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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
Kept the Least for Himself.

Three ragged newsboys were trying
o sell the earlier editions of the after
1oon papers. A man carrying large
punch of fine looking bananas on his
shoulder passed close by The motion
If his body loosened one Of the biggest
nd ripest, and it fell to the sidewalk.
The man kept on, not noticing or car
ne for the loss
The banana lay upon the pavement
or about half minute unseen. Then
he largest of the three ragged urchins
pied it, and, with cry of delight, he
an over and picked it up.
1t was natural to suppose that he
would proceed to eat it all himself, but
instead of doing so he called his com
aaions and exhibited his find. They
yed it greedily. Without any request
rom them for share in the coveted
ruit, the finder divided the banana in
three parts and gave his fellow news
,oys each part. The smallest part he
eseryed for himself.
1t was only small thing in itself yet
proved, / thought, that there was
,omething noble hidden under the
jagged garments OF that little urchin,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
Value Of Minutes.

Perhaps there never was given a
more striking instance of the value of
minutes than the following: A party
of ladies and gentlemen were shown
through very large carpet establish
ment, few days ago. They were
permitted to look into every nook and
corner of the building except one. At
the bottom of stairway they came
upon closed door, upon which were
the words Positively No Admittance. +"
The curiosity of the ladies was now
awakened, and one inquired eagerly, =
what is up there?"
THAT is our workshop exclaimed
the representative OF the firm. 1--WE
have one hundred and fifty women on
that floor sewing carpets.
"Oh, l should so like to see them at
work, said the fair questioner, with a
playfuily beseeching look.
81 am sorry that cannot take you
up there, replied the firms represen
tative, but the rules are very strict.
Really, there is nothing worth looking
at, and there are no trade secrets there.
The reason why the. firm iEterdicts
visitors is because the presence Of
strangers in the room causes every
sewing woman to look up, and takes
her attention off her work from one to
five minutes. Suppose each woman
loses an average of two minutes, With
one hundred and fifty women that
means loss TO the firm of three hun
bred minutes, or five hours of time.
That is too much to lose when we are
working under full head of steam, as
We are now"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17

Flower

l had been troubled FIVE months
with Dyspepsia. The doctors told
me it was chronic. had a fullness
after eating and a heavy load in the
pit of my stomach. | suffered fire.
quently from a Water Brash Of clear
matter. Sometimes a deathly Sick
ness at the Stomach would overtake
me. Then again l would have the
terrible pains of Wind Collie. At
such times | would try to belch and
could not. | was working then for
Thomas McHenry, Druggist, Cor.
Irwin and Western Ave, Allegheny
City, Pa, in whose employ l had
been for sevenyears. Finally used
August Flower, and after using just
one bottle for two weeks, was en-
tirely relieved of all the trouble.
can now eat things l dared not touch
before. Iwould like to refer you to
Mr.. McHenry, for whom 1 worked,
who knows all about my condition,
and from whom l bought the medi-
cine. live with my wife and family
at 80 James ST., Allegheny City, Pa.
Signed, JONI d. Cox. %
C. C. GREEN Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, L. S. A.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
He was Colonel By Marriage.

A traveller in Texas says he was rid
ing along a cattle trail near the New
Mexico line, when he met a rather POM
pous looking native of the region, who
introduced himself as Colonel Higgins,
of Devils River.
"Were you colonel in the confeder-
ate army" the traveller asked
''No sah
''0n the Union side, then?
''No sab; neyah was in the wah."
"Belong to the Texas Rangers
mo sab; do not. +"
'Ah, see; sou command one OF the
State militia regiments.
''No, sab; don't. Don't know
nothing about soldering. "
"Where then did you get the rank Of
colonel2',
''l's a colonel by marriage, sab
By marriage, How's that"
II married the widow OF kunneli
sah-Kunnel Thompson, of Waco. "
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
Edison and the "Flddlers.s

