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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

time. 1t is then that the people
flock to the amphitheatre to see the
bull-fight. But unless it is on some
grand occasion, when fighters of ce-
lebrity, mounted on good horses,
fight wild and fierce bulls, the amuse.
ment is very tame. Sluggish old
ponies and six Indifferent picadors
tormentiag an old bull with red rags
and sharp spears is about all there is
to it.
But Mexico is awaking from a
long sleep, new blood, new ideas and
new people are taking the lead, and
the prospect is that rapid progress
will be made in the next decade.
Labor is so cheap, and can be sup
ported on such limited supplies that
new enterprises can be accomplished
at moderate expense Notwithstanding
the obstacles to be overcome.
Good American farmers and wide
awake young men, ready and able
to undertake and press to completion
modern works can do we'll in Mexico.
Cotton, corn and hogs are not
raised in sufficient quantity to sup
ply home demand.
l paid seventy-five cents a pound
Tor cooked ham, The best hams are
brought from. France.
The poor go to the market and
buy three cents worth of corn,
which is never worth less than fifty
cents a bushel in quantity. The
common price of bacon is thirty-five
cents and upward.
In the Coast Country there is a
grass similar to the Johnson grass of
Texas, only much better. This
grass would make the owner of an
irrigated ranch near Monterey rich.
One acre of it will keep four cows,
and verify believe that less than
thirty acres would not suffice to keep |
COW anywhere within hundred |
miles of this city.
There is quite variety of fruit i'm |
this section, very little of which is
familiar to me, but one would have
to learn to eat 1t.
One thing is certain, these people,
no matter how poor, can set Ameri-
cans an example in good manners.
Another thing seems equally true,
that is that the Roman Catholic re-
ligion, as it is practiced here, tends
to keep the people ignorant and to
the rear in the march of progress.
One must go out of the Uuited
States to fully realize what honor,
glory and power there is in the SIM
pie expression, /" i am an American
CHOCTAw.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08
Curious Superstition.

The curious superstition that there
is an ocean above the clouds is illus
trated by the following strange story
by an old English writer. lone
Sunday the people of certain viii
lage were coming out of church on
a thick, cloudy day, when they saw
the anchor of ship hooked to one
OF the tombstOnes-the cable, which
was tightly stretched, hanging down
from the air. The people were as
tonished; and, while they were con-
sulting about it, suddenly they saw
the rope move, as though some one
labored to pull up the anchor. The
anchor, however, still held fast by
the stone, and great noise was
heard in the air, like the shouting
Of sailors. Presently, a sailor was
seen sliding down the cable, for the
purpose of unfixing the anchor.
When he had just loosened it the viii
layers seized hold of him, and while
in their hands he quickly died, just
as though he had been drowned.
About an hour after the sailors
above, hearing no more of their com.
rade, cut the cable, and sailed away.
In memory Of this extraordinary
event, the people of the village made
the hinges of the church doors out
Of the iron of the anchor" 1t is
further stated that these hinges "are
still to be seen there" bit of evi.
dence like Munchausen's rope
wherewith he once climbed to the
moon. If you doubted the story
you were confronted with the rope
There is another queer tale abou
this areial ocean. "a merchant o.
Bristol" it is said, "set sail with hi!
cargo for Ireland. Some time after
while his family were at supper. {
knife suddenly fell in, through {
window, on the table. When the
merchant returned and saw the
knife, he declared it to be his own
and said that on such day, at sucf
an hour, while sailing in an unknown
part of the sea, he dropped the knife
overheard; and the day and tn,
hour were found to be exactly In,
time when it fell through the win
dow" All of which was once i'm
plicitly believed by many, and re
garded as incontrovertible proof O
the existence of sea above the sky
One is at a loss to conjecture how
that " unknown part of the sea" con
nected with the rest of it. A physi
cal geography showing this would b
no small curiosity.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

