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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13

The declar alton of Jacob Sharp,
that he gave more money to the
lawyers for counsel than he paid to
construct the Broadway street rail-
road, recalls to writer several in
stances Of exorbitant fees in New
York. A Mr.. Colah, Parsee mer
chant, died in New York in 1870.
He left 100000 in cash and no
friends in this country. A member
of Tanmany Hall secured possession
OF the effects, and, at last accounts,
his fees and allowances had eaten np
all the original sum except misery
S33. Another case was where Sl1G,.
600 was appropriated for purpose,
and where $4,000 of it went TO
three commissioners aud their cOun-
sci for fees. In still another case,
three commissioners received S37,.
600 for having an iron railing re.
moved. Such little schemes ms
these in New York come under the
head of political sIrewdness. In
reality, they are bare faced robber.
les.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13

General Golf is making for HIM
self a record among members of Con-
gress, of which West Virginia Re-
publicans may well be proud. He
does not make much of splurge-
such as some people expect from a
man OF his brilliant attachments.
His eloquence has not yet been heard
on the floor of the House, but he is
doing some solid committee work.
After all, it IS to the committee room
You must go to ascertain the real
standing or efficiency of member
of Congress or Senator. The con.
stituent who looks in the Record daily
for a great speech from his represent
alive, and finds none, must not think
he is failure. The heaviest weights
are those who make few speeches.
or have the least to say in the de.
bates. They are the men who do
the most work before the committee
work that the people seldom hear
about, but which they are invariably
benefited by. Such man is General
Goff, and yet who doubts his ability
to thrill the House by his eloquence,
if occasion should requireg No doubt
he will yet. Measures Of vital inter
est to West Virginia arc yet to be
debated IN the House. There is the
Morrison tariff bill, for instance.
Before the Invalid Pension Com
mittee he has already made an elo-
quent plea this session for the West
Virginia volunteer soldiers who ask
to be placed upon the same footing
with those who were enlisted in the
United States general service. The
interests of the State will
find an able and eloque5t defender
in him before the Ways and Means
Committee, and, if necessary, on the
floor of the House.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13
OLDEST LOCOMOTIVE ON THE PA
CIFIC COAST.

The first locomotive ever iua in
! California is still in service, shifting
cars from point to point among the
Sacramento shops of the Central
Pacific Railroad. Originally built at
the Norris Locomotive Works, Phil
adelphia, by William Norris, IN
1S45, for the old Philadelphia and
Columbia Railroad, it was rebuilt at
the Norris Locomotive Works, Ian
caster, Pa, with tank on top Of
the boiler) III 1866, then sold to the
Western Pacific Railroad, but first
used on the Market Street Railroad,
San Francisco. Finally it came into
the possession of the Central Pacific
Railroad, having given entire salts
faction ever since it was originally
built, and is still a reliable engine
for light service. 1t was named
William Penn had two 54-inch
drivers, four 30-inch trucks, and
weighed empty about nine tons
gross; cylinders 105xls.
President Cleveland's Democracy
continues to be questioned. Tho
Chicago Ne,cs tells of the recent
visit of the Hon. Tom Merritt to
Washington. The President is said
to have expressed surprise that he
had not called sooner, whereupon
the Western Democrat replied that
he had made up his mind not to go
to Washington until Democrat
was elected, and that ever since the
4th of March he had been waiting
to find out for certain whether Mr..
Cleveland was q Democrat. Here
is another little fling taken from the
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.
"Mr. Cleveland will be a candi.
date for reelection in 1888 il no can
find somebody to introduce him to
the Democratic party"
In New York the Star advertises
itself as the only paper in that city
that supports the administration
In New England Mr.. Cleveland's
newspaper support is only intermit-
tent, and in the West the clamor
for Office far exceeds, the advocacy
of principles. But Mr.. Cleveland
doesn't seem to be losing any flesh.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13
NOT 70 BE GOT RID OF.

