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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21
GEO. G.. UNDERHILL.
The Limekiln Club on Sanitation.

My deah frens, ar happy to be
wild you dis ebenin'. AS you hev
doubtless been informed, shall
speak to you on de subjeck Oh health.
What ar health? 1 answer, dat is
natur' in her simplest form. Man
ar supposed ter be created in a per-
feckiy healthy state. He ar a fin
ished piece OBJ masheenism. All de
wheels, an levers, an springs, an
gearin' ar in place, an all run
smoothly. Now, what stops de ma
sheen? Mans igrance am keerless-
ness. Elder Toots, fer instance, has
baby at his house.-a lump o. char
coal bout a year ole (the Elder
bushes. "Dat baby was born i'm de
bes' oh. health, am natur' would
keep him dat way if she was Flowed
to. But she hain't Flowed. Mrs.
Toots goes an puts clothes on it, an
she feeds it wild sweetened milk, an
doses it wild paregoric, an weakens
its spine by drawin' it i'm a baby.
kerridge, and it is tumbled into q
feather bed o. nights to roast tween
grown people. Dat masheen is out
OiuSi pOio ~ III ycdh OlS. b6li
de ole woman, she reckymends sas.
syparella, an de ole man, no recky-
mends burdock, an all de women
come in an reckymen' dis, dat an
de odder, an if the baby Ibis through
it, its kase luck is wild him.
My frens, lie averige man comes
mighty nigh bein' an idiot in takin'
car o. hisself. You hev seen him
wearin' fur cap on his haid, while
his shoes let in de snow an water
He wears an obercoat on his back
an muffin but thin shirt ober his
chist. He's mighty skeert about
freezin' his fingers, while his throat
am exposed ter de billiards.. An
he's ailin' ailin'-or thinks he is
It's herb teas, root tonics, pills, plas
ters an cures, until the balance
wheel In his masheenery comes to {
dead stop. Natur' wants ter keel
goin', but she can't. He drinks bee
an dat clogs de wheels. He drinks
whiskey an dat clogs up de valves
He pours down lemonade, ginger ale
buttermilk, ice- water, tea, coffee, an
what not, an den he wonders VIII.
} de fires in his biler won't burn
Take an OK an put him through
like performance, an he'd be deat
in less'n var.
De simplest an plainest laws 0
health am outraged ebery day by d.
ayerige man. Did Father Adam
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

smoke? Did Eve wear corsets ?
Did Solomon chaw terbacker? Did
Ruth chaw gum? Did de children
OBJ Israel make for beer saloon af-
ter crossin' de Red Sea? Did Re-
becca cat gum drops and ice-cream,
an call fer soda-water? Adam was
the fust man, an made perfect from
head to foot. How long would he
have stayed so arter eatin' half q
mince pie fore goin, ter bed? Sup
posin' Eve had slept in bedroom
6x s wild de winder down an two
dogs under de bed. Supposin' Eve
had laced herself up in corset, put
on tight shoes, sot up all hours of de
night, eaten her fill ob trash, and
sizzled her hair. When you come
ter look into de way man misbehaves
hisself, you kin only wonder how he
eber did git thar.
DE man who wants ter lib ter a
good ole age an keep shet OBJ de doc
tors, has got to obsarve certain prin-
ciples. No dead cats mus be 'lowed
to remain under de house above a
week. He may lub his dog, but de
dog mus'n' he giben de parlor bed
room, if he mus sleep in de house.
Bones, fish heads, hen fedders, ole
rags an rats should be cpared away
from de back dQah at leas' twice a
var. He mus wash his feet now
an den, eben if it are a little trou-
BILE. Good, plain water is what his
system wants, anythin' else is a in
Joory. Let de air blow into yer
sleepin' rooms, even if you are be-
him in de rent, an expec' visit
from de landlord. Adam had only
fruit am vegetables ter eat chicken
pot-pie is unhealthy. VAIN bisc'it
an honey don't do partickalar good,
an cause fiutterin' o. de heart.
reck'n coffee thickens de blood, an
watermillions-" 7 r en- END dous
cheers.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

