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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-11-22

Oldest established house in the city,
where nothing but pure goods are put up,
strictly for family and medicinal use.
Nothing better than Golden Wedding,
Next on the list, Guckenheimer's, Gray's
Monongaheia Rye; these goods are lead
ing brands. Brandies of vintage Of 1878
on hand. Gins, Holland and Domestic
also Old Tom. Finch's Golden Wedding
S1.00 for fun quart, 8 for SIS 90; Guckenhei.
mer's the same; AIonongaheia, IS. 90 per
dozen. Wines, s. 90 per dozen IS 90 for
one-half dozen. Securely boxed, Also
~ 90 per gallon, barrels at special rates.
May -, 1890.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
Mount Adams ice Caves.

Away up 4, 900 feet above the Colum-
bia river, at the base of Mount Adams,
whose symmetrical. cone-like peak is
covered with perpetual snow. lies
beautiful little lake surrounded BY
broad meadows and fed by stream OF
purest water, taking its rise in the
snow fields ten or twelve miles away.
The caves are within a few miles of
Trout lake, for SO this mountain gen.
like hundreds of others in this wonder
full country of lakes. is called, for the
reason that trout-tilled basins are so
common that the discoverer. averse to
taxing his brain for an original name,
has seen fit to dub his find with his
first thought. As yet only six large
caves have been discovered but as the
whole country gives forth a hollow.
reverberating sound to the heel tap OF
the hybnailed mountain shoe OF the
visitor, it is highly probable there are
many more. One of these ice caves,
the largest one. is used by the farmers
rs cold storage warehouse for butter
and milk, and certainly answers the
purpose admirably. The entrance is
like into . cistern. and the adventurer
lowers himself into the chilly atmos-
phere by means of a rope. The inte-
rior OF the cave is composed of one
large apartment about eighty feet
square. The cave is walled with ice
around, above and below; with huge
icicles of stalactite and stalagmite for
nation, obstructing complete view,
as we'll as forming obstacles to explo-
ration. but affording the most gorgeous
pictures in the light of flaming pitch
torch.
The effect is simply indescribable.
but at the same time most fascinating,
especially when seen on hot August
day. The huge pendants OF pure,
translucent ice reflect and scintillate
the ruddy glow OF the torch in be-
wildering maze Of color and thou
sand rays Of light The air is clear,
dry cold. even on the hottest day.
There is no dampness or moisture; the
ice is not melting, but is hard and cold
and dry. as in midwiuter. A few
moments in the cave and ones very
blood is chilled. fact which is as yet.
no doubt. the cause of thorough ex-
ploratlon of the cave never having
been made. There are, perhaps. other
and adjoining eaverns, which very
probably open out from the main
apartment and form an lcelandic
labyrinth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
ALLEGED FACTS ABOUT FLIES.
How They Walk on the CeIllng-The Baby
Fly Myth.

The popular notion that house flies
walk on the ceiling by the help of the
suckers on their feet is mistaken
one, ;" said man of science to a Wash
ington Star reporter. 'Notwithstand-
ing the testimony on this point of many
old and respected authors the fact is
that the fly has no suckers on his feet
nj all, but each of those six members
ends in pair of little cushions and a
pair of hooks. The cushions are
covered with ever so many knobbed
hairs. which are kept moist by an
exuding fluid. Thus a fly is able to
walk on a smooth wall or ceiling or
window pane, and apparently defy the
law of gravitation by the adhering
power of the moist hairy pads. You
will understand the theory of it if you
will touch the moistened end of your
forefnger to the window glass or any
smooth surface and observe the per
oeptibe adhesion. For walking on
rough surfaces the hy's foot cushions
are of no use; but the insect is provided
with the twelve strong hooks mentioned
to do its rough travel with, clinging by
them to any such surface as white
washed wall or cloth.
Another prevalent fallacy is that
the smaller flies seen in houses are
young ones. As is the case with all
insects, the hy's growth is accomplished
in the larva state; it ends with the
issuing from the pupa and the expan-
sion Of the wings Individual flies
differ in size or maturity just as is the
case with man and other animals.
Every house fly that you see was once
a crawling maggot. The eggs laid by
the female fly are usually deposited in
warm manure or in decomposing vege-
tation. Each stable in summer that is
not kept remarkably clean is a Matching
aud propagating place sor flies. With
in twenty-four hours after the eggs are
laid they are Matched out into footless
maggots, which inhabit the filth they
are born in for week and then con-
tract to little brown objects known as
puparia. Within this hardened skin
the maggot is transformed into the per-
feet fly, which crawls out of the
puparium five days later. already
grown to full size. and wings its way
to share your luncheon. A fly lives
about three weeks. When the cold
weather comes the flies nearly all die;
but few vigorous females remain
torpid in hooks and crannies. thus sur
viying the winter and continuing their
species
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
The American Orders of Nobility.

