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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-09-24
DEACON WHITES FAILURE.
No Statement Yet As to Liabilities or
Aaaefs
Especial to TIM WORLD. !

Assets
Especial TO TnE woRLD.1
NEw York. September 24.-The
failure Of S. v. White & Co. continued
to-day the principal topic Of Wall
street discussion. Mr.. Charles w.
Gould, the assignee Of the firm, has
made no statement yet, and it is inn
possible to learn what the actual as
sets and liabilities Of the firm are.
Deacon" White was at his Office to-
day, looking worried, but sticking
right to business, and helping the as
signee to straighten out his affairs.
There were rumors Of other impend-
ing failures, but they had no percepti-
BILE effect on either the Stock or Produce
Exchanges. The rnmors in some in
stances. associated the names of we'll
known houses who trade largely in corn
and wheat with White 4 Co., as
being engaged in the latter's effort to
corner the market.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-09-24

A sseaufifuI Woman Takes Lsndanpm
Because Paul Woln ala not keep His
Prnn,ire.

lrpcttai ~ NE " pNlsUfi
WASHINGTON, September o. Marie
Kraemer, the beautiful and attractive
woman who for six years has been
recognized here as the wife Of Paul
Wolf, the correspondent o. the New
York Stats Zeitung, to-day com
mitted suicide in her home on Capitol
Hill. The suicide marks the end Of a
romance, and makes strange story,
Everybody in Washington knew
Paul Wolff His tall, military figure
and handsome cayalier-like face were
very familiar on Newspaper Rows A
large scar across his forehead did not
add ii his beauty, hut did materially
add 10 tile admiration his fellow Jour
naiists felt for him, III they knew twas
received during d fierce charge III the
head Of bis command during the
Austro-Prussian war.
Paul Wolff was appointed Editor of
the Chicago Staats Zeitung and moved
here, promising to send for his wife
later. He, however, wrote her that
their relations must cease as he was now
living with his wife and children.
Exactly what took place on receipt Of
this letter none will ever know. Her
mother, who lived with her in the house
on Capitol Hill, was sent away on some
trivial errand, her little son was sent to
school, and then retiring to her room
she swallowed the contents Of a bottle
Of laudanum. She was not disturbed
last night, and to the appeals Of
her mother this morning she could
make no response. A physician was
called in, but the poor woman was
beyond his aid.
II was never previously known in
Washington bnt that the woman who
suieided was VOLTS legitimate wife.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-09-24
FOR MRS. fAYnRIcK's PARDON.


Especial to THE woRLD.1 =
BosToN, September 24.-A Bar Har-
Dor special says that the case of Mrs.
Maybrick, accused of poisoning her
husband in England, and sentenced to
penal servitude for life, was some time
since brought TO the attention of Mrs
Blaine, and she, together with Secre-
tary Blaine, has become deeply inter
estsd in it. Mrs. Blaine has been for
many months constantly in receipt Of
letters urging her to use her influence
with the Secretary Of State, and induce
him to communicate with Lord Sails
bury in the matter. Mrs. Blaine has
done and i doing all in her power to
do, while Secretary Blaine has given
muchtime and thought to the case.
About two weeks ago a petition fol
Mrs. Naybricks PARTON, signed by
Mrs. Harrison and the wives Of the
members Of the Cabinet, was sent tc
Minister Lincoln For presentation t
the Queen.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-09-24
DIRECTORS.

HON. STEPHEN B. ELKNs Vice President West Va
Elkns, w. Va.
Hon ROBERT PORTER Editor and Proprietor New York Press
Hon CHARLEsJ FAULKNER IT, Senator Martinsburg W. Va
Hon THOMAS NJ KING Vice President B. & o. Baltimore, Nd
Hon. BOYD faulkner, of Faulkner Inges, Martnsburg
%s w. Va.
Hon. GEO. NJ. BOWERS Martnsburg, w. Va
/. L. BENDER, Contractor, Martinsburg, W. Va.
THEODORE X MILLER of Daniel Miller & Co., Baltimore Nd
b. WILSON Cashier Peoples National Bank Martinsbug
w. Va.
DIR. G. p MORRISON Martinsburg, w. Va.
Il. G BERRY, Dry Goods Merchant Martinsburg, W Va:
JAMES F. THOMPSON of the Clothing firm of Thompson & Tab
Ter Martinsburg, w. Va
NJ. " RICHARDS General immigration Agent B. & O. Bai
more Md.
D. SHAFFER of the firm of c. NJ Shaer Martinsburg
DR.. S. n. MYERS, Martinsburg, w. Va.
CHARLES H. MILLER Sheriff of Berkeley County Martnburg
JAMES w. MCKowN, Martinsburg, w Va.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-09-24
4 BRILLIANT WEDDING.
AFather Gives Iii. Daughter 5000, 900
AZ Her Marriage.

