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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-09-17

-Sobn Corn BON Green 8ibss Saus
III bon einem IGnseren IufentbaIt in
Deuti6Iano surildseiebrt.
- Dur4 Gbiprinssn eines Barren in
ber Bon Stord Dline tpurbe Elm Stiff.
pfeiIer umsefoBen. einen Dedenfaa per.
uria6enb, Der ben Sobn Mn@erpifs bon
gfap Ius Mpenue traf unb t6btete.
= ,9oc" 8ader parb am Oonneritas
Nbenb auf bic gnfIase arrstirt, ben
8remfer RihoIs, ben er in ansetrunfes
mem 9uitano beimfiibrte, um feinen
MonatsIobn erleidtert su buben, bod
cine rlnteriuduns isiner Taiden ereab
nidtS unb er tpurbe bann tpieoer ent'
laHen.
g@ Slam GbotpSer in 2annen,
9Iuitern in &annen. 2amms Sunsen in
8rdsen unb los, Rsui6atel, Bird unb
@rtinsr 8dis, 9etrdffeIte Sarbinen in
GiIs Sauce, Sdrinse in 8Iasfannen.
SdBden unb 8Isdbu4len bel gbparb
Siebeder, Ha6foIssr bon Sreb. S. 8ib.
maper, $50 2adaipanna apenue.
- 9ie Ieibise Propibenee unb abins.
ton Eurnpife Srase tuirb ipabrideinIid
nodmaIs seridtIi6 er5rtsrt tperben.
oenn troB benz 8erbote ieitenS Der Stab
babsn bic 8eamten berieIben am Montap
baisIbf nit Der Reparatur anfansen
laHen. Strabenfommifdr &insIp trai
am Wlittpod gla6mittas bier Elm unt
baB erfe tpaS er that, mar, ben SefretGl
Der Turnpite Gompanie unb fiinf mil
ber Reparatur bort bei1dftiste Grbeite,
su arretiren, neil fe obne sinen gr.
laubnibi6ein an elmer bffentIiden Sttabt
arbeiteten Gin 8erbbr in Der Sab'
finoet beute Wtorsen ftatt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-09-17
8atarrb fann uiht furirt UerSen

ourd locale appIeatipneu, oa iis ben Sib Der
Sranfbeit nitt errsidsn tounen. Satarrb ia
sns BIut. ODER Gpnitimtious. .Sranfbeit uuo nm
fe 5u beiIen must Sbr innerIips SsiImittsI
nebmen. Saa's 8atarrb Sur wiro eingsnom.
men uno rpirtt brett auf ons 8Iut unb bic
ibIeimias Obsrfldds. SaQ's Satarrb.S III
feline Ouadlalbsr. .ReSislu. sic purbe felt
Sabrsu uon sin.m Der bsfen asr,te Oieiss Gan.
oes peroronet uno 1T ein reseImdbi9es 8seept.
Sis bstsbt aus ben bsten befannten Sonita.
uerbuuoen nit ben bsfsn 8lutreiuigungsmit'
tslu, Die oirsit auf Die SbIeimoberfdhe mir
fen. Die polltommsns BerbiHoung Der jlusi
8eitanOtbeiIs 1T 20, tuas iOI&' paurerpoas Is.
iuItate bel Der SeiluH9 bon Satarrb berpor.
bripst 9abt Gud 8eusuiffe umipHft fdidsu.
3. 3. Sbeusp & 10, Gisentb.. SolsoO. ..
8sriautt bon allen spotbsfsrn, pTsis Toe.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-09-17

- Sal,HuB tritt oft auf BEL faItsm
Wetter, be innere Sanb ersreifenb unb
anbere &6rpertbeiIe. Soob's Sariapas
riaa. Der srObe 8Iutreiniser, beiIt SaI3'
fIub.
Sunb's Pillen ipirfen DorsdsIi9 mad
Der WabIselt unb furiren 8opfpeb. 25c.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-09-17
3lrmemffemer fir 1896.

