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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04

ST. NICHOLAS FOR SEPT. 1885,
From the frontispiece, which Is a
rep reduction of Landseer's celebrat-
ed portrait of himself and his two
dogs, "The Connoisseurs," to the
Riddle-box with its ingenious puz-
zles, 50. Nicholas is crowded with
bright and interesting matter for
girls and boys and all who love
them. A paper on English Art
and Artists, by Clara Erskine Glenn
ent, opens the number and closes
the series which has been the means
of introducing so many beautiful
pictures and entertaining anecdotes
to the readers of the magazine.
+" Little Lord Fauntleroy" is carried
forward in two chapters in which
Mrs. Burnett begins to throw some
light on the final denouement next
month. "TEe Brownies with their
usual enterprise take up the game
Of lawn-tennis, as Palmar Cox
amusingly tells in verse and pic
lures; and Susan Anna Brown de-
scribes clever Italian game for
enterprising young Americans.
Among the other contents especially
noteworthy are the Work and
Play" paper on Venetian Mar
quetry," by Charles Godfrey Lee
land true account by Edward
Eggleston of how one boy saved
three lives on Lake George; and
story by Annie A. Preston, called
"a Matter-of-fact Cinderella" which
Is good enough to be true, If it
isn't.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04

Girls of a manageable age do not
like to tell how old they are; but you
can find out by following the sub.
joined instructions, the young lady
doing the figuring. Tell her to put
down the number of the month in
which she was born then multiply
it by 3; then to add 5 ; then multi
ply by 80 then to add her age, then
to subtract 800 ; then to add 115 ;
then tell her to tell you the amount
she has left. The two figures to the
right will denote her age and the re-
mainder the month of her birth. For
example the amount 800 she is %
years old and was born in the eighth
month (August). Try it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04
ENsILAGE FOR THE SOUTH.

Perhaps there is no other part OF
the Union, where the preservation of
green fodder, by means of the silo,
can be made more useful than in
the South. Haying comes very
early, and in the very worst season
for rains, viz: the early summer;
making the curing Of clover and
grass exceedingly troublesome. The
present season it has rained almost
without intermission for more than
twenty-four hours, during the most
OF May and all of June, and to pat
up several acres Of heavy clover and
grass, cut during the few hours oil
sunshine could have been put into
the silo, and the work of hayinS
would have been done with. WILD
the extreme facility for growing such
an abundance Of fodder as may Oe
found in the clover, grass Of
various kinds, peas, millet, eolnr
and one following another Though
a long season, the silo seems to DC
the very thing that is wanted. Inc
Cow-pea, so valued in the Southern
States as fodder plant, promises 10
be of the greatest value as ensilage'
American Agricaltarist for Sep
TENDER.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04
WHY WE DON'T HAVE A FAIR
THIS YEAR.

The american Agricalturist for
September, in publishing its Fair
List, says OF three thousand cor.
respondents who have written us
regarding the matter, nearly five
hundred state that no fairs will be
held in counties this year. These
counties which have no fairs are
mainly located in the Southern
States. The majority Of the no
fair replies simply say" no fair.n
Others give reason why none are
held, and occasionally CLEAN of
humor breaks the monotony of the
responses. A Nebraska correspon.
dent writes aOur country fairs is
suspended from want of enterprise,
a bad showing, but can't help it.
We can down the world this year on
hogs, cattle and corn" From one
county in West Virginia we are told
I" Our Fair Association is no more.
Died from 200 much *miSmanage-
ment.n A Colorado correspondent
writes I'VE have no fair aud
adds as reason "Can't afford
one." Another, in Louisiana, re.
gretfully says: "No fair organi-
cation in this county. We are away
behind the times.v Another CORE
spondent talks o very hopeful view
Of matters, and adds "No fair this
year, but viii have q boomer next
year." From Mississippi lady of
fetal informs us: "No fair this
year the organization about played
OUT In Colorado we are told of
Las Animas County NO fair was
ever held IN this county, but once in
while we have circus.' To the
question At what date ~ aTeXan
gentleman writes "When the
roses bloom again. She are bursted.'
The case IN Lincoln CO., Tenn,
seems to be hopeless. We are TOLD
Fair grounds are sold and convert.
ed into a market garden" Better
things prevail in Adams Co, Wis,
where, we are informed, "Our fair
is a success. We yearly receive 5000
from the State, which helps us OUT
The prosperous and popnlous State
of Pennsylvania has one county
which has no fair, because it sis too
poor to have any, We withhold the
name of the county. From Lee Co,
Ark, the reply comes We have no
county fair grounds or buildings.
This county, during the last three
years, has advertised probably he
intended to say exhibited) exten.
sively at Louisville, KY, and at New
Orleans, La, always carrying off the
blue ribbon, on cotton, fruits and
timber.v *The correspondent fails to
say that one man got over $1,000
out of it in several wears for secre-
tary's fees and printing, and that
when the end came he had no stock
in it himself. He is one Of the (seI)
enterprising men, too. See Statesman
of Sept. 80, 1876, ct seq.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04
SEPTEMBER

