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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-09
rRouInIrIoSIsts ORGANIZING.

DR., ID. W. G. lIenbow, Of Greensboro. one
Of the most prominent Prohibition leader,
in the state, has issued call for a state
Prohibition mass meeting, 10 be held at
Greensboro October i1ih. IL Is announced
that Professor Samuel Deckie, chairman OF
the Nstional Prohibition Executive Com
mlitee. viii be IN attendance for the p,lr-
pose al organizing the prOhibitiOnists OF
the state for regular campaign
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-09
MURpEREg ARRESTED.

News IL received here That Bob Leak
THY. who killed woman near the e.i,e of
the North Carolina and Virginia line. inst
beyond Mount Airy, about two years ago.
has been arrested in Tennessee and lodssl
in jail 10 await a requisition from the Goy-
ernor OF virginia. Il IL said that lilly has
confessed his crime.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-09
NORTH CAROLINA.

FOIIII'aI hhu OthFt Nufts From Tho Old
North State.
RALEiGu, y. c., Oct. S.-lspeclal.l--
There was a meeting here to-day OF Repub.
lican bosses OF the state, at which John u.
Eayes. DR.. Mott. A. 4. lIatton, and other
leaders were present. They are attempting
to inaugurate an active campaign from now
on, and will work to secure a fun rcgistra-
ton of the Republican party all o,tr the
state,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-09
YOUNG MORO THIEVES

The police at Wilmington have discovered
that gaeg OF young negro boys there have
been carrying on systematic burglaries. and
have arrested number OF them. They
have roDbed q number oi houses, and gel.e-
rally selected those from which the cccu-
pants were absent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-09
A GLUTTON DIES.

Bursts "A BIoOd-Nessei in His Head While
Eating.
iSpecial to The Times by Dunlap Cable Co.
BERLIN, oct. S.-Albert Kahn, with
several companions, went into saloon,
and after boasting Of his capacity bet a
friend twelve marks (s2.40) that he could
drink four quarts of beer and eat eight
pounds OF sausage within ten minutes. He
had nearly accomplished the feat, when a
blood-yesscl in his head burst and the man
fell dead.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-09
c...a. and Keciprosity.

HALIFAX, n. s., oct. s.-sir John !hcmp-
son. Minister OF Justice, arrived AZ Anu
gonish yesterday, aud was presented VIII ~
an address. In reply he referred 70 tne
trade question. lie said the government
vas opposed 10 unrestricted reciprocIy'
which would ruin Canada's manuiac'uics;
but Was in favor OF reciprocity In natural
products. This, he said, the United States
would not accept.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. s.--The condition OF
the King " Holland remains unchanged
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-09

1t is announced that the American Cot
ton Oil Company expects TO make large
amount of money this coming year, because
cotton seed is So ton lower, while oil is
steady in price and lard is higher. The
company consumes 100000 tons Of seed per
year, and the reduction in price Of such will
alone make "A profit of 81 100000.
Railroad Earnings-Richmond and DAN
Vile system, fourth week OF September.
S2i6,635, 1890; S27l 1860. 1889; S2J,0l5, de-
crease. Month, 81, 1860, 1880; Sl,0ls,9oo
1889: 500, 100, increase.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-09

The arlicle ridiculcs R0ssa as 3 cOnsplra-
tor It says: Ills yaporings about dyna-
mite. his braggadocia and his insane love
for notoricty, nave made his Office kind OF
web. in which many misguided men have
iound theirway through McDermott into a
life of penal spryitude. There is nothing
more grotesquc than Rossa's pretending TO
be at war with the British empire, while
he was actually accepting contributions
from the paid agents of the very government
he was threatening 10 destroy"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