We were sitting on the piazza of
Thomas A. Edison's boarding house at
Ogden, New Jersey, few evenings
since. Dinner was just over, and the
great inventor, surrounded by dozen
or more employees, was enjoying
cigar.
"Bring out your fiddle, Theodore, "
said the wizard, settling into a rocking
chair and addressing Mr.. Leman, a
young civil engineer, who, by the way,
is protege of Henry Willard.
The fiddle proved to be a splendid
violoncello, and Theodore" proved to
be the master of it. Shurhert, Bee.
thoven, Serveise and dozen other
authors were exploited, but the air was
damp and the catgut stretched. Leman
looked yexed, tightened and heightened
the strings, but the discord came again
and again.
"What's the natter" suddenly in-
quired Edison.
"These strings stretch in the damp
air, was the reply.
The big gray head dropped down into
its favorite position on the uplifted
right hand and rested there a minute
"Soak 'em in petroleum. That will
keep the wet out and prevent them
rom stretching" said the inventor;
md it may be that fiddlers will bless
aim forever il they try this simple
emedy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
Collection OF Sealps.

The national museum has a large
Collection Of scalps, and it is wonderful
a think what tragic tales they would
have to tell if they could only speak.
One of them is a crown of real golden
Lair with a circle of skin attached, reft
from the head of little German girl in
the Mountain Meadow massacre. In
spots it's stained with the victims blood
"a pitiful reminder. OF the same
party Of honest pioneers may have been
the man from whose caput a shock of
black and curly locks was torn; Informs
:. part of the exhibit. There are many
other sealps of white people and In
Gians-,ihe former more curly and read
lily distinguishable from the straight
black hair of the aborigines. The long
:resses Of women, blonde and brunette,
suggest TO the mind imaginings none
too fearful of tragedies, with outrage
and torture as preliminary. A single
warriors trophy bears pendant twelve
scalps, each representing cruel muir
der.
Ono Of the NEST unpleasant of these
tragic memorials at the museum is a
necklace of thumbs, fourteen in all
They are all thumbs of the right hand
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
The Brutality Of SaaawS.

Two soldiers from the Seventh ClvalrT,
United States Army, were at the Union
depot last night. They were only twenty
one or twenty-five years old and are tired
of army life. They are nov going East
on temporary furloughs, at the end of
which they will get discharges.
Both were with their comrades in
South Dakota last January in the Indian
troubles, in which Sitting Bull was
killed. One of them was in the famous
battle of Wounded Knee Creek, which
caused the court martial of Colonel For.
sythe, the officer commanding, for shoot
ing down squaws.
"Did you ever kill an Indian and
know you were killing him9' one of them
was asked.
eyes, indeed. had to kill Indians
or they would have killed me. We were
so close we couldn't fire our guns, but
had to use them reversed as clubs"
"Your Colonel was tried for his con-
duct that day, wasn't he7'
Eyes, but he was acquitted You see
the way it was the bucks aud squaws
were dressed very much alike aud the
bucks would dodge in among the squaws
and keep right on firing at US. 1t would
have been nonsense for the Colonel to
allow that. When he ordered us to fire
we tried to hit the bucks who were fight
ing, and if we hit a few squaws we
couldn't help it. They were in bad com
pany. But the fact is the squaws were
as bad as anybody. If squaw saw a
wounded soldier lying helpless on the
ground she would put a knife into him.
They seemed to like to cut into the Of
ticers who wore stripes, and there were
wounded Sergeants who had a slit clear
down their legs paralleling the white
stripe down their trousers. This was all
done by squaws. They mutilated bodies
in horrible manner. They cut the top
of one poor fellows skull, took out his
brains and filled his head with snow. o,
there's nothing delicate about the
squaw. "-Ransas Citv Star.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17

Medical journals and their contents so
rarely come before the people at large
that laymen are now and then moved to
dilate upon some OF the ills which flesh
is heir to, and which with intelligence
might be averted. The recent death of
young college professor in my neigh
borhood, resulting from having swal-
lowed an orange seed, prompts me to
again revert to the danger of swallo wing
hard seeds of any kind, that are not di-
gested in the stomach, says a writer in
Table Talt. This young man is the
fifth victim l have known to die
of getting seed in the sap
pendix," that intestinal cul-de-sac which
seems to be of no use but to kill people
now and then. Any hard or indigesti-
BILE substance, often grape seed, some
times piece of oyster shell, slipping into
it in its passage through the intestines
aud unable to get out, produces intense
Inflammation aud suffering, ending iu
death in three or four days Cases have
been known where the seed has become
encysted and death mas not directly en-
sued. A few very skillful and ex-
perienced physicians now claim that they
know the symptoms of appendix indam-
nation so well that if the patient is i'm
mediately acted upon, surgically, his life
may be saved. But, undoubtedly, the
ailment generally passes for excruciating
Inflammation of the bowels or billion:
trouble, which yields to nothing but
death. of course, we are all doomed to
die sometime; and il one has constantly
to bear in mind care of himself, life he
comes in degree burdensome. But
there are certain things most persons ln-
stinctively avoid as being dangerous,
and with a generation or two of special
culture in eschewing seeds, especially il
the education of children, it would be
come as natural and easy to avoid swal
lowing them as it is now with many
persons to gulp them down in eating
fruit. Speaking with Spanish lady a
day or two ago about eating grapes, she
exclaimed: "Why, l never swallow
grape seeds! l should as soon think OF
swallowing so much shot. In Spain ut
one swallows the seeds Of grapes
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
The Baby's Pillow In France.

