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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-07-11
THE HOME OF IDA LEWIS.


the past. The old part of the town is SO
very old, so Indifferent to the times and the
fashions thereof, and the new part is so ex-
tremely and aggressively new and modern.
that the contrast is perfect.
The people of both localities are as dis
tinct as the French and the English They
never mix, never rub off upon each other.
There are the ''old families of the town, or
remnants of them, who are as '1ords of
high degree because of their oldnesS; but
the ordinary people of the town have moth
ing in common with the ''swelldom" which
dsnstitutes the new part. There are several
layers OF society in the new part, and they
never mix. The ''swellsn have certain days
on which they go to the Casino The lines
Of demarcation are drawn with a stub
pointed pen. Indeed it must require rather
arduous work on the part of society to keep
these lines well marked
The hotel guests are still another set The
cottagers rarely have anything to do with
them. They may be very rich, very elegant,
very estimable, but they form distinct
society among themselves, in no way a part
of Viewpoints resident society What is
considered society here is made up of the
cottagers, the residents. No end of enter
tanning is done all the time. Breakfasts.
luncheons, teas dinners, receptions keep
neck and neck with time continually. Then
there are polo clubs, yachting clubs, fishing
parties and fox hunts, to say nothing of the
different species of recreation furnished by
the Casino. But they say there will be no
fox hunts this year No reason is alleged
for this mark of consideration toward foxes.
Many OF the cottagers are fabulously wealthy
and display their wealth in dress and enter
tainments of Persian maghifcence Several
ladies are quoted as never appearing twice
In the same gown, no gown costing less than
$500 and oftener $1,000 Yet this splendor
does not always represent happiness. Nu-
merous tales of domestic misery, cankering
envies and ignoble emulation are constantly
flying The perils of life on such financial
and social attitudes are frightful; its intel
iectual limitations particularly narrow, its
spiritual growth nothing Altogether, the
lesson to be learned from it is that happiness
dwells oftener with the middle class than
elsewhere. "Give me neither poverty nor
riches" is the prayer of wisdom
Driving is the main feature of elegant life
here Bellevue avenue, the fashionable
drive, is vast stream of vehicles, of every
pattern of stylishness, from the first of July
until the first of October Coachmen. foot
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GANoTowN ITEMS.

Warm and dry yet, and no indica.
tions of rain.
The streams are almost as low az
they were during the drouth of last
autumn. '''''
There Is not much of interest to
note this week, it is too warm to oct
up much of breeze.
There was little indulgence in f,sti-
GUNS near here, the other evening
with one of the visible results being
some japanese dentistry performed
by an amateur, and a prospect OF an
assault and battery case before a Jus.
tice. : va
Some of our farmers are HAULING in
their grains and Others are lust done
harvesting. 'o
The crop of straw is light, but the
heads are wei filled. and the duality
of the grain is good.
We regret to note that Mira John
u. Barney is quite poorly again. We
had hoped to see her well bv thss
time. Trup e''l7
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CHANNlNG MkmOHlAL ChUhCH.
most wholly gone cut of vogue-beach bath
ing, mean. The co.tagers wouldn't dream
of going into the surf When they want to
lave themselves with salt water they have it
hauled to their homes ia barrels and battle
as we are commanded to pray. in secret.
Until recently the beach was almost wholly
given over to nurses and children, and very
dirty children without nurses. There are
bathing houses of a common order, bathing
suits to let that rank them, a miserable old
shed courteously called pavilion, no bath
ing-ropes, and strip of very smooth beach,
with the old, old-fashioned sea washing it
and singing its eternal lullaby.
Married men are numerous-almost too
numerous. The scarcity of unappropriated
masculinity gives them undue swing among
the fair. Wives are often furious at young
girls for flirting with their husbands never
seeming to realize that the husbands are the
real offenders They promised to love.
cherish and protect said wives, and the
young girls didn't. No girl could firt with
a married man if the man were not willing
am not an adept in flirting, but it always
appeared to me that it was game that
took two interested players-a pursuer and
pursued In the proper order of things man
is the pursuer.
Newport covers an immense amount of
ground, and is just now dressed in living
green. Part of it is rich in trees and shrub
berry, and other parts are all rock and sea-
What is called the ocean drive is a long,
smooth road bordered with barren rocks and
frightened by little bayous. Seen from
across the inner harbor- Newport has both
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GRAFTON, w. VA, July John
L. Heckmer, late treasurer of the
Catholic knights of America, who
absconded two years ago, it is alleg
ed, with $4,000 of the funds of the
order, and who is charged with forg
ing the names of his securities, was
brought here today by Sheriff Rus
sell, of Lebanon county, Ky. He
was taken before Justice Geo. W.
Brown, who admitted him to bail in
the sum of $4,000 for his appearance
before the Circuit Court of this coun.
ty on the 25th inst.
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WITHIN THE CASINO.

