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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11
THE LABOR QUESTION.


JANUARY
l. Agreement reached between the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy railroad and its striking
q Street railroads tied up in Brooklyn, N. Y.
.. Street railroads tied up In New York.
FEBRUARY.
5. Street car tie up in New York declared on;
Brooklyn street car tie up ended next day.
10. French working men presented their griev-
ances to the government.
Mach.
II. 1900 weavers went on strike in Fall River,
Mass
%. FAN River strike declared off.
!. 1900 carpenters struck In st. Louis
10. Street railroad tie up in Minneapolis.
MAY.
o. 10000 miners on strike In westphalia-
- Rioting strikers at Schleswig fired upon by
troops and 6persons killed. One hundred
thousand miners out
IL. Historic interview between Emperor William
and striking miners wherein the emperor
says he will himself order soldiers to shoot
disorderiy strikers
l6. Emperor William spoke to mine owners and n
basis Of settlement was reached.
q. Troops ordered to dispense striking miners
who have long been out at Braidwood, us.
JUNE
% Sixteen Pittsburg iron firms sign scale pro-
posed BY the ADlalgamated association.
AUGUST.
e. London dock strikers numbered 10000 and
strike spread to other cities
sKPrExBxn-
g. Liverpool dockmen Joined In London doclBrs'
strike.
London decker was killed By police while he
was obstructing workingmen-
z. London dock companies agreed TO pay nd
vance demanded; the new rate 70 begin in
January, providing the men resumed work
at once; the men refused
Y. Conference between dock directors and Card
nal Manning.
IS. Agreement effected between the lockers and
the masters, London
16- Most OF the London strikers resumed work
q Stevedores OF the East India docks. Londoa
struck for the second time.
q. Dock laborers struck at Rotterdam
OCTOBER
2 Rotterdam strike ended
NOVEMBER
O. Demands OF coal miners In Scotland granted
TO- Bakers of London boycotted the master
bakers
q. $500 dockmen and hghternen on strike at Bris-
tol, England Settled the 9th
II. Robert Bonner bought SunoL
q Yale defeated Harvard at football a. Spring
field, Mass by score Of 9 too
"a Princeton defeated Yale at football IN New
York winning the championship
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11

Jennie Stuble, a comic opera sing
er, of Vienna, has written to Amer.
can friends that the Australian
Archduke Johann renowned his
titles to marry her, but that she re-
fused him as she wanted to marry
the Archduke, and not plebeian
John Orth.D
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11

Dashaway" all opium preparations
and give only DIR Bulls Baby Syrup to
the babies. 1t is the only remedy which
contains no opiates.
If you have been over-eating yourself.
take a dose of Laxador before you have
something worse. 1t is the best remedy
in such cases. Price only 25 cents.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11

We shall never cease to indorse Dr..
Bulls Cough Syrup; for without it our
paper would have been short of reading
matter this week we had shocking
cough and fearful cold. weekly Un.
ion.)
Don t sigh with pains or burns or acci-
dent.
But use Salvation Oil, the greatest lini.
ment.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11

The best anodyne and expectorant for
the cure of colds and coughs and ali
throat, lung, and bronchial troubles, is,
undoubtedly, Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL.
Ask your druggist for it, and, at the
same time. for Ayers Almanac, which
il free to all.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11

Il. A. Edwards, editor of the Yves.
ton Democrat, of West Virginia, is
dead.
A Baltimore and Ohio locomotive
exploded at Benwood junction, w.
Va, and Engineer Cunningham was
blown two hundred yards. but only
slightly injured.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11

Floods have submerged over 800
miles in the Northwestern portion
of Queensland.
Stow has been falling for three
days in Utah.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11
INSTANTANEOUS MATTERS.

JANUARY.
0 Judge Barrett, Of New York, decided against
tho North River Sugar Refining company.
and found the sugar trust illegal
MARCH.
5. Beading Iron works failed; liabilities. $1,000,
COO
IL Queen Victoria approved appointment OF Sir
Julian Pauncefoee, British minister 70 the
United States.
"a ,-arth . n rcrk packers of Boston. assigned
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11
sooTHINCl INvIGoRATINGI
NOTICE !

All persons are hereby forewarned not
to trust either of my sons. Charles and
Theodore, taged respectively II and is
years. on my account. All money paid
TO them or either of them for work, or
money which is otherwise due me, will
be required again at the hands of those
from whom it is due. II, S, BUTTS.
Hedgesville, Dec. 10, 1889.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11

The fall of snow on the Sierra
Mountains is unprecedented, and
six persons have been killed by an
avalanche.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11
FIRES AND DISASTERS.

