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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
CURIOUS FACTS.
There arc 4s7 schools in Irkutsk.


There arc 4S7 schools in Irkutsk,
Siberia.
Truckee, CAL. has baby with one
black and one blue eye.
An ounce Of turnip seed contains be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 single seeds.
A Maine boy of eight years is said to
be able to repeat forty chapters of the
Bible.
The Chinese christen their children
by shaving their heads preparatory for
pig tails.
A dog should only be fed once daily,
and should be allowed an ounce of food
for every pound be weighs.
In certain parts of Russia people who
are hungry are forbidden by law from
being so indiscreet as to say so.
The longest mileage operated by a
single railroad system is that of the
Union Pacifc-10, 92S miles.
Flowers are worn freely by the Greeks,
who, among other things, imagined they
refreshed the thinking faculties.
A ricochet shot from the new maya
zine rifle adopted in England broke a
cottage window four miles distant from
the firing point.
A man in Prospect, Me, has a rooster
that is as good as any barometer. When
storm is approaching TIC rooster crows
during the entire preceding night.
In Baersdorl, Silesia, great land
owner returned home late at night, and
in the dark collided with an open door.
The blow broke his artificial set of teeth
in two, and in the shock he swallowed
both. They stuck in his throat aud he
suffocated.
A bright halt-dollar of the coinage Of
1876 was found in cows stomach re
Gently in Texas. 1t seems little eaten
by the acids of the animals stomach, but
was a good silver half dollar. The COW
was about ten years old. When, where
or how she came to swallow it is mys-
terry.
A skye terrier is so called beetu the
breed was once chiefly raised on the Is
land of Skye, one of the Hebrides. The
celebrated Dandy Dinmont terrier OBJ
tanned its distinctive title from the fact
of its being depicted as the favorite of a
character bearing that name in Sir Wal
ter SCOTS "Guy Maunering.'
Dan, the male ostrich of Robinson's
Circus, died the other day at Cincinnati,
Ohio, of the grip, with which he was
seized some days before. A post mortem
was held. The lungs were found con-
gested and the throat was enlarged and
liberated, while firmly fastened in the
coating of the stomach the $500 diamond
that Dan picked last summer from a
visitors shirt front in Montreal, Canada,
was found imbcddcd. The stomach was
eighteen inches in diameter.
In Canon Diablo, Arizona, a hole CPS
feet deep, supposed to have been made
by a meteor, has been found 1t is two
and onc.eighth miles in circumfrance.
The theory is that from the appearance
of the walls and the fact that they have
found many pieces of meteoric iron
around the hole the meteor penetrated
the earth to depth of 700 or 800 feet
before it exploded, aud this accounts for
the strange phenomena. Three pieces
of the meteor, weighing 800, 900 AID
$50 pounds respectively, were found on
the mesa within two miles of the crater.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
A GREAT WOLF DRIVE.
Kansans Turn Out TO RIA the State o
Many Pests.

Kansans Turn Out TO RIA the State %
Many Pests.
The wolf drive, preparations for which have
been going on in Girard, Tor over two months,
took place, and such wolf drive has never
been Witnessed before in this country. In
four Of the townships wolves end foxes have
increased with such rapidiiy that the farmers
thought best to take some action in this matter
and exterminste the pests
The drive was conducted under military
discipline, was carefully planned and covered
territory Of 100 square miles. At 0 O'Clock
10 the morning about 4, 900 men surrounded a
section Of country measuring 10 miles square.
With 900 men on each mile Of the square,
there we're 100 men TO tie mile, or one m ~
every 30 feet TOR the distance OF 100 miles
around the square.
The drive was conducted with the same
precision as an arm; in the field. The forces
were divided into three battsli6ns, each had
its colonel, major, adjutant and lieutenant
officers at the center OF each line. The bat
tai ons were consecutively numbered from
TO Il. The signal tor starting was fired by
the orderly sergeant OF the center Of each
brigade, and precisely at O'Clock the lines
moved one mile each half hour. Road officers
were INSTRUCTED 10 ureSs Up thelr men ~ eacH
section. the men on the lines furnished
themselves with horns, drums, etc, TO make
As much noise as possible while slowly adj
yancing to the center. A brass band and
several drum corps accompanied the troops to
furnish music.
The whole country turned out en- masse and
helped TO make il one Of the grsndest wolf
drives ever seen in Kansas, which il another
way Of saying the greatest wolf drive IN
America. At distance Of one mile from the
center halt was ordered and officers in.
spected their lines and prepared for the fight
The firing Of a cannon WIS the official signal
for the finale.
No intoxicating liquors we're allowed in the
lines. Firearms were not usel except By
those designated by the general. Others
carried clubs. The wolves we're not TO be
killed until they were rounded up in the
centre. All the line officers and skirmishera
walked, the officers being designated by differ.
erent colors worn. The chase began at
O'Clock, and as result two wolves were
killed. At 5 o'clock the forces left the field
feeling iubilant over their sHo>ess-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
WORK AND WORKERS

