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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07

saw the smallest newsboy in New
York in City Hall park yesterday. He
was little 4-year-old. chubby In face
and still a baby; yet he had an armful
of papers, including bundle of Graphics
It was the little fellows debut as n news
boy and he was surrounded by dozen
or more lads, all older than himself, who
were shrieking and yelling like so many
Comanches. The wee fat legs waddled
past the court house into Chambers
street at the head of the queer procession
and the childish voice piped; "Ere's GO
Noo-ees an &c Grafeek." ''Heyi heyl
bully for Peteyi" screamed the delighted
news boys in chorus. Forgetting their
sales for the moment, they were all bent
ON giving the little chap start In the
business under the best auspices. I
stopped and bought paper.
The big brown eyes looked up into
mine and the baby voice chirped; Tan
kee." "Giv' inn de change, Petey," yell
ed the mob of urchins. "No, my boy;
keep it for luck" "IIeyl heyp broke
out the storm again, and Petey and the
barefooted crowd swept past, the fat lit
tic legs just ahead of the others. "We're
breallin' him in, boss" explained one OF
the bigger boys. Hes got nobody ter
home, 'cept gal as is sick, kinder, and
Petey's agoin' ter sell papers ter keep do
house." "Will he make enoughY' ask
ed. "Bet yer life he will" was the
sturdy answer. der fellies won't sec
Petey left He's in trainin' fer de mas
cot of our baseball club, Petey Is, and
he'll make big money dis season an don't
yer forget it." And the good hearted
lad skipped after the procession which.
with Petey still at its head, was now dis
appearing down Park row. New York
Graphic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07

In Mr.. Davin's "Irishmen in Canada"
is told very good bear and mouse story,
which is better than the average inven-
ton in that line. A settler had gone into
"the bush" and worked one season be-
fore bringing his family to their new
home. Having built his house and cleared
some land, he thought of returning for
his wife and children.
He had, with other money, $3.50 in sill
yer. This, on account of its weight, he
determined not to take with him, but to
hide it in the hollow of tree. He put
it in a stocking and hung it up In a hol-
low trunk.
When the settler and his family came
home the next summer, they found that
an old bear had made the house his abode
during the winter, and on going to the
tree for his money, the man was not q
little disappointed to find it--gonel
His mind lowered round his money,
and he haunted the tree. at last he de-
termined to cut it down. At the base
hope revived when he saw portions OF
the paper and the stocking cut up fine.
forming, together with grass and leaves,
a wood mouse's nest Beneath the nest
was the $50 in the midst of mold and
rotten wood.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
SHE HAS GONE"

Miss Rebecca Dick died at her home
near Jones Spring, Aug. Esd, 1889, OF
Typhoid Fever, after five weeks, illness
Her age was 81 years. She was faith
full member of the U. B. Church, had
strong faith in God. and was never hap.
pier than when working for the advance.
ment of the Redeemer's kingdom
Shortly before she died she spoke OF
passing through the gate" A father,
mether, three brothers and sisters, and
large circle of friends, mourn.
She has gone, she has gone beyond the
river.
She has gone, she has gone to the other
shore
She has gone, she has gone with the an
gel boatman,
Gone, where sickness and death are no
more.
She has gone, she has gone through the
pearly gate;
She has gone, she has gone to her rest;
ShS has gone with the white robed angel
IL boatrnan,
G3aes to the land of the blest,
She has passed, she has passed through
the pearly gate.
To the city with streets of pure gold,
Where night is unknown, and they need
not the sun,
" In that beautiful home of the soul.'
She has crossed, she has crossed DER the
river of life,
To the beautiful mansion of rest;
The angel boatman has ferried her DER,
To the land of the good and the blest.
Friends weep not for her a crown she
has won
To earth she has hidden adieu:
Her life here is ended, but there it is
blended
With the faithful, the good and the true,
The angel smiled when the voyage was
DER,
And kindly babe her pass through
And there she will stand at the " beauti-
fnl gate "
Watching and waiting for you. A.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07

