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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05
The Right Sort Of II Man.

You will find, as rule, that the
men who are the favorites with men
are the best and truest in their rela-
tions to women, and not the men
who like sometimes to turn their
Dacks on all women and ago off
with the other fellows" and have a
good, boyish time on the water, or
the mountain, or in some other
mans den" Women need never
be afraid to trust their happiness to
those whom other good men esteem
good fellows but if a man is avoided
by men, however much women ad-
mire him, shun him. 1t is he who
has tiirtatiOns that come to nothing.
and has mot been very nice' to
the girls who have broken their en-
2agements with him; who, when he
marrleS, wrings his wife's heart, if
she has one, and spoils her temper,
II she is naturally an angel. Manly
men are the best lovers, the best
husbands, the best companions for
women just as Womanly women
arc the best sweethearts and wives.
What do we think of women who
are Stunned by their own sex, how
ever charming men may find them
1t IS seldom, if ever, that your
mems faVorite ill-uses his wife,
Perhaps 1T may be explained in this
way: Friendship of sublimer sort
ls what love becomes after a year or
SO of marriage, and he who is
friendly to the very depths of his
soul enters into this state happily
and is ready for all the delights that
follow. But the man who is ca.
pable of nothing but a feeting affec.
tion which ever pursues a new OBJ.
Ject, and cares for no woman when
she is won, hates the domestic ties
ana becomes detestable in conse
quence. 1t is the man who would
die for his friend, and for whom hi.
friend would die, who makes a mi
raculously happy wife of the woman
to whom he scarcely knew how tt
make love when he courted her.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05
POETRY.
MODIFIED JOY.

me Inc grass is green, the leaves arc ont
""eeC Spring is here, beyond n donht'
~, The azure skies " >''"oV'
mn ~ Trnlheasured depths of blue appear
he blossoms and the birds are hero
Likewise the flies.
,ri Iho bees are buzzlng round the hive
Ane growing garden seems alive
,r, With budding germs.
me Ii!e apple trees are just sight
with dainty blossoms, pink and wbito
And canker worms. "'''
me ne panSy beds arc bright with bIoor,
Inc lllacS with their sweet perrumc
The senses WOO.
n, n sense of JOY your being floods.
1he rosebushes are full of buds
And rosebugs, too.
,,,' \ eS' 1T is really Spring once more.
Inc Joyous time of hellebore
nv, And budding hope;
!he time for using paris green.
a season for enjoyment keen,
And whale-oil soap.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

UNsEAsONABLE CIvILITY,-A
northern visitor in Atlanta was walk
ing with his host in the garden the
other morning, when they came
upon the gardener, an old negro of 20
years.
"This," said the host, sis Moses,
an old family servant"
Mr.. Noses" said the northerner,
extending his hand and touching his
hat, " am happy to meet you"
The old negro, ignoring the proffered
hand, threw his own hat on the grass
and, pulling at his wool made a low
obeisance.
When the guest was gone, he ap-
preached his employer and former
master. "Marse Jim," ne said,
"ain't de Election done over?"
The election ?n
Yes, sub de votin' ?"
Or course. Why do you ask ?n
" Bekase," said the puzzled old
fellow. "dat's de fust white man
dat lif' he hat ter me en- try ter shake
hands out o. season. Dey sholy il
somepin up"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05
POETR
BE SORRY IS TIME.

'Tis no use to he sorry
For things that are past.
When the moments are flown
And the die is cast
But much better plan,
Though now told you in rhyme
Is to guard well your ways
And he sorry in time.
Your former experience,
Though sad, as you say,
May be turned to account
In the future some way,
And may aid you, whatever
Your station or cline,
To he readily warned
And be sorry in time.
But if you keep slipping
And tripping along,
Never needing that part
or the past that is wrong,
You will never depend
On this part of my rhyme,
Save from shipwrcck your life,
Or be sorry III time.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

