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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-04
DR.. Miles Nervine Triu1nphs.
Excessive Nervousness from Childhood.
La Grippe Brings on Heart Weakness.

HEV B. P. SEAREY. pastor N. 3
X church. Buchanan. Ga. writes
Dec. 10. 1895: I'm childhood l was
afflicted with excessive nervousness, which,
almost developed into St. vitus dance. I
partially recovered, but at college it gradu-
ally grew worse. Close study aggravated
the trouble; any unusual exertion caused
trembling all over. In 1890 had severe
attack OF La Grippe which brought on heart
weakness l had been almost constantly
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-04
shake Into Your shoes.

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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-04

HOOPS Pills act easily and
promptly on the liver and bowels.
Cure sick headache.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-04
PITTSBURG DIVISION

"My boy came home from school
one day with his hand badly lacera-
ted and bleeding, and suffering great
pain," says Mr.. E. j. Schall, with
Meyer Bros. Drug Company,S st. Louis,
Mo. 81 dressed the wound, and ap-
piled Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely.
All pain ceased and in remarkably
short time it healed without leaving
a, scar. For wounds, sprains, swellings
and rheumatism, know of no medi-
cine or prescription equal to it. con-
slider it household necessity" The
25 and so cent sizes for sale by ]. M.
Reed
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-04

Next weeks letter will be the last
in this line Of thought for the present,
although the subject is not by any
means exhausted. need to empha-
size that these articles are direct APP
peals from my young heart to yours.
A saner, better idea OF marriage, so
fateful In its influence on the genera
tions of the twentieth century, Is
what we all need. So bear with me
in what have to say concerning our
relations to the woman we love.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-04

zee the young life as a stately ship riding
Over the sea like water-bird gliding.
viii she wait till the levin OF passion is
she'd
Or follow loves pole star so pure over
head?
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09
a MOTHERS TRIUMPH. evil

a MOTHERS TRIUMPH. evil
lie 20
What do you want?"
81 want you TO get right up"
"All right" says Willie as he
turns over for another nap. Half an
hour passes, and then
Willie! !"
Well ?n
You going to get up to-day?"
"Yes.n
Well, be about it then. You
march yourself right down here"
Twenty minutes elapse.
Willie -
What you want?"
If you amt up i'm five minutes
l'il come up there and rout you out
in short order. You mind that"
Pm coming"
You'd better, sir, if you know
what's good for you"
Fifteen minutes later.
&" Will! Ifyou're not out of there
in ten minutes I'll douse you with
cold water, see if / don't. Get right
up~
Willie comes down half an hour
later, and the triumphant mother
says:
Aha, young man, I thought I'D
rout you out! You may Just as
we'll understand first as last that
when speak you have to mind.
Remember that"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09
Couldn't Fool the Old Man.

Things had progressed to point
where the young man had been prac-
tically received into the family cir
Gle. While he hadn't yet mustered
up sufficient courage to ask the old
mans consent, 1T was evident that
he would in time.
Thus it happened that the old man,
who liked nothing better than a good
game of whist or euchre or hearts,
invited him to have little game one
evening, and of course he didn't feel
that 1t would be policy to refuse.
You and MOTHER" said the old
man, referring to his wife, "can play
against Martha and me. That will
be fair. If you and Martha sat op-
posite each other, you would proba-
bly, persist in looking into each 9TH
er's eyes to the great detriment of
the game"
Naturally the young woman and
the young man blushed, but they said
nothing and the game began.
1t wasn't much of game. While
the young woman wasn't sitting Op-
poslte the young man she was sitting
next to him, and every few minutes
one or the other of them forgot to
play when it was his or her turn
Then, too, there were frequent in
quiries as to who took the last trick
and what was trumps, and altogether
the old man felt good deal like
swearing on one or two occasions.
Finally he made up his mind that
patience had ceased to be virtue.
The game had come to standstill
while the young people exchanged
condolences in whisper. 1t was no.
ticeable also that each one had one
hand under the table.
Young man." said the old man,
sharply, 81 should infer from the
way you are playing that you have
not much of a hand"
On the contrary, SIR" protested
the young man, " think | have as
good hand as eyer held"
Well, suppose you drop it for a
few minutes and try to play the cards
that are on the table," suggested the
old gentleman, gravely.
He did. His missing hand ap-
peared above the table almost in
stantly, and so did hers. And they
both blushed.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09
POETRY.
ONWARD.