The Grand Army of the Republic is
a unique organization. In the words
Of a Past Commander-in-C Chief: No
child can be born into it; no procla-
nation of President, edict of King, or
ukase of Gar can command admission;
no university or institution of learning
can issue diploma authorizing its
holder to entrance; no act of Congress
or Parliament secures recognition; the
wealth of Vanderbilt cannot pur-
chase the positions; its doors swing
open only upon presentation of the bit
of paper, torn, worn, begrimed 1t may
be. which certifies to an honorable dis
charge from armies or navies of the
Nation during the war against rebel
lion" And unlike any other associ-
alton, no new blood" can come in;
there are no growing ranks from which
recruits can be drawn into the Grand
Army of the Republic. With the con-
summation of peace through victory,
its rolls were closed forever. Its lines
are steadily and swiftly growing thin
ner, and the ceaselesS tramp of its col
umns is with ever-leSsening tread; the
gaps in the picket line grow wider;
day by day details are made from the
reserve, summoned into the shadowy
regions to return to touch elbows no
more; until by-and-by only a solitary
sentinel shall stand guard waiting till
the buglc call from beyond shall mus
ter out the last comrade OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic George 5. -her-
MI /. the NetC England Magazine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
To Escape From TOrnadoes.

When trying to escape from n tor
nado never run to the northeast, east,
or southeast. Never take refuge in a
forest or "A grove of trees, or near any
object that may be overturned by the
wind. A frame building is safer than
one built of brick or stone. The form
er is more elastic and holds together
longer; the latter goes down in the
first crash, and the debris is whirled
into heap in center of the foundation.
In frame structure the cellar is the
safest ulace. but in brick or stone
building it is the most perious. In
the former case the debris is carried
away from the foundation. while in the
latter instance the cellar is filed with
it.
security to life and limb and no means
of protection can replace it for thai,
l55uf J0se. rs --;sTzss protection 20
property, 10 building can be made
sufficiently large, strong. high, or low
to resist the force of the tornado's vor-
tex. There is NO changing the path OF
the tornado by the employment of ex-
plosives or by any artificial barrier.
To contemplate the dispersion of tho
cloud by the use of any electrical con-
trivance is also idle. All buildings
should be constructed as would be-
done without the knowledge of the
tornado, and then protected by legiti.
mate insurance. Protection must be
accomplished by organized capital, the
safety of one being assured by the
legitimate and successful cooperation
of many.
The writer strongly advocated this
method of protection during his tor
nado Investigations in the West in 1879.
and now several million dollars worth
of property are thus insured every
year.-FOrunl.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
AN ESSAY ON The MOON.
fhs Very Interesting Composition OF
Small English R~v.

