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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-29

BY the present arrangement for mail
transportation from one part Of our large
cities to another, four lettersycan be put
into tho postofice Of. say, New York,
at the same time. One of these is adj
dressed to Boston, another to Philadel-
phia. the third to Washington and the
fourth to an individual in Brooklyn OF
the upper part Of New York city. The
person in Boston. Philadelphia or Wash
ington win be reading his letter next
morning at the same time the individual
10 Brooklynor Harlem gets his. 1t takes
j letter as Yong to travel from New York
to Brooklyn as from New York to Bos-
ton.
An invention has been devised to
remedy this state Of affairs and give to
large cities rapid mail transit. The
object is claimed 10 be accomplished by
the port electric system of mail trans
portation The company having the
matter in charge has been incorporated
in West Virginia. but will put the in
vention in operation first between New
York and Brooklyn. The distance be-
tween the postofiices Of these two cities
isSabout "a miles. and by the new sys-
tenn port electric trains can convey
mail from one to the other in from three
to five minutes. the trains being run ten
minutes apart
III Tws linz. = ~.
Brooklyn bridge and follow the bridge
car and elevated road tracks The line
viii consist Of single rail track. The
car that passes over it will have wheel
at each end and guide wheel attached
to rail above. The car win look much
like a huge cigar 20 feet long and 12
inches wide When the mechanical diff
ficulty Of friction is overcome. which is
the chief one in the way. according to
the claim made. this iron and lightning
letter carrier will be able to race along
its track 1t the rate Of from 100 to 200
miles an hour.
After the New York and Brooklyn
road is tried and proved successful, then
the company will extend its operations
first to suburban delivery, to the towns
Of from ten to fifteen miles away from
great centers Of population This scheme
being shown to be practicable. the sys-
tenn win Be tried for long distances.
Going at the tremendous rate Of speed
mentioned. it will be necessary 70 place
the port electric cars out Of reach Of or.
binary travel and traffic This win be
accomplished BY elevating the track
upon line Of posts stretched along thu
route. Last Of all. double track line
win be attempted on the same plan. ans
the San Francisco man may yet read
letter that left New York the day be
fore
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-29

passed by with the remark
want, on tho contrary, we
selections Of appropriate
to exclaim Just what !
the thing. Nice presents
kind we now have open for
Christmas gifts, 7 is a prob
when you have such a com
hand. When to buy Christ
to decide, in fact there is but
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01

LEXINGTON, KY. Aud se.-Geor9e-
town experienced . reign Of terror FRI
day night The negroes burned Coun-
~ Judge Bates dwelling. . large to-
bacco barn and . cottage. They wepe
incensed because the mob hanged the
negro Frank Dudley Friday morning.
WIN Owens sx-spcakcr of the KEN
tncky legislature. organized . large
posse and patrolled the city all night
Additional arms have been sent for.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01

What becomes Of all the prise 1ghtersi
!. The peculiar business they follow pre-
SUPPOSE youth. The time must come
for svery one Of them when he II no
0onGsr able to stand up In the ring
against younger men. New prise fighters
come up ct the rate Of one thousand or
20 . year. Tho old make way for them.
OF course, large proportion Of them
die young 1t 10 hard life, and the l.
formation between rigid training and sb-
soluts riot leads 10 rapid dissolution Of
shsir unusual powers. Onos In . Will
. man who has held himself together
rather better than the rest gsts a en-
gagsmsnt rs teacher Of boxing like
prot" Mike Donovsu, or bounosr like
Billy Edwards, Of ne Hoffman HOUSE,
who II ID manner . perfect gsa Sieman,
but hard man 20 sacklA Two or three
Of me nswspapso employ minor pusk
lists 70 keep order among The nswsbeys
81 the press rooma
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01
ORGANS.