an inner and outer harbor-the city looks
like mass of foliage sprinkled with attrac-
tive architecture In the inner harbor Lime
Rock island, the home of Ida Lewis, is sit
uated- The house is Square, white painted
structure, without leaf or bush of any kind
near it, Ida Lewis and her mother reside
there, and keep the light ablaze
One of the most precious relics OF the past
here is old Trinity church. 1t is. indeed,
feature which belongs to vanished day.
though much priced by certain ones who
breathe in the present. 1t is Of wood, was
built in 1875, and its tall, square spire is sur.
mounted by crown.
The Claiming Memorial church. On Pei
ham street, opposite Touro park, is as mod
ern as Trinity is antqu2. 1t was built in
1880, in memory of William Ellery Chan
ming, the father OF Unitariansm in this
country, and is the most beautiful sanctu-
airy in Newport. Its architecture is early
English Gothic; its shape cruciforrn. 1t has
three entrances tower, a turret, and ex
tremely beautiful stained glass windows.
The summer is the fiourishing season for
the churches here as well as fer everything
else. They have imported singers, give
outdoor scciables and are we'll attended
by the transient people, who contribute
Last Sunday l heard minister gracefully
refer to this boom" in piety, and an
nounce that from that Sunday the plate
would be regularly passed, in order to
catch whatever stray change might be
roaming around in the pocket of the tran
sient visitor. He didn't put it in these
words, but he made his meaning clear, and
rose on his heels when he did SO, by way
of emphasis.
Another much priced relic is the Old
Ruin, or old Stone Mill, in Touro park.
near the head of Bellevue avenue. Every
creature who has ever written line about
Newport takes whack at this helpless
ruin. 1 would spare it if / dared. But It
does such heroic duty as promoter of
conversation among the visitors, and is so in
teresting in itself, that must drag it in. No
one knows how or when it came into exist
snce. The oldest inhabitant knows nothing
of its origin. So far as he knows it al
ways was 1t is circular wall of rough
stone, which has been harled with lime, now
nearly all fallen off, is twenty. four feet
high, raised on eight pillars about seven
feet high, and five or six feet apart. A few
years ago it was covered with clambering
vines, which have been removed in order to
preserve it, Tradition credits it to the Morse
men, though there are some who believe it
to be the remains of an old mill of the early
settlers, though no mill that ever turned
wheel was constructed like it that anyone
knows of. Miniature copies of it are scat
tered over the country from sea to sea-
Newport takes pride in it and its impene
trable mystery.
The Casino is Viewpoints particular glory
nd with reason. Its tastefulness, beauty,
and usefulness in keeping people amused
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Wool.
The -clin of wool ic

