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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14
Cremation,

As conducted by the Philadelphia So
ciety, the procedure ina cremation is as
follows: The funeral procession, upon
arriving at the crematory, which is an
imposing building of brick and lime
stone, situated on East Washington lane,
Germantown, enters a large, marble lined
room, in architecture slightly resembling
the interior of a church. Here the re-
ligious services are conducted, following
which the family and the mourners either
depart or remain to witness the incinera-
ton, as their tastes dictate.
The body, clad in the usual habili-
ments for burial, is then lowered by
means of an elevator to the crematory
proper, where the inc.neration takes
place. If the relatives desire, the corpse
enters the retort within the coffin, but
the more esthetic tastes favor its removal.
1t is placed upon a traveller, made of
friedrich and iron, and is covered with a
cloth saturated in alum, which prevents
all possibility of burning or even singing.
The traveller is rolled to the retort, which
is built also of fire brick. aud Is heated
by means of surrounding chambers,
communicating with a furnace and lined
with asbestos. The huge iron doors are
opened, a glimpse of an interior entirely
suffused with a soft, rosy heat is revealed;
the body is speedily placed within and
the ceremony is over.
No fame or burning of any sort takes
place in the retort. Oxygen is entirely
excluded and the corpse simply is con
sumed by Il heat of 1000 degrees Fah.
renheit. If a coffin also has been placed
within, the remains are subjected to this
intense heat for three hours; if not, for
one hour and a half. At the end of this
period about four pounds of a creamy,
powdery ash IS all that is left of tue
body. Coffin wood can easily be sepa-
rated from this ash, as tine wood has
simply become charcoal, and is readily
distinguishable. Tne ashes are placed in
an urn, and are then at the disposal of
the family.
The above method is properly called
incineration, and is distinguished from
cremation by the fact that in the latter
the body is subjected to flames and in
reality burns. Cremation requires but
half the time of the former system.
The urns containing the ashes OF the
dead are disposed of in as many ways as
the disciples of cremation have tastes.
Some families in this city keep their
dead at their Tesldences-a reminder of
death that is even more forcible than the
skeleton at the feast; Others bury the
urns, while others still deposit them in
vaults or in the societg's columbarium, a
large room lined with inches, upon
which the ash receivers are placed. This
room now contains fifty urns.-Philadel.
phia Record.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

shuts out God.
IT takes more courage to endure
than to act.
MERCY is the touch Of a mother
dressing a wound.
NOBODY in the devils army wants
to be Il private.
THE people who fear God most arc
least afraid of men
The lower down a Christian gets
the higher up he looks.
"WHosoEvER will may take of the
water of life freely"
TIE gold plating on a wire does not
make it any stronger.
CHE that cateth this bread [Christ
shall live forever.
GOD lights up no mans house who
shuts up all the windows.
THE right kind of a man is naver
hurt any by persecution.
TAKE the nails out OF a church, and
down goes the steeple.
THE man who works for God al
ways gets his pay in advance.
"THEY that are in the flesh uncon-
vertedl cannot please God"
The surest way to win the love OF
people is to become lovable.
GODS bread is always sweeter than
the devils plum pudding.
WHENEvERaw wise man makes amis.
take it teaches him something.
Gas MANY as are led by the spirit
Of God, they are the sons of men,"
WHEN Christ fills us the first thing
he does is to empty us of self.
If you are willing for God to use
you in His own way He will do it.
If Christ is in you somebody wild
be sure to see Him and love Him.
THE n who has Christ has every.
thing that Gods law requires of him,
THE man who tears one leaf ont NJ
his Bible will soon disbclieve it all,
lT isn't hard to be a Christian
when you devote your whole time
to it.
WHEN the last hypocrite dies the
devil will not W a foot of ground on
earth.
THE wicked shall be turned into
hell, and all the nations that forget
God"
T60NE can know much OF Christ
who does not suffer for Christ.
1t is when we have no where else
to look that we can most fully trust
God.
SOME of the organs sweetest notes
come from the pipes that cannot be
seen.
To BE gentle and of a sweet spirit
Is to have an army of angels working
for you.
GOING down low to work for Christ
seems very high up from where angels
look.
SIN can Danish men from Gods
presence, but it can never separate
them from His love.
You are needed at church the most
when you know there will be the
fcwest there.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

