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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-13
CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD.

On and after Monday, Nov. 9th. 1884, trains
will run as follows: STANDARD Time.)
EASTWARD.
Fast Mall leaves Martinsburg at % III
sedington IL Filling Waters 20. Williams
Dort Station so, Hagerstown, 81 Chambers
,urg 49, Carlisle 10 81, arrive at Harris Q III Is
bay Express leaves Hagerstown II Is, Cham
'ersburg IL 81 Carlisle 50. arrive Harris'g SIS
Mail Express Train leaves Martinsburg a.
00p. m. Bedington 5 ID. Falling Waters 40 vii
transport station 30, Hagerstown 81 Cham
persburg 10, Carlisle 90, arrive at HARRISBURG
It Z 90. WESTWARD
Accommodation leaves Harrisburg at Sc /,
II, Carlisle 30 Chambersourg . 50, arrives a
Iagerstown at 10 Is, Willianlsport station II
o. Failing Waters ii y, Bedington II rs, Mar
insburg ii 40.
Mall leaves Harrisburg Mt l2.30 a m, Carlisl,
25, Chambersburg 10. arrive at Hagerstow,
It 81. Williamsport station 100 Falling Wa
ers 10, Bedington is, Martinsburg 81
|. IL. GERHAkDf, Agt. j. F. BOYD SUPP
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-13
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.

u.
On and after Sunday. Oct. i2 tn, 1881, train
Till run as follows:
EASTWARD.
THROUGH PASSENGER leaves Williamson.
4 100 m. Martinsburg IS, Hagerstown I q,
"aynesboro %. Mechanicstown s 81, En-
nittsburg Is, Frederick Junction 9oi. West
Minister IS, Fulton Station II Us, arrive a
lillcn Station, Baltimore, IL ~
NAIL leaves Williamsport SIS D m. Martins
'urg . p m, Hagerstown . Is m, Waynes
'ore q, Mecl&nicstown 3 81 Emmittsbur.
% Frederick Junction IL, Westminster 1 81
hanover Ol, arrive FultorLStation Bait. s q
.Iiilen Station q 40.
WESTWARD.
MAIL leaves Hillen station BALI 4 90 n n,
Westminster IS, Fred. june 10 IS. Emmitts.
'urg larl II 10, Mechanicsfown 10 81, Waynes
,oro y ", Hagerstown 10 10. Martinsbury (aI
- m, Williamsport (ar) u 80 noon
MARTlNsBuRG EXPRESS leaves Hilien Sta
ION, bait, at % p NJ, Fred. jane. q, Hagers
own 10, arrive at Williamsport 30
Il. II. GRISWOLD ]. NJ. HOOp
Genefal I1cket Agent. Gen1 Manager
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-13

President Arthur's recommends
ton that General Grant be placed on
the pension list is said to have been
prompted by the fact that he is
almost wholly without means.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
The Frolics of a College Grind"

The students at the Normal Univer-
sity gave grind the other evening,
which We attended. When a lot of
'tudents. some of whom are so green
they would give cows that might de-
YOUR them the collie, and who do not
Know each other from side of sole
leather, get together and try to get ac-
quainted. il is grind.
One of the chief grinders" who
knows everybody introduces all the
others. and then they sit in the corners
and blush at each other. and look as if
they had forgotten something they have
to have in their business, and swallow
the Jumps that come up in their throat,
and examine the toes of their shoes.
After while somebody proposed
that 4 play be inaugurated, and in
moment or two circle was formed
around Il male and female grinder"
and went marching around singing
something about ''down on this carpet
you must kneel, as green as grass grows
in the field"
At certain period in the song, the
he grinder kissed the she ''grinder"
smack on the mouth, and it was kiss
that got over a good deal of ground,
and seemed to have the desired effect,
too. When he had got rid of his kiss,
the grinder got up looking as happy
as n man who has just had quart of
warm molasses poured down his back,
and the 'grinderess" seemed to feel
that she could use Up enough kiss to
bull the market.
In due time somebody wanted to
make kiss climb a ladder, and we
kind of felt all over, as it were, and ac-
cepted an invitation from pretty girl
to be part of the ladder. We knew
that if she started the kiss up the ladder
we would be perfectly willing to have it
tramp on our lips on the way up, but
they put girl that looked as if she had
been washing her face in a solution of
concentrated ugliness for two years
right in front of us, and then we all
Joined hands and kissed back and forth
until we could taste onions for Il month.
Some people claim that they can't get
enough kiss. To all such, we say: at
tend college grind. Chicago Her.
aid.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
Their First Quarrel.