PASSENGER train on the Wabash road was
wrecked near Silver City, Iowa. The fireman
was fatally scalded.
A SEVERE wind storm swept over the coun-
try south of Selma AlabamaF One man was
killed by lightning. Much damage was done
to the crops.
Two ears of the Atlantic Expressr ran offthe
track near Capetown, Ontario +. j. Me-
Donald, of Chicago, was killed. Seven or eight
others were slightly injured.
A BAD cave-in occurred in Gould's tunnel
on the Pitsburg, Cincinnati aud st. Louis
Railroad, near Steubenvlle. Ohio. Four
Italians workmen we're badly hurt
THE boiler of steam engine on the farm Of
". Craig, near Colchester, Ontario, exploded
George Craig and Thomas Quick were killed
and five others injured, Frank Quick fatally
THE three rear coaches of ar excursion
train, bearing colored Masons from Kansas
City, on the Union Pacific Road, jumped the
track near Lawrence Kansas and went into a
ditch. Thirty-scven persons were hurt.
A TANK filled with ammonia, at Hirtler
Bros pork packing house, in Hobokcn, New
Jersey, exploded. Henry Drake was Killed,
and J. }. Meyer Thomas Kelly aud Henry
HIrtier wereinjured. Kelly, itisie1red fa'a ~.
TIE Marine IIospita, Bureau is advised that
yellow fever ship from Rio de Jnneiro is de-
tanned at the Delaware Breakwater Quaran-
tine for fumigating, etc. Three deaths occur
red on the vessel on her last voyage, but there
are no cases on her at present
A CABLE message was received ct the Navy
Department from Consul Garesche, at Martini
que, as follows I" Half Fort de France burned;
Martinique demands aid. Five thousand
hsreless people need lumber, beef, pork, flour
aud other provisions. Cable quickly what
States will do"
AN ACCIDENT occurred at the Fair grounds
IN Columbia, South Carolina during the fir
ing OF a salute. By the premature discharge
of a cannon, Olin Barrier, of Lexington, lost
both arms and both eyes and received gap
ing wound in the chest. John Stoke, of Co.
lumbia, was badly wounded in both arms, and
one has been amputated. w. II. Casson, of
Columbia, had his hand shattered.
J. w. DELAPLANE, Of Hampton Virginia,
with his son, daughter and nephew, went out
sailing at Fort Monroe. Their boat collided
with a sailing vessel containing DIR. PARA
more and j. b. Lake, also of Hampton. Mr..
Delaplane's son was knocked overheard, the
father jumped o-his rescue the nephew fol-
lowing, and all three were drowned. Mr. Lake
went overheard to try and save them, but
failed, and succeeded in reaching shore. The
daughter remained in the boat and was So we'd.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05
rlnckmg ana Nnearing ,ie,ss.

A curious case came before an En-
glish court for adjudication RECENTLY.
A poulterer was charged with cruelty
to forty-eight live geese by plucking
them of their feathers, and the owner
was charged with procuring the COM
mission of the offense. The proceed
ings were taken by the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A
witness swore that "after the geese
were pluckei their skins turned pur-
pie color, and they seemed to be in
pain. They walked about with their
backs up, and shrank when touehed."
The practice was shown by defend
ants to be very prevalent, and the So
ciety asked for nominal fine to put q
stop to it. The defendants said II was
the custom of the district to pluck the
feathers every six weeks, and if they
were stopped from doing so many peo-
pie would discontinue keeping geese,
as much more money was realized by
the sale of feathers than by the geese.
The court imposed fine of eighteen
shillings upon the defendants, and ex-
pressed the hope that it would be a
warning to other people. Plucking
live geese and ducks prevails all over
the United States.
There is species of large water
fowl whose habitat in winter is the
open lakes of the interior. and their
feathers are so firmly set that they can
not be plucked. Shearing is resorted
to, and many housewives have beds
made of the feathers, which almost
equal those of elder down, as the stiff,
troublesome quilts are absent. Shear
ing geese and ducks could DO made to
supersede plucking. -American Agri-
CuituriSt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05
How a Charge of Shot Travels.

