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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09
PensIoners MelI Scallorol.

It Is not generally known that the o
Grafton Of the Civil War pension hy
carries money periodically to men OF
natioualities who live in all quarters
the globe. They are men who were d
abled in the service OF the United Stat
aud have not since the war taken d
oath Of allie pance to any other Cover
ment. To begin near the fountain hoa'
there Is paid out Of the National trcasu
$3.50 annually TO residents OF Ca
ada, many OF whom have not seen &
United States since they were muster,
out at Washington at the close Of d
war. Ireland bias $50 pensioners 90 u
rolls. who draw on an average St2
month; aud a single county 10 Englsl
-Lancashire-has fifty pensioners vi
draw nearly S2500 a year. Tho da
continent has a round dozen pensioner
living principally in Cape Town, Sou
Africa, while Liberia is represented
one lone widow, whose husband W
freed by the emancipation proclamau'
and who died of the injuries be receiv,
In fighting.
Giuseppe Osboli, away in southo
Italy, draws the modest little sum OF
a month for the fighting he did SOL
twenty odd years ago, the Richmof
(Va.) State says. Away down ia Il
Mediterranean Sea, in tho little island
Malta, lives a Greek Of the name Of AZ
abite Fensek, who gets Si2 a month
remind him Of the time when he SMELL
powder in the far AWAY land Of Amcric
and his case is matched in Finlan
almost on the shores Of the Arctic Ocet
where lives ono Alexander Wilson, WI
served twenty years IN the United Stat
navy, and now draws a pension NJ Sl7
month, which in that land Is an incou
worth having.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09
Tho AIphobet of good UoaIIh.

The Ladies' Sanitary Association. Il
London, give the following Slphabctic
method Of keeping we'll
As soon rs you are ~ shake blanket al
sheet;
Better be without shoes than W. with ID
feet.
Children, Il healthy, are setlys bot stnl
Damp beds and damp clothes VIII both max
you III;
Eat slowly AMI always chew yosg food we'll
Freshen tho air in the housa shors y0I
dwell:
Garments must never bs male 10 tight;
Homes should be healthy. airy Aud light.
II you wish 10 bo well. as you %, Two ~
doubt
Just open your winiows bofors yoi 20 oe.;
Keep your rooms always uiy ahd cloan;
Let dust on tho furniture never b. sssu.
Much illness is CAUSED By tbs TspI o. pur
air
Now, % open your winiovs % ssor yoaI
care.
Old rags and oil rubbish ai3aij never b,
kept;
People siouId soc that their sI1r, are we.
swept,
Quick movements in children are tsalthy an,
right.
light.
See that the cist srn IA clean b fto brim
fake cara that your dress Is All tidy AMI
trim,
Use yar noas to dnl il sh'e, b a ba,
drain.
Very sal ars tas feysrs that o'n, ia II
train;
Walk "a mush as you can wstsrut feeling
f1tiZue,
Xsfxes coult walk fully many . league.
0 betlth Is your wealt whiSJ your wis
dom must keep.
Zeal will help a eo3i clu5s, ASH thu gooi
you will reap.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09
GEN. WEAVER chosen.
The Peoples Party Candidate for the
Presidency.
General Field for yice-President-Both
Nominated on the First BaIIot-Sketch
of General Weaver.

