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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07

FH e t,rp vlaErLAcw.

You nav talk about your furnace flrsa 4
That wap N your city homes,
And tell me how the heat aspires
And thr ough the building roams;
IT'S ha5 idy, I'll admit to push
a litJ iron wheel,
Ands ct the ghost OF summer out
Abof 1T the room to steal.
But oh, I'd love to see once more
Y Ny fathers big fireplace;
To hear the cid hogs sing and roar,
And watch ths lodging sparks outpov
And up the,chimney chssei
Your moderYgrates nice affair:
When full oftanthracite
1t lends thereon pleasant air
On any winters night.
Tbs glowing Goals a flower bed
Lilies an crimson pinks,
And no ong them many an elfin eye
Peeps through, and winks and blinks.
|3ut oh, long to see once more
y Ny fathers old fireplace:
To watch the shadows flicker 'er
My mothers whitley sanded floor,
And round the ceiling racet
J These patent parlor stoves are fine,
And charm away the chill
\ With windows whence the light may shire =:
The room with cheer TO fill
7 Some people love to boast about
4 Our stylish modern ways.
! And thank the Lord who cast their lines
\ In these progressive days
h But oh, that might be once more
4 Beside the old fireplace.
To see the fleet-winged flames upsoar
And watch the flashes OH the floor
Entwine and interlace
Hearty and iovial fires were thoss
loved SO when boy
. They tinted darkness like the rose
And warmed the heart with JOY.
They chuckled in an undertone,
They cackled, whistled, laughed,
They burned 50 bright, the careStof life
FLEW upward in the draught,
And oh, I'd love to be once, more
Beside the old fireplace
10 browse upon the sanded floor
And find my mother b.n5ing DER
With love-light on hey lace.
--George Horton, ilsIChtcaqo Herald
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07

tire iodgies ssxess, which ysas lighted ny
a single burner. Outside the men
kicked at the panels and cursed viciously,
and then voice cried hoarsely; "Cheese
it fellers, the cops is onter us, and they
heard them jump away, and the sound
Of their footsteps growing fainter as they
ran.
Hiram put his hand TO his head, aud
found that it was bleeding, but he did
not mind that, for the girl was leaning
heavily against him aud trembling with
terror.
It don't seen to me-" said Hiram,
meditatively, "that this sort of life's
just the thing for young girl. =
II haven't got any other" sobbed the
young woman at his side.
II know of place on farm down in
New Jersey" said Hiram, slowly, where
they'll take you and treat you well if
say so--and will say 50 if you'll come.
j VIII your
The young lady of midair fame looked
up and drew nearer to Hiram and nodded
her head in assent as she blinked tear.
fully.
They were all very glad to see Hiram
when he trudged up to the farmhouse a
few days later, and very much surprised
to see the pretty, slight young girl at his
side.
This, mother" said Hiram, simply
by way of introduction, "is my wife.
told you when ] went away wouldn't
come back empty handed, an she's bet
ter money"
And this is how it came about that
Hiram got third interest in the farm,
5000 down and the two rooms on
the second floor, and was eventually for
given for preferring the lady who hung
in midair to the youngest daughter of the
Methodist minister York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07
BRADSHAW RUINED.
A Nebraska Town Completely Demol.
ished by a Storm.
Not a House Left Standing Twelve Per-
sons Arc Dead, Eight sIortRlly
Wounded and Score Iniuret.

Not House Left Standing Twelve Per-
sons Arc Dead, Eight NnrtRlly
Wounded aud a Score Inlured.
4 fearful storm struck Bradshaw, Neb.,
about $50 in the evening
Soarrelya moments warning was given, the
roar Of the whirlwind being the FIRST notice
that the terrified people heard. 1t struck the
town fairly and there was not left single
building
Every business house was made total wreck
and the principal street was filed with the
runs. In the extreme western part OF the viii
lare few houses are with q semhlance Of
their former appearance. but they are without
windows and doors, and their contents were
scattered broadcast over the prairies
The first indication of the disaster to the out
SIDE world was given by railroad car which
was blown 70 York, town nine miles dis
lance, without leaving the track. Telegraph
wires were all down and messenger was sent
up the track 10 what was the matter. He
brought back confirmation Of the worst fear
At the same time relief WAS sent from Lin
coin.
II was found that Russian settlement near
thetown was struck and the report is that nine
persons were killed there outright. The ply
sicians say that in all Z are dead s MORALLY
wounded and perhaps u hurt more or less
seriously.
The killed are: John Miller, child Of j.
Bromsey, wife and child Of Isaac Pcnner, liv.
lug in the country, child Of Mr. Chapman, two
members Of MIR. Shaw's family, living in the
country, wife and child of Mr.. Minke and
hired man.
The injured are: DR.. O. Moore. Mrs. Alex.
ander Miller, Lula Miller, Carrie Miller Mr.
and Mrs. John Babcock, Mr. and Mrs. John
Bromsey, Isaac Pcnuer Mrs. Chaplin. wife %
the b. & ". agent four members OF the Cut
shaw family, Mr. lEehar, Miss Nellie Dorsey,
Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, Professor McDer.
wife and two children, Tylan Colby and many
others
bradshaw is town of 500 people, situated
on the Nebraska railway about 80 miles west
of Iincolp1
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07
A Famous Old Mantel.

