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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-22
Why We Are Gringoes

People often wonder and ask why the
Mexican calls the American "Gringo, "
or what the word means. That can be
explained much easier than why the
American calls the Mexican "Greaser. /"
When the Americans went to war with
Mexico, a melody, every verse of which
ended with Green grow the rlishes, o."
was very popular. 1t pleased almost
everybody's fancy, and was sung by old
and young. While in camp the soldiers
would sing it constantly, and all the
Mexicans could hear was Green grow
the rushes. o." They Immediately be-
gan to call the American soldiers by the
first two words, as it sounded to them,
"grin-goes." They made it into one
word, by which they will ever know the
American-"Gringo. Nelly Bly, in
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-22

V so. The cloud voice" of our Lord at the
close of his sutferinss has been taken 10y some
as evidence th1t 100 bodily but mental strain
b"oHght on the end. Possibly the clear view
O. the eni realize I, tie " "a; now ing ON
lretg d, and the results to be secured lrD ught
"a momentary strength. The sentence is brief.
1t is expressive. None can tell all it means.
He has drained the cup his father gave him
to drink. Revelation of God has been made.
Holiness has heor exenrifed. The lew Of
God has been honored. lis penalty has been
borne. The blood that cleanseth from all sin
will have been shed when he expires. ut is
finished" If the words of the cloud voice" be
those of Luke xiii, 40, we can understand
the tone of rejoicing in them. Then he bowed
his head and gave up the spirit or soul.
Ghost is the old word for SPIRIT
~ We may learn how interesting and i'm
portart is the death of Christ from the
minutencss with which the evangelists set tie
details before us, and from the prophecies
that Went before regarding it.
e. We may learn the evil of human nature
in the hard, unjust and unfeeing way in
which the innocent sufferer was treated. Let
us beware OF crucitylng the Son of God atresh
by evil doing, while counted of his people
t3) We may see how truly human he was
and how good in the relations Of life, from
his words regarding his mother. Boys and
girls should treasure up these things and be
good to fathers and mothers.
~ How firm foundation is laid for our
faith! Prophecy is fulfilled, atonement is
made. See 1t in Dan. tx, 24.-Sunday School
World
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-22
The Ne wspaper,s Worst Side.

The worst side of the newspaper-the
worst side of personal journalism is this
that it gives us the exceptional side,
makes it seem the real and personal side.
Crime are made interesting, criminals
heroes, and their doings chronicled as if
they were kings and queens. 1t is the
ambition of many persons to see them
selves in print; and if girl will get
married to see her name in the newspa-
per, as one admitted she had done. why
it is not beyond the bounds of POSSIBLE
ity that man would commit murder in
order to he the reigning newspaper sem
sation, and that he would exercise inge-
nuity to make it brutal as possible, know
ing that this increases his sensational
value.-Jennie June.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-22
STRANGE FREAKS OF ELECTRICITY.
Singular Phenomena of the New Zealand
Eruptions-A Pulling Affair.

