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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
The Bomb Proofs of Arranta.


II was the only refuge from the shells
OF the besiegers. Every household soon
had its place Of refuge. The bomb
proof consisted OF a perpendicular hole
In the ground about four feet square,
and a tunnel Of six feet which led into
a vault Of various dimensions. The
average size Of the bomb proof was
10x12 feet, but many Of them were
larger. Some of them were luxuriantly
furnished, and offered all the comforts
of home in the retreat under ground
from the Sizing and popping shells.
So far az protection TO life was CON
cerned they were perfect. No shell
could penetrate through the roof Of soil
and there was not a chance in a million.
that any Of the enemy's missiles would,
fall in the narrow entrance. The bomb
proof was a complete protection from
the enemy's fiery missiles and saved
many a life in Atlanta. Thousands Of
shells fell in the city during the SIX
weeks of terror, and not half dozen
lives were lost.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28


"Hark! Was that murder 7" said
the guest Of a Brookland mar as
they sat in the library enjoying their
after-dinner cigar. 81 didn't hear
it," replied the host. Why, there
it goes again, only it sounds now
more like a cyclone in the cellar"
The host put his a to the speak
ing-tube leading to the kitchen and
listened a moment. Then he said :
ooh, that's nothing it's only my
wife blowing up the servanG girl for
not telling you to wipe your feet on
the front-door mat instead of the
hall carpet when you came ill.,"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
Our Modern Technical Schools.
IScientIsic American.

The most ardent supporters of tech
meal schools do not claim that they can
supersede the workshop; but they Dc
claim, properly, that the inexperienced
boy can obtain in them a general
knowledge of the character Of mater,
ials, the methods Of working them, and
the reasons why these methods differ.
No experienced mechanic can visit one
Of our modern technical schools with
out feeling that he was a loser because
they were not in his boyhood days, and
that he had no opportunity for the ad
yantages which they unquestlonabiy
give to the embryo mechanic. Such a
school is a means of guiding the young
man to the choice Of an Occupation
mechanical bent, discouraged at home,
is given room for development. Occa-
sionally, however, a parent has inc WIS
dom to help the son in his nelinasloU'
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
OCEAN SIGNAL STATIONS.


Special Correspondence.
New YORK, Nov. 16-Notwith, standing
the con ;tant improvements being made in
all that peSsaias to a safe pas age across
the Atlantic tbs dangers will incroas. al
the traffic does. Though each disaster is
carefully stuffed by sailing masters an
vessel owners that a repetition of 1t may ba
avoided. The competition among steam
ship companies in regard to the cargoei
their vessels may carry AMI the speet they
must attain, together with the great num-
Der of valuable vessels AMI lives constantly
crossing and recrossing this great oc,al
ferry night and day, render it necessary to
spare no means by which the %journs5 may
be rendered more safe and this fioatlng
property secured from less.
Thu chic: danger to be aversed is, OF
course, that of collision, either with rass ling
YES ;els, icebergs. or with the coast, through
errors in calculation during fogs AMI
stormy weather. Besides this the ma
chinery breaks down often rendering the
vessel a helpless hulk against strong winds
and tide.
No end of regulations have been framed
for the guidance of mariners, even to the
precise path they must follow in their course
across the oceans. These lanes, as the strips
across the Atlantic, reserved for the differ
emit lines Of steamers, are called, look like a
very sensible idea, but the facts are the
keeping within them is honored more often
in the breach than in the obser Each
captain endeavors to bring his vessel across
in the quickest time possible, so is of course
bound to take the shortest route. Besides,
no matter how earnest the desire TO keep a
vessel in its prescribed lane, a cyclone may
come along and mix those vessels up as
thoroughly as it has children out west. 1t
is during the dense fogs which prevail for
a week at a time, when obser v~ations are
impossible, that the mariner is most liable
to go astray. To provide. as it were, guide-
posts for those who go down into the sea in
ships. it has many times been proposed to
string along over the Atlantic cables u
number Of floating stations. These stations
would be anchored to the bottom and con-
nectei with the cables SO as to be il con-
slant communication with the shore and
with one another.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28

o. cv1er stations mat arc inacessspis. OUT
for q shars time each yen. There will be
no diff ultv in ohtainsa crews. Who
will tu Id thu stations Is tn Only qlestionf
The propossss OF IBIS -ysSem maation
the value OF Ties, ~ststions to dotecs AM
report the approach of storms. Herein
woulf lie their great value undoubtedly,
Lus only to Eacope. as the general course
of storm is from cas- 10 vast. Ihe COM
merce OF Great Britain would derive great
advan.a rs from thu information this ssr-
vice would give. Then the vessels waich
would BE- guilei from loss through these
stations Q | fly thu British colors. Hence
it is a que ton if the pan Will b. ever car.
iisi cu5. s. Ii. HoRGAN
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
Railroads.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD.

