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Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL JS pTTRFIcupn
Saturday, December 19, 1885.
IN FAVOR OF THE VETERANS.

HIN FAVOR OF THE VETERANS.
 A subject which will engage the attention
 of the legislature of New York this winter
 will be the bestowal of additional advantages
 upon those honorably discharged veterans
 who seek to enter the public service of the
 State. The two political parties are pledged
 to this idea. The Republican platform con-
 tained the following: "Honorably discharged
 soldiers and sailors who are shown by com
 petitive examination to possess the necessary
 requirements should be given the preference
 in certifcation and appointment.' The
 plank in the Democratic platform reads thus:
 ''We are in favor of such legislation as shall
 insure to honorably discharged soldiers and
 sailors of the late war for the preservation of
 the Union priority in certifcation under the civil service laws and regulations of this
 State and the cities thereof, and, upon pass ing such examination successfully, priority in certifcation and appointment over all oth- CT persons"
 A bill to carry out this idea has been pre- pared by MT. Walter Howe, in consultation with Messrs. George Walton Greene, Theo- dore Roosevelt and Charles Collins, com mittee of the Civil Service Reform associa- tion of New York. The most notable section of this bill reads as follows: In grateful rec ognition of the services, sacrifices and suffer ings of persons who served in the army or navy of the United States in the late war, and have been honorably discharged there from, they shall be certified by the examiner or board of examiners, as the case may be, to the appointing officer or other appointing power and shall be preferred for appointment to positions in the civil service of the State and of the cities affected by this act and the several acts hereby amendad auA" rtlAA' persons, provided their qualifications and fitness shall have been ascertained as proy1d- ed under this act and the several acts hereby ssaapsae5 tferufng any position ill said civil service on account of his age nor by reason of any physical disabil- ity, provided such disability does not render him incompetent to perform the duties of the position applied for.
 This bill differs radically from the bill which was offered last winter. It's effect is to preserve the competitive feature, the fea- ture which has always been demanded by the promoters of civil service reform. In this respect it's provisions are in sharp contrast with those of the Earl bill of last winter, which provided for the appointment of vet erans without any competitive examination, or, indeed, without any examination what ever by the head of a department. It cer- tainly does not go too far in discriminating in favor of the veterans who deserve well of the Republic.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19

There's @ bright red spot on Jupiter Probably the fall election is going on there Alta California.
 The people who believe in mind cure seem to be sadly in need of a mind cure.- Philadelphia Call.
 A brother editor says newspaper is not noisy, yet it frequently creates bustle.- Germantown Independent.
 It is rightly called the almighty dollar when it has the power to make eighty cents equal one hundred.-Eoston Tran script.
 A little Burlington boy not yet out of petticoats, irreverently speaks of his mother and the nurse as Ca spanking team. Free Press.
 He was mean young husband who beg ged his wife not to make any more cake un- til he had paid his life insurance dues.-Fall River Advance.
 People talk about keeping servant as though the thing were possible. Intelligence offices, where young woman can sit for triie all day on exhibition, are too attractive to allow servant to be kept in one house. hold.-Boston Transcript.
 New York papers announced a few days ago when the temperature was fifteen degrees below the freezing point that Jay Gould had sleft the street." That showed his good sense. It was too cold about that time to stay on the street.--Norristown Herald.
 Early in the morning of one day last week a Pennsylvania family, including small boy. was blown out of bed by an explosion of gas We note with satisfaction that some thing has been found that can get tho small boy out of bed at ight.-Maccn Tele- graph.
 A teacher took an apple from one of the boys during school hours. After while the teacher ate the apple while the pupils were busy with their sums. The lad, noticing this, began to cough. 'SWhat is the matter with youa'' inquired the dominic. "Oh, please, sir, the apple has gone down the wrong wayt"-German Joke.
 The minister had preached @ sermon on Sacrifice" in which he urged the benefit of giving up some cherished pleasure for the cause of religion. Little Tommy listened thoughtfully and his mother thought she would find out how deep impression the sermon had made. ''Don't you think, Tom n.y." said she, ''that you would feel better if you were to give up some cherished delight, some pleasure that you value, in so good a cause!' 'Yes,'' said Tommy, ftI think per haps I night ''Well," said the mother, greatly gratifed at his religious interest sswell, Tommy, and what pleasure do you think you had better give up!" II don't know,h said Tommy, thoughtfully. Sup posing should give up going to church?'- Someryille Journal,
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COMM MUNECATEONS.
NEOrR About D0oS.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 The writer of an article in yours of the 17th inst, is right in many of his ''sugges- tions," but is there one which seems to me lacking in wisdom, if not quite Simbecile." 7" It is this: Make the owner or keeper re- sponsible for any damage done by his dog" Suppose dog bites your child and he dies a horrible death, what amount of money would compensate you for the damage done? Or suppose he does not have the hydrophobia at all, but only lives in terror of it all his life Can anything make up to him for such a horror hanging over him? And are not his life and happiness worth more, to you at least, than all the dogs in the world:"
 A WOMAN AND MOTHER
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19