1t would seem that women ought to
have guiding strings hanging from their
pockets to assist in discovery when the
contents are needed How often poor
woman stands scarlet and miserable,
hunting for her pocket, while car con-
ductor stolidly awaits his 6are. The
writer saw a variation on this. A con-
ductor wanted change for dollar bill.
A girl rendered a handful of small money.
at the same time asking to be put of at
Eighteenth street. 1t was then Twenty
third street. The conductor returned the
bill and the surplus change. The girl
stuffed the bill in her glove and after
some hunting seemed to find her pocket
and dropped therein the coins. AtTwen-
tieth street sudden wild look came into
her eyes, and she began fumbling for the
pocket again, and unsuccessfully. Doubt
deepened to anxiety and fear to horror
on her face, Presently she made eau
tious move.
A nickel rolled somewhere on to the
floor. She got rigid and began hunting
in different direction. We were near
ing Eighteenth street. She pretendedno
to notice it, and she looked more and
more miserable. You see, she had put
the coins through the placket hole Of her
dress, and not in her pocket at all. Tho
conductor motioned. A cent rolled to
the floor. The girl would see peither the
coin nor the conductor. Then the con-
ductor shouted, while the car waited:
Eighteenth, madam"
go on, said the girl.
But this is Eighteenth street." re-
turned the conductor.
Down went dime.
Il don't want to get out, the girl an
swered, tears of rage rising in her eyes.
Didn't you say Eighteenth" he said.
Il have changed my mind. the girl
answered desperately, tear and thrco
cent piece rolling to the floor together.
Well, the writer got out at Ninth street,
and she hadn't found either her pocket
or the placket hole yet, and the floor was
all over small change. She may be rid
ing yet.-New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
SNAKES AND WHISKY.

In the convention of Third Party
men in Pennsylvania, Rev. .. NJ.
Meade thus illustrated a bright
speech:
Take twenty-five snakes, and turn
them loose in $ our back yard that's
free whisky. Put them IN box and
bore twenty five holes for them to
crawl out of; that's low license. Stop
up ten of the holes that's high
license. Throw the snakes over into
your neighbours yard; that's local
option. Take club and kill them !;
that's prohibition.
And if it is stuffed club that
doesn't kill, then it isn't really prohi-
bition, is it?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
nuilaiup and Loan Associations.


The vast majority of city dwellers rent
their houses and never have a permanent
home This constitutes sort Of respect
able vagabondage including our repu-
table people of the middle classes. The
need of this sort of life is of late coming
under discussion. That it involves vast
waste and loss, and is seriously detrimen-
tai to family character, is beyond ques-
ton. Building and loan associations have
grown into prominence as remedy, and
the subject should be CONSIDERABLY stud
led by all men of moderate means.
Mrs. Sanbury, of the Social Science as
ISOLATION, estimates the number of such
associations at present at nearly 5000,
with an investment Of $500, 900 900,
while the savings during the forty years
past have been over 500, 200, 900. There
are 600 associations in Ohio. $50 in Illi-
nois, SO in Michigan, and other states in
proportion.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
Campbell G. slemp, the Maho

Campbell G. Slemp, the Malone
nominee for Lieutenant. Governor, Is
from Lee county, and is about so
years old. He was graduated from
Emory College in 1857. He was a
colonel in the Confederate army and
was a member of the State Legisla-
ture for two terms, from 1879 to 1882.
He made quite reputation in col
lege as a speaker, and his, stump
speeches are well spoken OF. He is
said to be very popular man in the
Southwest, where he is known as a
Malone Republican.
Warren S. Lurty, the nominee for
the Attorney Generalship, is from
Harrisonburg, Rockingham county,
and is a representative Republican
of the Valley. He is about 40 years
old, and is a prominent lawyer. lie
was at one time United States Dis.
trict Attorney for the Western DIS.
trict of Virginia. He was original.
ly from West Virginia, and is a
cousin of Stonewall Jackson. He
served during the war as a Captain
of Artillery in the Confederate Army.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
A JUSTICE THAT JUSTlFlES Sue
CESS ONLY.

