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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-27

There was an unsuccessful effort to blow
open the iron safe of VIM. Phillips Sons on
night
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-27

The Norfolk & Western Railroad will re-
duce passenger fares between all points in
Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland on
aud after June lst, 1891. To obtain the
benefit of these reductions passengers must
purchase tickets before entering the trains.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-27

Work on the Boiler Works and the Vul.
can Road Machine Works is progressing.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-27

.,..t. b-.s.,s 6c Address JOHN TREB-
,,-oNo.,b Hovsr3 street Baltimore.
- a.. ee-e1.ve,r.oId daughter of
~, r., C,,,ingbsm died at the home
NJ be- other in Berkeley county last Thurs
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berry festival for the benefit Of the EPisco-
pal Chapel at that place on June l2th and
18Th.
,r.,,-;.l 5.v IN Sbepberdstown June
.1,..vs OIL, occasion of interest.
Rev. ]. r. Van Horne VIII denver Tue '0'
dress.
Nr Geo p Ramsburg was elected Su-
perntendent of Free schools last week by
majority of 100 votes. An unusually full
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Ho1ses-dwelling houses and for other
purposes-on the north side of the B. q o.
are going up as by magic. 10 looks like a
city built In a day.
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Mr. j. ogden Murray, Of this town, died
suddenly at her residence in Baltimore on
Wednesday last. She was i'm her S6th year
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AID members of The Jefferson Guards who
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.. .ts rs,l estate office of p O. Kennedy
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-27

The Charleston postmaster advertises let
tiers for Alice Dunlap and A. NJ. Forrest.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
The Evolution of the Sword.

As men in early times fought hand to
hand, the Oldest specimens of the sword
are short; in fact, the sword is probably
but an evolution Of the club, which at
first made of hard wood was gradually
sharpened on one and her on both sides.
so as to inflict a more deadly wound.
Even today we find some savage races
employing wooden weapons. Wood
gave way to stone, which in turn was
displaced by bronze, iron and finally
steel.
The sword increased in length as men
became more civilized and showed a dis
position to fight farther away from each
other, which required more dexterity in
the use Of the weapon. Some specimens
we have Of swords of the Middle Agesa are
almost if not quite as long as the war
riOrs who welded them. During the
Fifteenth century the science Of fencing
vas invented, when the sword in the
form Of a napier reached the highest
point of deyelopment.-Kate Fields
Washington.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
Coffee in the East.

How long coffee was III use among
eastern nations before being introduced
into Europe is not known. Aljeziri Al
kaubali. a noted Arabic author, states
that it wa first made known about SO
Of the Hegira, and 50 quickly did coffee
houses ana booths multiply throughout
Arabia that the government several
times made strenuous attempts to sup
press them, fearing they would lead the
people into idleness.
Notwithstanding these efforts, the ''cof-
fee habit took such a firm hold on the
people that the beverage was made and
drank in secret. They even went long
distances into the desert and there pre-
pared the seductive c]OncOctiOn without
fear Of molestatiOn.
Some piOus MOhammedans thought it
might be included among the intoxi-
eating beverages forbidden by the Koran,
but Alhambali, in an able pamphlet en-
titled The Support of Innocence"
proved that it was not in the prohibitory
section Of that book. AS a consequence
the followers Of the prophet once more
returned to the delights Of coffee.-De-
trOit Free Press.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
Cnasked SYN

cannot touch a piece of velvet with
my fingers or permit the furry side Of a
peach skin TO touch my lips without ex-
p~eriencing Immediately a sort Of cold
Chill all V { my person. 1t is not so
very severe, but it is unpleasant. Still
would prefer to living forever under the
ban Of such a chill than to be compelled
TO meet once a day one of those oleagi-
nous bundles Of insincerity and pretense,
the unctuous and ELUSIVE chap vino
thinks you are not properly treated and
never loses an opportunity to tell you SO.
OF | am aware | am not properly
appreciated, but l detest being told OF
the fact by another person. who never
lifts a finger in my behalf, and who only
wags his tongue in my favor when l am
by TO see him 60 it.-Detroit Free Press.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
Art In Telling Lies.

