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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-02-16
BEN JOHNSON AND THE WINNER.

A yintner, to whom Ben johnson
was once in debt, invited him to dine
at a public house, and told him that,
If he would give him an immediate
answer to the following questions he
would forgive him his debts. The
yintner then asked the following
questions First, what IS God best
pleased with : Second, what is the
devil best pleased with 7 Third what
the world Is best pleased with 7 And
fourth, what I am best pleased with!
Ben, without the least hesitation,
gave the following reply:
"God lie best pleased when men forsake
their sin;
The devil is best pleased when they con-
tinue therein;
The world is best pleased when you sell
them good wine;
And you are best pleased when l pay for
mine."
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and all worn ont tal<s
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TIME TABLES,

VXyESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD
w TIME TABLE
Connecting with p. &R. r. at Shippens
burg and Gettysburg N. & w. r. r. at
Hagerstown -. & O. r. II. at Hagers-
town and her y Run; Z r.. r. at Bruce
vile, and i. ". x B., N. e. and b. & p.
Railroads at Union station, Baltic, Md.
Schedule in effect September 80, 1904.
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TAHIo RIVER RAILROAD
" TIME TABLE
On and after Monday. June 4, 1894,
passenger trains will run as follows:
ADaiiy fDaily except Sunday.
LEAVE. south Bound.
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"You great fool.
Get of that stoolp

ooPLEY's death OF LORD CHATHAM"
Washington, on seeing this pic
ture, remarked "This work, high
ly valuable in itself, is rendered more
estimable In my eyes when / remem.
Der that America gave birth to the
celebrated artist that produced it,,
The picture is II by 10 feet in size.
The painter refused fifteen hundred
guineas for it. It was atterward
purchased by the Earl Of Livergood,
but at what price is not known. He
used to say that snch a work ought
not to be in his possession, but in
that OF the public. and IL was after
ward presented to the National Gal
fiery by the succeeding earl.
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SCOTS VIVA Haze WI WALLACE BLED.
Perhaps no lyric has been more
universally admired than Burns
beautiful little poem commencing,
'.scots wha hae VII Wallace bled."
But 1t is not generally known that
Burns, by the advice of some friends
was induced to suppress the first
two staDzas as they stood in the
poets manuscript. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that the poem was not pub
lished entire. 1t stood thus in the
original:
"At Banuockburn the English lay;
The Scots they werena far away,
But waited for the break o. day
That glinted In the East.
But the sun broke through the heath.
And lighted up that field OF death;
When Bruce wi soul-;nspiring breath,
His heralds thus addressed:
''scots, wha hae VII Wallace bled," etc.
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QUEEN nLIzABErH AND TINE MAYOR.

QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE MAYOR.
When the queen visited Falken-
stone, the inhabitants employed their
parish clerk to versify their ad.
dresses. The mayor being intro
duced, he, with great grayity,mount-
ed three-legged stool and com
menced his poetlcal defamation
thus
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Life, Fire, Accident and Live
StOcki
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Elizabeth burst out in loud roar
Of laughter, and without giving his
honor time to recover himself, she
yAnIied
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-06-23

proteotorate. Napoleon would thus con- struct a Germanic wall betwa aen Eastern EuroDe and France, protecting the lat ter against the further inoursion of the Atstfo Slavic races.
 Tho next stop was to convert Holland into sub-kingdom of France. On the 9th of June. 1906. Louis Bonaparte, to whom. four years previously, Hortense Beauharnafs had been married, was proclaimed king of Holland Out of Hesse- Cassel. Brunswick and parts of Saxony aud Prussia. the kingdom of Westpha1ia was formed, and assigned to Jerome Bonaparte as king. To him. after Tilsit-was given in marriage the princess Catherine of Wurtemburg. In the countries between the Rhine and Poland, extending southward into Italy and northward to the Baltic, great number of dukedoms and principalities were created and conferred on the mar shals of the Empire. .Murat, husband of Caroline Bonaparte, was made grand duke of Berg and Gloves Lannes be- came duke of Montebello. Junot was presently nominated duke of Abrantes Bernadotte received the title of prince of Ponteoorvo. Ney got bis hard-earned dukedom of Elchingen. Berthier was made duke of Neuchatel and Valangin. Souit became duke of paimatta. Mas. soma took his honor as prince of Essling. Davout after little delay, was made duke of. Auerstadt Baeoieechi, husband of Elise, Bonaparte was created prince of Lucca and Piombino Eugene Beau harnais was given in marriage Augusta Amelia. daughter of the king of Bavaria. and the title of prince of Venice. The process of king making and prince ing was limited, not so much by che possibilities of territory as by the num- Der of the Imperial retinue
 Prussia now became @ scene of stormy agitation. '. The humiliated House of HohenzoIlern looked in this direction and in that. The younger element os the people and the philosophical patriots cried out against the domination of France. Meanwhile a strange and far reaching contingency appeared among the psrso,aol forces in Europe Charles James Fox. successor of Pitt, became Minister of Foreign Affairs, under the premiership. of Grenville. Fox would fain have peace. He was not devoid of
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NAPOLEON B0NAPARTE.
Ancient Kingdoms Reformed
 With a Pen Stroke.
JOSEPH MADE RULER OF SPAIN.