JANUARY.
l. Richardson Drug Co. s store, St. Louis, burned;
loss, $500 900.
T. Firedamp explosion in Ovideo, Spain; q killed.
8. Destructive tornado felt at Reading, Pittsburg
and other points, Pa; SO killed at Reading
and II at Pittsburg. New suspension bridge
blown down at Niagara Falls.
10. Railroad accident at Elmwood, Mich; Lieut.
Gov. Mcdonald Of Michigan killed.
81. sailors drowned in Massachusetts bay during
storm.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11

HUMAN NATURES DARK SIDE.

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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
A Duel with Potatoes.

In County Carlow, Ireland, an ag-
grieyed member of q certain congrega-
ton, declining to accept his parsons as
surance that he was not one of set of
miserable sinners rather pointedly re-
ferred to in the Sunday sermon, cllal-
lenged his vicar to personal combat, and
offered him his choice of weapons. The
challenge was accepted, the Clergyman
declining, however, to use such secular
arms as swords or pistols, but expressing
his willingness to try Il novel kind of
ammunition-i. c., raw potatoes-to be
used as missiles, the bigger the better.
The morning on which the novel duel
commenced was as raw as the potatoes,
which lay i'll a heap by the side of each
combatant. The potatoes were to be
thrown alternately. The challenger COM
menced, and missed. The clergyman,
aiming calmly and scientifically, raised
with his first shot a bump upon his OPP
ponents forehead almost as largo as the
missile which caused it. The layman
promptly lost his temper, and aimed
wildly and recklessly, hitting the seconds
and missing the vicar with great regu-
larity. The vicar, feeling that he could
afford to be magnanimous, put down his
potato, advanced to his aggrieved par
ishioner, held out his hand, and said:
Come, Mr.. OR, think we're couple
of idiots. Let us shake hands and be
friends, and utilize these vegetables for
more peaceful purpose at dinner to-
night. Leeds Mercury.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
Canine Endurance.

A gentleman farmer in Amherst coun-
ty, Va, had two dogs that disappeared
at the same time and in very myste-
rious manner. They were seen one day
chasing rabbit. After that no clew
could be found that gave the slightest
intimation of their whereabouts. Day
after day passed, and the dogs were
given up as lost; but at the expiration of
three weeks negro came to the farmer
and told him that sound like the whin-
ing of dogs could be family heard at a
point on the roadside where the red clay
banks rose to some height OH either side,
just where a sort of blind ditch had been
made across the road.
The farmer and his sons lost no time
in providing themselves with picks,
spades, etc, and repairing to the spot
indicated, where, after listening intently
few moments, the sound described was
heard. Then they set to work with a
will and Gro long came to the poor,
wretched creatures entombed alive in a
sort of hollow which they had dug in
their frantic efforts to release themselves.
With such energy had they worked that
they would have succeeded had they dug
i'll the opposite direction, toward the
road, but they were digging all the time
into the bank, further and further from
the road, toward the field which stretched
away to the foot of the mountain. They
had been three weeks without food.
water or light. One was never quite
strong, and lived only year afterward,
but the other is alive, and is fat and thriv-
ing and frisky.-Philadelphia Tine
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
Tho Use OF Slang.

GA man born and bred in the United
States fails to appreciate how much slang
he daily uses in conversation" said an
intelligent American who had Just re-
turned from q continental tour. "He
fully appreciates these blemishes, how
ever, when he returns to America after
having had daily intercourse with some
of the well bred persons in Europe. lie
picks up these blots on perfect speech SO
gradually and they multiply so rapidly
that before he is aware of the extent of
these acquisitions at least one-tenth part
of his vocabulary consists of slang en-
pressions.
'This fact is so true of America that
even the ignorant peasants of Ireland
recognize it when their countrymen re-
turn to their native land. AS heard in
America slang seems to add force and
expression to conversation, but this is
only seeming, for when contrasted with
really simple and consequently elegant
diction the difference in strength can
readily be seen. There are some slang
words, however, in tho American vo-
cabulary which, if used at the right time
and place, find their bulls eye like a
mimic ball. But, as a rule, the use of
slang words is only q blcmish on conver-
sation, and its use cannot be too heartily
condemned. ."-Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
Superstitious Miners,

A remarkable story is told in connec-
ton with the explosion at the Morfa
colliery in Wales. 1t is stated that re-
Gently the firemen of the pit-men who
are always selected for gravity and
responsibility-have heard inexplicable
noises, "shoutings" as they are described,
in the workings, and that these have not
been heard by one person alone, but by
several, when in company examining
the pit. Further, a miner returning to
the surface felt himself to be accom-
panied by some invisible presence, which,
although not seen by him, was perceived
by tho banksman to land on the bank,
and hastily make its way to the shed
where the injured and dead are now
carried. 1t is alleged that these strange
phenomena were described previously to
the explosion and caused several colliers
to, refuse to descend, in spite of their
thus becoming liable to prosecution
New York Sun.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
What 1t Costs.