Die Duplifatt fir bic armsulfsusr fir ben
Srranton,D DuHmOrs Difrtft linb mir iibnatbsn
pOrptn unb bic Srutrjabltr psrbsn um piinft.
liHs 8tiabIuna in mtintr STies In ber &itY
Dale trfu4t um SOfftu ~ fpartn.
36,5 Wabs R, Bfuu,
SraHtoH, l, OPT 1896. GeleisT
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-09-17
MGbcben oerldnQt,

um In stpa sinu WO&s cine Stsas bel sinsm
Gbtpaart NIT stusm Siups anSutrstsn. Ndbsrss
In bitlsr Sffies.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-09-17
Dsutf&s 8riefIiRs.

8rau 8. 9lainn, Grau SsraaI 6tiubsra
Y. .. Stmmtrtr, 6rau &arrit SaItsrmann,
Gruu @bas. Wiartb, Grau anprsp S&aifsr,
6rau 8rtp. pifL 6rau Sbpmas @asnn,
8rau Spbn &pbsL 8rau aus. W. WtBsl,
6rau Wtismann.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-09-17
Sfe,ae Slnsei8em.
Mi6ael sllbreGt,
Serrem=S6mci6er,
Np. 4O3 Otdforp Strafe

Die btifrH. etnau palfsnbtn Anjiss su nit.
brighten prtiltn in etr Stapt. Wladt cure
8tfraunstH ttet, tbs bic 5srblf- uup Diuttr.
Cation ibnu SSbtpunft nrtidt.
8sparaturn. 8tinissn unb GGrbtn BON aI,i.
bern btifsns bsicrgt
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-09-17
Mdbcbett Derlan0t.

Gin sutss bsutitts 1ab6sn, jtpiitsn "a uni
t6 Sabrsn alt. gu trfrassu BET 6rau p. p.
Drsbtr, 423 penn Aptnus.
, 1896-03-14
Bekjendtgjoxelse
FRA POLITlET.

0F0LGE Meddelelse fra Herstyr-
kens lste Compagni bekjendtgi6res
Diet herved, at Compagniet vii
afholde >karpskydning med Kanoner
og Mitrailleuser paa S~kydebanen
we'd Plantagen Judiths Fancy /
Tidsrummet fra den 9de til den
eide dis.
[ den Anledning advares ALE og
Enhver imod at passere Skydebanen
paa de Tider Skydningen foretages.
Christiansteds Pofitikammer, St Croix, den
Ste Marts 1896.
MAXEN.
, 1896-03-14
Tran station.
Publication
FROM Fl POLICE.


~ URsUANT to communication
II from the First Company of the
Military Force it is hereby made
known, that the Company will have
Artillery Practice with cannon and
Mitrailleuses on the shooting ground
at Estate Judith's Fancy in the time
between the 9Th and the 21st inst.
On this occasion the public are
hereby warned against crossing the
Shooting Ground during the hours
of practice.
Christiansted's Police Office, St. Croix,
the 9th March 1896.
MAXEN.
, 1896-03-14
9Th AVlS'
Is publis1oI Frerg
w edneSdaV & Satur daY.

Wednesday, & saturday.
Terms Of SubScri DdOn
dollars per aunum, payable half yearly N
dvance.
Parties DESTROYS Of Withdrawing their subscription to
the fUis are required to give 3 months n5ja.
Terms of Advertising
approved ly Government 18th june 1855
For an advertisement Of s lines or under,
10 3 insertions
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Over s lines, per line .......... IL
70 line Of the largest type...~..... 10
+ I one to three subsequent insertions tA'
lnIf amount of these charges will be mate.
~ All advertisements for insertion must be delivered =
dis chce on Inesdays 4 FfrTi Il w., not q lttoF {! :
ca @ p. III. Tue postage Oh Je-1eI'
tins CtrCe from Vest End or 81. Thomas must DC p'41'hl -
lie notice will be taken OF them.
EA Special Contracts VIII be made with parties who may
tie WIslful to advertise y"rly, hAlryeaIF d quarterly.
10 Contributors r we cannot pay a5 attention tl
snonyn GUS communications; every arAcle must b. acconpl-
niGd BY the writer's name, not necessarily Tor publication, but Is
an evidence Of authenticity, and for our own security: tud it 4la,s
b diStncty understood that when d communication L., MS s4Le
lie editor does not therefore necessarily agree with the opinions
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My on one sde OF the paper.
wv PblAllNG aes DaS . '"' 0"'' "' "'"''0' al
, 1896-03-14
LUTHERAN

On Sunday the 10Th March there will
be held Divine Service IN ChriStransted's
Lutheran Church at the usual hours 40
and ~
, 1896-03-14
UNCLAIMED LETTERS IN FREDERIC
STED OST OFFICE.

