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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05
POETRY
LOST: MY BOY.
BY JULIA IL. MAY.

- y Lila IL. &"
Lost l have lost him.
Where did he go?
Lightly | clasped him,
How could l know
Out Of my dwelling
He would depart
Even as l held him
Close to my heart
Lost !. l have lost him.
Somewhere between
Schoolhouse and college
Last was he seen.
Lips full Of whistling,
Curl.tangled hair
Lost l have lost him,
Would l knew where
Lost ] have lost him.
Chester, my boy!
Picture book, story book,
Marble and toy,
Stored in the attic,
Useless they lie.
Why should | care so much?
Mothers, tell why
Yes, he is gone from me;
Left me no sign,
Save that another
Calls himself mine.
Handsome and strong of limb,
Stately is he;
Knows things that l do not ;
Who can it be?
Face like the fathers face.
Eyes black as mine,
Step full Of manly grace,
Voice masculine.
\ es, but the gold of life
Has one alloy;
Why does the mother-heart
Long for her boy?
Long for the mischieyous
Queer little chap,
Ignorant, questioning,
Held in my lap.
Freshman, so tall and wise,
Answer me this:
Where is the little boy
| used to kiss ?
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05
Notice.

I HAVE returned home to remain
Il this fall and winter. Ihaye located
In DR.. s. III. Austin's office, Oh Main
street, to work at my trade. Work
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction.
Also still continue my oculist business.
viii call on any parties who desire
Glasses, if they will let me know.
| have also added to my line of busl-
ness repairing of all kinds of Sewing
Machines. Also all kinds of material
for them on hand. All work guaran-
teed. Bring on your machines.
Very respectfully,
j. A. LOWE,
Oct. 24-tf. Jeweler q Opticlan.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

FATHER (whose wife has pre-
sented him with wins)-Tomm my, e,
you may stay at home from school
to-day, and tomorrow tell the
teacher that you have two new broth
ers. Tommy-Wouldn't it be better
to say have only one new brother :?
Then can stay home day next for
the other one.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05
CONCORD STATE Normal SCHOOL,

OFFERS unequaIed advantages to
~ young ladies and young gentlemen
desiring to become teachers. The town
is beautifully located on a rolling
plateau, 1850 feet above the sea-
Tuition free to Normal appointees. A
under the management Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. 5. Adair. Large grounds with
beautiful grove and lawn tennis court
for Ont.dOo amusement of the young
ladies. Students can enter at any time
Fall term begins Wednesday, Sept. 18th.
For further information and catalogue
address
JOHN d. SWEENEY,
Prin., Concord Church, w. Va.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

"THIs morning the doctor ordered
me to drink water an hour before
every meal, and here I've been
drinking for the last forty minutes {;
but I'll be jiggered If 1 can swallow
another mouthful.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

THE attempt Of European ladies
to form a league of native girls for
the suppression of foot-binding in
China has fallen through. One ma
tive girl is said to have put the case
thus: 1--WE squeezy foot! You
squeezy waist! Same object both
! get husband"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

DoCToR-I really do not under.
stand. There is no reason why you
should go in for a reduction of cor
pulency. Patient-Still, / want you
to put me through a course of anti
fat treatment. My Eulalia shall sec
with her own eyes how I pine away
for love of her.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

"JAMEs, here's letter from Cousin
Julia she's had son drowned.n
" What did she have him drowned
for ?o
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

ORDER in the court - shouted
the Judge, This is the worst dis
grace this court has suffered since I
was elected to the judgeship!"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

" You seem sad, my red.skinned
brotber," said the missionary. "Red
skinned brothers. heart heap sad, {"
said the noble son of the prairie.
white man shoot better, fight bet
ter, and now Injun hear college yell,
he know Injun can't war-whoop for
sour apples. Waugh"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

He KISSED ME.-According to
an Ohio paper, this is how high
school girl recently parsed the SEN
tence, "He kissed me-" "He," she
began, with a fond lingering over
the word that brought crimson to
her cheeks, " is a pronoun, third
person, singular number, masculine
gender, a gentleman, and pretty
we'll fixed universally considered a
good catch! Kissed is a verb,
transitive, too much so, regular,
every evening, indicative mood, in
dicating affection; first and third
persons, plural number, and gov
erned by circumstances. Me'-Oh !
we'll, everybody knows me-" And
she sat down.
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General Ransom and the Farmer.
HOW TIE LATTER WENT TO COLI
LECT a DEBT AND ENDED
BY LENDING HIM
$500 MORE.

