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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
Our AntIpodal Friends.

Natives Letter in Youths Companion.l
Not only geographically, but in Gus
toms, manners, habits, etc., may tho
Japanese be looked upon as your antip-
odes. Our books, manuscripts, and
newspapers are written or read begin
ming on what you call the last page of
q book, at the top OF the right-hand
corner. They do not proceed horizon
tally, but from top to bottom, so that
all the lines are vertical. Pupils at
school study aloud. The family name
precedes the given name, and in addi-
ton, the title mr." is placed after the
given name. Thus we would say Smith
John Mr.. instead of Mr.. John Smith.
Horses are backed into their stalls, so
that they can not kick, and can be con-
veniently fed. We mount and dismount
the horse on your off side. Carpenters
draw the saw and the plano towards
them in cutting, instead of pushing
them. We do not talk, laugh nor joke
while eating, but maintain profound 81
lence, sit and look straight before us,
and never smile, but keep q rigid coun-
tenance. Keeping silence while at
table and in bed is one Of the doctrines
of Confucius. We do not sit long at
the table. Our dancing is usually con.
fined to movements Of the arms and
body, the legs and feet being kept
nearly stationary. Japanese ladies
rarely walk at night, and never go to
halls
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
HOW . ereat Painter WORKS.

lfarlS OOf. chicago ffiOuntsl
M. Meissonier does not object to WIS.,
itors, and is fond of showing them per-
sonally through his studio. He ex-
planned to me that he almost always
paints from q model. 'Here," said he,
taking up q small wax image, lis the
model of a horse prancing. It would
have been impossible to draw direct
from nature. So | had a horse brought
around here and made to pranee while
/ modelled him in wax. Il was a tor
rible job. / had the horse brought here
every morning for four weeks be-
fore the image was perfect. But
it is finished now, and I a
draw from it at my leisure. You
see, too, / had a miniature set of har-
ness made and fitted on tho image, so
as to have every strap and buckle Just
right Here is another figure Of a horse,
rolling upon the ground as IL struck by
a shot. 1t is for a battle scene. | had
them throw a horse down and make
him roll aud struggle while | modelled
him, and they had to do it more than o
score of times. You see this image OF a
horseman with his cloak flying In the
windl Well, | made that and soaked
the cloak with a mixture that would
gradually stiffen. Then | set it in the
mind, and it blew out naturally and be-
came fixed in just the position /
wanted"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
BRIGHAM YOUNG AND AMELIA.
How the Twenty-Tliird Wife Ruled the
Domestic Roost-Her Oxn Way.

How the Twenty-Third Wife Ruled the
Domestic Roost-He- Osn Way.
Denver Tribune-R epub.icasJ
The story of Amelia's marriage tc
Brigham, and a few incidents of after
life are very interesting. An old lady
who at one time was Amelia's school
teacher at Council Bluffs, Iowa, tells
me the following tale:
Jpon n occasion when Brigham
Young was passing through Council
Bluffs, on his way to Salt Lake be
caught sight of Amelia's pretty face
and fine figure, and Immediately re-
solved to add another one to his harem.
The girls parents were good Mormons
and their consent to the union was oy
fully given. Not so with the girl. She
had a stout will as well as a handsome
form and pretty face, and she declared
that she would not marry the ugly old
heather" Her parents, however,
were determined not to loss the
chance of getting so near heaven
by such an alliance, and sternly com
manded Amelia to don her robes and
take the hand of the aIi-powerfui Brig
ham Seeing that she would be com
PEELED to marry him if she stayed at
home, the girl made her way 10 a neigh
boris, told them her story, and received
their sympathy and protection. Her
parents instituted a search, during
which Amelia hid in 8 root cellar, oseI
the door of which Was q wood house.
The kind people carried her meals to hel
without attracting suspicion, until on
the third day ona of the spies employed
observed steam arising from a basket
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21


W. W. Gillett gives, in Outing, his
views as to the cultivation Of timber.
He believes the timber of the forests
was designed for the use of man and
thinks much good ink has been wasted
in deploring the destruction of our
primeval farests.
He advocates the cultivation of trees
just as any other product of the soil is
is cultivated, it being possible for a
planter to harvest two and sometimes
three crops of certain valuable trees
during a lifetime. He holds that trees
should not be allowed to stand until
they become valueless, and maintains
that the hope of a future timber sup
ply docs not lie in the direction of
preserving the old, which cannot be
preserved beyond certain limits, but in
producing the new"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
-Aeae-shaken suaerers.

