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The weekly messenger., 1886-05-22
1900
ARPENTS
OFLAND FOR
SALE.

Land of first quality, impro-
we'd and unimprovcd, in lots
to suit purchasers, situated on
the Hills adjoining Cadc's Sta
ton, St. Martin Parish La.
Good water and easy commu-
nication. Terms easy.
For particulars address to
Robert Martin,
Lock Box MOI s. st. MarrinSvilIe, La.
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-22
Household Aids.

Matches SnOulu always De htpt III
stone or earthen jar. or i'm tin.
Laundry starch makes the best paste
for scrap-b books, because age does no
turn it yellow.
Thoroughly wetting the hair once ol
twice a week with weak solution o
salt water will prevent it falling out.
Hot wood ashes, applied to a stove
when cold, will remove grease. Cover
the spot entirely; do not be sparing OF
the ashes
After stove has once been tn OrOughly
blacked. it can be kept looking well fol
a long time by rubbing it with news
paper every morning.
A test for eggs is the following: Dis
solve one ounce of salt i'm ten ounces O
water. and put the eggs in. GoOC
eggs will sink, and bad eggs will
float.
Many good laundresses advise sOaping
linen into warm water the night previous
to washing, as facilitating the operation
and less friction being required.
Straw mating may be cleaned with q
large coarse cloth, dipped in salt and
water. aud then wiped dry; the salt
prevents the mating from turning yell
low.
Save tea leaves from the table. and
steep them for half an hour. Strain.
and use the water to wash all varnished
paints. ItremOves spots and gives fresh
and new appearance.
Vegetables which lose some of theil
color by being boiled may have that col
or restored by plunging them for an in
slant in cold water. Immediately after
removing from the boiling water.
To clean smoky marble, brush 9
ptStC vi Chiol iuC VI liiiiC anu WdtcI ONtI
the entire surface. Grease spots can be
removed from marble by applying a
paste of crude potash and whiting in
this manner.
A bit of porous paper is better for pc.
fishing eyeglasses and spectacles thar
anything else. The sort of paper upOr
which newspapers are printed is the
best. Moisten the glasses, and rub dry
with the paper.
Matches should never be left where rat.
or mice can get hold of them. There il
nothing better to the taste of a rat than
PHOSPHORUS. Those animals will eat il
if they can get it. A bunch of matche
is almost certain to be set on fire if a ra
get. at it.
Whole cloves are now used to exter.
inmate moth. 1t is said they are NOR,
effectual as a destroying agent thar
either tobacco, camphOr or cedar sha
wings.
All that is necessary to keep flower
fresh is to keep them moist and cool. In.
stead of dipping flowers i'm water. they
should Simply ha urappod nm in n mo
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-22
A Few Chips.

lilan any OlneT CLASS OF clIlZeHS.
spring mattress, like spring
chicken, Is in season all the year
round.
One bad man says women don't know
whether they want the elective franchise
cut on the bias or straight.
In Mexico the House of Deputies has
just passed an act making train -wrecking
punishable by immediate execution.
Iowa Democrats have to defend their
right to be "A postmaster with shotgun.
The IIawkeys state evidently isn't thor
Oughly reconstructed yet.
Carroll Hamilton Fitzhugh of Pitts
burg. though only twelve years old has
written drama which his friends pro-
nounces an extraordinary production.
A sensational crank preacher i'm Mon
tana says: ANY man who would deli
beratcly wear black clothes has black
soul, and would rob the widow and or
phan."
1t spoils the effect of the usual Repub-
lican homily on corruption of Demo-
cratic rule in New York. to discover that
a full proportion of the Doodle aldermen
were Republicans.
The large cOlOred vote east i'm Rich
mond Va. Monday against prohibition
is said to have been due largely to
fear among the negroes that if the sale
of liquor was forbidden the sale of to-
bacco would be stopped soon also.
Gen. LOngstreet. although good Re-
publican since the war. took part in the
Atlanta ovation Of jefferson Davis last
week in full confederate uniform. and ne
gro field hands saluted the train bearing
the ex-cOnfederate chieftain.
The committee on military affairs of
the Detroit Lime-Kiln Club has looked
into the subject of our coast defenses. and
reached the following conclusion In
case of war tho enemy's fleet could ca
silly lombard any city on the coast. We
would therefore suggest that all these
cities be moved back II miles
Various trials of the new French horse
shoe, which is made entirely of sleeps
horn. are said to show its particular
adoption for horses employed in towns
and known not to have a steady foot on
the pavement. 1t is more durable.
though little more expensive, than the
iron shoe.
A female candidate for Superinten-
dent Ofpublic schools in one of the eogn-
ties of Kansas, in an address to the voters
said the other day; Il beg You will try
me, not BY test-sf' a chivalric sentiment
of gallantry, which is all well enough in
its place, but by the true standard of me-
rit and fitness alone.
AS remedy for the roughening effect
Of sun and wind, take six drachms
avCirdupOis powdered borax, pure gly-
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-22