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Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01
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DO YOU WANT THE
BEST FURNACE ON Z: Z: EARTH


YEARS EXPERIENCE Heating and Ventilation
land in
difficulties
right heating
believe made good leave
Them and
also dealersin
Builders OILS
Windows Building Screen
Doors and Windows, Gasoline and OlStoves.
j. @. BI4AKEIY s. co, 1876 w. F,ULTON.ST.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01

HALIFAX. ~ g., Aug se.--Adviees
from the Pacific report that the Nova
Scotia sealer carmelits had captured
/. zoo ssals. and the AnLse g. Moore had
taken SOC: the Unbsins had not been
heard from. bat 10 believed 70 have
made . good haul These three vessels
are understood 10 hs~s captured oios.-
600 worth sf skius.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01

0ermany's perpetual trouble about
Alsace and Lorraine, which after twenty
years of persistent effort are still as far
from being German rs ever, suggests the
thought that perhaps people became
sooner patriotic toward . republic than .
monarchy. once had occasion to hear
Gen. Daniel Butterfisld make = speech to
. company Of butchers, who wers % Ger
man that Coroner Ferdinand Levy had
TO translate It word for word into that
language.
One Of the Germans who could COM
mand . little halting Eaglish made =
reply in whish he said that II there was
ever war with Germany all the butchers
would follow Gen. Butterdeld to fight
Tor their adopted country. thought
that this suggestion Of bloody warfare
with friends and relatives In the Father
land would b considered In bad taste.
Not bit Of iti A many a. could un-
dsrstand the words applauded them
heartily, and said: That's so."
And Jet the merchants Of Strasburg
sell fruit BY the livrs instead Of the
pfund and take their pay IN eentimes
instead of pfennige.
A republic IL the safest and most stable
Government, because every citizen feels
that he II . part Of IL
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01

09OfH0 Souoo naS uoou AoE bom0 tlIuo
che oldest man at all prominent in the
newspaper business In New York. At
present the most conspicuous feature Of
the paper world IS the youth OF the lead
ing lights Two vetrrSas lingsr, David
Stone. of the "Jouraal OF Commercs"
and Charles A. Dana Both are enthus-
iastie horticuItarists. Er. Stone has the
1iaes. private garden I, brooklyn. aud
Dana one % the finest Ia America, on .
pretty island ia Long Is.and Sound,
where almost every variety OF tree or
flower known to botany grows, with
never an ONCE cat to claw their bark.
Tho veteran editor Of the "San" boards
che train every morning at Glen Cove, .
stoutly built bat lively old gentleman
with long gray bssrd and the invaria-
bic glasses. When hs enters the train
the nswsboy serves him flrst copy Of
che Sum-" and he reads every page
with utmost care. When he reads he re-
quirss two pairs Of glasses and OCCASION
ally uses little microscope on fine type
besidcA He dresses neatly, but there Il
juss . sagssstioa Of "Dr. Greedy" his
one time editor, In the careless ft Of his
uiothsA
II - nos % easy 70 snumerats the
young Newspaper men. Joe Pulitzer IL
stul In middle life, and Ballard Smith.
the editor Of the "World, (" Is under 20.
Col. Cocksrill, she brilliant editor Of the
Advertiser and the ''World's" greatest
light In days past, Ia In the prime Of life.
g. w. Turner. the energetic Recorder"
man, IL under 40. and his editor and
managing editor, Msssrx Keller and Ly-
man, ere 81 and 81 respectively. Arthur
Brisbsns, Of NE evening "5un," Is one
OF the youngest msn In New York,
though doa's knew his precise ysarA
Foster Coates, the managing editor Of
shs "Mail and Express" Il . handsome
man Of o6 Richard Burton, the city
editor Of the ''Esgls"-sud that 10 the
moss Important place On the papsr-is
20 The city editor Of che "World"
doesn't look over a. The virtual editor
of the Herald" WAC II repntsd 70 enjoy
m iacoms Of $50 week, IL alluded 10
- Young Risck," being in fact 60 pears
,a- .S~ "S-n s'
- - az 90 40 .ns..-., -. -
Of sbs 'sNews," looks TO youns sss b sueh
. hardened criminal Irving Baehsllsr
and James w. Johnson, the Leading syn
Aieass msa, are eIoss nsizhbors of 90
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Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01