Justice will be done and West Vir-
giDia will remain in the Democratic
Standardization Star.
The whole secret of the bourbon
fight against the seating of Gov. elect
Golf is contained III the above sen
tence. Justice could not have been
done except by keeping West Viz
ginia in the Democratic column. and
West Virginia could not have been
kept in the Democratic column with
out that peculiar kind of Democratic
Justice which violated the conStitu-
tion to prevent the returns from be-
ing read and the legislature from de.
claring the candidate with the high
est number of votes Governor, as
we're counted and declared the other
candidates who had the highest num-
Der of votes on the face of the returns;
that peculiar kind of Governor.
Wilson justice which broke open
ballot boxes, stole the returns, count.
ed out Smith and Atkinson by max
tacelre out of TIVE; threw out hun
dreds of good, legal and true votes
on the hair-split grounds of techni.
calities, little mean things which Mr..
Fleming openly declared he would
never stoop to but which his Demo
cratic er-fatbers performed with
his will and consent. Yes, JUSTICE
will make Fleming Governor like
justice makes men Senators, Con.
gressmen and Governors among our
friends further Sonth, brute force
justice, administered in West Viz
ginia with the butt-end of executive
and legislative guns, instead of at
the muzzle of the bore and the bayo-
net as the heroes of thousand vic.
tories attest way down in Governor.
Lowery-land.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07

Florida girls are not like their Alabama
sisters tby The Age Herald's estimate),
for the former abhor slang. But for
downright emphasis Of expression and
that brevity which is the soul of wit they
yield the palm to no other state.
Several weeks ago a number of brave
young men and beautiful women from
the interior came in on an excursion.
A small knot OF the visitors were walk
ing leisurely through the park. when the
following conversation was overheard
between two Of the visitors. 1t il re-
ported verbatim, though il is impossible
to reproduce the drawing, earnest tone
In which 1t was delivered:
"Sal," asked one, displaying the folds
Of her new dress. and taking a sly hitch
ct her hustle, ''Sal, how do my dress
fit?
Fingers and toes couldn't better it."
do John seem ter notice itY'
Cant keep his eyes often It"
'Do my hustle shake about anyT
Shakes jess like jelly" replied Sal, as
they proceeded on their way with an air
Of triumph understandable. jacksonville
Fla.) Tines Union.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07


The case of Van Baker, who is in
the Ohio county Jail, having been
convicted of murder IN the first de-
gree will come before the Supreme
Court of Appeals at its next term at
Charlestown. 10 addition to the ar.
gument by his counsel Baker has
prepared and had printed an argu-
ment in his own behalf which will be
presented to the court. 1t is said to
be a remarkable clear and lucid
statment of the case, is something Of
a novelty, coming as it does from a
condemned murderer in his own be-
half,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
COMING.

II Is coming, our leave Of earth;
It Is coming, that sad farewell;
Coming the last, low. pleading prayer.
a last, long gaze on q world 20 fair:
It Is coming. the tolllng bell
II Is coming. that mystic change
From earth to tho spirit Land;
Coming, that faint, expiring breath,
And then-the solemn hush Of death:
II ~ coming. an icy hand
1t Is coming, the praise withheld
When we most felt It's need;
Coming, the fond caress denied,
The tender words for which we've sighed;
They are coming too late 20 heed
1t Is coming nov warm tears
Failing fast on a brow 30 cold;
Coming-theu forgotten grave,
Though the marble CLEANS where the
grasses wave;
It Is coming. lifeIess mold
It Is coming, that last, long sleep,
A sleep that no waking knows:
Coming. that narrow, lowIy bed
Among the hosts q unBumbered dead:
Il Is coming. brief LIES close
It Is coming. that bright beyond;
It Is coming, that home above;
Coming, the chorus Of angel bands.
Tbs clasp Of reunited hands:
1t + coming. life Of love.
Lewiston Journal
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07

MIRA Smith-Yes. my daughter Lucy mar
ried blacksmith, and they have nns home
and are getting along nicely. Mary married
o butcher, and is very comfortably provided
for. Jennie married section hand, and they
are happily situated
Mrs. Jonea-And your daughter Gladysi
Mrs. Hmith-Alasl she marT5d q foreign
nobleman. Issnd her ~ psr wssk aud some
discarded dresses, and By taking IN Wpabing
she manages to support the family. -DsiTeit
Free Pres.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
DEATH OF AN OLD ENGINEER.