Divorce of Jerome and Elizabeth Patter-
 son-Roman states Wrested From the
 Pope-Austrians Crushed at Wagram.
 Spanish Army AnnihiIated.
 [Copyright, 1895, by John Clark Ridpath.l XVIII. .-FRoM BAYoNNE TO WAGRAM.
 In Paris and the environs of Paris Napoleon had five residences The mag nificent Tuileries-so-o called from being tho site of an old tile-faotory of the Middle Ages-oame to him with the "reminiscences of Bourbonism. Though it was the public seat of the Empire, it was mover favorite residence. The palace of tho Eiysee was the private City- home of the Emperor. Here he resided when tho war fever was not on. Fon- tainebleau, thirty seven miles from the city. was the home in which Napoleon found himself at greatest ease The palace of St. Cloud was on the left bank of the Seine, mile and a-half from the oity ramparts. Malmaison was the home and property of the Empress Josephine, given to her by her husband. Here Ma poleon's domestic life shone in fftful gleams of happiness; but tho days were not unclouded.
 It was at Fontainebleau that, on the a7th of October, 1907. the secret treaty was concluded between the Emperor and Godoy, so-called Prince of the Peace, "
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NAP0LE0H B0NAPARTE:.
Europe Prostrate at the Feet of
 the Conqueror.
CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE.

Louis and Jerome Bonaparte Made Kings.
 Prussians Overwhelmed at Auerstadt and
 Jena-A1Iied Armies Destroyed at Fried
 land--Treasy of Tilsit.
 Copyright, fs95. by John Clark Ridpath.J XVII --MAPHABER AND KING OF KINGS.
 After Austerlitz. Napoleon conceded to the Czar of Russia the pYtU5tege of retiringi Only month before, Alex ander had been in Berlin. Out at Pots dam, on the 8rd of November, he and Frederick William had sworn 2 secret mighty oath over the tolab of Frederick tine Great. This conjuration with the Czar did not now seem Go have been an expedient thingl Frederick, supposing that Napoleon was not informed of bis perfidy, sent to the victor at Austerlitz message of hollow oopgratuIation. The Emperor. on receiving it, said that Frederick William had written the iet- ter. intending it for the Czar. but for tune had changed tae address to lst7nSelft
 The treaty of Pressbnrg was another peace that did not pacify. Europe was prostrate before Napoleon as far as the Vistula, but England covered ell sea coasts from the Adriatic to the Baltic, aud the whole Slavic race lay darkly banked on the horizon of the Northeast. The Emperor began at once, with ill., credible audaoity, to make new po- litical map for tho European Powers, and to support 1t with his undertakings and princes, vassals of France, Influ- enced by the recent Rrsso-Austrian coalition, Italy, under the leadership of Ferdinand, king of the Two Sioilies, had hopefully syn1pathized with the al lies. Tnstigated by his wife, Caroline Maria, sister of Marie Antoinette, the Neapolitan king admitted into his do- minions division of tho Russian army.
 The cause of offense was sufficient; Napoleon. in January of 1906. sent a corps. under bis brother Joseph. to oo- oupy Italy. On the 10th of February, having entered Naples, Joseph was pro- claimed king. and the Bourbon lnon- arohy was abolished.
 Notwithstanding the intended treaoh- cry of Frederick William, the Emperor kept faith with him. and delivered Han- over to Prussia The King was reluctant to accept the gift; for Hanover was England's, and be would fain be at one with England. The prinoipalities along the right bank of the Rhine, even from Italy to Holland, were erected into the Confederation of tho Rhine. Fourteen princes of Germany voluntarily detaoh- cd themselves from their Teutonio af- f1liations, and carried over population of about sixteen millions to the French
The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18
Affairs About Town.
FIFTY YEARS OF wEDDED LIFE.