sometimes when the growing darkness
At the close of day,
10 the stress of daily labor,
Brings n moment s stay.
AL at once the mind will wander
Back to other years,
See, as in panorama.
outhful hopes and fears.
once again upon the threshold
or our life we stand,
And discern the future glowing
Like the Promised Land.
And the hopes oc early manhood
Putting forth their leaf,
Green as are the leaves in springtime.
And their life as brief.
With pang do we remember
That we meant to be
In the battlefield a hero,
Crowned with victory
But, discredited and beaten,
Have been forced to yield
Or at best are barely able
Still to keep the field.
On our brow no crown of LAUREL
Tells Of victory won:
Not for us the song of triumph
When the day is done.
Other men haYe reaped the harvest
That we thought to reap:
Other men have gained the summit
Or the mountain steep;
And our hearts are bowed with sorrow.
Gazing on that scene,
For moment, as we picture
All that might have been.
For moment Then our manhood
Puts the sorrow by
Crushes down again the heart throb,
Quells the rising sigh:
And once more we set our faces
Sternly toward the front,
brace again our nerves and sinews
For the battles brunt.
Onward! With success or failure
We have naught to do;
Ours to do our duty nobly
All life's journey through.
And, although success would cheer us,
AS we onward plOd,
We can bear the doom of failure,
BY the help of God.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC"
guess" said the Congressman, as he
entered the photograph studio, "that
ia better let you take these back and
try it over again."
"The likeness is isremarkably good, -
the attendant commented, as she held
one out at arms length. What is
it you object to?"
The surroundings"
" But this is one of the most popu.
lar backgrounds in our gallery
Everybody understands that such
things are only painted on canvas"
No." was the reply, " everybody
does not understand it. | wouldn't
have one of those pictures get into
the hands of the opposition just be-
fore election for ten thousand dollars.
You'll have to give me some pictures
with another background, even if I
have to pay for having it painted to
order. Look where you have me !
Seated on a plush armchair, i'm halls
Of Byzantine architecture, with a
garden of palms in the background !
1t won't do. What Pll have to have
is perspective showing a barn and
hay-wagOn, with a hired man in
the middle distance, while stand in
the foreground, with an earnest ex.
preston on my face, as if / were tell
ing him exactly what we must do if
we expect to save the country"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

BLACK SPOTS ON RAILROADS. 1t
Is peculiar fact, but one we'll within
the knowledge of English railroad
officials, that no sooner is one person
found killed upon the line than other
similar fatality may be expected at
the same spot. More especially does
this apply to places where are found
the bodies of persons mysteriously
killed.
A little over year ago an aged
man was discovered almost decapi-
tated upon Yorkshire railroad
The discovery was, in less than two
months, followed by the deaths of
three others at the same spot-an out.
ot.the-w way one to which access was
ditficult-under similarly inexplica
BILE circumstances.
AT one place on a Midland line no
less than four people were found
within twelve m0nths-all within
ten yards of the deathplace of the
first person killed there, and all hav-
ing ended their lives with almost
similar injuries, inflicted by the en-
CINE OF the same express.
From these and similar instances
railroad officials have arrived at the
conclusion that, however the first
person is killed at any place, it inn
mediately becomes point of attrac-
tion to morbid minded persons in the
locality, who seek it out for the pur-
pose of suicide; and now when any
two persons have been found in sue.
cession at one place it is a common
practice to have the spot watched.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

SHE is one of the best known wri.
ters and speakers upon educational
topics, says the Journal of Education,
is one of the most scrupulously care
ful women in her speech and COM
panionship in the country; but she
was not known to the switchman of
whom she asked, in the early morn
ing, as she changed trains at A.,
"Can | get glass of milk near
here ?" "Oh, yes" he replied,
"over at Mrs. McCarthy's.n
Approaching Mrs. MS shop, she saw
an ominous lager beer sign over the
door, and, retreating to the switch
man, said, in an apologize tone,
" Does Mrs. Mccarthy sell beer ?''
No; but I'll show you who does.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09
I'OETR
TRUNDLE-BED TOWN,

