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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-07-04
PRUDENCE A SAFEGUARD.

A banking firm in Lombard street
was headed by baronet. A retired
merchant, of enormous wealth, liv.
ing in small lodgings, was a custo-
mer of the firm, and generally left a
balance of thirty or forty thousand
pounds in their hands. All posi-
BILE attention was to be paid to q
customer of such Importance, and in
an evil hour the baronet requested
the honor of his company to dinner
at his suburban home. The old
gentleman complied reluctantly. The
hall door was opened by fat porter.
A refined groom of the chamber
was in waiting. There were as many
servants in and out OF livery as
guests; and a pompous butler dealt
out champagne very literally. ~
fear" said the old gentleman apollo.
getically, "that am putting you to
a great deal of inconvenience "Not
in the least said the baronet, Gin
deed it is only our regular family
dinner Not another word more
was said about it; but the customer
took an early leave, and next day
drew out the whole of his balance.
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WEEKLY CROP BUILETIN.-The
past week opened with temperatures
below the normal and the cool wealth
er continued until the Goth. A fter
this the weather became warmer and
the closing days of the week were
excessively humid and sultry. The
weeks la'.'-il was very unevenly
distributed. Heavy rains occurred
chiefly in the great valleys, but re-
ports from other sections show that
plenty of rain was received. Some
severe local storms occurred in which
damages was done by lightning.
Less than the normal amount of SUM-
shine was received. Several days Of
bright weather are needed to thor
oughly ripen the wheat crop. The
frequent rains during the past week
have delayed farming operations to
a considerable extent. The ground
is too wet for cultivation in most of
the farming sections, and the corn
crop has become quite weedy, but
has not otherwise been damaged
The crop is growing finely and is
very promising. Wheat harvest has
been finished in some of the lower
counties and is progress generally.
The crop is very uneven, and is
everywhere light in straw. Oats
and rye are rather better than the
usual crop and promise fine yields.
Meadows and grass fields are thick
ening and the hay crop will be bet
ter than was expected. Some clover
has been cut and is reported a good
crop. Garden crops of all kinds are
doing well, especially potatoes which
promises large yield.
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ANEcDOTAL LITERATURE.
ealhered and O0mpIIed BY W 9.
By HOOK AND BY CROOK,

OK A4GQAA AAfA 49, S-N~~-~
During the great fire in London,
in 1866, over $4,000 edifices were
burnt. In very many cases the boun-
daries of the properties were oblit-
Grated to such degree that it be
came very difficult to ascertain them
after the removal of the rubbish.
The Disputes arising among the OWE
ers, both as to the position and cx-
tent of their property. promised not
only interminable occupation of the
courts of law, but caused an inevita-
bic delay in the rebuilding of that
part of the city. In order TO come
to more speedy settlement of their
respective claims, it was determined
to refer the matter to two of the
most experienced surveyors OF that
day--men who were thoroughly ac-
quainted with London previous to
the fire. 1t was agreed by all to
abide by the decision of these men,
as being the best qualified as arbi-
traitors in this matter. The names
of these two persons were Mr.. Hook
and Mr.. Crook, and by the justice
of their decisions they gave general
satisfaction to the interested parties;
and bringing about, as they did, an
early rebuilding of the city, hence
arose the saying, "By hook and by
crook" usually applied to the extri.
cation of persons or things from a
difficulty.
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Mo Dogs Allowed ON the Care.


