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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
Jnck. ,he photorrapher.


There is an amateur Photographic
crank here in Boston who has devel-
oped a morbid passion for a most UNI
usual pastime If his identity were
mountaineering to date it is a mystery
The would be apt to suffer from va
rious kicks and other unpleasant
things, inflicted by persons who have
undergone annoyance at his hands.
The Charles river at this season of
the year is o favorite trysting place
for aquatically disposed lovers, who
travel about on the calm water after
shutdown, and spoon and spoon and
spoon until the fishes come up to the
surface and gasp for breath. Natur~
ally the dark of the moon is consider
ed the most appropriate time for these
amatory pursuits, and it is at such lu-
mar observation that the above photo
grapher comes to the front
Armed with a camera, he paddles a
light canoe about over the still sur
face, until he finds himself unperceiv-
ed in the neighborhood of some small
craft, the suspicious immobility of
which betrays Cupid at the helm.
Then, without making the slightest
noise, he trains his instrument upon
the unconscious victims, springs q lit
tie magnesium flash light, and jerks
simultaneously a string that exposes
dry plate for a fraction of a second.
This at any rate is supposed to be his
method, though the astonishing swift
ness with which he skips away down
stream after performing an operation
of that sort has thus far precluded all
possibility of investigation.
The outrage has been perpetrated SO
many times that the owner of the
canoe must now have quite a gallery
of lovers aAoat, all ready for exhibit
ton at SO much a head to the thou
sands of curious people who would un-
doubleday be willing to pay literally
for view of the collection. And
meanwhile it appears that engaged or
counting" couples who GO out in
boats to spoon upon the Charles are
rapidly becoming fewer, owing to the
fear of being took" unawares by this
scamp with the magnesium light
Boston Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
For what shall we give thanks ?

For what shall we give thanks I!
For the freedom of the whole
world from bloody wars and sweep
ing pestilence, and its advance il
the direction of what is good.
For the growth of onr nation in
wealth and power.
For the bounteous food crops
which we're rescued from the havoc
Of drought by the rains of early sum
mer.
For the equable temperature of all
seasons, which has enabled the poor
to live in greater comfort.
For the addition of four new stars
to the blue field of the flag.
For the fact that the good things
of the year have been so very good,
and the bad things no orse,--Star.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
The Work Mas Done,

Biddy-Mr. Smith called tonight
when you were out.
Miss Clara-Oh, it is too bad / think
he would have proposed
Biddy-He did, miss. He'll marry
me next week.-Epoch.
The Royal Eoad
Struggling Author-Why. De Poesy, how
prosperous you looki Was your last book Of
poems u success!
De Poesy-No-o, can't say that it was
Published popular novel, perhapsa'
mo"
"Ah, then you have written a play. !
have always held that play writing, while
not the highest form of art, was neverthe-
leSsn-
81 have written no play.n
"You haven't Where did these fine
clothes come FRONT How did you pay for
that handsome turnoutT'
II have abandoned literature and am ped
ding clams."-Nsw York Weekly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

News of a political revolution
comes from Newfoundland. Danger
signals are tagging monarchy in
Spain and Portugal. The dispute
in England over royal grants, and
the continually recurring mutterings
against the House of Lords, are sig
nificant straws. Where the people
have power, old institutions are
shaking and crumbling away where
the people have no power, the land
is undermined and honeycombed
with rebellion and anarchy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

Emilio CASTELAR,, the foremost
statesman of Spain, predicts that
before fifty years Europe will be
Republican from end to end,' and
he expects the change to come about
without the horrors of war, just as it
has in Brazil. CASTELAR, speaks of
the monarchs of Europe as "totter-
ing relics of worn out absolutism."
There was a day when man could
have said this but once. The world
moves.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

Miss Essie Moreland, aged 16, of
Thomasville, S. c., hanged herself
because her parents insisted she
must wait four years before receiv.
ing her lover.
Three huge tly-wheels belonging
to the engine of the Parkersburg
Planing-Mill at Parkersburg, ex
ploded Monday morning with terrific
force, destroying about $1,000 worth
of property. While no loss of life
there several narrow escapes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
SCRATCHING TO HIDE THEIR
TRACKS.

