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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.

Go back with me for moment
along the line ofour national history.
Contrast the general prosperity of
the periods when tue principles of
protection were in force, with the
suffering and depression when tariffs
i" for revenue only "were established.
Take the period previous to the
protective tariff of 1924. Wages
were scarcely worth the name.
Slusgishnessin all industrial branch
es was everywhere apparent. The
comparatively few mills and factor
les which then existed had partially
shut down. Labor was without EN-
ployment. Foreign merchandise,
unrestrained by the protecting bar
riers of high revenue laws, had food
ed the markets of the country and
ruined our manufacturers by their
unchecked competition. Financial
embarrassment was everywhere the
rule, and the courts and the sheriffs
found constant employment. The
tariff of 1916, although partially pro-
tective in its provisions, was INSULT
cient to repel the food of merchan-
disc with which foreign traders had
determined to destroy our infant in
duStries and control our markets in
their own interests.
In this condition of affairs the tar.
if of 1924 was enacted. Immediate
ly the gloomy condition of affairs
was changed. The throbs of vigor-
GUS life were felt throughout the
great body of the country; the slug
gish blood circulated with increased
rapldity. Mines were opened. The
fires roared in the great furnaces.
The factories were busy. Trade
was active. Debts were paid.
Wages were remunerative. Pros
perity such as the country had never
before witnessed sat down by the
hearthstOnes of a contented people;
and in his annual message of 1882
President Jackson declared that
g Our country presents on every side
marks of prosperity and happiness
never equaled perhaps in any other
portion of the world"
The following year the comprom-
Use tariff, with its descending scale,
was passed, and the general pros
perity vanished like the mists ofthe
morning. Money became high and
wages low. Public and private reve.
nues everywhere decreased. Foreign
goods poured like an inundation upon
our markets. Panic, bankruptcy
and collapse followed, and suffering
and misery were universal. Pro-.
lection was again demanded and the
high tariff of 1S42 again wrought an
extraordinary revival in trade, pro-
duction and general business. In
1916 another reduction followed, and
in 1857 the tariff was again cut
down, and during those periods
financial reyulsion followed, the pro-
gress and advancement of the coun-
try were checked and impeded, bank
ruptcies took place, revenues de-
clined, and the public credit was
Frustrated. From that day to the
present it is recent history.-Hon.
John Z. Wait, Of Connecticut, in
House Of Representatives, April 80,
1884.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY.

He was seated across the room.
George" she said +" if a fire were
suddenly to break out in the house,
what would be your first impulse, do
you think?"
swell. my first thought would be
you of course. l would get you to a
place of safety and then do what
could to extingnish the flames"
"That would be very nice of you,
George, to think of me first; but if a
fire were to break out now, for in
stance, wouldn't you lose valuable
time reaching me from away across
the room ?''
/ don't know but what / would, y
said George, as he changed his seat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18

BERRYvILLE, CLARKE Co., VA,
Oct. 4.-Many of the farmers in this
county have not yet housed their
corn, owing to the scarcity of labor.
Hands wanted to cut corn are cffer-
ed one dollar per day, including
board, but the desired help cannot
be obtained. In many instances the
ground is yet unprepared for the
fall sowing of wheat on account of
the late drought. The market price
of wheat is at present so low that
many of the farmers in Clarke are
hesitating about giving up so much
of their land to the production of
the article. Mr.. William Page, who
is probably the largest wheat grow
or in this county, planted nearly 250
acres in wheat last year and raised
crop of about 1000 bushels. He
says he will lose several thousand
dollars on his wheat this year. He
claims that wheat must bring at
least one dollar per bushel to be pro-
fitable. He will sow but $50 acres
this year and devote the other $50
acres of his farm to corn and stock
raising, in which, he says. there is
more money. Some of the best
wheat in the market is raised in
Clarke county, but the farmers say
they cannot afford to raise it for rs
cents per bushel.
The hog cholera is doing it's fatal
work in this locality to an alarming
extent. The disease appears to
make greater Roadway down along
the banks of the Shenandoah river.
One cannot ride a short distance
through the valley without encount-
ering fostering carcasses of dead
swine. j. r. q. Lewis, one of the
largest pork raisers in this county,
tells me that he has discovered two
or three dead hogs among his stock
almost every morning for the past
four weeks. The disease is said to
be caused by the prolonged drought.
There are certain farmers who, fear
ing that their hogs will die on their
hands, are shipping them off to mar
ket as fast as possible. Two hogs
ont of a drove of fifty died on the
road to the railroad station few
days ago. Many of the farmers pro
test against their neighbors shipping
their hogs to market at this time,
because in almost every case the
disease IS among them, and it is no:
/ just that the diseased meat should
be sold to the nnknowing consumer
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
Saved by the 0verground Railroad.