The death at his home in Wheel
ing Monday last of David G. Zim
norman, at the ripe age of Go years,
recalled to many older residents of
Wheeling an important event of the
past. In 1851 the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad was completed to that city,
and David G. Zimmerman ran the
first engine into Wheeling that ever
reached the city over that company's
tracks, and as well as the first locomo-
tive engine ever seen here. Many
of the older residents remember well
what curiosity that engine was.
Seen to-day, it is even more of a
curiosity. One who had seen it Oft
en- described it to the writer as
" about the size of a two.horse wagon,
set very high on its wheels, and with
a vibrating cylinder and an inclined
rod, the peculiar shape and motion
of whibh mechanism won for the
engine along the road the soubriquet
of the Grassbopper.'" " The Grass
hopper y it remains till this day.
After it became anticipated and use-
less, the railroad company took it to
their shops at Mt. Glare Station,
where it yet remains. 1t is kept
freshly painted and clean, and on its
antique and quaint cab is painted
the name" Grasshopper." Mr.. Zim.
norman told the writer once of his
recollections of that first arrival.
The great crowd cheered and yelled,
"Here she comes !" like crowd of
children waiting for the elephant.
The engine came up with several
flags flying, and when she came to
standstill in the southern part of the
city, the crowd gathered around and
examined the thing gingerly, as if it
were some strange monster, likely at
any moment to turn its head and
bite or kick up its heels and lift them
into the Ohio river. 1t was a great
day for Wheeling~an era in railroad
history-a memorable eventfor those
who were present; and scattered all
over this part-of West Virginia and
the contiguous parts of Ohio and
Pennsylvania are old and middle
aged men who delight to recall the
arrival of the old Grasshopper."
The Grasshopper continued. with
Mr.. Zimmerman as engineer, to run
about on this end of the road, haul.
ing materials, construction trains and
a little freight, for some days. Then
occurred another memorable event
in the annals of Wheeling the
arrival of the first passenger train
from Baltimore. That completed the
widest dream of the projectors of the
enterprise, an enterprise which at its
beginning seemed as great as the
Panama canal scheme does now.
Baltimore and the Ohio river were
connected by railroad. The fact was
of national Importance.
The engine that pulled that first
passenger train into Wbeeling-the
second locomotive engine ever seen
here-was IN charge of man named
Foley. The third engine to arrive
brought a mixed train, and its engi.
neer was William I'll. Beatty, who
retired and lived here until a few
years ago. Foley is still 10 the SER
vice, and not long ago when a party
of prominent Wheeling people went
ont into the Georges creek mining
region on tour OF inspection, they
found Foley at the throttle of an
engine belonging to mining COM
pany and running on branch road.
--Graphic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07

One of the best lessons to be learnt Is
the absolute necessity Of preventing work
from degenerating into worry. 1t is
worry that kills for the most part, not
work. To learn to put forth our best
powers steadily, continuously, in the
proper grooves, to the proper ends-this
is one of the most precious fruits Of wis
dom and experience.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
THE GOOD AND THE BEAUTIFUL.
TOO GLITTERING FOR HELP OR
WORK.