Who restort to Hostetters Stomach Bitters,
experience speedier and more complete relief
than they can hope TO do by the use OF quiz
nine. This well authenticated fact Is OF itself
sufficient TO have established a high reputa-
ton for the BItters- Bnt the article Is not a
specific merely for the various forms Of ma
larial disease. 1t endows the system with a
degree of vizoF. and reforms its Irregularities
with a certainty that constitutes its best de-
fence against disorders Of the stomach, liver
and bowels. specially rife where the atmos-
phere aud water are miasma tainted. Fever
and agne. bilious, remittent. dumb ague and
ague cake are remedied and prevented by 1t,
and Il also removes dyspepsia. constipation.
rheumatism. &c. Take this medicine on the
FIRST Indication that the system is ont OF order
and rest assured That yon win be grateful for
the hint.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21


Gen. Frank Armstrong, Indian in
spector, who has just returned from an
Official visit to the San Carlos agency,
says he found everything there in first
class order. He says thai each buck on
the reservation is tagged, and is re-
quired to woar his tag in sight. These
tags are made of brass and in different
shapes. The shape indicates the tribe
to which the wearer belongs, and a let
ter Of the alphabet stamped on the tag
shows to which band Of the tribe he is
attached. A number stamped on the
tag indicates the individual Indian. On
the roll lis name is written opposite to
that number, SO that in the payment Of
annuities and the issuing of rations
each buck can beeasily identified. When
the time of settlement with them comes
around, any Indian who does not pro
duce his tag is sentenced to sixty days
in the gard house.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
MARTINsBURG, W. VA. SATURDAY, NOV. 81 1885.

AFTER a while rivets were substituted
by another manufacturer for the tin.
Then a wire staple was used to hold the
ends of the box in shape. Then a ma
chine was invented by which an oval
shaped dish was scooped out of the log
without the necessity Of rivets of any
kind. At the same time another firm
took the thin sheets of wood, cut them
into circles, stamped them into the
shape of pie plates, and dried them SO.
Then a western firm of paper makers
brought out a pie plate made of straw
board lined with light manila paper.
The little dishes brought several dol
lars a Thousand at first, but o I'll
sell you car loads at one-tenth of a cent
a box. The tin-edged boxes bring over
two-tenths of a cent each, but they are
still very popular, because they weigh
heavy when butter is worth 40 cents a
pound"
where are these dishes made princi-
pallyl"
all over this state, and particularly
around the big woods. Indiana and
Michigan turn them out without limit,
and a very nice box made of sweet gum
wood comes here from Tennessee. l
suppose nearly 10, 600, 600 of these little
boxes are turned out every day, and yet
the demand is as great as the supply.
The manufacturers are using elm, and
that is a mistake. 1t does fairly well
dry, but when the grocers soak the elm
dishes in water the smell arising from
the dish taints the butter.
THE pie dishes are used by bakers.
The pie crust does not get soaked with
fruit juice when wooden or paper dishes
are used. Dealers in iellies and pre-
seryes r beginning to use wooden
boxes. Lard dealers sometimes have
boxes made that will hold ten and even
fifteen pounds of lard. The box is much
cheaper than a pail, and if the lard is
not allowed to stand in it too long it
answers the purpose of a pail very well.
A good many patents have been issued
to cover boxes and machines, hundreds
of thousands of dollars have been in
vested, and altogether we have a bust
ness that few people outside O. the trade
know anything about, and which is
known inno other country and is not yet
out of its short dresses
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
The Left- Eyed Nation.
IScientiac American.I

