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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02

THE Kissing of the Stars and
Stripes at mass meeting of Social
lists in Chicago, on Sunday, and the
burst of applause that followed the
unfurling of a red flag is another IL
lustration of the mistake this coun-
try is making in permitting these
people to come here and engage in
their anarchistic schemes. 1t is
probable that there was not single
American among the 1000 Socialists
who made this exhibition of their
contempt for the country which has
given them refuge and opportuni-
ties beyond anything they could have
hoped for in their native land. There
were many in the crowd who have
been saved from prison and the hang
mans moose by the intervention of
glorious flag which they Kissed. They
ought to be sent back where they be-
long. There is no place for such
reptiles in this country.-Gra ftom
Eagle-Sentinel.
That's the kind of talk we like to
hear. Or, better still, they should
be taken out and hanged. The rope
is the remedy for the anarchist
Morganto,on Post.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02

The snow storm of last week re-
minded us of the near approach of
winter.
At this writing the Opequon is out
of bank in places.
The corn crop throughout this Sec
ton and Washington Co., Nd, will
prove to be an average with the
crops of the last five years, it is
thought.
Laura Miller, little daughter of
Morchead Miller, contracted poison
on her face from some unknown
cause. Her teacher observing that
something was wrong, sent her home
in company with her sister. She
continued to get worse and in three
days was totally blind, caused by a
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02
United States Marshal Hagar Shot.

PrTTsBURe, Oct. ga Wheeling
special says: "a telegram from
Charleston gives details of second
attempt to assassinate Deputy Uni
ted States Marshal j. r. Hagar. Ha-
gar had but recently returned to his
duties. The second attempt was
made on him last Friday evening.
He attended a corn husking in Raj
eigh county, and while eating his
supper q man named Boal shot him
three times with a revolver. One
shot took effect in his left cheek, an
other entered the breast about two
inches above the heart, and the third
lodged in the left arm. The shot in
the breast win probably cause his
death.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02
A Great Enaineerina Feat.

California engineers have accom-
plished the difficult task of lifting
the Feather River, fast flowing
stream, fifty feet and crrrying it for
more than half mile in an artificial
bed at that height above its. old
channel. 1t has been accomplished
in little less than a year. The OBJ
ject was to drain the river near Ora
vile in order to reach the very rich
gold deposits believed to exist in its
bed. The promoters of the great
enterprise are chiefly Englishmen.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02
A pestructIye FIrs u WheelIna.

WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. 30.--At
7:l5 this evening fire broke out in
the third story of George X. Nc
Mechen Il Sons wholesale grocery
and Quilted the building, causing 4
loss of fully $4,000 in stock and
$4,000 to $4,000 on building. Fire,
smoke and water also penetrated the
wholesale saddlery warehouse OF 4.
I. Hutchinson & Co., causing loss
of probably $4,000. The houses are
fully insured in local and foreign
companies.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02

WELL SAID.-Numberless schemes
have been devised for the purpose of
advertising. Millions of dollars have
been spent in trying to force the pub
lie to read advertisements against
their will. These lodges are sprung
upon them when they least expect
them, and the effect is therefore an
noying. 1t is as If a tramp should
ring your front door bell and ask for
the loan of q quarter. Advertising
in reliable newspaper is different.
People expect to see it there every
week. Advertisers, in dealing with
the public, should do SO in a courtc-
Gus, business-like manner. There is
time and place for everything, and
the place for advertising is in a news
paper, and the time--every issue
Horace Greedy.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02
HRDGEsvILLE.