Most of the tomb-like freplaces and
mantels erected in New York houses
twenty -ive or thirty years ago are hor-
Tible to contemplate, but now and then a
beautiful antique of this sort is found.
A decorator bought for s. some years
ago beautiful marble mantel that was
being taken out OF m house in Greene
street. He interfered Just in time to
prevent its destruction, and could prob
ably have bought it for half the sum he
paid. 1t was Of statuary marble deli
cately carved in relief The purchaser
sold it to rich suburban resident for
$500, and would gladly have it back at
that price, for since the second sale there
has been discovered upon the marble the
name Of a famous sculptor The piece
was brought over from Holland by an
early Knickerbocker .-Picagnas.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07
CABLE SPARKS.


THE Catholic Archbishop of Posen, Ger.
many, is dead.
CHRISTIANS in Cretcask foreign consuis for
protection against Turkish outragcs
srMRFR Of Christians at Kosova old
servia have been ipassaered nv Nohamcdan
Arpants.
LETTER from DR. peiers da,cd ~ an,
Africa ApriI ~ states that he will roach Ionl
yibar the latter nart of lime
r,,,, -. GU, ). IA.
,,.tha " .,J ~ 20 Dcputlese2
Increase ali tases siS per cent
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,,.'rs ,,i'd l,..
1910 ~, s,,s,.';a,I ' t wv pIaiii q
, w i,s'' i'V' - jumping toin hla
esatNse
rl';iis, W., Ia Iee,' a,aui4s Tween
,,,.ps,,,,, ,.ha 49, ~ anu
,.,;eI;.s,, P''e''' WV WV y" """iu are
1ut lower house o. the hungarian Diet,
by majority o. ~ rejected the bill which
would restore LOUIS hossuth 10 the rights VI
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07
REur q Ey4Ss. Publishers.
DEATH IN THE FLAMES.
An Early Morning Tenement House
Fire in ST. Louis.
One Man sntothered 60 Death end Three
Others Badly Burned Annie Hauss'
Heroic Effects TO Rescue Her Roy.


Others Badly Burned Annie Hauss'
Heroic Effects 20 Rescue Her Roy.
The building loss Franklin avenue. the
second door Of which is corrupted as tsne.
ment by several families and the lower doer
as paint shop, as discovered to be on 6re at
about o'clock An
The fire started in the second floor and
burned for about haitian hour before IL was
discovered. When the alarm was turned in
the ere was wen under WAY,
As soon as the hremen arrived a stream Of
water was turned on the burning building hut
no effort was made to rescue the occupants
until loud screams from The second story In
Dictated that there were helpless people inside.
The hremen entered and found the family
OF George Schlothman struggling la the smoke
and tamcs in thctwe front rooms. Mr. Schloth-
man was ifighttaily burned aud was lying
helpless on the iloor, Ills wife aud two chit
dren were also burned and his father, an old
man, nearly 10 years OF age, had been gnath.
cred to death in his bed
charles llauss. who occupied the rear apart.
ments with his wife and child. had lust Ten to
go TO work, and his wifi and little son were
caught IN the flames. Mrs. Hauss could have
escaped, but her little boy was So frightened
that he ran under the he'd, and In the frantic
mothers efforts 20 save her child she was dan
gcronsly burned. The child was found IN an
unconscious condition, but the mother b. able
70 speak. The injured were All taken 10 the
disponmry.
Schlothman Is not expected 10 live, The re-
covcry OF his two children Is also doubiful
though Mrs. Schlothman may pull through
Following is the list Of the injured. Gcorge
Schlothman, s. years, badly burned. Anuic
Schlothman, his wife burned about the head
neck, shoulders aud arms. probably mtallv
Harry Schlothman, . years Walter Schloth-
man, years; Mrs. Mary lIauS, burned alrnut
head and arms. serious, little son of Mary
Hanss. badly burned
After rcscuing the inmates the 6rrncn
turned their attention to e, tineuishing the
hames which succnmbcd IN n short time.
George Hyde. the lessee. Inns been arrested
on suspicion OF having fired the building.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07
5000 POUNDS OF POWDER.
Its Explosion Causes Death and Dssiruc-
ton In Ohio.