Singular Phenomena of the New Zealand
Eruptions-A Puzzling Affair.
Among the many extraordinary ma
tural phenomena attending the recent
eruption of Mount Tarawera, one which
appears to me not the least singular has
been passed over in comparative silence
and without exciting comment so far as
l am aware, among the scientific or I'M
scientific public. During the last week
those attending Mr.. Burton's interesting
lectures have heard there related one of
the strange and, so far, inexplicable cir
cumstances witnessed by Mr.. McRea
and others of that devoted little band
to whom it must have seemed that hell
itself had opened to destroy them. l al,
Jude to the fact of their being unable
to make water boil on that terrible
night, when earth itself appeared to be
in state of ebullition. give here the
narrative from Mr.. McRae's own lips,
and feel confident that few who have
read of the magnificent courage and
presence of mind displayed by him
among those fearsome surroundings, and
none who have heard the plain, I'M
vanished tale modestly related by him
self, will ascribe the circumstances as
due to the working of an overheated and
excited imagination.
Mr.. McRae says: II mad George
Baker, the cook, put some water on the
fire to make cocoa for the women, who
were cold and shivering, poor souls,
though holding up grandly. About
three quarters of an hour atterward he
met me in the passage and said to me:
Come here, sir What is it, said
l. 4 can't get the water to boil
he said. Tut, said I; poke up the fire. ;
It's a good fire., he replied, and so it
was. glowing fire OF blazing rata logs
"a splendid fire. Put your hand in
there and feel it, said he, taking the lid
off the boiler, l did so-very gingerly
l can assure you, and found the water
as cold as when we put it on. There
were SO many extraordinary things hap
pening around me that this particular
one did not excite my wonder very
much. thought it was owing to the
electricity in the air. George Baker can
vouch, as well as myself for the fact of
liie water having Deen ON tne IRE 1Or
full three-quarters of an hour, and at
the end of that time being as cold as
when put on. We spoke of the circum-
stance to the others at the time as being
curious, but soon had matters more
serious to distract our attention"
Now, surely, here is a natural phenom-
enon worthy the investigation of all our
scientific men, not only in New Zealand,
but throughout the civilized world. We,
of course, all know that the greater the
atmospheric pressure the greater the
number of units of heat required to
make the water boil, but some other de-
terrent cause must have been at work
in this instance, as, after having been
placed for three-quarters of an hour on
good fire, the water remained abso-
lutely cold. What other cause was
there is the problem l suggest to our
scientific men as one we'll worthy of
their research.-Cor. New Zealand Her
aid.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-22

from Willie, and "skraish" from the
heron, and well we know what it
means.
The dam has burst, and the wa:ers
come d Iwn 18th rush and a roar and
a force irresistible.
Suave oui pent. Save ourselves, save
our jackets, save our fish.
The mills down the stream will have
water enough now and to spare. 1t will
fill and overflow the dams and make a
dash breast high over the wheels, and it
will sweep the linen from the fields of
the bleaching works.
Again, what care we? Have we not
had fine fun. We tie our trout in strings
and prepare for home.
Only just in time, for yonder, running
up stream, comes farmer Milne
he always was a brute-and two
of his men. But if he thinks
to catch us he is much mis-
taken. We take to the woods with
defiant whoop! and farmer Milne has
seen the last of us.
Grief came on the foil owing Friday,
though. For the dominic had got a
new spengie cane, and we three conspir-
ators stole that and cut it up. We were
just about to begin.
LET us smoke the calumet of peace"
l said.
When suddenly the sharp features of
Dominic Forbes were protruded over the
fence.
"Oh! you young scamps!" he cried;
wait till to- morrow; I'll ca-ca-calu-
met YOU"
What could we do to avert the ordeal
that would in all probability take place
tomorrow.
81 have it." l shouted LET us &c
straight and see jeanne"
We told her all, adding
"Oh! please, Miss Jeanne, take pity
on u.s. and he kind to the dominic. He
is SO fond of you, Jeanne, and if you say
a word he will never thrash us"
DO you think he is fond of me-" said
bonnie Jeanne.
30! Miss Jeanne, l replied, "he would
die for YOU"
That he would" said Willie.
I'm sure he would" said Davie.
Reader, that promised thrashing never
came off, but I'll tell you what did come
off just two months after-a wedding
And Dominic Forbes limped away
from church with bonnie Jeanie's hanC
in his sleeve.-Gordon Stabiey, NJ. D.
G. NJ, R. NJ, in Home Chimes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-22

The cashier of business place had oc-
casion to leave his desk one day, and he
called the son of the proprietor who
was at work in another department, to
take his place for an hour or two, and
instructed him about how to make en-
tries i'll the cash book, in case any money
came in, the receipts on one side and the
disbursements on the other. The bows
father came in and wanted 50, which the
son gave him, and when the cashier
came back he found an entry in the cash
BOOK. On one side was this: Took in
two dollars from "a granger with his
pants tucked in his boots" The cashier
looked at the scrawl in the book and
then at the cash drawer, and said
well, where's the two dollars?" The
boy thought minute, took pencil and
wrote on the other side of the book: PA
collected the two dollars" The cashier
sighed and the boy said: well, it
balances, doesn't it? What more do you
want:"-Peck's Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-22

Among the old papers in the county
clerks office in Freehold, n. j., is the
death sentence of a negro named Cesar
1t reads: Therefore the court doth
judge that thou, the said Caesar, shall
return to the place from whence thou
earnest, and from thence to the place of
execution, when thy right hand shall be
cut off and burned before thine eyes,
Then thou shalt be hanged up by the
neck till thou art dead dead, dead; then
thy body shall be cut down and burned
to ashes in fire. and so the Lord have
mercy on thy soul, Caesar. New York
Sun
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-22
A Pair of Crazy Shoes.

