Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-05-25
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Iceland emigrated last year.
Boston is the greatest market in the United
States for the sale Of lottery tickets.
The Royal academy in London has def
nitely decided not to open its doors on Sun
days.
more than half the trade in Russian petro-
leum. ia
The fastest of British cruisers, the Shell
drake, twenty-one knots, just launched, is a
steel twin screw.
Philadelphia supports permanent COM
pany of MINISTRIES, and IS the only city in tho
country that does.
In the city of New York there are upward
Of fifty able Methodist preachers who are paid
less than $500 per year.
In the first minute of the University boat
race of this year Cambridge was timed forty
strokes and Oxford thirty-nine.
Four Russian officers will start In May t.
ride on horseback from st. Petersburg to
Paris in forty-fve days on a wager.
Two hundred pigeons presented to Capt
Wissmann by the Strasburg Carrier Pigeon
society were a part of the outfit he took with
him to Africa.
A burglar arrested In Boston had on his
breast an India ink picture Of grave stone,
on which was marked: I'm memory of my
father and MOTHER
The total cost Of the Paris exposition is ex-
pected to be sl0,0OO,OOO The government
contributes the greater part and the city of
Paris most Of the rest.
At the recent London diocesan conference
the bishop of Bedford advocated card playing
in workingmen's clubs but, rather strangely,
disapproyed of dominoes. -.e
The fees Tor ascending the Eiffel tower are
5 francs to the top, 5 francs TO the second
platform and francs to the first The three
platforms will hold 10, 900 people
The students OF Johns Hopkins university
have adopted q college yell that may DO
spelled as follows: 'Hullabaloo-K'nec
Kneck, Hullabaloo-K'neck, K'neck, Hoo
-Rah-Hoo 'Rah" t.- Is. 3D..
The Arabs attached to Barnums show in
New York have joined In protest against
being Obliged to eat sausages and other dishes
furnished by their boarding houses. They
have all got dyspepsia.
Considerable commotion has arisen in Paris
over the plan to run q railway through the
Bots de Boulogne The municipal council is
against it, but the project Of tho Seine Is OBJ
stinate and still active In its favor
Burglars have broken into tho historical
rooms at the old state house at New Haven
and stolen a sword presented to Admiral
Foote by the citizens OF Brooklyn, and valued
at $500 The sword was Of elaborate design
and inlaid with jewels.
A flock of wild geese were struck by light
ming at Gonzales, Tex, and seventy eight Of
them killed If their feathers don't protect
geese from lightning, what becomes of the
popular theory that feather beds are non
conductors of the electric fiuidl
The French chamber has decided upon
100000 francs for a monument in COM
memoration of the first revolution, to be
erected on the site Of the Tuileries, instead Of
the 100000 desired. They have also APP
propriated $1,000 francs for design. ,.
The skeleton of man, evidently pioneer
Indian fighter, was found the other day in
the middle of big log taken to Georgia
saw mill. In the wood that had grown over
it was the imprint of the clothes as well as
the old fintlock rife that lay beside 1t.
The fashionable dog for 1889 is to be the
schipperke, or little skipper. He comes from
the Low countries and is the old time COM
panion Of the Flemish bargee. He Is black,
with next to no tail, and hard coat inclined
to be rough, and does not weigh over twelve
pounds. IT. a.1i.fa Hleg
A sandwich company, which proposes to
sell its wares in offices, on the streets and In
barrooms and cafes. has been established In
New York. The company will have uni-
formed peddlers, who win carry neat willow
baskets. The sandwiches viii be sold for five
cents each lsAet- N II III .Ef5
Tho English court of queens bench has just
decided that an agent cannot be sued by his
principal for damages resulting from the
agents failure to make bets on horse race
IN accordance with the instructions Of his
principal The case is to be appealed to the
highest court H.G 4.H
A manuscript copy Of the Gospels, for
which $25, 900 has been refused, Is about to be
sold at auction in London. 1t Is the copy
known as the ''evangclarium," written In let
tiers of gold on purple vellum, and was writ
ten by Saxon scribe for Archbishop VII
fred in Gao. .- f.s,-. ID. ...,4.,rtr. .
A company is being formed for the pur-
pose of establishing an extensive railroad sys
tenn in the Zambesi country In Africa. The
new organization will be known as the Brit
ish Central Africa company Subscriptions
been obtained ftstrt
In village Of Westphalia chess Is one Of
the school studies An examination la chess
is held annually in the upper form of the
school, and the best six players, who, how
ever, have to be victorious three times run
ming. are presented with chess board and
toasted for whole long summers day.
A Salano, Cal, paper says: "The straits
are literally swarming with sea lions, and
the fishermen are having a hard struggle
with them Out Of sixteen salmon in net
Tuesday osily two were secured by the fisher
men, the sea lions eating up before their eyes
the other fourteen. besides tearing the net to
pieces" t..-.. ...f. ~.s .,..
A clergyman in the east end Of London,
having denounced boxing az an unchristan
exercise the Bishop OF Bedford has said: II
can see no possible harm In boxing. Il Il q
capital exercise, and calculated to promote
good temper and self control. do not know
why every man should not know how TO de
fend himself"
Among contemplated improvements in
Washington Is plan for the erection OF q
hotel exclusively for colored people. The idea
does not meet with much favor from the in
telligent and well-to-do colored people, though
at present they are only received ct small
number Of hotels on stipulation that they
shall eat their meals In their rooms
Rev. DIR. J. NJ Buckley, writing OF Spain.
says: Bribery Is general in Spain. Almost
anything can be done with fee. Not more
than 40 per cent Of the taxes levied by the
government can be collected. Mayorscf cities
get rich in q year. One at least Of the mos.
important cities Is destitute Of credit. No ons
will lend it any money. Spaniards 50 distrust
each other that money b not forthcoming for
great public works The English manage the
water works, the street cars and almost
everything else
When Bunaioes Were Plentiful
Il remember the time when we used
to get from $1,000 to 100, 900 buffalo
hides in st. Paul, said q hide dealer.
We used to get them for "a or s5
each. Now the whole business has
been cleaned out The Last herds were
Slaughtered by white men, chiefly in
1882. Buffalo furs are 50 high now
that people don't buy many. I had
two or three hides last year, but it was
very hard to sell them. Several sub
stitutes have come into the market
They are cheaper and people buy these.