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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
ASHES TO ASHES.

Iyou viii pardon my saying it, the re-
torts are arranged quite on the plan Of a
Dutch bake oven. There is a level floor of
fire clay, arched over with a thick wall OF
the sane material. The arch is pepper
boxed full of holes. This is to let the gases
from the consuming body escape into the
flames which play around the oven Coke
is used as the firing material, n an in
tense heat is produced. The body is not
burned, in the ordinary sense. 1t is what
the president of the company calls sin-
cineratel by dry distillation.h The flesh
md soft parts are converted by the terrific
heat into gases and pass through the pep
per-box holes into the flames, where they
are consumed. The bones are calcined and
form a light ash, all that is left.
There is nothing repulsive about the pro-
cas-. On the contrary, there is something
classic and poetic in it. l intend to be Gre
mated 1t is like this: The hearse drives
to the rear door, with the body in a box.
It is carried inside to an ante-room. There
it is lifted from the box and wrapped in
snowy clothes steepd in alum water, SO its
drapery will not take fire too soon. It looks,
thus s~hrouded, quite like the beautiful
marble figures that are sometimes found
sculptured upon thu lids Of cinerary urns
thousands of years old. In Greece, in
Etruria and at Rome they are found among
the rare old ruins. The corpse is then
placed upon an iron bier. which is wheeled
into the audience room. The bier slides
forward from its frame into the retort, and
the door is clapped to.
At the end of an hour nothing is left but
little pile of white ashes. The bodies are
consumed at the rate of 100 pounds every
thirty min utes. One with large bones viii
be longer in consuming than others. At
the end from three pints to two quarts of
ashes are left The cost of cremation will be
$25 for the inciner alton, IS for a funeral
urn and $50 for a niche in the column
barium. This is the building in which fu-
neral urns will be deposited. The first
corpse to be crematsd will be that of ]. c.
Collins, secretary Of thu New York Crema-
ton society.
The crematorium is a great curiosity to
the common people ~thereabouts. While we
were thers a German woman with little
a black eyes cams in and peerei In
quisitively into thu Dutch oven.
That" said the superintendent, lis the
retortn
The little snappy black-eyed woman
started back in horror.
Il like it not, nc, nor she said.
She had been stunned with a word
ELIZA ARcHARn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
The New Version.
brooklyn Earle.l


Some idea Of the number Of copies of the
new version of the Old Testament which
have been n are being printed can be
gathered from the following, which was
published in The Pail Mall Gazette:
A the Oxford university's own paper
mill SIS tons of rags have been consumed in
making $50 tons OF paper for the issue Of
the revised version. It would cover two
and a quarter square miles. It would &c
around the world in q strip Of six inches
wide, or, say, il the pages were laid open
one after another. it would go round the
world The sheets piled in reams as they
leave the mill would make e column ten
times the height of St Paul's. or folded into
books before binding at least 100 times the
height
The copies which are being prepared by
the Oxford University press alone would, If
piled fat one upon another, make a column
more than fourteen miles high. or SO timss
the height Of the monument. T. piled end
on end they would reach seventy four miles
high. or ]. 943 times the height Of the monu-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
SOME TIME.

Some time / think you viii be glad to
know
HThatI have kept you in my heart,
And that my love has only deeper grown
In all that time that we have lived
apart.
Some day when you have slipped away
from care,
And idly fall to dreaming of the past,
And sadly think Of all your life has miss
ed,
You will remember my true love at
last.
Or it may come to pass, some reary
night,
After a day that has. been hard to bear,
When you are weary. heart-sick and for
lorn,
And there is none to comfort or to care.
THAT you will close your tired eyes to
dream
OF tender kisses falling soft and light,
Or restful touches smoothing of your
hair, as in Gays past.
And sweet words spoken for your
hearts delight.l
Oh then you will remember and be
That I have kept you in my heart,
And that your hearts true home will
still be there,
Although we have wandered silent and
apart.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07

A half-naked Indian was looking on at
some workmen in the employ Of Governor
Dudley, of Massachusetts,.
why dom you work and get yourself
some clothesF' asked the governor.
why don't you work. retorted the son
of the forest.
Il work head work" said Dudley, point
ing to his head.
The Indian sail he was willing to work,
and agreed to kill a calf for the governor.
Having done so. be came for his pay.
But" said the governor, .you have not
dressed the cali.
NO. said the Indian; 81 was to have q
shilling for killing him Am hs no dead,
GOVERNOR
Finding himself outwittei, the governor
gave him another shilling for dressing IL.
1t was not long before the Indian came
back, demanding q good shilling in place Of
the bad one which he declared thu covering
had paid him. The governor paid him an
other.
Returning q second time with stia an
other brass piece to be exchange, the gov
ernor. con-, need Of his knavsfy, offered
him half a crown IL he would deliver . let
ter for him
: The letter was directed to the keeper Of
the prison, and ordered him to give the
bearer a csrtain number Of lashe4I
The Indian, suspecting that all was mot
right, and meeting . servant Of tho COVER.
nor, induced him to take the letter to it,
address.
The result of the Indians stratagem was
that a severe whipping was administered
to the unfortunate servant The governor
was greatly chagrined At being . second
time outwitted BY the Indian
On falling in with him Some time after,
be accosted him with soma severity, asking
him how be had dared to cheat and dsceivs
him so many times.
Head work, governor, bead work" VA
tae audacious reply.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07

