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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11
Separated by Fate.

a Well-dreSsed woman walked
into the Crocker building recently
and took an elevator, says the San
Francisco Post. Her husband saw
her from across the street, and. hur-
rying over, took the next elevator.
He went to the office where he knew
his wife had business, and found that
she had stepped in and out and gone
down in the next elevator. The ele
Vator dispatcher said to her:
Your husband just went up in
the elevator. think he was looking
for you"
The lady took the next elevator
up. Just then her husband came
down. He looked all around and
then inquired of the elevator man:
Have you seen my wife here ?'
Yes; she just went up this min
ute.n
The man took the next elevator,
ana he was no more than out Of
sight till his wife came down again.
Your husband has just gone up
again." said the elevator man.
81 guess he'll wait for me this
time, so Pll 60 up" And up she
went.
Down came her husband a second
afterward.
Did my wife come down again ?"
he inquired.
Yes, and just went up again
She thought you would wait for
her"
Well. l'll wait here"
He waited about five minutes, and
then, growing impatient, took an
elevator upstairs. She had been
waiting for him and came down
again just rs he disappeared.
Well, | will wait for him and
catch him this time" she said.
After standing i'm the corridor sew
eral minutes she decided to 90 up.
stairs and find him. As she whisked
out Of sight he stepped out of an
other elevator.
l." Your wife has just gone up"
said the elevator man.
The husband swore little under
his breath and started to leave the
building. AT the door he hesitated
changed his mind and took the next
elevator up. Down came his wife at
same moment.
" He's just gone up again." was
the elevator mans answer to her
weary look of inquiry, land he's
mad as hornet"
"Then l had better go right uI
and catch him." said she.
Up she went and down he came.
"Just went up" remarked the
elevator man.
Pm darned if Pm going uI
again." said he; "Pll wait right
here" and he sat down on the stairs
Half an hour later he was still sit.
ting there, and his wife, equally de.
termined, was waiting for him up
stairs.
"THE farmer said one of his little
pigs was sick, so brought it some
sugar"
"Sugar!"
Yes, sugar. Haven't you ever
heard of sugar cured hams.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11
Story Of Lincoln.

One day Lincoln and certain
judge, who was an intimate friend of
his, were bantering each other about
horses, favorite topic of theirs
Finally, Lincoln said:
Well, look here, Judge, I'll tell
you what l'll do. I'll make horse
trade with you, only it must be on
these stipulations: Neither party
shall see the others horse until it is
produced here in the courtyard of
the hotel, and both parties must
trade horses. If either party backs
out or the agreement he does so un-
der forfeiture of twenty-five dol
lars"
Agreed" cried the judge, and
both he and Lincoln went in quest
OF their respective animals.
n crowd gathered, anticipating
some fun, and when the Judge re
turned first the laugh was uprorious
He led, or rather dragged at tho enc
OF rope, the meanest, boniest, rib
staring quadruped-bllnd in bott
eyeS--that ever pressed turf. Bu
presently Lincoln came along carry.
ing over his shoulder carpenters
horse. Then the mirth of the crowC
grew furious. Lincoln solemnly Sc
his horse down and silently surveyed
the Judges with a comical look o,
infinite disgust.
We'll, Judge" he finally said
"thi5 is the first time l ever got tn,
worst OF 1T in horse trade"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11
Facts about West Virginia.

Population, 1890, 62,799.
First newpaper, Martinsburg Ga
zette, 1899.
Church members, all denomina.
tions, lS0,9l7.
Oldest county, Hampshire, organ
lied in 1855.
First free school established in
Jefferson county.
Highest mountain. Spruce Knob,
Pendleton county, $3.50 feet.
First engagement in civil war in
the State, battle of Phillippi, June
3rd, 1861.
More than 25 per cent. of the to.
tai population attend the public
schools, in which only four other
States do As well.
Oldest town, Shepherdstown, set.
tied in 1927, and laid out as town
in 1863; R0mney laid out in 1S26 by
Lord Fairfax.
Coal in forty-nine out of fifty-five
''uhNiSo. ~ 10 tho IICltSt Ill
resources Of any other State in the
Union. 1t has the largest gas field
in the world.
1t is not little mountain State,
being twice as large as No ichusetts,
twice as large as Maryland, and as
large as Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Delaware, New Jersey and Vermont
combined. 1t is in the same latitude
of Greece and southern Spain.
NEwsBOY lat summer resort rail.
way depoD-'Tain't every gentle.
man gives me the change to keep
Say, arc you goin' to the Fashion
Hotel?
Young Man-Yes, my boy.
" Well, I'll give you pointer
Your pretty hungry, amt we ?n
Half starved, I've travelled O
long distance since breakfast.n
81 thought so, from th' dust on
y'r coat. Well, you just slip in al
tn back dor"
Why ?"
There amt no other young men
there this season. Just you sneak
in an git square meal before any
of the girls sees ue. It's the last one
they'll give you time to eat"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11
POETRY.
IKE WALTON'S PRAYER.

