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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
SIGNS Of Olden Times.

It seems no risk to assert that in our
State there are not ten men born within
tho Commonwealth, of New England
parents, who cannot read and write. |
have heard it suggested that the curious
signs above the doorways of taverns and
shops, which were so common 100 years
ago, were really aids to those who were
unable to read, says writer in the Bos-
ton Adrertiser.
The "Green Dragon" the "Blue
Lion" the "White Horse" and the
"Bunch of Grapes" over the doors of the
colonial inns of Boston rendered them
easily identified, whereas signboard
would have been uninteligible to the
mass of the people.
In like manner shopkeepers were wont
TO mark their doorways, doubtless for a
similar reason. A relic of this custom IS
seen occasionally even to-day, conspicu-
OTIS examples being a gilded ostrich
over milliner's door, kid above a
elover's and a spinning wheel above the
door of linen shop. But the real sig
niicance of these signs has passed away,
AID the signs themselves have disap-
peared before the advances OF the school
master.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25

A Cincinnati paper tells OF queer
gambler. He would wager with HIM
self, and was eorrespondingly sailing
ecststically or downcast and gloomy,
win or lose. In sporting parlance, he
was constantly Fat horse and horse
with himself, and he found in that
double headed condition the highest
delights of anticipation. Although he
lacked the determination to actually
bet. still he haunted the pool and card
rooms with his hands in his pockets,
iingling his silver coin and transferring
his money from one pocket h another,
according to whether his right or left
side won. He kept regular account
mentally with his right and left hands,
and thus realized all the excitement of
betting without being subjected to the
liability of dropping his wealth. but at
the same time he was constantly on the
verge Of actually participating in the
game, but never could muster MP cour-
age to deposit the money on the table.
His great scheme was to select num-
Der in Southern State lottery, which
he would carry in his head, aud he
awaited the report of the drawings with
feverish anxiety, which for several
days previous to the event almost pros
trated him, so nervous and worked MP
would he become. One time he aetu-
ally won the capital prize in this way.
The gain of so much cath, in bis
mind, proved to be a shock he cou i
not Withstand, and superinduced an at
tack OF brain fever which proved fatal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
A LEVEL HEAD.



During the lats strike on the New York
Central Railroad, the militia were ordered
to be in readiness in case OF a riot, but they
were not called out.
In an interview Gov. Hill said the troops
were not to BE- called upon except in case OF
an emergency. The emergency had not
arisen, therefore they would not be ordered
/ out. He remarked that this was the first
great strike with which he hal had expert
enee, and he did not ropose % loss his head;
tine only point at which there had been serious
trouble was AT syracuse, and tserea deputy
sheriff Ea.i lost his head and precipitated an
encounter
Tie strike continued several weeks an /
there was riotous action at various points
along the road, but the civil authorities were
able 10 cope with it without calling or the
militia.
The test of a mans real ability comes when
an emergency arises which makes haSty
call on his good Judgment and discretion
The man who retains his presence of mini,
retains his equipoiSe and exercises sound
discretion at sacu critical 1unetures is TO be
relied on ami viii be put 10 the 'front.'
Aen with level heads have the staying
qualities which do not falter in the iacs 81
danger. Otis A. Cole. OF kirsslieu, o., June
10, 1890 writes: In the fail OF 1855 | was
feeling very III. consulted a doctor and he
said had Bright's disease OF the kidneys and
Ihstt ne WOULD not Stand IN my S1oeS Tor the
State OF Ohio" But he did not loss courage
or giveup; he says: II saw the testimonial
OF Mr. John Coleman, 100 Gregory ST., New
Haven. Conn. ami | wrote to him. Ia due
tiuie received au answer stating that tho
testinloni that he gave was genuine aniuot
/ overdrawn in any particular. | took good
many bottles of Warmers Safe Cure; have
not taken any for one year
GOV. Hill Is accounted very success III
is fsaf,i aud rqirt1l asinfr and oalrars
10 TIE class that do not lose their hea Is Wnen
! eIuCrye. cies arise.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
THE POINTS OF A DAIRY COW.