b. Y. Wolf, agent for the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company,
at Middletown, N. Y, has cat that
ne has for months been trying to
get rid of without putting her to
death. She has been given to far
mers, who have taken her miles
away to their homes, time after time,
but she has never failed to put in an
appearance again at the Wolf man.
sion after brief absences. The
other day Mr.. Wolf went to New
York. "Pll get the best of that cat
this tlme," he said. He put the cat
in a bag and tied 1t up. He took
the bag on board the cars with him
and placed it under the seat. When
the train reached Sterlington, which
is simply water tank and the juno
ton OF mine railroad, Mr.. Wolf
simply chucked the bag out Of the
window and settled back with a
grunt of relief, as much as to say,
THAT settles it, Sterlington is
forty miles from Middletown. Mr..
Wolf transacted his business in New
York and went home. When he
saw the vacant corner of the hearth
that was formesly and so long mon.
opolized By the cat he chuckled glee.
fully. This was on Tuesday. When
Mr.. Wolf went home to supper on
Thursday night aud sat down by
his hearthstone, he got up again like
shot, and gazed with bullying eyes
at the corner of the hearth that had
been vacant for day. There was
the same old cat. She got up, rub
bed herself on her masters leg, and
purred IN way that showed how
she appreciated his little joke OH
her. Wolf sat down and seemed
dazed for minute or two. Then he
stroked the cat fondly, but respect
fully, and said:
"You can stay here as long as you
live, if it's a hundred years. I'll get
a geld collar for you, and tie it full
of red ribbons. And nothing CON-
m0ner than an eider-down rug will
do for You. Pussy cat, you're a dan
dy.n
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13
" CHINAMAN MUST co." NELL
CAN MAN" MUST GO, TOO,

While our Government is quietly
allowing all manner of indignities
and cruelties against the Chinese on
the Pacific Coast, and apparently
enjoying the cry, 6 The Chiaamaa
must co." the Chinese Government
is proposing to retaliate, by saying
to all Americans in the Chinese
Empire, Mclean man must 90 %
And what eau this country of free
institutions say, if every American
is driven out Of China at the bayo.
nets point?
II Cinnamon, when they come
here, would take ont naturalization
papers; open saloons, drink whisky,
vote the Democratic or Republican
tickets, stuff ballot boxes and all
that, they would at once find secu
rity for they rights, and way open
20 polltieal power
What a comment on our boastet
civilization, that citizens of a for
eign country should be publicly in
yited to this glorious :. Land Of ths
Free and Home Of tue Brave ant
then be driven from our shores TO
40 other fault than working faith
fully for such wages as they can get
and saving their money
We suggest that China send n
lsome missionaries. Freeman.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13

"I'm well backed with silver as
the looking glass said
A Court Housc-The home OF
manageable daughters.
+" / can give You a cold bite,r said
the woman. "Why not warm it up.r
asked the tramp. .Tbere amt any
wood sawed" "That so? well,
give it to me cold"
In early days there were no jails
in Tulare county, California, and
prisoners we're secured by claiming
them to trees. The horse thieves
were securely fastened from the
highest limb.
The young man who complains
that he never gets any credit for
anything he does should try the ef-
feet Of paying up his debts. One is
sure to be credited with everything
he does in that line.
Little Lottie Ito her friend): "Oh,
! am so bnsyi Yesterday little
baby sister arrived, and papa is or
on a journey. 1t was piece ofluck
that mamma was at home 10 take
care Of it.-
Bald-headed gentleman IN the par
quet to young lady in dress circle
during an afiectionate passage in the
Eplay: 81 respect your emotion,
ma'am, but you are shedding tears
on my licad.v
81 should think you woaId need q
military guard TO keep the Young
men away said a citizen TO the faith
er Of six marriageble daughters
le0h, Fun . pretty good foot soldier
imyself,n was the cheerins reply.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13
POETRY.
THE FARMERS soLILoQUY.


