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, 1885-04-12

There will be a Bible reading at the
hospital this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
If you wish to hear some especially
good music go to the First Congregational
church. Prof. E. f. Miller, the accom-
plished soloist will have charge of the
choir to-day and will sing some beautiful
gospel songs. The evening service will
be preceded by a service of song.
The Ri. Rev. Bishop Spaulding will
~oficiate at St. Marks Episcopal church
at the morning and evening services and
will preach at Fort Russell at 2:SO
O'Clock
, 1885-04-12
THE ~YELLowsroNE PARK.
Enlargement Suggested and Charges
Against supt. Carpenter.

Against supt. Carpenter.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says that the
attention OF Secretary Lamar has been
called to the following charges. made by
the Forest and Stream, the leading
sportsman journal of New York:
"We have reason to believe that large
numbers of elk were slaughtered last
autumn on the eastern border of the
park, the meat being transported to the
Clark's Forks mines, where it is sold.
For the protection of the game the east
ern boundary Of this park should be
moved still further to the eastward. So
far as extending the park goes, nothing
can now be done until the next session of
congress. But it is important that the
superintendent, under present conditions,
should be a man thoroughly in earnest in
his endeavors to do the best he can for
the reservation, and wholly in sympathy
with those who are anxious that the park
should be protected. The present super
indent is not such a man, and we would
respectfully ask Secretary Lamar to re-
move him from his office and appoint in
Ills place some ono who will do a superin-
tendent's work
That is the first | have heard Of the
matter" said Mr.. Lamar upon reading
the Forest and Stream article. Charges
were filed against Carpenter before l
came into this office. l believe they were
withdrawn by the persons who made
them. This matter will be investigated.
Generally it is not wise to act upon news
paper charges, for there is seldom anyone
accountable and responsible for them. In
a matter of so much importance as the
preservation of the National Park we can
not overlook charges of this kind.
, 1885-04-12
Arrival OF q Kountz.

Gen. John S. Kountz, commander-in-
chiefo of the Grand Army, who is known
among the old soldiers as the Drummer
Boy Of Missionary Ridge" will arrive in
this city to-day on his way west. The
Reynolds post of the Grand Army will
turn out in full uniform to greet Gen.
Kountz. All ex-soldiers, visiting com
ndes, and Sons Of Veterans are invited
to participate.
, 1885-04-12

Do you know that every window or door
has from Is to IS feeto { %crevices or open
ings, around which the cold air comes in,
and if they are effectually closed with
the Perfection Metal Moulding and Rub
Der Cushion Weather Strip, the saving
Of fuel each year iaside from comfort)
will more than pay the cost of weather
stripping. This strip is for sale by the
F. Il. Warren Mercantile Company.
, 1885-04-12

The Distribution Cigar store at Denver,
will pay 5000 to any charitable in
stitution in Wyoming if any Of the adver-
tised brands Of Nickel Cigars will equal in
quality or value the S. NJ. S. brand.
This brand can only be found at Z. G..
Peabody's two doors west of post office,
who has the sole control of the s. NJ. s.
cigars here.
, 1885-04-12
TREEN a PL,aN rs.

3 car loads of the finest
Fruit, Shade r. OrnGnaeN-
tai Trees eUer seen la CHey-
e5lsse. C0H at Ols1. sales
yard. Cor. 10th = Ransom.
STEyWPLE%
, 1885-04-12

Come early and avoid the rush at Hills
and Goodsell 374 Seventeenth street, for
new and elegant Hats, Bonnets, Laees,
Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers, Ornaments
and in fact everything in the millinery
line hat could be found in the market.
, 1885-04-12

For fresh cut roses. carnations and other
flowers, bedding plants in great variety,
pansies, verbenas, hardy bulbs, hardy
rosebushes for outdoor planting, go IA
Mrs. Chaffin's greenhouses, cor. 18th and
Ransom street. Telephone ITO.
, 1885-04-12

Call and examine the beautiful new mil
linery goods at Hills and Goodsell, two
doors west Of the opera house on Seven
tenth street, and get the best goods for
the least money ever brought to the city.
, 1885-04-12

And still we are on hand, Another
very satisfactory weeks work Just finished
by the Cheyenne Steam Laundry.
, 1885-04-12
BUSINESS Norrcrs.

have the largest and most complete
clothing house IN Wyoming, and can and
will sell clothing cheaper than M other
house in the territory, b. Hellman.
, 1885-04-12

