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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
SELECTIONS.
1t Won't be a Match.

A man whose hair and whiskers
where plentifnlly sprinkled with
gray was IN the city to see about
buying large quantity oflead pipe.
When he asked how much milr
and half of a certain size would
cost the dealer stood off and looked
at him in amazement:
"Oh, amt looney," replied the
man.
"But what do you want with u
mile and half Of this costing you
many hundred dollars ~
"See here" said the other, as he
took chair and became coniiden-
tial; "Fm a widower-r
"Yes2'
"Pm thinking of taking second
wife.
"She dotes on a front yard. w.
got the yard. She dotes on lawn
ornaments. I've been round pricing
stone dogs, cast iron deer, terracotta
rabbits till you can't rest. She dotes
on fountains. That's why / want the
pipe"
I" But why so much of it ~
Because I've to run the pipe to
a spring on hill a mile and a half
away
When he explained how much fall
he had, the dealer told HIM he
couldn't get fountain enough to
dampen sunfower.
"Won't be no squirt to it, Ell ~
"NO.n
"Won't squirt foot high 7"
mo, sir; not an inch.n
Well, no fountain, no marriage.
She's not on that. III go back and
offer to fill the yard with decoy
ducks and conch shell, and put stain
ed glass windows in the horse barn,
but | reckon the match is off. Pye OF.
fered a force pump, and hire coot
By the year to work it, but she says
it wouldn't be picturesque. Might
build cistern on legs and let the
water play through a fountain, but
she is romantic. Ican't do no more,
but if she insists on a fountain with
a squirt to 1T I'll look around for
some one else-somebody who don't
want Corlnthian columns under the
corn crib and a Creecian facade to
the pig pen."-D Detroit Free Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
A well educated person who i,


A well educated person who pos
sesses a college sheepskin, reads his
Bible, his Shakespeare, and the
daily papers, seldom uses more than
5000 or 1000 words in actual CONVEX.
sati0n. Accurate thinkers and close
reasoners, who avoid vague and gen.
eral expressions, and wait till they
find a word that exactly fits their
meaning, employ a larger stock !:
and eloquent speakers may rise to a
command Of 10000. Shakespeare,
who displayed a greater variety OF
expression than probably any writer
in any language, produced all his
plays with about Is, 500 words. Mil
toms w0:ks are built up with 5000 !;
and the old Testament says all thai
it has to say with 5462 words. IN
the English laugnage there are about
all told 10000 words. ii'ss.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
Two Hearts and One Breath.

Ferdinand, my love, why do you
sit 80 far from me this evening :" she
inxiously inquired. lie was silent
and remained sitting at the opposite
4iid of the sofa. Again she spoke.
Again he was silent, besitated, and
finally murmured: "Isabel, my dear,
| blush to tell it, but / have been
eating onions to-day" "You dar.
ling !" exclaimed the lovely girl,
with lock OF glad surprise iIlumi.
mating her face as she sprang close
to bis side, $50 have I!n
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27

Miscellaneous.
a Mothers Love-A Practical
illustrations OF Its Power.

A mothers love What potent thing
it is! 1t will melt the heart Of the most
hardened criminal, when no other influ-
mother knows its full meaning, but every
one can appreciate it if they will. 1t is
known, though, that it means sleepless
nights, care, inconvenience, and, if ne
cessary, want, hardship and death. But
the subject has been too eloquently
treated by the sweetest poets and the
ablest writers to furnish an essay for
these columns. Too many practical IL
lustrations occur in every day life for it
to be dwelt upon, so that it is unnecessary
to speak of the subject further in order
to make the reader understand the full
meaning of what is to follow.
Mrs. Henry Schualen, of Ashland,
KY, writes that her daughter has been
cured of deafness which resulted from
chronic catarrh. She tells how she had
lost all hope of her daughter her ideal
being cured, and how overjoyed she is at
the result. After trying many remedies.
she says PERUNA brought cure, and
that the daughters hearing is restored.
She concludes, by speaking in the most
hattering terms of PERUNA. and then de-
scribes in the most lovely manner the
happiness it has brought her, and reviews
the distress she experienced while her
daughter was afflicted.
DR.. A. r. Ong, Martins Ferry, o.,
writes ~ have large trade on your
PERUNA. Think it is grand remedy"
Mr.. Robert c. Hannah, Tolesborough,
Lewis county, KY, writes: :" write to in
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
NO. Is.
POETRY.
THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING.

