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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-02-18

ing ana tnlnk we Will SpenQ THIS molly
day here, but find our trunks have gone
on to Orlando and as we cannot go to
church without some clean linen we
conclude (after having good refresh
ing breakfast to start out again and
try and reach urjourney's end. Here
in Jacksonville we see trees prettier
even than the moss covered ones we
have passed, for these are full of beau
tif'ul, bright oranges. But we must
not loiter too long for we would not
miss our train and besides the heat is
SO oppressive that we do not feel like
being out of doors.
We are scarcely out of the city on
our way to South Florida before we
begin to see the orange groves. Train
runs quite near the St. Johns river;
we cross it two or three times, and it
is often in view. And now we are
many miles from Jacksonville and
coming right in the orange belt we
scarcely know which wav to look as
we are so eager to see all the beauty;
and the groves are on both sides, one
following another. We reach Orlando
about p. IN. and feel that we cannot
stay in the house. After taking sup
per we walk around on the piazza from
which we have a beautiful view of
lake in the rear ofour hotel. In front
and on one side are flower gardens
and on the other side small orange
grove.
But we really need rest and must
leave it all and retire. We sleep under
light covering and with one window
up. The next morning it is just cool
enough to sit by little fire and it is
raining. In few hours we have
sun shine again and walk out to
see the town. 1t has all been built
within the last ten years, am told,
and claims population of nine thous.
and. It is surrounded by five lakes
and the inhabitants say they have the
hest soil and healthiest climate in
Florida. / was told by a lady (whose
veracity 1 had no reason to doubt
that no one ever caught cold from be-
ing out In the rains in Orlando; 1t
made no difference how long one was
put, nor how wet ones feet became;
she also stated that the mosquitoes
there were such harmless little crea-
lures that they were never known to
rite. We were also told by an old
that they never have death
here unless it be an invalid from the
North who Is already dead when he
,rrived. He stated that they had taken
nut charter for cemetery, that the
i've years almost expired and they
we're compelled to kill black IMAM
ind bury him there so that they would
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
He Held His Audience.

Some years ago the pastor of church
in rural district Of Missouri shepherded
flock, some members of which were in
the habit of leaving the house while he
was yet in the middle of discourse. This
was an eyesore to the reverend incumbent,
and when, one day, visiting brother
volunteered to preach for him he felt
called upon to speak of the annoyance.
ooh, I'll stop thati" was the reply.
"1ll warrant you that no one leaves until
I'm done!" Accordingly, when he arose
to speak he introduced his sermon with
the following:
my friends, before begin my sermon
wish to make few not irrelevant re-
marks. You all know that vessel when
full is full, and that to continue to pour
into it is folly. Some vessels are capable
of holding great deal, while others
again are easily filed. So it is with mems
heads, and it is possible that some of
yours may become full before Pm through.
If so, want you to feel at perfect liberty
to leave"
The sermon lasted an hour and quar-
ter, but not mortal stirred
''Do you know" said young man after
ward, II had team of restless young
horses outside, but wouldn't have gone
out to look after them for $100P'-Detroit
Free Press
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
To the above named Defendants:

The object of the above mentioned Petit
zion, and proceedings thereon, is to per-
petuate the testimony of said Petitioner,
John w. Merrill, as also that of James KEEL
ing the purchase by said Petitioner from
said Martin Canton, now deceased, of a tract
of about one hundred acres of land, situated
in Walkers District Wood county, w. Va,
and the making and delivering by said
Petitioner, about the year 1881, of deed for
said land, (Which deed is now lost and unre-
corded,) as also the contents of said deed.
The above named Defendants, children
and heirs at law of said Martin Canton,
deceased, and who as such, may be interest,"
ed in the testimony proposed to be taken
and perpetuated, are hereby notified, that
have fixed upon the fourth day of June,
1883, between the hours of o'clock, q. m. :,
and O'Clock, p. M, at my office at No. 20Si2
Third Street, IN the city of Parkersburg, IN
the County OF Wood and State of West Vir-
ginia, for the taking of said testimony and
other proceedings on said petition, at which
time and place, said defendants may, If
desired appear and do what Is necessary to
protect their interests in these proceedings.
If the taking of said testimony and other
proceedings, should not be commenced or
being commenced, should not be completed
on that day, the same viii be continued
from time to time, until the same are COM
pleted.
And it appearing by affidavit filed that
the Defendants, Mrs: Mary Walker, late
Canton, and - Walker her husband, and
John Canton are not residents OF the State
OF West Virginia, it is ordered that this
notice be published and posted according
to law.
Witness my hand. as Commissioner of the
in Parkersburg, this 3rd day of May, 1855.
O. M. ENRlGHT,
G. 7. CALDWELL, Commissioner.
Sol. for Petitioner.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
ANTl-SALoONISM.
Verbal Gems from the Anti-saioon Con.
ference.