a Eather ttNes HIS Daughter $1,000
AZ Her Marriage.
Special 10 TuE woRLDl
MIxNEAPoLls, MINI, September a.
The largest and most fashionable we'd
ding ever held in the Northwest was
that celebrated last night at st. Mark )
Episcopal Church. the Right Rev.
Bishop Whipple officiating, when Miss
Mamie Lowry, daughter Of Thomas
Lowry, the ten times millionaire street
railway capitalist, became Mrs. II. p.
Robinson. Mr.. Robinson is an English
man. graduate Of Oxford, six years a
resident Of Minneapolis and editor of
the Northwestern Rairoader and the
Chicago Railway Age. The bridal
dress was an Empire gown Of duchess,
satin, and the brides gifts to the
twelve bridesmaids were gold wire
bracelets set with diamonds. Mr..
Lowry's gift to his daughter was
100000 After a brilliant reception
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson left for Chicago
their future home. There were guests
present from New York, Boston, Mon.
treal and Chicago.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-09-24
OFFICERS.

President HoN. GEO. NJ, Bowers Martnsburg w. Va
First VicePresiden G. H. MILLER, Martinsburg w Va.
Second vice-Presdent, H. G. BERRY Martnsburg w. Va
Treasurer WILSON Cashier Peoples Bank Martinsburg
Secretary STUART w. WALKER, Martinsburg w. Va.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
A Tombstone for a Cat.

A Westport, Conn, correspondent
writes: .:Mrs. Noah w. Bradleys cat
Israel, aged about IA years. and the
old est and without question the best
cat that ever lived in the town. ID
dead. 1t was favorite In the house.
hold and had such kindly traits and
sagacity as to win the hearts Of all.
For years every night Israel slept at
the foot OF its mistress bed, and al
ways had special chair, cushioned for
its use. in the kitchen aud sitting.
room. Death was the result OF asth.
ma. The remains were placed in q
casB ct with as much care and tender
ness as though they were those of a
child and they were literally covered
with flowers. A grave was dug near
the house and the casket placed In II
and upon the mound will soon appear
slab Of granite. displaying the
name. date OF death, and age OF de.
ceased"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
speed of q Rapid Penman.

A rapid penman can write thirty
words in a minute. To do this he
must draw his quill through the space
of rod--sixteen and half feet In
forty minutes his pen travels a fur
long, and in five hours and third q
mile. We make, on an average, six
teen curves OF the pen in writing each
word.
Writing thirty words In a minute,
we must make 44S to each second; In
an hour, %, 900; in day OF only five
hours. 144.000. and in year Of 800
days, 43,200,000.
The man who made 1, 100. 900 strokes
with pen in month was not at all
remarkable. Many men make 4, 000,-
900. Here we have in the aggregate
a mark 800 miles long to be traced
on paper by each writer in year IE
making each letter OF the ordinary
alphabet we must make from three to
seven strokes Of the pen-on an aver
age, three and one-half to four.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
MUCH MONEY FOR a FAN.
The Gorgeous Christmas olft . Lucky
Young Broker e HaxIaE Made.

rhs Gorgeous Christmas 0lft . Lucky
Young Broker Il HavIag Made.
A young Wall street broker, who
evidently has not beer effected BY the
recent tumble in stocks. has ordered
q fan at Tiffany's which was
Christmas gift to his fance that is q
new idea. This fan has just four
sticks, as described by the New York
Press, but these are nearly two inches
wide, of solid gold, with open tracery
work cut in them. Running to the
edge OF the fan between these sticks
are golden feathers, traced in colors,
the colors being supplied with natural
gems. For instance, the blue Is OF
sapphires, the green Of emeralds, the
yellow OF topaz. etc.
Inside OF one OF the wide golden
sticks is folded lorgnette. Every
body knows that you can see better
without these things than with them,
but every one-who is any one-has
to have them. And this gentleman is
wise beyond the wisdom of his sex.
for when he has married his charmer
he'll have one the less thing to put in
his overcoat pocket when they go to
the theater and she the one less
thing to drop or leave in street cars
and cabs.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22

