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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-10

THERE are some good-sizcl families
i'll Maine to-day. but probably none so
large as ono mentioned in the histories
of old colonial days. 1t is told on the
authority of Cotton Mathcr that the
first royal Governor at Boston was one
of n family of %twenty-siN Children, and
was born in tho woods nj Maine near
the mouth of the kenncbee, in lG51.
His mother was left u widow when he
was Il child, and is said to have had all
she conld do 10 provide for the wants
Of her family. Ut is hoped that when
the Governor got $500, O0o, u knight
hood, and u goblet valued ut $4,000 as
n reward for finding Il Spanish treasure
ship that had gone to the bottom half
a century before. he remembered his
mother and made her last days easier
than her earlier onos had been.
The Oldest officer in the United
States navy is Commodore Henry
Bruce. now on the retired list and liv-
my Ill lIoStOl. lle WIS fOfu OH Ien.
II, lIS9. and Was appointed u midsll:p-
man in the navy from Massachusetts
oil Nov. ., 1879. During his seventy
six wears of life in the navy lie was
forty-two years on the active list, but
had only fifteen years of sea service
and eight wears OF shore duty. Three
of his fifteen years of sea service,
from 1881 to 1870, We're spent as Lieu
tenant on the famous frigate Brandy
wine, in the Mediterranean squadron,
and his only command was the brig
TruXton. on the coast of Aflica. in
lS4S. His last promotion on the active
list vas TO the grade of Commander,
on Sept. s, ISL. He was retired Sept.
13, 1856, but or April 4, 1867. he was
promoted to Commodore, a favor which
officers on the retired list no longer
have.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-10

Or the seven weeds which the weed
law" of Wisconsin requires farmers,
under penalty, to destroy, only one is
a native of the United States. all the
rest being naturalized importations
from Europe, where they are common
wild plants.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-10

WHEN n Clergyman at Pennsburg.
Pa. handed his wife the envelope
which contained the customary present
from Il groom, she found it contained
only six cents. The minister had been
called out OF bed to perform the core
m0nY.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-10

oysrEns are going up, but they taste
bettsr going down. !
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-10

The United States bought over
1000, 900 worth of eggs from Canada
Last ,,oar
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-10
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HOT SPRINGS. s. ID.

BENEDICT s HANroRD. : PUBLISHERS.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-10
HUMAN H%ABITAT1ONs.
a CHAPTER SHOWING THE WONDER.
FUL GROWTH OF ARCHITECTURE.

of tho Cave. and Crude nu.s
In Which Primitive Man Mns Sheltered
An Interesting and Instructive Exhibit
Well Calculated to show How People
Progress.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
TWemty.Ghree Years I'm The Drug
Business

I have been druggist twent-three
years, and have sold all the patent med-i
cines which are known in this country,
and can truthfully say that [ have never
known a remedy for Blood Diseases of
more value than 5. S. S. (Swift's
Specific. Mr.. A., a customer, was
troubled with an eruption of the skin on
the back of his hands, and had in vain
sought relief of the best local medical
talent, also of some of the most noted
specialists in New York and as a last re-
sort spent some months in Paris, France,
under treatment of the physicians there,
and had secured only temporary relief.
After all this treatment he was finally
cured, sound and we'll, by Swift's
Specific.
another customer, Mr.. B., had suffer
ed for many years with Blood Poison,
and thought he hau been cured by mer-
curial treatment, but the disease re-
turned, accompanied by rheumatism of
bad type. A dozen small bottles of
S. s. S. made a perfect and lasting cure.
w. H. DEsAswAY, Old Fort, N. G.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08

twenty-five boxes of oranges on the tree.
The fruitfrom this tree once sold for $72.
Several other trees adjacent to this one
measures from forty-eight to fifty-four
inches in circumference. These trees are
about thirty-five years of age, and are
said to be the Oldest in the county, and
as an evidence OF the longevity and eter-
nal fruitfulness of the orange tree they
have borne continually good crops, and
are now loaded with the golden apples of
Hesperides. -BraidentOW Journal.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
The Kingsbury Manufacturing Co.