1.-The following extract from an ESSAY
on The Moon" affords. in defiance OF
it's title, some most interesting glimpSes
of sublunary home life, says Long.
mans Magazine.
TO look at the white moon shini
threw your winder at night. sitting on
the edge of the bed and lisenin' to your
father and mothers knives and forks
rattlin on their plates. while they are
getting their niced suppers. is the
prittist site You ever seed When its
liver and hunyens there having you
can smell it all the way upstairs. Il
looks very brite and nearly all white.
Once when they was having fried fish
and potaters | crep out of nv bedroom
to the top of the stares all in the dark.
just so as to have better lissen and .
nearer smell. forgot whether there
was moon that night. 1 don't think
as there was, cos | got TO the top of the
stares afore knew | was there and
tumbled right down to the bottom oil
the stares bursting opeu the door al
the bottom and rolling into the room
nearly as far as the supper table. Ny
father thCte of giving me the stick for
it, but he let my mother give me q
bit of fish on some bread. and told me
TO skittle off to bed again. ana sure
there was no moon, else | should have
seed there wasn't "A top stare when j
put my foot out slow. | only skratted
my left eve and ear bit with that last
bump at the bottom, witch was hard
one. Stares are sleeper than girls think.
htl ha
BOYS who say as the man in the
moon was sent there for pickin' ur
sticks on the Sunday are simpletuus,
and don't know nothing about the
moon what it's like. You should moi
call them names. but just tell them that
what they think is the mans eyes and
nose and mouth is only valleys and
holes witch you can't say now as the
Bible didn't tell you of it. Then il
theS say to you as the moon is not all
of them thousands of miles off. else
how could the COW jump over it, do
not call these poor boys names else
you would be coward; but Just tell
them needy and gently rs YOU never
did beleave about that there COW. Tell
them as not even race-horses could do
it. and only hangils and they viii be
leave you, and thank you for making
them wiser every day. If these sim.
pletuns say to you as they do not be-
leave that the moon is round, cose wha,
about its getting smaller aud smaller
and shapin' itself different, just tell
them as it is all along of spinnin' round
like. that's all, and they will Deleaye
you. and say thank you for all that you
have told them.
Every thing about the moon is true,
80 mind and stick to it, witch you will
be rewarded for, and not to be fritened
Of lying down on your death bed -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
Hannibal Hamiin at 80.

II dropped into the Tarratine Club at
Bangor recently says q writer in the
Lewiston Journal and looked into the
pretty little parlor where there were
groups of gray-haired men at tables
enjoying afternoon whist and smoking
peacefully. 1t WAS raining like fury
out of doors. aud the patter on the
east windows was slluring. sat down
near the window in the reading
room adjoining the first parlor and was
doing little or nothing, when | heard a
voice from the next room saying: My
trick. old boy. Got YOU that time.
Didn't play that just exactly right, did
youP Well. well. live aad learn The
voice sounded familiar. and stepping
into the parlor saw an old friend just
slapping down the winning card in an
alluring game of auction pitch. He
looked up aud said "How-dye-oo.' 1t
was Hannibal Hamiiu, and he was
playing in good look. An hour later |
saw him walking home in the rain
without an umbrellas, '-ErohanGe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25

wee two OF the wags OF the establish
ment|remembered that it was his in
variable habit upon returning home to
doff his roundabout vest and clerical
coat. put on an old smoking jacket and
encase his feet in pair of morocco
slippers, which latter always occupied
the same position on his bedroom floor
preparatory TO his coming. Accord
ingly. they firmly nailed these slippers
to the floor, and awaited results in the
next room.
Presently the dominic returned.
They heard him moving about; they
heard the thud of his shoes as they
were taken off and thrown down, and
then all was silence. They peeked
cautiously in. and there beheld the
young clergyman standing in his
slippers, his face white as a sheet. and
a look of horror upon it. his eyes star
ing straight ahead. The sight was too
much for them. but they managed to
suppress their laughter and ask in a
tone of amazement what the matter was.
Matter" he gasped, there is mat
ter enough, boys. In paralyzed. and
can't move hand or foot. For mercy's
sake, help me-"
The man did actually, such is the
force of imagination. believe he was
paralyzed for moment or two, but he
finally set 'em up, in manner appro-
pirate to his calling, by buying cigars
for the crowd. Brooklyn life.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
IN FAVOR OF CANNlBALS.
A Plea In Paliiation of the Practice OF
Eating Human Flesh.