AN INDIsCREET MOTHER" I
love all that is beautiful in art and
nature" she was saying to her ses-
thetic admirer. 81 revel in the
green fields, the babbling brooks,
and the little wayside flowers.
feast on the beauties of earth, sky
and air they are my daily life and
food, and" Maudie - cried out
the mother from the kitchen not
knowing that her daughters beau
was in the parlor; Maudie! what
ever made you go and eat that big
dish of potatoes that was left over
from dinner? told you we wanted
them warmed up for supper. I de-
clare if your appetite isn't enough
to bankrupt your pa"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

MAUD MULLER, on summers
day, went out on her bike in the
bright sunlight. She pedaled around
from six to ten, on trip that would
fag the strongest men, but her heart
was light and her spirit gay, it
wasn't work, twas nothin' but play.
Next morning however she'd pain
in her head. She was all played out
and stayed in bed, while her mother
hustled in the kitchen below-not to
ride a wheel, but to make things 60.
Though the morning was hot and
she worried by the fire, she didn't
collapse with punctured tire.-
Alas for girl and women, see =
Things are not like they used to be.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

THE story goes that in an old Eng
lish tavern receptacle for small coin
was placed in a conspicuous place
over which appeared the legend " To
insure promptness." Whatever was
placed in the box was given to the
servants. Other taverns followed
the example, and soon the three
words were written ct. I.P," every
body knowing what they indicated.
Then the punctuation marks were
dropped, and tip" was born.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21
Notice,

iAV E returned home to remain
L thls fall and winter. haye located
IN Dr. 5: III. Austin's office, op Main
street, to work at my trade. Work
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction.
Also M?,, still continue my oculist business.
WI Mlli call on any parties who desire
"iaSses, If they will let me know.
nave also added to nv line of busi-
ness repairing of all kinds of Sewing
machines. Also all kinds of material
tor Them on hand. All work guaran-
'eed. Bring on your machines.
Very respectfully,
j. A. LOWE,
Oct. 24-tf. Jeweler & Opticlan.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

In a like manner. And where more
than half century's work on an OK.
tensive scale shows a practically
sound and unbroken mass of marble
except in few spots where it is 10.
cally injured, as in case of the /" Blue
Ledge and its immediate vicinity
All exposures of the lower stones,
except in case of volcanic action,
have been brought about by the
shrinkage of the earth's crust and
consequent shriveling, and the
mountains and valleys thus formed
may be compared to the ridges and
burrows on thick cream in milk
pan. 1t will be seen that, in such a
contention of mighty forces, but few
large areas of mother rock would es-
cape humiliation, or at least, serious
breakage. Except in cases like those
at Dorset, VT, and Academy, West
Va, where sections of rock escaped
destruction through removal from
active participation In the crush go
ing on all about them. I would not
be understood that these are the
only exceptions in the primary
stones, for in many cases the shrink
age was so even and slow that
equally sound stone may be found
lifted on edge, but l recite these
facts to show that such deposits are
more apt to be commercially valua-
BILE than if brought to the surface
one corner at time.
The red and maroon marble re-
ferred to are counterparts almost of
marble found in Hawkins county,
Tenn. and at Swanton, VT, both
valuable and much sought AFTER
Many years ago the banisters and
columns inside the Capitol Building
at Washington were produced at
great expense, near Rogersville in
the former State, and are standing
lads" for this beautiful material.
The dove grey varieties have no
known counterpart in this country
at least, except in Colorado, where
there is somewhat similar vein.-
This marble is at once chaste and
rich and would find ready market
wherever beauty is appreciated.-
Commercially the future of Marble
Mountain is largely dependent on
railway outlet, but as valuable
marble field is great freight pro-
ducer and in view of the recent dis
coveries of coal near by, it is not
possible for the building of rail-
way to be long delayed. Moreover,
it is almost wonder that a rich
farming district like that bordering
the Greenbrier river for forty miles
or more, north from the Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad at Ronceverte should
have been so long overlooked by
railroad men.
1 may add that while with you
was shown one of the finest pieces
of black marble that 1 have ever
seen, and fine sample of Agate
Onyx, both of which would aid in
making railroad pay through the
valley. Finally, let mo say, that,
under favorable conditions large re-
turns are made from the production
OF marble, and I feel confident that
when it is fully understood that you
have large quantities of freight,
some railway to the north or south
of you will reach out for it, and the
rest will naturally follow,
Respectfully yours,
GEO. G. UNDERHILL.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

"BUT. my dear boy, why can't
you wait? You are still in college,
and don't think it's we'll for a man
in college to be engaged"
Perhaps not, Jennie; but if we're
engaged I'll have decent excuse for
leaving college and going to work.
If / go out now. people will say it
was because couldn't pass my ex-
aminations."
Well, what if they do? You
don't care what people say, do you ?"
Yes-when they tell the truth"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21
ATTENTION, EVERYBODY.