When standing within few yards OF
the guns muzzle at the time of discharge,
a person would be amazingly astonished
were he only able to see the shot as they
go whizzing by. Experiments in instan-
taneous photography have proved to us
that the shot not only spead out, comet
like, as they fly, but they string ont one
behind to the other to much greater
distance than they spread, Thus, with
cylinder gun, when the first shot of
charge reaches target that is forty yards
away, the last shot is tagging along ten
yards behind. Even with the choke-bore
gun some of the shot will lag behind
eight yards in forty. This accounts for
the wide swath that is mown in a flock OF
ducks on which charge of shot falls Just
right. About five per cent. only of the
charge of shot arrive simultaneously at
the target, but the balance of the first
half of the charge is so close behind that
a birds muscles are not quick enough to
get ont of the way, although those who
have wached sitting birds when shot at
have often seen them start as if to hy,
when the leading shot whistled by them
only to drop dead as they were over.
taken by the leaden hail.-Erank Leslie.
Neles-g2zr.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05
Matching Butterflies.

John Maier, says the New Haven Pal
ladium, is of Teutonic extraction, and he
is tailor. Whenever he can he dcvotes
his time to catching butterflies This Is
his hobby. What does he do with them3
He simply choroforms them and frames
them by thousands. About the walls OF
his store are six such collections, averag-
ing about two and a half feet square
Mr.. Maier has certainly done some
wonderful work in qualification of his
within. Take any one of his collections.
1t contains at least five hundred butter.
flies of all shapes, sizes, colors and
shades, and these are arranged in circles
and crosses and all sorts of figures. The
largest and rarest are placed in the centre
and the lesser lights around them. All
are placed with wings outspread, perfect
specimens.
During the spring and summer months
Mr.. Maier uses a net in collecting speci-
mems, and in the fall and winter months
he puts in his spare time climbing trees
and obtaining butterflies in chrysalis
form. To-day in his store there is
regular butterfly hatchery. He has fully
1000 cocoons. These are divided ac-
cording to their size and are now rest
ing peacefully in shallow boxes about a
foot square. The boxes a., supplied
with covers, and in consequence act just
as do incubators, and scores of the
chrysalides are daily expanding into
beautiful butterflies. Alive, they float
about the store and sun themselves until
Mr.. Maier is ready to put them asleep.
To do this he has novel arrangement,
This consists of two narrow, smoothed
pieces of wood sloping toward each
other in gentle angle, yet not connect
ing, sort of trough separating them.
The whole is about eighteen inches long
and the trough about half an inch wide
The body of the captured butterfly i:
placed in the trough, his wings are
spread out on the sloping wood on either
side, and tt the restless little insect is
sent on his long journey to the happy
hunting ground of butterlydom by the
administration of just a little chloroform.
The wings are then pinned to the wood
to insure their holding their perfect
form, and when the arrangement is full
of dead butterflies it is relieved of its
cargo, and the pretty, gauzy little fellows
are tucked upon the background of the
coming addition to the collection. Mr..
Maier has been doing this sort of thing
for six years.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05
THE FAsuIoNApLE pAnAso1,,

The extremely fashionable parasol to
be used at the seaside or at the mount
aims, writes "Bab" from New York, is
the most unique japanese one that can
be got. On top must be tied q large
black ribbon bow, the ends of which
come far down on the parasol when it is
opened. 1t really looks very pretty when
worn with a cotton gown and makes
bright speck on the landscape. The
red parasol is also in vogue, and Is of
plain, heavy silk, with natural wood
handle. One having a silver handle is
voted extremely bad form. The very
pronounced liking for red is thought to
be the outcome of the general woman's
disposition. Lining her coat with scar
let, wearing scarlet frock, having a
scarlet parasol and wearing scarlet bon
net is the nearest she can get to painting
the town red, which from her youth up
she has always had a yearning to do.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05
Flowing with Sticks.