A YALE STORY.-The Hartford
Co,rdnt tells story Of Yale in the
Old days. The boys used to bribe
the printers devils" to get proofs
OF the examination papers for them.
When the college authorities put a
stop to this practice a bright idea
seized one fellow, and he saved the
whole suffering party. He hired
one of the printers lit was sum-
merl to wear a pair of white
trousers to the Office and at noon to
sit down on the "form" in which
were locked the precious questions.
The inky seat of that pair of trousers
sold for deal more than the clothes
were worth in their original spotless-
ness, and relief was secured.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

A CHINESE MCPHERsoN.-InN New
Zealand the Chinaman abounds, and
he has to resort to strategy to make
good his position. In Otag0, where
Scotchmen are in the majority, a
contract for mending a road was to
be let, and the most acceptable bid
was signed " Mcpherson. Notice
was sent to the said Mcpherson to
complete the contract, and 10, he
appeared in all the glory of yellow
hue and pigtail! "But," gasped the
president of the board, :: Your name
can't be erson?" "AII
lightee," cheerfully answered John
Chinaman; nobody catchee contact
on Otago unless he named Mc."-
The contract was signed, and the
Mongolian Mcpherson did his work
as well as If he had hailed from
Glasgow.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
4 Virginia Heroine.
THE STORY OF A NIGHT ON A BAT
TIE-FIELD.

The recent death of Miss Matilda
NJ. Russell, of Winchester, has
caused the the republication Of the
subjoined story, by John Esten
Cooke, of which Miss Russell was
the heroine.
A battlefield after hard
fight is a spectacle so sad that he
who has looked upon it once never
wishes to behold it again and the
saddest Of all the terrible features of
such scenes, perhaps, is the impossi-
bility of promptly attending to the
wants of all. Your arm may be
shattered by bullet, but your
neighbor's leg is torn to pieces by a
she'll, and he is bleeding to death.
Before your arm can be bound up,
his leg must be amputated. 1t is
painful, you think, to leave you
writhing there, but each in his turn,
friend; the leg before the arm
IL was a real assistance when the
Winchester ladies came to the ala OF
the Federal surgeons, thus relieving
InG ItIteT Ill
the care of the Confederate wounded.
They assiduously applied themselves
TO the painful task before them, ana
were ministers of mercy once more
to their Southern brethren, as they
had been before, after so many hard.
fought battles in that country OF
hard battles-the Valley, OF the
Shenandoah.
Among the young ladies was Miss
1--WE do not feel at liberty to pre-
sent her full name to the world), anC
to this fair daughter Of the Valley
belongs the credit of the beautiful
action which we proceed to record
In passing amid the dead and woun
, ded. now dimly discernable only BY
the surgeons lanterns, the moon
light, and the last beams OF day
. Miss-came all at once upon
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

EGGS ARE UsEFUL.-AccOrding to
the Medical Record, eggs are useful
in the following applications: A
mustard plaster made with the white
ofan egg will not leave blister. A
raw egg, taken Immediately, will
carry down fish bone that cannot
be extracted. The white skin tha,
lines the shell is useful application
to boil. White of egg, beaten uI
with loaf sugar and lemon relieves
hoarseness-a teaspoonful taken once
every hour. An egg in the morn.
ing cup Of coffee is good tonic. A
raw egg, with the yolk unbroken In
glass of wine is beneficial for con.
Valescents.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

IT BROKE HIS HEART.-White
of Kentucky, while Speaker of the
house in the Twenty-seventh con-
gress, was 30 pressed with business
that, when he had to deliver his
valedictory, he got one of those men
who are always on hand to make a
little money to write his address.
it was handed him just little while
before the time to deliver it, and he
put it into his pocket without reading
1t. When the time came, he rose,
slowly unfolded the manuscript, and
read the address. 1t was very bril-.
liant, but it was Aaron Burr's famous
valeditory to the Senate. The
Speaker never recovered from the
shock. He went home, was taken
i'll and it is supposed he killed him.
self for shame.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

SAYS the Atchison Globe: We
wish man could preserve joy in
cans, like tomatoes, and use it when
scarce. When man does find joy,
he usually finds more than he can
use all at once.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

