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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
MARTINsBURG, W. A, SATURDAY, 1884,

shop, but outside of that one thing
they are all at sea. It is the handy
man who is helping this world along
the man who is full of wheels and
springs. Don't be afraid because
you have planned to study law, to
read up on philosophy and science,
to learn how to handle tools, to an
alize steam, to post yourself on what
ever is worth knowing.
You will discover as you grow up
that the man who knows the least is
the greatest bigot to argue with, and
the meanest man with whom to
transact business. Not one in TWEEN
ty of our high school pupils knows
how mason mixes his mortar, or a
painter his colors. They never saw
tinsmith at work, or a -ainer imi
tating the various woods Now then
when you find the evening dull ask
your father put on his hat and help
you to post yourself. Did you ever
see printing press at work? Did
you ever look over the queer ma
chinery in a tin shop which bends the
metal in shape for covers and bot.
toms and handlesi Ever visit the
gas works, or go through big -four
ing mill, or pass an hour in a foun.
dry? There are dozens of places to
be visited at night where you can
can learn something useful. Each
you seize upon helps to broaden and
enlighten your mind and make a
we'll posted man of you. And in
stead of shouldcring off after a good
time in the swamp, go down to the
round house and look over mechan.
ism of locomotive-go into a wheat
elevator and see how curiously
every thing arranged-go into a ma
chine shop and see how iron can be
turned as easily as pine-go into a
planning midtown where they saw
blocks of stone by steam-go some
where and see something to post
yourself.
All :! boy, if you only realized how
much this country will depend upon
you 20 years hence you wouldn't
waste your time ! you will sooner or
later have to take hold as the rest OF
us did. There will be the same strife
for place and fame and riches as you
see to-day, and the boy who has
wasted his time will be the man who
is pushed here and justly there and
driven to the back seats because he
is in the way of the busy, money
making world.-M. Quad.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25

WINCHESTER, VA, Oct. 1.-THE
Shenandoah valley fair opened to.
day with beautiful weather and an
attendance about the average for
the first day. The trotting race was
won by John S. Castleman's Jeffer-
son county horse, Frank time, 3
minutes. The running race was won
by w. Fl. Wright's horse, Essex.
Among the exhibits in the ladies'
department is a small lock of hair
cut from the head Of Gen. Washing
ton when alive.
Among the many exhibits made in
the several departments none attract
ed more admiration than the cattle.
They are all fat and Thoroughbred
stock. The magnificent herd of
VIM. III Whitridge, of your city,
Aberdeen PolIed Angus, and the
herd Of Jerseys belonging to VIM.
NJ. Clements, master Of transporta-
ton B. & o. r. r., from his model
farm in Jefferson county, West yir-
ginia, attract large crowds. The
Durhams of S. w. Solenberger,
Chambersburg, Pa, and Of Col.
George Chairman, of Rockingham
county, the Holstelns Of AshIy &
Mckay, of Warren county. Virginia,
and the Jerseys Of Judge VIM. L.
Clark, Of this city, ARE much admired.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
A BIG BLAST.

Probably the largest piece of
mountain ever removed in California
at one shot. says the Santa Cruz
Sentinel, was that which was remoy-
ed a mile and half above FELTON, a
few days since. AT least 200 peo-
pie were on the surrounding hills to
witness the sight. There we're thirty
thousand cubic yards of bluff to be
removed. This was covered with
trees that have been there for ages !;
rocks that have stood tue ravages OF
time for decades; brush that have
stood the ravages of time for de-
cades brush that had become solid
mass, defying the pick-axe to remove.
To fulfil the contract and have the
road completed in certain number
Of days looked like a losing PROPOSE
ton to the contractor, IN view of this
great obsticle. M. G. Hyland, who
knows as much what powder can do
as any man on the coast, thought
that the easiest way to solve the
problem was to blastit. Everything
was ready Sunday, and faithfully
Cummings and Hyland worked to
get everything in proper shape. A
tunnel fifty feet long was run into
the mountain and formed into a T.
The powder was put in three maya
zines. The horizontal line was d.
vided off into sections. On the right
wing, forty feet long, were placed
two magazines, as the weight of the
bluff rested on this side. On the end
of the other wing was solitary
magazine. They were connected by
a battery sixty feet in the rear of the
mountain. A wire extended down
the hillsides and connected with the
magazines, forming an electric cur
rent. at five minutes past P. NJ.
j. +. Cunningham and J. w. Hanson
set off the blast. So instantaneous
was it that the leading wire broke
away from the battery without car
rying it along. The blaff upheayed,
and tall trees and hugh rocks went
helter-skelter, like lot of school
boys, from the mountain side into
the river amid the cheers of tue eye
witnesses. For an instant the great
mass formed dam and impeded the
progress of the river and forced it
into an old channel. F0nr Thousand
five hundred pounds of powder were
placed in the drift, and it did the
work so completely that not a parti-
Gle of sand, rock, redwood or pine
was lett to show what had seemed a
rock Of Gibralter few moments be-
fore. The shock shattered windows
in FELTON, aud was heard in Santa
Cruz. Four thousand pounds of
powder blasted eleven tall redwood
trees SO completely last week that
the limbs fell from them before they
touched the ground. One of the
trees measured seven feet in diane
ter six feet from the ground. The
grading of the road will be complet-
ed within forty days. The bluff was
! 144 feet in height.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
A BIG PRocEssIoE.

