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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
Cost of Cable Messages

The most expensive all-wire message
sent from New York city is one to some
of the interior South American towns.
They cost by direct cable and by the
way OF the eastern So. 90 per word. To
go by the coast lines and cables saves
considerable on this rate, but when
these lines are out Of order the message
has to take a transatlantic trip. But a
message can be sent to distant Bosnia
or Servia for only SO cents per word, 40
cents of which is claimed by the cable
companies. To reach Japan costs So. 70
per word and China the same amount.
Khartoum can be reached at 95 cents,
Turkey at 81 via Malta, or 81 cents via
France. Messages to the various South
American countries run from S1.40 to
SO. Siam a be reached tor So. 80 per
wo2d and st. Petersburg for So cents.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

[Spafa Cor. Flo ,e r. ress.
Nothing occurred until we reached
the small town of Alsasla. Here we
were ordered out for fumigation. There
is little or no quarantine existing in
northern Spain. This exquisite torture
is reserved for the southern and south
eastern provinces, though government
officials stubbornly maintain that it ex-
lists nowhere in the domain. Fumigation
is deemed al effective preventive, and
for this reason the ordeal is forced on
every voyager hailing from an infected
district or having passed through one.
/ do not know what would be done with
a man who refused to take the vapor
bath. Possibly they would hold him
over the brazier by main strength, or
possibly they might force him into quar-
antine until he consented to the opera
ton.
After five minutes experience in a
Spanish smoke-house, | am prepared to
say that it is the yilest, most offensive
and agonizing way of slowly asphyxiat-
ing a human being that could ever be
conceived of. Shut in out of reach of
fresh air, the victim of the vapor bath
must take into his lungs and absorb
with every pore a smell SO hideous that
asafutida is a June rose in comparison.
1t ought to kill the l~iveliest cholera
microbe that ever polluted the blessed
air. Whether it does so or not, l am
not prepared to say.
In France it is looked upon as of as
much efficacy al DIR. Ferran's system of
incubation, and it is regarded as a fail
-. -, L--.--.-z-L n--.--II - -
fellow physicians. At the same time,
at every town of Importance, they make
sure you have been through the mill,
and at Hendage the officials must be
convinced that you are a safe subject to
be trusted within the French lines
Once in the Basque provinces one is
tolerably safe, for there have been no
cases reported here or in this vicinity.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

All games are made by some one, or
by a number Of persons, either at cnce
or by slow growth, with practice and
various changes, notifications and adj
ditions, so that there is no reason why
any n may not originate others as
good as the best in the market, and in
n sense a homemade game is much
more valuable to its originator or pos
SCISSOR than another which, in other re
spects, is equally good or better-as an
original painting may be more valuable
than a printed copy of a much better
picture, because no one has a duplicate
of it.
The invention of games and social
amusements is as good mental exercise
as anything the schools offer, because it
requires the exercise of the inventive
faculties in the combination and adapta-
ton of knowledge already possessed, or
which must be hunted up for this pur-
pose. Original thought in any direction
exercises the inventive faculties, AMI
the construction of games, puzzles, ina
grams, REFUSES, enigmas, etc, is one Of
those exercises which is fascinating and
pleasing when once understood and
practiced.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

tSS ~ o0Ls
The writer remembers having eaten
once at the Quarter Latin a students
dinner entirely composed of horseaesh.
The students tried it as an experiment,
which, thanks to good seasoning and
good appetite, proved a great success.
1t is no exaggeration to say that in al
most all the cheaper restaurants horse
flesh enters constantly into the prepare
ton of soups and stews, and that in
many of them roast beef is nothing but
roast horse. OF course you can not
easily find out what you are eating in
the pottages and ragouts. But the horse
roast beef always betrays itself as horse
flesh when roasted, shows no fiber, and
looks more like liver than like beef, and
often has those little round holes which
everybody knows who has ever eaten
coarsely baked and tough beef liver.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