Al four O'Clock in the afternoon. during
thunder storm, lightning struck a powder
house, one mile cost of Mansfield. o., owned by
Tracy & Avery, which contained over $500
pounds Of powder A terrific explosion fol.
lowed that Wa felt distinctly in ali paris II
the city. Hundredsof people were sadn Al the
peene. Not yisiige 0f The liilic building vas
ieii, bat swsih of destruction aud desolHii6n
hsd been swept IN every direction. Jusi across
the road was The dwelling Henry BOOST. IN
which Of the flfneWere Die Wienud three c1ll-
drcn. The honse Was sldvefed 10 atoms.
one Of the children, fifteen months Old vas
crushed aud hurled thirty feet away iiisiess
Another, four years old Was ~ BADLY Ia.
iured that she sill die. and The mother il yet
unconscious from injuries fhat VII likely
prove fatal.
A new and A. vet unoccnpied dwelling ad-
jaeent 10 the Rofsi house Was alec wholly de-
sfroyed. being leYelled 20 the foundation. The
force Of the explosion was 40 terrific that he
bricks * the powder house were hurled foil
quarter 81 a Iaiie away, the debris sEecplng
over the fields and through the adjacent words.
leaving a path like that u a shelisEept hat
flefeld All the windows Of houses within q
radius u halfa mile were shattered. aud
plaie-glase window ia the p0stofiiee, about
mile and a-hslf away was broken. The dehfis
offhe demolished houses was scattered through
The adjacent woods foY q hundred yards ia all
directions. The powder house was located on
the old Painter farm, snd next 70 II vas the
private bufyiDg ground n the Painters, A
portion u one u the monuments vas blown
down BY the explosion.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07
KILLED AN ILLICIT DISTILLER
Deputy United states MarshaI's Crime
I'm Tennessee.

Reports from Knoxville, Tennesse. state
;hai Bud Lindsay, deputy United states mar.
shsl, shot and Killed Kills, dlailler. in
Campbell county. Lindsay wished a gallon
Of vhiskey. and Kills told him that Re could
MOI sell less than ten gallons snder his license.
Lindsay got mad and abused kits. The dis
iilleris fourfeen-y ear-oid son then Thought hjs
iafher N danger, aud threw rock al Lindsay
Lindsay attempted 70 shoot kilts. but his parry
took his pistol from him. They then leff. aud
when mile away Lindsay asked for the
pistols, saying he would do no harm. He got
the pistols and wheeled his horse and RIDE
back y Kills honSe. The latter saw him
coming and isNcicd the door. but Lindsay
broke i down snd shot kits fEice. killing
him instantly. lie then attempted 10 shoot
the hoy, but missed him ard hit little girI.
but DID not seriously wound her. II is re.
ported that LiRdgay's party arrested him and
gave hinl eTer % the sheriff ri the county.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07
A T0RNAD0'S TRACK OF RUIN.
Btr"s and Crops Destroyed by a storm
in Virginia.

Dipwiddie county, Va, atont twenty miles
from Petersburg, was visited by fdphif,i
wind storm. which wrought destruction and
ruin in It's path. The storm extended over
the county for some seven Or eight miles, and
q width was about two miles Those living
~ The path of The tornado werc much friQhi.
ened and sought safety 10 their cellars. 4
large number 81 barns we're hlawn down and
fencing for miles were swept away Many
Of the farmers had their orchards completely
ruined, while their crops If wheat was badly
cut % pieces By the heavy fall Of bail
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07

Some sixty workmen lost their lives
while the Forth bridge in Scotland was
being built. The Chief Engineer is on
record as saying that, considering the
great risks men had to take while at
work, this loss Of life is vtry small.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07
DIED OF HYDROPH0BIA.
An ArksBsas Man At,eked Over a Year
After Being Bitten.