"Mr. CARROTS death reminds me
of a story remarked an old rail
roader not now in service. "It was
before the war. l was running an
engine on the B. & o. Tn those days
there we're a good many slaves get
ting away from their masters in
Virginia and making for Pennsyl-
vania. So the owners dubbed to-
gether and established a patrol along
the B. & O. For more than a hun
dred miles they kept an average of
three men to every mile where there
was timber, watching the track
nights with dogs and guns, to catch
any slave that would attempt to
cross. One night | = was running a
freight west. All of sudden before
me in the light from my head-lamp
/ saw a colored man standing on the
track. He had heavy stick in his
hand, and was fighting for life with
a pack of dogs. Down the track |
saw three slave-hunters running to-
ward the negro. l tell you, it was a
sight that made my blood boil. Act.
ing On the impulse of the moment,
shut offsteam, whistled down brakes,
and set up fearful whistling. l also
released the safely valve, and made
her blow off steam. / hoped to
frighten the dogs, and l did. They
turned and looked at the big light
of the engine, and some of them ran
away. But the slave was nearly as
badly frightened as the dogs. He
stood motionleSs on the track. To
this day 1 can see his figure as it
was outlined against the darkness.
TWAS a statue of despair. Fearing
that we would run over him, | clam
bered out to the pilot and shouted
to him just in time. He reused with
a start, jumped to one side as pass
ed and called to him to get On the
train, which by this time Was run
ming slow. / watched him get on,
when | gave her a full head ofsteam,
whistled off brakes, and we sailed
by the slaye-hunters so fast they
could not get on. They fired at Inc,
but missed. My fireman carried my
dinner bucket back to the negro.
He devoured it like starving man.
He must have been a peculiar negro,
for when my fireman came back
there were streaks down his coal
begrimed face. He had been cry
ing. He said that niger had en-
braced him with JOY, and prayed for
him on his knees on the top of a
box-car. My bucket was emptied
when it came back, and then the
fireman took his back to our passen-
ger. 1t was emptied, too. The man
was fanlshing. Well, that slave
got into Ohio, and after an investi-
cation my case was laid before Mr..
Garrett. To satisfy the slave-own-
ers he discharged me, but got me a
job on the Pennsylvania Road, and
paid me full wages all the time
was dle."-From the Chicago Her.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
THE OLD PERSIMM0N TREE.

De 'possum know de paff troo de tall broom
sage, sssalss>s ~
Sing along. my Liza janet
An he know whar de 'simmon tree stan on de
aige,
Sing along. my Liza Jane!
An he scrooches on de linn. ehock full to de
brim,
De 'simmon juice spatter to his knee:
Wild tough light nd chunk, hits him-ker-
PUNK
He falls out de ole 'simmon tree
When put dat 'possum in de ashes fer to roas,
Sing along, my Liza Jane
feels like gitin' in alongside him mos
Sing along, my Liza Janet
For he looks so neat an he smells so very sweet,
Oars jess huff fer two-him and me.
AS lay in de sun, wild de 'possum all done,
! blesses de ole 'simmon tree!
Detroit Free Pree.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
Miscellaneous.
TINTED STATES SALE OF VALUABLE
u WATER POWER
AT HARPER'S FERRY, W. VA.