General Field for Vice-President-Both
Nominated on the First BaIIot-Sketch
of General Weaver.
A despatch from Omaha. Neb., says: Gen.
James B. Weaver, of Iowa, was nominated
r The presidency on the first ballot by the
National Convention of the Peoples Party.
Gen. J. G. Field Of Virginia, was nomi-
mated on the first ballot for the vice presi-
dency.
The delegates who were in favor OF the
nomination of Judge Walter Q. Gresham, Of
l~nliana, hoped oil day for a favorable answer
from the committee cent to try and induce
him 10 accept the leadership. During the
afternoon dispatches vera received which
seemed to indicate a favorable answer. and it
was said that the Judge would not refuse u
unanimous nomination. An effort was
made to stampede the convention 10
Judge Gresham, but the opponents of the
movement held it in check. The Gresham
movement was finally extinguished by a tele.
gram from the Judge saying that be must
stani by his previous refusal.
zen. weaver was placed in nomination by
}. H. Manning. OF Alabama.
Hon. jas. II Kyle, United States Senator
from South Dakota. WAS nominated by Col.
). L. Norton, of Illinois.
A Connecticut delegate presented the name
OF General Flel :, OF Virginia.
Delegate Brown, OF Massachusetts, nomi-
naled Mann Page, of Virginia.
Mr.. Fish, of Minnesota, named I~gnatius
Donnelly.
The Virginia delegation withdrew the
names OF the men nominated from that State.
Senator Z. III. Van Wyck, of Nebraska, was
also placed before lie convention.
The speeches were concluded at IL 30oiclock
when the first ballot was t4ken. II resulte
as follow; Weaver, 800; Kyle, go; settle =
ing, 2.
General Viewers nomination adds another
to the list Of Candidates for The pres deucy
this year Who have previously endured a
similar experience. TIE democratic and re
publican standa d bearers are not new TO the
n'tional canvass, and the Peoples party imi-
tales them to III It extent. Ii was in June.
1850, that General Weaver was nominated Tor
the presidency by the national convent n Of
the green-back lab r parry, and in the Novem-
Der election he received So, $40 votes. Gen.
eral Weaver was Dor IN Layton, Ohio. June
l2lo33, and is the reforein his fifty. ninth year.
lie engaged in the p acIice OF law. In the
civil war he served with d st notion on the
Union side, and was brevetted brigadier-
general Tor galluntry in acton. He returned
10 the practi e OF the law, became ed tor of
the Iowa Iri une published at Des Moines.
an went to Congre 8. lie sub eluent career
is we'll known.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09
A MOsIem University.

A writer in the Boston Journal de.
scribes his visit to the great Moslem Uni.
versity Of Ell Az'lar, at Cairo, Egypt. A
short time ago it would have been az
much as a Christians life was worth to
show himself inside its walls, but with
the British occupation greater federation
has come, and Europeans are not infre.
quently drawn by curiosity to gaze at
the strange spectacle. The most strik-
ing feature, says the visitor, was not the
sight, but the sound; the distraeting
riot reminded u of a stock exchange.
Before US hundreds OF white-tur5anei
students were seated cross-Iogge1 on the
pavement of the open court. soma alone,
others IN groups, bit ali as closely
packet as was Convenient. Each was
repeating aloIl the passage ne was Gu
deavorint to learn. ald acco nplnyina
the words with n rhythmic swayiug OF
his body. 1t was a roaring, rolling,
human sen. an | we miry1led at it as a
scat of higher education. The training
must give a wonderful power Of concen-
traitor, what else one would hardly yea
ture to surmise. We visited the adioin-
ing court, where the students made theii
toilet, aud were extremely edited. Some
twenty men were bathing, first their feet
and then their faces, IN Que common
muddy pool of water.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09
VOL. XII.
THE ROSE WOULD BLUSH.

THE ROSE WOULD BLUSH.
All through the sweet, bright sprinEtimt
dreamed of a perfect day
That would come 10 the world in SUNNI
The rose would blu III rel on its spray;
The sky would be bright with sunshine
That never a shadow knew;
The bird by its nest be singing
In the joy of a dream come true.
A day like a flawless jewel
Projections seal and sign
There'd be nothing to miss or mourn for
In this perfect day of mine.
Days came that were full of beauty,
And all the word was gay.
But always something was lacking
To make the perfecs day.
In the sweet midsummer music
There would suddenly come a jar.
A blot ON the roses brightness
Something to spoil o: mar.
But hell to my faith AMI waitsl
The GROWING day of the year,
Without sight or SCUM of sorrow,
Atlast [ thought it here.
How the rose glowel in tae suashinal
How the birds sang in ths tree!
What grandeur crownsl thu mountains,
What glory was on the sen,
The day was a won lsr;ul posn
Set to a tune OF gold.
My heart was abrim with a rupture
No words have ever tolti
But, All! as | breathei the fra 5rancs
From a rose whose time was brIef,
1 read earth's old. old story
In a sere and yellow leaf
-Eben E. Rextorl.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09