To sell or not to sell-that is the question
whether It's nobler in a man to suffer
HIS anxious creditors to fret and wait
indefinitely;
Or to take the arms against sea Of
troubles,
And by disposing of his scanty crop
At eighty cents bushel-end them.
10 SELL And when we've sold !? Ave
there the rub.
For how the deuce can less than half q
crop,
At eighty cents bushel, pay expenses
Why is the fertilizer man as downcast
AS one who wrestles inwardly with un-
ripe fruit,
But that the certainty that out of all
The agricultural notes he holds, not ten
per cent.
Will at maturity be honored,
Puzzles him sorely, and compels the
thought
That sometimes we had better bear the
ills we have
Than fly to others that we know of,
For who would bear the whips and scorns
of duns,
Complaints ofcreditors, the law s pursuit.
The sheriff s fl. ia. and the forced sale
Who would endure his wife's reproaches
and the groans
OF fearful daughter over last year s
gowns.
When he himself might quietness secure
BY promptly paying his indebtedness
And sharing his profits with his better
half
Thus half crop, at less than cost of
growing,
lakes beggars of us all and thus
The native hue of resolution
Is sicklied DER with the pale cast of
thought,
Even on the brow of a grain broker; deals
In futures are restricted, margins called.
And enterprises of great pith and moment
Are given up and thus the tuneful songs
And innocent mirth of its exuberant
members
GLADDEN. no more the Corn and Flour
Exchange.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13

A Jeffersonvilie, Madison and In
dianapolls box car, which had some
loose grain scattered over the floor,
Was invaded by flock of between
twenty-five and thirty goats at Col
umbus, Ind, when some of the boys
closed the door, and the car was
taken out to Indianapolis empty
as was supposed. On arriving at
Indianapolis, one Of the brakemen
in the yard opened the ear door,
when the goats jumped out one after
another, scattering in every direc-
ton. The crew, supposing they had
been shipped as freight, engaged in
a chase for four hours, capturing
fifteen of them. They then went to
hunt the agent to see the way bill to
find out how many goats had been
when they discovered the
joke.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13
During the last Presidential can

During the last Presidential cam
paign it was a burning Democratic
desire to open the books and probe
into the musty folios of the Treas
ury Department. Visions of large
defalcatIons and ingenius book-keep-
ing to cover up steals fitted through
the Democratic mind necessarily
and oppressively. When the oppor-
tunity was offered in the election of
Cleveland to examine the books and
count the cash, the result was a
shortage of tacO cents. Subsequent
Investigations, however, revealed
even these two coppers, and the ac-
counts of twenty five years. Repub
lican administration stood squared
to cent. This disclosure was a
sad disappointment to the average
Democrat. He wanted case of
corruption and fraud against the
Republican party, and when it was
found that such was not the fact, it
had depressing effect. We are re.
minded of the above by the case of
Col. Snowden, superintendent of the
mint at Philadelphia. 1t was charged
that the Office would expose irregu.
larities not creditable to that officer.
But an exhaustive investigation
found the government indebted to
Col Snowden eighteen cents.-Thus
all the Democratic day-dreams fade
away and leave the country to calm.
ly contemplate Republican reign
without faint or slur upon its man.
agement of the public revenues. We
will see what will be the result of
four years of Democratic rule, when
the books are turned over in 1885,
They will not leave so good a re.
cord as they tonnd.-V alley Virgin
ian.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13
A DOG SAVES A LITTLE LASS.

j. L. Walter, the master of trans
services Of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad, has a dog be values
highly. This dog is Newfound-
land, and has been raised BY his
owner from a small puppy. Mr..
Walter has little girl, who is fond
of the animal, and the affection be-
tween the two is interesting. A few
mornings since the little girl was
left in the room alone by large fire
in the CRATE. She went too near the
blaze, and the dog opened the door
and entered. He went to her and
began pulling her away by catching
her clothing in his teeth. The two
companions played about the room
for some time, until the little girl
grew tired and sleepy. She went
too near the fire again, and the dog
could not get her away. He pulled
at her clothes for some time, but
could not arouse her. He then hur.
ried to her mothers room and be-
gan to act strangely by rubbing
against her hand, and catching her
dress, pulling her toward the door.
She carressed him and told him to
go away and fad little Nellie. He
made a strange, whining noise with
his mouth, and then slowly walked
back to where the little one was
The fire was growing hot
ter and the little one was sleeping,
OF her great danger.
The dog made another attempt to
arouse her and failed. He then
crouched down beside her, between
her and the fire, taking care to pro-
tect her we'll. Mrs. Walter entered
the room a few minutes later and
found the noble dog in this position
whining and crying, while the hair
was being singed from his back.
Little Nellie was sleeping sweetly.-l
From the Birmingham (Aa.) Age.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13
.-Physicians Have Found out