The immense new building at West De-
Land, which will in future be the home OF
the Kingsbury Manufacturing Co., is
rapidly nearing completion.
For the benefit of those who are not &C
quainted with the Kingsbury Manufac-
turing Co., we take pleasure in introdu
cling it, as follows:
Tt is company incorporated under the
laws of Florida, and has an abundant of
capital at it's command, and a resident
manager Albert G. Kingsbury, that
cannot be excelled for enterprise and en-
ergy.
The works of the company now in oper-
alton supply three systems of electric
lighting to DeLand and vicinity, manu-
facture the best artificial ice in the State,
supplies and installs irrigating plants of
all dimensions and any capacity and
makes a speciality of repairing and over
hauling machinery of all kinds.
The company is prepared to make esti
mates and contracts for artesian wells of
any dimension, and for the erection of ir-
rigating plants IN any section of the
State.
AS hydraulic, electric and mechanical
engineers, the company has established an
enviabIe reputation, and are fully
equipped to manufacture and set up cleo
trio light and power plants and every va
riety of irrigating machinery. The COM
pany guarantees satisfaction in all cases.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
Bark Lice,

Professor Lintner's remedy for bark
lice is as follows: Slack stone lime as for
whitewash, and to two-thirds of buck
etful add one pint of gas tar, one pound
of whale oil soap dissolved in hot water,
one pound of common soft soap, one
pound of potash or one pint of strong
lye; also clay or loan enough to make
the wash of proper thickness to be ap-
piled with brush.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08

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The cigar factories OF Tampa will
soon double their forces.
The Indian rubber tree is said to
grow wild in Lee county.
Green Cove Springs claims the largest
camphor tree in the State.
Mandarin will produce an immense
quantity OF potatoes this year.
The custom house at Tampa is col
Letting 81 900 per day in duties.
Leon county farmers report an I'M
usually good crop OF sugar cane.
Large quantities of lines are being
shipped from the Lake Worth country.
E. S. Thomas, of Starke, has patent
ed a refrigerator, fruit and vegetable
crate.
j. II. Phillips, of Melbourne, has
$4,000 pineapple plants growing in one
''patch."
Florida has twenty six phosphate
companies, representing a capital OF
$11 100000.
The crop Of sugar cane in Washing
ton county this year promises to be I'M
usually large.
An orange buyer in Fort Meade re-
Gently bought 900 boxes of oranges on
the tree at 81 per box.
-'"Tillman," the political ''head- Cen
tre'' of politics in South Carolina just
now, is a Levy county boy.
South Lake Weir parties recently sold
their orange crop, amounting to 1920
boxes to st. Louis commission firm for
$1.45 per box on the tree.
Miss Mamie Joseph, a beautiful young
lady ofStAugustine, was murdered in cold
blood 10y Alexander Campbell, a reject
ed lover, one day last week
The Steamer Lizzie Henderson recent
ly discharged at Key West 1900 bunches
OF bananas and 1 900 punches of plan
tains. They were shipped fLom Bonacco,
Honduras.
The Quincy Herald says that the to-
bacco crop of Gadsden county is the
finest that has been grown for many
wears, and those who planted largely will
soon have plenty of money.
The Daytona Messenger says that
there is bed Of magnetic ore in VoIusia
county, three miles wide and ten miles
long Samples of ore from the bed are
said to have assayed 80 percent. of mag
netic iron.
Mr.. L. Roberts, who lives on Haw
Creek. in this county, has made success
OF farming Last year he raised 1850
quarts of Strawberries on One-seventh OF
an acre, which he sold at an average OF
% cents per quart. He raises oats, corn,
rice and all kinds Of vegetables, SO that
all he has to buy for his table is tea COT
fee and sugar. He will have / 200 bush
els OF sweet potatoes and large crop OF
peanuts, besides various other products.
-Daytona Messenger.
In the grove of Mr. ID. ii. earn, at
Oak Hill, stands an orange tree that
measures fifty-fve and q half inches in
circumference and two feet three inches in
Loo, oh hn n
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FROM NEW YORK


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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15
For THE HERALD,