;GressWeHS South African Empire.
Any chance visitor at Cape Town
should take a walk from Wynberg to the
vineyards of Constantia on a Saturday
afternoon to fully realize to what aneS-
tent this social blot exists, even in the
center of south African civilization.
Troops of H~ottentots-men and women
come reeling along in all states of
drunkenness, fresh from the visit to
some neighboring canteen. Frequently
they are brandishing in their hands bot
ties of that fiery stuff procurable at a
shilling a bottle. Not being allowed to
get drunk on the premises, they sit down
by the roadside, and hold their uncouth
Bacehanalian rites. Excited by these
orgies, and maddened by the poison
they imbibe, they commit all sorts of
crime, and are brought UP before the
magistrate on the following Monday
morning, sadder if not wiser beings.
1t has been calculated that
fully three-quarters of the crimes COM
mitted owe their beginning to drunken
ness.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
An American Marrying in Mexico.
chicago Herald.


For an American to marry in Mexico
is a somewhat serious business. He
must be three times married. twice in
Spanish and one in English, besides
having a public notice of his intention
of marriage placed on a bulletin board
for twenty days before the ceremony.
This is the law. The public notice can
be gotten around by the payment of a
sum of money, but a residence of one
month is necessary.
The three ceremonies are the contract
of marriage, the civil marriage-the
only marriage recognized by law since
1s5s-and the usual but not obligatory
church service. The first two must take
place before a Judge, and in the presence
of at least four witnesses and the
American consul. The civil marriage is
the legal form of marriage. These cere-
monies are necessarily in Spanish. Most
weddings are confirmed by a church
service.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
ONE DAYS EXPERIENCE.
BY LAURA LEIGH.

Saturday morning." said |, open
ing my eyes. 81 will have to work
fast while baby is asleep, for to-day
we are expecting company from the
city to spend Sunday with us.
Mercy! how sweet the baby looks;
how could | ever get angry with it.
II do declare! | will not lose my
temper today, no matter whatw
With these thoughts in mind, /
tiptoed out of the kitchen, but had
just got my hand in the -four to make
bread, when / heard a bump and a
scream.
"Oh there! !" said |, running. al
forgot to put baby in his crib, and
he has fallen out of bedw
Yes, there he was, piled up under
the edge of the bed, and purple in
the face from scream. After sbak.
ing, coaxing and tossing him up and
down., | succeededfiu getting him
quoted and undertook to put him
in his crib; but that was openly re-
pulsed, and l was compelled to try
some other plan. 81 will give him
his morning bath,D | thought, "and
then he will be sure to go asleep
again. Anyway, am not going to
get angry" SO, after bathing and
dressing him, / was soon happy to
see him in a pleasant sleep. / then
hurried back to my work and just
bad my biscuits in the oven when
my husband came in.
"Gracious, Dot, haven't you break
fast ready YETI You are not half so
smart as you were when we first
marrled.n
Seeing him pause for breath, /
said 81 had no baby to bother me
then.v
81 don't see how baby can bother,
when he is asleep.n
"But he fell out of bed and
"Oh you neglected putting him
in his crib, did you? But come,
hurry up! l have to be at my office
at z, and it is now almost 6, and a
miles drive to the city,
We had finished breakfast, and /
was very busy at my dishes when /
heard him haloo from the gate.
81 say, Dot, | have forgotten my
pocket book.n
ran up stairs aud got it, and
just as l appeared on the porch he
said, "Oh yes! and bring the pa
pers out of the breast pocket of my
gray coat, and do hurry"
Away l went again making more
noise than ! was aware of, ! sup
pose, and forgetting that Ihad three
little sleepers still in bed.
81 guess that IS all,n he said stand
ing up in the buggy and twirling
his whip in a restless manner. 9sTell
that man, if he comes from N,
that he will find me at the Office, and
have Abe turn the cows in the low
er pastures when be comes in and
say, Dot, could you mend that gray
coat a little, it will hardly pay to
take it to a tailor. But there,r said
he, hearing a scream, another one
of them has fallen out bed and.n he
added, whipping up his horse, "you
are expecting company to-day, are
you not ~
Company, indeed p said |, going
into the house. A trio Of young
ones to care for, a houseful OF work
to do, a coat to mend, and a half.
dozen messages to give; but then, /
am not going to get angry
On entering the house I found the
children all awake. / soon had
them washed, dressed, and break
tasted, then buried upstairs, but
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
Items to Be l;ememb rcd.