WE are now prepared to do TIN
=" WORK Of all kinds. Nothing
nut tirst-class meterial used. Satisfac-
tlon guaranteed. Give us a trial and
be convinced that we mean what we
say. ROOFING and SPOUTING a
speciality. Shop in the rear of Law &
llandley's.
MCCLEARY & DARNELL,
Aug. 25-1y. Lewisburg, W. Va.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

LITTLE Bertha came from school
the other day In state of great ex-
element. Rushing in upon her
m other, she exclaimed: "Oh
mamma, guess what we're going to
doW Nothing very dreadful,
hope, my dear" Why, our class
Is studying botany; and we're going
to tantalize the flowers next week.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

LEBoNE," began the
teacher, ais not bone at all -
" WE'LL" broke in the bold, bad boy,
"it isn't a whale, either, so what is
it?n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

Miss r. was telling her Sunday
School class about the Shut-in-So-
ciety, whose members are persons
confined by illness to their beds or
rooms. Whom can we think
Of" said she, "that would have
had great sympathy for these that
are 80 shut in 2" g know said a
little boy. "Some one In the Bible,
amt it, teacher 2" I" Yes and who,
Johnnie?" "Jonah." was the
spirited answer,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

The taxes Of the people Of this
country equal about ten dollars to
each inhabitant.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21

FREDERICK the Greats father was
In the habit of kicking the shins Of
those who differed from him in argu-
ment. One day he asked a courtier
if he agreed with him on some dis
cussed point. "Sire," he returned,
" 1t is impossible to hold different
opinion from a king who has such
strong convictions and wears such
thick boOts.o
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21
POETRY
MY SHIP.

BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-04
Isaac MCLellan's Birthday.

Isaac Mcclellan. who, as the author of
''Poems of the Rod and Gun, has touch
ed the heart Of many q sportsman, eele-
brated his ninetieth birthday May 2lst At
his home in Greenport, L. /. lie was
born in Portland, Me-, May II, 1906, and
is still hale and hearty enough to enjoy a
day atield with his rod or gun.
Mr.. Mcclellan is the last of the sports
men of the Frank Forester period, and
among his intimate friends of those days
were Genio q. Scott, William 4. Porter,
Ned Buntline and Harry Fenwood.
The poet expects to handle the gun and
the rod, as well as the pen. for many
years yet to come, and to crafty the wish
OF Oliver Wendell Holmes, who, writing
to him in lSS6 said:
81 hope you still enjoy he outdoor litc
which you have helped 10 render attrac-
tive, and that you will throw fly and
bring down your bird artery YOU are count
ed among the centenarians.
MI Mcclellan received yesterday the
! congratulations of numerous friends and
relatives who came together to celebrate
his birthday. n. y. Times.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-04
Coffee Making.

Americans are great coffee drinkers,
and good coffee must be had at every
hotel that finds favor rites John Gil
mer Speed in an article on 'sConducting
Great HOTEL" in the June Ladies' Home
Journal. 81 was curious to learn how
the great quantities We're kept constantly
on hand, and, at the same time, always
fresh. The coffee pot is huge affair in
which several gallons could be made at
once. 1t is upon the French plan, and
boiling water is poured over finely ground,
freshly parched coffee. One man is kept
making coffee all the time. He makes it
in si2-quart quantities, using for break
fast coffee six quarts of water to four
pounds of coffee; for dinner coffee the
water is reduced to five quarts to four
pounds, and for after dinner or black
coffee to four quarts. The coffee pot is
enameled inside, because this can be kept
clean, which tin cannot, as the coffee eats
off the tin in a little while, and then in
that pot it is next to impossible to make
satisfactory coffee. | have mentioned
these proportions and this matter of
cleanliness of the pot because good coffee
is just as easy to make as bad, if the ma
terial and the utcnsil be right. Boiled
coffee is no longer served at first-cla
hotels and restaurants
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-04
Mans View
OF Marriage.
us MARRIAGE a
FAILURE ?"