Texas tries to settle the convict labor question by setting the prisoners at work raising and ginning cotton on it's own land and with it's own machinery. The State al- ready owns five plantations.
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MAX 0'RELL'S LETTER.

Awkward Political Work in Eng land-Ehe Lfberals-Carrying Voters to the PoIls-The War-A Good Suggestion-Ehe Queens Soas-A Respected EOurnalist-W. Renan- Literary Notes.
 Special Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoUR-
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19

question by setting the prisoners at work raising and ginning cotton on it's own land and with it's own machinery. The State al ready owns five plantations.
 At the present rate of progress there will soon be law enough, even if it is conflicting on the oleomargarine question. Another decision comes from Ohio, the court holding in this case that the sale could not be stop ped unless the article was shown to be inju- rious to public health.
 The Republican senators have determined to have the nominations of the President printed in the Congressional Record and, when they are disposed of, the confirmation or rejection will also appear. This IS an ln- novation, although these facts have never been secret, and are always furnished the newspapers. The Democratic senators affect to think that some political object is sought to be gained. It is difficult to see what sen- sible objection there can be to this new de- parture.
 Mr. Cyrus w Field is a truly unselfish gentleman He warmly endorses the postal telegraph idea, thinks that the time has NNsANo graph business into it's own hands, and says that great economies can be effected by uniting postof1iees and the telegraph offices in one What we admire most in his inter view is his liberality to the owners of exist ing telegraph lines. Let an examination be made, he says, of the earning capacity ot all telegraph companies, and wherever 1t IS found that any company is earning five per cent net on it's stock let the government take the property at par.
 Smokers and chewers of tobacco will find support Tn some reports of a writer i'll the Nineteenth Century, who plausibly says: We have no sufficient ground to condemn the use of stimulant narcotics. Certain forms of indulgence we may properly con- demn: excess we must always condemn and deplere; but, setting these aside, we have this use. established the world over, various ! in form, similar in general tendencies and | effects; and these effects and tendencies are not to the best of our knowledge, inimical | to the welfare of man. In no case can we l have right to say of tobacco, or of any other vegetable product supplied in great natural abundance, this thing is without it's l use in the world; it is an agent of unmiti- | gated bill.
 l One of the most beautiful processes in en-
 ameling, according to a foreign paper, is ac-
 complished by using gold thread rubbed ! with the juice of an onion which causes it tc
 adhere to the surfaces, the figures being af- terward filled out with enamel. This is the
 art known as cloisonne, the method pursued
 being to bake the article in a furnace until the enamel exhibits luster or glossy sur face. which is an indication that it is meHed
 The process has to be conducted with care for if it is overlooked the enamel burns ane falls off; it may also happen that, in places
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19
NEW HAVEN. CONN SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19

| where the enamel burns it thinner, it alst
 burns. When cool the reughness is remov 1 ed by careful hand polishing with fns 1 sandstone, and lastly the enamel receives its
 finishing polish.
 1 The London Economist gives some good l advice to investors in American stocks It says: It is generally a safe policy to buy the l better class shares en masse in time of great depression, for few years holding is sure to bring good profit but, apart from this, the average investor can know very 1ittle even in the case of the few lines which are conducted with belief in publicity. As the ordinary shares, which carry the voting control, are subject to all contingencies,
 whether good or bad, they can never be rightly regarded as Investments As spec
 ulative medium they are unequaled and they may prove very profitable to the man of courage and foresight. But the average investor should be content with the more
 moderate attractions of mortgage bonds or guaranteed shares when he desires an in- yestment.
 The returns of the past racing season in DA~S' outdone all his previous performances in the saddle, remarkable as some of them have been, having won 247 races out of 66s mounts. This is the greatest number of races which he or any jockey has won in the course of one season, though Archer had achieved an unprecedented feat last year, when he rode 241 winners out of 577 mounts. Archer has now stood first on the list of winning jockeys for some ten or twelve years, and it is worthy of note that he has won no fewer than 1 300 races in the last five seasons. His successes this year include the Two Thousand Guineas and the Grand PriN de Paris on Paradox, the Derby and the St. Leger on Melton, the Oaks on Lonely, the Middle Park Plate on Minting, the Cri- terion Stakes and the Dewhurst Plate on Or monde, and many other o-year-old races of the first class
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PROB A EEL Y.