1t would make an honest American
farmer smile out loud to see the way the
land is plowed by Peruvians. From
six to dozen teams of oxen arc put al
work in q field of twenty or thirty acres.
The oxen are yoked by tying a heavy
beam across their forehead and IN front
of the horns. To this beam the pillow
is attached, all the force being applied
by the head instead of the shoulders.
The plow is crooked stick or
branch of a tree, the point fuced with
iron. Pcruvians contend that they dc
not need to pillow more than two OF
three inches deep, simply enough to
loosen the soil so as to enable the seed to
take root. The water used in irragatiu9
is said to be rich in plant food, further
obviating the necessity of deep plow.
ing.
Improved plows suitable for the
country are now manufo cturedin Europe
and the United States, but they are very
different from the plows used by an
American farmer. They arc light and
small, having a close resemblance to the
original crooked stick.
Every Peruvian plow has but one
handle. The driver carries in one h@ud
a huge goad twelve or fifteen feet in
length, with which to touch up his team,
and he manages the pillow with The
other hand. The irrigating bitches must
then be connected with the canal which
brings the water from She river pnd
which traverse the field at distano. OF
three to four feet apart aud are six to
eight inches deep.
They are 50 arranged that the whole
field can be instantly flooded by t4rnine
on the water, and every hill OF corn OF
potatoes or sugar caue viii be thorough
ly soaked. OF cours:, the fields must
slope in the right direction, and ii
nature has SO made it the ls7ei is reduced
sufficiently before it is plo~et.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05

Every one must have noticed the num-
Der of ladies who wear short, curly hair
at present, remarked a st. Louis wig
walker, recently. 1t may astonish you to
learn that most of these charming curls
are false. Typhoid and other fevers have
played havoc with hair this winter. At
ter such an illness the hair is almost in
variably seriously injured, and even if it
does not fail out it becomes so dry and
harsh that there is nothing TO be done
but to shave it close, and wait for the
new growth. Unless the hair grows
very rapidly, it will be two or three
months before it is long enough to look
well, and in the meantime a wig is
necessity. The short, curly hair looks
more natural tuan dressed wig, and III
easier to keep in order, so most ladiel
prefer them. Elderly ladies, however,
often use French twists and ponpadours.
Few people know how common wigs
are. have sometimes sold five or six
in one day, and great many ladies say
they are sorry when their own hair grows
out, as the wig has saved them 50 much
time and trouble.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05
SHE FL00RED A PREACHER.
Woman Causes Lively Scene I'm n
Church.

Woman Causes "a Lively Scene I'm n
Church.
The neighboring suburb of Boyce, Tenn, is
all torn up with a sensation which is absorb
ing the social and religious circle of the en-
tire community. George La Ferry, is we'll
known Baptist divine, whose efforts in bring.
ing souls to repentance have on more than
one occasion received substantial recognition.
lie held services In Ebenezer Church at Boyee.
large congregation, embracing the best peo-
pie Of the town. was present. Rev. La Ferry
preached wholesome, substantial sermon of
the Sturgeon type, and the trite truth seemed
to sink deep into the hearts of his hearers.
Just as be finished his sermon. q tall, robust
female arose from her seat and advanced to-
ward the pulpit. The congregation imme-
distely recognized her as Mrs. Fem Grow,
wife of a leading resident of Boyce. Mrs.
Crow has long been prominent as a leader Of
the religious ceilings which are held from
time to time in the deyoui little suburb.
Mrs. Grow stood in the aisle until the bene-
diction was pronounced. Then she advanced
toward the pastor, and, with eyes flashing fire,
began excepting TO the doctrine he had been
preaching The twain IpaSse1 down the
aisle to the door, preceded by the congregation,
and ems aged in a vigorous polemical discus.
sion. Suddenly the shrill voice of the woman
rang out on the air with the word Tie" The
3ystanders looked up just in time TO see the
soman's right arm shoot forward like a caia-
putt, and land on the minister's neck. La
Ferry fell like log. 1t was a clean knock
down. La Ferry reached for stone. The
womans husband cried out: "For Gods
sake, Elder La Ferry, don't hit my wife,
Here members of the congregation inteTfere1,
and the beiigerents were hurried of to thei:
-soeetiye homes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05
coloring Artificial Eyes.

The art involved in coloring the
crystal ball intended for the schlerotica
or white of the eye, in producing an
artificial member has been reduced to a
matter of great simplicity, at the same
time attaining the desired perfection.
In the best results the artisan applies to
the glass ball enamels OF different colors,
which, amalgamatiug with that of the
crystal In pasty state, gradually give it
the tint of natures optic. This opera
ton begins with the iris. which is formed
by the use of several amalgamated
enamels, and, the iris finished, there is
placed in its centre spot of black
enamel; this is the pupil, which is be en-.
circlcd by the artist with its arcola, the
process being completed by drawing
those almost infinitely small as well as
exquisite tibers which are found In the
iris, The globe of the eye being In this
manner brought to its completed state of
beauty and adoption all that remains is to
place 1t in the centre Of the crystal ball.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05
WORK AND WORKERS.