- AsRsshask rid1nG ssAlI1 sAs san't
hazn- So sAs b hksly - eis sf sAsss
1nninaA
The ether sisssr 10 ses 20 h auiss -
bsd . way physically. tkoagA sAs nAy
bs - the same ags. hos othsrwtss -
equally avail able - . frtghsfsi example,
ass chief onsnss, besides ssoss pssessssa
also By her sister. v that she win squsszs
. 3o-ineh waist into . - inch sorssl .
practice which hsr physsciaa aassrss her
u slov suicide fos hes. But really. shs
sayA she must wear sorssss, yea know
And they srsn's tighI
Here are soma OF she things these In
tsrsstins sisters woa's do: saey won't 50
faso . room after dusk until . domestic
has lighted iighA They're afraid 10 do
It. They won't answer door bell for
the same reason. or possibly iasinsss has
somsthiag 70 DO with il TAsy woa's
dust = room They won't usually 60 Ia
the theatre because IL 10 too much work
That's an unusual psculiarity. EAring
candy Il their favorits diversion- IhAts
easy, and II It's b Ard on the health why.
really, they don's like sour things and
do like sweet oaeA.
The doctor will try to keep this inter
ssting pair alive a. lsng ~ he can, be-
cause is's good pay. But othsrwiss lee
hardly worth while unless sons way can
b found Of continuing to utilize them
- . warning sign posts On ths vronG
road With Turn baskf" In big letters en-
their lazy persona
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01

lam reminded by Major Handy's trip
abroad TO boom the Worlds Tair-it's
really Major Handy's; there are other
people along. bat the newspaper man II
In IN affair Of that sort the main shina
-of perhaps, the very strsngsst inter
viewing sxpsriencs I have ever had In
che half dozen countries whore have
ocoasionally praotissd the art.
suppose Major Handy has called
upon n Alphand in Paris, who made
such splendid success Of the exposition
there In 1889, and whose achievements
- IN engineer and director of city works
ere more permanent u less brilliant and
widely famed called upon n. Al
phand to talk over Chicago affairs not
long after Congress decided In favor OF
the lake city. could speak French
enough for most practical purpossA bus
- technical tsrms might stick me 80
lectsd from among the Interpreters In
the court Of the Grand Hotel . lantern
jawed Swiss and OF We started.
It IL very funny. We found II Al
phand - courteous - only Frsnohman
can b, and my Swiss persisted In trans
lating for me al his polite phrases
which could sufficiently understand
without that trouble. And 20 we got co
Chicago. What n Alphsnd said was
extremely sensible, that the Chicago
directors should not scatter their build
ings too much, that they should pay e.
pecial attention to the art value Of their
buildings and exhibits and should by all
means, II American prejudice permitted,
open their gates on Sunday.
Then the interpreter would begin "Zis
gentleman he says" indicating N. Alp
hand with . wave Of his hand, "xat 70
Shik-ka-go people mus be YER careful"
and % on to the end, N. Alphand being
Kindness itself, his Thoughtful almost
venerable face-a students face-in
strange contrast 70 the American idea Of
q Public Works Commissioner Of the
Hugh O. Thompson or Gilroy type.
When We reached the street the Swiss
wiped his perspiring forehead and re-
marked: "And now I sink deux bisres
would 60 YER well, yesf"
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01
DRESS REFORM CRUSADE
zrs . Good 1A,ns = xos : novssay
20 WoUaR