| crave, dear Lord,
No boundless hoard
or gold and gear
Nor jewels fine
Nor lands nor kline
Nor treasure heaps of anything.
Let but little hut be mine
Where at the hearthstOne l may hear
The cricket sing
And have the shine
Ot one glad woman's eyes to make
For my poor sake
Our simple home place divine
Just the wee cot, the cricket's CHR,
Love and the smiling face of her.
pray not for
Great riches nor
For vast estates and castle halls.
Give me to hear the bare footballs
OF children DER
An oaken floor.
New rinSed with sunshine or bed spread
With but the tiny coverlet
And pillow for the babys head,
And, pray thou, may
The door stand open and the day
Send ever in a gentle breeze
with fragrance from the locust trees
And drowsy moan of doves and blur
or robin chirps and drone of bees,
With after-hushes OF the stir
or intecmingling sounds, and then
The goodwife and th9 smile of her
Filling the silences again.
The cricket's call
And the wee cot,
Dear Lord of ALL
Deny me not.
pray not that
Men tremble at
My power of place
And lordly sway.
l only pray for simple grace
TO look my neighbor in the face
Full honestly from day to day.
ield me his horny palm to hold,
And I'll not pray
For gold.
The tanned face garlanded with mirth-
1t hath the kingliest smile on earth.
The smart brow, diademed with sweat,
Hath never need of coronet.
And SO l reach,
Dear Lord, to thee
And do beseech
Thou giyest me
The wee cot and the cricket's CHR,
Love and the glad sweet face of her.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

ASKED little Jim the difference
between Inertia and momentum.
Did he know anything about it ?"
Yes. He said inertia is some
thing that won't start, and momen-
tum Is something that won't stop"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

SHE Will you write to me after
you go up to college?
Undergraduate Why - er-you
know l can't write.
She-Oh, | don't expect you to
write brilliantly or amusingly; just
write as you talk.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

HOJACK-A writer in a Boston
paper discussed the Impossible Dol
lar.
Tomdik-That must be the dollar
a fellow tries to borrow.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

THIS is the end !" he angrily ex-
claimed. "Give me back my en-
gagement bicycle -
Ha Ha !" she laughed, mock
ingly !; and that was all.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

AN experiment was recently made
to see how fast a bee could fly. Its
hive was attached to the roof of a
train which attained speed of 30
miles an hour before the bee was left
behind.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

Go Is your new pony fast ?'
" Yes; so fast that I've named
him What Ma Says"
"That's a queer name"
" Yes; but what ma SAYS goes.D
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

DAUGHTER-These English novels
are always speaking of an heir-at-
law. What does it mean?
Old LADY, s'pose it's the same
way over there as tits here. The
heir always has to 60 to law before
he can get anything.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

SMITH-Did many of the passen-
gers go to hear DR.. Fourthly preach
in the main cabin this morniug?
Brownies, but most of them
left when he announced his text"
What was it?n
"'Cast thy bread upon the wa
ters.'D
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

PAPA, | wish you'd whip me-"
Whip you, my son! Why
should l whip you ?"
Because, when you whip me,
mamma gives me some JAM"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

" Do you consider it a sign of
death if dog howls at night ?"
+" Yes; If the dog belongs to a
neighbour
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

A GERMAN undertook on a wager
to kiss his girl 10000 times in ten
hours, but was paralyzed at 5000.
This settles the argument. Kissing
i5 Intoxicating.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11
NUMBER 25.

"A 1IOGA youth started to take his
best girl to the city one evening last
week, says the Philadelphia RccOyd.
Ihe couple boarded a street. car. and
when the conductor came in for the
fare, the young man dived down i'm
his pocket TO his horror, he dis
covered that his pocket was abso
lutely empty. Looking UP at the
conductor he blurted out, "I,vo
changed my pants and left nv
money at home" Then he looked
| puestioningly at the girl. She shook
her head and murmured, $50 have
l." The conductor grinncd, the
maiden blushed, and tho young man
Signalled to stop.
Say, Weary, hcv you seen this
yer new law that makes felIcr hcv
ter pay duty if he brings MON
a hundred dollars wuth % new clos
home with him from tothcr side ?"
Yes, | seen it. It's jist an out
rageous attemp' % the bloated
American tailors to git us to patron
iZe them. But it won't work with
us, me boy"
" Nothin' works with us, Weary"
NABOR-Hello, CrOssman You
don't seem to be feeling just right
this morning.
Crossman-I should say not. |
never felt meaner in my life.
Nabor-Judging from your face,
should say you had taken something
that doesn't agree with you.
CrOSSman-I haVp. tn,ly , ,,;C,
about two years ago.
Willieboy was exhibiting
in great glee small cow-bell.
What is that for?n asked the
rude, coarse man.
"To put on me wheel, don't YOU
KNOW" said the bright youth.
Better not try il. Some one
will be taking you for runaway
calf"
TEACHER-What is the meaning
of one twenty-ffth
Little Boy-I-l don't remember.
Teacher-If you had twenty-five
children visiting you, and only one
apple for them, what would you do?
Little Boy-Pd wait till thew
went, and then eat it myself.
CHOLLY VAN MUSHI.Y--I say,
me good fellow, what wonld be the
penalty if | should shoot a deer out
of season?
Game Warden-There wouldn,t
be any penalty in your case, sir
everybody would know it was an
accident.
THE Wears WIFE-Don't YOU
think, my dear, you might cultivate
little more vehemence in your SER
mons?
The Vicar-No; l should be very
unpopular if l woke up the congre-
Uatinr
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