The Greeks understood these Illusions Of
the eye so perfectly that they mads allow
ances for them in building. The Greeks
were the most skilful architects that have
ever lived. They knew that il columns
which were intended to LOOK perfectly
straight were really made 10 they would
have looked as if they were followed in at
the center. So they made them bulge out
ward just the least bit, at the middle por-
ton, and then they looked exactly right.
In q beautiful Greek portico tho columns
are not put precisely straight up n down.
If they had been they would have seemed
to our deceiving eyes as If they leaned out
ward. So they we're made to liant a little
inward, and so appeared upright and
symmetrical 1t was so with corners and
angles as well. They were changed a littIs
from the direct lines, so they would look
right. Lines were curved slightly ia order
that they might appear straight Yet SO
skilfully yves all this done that people Of
our time would never have found it out
except by actual measurement.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07

the shakes regularly every other day.
Around Fresh Pond, however, the ground
is more elevated, and there they say the
pest of the country is not SO prevalent.
A jolly newspaper woman and ! went out
on q little lark to see the building where
corpses are to be consumed yesterday.
win you kindly tell us where the crem-
atory isl" We asked a young man. We
rather prided ourselves on the fine touch
we gave our pronun citation of the word, the
firstsyllable, .crem,n torhyme with gen.
strictly according to the rules Of high art.
But the young man said:
1.-THE cream-atorya It's right up there on
the hil.n
Fresh Pond is a hamlet Of 500 people more
or less. There is not a doctor or a grocer
in the village. But it has fourteen beer
saloons, and their owners are getting rich.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
A-gue.shaken sufferers.

Who restort TO Iiostetter's 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 q high reputa-
ton for the gitters. But the article Is not o
specific merely for the various forma. of ma
larial disease, II endows the system with a
degree of vigor, and reforms Its irregularities
with q certainty that constitutes its best de-
fence against disorders of the stomach, liver
and bowels. specially rife where the atmos-
phere and water are miasma tainted. Fever
and ague. bilious, remittent, dumb ague and
ague cake are remedled and prevented by 10,
and it also removes dyspepsia, constipation.
rheumatism, &c. Fake this medicine on the
first indication that the system is out OF order,
and rest assured that you VIII be grateful for
the hint,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07

And yet they don't at all. The fact ID
that the lines are perfectly straight all the
way down and parallel 1t is the arrange
ment of the small diagonal lines that makes
the long lines in Fig. 1 look as though they
were bent outward In the middle and
those in Fig. 2 seem inclined inward. Your
eyes deceive you
Another. interesting experiment Is men,
toned. Turn q book upside down and
look at the letters You viii see that
every s will seem smaller at the bottom
than at the TOP. Turn it up right again and
each s will seem the same size, top and
bottom. The letter is actually made
at tho top than at the bottom.
Our eyes naturally represent things q
little larger at the top than they
really are. So the is cast to remedy this
defect in BUR eyesight. When it Is really a
little smaller at the top, the eye enlarges
this part just enough to make it appear
right. Next observe the lines in Fig. 8.
Look at the horizontal lines b and cd.
Guess which is longer. Oh, a b, of course,
again you viii say. Well, get a thread and
measure them. You find that alb and cd
are exactly the same length. It Is the
placing of the diagonal lines that fools this
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07

A great display is making at present Of
'pentesIn or ornamental fiounces, and pieces
for the front breadths Of dresses. Sometimes
the Jet or embroidery pattern covers tho
whole front breadth EeIow the draping.
Sometimes 1t Is merely a Hounce, half a
yard deep, across the bottom. Again it
forms a panel. the embroidery or beading
going in beautiful patterns down the side
where the overskirt opens, and across tho
front, TIL it Is concealed by the draping.
Such dresses are for indoor toilets. They
are Of all colors. and the beading or en-
broidery matches. There are very novel
and striking Grecian and Oriental designs
IN the patterns for these spente8.n
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07

A Scotehman, having hired him
self to a farmer, had a cheese set
down before him, tiath might help
himself. After some time the master
said to him: "Sandy, you take along
time to breakfast ain troth, mas
teri said Sandy. "a cheese o this
size is nae sac soon eaten as yea
may Think
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
MARTINsBURG, W. va, SATURDAY, NOV. Z, 1885.

ment II Is naruy posEue 70 gsvs m susa
Of the number Of goats and shssp Whose
skins nave been required for binding H.
copies, but it has been calculated that $50
goat skins rave been used in binding the
copies which were prssentsd 10 the Ameri.
can committee Of revision on the INST ult
A special act Of congress was passed to Cd
NIT these copies in the United State tree Of
duty"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07

Some Optical Illusions.

