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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-07-28

WITHIN the past few days there
has been a meeting of the Executive
Committee of the State Association
of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
Citations of Maryland, West Virginia
and District of Columbia In this
field there is a population of at least
100000 $4,000 of this number
are young men. OF this $4,000,
fully 100000 are outside The men,
bership of the churches cooperating
in the active management of the As
sociations. In this territory there
are twenty-five Associations with a
total membership of 1913. Includ-
ed in this number there are associ-
atoms in Educational Institutions
associations among railroad young
men and l among German young
men. Four buildings are owned by
the Associations and used for their
work these buildings are valued at
$350,000. Twelve men are employed
and give their whole time to the
work as General Secretaries or As
sistants. Seven public reading
rooms are kept open.
The State Committee authorized
the holding of District Conference
of the Associations east of Morgan
county in West Virginia and of
Washington county in Maryland.
This Conference will be held at
Washington Grove Camp Meeting
Grounds August 3-5th. The Com
mittee also authorized the appoint
ment OF corresponding members in
towns and Villages where there are
no organizations. These are appoint
ed so that careful attention may be
given to the work Of following up
the young men who leave the Will
ages and 90 to towns, cities and col
leges.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-07-28

FOR new styles, colors and low prices
Of hats, that cannot be eXcelled, 90 to
l.. NJ, HOkE.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-07-28

ATTENTION Nc PFC ERs.-Buy your
Pure Silk Mitts at 15c.
Buy Our Pure Silk Gloves at 29c.
Buy a nice Satteen yd wide at I215,
Buy large Satin Parasol for $l.00,
Buy Our Happy Hit White Shirt
for SOC.
G. =. HERRING,
Cor. Queen and Martin SITS.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-07-28

A LOCAL DoDeE.-You get Lady's
Opera Slippers at soc.
You get Lady's House Slippers at
l5c,
You get Lady's Oxford Slippers
at75c.
You get Boys Sunday Shoes at
$l.00.
You get Mems Plow Shoes at
rs.
at c.. p. HERRING's Cash House.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-07-28

FIT and style is the main demand of a
seeker after clothing and we guarantee the
same at our Store always, and in addition,
offer Bargain at BALTIC. Clothing House.
:. BRAFMAN.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-07-28

FOR Cousins extra fine lady's
shoes go to John Lyons. If.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-07-28

sWHAT WE ARE DOING IN Shoes
We have Opera Toe Slippers for. SOC
We have House Slippers for......... 15c
We have Ladies Button Shoes tor. Sl.O0
we have Fine Dress Shoes for. ...,... S1.50
We have Misses Fine Shoes for .... Sl.25
We have Mems Summer Shoes for. roc
We have Mems Dress Shoes for 800. $1.25
We have Children's Butt Shoes for. Soc
We have Ladies Shoes of the Finest Grades
We have Gents Shoes of the Best Grades.
Our stock is very large, we want to re-
duce it. Come, we have some wonderful
bargain for you.
we have this wonderful collection of
Books and we want you to have one.
THE PLACE. THE PLACE
C. P. HERRING'S,
Cor. Queen q Martin SITS.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17

The water company this morning
sbut of'the water so that a break in
tbo main at the intersection of Court
and Commercial streets could be
ranaired. No notice was given to
consumers and for several hours the
TOWN suffered water famine. In
Cronise & Wilson's job Office the
..,nscoucuces came near being more
serious. They were running their
little engine when all on a sudden
the steam gauge indicated about the
full capacity of the boiler and in
vcstipation showed that the water
was nearly all out of the boiler. The
fire was raked out of the fire box in
, hurry and the steam blown off in
time to escape an explosion, which
might have done serious injury. If
thG water company is compelled by
circumstances tOrepair mains during
the dav time they should at least
notify consumers of their intention
of shutting the water off.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17

The neate-t line Of four-in-hand
tics ever brought to salem may be
-cen AT ]. Dalrymplc'~. He makes
a .rocialtv Of fine neck wear and
n,o most fastidious can be- suited
from his stock.
VIII Young, OF Tacoma, a brother
of John +. Young formerly with ).
W Crawford, Of this city, i in
town visiting friends. He informs
H. that his brother is doing well at
Tacoma. conducting q large hard
ware establishment.
Chcrrington, the photographer,
is finishing up % fine view OF the
Niultnomah excursion Of last week,
taken while the boat was at the
Oregon City landing. He is also
working ON some fine views OF the
Oregon City falls and viii have
them ON sale in a few days.
The question Of fencing for farms,
i. one that has long troubled every
one who ha, been annoyed with the
unsatisfactory mcthodsherctoiore in
vogue. But the Standard combiha-
tiou fence l. fast becoming the only
one made. because it fills every re-
uuircmemt. Read Henry Schom-
aker's adj. in another column.
Among our new advertisers, we
notice the names Of Steiner d
Blosser dealers in tinware, stoves,
etc. They invite you to call and
see the bargains they have to offer.
That they are most excellent, con-
.cicntious workmen, is attested 10y
the many excellent specimens of
their work, both in country and
ritV.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17