Aa@aCA 1850
France has some 10, 900 miles of rail
road. The scientific spirit of this nation,
says a London paper, is shown by the
fact that their trains pass to the left of
each other, and not to the right. We
go to the right in our wagons and trains,
probably from having COMPOUNDED the
pioral meaning of the right with the
physical right hand. We say, do right.
and therefore we go right, whereas we
would do right if we went left. You
drive your horse sitting on the right of
him, and therefore the man who has to
pass you on the right is partly hidden
from you by your horses head. If you
sat on the left you would see the man
on your right, and il he sat on the side
nearest to instead of furthest from you,
he would not have half the trouble he
now has. The French, therefore, is the
left-eyed nation. Passengers get out of
the trains on the left hand side. The
government taxes every ticket sold by a
railroad since the late war. The trains
are classified, and only high class pas
sengers-those who pay the highest
fares-go on the fastest trains.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21

k14ItAAIEtl
There had been good enough reasons
WY mad not been at the front. but
the boys didn't know those reasons and
nag come to look on me as a coward.
Indeed, there vas so much disresDeot
Ter me ] q my command that. Al /
learned afferward, | was in danger Of
losing nay place at its head. of course
! did not hear these mutterings, but one
DAY heard Of them, and Concluded
That IN the next engagement / would
either prove that I was not a coward or
perish m the attempt. In a short time
, nae an opportunity. My command
Drawn up on n side Of an open
I'D the rebel line was made inst
LEU skirtirg of timber on the
ouss.uo Both lines were standing
o.lTt his was my chance.
sI rods hv INV command with all the
.nrearsnea " al, mess that it was COS
s3bbYs for me 70 asann e, and passed out
10 the middle Of that open field, where
bullets were flying like 4 1isoones' 10
tell the truth, ! was scared almost TO
death, but my pride was evcn greater
than my fear, so / rode down the held
between the lines at a walking pace,
and occasionally raised my glass to my
eyes and looked along the enemy's line,
1t was the greatest wonder in the world
that neither myself nor my horse was
hit. Presently | heard q cheer 60 up
from my command and l knew it was
meant for me, but, of course, | paid no
apparent attention to it. After awhile
l turned my horse toward our lines and
rode back on a slow canter, and as /
passed to the rear my boys sent up a
tremendous cheer that left no room
for doubt that l had regained the re-
spect Of my command
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21

which the gentleman was carrying TO
the wood house.
This led to her discovery, and, as she
was under age, her parents took charge
of her.
After a hard struggle, Amelia finally
consented to marry the great Mormon,
but declared: sIf | do marry him, I'll
have my own way, and he viii find it
out" He did.
Several years after their marriage,
upon one occasion Amelia told Brigham
to buy her a Singer sewing machine.
The old man promised to send it up that
day, and walked of with his hands in
pockets, thinking, doubtless, how many
tithes it would take to pay for it. By
the time he got down town he forgot
what kind of a machine was wanted.
Consequently it was a Wheeler Il Will
son that the men brought upstairs to
Amelia's sitting-reom. As o as that
lady saw that her orders had not been
obeyed to the letter, she deliberately
pulled the offensive machine to the head
of the stairs, and, giving it a push,
down it went, bumpty- bump, until it
reached the bottom, all broken to
pieces.
The next day a Singer stood in the
place allotted for it, and nothing more
was said of the affair. Upon another
occasion, when Brigham had a number
of distinguished guests. Amelia, who
was present at the dinner table, amused
herself by hulling some nuts that were
on the table and throwing the shells out
of the window. Brigham manifested his
annoyance at this proceeding without
effect when finally he exclaimed:
amelia, my dear, I wish you would
not throw those shells out upon the
grass. They make such a muss."
IF you don't like to have them there
you can pick them up" said the way
ward favorite, as she arose from her
chair and left the room.
When she had left, Brigham turned
to his guests, and said:
Il hope you will excuse my wife. She
is SO headstrong that | a not control
her"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
che smole Rules for Exercise.