There are some intellectual employ
ments which require very small stock
il. trade. A mathematician, for instance,
may pursue his investigations, even into
the higher branches of pure science, with
very few books. But if man be more
than ordinarily interested in the great
problems Of history and all that they in.
volve and have an irrepressible hanker-
ing to oknow what is being discussed in his
favorite subjects, he must keep himself
in touch with the thought and discover
les of others. If he be a dwelier in a
great city he has clubs and libraries,
newspapers and periodicals, books and
maps, almost at his elbow, to say noth-
ing of the living men whom he may con-
suit with at any hour.
But if he be q dweller in the wilder
ness, he must count the cost of having
literary tastes, and that costhe will have
to pay in coin of the realm. l hold it
to be simply impossible for a very needy
man to keep pace with the historical re-
search of our time if his lot be cast in a
country village. Any man who has lost
his heart to the muse of history-even
though he can in no sense claim to be a
historian-is a man with tastes, and
such a mans opens, ink and paper"
must needs come to a great deal in the
course of the year. Such man may be
considered fortunate one who can pay
the reckoning by the profits of his own
goosequill.-Augustus Jessup in Con-
temporary Review.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
Merciful.

The Indians believe that if the stiffness
over the waters of a lake be broken by
any careless word the spirits of the place
will be offended. In the days of the
early settlers, we are told, q white woman
had occasion to cross Lake Saratoga, and
the Indians, who were to row her across,
warned her of the danger that one rash
word might bring; but of course, being
white woman, she was superior to all
such superstitious notions.
1t was calm, cloudless day, and the
canoe sped like an arrow across the
smooth waters. Suddenly, when in the
middle of the lake, the strong minded
woman determined to prove to these
simple folk the folly of their belief. So
she lifted up her voice in wild cry that
woke every echo Of the hills.
The Indians were filled with consterna-
ton. They uttered no word, but, strain
ing every nerve, rowed on in frowning
silence. They reached the shore in
safety, and the woman triumphed; but
the Mohawk chief looked upon her in
scorn. "The Great Spirit is merciful, !"
he said; che knows that the white wo-
man cannot hold her pcace.''-Youth's Is
Companion.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
Keely's Discovery.

Keely's methods, and his failures, have
combined to engender distrust and even
arouse ridicule, but in the light Of last
Saturdays display before Professor Leidy
and others it will not do to deny that
Keely has discovered that which no other
man has discovered. And if the divine
art is needed to summon this new genii
from the vastly deep of illimitable space
then the power of music has been in
vested with fresh interest, and its ability
to simply soothe the savage breast has
been immeasurably transcended. And
if, as was shown on Saturday, single
musical note can, through Keely's dis
covery, cause brass cup full of nails to
float in water, another miracle has been
wrought by the brain of man, and the
close of the Nineteenth century will be
marked by a discovery which will place
the name of the Philadelphian, Keely,
alongside that of his predecessor, Frank
lin.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31

chloroform Discovered by Chance.

Chloroform Discovered by Chance.
Chloroform, which has proved such an
inestimable boon to thousands of suffer-
ers, was discovered by chance. DIR. Simp-
son (who was afterwards knighted) set
himself to find some anmsthetic to take
the place of ether, which had gained a bad
name owing to the fact that several
deaths had occurred through the careless
use of it. Other scientists joined him in
his researches, and carefully analyzed
every substance which they thought was
in the least likely to give the desired re-
suit. One night the party were busily
engaged in their self imposed task. They
had tested every subject which had been
selected for experiment without any,
thing approaching to a favorable issue,
and were beginning to feel disheartened
by their lack of success.
As one of them was poking about the
laboratory to see if he could find any
thing else which might be put into the
little testing glass with which each was
provided, he happened upon a small bot
tie of dark substance which was looked
upon more as a curiosity than as possess
ing any useful properties. With scarcely
thought of success he poured little of
it into each of the tubes, and the men,
bers of the party began to inhale it. For
few moments they seemed seized with
an unusual gladness, but soon they one
after another fell to the ground, over
come by the powerful fumes. AS they
gradually came to again they recognized
that their search was over, and from
that occasion dates the use of chloroform
as an anasthetic.- Montreal Star,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
The Eccentr,. nov at School,

The eccentric boy at public school is
unable to take a kick kindly; he resents
having his hat knocked into the gutter,
or being asked why his tie is like tele-
scope, or being made the victim of BOBBY
traps; and the ability to take these little
attentions with good temper is half the
battle with n new boy at great school
who wishes to lead a happy existence.
The average schoolboy, of course, does
not mind these things, and, being neither
a positive Ounce nor genius, gets
through his school days fairly we'll, and
neither needs nor desires the exceptional
treatment which ought to be given to ex-
ceptional youths.-London Telegraph.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
. southernor Not Afraid to Work.