Celina Clarke, Est. River, NJ. L. Cooper,
Est. Oxford, Huberr Edwards. Big Diamond,
Samuel Johnson. Est. Sloh. Leah Jackson,
Mount Stewart, Joseph Augusta Mawille,
Bethlehem, Martha Nicolas, Analy Est,
James Percy. Hermita 1e Est. A. Samuel,
Bethlehem Est, Chas. Samuel, Camporico
Est, Nc. Williams.
Unpaid.
John Adams, Alexander Able, lane Dalton,
Est. Anguila, Mary Frederiks, John James,
susanna Petersen, Henerata Roberts, Hslana
Rogers. A.Samson, Bethlehem Est, Theophi-
Ius Samuel, Auguila Eat, Estolla Schou
Rubina Smith. Anna S. Wilson.
Frederiksted's Post Office 3rd March 1896
l.. RICHTER.
, 1896-03-14
Translation
Publication.

INsPITH reference to publication
Wv of 18th ultimo it is hereby
made known that from to days date
the telegraphstations in the Forts
of Christiansted and Frederiksted
will be open from 8 o'clock a. M.
to IL o'clock noon and from l to 8
o'clock p. m.
Government secretary's Office, St. Croi1,
the 9Th February 1896.
LIMPRICHT.
, 1896-03-14
Translation.


5fT is hereby made known that
S@ Government has authorized Mr..
W. +. DANIELSEN to act pro-
v~lsionally as Vice Consul at Chris
tIansted for Sweden and Norway.
Government Spcretary's Office, St. Croix.
the 4th March 1896.
LIMPRICHT.
, 1896-03-14
UNCLAIMED LETTERS IN CHRISTIAN
STEDS POST OFFICE.

PAD.
Charlotte Rar1y, uezekiah Moore Est.
Constitution Hill. Zuchariah George, Bling
Montifore
UNPAID.
HellQna Cresterson Pauline Francis, Rosana
Hendricks, joss Il X, herts Foresa Maliala
Scales. 60. Rev. Watson. Henrietta Simmon2s,
Andrew Williams, Sophia Williams. Ellen G..
Woods.
C~hristionsted's Post Office 18th February
1896.
PETER LEMMING.
, 1896-03-14
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
Bekjen tgjorelse.

NMET bekjendtgj0res berved, at
49, Gouvernementet har a%utori-
seret Hr. w. z. DANIELSEN til
foreloDiqt at funeere som Kongelig
Svensk-Norsk Yicekonsul / Chri-
tan sted.
Gouvernements- Secretariatet St. Croix,
den 4de Narts 1896.
LTMPRICHT.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

AN EXAsPERATED LANDLORD
A tale comes from the Nutmeg State
of man who had travelled much
and was well-known wherever he
went by hotel men and others as a
proverbial kicker" Nothing was
ever good enough or bad enough,
hot enough or cold enough, rich
enough or poor enough for him.
One day he went to one of the best
hotels in the State and put up for the
night. His fame had preceded him,
and the landlord gave orders high
and low to serve him with the best
and to wait on him with alacrity.-
His wishes were all anticipated that
night, and he went to bed as happy
as man like him could be with
nothing to growl about. In the
morning extra pains were taken with
his breakfast, after which the land
lord went and inquired if every
thing was all right, adding that he
trusted his breakfast had been salts
factory.
Well, it was fair" admitted the
guest, "but / like a breakfast to be
hot. this wasn't hot enough"
every we'll, SIR" responded the
exasperated landlord, 1--WE have
done our best for you. There is
however, only one place so hot your
breakfast would be sure to please you
You'd better go there" And h,
walked off.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07
Burdette's Sermon on Life.