IT is not uncommon for men to bewail the
fact that marriage so seldom means real
conpanionshp that man and wife are
separated by difference OF taste, of mental
outlook. of general interest in life It is
Derhars even more common to hear women
blamed for what is called breach ofcontract
in the marriage relation. If the wife be
delicate, run down, nervous and irritable,
if her smile and her spirits have taken
fight, it worries her husband as we'll az
herself. Even worse symptoms may fol-
low-the woman suffers from sleeplessness
and fairting spells, her head is in whirl,
her back aches, and she has that awful
c1owdirg down feeling in the abdomen 1t
depends on the woman whether she will
hermit these troubles TO continue day by
DAY leading to life of misery.
Thousands have been cured by taking DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and why not
vou2 healthy woman is always interest
ing she passes for a beauty because she is
happy, and her good spirits are contagious
Good nature goes with health irritability
and l5-vis h,iess with sickness.
Those who suffer from the arrangements,
disorders and diseases of the sex should re-
member that Dr. r Y. Pierce, chief consult
ing physician 10 the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N ", has. for
over a quarter of a century, made the dis
eases OF women speciality. Send twenty
one 81 cents lin one cent stamps to him,
at above address, for his great medical book
of 1000 pages profusely illustrated with
wood-cuts aud colored plates.
It contains photographs, names and
addresses of vast number who have
been cured.
You can correspond with them and
learn how they cured themselves without
having to consult doctor.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-04

OF vast proportions, built more than two
centuries ago by monks of the order of
San francisco and then ranked amono the
grandest of these gigantic structures with
which that powerful Brotherhood marked
Its entrance into Yucatan. The interior
OF the church is sombre and oloomv
enough. The first thing that meets the
eye is big black urn in a niche in the
wall near the door, which contains the
ashes OF a young lady once the belle of
the village. Beneath it a oueer monn-
ment, shaped like an old fashioned pump.
bears this unorthodox inscription-in
Spanish of course:
Oh man!
Behold the end of all your troubles
Death, EARTH nothing
A nearby altar is decorated with sever
al skulls and groups of marrow bones.
and IN the rear of the sanctuary is char
nel-house full Of CHASTITY horrors, too
soon evlcted from rented graves, await
ing their turn for cremation. The adj
joining convent is much larger than the
church and connected with it by a spa
clous gallery. A magnificent portico up
held by lofty stone pillars, leads to the
central corridor from which a broad stair
case ascends to a second corridor. 20 feet
wide, running through the entire immense
building, The upper corridor is paved
with stone and lighted by two great
GOmpS and a;t o.;
clolsters, once occupied by numerous
BODY OF Franciscan friars. Most OF the
clolsters are now untenanted, only few
OF the principal ones being used for shops,
offices and lodging apartments Doors
and windows are broken, grass springs up
out of the floors and in creyices of the
walls, and bats and birds make their
homes unchallenged in the dilapidated
roof. The old garden which must once
have been in harmony with the grandeur
of the convent, has shared its fallen for
beds still remain, like ghosts of former
beauty, and lines, oranges, olives and
weeds grow wildly together The convent
balcony is on level with the tops of ad-
jacent houses, and sitting there in the
sleepy sunshine one seems to be living in
dream. The view spread out below is
of vast plain, covered with fiat rooted,
one storied casas, uncovered in trees
and overgrown with Towering creepers.
Except when the air is vexed with the
clangor of matin and vesper bells, the
stiffness is almost unbroken-for all bust
ness and visiting is accomplished in the
early morning, the inhabitants remaining
quietly IN doors the rest of the day to
avoid the heat There is postotfice de-
partment and a telegraph agency and
tiende grande, or general store, where
merchandise of every description is kept,
from muslin to fresh meat; bread, soap,
hardware, millinery, musical Instruments
and what not. Since time out OF mind
Ticul has been celebrated for two things
the excellence of its built fights and the
beauty of its women; and for climate,
pleasant surroundings and good society,
it is considered the best town in ucatan,
outside of Merida. FANNIE b. WARD.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-04
Belfast, and CaStilG Route.
Winter Arrangement-In Effect October
l, 1856
An STEAMER NAsTINE, weather