France is the country in which the
pillow is the necessary complement of
the baby. But the attachment of the
two is nowadays Enthusiastically
French. 1t is compromise between
the old and the new, between tradition
and fashion, consequently it is not uni
yersal. The French baby, especially on
gala days, is laid upon the pillow, and
his fine frocks and gay ribbons, instead
of enveloping his body are spread upon
him as he lies, so that he is no more
than kind Of has relief In France,
however, it must be noted there came
earlier than elsewhere in Europe the
revolt against mere tradition and usage
in the treatment of babies.
Among well-to-do an aristocratic
French folk, in particular, change
in that regard has long been in pro-
gress. The French child used to have
always its cradle or pillow;n it begins
to lie upon fresh, wholesome bed,
neither of wool nor of feathers, but of
hair or straw, or among country or sea-
farlng folk, of sweet dried fern or
bracken, or pungent smelling seaweed,
and government bureaus circulate
among the peasants such directions as
these; LAY the infant to sleep on its
right side; avoid putting it to sleep in
the lap before putting it in bed. "
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
RECIPES.

Chicken Fried in Butter-Cut up
young, tender chickens, dip in egg
butter, fry in boiling lard. Serve with
cream Gravy.
Egg Chowder-Fry slices of pork;
cook onions and potatoes es for fish
chowder; just before serving, break into
it as many eggs as eaters. Boil for
minute and serve.
Caulihower Pick off the outer leaves
and break apart. Wash and soak in cold
water, add a teaspoonful of salt AMI boil
briskly until tender. Take up, drain
and serve with cream sauce.
Lemon Jelly Filling-One half pint of
sweet milk, one egg or yokes OF two, one
teaspoonful of corn-starch, one table,
spoonful of -four, two tablespoonfuls of
sugar, the juice aud grated rind of one
lemon. Cook like boiled custard.
Sliced Baked Potatoes and slice
thin four large potatoes; put into a
small dripping pan, with salt and pepper
to taste; add one teacupful of rlch milk;
set it in even aud bake one hour; take
out and add butter the size OF walnut,
scattered over the top.
Indian Pudding One quart of sweet
milk, two-thirds of cupful of Indian
meal, two thirds of cupful of moiasses,
three eggs, small piece of butter, pinch
of salt Scald the milk aud put all in it,
then pour into pan not too deep, and
bake half an hour. A good hasty
pudding.
Egg Gruel-Beat yolk of one egg with
one tablespoonful OF sugar, pour cup
full of boiling water over it; add the
beaten white, with any desired season.
ing. Milk may be used instead of water.
2. Boil eggs until they are as hard as
possible; mast the yolks smooth, as for
salad dressing, and thicken boiling hot
milk with them, adding little salt.
Orange CustMd-Put Que pint sweet
milk on to boil in custard kettle.
Moisten one heaping tablespoonful corn
starch in little milk, aud the we'll
beaten yolks of three eggs and two
thirds of a cup of sugar, and stir into the
boiling milk. Peel and cut fine four
oranges and place in custard bowl and
pour over them the custard, first sweeten-
ing them with one-haIf cup of sugar.
Then make a frosting OF the whites of
three eggs, spread OYER the top, brown
slightly, and place in a cool place.
Serve cold. Delicious.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
WASTE NOT.