A few simple Jules are sufficient.
Never {. ercise to the extent of great
fatigue. Stop short of that and you
are always gaining strength; go beyond
and you lose strength in proportion.
The best exercise is horseback riding,
because it keeps all the muscles in mo-
ton, involuntarily; the horse lends you
his muscles. Walking is the next best
method; all the muscles are brought
into use, but it requires an effort of the
will to maintain the motion, and this
detracts from its value.
Every one has noticed how much
more a sprained wrist, for example, is
relieved when it is rubbed briskly by
another person than when rubbed by
the other hand of the patient. There
is something soothing in passivity. 1t
is said that lazy people live the longest,
and that may be the reason.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
The Cause of Gum on Trees.

1t has been found, that by making
an incision in the limb of a peach, APP
ricot, plum, cherry, or other trees bear
ing stone fruits, and inserting q bit of
the gum under the edge of the wound,
an immediate formation of gum in CO.
pious quantity takes place. These and
other experiments lead to belief that
gums result from diseased action
in trees, and that the disease
can be set up by incubation,
just as smallpox is started in the
human organization by similar means.
Different diseases in different trees give
us dissimilar gums, as arabic, traga-
canth, and probably many resins and
gum resins. A flesh wound on any
part of the body forms an inlet for at
mospheric bacteria, which produce in
hammation, suppurations, and the out
flow of pus; wounds on trees allow o
the ingress of peculiar bacteria, which
produce tree-fever and the emulation of
morbid matter called gum" How
strikingly alike are vegetable and ami
NAL growths!
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
PROFESSIONAL. PRIDE OF WATERS
smartness INDUCED in by Restaurant
Patrons-An Enthusiastic Recruit

smartness INDUCED In by Restaurant
Patrons-An Enthusiastic Recruit
Inter Ocean "Curbstone Crayons."i
"a great deal Of smartness," said a
proprietor of one of leading res
t~aurants, lis INDUCED in at the ex-
pense of porters and walters and others
Of the class who are expected to do
their duty to the satisfaction of all
kinds Of people. A great deal is said
about the littleness and the mercenary
motives of walters in our lunch-rooms
and restaurants, but in a long expert
like other people. Some of them are
conscientious and enthusiastic in their
business and do everything well as a
matter of habit, from the placing of a
spoon to the filling of an order. These
men take as much pleasure in satisfy
ing their customers Is a thorough me-
chanic does in turning out a good job.
I'VE, of course, have to catch up all
sorts OF men. Many Of those who fail
in other occupations drift down the
scale until they become walters in lunch
rooms. A majority of this class care
little for the way in which they do
their work. 1t is a mere make-shift
with them. They have nc pride in it,
but, on the other hand, the walters in
many of our restaurants are trained,
and they have a sort of professional
pride in what they do. They are also
under good discipline, and they follow
out their instructions as to what they
shall do and say in most cases eonscien-
tiously. Not long ago there came into
my establishment a nan who wanted o
place and who assured me that he under
stood all the details of the business. All
he asked was a trial, and if he did not
salts y me in one day no more questions
would be asked. l advised him to get
shaved, spruce himself up a little, and
come back.
He came back, put on an apron and
jacket, and went on duty. / saw at a
glance that he was an expert. He did
not wait for directions, he anticipated
them. He seemed to know exactly
what he ought to do and to know how
to do it, and in a few days we counted
him one of our best men. He minded
his own business, said nothing to the
other walters, or to those he served.
Looking at him carefully one day as he
stood taking a scolding from some
irritable old gentleman I felt convinced
that | had seen him under other circum-
stances. l proceeded to investigate,
and learned that my new recruit had at
one time been one of the proprietors of
a fashionable restaurant in Boston. He
had drifted to Chicago down at the
heel, and had begun at the bottom
without a word. l have no doubt that
in two years he will be the proprietor of
one of the best establishments in town"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21

"Mamma,n said a little boy who has
a very recent brother, .sdid Adam
and Eve have babies n "Oh, yes.
Don't you remember the story Of Cain
killing Abeli They were little babies
at one time.n ayes | s'pose they
were" went on the little boy thought
fully, " but what gets me is, If Adam
was the FIRST man and Eve the first
woman, where the doctor comes in
who furnished the babies.n
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
The Cobra Under Music.