Usosa I4ssA Dissssss ADUssval
-ysssg Nsvss~psr Msa-rvs
ussfns otsiA.
Z = bsRs - me very mssA q e sAs
ChAsssaqss and w. G. 7. o. v,ons. Who
hAvs sAksa us dress rstorna were saek-
linz ever "a cid egg, sines the ssyis Of
gasnonss they rsconmsnd have bsan IN
ths nAxkss for . number Of ysArA and
AAvs alr sAdy been vera BY . great many
lA11ss Of faAhion- Lady Harhsr.sa wens
mssA further In England with her ''ai-
vfAsA skirt" which she w4s forced 60
Givs NJ wearing. on the street. st isast.
~bssssss." - sAs nsivsly sAid, 'ths boys
made taa of me-" All ths Dslssrtsan ex-
psusnss vhs hsvs WrithsA and twisted
fss sAs i2ss sArss ysars - New York
drswaag reons Asvs gone wisheas cor
~. asd hsag their eaosAiAg from the
shss1dsEA Sscissy women, sspscially
when young snd saspsly, hsvs TO ssn-
stdsssbis sxtsns followed tAsir lssd. and
shs wearing q tights aad eombin on
su10 - Dc swsy wish Injurious hands
anA 0ssssn hes bssa very esnmeA-
ls's . curious fass shss Amsrissn
vensa are uueh ahead sf their Eaglish
sisters In shis rsspees. In spite az Lady
HArbsrton. Englisa actzsssss. like NrA
Kendall. Ars Langt-y snd Rosina vokes.
FvAn shstr figures by tixht lacias. though
2iD v0kss man sges - secure some
1susdom of movement In her sorssts By
pulling all shs bones cut May Amsri-
can Actresses On the other hand, ct .
good example In this respect
When the Forsyth Technical College
foe osuslsweasa In Losdon wanted an
iastsacsss in physical salsurA Aiss
Faulkner. the Principal an earnest.
deep voiced, thosghsfsl wansa who has
recently been In thn colatry, tells me
shsy had 70 I'm port one from America,
che late Hilda Thomas When Mrs
Edwin Russsil visited London she created
somewhat OF . sensation don't wonder
the great muscles OF her hips showing
through her drapsd silk robes like . race
horses under its smooth groomed skin.
They don's raise saca 1ne women In
England and never will till . little
Yankee common sense 10 imported. One
would have to look far IN Europe for .
society woman OF Mrs. w. c. whitney's
prominence publicly supporting moder-
ate dress reform rs enly the shop
girls who 60 on cutting themselves In
two with corxsss and hanging twenty
pounds Of needless garments about their
hipa
The Chsutauqua movement IL little
late, bat THAI II better than never More
power to its sibowI It's in any healthy
womAa's power 20 become fins animal,
and humanity gains By that In the long
gun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-05
Taught by an Insect.

Mark Gambard Brunei, the famous engi-
neer, claimed that he was indebted to an
insect for a great and useful invention.
The story, as told in Golden Days, is as fol-
lows:
Brunei was one day in shipyard watch
ing the movements of an insect known as
the teredo navalis-in English, the naval
wood worm-when brilliant thought sud-
denly occurred to him. He saw that this
creature bored its way into piece of wood
upon which it was operating 10y means of
a very extraor linary mechanical apparatus.
Looking at the animal attentively through
a microscope, he found that it was covered
in front with pair of valvular shells;
that, with its foot as purchase, it com
municated rotary motion and a forward
impulse to the valves, which, acting upon
the wood like a gimlet, penetrated its sub
stance, and that, as the particles of wood
were looseneo, they passed through ifs
sure in the foot, and thence through the
body of the borer to its mouth, where they
were expelled.
Here" SAID Brunei to himself, ''is the
sort of thing want. Can l reproduce it
in an artificial form?"
He forthwith set to work, and the final
result of his labors, after many failures,
was the famous boring shield with which
the Thames tunnel was eXcavated.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-05
The Best Prize.

Every session an award of prizes was
made in Wi.ie's school, and he was anx-
lous to merit one of them. Willie was be-
hind the other boys in all studies except
writing. As he had no hope to excel in
anything but writing, he made up his
mind to try for the special prize for that
with all his might. And he did try, SO
that his copy book would have done honor
to a boy twice his age. When the prizes
were awarded the chairman of the commit
tee held up two copy books and said: 1T
would be difficult to say which of these
two books is better than the other, but for
one copy in Willie's, which is not only su-
perior to Charles, but to every other COPY
In the same book. This copy, therefore,
gains the prize"
Willie's heart beat high with hope, not
unmixed with fear. Blushing to his
temples, he said, Please, sir, may see
that copy:"
Certainly said the chairman, looking
somewhat surprised
Willie glanced at the copy, and then,
handing the book back, he said: please,
sir, that Is not my writing. 1t was written
by an upper class boy who took my book
by mistake one day instead of his own"
The chairman and committee were 30
pleased with Nillie's honesty and truthful
ness that although they could not give him
what was called 1.-The first prize" they
gave him another and it was really "the
best prize. The School Visitor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-05

Following is the story as it is told: A
peasant woman in France had a baby so
small that the clothing she had made
ready for it was of no use and she was
obliged to dress it in some dolls clothes.
When she was going to take the little
creature to be christened she was in fresh
difficulty, for he was too small to be car.
ried on the arm in the usual way. But a
happy thought struck her. The French
peasantry wear shoes made of wood, which
they call sabots. Taking one of her own
shoes, the woman made little bed in it,
in which She placed her tiny son, and so
carried him comfortably to church. Find
ing that the wooden shoe was better than
anything elss for the purpose, she used it
for his cradla, and there he usually lay and
slept until be vas six months old.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-05
e9zylg|5Ea'S5sszk5
A NUGGETS CRADLE.
The Story of French Dwarf Who Lived
in Shoe.