" -
On and after Sunday, Aug. 80, 1885, trains
will run as follows: STANDARD Time.)
EASTWARD.
Fast Mail leaves Martinsburg at 7 10 a m
B~edington 7 30, Falling Waters SO, williams
port Station 7 4S, Hagerstown s 10, Chambers
burg 8 %, Carlisle 10 20, arrive at Harris'g IL 10,
Phila. 3 Is pm.
Mail Express Train leaves Martinsburg at
325pm. Bedington 8 39, Falling Waters 8 IS, WI
Transport station 3 81, Hagerstown A 80 Cham
bersburg 5 Is, Carlisle 8 so arrive at Harrisburg
at 7 %, Phifa. 6 30 a. m.
WESTWARD.
Accommodation leaves Harrisburg at I 40 g
M, Carlisle 8 Is, Chamberspurg 9 IS, arrives at
Hagerstown at 10 35, Williamsport Station 10
90, Falling Waters IL %, Bedington IL 90, Mar
tinsburg II %.
Mail leaves Harrisburg at IL s. p m, Carlisle
IL %, Chambersburg 10, arrive at Hagerstown
at 40, Williamsport Station ZOE, Falling Wa
tiers . z, ~Bedington 3 50, Nartinsburg 4 90.
Day express leaves Harrisburg at 4 90. Car
Isle so, Chambersburg 6 0S, Hagerstown Z O3.
Williamsport Station 7 80, Falling Waters 81,
B~edington ! A., arrives at Martinsburg7 so D. a.
w. A. GARD, Agt. j. f. BOYD, Supt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
A BOSTON GIRL.

First Philadelphian uTbat wo.
remarkably beautiful girl you wara
dancing with last night. KnnN.
herr ANU"
Second Philadelphian: aNo sho,,
a stranger here. 1 vas iptrodroos
by the master of ceremonies T
should like to know somatb;na
about her."
First p: "Couldn't you find on.
where she belongs gn
Second P: NO; l tried to ascar
tain that, but she was extremely "a.
served, eyaded social subjects
seemed inclined to discuss science
and art, and said something about
the protoplasm of the
First p: "Protoplasm! Thu,
settles it. She's from Boston,
Boston Carrier.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
MINIMIZING THE MlNUreNgss
or the Impression Made by New York
Upon American Society III General.
IGail Hamilton's letter.

or the impression Made by New York
Upon American Society in General.
IGail Hamilton's Letter.
But it is charged upon us that havin,
abolished n hereditary aristocracv ~
are bowling down to n nlntocracv W.
are very rich, vet it seems to me that
the men who denrecate tha incraoSinni.
deleterious influence of wealth unon
American society sing from the tev'
note of provincialism. They lament t6o
ostentation. the yulgarity. the wild com.
petition of American society. and thev
mean New York. They mean even =
small CLIQUE of New York. But New
York il not a politioal center. NOT a IN
erary center. II is the commercial con
ter. the center of wealth. perhans ~
millinery and mantua-making-bnt ia
stamn OF books. of science Of art of
character. of rayety. gives no eurrency
1t is not ONLY that BOSTON and Cbi.
cago and New Orleans and San Fran.
cisco. il is not only that Nashville and
Richmond and Bangor and Norwich. il
is that Chebaeeo Ponds and santa Bar.
bara and Prior Lake form their iudg.
ment cody, independently. without ref.
erence to New York-indeed indge
New York. They hear of n New 'York
millionaire racing up Mount WASHING,
ton and are NOT in the least -inoeuIated
with a desire to initiate him Thew
think IL a rather f~rivolous nse 10 nnt
Mount WASHINGTON IN and that IL Ina
end of il.
They road n newsnaner colnur cor.
corning the diamond and silken snIendor
Of a bridal retention in the great citv
and thev shudder. for on that dav an
other bride another brideSroom ne
vouno as hannv as honefnI hold their
ana A-pp!, :" Aepout, ~
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.