A pair Of crazy shoes has been made
at Boston, Mass. The shoes contain $50
pieces of leather, and the tops alone con-
tain 100 small shaped pieces. Chicago
Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-22
Costly Buildings in New York.

III autIIIIOn 70 Ihe ABOVE are many
other business edifices of large cost; and
then there are the great apartmentment
houses up town, number of which
each cost more than 81, 900, OOO Chicago
Herald
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
FATTENING SWINE.

Swine should be pushed forward
now in mild weather as fast as pos,
sible, as they will gain flesh much
more rapidly on the same quantity
of food than in freezing weather.
During the fattening process it has
been found highly beneficial to feed
moderate quantity of pumpkins, for
when this is done they assist the di
gestion of the grain or meal given
the swine, and enables them to more
perfectly and economically turn it
into flesh, thus saving a considerable
percentage in the consumption of
food. Pumpkins, or, what are rich
.er and better. winter squashes, ought
to be grown especially for this pur.
pose by all swine keepers. Aside
from this, they are excellent for the
store stock, as they will do well if
fed alone on that is, provided
they are of a good, quiet breed.
When pumpkins are not on hand,
a few roots may be given raw, of
which beets and carrots are better
than potatoes, ruta.bagas, or com.
mon turnips. The last are very
poor feed for this purpose, being
better for cattle. Grass, and eS.
pecially clover, is an excellent sub.
stitute for roots, so long as it re.
mains green and growing in autumn,
but when turned out 10 this, the
swine ought to have a warm shed,
into which they can come when fed
and to protect themselves from dew
and frost during the night, as well
as from storms.
To make superior hams and bacon,
corn should be mixed with oats or
barley, or perhaps rye might an.
swer, at the rate of onehalf to Il
third of one of the latter to the form.
er, and ground thus together. Such
feed increases the proportion offend
er, juicy, lean streaking the tat,
which is essential to produce Il fine
quality of hams and bacon. If fat
pork for sailing and barreling alone
is wanted, then pure corn, whole or
ground into coarse meal, is the best
feed, joined with some pumpkin or
roots, barley or rye, as recommend
ed above.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
VALUE OF FALL FLOWING.

In the Northwest fall blowing is
the rule. With us in Western New
York it is the exception. 1t isprob-
able that in many cases blowing sod
land in the fall, which we intend to
plant in the spring, is injurious
rather than beneficial. Furthermore,
we can pillow sod land in the spring
when other land is too wet to work.
In this section, therefore, and still
more in sections where the winters
are milder, we are willing to admit
that there is usually little to be
gained by fall blowing sod land
but in the case of coIn.stuble or any
other land not in grass or clover,
we can see no possible objection to
fall blowing. There is nothing grow.
ing on the land, and whether plowed
or not plowed, there is just as much
danger of loss of nitrates from wash.
ing in the one case as the other, and
the advantage of blowing is certain.
~ very great. At this season of
the year land is in admirable condi
ton for blowing. We are not very
busy with our horses, and every
acre we plow now is an acre less to
pillow in the spring. Any raw clay
soil that is turned up now is expos
ed to the amellorating action of sun,
air and frost. But the great and
paramount advantage lies in the
fact that we can get our spring crops
in several days or even weeks ear
lier, and we are not so hurried that
we cannot do the work properly. 1t
is grand thing at all times to be
able to push the work and not let
the work push you.
We should make it a rule that
every acre of land not occupied with
grass, clover or other crops, and
which we intend to SOW or plant
early next spring, should be plOwed
this fall. Ii it is strong land, or If
it is sandy land with "a suhstratum
of calcareons clay lying within sew
en- or eight or nine inches Of the sur
face, we should put down the pillow
SO as to reach it and bring an inch
or two of this subsoil where it will
be exposed to the atmosphere and
be gradually mixed with the lighter
surface soil.-JosEPH HARRIS IN
american Agricultarist for Nor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30