The practical dairyman has small con
Germ for fancy markings. The points of
the dairy COW in which he is interested
are those characteristics which usually
accompany excellence at the pail. 1t is
a mistake to suppose Ecow is a COW. "
whatever her crn or characteristics
Many are fit oui for he butchers block.
While it sometimes happens that a COW
having all the marks that indicate excel
lence fails to fulfill expectations, vet the
exception proves the rule. This non
fuitillment of promise may be due to
organic or functional arrangement or to
undeyelopment of the tactical organs
during growth, owing to insufficient nu-
trition-a matter that should be borne
in mind by those who are raising hcifers
In buyinga cow for dairy purposes, and
depending largely on external appear
ances in making selection, it is wise to
place the greatest stress on the udder,
the paunch and the appetite of the ami
nal. There should be a well-developed
udder If a large quantity of milk is to
be secreted. The teats should be well
set apart and generous in size. If COW
IS to give large quantities of milk or
butter she must be hearty feeder. She
can not convert small quantities of food
into large quantities OF dairy products.
The dainty feeder will give very dainty
returns indeed. A large body is fitting
accompaniment to vigorous appetite.
This is the factory where grass, hay, and
grain are turned to butter, and the ac-
commodations must be ample if large re-
turns are expected. The dairy cow
should, in general terms, have refined,
feminine look, the skin should be mellow
and pliable when rolled up by the hand
A wedge-shaped form, thin neck, and
small head are the natural characteristics
OF animals that are valuable, since in
their case superauous bone, muscle, and
tissue are placed where they will do the
most good, farther back where the feed
is being converted into milk and butter.
Size of ''milk veins" a golden color in
the skin, and waxy horns arc points we'll
worth noting, but of more Importance is
the disposition, which should be gentle
and not easily becoming irritable. These
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25

safes white as sea foam flashed on by auroras;
gayetias which the sun saw by day rivaled by
revels the moon saw by night; biashphemy
built against the sky; ceilings stellar as the
midnight heavens; grandeurs turreted,
archivolted and intercoiumnar; wickeiness
so appalling that esta blished vocabulary fails,
and we must make an adjective and call it
Herodic.
The region round about the city walls
seemed to me white with cotton such as
Theaius describes as once growing there,
and sweet with sugar caue, and luscious with
orange and figs and pomegranates, and redo
lent with such fora as can only grow where
a tropical sun kisses the earth. And the hour
came back to me when in the midst of all
that splendor Herod died, commanding his
sister Salome Immediately after his death to
secure the assassination of all the chief Jews
whom he had brought to the city and shut
up in circus for that purpose and the news
came TO the audience in the theatre as some
one took the stage and announced to the ex-
cited multitude: "Herod is deadi Herod is
deadP'
Then in my dream all the pomp Of
Jericho vanished, and gloom was added to
gloom, and desolation to desolation, and woe
to woe, until, perhaps tia ripping waters
of the fountain OF Elisha suggesting it--as
sounds will sometimes give direction to a
dreaD--I thought that the waters OF Christ's
salvation and the fountains ''open for sin
and uncieannessa were rolling through that
plain and across the continent, and rolling
round the earth, until on either side of their
banks all the thorns became flowers, and
all the deserts gardens, AMI all the
novels mansions, and all the fu-
nerals bridal process ons, and all the blood of
war was turned into dahlias, and all the
groans became anthems, and Dante's I'm
ferno" became Dlnte's '-Divina Commedia. /"
and Paradise Lost" was submerged by
Paradise Ragained" and tears became
crystals, cruel swords came out Of foundries
glistening piowshares and in my dream at
the blast OF trumpet the Frustrated walls
OF Jericho rose again.
And some one told me that as these walls
in Josnua's time at the sounding trumpets
OF doom went down, now at the sounding
trumpet of the gospel they come up
again. And | thought a man appeared at
the door of my tent, and | said who are
you and from whence have you comey'
and he said, Il am the Samaritan you heard
of at the tavern on the road from Jerusalem
to Jericho, as taking care of the man
who fell among thieves, and / have
just come from healing the last wound of the
last unfortunate in all the EARTH And
rose from my pillow in the tent to greet him,
and my dream broke and | realized it was
only dream, but dream which shall be-
come glorious reality as surely as God Is
true and Christ's gospel is the worlds Ca
tholicon. GLORY be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was at
the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
LIGHTNING ALL AROUND THEM
Though the Beds Were Torn to Atoms,
Their Occupants Escaped.

