot II ano 1lersona1.
Court Items.

Judge Brooke yesterday filed his
opinion III the case recently argued before
nm Tor the purpose of constituting the will
OF the late j. Alfred Osborn. He decides
that in the distribution of the personal
estate the iegacies of $4,000 each to Mollie
DWyer and Percival f. Burroughs shall be
paid proportionately,a and if any DEFICIENCIES
exist in the personal estate after paying
debts, the balance of said legacics shall be
lien upon the real estate.
Judge Briscoe on Monday heard argu-
ments on the petition of John B. Contee
and others, asking for special auditor.
MIR. Joseph X. Roberts appeared for the
trustees and John B. Contee for petitioners
On Tuesday Judge Brooke heard argu-
ment ill the case of Simpson VS. Richardson
being Il suit brought to set aside tax sale
title under the present law Marion Duck
cit Esq, and j J. johnson, ESQ., appeared
for plaintiff and Magruder and Wilson for
defendant. Both cases were held sub
curia
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-05-03
Early Closing Ofthe Schools.

Mr.. EpIToR:-You will do me Il favor
to allow me small space in Your paper
to say few words in regard to matter
in which the people of Prince George :
county, and especially those patronizine
the public schools Of the county, are deep
ly interested.
As is we'll known the school fund for
this county, derived from all sources, as
in many other counties of the State is in
sufficient to meet the expenses of keeping
the schools open for ten months with nee
essarv repairs, fuel and various other
things for which the cash must be paid.
Therefore the School Board must either
borrow money to enable them to keep the
schools open the full time, or it must drop
off part of the year and ordcrth schools
closed for term, or part of term, so
that their running expenses may he paid
when due, and no debt incurred.
This latter plan has been generally adop-
ted throughout the State and so far as
am Informed meets with the approval OF
the public.
In these times of business depression
and low price of farm products it Is very
probable and if l am not much mistaken it
is confidently expected that our School
Board will order our public schools closed
for a part of the scholastic year, and if
they so decide think no one under the
circumstances will question the propriety
of their course.
In some counties where there is not
sufficient funds to run the schools for the
for part of the fall term, but it seems to
me- and to many with whom Ihave talked
on the subject, that the better plan would
be to close for the month of June if it
only one month
My reasons for this opinion are that
country people, engaged in agricultural
pursuits, find their labor very onerous and
pressing in the month of June, it being the
season for planting tobacco, harvesting
wheat and marketing early vegetables etc,
when child labor can be used protitably
and the necessities of parents often COM
pei them to withdraw their children from
school to aid them in their operations on
the farm, and further, the Examiner of
our county reports that for last June the
attendance averaged only about one fifth
of the enrolment.
Again.-The expense of the last term of
the school year is about Ss,O0O,-the cost
for June would be $4,000.
Closing the schools for June and open
ing them some other month, say Septem-
Der, when the average attendance is nor
NAL say seventy-five per cent of enroll
ment it is plain that the gain to those di
riectly interested would be considerable.
The weather during the month of June
is often very hot and oppressive and it is
very irksome and hard on children in the
country who have considerable distance to
walk before reaching school and then have
to sit in school and perform their duties
through long sultry summer day.
| believe it would be much better for the
children mentally and physically were
they relieved of school work during the
month of June.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-05-03
Reduced Rates TO renyer. Col. via Penn
sylyania Railroad.

For the accommodation of persons who
desire to visit Colorado on the occasion
of the meeting of the National Educational
Association, at Denver Col, July5 to
-, the Pennsylvania Railroad. Company
will sell excursion tickets on July 3, 4, and
), to Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou
and Pueblo, at the extremely low rate OF
$5O.75 from New York, Si925 from Phila
delphia, $3.50 from Baltimore and Wash
ington, $41.25 from Harrisburg; proportio-
nate rates from other points.
These tickets will be good for return
passage from Colorado points on July -
Il, If, and Il, with an extension unit
September |, if desired
A special train of Pullman Buffet Sleep
ing cars will run, leaving New York IA
1910 \. NJ, July 1, stopping al prominent
intermediate points, and arriving at Den
yer on the afternoon of July 6.
This affords a grand opportunity for F.;
trip to the word-rcnowned Rocky Noun
tain resort in Colorado at IA comparativel,
small cost.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-05-03
Rights Of Building Associations.