1Tl'is is a pretty time Of night for
you to be coming home to your wife.
l must say"
4 know THAT, my (hic) dear. But
! been out with the processh'n, We
shee.v
What procession I'd like to
know. There's been no procession
tonight
fesh, was, my dear. Bigges'
p'essh'n Of the amthie)paign. Took
US five hours to pass given point .
{ Bat how many were in the pro.
cession 81
"Dud Randall am me-r
And it took you five hours to
pass given points Nonsense
No nonshense bout ii, my dear.
Given point was a s'loon - Chicaoo
Nesrs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
PUBLIC SALE!

The undersigned, Special Commission
ers by virtue of a decree entered in the
Chancery Cause of Ephriam B. Hayslett,
&C., VS.. Robert Lamon, admir- and
others, pending in the Circuit Court of
Berkeley Co., w. Va, will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, in Martinsburg,
Berkeley Co., w. Va,
On Friday, October II, 1854,
at one o'clock p. M, the following Real
Estate, to-wit: All of that valuable
farm lying about 2 miles southeast of Mill
Creek, Berkeley Co., w. Va, being the
home farm of John and Elizabeth Hays
lett, decd, adjoining lands of A. J. Ridg
way and others, containing 1888 acres
more or less of limestone and slate land
with good dwelling, barn and other out
buildings is well watered and has on it
an excellent mill seat with plenty of good
timber, is located In good neighborhood
convenient to churches and schools and is
susceptible of division into two farms.
TERMS OF SALE.-One- third cash upon
day of sale, the balance in two equal an
nual payments with interest from day of
sale, to be evidenced by the purchaser S
note, the title to be reserved until the
purchase money is paid. Persons desir-
ing further information will call on A. j.
Hayslett. Mill Creek, or E. S. Troxell
Martinsburg.
E. S. TROXELL. G.. w. MCKOWN.
VIM. S. HENSHAW, w. FL. H. FLICK,
Special Commissioners.
l hereby certify that E. S. Troxell and
G.. w. McKown Special Commissioners
in the above cause haye executed bond
with sufficient security.
S. III. MARTIN, Clerk.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25

CHARLESTON, w. VA, Oct. 49,
Gov. Jackson has committed the
sentence of Charles Spurlock to i'm
prIsonment in the penitentiary fol
life. Spurlock was to have been
hanged next Friday. He was one
of the gang who have been commit.
ting depredations in Boone, Logan
and Kanawha counties for two years
past, aud who visited Jack Woods
residence, in this county, on April
%, for the purpose of robbery, but
meeting with resistance they killed
young Alvin Woods. One of the
gang, named Going, was captured a
day or two later and taken to st.
Adams. Two other members named
Hill were lynched by mob. The
Governor committed Spurlock's sen.
tence on a petition signed by about
1000 names. He was taken from
Jail at 2 o'clock this morning and
put in a box car on the railroad,
where he was kept until 0 O'Clock,
If he passes Poca he will go to the
Penitentiary, but it is feared that a
mob will get him at that place.
Much hard feeling is felt here con
corning the communication.
Colum, who killed Fenthill, and
who was to have been executed at
the same time as Spurlock, has also
had lis sentence committed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
The Queen of Roumania on Women.

Queen Elizabeth, of Roumania, is
one of the most literary ladies OF
European courts. She writes pleas
iDgly and much-too much, indeed,
for her own reputation. Her great
theme is women, her joys and sor.
rows-especially her sorrows, for she
has suffered much. Some of her
thoughts are worthy Of transcription:
of woman is bad," writes the
Queen, "man is generally the cause
thereof
"Do not trust a man who does not
believe in thy happiness in thy
home.n
Among the savages the wife is
an animal of burden, among the
Turks luxury, among the Euro
peans she is both.n
"The woman of the world is sci.
dom the wife of her husband"
"An unhappy wife is like flower
exposed to the ulast; she remains a
bud for long time, and when she
developes to blossom she quickly
withers and fades"
"The virtue of wife must often
be very great, for not unfrequently
she must have sufficient for both her.
self and her husband"
off one forglves Que loves nc
longer, for tue love knows nothing
of forgiveness"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
GO SLOW AT FIRST.