TINTED STATES SALE OF VALUABLE
u WATER POWER
AT HARPERS FERRY, w. VA.
the undersigned will offer at public auction
on the premises commencing on
WEDNESDAY, THE 22D DAY OF OCTOBER, 1884.
AT ONE O'CLOCK =. M,
a II the real estate and riparian right. OWNED
by the United States at
HARPER'S FERRY, w. VA.
viz: LOT ONE, the water power entire of the
Potomac River with strip OF land and blur
| streets and lots laid down on the plat OF Har-
pers Ferry of 1869, extending from Shenan-
doah Street to the west line of the u. S. prop
erty, excepting small triangular piece Of
about quarter of an acre at the junction OF
Potomac and Ridge streets heretofore sold TO
Alexander Murphy0 together with the build
ings, water wheels and other machinery and
all the building stone and other building ma
terial ON the ground.
LOT TWO-the water power of the Shenan-
doah River and the site of the old rifle factory
Also the following seventy-three town lots
in n harper's Ferry
double brick dwelling now used as the Post
Office.
Wager Reservation Lot IS, brick dwelling
Lots and Il, north of Shenandoah street.
FLOCK on same, lot 5.
Block A on Washington and Potomac
streets, lots 7, 8, 10.
Block b on Washington and Ridge streets.
lots 2, 8, 5, IS, 8, 10. 800
Block G on Washington and Clay streets,
lot2.
Block d d on Fillmore and Clay streets,
lots 1, 5.
Block E E on Washington and Clay streets,
lots 3, 4.
Also on Camp Hin the folowng:-
Block + + on Fillmore street. lots ], 8.
Block II H. lot on S. Cliff street.
Block ] j, lots 9, u, Is, Fillmore street.
Block X X, lots 2, 5, 8. 10, IL, IL.
Block l. l., lots I, s, 8, 10, ii on Boundary and
South Cliff streets.
Block n RIDGE
Block l, lot 10 on same.
Block j. lots Union Square, 10, II, II, IL on
Ridge street.
Block p, lot 10 on Ridge street
Block Q, lots l. 2, 3, f. 5, Is, II, IS, 20 on Ridge
and Putnam streets.
Block r, lots l. 2, 5, g., s, On Ridge street.
Block S. lots q s. f. 5. on same.
Block U, lots /, 3, on same.
Block V, lots /, 2, 3, 4, 5, on Putnam street.
Block u, lots and on Van Vert and North
Cliff streets.
TERMS OF SALE.-All purchases under
500, cash. over that sum one third cash, one
third in one year and one third in two years,
or all cash at the purchasers option. Notes
to bear six per cent. interest. Purchasers to
have possession on compliance with terms of
sale, and deeds TO be given on full payment OF
purchase money, conveying all right, title and
interest of the United States.
The Act of Congress requires that the entire
property shall not be sold for a less sum than
$40 900. HENRY s. NEAL.
Solicitor q the TreaSury
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
Registrar. Generals Renort

Registrar Generals Report, Eng
land, 1SS2,page q: zone out OF every
seven of the English population dies
in the work-house.n England il a
free trade country. America is
protective country and has no work
houses. We have some tramps. but
Mr.. Walsh says the Republican party
makes them. The young free traders
in this town never explain these
points clearly their is not enough of
theory IN them they don't believe in
the practical or they would move
Atlanticward.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18

A man in Southern Arkansaw
wrote the following notice and tack.
ed it on tree: "This here is to noti-
f. merchants not 70 low my wife to
get things on credit fur me an hur
have played quits fur she's caution.
! lived with her as long as could
an j don't believe she could get
along with saint. this is also to
notify folks interested in the cause
Of eddycation that am goin' to take
up school at the old Bosom place
next Monday
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18

so hot water is great cure, is
it'll Well, / shan't let any of my
boarders get sick for want of that
medicine. just put another gallon
of hot water in that oyster-soup,
Maria, and l guess You had better
take out that oyster nOw-it might
be too rich.''
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18

The maple swamps glow like sunset sea,
Each leaf ripple with its separate flush.
j. r. LotceU.
The fallen leaves are with raindrops pearled
And southwark flies the swallow;
Is song then passed from the silent world
is there no spring to follow?
Anon.
l see again as one in vision sees
The blossoms and the bees,
And hear the children's voices shout and call,
And the brown chestnutS fall.
-Loagfellow.
The years departing beauty hides
- OF wintry storms the sullen threat.
But in thy sternest frown abides
A look of kindly promise yet.
The busy shuttle comes and goes
Across the rhymes. and deftly weaves
A tissue out of autumn leaves,
With here thistle. there rose.
IT B. Aldrfch
1t was autumn, and incessant
Pipe the quails from shocks and sheaves,
And, like living Goals, the apples
Burned among the whitening leaves.
-LongJetloW.
The summer passed, the autumn came; the
Oflilies blackened in the garden walks;
The leaves fell, russell golden and blood red
Love letters, thought the poet, fancy led.
-LongfettoW.
Think not when the willing winds of autumn
Drive the shivering leaflets from the tree
Think not all is over; spring returneth:
Buds and leaves and blossoms thou shalt see.
-Mrs. Stotce.
Whittier away, Robin,
Whittier away?
Is It through envy Of the maple leaf,
Whose bushes mock the crimson of thy breast,
Thou wilt not stay?
e c. Stsdn,dn.
The bird wanders careless while summer is
green,
The leaf-hidden cradle that rocked him unseen
When autumns rude fingers the woods have
undressed,
The boughs may look bare, but they show him
his nest.
-H0lmes
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
POETRY.
In AUTUMN-TIME.