TsCO more carloads of
thar iaisaif GbIep0aitTylci
aT.Fipe this sUeek at the
PhGMir Market.
We handle IL eTcIststreiy.
, 1885-04-12

Have you seen any Lace Curtains,
laundried by the Cheyenne Steam Laun-
dry2 The ladies say they are are just
splendid"
, 1885-04-12

| am receiving my spring stock and
would request a look before purchasing
elsewhere. Polack, the elothier.
, 1885-04-12

Omaha steel barbed wire. Call for
prices at Arp \ Conway's-
, 1885-04-12

Remember that you Will save money by
buying your books and stationery at
Holf'a
, 1885-04-12

All the latest news and periodicals at
Hollis.
, 1885-04-12

A first class meal for 25 cents at Sachs
$40 Sixteenth street.
, 1885-04-12

Gents furnishing goods in great variety
at Polack's.
, 1885-04-12

Five dozen ranch eggs for 81. 90. -Four
pounds choice roll butter for $l.00. Best
ham and breakfast bacon in the market,
at Underwood Bros.
, 1885-04-12

OF the finest designs Also paper
hanging. calsomining and paintingIat Tut
ties, 3ls Hill street,
, 1885-04-12

A fine line of furnishing goods, hats and
caps. etc, cheap at Hellman's.
, 1885-04-12

When YOU want something to read go
to Hollis.
, 1885-04-12

Engraving in al its branches is dons a
ZEHNER, JACKSON & BUEoHNER's.
, 1885-04-12

A. G. McGregor sells coal from the
Fox 4 Paterson mines, which is con-
sidered the best Colorado coal in the
market.
, 1885-04-12

TIUO more carloads Of
that fssihItt able pONlfTyICiW
0rrire this sUeek at the
PhRNfr Market.
We handle IL exclusively.
, 1885-04-12

The ladies' are visiting Warren's EN-
porium to select their wall paper from thu
new and beautiful styles just received.
, 1885-04-12

$. Bon. 245 Sixteenth street.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
An old lady Of bar aock o,,ca

An old lady of her flock once call
ed upon DIR. Gill with n grievance.
The doctors neck-bands were too
long for her ideas of ministerial hu.
mility, and after a long harangue on
the sin of pride, she intimated that
she had brought a pair of scissors
with her, and like her to cut
them down to her notions of pro-
priety. The doctor not only listened
patiently, but handed over the Of
tending bands to be operated upon.
When she had cut them to her sat.
isfaction and returned the bibs, it
was the doctors turn. Now,n said
he, you must do me a good turn
also.n "Yes, that / will, doctor.
What can it be ~ .Well, you have
something about you which is a deal
too long, and which causes me no
end of trouble, and | should like to
see it shorter Indeed, dear sir, I
will not hesitate. What is it 7 Here
are the scissors; use them as you
please" Come, then,r said the
sturdy divine, .sgood sister, put out
your tongue
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
Cnrynsn an educated err

"Corvus," an educated crow be-
longing to VIM. d. Wyatt, near
Reisterstown, besides having shown
that he is opposed to novel-reading
by tearing mp all the novels he finds,
and that he recommends the use OF
the Bible, which he opens on all oc-
'casions, has lately shown an adver.
sion to tobacco and smoking, as he
picks to pieces every cigar that he
can get hold of. He also seems to
be very cleanly, and is strong advo-
cate of cold water baths, which he
takes very frequently in the basin
in his masters. a few days ago he
took a tooth brush from one of the
rooms, aud, going to the pump, dip
ped the brush in q bucket of water
and began polishing his bill.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
TOAD In A LUMP OF COAL.

The following extraordinary story
is told in the Star, of Sheffield. Eng
land: A find Of a very novel and
remarkable character took place in
the West Retford mine, at Tinsley
Park, on Wednesday last. A coal
getter named Joseph Booth, of Ear
nell, vas engaged at a distance of
three hundred and twenty yards
from the surface undermining coal
for the purpose of bringing it down.
While working with his hands I'M
derneath the coal to remove the
dust he had loosened with his pick,
he felt something so unusual that he
proceeded with more care. En- a few
minutes a lump of coal came away,
and lying imbeddea in it was a live
toad. The sides of its little bed
were perfectly smooth, and almost to
a hairs breath its own shape, even
to the very finest point of its claws.
Booth took it home and did all he
could to preserve it, but unable to
survive the change, it died about
twenty hours after it was brought
out of the pit. The toad which is
black and about three and u half in
ches in length, is now in the pos
session of MI. Chambers, the mana
ger of the Tinsley Colliery, who, as
soon as he became aware of the find.
endeavored also to secure the piece
of coal in which it vas found, but
that had been broken up and was
gone. 1t would be interesting TO
know how many thousand of years
the little creature had lain so deep
down in its black diamond bed in IA
state Of suspended animation, us it
must have gotten there when the coal
was in a very soft state, and when
much nearer the surface than it is
now.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24

