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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29
POPULAR SCIENCE.
TIC fly has 1000 eyes.

TAo fly has 1000 eyes.
Arcturus ha: diameter of seventy
million miles.
Fish will drown if the action of their
giils is disturbed or iuterfered with.
DR.. Brendon, of New York, announces
that experience teaches him that leprosy
IS not contagious.
Various berries which once fiourished
1900 feet above sea level do not grow in
higher attitudes now than $500 feet.
DR.. Thamm, of Dusseldorf, Germany,
has cured forty per cent Of the patients
he treated TO- tuberculosis by the Koch
system.
Butter is sent from New Zealand to
Eugiand in tin caus, from which the re-
naming air is extracted after being filed
with butter.
So severe is the climate of South
America upon iron that before ties have
shown signs of decay the hanges of t. .
rails will be nearly eaten off by rust.
Civilization is not favorable to the
condition of the teeth. The Esquimaux
nave the best teeth of any nation in the
world, aud 1t is very doubtful if they
take any trouble at all to preserve them
Another improved apparatus for rail
way carriages will be welcomed by
summer travellers. This apparatus pro-
vides for the production of a cool and
pleasant breeze throughout the car. 1t is
fitted under the body of the car, is self
revolving, and is so arranged that it will
catch the air from all directions. Not
the least OF its advantages is that it will
keep working for fifteen minutes after
the train has been stopped.
NJ, E fel, the noted engineer, has Of
fered to support Jansen's project for the
erection of an observatory on the summit
of Mont Blanc, Switzerland. Eiifel pro
poses the building of a horizontal tunnel
for the purpose of protecting working
men during the prevalence of stoi MS aud
to ascertain the thickness of ice. He de-
clares that if the ice exceeds fifty metres
in depth the project must be abandoned,
because it is imperative that the fouuda-
ton of the proposed observatory be built
on solid rock.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29
An Apt Pnpil.

There is a popular young physician of
this city who is blessed with two very
pretty children-Dudley, who is five
years of age, and Rose, who is three.
The mother has been at great pains to
teach Dudley to be always generous aud
chivalrous toward little girls.
She had occasion the other day to pun
ish them for some mutual unruiress.
The two culprits came up for sentence
with trembling lips and frightened
looks.
Dudley, who seemed to dread the
ordeal even more than the younger Of
fender, kept in the background persist
emily.
Come here, you bad boy" said his
mother. "What do you mean by push
ing your little sister ahost of your
"Leiies first, mamma, reHli" Dll-
ley AtU York Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29
CURIOUS FACTS.
The tomato is native of South
Ama,ioa

The tomato is Q native of South
America.
In the interior of South America choco-
late, cocoinuts and eggs are used as cur
rency.
1t is estimated that it takes $4,000
tons of binder Irvine to do up the annual
American grain crop.
J. w. Hood, of Frankfort, Ind, has
turned blue from the effects of medicines
taken for epileptic fits.
Paul Revere, the hero of the famous
ride, was the President of Boston's first
Board of Health. 1t was organized in
Faneuil Hall in 1893.
A Lewiston (Me.) girl drowned kit
ten the other day, and buried 1t behind
the barn. The old cat dug it up, took
it into the kitchen, and brought it to
life, and it is living now.
Hannibal Hamlin's grandfather had
four sons, named respectively Europe,
Asia, Africa, and America, but the late
Vice,President was sou OF fifth, named
Cyrus, and was named for the latter's
twin brother, Hannibal.
A recent applicant for teachers Ger.
tificate in Lake County, California, wrote,
in answer to question, that "the vege-
table kingdom of Australia was divided
into two grand divisions, known as the
animal and mneral;" and, in answer to
the question as to how our laws were
"enacted," answered that they were
"enacted by the grand jury"
1t is estimated that the population of
the world in 1890 was 1, 4S7, 800, 900,
representing an average of thirty-one per.
sons to the square mile. OF the con.
tinents Asia has the largest population -
$50, 900, 900, Australasia has the smallest
population-4, $50, 600 Europe is the
most thickly settled continent, with
population of $50, 900, 900, which is 101
to the square mile.
The Breton peasants make all their
butter from sour milk. The milk, as
drawn from the COW, is emptied into
large earthenware jar, aud allowed tore
main, in the summer, till it is sour. In
winter it is continually warmed at
moderate fire till it has turned The
whole contents of these jars are emptlei
into churn worked by hand Or horse
gear. The butter from this, if properly
handled, is as sweet as that made from
cream in the usual manner.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29
lie Did Not Like 1t.