Now comes the brilliant mornings. kindling all
The woody hills with piRnacles OF fire.
-Bdydrd Taylor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18

The maple swamps glow like a sunset sea,
Each leaf ripple with its separate flush.
L r L0ft,eu
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18

The fallen leaves are with raindrops pearled,
And southwark flies the swallow;
Is song then passed from the silent world
Is there no spring to follow?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18

see again as one in vision sees
The blossoms and the bees,
And hear the childrens voices shout and call
And the brown chestnuts fall.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
COLLARS.

The standing collars are of the
material of the vest usually, and the
turned over collar of that of the bas.
que.
The most stylish collars are now
very high, as high as the wearer's
neck and inclination will permit,and
are fastened by two hooks and loops,
NOT merely by one. as narrower
collars are.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18

The years departing beauty hides
OF wintry storms the sullen threat,
But in thy sternest frown abides
A look of kindly promise yet.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24
POLICE COURT.
TINS DAY.

Sam Gourlcy, violating express
rule "a, by standing on Merchant
street, was remanded to 25th Inst.
Jim Wallace, violating express
rule 6, by being drunk, was found
guilty and his license was cancelled.
Ma Kai, opium in his possession,
fined $75 and sentenced to q months
hard labor.
Preston Davis, selling liquor with
out u license, was called three times
but did not appear. The sureties,
Kaikala and John Ii, in the bond,
were called in the usual form but
made no appearance. The matter
was ordered to stand till 30th Inst.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24
SHIPPING NOTES.

The caullling and copper of the Jas.
Makee was being repaired this morning.
She sails tomorrow at PM.
The Chas. Hanson came off the Marine
Railway last evening. She is locked at
the Likelike wharf, she will load from
the Iwalani on Saturday morning, and
sail for San Francisco probably on Sun
day.
The Dora Bluhm will finish dis
charging tomorrow. She will so on
the Marine Railway on Friday afternoon
or Saturday Morning. She will probably
load for San Francisco.
The bark Birmah will sail on Saturday
next.
Stmr Q. R. Bishop brought 22o9 bags
of sugar and Ill hides.
Schr Liholiho brought 554 bags of
sugar from Koloa.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

The United States demands $780,
600 indemnity from Hayti for
American losses during. the riots of
last September.
Tilden's literary bureau is again
in full blast. Colonel Bob IngersoH
in an interview in New York reviews
the Presidential situation, he prefers
Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court
for the Presidency.
Strikes are prevalent on the Con-
tinent: there is great distress among
British seamen owing to the depres-
sion in shipping interest. Anew army
bill has created great alarm among
the French middle classes. The
Cuban insurrectionists are gaining in
numbers several outrages have been
committed by them. The Canadian
Government refuses to sanction the
bill to prevent the immigration of
Chinese into British Columbia. The
Cuban filibusters have destroyed four
plantations.
London, April 7th.-Gladstone
made powerful speech in the Com
mons to-day in support of the Fran
/b;eo hill IIo cold a ,x,oe n rooI
thing for the State that the largest
number of capable citizens should
possess the franchise. He defended
the extension of the franchise in
Ireland as an act of right and justice.
He announced that the British naval
commanders had been ordered to
oppose any attempt of the Portu
guese to extend their occupation of
the Congo beyond Ambriez.
The British Government presented
the sloop Alert to the United States
Government. The Alert has been
built especially for Arctic service,
and as there was no such vessel in
our navy the present was very accep-
table for the Greedy relief expedi-
ton. The Alert is daily expected
at New York, where, as it is custo-
mary, she will undergo some over
hauling, and in this instance with
some show of necessity. She was
built in 1856 and has been fourteen
and one-half years in commission,
and has not received new boilers
since 1875. In September, 1882,
she was paid off, and it was the in
tention of the British Admiralty to
have her repaired. These repairs
may now be done by our Govern
ment, with the chances of complet-
ing the same by about May, 1900.
The House refused to suspend the
rules and pass the bill restoring the
| duty of 1867 on wool.
In the Honse Glascock introduced
memorial from the California Legis-
lature asking the speedy passage of
the Chinese Restriction bill.
A resolution declaring it unwise
for the present Congress to reduce
the tax on spirits was adopted by
the House.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24
CIVIL COURT.
THIS DAY.

