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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
A GATE THAT WILL NOT SAG.

A mechanical genius furnishes the fol-
lowing recipe for a gate that will never
sag: Take post six or eight inches
in diameter with the bark off; dig a
hole four feet deep; put iu the post, I'D
on the side opposite the gate place a
block of wood, or stone will answer,
at the foot Of the post. Fill in the dirt,
tramping it well. When about a foot
from the top Of the hole put in another
piece of timber, letting it extend about
a foot out on each side OF the post, on
the same side of the post your gate
hangs on. Finish filling the hoe, round
ing the dirt up around the post For
the head of the gate take 2x2 inch
piece of timber six feet long and nail the
bars to 1t, placing between each bar q
pieNe of one-inch stuff as wide as you
want he spaces to be; put five bars to
each gate; nail bars and space pieces
firmly 70 the head, aud over the bars
nail a piece as wide as the head, made
of one-inch stuff, making it four aud a
half feet long. For the swing end of
the gate take piece 1x3, and nail the
bars firmly to it; take No IL galvanized
wire, attach one end to the head of the
gate, bring it down to the bottom Of the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
House.

SPEAKER CRlsP's gavel fell at noon in the
House and order at once followed the oise
and confusion. Prayer was offered by Rev
Nj Milburn. Two hundred and twenty
four members having responded to their
names the Clork was directed to inform the
Senate that q quorum had appeared aud that
the House was ready TO proceed 10 business
A committee was appointed to join COM
mittee of tho Senate t. announce to the
President that both Houses of Congress were
in Sc SION and ready to receive any communi-
cation he saw tit t. make Credentials OF
members elected TO ill vacancies were pre-
sented and the new members Ook the oath
of oftcs. Mr. Hooker introduced a Til to
change the time OF the meeting of Congress
TO the first Monday in March after election.
Referred. After a report had been rec, ivei
TO the effect hat the President would com
muuicate with Congress, Mr.. English, Of
New Je Say, announced the death OF his col
league, Il u. J.. J Mcdonald, and as mark
OF respect to tie memory Of the deceased the
House Adjourned.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10

swing, and back on the other side up to
the head, securing it by good twist
around the head and both strands of
wire. Take pieces of wood and put be-
tween the wires in the spaces between
the bars and twist the wires until they
are drawn perfectly tight.
"Your post is now set and your gate
made, so yon want to hang it. On al
most every farm there are some old
wagon tires; have strap hinge made,
with half-inch hole in it where it will
be on the head aud two quarter-inch
holes along the hinge where it extends
along the second bar. Have black
smith make the hook square with barbs
on it of three-quarter inch iron. Bore a
hole in the post aud drive in the hook
For the top hinge take a piece of old
iron long enough TO 60 around the post.
Have an eye in it for the head of the
gate between the top bar and the wire
to rest in. Put it around the head,
letting the arms extend back and around
the post. Fasten to the post by driving
through each arm twenty penny nails.
Have holes punched in these arms for
the nails. Now put your bottom hinge
over the hook and your gate is hung,
and it will never sag."-Chicago Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10


Inquiry is frequently made for the
best trees or shrubs for ornamental
hedges, with view also of forming
farm barriers. The selection must vary
with locality, some succeeding well ID
one place and net in others. Where
there is good natural or artifciai drain
age and the winters are MOI too severe,
the Usage orange is quite successful. In
other places the honey locust does well,
provided it is we'll cut back at the right
time of year. The privet has hand.
some natural hed9y growth. but is apt
to die out in patches. The buckthorn
IL hardy, thick grower, requirin less
cutting back than some others, and when
two or three barb wires are stretched
lengthwise through its centre while
growing, it becomes an efficient barrier.
The barberry makes a beautiful hedge
with little cutting and forms a good
barrier with the barb wire centre.
Beautiful evergreen hedges are made Of
Norway spluce or hemlock, strengthened
with wire in the same way. The arbor-
vitae Or white cedar has been much USED,
but will not bear its own shade without
becoming too thin in foliage. Country
Gentleman.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