HERE is an extract from an Iowa
girls commencement oration: 81
am human being, placed in the
midst of great world. Far and
wide it extends on every side. Ma
jestic in its vastness, bewildering in
its ever-changing forms, it over
whelms by its immensity. Over it
bend the eternal heavens, and far
away in the infinite realms of space
CLEAN the lights of other worlds.
And !, what am l? A drop in the
sea of life. An atom in the universe
of nature"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

STAND by your friends, let come
what may, is a good motto If you
don't stand by them you needn't ex-
pect them to stand by you. SO
whether they be friends Of high or
low degree, in affluence or poverty,
stick to them and don't stop to in
quire whether it will pay or whether
it will be popular. Whenever you
prove traitor and desert those who
stood up for you and helped your
battles you will find yourself with
out any one to congratulate you upon
your achievements, or comfort you
in an evil hour when misfortunes
come thick and fast.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

THE Presiding Elder, who has
tifty-six Notwithstanding appoint.
ments--on his district, told Of the
dear old sister who prayed Lord
bless our Presiding Elder as he goes
from circus to circus" 1t was sad
looking silk hat that came to town
with the meek-looking brother who
arrived over the Lackawanna. He
explained that he had placed his
tile, crown down, on the seat in front
of him. Cnnoticed, stout woman
came in and squatted on that plug
telescoping it as fiat as a below the
Terrace pancake. While she was
apologizing the divine broke in will
Well, madam, might have tolC
! you that that hat wouldn't fit Won. -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

YOU women" said he, in his
peculiarly exasperating way a man
has of saying these two words :;
" You women buy bargain things
because they are cheap"
We do not" said she. "We
buy cheap things because they are
bargains"
The distinction was almost too SUBJ
tie for the laundering masculine in.
tellect, but 1t was true.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

ONE of the bravest, as we'll as one
of the wittiest things, that has been
done lately, was the reply of DIR.
Newman Smyth, of New Haven,
when the representative of one ofthe
worst of modern newspapers asked
him for "a bright, terse interview
about HE'LL" for its Sunday edition.
DIR. Smyth very kindly complied
with the request {; his article was as
follows: "Hell, in my opinion, is
the place where tho Sunday edition
OF your paper should be published
and circulated.O
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

"Do you Think" said the lady
who was shopping, "that anybody
would steal this umbrella ifI were
to leave it for a few minutes?n
/" Really, madam" replied the
clerk, 81 shouldn't like to venture
an opinion without fist examining
the umbrella.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

AN Irishman once stood i'm the
waiting room Of union station.
The busy doors were swinging in and
out and people were bustling to the
long and crowded trains. Suddenly
a nervous man with natty grip
rushed in. He looked around i'm q
dazed way and at last spied the Irish
man, and taking him by the arm in
quired; "I say, my FRIEND" and he
pointed across the room, is that
clock right over there ?" The Irish.
man gazed at the wall, and turning
around with look of pity in his
ruddy face, said: Begorra, an it
ain't nowhere else, sorr."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

HAVE you ever noticed the fact
that there are good many imper-
feet men in the world? some are
underdone, some are Overdone, and
some, like Ephriam in the Scriptures,
are "a cake not turned" They are
done brown on one side and all
dough on the other. Perfect men,
like angels, are seen only at rare in
| teryalS,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

WE are all able to take care of our
selves in love affairs when we are
young; and, when we get old, we
are all convinced Of the inability of
other folks in youth to look out for
themselves.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

RICHES oftentlmes, if nobody
takes them away, make to them.
selves wings and fly away; and
truly, many time the undue spar
ing Of them is but letting their
wings grow, which makes them
ready to fly away, and the coutribut.
Ing part Of them to do good only
clip their wings little, and makes
them stay longer with their owner.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

CATs-well there are all kinds Of
cats, and it is puzzle to biologists
whether the wild order ia the pro-
genitor of the dOmesticated. How
ever that may be, Professor Wilder,
of Cornell University, is authority
for the assertion that the cat in in.
telligence is nearer human than the
dog. Put the cat in peril with q
customary way of escape; that fail.
ing, the cat will quickly endeavor tc
find another way, while the dog
would continue the to him only
known exit, without thought OF
any other means Of escape. A we'll
fed and otherwise cared for cat will
stick TO a family wherever they go
despite the fact that neglected cat
always cling to localities. Cats ar
more sensitive, and will resent in
suits quicker than dogs.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