MRS. BUNGLE-I see by our town
paper that the constable arrested a
squatter last night; what is squatte
anyway?
Mr.. Bungle-Ha, ha! Don't know
what squatter is, er? Why, it's one
er them bird dogs that the hunters
take to go cunning with.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

MOSES JUNIoR.-F Fader, a shentle-
man in de shop wants to know if dat
all-vool nonshrinkable shirt will
shrink? Moses Senior-Does it fid
him? Moses Junior. No; id is too
big. Moses Senior-Yali, id will
shringi
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

MARLBOROUGH was, according to
his contemporaries, the handsomest
man of his day in Europe, as we'll as
the most fortunate general who ever
commanded an army. Greasy says of
him, "He never fought battle
witch he did not win and never be-
sieged a city which he did not take.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

LIPPER-It's just as 1 tell you:
If you want a man to build up your
church, this young pulpit-orator
from the West is the man to do it for
you. He is creating fame for him
self every day he is, really, one of
the men of the hour.
CHIPPER-Then he won't do for
us-forty-five minutes is about as
much as the patience Of our congre-
cation will stand.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

DoLLIE-I took off my hat at the
theater last night.
Dora-You don't mean it?
Eyes, do"
What ever possessed your"
"What was the use of keeping II
on? was on the very back seat.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

VERY APPROPRIATE.- Willie
That's very appropriate wedding
between Ben and Annie.
Tiilie-Why
Willie-Easy enough. One will
be Bennie-fitted and the other Annie
mated.
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POETRY.
THE MARBLE MAIDEN.

bf MRS. ANNIE BARNwELL Monrox
LII lhe by-gOne days of maryels
Ere the age of prose began,
far within gloomy forest
Dwelt solitary man;
FOR MS home darkSome cavern.
For his drink the streamlet clear
FOR his food the roots and berries
Natule's hand had planted there
LII the cavern,s inmoSt chambers
Where it caught the entering light
oh itS pure and spotless surface
stood block Of marble white.
All day long the sculptor labored.
fashioning with toll and care,
FROM the stone perfect statue
VI maiden wOnd'rous fair.
LII al length there dawned a morning
When the sculptor's task was o,er
"hen his hand threw by the chisel
Never to resume it more.
Long he gazed upon his life.work.
Then he laid his weary head
AT her feet and when the moonlight
Softly entered, lie was dead.
ohe, In passing, saw the statue
And he read upon its base,
Lines the sculptor's hand had chiseIed
In that silent, lonely place.
Telling that within the marble
Lay human heart inferred,
Which to life and love would wakep.
AT the whisper of word.
But the word was left in darkness,
And the finder vainly strove
10 awake the perfect statue
Into human life and love.
80 he told the wond 'rous story
VI the beauteous marble maid.
And there flocked host of lovers
10 the gloomy forest shade.
Irlnces came with crowns and sceptres
Crying loudly, 1" BE my queen,
But no faintest glow or culver
On the perfect face was seen.
warriors laid their wreaths of laurels
AT her feet and shouted Fame !n
Statesmen offered power" to move her: ::
But alike, no answer came.
Poets in melodious numbers,
Sang her praises-called her fair,
burning words Of love and homage,
kneeling, murmured in her ear.
High and lowly, old and youthful,
Men OF every cline and race,
Strove, in vain, to break the stiffness
OF that coldly beauteous face.
Beauty brought its falreSt graces,
Strength, its proudest deeds of might.
Wealth poured forth it's choicest Jewels.
Genius showed it's radiant light:
Loye-words soft, in every language
, Sought to find the mystic spell,
All alike, unheard, unheeded,
On the marble maiden fell.
Till at length there came stranger,
From some far.Off, unknown cline,
Braye and steadfast, true and tender,
In the strength of manhood's s prime.
In his hand lie bore no sceptre,
Land no jewels at her feet,
Brought no crown of gold or laurel,
Sang no love-song soft and sweet.
Others knelt, but he stood proudly;
Others prayed, he spake no vows;
Placed his ring upon her finger,
Gravely kissed her marble brow.
ii eld her hand, and, bending DER her,
Spoke two simple words, my WIFE"
LO! the spell was found The maiden
Walked, at once, to love and life.
Sweetest words beneath thy music,
Thrilling to its inmost core,
Many woman's S heart has wakened
TO a life undreamed before;
TO love so sweet and tender,
To love so strong and deep,
That her heart, till then, seemed lying
Like the Marble Maid s-asleep.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

