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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

Mr.. James B. Adams, assistant op-
orator at Hancock Station, has been
temporarily transferred to Martins
burg.
Five of the employees at the Sand
Works recently enlisted as brakeman
and fremen in the service of the b.
& 0. r. r. Co.
Mr.. Henry Sutton, son of Adam K.
Sutton, of GAINESVILLE, Wis, and daugh-
ter Miss Viola Sutton and Miss Lou
Snyder, of Hedgesville, w. Va, a
guest of Mr. Sutton's family, were Wis
iting friend at Everett, Pa, last week.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

The legacies be.queathed to the
Pope during the year amount TO
$500, 900.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

At 10 cents.
100 pieces double width (27 inch) Mix.
ed Tricots-25 cent quality.
Also 80 inch Tricots at % cents, full Of
service and handsome in appearance.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18
Miscellaneous.
DANGER SIGNALS.

An exchange cites an instance, how reason
RoTnefiInes deserts la fhrona very strange u
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

The great popularity of Ayers Pills as
cathartic is due no less to their prompt
ness and efficacy than to their coating of
sugar and freedom from any injurious
effects. Children take them readily.
See Ayers Almanac for this year, just
ont
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

100 pieces extra heavy Red Twill Elan
mel. % inches wide. at 30 cents-regular
so cent quality, specially suitable for
underwear, and is the Flannel bargain
of the season.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

Careful buyers will do well 70 write
our MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT for sam
Piles Of above specials or other Dry Goods
values.
Catalogue free.
Mail Order Business Specially.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18


Pope during the year amount 10
$500, 700.
Charles w. Elliott, b. Il o.
brakeman. was crushed to death at
Grafton, w. Va.
The Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs has decided to report favora-
bly, on Commissioner Morgan's nomi-
nation.
A colored man, charged with
burglary, was taken from a deputy
sheriff in Barnwell county, s. c.,
tied to a tree and shot to death by
masked white men.
Rev. j. w. Johnson, of Hunting.
don, w. Va, was fatally injured By
falling into a pit used in the initia.
tion ceremony OF secret order.
Merrill Griffin aud his daughter,
of Dearborn, Mich, suffering with
influenza, took a fatal dose of strych-
niue in mistake for quinine.
Jesse Wilson's barn on Upper
Delaware river, near Bordentown,
n. j., was burned, and twenty cows
and a number OF horses perished.
| Senator Pugh, of Alabama, SAID
that the true solution for the South
erD race problem, is to disfranehise
the colored vote.
Bell Boy, the celebrated trotting
horse. whose owner bad refused an
offer of 100000. waE burned to
death in bis stables at Versailles,
Ky.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

The Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs has decided to report fayora-
bly, on Commissioner Morgan's nomi-
nation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

Rev. j. w. johnson, of Hunting.
don, w. Va, was fatally injured by
falling into a pit used in the initia.
tion ceremony or secret order.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

Senator Pugh, of Alabama, said
that the true solution for the South
erD race problem, is to disfranehise
the c0lored vote.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

The fruit trees in the vicinity of
Lexington, Va, are in bloom.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-18

Merrill Griffin aud his daughter,
of Dearborn, Mich, suffering with
influenza, took a fatal dose of strych-
nine in mistake for quinine.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23

II possible, the skates should be put on
while the wearer is sitting on some spot where
the feet can overhang the ice, and when many
skaters are out, seats are generally provided
for this purpose Girls who are learning to
skate receive a great deal of help from the
boys, or, failing that, may resort to pushing
chairs or stout sticks about as support. But
an authority on skating condemns all such
aids for any one, boy or girl, who aspires to
be an excellent skater. He says they are as
objectionable as corks TO swimmer, and
moreover give the beginner an awkward at
titude, from which he does not recover for q
long time, and sometimes not at all.
At this period of progress the learner finds
great difficulty in keeping his feet together
Generally one foot slides to the right and the
other to the left, and down he goes But
don't be disheartened; get up again by kneel-
ing on one knee, as IN putting on the skates,
and try again. After a little while you try
to progress, and do SO as you would on land
i. e., by walking. But to walk on skates is
very difficult on land, and just impossible to
a beginner on the ice, and down you go again
You do not hurt yourself, though-no one
ever hurts himself while learning the begin
ming of the art-so persevere and you will
soon be pleasantly surprised by finding that
somehow you have gained very good notion
of the way to skate.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
Don't FroUn.