Men arc like children; they seldom
know wins: they really want. A promi.
nent man, preacher. orator or actor, de-
clarcs that he is bored hy public notice;
yet when taat notice is withheld, he re-
sents lis lack. Tennyson. who, as
every one knows, avoids the vulgar
nerd, is a case in point. One day he
was taking a country walk with i friend,
when man was esPied in the distance.
eve must tula back, said the poet.
"rhat fellow means to waylay US" His
companion, however, persuaded him to
continue his walk They overlook the
enemy, aud pissed EiE; he took not
the least notice Of them, "What an
extraordinary ;hing!' cried tine irate
poet. "1Ee fellow seems 70 have no
idea who am"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

"Haviug been in the gold pen bust
ness | know whereof speak, remarked
Hon. j. O'Neill, land waen | say that
the story going the rounds to the effect
that gold pens get tired, and must have
rest is glimmerlng falsehoot | make
the assertion advisedly. As the yarn
goes, bank clerk was overheard to re
mark that his favorite gold peu must
have a months rest, and when chaifed
about it, replied that he kept two dozen
gold pens for the reason that he could
not get satisfactory work out of the pens
unless he gave them a certain amount of
rest. The same story is applied to razors
by BARRIERS, but the statement that 8
razor gets tired has long siuce been
shown to be rank nonsense. If q gold
pen is properly cared for it will last a
long time. Otherwise it will become
worthless very quickly. Once it gets
tired, however, it will remain tire l.
that is, it will be worthless for all time
to come. st. L0uis Star Sayings.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29
The smallest Is Tie best


in pills, other things being equal.
But, with DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets, nothing else is equal. They're
the best, not only because they're
the smallest, and the easiest to take
but because they do more good
They cleanse and regulate the liver.
stomach and bowels in a way the
huge, old fashioned pill doesn't
dream of, Think of trying to reg,i-
late the system with the ordinary pill
It's only good for upsetting it.
These are mild aud gentle-hut
thorough and effective, no pain-no
gripping. One little pellet for laxa-
tive three for . eathartic. The
best Liver Pill known. Sick Head
ache, Billions Headache, Constipa-
ton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks
and all arrangements Of the liver,
stomach and bowels are prevented,
relieved and cured.
Put up in sealed walls IA perfect
vest-pocket remedy, always conven-
lent, fresh and reliable.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned. It's a plan peculiar to DR.
Pierce's medicines.
You pay only for the good you
get. Can you ask morc2
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

Additional train will leave Harrisburg
daily except Sunday Mt 1870 p m, arriving at
Carlisle at Sis p m, stopping at all inter
mediate stations, and on saturdays trains
will leave Harrisburg at 500 p m, arrive
Mechanicsbyrg 5;l4p m. Leave Harrisburg
1O:30p m, Stopping at intermediate stations.
Memphis Express and New Orleans Express
run daily between Harrisburg and Iagers-
town and Morning Mail daily between Har-
risburg and ChambersburC
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 Philudcl-
phia and New Orleans.
Through Coaches TO md from Philadelphia
on Fast Mail and Day Express east and Ac-
commodaton and n. o. Express west.
.zH~Connection for all stations on Cum
berland Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania
Railroad system.
II. A. RIDDLE. J. L. BOYD,
Gen1 Pass. Agent. Superintendent
W. A. GARD, Agent
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29
The Uummiur Bird Defended.