a notice of the death of Samuel
Murphy was published in the HERALD
last week, but so old and excellent
citizen of our county, deserves more
than this passing notice. He was one
of the best men ii has been my pleas.
ure to know, aud my knowledge OF
him extends to a past generation.
Sincere, upright. honorable. he was
above suspicion in his integrity, gen.
ial, quiet, and affable, he enjoyed the
politeness and friendship of all his ac-
Iqualntances. A worthy, useful citi-
zen, a true patriot, an obliging neigh
Dor. a man unusually eminent for the
''ornamentofa meek andquiet spirit, !"
he had the respect, or esteem. or love
of all who knew him. lie did honor
to his Christian profession. and died
in the communion ofthe Presbyterian
Church, of which he was devout
member. A verse in Gray's Elegy
in Country Churchyard." is exquis-
lite in concluding this brief notice.
Far from the maddening crowds igno-
BILE strife.
His sober wishes never learned to
stray;
Along the cool sequestered yale of
life
He kept the noiseless tenor of his
way"
The funeral at the Stone Church
was very large, the services conducted
by the writer and Rev. Jacob A.
Stuckey the text EeclesIastes 1871.
l unite with many friends. young
and old, in lamenting the early death
of the sweet, beautiful, pious little
Carrie Turner. Long aud lovingly
will l remember her bright face, and
gentle quiet, and winning manners, AT
the Pleasant Hill Sunday School.
How naturally l think of Mrs. lie.
mans touching words, aud inscribe
them to the memory of this interest
ing, and lovely child.
"And then / think of one who in
Her youthful beauty died,
The fair young blossom that grew up
And faded by my side.
In the cold moist earth we laid her,
When the forest cast the leaf,
And we wept that one so lovely
Should have life so brief.
Yet not unmeet it was that one
Like that dear friend of ours,
So gentle, and so beautiful
Should perish with the flowers
w. HEDGES.
Martinsburg, w. Va, Nov. 18th. 1890. |
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15
Morgan County News.

November 3, at the residence of
Mrs. A. c. Willard, in Berkeley
Spring, Miss Anna Album, aged SO
years. Miss Album was paralyzed
from which she did not recover,
She was formerly a resident of Fred
erick City.
REPUBLICAN MAJoRITIEs.-T
Republican majorities in Morgan
county are as follows:
F. M. Reynolds 294; Geo. Hartman
267; Samuel Dawson 267 IS. J. How
ermale 1858; Lewis Allen, Jr. $40; T
H. B. Dawson 1856; Daniel House
holder 80. Majority against dog tar
620.-Ne,Cs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15
Berkeley Springs News.

Doe GULLY TUNNEL, Nov. 8, 1890.
Mr.. Wilson Zilor was struck by an
engine, last Friday morning and seri-
ously injured. Mr., Zilor is watch
man at the east end of Doe Gully
Tunnel. He was standing in the tun-
mel a short distance on the track for
west-bound train while an east-bound
freigh train was passing. West-bound
local passenger train No. II, darted
into the tunnel before he was aware
Of its approach. Just as he was about
to step from the track he was struck
by the rounded end of the bumper
and fell at full length in the gutter
between the track and the wall of the
tunnel. After the train had passed
he managed to get up and started to
walk to his home at Orlrans X Roads.
He was met by Mr., VIM. Youngblood
who took him home on horseback
He is very badly bruised and hurt in
ternally. AT latest accounts he was
slightly improved. Mercury.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15

COMPLETION OF THE SHEPHERDS
TOWN BRIDGE.-The bridge over the
Potomac river at Shepherdstown, to
replace the one destroyed by last
years flood, is completed. The Regis.
ter says it is a very handsome and sub
stantial bridge of four spans of 1914
feet each, and is about thirty feet
above the water-five feet higher than
the old one. Iron tubes were placed
on the stone piers, and the ends ofthe
spans rest upon these. Solid oak
flooring is laid, aud side guards are
bolted to the iron work along each
side. The King Iron Bridge Compa
ny, of Cleveland, Ohio, are the build
ers. A brick Office or toll .honse is to
be built on the abutment on the Vir-
ginia side. The bridge, which is
painted dark red, lends an addition
al beauty to the lovely view at this
point, which is perhaps the most 70.
mantle and picturesque part Of the
Potomac. The scene from the bridge,
looking down the river, is one of in.
describable beauty. The ferry boat
has been abandoned, of course, and 1t
is hoped that the present generation
at least may not be called upon TO use
it again. 1t is hardly possible that it
Will, for the food of 1889, even, will
have to be exceeded to endanger the
new bridge.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15
For THE HERALD.
HEAR THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