Train yourself to be self-possessed in
great excitements.
If a church takes fire, don't rush;
stand still and think. =
If on a burning vessel don't jump
overheard till obliged to.
Keep your name, residence, etc.,
about you for classification.
You cannot stop a boat or a car by
screaming; keep cool and work.
If freezing, don't allow yourself to
sleep. Run, exercise, help others.
If wrecked, keep above water as long
as possible; ~deliverance may come.
If you are choking with thirst, lie
with your face to the ground ten min
utes.
If a railroad or steamboat accident
occurs, and you arc saved, write home
at once
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
Trade with III bet.
Nineteenth C-nturJ.

Hundreds of thousands of Indian ru-
PEGS find their way all through Thibet
to Ta-tsien.lu. tBrick tea" made up
in bales of so many bricks of different
qualities, finds its way, on the other
hand, from China to Cashmere. The
bricks bear little patches of gold leaf,
which indicate the quality of the
"brick," and according to the quality
they are accepted in barter as currency,
the weight being accepted in an arbi-
trary way. These instances are of the
flow of rupees in the one direction and
of the brick tea" in the other will illus
trate sufficiently well the immense dis
tances overcome under this primitive
system of trade.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

a friend tells me a story of one
Mr.. R, who delighted in the false
claim that he was, $ on terms'' with
all the famous members Of the liter
Att. Ope evening at a social gath
ering, a young lady engaged Mr.. R.
in conversation abont books and
authors. Did you know George
Sand y the young lady asked. "Know
George Sand should say l did.
We used to room together ~
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
Laundry Bills in Japan.

The one cheap thing in Japan is the
washing, which is well and beautifully
done at the laundries in every foreign
settlement at the moderate rate of
So. so for 100 pieces. The skirt or sin
gle piece of the most elaborate frilled
and puckered dress is counted in at
% cents, as well as a single handker-
chief, and the smallness of the laundry
bills is a perpetual surprise and the
greatest comfort in life.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
squashes and Tomatoes.

In his Historical Sketches of the
Town Of Swampscott" Mr.. Waldo
Thompson states that about 1885 Mr..
John NJ. Ives, of Salem, received two or
three marrow squash seeds from a ne
gress whose husband was a cook upon
n of the merchant ships, Capt. Lord,
from Valparaiso. He also obtained the
tomato seed in the same manner as
love apple" and after growing them a
year or two back of his store he was
told by a sea captain that they were
eatable, and from that time they we're
used as food.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
Bucklen's Arnica SaIye.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores. letter .Chapped Hands. Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price 25c. per
box. For sale by E. G. Williams & Bro.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
!, W. Va, SATURDAY, DEC. s, 1885.

-..lioot Without removing MS glasses
from his eyes. the admiral stood astride
the body Of his horse, and sorrowfully
exclaimed:
"foor Beraud!"
Then, raising his voice, he said to his
orderly:
Monsieur de Beaufort, pick up the
maps, and have Tremolo saddled.5
But the officers terrified and dumb.
foun Led, were contemplating poor Col.
Beraud, whose fall had not even been
noticed blythe admiral, and wh3 lay
struggling in the agony Of death, muir
muring:
AT the right handp l was G. the
right"
Surprised at the silence ard the i'm
mobility of his officers, the admiral
turned round.
"But, admiral" said M. de Beaufort,
you can not have noticed that Col.
Beraud-"
he did not need to finish the sent
ence. Already Admiral Jaureguiberry
had seized in his own the hand of his
old companion-i in arms, who was utter
ing his last sigh.
lutsatter a moment Of pathetic sill
ence, the admiral made a supreme con-
cession to the m~omentarily increasing
peril.
Gentlemen" he said, 1--WE shall dis
mount"
And although the position was still q
very dangerous one (for even on foot
the Q 1eers were protected only as high
as the waist, the rest of the admiral's
staff were spared that day.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

Pompeiian paper notified as if with
the dampness of eighteen centuries, is
the newest thing in Paris stationery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

