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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-01-09
The WORLDS FAIR.
Many Strange Things Coming
From the Orient.
Ameer Indus Tries to be Rep
resented at the Great Show.

81 received my credentials on Sat
urday as commissioner for the worlds
fair to Turkey, Egypt, Syria and Per-
sia," said DIR. Cyrus Adler to a repre-
sentative of the Washington Star. al
sail TO be absent for one year. The
object Of my trip is, in the first place,
to arouse interest on the part of the
governments of those countries in the
coming exposition, to obtain cOntribu-
tions in the shape of exhibits and to
make observations of life and affairs
in the orient. An important feature
of the great show in Chicago is TO re-
present the east, its people, its mat
ners and its products. Instead of get
ting together a lot of oriental goods
and putting them in glass-cases for the
edification of the multitude, there will
be a boulevard with cross streets, each
of which will be made TO represent
with as much accuracy and yividness
as possible an actual street in an east
ern city.
at is largely for the purpose of
making such observations as will en-
able me to properly construct these
glimpses of eastern cities that ] am
about to make this journey, The
streets will be actual copies of real
ones that are most typical in Cairo,
Damascus, Bagdad, Bayreuth, Jeru-
salem, Alexandria, Constantinople
and elsewhere. ! shall visit each of
those towns and shall obtain the nee
essary data on the spot. With such
surroundings visitors to the fair will
be made to feel as if they were jour
neying through the orient.
"Turning around a corner from .
street in Bag.lad they will find them
selves in Damascus, whence another
turn will take them into Jerusalem
and so on throughout an imaginary
journey in eastern lands. They viii
have presented to them in this way {
picture of life as it is lived in thoss
far-away countries. In the shop.
along the way they will gaze upon til,
people engaged in their native occu
fs.aatlens. aasliipelaenlallY they will be.
hold the actual production of the mai
ufactures placed on view.
"For example, the glass workers o
Hebron will be seen making thei
fam Gus ware after the same method
they have practiced for thousands o
years Damascus, naturally, will b
presented by its manufacture of cut
lery, for which through so many cen
turtles it has been famed. From Syri
will come the makers of silk and cal
pet woods, while the Egyptians wi
show what they can do in the way o
making furniture and tanning skin:
can oriental tanncry will probabl
be point of interest in the expos
ton; likewise an eastern theatre an
eating house. The curing of fruit
the manufacture of preserves, and tn
preparation of pruncs for market wi
be among the things worth seeing
But these are only a few of til
ideas which are likely to be carrie
out. l can tell you better when
come back about the wonders of th;
distant part of the world which Iii
ii-eeAoiatnbian fair may be cxpected ?
display"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-01-09


Jenkins-Say, you know that coffee
| got of you the other day. Grocer
| guess | ought to- "Well, my wife
can't get it to settle" "Then it has
kind o dropped into the ways of the
family"
al say, Bobby" whispered Feath-
erly, ''did your sister say that shs
hoped my trip would do me good?'
eyes, she told me last night that if
Mr.. Featherly went West she hoped
he would go for good"
Tommy-How much will you charge
me for a bicycle for this afternoon,
Mr. Wheeler Proprietor-Fifty
cents for the first hour; twenty-five
cents an hour after that. Tommy
Well, l think | will come around here
an hour laer.
Snively-rve been talking will
your wife, and I'm surprised at her
mental power. She has a great
mind. Snodgrass-She must have.
She has given me piece of it every
day for ten years and seems to have
| plenty left.
Mother-Ella, you have been play.
ing all the afternoon with those toy
! soldiers That's not a proper amuse.
ment for big girl like you. Daugh-
ter-But, mamma, l am playing will
the soldiers picked out the officers
and played with them.
He who across our wondrous nation
Within a sleeper takes trip
And wins the porter's admiration,
Won't find it far from tip to tip.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-01-09