Time Table in effect Oct. IL, 1885. Daily ex.
cept Sunday. W
Leave Martinsburg, &c. V. r. R.,)7I5am.
Hagerstown 8 % a M, ar M~echanistown . 0s'
Frederick II 30. York II 81, Westminster 10 II,
Baltimore IL 40 a m.
Leave Hagerstown for Baltimore 7 IS a M
% p m, for Chambersburg, Waynesboro. and
Shippensburg . 45-11 90 a m and 7 90 D m.
Leave Baltimore 4 40 q m, Westminster x 70.
fredericksburg 6 81 a IN, arrive Haqerstown Z,
IS, Martinsburg1l Is a m.
Leave Baltimore 90 a m and A 90 d m. arrive
Hagerstown IL 10 and s 90 D m. Leave Ship
p~ensburg 9 10 a MI Is and25 so pm, Chambers
q 10 a nj 4S and 8 % p m, Waynesboro . IS a
m, 3 25 and S 90 D m,
b. /. GRISWOLD, !. NJ. HOOD
General Ticket Agent. Genl Manager.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
A GREAT DISCOVERY!
HOLDSTEIN'S

The only sure cure for Dyspepsia, and
all Kidney, Lirer, Blood. and Skin Dis
eases. Is warranted not only to relieve
but to cure the wost cases of Dyspepsia.
and is a panacea for all diseases arising
from a disordered condition of the Liver
or Stomach, such as Indigestion, Bilious
ness, Sick Headache, Distress after eat
ing, weakness of Kidney or Bladders.
call at A. M. GILRERTiS
Drug store and get a bottle. Price 25
and 20. Also, all kinds of Drugs, Pat
ent Medicines, and Toilet and Fancy ar
ticles, and everything kept in a first
class drug store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
HANOVER AND BALTIMORE R. R.

On and after May IS. 1884, trains will run and
connect as follows:
WESTWARD.
Leave Hfllen Station, BALTIC. 8 IS a H. D m.
through cars for Hanover, New Oxford, Gettys-
9nrg, harrisburg, York, Philadelphia, New
1orK. Connee at Emory Grove with trains
on W. nj. r, R. for Hagerstown and FREDERICK.
Sunday at 2 p m for Hanover.
W
Leave Gettysburg 8 a m, 2 Is m, through
cars for BALTIC, connect at Emory Grove witt
trains for Frederick and Hagerstown. at
Baito. with trains for Washington, Pittsburg.
fhiia. New York. Al. ~EieheIberger, Pres.
Hanover, Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
Thum, signatures in San Francisco.

Thumb signatures to documents,
where the signer pokes his thum into
the ink bottle and jabs it down on the
paper, are said to be coming into fashion
in San Francisco. 1t is declared that
no two thumb signatures are alike, and
forgery will be impossible. Here's a
possible good bye to ''his x mark"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
WHEN MAMMA WAS A LITTLE GIRL

tGrace T. Coolidge, in ST. Methodist
When mamma was a little girl
Tor SO they say to mel,
She never used Co romp and run,
Nor shout and scream with noisy fur.
Nor climb an apple tree.
She always kept her hair in curl
When mamma was a little girl.
When m was a little girl
Ut seems to her, you seel,
She never used to tumble down.
Nor break her doll, or tear her gown,
Nor drink her papa's tea.
She learned to knit "plain,n "seam" and
'purln-
When mamma was a little girl.
But grandma says-it must be true
How fast the seasons DER us whirll
Your mamma, dear, was just like you.
When she was grandma's little girlp
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28

The man who went to the country
for rest and change" says the wait
ers got the most of the change and
the landlord the rest.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
Asbestos Hat lining.

Asbestos is SO well known az a nom
conductor of heat that the advantage of
its use for hat-linings is obvious. Such
Innings are being widely introduced,
especially in the head-gear for warm
climates and summer weather.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
OLD FAMILY GROCERY,
STILL AHEADi-

Having enlarged my storeroom, Ihave
concluded to keep in addition to groceries,
a stock of
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS,
such as Muslins, Ginghams, Fannels, &C.
FAMILY GROCERIES of all kinds, Sugar,
Coffee, Tea, Flour, Hams, Molasses, Coal
Oil, Tobacco, Cigars, at lowest prices. I
call especial attention to my "Wine Bit
tiers and "E~lderberry Tonics," both
homemade and used as appetizers in sick
ness. Keep also a large stock of
OLD HOMEMADE WINES,
Grape, Blackberry, Currant, Wild Cher
ry, &c. Also Coal and Wood.
"a Pure Grape Juice for Communion
purposes. With thanks for past patron
age, solicit a share in the future.
JOHN SNODEAL,
Winchester Pike, Martinsburg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28

