Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
NO. so.



Maj. Davis, of this burgh, has lost no oppor-
tunity Of abusing us and boasting Of what he
would do IL we did not step softly. The rea-
son for this conduct lies in the fact that The
Kicker not only called him horse thief, but
proved him bigamist besides Last Satur-
day the major, who has no more right to that
title than mule has to that Of professor
borrowed shot gun and gave out that he
had camped on our trail and meant to riddle
our system with buckshot on sight Word
was brought to US, and although we were
very busy at the time experimenting our
combined weekly newspaper, harness shop
grocery, bazaar and gun store (all under one
roof, and the largest retail establishment in
AriEona), we laid aside our work and went
over to Snyder's saloon in search Of the major
We found him, and we gave him such whip
ping as no man in this town ever got before
He lies broken and stranded wreck on the
shores Of time, 50 to speak. and the doctor
says 1t win be six weeks before he viii find
any more trails or do any more camping.
SLIPPED A CoG.-1n company with the
elite Of this neighborhood we were invited to
the adobg-of Judge Graham last Thursday
evening to witness tho marriage of County
Clerk Dan Scott to the beautiful Arabella
johnson, only daughter Of the aristocratic
" AeS" SOA-SOhf Va Do1 LII % AAShtS. 1Ao
widow had made spread worthy Of the days
Of Cleopatra, and Dan had on new suit
sent by express from Omaha for the occasion.
Everything passed of pleasantly until s
O'Clock, at which hour the bride was discov-
cred to be missing, and investigation soon
brought out the fact that she had gone dead
back on Dan and skipped the tra-la, what
ever that Is, with bold cowboy named
French jim She left message to the effect
that she could never, never love a man with
q cataract In his left eye, and that meant
Dan. There was feast, but no wedding,
and Daniel VIII have to try again.
ERLANAToRY.-As several versions of the
incident that occurred in our Office Saturday
night are flying around town and have prob
ably been telegraphed all over the world, we
deem 1t but right to give the particulars as
they occurred;
We were seated in the editorial chair,
writing leader on the European situation,
when rough character known around town
as Mike the Slayer" called In. As we had
never had word with the man, we suspect
Cd no evil AS q matter OF fact we reached
FOR our subscription book, suppostng, OF
course. that he wanted the best weekly in
America Tor year. The slayer then an
nounoed that he had come to STAY US, not
because we had ever done him harm, but be-
cause the influence OF the press was driving
out the good old times and customs.
We retreated towards the door OF our har-
IL r,,rs,,ad ~ ,,,,,,, I,.., ,-.,,so
We then felt it our duty to draw our gun
and let six streaks Of daylight through his
body, and as he went down we stepped to the
door and sent boy for the coroner. 1t was
yea. case 81 sen ueieISe, anu eno niquess
"S meae L -. manly, Me t LAMENT 'no Stu
Maid his burial arnonses and n aoothar col.
umn viii bo found his obituarc writer, In
our best vein and without regard to space.
No other Arizona editor has ever done half
as much.
NO HARM DoNE.-rhe boys got after
stranger tne oIner evening VINO was pointer
ous .Ss ',. ~. - euIel, anu ran nun ai over
Mn T., so,o - pu - ~ .h ~ y az
ain and in their zeal thew cot hold ~ Judoo
Dowpey and held him up to a limb for over
q minute before the error was discovered.
The Judge Ia gu-guing around with sore
throat and stiff neck and threatens to bring
about nfty damage suits.
Iake friends ADVICE, judge, and hush up.
s 81 ~. po"eiAuI etssy' eonSiuet w yyui
tho hovs were not % "a, rv,ore, after ali W.
wish such mistakes would occur oftaner-
Detroit Free Press
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Inc pnysical olScipnhe 10 wnicn 'ney
were suoJec.eu consrs'eu Ia " ilot pa'hs
lures "eeAiy' 1iie urAisii anu common non
pa'ii ai'eina.ins' W iiiassaee Aiie,.uiiis
ol the muscles, passive hlo.lonS oi inc
JOINTS ana iric'lon Oh the entlre sufiace'
V PhysicaA eAeicise -iiahuai urli' lree
gymnastics ana exercise Win ouihD peiis
ranging plosi essiseiy irolii 'hiee 70 eisn'
POUNDS IN weight; l4) the substitution Oh
speciai dietary Tor the regular prison rare
Inc experiment was continued during
i've months-lohg enough 10 demonstrate
the Vaiue Oh the method' put not 10 de-
termine the run measure OF success prop
aDly attainaole by tilese means. AT the
emu OF TINS perioa, nine OF the eleven
men then hving mad risen from the thlrd
OF refractory TO the intermediate grade,
the remaining two having merely main
-
Durine the SIX months immediately
preceding the experiment, the average
marking for shop work, school work and
conduct had been 40 per cent. During
the experiment, the average for school
work. previously lowest of NIL rose 10 IA
nor cent tbe conduc, innrovin,, ~
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continued ne tha special tra;ning ,vos
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