''That was iorty years ago. said
Miss Perry" and it seems only yester-
day"
She looked from the gay area of the
Casino at Narragansett, out over the
blue, dimp!ing sea, where yacht was
just coming to anchor.
The wrinkled old general who di-
rected the taste Of the wealthy New
York spinster in the fitting of her art
gallery wiped tear from his glass eye.
Ii was telling gesture, though the
tear was not a tear of sensibility.
"But how did you find out that
was he?" he inquired, softly. lll
GLAND me that fan and | will
YOU. l had come down stairs, h9lS
ing a noise and thinking of burg &:E
| was brave III those days, and sc =
a heavy pair of scissors, which | n
ried daggerwise. went TO my Ihs!
cle's room, felt under his pillow
was relieved TO find the bag of p
monds safe. Then there was =
mcntary flash of light, clatter lie Fl
lantern dropped in darkness, and L
sound of receding footsteps. In soi
saw Paul again to this day. The !" :
tern was identified as his. felt
lieved at his flight at The momoist,
But, General, you and ! are old feo
pie, and for my part | can love onl,
once, and you must not speak to m'
again as you baye done today. "-[Th
Epoch
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-01-09

1t is easier to manage switch than
a train. This is a fashion note or
railway item, just as you please.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-01-09
HUMOROUS.

People crossed in love are apt 70 DC
very cross afterwards.
As they parted-''A lass" sighed
he. "Ah, men," wept she.
The person who can least spare 1t Is
often most willing TO give others
piece of his mind.
Visitor (admiring the new baby)--
Sue has her mammals chin. Father
Indeed she hasn't, yet.
In order to stand up under mistor-
tune it frequently becomes necessary
to stand up ones friends.
Tcacher-What is absolutely neces-
sary to enable man to get along well
in this wicked world? Johnny-A
rattling good pair of legs.
Bulger-Miss Bangor plays like
sixty, doesn't she? Kruger-Well'
she's not far out of tie way. That
passage is marked "forte."
The matchmaker is doomed to per-
petual apprenticeship. Even when he
pretends to be in business for himself
he is really "serving his time"
Faker-Simkins has given up prose
and is going to devote himself to
poetry hereafter. Wagster-That is
to say he is going from bad to verse.
I Unprejudiced sympathy is always
with the under dog in the fight. In
a cat fight sympathy for the under cat
is misplaced. The under animal is i'll
scratching position and has the best
of it.
Mrs. Mater Have you seen Mr..
Pater's son since he got home from
college? Daughter-Yes, ma; saw
him last night Has he improved
much? Awfully. He's got a nous.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-01-09
NO TARIFF

wel.kiown kind
u.s. Sel You good the Old prices in fact selling iIle rho
ever lana 7tat did hc NJ t
n uo d
Children. q dat' t an
the We keep MEMS 'No a
will guarantee on Only pes'' a''''
LOOK AT Knee Pants from @oo Up Boys
Suits, IA al SIZE @oo Up ss
Boys OVercoats a Bottom Prices
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26

At Atlanta. Ga. recently. case OF
typho-maIaFia feyer was broken up
By tho elcctropoise. This is merely a
small silver cylinder with rounded
ends, called a polarizer. having an in
sulated wire attached and a rubber
band at the end 10 bind ii TO the
ankle with.
Sydney Jones, son OF Colonel Tom
Jones, was taken with malaria. His
temperature run To 1922 degrees.
On the sixth day his condition was
decidedly worse, when the father dis
missed the doctor aud decided to put
his faith in the eleetropoise On the
seventh day the application was
made. In two days the fever and
all attendant symptoms were efrcctu-
ally removed.
The doctor admits that tho patient
is well. though he does not indor>c
the method to which the cure is
ascribed. The experiment was
watched closely hya number OF people.
who evineed the greatest interest at
the working OF the little Instrument.
The working Of the eleetropoise is
simply with one end attached 10 the
patient the polarlzcr is Immersed in
a bucket Of icewater at the bedside
Nothing further is necessary except
to wet the sponge between the band
and ankle frequently. This acts as .
conductor for the current.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26
No place for Him