A great many earnest thinkers, especially
those of nervous temperament, fall into the
habit of scowling when they read, write or
talk seriously. This causes two little perpen-
dicular lines to plow in between the eyes.
You viii notice these lines in portraits of the
first Napoleon, Bismarck, the late Emperor
William, Whittier and thousands of others
Now this does not SO much matter in a
man, to whom good looks are of small con-
cern, but a lady writing in Golden Days
points out TO the girls that it is blemish on
their faces and an alder and abettor of age
She says that this habit of scowling or frown-
ing is almost impossible to correct, once
formed, and it Is habit formed by great
many young people.
A smooth white brow is one of the greatest
attractions in girls face, and it is shame
that more attention is not paid to the correc-
tion of the bad habit. 1t is not SO difficult if
taken at the beginning. Practice speaking
without moving anything but the lips, and
avoid raising and depressing the eyebrows
while laughing or talking. A calm and even
tone and avoidance of fits of temper viii save
many a wrinkle.
If the lines are already there it is sometimes
possible to remove them by mechanical
means. A bright, studious girl found herself
the victim of this scowl, which had already
made two fine hair lines in her white brow.
She placed a ribbon band tightly across her
brow, tying it in knot at the back OF her
head, and at night she slept in the band
After several months the little hair lines dis
appeared from her pretty forehead, and she
is quite cured of the disfguring habit.
But the best plan is to avoid these marks
Don't frown. Check yourself and have your
friends check you.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR.
Statistics of InterestEsoZn the January Al
sessment cTlI-Notes.

Statistics of InterestaEsoEn the January As
sessment CsI-Notes.
The January assessment call contains GO
deaths-2S in New York, G in Massachusetts,,
in Texas, each in Pennsylvania, louisiana
and District of Columbia, 3 each in Maryland
and New Jersey, in California and each
in Connecticut, Virginia, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Ohio, Illinois,
Arkansas and Missouri The largest amount
paid by deceased companion appearing on
this call was 81, 1882. by W. T. Blythe, a
sixth degree member Of Sulphur Springs coun-
Gil of Sulphur Springs, Tex, admitted to the
order April II, 81, at the age of 80 years.
and died Oct. 81 OF Inflammation of the
bowels; the smallest amount was Sc,
from Alexander Sanspeur, a fourth de-
gree member of Progressive council of
East ST. Louis, Ills, admitted to the order
Aug. 1, 1889, at the age of 81 years, and died
Nov. IL, 1889, of typhoid fever. Total re-
ceipts in the benefit fund Nov. II, 1889, S15,-
162, 2,5ll 90; received since on assessments,
S202, ,928. 56, and on relief benefits returned to
the fund, 1924 total, S15, $50, 76452 total
payments on Nov IL, 1889, S15, 13l ,239 21 !;
paid since on 50 deaths, S145, 900; on IL de-
laved claims, S34 800; for relief benefits
$9,SJo' DdAdsiCe Oh n@LIu bec-1 Ioo", Sf",-
029.3l; amount on hand for delayed claims,
Nov. IL, 1889, Sl44, 800; transferred since to
said account, $34, so; paid on p deaths,
$50, 0,O00, amount on hand Dec. 10, 1889, S99,-
CO.,
The average cost of insurance in the Le-
gi0n of Honor during 1889 was $3.50 per
81 ,000
The number of deaths throughout the or
der in the different statgs and territories for
the biennial term ending June %, 1889, was
i,464.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
Scientific Rreyities.

An electric soldering rod has been invented
by a Young electrician in Minneapolis he
claims that it does away with the many an
noyances attending the use of the ordinary
tool
An improved oven thermometer, to be ap-
piled 20 oven doors in cooking stoves and
ranges, is q late invention
A seventeen mile ship railway between
the Gulf Of St Lawrence and the Bay
Of Fundy is talked OF in Canada This woald
cut of about 100 miles OF rougn sailing along
the Nova Scotia coast.
A new process for making open hearth
steel cheaper than Bessener steel is expected,
bv the syndicate formed TO operate it, 70
revoiutionize the steel trade of the country.
docs irrigation produce malarisi' This
is among the iases. Of subjects for scientific
discussion
Wood wool. which has been Used in Europe
for packing toys for importing. is row re-
ga-dei as good material in wh.ch to pack
scfr fruits. I. comes from the wood Of tie
asDen poplar, and Is said not 70 inlPart an ,
woody flavor TO fruit
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23