1t is sad fact that there is, perhaps,
more extravaganza in bread--the real
staff of life-than in any other article.
Pieces are thrown away, crumbs shaken
into the fireplace, and crusts or "heels"
of loayes allowed to get stale; whereas
the careful housekeeper has large dish
an the top shelf of her pantry, in which
every scrap and crumb of bread left IN
consumed is placed. Once a week
regularly these are dried-not Drowned
in the oven, then crushed on the paste
board or pounded in a mortar, site /
through wire sieve, aud stored in an
earthen jar. Not only are these bread
crumbs useful for making soles or outlets,
or for frying, but, soaked fog some time
in milk, they make the foundation of
many sweet buildings, which arc both
nutritious and economical, and of which
the style and flavor can be varied TO any
extent Daughters of Anaerica.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
n ooes hack

~ goes odcN
all the money you've spent for
tiff there's neither benefit nor
cure. That's what ought to be said
of every medicine. 1t tcottid be-
if the medicine were good enough.
But it is said of only one medicine
of its kind-Dr. Pieree's Golden
Medical Discovery. It's the guar
antecd blood-puritier. Not only in
March, April and May, when the
sarsaparillas claim to do good, but
in every season and in every case
it cures all diseases arising fro.I a
torpid liver or from impure blood.
For all Scrofulous, Skin and Scalp
Diseases, Dyspepsia, Indigestion
and Biliousness, it is a positive
remedy.
Nothing else is as cheap, no mat
ter how many hundred doses are
offered for dollar.
With this, you pay only for the
good you get.
And nothing else is "iust as
good"
1t may be "botter - for the
dealer; but yoa are the one that's
to be helped.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
A scorca WAY OF WASHING.

Here are some Scotch directions for
washing underclothes and stockings.
These articles should be washed with
tepid water AMI boiled soap, and the
lather worked up quite light before they
are put in. They should never be rubbed
or allowed to soak in the water, but
should be simply drawn through the
hand. Each article should be entirely
finished washing and pinning up to dry
before the next is made wet, and in every
instance they should be quickly washed
ard dried, the soap being rinsed out in
cold water. Socks and hose require
wooden boards to prevent them shrink
ing while wet. These should be inserted
while the articles are wet, and left in
until they are perfectly dry. Any car
penter can make these stocking boards
of the required size.-NeO York World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
An EXCELLENT FACE. WASH.

AN EXCELLENT FACE WASH.
An excellent wash for the skin, which
will soften it to the softness of velvet, is
made after the following rule: Two
thirds of pint Of distilled water, two
ounces of pure glycerine, one ounce of
simple tincture of benzoin; mix, shake
well, and it is ready for use.-NeD Yors
Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
DONALD KENNEDY
Of ROybuTy, Mass, says

Kennedy's Medical Discovery
cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep
Seated Ulcers of 40 years
standing, Inward Tumors, and
every disease of the skin, ex-
cept Thunder Humor, and
Cancer that has taken root.
Price, $3.50. Sold by every
Druggist in the United States
and Canada.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17

as one ridge on the palm Of the hand to show
that just once in the battle for God and the
truth, we just once grasped the sword 50
firmly, and struck so hard that the sword
and the hand stuck together, and the hand
clave to the sword. o my Lord Jesus, rouss
Us to Thy service.
Thy saints In all this glorious war
Shsii conquer though they des
They see the triumph from gfar.
And scizelt with the eye.
When that Illustrious day shall rise.
And all Thy armies shine
In robes Of victory through the skieA
The glory shall be Thine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
unreasonabla curlos,,r.

Before young man marries he should
learn not to ask foolish questions
What, my angel" exclaimed Youth
full husband bursting into the kitchen,
doing the cooking yourself? What is
it?" yr
why, Edgar, how foolish of youi
How in the world can ] tell till sea
What it turns out ."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17

Additional train will leave Harrisburg
daily except Sunday Mt Z; so NJ, arriving at
Carlisle at SIS NJ, stopping at all inter
mediate stations, and on Saturdays trains
will leave Harrisburg at $50 p m, arrive
fredericksburg 5:44 p NJ. Leave Harrisburg
l0:30p M, arrive Carlisle 1920 p in, stopping
at intermediate stations.
Memphis Express and New Orleans Express
run daily between Harrisburg aud llagers-
town and Morning Mail daily between Har-
risburg and Chambersburg.
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 n light Express
and New Orleans Express betwe cen Philadel-
phia and New Orleans.
Through Coaches to and from Philadelphia
on Fast Mail and Day Express east and Ac-
commodation and n. O. Express west.
ns-Connections for all stations on Cum
berland Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania
Railroad system.
J. f. BOYD, Superin endent
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17

The wealthiest insane asylum in Amer
lea is said to be the Sheppard Asylum in
Baltimore. Nd. 1t was endowed in 1857
with $3.50, 200. Since that time the
trustees, using the interest alone, have
expended 1881, 900 in buildings aud
land and still have capital of 500, 900.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
Gratifying TO All.