The clip of wool is ready waiting for mar
ket, but the price is still in the trough Of the
sea. Wool growers are in the dumps. In
some localities the clip is below that of last
year. The market presents some unparalleled
features. For four years prices have been
depressed to the lowest notch. Such long
continued poor prices are unheard of.
Everybody is waiting for something to
turn up. The Texas wool clip will amount
to 30,0O0,0 600 pounds, prices down to nothing
In Ohio small sales Of the finest wool have
been made at 33c. In the New York market
prices are at the lowest with very little
demand 1t is the same in Boston. Every
body is grumbling, and at the same time
hoping for better things. This much is GER
tain. Better times always come by and by.
il people can only afford to wait long enough
The stagnation cannot continue forever. 1t
begins to look already as though the ten
dency was to start upward. At any rate,
even now don't sell off your Sheep They
are bound to pay again in time.
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A Great Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, of Newton, la. says
My wife has been seriously affected
with a cough for twenty-five years, and
this spring more severely than ever be
fore. She had used many remedies with
out relief, and being urged to try DR.
Kings New Discovery, did so, with mos,
gratifying results. The first bottle re,
lieved her very much, and the second
bottle has absolutely cured her. She has
not had 30 good health for thirty wears. :
Trial Bottles Free at E. C. Williams &
Bros Drug Store. Large size S1.OO.
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cAvE-IN OF A MINE.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, July An
extensive caye-in occurred this morn
ing at No. 3 of the Baltimore mines
of the Delaware and Hudson Com
pany, about one mile from here. The
miners living in the vicinity heard a
rafting noise during the morning,
and on making an investigation
found the earth cracking and falling
in. As yet, however, it has not set
tied over three inches. The cave-in
takes In at least ten acres of land,
over which branch railroads of the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com
pany and the Delaware and Hudson
Company are daily running coal
trains. A portion of the track has
been greatly affected, making it i'm
possible to run any trains at present.
The cracking Of the earth seems to
be extending. The men and mules,
together with all the mining imple-
ments, have b0en recovered from the
mines.
An Investigation shows that many
oil the plliarS were ground TO atoms
and that the roof had settled over a
foot creating violent current of air,
which threw down several miners
and boys who were making their es-
cape. Charles Laubach, a driver
boy, who was dashed against a pill
lar, was dangerously injured. The
bed of the Delaware and Hudson
Company's Railroad, passing over
the spot where the caye-in took place,
has been lowered six feet for a dis
tance of one hundred yards. A train
of loaded coal cars had passed over
it just when the earth was giving
away. A brakeman on the rear end
of the train, feeling himself going
down, jumped from the car and ran
IN the opposite direction. The train
however, passed over the sunken
track in safety. The portion of the
mine where the cave-in took place is
nearly worked out, and wholesale
robbing of the pillars caused the ac-
cident.
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THE REDWOOD LIBRARY.

make it the star feature of the ''city by the
sea-" The building is of the old colonial
style of architecture, beautiful without and
within, and its grounds and depar tments are
commodious and comfortable. It costs some
thing to be subscriber to its pleasures. For
the season, S25; for one month, SIS; for two
weeks, $40; for one week, IS; for three
days, $3.50; for one day, 81. It
regularly opened ON the first of
July, and its pleasures are now in
full blast. 1t is located on Bellevue avenue,
the swell drive A club room, reading
room, committee room, restaurant, cafe.
piazzas, court, tennis court, lawn tennis
ground, kitchen, private dining rooms,
fountain, flowers, balconies and theatre
make up its attractions. The theatre is
beautiful, and seats 500 persons. The
greater part of the main building is reserved
for the exclusive use of the stockholders and
subscribers, while the public is admitted to
the grounds, when there are band concerts
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-07-11
LETTER FROM NEWPORT
WHAT THE FAMOUS CITY BY THE
SEA LOOKS LIKE.
How Its People Pursue the Phantom
Pleasure-Co Cottages and Cottagers-The
Business of Driving-The Beach
without Bathers.


NEWPORT, July S-To stranger New
port looks like place where the business of
making living was all over, and the people
had nothing to do but enjoy themselves.
Even in the old part of the town, or city
rather, for it is an Incorporated city, on
Thames street, where something in the
nature of trade goes 90, there is no furry
or rush in it. The splendid residences, old
and new, which have made Newport, pre-
sent brave show to the world, as though
they represented the highest attainable
point of earthly comfort and ease They
have their own skeletons, grinning and ugly,
but they are kept decorously locked up.
The birds will tell you not to imagine too
much happiness therein.
1t is the fashion to call these imposing
villas cottages" Cottagesl They are
mansions, almost palaces The peculiar
architecture of some of them, as well as the
solid stone walls which surround the
grounds, suggest castles. Elegance, comfort
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-07-11
Myriads of Cures

