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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-29
The Changes at the Hook and Ladder.

Chief Healy had his men at work at
the hook and ladder house yesterday
rearranging the ladder on the big truck
so as to do away with the sixty-fve foot
extension ladder which is too heavy for
the men to handle. The combination OF
a thirty-fve and twenty-five foot lad
der will give a length of fifty feet. The
change will tighten the weight on the
truck about one-half.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-29
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
Police Court.

There were nine cases in Police Court,
yesterday morning. Henry Conkle, for
disorder, was dismissed. -Four DRINKS
got 81 and costs each. w. ]. Kull, for
fast driving, got 81 and costs. Julius
Hutsper and Frank Condir, for fighting,
got 50 and SO respectively. John Buck
ley, for indecency, got So and costs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-29
Rfdg ODeued.

The Board of Commissioners Com
mittee on Court House and Jail met yes
terday afternoon and opened the bids
for the construction Of the new water
closets in the basement of the Court
House. The bids were as follows:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-29
m)eelias 8e9ister
rhermometer Reoord.

Mr.. G. Schnepf, the Opera House drug;
Eist, made the following observations o.
the temperature Yesterday: a. m %
9 q. m, Il; - m, a; p. m, ~; p H.
Is. Weather. changeable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-29
THE WEATHER.

WAsHnsrox, D. c., July 2a-For West VIZ
ginia, Western Pennsylvania and ONO, snow
cooler at Rochester and slightly warmer at
Pittsburg; south winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-29
Wheeling Instalment 60

THAT we offer this week are goods of an "immediaq
EME need character entirely seasonabe aud withal y
wv dispensable. They may have met your eye
IN other places but never has it rested on them
our prices, which are always the lowest and whc
WILL this week. be on these immediate need goods lowe
than ever We have Ice Chests at $780, we have Them
fact at any price. Your attention, however we Won
have especially directed to large Solid Ash Ice Chest
guaranteed charcoal filled, for $500 worth sI2 We cal
not stop to talk about their WORTH it's entirely foreign
our present of how many of these goods
have and how long twill take to dispose of them We @
adopted the most expeditions plan by reducing prices
same reduction applies to entire line of Ice Chests
Refrlgerators lnwarm weather needfus we offer gale
Water Coolers that is the cooler that sells REGULAR
at $3.50 for 1925 each; 3gaon alter Cooler 81 IS
price s275 2gallon Coolers 75c EACH In Baby Carrs
we nave an assortment hard to beat in Reed and Ra
Bodies upholstered IN all shades and qualities fupho
ng goods, which we sell for cash or on credit.
WHEELING INSTALMENT COMPANY,
1876 to lao Market Street.
JOS. n. MoARDLE. Manager.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-29

smnIovment of the Government IN sae
city of Wheeling. He returns noi0
IN October. Democrat
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
A Poets Good Appetite.

Heinrich Heine, when student at
Gottingen, was invited with fellow
student to take supper with Professor
Hugo and his hospitable wife. The
fare was simple and not too plentiful,
but one dish was viewed with conscious
pride BY the hostess, who evidently felt
that nothing could be better for the
occasion; that was small plate con-
tanning four fat sausages, with tempting
gravy and furnishings of green.
The dish was passed first to Heine,
who was in the full tide of long and
animated discourse, setting forth his
opinions on some question which had
been started by the professor. Instead
of serving himself to one sausage, and
allowing the dish to proceed on its way
TO the others who were eagerly expect
ing it, he seized the plate, placed it
before him. and proceeded to dispose Of
one sausage after another, not neglect
ing the gravy either, until the garnish-
ing alone remained to show the havoc
he had maze,
Coming 10 the end Of his speech al
about the samc time that he finished
the last sausage, be looked at the gloomy
faces about him, then at the empty
dish, discovered what had been The
meaning OF certain spasmodic attempt;
on the par, Of Professor Hugo and hi.
distracted spouse to interrupt his foA
of Language. and Of course made pro
fuse apologies. But he was never in
vited to that house for supper again
the chance of being let supperles;
themselves was too great for his host &c
risk it a second timei
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
Rob'ing the shOpkeepers,