Gen. Matt Ransom, ex-senator
from North COrolina, now minister
to Mexico, is fascinating man.
Near his country seat in Northamp-
ton county in North Carolina, there
once lived one Neighbor Brown, a
well-to-do-farmer and great admirer
of the Senator.
The Senator had borrowed from
him the sum of 5000. AS the farmer
was not in need he never asked the
Senator to pay the debt until hard
times came two years later. The
session of Congress was over, and
the Senator was home on a vacation.
The old man called his oldest son
to him one day and said: "Saddle
your horse and go over and ask the
Senator if he wouldn't be so kind as
to pay me now, bein' as l need the
money"
Off went the young man. He was
received graciously by the Senator.
So elusive was General Ransom
that when Jack returned he reported
as follows:
Father, he treated me so-nice
that just could not ask him for the
money"
The old man got angry, and, call
ing his younger son to him, said !:
"Now, Jim, don't act fool like
your brother, but go and ask the
Senator to pay me what he owes me
and don't you come back here with
out the money, do you hear? ."
"All right, father, you can count
on me-"
jim brought back the same report
as Jack. The old man was now
thoroughly angry and dIsgusted. He
had his horse brought.and swore that
he would get back his money or die
in the attempt. The boys said moth
ing. Toward sundown, their father
rode leisurely back, his face beamIng
with smiles.
The boys began to speculate on the
result and Jim said: Well, well,
and we let the old man outwit u.s."
Well, father you got your money
did you?" they broke forth i'm one
breath.
No, my sons; was wrong and
you were right. You see, the Sena-
tor is little pinched just now, and,
as he was mighty clever and nice to
me, thought would lend him five
hundred more. He's all right, boys"
--------S. S----
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GIVE US A TRIAL.

4 I J. K. Bells you can get a good
shood dum Suit, Umbrella and Over
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31

FORGOTTEN YOU! IS 1T LIKELY o.
Therefore, with the possibility be-
fore her mind of a visit from her old
admirer, she bestowed sundry adorning
touches to her toilet, countermanded
the victoria, and settled herself in the
drawing room, in graceful attitude.
prepared to he very much astonished
to see him, indeed.
The afternoon waned, however, and
he failed to put in an appearance.
Neither did he come the following day
nor the one after, nor the next. Evi-
IDENTIFY he was in no hurry to call on her,
and Lady Brereton's usually sweet tenn
per developed inequalities in conse-
quence.
When within a week of his return he
greeted her at length on the neutral
ground of the Huntington club, she
found him good deal changed-older,
improved, nothing of the boy she re-
membered about him, except his feat
ures, which were good.
"Then you haven't quite forgotten
me-" she said
Forgotten you! Is it likely? My
dear Lady Brereton, don't you remem-
ber my youthful alteration? You made
me as wretched as a love-sick boy can
be. was so very much in earnest; one
takes oneself so seriously at 81. have
often laughed over the thought of it
SINCE"
He laughed now. So did she, very
naturally, too. But she was not pleased;
for in his frank allusion to the past she
discerned that her empire was lost, and
no woman likes to make that discovery
even If she has not valued 1t at the
time of possession.
"And is your stay in London to be
long?" she asked.
"Oh, am not going back to India, at
ALL" he said. "The regiment will be
home next month. / mean to settle
down. The governor wants it; fldgety
about the title, you know, since my
brother died. It's rather a bore. BY
the way, Lady Brereton, I was intend
ing to call and ask your aid about 1t.
Women are so clever at this kind of
thing"
~ shall be delighted" size said sweet
ly. "I'll look out for you and you must
como and see me and report what dis
coveries you are making on your own
account"
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The most costly horse barn in the
world is at Syracuse, N. Y. 1t belongs
to ID. r. Grouse, and cost 100000.
The ancients believed that purga-
tory's main entrance was through a
cavern on the island of Lonough Derg,
Ireland.
Fine-toothed combs Of ivory and
brass have been found in Egyptian
tombs which date back more than 1,O0O
years B. c.
J. L. Allen, telegraph operator at
Loretto in Marion County, KY, has
invented railroad clock that is mar
vel of ingenuity. 1t registers each tram
as it passes and the time at which II
passes, and an accompanying device
gives warning to incoming trains IL an-
other train has passed the station with
in fifteen minutes.
The room of a certain self-possessed
girl was entered recently by burglar.
without an instant's delay the young
woman caught up the only weapon at
hand. She elevated it in so orthodox
manner that the intruder, noting only
the ominous flashing Of steel, took to
his heels as effectually as IL he had been
aimed at with rifle, instead of tho FAM
lily pair of scissors.
The story comes from Arizona Of a
Chiricahua prospector who, while work.
ing tunnel in tina. district, had put in
a blast, lighted the fuse and started out
to find the mouth of the tunnel block
AIDED with big black bear and three
cubs. 1t is said the prospector was in
n terrible dilemma, whether to be blown
up or eaten up, and became so chilled
with fright that the air in the tuAnel
froze up in big chunks and the fire in
the fuse went out.
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etagere CT ferns.