Achieved by AYERS SARsAPARILLA. IN
the past forty years, are attested, and thare
is no blood disease, at all possible OF cur,
that win not yield to It. Whatever thr
ailments of this class, and wherever found
from the scarvy Of the Arctic circle to lhe
Hveldt-soresn of South Africa, this rem.
edy has afforded health 10 the sufferers
by whom It was employed. Druggists
everywhere can cite numerous cases, with.
In their personal knowledge, Of remark.
able cures wrought by Il, where all other
treatment had been unavailing. People
win do well to
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-07-11

We can't agree with the Statesman
in its dog in the manger" argu-
ments this week. 1t talks abont
men "with no special adaptation
for, nor right to a position claim
ing to have say i'll politics and de-
manding share in the offices. The
class alluded to must be the COM
mon people, who for years have vo-
ted for the party and worked for the
class that lives on public offices and
positions. 1t is true in all parties
and departments Of life, that when
there is work to be done the ordina
ry man is good enough; but when it
comes to hOnors and offices then a
few blackcoats of the upper-tens go
together and share them out, while
a farce is going on outside to
draw the wool over the eyes of the
common people. Money and a
little heightened appearance go a
good ways. They run politics and
the country. What is the result 2
One class turning against the other
Give me a plain, intelligent, unas
Stunning citizen for common sense
whether he comes from the field, the
workshop or the business ROOM
They were the kind that built and
saved this country. Mechanics and
labOring men are foolish in working
or voting for any onenot of their class
in action or feeling, for they get nc
thanks nor pay for keeping up that
exclusive caste that tries to live or
public life. When will the people
refuse to be led by those who have
no use for them except to serve theil
miserably selfish ends.
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0AIEWA1 IL JEWISH CEMETERY.
temporarily or otherwise. If they can find
recreation in looking at fine houses and we'll
kept grounds and carriages which they do
not own or use they will have grand time
But if they want easy access to the beach,
the sea by moonlight comfortable pavilions
to sit down in and all the other pleasures
one expects to find at what is called sum-
mer resort they will be disappointed Even
money will not purchase you much pleasure
unless you live here and are content with
the stupid joys of swelldom. You can't even
go to the beach and hear what the wild
waves are saying without going on wheels.
If you do walk thither and back you will be
tired to death, and the few poor benches in
the bit of a shed they call pavilion will be
full of nurses and children, and you will
find no seat. Unless you are born for
Iooker-on don't go to Newport.
MAX ELTON.
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Never Give I'm

If you are suffering with low and de.
pressed spirits. loss Of appetite, general
debility, disordered blood, weak consti.
tuition, headache. or any disease of bill.
ious nature, by all means procure a bot.
tie of Electric Bitters. You will be sur.
prised to see the rapid improvement that
will follow you will be inspired with
new life; strength and activity will re.
turn pain and misery win cease, and
henceforth you will rejoice in the praise
OF Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a
bottle by E. C. Williams & Bro.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-07-11
Things to DO and to Know.

A dollar per year to the hen is considered
fair profit on poultry
Pinch back the long main shoots of melons
squashes and cucumbers.
There is at present great discussion as to
whether bees injure young fruit or not.
Opinion seems about equally divided. How
is it!
The red wood posts of fence Ierected in
Napa, Cal, thirty two. years ago were re-
Gently removed and found in as good con-
dition as when first put into the ground
White clover is abundant, and the bass
wood never promised greater amount of
bloom. Up 10 the present time everything
that has bloomed has yielded honey pro-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-07-11

In Virginia the two parties are
buckling on their armor and prepar-
ing for desperate struggle. Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee or Col. Lee, son of
the late Confederate General Rob.
ert Il. Lee, are ahead in the race for
the Democratic nomination, but it
is uncertain as to who will carry the
Republican banner Maybe Malone
will himself.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-07-11
18th DAY OF AUGUST, 1885,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