Ev'ry man who's under seven
Knows a borough much like heaven
With four towers round and tall,
Just inside the nursery wall.
All its streets are through and througI
taVed with cuttings red and blue,
And boulevard of white
kunS along its bOlster-site.
Mot her is the borough S Queen.
But the only ruling seen
Is her taking tax of PRAYER
Nightly from each res dent there.
flushed and still il is by day,
r0r the dreams are made that way
What bat silence could eviSc
All the night-time's sweet surprise &?
Innocence and sleep abide
In this town at eyentide,
And but men devoid Of sin
Haye the right to enter in.
Pillows, soft and white and fair,
Help to answer mothers prayer,
That her son rest snug and sound
While the wheels of night go round.
| went up there years ago
Ev'ry night, | loved it so.
And | wish | knew the way
Up there still at close Of day.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

ZEN years ago scarcely one of the
following words were common
Now they have forced their way into
dictionaries, even those published in
Great Britain: Antipyrine, aqua
relie, bacteriology, blizzard, to
boom, to cable, centreboard, cocaine,
cowboy, to cycle, dude, dynamo,
faddlst, f1abbergast, glissade, hypno-
tist, impressionist, lanolin, log-roll-
ing, machine gun, magazine rifle,
mahatma, massage, melinite, men
thol, mugwump, neoplatonism, oc-
cultism, philatelist, photogravure.
platinotype, polypody, prognosis,
quadriform, rangetinder, referen-
dunn, religiosity. saccharin, ship rail
way, sloyd, telepathy, tuberculosis,
vaseline, and Xylophone.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

RALPH WALDO EMERSON told a
good story of friend who always
carried in his pocket horse chesnut
as protection against rheumatism,
just the same as some people wear
shields. Boyd batteries, the electro
poise and other trinkets. Emerson
thus testifies to the results in his
friends case: I" He has never had
the rheumatism since he began to
carry it; and, indeed, it appears to
have had a retrospective operation,
for he never had it BEFORE"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

a COURAGEOUS REJOINDER.-In
old times, to dine with a nobleInan
cost more in tips to the servants than
club dinner. James Payn relates
that Lord Poor, a well-named Irish
peer, excused himself from dining
with the Duke of Ormond upon the
ground that he could not afford it,
elf you will give me the guinea /
have to pay your cook 1 will come
rs often as you choose to ask me"
which was accordingly done.
The Duke, however, had not the
pluck to stop the practice. Lord
Taafe, general officer in the Ans
trian service, did what he could. He
always attended his guests to the
door; when they put their hands
into their pockets, he said:
No; if you do give it, give it to
me, for 1t was / who paid for your
dinDer.n
To Sir Timothy Waldo must be
given the credit of putting an end
to the mOnstrous practice. After
dinner with tho Duke of Newcastle
he put a crown into the cooks hand
1T was rejected.
u do not take silver, SIR"
Very good; and l do not give
gold" >
This courageous rejoinder "caupht
on" and the day of walls to cooks
was over.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