SldSSlC VI ltluo.
Mrs. Crosbie helped herself to q
sweetmeat lelsurely and with due re-
gard for her irreparable glove. "Of
course, you know" she remarked,
that Capt. Valence is home from In
dia?"
Somebody told me yesterday that he
had just arrived. But why the of
course?' replied Lady Brereton.
Il don't know-if you don't. Only
Mrs. Crosbie looked through the cream
jug at futurity-"it's just the year since
poor Lord Brereton died"
And what Of that?"
Mrs. Crosbie's eyes deserted the tea
tray and fixed themselves severely on
her friend. Blanche" she said, you
are in one of your moods, and you
don't practice on me! Are we alone, or
is somebody hiding behind the cur
tains?"
"You ridiculous woman!
Then why this superlative inno-
cence? Why this affectation of coy II?
For heavens sake, be rational being
and treat me like one. AS II everybody
doesn't know that Arthur Valence wor-
ried himself nearly sick over you at
the time Of your marriage. And you
try TO persuade ne, of all people, that
you think it means nothing when he
returns to England, after an absence
of five years, just as the first twelve
months of your mourning expire"
His movements don't interest me in
the least, and don't suppose mine any
lorger interest him. You seem to ig-
more the lapse of time since We met,
and faithful hearts, my dear, went out
Of fashion with the crinolinc. Besides
he wasn't a man--he was only a nice
boy
Anyhow, it doesn't matter now. He
has probably forgotten all about me
long ago."
She spoke with complacent disbe-
lief in her own words which made her
hearer laugh.
IF you thought for moment that
he had forgotten you you would be ir-
ritable beyond endurance"
Il hope you are not laboring under
bLC dboui u ILl0I N'sA Z hAA viz
least"
Am your enemy that l should ac-
cuse you of having hearth" laughed
Mrs. Crosbie. II merely meant that
your amour propre would be rufled,
my dear. know you so we'll"
You were never more mistaken in
your life" asserted Lady Brereton,
calmly. II am utterly indifferent.
Therein she was insincere. Itwas true
that she had snubbed him unmercifully
in years gone by, and the only feeling
his boyish passion had inspired in her
had been sisterly liking, afterwards
mingled with pity amusement and graf
ified vanity. But, nevertheless, she
looked to the renewal Of the floral
chains which bound him to her carriage
wheels with truly feminine pleasure.
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31