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Is l92"-3J 1T Is estimated th2J II Us6 9l3
pup wee enrolled IN the elementary and
secondary Pupl schools OF the Nation.
carr FULLY iarnei deer hIae, in fair
stale oil ii .rya ION, was found IN the cen
Yer OF an Old OAK Tres which was lately
iehea az iIlashL IN
The Indians in Eastern Washington have
them5 Ives taken step, o prevent The sale of
liquor by uupr nc pl white men en- their
reservation.
DrRryg; last vear fin number of oIac+,ic
raIiwavs mere 1zed from, A ; +, iG9 he lsri.
tai stock from sI55 Cs5 ON n s,05 IA 0I6
and The u,ileeoe tr,., a gIG TO = 4l6 nils
49, ~.
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of evolution rbiIo.onhv Viii CONSIST If on
auto-bio,rar heal rtartar and sclagtione
from letters
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1880 tons of iron and 2 0OJ Col cn6ic flet If
masosarv.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Sow spinach seed in rows one foot
apart.
There is no breed that lays eggs of a
uniform color.
The game fowl is the choicest of all
breeds for the table.
The value that really good ram puts
into a flock is astonishing.
From now until spring give the first
meal as early as possible.
Jerseys are more affected by tubercu-
losis than any other breed.
Now asparagus beds and remove the
top before the seed is scattered.
Using clean sand is a good way Of
keeping the poultry quarters clean.
Successful sheep raising requires close
and prompt attention to small things.
Plant few pots of fuehsias, the
| flowers of whici remain perfect a long
| time.
The statement is made that thorough.
bred mares are the best from which to
raise mules.
Enjoy the chrysanthenums, but don't
enjoy them alone. Pleasures shared are
pleasures doubled.
If fifty pounds of silage is fed per day
to each COW there is no need to feed
along with it over five pounds Of hay.
II you suspect an animal of having
tuberculosis do not sell her milk or use
it. since it is liable to SOW the seeds of
consumption.
Keep sharp lookout for insects.
An ounce of prevention is worth more
than pound of cure. Keep all dead
leaves picked off the plants.
In buying sheep tor breeding it Is
pretty hard to tell whether you are buy
ing the best blood or the best feeding of
some careful breeder of sheep.
The National favor of the merino has
been deserved; whether it can hold its
place or not is now the plain issue. Will
hxeeders give it mutton characters
Potato scab can ruin the value of the
crop. If your potatoes are affected, do
not save any of them for seed, and do
not replant on the same soil next year.
Feed all your apple pomace to the
cattle; 1t is too valuable to waste.
While it may not be fattening food,
yet for its medicinal properties it is val
/ liable.
Dig potatoes in dry weather, and let
! them be dried when stored, They
should not be sun dried, but air dried.
The sun Injuries their quality as well as
their color.
It cSGcs. be said that the horses on
the average farm do not get enough to
eat, but it can be safely said that they
do not get the currying and grooming
the city horse does.
Gardens infested with cut worms
should be burnt over in the fall; il the
land eau only be cleared of them 10 the
fall there are few chances that they will
reappear in the spring.
If you can't MAKE sheep pay that
shears eight pounds of clean wool and
weighs rs pounds at two years old
something is wrong or sonebo ly doesn't
know how to keep sheep.
Ifyou intend to grow early vegetables
under glass you should make prepare.
tions in the fall. The hot bed planks
ought to be set aud secured by stakes
before the ground freezes.
The late Hiram Sibley, of Rochester,
n. Y, who made niue money in early
! life upon a farm, once said there never
was dollar made fattening an animal
If you make any money, it must be on
growth, and not on fat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10

have just lost your babe, and who feel that
need of nearer solace than that which
comes from ordinary sympathy. your
mother knows all about IT. You cannot run
in and talk it all over with her as GU would
if she were still terrestrial RESIDENT but It
viii comfort you some think-yea, it will
comfort you goo deal-to know that she
understands it all. You see that the
velocities of the heavenly conditions are so
great that it would not take her half
sec md TO come to your bereft heart.
Oh, these mothers in heaveni They can
do more for US now than bsfore they went
away. The bridge between this world and
the next is not broken down. They approach
thu bridge from both ways. departing splr-
its and coming spirits, disimprisonei spirits
ami sympathizing spirits. And SO let Us
walk as to be worthy Of the supernal cham
pionships. and il to any OF us life on earth is
a hard grind, let us understand that If we
watch faithfully AMI trust fully our blessed
Lord there VIII be corrsspon ling reward
in the land OF peacA, AM taat .Rizpah, who
ouce wept on a rocx, now reigus on
tarOla.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