Transient advertisements, - cents per
subsequent insertion.
Official or legal advertisements, 81 per
Il inch for first insertion; and 80 cents for
each subsequent insertion.
C|Brief communications upon subjects
Of public interest solicited. No attention
will be given to anonymous letters.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
No inherited ritIe, Of NOBILITY.

1t may strike the superficial observer
Of Oriental usages as peculiar that in the
Ottoman dominion there are no titles of
nobility, no aristocracy or inherited titles.
The sultan himself is no more, in the
sight of the Koran, than his meanest
servitor. The lowest slave to-day may
become grand vizier tomorrow. In
fact, many Of the present ministers have
arisen from the humblest walks and avo-
cations to their exalted positions. The
poets of the east" says Saladin
to the Hon-hearted King Richard, SAY
that valiant camel-driver is worthy to
kiss the lips of fair queen, when cow
ardly prince is not worthy to salute the
hem of her garment. Cincinnati En-
nIlirer
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
EFFECT OF THE TARIFF ON PRICES.

| come now to the direct benefits
of tariff. Let every protectionist
throughout this country plant him
self firmly on the fact that all essen
tial objects of consumption affected
by the tariff are cheaper and better
now that at any period under free
trade or revenue tariff; that the
tariff has cheapened the cost of all
he uses and all he wears; that Amer
lean labor is better paid, and the
workingman and his family in bet
ter condition than in any other eoun-
try on the globe. 1t is also a fact
that the vast bulk of the productions
of the three greatest industries-iron
and steel, cotton and wool-are sold
in this country as cheap as they are in
free-trade England. This is in con-
formity with the law that the great
est cheapening OF prices by the es-
tablishment of national industry is
exhibited in commodities of the
highest necessity. In the iron man
ufacture, the article of nails, the
commodity of most universal use
produced by that industry, has de-
clined, through domestic productions
from 5000 per 100 pounds, in 1864,
to $3.50 in 1881, and 1926 in 1886, a
cheaper rate than prevails in any
country in the world, and enabling
us to export in competition with
England and Australia, to South
America, while we send our nail
working machines even to England
itself. This is also illustrated in
our cotton manufacture by the re-
duction of the price of sheetings
from 80 cents in 1914, to 81 cents in
1S43 /; of prints from 23.07 cents IN
1916, to 9.15 cents in 1913, and 5
cents in 1888. The same law IS il
lustrated in the worsted manufac-
ture by the reduction of delaines, or
a fabric corresponding to it, a do
mestic commodity consumed by our
| people in the ratio of nearly two
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
Working Land in South Carolina.

1.-THE great evil is that the whole sys-
tenn of renting and working land is out
of joint. There must be complete rev.
olution in our industrial system. In the
old times the slave-owner portioned his
land year by year so as to keep its fertil-
ity up; and in the time his slaves were
not in the cotton he had them gather
muck or pine trash and make manure
the land kept even or gained. Now it is
all done by hiring or renting, and
every negro only wants his days
wages or his crop for that year, and
forces it out of the land by fertilizers.
Now these fertilizers do not build up
land like manure does; they are nothing
but chemical agents-they force the land
to give out what YVES in it, and leave it
poorer"
Then how do the planters make any
money!
"The few who make any are doing 1t
by using up their capital-that is, the fer
tility of the soil. And millions of acres
have already reached point where they
yield no profit at all. The negro who
works such piece can make wages, but
the owner gets nothing. do not know
ten men in the state who make money
by cotton-growing alone. When you find
planter who is doing well, you win find
that he is practicing law or medicine or
trading in something. r-"Parke" in Chi
caeo Times,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
formed by the wearers of the blue
or the gray from their respective
standpoint of Duty
A DOG THAT COULD COUNT.