In papcring a room it Is well to re-
member;
a. That a room having a cold north
light should be furnished in warm
c%oIors, and that a dark room should be
clothed in glaring or sharp light sha les.
~ That borders CT any kind lessen,
by sharply defining tao corners of a
room, tine apparent size of a room.
3d. in a small room small patterns
should be used.
a. Lines running from ceiling to
floor give tlc effect of height, while
hnes running aroucd a room lessen the
effect of height,
For several wears it has been regarded
as proper to furnish a room with a pat
tern running W to the cove, sometimes
with a dado and ~lrieza, aud sometime,
not, but invariably with tho ceiling
either Of 4 plain tint or a daintier pat
tern; but now all precedents are thrown
aside and some Of the most effective
chambers are furnished By running a
dado to a chair heigh', finishing with ii
molding and carrying a plain paper u2
to within twelve inches OF the cove. Tao
ceiling IS covered with a design paper.
The cove is plain like the wall, AMI be-
low the cove running down twelve inches
is a continuation of the ceiling design;
this gives a canopy effect, which is now
much in yogue.-Tde UphoIsterer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09
LINT Ho1Sn Snn1IinA.

There ire 75) lighthouses on the A.
lantic and Gulf coasts, 13D on the Pa
clfc shore, and $50 on the great lakes.
On rivers there are 1900 ''post-lights, "
which are mere lanterns with lenses,
fixed to posts. They cost SO apiece,
and $50 a year is required to MAINTAIN
each Of them. In this way macy rlveri
are lighted like streets, tic Mississippi,
Hudson and Ohio being actually illumlu-
Rtcd from cld t. euA. Tle main ode.
pot" Of the service IS at Tomklnsyille,
Staten Island. There all supplies for
the sixteen districts arc bought aud sol !,
as well rs spare lenses, i0s-si.nqls,
buoys, anchors, etc. Cans are man
ufacturei there also for transporting tho
260, 600 gallons consumed annually.
Formerly rape seed oil, and then larl
oil, was employed, bit kerrse le is nor
used exclusively On aceodntot its Cheap
meas. At the same place all the lamp,
and ittilgs for lisltslip3 are M lc, as
We'll as tle tools for handling all kinds
Of lamps. Ole suHply-steamer Of largo
SIZE, provided with 4 s~esrch-lrght so that
it a so into port at night, distributes
supplies among tao lighthouses and light
ships along the Atlantic and G If coasts.
These supplies include r%ations, with
which keepers Mt isolated stations are
provided.-BOstOa Transcript.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09
CABLE SPARKS.