Two churches in the city of Wheeling are
sighted by electricity.
TIE Barnesville wooden factory, lately de-
nroyed by FIRE, is TO be rebuilt.
A CONTRACT for the new synagogue in
Charleston, to cost $4,000, has been
awarded.
THE bung factory, lltely turned out at
Point Pleasant, is going TO rebuild at Cen
tral City.
TuE steamer Sunshine is sail to be the
handsomest and best lighted boat on the
Ohio river.
PIEDMONT hopes soon to have good water
works estimated by its projectors now at
work to cost from S35 00) to $4,000.
ONE hundred and twentyfour pupils have
been enrolled at the West Virginia School
fer tire Deaf and Blind at Romney.
NEAR Fairmount, at Strums Mill, the
school house was entirely destroyed by fire.
the work of an incendiary, doubtless.
THE Kanswba and Michigan Railroad
Company win remove their car and repair
shops from Corning and Charleston, to Point
Pleasant
THE proposition for the removal of the
county seat of Tucker county from st.
George to Parsons was defeated at the late
election.
THE Gauley Lumber and Manufacturing
Company, with a capital of S1,C0), has been
chartered, with Senator J N. Camden as
one Of the incorporates.
ABOUT four hundred men are at work at
the tunnel at Harpers Ferry, ami four piers
of the new railroa brid e across the Poto-
mac river are above wa err.
DIR. C. F. Millspaugh, of the State Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, has charge OF
the forestry exhibit at the Worlds Fair, and
is preparing a collection of West Virgin q
woods
IN Wayne county the feeling and excite
ment aroused by the killing of Charles May
nard having suLsited, Ephrailn Queen vol
unfairly surrendered himself and gave bond
for his appearance.
EVERY effort is now being mads to tini |
all the grading on the Fairmount, Morgan
town and Pittsburg Raj road, between NJ +
gantown and Smithfield, before co weather
sets IL, so that the track-laying may be car
riei on during winter.
THE party engaged in surveying for tht
proposed extension Of the West Virgins
Central Railroad from Mngo, in Randolph
county, to the head of Clover creek in Poca
hontas county, report the necessity Of foui
tunne $, aggre5 eating 5000 feet in length.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
CABLE SPARKS.

GEN. GEORGE STUART W HITE has been ap-
pointed command r-in-chief of the British
forces in India to succeed Gene al Roberts.
A NUMBER of aliens who We're on the way
to America have been returned from Liver
pool to H inburg, under the emigration
regulations.
TESTIMONY before the cammi tee investi-
gait z the m thods IF th3 Panama Canal
Company showed tn tnine millions of francs
had leen given Baron de Reinach, of which
amount four millions OF francs had been de-
scribed as used for advertising
CAPT A. p. HASTINGS and Commander
David l.. D ok on, of the Brit 81 warship
Howe, who were arraigned before a court
MAJ tial to answer y the stranding of that
vessel at the entrance to the harbor OF r
rol, Spain, have en- honorabiy acqnitte o.
all blame for the accident
The mother superior of the convent in
France from which Mrs. Deacon OK her
child has refused, because of the scandal in
the case, to receive baGS the little girl'as or
dered by the court. The father will se'ect
ano her school and apply 10 / court for an
order committing the child to it.
DR. Won BoETTICHER secretary of the
German imperial home Office and represen-
tatiye of Chance Tor Won Caprivi, gave a
dinner in honor of Herr Wermuth, German
imperialc mnis-ioner to the Chicago Column
Olan Exposition, Eerr Gples, the RESISTANT
commissioner, and their staff prior to their
dep irlure for hicaso.
The London Standards corr spondent at
st. Petersburg says that the appeals of the
provinces to the r .ssian government Tor
help indicate that tie famine in Ru sia will
be acute, though les, general than in 1891.
Private correspondence be les the pessimisiic
rf1icial ha vest rep0r.s, but shows that in
many places peasants are starving.
THE socialist lead rs in London, who are
following their policy of worrying the
British government, have request Mr..
Gladstone to receive a deputation. whose in
tentions, it is declared, are to get a plain
answ,r 10 the question whether the govern
men will supply work to the unemployed Of
Londj m 1t is not liAely that Mr.. Gladstone
viii give his consent to receive the deputa-
ton.
ACCORDING to the Vienna correspondent
of the London Time, the Ru sian govern
ment has declined the offer of French
syndicate to fini,h the obstruction of the
Siberian Railway. No foreign capital or
engineers wi be employed in furthering the
enterprs'. The ora, owing 10 lack of
capital, 5 badly managed and is making
very slow progress.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
STORING SWEET POTATOES.