Il happened tile other day on the
Lehigh Valley railroad. The train
had just left Easton, and the con-
ductor was making his first round,
when he observed small white dog
with bushy tail and bright black
eyes sitting costly on the seat be-
side young lady SO handsome that
il made his heart roll oyer. But
duty was duty, and he remarked in
his most depreeatory manner:
"I'm very sorry, bat it's against
the rules to have dogs in the pas
senger cars"
sob, myl is that so?n and she
turned up two lovely brown eyes at
him beseechingly. sWhat in the
world will / do p
swell put him in a baggage car,
and he'll be just as happy as robin
in spring.
"Whatl put my nice white dog in
dirty baggage carp
I'm awfully sorry, Miss, but the
rules of this company are inhexible.o
II think it's awfully mean, and /
know somebody will steal it, aud
she showed half notion to cry that
nearly broke the conductors heart;
but he was firm, and sang out to the
brakeman:
"Here, Andy; take this dog over
into the baggage car, and tell 'em
to take the best kind of care of him.
The young lady pouted, but the
brakeman reached over and picked
the canine up as tenderly as though
it was two-weeks'old baby, but as
he did so strange expression came
over his face, and be said hastily to
the conductor:
"Here, you just hold him min
ute and he trotted out at the car
door and held on to the brakewheel.
The conductor no sooner had his
hands on tie dog than he looked
around for hole to fall through.
"Wh-wh why, this is a worsted
dog ~
ayes sir" said the miss demurely.
"Didn't you know that?'
He laid the dog down on the own
er's lap, and walked out on the plat
form, where he stood half an hour in
the cold, trying to think of a hymn.
tune to suit the worst sold man on
the Lehigh Valley road.
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Indigestion is often taken for con-
sumption. The word consumption
means wasting away, and dyspep-
tics often waste away as badly as
eonsumptives.
The reason people waste away is
because either they don't get enough
to eat, or they don't digest what
they do eat
If the latter is your trouble, take
Shaker Digestive Cordial. This will
help you TO digest your food and
stop your loss of flesh.
Shaker Digestive Cordial is made
from herbs, barks and the juices of
fruit, by the we'll known Shakers at
Mount-Lebanon. 1t possesses great
tonic and digestive powers.
: Shaker Digestive Cordial has
cured many supposed consumptives
(who were really dyspeptics), by
simply helping their stomachs to di.
gest their food, thus giving them
nourishment and new strength.
Sold by druggists. Trial bottles
10 cents.
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not make really beautiful, satisfying. soul-
etirring music, unless every string IS tense
and firm, unless every piece of the whole
instrument is In perfect tune, in perfect
condition, In perfect harmony with every
other piece.
1t is the same with a human being II
his body is all out of order and rundown.
he will not be able to enjoy anything. no
matter how full of enjoyment it NAV be for
other people. If he Is just little bit ont
of order, If he is not sick, but doesn't feel
just right" he will only be able to enioy
things in half hearted sort of way. The
nearer he Is to being perfectly well, the
nearer will his capacity for enjoyment be
perfect. To really live, and to take his
world, his body must be In perfect con-
dition. If this condition doesn't exist.
something is wrong and something ought
to be done. That something nine cases in
ten means the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. IT works directly ON
the digestive organs, and on the blood and
through these on every tissue of the whole
body It makes the appetite good. the
digestion perfect and nutrition Tsn;d and
easy. 1t supplies rich, red blood 10 all The
tissues and builds up solid, heaithfi,l flesh
1t brings perfect health and restores vig.
orous, sprtngy vitality. It makes eveTv
function in life pleasure instead of drag
II is an inUgorating tonic as well as ti1e
greatest blood-purifer of the age, You can
get 1t at any drug store If YOU care 70
know more about 1t, and about your own
pnyslcaI makeup, send II one-cent statnps
10 cover cost of mailing only and receive
absolutely free copy Of DR.. Pierca,s e, caIa
DRAFTED book, ?" Common Sense MedicaI Adj
WISER - 1908 pages, profuacly illustra.ei
Address Worlds Disneusa-g r5adiceI a. -
ISOLATION, Buffalo, ~ Y. 40
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Newspapers Endorse.

Educators are certainly the great
est benefactors of the race, and after
reading DIR. Franklin Niles popular
works, cannot help declaring him to
be am ng the most entertaining and
educating authors" --Ne,o York
Daily. He is not a stranger to our
readers, as his advertisements appear
in our columns in every issue, calling
attention to the fact that his elegant
work on Nervous and Heart Dis
eases is distributed free by our en-
terprising druggist A. M. Gilbert.
Trial bottles of DIR. Miles Nervine
are given away, also Book of Testi-
monials showing that it is unequalled
for Nervous Prostitution, Headache,
Poor Memory, Dizziness, Sleepless-
ness, Neuralgia, Hysterie, Fits, Epi-
lepsy.
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A JOKE AT HOMEOPATHY.

Once upon a time q countryman
called upon physician in York. He
was a dyspeptic. The doctor gave
him some plain advice as to his food
and wrote prescription for some
tonic, saying, "Take that, and come
back in a fortnight" The patient
returned blooming and happy, quite
well indeed. The doctor was de-
lighted, and not little proud of bis
success. He asked to see what he
had given him. The patient said he
had not got it,. "Where is ?" he
asked. II took it, sir" "Took it !!
What have you done with it 2" 81
ate it, sir" you told me to take IL.
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He Would Be a Prize.

"a boy is outside in answer to the
advertisement you had in this morn
ipg's paper said the merchants
head clerk.
II can't stop to attend to him
now. just ask him few questions
yourself"
Gas to his experience and refer
ence?n
ayes, you might mention those
points, but be sure to ask If he has
an ear for music. If he says NO
get him to try and whistle THE
Band Played On, or Sunshine of
Paradise Alley If he can't do it
engage him on the spot. He's a
prize. '-Yonker's Statesman.
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Godey's Magazine for July begins
the l33d volume of the well-known
old publication and is a good speci-
men Of the pioneer in its modern
form. The number opens with two
timely articles. The first of these
is from the pen of traveller in Per-
STA, and describes, with the aid of
numerous pictures, some of the
characteristics of that country, which
is always an important factor in the
Eastern Question, and has recently
come into particular prominence on
account of the assassination of the
Shah while no less timely and in
teresting is a description of the
Training and Life in the New York
Fire Department, from which dele
cation went to the International
Firemen's Tournament that began in
London June 10.
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How Far Blood Travels.

