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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

Ice has practically closed naviga-
ton on the Hudson river, above
Poughkeepsie.
Albeck's wooden mandatory at
Neumunster, Prussia, was burned to
the ground. and fifteen persons were
killed and ten others fatally injured.
The jury in the murder case Of
William Coins. Lima, o., decided
upon a verdict of murder in the
second degree by the toss of cop
per.
The schooner Frederick L. Schepp
and the brig Nile, both from San
Bias and consigned to Leopold
Schepp, New York, with twenty
men on board, are supposed to be
lost.
President-elect Harrison refused
to be interviewed on the report that
Mr.. Blaine had been offered and ac-
cepted the secretaryship of state.
1t is not accepted as fact among
Harrison's friends in Indianapolis.
The only negro in the Fifty-first
Congress will be Henry Plummer
Cheatham, smart mulatto, gradu,
ate of Shaw University, and teach
er By profession. Lately he has
been register of deeds for Vance
county, North Carolina, and he will
represent the Second district Of that
state. He is thirty years old.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
great many people Get int

A great many people get into
trouble because they do not appreci-
ate the value of silence. The best
words are generally those that are
not uttered. The best plan is to let
other people talk. In one of James
Whitcomb Riley's recent poems IS
this verse of homely advice:
" Never talk back to Teller that's abus-
in you
Just let him carry on, and rip and cuss
and swear
And when he finds his lynn and dam
Minis jest amusin' you.
You've got him clear kerfiummuxed.
and you want to bold him there. y
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
A yaIuab,o Meaica, Treatise.

The edition for 1889 of the sterling Medical
Annual. known as Hostetters Almanac, is
now ready, and can be obtained, free of COST OF
druggists and general country dealers in all
parts of the United States. Mexico and in
deed in every civilized portion of the Western
Hemisphere. This Almanac has been issued
regularly at the commencement of evey year
for every year for over one-fourth OF O century.
1t combines, with the soundest practical ad-
vice for the preservation and restoration OF
amusing light eading, and the calendar, as
tronomical calculations, chronological items,
found entirely accurate. The issue OF Hostel
ter's Almanac or 1889 will probably be the
largest edition of medical work ever pub
lished in any country. The proprietors.
Mcssrs. Hostetter & Co., Pittsburg. Pa, on re-
ceipt of two cent stamp, will forward a copy
by mail to any person who cannot procure
one i'll his neighborhoCd
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
NO. Is.
The TRAMP.


wait for the train: the night-oh how
cold
Ny clothes are all tattered, my shoes
stiff and old
The prospect around me is lonesome and
bleak.
And my teeth chatter so that scarcely
can speak:
l start at each sound, and my heart s
beating fast
conjure up ghosts from the aisles of
the past,
And SILVER and bark for the rumble
and clack
OF swift-speeding wheels on the cold.
rusty track,
Oh, bitter the night and my thoughts
while wait
Alone at the curve for the friendly way
freight!
The river out yonder-so silvery and
Would give me shelter nor ask who
am;
And, may be, when come to the City of
Gold,
Where justice is tempered with mercy
I'm told,
Some angel would stand at my judge
ment and plead
A kindly word said or generous deed
Some long years ago ere swerved from
the right
And took the hard path that I'm tread
ing tonight.
But mothers last words were /" Be hon.
est and brave y
The coward alone seeks suicides
grave!
So pray for forgiveness, and praying
wait
At this bleak, lonely curve for the frend-
ly way freight.
Eugene Field IN Chicago Ne,cs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
BLOW, WIND. BLOWI

Now the snow is on the ground,
And the frost is on the grass
Now the brook in ice is bound
And the great storms rise and pass.
Bring the thick. gray cloud;
Toss the flakes of snow
Let your voice be hoarse and loud.
And blow, wind, blow
When our day in school is done
Out we come with you to play.
You are rough, but full of fun,
And the boys have learned your way
All your cuffs and slaps
Mean no harm, we know
Try to snatch our coats and caps,
And blow, wind, blowl
You have sent the flowers to bed
Cut the leaves from off the trees
From your blast the birds have fled;
Now you do what you may please.
Yes; but by and by
Spring will come, you know.
Spread your clouds, then, wide and
high,
And blow, wind, blow!
-Eudord S. Bltmstead, in st. Nich0ldi
for December.
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Clio y to
And how sweetly the second movement
followed and how they worked in together
lo-ry to ga in the highest ,sad