SerDat Gefns rom the Antt-Saloon Com
ference.
The country at large has received from
the daily papers accounts of the recent
national antiIsaloon conference, held In
Cooper Union. New York; but SO far as I
know no report has been given of the
choice morssls" of expression which the
speakers let fall at the evening session.
Dr. h K Carroll, editor of The Independ.
ent, who was defeated for delegate to
Chicago by the New Jersey Republican
convention, made the opening address and
fired the following shots at the skeleton
of an audience
Nothing can be right in politics that
is wrong in morals.
1--WE find the liquor traffic intrenched
in legislation, and to fight it we need a
courage that nothing can daunt."
eve cannot keep quiet, and yet we
mediate no treason to the Republican
party. for we love it. Here we belong and
here we mean to stay"
1.-THE doom of the saloon is on its BAN
ner all through the country"
'In this battle we are not pursuing q
vain hope"
'tOur horizon is brighter than it was in
1860. Then we were on the defensive,
now on the aggressive. and the foe is
weakening"
z. K Pangborn, editor of Jersey City
paper, gave the following:
eve are here as Republicans to warn
our party not to make mistake; it needs
to make new advance, warlike step.
1t is grand party"
1--WE love it because of its achieve
ments and do not wish to see it go down"
1.-The leaders of the party have not as
much moral courage as the rank and file. +"
1--WE are undertakings Herculean task,
but hope to succeed"
eve are waiting to see what the ma
tional convention will do to antagonize
the saloon"
eff mistake is made on this issue at
Chicago, thousands will fold their tents
and steal away never to return"
eve owe the saloon power nothing"
mo party can afford to compromise
any question of right for the purpose of
securing power.
"The issue is to conquer or be con-
quered."
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
What Makes a Great Nation.

Do we clearly know in what nations
greatness consists? Whether it be great
or little depends entirely on the sort of
men and women it is producing. A sound
nation is nation that is composed of
sound human beings, healthy in body,
strong of limb, true in word and deed.
brave, sober, temperate, chaste; to whom
morals are Of more Importance than
wealth or knowledge; where duty is first
and the rights of man are second; where,
In short, men grow up and live and work,
having in them what our ancestors called
"the fear of God"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
Order of Publication.
WEST VIRGINIA, To.w1r:

WEST VIRGINIA, To-wTT:
At rules held in the Clerks Office Of the
Circuit Court of Wood County, on the first
Monday in May, 1885,
b. Roderick and Henry
Roderick, partners as Roo !
erick Bros, COmpl'ts. IN CHANCERY
vs.
Rudolph Honnyger, Deft.
The object OF this suit is TO recover from
the defendant debt of about $780, and TO
attach and subject to sale the real estate
of the defendant who Is a nonresident OF
the State of West Virginia, to pay the said
debt.
And ii appearing by affidavit filed that
Rudolph Honnyger is not a resident of this
State; on motto of Complainant by coun-
sci, it is ordered that said absent defendant
do appear within one month after the first
publication of this order and do what is
necessary to protect his interestin this suit
and that copy of this order be forthwith
published and posted according to law, t$ss
A copy-Teste:
o. NJ. CLEMENS, Clerk.
HUTCHINsoM 81 JOHNSON,
Soils. for Comlt.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
The Poor Nan Pays the Bills.