THE strike on the Piltsburg, Allegheny
and Manchester traction lines continues, but
the company is running cas- regularly
The Michigan State Assembly Of the
Knights OF Labor held their session at Grand
Rapids, Mich. Grand Master Workman
Powderly was in attendance.
THE United Mine Workers Of America met
in annual cOnv ntion at Columbus, ONO
Governor Mckinley made an address OF well
come and The annual address was made by
President Rae.
Ar Pittsburg an injunction was granted by
Court restraining the strikers ut the Continen-
tai Tube Works from interfering with the
operation of the plant. a full force OF new
men has been secured at the works
A PfrTsBURG despatch says that during the
past week % Adams Express messengers en-
pioyed on the Cleveland and Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne aud Pan Hnndle Railroads, were dis
rnissed-the men believe because they Joined
the Union of expressmen.
A TELEGRAM from Pittsburg says the new
scale at the Homestead mill Of Carnegie.
Phipps Il Co. will be ready in a few days for
presentation to the Amalgamated Association.
1t is said the changes will be few, and the
adoption of the scale is expected.
DESPATCH from Leavenworth, Kansas,
says that the Kansas Wagon Company, which
Tor the last IL years with convict labor at the
State Peniteutiary, has announced through
its President Alexander Caldwell. that in the
future it would employ free or outside labor
exclusively.
A CHICAGO despatch siys that the litiga-
tion growing out OF the attempt Of certain
creditors to secure the removal Of Adolph
Hegewisch, Receiver Of the United States
Rolling Stock Company, has resulted in a
strike by n large force of men employed by
the company, the Receiver in New York re.
fUsing to make any payments on account OF
the wages of the employees
THE Building Laborers' International Con-
yention at Williamsport, Pa, adjourned after
selecting Newport, 4. l., as the next place Of
meeting. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, John Fitz-
gerald, Denver, Cot. Vice President, J. Iur-
ner, Hartford, Ct; Secretary, W. Crep, Meri-
den. CT; Treasurer, y, Cox. New Haven, CT;
Executive Bsard, r. Donohue, Lawrence,
Mass. A. f. Roberts, Toronto, Canals, and
J. A. Cox, New Orleans La.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
Mine IIer1 Mpern.

One of the most remarkable acts OF
bravery ever shown in a mine or any
where else was that OF H. P. Meern at
tAe Allegheny mine, thirteen miles from
Cumberland, Nd, August 81, 1899. Ga
that day forty-fve meu went down into
the mines to their work as
usual. Everything went well for a few
hours, but suddenly thin wall which
separated the Allegheny from an old
mine, long disused and full OF water,
collapsed. Tne food rushed into the
passages of the Allegheny with a great
roar that told those above its level what
had happened, 1t was ascertained that
there was possibility that the miners
had climbed to places of safety and es-
capped the flood, but hour after passed
and no tidings came from them to the
frantic crowd of relatives and friends
above. No one could suggest way of
reaching the entombe men until II. P.
Meern volunteered to find them or die.
Many protested against his decision, but
he insisted upon being lowered into the
mine.
AT the bottom of the shaft the water
was as high as his neck; but, undaunted,
he struck out, swimming toward the
place where he knew the miners were
TIe water was full of debris. Once or
twice the lonely swimmer came suddenly
on the floating body of dead mule in
the darkness, and his fingers. as he
bravely struck out, constantly felt the
wriggling, Shiny bodies of mine rats in
the water. But he never faltered. At
last he reached the chamber where the
miners had been at work, and found
them-every one alive, They were
pearched on lodges projecting from the
side of the mime Their lamps had gone
out and they were hoplessly waiting for
death.
In the excitement which followed Mr..
Meern's arrival boy fell from his perch
into the water. Meern felt about un-
til he found him, placed him on his
shoulders. aud shouted to the men to
follow him, started back toward the bot
tom of the shaft. Those who could not
swim were helped by those who could,
and, at last, piloted by this brave man,
they reached safety. Not man was
seriously injured New York Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
Brain Power in Plants.

