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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-23
FLORIDA.

The Ziegler Phosphate Company at Soarr
has increased its shares to 200 1t has re-
fused $l0l, 900 for 101 shares.
The citizens COMMITTEES of st. Augustine
has issued a call for primaries to nominate
aldermen Friday, May 80, at Sp IN.
Corpl. r. j. Hyatt. late signal observer at
Pensacola, has beenspresehted by the pilots
with handsome Esgold-headed walking,
stick.
AT Jacksonville Wednesday Peter Will
Jams, charged with the murder of Virginia
Green, was found guilty Of murder in the
first degree, but mercy was recommended.
He will be sentenced to life imprisonment.
The following are the honors and appoint
mens of the graduating class of 80 of the
East Florida Seminary: First honor, II. G.
Clifton, Duval county; second honor, B. B.
Miller, Alachua county; first appointment,
b. M. wade, FOLK county; second appoint
ment ID. Wortheim, Alachua county: third
appointment, Moo. Charles, Lafayette
county; fourth appointment, w. A. Sigs-
bic, Butte, Mont.
Fernandina Mirror. The architect is fry
ing to persuade s. A. Swami to abandon his
plans for remodeling the Lawtey house for
gymnasium and reading room, and to SUBJ
stitute large two-story brick building on
the opposite corner, covering the space now
occupied oy MRS. Kings store, Mr.. Swann's
and DR.. Starbuck's Offices, and the adjoining
vacantlot, the gymnasium and reading rooms
to occupy the second story He is to submit
plans.
Fernandina Mirror. Yesterdays storm
was one of unusual severity for this place.
From Franklintown to Juarez Bluff hail
stones as large as hen eggs fell for some
minutes, doing considerable damage to
crops, especially TO watermelons Vines
from one to two yards long were cut off:
most of the glass in the windows on the
windward side of DR.. Harrisons house were
broken; the smokestsck of the LOOMS fac
tory was blown down. two of the guys
giving way before the force of the storm: a
Kitchen belonging to James Smith (colored),
near the machine shops, was blown down
breaking stove and some of the furniture
Pensacola Nelcs: Tuesday morning n
young white man named Raggleback was
orlVlng mule and dray up Tarrapouna
street, near the railroad track. A switch
engine, with two cars of lum Der. was coming
uoWn slowly. Suddenly the mule became
unmanageable and backed the draw into
one OF the cars which caught the smaller
venicle and dragged it and the rnnle soma
nIteen yards before the engineer could
pring the train TO stop. Young Raogle-
pack was thrown from the draw int no
neio TO the reins and vainly attennted 70
pun the mule and dray free of rho GOV
fortunately there was no DAMAGE dona to
ea1ner man, mule or conveyance.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-11-15
The Tins of Presidents.

The biggest railway official in the
country that I know of told me the
other night that "the porters of spe
cial cars pick up big money. When
ever a special car is used the best
porter who is handy is assigned 10
1t. This man expects and usually
receives handsome gratuity. Those
who travel in special cars can afford
to be liberal to be the one who for
the time being becomes a valet, or
personal servant, and generally are.
When General Grant went anywhere
the porter of the special car always
got $50. He never gave less, wleth-
er the time was day or a week, and
never gave more. 1t was invariably
fifty-dollar bill. President Arthur
always gave the porter two twenty
dollar notes or two twenty-dollar
gold pieces. He was also liberal to
other minor railway officials. Presi-
dent Hayes used a special car pretty
often. He tipped the porter S..
When Garfield travelled special the
porter only got 50, and considered
himself lucky to get that. Garfield
was always very close about matters.
He saved money while in Congress
on a salary that few others were able
to live upon--Pahsburq Dispatch.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-11-15
Reunion Of Kentucky Giants

A unique gathering has been held
in Louisville, KY, of the famous
Withers family, ofMeade county, all
the members of which are over six
feet six inches in height, and whose
average weights are I9l pounds.
There are six brothers, all of whom,
but one, are well-to-do farmers in
Meade county. The object of the
reunion was to welcome w. w.
Withers, a brother, who has been
absent in Texas for the past 10 years.
They were present when the train
came In, and the six, when standing
together, attracted large crowd,
which viewed them as fresh impor-
tation OF Kentucky giants. One of
the characteristics of this family is
their great affection for each other.
They are proud of their strength.
Their mother, Mrs. Mary Withers, is
still living, and is eighty-one years
OF age The morning was spent in
visiting some of the old haunts they
had known as boys, and the reunion
dinner was in the reception room in
the rear of the Saratoga saloon. Be-
fore leaving for Meade county in the
evening the brothers met at q photo
graph gallery, where their pictures
were taken in a group. The names
of the brothers are L. Nj. Wlthers,
]. B. Withers, w. 3. Withers, D. B.
Wi.hers, Ell. n Withers and w. w.
Withers.
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Cure Your Seed Corn.