The war of the rebellion is still being
fought at the national capital, and the
country continues to foot the bill. 1t
would pay the people to put party in
power which will be represented by men
who, having living issue, will not be
tempted to resurrect the dry bones of an
cient history for the want of better
issue.-Quill.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
Rise Above Party Preiudices.

The general conference of the Metho-
dist Protestant, of the United States, at
Adrian Mich, adopted the following reso-
luton:
That we believe the time has fully come
when Christian men should rise above
party prejudice and sectional jealousy, and
give their suffrage to any party which has
for its object the protection of our homes
by the destruction of the unholy traffic
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
yyorlkincmen for Prohibition.

Three millions of workingmen, who,
like the millions of Prohibitionists, have
been asking in vain for the reform that
the age demands, are steadily falling into
line, and standing with us shoulder to
shoulder The army thus composed viii
tread down the pestilent saloons, and also
correct the existing abuses, by which
capitalists are favored and laborers OPP
sed.-Southern Star.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
you cawn,t Do 1t, You Know"

Il don't propose to make a man out of
my wifol" exclaimed q cross grained mem
Der of the Connecticut legislature, in dis
cussing woman suffrage bill. Repre-.
sentative Cleveland arose quickly and
said: 1T would be blessed thing for
the country if the last speakers wife
could ever make a. man out of him.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20

A st. Louis minister says that the greatest
! feat of baptism in the history of the Baptist
church in modern times was that performed
in July, 1873, byJ. G. Clough, missionary,
who, with the assistance of five native
preachers, immersed 1929 converted breth'
rem within six hours.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20

A clergyman writes to Col. Shepard,
the new owner and editor of The New
York Mail and Express, that he halls him
with joy, because he knows he will turn
the paper to 1.-THE side of the Lord" Must
be some mistake. We believe the paper
is to remain Republican.-Alta (Rep.)
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
Order of Publication.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, To-wIr;

j. W. Merrill. Petitioner,
VS..
Mrs. Mary Walker, late
Canton, ........Walker, her
husband, oliver Canton
and John Canton, chill
dren and heirs at law of
Martin Canton, now de-
ceased, Defendants.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
A Jewish Tradition.

A curious Jewish tradition reports that
Adam was entirely clothed in hard. horny
skin, and only lost it and became subject
to evil spirits on losing Paradise.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20

Immense numbers of stoats and weasels
are being imported into New Zealand, in
order that they may destroy the rabbits
which are pest in that country.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20

\ Upon a petition
! tor the perpetu-
alton Of Testi-
| mony filed be-
J fore c. NJ. En-
! right, one of the
! commissioners
in Chancery OF
| the CircuitCourt
J of Wood county.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20
FisIx-Not Fiske.

Many OF our exchanges tack an ''e'' to
our candidates name. 1t may be as well
to remember that the general will not
have an e,-e ,-e, y time of it from now till
November, and they should not load him
with more than he is compelled to carry.
Spell it Fisk
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20

AEOSS & BENTLEY, Successors to Add
IY1 son u Co., Wholesale and Retail Book
sellers and Jobbers OF wall Paper. me
cheapest bookstore in West Virginia. See
adyeitisem ent in another column.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-20

~ CALDWELL, Att. -at-Law, Practices
Y in Wood and adjoining counties; also
in the State Supreme and u. s. Courts.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-15
eoRDoN's LAST HOUR.
An Eye witness Authentic Account of TN
Fall of Khartouln.