The SEPTEMBER CENTURY. -
LISTS last illness was announced after
the September Century had gone to
press it is due to accident, therefore,
rather than to purpose, that the two
full-page portraits of the musician,
and the intimate account by his
American pupil, Albert Morris Bag
by, of "A Summer with List in
Weimar," should appear in The Cen
tory so soon after his death. Pictures
of LISTS home and Of his two promis-
ing pupils add to the interest of the
article. American enterprise has an
amusing and curious illustration in
extraordinary papers on the balloon
experiences of two venturesome citi
zens of Connecticut. Alfred E. Moore,
the auronaut of the party, describes in
mishaps in mid-air, under the title,
"Amateur Ballooning." His COM
panion John G. Doughty, .recounts
The Ballon Experiences of Timid
Photographer" In the War Series
a fertile subject lending itself to rich
illustration is introduced by General
Alfred Pleasonton's " Successes and
Failures of Charlottesville" Itwas
under General Pleasonton's orders
that Major Keenan's famous charge
was made, and under his direction
that the artillery at Hazel Grove saved
the key of Hooker's position when
Howard's Eleventh Corps, assaulted
from the rear by Stonewall Jackson,
was hurled back upon the Union GEN.
ter. General Howard himself writes
of" Jackson's Attack upon the Eley-
enth Corps" Colonel Huntington w.
Jackson describe" Sedgwick's Assault
at Fredericksburg" with the effort of
relieving the pressure upon Hooker /;
and Samuel p. Bates, the Union Com
mander's literary executor, gives
Hooker's version of the campaign, in
the article Charlottesville Revisit
ed by Hooker" In the" Memoranda
on the Civil War;" General r. E.
Colston offers a new letter showing
that Lee had OWNED Hooker's plans |;
General Thomas M. Anderson ex-
plains anecdotally why "The Reserve
at Antietam" was not hurled against
Lees exhausted lines; Captain Joel
B. Erhardt quotes upon a wartime
letter by General William F. Smith
as revealing General Grants reason
for relieving the latter. Mr.. Whittier
replies to statement of Colonel Hen
ry Kyd Douglas with respect to his
poem on Barbara Fritchie.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04
A Boston man has hit upon an il

A Boston man has hit upon an in
genious device to enable the inhabl
tants Of Maine and Rhode Island to
evade the prohibition laws. He
manufactures Il glass egg, as near as
possible in appearance like regular
hen egg, fills it with whiskey, cherry
or any other liquor desired, stops up
the opening with wooden plug, and
covers the cork with white chalk. In
this condition the spurious or fer
mented eggs are sent IN large guam.
titles into the prohibition section.
When man wants a snip" there he
knocks in the plug and drinks the
contents of the shell.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04
HYGIENIC GUIDE.

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JOHN :. POTTER { CO., Publishers
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Railroads.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD.