Until ten years or more ago the
Texas Pan Handle, through several
months Of each year, afforded pastur-
kge for vast herds OF bison, commonly
known as the buffalo, an animal
which, In its wild state. at least, has
-lmost entirely vanished. On a GER
iain occasion two gentlemen, prom
inent in Texas politics, were hunting
in the buffalo region, and one OF
Them, getting within range OF a herd
Il the ruminants, brought down a
large bull.
Knife in hand the hunter was APP
preaching his quarry, when all at
Gnce it rose, believing and ready for
business. Since the gun was empty,
light was the sportsman's only re-
course, and an instant later a wild
Eyed man was seen tearing away, with
furious brute closely following.
Hunter number two, meanwhile.
was watching the scene from hill
top too far off to be Of the slightest
assistance 10 his companion.
A tragic termination of the chase
seemed inevitable, for the fleeing
gentleman was a heavy weight, and
already the space between pursuer
and pursued began to diminish. Sud-
denly the fugitive was seen to strike
pff at an angle, and the breathless
watcher heayed sigh of relief when
his friends objective point was found
to be o cave but few rods away.
At the very entrance TO this seem.
ing place Of safety, however. the flee
ing man turned aside and dashed
with such frantic speed across tho
plain that a marked gain was made
upon his pnrsuer.
But this could not last long, and
finally, the fugitiye's strength utterly
failing him, he fell completely ex-
bausted, while the buffalo, faint from
loss of blood, dropped at almost the
same instant, and within less than a
rod OF the PROSTATE man.
Hunter number two now came up,
and his first question was:
"WhY didn't you run into the cave,
Colonel? That would have shielded
you from the buffalo"
Buffalo" came the painting but
contemptuous response; "why. Gen
eral, there's bear in that cave as
big as two buffalo"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26

80 49,
IRE. Greenhouse plants require no heat
Turing the night further than to exclude
irosts
Another injury consequent upon
ligh night temperature during winter
lrises from the extraction Of moisture
rom the atmosphere To maintain an
inside temperature of even fifty degree,
xhen the external is near zero Involves
apid generation of heat, and as the
apacity of air for taking moisture in
reases in proportion to its rise, great
demand is made upon the plants and
everything it the house capable of CIV
Dg up moisture. The quantity Of water
bus carried off MAJ be seen by the de-
position of ice on the inner surface of
he glass after night of severe frost.
&c one-fourth Of an inch in thickness is
,ften found under these circumstances,
'ne result of condensation and freezing
II the water carried from the contained
moisture in the atmosphere and from the
arface of the plants. The parched and
Unhealthy aspect of the plants subjected
o such treatment is sufficient evidence
igainst the propriety of the practice. -
Ne,0 York World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26
The Bun Killed the Bear.


Although two men were at work
'utting underbrush within a few rods
II the spot, a bear invaded a field on
William Barker's farm on Bull Hill.
rear Galeton. Pa. his intention plainly
Being to capture one of the sheep
hat were pasturing in the field.
Barker, who was one OF the men
tutting brush, saw the bear, and hur-
lied the other man TO the house to
Jet Barker's gun Barker himself
started on a run for the pasture for
he purpose Of protecting his sheep
lcom the bear, but neither the gun
aor the presence Of Barker was neces-
AIRY. Besides the sheep some cows
ind two-year-old Jersey bull were
hasturing in the field. The bull no
looner saw The bear edging and
touching along toward the sheep
aan he charged upon him and caught
lin with his horns square in the
iide. The bear did not have time TO
hefend himself, the bulls rush was
ID quick and sudden, and he was
lifted clear off the ground. and thrown
several feet, falling heavily TO the
Fround. The bear quickly regained
lis feet, and not relishing the recep-
ion he had met with in the pasture
started to run away. But the bull
followed him like "A tornado, and
truck the bear again at full head
way, tumbling bruin heels over head.
The bear made up his mind to fight,
Ind got on his feet before the bull
iharged on him again. He received
he bull this time standing on his
hind feet. Both OF the bulls horns
penetrated the bears breast their full
.ength, and at tho same instant the
bear sank claw in each OF the bulls
shoulders. The bear ripped the flesh
from the bull in long, deep strips on
each side, but the bulls horns were
Ii the bears vitals, and bruin fell to
The ground and died almost instantly.
All this occurred while Barker was
running 70 the scene, and before the
hired man had reached the house
after the gun. The injuries the bull
received were not serious. The bear
was a very large one, and is believed
to have been one that has been steal
ing sheep and pigs in the vicinity for
several weeks. New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26
THE PEA AS STOCK Foop.