And now it was all held up for the smiles of
a modern quartet
The old chorister's head sank upon the
bench, and his tears blurred the notes on the
ancient page
'Gracious rnassyl Hezekiah, wake up!
wake up 'Kiah; You'll l,etch your death Of
colda Conner
1t was Peter Stone, the sexton, dunn
founded by surprise, shaking the old Choir
lister violently by the shoulder. Painfully
Hezekiah raised his head.
merry Christmas, Peter; I'd rather stay
here,n he said feebly when he saw where he
was
Peter laughed almost Historically and
tugged away persistently at the old mans
shoulders.
Come down to the fire. he exclaimed
''the choir will be here right away TO re-
hearsc for the service
ayes, I'll go,n answered Hezekiah, and
with great difficulty he dragged his stiffened
limbs down the stairs into the vestry, where
tho furnace was already roaring with a
freshly made fire Ho submitted to be
rubbed and slapped by Peter to induce q
quicker circulation Of his blood, but he gave
no clear answer to the wondering inquiries
as to how he came TO be locked into the
church over night.
Presently the organ upstairs began to
sound Hezekiah shivered and Peter rubbed
him the harder. Then the voice Of the bass
in the pew quartet was heard reciting:
And there were shepherds abiding in the
fleld.n
The old chorister listened with staring
eyes. Could it be? The long recitative came
to en- end, and then all the voices took up in
proper order the angels chorus.
What does that mean, Peteraa exclaimed
Heze,iah, starting up.
why. twas meant as Christmas sur
prise in your honor They're goin' to sing
your piece"
The old chorister broke away from the
sexton and hobbled up the stairs. When ha
reached the organ loft they were singing
''And on earth peace, good viii TO men,"
Hezekiah waited until they were done, and
then in low, grave tone that startled the
singers, be said:
II wish you all a merry Christmas, neigh
bors. I've had hard feelings against you,
and / pray that God will forgive me and
cause you not to look unkindly on an old
man. This is more than deserve"
f. r. BURTON.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

WHEELING, w. VA, December
dat $50 this morning the en-.
CINE OF a north bound passenger train
on the Cleveland, Lorraine and
Wheeling Road jumped the track
opposite this city and plunged down
twenty-five foot trestle. Engineer
Samuel Showaller and Fireman
Charles Fowler went down with the
engine. Fowler escaped unhuit,
but Showaller was fatally injured,
dying this afternoon.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
A GREAT DISCOVERY
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The only sure cure for Dyspepsia, and
all Kidney, Lirer, Blood. and Skin Dis
eases. Is warranted not only te relieve
but to cure the worst cases OF dyspepsia.
and is a panacea for all diseases arising
from disordered condition Of the Ifver
or Stomach. such as Indigestion, Bilious
ness Sick Headache. Distress after eat
ing weakness of Kidney or Bladdors.
call at A. n. GILBERT'S
Drug store and get bottle. Price %
and 70. Also. all kinds Of Drugs. Pat.
ent Medicines, and Toilet and Fancy ar
ticles,. and everything kept in a first
class drug store. ianss
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