Mr.. EDIToR.-Please allow me tc
call the attention of the people to the
fight going on for the new Post Office
site. While the people are sleeping
self-interest is at work, and the wishes
and conveniences ofthe publicignored
Particular effort seems to have heen
conferred South Of the Public Square.
Petitions have been circulated and il
is said some of the U. S. Court
officers have signed in such favor.
Private interests should not rule the
demands of the people and common
justice. 1t is public money that is be-
ing expended and the public should
have the benefit of it. 1t has
come to a pretty pass when minis
tiers handle petitions to got rid oftheir
old parsonages. Religious finance
must be at par and spiritual labor at a
low ebb. Common consent and COM
mon sense would locate the Post
Office anywhere from Chambers cor
ner to the Peoples Bank corner, but
no farther north and certainly no
farther south out in the country. The
business, the population. the lncom-
ing volume of travel from the coun-
try all centre between these points.
The rights of hundreds of railroad
men of the B. & o, and C. V. r. R.,
the demands of all shops and factories
and of the Distillery and its enter
prises where hundreds of thousands OF
dollars come in revenue, all point to
more central location than South
Queen Street bridge. The people
should arise in their might before it
is too late. The public building is for
the benefit of all, not of few is the pro
bono pu6lico verdict nine-tenths the
town over and the county through.
THE VOICE OF The PEOPLE.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15
GOOD THINGS TO EAT.

MR.. ]. S. TRAMMELL begs leave to
inform the citizens of BERKELEY, JEFFER-
son AND MORGAN counties, that he has
again opened up business at the old Wis
ner Stand, next door to Lutheran Church
with an entire NEW STOCK OF FINE GRO
CERES which he has purchased in NEW
YORK for CASH. and which he is now
offering at VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICES for
STRICTLY SPOT CASH. or in exchange for
country produce. 1t is a well-known
fact that merchants who give credit al
ways count on large percentage of bad
debts, and figure their prices SO as to
leave profit over and above the sum
they calculate to lose in this way. What
does this mean to the man who pays his
bills and meets his obligations? 1t means
that he is compelled to pay 10, 10, and
even 20 per cent more than fair price
for the article he purchases in other
words he not only pays his own bills, but
indirectly pays the bills of every bad
debtor dealing with the merchant who
does business on credit basis. Our motto
is GOOD HONEST SERVICE, Low PRICES, 10
OUNCES TO THE POUND AND SPOT CASH.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15

WEST MARYLAND SYNoD.-MAR-
TINsBURG, w. VA, November H.
The Western Conference of the Mary
land Synod, of the Lutheran Church,
convened in st. Johns Lutheran
Church in this city last night. The
conference was called to order by Rev.
G. S. Trump. Rev. NJ. l.. Beard
was elected president and Rev. C.S
Trump, secretary. The opening SER
mon was preached by the President
Rev. Beard. The sessions to-day
were taken up in the discussion of q
number of interesting questions, and
the receiving of reports from the
different ministers, which showed the
church to be in a very prosperous con
dition. Tonight a mass children:
meeting was held, when the Rev. VIM
Delk, of HagerstowD, and other dele
gates made addresses. The confer
ence then adjourned, the next place
of meeting being fixed at William
sport, Md.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15
Hedgesville News.

Hedgesville News.
Mr.. Edward Harrison left this week
for Cumberland.
Miss BERTHE Drenuer Is visiting
friends in CIearspring, Md.
Mr.. Charles BateInan, of Martins
burg, spent Sunday in our midst.
Mrs. Adam Smaltz has returned
from visit to friends 10 Bridgrwa-
ter, Va.
Preaching in the Isl NJ. +. Church,
Sunday morning at 1920, by the pas
tor, Rev. Yost.
The Ladies Of the Episcopal Church
are talking of holding All Oyster Sup.
per, Thanksgiving
Mr.. Earnest Swimley. II Washing.
ton, was visiting the E'niiy of Mr.
Shaffer, ihi- week.
Mr.. Samuel Cuuni -iian, of vii.
Transport, Md, is visiting his laugh.
ter, Mrs. Annie Pyane.
Mr.. Walter Payne, who has been
quite i'll with typhoid fever, l., reeov
ering under the skillfull treatment Of
DIR. G.. S. Hanna.
Mr.. James Slaughter has opened a
grocery and notion store at his resi-
dence and will be pleased to have his
friends call and examine his goods.
| Mr.. Jos. Morgan, Of Gerarlstown,
and Mrs. Zepp Morgan, Of the same
place, and her mother, Mrs. Johr
Grimm, of Urbanna. o., were visit
ing relatives in this place.
IL, IL. 80. META.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15
A VERY OLD WOMAN DIES.
Martinsburg, W. Va. Nov. 9Th, 49,