Mime. Bernhardt's first quarrel with
her husband has never, we believe,
been given to the public. As neither
of the parties are in America we vio-
late no confidence in publishing the
facts.
Nine. Bernhardt had lovingly oppos-
ed her husbands proposed tiger-hunt-
ing expedition, fearing that harm would
come to him, but he promised to be
very careful, and got ready for the
journey. AT the last moment he came
hurrying into the madame's apartments
and burst out with:
''Pcrfidious wOmani You promised
not TO further oppose Inc, yet you
have deliberately attempted to prevent
my going"
'.You mistake YOURSELF responded
Bernhardt, in amaze.
81 mistake nothing" replied her hus-
band. warmly. You know l dare not
carry my gun uncovered through the
streets, and you have deliberately stol-
en- my beautiful green-cloth gun-case so
as to keep me at home"
lit is not true, not true" screamed
the madame, hotly.
Il have the proof" yelled Mr. Bern
hardt. dancing around in rage what
have you on?"
"My new green-clOth dress"
lit is lie" Kissed the maddened
husband. lit is my gun case"
And so they parted.-Pttsbatr9
Chronicle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
The Horseshoe g Luck.

Now that the horseshoe, as a pretty
symbol of good luck, forms so much a
part of household decoration, it NAV
not be amiss to say word about its
significance in the olden times. The
horseshoe was anciently believed to be
protection against witchcraft and
witches, who could no more overcome
the sanctity of its semi-circularf form than
they could the movement of a stream
which even the most powerful could
not cross, if in the shape of a running
brook, as witness the race of Tam
O'Shanter, who, pursued by them,
passed the keystone of the bridge him
self, while the tail of his good mare,
on the wrong side thereof. became the
prey of the pursuing warlOcks. We
have seen the horseshoe nailed to the
Intel of barns and masts of vessels. for
a witch, mounted on her bro omstick,
might take it into her head to descend
upon some unlucky craft, so she mi ght
call upon the surging waves 10 engulf
it. unless it were protected by this holy
symbol. For horse to east Il shoe
was bad omen when gallant knight
was about to start upon some eXpedi-
ton; hence, if a horse stumbled. which
he would be sure to do if imperfrctly
shod was unlucky. We do not, in our
day. believe much in witches or bad
signs, but everybody is pleased with
the good luck implied in the finding o.
horseshoe. e.-BrOOkiyn Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
Senatorial ChirOgPaphy.

Some of the senators were rather
reckless in their chirography, and fire.
quently one of them would simply hand
to me scrap of paper with some writ
ing on it, without saying anything at
all, expecting me to understand what
he wished. / would turn these notes
upside down, sideways, and corner
ways. and could hardly tell from the
hieroglyphics whether the words were
good old Anglo-Saxon or Hebrew. But
i studied these various eccentricities or
styles-I was about to say systems -
of legislative handwriting with such
ardor. that I finally became able to
read them all. So well known did this
accomplishment of mine become, that !
was frequently appealed to by persons
about the Capitol to decipher writings
of other people, and, strange as it may
seem, senators have actually asked me
to read their own marks which they
themselves have been unable to recog-
nize after making. 1 joked a senator
about this one day, and told him
thought it was curious he could not
read his own handwriting. He did not
like to acknowledge this fact, and de-
clared that he could.
"Well," said |, picking up letter
which he had just written and which
lay upon his desk, I'm wager, sir, you
can't tell what word that is" and
put my two hands upon the sheet of
paper so as to cover all of the writing
except that particular word.
''Oh," he exclaimed, as if were do
ing an unreasonable thing in covering
up the other words, 'take your hands
awayr'
But then he could not make out the
word, even by the help of the others or
the context of the letter, and laughing
ly admitted that he had forgotten what
the scratches were intended for. At
another time l saw on desk piece of
paper that had on it a comical likeness
or image of a human skeleton in minia-
ture-a profile view of the skull, the
ribs, and the other bones, even to the
foot. l wondered who the senatorial
artist was, and in handling the paper l
CHANGED to turn it another way. And
what do you think it WASP 1t wasn't
meant for skeleton, after all. 1t was
nothing else than very hasty auto
graph of Senator George F. Edmunds.
From ..Ansong the LdtC-nldkers, By
Edmund alton, IN 81. Nicholas for De-
/ cem6er.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
Uses for Sawdust.