the place will sub=tantia'e MI
Rigdon's charges. ,o.+
Among Mr.. Yoder's Warilles'
supporters are some OF 7ll,', ~ ,Vii In =
halt citizeus-mcn who have no III
torcst in advancing the saloon'stH,
There is no reasonable excuse ~
amy true republican TO reject MI,
N,o,Irr at the polls-nor any otllei
candidate on the ticket; but there
i. every reason why harmon!
should prevail throughout our RANKS
and why every true blue should
chow his colors and pull his Level
host for victory in June which Is 10
forestal the grand triumph next
November. .
In conclusion allow me to state
tnat If i. fair to presume that Mr..
Riodou has imbibed too much prom
and like some Others who are
".Rcped' i'm that taith' lllaue
mans record at the polls last NO
vember ~ basis Of his moral
character. If he voted yes he Is q
saint. and if otherwise, "no good
Sucb men can see nothing but evil
in a man opposed to their views
However, l was pleased to note
that while there were many III the
who voted for the
amendment, | found no one so dog
matte as tomake that the test OF "A
mans principles on the temperance
question, and trust that the con-
fidence of the republicans in the in
tegritv of the late convention IN
the county ticket Will not
be impaired by the stabs ola mai
roptpnt II. ID. \.
SILvERToN, April Ii.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17

N,,>r>. G.lbyrt y Patterson the
vuI,pr,~iug guvr, have bought
uuJ a. NJ Made a COS sto.k of
lNiut, o,l, byu,h,, etc., aud have
added Gao yhc >y,s'k >o tha, the, NOW
have "a tul lime ot painters ,uppl,,
They viii vrry d nlll ,yoek ofvyvr,.
thing lu this line and their prbNs
viii Ia as cheap as the cheapest.
famcrs and oghvr, " ho wish 10 do
their oWa palutiug should U.s. thrir
lndostHlcibic n1sdy MIXED paints.
Their al. viii ly found in car ad.
NVri l.lug ,uiumus.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17
LOCAL And GENERAL NEWS
Ibnizsi Account or Doing, 10 City and
Country
yoRg ,Borr THE SrIcrDE.


Two men named William W.
and r.. .. Jonc=, of Franklin, "a
mining town about thirty miles
from Seattle. W. T.. arrived boo to"n
on last evening" train, aud q" %
CAPITAL JOuHNAL reporter stated
that they were here for the purpose
Of inauiring into the circumstance
Of the death Of their brother, R""l,
w. Jones, who jumped from the
bridge ut this place on the l1tb oi
March. They stated that they had
..en AN account of the finding OF
the body of Robert W. Jones,
in This aud thnt they
hoped that It might not u"
their brother. They were directed {"
the office of Justice Of the Peace }.
O'Donold. who told thcmall that b"
knew Of the circumstance In the
ems, before aud after the suicide.
They identified the articles found
....,.,.. ,t,,. ,I,,d upu ~ propprty Of
,,,,tr rhr,,,,.,,s and when shown "a
s.n,o,co written i'm Wclch i'm once Of
the books belonging to the deceased,
,r,,.l,t,ditto read 81 am not crazy
,,,.r nu, girlp They stated that hc
,,o n.n, without warning ON the
.e,h of rrbnnrv -mtiug that hc
....a..1,..t, san Fppd-,p to look
a. ,.orl ,n n .topr mnrry. They I.
l,J ,,t uipk thm hc had much
,,,,.y,r hi. usr-nu when IN, lrri.as f.
nov had sem nearly all their earn
t,.. totbcir pnrrut- in Wales short
NM. h.c,r. thc r,c,int for tlc rcpds.
,,r..l ...L... iu which ia, money
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17