-.sU-A STEAMER UAsTINE, weather per-
.SaE722assssZE hitting, will every week day
in connection with B. Il B. S. Co., as follows:
Leave west Brooksville at 7.2O A. NJ; Castine,
7.45; Hughes Point, $50; Ryder's Cove, 900;
Lime Kin, 500; arriving at Belfast, 1890.
-Brooksvile, Mondays, Wednesdays and satur-
days.
above named landings.
Passengers going East take steamer Castine
from Belfast at 2 90 P. M, every Monday We'd
nesday and Friday. Take steamer next day for
all la dings from Castine to Bar Harbor.
Passengers going to Milbridge, Jonesport ana
Machas take steamer Castine from Belfast at
200 =. NJ, stop over at Castine, take steamer
Frank Jones next morning for all landings from
Castine to Machias.
AGENTS: H. A. Greer Belfast; j. R. Ryder,
Ryders Cove; VIM. Pendleton, Hughes Point; j.
NJ. Vogell Castine; R. A. Dodge, Brooksville.
soft C. W. SMALLlDGE, Manager
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-04
How the Word "Te etotaer' was
Coined.

The late Rev. Joel Jewell of Troy,
Pennsylvania, is said to have originated
the word "teetotaler.' The story goes
that at public temperance meeting in
Hector, New York, in 1873, he introduce
ed into the pledge the letters 40. r."
for sold Pledge which pledged against
distilled liquors, and ''T.' for total, ;"
including both distilled and fermented
liquors. When names were being taken
a young man in the gallery said; add
my name and a II for l am a T-tota-
ler'' Mr.. Jewell adopted the word in
speeches and writings. Some four years
later an Englishman named Dick Turner
employed the word, and its origin has
also been claimed for him. June Ladies
Home journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-04
Pittsfield Paragraphs.

The eleventh annual convention of the
Somerset County W. G. T. L. was held in
tile Free Baptist church May 10Th and
Goth. The convention was called to order
by the president Devotional exercises
We're conducted at 1870 by Mrs. NJ. F.
Bunker of North Arson. All the officers
We're present; Mrs. f. NJ. Chandler, ST.
Adams, Pres; Mrs. NJ. f. Bunker, North
Arson, Hon. Pres; Mrs. A. S. Vining, st.
Adams, Sec. Mrs. Levi Taylor, Pittstied,
Treas. Noontide hour of prayer was Oh
served each day after which dinner WAS
served in the vestry. A bountifu supper
was also served each day in the vestry. All
the addresses We're very interesting Mrs.
Rice of Boston is one of the most interesting
speakers we ever listened to. She speaks
distinctly and clearly and every word tells,
She gave several addresses and all listened
with the most profound attention to her elo-
quent words Her work is chiefly with the
Loyal Temperance Legion, and she has
happy faculty of interesting the children as
we'll as the older ones... The Lancey street
Grammar and Intermediate schools held
their graduating exercises at Union Hall,
Thursday evening, May Dist. The Riverside
schools held theirs at the same place May
22nd. Music was furnished for each by
Smiths orchestra. Walter Mansur, a lame
boy of this village, has made quite business
of collecting stamps. He has about 200
different varieties, and some of them
quite rare, all nicely arranged in an
album. He has correspondents in all parts
of the world with whom he has exchanged
stamps. Recently he received package
from France containing stamps and letter
written in French. H. II. Powers while
driving out of the village recently was met
by two bicycle riders. The horse was
frightened and lolted, overturning the out
tit, breaking the wagon considerably and
giving the judge a bad shaking up. b. c.
p oler, who has been in poor health for
some time, is improving. &c. H. Bowden
has gone to Portland, where he has obtained
employment in printing Office. Harry
Ferguson was called to Plymouth recently
by the death of his grandmother. :. H. F.
Libby went to Portland to attend the ses-
sion of the Grand Lodge, K. Of P.....
MIR. and Mrs. James Robbins have returned
to their home in Washington, ID. c.. Work
has been begun by the contractor, G. c.
| Woodruff on the S. & M. round house west
OF the Maine Central station. There
quite heavy frost in this vicinity Tuesday
| ght, Nay 10Th. Fred +. Wiley has gone
to R"ckand, where he expects to spend the
snfumer Fred is a good, steady young
man and We all wish him success in wntt-
eN employment he undertakes.