The Western Maryland Railroad
Company has decided to build q
direct road from Pen Mar park to
Monterey. Work win begin on il
soon and it will be finished in time
for next season. 1t will be maca-
damized road and when finished
will place Monterey considerably
nearer Pen-Mar than it is now. It
will alsu make one of the loveliest
of the many lovely drives on the
mountain.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

toons OH the walls, and here and there the
laurel worked words Emanuel GLORY to
God in the highest, and SO on, that had been
placed there with great toll by the young
men and women Of the parish in honor Of the
day SO near at hand; but had You been there
you would have seen only the patriarchal
form Of the chorister with sadly bitter look
on his face gazing at the gloom about the
pulpit Was he thinking how often he had
stood solemnly thus while the minister was
prayingg Perhaps so, for after q moment
his lips parted, and tremulous s'Amenm
uttered softly on a high note, sung to the
evergreens and the shadows.
Then Hezekiah looked about the bench in
front of him. He picked up one OF the new
anthem books brought in by the quartet He
glanced at the cover and let it fall. Taking
the lamp from its socket he held it SO that he
could see, and presently drew forth the an
Gent collection of anthems, every tune in
which he knew by heart, SO sacred to him.
and yet so speedily hidden away where it
should serve nobody. He replaced the lamp
and turned the pages te Coronation" the
first piece sung by choir under his direc-
ton more than lifetime ago. Fondly he
looked at the familiar notes and then, his
chest thrown out and his head held up, he
sung the grand old tune and its magnificent
words with all the feryor and all the power
that bis voice ever had commanded. From
beginning to end the hymn rang through the
deserted gloomy church, and Dr. Williams,
driving by in haste to attend the ills Of a far
off patient, wondered that the rehearsal
should have been continued SO late. When
tho last note had ceased Hezekiah stood with
the book still open and his head still up, but
the tears were coursiug down his face in
steady streams.
At last he sank into chair, and with a
great pang at tho heart he saw upon the
bench beside the volume Of newfangled tunes
q little book of manuscript music. When he
was young man of not more than so Heze-
kiah had taken it into his head that he would
write music, and the several anthems that he
had composed in pure harmony, but with
crude progressions, had been laboriously
copied into books, and had been used &C.
casionally ever since In church service.
What had they been doing with his musicf
Was it not enough that they should discard
him in his old age, and his ways and his
books, without hunting up his feeble but
earnest compositions to laugh at themf That
could not be forgiven! With melancholy
fingers be turned the leaves. His inspection
stopped at an anthem for Christmas, COM
posed on words taken literally from the
Scriptures There it was, with its introduce
tory recitative for bass, and a double fugue.
as he called it, when the angels chorus was
reached His wife had sung the treble be-
fore she left the choir, and when with patient
resignation lie had laid her in the grave, his
daughter had performed her part, and since
she married and moved away the anthem
had not been sung. With what grand emo
ton he had heard the voices begin the first
fugal movement:
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
BuckDen's Arnica Salye.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fee
yer Sores. letter. Chapped Hands, Chill
blains. Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by E. C. Will
liams, Jr.. & Bro.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

Az WEST END. THO. BusER in
forms his friends aud the public that he
has opened new stock and fresh sunnlv
OF NOTIONS. GROCERIES. TOBACT0
CIGARS, &c, which will be sold cheap
for cash. Give him call and Won n
hnd his goods and prices satisfactory.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
Consumption Surely Cured

To THE EDITuR.-Piease inform your read
ers that have a positive remedy for the
above named disease. BY it's timely use
thousands Of hopeless cases have been perma-
nentiy cured, shall be glad TO send two Dot
ties OF my remedy FREE to any OF your read
me their express and post Office address. Res
pectfully,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
p,,.., P,,e.r ItehInx plies

SYMPToMs-Moisture: intense itching and
singing. most at night, worse Dy scraienlng.
IfaiIowed 10 continue tumors form. which often
bleed and ulcerate. becoming very sore, sway
mes Ointment stops the Itching and bleeding.
heels liberation, and in most cases removes
the turlorg. Al druggists or BY mail for 80
cents. DR. Swsyne a Son. Philadelphia.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

The simple Application Of Swayne's Oint-
ment, without any internal medicine. VIII
cure any case of Tetier. Salt Rheum. Ring.
worm, Piles. Itch, Sores, Pimples, Eczema, al
ScaIy, Itchy Skin Eruptions, no matter how
obstinate or long standing. II is potent, eDee-
tive. and costs but a trifie
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

An experiment on death by cleo
tricity was made in Edison's labora.
tory, Orange, n. j., recently. The
new law in New York makes death
by electricity the capital punishment.
A calf and a horse were killed in
stantly and without a tremor. The
law as enacted makes electricity
take the place Of hanging, but pro
vides further that no account of the
execution of the law shall be printed
or published. This is a step as far
backward in one way as it is for
ward IN the other.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

Frank Doll & Co. have now full line
in all the fail styles, and cheaper than
ever.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
THE MARTINSBURG HERALD
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS.