W1wzzz1@4Eszz
PLIERS FOR sTRAIGHTENING Prvo,

The journal referred to says that the tool
shown in the accompanying cut is an excel
lent one for the purpose, and has none of the
various objections urged against the differ
ent kinds of ordinary pliers. The tool can
already be found in the different material
stores of the continent and Switzerland, and
can for that reason no longer be called g nov
city; still, as far as known, watch repairers
are not as generally acquainted with it as
they should be. Any person, however, can
make one easily from an old and strong pair
OF fiat pliers.
Simply shorten the points at place where
they are from about three to four millimsters
broad. Next bevel the stumps from the out
side, as is seen at a a in the accompanying
cut, and fiatten the interior faces so that they
will close truly. Harden the points, anneal
blue and grind them nicely, when the tool is
ready for use.
The repairer viii find at the very first use
that he can straighten pivot with much
greater ease than with the pliers as ordinari-
ly used. because it will not slip off with the
broad fat ends, and he can manipulate them
far more readily than the ordinary fiat pliers.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
The Measurement of Light.

One often hears it said that certain gas
lamp gives sixteen or eighteen candle light,
the exact meaning of the phrase being that
the lamp gives light equal to the light Of
sixteen or eighteen candles burning at the
same time. This manner of measuring light
has been very clearly and entertainingly de-
scribed and illustrated, as follows, by Pro-
fessors Meyer and Barnard in their work on
Light"
The picture represents a sheet of white
paper standing upright upon table. A few
inches from this screen is a needle pointed
awl stuck upright in the table. A lighted
candle is placed on the table about 90 inches
from the screen. Beyond this is lamp placed
upon pile of books 50 as to bring the fame
of the lamp on level with the fame of the
candle. The lampshould stand. say, A inches
from the screen, and if it has fat wick it
must be so placed that the wick stands diago-
nally to the screen.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
SlarraIY urcsserN.

The woman who can dress for the street In
two seconds and boasts of il nas very nearly
cured herself Of not fastening the belt OF ner
cloak. 80 that there IS not 50 much fun in
walking behind her as there was few years
ago. but new source OF pure delight Is
opened by Tire narrow velvet bands which
serve as bonnet strings She never rerDezn-
bers to fastea them, and sails along with the
two tape ike ends dar Cling behind Der ears
and suggesting .asenstbis comparison il
Hitherto until somebody puts en- end 20
the exhibition BY telling her oil her error.
and then the scrambis which She makes 20
finish her toilet Is something to SEE b. the
way. why is it that persons who 90 about the
world saying Beg pardon, ma an, but yoa
are losing this. that or TIE other, Eever nave
pin or = hairpin with uE.esa ~ repair dam
ages. They sesEi TO feel tnac when taey hs sc
made fellow creature uncomfortable slses
need 90 no mere. and hustle away 20 say
Beg nardcn a.c to snraehAiy e.A
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
A. o. u. w.
Rapid Progress of the Massachusetts, Juris-
diction-Other Items.

Rapid Progress of the Massachusetts, Jurfs-
diction-Other Items.
The grand jurisdiction of Massachusetts, is
forging ahead and earnestly striving to in-
crease her membership to 10000 before the
next session Of the supreme lodge The juris-
diction embraces the states of Maine, New
Hampshire. Rhode Island and Connecticut.
1t covers a very large and densely populated
territory, and there appears to be no reason
why the desired number of new members
should not be obtained. The order has paid
TO the widows and orphans of deceased work
men over S27 900, 900 in the last twenty-one
years.
Chicago has fourth of the Illinois juris-
iiction in membership, and contributes more
than a third of the death losses in that juris-
diction.
1t is stated on good authority that the Sc
eeded grand lodgeof Iowa has now only ; 800
members, and has quite number of death
losses unpaid The loyal grand lodge has
nearly 1 0Q0 members and every death loss is
satisfied
There are six lodges and over 800 members
in Nashville, Tenn.
New York state is the banner jurisdiction
Of the order, having over 5000 members.
The supreme lodge Ancient Order Of United
Norknen meets in Boston in 1880.
While California is only twenty-fourth in
population, II is fourth among the states in its
a. O. u. W membership. The tendency of
this order in the stGteis towards . suil greater
increase, one fact indicating It being the 137
new me1nb bers that joined the order last month.
The 4. o. {. W had 1a5 applications for
membership Tor tire month Of November ap-
proved uD 10 the 27Jh u,tino, The hard
work Of the present adnlil.-Ssszstion is already
.,.-.7-f-,.s .r...,.I y--=-rffe
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
AN OLD TIME CALIFORNIAN.
Gen. Mariana Guadalupe Vallejo Dfrs al
the A-e of So.