When urged to burn. or in some
other way dispose of their sawdust,
lumbermen have objected that they
could not afford the cost. There is
hope that the perplexing problem of
dealing with this nuisance NAV now be
solved, for process has now been dis
covered by which the refuse sawdust
may be made to yield a handsome
profit When dry it is carbonized in
iron retorts, and, in the process. there
is given off so per cent of volatile pro-
duets, the remaining 20 per cent being
granulated charcoal, which can be used
in making gunpowder, filters, lining
refrigerators, and as disinfectant, and
mixed with a little tar it could be press
ed into bricks and used for fuel; p of
the 80 per cent of the volatile product
is in the form of fixed gases, which can
be used for heating. lighting, etc.; At
per cent is pyroligenous acid, which is
crude acetic acid, and after being puri-
fed and concentrated, is used in white
lead, color, paint and vinegar manu-
factories. The sawdust from yellow
pine and other wood rich in resin yields
also a considerable amount of turpen-
tine, in the gathering of which so many
trees are every year sacrificed. 1t is
estimated that in saving inch boards
of pine, hemlock, etc, the one-fourth
saw-kerf uses one-ffth of the log.
When lumber is sawed by the billion
feet one can easily see that the question
Of disposing of the sawdust in way
To yield profit instead of a first-class
nuisance is 4 very important one.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
The Mound Builders as Metal
Workers.

The remains of the mound builders
are placed under four heads: First,
mounds; second, embankments; or
ramparts; third, mines and excavations;
fourth, arts and manufacturers.
High up on the face of the cliffs along
the CANYONS of Northern Mexico are the
caves of these curious colonists. close
to the eyries of eagles, thousands of
feet above the valleys. In some cases
a path just the width of a human foot
leads from the brink of the cliffs above
the mouth of the caves, in nearly every
instance a ledge overgrown with shrub
berry. In these caves they lived and
died. The embankments and ram
parts are classed as defensive and re-
ligious. The Notifications manifest
progress in the art of war, at least, as
jams. The religious Enclosures were
usually combinations OF geometri-
cal figures, in which perfect squares
and figures are found. The mining
operations of the mound-builders were
extensive. In the Lake Superior re-
gion they mined copper. In Missouri
galena, and in Mexico iron. They
mined iron in pyrites. Elsewhere they
quarried for mica and pOrphyry. The
arts end manufactures of this people
were of considerable Importance. At
ter a rude but effective fashion. they
cast copper and iron. from which they
not only manufactured weapons, but
also ornaments and coin. They were
SO distinguished in wrapping amulets
in silver that the work could hardly be
distinguished from plating. Articles
worked in gold have also been discov-
cred in the caves and mOunds.-ItCO
Republics.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
Discontinued at Last.

The other day a sentry-pOSt at the
government offices in St. James's park
was discontinued after some twenty
years of needless vigilance. Some
time about 1864 a military commission
sat in back building abutting on the
park. In order to mark the solemnity
of the occasion, they clapped a MEM
Der of the rank and file upon the en-
trance, which was thus held at the point
of the bayonet from 10 till O'Clock.
The commission accomplished its work,
which was, no doubt, TO draw up a re-
port, which was relegated, as such doc
uments are, to the pigeOn-hOlcS of the
department moving in the matter.
Anyway, the commission disappeared,
bun the sentry remained. Two decades
have passed away. and still Thomas
Atkins, with his red coat. his fixed bay
Onct, and his twenty yards of sentry
90, paced up and down. up and down
the brief parade fixed by his superiors.
He was relieved at regular intervals by
another sentinel. A growing genera
ton of men and women have often
wondered and asked why the sentinel
was kept on duty. There was nothing
10 guard, and for twenty years he
guarded it, unquestionably, with a SOL
dier's implicit faith in the wisdom of
the superior officer who put him there,
He had been forgotten, in fact.-Cor,
OHos'a 14sasi eFN*T FT
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
True Courage.