The Free Press is without question the
Greatest Literary and Humorous paper now
before the American people. 1t is not new
aspirant for public favor; established over tif-
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Is to-day stronger, better and more popu-
lar than ever-i20. 900 subscribers affirm its
surprising excellence. The funny sketches
and sayings OF the Free Press are everywhere
quoted and laughed at, while in respect to lit
erary excellence il will compare tavorablv
with the extensive magazines. an. Quad"
Luke Sharp Eva Best, Rose Hartwick
Ihrope, Chas. +. Adams Hamilton Jay. Lizzie
Yorke Case, Bronson Howard. II. G.. Dodge,
and host of other favorite writers, contribute
regularly to its columns. Recognizing the
growing demand for first-class fiction, The
Free Press has offered
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

Having fitted up the large store rooms
at No. 81 North Queen street, formerly
Timberlake s, and put in a new and COM
plete stock of everything that could be
thought of in first-class Dry Goods line,
respectfully invite the public and the
Ladies in particular to call. and we shall
be pleased to show them our assortment.
The stock has been especially selected
with care to quality and the wants of
the trade in style and fashion, being the
latest and most popular.
Our line of Dress Goods, Calicoes.
Ginghams. Muslins, is the fullest and
finest that taste could select or money
buy.
Our object is to study the wants of
housekeepers and supply them to the
satisfaction of every buyer, in material,
quality, price i'm politeness and accom-
mediation. and fair dealing.
With these assurances we extend our
cordial greeting to the public. and solic-
it share of patronage a visit will prove
an agreeable and profitable acquaint-
ance. Very Respectfully,
w. r.. MORGAN.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
CHRISTMAS SERVICES.

The village church on Christmas Day
Holds kindly hearts and pleasant faces
And some are seen to sing and pray
Who seldom go to such like places.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
w. h. MORGAN.

Each to be 11X14, water color, to be
awarded about the holidays now is the
chance of a lifetime. Come and get
your pictures made and get fine pic
ture given in. First you will have your
picture made. not smaller than cabinet
size and paid for. Come early and get
your name on the list Very Respectful
ly. P. c. HUNTER,
Martinsburg, w. Va.
HUNTER catches the babies on the jump.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

Try The HERALD six months.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22

And now it was all held up for the smiles of
a modern quarteti
Tho old choristers head sank upon the
bench, and his tears blurred the notes on the
ancient page.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-12-22
Special Notice To The Ladies.

Frank Doll & Co. make ladies' fine
shoes great specially, and have just re-
ceived large and complete stock Of
Pels' celebrated goods, f. t. & Co. 5 fine
Kid, Dongola and Pebbled Boots, with
many other makes, to which they invite
special attention.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-02
Imdcstruc,iDlI,ty OF Cold.

Gold may be said to he everlasting,
indestructible. The pure acids have
no effect upon it. Air and water are
alike prohibited from working it's de-
struction; while to baser metals they
are decay, togold they are innocuous.
Bury it through long ages, and when
the rude tool OF the excavator again
brings it to light, while everything
around it, and originally associated
with it, has returned to dust from
which itsprang; while the delicateform
which it adorned has become q powder
5" lnpalpable us to be inappreciab!e;
while the strong bone OF the mighty
warrior crnmbles as you gaze upon it;
while his irusty sword lies a mass of
shalc rust, the delicate tracery in gold
which adorned it, or he timely wrought
tiara which encircled the lofty brow Of
the i;,r damsc is there in it,, pristine
beauty. perfect rs whrnit left the work
mans hands and became the Joy of
her fleet insmolncnt.. Yes, days years,
centuries have rolled 10y, mighty en-
r'res have RISEN and fallen; dynasties
,hut dreamed lh.ir power was to be
everlasting have passed away: armies
have marched, conquered and become
nerveless with dccrcplt old age cities
,reininy with population and COM
nlcrce have become the dwelling place
OF the owl and the hat: he very pyra-
mids themselves. raised in the pride OF
power, and destined TO be forever,
have crnmb!eci and are crumbling and
yet that thin ti!ament OF sol has stood
unchanged through all these mighty
changes; it has withstood triumphant
ly,lr:de>, royin. hand of time; it is to-
day what it was three thousand years
nSo. surely it i>anoble metal, worthy
OF All admiration.-Sir Henry Vivian.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-02
William Warren's Response.
bilitv,