One of the big New York papers
has offered prize of 500 to the
woman who shall send in the most
praiseworthy description of model
husband. 1t is interesting to note the
replies. One woman thinks he is a
husband who never takes night
''of''; another says that her ideal
man is one that gives her full control
Of the purse strings; third says she
likes d husband who goes his way
and gives her full permission to go
hers; but most unique of all is a let
ter from dear. sweet clinging Vine,
who says that her Oak must be noble!
Oh, SO noble! And give test OF his
true inward nobility by inventing a
new petname for her every day. Up
on sweet pretty calendar, bought
for the purpose, she is recording the
names as she reels off new ones each
loving morn. The regulation. ortho-
dox. old pet titles OF Dear little
GIRL" dolly" ''Petsey" ''Tootsey-
Wootsey,"" ""Sweetness, "'Sugar Plum"
have been thrown completetely in the
shade of the coming of this model
husband.
Won't somebody please look up
more such men and offer prizes for
their capturep What balm they
would bring to many a painfully one
ly female breast
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
The Chinese Fad.

II you want to be up in one of the
latest fads OF the devotees of culture
you must have a Chinese corner in
your library, says the New York
Star. This is not corner decorated
with glaring fans or screens or para
soils, but really an artistic miniature
temple or pagoda. saw one Yester-
day in the pretty little parlor of one
of the most charming lady writers of
the city. 1t was arranged on q
bracket in the corner, and was q fac
smile OF what missionaries tell me ist
very common sight in China--arr
outdoor temple. with an ugly little,
red and yellow joss sitting under .
canopy waiting for sacrifices to ward
off the evil spirit The ugliness Of
the little stone god and the sinplic-
ity of the temple are the chief charm
of the corner"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
various Roads to Fams.

Authorship is not the only road to
fame, nor is politics, writes John
Swinton. One man in New York has
perpetuated his name for three gen.
erations, and may perpetuate it for
many more, by being the founder of a
restaurant. Another man has per-
petuated his name by being the in
yentor of printing press; another
by devlsing a lead pencil; another by
starting a town that has grown up;
another by concocting favorite
drink; another by rearing a big
house; another by establishing a
charitable society; another by build
Ing theater; another by accumulate
ing a heavy fortune; another by Nc
Allisterism; another By pugil,stie
feats; another by carrying on like
crank; another by electrical discov-
cries; another by raising a flower
which he called after himself; another
by building up mercantile establish
ment; another by designing stove;
ANOTHER by making a bequest to some
institution; another by producing a
patent medicine; another by con-
structing a lock; another by vocal
accomplishments, and others in many
other ways. But perhaps there is not
one author in hundred who writes a
book that gives him a reputation that
lasts for wear.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
a arLEnr MlLLIoNAIRE.
MI MOrosInI oOrrsats Some Popular M

Mr. MorosinI corrset5 Some Popular Mis-
conceptions OF Jay Could
Jay Gould has accumulated great
or fortune than any other person OF
the century who started in life with
out a dollar. No one knows more
about him than Mr. Giovanni 7.
Morosini who was for eighteen years
his confidential associate Mr.. Moro
sini said to New York Sun reporter
the other day: More has been writ
ten about Jay Gould, individually,
than about any other living Ameri-
can. With all that has been written.
comparatively little is known OF him.
Most of the stories printed or other
wise, about him have been imagin-
ative. or so distorted as to lose re-
sembla nee to the facts. The lack OF
knowledge is due to Mr.. Gould's ways.
There never was man with less OBJ
in his personal character.
He prefers to keep out Of sight Like
Napoleon, he is man OF silence and
thought He would be out OF his ele-
menb IN q crOWQ.
Mr.. Gould's external appearance
affords fair notion of his mental
makeup. HIS face always wears q
contemplative expression. 1t is a
fact that he is thinking necessarily.
His interests are so vast and his
schemes so complicated that his mind
must be bent upon. them all the time.
Mr., Gould's eyes are seldom turned
upon the face of person with whom
he is talking. He will now and then
cast glance at his questioner, but
generally he is looking in some other
direction. This popularity of Mr..
Gould's is not because he is unable to
look anybody in the face, but because
he is meditating while he is convers-
ing. He never lets his gaze rest on
any object more than moment Ii
he did it would distract his thoughts.
His hardest thinking is done when
his eyes are wandering off into space.
Mr.. Gould is the most liberal man to
his friends and employees that Wall
street ever knew. Many times he has
made investments in stocks for people
and handed them the profits. They
have taken the money and triedt add
to it by speculations Not under.
standing the devious ways of the stock
market they lost all, and promptly &C
cused Mr.. Gould Of setting traps tc
catch them. Men who made fortunes
through association with Mr.. Gould,
and lost them after breaking OF Their
relations with him, have found ex.
cuses for their misfortune by charging
it to his Vaccinations. Mr.. Gould has
often said that 1t was impossible tc
succeed in Wall street without large
capital and without being a member
of the combinations made up to
manipulate values" +"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
CharacterlstIc Autographs.

