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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27
MARTINsBURG, W. VA. SATURDAY, FEB. 81 1886. q

often did l resort to strategy to CON-
municate with my lovely tormentor 7
sent her letters breathing of love
from my window. | saw her tear
them to pieces and scatter them to
the winds of heaven. I sent her
flowers almost as fresh and beauti.
ful as her lovely lips and eyes and
next morning Isaw my bouquets in
the trash barrel amid dead cats, cold
hash. and other debris.r
Judge" Poor, unfortunate young
manr
Complainant" Well may your
Honor say that / am unfortunate
The sympathy of this most honor
able court is balm to my bruised and
bleeding heart. Soon people will
read on my sad tombstone: Here
lies poor young man who persisted
of unrequitted love. He could move
a police justice, but he could not
move the cruel object Of his affec-
tions.'"
Judge" Come to the point If YOU
please. What is your complaint ~
COmplaint-"I bribed the SER
wants: they took my money, but the
base menials never gave me a chance
to converse with her. Disguised as
a letter-carrier l sought to converse
with her, but she ordered the jan
itor, with large copious feet, to kick
me out into the cold street, which he
did. Whenever she went out | fol-
lowed her as faithfully as her own
shadow
Judge" What nuisance you
must have made of YOURSELF
Complainant" True love Is new.
er discouraged. Yes, ! followed her
wherever she went. | learned yes
terday that she was going to move
away, so there was no time to be
lost. Driven to despair, / register
ed solemn vow about six o'clock
this morning that | would tell her
of my love before the sun sank to
rest behind the western hills. When
| attempted to explain my emotions
on the street she repealed my adj
vanees. She refused to listen to ME.
Then, being in despair, accused
her of theft, and had her brought be-
fore yonr Honor"
Judge" That was the act of
lunatic."
Complainant" Perhaps it was.
Your Honor will concede that it
was crowned with success. I have
at last had an opportunity to tell her
that | loved her for herself alone.
Thanks to your Honor, she has been
obliged to listen to me. God bless
your Honor for it. Heaven will re-
ward you for it and / will not forget
it,
The Judge looked at the baroness,
who blushed and looked down on the
floor.
/" Yes, your Honor" continued the
complainant, "you will place it on
record in this case that l am TWEEN.
ty-five years old and rather good
looking; the only son of my parents,
who dote on me. Make note of it
that have an income of 10000
francs a year; that l own a beauti-
full villa in the country and hotel
in Paris. Please record also that |
am of noble birth, my family coat
nf-arms being three clover leaves un-
der a lion rampant in an azure field.
Also state that | tender my hand to
Madame. just put it down."
His Honor laughed. The bar
oness, who was a wealthy widow,
smiled and blushed.-They will be
married next Sunday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

We are in receipt of the Jan. num-
Der ofthe American Antiquarian, edit
ed by Rev. Stephen d. Peet, Chicago,
Ills. 1t is valuable work, treating
on the early history of animal and
vegetable life in America, the customs
and habits of the Indians and first
settlers, early arts and sciences, &C.
We should like to see it regularly on
our fable
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

A few days since two human skel-
etons were discovered at the rivers
edge, short distance below Red
House. Putnam Co, w. Va. exhumed
by the floating ice. The bones were
not III a perfect state of preserva.
ton, and are supposed to he those
of two Union soldiers who while
scnffiing on "A steamboat that was
passing through the chute during
the war, fell overheard and were
drowned.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

The lynching at Martinsburg is bad
for Martinsburg, bad for Berkeley
county, bad for West Virginia. Ber-
kelley is as orderly acounty as there is
in the country. Her people are intel
ligent and thrifty, and nowhere is the
law more justly administered. To
resort to violence so revolving and
prejudicial to good order, is to cast an
unmerited reproach on the court and
the people, from whom juries are
drawn. Berkeley county does not
need lynch law and cannot afford it,
Tlltelli0eDceT
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

s All, me !" said husband, as he
laid down hisbook and gazed thought
fully into the fire. show true it Is,
lis better to have loved and lost
than-than-" ..Never to have
loved at all !" supplied his wife soft
". No; than to have loved and
won.r
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