That communicating and foreign element in
the blood, developed by indigestion, is the
cause of rheumatism. This settles upon the
sensitive sub-cutaneous covering of the mus
clesand igaments of the joints, causing con-
slant and shifting pain, and aggregating as
calcareous, chalky deposit which produces
stiffness and distortion of the joints. No fact,
which experience has demonstrated in regard
to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, has stronger
evidence to support than this. namely, that
this medicine of comprehensive uses checks
the formidable and atrocious disease nor is it
less positively established that it is preferable
to the poisons often used to arrest it, since the
medicine contains only salutary ingredients
1t is also signal remedy for malarial fevers
ailments, debility and other disorders See
that you get the genuine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13

Black" They tell me your wife
is quite whistler" White" She
is. Whistles most of the time.''
Black" And you allow it? Don't
1t annoy you ~ White-a 1t don't
annoy me, and as for allowing it, /
encourage her in it," Black
!" Why 2" White. Because a wo.
man can't whistle and talk at the
same time"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13
SELECTIONS.
SHE BECAME A MORMON.

81 don't say as | approve of Nor
monism." observed the old man as
he chewed away at a fresh quid
:" but | owe one o. them 'ere Nor
mon elders debt of gratitude kin
never pay"
SLOWS that 2" asked one of the
group.
WAL, | don't mind tellin' We the
circumstance to while away the
time. Long bout twenty years ago,
when | had some shape, a wild
der up in the Chenango Valley got
struck on me. | was smashed on
her. 1t was a sort of a mutual fire
insurance company. Two hours
after | first sot eyes on her she
squoze ny hand. | responded by
hugging her waist. She called me
her deary, | called her my dovey.
Dang my buttons, if we wasn't en-.
gagged in less'n five hours 2"
"Was she niceg"
I'm! She was an angel! For
about four weeks | was the hap.
piest man in York State. 1t SEEM
ed as if | trod on air half the time.
Bimeby dark shadder got up and
bumped itself across my azure sky"
What was it %
"Why l diskivered that the wild
der had her faults. She had tenn
per like a meat axe; she smoked a
pipe; she walked in her sleep; she
believed in dreams. We had little
tiff, same as all lovers, and she pick
ed up an old scythe and run me half
a mile. Then / began to claw off,"
/" Wanted to break, ell !"
"The wust way. She begged my
pardon, and called me deary and
dovey, and allowed that | was the
noblest Roman ON earth, but I insist
ed that the silver cord was busted.
Then she sued me for breach o'prom-
ise-damages, s1O,OOO.n
"That was tough"
Yes, | sweat over it like yoke
o. cattle DRAWN in hay. The day
the suit was to be called driv down
to the depot to take the train for
the county seat, and l found her
there. She come right up an shook
hands as if nothin' had happened,
and when we went into the cars she
says, says she;
"John Henry, faint your money
I'm after, but it's you want
"tBut you can't have me, Lucy
Ann / answers.
g. Mebbe not, but you had no right
to promise me-
"Waal, purity soon looked down
the car and | spies a Mormon elder
I knowed he was, cause I'd seer
him in Attica. He was missionary
sent out to gather in the harvest
The harvest had been mighty slim
and he looked as glqm as grass
hopperleit behind the drove. | goes
over to him and softly says:
90 Elder, what of the cause 2
":'Tis glorious one he answers
"' And the converts =
sRayther skeerce,'
essay, Elder, do you want t
make hundred dollars and a fust
class convert at the same timer
axed him,
asIf it ar the Lords WILL he so
emily answers.
WAL, | sent him over to talk t
Lucy Ann, and in fifteen minute
she whistles to me. | goes owe
and they was squeezing hands an
lopkin' eyerlastin' bliss INTO eac
others 0rbs.
asJohn Henry says she, a vii
9 der woman may want money. bt
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13

In Central Australia a part of the
marriage ceremony of the natives
consists in the bridegroom knocking
the bride down with club. In this
country, however, the bridegroom
postpones this ceremony
until after they have been married a
few weeks.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13
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. -
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price CSC per
box. For sale by E. G. Williams & Bro
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13