Count Enzenberg, the Hesslan
Charged Affairs In France. had one
hobhy--the collecting Of autographs
of famous men, On one OF the pages
OF the Hessian's album, the statesman
Guizot had written:
.All through my long career I have
learned to forgive much and often,
but to forget nothing"
The sentiment is not a Christian
one, nor Is it notable for its worldly
wisdom. 1t is strange that Guizot,
who was a professed Christian and
reputed to be worldly wise should
have written it. His rival. Theirs.
must have noticed the inconsistency,
for underneath it he wrote:
IA little shortness OF memory can
not detract from the sincerity Of for
giveness, y
Bismarck, while Russian Ambassa.
dor at Paris. being asked to write
something on the same page wrote
..As for myself, existence has taught
me to forget many things, and to gel
myself forgiven for a great many
more"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
II Is so EASY TO WrIte.

A well-known novelist seized an ac-
quaintance by the arm and said:
Come let us eat hearty lunch
con with bottle of claret and then
let's drive and ride until dark. I
have just turned novel oyer. Do
you know what that meansp Itmeans
that having finished the last Of 120.-
900 words. I have taken the bale OF
paper with those words upon it and
have turned it upside down so that l
can begin and copy it all over again,
carefully, for publication. the idea
---the bare idea--is frightful, but l
do 1t two or three times year. Why
don't / copy a chapter ut timer
Because the last chapter contradicts
the third, the plot changes, the names
OF the chapters change-the whole
thing works out differently from what
1t was planned as it goes along"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
can.s Read His Own HANDWRITING.

Joaquin Miller's handwriting Is
most bewildering. A stereotyper who
has made the plates for several Of
Mr.. Miller's books says that, schooled
as he was in the enormitles OF calig-
raphy. Mr.. Miller's was beyond his
powers. On one occasion he went TO
interview MIR. Miller about a certain
word which he was unable to deci-
pher. The author looked at 1t very
attentively, first In one way, then in
another. At last he remarkedf
..Well. my dear sir, Pm hanged If !
know myself what ] meant II va
will take seat for a few minutes l
will substitute something more intel
ligible" And he did
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
Women in business.

A man who thinks he knows all
about it asserts that in business a
Woman's small weaknesses will crop
out no matter how masculine she may
he by nature or profession. Being a
steamboat official he illustrated his
theory by telling OF box OF dry goods
that was damaged by falling over
board while loading. Now, although
the amount claimed was unusually
small, the captain of the craft Mrs.
Mary Miller, appealed to an adjuster
to make necessary arrangements con-
cerning a protest. When remon-
strated with she explained, much to
the amusement Of the Office. that no
sooner was the case drawn out OF the
river than 1t was opened. unpacked,
the contents carefully hung on lines
to dry; and certainly she thought that
was sufficient reparation.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
The TwO-Horned Rhlnoceros.

There are very contradictory re-
ports as to its nature, of the two
horned rhinoceros, some accounts
representing it as most dangerous
beast and others as a particularly
timid one. The only one / ever saw,
writes traveller, had been killed by
party of Bataks, two days before,
and was in such state OF decom-
position that it was impossible to ap-
proach, but not bit TWO high" for
the hunters, who were gorging them
selves like wolves around it, with the
merest show OF grilling the dreadful
viands
The horns OF this specimen were
mere stumps, eight or nine inches
long; but Chinese storekeeper gave
the Bataks $50 for one and no doubt
made a good profit by it as the
Chinese have the firmest belief in the
scrapings Of rhinoceros horn as uni.
versel medicine
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
A baby Half swallowed by Snake,

George Wharton of Brown County,
Ohio, tells a blood-curdling snake
story. Mrs. William HuxellY living
in a log cabin. was making soap in
the back yard, having kissed hes
sweet little six-month babe to sleep ir
the cradle. Presently the babn
screamed. and she rushed in and way
horror-stricken to find a h1deous
black-snake Of enormous size trying
to swallow the child, having ingulfed
the hand, had swallowed it up to the
armpit and was writhing in its con-
tortions and efforts to make further
progress. Grasped in the middle by
the mother it seemed to relax its hold
and disgorge the childs arm, then
turned upon the woman. She dashed
it to the floor and in her wild frenzy
stamped it to death. 1t proved to be
OF the black racer species, Z feet 2
inches long and measuring 81 inches
In circumference. The babe lived
and the only inconvenience it suffered
from its terrible experience was that
Its arm and hand were blistered as il
scalded in hot water,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
A -copws.s ,,i, PANTY.
Houss aans said e. Bs nrlmfsl Il
Experiences.