Old Fetch was shepherd dog and
lived in the Highlands of the Hud.
son. His master kept nearly a doz-
EN- cows, and they ranged at will
among the hills during the day.
When the sun was low in the west,
his master would say to his dog,
+" Bring the cows homer; and it was
because the dog did this task so well,
that he was called Fetch.
One sultry day he departed as
usual upon his evening task. From
scattered, shady, and grassy hooks,
he at last gathered all the cattle into
the mountain road leading to the
distant barnyard.
A part of the road ran through Il
low, moist spot bordered by a thicket
of black alder. and into this one of
the cows pushed her way, and stood
quietly. The others passed on, fol-
lowed some distance in the rear by
Fetch.
AS the cows approached the barn
yard gate, he quickened his pace
and hurried forward, as if to say,
"Pm here, attending to business
But his complacency was disturbed
as the cows filed through the gate.
He whined little, and growled a
little, attracting his masters atten.
ton. Then he went to a high fence
surrounding the yard, and standing
on his hindfeet peered between two of
the rails. After looking at the herd
carefully for a time, he started off
down the road again on a full run.
His master now observed that one
of the cows was missing, and he sat
down on rock to see what Fetch
was going to do about it. Before
very long he heard the furious tink-
ling of a bell, and soon Fetch APP.
peared bringing in the perverse COW
at a rapid pace, Fastening her on by
frequently leaping up and catching
her ear in his teeth. The gate was
again thrown open, and the COW,
shaking her head from the pain of
the dogs rough reminders, was led
through it in way that she did not
soon forget. Fetch then lay down
quietly to cool off in time for sup per.
b. z. Roe, IN I" st. Nicholas Dog Sto.
ties," ST. NICHOLAS for Nag.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01

yards for each individual of our pop
ulation, from 80 cents, in 1885, to
20.O6 cents in 1860, and 11.22 cents
in 1882. In the wooden industry
this law is demonstrated by the
fact that the greatest reduc-
ton of prices has been in goods of
universal consumption, such as fan
nels, ordinary knit-goods, low and
medium cloth. and ready made cloth
ing. The goods, in fact, the demand
for which, proceeding from so many
millions Of our people, sustains the
vast scale of production with its re-
sulting economies.-Robert p. Por.
fDs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
TWO FORTUNES.

rwo sisters with their arms entwinsd,
there stand
Before fortune-teller, bowed with age,
Who slowly turns with feeble, faltering
hand
The cards prophetic, like a mystic page.
One dark, one fair and both fresh as the
morn;
One like the flower which blooms in an
tumn late,
The other like to Springs pale, sad first
born,
Together there they wait to learn their
fate.
In life, alas see no Joy for thee"
The gypsy said TO her, the darkeyed
maid;
Tell me, pray, win he at least love met
Yes THAT alone Is happiness she
said
Love on thy heart shall shed no gladderr
ing ray"
The gypsy said to her with snow-white
brow;
Shall ! love him at least, tell me. pray
~Yes" ~Then for me that win be bliss
ennwp
Degrees Of Skill In Labor.
There is very common but mistaken
impression abroad that there are no de-
grees Of skill in what Is called ordinary
labor. A single illustration win show
the magnitude Of this error. Take the
simple operation Of handling rock-driIl,
for instance. One man will drill holes
true and parallel, while another, though
he may be quite as industrious and well
meaning, will do precisely the opposite.
The result is that the former uses less
powder for the blast, and the rock comes
out in shapely masses fit TO be made into
dimension stone worth a good price.
while the product Of the latter is only serv-
iceable for rubble work and not worth
as much by many times its cost. Yet
both the men rank as laborers.--W. II.
Swift in (s1oha- Democrat
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01