ITCH, PRAIRIE NANCE, AND
SCRATCHES of every kind cured in 80
Minutes by WOOLFORD'S SANITARY
LOTION. Use no other. This never
fails. Sold by JOHN LEE FOUT, Drug
gist, Martinsburg. mrS7
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13

The NAH who doesn't know all
abont running a paper would be a
great curiosity.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-13

The century plant Burial of
Washington's body-servant.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-06-05

Emma Abbott threatens to spend
the summer in Chicago.
1t is said that ex-Queen Isabella
still hopes to be restored TO tho
throne of Spain.
Miss Amelia Reeves, the author
of Il Brother to Dragons" is q
Virginia heiress and beautiful.
Miss Cleveland is at her home al
Holland Patent. She is not think
ing of the shape of gowns now, but
is writing a book.
Miss Palm, the Detroit woman
who refuses to smile on Senator
Jones, is engaged to a New York
dude. That is what breaks Jones
up.
Miss Broughton's new novel,
" Peggy and Prue," will not appear
till the autumn season, and the Ii
tie selected for the author will be
changed, at the request of the pub
Usher, to " Doctor Cupid"
The queen of Italy has been sing
ing Braga's well-known sercnadc to
the composers own piano accom-
panimcnt. After this extraordina-
ry mark of favor from q royal
source the musician intimated that
he would never repeat this perform
ance in behalf of any one less dis
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-06-05

a Portland dispatch of last Sat
urday says: The names of the
four men hanged by the Asotin
county, w. T., vigilantes are Todd
Farmer, aged %; Joe Grimes, aged
80; John O'Neil, aged q, and q
half-breed called Jack. These were
the ringleaders of the gang that has
been running off horses and cattle
in that section for months past.
After getting on the track of the
men through a recent theft of
stock, and pursuing them over
considerable territory, they were
finally run to Il cover on Salmon
river, Idaho, between White Bird
and John Days. After a short but
fierce fight the gangwere compelled
to surrender. There were six in
all. The four named above were
taken apart after brief trial and
marched to a little copse of trees
near the river, and with their own
lariats nooses were made and
thrown over the heads of each. The
doomed men then mounted horses.
When all was ready the captain of
the pursuing party said: "Men
you know what's before you. You
yaye been caught with stolen prop
erty in your possession, and it has
been decided by the men you see
around you that you must be hung.
Two of your companions lying
over there, spared for the present,
will be handed over to the authori-
ties. Have you anything to say
before you are ushered into eter-
nity?" NO." said Farmer, who
acted as spokesman. Yer can't
make me take water, if yer goin' to
hang US. Give the boost yer can
bet the gangll Git even on yer, if
yer 10, though" Where's the
rest of your confederatcs?" Find
'em if We can" At this rejoinder
the captain of the vigilantcs gave Il
sign, and the four horses sprang
forward, and the next moment four
struggling bodies were dangling in
mid-air. The party Immediately
started, taking the two prisoners,
named Nicholas Fox and Charles
Oxwell. The lives of these were
spared on account of their extreme
youth, both being under 20 years.
Twenty head of horses were recov-
cred.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-06-05
Willing 10 Give Him "a Chance.

There is in Idaho Territory 9
Judge who is well known as "AleC
Smith," A woman brought suit
in his court for divorce, and had the
discernment to select a particular
/ friend of her own. who stood well
with the judge. At last the judge
called up the case, and, addressing
himself to the attorney for the
complainant, said: "Mr. H., |
don't think people ought to be
compelled to live together where
they don't want to, and | will de-
cree divorce in this case" Mr. III.
bowed blandly. Thereupon the
Judge, turning to another attorney,
whom he took to be the counsel for
the defendant, said: "Mr. NJ, /
suppose you have no objection to
the decrce?" Mr.. M. nodded assent
But the attorney for defendant was
another Mr.. NJ. not then in court.
Presently he came in, and, finding
that his client had been divorced
without a hearing, begin to remon-
strate. "Alec listened a moment
then interrupted, saying: "Mr.
NJ, il is too late. The court has
pronounced the decree of divorce
and the parties arc no longer man
and wife. But, if you want to
argue the case right bad, the court
can marry them over again and
give YOU crack at it."-Texas
Siftings.