Some of our Democratic exchang-
es are still harping on Marshal
White selecting Republicans as jury
men, and demanding his resignation
as if it were high treason to be
Republican inpractice and principle.
A number of questions suggest
themselves in this connection:
What business had Democrats to
suggest to Marshal White whom he
should summon as Jurors, and why
did they in every instance suggest
and POINT OUT DEMOCRATSf
When and where did Democra.
tic officer ever go out of his way to
select Republicans for any position !;
the Democratic officers of this State
and Virginia do not fill the majority
on any committee with Republicans
if they can help it, always choosing
the next best thing to a Democrat
and did ever Democrat resign for
offensive partisanismG No! On
that is based their merit and its re.
ward.
How does it come that every one
Of the Grant County Jurors were
Democrats,-a county overwhelm-
ingly Republican Perhaps the
jury wheels grind out Democrats if
turned one way and Republicans ii
turned the other, and they have been
turned only one way. Will any one
deny that a German of politics
hadn't hand in that pie +?
Our magistrates and Jury Com
missioners do not always do their
duty as strictly as they might. There
is no reason why in a Republican
county the Republicans should not
have fair representation, and there
is no excuse Tor drawing the same
old jury sitters term after term as is
often witnessed, no matter what
their politics. There are plenty of
good men of all parties to change
around at every term. There is no
reason, either, in a county made up
of a considerable colored population,
why good colored man should not
be selected now and then.
We fear the trouble too often is
that when public officials get to-
gether to perform these high duties
they are only too willing to taffy
each other over with political delica-
cies, and each one leaves the work
to be done by the other.
Every grand jury should select
the jurors for the courts to follow.
That would insure an equitable make
up, politically and geographically.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
Is Consumption Incurable 7

Read the following Mr.. C. Fl. Morris.
Newark, Ark, says Was down with
Abscess of Lungs. and friends and ply
sicians pronounced me an Incurable Con-
sumptiye, am now on my third bottle,
and able TO oversee the work on my farm.
1t is the finest medicine ever made
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Oh 10. says
/" Had it not been for DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption would have
died of Lung Troubles. Was given up
by doctors. Am now in best of health. .
Try it. Trial bottle 10 cts. at E. C. Will.
liams, Jr., & Bro. s Drug store
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

Gov. Wilson's Secretary of State,
the delectable Henry S. Walker, is
travelling over the commonwealth
hunting up and interviewing the
Democratic members of the Legisla
ture. 1t is understood that there
are several Democratic members of
that body who can not be relied upon
to put through the rlaJority report
of the investigating committee. In
consequence the calling of the extra
session is delayed until these mem
bers have been visited. IfWalker's
mission should confirm the rumors
of an internal revolt against the pro
posed crime and it be found impossi-
BILE to "whip in y the fellows whose
consciences forbid their doing SO
great a wrong, there Is no telling
when the extra session will be call
ed, if ever.
In pursuance of his special mission
Secretary Walker arrived at Graf.
ton last Monday, and remained over
night at the Grafton House where
he met by special arrangements,
certain Democratic statesmen from
Barbour county, with whom he held
a long intensely interesting mo
doubt) consultation is we'll under
stood. Mr.. Shaw, the Democratic
member from Barbour County. is an
honest, well meaning gentleman,
and it has been given out that his
vote could not be relied upon to
adopt the report of the majority of
the committee. NJ. Shaw several
times voted with the Republicans,
when his conscientious scruples were
too hard pressed. 1t was under
stood to be Walkers mission here to
ascertain the status of the Barbour
county member and what would be-
necessary to insure his co operation
in the Walker scheme to give Judge
Fleming the Governorship and per.
petuate Walkers reign as Secretary
of State.-Graft0n Sentinel.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
Brains in Business.