News OF remarkable escape comes from
the little town of Rolfe, in Poeahontas coun-
ty, Iowa. A Norwegian named Engelwood
Gabrellsen, who lives at that place, had re-
tired for the night few evenings ago with
his flmily, and all were sleeping soundly
when the house was twice struck by light
ming and almost completely demolished. The
first bolt struck the roof near the ridge at the
south end. 1t then parted, and one streak
after passing diagonally across the roof and
tearing up about !, 600 shingles, passed to the
ground by the screen door. The other bolt
was more destructive 1t tore the roof to
pieces on the west side, shattered the rafters
and studding, tore up the flooring in the see
ond story and passed on to the ground. Mr..
Gabriellsen and his wife were sleeping in a
bed at the southwest corner of their bed
room; two of their children lay on bed on
the floor, with their heads toward q partition
which divided the bedroom from the stair
4 young man named Jacob Hansen slept in
the room adjoining, with his head toward the
partition. The current passed under the
children, completely demolishing the floor,
tore the beds to atoms on which Mr.. Gabriell-
sen and his wife were sleeping and ripped
out the siding and partition OF the room,
scattering the lath and plasteriug in every
direction, hut not single menu or Of the
family was hurt in any manner.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
How They Keep Warm in Montreal

In Montreal one may buy clothing not
to be had in the United States; woolens
thick rs boards, hosiery that wards off
the cold as armor resists missiles, gloves
as heavy as shoes, yet soft as kid, fur
caps an5 coats at prices and in a variety
that interest poor aud rich alike, blan-
ket suit; that are more picturesque than
any other masculine garment worn north
Of the city of Mexico, tuques and moe
casins, and, indeed so many sorts of
clothing we Yankees know very little of
Though many of us need them) that at
a glance we say the Montrealeis are for
eigners. Montreal is the gayest city on
this continent, and have often thought
that the clothing there is largely respon-
sible for that condition.
A New Yorker disembarking in Mon
treal in midwilter finds the place inhos-
pitably cold, and wonders how, as well
as why, any one lives there. l well re-
member, standing years ago beside a to-
boggan slide, with my teeth chattering
and my very marrow slowly congealing,
when my attention was called to the
fact that a dozen ruddy- checked, bright
eyed, laughing girls were grouped in
snow that reached their knees. asked
Canadian lady how that could be pos
sible, and she answered with a list of
the principal garments those girls were
wearing. They had two pairs of stock
ings under their shoes, and a pair of
stockings over their shoes, with mecca
sins over them. They had so many
wooden skirts that an American girl
would not believe me if gave the num-
Der. They wore heavy dresses and buck
skin jackets and blanket suits over all
this. They had mittens over their
gloves, and fur caps over their knitted
hoods. 1t no longer seemed wonderful
that they should not heed the cold; in
ded it occurred to me that their bravery
amid the terrors of tobogganing was no
bravery at all, since girl buried deep
III the heart of such mass of woolens
could scarcely expect damage if she fell
from a steeple. When next I appeared
out Of doors too was swathed in fan
mel, like jewel in box of plush, and
from that time Montreal seemed, what it
really is, the merriest of American cap
itals.-Harpcr.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
FEEDING VALUE OF snAaE.

Professor Woll found that sixty per
cent of dried corn-fodder was digestible,
and sixty three per cent. Of silage. His
method of leaving the corn in the field
one month and then storing it loosely in
the barn is Objectionable. 1t should be
compacted as soon as dry. He says in
his comments on the feeding value of
silage: ''The digestible matter of corn
silage and fodder corn have practically
an equal value for milk production" As
he gives no weights of the cows feed, we
do not know how he could securely make
the above assertion. As he is friendly to
the system we assume that the weights of
the silage. fed cows would show no supe-
riority over the dry fodder-fed cows.
Until informed to the contrary, we shall
assume that the silage-fed COWS did not
maintain their weight as well as the
others, as in the case in other trials, and
that, therefore, the feeding value of
silage with him was probably not as great
as the dry fodder-fed cows Courier
Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
THE STOLEN NEST.