In the correspondents column of a
recent week, F. J. E., of Sullivan Coun-
ty, n. Y. wants to know il some of your
subscribers can tell him how to kill
humming birds, which, he says, arc in
juring his beans by knocking off the
blossoms. For myself, writes a Counec-
ticut reader, would not encourage the
killing of any of our native birds as
penalty for their periodical depre cations
on our small fruits and grain fields.
think far mere has been lost by the null
tiplication of insects than has been
gan;i by the killing of birds. This il
the first time | remember of any com.
plant having been made against the
humming bird as being hurtful to we're.
tation of any kind by knocking off the
blossoms. This little bird, By the use oil
its long, slender beak and extenslc
tongue, feeds while on the wing upoH
the honey of flowers and the insects that
are attracted within them by the sweet
ness, The visits of insects, especially 81
bees, to flowers in tLeir search of swee s,
is believed by all botanists to be bene-
fetal by the more perfect distribution of
pollen through their agency, and it is
even thought by some that blossoms are
furnished with honey for the purpose of
attracting them, as it is not known to
be of any direct use to the plants Thus
a bee in taking honey from a flower car
ries on its head some of its pollen to the
next it visits. Many plants are fertilized
by pollen not their own either by SUCH
visits or by the wind transporting it,
which in the case of some, of which the
strawberry is a good example, is quite
important to the crop. At a certain
stage of their growth, the snowy parts of
flowers fall off naturally, and can readl-
ly see that the rapid wing motion of
these little birds may cause few petals
to fall from flowers visited by them
sooner than they would otherwise, but
that it would cause any injury to the crop
l do not believe. Any one can satisfy
himself by making the experiment, that
the entire flower of the bean is not easily
brushpd off Non yorL U'orLJ
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

FRIENDSHIP is often regarded slight
ingly as a mere accessory Of life,
happy chance if one falls into it, but
not as entering into the substance of
life. No mistake can be greater. 1t is
not a thing of glass threads or frost
work, but the solidest thing we know. "
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

\ suggestion for improvement or
impecunious bachelors may be found
in the custom Of II well-dressed young
man, who every spring pawns his over
Goa. for a certain amount, and, by not
redeeming the garment until autumn,
sec;Irce it against moth and other cor
ruption. The pawn-broker must per-
force take the best of care Of the gar
meLt if he IS to recover his money, and
the young mans mind is thus relieved
of a corroding anxiety. The small per
centage which hepays upon redemption
is little enough for the storage and
guarantee OF his best winter ulster.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

MoRsAv Sps1Nes, 9ENS.. MsreA Il, 1850
received your tii,l bottle If tloraplexinn.
and was much pleased with H. Have tried all
kinds OF remedies Tor dyspepsia and lind yours
the best. MARGARET 10 spAN.
tNfatsfTf0l is the speedy and permsncn
cure for Sick Headache, indigestion. Dyspep-
sia, biliousness. Liver Complaint, Nervous De-
bility and Consumption. II Is the only sure
cure for these complaints Ask your druggist
Tor Il, and get well.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

IL view Of sickness among cows in the vi
entity Of Galcsburg, Illinois, the Board of
Health of that place has issued an order for
bidding the sale Of milk until the disease shall
have abated, the effect being to shut off the city
entirelY from lis milk supply.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

The Austrian census shows that IN
Galicia ssventyfour per cent. o. ths
population can neither real no. write,
and only nine per cea.. can rea |.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

Browns Iron BitterS cures Dyspepsia, Ma
laFia. Biliousues> aaI General Debility. Gives
strength, aides Digestion. tones tbs nerves
creG * appetite. rhe nest tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29
Money i'm Chickens.

man " h0 devoted r yss-a
Of his ne 10 CONDTCfiTss
A POULTRY YARD As A
BUSINESS. not q a rss-
time, AZ the Bring Of BIN.
self and family depended
or 1. he gHge the subject
zach attention a. oOiy 3
Fred OF bread e!ll com
maud, and The result wssa
grand saccess, after he had
spent much money and iosi
hundreds Of valuable chick.
ensin expen nentlng. What
be h-srned In al these rezrs
"a embodied ia this book.
wllief We send postpaid fos
rs cente In stamps. u
teaciles yoa how TO Detect
and Cure Diseases. how -
Feed for Eggs and also for
Fuitening. which Fowls 70
save for Breeding Purposes
sud everything. indeed. yoa
eho1id know on this subject
BOOK PUB. HOUSE
l3f Leonard s.. y. Y. Cia
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

Some men are balloonists by profession;
others by imitation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

Open defeat is better than under handed
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

! hundred petty virtues are not worth one
genuine heart uch.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29
Between Williamsport, Shippensburg and
Intermediate Points.