One great secret of success in bust
NESTLE secret, in fact, of success on
. large scale-is locomotive OF 1t as a
matter of principle. not merely as a
series of transactions, remarks q con-
temporary. There are great merchants
as there are great statesmen, and there
are small merchants as there are small
politicians, and the difference between
the great and the small men IS very
much the same in both professions.
The small politician works by the day,
and sees only the one small opportu-
nifty before him; the small merchant
does the same thing-he is looking for
the next dollar The statesman, on
the other hand, is master of the sltua-
ton because he understands the gem
eral principles which control events;
this knowledge enables him to deal
with large questions and to shape the
future.
The great merchant does the same
thing. The business is not a mere
money getting affair; not mere mat
ter of barter, but science and an art
He studies the general laws of trade,
watches the general conditions of the
country, investigates present needs,
foresees future wants, and adapts his
business to the broad conditions OF his
time and place. He puts as much
brains into his work as does the states
man, and he ends by being, not a
money getter, but large minded and
capable man.
An eminently successful man OF
the statesmanlike quality said the
other day that the more he understood
Of life, the more clearly he saw that it
was all done on business principles.
By which he meant, not only that the
universe stands for the dollar, but
that the universe is governed by un-
varying laws; that promptness, exact
ness, thoroughness and honesty are
wrought into its very fiber. 1t ought
to be the ambition of every young
man to treat his business from the
point of view of the statesman, and
not from that of the politician.-Cloak
and SIit Review
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
News comes from Hiawat

News comes from Hiawatha,
Brown county, in Northeastern Kan.
sas, at the junction of two railroads
and something over twenty miles
from the Missouri river, that farm
ers in that section are compelled to
use corn for fuel because of the
scarcity of coal. A bushel of corn
(fifty-six pounds) sells there for
twenty cents, and a bushel of coal
for twenty.three cents.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
Electric n;t.are

This remedy is becoming 30 well known
and 80 popular as to need no special
mention. All who have used Electric
Bitters sing the same song Of praise. A
purer medicine does not exist and il l.
guaranteed to do all that is claimed,
Electric Bitters wial cure all diseases of
the Liver and Kidneys, viii remove PIN.
pies, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affec.
tons caused by impure blood. VIII
drive Malaria from the system and nre.
vent a. well as cure all MalariaI feyers.
For cure of Headache, CONSTIPATION ana
Indigestion try Electric Bitters. Eutire
satisfaction guaranteed or money refund.
ed. Price 50 cts. and S1.00 per bottle at
z. c. Williams, Jr., & Bro. s Drug store.
Trial bottles 10 cts.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

Two robbers held up a train o.
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railroad near Pryor's Creek, in In
dian Territory, Sunday night, went
through the express car and accord
ing to the express messenger took
S1S17.4O. First reports put the
amount at $4,000.
Governor Richardson, of South
Carolina, recommends to the Legis.
lature that all the Confederate bat
tie flags of the state be collected
and cared for.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

There was a convention of tramps
near Nauticoke, Pa, last week. Six
hundred invitations were sent out.
An old coal breaker was used as a
reception hall, and a right fair din
ner was served to the knights of the
road. An address was delivered by
John j. Allen, a tramp halter, "Why
are we tramps," to which many re.
sponded giving their experiences.
Resolutions were passed denouncing
monopoly and declaring for mutual
protection.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

Oysters are getting scarce and
dear and the season has only begun.
Some of the Maryland oyster
grounds are entirely exhausted.
Where the future oyster supply will
come from is the question, unless
stringent laws are passed and en-.
forced to protect the oyster beds.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
FIDUcIARY NOTICES.

A list of Fiduciaries whose accounts
are before the undersigned Commission
er OF Accounts of the County Court of
Berkeley County for settlement.
J. Walton Tabb, Executorship, VIM.
Norrington.
John Fitz. Administration. Philip D.
Weaver, decd.
Given under my hand as Commission
er of said Court, at my Office at the
Courthouse of said County. the 18th day
of November, 1889.
J. T. PICKING. Com,r.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

The German bark Germania, bound
from Stettin to New York, was
wrecked off Long Branch's beach
and Captain Winthorst and ten of
his crew are believed to have perish
ed, only three men aud two boys out
of a crew of sixteen having been
rescued by the life guards.
Snowstorms and billiards i'm Min.
neS0ta.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