Last SATURDAY evening after Ola,
horse show mmb,r ut hor-mvu
mot ami organized lhy Willamette
Nallv, Bnyd,u' Association. The
onlccr- rl,H.r W,ns e., e.. Glenn,
president H. j Fu,irr -,vr1nrN,
aud Henry Fletcher tnu~urr The
date at che annual meeting WAS tiN-
rd on thy second saturday m MUwh
of each yvur m ~Ulrm \ commit
tvc ut i've Wa, appointed tu dram "a
blll to ls pn'-mIcd tu the u,Nt lrui~-
latup' pruNidug or licensing stall
liuu,, puui-hiug lho-, who impose
ulsm the pulllv Bag Publishing G,l-,
l1Slignss, and to hold llvu. upou
tnap-, aud bs,ls until ~vuiv, Nv, arr
paid. Tho ubiyt tur which the u~-
-,sluiiuu WAS mmvd i, tu promote
and ruvouu,gv lh, hpydlur ot "a lst-
Ter ,togk w hor~,,, aud tu pnucct
br,y,lvr nvm having lmud- pu,,-
livd ulnu thum Through nl,.' Isli.
gn~, Any p'pumhl, hpviyr ot
hor-,- /. yNpibl, Jo membership lN
paying N into the tpB,Urv vud
,iruiur thy constitution
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17
WITS PROM rLNNER.
cit

Grandmother Mctccrc has returned
from prolonged visit at her daugh'
tcr's, Mrs. Cannon, Of Turner.
George Given, .lr, spraincd hi'
ankle few days ago. In attempt
ing to Jump over a fence his foot
slipped, causing the accident.
Miss G.. =. Humphreys being
threatened with an attack of illness,
was compelled to leave school and
rclinquiSh all study for the present.
Frank Grihith, late pedagoguc of
Gcryais, has finished his term Of
school and returned home, which
adds one more worthy citizen To our
population.
Mrs. VI. \. Short has gone To- Linn
county to spend few days visiting
relatives and friends, and expects
shortly after her return to 90 to Col
dcndalc, W, r., where she will prob
ably spend the summer with two of
her daughters who reside in Wash
mgtm Territory
The Clymcr republican club has
issued a call for rally at the school
house saturday afternoon, April 2lst,
at two o'clock. The leading issues
of the present campaign will be ably
discussed 10y speakers from Salem,
who have been invited and are eN-
pcctcd To be- prcscu', and also some
of our home talent.
The literary and debating society
met at the school house Saturday
evening, and after a spirited discus
sion ou the merits and dcmcrits of
the present national administration,
the question was decided In favor of
thcadmmistration, the judges hasing
their decision on their own political
views and not ON the argument pro-
duccd. On account of the approach
ing busy season and short evenings,
Il Wa, thought advisable 70 adjourn
sine die until some time in the early
autumn,
Mr., and Mr. Blair Forward gave
IL very pleasant party at their resi-
dcucc saturday evening, April eth,
i'm honor of their son Allan, who Is
home for "a ten days vacation from
the state university at Eugene city:
and last Friday evening, the 18th, a
social party WAS given at the rcsi- .
.i,ucvot County Commissioner War .
ru, whcrv the young people of this .
and the adjoining urighborhoods .
again met for social pleasures, and
Ike the house of representatives in
0ugp.~,, assembled April ith, failed
.o adjourn at "A s,a~uuuhlc hour. IL
was mot the "dipvt tax hill" that
auscd lhy deadlock but the
strains of the ioliu, aud the Msci-
latiug WaltL and Quodriuv that held
hem plcasup'~ captiNc> mul the
,'~y dawn m the east proclaimed
hv advent ot the new day, aud AN
informal p,N>s' - WAS taken until
next saturday evening, when they
m taIu,yt al the p~idvuyr of Col.
ivvr MId again p'sumy the pcgular
'nlvr oi business NORMA.
tvr ths,t vto raiut..
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17

ToUurN,V ~iaisy RN. Wil,uu-
ui,no Nulo,,ug Jh,ir -,,..h of l.sg.
and ,,,s- io tb, lu,ldlug Wuuyiy
ueHupi,,i %, U,,, D. Dv-i, drug
,iu. Ilus ha,, whei au
u,aihhl, -l,,,, bee ,hg,ius auJ
draWtr Gao aosmmsiair th,if
extensive ,tuek lflou nv,i aul,
thing iu thylr iu, uall aud 81, th,m
iu lhrif ,itgaul nrn gusuvf-
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17
FORGOT HIMSELF.