MRs MARION HumPHREYs, wife of the
Nleir OF Warrior, + e has BEEN sentenced
70 tnr e mont s. m r Forment f brutal
treatment Of n $ rvant in her family.
z ridge over the river Layeu, Fife
shire, c t on I. fell II the false work which
had been u Ell in bnil ing it Icing removed.
rive workm n were throan into the river
and drowned.
~ $ me part of Russia the spread Of
cholera is 50 rapid that CONSERVATION prevails
omong the people. Germany md Austria
are acilag IN concert in III n ioptiqn Of meas
ures TO P event the disease entering their re-
speetivc crun res.
The feeling a ainst Timothy HeaIy. who
was one # THE Interest critics Of the late
Chsrlts T. wat Pnrneli. the Irish Iea+er.
sfter the ~intter's down 81 is growing in biz
terness Ia Ireland, and Mr.. Healy, when be
apTears IN Iu lie, has SO have a body guard.
RUSSIANS blfm The Eng ish in India as
the indirect caUs Gf the epidemic Of cholera
prevailing IN ll1ssit. becaGse they emitted
e1eciua p 'ssurr to il duce northwest -Tn
PeoPles-uotahly he Afg Ian,-to adopt m as
ures Of Is lat oil and sanitation.
REcfNT sfecche Of Prince Bismarck, in
which h or tic ell the present pc icy Of Ger
many, has caused the goyernm Mt OF that
country TO Hb Bton its attitude of reserve
toward lin, as evidence by threats msds
agsinsi the exc ANGEL or in the official North
German Gazette.
NE BALFOUR, the government leader in
the House ni Commons. addressed an open.
air me tin5 in shelf i'd. at which I5,l0J per-
sens were present. Great disord r prevailed,
The crowd a:ten ping several times to rush
upon the P AFT rm. The meeting terminst d
IN the ylliess disorder.
SOCIALISTS vho were marching through
the streets 0! Brussels singing and acting
nois ly we're ordered By the police to ~disperse,
and 90 refusing 70 10 81 we're attacked By the
polieem -. la the c nl ct the ~oeialists over
powered the polie-, toak their swords from
them aid rounded number Of them.
Il Am riean 'era,ioa at Paris has eab'el
&c the Wa hinetoH hus critics ASKING the re-
call Of Cap an Hen J y. Horup, United
States Army, mil tary attsche Of the legation,
who is accused By a c.erk named Greemer, Of
tie French naval department, of having pur.
chased from him plans OF French Publications,
which. the clerk says, Captain Borup afer-
werd communi ate German and lillian
officials. The United States Secretary OF
War has. as a result, ordered Captain Borup
hack 10 Wash .ngton.
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will make me happy always" And ii
was so.-Chicago News.
Curious Caine.e Fisheries.

There are some very curious fisheries
carried on by the Chinese on the Pacific
Coast. One of the most remarkable is
the catching of shrimps, which is al i'm
portant industry in San Francisco Bay
aud adjacent waters. These little
crustaceans, upon being captured, are
taken ashore and boiled in big iron watts
after a rude fashion, holes being scooped
out OF the side of a steep blnk for fire
places, which arr built up with stones.
After the shrimps nave remained ib
boiling water for ten minute. they are
spread out to dry upon bare ground
One such shrimp yard at Hunters Point
is about fifteen acres in extent. After
being thoroughly dried by exposure to
the sun for about five days the shrimps
are crushed by being tro1den upon by
the Cinnamon in wooden shoes. This
process loosens the meat from the shells,
which latter are remove | by shaking in
a basket or by passing them through a
crude tanning mill. Both meats and
shells are then packed in sacks for *
portation to China, where the meats arc
sold for food and the shells disposed of
as a fertilizer for tea plants, rice, etc.
All classes of people in China eat the
meats, although regarding them as in
ferior to the native shrimps, which are
comparatively scarce and proportionately
dearer. Both meats and shells are fed
to fowls, with remarkable eg%g-produciug
results. Another interesting fishery
prosecuted by the Chinese on the Pacific
Coast is for abalones. These beautiful
univalve mollusks are found along the
rocky shores at low tide, clingiug to the
rocks above the water line. The meats
are taken from the shells and boileI on
shore. Shells and meats are then
packed in sacks and forwarded to Sln
Francisco, whence most of the melts are
exported to Caina and the shells shipoe |
to France, the latter baing highly val
ued for their beautiful mother-of-pelrl
Boston Transcript.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.