Telling the truth is an art, but not
nearly SO difficult an art as telling lies.
1t is within reach Of any mans power,
if he will take time and pains, to relate
the thing that is. 1t takes q man of i'm
.aSination and strong memory to bring
forth the thing that is not. Besides, the
liar cannot carry his lie all over the
world and back to the creation; at some
point or other he must piece it on to the
universal truth, and to do that neatly he
must be a good workman, but this is
only part of the greater question as to
vice and virtue generally. Virtue is for
all who love it; in order to become an
accomplished villain a MAI must have
natural aptitude, careful training and
immense powers of application, and at
any time the william may be ruined, as a
villain, by the unexpected coming to
life of conscience.-Au the Year Round.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
The Amateur Actress.

We had rather throw aside this pen
forever than to write a word to discOur-
g any woman who is cOnscientiously
striving to earn a position on the stage;
but there are other WOmen-sOme in the
profession, some in the audience-tO
whom it is grossly unfair to put forth an
inexperienced amateur as a star. Con-
slider, ladies and gentlemen, what a poor,
miserable art that Of acting would be if
anybody could acquire it in a few les
sons, in a year or So, from a private box
across the f0Otlights 70 the center of the
stage. 1t takes a longer time to learn to
be a carpenter or to play d piano, to be
a dressmaker or to paint a picture, to be
a typewriter or to cut hair properly,
than amateurs who are now willing to
bestOw upon the art which includes, en-
plOys and dignifes all other arts from
statuesque posing to wig wearing. If
acting could be taught in a day it would
not be so we'll paid nor so highly esteem
ed, and good acting would not be so I'M
common Stephen Fiske in Spirit of the
Times.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26

a lovely woman who was talking with
a friend one day about the ~enjOyments,
disappOintments and ~heartaches of child
hood, said: The sufferings | endured
when a child were more acute than any
| have known in later years, and the
pleasantest remembrances | have Of
those far away times are of the bedtime
hours, when my mother sat by our beds
III that low rooted chamber and taught
us the songs she sung as a child, told
stories, some Of which were Of her child
hood, while others were cOnjured up in
her own head. Some of the sweetest
HYMNS and sacred stories [ learned then.
and there ever OlneS to me when | close
my eyes Il faint picture OF my devoted
mother sitting there in the twilight. |
think the only reason that the darkness
had no terrOrS for me was that it nearly
always came while she was withus. The
sound Of her voice dispelled all fear; it
was associated with tenderest words,
sweetest ~lullabys, softest good nights"
Anna P. Payne in New England Home
stead.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
Silver Dollars 60 Miles High.

The treasury counts its silver by
weighing it, which is part of wisdom, i'll
view of the fact that a man, counting at
the rate of zoe dollar pieces per minute
steadily for eight hours per day. Sun
days included, would be kept busy for
considerably over eleven years.
Piled One upon the other, the 500, Geo.
eco in the treasury would attain a
height of 675 miles, and placed side by
side they would carpet a room 80 feet
wide and nearly "A miles long.-David
a. Wells in Harper's Weekly.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
AFTER DEATH.

Is this the couch where she lay yesternight,
With awod, pale face, and ficeting, painful
breath,
And great, sweet eyes that would nctshrink
from DEATH
is this the pillow, soft as down, and white,
On which her dear face lay, turned from the
light!
| downward lean. and 10. could almost
swear
feel the old. soft goodness Of her hair.
Kind Heaven. if but for one dear time, | might
Again press trembling lips upon her check
Her slim. pale thrOat-her whittier brow
her hair
Her tender eyes wherein the love-light
ShOnc.
But Once-hut Once-tO hear those sweet lips
speak.
1 should lie glad that she is free from
care
But oh. this first and awful night alone.
Ella Higginson il Overland Monthly.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
"A story from the American Indians.