Judge Flick, the Republican can
didate for Congress in this district,
occupies no eqniyocal position upon
any public question. He is in favor
of protecting American industries,
and will therefore, if elected, vote
against the Morrison Tariff bill. lie
has always been opposed to the
importation. of foreign canvict labor
to this country. and will therefore,
if elected, vote to protect the Amer
can workingmen against the ruinous
competition from this source. lie
will, if elected, sustain the ole9,
margarine legislation against an
efforts Of its enemies to repeal 1t. il
elected, he will never vote against
the interests of his constituents
never vote to put lumber and coal
and wool on the free list. He Is
exactly the kind Of man the people
of this district need to represent
them in the next CoDgress.-fd"'
mont West VirgiRiGn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
HENCHMEN RUIN A PARTY.

The instincts OF our people are
overwhelmingly Democratic, but De,
mocracy does not consist in silent
submission in gang of self seeking
politicians who subordinate party
success to their personal advance
ment. Theory suggests and expert
euce proves, that the solid, thought.
full element of the party will not toll
crate the scheming and corrupt
methods practiced by the Ring.
Solid, thoughtful men well know
that the country must come to ruin
unless its public business is better
administered. Hence men like
Mr.. Camden are always defeated on
a popular vote. Very many Dem
Ocrats abstain from voting rather
than assist in electlng a person who
has captured his nomination by
scheming and corruption. Mr..
Camden captured the nomination
for Governor in 1872, and was over.
whelmingly defeated; yet in 1876
Governor Matthews carried this
State by nearly $4,000. Every
county goes Republican in which
our party is openly dominated by the
henchmen of the Ring. We propose
to print table showing that Demo
cratic counties become Republican
when the henchmen succeed in
sending to Legislature that elects
a U. S. Senator men secretly pledg.
ed to person who could not be
elected by a direct vote of the PEG.
pie. These facts are surely suf-
ficient to call halt.
We are thus persistent about this
matter because Democrats will not
tolerate hierarchy based on the
Federal patronage. We are thus
persistent because this unblushing
prostitution of the Federal patron
age has exasperated beyond meas
ure the best and most loyal element
of the party, and will inevitably
result in Democratic defeat West
Va. Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
DRY GOODS.

Rhadame Silks S1-Plain Silk Velvets
Chenille Stripes-Satin Stripes 81 per
yard. Elder Down Cloths-Cashmere
Flannels (all colors)-Jersey Flannels-
Archery Flannels-Shaker & Wool Flan-
nels-plain and white-grey
wn-blue-black. Cotton Flan-
nels-all colors- Bleached and Unbleach-
ed cents per yard and up-Muslins 5
cents per yard. UPDEGRAFFS.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
DO YOUR DUTY ON TUESDAY

WHEELING, w. VA, Oct. 49,
Michael Freismuth started two
homing pigeons for Wichita, Kansas
last evening to test their qualities.
One Of them arrived yesterday after,
noon in fifty four hours and four
minutes after their release. The
distance is twelve hundred miles.
The actual flying time is thought to
have been twenty-four hours, the
birds making fifty-nine miles an
hour on the wing. The record is
one of the best ever made. A good
deal of money changed hands on the
result. The bird is a year and a half
old, and half English and half
Belgium stock. One hundred dol
lars has been refused for her.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
BLAINE In THE FIELD.