1t is possible to lvep the cobra harm
less under music for a considerable
time. 1t is related by a naturalist who
closely studied the habits of animals in
India that he one day spent an hour
painting a cobra, which was kept dane
ing the whole time upon a table. He
frequently handled it, and examined
its spots, and the spectacles on the head.
He was surprised afterward to find that
the fangs had been loft in.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21

India exports immense quantities OF
native woods to England to be manu-
featured into furniture. One of the most
highly valued is the 'toon" wood, a
light, soft and red wood, which is not
eaten by ants, and is used for door
panels and carvings as well as for fur.
niture. Another is the '~'chickrassi. y
which varies frorI yellowish to reddish
brown, with a beautiful satin luster.
Nagassar wood $ mostly used for gum
stocks and tool handles.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
Spontaneous Combustion of Coke.
[chicago News.i

'Did you yer know why it was that
the car doors were always left wide open
when coke was Icing transported by
freight2' asked a railroad man yester-
day. l remarked that | had often
noticed that the doors we're open, but
never thought of the reason. lit is to
prevent spontaneous combustion" re-
piled the first. Of the freight-cars
were filed with coke and the doors
closed the whole thing would be on fire
in a few hours"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21

It is curious how the rice bird changes
its name with its habitat. On the Penn
sylvania coast it is the reed bird; in the
Maryland or Virginia swamps it is the
rail or sora; in the Georgia and Caro-
lima rice fields it is the rice bird, and in
Jamaica, where they close the season on
guina grass, it, the butter bird. In
the far north it is the bobolink, with
gayer plumage than it wears on the
coast and a song that rivals that of the
English skylark. AS it passes back
through Georgia from Jamaica north
ward it is known as a May bird.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
The Inventor of bleaching Powder.


The late Walter Weldon was one of
the five men, and the only nan outside
of France, deemed by the French So
ciety Encouragement worthy to re-
ceive its grand medal" 1t was he who
invented the process by which bleaching
powder is made, thus, as the chemist
Dumas said, cheapening every sheet of
paper and every yard of calico in the
world,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
Judgment During Dreams.

The power of Judgment is probably as
good in dreams as when awake, for it
decides only on the premises presented
in either case, and during dreams they
are usually scanty and at fault. A cur
ious fact in regard to a debate or con-
test during a dream is that, while one
mind furnishes the arguments for both
sides, the dreamer will often imagine
himself bested by his opponent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
Rose Dinners.
Philadelphia Tiinssi

~ H1HdASfPhN IHE1sFf
1t is said that Mrs. Mackay has been
giving in London a series of rose din
ners, at which the whole table is made
into a bed of roses, leaving only just
room enough around the edges for the
plates. 1t is not explained whether the
feasts consisted wholly in the inhala-
ton of perfumes or whether the usual
imbibings and mastications were re-
sorted to. Probably they were. At all
events, the perfectly correct thing for
millionairesses to do henceforth is to
give dinners of roses.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
BuekIen's Arnica Saliva

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, OF no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price CSC. per
box. For sale by E. G. Williams & Bro.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
WEAKNESS.


Time has laid his hand
Upon my heart, gently, not shifting it,
But as a harper lays his open palm
Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations
Ashes are on my head, and on my lips
6ackcloth. and in my breast a heaviness
And WEAKNESS Of life. that makes ma ready
To say to the deai abbots under US,
Make room for mar Only I see the dusk
Of evening twilight coming. and have not
Completed half my task; and so at times
The thought of NJ shortcomings in this life
Falls like q shadow on the life to coma.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-21
Tn ~ reats Of SIN Kings and Or cen
lParia Cor. Inndtn Truth

In the course of a conversation on
consanguine marriages with a physio-
logist who has gone deep into nervous
diseases and has, perhaps, more august
and illustrious patients than any prince
of science except Ricord or DR.. Evans.
he said to mi that the best guarantee
against monarchIcal despotism is the
habit that prevails among reigning fam
lilies, to intermarry. The fleur dc pois
of the caste he had observed have sur
face qualities, but want mental yieor.
II obstinate, they have weak wills. The
best kings are generally those who be-
longed to some collateral branch, and
were not reared for the throne.