Many. years ago a boy found a beauti-
full snake, 20 an Indian legend runs. He
kept it in a bowl of water and took no
tlce that small feathers dropped into the
receptacle became living beings. He
experimental and discovered that what
ever he put into the water became alive.
He rubbed some Of this snake water on
his eyes and found that he could see
things that were actually hidden in the
ground. Concluding that he would
make the liquid more powerful by put
ting more snakes into it, he hung up a
number Of serpents SO that their oil
dropped into the water. By putting
some Of the solution thus obtained into
his mouth he could breathe fire, and by
placing some Of it in his eyes he could
see in the dark.
At will he could transform himself
into a serpent, could become invisible
and could travel at an incredible rate Of
speed. An arrow dipped into the liquid
and shot at any living being, wen if it
did not hit its object, would neverthe-
less kill it. \ feather dipped into this
snake water and pointed at any game
would Immediately start for the latter
and Stay it. This boy became in this
n q great Observation-Disclosures
Star
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
The Brillian. Students Dilemma.

y Harvard student told me an anus
ing story about himself the other day.
1t seems that recently his mother bad a
young lady guest at their home on the
Back Bay, and when he came from col
lege in the afternoon he was introduced
TO her. At dinner also she sat opposite
him at the table. He paid little atten-
ton TO the fair visitor, as his mind was
cngrossed with a problem in his lessons.
However. his brothers were as assiduOus
as possible in entertaining Eer. As it
happened, the latter had engagements
out that evening. and. as Mrs. y. nad
promised Miss 3. TO have one Of her sC!,
take her to the theater. it fell to the lot
Of my friend George, the Harvard man.
He accepted the situation gracefully,
and III due time the young couple set off
for the theatre. Arriving. George left
his companion at one side Of the lobby
while he stepped up to the box Office and
purchased the tickets; then. turning
about. he looked toward the place where
he bad parted from the Young lady. and
was surprised to see half Il dozen there,
and-ye gods. is it poasible:-he could
not tell which was his precious charge.
Here was a dilemma.
George SAID he Immediately decided
that, rather than risk speaking to the
wrong person. he would stand still till
the young lady spoke to him. So he
gazcd at his tickets for what seemed to
him al age, but was probably only a
minute, when Miss B. came up and said,
Il fear you did not recognize me-" "Oh.
ye8-yes-" stammered George, equivo-
cating-''yes, l did; l thought they had
not given me the seats | asked for, and
was considering what was best to do in
the matter."-BostOn Herald.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
The Uses of the Sword.

The uses TO which the sword has been
as its appearance, when we recall the
anecdOte told of Charlemagne, who said,
as he used the pommel of his sword to
put his stamp on treaties, Il sign them
with this end, and with the other l Will
take care that they are kept."-Kate
Fields Washington.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
Helping One Another.

\ seventh ward man rises in the early
dawn of Monday morning and does the
family washing, because his wife has an
organic heart trouble. After he goes TO
his daily toll. with the consciousness Of
having performed his duty, she goes over
and does the washing for the minister's
family.-Spring6eld Homestead.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26

Friend-Why do you get married SO
soon after the death of your husband?
Wldow-My dear, if there was any
one thing that my poor dead and gone
husband insisted upon, in season and
out. it was that I should never put off
till tomorrow what l could do today
New York Weekly.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26

1t is now suggested that many dwell
ing house fires caused by lamp e1plo-
sions might be avertei by keeping some Of
tie ornamental vases in the rooms filled
with sand, 50 that it would be always at
hand and ready foI use in ase Of need.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26

He who discovers a new dish confers
a greater benefit on mankind than he
VINO discovers a new star" says a ia
nous writer, and the majority Of per
SONS would be willing to accept the
statement without dissent.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26

The artificial honey is becoming a
formidable rival OF natural honey. Its
composition is sugar, water, free acid
and a small proportion of mineral salts.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
We OPEN FOR HOLIDAY TRADE