:" Yes" said the tidy housekeeper
meditatively, S think 1 will have to
put some ashes on the pavement.
Half a dozen people have broken
their legs there this month, and to-
day ! came very near slipping down
and spilliug whole dozen OF eggs
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

Henry. you ought to be ashamed
to throw away bread like that. You
might want it some day." Well,
mother, would I stand any better
chance of getting it then, if l should
eat it up now ~
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

Wife-My complexion is getting
dreadfully ford. Do you think it
would be wrong If ! were to take
arsenic? Well, dunno.
Wife-It would give me fair, pale
color, would it not J! Husband
oh, yes, if you ate enough OF it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27
Rucklen'S Arnica SalyA,

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. c. Williams & Bro
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

knowledge must be made vital in
the heart before it can blossom into
conduct, and the continual passing
of right feeling into right action
alone can form a worthy character.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

Men who complain most loudly
about the inequalities of the human
lot are generally a little blind to
those great stores of wealth and
blessings that no class can monopol-
ize, and no wealth can buy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

1t does rs good to admire what is
good and beautiful but it does US
infinitely more good to love it. We
grow like what We admire. but we
become one with what we love.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

The Grafton rink was sold last
week by Constable Compton. Alex.
Zeck being the highest bidder it was
knocked down to him for 1915. The
original cost of this rink which was
built abouI eight months ago was
about $4,000.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

John, you seem to gain flesh
every day; the grocery business
must agree with you. What did
yon weigh last!u Well, Simon,
really don't know, but it strikes me
it was a pound OF sugar.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

He who expresses in his conduct
justice and charity accomplishes the
most beautiful works the good man
is, in his way, the greatest Of all ar
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

The foundation of good labor in
any sphere is good man, and all
that is done to give breadth, depth
and fullness to him will react in ul-
innate improvement upon his work.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

Public opinion is a weak tyrant
compared with our own private
opinion; what a man thinks of him.
self, that it is which determines, OF
rather indicates, his fate.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

Who is wisei He that learns
from every one. Who is powerful ,
lie that governs his passions. Who
Is rich ? He that il content.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27
OLD FAMILY GROCERY,
AHEADl-

Having enlarged my storeroom, have
concluded 70 keepin addition to groceries.
a stock of
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS,
such as Muslins, Ginghams. Flannels. &c.
FAMILY GROCERIES ofalI kinds, Sugar.
Coffee, Tea, Flour, Hams, Molasses, Coal
Oil, Tobacco, Cigars. at lowest prices.
call especial attention TO my Wine Bit
ters and Elderberry Tonnes. - both
homemade and used as appetizers in sick
ness. Keep also large stock Of
OLD HOMEMADE WINES,
Grape, Blackberry, Currant, Wild Cher
ry, &C. Also Coal and Wood.
- Pure Grape Juice for Communion
purposes. With thanks for past patron
age. solicit share in the future.
JOHN SNODEAL.
Winchester Pike, Martinsburg
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27
AYERS Hair VigOl'

Is net dye, but, by healthful stimulation
of Tie roots and color glands. speedily
restores TO its original color hair that i,
Turning Gray.
Mrs. CATHERINE DEANEn, Pofst n
j'acks, Nd, had her hai9 suditnl
launched by fright, during the late q :
var. AYER'S HAIR VIGoR restored l.
. ifs natural color, and made it softc~.
o>>ier, and more abundant than il had
hUcn before.
Scalp Diseases
Which cause dryncss, briitlcacss, and fall
lug of the hair, d;ndruif, itching, and
;.nnoring sores. are all quickly cured by
AYERS HAIR NIGoR. Itcured HERBERT
HnYn. .EihNcopelis. MINI. OF intoer-
;he .tchiIig Cf tie Scalp; :. \. CAR
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stead: MHs. ID. Y. s. LovELACE. Lore
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Staip Disease and DanGruI. Tor
-isH cf ~. roots Of the hair, which. Il
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,.fs~. j. r"ui!iy cured by AYERS HAIR
N4uts:;. IS
4 Toilet Luxury
go; f-t.,s TlCGR ha> - cG;Iai.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

Those that would be safe have
need to be suspicious Of the tempter.
The garrison that sounds a parley
is not far from being surrendered.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27
BUSINESS NOTICE /!