eats or does Tot eat. The room in the third
story that eyening seems doleful and repe,-
ling. a book snatehed up from the stand
proves to be dull, for no sister is there to
look over with him. In despair he rushes
out. reckless as to where he goes. IL only lie
can see something TO make him stop think
ing. That night may be this turning point in
his history. Once within the fatal circle OF
sin, and the soul has no power to repel 1t. On
that dark $50 he is launched. where the
CLEAN OF joy Is only the fash of the pit and
the roar Of laughter IS only the creaking Of
the gates OF the lost.
In many a country churchyari is now
the grave OF some youthful spirit that went
eway 1.-the and bounding. but came home
diseased aud crushed and blasted to disgracs
the sepulcher Of his fathers. Yet this exo-
dus must be made. As from far distant hills
rivers find their way through tunnels to
great cities, sofrom far distant points of the
country it is necessary that a stream OF un-
corrupted population shall pour into our
great thoroughfares to keep them pure and
manage the traffic Of the world. Multitudes
of such are constantly making their depar-
ture from home.
Tomorrow morning all OF the thorough
fares leading towari the great cities OF our
land, on steamboat aud rail CIR, there will
be young adventures for the first speeding
away from their homes in order to try their
fortune III W The Lord stretch forth
His arm for the deliverance of these Daniels
away down in Babylon. Wherever your
lot may be cast, in far inland town or in
some great seaport, maintain in your abssnce
the anne principles OF morals and religion
which may h,v been instilIei by parental
solicit ude.
And while you may feel in your heart AMI
life the advantages of early religious culture,
forget not those to whom you ara chiefly in
debted, and pray that as age comes upon
them and the night of death begins to fall
in their pathway. the hope OF heaven may
beam through the darkness, ~lustrous ami
steady as the evening star. The Lord for.
bid that by Dur conduct we should ever bring
disgrace on a fathers name or prove re.
creant to the love of a mother. The poe
did not exaggerats when he exclaimed:
How sharper than a serpen;'s tooth, it is,
To have a thankless child.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

WaltNr Clark, of the Supreme Court
OF North Carolina, contributes an arti
Gle to Arena wherein he argues vigor.
ously for the state ownership of tele
phone and telegraph lines. As the con,
stitution gives Congress the power TO
establish postof1ces and post roads" any
development Of these he argues comes
equally within the sphere of Congress.
sional action. 1t is no new thing that
the postofiee should employ the tele.
graph, for the first line established was
part of the postoffice service and its
continuance as such was recommended
by Hon. Gave johnson, then Fostmas-
ter General. This wise recommends
ton was not acceded to simply because
Congress, not foreseeing the value and
Importance of the invention, deemed
the price asked by the inventor too
great, and in an evil hour permitted
this great agency TO pass into private
hands, The public interests, the popu-
lar will and the constitutional provision,
all alike require its restoration to its
original function as a part of an enlight-
ened and progressive postal service"
Every civilized country except this
has its telegraph service owned and
managed by tho Government, and In
every other tho plan is found to work
well. The rates in Great Britain and
Ireland says Mr.. Clark, ARE, like
postage, uniform for all distances, and
are l cent per word. In Germany tho
rate is about the same, and in Austria
less. In Franco and Belgium the rate
Is under 10 cents for ten words between
any TIVE points. No department of the
poStoffice III any country paws better
than the telegraph. In most countries
the, telephone. to, has been added"
As the telephone patent expires in a
year, Mr.. Clark thinks that now is the
time for the postoflce to adept it and
establish it in every village, for there it
would be even more useful than in cit
les. The Introduction Of this instru-
tnent would make the way easy for the
telegraph and remove the usual objec-
lions to Government control.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14
A Wonderful Invention.

An inventor in Vienna. Austria, has
produced a new material that combines
some of the properties of glass and cellu.
loid. 1t Is made by dissolving four to
eight parts Of collodion wool (gun cot
toni in about 100 parts By weight OF
ether or alcohol, adding two to four per
cent. of castor oil and four to ten per
cent. of rosin or Canadian balsam. The
mixture is then dried on a glass plate at
a temperature of 129 degrees Fair.
The compound soon solidifes info a
transparent sheet, having substantially
the properties of glass. 1t resists the
action of salts, alkalies aud dilute acids,
and is flexible, says the Philadelphia
Record.
The addition Of magnesium chloride
reduces its infammability and zinc white
gives it the appearance of ivory. BE- in
creasing the relative proportions of castor
oil and rosin thu toughness and pliability
of leather is impaired to the material,
and it mag ever be made into driving
belts.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