The magic lantern and light of
hand performance under Masonic
Hall, ON Monday night last, was
largely patronized.
The regular meeting Of Berkeley
Lodge, No. 81, A. F. Il A. NJ, will
occur at their lodge room, on Tues
day evening next.
Many farmers are loading and ship
ping wheat and hay from North
Mountain.
Mr.. j. B. Cleary made flying
trip to the City of Monuments, on
Saturday last.
DR.. VIM. Lemen and daughter are
quite i'll at this writing.
; Mr.. L. o. Willis and family, of
Frederick county, Md, are visiting
Mr.. G. Newkirk.
Mr.. A. HI. Myers made a flying
visit to Bunker Hill, the past week.
Mr.. j. Fl. Miller, Deputy Sheriff,
is kept busy visiting different points
in the discharge of his official duties.
Mr.. William, son of Mr.. J. A.
Chapman of this place, is now enga-
ged in business in Alexandria, Va.
Ex-Sherift G. A. Chrisman was in
our midst short time since.
Mr.. Lee Lingamfelter, intending
to change his business, is selling off
his stock of merchandise.
REPORTER.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02

HELLO BoYs.-Are you wearing
our School Shoes? We have posi-
lively the best line made. Tell your
papa not to buy anywhere else until
he gets our prices.
OUR PRICES.
A good solid Shoe, / i to 2, only $1.0O
A better style Shoe Ii to 2, only $I.25
A good calf Shoe, III to 2, only $3.50
A high cut dress, III to 2, only $3.50
@. p. HERRING,
The Shoe Dealer.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02

contradiction of power were sad
misrepresentation of their own spirit
and purpose.
*.* ~ ~
If only the mad dogs bite produce
mad dogs, as the authority, NJ. Pas
teur, asserts, then it follows that the
death of all mad dogs, before they
bite other dogs or animals, will put
an end to hydrophobia and its fear
full evils and no sensible man or
woman will object that death is too
severe a measure for such an evil.
Here is where prohibition is needed,
for many valuable life has been
sacrificed to that fell disease. But
there is far greater evil in our va
rious communities producing certain
death in fathers and sons, and bring
ing consequent trouble and sorrow
to wives and mothers and children.
Almost every daily paper gives us
accounts of murders and suicides in
quarrels occasioned by drink. If as
many died through the country and
in so many places by small pox, or
yellow fever, then the whole com
monwealth would be alarmed, land
tens of thousands OF dollars would
be donated by the charitable and sub
sides from our State and United
States Legislatures, would be direct
ed immediately to end the disease
or diseases. Are we asleep and can
not be awakened to the dire evils of
whiskey? We have not risen and
demanded to put it from us by pro-
hibiting its sale and use as a bever-
age. Nay we have licensed tits ex-
istance, and many propose to make
it more respectable by increasing the
license fee, thereby to put away the
low GROCERIES they say, and keep
only respectable houses. Can we re-
gard any business as respectable that
inevitably produces murder, suicide,
poverty, pauperism, rags, widows
and orphans, and immortality by the
wholesale? Are we come to such a
state in morals as to regard such
business respectable because it pays
$500 instead of $3.50 into the treasu-
ry? Are we willing to receive mon
ey to run our government from the
license on the sale OF liquors, which
bring death and misery by the whole
sale on our sons and daughters ?
All ! prohibition that prohibits is the
only morally respectable measure,
for a morally accountable commune
ty. Such may be beyond our reach
just now, but it is plain enough that
we are not justified, and cannot be,
to allow murder, endless crime and
woe, without denouncing it, and pre-
venting it, if possible. UNIs.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02

The Chinese are coming in from
Cuba, landing as Spanish citizens.
If this country cannot make laws
that will keep these fellows out, says
Judge, can it not make guns capable
of going of and obliging them to do
the same.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
when she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them castoria,
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02

An Ohio man has written Jay
Gould begging letter every day for
the last $50 days, and in his last he
announced that he had purchased
$40 worth of stationery and calcutat-
ed to keep turning the crank until
he got some response.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02
For school Commissioners.

Mr.. Editor-Please announce Mr..
James +. Thompson as a candidate for
School Commissioner for the Third
Ward, who will be supported by
MANY VOTERS.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02

Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress"
has lately been translated into the
Chinese dialect of Annoy which is
said to be the eighty-third language
or distinctive dialect Sin which this
work has appeared.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-11-02
GIRLs School SnoEs.--Mamma


GIRLS School SHoEs.--Mamma
you go to G. p. Herring's Shoe
House for our School Shoes. he has
the prettiest line and the best wear
ers in town, and he sells them awful
cheap. Look at his prices:
A good button Shoe, ii to 2, only
$1.00
A high cut button Shoe, II TO 2,
only $l,25.
A fine Dongola button Boot, II to 2,
only $l.5O.
A perfect beauty high cut, ii to 2,
only $l.75.
the place
G. r. HERRING's
Great Shoe House.
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. d. OHENEr ~ TO-,
PrOps.. TOleda. O.