from-and father's-and my little
Henry's! Oh, Pm glad to get this
Testament back !"
They were sitting around the fire
later.
" Mother" said John, - hope
you haven't forgotten how to knit.
of your warm socks would feel these
cold mornings"
Mrs. Bascom turned eagerly to
! iic" d""%%hter. "Is there any yarn
in the house, Lizzie ?"
! " Mavh" | can find some" said
Lizzie, mendaciously. She had
bought some the day before in an
ticipatiOn of this. "pll look to-
morrow"
"Pll have you pair by the last
of the week, son. I've seen the
time when could turn off my sock
in day but l reckon Pm a little
out of practice now"
John, you needn't put mother
at work quite so soon. l want her
to help me with my blue stripe
| first"
" Haven't you coiored that stripe
yet?"
"No'm. | don't know how"
"John," said his mother briskly,
"get me some Prussian blue to-
morrow, and We'll go right at it,"
Filoselle had been hard to manage,
but she was on familiar ground now.
Lizzie went about her supper after
while, and the two were left to-
gether.
$50 you like it, do you, mother 2"
said John, seeing her glance rest
lovingly on the familiar objects.
Mrs. BascOm Ibid trembling
hand in his.
"John," she said, brokeniy, 81
don't feel like | could ever leave
this room."
His hand closed on hers.
"Gou never SHALL" he said
This is your home from now on"
John Bascom went to town the
next day and did not return till
nearly night. When he came i'm he
went directly to his mothers room.
The door was ajar. She was sitting
in the twilight rocking gently. I'm
der the table was ball of finished
carpet-rags. She had been reading,
and the open Testament lay on her
lap. A gray sock, well down into
the leg, had slipped to the floor.
She did not hear him. She was
singing softly to the tune of He
bron:
Thus far the Lord has led me on,
Thus far his care prolongs my DAYS,
And every evening shall make known
Some fresh memorial of his grace
1t was her old twilight hymn.
He closed the door gently and
went to Lizzie.
Yes" she said, when he told her
about it, mothers had one happy
day, anyway. | can see that she is
glad to get back to the old neighbor-
hood"
Lizzie" said John, suddenly,
" how did you happen to have that
yarn here? You don't knit"
"How did you happen to want
yarn socks ?" she retorted. You
don't wear them"
Then they both laughed.
What do you suppose mother
said about you last night?" he asked.
What did she say ?" SAID Lizzie,
curiously.
She said, John, you have "A
good wife, and she's got heap of
feeling"
And what did you say ?" she
asked, archly, but with brimming
eyes.
81 said, 'She has so,'" he an
swered, mphatically.
And then John Bascom did what
he did not often do except when he
came home from the st. Louis fair
he kissed his wife.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

1T is a great advantage to keep
quiet gracefully and naturally. Self
control is the best evidence of a cul-
tivated intellect and a clear con-
science. 1t is great pleasure to
meet those who wisely listen and OBJ
serve-who review what is said with
out prejudice, and with or without
advice commit no errors. Nothing
is so difficult to do nothing so rarely
done.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

A STORY OF THE MINING CAMP.
Bishop Whitaker relates pathetic
story of life in the California mining
camp. A man named jim East had
struggled hard and prepared to bring
his wife and child from the East
After she started on the trip he died
Of pneumonia. The miners uuit
work to bury him, according to their
custom. The funeral services were
hardly over when the stage arrived
at camp-the stage arrival being the
incident Of the day. The town was
full of miners, the saloons were full,
but when the stage arrived the usual
crowd gathered around. Two or
three men got out of the stage then
they helped some one else out.
There was sudden movement of
the crowd forward to see what those
near the stage were looking at. A
little woman stepped down, and the
word passed around the four hundred
men encircling the stage: Its Jim
East's widow and child" They
passed the child around from arm to
arm, and kissed her, and those who
couldn't get near enough to kiss
reached forward to touch the child's
cheek or dress, and the whole crowd
Of hardy men set a.swaying and a.
weeping. Some one cried out, "L.et,s
make her stake" and the crowd
soon raised five thousand dollars for
Jim Easts widow and child.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

GRIMM" Women are such selfish
creatures There was an odd chop
at breakfast, and my wife insisted
upon my eating it. 1t was all be-
cause she wanted to revel in the sat
isfaction of self-denial. A case of
pure selfishness." "And what did
you do ?" "Oh, | let her have her
way, and l ate the chop. There are
few husbands so indulgent as am -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

A WELL-KNOWN Parliamentary
wit and raconteur, Immediately after
being introduced to the Queen at the
garden party, was asked somewhat
eagerly by his daughter to tell every
word the Queen had said to him.
" Yes, my dear" was the reply;
1.-THE Queen said nothing whatever
to me L could not tell your mother.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