when Mr.. Clay formulated his Amer
lean System, the industrial condi-
ton, as well as system, of the South,
was not such as to invite its practi-
cal application. In forecastlng the
future-looking way down the vista
of time-Mr. Clay lost sight of CO.
temporaneous surroundings. The
system of slavery was itself an Oh
struction. 1t was the labor of the
South, and where it prevailed there
was no opening for skilled labor and
manufacturing industries. The eccn-
omy of that system was to exchange
its products for the manufactured
articles, and as Europe then was
the seat ofmanufacturlng industries,
it was policy to trade tobacco, cot
ton, rice, &C., directly with coun-
tries across the waters. There was
some reason and defence then for
the tariff idea of " revenue only" or
free trade and direct taxation, as
some desired, for the South had no
industries that wanted protection
so long as the slave system contin-
ued, and "cotton was king" there
was no room for manufacturing en-
terprises, and consequently the old
Wing idea Of a protective tariff was
in advance of the time when it's APP
plication was necessary and practi-
cal, so far as the Slave States were
concerned. For that reason the
South was Observation-Disclosures in
Free Trade and sailors rights"
and was Indifferent to the condition
and wants of the other sections of
the Union. These things were
changed in the destruction of the
slave system and the change has me-
cessitated the adoption of differ
ent policy, the operation Of which
encourages home industries, gives
employment to free labor, and builds
up home enterprise. 1t is Bourbon
ism that does not recognize these
new conditions. 1t does not seem to
realize that the slave system does
not now exist-that the ideas cotem-
poraneous with and growing out of
it, are not practical or applicable
now, but that our necessities and
wants can only he met by the en-
forcement of the American System.
1t seems to us that every intelli-
gent old Wing ought to recognize
the facts as we have stated them,
and should be proud of the wonder
full growth of the country, the march
of it's civilization--its advanced
position among the Nations of the
earth, as the result OF the practical
enforcement of the doctrine Of his
party as it was known and preached
fifty years ago. Valley Viryinian.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
The fashionable Drink Of the pay.

Whether it is because of the present
mania for everything English or not, it
is hard to say, but without doubt the
fashionable drink of the day here, as in
England, is tea. 1t is said to be a more
healthfui drink than coffee, which, with
Americans, has heretofore had the pref
erence, as it is more refreshing, less heat
ing and very restorative, and, too, has
the advantage Of being 80 much more
easily made. 1t is unquestionably the
drink for brain-workers, and women
who are exhausted with the laborious
duties of social life find it a delightful
stimulus. whereas coffee has the effect
of making them feel dull and heavy
Cor. New York World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
POETRY.
A PRELUDE.

A hundred buds into blossoms grew -
The blight killed some ere the night.
wind blew;
Some fingered and gained but an ILL
repute,-
One only grew to the perfect fruit.
A hundred seeds from the branches fell :;
How many were lost cannot tell
Some rooted and throve for a while
All me!
One only grew to the perfect tree.
l send thee a hundred songs of mine;
And little care for the ninety and nine,
0 friend of my youth bless my art
For the one that will flourish within thy
heart
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
Tho Profit. of Ross-Farmlnr.

In this time of agricultural depression
1t is gratifying to know rose-farming is
akin to silver mine-if silver currency
be in "boom." At Kezanlil1, cult
vator entered railway carriage with
two small boxes In his hands. The con-
tents represented his harvest transactions
for the year. Good goods are wrapped
up in small parcels. The boxes con-
tanned essence of roses, value for 100000
francs. The rose-trees require as much
care as do vines, and only produce Mt the
end Of five to ten years. The leaf-pick-
ing lasts from twenty-five to forty days.
To obtain one-sixth of an ounce Of es-
sence thirty pounds Of leaves are re-
quired and an ounce Of essence fetches
48 francs. Paris Cor. Chicago Journal
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
Bucklen's Arnica Salye.

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 25o. per
box. For sale by E. G. Williams & Bro
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01

Little eoy-studying his Latin les
son--Pa, what does snort mean
Pa-exalderman and bnilder-Is
that word in your books Little boy
Yes Pa-Well, it means "more
MORTAR" but | didn't know it was
a Latin word.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01

The great rainfall in New England in
February is declared by meteorologists
who have studied it to have been unpre-
cedented since records began TO be kept.
The total amount Of water which fell
from the clouds, chiefly during twenty
four hours, is computed to have
amounted to 10000, 600, 900 gallons.
The fall was greatest between New Lon
don and Providence.--New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
DISSOLUTION NOTICE !!