A novelty in silver is the discovery of
a process of electro-plating with silver
upon wood.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

brooklyn Eagle
In conversation with many embalm-
crs, | found that all substantially agreed
that an embalmed body, kept above
ground, should remain practically In
changed for at least a month. One New
York undertaken had kept a body for
that period, before it was sent to Eu-
rope, without its showing any change
whatever. Another kept the body of a
young man a month, and then sent it to
Portland; Ore, where it had a church
funeral, remaining in perfect condition.
Another embalmer related his expert.
ments with a body which had died of a
disease very unfavorable to its preserve
ton, and which he did not operate On
until twenty-four hours after death,
and that in warm weather. 1t recei ed
an ordinary application of embalming
fluid and remained in a dark room for
three weeks without any change what
ever. 1t was not until the fourth week
that any alteration could be noticed in
it. OF course a more thorough EN-
balming would have preserved it en-
tirely.
Another embalmer recently embalmed
~ OONJt hAS A1y III al OkuludIy CdShtb
in the vault in Woodlawn cemetery for a
year. The widow of the deceased wished
to remove it to Philadelphia, but, hav-
ing heard much about grave robberies,
concluded that she would not bury an
empty coffin, and insisted on its being
opened. The body was found as per-
feet as the day it was put in the casket,
but was as hard as wood and had
shrunk greatly. This embalmer, who
had also operated on mor than 1000
bodies, does not believe that a body
properly embalmed will ever decay.
This view of the matter would seem to
be borne out by the experience of DR..
Holmes with the body of a man who was
buried in Paterson, N. j., in 1867. The
body was embalmed. Fourteen a
later it was found necessary to remove
it to the cemetery beyond the city lin
its. The coffin was opened, and there,
to the establishment of every one, the
body was found to be unchanged; ex-
eept a little mold on the beard, not a
feature was changed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
H ADMIRAL.

New Orleans Times translation from Maurice
Reynolds in LIE Figaro, where it was published
on the authority Of an eyewitness
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
SCROFULA

can only be cured by a thorough purihca-
ton Of the blood. If this Il neglected,
the disease perpetuates its taiBt through
generation after generation. Among It's
Eczema, Cutaneolis Eruptions, Tu-
mors, Boils, Carbuncles, ErysipeIas,
Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
steal Collapse, etc. If allowed to con-
tinue, Rheumatism, ScrofuIous Ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases,
Tubercular Consumption, and yari-
GUS other dangerous or fatal maladies, are
produced by il.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

Foot note-the patter of the mules
hind legs on the hired mans ribs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05
Miscellaneous.
KINGS EVIL

Wa The Eame formerly given to scrotuia
because CT a superstition that !. eyuni Is.
cured b. q Ling's touch. The world is
wiser now, and knows that
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

The ideal young peoples magazine. Itholds
the first place among periodicals. of its class.
Boston Journal,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

The admiral took up his position
directly in front of a battery, while the
artillerymen fired directly over his
head. His officers grouped themselves
about him; and the Prussians, at once
remarking the little assembly of twenty
motionless men, whose figures were
sharply defined in black against the
dazzling background of white snow, di-
yined that some French general was
there, and directed their fire accord
ingly.
shells began to rain all around the
litde group. The admiral, still motion
less. holding his big marine glasses
to his eyes, watched the movement of
the troops, and appeared to pay no
attention whatever to the pro-
.%ectiles which kept plunging into the
snow around him with a heavy thud.
The n broke their fall, and most of
them did not burst. But in a little
while the officers observed that the
Prussian fire was being steadily cor
rected, and that the shells began to fall
nearer and nearer to the admiral, in the
most alarming way-although he still
remained impressive.
aise pitei on asaus, WIN .ns
Ies' u .ie s.a.l, an oroerly approached
Tue aoniirai' anu saiu:
Auini III We arg ! Q get our-
serves al hliiea mere u II IS necessary
30 10 40, Luz we peg Oh you not 10 ex-
pose Sour ite ~ ails WAY, ~ Is 100
precious you are d Slx-
.eentn corps "nae Woulo become OF u
~ . me5e ~ oe Aiheo' or even seri-
ouo.s mounueoi
y Sleil Mnicn Wen. wnistling oy al
Mia atesulperi neaa at tnat very
.ru.u III ;nese leiharhs; lor ne ieisufeiy
oaaa ms fnisn . ieao peekoneo 70 me
Utors " a au,.om mn anu took up ms
poss u'piesseu pathway oenind the
o"t'el? -.
,h Gan ms onicers grouped themselves
a nou nill' anu Soi. belauo, elther by
enanee, VI .n!ougn 1ne naoits acquired
~ Ions selNlIe, piaeeu ninlseil TO the
right OF MS chleI, writing orders from
uic adm;r., 1.nrarnhoruu ..ua.
AdInirai Jaureguioerry continued to
, 1885-09-05