MIS-. mary hent uleQ at ner nome
in Marshall county, about ten miles
from Wheeling, on Saturday, of 6
complication of disorders incident to
old age. Mrs. Kent was colored, and
was born a slave. At the time of her
death she was certainly the oldest
person in West Virginia, and posi-
bly, the oldest in America. She had
in her possession papers granting her
her freedom, dated in 1898, and recit-
ing that she was then twenty-five
years old.
She was born in the same county in
Virginia in which George Washing
ton first saw the light. When yet a
child she was brought by her owner,
Joseph Shepherd, to point about
seven miles from what was then Fort
Henry. now Wheeling. Born in the
year of the declaration of American
independence, she was possibly an
eye witness in her infancy to the
last battle of the revolution, the siege
of Fort Henry, when the British en-
forced by large Indian band, attack
ed the fort.
She grew to girlhood as the proper
ty of Josep Shepherd, and when he
died she passed by inheritance to
Moses Shepherd, his son. She was
strong, buxom woman, and her mas
ter, after his marriage, owned more
slaves than he had use for. So it
happened that her mistress permitted
her to work out" for the neighbors,
Many a day, she said, she walked
from her home seven miles in the
country to the village which is now
Wheeling, washed all day, and walk
ed back in the evening with silver
shilling, given rather as a gratuity
than as wages, clasped in her hand.
In this way she earned aud saved
most of the money with which in
1898, when she was twenty-five years
old, she bought her freedom. To
make up the sum finally she circulat-
ed a paper prepared for her by a
white woman, and she still had that
faded subscription sheet, bearing the
names of the Zanes and Finks and
other early settlers with others not
now decipherable, and the amount
each contributed toward her "freedom
money"
She married, and her children haye
grown old and died. To-day her
grand children are of middle age, and
live in Wheeling but she refused
always to leave the country, and with
the wife of grandson, resided ia
Marshall county. She had never
been on a railroad train, and always
refused to go on one. She was fond
of "reminiscences, and told many
things Of thrilling interest about the
"good old times"
Mrs. Kent always smoked a Pipe.
She was regular practitioner of the
old rule, "early to bed and early to
rise" She never used spectacles.
Her husband died fully half a century
ago, and but one child, her youngest,
Mrs. Maria Locke, now sixty years of
age, survives her. She also lives near
Moundsville.
Judge Crammer once examined her
papers, and he remembers particular
ly the one with the names Of subscri-
bers to her fund to buy her freedom.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15
THE EMPTY CRADLE.

/ saw mother beside the cradle,
/ Her tears we're flowing fast;
She seemed to see the present only.
! Yet she thought of all the past
OF the treasure that filed the cradle,
OF her babe's first responsive kiss
That filled her heart with ecstasy
Till it desired no other bliss.
Oh those days SO full of pleasure,
They only deepened her despair.
Since bending DER the cradle,
And saw her baby was not there.
l heard words of comfort spoken,
And the misty clouds of grief
Betokened the . Bow of Promise
While she felt sad relief:
But her undecided mind did wander.
Till she looked upon the scene
OF the quiet and dreary chamber,
And all that might have been.
For shoe, little vacant garment,
Or a silken ringlet of hair,
Told her heart in tones of sorrow
That her baby was not there.
Now she sits beside the grave,
But her tears have ceased to flow
For she saw heavenly token,
That silenced all her woe.
Celestial eyes looked down.upon her,
And the voice that Gained the sea
Lulled her spirit with the whisper,
Suffer it to come to Me"
And while her soul was borne
On angelic wings of prayer,
Heaven 8 golden gates swung inward
And she saw her baby there.
GEORGE FLYNN.
Martinsburg, W. Va. Nov. 9Th, 1890.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-11-15
The buccaneers of Old

Flaunted the skull and cross bones, their
ensign, defiantly at the masthead. Your
modern pirate, not on the high seas, but upon
the high reputation of standard remedies
skulks under various DISCUSSES. His hole and
corner traffic has never to any degree affected
Hostetter's Stomach BitteTs although that
been the shining mark at which his SHAFTS
have been directed. Cheap local bittsrs com
posed Of fiery unrectifed stimulants, with an
bark, are still sometimes recommended as
Identical with, or similar 20, or possessing
virtues kindred to those of Americas chosen
family medicine. These perish speedily,
disease pursnes its successful career, over
coming malaria, dyspepsia, nervousness, kid
tinents,