In the last number Of 81. Nicholas Mr..
Arlo Bates shows up some curious facts in
optica They prove that our eyes really do
not see straight, and that therefore thsy
cannot be trusted. For instance, in the
picture below observe the two sets Of up
and-dow1 lines, with the diagonal short
lines joining them. Do not the lines in Fig.
/ swell out slightly in the middle, while
those in Fig. 2 come together in the same
placel OF course they do, you will say
Instantly
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
THE NEW YORK cREMAToRY.
You May Now he cheaply I-ncinerated
on Long Island.
Soricspoiluelcc

NEW YoRK. Oc+. 2L-Fresh Pond, Long
island. IS lite country station ten min
utes' l out of either Brooklyn or Long
island City. You pass a good many fresh
penis on the way. In fact the whole dis
tance to your destination seems to be one
dead level Of ~stagnant water. Malariag
There is a doctor cut in those parts who Is
ready to swear he knows of a pic that has
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
Causes of Blindness.

The author of a prize essay on blindness
and its prevention, states that short-sighted-
ness. which is increasing so alarmingly
among reading people, is the cause of 10
per cent of all cases of blindness Of one eye,
AMI that the im,noderate use of tobacco
gives rise to partial bgndnea
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
Myriads of Cures

Achieved by AYERS SARsAPARILLA, in
the past forty years, are attested, and there
is no blood disease, at all possible of cure,
ailments of this class, and wherever found,
from the scurvy of the Arctic circle to the
'veldt-sores'' of South Africa, this rem
edy has afforded health to the sufferers
by whom it was employed. Druggists
everywhere can cite numerous cases, with
in their personal knowledge, Of remark
able cures wrought by it, where all other
treatment had been unavailing., People
will dc well to
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
BuckIen's Arnica saIye.

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, or no pay required
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
tion, or money refunded. Price 25c. per
box. For sale by e. C. Williams & Bro.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07

The shops of the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Railroad, Blish & Co.'s -four
mills and two dwellings, at Seymour.
Ind, were burned, loss s100,OO
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
Ayers SarsapanNa

Is the only remedy that can be relied upon,
In all cases, to eradicate the faint of hered-
of the blood. 1t Is the only Alternative
that is sufficiently powerful to thoroughly
cleanse the system of Scrofu1ous and
Mercurial impurities and the pollution
of Contagious Diseases. 1t also neu-
tralizes the poisons left by D~iphtheria
and Scarlet Fever, and enables rapid
~recuperation from the enfeeblement and
debility caused by these diseases.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07

McNamara. the grave-digger at Staunton,
Va, is So years old, and has buried 1000
persons.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
LIVERY

l would respectfully to the
public generally that l always keep on
hand a full line of
Horses, Buggies, Ph@tons d Vehicles
of every kind to hire at moderate prices.
O. Special arrangements for funerals,
weddings, picnlcs, &c. Buggies and We
hicles for sale and exchange.
JAS. P. GEYER,
In rear Emmert & Fiery's store,
MARTINSBURG.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
Miscellaneous.
ROBUST Health

Is not always enjoyed by those who seem
to possess 1t. The faint of corrupted
blood may be secretly undermining the
constitution. In time, the poison will GER
tainly show its effects, and with 1.-the more
virulence tho longer 1t has been allowed
to perineate the system. Each pimple, sly,
boil, skin disorder aud sense OF unnatural
lassitude, or languor, Is one Of Natures
warnings of the consequences Of neglect.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
Trust Nothing Else

than AYERS SARsAPARILLA. Numerous
crude mixtures are offered to the public
rs ''blood purifiers" which only allure
the patient with the pretense OF many
cheap doses, and with which it Is folly TO
experiment while disease is steadily be-
coming more deep-seated and difficult Of
cure. Seine of these mixtures do much
lasting harm. Bear in mind that the only
medicine that can radically purify the
vitiated bloodis
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
TT E m TT

MIMmore money than at anything else by
wv Ntakiag an agency for the best selling
book out Beginners succeed grandly. None
fail. Terms free. HALLETT Book Co., Port
land, Maine. ny29
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
Ayers ~SarsapaFiiNay

PREPARED BY
DIR. j. c. Aver & Co., lowell, Mas.
Sold by all Druggists: Price 81;
Six bottles for IS.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-08
Uuiusti fi able shoosiux .