The latest figures of the first bal
lot in the speakership contest, as re-
viewed from neutral standpoint,
are as follows: Reed, So; McKin-
ley, At; Cannon, "a; Henderson, Is (;
Burrows, 10; Doubtful, 4. 1t re-
quires So to nominate.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
One Fact

Is worth column of rhetoric, said an
American statesman. 1t is fact, estab-
lished by the testimony of thousands of
people, that Hoods Sarsaparilla does
cure scrofula. salt rheum, and other dis
eases or affections arising from impure
state or low condition of the blood. 1t
also over comes that tired feeling, creates
good appetite, and gives strength to
every part of the system. Try it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
Advice to Amateurs.

Amateur theatrical Aspirant-Mr Boote,
please tell me how can best act so as to
make the audience laugh.
Mr.. Boote Sizing him up)-Act naturally,
young man.-Yankee Blade.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

"Well. see old Mithomer has died at
last"
"Yes; it was sad loss to mel
Il didn't know you were friend Of his"
"No; was his physician. life.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

A ''penny famine is what now
threatens the large cities of the west
and southwest. They have been so
used TO scorn anything below nick
ell that pennies have gone ont OF cir
culation. It affects the poor people
most.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

A whole train on the Chesapeake
& Ohio road, broke through q rail-
road bridge, over the Guyandotte
river, near Huntington, w. va,
only one man was killed, Engineer
Freeman.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
crusa.

She tat the pieno,-I4stsni How do You
enjoy this rsfrnini
He-vry muchi The more you refrain
the better liks ft.--Mudcai Courier.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

Dude-Good morning. Mr.. shsara have
q little tale l.
Editor-A LITTLE tale, ehi Wen, I always
Thought you would turn out 10 bs the missing
Huk-IAfa -
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
FARM FOR SALE.

A farm of ITO acres, limestone land, is offer
ed for sale; ~ acres are good timber. Located
mile East of Vanclevesville Station, b. q o.
The improvements are stone dwelling, good
stable and necessary out buildings. There is
never.faillng well of water, q feet deep, Mt
the house. For further information call on ID.
L. Williamson who resides on the farm. L. o.
Address. Vanclevesville. Berkeley Co., W. Va.
ID, +. WILLIAMSON.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
Not Grammar. but Fact..

Did you know, Mrs. Thickly," said
that lady's pedantic husband, ''that
man is an animal2"
Yes, / did," replied she; ''and
what's more, know that some ami.
mails is dumb animals, and that some
men is dumber than all the dumb ami
mails put together. That may not be
grammar. but it's facts. New York
News.
Go to the Head
Teacher-Cau you teu me, children, who
first discovered the Parthenon friezef
Small Boy lremiriscsztly,-Ths lid thas
has to build the fires T. the mornin,.-st. Paul
Pioneer Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
SPECIAL.

The tug Fearless, of Coos Bay,
Ore, has gone to pieces and ten to
fifteen lives are lost.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

Reports from all points of this
country indicate that pork will be
unusually low this winter owing to
the immense corn crop.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

Ore, has gone to pieces and ten to
fifteen lives are lost.
Reports from all points of this
country indicate that pork will be
unusually low this winter owing to
the immense corn crop.
The city of Baltimore and the
Johns Hopkins University have
been advised to sell out their hold
ings of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
stock.
At the trial of the Navassa rioters
in Baltimore, witnesses testified that
the treatment Of the laborers was
shocking, the men being tied mp by
the thumbs for hours for trivial Of
fences.
Miss Lizzie Bender, daughter OF
Rev. A. J. Bender, Oi Chambers
burg, left for San Francisco this
week, from which point she sails to
Toxic, Japan. as missionary OF the
NJ. L. Church.
The blizzard which began We'd
Desday in Canada continued yester.
day, fourteen inches OF snow having
fallen in Montreal.
A great fire ragged in Boston, on
Thanksgiving Day, destroying mil.
lions OF dollars worth OF property.
Many shoe and leather firms were
burned out. Loss 100000.
Henry NJ. Stanley, in further let.
tiers, continued his narrative OF the
march to Emin's relief,witb its hard
ships, pestilence and starvation and
the difficulty be found in persuading
Emin to relieve tue men who had
rebelled against his rule twice.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30
PUBLIC SALE
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE /!
MARTINsBURG, w. VA.