JEsTER-Did you hear of Anthony
Comstock's latest sensation-his ar
resting one of New York's leading
society women?
Quester-No; what did he arrest
her for?
Jester-Why, he overheard her
telling friend that she had nothing
to wear, and he arrested her for fear
that she might wear 1t.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

JERRoLD says that young boys
who marry old maids "gather In the
spring of life the golden fruits of
autumn" A nice expression, but
not at all likely to take.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

1T takes higher degree of courage
to be laughed at than 1t does to be
shot at.
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"SoMETIMEs," said Uncle Eben,
Ger man puts on long face an
says he's discouraged, when he's too
lazy ter try again."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

WHAT Is the difference between
town and its people? 1t is laid out
at the beginning Of it's existence, and
they at the end of theirs.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

THE boy who has the wood to
saw is ever ready to encourage any
strivings after muscular develope-
ment on the part of his fellows.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

THE most desirable accomplish
ment is the ability to get pleasure
out of hard work.
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THE man who rides hobby,
thinks nobody else is making any
headWay.
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Too much goodness is as monoto-
nous as too much wickedness.
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A BABY In buggy is good thing,
but no man likes to push 1t along.
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opened his eyes, gaZed dreamiIy a
her, and faint smile came to hi
lips, which uttered sigh. He wa
saved.
Did tears from the eyes of tn,
noble girl fall on that pale face
where the flush Of fever no longe,
burned? l know not; but, if sucl
tears flowed from the kind eyes, ar
angel might have gathered them foI
a diadem.
When Miss returned to Win
chester she was weak, exhausted, un
strung, by the nervous excitement
no less than the physical prostratior
OF that terrible night among the dy
ing and the dead. The muscles OF
her arm were so contracted by the
heavy pressure upon them, hour af
ter hour, that for many days she
could not raise her hand-scarcely
move the member. The pain, ex.
posure, and excitement seriously af:
fected her, and she was confined for
some time to her bed, but on tha,
couch of suffering she had blessed
consolation. That consolation was
the thought; 81 have saved the life
of Confederate soldier, wounded in
defending his country"
A NIGHT ON THE BATTLEFIELD AT
WINCHESTER, SEPT. 10th, 1864.
The thunder of the battle
AT eve had passed away,
| And on the field of dying
And sorely wounded lay.
a band of southern women
Had come their friends to seek,
TO save the wounded prisoners
TO nurse and aid the weak.
Ger the wide field they sought them,
In pity and in woe,
The suffering gently tending,
O'er dying bending low.
Beside the moaning soldier
a tender face appears,
That soothes the warriors bed of death
with woman'S touch and tears.
One maiden found STRIPPING,
Gasping there mid the dead,
And, sitting down beside him,
She raised his dying head.
a tender watch she kept
Soothed by those gentle fingers,
Ere long the STRIPPING slept.
Soon DER that field of mourning
The autumn night came down,
And all the friends were gathered
TO haste them to the town.
Seeking the missing maiden,
They found her where she kept
Watch Der the dying soldier;
And still the soldier slept.
The surgeon felt him gently,
And whispered meath his breath,
If he sleeps OH twill save him
To waken him will be DEATH"
n choice comes to each mortal,
TO all men, soon or late,
AT call of some great duty,
TO falter-or-be great.
Her friends stood gathered, waiting,
Urging in accents low,
She would not wake the soldier,
The maiden would not 60
TO town and camp her comrades,
And all men else, were gone;
And on that awful field of death
The maiden sat alone.
Sat. while the stars passed o'er her,
Sat, mid the chill night air;
But lone, and unprotected,
One heard the maiden IS prayer.
The God in whom she trnsted,
Smiled as her watch she kept;
No foe nor harm came near her
And still the soldier slept.
On her soft lap the maiden,
Until the dawn was red
All through the watches of the night,
Upbore the soldier 8 head.
When help came, as the morning
Dawned on that field of strife,
Virginia's s glorious daughter
Had saved soldiers life.
And, aye. Virginia honors
Her child for all she braved.
The love she bore her country,
The gallant life she saved.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-08