To the Creditors of James w. Day, de-
ceased.
In pursuance of a decree of the Circuit
Court of the County Of Berkeley, made
in a cause therein pending, tosubject the
real estate of the said James w. Day, to
the payment of his debts, you are requir.
ed TO present your claims against the e.
tate of the said James w. Day, for adju.
dication to John T. Picking, Commission.
er. at his Office in the said County, on or
before the
18th DAY OF AUGUST, 1885.
Witness, s. H. Martin, Clerk Of said
Court, this 18th day of July, 1885.
s. II. MARTIN, Clerk.
July 18th, 1886. augl5
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RICHMOND, Va, July THE
Democrats held meetings in all of
the wards here tonight to elect del.
egates to the Democratic State Con-
yention, which meets in Richmond.
July 10Th. Of the thirty-eight dele
gates to which this city is entitled
and chosen tonight, two thirds are
believed to be favorable to the can
dldacy of General Fitzhugh Lee for
the nomination for Governor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-07-11

A child of Mr.. Edward Smith,
aged sixteen months, was buried
In st. Joseph's Cemetery Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. w. Q. Nelson, Secretary of the
P-ovident Life Association, of Balti-
more, and his wife are spending some
time with friends in this county.
Mr.. ID. F. l.. Boehm, accompanied
by Miss Lille Bush, of Winchester,
spent the 4th with John A. Homrich
of this city.
Harry Smith and Lewis Gerhardt
made flying visit to Greencastle last
week.
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A Fasting Girl.

In Cincinnati sixteen-year-old girl re-
Gently died after fast of fifty-two days.
She had been attacked by something like
paralysis which rendered it impossible
for her to take nourishment. The human
system cannot thrive without good food
and good ability to digest it. Weak and
impaired digestion is rectified by Brown s
Iron Bitters-better than any other tonic
in the world. Mr.. j. E. Freeberg, Pom
eroy, Iowa says : s. used Browns Iron
Bitters for dyspepsia and poor appetite
completely cured me-" 1t will cure you
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Ayer's SarsapanMa

Is the only remedy that can be relied mn,
In all cases, to eradicate the talnt OF harsS'
itary disease and the special eorrun tiee.
Of the blood. 1t Il the only alterstixxss
that Il sufficiently powerful to thoroucbl's
cleanse the system Of Scrofulous any
1Tercurial impurities and the poIlutioS
OF Contagious Diseases. II also mem
tralizes the poisons left by Diphtheris
and Scarlet Fever, and enables ran,j
recuperation from the enfeeblement snS
debility caused by these diseases. 'N
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A Days Work in Flowing.

A smart team turning good furrow in
spring, either stubble or sod, should be able
to turn over one and half to two acres
When larger days work than this are re-
ported it is usually at the expense of the
team, or perhaps of the blowing. So much
depends on the character of the work in fit
ting the land that poor plowmap should
not be tolerated, however large days work
he may claim to be able to do.
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No Work, No Oranpes.

The idea that fortunes are to be made in
Florida without sweat of the brow is the
fiction of land spectators. An orange
grove in Florida is not worth a cent more
than an apple orchard in New England
until its owner has put into it years of hard
work, much money and much impatient
waiting. A writer thinks it could be demon
strated that good apple orchard pays a
larger interest than the best orange grove
in Florida.
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FREEHOLD, N. j., July s.-The
jury IN the trial of Frank Patterson.
the comic opera manager, charged
s Wild raising q note from s20o e.
szzOO and indicted for thirty other
Ioigerles, rendered q verdict ~
guilty. "
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-07-11

"Grandpa, dear, we have come to
wish you many happy returns of
your birthday, and mamma says if
you give us each a dollar, we are
not to lose it on our way home.n
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mew Advertisements,
RoBUsT HEAl1H

Il not always enjoyed by those who ss.,,
20 possess Il. The faint Of corrtr,aa
blood may be secretly undermining ~ ~
constitution. In time, the poison viii s s.e
tainly show its effects, and with ali ths r, M
virulence the longer It has been ailows,Ss
to permeafe the system. Each plnnls, s,S
bon, skin disorder and sense OF unnsin.si
lassitude, or languor, 10 one Of Natnra,.
warnings Of the consequences Of nerles,