Man born of women is of few
days and no teeth, and indeed il
would be money in his pocket some
times if he had less of either. A
for his teeth he had convulsions
when he cnt them, and as the las
one comes through, 10 the dentist is
twisting the first one out, and the
last end of that mans jaw is worse
than the first, being full of porcelain
and roof plate built TO hold black
berry seeds. Stone bruises line his
pathway to manhood. His father
boxes his ears at home, the big bows
cuff him on the playground and the
teacher whips him in the schoolroom
He buyeth Northwestern at 10,
when he hath sold short at 90, and
his neighbors unloadeth upon him
Iron Mountain at 63s and staight-
way it breaketh down to 524. He
riseth early and sitteth up late that
he may fill his barns and storehouse,
and 10 his children's lawyers divide
the spoils among themselves and
say: Ha hap He growleth and
and is in sore distress because it
raineth, and beateth upon his breast
and sayeth, " My crop is lost! !" be-
because. it raineth not. The late
rains blight his wheat and the frost
biteth his peaches. If it be so that
the sun shineth, even among the
nineties, he sayeth, &" Woe is me. for
L perish and even if the northwest
wind sigheth down in ~ below, he
crieth, " Would l were dead !"
If he wear sackcloth and blue Jeans,
men say " He is tramp" and if he
go shaven and clad in purple and fine
linen, all the people cry" Shoot the
dude J" He carrieth insurance for
twenty years until he has paid thrice
over all his goods and then he letteth
his policy lapse one day, and that
fire destroyeth his store. He built
eth him house in Jersey, and his
first born is devoured by mosquitoes;
he pltcheth his tents in New York,
and tramps devour his substance. He
moveth to Kansas and cyclone
carrieth his house away over in
Missouri, while a prairie fire and
10000, 900 acres of fgrasshoppers fight
for his crop. He settles himself in
Kentucky and is shot next day by q
colonel and statesman,
" because, sab, he resembles, sab, a
man, sab, he did not like, sah.n
Verify, there is no rest for the sole
OF his feet and if he had to do it over
again he would not be born at all,
Tor the day of death is better than
the day of ones hirth.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07
POETRY.
ONE LESS AT HOME.

One less at home
Inc charmed circle broken-a dear face
Missed DAY by day from It's accustomed
place;
But, cleansed and saved and perfected
by grace
One more in Heaven!
One less at home
one voice of welcome hushed, and ev-
One farewell word unspoken on the
shore
Where parting comes not, one soul
landed more
One more in Heaven
One less at homel
A sense of loss that meets us at the gate I:
WITHIN, place untitled and desolate
ana tar away our coming to wait
One more in Heaven
One less at home!
Chill as the earth-born mists the
thoughts would rise
And wrap our footsteps and dim our
eyes;
But the bright sunbeam darteth from
the skies
One more in Heaven!
One more at homel
This not home. where, cramped on
earthly mould,
Our sight Of Christ is dim, our love is
cold
But there, where face to face we shall
behold,
Is home and Heaven!
One less on earth
Its pain, its sorrow, and its toll to share;
One less the pilgrim IS daily cross to bear {;
One more the crown on ransomed souls
to wear
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

A MEEK-LOOKING STRANGER.-
A story is told in the India Rubber
World of meek-lOoking stranger,
who with a distinctly ministerial air,
applied for permission to look
over large rubber factory. He
knew nothing at all about the rubber
business, he said, and after a little
hesitation, he was admitted. The
superintendent showed him about in
person, and the mans questions and
comments seemed to come from the
densest ignorance. Finally, when
the grindiug.room was reached, he
fingered a little, and asked in hesi.
tating way:
"Couldn't 1 have specimen of
this curious stuff for my cabinet ?n
Certainly" replied the superin.
tendent although it was compound
the secret Of which was worth
thousands of dollars; certainly
cut off as much as you wish"
With eager step the visitor ap
preached the roll of gum, took out
his knife, wet the blade in his mouth
and
"Stop right where you are !" said
the superintendent, laying a heavy
hand upon the stranger; you are
fraud and a thief. You didn'
learn in a pulpit that dry knife
won't cut rubber.
So saying, he showed the stranger
the door, and the secret was still
safe.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