Blue Mountain Ext ress leaves Baltimore at
3:20 p m, stopping at Westminster, New
Windsor, Union Bridge, Frederick June.
ton, Blue Ridge, Buena Vista, Blue Noun.
tain, arriving at liagerstown Oils p M. Re.
turning, leave Hagerstown 6:45 m, stop.
ping at above named stations, also Mechan.
icstown.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

MALARIA cured and cralicatad from the
system BY Browns Iron Bitters, watch en-
riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids dtges-
tion. Acts like charm on persons in general
i'll be alta, giving new en- .rgy aud strength.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

The most insupportahle company are those
who are witty all day long.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

FITS Stopped free by Or. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE BEsToREB. No fits after first days
use Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial
bottle free. Dr.. Kline, 9Sl Arch St, Phila., Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

Leave Williamsport for Hagcrstown 500. 7:15.
1885 a m, and 1890 and G:I5 p m.
Leave Hagerstown for Wiliamsport, 1872 a m,
and go, $50 and 800 III.
Leave Rocky Ridge tor Emmitsburg 1910 a
IN, and 3:25and 6:5Gpm. Arrive at Emmitts.
burg 1l:l0 a IN, and 4:J5 and 7:CG p IL.
Leave Emmitsburg for Il cky Ridge. 500 a
m, and 2:i5 and :fj p m. Arrive at Rocky
Ridge 500 m, and 3:l5 inl 6:l5 p m.
Leave Frederick Junction for Frederick. SEQ
and 1892 q IN and 5:02 m.
Leave Frederick Junction for Taneytown,
Littlestown, York, Columbia and Wrights.
vile, 9:5S m and 1897 m.
P. II. & P. r. r. Trains leave Shippenshurg
6:05 and 9:45 a m, and 300 and 6:i5 m;
arrive at Shippensburg s:45 and 1l:05 m,
land 3;45 and 9:4j m, daily except Sunday.
sDaiy. Mondays only. All others daily,
except sunday.
]. NJ. HOOD, lB. II. GRISWOLD,
Genl Manager. Gen1 Pass. Agent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

Mon are what their motherl make them.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

No .. vestibuled Limited, daily, leave New
York 1915 a m, Philadelphia $40, Baltimore
1920, Washington 1880 Arrive at Martins
burg 1889 M, and Chicago 1925 IN. Con
pects at Hancock for Berkeley Springs Sat
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29

in all her investments AMI put dowh all 81
mortgages and bonds, enl if told that were
not enough she would say: II have ma ie
over all my property, and it can have that
child back | will now pledge that | will toll
with my own hands and carry with my own
shoulders in any Kind of hard WORK aud live
in a cellar ami die in a garnet. Only give
me back that lost darling"
/ am glad that there are those who know
something of value OF a child. It's posi-
bilities are tremendous. What will thoss
hands vet do? Where will those feet vet
walk? Toward what destiny will that never
dying soul betake itself? Shall those lips be
the thron. of blasphemy or bene1iction?
Come chronoligists, and calculate the decades
on decades, the centuries on centuries, of It's
lifetime Ga, to save a child Am l not
rignt in putting that among the great ex-
ploits?
But what are you going to do with thois
children VINO are worse off than il thejr
father and mother had dial the day they
were born? There are tens OF taousaa Is OF
such. Their parentage was against them.
Their name is against taem. The structure
of their skulls is Zajnst them. Their nerves
and muscles contaminats by the insoristy
or dissoluteness of their parents; thsy are
practically at their birtl lail out on
plank in the middle o. the Atlantic Ocean,
in an equiuoctial gale, an toll to make for
W htb " w viva bti-sAl - VIZ v 49,
ton often asked
There is another question quite as perth
nent, and that is What are they going to
do with us They wilt ten or eleven years
from now, have as many votes as the same
number of well born children, au1 they will
h1nd this land over to the anarchy aud po-
litical da nnation just as sure as VS. neglect
them. Suppose we each one of Us save boy
or save girl. You can do it, VIII YOU
will.
How shall we get reaiy for o1s or all
Of these three exploits. We shall make
dead failure If In our own strength we try
to save man or woman or child. But my
taxi suggests whars we are to get equip
ment The people that do know their
God shall be strong ani do exploits We
must know Him through Jesus Christ in
our own salvation, aud then we shall have
His help in the salvation OF others. And
while you are saving stranI ess yo1 may
save some OF your own kin. You tnbIk
your brothers AMI sisters AMI children and
grandchildren all safe, but they are not
dead, and no oae is safe till he is dead. Ol
the English coast there was wild storm
and wreck in the offing. AMI tbs cry was,
Man the lifeboatr' But Harry the usIll
leader of the sailors crsw. was not to be
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-28