In tue northern section of the cotton
belt of the United States the value of the
COW pea as stock food is being dis
cussed very much. Many Southern jour.
nails are urging its value and growth.
The popular idea that it is an unsafe
TODD is based upon the fact that the
grain when fed alone is too concentrated,
which is very correct idea. But the
hull of the pea is but little above the
straw of grain, hence the huh and the
grain fed together make popular, we'll
balanced food. The present more com.
mon method of having the peas thrashed
is giving way TO the latter practice -pick
ing the peas and storing them away in
the hull. This method being once adopted
it seems apparent that the grower would
have them picked by the hundred as cot.
ton is picked, and not have them picked
on the shares as is now the prevalent
plan. They eau usually be picked at a
cost of thirty cents per hundred. The
idea that the pea is an unhealthy food
for stock is uufounded. The Southern
Farmer says; ave have fed peas in
in the hull - horses AMI mules for the
last fifty years and never had a case OF
collie or other disease traceable to it.
They arc fully as safe feed as corn, while
they can be raised on land that will not
grow corn. "-Fmmers' Home Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26
"WindOw Gazlcg'' as a Professio

"See that elegantly dressed lady and
gentleman just going out there?1 said
Will ShaCer in the Auditorium Hotel a
few days ago you will be surprised
10 hear the business they are in; they
are married couple, and as pleasant
people as ever mct.n
''i}ut what IS there odd about theiI
business, Mr.. Shaferl7
"Well, said Will with a smile, "they
might be called 'gazers, and will ex.
PLAIN it this way: You have heard of
people standing on the street and looking
up steadily to the sky for few moments
just to see if it wouldn't draw crowd 2
Well, it always does, and it don't make
a particle of difference whether there is
anything to see or not. The crowd will
gather just the same. Well, these two
work on the same principle, only instead
Of gazing at the sky they gaia at shop
windows, and they don't do it for fun,
either, You saw how richly they were
dressed. Well, they just make lots Of
money. In the first place, they are a
couple to attract notice on tao street at
any time, SO it is not hard for them to do
their little act. They first make bargain
with some of the big stores that have
large show windows. The proprielors
have these windows dresse up in par
ticularly fine style AMI thea this pair,
looking like a couple out shopping, walk
mp and hold an animated talk before the
window, evidently discussing the goods
there displayed, at which they occasion.
ally point in an interesting manner. Tue
passers-by naturally become curious aud
one By one or in groups they pause to
look also As in the case OF the sky
9azers, crowd is soon collected, when
tue couple work their way out and walk
around the block. BY the time they get
aroubd the window is once more clear
and they do the same act over again. II
is the best kind OF an lad for the store,
aud, dale in sncl a nice and genteel man.
ner, is worth good money. They get
il, too, fos the gentienan in talking to
me the other day ani telling me the
scheme said they hal made as high as
SIS, 600 a year. Taey 60 all over the
country, from one big city to another,
ana haze regular line OF patrons. They
only work il the spring and TALL, when
most OF the new goods come out. Ths
rest of the time they travel OF not, as
they please. but you may be sure taey are
q yays having good time. - Gaieags
-f's'' -------r------
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26
TITLES OF NOVELS.