Arthur Smith, a 5ctanist of note aud
one Of the writers of the National Re-
view, eutertains many curious ideas con
corning the sleep and brain power of,
plants, many of these notions, directly or
indirectly conflicting with the established
opinions of such men as Cuvier, Huxley,
and Darwin. Speaking of the mimosa,
he says: sit always folds its leaves at the
close of day, and there is no doubt, if it
were not allowed to sleep, it would, like
the hnman species under similar circum-
stances, soon die" This is not only an
example of the necessity of sleep for the
repairing of nervous energy and recu-
peration of brain power, but proof of
the existence of the same faculties in the.
vegetable kingdom. Then, take the
matter of the carniverous plants, the
Venus hy-trap, for instance, which will
readily digest raw beef or any insect
small enough to fall into its NAV. This
botanical curiosity has glands which
pour out fluid which resem-
bles the gastric juices of the ami
NAL stomach. This fluid dissoives the.
meat or insect and absorbs their substance.
into the tissues of the plant. In animal
nature digestion can only be commenced
by the brain force acting by means OF a
nerve upon the gastric glands; we
may, therefore, concede that it is the
action of the same power III the plant
that produces the same results. A fur
Their illustration Of the wonderful effect
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
NO. %.
SOUTH'S DEVELOPMENT
Many Plans of Great Magnitude
Being Worked Out
Ten Million Dollars wui Probably he
Drawn Into This section Witain the
Next Twelve or Eighteen Months.

bfaWn Into This section Mitain the
Next Twelve or Eighteen Months.
The Manufacturers Record, of Blltim,rs
says: while there is no marked increase in
the organization Of new indusiri j enterprises
throughout the South, there is asteady. solid
advance, and also growing confidence with
the leading capitalists of the country that the
South is the best fed ia America for iaves;-
nient Many plans OF great magnitude are
being worked out, and with return OF ac-
uvity in investment and business interests in
the country at large the South will again be-
come the center Of development, and future
operations will probably be on a larger scale
and by heavier capitalists than anything
which the South has seen yet. Among the
more important undertakings reported dur
ing the week are the very extensive iron and
steelmaking and town building operations to
be commenced by Mr.. Alex. A. Arthur, the
founder of Middlesborough, in connection
with some Of the foremost iron makers and
largest capitalists OF the North. This
enterprise, or rather these combined enter
prisss, viii probably draw not less than Sl0,-
1000 into that section within the next IL or
Is months. At Tuscaloosa, Ala, a $3.50, 900
Coai anu COKE company mas been organized,
Ia connection with contracts previously made,
70 secure railroad to navigab.e water on the
Warrior River, thus opening water route
from Alabama COIL fields to the Gulf; q 500.
700 coal company has been organized in Shelby
county, Ala a knitting mill will be removed
from the North to Bridgeport, Ala; at Ocala,
Fla, IL is reported that syndicate with
cash capital of 81, 600, 900 will establish eight
large tobacco factories; company is being
organized to establish n bleachery In Georgia;
y, 100000 company has. been incorporated
IN Louisville Ky, TO deal in timber lands,
and Sl,0O0,U00 company in Kentucky to
purchase and develop oil and mineral lands;
in Frankfort, KY, a $500 200 dislillery com.
pany has been Incorporated; Marietta, Ga,
IS 10 have a large furniture factory; $3.50.
900 kaolin company has been organized in
Lake county Fla; SIS, 000urniture factory
company in Greenvile ), C.; a $50, 600 ice
factory company in Shreveport La; 5000.
600 company is being organized to purchase
and develop 81 600 acres OF Kentucky coal
lands, etc. The Norfolk & Western Railroad
has just secured 81, 900, 600 in New York for
pushing the work on the Ohio extension more
rapidly. These are signs which show how
the outlook is improving"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
A MYSTERIOUS WRECK.


The Yacht Rosa Scarborough Bottom Up
with NJ One on Board.
A special from Naples. Fla, via Punta
GorJa. says The schooner New Venice. Of
Key West towed to the Naples dock the yacht
Rosa Scarborough, Of Brunswick. Ca. which
the schooner came across eapsized FIVE mills
out from Malco Inlet
The yacht was schooner rigged, and evil
IDENTIFY beisg used by hunting and fishing
party when oyertsken by gale. Five or six
sboteuns and q lot Of small baggage were
found on board, bat nothing has been heard
Of any OF those on the yacht, either az Maleo
or between that point and here. ard it is
thought that ali on board were certainly
lost.
After tying up at Naples wharf and bniling
aus the wrecked Yacht. the crew Of the New
Venice proceeded 10 Punta Rassa. where they
entered claims for salvage. The only names
found on the baggage we're those OF Atwood
Fitch, master, and 4. J. Mason, one Of the
passengers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
A MOSQUITOES BITE FATAL.
u Made Surgical Operation Necessary
and Under II the Boy Died.