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"
On and after Sunday. June ID. 1885, trains
will run as follows: STANDARD Time.)
EASTWARD.
Fast Mail leaves MartinsbuTg at Is m
BedingtOn 90, Falling Waters IS, williams
port Station IL, Hagerstown s 10, Chambers
burg 05, Carlisle 10 20, arrive at Harrisg IL Is,
Phila. l5 pm.
Mail Express Train leaves Martinsburg at
3 45pm. Bedington 80, Falling Waters 405, VIII
Transport Station II, Hagerstown 40 Cham
bersburg IS, Carlisle 6 80 arrive at Harrisburg
at IS, Phifa. 25 p. m.
WESTWARD.
Accommodation leaves Harrisburg at 40 a
m, Carlisle 25, Chambersburg 50, arrives at
Hagerstown at 10 80, Williamsport Station 10
III, Falling Waters II 90, Bedington ii 06, Mar
tinsburg II 20.
Mail leaves Harrisburg at ii 35 m, Carlisle
IL %, Chambersburg 80, arrive at Hagerstown
at 220, Williamsport Station 2 IS, Falling Wa
tiers 10, Bedington p. Martinsburg As.
Day express leaves Harrisburg at 3 40, Car
Isle Is. Chambersburg 80. Hagerstown s Is,
Williamsport Station II, Falling Waters IS.
Bedington o., arrives at Martinsburg Is p. m.
W. A. GARD. Agt. J. f. BOYD, Supt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04

Shenandoah FLASHING
hedges First the Left the plants Of size for Next
around the roots the plants preparatory FLASHING The operation Of FLASHING
fence and secured in the of four horizontal lines wire the
the hedge as Just after and last the right and
and been put shape by pruning The Hedge
their patented illustrated solicit the
patronage of appciatiYe public.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04

KNOXVILLE, TENN, August 2''-
Constant Benoit, a Swede, aged
twenty-seven years, just arrived ID
America, was torn to pieces BY :
ferocious boar on Dickinson's lslaDu
hog farm, two miles above here, yes
terday. Death was almost instan'
taneous after the attack Of the hog.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04
A GREAT DISCOVERY!
HOLDsTEIN's ARoMMANAi

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 panacea for all diseases arising
from 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 AN. GILBERT'S
Drug store and get bottle. Price 25
and rs. Also, all kinds of Drugs, Pat
ent Medicines, and Toilet and Fancy ar
ticles, and everything kept in a first
class drug store.
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AND BALTIMORE r. R.
Change Of schedule June 18th, 1856.

Change of schedule June 18th, 1886.
Trains from Pittsburg, New York. Philadel-
ph1a, make connection at Hil1en Station Bal
timore. at IS m, and m, through cars,
for Hanover and Gettysburg and points on
Hanover Junction road, Frederick Division
Penn. II. r.. East Berlin Branch, and Gettys-
burg and Harrisburg road.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington. Pittsburg,
Philadelphia, New York, and points on all
branches, leave Gettysburg at 10 a m and %
m, connecting at Hanover for points on
Frederick Division Penn. r r, and branch of
Northern Central X, and at Emory Grove
for points on w. NJ. r.
Trains on c. V. r. X. connect at Carlisle
with the Gettysburg and Harrisburg r. r.
Passengers to and from Washington will
change cars at Union Depot, Baltimore.
Ii. d. SCOTT, Agent, tosEPH LEIB, Agent
gettysburg, Pa. Hanover, Pa.
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HE DEFlED THE DEITY.

A gentleman residing in Middle
town, n. Y, who was visiting in Sui
Ivan County last week, was attract
ed by eight headstones in a little
grass-grown cemetery near Falls
burg, all of which stood in row and
were exactly alike. He got out OF
his wagon to look at them and found
that they were all children of a well
kown physician, and that the dates
on the headstones showed that the
first one died Nov. 3, 1861, and the
other seven between that date and
Dec. 15 following, or that the entire
family of eight children had died
within eight weeks. When speaking
of the matter to friends that day, he
was told the history of the case,
which is regarded in that neighbor-
hood as q visitation of Providence in
punishment for defiance of the
Deity.
The story as told is that in 1864
there was a scourge of diphtheria in
that neighborhood, and the physic-
Ian was kept busy treating patients
suffering from that disease. He was
very successful, and gained such
confidence in his skill that he began
to boast that he could cure any case,
and went so far that he I" defied God
Almighty to produce case of diph-
liberia he could not cure" In less
than week his youngest child was
seized with the disease, and although
he exercised his skill to tae utmost,
having not only professional pride
but fathers love to urge him to do
his best, his boy grew worse and
died. One after another his children
sickened and died, until all were
gone, and laid aside in the little
graveyard near Fallsburg. But one
child was left, married daughter,
but in few weeks she, too, was
stricken down and became a victim
to the dread disease. Middletoarn
Argus.
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baltimore & OHIO RAILROAD.