Dear Santa Claus, wrote
little viii in letters truly
shocking, ~ Use been a good
boy SO please fill q heapen
up this stocking. l want
a drum to make pa sick
and drive my mamma era
zy. / want doggie / can
kick so he will not get
lazy. / want a powder
gun to shoot right at my
sister Annie and q big
trumpet I can toot Just
awful loud at granny.
want a dreffie big false
face to scare in fits our ba-
by. want pony I can
race around the parlor
maybe. I want little
Ratchet, too, so can do
some chopping upon our
grand piano new when
mamma goes shopping.
I want a nice hard rub
Der ball to smash all
into flinders the
great big mirror
in the hall an
lots an lots of
winders. An
candy that'll
m a Ike me
sick so ma
all night will
hold m n
make pa get the
doctor quick an new
er try to scold me. An
SantaClause. If pa saysT
am naughty it's story.
Jus say if he whips me
II die and go to king
dom glory.
H. C. Dodge.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
A Young woman's idea of Business.

Miss Smithers-And YOU are in
business now, are you (? Have you
much capital invested?
Young Fitz Loon--Oh, no, no, I'm
on salary, y'know.
Miss Smithers-Then You have no
capital at all invested in the bust
nessg
Young Fitz Loon-No, not any
capital, but bwains. | get two thon-
sand dollahs yeah.
Miss Smithers-Do you, indeed ?
And isn't that what you business
men call doing large business on a
very small capitalized York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
1885. THE SUN. 1885.

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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
.What seems to be the matter r

what seems to be the matteri-
he asked, mildly, as they were return
ing from church; "didn't you enjoy
the sermon ~
g Enjoy the sermon n she repeat
ed shortly, and that odious Mrs.
Smith sitting directly in front OF me
with fall wrap on that never cost q
cent less than S125. You must
think / have ! very religions tempera-
ment M Y. San.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
COMMISSIONERS SALE !.
WIN. F. GEYER
VS..
DANIEL MILLER EFT AL.

The undersigned, special Commission
ers by virtue of decree of the Circuit
Court of Berkeley County. West Virgin
ia. entered in the above styled Chancery
Cause on the 14th day of Nov, 1884. will
sell at public auction in front of the
Court House door,
On the 18th day of January, 1885,
to the highest and best bidder, for one
third cash and the residue in two equal
annual payments. taking from the pur-
chaser bond with good security and re-
tanning lien on the lands,
Two Certain Tracts of Land
lying adjoining each other and parts of
the same farm. one tract containing
10 Acres, 3 Roods and 13 Poles,
and the other containing
6S Acres, B RoOds and 81 Poles.
Said lands are in good state of cultiva-
ten and have situate thereon
Dwelling House and Out Houses.
Each tract will be sold separately. but
both tracts will be sold. Said lands are
situate in Arden District, and the same
lands on which the defendant, Daniel
Miller. formerly resided.
P. A. ROHRBAUGH,
E. s. TROXELL. c,
E. BOYD FAULKNER. Sf7oial eon'
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE

The undersigned Special Commission
Brs appointed by decree of the Circuit
Court of Berkeley Co., w. Va. entered
in the Chancery Cause of Jacob Stuckey.
Guardian. &C.. VS.. Geo. Candy, &C.. and
Geo. A. Ropp, Admir-, &C.. VS.. Susan
Candy. widow. &C., at the October term.
1884, of said court, will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, in front of
the Court House door of said county, on
Saturday, January 18th, 1855,
at O'Clock p m. the following real es-
tate of which David Candy died seized
to-wit A certain tract of land being in
Hedgesville district of said county lying
on Stony Lick Run, and that portion of
the lands of the said David Candy.
dec d. remaining after assigning the
dover interest to Susan Candy, widow,
containing
100 Acres, Rood and Is Poles.
Also at the same time the reversion of
the dover estate. containing
10 Acres, 2 ROOds and 22 Poles
of land subject to the life estate of the
decree of said court at said October term,
1884, with good
HOUSE AND BARN
thereon and good fruit with plenty of
timber. "A plat of said tracts are filed in
said Chancery Causes. The terms of
sale as prescribed by said decree are one
third cash on day of sale one-third in
one, and the other in two years. with in
terest from the day of sale the purchas-
er executing bonds for deferred payment.
retaining the legal title to the said realty
until all the purchase money is paid.
E. E. B B. F Fs14Esh; Special Com.
hereby certify that E. S. Troxell. one
of the Special Commissioners in the above
entitled cause. has executed bond with
sufficient security as required by law.
s. H. MARTIN, Clerk.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
ELECTION NOTICE