Saturday, the 12th, marked the 5Otb anniversary of the marriage of MT and Mrs W. A. Maynard of Taunton district. The wedding took place on Sunday noon in the old wooden edifice of Trinity
 church, Rev MT Stocking, then rector, officiating. s.rhe ceremony coming at noon, the edifice was crowded. The ssPresbyterians'' or Congregationalists across the Street held no service that af- ternoon, and many of those people were in attendance. Mrs Maynard began housekeeping in Dodgingtown district in a house which stood near the present residence of George Crane. They af- forwards removed to New York, then passed 20 years in Bridgeport, finally re- turning to Newtown about 1870. It is interesting to note that both of Mrs Maynard's grandfathers, Peter Fair child and James Fairchild, served their country in the Revolutionary army. Her father was James Bradley Fairchild. MT Maynard's father, who was a resi- dent of New York, died in France while on visit to relatives. Both MT and Mrs Maynard enjoy good health, and it is the wish of their friends that they may live to celebrate their diamond anniversary
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Danbury followed in possession to his last resting place in Center cemetery.

A horse belonging to Walter Stone, while being exercised on Center street, for some cause kicked part of the stuff out of his sleigh dash. Walter is good driver and feeds we'll It was too cold for bees to sting; probably it was pure cuss- edness on the part of the horse. CThe horse was bought of Duncombe, THE BEE agent. Perhaps Walter got stung). | George may have been when he bought.
 The thermometer dropped 30 degrees between midday aud midnight on Sum- day last.
 | Peter Mcdonald has put up a small building for a coal office, near the railroad crossing. Last July he erected a very convenient coal shed, short dis tance away. He has been favored with a generous share of the public patron age, and hopes to merit it.
 A daughter was born to MT and Mrs Walter Edget on Monday.
 Mrs Dr Barber is slowly recovering from the effects of terrible fall som'
 weeks since.
 s. H. Robinson & Co.,, the bakers, sue
 cessors to Van Riper, keep their stor' bright and attractive, and the good they sell are first class. They aim t. keep up the high standard of the store A. s. King, for year or more tn popular agent for the Adams express o the Shepaug, has been transferred t
 the New York division of the Consol B dated. MT King formerly made hi . home in Litchfield.
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children Cry fo, F.tcner's Castoria.

the churches here, to the Nebraska suf- ferers.
 A Brownie club, composed of about dozen young people, have given two pleasant entertainments at the South End chapel.
 Miss Cora Gregg, an evangelist, has been conducting services in Scattergood mission, this week.
 A public installation of the officers Of the U. V. U. and w. U. R. c. was held in Mechanics hall, last Monday evening, and at it's conclusion Miss Irene Ungerer gave character recitations and stirriDg and eloquent addresses were made by E. L. Staples and Rev L. M. Keneston, af- ter which collation. was served.
 On Monday Isaac Hubbell was arrest ed for the crime of perjury. At his trial, last week, for assault he testified that he visited Matt Wards place, staid one night and day, drank whiskey and beer,
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THE NEW YEAR.
WRITTEN FOR THE BEE

a 4 We have entered on new year This, from the calender does appear. Each day, each week new chance is given. new chance. new leaf, new lie ev'n. Then, let us this remember well, To others the same thing to tell, No more on oceans sea of time How lofty, forceful, or sublime, When once it's swell has gone before Can't be recalled forevermore. No second chance, frankly say With same prope1ling pow'r that way, Same set of circumstances be, Conveying to some point you see, But new chance each fieeting hour Surely lies within your power, So long as mortal life is given,
 Till you exchange, this earth for heav'n Use, then, pray you. your first chance Mediate, forecast in advance,
 Unknown wealth before you lies, On the broad sea, rich argosies, This is tor all. for NEwTowN BEE, Editor and compositors you see, For boys and girls and women fair, Treasures vast. enough and to spare. Who, then, bids tor the new year?
 Bid lest the word 'sgone," you shall hear, Bid young man. lest it be too late
 Everybody bid, in church and state. A. G., Warren, Ct
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SHELTON.
THE BOROUGH AND VICINITY.

