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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28
THE BARBECUE.

According 10 Webster, the name
barbecue is taken from the Indians
of Guiana, in whose language it is a
frame on which all kinds of flesh
and fish were roasted or smoke
dried. The definition is ga hog, or
OK, or other large animal roasted
whole ~ second, "a large social en-
tertainment, usually in the open air,
at which animals are roasted whole,
and other provisions Of all kind are
consumed"
Probably the nearest approach to
the barbecue in other countries was
custom which obtained in Ger
many during the Middle Ages, at
the browning of the Emperor, when
an OK was roasted whole. However
1T originated, in this country it has
been favorite means of entertain
ment for the great crowds who have
been brought together for various
purposes in Georgia in the years
gone by. In the antebellum days,
When Wings and Democrats met
each other on .he hustings, it was
customary for the friends Of the
two candidates to combine and pro
vide for barbecue. Then invita-
tions were sent ont to the yeomanry,
and they would come. The joint
discussion would take place in the
forenoon, and after the discussion
came dinner. Somehow this time
honored custom had fallen into dis
use, and the barbecue was RELOCATED
to male picnics.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28
coNoUERING PHYSICAL TERROR.

If it be certain that the terror of
death is most potent among the
strong and vigorous, those whose
lite blood recoils at the merest threat
of danger, it follows then that those
who conquer natural fear are the
true heroes, and not those who
never felt it. There is story cur
rent, applied to many different cir
cumstances, from the battles of the
rebellion back to Waterloo, of a
couple of young officers who had
been selected by the commander to
carry "a message to distant part of
the field. The danger of the mis-
sion was so great that two men
were sent OH the expedition that
one might possibly escape the flying
bullets. Their chargers had hardly
taken a dozen strides when one, a
ruddy-faced, stalwart fellow, motto
ed that his companion was CHASTITY
white, the beads of perspiration roll
ing down his forehead and his bride
hand shaking with terror. " Why,
you're afraid" cried he of the ruddy
countenance with an air of con-
tempt. al know | am,u was the
answer, sand if you were half as
much afraid as 1, you would not go
at ALL" That story, true or false as
to the event, contains the whole
philosophy of heroic deeds.
One instance of the disgust a man
can feel at his own irrepressible
symptoms of fear is related by vet
eran. He was at Shiloh, in command
of battery of light guns. For his
Lieutenant he had young soldier
who had recently Joined. They
were in hot corner near where
Albert Sydney Johnston fell, and
the bullets we're flying thick and
fast. An impatient cry from the
young Lieutenant attracted his
chiefs attention. "What is it ~
=" Oh, blame it! look at my feet-I
can't keep them STILL" And sure
enough, they were rafting in his
stirrups with unconquerable physical
terror. The young fellow was in
despair for he thought himself a
hopeless coward, until the veteran
praised him for his bravery in not
being overcome by his too visible
terror. The man made brave
soldier and died in the front of a
desperate fight.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28
POETRY.
FACE TO FACE.

The following beautiful poem appeared
in Harper's Magazine. a few years ago it
is from the pen of the Southern Poet,
Paul Fl. Hayne, whose recent death from
lingering consumption adds new interest
to the poem.
Sad mortal! couldst thou but know
What truly it means to die,
The wings of thy soul would glow,
And the hopes of thy heart beat high
Thou wouldst turn from the Pyrrhonist
schools
And laugh their jargon to scorn.
AS the babble of midnight fools
Ere the morning of Truth be born
But I, earth's madness above,
In kingdom of stormless breath
gaze on the glory of love
In the unveiled face of Death.
I tell thee his face is fair
As the moon-bow's amber rings,
And the CLEAN in his unbound hair
Like the flush of thousand Springs
His smile is the fathomless beam
Of the star-shine's sacred light
When the Summers of Southland dream
In the lap of the holy Night.
1DQl I'LL DlluQAco5 dUOtc,
In Kingdom of halcyon breath
/ gaze on the marvel of love
In the unveiled face of Death.
In his eyes heaven there dwells-
But they hold few mysteries now
And his pity for earth g farewells
Half burrows that shining brow
Souls taken from Times tide
He folds to his fostering breath,
And the tears of their grief are dried
Ere they enter the courts of rest
And still, earth s madness above,
In a kingdom of stormless breath,
I gaze on light that is love
In the unveiled face of Death.
Through the splendor of stars impearled
In the glow of their far-of grace,
He is soaring world by world,
With the souls in his strong embrace !;
Lone others, unstirred by a wind,
At the passage of Death grow sweet.
With the fragrance that floats behind
The fash of his winged retreat:
And I, earth IS madness above,
Mid kingdom of tranquil breath,
Have gazed on the lustre of love
In the unveiled face of Death.
But beyond the stars and the sun
| can follow him still on his way,
Till the peari-white gates are won
In the calm of the central day.
Far voices of fond acclaim
Thrill down from the place cfsouls,
AS Death, with touch like flame,
Uncloses the goal of goals :
And from heaven of heavens above
God speaketh with bateless breath
My angel of perfect love
Is the angel men call Death
Paul FL. Hdyaae.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28
BEEF TEA BETTER THAN WINE.