Unadilla, N. Y, (SpeciaD-One of our
substantial men here, Fred j. Joyce.
recently made a $3.50 investment, and
considers the results worth $500 to him.
For over fifteen years Mr.. Joyce was
an inveterate smoker, and the tobacco
habit gained such a hold on him that
it affected his nervous system and
made it impossible for him to quit
Upon realizing the loss OF health and
money which threatened him, he made
many unsuccessful attempts to break
himself Of the life-sapping habit, until
on a chance he took No-To-Bac, the
great cure which has saved over 3O0,-
600 tobacco victims. Two boxes COM
pletely cured Mr.. Joyce, and he has
no desire for tobacco now whatever
When he attempts TO smoke it makes
him as dizzy as when he first acquired
the habit. He now is in the very best
physical condition, and 500 would not
tempt him to use tobacco again.
Ostrich plumes are pluckcd once IN eight
months
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Contracted in the War.
A SUBJECT OF INTEREST TO
SOLDIERS.
III. T.. Enowlton, Fifth Michigan Cavalry,
Tells of the Effects of Army Life.

III. T.. Enowlton, Fifth Michigan Cavalry,
Tells of the Effects of Army Life.
From the News, Muskegon, Mich.
There are few pieasanter drives in
this part of the country than the one
along the South Grand river road, run
ming between Grand Haven and Bass
River, little hamlet about fourteen
miles from the capital of Ottawa
county. And especially is that SO in
these October days, when the rich au-
tumnal colors are beginning to give
radiance to the woodlands along the
route. On the eleventh of this month
a representative of the Morning News
took this trip TO interview a certain
Mr.. II. B. Knowlton. a farmer living
about mile away, about his cure from
rheumatism.
Mr.. knowlton is man fifty-one years
of age, and served three years in the
war, being member of Company +,
Fifth Michigan Cavalry. He has lived
in Allendale, Ottawa county, Mich,
since the rebellion, and is one Of the
substantial farmers Of the county. his
farm, which contains one hundred and
eighty-five acres, being a valuable prop
erty. He was working in the field when
approached by the reporter, but kindly
invited him into his handsome brick
house, and when asked about the bene-
Williams Pink Pills, said: II was in
the army for three years, and it was
while there I contracted the rheuma-
tism. After coming out was lame and
sore a good deal of the time, but was
not sick enough to go to bed. At first
/ was not very bad, but as time went
on l became worse. About q year ago
l was so bad that / had to give up my
work on the farm. | had doctored with
doctors and taken great deal of medi-
cine, and had become kind of discour-
aged. Nothing seemed to help me. and
finally l went to the drug store of A.
j. White and asked him If he had any,
thing TO kill or cure me. He said he
had DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, and he thought If / would take
them they would help me. / purchased
a box and before taking all Of them
felt better. and knew they had helped
me. 1 continued taking the pills, and
for the past three months I have not
felt the rheumatism. / would advise
any one who has the rheumatism to try
the Pink Pills, and l am confident they
will help them"
II. Il. Knowlton, Of Allendale. Ottawa
county, Michigan, being by me duly
sworn, deposes that the facts set forth
in the foregoing statement, made by
him this 18th day of October, A. D., 1896
are true. HENRY G.. VANITY,
Notary Public,
Muskegon Co.. Mich
Or. Williams Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are for sale by
all druggists, or may be had by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y, for soc. per box, or
Six boxes for $3.50.
a
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A GREAT EXPENSE
70 Carry on an Almost Helpless Fight.
AT Last tho Fight is Over.
(From the Battle Creek Noon. }