Alton Angler, who has been appointed
United States consul at Rheims, France,
is a popular citizen of Atlanta. Sixteen
years ago, after squandering fortune,
as it was supposed, he applied to the
railroads for work. All the upper Offices
were filled, but Mr.. Angler was told
that he could earn his living as train
hand. He pluckily accepted the offer,
and people who were accustomed to
meet him in society felt queer when they
saw him enter a passenger coach to build
a fire for their comfort. OF course, it
was never intended that he should spend
his life building fires, and pretty soon he
began to rise. Now he is general pas
senger agent of the Western and Allan
tic.-Savannah News.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31

An Ell Dorado Springs NIo.) CORE
spondent tells of a singular attachment
between Il Berkshire pig and kitten.
Both animals fed from the same trough,
and appeared to take delight in helping
each other. During the winter, when the
Kittens feet got cold, kitty would hunt
up piggy, now and then giving a loud
meow, upon hearing which the porkcr
would answer with a friendly grunt.
Pussy, in finding its friend, would take
the nearest route for the hogs back, gen.
orally climbing up its long snout.
During cold nights kitty slept on the
pigs back, and in the morning would be
found in the same convenient place rid
ing to the barn, about furlong distant,
where puss caught mice. 1t was, indeed,
an amusing sight to see piggy wading
through deep snow with the cat (toes
turned in) on its back, evidently as COM
Portable as a queen in her carriage and
four.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
A Pointer ON Waltzinr.

~ want to give you tip on dancing,' u
said a fashily dressed man about town
yesterday afternoon.
"What is it3' he was asked.
"simply this: There is hope for poor
dancers. AS poor dancers are legion this
is important"
"Well, what is the tip!'
Nothing more nor less than this: If
you are poor dancer-and of course
you are-get heavy partner who is a
good dancer"
"What good will that do?"
"All the good in the world. You are
light mani mean as far as physical
weight is concerned. The girl is good
dancer. You go swinging around with
her. You are in doubt. You waver just
little bit. Does break occur? Not
at all. The momentum keeps you NOV
ing. The heavy girl-bless her heart
swings you right round at the proper
time and place. The result is that spec
tators imagine you are tip top dancer,
when if it hadn't been for the heavy girl
your waltz would have ended disastrous
ly."-North American.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
The pOueS.

Leo XIII is the 253d pope, a fact seldom
thought of when the great pontiff' name
is mentioned. OF the total 253 successors
of st. Peter Is have been Frenchmen, 13
have been Greeks, have been Syrians,
6 have claimed Germany as their birth
place, have hailed from Spain, 2 were
from Africa, 2 from Savoy, which was
also the number sent by England, Swc-
den, Dalmatia, Holland, Portugal and
Crete. Italy caps the climax with to-
tai of 1874, all since 1923 having been Sc
lected from among the Italian cardinals.
Eight of the number did not live a
month after succession; 40lived less than
year, and % more died when they had
been less than two years OH the pontifical
throne; 81 between four and five years:
81 when they had reigned less than ten
years; 81 before they had finished the
fifteenth year, and 18 died after reigning
between Is and 20 years. Only 8
lived over 20 years after their elevation
to the "Chair of St. Peter" Plus TX.
who died during the early part of 1878,
reigned longer than any of his predeces.
sors, his pontifical life extending over a
period of 81 years.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
Politicians In Hayti.


Hayti suffers from a superAuity of
politicians; the supply largely exceeds
the demand. The Offices to which per-
quisites are attached are too few to sat-
isfy the hordes of rapacious time servers,
each anxious for an opportunity to steal
enough from the public funds to support
himself the remainder of his life in ease,
be it in France, if the sum be large
enough, otherwise in Jamaica or some
other neighboring island, or even in
Hayti. But once successful, he gener-
ally prefers to leave the country than to
remain and run the risk of being com.
PEELED to disgorge the fortune won at the
expense of his fellow citizens and his own
honesty.-Cor. New York Post.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-05-31
I,israell's Collateral.

Disraeli once went to certain Israel
lite and asked for loan of several thou
sand pounds. "On what security, Mr..
DisraeliT' queried the Hebrew doubtful
ly. "On the security of my ambition
and my genius, said theyoung politician
calmly. Every extraordinary collateral,
Mr.. Disraeli," 1furmured the other, "but
call on me tomorrow, if you please, and
we will talk it over" The Jew was wise,
and Disraeli got the money; and, per-
haps, when he saw young man of merit
struggling along he recalled, as he stop
ped to help him, with thrill of supreme
satisfaction that bitter hour of failure
when his first speech was drowned by
the noise of the opposition, and he closed
it abruptly with the epassionatc prophecy;
"The day will come when you shall hear
me. THE Arena.