The finest Flour in the market 10 cases Three Crown Raisns 10
California Cluster RaHinS; 10 cases Peach and Apple Butter; 10
Peach and Apple Jam; 10 cases choice Nuts; 1000 pounds Candy
Iince Meat, Currants, Pruncs, Cucumber Pickle, Mixed Pickle, Chow
Chow, Olives, Sauce, Horse Radish MOmaO, Lion, Arbuckle Roasted
Coffee; Graduated, Cut Loaf, Pulverizc, A and Brown Sugar; Cakes and
Crackers Maple Syrup by the gallon and quarter gallon jugs New Or
Molasses, Cuba Molasscs, Syrups, etc; 80 Cheese; Pearl Grits,
EIominy, North Carolina Lard, Rice, Lima Beans, Navy Beans, FavOring
Extracts, Plum Pudding, White Cherries, Bartlett Pears, Yellow Peaches,
Oat Meal, Dat Flake, Buckwheat.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26

Every japanese workman is ticketed.
He bears on MS cap and on his back
labels giving his name and business, as
we'll as his employers name.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-26
DURHAM SUPPLY CO..


Are the town talk and our sales this week have been enormous. We have
just replenshed them with an elegant assortment Of choice bar
gains which we have marked down Sc very low that we
are confident that in one week from date there
will not be q dozen remnants left
in our entire stock.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-06
THE FIGHT POSTPONED,
Dixon and Mccarthy Not Allowed to Ba
tie for the Championship.

tie for the Championship.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y, Feb g.
The glove contest between Cal McCar
thy and George Dixon, the colored
boxer of Boston, did not take place at
the Puritan Athletic Club last night,
as warrants for the principals, who
were charged with an intention to en-
gage in prize fight, were sworn out by
the members of the jefferson Club, an
organization opposed to Mayor Gleason's
administration.
When the managers of the Puritan
Club learned that the warrants had
been issued they arranged to have bail
on hand, but could induce no Judge to
hold court and bail the prize fighters, so
rather than have Mccarthy and Dixon
arrested and locked up over night they
sent the boxers back to New York, and
notified the 5000 people who had been
allowed to enter the club house at D.
m. that the affair was postponed con ac-
count of legal difficulties" and the
money paid for tickets would be re-
funded in case it was decided to call the
match off altogether. The crowd took
the postponement good-naturedly, al
though they knew that the men had
weighed in during the afternoon and
were fully prepared to do battle.
Secretary Hackett says that each of
the boxers would probably receive a
sum sufficient to cover his training eX-
penses and include substantial bonus
for his trouble, and that after having
paid that money over Messrs. Roche and
Wakely would give up the management
of the club
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-06
THE MINING DISASTER.
Great Efforts Being Made to Secure the
Bodies of the Victims

Great Efforts Being Made to Secure the
Bodies of the Victims
HAzLEToN, Pa, Feb. 6.-The excitement
of the latest mining disaster has given
way to peaceful calm and everything is
now directed toward securing the bodies
of the unfortunate victims.
By constant pumping the water has
lowered about So inches, which, with the
fact that the water in the old No. s slope
did not fall at ALL indicates that great
deal of water from the old workings is
finding its way into No. and this water
may prolong the finding of the bodies for
months to come.
As yet it is idle to attempt fasten the
responsibility directly where it belongs,
but enough is known to make it certain
that some one has Numbered. Miners
conversant with the works say that the
company's chart of the workings show
that there was so feet between the men
at work in slope No. and the volume
at once an error of calculation, griev
Gus one, which has resulted in a great
loss of life and property.
LET. iWohelsdorf, the mining engineer
from Pottsville, who did the surveying
for the firm, arrived at Huntsville during
the day. He made an investigation for
the firm, but refused to give any infor.
nation for the public. Sentiment in
the region is somewhat divided Con-
sentative miners are willing to await a
full investigation before passing censure
on the firm of J. G. Hayden. Others
see nothing in it but criminal negli.
gence, and are outspoken in their asser,
tions that the mining engineer has not
visited the mines as frequently as the
occasion demanded.
As soon as any of the bodies are re.
covered, the coroner will empanel jury
and rigid inquiry will be made by him
into the cause of the accident.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-06
MAY SAVE FOUR LIVES.
Hope that the Imprisoned Men in TIL,
Nanticoke Mine win be Rescued.