Not enough pains ir taken in the
curing of Indian corn to be used for
seed. From several thousands of
termination tests / am convinced
that the corn can be cured in any
sort of season so as to insure germ
nation and that without precaution
in curing the corn with any degree
of assurance. Now that we have
planters that will drop with the
greatest accuracy any number OF ker-
nels from one up and at any distance
desired, the necessity of having every
kernel grow is greater than ever.
The old-time method of pulling back
the husks, tying them and stringing
the ears on pole or wire gives the
best of results. But when large
areas are to be planted, as in the
Middle and Western States, this is
too tedious method. Wire screws
fastened into the butt of the husked
ear and strung upon wires hung from
rafters or overhead beams make q
convenient method of drying and
preserving. But for very large guam
titles kiln drying should be resortcd
to. It will pay well to provide such
method where much corn is to be
planted or sold for seed. The time
is at hand when the planter must be
certain as to the vitality or germin-
ating quality of the seed he plants,
and the only way to secure it is to
have the excess of moisture driven
out OF the ear in the fall, or resort at
the time of planting to termination
tests of kernels from every ear to be
used.-Hone and Farm.
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Happy Hoosiers.

VIM. Timmons, Pc stmaster o
Idaville, Ind, writes Electric
Bitters has done more for me than
all other medicines combined. for
that bad feeling arising from Kidney
and Liver trouble JOHN Leslie,
farmer and stockman, of same place,
says: " Find Electric Bitters to be
the best Kidney and Liver medicine,
made me feel like new man. j..
w. Gardner, hardware merchant,
same town, says: Electric Bitters
is just the thing for a man who is all
run down and don't care whether he
lives or die; he found new strength,
good appetite and felt just like he
bad new lease on life. Only soc.
q bottle, at e. G. Williams, Jr. &
Cos. Drug Store.
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The Birth Rate Of France.

The decrease in the birth rate of
France, with its effect on the future
population of that country, has long
been subject of debate among its
public men. Statistics have shown
that this decrease has been going on
for years. 1t now turns out that
England and Wales are in similar
condition. The returns of the Reg
istrar General for England and
Wales show that the excess of births
over deaths has been steadily declin-
ing for several years. In 1889 the
excess was 367 PA, while, accord
ing to the results of the last two cen.
sus years, the increase should have
been 3S9,423 The birth rate was
also remarkably low, being Is per
thousand below the average ofthe
previous decade, while the marriage
rate has not corresponded to the in
creased prosperity Of the country.
These statistics, with the large emf
grafton, show, in the opinion of the
New Yorks Nesos, that in time there
will cease to be an increase in the
population of Great Britain, proyid-
ing the ratio of decrease in birth
continues. But England has more
population now than she can well
support, and this may be Natures
way of adjusting herself to man s
requirements.
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IreIand's Holy Stone.

This name is given to a famous
stone possessed at Ardmore, in
County Waterford, Ireland. The
legand asserts that this f1oated over
the ocean from Rome to st. Patrick,
bringing to him his sacred vestments
bell for his church and a lighted
candle for the mass. 1t is now held
sacred to the memory OF the saint.
1t 10 upon the sea-shore, is large
stone, weighing perhaps some four
or five tons, and is much visited by
pilgrims. At low tide, when only
the lower part of the stone can be
seen, these visitors go around it
several times on their bare knees,
and finally lying fat creep through
a hollow of the sand that has been
made under it.-Hicago Inter
Ocean.
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The Man Who Looked as IL Had Been
Workinu.