OPSss AOASN&s, W
We, the undersigned, have known
F. j. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions, and f.
nancially able TO carry out any obi
cations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
E. III. Van Hoesen, Cashier Toledo
National Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
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HOw's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
can not be cured by taking Halls
Catarrh Cure.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-07-27

arithmetic The window was diamond
shaped at first and was afterwards
made square.
AS to the former two. perhaps it is
scarcely necessary seriously to point
out that the answer to the first is not
fifty but forty nine; and, to the second,
not twenty days but sixteen since the
snail who gains one foot for each day
for fifteen days, climbs on the sixteenth
day to the top of the pole and there
remains.
A man walks around a pole on the
top of which is monkey AS the man
moves, the monkey turns on the top Of
the pole SO as to keep face to face with
the man. Query: When the man has
gone around the pole, has he or has he
not gone around the monkey?
The answer which will occur at first
sight to most persons is that the man
has not gone around tho monkey since
he has never been behind it, The cor
rect answer, however, as decided by
knowledge, in the pages of which this
momentous question has been argued,
is that the man has gone around the
monkey in going round the pole.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-07-27
ELEGANT BOUDOlR CARS.
Running Exclusively on the Chicago,
81. Paul and Kansas City
RAILWAY,

The new Mann boudoir cars now run
ming on the Chicago, St. Paul and Kan
sas City Railway between the Twin Cities
and Chicago, are models of elegance and
beauty. They are a decided imvrove-
naent over the old style, being arranged
in smaller compartments. There are SIX
single rooms and three double rooms in
each car, but the apartments are so ar
ranged that they may be doubled Or
made ensuite at the pleasure OF the oc~
cupants. 1'he furnishings are of hi ghly
polished cherry and other fine woods in
attractive tints and the ceiling is Of a
delicate azure hue that pleases the
eye and taste. The cars are provided
with hot and cold water and other lux
urious conveniencas which relieve the
tedium Of travel. In fact they are veri-
table rolling palaces. Berths in these
cars and tickets to all points East, South,
and West. can be obtained at the city
ticket office No. l95 East Third street or
Union Depot, st. Paul and No, Nicol~
let house block or Union Depot, Mime
apolis
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-07-27
Mothers Love.

There are two kinds of lOve-!Ove
which receives and love which gives;
and as 'tit is more blessed to give than
to receive" mothers love, which is
always giving, is the choicest of all.
Children honor most the mother that
loves most, and religious daughters
make pious mothers. One hundred and
twenty clergymen. being assembled to-
gether, were invited to state the human
instrument Of their vocation How
many laid the crown Of that grace on
their mother? Above one hundred!
Her children rise up and call her
blessed.
It may seem but thank!ess toll or a
lowly destiny to care for the little ones,
and bear the WEAKNESS that waits upon
q mothers lot. But that mother who
sees her children through her instru-
mentality made blessing to the world
in answer TO her prayers, has not labor-
ed in vain aud spent her strength for
naught.
And even if the fruits of her toll and
pain seem lost in the silence Of some
little grave even then she need not be
disconsolate. For to Rachel weeping
fer her children, Thus saith the Lord,
refrain thy voice from weeping and
thine eyes from tears; for thy work
shall be rewarded, saith the Lord, and
thy children shall come again from the
land OF the enemy. And there is hope
for thy last end saith the Lord (Jere'
mlah Y1xi. 49,
'There my little ones, know,
Round me shall be cinging;
There the loved ones Of long ago,
With me shall be singing.
"Oh that land I long to see,
Where the weary hearted
Shall with Christ in glory be,
Never to be parted
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-07-27
DANCING ELEPHANTS.
4-Paw' Famous Troupe OF Al most Human
Quadrille Pachyderns.