The mileage of the blood circula-
tion reveals astounding facts. Says
the Chicago News:
1t has been calculated that, SIS.
Stunning the heart to beat So times q
minute at ordinary heart pressure.
the blood goes at the rate of POI
yards in minute, or miles an
hour, 168 miles day, and 6l,32O
miles year.
If a man "a years Of age could
have had one single blood corpuscle
floating in his blood all his life it
would have travelled in that time
5,15O,0 900 miles.
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Not Quite That Bad.

"You arc charged with vagrancy.
You never do anything but beg"
said New York justice to shabby
looking prisoner.
Tramp-You do me great inius-
tice, your honor! I steal every
chance | get and l gamble, too, oc-
casionally.
JUDGE beg your pardon. l had
no idea you were so respectable. /
hope you will excuse me. I am very
sorry.
Tramp-Well, you needn't carry
the thing too far, judge. Idon't claim
to be an alderman.-Texas Siftings.
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ROWLAND HILL AND A LADY.

A lady who protested religion,
but whose practice WAS not in ac-
cordance, said to Mr.. Hill: ooh, I
am afraid, lest after all l should not
be saved" Mr.. Hill replied Il am
glad to hear you say so, for l have
long been afraid for you.' The lady
instantly retired.
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$50 you enjoy belonging to the
Fat Mems Club %
sob yes it is delightful"
"What are some of the pleasures?'
"Why, every fat man in the club
discovers at once that all the other
men in the club are fatter than he
is. louisville Courier-Journal.
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Guaranteed Cure.

We authorize our advertised drug
gist to sell DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, upon this condition. If you
are afflicted with a Cough, Cold or
Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, or
will use this remedy as directed, CIV
ing it fair trial, and experience and
benefit, you may return the bottle
and have your money refunded. We
could not make this offer did we not
know that DIR. Kings New Discovery
could be relied on. 1t never disap-
points. Trial bottles free at L. G.
Matthaei's Drug Store. Large size
SOC. and 81.
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Health and strength carry us
through dangers and make US safe in
the presence of peril. A perfectly
strong man with rich, pure blood,
has nothing to fear from germs. He
may breathe in the bacilli of con-
sumption with impunity. If there Is
weak spot where the germs may
fnd an entrance to the tissues, then
the trouble begins. Disease germs
propagate with lightning like rapid
ty. Once in the blood, the only way
to get rid of them is to kill them.
This is what DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is for. 1t puri-
fies the blood. That means that it
kills the germs, but that is only part
of what it does. 1t assists digestion
by stimulating the secretion of di-
gostive fluids, so promoting assimi-
lation and nutrition; purifies and
enriches the blood and so supplies
the tissues with the food they need.
1t builds up strong, healthy flesh and
puts the whole body into disease
resisting state. /
Send 81 one-cent stamps to cover
cost of mailing only, and get this
great book. The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser, absolutely
free. Address, Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, No. 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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"But, your honor" shrieked the
young lawyer, "ycu cannot fine my
client $500. The law says that S25
is the extreme limit"
"Young man, answered the Okla
homa justice of the peace, sit might
jest as we'll be understood that I'm
doin' the dealin' in this yer game, and
/ kin raise the limit if I do see fit."
Cincinnati Enquirei.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-07-04

During the plague in London
noted body searcher named Snacks
lived there. His business increased
SO fast, that, finding he could not
compass it, he offered to any person
who should join him in the hardened
practice, half the profits. Hence
those who Joined him we're said to
go with Snacks. Therefore "going
snacks" means dividing the spoils.
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Between the years 1885 and 1895
England's increase in naval strength
was 81 per cent, that of France AZ
per cent, Russia's II per cent, and
Germany doubled the number of its
warships. Not shot was fired at
sea in that decade, but it is evident
that the time will come when there
will be such laundering on the
deep as Neptune never heard before.
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Chamberlain's Eye and Sk1a
Ointro ant

A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema,
Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples
and Piles. 1t is cooling and soothing.
Hundreds of cases have been cured %
it after all other treatment had faila
Is cents per box.
sept. Sd 1895, i year.
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AFTER all, man is generous be.
ing "Yes, be is; / never saw
husband yet who wouldn't let some
other man teach his wife to ride
wheel" Chicago Record.
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Scratching
and Swearing

only increase the irrita-
ton and heat the blood. What
the skin needs is a cooling, heal
ing application that brings COM
fort to body and mind, and which
at the same time has strength
enough to penetrate clogged skin
and to dissolve the scales Of
Eczema and Dandruif.
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Harper''s Weekly of June "a will
be the Republican Convention num-
Der. 1t will contain a double page
drawing Of the convention, sketches
Of convention life, and front.page
portrait Of the Republican candi-
date.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-07-04
BOOK TABLE.