THE SPHINx.-The word sphinx
is from the Greek, and means the
stranger, and was applied to tabled
creature Of the Egyptians, which had
the body ofa lion, the head of man
or an animal, and TWO wings attached
to its sides. In the Egyptian hero
glyphics the sphinx symbolized wis.
dom and power united. 1t has been
supposed that the fact that the over.
flow of the Nile occurred when the
sun was in the consultations Leo and
Virgo gave the idea of the combina-
tions Of form In the sphinx, but this
idea seems quite unf0unded. In
Egypt the reigning monarch was
usually represented i'm the form of a
sphinx. The most remarkable sphinx
is that near the pyramids at GiZeh.
1t is sculptured from the rock, ma
sonry having been added in several
places to complete the form. 1t is
1924 feet long by 53 feet high, but
only the head of this remarkable
sculpture can now be seen. the rest
of the form having been concealed
by the heaped.up sands of the desert.
Numbers of smaller sphinxes have
been found in Egypt and also in the
sculptures of Assyria, Babylonia and
Phoenicia.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

ELLA-You know | have just ar
rived and haven't learned the ropes
yet. You must tell me everything.
Now, at what hour in the morning
do the girls go in bathing?
Stella-That depends on the one
man here; whenever he happens to
get out on the beach.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

"THE chief end of man seems to
be to get something for nothing,"
said the young man who was striv-
ing to conciliate mis- "best girl'sn
father. Too true" mused the old
gentleman. /" For instance, you're
trying to get my daughter for your
self.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

He who refuses to do justice to
the defenceless will often he found
making unreasonable concessions to
the powerful.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

THE BLONDE-I wonder if shall
ever live to hundred
The Brunette-Not if you remain
twenty-five much longer.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09
u JAMES A. LOWE.
Matchmaker, ''v'l'' and 9Yisisa,
LEWISBURG, WEST VA.

SlNCE the fire l have moved into the
~ building one door east of the IN
DEPENDENT Office, known as the
Mayors Office, where will be glad to
see my friends and customers. Repair
ing of all kinds of Watches and Jew
elry done neatly, permanently and
promptly, on reasonable terms. A full
supply of Spectacles and lenses fitted
TO suit the eye. Examination free of
charge. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

FISH KNOW THEIR OWN KIND.
1t may be that fishes don't know
one another individually, but thcv
know their own kind. Six weeks
ago there was placed in the great
pool at the New York Aquarium n
single herring weighing about
quarter of pound, an odd fish that
came in with some other stock.
One day last week another little
herring was placed i'm the pool.
The great pool is thirty-eight feet in
diameter, but it was only few min
utes before the two little herrings
had found each other, and were
swimming around the pool in COM
pany. Half dozen crevalle were
placed in the big pool one morning
recently, and in the afternoon of the
same day two or three more. Ten
minutes later they were all scOoting
around the pool together.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

PET vices are just as apt to bite
and claw fellow as any other kind.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

NO man will ever be celebrated
tor his piety whose religion is all in
his head.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-09

THE FAMILY.-That race and that
nation will win which takes the best
care of the family. 1t is the heart
OF the whole social system. 1t has
in it the law Of continuity and per-
petulty, and you can find it nowhere
else in society. Make the family
true to its nature, defend it from the
lnroads OF vice, educate it, keep it
out Of squalidness, save it from the
eXtortions Of the rich, guard it with
wise and holy laws, train it in the
virtues suggested by itself and which
are native to it - obedience, kind
ness, love. consideration, purity,
truthtulness, reverence, self-sacri-
flee, fidelity, regard for the common
good--make these virtues growths
and parts of family life, and thew
will send vital blood into society so
long as such family life continues :;
nor can social permanence come
from any other source.
The nation lives only as the family
hourishes. Let us thank God for
whatever deepens and strengthens
family life. Here is found not only
the JOY of life but also it's safety.-
Here not only are children saved,
and parents saved by saving their
children, but society is saved and
carried on to its destiny. A true
family is the leaven which God puts
into the world that it may subdue it
into his own likeness, and so make
the world one great home, in which
God is the Father and all men are
brethren. May God give us wis
dom to read his great design as it is
disclosed in humanity, and as it is
revealed by his Son.