Experiences.
A lady yesterday showed me an
invitation 70 attend q 'cobweb party. y
/ was curious to know what sort OF q
party that was ssys a writer in the
New York Star.
"A central point in a house is
selected" l was informed, says the
chandler in the front parlor. and to
this number OF strings are attached.
according to the number of guests
who have been invited to take part In
the game. There may be twenty-five
or fifty. or even more. Then these
strings are twined about chairs,
around table legs through keyholes.
downstairs into the dining room, out
to the kitchen, up stairs again, into the
bed room. and, in fact all over the
house. These strings make the cob
web. At the end OF each is a prize,
which acJs as stimulant to the
guests. to each OF whom a string Is
assigned, to follow his or her thread
to its termination through its many
devious and provoking intertwinings.
In Chicago the cobweb party has be-
come SO popular that men are en-
ployed to prepare houses when one is
announced, and it sometimes takes
three days to get large house ready.
When the guests get to following up
the strings there is plenty Of fun. as
they meet in all parts OF the house,
cross and recross each others paths.
get their feet tangled up in the
threads, and have great many funny
experiences"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
smalIey,s PICture of BIsmarck.

';He strides heavily in; it is but a
step from the door to the spot whore
the scarlet portfolio is waiting for
him, but the weight OF the step is
what first strikes you. 1t is not lassi-
tude; it is sheer physical bulk. He
stands six feet two, and his frame is
the frame of giant He is broad
and square in the shoulders aud deep
chested; the arms are big; the legs
are big; and that part OF the body
which is intermediate between the legs
and chest is big, not gross. He is as
heroic IN his physical proportions as
in his character. The head is set on
the shoulders and almost into them
with singular solidity and closeness.
The man is all OF a piece-body and
mind, as it were, fused and welded
together. Faithful as are many OF
the photographs, / remember none
that brings out plainly the helmet
shape of the head. 1t is the head OF
Pericles, dome-like in its amplitudes
as we'll as in Its curve, with breadth
at the temples which its towering
height cannot disguise, and far over
hanging the stern gray eyes, which
look out as from caverns, deep
fginged with gray eyebrows. There
i'd no regularity of feature or OF con-
tour. The nose is short and careless
ly moulded; the mouth you must i'm
agine, for gray mustache shades it;
the jaw is the jaw-well, OF Prince
Bismarck, and OF him alone. The
stamp OF power, of irresistible force,
is on face and figure; into this one
human form has nature for once col
lected all her irrepressible energies
and subdued them to his overmaster-
inc will.n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
THE NORTHWEST
WHAT. REALLY. IS sLsEpa
The Theory Fact and Uses Of This sAneho-
Panza Pleasing Invention.

The Theory Eaot and Uses OF This hAnono-
Panza Pleasing Invention.
What sleep Is no one knows The
prevailing theory as TO it's nature. ac-
eording to Youths Companion, is
that OF the Psychologist Preyer, who
holds that refuse matter accumulates
in the nervous centers in such guam
titles as to bring about insensibiiity,
which continues until the brain has
been relieved of the waste matter by
the absorption into circulation.
Whatever feats OF endurance men
may accomplish, they cannot live long
without sleeping. Under every con-
dition OF bodily and mental suffering,
men sleep. those condemned TO die,
although they fear their fate, gener-
ally sleep the night before execu-
tion. Soldiers have been known to
sleep when on long and wearisome
march while walking in the ranks, or
lying on bed Of stones, or in the
mud and water.
The question is often asked, "How
long can man live without sleepP"
The victlms OF the Chinese ''walking
torture" seldom survive more than
ten days. Those condemned to die
by the walking torture are given all
they wish to eat and drink, but sleep
is denied them.
Whenever the poor victim closes
his eyes he is jabbed with spears and
sharp sticks until he is awake. There
is no torture more horrible.