a DAUGHTERS UsEFULNEss.-
Mr.. Grumps-pd just like to know
what good all these cooking school
lessons are doing our daughter.
Mrs. G. Everything she cooks
she brings home.
Yes, and none OF the family will
touch 'em, and the things are Just
thrown away"
"No, they are not. She gives
them to tramps."
"Huh! what good does that do ?''
1--WE are fast getting rid of the
tramps."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

THE man in Troy, n. Y, who
went home to find himself the father
of four babes will probably never
speak OF the dawn of prosperity
again.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

THERE is no one so Innocent as
not to be evil spoken of; there is no
one 90 wicked as to merit all con-
demnatiOn.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

ToMMY-Pa, why do they call
mans wife his better half?"
Pa-Because she has all the best of
it.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

EVERY young couple who desire
to make good start in life must
keep two bears in the house, and feed
them well--namely, bear and for
bear.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

lT was in the Kansas Legislature
of 1891 that Speaker Elder had trou-
BILE with the Alliance chaplain
This individual always opened the
work of law-making with a prayer.
One particular morning he had fal.
len asleep over in corner. Elder
wanted to begin business in a hurry,
but the chaplain could not be found
Where's that chaplain ?" he
growled.
Finally he found him. He shook
him vigorously, and exclaimed in a
voice that could be heard a block
away:
"Get up there and do your pray
ing you lunkhead, and be quick
about il, too"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

METROPOLITAN ENTERPRIsE.-
He was torlorn stranger walking
down Park Row toward the Brook
lyn bridge.
Mr.. Isaacs, standing in front of
his store, laid his jeweied hand on
the mans shabby coat.
Come right in," said Mr.. Isaacs,
"und | will sell you Won Of dose i'm.
ported suits for seven dOllars.n
81 have no money and am now
going to commit suicide" answered
the sad stranger.
$50! Mein frient here is NV
card. Put it in your pocket, und
ven your body is found the papers
will publish it,"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

THE Wears WIFE-Don't you
think, my dear, you might cultivate
little more vehemence in your SER
mons?
The Vicar-No; l should be very
unpopular if l woke up the congre-
CATION.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

AN exchange says "In the nine
hundred years of its existence the
Pekin Gazette has lost 1,8OO editors
by decapitation." In this country a
paper does not lose it's editor every
time IL loses its head.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11
0. P. SYDEASTRlKER & Co.,
DEALERS IN
pure DRUGS
AND
M MED lGIN rs.
LEWISBURG, w. VA.
LEWISBURG, w. VA.
WE POSITIVELY CLAIM

WE Positively CLAIM
chat We have GREATER FACILI.
TIES for doing business, and can offer
BETTER PRICES, than any drrg
house in this section of the State.
We confidently invite physicians and
others who have wants in this line to
GIVE US A TRIAL.
Prices willingly quoted and mai il or
ders solicited and given our prompt
and careful attention. Respectfully,
&C.,
o. z. SY YDENSTRICKER& &CO.
Jan. 18th, 1896.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

will publish it,"
MANS WEAK PoINT.-Mrs. New
Wed-Are you sure you love me as
much as ever?
Mr.. Newwed-Perfectly.
And you will never, never love
any one else?"
Never"
And there isn't anything you
wouldn't do for my happiness ?"
Nothing. That is, of course,
nothing within the bounds Of rea-
son ?"
Hum | thought so. You are
just like all the rest. You've begun
to reason"
SHE--I went to the fortune teller's
to-day, just for lark, and she told
me a lot of things.
He-Ges, some Of them hit pretty
closely, but | hope you don't think
there is anything supernatural about
their powers. They use shrewd
judgment, that's all.
She--That may be true, dear. She
told me that / was married to a man
who fell far short Of what 1 de-
served.
lT was the old lady's first journey
by rail. There was an accident, anC
as she crawled from beneath tn,
Wreckage she asked another passen
ger:
els this Stanford ?n
No, madam this is a catastro
phe."
"Oh," she said, "then hadn'
ought to have got off,"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-11