"I'M sorry, Mr.. Tympany," said
the leader of the brass band to the
big drummer, "but we shall have to
dispense with your services.n
Why ?" "You ask me why! A
man who has got 80 fat that he can
no longer hit the middle Of the drum
asks me why -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

HE-Now that our engagement is
ended, l suppose we should return
each others letters? She-I suppose
so. And, George while we are about
it, why not return each others kisses :?
Engagement renewed on the spot.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

CHARLIE (reading his composition)
Every rabbit has four legs and one
anecdote.
Teacher-Whatd do you mean by
an anecdOte?
Charlie-A short, funny tail.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

MARTHA, listen! There's a new
machine invented that records the
actions of the BRAIN" "Well, you
needn't fool any money away on one.
1t wouldn't earn its salt.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05
Only Il Mechanic.

Only mechanic Well, for my
part l hardly know any one l respect
moro than / do faithful, skilled
mechanic, who puts thought into his
handicraft and knows why he does
things.
His hands may he hard and his
working clothes rough, but wonder
what we should do without him
you and |! We should sit under a
rock, perhaps, cooking our food on
bit Of stick over a fire of dead
branches without roof to cover us
and certainly destitute of stoves,
ranges and stationary tubs.
Only mechanic! Look at the
great buildings that line our streets,
which vast crowds enter without
fear think Of the long stretch of
sidewalks, the bright gas lamps, tho
pure, cold water to be had by turn
ing little faucet.
Think of tho carriages we ride in,
the railroad cars, the steam engine
think of almost anything we use,
from fork to complicated piece
of mechanism, and then turn up your
nose at mechanic if you dare.
Mechanics led on by scientific men,
have made every Improvement we
rejoice in. They arcnot all inventors
but all inventors are mechanics of
the better mechanics who have
original thoughts.
Mechanics are by no means an
ignorant set of men. They generally
keep pretty well up with the times.
They educate their families. They
have neat little homes, where you
often find pianos and good books.
Thanks to the advantages they have
here. They are in this country we'll
spoken and well-mannered people,
with no servility about them, and no
necessity for being servile. On holi-
day they dress as we'll as anybody
else, and are often more com Portable
and grow great deal richer than
people who Speak,so contemptuously
of ga mechanic" without really
thinking-what if he is a genius-he
may be. 1t would be an uncomforta-
BILE world, l assure you, my dear, if
mechanism and the mechanics were
left out of it. 1t would be great
deal better to have none Of the more
dainty sort of folk, for left to them.
selves, they could not do much, and
would go back to the unpleasant
condition of cave dwellers who had
not a mechanic amongst them.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

A GENTLEMAN once said to a
drunken fellow: eff was in your
place / would 60 to the woods and
hang myself" The answer was !:
If yooz in my plash you couldn't
get there.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

THIS comes from NewsYork, la
beled Chauncey Depew's latest:
The other day went to Peeks-
Kill, and | met two old ladies' who
are friends of mine, aud heard this
conversation. The one, widow,
said to the other, an old maid eyes,
l got married young, but my hus.
band didn't live long, and / ere.
mated him. l married again later
and my second husband died i'm 9
few years. cremated him, too
My third husband didn't live man,
years, and | cremated him also -
Its queer" said che old maid
how wonderful are the WAYS o.
Providence and past finding out
Now, l've never been able to get ,
husband at all, and you've had ZEN
to burn"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

IT is our wishes not our wants,
that bring upon US restlessness and
grief, and he who wishes that he does
not want. may soon want that which
wishing will not bring.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

HIS WIFE NOT HIS QUEEN
Both were high-spirited, strong of
character and tenacious Of what each
considered the right in any matter of
discussion. At one time their differ.
ences of opinion had led to a tempo
rary GOODNESS of demeanor toward
each other, and the prince had retired
to his apartments and had locked the
door.
Victoria was the first to yield par.
TALLY and she knocked at the door of
her husbands library.
"W Who is there ?" asked the prince,
in answer to her knock.
The queen !" replied Victoria
rather haughtily, though somewhat
yielding.
"The queen cannot enter,n re
Joined the prince, proudly.
A short time afterward Victoris
approached her erhusband' apartment.
and once again knocked for admit
tance.
Who is there?" again the prime,
inquired.
Your wife," replied Victoria, il
tender tones.
Instantly the door was flung Wild
open and the prince received her il
his outstretched arms, saying witt
deepest affection " My wife is al
ways welcome"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05
NUMBER II.