RALllmOhE q OdlO hA1LhOAD.
In Effect Monday, May 80, 1886. STANDARD
Time,)
EASTWARD.
No. q st. Louis Limited, leaves IL "a Am.
No. st. Louis Express. leaves 06 A. M.
No. 9 Chicago Il Pittsburg Limited, leaves
4: 80 PM.
No. Chicago & Pittsburg Express, leaves
5W Al M.
No. 80 Martinsburg Accommodation, leaves
500 O'Clock p. NJ.
No. 81 New Orleans Express. leave s IS
o'clock r. NJ.
No. &c accommodation. leaves ii 05 A. NJ.
No. LAG Way Train leaves 20 A. NJ
WESTWARD
No. st. Louis Limited, leaves 5.25 p. m.
No. 3 Chicago & st. Louis Express leaves
1924 a. m.
No. 5 Chicago & Pittsburg Limited, leaves
1850 a. m.
No. So New Orleans Express, arrives IS
p. IN.
No. 50 Accommodation, arrives 1918; leaves
222 p. m.
No. l45 Way Train, leaves at 8 10 O'Clock p. M
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lake fife HOME PAPER

Your home paper your best friend always has some
thing to say in which interested always on the look
out for good The local happenings your town and coun
ty are part OF your own history The HERALD has no better
friends than its subscribers and takes the same interest in them
as it does in its affairs 1t gives all the home news general
news market reports and takes decided stand on all public
questions 1t Republican politics liberal and progressive in
all things and read by many Democrats as persons Of any
other party It aims TO be safe paper the home It IS
managed on strictly business principles honest and fair TO all
Give it trial Send for sample copy for your friends
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-15
Bears in Maine.

A correspondent of the New York Sun
writes: There are several bear cubs in
various stores about town, Gagged up in
little dens, and they are great adver-
tisement for their owners. A bear cub
is probably the drollest young animal
alive. They play all sorts of funny an
tics and attract moro custom than lot
terry. know of restaurant which num-
bers pet cub among its attractions, and
that bear is bonanza to the bar. It has
learned to drink beer, eat pie, and play
with the customers dogs. Once in a
while it escapes and gets up the street q
little way and seems quite sad at being
recaptured. A pair of these playful lit
tie fellows have just been sold to the
United States Soldiers Home at Togu,
for only $50.
The Maine bear is the genuine black
the sheep, lamb and calf-eater. He nev-
er bothers man unless provoked to fight,
and then he is an ugly customer to meet.
They are pretty well thinned out in the
western part of the State, but have
often met them within twenty miles Of
Bangor. They are the terror of farmers,
but the delight of sportsmen, and, while
many flock of nice sheep are eaten up,
it is no uncommon sight to see nice 300
or 4OO-pounder hung up alongside of
beef and mutton in the Bangor market
shope
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-15
The First Turnpike.

In the time of Charles II. restrictions
were laid on the weight of carriages and
their contents by limiting the number of
cattle by which they might be drawn; !;
power has given to raise an assessment
for the repairs of the roads, and the plan
of imposing tolls began to be- adopted.
From this time we begin to hear of turn
pixies, and as time went on turnpike acts
were passed and turnpike roads began to
be talked about. With increased traffic
and better roads the stage wagon re-
placed the packhorse in the conveyance
of merchandise--the huge tilted wagon
that survived till railway times, with its
six or eight sleek horses, the smart wag-
cner riding his cob by the side of it,
fourishing his long cartwhip, as the road
wound through undulating ground with
cornfelds and pastures, still mostly un-
inclosed, and by ways branching off with
way posts, at the junction pointing to
some village whose spire shows over the
hillside. In the year 1867 the system of
collecting tolls was extended to the
great roads in all directions, and the Gus
tomary statute labor was appropriated
entirely to the cross or country roads.
This date marks the beginning of the era
of stage coaches, and the full develop
ment Of an organized system of posting
from stage to stage along the public
roads. From this time the roads of Eng
land began to rouse the wonder and envy
of other nations. In France especially,
just before the revolutionary era, the
roads were execrable, and the few public
conveyances clumsy and badly horsed.
Everything had to give way to equipages
of the grand seigneurs, and the starving
peasantry were dragged from their sloppy
fields to draw the gilded coach of the
Marquis or Count out of the quagmires
of the public road. ALL the Year Bound.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-15
GREAT WORKS OF MAN.