(Ffom the Battle Creek Moon.)
Our representative called at 26 Battle
Creek. Avenue, the residence of s |. Rob
bins, and in an interview with him brought
out the following facts Mr. Robbins tells
of his wife's experience in a manner that
carries conviction with his words. He
says. am sorry my wife is not at home
this L. NJ, but no one knows better than
how she has suffered during past years.
For twenty years she has been afflicted
with the various forms of kidney com
plant and an enlargement of the liver.
She was often confined to her bed for more
than two weeks at time suffering untold
agony. She has doctored constantly. and
] have paid out in doctors bills for her
alone as much as 5000. 90, and then her re.
lief was only such that she would be able
80 he around for spell. Some time ago
she felt the symptoms of another attack
coming on, such as a pain in through the
Kidneys and back. I hardly know what
induced me to get box of Doans Kidney
Pills, instead Of sending for the family
physician; however, got some and she
commenced their use. 1t was a surprise
TO lis both to see their action; the attack
was warded off, and she continued taking
them with marked improvement each day
OF their use. She is better now than she
has been in years, the pain in the back and
others in the kidneys have entirely gone.
Hardly day goes by that we do not men
ton the great good Doan's Kidney Pills
have done her. L was always opposed TO
patent medicines, but confess that my
wifes experience with Doan's Kidney
Pills has done much to change my opin.
ions. If it were not for those pills she
would not have been able to be out this
afternoon.
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ers-pricc. 80 cents Mailed by Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents
for the U. 8. Remember the name, D0an's,
and take no other.
The downcast eve has always been typical OF
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In Pullman Tourist Sleeping Ca

In Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars.
The Burlington Route &C. d. & @. II.
r. run personally conducted excursions
20 California, leaving Chicago every
Wednesday. Through cars to Califor-
MIA destination, fitted with carpets, up
holstered seats, bedding, toilet rooms,
etc.; every convenience. Special agent
in charge. Route via Denver and Salt
Lake. Sunshine all the way. Write
Tor descriptive pamphlet to 4. A. Grady,
Excursion Manager, 211 Clark St., Chi
pago.
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FAITHFUL HEARTS.

HEY were in Lady
Brereton's boudoir
In Green street,
bosom friends and
alone. A 8 o'clock
tea equipage stood
between them and
a too brilliant June
sun was excluded
by blinds of a be-
coming tint and an
otonnrn nG fapvoC
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31
Use of Tuberculin.

We have just heard Of the following
facts in connection with the use of tu-
berculin, says the Rural New Yorker.
Three cows were tested several years
ago and gave the usual reaction. They
were taken out of the regular stables
and put in sunny box stalls and given
the best sanitary conditions. The fol-
lowing year they were tested again, and
again reacted. The next year they were
again tested, but failed to react. After
they were slaughtered, an examination
of the lungs shovel that the disease had
been stopped-the scars or marks show
ing how far it had gone. This suggests
two things: Sunshine and q perfect san
itary condition is the best 'consump-
ton cure" Many herds are undoubt-
edly weakened and made more liable to
the disease by being kept in dark, filthy
and poorly ventilated stables. Another
thought is that while tuberculin may
prove an accurate test for the presence
of the disease, it does not follow that
every COW that shows the reaction
should be killed at once. A COW may
have the germs of the disease in her
system and yet be so well cared for
that she will entirely recover.
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31

Tn proportion as VIC live for others.
will we find life worth living.
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31

Eyes in rapid and constant motion betokcn
anxiety, fear or care
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31

"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs' ars nn-
cqualed for clearing the voice Public speak,
ers and singers the wcrld over use them.
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31

Securing Wool With Naphtha.-The
Buenos Ayres River Plate Review says:
"In a new method Of securing wool
naphtha is employed as the cleansing
substance. BY means Of a pump the
naphtha is forced through and through
the wool, extracting all the natural oil.
1t is claimed that the naphtha does not
injure the fiber of the wool, as alkali
cleansing, but leaves the fleece in bet-
ter condition than when cleansed by
any other process. A further valuable
featare of the new method is that after
the grease is extracted from it the
naphtha is in pure state, thereby be-
coming valuable as medical agent or
for saponiflcator into the purest OF
soaps. 1t is claimed that plant fol-
lowing this method secured 100000
pounds of WOOL and saved product OF
$4,000 pounds in pure wool OIL"
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31

Happiness is not found in getting the
world, but in giving 1t up.
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31

What a sense of relief IL is tn know
that you have no more corns. Hndercorns
removes them, and very comforting IL is. ljc.
at druggists,
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TO CALIFORNIA

The downcast eye has always been typical o.
noCcsty.
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$4,000 for G1.OO.

There are $1,000 women farmers IN the United
The Yale expositor., 1896-01-31

Ostrich plumcs are pluckcd once IN eight