GORDoN'S CoMMENT.-On a re-
cent visit to Boston, Gen. John B.
Gordon, the eX-Confederate, was en-
tertaiued by a well-known lawyer,
who showed him the sights. One of
the places the Southerners visited
was the cyclorama of the battle of
Gettysburg. The old soldier did not
make any comment on it. When
the two came out Of the building and
were on their way down town, the
lawyer inquired:
Well, General, what did you
think of it?"
What did l think of it ?" said
the General, coming to a astandstill and
striking a defiant attitude. Let
them paint Bull Run -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

Two sexton beetles will bury a
mole in an hour, feat equivalent to
two men interring a whale In the
some length Of time.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

WE talk of human life as a jour.
ney, but how variously is that jour-
ney performed ! There are some
who come forth girt. and shod and
mantled, to walk on velvet lawns
and smooth terraces, where every
gale is arrested and every beam
tempered. There are others who
walk on the Alpine path of life,
against driving misery and through
stormy sorrows, over sharp Affections
walk with bare feet and naked
breast, jaded, mangled, and chilled.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

THE brave only know how to for
give it is the most refined and gen.
erous pitch human nature can arrive
at. Cowards have done good and
kind actions; towards have even
fought, nay, sometimes oven con-
quered, but a coward never forgave.
1t is not his nature; the power of
doing it flows only from a strength
and greatness of soul conscious of it's
own force and above the little temp
tations of resenting every fruitless
attempt to interrupt its happiness.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

BE deaf to the quarrelsome blind,
to the scorner, and dumb to those
who are mischievously inquisitive.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05
The Life OF Man.

Man, born of woman, is of few
days and no teeth. And, indeed. it
would be money in his pocket some
times if he had less of either. AS
for his days, he wasteth one-third of
them, and as for his teeth, he has
convulsions when he cuts them, and
as the last one comes through, 10, the
dentist is twisting the first one out,
and the last end of that mans law is
worse than the first, being full of
porcelain and a roof.plate built to
hold blackberry seeds.
Stone bruises line his pathway to
manhood his father boxes his ears
at home, the big boys cuff his ears
on the play ground, and the teacher
whips him in the school room. He
buyeth Northwestern at 10, when
he hath sold short at sc, and his
neighbor unloadeth upon him Iron
Mountain at 62l, and it straightway
breaketh down to 52!. He riseth
early and sitteth up late that he may
hll his barns and store house, and
10! his children's lawyers divide the
spoil among themselves and say
Ha, ha !" He growleth, and is
sore distressed because il raineth,
and he beateth upon his breast and
sayeth, "My crop is lost =" because
it raineth not. The light rains blight
his wheat and tho frost biteth his
peaches. If it be so the sun shineth,
even among the nineties, he sayeth,
"Woe is me, for | PERISH" and if
the northwest wind sigheth down to
forty-two below he crieth, Would
L were dead !" If he wear sack
cloth and blue jeans men say, He
is tramp" and if he goeth forth
shaven and clad in purple and fine
linen all the people cry, "Shoot the
dude"
lie carryeth insurance for twenty
five years, until he has paid thric,
over for all his goods, and then h,
letteth his policy lapse one day, ant
that same night fire destrOyeth hi
store. He buildeth a house in Jer
sey, and his first.born is devouret
by mosquitoes A; he pitcheth his ten
In New York and tramps devour hi
. substance. He mOveth to Kansas
a and cyclone carryeth his hous
away over into Missouri, while
> prairie fire and ten million acres G
grasshoppers fight for his crop. III
q settleth himself in kentucky, and
: shot the next day by gentleman,
h. Colonel and a statesman, becaus,
sab, he resembles, sab, man, sal
r he did not like, sah." Verify, thel
4 is no rest for the sole of his foo
and If he had it to do over again !
u would not be born at all, for "tf
day of death is better than the da
- of ones birth.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