The frequent firing Of pistols should
be discouraged. The practice of carry
ing concealed weapons of every kind is
forbidden by law, and the statute
should be more strictly enforced. No
man has a right TO shoot at another I'M
less it is for the purpose OF protecting
himself from bodily harm. Even when
an assault is committed the pistol
should not be used until it is certain
that resort 10 other means will moi
afford protection from the attacks Of
he assailant. This rule will apply &c
police officers and constables as well a.
other individuals. No one has right
to shoot another for any slight provoca-
ton. An on Ger, even when attempting
10 arrest a law breaker, has no proper
right 10 shoot unless 1t be in self-pro-
lection II he ventures TO do so,and &C
cidentally kills bystander, he mus,
be considered guilty of IN anslaugbter, II
not murder. When man Is tieeiDg
from another 10 avoid arrest he should
not be- shot down like brute, or ever
wounded, particularly where he has
been guilty Of only trivial offense
| Even where the charge is murder, un
less the man be "a desperate character
the pistol should not be brought int
requisition 10 stop his hight. Il is onll
he nro 1,.;,IG jases where the pistol ma,
10 it on every trivial provocation
should be rebuked, and made 10 under
stand the respon ,ibility resting upol
them.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-08
w AN AM AKER'S.
PHILADELPHIA January 3, 1855.

PHILADELPHIA January 3, 1855.
y hatever muslin you
want. whatever make, grade
W dth and weight, is almost
cerfalnly here, where a very
large part of the muslin
trade of the region is done.
The costs of these goods
you know are as steady as
the costs of anything in
trace. They have fallen
month after month until the
mills are working at a loss.
The loss Of working is less
than the loss of stopping.
And prices have stiffeDed a
little. Some have gone up
cent some ! cent. This
is wholesale. This means
they have touched bottom.
Now we are putting all
the muslins either at the bot
tom or below the bottom OF
the retail market. Not a
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-08
General Grant

General Grant, In an unse fish man
ly manner declined the preferred gem
crosby OF hi- friends WHO were Interest
ing Themselves to relieve him of the
financial dim cul,ies iuio which he has
been led hs Ll- connection with the
banking fra 81 Gran, Ward * Co.
The General, while thankful t. his
volts the idea Of becoming an object
of charity, especially while the offer j.
coupled with circumstan - humilia.-
ing 10 Li- nature and manhood. The
country will think the more kindly OF
General Grant for the S'a11 he has
taken in this matter, bar 'u,s will not
relieve him OF his financial ii fiiculties.
General Grant is too Old . g,1u to re-
trieve bis bad luck AM broken fortune,
and hs has dDus To vutch for the
nation 70 allow him 10 be i.i-en 70 the
PtasnEe eLr aidp Age ,Ss.itnn' com
should be done u relieve him ? Tn,
action Is PLAN. Lea Congress come &c
his relief aud place him upon the re-
tired list of the army, where he ough
to he, and where he would have beer
had he not given up his position II
the army - accept the Presidency.
The nation Ne served 81 cDns picuou.ly
and well, audfwas ~ largely instrn
mental in e;,ving, should nave zrtfltai'
enough 10 protect aud shelter him IL
his de lining years.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-08

The folly Of mourning large church
debts In the building Of imposing and
costly sanc.uaries has been fully illus
trated by the present condition Of Della
ware Avenue Baptist church. There
WAS q time in the history OF that church
when eis, 900 Of debt would have been
considered Of trifiing importance 70 .
congregation Of $40 members, but that
time Is not now. Like many other
church congregations Delaware Avenue
Is composed Of the popular classes OF
the people, who have no difficulty Whist
ever in keeping up their church sd
ponds In prosperous times, but when
business depression takes place and
labor becomes scarce, much as this
class of people love their church they
find that the practice Of charity 1t home
is q most excellent principle Of chris
tian life and conduct. But this dos
net pay off church debts. Interest no.
crues and the debt becomes larger, and
finally such an incubus that 1t Is .
serious annoyance 70 the enjoyment o.
a christian life 50 keenly did pastol
Needham feel this that he was con
strained TO offer his resignation ant
the officers Of the church have now
closed the doors for one month in orde
to make an effort TO raise sufficien
money to relieve the church OF 1t
crushing Indebtedness.
The whole christian community can
not but feel deep sympathy for tn
Delaware Avenue people, and whe
claims Of the elm barrassod church ar
presented to them, 1T is hoped thei
charity will not consist only in word
spoken and in sym patty easily profe'
sed, but In something OF a substantia
nature that will help TO pay of churc
debt. This is the kind of charity tina
should not be hemmed in by sectaria
bounds, but which should flow respoi
sive from every heart that feels for Il
misfortunes Of Ithers. We sincerel
hope the Delaware Avenue people wi
meet with a generous response from Il
public.