Learn to walk, young man, before
you try to prance. Don't hunger
and thirst for a boudoir while you
are the junior clerk and have to
sweep out the store and sleep under
the counter. If you are young
physician, don'texpect to make it all
in the first year. Your father rode
four or five horses to death before
he was able to put an Administer on
the Office floor, and lean back in his
sleepy hollow chair and announce
that he would answer no calls after
6 p. m. II you are practicing law,
remember that the old attorney
whose Office you are sweeping out
wore white hair, and not much OF
that, before he began taking whole
farms for single fees in small cases.
Andbear in mind too, that they didn't
spend every cent of it as fast as they
got it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
NO.. Z.
What Shall 1t Be.

The three words commonly applied,
in the English language, to the mem
bers of the female sex of the animal
Man, vary widely in significance.
. Female . is opprobrious. 1t refers
soley to sex, and is no more appli-
cable to a woman than it'll to cat
or hen. 1t ought to be expunged
entirely from print and conversation,
except in cases and places where it
is used iE contradistinction to male,
to express the sex of home, which is
spoken or written about. 'Iady -
suggests a dainty, delicate creature,
possessed OF much superficial pro-
priety and pride, perhaps, also of
culture, but it says nothing of char.
acter. Once it was an honorable
title, but now that it. is commonly
applied to every member of the sex
who can more or less follow the fash
ion, it has become lowered without
elevating those on whom it is SO free
" showered. g Woman Wis best. The
word suggests all that is feminine -hu.
man, instead of the feminine only.
1t brings to mind the "perfect woman,
nobly planned, to warn, to comfort,
to command . of Wordsworth. It is
the true title Of mans partner in life,
the sharer in his joys and sorrows.
Yet If a man calls his wife 8. woman !,
the result is not pleasing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
A GREAT SCHEME.


Browns Ha, ha! / have hit it at
last. Fortune smiles once more
Hooray for"
Black" Brown, are You crazy !
You act as though you had escaped
from a lunatic asylum
Crazy yes; crazy from joy. Con-
graduate me, my dear fellow; con-
gratulate me !m
But what on I"
"My great invention. 1t will
revolutionize photography and make
it as profitable in the West as any
where else. One year FROM now |
will reside in palace, marble front,
sides and back, gold and silvers-"
But you have not explained"
"Do you see these =
II see pair of very dainty little
shoes, small enough for a Cinderel-
Ia"
Exactly. Wellmy invention con-
sists in trap-door for the floor of a
photograph gallery right in front Of
the chair"
What has that to do with the
shoes ~
"Can't you seei When western
bellies want their photographs taken
they slip these pretty little shoes
under the edge Of the dress so that
they look like their own.D
But what do they with their
feetsD
"Poke 'em through the trap door.
There's millions in it,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25

The steamship Normandie, which
arrived at New York Monday,
brought a famous old lady to these
shores. She is Heloise de la Bra.
bend. She has come here to spend
her remaining days free from police
supervision, under which she has
been for ten years. Nine. Brabend
was member of an old noble family
in AK la Chapelle, but misfortune
overlook them and they lost their
estates. She became enbittered
and devoured socialistic literature
and wrote upon the subject. When
the Franco russian war came on
she led a large faction of the "petro-
leuses," who came very near reduc
ing Paris to ashes. She was be-
trayed to the police, but succeeded
in escaping arrest for three years,
all the time extending her influence
for evil, until she was hardly second
to Louise Michel in fame. In 1874
she was arrested and sentenced to
twenty years. imprisonment, serving
a part Of it at Toulon. She was re-
leased after Eve years service, but
was kept under police surveillance
She eyaded the watch, however, and
caused the confiagration in the Quar-.
tier Latin in Paris three years ago
1t was discovered shortly after and
she was confined in a dungeon,
which nearly killed her. She was
released two months ago on condi
ton that she would leave France, and
accordingly embarked on the Nor
mandie. She is now nearly bent
double with rheumatism, weak, and
apparently seventy years of age,
although in reality but fifty.five.-
Ncm York World
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
THE MOURNING DOVE.