A QUAKER'S LETTER TO HIS
WATCHMAKER.-I herewith send
you my pocket clock which greatly
standeth in need of thy friendly cor.
rection. The last time at thy
friendly school he was no way re-
formed, nor even in the least. bene.
fitted thereby, for l perceive by the
index of his mind that he is a liar
and the truth is not in him that his
motions are irregular; that his i'm
pulses are sometimes very quick,
which betoken not an even temper.
At other times it waXeth sluggish,
Notwithstanding l frequently urge
him that when he should be in his
duty as thou knoweth his usual name
denoteth. / find him slunbering
and sleeping, or as the vanity of
human reason phraseth it, / catch
MIN mapping, hence | am induced to
believe he is not right in the inward
man. Examine, l beseech thee,
orough ly, that thou mayest
by being well acquainted with his
inward frame and disposition, draw
him from the errors of his ways and
show him the path therein he should
go. And when thou layeth thy cor.
recting hand upon him let il be with.
out passion lest thou drive him tC
destruction. DO thou regulate his
motion for the time to come by the
light that ruleth the day, and lei
him learn from that unerring guide
the true calculation of his table anC
education, and when thou findest hin
converted from the errors of his way!
and more cOntormable to the abov,
mentioned rules then thou send hin
home with just bill of charge
drawn by the spirit of moderation
and it shall be sent in the root o
evil to thee.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

"Thcy never fail who die
IN great cause: the block NAV Soak their
gore: " -
Their heads may soddcn in the sun. their
limbs '' '"'i'
Be strung to city gates or castle wallis
years
Eiapse, and others share as dark a doom.
Ihcy but augment the deep and sweeping
thoughts 'e
which oversprcads all others and conducts
The world at last to freedom -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-05

IT.: You can court-martial me, but 7
me-" ''' II"
lie thanked mo for the interest |
nau taken in him, and | sent him
PACK to prison. l immediately
caIIGu c0urt-marshal to try him."
me night before he was hanged
ne wrote the following letter to his
mother and father:
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-19

point of failing prices" when every
body knows they commenced in 1865.
The silyerites also dencunce con-
traction of the currency" and yet
takes pains not to explain that the
contraction consisted in destroying
the paper money. Geld currency
has not been contracted, nor has sill
ver Both have been increased, silver
especially.
The contraction took place in des-
troyins the paper money, and Popu-
lism says that, while silver coinage
will help the people to the extent that
1t enlarges the supply of money, our
people need never expect to be as pros
porous as they were in 1867 until the
government restores to the channels
Of trade the paper money which has
been destroyed.
AND we say that the government
itself should issue this money, and
not the banks. The power to issue
money is a sovereign power, and ii
vested in any corporation creates a
privileged class clothed with the
tremendous agency Of creating cur
rency, setting its own price upon
the currency, exercising autocratlc
rule over the markets and values.
Money is not a mere measure OF
value" says Populism; it is an instru-
ment Of tyranny.
Let the law once say taxes and debts
can be paid in nothing but money
and you have civilization based upon
the highwayman's simple code OF
Your money or your life."
Let the law further say that non
payment of taxes (as in Georgia) works
forfeiture of the right to vote, and you
have the dollar acting as political boss
and becoming the test Of political lib.
erty.
Populism says the disease cannot be
cured save by making the supply Of
money correspond with the demand
Under no other circumstances can this
people ever pay off the public and pri'
vate debt. Under no other circum
stances can the wheels of trade be pu
in motion, demand for labor created
and profitable market be found fol
labor and its products.
Populism presents these facts ant
these reasonings to the world, ask:
impartial consideration of its creet
and invites all patriotic citizens K
reflect upon these vital issues, to tn
end that the truth may be reached
and the Republic saved.
Very respectfully,
THOMAS e. WATSON.