TIE strike which commenced at the stone
quarries in Joliet, Illinois, is not yet settled.
TIE cigar manufacturers in Binghamtou,
New York, have refused the demands OF the
strikers for an advance in wages.
Two hundred girls employed in the strip
ping department of Lorillards's tobacco fac
tory, in jersey City; went on strike for an ad-
vance in wages.
THE miners in the Phillipsburg, Beech
Creek and OsccGla bituminous coal districts,
have prepared circular demanding of the
mine operators higher scale of prices, with
increased pay for dead" work.
The employees of the Mckee Brothers flint
glass works at Jeanette, Penna., have struck
because the firm employed u non-union man
from Rochester, New York. About 400 men
are idle and the works have closed.
MEMBERS of the Bricklayers' Union in Bos-
ten have decided to refuse all the material
handled by non-union laborers. This action,
1t is thought, will precipitate a general stop
ping of building operations or general con-
cession by the bosses to the Building Laborers'
Union.
ONE thousand operators in the silk mills of
John Copcutt and the Tatroon Mills, owned
by w. II. Copeutt, in 1oHkers, New York,
went on strike againsta reduction of - and %
per cent. in their wages. They offered TO ac-
cept reduction of per cent, but the compa-
mics refused TO agree to this.
4 SPLIT occurred in the New York Central
Labor Union, The Socialist delegate with
drew and formed new central body, which
will be known as the Central Labor Fedora
ton. Anticipating this action, the conserya-
tives passed "A resolution denying them the
RICH: of representation IN the original orgali-
zatiOn.
THE backbone of the cloak-cutiers strike in
New York is broken. Popkins q Marks be-
long to the association of the cloak firms. They
surrendered to the terms of the locked-0ut
workmen. The men have il all their own way
virtually. They will 60 back to work at once
and will be paid in full for the time they have
been out.
IMMIGRANT Inspectors Lester and stitch,
at Chicago, have reported to Secretary Win
dom that there is 10 foundation for the com
plant recently made by the Carpenters Coun-
ell that the alien contract labor Law had been
violated by the importation of John Jeiiry, Il
carpenter from scotland, by the contractors
who are building Fort Sheridan. The inyes-
tigation showed that Jeiiry had been in this
country for eight years and had been citizen
for three years.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-05
FASHIONS IN BoNNETs.

The bonnet has been reduced to It's
simplest expression, aud there is hardly
enough left of it to talk about. The ca
price is to retrim or rather rcmake bon
net, since it is formed entirely of flowers
with the flowers which happen to be
in season at the moment. We had n
wearying surplus of Neapolitan violets,
and as they faded, lily of the valley coro-
nets blossomed and bloomed No sooner
did Guilder roses appear in the market
than they were Immediately in request at
the shops, and now we have trails Of
honeysuckIe and quantities of wild flow
ers. Cascades of ribbon, reckless butter
flies, and beetless rampant continue to
decorate the light, airy structures, and
the duodecimo editions Of the headdress
dear to the heart Of Nine. dc Stael, con-
sistiug of Il twist Of tullo with tiny posy
or aigrette in front, are frequently seen.
Sailor hats should have two bands OF
wide velvet, with little bow at or
side, and the black and colored strai
hats are so open and lacy that ribbons al!
run in and out of the hrims, pulling them
up in most purposeless and erratic man,
ner.
A sudden whim has developed fol-
wells hanging down from the back of the
hat to the her. of the garment. Thes2
long streamers have very elegant APP
pearance when the wind does not blow.
When a gale RACES they are wrapped
round and round the throat in a very en-.
gaging way.
Hat and bonnet pins increase In i'm.
portance and elegance. An oar, paint
brush in metal, an enamel ball studded
with diamonds, half coronet OF jet OF,
tortoise shell, a formidable CONFLICT Of
filigree gold, standing erect like a gr5na-
dier on guard over the frail structure
Neo York San.