Amixed train willrun between Hagerslown
and Winchester, as follows: Leave Hagers.
own 600 a m, arrive Martinsburg freight
S%tation) 7;25 a M; leave Msrtinsburg pas
sepger Station 500 a m, arrive Winchester
$50 a m.
Additional train will leave Harrisburg
daily except Saturday and Sunday at $50 y
M NriSigg at Carlisle at 7:f0p m, stopping
at all intermediate stations; on Saturdays
tfaips viii leave Harrisburg at $40 p IN
aRISing at Carlisle Gle p m, stopping at al
iI3ermedllte stations.
Memphis ESpresssnd New Orleans Express
run daily between Harrisburg and Hagers
town aid Morning Mail daily between Har.
risfbrg aud Chambersburg.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars between
HagSstown and New York on Atlantic Elk
press and Night Express east and on Memphi,
Express and New Orleans Express west.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Night Express
and New Orleans Express between Philadel
phia and New Orleans.
Through Coaches to and from Philadelphia
on Morning Mail east and Hagerstown Ae
~commodatiod west.
GS-Connections for all stations on Cum
bertrand Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania
Railroad system.
J. r. BOYD, Superintendent.
NM. GARD, Agent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

What q bless ed thing is memory How il
brings up the pleasures Of the past and hides
its unpleasantness. You recall your child
hood days. do you not, and wish they would
return: You remember the pleasant associ-
ation<. while the unpleasant ones are forgot
ten. Perhaps to your mind comes the lace
OF some friend. 1t was once a pals, sad face.
II showed marks Of pain, lines OF care. 1t
seemed to be looking into the hereafter, tbs
unknown future. And then you recall how
il br. ghtened, bow il recovered its rosy hue.
how II became q picture of happiness an /
JOY. Do You remember these thingsi Many
people do and gladly tell how the hellth re-
turned. how happiness came back, how the
world seemed bright They tell how they
were once weak, nerveitss perhaps ia pain,
cei tlinly unhappy. They toll Of s~ieeplsss
nights rFstsess days. untouched foo :, ua-
sl ung nerves. And then they tell how they
became happy, healthy an strong once
more. You have heard it often in the rast
have You nots You have heard people de-
scribe low they were cured an kept in
healthi You certainly can remember what
it is that has helped people in America. IL
not, listen to what Mrs. Annie Jenness Nil
dress reformsr, says: Six years ago, when
suffering from mental care and overwork, l
received the most pronounced benefit from
the Use OF That great medicine. Warmers
Safe Cure" Ah, now you remember. Now
You recall nov many peo lie you have heard
say this same thing. Now you recoilect how
much you have heard OF this great Cure.
Now you are ready to admit that memory is
usually pleasing, that the highest pleasure
comes from perfect health. ami that this
great remedy has done more TO produce and
proioug health than any other discovery
ever known in the entire history OF the
whole world.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

The salesladies Of New York are
greatly incensed because a bill intro
duced in the Legislature classes them
with factory girls, Caste distinction is
certainly becoming well defined when
such unhealthy notions are entertained,
and such notions are as unjust as an
healthy. In physique the factory girl is
the peer of the "saleslady;' in intelli-
gence she does not fall short; in wage
earning ability she is her superior, and
in the home she will prove a better
~housekeeper than her f%astidious. sister.
The motion of a fiy's wings will not sub
jeet her TO a cold and a cookie to a
doughnut she will have fewer flies on
the dinner table nan the mistress Of the
tape and the pencil.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

ne OSSt tNtN!y 70 no
is this : when you're suffering from
Sick or Bilious Headaches, Consti-
patton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks,
or any arrangement of the Liver.
Stomach, or Bowels, get something
that relieves promptly and cures
permanently. Don't shock the sys-
tenn with. the ordinary pills-get
DIR. Pferce's Pleasant Pellets.
They're the smallest, for one thing
but that's a great thing), and the
easiest to take.
They're the best, for they work
in Natures own way-mildly and
gently, but thoroughly and effec-
lively.
They're the cheapest, for they're
guaranteed to give satisfaction, or
your money is returned. You pay
only for the good you get.
What more can you ask?
But don't get something that the
dealer says is "jlst as good" 1t
may be better for him, b,t it's
pretty certain to be worse for you.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

PROF. PETE MAHER, whose ami
mated personal discussion with the
Hon. Bob Fitzsimmons at New Or
leans not long since resulted in a
great deal of money changing hands,
offers a most astonishing and I'M.
heard-of reason for his defeat. He
says the Hon. Bob is the best man.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