There's @ bright red spot on Jupiter Probably the fall election is going on there Alta California.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19
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H1HE great business, test and healing medium;
 has returned to the city and can D, be d c9nspitea m re,iahle medium and never fails to satisfy all who visit her She locates disease and indicates the ap, ppnedicines from roots and herbs. Hours from to 12 a m. and to p. m., and evenings ol n
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19

At the present rate of progress there will soon be law enough, even if it is conflicting, on the oleomargarine question. Another decision comes from Ohio, the court holding in this case that the sale could not be stop ped unless the article was shown to be inju- rious to Dublic health
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19
As Strange as Fiction As True as Gospel.
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 Dear Sirs:
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 MRS. THOMAS TRIPP.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The whisky pool is again complaining ot overproduction. The government has al- ready done too much for these greedy fe1- lows.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-17

The annual election of officers of the
Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Fire
Insurance Co., of West Va, was held
Jan. 9th, at the Office of E. S. Troxell,
Secretary, and resulted i'm the election
of the following officers: James Nj.
Homrich, President: Geo. p. Bies-
sing, Vice President; E. S. Troxell,
Secretary; VIM. A. Cushwa, Treas
urer; and Charles p. Matthaei. Geo.
r. Riner. Joseph HI. Shatfer, William
Kilmer, M. V. b. Small, G. w. Me-
Kown, James M. Billmyer, and DIR.
G. T. Butler, a board of Directors.
George P. Blessing, Charles p. Mat
thaei and Joseph HI. Shaffer, the Ex-
ecutive Committee, with FL. T. Cush-
wa SURVEYOR for Berkeley County,
and Albert Diehl for Jefferson Coun-
ty. The character and business repu-
tation of the officers of the Company,
who are well known, is sufficient
guarantee Of the careful management
of its affairs and we learn that the
Company is meeting with entire sue
cess and is patronized bya large num-
Der of our most substantial citizens,
being almost exclusively a Berkeley
County institution its business dur
ing the last six years of its existence
shows that it has proved worthy of
this patronage by being able to meet
all claims for losses, &c., without any
assessments at the same time accum-
mulated a sufficient amount to meet
any reasonable loss in the future, by
the small advance premiums.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-17
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
CIRCUIT COURT.

Circuit Court commenced on last
Tuesday, 18th, the first term since the
election ofthe new Sheriff, Deputies,
Jailor and Prosecuting Attorney. The
new officers discharged their duties
well and proved very competent. The
grand jury was in session two days,
and made an examination of the con.
dition of the County Jail. which they
pronounced to be good. indictments
were found in the following cases:
State VS.. John Price, James Couch
man, Seibert Schoppert, disturbing
religious worship.
State VS.. Henry Liggett, practicing
medicine without license motion to
quash sustained.
State VS.. Mary Norvel, grand lar
ceny-foundg guilty.
State VS.. Joseph Burns. grand lar
ceny-plead guilty to petit larceny.
State vs.. r. S. Eichelberger, carry
ing pistol, found guilty.
state VS.. B. & o. r.. r. Co., two in.
dictments for passing crossing with
out blowing whistle or ringing hell.
Old indictment for creating a nuisance
by obstructing crossing TN North
Queen Street was quashed upon mo
ton of their attorney, E. B. Faulkner,
and new indictment for same 0ffense
being returned was also quashed.
Very little civil business has yet
been transacted, but will be taken up
Monday next; and the long standing,
important case of Henry j. Seibert
Us. John w. Walker, is set for trial on
fEa O6fh
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-17
OAKTON NEWS.