Intending to discontinue business at
Falling Waters, hereby notify all per-
sons knowing themselves to be indebted
to me, to come forward and make settle
ment Immediately, and those having
claims to present them for the same.
j. w. EMERSON.
Feb. goth, 1886.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

Gathered waists are still very
much in favor with Young ladies.r
They are with yonng gentlemen al
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27
Miscellaneous.
4 Esy~ss..ssra 49, eaas

4 8ysat Gvnas2 2 aayns
is 80 ;lis3:s i s
Fear s.sr,g,.. y.!sa LII, VI IA.
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-iaai atiNie'y > aer. The ssrg
Iepin waAHs ,i:A most desires h ia nv.
H&s.fg OF hrr CHARMS are The cir fistsa
nk'!s 70 la-ke iae DISCOVER. iep iisre
Is no i''s-oal Why she shonid nos - -
;'i's' ~ ali, ai The beauty ci hair H. W.i,
d ia',t- n youth. Let her Us. SKI
iiAtiI si.0a. amt, net only y III hcf Ia,
t,ea>e 10 ran uut. but new growth -
SIR II whie the scalp has been denu,lt,i;
;'i.t ~ - iaat are turbine gray. o. :s.,1a
ice'.+ltf grown white, will rctns;. l. iis,s.
i'i'-t.ia freshness and briiliaace 0. c5,oi
AfEA's liAIa NIGog cures
Hereditary Badness.
GEORGE MAYER, Flotontn. fia5cs.w
bald al % years of age, as hi. anee>icra
iad been for several generate n-. tlta
hottie 81 HAIR SsGoR started 4 ;tewi'f
ssf.. ,iowny hair all ever his scaiie, V iiici
soon became thick, long, and vigorous.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27
70 "A TT II NJ II 81

Obtained, and all PATENT n USINESS at
home OF abroad attended TO for MODERAT Tn
FEES.
Our Office is opposite the u. s. Patent Office.
and we can obtain Patents in less time than
those remote from Washington.
send Model or DrutCilg. We advise rs TO
patentability free of charge; and we chdrgc no
fec unless Patent is dtioWcd.
We refer, here. 10 the Postmaster. the Supt.
of Money Order Div, ana TO officials of the u.
s. Patent Office. For circular, advice, terms
and references to actual clients In your own
state or County, write 10 c. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent. Office, Washington, ID. &
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-02-27

would respectfully announce to the
public generally that | always keep on
hand full line of
Horses, Buggies. PkGtoRs d; Vehicles
of every kind to hire at moderate prices.
fy Special arrangements for funerals,
weddings, picnics, &c. Buggies and We
hicles for sale and exchange.
JAS. P. GEYER,
In rear Emmert & Fiery's store,
MARTNsBuRG.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27

A number of very curious Indian relics,
says the Chicago Times, have just been
unearthed in Wabash County, Indiana.
They have been in possession of members
Of the Miami tribe of Indians, to whom
alone their existence was known. Among
them is the cross worn by Frances Slo-
cum, the famous female captive, who,
with very few other whites, escaped
alive in the Wyoming massacre. The
cross is eleven and one-half inches long
and seven inches wide, and is of solid
silver. 1t has been in the Miami tribe
for more than century. A medal pre-
sented to the Wyandotto tribe by George
Washington and afterward presented by
the Wyandotte chieftain to Will am Pc
conda, Miami, has also been discovered,
This medal, also of silver, is oblong in
form, measuring seven by five in hes.
On one side occurs the words George
Washington, President, " and medallion
representing an Indian holding the pipe
of peace to colonist while tomahawk
is carelessly thrown aside. In the back
ground is seen a pioneer at the plow.
On the reverse is the coat of arms of the
United States. An offer of $500 has
been refused for this medal. Another
medal, circular in form and two and
one half inches in diameter, is also held
by a Miami. A pipe and tomahawk,
with the words "Peace and Friendship.
A. Jackson, President, 1892" are shown
on one side, while two hands clasped
ornament the reverse. The relics are
regarded with great veneration by the
Indians and unfeigned cur osity by the
whites, and nothing can induce the red
men to part with their treasures.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27
Sighting Big Steel Guns.