An Eyewitness Authentic Account of Tho
Fall of Khartoun.
England let the anniversary
G ,rdou's death go bv unnoticed. save
bT few Tory newspapers and con-
gregalion of ab cut two hundred
persons who attended a memorial
service IN London. At this service
r v. IL Walker. an old personal friend
of General G 'r1oI. preached the SER
mon. and during the discourse read
the following sworn testimony of one
of the loyal sergeants who was presen
at General Gordon's death. and which
was communicated to Lieutenant Cor
don. nephew of the late General The
sergeant said he was formerly i'm the
garrison of d rber, but escaped at
its fall to Khar.oum, where he.
was one of four scrgean,s orderiies
to Gordon. He was on duty on
January 26 and was with G rIon on
he lookout. on the top of the pal
ace. Gordon. on the evening before.
warned the people that he had seen q
great deal of extra excitement in the
rebel camp. and that unless good re-
sistance Was made that night the town
would fall. As the morning star rose
the reb Is made faint at portion OF
The drf,nses. unler rag P..sha. with
the black troops; but ut the same time
they directed their full attack at the
defense commanded bv Hassen Bey
Ben Assereh. with the Fifth regiment
of fellaheen. and succeeded in getting
into the town. When Gordon heard
The rebels in town he said: lit is all
finished; to-day Gordon will be killed. "
and went down Stars. followed By
the four sergeants. who took their
rifles with them. H. took a chair
and sat down on the right Of the
palace door. the four sergeants stand
ing on his left. ALI at once
a Sheikh galloped up with some
Bagaree Arabs. The sergeamts wer,
on the point of firing when Gordon,
seizing one of their rifles. said: IN Q
need of rifles to-day; Gordon is 10 be
killedi' (as before). The Sheikh told
Cord on that he had been ordered by the
Mahdi 10 bring him alive. Gordon
refused to go. saying he would die
where he was. adding that no harm
was 10 be done to the four sergeanis
who had not fired on the rebels. Tn,
Sheikh repeated the order three times
and each time Gordon gave the sam,
answer. After few words the Shcikl
lrew his sword. aud. rushing up tC
G ,rdon. cut him over the left shoulder
Gordon looking him in the face anC
offering no resistance. HIS head wa
cut off and taken TO the Mahdi a
o ndurman, and his body was burie,
close to the door of the palace and
tomb built over il. The tomb is treat
ed with respect.-M Y 7r. bune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-15
LEARNING TO HOWL.
sci reformation the Only Way to Reform
the World


the World
j. is an old Spanish proverb. we be-
ieve. He who lives with wolves "
,,on learn To howl" He who lives
With the faults of his friends and
cunts them over and sorts them aud
Weighs them and measures them. will
soon have equally grave ones of his
wn. which his friends will be sure to
see. and which will make him positive
unable to cure them. There is moth
NC that so deteriorates character rs
his undue looking after faults and
olemishes in others while we are blind
70 our own. We may abhor meanness
and stinginess i'm our neighbor. and be
,ble to give hundred reasons why he
should give away more in charity. and
see a thousand little things to indicate
lis snsallness of soul, and Mt the same
lime we NAV be so engrossed with one
,hase of meanness in him as to forget
.nother phase of meanness in our
elves. We may abhor untruth so v
hemently in some one else that we shall
rget TO hate impurity in ourselves.
We may despse our neighbor for his
arpness aud trickery, and spread
,ver our own slackness and idlene->
and shiftlessness the coverlet of
Thank God. I'm not sharper!" TIE
die. thtiftless MIN can never reform
the over-shrewd speculator; the im-
III e man can never | # the untruthfu
man out of tie bog; the gossip is not
it to cure tie miser of his selfishness
ii ere is only one way, after all. TO r :
orm the world. Not by learning t"
,owl at its faults. or to bark at its
mistak $, but first to legin the wo; k 4
reformation with ourselves. We com,
ck inevitably to the old truth so
ften before stated: "In order to make
he best of others we must first make
the blst of ours Ives. Golden Rule.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-15
The True Housewife.

Among the things that money can
not buy is the true housewife-the old
fashioned helpmeet to the toiling hus-
band. The wife must herself occupy
this place, using servants as helpers. or
will remain vacant. and the home
becomes what it is so often called. a
residence only. The duty that parents
owe to the girls of a growing house,
hold is to fit them to become wives and
mothers. If this is done the question
of their marriage may be left to care
for itself. If they should be welded
they will be qualified to make their
married life happy; if chance should de-
prive them of the blessed privilege of
taking charge of their own households
and caring for their own children. they
will nevertheless lie cultivated women,
independent, self-reliant; useful to
themselves and TO others. No graces
or accomplishments without this skill
and training can make women any
thing better than toys, to be idled with
and cast aside when new ones are pre-
| sented. Baltimore Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-15
BILLIONS or Eoos.
wh.re the Large Cities of the Country OBJ
tain Their Supplies