AhHN vi
Each vessel will be fitted with a number
Of decks, divided into cabins, scientific.
operating and supply rooms. and will be
submerged to a depth sufficient to enable
them to maintain an equilibrium at all
times. In the lower hold two large anks,
for water ballast will be placed, and
the depth of submarsion will be regulated
by the quantity Of sea water contained
therein. Each vessel will be supplied with
engines, boilers and condensers for manu-
facsuring fresh water from sea water for
all purposes. Coal and provisions for all
emergencies will be kept constantly sup.
piled.
The vessels will be supplied with extra
stores of provisions, ~naviga5ory and med
ical supplies, and will contain am pie re ID
ing and recreation rooms for the attaches.
The lightships will be located along. ON
both sides, If necessary, the most feasible
OF the lane routes at distances as nearly
equal as may be found practicable, riding
at a mushroom anchor. which permits n
vessel to swing without fouling: the moor
ing cable being a light steel cable, recently
devised, which allows a vessel to ancaor
with TWO or three mills of water between
her and the bottom of the ocean. These We
sells being connected with the cable viii
permit either duplex or quadruplex systems
OF biography to be used, as is at present in
vogue upon the land lines Of tho United
States.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28

80 r R-Trains for Cumberland. Wheel
ing. P~ittsburg and west leave Martinsburg at
lz2, ll0l, 10 Sc and 8 so a m and IL % and 4 40
P M. Trains for Washington and Baltimore
leave at 3 So a m. 5 0s, s pick up, IL 10, IL q a m,
and 8 Oh p m, accommodation 5 %.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28

Herewith is presented a plan for such a
system o. floating is,and3, as suggested by
Mr. Freder c. A. Clouiman, OF Rondout,
n. Y. which is intended. he says: First,
to collate and forward daily meteorological
observations from fixed stations in the
North Atlantic OCEAN to the signal service
and weather bureaus of England and
america, for the benefit of science, CON-
merce and agriculture; second, to aid the
passengers and crews o. wrecked or dis
tressed vessels in mid ocean, by reporting
their condition, extending to them a haven
of refuge, and aiding them in many other
ways; third, to report the progress and
condition OF all the ships engaged in trans
atlantic trade, and causing their position
10 be almost constantly known; keeping
them fully informal as to the location of
stray icebsrgs, iceioes and other obstacles
to successful navigation.
The plan consists principally of the con-
~struction of ten or more cir cular vessels,
built in a substantial manner, to en- able
them to withstand the onslaughts OF the
heaviest seas, with IN upper deck, convex
in shape. from which arises a light iron
framework, sustaining an electric are light.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-28
ASTRAY

A STRAY HOG came to the premises of
LEVI PITsNoGLE, in Falling Waters Dis
trict, three months or more ago !; the
owner will call. prove property, pay
damages, and take the hog away.
LEVI PITSNOGLE.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-23
RAID ON FLASH PAPERS.
Henry Bergh, Comstock and Others Getting
in Their Work Against Sensational
Literature.
Special to the Globe.


New YoEK, Feb. 22.- Three of the refor
matory societies of this city, headed respect
lively by Rev. DR.. Crosby, Anthony Com
sto * and Henry Bergh, aud backed so pow
erfully by religious influence and philau
thropic wealth, they usually accom- plish what
ever they undertake, combined while ago
10 extcrmin the bad picture papers.
Tner procured the passage Of law under
which the vendor of paper devoted princip-
ally to the illustration and description of
crimes can be sent 30 prison. If he displays
such journal where minor can see it, he
is also liable to punishment The first arrests
are being made. The papers which It is pro-
posedIo suppress, so far as this state is con-
cerned. are the Police News aud Police Ga
zette The owner of the news Is John
Strtson, manager OF the Fifth
Avenue theater here, and the Globe
in Boston, where the sheet is
printed. He says that his revenue from this
source is $1,000 u week. Richard K. Fox,
noted IN matters Of athletic sports, owns the
Gazette which he bought only few years
ago for $500 from the late Police Supern-
tendent Matsell, and with which he has rap
illy enriched himself. Comstock is the active
manager Of the campaign, and he declares
that not a copy OF either publication shall b.
sold IN this stale.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-23
BUTTER AND CHEESE MEN
OF Iowa Hold Their Annual Association
Meeting.