Names In Poetry.
The average novel. the outsider
gathers, is a better paying concern
han the average poem. says the st.
James Budget And that, no doubt,
Is why there is so much more fuss
about proprietary rights in the titles
Df novels. If ven feel so inclined you
may go on singing and sonneteering
To Della and ITO Chloe to vous
hearts content, but il you desire to
romance about some mot impossible
She you will be well advised to avoid
putting "Sher upon your title page.
Yet there is decorum in these mat
lers.
And personally one is inclined to
.hink that Edward Jay was unwise 10
write 1.-The Worst OF It over his lines
IN Lippincott's Magazine The
bhrase was all the worlds one. Now
lou shall hardly hear it uttered in
The most different context without
Eaye OF Renaissance of the passion.
ate self-ahandoument of the guilty
husband Of the wife in Browning's
hoem. And the worst OF il is that
Mr.. Jays subject seems to be the
same.
The right Of noyelists, on the other
fand, to quarry for titles in the
iemensne OF poetry is well established
By custom. Any novelist may take
Proud Maisie'sr name in vain or de-
frade Airy Fairy Lillian into some
Easy Breezy Caroline" in three vol
smes of prose travesty. Mr. Jay is
well entitled by custom-to write a
thrilling shilling book and call It
.Mesmerism. or a novel OF Bostonian.
introspectiol and call it lie Byron de
Nos Jours, or an erotic study after
Mr.. Saltus and call il a Light
Woman Poets have been known n
Protest, but they are little old
fashioned up on Parnassus. When,
N her habitation, the loyal Primrose
Dame Is asked if she has read "Endy-
nion' she naturally answers: "Ies.
But ii is Keats poem that the title
denotes in the republic of letters still.
Mr.. Stevenson stole the title OF enc
If his volumes Of verse from Ben JON
IONS underwood, and very pretty
title it is. Mr.. Stevenson acknowl-
EDGE the theft in the handsomest
manner:
Df all my verse. like not a single limo:
But like my title. for /; i not mine.
That title from better man stole;
hb, how much better had stol'n the whole;
because, Of course, there is no copy
tight in Ben Jonson. Ii is 10 be
feared that but few of Mr.. Steven
IONS readers were much bothered by
"reminiscences Of Rare Ben.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26

Young people sometimes fancy that
they can get married happiness
merely by going through the marriage
ceremony. Domestic felicity, how
ever, like everything else worth hav-
ing, must be worked for-must be
earned by patient endurance. self
restraint and loving consideration for
the tastes and even for the faults OF
him or her with whom life is to DO
lived.
aNo man e'er gained happy lie by chance.
Or yawned II into being With a wish.r
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26
SIDE HILLS.

In moro than forty years of reading
agricultural journals, writes w. II.
Gardner, ] have never seen a word upon
the subject of the difference between the
area of side-hill acres and level. Arith-
motto teaches that there is difference
between the hypothenuse ana base. We
see this fact illustrated in every vertically
boarded barn gable. The rafters are
longer than the beams according to their
slope, and the vertical boarding covers
beam and rafter alike. The old question
in administration many more pickets
set vertically will it take to build fence
over hill than upon a level3n is also
illustrated in the barn gable-no more.
How many farmers, asked if there is
more plant room upon side hill acre,
could make correct replyl The seede,
and the plow find more surface-there is
more suriace-and yet the barn gable
illustration shows US that the space for
plants is the same on side hill as upoa
plain, consequently that an acre Of side
hill should not be seeded according to
lineal surface, but as plain or level
acre. In other words plants should grow
farther apart as TO surface upon side
hill than upon plain In proportion to
the descent. -Rural Home Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26
SOME POINTS Arour suoRr HORNS.


There are many points to support the
claim that the short horn is emphatically
the farmers COW. Many experienced men
firmly believe that no other COW is so well
suited to all purposes, and despite the
cutlery against the general purpose
COW, that is after al what the great ma.
jority of farmers want. Even for special
dairy purposes they arc rarely excelled.
At the Bristol Dairy Show in England a
short horn took first prizs, giving fifty
two pounds of milk per day at the test,
five months sitter coming in. At the
British Dairy Show held at London,
where there were two hundred and fifty
seven entries OF all breeds, short horns
took first and second prizes. The BRITISH
agricultural Gazette says. The Short
horn is the best COW we have in Eng.
land for dairy purposes The Michigan
Agricultural College says: THE short
hons are undoubtedly the best farmer
cow" The Ontario Agricultual College
says: For beef and milk there is moth
ing that can equal the short horns; nor
have they any equals Tor improving other
breeds This last point should have
the most careful consideration The
constant infusion of better blood in all
our herds, both for beef and dairy, is
The chief thing that we need, aud we
should use those breeds which will most
impress their good points upon their
progeny. This prepoteucy of the short
horns is most marked. -Aem York %,
sorrer.