Mr.. snowden Smith. Of Prairie Grove, Ark,
bis jus. died u hydrophobia. More than a
year ago a small dog came 10 bis home and
caught his hog. While getting itoG Mr.. Smith
was bitten on The finger and The face. The
log afterwards died. Mr.. Smith vent 70 Mis-
sour to Try a maidstone and hoped he wo1ld
escape.
One day last week pain struck him IN the
finger. II went quickly to his face ard be At
once announced 10 bis family that his time
bad come, begging 70 be securely bound. This
vas done and be died in most horrible agony.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07

THE German Emperor always hiss iarve
box filed with orders when he Is on lis tray-
els, Che value of which is some S20loo. He u
fond Of suddenly producing one Of these, with
;he needful diploma, and giving 4 to some
body who = pet expecting anything Of he
kind
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07
MARKETS..

R-Flour-City Mills extra - rs
MS5O0 Wheat-Southern Fui,z, 9l@92.
Corn Southern White, sGq17c., yellow
4sfd4ec. Oats Southern and Pennsylvania
g3a3sc. Rye-MaFylaDd and PennsylYania
6iM63e. Hey-Msryland and Pennsylvania
i3.e6tsl4c9. StraW--W heat, 7.5oG1 $50.
Brtter-E Eastern Creamery, lsf920c, nearby
receipts I2fIf4c. Cheese Eastern Fancy
Cream, lIMil5e., We.tefB, s01l0c. Eggs-
iiMiIie. 1obaceo Leaf-inieri1r, 1890.
Good Common, s.OoC1s400, Niddiine 5Gas 90.
Good 10 enc red, sass. Fancy, lOa si3
New YORK; Flour Southern Good 3,
choice extra, ssA563.i5. Wheat No. White
97Ms2 Eyc--Stste 5sfaDac. Corn South
ern yellow, 42z61 sic. Oats White State
332n54c. Butier-Sta;e, / 81 islc. Cheese
STATE 9sG1 Ice. Eggs-13te.l9e.
PHILADELPHIA - Flour Pennsylvania
fancy, 4.25la4,75. Wheat, Pennsylvania and
Southern Red, safae4 Rye Pennsylvania
5SN160c. Corn-Soutkern Yellow, 42l142lc.
Oats = 32fas33c Butter - Stale, 80 PC.
Cheese-New York Factory, i0sg lo4c. Eggs
State, I2(9124e.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07

BALTIMoRE-Beef-$4 Sheep
s4-59d$575. Hogs 900 $50.
NEW YoRE- Beef S5-Jia$7 IS. Sheep
f5-50fgf5.75. Hos S4-3061si g..
EAsf LIBgRrY-B Beef u -5ogt4.7s. Steep
tsoef9s.2e. Hogs f4,t99 @465
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07

The reader who skins his books Is
apt to miss their cream.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-07
TRE NAgTEnsBURq RERALn

Published every Saturday morning, once II
Peoples Bank Building. over Post ONCE.
Martinsburg, Berkeley Co.. W. Va.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-22
How TO Reduce the Surplus.

This is curious world Diverse and
contrary are the aims and objects of the
people that live in it.. One has too much
appetite another not enough. Both
seek remedy in exercise. One wishes
to dispose Of his goods, another wishes
he could get them. As it is with indiv-
iduals 30 with governments. Russia,
Austria, Turkey, Italy, vainly devise
means to fill their empty treasures,
The United States can find none to get
rid of their surplus. 1t is upon this last
question that | intend to write.
A most remarkable thing it is, indeed,
that, in the face of so much poverty
crying for relief no other means can be
found of reducing the surplus than the
building Of forts, arsenals, ships of war,
etc. Does the country's safety lay
in the hands of a few soldiers or in the
millions of workingmen upon whom the
government must call in time of dan
ger? Is il best for the country's safety
to build fleets and forts or to endear
itself to the workngmen, who must
defend it, by improving their condi-
tion2
Az a nottingham / ask the following
questions: /. What right has the coun-
try, when in danger, to call upon me to
sacrifice my life when she in return
deserts me when am in danger Of starry
atom 2. Why should give my life for
q country that will imprison me for no
other offense than that of being in en-
forced idleness? 3. Why should | be
called upon to protect country
that leaves me without shelter, when
through sickness Or lack of employment
l am unable to pay ii few weeks rent?
Are there not many ways in which
the country might expediently and
pro6tably spend or reduce her surplus ?
She can reduce it by giving all her EN-
ployes eight hours work day, thereby
reducing the army Of the unemployed.
She can give free meals i'll the public
schools to such children rs are now
compelled to earn their bread in work.
shops. She can take the vacant land
around the cities, build cottages and
sell them to workmen at cost price. on
easy terms. She can purchase the street
cars and run them at a fare less than
the present and shorten the hours of the
men. She can do many more good
things that would be beneficial and
profitable. Why, then, does she prefer
to spend millions in barracks and earth.
works? Because this is a government of
capitalists, by capitalists, for capitalists
whose existence in luxurious idleness
depends upon the degradation and serv-
ility of the working people.
j. FINN,
Boston Enhrnary 1900
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-22