tain Their Supplies
Eggs begin to ccine in from the
South in January" said Dey street
dealer to reporter, ''and they run up
just like shad or strawberries. A few
come from Texas There is big money
the business there IL II Is only de-
veloped; but that the trouble. North
Carolina starts in first In about four
weeks after that we get some from
Washington which come from the
shenandoah Valley. in Virginia Then
come the Eastern Shore eggs. Penn
sylvania eggs are next. and then come
Ohio. West Virginia and Kentucky.
Ohio usually drops in month after
North Carolina. but this year she was
even with her. The far West and
Southwest. by way of Kansas aud St
Louis. are next in the procession; after
hat Iowa and Illinois. Then come
Northern Indiana, Minnesn nta. Dakota.
Northern Iowa and Michigan We
.et some eggs. though not many, from
Dakota"
..How about New York?''
This State has so many large towns
,hat most OF her eggs are consumed in
he interior markets. After they get
through picklin.s. however. New York
state deal rs send us some fresh eggs
the summer. Canada comes next to
the far West Foreign eggs have been
barred out this season because prices
have been better in England. They
ook very well whore they could be
,old for enough less TO make 1t an OBJ
ject for people to use them.
why are soutiiern eggs so much
smaller than others?"
Because they raise game fowls
lown there. The difference is not only
the size but in the quality of the
neat he Cochins. Plymouth Rocks
,r any other Northern breeds afford
altogether more nntriment in their
.ggs than the Southern fowl.
The best way to shi ), is in free cases
with patent dividing pasteboards, un-
rss the shipper is very skillful. when
he best way to send them is in barrels
,acked in cut straw There are firms
this State that pickle from 100 t.
1000 barrels. $40 eggs to the barrel.
owa has single picklers that put away
rom 500 TO 5000 barrels and so has
Minnesota Chicago has refrigerators
hat can hold $4,000 cases. In this
ity the refrigerators are only used in
ases of emergency.
But talk about picking eggs. Ger.
many takes tie lead. There are some
gats in this country that hold 25. 00(
ggs, but one German picker has :
,at that holds 500 barrels. or 420 00C
.ggs He pickles yearly from 75. 600 Il
100. 900 barrels of eggs. or from 63..
40. 900 to $4,000. 900 eggs ~ J.
| Tt 'esrdDl-
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-15
MISSING.

Have you seen my sailor boy. as you came
ross the sea-
Have you seen my sailor boy. with the laugh
ing eyes OF blue,
With the sunlight on his hair, and his face so
young and fair,
And the smile he used to wear. brave and truef
o. he kissed me on the cheek as he sailed away
10 Eea.
Sailed away nom GiOstcr Town, and I never
saw him more.
But the ships they come and go, and the tides
they ehb and flow.
And the waves are moaning low on the shore.
All they told me he was dead, but know 1t is
not true;
For he comes to me at night when the world is
all asleep,
And he speaks TO me by day when the tempests
sweep the bay.
And the biliows are at play on the deep.
For he said ne would come back. and he never
broke his word
Have you seen my sailor boy' He is coming
soon. k"ow,
would go 10 him to-day. IL only knew the way,
Though the grave before me lay. would go.
~. J. Roche. IN ". y. Independent.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-15
CONSCIOUSNESS of Emotions.

Frances Power Cobbe, in an article
IN the contagiousness of emotions in
he Forth Chilly ReU esO. speaks of the
demoralizing effects of attend ng cruel
shows. A friend sent the following in
stance from his own knowledge: "A
party of English people went to the
null ring at San Sebastian. When the
rst horse was ripped up and his en-
trails trailed on the ground, young
lady of the party burst into tears and
insisted on going away. Her brothers
compelled her to remain, and num-
her OF horses were then mutilated and
k He'd before her eyes. Long before
the end of the spectacle the girl was
as excit ID and delighted as any 5 .]an-
lard in the assembly,"