MARTINSBURG, w. VA.
Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit Court of
Berkeley County. West Va. rendered on the
Cause of g. NJ. SHOOK VS.. MARY C. VANcLEvE,
ct al, the undersigned Special Commissioners
will offer for sale at PIblic Auction, at the
front door of the Court House in Martinsbnrg,
Berkeley County, West Va, on
TUESDAY, DEC. 10th, 1880.
at O'Clock, p. m, the valuable real estate of
which Harriet Shook died seized and possess
ed, situated in the town of Martinsburg In said
County, as follows:
No. 4, A lot situated ON
the west side of Maple Avenue, between
King and John Sts., fronting about SIX on said
Maple Ave. with depth Of lo3 IT,, being part
of lot lSs, on the said plat. improved by a two
other outbuildngs.
No. 2, A lot on the North
side o: West John street. fronting 5ll5 II. on
said street with depth Of 200 it., the same be-
and is improved b. two story Roughcasi
House and Cistern, with sufficient frontage
for anotherdwelling adjoining,
No. 3. Lot lying ON the
North side of West John ST.. near College ST..
about $50 IT, being part of lot III ON said plat,
and formerly known as the Jno. NJ. Chambers
property, improved by ll3-story Frame
Dwelling House.
RS-TERMs OF SALE :-One third cash, the
balance in tive equal payments at one and two |
years the deferred payments to bear interest |
from the day of SALE the purchaser 10 execute |
notes for the same. and the title to be retained
until all the purchase money is paid.
HIN. DEATRIcK. Special
GEO. W. FEIDT, Comm issioners.
hereby certify that II. n. Deatrick, one of /
the Special Commissioners in the above enti- |
tied cause, has executed bond with sufficient |
security as required by law.
s. II, MARTIN, Clerk.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

THE HERALD and Phia. Press 81.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-30

Senator Hampton ought to pull
down his vest, and talk like ii good
citizen. The tongue is an unruly
member, especially when men go
armed.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-12
OCEANS oP MILK.
Estimate of One of the Great Industries
of This Country.

Estimate of One of the Great Industries
of This Country.
"There are 81, 900, 500, 900 invested in the
dairy business in this country" said citi-
zen with .predilection for statistics.
That amounts almost double the money
invested in banking and commercial in
dustries. 1t is estimated that it requires
100000 cows to supply the demand for
milk and its products in the United STATE S.
To feed these COWS G0,000,000 acres of land
e under cultivation. The agriculture
and dairy machinery and implements in
use are worth S200,000,000. The men en-
ployed in the business number 10000, and
the horses over 100000. The COWS and
horses consume annually 100000 tons
of hay and nearly 90,000000 bushels of
corn meal, about the same amount of oat-
meal, 100000 bushels of oats, 1000, 600
bushels of bran, and 100000 bushels of
corn, to say nothing OF the brewery grains,
sprouts and other questionable feed of va
rlous kinds that are used to great ex-
tent. 1t costs S450,000,000 to feed these
COWS and horses. The average price paid
to the laborer necessary in the dairy bust
ness Is probably $50 month, amounting
to SlS0,000,000 year.
"The average COW yields about 450 gall
Ions of milk a year, which gives total
product of 6.750,000000 gallons. Twelve
cents gallon is fair price to estimate the
value of the milk at total return to the
dairy farmers of 1910, 100000, if they sold
all their milk as milk. But fifty per cent
of the milk is made into cheese and but
ter. 1t takes twenty-seven pounds of milk
to make one pound of butter, and about
ten pounds to make one pound of cheese.
There is the same amount of nutrition in
eight and one-half pounds of milk that
there is in one pound of beef A fat steer
furnishes fifty per cent. of homeless beef.
but it would require about 100000
steers, weighing 1900 pounds each, to pro-
duce the same amount Of nutrition as the
annual milk product does"