Nearly every farmer in experience
with poultry can Fecite the fact Of hen
going away to the woods and stealing her
nest, to return, latter many days" with
big brood of chickens. There is no
question about it, hens running at large
show greater fertility in the eggs, and
the chicks are more vigorous in conse-
quence of the concealed nest under the
bushes. Exposed for three or four weeks
in the open air, subject to the many
changes of climate, AL warmed up every
time the hen adds another egg to the lot
with all these changes, strange to say,
nearly every one of these eggs produces
a healthy and vigorous chick. 1t be-
comes question whether we are using
the best method when we carefully collect
them every day and put them one end
upward in a partitioned box or in bran.
1.SoutherR CultiUator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25

Some men walt for opportunities. but
others % 10 WORK and make them.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25

A coLoRED cnlropod1st, who calls him
self Professor Z. James, and boastingly
proclaims that he ''has removed c0rns
and bunions from the crowned heads Of
Europe" now ventures into the realms
Of prophecy. In the last few weeks he
has been reading the language of the
stars, and boldly asserts that the heaven
ly bodies unerringly proclaim that this
world is TO be Knocked into smithereens
on the 21st Of August, 1891.
THERE is in South Hampton. n. H.. a
peculiar old genius, who goes to the top
of the Bald Head Mountain every clear
hight and gazes up at the sky until he
secs very bright star. He looks at it
awhile and then returns to his home. He
believes tbs star to be an electric light
suspended from balloon over the city
OF New York, SO that vessels on the sea
can steer toward it. In everything but
this the man is perfectly rational and an
intellectual ialler
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
GRADING HONEY FOR MARKETING.

$1,000 AASA'@A fCAf AIAhhbllNG
Writing on this point, an apiarist says
that careful grading of each crop is of
the utmost importance, and the more
this is realized the greater will be ones
success in disp3sing of it each season at
a good price. Goods neatly prepared
and in good condition are most quickly
sold without shading rates. A single
broken comb or one leaking section of
uncapped honey may daub every section
in the crate, as well as soil the outside,
where dust adheres and renders the
whole unattractive and unstable except
at a sacrifice. One or two second grade
sections in case of the finest honey
comb generally cause the case to be sold
as second quality, or at least a consider
able reduction from first grade prices.
Each kind of crop should be sorted
into several grades. Combs that are
white and completely filed and capped
should be the first grade. Those not so
white or SO well filled should be classed
as second, and those light in weight and
partly filled as third, or two grades may
be made of the last. As uncapped combs
stored where exposed to long-continued
damp weather almost always gather
moisture and leak, it is best to crate them
together, or reserve them as well as any
in danger of breaking down through
transportation. Where the crop is small
the third grade can in all probability be
sold in the home market, or peddled out
in the vicinity for more than will be Ie-
ceived for it in the city Develop your
home markets in every way, and if pos
sible sell all your crop to dealers in
neighboring towns and villages, instead
of shipping to large cities.-NeO Yorb
Witness.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
CHRONIC FOUNDER IN HORSES.

Chronic founder in horsas is otherwise
known as fever in the feet or laminitis,
aud consists in severe Inflammation of the
lamino, or the connective tissue between
the wall sole and tendons of the foot.
The symptoms are soreness of the feet
and consequent lameness, and in severe
cases the genera health of the animal is
affected, high fever, hard pulse, and
rapid breathing with distended nostrils
being the common symptoms. In such a
case relief is quickly afforded by use of a
hot foot bath, and dose Of thirty drops
of aconlte in water, followed soon after
by one pound of EPSON salts, and appli-
cation of hot linseed meal poultices to
the feet. In milder cases, when lame
ness or tenderness of the feet is the most
serious symptom, the treatment should
be to relieve any Inflammation by poul-
tees, and then to use broad bar shoe
with thick leather sole under it and
made heavy at the heel, and the hoof
should be dressed daily with glycerine
and tar mixed. A horse in this condi-
ton should be fed on bran and linseed
meal, with cut hay and oats stepped in
hot water, but should have no corn.
Moderate work will not hurt him. Plank
floors frequently contribute to this con-
dition of the feet, and horse with this
trouble should stand with his fore feet
in wet clay when in the stable--Neao
York Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
Blindness at Birth Can he Cured