e. p. Adams V. w. G.. Roland,
Thomas Sorrenson garmishee, as
sumpsit for $93.45. Judgment for
plaintiff in amount claimed with
costs $4.55.
All Wal V. ALI Chew and ALI Wal,
trespass, damages 5000, continued
to lst Inst.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

II. Mcintyre & Bro. V. G. Mating,
assumpsit for S33, continued to
May LIST.
Loo Ting V. Lum TunS YIN,
action on promissory note for $50,
continued TO 29tl Inst.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

MEssRs Lyons and Lcvey hold
their regular cash sale tomorrow
morning. Among the special at
fractions are large book case,
Chimes mating, salmon, No. 1 and
2 sugar and the chestnut mare Romp-
ing Girl.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

WILLIAM Taylor, one of the two
young men recently sentenced for
breaking into the keystone saloon,
escaped this morning from the
dredge where he was at work. A
search was made and resulted in his
being found in the coal locker on
board the Birmah.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

PRESTON Davis, when called for
in the Police Court this morning on
the charge of selling liquor without a
license, made no appearance. 1t is
rumored that he left by the Kalakaua.
The sureties for his bond of $500
are Kaikala and John Ii.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

The Academic School for girls
under the charge of Mrs. Geo. Wal
lace No. 100 Nuuanu Avenue will
reopen for the summer term on
Monday next, the 2Sth inst.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24
WANTED.

A WOMAN to act as Family Gov
IA erness in retired place in the
country, who could also teach a small
school ofNatives andPortuguese children
in English, part of the day. A good
home and reasonable wages guaranteed.
Address Mrs. r. Rycroft, at the residence
of M. p Robinson Nuuanu Valley.
COB lW
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

Hon. John Cummins reports that
the floods at Waimanalo are subsid-
ing, and he hopes, in three days to
have all the water drained off his
cane fields.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

The first drive over the new road,
from Alallca street to the p. NJ. S. S.
Co.'S dock, was made yesterday
afternoon by Board of Health agent
j. II. Brown.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

Ir is rumorcd that Captain j, II,
Hebron will be appointed to the
House of Mobiles vice Mr.. Sam Mai
kai, appointment withheld.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24
Water Notice.
Office Sup't Water Works,
nnnnIul,, T,1,, . 1Ql

Honolulu, July 3, 1882.
A LII persons having Water Privileges
IA are notified that their Water Rates
are payable semi-annually, in advance,
at the office of tie Superintendent of
Water Works, foot of Nuuanu street,
upon the 1st day of January and July of
each year. CHAS. b. WILSON,
Sup't v alter Works
s. X. KAAI, Minister of Interior. 9N
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

A partial eclipse of the sun occurs
tomorrow it is invisible in Homo
lulu. Where was the Gazette
astronomer?
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

THE evidence in the case McKeague
V. Neisser was concluded yesterday.
The argument of counsel is be heard
next week.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

Four offices to let, we'll lighted
and ventilated over the l. Y. l..
store, corner Nuuanu and Queen
streets. gu III
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24

Our report of yesterdays Police
Court proceedings gave Chinaman
a sentence of twelve months for
disorderly conduct. He only re-
ceiyed twelve hours.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24
TO LET.

A NICELY FURNISHED FRONT
IN ROOM, in private family, suit,
able for man and wife, with use of
Kitchen if desired. Apply l24 King
Street ga Iva
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24
Furnished Rooms.

NOR GENTLEMEN ONLY. Apply
II to MRS. TURNER 50 King Street,
nearly opposite the Windsor Restaurant,
$50 1y b