The enthusiasm that greets Mr..
Blame in Pennsylvania amounts to
a continuous ovation. Nothing
more ardent and thrilling has ever
occurred in the history of our poll
tics. When he appeared in Phila-
delphia Saturday night the building
in which he delivered his address
was not large enough to hold one
tenth of the people who wanted to
hear him, and after he spoke a few
words in Horticultural Hall, ten
thousand people formed themselves
into line as a guard of honor to
escort him to his hotel. The people
like Mr.. Blaine because he is man
of brains. He is a statesman. He
is a patriot. He is an American of
Americans. He is one of the best
products of our citizenship. And he
is man of the people. He COM
bInes all the qualities of great
leader and all the abilities of a
great orator. When he says any
thing he is listened to. No man
grasps the problems of the day
more firmly than he, and no man in
this country has a more intimate
acquaintance with national affairs.
He understands the history of yes
terday and the history of to-day, and
he knows how to shape the history
of tomorrow by the precepts of the
past. His utterances have the
weight of authority.
His remarks Saturday night on
the tariff show the completeness of
his argument. He took the savings
banks as an index to the condition
of the workingmen. He shows that
in the nine states-the six states of
New England, with New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey
where protection protects the most,
the amount of savings was greater
than the total sum in all the savings
banks af Great Britain AMI Ireland.
The same thing holds good in dozens
Of other states. He then answered
the assertion that protection has
ruined our foreign trade by showing
that during the period of protec-
ton under Republican administra.
lions the aggregate exports of the
United States between the year 1861
and 1881 were nearly twice as large
as they were throughout the period
from the Inauguration of Washing
ton to the Inauguration of Lincoln !:
in the one case aggregating nearly
O0O,OO0,O0O, and in the other but
$1,000, 100000, in value" He went
further, and showed the value ofpro.
lection to the farmers. He said:
Russia, to extend her territory to-
wards the confines of India and
connect her European and Asiatic
empires, has been enlarging her rail-
way system and securing cheap
transportation for her wheat crop.
England, TO meet this advance, has
been covering India with railways !:
and these in a more marked sense
and in greater degree even than
in Russia, the way has been opened
for the cheap transportation of
wheat. Certainly, the lesson thus
taught has been that the American
farmer might be utterly driven to
the wall for a wheat market if it
were not for the large domestic con,
sumption in the United States.
Instead of this low price signifying
the necessity of free trade, it is
apparent that utter destruction
would wait upon the farmer, if fol
towing the chimera of free trade, he
should destroy or imperil the large
domestic market which protection
affords him."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
A GREAT DISCOVERY!
HOLDSTEIN'S AROMMANA!

The only sure cure for Dyspepsi j., and
all Kidney, Liver, 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 A. NJ. 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 first
class drug store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30

Mr.. Blaine spoke in Pittsburg 10
ten thousand people.
Alarm is felt over the masslDg OF
Turkish troops on the Bulgarian
frontier
Judge Prendergast, of Chicago,
has issued an order for the arrest 0,
over forty election Judges ana
clerks, whose offence consists in not
returning the registry books OF the
election commissioners within tue
time prescribed by law.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
AND BALTIMORE R. r.

Change of schedule June 18th, 1895.
Trains from Pittsburg, New York, Philadel-
phia, make connection at Hillen Station, Bal
timore, at So m, and p m, through cars.
for Hanover and Gettysburg and points on
Hanover Junction road, Frederick Division
Penn. Il. 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 m and 2 Is
p IN, connecting at Hanover for points on
Frederick Division Penn. X, and branch OF
Northern Central r II, and at Emory Grove
for points on w. Nj. II r.
Trains on C. V. Il. X. connect at Carlisle
with the Gettysburg and Harrisburg r. Il.
Passengers to and from Washington will
CHI tnge cars at Union Depot, Baltimore.
Ii. ID. SCOTT, Agent, JOSEPH LEIB, Agent
Gettysburg, Pa. Hanover, Pa
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
HEDGE FENCES NEVER BLOW DOWN OR DECAY

illustrates
hedges First the left the plants for pashng Next
the roots Of the plants FLASHING The operation Of
fence and secured in position the use of four horizontal lines Of wre THE
the hedge as Just after FLASHING and last to the right and
growth and been put in shape pruning The Shenandoah Hedge Co.
their patented above illustrated solicit
pa a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
A GREAT STORE.

People in every community point with
pride to their great stores-if they have
any. A really great store supplies every
article in its line-of the finest-medium
and common qualities-at the lowest
prices. That is the kind of store we aim
to keep-to have people point with pride
to our great store-that is our pride-see
what we can do for you.
UPDEGRAFFS.