The word canuibal is associated in
our minds with scenes of the most
debRsed sayagery that the Imagination
can picture; Of men in habits and
appearance little lower than the
brute; OF orgies the result of the most
degrading religious superstition.--.It is
not until one has lived on terms of
friendship with cannibals. saws Black
goods Magazine, that one realizes that
the practice is not incompatible with
an intelligence and moral qualities
which command respect. Aud after
oil. if one can for moment lay aside
the instructive horror which the idea
calls up and dispassionately consider
the nature of eannibalism our repug-
nance to i seems less logically
grounded
1t is true that it must generally en-
tail murder. but that is certainly not
the reason for our loathing of it. 1t is
something deeper than this, aud the
distinction we draw between the flesh
OF men and of animals is at first sight
little curious. One can imagine the
inhabitants of another planet. whose
to eat tiesh-to take life in order to
live regarding US with much the same
kind of adherence with which we
look on cannibals. Most of our nat
ural instincts are based upon natural
laws which, when broken, are sure to
visit the breaker with their penalties.
The eating of unripe fruit, of putrid
meat aud OF poisonous matter are some
of these. But no penalty in the shape
of disease seems to be attached to cam
uibalism.
What, then, are the motives that
lead men, apart from the pressure of
famine. to practice caunbalismp
Amoug certain African tribes. and
lately in Hayti, it has been the out
come of dcbased religious supersti-
tion or that extraordinary instinct
common to all races which leads men
to connect the highest religious enthu-
siasm with the most horrible orgies
that their diseased imagination can
conceive. The feeling that leads menu
bers of sects TO bind themselves to-
gether by the celebration of some uu-
speakable rite perhaps led to the accu-
sations laid against the Christians of
the second century and the Hungarian
Jews of the nineteenth. But in the
South seas, although the motive has
been falsely attributed to craving for
animal food, it was generally the last
act of triumph over fallen enemy.
Thus Homer makes Achilles. triumph
lug over the dying Hector, wish he
could max mincc-meat of his body
and devour it. Triumph could go no
further than 10 Stay aud then to aSsim-
ilate the body of your foe, and the be-
lief that by thus making him part of
you you acquire his courage in battle
is said to have led chief of old Fiji to
actually consume himself the entire
body of the man he had killed by daily
roasting what remained of it to pre-
vent decomposition.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25

better TO have mutton and lambs TO
sell than to have to buy the meat.
Some farmers think it doesn't pay to
pasture sheep on good, smooth land
which they can NOW; but the better the
land the more pasture it will afford,
which will make the lambs all the fat
ter and the carcass all the heavier; and
the sooner the lambs get their growth
the sweeter and tenderer their meat. /"
Mr.. Galen Wilson says: The ma
nure and labor spread over . hundred
acres will return more profit ifconfned
to fifty. If most farmers would sell
half their land and judiciously invest
the proceeds to further the cultivation
of the other half by zealously scraping
up and applying every particle Of
manure, liquid and solid, by purchas-
ing blooded stock and taking better
care of it. and by economizing at cvery
point, the aggregate increased profit
would be enormous. By strict economy
is not meant less outlay on the farm,
but more, for economy often requires
liberal expenditure to make the farm
pay"
Inc poultry editor OF the Honesseoo
says: The poultry writers of to-day
are too scientific This science has
led to theorizing. The theories have
killed the chicks and lowered the
profits. We are not opposed to science
ia the hands of those who know how
to use it. but little learning is a
thing" What the poultry reSler
wants is'practical poultry knowledge.
He wants the teachings to come direct
FROM the working poultry writer
Poultry authorities generally keep no
poultry. The practical man writes his
articles in among the hens. He ex-
periments on his theories. Give the
farmer common sense knowledge and
be will work on it, but dose him with
scientific theories and he will become
suspicious"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
Telegraphy in Africa.

That the conduct OF a cable station
IL not always monotonuuS and prosaic
is shown BY a letter recently received
from an officer of the West Africa
Telegraph Company. This gentleman
is in charge of the Kotouou station in
the territory of the notorious King of
Dahomey. The king, it seems had for
some time been spelling for fight,
and had at last become so ugly aud
aggressive that it was deemed adyisa-
BILE to arm the station and have some
soldiers handy. Early one morning
the station was surrounded by natives,
The superintendent writes. land we
were under the painful necessity Of
sending few of them across the Styx.
The station was for a time in imminent
danger; Orsini and | fired more than
$50 rounds each, and the thirty-tive
Senagalese sharpshooters who helped
in the defense fired some l2O rounds
apiece. An artillery sergeant who
worked our two guns was killed, and
the white gunners were so hard pressed
that they mad to club their rifles. This
racket began at il the morning. At
9 a. m. we left the soldiers still firing
and went to the Instruments, and YOU
may imagine what dance the mirror
led us. BY 10 o'clock, however all
was quiet in our ueighborhond, and
the messages had all been sent
through. must not forget To tell you
that we had to do with the famous
Amazons They were very line Great
ures, fought like wild beasts. and were
worth ten men. "-N. J. sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
The Name Came Natural.