Listen A voice Of tears from thewoodedh hill,
Now broken and lost, now waking Its plant
anew:
heard It in summers youth. hear 4 stills
ssWlio. who. whos"
Only this; but catch at the slender clue
And follow It back till reach the heart ola
song
!" Who. who. who delays thee SO long 2
: Who meets thee amid the rus,ilng full-eared
maize, s
Who. where the treesof strength their ripeness
strew.
Or where the willow above her mirror swaysf
Who. who. who's
Who and where s-Icall thee. the long day
through:
Come thou wouldst. II thy love as thy wings
were strong =;
Who, who. who delays thee SO Iona: -
1t is the wild doves vanishing note hear,
she sits her nest. and darkness and sun and
dew
Touch her son throat but never to utteance
clear:
Who, who, whos''
Only this; but catch at the slender clue.
And follow 1t back till reach the heart OF
wrong:
"who. who. who delays thee so iongs'
-EditA ". Thomas IN tie Critic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
POETRY.
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A YEAR AGO.

BY GEORGE KRINGLER.
] was SO rich year ago
That every day
A little child looked up to me
Amid It's play.
was SO very rich because
The child was mine;
] did not think he was but lent
A little time.
l dreamed, for him, bright dreams,
And he:
The castles that he built
Were all for me,
cannot tell you, If l try,
How golden bright,
The head upon my pillow
Every night.
never could begin to tell
wish could
How sweet this child Of mine,
How sweet, how good;
Or half how rich felt myself,
You do not know
How very rich was
A year ago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25
RED IN MILLINERY.
MANS FANCY

A New York fashion letter saws
some OF the aesthetic metrpolitans
wear bangles on their wrists-not O.
the kind that denote captivity, tho,
! heard a Martinsburg gentleman
boast that he wore a bang next to
his heart. ] wonder il he is the on
~ candidate in town for q Iunatic
asylum.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-25


every line and mark of pain, every
stain and cloud of disease; her face
turned upward, and her eyes grew
strangely radiant. sMotherr she
called, joyously as a tired child
springing into a mothers arms !;
Mother! mother! ? and she was
folded in the arms of the angel moth
er who passed away whom she was
a child. Her face was as white as
the starlight, her radiant eyes were
not dimmed when we closed them,
and, for the first time in many years,
she slept without pain.
Velvet mosses cover the little
mound where she sleeps and grace
full ferns fringe it round. She rests
in the beautiful churchyard ofquaint
old fashioned Lower Merton Church.
1t is her own wish, nearly or quite a
year ago.
II think the angel must have been
glad to gee her come. So many of
them had ministered unto her and
strengthened her in her pilgrimage
OF suffering, and l know they re-
joiced when she came to be with
them. There was never SO brave,
SO patient a life among men; there
could be no life drawer among wo-
men. - BO~emaa Weekly Chroaicle.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-17
AN ia gS "a THsH Nsk ~ HAqp SPEEDILY Cures
NMg HI MH n I'D II, EEH n HHaNN K collie, Choei q
EE NIX IVA NBT mEHEH EHhNuD Morbus, Cramps,
w w NV hp VI Hde Ma Rms %nH y Flux, Diarrhea
etc and ia the BEST PAIN KILLER and READY RELIEF
ever sold. Price Fifty Cents, st all dealers.
Wholesale by R2WDU DRUG % Dallas, Texas.

Canno moved to strike out the para
graph relating 10 the corporation OF
iourth-olats posi-master9, o1btiniDg ~ g.
box rentg and to commissions on the sale
~ waste paper, pOstsgr'htamps, etc., not
% exceed II coo a year,
After a Ions discussion q motion, which
was In tho Interest OF %postmaate's, YVES
adopted-Si to o..
An item Was Inherited az 10 allowances In
contested election cases, the Limitation be-
ing $1,000 each.
The lecond seoticn Of the bill prohibits
tho treasury dopsrtmtnt from considering
any claim ngsiRst the United States. unleel
filed within ono year from the passage OF
toe Gc', or within Il q years after u shall
hsys accrued.
Ksiier moved 10 strike out tho section 30
interfering with tho right OF negition.
Randall explained bud offended the sec.
ton PC necessary % put a stop 10 the pre-
81 niatiou OF Old claims. II was legislation
On The interest OF The paopls 90 protect the
treasury against DOUBTFUL or dishonest
claims.
Kriiol'a motion gas roiaoipd.
The house took rcces. uutl S p m.. h7y.
i3R disposed Of thir y.bv3 pagep al the BILL.
At iha venting ffss. lu tha house rtsum-
ed consideration ~ tho Efficiency bill.
An stem oi3i25, 600 iIr horses ADD other
property, lost IN military service, prior 10
July Let, 1883, contii4ed q proviao. regulst'
ipe services and 'ees Of claim agents.
Keller moved 20 strike out the prOyiao as
wrorg 10 Motley Rejected.
Long oli1rsd IN amendment oppropriat'
ing the following Gums for
in raising volunteers: Ohio, 800 $40; New
York, $5i,0i6; Michigan, si2 $40; Massa.
ohusatts, $2s $50. Adopted.
Adjourned.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-17