Adam Forepaugh, Jr's. troupe Of
notwithstanding elephants have been
the sensation Of the season. Nothing
like these marvelously trained beasts
has ever been seen before. The eYolu-
tiuns through which they 60, with an
evident appreciation OF their import
ance, and the constant Intelligence
which they display. provoke admiration
for the genius and tire]ess patience
which have brought their reasoning
faculties into play In order to illus
trate 70 what perfection elephants can
be trained, young Torepaugh has Sc
lected eight mammoth trumpeting pa
chyderms, four males and four females.
all answering to Shakespearian names,
and TO make the quadrille more Hfelike
each male elephant has a ''lady' part
ner. There Is Othello and Desdemona,
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Ophelia
and Anthony and Cleopatra. These
gifted elephants 60 through a quadrille
with the same ease and grace as the
most SkllIul lover or IeTpSlcnOIe, DOW,
promenade ''forward and back" ''ba-
lance to paGtners,'' AND "chassez' III q
way that Is us wonderful as it is ludi-
crous. These marvellous elephants, to-
getber with Adam Fcrepaugh, Jr's
$50 900 troupe Of trained broncho horses;
''Echpse," the equine aerialist; the
great Forepaugh arenic exhibition Of
sensations, and the history depicting
and soul stirring reproduction Of life
upon tie plains, with Dr. Carver, the
famous trave er and rifie-shot, and two
hundred scouts, soldiers, cowboys and
Indians, will tie seen with the great
and Wild West Combined
Shows, which exhibit as Minneapolis
On Tuesday, Aug. s.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-07-27
President Harr1son's Double.

| President Harrison, it is said, has a
double residing in New York. This
presidential counterfeit, it said, would
be taken for the chief magistrate any
where, and has already been the inno-
cent cause Of numerous plumbers. 1t is
not at all strange, however. because 1t
is said that nature creates everything
in pairs, and that every man has his
double somewhere. The Saint Paul &
Duluth Railroad, however, has no
double. 1t stands alone as the best,
shortest and most thoroughly equipped
route to and from St. Pau, Minnea.
polls, Duluth, West Superior, and other
points north and northwest Circulars
furnished cheerfully by A. B. Plough,
General Passenger Agent. St. Paul,
Mimi.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-07-27
DIRECTORS.

DIRECTORS.
). S. CoughIin, J. P. Rea, Martin Ring,
II. G. Clarke, Mathew Walsh, John
Goodnow, M. W. Nash, Richard
Welsh, Dennis Trainor, j. r. Corrigan,
VIM. MCMILLAN.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-07-27
A. Womar's Pocket.

4 writer in the Chicago Herald thus
discoursos On women's pockets: II
think women ought to have a guiding
string hanging from their pockets to
assist in discovery when the contents
are needed How often ! have blushed
in sympathy Wits the poor woman who
stands scarlet and miserable hunting
for her pocket while ttle conductor
stoiidly awaits his fare. l. saw q varia-
zion on this to-day. "A conductor want
ed change tor a one~dollar till. A girl
rendered & handful OF small money, at
the sans, time asking 70 be put OFT at
EigbLeauth street. It Was then Twenty
third street Tie conductor returned
the bill and the surplus change. The
girl stuffed the DILL in her glove and
after some hunting seemed TO lind her
pocket and drop therein the coins. At
Twentieth street a sudden wild LOOK
came into her ewes and she began fumb-
ling for the pocket again and unsuc-
cessfulIy. Doubt deepened to anxiety
and fear to horror GA her face, Pre-"
seutly she made a cautious move. A.
nicaie rolled from somewhere OH to the
floor. She got: rigid and began husting
IN different direction. We were near
ing Eighteenth street She pretended
not to notice it and she looked more
and more miserable. y on see she had
put the coins through the placket hole
Of her dress and not in the pocket at
all The conductor waved that it was
Eighteenth street. A cent rolled to
TIE floor, The girl would see neither
the coin nor the conductor. Then the
conductor shouted. while the car wait
sd: ''Eigbteenth. madam
go On, said the girl.
But this is Eighteenth street," re-
turned the conductor.
Down went a dime.
II don't want to get out" the girl
answered, tears Of rage rising in her
eyes.
Didn't you say Eighteenth p the
iend insisted.
II have changed my naind,' the girl
answered, desperately, a tear and a
three-cent piece rolling to the floor to-
gether.
Well I got out at Ninth street and
she hadn't found either her pocket or
the pocket hole yet, and the floor was
all over small change. suppose she is
riding yet.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-07-27
Catch Questions.