A prominent member of Boston
church i'll speaking the other day OF
a possible change in the passionate,
said: cit think it is a matter of
buying up stock-excnse me, ] mean
rews. Ii MIS- friends can buy
up pews enough before the parish
meeting, they will. of course, call
him. If the other side get the pews,
why, Mrs. friends will be left.
You laugh, but the control Of a
church is a good deal like the con-
troll of a bank or railroad, nowadays.
If you cal buy up a majority of the
pews, you can run it to suit your
self.n
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24

AS a rule, we keep u meats too
long in the brine, and too long in
smoke houses. This is true espec-
ialiy OF ham aud side bacon for fam
lily use. When meats are intended
to keep all summer, they must Of
course, be penetrated By salt, and
we'll ; but for winter nor early
spring use, it is far better TO salt
lightly. aud smoke very little. The
English farmers have the art of do
ing this a great deal better than we.
In many cases the bacon is only
two days in the pickle, then dried
for several days, and finally smoked
twenty four to thirty-six hours
enough to brown the surface well.
Such bacon is adapted to frying,
not to boiling. For boiling, longer
sailing is necessary, aud rs Il rule,
dry sailed hams are preferred. They
are easily over sailed however, and
it requires an experienced hand to
do the work well. The famous Irish
bacon is cured by rubbing in salt,
or laying it II ShoTt time in pickle,
and not smoked at all, but simply
dried in cool weather in a dry al
moSpheIe. Sometimes it is smoked
for a few hours, just to give il a tine
color. When cooked, il is Sliced
thin and fried, and is crisp and de-
licious beyond anything we common
~ get. Great quantities of choice
hams are shipped from this country
to Great Britain, and us we learn,
are thus handled. They are ship.
ped III just as weak brine as exper-
fence has shown will keep them from
taintng on the voyage. On arri-
val, the-casks are opened, and the
hams thrown to soak in u great
Vat. When the salt is sufficiently
drawn from the surface, they are
taken out and beaten up into their
original plump form, then the trim.
mers take off a shaving all around
OH the flesh side /; they are exposed
a day in the smoke house, just to
give them a golden rnsset tint, aud
they are then exposed for sale. We
will warrant that slices of such hams,
well broiled, OF even fried, will in
every quality, beat the native Amer
lean home-eured article, ont aud
out.-Amcricdn Agricaitarist for
October.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
EATING COIN on TIE coz.
An Americans Attack on uis Native
v~egetabie-A Heroic wife.

An Americans Attack on uis Native
vegetabie-A Heroic wife.
fcor. Hartford Timesl
Among the innumerable things ono no
tices while travelling. none are queerer than
sight OF Americans eating their far. famed
native vegetable. At one hotel table wa
saw a red-faced man Of heavy frame and
features, with shaggy eyebrows aud grizzled
mustache, ferociously attack an ear Of
corn, as IL it was a premeditated act OF ven
geance.
Holding it with both hands, he rapidly
ate from end to end OF the ear without a
pause, beginning over again on the next row
until the whole was historically and effect
ually finished. His nose. chin, jaws, mus.
tache and eyebrows vigorously worked In
unison like q piece Of connected, patent ma
chinery, warranted TO crush a large amount
OF kernels In a short space OF time. He was
very conspicuous, yet unconscious Of tho
ridiculous spectacle presented, like hun
dreds Of Others who adopt the same vopa-
cious mathod.
The most surprising part OF the picture
was his beautiful wife, whose personal an
pearancs and elegant table manners indi-
Gated extreme refinement and delicacv.
With her reddish gold hair coiled high on
ner head, her pretty features and complex
ion, her dress Of pab lilac India silk under
a polonaise Of real aud rare white lace. dla-
monds blazing at her ears, and on her white
neck and hands, she was a striking contrast
to the man who sat beside her, lercely
grinding ccrn aud piling up layers Of cobs
on the table cover. If this, with tho many
other table offenses he naturally perpetrated
as the meal proceeded, disturbed the insen-
ofhliItt4N aG fha Io1ar H. ---
outward sign OF 1t beneath a cool composure
and apparent indiff srence that showed a re-.
markable power OF self command.
Such women are capable Of horolsms II
their capacities were directed into higher
channels.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
Tho wash House. Of tho selns.