Sweet potatoes are readily kept owes
winter in the South by burying in dry
sandy soils and covering deep enough to
prevent injury by frosts. In the North
it is the usual practice to store in barrels
between layers Of dry cut straw or chat,
but some use kiln-dried sand. The boxes
or barrels are first filed with tubers aud
then the dry sand poured on until all in
terstices between the potatoes are filled.
A dry, warm cellar will answer for a
storage room, but it is best to have some
means of warming it occasionally for the
purpose of driving out any excess OF
moisture that may accumulate by csn-
densation during the winter months. If
the cellar is of only moderate size a ksro.
sene sto re will answer the purpose gery
well, and then open window or door
to allow the moist air to readily escape.
But the main point is to carefully select
the tubers at the time of packing,
throwing aside all bruised, cut, or i'm.
mature specimens. -New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
cosr OF PICKING APPLES.

A late farmers club decided that the
average cost of picking and barrelling
apples varied from twenty seven TO forty
cents per barrel. This was to insure
only sound fruit of FIRST quality. If trees
are sprayed so as to prevent worm and
scab, the picking can, We are confident,
be done for not to exceed twenty cents
barrel on trees bearing full croF.--
Boston CuItivator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10

Ralph Waldo Emerson, having
risen one night, unibteutionally
aroused his wife, who inquired;
Are You sick, Valdez
"Oh. no, my dear, was his reply,
"but I've got an idea. What's the
matter with these matches? l can't
make them ignite Let it go, now, Z"
sighed the philosopher, my idea is
gone"
The next morning, upon arising,
Mrs. Emerson found all the teeth in
her comb broken out. This is sup
posed to have happened in the days
(or nights when matches rame in
cards.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
THE WORLDS NAVIES.
AooeptanOes to the Review Coming in
Slowly from Abroad.

Acceptances TO thu invitation sent out by
the State Department to foreign Countries to
take part in the naval review are coming in
very slowly. Only two of the fr-t-class
naval powers, Gaost Britain and France, and
three Of the smaller ones, Portugal, the
Meth r'ands and II iyti, have signified their
intention Of send NJ vessels.
Mexico Cnina, Denmark and some of the
South Am rican Rslubl cs h I've declined on
the ground Ina they cou not maze good
show NJ with the small ships and obsolete
armament and equ I'm MT Russia, Germany
Italy, Spain AID the other recognized naval
nations will no doubt, in time, accept the
invitation and send ships commensurate
with their standing as naval powers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
The Siz. Of MoIecul 5.

From various laborious calculations
and careful deductions independently
made by Joseph Losehmidt 1855, G
tombstone Stoney 1855, William
Thompson QS7d) and by J. Clark Max
we'll 1873 we are given to understand
that the effective size Of the molecule Is
never larger than the FIVE hundred mil
honth of an inch, aud that IN som
cases it may be found to be no largeI
than the thousand millionth Of an inch.
Minute as this last dimension is, the
second power" of our best microscopes
makes the examination of it an cas-
task. st. Louis Republic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
zee rEEp1Na VALVE OF ROOFS.