It is always a delight to schoolboy
TO PROFOUND to his teacher "catch
questions IN mathematics that the
teacher cannot answer. Usually these
catch questions, or propositions are of
little Importance, and the object OF
them is simply to elicit absurd replies
f:om those to whom they are put.
Temple Bar gives several such ques-
lions, a few of which are new, and the
others as ''old as the hills" but new,
probably, TO some schoolboYs and girls.
If goose weighs ten pounds, and a
halt Of its own weight, what is tie
weight Of the goose2 Who has not been
tempted to reply on the instant, fifteen
ponndsl-the correct answer being, of
course, twenty pounds, Indeed it is
astonishing what very simple query
will some times catch wise man nap
ping; even the following has been
known to succeed:
How many days would it take to cut
upa piece Of cloth fifty yards long. one
yard being cut Off every day?
A snail Ginning up post twenty feet
high, ascends Eve feet every day, and
slips down four feet every night. How
long will the snail take to reach the top
of the post?
A wise man having window one
yard high and one yard wide, and re-
quiring more light, enlarged his window
to twice its former size; vet the window
was still only one yard high and one
ward wide. How was this done? This
is d catch question in Geometry, as the
preceding were catch questions in
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-07-27
Sow Truths,

The good We do men is quickly lost,
the truth We leave them remains for
ever, and therefore the aim OF the best
education ia to enable students 10 see
what is truth. and to inspire them with
q love for all truth.
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For Sale OF Trade

For city property, a splendid farm OF
l2O acres-~lO0 acres under cultivation,
and less than 40 miles from Minneapo-
lis. Good residence AMI other build
ings thereon. For particulars call at
this office.
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Ali PASSAGE Tickets are Good
for one Year.

road tickets from the seaports to their desti~
nation by express trains and not via Lake routes.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-09-26
MISS LULAH RAGsDALE.
Her Debut Upon the Professional Stage.

Miss Lulah Ragsdale made her debut
upon the professional stage at the Grand
! Opera House in New Orleans on last Fri
day NIGHT and as everyone anticipated
who knew her we'll, scored brilliant sue.
cess. She personatrd Florlelisa the prin-
cipal female character in POOLS Re-
yenge," and her acting Is thus referred to
by the dramatic critic Of the Times
Democrat:
Miss Lulah Ragsdale us Flordelisa
achieved n gratifying success. Though
she looks very slender and delicate for
tragic impersOnaliOns, she had plenty of
power aud intensity. The character in
which she appeared was not calculated
To afford her the best of opportunities,
but il is difficult to understand how any
one could have made more of the in
nocent aud trusting hut cOura Eeous child
of the broken hearted jester than she did.
She has a rich, exquisitrly mOdnlated
voice, aud shows u keen, intelligent ap-
probation uf every line Of her part,
while her gestures and poses are always
graceful and artistic.
Her second appearance was as the char
acier Marie, in Louis XI, in which role
she again acquitted herself admirably.
The L. DIS. critic says:
Miss Ragsdale as Marie was always
particularly winsome, aud when occasion
demanded il she exhibited an abundance
of power and intensity. Her methods
were always artistic and graceful, aud no
one unfamiliar with her history could
have imagined that her experience 90 the
professional stage had been so extremely
limited.
Many of Miss Lulah's Brookhaven
friends went down to witness her first
appearance as a professional actress, aud
it is needless to say, they were more than
pleased with her acting, and tho applause
she elected from all sides. If Miss
Lulnh's health does no. fail her, of which
there is some reason for fear, there is no
doubt but that brilliant future awaits
her