A fellow townsman mot the
victim HIMSELF brought in the fol-
lowing yesterday, but too late for
publication:
ED. CAPITAL JOURNAL:-I no
ticed in the Statesman yesterday
that during the horse show on the
i4th, some enterprising individual
was looking about the city to find
y. r. Gaylord, in order to parade
him with the stud horses and label
him as Il jack. The editor of the
Statesman, in publishing this choice
story, evidently forgot himself, for
everybody knows he is eminently
adapted for that role without look
ING further. ASTERISK.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17

\uiyl,- vt incorporation wen. N,,-
t.rlay hlvl ,u ghv oril,, ot Ga, ~,,-
n-,aA of state hN h, Hudlyyou llo-
lvl Company luoauuuJor, " D.
Nallu'k a. ~awvut, T. Nlm. n.
" ltdl,N aud D Diamond, Iuu.
tion, lNndltou, ,upiyal s,oek, ~Ip.-
csi diNidvl mIo luo ,haD- at N5u
ys,ch Al~' ~laUldng chapel o,
upi- llvN Canyon, Nu~, ,,Wuu.
incorporation. r g. ~iau N A.
lohn,on. suj a. y. ~gaw ,alW uI
propWN. ~a.t rhI, ',Hu,W n o.,
eAnn-N-
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17
no. POO.

James +. Douglas, was brought to
the pcnitcntiary yesterday from
Jackson county to serve a year for
burglary.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-17

And the removal sale and your
chances for especial bargains in boot
and shoes at Staiger Bros close.
Don't fail to call.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-12

would not be able 10 read il when il was
written. l took pains one day TO copy in
Russian characters the sign Of a shop /
wanted to visit. and handed the paper TO the
drosky driver. He looked art II. turned II
upside down and then returned it 10 me with
mystilled shake OF the head | appealed
to the hotel porter. and told him what / had
done.
THE fellow can't read" he replied con
temptuously. There isn't drosky driver
in all Petersburg who would recognize his
own name if he saw il i'm print. The only
way for you TO do Is TO tell him where you
want TO go and hcll take you. He knows all
the streets and the principal business
houses, and can tell the numbers on the
doors, but he can only understand spoken
language. not written.
| had difficulty. too. in getting back 90 the
hotel. In any other city you can speak the
name OF your hotel, and any driver will take
you there. but in Petersburg the Hotel de
Europe is Europciskayinski Gostinnitza, or
something like that, and IL took a. long time
20 learn the sounds. Even the word 81.
Petersburg puzzled me, for 10 appears I'm
print as G.. IIETEPbYP7b. and pronounced
in the most unntelligible iargon.
The Russians had no written language
till the year $50. when the brothers IT.
Cyril and st. Methodus were sent by the
Emperor Michael to the Christian princes
of Moravia TO translate the gospels from the
Greek into tho language OF the country.
For this purpose these two piOus monks in
vented the barbarous alphabet, n mixture
of the Arabic and the Greek, and when they
could find no letter in either language tO
represent the Russian sound. they created
a combination new one. There are thirty
six letters i'm all. and they are used for all
they are worth. had thought the Germans
and Hollanders occupied more space In the
world with their names than Is necessary,
but the Russian people are worse STILL
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-12
Ky WILLIAM ELEnoY CURTIS.


ANY one who is troubled with nostalgia
will find Petersburg drcary place To
those who have seen the East II Will have "A
picturesqueness that cannot be found in any
other of the countries OF Europe. and every
one will find much i'm Russia that cannot be
seen elsewhere. Oriental mysticism has n
stronger hold upon the country than Euro
pean civilization. and the exclusive policy
of the Government protects the old Tartar
and Muscovte customs from the spirit OF
progress. But there is nothing in all the
strangeness SO strange rs the signs over the
shop doors,
In other countries. the foreigner, even IL
he does not speak the language. will find
the letters OF the alphabet the same that he
is accustomed 20. and occasionally n word
on a sign or poster that looks like the face
OF an old friend; but in Russia il is bewil-
dering TO try to seek ones way by the same
means that are used elsewhere. and 10 re-
concile ones self 10 the Russian letters is
simply impossible. The street signs Jock as
ii the alphabet were on strike, and a lot OF
new letters, that don't understand their
business, had been employed in the places
of the old ones.
The letters we are accustomed to mean
usually something else in Russia. Our or
thodox = is their Il; they make some of our
ietters stand on their heads, and ioin some
together like Siamese twins or diphthongS.
In the midst Of these contortions you will
see a syllable that spells something you are
accustomed to. but you find its meaning is
entirely different. Then u feeling O home
sickness comes over you and you realize
how far away from anywhere you are.
The name Moore translated into Russian
appears as Mvpe, the name Cannon appears
as kohhoh, while Curtis Is kcpmuch. and
even the familiar name of Moscow is
transformed TO Mockbe under the influence
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-12

the bread, cakes, andA STREET MUSICIAN.
other pastry comes from the confectioner's.
Furs are cheaper and finer than anywhere
else in the world. and ara used more extern
sively for clothing. The muIik uses
sheepskin for coat, while the noble wears
one made of astrakhan or some other of the
fur bearing animals of Siberia or the step
pes of Tartary The famous Russian sable.'
the most expensive fur known. is almost OBJ
soete, it is so scarce. l hunted all over
Petersburg without finding any of the genu-
inc. except at one shop, where there were
Il few skins held mt "a greater price than
their weight in gold. There is plenty OF
imitation, however. and il is much hand
somer and cheaper than the original.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-12
The Thieves, Market.