Tie shop front trick is more skilful
than any played off upon The poor shop
keeper in Paris. A man inthe garb Of
a peasant may be seen making his way
along the street, carrying with difficulty
a heavy bag upon his head Just oppo
site the shop Of linen draper or MILF
ner he staggers beneath the burden,
and falls heavily against the shop-win.
dow, allowing his bag to crash through
the large plate of glass. The proprietor,
of course, rushes out and cnergetically
demands that the damage be paid for
on the spot The rustic, with equal
vehemence, protests that he cannot and
will not pay, and an alteration ensues,
in which the shopman seems to be get
ting anything but the best of it,
At this juncture shere steps out from
the crowd which has collected a we'll
well-dressed man, who interyenes in the
discussion and asserts that he knows
the peasant and is quite sure that he
can afford to pay The latter with
many oaths and much reluctance, gives
in before this evidence, and at length
produces grumblingly from his pocket
Bank Of France note for one thousand
francs. The shopkeepcr, oyerioyed at
the sight of it, and nothing 10th to
settle the business and get rid of the
concourse Of people, quickly pockets
the note, gives the man his change
after doducting the full value of the
glass, and with thanks to the stranger,
withdraWs from the scene. But on
going sometime ufterward to exchang,
the bank note for gold, he finds that il
is a bad one
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24

A sketch of the Missouri peach indus
try woull not be complete without men-
ton of tae great fruit farm at Olden,
No. 1t covers some 5000 acres. A good
portion of the farm was purchased in
March, 1884, and the farm improve
inents began the same spring with the
planting Of 16, 900 peach trees.
In the spriag of 1884 some 5000 apple
trees, 1900 peach trees, aud ten acres
OF berries were planted. In the spring
OF 1886 ten acres OF berries, 5000 apple,
and 10000 peach trees were planted. Ia
1887 i've acres Of berries, 1903 pear,
40J1 apple, and 5000 peaea trees were
planted. In 1888 five acres of berries,
5000 apple, aai 5000 peach trees were
planted, and in tae spriu, of 1889 ten
acres of berries, 500 cherry, 1899 pear,
and 5000 apple trees were planted. The
total fruit plant of the farm up to March
1, 1890, covered 700 acres, of which
800 acres were in peach trees, 800 IN
apple trees, aud 100 acres in pear, plum.
aud cherry trees, raspberries aud black
berries. The fruit shipment in 1899
embraced 30, 600 boxes of peaches and
II, 900 crates of berries nearly all of
which were shipped in bulk to Kansas
City by fruit cars attached to the night.
express trains. These shipments repre-
scented only the three first years plant
of peach trees AMI about thirty acres OF
berries, the balance of the trees and
email frt1its -,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24

Silas Reynolds and Thomas Judd
known respectively as Uncle Silas and
Uncle Tom-were rich farmers in Illi-
nois twenty five years ago. They were
neighbors and very close friends, and
were both of them somewhat notorious
for their oddities and their shabby dress.
They carried long hickory poles as
canes, and Uncle Tom almost always
had basket on his arm, because he
'scouldn bear pockets in his clothes. =
Both men were familiar figures about
the old board of trade in Chicago. One
evening they missed their train, aud
we're obliged to remain in town over
night; so they went TO the Palmer House,
then just built, and the pride of the city.
The night clerk was dapper young
man, ''with an air of cologne and inn
portance about him, and when be saw
the two seedy looking wayfarers reach
for the register, he accosted them with
measure Of brusqueness.
Have you any baggage said he.
He was told that they had not--noth-
ing but Uncle Toms basket,
you will have to pay in advance, [
suppose you know" said the pretty
young man.
eyes, answered Uncle Silas, slowly,
II suppose so, and with an ar Of
humility hewent down into his TROUSERS
pocket and fished up purse, which he
began to unwind
'What is the cheapest room you
have?n he inquired.
The cheapest was none too cheap, but
the clerk named the figure.
Gan right, said Uncle Silss, "take
It out Of that, and he laid down a
thousand dollar bill.
The clerk at once put on his other
manners. He was very sorry to have
made such mistake. of course he
couldn't change the bill, but that made
no difference; they could pay at any
time, and meanwhile could have any
thing they liked.
Cant change it, eh?' said Uncle
Silas.
The clerk repeated his statement that
he could not and did not wish to.
"Well, Tom" said Uncle Silas, stuff
fng the bill into his wallet and picking
up his big stick, ''come on, let's so to
some first class hotel. | told you we
should have trouble if we came to one
of these cheap places.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24