The Stockholders of the Peoples Nat.
ional Bank of Martinsburg. w. Va, are
hereby notified that the annual Election
for Nine Directors will be held at the
Bank on
Tuesday morning, January 18th, 1885,
between the hours of II and 10 O'Clock.
]. B. WILSON, Cashier.
Dec. 10th. 1884.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27

hereby certify that p. A. Rohrbaugb
and E. Boyd Faulkner, special Commis-
sioners in the above styled Chancery
Cause, have executed bond with suffi-
Gent security. s. H. MARTIN. Clerk.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27

ftnnn nff1in presents given dsUay Send us
With IIIII cents postage and BY mail You
III tItI Iwill get free package Of goods
you in work that will at once bring you in mon
ey faster than anything else in America. All
about the S2W,00O in presents with each box
Agents wanted everywhere, of either sex, of
all ages for all the time, or spare time only. to
work for us at their own homes. Fortunes for
all workers absolutely assured Don't delay.
nv29 III. HALLETT Co., Portland, Maine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
MARTINSDURG WOOLEN MILLS

Owing to the present hard times. prices
should be reduced to enable the people
to buy. Recognizing this fact our enter
prising wooden manufacturer, VIM. Gal
win, is making sweeping reduction in
prices of FANCY YARNS of all colors,
being reduced from 81 to rs CITE. per ID. !;
common yarns from so to so cts. per ID. !:
blue mixed and white reduced from so
to SO cts per Id. Also great reduction in
BLANKETS. FLANNELS & CASSIMERS
warranted all wool. Call at factory and
be convinced. WIN. CALVIN.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
The Cheapest and the Best in Town.
A FEW WORDS To THE PUBLIC

1t is very well known that in public life and
in politics there is a good deal of the "you
help me aud help you ~ work going on. We
make living entirely by our labor and enter
into no such combinations for self Interest,"
10 the town and county officers and the law
yers, we Will say that if they wish to save
money for the taxpayers their clients that
THE HERALD charges for pr hitting and adver-
Using are from
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
One Half to Two Thirds LESS

than are those of the papers that live from pol
tiles, with sworn circulation of from 200 to
800 larger than any other paper. Any citizen
OF the county having causes in Court or with
The lawyers and wishing to have the same pub
lished where they can save money, must be
sure to make that request. We publish q
local newspaper for the people and live by that
all we can for the party and for our friends.
GOULDEN & REILLY,
Herald Office, Martinsburg, V. Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
LOW PRICES---HARD TIMES!

The reduction of wages and stopping of work
are felt by everybody in public business. In
consequence of this, 1t is wise to save a cent
wherever you can. For this reason we put
everything in the printing line down to the
lowest living prices. We don't ask you to
take our word, but get prices wherever you
want to, then come and see if we are not
The Cheapest and the Best in Town
Circulars from 81 for 500, and S1.50 a 1000, up.
Cards as low as 81 for $40. Sale Bills from 81 a
set OF 80 to So. advertising sale as low as ST.
Every thing else in the printing line cores
pondingly l"w.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27

| certify that put out last fall. a field of ten
e.cres in Wheat. sowing the New York Red,
~ bushels per acre. Also put on at the same
time $50 lbs of Frazer & Bishops Standard
Animal Bone Fertilizer. Drill measure. Have
.hreshed thirty -eight heaped bushels per. acre
from the machine and believe 1t will make
more when recleaned, by weight VIII use
their goods again this year.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-27
Professional gards.


Resilient Dentist. Office opposite Everett
,Ionse. next door to Scheu's building. Charges
moderate and work guaranteed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-27
Ladies Remain Beautiful.

A petition addressed to the ladies of
Paris, imploring them ITO remain real
ly pretty" recently appeared in a
Partisan paper. The writer tells the
Parisiennes that they are the Beetho-
vens and the Mozarts who compose the
symphonies of the celebrated Paris
toilettes, and that their followers are
dispersed all over the civilized world.
But, he cries in horror, what structure
is that which of late makes them ap-
pear of size which would have glad
dened the heart of any Roman matron,
but at the sight of which an Amazon
would hide her face?-that bag hang
ing down from collar to waistband,
which seems to have been initiated
from the opossum, and in which it
would be easy to. carry few "petits p
Then there is that movable coachman's
seat" ordinarily called crinolette. It
is growing and growing, and this year
it has assumed dimensions such as to
lead the writer of the humble petition
to think that no one at Madrid, at
Rome, at Vienna, or st. Petersburg
will believe that such fashion origin
ated ali Paris, and did not arrive direct
from Berlin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-27
Different Stomachs Differ Greatly