The floating warehouses. whics form n
striking feature in tbs Panorama Of tho
Seine 10 its course through Paris, arc men.
nced with apprehension. Tho city eneln-
GERS have demanded their removal, and the
proposal is now un Ter tho consideration OF
a commission appointed BY the prsfect. Tho
motive for the demand Ia the increasing
traffic ON the river.
30 long as the only navigation consisted
Of q few lighters. towed along the chain
laid down in tine channel, the w~ash-houses
were no obstruction, but now that Paris has
become q large trading port, the quays re-
ceiving 10000 tons Of merchan ifse an.
nually, the seventy w~ash-bouss boats
moored along the banks form seriou. ohsta-
cies to tbs traffic, which has increa,sd snor.
mousiy during tho last fifteen years BY the
running Of pa sengsr steamers, 70 tho mum.
Dor Of which will shortly DO adieI those Of
a new company. Another objection-a by
genie one-is that ths stream d pollutsl By
the foul linen WASHED In the river above the
point WHARF the water IL p1mpsl At Passy
for the public reservoir, from which Il Z
distributed to the houses for consumption.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
SELECTIONS.

A Democratic newspaper lately
published figures in regard to sew
en- Republican sheriffS showing the
amount each n was alleged to owe
the State Auditor on the taxes of
1884. The figures for Wood county
ere over three thousand dollars
out OF the way, and ex-Sheriff Smith
tells us that the whole balance has
since been paid or arranged for and
that he was behind only from the
10th of September. Frequently he
has been ahead several hundreds
and even thousands of dollars. AS
far as he is concerned he is confident
that the school fund was not re.
duced one dollar OH his account.
The Grafton papers Indignantly de-
ny the truth of the statement made
concerning the sheriff Of Taylor
county, who claims that he owes
nothing on the taxes of 1884, and
that he is ready for a settlement and
had written for one. The sheriff of
Marshall county makes a point blank
denial that he is indebted in the sum
for the taxes of 1884. The sheriff
OF Preston county writes that the
sberiff's son a at the Capital re-
Gently to settle with the Auditor,
but did not find him at home and
did not make a settlement, but was
informed by the chief clerk that his
account was over-paid considerably.
He has been leaving his appoItion-
ment of the State school fund and
railroad tax to be credited to his ac-
count without formally settling and
would give him a statement in a
short time of the whole account"
In other words, technically the books
show him Il debtor to the State,
when in reality all his credits have
not been given him, and would pnt
the balance on the other side! And
so the story goes. Instead of the
Republican sheriffs being behind,
the true facts place them in a very
favorable light.
The charges made by the Demo-
cratic sheet would and did deserve
no attention in themselves, until
other papers reproduced the state
ments as true. The fact that seven
Republican sherifs are singled out
of fifty.four sheriffs and odium cast
upon them, when they yer deserv-
ing of none, vas too.ridiculous to
merit anything but contempt. But
when it turns out the facts be known,
the real trouble lies in the State
Auditors offices.
Surprising, for sake of argument,
that all that was alleged was true
and that the State taxes of 1884
we're behind, how about the taxes of
1882 and 1888. The school fund for
those years was badly plundered
and never restored. We have the
best of Democratic authority for the
statement that the trouble lies in
the State Auditors office. The
State Superintendent of Free Schools
might, Jhe dared, give some inter
esting Wood Co. Exchange.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
VOL. V.
POETRY.
MULLINS, THE AGNosTIc.
AS TOLD BY DEACON sTrr1wArrp

oAD DEACON SALTWATER.
HIS name vas William Mullens, and
he had a sneerin' way
Of turnin' his proboscis IN
At everything you'd say.
wan, now, how do you know p'' said
Hump, now, how do you know p,
The way it closed an argument
1t wasn't by no means slow.
You might be talkin' social-like
With fellows at the store
On war and politics and SIGH,
And you might have the floor
And be gettin' things down fine
Provin' things was so,
When Mullins would stick his long nose
in
With Hump, how do you know z"
l seen that critter set in church
And take a sermon in
and turn his nose up in a sheer
at death and grace and sin.
With no regard for time and place
And realms of endless woe
He'd rise and burst the hull thing up
With Hump how do you know ?n
he cut his grass whenever it rained,
- onoohOo LIS Wned up green,
He cut his corn behind the frost.
His hogs was allus lean.
He built his stacks big end up,
His corn cribs big end down
" Crooked as Mullins roadside fence
Was a proverb in our town.
The older he got the wuss he grew.
And c%rookeder day by day,
The squint of his eyes would wind a
clock,
His toes turned out each way
His boots and shoes was both of 'em
lefts,
The rheumatic twisted so;
But If you said he didn't look well
He'd growl, Now how do you know ?''
And that darned grit led to his death
He was on the railroad track
Crossin' a bridge /; I heard the train
And yelled, " Mullins, come back
The trian is round the curve in sight ~
Says he, Humph, how do you know ?'
| helped to gather him up in a pail
The engine scattered him SO.
| think its best to have more faith
In every day concerns
AND not be allus a snappin' round
To git behind the returns.
A plain statement will do for me,
A hint instid of a blow
A coroner's jury may fetch out facts,
But it's rather late to know.
"A. T. Worden, IN Boston Globe.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
CAN'T STAND PROSPERITY.