Nearly twenty years ago we were look
ing over fine herd of dairy COWS, owned
by very intelligent dairymau III New
York. Tie COWS were standing in the
yard, and we were much impressed by
the strong indications OF tone, vigor and
thrift which marked every animal in the
herd. On inquiry we found that they
were not highly fed, yet they looked and
appeared better than some herds that
consumed much larger daily ration.
The owner explained the mystery by say
ing that he ascribed the superior con-
dition of his cows very largely to the
care he had taken IN the construction of
the stable, to have it well lighted. His
stable was on the south aud cast side of
the barn, and the wall was filled with
windows with double sash. The stable
was as light as day in every part of it.
The owner reported that ne had noticed
two peculiar effects: (l) The color of
the butter was much higher. Sunlight
was the secret. One principal reason
why winter butter is so much winter than
summer butter is that the COWS do not
receive as much sunlight in the stable as
in the pasture. ~ He believed the
light, and consequent increase of heat,
decreased the consumption of food. Al
any rate he thought he could winter his
COWS in the new, we'll lighted stable,
with considerable saving of food over
what was consumed in the old stable. -
H0ard's Daiyymgn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
WHIPPING BALKY HORSES.

Notwithstanding the fact that the press
continually admonishes whom it may
concern that it does no good to whip or
pound balky horse, almost every owner
or driver of one does it to-day. 1t is
probably the greatest pie,e of horse folly
in existence. 1t is not remnant OF
barbarism, but il is continual barbarity
and brings out what original and ac-
quired sin there is in man. The brain
of a horse can retain but one idea at a
time. If the idea is to sulk, whipping
only intensifies 1t. A change of that
idea, then, is the only successful method
of management. This may be accom-
plished in scores of ways, few of which
will be named. Tie handkerchief about
his eyes, tie his tail tightly to the belly
band or back band; fasten a stick in his
mouth, tie cord tightly about the leg,
uucheck and pet him awhile; clasp his
nostrils aud shut his wind OFF until he
wants to go; unhitch him from the We
hiclc and then hitch up again, or almost
any way to get his mind on something
else. Whipping or scolding always does
harm. The treatment should ever be
gentle. There are more balky drivers
than horses. National Stoctmaa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24

Notwithstanding the increasing use of
green soiling aud its prodtablenses, espe-
cially in the case OF dairy cows, our
animals are so largely raised upon grass
gathered by themselves that of all other
methods of feeding, this must always re.
main the most popular in its season.
Usually the land that eau be best de.
voted to pasturage is that portion of
farm, which from its uuevenuess, is not
specially well adapted to tillage, aud if
it is supplied with springs or running
rlvulets no better use eau be made of it.
An English authority recently de-
scribed typical pasture for yearling
animals as one where the grass is only
moderately rich, but where there is
regular growth of young grass. constant
supply of running water, and ample
shade, either from trees or artificial
shelter. When young stock are placed
under such conditions they grow steadily
and keep in good order, 1t is astonish-
ing on how small quantity of food the
animals will keep up their growth in dry
seasons, provided the pasture in which
they are placed is watered by running
stream, and nothing seems more essential
to their welfare than a plentiful supply
of water, and it is all the better if it is
in the form of stream rather than of a
pond.
A fair range is desirable, but where
space is limited it is an advantage to
have more than one enclosure, and use
these alternately, but the grass SHOULD
rot be allowed to get too large or too
old before the animals are put upon it.
fearling cattle are the most suitable
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
ch,auansa-A Queer African pish.