WARNED IN TIME.--The boy was
starting out in the world to make a
living and possibly a name for him.
self. His father had given him some
money and a great deal of advice.
He had situation in prospect, and
as he had never taken kindly to farm
work it looked like a good 0pportu-
nifty for him.
Thurs one thing 1 wanter say
ter ye," the old man said as he
handed the youngster his luggage
out OF the spring wagon at the sta
tion, "an' 1 want yer to understan'
tibet l say it all in kindness. Ye're
goin' away from home with purity
good prospecks."
Yes, dad"
AM at the same time ye're goin'
ter move inter the neighborhood o.
wicked whur yer foot's liable ter
slip any minute"
"Yes, dad"
Wal, whut 1 wanter say is jes'
this. Homes goin' ter stay right
here whur ye kin always turn to it.
But times hez been mighty hard
lately an this farm never want nc
great shakes no how"
I" know it, dad"
$50 ye might ez we'll understan,
thet of ye come back cause We want
to see the folks ag'in, yell git yel
wish but eff ye come back lookin
fur tatted calf, ye're powerful likely
ter git disappointed"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

A LOVE STORY FOR THE TIMES
Forty or fifty years ago, the writer
heard this interesting episode i'm the
county of Rockbridge about two
young people attending service at
Falling Springs, on Sabbath morn
ing, not long after Easter.
A young gentleman very politely
handed an open Hymn-book, with a
very tiny pin stuck in verse, which
read as follows:
Il" Let the sweet hope that thou art mine
My life and death attend,
Thy presence through my journey shine,
And crown my journeys end,. 80,
The stanza was read with crimson
blush and blooming eye, and not to
be out done, the fair reader returned
the book, with the same pm fixed i'm
a verse found on the same page to
this effect:
" All that | am, and all that 1 have
Shall be forever thine,
Whatever my duty bids me give,
My willing hands resign"
Like the love stories in the Youths
COnapa'1ioa, the reader is now left to
guess what may have taken place, as
the events of their lives unfolded
with the going by of days.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

PROFESSOR ADO you know, 1
find 1t difficult to remember the ages
of my children!
Prof. B.-I have no such trouble.
] was born twenty-three hundred
years after Socrates ; my wife eight
teen hundred years after the death
of Tiberius Caesar ; our son John two
thousand years after the entrance
into Rome Of Titus Sempronius
Gracious for the reenactment of the
leges Licinie and our Amanda
fifteen hundred years after the be-
ginning of the Folk-wandering-
that is perfectly simple, you sec.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07
EVENING, MAY z, 1896
POETRY
THE MERCILESS,

There are some,shriveled souls and mean
Who, puffed with Holy Writ. defame
Their neighbors doors, and cry unclean
And raise their eyes to God in shame.
Poor fools i'm frailty all are kin:
The chosen Peter fell from grace;
The man who never shared in sin
Is tlaitor to the human race.
w lth scarce an impulse to control,
without one passion to repress,
That sinless thing without a soul
Is ever the most merciless.
EXpand-enlarge your bIgOt bounds:
Embrace the brotherhood of Woe:
Let slip no more your slander hounds.
But let the hunted sinner go,
BE large-be liberal implore
or love, that heaven-fr -freighted ship.
10 anchor close beside your door
That good may pass from lip to lip.
But there are men whose lives are broad
Whose eyes flash forth asonl-like ray.
Still proving something of the God
is stamped upon our human clay.
1t is such men whose deeds repair
Our shattcr'd faith, till so resigned
In spite OF all the wrongs we bear,
We cannot choose but love mankind
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

THE TOAST, WOMAN There
Is no perfect meal without a woman
to do the honors Of the table. Wa.
ter is as good az wine, and the fol-
lowing may serve as hints to the
father, brother, husband or guest
who Is able to talk, yet needs little
aid to lift HIM out of the common
rut:
Woman-The sweetest creature
the Lord ever made.
Woman-The source of help, h ap-
piness and heaven.
Woman-She needs no eulogy :;
she speaks for herself.
Woman-A creature 'nobly plan
ned to warn, to comfort and com
mand."
Woman-Once there was a wo-
man, sir, and there she is!
WOman-The fairest work of the
great Author: the edition is large
and no man should be without q
copy.
Woman-The tyrant we love, the
friend we trust.
Woman-God bless her, the queer
of all creation.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