penalty If | should shoot deer out
of season?
Game Warden-There wouldn't
be any penalty in your case, sir
everybody would know it was an
accident.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-24

sprang toward the man at tine horses
heads. They exchanged shots, then the
roibber turned and flashed into the
darkness among the trees and rocks.
che passenger following him. the
Hastings and crackings of three or
four pistol shots came to US out OF the
darkness, and then the passenger re-
turned with an empty pistol. He had
had a. running fight with the robber
and was himself unhurt. Whether any
of his shots had landed ne could not
tell. He made a, torch of pinon pine
and examined the two dead robbers,
taking from their bodies whatever
might serve to identify them, keeping
each mans things carefully separate
He also asked the rest Of US to look 10
see if any enc recognized either OF the
robbers. The .yaluables in the flour
sack he took charge of until We got TO
the next stage station, where eaen
owner claimed his property.
THE buSiness-like way in which ne
acted throughout the whole affair was
explained when we learned that our
quiet fellow passenger was Jim Has
kell, the resolute dead shot sheriff of
one of the southern Colorado counties,
travelling on affairs of his own The
two dead robbers were found where we
left them, and were recognized as
tough sLeadville characters who had
gone out ON the road to raise stake.
Their death gave a set back to the road
agent business for a while, but 1T soon
picked up again and fourished with its
UPS and downs, until the railroad up
the Grand canyon took the place or
tine stage line New York Sun
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-24
THAT MoUNTAIN OF GOLD.
Story Exploded By a Woman Who
Has Been There.

Chicago, Aug. 23.-Miss Cora NJ.
Black of Los Angeles, Cal. who Is Wis
iting in this city, explodes the story
about the reported mountain of gold
in the island of Metlakahla, off the
coast of Alaska. The island is the
property of tribe of Indians, having
been given them few years ago by
the government as a reservation.
Through the missionary endeayors of
a Mr.. Duncan they have embraced
Christianity and have become an in
dustrious sober and thrifty lot of peo-
The story goes that short time af-
ter the island had been given them it
was discovered that a large mountain
on it was so fabulously rich in gold as
to be a veritabe mountain of gold
Miss Black. who has visited the
island and been all over it, says the
story of the mountain of gold is alb
surd and there is nothing in it.
She has also been up in Alaska, and
this is what she says of women going
up into the Klondihe country:
II would never go into the Klondike.
1t is no place for woman. They can
not wear clothes enough to keep them
selves warm. would not go I'D into
that country for anything in the
world"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-24
marched In Small Groups.

Pittsburg. Pa. Aug 23.-The strik-
ing miners encamped about the De Ar
mitt mines were permitted to march in
small groups today, but not allowed TO
get within speaking distance of the
working miners. There was no evidence
that the deputies intended, as rumored
yesterday. to break up the camp In
fact Samuel Young, who is in charge
at Plum Greek. said to Captain Bel
bingham that there would be no more
arrests made until a decision was had
in the cases of the five men arrested
Saturday.
About $50 strikers succeeded in elud-
ing the deputies during the night, and
visited the working miners at their
homes.
This morning a raid was made on the
camp of negro railroad laborers at
Unity. Constable Carson and four as
sistants heavily armed went to the
camp and after destroying the gamb-
ling tables demolished the unlicensed
liquor saloons and set fire to the ruins.
The negroes offered no resistance. The
constables' actions were heartily COM
mended by the striking miners, who
stood ready TO aid in the preservation
of peace should the colored laborers
show disposition 10 defy the authori-
ties.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-24
He Wants It Understood.

Pittsburg, Pa. Aug. 23-In the con-
ference between the miners officials
and the executive committee of the coal
operators, the miners were represented
by National President Ratchford, Dis
t1ict President Dolan and Secretary
Warner. The operators committee
was composed of J. C. Dysart. G. w.
6chludenberg, j. N. O'Neil, ]. B. Zerb,
T. NJ. Osborne, U. A. Andrews, w. p.
Bonnie and w P. Rend.
President Ratchford, in an interview,
said he wanted it distinctly understood
that he had never been asked by the
operators to confer with them.
The statement" said he, that I had
refused a conference is not correct.
am here now at the request of Mr..
Dolan. We Will only agree to the oper-
ators' proposition if they will pay &C.
cents. That is the lowest rate the min
ers will accept. 1t must be So cents
or the strike viii be continued until the
demands are granted. Ii the Pittsburg
operators settle upon our terms, q gen
eral conference will not be necessary.