The copartnership heretofore existing
between the undersigned, trading under
the firm name of Riggs & Duvall, in the
milling business, is this day dissolved by
mutual consent. William H. Duvall,
will continue the business at the same
place, and will collect and settle all ac-
counts. WIN. HI. DUVALL,
F. B. RIGGS.
Spring Mills, Berkeley Co., w. Va.
April Goth, 1886.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01

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. mr87
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
NEW FIRM.
PURE SPRING WATER ICE.
Eichelberger & Leigh.

The undersigned, during the past win
ter, put up large quantity of PURE
SPRING WATER ICE, for the purpose
of supplying the citizens of Martinsburg
during the heated term. This Ice was
gathered from ponds that are filled from
pure soft and Iron Water Springs, where
no cattle or stock of any kind are allow
ed to run. We guarantee very super
ior quality of ice for family use. Terms
as low as any in the market. All who
need ice will please leave their orders at
Wild's Confectionery, on Queen street.
Address EICHELBERGER & LEIGH.
MARTINSBURG, w. VA.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-01
NOTICE!
HOUSE and LOT
FOR
SALE OR RENT y.

The undersigned offers his house and
lot, situated at North Mountain Depot,
at private sale. The lot contains ] acres
of land, improved with good two-story
house with five rooms, garden, fruit
trees, &c. The property is offered for
rent, if not sold. 1t is a very desirable
home and will be sold at fair price and
terms. Apply to
HENRY CIVILIANS,
BedinptOn W. Va
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-27
Advice so Mothers,

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething, is the prescription of one of the best female nurses and physicians in the United States, and has been used for forty years with never-failing success by millions of mothers for their children. During the process of tcething, it's value Is incalculable. It relieves the child from pain, cures dysenteIy and diar- rh@a, gripping in the bowels, and wind collie. By giving health to the child, 1t rests the mother. Price, 25c a bottle. II
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-27
Summons.

IN THE JUSTICES COURT, TOWNSHIP No One, m the CouHSy of Cochisc, Terri tory Of Arizona, Charles Nardinl, plaintiff, yS. Giuseppe Fontana, defendant
 Before c. F. Alvord, Justice of the Peace, demand $500.
 The Territory of Arizona sends greeting tO Giuseppe Funtana, defendant.
 You are hereby summoned and required 10 appear before me at my office in Tomb. stone, County of COchises on the Sth day of July, / D. 1886, at 10 o'clock a. m., 10 an- swer the complaint of the above named plaintid. who demands Of you that you are il d"htcd to him in the sum of three hundred tS5OO) dollars, on q pIomIsory note giving br you to plaintiff, as more fully appears by complaint now on file in my office
 And if you fail 70 appear and answer said complaint as herein required, the plaintiH will take judgment against you as dtmLu dd md f"r tie costs of this suit.
 Given Huder my hend this 9th day of May D lSSG V. 2 ALVORl,
 Jus lice 0f Ihe Perce
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-27
Antf-Chimcse LeaGue.

A iNG90 l3I Eae.Sc EISaSuea All members of this league, and al persons who sympathize with its prin' ciples, are hereby earnestly requested not to patronize the fnllowing-named persons or firms, or any business in which they are engaged:
 L. ". Blinn, of &ochise H. & T. Co. R. ". Woods, gas and ice man. L. Hart, gunsmith.
 H. K. Tweed, general merchandise. J. P. Clum, city recorder. Chas. Baccigalupe, butcher. Webster Street, county judge. H. G. Howe, surveyor.
 G. G. Berry, lawyer.
 Dr. Willis, county physician. L. Shoenfeld, of Shoenfeld < Hey man.
 Daily "Epitaph."
 Maison Doree Restaurant. Cochise Coun y Bank. Tombstone "rcmocrat." Ben. Goodrich.
 By order of the 5-7-tf. ANTI CHINESE LEAGUE.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-27
Something New

SSEE7SE12Gs -Se"
 The Cuba handmade cigar-made only by Cuban workmcn out of the finest Havana tobacco. This cigar Is the finest bit cigar ever sold in Tomt. stone. Ashmun X Walker, the tobac- conist of Tombstone, are the sole agents, and all judges of a fine cigar are recommended to give them a trial To be had only at Ashmun < Walkers Tobacco Emporium. 4-12-3t