James Gordon Bennett has way
of dropping in to examine the Her.
aid at the most unexpected times and
as his visits often result in general
ssshake-upn and reorganization of the
papers managerial, editorial and
working forces they are awaited with
fear and trembling by his employees.
On one of these occasions one OF the
pressmen, o man who had worked for
the elder Bennett and was on excel
lent workman, though guilty of an
occasional lapse from sobriety, had a
bad black eye and was in a quandry
as to what excuse he should offer If
Bennett noticed it. Acting on sud-
den inspiration he seized an ink roll
Ter and rubbed a daub of ink on the
side of his face, completely conceal
ing the discoloration of the skin.
Presently Mr.. Bennett came into the
press-room and with the superinten-
dent, John Hays, went carefully
through, criticising every detail and
looking sharply at each employee.
When about to leave he turned sud-
denly and, pointing at the besmirch-
ed pressman, said 3Mr. Hays, what
is that mans manner" The culprit
quaked in his shoes until Mr.. Ben
nett said slowly. II want you to
give that man 50 per week more
wages he is the only man in the
room that looks as if he had been
working"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-11-15

Often the things in woman that
attracts men are possessions OF doubt
ful value in any woman. What at.
tracts man isone thing what will
hold him and command bis respect
is quite another.
A woman's smile, for example, at
tracts man but an even temper
retains him
A pretty gown attracts 4 man the
the knowledge that it was inexpen.
sive delights him.
A pleasant manner attracts man:
brightness of brain holds him.
A knowledge of how, when aud
where to be little stately attracts d
man; irreyerence in woman is to him
abominable.
A respect for the religious belief
Oh every human being attracts 8 man;
an appreciation of the folly Of frivol.
ity wins his respect.
A consideration for his comfort
attracts man; continuation ofthis
makes him your most human slave.
A chat which there is no malice
attracts man !; neither scandal nor
evil speaking makes woman seem
sweet and lovely to him.
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Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld,
ILL.,, makes the statement that she
caught cold, which settled on her
lungs she was treated for month
By her family physician, but grew
worse. He told her she was h0pe-
less victina of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption; s b e
bought a bottle and to her delight
found herself benefited from first
dose. She continued its use and
after taking ten bottles, found her
self sound and well, now does her
own homework and is as well as she
ever was. Free trial bottles of this
Great Discovery at e. G. Williams,
Jr. & Co.'S. Drug Store, large bottles
so cts. and $l.00
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How Silk liz Measured.

The size or substance of a silk
thread is usually estimated by den
iers. The ounce troy and the ounce
pois de marc of Lyons, by the latter
of which silk is tested in France and
Italy, are equal in weight, but are
differently sub-diyided. The ounce
troy is divided into 90 pennyweights
of "a grains each, making 480 grains
in the ounce the ounce of Lyons,
pois de marc, is divided into "a
drains, which, multiplied by "a,
equals SIC deniers. The denier is,
therefore, one-sixth less than the
grain..troy. The English reel is s1S
bouts of "A inches, and equals l 900
yards. The French, 400 ellis, or ATS
meters, equals $40 yards. The stand
ard of silk measure is about 400
yards; that length Of a single fla
ment from China cocoons will weigh
2 deniers, and from French and Ital-
ian d, A 10-denier silk will, then,
be the combined thread of four or
five cocoons.-Ch Chicago Herald.
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Items OF Interest

There are $4,000 kinds of passage
stamps.
The Royal Library of Berlin con.
tains 1871 1874 bound books.
Since 1857, it is said, England's
small wars have cost her about $780,
100000.
In Yokohama, with a population
of 10000, the number of electors Is
under 800.
Germany sent to the United States
last year beet root sugar TO the value
of $16,O0O,OOo.
Canada claims to be larger by 5O0,-
900 square miles than the United
States, including Alaska.
A doctor is authority for the state
ment that babies raised on condensed
milk have poor teeth.
In London there is on exhibition
panorama of agara, with an tar
tificial roar" Of the falls.
A Youngstown, O., man, who died
worth $780, 900, lived on three cents
a day for years before his death.
A vast guano-bed has been discov-
cred in Southern Peru. 1t is esti-
mated to contain some 100000 tons.
It is estimated that the number of
passengers carried by all the railroads
in the world average $500, 900 day.
Dorwin defines the wag of dogs
tail as "an escape Of nervous force
restrained for the moment from 9th.
er modes OF expression.
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Aoetry