Joseph Jefferson is responsible for
the latest explanation OF the word
'chesnut." He attributes the intro.
,lnction OF the word in it's slang sense
to Mr.. William Warren, the veteran
comedian OF Boston.
"There is n melodrama," Mr.. Jeffer-
son said to q press repo rter, "but
little known to the present generation,
written by William Dillon, and called
The Broken Sword There were two
characters init, one q Captain Zavier,'
and the other the comedy part of
Pablo The Captain is a sort OF
Baron Munchausen, and in telling of
his exploits says: Il entered the
woods OF Collaway, when suddenly
from the thick boughs OF q cork tree
Pablo interrupts him with the word
"A chestnut. Captain; q chestnut
'Bah!' replied the Captain, 'Boohy, ]
say IL cork tree.'
ga CHESTNUT reiteratcs Pablo. Il
should know as well as you, having
heard you tell the tale these twenty.
seven times William Warren, who
had often played the part OF Pablo,
was at a stag dinner two years ago.
when one OF the gentlemen present
told a story OF doubtful age and orig
inality. "A CHESTNUT murn:ured Mr..
Warren, quoting from the play, Il
have heard you tell the tale these
twenty seven times The applica.
tion of the lines pleased the rest of
the table. and when the party broke
up each helped to spread the story
and Mr.. Warren's commentary. And
that" concluded MIR. Jefferson, sis
what l really believe to be the origin
of the word chestnut "-Philadel-
phia Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-02
The Manufacture Of Soap.

The manner OF making the different
grades oicomm"rcinl soap is essential
ly the same. though different kinds oi
fat may be used. 1t is always made
on Il large scale, i'll enormous watts or
boilers. Seven hundred weight OF
crude sodaush is first dissolved in boil
ing wntcr III he soap-boilcr, which
is u huge circular iron vessel hollin.
from five hundred 60 one Thousand
gallons. withn strnml,ips in the center
Half the weight oi he s;top is pure
caustic, lime is then added and the
mixture boiled. When the lime has
rendered the soda cnustir, the boiling
is discontinued. Several hundred
weight OF tl.low Is now put into the
soap-pan, which is IL different vessel
made OF cast iron, to which heat Is
applied, either by means OF " furnace
beneath it, or by steam carried by
pipes around the bottom OF the pan.
The latteris the usual method. The
ran usually holds several tons. Alter
the tallow, cut up into pieces, is
put into this pan, II quantity OF lye
is added, the steam is turned on,
and the boiling continued until the
lye is thoroughly incorporated with.
the tallow, and the whole becomes II
pasty mass. Several shovelfuls oil
common salt are thrown in. 1t
causes the lye to separate. and as the
mass cools, the lye deprived OF it's
soda is drawn OF Fresh lyels then
added and boiled, and this is repeated
until the tallow is saturated with the
soda that is it viii not take up any
more. Water is now added until the
proper consistency is reached. Ii
resin is to be used. it is now added
and the mass again boiled. 1t is then
run OFF into frames Or molls where Il:
is allowed to solidl(y. and then is cut
by wires into bars, dried, ana packed
i'll boxes. One ton OF yellow soap will
require 1000 pounds Of tallow, 35O
pounds Of resin. with I've sufficient to
make the whole a smooth, perfect
Homogeneous and saponaceous mass