THE BOROUGH AND VICINITY.
 Wages in the Birmingham Corset Co.'s factory have been reduced five per cent. Under the new tariff this has strong con- petition with foreign nanufacturers.
 Mrs Walter Gaskill died, last Satur- day, from pneumonia and was buried in the Birmingham cemetery. The annual meeting of the Scatter good mission was held, last Monday ev- ening, and officers elected as follows |: Trustees, David Farral and Frederick c. Wilkinson, Mrs S. E. Downs and Mrs William Wilkinson.
 At recent burgess meeting William Holmes and William 0. Booth were ap- pointed registrars.
 Charles W. Lewis has moved his fami- | ly to place near Boston. On Tuesday evening last Miss Emma Cook and Dwight E. Wakeley were mar ried at the Congregational parsonage by l Rev L. M. Keneston.
 Seccombe Brothers of Ansonia have opened 8 branch of their marble and stone cutting business on the corner of Bridge street and Coram avenue. The annual meeting of the Shelton Congregational church was held, last 1 Tuesday evening, but owing to the storm not many were present. The reports showed that the receipts for the year had been about $15O over the expenses. The officers elected were: Deacon for three l years, Erastus Bennett; deaconesses,
 Mrs A. P. Mallory and Mrs c. z. Morse clerk, George F. Cook treasurer, George E. Mitchell; collector, Jennie E. Mitch. ell; trustees, Stephen T. Palmer and
 Frank Waite.
 Rev P. s. Evans of the State Baptist I Missionary society was present at the
 Baptist church, last Tuesday evening. Rev W. H. Johnson, who has assisted in the services, concluded his labors, Fri day evening.
 Matthew Ward was arrested, last Thursday, for selling liquor without li- cense and the hearing was had on Mon- day. He was found guilty for keeping liquors with intent to sell and fined $l00
 and costs and given 60 days in jail. He appealed to the next term of the court of
 common pleas having criminal. jurisdic- l tion.
 In the probate court the will of D. B.
 Hoyt has been approved and Friend W.
 and Clifton E. Hoyt appointed executors
 and F. c. Perry and George W. Boards Hey appraisers.
 l Mrs Mary c. Hubbell has sold out her lfeed and grain business to F. w. Barrett
 who has been her assistant for some
 time.
 Edward Black has gone to Florida to
 visit his brother whom he has not seen
 for many years.
 William Holmes and Edward Hunt tooK number of prizes in the New Ha- 1 ven poultry show, last week, as did also the Hendrick Brothers. The poultry so-
 eiety here have decided not to give an exhibition here this season. Giles Potter, of the State Board ef Ed
 ucation was here. last Friday, and caused the arrest of one of the foremen of the l cotton mill for employing child under ll3 years of age. He was given small fine and costs, which were paid.
 The vital statistics for 1894 show lI5 births against I16 for 1893 and 6l deaths |against 66 for 1893,
 Contributions have been made throu9h
The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18

Mrs Laura Curtis received the sad news, January g, of the death of Mrs Mary Seeley, wife of M.a s. Wilson of Upper Montclair, N. J. She leaves a husb band and two children who deeply mourn her loss, a son six and daughter, three years old.
The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18

Chamberlain's cough remedy is ia. nous for it's cures of bad colds. It opens the secretions, relieves the lungs and aids nature in restoring the system to healthy condition. If freely used as soon as the cold has been contracted, and before it has become settled in the system, it greatly lessens the severity ol the attack and has often cured in sin. gle day what would have been severe cold. For sale by k F. Haw1ey, New. town, and 5. c. Bull, Sandy Hook.
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The sugar-coating, which makes Ayers pills so easy to take, dissolves immediately on reaching the stomach, and so permits the full strength and ben eft of the medicine to be promptly com municated. Ask your druggist for Ayers almanac, just out.
The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18
sSs ti& In Fairfield County sTEPNEY AND VICINITY.
REPRESENTATIVE HULL.