THE EMPTY CRADLE.
l saw mother beside the cradle,
Her tears were flowing fast;
She seemed to see tine present only,
Yet she thought of all the past
OF the treasure that filled the cradle,
OF her babes first responsive kiss
That filed her heart with esctasy
Till it desired no other bliss.
Oh those days so full of pleasure,
They only depend her despair;
Since bending er the cradle,
And saw her baby was not there.
heard words Of comfort spoken,
And the misty clouds OF grief
Betoken'd the SLOW of Promise,v
While she felt sad relief;
But her undecided mind did wander,
Till she looked upon the scene
OF the quiet and dreary chamber,
And all that might have been;
For a shoe, a little vacant garment,
Or silken ringlet OF hair,
Told her heart In tones of sorrow,
That her baby was not there
Now she sits beside the grave,
But her tears have ceased to flow;
For she saw heavenly token,
That silenced her woe.
Celestial eyes looked down upon her,
And the voice that Gained the sea
Lulled her spirit with the whisper,
'ssuffer" it sto come to Me-"
And while her soul was borne
On angelic wings of prayer,
Heavens golden Gates swung inward
And she saw her baby there
GEORGE FLYNN.
Martinsburg, w. Va.
Nov 9Th. 1890
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Provide plenty of dry fuel.
How about that farm daryl

Provide plenty of dry fuel.
How about that farm dairyY
Milk fast and vex not the COW.
Have you cleaned out the we'll?
No better or cheaper insect de-
stroyer can be found than the toad.
Good books and periodicals pay
large dividends. Invest in them.
There win be no loss of ammonia
il the manure heap is kept moist.
1t pays abundantly to drain wet
soils; it makes them surer and bet
ter.
Don't allow Jack Frost to put a
blighting mortgage on any of your
crops.
The man who always has strictly
fresh eggs to sells need never suffer
for market.
Corn is good feed; but something
more albuminous fed with it makes
it better.
Be careful not to bruise apples and
other fruit. The bruised spots are
where decay begins.
Ii you have any late sown peas
dust them with flour ofsnlphur to
prevent mildew. The dry pods oil
Lima beans should be gathered for
winter use as fast as they ripen.
II you got the turnips in too
thick it may pay to go over the
patch and thin them our; it will not
be much work, and those you pull
out viii not be lost, as you can feed
them.
Pick grapes after the dew has
dried from them, and without dis
turbing the bloom upon them. After
standing few hours pack carefully
and closely In baskets, If desired for
marketing.
In digging potatoes get no more
out of the ground in q day than you
can get under cover; it may freeze
some night, and this year people
who pay for Irish potatoes don't
want sweet ones.
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anxions eye from side to side and
from end to end. She looked at the
fat man, but he was gazing out Of
the car window and elsewhere.
At last the woman caught sight
of the gastly wreck of her three bal
looms. She gazed upon the limp
ruins with deep disgust for q time
and then said.
"When q thievin' storekeeper sells
me rotten balloons that won't hold
together till | can get them home.
I'll take it out of his dog-skin or ]
don't want cent
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-11-15

Druggists everywhere report tina
The sales of the Restorative Nervine
a nerve food and medicine-are as
tonishing; exceeding anything they
ever had, while it gives universal
satisfaction in headache, nervous
ness, sleeplessness, sexual debility,
backache, poor memory, fits, dizzi.
ness. etc. Taylor Bros, of Bryan,
O.; Ambery & Murphy, Of Battle
Greek, Mich. /; G. B. Woodwork &
Co., Of Fort Wayne, Ind, and hun.
dreds Of others state that they never
handled any medicine which sold so
rapidly, or gave such satisfaction.
Trial bottles of this great medicine
and book on Nervous Diseases, free
at A. III. Gilbert's who guarantees
and recommends IL.
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The man who committed suicide
Sunday night at Pittsburg, by hang.
ing himself with silk scarf, was
Charles Fischer, . brother Of Adolph
Fischer, the Anarchist, who was
hanged at Chicago for completely in
The Haymarket crime He was q
compoaitor and had been il III health
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NUMBERLAED VALLEY RAILROAD
" TIME TABLE,
TAKES EFFECT SUNDAY, MAY IL, 1890
WEST BOUND.