There is nursery rhyme about
An old woman who lived in shoe,
but whether hen children, who were AZ
numerous
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-05
Tire d. ar VIII be Glad he :. C.u,,.

The ID AT Will be Glad He IL Coming
1t cannot fail to be of interest to manv
OF our readers to know that H. A. Wales.
OF bridgeport. Conn. has agreed to visit
davenport Oct. z, and will be at the ST.
James hotel. Mr.. Wales is the inventor
otthe sound discs, which has attracted
such widespread attention throughout
the clVlliz ed world. and to the use of
which Is largely credited the decrease in
deafness shown in the late census.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-05

She didn't know what to do
with them, lived there also, is not quite
clear. Probably their bt,is were elsewhere
1t has always appeared to US rather unlike
ly that any lady could live in a shoe, how
ever small she might be- But, if one can
believe all one reads, French dwarf GER
tainly did live in a shoe for the first six
months of lis life.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-05

chocolate, vanilla and peach ice cream
and lemon ice at Krell s Maths.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-19
onnorLunlt, FOR the no,n.

One OF the features of the Postal
Subsidy bill, which recently passed Con
gress, and a feature which has not been
brought to the attention OF the general
public, is that providing that all ships
receiving the Government aid for carry
ing the mails shall carry at least one
naval apprentice for each thousand tons
of register, go that a ship of, say, 5000
tons register would carry Eve appren.
tees.
The object Of this provision, which is
described by q contemporary, is to en-.
able young men to obtain practical
knowledge OF navigation, and the oppor.
tunity afforded for naval education will
be invaluable.
The New York Pres, in commenting
on the subject, refers to the claim that
former trials Of the plan failed because
officers Of the steamship lines could find
no time to teach the apprentices nauti-
cal affairs. But, surely, says the Prss,,
under a movement for the revival Of
American shipping every commander
and officer OF IN American ship would
have wholesome interest and pride in
imparting naval knowledge to the grow.
ing generation, SO that the United States
a lg might float everywhere over decks
commanded by competent Americans.
Patriotism will give American lads the
full benefit OF this chance OF acquiring
naval education.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-19
steel Ties for Railroads.

We ara indebted 10 Mr.. David Nell.
waipe. formerly Of this city, now OF New
York. for bandsome Photographic illus.
tration Of a steel lie for railroad track
tbat has recently been introduced to the
attention OF the railway world. Weun.
derstapd that the possible manufacture
Of this tie, or Of GONE other Of the same
general character, has been more or less
discussed recently by some Of our
wheeling steel manufacturers. This
particular tic is known as tho Hartford
tie; ia 100 inches in length, weighs one
mound TO the inch, has eight inches sur
fsce on the top and ten inches on the
bottom. is hollow, bow shaped, with
dlriog edges underneath, made OF quar-
tar inch pressed steel, and seems me
chemically adopted to hold the ballast o.
the track firmly in it's grip and to sus
tain any weight OF pressure.
Steel ties are not an experiment II
railway operation. There are Thousands
OF miles of track thus laid in various
countries. The circular accompanying
this illustration Of Hartford tie say
that metal ties have been adopted al
over Europe, South America and Mex
| ico." It further says that sit has beer
shown by twenty years experience il
E lrops that the annual cost of keeping
NJ steel ties diminishes from year Il
ysar, whereas the annual cost of keep
ing up wooden lies increases from yea
to year until they Sre taken out"
The cost Of these steel ties Is est!mGteC
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-19

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case Of Catarrh that canno
be cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, O.
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able to carry out any obligation made by
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and mucous surfaces Of the system
Price zoe. per bottle. Sold by all drug
Riste,