A young man was knocked down
by a team in London street and
taken to a hospital. One morning
the doctor examined him, and said
4" Nurse, give him two glasses OF port
wine daily" And, looking at the
lad, he said "You will get on
very well, nv boy" The young
patient looked up, and replied
" Please, sir, don't order me the
wine." Why not, my boy 7" sIf
you please, sir, belong to a Band
oil Hope.n sob - answered the doc
tor, edo youf Well, nurse, give
him a pint Of new milk in the morn.
ing, and as much beeftea as be
likes" And laughing cheerily, be
said to the boy: "You viii get on
very well, my Iad.n And he got
quite well without the wine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28
SELECTIONS.
LOVE AND TRIAL.

We were all poor in our village,
but some Of us were poorer than
others-so poor that when we had
not enough black bread to eat-so
poor that when the hard winter
came creeping upon us, like some
cruel, hungry tiger, we had no brands
with which to scare 1t off.
In Bettina's cottage, where she
sat and spun, while her childish old
grandparents nodded in their chairs
beside the fireplace, all was as clean
as it could have been in a palace !;
but she had hard work to fill these
two old mouths and her own also.
There was no one else to do it.
The lady of the great house bought
her fax, and paid well for it. But,
after all, Bettina had but her two
hands; and two little brown hands
cannot do all the worlds work. !
used to say that the time should
come when Bettina should not work
at all-when / would work for both,
and for the old people also. That
was to be when we were married.
Bettina and | had been betrothed
two years. We were betrothed still,
and on nearer marriage, though l had
striven with all my strength.
Wait patiently" Bettina said to
me sometimes. What does it mat
ter? We love each other; let US
be CONTENT
But could not be content. Others
who were as poor as we were mar
RED, and left their native land to.
gether to seek better fortunes else
where. Bettina would gladly have
shared my fate, whatever it might
have been, but would not leave her
cottage and her birth place.
AS for me, felthat if would ever
win Bettina | must leave Savoy and
go to America, where so many of
our country people had already gone,
and whence they wrote letters that
made our hearts beat with hopes for
the future. In that happy land
might realize my dreams. | told
Bettina so, and, though she wept,
she said:
$50. Go, Bernard, and / will
pray for you. Itisall girl can do
At last had money for the voy.
age. l had saved it little by little
for two long years, and now the part
ing hour bad come.
+" 1t is that we may be with each
other always some day that we part
now" l said.
Her tears fell over my cheek. We
pressed each other in a long embrace
Alb, if only Time could have beer
stopped in his flight at that moment
leaving us in each others arms. Al
last | tore myself away, and, blinded
by my tears, set off upon my journey
| | had no fear that Bettina woult
forget me. | knew that the young
farmer who so often rode many
miles to see her longed for her low
and wooed her with all the art h
| had; but Bettina loved me, and l0y'
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28
A STRANGE MEETING.

Mr.. w. p. Tisdel writes to the
New York Mail and Express:
Ibid not know before / started
what was the status of Dakar--
whether the inhabitants, who num-
Der some $500 souls, were peaceable
or warlike. We prepared ourselves
for an emergency. When we set
foot upon land body of warriors,
nearly naked, came rushing toward
us. They uttered loud cries, and
the rings through the noses of some
of them and the elephant tusks rat
ting around their necks made
hideous and revolving spectacle.
They were armed With spears and
assegals. l ordered my men not to
fire until l advanced and endeavor-
ed to hold parley. suppose l
had taken half a dozen steps when
a big negro ran forward and cried
out:
Boss, does you speak English I"
was surprised and quickly ex-
claimed
Where in-did you come
from!n
81 came from Baltimore, boss.p
demanded an explanation, and
he informed me he had been sent
out from Baltimore to Liberia by the
American Colonization Society. He
found OH arrival in Liberia that it
was not a land flowing with milk
aud honey, and that he had to work.
1t was not what he bargained for.
He went to the interior and joined
q tribe inhabitiug the Kong noun.
tains. He was as much Of a native
as though born and reared among
them, had no aspirations above the
lowest, and could speak their dia-
lect fiuently. l gave him presents
and he became my guide. He pae.
flied the fierce. looking tribe and sat.
isfied them that we were friends.
After weeks of travel we got back
to the coast. | took a south. bound
steamer. The parting between the
baltimore nppr0 and myself was
comical, but not affectionate. He
had been a faithful guide and re-
warded him. He came on board
the steamer to bid me farewell. l
gave him pca.iacket, n pair of
trousers and very long cigar. He
put on the jacket, rolled the trousers
up and held them under his arm, lit
his cigar and walked down the gang
plank apparently supremely happy.
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NO so.
POPPING THE.aUEsTIoN