Salah, Stanley's attendant, said it
was curious to watch Stanley's white
officers when introduced TO chiquanqd,
a kind of pudding made of boiled
manioc root. Neither the taste nor
odor of this food is at all inviting at
first, but necessity brings all whites
as well as blacks to regard it as the
bread Of life before many months Of
residence in Central Africa.
Sometimes when deprived Of it for
many days | have often hailed piece
of toasted chipmnga as real luxury,
and | have been rather disguised with
newly arrived whites whose Upturned
noses condemned my barbaric taste.
When Stanley'S white officers had
finished their small stock of timed
provisions and rice, they were abso-
lutely compelled TO fall back on the
manioc dishes; but the sourneSs of
taste of this African pudding is a
serious berrier to the enjoyment Of it,
and some stubborn persistence is re-
quired before the white man halls
cliiqudRga at delicacy: but like other
white travellers, these officers began
to like it, and when they passed be-
yond the districts where it grew, and
were forced to adhere TO a roast plan
tain diet. they regretted bitterly that
they had no mahioc.-iSt. Nicholas.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
BEANS As GREEN MANURE.

Where beans are grown for sale while
green as string beans, they are harvested
about midsummer, aud it is sometimes a
question what to do with the stalks.
They are then iull of sap, and if pcwed
under after the last picking OF beans is
made will rot rapidly. Farmess know
that stock fed on dried bean straw in
winter make very rich m1nure. All
this the green bean straw hiss, with the
advantage of furnishing moisture to
make it at once available. The best
growth of fat turnips we ever saw IS
growing this year where lot OF green
bean stalks were plowed under as they
grew about the both of last July. The
crop promises an enormous yield, and
will turn those bean stalks into more
money, and quicker, than could lie done
by drying and feeding them to airy kind
of stock. Unfortunately, the bear is too
tender to sow or plant early as az early
green manure, but probably crop of
peas might be sown in April and piowed
under a month later as manure for corn
or potatoes. Pea vines are as ric,, in
nitrogen as are those of the bean aud
will make as good a fertilizer. B0lsoa
Culticator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
A Mutual Scare.

A track walker employed by the
Southern Pacific Railroad. and in
charge of section in Texas, was
engaged in his daily inspection of the
track, and had reached part bordered
on one side by dense thicket of small
oaks, when he heard a rustling, and
the next instant panther jumped on
him. He was armed only with a
Ratchet and wrench, and the attack
was so unexpected that he fell under
the creature swsight, and just managed
to strike it light blow with the Ratchet
The panther drew off q short distance,
and, as the traCk-walker scrambled Ia
his feet, it returned TO the attack
screaming fearfully This time he cut
the panther severely, but the infuriated
animal again felled the man to the
earth Unfortunately for the track
walker, the Ratchet had been knocked
from his grasp, leaving him with bare
hands to grapple with the savage beast.
1t was only by the exertion of his
utmost strength that he was able to
retain his grasp on the panther S throat,
a new horror soon confronted him, rs
the panther threw him across the track,
and, in spite of his frantic efforts, held
him with his back across the rails.
The shrill whistle of the afternoon train
sounded in his ears, and inspired him
with such strength that he succeeded
in rolling clear of the track as the ex-
press dashed by. AT the same time he
shouted wildly for help, but the noise
of the train prevented his cries from
being heard But the panther was
dreadfully scared by the thunder of the
train and made for the woods The
trackwalker seized the wrench that lay
near, and braced himself against an
adjacent tree to await another attack.
Sure enough, the panther reappeared
as undaunted as ever, and received IL
blow on the head that sent it reeing
With another blow the man stunned it,
and then, running for his Ratchet,
dispatched the animal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24