WEST BOUND.
No leaves philadelphia IL. 25 m, Har-
risburg 4.35 m, Mechanicsburg SO m,
Carlisle 5l4 m, MELVILLE 535 m, Ship
pensburg g. 55 m, Chambersburg 6. 20 m,
Greeneastle 6.4l N, Hagerstown T.20 m,
Martinsburg s 06, NJ, Tablers 1926 n /,
Darkesville 83l m, Gerard.8 35, Bunker
Hill $40, Clearbrook g. 81, arrives at Win
chester 90 am.
No. leaves PhiIa 80 m, Harrisburg
7.45, Mechanicsburg sos, Carlisle s 35,
MELVILLE 900, Shippensburg 9.22, Cham
bersburg Q47, Greencastle le.l0, Hagers-
town 1910, Msrtinsburg 1I.25, Tablers IL.
40, Darkesville ll.45, Gerard 1l.49, Bum
ker Hill ll.54, Clearbrook 1908 m, CT.
rives at Winchester 1925 p "a.
Mol leaves Philadelphia IL 40 a m, Har
risburg 400 p m, Mechanicsburg 4 %, Car
Isle A 40, MELVILLE 6.14, Shippensburg s 81,
Chambersburg sos, Greencastle 6.27, Ha-
gerstown 6.55, Msrtinsburg Z 38, Tablers
$50, Darkesville 7.55, Gerard I. So, Bunker
Hill 500, Clearbrook 8.l5, arrives at Win.
chester $50 pm.
EAST BOUND.
No. IA leaves Winchester 700 a M, Clear.
brook l6, Bunker Hill 100, Gerard 7.34,
Darkesville 7.38, Tablers f.43, Martinsburg
500, Hagerstown s.46, Greencastle els,
Chambersburg $40, Shippensburg 1907,
MELVILLE 1928, Carlisle 10 SO. Mechanics
burg 1920, Harrisburg l1.40, arrives at
Philadelphia BIB p m.
No. leaves Winchester 2.15 m, Clear.
brook 2.3l. Bunker Hill 2.44, Gerard q. 49,
Dsrkesville 2.52 Tablers 2.5f, Ma-tinsburg
$40, Hagerstown 400, Greencastle 4 rs,
Chambersburg 500, Shippensburg 5.24,
MELVILLE As, Carlisle 6.l0, Mechanicsburg
6.38, Harrisburg 100, arrives at Pbiladel-
phia 10. So pm.
No. 10 leaves Winchester 90 m, Clear
brook TIC, Bunker Hill Z. 30, Gerard 7 .35,
Darkesville 7.39, Tablers 7.45, Martinsburg
$40, Hagerstown 900, Greencastle 8 SO,
Chambersburg 1910. Shippensbnrg 10. 81,
MELVILLE 1887 p m, Carlisle ii 30, Mechan-
icsburg ll.4l, Harrisburg 1859, arrives at
Philadelphia 4.26am.
J. F. BOYD, Superintendent
Fl. A RIDDLE, Gen'l. Passenp er Agent,
w. A. GARD,
Agent at Martinsburg
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ANrDorE FOR HYDRopHoBIA.-A
German professor claims to have q
solution which completely neutralizes
the poison introduced into the sys-
tenn by the bite of mad dog. The
solution consists of chlorine water,
salt brine, sulphurous acid, perman-
ganate of potassium and eucalyptus
oiL--Nssc Fork Commercial Aduer-
riser.
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The monument erected at the
Annapolis Naval Academy 1t Anna
polls, Nd, to commemorate tho
heroism Of the officers and neE Of
the Jeanette Who shared i melan-
choly fate II tie Arctic expedition
of 1879, Was unveiled Thursday
afternoon With appropriate ceEs-
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J. r. BRIST0R
REAL ESTATE AGENT

UF hh EMINENT FIhhhI . 0TUhE.
MARTINSBURG, WEST VA
WILL attend to the Real Estate business
w In all its branches. Will buy and sell
lands on commission. Persons having Land
or Town Property to sell, will consult theis
interests by placing them in our hands
once for advertisement.
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Martinsburg, w. Va.
Nov. 9Th, 1890.
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0uu----~
Zip went the knife through the
air and another balloon went to join
that silent majority of one.
The fat mans face broadened to
a foot and the woman still chung to
the strap.
The one remaining balloon had
more room and made the most OF
it. 1t felt that the day might still
be won by heroic effort, and it hit
the fat man fifteen or sixteen times
with rapidity that surprised the
spectators. It would swipe him
first on one side and then on The
other. In trying to guard both ears
he would leave his nose exposed and
suffer by it. The jolly red balloon
was as happy as harvest moon and
danced around as If it felt it would
knock stars out of the SKY.
The fat man was all serene. Once
more he felt of his trusty knife
blade and smiled the same smile we
have seen before. The balloon was
lowering around waiting for an
opening. The fat man made q fsint
as If to butt the balloon with his
head, and when the balloon thought
it was about to land safely on the
fat mans ear, it felt . sharp pain In
its side, and, presto | three limp
and lifeless things we're all that we're
left Of three riotous balloons.
The woman turned to signal the
conductor to STOP the car, and SAN
them not. She swept che or with