TO a casual observer it looks as
though the Democratic party, grand
in its principles, its traditions and
its achievements, was about to go to
pieces under the weight of hard.
earned prosperity. For twenty-four
years it bore up bravely under adj
versity, and after each defeat came
out purer and more united than be-
fore, and now when all these years
of patient trials have been reward
ed by success, it looks as though the
party was going to be disrupted,
torn assunder by internal dissen.
tiOns.-Statfsmaa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24

The doctor, wishing to explain to
a little girl the manner in which a
lobster casts his shell when he has
outgrown it, said: "What do you
do when you have outgrown your
clothes? You throw them aside,
don't your" "Oh, no ~ replied the
child, we let out the tucks.n The
doctor confessed that she had the
advantage of him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
cleanlInss. Of The rreneb people.

TT III D7-T
The most striking characteristics Of the
French people, both in their cities and in
the country, il their cleanliness ara neat
mesa No particle Of dirt Il allowed 10 liza
on any Of the streets five minutes before Il
Is swept up Clean water / flowed into
the cutters, AMI from there thrown over
the streets with large broom, by boys and
men, The smoothly strests are.
In fact. scrubboi Tx n YANKEE houzs.
wife's kitchen. two or thrss times a dar.
Boxes containing the ashes and rsfuse from
tbs houses ara set out upon the eurbs every
morning. and after the cart into which
their contents are eniptisd has passed, thsrs
follow . man with a sprinklinz-can allof
with some dtinfectant. which be carefully
throws over the empty box. Surely Paris
doe not seem to vifer much e foothold
Tor cholera.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
when In The Wrong Channel

The bile wreaks grievous injury. Headaches,
constipation pain in the liver and stomach,
jaundice, nausea ensue. A few doses of Hos
letters ma Bitters willreform these evils
and prevent further injury. 1t is O pleasant
aperient, its action upon the bowels being
u-naccompanied by gripping. The liver is both
regulated and stimulated by it, and as 1t is
very impolitic to disregard disorder of that
organ, which through neglect may eliminate
in dangerous congestion and hespatic abcess,
the Bitters should be resorted to at an early
stage. Failure to do this renders a contest
and ague, rheumatism, kidney and bladder
troubles, are remedied by this fine medicine,
by it. 1t may be also used in convalescence
with advantage, as it hastens the restoration
of Y in0r -.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24

ASafeguard.

The fatal rapidity with which slight
Colds and Coughs frequently develop
into the gravest maladies of the throat
and lungs, is a consideration which should
impel every prudent person to keep It
hand, as q household remedy, q botfls Of
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL.
Nothing else gives such immediate RELIEF
and works SO sure q cure in all affections
of this class. That eminent phySichn,
Prot. F. Sweetzer, Of the Maine Medical
School, Brunswick, Me-, says
"Medical science has produced no othss mo-
dyne expectorant 30 good ~ AYxR's CH1n1Y
PEcToRAL. II is invaluable for diseases Of the
throat and lungs"
The same opinion Is expressed by the
well-known DR.. l.. j. Addison, Of Chicago,
H., who says
~ have never found, In thirty-av yenxs Of
continuous study and practice Of medicine. any
preparation Of so greafvalue as ArxRs CEIHnr
PICTORIAL, for treatment Of diseases Of the
throat and lungs. It not only breaks up colds
and 'curss severe oonghs. but Is more snecttve
than anything else in relieving even The most
serious bronchial and pulmonary edeeanra.v
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24

A North Carolina farmer was rid
iculed by his neighbors for paying
for a comparatively worth
less farm, but their opinion was
changed after he had sold part of
the black walnut lumber on it for
81. 800.