The most interesting shops in Russia ARD
in what is called the thieves market, where
you may be sure that everything you see is
stolen property. There is a law under which
a merchant in the thieves quarter is per-
mitted to buy at his own risk from any one
who comes 10 sell. and after certain time
has been given the owner and the police to
recover his property, he may expose the ar
ticle for sale TO the public. The pawnshops
are conducted by the Government, and there
all unredeemed pledges are sold at public
auction after a year and a day have expired.
but the purchaser is not allowed TO examine
the goods nor purchase what he wills, All
articles are put up in the order of their
numbers, like unclaimed packages at an
express Office, and II one wants to bid on a
particular article he must wait until it is
reached on the list. In the thieves market.
however, there Is no pawnng. Everything
is purchased outright or left by the thief
with the merchant for sale on commission.
Usually thief who has an article TO sell
is compelled 20 wait thirty days before he
receives his pay and. in the meantime. the
owner has the right TO recover by proving
his property. through the police, and paying
the merchant n fee for his services, but
very shrewd means are taken by the Jews
that invest this quarter TO eyade the re-
covery of such articles. The thieves with
articles for sale are usually the servants of
the higher classes, who pilfer their masters
and mistrcsscs OF ornaments, clothing.
china, books, and other articles which are
not missed tall long after the limit of eXemp-
tion from recovery. In these shops the
bric-a-brac hunter can find Il mine of curios
and jewelry that can be purchased very
cheap. / found china that had been stolen
from the Winter Palace and other imperial
residences, and was told that after an en-
tertainment the thieves quarter was always
full OF it. the walters carrying II away under
their coats. We knew il was genuine by
the marks and the pattern, for we had been
through the china closets of the palace the
day before. All sorts Of clothing. hats.
boots. shoes, shirts. cravats. dresses skirts.
stockings. and every conceivable article
that enters into the use of men and women
can b. purchased in the thieves quarter,
and tho buyer need ask no question. An
article exposed for sale there that has not
been stolen is a. rare us an honest dealer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-12
Silver and Gold Work,

The authorities allow the merchants 20
cheat their customers in everything but
furs, silver and gold plate and adulterated
food. The latter is prohibited from sale
under penalty of Imprisonment. Imita-
ton furs must be marked so that
the customer may tell what he is
buying. and all silver and gold must
bear the government brand TO attest
its fineness. There is no plated silver to be
had. but the shops are full of the genuine
solid article, in every possible form, and for
every possible use. and il is generally all
gilded. You see little silver in the natural
state. Spoons. knives, watches, Chains. ar
ticles of personal adornment in every posi-
BILE variety. plates. platters, cups, goblets,
all sorts Of tableware are made OF silver and
then gilded TO look like gold, and crafty the
Russian taste for display The solid silver
dinner for the Winter Palace. which
will serve 5000 people, is gilded, and the
shops along the Nevski Prospect and other
fine streets are blazing with the same sort
Of stuff. But the merchant must inform the
customer of the character of his wares. II
he sells gildcd silver for gold he goes TO
prison. The ladies of the country load
themselves with ornaments of gilded silver.
bracelets, chains. brooches pins. and every
other form of decoration. Even marble and
wood are glded. Everything is for display.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-12
Enamel Work in Colors.

There is "a great deal of enamel work in
colors that is beautiful and inexpensive. par
ticularly that which comes from the eau
casus, where the silversmiths do very artis-
tic work in enamel and filigree. A set of
silver spoons, with handles done in enamel
of bright colors, is very handsome and not
expensive, costing perhaps $50 dozen. and
cannot be elsewhere obtained. The Tartars
are very ingenious in the manipulation Of
metals. like the Turks and Chinese. and the
shops OF the Gostnnoi-Dyor are filed with
their products.
The jewels and precious stones Of Siberia
are Of great variety and beauty. and while
they do not command the prices that the
similar articles from other mines bring. are
very popular and much worn in Russia. The
Siberian diamond will not hold the light
like one from Brazil or the Cape. but looks
so much like them that il can scarcely be
distinguished unless placed in juxtaposi-
ton, when its lack of luster is shown. En-
eralds. rubies, topaZes. turquoises and SINH
lar stones are found in Siberia in great
quantities. and are very brilliant when new.
but do not hold their luster. and require
constant polishing.