u Made Surgical Operation Necessary
and Under II the Boy Died.
Harry Randolph Daley, aged nine years,
died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baiti-
more, from the effects Of mosquoito bite. He
vas bitten on the foot by mosquito last sum
mer while in Talbot County. The bite caused
a Slight swelling but no special Inconvenience
at the time.
About week afterwards the boy complained
Of pain in his foot. This was followed By .
swell Bg, which extended up the leg. Soon
the groin became affected and swelling made
it, appearance, which grew slowly but
surely.
Three weeks ago the boys parents brought
him to the hospital. and The surgeon in charge
concluded that an operation was necessary IL
WAS too late, however. The boy, weakened
with pain, could not withstand the shock and
died Immediately afterwards. II is the hrst
ease OF the kind ever reported here
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
A TramD's Good Fortune.

Seven years ago Harry Schrader lived
in Indiana. He is the son of Adam
Schrader, of Water street, and is not yet
bakery of c. U. Gessler, and after a
years work there he went to PhiIadel-
phia and completed his trade. Then he
! took notion there was room for him in
the far West and started there to make
his fortune But fortune is tickle, and
often those who WOO it ne er SO hard are
doomed to disappointment. In his jour
neyings toward the sunset one misfortune
after another overlook and sometimes
nearly overwhelmed our Harry, until one
day he thought he had gotten to the bot
tom rung of misery's ladder. This event
full day was some seven years ago, when,
as the shades Of night were falling fast,
he entered toe city of Durango, Col,
barefooted, hungry, unkempt and sorely
disheartened, and with only a few
boarded dollars in his clothes, He
hunted up bakery and was promptly
given employment.
At the end of the tenth day his boss
took the silver fever and sold out to
/ Harry, and he found himself in the pos
session of an oven, long handled feel,
half a dozen pans, two sacks of -four and
enough yeast to set Que batch. In a
month be was fairly prospecting, and at
the enn of year he was looking around
for something to invest his surplus cap
ital in. This materialized in the shape
Of tract of fifty-fve acres OF land just
outside the then city limits, and was not
considered particularly valuable. He
bought it and waited Silver mining
became great pursuit in the surround
ing mountains. Durango grew and be-
came the seat OF supplies for the thou
sands of prospectors hunting for silver
lodes. The growth of the town was
phenomenal. and grew over Htrry's
tifty-five acres, and the chapparal farm
increased IN value. lie builG half doz-
en- brick houses, and a fine three-story
brick for his bakery business, and for a
wife he took about the time of the boom.
He now controls the entire bakery trade
of the city and handles vast quantities
of flour and mercantile breadware.
Fifty Thousand dollars would not induce
him to part with his possessions to-day,
and the barefooted tramp who entered
Durango seven years ago is nov recog-
nized as one of the city's most sub
stantial and progressive citizen. --In-
diana penn Messenger.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
FOUND DEAD IN THEIR CABIN.

Kansas Family Supposed to Have Been
Murdered by Robbers.
Henry Butler, farmer who lives south Of
Hope. Kan, his wife and his mother were
found dead in their cabin. The bodies were
partially decomposed.
The house had been apparently ransaeked,
and 1t is believed that robbers murdered the
inmates. The family lived isolated from their
nelghbors. AMI though nothing had been seen
OF them for week Little attention had been
paid TO the fact
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20

A Pontiac (Mich.) man, who applied
for pension twelve years ago, sends a
postal card every day to President Har
rison and the Commissioner of Pensions
in order to remind them that he is still
looking for it,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
HIS M0THER-IN-LAW,
BY AMY RANDOLPH.

OF here, have your
said my mother. in
law, in a deep voice,
as she stood on the
t hire s h old. grimly
surveying me with
eyes that shone like
hard, greenish- blue
gooseberries behind
her spectacles. For
such modern triflea
as eye glasses were
as unsuited to my
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20

The ten lines of railroad entering in
London, England, send out 221O subur-
ban trains day, carrying 400, 900, 900
passengers year.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
MARKETS.