The highest pyramid in existence is
five hundred and twenty feet in
height.
The walls of Babylon were three
hundred and fifty feet high slave la.
Dor.
The temple of Belus at Babylon is said
to have been six hundred and sixty-six
feet high.
st. Ivan's Tower, Moscow, and the
Chicago Board of Trade are three hun
dred feet high.
The tower of Babel is supposed to have
reached the height of six hundred and
eighty feet.
The highest monument in the world is
the Washington, five hundred and fifty
FIVE feet high.
The highest building in the world is
the spire to st. Peters Church, Rome,
five hundred and eighteen feet.
The greatest fortress in the world from
strateglcal point OF view IS the famous
stronghold of Gibraltar. 1t occupies a
rocky peninsula jutting out into the sea,
about three miles long and three quarters
of mile wide.
The highest monolith is the obelisk at
Karnak in Egypt. The obelisk is as
cribed to Hatasu, sister of Pharaoh
Thothmes I'LL, who reigned about 1900
B. G. The whole length is one hundred
and twenty-five feet, and its weight four
hundred tons.
The largest library is the Bibliotheque
National in Paris, founded by Louis XIV.
1t contains 1,4OO, 900 volumes, 300, 900
pamphlets, 175, 900 manuscripts, 800, 900
maps and charts, and $50, 900 coins and
medals. The collections and engravings
exceed 1, 800, 900, contained in some 10,
900 volumes.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-15
Severe Punishment.

In the primitive jurisprudence of Rus
sia ordeal by boiling water was enjoincd
in cases of minor Importance, and in the
eleventh century we find burning iron
ordered "where the matter at stake
amounted to more than half a grivna of
gold" A curious survival OF ordeal
superstition still prevails to very large
extent in Southern Russia When
theft is committed in household the
servants are summoned together, and
sorceress is sent for. Should no con-
fession be made by the guilty party, the
sorceress rolls up as many little balls OF
bread as there are suspected persons
present. She then takes one of these
balls and, addressing the nearest servant,
uses this formula: 'If you have COM
mitted the theft, the ball will sink to
the bottom of the vase; but if you are
innocent, it will float on the water" The
accuracy of this trial, however, IS
seldom tested, as the guilty person in
variably confesses before his turn ar
rives to undergo the ordeal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-15
Wild Hunters.

One traveller tells of having witnessed
the pursuit and destruction of a large
leopard by a pack of wild dogs. Whether
or not the dogs had set out with the in
tention of capturing the leopard, he
could not tell. He saw them start up
the great cat in low jungle. The
leopard made no effort at first to fight of
its assailants; but with series of pro-
digious springs, sought shelter in the
only refuge the plain afforded-a tree
which had partially fallen.
There the hunted beast stood, snarling
and growing in a manner that would
have frightened off any ordinary foe.
The savage dogs, however, never hesi-
tated moment, but with agile leaps ran
up the sloping trunk, and gave instant
battle to their furious game. One after
another, the dogs were hurled back, each
stroke of the terrible paw making one
foe the less. Yet they continued to
throw themselves against the enraged
creature, until, wearied by the contest
and wounded in fifty places, it fell from
the tree; when, still struggling, it was
quickly torn to pieces.
1t must not be supposed, however, that
the wild dog usually prefers as formi.
dable game as the leopard. A sheep-fold
is always an attraction too great for the
wild dog to pass.
And now, after calling this wild hunt
er a dog, l shall have to say that it is
not dog at all, but is only sort OF
cousin to the dog, and really a nearer
relative of. the hyena, though it so resem.
bles both animals as to have gained the
name of hyena-dog. Its scientific name
is Lycaon genaticus;. and besides the two
common names already mentioned, it has
half dozen more. st. Nicholas.