pens to be employed? II so, has he ever
seen that anything beneficial was the
result? Let me describe visit OF a fac
tory inspector in one instance. The firm
is notified some days before the inspec-
ton that such will occur. This is as
good as to say that five or ten must
be kept ready by the boss 80 at least
some of us thought. On that certain
day the boss sends the very young chill
dren-a great joke for the poor little
ones--to some remote loft the water
closet is made to look like a stage orna-
ment; the well guarded elevator can not
be used till after the visit, and new
broom stands unblushingIy in the cor
ner. The shop looks like Dickens poor
doctors office, when the rich aunt is
expected. The employees don't know
what has struck the boss till they see
him enter in the company of gentle
man, both engaged in pleasant CONVEX
sation. The latter takes a hurried glance
around. No questions are asked. WHO
the d can that be-" asks one of us
after their departure, ooh, the factory
inspector" another remarks, A subdued
laugh follows and away we work at our
daily toll,
Factory inspection now is not an ar
rangement to prevent the boss from en-
dangering the health or life OF his
"hands"; it is another chance TO provide
sineCure for political heelers at the
public crib. Why because the inspec'
tors are not appointed from the ranks Of
organized labor, who are experts in fac
tory working, machinery etc, but from
the Office seeking mob of politicians.
Should wOrkingman be appointed tC
such an office, he must have at the same
time "big pull" which latter quallf,
cation counts the most. AT present the
issue is, shall the factory inspectors be
appointed from the heelers of the repub
lican Senate or from the democratic
heelers Of Mr.. Hill.
When at a meeting of the Brooklyn
Central Labor Union the above criticism
was uttered, a delegate remarked 81
| cannot stand the abuse of politicians
we are all politicians, either democratic
or republicans" And when a vigorous
protest was entered from the other side
he added with the usual ignorance OF
| illdllCt vi hIdltillSlH ny tllt ldh
that followed he could tell that he hi
"alongside the nai'. leave it to you
readers, to mark the difference between
a democratic or republican politician
| and IA Socialist.
Criticism is but one sided, when moth
ing better is offered. Well, here 1t is
| suggest that the central bodies cleo
the factory inspectors, who can be with
drawn at any time If they tail to dc
their duty. | am aware that an inspec
tor who would do real good work woulC
soon be "broken" by the combined ef
forts of capitalists, but what else car
you do, under the present rotten system
of society, to make factory inspection
effective?
GUSTAV SCHAEFER.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-22
Boston, February, 1890,
Factory Inspection.
J., FINN

At the present time there are two bills
before the law makers and the vetoer at
Albany. Organized labor had three bills
prepared One, known as the Van Etten
bill. calls for eight female inspectors :;
another, presented by the State Work
ingmen's Assembly, asks for ten female
and ten male inspectors, one of the
latter to be mine inspector. The third
bill, prepared by the Federation Of La
Dor, has been wisely withdrawn, SO as
not to interfere with the Van Etten bill.
AS yet it is very doubtful if either of the
bills will become law.
Under the present system of society
factory inspection, like any other mea-
sure intended to benefit workingmen, is
doomed to be, upon the whole, farce.
All we can do is to make the best of it
under the circumstances Let us see
what has been done so far in that direc-
ton.
We have now one chief and two as
sistant factory inspectors. According to
their own last report, nothing of any
amount has been done no prosecutions
have been attempted for obvious viola
tions of law At hearing before a
Senate Committee, Mr.. Connolly, the
chief inspector-the man appointed to
guard the interest of labor-claimed
that the law regarding factory inspec-
ton was unconstitutional. This is stu
pendous, but 1t is true. Has any of the
readers of the ADVOCATE ever seen an
inspector in the factory where be hap