QUEEN -Rumors of
the poor health of Queen Victoria,
although denied, still continue to
circulate. The Queen is an old wo-
man, but she has always lead a steady
going life, and has a constitution
naturally strong. If she reigns I'M
til June of next year she will have
been on the throne Of England sixty
years or as long as was her grand
father. George I'LL, who had the
longest reign of any English sover-
eigp. AS the Queen is not quite II
years of age, she is ten years younger
than Gladstone, and there is posi-
bility that she may live long enough
to complete the longest reign in all
history
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

MANY years ago, in central Maine,
a man staIte out to sell oilcloths
throughout the country, at fifty cents
cover. After tramping all day
without selling on, a happy thought
struck him. He would charge dol
lar and take half the pay in cast-off
shoes. The result was, people imag-
ined they were getting some returns
from their old shoes, and there was
a general ransacking of attics, and
tablecovers went like hot cakes. But
the old shoes? Well, whenever he
found a convenient hole beside the
road out of sight, he pulled up his
cart and dumped the lot.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

AN INSTANCE OF RED TAPE
An English officer, having moved
from one station to another, sent in
bill in which was an item for
"porter." The item after having
exercised the intellects and received
the Endorsement of five successive
officials at the War Office, was dis
allowed on the ground that porter"
could only be allowed iftaken under
medical advice. The officer respect
fully informed his superiors that the
"porter" charged was not for drink,
but the individual who had carried
his baggage. The reply was that
this should have been entered as
porterage )" whereupon the officer
ventured to inquire whether, if he
took cab, this should be put down
as cabbage" The officer to whom
the cabbage" joke was addressed
was so incensed that he preferred a
formal complaint against the Jester
for his misplaced fippancy.
The usual amount Of red tape hav-
ing been spun, the offending officer
was summoned to London from q
distant station to receive a wigging
He appeared before the then adju.
tant-general, but that functionary
spoiled his rebuke by bursting out
laughing as soon as he approached
the subject, and ended up by asking
the culprit to lunch. Having re.
turned to the station, the officer next
proceeded to send in his bill
for the expences of his journey tC
and from London to receive his
wigging. 1t came to few pounds,
but it was paid this time without 9
murmur.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

NOTHING that is broken can ever
be perfectly mended. This state
ment is true of so sacred thing as
a human friendship. After one
definite rupture between two men
that have been thoroughly intimate
with each other, there will always
remain some lack of perfect sympa-
thy. Outwardly they M ay make up,
and in all sincerity they may imag-
inc that they have quite effaced the
old scores but they cannot blot out
history, nor make the course of
events to be as If 1t had not been. All
this for the benefit Of those persons
who vainly imagine that they safely
throw off friend to-day and hope
to recover him tomorrow. Such
persons have no conception of
moral values. They are blinded by
selfish egotism, and are therefore In.
capable Of wise action,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

MADAM comes home from the
theatre and finds Minna, the SER
want, sitting in the kitchen reading
book by the light of two candles.
She was naturally annoyed by the
girls extravaganza. Why, Minna,
actually reading novels with two
candles burning?'
mot at oil, ma'am," was the cool
reply I" that's only one candle! 1
just cut it in two half an hour ago.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-07

COCKERILL GoT EvEN.-The fol-
lowing amusing incident in the
life Of the late John G. Cockerill Is
told by Rev. Cyrus Rifle, of this
place, who was intimately acquainted
with the great newspaper man when
he was editor of little country
weekly in Adams county, Ohio
One Of Editor Cockerill's delinquent
subscribers came in one day and told
him he would haul him load ofwood
the following Saturday if he was
living. Saturday came, but no wood
materialized. The following week
Editor Cockerill came out in his pa
per with very lengthy obituary of
the man. He recited his many no.
BILE characteristics, went with him
through life, and landed him safely
across the Jordan. The man, upon
reading his own obituary, came to
see Cockerill in perfect rage. He
demanded an explanation, and Cock
erill said that he supposed him dead,
as he had promised him load of
wood If living.