To do this the gun is leveled on
blocks and secured. Squares are ad-
iusted at the breech and in the muzzle,
and thread is so drawn as to repre- ent
a line parallel to the axis on the top sur
face and along its course from breech to
muzzle face, tangent with the surface at
trunnion sight; also at the point for the
breech sight. From the axle lines are
laid off by square inches on the left
trunnion the point for the trunnion
sight, which is screwed into the trun-
MON. The trunnion is the hand near the
balance center, by which the gun. is
swung to the carriage. This is only a
bare outline of the work done; the de-
tails are minute and technical.
The weight of the guns is something
enormous; the fivea weigh 6, 200 pounds,
the skies II 900, the eights $4,000, the
tens 5000, and the ten-and -a-half so, :
900. The ten-inch gun throws 500
pound projectile ten miles and burns $50
pounds of powder at charge. The ten
sile strength of the metal of which the
guns are made is $4,000 pounds to the
square inch. The penetrative power at
500 yards is one and third times the
diameter of the projectile. The number
of hoops on the gun increases with its
size. The estimated cost of making the
guns is, running from the fves to the
tens, $4,000, $4,000, $15, 900 and $19,-
0l0- - Washington Star. ---------------..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27
Onenisln.

The belief in omens is perhaps, after
all, the most incurable OF all supersti-
tions. TIE statistics of French insur-
ance company demonstrate that any de-
lay in the departure of railway travellers
stim llates the sale of accident pol cies,
even though that d lay should imply no
suspicion of negligence on the part of
the railroad company. A Partisan buys
a ticket to Brussels, steps by mistake
into Havre train, disco ers his blunder
at the next station, and buys an insur-
ance ticket before venturing to start in
the right direction. The Brussels road
may be the safest in Europe, but he ac
cepts his mistake as hint that Provi-
dence int rfered to 'head him back, "
as the Texans would express it. 1t
may be warning" and he wants his
far1ily to be on the safe side. N ne
out of ten gamblers are biased by similar
mi, givings. There are roulette players
who will quit the table in Difference to
the warning of an ''unlucky number "
Others will snaGch off his money at
once if q fellow gambler should happen
to put his stake on the same chance;
"loaded cards break" A big hit, too,
is accepted as hint that bad luck has
reached its climax and is about to change.
Intrepid roughs, business men of an
otherwise consistent rationalism, own the
influence of forebodings; the traveller
Gerstaecker mentions big-fsted Arkan-
sas backwoodsman who amazed him by
the confession that "he was always look.
ing for trouble after hearing the whistle
of kildeer, " sort of small sandpiper,
DR.. FeIir L. OSacald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27

1.-THE dwelling recently purchased
Oy President Cleveland on Georgetown
Heights has been remodeled, enlarged
and so improved that scarcely vestige
Of the former appearance of the structure
is now visible" writes a Washington
correspondent of the New York Herald.
"At least, the two-story stone residence
which Mr.. Cleveland bought has 1issp-
peared, and on the site stands as beauti-
full suburban villa as adorns any of the
summer resorts along the ocean banks of
New Jersey. There are few localities in
his Part of the country where the
STREET h of landscape is as diversified as
it is at this elevation looking southwark
from the Presidents private residence.
Other executives have been owners of
real estate at the capitol, but President
Cleveland is the first to build a country
home for himself in the neig ghborhood of
The White House
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27

The entire globe, it seems, is likely to
beet last girdled with electricity, thanks
to that well-subsidizcd and enterprising
corporation, the Canadian Pa tic Railroad
Company. It's agent, Mr. Sanford Flem-
ing, is in England comforting with the
Imperial Government and Australian
representatives IN regard to cable COM
munication between Canada, Japan,
China and Australia. The idea is to lay
a cable from Vancouver, British Colum-
bia, the terminus of the Canadian Pacific,
to the Aleutian or Sandwich Islands;
thence to Ycddo, Japan; thence to Hong
Kong; and from there to Australia and
New Zealand.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27
ISLAND POND, VERMONT, Angus