Additional train will leave Harrisburg
daily except SUNDAY at $50 m, arriving at
Carlisle at sis p N, stopping at all inter
mediate stations, and on Saturdays trains
will leave Harrisburg at $50 p m, arrive
Mocha icsburg 5:44 m. Leave Harrisburg
l0:3Op m, arrive Carlisle 100 IA, stopping
at intermediate stations.
Memphis EXpressan New Orleans Express
run daily between Harrisburg and Hagers
town aad Morning Mail daily between llar-
rishurg and Chamberslurg.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars between
Hagerstown and New York on Morning Mail
and Night Express east and on Memphis
Express and New Orleans Express west.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Night Express
and New Orleans Express between Philadel'
phia and New Orleans.
Through Coaches to and from Philadelphia
on Fast Mail and Day Express east and Ne
commodation and n. Q. Express west
10 Connections for all stations on Cum
berland Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania
Railroad system.
j. +. BOYD, superin endent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
now To FORM A PERFECT HEDGE.

HOW To FORM A PERFECT HEDGE.
To have a hedge do its best, whether
deciduous or evergreen, it should be
pruned twice a season. The first pruu
ing should be done before the growth is
stopped, the second about the close of
summer, after the length of growth has
been completed for the season. Ga the
method Joseph Meehan writes as follows
in Practical FIrpter: A hedge to be
perfect must be broader at the base than
at any other part. Summer pruning,
that is, the first one, is mainly to thicken
the hedge aud strengthen the base. To
do this, the top and most Of the upper
branches are clipped off then, while the
lower ones are touched but little in an
old hedge and not at all in a young one
IN which the shape has not been we'll
formed. As soon as the tops are cat
away the sap flows to those remaining,
greatly invigpratiug then. In old hedges
where sap and business have been
attained, the whole Of the hedge may be
trimmed back to thicSen it, but let the
severest cutting be at the top. For
every branch cut of half dozen new
ones form, 50 that in time hedge be-
comes so dense that bird can hardly fly
through it. After the first cutting there
will be more growth made, and this is
allowed to go on as long as it will
When all growth has stopped, which will
be in September, in tine Middle States,
the hedgeis gone over again and cut clean
into good shape, winch should neither
be too round or too pointed In con
nectiou with this it may be said here
that single trees should be pruued in the
same way thet the hedge is. Business
comes from stopping the leading shoots
before they are done growing. Pruning
in winter acts the other way, encourag-
ing an extra strong top growth.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
Regulating a River.

4 project has been slonjtte to the
Russian Ministry on Roads of Intercon-
municatioa to re- Ilate the course of the
Volga. 1t is proposed to build five large
reservoirs between the City OF Tver and
the mouth of the River Kama at con.
venient distances apart. The waite,
filing the reservoirs At the OVERLOOKING
of the river in the spring might then be
let back to its source in tle sum nec when
the river dries u Ntr York Nees.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
SELECTING GEESE.

In thinning out the flock of geese, al
ways retain the old birds, as they will
often live and breed during the lifetime
Of generation. Geese have been known
to hatch and raise their young when
twenty-five years old. The old geese are
not salable in market. and as they are
better layers aud more careful mothers
than the young geese, the latter can be
marketed with more advantage and profit
than by selling off the old birds.-Farm
and Ftresiae.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24

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It's powerful general, as well as
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
MailrnaaS.

Additional train will leave Carlisle daily
except Sunday at $50 a m, stopping A. all in
termediate stations, arriving at Harrisburg
$50 a N, and on Saturdays only trains will
leave MeehapicSIurg at eco m, arrive llar-
Tishurg 6:2j p m, leave Carlisle $50 p m,
arrive Harrisburg 1915 P m, stopping At III
tei,.ediate stations.
The Fast Mail and Ni.ht Express East will
run daily between Harrisburg and lIagrrs-
town, aud Evening Mail and Morning Mail
daily between Harrisburg and Chambersbure.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24

FITS Stopped free by DIR. KLTSE's GREAT
NERVE RFsToRER. No fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and 5 trIl
bottle free. DIR, Kline. 93lArch St. Phila., Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24

snimals to fee, off young or newly laid
down pasture, as they Craze sufficiently
low without biting out the hearts of the
plants as sheep are liable to do, aud they
do not trample as heavily D do older
cattles-Neo York World.