Lepers are proof against electricity
The smallest quadruped In the W
IS the pigmy mouse of Siberia.
A company has been granted PER-
sion to experiment with electric on
buses in London.
To complete their growth the nails
the left hand require eight to ten d
moro than those Of the right.
That the world was Inhabited long
fore authentic history began is now
OF the generally accepted facts.
In the Samaritan Hospital at Bel
Ireland, chloroform has been gives
over 5000 cases of operation witho
single fatal result.
instantaneous photography has
vcaled the fact that the former met
of representing lightning as a fiery
gag was entirely false.
The mean descent OF the Ohio n
from the junction Of the Allegheny
Monongahela to the Mississippi is abb
five and a half inches per mile, the 4
lance being 97S miles.
A discovery Of great Importance
South Africa is a stone capable Of I'd
burned into a natural cement Of q
quality. The deposit covers 1000 al
and varies in thickness from tea|
twenty feet.
Rather more than ten tons of red
have beoa injected between the vi
sheathing aud the hull OF the Eug|
cruiser Rainbow. TIis has not been al
on account of any defect in worku.
ship, bat as a precautionary measure
An English firm has invented au
genious device for turning on the q
rents for electric lamps at a certain no
An ordinary clock is so adjusted thsl
the desired moment spring is relels
permitting a pair OF piyotel contacts
fall into mercury cups, thus conplet
the circuit.
A French chemist, who has been G
ing considerable attention TO the probi
OF heating aud ligating from a sin
source, has devised u novel ste
which in appearance resembles an OF
nary heating stove. It is so arran.
that the waste heat is utilized for
generation Of electricity.
The diving apparatus ia one Of
latest objects to which the telephone
been applied. Asheet Of copper ia u
in place of one of the glasses in the /
met, aud to this a telephone is fixed
that the diver, when at the bottom
the sea, has only to slightly turn
head in order TO report what he SEQ.
to receive instructions from above.
In the early days of telegraphy COP
wire could ouly be obtained with a c
ductivity of from thirty TO forty
cent. OF that OF pure copper, and wit
breaking strain OF about $1,000 pou
per square inch OF soctional area; wheI
now hard.drawn copper can be procu
having a conductivity Of ninety Sc
per cent. and a breaking load OF g.,
pounds.
Electricity Is now used Ia a IRE
gun factory for tempering gun sprir
The springs consist Of steel wire, wol
spirally, aud when they have b
brought to a high temperature By
passage Of the current the circui
broken aud they are dropped int
trough OF water. IL Is stated that
this method a workman can tempe, >
springs a day.
A new case OF mimicry observed
Siard is reported. One Is a saw ny
the other is a ly. When both lbs.
are quiet they resemble oaci other
fectly in color aud patterns, aud as
saw fly it protected by It's unpleai
smell from the beaks OF birds, it is pr
able that the fly is mistaken for il
birds, on account Of tho bad taste Of
insect il resembles.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09
FIFTY SECOND CONGRESS-


EtnAHOs
18TH DAY.-ln the Senate the conference
committee on tbs Naval Appropriation b II
reported Engagement with the House com.
nit ee, and a new conferences was ordered.
A further conference was also ordered on the
District of Columbia Appropriation bill.
Senator Butler spoke on his bill repeating all
FEDERAL taxes on the circulation Of state banks.
Conferences were ordered on the Postefico
and Legislative Ap ropriat on bills and the
two pension bills. Mr.. Dolph made a motion
10 reeomm I the Silver bill, which gave rise
10 a spirited discussion. sevsrai members OBJ
Iecllng 10 a vote as agreed during their ab
.enee. joint resolution to continue the ap.
preparations for Ioy rnmeut expenses for
hiteen days, and tbs conference committee
report on the Agricu tural Appropriation bill.
were agree TO.
12GTH DAY.-When the Silver bill came
before the Senate at two o'clock il was
weighted down with the refusal made the "a,
before by Mr.. Mcpherson TO be bound by the
agreement 10 have a vote aiken. But the
Senator from New jersey announced that h.
was prepared to withdraw hi; oil c.ion.
Even after that. it looked fer an hour or more
IS II there WIS TO be q pos pnnement Of the
SubJsc for Mt least another week: but finally,
after a good deal of diseu sion, all prelimin-
aTy obstacles were swept away, and the voIa
was taken on Mr.. Dolph's motion 10 recon-
mt the bill 10 the Senate Committee on
finance. Friends and enemi Of the meas.
IRE were willing 10 make that vote n test Of
heir relative strength, and the decision was
In favor Of the fri nds of silver. On al the
other votes that came after. victory was still
on the same side. and finally, the bill was
passed by n major ty OF four votes.
9 12lsr DAY.-Sena or Henderson intro
duced a b II for n national highway commits
sion. The only other subject OF interest that
occupied the attention OF the Senate was the
di,putation in cenf renee over the item in
serted in the D,str ct Appropriat on bill by
the Sen te appropria ing $1,000 for the
entertainment OF { c q. A. +. at its encamp.
ment newt September. There was about An
tours discussion OF that question, and I'm lly
there was a vote on il. which showed a
N ljority OF nit in favor of insisting on the
item. There WIS not, however, q quorum
voting, but Mr.. Allison, chairman of tho
Senate conierees, aece ted the vote rs a sufi-
rient indication Of the S nse Of the Sc ate on
The sul jeet, and n furt er conference was
agreed 10. Senator Vest reported on tho
sanitary condition Of tie Capitol. The House
Eight-hour bill was r ported TO the COM
niitee on Labor. A number of private peG-
ZION bills were passed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09
W0ULD-BE LYNCHER,' MISTAKE