In point of digestive and assimilative power, but
while it is easy to disorder and weaken the
strongest it is less possible to restore vigor to
one inherently weak, or tho tone of which has
been impaired by departures from the laws of
health, or by the facilitating effects of high
temperature. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the
leading American stomachic. not only stimulates
jaded appetite, but fits a weak stomach for the
reception of food, and enables it to perform it's
digestive and assimilative functions thoroughly
and without discomfort Flatulence, sour or
acid quotations, and uneasiness at the pit of the
stomach arising from excessive fruit eating, ice
water drinking, or other causes, are promptly
relieved by it, Disorder of the bowels gives place
to a regular and painless action of those organs
when it is used. Bilious symptoms sick head
ache, weakness of the kidneys and bladder, and
intermittent or remittent manifestations of ma
laria removed by it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-27
A Lovers Episode.
From the Albany Journal. ]


A remarkable story, which has Gre
ated considerable amusing gossip, comes
from Sleightburg, little mountain vii
lage near Hudson. Walter Edgerton, a
young man, had set his hopes on Miss
Bessie Stone. He being a Catholic,
Miss Stones parents objected to a mar
riage, and Sent their daughter to New
York. She returned, however, and last
Sunday night, in accordance with plans
they had previously arranged, the young
lady ran away, and the two in buggy
started out in drenching rain. They
drove to where Edgerton had a young
man friend living. and rather than to
awaken the whole household he climbed
upon roof and raised the window of
the friends room. He was not long in
discovering mistake and that the
room that night was occupied by lady
visitors. He consequently abandoned
the idea Of procuring a guide and wit
ness to the proposed ceremony. Edger-
ton and Miss Stone drove on in Jet
black darkness, and finally were COM
PEELED to let the horse go as he desired,
as it was impossible to distinguish the
went suddenly the horse halted, and the
occupants of the buggy were almost
thrown over the dashboard. The poor
horse was snorting with fear. The fear
less youth grasped his revolver and went
to the horses head. The forefeet of
the cautious horse were on the brink of
a precipice forty feet deep. At the
foot of the cut was the West Shore Rail
road that had been constructed across
the old Eddyville road. It was day
light when Edgerton and his contrite
would-be bride returned to the place
whence they started. Upon hearing of
their persistency and devotedness, how
ever, the parelts of Miss Stone gave
their consent to their marriage, and met
the young couple yesterday at Pough-
keepsie, where they were welded by q
priest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-27

and sensible. A white stripe will add
TO the military appearance of the trous-
ers. and the chevrons on the coat Will
be of gold braid.
Previous to a vain effort to blow out
his brains in San Francisco last week,
"Charley" Nordberg wrote the follow
ing: "iTo HON it may concern: l am
tired of live and wich to die; daht is
the only motiv for my ackchons. l hav
paid for my board, and vich daht vaht
I live become to my brother, hom owe
sixty dollars-farevell.
A DREssMAKER in Lowell, Mass, who
owns her house got sick Of supporting
drunken husband. So she got lot
of drays in his absence, moved the
furniture from her house to her hired
shop and will sell the house. The
husband went to a lawyer In rage,
but found himself powerless and will
hereafter have to work for a living.
The railroad system of this country
is not alone in finding the past year
one of diminishing traffic and profit.
English, French and German railroads
show for the opening months OF 1884
decreasing traffic on enlarged mileage,
and in the case of Austria this amounts
to nearly per cent. The only rail
roads making more money this year
than last are in South America, and
even there signs appear that the per1od
of expansion is about over.
MISS VIRGINIA PRESTON DARLINGTON,
of Virginia, has a scrap-book containing
large collection of letters and auto
graphs. Among them are letters from
Washington Irving, James Madison,
Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster,
Thomas Fl. Benton, Patrick Henry
and Sarah Henry, his mother, together
with great number of others. 1t has
been stated, and doubtless believed, I'M
til recently refuted, that the family OF
Patrick Henry is exceedingly illiterate,
unable to read or write. This scrap
book shows that the mother of the dis
tinguished orator wrote splendid let
ter, and in fine, bold hand.
On one of the Southern railroads
there is a station called Sawyer.
Lately newly married couple boarded
the train, and were very loving indeed.
The brakeman noticed the gushing
groom kiss the bride about two hundred
times, but maintained a serene quiet,
finally the station in question was
reached, and just after the whistle
sounded the groom gave the bride a
rousing smack on the lip, and the
brakeman opened the door and
shouted: Sawyer! Sawyerp' whats
that?" responded the groom, looking
over his shoulder at the brakeman.
Sawyer" replied the brakeman.
"Well, don't care if you did; she's my
wife"