Leave Williamsport for Hagerstown at 6:25,
7:l5 and 1855 a m, and 1:s5 and 6:45 p M.
Leave Hagefstown for Williamsport at $50
a NJ, and 1915, 800, G:l0and S:G5 D IN.
Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at @; 40
O m, and 1888 and 6:35 p nj.
Arrive at diminishing atl1;10 a m and 4:t3
and 7;o5 p IN.
Leave Emmitsburg tor Rocky Ridge at $40
q M, and 2;52 and $50 p m.
Arrive at Rocky Ridge at $50 a m, and 1922
and $50 p m.
Leave Frederick junction for Frederick
at 1922 a M, and SOC add 100 p m.
Leave Frederick k d unc ton for Taneytown.
Littlestown, York, Wrightsville and Column
bia, at 9:58 "A IN, and 3:45 p m.
THROUGH TRAIN FOR FREDERICK
leaves Baltimore Mt 5:l5 p m, arrives at Frtd-
erick at 8 p m, and leaves Frederick at 7:t0
a m, and arrives in Baltimore at $40 a m.
ii. Il p. r. r. Trains leave Shippensburg
at 500 a m, and LEO p m, and arrive at Ship
pensburg at 1892 a m and G:55 p III, dnily, ex-
cept Sunday.
"Daily. Mondays only, All Others
Daily, except Sunday.
J. NJ. HOOD, b. II. GRISWOLD,
Genl Manager. Gen1 Pass. Agent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

Just how expensive a luxury the
aw can be upon occasion is illustrated
by a recent cast in London where tho
costs were seventeen times as large as
the sum originally in dispute. A
Mrs. Large refused to pay rent for
a house on the ground that it was in
such an unsanitary condition that
her husband inhaled sewer gas there
and died in consequence. An action
was brought against her. and, for
some reason which does not appear.
she failed to defend it. Judgment
was given against her for the S4l, and
the costs amounted to 500. Mr..
justice Grantham went so far as to
declare that it was tone of the most
scandalous things he had ever heard
Of, adding that 'sthe moment a fund
was IN court it seemed TO be treated
K a cow-a thing to be MIXED"
The Judges Indignation, however.
ana not help Mrs. Large, as she prac.
ideally had put herself outof the court
by not defending the action.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14


Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys.
Liver and Bowels, ~cleauses the sys.
tenn e~fiectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitunl
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
reptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
10 all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN SRspciSco. csL.
LOUISVILLE. kr. Rsg rOeS, nv.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14
@hlltnaas.

Additional train will leave Carlisle daily
except Sunday at $50 a IN, stepping at all in
ermediate stations, arriving at Harrisburg
Atlantic ExpesS and Night Express East " i'll
run daily between Harrisburg and Hagers-
twn and Evening Mail and daily between,
Harrisburg and Chambersburg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14
Webster : InternationaI-A Grand Family
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Webster Is worth about as much as an old
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Webster's International Dictionaryis a revision
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so thorough and complete as to constitute an
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For every family, the members of which have
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

LADIES n~eeiiny a tonic. ca children who
want building NJ. should take Browns Iron
Bitters. II is pheasant totake, cures Malaria.
Indigestion, Bilio isncss ant Liver Com
plants. makes the Blood rich and pure.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14
The Old SAVING that ICON.

The old saying that econ
sumption can be cured If
taken in time" was poor com
fort. 1t seemed to invite a
trial, but to anticipate failure.
The other one, not SO old,
consumption can be cured"
is considered by many false.
Both are true and not
true; the first is prudent
one cannot begin too early.
The means is careful liv
ing. SCOTS Emulsion of
cod-liver oil is sometimes an
important part Of that.
Letus send you a book on
CAREFUL LIvING-free.
New York.
Your druggist eeps SCOTS Emulsion Of cod liver
sil-sll druggists everywhere DO. s..
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

lanta, Ga, writes: IL have used Bradycrotine
with unfailing. prompt, decided relief for head
ache A~lldruggists, fifty cents.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

Engagement cups and saucers are a neE
fad, but engagement jnrs are old s~tand-bys.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

MANY persons are broken down from over
worK or hou- e lold ia e.. Browns Iron BIZ
tefs reeui ds the system, all. digestion. ,e-
moves excess OF bile. and cures malaria. A
spendid tonic for women ami children.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

The only way TO Get a hen ont of the garden
is 10 60 slow but shoo'er.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14
wALPISe. KIssAs & MARVIN. Who

There goes a man TO be trusted, said jag.
son, as Dudeson entered the tailor shop.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

excuse the liberty Ltake, as the convict
remarked when he escaped from the state
prison.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

There are 20s students from North America
OF the Berlin Germany University.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

B. F. ALLEN & Co. IS tara street, New
York, are 50 e a agents in the United States for
Beecha ms Plus - cents a box.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14
FIGS AND
Weekly Winnowing of the Epigrammatls
Rams Horn,

RUTH is the
breath of God.
''YE OF
serve God and
Mammon."
NJ ROY and
truth are tho
wings of love.
THE fear OF
the Lord is to
hate evil"
The man who
shuts out good