NOhh.
If men are in search of suitable
persons for wives there is no limit
to the choice in numbers or qualifi.
cations, from the Young miss with.
out any experience or fitness to the
graceful belle who never gets out of
her teens, though thirty summers of
fashions frills and frowns have pass.
ed serenely overhead. But if a
housekeeper or nurse or servant is
wanted, the applicants willing to
sacrifice themselves on the altar of
necessity and work are as scarce as
Jewels. In town and county the
young girls aspire to something high.
er,-the factory or Office or clerk
ships,-but for house work, love or
money are no inducements to them.
Go on picnics or excursions, or watch
the public promenades, and girls and
young ladies by the hundreds abound,
in every degree of fashion arrayed,
intent on being pleased and studying
to please, displaying every charm Of
nature and accomplishment. Say
they are married: fade the charms
away that never more Natures hid.
den ills allay, and few can help them.
selves, because they were never
trained to serve or manage and have
confidence in their own knowledge
and ability as wives and housekeep.
ers, neither are they prepared as
mistresses to get along with servants,
for good servant is far above bad
mistress and does not long remain
domestic. The love of display, the
desire to appear above the common
level, the pride of parents, the eager
ness to court attention and matri-
monial engagements. are some of the
causes why all young ladies are
anxious to preside over homes but
10th TO do home work. Our schools,
seminaries and colleges, inculcate
theories and not enough everyday
practical experience. Society wants
to be too much adorned and adored,
and the average man pays the penal
ty with interest from the date of mar.
rage.
In this age OF expensive living
and close competition it should be a
virtue above virtues for every young
lady to master the prose as well as
the poetry of life,-train herself in
the arts Of serving and mastering,
and consider it an honor to display
her powers of help on an equality
with her charms of manner and per-
son or her merits of birth or blood,
wealth or fashion. There would be
less scandals, less divorces, less sui
cides, less life failures ;-more health,
more happiness, more success, more
true manhood and womanhood.
There is chance for some exper-
fenced business woman to open
school of domestic service with sick
nursing as its highest branch of
training. Make a trust oft at once.
a bureau or agency for furnishing
domestic help, and such service can
be made to command as much re.
spect and pay as any of the much
sought after factory or business
positions.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07

In view of the frequency of mail
robberies the Postmaster General
has issaed an order Offering 81 900
reward for the arrest and conviction
OF any person making an armed at
tack upon stage coach or railway
mail car.
Here's an opportunity fnr drt-,.-
tives.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07

I" 1t goes right to the spot" sand an
old gentleman, who found great benefit
in Ayers Sarsaparilla. He was right.
arrangement of the stomach, liver and
kidneys are more speedily remedied by
this medicine than any other. 1t reach
es the trouble directly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07

Forty thousand striking dock
laborers paraded in London Sunday
and held meeting in Hyde Park.
Crowds lined the way and responded
literally to the collections taken up.
Two hundred thousand laborers are
affected by the strikers. Remember,
gentle Free Trader, this is in bonnie
England. the highest heaven of Free
Trade and the Paradise of the mar
kets of the world. Remember, too,
these wretched, starving men and
women are not striking for higher
acageS, but against paupeiism and
underpay. They are in a happy free
trade country, land that flows with
milk and honey, millionaire land
owners, trusts aud monopolies, cheap
sugar and cheap WOODEN goods and
warm clothes, bit they haze no money
to bay bread, and even if they have
work their pay is not sufficient to
sustain decent life and pay howell
rent. Go to Ireland, the kidnapped
child of free trade rule, and the con.
dition Of the working men is tenfold
worse than in the dear old (s) mother
land.
The labor champions of free trade
in America and all opponents of
Protection, should turn backward
emigration in her flight and make
Charity commence at home with sis,
ter Poverty, beloved children ofright
royal free tradeism, Two hundred
thousand men idle IN London the
city of wealth and fashion, royalty
and aristocracy. ..
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
The Snnerintenient al tba Gems,

Tie superintendent oil the Census
has appointed DIR. Charles A. Ash
burger and John ii. Jones special
agents to collect the statistics for
coal for the eleventh census. james
NJ. Frank has also been appointed to
collect iron and steel statistics. and
James A. Blodgett, of Illinois, to col
lect statistics of education.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
Rueklen,s Arniea Salve.

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
% cents per box. For sale by E. G. Will
Iiams, Jr.. & Bro.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07

Five years ago I had constant
cough, night sweats, was greatly reduc-
ed in flesh, and had been given up by
my physicians. l began to take Ayers
Cherry Pectoral, and after using two
bottles of this medicine, was completely
cured.-Anga A. Lewis. Ricard, N. Y.