Hope that the Imprisoned Men in the
Nanticoke Mine Win be Rescued.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. u -There is a
strong possibility that the men impris-
oned by the flood of water in the West
Nanticoke colliery may still be alive.
In addition to the three men, Rives,
Cragle and Schelling, it is learned that
David Hunter, driver, is also in the
mine.
Old miners who have worked in this
colliery and are familiar with the work
ing say if the men only maintained
presence of mind they might have
reached place of safe. Cragle was we'll
acquainted with the mine and must hav e
known of an unfinished cross-heading
leading towards an old tunnel many
yards above the level of the water They
would have had some distance to travel,
but if they started at once they could
have reached the cross-heading before
the flood reached them.
The officials of the mine also believe
this is possible, and expect to get the
water out by tomorrow morning, and if
the men did succeed in reaching the
cross-heading they may be reached in
time to save their lives.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-06
Arrested for Killing HIS EmpIoye

SoUTHoLD, L. J., Feb. Ga sensation
has been caused here by the shooting and
killing of Carl Collsen by his employer,
John ID. Young, a wealthy resident.
Collsen drove Mrs. Young to the train.
but got drunk going home and smashed
the buggy in a runaway. According to
Young's story he scolded Collsen, and the
latter got mad and took up Young's pis-
toll, saying, G. you, I'll shoot your
head off," Young says he seized Carrs
hand and in the scufflc the pistol ex-
ploded, shooting Carl in the mouth.
The coroner's jury found a verdict Of
murder against Young.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-06
THE BRAZIL TREATY
President Harrison's Formal
Proclamation Issued.
FIRST FRUITS OF RECIPROCITY
State Department Estimates About the
Benefits to be Derived

Republican Senators Caucus and AR
rang" an Order OF Business The EIec c.
tons Bill May be Called Up Agnin-
Sioux Chief Will be Reard:TO-morrOw.
The Pension Bill Passed the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-President Har-
rison formally announced last night the
reciprocity treaty with Brazil.
Though the agreement received the
signatures of Secretary Blaine and Sena-
tor Mendonca, the Brazilian Minister,
last Saturday, and though the President
approved it two days later. little init
nation was given of it until last
evening. Those who were in the secret,
however, awaited anxiously the procla-
nation from the President.
1t had not reached the Capitol when
Congress adjourned. An hour later,
however, it came from the White House
with the signatures of the President and
Secretary Blaine attached. ExM Minis
ter John W. Forster has been very
active in cooperating with the President
and Secretary Blaine in arranging the
details of the treaty, and he is jubilant
over the result. He declares that not
only will Americans be delighted with
the treaty, but with the tremendous
impetus which it will surely obtain for
our trade with the new republic.
1t is understood that negotiations of
similar treaties are now in progress be-
tween the United States and Spain for
Cuba, and with Venezuela.
The United States to-day pays to Bra
Eli annually about S65 100000, while it
receives but 100000 in return. State
Department estimates say that under
the new treaty Brazil will nav the TTnit ed
States annually, within three years, in
return for our manufactures and pro-
ducts, at least S25,000,OoO, and within
ten years, perhaps, over twice, if not
three times, that amount. 1t is stated
that by the terms of the agreement the
Brazilian government reduces, by con-
cession to this country, its annual reve-
nues $5.000,000. Coffee, tea, sugar and
molasses are contained in the free list.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-06
THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Repu6r ican Senators Make Out a Pro
gramme for the Sess on.

Repu6,tcan Senators Make Out Pro-
Eramme for the Sess on.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-About 40 Re-
publican Senators assembled at the Met
ropolitan Club last night, ostensibly to
dine as the guests of Senator Plumb, but
really to arrange an order of business for
the Senate.
1t was decided to take up the Eight
Hour bill tomorrow and have it followed,
in the order named. by the Copyright,
Nicaragua Canal, Paddock Pure Food and
Conger Lard bills, the bill to establish a
private land claims court, the bill to al
low limited pooling by railroad COM
panies. the Bankruptcy bill and the Pa
cific Railroad Funding bill.
1t was also determined that appropria.
tion bills and conference reports should
have preference over other business,
with the understanding that the order
should be reverted to when no privil-
eyed matters are before the Senate
An agreement to skip any bill on the
programme that promised to excite too
much opposition was also reached.