THE way to get better position
Is to more than fi]l your present
one.
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LOVE Is dead when the husband
begins to grudge the money it takes
to support his wife.
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THE more man possesses perfec-
tion the less he will possess affecta.
tion.
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hf MRS. ANNIE BARNwELL MORTC
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j. II. sTRATToN JOS. II. sTRATToN.
The record-union., 1897-11-14
Country School Children,

Happy groups of lads and lassies.
Rosy-cheeked, without a care.
On their way to school we meet them
Bright as morning, free as air.
Blushing girls, in deep sunbonnets
Bong-Sleeve aprons, fresh and clean
Graceful. without affectation
True-born ladies, ALL / ween.
Sunburned lads, with rolled-up trousers,
Barefoot boys, with sturdy limbs
Lips a-taint with no slang phrases,
Honest eyes, meath tattered brims:
Little men," their mothers call them
AS they kiss them each good-by,
Gentlemen-I make amendment
Gentlemen of purest dye.
Bonny lads and modest lassies
Favored children, one and ALL
Breathing country air and sunshine
Hearing not temptations call:
Happy lads and care-free lassies
Picking flowers by the way
Nav life's lessons neer grow harder
Than thy lessons of to-day
Mrs. NJ G. Dickerson in Golden Davs
There is always hope for the man who
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About unfit for business nervous, had pains in
back headache memory could not Sleep and generally
speaking Your Belt has completely cured me- and
now feel D. M MILLER, Sites, CAL
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THREE CLASSES OF MEN,"

Dr.. Sander will send you book upon this subject,
with valuable nfomaon free possible call and see his
famous Belt. Try it and regain your manhood Life has
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Look closely when you buy a
cut glass for this trade mark ES16eZ
cut on every piece. 49,
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There is always hope for the man who
can be taught what fool he has been
by one mistake.
The record-union., 1897-11-14

Beautiful drawn-work doilies have in
the center butterfly made with fancy
stitches on the drawn linen threads.
The record-union., 1897-11-14

The impatience of the Earnest Re-
young man reached his peroration
They spoke to each other hurriedly
and Mr.. Parsons. the silk-hatted youth
of the encounter near Portland Road
Station, stepped near to the chair and
cleared his throat in readiness to be-
gin Mr. Laws finished his address
with a confused and inappropriate
verse from Longfellow and stepped
down.
I'm off, he said, hurriedly.
Yes" said the Secretary OF the Earn
est Reformers, with much bitterness.
yes, you are
And Mr.. Laws fixing on his soft hat.
went furtively round the diminished
crowd to Miss Molyneux.
Comrades" shouted Mr.. Parsons with
much energy and much waving of the
arms. Il ave a pinful but a necessary
duty to perform. 1 ave to annahnce
to you that the speech just mide by our
friend who has just spoke does not
represent the opinions, or the feelings,
or the views, OF the tenets, or the ideas
of the seeciety to which he has 'itherto
belonged" CHEERS from members
near the chair.) 1T is the speech of
a runnygide; it is the speech of a
cahrd; it is the speech of a deserter
from the ranks; it is the speech of
one who is false to the noblest instincts
that can prompt mankind. I stand
here tonight to denahnce that speech
as a red 'erring cast amongst our midst
in order to cause disorder in our Sc
ciety and to enible chaos to ensue. l
stand ere Tonight
NOh. let's co. said Miss Molyneux
contemptuously. This mans simply
stupid
They walked away to the north side
of the park. and for some time nothing
was said. Presently Miss Molyneux re-
marked that it was a fine evening, and
Mr.. Laws said in reply that he didn't
know how long it was going to last;