A dispatch from Gralt, \. M., Nov. 2oth, from L. Trauer, says Report just come in of shooting between Jose Chayes and r. A. Hubbell. Both wounded.
 Jose Chaves, known as ''EI Coyote, " is a brother of the notorious murderer and horse thief, Jose Maria Chayes whom George Net ger CMr. Hubbell's fUreman) was forced to kill at the lat ter's sheep ranch near the Zum salt lakes last February. Jose Maria Cha yss is the same person whom it Was af- terwsrd proved killed Demas Proven cher, few years ago, by shooting him through the window while he was, with tue other judges, counting the returns of the election held that day.
 Jose Chayss is the foreman for Nathan Earth, and the present shoot ing occurred at the Ojo del Pueblo ranch Of the Barths, which is located arout fifty miles southwest of Grants l Valencia couny, and adioins Hub bells Zuni 'alt lake ranch. Jose Cha yes, who is known as bad man with the gun, comes of a long line Of sh, ot- CTS and murderers. Albuquerque Cit iyap
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-28

The greatest movement of wheat ever known in any part of the country, from farm to marked, Is now taking place in Minnesota and North and South Duko- ta. Tho magnitude of the crops of these States has frequently been spoken of. TEs JJtal yield is estimated all the way from l2o,O0o, 900 to I4o,n0o, 0O0 bushels, and some enthusiasts put 1t at 150,0)a,Oo0 bushels There are two great markets for this wheat uluth and Minneapolis In the railroad yards of Duluth one dny last week there were 1905 cars of wheat awaiting their turns at the elevators.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-28

Commodore Folgsr summed up the results of the armor plate tests in the following words; "The Harvey high carbon steel plato from Bethlehem has shown the least penetration and least cracking of all the six, ant is ,lecilrlh, the most successful The penetration wss markedly less aud tae cracking one third less than Che other Hmyoy nickel steel plate In no case did the point of the proiectile go into the hack ing, and the plate cracked aloug the weaker side It IS but fair to suppose that if the left hand sile bad hpen tenn persd lIks the right hand sido no crack would have occurred The high-tarbon nickel steel plate Harveyized is un- questiouahly superior to any armor that has eyor been tested either in this country or abroad
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-28
NEVADA AND ARIZONA.

A strong effort IS being made to ad
 vance the cause of statehood in Arizo.
 ha ny citing what Nevada has done iu
 the way of maintaining such form ot
 government on population of 16, 900
 people aud total tux roll of about
 thirty million dollars. The fact that
 for every dollar that Nevada owes Ari-
 zona owes four is carefully concealed.
 Yet, with this small indebtedness and with a larger assessment roll than Ari- sona, Nevada, during its existence as state, hus found it necessary to raise the enormous sum of two million dol, lars hy direct tax upon the output of Its mines Every ounce of gold, every onnce of silver, every ounce of metal mined has and is to day paying this tribute, Statehood made such tax necessary in Nevada and it will the same ID Arizona Neyada's decadence hS mlulng state can he traced in the annual collection of this tax. From the first year of its imposition when it amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars it gradually declined into thousands because mines and mniug capital could not afford to become in- ierested in the development of conn try where, in addition to paying taA 'a all their property similar to that 1 mid hy the merchant or farmer, they lad to pay tax on what their labor md capital produced It is for the miners uf Arizona to say by their votes 'n the constitution whetlsr such e tate of affairs shall be brought about n Arizona -Journal- Miner.