Gen. Mariana Guadalupe Vallejo Dfrs at
the Age of So.
Gen. Mariana Guadalupe Vallejo. who died
s few days ago at his home in Sonoma, was
probably the last of the eminent Californians
OF the old regime-of the era when Cali
fornian-' meant q Mexican, and all Others,
Americans included, were called ''Gringos," !"
or foreigners If not the last. ne was GER
tainlv equal TO any in patriotism, honesty
and firnneSs of purpose. 1t seems like an
cient history TO recall the time when the
whole ropulation of California was less than
10000 and all its exports few shipioads OF
hides. and 10 think OF the long era in which
it was growing even to that.
In 600 years California passed through the
mission period and was settled by a scant
population of the Spanish race, but in the FIVE
years preceding the discovery Of gold about
5000 Americans trailed over the 3.o00 miles
of devious routes from the Mississippi and
located in the province; among whom were
such veterans as Ex-Governor BoggS, of Mis-
souri; Ger. John z Eidweu, Edwin Bryant
and the survivors of fhe Ill fated ponner
party. A few Russians and Swiss, ike Capt.
Sutter, were already il the country, but all
were in a fair way 20 be merged a the Aexi-
caS population when down upoa them IKE n
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23

uation became fntolerable and he joined the
home party in deposing the governor.
In 1888 he married Benicia Carrillos, by
whom he had seventeen children, Of whom
Gen. John B. Frisbie, original proprietor of
the city Of Vallejo, married the Oldest daugh-
ter. The city of Benicia was named for his
wife. In 1874 the last Mexican revolution in
California occurred, and soon after Gen. Val
lejo made up his mind that annexation to the
United States was inevitable and should not
be resisted. In 1916 he and Thomas 0. Lar
kin, American consul, joined in assuring tho
people of Monterey that they must accept
United States authority. Soon after occurred
the dispute between the American command
ers, and it is an amusing illustration of the
confusion of the times that in lS47 Gen. Y al
lejo, acting in a small way as local authority,
received in one day communications from
Stockton, Kearney and Fremont, each sign
ing himself Governor and Ccmmander-in-
Chief of California"
The new government agreed to locate the
capital at Vallejo and the general expended
all his means in buildings; the capital was
removed, the United States supreme court
rejected his title by Mexican grant to the
lands, and Gen. Vallejo was ruined. He de-
voted himself to law and other business and
acquired small competence, making such a
success on bis small ranch that his wines and
other products took first premiums at many
fairs. In 1866 he visited Washington city and
was received with honors by tie president
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
eSsSAiLaNe
1aily - eagle
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Interesting Statistics in Reesrd to the
Death Roll and Assessments-Notes.

Interesting Statistics in Regard to the
Death Roll and Assessments-Notes
The total amount paid in by the 13O Knights
Of Honor deceased on the January assess
ment circular was $27, ,455. 80, an average of
s2lL19 and their average time of member
ship was years and 7-10 months Ten of
the number Joined the order between 20 and
BO years OF age, and paid total of 81, ,632, an
average OF Sio3.30, and average time years
and lO months; so were between 80 and 40,
and paid s., ,4Ol, an average of Sl6S or, and
their average time was years and months;
Do were between 40 and so, and paid 50, S47. 80,
an average of S17905, and average time
years and 8 months; Is were between
oO and %, and paid a total Of $3.50, an
average OF sos, and average time, 10 years
and months. In the latter class was
one, admitted at 81 years of age, who paid
SE60, and whose term Of membership was 8
years and months; two were % years on
joining, one being member - years and D
months, paying S93l, and the other, with a
membership of IL years and 3 months, pay
ing S745. 50. The six suicides On the list had
paid total of s., go 20, an average amount
of S263 45 and average term of years and 9
months. One of the latter had paid s591,
with a membership of 9 years and 10 months,
and joined at So; one had been in 13 years
and months and another IL years and 9
months. Death No. IA, Gas occurred Nov. %,
1881, after membership of less than /
months, but proof of the same was not COM
pleted until Nov. so, 1889 The list OF deaths
calls for the payment Of S255,000. five being
half rate
The first death in the Knights of Honor
did not occur until fourteen months after its
institution, and but seven assessments were
called up to the close of 1875, in two and a
half years. Statistics show that the annual
average cost to a member of the best regu-
lated society, after it has attained an age of
from II to Is years, is sl2 TO $l3 per 81 ,000.
The K of r. is now 16]9 years old, and the
highest cost to its members in any one year
has been S12 so per 81, COS, and this was for
1889, when twenty-five assessments were
called. The total number Of assessments
called up to Jan. l, 1890, is 26S, and the total
deaths in the order reported up to Dec. 6 last
was IA, 701. The total amount of death ben
sits paid to Dec. II was S29,049,034. This
does not include the benefits paid by lodges
TO their members during sickness, which
foots up millions in addition.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
KNIGHTS OF PYTHiAS.