Sugar beets are the most valuable of
all roots for feeding animals, as they
contain from twelve to sixteen per cent.
of sugar, while other roots have but
little of this valuable element of nutri-
ton in them. Potatoes come next in
value, as they have sixteen to twenty
per cent. of starch, which il next In
value to sugar. Other roots have not
more than eight to ten per cent. of nutri-
ment in them, and turnips of all kinds
are Objectionable for feeding cows on
account of their strong flavor, which is
communicated to the milk and butter
New York Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward foi
my cast Of oatarrh that cannot be cureo By
taking Halls Catarrh Cur.
P. }. CHENEY a Co, PrOps.. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known s. J
Cheney foi the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable IN all business trsnsac-
lions, and financially able TO carry out any Oh
legations made by their arm.
WEST q rRUAN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o.
WALDING, kINNAN 4 MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Cutarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upun the blood aud mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c- pcr bottle. sud- 10y all druggists
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
FIFrY-SECOND CONGRESS
Senata.

The Senate was called to order at noon by
Vice. President Morton Chaplain Butler open.
Ell the p eceedngs with prayer. The creden-
tials OF MIR Proctor, of Vermont, for Mr. Ed
mundss une1pired term and for new term
from the 4th Of Merchrext were presented an
the oath of Office was administered to Mr..
Proctor. The usual resolutions directing the
S cretary to notify the hou e Of Representa-
tives Of the Senate beng in sessioa, and the
appointment o q committee to wait on tho
President and inf I'm Lin that Congress
was RIA ly to receive any communication he
might desire to make, were agreed to and
the Senate then took recess. Ga reassem-
bling the committee appointed to wait on
the President reported that the President
would send his message to Congress tomor-
row. Tae S nate tI,en adjourned
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10
DIRE WANT AT HOMESTEAD.
Strikers and Their Families Are in Sad
Need of Aid,

Strikers and Their Families Are in Sad
Need of Aid,
Reports from Homestead are that a ma.
jority Of the families Of thedofeated strikers
are suffering serious y for the want OF the
necessities Of life. Aid must 10 forthcoming
Immediately as the distressed condition is
rapidly becoming more prevalent. Home
stead citizens ere rendering every possible
assistance, but they are entirely unable to
meet the fast increasing demands A ctt
gems meeting was held in the McKeesport
Opera Hou O. and relief organiza ion eff
ieciei James Power, Of Chicago, one # a
committee sent by Chicago labor organize
lions 10 investigate the condition of the
Homestead strikers addressed the meeting.
ne mas conducted house toulouse canvass
eul epoIt5 The condition Of many of the once
liVoI eious Family as pit able in the extreme,
ne says Jlat not over B per cent Of the total
number Of strikers have secured work and
that there Is much distress. A committee to
hollIL an Tor tue needy Homcgteaders yyss
organized in Pittsburg.
The Associated Irtss reports tbara "a q
mistaken impression abroad as TO fine MN
Der OF the Old employees who have been
1eken lack TO work in The mills About
sJJV men formerly employed there have an
pied for work since tbs strike was aban.
bonel, and not more than % per cent. Of hi,
number have teen ta4en on. or the ra.
mainder, large proportion were more or
less directly de- eudent on the weekly \. oyy.
ances from the "sirile benefits" supple-
Iaeu0ed by the popular contributions that
ngIe independent OF benefits paid by the
Am4lgamated Association as such.
Many of the now Idle men, loo. ara mot
members Of th5 Association. and While tie
men who were members viii probably I,a
toOTed after more or less, the non mernbers
Will not have even thi, Indefinite a.sistsnce
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-10

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, cleanses the sys.
ten eiiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and feyers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
reputable 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
to 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 SKREP co.
SAY FRANCISCO. en-.
LOUISVILLE. IN. SEH Yoek. M
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Money i'm Chickens.

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a POULTRY YARD As A
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safh sifenfiOE A. only 3
bed oi brad win cora
Baand. and the result va .
graHd snceess. after b. had
spout much money and lest
hundreds Of valuable chic <.
eng In experimenting. What
he le1rred 10 ell thesc fenfI
l. embodied IN this book
Witch ae ssnd postpaid 10
25 cents 10 stamp Y
teaches yoa hos 70 Deleci
and Clr- DHseases boz %
iced for Eggs and aso fos
Ysiterfnx = itch 5sEs e
s4se fog Breeding Purposes
ard everything. indeed ToB
shoald knoif on this subject
TOOK PUB POrsE
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