Names are sometimes changed il
queer ways. A few years ago
Bohemian came into Western tow
and proceeded to work at anything b!
could find to do. Shortly after hi
arrival the local paper. partly out 0
fun and partly out of Il desire to hell
him, printed this paragraph abou
him: "A foreign gentleman with al
unpronounceable name recently strucl
town. He is proving to be such
good citizen in every respect that w
are disposed to relieve him of his M
cubus of a name, and we theretor'
salute him as John Smith When TIT
Bohemian heard of the paragraph N
was much pleased and immediatell
adopted the new name. and Mr. JONI
Smith is now one of the leading cltl
gen. OF the town.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
GATHERINGS WRATHFuL cRur, ,,
How Crarina Punished Prince v.r,,.,
for Smile.

The Veritzins were mobiles of ono.
NOUS wealth and power. Paul held J
high office in court. One night or,I
tering with jewels and orders otb1
young prince. who was one of M
handsomest men in Russia. danced +
quadrille opposite the empress.
As she passed him in the dance sbl
fancied that his eyes scanned her oro.
Inquire with covert amusement. Alta
the quadrille she beckoued to him and
with smile handed him her tiny word
tablets containing seven pages onJ
for each day in the week. On the 6rs1
was written:
The imperial ball room. St. Peters.
burg"
On the last:
The mines. Siberia"
he read it; his face grew gray I'D
that OF corpse; he bowed low, kissed
her hand and withdrew. taking. I
says the old chronicle, his wife, the
beautiful princess of Novgorod, with
him." He was heard to say AS he lefl
the ball room:
My minutes are numbered let uI
not lose ONE
Right or resistance was impossiblel
The hold of Catherine on her victim
was inexorable as death. Prince YER
itzin was forced to remain passive id
his palace while each day the power
the wealth and the happiness that lif J
had given him were stripped from him |
First he was degraded from all hi )
offices ut court; next his estates wer@
coniiscated by the crown; his friend
were forbidden to hold any communal
cation with him; his very name, one Of
the noblest in Russia, was taken FROM
him. and he was given that of serfl
Then his wife and children were driven
out of the palace to herd with beggarsl
The last day" says the record,
Paul Veritzin, in rags and barefoot.
chained to convict babe an eternal
farewell to his home. and departed I'd
the dark and icy north. He was seer
of men no more. " Chatter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
Cutting the Finger Nails.

The ultra fashionable nail is cut. NJ
to a graceful curve, but to long snal]
point, which is doubtless intended
give the finger tapering appearance
but which really suggests nothing en-
so much as the adoption OF oiru
claw in place Of the natural equlpmesS
of the man OIL woman-for 1t mus y :
confessed that both sexes tolerate U,
very absurd method OF disiiguremenl
Another prohibition should cover y. y.
practice OF scraping and polishing u
surfaces of the nails. Given go1
health. thorough cleanliness OF hau|
and watchful care. the natural POI,
of the nails surface will be richer d.
more pleasing far than any artlnei
lustre which can be impaired 10
There may be deformties to CORE,
to pall.ste or to offset; but gwen
normal condition of the hand: ~
natural form and color of the nail wi vi
be found in keeping there"'th'-"''
HOuSCEcepillg.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25

Hor BUSINESS men y slock excs,
viii be operated, the quotations paaese
posted from the tickers ever, 'o'ug
minutes on the vibration svs,sm Two
reading papers Of all countries Win Inc
reprinted each morning by tina sla n %
reflection system. ' e'ectric
a spacious conservatory. conta;..
the choicest flowers of All eli~ Ginning
VIII afford an agreeable lounring ',Io
ana bouquets will be provided lace, p.see
As at Monaco and Monte Carlo : aus
OF apartments will be laid out for r 'ulls
TO be Kept open all night-a sum,ipn pay
supper with the costliest winst 'aou
English tailors and shoemakars ,;i ireeI
III attendance. and clothes Iii In 81
made and finished during the III n
The millinery department will 1' a
tain the French fashions of the nran eoa1
day, and costumes will be eonfao,,ou 5
while the ship is en- ronte and delivarsi
complete on arrival at dock. a. s,ea
mediation will be furnished for N P nnnl
passengers. WV