Various Items of Interest to the Order
Gathered from Many Sources.
2 Governor James E. Campbell, OF Ohio, Is
an active Pythian.
Fort Worth, Tex, has $50 &. of P.
In Dallas, Tex. there are about 50(
Knights They are talking of erecting SIX
story castle, TO cost S100, 600 and supplied
with all the modern conveniences.
The Ohio Knight says that the latest eoun-
try to be invaded by our order is the North
western territory, a lodge having been in
stituted at Calgary, Alta. 1t viii be still
further extended soon.
Wisconsin has a membership of 6,991.
The increase in membership Ia Illinois LAST
year was over 2, ,OOO.
Kansas has 175 K of P. lodges, and is stil
rapidly pushing ahead.
There have been seventeen new lodges In
stituted in Ohio since October, 1SSS.
Since the organic -tion OF Che supreme
lodge, 1868, the subordinate lodges have paiG
s6y500, 600.
The membership of the order IN the grand
jurisdiction of West Virginia Is :, ,134, with
forty lodges.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23
nally to the screer
MEASURING LIGHT.

We have now only to make the room dark
or put out all the other lights, if it is even
ing, and we can go on with the work. Let the
candle burn moment or two, and then bend
the wick down so as to give large flame. II
you have no lamp, a gaslight will answer
Upon the paper screen are two shadows of the
awl side by side. Move the lamp to therightor
left till the two shadows just touch, and make
one broad band. Study this double shadow
carefully. Perhaps one half is darker than
the other. Move the lamp backward or for
ward, and you will see that the shadow
changes-becomes darker or lighter. Pres
entity you will find place for the lamp pwhere
the double shadow appears of a uniform
depth.
Now both lamp and candle cast just as deep
a shadow, yet one is much farther from the
screen than the other. Measure off the dis
tance Perhaps the candle is % inches from
the screen, and the lamp is II inches.
1t is known that the illumination of a given
surface varies inversely as the square of its
distance from the source of light. Thesquare
of % is 4S4, and the square of A is 1886. Now,
if we divide 1856 by 4S4, we get 4, and thus
we find that our lamp is four times as bright
as the candle 1t casts just the same depth
of shadow on the screen as the candle and 1t
is four times as bright, because the square OF
the distance OF the candle viii divide the
square of the distance OF the lamp four times
II we measure In another way We find the
candle is half the distance from the lamp to
the screen and gives only one-quarter as much
light Such measurement as this is both
easy and simple. and By means of it we can
find how much Light any lamp gives.
Wichita eagle., 1890-02-23

quired such command of the English Ian
guage that his eloquent addresses were list
ened to with delight by thousands of cult
ured Britons. He was intensely, almost
fanaticaliy, loyal to British interests-the
Israelites obtaining all their rights and high
political honors in England sooner than in
any other country of the Old World.
His ecclesiastical jurisdiction was so exeen-
sive that his office in Finsbury square, Lon
don, became TO Israelites what the Vatican
is to Roman Catholics or Lambeth palace
to Episcopaiians. His public sermons and
prayers on great national occasions have at
tracted the attention OF all Englishnaen, and
his theological works are of high authority.
The most laborious duties of the place have
been performed for the past ten years by bis
son, DR.. Herman Adler; but the father re-
tanned al his faculties and much bodily yigor
till a short timo hsfnre his death