The ucvne8tof Jia June o5ulor- OF O.
Texas aud psCidi By the Missouri PaoldC
has thrown come lt tine New YORK dli iFs
into coutOriinns of lndignatiQu. Tho New
York Herald begins 10y slylnE thes tAr
author titles o. tle 5icCx sxchatg go mas
be asked TO take acc on iq jho naite!,
aud ends by threatening an icv ar'g4.
"the independent nondholder5 who parted
with their coupons under false pIcteuaes.
Ii il very hsrd indeed for the mrlag mont
OF q rrilWGy to please everybody. II The
road does q large Rnd ngying buslnssl. so
that its treasury is oveIl)wiug with money
aud a can pay lie coupons without lho itu't
trouble, then 10 Is accueed OF robbing tn
people by excessive charges, and ail o2r's
of agencies, including newspapers am
legislatures, are invoked To compel 70
to lower its rates. IT, o. Ia ih'
case OF the Texas e Pacific, Tue
legisl Azure has succeeded Ia reducing tho
income OF a RAILWAY nv fixing u~nreaaonaLly
low maximum RAGS OF fare aud compelling
Il to do business al q loss, so that IL has 10
default or itg interest or borrow money TO
pay it, then tho bear Orrans, big chi little,
hi the very heaYens with the discord OF
their clamore. And when the Texas d p
cifc company, short OF ready c15h BY
reason OF conliscatory legislation Ia Texas
and tho interrup tion to business by IN
usual floods, quietly makes Oh grange.
ment with the stronger corporation whioh
operates its lines, the Missouri Pacific, ty
which the latter takes up the coupons OF
the former, then the vials OF denuuc'atltn
are promptly opened, and the atmospheric
is filled with thunder and the od0c Of brlm-
stonel One would Buppose that il toe
bondbolders got the monsY on tAe'r
coupon as soon as due, thoy YOU'D
be perfectly satisfied. And 50 they
probably are. There is no evidence, 90 far
that they are making any compliant. 1t
is the wreckers OF Wall street from Whom
the poise pYoceeds--those who are trying to
cover all railway management with uus'
pioion and distrust in order that they may
hsye spoils 10 divide. The tlco;T a.
vaucsd by these parties and tholi papers is
that the Missouri Pacific may be bus ing IN
and holding these coupons without can
ceiling them, IN order TO Hwoop down
on the Texas & Pacific and bear
10 away In itH horrible taions. 1t Is SUI
prising TO see the New York correspondent
OF the Commercial Bulletin repeating such
wild assertions. Thst the sbsurdtty OF the
TRADE is not urucrcsived IL evident from
I he remarks OF Vioa.Preiident Hopkins, o,
the Gould Ines, with l. qurt q
by the Herald in Its srt'clr D.
Mr.. Hos kins said: How very particular
those Wall strest people era %becomins!
They are not satisfied with getting their
money, but want TO NOV where it comes
from and how 1. was got in the tiist IL
stance. Isuppose they inquire into the
pedigree OF n man before accepting . loan
from him" II seems TO have bee1 this re-
mark which provoked the Herald to talE
significantly of grand jurieI. WhstheE the
Indictment is e. be found against the par
ties who paid the coupons, or against the
bondholdsrs who permitted themselves 10
he paid is not vet settled.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-17
Thr NntlonnI EncnmpmcnL.

DUBUQUE, IA, June l6.-The only facts OF
interest connected with tha national Mill
tnIy encampment to-day were the arrival
OF troops, dress parade, etc.
The following companies arrived; Ford
Zouaves, OF Chicago; with u drum corps;
Osaga lows band; ten companies, mum Der
ing about 800 men of the Third Missouri
regiment: company ID, OF st.
Paul; Washington Light Artil-
lery, Of New Orleans; Wsukop,
Iowa Guards. The National Rifles,
OF Washington, will arrive We'd
nesia y. The city IL handsomely
decorated With flags, buntings, etc. Among
the notable PERSONS present are General
Kirby Smith, Adjutant.General WHddell,
OF Missouri: Governor Rusk, OF Wisconsin,
snd ataif; Governor Sherman, OF lows, and
staff, and General Oheethem Of Tennessee.
Abou. l.Cc0 troops Gro already on the
ground with az msnv moro on their way.