12-Martin Powlis of Est. Sprat Hall aged
As years.
13-Trumpeter of the 1st Company, No. q,
Peter Hansen aged 81 years.
"-Frederik William McFarlane aged
3 months and a half.
14-Henry Andrew Of Est. Beck'S Grove
aged 5 days
17-George Culture of Est. Diamond aged
l year and a half.
"-Margret Elizabeth Hardwood aged 6
months.
19-Benjamin Thomas of Est. Whim aged
5S years.
19-Widow Mrs. Jane Govern aged rs
years.
ANTHONY Samuel of Est. Whim aged
60 years.
20-Elvine Powlis aged l year and IS days.
Hugh Jepperson aged l year.
25-Francis Urjourn aged 80 years.
27-Sally Napoleon of Est. Spring Garden
aged 80 years.
"-Simon Franklin aged II years.
29-Mary Ann Tuite from Christiansted
aged So years.
Amelia Haynes of Est. Oxford aged
2 months and a half.
3O-Alfrrd Balthazar Chesterfield aged 2
months.
"-Frederik James of Est. Mt. Pellier IL
years.
'-Ferdinand Polidore aged 80 years.
"-Planter Mr.. JenS Koefoed aged 63
years.
Amelia Baptist of Est. Two Friends
aged 2 mouths and a halt.
, 1885-09-05

Continental news states that Price
Bismarck will insist on retaining the Caro-.
lines, and England refuses to recognize the
Spanish s%uZelainty.
The merchants OF BeIlin are also deiratW.
ing that the Ma1Ta Government pay:their.
loans. The Spauiartis are returning the
decorations which nave been conferred on
them hy Germany. -
London, Sept. 2nd.-SuSar in stock oi
the Goth ulto- WAS sos. 900 tons, last year
2S9, 600 tons.
London, Septbr. 2nd.
DemerarA Crystals per cwt 60 l9s.
Od. r
Sugar MuscovadO per cwt., co las. Gil
Clayed Havana, No. II, afi0at.
GO los 81.
, 1885-09-05

" corning the trade in and sale of Rum and
(" other distilled strong liquors in St. CroiA,"
the undersigned would most respectful
~ and. earnestly call the attention of the
Honorable Members of Council to the
.~desirability of having the establishments
for the sale of rum and spirituous liquors
closed entirely on the Lords day. -
When this subject was first brought
before the Council III the course of 1884,
n Petition praying that these establish
IDents should be closed altogether on Sun
days, was sent to the Committee appointed
TO draw up the ordinance, and must now
be among the Documents in the hands of
said Committee. This Petition has the
signature of many influential citizens,
among them several proprietors of these
establishments.
We feel assured that if a law is passed
closing these establishments entirely on the
Lords day, it will meet with the approval
of the great majority of the citizens, and
will tend to the promotion of peace, order,
and the we'll being of the community.
1t will help to lessen the amount of
intemperance ON the Lords day, which so
often units the laborcrs and others for work
on the day following; and will thus pro-
mote the industrial interests of the Island.
Fervently commencing this subject to
the attention of Honorable Members,
We remain
yours very truly
Z. Y. LOSE, R. de NJ DODSWORTH,
B. ROMIG.
r. s.. The names of Rev. Feilberg, Rev.
Branch, Rev, Morrish and Rev.
Thompson, are signed to the Petition
=. above referred to or similar ones,
and would no doubt have been
added to this paper had there been
time enough to procure their sigma,
lures.
Christiansted, Sept. 3rd 1885.