"The Landlord at Lions Head, "a
new novel by W. D. Howells, will be
begun in the issue of Harper's Week
ly dated July 4th. Illustrations for
this story have been made by W. T.
Smedley.
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Managing Editor-Send the chief
artist out on that suicide story viii
you?
Assistang-Not safe, I'm afraid.
He's drunk today.
"That 50 Well hen have him
make poster for u.!"-Truth.
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guekIen's Arnica SaIye.

The BEST SALvE in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcer, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, Chilblains
congestion, eruptions, and it positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price IS cents per box, at l.. G..
Matthaers drug store.
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many Persons a

Many Persons are bsoxa,
Down from oyerwork or household cares.
Browns Iron BitteTs Rehuflds the
system, aids digestion. removes excess of bile
end ceres malaria Got the Seuuila.
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The full intensity
of living is reached
only by the perfectly
healthy. Sickness
discounts the capac-
ity. for enjoyment.
w b n a piano Is
badly out of time,
the noises that come
from 1t are Certainly
not musical. They
are not beautiful. II
1t is only a little bit
out of tune, you can
play some few things
on 1t. You can create
a sci blance of
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The other day Manager Wardlow,
OF the telegraph office in Brazil, took
q telegram which read:
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"Miss will YOU be
mine p
1t was delivered to the proper
party, and soon she came tripping,
into the office to wire her reply. It
read:
Eyes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes"
Ten words, you see, and she paid
her quarter, then tripped out of the
room with the sweetest kind of
blush.
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Castoria.

aCastoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their Children
On. G. @. OsGooD,
Lowell. Mass
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Castoria.

Company. a Murray Street. New York City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-06
Refore Ansterlitr

The evening and night were not ones
of repose for Napoleon-nicely poised
combinations need careful watching
For time the uneasy but confident
Emperor passed from watch-fre to
wateh-fre, encouraging and observing
his own men. With noisy enthusiasm
they besought him not to expose his
life on the morrow, and promised to
bring him suitable bouquet for the an
niversary of his coronation. For time
the whole camp was Illuminated with
extemporized torches of hay But,
though excited, the troops, as well as
their general, were confident; they IN
derstood his casually uttered but care
fully considered words, which passed
from mouth to mouth: while they
are marching to surround my right,
they will offer me their flank" For d
time, also, he rode in the darkness to
reconnoitre the enemy's position, and
being convinced that no movement was
to be made before morning, he returned
to his tent about three and slept until
dawn.
He has been charged with having for
the first time shown coWardiee at Aus
terlitz This is because in a proclama-
ton he promised not to risk his life,
as his men had requested, but only in
case they did their duty, and kept his
word because they kept theirs. Bona
parte, the division general, and even
Bonaparte, the First Consul, had led his
soldiers where danger was greatest. but
Napoleon the Emperor, having won
his stake, had no need to take such
risks; having more to lose, he now for
the first time used the ordinary eau
ton of a man whose life is worth that
of many common men. It was only
what every great royal and imperial
general is accustomed to do-C'Life OF
Napoleon" by Prof w. NJ. Sloane, in
the Century,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-06
ALL SORTS OF SPORT.

There are so different styles of cycle
records, as tabulated by Chairman Gideon.
a St. Bernard was sold for 50, $50 at the
Birmingham (England) dog show. This
is said to be the highest price ever paid
for St. Bernard al auction.
The Grand National Curling club is
busy at work arranging the seasons
events The most important match of the
season will be for the Gordon medal
Grabowski is the suggestive name Of
the man who made the most money on the
Russian turf this year. He has the best
racing stable in the country and cleared
$50, 600.
Princess Olga of Russia, Prince Nicho-
las of Greece, Princess Xenia Of Russia,
Prince George Of Greece, Princess Victoria
of Wales, Prince Andreas of Greece, Prin-
cess Maud of Wales and Prince WaIdsInar
of Denmark all ride bicycles.
1t IS rumored that SIavin has been tax
ing excellent care CT himself during the
past year and IS now in fine condition. II
SIavin can ever regain the form he was in
before Mitchell undertook to manage him,
he will be a hard man to beat