In all ages, courage on the battle
field has been the theme of orators and
poets, yet the courage of the warrior is
not only a common and variable quail
ty, but has often been surpassed by
that displayed by women. Native val
or, too, is sometimes inferior to that
which is acquired. Frederick the Great
ran like q coward out of his first battle
Flying on the wings of fear, he went Il
great distance from the field, and, COM
ing to one of his own strongholds, re-
ported that his army was destroyed.
What was his surprise and mortifica-
ton to learn that his men had gained a
great victory. He never forgot the les
son taught, and ever afterward was
conspicuous for steady courage in ac-
ton. Many instances might be given
of soldiers in the last war who, in their
first fight, were ''lily-livered, but who
afterward faced with dauntless front
the cleaning steel; and on the other
hand, of some who were lion-hearted
till taught by the pain of wound the
perils of battle, and who then became
notable towards. Bravery in action,
though more admired, is really not as
great as that displayed in passive suf-
fering. The woman who sticks to her
post in the pestilential chamber is far
braver than Alexander charging at the
head of his cayalry.-SO1the1n BirOUac.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
A Pointed Reply.

venture (says a correspondent to
send You pure specimen Of crushing
contemptuous scOrn.
In our lunatic asylum at s. we
had, few years ago. as medical super
intendent and general manager, a
pompous, self-sufficient old doctor with
very gushing manner and great obse-
quiOusness to any visitor whom he
might deem worth cultivating. 1t was
more than suspected that this paternal
and benevolent manner did not always
characterize his intercourse with the
patients, but was donned only on state
occasions.
He had several hobbies. and would
bore visitor dreadfully with his over
done politeness and unceasing stream
of talk about the institution, and his
wonderful management thereof.
On one occasion, after having been
trotted all over the building by him to
my great disgust, as l had called on
business and my time was precious,
we were approaching his own private
apartments, and on opening door dis
covered young woman of quiet, lady
like appearance seated in a small par
| lor. and gazing through the window,
with fixed expression of weary sad
ness, on the beautiful view of woods
and lawn and river without.
/ did not realize she was patient,
and there was no occasion whatever for
the doctor to disturb her. He spoke to
her, however, in his blandest way, no
doubt with view of properly impress
ing me, and said, well, Jane, and how
are we this mOrninO2''
She did not reply, but continued her
sad and touching gaze.
He repeated the question, and added,
Come Jane, surely you know who 1
amp"
She dropped the arm which had sup
ported her head, turned slowly to look
at him, and said, with sigh of weary
scorn, '.Oh yes; you-you are the ur-
bane and gentlemanly superintendent" "
The doctor and left Immediately
Harper's Magazine for December.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
The Cross of Honor.

SiUce 1904. when the Legion Of Honor
was instituted here hv its founder (Na-
poleon l. This reward has. in spite of
political changes. continued to be the
reward for distinguished or civil or
military Seryic =. Ii is sometimes said
by foreigners that the chcvaliers are
far too many. their numbers being un-
limited. but foreigners do not always
understand the manner in which the
cross is granted. II has been CUSTOM
arv at the close of the autumn man
euyers every Year for the minister OF
war to admit a certain number of offi-
GERS to the order and to make promo
tiOns in it. There is now tendency
toward more Sparing autumn distribu-
ton. AT the close Of campaign NOM
nations are. as i rule. granted to those
privates of regiments whose personal
yalOr would. in the English army. have
been rewarded bv the Victoria cross.
At the close of the Crimean war
number of English officers were adj
mitted into the order, and in like man
ner her majesty created certain num-
ber of French generals and officers
honorary knights and companions of
the Order of the Bath. Appointments
to the Legion of Honor are at intervals
gazetted 10 the Journal Of1iciel, and on
the 14th of July an exceptional number
is proclaimed. In times of plague or
revolution, when female heroism has
often been conspicuous, lady knights
of the legion have been created. Not
withstanding the persecution to which
the French religious bodies have been
subject of late years, the mind of the
minister of war is quite unbiased, and
this summer he has made two appoint
ments of women from those sisterhoods
which have faced the ravages of chol-
era in the south of France.
AT the present time there are not less
than seventeen lady knights, and of
this number nine are superiors or sis
ters of orders which attend in hospi-
tails. The senior ladies of the Legion
of Honor are Mdlle. Regis de Clemecy,
who came to the front in resisting the
revolution of 1S49, and Nine. Abicot,
who took upon herself to defend the
maire of a village against an armed
force during her husbands mayoralty.
In recognition of her exertions on be-
half of the wounded in the Franco
German war, Lady Pigott was present.
ed by M. Theirs with the ribbon in
1S72-LORCLO1l Times
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
Too Much Animation.