Mary had bashful beau
Who came long time a-cooing
Then she, from pity of his woe,
Saw she must aid his wooing.
So, making rosebuds of her mouth
And with her heart a-quiver,
She said her pa was going South
To see lovely river.
6 Now, Charlie, guess its funny name, :
She told the youth elated,
And when he couldn' she, afiame,
Cried, $ Kissime, y and waited.
Alas she waited all in vain,
The lover was so stupid.
All, me. 'she sighed, q must be plain,
Do give me courage, Cupid ~
Then gayly laughed, g Key West, you
know.
Unhealthy is for strangers
What must say if pa should go
To warn him Of its. danger?n
(" You tell me, spoke the lover finished
Afraid to make suggestion.
!" Why, Charlie, / will say, " she blushed,
Won't you, Pop, the Key West shunl' ;
MORAL.
He g popped and she
Cried t" certainly"
III. C Dodge, ~ It'd Bits.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28

Among the patients at the New
Jersey Lunatic Asylum, ut Morris
Plains, is man who is subjected to
very little restraint and whose in.
sanity is only occasionally manifest
ed. Several days ago Rev. DIR.
Burchard, who became known in
the last campaign, visited the asy.
lum and was shown through the
building by Warden Monroe. Pres
emily they came to the mild-manner-
ed lunatic alluded to, ana Dr. Burvn.
ard recognized him as the son of
former parishioner. Greetings were
exchanged in hearty manner, and
the Doctor asked, Well, what
brings you here :" Rum, Roman.
ism and Rebellion was the solemn
response of the patient, who slyly
winked at the warden. All ~
said the Doctor, and passed on.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28


"Prisoner at the bar" said the
Judge to man on trial for murder,
!" Is there anything you wish to
say before sentence is passed upon
you 2" "Judge," replied the pris-
oner, "there has been altogether
to much said already. | knew all
along somebody would get hurt If
these people didn't keep their
mouths shut. 1t might as well be
me, perhaps, as anybody else. Drive
on, Judge, aud give me as little SEN
timent as you can get along on. /
can stand hanging, but hate gush.D
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28


The Justices of the Peace of the
rural districts Of Georgia, in the alb
sence of regular lawyers, transact a
good deal of professional business
for their neigbors. On one occasion,
one of the gentry was employed to
draw deed of marriage settlement.
The estate was limited to the use of
the bride during her life, "and at
and after her death, to the child or
children of the said Susan Jones,
she may have by the said Thomas
Smith, his heirs, executors, admins.
traitors, or assigns" What do you
think of it ~ asked Smith of a law
yer to whom he showed the docu-
ment. 81 think,n answered the law
yer, that whoever drew this deed
was determined there should be no
trouble by reason of failure ofissue."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28

During the war there we're many
stories and jokes abont substitutes.
A party of men who had returned
from the war we've Boosting before
one who had stayed at home eof all
that they had done and undergone.
"Ah," replied the man who had
stayed at home, "tbis is all very fine
and patriotic but, after all, you
came back. did not come back the
bones Of my substitute are whiten-
ing on the sands Of the James riv.
arD
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28

Begin the education of the heart,
Lot with the cultivation of noble
propensities, but With the cutting
away Of those that are evil. When
once the noxious herbs are withered
and rooted out, then the more noble
plants, strong in themselves, will
shoot upward. The virtues, like the
body, become strong and healthy
more By labor than nourishment.-
Richter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28
MARTINsBURG ". VA, SATURDAY, AUGUST %, 1886