 Ebert Orville Hull was born i'll the town he represents on the 22d day of May, 1864. His parents are Orville H. Hull, (who was member of the House in 1885, and Mary J. Johnson, both na- tives of Monroe. His paternaI ancestry is traced back to old colonial times where three Hull brothers came to this state from England, and upon the maternal side he comes from New England stock. He has always lived in Monroe and at tended the village school until 17 years of age, when he taught in the district schools in the vicinity of his home for two years. He then entered the Worces- ter. Massachusetts, academy, from
 which he was subsequently, graduated. After his graduation he entered Brown university at Providence, R. l., but be- fore the end of his freshman year was obliged to discontinue his studies owing to weak eyesight. The succeeding fall he was chosen principal of the High school at Plymouth, Ct.. and after hold ing that position for two years, he resign ed to take up the study of his chosen pro- fession, the law. In June, 1892, he was admitted to the Fairfield county bar, be- | ing one of the seven successful candi- dates out of the 13 from that county who took the examination, and is now mem-
 Der of the law firm of Chamberlain, Bish op S Hull of Bridgeport, which firm he entered immediately upon his admission
 to the bar. He has held the position of tax collector and at present is justice of the peace, chairman of the town board
 of education, and an acting school Yisi- | tor. He is member of the Samuel H. Harris lodge, No. 99, I. o. o. F. of | Bridgeport, and is also member of the Stepney Baptist church and at present chairman of the society," s committee. In politics he is republican, being the first of that faith to represent the town since 1885 and the tenth in it's history. Hart l ford Post.
 Representative Hull has been appoint ed by Speaker Fessenden, the Fairfield county member of the committee on rail- roads, which is one of the most impor- tant of the House. He is also chairman of the committee on engrossed bills. whose important duty is to;examine each
 bill that passes so that it's language may l be correct and no mistakes made which would render the law imperative or the l intention of the Legislature defeated.
 l MR EDWARDS UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT. Last Friday George H. Edwards met with quite an accident on Turney's mill pond, which resulted in the loss of val
 uable OK. He was getting ice for his father, Henry W. Edwards, and had driven out to the center of the pond on the ice and while loading up, the ice sud-
 denly gave way, precipitating both oxen l into the water. He then undertook to
 break passage way through to the bank with an ax, when the ice gave way and
 he was thrown into the water and lost
 his a1. Climbing upon the backs of the oxen he got out of the water and seizing
 a crowbar commenced again to break the l ice when it again gave way and he was plunged into the water, this time losing
 his crowbar. Finally help came and one OK was saved but the other was suffocat-
The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18

The folly of prejudice is frequently shown by people who suffer for yeare rather than try an advertised remedy. The millions who have no such notions, take Ayers sarsaparilla for blood-dis- eases, and are cured. So much for com mon sense.
The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.

Rev Dr Beach, the presiding elder, preached an excellent sermon in the Methodist church, last Sunday morning, Col. 3 I, ''If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. J
 The quarterly conference was held on Saturday evening.
The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18

Miss Jessie P. Bates of Farmingville, L. l., has spent a few days with her friend, Miss Jennie F. Wellap in Easton She expects to teach the winter term oi school in HopeweH district, Newtown
The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18
BERKSHIRE.

Mrs w. s. Hooper spent few weeks at c. k. Minors.
 Mrs Benedict of Bethel is at William Hard's, helping care for Mrs Camp.
 Mrs Samuel Curtis attended the funer- al of Rev MT Sanford in New Milford on Tuesday.
 Miss Maggie Shea, who has been sick for some weeks, is now under Dr Cooley's care.
 Howard Peck and friend spent Sun- day in Bethel.
 Mrs Mary Jane Whalley has been to | Bellport to attend the funeral of heI nephew.
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AN OLD SOLDIERS RECOMMEND ALTON.

In the late war 1 was soldier in the First Maryland Volunteers, Company G. During my term of service contracted chronic diarrhea. Since then l have used great amount of medicine, but when I found any that would give me relief it would ipjure my stomach, until Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar- rhna Remedy was brought to my mo- Jice. used it and will say it is the only remedy that gave me permanent relief and no bad results follow. 1 take pleas ure in recommending this preparation tc all of my old comrades, who, while giv' ing their services to their country, con tracted this dreadful disease as I did from eating unwholesome and uncooket food. Yours truly, A. E. Bending Halsey, Oregon. For sale by E. F Hawley, Newtown, and s. c. Bull, San dy Hook.
The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18

Arthur J. Smith has been chosen as- sistant superintendent and Miss Fife Wolcott3 secretary, treasurer and librari- an of the Sunday school of the Congre. gational church.
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Mrs Sarah Hall is nursing her son, William, who is very low at this time of writing. Mrs Charles Hall from Derby has been up and spent day or two with them, returning home Tuesday night.