The blinds of Main street residence
were drawn apart Saturday, and look
ING out of the window was the lady of
the house. with her eyes directed down
the street. 1t was easy TO see the look
of anxiety. 1t was the look of child
hoods memory. The eve that gaZed
down the street looked fiery. enough To
tan the hide on all the naughty BOYS
in Chrfstendom. Once the lady wrung
her hands.
Down the street fifty rods was boy
undoing a bundle. He was bending
intently over it. First he united this
string; then he united that. How he
lifted his feet and stumbled along; oc-
casionally he cast furtiye chances home
ward, as if apprehensiye of something
He paid no attention to the man behind
him or before him.
He was a good-looking boy He
looked just as good and angelic as
small boys always do when stealing
jam or robbing apple orchards or
roasting the cat. His eyes were inno-
cent, but his teeth We're sharp, and he
undid the last knot. Then the whole
business exploded. Then there jumped
out on the sidewalk something in white
with hop, skip, and a Jump. like
the song-and-daRce men. 1t bobbed
up once or twice with a gentle motion
like the old girl at the skating rink,
and then it stood there in its glory. 1t
was a full-blown hoop-skirt. with the
white ends of tape and buckles floating
in the wind. How that boy laughed!
He cavorted around the sidewalk. and
roared with glee. Then he took it up
by one string, and made it dance again,
then he put it over his head. A man
who came along choked. with laughter,
and reprimanded the boy with an easy
reproof that made the infant cherub
even more confident. He played with
it few minutes. The woman in the
window looked convulsed with agony.
Then she disappeared Next the boy
gathered up the. article of feminine
wearing apparel, and was straightway
immersed in a struggle between paper
and crinoline. The latter, like the
thorns, Sprang up and choked him.
He stood about as much show with the
hoopskirt, as a tin roof in a cyclone.
1t blew him finally. just then some
thing else blew. The journal reporter
happened near enough to hear a wo-
man S step and see woman grab the
boy, and then boy and crinoline and
woman disappeared up the street and
into the house, and then something
sounded like slamming a stick in a
soap barrel, followed by vocal notes
that would discount the opening re-
hearsals of the new musical club
LeGUiStO1l Journal
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25
When the Woods Turn Brown.

How viii It be when the roses fade.
Out of the garden and out of the glade!
When the fresh pink bloom of the sweel-pfier
wild,
That leans from the dell like the cheek OF d
child.
Is changed for dry hips on thorny busht
Then, scarlet and carmine, the groves will
flush.
How will il I've wheu the autumn flowers
WiTher away from their leaIess bowers;
When sun-1OWcr and star-tlower and golden
rod
Glimmer no more from the frosted sod,
And the hillside hooks are empty and coldF
Then the forest tops will be gay with gold.
How will it be when the woods turn brown,
Their gold and their crimson all dropped
down,
And crumbled TO dustT
o. then as we lay
Our ear to Earth lips we shall hear her say,
I'm the dark ain seeking new gems for my
crown"
We will dream of green leaves, when tho
woods turn brown.
Lucy Larcom, in the Floral Cabinet.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25

you not forgive me, Nell? Love, do
not turn coldly from me. for what will
sight or life be if must lose you?''
He stretched out his arms to her, but
she stood still, too proud aud shy to go
to him now, and he went to her.
Am | not to receive pardon, Nell?"
And Nell hid her face against his
shoulder. That was answer sufficient.
Mr.. and Mrs. thichester spent their
winters in London. but every Summer
they visited the Ogre Castle, and Mrs
Rlakesly feels satisfied.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25

An importer and exporter of furs
gives this information: The house cat
IS one of the most valuable of fur bear
ing animals, and when they disappear
from the back fences they often find
their way to the furrier. 1t is an act
ual fact that in lSS2 over 200, 900
house cats were used by the fur trade.
Black, white. maltese and tortoise-shell
skins are most in demand, and are
made into Innings. As for skunks, 35O,-
600 were used in this country last sea-
son. They come from Ohio and New
York principally. and. as is in pursuit
OF the tiger and lion. the bravest Inen
are required.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-12-25

The last subject of the great histori-
cal frieze which runs around the wall
of the Capitol dome has been selected,
1t represents the ceremony of driving
the last spike in the Pacific Railroad,
which bound the Atlantic and Pacific
seaboards together, The notable per-
sons assembled are placed n the tore
ground OF the cartoon.