The Roanoke (Va.) Times says: 'The
decision of Judge Shelly, of the Circuit
Court of Washington County, this State,
in the case of the National Mutual Build
ing and Loan Association VS.. M. J. Ash
worth, is very important one, involving
as it does the right Of a building and loan
association, whose charter has not been
recorded in this State, and other portions
of the law in regard to foreign corpora
tions not complied with, to enforce a con-
tract with parties in the State. The court
sustained the claims of the defendant that
corporation has no legal existence
beyond the State that creates it, and that
compliance with the laws of New York
and Virginia was a condition precedent to
the transaction of business here, which
had not been done in this case. Il also
sustained the claim that the transaction
was usurious."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-05-03

NHE stock of the largest wholesale
L clothing manufacturers in Philadelhi:,
while in transportation, was wrecked by
the railroad. The stock has been ordered
sold by the express company through A.
G. Lppincott & Co., of Philadelphia
A stock consisting of nearly $450,000
worth of fine clothing, etc, has been o
dered by the company to be brought here
and closed out at retail in ten days. On
account of this great smash-up, the i'm
mense building, 81 MARKET SPACE,
Penna Ave. bet Sth and 9th SITS, Wash
ington, ID. c., has been rented expressly
for this sale. AS the store has only been
rented for ten days, everything will go
rapidly.
Everything will be sold at retail at fifty
per cent less than actual cost, as this sale
must positively close in ten days to satisfy
the company. The entire stock consists
of nearly $50, 900 worth of fine clothing,
hats and furnishing goods.
Remember, no postpOnement. This great
railroad wreck sale will close in ten days
Just think of the following proposition
and remember that all goods priced in
this document can be brought back any
time during the sale. Mems fine worsted
Ovcrcoats at $3.50. This Overcoat is
! worth $15. We allow you to keep it home
| four days, and if not soiled, you may re-
turn same and we hereby agree to return
the $3.50. Mems fine Spring and Fall
| Overcoats, in silk and satin lining, $500
This coat is really worth SEQ. Mems eX-
ira fine satin lined Spring and Fall Over
coats. S1.s1, positively worth S25. A
splendid suit of mems Clothes at $3.50
This suit is positively worth SIS. Keep
| it home four days, and if not soilcd re-
turn the same and we hereby agree to re
fund the $3.50. Mems fine Spring and
Summer Pants, Sl.24, fine quality, really
worth 81, latest style and very handsome
Keep them home four days, and if not
soiled return the same and we hereby
agree to return the 1924. Mems extra
fine suits, S6SJ This S6.S5 suit is the fin
est material, latest style, well made and
positively worth SEQ Ask to see it. High
grade goods, wearing equal to the finest
quality custom work, and over 10000 diff
ferent suits in silk and satin lined. All
must 90 regardless of cost. Boys and
Children's suits from 7Sc up. Child
Knee Pants, lie. Boys Hats, worth 81 30
15c Mems Hats, 1Sc, worth $3.50. Good
Handkerchiefs, &c, Socks, &c. Mems fine
Underwear, 45c per suit, worth $3.50. Fine
| Silk SuSpen ders, SC, worth 15c. Silk I'M
brellas, 49c, worth $3.50, and a thousand
other articles we had no space to mention
here During this great railroad wreck
sale, the store will be kept open until p
NJ. Saturdays, until II p. NJ. Make nc
mistake Look before YOU enter. Don't
be mislead by signs or banners displayed
by other merchants. Our sign is Il cut
photograp hed from the great smash-up.
1t will pay YOU to come 100 miles to Wis
it this great sale, if you value money
| Don't miss it.
| O1H MARKET SPACE, PENNA. AVE,
| 81 between Sth and 9th Streets, Wash
| ington, ID. {.
Positively no goods sold until day of sale
! - Bring this advertisement with YOU
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-05-03
Orphans Court.

There was special meeting of the Or
plans Court Tuesday with Judges Brooks
and HUNT in attendance The Court
heard argument on the petition of Pink
ney Brooks and Frederick Sasscer, admin
istrator of Tilghman Brooks and ordered
that the property mentioned in said petit
ton be stricken out of the inventory re-
turned by the administrator, and that the
fund be applied to the partnership debt
due l.. F. DERRICK & Son, and that the adj
ministrator be credited for that sum. Stan
ley for DERRICK, Brooks and Sasscer, and
Merrick for Mrs. Tilgham Brooks. The
following o. ders were passed:
Ordered, That Joseph ". Collins be APP
pointed guardian to Albert E. Collins; bond
in sum of $500 filed and approved.
Ordered, That Israel McNamee, admin
istrator of Mary A. McNamee, sell per-
sonal property at private sale.
Ordered, That Joseph S. Fowler, admin
istrator of NJ c. Scott, sell goods at pub
lie or private sale.