They String Up a Man for killing His
w Re when She Proves to be Alive.
A; West Baden. Ind. Conrad schuliz vas
accused Of k Hing bis Sife. a crowd Of me
qu'ckly sez d the . ! ged euiprit snd fasten-
inz a rope a ound hi neck ing hin up TO
a iree.
Al tn j~une.urc q man from Or cans. Ind
appeared aud claimed ther. was a mis,ake
about it as h. ri $ en- Mrs. Schultz in bis
Town day or iwJ before. He d,msuded
that the accused be released. He was cut
DOM, Int locked up until the natter could
be lnyesiigaled.
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seonnh nar.

The convention followed the seasons con.
vention fashion and made a first ballot nomi
nation for the Presidency. General Join Bid.
well. an old { aiiiornia pioneer, a former Con.
Eres man, and nos a wealthy land-oEn-r ii
California. was The nominee by in unmistak-
able majority. receiving 500 votes out Of .
toial.yete Of 947-4S7 votes being necessary t.
o choice.
was greeted with adeafsningdi n Of cheer
whistles and ca calls.
CrfnhI Of Texas was nom mated for second
place. also on the trst ballot.
IL itorned heavily when the convention
was ctileA b. order, and many Of The dele
gats 60 NOR cold weter than they santed.
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A. American Who Rcsem0ifs a PrIncc

NJw aud then American papers have
an iii-natured paragraph tn tho effect
that Henry James, the writer, is prou {
because be looks like tar Prince Of
Wales. This is wrong. II is the othci
way about. The hauteur Of the Prince
is due 10 the fact that BIZ knows he looks
like Henry james.
The other dag Henry james was pass.
ing the House OF P4rlisnent when the
soldier On guard presepted arms. Mr..
James looked about him to sec who the
salute was for, but be noticed there wa
nobody neaT him. After walking on q
bit be turned snd passed the sentry
again. Once more the soldier presented
arms. BIr. Janes turned to him and
sail
SIS that salute meant for met
"Yes, your royal highness," answered
the soldier. Detroit Free Press.
Inscription in the Tower Of London
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CoIoSFL LEofoLD q PAGsT, whose death
j. nnnt NJ, q jp.Ee4 the KotEi Arti iery ~
Is 3 sBd rfiseel il 1871. bayi z sen mBc1
stryic q 2 lie Ind IN mntiny. including
tie action near Nurgoolj, The siormimg Of
Pefts, and the defeat Of Tanta Popee al
chupra Buro IL.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-09

To destroy flies, boil the parings OF
potatoes IN a little water for an hour.
Skim them out and boil the water down
to a fe. tablespoonfuls. aveeten with
molasses and turn into plates. Then
catch your flies, feed thcn and t1eg xlu
never bother you again.