Special to the Globe.
STRAWBERRY PofNT, Ia, Feb. 22.--The
ninth annual meeting Of the Iowa Butter
and Cheese association commenced its ses-
sion in the new opera house here on Tuesday
afternoon and adjourned last evening. The
meetings have been OF unusual interest aud
the attendance has been very large. Had the
railroad been unobstructed by snow-drifts it
would have been a conundrum how to ac-
commodate so large crowd The
papers read and the discussions
were Of q practical order, and inclnded
every branch Of agriculture relating to breed
ing, raising AMI feeding OF cattle, systems
Of dairying, com pared modes or collecting
cream and milk, the testing OF milk and
cream for its butter value essential to salts
factory results, the Importance of pure water
In dsirying, and for herds, milk fever, abor-
tion In herd, stauchiOns and humanity in
fastening Of cattle, wholesome and un-
wholesome methods Of preparing coloring
matter for dairy products. A committee was
appointed TO prepare articles Of incorporation
for the association. Resolutions in favor OF
protection to dairy products against adulter-
ations sold as butter were adopted and refer
red to the lawmakers. The association is IL
favor Of having thorough farmer ut the
head OF the agricultural department at Wash
ington, and passed resolutions urging the
appointment Of Hon. W. T. Smith of Mo-
haska county for that position. Mr.. Smith
is pratIcal farmer and stock man and is
president of the Iowa State Agricultural as
sociatiou. At the annual cleo
tion for officers Of the Butter
aud Cheese association, Hon. {. d.
Hermann, Of Jones county, was elected
president, aud Col. r. II. Littler was elected
secretary for the tenth time It ls thought
that the make Of butter during the coming
season will be tcry large, possibly reaching
200, 900 pounds per week AZ the flush of the
seasoD. Iowa has about l, ,25o, 900 cows. The
dairymen are enthusiastic over the success Of
Iowa at the several national and interna-
tional fairs. The location Of the next con-
vention, to be held ON the FIRST Tuesday Of
next December, was deferred for sixty days
to give the towns desiring It chance to
make propositions for ifs entertainment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-23

for our immortal soul? Or, to put 1t In an
other shape, do you not really think that our
im mperishable soul Is worth at least ones
seventh as much as our perishable bodyg You
must not forget that ninety
dredths of all the Christian efforts Of this
country are put forth on the Lords day
Tnat is the day in which the asylums and
the hospitals aud the prisons are visited By
Christian men. That is the day when the
youth Of our country get their chief relig-
ious information. That is the day when the
most Of the charities are collected. That is
the day when, under the blast Of $4,000
American pulpits, the sin Of the land is as
saulted and men are summoned to repent
When you make war upon any part Of Gods
day you make war upon the asylums and the
penitentiaries and the hospitals and the re-
form associations and the homes of the des-
titute and the church of the living God which
is the pillar and the ground Of the truth.
am opposed to the invasion of the Sab
bath because it is war upon our political
institutions When the Sabbath goes down
the republic goes down. Men who are not
willing to obey Gods law in regard to Sab
bath observance are not fit to govern them
selves. Sabbath breaking means dissnlute-
ness, and dissoluteness is Incompatible with
self-governmeut. What is the matter with
republicanism in Italy and Spaina No Sab
bath. France will never have a permanent
republic until she quits her
REGISTERING sABBATHs.
Let the bad work go on and you have the
Commune, and you have the Revolution, and
you have the sun Of national prosperity going
down in darkness and blood. From that
Reign of Terror may the God Of Lexington
and Gettysburg deliver usl
! believe as certainly as I stand here that
the triumph or overthrow OF American insti-
tutions depends upon the Sabbatic contest
Bring your voices, your pens, your printing
presses, and your pulpits into the Lords ar
tilirry corps for the defense Of our holy day.
Decree before high heaven that this war on
your religious rights and the cradles of your
children shall bring ignominious defeat to
the enemies of God and the public veal. For
those who die in the contest battling for the
right we shall chise the epitaph: "These are
they who came out of great trihulation and
had their robes washed aud made white in
the blood of the Lamb" But for that one
who shall prove in this moral crisis recreant
to God aud the church there shall be no hon
orable epitaph. He shall not be worthy even
Of burial place in all this free land; but
perhaps some steam tug at midnight may
carry out his poor remains and drop them in
the sea, where the lawless winds which keep
no Sunday will gallop over the grave OF him
who lived and died traitor TO God, the
church and the free institutions OF America.
Long live the Christian Sabbath Perish for
ever all attempt to overthrow it