"God bless her! She is as gentle
as a mother" l said. "Yes, let her
write the letter.
He took me by The hand and led
me to the room he called his Office.
Then he left me a moment, and
when he returned l heard q rustic
of woman's garments following
him.
"This is the nurse who will write
the letter. he said.
81 thank herr said l. Be gen.
tie, madam; my Bettina has a
gentle heart"
"What shall l write ?n she asked,
almost in whisper.
"Write that / am Dead" | said
Write that loved her to the last.
Write that | babe yon tell her when
her grief had passed to wed another
and be happy"
Happy and you dead 7" she said.
And she loves you!7
"Madame," said l, "we have a
proyerb in the old country that
the dead trouble is better than a
living one.' A blind beggar whom
she loved, and who hopelessly loved
her, would be heavier on Be.tina's
life than the memory of dear Ber-
nard. l can do little now, but l can
do this. Write, madam"
The pen moved over the paper.
Soon she said:
81 have written. Shall l read it
to you 7"
eyes, if you will madam"
She began:
"Die, unhappy girl. Your Ber-
nard has persisted. What IS life to
you any longer9 He is dead. Had
he lived, blind or MANNED, or help
less in any way, there would be
hope for you. You could fly to him
you could toll for him; you could be
his sunlight. Alas! no such joy
awaits You. He is gone. He is no
longer anywhere where you can find
him Lie down and die. That is all
you can do. He is dead.n
She ended in flood of tears.
started to my feet. " Why do you
write thus ?" | cried. "Who are
you How did you come by that
voice? Speak"
Then | felt two little hands steal
about my neck and wet cheek
touch mine, and whisper came:
" Bernard, it is l. Did you not
guessg Do you not know your own
Bettina ~
She clasped me closer. | heard
the door close, the doctor was gone,
"The good doctor,n she said
"The first day of your illness he
found a letter you had begun to me,
and sent it with word of your mis-.
fortune, and letter to one who
could bring me to you if l desired to
come. All, God bless him! He
knew a woman's heart better than
you did.
"When the letters came my dear
old grandparents were lying dead
only stayed to look upon theiI
graves before L came to you.
"You were so feeble that he dared
no! let me tell you who Twas at first.
To-day you we're to know. All, Der.
nard, to-day when you would have
written to me that you were dead.
Bernard, how could you do it How
could you see me sog"
" It would have been best for you, p
l said.
But she clasped me closer.
My life has been a dark one ever
since, but Bettlna's hand has led me
day By day, and the good doctors
kindness has been shown to us in
teaching me such work as l can do
/ shall never see the sweet face that
remember so well. But / know it's
beauty and goodness and the love
light in her eyes too well to forget
them. And / know that / am dear
err to her for my misfortune and ]
am happy.
j
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28

An official order has been issued
announcing the appoin tment Of Mr..
Thomas Fitzgerald as division sup
pcrintendent of the main stem aud
branches Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad from Baltimore to Keyser.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28
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The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-01-01

O0en organized ana mau880O Oy W oet01u
men who make mining Legitimate bus
mess" Can any company organized and
managed by Eastern men give such fair
and business-ike record? Idon't know one.
Eastern methods are different. They put
the cart before the horse" They buy their
mines from ,niddlemen without proper in
vestigation. They work their mines in the
East ion paper) and food the market with
stock that can not in the very nature OF
things pay my dividends for years, if at all.
Their management is cumbersome, slow, ex
pensive, and generally inefficient, culminat-
ing finally in disaster. Is it any wonder
that our Western miners will not I'll good
mine to an Eastern company and take oven
part Of their pay il stock? Does the bis
tory Of Eastern stock companies warrant
them in SO disposing Of o good paying mine!
No. Tho average Western miner will tell
you: II have good claim, and know it.
# you want to buy i, put Up fair price in
cash and you can have i. don't want
your stock. l have no confidence in your
management Your stock won't buy me an
outfit for another prospecting trip, Or food
for my family. No, thank you: will keep
my mine until can get a fair price in cash
OUR COESTRY,s MINERAL PRODUCTION.
Tho Mining Reriew gives the value Of the
mineral substances taken from tho earth in
tho T. s. which amounts each year to
more than $4OOOOO,OOO. The total value in
1884 was about $4l3,OOO,OOO, and in 1888
about $453, OOO,OOO. OF this enormous sum
tho principal items were, of coal, $144.0OO.-
600; gold and silver, $50, OO0, 600; brick and
tiles, $3O,OOO,OOO; manufactured fertilizers,
~, COO, 600; iron orc. ~, OOO, 600; petroleum,
~, 600 600; building stone, SIS, 600 600; lime,
$l8, 600 900; copper, $18,0O0,0O0; lead, ten
million dollars; and other items Of less
amount than ten million dollars, but tho
above items amount to IN average Of seven
dollars to each man, woman and child in the
country. When to the value of the product
is added the transportation ind cost of
manufacturing, the immense Importance Of
the mining industry may be realized. The
value Of tho mineral products in d good
year ought to exceed $500, 100000.
At the session Of Congress when Mon
tam Territory was organized, in 1854, sew
eral names for the new Territory were pro-
posed. Colonel Cyrus Adrich, then mem
Der of Congress from Minnesota, having
heard of the romantic Indian legend Of the
home Of the good spirit, tho land Of the
mountains, proposed the Indian name, Mon.