BALTIaoRE-Flour-C City Mills, super, g. n
@3.25 Wheat-Southern Fultz, y7m 100
Corn-Scuthern White. 46GI49e.. Yellow
47(d49e 0ats-Southern and Pennsylvania
57M3Sic. Rye-Maryland aud Pennsyivania
s6dS7c Hey.-Slaryland and Pennsylvania
SlS.50@l4.50. Straw-Wheat, &.50a Ol.
Butter-Eastern Creamery, 2S(d 30c nearby
receipt 2l@22c. Cheese Eastern Fancy
Cream, l2t9l3c Western, SG94c. Eggs-2d
m27c. Tobacco Leaf-InterIor $1,000 %
Good Common, $i.0o95.0O, Middling. 500
assoc, Good to fincred, s9.Ol9lI.0J, Fancy,
s12.00@1s.00
NEW RK-Flour-Southern Good to
choice extra, s3.S lt9510. Wheat-No. White
l.U34M L03l. Rye-State L05g .06.e Corn
Southern Yellow. 50I@5lc. oats-Whits.
State 3S@3S4c. Butter - State, 3I@3l5c.
Cheese-State, 1l@1l4e. Eggs-36@271c.
PHILADELPHIA Flour - Pennsylvania
fancy, S3.50C1375. Wheat Pennsylvania and
southern Red, L0l@telI Rye-Pennsyl.
vsnia. S3@Sic. Corn-Southern Yellow, AZ
"a ,aie Oats-3sa39c. Buiter-State. 2s61
&c. Cheese-New York Factory. 1O(gIOic.
Eggs-state. 24425c.
CATTLE.
BALTIMORE beef 50 lGL75 Sheep
s.. 500, q. Iiogs-s4.40@ L65.
NEW YORK -Bcef-sLn@5.0a Sheen
So pt6 ~ ilog-4.igtl
LAsI I.IBERTI-B Beef si.75@5.oo. Sheep :
S}.U,tLe.,a. .iogs-S4. s5lG5.9l.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20

The instrument OF death used in Spain is
always, unless shooting is specified, the gar
rote. This brass collar, which is con-
tracted by means OF screw in the back. As
the screw is turned the collar shuts upon the
ueck oil the condemned, and at the same time
the sharpened steel point of the screw enters
the spinal marrow, where it joins with the
brain cAusiuu iuStuuta n pous death
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20

Looks like sixty--LX. Life.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14
UNLUCKY LTTER1RY HUSBANDS.

Montague, when widower, said
he would not marry again, Though it
were to wisdom itself.'
1t is told of Lord Bacon that he en-
joyed but little domestic bliss, and
s'loved not to be with his partner"
Shakespeare lost the sympathies of
the world by marrying Anne Hatha-
way, a woman eight years his senior,
who was coarse and ignorant.
Moliere was married to a wife who
made him miserable, and Rousseau
lived a most miserable life with his
wife, who was low and illiterate.
The great Dante was married to a
notorious scold, and when he was in
exile he had no desire to see her, al
though she was the mother of his six
children
OF the great artist, Domenichino, it
is told that he married a lady of high
birth ane great beauty, who was such
a virago that it is believed she poison
ed him.
Dryden "married discord in a noble
wife, and Addison sold himelf to
cross grained old countess, who made
him pay dearly for all she gave him.
Milton was not great in the charac-
ter of husband and father. We read of
him that his first wife was disguised
with his gloomy house, and soon run
away from him, and his daughters
were left to grow up utterly neglected.
Steele, Sterne, Churchill, Coleridge,
Byron and Shelley were all married
unhappily, and Bulwer and Dickens
have been known by all the world as
Indifferent husbands.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14
ssDONT.'

Don't mail any letter until you are
sure that it is completely and proper
ly addressed.
Don't place the address SO that
there will be no room for the post
mark.
Don't fail, in the hurry of business,
to write the name of the state you IN :
tend and not your own-a very com
mon error.
Don't fail to make certain that your
manner of writing the name OF an Of
flee or state may not cause 1T to be
mistaken for one similar in appear
ance 1t is often better to write the
name of the state in full.
Don't fail to give the street and
house number of the person for whom
matter is intended in addressing it to
city or large town.
Don't fail to place the stamp IN the
upper right hand corner.
Don't write on the envelope, Gin
haste" "Care of postmaster, etc.; it
does no good, and tends to confusion
in the rapid handling of mail matter.
Don't fail to notify your postmaster
of any change in your address.
Don't trust to the fact that you are
an "old RESIDENT" "well-known citi-
zen,'' etc., but have your letter ad-
dressed in full.
Don't delay the delivery of any mail
matter that you may take out for an
other.
DON'T, when you fail to receive an
expected letter, charge the postal SER
vice with it's loss, until you have learn
ed from your correspondent all the
facts in regard to it's mailing, contents,
etc.