The high position attained and the universe,
acceptance and approval of the pleasant liquid
ftuit remedy, Syrup of Figs. as the most excel
lent laxative known. illustrate tie value Of
the qualities on which its success is based and
are abundantly gratifying to the California
Zig Syrup Company.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
WIN rI.r., - inI.h

As long as the fight lasts among the wall
paper manufacturer, the Fidelity Wall Pa
rer Compsny.af 80. Il North Eleventh stree.
Phila DELI his, wi give the Iubiic the advsn-
iage OF The olor In Iliccs. We get this from
them din etf. Seai four Two cent stamps for
samples Of their eight, ten and Twelve cen.
gifts.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17

Additional train will leave Carlisle daily
except Sunday at $50 M stopping a. nil in
termediate stations arriving mt Harrisburg
$40 m, and on Saturdays only trains will
leave Mechanicsburg at 500 NJ, arrive llar-
risburg 6:25 m, leave Carlisle $50 p NJ,
arrive Harrisburg 1915 p m, stopping at in
tee mediate stations.
The Fast Mail and ight Express East will
run daily between Harrisburg and Iiagers-
town. and Evening Mail aud Morning Mail
daily between Harrisburg and Chambersburg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17

FITS Stopped free by DE- KLISE's GREAT
NERVE REsroRER. No fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial
bottle free. DR.. X line. 9sI Arch St. Phila, Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17

The temple Of Hom-mon.ji, at Ikegami,
begun in 1882 and finished in 1907, is Que OF
the most famous RELIGIOUS strncturesi in Jaapn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
COOKING DEFINITIONS.

A stew usually has vegetables and
dumpliugs cooked with the meat. A har-
loot of mutton or any other meat is a
stew with the meat and vegetables cut
fine, the size of of haricot bean. A
ragout is . stew highly favored. A
salmi is a stew of game. A chowder is
stew of fish. A fricasee is form of
stewing where the meat is fried or
Drowned in fat, either before or after
stewing, and is usually served without
vegetables. A potpie is stew with the
dough put on as q crust. Braising is a
form of stewing usually done in COW
cred pan in the oven. 1t gives a richer,
stronger flavor than that obtained by
stewing over the ire Washington Star.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
AFFLICTED FROM CHILDHOOD.

Mrs. N Ritchey, of Mackey, Ind, says "Justice com
pels say that S s. S. has worked little short Of
miracle in my case, in curing OF aggravated Scrofu
Ia which afflicted me from childhood 1t attacked my
throat and nose, and threatened my lungs. My throat
was so that l compelled TO subsist liquid
food, When began S. 5. s was in wreohed oondi-
ton but commenced to improve at once, and now
entirely well"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
nEAp rgIs BEFonE LAYING ruE cARpEr

READ THIS BEFORE LAYING THE CARPET.
Lay the Innings on the floor, putting
tack here and there to keep them in
place. Put the carpet on the floor, un.
rolling it in the direction in which it is
to be laid. Begin to tack it at the end
IF the room which is the most irregular.
If there be fire place or bay window
in the room. fl the carpet around these
places first. Use large tacks to held the
carpet temporarily in place; they can be
Withdrawn when the work is finished.
When the carpet is fitted to place, use
small tacks to keep it down. Take one
end of the carpet, stretching it well;
then a side, then the other end and
finally the other side. Be careful to keep
the lines straight and to have the carpet
tight; for If it be loose it will MT only
look badly, but will not wear well.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17

A Connecticut merchant advertises "iro
bedsteads and bedding"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
Jesus. lover of nv soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly.
While the pillows near me roll

Then they were dashed down TO DEATH
On; how much others have endured for Christ
and how little we endure for Christi We
want to ride to heaven in a Pullman sIeen.