Statistics taken from the reports of
Fuchs, Magnas, Howe and the commit
tee of the ophthalmological Society of
the United Kingdom show that at least
thirty per cent. of all blindness in
Europe and in this country is caused by
preventable disease at birth. The cen
gus Of 1850 gives total of about SO, 900
blind in the United States. OF these at
least Is, GOO have been blind from birth.
And yet this disease is well nigh abso-
lutely preventable, and in its incipiency
easily durable. This statement is borne
cut by facts, as will be seen by reference
to the reports of the large lying in hospi-
tails, where the methods of prevention
have been in operation. After these
means were put in operation there was
practically an entire disappearance of the
disease. The method consists in wiping
the face and the lids clean and dry i'm
mediately after the umbiical cord is tied.
The lids are then opened and one or two
drops of a two per cent. solution of
nitrate and silver are instilled Except
in premature children the reaction from
this treatment is very slight. Halls
Journal Of Health.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25

Memphis Express West and Mail train East
run daily between Harrisburg and Hagerstown
On Sunday train leaves Harrisburg at 7:20 p. m,
running one hour later than advertised time OF
Harrisburg Accommodation, arrivingat Hagers-
town 1905 p. m. Train will leave Hagerstown
ct 7:15 a. m, ON Sunday running one hour later
than train No, 4, arriving at Harrisburg at
1855 a. m.
and between Philadelphia and New Orleans.
Pullman Palace Cars on trains Nos and ?,
between New York and Memphis.
Through Coaches to and from Philadelphia on
trains Nos. IA and East and and West.
II. A. RIDDLE, J. Z. BOYD,
Gent Pass. Agent. Superintendent
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
"ORIGINAL PACKAGES"
Iowa Towns Threatened with an Irrup-
ton of = nIOOns.

A systematic scheme on the part of the
liquor men of Iowa to bring back the original
package" to legal life has been discovered in
Fort Dodge. number of the men who were
openly engaged in the original package"
business last Summer received circulars pur-
porting to come from the secretary of the
State Original Package" Dealers Associa-
ton, signed by prominent Council Bluffs
liquor dealer.
In the name of the newly formed associa-
ton, every saloon keeper was urged to cor
tribute literally to a fund to be used in an
attempt to secure an injunction restraining
Iowa courts from prosecuting original pack
age dealers under the old prohibition law.
1t is claimed that the recent Kansas de-
eision gives good grounds for such an action.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
STABBED TO DEATH.
A q Izen of Winston, n. C., Killed In a
Street BrnTyI.

Silas Riggs, prominent citizen of Wins
ston, was killed in street brawl the other
evening He became engaged in a quarrel
with party of eolored men and ran into a
bar-room, where he appealed for protection.
A few white men who were in the place ac-
companied him into the street, and fight
with the colored men ensued, in which Riggs
was stabbed to death and several other people
were seriously hurt
A colored man named James Scales is sus-
pected of having killed Riggs, and posse is
now searching for him. 1t is feared that seri-
Gus trouble may &C m out Of this affair, as the
colored peop.e are mighty excited.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
10 FARM AND GARDEN.
PAINTING HOUSE ROOFS.

If paint is to be used merely as an or.
nament there is perhaps reason for put
ting it only on the sides, or, as We once
saw done, painting the front or road side,
and leaving the rear to rot down while
the front made snowy exterior. Paint,
on buildings at least, is more for use and
durability than ornament. Nowhere is
it more needed, or needs to be more fire.
quently renewed, than on the roof, whose
thin shingles are cut by falling drops,
and quickly wear out unless protected by
paint. Boston CuttiUator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-25

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