The "meanest man" seems also to have
gone West and to have developed well
in his line in the gloriluj climate of Cal
ifornia His name Is w. ]. Morgan and
his present occupation is that of abscond-
ing treasurer of blnk he robbed, The
Sacramento Bee tells the mean pat as
follows: "He has a sweet little girl
three or four years old, who was every
body's pet. Her friends lavished upon
her their spare hickels, dimes and quar-
ters, which her father placed in leather
handbag and put in the county vault for
safe-keeping. The child had accumu-
lated $27 In silver. When Morgan stole
SIS, 900 from the county he was not sat
isfed, and broke open his baby's box and
extracted $25,"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27

The headwaters Of two Of the greatest
rivers upon this continent, the Missouri
and Columbia, are among the vast forests
of Northern Montana and Idaho. That
lumbermen will long spare these forests
cannct be believed. The lumberman
has ravaged large portions of New Eng
land New York and Northern Michi-
gan, and the devastation caused by
wholesale dectructon of our forests has
been realized when it was too late for a
remedy. 1t is now proposed to act in
time, and to establish a national forest
reservation in Northern Montana. The
cutting away of these forests would
mean the ruin of vast tracts of arabic
lands along the rivers by sudden floods,
and subsel luent injury to these streams
as h 'ghways by their shoaling, for it is u
familiar fact that forests regulate the
drainage of water into rivers. The dam
age which would follow may be esti-
mated roughly by recalling the yearly
floods along the Ohio and Monongahcla ;
but it should be remembered that the
communities all the way from Montana
to the Gulf of Mexico are directly inter
ested in the protection of the forests at
the headwatcrs of the Missouri. The
Adirondack region has been seriously
injured by reckless timber cutting, and
the Hudson has suffered despite persist
ent efforts to protect the North Woods.
Forest protection in Montana involves
infinitely greater interests, The bill es-
tablishing the reservation ought to be-
come law,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27

Prince Bismarck has seventy-six deco
rations and a monument. A granite
obelisk has just been erected at Lip.
rohne, in Prussia to commemorate III,
fact that on the 25th of June, 1S42, Bis
marck, at that time a mere sub. .lieuten-
ant in cavalry regiment, threw himself
into the lake of Wendell ee and at the
risk of his own life saved drowning
soldier. The man of b.ood and iron
says that he is prouder of that little silver
medal conferred on him for this act of
bravery than of all his seventy-six deco
rations,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27

Woman's sphere, rolling along the
track of time, grows larger and larger,
like snow ball in winter Soon there
will be no pursuit which man can call ex
clusively his own. Spain has now
woman bull-fghter. Fer name is Do
iores Sanchez, and the cities of the land
of Cereantes contend with fierce rivalry
for her presence on great occasions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27

A gentleman greatly interested in col
lecting statistics of crimes and criminals,
once visited a penitentiary for the pur-
pose of questioning the convicts with re-
gard to their occupation before entering
upon a career of crime. This wa rather
difficult to effect, owing to the rigid en-
forcement of the rule forbidding CONVEX
sation with the prisoners. He did, how
ever, manage TO put a question or two to
one low -browed convict.
'What was your occupation before
you came horel' whispered the statistics
nun.
II was in bank, " was the reply.
"Did you take clerkshipl"
"No, l took jimmy "--S.ttiags,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27
A Dude Poet.

In his costume d'Aurevilly, the famous
poet, is as unbending and as picturesque
as he is in his poetcal wanderngs, says
Paris letter to the New York 1fme,.
In his left hand he always carries u Light
cane surmounted by jeweled ALL while
his right toys with a small mirror. He
never wears any hing in the way of a
coat, but long, black cloth, tight-ftting
garment with enormous rcvcrs, over
which hang scarlet satin cravat ends,
with trimmings of the most delicate lace
His pantaloons are usually white, with
straps under the boot, and in his button
hole he always inserts huge flower Of
bright h e and higa perfume His deli
cate fingers scorn any co ering other than
black silk gloves cmbroid red in gold.