Nothing is more tedious than the
pursuit of pleasure as an occupation.
Nature has made occupation neces-
sity to US; society makes it duty !;
habit may make it a pleasure.
Some ofour citizens are having first
class cases of the mumps at present
writing.
Mr.. A. G. Keesecker split log
open few days ago and found a tor
t0ise with G. C. 1858" cut upou its
shell.
Rev. Pardew will preach at the
chapel Sunday, 10Th. Rev. Negly at
U. b. Church Sunday, 25th.
The Meadow Branch Coal Co.,
which has been taking some of the
best anthracite coal from the mines
near this place, will resume work
again Feb. lst.
Mr.. Editor: IF you print a short
history of our school in your valuable
paper, / will be pleased to furnish
your readers with the names of the
teachers who have taught in our school
and their present occupation and
some of the scholars who have gone
out to grapple with the cares of life,
with no education other than that re-
ceived in the Petersburg school. The
1868, by Siler q Co., contractors. No
vember 1868, Mr.. j. Il. Pauling, now
deputy sheriff of Berkeley Co., taught
the first school at this place. MIR.
Pauling's successors Benedict of Pa. ;
S. s. Wilson, now pastor of the Nj. E..
Church, Frostburg, Pa; H. $. Butts,
now principal of graded schools, He'd
gesville; Miss II. E. Boyer. of Pa. ;
w. II. Siler, now farming near TOma-
hawk L. C. Siler, now in Omaha,
Neb. j. n. Hall, deceased; Miss
Emma Reynolds, now teacher in JEFF
fprson Co. !; /. w. Wood, now teach
ing Dry Run School; M. K. Butts,
now teaching Locust Grove; and P.
t. Keesecker, present teacher. Names
of scholars who have received instruc-
tion in Petersburg school, who after
wards became successful teachers in
the Co.: w. L. Siler, Jennie Morning.
ton, M. X. Butts, /. w. Wood, Il.
H. Alvey, P. Z. Keesecker, and G. w.
Keesecker.
Mr.. Alvey has sold his farm and in
tends to move to Jones Springs.
IuiS - III StucIdi q SoOu IdItiIuS
and grazing section of country; the
soil is of a good slate and sand quail
~, produces good crops without phos-
phate. Mr.. Jacob Keeseeker usual y
raises from 80 to "a bus. of corn per
acre; 15to % bus. wheat and hay crop
amounts to 80 or 80 tons. The writer
helped to harvest last year upon the
farm which the Executor of George
Keesecker, deceased, will offer for sale
in front of Court House, Jan. 24th,
some us large oats as he ever saw
grown in Shenondoah or Middle town
valleys, and here one may find speci-
mems of West Virginia's mineral beds
beneath her heavy growth of timber,
which unite to make her one of the
richest States in the Union. OAKS.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-17

SPECIAL TERM.-At special term
of the County Court, held Saturday
10th, 1885, Mr.. William Kilmer, the
newly elected Commissioner from
Mill Creek District, took his
seat upon the bench. The Court Or
ganized by re-electing Blackburn
Hughes as Presi lent.
In the matter of the petition for
probating the will of James T. Walk.
er, decd, p. A. Rohrbaugh. ESQ.,,
attorney for Mrs. Amanda Walker,
withdrew the motion to probate with.
out prejudice to new suit.
John l.. Slingluff was appointed
constable for Mill Creek District, John
Ripple for Falling Waters, and War
ner K. Murphy for Constable and
John Myers, Justice of the Peace for
Gerardstown District. After the pas
sage ofsundry bills against the county,
the Court adjourned until the next
regular term in March.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-17

S. p. Mccormick, Esq, editor Of
the Grafton Eagle, has been appoin,
ted by the President to be Collector
OF Internal Revenue for the District
of West Va, in place of Gen. |. s.
Duvall who rendered his resigna-
ton some time ago, which has been
accepted. As Secretary of the Re.
publican State Executive Commit.
tee, Mr.. Mccormick did valuable
service for the party. He is staunch
Republican, man of considerable
Influence in the party-competent
in every respect to fill the Office and
deserving of this recognition. His
confirmation would give great salts.
faction to the Republicans in this
end OF the State, and we trust the
Senate will at once ratify his ap.
poiutment.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-17

Capt. Phelan, of Kansas City, who
had something to do in the recent
dynamite scares in England, was as
saulted in O'DOnovan R0ssa's of
flee in New York last week, and
nearly killed. Fe claims that there
was conspiracy to murder HIM be.
cause of some disclosures he had
made, and charges that Rosa and
his gang are English spies. The
whole crowd should be arrested.
They do more harm to the Irish cause
than Parnell and the Irish leaders
can do good.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-17

THE LADIES TO THE RESCUE
The ladies of Martinsburg, who feel
AN interest in the bold soldier boys,
are requested to meet in the parlor OF
the Continental Hotel, on Saturday
evening at 8 O'Clock, to arrange for a
joint fair, for the benefit of the Ber-
kelley Zouaves. and the Camden
Tight artillery, TO De held at Feller's
Hall the week preceding the 22ud Of
February, the fair to conclude with a
dinner ON Saturday, February. 2i-t,
ON which day there will be Il military
parade. 1t is hoped the lady friends
of the two companies will attend the
meeting, and aid in the project. By
order of the committee.